the BC Civil Liberties Association presents:
Democracy and Freedom: Strange Bedfellows
November 5, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Lecture Hall No. 2 in the
Woodward Instructional Resources Centre
University of British Columbia
National editor of Maclean’s, Mr. Coyne was an original member of The National Post, where he was their national affairs columnist. He has established himself over the last two decades as one of this country’s most thoughtful, passionate and articulate commentators on political and economic issues. Mr. Coyne has been an editorial writer, columnist and contributor for The Globe and Mail, The Financial Post, Saturday Night, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Time magazine.
He is the winner of two National Newspaper Awards, and the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism. He is also a member of the At Issue panel on CBC’s The National, appears on TVO’s The Agenda, and once co-hosted Face-Off on CBC. Mr. Coyne’s lecture is co-sponsored by the BC Civil Liberties Association.
Tickets & Seating:
There is no cost for attending these lectures. Seats in the front half of the main hall are reserved for Vancouver Institute members until fifteen minutes before the starting time, and a few seats are reserved for specific people. Seating is otherwise first-come, first-served. If you have special needs, and have not attended before, please contact UBC Continuing Education in advance to make arrangements.
The lectures are in Lecture Hall No. 2 in the Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, University of British Columbia. When necessary, neighbouring overflow halls in the Centre, with closed-circuit TV, are used, and the speaker visits each hall during the question period.
