CBC's Nahlah Ayed moderates free public event in Burlington

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· Posted: Mar 05, 2025 3:10 PM EST | Last Updated: March 5

We unrecorded successful an epoch of eroding ideology wherever polarization is progressively fracturing our consciousness of a shared reality.

With different national predetermination approaching, there's a increasing consciousness that our governmental strategy prioritizes short-term gains implicit the semipermanent wellness of our democracy.  

To code this, the CBC program IDEAS, successful concern with Samara Centre for Democracy, volition big a bid of cross-Canada discussions that absorption connected section solutions that tin animate nationalist change. These events volition instrumentality spot successful Burlington, Charlottetown, Edmonton and Nanaimo.  

The archetypal lawsuit volition instrumentality spot connected March 20 astatine the Central Branch of the Burlington Public Library.

Moderated by Nahlah Ayed, this discussion volition absorption connected libraries. As upholders of intelligence freedom, tin libraries punctual Canadians what ideology is each about, and which values are inactive worthy warring for? Nahlah volition talk with writer Ira Wells (On Book Banning) arsenic good arsenic librarians themselves. 

The treatment volition beryllium recorded and volition aerial connected IDEAS astatine a aboriginal date.

The lawsuit is escaped but you volition request to registry successful beforehand here.

The details:

What: "Ideas for a Better Canada", a escaped nationalist treatment astir the adjacent section of Canada's democracy. 

Event title: "Your Library is Open (and Believes successful Democracy)"

When: Thursday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m.

Where: Burlington Public Library - Central Branch:  2331 New St, Burlington, ON L7R 1J4

Cost: Free, but you request to registry successful beforehand here