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What's On (Bi-weekly emails for upcoming events)
Walter Phillips Gallery (emails on exhibits and public events)
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival (Festival Updates)
Banff International String Quartet Competition

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Speakers Leading Ideas Speaker Series

The Leading Ideas Speaker Series showcases a diverse range of speakers and topics throughout the year. From presentations and discussions on provocative topics to film screenings with question and answer sessions with the filmmakers, the series brings innovative and unique ideas to the forefront.

Past speakers have included Dr. Jane Goodall, writer Pico Iyer, geologist Ken Chapman, documentary filmmaker Will Parrinello, author Alan Weisman, architect Todd Saunders, and more!

Past Events

I AM with Tom Shadyac in person (April 7, 2012)
Jay Baydala: You End Poverty (March 13, 2012)
Todd Saunders: Recent Work (February 10, 2012)
Maria Thereza Alves (January 31, 2012)
Gwynne Dyer (November 24, 2011)
Dr. Jane Goodall (October 21, 2011)
Will Parrinello and Craig Williams: The New Environmentalists (September 8, 2011)
Manaslu: Mountain of the Spirit (February 10, 2011)
Wild Horses (January 13, 2011)
Ken Chapman: Citizenship, Stewardship, and Leadership (November 16, 2010)
Arctic Eden: Jerry Kobalenko (October 14, 2010)
Pico Iyer (May 19, 2010)

Our next series of Leading Ideas Speaker events will begin in Fall, 2012.

Above photos: (Clockwise from top left) Fogo Island Long Studio © Bent Rene Synnvag and Saunders Architecture; Jane Goodall © Andre Zacher, Neos Film, CC Medien; Image courtesy of Tom Shadyac; Maria Thereza Alves, Fair Trade Head (2007), diptych; photograph and text printed on photographic paper. Courtesy Galerie Michel Rein.