Learning how to think, learning how to be: Reimagining the role of the humanities in Canadian universities

The University of Regina President’s Liberal Arts Advisory group is pleased to present a lecture by Dr. John Ralston Saul entitled: “Learning how to think, learning how to be: Reimagining the role of the humanities in Canadian universities.” In his lecture, Dr. Saul will explore how a liberal arts education is – and can remain – relevant in today’s world. Dr. Saul, an essayist and novelist, is Canada’s leading public intellectual. Declared a “prophet” by Time magazine, he has received many awards and prizes, including Chile’s Pablo Neruda Medal, South Korea’s Manhae Grand Prize for Literature and The Gutenberg Galaxy Award for Literature. He is the former President of PEN International, the leading global organization of writers dedicated to freedom of expression and literature. He has published fourteen works, which have been translated into twenty-eight languages in thirty-seven countries. He is the co-Founder and co-Chair of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship and a Companion of the Order of Canada.

More information at: http://www.uregina.ca/events/learning-how-to-think-learning-how-to-be-reimagining-the-role-of-the-humanities-in-canadian-universities