Lessons from Community Building and Advocacy in Policy Making: Canadians for A Civil Society

Presenters:
Jim Gurnett works with Inner City Pastoral Ministry in Edmonton's urban core and with Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness. Currently his focus is on water projects in Cameroon. He has valued being a part of John Humphrey Centre activities over the years, and enjoys all the time he can find to appreciate his 10 grandchildren.
Vasant Choi was Director of Social Policy with the provincial government and he led a team of research staff. His major initiatives included cross-ministry coordination on social programs and supports, and a policy advisory committee consisting of community leaders, businesses, academics and senior government officials. He was appointed policy expert to the MLA Committee to review low-income programs that developed the new model for supports to low-income Albertans, crossing program and ministerial boundaries. Since retirement, Vasant has led several non-profit community organisations and he is currently the president of the Canadians for a Civil Society.
Recording date: 8 December, 2023
This talk was part of the Ignite Change Global Convention, a 10-day commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Ignite Change was organized by:
The John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights: www.jhcentre.org
Righting Relations Canada: rightingrelati...
Canadians for a Civil Society: ccsorg.ca/
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