2021 Symposium

Welcome

This year, our Annual Symposium will be held online in light of the current global health pandemic. We are also pleased to announce that the graduation event for our Certificate Programme Class of 2020 will be held in conjunction with the Symposium.

Date: 30 January 2021 (Saturday)
Time: 9.20am – 1.00pm

About

The CTPCLC Symposium is held annually to recognise our student fellows’ community development efforts with our partnering social service organisations. This year, we are honoured to have Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law, as our Guest of Honor.

Programme

Time	Session
9:20am	Online admission to Symposium via Zoom
9:45am	Arrival of VIPs
9:50 am	Welcome & housekeeping matters By student emcees Daniel Lopez & Yeo Qin-Liang
10:00am	Arrival of Minister Edwin Tong Minister for Culture, Community & Youth and Second Minister for Law
10:05am	Opening Address by Assoc Prof Chng Huang Hoon Director, Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre
10:10am	Student Presentations & Reflections #1 Student Presentation 1 Media portrayal of ex-offenders in Singapore By Daniel Lopez & Nur Haziqah Binte Mohd Yazib Student Presentation 2 Tracer study of elderly patients from Alexandra Hospital By Lim Yong Shan & Raudhah Bte Razali Reflections 1 1. Low Tze Hui Sarah \| CTPCLC alumni 2. Raudhah Bte Razali \| CTPCLC alumni 3. Sakhardande Pradnya Govind \| CTPCLC alumni 4. Ms Liang Hwee Ting \| Director, Corporate Communications, Outreach and Patient Experience (MOHT) Moderator: Samihah Niquat Safeel \| CTPCLC student fellow
10:45am	Break
10:50am	Minister's Remarks and Dialogue Opening Remarks by Minister Tong Panel Dialogue with Minister Youth Engagement in Community Development Panellists: 1. Minister Tong \| Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law 2. Willoughby Niki Lee Yan Xing \| CTPCLC student fellow 3. Rachel Tay Kai Teng \| CTPCLC student fellow 4. Michelle Lim \| Co-founder & CEO, Make The Change Moderator: Ms. Kuah Ting Ting \| Instructor, CTPCLC
11:30am	Break
11:50am	Student Presentations & Reflections #2 Student Presentation 3 Precarity and agency within relationships in the South Asian foreign domestic worker community By Loo Min Shuen & Samihah Niquat Safeel Student Presentation 4 An ethnographic study: Examining the literacy progress of four children in the heartlands By Chua Wan Xuan & Sheryl Seet Shihui Reflections 2 1. Keerthi Ganesh Nagathara \| CTPCLC student fellow 2. Samira Hassan \| CTPCLC student fellow Moderator: Samihah Niquat Safeel \| CTPCLC student fellow
12:25pm	Break
12:30pm	Closing Reflections: The Future of Community Development in the New Normal Panellists: 1. James Leong \| CTPCLC student fellow 2. Jessica Ho Shi Hui \| CTPCLC alumni 3. Eunice Tan \| Programme Manager-Children, Calvary Care Community Moderator: Assoc Prof Chng Huang Hoon \| Director, CTPCLC
1:00pm	End of Symposium

Please contact us at ctpclc@nus.edu.sg if you have any enquiries about the event.

LINKS

Symposium Home

Student Presentations

Registration Link

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