The Walrus Talks Creativity brought nine of Canada’s most creative minds, including five Western alumni, to share thought-provoking ideas exploring creativity in all its forms. Poet Mustafa Ahmed, had the audience humming to his rhymes, while David Usher, top right, singer, songwriter and author, ‘broke the fourth wall,’ engaging with his audience in an impromptu performance of his song, The Music. Elaine Lui, BA’96, blogger and author of Listen to the Squawking Chicken, elevated low culture. Cameron Bailey, BA’87, artistic director of the Toronto International Film Festival, spoke of Canadian creativity as something inherently different from the norm. Other speakers included Emma Donoghue, LLD’13, author; Joel Faflak, BA’81, MA’91, PhD’99, director, Western’s School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities; Juggun Kazim, BA’02, actor, model and television host; Brian Paschke, industrial design lead, BlackBerry; and Saukrates, artist and musician.
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