INCC 398.3: “Making the Future”

"….an amazing one-of-a-kind class that has completely changed the way I perceive the future of Canada…" -T.C.

"Twenty years from now, I think I'll look back on this class and say, 'Look at how many of us went on to shape this country". Thank you" -E.H.

"You have inspired the next generation of Canadians." -N.R.

"Thank you for showing us we are important and that we can make a difference." -S.R.

 

A message from “Making the Future” instructor Ken Dryden

This is the kind of course I would want to take.
It’s about Canada.  It’s about different aspects of the way we live – the workplace, family, religion, health and health care, diversity, politics, our role in the world.  It’s about how we were, how we are, and how we got to be this way.  And, most importantly, as individuals, as a country, it’s about where we’re going and how we get there.

It’s about the future.  It’s about you as students, with 60-plus years of your lives ahead of you and 40-plus years of your work life, being asked, what life do you want to live?  What kind of Canada do you want to live in?  It’s your life.  Imagine you are a driver not just a passenger to it.  Where do you want to take it?

It’s about very interesting people who, as presenters, week after week, talk about something they know really well.  And, it’s about these same people who, with children of their own, with their own students, as engaged citizens, are also interested in the future and, with you, are willing to puzzle through its questions and challenges.

It’s about students in different universities in different parts of the country, connected to each other, experiencing and learning together.
I hope to see you in January.

-Ken Dryden

National media coverage on “Making the Future”

 

• Hockey great Dryden to teach U of C course on Canada’s future
• Ken Dryden looks to the classroom to establish Canada’s future lineup
• In what kind of Canada do you want to live? Ken Dryden

About INCC 398.3: “Making the Future”

This is a course about the future. Its focus is a selected set of subject areas that present issues or opportunities for Canada in the next many years. The course invites students to learn more about these fields, imagine how such fields might change in the future, and what role these students could play in building them and in building that different future.

The course is given simultaneously via live audio and video links to classrooms at McGill, Calgary, Ryerson, Bishop’s and Memorial Universities. Students will collaborate on class discussions and projects with their peers in other disciplines and locations. Instructor Ken Dryden will travel between each campus to lead classes, while guest lecturers—experts in their fields—will be invited to each location to engage with students.
Through presentations by these experts and through their own participation in weekly discussions, students will take up the challenge of making a future for Canada and for themselves.

 

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Registration now open:

INCC 398.3: “Making the Future”

CRN: 31454

Thursday afternoons, Jan. 5 - Apr. 7

Jan. 5 - Mar. 10: 1:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
Mar. 17 - Apr. 7: 12:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

“Making the Future” instructor Ken Dryden is a politician, author, businessman, and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.