• Thu, 20 Sep 2018 7:00 PM | The Sanctuary in Brentwood
  Are our devices informing us or interrupting us? | Brian Fraser

• Wed, 26 Sep 2018 6:30 PM | Burnaby Public Library (Tommy Douglas branch)
  Should I marry my computer? | Aina Aliieva

• Fri, 28 Sep 2018 4:45 PM | SFU Burnaby Interfaith Centre
  How much does language affect our thinking? | Farnaz Badiee

• Mon, 01 Oct 2018 7:00 PM | Burnaby Public Library (McGill branch)
  Where do you get your news? Do you pay for it? | Manav Sekhri

• Thu, 18 Oct 2018 7:00 PM | The Sanctuary in Brentwood
  What generates gratitude in your life? | Brian Fraser

• Wed, 24 Oct 2018 6:30 PM | Burnaby Public Library (Tommy Douglas branch)
  How does the prospect of reconciliation between North Korea and South Korea impact the rest of the world? | Sukh Gill

• Mon, 05 Nov 2018 7:00 PM | Burnaby Public Library (McGill branch)
  Should religion play a role in politics? | Manav Sekhri

• Thu, 22 Nov 2018 7:00 PM | The Sanctuary in Brentwood
  As we celebrate Remembrance Day, what are the best ways to “take the torch” from those who died or were traumatized in war? | Brian Fraser

• Wed, 28 Nov 2018 6:30 PM | Burnaby Public Library (Tommy Douglas branch)
  Has the "treat yourself" epidemic changed the discourse on mental health in a positive or negative way? | Sukh Gill

• Mon, 03 Dec 2018 7:00 PM | Burnaby Public Library (McGill branch)
  Do you give to charity? How do you decide where to put your charity dollars? | Manav Sekhri

• Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:30 AM | Dogwood Pavilion, Coquitlam
  Imperfection: what are some examples and how does it affect us? | Marilyn Meden

• Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:30 AM | Dogwood Pavilion, Coquitlam
  What are the pros and cons nationalism? | Marilyn Meden

• Tue, 18 Dec 2018 10:30 AM | Dogwood Pavilion, Coquitlam
  Restorative justice: how does it work? How far can we take it? | Marilyn Meden

• Thu, 22 Nov 2018 7:00 PM | The ACT Maple Ridge
  What is the difference between force and power? Is there a difference? | Gary Cleave

• Thu, 20 Dec 2018 7:00 PM | The ACT Maple Ridge
  What is happiness? | Gary Cleave

• Wed, 17 Oct 2018 6:00 PM | The Anvil Centre
  With all the congestion of a metropolis, can we limit vehicles to bikes, trolleys and horse-drawn carriages? | Valerie Malla

• Wed, 21 Nov 2018 6:00 PM | The Anvil Centre
  The printed word has long-held a powerful authority and transformative potential around the world. How do you view the power of print and where do you see it headed? | Valerie Malla

• Mon, 22 Oct 2018 7:00 PM | Lynn Valley Library
  20 years ago, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled sexual orientation did not preclude individuals from legislative human rights protection. How has the social discourse around sexuality evolved since? | Reema Faris

• Mon, 26 Nov 2018 7:00 PM | Lynn Valley Library
  Six girls were convicted of assault in 1997 for their role in the deadly attack on Reena Virk. What has the impact been on our understanding of gender-based violence? | Reema Faris

• Thu, 29 Nov 2018 6:30 PM | CityScape Community Art Space
  How does anonymity impact our behaviour? | Maria Turnbull

• Thu, 20 Sep 2018 7:00 PM | Terry Fox Library
  What is sexy? How do you know if you are sexy? Does sexy even matter? | Hilary Morden

• Thu, 18 Oct 2018 7:00 PM | Terry Fox Library
  Our lives seem dominated by the pursuit, acquisition and hoarding of material resources and luxuries. Is there more to life than who dies with the most toys? | Hilary Morden

• Thu, 15 Nov 2018 7:00 PM | Terry Fox Library
  We like to believe we are evidence-based in our ideas, assumptions, and practices but what will future generations think of the way we live today? | Hilary Morden

• Thu, 13 Dec 2018 7:00 PM | Terry Fox Library
  Socrates argued that we must abide by the social contract: individuals must give up some individual rights and freedoms in exchange for safety and security. Is this true? | Hilary Morden

• Wed, 26 Sep 2018 1:30 PM | Gallery Bistro
  The #MeToo movement: what are the pros and cons? | Marilyn Medén

• Mon, 01 Oct 2018 7:00 PM | Port Moody Public Library
  Is financial literacy important in our daily lives? | Keith Caspell

• Wed, 24 Oct 2018 1:30 PM | Gallery Bistro
  Knowledge and wisdom: what is the difference? How do we use both in our lives? | Marilyn Medén

• Mon, 05 Nov 2018 7:00 PM | Port Moody Public Library
  What are the key elements of dispute resolution? | Keith Caspell

• Wed, 28 Nov 2018 1:30 PM | Gallery Bistro
  Ghandi’s lost shoe: how can a simple act benefit both the receiver and the giver? How is this accomplished? | Marilyn Medén

• Mon, 03 Dec 2018 7:00 PM | Port Moody Public Library
  Do you trust an automated system more if there is a real person you can talk to, even if the end result is the same? | Keith Caspell

• Thu, 20 Sep 2018 7:00 PM | Richmond Public Library (Brighouse branch) — café in Russian
  Феминизм, борьба против сексуального домогательства и пр: как меняется жизнь лучшей половины человечества? | Will Tesler

• Thu, 11 Oct 2018 6:30 PM | Steveston Community Centre
  What do you feel is the purpose and role of government? | Christopher Ludwig

• Thu, 18 Oct 2018 7:00 PM | Richmond Public Library (Brighouse branch) — café in Russian
  Насколько опасен( или полезен) для человечества прогресс Искусственного Интеллекта? | Will Tesler

• Thu, 08 Nov 2018 6:30 PM | Steveston Community Centre
  Are Western beauty norms and the aesthetics of Western art and music healthy or unhealthy, good or bad? | Christopher Ludwig

• Thu, 15 Nov 2018 7:00 PM | Richmond Public Library (Brighouse branch) — café in Russian
  Математика и музыка в живописи | Will Tesler

• Thu, 13 Dec 2018 6:30 PM | Steveston Community Centre
  Is suffering a necessary component of life? | Christopher Ludwig

• Thu, 20 Dec 2018 7:00 PM | Richmond Public Library (Brighouse branch) — café in Russian
  Мозг для нас или мы для мозга? Кто кем управляет? | Will Tesler

• Wed, 03 Oct 2018 6:30 PM | Tong Louie Family YMCA — café for teens
  First world problems: how does a lens of privilege impact how you look at life? | Adam Del Rosario and Dara Sidhu

• Thu, 04 Oct 2018 6:30 PM | Tong Louie Family YMCA — café for teens
  First world problems: how does a lens of privilege impact how you look at life? | Adam Del Rosario and Dara Sidhu

• Tue, 16 Oct 2018 6:30 PM | Surrey Libraries (Cloverdale branch)
  Are you free to choose your future? | Daniel Sanderson

• Thu, 18 Oct 2018 5:30 PM | Surrey City Centre Library, READ-Ability Lounge, 1st Floor
  Stop calling the police on me! For people from different cultural backgrounds to inhabit spaces without fear of misjudgement, what does the community need to learn? | Sukh Gill

• Wed, 07 Nov 2018 6:30 PM | Tong Louie Family YMCA — café for teens
  How to say goodbye? | Adam Del Rosario and Dara Sidhu

• Thu, 08 Nov 2018 6:30 PM | Tong Louie Family YMCA — café for teens
  How to say goodbye? | Adam Del Rosario and Dara Sidhu

• Thu, 15 Nov 2018 5:30 PM | Surrey City Centre Library, READ-Ability Lounge, 1st Floor
  How do racial and cultural stereotypes affect our mental health or our child raising practices? | Sukh Gill

• Wed, 05 Dec 2018 6:30 PM | Tong Louie Family YMCA — café for teens
  What’s your FQ? Do you think you are financially literate, or is your holiday spending going to leave you broke? | Adam Del Rosario and Dara Sidhu

• Thu, 06 Dec 2018 6:30 PM | Tong Louie Family YMCA — café for teens
  What’s your FQ? Do you think you are financially literate, or is your holiday spending going to leave you broke? | Adam Del Rosario and Dara Sidhu

• Thu, 13 Dec 2018 5:30 PM | Surrey City Centre Library, READ-Ability Lounge, 1st Floor
  What are the benefits and disadvantages to moving to a new country? | Aina Aliieva

• Tue, 25 Sep 2018 6:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (West Point Grey branch)
  How do you let go of things that can’t be changed? | Meguido Zola

• Wed, 03 Oct 2018 6:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Mount Pleasant branch)
  Is there a dominant culture of teachers and can it be influenced to change our education system for the better? | Mark Stewart

• Thu, 04 Oct 2018 7:00 PM | Italian Cultural Centre Museum
  How does the label of “craft,” “art,” or “handmade” affect the perceived value of artwork? | Angela Clarke

• Sat, 06 Oct 2018 11:00 AM | Vancouver Public Library (South Hill branch)
  ਅਨੁਮਾਨ ਲਗਾਣਾ ਜਾਂ ਖੁਸ਼ ਹੋਣਾ, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਵਿਚ ਵੱਡੇ ਹੋਣਾ ਅਤੇ ਰਹਿਣਾ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਦਾ ਮਹਿਸੂਸ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ? ਕੀ ਆਧੁਨਿਕ ਸਬੰਧਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਮੁੱਲਾਂ ਦੀ ਅਸਲੀਅਤ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਕੋਈ ਤਣਾਅ ਹੈ? | Aman Saini

• Tue, 09 Oct 2018 6:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Carnegie branch)
  Should we work to integrate the shadow side of ourselves and our society? | Mark Stewart

• Wed, 10 Oct 2018 6:30 PM | False Creek Community Centre
  Thrive to survive! Can we have it all? | Daniel Sanderson

• Thu, 11 Oct 2018 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Joe Fortes branch)
  Democracy isn't merely about voting—real democracy involves citizens participating in the deliberative process. How we can make democracy real and should we? | Mark Battersby

• Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:30 AM | Kerrisdale Community Centre
  We do not create our own reality; our external reality is fixed, but our response is fluid. What is your experience with accepting the fixed and working with the fluid? | Meguido Zola

• Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Oakridge branch)
  What role, if any, does musical criticism play in modern society and in the artistic work of living composers? | Christopher Ludwig

• Fri, 12 Oct 2018 3:00 PM | SFU's Vancouver campus
  Self-deception: necessary illusion or illusory necessity? | Michael Picard

• Sat, 13 Oct 2018 3:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Hastings branch)
  Thanksgiving: what are we celebrating? | Alan Belk

• Tue, 16 Oct 2018 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Kitsilano Branch)
  Why do writers write? | Luba Kudryavtseva

• Wed, 24 Oct 2018 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Britannia Branch)
  Does magic exist? | Mark Stewart

• Thu, 25 Oct 2018 2:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (South Hill branch)
  There are too many people in this room! Navigating the holiday season and other events as a highly sensitive person. | Karen Southall Watts

• Tue, 30 Oct 2018 6:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (West Point Grey branch)
  Do you need to start questioning the stories you’ve been telling yourself? | Meguido Zola

• Wed, 07 Nov 2018 6:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Mount Pleasant branch)
  Can esoteric or rejected knowledge from the past benefit us now? | Mark Stewart

• Thu, 08 Nov 2018 10:30 AM | 411 Seniors Centre
  Remembrance: how can we remember and honour those who were personally or nationally important? | Randall MacKinnon

• Thu, 08 Nov 2018 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Joe Fortes branch)
  How do we generate an income if robots are doing the work? | Mark Battersby

• Thu, 08 Nov 2018 7:00 PM | Italian Cultural Centre Museum
  Can there be a method to art? How does art explore individuality in a cultural reality? | Aman Saini

• Fri, 09 Nov 2018 10:30 AM | Kerrisdale Community Centre
  What is your legacy? To whom? How did you come to create and pass on this legacy? | Meguido Zola

• Fri, 09 Nov 2018 12:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Oakridge branch)
  Is film music of lesser value than art music? | Christopher Ludwig

• Sat, 10 Nov 2018 11:00 AM | Vancouver Public Library (South Hill branch)
  ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸਮਾਜ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਮਨੋਵਿਗਿਆਨਕ ਅਤੇ ਮਾਨਸਿਕ ਸਿਹਤ ਮੁੱਦਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਆਲੇ ਦੁਆਲੇ ਅਸੀਂ ਧਾਰਨਾ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਬਦਲ ਸਕਦੇ ਹਾਂ? | Aman Saini

• Sat, 10 Nov 2018 3:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Hastings branch)
  What is marriage? What is it good for? | Alan Belk

• Tue, 13 Nov 2018 6:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Carnegie branch)
  How should we understand and relate to the natural world? | Mark Stewart

• Tue, 13 Nov 2018 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Kitsilano Branch)
  Can philosophy survive when disagreement can be dangerous? | Luba Kudryavtseva

• Thu, 22 Nov 2018 2:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (South Hill branch)
  “Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength" (Betty Friedan). What does this mean to you? | David Kaufman

• Tue, 27 Nov 2018 6:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (West Point Grey branch)
  Life is not living you, you are living life. How can you choose to be and respond in order to create your own life experience? | Meguido Zola

• Wed, 28 Nov 2018 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Britannia Branch)
  Does our paradigm of scientific materialism lead to disenchantment in our lives? | Mark Stewart

• Wed, 05 Dec 2018 6:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Mount Pleasant branch)
  Should psychedelic drugs be legalized for therapeutic use? | Mark Stewart

• Thu, 06 Dec 2018 7:00 PM | Italian Cultural Centre Museum
  What is the role of an artist? How do artists view the social realities of competition and entertainment? | Aman Saini

• Sat, 08 Dec 2018 3:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Hastings branch)
  Dear Santa, I’ve been good all year: how do we know when we’ve been good? And should there be payoff? | Alan Belk

• Tue, 11 Dec 2018 6:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Carnegie branch)
  Can the dynamic of dominant and oppressed cultures help us understand structural injustice? | Mark Stewart

• Tue, 11 Dec 2018 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Kitsilano Branch)
  Does art fail when its rejected? Does it only become “real” art when praised by experts? | Luba Kudryavtseva

• Thu, 13 Dec 2018 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Joe Fortes branch)
  How do we take advantage of the possibility of a longer life, and what new responsibilities and duties do we have in doing so? | Diana Davidson

• Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:30 AM | Kerrisdale Community Centre
  Is it possible to be with people this way? How? | Meguido Zola

• Fri, 14 Dec 2018 12:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Oakridge branch)
  Ego, creativity and the artist: why do so many artists and musicians have big egos and is this a good or a bad thing? | Christopher Ludwig

• Sat, 15 Dec 2018 11:00 AM | Vancouver Public Library (South Hill branch)
  ਕੀ ਪ੍ਰਮੁਖ ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰ ਅਤੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸਭਿਆਚਾਰ ਦੀਆਂ ਕਦਰਾਂ ਵਿਚ ਕੋਈ ਫਰਕ ਹੈ? | Aman Saini

• Thu, 20 Dec 2018 2:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (South Hill branch)
  Dark mid-winter thoughts. Are you hiding, hibernating or preparing for reinvention? | Karen Southall Watts

• Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:30 AM | West Vancouver Memorial Library
  After 20 years of Philosophers’ Café, how has the public discourse changed? | Randall MacKinnon

• Thu, 18 Oct 2018 10:30 AM | West Vancouver Memorial Library
  How might you go to a Halloween party if the invitation asked you to "come as you truly are"? | Randall MacKinnon

• Thu, 15 Nov 2018 10:30 AM | West Vancouver Memorial Library
  Which is a greater Canadian event: the Grey Cup or the Stanley Cup? | Randall MacKinnon

• Thu, 20 Dec 2018 10:30 AM | West Vancouver Memorial Library
  If you could create a December festival (a one-size-fits-all celebration), what would it include? | Randall MacKinnon

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