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Prominent Canadian journalist Lyse Doucet will be arriving straight from Egypt to give this year’s keynote FPA Currents lecture at Carleton University on Tuesday evening.
FPA Currents, under the Faculty of Public Affairs, is an annual lecture on current affairs held the day before classes begin. Previous speakers include Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi and TVO talk show host Allan Gregg.
In an address titled A Big World Gets Smaller, the BBC’s award-winning chief international correspondent will share her stories of working in the Middle East for more than 20 years. The Citizen spoke to Doucet on her way to Ottawa.
Q How were you approached to give this year’s FPA Currents lecture?
A I was approached by Carleton University earlier this year and replied positively as soon as I could. It’s a great honour to give the Currents Lecture. I always have to give a word of warning that I live an unpredictable life because of the suddenness of news, but once I make a commitment I try to keep it. I had to leave Canada unexpectedly on Thursday to cover an important court ruling in Cairo (the Mohamed Fahmy sentencing), but I made it back in time.
Q Have you been to Ottawa and Carleton University before?
A: I have been to Ottawa and Carleton many times. My sister Andrea Doucet, who now holds the Canada Chair in Work Gender and Care, studied and taught at Carleton. I have also stayed in touch with the Carleton School of Journalism over the years, including professor Chris Waddell. I also have family members and friends living in this fair city!
Q What’s it like to be back home and how often do you get to visit?
A I come home as often as I can. This is my third trip to Canada this year and I will make a fourth in November. I have lived outside Canada for more than 30 years but, as you mention, I am still Canadian. As our great novelist Robertson Davies put it: It’s bred in the bone.
Q What do you miss the most when working abroad?
A I very much believe in being a global citizen but there is a shared conversation and cultural understanding among people who grow up in the same space. I do feel part of a Canadian tribe and feel an instant connection whenever I meet someone else who belongs. I still savour very Canadian jokes, celebrate our sporting and cultural triumphs, and follow our politics and diplomacy.
Q What do you hope journalism students take away from your lecture?
A Well … journalism isn’t just a job. It’s a passion fired by curiosity and a commitment to tell the stories that matter, and to tell them well. I didn’t go to journalism school but I salute those who do and I know Carleton has an excellent program. In the times in which we live, everything but also nothing has changed about journalism. Stunning advances in technology have transformed our world but there is still the need to ask the right questions, including the hard ones, and to get as close as possible to the truth.
Q What piece of advice would you have for aspiring journalists?
A Follow your dreams. Take risks – but only carefully calculated ones. Go to places and cover stories you care about. It’s a hard job market but don’t give up before you start; journalism is about ‘the right place at the right time’ but you also have to make it happen by force of profession and personality.
The FPA Currents lecture is free and open to the public. For more information and to register see carleton.ca/fpa.
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FPA Currents, under the Faculty of Public Affairs, is an annual lecture on current affairs held the day before classes begin. Previous speakers include Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi and TVO talk show host Allan Gregg.
In an address titled A Big World Gets Smaller, the BBC’s award-winning chief international correspondent will share her stories of working in the Middle East for more than 20 years. The Citizen spoke to Doucet on her way to Ottawa.
Q How were you approached to give this year’s FPA Currents lecture?
A I was approached by Carleton University earlier this year and replied positively as soon as I could. It’s a great honour to give the Currents Lecture. I always have to give a word of warning that I live an unpredictable life because of the suddenness of news, but once I make a commitment I try to keep it. I had to leave Canada unexpectedly on Thursday to cover an important court ruling in Cairo (the Mohamed Fahmy sentencing), but I made it back in time.
Q Have you been to Ottawa and Carleton University before?
A: I have been to Ottawa and Carleton many times. My sister Andrea Doucet, who now holds the Canada Chair in Work Gender and Care, studied and taught at Carleton. I have also stayed in touch with the Carleton School of Journalism over the years, including professor Chris Waddell. I also have family members and friends living in this fair city!
Q What’s it like to be back home and how often do you get to visit?
A I come home as often as I can. This is my third trip to Canada this year and I will make a fourth in November. I have lived outside Canada for more than 30 years but, as you mention, I am still Canadian. As our great novelist Robertson Davies put it: It’s bred in the bone.
Q What do you miss the most when working abroad?
A I very much believe in being a global citizen but there is a shared conversation and cultural understanding among people who grow up in the same space. I do feel part of a Canadian tribe and feel an instant connection whenever I meet someone else who belongs. I still savour very Canadian jokes, celebrate our sporting and cultural triumphs, and follow our politics and diplomacy.
Q What do you hope journalism students take away from your lecture?
A Well … journalism isn’t just a job. It’s a passion fired by curiosity and a commitment to tell the stories that matter, and to tell them well. I didn’t go to journalism school but I salute those who do and I know Carleton has an excellent program. In the times in which we live, everything but also nothing has changed about journalism. Stunning advances in technology have transformed our world but there is still the need to ask the right questions, including the hard ones, and to get as close as possible to the truth.
Q What piece of advice would you have for aspiring journalists?
A Follow your dreams. Take risks – but only carefully calculated ones. Go to places and cover stories you care about. It’s a hard job market but don’t give up before you start; journalism is about ‘the right place at the right time’ but you also have to make it happen by force of profession and personality.
The FPA Currents lecture is free and open to the public. For more information and to register see carleton.ca/fpa.
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