Most of the videos listed below are on Science for Peace’s YouTube page, but the list also includes some SfP related videos which are hosted on other sites.
Videos are listed in date order, with the newest in each category appearing first.
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General lectures, panels, and seminars
- 10 September 2016: Sustainable Development by 2030: From your doorstep to the world
- At the Bahen Centre. Keynote speaker: Ravi Karkara, senior adviser, UN secretariat.
- 16 June 2016: Drones and Killer Robots: Canada’s Policy
- Panel discussion with Michel Duguay, Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Université Laval; Walter Dorn, Professor of Defence Studies, Royal Military College and Canadian Forces College; and Cesar Jaramillo, Executive Director, Project Ploughshares
- 11 May 2016: War Against the People
- Jeff Halper is founder and director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. He has lectured and written much on Israel’s “matrix of control.”
- 18 April 2016: Apartheid in the Health Care of Palestinians
- Dr Rand Askalan, speaking at the Global Day of Action against Military Spending, 18 April 2016 at Beit Zatoun, Toronto
- 18 April 2016: Demilitarization: The Military/Security Complex in Canada, Palestine/Israel, and Climate Change
- Social justice advocate Matthew Behrens and peace/climate activist Judy Deutsch at the Global Day of Action against Military Spending forum, 18 April 2016 at Beit Zatoun, Toronto.
- 28 February 2016: Nonviolent Defence in National Security
- Dr. Maciej Bartkowski is Senior Director for Education & Research at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC). This lecture is from the ICNC’s Seminar on Civil Resistance, Feb 27-28, 2016 at the University of Toronto.
- 28 February 2016: Gender and Women in Civil Resistance
- Shaazka Beyerle is Senior Advisor of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC). This lecture is from the ICNC’s Seminar on Civil Resistance, Feb 27-28, 2016 at the University of Toronto.
- 28 February 2016: Indigenous Peoples’ Struggles in the US and Canada
- Tom Hastings, Ed.D., is co-coordinator of the undergraduate program in Conflict Resolution at Portland State University. This lecture is from the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict’s Seminar on Civil Resistance, Feb 27-28, 2016 at the University of Toronto.
- 28 February 2016: External Actors, Right to Assist and Civil Resistance
- Hardy Merriman, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC). This lecture is from the ICNC’s Seminar on Civil Resistance, Feb 27-28, 2016 at the University of Toronto.
- 27 February 2016: Managing Repressions, Backfire, Defections
- Tom Hastings, Ed.D., is co-coordinator of the undergraduate program in Conflict Resolution at Portland State University. This lecture is from the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict’s Seminar on Civil Resistance, Feb 27-28, 2016 at the University of Toronto.
- 27 February 2016: Unity, Planning, and Nonviolent Discipline in Anti-Corruption Campaigns
- Shaazka Beyerle is Senior Advisor of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC). This lecture is from the ICNC’s Seminar on Civil Resistance, Feb 27-28, 2016 at the University of Toronto.
- 27 February 2016: Strategies and Tactics of Civil Resistance
- Hardy Merriman, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC). This lecture is from the ICNC’s Seminar on Civil Resistance, Feb 27-28, 2016 at the University of Toronto.
- 27 February 2016: Civil Resistance: Main concepts and historical records
- Dr. Maciej Bartkowski is Senior Director for Education & Research at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC). This lecture is from the ICNC’s Seminar on Civil Resistance, Feb 27-28, 2016 at the University of Toronto.
- 27 June 2015: Science for Peace AGM presentations
- 2015 Science for Peace AGM discussions
- 18 June 2015: Authoritarianism and Dissent
- 12 June 2015: Nuclear Precipice: Ukraine, Russia, and patterns of US hegemony
- 22 February 2015: Ukraine and Russia: Prospects for Peace, Panel 3
- What are Some Solutions? Panelists: John Feffer, Andre Kamenshikov, Andriy Kulykov (via Skype from Kyiv). Moderator: Doug Saunders.
- 22 February 2015: Ukraine and Russia: Prospects for Peace, Panel 2
- Who Has Done What, and Why?
Speakers: Paul Robinson, Fred Weir (via Skype from Moscow), and Borys Wrzesnewskyj. Moderator: Metta Spencer - 22 February 2015: Ukraine and Russia: Prospects for Peace, Panel 1
- The Background. Speakers: Alexander Likhotal (via Skype from Geneva), Marta Dyczok, Leonid Kosals. Moderator: Olivia Ward.
- 22 January 2015: Global Pacificaton System: Israel and Canada
- 18 November 2014: Endless War? The Middle East and Canada’s New Militarism
- Presentations by Tyler Shipley, Humber College; Judith Deutsch, Science for Peace and Canadian Dimension Magazine; Sardar Saadi, University of Toronto; Sabah Nasseri, York University.
- 16 September 2014: Air Power in UN Operations – wings for peace
- Book launch for “Air Power in UN Operations – wings for peace” with Professor Walter Dorn and remarks by Lieutenant-General (ret’d) Romeo Dallaire
- 29 May 2014: How to Save the World in a Hurry
- Metta Spencer at Canadian Peace Research Association conference and AGM, Brock University
- 15 April 2014: Launch of Peacemakers by Douglas Roche
- 14 April 2014: Global Day of Action against Military Spending 2014
- With Richard Sanders and Bruce Gagnon.
- 25 March 2014: Ward Wilson – 5 Myths About Nuclear Weapons
- Ward Wilson, Senior Fellow & Director of the Rethinking Nuclear Weapons project
- 9 March 2014: Revisiting Violence Against Women – focus Turkey
- When it comes to gender equality, the World Economic Forum ranks Turkey 127th amongst 136 countries. In the last 3 years, more than 500 women have been murdered due to male jealousy and intolerance…
- 3 March 2014: James Turk – Silence of the Labs
- James Turk , Executive Director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers
- 24 February 2014: Doctors and the Pharmaceutical Industry: too close for comfort
- Dr. Joel Lexchin is a physician and Professor of Health Policy at York University
- 21 November 2013: Whither Well Being: How Secure Can You Be?
- David Harries PhD, PEng
- 26 October 2013: Defensora – panel discussion after premiere screening
- Defensora is a documentary about Mayan Q’eqchi’ people resisting mining related harms and violations in Guatemala, and their struggle to seek justice in Canadian courts in precedent setting lawsuit…
- 1 June 2013: Many Questions, Some Answers – Syria
- Najib Safieddine speaks at the 2013 Science for Peace AGM on the situation in Syria.
- 26 May 2013: Conversations with Lee Lorch
- a film by Rachel Deutsch
- 15 April 2013: Global Day of Action against Military Spending 2013
- 28 November 2012: Canadian Mining on Trial
- Precedent-setting trials continue against Hudbay Minerals nickel mining company for harms and violations against Mayan-Qeqchi people in Guatemala
- 26 November 2012: 2012 Zofia Pakula lecture by Ursula Franklin
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- 15 October 2012: A Plan to Power 100 Percent of the Planet with Renewables
- Mark Z Jacobson (Stanford University).
- 1 February 2012: Beyond the Border
- Beyond the Border panel with Kent Roach
- 1 February 2012: Beyond the Border
- Beyond the Border panel with Emily Gilbert
- 1 February 2012: Beyond the Border
- Beyond the Border panel with Audrey Macklin
- 1 February 2012: Beyond the Border
- Beyond the Border panel with Stephen Clarkson
- 1 February 2012: Beyond the Border
- Beyond the Border panel with John Kirton
- 7 April 2011: State-Corporate Complex: A Threat to Freedom & Survival
- With Noam Chomsky and Linda McQuaig (436 Mb FLV file download from this website)
- 14 November 2009: Zero Nuclear Weapons: A Forum
- 16 videos from the Toronto City Hall event organized by Science for Peace and Canadian Pugwash Group. Full audio recordings are also available at http://zeronuclearweapons.ca
Eric Fawcett Memorial Lectures
- 27 October 2016: “Give Cyber Peace a Chance” with Paul Meyer
- 2016 Eric Fawcett Memorial Lecture
- 7 November 2015: Canada as a Voice for Peace and Development? A Post-Election Conversation
- Lloyd Axworthy, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 14 November 2014: Responding to ISIS: The role of Canada and the International Community
- 2014 Eric Fawcett Memorial panel
- 15 November 2013: “The Decline of War” with Gwynne Dyer
- 2013 Eric Fawcett Lecture.
- 10 November 2012: Eric Fawcett Panel & Luncheon 2012
- Luis Moreno Ocampo, former UN prosecutor
Weekly Lecture Series at University College (2011-2018)
2017-18 lecture series
- 4 April 2018: Introduction to Drawdown
- David Burman and Liz Couture, presenters
- 28 March 2018: Faux Real: How Fake News Undermines Democracy
- Liz Renzetti, Globe and Mail columnist
- 21 March 2018: The Politics of Genocide Recognition
- Maja Catic, Department of Defence Studies, Canadian Forces College
- 14 March 2018: International Taxation
- Wilson Prichard is Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
- 7 March 2018: Paying for the Big Shift: Tobin Taxes and more
- Joy Kennedy is an ecumenical climate activist, World Council of Churches Working Group.
- 28 February 2018: MSF: A Medical Humanitarian Organization
- Bruce Lampard, past president of Médecins Sans Frontières in Canada.
- 21 February 2018: How to Save the World: panel discussion
- Panel discussion chaired by Metta Spencer, with others participating via Facebook Live.
- 14 February 2018: Is Peacekeeping Still for Chumps? Canada’s Tentative Re-engagement with UN Peace Operations
- Timothy Donais, Associate Professor of Global Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University.
- 7 February 2018: Canadian Snow and Sea Ice
- Paul Kushner, Professor of Physics, University of Toronto
- 31 January 2018: Building a Cosmopolitan Imagination: The Global Great Books Project
- Thomas Ponniah: Professor, Liberal Arts, George Brown College; Lecturer, Harvard University
- 24 January 2018: The Geopolitics of Cyber Security
- John Daniele, forensic cyber-security analyst
- 17 January 2018: How to Avoid Cancer, Heart Disease, Pandemics and to Live Forever: Premature Mortality in the 21st century
- Prabhat Jha, lecturer in Global Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
- 10 January 2018: Waking the Frog: Solutions to Our Climate Paralysis
- Tom Rand, Senior Advisor, Cleantech; Managing Partner, ArcTern Ventures.
- 6 December 2017: Espionage
- Arne Kislenko, Associate Professor of History, Ryerson University; Adjunct Professor, International Relations Program, Munk School for International Studies
- 29 November 2017: The Crisis of Democracy: Five Paradoxes
- Melissa Williams, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
- 22 November 2017: Unity in Diversity
- Karen Hamilton, Canadian Council of Churches
- 15 November 2017: Water security
- Amy Bilton, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, U. of Toronto
- 1 November 2017: Jihad & Co: Black markets and Islamic power
- Aisha Ahmad, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
- 18 October 2017: The Deep Sea Frontier: What are the security risks?
- John Hannigan, University of Toronto Sociology; Anna Zalik, York University Faculty of Environmental Studies
- 11 October 2017: Climate Smart Food: How Consumer Choice can Fix the Climate and Ensure a Sustainable Future
- Lloyd Helferty, an engineering technologist specializing in agriculture.
- 4 October 2017: Maximum Canada: Why 35 million Canadians are not enough
- Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail international affairs columnist
- 27 September 2017: Gandhi’s influence on contemporary nonviolent leaders
- Jill Carr-Harris, Director, International Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence and Peace
- 20 September 2017: Climate change and food security
- Ralph Martin, Professor, University of Guelph, specializing in organic and sustainable agriculture
- 13 September 2017: Nuclear disarmament: Universalizing the treaty
- Earl Turcotte, former UN and disarmament diplomat
2016-17 lecture series
- 5 April 2017: Community Healing Art Mural: Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Student Collaboration
- Vanessa Oliver and the research team “Transformation Action Graffiti” Department of Youth Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford.
- 22 March 2017: Disarming Conflict: How Wars End
- Ernie Regehr, Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation Vancouver
- 15 March 2017: The U.S. Election and the Implications for Mexico
- Judith Teichman, Professor of Political Science and International Development, University of Toronto
- 8 March 2017: A Different Shade of Green: the new face of the climate movement
- Emmay Mah, coordinator, People’s Climate Movement; director, Enviromentum, a project of Tides Canada
- 1 March 2017: Tragedy in Syria: Is There a Solution?
- Milloud Chennoufi, Canadian Forces College
- 15 February 2017: Social Movements for Social Change
- Blake Poland, Associate Professor of Public Health, Dalla Lana School, University of Toronto
- 8 February 2017: Truth, Lies and Democracy: Journalism after Trump
- Olivia Ward, journalist and filmmaker
- 1 February 2017: Scientific Realism and Other Forces that Influence Research on Environment and Health
- John McLaughlin, Professor of Public Health, Dalla Lana School, University of Toronto
- 25 January 2017: Invasive Species in our Forests
- Sandy Smith Professor of Forestry, University of Toronto. This video is in two parts; please advance to part II after the end of part 1.
- 18 January 2017: Building a World Community: Principles, Strategy, Advocacy
- Fergus Watt, National Executive Director of the World Federalists Movement — Canada
- 11 January 2017: The Ethics of Immigration
- Joseph H. Carens, Professor of Political Science of the University of Toronto
- 30 November 2016: Turkey’s Struggle for Democracy
- Mustafa Koç, Professor of Sociology, Ryerson University
- 23 November 2016: Cold Science: The Cold War and Environmental Science in the Canadian Arctic
- Stephen Bocking, Professor of Environmental History, Trent University
- 16 November 2016: Gandhian Village Movement in India: women and nonviolence
- Lyn Adamson, nonviolence trainer and activist; Lee Ann McKenna, trainer, facilitator, mediator, and author
- 9 November 2016: Towards This Generation’s New Left: Impediments and Possibilities
- Richard Sandbrook, Prof. Emeritus of Political Science, U of Toronto
- 2 November 2016: The Overvaluation Trap
- Alison Kemper, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship & Strategy, Ryerson U.
- 26 October 2016: IQ Policy and Development in Nunavut
- Gail Russel, Course Instructor, Canadian Studies program, U of T.
- 19 October 2016: Women and the Gift Economy: The Alternative Paradigm
- Genevieve Vaughan, Semiotician and author based in Rome and Texas
- 12 October 2016: What is Terror, Who are the Terrorists, and Why do they Use Terror?
- Martin Klein, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Toronto
- 21 September 2016: Sustainability: Are we missing the point?
- Alex Belyakov, The Roots Collaborative founding member
2015-16 lecture series
- 6 April 2016: Windows of Opportunity: How Women Seize Peace Negotiations for Political Change
- Miriam Anderson, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University
- 30 March 2016: Mediating Peace in Africa: Mediators in the Design of Peace Agreements. The Case of Sudan
- Khalid Ahmed, Secretary General, Sudanese Canadian Human Rights Organization
- 23 March 2016: Inter-War Period Discussions on Science
- Katherine Anderson, Assoc. Professor, History of Science and Technology, York University. Her own research is focused on the environmental sciences. She is currently interested in scientific expeditions and the ocean environment in the 1920s and 1930s; weather ships; and nineteenth century voyage narratives.
- 16 March 2016: The Social Origins of Human Rights: Protesting Political Violence in Colombia?s Oil Capital
- Luis van Isschot, Assistant Professor of History, University of Toronto
- 9 March 2016: Synthetic Genomics: Security and Ecology
- Clement Kent, Department of Biology, York University
- 2 March 2016: Technologies for the Sustainable Development of Small Islands
- Dr. Peter Meincke is President Emeritus of the University of Prince Edward Island, physicist, engineer, and a founding member of the Group of 78.
- 24 February 2016: Loss of innocence? Physicists and the Atom Bomb
- Daniela Monaldi, Course Director, Science and Technology Studies, York U.
- 10 February 2016: Burying Uncertainty: Nuclear Waste Management in Canada
- Brennain Lloyd, Project Coordinator, Northwatch
- 27 January 2016: Educate, Advocate, Agitate!: Resisting Mining Injustice Across the Americas
- Monica Gutierrez and Rachel Small, organizers with the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network
- 13 January 2016: Violence and Uncivil Society: The Unmaking of Peace
- Robert Massoud, Palestinian-Canadian Founder of Zatoun & Beit Zatoun, Toronto
- 2 December 2015: Why is Nuclear Power a Terrible Choice for Ontario?
- Jim Harris, Journalist on Disruptive Innovation, Sustainability & Energy
- 25 November 2015: Midwifing Change, Midwifing Peace
- Lee Ann McKenna, Trainer, facilitator, mediator, author
- 18 November 2015: Peace in the Congo: Pragmatic Action to Foster Conflict Resolution and Democracy.
- Glenys Babcock, President of Pragmora, a Peacebuilding Organization
- 11 November 2015: The Internet Ecosystem, Multistakeholder Governance, and the IANA Transition
- Samuel Lanfranco, Professor Emeritus of Economics, York U. and ICANN
- 4 November 2015: The Responsibility to Reconcile Violent Conflict
- Jean de Dieu Basabose, Shalom Educating for Peace, Kigali, Rwanda
- 28 October 2015: Crisis in the Desert: Who Rules the Sahara?
- Martin Klein, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Toronto
- 21 October 2015: Democratic Peace-building in Schools
- Kathy Bickmore, Professor, Curriculum Teaching & Learning, OISE
- 7 October 2015: Bill C-51 and the Federal Election
- Jack Gemmell, member, Law Union of Ontario Working Group on National Security
- 30 September 2015: The Nuclear Agreement with Iran
- Cesar Jaramillo, Executive Director, Project Ploughshares
- 23 September 2015: The Marshall Islands’ Lawsuits: Seeking to ‘stop this nuclear madness’
- Debbie Grisdale, Independent Consultant with NGOs, Project Ploughshares
- 16 September 2015: The South China Sea Peace Initiatives: Reviewing History and Regulatory Norms
- Venilla Rajaguru, Doctoral Student, Science & Technology Studies, York University
This Nuclear Age spring 2015 series
- 1 April 2015: Nuclear Activism: Past, Present, and Future
- Neil Arya, M.D., McMaster University
- 25 March 2015: Alternative Energy: Finance, Environment, Health
- Professor Jose Etcheverry, York University
- 18 March 2015: Nuclear Energy’s Future: Its Safety & Environment
- Professor John Luxat, McMaster University
- 11 March 2015: Health, Uranium Mining, Managing Fissile Materials
- Richard Denton, M.D. (Northern Ontario)
- 4 March 2015: Nuclear Power and Peaceful Nuclear Technology
- Dr. Jeremy Whitlock, Atomic Energy of Canada
- 25 February 2015: Rethinking Nuclear Weapons
- Ms. Martha Goodings
- 11 February 2015: Proliferation and Control Issues
- Cesar Jaramillo of Project Ploughshares
- 3 February 2015: The Cuban Missile and Other Nuclear Crises
- Vinay Jindal, M.D.
- 28 January 2015: The Cold War and Nuclear Strategies
- Ambassador Marius Grinius.
- 21 January 2015: Nuclear Fission and the Search For Defences
- Professor John Valleau, University Of Toronto.
- 14 January 2015: Radiation’s Health Effects
- Cathy Vakil, M.D.
- 7 January 2015: The Origins of Nuclear Science
- Marcin Kuzniak, Ph.D.
2014-15 lecture series
- 26 November 2014: Revolution, War and Terrorism: Evidence From the Family Photo Album.
- Jack Wayne, Ph.D. Founder of Canadian Scholars Press.
- 19 November 2014: Education for Security Leaders: A Global Survey and Research Agenda
- Lt. Col. (ret.) David Last, Associate Professor of Political Science, Royal Military College
- 5 November 2014: Israel: A Nation-State?
- abraham Weizfeld, Ph.D. UQAM, Toronto-raised Jewish refugee descendent.
- 29 October 2014: Alternatives to Fossil Fuels: Is the Bio-Economy the Answer We’ve Been Looking For?
- Kean Birch, Assistant Professor, Business & Society Program, York University.
- 22 October 2014: Big Business and the Re-shaping of North America
- Richard Roman, Associate Professor Emeritus, Sociology, University of Toronto
- 15 October 2014: Challenges Ahead for Kosovo
- Robert Austin, Ph.D. Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, U of Toronto
- 8 October 2014: International Criminal Law on Trial: An Assessment
- Jamie Rowen, Assistant Professor (CLTA) of Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, U. of Toronto
- 1 October 2014: Insights about the Ukraine Crisis from a Stay in the Caucasus
- Matthew Light, Professor of Criminology and European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, U of Toronto.
- 24 September 2014: Nothing Accomplished: Our War in Afghanistan
- John Duncan, Ph.D. Director, Ethics, Society, and Law Program, Trinity College, U of T
- 17 September 2014: Practical Technologies to Save Lives: A Demonstration for Humanitarian, Peacekeeping Missions
- Walter Dorn, Professor of Defence Studies, Canadian Forces College and the Royal Military College of Canada
- 10 September 2014: Panel Discussion: The War in Syria and Beyond
- Atif Kubursi, Emeritus Professor of Economics, McMaster University, Gloria Nafziger, Refugee Campaigner, Amnesty International, and Husam Wafael, Retired Canadian Forces Officer, Founder & President of the Syrian Canadian Foundation for Humanity
2013-14 lecture series
- 3 April 2014: Refugees: Silent Witnesses to War.
- Mary Jo Leddy, Founder of Romero House for refugees, adjunct professor of theology at Regis College.
- 27 February 2014: Economics of the Global Commons.
- Frank de Jong.
- 13 February 2014: Constitution and Strategy: Understanding Canadian Power in the World.
- Irvin Studin, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto..
- 6 February 2014: Building Peace in the 21st Century: Reflections over 30 years.
- Peggy Mason, Formerly Canada’s Ambassador for Disarmament.
- 30 January 2014: Nonviolence as Political Action.
- Jill Carr-Harris, Development worker in India on women’s empowerment.
- 23 January 2014: Armed Conflict and Food Insecurity: A Global Challenge.
- Mustafa Koç, Professor of Sociology, Ryerson University.
- 16 January 2014: Patents & Progress: What to do about Corrupt Medical Research Practices.
- James R. Brown, Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto.
- 9 January 2014: Education for Democracy in Peirce, James, Dewey, and Mead.
- Irving Zeitlin, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Toronto.
- 28 November 2013: Compensation, the Value of Life and the War on Terror.
- Emily Gilbert, Associate Professor and Director, Canadian Studies program and Department of Geography, UofT.
- 14 November 2013: The Industrial Diet in Three Meals.
- Tony Winson, Professor and Associate Chair, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph.
- 7 November 2013: Generating Rights for Communities Harmed by Mining.
- Jim Hodgson, journalist, Program Coordinator, Latin America and Caribbean, The United Church of Canada (replacing originally scheduled speaker Liisa North, Professor Emeritus, York University and Visiting Professor, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences , Quito, Ecuador.)
- 31 October 2013: The Initiative for UN Emergency Peace Service.
- Peter Langille, Senior Research Associate, Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria.
- 10 October 2013: Neither Conflict nor “Use it or Lose it”: Canada’s Arctic Extended Continental Shelf.
- Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon, Professor Emerita of Political Science at Western University.
- 3 October 2013: Politics of Peace vs. Politics of Empire in the Middle East: Democratic Struggles, Neo-Ottoman Aspirations.
- Sedef Arat-Koç, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University.
- 26 September 2013: Falling in Love with the Earth.
- Stephen Scharper , Associate Professor, School of the Environment, UofT.
- 12 September 2013: Martin Luther King: A Global Perspective.
- Paul Dekar, Emeritus Professor of Theology, Memphis Theological Seminary.
Confronting a Nuclear Age spring 2013 series
- 6 March 2014: Nuclear Energy – Dr Jeremy Whitlock – AECL
- This talk was given by Dr Jeremy Whitlock for the Public Health in a Nuclear Age course given at University College (at University of Toronto, St George) by Metta Spencer and Science for Peace in 2014.
- 4 April 2013: Necessary Changes in the Human Future
- Derek Paul
- 28 March 2013: Thorium Reactors
- Michael McNamee
- 21 March 2013: Stress
- Frank Sommers
- 7 March 2013: Can We Be Free of Nuclear Weapons and Still Have Nuclear Power?
- Gordon Edwards, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
- 14 February 2013: Concerns About Fukushima and Clandestine Nuclear Activities
- Shawn-Patrick Stensil
- 7 February 2013: Toward Nuclear Disarmament
- Vinay Jindal, Barbara Birkett
- 31 January 2013: The Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Regime
- Cesar Jaramillo
- 24 January 2013: The Cuban Missile Crisis
- Walter Dorn
- 17 January 2013: The Discovery of Nuclear Fission and the Development of the Bombs
- Anna Jaikaran, Martha Goodings
- 10 January 2013: Risk Awareness
- Metta Spencer
2012-13 lecture series
- 4 April 2013: Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster
- Peter Victor, Professor of Environmental Studies, York University
- 21 March 2013: The Making of Global Capitalism: The Canadian Model.
- Leo Panitch, Professor of Political Science, York University
- 14 March 2013: From “Feeding the World” to Sustainable Farming
- Harriet Friedmann, Professor of Geography, U. of Toronto
- 14 February 2013: Competing Visions of Democracy in the Post-Soviet Space
- Seva Gunitsky, Asst. Professor of Political Science, U of Toronto
- 31 January 2013: Lessons from Fukushima: Implications for Nuclear Safety International
- Shawn-Patrick Stensil, Staff of Greenpeace in Toronto
- 24 January 2013: What Makes Up an Actual, Working Democracy?
- Duff Conacher, Coordinator of Your Canada, Your Constitution, Founder of Democracy Watch, Director of GoodOrg.ca in Toronto
- 17 January 2013: Toward a Billion More Trees in Ontario
- John Bacher, Preservation of Agricultural Land, Ontario
- 10 January 2013: Honour-Killings: Women’s Safety in Honour-based Cultures
- Aysan Sev’er, Professor Emerita of Sociology, U of Toronto
- 29 November 2012: The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy
- Metta Spencer, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, U of Toronto
- 22 November 2012: Biochar and Food Security: Dealing with the Droughts
- Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist, Biochar Consultant
- 15 November 2012: New Strategies for Dealing with Global Problems
- Ron Craig, Prof of Communication & Design, Ryerson University
- 8 November 2012: The Myth of the Muslim Tide
- Doug Saunders, Journalist with _The Globe and Mail_
- 1 November 2012: Disasters Without Borders: The International Politics of Natural Disaster
- John Hannigan, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto
- 25 October 2012: A Cultural Approach to Human Security
- Pia Kleber, Prof. of Drama, Comparative Literature, U of Toronto
- 18 October 2012: Peacebuilding and Local Ownership
- Timothy Donais, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University
- 11 October 2012: Security for All: But How and at What Price?
- Helmut Burkhardt, Professor of Physics Emeritus, Ryerson University
- 4 October 2012: Networked individualism
- Barry Wellman, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto
- 27 September 2012: Global Warming and Human Security: Food and Water
- Danny Harvey, Professor of Geography, University of Toronto
- 20 September 2012: Fixing Canada’s Electoral System: Four Fallacies
- Ellen Michelson, recent Green Party candidate
- 13 September 2012: Wars Waged by the USA and Canada: Just, Unjust and Everthing In Between
- Walter Dorn, Chair, Canadian Pugwash Group
2011-12 lecture series
- 12 April 2012: Russia and the West After the Cold War
- Sergei Plekhanov, Associate Professor of Political Science, York University
- 5 April 2012: Should We Be Afraid? Real and Imagined Security Threats 10 years after 9/11
- Mark Sedra, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation and U. of Waterloo
- 29 March 2012: Nonviolence in a Global World
- Ramin Jahanbegloo, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
- 22 March 2012: The Geopolitics of War in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Kosovo
- Valerie Zawilski, Associate Professor of Sociology, Kings University College, U. of Western Ontario
- 15 March 2012: The Culture War in Iran
- Mohamad Tavakoli, Professor of History, Historical Studies, and Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
- 8 March 2012: The Traffic in Nannies: The Exploitation of Female Labor?
- Susan McClelland, Toronto-based Investigative Journalist
- 1 March 2012: Corporate Law: What Has Sustainable Development Got to Do with It?
- Gail Henderson, SJD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
- 26 January 2012: Democracy and the Decline of Great Powers
- Vsevolod Gunitskiy, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
- 3 November 2011: Economic and Social Security in the 21st Century: How Does Canada Stack Up Against other Wealthy Developed Nations?
- Dennis Raphael, Professor of Health Policy and Management, York University, Author of _Poverty in Canada_