Arctic Imagination - Talks Series

SPHERE / Jesse Wente & Svend Hardenberg

2022-09-22 10:00 2022-09-22 11:15 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Arctic Imagination - Talks Series

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/31350

In-person event

In English / ​Live translation in French  Co-hosted by the Royal Danish Library and the NAC Orchestra as part of the SPHERE Festival, Arctic Imagination is a not-to-be-missed speaker series pressing discussions on the transformation of the Arctic as the ice disappears — and the implications of climate change for geopolitics and human civilization as we know it.  Speakers: Jesse Wente ​Jesse is best known for more than two decades spent as a columnist for...

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Fourth Stage,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
Thu, September 22, 2022
Thu, September 22, 2022
10 AM EDT
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Talks Festival events
  • In-person event
  • Bilingual
  • ≈ 1h15 · No intermission

In English / ​Live translation in French 

Co-hosted by the Royal Danish Library and the NAC Orchestra as part of the SPHERE Festival, Arctic Imagination is a not-to-be-missed speaker series pressing discussions on the transformation of the Arctic as the ice disappears — and the implications of climate change for geopolitics and human civilization as we know it. 

Speakers:

Jesse Wente

​Jesse is best known for more than two decades spent as a columnist for CBC Radio’s Metro Morning. In 2018, Jesse was named the founding director of the Indigenous Screen Office and in summer 2020 he was appointed Chair of the Canada Council for the Arts. Jesse received the Arbor Award from the University of Toronto in 2021 for his volunteer contributions. His first book “Unreconciled: Family, Truth and Indigenous Resistance” is a national bestseller. Born and raised in Toronto, his family comes from Chicago and Genaabaajing Anishinaabek and he is a member of the Serpent River First Nation.

Svend Hardenberg 

Svend Hardenberg is a businessman and entrepreneur, who entered unexpected Netflix stardom as a leading role in Borgen, a highly successful Danish TV series that deals with themes of climate crisis. Hardenberg has previously served as Permanent Secretary at the Premier’s Office, Government of Greenland. 

Host: Kevin Loring

Artists

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    Board Chair, Canada Council for the Arts & Co-executive director, Indigenous Screen Office. Author of ''UNRECONCILED'' Jesse Wente
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    Businessman, entrepreneur, former Permanent Secretary at the Premier’s Office, Government of Greenland Svend Hardenberg
  • Host Kevin Loring