07:00 PM - 07:00 PM
About the event
The City of Surrey is growing by around 1,000 people per month, and one-third of the population is under 19. Our schools are overflowing and the strain on support staff is intense. How does this affect our newcomer youth? What are some opportunities to engage youth in the city?
Moderator
Dr. Jennifer Marchbank
Jen Marchbank is an associate professor in the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at SFU. Her research interests include "mail order" brides; refugee settlement; and gender, violence and resistance. She also has an oral history project on LGBTQ activism in Surrey. She is the author of several books and journal articles. Outside of academia, she is a community activist and co-founder and facilitator of Youth for a Change, a group of young educators, activists and advocates.
About the Philosophers' Café
Philosophers’ Café is a series of informal public discussions in libraries, cafés and restaurants throughout Metro Vancouver. The cafés, which are open to everyone, have brought dialogue and discussion to thousands of people who are interested in exploring issues from the absurd to the sublime. To learn more about the Philosophers’ Café, please visit their website.
Location: Room 402, City Centre Library
49.19085, -122.849656
Room 402, City Centre Library
10350 University Dr.
V3T 4C3 Surrey, BC
Canada