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Unique panels and debates hosted by McGill University.

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  1. 05/13/2011

    Storytelling In The Video Game Industry

    The McGill Department of English and Les Soirées Schmooze, in association with IGDA-Montreal, hosted a panel discussion on storytelling in the video game industry. Mary DeMarle, Richard Rouse III, Nina L. Sund and Stephen Wark discuss, with Alex Epstein moderating. What is great video game storytelling? How is it different from great storytelling in film and TV? When [...]

  2. 12/18/2009 ·  Video

    Policies for Peace: Whose Job is it Anyway?

    This Spotlight on Scholarship panel discussion from the McGill Leadership Summit featured three leading thinkers on human rights. Professors François Crépeau, Khalid Medani and Philip Oxhorn examine how peaceful countries like Canada can help encourage reconciliation in war-torn areas.

    1h 31m

  3. 12/17/2009 ·  Video

    Healing Our World: Promoting Global Health and Well-Being

    This October, McGill’s Leadership Summit treated guests to two “Spotlight On Scholarship” panel discussions. This one features Professors Jody Heymann, Nigel Roulet and Brian Ward taking a comprehensive look at the challenges facing our planet, including global warming, the increased risk of pandemics, and the struggles of developing nations to rise out of poverty.

    1h 28m

  4. 12/01/2009 ·  Video

    MNI Anniversary – The Future of Scientific Discovery

    A panel assembled as part of the 75th anniversary ceremony for the Montréal Neurological Institute discusses what the coming years hold in store for scientific discovery at the institute, in Canada, and abroad.

    1h 45m

  5. 04/22/2009 ·  Video

    Numbers or Chicken Bones: Responses to an Uncertain Environmental Future

    As part of its 10th anniversary celebrations, the McGill School of Environment hosts a debate on whether environmental models have sufficient predictive power to move politicians and the public to act.

    1h 28m

  6. 04/22/2009 ·  Video

    The Second Annual Faculty of Arts Great Debate

    Four great minds from the Faculty of Arts and four award-winning student debaters from the McGill Debating Union square off in two debates: “Theatre is dead” and “Censorship is the new privacy”. Moderator: Christopher Manfredi, Dean.

    1h 2m

  7. 04/22/2009 ·  Video

    The First Annual Faculty of Arts Great Debate

    Four great minds from the Faculty of Arts and four award-winning student debaters from the McGill Debating Union square off in two debates: “The social sciences are not scientific” and “An arts degree is irrelevant”. Moderator: Christopher Manfredi, Dean.

    57 min
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