PEOPLE OVER PROFIT: Alternatives to a Growth Economy Panel
Date & time
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Registration is closed
Speaker(s)
Yves-Marie Abraham, Degrowth researcher and professor at Université de Montréal, Karine Awashish, co-founder of Coop Nitaksinan, Leonora King, founder of the Parc-Ex Curry Collective, John McPhedran Waitzer, national organizer at Resource Movement, Moderator: Bengi Akbulut, political economist and professor at Concordia University.
Come to Bar Milton Parc to enjoy a bilingual panel discussion with local Montreal organisers and researchers about the socio-environmental harms of an infinite growth economy.
Thanks to facilitation from Concordia political economist Bengi Akbulut, alternatives to growth-centered economies — such as social economy cooperatives, wealth redistribution and degrowth economies — will be proposed and explored by our panelists: Yves-Marie Abraham, associate professor at UdeM and Degrowth researcher; Karine Awashish, co-founder of Coop Nitaskinan; Jon McPhedran Waitzer, national organiser at Resource Movement; and Leonora Indira King, founder of the Parc-Ex Curry Collective.