Marshall McLuhan conference open to public

Extraordinary Canadians
Hosted by UWinnipeg’s Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications, the conference will feature keynote addresses by author Douglas Coupland and physicist Robert Logan. Coupland will talk about his recent biography of McLuhan, which was published as part of Penguins Extraordinary Canadians series (edited by John Ralston Saul), and Logan will talk about his collaborations with McLuhan, and McLuhan’s interest in communications and the mind.

Coined the terms “global village” and “the medium is the message”
Thirty years after his death, Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) is widely known for his insights about electronic media, having called the world a “global village” and “the medium is the message”. Many consider him to have shaped 20^th-Century thinking about technology and communication, and as technology continues to evolve there is a resurgence of interest in his ideas and work.

The conference is free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact a member of the organizing committee:
Jaqueline McLeod Rogers
email:j.mcleod-rogers@uwinnipeg.ca

Tracy Whalen
email:t.whalen@uwinnipeg.ca