6 DEGREES DEN HAAG THE RISE OF THE CITIZEN APRIL 3, 2017 PEACE PALACE
In collaboration with the Municipality of The Hague, 6 Degrees presents a day of programming that engages with the central challenge of our time how to build more inclusive societies. With more than half of its 500,000 residents from outside of the Netherlands, The Hague is now home to 170 different nationalities. This richness is the perfect backdrop for our theme: The Rise of the Citizen. It is a time of uncertainty. More and more democratic countries are taking increasingly protectionist measures to keep people out, and money in. How do we navigate diverging concepts of nationhood? What is our role as advocates for diversity and inclusion? How do we find language as compelling as the narrative of fear? THE RISE OF THE CITIZEN 9:00 10:30 am 360: Inclusion in the Shock Age 10:30 11:00 am Break 11:00 am 12:30 pm Exchanges 12:30 2:00 pm Lunch 2:00 3:30 pm 360: Prosperity and Citizenship 3:30 4:00 pm Break 4:00 5:15 pm Open Forum 6degreesto.com #6DegreesDenHaag @6DegreesTO facebook.com/6degreesto instagram.com/6degreesto This icon is at the core of the visual identity of 6 Degrees, representing both the holistic approach of the Aboriginal medicine wheel, and the alarm that demands immediate attention towards an issue.
HOST Adrienne Clarkson 26 th Governor General of Canada, author of Belonging, Co-Chair, Institute for Canadian Citizenship Rabin Baldewsingh Deputy Mayor of The Hague, Alderman for Social Affairs, Employment, Neighbourhood Policy and Sport Jennifer Welsh Professor and Chair in International Relations at the European University Institute, and author of The Return of History and At Home in the World Sunny Bergman Writer and documentary filmmaker best known for Our Colonial Hangover and Wit is ook een kleur Niigaan Sinclair International commentator on Indigenous issues, author and editor of Manitowpow and The Winter We Danced Emilie Nicolas Co-founder and president of Québec inclusif, PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the University of Toronto 360: INCLUSION IN THE SHOCK AGE 9:00 AM Inclusion is especially vulnerable to the rise of populism. Populism shocks and stirs with a narrative of fear around refugees and immigrants, the conveniently nebulous Other. Often, too, populism discredits institutions and individuals that work towards inclusion, declaring them part of the problem, the old way of doing things. Inclusion isn t empty language about all of us living happily together; it is a deliberate strategy to create mechanisms that nurture, not divide, communities; that encourage the finding of commonalities, not the divisions on the ground. The mechanics of inclusion need to be better understood. They also require better, more eloquent defenders. How can inclusion be more resilient in 2017? How can the case for it be better made?
EXCHANGES 11:00 AM Outside the Dominant Culture: How to Think, Talk, Act, Differently About Citizenship host Martin Katz, Film and television producer, including Hotel Rwanda and Cosmopolis with Richard van der Laken, Founder, What Design Can Do; Josef Haslinger, Award-winning novelist and essayist; Sunny Bergman, Writer and documentary filmmaker Fouad el Kanfaoui, Chairman, The Ambitious Networking Society (TANS) Artists and activists bring fresh, often original perspectives to conversations occurring in the mainstream. A dialogue amongst artists and changemakers about how to be a citizen of more than one place and space, and how to champion that complexity. Coffeehouse: Making Inclusion Resilient coffeemaster Abdul-Rehman Malik, Award-winning journalist, educator, and organizer For centuries coffeehouses have been meeting spots for lively debates about current events, politics, art, and culture. Following 360: Inclusion in the Shock Age, the Coffeehouse will bring people together to continue the conversation. From this session will come a set of recommendations to be brought to the floor during the Open Forum.
HOST John Ralston Saul Essayist and novelist, author of The Collapse of Globalism, Co-Chair, Institute for Canadian Citizenship Zabeen Hirji Chief Human Resources Officer for the Royal Bank of Canada, twice named a Top 25 Woman of Influence Simon Kuper Journalist, Financial Times columnist, author of Football Against the Enemy, and co-author of Soccernomics Raja Felgata Television presenter, director, and producer, and editor of De Kleurrijke top 100 Geert Mak Award winning journalist and author of In Europa (In Europe) Katherine Watson Executive Director of the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) 360: PROSPERITY AND CITIZENSHIP 2:00 PM It seems obvious: immigration is ultimately a benefit for a society, not a cost. Prosperity is fueled, rather than undermined, by diversity, especially if it is accompanied by citizenship. Of course, the economic, never mind political or social, case for inclusion is far from open and shut. This is especially true in 2017, with the forced movements of people challenging national equilibriums and straining good will. Prosperity, too, can mean different things to different people. Security. Opportunity. Acceptance. Financial well-being as emancipation. How do we discuss prosperity and diversity in ways that make that essential economic case without ignoring the complexity of how citizenship is best measured, or different immigrant groups experience it?
OPEN FORUM 4:00 PM For the final hour, a small group of appointed witnesses people listening and reporting throughout the day present the main takeaways and insights from the earlier sessions. They start by summarizing the key findings of each 360 session and formalizing the outcomes of the Coffeehouse discussions. Calling on any and all in attendance, we then ask the Lead Witness to moderate an open discussion on what we have learned, and how we can apply that learning.
6 Degrees, the global platform on citizenship and inclusion in the 21 st century, is an initiative of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, cofounded and co-chaired by The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson, 26th Governor General of Canada, and John Ralston Saul, one of Canada s leading intellectuals. 6 Degrees involves the brightest minds and the boldest methods. It brings thinkers, doers, business executives, artists, politicians, and civil society leaders together in order to get them talking about what is really happening in the world. COMING UP 6 DEGREES VANCOUVER 6 DEGREES CITIZEN SPACE APRIL 24 2017 SEPTEMBER 25-27 2017 presented by