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Avi Lewis is one of Canada’s most controversial and eloquent media personalities. His 2008 television series – Inside USA, examined the real issues at stake in the US presidential election – debuting on Al Jazeera English television network in February 2008.  His previous shows--On The Map with Avi Lewis, a daily half-hour of opinionated international news analysis and The Big Picture with Avi Lewis, combining hard-hitting documentaries and town hall debates--aired on CBC Newsworld in 2006 and 2007. In 2004, he directed his first feature documentary, The Take, which follows Argentina’s new movement of worker-run businesses.  An emotional story of hope and resistance in the global economy, The New York Times called it “a stirring, idealistic documentary.”  It was released theatrically in Canada, the U.S., and across Europe, was nominated for 4 Gemini Awards, and won the International Jury prize at the American Film Institute festival in Los Angeles. In the late 90s, as the host and producer of counterSpin on CBC Newsworld, Lewis presided over more than 500 nationally televised debates in three years.  In the early 1990s, he hosted City TV’s landmark music journalism show “The New Music.” At the same time, he was MuchMusic’s Political Specialist, pioneering political “uncoverage” for a youth audience and winning a Gemini Award for Best Special Event Coverage.

Presentations Include:

The Value of Education 



Globalization and Development 



New Forms of Workplace Organization 



Canada's Role in the World 



Climate Change and the End of Oil 



Duo presentation featuring Stephen Lewis 

and Avi Lewis:


Avi Lewis, CBC journalist, activist and documentary filmmaker speaks candidly with his father, Stephen Lewis, the former United Nations Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.

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