Vital Discussions of Human Security and Peace

Lecture Series for 2012-13 academic year. Co-Sponsored by University College Health Studies Programme, Canadian Pugwash Group, Science for Peace, and Voice of Women for Peace.

Thursdays, 7-9 pm, usually in Rm. 144, University College,

15 Kings College Circle, U.of Toronto. All welcome. No charge.

13-Sept. Walter Dorn, Chair, Canadian Pugwash Group (room 052)

Wars Waged by the USA and Canada: Just, Unjust and Everthing In Between

20-Sept. Ellen Michelson, recent Green Party candidate (room 052)

Fixing Canada's Electoral System: Four Fallacies

27-Sept. Danny Harvey, Professor of Geography, University of Toronto.

Global Warming and Human Security: Food and Water

4-Oct. Barry Wellman, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto,

Networked individualism

11-Oct. Helmut Burkhardt, Professor of Physics Emeritus, Ryerson University.

Security for All: But How and at What Price?

18-Oct. Timothy Donais, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University.

Peacebuilding and Local Ownership

25-Oct. Pia Kleber, Prof. of Drama, Comparative Literature, U of Toronto.

A Cultural Approach to Human Security

1-Nov. John Hannigan, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto.

Disasters Without Borders: The International Politics of Natural Disaster

8-Nov. Doug Saunders, Journalist with The Globe and Mail.

The Myth of the Muslim Tide

15-Nov. Ron Craig, Prof of Communication & Design, Ryerson University.

New Strategies for Dealing with Global Problems

22-Nov. Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist, Biochar Consultant.

Biochar and Food Security: Dealing with the Droughts

29-Nov. Peter Bessau, International Affairs, Natural Resources Canada.

International Model Forest Network: Canada's Contribution to Forest Sustainability Since Rio

10-Jan. Aysan Sev'er, Professor Emerita of Sociology, U. of Toronto.

Honour-Killings: Women's Safety in Honour-based Cultures

17-Jan. John Bacher, Preservation of Agricultural Land, Ontario.

Toward a Billion More Trees in Ontario

24-Jan. Duff Conacher, Coordinator of Your Canada, Your Constitution, Founder of Democracy Watch, Director of GoodOrg.ca in Toronto.

What Makes Up an Actual, Working Democracy?

31-Jan. Shawn-Patrick Stensil, Staff of Greenpeace in Toronto.

Lessons from Fukushima: Implications for Nuclear Safety International

7-Feb. Valerie Zawilski, Associate Prof. of Sociology, Western University.

The Sexual Slave Trade in Kosovo

14-Feb. Seva Gunitsky, Asst. Professor of Political Science, U of Toronto.

Competing Visions of Democracy in the Post-Soviet Space

28-Feb. J.C. Luxat, Professor of Nuclear Safety, McMaster U, and Richard Denton, M.D. President, Physicians for Global Survival.

The Nuclear Safety Issue

7-Mar. Gordon Edwards, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility.

Can We Be Free of Nuclear Weapons and Still Have Nuclear Power?

14-Mar. Peter Victor, Professor of Environmental Studies, York University.

Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster

21-Mar. Harriet Friedmann, Professor of Geography, U. of Toronto.

From "Feeding the World" to Sustainable Farming

28-Mar. Jack Veugelers, Professor of Sociology, U. of Toronto.

The Far Right in France

4-Apr. Leo Panitch, Professor of Political Science, York University.

The Making of Global Capitalism: The Canadian Model.