2018 Canadian Liberal Arts Fair
The Canadian Liberal Arts Association (“CLAA”) is pleased to announce the inaugural Canadian Liberal Arts Fair. If you are studying in the #LiberalArts, #Humanities, or any allied discipline, the Fair is organized to help you imagine (and even plan) a more concrete and realistic path toward success, whatever that might mean for you.
Date & Time: 17 November 2018 from 12PM to 4PM.
Location: Bibliothèque et Archives nationale de Québec (“BAnQ”; 475 de Maisonneuve East, Montreal, QC, H2L 5C4, metro Berri-UQAM).
Attendance: The Canadian Liberal Arts Fair is free and open to the public.
More information: Please feel free to contact the Fair’s primary sponsor, the Thomas More Institute, by phone (514) 935-9585 or email info [at] thomasmore.qc.ca.
Program
Opportunities Space opens (12:00 PM). We have recruited sponsors who offer all kinds of opportunities—volunteering, academic programs, internships, etc.—connected to the liberal arts, humanities, etc.
Panel on Liberal Arts for Professional Success (12:30 – 1:30 PM). We will be interviewing three alumni of programs in the liberal arts, humanities, etc., to discuss how their academic training has nourished their professional success.
- Anna Asimakopulos, CBC Montreal.
- Guillaume Lavoie, Collège néo-classique + ÉNAP.
- Paul Sheridan, ON Ministry of the Attorney General.
Reflection Workshop (2:30 PM – 3:30 PM). Our partner Brila Youth Projects will be leading a workshop entitled Disconnected in a connected world: How can we think together authentically? Participants will reflect together, demonstrating some of the key competencies students develop through training in the liberal arts, humanities, etc.
Opportunities Space closes (4:00 PM).
Sponsors
Brila Youth Projects (Montréal)
Carleton U. – College of the Humanities
Collège néo-classique (Montréal)
Concordia U. – Lib Arts College
Concordia U. – Dept. of Religions & Cultures
Concordia U. – Dept. of Theological Studies
Dawson College – Lib Arts Program
The Grammaticus (Toronto)
Marianopolis College – Lib Arts Program
McGill U. – Dept. of History & Classical Studies
Thomas More Institute (Montréal)
Vanier College – Lib Arts Program
About the CLAA
The CLAA is an initiative of the Thomas More Institute in Montréal, Québec. The CLAA exists to support and promote the #LiberalArts, #Humanities, and connected fields in Canada, in both formal educational institutions and among the general public. We view the liberal arts broadly as a grouping of disciplines—bound together by a common educational approach—that participates in an evolving tradition. By “educational approach,” the CLAA envisions a methodical, self-driven, open-minded pursuit of knowledge and understanding appropriate not only for students working their way through institutionalized curricula, but also for curious, reflective adults.