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b'Public health officials have been clear about one thing for a couple months \\u2014 we need to act collectively to minimize the spread of COVID-19. First, they asked that certain people self-isolate and that we all socially distance. But because some people didn\\u2019t listen, they had to institute mandatory edicts, punishable by fines. \\n\\nMost Albertans followed the "ask" instructions laid out by public health officials. So why do some folks need the penalty before they\'ll do the right thing? The speakers will argue that \\u201cwilling participants\\u201d (in it for the greater good) and \\u201crational egoists\\u201d (in it for themselves) make up about 65 and 20 percent of the population respectively. \\n\\nThen there are the \\u201cAltruists\\u201d (who always do the right thing) and \\u201cpunishers\\u201d (who are willing to punish those people breaking rules, even if it has a personal cost) making up about 15 percent. The speakers will explain further and make the point that efforts to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic highlight how things that matter profoundly to us as individuals \\u2014 like, for instance, our health \\u2014 are really, at the end of the day, a collective responsibility. \\n\\nSpeaker: Dr. Melanee Thomas and Lisa Lambert \\n\\nMelanee Thomas is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary. Her research focuses on the causes and consequences of gender-based political inequality in Canada and other post-industrial democracies. She has published research in journals such as Politics & Gender, Electoral Studies, and the Canadian Journal of Political Science. Dr. Thomas earned her first degree at the University of Lethbridge and served as U of L Students\\u2019 Union President. \\n\\nLisa Lambert is a student of parliaments, loves to regale her family with tales of politics, procedures, and party structure. Mercifully for them, she has been able to channel her passion for politics into sessional work at the University of Lethbridge in Political Science and Women and Gender Studies since 2009.\\n\\nDate and time: Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 10 am\\n\\nYouTube Live link: https://youtu.be/mKF7ihi_NMo\\n\\nIn order to ask questions of our speaker in the chat feature of YouTube, you must have a YouTube account and be signed in. Please do so well ahead of the scheduled start time, so you\\u2019ll be ready. Go the YouTube Live link provided in this session flyer and on the top right of your browser click the \\u201csign in\\u201d button. If you have Google or Gmail accounts, they can be used to sign in. If you don\\u2019t, click \\u201cCreate Account\\u201d and follow along. Once you are signed in, you can return to the live stream and use the chat feature to ask your questions of the speaker. Remember you can only participate in the chat feature while we are livestreaming.'