The virtue of justice eludes us on a daily basis, even though it arises from deep within man, and should therefore be easily accessible. Although inward, yet, justice has far-reaching, ubiquitous impacts on the external world.
Rooted in the ideas and ideals of a recent Indian sage, Sree Narayana Guru (1856-1928)—SNA Toronto, a grassroots movement, in conjunction with sponsors (TBA)—is organizing this one-day seminar (no concurrent sessions) on social justice concerns. This conference has two purposes—to bring greater understanding on social justice issues in disparate walks of life (business, government, academia, etc.) and to build a conversation among these distinct institutions, by inviting speakers from each. Envisioning politics in a numinous manner—in keeping with a long tradition of numinous politics (as exemplified by M. K. Gandhi and many others) in India, SNA approaches social justice issues in a philosophical manner—seeking to transfigure man in order to transform society—not vice versa.
We invite faculty members to e-mail Sujit Sivanand at papers@justalk.ca, by no later than Aug 15, 2019, if you are interested in serving as a member of our advisory board.
We also invite academic papers authored by students, researchers, faculty members, professionals and arts exponents. Intending authors have to first e-mail an expression of interest, to Dileep Kumar at contact@justalk.ca. After that please e-mail abstracts for papers on one of the selected themes as follows:
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Globalization, technology, and social justice - we will select four abstracts and four back-up abstracts (papers from social sciences, humanities, business, etc.)
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Handling implementation of social justice issues - we will select three abstracts and three back-up abstracts (papers by professionals from immigration, health care, tax accounting firms, government, etc.)
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Solving social justice issues through the arts - we will select one abstract and one back-up abstract (paper by fine arts or performing arts exponents).
Abstracts have to be e-mailed to Sujit Sivanand at papers@justalk.ca no later than Sep 1, 2019. If your abstract is selected by our advisory board (comprising faculty members) you will be informed by Sep 15, 2019, and asked to submit a two-page summary of your paper by Sep 30, 2019. We would like to pre-distribute your summaries to registered members—for the purpose of fostering better discussion.
This event is free for invited and selected speakers—i.e. those whose abstracts are accepted. If your abstract is accepted, we will e-mail you to confirm. This e-mail will serve as your registration as well.
We welcome you to attend this seminar – all the more, if you care about social justice issues world-wide.
We invite other participants and delegates to register by using this link: https://www.justalk.ca/events/jus-talk-seminar. The registration fee (including lunch and coffee) for this conference is 100 CAD, with a discounted rate of 50 CAD for students. Information about conference accommodations will be announced, via e-mail to registrants, and via flyers, by August 31, 2019. The deadline for registering is Sep 30, 2019.