A series of speeches and lectures from the finest minds of our time. Fresh ideas from speakers of note.
Chris Hedges says America is experiencing a coup d’etat in slow motion. The American liberal class has allowed an unregulated, unfettered capitalism to create an empire of consumption. At the same time, the anonymity of the corporate state has corrupted the very fabric of social institutions. With American investigative journalism all but dead and legislation…
This lecture, given by Janine Brodie, addresses the contemporary assault on social knowledge and shows that in an increasingly uncertain world, social justice and equity are more important than ever.
What’s wrong with civilization and how can we fix it? It’s no small question, but Don Tapscott has a few theories. He says, the generation to have “grown up digital” may be the answer.
Urging scholarly accountability and cross-disciplinary collaboration, Governor General David Johnston asks Canadians to reconsider the role of scholarship at the 2012 Congress of the Humanities.
Three-time Juno Award nominee and Métis musician Jani Lauzon gives a talk on storytelling and embodied knowledge at the Democratic Dialogue Via The Arts Symposium held at the University of Ottawa.
Muna Mire interviews Kim Crosby — an award-winning multidisciplinary artist, community activist and queer survivor of sexual assault on her anti-racism work at Slutwalk 2012.
Celebrated professors and authors Cornel West and Frances Fox talk about the future of the Occupy movement, and their opinions on a changing America during the 2012 Left Forum, at Pace University.
On the six-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, Michael Moore spoke to the Left Forum about his thoughts on the future of the Occupy movements.
The aboriginal law conference brought together three experts on aboriginal culture and law to discuss how to go about respecting aboriginal culture in the courtroom.
Winona LaDuke, the executive director of Honor the Earth and the White Earth Land Recovery Project, was in Winnipeg on Feb. 24, 2012 to talk at the Growing Local conference.
Pat Mooney is the author of several books on the politics of biotechnology and biodiversity, and the director of the ETC Group. On Feb. 8 he delivered a lecture on the politics of climate change.
In this edition of Needs No Introduction, Mike Luff, Diana Gibson and Maude Barlow share their thoughts and observations on the current state of health care in Canada and where we might be going.
