Governor General opens Congress 2012
Posted May 27, 2012 07:23:04 AM.
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Day one of Congress 2012 included a keynote address by Governor General David Johnston.
The Congress of the Humanities and Social Science has been going for 81 years but this year it’s being hosted by the region’s two universities.
In his speech at Wilfrid Laurier, Johnston talked about knowledge. He said, “Knowledge is that next-to-highest state on the progressive spectrum that moves from data through information, from knowledge to wisdom, with wisdom being the ultimate plateau from which knowledge is applied to govern all aspects of the ideal society.”
Johnston also noted that this is the best time in history to be a scholar because, “never before have the conditions for the democratization of knowledge been better, nor the critical thinking of scholars more central to the lives of Canadians and people throughout the world.”
Johnston’s keynote speech was part of the Big Thinking lecture series which is open to the public.
You can also view some sessions online.
