Educational film series
In its brief history the annual ideaCity Conference has become a celebrated venue where interesting people say important things about the world. The ideaCity conference is held in June in Toronto, and brings together some of the most fascinating and influential personalities of our time.
Titles in this series
2004
Jazz musician Jane Bunnett gets the crowd dancing with her scorching Afro-Cuban jazz performance.
2007
Author and former schoolteacher Jane Juska discusses the compelling hypothesis that launched the research into her debut book…
2004
Astrophysicist Jaymie Matthews delivers a humourous talk on the state of the cosmos.
2008
Jill Tarter, Director of SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute's Center for SETI Research.
2004
Thirteen-year-old blues guitarist and singer Jimmy Bowskill blows the audience away.
2007
John Helliwell, co-director of CIFARs Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being program, speaks about the different factors that increase…
2006
Illustrator John Howe speaks about the difference between drawing and writing and why he chose to illustrate fantasy.
2005
Gene Specialist Josef Penninger speaks about his discovery of a cure for lung failure diseases while studying the…
2005
Journalist, author and child activist June Callwood speaks about her life experiences in activism.
2005
Ken Danby, a contemporary realist painter, speaks about society's common perception of art and explains why it is…
2008
The seven powerhouse musicians of Leahy present their lively performance, a rich mix of Celtic traditions and contemporary…
2004
Major General Lewis MacKenzie, a UN peacekeeper, shares his views about the Canadian military.