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Heather-jane RobertsonWhat the Right has done right, and what the Left can learnThis lecture, packaged into a one-hour programme with a talk by Murray Dobbin on Medicare, was...... |
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Murray DobbinFraming the Medicare Issue: Fighting to Win.This talk, packaged into a one-hour programme with a lecture by Heather-jane Robertson on "What...... |
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Maher ArarFragile Rights: The Erosion of our Human Rights and Civil Liberties in the Name of National SecurityIn 2002, while in transit in New York’s JFK airport when returning home from a vacation, Arar was...... |
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Clive DoucetUrban Meltdown: How Cities MalfunctionThe Writers' Trust of Canada, which nominated author and Ottawa city councillor Clive Doucet's...... |
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Chris TurnerThe Geography of HopeConcerned about the unpromising future his newborn daughter might face, the Calgary-based ...... |
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Malcolm Gladwell and Adam GopnikCanada: Nation or Notion?*PLEASE NOTE* For copyright reasons this programme will only be available for download and...... |
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Michael AblemanFeeding the FutureThis edition of Canadian Voices features farmer, photographer and author Michael Ableman, speaking...... |
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Margaret AtwoodDebt as Plot* PLEASE NOTE * For reasons of copyright, this programme will only be available for streaming audio...... |
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Andrew CohenThe Unfinished CanadianTaking from his book, the Carleton University journalism professor asks why Canada is so reluctant...... |
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Beverley JacobsStolen Sisters: Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in CanadaIn March 2004, the Native Women’s Association of Canada and the ecumenical social justice network...... |
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Norman DoidgeThe Brain That Changes ItselfDuring the lecture, Dr. Doidge presents research that the brain is a plastic, living organ that can...... |
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Margaret VisserThe Gift of ThanksThis edition of Canadian Voices features cultural historian Margaret Visser, speaking on themes...... |
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Hamida GhafourThe Sleeping Buddha: Portraits of a Changing AfghanistanWhen Hamida Ghafour returned to Afghanistan in 2003 to report for the Daily Telegraph, she found a...... |
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Marina NematPrisoner of TehranAuthor Marina Nemat speaks on themes from her book “ Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir”, which...... |
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Megan BolerReframing the Story: Media Tactics and Interventions, Digital Dissent and SatireIn this lecture, Ms Boler ponders questions surrounding evolving media's impact on culture. Today,...... |
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Jeffrey SimpsonHot Air: Fixing Canada's Climate Change CatastropheJeffrey Simpson asserts that climate-change scoffers are now increasingly rare. He contends that...... |
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Gabor MateAddictions and the Biology of Loss: What Happens When Parent-Child Attachments are ImpairedGabor Mate contends that the first years of a child's life have the greatest impact on the...... |
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Martin Van Den BorreFair Trade and Survival: The Cooperative RevolutionLa Siembra Worker Co-op in Ottawa, of which Mr. Van den Borre is Co-Director, produces the award...... |
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Darin BarneyOne Nation Under Google: Citizenship in the Technological Republic |
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Ariel GartenThe Neuroscience of Conflict: Understanding Dissent in the BrainThis edition of Canadian Voices features 2 talks from Salon Voltaire, an intellectual entertainment...... |
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Minelle MahtaniTricking the Border Guards: How Race is Performed Among Mixed Race WomenThis edition of Canadian Voices features 2 talks from Salon Voltaire, an intellectual entertainment...... |
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Michael GeistOur Own Creative Land: Cultural Monopoly and the Trouble with CopyrightThe concept of copyright law is familiar in traditional media such as book publishing, the art...... |
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Mark KingwellBoredom, Philosophy, and the Meaning of LifeMark Kingwell contends that it feels good to move fast because it allows us to achieve more, and...... |
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Carl HonoreIn Praise of SlownessWe live in the age of speed. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each...... |
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Maude BarlowThe Inconvenient Truth about the Commodification of WaterMaude Barlow's most recent book, published by McLelland and Stewart in October, 2007, is Blue...... |
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Chantal HebertCanada in the Post Unity Era: How Quebec is ( once again ) Redesigning the Canadian Political LandscapeHébert penned her first book, French Kiss: Stephen Harper’s Blind Date with Quebec , as both a post-...... |
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Linda McQuaigHolding the Bully's Coat: Canada and the U.S. EmpireIn Holding The Bully's Coat, Linda McQuaig explores Canada’s traditional role as a leading...... |
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Tzeporah BermanWho Will Repair It?The Jewish holiday Tu B’Shevat marks the “New year for the trees”, and traces its roots to the...... |
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Stephen LewisHuman Rights, Social Justice and Cultures of PeaceThis edition of Canadian Voices features Stephen Lewis, human rights activist, author, and former...... |
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Paul KennedyWhy Ideas MatterFrom the visual ideas put forward by Leonardo Da Vinci, musical thoughts created by Beethoven. and...... |
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David DivineRacial Diversity: North America’s Strength or Weakness?Professor David Divine is the James R. Johnston Chair of Black Canadian Studies at Dalhousie...... |
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Naomi KleinBecoming Shock Resistant: Confronting the Rise of Disaster CapitalismIn her most recent book, The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global free...... |
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Paul WatsonSaving Our OceansThey fire chocolate pies and stink bombs from cannons. They also sink docked ships. They've...... |
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Michael ByersIntent For a Nation: What Is Canada For?Intent for a Nation is Michael Byers' most recent book. Its title is followed by " A relentlessly...... |
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Buzz HargroveThe State of the Union Movement in CanadaIn the past two decades, the international labour movement has faced sizeable obstacles. In Canada,...... |
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Bruce MauThe Future of Environmental DesignBruce Mau has long been associated with big projects and big ideas. His approach has been called “in...... |
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Severn Cullis-SuzukiWho's the Revolutionary? How do we Want to Change the World?Loss of Biodiversity; Climate Change and Global Warming; Genetically Engineered Food; Pollution;...... |
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Joy KogawaMusings from a Writer's LifeThe Canadian Book Review Annual cites Joy Kogawa’s accomplishment in her award-winning first novel,...... |
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Wade DavisDeath and Life in the EthnosphereOf the estimated 6000 languages spoken around the world, over half are not being taught to children....... |
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John Ralston SaulDemocracy, Citizenship and SovereigntyAs an essayist Saul is particularly known for his commentaries on the nature of individualism,...... |
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Thomas Homer-DixonThe Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of CivilizationIn his recent book, The Upside of Down, Homer-Dixon argues that converging stresses could cause a...... |
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Sheila Watt-CloutierThe Right to Be Cold: The Arctic Environment, Climate Change, and Human RightsWatt-Cloutier argues that for the 155,000 residents of the circumpolar region, climate change has...... |
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Stephen LegaultThe Tao of Activism and LeadershipActivists are motivated to effect change for a number of reasons, not the least of which is often...... |
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Zool Suleman and Jason GratlRacial Profiling: Seeking Security, Fragmenting Canadian Society?In the Post 9-11 world, racial profiling has come forward as a tool to aid government in creating a...... |
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Mary-Wynne AshfordEnough Blood Shed: 101 Solutions to Violence, Terror and WarWith thanks to the media dictum “If it bleeds, it leads" North Americans have become increasingly...... |
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Melanie MarkSurvivor, Leader, Activist: A Journey of a Nisga’a Warrior PrincessMelanie Mark is from the Nisga'a Nation. Growing up in a disadvantaged environment, Melanie has...... |
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Mark JaccardFossil Fuels: Friend or Foe ?More and more people believe we must wean ourselves from fossil fuels - oil, natural gas and coal -...... |
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Adrienne ClarksonA Society of DifferenceCanadians have come to believe that the diversity we enjoy in our country is familiar and...... |
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Steven StaplesMissile Defence: Round OneIn the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the US embarked on a mission to...... |
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Guy DaunceySustainable Energy Solutions at the End of The Age of OilClimate change is a change in the “average weather” that a given region experiences over time. When...... |
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Jane JacobsAn Evening With Jane JacobsJane Jacobs is widely recognised as one of the founders of the "new urbanism" movement, an...... |
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Matthew ElrodCanada’s Drug Policy: Impacts on Civil LibertiesWiretaps, thermal –imaging devices, electronic tracking bugs, mandatory minimum sentencing, asset...... |
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Michael GoldbergChild Poverty, Social Programs and Children’s RightsArticle 27 of the UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child guarantees that all children shall have...... |
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Murray MollardCanada’s Anti Terrorism Act and Domestic Human Rights since 9/11Despite the careful crafting of treaties and declarations that recognize the responsibility of...... |
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Jeffrey SommersHousing, Health and Income Security: Human Rights in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside The Downtown Eastside of Vancouver has been repeatedly called “ Canada’s Worst Neighbourhood”,...... |
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Shari GraydonChildren’s Rights and Media Potential: We Can Do BetterThe U.N Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most endorsed Human Rights treaty in the world,...... |
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Irshad ManjiConfession of a Muslim Dissident: Why I Fight for Women, Jews, Gays…and Allah.Ms. Manji has just written The Trouble With Islam: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in her Faith, in...... |
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Victor ChanThe Dalai Lama and Mind ScienceApplications of meditation are now common in the treatment of stress, pain, and a range of chronic...... |
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Linda McQuaigIt’s The Crude, Dude: War, Big Oil, and the Fight for the PlanetThe US consumes 25 percent of the world’s oil every year, yet has access to only 3 percent of its...... |
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Maude BarlowThe Implications and Consequences of Canada-US IntegrationFollowing the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in 2001, US national priorities...... |
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Romeo DallaireChild Soldiers in Africa: New Angles on this Instrument of WarAccording to the Canadian International Development Agency, worldwide, in any given year, over 300,0...... |
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Stephen LewisThe AIDS Pandemic in AfricaAccording to the 2004 UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic, between 35 million and 42 million...... |
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David SuzukiBiotechnology:The FutureBiotechnology is the application of living organisms to other matter with a desired effect of...... |
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Taiaiake AlfredWasase: Indigenous Pathways of Action and FreedomTaiaiake Alfred is a Kanien'kehaka scholar and orator who has dedicated himself to indigenous...... |
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Andre CarrelDemocracy: Back to BasicsIn Andre Carrel's Words: |
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Matt HernDeschooling, Democratic Education, and Social ChangeMatt Hern suggests that we need a lot less schooling in our lives, not more. |
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Heather MenziesNo Time: Stress and the Crisis of Modern LifeMedia culture guru Marshall McLuhan warned that “the scale and pace of technology could amputate...... |
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Percy SchmeiserGenetic Contamination and Its Effects on Family FarmsIn March 2001, Percy Schmeiser was found guilty of having plants of Monsanto-patented, Genetically...... |
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Mike HudemaCreative ResistanceDirect action is a form of resistance that aims to derail offensive practices to create more...... |
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Marlene SchiwyJournal Writing and the Art of Simple LivingAs writers Anais Nin and Virginia Woolf recognised, journal writing is a powerful tool of creative...... |
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