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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.
— Alvin Jugoon, Staff Adviser to WAC
— Alvin Jugoon, 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 thousands of students across the world with a common interest in current affairs.
The conference theme in 2023 will be Hybrid Thinking.
Visit https://worldaffairscon.org/ to learn more about this year's program and speakers.
The conference theme in 2023 will be Hybrid Thinking.
Visit https://worldaffairscon.org/ to learn more about this year's program and speakers.
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WAC in the news
- World Affairs Conference goes global
- WAC Conference shines from start to finish
- WAC reflects on a decade of radical change
- World Affairs Conference examined paradigm shifts
- How a student secured Edward Snowden for a chat at his high school
- NSA leaker Edward Snowden addresses Toronto school from Russia
Past Keynote Speaker Videos
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2022: Scott Galloway
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2021: George Elliott Clarke
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2020: Mehdi Hasan (no recording available)
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2019: Dr. James Hansen
Climate change science -
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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