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CELEBRATED SPEAKERS

"FORGIVENESS: A GIFT FROM MY GRANDPARENTS" WITH MARK SAKAMOTO

Lazaridis Hall, Tom Patterson Theatre
Sunday, August 24, 2025
10:30 a.m. to noon
Readers and Writers Week

The Meighen Forum brings together celebrated literary scholars, authors and artists to lead conversations on plays of this season. 


"Forgiveness: A Gift From My Grandparents" with Mark Sakamoto

Winner of Canada Reads 2018, Mark Sakamoto comes to the Meighen Forum stage to discuss his celebrated memoir, Forgiveness: A Gift From My Grandparents. In this candid interview, Sakamoto speaks to intergenerational narratives, the power of healing, the strength of family and how his story has been adapted for the stage by Hiro Kanagawa.

Support for The Meighen Forum is generously provided by Kelly & Michael Meighen and the T.R. Meighen Family Foundation.


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