Best Lecturer 2011

Join Big Ideas for five weeks of new lectures delivered by the winners of the first five Best Lecturer Competitions... Astronomy, Theatre, Ethics, the Human Brain, and the Cold War.

Rupinder Brar

2010 Best Lecturer winner Rupinder Brar delivers a lecture entitled The Impact of Astronomy on Humankind's Perception of the Universe. Dr. Brar is a Physics and Astronomy professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa.

April 16 at 5PM

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Rod Carley

2009 Best Lecturer winner Rod Carley of Canadore College in North Bay delivers a lecture entitled Theatre in the 21st Century: Touchstone to Humanity.

April 23 at 5PM

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Christopher W. diCarlo

2008 Best Lecturer winner Christopher W. diCarlo who won the competition for the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, delivers a lecture entitled The New Ethics: A Synthetic Approach to Understanding Good and Evil.

April 30 at 5PM

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Michael Persinger

2007 Best Lecturer winner Michael Persinger of Laurentian University in Sudbury delivers a lecture entitled Just Suppose You Could Know What Others Are Thinking, No More Secrets. (Select Publications)

May 7 at 5PM

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Arne Kislenko

2005 Best Lecturer winner Arne Kislenko of Ryerson University in Toronto delivers a lecture entitled Triumph and Tragedy: Southeast Asia and the Cold War.

May 14 at 5PM

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