October 2008
What is the meaning of regenerative medicine?
What does regenerative medicine even mean? Will we one day re-grow a severed head in a sci-fi future?
How Rehabilitation and Long-term Care affect the Economy?
Café Scientifique, Discussion Two: Should we concentrate on advancing regenerative medicine or should we focus on recruiting and training new health care professionals?
Quantum conundrum
Should scientific funding emphasize basic research or technological applications? A discussion inspired by Alex Hutchinson’s “Breaking D-Wave” (Sept. 2007)
The World Without Canadians - Discussion Contest
Is the land we call Canada better off without Canadians? The first 25 Walrus subscribers* in Canada to participate will receive a hardcover copy of Alan Weisman’s The World Without Us (HarperCollins). Argue your case below!
Does FOOD connect us all? How do these connections affect our politics, our economy, our art, our lives?
What does it mean to declare that food connects us all? Or to announce, willy-nilly, that we need to work together towards a bold new vision of food and food policy, in Ontario and across Canada?
Alphabet City Discussion Two: Eat Local
Eat local- a buzzword for wealthy urbanites, or a revolutionary new vision for food? Do we even need to eat local? Skyscraper farming, eating local in Winnipeg winters, artisan farmers: Discuss!
