New Speakers Available Through NSB

Bruice Lourie  – An expert in toxic substances, Lourie is the bestselling author of Slow Death by Rubber Duck, a book that explores pollution today. In fact, Lourie reveals that pollution is much more than a few smokestacks and that “living daily life can create a chemical soup inside us all.”

Kevin O’Leary – You know him as the outspoken judge on CBC’s hit show Dragons’ Den, and on the US version of the show, Shark Tank. This fall you’ll also see him as co-anchor with Amanda Lang on CBC Newsworld’s The Lang and O’Leary Exchange. Just one idea, a little hard work and a whole lot of determination is what it took for O’Leary to become a billionaire. Working from his basement he started a company – SoftKey Software Products – to help his kids learn how to read. Just a few years later in 1999, O’Leary sold the company for a staggering $3.7 billion! Learn from this Canadian entrepreneurial mastermind.