• Thu, 20 Jun 2019 2:30 PM | The Sanctuary in Brentwood
  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? | Brian Fraser
• Wed, 26 Jun 2019 6:30 PM | Burnaby Public Library (Tommy Douglas branch)
  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? | Keith Caspell
• Fri, 28 Jun 2019 6:15 PM | SFU Burnaby Interfaith Centre
  What scientific breakthrough would have the biggest effect on humanity? | Farnaz Badiee
• Thu, 18 Jul 2019 2:30 PM | The Sanctuary in Brentwood
  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? | Brian Fraser
• Wed, 24 Jul 2019 6:30 PM | Burnaby Public Library (Tommy Douglas branch)
  How explicit is our modern social contract? Do we need to formalize or codify what we owe each other? | Keith Caspell
• Wed, 24 Jul 2019 6:30 PM | Burnaby Public Library (Tommy Douglas branch)
  How explicit is our modern social contract? Do we need to formalize or codify what we owe each other? | Keith Caspell
• Thu, 22 Aug 2019 2:30 PM | The Sanctuary in Brentwood
  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? | Brian Fraser
• Wed, 28 Aug 2019 6:30 PM | Burnaby Public Library (Tommy Douglas branch)
  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? | Keith Caspell

• Tue, 18 Jun 2019 10:30 AM | Dogwood Pavilion, Coquitlam
  How do we connect with others? Is there a ripple effect? | Marilyn Meden

• Thu, 20 Jun 2019 7:00 PM | The ACT Maple Ridge
  Is there a place for the sacred in a secular society? | Gary Cleave

• Wed, 26 Jun 2019 6:00 PM | New Westminster Museum and Archives
  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? | Valerie Malla
• Wed, 10 Jul 2019 6:00 PM | New Westminster Museum and Archives
  Are single adults ignored in our society? Is this attitude contributing to the increased numbers of singles living in isolation? | Valerie Malla

• Mon, 29 Jul 2019 7:00 PM | Lynn Valley Library
  NEW DATE: The role of utopia: can we envision a better future? | Reema Faris

• Thu, 20 Jun 2019 7:00 PM | Terry Fox Library
  Is war a natural condition? Is there any hope of living in peace? | Hilary Morden
• Thu, 18 Jul 2019 7:00 PM | Terry Fox Library
  If all suffering is for a reason, should we intervene? | Hilary Morden
• Thu, 15 Aug 2019 7:00 PM | Terry Fox Library
  If it’s possible to be brought back from the dead, is death really a permanent condition? | Hilary Morden

• Wed, 26 Jun 2019 10:30 AM | Gallery Bistro
  What is truth? Do you want it? How can you tell if you have it? | Marilyn Medén
• Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:30 AM | Gallery Bistro
  What does the worth and dignity of every person mean? | Marilyn Medén

• Thu, 20 Jun 2019 7:00 PM | Richmond Public Library (Brighouse branch) — café in Russian
  Crisis of Western liberalism; what's next? | Will Tesler
• Wed, 26 Jun 2019 6:30 PM | Richmond Public Library (Brighouse branch)
  Is there a persistent gap between materialist science and western religion and should we be working to close this gap? | Ben Mejilla
• Thu, 11 Jul 2019 6:30 PM | Steveston Community Centre
  Is freedom of speech under threat in Canada? | Christopher Ludwig
• Wed, 17 Jul 2019 6:30 PM | Richmond Public Library (Brighouse branch)
  Is reality more than our senses and the brain? | Ben Mejilla
• Wed, 28 Aug 2019 6:30 PM | Richmond Public Library (Brighouse branch)
  What is the meaning and purpose of life? | Ben Mejilla

• Mon, 17 Jun 2019 6:30 PM | Surrey Libraries (Ocean Park branch)
  Are you really in control of your behaviour? | Daniel Sanderson

• Tue, 18 Jun 2019 6:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Firehall branch)
  How might the artist stimulate ethical stewardship in the current ecological climate? | Sheinagh Anderson
• Wed, 19 Jun 2019 7:00 PM | Trout Lake Community Centre
  How do we determine just how big a government should be? | Jim Lyall
• Thu, 20 Jun 2019 2:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (South Hill branch)
  Does your search for the perfect answer keep you from making decisions, taking risks and growing? What’s behind the drive to be perfect? | Karen Southall Watts
• Mon, 24 Jun 2019 6:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Renfrew branch)
  Do we base our ethics on individual responsibility or collective duty? | Aman Saini
• Tue, 25 Jun 2019 6:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (West Point Grey branch)
  What money can’t (and shouldn’t) buy: What limits should there be on what we allow to be bought, sold and advertised? | Mark Battersby
• Wed, 26 Jun 2019 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Britannia Branch)
  Can we make ethical choices when we participate in social and economic systems that are unsustainable and unjust? | Mark Stewart
• Wed, 03 Jul 2019 6:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Mount Pleasant branch)
  All joy and no fun: what are the benefits and challenges of raising children? | Mark Stewart
• Thu, 04 Jul 2019 7:00 PM | Italian Cultural Centre Museum
  What is the true relationship between art, science and nature? | Aman Saini
• Sun, 07 Jul 2019 11:15 AM | Sunset Community Centre — note new start time
  What different racisms have you experienced? Why do we judge and exclude people? | Aman Saini
• Tue, 09 Jul 2019 5:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Carnegie branch)
  Does capitalism have any underlying moral values? | Alan Belk
• Tue, 09 Jul 2019 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Kitsilano Branch)
  Which art form is playing the biggest role in our culture today: visual, performance or literary? | Luba Kudryavtseva
• Thu, 11 Jul 2019 10:30 AM | 411 Seniors Centre
  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? | Randall MacKinnon
• Thu, 11 Jul 2019 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Joe Fortes branch)
  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? | Bill Arnott
• Sat, 13 Jul 2019 3:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Hastings branch)
  What is the most important thing you learned at school? | Alan Belk
• Tue, 16 Jul 2019 6:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Firehall branch)
  CANCELLED What is the resistance to wholism? And why is the spirit not considered as integral to the whole? | Sheinagh Anderson
• Thu, 18 Jul 2019 2:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (South Hill branch)
  Consumerism, minimalism and Swedish death cleaning: When do you have enough stuff? | Karen Southall Watts
• Mon, 29 Jul 2019 6:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Renfrew branch)
  Is pain different from suffering? | Aman Saini
• Tue, 30 Jul 2019 6:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (West Point Grey branch)
  English poet Sir Andrew Motion offered this advice: "Let your subject find you." Does this apply to us? If so, how? If not, why? | Bill Arnott
• Wed, 31 Jul 2019 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Britannia Branch)
  How does the patriarchy also oppress men? | Mark Stewart
• Wed, 07 Aug 2019 6:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Mount Pleasant branch)
  Follow your weird: can going against conventions yield creativity, authenticity and knowledge? | Mark Stewart
• Thu, 08 Aug 2019 10:30 AM | 411 Seniors Centre
  Is BC “super” as well as “natural”? | Randall MacKinnon
• Thu, 08 Aug 2019 7:00 PM | Italian Cultural Centre Museum
  What is art in the age of technology? | Aman Saini
• Thu, 08 Aug 2019 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Joe Fortes branch)
  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? | Bill Arnott
• Sat, 10 Aug 2019 3:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Hastings branch)
  What one thing do you think would make the world a better place (apart from winning the lottery)? | Alan Belk
• Sun, 11 Aug 2019 11:15 AM | Sunset Community Centre — note new start time
  How can a settler or immigrant cultures realize a harmonious relationship with Indigenous peoples of Canada? | Aman Saini
• Tue, 13 Aug 2019 5:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Carnegie branch)
  Is morality a means of keeping the underclasses in line? What remedies do we have to being treated wrongly? | Alan Belk
• Tue, 13 Aug 2019 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Kitsilano Branch)
  Accessible art and intellectual property in the digital era: should we make all art free? | Luba Kudryavtseva
• Tue, 20 Aug 2019 6:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Firehall branch)
  CANCELLED: How does political unrest or instability impact the artistic community? | Sheinagh Anderson
• Tue, 27 Aug 2019 6:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (West Point Grey branch)
  "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? | Meguido Zola
• Wed, 28 Aug 2019 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Britannia Branch)
  Is this it? Should we focus on experiencing the sacred in this world, in our everyday experience? | Mark Stewart

• Thu, 20 Jun 2019 10:30 AM | West Vancouver Memorial Library
  How does today’s rapidly changing mass media enhance or limit life? Does it make a difference if you are a senior? | Randall MacKinnon

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