Conference and book launch at uOttawa
Shawn will be the featured speaker at a conference on citizen participation hosted by the University of Ottawa’s Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche sur la citoyenneté et les minorités (CIRCEM).
About shawn
This author has yet to write their bio.Meanwhile lets just say that we are proud shawn contributed a whooping 38 entries.
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Panel on youth and social change at the Institut du Nouveau Monde
We’re thrilled to announce that Shawn will participate in a panel on “youth at the heart of worldwide social change” as part of the 2015 École d’été organized by the Institut du Nouveau Monde (INM).
Generation Rising on CCPA’s Summer Reading list
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has selected Generation Rising as a “staff pick” in its July/August edition of national magazine The Monitor.
Generation Rising lauded by Canada’s national book magazine
Generation Rising receives the praises of Canada’s national book magazine, Quill & Quire, in a review published in its July/August 2015 edition.
Indignados poised for power in Madrid and Barcelona
Four years after the Indignados movement erupted across Spain to ignite similar uprisings across Europe and inspire the Occupy Wall Street protests, prominent activists are poised to take over the mayoralties of the country’s two largest cities. These ground-level and peaceful political revolutions are arising not from the top, where the illegitimate intimacy between political and corporate actors continues to dominate the status quo, but from the rising forces of networked mass movements using the tools of the 21st century to circumvent and challenge the hegemony of establishments.
Photos from the book launch for Generation Rising
A warm thanks to everyone who came out and helped make this event such a stunning success.
In Québec, a clash of generations
The fundamental moral failure of our leaders is their refusal to accept the emergence of a generation that simply does not think like them. We are today witnessing the political cultures of two eras entering into mounting conflict, yet the political establishment refuses to cede an inch of its influence to the rising cohort. The gravity of this ethical offence should not be understated. For where the youth may not have the numerical force of a majority, we, as the inhabitants of tomorrow, do have a moral right to be heard.
Edge of the City interview with Paul Aflalo
Shawn sat down with Edge of the City host Paul Aflalo for a wide-ranging discussion about his new book Generation Rising, just released by Fernwood Publishing. Edge of the City is the weekly arts, culture, and society roundup by local podcast network No More Radio.
Intimate and in-depth with McGill campus radio
Shawn was recently on the CKUT couch for a relaxed and wide-ranging interview with radio host Tamara Filyavich. A podcast with your breakfast, perhaps?
Radio interview with Rebecca Munroe
Shawn was live in studio at Concordia University’s campus and community radio station CJLO, where he enjoyed a fun and animated chat with hosts Rebecca M and Danny Payne.
About Shawn Katz
Shawn Katz is a writer and educator from Montreal, Canada. He is the author of Generation Rising: The Time of the Quebec Student Spring (Fernwood Publishing, 2015) and a contributor to The Rise of Cities (Black Rose Books, 2017)