Lecture Series for 2012-13 academic year. Co-Sponsored by University College Health Studies Programme, Canadian Pugwash Group, Science for Peace, and Voice of Women for Peace.
Also see the Confronting a Nuclear Age lecture series, which met Thursday afternoons and shared two lectures with this series (28 Feb and 7 Mar 2013).
Thursdays, 7-9 pm, in Rm. 144, University College, 15 Kings College Circle, U.of Toronto. All welcome. No charge.
- 13 Sep 2012:
- Wars Waged by the USA and Canada: Just, Unjust and Everthing In Between
- Walter Dorn, Chair, Canadian Pugwash Group
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S536AM1oHHc
- Slide presentation:
13 Sept. Dorn slides (pdf). - 20 Sep 2012:
- Fixing Canada’s Electoral System: Four Fallacies
- Ellen Michelson, recent Green Party candidate
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAOtILgIj1k
- 27 Sep 2012:
- Global Warming and Human Security: Food and Water
- Danny Harvey, Professor of Geography, University of Toronto
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQcUkHR86cw
- Slide presentation:
27 Sept. Harvey slides (pdf). - 4 Oct 2012:
- Networked individualism
- Barry Wellman, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=07E2Tgxs0e0
- 11 Oct 2012:
- Security for All: But How and at What Price?
- Helmut Burkhardt, Professor of Physics Emeritus, Ryerson University
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLkOhKmu9SE
- 18 Oct 2012:
- Peacebuilding and Local Ownership
- Timothy Donais, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6HH7fLSe5k
- 25 Oct 2012:
- A Cultural Approach to Human Security
- Pia Kleber, Prof. of Drama, Comparative Literature, U of Toronto
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fawwBi3SKZg
- 1 Nov 2012:
- Disasters Without Borders: The International Politics of Natural Disaster
- John Hannigan, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO7nNoIZXWs
- 8 Nov 2012:
- The Myth of the Muslim Tide
- Doug Saunders, Journalist with The Globe and Mail
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNdSm8W5XSM
- 15 Nov 2012:
- New Strategies for Dealing with Global Problems
- Ron Craig, Prof of Communication & Design, Ryerson University
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5tMcFKZ_QY
- 22 Nov 2012:
- Biochar and Food Security: Dealing with the Droughts
- Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist, Biochar Consultant
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbYB9w0w6jE
- 29 Nov 2012:
- The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy
- Metta Spencer, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, U of Toronto
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeNiEVYIYf4
- 10 Jan 2013:
- Honour-Killings: Women’s Safety in Honour-based Cultures
- Aysan Sev’er, Professor Emerita of Sociology, U of Toronto
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2PQoB0lUNQ
- 17 Jan 2013:
- Toward a Billion More Trees in Ontario
- John Bacher, Preservation of Agricultural Land, Ontario
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qzYfhdGw0k
- 24 Jan 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
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=niMKi-vMZrY
- 31 Jan 2013:
- Lessons from Fukushima: Implications for Nuclear Safety International
- Shawn-Patrick Stensil, Staff of Greenpeace in Toronto
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOWMNYFo414
- 7 Feb 2013:
- The Sexual Slave Trade in Kosovo
- Valerie Zawilski, Associate Prof. of Sociology, Western University
- 14 Feb 2013:
- Competing Visions of Democracy in the Post-Soviet Space
- Seva Gunitsky, Asst. Professor of Political Science, U of Toronto
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOblA4t20cM
- 28 Feb 2013:
- The Nuclear Safety Issue
- J.C. Luxat, Professor of Nuclear Safety, McMaster U, and Richard Denton, M.D. President, Physicians for Global Survival
- 7 Mar 2013:
- Can We Be Free of Nuclear Weapons and Still Have Nuclear Power?
- Gordon Edwards, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdwrEucO2UA
- 14 Mar 2013:
- From “Feeding the World” to Sustainable Farming
- Harriet Friedmann, Professor of Geography, U. of Toronto
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoHSYw7gnKM
- 21 Mar 2013:
- The Making of Global Capitalism: The Canadian Model.
- Leo Panitch, Professor of Political Science, York University
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOkdhnHEYXE
- 28 Mar 2013:
- The Far Right in France
- Jack Veugelers, Professor of Sociology, U. of Toronto
- 4 Apr 2013:
- Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster
- Peter Victor, Professor of Environmental Studies, York University
- Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZI2RDNvd6M