The Art Gallery of Alberta presents Mind the Gap: A Think-Tank on the Culture of Youth on Saturday, March 15 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm.

This panel discussion will be moderated by Paula Simons, columnist for The Edmonton Journal, and will feature 5 guest panelists:  Dr. Joanne Minaker, Professor of Sociology, MacEwan College; Wallis Kendal, ihuman Youth Advocate; Duane Linklater, First Nations Youth Worker; Page Cassidy, Youth Menace Host (on CJSR); and Josephine Cross, musician and outspoken ‘trans-grrrl’.

This public forum explores the wide-ranging effects of youth culture.  Topics of discussion will include commix, gangs, drugs, consumption, girl-bullies, fashion, sex, gender, new music, video games and social networks. Members of the public are invited to participate in the discussion.  This public forum will be re-broadcast online as a podcast courtesy of VUE Weekly.

Media Contact: 

Sarah Hamilton
Media Relations + Communications Coordinator
Art Gallery of Alberta
t. 780.422.6223. | e. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

PSA  (PDF, 3.2 MB)

One sheet (PDF, 69 MB)