We are offering online book clubs hosted by Lisa Amonson and Laura Kennett. Books clubs are open to all alumni of Leadership Calgary, Leadership Edmonton, Introduction to Human Venture Leadership, and Integrity Leadership, and their guests.
An hour will be focused on the recommended reading and 30 minutes will be dedicated to talking about any promising resources people have found during the month.
Happy reading!
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2020-2021 Book, Podcast and Film Selections & Schedule
| September 21 @ 7 PM MDT – Theme: Race and Identity Podcasts: Throughline From NPR Podcast: August, 2020 America’s Caste System and Colour Code from The Globe and Mail Podcast: Episode 4: The Angel Complex |
| October 19 @ 7 PM MDT – Theme: Democracy Movie: The Edge of Democracy |
| November 23 @ 7 PM MST – Theme: Hope – Part 1 Book: Humankind: A Hopeful History, by Rutger Bregman – Parts 1 and 2 |
| December 14 @ 7 PM MST – Theme: Hope – Part 2 Book: Humankind: A Hopeful History, by Rutger Bregman – Parts 3 through 5 |
| January 18 @ 7 PM MST: “The Tyranny of Merit” by Michael Sandel |
| February 22 @ 7 PM MST: Movie (Netflix) – “The Social Dilemma” and/or Book: “Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society” by Robert Deibert |
| March 22 @ 7 PM MST: “The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity” by Toby Ordnounced |
| April 19 @ 7 PM MST: “21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality” by Bob Joseph, and 2018 CBC Massey Lectures “All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward” by Tanya Talaga |
| May 17 @ 7 PM MDT: “The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race” by Walter Isaacson. At a minimum, read the Introduction and at least 3 out of the 9 parts of this book. Optional Podcast: The Current with Matt Galloway – Walter Isaacson on facing up to the moral questions of CRISPR and gene editing Optional Film (may not be accessible to Canada): NOVA feature “Human Nature“ |
| June 21 @ 7 PM MDT: “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson. At a minimum, read the Introduction (The Man in the Crowd), and Parts 3 and 4. Optional Movie: “Coded Bias” on Netflix |
| July 19 @ 7 PM MDT: “The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous” by Joseph Henrich Optional Movie: “The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel” from Joel Bakan and Jennifer Abbott |