For immediate release

March 18, 2009

Attn: Editors / Reporters / Photographers / Videographers

Special Media Invitation: Kwantlen Polytechnic University Conference on Tolerance and Intolerance, Difference and Indifference

Organized by Criminology faculty members Jessie Horner and Hisham Ramadan, this two-day conference will examine the state of tolerance in Canada.

The conference will bring scholars, community experts, and activists from different disciplines, different communities, and different countries together to explore the meaning and limits of tolerance and the construction of difference. Special attention will be given to the demonization of religious groups, the war on drugs, and groups of people living at the edges of tolerance and indifference.

Media is welcome to attend for both days, one day, or to drop in for individual sessions.

Dates: March 27 and March 28
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. (Friday, March 27)
9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Saturday, March 28)

Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 12666 72nd Avenue
Room: Conference Centre G1205


Media Contact:

Jessie Horner
Criminology instructor
Tel: 604-599-2518
jessie.horner@kwantlen.ca  

OR

Hisham Ramada
Criminology instructor
Tel: 604-599-3024
hisham.ramadan@kwantlen.ca  

OR

Peter Chevrier
Director, Marketing & Communications
Tel: 604-599-2286
peter.chevrier@kwantlen.ca