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World Affairs Conference
The real benefit of UCC's World Affairs Conference is in providing students with university-level-style sessions where world-leading experts speak on topics that inspire, engage and challenge.
— Gregory McDonald, Staff Adviser to WAC
— Gregory McDonald, Staff Adviser to WAC
Hot topics, deep discussions
The World Affairs Conference (WAC) is Canada’s oldest annual student-run current affairs conference.
Held annually at Upper Canada College and co-presented by students from UCC and girls' school Branksome Hall, the World Affairs Conference connects more than 1,000 students, with a common interest in current affairs, from across North America.
The conference theme in 2018 was Paradigm Shifts: How have the axioms of society changed, and how will they change in the future? Programs included discussions on innovative technologies, the ever-changing political landscape, and shifts in social policy and movements.
The conference theme in 2018 was Paradigm Shifts: How have the axioms of society changed, and how will they change in the future? Programs included discussions on innovative technologies, the ever-changing political landscape, and shifts in social policy and movements.
Past Keynote Speaker Videos
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2018: Dr. Geoffrey Hinton
Artificial intelligence and society -
2017: Dr. Aubrey de Grey
Radical life extension -
2016: Nanor Balyozian
Syria: A humanitarian crisis -
2015: Edward Snowden
Privacy and civil liberties
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