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Daily Planet host to speak to UPEI students about climate change
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Jay Ingram, host of Discovery Channel Canada’s popular show Daily Planet, will speak about climate change to students at the University of Prince Edward Island on Thursday, October 16, and Friday, October 17.
Ingram will give a presentation called “Cool Ideas for Global Warming” to the students taking the university’s new Global Issues course during his visit. Dr Tim Goddard, UPEI Dean of Education, says, “We are delighted that our first-year students will have the opportunity to engage with Jay Ingram on this important topic. Global warming is a global issue, and this type of event is core to our vision of the course.”
On October 16, Ingram will speak in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre’s McMillan Hall at 7 p.m., with simultaneous live broadcasts in Rooms 243 and 246 in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, and Lecture Theatre A in the Atlantic Veterinary College.
His talk on Friday, October 17, takes place at 2 p.m. in Room 135 of the Duffy Science Centre, with simultaneous live broadcasts in Room 104 in the K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre and Room 242 in Don and Marion McDougall Hall.
Both presentations are free and open to the general public, but seating is limited.
Ingram has been the host of Daily Planet since it began in 1995. At the time it was the only hour-long, prime-time daily science show in the world. Prior to joining Discovery, he hosted CBC radio’s national science show, Quirks and Quarks, from 1979 to 1992. During that time he won two ACTRA awards, one for best host, and several Canadian Science Writers’ awards. He wrote and hosted two CBC radio documentary series, and short radio and television science stories for a variety of programs.
He was a contributing editor to Owl magazine for 10 years, and wrote a weekly science column in the Toronto Star for 12. He has also written 10 books, most recently The Daily Planet Book of Cool Ideas, which explores what people can do to reverse global warming and what they are doing to create a sustainable future.
He has received the Sandford Fleming medal from the Royal Canadian Institute for his efforts to popularize science, the Royal Society’s McNeil medal for the Public Awareness of Science and the Michael Smith award from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. He is a distinguished alumnus of the University of Alberta and has received four honorary doctorates.
Ingram’s visit to UPEI coincides with National Science and Technology Week, which runs from October 17 to 25.
Ingram will give a presentation called “Cool Ideas for Global Warming” to the students taking the university’s new Global Issues course during his visit. Dr Tim Goddard, UPEI Dean of Education, says, “We are delighted that our first-year students will have the opportunity to engage with Jay Ingram on this important topic. Global warming is a global issue, and this type of event is core to our vision of the course.”
On October 16, Ingram will speak in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre’s McMillan Hall at 7 p.m., with simultaneous live broadcasts in Rooms 243 and 246 in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, and Lecture Theatre A in the Atlantic Veterinary College.
His talk on Friday, October 17, takes place at 2 p.m. in Room 135 of the Duffy Science Centre, with simultaneous live broadcasts in Room 104 in the K.C. Irving Chemistry Centre and Room 242 in Don and Marion McDougall Hall.
Both presentations are free and open to the general public, but seating is limited.
Ingram has been the host of Daily Planet since it began in 1995. At the time it was the only hour-long, prime-time daily science show in the world. Prior to joining Discovery, he hosted CBC radio’s national science show, Quirks and Quarks, from 1979 to 1992. During that time he won two ACTRA awards, one for best host, and several Canadian Science Writers’ awards. He wrote and hosted two CBC radio documentary series, and short radio and television science stories for a variety of programs.
He was a contributing editor to Owl magazine for 10 years, and wrote a weekly science column in the Toronto Star for 12. He has also written 10 books, most recently The Daily Planet Book of Cool Ideas, which explores what people can do to reverse global warming and what they are doing to create a sustainable future.
He has received the Sandford Fleming medal from the Royal Canadian Institute for his efforts to popularize science, the Royal Society’s McNeil medal for the Public Awareness of Science and the Michael Smith award from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. He is a distinguished alumnus of the University of Alberta and has received four honorary doctorates.
Ingram’s visit to UPEI coincides with National Science and Technology Week, which runs from October 17 to 25.
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