Environment
Ralph Nader (2011-2012)
Mar 21, 2012
“Going Green in a Corporate Climate” Ralph Nader is a former American presidential nominee, who some claimed was a deciding factor in the 2000 election, and was named by Time magazine as one of the top one-hundred most influential people. Throughout his career, he has been [...]
Joseph C. Clark (1976-1977)
Jan 20, 1977
“Canadian Government Policy as it Relates to the Resource Crisis” Joseph Clark is a former Prime Minister of Canada. As PM from from June 1979 to March 1980, he was the youngest person ever to be elected to the office. Clark received a BA in history and an MA in political [...]
Kimon Valaskakis (1976-1977)
Nov 20, 1976
“The Conserver Society” Kimon Valaskakis was an academic, an executive, a consultant, and a diplomat. He was a professor of economics at the University of Montreal for more than 30 years and Ambassador of Canada to the OECD from 1995-1999. He was also president of the Club [...]
Ian McHarg (1972-1973)
Oct 25, 1972
“Design with Nature” Ian McHarg was an expert on town planning. Born in Scotland in 1920, he was a proponent of regional planning using natural systems. After his work with the Royal Engineers during the Second World War, he moved to the United States to attend the Harvard [...]
Raymond Moriyama (1972-1973)
Oct 24, 1972
“Growth, Temporal and Spiritual” Raymond Moriyama is a well-known Canadian architect. He was born in Vancouver in 1929 and a graduate of the University of Toronto and McGill. Moriyama’s childhood experience as a Japanese Canadian internee during the Second World War was [...]
Garrett Hardin (1972-1973)
Oct 23, 1972
“Population: The Solution is in Our Minds” Garrett Hardin was Professor of Human Ecology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a prominent environmentalist. He specialized in human population dynamics, evolution and the history of science. Hardin authored the [...]