Moses Znaimer, Rick Mercer Report, War of 1812 topics at Canadian Perspectives Lecture Series

A media guru’s new vision of aging for Canada, behind the scenes at the Rick Mercer Report and the real heroes in the War of 1812 are some of the topics that will be discussed at the spring 2012 Canadian Perspectives Lecture Series at the University of Toronto Mississauga.

The public lectures include: media visionary and champion of the baby boomer generation Moses Znaimer with a video presentation and moderated talk on aging for Canada; the Rick Mercer Report’s supervising producer Tom Stanley discussing capers such as a sleepover at 24 Sussex Drive; and U of T professor emeritus Ken Weber talking about the myths, mix-ups, bravery and utterly stunning examples of incompetence during the War of 1812.

The lectures (with one exception) will take place at 10 a.m. on Thursdays from April 26 to May 24 in lecture hall 110, Instructional Centre. The May 3 lecture will be held in lecture hall 245, Instructional Centre. The five-lecture series costs $55 per person (including lunch following the May 10 lecture), or $12 per individual lecture. The Instructional Centre is located at U of T Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Rd. N.

The spring 2012 Canadian Perspectives series features the following lectures:

• Thursday, April 26, 2012
Hana’s Suitcase
Karen Levine, CBC Radio producer, author of Hana’s Suitcase (Second Story Press, 2002)

• Thursday, May 3, 2012
A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad
Karolyn Smardz Frost, archaeologist, historian, author of I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad (Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers & New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2007)

• Thursday, May 10, 2012
A New Vision of Aging for Canada
Moses Znaimer, co-founder of CityTV, Much Music and Bravo!, founder and CEO of ZoomerMedia Ltd, creative force behind Toronto’s ideaCity Conference

• Thursday, May 17, 2012
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Political Satire
Tom Stanley, supervising producer of the Rick Mercer Report

• Thursday, May 24, 2012
The War of 1812: Why Canada is Not a U.S. State
Ken Weber, professor emeritus, University of Toronto, author of Five Minute Mysteries series (Firefly Books Ltd., 2003)

The Canadian Perspectives Lecture Series informs and educates the public, offers a historical perspective on current issues and introduces new ideas and technologies that shape lives. The series is organized by the Associates of U of T Mississauga and the University of Toronto Mississauga.  Proceeds support student scholarships. 

For more information, contact Melissa Heide, alumni assistant, at 905-569-4924 or events.utm@utoronto.ca or visit www.utm.utoronto.ca/perspectives.

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