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Think you know a thing or two about zombies? Think again. If you’re going to keep your wits – and your brains – about you during a zombie attack, you need expert advice. This book has everything you need. Best of all, it's pretty heavy, so it might be useful when the undead rise from their graves and want to eat your brain. So come to the book launch. Your life may depend on it

The Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is hosting a public lecture by Professor Seymour Mayne and Dr. Sabine Huynh entitled “Contemporary Canadian Poetry in English and French” to celebrate the publication of Ricochet: Word Sonnets – Sonnets d’un mot. The lecture is on Thursday, June 30, between 4 and 6 p.m. at Hebrew University's Beit Maiersdorf, Mt. Scopus campus, Jerusalem.

Seventy years ago, Truda Rosenberg was 19 years old, attending her first year of university in her hometown of Lwòw, Poland, and was engaged to a man she had met at her part-time job.

In June of 1941, the Nazis invaded, and she began fighting just to stay alive.

Today, Dr. Rosenberg is a distinguished psychologist and uOttawa alumna, a leader in the Jewish community. On February 28, she will celebrate the translation of her memoirs of the war period, which are newly available in French.

Every day brings new headlines about climate change. We hear contradictory opinions from scientists, politicians, and the media about what it is, what it means, and what we should do about it. Ironically, the people being ignored on this issue are the Canadians dealing with the effects of climate change right now – the Inuit.