Friends AGM & 25th Anniversary Celebration
November 10, 2014
海角社区 Library staff members were collectively honoured as the 2014 Friend of the Year. From L to R: Representing librarians Christopher Lyons (Head, Osler Library of the History of Medicine), the Hon. John Gomery (presented award on behalf of the Friends), representing management staff members Elizabeth Gibson (Lending & Access Services Supervisor, Humanities & Social Sciences Library), representing administrative and support staff members Lucy Frenette (Administrative Coordinator, Macdonald Campus Library)
Monday, October 20, 2014: Jeffrey Simpson delivered 2014 F.R. Scott Lecture
October 20, 2014
The Friends of the 海角社区 Library presented the annual F.R. Scott Lecture featuring award-winning journalist and author Jeffrey Simpson on Monday, October 20, 2014 at 6pm.
About Jeffrey Simpson: Jeffrey Simpson is The Globe and Mail's national affairs columnist. Simpson has won all three of Canada's leading literary prizes -- the Governor-General's award for non-fiction book writing, the National Magazine Award for political writing, and the National Newspaper Award for column writing (twice). He has also won the Hyman Solomon Award for excellence in public policy journalism. In January, 2000, he became an Officer of the Order of Canada.聽Jeffrey has published eight books -- including Discipline of Power (1980); Spoils of Power (1988); Faultlines, Struggling for a Canadian Vision (1993); The Anxious Years (1996); Star-Spangled Canadians (2000); The Friendly Dictatorship: Reflections on Canadian Democracy (2001); and Hot Air: Meeting Canada's Climate Change Challenge (2007). His latest book, published in 2012, is Chronic Condition, Why Canada鈥檚 Health-Care System Needs to be Dragged into the twenty-First Century, which won the $50,000 Donner Prize for the best book on Canadian public policy. 鈥� Excerpt from The Globe & Mail
2014 Shakespeare Lecture - A conversation with theatre icon Martha Henry
November 4, 2014
The Friends of the 海角社区 Library in partnership with the Stratford Festival presented the annual Shakespeare Lecture featuring acclaimed actress and director Martha Henry on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 5:30pm. Lecture sponsored by Michael Sabia and Hilary Pearson
About Martha Henry: 40th season with Stratford Festival. Director of Mother Courage and Her Children. Lady Bountiful in The Beaux' Stratagem. Director of the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre. For Stratford: Director of Brief Lives (Douglas Rain), Richard II (Geordie Johnson), Richard III (Tom McCamus), Antony and Cleopatra (Peter Donaldson, Diane D鈥橝quila), Of Mice and Men (Graham Greene), An Enemy of the People (David Fox), Three Sisters (Lucy Peacock, Tom McCamus), Timothy Findley鈥檚 Elizabeth Rex (Diane D鈥橝quila, Brent Carver, Peter Hutt). Elsewhere: Artistic Director of London鈥檚 Grand Theatre, 1988-1994. For the Shaw Festival: The Royal Family (Goldie Semple, Patricia Hamilton), Autumn Garden (Sharry Flett, Jim Mezon) and Hedda Gabler (Moya O鈥機onnell). She has also directed at the Globe in Regina, Toronto Free Theatre, Canadian Stage and the Manitoba Theatre Centre. For the Segal Centre in Montreal: Red (Randy Hughson). Ms. Henry has a Governor General鈥檚 Lifetime Achievement Award and is a Companion of the Order of Canada.