The Public Humanities at Western

Emma Donoghue's visit at Words in the news! Joe Belanger, "Donoghue to discuss timely pandemic novel at London's Words festival," London Free Press, 16 November 2020. https://lfpress.com//donoghue-to-discuss-timely-pandemic-n

Curious to see how an art exhibition is made? Words presents a live studio tour of 8 artists who will show us their works-in-progress & discuss their creative processes for the upcoming GardenShip & State exhibition at MuseumLondon! Registration is absolutely free! https://www.facebook.com/events/1513371858873959

TONIGHT: The Words Festival is pleased to welcome author and policy analyst Seth Klein, who will be joining us to talk about his new book, A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency. Zoom Webinar 11 November 2020, 7pm Free to all with registration: ... https://westernuniversity.zoom.us//WN_8bjBAGTkQRyOZfET2G9r Canada needs to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to prevent a catastrophic 1.5 degree increase in the earth’s average temperature assumed by many scientists to be a critical danger line for the planet and human life as we know it. It’s 2020, and Canada is not on track to meet our targets. To do so, we’ll need radical systemic change to how we live and workand fast. How can we ever achieve this? In A Good War, Seth Klein explores how we can align our politics and economy with what the science says we must do to address the climate crisis. But Klein brings an original and uniquely hopeful take to this challenge. The book is structured around lessons from the Second World War the last time Canada faced an existential threat. Others have said we need a wartime approach to climate change, but this is the first book to delve into what that could actually look like. Canada’s wartime experience, Klein contends, provides an inspirational reminder that we have done this before. We have mobilized in common cause across class, race and gender, and entirely retooled our economy in the space of a few short years.

Joe Belanger: "U.S. author Adam Gopnik weighs threats to liberalism at London's Words fest," The London Free Press, 6 November 2020. Happening tonight at Words! Registration is free. https://lfpress.com//u-s-author-adam-gopnik-weighs-threats

Joe Belanger, "U.S. author Adam Gopnik weighs threats to liberalism at London's Words fest," The London Free Press, 6 November 2020. Adam Gopnik's visit in the news! Check out Joe Belanger's preview piece for Gopnik's appearance at Words! https://lfpress.com//u-s-author-adam-gopnik-weighs-threats