Public Events

Public Lectures | Panel Discussions | Event Videos | Annual Library Lecture Series | Other Public Events

Each year, the Rotman Institute hosts a variety of public events, including interdisciplinary panel discussions, public lectures, and an annual lecture series co-sponsored with the London Public Library and the Department of Philosophy at Western University.

Public Lectures

Andrew Light: What Happened in Paris? How Differentiation Evolved to Create a Global Climate Agreement.

16 September 2016, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT

Cordelia Fine: The myth of the Lehman Sisters? Sex, testosterone, and financial risk-taking

9 March 2016, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm EST

Cordelia Fine: Let Toys Be Toys: The Science and Ethics of Gendered Toy Marketing

8 March 2016, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EST

Evan Fraser: Food in 2050: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion

25 February 2016, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EST

Panel Discussions & Engagement Events

RECAP: AI for Health and Social Justice

4 October 2024, 8:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT

Panel Discussion: Health, Equity, and Well-Being

16 January 2020, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST

Panel Discussion: Canada Up in Smoke? Debating the Impact of Cannabis Legalization

1 October 2018, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

Panel Discussion – Editing the Human Genome: The Ethics of Moulding our Future

14 March 2018, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT

Event Videos

Most Rotman public events are recorded & videos are posted onto our YouTube channel. Videos from our public events can be seen in this playlist. Visit our YouTube channel to browse other events, sorted by philosophical area.

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Annual Library Lecture Series

Chris Viger: Brains and Persons

26 October 2016, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT

Jackie Sullivan: Understanding Mental Illness: Will a Single Explanatory Model Do?

12 October 2016, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT

Catherine Stinson: The Body in ‘Mental Illness’

5 October 2016, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT

Wayne Myrvold: Einstein and the Atom

28 October 2015, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT

Other Public Events

Patrick Fafard: Is Science Enough? Science Advice, Health Essentialism, and Pandemic Decision-Making

4 April 2023, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT

Einstein: Philosopher | Scientist, 100 years of General Relativity

17 November 2015 - 12 December 2015

Chris Smeenk: Einstein’s Universe (Classes Without Quizzes)

10 November 2015, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST

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