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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William Rees on Environmental Economics
Ecological footprint is an idea originated by William Rees, an ...
Ecological footprint is an idea originated by William Rees, an environmental economist from the University of British Columbia. If you need a primer in environmental economics, this lecture is for you.
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Steven Pinker on The Blank Slate
Harvard University psychology professor, Steven Pinker, dicusses his book The ...
Harvard University psychology professor, Steven Pinker, dicusses his book The Blank Slate.
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Marc Abrahams, editor of The Annals of Improbably Research
Marc Abrahams, editor of The Annals of Improbably Research and ...
Marc Abrahams, editor of The Annals of Improbably Research and one of the organizers of the annual Ig-Nobel Prize ceremonies at Harvard University, discusses the work of scientists and academics that, "first makes you laugh, and then makes you think".
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Maude Barlow on Water: The Most Pressing Women's Issue
Maude Barlow, National Chair of the citizens' advocacy organization The ...
Maude Barlow, National Chair of the citizens' advocacy organization The Council of Canadians, on Water: The Most Pressing Women's Issue of All.
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Kwame McKenzie on Immigration Sickness
Kwame McKenzie on Immigration Sickness. What psychological and social attributes ...
Kwame McKenzie on Immigration Sickness. What psychological and social attributes help us predict who will be a good at being an immigrant?
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Ken Cramer on Alfred Adler
Ken Cramer - Psychology, University of Windsor -on Alfred Adler: ...
Ken Cramer - Psychology, University of Windsor -on Alfred Adler: The Most Famous Personality Theorist You Likely Never Heard Of
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Nick Mount on T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land
University of Toronto English professor, Nick Mount, explores T.S. Eliot's ...
University of Toronto English professor, Nick Mount, explores T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land.
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Susannah Varmuza on the evolving field of Epigenetics
University of Toronto Zoology researcher, Susannah Varmuza, discusses the evolving ...
University of Toronto Zoology researcher, Susannah Varmuza, discusses the evolving field of Epigenetics and what research into such things as mouse coat colour is telling scientists about the age-old "nature versus nurture" debate.
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Jordan Peterson on Slaying the Dragon Within Us
Jordan Peterson on Slaying the Dragon Within Us. Peterson, a ...
Jordan Peterson on Slaying the Dragon Within Us. Peterson, a University of Toronto professor of psychology, talks about fear of the unknown and fear of dealing with problems.
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Clare Hasenkampf on Chromosomes Dividing
Clare Hasenkampf of the Biology Department at University of Toronto ...
Clare Hasenkampf of the Biology Department at University of Toronto Scarborough presents her lecture Chromosomes Dividing: How It Is Done and Why It Matters.
