What is the President’s Dialogue Series?
The President’s Dialogue Series is an initiative started by KPU President, Dr. Alan Davis. This ongoing series welcomes speakers to KPU who are leaders in the private and public sectors, both locally and globally.
Visiting speakers exemplify a commitment to the values of KPU and help bring about the following key elements of KPU’s polytechnic vision:
- Inspiring educators
- All learners engaging in campus and community life
- Open and creative learning environments
- Relevant scholarship and research
- Authentic external and internal relationships
Events are free and open to the public.
Past Events
President's Dialogue with Gwynne Dyer
"Planetary Maintenance Engineers"
January 18,2023
President's Dialogue with Paul LeBlanc
"Students First: Equity Access and Opportunity in Higher Education"
September 22, 2022
Dr. Alan Davis and Gwynne Dyer (PhD.), Author, Speaker, Historian & Independent Journalist (April 10, 2017)
"The Trump Era: Barking Up The Wrong Tree"
April 10th, 2017
Gywnne Dyer (PhD.) is a historian and journalist who will sit down with Kwantlen Polytechnic University President and Vice Chancellor Dr. Alan Davis for a frank and informal discussion in the third instalment of KPU’s President’s Dialogue Series.
Dr. Alan Davis and Gwynne Dyer (PhD.), Author, Speaker, Historian & Independent Journalist
(April 27, 2015)
Official Installation Ceremony for Lekeyten as KPU's First Elder in Residence
Thursday, January 29
Dr. Alan Davis and Thomas Mulcair, Leader of Canada’s New Democrats (February 18th, 2014)
Thomas Mulcair, Leader of the Federal NDP and the Official Opposition, sat down with Kwantlen Polytechnic University President and Vice Chancellor Dr. Alan Davis for a frank and informal discussion in the first instalment of KPU’s President’s Dialogue Series.
Mulcair and Davis covered a wide range of environmental issues, including energy development, emission control, climate change, the Keystone XL pipeline and the Enbridge Northern Gateway project.
