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Registration Information here<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Firdaus Kharas will get you laughing to bring you to a serious point in as little as 20 seconds \u00a0Mr. Kharas will use examples from his renowned prevention campaigns on HIV\/AIDS, malaria, domestic violence and children\u2019s 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. \u00a0This 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.<\/p>\n

Firdaus Kharas<\/strong>\u00a0is a social entrepreneur and humanitarian. \u00a0Through his company,\u00a0Chocolate Moose Media<\/a>,\u00a0Kharas produces animation, documentaries, films and television series designed to educate, entertain, and change societal and individual behaviour, particularly in relation to transmittable\u00a0diseases, via a process he calls Culture Shift. His goal is to positively influence people’s\u00a0knowledge, attitudes and behaviours, especially those\u00a0of children and youth, in order to improve human health\u00a0conditions 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”.<\/p>\n

Admission is free, but seating is limited. \u00a0Please register<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Co-sponsored\u00a0with Technology Management Innovation (TIM) Program; the Communication, Risk, and Public Health Research Group;\u00a0<\/span>Global and International Studies; and the\u00a0Institute of African Studies.<\/em><\/p>\n

This event is supported by the Offices of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic), and of the Vice-President (Research & International), Carleton University.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"daevent-type":[],"event-audience":[],"event-featured":[],"yoast_head":"\nFirdaus Kharas: Using Laughter and Animation To Save Lives - Events - CHAIM Centre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Registration Information here Firdaus Kharas will get you laughing to bring you to a serious point in as little as 20 seconds \u00a0Mr. Kharas will use\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chaimcentre\/cu-events\/firdaus-kharas\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chaimcentre\/cu-events\/firdaus-kharas\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chaimcentre\/cu-events\/firdaus-kharas\/\",\"name\":\"Firdaus Kharas: Using Laughter and Animation To Save Lives - 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