Posts from the ‘cultural criticism’ category

Social Media: Too Much of a Good Thing? | Samia Khan | TEDxTerryTalks

Join Samia as she discusses how social media impacts us, from our mood to our mental health, and particularly in the university setting. From this, she…

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Cited Podcast Episode #1: ‘Superpredators’ Revisited

Jeff Coats was 14 years old when he kidnapped David Grenier. 20 years later, Jeff and David reflect on the crime and how it transformed their…

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The Story of Obedience | Serbulent Turan | TEDxTerryTalks

In this TEDx talk, Serbulent Turan tries to formulate an answer to the age-old question “why do we obey?” using the hybridity between political science and…

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Collaborative Lessons Learnt from the Ugandan Deaf Community: Nidhi Joseph and Ooi Koon Peng at TEDxTerry Talks 2013

During a UBC International Service Learning summer placement, Nidhi Joseph and Ooi Koon Peng travelled to Uganda to work on literacy programs with a community library.…

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How We Can Address Sexual Violence With Language Alone: Lucia Lorenzi at TEDxTerry Talks 2013

Lucia Lorenzi speaks passionately about the import role words play in addressing sexual violence. Drawing on both personal and professional knowledge, Lucia explores ideas surrounding the…

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Children from around the world and where they sleep.

I always find this kind of photojournalism incredibly compelling (for instance, one of my favourite books to give as a present is Menzel D’Aluisio’s Hungry Planet).…

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Notes on Being Metis

– – – Growing up, I knew I was mixed. I knew my mother and my father came from different backgrounds; my mother looked different than…

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The Silent Genocide: Aboriginal Language Loss FAQ

– – – What Is The Issue? – – – What is language death? Language death is a process by which the fluency of a language…

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From the slums of Shaolin…

Cary Campbell is a jazz studies student at Capilano University. Our recent podcast on rebranding and identity led to this piece on the power of analogy…

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