KPU’s Third Annual Anti-Racism Symposium
Date: Friday March 21, 2025
Location: KPU Surrey Conference Centre
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (doors open at 8:30 am)
KPU’s Office of Equity and Inclusive Communities will host the Third Annual Anti-Racism Symposium on March 21, 2025, to align with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The symposium aims to discuss and encourage confronting racism and to share internal and external research, scholarship, and creativity on racism/anti-racism.
For queries, please email the Office of Equity and Inclusive Communities at oeic@kpu.ca
Please register to help us with event planning and catering
Abstract
Towards a Diversity of Voices - MLA and Parliamentary Secretary for Transit George Anderson will share his journey to public office, the challenges he faced along the way, and his hope and optimism for the future. He will explore the impact of representation, the role of community in breaking down barriers, and the steps we can take to create a political landscape that empowers a diversity of voices in the decision-making process.
Speaker Bio
MLA George Anderson
Born and raised in Nanaimo, George Anderson is a commercial lawyer, a volunteer, and one of the youngest people ever elected to Nanaimo City Council.
He has served as Chair of the Vancouver Island University Board of Governors and volunteered with the Canadian Bar Association’s Access to Justice Committee, Literacy Central Vancouver Island, the Nanaimo-Ladysmith Public Schools Foundation, among many other organizations dedicated to making his community stronger.
He is a recipient of the distinction for citizenship from the Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce, as well as the BC Achievement Award presented by the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia in 2016. MLA Anderson is the Parliamentary Secretary for Transit and Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole.