SFU's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue

The Renovate the Public Hearing Initiative (RPHI) recently released two new video projects. The team worked with Uytae Lee of About Here videos to produce The Problem with Public Hearings, an exploration of the pros, cons and pitfalls of public hearings and how we can better involve the public in land use decisions: https://lnkd.in/gjYbrVz5 One innovative alternative is explored in the Voices of Gibsons Residents film. This short documentary shares the story of the Town of Gibsons Residents Assembly, a groundbreaking community assembly that offers a new model for land use and community planning based on meaningful, upstreamed public engagement: https://lnkd.in/gE8cQR-e

Last month, we honoured Judge Abby Abinanti’s transformative approaches in providing a model for criminal-justice reform through the Jack P. Blaney Award for Dialogue. When asked about the award, Judge Abby says, "This could not be any more perfect." On November 19, we held an evening ceremony to present Judge Abby with the award. The ceremony was part of a week-long schedule, organized with support by SFU Public Square, which included Judge Abby participating in a National Restorative Justice Week gathering of practitioners, attending the Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week’s Red Dress event, meeting with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society and visiting the Kwìkwèxwelhp Healing Village – a minimal security facility for Indigenous men grounded in traditional teachings. She also visited SFU to meet with the community’s Indigenous students, Elders, faculty and staff at the Indigenous Student Centre's lunch event. Read more about Judge Abby and watch her interview: https://lnkd.in/gA8CE42W

We're looking forward to these conversations in the new year. Interested in attending? Please complete this expression of interest form: https://lnkd.in/g4EtbBNC More info on the new workshop series below ⬇️ #workshop #socialconnections #housing #planners #affordability

We’re thrilled to have two powerhouse speakers join us for the 2024 Bruce and Lis Welch Community Dialogue!  Daniel Barcay is a technologist who is passionate about the immense power and promise of technology. He started his career as a software engineer at Google, helping build several projects including Google Earth and Latitude. Stephanie Dick, an Assistant Professor at the SFU School of Communication, is a historian of mathematics, computing, and the mind with a focus on AI. For over 15 years, she has been exploring what AI is, what it does, and the histories that shape its character and potential today.  Hear from Daniel and Stephanie at our upcoming event AI: Beyond the Hype—Shaping the Future Together! When: December 4, 2024 | 5:00pm Where: SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue (580 W Hastings St) Register for free: https://lnkd.in/g8uZ52qm The 2024 community dialogue is supported by SFU Public Square.

Our executive director Aftab Erfan recently joined TELUS Talks podcast to discuss the art of constructive dialogue and how we can build space for healthy conversations in our own lives. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/gzTMMN9C

Judge Abby Abinanti, our 2024/25 Jack P. Blaney Award for Dialogue recipient, joins CBC On the Coast with Gloria Macarenko to talk about her work to decolonize the criminal justice system and what BC could learn from it. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/gAxAnaHm

Congratulations to Judge Abby Abinanti, the first woman from a tribe admitted to bar in California and Chief Judge of the Yurok Tribe, for being this year's recipient of the Jack P. Blaney Award for Dialogue. Judge Abby's work in justice reform and Indigenous issues has many parallels to B.C. https://ow.ly/PqRe50UakVP SFU Public Square SFU's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue

Delighted to be at Housing Central with Hey Neighbour Collective and our friends from Renovate the Public Hearing. Well-done to the Housing Central team for having such immense geographic and sector representation from across BC, as well as significant focus on Indigenous-led operators and thinkers. I loved learning more about other collective impact projects in the province - thanks Naomi Woodland and Annika Kirk for your work. If you missed us at the trade show, you can still catch Michelle Hoar and Madeleine Hebert presenting our Building Social Connections toolkit tomorrow! 👥 Session details: https://lnkd.in/giux5x-s 🛠️ Toolkit: https://lnkd.in/geWrWqMV #HOUSINGCENTRAL

What do we want our future with AI to look like?     Join us and SFU Public Square for learning and conversation at the 2024 Bruce and Lis Welch Community Dialogue! We will hear from speakers who are researching and thinking about the intersection of AI and humanity. And be among the first to learn from new public opinion research on British Columbians’ perspectives on AI. We hope to see you there!    When: December 4, 2024 | 5:00pm  Where: SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue (580 W Hastings St)  Register for free: https://lnkd.in/g8uZ52qm

Canada’s minister of energy and natural resources has announced $7 million for a dozen B.C. projects to address climate change, which includes funding for the Wildfire and Forest Industry Dialogue Series. The dialogue series will be led by our Mitigating Wildfire Initiative team and will accelerate implementation of adaptation measures in the forest sector by addressing barriers to wildfire risk reduction and landscape fire management strategies.