With Dr. Bence Viola, PhD University of Toronto Sunday, March 26 3:00 – 4:00 pm EST Over the last decade, the development of ancient DNA technology allowing us to study the genetics of past populations transformed our understanding of our…
With Rami Gabriel, PhD Columbia College Chicago In every society, a mythology is developed to express, enhance, and codify belief. The symbols adopted and maintained by the practice of rites and rituals in a given human semiotic niche are a…
With Nathan Gillett, PhD Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis The Sixth Assessment Report of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change represents the most thorough and up-to-date assessment of climate change science. This talk will summarize the assessment…
With Linda Kruus, Ottawa Cohousing Join us for a conversation with Linda Kruus, Directing Manager at Ottawa Cohousing, to find out: What are cohousing communities? What are the benefits and advantages of the cohousing model? What is the history of…
With Marie-Claire Khadij, Canadian Armed Forces Chaplain Captain Marie-Claire Khadij is a Canadian Armed Forces Chaplain since 2017, and the first military humanist chaplain of the Americas since May 2022. Join Marie-Claire to celebrate this historic moment during an interactive…
How Radio Fights Misinformation, Upholds Human Rights and Challenges the Status Quo in Africa With Kevin Perkins On a continent where literacy rates average 66% for those over the age of 15, according to the World Bank, and where misinformation…
With David Walker, MD FRCPC Queens University Canada ranks comparatively low in healthcare effectiveness despite relatively high public and private spending. Access to primary care is problematic, emergency department utilization is high, and those departments are crowded providing care in…
With Jill Doctoroff, Executive Director of the National Abortion Federation (NAF) Canada This presentation will start with a brief historic context of abortion in Canada to better understand the contemporary landscape. There will be an overview of myths surrounding abortion care…
With Karis Burkowski Why do we have only one god when there used to be so many? Where did the idea of marriage come from? How did the disparity between rich and poor begin? Why Men Mad God is a historical…
With Dr. Teale Phelps Bondaroff, Ph.D. We can build community by designing better public spaces! This talk introduces listeners to placemaking, and then provides detailed examples of how two forms of placemaking – little free libraries and road murals –…
With Dr. Anil Verma, Ph.D. University of Toronto, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza (Brazil) It is interesting and useful to ask if the COVID pandemic of 2020-22 has caused some long-term changes in our lives, work patterns and leisure. Many…
With Dr. Sanchez Martinez, Ph.D. University of North Carolina In this talk, Dr. Sanchez Martinez will discuss Indigenous languages and non-alphabetic writing from Abiayala (The Americas). The talk will focus on the Siwar Mayu project, an online multilingual publication that…