Author, historian, and independent journalist Gwynne Dyer shared some radical ideas during an April 26 presentation to students and staff at Cardinal Newman Catholic Secondary School.

There was quite a bit of shuffling in the Newman auditorium. The restlessness of the crowd was not because Dyer’s talk was boring. Rather, it was the topic that made the audience somewhat uncomfortable: change and the future.

Dyer, who was in the Hamilton area to deliver a lecture later that evening at Hamilton Central Library, reminded students to always be aware of what is going on in the world stage. He usually resides in London, England.

Speaking about Brexit, Great Britain’s surprise exit from the European Union via a referendum that has been connected to Donald Trump’s rise to power, Dyer said, “I realized I’d seen this movie already.”