Poor No More with Mary Walsh
The No Place for Poverty Anti-Poverty Workshop wraps up a week-long focus on poverty with a screening of a new film, followed by remarks and discussion with the film’s host, TV and film star Mary Walsh.
Poor No More offers Canada's working poor a way out. The documentary takes three Canadians to a world where people do not have to beg, where housing is affordable and university education is free. They ask themselves: if other countries can do this, why don't we?
Hosted by Mary Walsh, Poor No More offers a compassionate look at Canadians stuck in low paying jobs with no security and no future. Mary then takes us on a journey to Ireland and Sweden to compare how these countries have tackled poverty while strengthening their economies. It offers hope to those who have to work two jobs a day and to those who can’t find work.
No stranger to television audiences, Mary Walsh may be best known for her work on This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC’s wildly popular take on current affairs. The series, which she also created, has earned her many Gemini awards and showcased her dynamic range of characters, including the flagrantly outspoken ‘Marg Delahunty’. Walsh’s many other recent credits include CBC’s smash, new series Republic of Doyle; CityTV’s Murdoch Mysteries; The Quality of Life; The Matters of Life and Dating with Ricky Lake for the Lifetime Network; The Wind In The Willows, a fantasy themed drama based on the book by Kenneth Grahame; Young Triffie’s Been Made Away With, a comedy which she also wrote and directed; and the comedy series Hatching, Matching & Dispatching, which Walsh wrote, produced and starred in opposite Mark McKinney. Among her many awards and doctorates, Mary is also the recipient of the Order of Canada.
This presentation of Mary Walsh and the film Poor No More is made possible with support from BHP Billiton Canada.
Venues
- NACC
Ticket Sale Locations
- www.naccnt.ca
- NACC Box office
- 766-6101
Pricing
- All tickets - $15
Dates
- 7:00PM - Thursday October 7, 2010
