1st and 2nd year University/College students: ISGP Seminar (20-30 August 2011)

 

 The upcoming Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (ISGP) Year 1 seminar The seminar will take place 20-30 August 2011 in British Columbia, but students from across the country are encouraged to attend.  It is the first of a four year seminar series designed to accompany students through the first four years of their post-secondary education. Please also find attached a program brochure. The next seminar will take place in February 2012 in Ontario during the reading break for the majority of university students.

 

 

Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity Year 1 Seminar:

In this seminar, students become familiarized with certain concepts that are essential to systematic and

sustained social action as well as some characteristics of Baha’i social and economic development. It

also serves as an opportunity to learn about efforts whose aim is to contribute to the ongoing discourses

of society. Both first and second year university students between the ages of 17-25 are welcome to

apply for the first year seminar:

 

In order to register for the first year seminar, please fill out the application form at the following link:

 

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?

formkey=dEtuMUVNLS1LY3p3SnVWTlF4ajBQT3c6MQ

 

Relevant Information:

 

Date and time:

Registration: 20 August 2011, 7:00 pm-8:20 pm

Start: 20 August 2011, 8:30 pm

End: 30 August 2011, 4pm

 

Location: To be announced, British Columbia Canada

 

Cost: $200 to be paid over paypal or direct deposit only.

 

Application Deadline: 8 July 2011

 

Payment Deadline: 10 July 2011

 

Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity:

The Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (ISGP) is an agency of the Baha’i World Centre that runs

a four-year undergraduate seminar program designed to accompany Baha’i undergraduate students

through their university education. The seminars, which take place in a variety of countries, are

 

7200 Leslie Street, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada L3T 6L8

Telephone/Téléphone: (905) 889-8168 Fax/Télécopieur: (905) 889-8184 Email/Courriel: isgpcanada@cdnbnc.org

 

administratively coordinated by the Spiritual Assembly in Canada.

 

Aims of Undergraduate Seminar Program:

The undergraduate seminar program responds to a need for students to come together with their peers

and reflect on their efforts to create positive and enduring change in society. Some of the aims of the

seminars are to raise the consciousness of Baha’i youth in university about who they are, what they

do, and the significance of their engagement in action directed towards social change; to develop their

capacity to reflect, to analyze, and to learn from action; to provide them with tools to analyze the culture

in which they are immersed as well as the content of the courses they study, and to help them assume

ownership of their education and acquire the kind of knowledge that will assist them to live fruitful and

productive lives.

 

The seminars take place in English with between 20-30 students and achieve their aims through the

study of relevant materials including the text “A Discourse on Social Action” and the watching of a

number of documentary films; students also have the opportunity to engage in a variety of recreational

activities together, and to go on a relevant field trip. The nature of the learning process invites the

participants to approach the seminar with an open heart and mind and to support a new kind of learning

space that is at once serious and joyful, educative and uplifting, disciplined and dynamic. It is a space

where participants see themselves as both protagonists of their own learning as well as part of an

integrated whole. They have the opportunity to learn from their peers, share their struggles and concerns,

and to build and strengthen bonds of unity and friendship that help nourish and recharge their spirits

each year.

 

Prospective participants should plan to attend the entire seminar as consistent attendance has an

important impact on the dynamics of the group as well as on their own intellectual and spiritual growth.