The Conversation Piece
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Need something new to talk about? Subscribe to the podcast that challenges the way you see everything in ten minutes or less. The Walrus Talks is a national event series that sparks conversations on the issues that matter most to Canadians. *The music in this podcast has been licensed and is called Intelligent Molecule by LexPremium.
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Jesse McCormick: We Can’t Build Canada Strong Without Building Trust First
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Pacinthe Mattar: DEI and Anti-Palestinian Racism
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Bardia Sinaee: Poetry Versus The Machine
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Dr. Jan Hare: The Role of Teachers
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Rachel Doran: Canada’s Electrification Opportunity
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Cyndi Gilbert: How The Bike Brigade Fosters a Culture of Community Care
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Vinod Rajasekaran: Prioritizing Wellbeing in the Volunteer Sector
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Kasandra James: Reimagining More Diverse Stories of Volunteerism
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Suman Roy: Volunteer Programs Must Respect the Needs of Volunteers
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Darrell Pinto: Finding Purpose Through Volunteering
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Susan Pinker: Volunteerism’s Impact on Health, Happiness, and Longevity
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Sara Lyons: Canada’s National Volunteer Action Strategy
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Chief Kluane Adamek: Land, Water, and Belonging
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Kelly Lendsay: Indigenous Workplace Belonging
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Dr. Becky Cook: Rebuilding Indigenous Autonomy, Nationhood, and Belonging
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Camryn Dewar: Finding Belonging Through Indigenous Opera
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Kahir Lalji: The Importance of Culturally Relevant Social Prescribing
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Diana Rose: Social Prescribing in Action
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Dr. Kate Mulligan: Focusing on What Matters to Us
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Kim Samuel: Social Prescribing and the Four Ps of Belonging
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Samantha Reusch: Why Civic Leaders Need to Listen to Youth
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Kishone Roy: Tackling Generational Gentrification
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Justin Ling: Three Factors Behind Increased Polarization in Canada
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Valerie Creighton: Canada Is a Creative Powerhouse
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Golnaz Golnaraghi: Why Career Programs Fail Racialized Women
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Elizabeth Dubois: Digital Citizenship
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Luna Matatas: Reconnecting to Pleasure During Menopause
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Dr. Sheila Wijayasinghe: How to Self-Advocate as a Perimenopausal Patient
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Dr. Iliana Lega: Understanding Hormone Replacement Therapy
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Dr. Ariel Dalfen: Four Questions for Menopausal Mental Health
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Dr. Jenny Godley: Menopause in the Modern Workplace
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Sarain Fox: Sitting With Your Grandmother
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Janet Ko: Closing the Menopause Knowledge Gap
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Dianne Whelan: 7 Lessons From Travelling the Trans Canada Trail
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May 17, 2024 |
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Carolynne Crawley: My Relations
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May 10, 2024 |
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Ambika Tenneti: Newcomers Access to Nature is Vital
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May 03, 2024 |
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Iraz Soyalp: Why We Need Equitable Access to Nature
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Dr. Melissa Lem: The Prescription calls for Nature
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Sean Kheraj: Canadians’ Troubled History with Oil Pipelines
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Marlaine Koehler: Civic Engagement Builds Our Access to Nature
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Nick Saul: The Magic of Sharing Food in Your Community
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Jessica Ching: Trust Patients, Trust Women
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Paulette Senior: Gender-Based Violence Is Not an Exceptional Experience
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Fay Slift and Fluffy Soufflé: Empowering Children to Be Proud of Who They Are
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Angela Sterritt: Believe Indigenous Peoples' Stories
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Shree Paradkar: You Cannot Silence Journalists with Abuse
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Anuradha Dugal: The Gender Gap in Emergency Planning
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Jake Stika: The Papercuts of Patriarchy
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Pamela Cross: The Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Intimate Partner Violence
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Navneet Alang: AI in Debate
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Kamal Al-Solaylee: In Defence of Ghettos
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Chief Sharleen Gale: First Nations Are on the Front Line of Energy Projects—and Their Impacts
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Max Brault: Improving Employment for People with Disabilities
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Sharon Nyangweso: Equity and Justice as a Technical Skill
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Cheyenne Sundance: The Next Generation of Farmers Are in Our Cities
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Tabatha Bull: We Will Not Achieve Reconciliation without Vibrant Indigenous Economies
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Cadar Mohamud: Podcasting to Share Authentic Narratives
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May 17, 2023 |
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Lynne Groulx: It’s a Life and Death Matter
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware: Toward a Future That Is Bigger than We Dreamed
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Agapi Gessesse: Building Employment Opportunities for Black Youth
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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International Women's Day | Heather O’Neill: Girls Contain Multitudes
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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The Late Stephen Trumper: Troubleshooting Disability
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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André Picard: Were Pandemic Elder Deaths Preventable?
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Toufah Jallow: How to Humanize and Accept Survivor Stories
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Andrea Gunraj: The 5 C's and the Care Economy
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Ashlee Cunsolo: Ecological Grief and the Climate Crisis
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Chief Cadmus Delorme: The Future of Truth and Reconciliation
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Camille Dundas: Going Farther than Hiring a BIPOC
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Naila Moloo: Including Youth in the Climate Change Conversation
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Candice Shaw: Colonialism Creates Poverty By Design
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May 18, 2022 |
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Fae Johnstone: Mental Health Is about More than Self-care
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May 04, 2022 |
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Jake Stika: Redefining What It Means to Be a Man
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Kate Harris: Satisfying Our Inner Explorer
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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David MacDonald: CEO Bonuses are Boundless
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Menaka Thakkar: Dance is a Universal Language
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Claire Trottier: Tax Me, I Am The 1%
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Karina LeBlanc: Becoming your Best Self off the Field
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Joel Bothello: Who Is Most Susceptible to Imposter Syndrome?
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Myrna Lashley: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Equity and Compassion
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Natalie Bull: A Hope and a Prayer for Places of Faith
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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Kerri Martin: Gratitude for Nature and Access to its Beauty
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Devyani Saltzman: Our Culture is at a Tipping Point
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Mark Henick: Surrendering to Discomfort
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Carly Ziter: The Ecosystems in Our Cities
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Roberta Jamieson: I Honour You by Giving, You Honour Me by Receiving
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Steve Shih: Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Damian Rogers: World Alzheimer's Day
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Prerna Singh: Nationalism Is Not Always Bad for Democracy
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Vanessa Tait: Reclaiming Our Place in the Teepee
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Sara Abdessamie: International Youth Day
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika: Resilience is Not Simply Survival
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Vinita Srivastava: Resilience Is Not a Policy
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Season Three Trailer
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Ann Hui: Shifting the She-Cession
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May 26, 2021 |
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Lauren McKeon: The Leadership of Women
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May 19, 2021 |
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Wency Leung: The Toxicity of Loneliness
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May 12, 2021 |
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Anubha Momin: The Immigrant Settler
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May 05, 2021 |
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Eternity Martis: Sharing your Truths
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Waubgeshig Rice: World Book Day
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Dianna Hu: Spoon Suckers
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Daryl Haggard: Why Black Holes Have Excellent Manners
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Krista Byers-Heinlein: The Value of Linguistic Diversity
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Anand Giridharadas: Giving, Getting, and Glorification
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Kim Samuel: One Year of Social Isolation
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Sally Armstrong: The Power of Inclusivity
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Graham Greene: Better Living through Kindness
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Irwin Adam: Your Mouth is Transforming the World
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Aimee Louw: What Would Life be like Without Ableism?
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Siri Agrell: How to Get Laid Without your Phone
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Terry O'Reilly: Marketing to our Vices
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Sandy Hudson: Why Am I Waiting for Somebody Else to Do This?
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Deb Saucier: The Glass Steeple Chase of Academia
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Samra Habib: Owning Our Identities
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Carol Off: This Campfire that is Canada
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Teva Harrison: Appreciating the Small Everyday Successes
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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Andrew Boozary: Housing and the Pathologies of Poverty
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Valérie Plante: Is There Privilege in Pandemic Times?
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Shari Austin: We Need More Canadians
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Hilary Black and the Fight to Legalize Cannabis
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Julie S. Lalonde and the (uncomfortable) Canadian Conversation
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Cherise Burda and the Cost of Location, Location, Location
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Kaite Burkholder Harris and the Context of the Homeless
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Yann LeCun and Artificial Intelligence VS Cats
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Season Two Trailer
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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CIFAR Fellow Adrian Owen
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Filmmaker Atom Egoyan
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Historian Paige Raibmon
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Dr. Deena Hinshaw
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Brenda Andress
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Annie Kidder
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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Writer Noor Naga
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Singer-Songwriter Corb Lund
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Writer Emma Donoghue
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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Lauren Voisin
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Olympian Waneek Horn-Miller
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Songwriter Bif Naked
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Inclusion Specialist Ritu Bhasin
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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Spoken Word Poet Mustafa Ahmed
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Social Entrepreneur Zita Cobb
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Host and Playwright Amanda Parris
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Actor Eva Greyeyes
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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Brittany Andrew-Amofah
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Author Desmond Cole
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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Samantha Reusch of Apathy is Boring
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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Poet Rupi Kaur
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May 27, 2020 |
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Banff Centre's Janice Price
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May 20, 2020 |
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Lisa Moore + Pierre Kwenders + Lido Pimienta
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May 13, 2020 |
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Innovator Kamran Khan
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May 06, 2020 |
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Story-teller Margaret Atwood
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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UNESCO's Vivek Venkatesh
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Researcher Jennifer McGrath
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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Singer-Songwriter Christa Couture
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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Broadcaster Shelagh Rogers
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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Health Journalist Andre Picard
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Mar 23, 2020 |