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WEBCAST: Offense, respect, ethics and the law
Offense, respect, ethics and the law: How should we talk to one another about sensitive subjects?
WEBCAST
April 17, 2010
Toronto, ON
Hosted by: Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association
First Session
10:00 – 10:15 Introductions and preliminary matters (Nathalie Des Rosiers, Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Janet Keeping, Sheldon Chumir Foundation)
and
10:15 – 11:00 “Respect and Offense”: What is “respect” and what
role does it play in our concept of human rights? What does it mean for speech to be offensive? (Trudy Govier, University of Lethbridge and Dan Shapiro, Sheldon Chumir Foundation)
10:00 – 10:15 Introductions and preliminary matters (Nathalie Des Rosiers, Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Janet Keeping, Sheldon Chumir Foundation)
and
10:15 – 11:00 “Respect and Offense”: What is “respect” and what
role does it play in our concept of human rights? What does it mean for speech to be offensive? (Trudy Govier, University of Lethbridge and Dan Shapiro, Sheldon Chumir Foundation)
Second Session
11:00 – 11:45 What do Human Rights Commissions primarily exist to
do, and what is their mandate to regulate speech? (Linda McKay-Panos, Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre)
(Micheal Vonn, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, Kelly Toughill, University of King’s College, Alan Borovoy, Canadian Civil Liberties Association)
Fourth Session
2:00 – 2:45 How have the human rights codes provisions on speech
worked out in practice? (Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Canadian Civil Liberties Association)
Fifth Session
3:00 – 4:00 What now for the ethics of debate? (Richard Moon, University of Windsor, Dan Shapiro, Trudy Govier)
Sixth Session
4:00 – 4:30 What does all this mean for media ethics? How should
journalists respond? How does all this work out in the practice of journalism? (Steve Meurice and Marni Soupcoff, National Post)
and
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Discussion
4:00 – 4:30 What does all this mean for media ethics? How should
journalists respond? How does all this work out in the practice of journalism? (Steve Meurice and Marni Soupcoff, National Post)
and
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Discussion
View the full webcast here: http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/20100417-CEF/index.htm
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