November 7, 2006
PEN Canada’s Annual Fall Gala Readings – Part Two
The conclusion of readings at PEN Canada’s Annual Fall Gala.
Needs No Introduction
A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
November 2, 2006
PEN Canada’s Annual Fall Gala Readings – Part One
art One of the readings at PEN Canada’s annual fall gala benefit held on Friday, October 20 at the University of Toronto.
November 2, 2006
PEN Canada's Annual Fall Gala Readings – Part One
Part One of the readings at PEN Canada’s annual fall gala benefit held on Friday, October 20 at the University of Toronto. It featured Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. Also appearing will be Azar Nafisi (Reading Lolita in Tehran) along with acclaimed Canadian writers Miriam Toews, Wayson Choy and MG Vassanji. The host is writer…
November 2, 2006
PEN Canada's Annual Fall Gala Readings – Part One
Part One of the readings at PEN Canada’s annual fall gala benefit held on Friday, October 20 at the University of Toronto. It featured Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. Also appearing will be Azar Nafisi (Reading Lolita in Tehran) along with acclaimed Canadian writers Miriam Toews, Wayson Choy and MG Vassanji. The host is writer…
October 27, 2006
Tariq Ali: Imperial Blues
A Public Lecture by TARIQ ALI – IMPERIAL BLUES: Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq and Palestine
June 28, 2006
Helen Thomas at the Media Giraffe Project
Veteran White House bureau chief, Helen Thomas, speaks out against the Bush government and the press at the Media Giraffe Conference in Amherst, Mass.
May 30, 2006
Van Jones at Hollyhock
This is the second in a three-part series of talks from the Social Change Institute, held at Hollyhock on Cortes Island in early May. This time out, Van Jones, an environmentalist, social justice advo
May 22, 2006
The Bioneers at Hollyhock
Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simmons of the Bioneers (www.bioneers.org) address the Social Change Institute conference at Hollyhock on Cortes Island, British Columbia. Their talk took place in early May and
May 8, 2006
Dr. Michael Geist: Our Own Creative Land
Dr. Michael Geist presents Our Own Creative Land: Cultural Monopoly and the Trouble with Copyright, at Hart House, University of Toronto, March 30, 2006.
March 29, 2006
Hon. Flora MacDonald at the Canadian Club of Toronto
Canadian political pioneer and human rights crusader Hon. Flora MacDonald speaks at the Canadian Club luncheon in her honour, receiving the 2006 EVE Award from Equal Voice for her political and social