Vital Discussions of Human Security: 2015-16 Series

16 Sep 2015:

The South China Sea Peace Initiatives: Reviewing History and Regulatory Norms

Venilla Rajaguru, Doctoral Student, Science & Technology Studies, York University

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed0O24THTlU

23 Sep 2015:

The Marshall Islands’ Lawsuits: Seeking to ‘stop this nuclear madness’

Debbie Grisdale, Independent Consultant with NGOs, Project Ploughshares

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPmbQfDRuAs

30 Sep 2015:

The Nuclear Agreement with Iran

Cesar Jaramillo, Executive Director, Project Ploughshares

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCioRLOf4xA

7 Oct 2015:

Bill C-51 and the Federal Election

Jack Gemmell, member, Law Union of Ontario Working Group on National Security

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n66YIpHIk4g

14 Oct 2015:

A New State Ideology in Russia?

Leon Kosals, Professor of Economic Sociology, Higher School of Economics, Moscow

21 Oct 2015:

Democratic Peace-building in Schools

Kathy Bickmore, Professor, Curriculum Teaching & Learning, OISE

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UECnLc6AsY

28 Oct 2015:

Crisis in the Desert: Who Rules the Sahara?

Martin Klein, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Toronto

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu-TzBHoge0

4 Nov 2015:

The Responsibility to Reconcile Violent Conflict

Jean de Dieu Basabose, Shalom Educating for Peace, Kigali, Rwanda

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAHAlElZd74

11 Nov 2015:

The Internet Ecosystem, Multistakeholder Governance, and the IANA Transition

Samuel Lanfranco, Professor Emeritus of Economics, York U. and ICANN

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfwBlyE0nRk

18 Nov 2015:

Peace in the Congo: Pragmatic Action to Foster Conflict Resolution and Democracy.

Glenys Babcock, President of Pragmora, a Peacebuilding Organization

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNOGQBzTXYE

25 Nov 2015:

Midwifing Change, Midwifing Peace

Lee Ann McKenna, Trainer, facilitator, mediator, author

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6g3P_9U5zk

2 Dec 2015:

Why is Nuclear Power a Terrible Choice for Ontario?

Jim Harris, Journalist on Disruptive Innovation, Sustainability & Energy

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=etMiKKZnhps

13 Jan 2016:

Violence and Uncivil Society: The Unmaking of Peace

Robert Massoud, Palestinian-Canadian Founder of Zatoun & Beit Zatoun, Toronto

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xvEAkCospU

20 Jan 2016:

Peace Through Retribution or Reconciliation?

Sorpong Peou, Chair, Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson U.

27 Jan 2016:

Educate, Advocate, Agitate!: Resisting Mining Injustice Across the Americas

Monica Gutierrez and Rachel Small, organizers with the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network.

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knwea9cVFiQ

3 Feb 2016:

Green Roofs and Green Walls

Brad Bass, Adjunct Professor, School of Environment, University of Toronto

10 Feb 2016:

Burying Uncertainty: Nuclear Waste Management in Canada

Brennain Lloyd, Project Coordinator, Northwatch

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzi9npQBXMo

24 Feb 2016:

Loss of innocence? Physicists and the Atom Bomb

Daniela Monaldi, Course Director, Science and Technology Studies, York U.

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHCqP-onPaI

2 Mar 2016:

Technologies for the Sustainable Development of Small Islands

Peter Meincke, President Emeritus, University of Prince Edward Island

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2roQ6cKopFA

9 Mar 2016:

Synthetic Genomics: Security and Ecology

Clement Kent, Department of Biology, York University

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg8GZJNSsuA

16 Mar 2016:

The Social Origins of Human Rights: Protesting Political Violence in Colombia’s Oil Capital

Luis van Isschot, Asst. Professor of History, University of Toronto

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkudsxXtAAE

23 Mar 2016:

Inter-War Period Discussions on Science

Katherine Anderson, Assoc. Professor, History of Science and Technology, York U.

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FONsL412XQ

30 Mar 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

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=feG3wuXJ-sw

6 Apr 2016:

Windows of Opportunity: How Women Seize Peace Negotiations for Political Change

Miriam Anderson, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson U.

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgkgo79eRyk