<div class="gmail_quote"><p class="MsoNormal">Hello PHM subscribers, <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">We would like to invite you and/or your
organization to submit one or more presentations to our conference. The
conference is entitled, “<span>Putting Equality Back on the Agenda.” All
that is required is an abstract of your proposed presentation. If you
personally cannot submit a proposal, then please forward this email to
anyone who might be able to submit a proposal. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The 12<sup>th</sup> North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress will be held at the University of Toronto from May 3<sup>rd</sup> to 5<sup>th</sup>, 2012.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Recently
there have been a considerable number of articles describing the
increase of economic polarization in Canada. This conference hopes to
dig into the important topic of increasing economic disparity and
propose alternatives to reverse this trend.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span>Proposals are welcome on the following topics:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span>What are the costs of economic disparity (economic, social and political)?</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span>What are the implications for pursuing (or not pursuing) basic income options?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span>What
are possible models for generating revenue to sustain a basic income
and what are their implications for economic disparity?</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span>What are the practical issues for implementing a basic income policy and what are their implications for economic disparity?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span>What
communication and engagement strategies are necessary to raise
awareness about economic disparity and basic income in the public
sphere?</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span>All
points of view are welcome. Anyone interested in presenting, organizing
a panel, or displaying a poster should submit an abstract of their
proposal to the chair of the jury committee at <a href="mailto:basicincome2012@gmail.com" target="_blank">basicincome2012@gmail.com</a>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">
<span>Please include the following information with your proposal:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><span>1. Name(s)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><span>2. Affiliation(s)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><span>3. Address</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in">
<span>4. City, Province/State, Postal/Zip Code, and Country</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><span>5. Telephone</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in">
<span>6. Email Address(es)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><span>7. Paper/Presentation/Panel/Poster Title</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in">
<span>8. Abstract of 50-150 words</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span>The deadline for proposals is January 13<sup>th</sup>, 2012.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span>If
you wish to know more information about the conference or have other
questions, then please do not hesitate to contact me at <a href="mailto:jennavandraanen@gmail.com" target="_blank">jennavandraanen@gmail.com</a>. You can also visit
the website at:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span><a href="http://biencanada.ca/content/11th-north-american-basic-income-guarantee-congress-call-proposals" target="_blank">http://biencanada.ca/content/11th-north-american-basic-income-guarantee-congress-call-proposals</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span>Thank you in advance for your consideration, <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">
<br><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span>Jenna</span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span><br></span></p><span></span>-- <br>
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Jenna van Draanen</b></font><br>
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<p><span>"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."
- Edmund Burke</span></p>
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