How can sport create positive social change?
Event: UBC Sport and Society series: Sport, Peace and Development: How Can Sport Contribute to Positive Social Change? Date/time: Friday, February 12, 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Location: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts University of British Columbia 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver For a map and closest parking, visit: www.maps.ubc.ca?130 [Editors: Olympians will make a “2010 Call to Action” at end of the event. Contact Basil Waugh, UBC Public Affairs, to attend or to schedule interviews. Just hours before the opening ceremony of the 2010 Olympics, a dynamic mix of influential advocates and champions will come together in dialogue at the University of British Columbia to explore how sport can promote global peace and development. Globally, sport and play are increasingly garnering recognition as agents of social change with the power to contribute to national and international development goals and objectives – including the promotion of health and education, the inclusion and empowerment o
