Lectures and Events
Engage with the community through one of SFU Continuing Studies’ public lectures, events, or forums. Most are free, and admission is open to anyone. Some events require reservations.
May 2019
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Sat, 25 May 2019 1:30 PM
Free Forum | Motherhood in Art History -
Mon, 27 May 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | The philosophy of an algorithm: What does Big Data mean to you? -
Mon, 27 May 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Observing oneself: Why do I feel angry? -
Tue, 28 May 2019 2:30 PM
Free Workshop: Writing an Essay for the Liberal Arts Certificate -
Tue, 28 May 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | It’s been said that we dream our lives in grand gestures, but we live our lives in little moments. What does that mean to you? -
Wed, 29 May 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | Is wealth relative? What does that mean for us? The country? The world? -
Wed, 29 May 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | How can you trust someone you haven’t met? Can you establish good faith with someone online? -
Wed, 29 May 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Should Canada adopt the ideas in “The Leap Manifesto: A Call for a Canada Based on Caring for the Earth and One Another.” -
Fri, 31 May 2019 7:00 PM
Pop-up Café | What in life is truly objective and not subjective?
June 2019
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Sun, 02 Jun 2019 3:00 PM
Philosophers' Cafe | Why do we feel lonely? Is there a difference between loneliness and being alone? -
Mon, 03 Jun 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Buying local: how important is it that we can get products and services made within 100 miles of where we live? -
Wed, 05 Jun 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Spiritual materialism: are we blocked from spiritual growth by our ego and believing that possessions, belief systems or states of mind will keep dissatisfaction at bay? -
Thu, 06 Jun 2019 1:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Inspiration from small moments: how do brief moments in our lives inspire us, change us or generate new meaning? -
Thu, 06 Jun 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What is the experience of being a child or grandchild of an immigrant? -
Fri, 07 Jun 2019 6:00 PM
Pop Up Café | End of life care: What do we in Canada and the West do well? -
Sat, 08 Jun 2019 3:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Appropriating public space: Do men take up more than their fair share of a discussion? Do they determine its direction? -
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 7:00 PM
Free Lecture | Resilience and Older Adults: Challenges for Individuals and Communities -
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What are the strengths and weaknesses of the idea of family as a building block of society? -
Tue, 11 Jun 2019 5:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What are the basic principles of morality? -
Tue, 11 Jun 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is social media a new form of creative writing? Do you think we read more Facebook posts and tweets than actual books? -
Wed, 12 Jun 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | The philosophy of an algorithm: What does Big Data mean to you? -
Wed, 12 Jun 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café| According to Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown, “The best things in life are free.” What are the best things in life, and are they really free? -
Thu, 13 Jun 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | What have you learned from your parent(s) about treating children? -
Thu, 13 Jun 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Mind, body, spirit and the growing mental health crisis: Why are we mentally so unwell and does psychiatry hold the cure? -
Thu, 13 Jun 2019 7:00 PM
Philosopher's Café | “One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice.” What do you feel poet Mary Oliver is talking about? How does it apply to us? -
Fri, 14 Jun 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | What is freeganism? Do some of its ideas and principles have something important to say to us? -
Fri, 14 Jun 2019 12:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Private music lessons versus school music programs: is one better for children? -
Mon, 17 Jun 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Are you really in control of your behaviour? -
Tue, 18 Jun 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | How do we connect with others? Is there a ripple effect? -
Tue, 18 Jun 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | How might the artist stimulate ethical stewardship in the current ecological climate? -
Wed, 19 Jun 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | How do we determine just how big a government should be? -
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | How does today’s rapidly changing mass media enhance or limit life? Does it make a difference if you are a senior? -
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 2:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Does your search for the perfect answer keep you from making decisions, taking risks and growing? What’s behind the drive to be perfect? -
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 2:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | John Dillinger, whose birthday is June 21, was a rogue bank robber in the 20s and 30s who has been idolized in American film and lore. Does celebrating outlaw heroes undermine our social fabric? -
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 7:00 PM
Russian Café | Что дало 20-летнее научное изучение Околосмертных переживаний? -
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is there a place for the sacred in a secular society? -
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is war a natural condition? Is there any hope of living in peace? -
Sat, 22 Jun 2019 1:30 PM
Free Forum | Translation Theory Debate - Another Culture War -
Mon, 24 Jun 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Do we base our ethics on individual responsibility or collective duty? -
Tue, 25 Jun 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What money can’t (and shouldn’t) buy: What limits should there be on what we allow to be bought, sold and advertised? -
Wed, 26 Jun 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | What is truth? Do you want it? How can you tell if you have it? -
Wed, 26 Jun 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | We are all born into and live within great systems that govern opportunities and oppressions. When it comes to the medical, legal and educational systems—do we have a meaningful say? -
Wed, 26 Jun 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is there a persistent gap between materialist science and western religion and should we be working to close this gap? -
Wed, 26 Jun 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is better to look at history as a single solid set of facts or as a set of narratives or metaphors? Which is easier? Is one more beneficial? -
Wed, 26 Jun 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Can we make ethical choices when we participate in social and economic systems that are unsustainable and unjust? -
Wed, 24 Jul 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | How explicit is our modern social contract? Do we need to formalize or codify what we owe each other?
July 2019
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Wed, 03 Jul 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | All joy and no fun: what are the benefits and challenges of raising children? -
Thu, 04 Jul 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What is the true relationship between art, science and nature? -
Sun, 07 Jul 2019 11:15 AM
Philosophers' Cafe | What different racisms have you experienced? Why do we judge and exclude people? -
Tue, 09 Jul 2019 5:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Does capitalism have any underlying moral values? -
Tue, 09 Jul 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Which art form is playing the biggest role in our culture today: visual, performance or literary? -
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Are single adults ignored in our society? Is this attitude contributing to the increased numbers of singles living in isolation? -
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | If you can’t travel far from home this summer, what kind of Metro-Vancouver “staycation” would you design for the best possible vacation experience? -
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is freedom of speech under threat in Canada? -
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 7:00 PM
Philosopher's Café | Author Neil Gaiman offered this advice: “If you do it with enough assurance and confidence, you’re allowed to do whatever you like.” Is this quote inspiring? Is it reckless? How so? -
Sat, 13 Jul 2019 3:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What is the most important thing you learned at school? -
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 6:00 PM
CANCELLED | What is the resistance to wholism? And why is the spirit not considered as integral to the whole? -
Wed, 17 Jul 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is reality more than our senses and the brain? -
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 2:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Consumerism, minimalism and Swedish death cleaning: When do you have enough stuff? -
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 2:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | In the wake of Canada Day celebrations, what is your vision for Canada's future? What qualities of community would you like to see us cultivating? -
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café |If all suffering is for a reason, should we intervene? -
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 7:00 PM
TWS Graduation & Reunion -
Wed, 24 Jul 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | How explicit is our modern social contract? Do we need to formalize or codify what we owe each other? -
Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:30 AM
Pop Up Café | What does the worth and dignity of every person mean? -
Mon, 29 Jul 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is pain different from suffering? -
Mon, 29 Jul 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | The role of utopia: can we envision a better future? -
Tue, 30 Jul 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | English poet Sir Andrew Motion offered this advice: "Let your subject find you." Does this apply to us? If so, how? If not, why? -
Wed, 31 Jul 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | How does the patriarchy also oppress men?
August 2019
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Wed, 07 Aug 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Follow your weird: can going against conventions yield creativity, authenticity and knowledge? -
Thu, 08 Aug 2019 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | Is BC “super” as well as “natural”? -
Thu, 08 Aug 2019 7:00 PM
Philosopher's Café | Author Bernard Cornwell popularized “wyrd bið ful aræd”, which means “fate is inexorable” or “fate is immovable.” How does this relate to our world and to us as individuals? -
Thu, 08 Aug 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What is art in the age of technology? -
Sat, 10 Aug 2019 3:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What one thing do you think would make the world a better place (apart from winning the lottery)? -
Sun, 11 Aug 2019 11:15 AM
Philosophers' Café | How can a settler or immigrant cultures realize a harmonious relationship with Indigenous peoples of Canada? -
Tue, 13 Aug 2019 5:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is morality a means of keeping the underclasses in line? What remedies do we have to being treated wrongly? -
Tue, 13 Aug 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Accessible art and intellectual property in the digital era: should we make all art free? -
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | If it’s possible to be brought back from the dead, is death really a permanent condition? -
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 6:00 PM
CANCELLED | How does political unrest or instability impact the artistic community? -
Thu, 22 Aug 2019 2:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | As many people prepare to return to school next month, what can be done to update the education we provide citizens? Are there core values that should inform all education? -
Tue, 27 Aug 2019 6:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is." How much truth is there in Yogi Berra’s statement? -
Wed, 28 Aug 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | What is the meaning and purpose of life? -
Wed, 28 Aug 2019 6:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | When does someone get the right to speak with authority? What context or history grants authority to an opinion, and how do listeners decide when someone is abusing their authoritative voice? -
Wed, 28 Aug 2019 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is this it? Should we focus on experiencing the sacred in this world, in our everyday experience?
September 2019
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Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:00 AM
End of Life Matters