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.
March 2014
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Mon, 10 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Nuclear Technology Saved Society and Is Our Only Hope for the Future -
Tue, 11 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Me and the Media
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Wed, 12 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is the Phenomenon “God” Real? -
Wed, 12 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is Ethnicity Necessary? -
Wed, 12 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Gender Wars: Endless or Negotiable? -
Thu, 13 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | How’s Living in an Artificial World? -
Sat, 15 Mar 2014 1:30 PM
What Happyns? Documentary Screening and Dialogue (Free Surrey Preview) -
Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:00 AM
Philosophers' Café | Value of Elders -
Tue, 18 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Religion or Myth? -
Tue, 18 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Why Talk About Philosophy of Science?
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Tue, 18 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
Teen Café | Self-Confidence -
Wed, 19 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café Book Salon | Greek Lives by Plutarch -
Wed, 19 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What Is Wisdom and Why do Philosophers Love it So? -
Thu, 20 Mar 2014 2:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Certainty -
Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | Are We Losing our Way? -
Wed, 26 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is Free Will an Illusion? -
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Exercise: Time to Get Off the Treadmill? -
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is the World Population About to Start Shrinking? -
Sat, 29 Mar 2014 3:00 PM
Arts Salon | Contemporary Art Gallery -
Mon, 31 Mar 2014 7:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Should the Former or Settler Colonial Countries Pay Compensation for Colonialism and Slavery?
April 2014
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Wed, 02 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café Book Salon | Cosmopolis II: Mongrel Cities of the 21st Century by Leonie Sandercock -
Wed, 02 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Music -
Wed, 02 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Are Ecology and Economy Really Joined at the Hip? -
Thu, 03 Apr 2014 8:00 PM
The Writer's Studio Reading Series -
Mon, 07 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Ethical Commerce: Fact or Fiction -
Tue, 08 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Land of the Free?
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Wed, 09 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Minds, Brains and the Self: What Are We? -
Wed, 09 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Should Genetically Modified Food Exist? -
Thu, 10 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Is Love Found or Created? -
Mon, 14 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Taxing Unheathly Behaviour -
Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:00 AM
Philosophers' Café | Offer a Quality Education? Yes They Khan. -
Tue, 15 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Why Talk About History?
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Tue, 15 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Happiness -
Wed, 16 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | On Snobbery -
Thu, 17 Apr 2014 2:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Truth -
Thu, 17 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Modern Views About Human Genesis on the Earth -
Tue, 22 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Teen Café | Change -
Wed, 23 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | The Sorites Paradox -
Thu, 24 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | The Future of the Book -
Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | Are We Parasites? -
Fri, 25 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café Book Salon | Vancouver Stories: West Coast Fiction from Canada’s Best Writers by Raincoast Books -
Fri, 25 Apr 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Cultural Attitudes Toward Death and the Scientific Investigation of Human Skeletal Remains -
Mon, 28 Apr 2014 7:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | The Idea of a Just Society
May 2014
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Thu, 01 May 2014 8:00 PM
The Writer's Studio Reading Series -
Sun, 04 May 2014 7:00 PM
DOXA Film Festival Philosophers’ Café | Generation Online -
Mon, 05 May 2014 7:00 PM
DOXA Film Festival Philosophers’ Café | Even Bigger Brother -
Mon, 05 May 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Porn Is the New Black -
Tue, 06 May 2014 7:00 PM
DOXA Film Festival Philosophers’ Café | Where Does the Truth Lie? -
Wed, 07 May 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Happiness -
Mon, 12 May 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Greed, for Lack of a Better Word, Is Good -
Tue, 13 May 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Immigration
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Wed, 14 May 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Are Governments Necessary? -
Wed, 14 May 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What if Our Lives Have no Purpose? -
Thu, 15 May 2014 2:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Feeling -
Thu, 15 May 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Free discussion -
Fri, 16 May 2014 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | Challenge of the Charters -
Tue, 20 May 2014 10:00 AM
Philosophers' Café | National Security -
Tue, 20 May 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Free Will: In Theory and in Practice -
Tue, 20 May 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Why Be Rational?
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Tue, 20 May 2014 7:00 PM
Teen Café | Peer Pressure -
Wed, 21 May 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | On Bullshit -
Fri, 23 May 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Archaeology in the 21st Century -
Mon, 26 May 2014 7:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Are Many Western Democracies Adrift Towards Fascism?
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Wed, 28 May 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Cultural Hegemony -
Wed, 28 May 2014 7:00 PM
Free Lecture | Housing Alternatives for an Aging Population -
Thu, 29 May 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café Book Salon | Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
June 2014
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Mon, 02 Jun 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Depressed Rats Make Fine Fur Gloves -
Wed, 04 Jun 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Work and Family -
Thu, 05 Jun 2014 8:00 PM
The Writer's Studio Reading Series -
Mon, 09 Jun 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What Really Matters -
Wed, 11 Jun 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Legalize or Decriminalize Marijuana? -
Wed, 11 Jun 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | What Is God Good For? -
Thu, 12 Jun 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café Book Salon | Vancouver Stories: West Coast Fiction from Canada’s Best Writers by Raincoast Books -
Mon, 16 Jun 2014 7:30 PM
Philosophers' Café | Does Music Serve any Social Purpose?
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Tue, 17 Jun 2014 10:00 AM
Philosophers' Café | Housing -
Tue, 17 Jun 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Meaning and Business -
Tue, 17 Jun 2014 7:00 PM
Teen Café | What Would You Like to Learn in School? -
Wed, 18 Jun 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick! -
Thu, 19 Jun 2014 2:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Relations -
Thu, 19 Jun 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Russian Avant-Garde Paintings in the Museum on the Edge of a Desert -
Fri, 20 Jun 2014 10:30 AM
Philosophers' Café | What Is the Catch of the Month? -
Wed, 25 Jun 2014 7:00 PM
Philosophers' Café | Stereo Vision and the Hard Problem
July 2014
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Thu, 03 Jul 2014 8:00 PM
The Writer's Studio Reading Series