Here's a link to the Kony 2012 video campaign.
PLEASE don't make up your mind on the controversy surrounding this campaign after viewing the video alone. A simple web search will give you access to thousands of contrarian options on this campaign that should be considered.
Discussion questions from our live event:
Have you heard of the Kony 2012 campaign?
What do you think of it?
Joseph Kony hasn't been active in Uganda for seven years.
Are you aware of the pressing issues in Uganda right now?
What should be done about these issues (the food crisis, spiraling inflation, election fraud, military corruption, violent stifling of protest)?
Should foreign aid charities be advocating military interventions?
What are your thoughts on western military interventions in recent history (Vietnam, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Iraq or in the case of Kony 2012 Uganda/Congo?)
When you give to a charity, do you look at where and how they use the money?
Do you need to understand an issue in order to make a positive change?
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Innovation
This week's film is not viewable online.
How important is ingenuity and creativity: Personally? Culturally? Historically?
Is creativity supported or discouraged by: The educational institutions you've encountered? The employers you've worked for?
As a nation are we losing our ability to innovate?
What effects do the following phenomenon have on this: Globalization? Social Media? Information Technology? The entertainment industry? Other influences?
Are other nations doing a better job of kindling creativity and innovation? What are they doing right? What are they doing wrong?
How important is ingenuity and creativity: Personally? Culturally? Historically?
Is creativity supported or discouraged by: The educational institutions you've encountered? The employers you've worked for?
As a nation are we losing our ability to innovate?
What effects do the following phenomenon have on this: Globalization? Social Media? Information Technology? The entertainment industry? Other influences?
Are other nations doing a better job of kindling creativity and innovation? What are they doing right? What are they doing wrong?
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Culture Clash Craziness
This week's film is not embedable, but you can watch it here.
Can modern fairytales have the same resonance as classic fairytales?
Have you ever been to a place (or in a situation) that made you feel like you were in another world?
What other cultures have you experienced?
What can be done to help immigrants adapt to Canada? What can be done to help Canada adapt to immigrants?
Relative to other countries, does Canada present an easier or more difficult culture to adapt to?
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Three Things
Is Calgary getting better as a city or is it in decline?
How connected is your neighbourhood?
What makes a great neighbourhood? What about a great city?
What are your three things for Calgary?
How far do you think the Three Things campaign will reach?
Visit the Three Things website to learn more.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Geriatric
The video catalysing the first round of discussion at Sunday's live event:
The video catalysing the second round of discussion at Sunday's live event:
Do you have any significant relationships with those who are very elderly?
How important is preparing for your senior years to you now (health-wise, financially, familialy and in other ways)?
When you look back on this time in your life from your later years, how significant will the memories you’re currently making be? What do you think will be most important to you then?
What do you think it’s really like to be near the end of life? What has your experience of others near the end of their lives been? Do you think anything lies beyond this life?
The video catalysing the second round of discussion at Sunday's live event:
Do you have any significant relationships with those who are very elderly?
How important is preparing for your senior years to you now (health-wise, financially, familialy and in other ways)?
When you look back on this time in your life from your later years, how significant will the memories you’re currently making be? What do you think will be most important to you then?
What do you think it’s really like to be near the end of life? What has your experience of others near the end of their lives been? Do you think anything lies beyond this life?
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Christmas Controversy
Today's film is not embed-able, but here are the discussion questions for it, which can stand on their own:
Do you wish people a “Merry Christmas” or a “Happy Holidays” at this time of year?
Do you think the spiritual aspects of Christmas will still be prominent in mainstream Canadian culture in 50 years?
Have the negative influences of corrupt televangelists and other less-than-Jesusy expressions of Christianity contributed to the secularization of Christmas?
Should Canadian identity be found in a secular state model, a multi-faith mosaic or a Christian melting-pot?
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Snap
How trusting are you with loaning your property to others? Have you ever been taken advantage of?
How much do our political and social systems influence the way we view property? How might different systems influence our connection to material things?
How would you react if you were the subjects in this film?
Does the end justify the means in this film? How do you weigh means against ends in your life?
Artists sometimes end up grappling with the legality of their work (for example: street art and vandalism laws or sexually explicit art and obscenity laws). Should artists ever be allowed to break the law?
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