FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Moira Secondary to host Canadian journalist Gwynne Dyer for International Baccalaureate Programme
28 November 2005, Belleville, Ontario—World-renowned Canadian journalist and historian Gwynne Dyer will be in Belleville on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 to address Moira Secondary students. Mr. Dyer will draw from his recent best-selling books, Ignorant Armies (2003) and Future Tense (2004) as well as their forthcoming companion, Fighting Decline.

Mr. Dyer’s talk is entitled The New Canada and the Globalization Shuffle. In both big cities and in rural areas, young people are aware that Canada is changing around them very fast and they are often alarmed by it. According to Dyer, these changes, far from harming the country or individuals’ own personal prospects, are improving the economy and the chances of Canada surviving as a united country.

Mr. Dyer’s worldwide experience and the globalization theme of his talk will mesh with the objectives of Moira Secondary’s enrichment and International Baccalaureate programmes.

The Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board has 46 elementary and eight secondary schools serving 18,400 students, employing 1,070 teachers and 705 support staff. The Board covers a wide geographical area of 7,221 square kilometres bordered by Maynooth to the north, Deseronto to the east, Prince Edward County to the south, and Quinte West to the west.

For more information, contact:
• Kerry Donnell, Communications Officer, (613) 966-1170 or 1 800 267-4350, extension 2354