Big Ideas

A showcase of ideas; engaging, articulate speakers stand behind lecterns across the province addressing audiences, exposing us to the differing ways of defining what matters and how that affects our understanding of the world.

Yossi Klein Halevi lectures on "The View From Israel"

John Ibbitson author of "The Polite Revolution"/Maude Barlow, author of "Too Close for Comfort" disagree about challenges facing Canada

Jeffrey Friedman: Rockfeller University , MD, PHD, a moleculargenetist whose discovery of the hormone leptin and its role in regulating body weight has changed our understanding of the causes of human obesity, has recieved two prestigious awards for this work: the Gairdner Foundation International Award and the Passano Foundation Award.