Save lives with media

International media producer Firdaus Kharas will give the next lecture in the HIV/AIDS series tonight at 6 p.m, in Room 110 of the Hall Building.

His topic is "Condoms! Media Messages in a Trans-Cultural Context."

Kharas, who is based in Ottawa, has led a Canada-south-Africa-India project to produce 20 public service annuncements on the prevention of HIV/AIDS.

In 1995, he founded a production company specializing in the creation of television programs, feature films and animation.

On Friday, Jan. 28, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Kharas will hold a workshop on HIV prevention media at which students and others can develop and pitch audio-visual messages promoting safer sex. It will be held in the film animation studio of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, FB-325, 1250 Guy St, on the third floor.