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16/04/2016

International Workers Day Memorial Lecture 29 April 2016



"Taking Control for Life and Work:
Young People Need to be Part of the Policies and Spaces that Shape Their Tomorrow"

23rd Annual Workers' Memorial Day Lecture - Friday 29 April 2016

International Workers' Memorial Day is the day throughout the world on which all those killed, injured or made ill through work are remembered.

As one of the major events in Scotland, Dundee City Council and Workplace Chaplaincy Scotland organise a free lecture in Dundee. This year Dr Rowena Arshad OBE will be giving a lecture on the Need for Young People to be Part of the Policies and Spaces that Shape their tomorrow.

Dr Rowena Arshad is Head of Moray House School of Education and Co Director of the Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland. She has a particular interest in equity and anti-discrimination issues and how these issues are taken forward in education. She was the Equal Opportunities Commissioner for Scotland from 2001 to 2008 and was awarded the OBE for services to race equality in Scotland. 

The lecture will take place in the Steeple Church, Nethergate, Dundee on Friday 29 April 2016 and will start at 12.30 pm followed by a free finger buffet lunch. Please enter by the west door at the tower.

To reserve your place please fax (01382) 431557 
or email health.safety@dundeecity.gov.uk 
Places will be allocated on a quickest response basis.