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Launched in May, 2010, the Werklund Foundation Centre for Youth Leadership Education is committed to developing research, teaching, and service in the area of youth leadership education. As well, the centre will support and enhance Werklund Foundation educational programs in the Calgary Board of Education and elsewhere, by providing ongoing research of those programs.
The physical presence of the Werklund Foundation Centre for Youth Leadership Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary will result in strong local awareness of both the Werklund Foundation and of the specific research and curriculum being developed by the Director, research staff, and graduate students associated with the centre.
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Werklund Congress Keynote Presentation by Henry Giroux
On April 11, academics and scholars from around the world converged at the University of Calgary to take part in "Talkin' Bout Their Generation: Empowered Youth in an Era of Chaos and Indecision", the Werklund Foundation for Youth Leadership Education's inaugural event. The full day conference featured international experts on a variety of topics related to youth and youth culture, including popular culture and youth, LGBT youth, youth and colour, and social activism and youth leadership.
In the evening, Henry Giroux, renowned cultural critic and one of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy in the U.S. gave the keynote presentation entitled, "Youth in Revolt: Coming of Age in an Era of Savage Inequality". A prolific writer, he is best known for his work in public pedagogy, cultural studies, youth studies, higher education, media studies, and critical theory. Giroux holds the Global TV Network Chair in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University in Hamilton. Click here to hear the introductions, the speech by Dr. Giroux, and to view a slide show from the talk.
