>Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:32:58 -0400 >From: Eric Fawcett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Ursula Franklin Lectures in May >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk > > >From: Ursula Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Dear friends, >I am sending you the announcement of four lectures, that I will give later >in May, in the hope that you might be able to attend and be part of the >discussion, I also hope that you will post the notice on any e-mail list of >interested people, you are part of, or on relevant web sites. > >Some of this may have been done already, so please avoid double postings. >Because of my eye troubles I had to unsubscribe from lists I used to >receive, so that I can not monitor the distribution of announcements. > >The school auditorium is large and it would be nice to raise some fund for >the Academy; as a new school, there are no successful alumni yet who could >help out. BUT if any one wants to come and can not spare five bucks, they >should just say so and will get in. > >Many thanks and good wishes. . . Ursula >=========================================================================== > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Waterman) >For two weeks in May, your mind will be opened to the next century! > >"UPDATING The Real World of Technology" > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Four public lectures in celebration of a new, enlarged edition of Ursula >Franklin's 1989 Massey Lectures published by the House of Anansi Press. > >Dr. Ursula M. Franklin is Professor Emerita of the University of Toronto, >Fellow of Massey College and a Companion of the Order of Canada. > >Each lecture will update a particular facet of The Real World of >Technology and correspond to one of the four new chapters added to Dr. >Franklin's original Massey Lectures. >Each lecture will stand alone as a topic but the series is intended to >develop an understanding of the overall theme. >There will be time set aside for questions and answers following each >evening's lecture. > >The lecture series will take place over four evenings in May: > >Tuesday, May 18th Communications: Ancient and Modern > >Thursday, May 20th Technology's Impact on Time > >Tuesday, May 25th Technology's Impact on Space > >Thursday, May 27th Synthesis: Living at the interface of the > biosphere and the bitsphere > >Tickets for each lecture will be available for a minimum donation of $5.00. >All proceeds will go to the Ursula Franklin Academy Scholarship Fund. > >The box office will open at 6:00 pm, doors to the auditorium will open at >7:00 pm and each lecture will begin precisely at 7:30 pm. Late comers >will be directed to the mezzanine, but will not be admitted to the main >floor of the auditorium. > >The lectures will be held in the auditorium of Ursula Franklin Academy, a >public secondary school within the Toronto District School Board. Opened >in 1995, Ursula Franklin Academy is committed to innovative education that >utilises technology in the integration of its math,science and liberal >arts curriculum. > >The Academy is located in the Bloor-Dufferin area of central Toronto, five >minutes from the TTCís Dufferin Station and across the street from the >Dufferin Mall. >Adequate parking is available. > > >For lecture tickets contact the UFA main office 416.393.0430 >or reserve by email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Visit the Academy's Website at www.ufacademy.com >
