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<b>Health Humanities Fall Talk: Dr. Laura McGregor</b></div>
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<i>Friday October 30th | 10:30 am |SJ2 1002</i></div>
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The Health Humanities Committee at St. Jerome's University welcomes Dr. Laura McGregor for a talk and discussion titled <i>Let's Talk About the B-Word</i> on Friday, October 30 at 10:30 a.m. in SJ2 Room 1002.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Drawing on research and lived experience, Dr. Laura McGregor will explore caregiver burden, disability justice, and the realities faced by many Canadian caregivers. Dr. McGregor is the recipient of CBC's 2025 Nonfiction Prize
for her essay <i>The Invisible Woman</i>. Learn more about Dr. McGregor through her </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><a href="https://www.lauramacgregor.ca/about" id="OWA279d25af-c719-67ad-0e5d-a557844416a0" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.lauramacgregor.ca/about" data-outlook-id="32255816-0adb-458a-baba-a64bcbcb9d34" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">author
website</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and read her award-winning essay,
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/the-invisible-woman-by-laura-macgregor-1.7612983" id="OWAc07efdb0-1f4f-e24a-cf46-726c5f3777ec" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/the-invisible-woman-by-laura-macgregor-1.7612983" data-outlook-id="3cf6fc1c-8682-46e5-aee5-b2acbaaf19b5" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The
Invisible Woman</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. </span></div>
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The talk will be followed by lunch. All are welcome to attend. </div>
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<b>St. Jerome's Reading Series: Kate Gies</b></div>
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<i>Friday, October 30 | 4:30 p.m. | SJ2 1002</i></div>
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Join award-winning writer Kate Gies for a Reading Series event at St. Jerome's University. Gies is the author of <i>It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished</i>, a memoir exploring disability, family, caregiving, and belonging. Her work has appeared in <i>The New
Quarterly</i>, <i>The Globe and Mail</i>, and other publications.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This event is presented as part of the St. Jerome's University Reading Series and supports ongoing Health Humanities programming. Information and registration are available on the </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/reading-series-presentskate-gies" id="OWA33fed14e-e0bf-751f-19bd-4ad1ec705f50" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/events/reading-series-presentskate-gies" data-outlook-id="5bf38802-5b96-4834-9b2f-9665105e859e" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Kate
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<u>Carol Acton, Maureen Drysdale, Andy Stump, Health Humanities Committee,</u></div>
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