Public Library Events
Michael Klein: When Doctors Are Wrong
Date: Tuesday, October 09, 2018
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Atrium Space, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St. Toronto
Dr. Michael Klein is one of Canada's most prominent family doctors. He presents his memoir: Dissident Doctor, My Life Catching Babies and Challenging the Medical Status Quo.
Challenging conventional medical wisdom by fighting for the acceptance of midwifery as a humane medical practice in Canada, Klein will share his early experiences working with midwives in Ethiopia, which led him to question the approach of Western maternity care.
In conversation with renown Toronto physician, Dr. Ritika Goel.
This event is part of the #OnCivilSociety series at the TPL.
Natasha Kanapé Fontaine with Deni Ellis Béchard: Conversation about Racism
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2018
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location: City Hall Branch, Toronto Public Library, Nathan Phillips Square 100 Queen Street West, Toronto
Indigenous artist and actress, and one of Quebec's best known young poets, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, in conversation with American/Quebecois writer Deni Ellis Béchard about their joint work which explores the history of anti-Indigenous racism in Canada.
This event is part of the eh List series at the TPL, where we present conversations on Canadian literature and culture with award-winning authors, poets, journalists and exciting new voices. This event is FREE, and no registration is needed to attend.
Mona Parsons: From Privilege to Prison, from Nova Scotia to Europe
Date: Friday, October 12, 2018
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Annette Street Branch, Toronto Public Library, 145 Annette Street, Toronto
Showgirl. Nurse. Resistor. Nova Scotia's Mona Parsons was all these, but none of these roles prepared her to be a prisoner of the Nazis. Join biographer Andria Hill-Lehr as she tells this unknown Canadian war hero's remarkable story: from Parsons' arrest in the Netherlands in 1941, to her escape from prison in 1945, and the long trek across Nazi Germany back to Holland in the dying days of World War Two.
Date: Tuesday, October 09, 2018
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Atrium Space, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St. Toronto
Dr. Michael Klein is one of Canada's most prominent family doctors. He presents his memoir: Dissident Doctor, My Life Catching Babies and Challenging the Medical Status Quo.
Challenging conventional medical wisdom by fighting for the acceptance of midwifery as a humane medical practice in Canada, Klein will share his early experiences working with midwives in Ethiopia, which led him to question the approach of Western maternity care.
In conversation with renown Toronto physician, Dr. Ritika Goel.
This event is part of the #OnCivilSociety series at the TPL.
Natasha Kanapé Fontaine with Deni Ellis Béchard: Conversation about Racism
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2018
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location: City Hall Branch, Toronto Public Library, Nathan Phillips Square 100 Queen Street West, Toronto
Indigenous artist and actress, and one of Quebec's best known young poets, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, in conversation with American/Quebecois writer Deni Ellis Béchard about their joint work which explores the history of anti-Indigenous racism in Canada.
This event is part of the eh List series at the TPL, where we present conversations on Canadian literature and culture with award-winning authors, poets, journalists and exciting new voices. This event is FREE, and no registration is needed to attend.
Mona Parsons: From Privilege to Prison, from Nova Scotia to Europe
Date: Friday, October 12, 2018
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Annette Street Branch, Toronto Public Library, 145 Annette Street, Toronto
Showgirl. Nurse. Resistor. Nova Scotia's Mona Parsons was all these, but none of these roles prepared her to be a prisoner of the Nazis. Join biographer Andria Hill-Lehr as she tells this unknown Canadian war hero's remarkable story: from Parsons' arrest in the Netherlands in 1941, to her escape from prison in 1945, and the long trek across Nazi Germany back to Holland in the dying days of World War Two.
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