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Jordan Peterson on ...
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12:00:00 05/25/10

This video podcast includes the lecture and the Q & A.

Jordan Peterson on Reality and the Sacred

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Jordan Peterson on Reality and the Sacred

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This video podcast includes the lecture and the Q & A.

Vaclav Smil: The Fu...
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12:00:00 05/21/10

Author and distinguished professor, Vaclav Smil, is interviewed by Andrew Revkin about the future of the planet. This discussion was part of the Q2C Festival in 2009.

Vaclav Smil: The Future of the Planet

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Vaclav Smil: The Future of the Planet

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Author and distinguished professor, Vaclav Smil, is interviewed by Andrew Revkin about the future of the planet. This discussion was part of the Q2C Festival in 2009.

Jordan Peterson: Re...
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12:00:00 05/14/10

In his lecture entitled Reality and the Sacred, psychology professor, Jordan Peterson, explores the human search for meaning in a chaotic world and how our percept...

Jordan Peterson: Reality and the Sacred

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Jordan Peterson: Reality and the Sacred

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In his lecture entitled Reality and the Sacred, psychology professor, Jordan Peterson, explores the human search for meaning in a chaotic world and how our perceptions and beliefs shape our sense of reality.

Palagummi Sainath: ...
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12:00:00 05/07/10

Award-winning journalist, Palagummi Sainath, examines the impact of corporate globalization on Indian society. He argues that neoliberal policies have increased in...

Palagummi Sainath: The Age of Inequality

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Palagummi Sainath: The Age of Inequality

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Award-winning journalist, Palagummi Sainath, examines the impact of corporate globalization on Indian society. He argues that neoliberal policies have increased inequality and have had devastating affects on the poor, including farmers. His lecture, entitled Slumdogs vs Millionaires: India in the Age of Inequality, was delivered at York University.

Cory Doctorow on Co...
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12:00:00 04/30/10

Author, activist, journalist and blogger, Cory Doctorow, delivers a lecture on Copyright vs. Universal Access. Subtitled, The State of Play in the Global Copyfight...

Cory Doctorow on Copyright vs. Universal Access

Added 04/30/10
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Cory Doctorow on Copyright vs. Universal Access

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Author, activist, journalist and blogger, Cory Doctorow, delivers a lecture on Copyright vs. Universal Access. Subtitled, The State of Play in the Global Copyfight, this lecture was part of the Q2C Festival at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo.

Nick Mount on T.S. ...
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12:00:00 04/23/10

English professor Nick Mount presents us with an examination of T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland and how it became a post-war, modernist masterpiece

Nick Mount on T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland

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Nick Mount on T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland

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English professor Nick Mount presents us with an examination of T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland and how it became a post-war, modernist masterpiece

David Gray on Open ...
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12:00:00 04/02/10

David Gray from the Economics Department at the University of Ottawa presents his competition lecture entitled Open Economy Macroeconomics

David Gray on Open Economy Macroeconomics

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David Gray on Open Economy Macroeconomics

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David Gray from the Economics Department at the University of Ottawa presents his competition lecture entitled Open Economy Macroeconomics

Nadia Habib on Refl...
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12:00:00 04/01/10

Nadia Habib from the Liberal Arts and Professional Studies Department at York University presents her competition lecture entitled Reflections on Gender & Sexuality

Nadia Habib on Reflections on Gender & Sexuality

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Nadia Habib on Reflections on Gender & Sexuality

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Nadia Habib from the Liberal Arts and Professional Studies Department at York University presents her competition lecture entitled Reflections on Gender & Sexuality

Bruce Meyer on The ...
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12:00:00 03/27/10

Bruce Meyer from the English Department at Laurentian University at Georgian College presents his competition lecture entitled The Four Pases of Yeats.

Bruce Meyer on The Four Phases of Yeats

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Bruce Meyer on The Four Phases of Yeats

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Bruce Meyer from the English Department at Laurentian University at Georgian College presents his competition lecture entitled The Four Pases of Yeats.

Monika Havelka on W...
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12:00:00 03/26/10

Monika Havelka from the Biology Department at the University of Toronto Mississauga presents her competition lecture entitled Why Sex? The Evolution of a Paradox

Monika Havelka on Why Sex? The Evolution of a Paradox

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Monika Havelka on Why Sex? The Evolution of a Paradox

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Monika Havelka from the Biology Department at the University of Toronto Mississauga presents her competition lecture entitled Why Sex? The Evolution of a Paradox

Virginia Walker on ...
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12:00:00 03/19/10

Virginia Walker from the Biology Department at Queen's University presents her competition lecture entitled HIV, Parasites and the Exhausted Immune System.

Virginia Walker on HIV, Parasites and the Exhausted Immune S

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Virginia Walker on HIV, Parasites and the Exhausted Immune S

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Virginia Walker from the Biology Department at Queen's University presents her competition lecture entitled HIV, Parasites and the Exhausted Immune System.

Finalist version of...
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12:00:00 03/19/10

Finalist version of BL 2010 winner lecture

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Finalist version of BL 2010 winner lecture

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Finalist version of BL 2010 winner lecture

Karolyn Smardz Fros...
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11:00:00 03/12/10

Karolyn Smardz Frost from the History Department at York University presents her competition lecture entitled Fugitive Sources: Uncovering Toronto's Underground Ra...

Karolyn Smardz Frost on Toronto's Underground Railroad

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Karolyn Smardz Frost on Toronto's Underground Railroad

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Karolyn Smardz Frost from the History Department at York University presents her competition lecture entitled Fugitive Sources: Uncovering Toronto's Underground Railroad Connections.

Sohail Rashid on Bi...
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11:00:00 03/12/10

Sohail Rashid from the Psychology Department at Ryerson University presents his competition lecture entitled Birth Order and Personality.

Sohail Rashid on Birth Order and Personality

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Sohail Rashid on Birth Order and Personality

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Sohail Rashid from the Psychology Department at Ryerson University presents his competition lecture entitled Birth Order and Personality.

Eleanor MacDonald o...
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11:00:00 03/05/10

Eleanor MacDonald from the Political Studies Department at Queen's University presents her competition lecture entitled Are We Postmodern?

Eleanor MacDonald on Are We Postmodern?

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Eleanor MacDonald on Are We Postmodern?

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Eleanor MacDonald from the Political Studies Department at Queen's University presents her competition lecture entitled Are We Postmodern?

Steve Joordens on C...
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11:00:00 03/05/10

Steve Joordens from the Psychology Department at the University of Toronto Scarborough presents his competition lecture entitled You Can Lead Students to Knowledge...

Steve Joordens on Critical Thinking

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Steve Joordens on Critical Thinking

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Steve Joordens from the Psychology Department at the University of Toronto Scarborough presents his competition lecture entitled You Can Lead Students to Knowledge, But How Do You Make Them Think?

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Jordan Peterson on Reality and the Sacred

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Jordan Peterson on Reality and the Sacred
05/25/10

This video podcast includes the lecture and the Q & A.