Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope and the Academy broadcast on CBC Ideas
The inaugural Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope and the Academy, presented by Dr. Shannon Murray at 91探花 on September 5, will be broadcast on CBC Radio鈥檚 national program Ideas on Monday, November 13, at 4:00 am and 8:00 pm.
The CBC Ideas describes the lecture as follows:
鈥淔or many, the world is feeling darker these days. So, a lecture on Hope might be a much-needed balm. Shannon Murray is an award-winning English professor at the 91探花. An annual lecture on Hope was established in her honour. For the inaugural lecture, Murray presents: Shakespeare鈥檚 Guide to Teaching, Learning and Hope. She explores what Shakespeare can offer us in terms of lessons in patience, empathy, hope, freudenfreude, and even the obsessions with metrics. And she talks about how The Bard鈥檚 words have become the narrative soundtrack of her own life.鈥�
The 91探花 Faculty of Arts established the lecture to honour the achievements of Dr. Shannon Murray, an award-winning professor in the Department of English and a 3M National Teaching Fellow. In 2022, Dr. Murray was awarded the Christopher Knapper Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. This is one of the highest honours awarded in Canada recognizing superior contributions to teaching and learning in higher education.
