Jul 26, 2019
Normand Beaudet runs a nonviolence resource centre in Montreal that strategizes with various social movements. This summer his assistant is Jamie Latvaitis, a university student who will work in local communities to organize opposition to a proposed pipeline that will ship liquid natural gas across Quebec.
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Jul 23, 2019
Retired peace studies professors Nigel Young and Metta Spencer discuss their profession, Young's two new books, and their shared concerns about the probable future of nationalism, the topic of Young's forthcoming book, Postnational Memory: Peace, War; Making Pasts Beyond Borders.
This series of weekly discussions is...
Jul 15, 2019
Ashrith Doman explains to Metta what a fuel cell is and who might choose to use one for what purposes—as well as the pros and cons of electric vehicles, the cost of installing hydrogen service stations, and the reason why it may not be a good idea to convert carbon dioxide into alcohol.
Jul 9, 2019
Adele Buckley and Sandra Odendahl are both engineers who are interested in the technology and business end of capturing carbon from smokestacks. (Think "clean coal.") They say it's ready to use and greatly needed now, since thousands of coal-powered plants are still be constructed and will be around for several...
Jul 1, 2019
David Last is a Canadian who served in Cyprus and the former Yugoslavia as a UN peacekeeper, then trained peacekeepers from several countries. He argues that a key to reducing violence in the world is to educate military professionals to address the political problems that lead to violence. As a professor he's doing...