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Great Explorations - Previously Recorded

From 2017 to Fall 2023 - more of our recorded speaker series, Great Explorations to explore. 

We welcome the University of Toronto Scarborough Community at large to join us in person and virtually on Zoom as some of the campus' most renowned thinkers, and distinguished guests, speak on topics of global significance.  

Professor Marney Isaac

November 28, 2023 - Food in a Changing World: How Agrobiodiversity can Mitigate Failures in Agricult

Around the world, food production systems that rely on intensively managed single crops have tended to disrupt local and
Professor Carl Mitchell

November 21, 2023 - The Changing Landscape of Environmental Mercury Polllution in Canada & Acros

Discussing the nature of mercury pollution and its effects, including a history of mercury pollution in the environment,
Professor Oleksandr Voznyy

November 14, 2023 - Next Generation Technologies that Fight Climate Change

Developing materials for Li-ion batteries, hydrogen storage, CO₂ capture & photovoltaics; utilizing atomistic
Professor Cosima Porteous in front of a lake view with reflected trees in water

November 7, 2023 - Climate Change: Nemo's New Threat

High carbon dioxide can have a direct effect on the behavior, and olfactory systems, of fish and crustaceans, threatening
Professor Mathew Wells smiling in front of a lake

October 24, 2023 - Lakes in a changing climate

An introduction to the key physical processes that structure lakes in different seasons, and we will discuss how fish
Professor Steven Farber standing beside brick wall

May 2, 2023 - Mobilizing Justice: Towards Evidence Based Transportation Equity Policy

This talk will review the core concepts of transportation equity before providing several examples of applied spatial
Professor Hilary K. Brown standing in an atrium

April 25, 2023 - "My lived experience matters": Working with people with disabilities

Dr. Hilary Brown will present the findings of the study and discuss how a community-informed approach was used to develop
Professor Elyse Caron-Beaudoin

April 18, 2023 - Communities' observations to inform environmental health research

Dr. Caron-Beaudoin will present community-based research regarding exposure to contaminants associated with unconventional
Professor Szeman in discussion arms outstretched.

April 11, 2023 - What are SDGs? A Brief Introduction to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals

The target for achieving the SDGs was set as 2030 – an ambitious aim given the scale of the problems these goals seek to
Angela Brackett

November 22, 2022 - Community-Engaged Learning in East Scarborough

Reflections on a Decade of Collaboration with Angela Brackett, Director Mornelle Court Community Outreach.
Professor Jayeeta (Jo) Sharma

November 8, 2022 - Community cooks as local heroes? Feeding City explores Scarborough's food fr

Our broken food system.
Professor Suzanne Sicchia

October 25, 2022 - “If you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together”

In conversation with TAIBU on community university partnerships, knowledge production, and Black Health
Andre Sorensen

October 18, 2022 - The Scarborough Greenway: Building an outstanding offroad trail network.

An ambitious vision for a connected Greenways network of off-road multi-use trails in publicly owned corridors.
Professor Roger Mantle

November 16, 2021 - It's About the Relationships: Epiphanies in Songleading

Professor Roger Mantle
Ann MacDonald

November 9, 2021 - Art, the Suburbs, and You

Executive Director & Chief Curator Ann MacDonald
Eliot Leffler

November 2, 2021 - The Sacred Work of Community Theatre

Professor Eliot Leffler
Director Jay Shaw

November 2, 2020 - The Ethics of Big Tech & Health Care in the Age of AI

Research Director Jay Shaw
Professor Yang Xu

October 26, 2020 - Bootstrapping Sociomoral Meanings from Longitudinal Text

Professor Yang Xu
Professor Sheila McIlraith

October 20, 2020 - AI by the People for the People

Professor Sheila McIlraith
David Fleet

October 6, 2020 - Understanding the World from Images

Professor David Fleet
David Onley

October 1, 2019 - Rethinking Normalcy to Achieve Equality for Disabled Persons

David Onley, Special Advisor on Disability Studies
Sean Lee, Director of Programming at Tangled Art + Disability

October 8, 2019 - Crip Horizons: Disability Art Futurism

Sean Lee, Director of Programing at Tangled Art + Disability
Anne McGuire, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Equity Studies, U of T

October 22, 2019 - Tracking Autism: Wearable Tech and the Digitization of Disabled Childhoods

Professor Anne McGuire
Cassandra Hartblay

October 29, 2019 - "Disabled People are the Experts": Lessons from Disability Studies

Professor Cassandra Hartblay
April 30, 2019 - Indigenous Language Revitalization: The Lunaapeew Project

April 30, 2019 - Indigenous Language Revitalization: The Lunaapeew Project

How do you save and revitalize an undocumented language that is almost extinct?
Professor Marc Cadotte lecturing in the ARC lecture hall

April 16, 2019 - Coming to terms with changing nature

Change is the one constant in our world. Our families have been defined by it, we look forward to it and we also fear it.
Jeff Cyr

April 9, 2019 - Reimagined Reconciliations: Social finance answers the call?

While many people and organizations purport to support reconciliation, very few have a concept of what that means and even
Elder Wendy Phillips smiling with honorary graduate Buffy Sainte Marie, with Vice-President & Principal Bruce Kidd in background

April 2, 2019 - A Journey and Beyond of Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Learning in the Academy
Professor Matt Horrman speaking to attendees at a conference, standing next his presentation in the Catalyst Centre

April 24, 2018 - Politics and Justice in the Quest for Decarbonization

Prof Matt Hoffmann, Political Science addresses how diverse communities are responding to the global challenge of climate
Professor Phil Triadafilopoulos lecturing in front of a black board with writing on it

October 31, 2017 - Canadian Refugee Admission and Incorporation Policies

We are in the midst of what many have called a “global refugee crisis.” After providing some background on recent trends
Professor Fidan Elcioglu standing in the hallway of Kina Wiya Enadong Building with staircases in the background

October 24, 2017 - 'It's Our Moral Imperative': The Classed Meanings of Whiteness and

Even when U.S. immigration policy does not directly affect them, American citizens still flock to the U.S.-Mexico borderlands
Professor Paloma E.J. Villegas standing against the railing in the Instructional Centre

October 17, 2017 - The State of Postsecondary Education and Immigration Status: A U.S./Canada compar

The intersection between immigration systems and postsecondary institutions, and undocumented or precariously documented
Professor Donna Gabaccia, very animated, lecturing to a class.

October 3, 2017 - Where are the Nations of Immigrants? An Historian Talks to the 21st Century

Will Canada replace the United State as a nation of immigrants that serve as a model for other countries?
Professor Chris Cochrane lecturing to a class in front of a blackboard.

May 1, 2017 - Growing Left/Right Political Divide in Canada and the US

Under the microscope of U.S. media coverage, the political environment in the United States seems unusual. But is it?
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April 24, 2017 - Is Canadian Federalism Up to 21st Century Policy Challenges?

Will this decentralized federation continue to meet future policy challenges?
Professor Anne-Emanuelle Birn sitting in her office in front of a stacked bookshelf.

April 10, 2017 - Canada and Global Health: Reflections on the Past, Challenges for the Future

What role does Canada play in the global health arena? Can global health policies reflect the public’s priorities?