In the name of God, Most Merciful, Most Kind,
Assalamu Allaykum!
Just a heads up on a few events related to parenting, literacy and Muslims at the Writer's Festival happening in Ottawa this month.
These lectures tend to be quite intellectual, and I post some of the ones I think may be of particular interest to us as parents and educators (of course, most of us are squeezed for time, but it can be refreshing to make a change in the routine and get a little food for thought, too. )
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21
| 6:30 PM | - THE BIG IDEA: THE END OF LITERACY AND THE
TRIUMPH OF SPECTACLE
With Chris Hedges
Hosted by Stephen Brockwell
Tickets: $15 / $10 Student or Senior
Free for Festival Members and Carleton Students
We open with Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges, who sees the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy and illusion. |
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
| NOON | - THE BIG IDEA: THE IMPORTANCE OF READING IN A CULTURE OF DISTRACTION
With Daniel Coleman
Hosted by Neil Wilson
Tickets: $15 / $10 Student or Senior
Free for Festival Members and Carleton Students
Reading is a deeply personal activity: paradoxically, it is also social and outward-looking. Daniel Colemanreminds us to reconnect with something deeper. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 |
| 8:35 PM | - NEW SCIENCE SERIES: HOW CHILDREN EXPERIENCE
THE WORLD
With Alison Gopnik
Hosted by Christina Dickson
Tickets: $15 / $10 Student or Senior
Free for Festival Members and Carleton Students
How do babies think? How much do our experiences as children shape our adult lives? Psychologist and bestselling author Alison Gopnik shares the latest research. |
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
| 2:00 PM | - THE BIG IDEA: RAISING CHILDREN WHO CARE
AND CONTRIBUTE
With Craig Kielburger
Hosted by Adrian Harewood
Tickets: $15 / $10 Student or Senior
Free for Festival Members and Carleton Students
Drawing on the success on the global Me to Wemovement, Craig Kielburger, founder of Free the Children, offers tips on encouraging children to become global citizens and ultimately change the world. |
| 4:00 PM | - THE WRITING LIFE #2: SPOTLIGHT ON NEW ISLAMIC FICTION
With Qaisra Shahraz, Laleh Khadivi and Boualem Sansal
Tickets: $15 / $10 Student or Senior
Free for Festival Members and Carleton Students
Join us for an afternoon of exciting new fiction from the Islamic diaspora featuring acclaimed voices from around the world. With Qaisra Shahraz (Pakistan/UK)Laleh Khadivi (Iran/USA) and Boualem Sansal(Algeria.) |
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