Canadian International Council (CIC) and St. Jerome's University History Department invite you to hear John Ibbitson discuss his 2023 book bad its implications for Canada's current crisis: “The Duel” Diefenbaker, Pearson, and the Making of Modern Canada.”
JOHN IBBITSON is Writer at Large for the Globe and Mail, having also served as chief political writer, political affairs columnist and bureau chief in Washington and Ottawa. His previous political books include Open and Shut: Why America Has Barack Obama and Canada Has Stephen Harper. A winner of the Governor General's Award, Ibbitson has been shortlisted for the Donner Prize, the National Newspaper Award, the Trillium Award, and the City of Toronto Book Award. Stephen Harper was a finalist for the B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction and won the 2015 Writer's Trust of Canada Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. His latest book is titled The Nation’s Paper, the Globe and Mail in the Life of Canada.
- Free admission
- Light refreshments
- Parking: Free, in the St. Jerome’s University Parking Lot
John’s book will be available for sale (assisted by Words Worth Books)
Location Information
Academic Centre, Room 2003 (second floor)
290 Westmount Road North
Waterloo, ON, CA N2L 3G3
