Vital Discussions of Human Security, 2017-2018 series
- Sept. 13, 2017
- Earl Turcotte, Former Canadian and UN disarmament diplomat
- “Nuclear disarmament: Universalizing the treaty”
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kIKr7o6sEI
- Sept. 20, 2017
- Ralph Martin, Professor, University of Guelph, specializing in organic and sustainable agriculture
- “Climate change and food security”
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2c1YH_C2HQ
- Sept. 27, 2017
- Jill Carr-Harris, Director, International Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence & Peace
- “Gandhi’s influence on contemporary nonviolent leaders”
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=haiI_a8GUsM
- Oct. 4, 2017
- Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail international affairs columnist
- “Maximum Canada: Why 35 million Canadians are not enough”
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN2f6lyHF3M
- Oct. 11, 2017
- Lloyd Helferty, Engineering technologist
- “Climate smart food: How consumer choice can fix the climate and ensure a sustainable future”
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZI_SNdJ8CQ
- Oct.18, 2017
- John Hannigan, University of Toronto Sociology; Anna Zalik, York University Faculty of Environmental Studies
- “The deep sea frontier: What are the security risks?”
- Oct. 25, 2017
- Vincent Eagan, Sergeant, York Regional Police
- “Police use of force”
- Nov. 1, 2017
- Aisha Ahmad, Assistant Professor of Political Science, U. of Toronto
- “Jihad and Co: Black markets and Islamist power”
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi9rJR4_JCA
- Nov. 15, 2017
- Amy Bilton, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, U. of Toronto
- “Water security”
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwDA_IKVgi8
- Nov. 22, 2017
- Karen Hamilton, General Secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches
- “Unity in diversity”
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvxgUIcXZrc
- Nov. 29, 2017
- Melissa Williams, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
- “The crisis of democracy: five paradoxes”
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRSYUuZpU3A
- Dec. 6, 2017
- Arne Kislenko, Associate Professor of History, Ryerson University and Adjunct Professor, International Relations Program, Munk School for International Studies
- “Espionage”
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-_vbmFFf-8
10 January 2018- Tom Rand on “Waking the Frog: Solutions to Our Climate Paralysis”
- Senior Advisor, Cleantech; Managing Partner, ArcTern Ventures
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdAW4JNNAyk
- 17 January 2018
- Prabhat Jha on “How to Avoid Cancer, Heart Disease, Pandemics and to Live Forever: Premature Mortality in the 21st century”
- Professor of Global Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JcPm_bXISU
- 24 January 2018
- John Daniele on “The Geopolitics of Cyber Security”
- Forensic Cyber Security Analyst
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=r37JBZSultg
- 31 January 2018
- Thomas Ponniah on “Building a Cosmopolitan Imagination: The Global Great Books Project”
- Professor Liberal Arts, George Brown, Lecturer, Harvard U.
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDUgjpKvbDM
- 07 February 2018
- Paul Kushner on “Canadian Snow and Sea Ice”
- Professor of Physics, University of Toronto
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZMyZLTqU-Y
- 14 February 2018
- Timothy Donais on “Is Peacekeeping Still for Chumps? Canada’s Tentative Re-engagement with UN Peace Operations”
- Assoc. Professor of Global Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffRziMPBmu0
- 28 February 2018
- Bruce Lampard on “MSF: A Medical Humanitarian Organization”
- Past Canadian president of Médecins Sans Frontières
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4yhSabTNDQ
- 07 March 2018
- Joy Kennedy on “Paying for the Big Shift: Tobin Taxes and more.”
- Ecumenical Climate Activist, World Council of Churches Working Group
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlqkrPhV1fo
- 14 March 2018
- Wilson Prichard on “International Taxation”
- Associate Professor of Political Science, U. of Toronto
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqkH6oflAEY
- 21 March 2018
- Maja Catic on “The Politics of Genocide Recognition: Between the Imperative to Remember and the Need to Forget”
- Department of Defence Studies, Canadian Forces College
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvlMZOBjt28
- 28 March 2018
- Elizabeth Renzetti on “Faux Real: How Fake News Undermines Democracy and What We Can Do About It”
- Columnist, The Globe and Mail
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=n70MWdTd5tw
- 04 April 2018
- David Burman and Liz Couture on “Drawdown: 100 solutions to Global Warming”
- youtube.com/watch?v=YkEOWszfmdQ