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Ceremony to celebrate Marshall McLuhan’s historical significance

October 11, 2011

TORONTO, ON – The nation­al his­tor­i­cal sig­nif­i­cance of Mar­shall McLuhan will be cel­e­brat­ed this week with the unveil­ing of a plaque at a cer­e­mo­ny in Toron­to on Fri­day, Octo­ber 14, 2011. The event will be presided over by: The Hon­ourable Peter Kent, Canada’s Envi­ron­ment Min­is­ter and Min­is­ter respon­si­ble for Parks Cana­da; The Hon­ourable Joe Oliv­er, Min­is­ter of Nat­ur­al Resources and Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Eglin­ton-Lawrence; and offi­cials from the His­toric Sites and Mon­u­ments of Board of Cana­da.

Born in Edmon­ton, Alber­ta, Mar­shall McLuhan was a Cana­di­an edu­ca­tor, philoso­pher and schol­ar.  McLuhan taught at St. Michael’s Col­lege, Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to from 1946–1979, and became a full pro­fes­sor in 1952.  In 1963, he was appoint­ed by the Pres­i­dent of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to to cre­ate a new Cen­tre for Cul­ture and Tech­nol­o­gy to study the psy­chic and social con­se­quences of tech­nolo­gies and media.

EVENT DETAILS:

WHAT:          Unveil­ing of plaque com­mem­o­rat­ing the nation­al his­tor­i­cal sig­nif­i­cance of Mar­shall McLuhan

WHO:             The Hon­ourable Peter Kent, Canada’s Envi­ron­ment Min­is­ter and Min­is­ter respon­si­ble for Parks Cana­da; The Hon­ourable Joe Oliv­er, Min­is­ter of Nat­ur­al Resources and Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Eglin­ton-Lawrence

WHERE:       Carr Hall
Fr. Robert Mad­den Hall Audi­to­ri­um
100 St. Joseph Street
Toron­to, ON

WHEN:          Fri­day, Octo­ber 14, 2011 at 10:00 AM

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