Name: Ideas in the City — a Phoenix Rising Initiative: Fear & Uncertainty
Start: 2025-10-22T18:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-10-22T20:00:00-06:00
Location: The Plaza Theatre

$Ideas in the City \u2014 a Phoenix Rising Initiative: Fear & Uncertainty$

A discussion on the uncertainties of our times, the fears they engender, and our possible responses to them.
About this Event

Join Mount Royal University speakers as they discuss the uncertainties of our times, the fears they engender, and our possible responses to them. The evening will include a multi-disciplinary series of lightning talks and roundtable discussions on fear and uncertainty from various perspectives reflecting the rich intellectual diversity of the Faculty of Arts.

Speakers include:

Sarah Matheson, Instructor, Film Studies & General Education
Kari Roberts, Professor, Economics, Justice, & Policy Studies
Leanna Ireland, Assistant Professor, Economics, Justice, & Policy Studies
Melissa Pullara, Melissa Pullara, English, Languages, and Cultures
Shane Gannon, Associate Professor, Sociology & Anthropology
Ricardo Avelar, Counsellor, Student Counselling
Emily Hutchison, Associate Professor, Humanities

In partnership with Faculty of Arts and Calgary Public Library.