Come to the Multi-Purpose Room of the Riddell Centre, off University Drive South, on November 17 and 18 (Thursday and Friday) to participate in creating a knowledge commons in Saskatchewan.We are talking about: - reclaiming knowledge, information, and culture as commonly held resources for the public good
- challenging the privatization and commodification of knowledge
- creating avenues for scientists, artists, Indigenous Peoples, farmers, journalists, students, teachers, librarians, health care workers, researchers, community activists, and citizens of all kinds to freely access and share humanity's knowledge
REGISTER TODAY - FREE OF CHARGE at http://uregina.ca/InformationCommonsThursday, November 17 @ 7:30pm - Brewster Kneen, Founder of the Forum on Privatization and the Public Domain, will deliver the keynote address in the Multi-Purpose Room, Riddell Centre
- reception to follow
Friday, November 18 @ 9:00am (until 4:45pm) - moderated panel discussions on issues and solutions, with representatives from a variety of sectors (see website for details)
- break-out discussion sessions
- displays and networking (see website for a current list)
- closing plenary session
- organic, locally-sourced lunch (catered by University Club) available for purchase (must be ordered before noon, November 16)
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Information Commons Project at the University of Regina
c/o Computer Science Department, College West 308
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada S4S 0A2
information.commons@uregina.ca http://uregina.ca/InformationCommons
tel: (306) 585-5210 * fax: (306) 585-4745
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