Starved for Attention: The Crisis of Childhood Malnutrition Public Talk and Exhibit at Toronto Reference Library

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Starved for Attention: The Crisis of
Childhood Malnutrition

Public Talk and Exhibit at Toronto Reference Library

 

TORONTO (Tuesday, June 15, 2010) – Médecins Sans
Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders and VII Photo present “Starved for Attention,”
a multimedia campaign exposing the neglected and largely invisible crisis of
childhood malnutrition. The exhibit and panel discussion are free and open to
the public and will be hosted at the Toronto Reference Library from Saturday,
June 19 to Friday, June 25. The panel discussion, moderated by award winning
journalist Sally Armstrong will take place on Tuesday, June 22.

 

“Starved
for Attention” aims to rewrite the story of malnutrition through a series of
multimedia documentaries that seamlessly blend photography and video from some
of the most accomplished and award-winning photojournalists working today.

 

Where:            Toronto Reference Library
(Atrium),

789 Yonge Street

(North of Bloor)

When:             June 19 – June
25, 2010

                        Panel Discussion is on Tuesday, June 22,

Who:               Panellists:
Marilyn McHarg, MSF Canada General Director and Sherri Grady, MSF field nurse.
Moderator: Award winning journalist Sally Armstrong

 

         

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Anne Marie Aikins, Manager,
Corporate Communications, Toronto Public Library, 416-393-7212 media@torontopubliclibrary.ca