Posts from the ‘speakers’ category

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Crows are cool. That is all.

Check this out: Yes, this here video is showing a crow making its own freaking hook! Man, I could just go on about how marvelous these…

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Seminar! A CO2-sequestering geothermal power plant

Martin Saar from the University of Manitoba will be presenting, “A CO2-sequestering geothermal power plant.”  Unfortunately, there was no abstract provided, and I am unable to…

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How a conference managed to get over 250 attendees make Chewbacca sounds at once (plus a Chewbacca cognition poll)

Let me explain… First take a peek at this: I actually posted this earlier, but basically, what you’re seeing here is the promotional video for a…

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Climate Seminar! Geological Carbon Storage: Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project

There is a seminar this afternoon that should be prove to be very interesting.  Ben Rostrom will be presenting “Geological Storage of Carbon on a Large…

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Sir Ken Robinson: book signing opportunity.

Just a note to say that Sir Ken’s schedule on Wednesday is very tight (he has a flight to catch that afternoon). In any event, we’ve…

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Imagined Talks We’d Be Curious To See (A Promo Video for TEDx Terrytalks 2009)

It’s that time of year again, where I need to make a goofy video to promote Terrytalks (or technically, now TEDxTerrytalks). Last year, I did one…

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Game on folks. Our first Speaker Series event is confirmed!

I can’t quite describe the joy I feel in writing this post. We’ve been working this summer on organising the first speaker for the Terry Speaker…

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Who owns science? Sir John Sulston on May 19th

– – – This is just a heads up to say that John is giving a free talk at 12:30pm on May 19th. And basically, during…

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Chemistry Seminar Next Tuesday: Bugs, Bacteria and Drugs from Nature

Click for more information about Dr. Clardy. I’ve heard that he is a very engaging speaker. There will be tea and cookies served as well.

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Upcoming Rap Tribute to Darwin at The Norm…check it.

Baba Brinkman performs his brand new one-man show “The Rap Guide to Evolution” at the Vancouver Evolution Festival before taking it to the Edinburgh Fringe in…

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