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Marina Nemat - Bio - 17 Oct 2012 AM

Prisoner in Tehran

Marina Nemat, author and human rights advocate

Marina Nemat was born in Tehran, Iran, and at the age of 16 in 1979 she was imprisoned, tortured and came very close to execution. She came to Canada in 1991 and has called it home ever since.

Her memoir of her life in Tehran was published in 2007 in Canada, has been published in 28 other countries and has been an international best seller.  Prisoner of Tehran has been short listed for many literary awards.  In 2008/2009, she was AUREA fellow at university of Toronto’s Massey College, where she wrote her second book,  After Tehran, A Life Reclaimed which was published in 2010, and so far has been published in 4 countries.

Marina has spoken to many high schools, universities and conferences around the world.


Information about Marina, her story, and her work can be found at   http://www.marinanemat.com/

Allan Edelsparre - Bio - 17 Oct 2012 PM

Don't Ever Call An Icelandic Horse a PONY

It is a pleasure to welcome Allen Edelsparre who is currently completing his PH.d  at the University of Toronto.

Allan grew up in Denmark, a country rich in history and culture. He moved to England as a young man and worked initially in marketing for a period of time and attended Staffordshire University in Stoke on Trent. He subsequently moved to Australia and worked on a cattle station in the northern territory. Inspired by his Australian experience, Allen moved to Iceland and started a science career where he focused his research on behavioural ecology. In Iceland, he lived in Reykjavik during the school year and spent the summers in Holar where he conducted projects to study the cannibalistic behaviour in cod.

To complete his degree, Allen moved back to Australia to examine the nesting behaviour of flatback sea turtles on the west coast. After moving about considerably over these years, Allen decided to settle in Canada in 2006 to complete postgraduate studies. He examined mechanisms influencing dispersive and migratory movements in brook char from the credit river. He is currently completing his PH.d. at the University of Toronto and researching genetic mechanisms that influence behaviour.