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Today • 6:00pm • Jackson Cafe at the Ottawa Art Gallery
Beyond Survival Reading Group Margaret Laurence, The Diviners (1974)
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Science
Thu Jan 30 • 7:00pm • Knox Church
Successful Aging
with Daniel Levitin
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Politics
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History
Tue Feb 11 • 7:00pm • Library and Archives Canada
The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
with Desmond Cole
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Wed Mar 11 • 7:30pm • Library and Archives Canada
Resilience Is Futile: The Life and Death and Life of Julie Lalonde
with Julie S. Lalonde
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