Today is World AIDS Day.
Each year, one day is set aside as a reminder to the world that millions of people are still dying from a disease that was discovered…
Read articleChina’s Economy – At a Cost
As China’s rapid economic expansion grows, it leaves a legacy of serious environmental degradation. Industrialization and urbanization in the country endured an absence of effective or…
Read articleWhy still care about landmines?
To many around the world who live without the daily fear of being injured or killed by a landmine, the movement to ban these indiscriminate weapons…
Read articleIt’s all about perspective people. A talk about science in Africa.
Hey, look at that! I’m giving a talk tomorrow (Michael Smith Lecture Hall, Michael Smith Building, 12:30pm, Nov 15th). The line reads: For the last five…
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DEFENDING FOOD FREEDOM
IN A PERIOD OF FOOD FASCISM
DR. VANDANA SHIVA – MARCH 12th, 2007
Quicktime 7 Required “Defending Food Freedom in a Preriod of Food Fascism.” (March 12th, 2007, Chan Shun Concert Hall, Chan Centre) AUDIO | PODCAST | VIDEO…
Read articleHans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you’ve ever seen
This has got to be one of my favourite TEDtalks. For more info go here.
Read articleHere we go again. James Watson talking nonsense…
This is the Bell Curve all over again, except that this time, heavy weight scientist of note, Dr. James Watson (he of the Watson and Crick…
Read articleLandscape vs. Public Space: Homelessness and Vancouver’s Olympic Bid
Vancouver is poised on the brink of World Citydom, and those closest to the Olympic project can almost taste it. David Cobb, senior vice president of…
Read articleSo Long, Development, and Thanks for All the Fish.
Aid: Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. Development: Teach a man to fish, he’ll eat for a lifetime. Modernization: If we could…
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My favourite Superheroes: the Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
By Shagufta Pasta,
Liminal: at a boundary or transitional point between two conditions, stages in a process, or ways of life. Pervez Musharraf, the President of Pakistan declared a…
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