UMUNNA (IGBO) CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA INC.
AND
THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG’S
GLOBAL COLLEGE

PRESENT


“Brazil in Transition: A New Hope for the Americas?”

in the IGBO EDUCATIONAL LECTURE SERIES
with
Special Guest Speaker

DR. NEIL BESNER
Associate Vice-President (International)
and Professor of English
The University of Winnipeg



ABOUT THE GUEST SPEAKER:
Dr. Neil Besner, University of Winnipeg’s Associate Vice-President (International), was formerly Dean of Arts at UofW. He is a multilingual professor of English at Uof W who grew up in Brazil where he learned Portuguese. He still has Brazilian family there, and continues to visit and work there, frequently teaching, speaking, and recruiting. As an academic, Professor Besner has researched and published very important works in the Portuguese language as well as in English.

Neil is a fervent lover of Brazilian language, music, food, and culture.

His passion for the preservation and utilization of culture for the achievement of development, as well as global peace, stability, and harmony will be made manifest through his talk on "Brazil in Transition: A New Hope for the Americas?"


Friday, September 19, 2008
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall (3rd Floor, Centennial Hall)
The University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue

Admission: Free


This is the sixth lecture in the "Igbo Educational Lecture Series" organized by the Umunna (Igbo) Cultural Association of Manitoba, Inc., in partnership with The University of Winnipeg’s Global College.

For more information:
Michael Eze Ph: 786-9946(w); 275.8041(h); m.eze@uwinnipeg.ca
Sherry funk Ph: 789-1439 (w); s.funk@uwinnipeg.ca
Ben Okwudili Ph: 668.8353(h); bennyokwudili@hotmail.com
Paul Osiegbu Ph: 947.9545(w); 999.8298 (c); nnaemeka40@hotmail.com