Mr. Jeffrey Simpson, O.C. Lecture

Mr. Jeffrey Simpson, O.C.
The Globe & Mail

will be addressing the Vancouver Institute on September 16, 2000 at 8:15 p.m. in Lecture Hall No. 2 in the Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, University of British Columbia.

Star-Spangled Canadians: Canadians Living the American Dream

The Globe and Mail's national affairs columnist, Jeffrey Simpson has won all three of Canada's leading literary prizes--the Governor-General's award for non-fiction book writing, the National Magazine award for political writing, and the National Newspaper Award for column writing. He has also won the Hyman Solomon Award for excellence in public policy journalism. Mr. Simpson has published four books--Discipline of Power; Spoils of Power; Faultlines, Struggling for a Canadian Vision; and The Anxious Years. His next book, Star-Spangled Canadians, will be published in September to be accompanied by a two-hour documentary on the CBC.

Fall Program 2000
Sep 16, Sep 23, Sep 30, Oct 14, Oct 21, Oct 28, Nov 4, Nov 18, Nov 25, Dec 2, Dec 9.

Background Information

(Compiled by Ted Powell)

• The Globe and Mail: Jeffrey Simpson
• Film at 11, or whatever; a column about the CBC by Jeffrey Simpson that appeared in the Globe & Mail May 30, 2000.
• Honorary Degree Citation; the Title and Degree of Doctor of Laws, (honoris causa) conferred at Congregation, May 24, 1998, upon Jeffrey Carl Simpson. (His citation is approximately two thirds of the way down the page.)

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