Big Ideas
September 21, 2009 - September 25, 2009
Big Ideas was last year's big idea- it's back, and bigger! End your afternoon with writers who are taking on some of the most compelling issues in our contemporary world. Join us at the Millennium Library- the Carol Shields Auditorium is just off the overhead walkway. Experience your brain on steroids!
This series is part of THIN AIR 2009
September 21, 2009
04:30 PM - 05:30 PMBig Ideas: Children and War. Featuring Deborah Ellis
Celebrated writer Deborah Ellis has explored ground zero in the lives of children all over the world who deal daily with war, dislocation, poverty, and staggering responsibility. The intimate portraits of Iraqi refugee children in Children of War make a compelling counterpoint to the remarkably candid interviews with children of Canadian and American soldiers in Off to War. What do the children say?
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September 22, 2009
04:30 PM - 05:30 PMBig Ideas: Healing Arts. Featuring Lesley Fairfield
Lesley Fairfield, an accomplished artist and illustrator, has created an arresting graphic novel, Tyranny, which details the suffering of a young woman held hostage by an eating disorder. Fairfield brings her personal experience to this project—she knows both the devastation of the disease and the potential of creative expression to clear a path toward new strength.
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September 23, 2009
04:30 PM - 05:30 PMBig Ideas: The SF Reality Check. Featuring Robert J. Sawyer
From its roots with HG Wells to the political allegory of the new Battlestar Galactica, science fiction has always been a powerful vehicle for commenting on the here-and-now. Join Hugo and Nebula Award-winner Robert J Sawyer for a discussion of how science fiction lets us explore the burning issues of today...in the guise of talking about tomorrow.
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September 24, 2009
04:30 PM - 05:30 PMBig Ideas: Peep Culture. Featuring Hal Niedzviecki
Citing phenomena as disparate yet connected as reality TV, Facebook, surveillance cameras, and Twitter, writer and culture commentator Hal Niedzviecki suggests that a well-established fascination with celebrities is gradually shifting toward a growing obsession with watching ourselves and our neighbors. As pop culture morphs into peep culture, what are the implications for individuals and communities?
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September 25, 2009
04:30 PM - 05:30 PMBig Ideas: Romancing the Wild. Featuring Jake MacDonald
Because Jake MacDonald takes on the world with the curiosity of a journalist and the instinct of a raconteur, readers have experienced all sorts of things they’d never otherwise encounter. In his new book, Grizzlyville, MacDonald tracks the biggest predators on the continent. Are there limits to the wild?
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