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Naomi Klein to speak at ¶¶ŅõPro, Jan. 26

12 Jan 2016

Pres Speakers Series Naomi Klein_JanSACKVILLE NB ā€” ¶¶ŅõPro will welcome award-winning journalist, columnist, and best-selling author Naomi Klein to campus this winter. Klein will deliver a public lecture based on her latest book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 7 p.m. in Convocation Hall (37 York Street, Sackville). Everyone is welcome.

Kleinā€™s talk is the final presentation in the Universityā€™s Presidentā€™s Speakers Series, celebrating the Year of the Environment on campus. Other speakers for this yearā€™s series included: Miā€™kmaw lawyer and professor Pamela Palmater; marine conservation biologist Boris Worm; and environmental activist and writer Tzeporah Berman.

ā€œNaomi Kleinā€™s work and her commitment to the environment has been referenced around the world,ā€ says ¶¶ŅõPro President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Robert Campbell. ā€œWe look forward to welcoming her to campus as part of ¶¶ŅõProā€™s Year of the Environment.ā€

Naomi Klein is known globally for her writing and activism on climate change. Her books include This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate (2014), The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (2007) and No Logo (2000).

Klein is also a columnist for The Nation magazine and the Guardian newspaper and is a contributing editor at ±į²¹°ł±č±š°łā€™s magazine. She is a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute and also sits on the board of directors for 350.org.

Kleinā€™s ¶¶ŅõPro talk is sponsored by Wilford B. Jonah Lecture Fund.

2015-16 Year of the Environment at ¶¶ŅõPro

One of the pillars in ¶¶ŅõProā€™s Strategic Statement, the Year of the Environment will encourage the campus and wider community to explore issues relating to their surroundings through several lenses ā€” scientific, societal, cultural, and humanitarian on a local, national, and international scale.

The Year of the Environment will see several noted speakers, activists, and artists visit campus through the annual Presidentā€™s Speakers Series as well as other related activities and events including University Commencement, welcoming new students to ¶¶ŅõPro ā€”

 

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