Ottawa International Writers Festival, Spring Edition
| April 26, 2012 | to | May 1, 2012 |
Founded in 1997, the Writers Festival celebrates the world’s best writing from home and abroad with a diverse program that presents interactions with leaders in the worlds of science, history, poetry, politics, spoken word, economics, drama, fiction, biography, music and more. Since 2004 the Festival has consisted of two annual Editions, Spring and Fall.
Festival Information:
General information: 613.562.1243
General information email: info@writersfestival.org
Location: Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar Street(at Elgin)
Ticket: http://writersfestival.org.tickets.html
Volunteers: http://www.writersfestival.org/about/volunteers
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Communicating with Homo sapiens
Robert Sibley, The Ottawa Citizen
Kevin Van Paassen, Canwest News Service
Jane Goodall well remembers when she discovered another world. Nearly 50 years ago, she was just beginning the study of African chimpanzees that would make her famous and redefine the way we view animals.
Goodall speaks Monday in Ottawa at a sold-out pre-festival event for the Ottawa Writers Festival as part of its global perspectives series. Goodall gained world-wide fame with a 1971 book, In the Shadow of Man, that detailed her years of studying chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park, and showed that chimpanzees use twigs and stones as tools, engage in rituals, and have feelings of love and grief — just like humans.
Full Article on the Ottawa Citizen website: Communicating with Homo sapiens
