Salt Spring Forum Presents Dr. Amir Attaran: From AIDS to Malaria, Ebola & Zika
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Dr. Amir Attaran is Canada’s greatest activist-academic and he joins the Salt Spring Forum for a highly stimulating discussion on Canada and international development, human rights, disease, poverty, and foreign policy. Dr. Attaran frequently comments in international media on a broad range of controversial issues such as high generic drug costs, vaccines, legalization of marijuana, assisted dying legislation, and many more.
He is a professor of both medicine and law at the University of Ottawa, and was trained at UBC, Caltech and Oxford. Dr. Attaran's current research interests include malaria, AIDS, Zika and hypertension; substandard medicines; access to medicines in less developed countries; and the application of human rights law in armed conflict and anti-terrorism. Don’t miss this far-reaching discussion with Canada's most notorious professor!
Tickets are available at ArtSpring (250.537.2102 and at www.tickets.artspring.ca) or at Salt Spring Books. $15 Forum Members; $20 General.
| Cost: |
Member: $15 General: $20 |
Category: |
Arts | Entertainment Talks | Lectures |
| Location: |
Gulf Islands Secondary School
112 Rainbow Rd, Saltspring Island |
This event is for Adults, Teens, Seniors, Student / College | |
| More Info: |
Salt Spring Forum [email protected] n/a Event Website |
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