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Equinox Summit: Ben...
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04:30:00 06/23/11

This kick-off session to the Equinox Summit features animated videos and a panel discussion on the themes of electricity generation, distribution, and storage. The...

Equinox Summit: Benchmarking for Our Energy Future

Added 06/23/11
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Equinox Summit: Benchmarking for Our Energy Future

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This kick-off session to the Equinox Summit features animated videos and a panel discussion on the themes of electricity generation, distribution, and storage. The energy experts discuss some of the technological challenges and implementation hurdles to be overcome if we are to meet our future electricity needs. The Equinox Summit: Energy 2030 was held at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, from June 5 - 9, 2011.

Alan Middleton on t...
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04:30:00 06/18/11

Big Ideas presents York University professor of Marketing, Alan Middleton, on The History of Branding

Alan Middleton on the History of Branding

Added 06/18/11
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Alan Middleton on the History of Branding

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Big Ideas presents York University professor of Marketing, Alan Middleton, on The History of Branding

Arne Kislenko on So...
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04:30:00 06/11/11

Big Ideas presents Arne Kislenko, winner of the 2005 Best Lecturer Competition, as he delivers part 2 of his lecture on Triumph and Tragedy: Southeast Asia and the...

Arne Kislenko on Southeast Asia and the Cold War (Part 2)

Added 06/11/11
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Arne Kislenko on Southeast Asia and the Cold War (Part 2)

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Big Ideas presents Arne Kislenko, winner of the 2005 Best Lecturer Competition, as he delivers part 2 of his lecture on Triumph and Tragedy: Southeast Asia and the Cold War

Cory Doctorow Q and...
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04:30:00 06/04/11

Cory Doctorow answers questions following his lecture, Why it's a Bad Idea to Regulate Computers the Way We Regulate Radios, Guns, Uranium and Other Special-Purpos...

Cory Doctorow Q and A on computer regulation

Added 06/04/11
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Cory Doctorow Q and A on computer regulation

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Cory Doctorow answers questions following his lecture, Why it's a Bad Idea to Regulate Computers the Way We Regulate Radios, Guns, Uranium and Other Special-Purpose Tools

Peterson and de Sou...
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04:30:00 05/28/11

Philosopher Ronald de Sousa and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson debate Living Without the Sacred: Should John Lennon's Imagine Become Our Reality? The debate...

Peterson and de Sousa debate Living Without the Sacred

Added 05/28/11
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Peterson and de Sousa debate Living Without the Sacred

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Philosopher Ronald de Sousa and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson debate Living Without the Sacred: Should John Lennon's Imagine Become Our Reality? The debate was hosted by the University of Toronto Secular Alliance, and sponsored by TVO's Big Ideas and the Centre for Inquiry Ontario.

Noam Chomsky on Aca...
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04:30:00 05/21/11

Noam Chomsky is one of America's leading scholars and intellectuals. He is a professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His le...

Noam Chomsky on Academic Freedom

Added 05/21/11
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Noam Chomsky on Academic Freedom

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Noam Chomsky is one of America's leading scholars and intellectuals. He is a professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His lecture on Academic Freedom and the Corporatization of Universities was delivered at the University of Toronto Scarborough on April 6, 2011.

Arne Kislenko on So...
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04:30:00 05/14/11

Big Ideas presents Arne Kislenko, winner of the 2005 Best Lecturer Competition, on Triumph and Tragedy: Southeast Asia and the Cold War

Arne Kislenko on Southeast Asia and the Cold War

Added 05/14/11
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Arne Kislenko on Southeast Asia and the Cold War

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Big Ideas presents Arne Kislenko, winner of the 2005 Best Lecturer Competition, on Triumph and Tragedy: Southeast Asia and the Cold War

Charles Foran on Mo...
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04:30:00 05/14/11

Novelist and critic, Charles Foran, delivers a lecture on Mordecai Richler and Canadian Cultural Nationalism. Mr. Foran recently won the 2011 Charles Taylor Prize ...

Charles Foran on Mordecai Richler and Nationalism

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Charles Foran on Mordecai Richler and Nationalism

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Novelist and critic, Charles Foran, delivers a lecture on Mordecai Richler and Canadian Cultural Nationalism. Mr. Foran recently won the 2011 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction for his book Mordecai: The Life & Times.

Michael Persinger o...
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04:30:00 05/07/11

Big Ideas presents Michael Persinger, winner of the 2007 Best Lecturer Competition, on Just Suppose You Could Know What Others Are Thinking: No More Secrets

Michael Persinger on No More Secrets

Added 05/07/11
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Michael Persinger on No More Secrets

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Big Ideas presents Michael Persinger, winner of the 2007 Best Lecturer Competition, on Just Suppose You Could Know What Others Are Thinking: No More Secrets

Armine Yalnizyan on...
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04:30:00 05/07/11

Senior economist Armine Yalnizyan examines how growing economic inequality and injustice is affecting democracy. Her lecture, entitled Economics, Equality and Demo...

Armine Yalnizyan on Economics, Equality and Democracy

Added 05/07/11
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Armine Yalnizyan on Economics, Equality and Democracy

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Senior economist Armine Yalnizyan examines how growing economic inequality and injustice is affecting democracy. Her lecture, entitled Economics, Equality and Democracy, was produced in collaboration with the Literary Review of Canada.

Christopher W. diCa...
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04:30:00 04/30/11

Big Ideas presents Christopher W. diCarlo, winner of the 2008 Best Lecturer Competition, on The New Ethics: A Synthetic Approach to Understanding Good and Evil.

Christopher W. diCarlo on The New Ethics

Added 04/30/11
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Christopher W. diCarlo on The New Ethics

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Big Ideas presents Christopher W. diCarlo, winner of the 2008 Best Lecturer Competition, on The New Ethics: A Synthetic Approach to Understanding Good and Evil.

Cory Doctorow on Wh...
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04:30:00 04/30/11

Big Ideas presents Cory Doctorow on Why it's a Bad Idea to Regulate Computers the Way We Regulate Radios, Guns, Uranium and Other Special-Purpose Tools

Cory Doctorow on Why it's a Bad Idea to Regulate Computers

Added 04/30/11
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Cory Doctorow on Why it's a Bad Idea to Regulate Computers

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Big Ideas presents Cory Doctorow on Why it's a Bad Idea to Regulate Computers the Way We Regulate Radios, Guns, Uranium and Other Special-Purpose Tools

Rod Carley on Theat...
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04:30:00 04/22/11

Big Ideas presents Rod Carley, winner of the 2009 Best Lecturer Competition, on Theatre in the 21st Century: Touchstone to Humanity

Rod Carley on Theatre in the 21st Century

Added 04/22/11
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Rod Carley on Theatre in the 21st Century

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Big Ideas presents Rod Carley, winner of the 2009 Best Lecturer Competition, on Theatre in the 21st Century: Touchstone to Humanity

Piergiorgio Odifred...
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04:30:00 04/22/11

Italian mathematician, Dr. Piergiorgio Odifreddi, asks What Can the Arts Do for Mathematics? In this illustrated talk, he'll examine the deep and close relationshi...

Piergiorgio Odifreddi on the Arts and Mathematics

Added 04/22/11
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Piergiorgio Odifreddi on the Arts and Mathematics

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Italian mathematician, Dr. Piergiorgio Odifreddi, asks What Can the Arts Do for Mathematics? In this illustrated talk, he'll examine the deep and close relationships between the objects of mathematics and of the arts. This lecture was co-sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science.

Rupinder Brar on Th...
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04:30:00 04/16/11

Big Ideas presents 2010 Best Lecturer Competition winner Rupinder Brar on The Impact of Astronomy on Humankind's Perception of the Universe

Rupinder Brar on The Impact of Astronomy

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Rupinder Brar on The Impact of Astronomy

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Big Ideas presents 2010 Best Lecturer Competition winner Rupinder Brar on The Impact of Astronomy on Humankind's Perception of the Universe

Robert Adams on The...
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04:30:00 04/16/11

Popular Welsh-born storyteller Robert Adams reviews Elie Wiesel's novel, The Forgotten, the profoundly moving story of an ailing Holocaust survivor who lives with ...

Robert Adams on The Forgotten

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Robert Adams on The Forgotten

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Popular Welsh-born storyteller Robert Adams reviews Elie Wiesel's novel, The Forgotten, the profoundly moving story of an ailing Holocaust survivor who lives with disturbing memories and entrusts his son with a mysterious mission. Adams' talk was delivered at the Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue on November 2nd, 2010, as part of Holocaust Education Week.

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Robert Adams on The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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Robert Adams on The Reluctant Fundamentalist
10/23/10

Robert Adams discusses Mohsin Hamid's 2007 novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which was short listed for the Booker Prize.