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Underwater Canada with Jill Heinerth
Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: OnlineJoin Jill Heinerth, author of The Aquanaut, as she shares images and video clips from her experiences as a female diver, exploring life under the water. Explore the hidden underwater geography along Canada's 205,000 km of coa...
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Women in the Wilderness
Wed Jun 26, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: OnlineWriter and walker Kerri Andrews, poet and author Helen Humphreys, and wildlife ecologist Rae Wynn-Grant discuss the history, art, and science of the natural world. Whether traversing vast landscapes, bringing the n...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Thu Jun 27, 2024 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: OnlineThis talk discusses the history of Uncle Tom's Cabin and its centuries-long relevance and appeal, as well as the various forms the controversial narrative has assumed. Pre...
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The Sounds of Orwell's Animal Farm
Wed Jun 12, 2024 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: OnlineNear the beginning of Animal Farm, Major recalls (or, at least, claims to recall) a song that he had heard when he was a piglet. Major's source - his mother and the other sows - "knew only the tune and the first three words."...