Wendt Lecture - David Kilgour April 12, 2012

David Kilgour, a 2010 Nobel Peace Prize nominee and human rights activist, is the keynote speaker for the University of Dubuque's Wendt Center for Character Education's sixth annual Wendt Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Stoltz Center. The theme is "China and the West: An Uncomfortable Connection." The lecture is free and open to the public.

Kilgour served as an elected member of the Canadian Parliament and has been engaged in international human rights since leaving his role in government. He is co-chair of the Canadian Friends of a Democratic Iran, fellow of the Queen's University Centre for the Study of Democracy, and a director of the Washington-based Council for a Community of Democracies.