What might shift if we treated play, culture, and creativity as essential to the fabric of society? What new possibilities for connection, meaning, and belonging could emerge?

Join keynote speaker Janelle Joseph, an award-winning storyteller and scholar, as she reflects on what our world might look like if access to sport, play, culture, and creativity were recognized as essential to human dignity and collective well-being.

She will be joined by voices from the sport and cultural ecosystems, including community organizers, sports activists, and thought leaders, to explore what a rights-based approach to participation could look like in practice.

There will be a panel discussion following this talk. Stay tuned for details.

Image credit: Image: Ardashir Recognizes Shapur during a Polo Game, from a manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings), by Firdausi (d. ca. 1020), Iran, 898 AH/1492–3 CE, opaque watercolour, ink, silver, and gold on paper ©Aga Khan Museum, AKM269