Post by Trinity College Dublin

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered the inaugural De Chastelain lecture at Trinity today. "Trinity is much more than a university,” Prime Minister Carney said. “It is a veritable wellspring for ideas, inventions and enduring moral clarity. Some of the western world’s greatest contributions to science, art and literature have their roots here." General John de Chastelain, Chair of the 1997-2011 Independent International Commission on Decommissioning, An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris and Minister Helen McEntee attended the lecture which was followed by a fireside chat with Alex White SC. The event was organised in partnership with the Ireland Canada University Foundation, ICUF. “Drawing on Prime Minister Carney's words at Davos, I believe that universities have a big role to play in wielding the power of legitimacy, integrity and rules," said Trinity's Provost Linda Doyle. "Here in Trinity, legitimacy and integrity are central to how we both serve and challenge society, even more so in a world of conflict, climate and biodiversity crisis and rapidly evolving AI technologies.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/de7P62zi