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Live Webcast on Climate Change – Dec 1st

WINNIPEG, MB – The Institute of Urban Studies and the International Institute for Sustainable Development present a live webcast on climate change, as part of the Munk Debates series.

Elizabeth May, George Monbiot, Bjorn Lomborg and Lord Nigel Lawson will debate the proposition:

“Be it resolved that climate change is mankind’s defining crisis, and demands a commensurate response.”

TIME AND LOCATION:

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

5:45 – 8:00 pm (doors open at 5:00)

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall

3rd floor, Centennial Hall, University of Winnipeg

515 Portage Avenue

Discussion to follow

 

TICKETS:

Tickets will be available at the door.

Tickets also available online at: http://tiny.cc/lx76Q (select the Winnipeg broadcast)

Registration period: November 16th – December 1st

Ticket price: $10 General; $5 Students and low income.

Donations of non-perishable food items for Winnipeg Harvest most welcome

 

ABOUT THE MUNK DEBATES:

The Munk Debates seek to provide a lively and substantive forum for leading thinkers to debate the major issues facing the world and Canada. The Munk Debates is an initiative of the Aurea Foundation, a charitable organization founded by Peter and Melanie Munk to support Canadian institutions involved in the study and development of public policy.

For more information, phone (204) 982-1145 or email m.dudley@uwinnipeg.ca

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Diane Poulin, Communications Officer, The University of Winnipeg
P: 204.988-7135, E: d.poulin@uwinnipeg.ca