Big Ideas Video
Big Ideas offers lectures on a variety of thought-provoking topics which range across politics, culture, economics, art history, science.... By nature of its lecture format, pacing and inquisitive approach, it is the antithesis of the prevailing sound-bit
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Equinox Summit: Energy 2030 first plenary session
A panel on Building Capacity for the Future examines today's ...
A panel on Building Capacity for the Future examines today's emerging technologies as well as the challenges associated with meeting global demand as we move toward an increasingly electrified energy system. Speakers include Jay Apt, Yacine Kadi, Craig Dunn, and Greg Naterer. The Equinox Summit was held at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, from June 5 - 9, 2011.
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Renate Loll on the Quantum Origins of Space and Time
Renate Loll from Utrecht University's Institute for Theoretical Physics delivers ...
Renate Loll from Utrecht University's Institute for Theoretical Physics delivers a lecture on Searching for the Quantum Origins of Space and Time. The lecture was recorded at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, on May 5, 2010.
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Equinox Summit: Benchmarking for Our Energy Future
This kick-off session to the Equinox Summit features animated videos ...
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.
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Alan Middleton on the History of Branding
Big Ideas presents York University professor of Marketing, Alan Middleton, ...
Big Ideas presents York University professor of Marketing, Alan Middleton, on The History of Branding
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Arne Kislenko on Southeast Asia and the Cold War (Part 2)
Big Ideas presents Arne Kislenko, winner of the 2005 Best ...
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
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Cory Doctorow Q and A on computer regulation
Cory Doctorow answers questions following his lecture, Why it's a ...
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
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Peterson and de Sousa debate Living Without the Sacred
Philosopher Ronald de Sousa and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson debate ...
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.
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Noam Chomsky on Academic Freedom
Noam Chomsky is one of America's leading scholars and intellectuals. ...
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.
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Arne Kislenko on Southeast Asia and the Cold War
Big Ideas presents Arne Kislenko, winner of the 2005 Best ...
Big Ideas presents Arne Kislenko, winner of the 2005 Best Lecturer Competition, on Triumph and Tragedy: Southeast Asia and the Cold War
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Charles Foran on Mordecai Richler and Nationalism
Novelist and critic, Charles Foran, delivers a lecture on Mordecai ...
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.
