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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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    Jill Tarter on the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

    Dr. Jill Tarter, Director at the Centre for SETI Research, ...

    Dr. Jill Tarter, Director at the Centre for SETI Research, discusses the ongoing Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence and how new tools including the Allen Telescope Array and the Keplar Spacecraft are helping to make the search much more likely to succeed.

    Dec 27, 2012 Read more
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    Stephen Lewis on Climate Change

    Stephen Lewis, social sciences scholar in residence at McMaster University, ...

    Stephen Lewis, social sciences scholar in residence at McMaster University, delivers a talk entitled, Climate Change; the New Big Thing.

    Dec 22, 2012 Read more
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    Jordan Peterson on Redemption and Psychology in Christianity

    University of Toronto Psychology Professor, Jordan Peterson, on Redemption and ...

    University of Toronto Psychology Professor, Jordan Peterson, on Redemption and Psychology in Christianity. Dr. Peterson's lecture was the keynote address at the 2012 Meaning Conference held in Toronto.

    Dec 15, 2012 Read more
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    Stephen Lewis of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law

    Stephen Lewis of the Global Commission on HIV and the ...

    Stephen Lewis of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, and author of Race Against Time speaks at The Grandest Challenge Symposium.

    Dec 15, 2012 Read more
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    Samantha Nutt, Founder and Executive Director of War Child

    Samantha Nutt, Founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada, ...

    Samantha Nutt, Founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada, and author of the book Damned Nations speaks at The Grandest Challenge Symposium.

    Dec 15, 2012 Read more
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    Rupinder Brar on Relativity, Einstein, and How to Stay Young

    Rupinder Brar lectures on the topic of Einstein's special relativity ...

    Rupinder Brar lectures on the topic of Einstein's special relativity theory and it's explanation of time dilation and simultaneity. The lecture is entitled Relativity, Einstein, the Speed of Light and How to Stay Young.

    Dec 15, 2012 Read more
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    Rupinder Brar profile - Astronomy and political aspirations

    Rupinder Brar (Physics - University of Ontario Institute of Technology) ...

    Rupinder Brar (Physics - University of Ontario Institute of Technology) is profiled, focusing on his interest in astronomy, his desire to be an astronaut and his political aspirations.

    Dec 15, 2012 Read more
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    Julian Barbour on Does Time Exist?

    Julian Barbour, visiting professor at the University of Oxford and ...

    Julian Barbour, visiting professor at the University of Oxford and the author of The End of Time, addresses the question, Does Time Exist? Barbour explores the history of scientific thought on the concept of time and presents his own interpretations of what time is.

    Dec 8, 2012 Read more
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    Margaret Atwood: Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth

    Preeminent author, Margaret Atwood, delivers the 2008 Massey Lecture, "Payback: ...

    Preeminent author, Margaret Atwood, delivers the 2008 Massey Lecture, "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth".

    Dec 8, 2012 Read more
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    Tyler Cowen and Andrew Coyne on The Great Stagnation

    Tyler Cowen discusses his book The Great Stagnation: How America ...

    Tyler Cowen discusses his book The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick and Will (Eventually) Feel Better. Andrew Coyne (National Post) presents a rebuttal and the pair discuss Cowen's thesis focusing on issues of productivity, innovation and government policy (moderated by Wendy Dobson).

    Dec 1, 2012 Read more
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