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For over 50 years, internationally recognized figures have delivered the most prestigious talks on McGill’s public lecture schedule. The list of Beatty lecturers past includes scientists, world leaders, philosophers, novelists, musicians, physicians, activists, historians, forecasters and educators of all kinds. They have touched on everything from comedy to AIDS, from Plato to chimpanzees.

Episodes

  1. 11/08/2012 ·  Video

    Short History of Lord Strathcona and Public Health

    Rebecca Fuhrer talks about the history of Lord Strathcona and public health.

  2. 11/08/2012 ·  Video

    Harvey Fineberg: Why Prevention is a Hard Sell

    The Strathcona Chair in Preventive Medicine lecture on the importance of public health and prevention by the President of the Institute of Medicine.

  3. 11/24/2010 ·  Video

    Building Social Business

    This year’s Beatty Memorial Lecturer is Professor Muhammad Yunus, a global leader in anti-poverty efforts and a pioneer of the use of micro-loans to provide credit to poor individuals, primarily women.

    1h 37m

  4. 04/22/2009 ·  Video

    Capitalism and the Environment – from Crisis to Sustainability

    Distinguished American environmentalist James Gustave Speth, Dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale, presents the Beatty Memorial Lecture.

    1h 23m

  5. 04/22/2009 ·  Video

    Divided Cities: Caught between hope and despair

    The Beatty Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr. Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT).

    1h 36m
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For over 50 years, internationally recognized figures have delivered the most prestigious talks on McGill’s public lecture schedule. The list of Beatty lecturers past includes scientists, world leaders, philosophers, novelists, musicians, physicians, activists, historians, forecasters and educators of all kinds. They have touched on everything from comedy to AIDS, from Plato to chimpanzees.

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