McLuhan Program in Culture & Technology Monday Night Seminar, Dec 7 – Special Round Table Meeting, Dec 9, The Coach House, Toronto

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Monday Night Seminar –  Métis Ideas – What will matter tomorrow?

With John Ralston Saul interacting with Dominique Scheffel-Dunand

Monday, December 7, 6:00 pm to 8:00 PM

Location: The Coach House, 39A Queen’s Park Crescent, St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto

  JOHN RALSTON SAUL, essayist and novelist, is Canada’s leading public intellectual. Declared a “prophet” by Time magazine, Saul has received many awards and prizes, including Chile’s Pablo Neruda Medal, South Korea’s Manhae Grand Prize for Literature and The Gutenberg Galaxy Award for Literature. He is the former President of PEN International, the leading global organization of writers dedicated to freedom of expression and literature. He has published fourteen works, which have been translated into twenty-seven languages in thirty-six countries.

And if that isn’t enough, I understand that visionary author and artist Douglas Coupland might be in attendance (On Douglas Coupland see https://goo.gl/4N5g1u ).

Registration is free. Reserve a spot here: http://www.chi.utoronto.ca/events/

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Special Meeting – McLuhan “Then Now Next” round table
In collaboration with the McLuhan Legacy Network

Wednesday, December 9, 7:00 pm to 9:00 PM

Location: The Coach House, 39A Queen’s Park Crescent, St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto

 It is a moment of discussion on opportunities for projects, initiatives and partnerships for the relaunch of the McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology: adapting to the realities of the 21st Century.

McLuhan Legacy Network members are especially invited to attend. If you have suggestions about programming, projects and future activities for the McLuhan Centre, this is your opportunity to voice them.

Courtesy of the University of Toronto Archives, B1998-0033, Robert Lansdale Photography Ltd

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