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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Kay Redfield Jamison on her book Exuberance
Kay Redfield Jamison delivers a lecture discussing her book Exuberance: ...
Kay Redfield Jamison delivers a lecture discussing her book Exuberance: The Passion for Life, at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, in October, 2004.
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Steve Joordens profile - veganism, internet-based teaching
Steve Joordens discusses veganism, the concept of "big ears" and ...
Steve Joordens discusses veganism, the concept of "big ears" and the benefits of using the internet-based teaching program peerScholar in large classes.
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Eleanor MacDonald profile - poetry, quilts, political theory
Eleanor MacDonald discusses her early passion for poetry, her quilting, ...
Eleanor MacDonald discusses her early passion for poetry, her quilting, her love of dogs and what attracted her to political theory.
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George Steiner on the history of Literacy - 2002
Author George Steiner, speaking at the Living Literacies Conference (November ...
Author George Steiner, speaking at the Living Literacies Conference (November 2002) at York University in Toronto, delivers a lecture on the history of literacy.
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Gerald Cohen on Rescuing Conservatism
Political philosopher, G.A. Cohen, on Rescuing Conservatism: A Defence of ...
Political philosopher, G.A. Cohen, on Rescuing Conservatism: A Defence of Existing Value. His lecture was presented by the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto on Oct. 16, 2008.
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Malcolm Gladwell on his best-selling book Blink - 2005
Malcolm Gladwell delivers a lecture discussing his best-selling book Blink: ...
Malcolm Gladwell delivers a lecture discussing his best-selling book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking at the University of Toronto, in February, 2005.
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Mel Hurtig on The Truth about Canada
Bestselling author, Mel Hurtig, combs through the world of statistics ...
Bestselling author, Mel Hurtig, combs through the world of statistics to see how Canada measures up - and the results are astonishing.
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Susan Sontag on modern literacy - 2002
Author Susan Sontag, speaking at the Living Literacies Conference (November ...
Author Susan Sontag, speaking at the Living Literacies Conference (November 2002) at York University in Toronto, delivers a lecture on modern literacy.
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Brian Schmidt on The Universe from Beginning to End
Brian Schmidt of the Australian National University delivers his lecture ...
Brian Schmidt of the Australian National University delivers his lecture entitled The Universe from Beginning to End. The lecture explores the geometry and age of the universe to give us a picture of the effects of Dark Energy.
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Edward Shorter on the history of sex - 2005
Edward Shorter delivers a lecture discussing the history of sex ...
Edward Shorter delivers a lecture discussing the history of sex and his book Written in the Flesh at Hart House at the University of Toronto - September, 2005.
