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Tue Oct 10 • 7:30pm • St John the Evangelist
Seeking Social Democracy
A Conversation with Ed Broadbent
"Seeking Social Democracy is an excellent read and a major contribution to social democratic theory and practice. Ed Broadbent somehow manages to be simultaneously a tough partisan and a genial intellectual of high principle: politically pugnacious and a deep thinker who also respects conservative and liberal ideas and principles."
— Andrew Jackson

Upcoming Events

Tue Oct 10 • 7:30pm • St John the Evangelist
Seeking Social Democracy
A Conversation with Ed Broadbent
Wed Oct 11 • 7:00pm • Meridian Theatres
City of Ottawa Book Awards / Prix du Livre D’Ottawa
Mon Oct 16 • 7:00pm • St John the Evangelist
The Bone Hacker
with Kathy Reichs
Wed Oct 18 • 6:00pm • National Gallery of Canada
Between the Pages An Evening with the Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalists
Wed Oct 25 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Becoming a Matriarch
with Helen Knott
Wed Oct 25 • 8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Home On Native Land
with Alicia Elliott, Katherena Vermette and Cherie Dimaline
Thu Oct 26 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Moon of the Turning Leaves
with Waubgeshig Rice
Thu Oct 26 • 8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Good Life
with Darrel J. McLeod, Zalika Reid-Benta and Elaine Feeney
Fri Oct 27 • 5:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Bywords John Newlove Poetry Awards
with Rachel Small and Audrey Saparno
Fri Oct 27 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Wine Witch on Fire
with Natalie MacLean
Fri Oct 27 • 8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Makes You Stronger
with Nathan Whitlock, Amy Jones and Terry Fallis
Sat Oct 28 • 12:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
with Cat Bohannon
Sat Oct 28 • 1:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Her Space, Her Time
with Shohini Ghose
Sat Oct 28 • 3:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Deepest Map
with Laura Trethewey
Sat Oct 28 • 4:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Message in a Bottle
with Holly Hogan
Sat Oct 28 • 6:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Every Happy Family
with Amy Stuart, Ashley Audrain and Karma Brown
Sat Oct 28 • 8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Another World
with Catherine Leroux, Sean Michaels and Mona Awad
Sun Oct 29 • 1:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The Tempest
with Donna Morrissey and Michael Crummey
Sun Oct 29 • 3:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Family Matters
with Claudia Dey and Yasuko Thanh
Sun Oct 29 • 4:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
Loves Labour
with Kate Heartfield, Eva Crocker and Emma Donoghue
Sun Oct 29 • 6:30pm • Christ Church Cathedral
The End and the Beginning
with Jenny Erpenbeck and David Bergen
Sun Oct 29 • 8:00pm • Christ Church Cathedral
21 Things We Need To Do After The Indian Act
with Bob Joseph
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