The Future of the Great Lakes
Thursday, November 15, 2007 @ 7:30PM FREE
Hart House Library
(7 Hart House Circle)
Join us for an evening of discussion about the future of the Great Lakes with Wayne Grady, author of The Great Lakes: The Natural History Of A Changing Region , and Prof. A. P. Lino Grima, retired professor from the University of Toronto Centre for Environment, Geography and UTM.
A comprehensive, engaging, and timely exploration of one of the most important ecological systems on Earth, a life-sustaining continental resource that is increasingly under threat.
Five immense lakes lie at the heart of North America. They comprise the world’s largest freshwater system, containing 95 percent of the continent’s fresh water—and one-fifth of the planet’s total supply. The Great Lakes drainage basin is home to 40 million people and is the hub of industry and agriculture in North America. Its rich mineral deposits and natural resources have attracted and sustained human and wildlife populations for more than ten thousand years.
The Great Lakes: The Natural History of a Changing Region is the most authoritative, complete, and accessible book to date about the biology and ecology of this vital, ever-changing terrain. Written by one of Canada’s best-known science and nature writers, this essential resource features superb nature photography and numerous sidebars that focus on specific animal, plant and invertebrate species.
Wayne Grady, one of Canada’s foremost popular science writers, has won three Science in Society awards from the Canadian Science Writers’ Association. In 2004 he collaborated with David Suzuki on Tree: A Life Story, a best-seller now in its third printing. He is the author of eight books of non-fiction, translated eight novels and edited six anthologies of short stories.
He won the Governor-General’s Award for Translation for On the Eighth Day by Antonine Maillet, was nominated for the 2005 Governor General’s Award for his translation of Francine D’Amour’s Return from Africa, and received the John Glassco Prize for translation.
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