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Firdaus Kharas: Using Laughter and Animation To Save Lives
September 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
| Location: | 101 Azrieli Theatre |
| Cost: | Free |
| Audience: | Anyone |
| Contact Email: | kim.matheson@carleton.ca |
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Firdaus Kharas will get you laughing to bring you to a serious point in as little as 20 seconds Mr. Kharas will use examples from his renowned prevention campaigns on HIV/AIDS, malaria, domestic violence and children’s rights to explain how he creates global campaigns seen by hundreds of millions of people across many countries, bridging the many differences in people of culture, language and religion. This talk will be particularly interesting to students of journalism, communications, film, health, languages, business, social entrepreneurship, computer sciences, human rights, public affairs, development and international affairs.
Firdaus Kharas is a social entrepreneur and humanitarian. Through his company, Chocolate Moose Media, Kharas produces animation, documentaries, films and television series designed to educate, entertain, and change societal and individual behaviour, particularly in relation to transmittable diseases, via a process he calls Culture Shift. His goal is to positively influence people’s knowledge, attitudes and behaviours, especially those of children and youth, in order to improve human health conditions globally. In June, 2015, Kharas received an honorary doctorate from Carleton University in recognition of his “innovative work as a social entrepreneur and for the advancement of public health and children’s rights in a global context”.
Admission is free, but seating is limited. Please register.
Co-sponsored with Technology Management Innovation (TIM) Program; the Communication, Risk, and Public Health Research Group; Global and International Studies; and the Institute of African Studies.
This event is supported by the Offices of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic), and of the Vice-President (Research & International), Carleton University.