
April 8 - 10, 2010
With Keynote Speaker David Korten delivering an additional address in Calgary on April 7, 2010
This conference is an essential opportunity to work with other individuals and organizations in developing positive solutions and strengthening our commitment to effective advocacy in the public interest.
We are honoured to have as our keynote speaker David Korten, author of When Corporations Rule the World and Agenda for a New Economy, as well as first-rate plenary speakers on key topics including Robert Chernomas, a well-published Professor of Economics at the University of Manitoba, Alex Molnar, an expert on the commercialization of public education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Natalie Mehra of the Ontario Health Coalition, and Ricardo Acuna, Executive Director of the Parkland Institute in Edmonton.
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Join Together Alberta
Join Together Alberta, a campaign to unite Albertans for public services
Past Events
Send a Message In a Bottle - Rally Thursday, January 14, 2010
Hundreds of concerned Albertans attended a "bottle drive" rally to protest the provincial government's unnecessary cuts to programs and services for adults with developmental disabilities.
They brought signs, noisemakers and bottles, complete with messages for Ed Stelmach and the provincial government to MacDougall United Church.
Click here for the media release and other articles on Albertans Who Care
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Public Forums on Poverty Reduction
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In the summer and fall of 2009, Public Interest Alberta organized a series of seven public forums to advocate for a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy in Alberta.
Click here for media coverage and event details.
This report shows over 75,000 Albertan children living below the poverty line.
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Public Interest Alberta's 3rd Annual Advocacy Conference
Beyond Band Aids and Bailouts: Public Solutions in Critical Times
We are in the process of producing a report on the conference.
We will also be posting video interviews with our keynote and local speakers.
Conference Overview:
We are living in critical times. Alberta, like the rest of the world, is faced with some important decisions about how it responds to the economic crisis. The decisions that will be made will impact on every aspect of our lives and could reshape and strengthen the foundation of our economy and society. Governments around the world are being called on to take strong leadership and immediate action. But the public debate about solutions in Alberta has been far too limited, and the private interest lobby groups are mobilizing behind closed doors to secure their bailouts. Rather than pouring billions of dollars into corporate tax cuts, royalty roll backs and using public dollars for oil industry subsidies like carbon capture and sequestration, most Albertans have other priorities and values. We can actually invest in Albertans in a way that will build strong public services and programs for healthy communities and strong economy.
PIA’s third annual advocacy conference brought together key leaders from numerous community organizations, unions, students and the concerned and active citizens to explore how we can move beyond the band aids and bailouts and effectively advocate for public solutions that will build quality public services and transform and diversify our economy to a more sustainable and green future.
Keynote Speaker:
CAW-Sam Gindin Chair, Social Justice & Democracy, Ryerson University
Plenary Speakers:
Dr. Elaine Bernard Executive Director, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School
Margrete Strand Rangnes Deputy Director, Blue Green Alliance
Dr. Robert Woollard Canadian Doctors for Medicare
Diana Gibson Parkland Institute
Conference Agenda and Full Program of Speakers
Not for Sale: Promoting Public Solutions in Today's Alberta
On April 4-6, 2008, Public Interest Alberta hosted Not for Sale, a conference about the many faces of privatization and how to promote public options in today's Alberta. Not for Sale featured local, national and international leaders in advocacy and research, including Avi Lewis, Allyson Pollock, Deb Brennan, Heather-jane Robertson and Maude Barlow.
Click here to read the full conference report
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Listing of Upcoming Events (Click for more details)
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