This event is presented in partnership with the Library and Archives Canada.
In this talk, writer and professor Randy Boyagoda, the University of Toronto’s Advisor on Civil Discourse, reflects on the state and stakes of civil discourse these days, on and off campus, and across our personal professional, and shared public settings.
He will explore the importance of intellectual freedom and the freedom to read to civil discourse itself. He will also affirm the distinct mission and work of public libraries as both convening spaces and distinct sources for models and resources that ensure robust and vibrant cultures of productive disagreement. These efforts, which we might collectively describe as a commitment to thinking out loud together, support of advancing knowledge, serving the common good and the pursuit of truth.
Q&A with the audience and autograph session to follow. Bring your own copy or purchase one on site.
Light refreshments and conversation to follow.
Our friends from Perfect Books bookstore will be on hand selling Randy's books.