Globe and Mail Update Published on Monday, Oct. 05, 2009 4:10PM EDT Last updated on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 1:37PM EST
Recent Talks
Gregor Wolbring
Who will be the future Olympic and Paralympic athlete? The impact of advances in science and technology and bodily assistive devices on Sport.
Joe Velaidum
Attaining Spiritual Heights: The Meaning of Life and the Quest for Transcendence
Mary Louise Adams
Why Don't More Men Figure Skate? The Persistence of Gender Stereotypes in Sport
LeAnne Petherick
A Cultural Celebration of Inclusion? Gender Parody and Athletic Excellence on the Olympic Stage.
Matthew Hayday
“They like us, they really like us!” — Defining Canada through International Accomplishments
Stephen Wenn
The Olympic Movement and the Road Ahead: Status Quo or Will the IOC Tackle the Big Issues?
David Legg
Issues in the Paralympic Games and Movement: What They've Been and Where They're Taking Us
Kevin Wamsley
Vancouver — the 6th North American Winter Games: What Does History Tell Us about Hosting the Olympic Games?
Margaret Somerville
Laughing, Dreaming and Sweating: The Olympic Games as a Global “Shared Ethics” Forum
Vera Pezer
Sports: What insipres us and what we're missing. Are there better ways to define success? That's the topic discussed by Dr. Vera Pezer, chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan, in this Intellectual Muscle podcast (19:12)
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