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Nermeen Shaikh Speaking at Worldviews on Media and Higher Education 2019 Conference

Toronto, ON Canada

June 14, 2019 | Friday | 9:00 am

Innis College, University of Toronto

2 Sussex Ave,
Toronto, ON ( see map )
Nermeen Shaikh will participate in two panels at this year’s Worldviews on Media and Higher Education 2019 Conference at the University of Toronto:

Keynote Session:
Promoting media and higher education as a public good
9–10 am
Interviewer: Rob Cribb, Investigative and Foreign Affairs Journalist, Toronto Star

Maria Ressa, CEO and Executive Editor of Rappler.com and former CNN bureau chief in Manilla, Philippines
Nermeen Shaikh, Co-Host and News Producer at Democracy Now!, author of The Present as History: Critical Perspectives on Global Power (Columbia University Press)

Afternoon panel:
Cognitive dissonance: The response of higher education and media to the clash of democratic and populist values
Friday, June 14 | 2:20–3:20 pm

Moderator: Greg Kelly, Executive Producer, CBC Ideas
Tom Nichols, Professor of National Security Affairs, US Naval War College, author of The Death of Expertise

Lynn Pasquerella, President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities

Sophia Rosenfeld, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania; author of Democracy and Truth

Nermeen Shaikh, Co-Host and News Producer at Democracy Now!, author of The Present as History: Critical Perspectives on Global Power (Columbia University Press)

Tickets
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