Sydney Taylor Memorial Lecture with Megan Leslie

September 20, 2018 (7:00 pm)

Location: KCIC Auditorium


Megan Leslie will be the guest speaker for this year’s Sydney Taylor Memorial Lecture in Politics. 

“Megan Leslie is the president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund Canada, where she guides the organization in its mission to prevent the decline wildlife. Before joining WWF, Megan was a Member of Parliament representing Halifax for two terms during which she was deputy leader of the official Opposition and environment critic.  She has a degree in social & political thought and history from York and a law degree from Dalhousie. After university and before entering politics, she was a community legal worker and presented at the 2005 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Montreal on the issue of energy poverty.”

Her lecture, “From Advocacy to Action: A Step-by-Step Guide to Changing the World,” takes place on Thursday Sept. 20, 7:00 pm, in the KCIC Auditorium.

For more information on the Sydney Taylor Memorial Lecture series, please visit https://polisci.acadiau.ca/sydney-taylor-memorial-lecture.html


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