Dr. Kevin Gannon, Director of the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence and Professor of History at Queens University-Charlotte, gave the 2026 Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope and the Academy in September on the UPEI campus. Dr. Gannon’s lecture, titled "Hope for Humans", was open to the public and was also recorded by CBC IDEAS, hosted by Nahlah Ayed. 

The 2026 Shannon K. Murray Lecture will first air on CBC Radio One (96.1 FM in Charlottetown) on Monday, November 2, at 8 pm. For other air times and ways to listen, visit the CBC Radio website: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/about-ideas-1.4348080 

The Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope and the Academy was established in 2023 to honour the achievements of Dr. Shannon Murray, an award-winning professor of English and a 3M National Teaching Fellow. CBC IDEAS has recorded and aired the annual lecture every year since it was launched.