The Globe and Mail article Atwood wrote, To Be Creative Is In Fact Canadian, rebuts our current Prime Minister's stated view that the arts are something ordinary people don't care about, something only "rich" people do.
It's adapted from her upcoming Mel Hurtig lecture in Edmonton this week.
If you can make it to Edmonton, here's the event info:
Margaret Atwood delivers the Hurtig Lecture
October 1, 2008 7:30 PM
Location: Francis Winspear Centre for Music
The Hurtig Lecture on the Future of Canada was launched in 2005 by the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts to mark Alberta’s Centennial and to honour an outstanding Canadian nationalist, Mel Hurtig. Each year, this new lecture series will bring outstanding opinion-leaders to the University of Alberta and to Edmonton to deliver a lecture on contemporary Canadian politics and society.
The primary goal of the Hurtig Lecture is to build a national platform where academics, students, opinion leaders and community leaders together can debate Canada’s role in an ever-more interdependent and complex world. Past lecturers include Peter C. Newman and Heather Mallick.
To mark the University’s centenary, Margaret Atwood, esteemed Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist and political activist, will deliver the 2008 Mel Hurtig Lecture on the Future of Canada at the Winspear Centre.
Tickets for this event are now available through the Winspear Centre at www.winspearcentre.com or by phone at (780) 428-1414.
Contact:
Catherine Kloczkowski
catherine.kloczkowski@ualberta.ca
492-8851
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Margaret Atwood Delivers Hurtig Lecture
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