Panel One: The Compassionate Community
How do we work together to create healthier, more equitable and mutually supportive communities?
This cross-disciplinary, big-picture discussion is the first in a series of three international online events exploring the role of compassion in the New Normal. Hosted by the award-winning ABC/SBS journalist Sana Qadar, this panel will focus on compassion within and between communities.
Our panel of experts are:
Penny Spikins is a Professor in the Archaeology of Human Origins at the University of York, UK. Her research has particularly focused on human social and emotional evolution, including the evolution of compassion, self-control and egalitarianism. The author of ‘How Compassion Made Us Human’, her forthcoming book ‘Hidden Depths: The Palaeolithic Origins of our most Human Emotions’ focuses on human emotional vulnerability.
Anthony Ryan is the Chief Executive Officer of Youngcare, a non-government organisation supporting the 700,000 young people currently living in, or at risk of entering, aged care accommodation across Australia. He has extensive experience spanning the not-for-profit, business, education and investment sectors. He was previously Chief Executive Officer of the Edmund Rice Foundation, and founding Director of the Mimiki Foundation.
Winnifred R. Louis is a Professor in Psychology at The University of Queensland. Her research interests focus on the influence of identity and norms on social decision-making. She has studied this broad topic in contexts that range from political activism to peace psychology, from health to the environment, emphasising the importance of trust and openness in finding solutions together.
This event is presented free of charge. Please register your attendance by 5.00PM (UTC +10) on the Monday prior to each panel.
A webcast link will be sent to you by email prior to the event.
Streaming times by time zone (UTC to UTC +13)
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Tuesday 16 and 23 February; 2 March
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end
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New Zealand
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NZDT
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21:00
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22:30
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NSW; Victoria; Tasmania
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AEDT
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19:00
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20:30
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Queensland
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UTC +10
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18:00
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19:30
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Japan; Korea
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UTC +9
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17:00
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18:30
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WA; Singapore; Philippines; China
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UTC +8
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16:00
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15:30
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Vietnam; Jakarta
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UTC +7
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15:00
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16:30
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India
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UTC +5.5
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13:30
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15:00
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Moscow
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UTC +3
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11:00
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12:30
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Eastern Europe; South Africa
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UTC +2
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10:00
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11:30
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Western Europe
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UTC +1
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9:00
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10:30
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UK
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UTC
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8:00
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9:30
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Repeat streaming for the Americas
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Wednesday 17 and 24 February; 3 March
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São Paolo; Montevideo; Buenos Aires
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UTC -3
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20:00
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21:30
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EST; Toronto; NYC; Bogotá; Lima
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UTC -5
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18:00
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19:30
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CST; Winnipeg; Houston, Mexico City
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UTC -6
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17:00
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18:30
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MST; Edmonton; Denver
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UTC -7
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16:00
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17:30
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PST; Vancouver; Los Angeles
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UTC -8
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15:00
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16:30
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About Compassion and the New Normal
The Faculty of Medicine in partnership with the Compassionate Mind Research Group of the School of Psychology presents Compassion and the New Normal with Sana Qadar.
2020 began with drought and bushfire, rapidly segueing into global pandemic. Meanwhile, movements such as #MeToo, Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion highlight the most basic flaws in our sociopolitical systems, and a tiny minority rich elite continue to extract more and more wealth to themselves forcing the majority into precarity and poverty. In such conditions there is much need for compassion: for ways to rethink the how we live and reimagine the structures by which we share the planet.
As 2021 begins, we present a series of international, online discussions hosted by the award-winning ABC/SBS journalist Sana Qadar. Each expert panel will explore the important role of compassion in shaping the new normal: in our communities, in society and globally. Panellists include the celebrated philosopher, Peter Singer; the co-founder of Compassion in Politics, Jennifer Nadel; the CEO of Youngcare, Anthony Ryan; author of ‘How Compassion Made Us Human’, Penny Spikins; and the president of the Compassionate Mind Foundation, Paul Gilbert. These panels are presented free of charge, please register to receive the webcast streaming link.