The Goethe-Institut Toronto is a Community Partner of the DemocracyXChange Summit
OCAD University, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and Open Democracy Project are once again organizing the
DemocracyXChange Summit (DXC23), Canada’s annual summit for the emerging democracy sector and leaders who want to help build democratic resilience.
DXC23 welcomes 300 democracy practitioners including community groups, non-profits, industry leaders, civic-tech start-ups, academics, public servants, artists, grassroots activists, politicians, students and members of the general public.
Featured keynote speakers include:
- Award-winning author, Anand Ghiridharadas, whose recent book is The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy (2022);
- 2022 MOCA Artist Award-winner Rajni Perera;
- National Director of the Working Families Party, Maurice Mitchell; and
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa and author How to Stand Up to A Dictator (2023)
Friday, March 24, will be dedicated to Democracy Futures Workshop, designed by OCAD U’s Super Ordinary Laboratory under the leadership of Professor Suzanne Stein and OCADU CO. in collaboration with TMU’s Leadership Lab and Brookfield Institute. Participants (including Goethe-Institut Toronto Program Curator Jutta Brendemühl) will consider how we might create a resilient, successful, and sustainable democracy. To help answer this question, the group will explore three significant drivers of change, namely: social inequality, misinformation, and trust in governance. Throughout the workshop, participants will examine each of these critical drivers through the lens of impact on resilient democracy and within the larger context of climate change.
Full program at
DemocracyXChange Summit
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