Big Ideas offers lectures on a variety of thought-provoking topics which range across politics, culture, economics, art history, science....
Arts, Education
[LESS INFO] 17 VIEWS | ADDED 04:30:00 03/02/13
Maude Barlow, National Chair of the citizens' advocacy organization The Council of Canadians, on Water: The Most Pressing Women's Issue of All.
Ken Cramer on Alfre...
21 Views 04:30:00 02/23/13
Ken Cramer - Psychology, University of Windsor -on Alfred Adler: The Most Famous Personality Theorist You Likely Never Heard Of
[LESS INFO] 21 VIEWS | ADDED 04:30:00 02/23/13
Ken Cramer - Psychology, University of Windsor -on Alfred Adler: The Most Famous Personality Theorist You Likely Never Heard Of
Kwame McKenzie on I...
18 Views 04:30:00 02/23/13
Kwame McKenzie on Immigration Sickness. What psychological and social attributes help us predict who will be a good at being an immigrant?
[LESS INFO] 18 VIEWS | ADDED 04:30:00 02/23/13
Kwame McKenzie on Immigration Sickness. What psychological and social attributes help us predict who will be a good at being an immigrant?
Nick Mount on T.S. ...
35 Views 04:30:00 02/16/13
University of Toronto English professor, Nick Mount, explores T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land.
[LESS INFO] 35 VIEWS | ADDED 04:30:00 02/16/13
University of Toronto English professor, Nick Mount, explores T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land.
Susannah Varmuza on...
29 Views 04:30:00 02/09/13
University of Toronto Zoology researcher, Susannah Varmuza, discusses the evolving field of Epigenetics and what research into such things as mouse coat colour is ...
[LESS INFO] 29 VIEWS | ADDED 04:30:00 02/09/13
University of Toronto Zoology researcher, Susannah Varmuza, discusses the evolving field of Epigenetics and what research into such things as mouse coat colour is telling scientists about the age-old "nature versus nurture" debate.
Jordan Peterson on ...
54 Views 04:30:00 02/02/13
Jordan Peterson on Slaying the Dragon Within Us. Peterson, a University of Toronto professor of psychology, talks about fear of the unknown and fear of dealing wit...
[LESS INFO] 54 VIEWS | ADDED 04:30:00 02/02/13
Jordan Peterson on Slaying the Dragon Within Us. Peterson, a University of Toronto professor of psychology, talks about fear of the unknown and fear of dealing with problems.
Clare Hasenkampf on...
21 Views 04:35:00 01/26/13
Clare Hasenkampf of the Biology Department at University of Toronto Scarborough presents her lecture Chromosomes Dividing: How It Is Done and Why It Matters.
[LESS INFO] 21 VIEWS | ADDED 04:35:00 01/26/13
Clare Hasenkampf of the Biology Department at University of Toronto Scarborough presents her lecture Chromosomes Dividing: How It Is Done and Why It Matters.
Clare Hasenkampf pr...
7 Views 04:30:00 01/26/13
Clare Hasenkampf from the Biology Department at University of Toronto Scarborough is profiled. Hasenkampf's plant biology research and her passion for New Orleans ...
[LESS INFO] 7 VIEWS | ADDED 04:30:00 01/26/13
Clare Hasenkampf from the Biology Department at University of Toronto Scarborough is profiled. Hasenkampf's plant biology research and her passion for New Orleans cooking are featured.
Lt. General (ret.) ...
50 Views 04:30:00 01/26/13
Lieutenant General (retired) Andrew Leslie, the Former Chief of Transformation for the Canadian Armed Forces, discusses the lessons that can be learned from the Ca...
[LESS INFO] 50 VIEWS | ADDED 04:30:00 01/26/13
Lieutenant General (retired) Andrew Leslie, the Former Chief of Transformation for the Canadian Armed Forces, discusses the lessons that can be learned from the Canadian military mission in Afghanistan. He explores how these lessons need to be applied to the Canadian Force's priorities in the face of future budget cuts.
Oliver Sacks on Mus...
24 Views 04:30:00 01/19/13
Neurologist and best-selling author, Oliver Sacks, discusses his book Musicophilia. and the ways our brains interact with and understand music.
[LESS INFO] 24 VIEWS | ADDED 04:30:00 01/19/13
Neurologist and best-selling author, Oliver Sacks, discusses his book Musicophilia. and the ways our brains interact with and understand music.
Noam Chomsky on The...
16 Views 04:30:00 01/12/13
American author and political activist, Noam Chomsky, speking at a benefit for Canadian Dimension Magazine, delivers a talk entitled The Imperial Presidency. Recor...
[LESS INFO] 16 VIEWS | ADDED 04:30:00 01/12/13
American author and political activist, Noam Chomsky, speking at a benefit for Canadian Dimension Magazine, delivers a talk entitled The Imperial Presidency. Recorded at University of Toronto on Nov 21/04.
Harvey Brown on the...
17 Views 04:30:00 01/12/13
Focusing on the work of Galileo, Newton, Descartes and Einstein, Harvey Brown examines the evolution of thinking about the surprisingly difficult concepts of time ...
[LESS INFO] 17 VIEWS | ADDED 04:30:00 01/12/13
Focusing on the work of Galileo, Newton, Descartes and Einstein, Harvey Brown examines the evolution of thinking about the surprisingly difficult concepts of time and motion.
Philip Ball on How ...
27 Views 04:30:00 01/05/13
Science writer Philip Ball on his book Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything. Ball explores how the history of science was influenced by the cultu...
[LESS INFO] 27 VIEWS | ADDED 04:30:00 01/05/13
Science writer Philip Ball on his book Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything. Ball explores how the history of science was influenced by the cultural accetance or rejection of human curiosity.
Philip Ball Q and A...
9 Views 04:25:00 01/05/13
Philip Ball - Question and Answer session following the lecture based on his book, Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything
[LESS INFO] 9 VIEWS | ADDED 04:25:00 01/05/13
Philip Ball - Question and Answer session following the lecture based on his book, Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything
Samantha Nutt - int...
24 Views 04:30:00 12/29/12
Samantha Nutt, Founder and Executive Director of War Child, is interviewed by Carol Off following her talk at the Grandest Challenge symposium.
[LESS INFO] 24 VIEWS | ADDED 04:30:00 12/29/12
Samantha Nutt, Founder and Executive Director of War Child, is interviewed by Carol Off following her talk at the Grandest Challenge symposium.
Stephen Lewis - int...
16 Views 04:30:00 12/29/12
Stephen Lewis of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, is interviewed by Gillian Findlay following his talk at the Grandest Challenge symposium.
[LESS INFO] 16 VIEWS | ADDED 04:30:00 12/29/12
Stephen Lewis of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, is interviewed by Gillian Findlay following his talk at the Grandest Challenge symposium.
Psychiatrist David Healy with his lecture Gripped by a Python: How Pharmaceutical Companies Control the Medical Marketplace. The lecture was delivered at Bethune College in Toronto on February 27, 2003.