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'— Canadian Student Pugwash Ccnference ‘

Arms control, standard setting for environmental and occupational risks, the politics and economics of health care delivery, and technology and the Third World will be some of the topics discussed at the Second National Conference of Canadian Student Pugwash.

The Conference will bring together one hundred univer— sity students and leading spokespeOple from the fields of research, business, lab— our, public interest, and government to discuss the roles played by science and technology in power relation and the political process. The general theme of the Conference is " Science, Knowledge, and Power," and three key issues are at the centre of the workshop dis—

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is a non-partisan, univer- sity based organization devoted to research and sen-i sitization on issues rel- ated to science, public policy, and the social responsibilities of scien- tists. created in 1980, , it is now one of, the most dynamic sttxient—run- or— ' ganiZations in the coun- try. It has a National Office in Ottawa, 12 loc- al groups in universities, and a publishing program. Following its first Nat- ional Conference in June 1981, Canadian Student Pugwash published a book titled " Science in Soc— iety: Its Freedan and Reg— ulation."

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These issues are: the pa»- er of science as a force con“ trolled by society; the power science exerts over our lives by shaping our institutions and influencing our culture; and the fairness of procedurc in Canadian and internation— al societies, for decision making on issues involving science and technology.

Participants will be div~ ided among siw workshops wit different perspectives on the essential Conference theme. Students will be sel* ected to attend the Confer- ence on the basis of a pap~ er submitted on a workshop topic. The topics are the following:" Political Dec— isions in a Technological

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Society: How to ensure fairness ans accountability?

Patient, Health Care Proff— essionals, and the State: Seeking a Just Balance of Powers"; " The Use of Science by the State for Security and Control"; "Scientists, the Qualitative Arms Race, and Power in the International System"; and " Technology and the Third World".

'IWo public debates will \ also be held on controver- sal aspects of the Confer- ence theme. A selection of student and senior papers, along with the transcripts

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