• Wed, 27 Feb 2019 6:30 PM | Burnaby Public Library (Tommy Douglas branch)
  What do you know about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC)? | Sukh Gill

• Thu, 28 Feb 2019 6:00 PM | SFU Burnaby Interfaith Centre
  How would the world change if there was an accurate measure of aptitude? | Farnaz Badiee

• Wed, 13 Mar 2019 7:00 PM | Burnaby Public Library (McGill branch)
  Cannabis is legal. What’s next? | Manav Sekhri

• Thu, 21 Mar 2019 7:00 PM | The Sanctuary in Brentwood
  Can we avoid a climate catastrophe? | Brian Fraser

• Wed, 27 Mar 2019 6:30 PM | Burnaby Public Library (Tommy Douglas branch)
  Who are allies of the TRC and how can they help aid the process of understanding Indigenous issues? | Sukh Gill

• Wed, 17 Apr 2019 7:00 PM | Burnaby Public Library (McGill branch)
  How and where do you enjoy art? | Manav Sekhri

• Thu, 18 Apr 2019 7:00 PM | The Sanctuary in Brentwood
  How do we discern truth? | Brian Fraser

• Wed, 24 Apr 2019 6:30 PM | Burnaby Public Library (Tommy Douglas branch)
  Deconstructing FOBS: what does it mean to be "fresh off the boat"? | Sukh Gill

• Tue, 19 Mar 2019 10:30 AM | Dogwood Pavilion, Coquitlam
  When is risk an unavoidable part of our lives? When do we choose it? | Marilyn Meden

• Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:30 AM | Dogwood Pavilion, Coquitlam
  Are there basic beliefs in all religions? If so, what are they? | Marilyn Meden

• Thu, 21 Mar 2019 7:00 PM | The ACT Maple Ridge
  What impact is the #MeToo movement having on male-female relationships? | Gary Cleave

• Thu, 18 Apr 2019 7:00 PM | The ACT Maple Ridge
  Is the modern mental health epidemic real, or a manufactured crisis? | Gary Cleave

• Wed, 06 Mar 2019 6:00 PM | The Anvil Centre
  Is critical thinking a thing of the past? What are the consequences of not thinking critically? | Valerie Malla

• Wed, 24 Apr 2019 6:00 PM | The Anvil Centre
  How does our direct participation in community contribute to the well-being of society? | Valerie Malla

• Mon, 25 Feb 2019 7:00 PM | Lynn Valley Library
  In a gender binary world, we construct, support and perpetuate ideals of masculinity and femininity. What are these ideals today and how do we conform to or challenge them? | Reema Faris

• Thu, 07 Mar 2019 1:00 PM | CityScape Community Art Space
  How does creating art serve as a cathartic or therapeutic act? | Maria Turnbull

• Mon, 25 Mar 2019 7:00 PM | Lynn Valley Library
  Living in an image-saturated landscape, gaps emerge between our own sense of self and media representations of an ideal self. | Reema Faris

• Mon, 15 Apr 2019 7:00 PM | Lynn Valley Library
  In today's consumer capitalist spectacle, celebrities are held up as role models and spokespeople. Why? | Reema Faris

• Thu, 21 Mar 2019 7:00 PM | Terry Fox Library
  Slacktivism: is signing an internet petition good enough? Have we lost our way with activism? | Hilary Morden

• Thu, 18 Apr 2019 7:00 PM | Terry Fox Library
  Philosophers often write of a well-lived life—but what is it? How do we know we’re living well? | Hilary Morden

• Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:30 AM | Gallery Bistro
  What are the dangers and advantages of medically assisted dying? | Marilyn Medén

• Mon, 04 Mar 2019 7:00 PM | Port Moody Public Library
  Do we look for certain characteristics in our leaders? | Keith Caspell

• Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:30 AM | Gallery Bistro
  What are Canadian values? How are they realized or not realized? | Marilyn Medén

• Mon, 01 Apr 2019 7:00 PM | Port Moody Public Library
  Are there comic forms that are universal, or is comedy a social construct that can only be appreciated from within a cultural paradigm? | Keith Caspell

• Wed, 24 Apr 2019 10:30 AM | Gallery Bistro
  What is heaven on earth for you? | Marilyn Medén

• Thu, 28 Feb 2019 7:00 PM | Richmond Public Library (Brighouse branch) — café in Russian
  Закон и справедливость: как они связаны? Можно ли назвать их синонимами? | Will Tesler

• Thu, 14 Mar 2019 6:30 PM | Steveston Community Centre
  Are public art installations and sculptures welcome cultural additions, or frivolous eyesores? | Christopher Ludwig

• Thu, 21 Mar 2019 7:00 PM | Richmond Public Library (Brighouse branch) — café in Russian
  Криптовалюты и блок-чейн технологии: будущее финансовых систем или мыльный пузырь? | Will Tesler

• Thu, 11 Apr 2019 6:30 PM | Steveston Community Centre
  The Temporary Foreign Worker Program: should it be expanded, kept as is, reduced or scrapped? | Christopher Ludwig

• Thu, 18 Apr 2019 7:00 PM | Richmond Public Library (Brighouse branch) — café in Russian
  Почему Запад превзошел Восток в технологиях и уровне жизни? И это навсегда? | Will Tesler

• Mon, 18 Mar 2019 6:30 PM | Surrey Libraries (Ocean Park branch)
  What does artificial intelligence mean to you? Does it scare you? | Daniel Sanderson

• Thu, 21 Mar 2019 5:30 PM | Surrey City Centre Library, READ-Ability Lounge, 1st Floor
  How does the shock of being called a racist impact our behaviour? How do we get from colour-blind to colour-brave? | Valerie Malla

• Mon, 15 Apr 2019 6:30 PM | Surrey Libraries (Ocean Park branch)
  Nationalism versus globalism: what is the best approach to protect the environment? | Daniel Sanderson

• Thu, 18 Apr 2019 5:30 PM | Surrey City Centre Library, READ-Ability Lounge, 1st Floor
  The new world of health: are we really in control of our own health? | Valerie Malla

• Mon, 25 Feb 2019 6:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Renfrew branch)
  Knowing life beyond desire: what is the true relationship between love and desire? | Aman Saini

• Tue, 26 Feb 2019 6:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (West Point Grey branch)
  “I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element,” wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. What does this mean to you? | Meguido Zola

• Thu, 28 Feb 2019 2:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (South Hill branch)
  To pray or not to pray? Secular countries regularly top the list for happiest places, yet religious and spiritual individuals report being happier than others. Do we need a spiritual practice? | Karen Southall Watts

• Wed, 06 Mar 2019 6:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Mount Pleasant branch)
  Do you have faith in anything? Do agnostics have all the answers? | Mark Stewart

• Thu, 07 Mar 2019 7:00 PM | Italian Cultural Centre Museum
  Sensation, memory, perception, skill, spontaneity and intelligence: how does an artist explore their authentic consciousness? | Aman Saini

• Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:30 AM | Kerrisdale Community Centre
  “Don’t give advice, unless someone insists,” says Parker Palmer. “Instead, be fully present, listen deeply, and ask questions that give the other a chance to express more of his or her own truth.” How do you interpret this quote? | Meguido Zola

• Fri, 08 Mar 2019 12:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Oakridge branch)
  Are universities bastions of artistic innovation and creativity, or crumbling pillars of stagnation and mediocrity? | Christopher Ludwig

• Fri, 08 Mar 2019 3:00 PM | SFU's Vancouver campus
  Ideology: must we know what we think? Must we understand our belief? | Michael Picard

• Sat, 09 Mar 2019 3:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Britannia branch)
  Climate change? Yawn. It hasn’t affected our lives yet, so why should we care? | Alan Belk

• Sun, 10 Mar 2019 3:00 PM | Sunset Community Centre
  Understanding identity: Why do South Asian cultures struggle with the racism of the caste system? | Aman Saini

• Tue, 12 Mar 2019 5:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Carnegie branch)
  Fake news, appearance versus reality, balance of probabilities or beyond reasonable doubt? | Alan Belk

• Tue, 12 Mar 2019 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Kitsilano Branch)
  Canadian values: what are they today? | Luba Kudryavtseva

• Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:30 AM | 411 Seniors Centre
  Does spring bring a surge of optimism? Should one "beware the Ide(a)s of March"? | Randall MacKinnon

• Thu, 14 Mar 2019 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Joe Fortes branch)
  The television series “The Good Place” examines what it is to be a good person. Is morality a big part of your everyday life? | Alan Belk

• Wed, 20 Mar 2019 7:00 PM | Trout Lake Community Centre
  What's so scary about artificial intelligence? Why are people worried? | Jim Lyall

• Mon, 25 Mar 2019 6:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Renfrew branch)
  Questioning the consumerism of meditation: has mindfulness become a buzzword? | Aman Saini

• Tue, 26 Mar 2019 6:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (West Point Grey branch)
  “The answers aren’t important really,” says the hero in Zilpha Keatley Snyder’s novel, The Changeling. “What’s important is—knowing all the questions.” | Meguido Zola

• Thu, 28 Mar 2019 2:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (South Hill branch)
  We are more connected than ever before, so why are we so lonely? | Karen Southall Watts

• Wed, 03 Apr 2019 6:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Mount Pleasant branch)
  Can extreme alterations of consciousness give us knowledge? Is there a difference between being crazy and being enlightened? | Mark Stewart

• Thu, 04 Apr 2019 7:00 PM | Italian Cultural Centre Museum
  The wedding dress: does the commodification of weddings obscure the true meaning of marriage? What is the true meaning? | Angela Clarke

• Sun, 07 Apr 2019 3:00 PM | Sunset Community Centre
  What is the relationship between self-knowing and social responsibility? | Aman Saini

• Tue, 09 Apr 2019 5:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Carnegie branch)
  “Do I know you?”: can we truly connect to others? | Mark Stewart

• Tue, 09 Apr 2019 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Kitsilano Branch)
  Do you agree with Théophile Gautier that “immortality of the soul [and] free will…[is] all very amusing to talk about up to the age of twenty-two, but not after that”? | Luba Kudryavtseva

• Thu, 11 Apr 2019 7:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Joe Fortes branch)
  Practicing forgiveness: why is it so important to let go? | Aiden Ansarian

• Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:30 AM | Kerrisdale Community Centre
  It's not what you do; it's how you do it; and how you do it is what you do. What does this phrase mean to you? | Meguido Zola

• Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Oakridge branch)
  Genius in music and art: rarity, commonplace or trickery? | Christopher Ludwig

• Fri, 12 Apr 2019 3:00 PM | SFU's Vancouver campus
  Do we have the right to be ignorant about some issues? | Michael Picard

• Sat, 13 Apr 2019 3:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Britannia branch)
  “I was only a kid." How do we draw a line between youthful mistakes and criminal behaviour? | Alan Belk

• Mon, 15 Apr 2019 6:30 PM | Vancouver Public Library (Renfrew branch)
  What is the geography and psychology of racism? | Aman Saini

• Wed, 17 Apr 2019 7:00 PM | Trout Lake Community Centre
  Has the past led us to believe we live in a simple understandable world when that is not the case? | Jim Lyall

• Thu, 25 Apr 2019 2:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (South Hill branch)
  What happens when your inner child gets arthritis? Is play important for all of us? | Karen Southall Watts

• Tue, 30 Apr 2019 6:00 PM | Vancouver Public Library (West Point Grey branch)
  Where do you find meaning in your life? | Meguido Zola

• Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:30 AM | West Vancouver Memorial Library
  How does the use of your time reflect your values and your priorities? | Randall MacKinnon

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