[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/slewis1.jpg” caption=”Stephen Lewis will discuss The Health Impact of Global Climate Change at the next Science in the City lecutre on Tuesday, Jan. 22. Photo by Kellan Higgins”]In 2007, more than 12,000 people signed an online petition seeking to have Stephen Lewis nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, “a fitting tribute to the impact Lewis's message is having around the world.”

He is McMaster University's own Social Sciences Scholar-in-Residence and our community will have the opportunity to hear Lewis's message at a free public lecture on Tuesday, Jan. 22 when Lewis will speak about The Health Impact of Global Climate Change.

Lewis, a professor in Global Health in the Faculty of Social Science, is the former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa and currently co-director of AIDS-Free World, a new international AIDS advocacy organization. He is also senior advisor to the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York.

The lecture will be held at the Royal Botanical Gardens Auditorium, 680 Plains Road West in Burlington at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7:30 p.m.

This talk is free and all are welcome. For this lecture only, there are two locations distributing free tickets: the Compass Information Centre in the McMaster University Student Centre (Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or at the reception desk of The Hamilton Spectator, 44 Frid Street (Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.)

There is a limit of two tickets per person. There are no holds or reservations. Tickets must be picked up in person. The event is general admission with no reserved seating. Please do not call The Hamilton Spectator or the Compass Information Centre for tickets or ticket information.