My Name is Not Harry: a conversation with Haroon Siddiqui
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MISC and the Institute for Islamic Studies present esteemed journalist and author Haroon Siddiqui, who will discuss his new memoir, My Name Is Not Harry, offering commentary on contemporary Canada from the point of view of a reporter and columnist.
He will be joined in conversation by Professor Daniel Béland, Director of MISC and James McGill Professor of Political Science, for a wide-ranging discussion on issues such as our national consensus on immigration, the history of Muslims in Canada, and our country’s diversity.
They will then open the conversation to all audience members. The event will be followed by a reception.
Books will be available for purchase at the venue, courtesy of Paragraphe Books.
Read an excerpt from My Name Is Not Harry in The Montreal Gazette and watch this video trailer.
About My Name Is Not Harry
Canada has no official culture. It follows that there's no standard way of being Canadian, beyond obeying the law. In My Name is Not Harry, Haroon Siddiqui shows how Canada let him succeed on his own terms. Haroon Siddiqui’s journey took him from a divided India to a welcoming Canada — until the cataclysm of 9/11 hardened attitudes to Muslims around the world. His personal story weaves through growing Islamophobia in both India and North America.
In this far-reaching memoir, Haroon Siddiqui shares remarkable journalistic forays into the corridors of power, war zones, and cultural minefields. He also takes the reader along his personal journey from British colonial India to the evolution of Canada as the only Western nation where skin colour is no longer a fault line. His native and adopted lands serve as metaphors for what can go wrong and what can be made right.
Haroon Siddiqui, Editorial Page Editor Emeritus and former columnist for the Toronto Star, is a Senior Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto. From 2016 to 2019, he was a Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ryerson University, since renamed Toronto Metropolitan University. Earlier, he was managing editor of the Brandon Sun in Manitoba.
He covered or supervised coverage of Canada for 50 years under nine prime ministers and has also reported from 50 nations.
He is a member of both the Order of Ontario (2000) and the Order of Canada (2001).
This event will be livestreamed: https://youtube.com/live/Wa4R5tVFRNQ
