2005 Massey Lectures
In the fall of 2005, Stephen Lewis presented the Massey Lectures. In a series of 5 lectures, he spoke of the ravaging of Africa by HIV and AIDS as witnessed by him in his role as UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa; the Millennium Development Goals intended to alleviate the situation; and the failure of the international community to even come close to meeting these goals.
The Massey Lectures are co-sponsored by CBC Radio, House of Anansi Press and Massey College in the University of Toronto. They were broadcast in November 2005 as part of CBC Radio's Ideas series.
Listen to the massey lectures
Each Massey Lecture is available here for listening as an MP3 file.
Lecture 1: Context: It Shames and Diminishes Us All. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, October 18, 2005
Lecture 2: Pandemic: My Country is On Its Knees. Ramada Conference Centre, Winnipeg, October 20, 2005
Lecture 3: Education: An Avalanche of Studies, Little Studying. McGill University, Montreal, October 22, 2005
Lecture 4: Women: Half the World, Barely Represented. Dalhousie University, Halifax, October 26, 2005
Lecture 5: Solutions: A Gallery of Alternatives in Good Faith. University of Toronto, Toronto, October 28, 2005
The 2005 Massey Lectures have been published as a book entitled Race Against Time by The House of Anansi Press. You can read more about it and find order information here.