Massey Lectures 2006

Science and technology confront us with some of the most challenging and unprecedented ethical questions in the world today. These issues encompass what it means to be human, how we relate to others and our world, and how we find meaning in life. In the 2006 Massey Lectures, The Ethical Imagination, Margaret Somerville discusses how we can find a shared ethics for an interdependent world.

The Massey Lectures will be broadcast on IDEAS
November 6 - 10

Margaret Somerville is the founding director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law at McGill University, where she holds the Samuel Gale Chair in the Faculty of Law and is a professor in the Faculty of Medicine. As a consultant to numerous government and non-governmental bodies, she has worked with the World Health Organization, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNESCO. She has received a number of honorary doctorates in law and is the recipient of many awards, including the Order of Australia. Margaret Somerville lives in Montreal.

2006 Massey Lecture Tour

Wednesday, October 11 - Montreal, 8 pm
Co-sponsor: McGill University
Venue: The Mount Royal Conference Centre,
2200 Mansfield Street
Tickets available through Admission Network, (514) 790-1245 Or visit the website www.admission.com

Saturday, October 14 - St. John’s
Co-sponsor: Memorial University
Venue: St. John’s Arts and Culture Centre
Tickets available through the Arts and Culture Centre Box Office, (709) 729-3900

Tuesday, October 17 - Vancouver
Co-sponsor: The University of British Columbia
Venue: The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts,
6265 Crescent Rd
Tickets available through The Chan Centre Box Office
and Ticketmaster, (604) 280-3311
Or visit the website www.ticketmaster.ca

Thursday, October 19 - Calgary
Co-sponsor: The University of Calgary
Venue: The Jubilee Auditorium, 1415-14th Avenue NW
Tickets available through Ticketmaster, (403) 777-0000
Or visit the website www.ticketmaster.ca

Friday, October 27 - Toronto
Co-sponsor: Massey College
Venue: Convocation Hall, 31 Kings College Circle
Tickets available through UofTTix, (416) 978-8849
Or visit the website www.UofTTix.ca

Tickets: $15 Adults, $10 Seniors and Students

BOOKS AND CDs FOR SALE:
The Ethical Imagination published by House of Anansi
Press will be available in October. The broadcast lectures of The Ethical Imagination will be available as a set of five CDs/audio cassettes, at a cost of $49.95, taxes and shipping included. The book The Ethical Imagination will be available for $20.00, taxes and shipping included.

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