To Remember is to Resist: 40 Years of Sport and Social Change

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - Thursday, May 22, 2008

Toronto, Canada

40 years after Mexico City, Paris, and Prague, and 80 days before the Beijing Games, the Faculty of Physical Education and Health, the Centre for Sport Policy Studies, and New College at the University of Toronto are pleased to host a three-day conference on sport and social change to be held in Toronto, Canada, on May 20-22, 2008.

These anniversaries offer a unique opportunity to revisit the ways in which the struggle for human rights has shaped sport and physical activity. This conference will commemorate and critique the aims and achievements of past and current human rights movements in sport. Keynote addresses and individual presentations will explore the past and reflect on current efforts at social change; participants will also be encouraged to suggest future directions and debate the merits of including sport in campaigns for human rights.

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Power of Sport Summit: A Participatory Forum on Sport and Social Change

Saturday, June 14, 2008 - Sunday, June 15, 2008

Northeastern University Ballroom
360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Mass.

The Center for the Study of Sport in Society is hosting the first ever Power of Sport Summit. The objective of the two day summit is to generate discussion about current trends, including what is working, what it possible, and what important actions are needed to help advance the sport and social change movement. Contact Eli Wolff e.wolff@neu.edu or 617-373-8936.
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