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• Sat, 23 Mar 2019 1:30 PM
  Free Forum | Easter in Art

• Mon, 18 Mar 2019 6:30 PM
  Pop Up Café | What does artificial intelligence mean to you? Does it scare you?
• Tue, 19 Mar 2019 10:30 AM
  Philosophers' Café | When is risk an unavoidable part of our lives? When do we choose it?
• Wed, 20 Mar 2019 7:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | What's so scary about artificial intelligence? Why are people worried?
• Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:30 AM
  Philosophers' Café | How does the use of your time reflect your values and your priorities?
  Do you need to justify how you spend your time?
• Thu, 21 Mar 2019 5:30 PM
  Inclusive City Café | How does the shock of being called a racist impact our behaviour? How do we get from colour-blind to colour-brave?
• Thu, 21 Mar 2019 7:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | What impact is the #MeToo movement having on male-female relationships?
• Thu, 21 Mar 2019 7:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | Slacktivism: is signing an internet petition good enough? Have we lost our way with activism?
• Thu, 21 Mar 2019 7:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | Can we avoid a climate catastrophe?
  Can a small group of conscious and concerned people change the world for the better?
• Thu, 21 Mar 2019 7:00 PM
  Russian Café | Криптовалюты и блок-чейн технологии: будущее финансовых систем или мыльный пузырь?
  Cryptocurrencies and blockchain: our future or hype? Guest speaker: Irina Mashedo
• Mon, 25 Mar 2019 6:30 PM
  Pop Up Café | Questioning the consumerism of meditation: has mindfulness become a buzzword?
• Mon, 25 Mar 2019 7:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | Living in an image-saturated landscape, gaps emerge between our own sense of self and media representations of an ideal self.
  How do such representations influence our sense of identity and affect our lives?
• Tue, 26 Mar 2019 6:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | “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.”
• Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:30 AM
  Philosophers' Café | What are Canadian values? How are they realized or not realized?
• Wed, 27 Mar 2019 6:30 PM
  Philosophers' Café | Who are allies of the TRC and how can they help aid the process of understanding Indigenous issues?
  What does building an improved understanding look like to you?
• Thu, 28 Mar 2019 2:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | We are more connected than ever before, so why are we so lonely?
  Why hasn't modern transportation and technology solved our loneliness?
• Thu, 28 Mar 2019 6:30 PM
  Pop-up Café | Is there inherent order in nature or is it all chaos and chance?
• Mon, 01 Apr 2019 7:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | Are there comic forms that are universal, or is comedy a social construct that can only be appreciated from within a cultural paradigm?
• Wed, 03 Apr 2019 6:30 PM
  Philosophers' Café | Can extreme alterations of consciousness give us knowledge? Is there a difference between being crazy and being enlightened?
• Thu, 04 Apr 2019 7:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | The wedding dress: does the commodification of weddings obscure the true meaning of marriage? What is the true meaning?
• Sun, 07 Apr 2019 3:00 PM
  Pop Up Cafe | What is the relationship between self-knowing and social responsibility??
• Tue, 09 Apr 2019 5:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | “Do I know you?”: can we truly connect to others?
• Tue, 09 Apr 2019 7:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | 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”?
• Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:00 AM
  Pop Up Café| Confronting the Disinformation Age
• Thu, 11 Apr 2019 6:30 PM
  Philosophers' Café | The Temporary Foreign Worker Program: should it be expanded, kept as is, reduced or scrapped?
• Thu, 11 Apr 2019 7:00 PM
  Philosopher's Café | Practicing forgiveness: why is it so important to let go?
• Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:30 AM
  Philosophers' Café | 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?
• Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:30 PM
  Philosophers' Café | Genius in music and art: rarity, commonplace or trickery?
• Fri, 12 Apr 2019 3:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | Do we have the right to be ignorant about some issues?
• Sat, 13 Apr 2019 3:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | “I was only a kid." How do we draw a line between youthful mistakes and criminal behaviour?
• Mon, 15 Apr 2019 6:30 PM
  Pop Up Café | What is the geography and psychology of racism?
  What prevents humans from going beyond the binaries of their social conditioning?
• Mon, 15 Apr 2019 6:30 PM
  Pop Up Café | Nationalism versus globalism: what is the best approach to protect the environment?
• Mon, 15 Apr 2019 7:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | In today's consumer capitalist spectacle, celebrities are held up as role models and spokespeople. Why?
  What are the promises and pitfalls of our obsession with celebrities?
• Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:30 AM
  Philosophers' Café | Are there basic beliefs in all religions? If so, what are they?
• Wed, 17 Apr 2019 7:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | Has the past led us to believe we live in a simple understandable world when that is not the case?
  Is it absurd to expect to be able to understand anything?
• Wed, 17 Apr 2019 7:00 PM
  Pop Up Café| How and where do you enjoy art?
• Thu, 18 Apr 2019 5:30 PM
  Inclusive City Café | The new world of health: are we really in control of our own health?
• Thu, 18 Apr 2019 7:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | How do we discern truth?
  How do we work together to arrive at truth in a world where there are so many competing claims?
• Thu, 18 Apr 2019 7:00 PM
  Russian Café | Почему Запад превзошел Восток в технологиях и уровне жизни? И это навсегда?
  Why has the West exceeded the East in certain aspects of technology and quality of life? Will this always be the case? Guest speaker: Irina Mashedo
• Thu, 18 Apr 2019 7:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | Is the modern mental health epidemic real, or a manufactured crisis?
• Thu, 18 Apr 2019 7:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | Philosophers often write of a well-lived life—but what is it? How do we know we’re living well?
  What factors contribute to a well-lived life?
• Wed, 24 Apr 2019 10:30 AM
  Philosophers' Café | What is heaven on earth for you?
• Wed, 24 Apr 2019 6:00 PM
  Pop Up Cafe | How does our direct participation in community contribute to the well-being of society? Is volunteering a moral virtue or obligation?
  Is volunteering a moral virtue or obligation?
• Wed, 24 Apr 2019 6:30 PM
  Philosophers' Café | Deconstructing FOBS: what does it mean to be "fresh off the boat"?
  What are the effects of this dialogue surrounding immigrants and people of colour? Who benefits from this type of language and how?
• Thu, 25 Apr 2019 2:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | What happens when your inner child gets arthritis? Is play important for all of us?
  How does play fit into the life of today's child or adult?
• Tue, 30 Apr 2019 6:00 PM
  Philosophers' Café | Where do you find meaning in your life?