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01 June 2021
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Talk at Gimmy TV Channel UK

Fayyaz Baqir was invited for a talk in Saraiki at Gimmy TV channel UK on “Social Transformation in Pakistan: The Art and Science of Linking with the Other” on Monday, May 17, 2021, 7:00 p.m. Pakistan Standard Time
O N L I N E T A L K

Spreading the Word

The talk received 125,000 views.
Keynote Speech in Seraiki by Fayyaz Baqir ‘Surat de Sui Prem dey Dhagay’ (needle of consciousness and thread of love)
at Sargodha Literary Festival arranged by University of Sargodha
Wednesday, April 7, 10:00 a.m. (Pakistan Standard Time)
W O R K S H O P

Courses & Training

A course and a training workshop on Development Practice designed. The course will be delivered in collaboration with Dr. Amjad Saqib (CEO Akhuwat). Course outline has been shared with 5 universities in Pakistan and 2 universities have shown interest in offering the course.
E V E N T S

Publications

Comic Book “Development Studies 101: Old Tales Retold” published at Amazon
R E S E A R C H

Field Training

Anjuman Samaji Behbood (ASB)
Akhter Hameed Khan Memorial Trust (AHKMT)
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Book Launch

Please join us for the virtual launch of a new book in development studies “Beyond Free Market: Social Inclusion and Globalization.” The book explores and expands on two themes: ‘end of neoliberalism is the beginning of human history’ and ‘end of the age of zero sum rationality is the beginning of the age of sanity.’
BEYOND FREE MARKET: SOCIAL INCLUSION AND GLOBALIZATION
Edited by Fayyaz Baqir and Sanni Yaya
Event sponsor: School of International Development and Global Studies
Wednesday, June 9 at 12:00 pm(noon)-1pm (EDT)

SPEAKERS:
MARGARET CATLEY-CARLSON, O.C. Former President of the Canadian International Development Agency
BRIGETTE DEPAPE, Grants Specialist at The Winnipeg Foundation
Registration is not required. The event will be in English.
For more information, please contact Susan Spronk at susan.spronk@uottawa.ca
E V E N T S

Conference

Canadian Association for Study of International Development (CASID) 2021 Conference
June 1
Session 2.3.2 Decolonizing Development as Decolonization of Mind 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Chaired by Faisal Haq Shaheen. Participants include Shoaib Sultan Khan, Indigenous scholar Carolyn Laude, Jennifer Bennet and Fayyaz Baqir
June 4
Session 5.3.4 Digitizing Basic Services: Mentoring the Social Business Franchise (Case of TKE) 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Chaired by Faisal Haq Shaheen and Fayyaz Baqir
THE KNOWLEDGE EXECUTIVE TEAM

New General Body Members

Abdulla Mamun
Emilie-Jane Allard-Cote
Zainab Salman Khan
Nima Hussein
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Dev Talk

A series of talks initiated by The Knowledge Executive to narrate the stories of trailblazing social entrepreneurs of Pakistan.