The International Issues Discussion (IID) series at Ryerson University is pleased to present the second talk in its special Winter 2012 series, Following the Current: A Forum on Global Affairs and News Media Today.

Our guest will be John Owen, professor of international journalism at the City University in London, England. He spent over twenty years with CBC:  five years as the Chief News Editor of TV News, and six years as the Chief of Foreign Bureau. He is Chairman of London’s Frontline Club,  Trustee of the George Soros Open Society Foundation, and an internationally acclaimed author. Among his publications, he was co-editor and contributor to the 2008 book, International News Reporting: Frontlines and Deadlines.

Mr. Owen’s lecture is entitled “Hard News, Hard Times for the Media: Will the News Get Better?”

The event will be held Wednesday, February 1, from 6:30-8:30pm, in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, room ENG 103, Ryerson University

(245 Church Street, see: www.ryerson.ca/maps )

All are welcome and admission is free. A poster advertising the talk is attached. johnowen

Founded in 2005, the IID is a non-partisan, student-led forum designed to engage all members of the Ryerson University community on major events and issues in contemporary global affairs through reasoned, objective, and scholarly discourse. For further details about the IID and our series please see http://iid.kislenko.com or contact the IID student leaders at ryerson.international.issues@gmail.com

To make sure that you are signed up properly for seminars, and/or to check and see where and when your seminar will take place, please check here:

HST 540 Seminar Sign Up FINAL

If you are not  listed here you have either NOT signed up at all, OR your attempt to sign in failed. As seminar numbers are capped at 10, you may need to sign up again for another group that is open.

Please note that you CANNOT SIGN UP HERE. You must sign up as directed in the message sent out earlier this term, which is also posted on this website.

Please also note that this list will be updated as regularly as possible up until your first seminar classes.

AK

HST 540 Seminars are now open. Please sign up as soon as possible.

Please find in the attached Word document all the instructions you will need to sign up for seminars in HST 540 (Espionage). HST 540 Seminar Sign Up

Please read it CAREFULLY and make sure you ONLY sign up for seminar groups in your section of the course. Please take careful note of what group you sign up for and where it meets. All information about the seminars and how to prepare for them is on your course outline.

Please let me know if you have any problems signing up, or questions about the process.

Thanks and all the best,

AK

Special sessions to help with essay research and writing will be held as follows:

Tuesday, February 7 1500-1700 hours in ENG LG 06

and

Wednesday, February 8 1500-1700 hours in KHW 057

Everyone is welcome.

AK

Ryerson: (JOR 510)

Mondays                   1510-1700

Wednesdays           1310-1500

University of Toronto: (Munk Centre, N 213)

Tuesdays                  1210-1400

Thursdays                1210-1400

Welcome to HST 540, Espionage: A History.

Please access the course outline here. It is also available on your Blackboard. Please be sure to access the right outline for your section as dates and other details may are different.

HST 540-1 (Section 1: Mondays 1100-1300 and Wednesdays 0900-1000) HST 540 001 Course Outline Winter 2012

HST 540-2 (Section 2: Mondays 1400-1500 and Wednesdays 1100-1300) HST 540 002 Course Outline Winter 2012