Lecture

What, me worry? Why should residents of the Okanagan be concerned about water supplies when they live next to a deep lake? Won’t climate change just mean nicer weather for Canadians? What does California’s drought mean for the Okanagan, and what can we learn from it? What does the Okanagan Basin Water Board do to...

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Dr Andrew Grindlay will be talking about the Khan Academy approach to teaching students at school. Here is a little background reading on the topic: http://www.economist.com/node/21529062 http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21580136-new-technology-poised-disrupt-americas-schools-and-then-worlds-catching-last Andrew Grindlay was a Professor at the Ivey School of Business, Western University, for 30 years. He then served for seven years as Publisher and Editor of Business...

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  How do we come up with new ideas? Dr Liane Gabora will introduce a theory of creativity which need not involve multiple distinct candidate ideas, or selection. According to the honing theory of creativity, (1) Creative individuals reshape issues or ideas that are ill-formed by considering them from different perspectives or contexts, (2) Intuition...

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