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DESCRIPTION:Sheila Watt-Cloutier and Elena Bennett are the 2016 Beaverbrook
  Annual Lecturers\n\nFor its flagship event\, the 2016 Beaverbrook Annual 
 Lecture\, Media@91������ is excited to announce two speakers: Sheila Watt-Cl
 outier\, environmental\, cultural and human rights advocate and author of 
 The Right to be Cold\, and Elena Bennett\, professor at 91������'s School of
  Environment\, who will each give a talk\, and then engage in a Q&A with t
 he public on the overall issues of media and the environment.\n\nWe regret
  to announce that Steven Guilbeault\, co-founder and senior director of Eq
 uiterre\, will be unable to attend.\n\nNobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Wa
 tt-Cloutier is in the business of transforming public opinion into public 
 policy. Experienced in working with global decision makers for over a deca
 de\, Watt-Cloutier offers a new model for 21st century leadership. She spe
 aks with passion and urgency on the issues of today—the environment\, the 
 economy\, foreign policy\, global health\, and sustainability—not as separ
 ate concerns\, but as a deeply interconnected whole.  At a time when peopl
 e are seeking solutions\, direction\, and a sense of hope\, this global le
 ader provides a big picture of where we are and where we’re headed.\n\nIn 
 2007\, Watt-Cloutier was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her advoc
 acy work in showing the impact of global climate change on human rights—es
 pecially in the Arctic\, where it is felt more immediately\, and more dram
 atically\, than anywhere else in the world. Watt-Cloutier an Officer of th
 e Order of Canada\; the recipient of the Aboriginal Achievement Award\; th
 e UN Champion of the Earth Award\; the Norwegian Sophie Prize\; and the Ri
 ght Livelihood Award\, which she won in November\, 2015 and is widely cons
 idered the “Nobel Alternative”.\n\nDr. Elena Bennett will speak about 'Bri
 ght Spots: Seeds of a Good Anthropocene.'\n\nMedia@91������ is a hub of rese
 arch\, scholarship and public outreach on issues and controversies in medi
 a\, technology and culture\, based in the Department of Art History and Co
 mmunication Studies\, 91������\, Montréal\, Canada. It was create
 d and has been sustained by generous funding from the Beaverbrook Canadian
  Foundation.\n\nFor further information on Media@91������ and the Beaverbroo
 k Annual Lecture\, visit www.media.mcgill.ca\n
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LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (NCDH 100)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, Q
 C\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:2016 Beaverbrook Annual Lecture: Media and the Environment
URL:/law/channels/event/2016-beaverbrook-annual-lectur
 e-media-and-environment-263268
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