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A Healthy Future: Lessons from the Frontlines of COVID-19 with Dr. Ryan Meili

September 28, 2023 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
In-person and virtual
Health Services and Policy Research Institute, School of Policy Studies, Centre or Studies in Primary Care, and Department of Family Medicine proudly present… A Healthy Future: Lessons from the Frontlines of COVID-19 w/ Dr. Ryan Meili, Family Physician and Former Leader of the Official Opposition in Saskatchewan ...more

The Fire Still Burns: An evening with Squamish Elder Sam George

September 27, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
North Vancouver District Public Library (Lynn Valley Branch), 1277 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver
Elder George will talk about his story and speak with co-authors Jill Yonit Goldberg, Liam Belson, Dylan MacPhee, and Tanis Wilson about how the book came together. ...more

Dais Talks: A Healthy Future with Ryan Meili and Danielle Martin

September 26, 2023 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Dias, 20 Dundas St. W, Suite 921, Toronto
Join Dr. Ryan Meili, Canadian physician and former leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party, as he discusses his new book. ...more

Book Launch: The Deliberate Doctorate

September 26, 2023 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
York University, HNES Room 141
Book launch for Leela Viswanathan's "The Deliberate Doctorate." ...more

Truth before Reconciliation - Event at RBCM

September 24, 2023 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Virtual and in-person: Newcombe Hall, Royal BC Museum, 675 Belleville St., Victoria, BC
Hosted by the Royal BC Museum: Truth before Reconciliation: Unsettling British Columbia’s History of Schooling and Settler Colonialism ...more

A Healthy Future: Ryan Meili in Conversation with Yann Martel

September 20, 2023 7:00 PM
Le Relais, 308 4th Ave N., Saskatoon
Purich Publishing, the Division of Social Accountability, and Turning the Tide Bookstore Present: A Healthy Future: Lessons from the Frontlines of a Crisis. A book launch and conversation between Ryan Meili and Yann Martel. ...more

Sam George: The Fire Still Burns

September 6, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
VPL Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.
Sam will be joined by his coauthor, professor and writer Jill Goldberg, and the Langara College students who collaborated on the memoir: Liam Belson, Dylan MacPhee, and Tanis Wilson. They’ll be discussing Sam’s incredible story as well as the unique collaborative process that helped make this work a reality. Join us for an evening full of insights, wisdom and healing. ...more

Treaty Talk: Book Launch and Panel for "Life Against States of Emergency"

June 16, 2023 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Royal BC Museum, 675 Belleville St., Victoria, BC
Join us for the community conversation and book launch of "Life Against States of Emergency: Revitalizing Treaty Relations from Attawapiskat" by Dr Sarah Marie Wiebe. ...more

Book Launch: Dispatches from Disabled Country

May 29, 2023 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Online, and in-person at Toronto Metropolitan University
Book launch for Dispatches from Disabled Country by Catherine Frazee. ...more

Book Launch: Reconciling Truths

May 29, 2023 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Massey College, Toronto
On Monday, May 29 at 5:00pm, you are invited to join the book launch and reception for Reconciling Truths: Reimagining Public Inquiries in Canada by Kim Stanton. ...more

Friends of the Library Speaker Series - PearlAnn Reichwein

March 30, 2023 7:00 PM
Canmore Public Library
Friends of the Library Speaker Series Presents - Uplift: Visual Culture at the Banff School of Fine Arts with Dr. PearlAnn Reichwein. ...more

Book Publishing Seminar

March 29, 2023 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
McMaster University, L.R. Wilson Hall, Rm 2001
James MacNevin, senior editor, is holding a book publishing talk at McMaster University. ...more

Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships with Shalene Jobin

March 28, 2023 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Online
Join the Institute for Gender and the Economy for an online talk with Shalene Jobin, author of Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships, in coversation with Dr. Sarah Kaplan. ...more

ROM Connects: Black Art / Black Canada

February 28, 2023 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Online
Explore the importance of representation by and for Black artists in Canadian visual and performing arts. In celebration of ROM's newest publication "Making History: Visual Arts and Blackness in Canada," join co-editor Dominique Fontaine in a conversation on the positioning of Black history and art within the Canadian cultural landscape. ...more

Toronto Book Launch: Clara at the Door with a Revolver

February 16, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncevalles Ave., Toronto
Another Story Bookshop and UBC Press present the Toronto launch for Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder That Shocked Toronto by Carolyn Whitzman in conversation with George Eliot Clarke. ...more

Ottawa Book Launch: Clara at the Door with a Revolver

February 9, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore, 1131 Wellington St. W., Ottawa
The Spaniel's Tale and UBC Press present the Ottawa launch for Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder That Shocked Toronto. Join us for an evening of conversation with author Carolyn Whitzman and playwright Sarah Waisvisz. ...more

Ottawa Historical Association presents "Lessons in Legitimacy"

January 31, 2023 4:00 PM
Online
Hosted by the Ottawa Historical Association. ...more

Author Meets Readers: The Political Party in Canada

January 25, 2023 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Irene's Pub, Ottawa
Author Meets Readers invites Carleton students and the community to join an informal discussion on new books published by members of the Carleton University Faculty of Public Affairs. ...more

Book Launch: Revival and Change

November 30, 2022
Hybrid event
Join John C. Courtney for the hybrid launch of his new book Revival and Change: The 1957 and 1958 Diefenbaker Elections. ...more

Book Launch & Discussion: Screening Out

November 30, 2022 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and online via Zoom
The Centre de recherches en éducation franco-ontarienne, in partnership with the University of British Columbia Press, with support from the Centre for Refugee Studies of York University, the Coalition des organismes communautaires québécois de lutte contre le sida, the HIV Legal Network, and the Departments of Sociology and Health and Society of the University of Toronto, invite you to the book launch of Screening Out: HIV Testing and the Canadian Immigration Experience. ...more
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