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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Senator Hugh Segal on Fighting Poverty in Canada
In a lecture entitled "Fighting Poverty", Senator Hugh Segal explains ...
In a lecture entitled "Fighting Poverty", Senator Hugh Segal explains why we need a new national approach to tackling poverty arguing that the costs and consequences of poverty are much larger than direct spending on social programs. Segal has been a long-time proponent of establishing a Guaranteed Annual Income. This lecture was produced in collaboration with the Literary Review of Canada.
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Louis A. Perez, Jr. on Cuban culture and revolution
Louis A. Perez, Jr. of the Department of History at ...
Louis A. Perez, Jr. of the Department of History at the University of North Carolina, speaks about Cuban culture and revolution.
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Jacalyn Duffin on the History of the Stethoscope
Jacalyn Duffin of the Department of Medicine at Queen's University ...
Jacalyn Duffin of the Department of Medicine at Queen's University on History of the Stethoscope and the Meaning of Life.
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Jacalyn Duffin profile - History of Medicine
Jacalyn Duffin from the Department of Medicine at Queen's University ...
Jacalyn Duffin from the Department of Medicine at Queen's University is profiled. She discusses her teaching style and how she ended up researching the history of medicine.
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Douglas Thomas on A New Culture of Learning
Douglas Thomas, author of A New Culture of Learning, delivers ...
Douglas Thomas, author of A New Culture of Learning, delivers a lecture on the intersections of technology, culture and education. This lecture is part of Learning 2030, TVO's special series on the future of education and was recorded on October 28, 2012.
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Grandest Challenge Symposium Pt 2 featuring James Orbinski
Our second installment of The Grandest Challenge Symposium features James ...
Our second installment of The Grandest Challenge Symposium features James Orbinski, author of An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-First Century. Following Dr. Orbinski's lecture he is joined in conversation by moderator Gillian Findlay.
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Dr. James Maskalyk, author of Six Months in Sudan
Dr. James Maskalyk, author of Six Months in Sudan: A ...
Dr. James Maskalyk, author of Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-Torn Village, speaks at The Grandest Challenge Symposium and is interviewed by moderator Carol Off.
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Abdallah Daar and Peter Singer on The Grandest Challenge
Taking it's name from the book The Grandest Challenge: Taking ...
Taking it's name from the book The Grandest Challenge: Taking Life-Saving Science from Lab to Village, this part of the symposium features the book's authors, Dr. Abdallah Daar and Dr. Peter Singer.
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Doug Richards on Stretching: The Truth
Doug Richards from the Physical Education & Health department at ...
Doug Richards from the Physical Education & Health department at University of Toronto St. George on Stretching: The Truth. Richards discusses the science and the fiction of the benefits of stretching prior to exercise.
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Doug Richards profile - Concussion research
Doug Richards from the Physical Education & Health department at ...
Doug Richards from the Physical Education & Health department at University of Toronto St. George is profiled. Richards' concussion research, his passion for photography and cycling are featured.
