Speaker Series – At A Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage with Carol Off
Jan 23, 2025 |19:00-20:00
As Donald Trump takes the Oval Office and Canada faces political and economic upheaval, author and broadcaster Carol Off warns that we may have lost the language of democracy– just when we need it most. “Words that we rely on to define and defend our civil society are either put to use for a different ideological agenda or gutted of their meanings, the values that they once stood for mocked and distorted, ” Off writes in her new book, At a Loss for Words. She argues it’s a challenge but also an opportunity to restart the conversation in a way that’s more inclusive, describing this as an “all hands on deck” moment for our civil society.
Speaker Biography: Veteran journalist, author and broadcaster Carol Off spent decades as a field reporter for CBC television and radio before she landed in the host chair of the flagship program As It Happens. Over 16 years in that position, Carol conducted more than 25,000 interviews, from the profound to the profane, and won numerous prizes for the show.
Carol is also the author of 5 award-winning and best-selling books, including The Lion, the Fox and the Eagle, an investigation into war crimes in Yugoslavia and Rwanda; All We Leave Behind, the story of a family forced to flee Afghanistan; and At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage, a deep dive into the language of liberal democracy. She lives in Toronto.
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Event Location
- Algonquin College Pembroke Campus
- On Campus or Online