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Abortion in Canada: how secure is our right?
← Big Thinking Podcast homepage Season 3 → Description | About the guest | Transcript | Follow us Description With the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court last year and recent bans on abortion procedures south of the border, it is...
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From Big to Bold Thinking in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Scholarship in the humanities and social sciences has, both historically and in the present, done harm to Indigenous and Black communities. In the humanities, this harm originates in Western humanism’s construction of what Sylvia Wynter identifies as...
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EDID Progress Update April 2023_EN
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How worried should we be about ChatGPT?
← Big Thinking Podcast homepage Next episode → Description | About the guest | Transcript | Follow us Description Artificial Intelligence is on the rise, and ChatGPT is one of the most prominent examples of a new technology that is changing our...
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This Land Acknowledgement...
This Land Acknowledgement… Has become a check box… Do you know who these Nations are…? Is it not just performative… These statements/questions/ponderings are common, and now more than ever it is important to engage in deeper conversation and dialogue...
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What is the future of books?
← Big Thinking Podcast homepage Next episode → Description | About the guest | Transcript | Follow us Description Digital technologies are reshaping every aspect of our society, and books are no exception. But as physical objects, books have a...
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From the Jheri curl to TikTok: Canada and the global business of Black beauty
← Big Thinking Podcast homepage Next episode → Description | About the guest | Transcript | Follow us Description Every day we are bombarded by words and images telling us what we should find beautiful, and what we should aspire to look like. Black...
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Is sport a means for Indigenous self-determination in Canada?
← Big Thinking Podcast homepage Next episode → Description | About the guests | Transcript | Follow us Description Sports aren’t just fun and games, they’re a deeper part of who we are and where we come from. Today’s conversation is about...
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Who cares for the caregivers?
← Big Thinking Podcast homepage Next episode → Description | About the guest | Transcript | Follow us Description Who cares for the caregivers? is a question too important to ignore especially after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed how our society...