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Change the World: Facing Climate Change, Confronting Inequalities

Course information

Dates 17 - 18 July 2024
Time 11.30 am - 2.30 pm
Cost $39
Delivery UC Campus
Commitment 2 days (6 hours)
Enrolments close 10 July 2024

About the course

This course is designed to support you to become an active and reflective global citizen. Through a focus on the climate change, human rights, and social inequality, you will have the opportunity to explore how change occurs across scales. This will range from the role of local grassroots movements to negotiations within international institutional bodies. Students will explore how conflict arises before using practical problem-solving activities to identify opportunities for resolution and consensus building. Through a series of interactive and creative workshops using case-studies from contemporary current affairs, participants will deepen their understanding of diverse cultural, political and theoretical perspectives on complex world challenges. The perspectives of First Nations Peoples will be included throughout this course.

You will:

  • Further your critical thinking and problem solving skills
  • Develop in-depth understanding of key contemporary global challenges

Course requirements

Open to all students in Years 10, 11 & 12.

Course presenters

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Dr Bethaney Turner

Dr Bethaney Turner

Associate Professor in Global Studies

Dr Bethaney Turner is an Associate Professor in Global Studies at the University of Canberra and member of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research in the Faculty of Arts and Design. Building on her doctoral work on social revolutionary movements in Latin America, her current research explores social, cultural, and political perspectives on climate change.

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