Speaker: Nandita Bajaj, Executive Director, Population Balance Title: “Connecting the Dots between Reproductive Autonomy and Environmental Sustainability” Abstract: Human population has doubled in the last 50 years, growing from approximately four billion in 1970 to eight billion currently. There is rising public awareness that overpopulation and rampant overconsumption are driving climate change, resource scarcity, and […]

Colloquium, October 17, 2024, 2-4pm – Fellows & External Fellows Only – in-person only Topic: “The issues about introducing a universal basic income in Canada. How to pay for it and how to administer it.” Organized by: Trevor Lloyd. Readings and a video: https://www.ubiworks.ca/guaranteed-livable-basic-income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_basic_income https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/the-expensive-truth-about-a-universal-basic-income https://www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publications/RP-2122-001-S--distributional-fiscal-analysis-national-guaranteed-basic-income--analyse-financiere-distributive-un-revenu-base-garanti-echelle-nationale https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=universal+basic+income&mid=4187FCEBDAC64D8805794187FCEBDAC64D880579&FORM=VIRE Additional material: “Sub-sections from Thomas Piketty, Capital in the 21st Century (Harvard […]