MACMUN's fourth annual conference was held at the Sheraton Hamilton Hotel from February 7-10. It featured 8 committees and the return of a Club Night at Club Absinthe. The most notable event of the conference, however, came with the gala dinner, "Art for Change," which was held at Michelangelo's Banquet Centre on the second night of the conference. This ritzy event welcomed local changemakers and accomplished speakers, including poet and author Nadine Williams, artist Nicole Crimi, and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ric Esther Bienstock. In enjoying these artists' spectacular work and hearing them speak on how it connected to their personal advocacy, delegates were introduced to a unique and often overlooked form of global diplomacy and activism: art.

Overall, this conference emphasized the theme of "innovative discourse: igniting change through diplomacy." The importance of considering issues that are neglected in the international system, as well as challenging ourselves to consider well-known issues from silenced perspectives, was highlighted throughout every committee. Delegates were challenged to use facts, debate, and compromise to come up with creative and non-violent solutions to timely world issues.

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