For the past nine months I have been working with three other women to bring something exciting to birth! We are bringing physician, humanitarian, activist and author Dr. Samantha Nutt to Bracebridge. We call ourselves Team Nutt and we have been working hard to publicize, throughout our community, that she is coming next Friday night. Imagine my delight when watching the news tonight (Tuesday) I saw her on CBC’s The National. She was part of a panel addressing the “The Mystery of CSEC” and the accusation from Brazil that we have been practicing cyber-spying and spying on them. It was an interesting discussion exploring the impact that cyber-spying will have on Canada’s reputation on the global stage.
Samantha Nutt is the founder of War Child Canada and her book “Damned Nations” tells of her life experience visiting war-torn countries as she explores the impact of war and conflict on people, in particular women and children. She makes some hard assertions that we are all culpable in the global interactions when it comes to conflict and armaments. We are very much looking forward to hearing her presentation.
This is a second annual lecture. Last year we hosted Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish. We were able to sell out the theatre when Dr. A. came. We still have tickets to sell but we are confident that by next Friday, October 18th we will be welcoming a theatre full once again.
Why do we do this? Because we feel it is a call of our faith to bring to our community speakers who challenge us and make us think – especially in the area of Christian ethics. There is little in life where it is easy to say, with certainty, that any given action is straight-forward and correct. Samantha Nutt, like Dr. Abuelaish reminds us that global interaction is complex and what may seems like a small action in Canada can have large ramifications on the global scene.
If you are in Bracebridge – be sure to get your ticket for Samantha Nutt -speaking on Friday, October 18th.
