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CONVERSATION IN AN AGE OF RAGE

When: Where: P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC’s Point Grey Campus, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver.

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Ms. Carol Off

Award-winning author and broadcast journalist

Ms. Off is a renowned reporter covering Canadian and international current affairs. She was the co-host of the multi-award-winning CBC radio program, As it Happens. A prolific writer, she wrote the best-seller The Lion, The Fox, and the Eagle: A Story of Generals and Justice in Yugoslavia and Rwanda (2000), The Ghosts of Medak Pocket: the Story of Canada’s Secret War (2005), Bitter Chocolate (2006), and All We Leave Behind: A Reporter’s Journey into the Lives of Others (2017), winner of the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, and the 2018 Ontario Historical Society’s Huguenot Society of Canada Award. Ms. Off has been honoured with a Gemini (2002), a Television and Radio Artists’ John Drainie Award for Distinguished Contributions to Canadian Broadcasting (2008), and a Gabriel Award (2016). Her latest book is At a Loss for Words: Conversation in the Age of Rage (2024).

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