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December, 2008
The real story about Canadians in Afghanistan
Featuring: Graeme Smith, Scott Taylor and Murray Brewster
For the first time in over half a century, Canada, the nation that prides itself on being the world's peacekeeper, has waged a dirty, bitter war in the vast desert wastelands and mountain creases of a ruined country. We struggle to come to grips with what we read, see and hear about Afghanistan. Three correspondents who have, over the last three years, spent months in Kandahar covering the fighting and redevelopment projects, will take part in a panel discussion.
When: Saturday January 17, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Doors open 8:30 a.m.
Where: Azrieli Theatre, Room 102, Library Road, beside the Dunton Tower, Carleton University Campus.
Azrieli Theatre
Map AT = Azrieli Theatre DT = Dunton Tower
There is paid parking available in the lots beside the Architecture Building on Campus Avenue and at the east
end of the Avenue by Col By Drive.
This event is co-sponsored by the Canadian Association of Journalists, the National Press Club and Carleton University.
Cost: $5 for CAJ student members, $10 for regular CAJ members and student non-members, $20 all other non-members (cash or cheque at door)
Presenters:
Graeme Smith, a Michener Award and National Newspaper Association award winner for his coverage of the conflict will talk about life in Kandahar and the ethereal enemy, the Taliban.
Scott Taylor, a former soldier and editor of the brassy Esprit de Corp Magazine, will provide his unvarnished perspective on life as an unembedded journalist in Afghanistan.
Murray Brewster, the Parliamentary defence reporter for The Canadian Press, will take the audience from the doorstep of the House of Commons to the mean streets of Kandahar with a view on the politics of the war.