Captain Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, will embark on a public lecture tour across Canada from September 12th through 19th.  Hosted by local animal rights and environmental organizations, he will be discussing why the oceans are dying, the major threats facing marine wildlife, and how we can all make the difference between extinction and survival.  He will devote a fair amount of time discussing the annual Canadian seal slaughter, what Sea Shepherd and other organizations are doing to stop it, and what you can do to help.

Please see the following list for locations and dates. We hope to see you there!

British Columbia

Victoria
Sunday, September 11, 2005
7:00 - 8:30 pm
University of Victoria
David Lam Auditorium
Entrance fee $10
For tickets, call Bruce at 250-216-9610

Vancouver
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
6:30 - 8:00 pm
UBC Robson Square
Theatre C-300
800 Robson Street
[No entrance fee]

Kelowna
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Mary Irwin Theatre
421 Cawston Avenue
Entrance fee $5

Alberta

Edmonton
Thursday, September 15, 2005
7:00pm
Library Theatre of the Stanley A. Milner
7 Sir Winston Churchill Square
(102nd Avenue and 100th St)
Entrance fee $5

Calgary
Friday, September 16, 2005
12:00 noon - 2:00 pm
WR Castell Central Library Theatre
616 Macleod Trail SE
Entrance fee $5
For tickets, e-mail: animal_agents@hotmail.com

Manitoba

Winnipeg
Saturday, September 17, 2005
2:00 pm (doors open at 1:30)
Riddell Hall, University of Winnipeg
515 Portage Ave.
Entrance fee $4.99
For additional info: info@animalwatch.ca or call 204-452-1509

Michigan

Ypsilanti
Sunday, September 18, 2005 
2:00-4:00 pm 
Pease Auditorium (Eastern Michigan University Campus)
College Place, Ypsilanti (Corner of Cross St. & College Place;directly across Cross St. from 611 W. Cross)
[Entrance fee details to come]

Ontario

Toronto
Monday, September 19, 2005
6:30 pm
University of Toronto
Medical Sciences Building (MS), Room #3153
1 King's College Circle
Entrance fee $10

Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
6:00-8:00 pm
Colonel Gray High School
175 Spring Park Rd.
[Entrance fee details to come]


Background on Paul Watson - worldwide lecturer:

As one of the founders of the Greenpeace Foundation in 1972, and the leader of the very first campaigns to save whales and seals, Paul Watson pioneered environmental direct action by utilizing inflatables in marine conservation and leading the very first campaigns to protect baby harp seals.  By bringing Brigitte Bardot to the ice in 1977, he initiated the tumultuous affair between the media and the environmental movement which still exists today.  He left Greenpeace and continued his legacy by founding the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society where he has continued his work protecting whales dolphins, seals and the other creatures of the sea by direct actions against pirate whalers, driftnetters, shark finners and illegal fishing operations.

Through his frank and riveting presentations of his many global crusades to protect the world's whales, from extinction against enormous well financed criminal operations, Paul discloses a world where few have ventured.  As one of the pioneers of the modern environmental movement and through his own experience he offers practical conservation applications to some of the world's most massive and destructive problems.

"Captain Paul Watson is an eco-renaissance warrior. A passionate speaker, skilled master mariner, talented writer, and a fearless conservationist; a combination of virtues that make him the Captain Nemo for our times."

--Edward Abbey
Author (Monkeywrench Gang)