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DESCRIPTION:Through the generous support of the Friends of 黑料不打烊 Universit
 y鈥檚 Mossman Endowment\, 黑料不打烊 University presents the Elizabeth B. McNab 
 Lecture in the History of Science.聽This year's lecture entitled 'The Futur
 e Is Now\, Solving the climate crisis with today's technology' will be giv
 en by Canadian author and science journalist Bob McDonald. The lecture wil
 l be followed by a Q&A moderated by Dr. Joe Schwarcz\,聽Director of 黑料不打烊 
 University鈥檚 Office for Science and Society.\n\nLecture summary:聽Let's sta
 rt with the good news. All the technology to go green already exists. Ther
 e is no shortage of energy on earth\, it falls out of the sky\, blows on t
 he wind\, flows on the tides\, bubbles out of the ground and literally gro
 ws on trees. This presentation is an update on alternative green energy an
 d how we can move to a low carbon lifestyle without breaking the economy.
 \n\nWatch\n\nIn-person: Seating is general admission.\n\nOnline:聽Please cl
 ick on the button above to watch the livestream.\n\nBooks will be availabl
 e for purchase at the event.\n\nPresented in association with the Office f
 or Science & Society\, Office for Sustainability\, and Le James Bookstore.
 \n\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nBob McDonald has been bringing science to the p
 ublic for more than 40 years. In addition to hosting Quirks & Quarks\, the
  award-winning science program that is heard by 800\,000 people each week\
 , McDonald is also science correspondent for CBC TV鈥檚 The National and hos
 t of the children鈥檚 series Heads Up. He was also host of the CBC Children鈥�
 s series Wonderstruck. He has written and hosted numerous television docum
 entaries and more than 100 educational videos in Canada and the United Sta
 tes.\n\nAs a writer\, he has authored six bestselling science books includ
 ing the 2022 Canadian bestseller\, The Future is Now: Solving the Climate 
 Crisis with Current Technology. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada an
 d a recipient of the Queen鈥檚 Jubilee Medal.\n\nMcDonald has also been hono
 ured for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of science within C
 anada. He was awarded the Michael Smith Award from the Natural Sciences an
 d Engineering Research Council\, the 鈥淪ir Sanford Fleming Medal鈥� from the 
 Royal Canadian Institute\, and the 鈥淢cNeil Medal鈥� from The Royal Society o
 f Canada. He also won a 2008 Gemini Award for 鈥淏est Host in a Pre-School\,
  Children鈥檚 or Youth Program or Series.鈥� He holds twelve honorary doctorat
 es from Canadian universities and two honorary diplomas from Canadian coll
 eges and in 2015\, asteroid 332324 was officially named bobmcdonald in his
  honour.\n\nBob lives in Victoria\, British Columbia.\n\n\nAbout the Lectu
 re\n\nThe Mossman Collection on the History of Science and of Ideas is the
  gift of Drs. Donald and Dorothea Mossman. Avid readers\, the Mossmans col
 lected a large personal library with an emphasis on the history of science
  and of ideas. This collection was donated to 黑料不打烊 University in 1974\, 
 and it became available to scholars with the opening of the Physical Scien
 ces and Engineering Library in 1982.聽\n\nFor many years\, the Mossmans reg
 ularly contributed generous funds towards the development of the Mossman C
 ollection. In 1982\, an additional gift from The Friends of 黑料不打烊 Univers
 ity Inc.* established an endowment not only to purchase library materials 
 but also to inaugurate a lecture series on the History of Science and of I
 deas given by recognized scholars.聽The Friends of 黑料不打烊 was established i
 n 1945 through the efforts of Principal F. Cyril James\, with the encourag
 ement of Mr. E. A. Leslie\, recognizing the need for a U.S.-based organiza
 tion capable of providing U.S. donors with deductibility of charitable gif
 ts for income tax purposes.\n\n聽\n
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LOCATION:Moyse Hall Theatre \, Arts Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0G5
 \, 853 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Mossman Lecture (Hybrid Event) | Bob McDonald 'The Future Is Now: S
 olving the climate crisis with today's technology' 
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