BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Regina Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Regina Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f3d1746e-2dfd-446a-8837-40224b7a5e69 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261026T121344Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Regina:20230608T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Regina:20230608T200000 SUMMARY:Censorship LOCATION:Central Adult\nCentral Adult X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Central Adult;X-APPLE-RADI US=10;X-TITLE=Central Adult:geo:50.448552,-104.614452 GEO:50.448552;-104.614452 DESCRIPTION:In our increasingly polarized society\, demands for censorship of books\, speakers\, and ideas grow louder. Join us for a thought-provok ing discussion of how this harms society and undermines democracy. .\nhttp s://rpl.libnet.info/event/8566501 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Learn more about this complex issue from r enowned scholar and director of the Centre for Free Expression James Turk. Discover why intellectual freedom is a cornerstone of democratic societie s. Don't miss this opportunity to engage with one of the foremost experts on intellectual freedom and its importance in modern society. \;

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James L. Turk \;is Distinguished Visiting Scho lar at Toronto Metropolitan University and Director of the University&rsqu o\;s Centre for Free Expression. Previously\, he served as Executive Direc tor of the Canadian Association of University Teachers\, and was Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. \;Jim has writte n extensively on expressive freedom and has won numerous awards for his wo rk. His most recent book was an edited collection\, Academic Freedom in Conflict: the Struggle over Speech Rights in the University \;(2014).

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This event takes place on the 2nd floor mezzanine of Central Library. \;

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