On a quiet evening, the familiar hush of a public library is being transformed into something more than a place for borrowing books. It is becoming a classroom, a town hall, and a bridge between the world of academic medicine and the everyday lives of people trying to make sense of their health. That is the spirit behind Let’s Talk Health, a new public education series launched by the University of Alberta’s department of medicine in partnership with the Edmonton Public Library. The idea is simple but powerful: bring the depth of medical expertise out of the university’s lecture halls…

Picture a room in Johannesburg where a poet, a meteorologist, a broadcaster, a student activist, and a professor are all talking about the same thing: how to tell the truth about climate change in a way that actually moves people. That was the energy at a recent conference hosted by the University of Johannesburg’s Department of Communication and Media, in partnership with the Centre for Data and Digital Communications. Under the theme “Youth, Media and Climate Action: Reclaiming Narrative Power for Transformative Climate Futures in Southern Africa,” the event brought together scholars, students, journalists, civil society groups, private companies, and…