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Archives are in reverse chronological order so that the oldest ones appear at the bottom and newest are right below:

2020

19
June 2020
Why should people give Money to UN’s World Food Program (WFP) or other Aid Agencies when there is so much need in the Developed World Countries?
Presented By Marwa Awad
18
June 2020
Has the Role of Pharmacies Changed Due to the COVID-19 Virus?
Presented By Ron Hendry
15
June 2020
Cuts to Funding for Post-Secondary Education: What is U of L’s New Reality?
Presented By Dr. Mike Mahon
12
June 2020
Tackling Systemic Racism and Police Brutality: What can You Do?
Presented By Desmond Cole
11
June 2020
Resilience During a Pandemic: From Zoom Calls to Dealing with the Economic Crisis, Strategies for Surviving & Thriving
Presented By Dr. Michael Ungar, Director Resilience Research Centre, Dalhousie University
10
June 2020
Will Long Term Care Facilities Finally Receive Appropriate Attention?
Presented By Dr. Sienna Caspar
04
June 2020
After the Pandemic: Some Social, Political, and Economic Impacts
Presented By Dr. Trevor Harrison
28
May 2020
Medical cannabis against COVID-19 - from research to clinical use
Presented By Dr. Olga Kovalchuk
21
May 2020
Should People Breaking COVID 19 Social Distancing Rules be Punished?
Presented By Dr. Melanee Thomas and Lisa Lambert
19
May 2020
Food Production is an Essential Service: Are Governments Providing Farmers with Adequate Aid during Covid-19?
Presented By Dr. Sylvain Charlebois
14
May 2020
Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Created Additional Issues for Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers?
Presented By Marco Luciano
07
May 2020
What is the Impact of COVID 19 on Marginalized Communities in Particular?
Presented By Dr. Valerie Stam and Patricia Harewood
30
April 2020
What Kind of Leadership is Alberta Showing by Laying off Workers during the COVID 19 Pandemic?
Presented By Jason Schilling, President, The Alberta Teachers’ Association
23
April 2020
COVID 19: Is Domestic Violence Likely to Worsen during Social Isolation?
Presented By Shannon Hansen
16
April 2020
COVID 19 Mitigation Measures at the Lethbridge Soup Kitchen
Presented By Bill Ginther
09
April 2020
Responding as a Community to COVID-19
Presented By Chris Spearman, Mayor of Lethbridge
02
April 2020
COVID 19: Stress and Coping?
Presented By McMillan James
12
March 2020
What is it Like Owning a Business in Downtown Lethbridge during the Drug Crisis?
Presented By Erica Pyska
05
March 2020
Is the Sun Setting on Alberta’s Conventional Oil and Gas Producers?
Presented By Regan Boychuk
27
February 2020
Is Community Support for Children Essential?
Presented By Peter Imhof
20
February 2020
Opportunities and Challenges in Sustainability and Economic Development
Presented By Bev Thornton
13
February 2020
The Importance of Play: Are Children getting enough Playtime?
Presented By Vicki Hazelwood
06
February 2020
Why is Liberal Education Important in the 21st Century?
Presented By Shelly Wismath
30
January 2020
For the Love of Headwaters: What Can We Do?
Presented By Sofie Forsstrom
16
January 2020
Climate Change, Hunger and Migration: Can we attain the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?
Presented By Trevor Page
23
January 2020
Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Future and a new Economy: What are the main Barriers?
Presented By Bruce Wilson
09
January 2020
Alberta’s Alternative Budget: What is the Official Opposition NDP Proposing?
Presented By MLA Shannon Phillips

2019

December 12 , Successes and Challenges for U of L Students Supporting Refugee Students
December 5 , Lyme disease: What are the early warning signs and is treatment effective?
November 28 , Waste Less Food: How wasted food costs us time, money and resources – and what we can do about it
December 19 , Are Public Sector Workers better off in Alberta than in other provinces?
November 21 , Did anyone win the 2019 Canadian federal election?
November 14 , What are the Opportunities and Challenges for Alberta in its 2019 Budget?
November 7 , Irrigation is the Economic Lifeblood of Southern Alberta and its Agriculture: How much Water will you use today? Can Technology support increased Efficiency?
November 1 , Killmonger at the Museum: What a Hollywood Blockbuster Can Tell Us About Institutions These Days
October 31 , Should we be worried that Video & Board Gaming, Comics, Superhero’s and Halloween are growing into Multi-Billion Dollar Industries?
October 24 , If we follow the new Canada Food Guide, are we likely to live healthier lives?
October 22 , What is Open Science and Why Does it Matter?
October 17 , What are some of the Most Important Things Happening in Lethbridge?
October 10 , Helping Vulnerable People Recover – What does success look like?
October 3 , Thriving With Schizophrenia and Dealing with Mental Health Illness and Addiction: What are the Issues?
October 3 , Energy, Utilities, and how Consumers are being over charged?
October 2 , Federal Election Forum
September 26 , The ARCHES Indigenous Recovery Coach Program: A Path For Recovery
September 19 , In the Wondrous Reverberations of Silence: Mel Murakami and a Generation of Japanese Canadian Visionaries
September 19 , How much does Lethbridge Recycle and where does it all end up?
September 12 , The Economic Impact of Area Agriculture on Lethbridge – Is it Essential?
September 5 , The Blackfoot Confederacy and its Culture – what may their Future Hold?
June 20 , 2019 Annual General Meeting of Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs
June 13 , The Recently Released Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Report Lists 231 Calls for Justice: What are the Immediate Priorities?
June 6 , Medical Emergency Trauma: Why is Helicopter Transport so Important?
June 4 , Many Albertans are unhappy with Federal Policies: Is it Time for Alberta to renegotiate its Relationship with Canada?
May 30 , Are Environmentally Sensitive Areas of southwestern Alberta being Sacrificed for Wind Power?
May 23 , Nature Talks: Why Grasslands Matter
May 23 , Middle East Societies in Crisis
May 16 , The Nature Conservancy of Canada – Protecting our Grasslands
May 9 , Are Women Premiers in Canada less likely to be Re-Elected than Men?
May 7 , Building a Bike Path linking Lethbridge and Coaldale: Good idea – but where could the Funding come from?
May 2 , You have the Power to End Sexual Violence
May 1 , Home Reno: If a quoted price sounds too good to be true, it probably is
April 25 , Are Aboriginal Rights and Canadian Law Reconcilable?
April 18 , What did the April 16 Election Results tell us about the Sentiments of Albertans?
April 11 , Why are only a few People Building Energy Efficient “Net-Zero” Houses?
April 4 , The New Alberta Advantage? Technology, Policy, and the Future of the Oil Sands
March 29 , Provincial All Candidates Election Forum for Lethbridge West
March 28 , Is Canada’s Equalization Payment Formula Fair to All Provinces?
March 27 , Provincial All Candidates Election Forum for Lethbridge East
March 21 , Is the Ability to Shutter Government Services and Declare National Emergencies being Abused by US Presidents?
March 14 , Are We Dementia Friendly?
March 7 , Making Sense of the Yellow Vest Protests
February 28 , What is Holding-Back the Adoption of Electric Cars and What Can Be Done About It?
February 21 , Alberta’s Partisan Politics and Ideology: Would Independent MLA’s with No Party Affiliation be a better Option?
February 14 , Although Dating and Relationships have Evolved, is Matchmaking back in Style?
February 7 , Should Backyard Hens be allowed within Lethbridge City Limits?
February 1 , Elon Musk, President of Mars?
January 31 , Elon Musk, President of Mars?
January 24 , Should Canada Establish a Single-Payer National Pharmacare Program?
January 17 , The Choice before Albertans in 2019
January 10 , Journeys to Justice: Reflections on Canadian Christian Activism
January 10 , Journeys to Justice: Reflections on Canadian Christian Activism

2018

December 20 , Lethbridge Finest and Furriest: Lethbridge Police Canine Unit in Action.
December 13 , Lethbridge Food Bank Started Out as a Stop Gap Measure: 35 Years Later, what has Changed?
December 6 , The First 100 Days as City Manager: Expectations, Observations and Surprises – What are the Key Issues Going Forward?
November 29 , Alberta Politics, Budgets and Pipelines – the Alberta Liberal Party Perspective
November 26 , Religious Rights and Freedom of Conscience: Are they always Compatible with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
November 26 , Is it the Right Time to Build a new Trade Centre at Exhibition Park?
November 22 , Ecological Grief is not new, but on the Rise – How can we Deal with It?
November 15 , What are the Pressing Social Issues in Lethbridge and what Strategies are Needed?
November 8 , Money, Power and Poverty: What Harms are done by those at the Top of Society versus those at the Bottom?
November 1 , Conversion Therapy – and Why it Needs to be Banned
October 29 , Are the Proposed Restrictions and Bans Appropriate for Off Highway Vehicle Riders Using Alberta’s Public Lands?
October 25 , Did Canada get Trumped by Signing the US/Mexico/Canada Trade Agreement?
October 22 , Thinking Globally, Thinking Nationally
October 18 , Hurricane Devastation in Dominica: The New Normal? Responsibilities?
October 11 , Is the Palestinian-Israeli struggle past the point of a peaceful and just solution?
October 4 , The Cycle of Addiction and Challenges of the Opioid Crisis: A Perspective from an Emergency Doctor
September 27 , How can the Trauma Children Experience in High Conflict Divorce Cases be Minimized?
September 20 , Alberta’s Tax Regime is the Lowest in Canada - Is a Revenue Reno Needed to Maintain Strong Public Service?
September 13 , Lethbridge Taxpayers will be on the Hook if Calgary Gets to Host the 2026 Winter Olympics – Are there “Trickle Down” Benefits?
September 6 , How Widespread is Elder Abuse in Lethbridge?
September 15 , Forgiveness: A Gift from My Grandparents
June 21 , Grappling with the Monster – Alcohol Abuse
June 14 , Do Oil Pipelines Make Any Sense?
June 7 , Is there a Critical Shortage of First Responders in Rural Alberta?
May 31 , Do Hutterite Colony Farmers have Advantageous Tax Status?
May 24 , Alberta Politics, Budgets and Pipelines – the Alberta Party Perspective
June 28 , 2018 Annual General Meeting of Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs
May 17 , Israel@70: past, present and future
May 10 , Is Supply Management in Agriculture a Hindrance at Trade Discussions?
May 3 , Should Canada Adopt a Guaranteed Annual Income?
April 26 , Is Canada Likely to get Trumped during the Current NAFTA Negotiations?
April 19 , Is Incarceration the Correct Response for FASD Affected Offenders?
April 12 , Can Floods and Forest Fires be more Accurately Predicted using 3D Technology?
April 5 , Can Neuroscience Help First Nations Communities Heal?
March 29 , Alberta Politics, Budgets and Pipelines – Premier Rachel Notley’s Perspective
March 22 , How can Consumers keep up? Changes in Alberta’s Electricity Sector
March 20 , How will Retail Legislation for Cannabis (Marijuana) be Rolled out in Alberta?
March 15 , Is Demographics and Diversity changing Lethbridge? Are we growing Bigger and Better or just Bigger?
March 13 , Did the Accused Killers of Colten Boushie and Tina Fontaine Benefit from the Current Practice of Jury Selection?
March 8 , Women in Science: Why are there Relatively Few?
March 1 , Reflections on Land Use in Alberta
March 1 , Is the Canadian Government’s new Mandate for its Summer Job Program Grants Respectful of Religious Rights and Freedom of Conscience?
February 22 , Should Affordable Early Learning and Child Care Centre’s be Widely Available to Alberta Families?
February 21 , Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life
February 15 , Oil's Deep State: Does the Petroleum Industry Undermine Democracy?
February 8 , Will Bison once again be Roaming Southern Alberta and Northern Montana?
February 1 , Can Private Land Conservation Maintain Biodiversity?and Healthy Watersheds in Alberta’s Foothills?
February 15 , Oil's Deep State: Does the Petroleum Industry Undermine Democracy?
January 25 , Bees and Pollinators: Are they Essential to Our Food Supply?
January 18 , Is Publicly Funded Research Important – and at Risk?
January 11 , Out of the Home and Into History: Intersectional and Systemic Barriers to Leaving Abusive Relationships
January 4 , Do Parks Protect Nature?

2017

December 14 , A Bit of Fragrance Always Clings to the Hand that Gives you Roses
December 7 , Should We Sit Less and Stand More? Why Sitting is NOT the New Smoking.
November 30 , In what way are Minimum Wage Increases and Changes to the Provincial Labour Code likely to affect Alberta’s Economy?
November 23 , Is Privacy a Thing of the Past in Today’s Digital World?
November 16 , Does Lethbridge need a Supervised Site for the Consumption of Harmful Drugs?
November 9 , Medical Marijuana: What are the Benefits to users and how can they be affected by Legalization of Cannabis in Canada?
November 2 , Does wireless radiation affect our health: How much do we really know?
October 26 , Did Issues or Personalities Define Lethbridge’s 2017 Municipal Election Campaign?
October 19 , Police Carding: Are Random Street Checks Legal – Warranted?
October 12 , Reforming the Canadian Senate?
October 5 , Building a Better Society: Is Liberal Education a Fundamental Pillar?
September 28 , Hell, High Water, and High Hopes
September 27 , The 2017 Lethbridge Municipal Election Forums for Mayor
September 26 , The 2017 Lethbridge Municipal Election Forums for Councillors
September 21 , Is a less partisan Canadian Senate likely to be more effective?
September 7 , From a historical perspective, what is likely to happen following the recent deadly violence in Charlottesville involving White Nationalists?
June 29 , 2017 Annual General Meeting of Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs
September 14 , Is the City of Lethbridge responding adequately to Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recommendations?
June 22 , How can the ‘BikeMaps.org’ project improve your bike riding experience?
June 22 , At its Roots, is Racism a Generational and Social Tendency?
June 15 , China’s Global Reach
June 15 , China’s Global Reach
June 8 , Canada: Long a Refugee Haven – a Model for Other Countries?
June 1 , Drug Addiction, Crime and the role of the Police Service in Harm Reduction
May 25 , Lethbridge College at 60: Past, Present and Future Challenges and Opportunities
May 18 , U of L at 50: Past, Present and Future Challenges and Opportunities
May 11 , Civil War, Bloodshed and Refugees: Why did it happen in Syria and why did it go so Horrible Wrong?
May 9 , web-link live conversation with Edward Snowden
April 27 , What are the Barriers & Strengths of Today’s Newcomer Youth?
April 20 , Can Genomics and Big Data Help Feed Cattle Much More Efficiently?
May 4 , Uniting Alberta’s Wildrose and PC Parties: What are the Obstacles?
April 13 , Cuts to Public Service or Deficit Financing: What are Alberta’s best Options?
April 6 , Bill 6, the Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act: How’s it Working?
March 30 , Beyond the Binary: What can the West learn from Non-Western Approaches to Gender Diversity?
March 23 , Fair Climate Policy for Canada: Let's Follow the Science
March 22 , Fair Climate Policy for Canada: Let's Follow the Science
March 16 , Using Virtual Reality Technology: What are the Benefits and Risks?
March 1 , The Student Speaker Challenge
March 13 , The Wonder of You: What Near-Death Experiences Tells You about Yourself
March 9 , Has the Recognition, Celebration and Actions of International Women’s Day Inspired Equality?
March 2 , What Parameters should be Considered in Drafting a Management Plan for the Castle and Wildland Provincial Parks?
February 23 , At what Cost will Renewables and Natural Gas keep the Lights on in Alberta after Phasing out Coal?
February 23 , At what Cost will Renewables and Natural Gas keep the Lights on in Alberta after Phasing out Coal?
February 16 , What does the Future Hold in Terms of New Job Opportunities?
February 9 , What Makes an Airport Fly? Is Air Service to and from Lethbridge Suffering from “Small Airport Mentality”?
February 2 , Neo-Liberalism, Trump, and the Return of Populism
January 26 , Racism Post-Conflict; Reflections on Japanese-Canadian Experiences 75 years after their Internment
January 19 , Why Doesn’t Lethbridge have a Performing Arts Centre? A Vision for a Cultural Future
January 12 , Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of Southwestern Alberta
January 5 , U of L at 50: How did the University End up Being Built in the Coulees across the River?

2016

December 1 , Pricing carbon dioxide: How to bell the carbon cat?
December 8 , Lethbridge at 100k+: How are we Growing and how fast are we Going?
December 15 , How does Buddhism Relate to Christmas in Canada?
November 30 , Pricing Carbon Dioxide: How to Bell the Carbon Cat?
November 24 , Lethbridge’s Trashy Secret: Making the Case for Waste Reduction
November 23 , Our Oldman Watershed: What does it mean to be Downstream?
November 17 , Judging Sexual Assault: Lessons from the Robin Camp Debacle
November 10 , Fort McMurray’s Wildfire: Has the Recovery Response been Adequate?
October 27 , Fanning the Flames of Racism in Lethbridge: Why is Individualism Not Afforded to People of Colour?
November 3 , The US Presidential Race: Does Hillary Hold the Trump Card?
October 20 , Moving Waterton Lakes National Park Visitors Centre: How and by whom are Relocation Decisions Made?
October 13 , From Crude Oil to Carrots: Is Geothermal a Viable Option for Alberta’s Abandoned Wells?
October 6 , Tour of Aquaponics Facility
October 6 , Aquaponic Food Production: Are the Possibilities Endless?
September 29 , Electoral Reform: Are Canadians Ready to Replace the First Past the Post System?
September 27 , How and when can the new Medical Assistance In Dying Law be Applied in Lethbridge?
September 22 , Alberta’s Power Grid: Where will Electricity Come from in the Future?
September 20 , Canadian Success at the Rio Olympics: What is the Value of Developing Elite Athletes?
September 15 , Commemorating History: How and by whom are Decisions Made?
September 8 , Grandfather’s Trout - Grandkid’s Memories: Perspectives over Time for Alberta’s Fish Populations
June 16 , Public Schools? Private Schools? Charter Schools? Navigating the Complexities of Alberta’s Education System
June 9 , Wildrose has a Different Vision for Alberta
June 2 , Can Biochar Applications Become Commercial Opportunities?
May 26 , ENGAGE – A Conversation with Albertans
June 23 , 2016 Annual General Meeting of Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs
May 19 , Undoing Border Imperialism: What are the Systemic Barriers?
May 12 , Who are the Beneficiaries of Treaties between First Nations Peoples and Canada?
May 5 , Agricultural Innovation: What are the Motivating Factors?
April 28 , Mental illness: Is Prevention Being Appropriately Prioritized?
April 21 , S*l*s Tax: The Tax that Dare Not Speak its Name (in Alberta)
April 14 , Regulators? Advisers? Exempt Advisors? Who is Protecting your Investments from Systemic Fraud?
April 7 , Don’t Be a Victim: How Can We Detect and Avoid Fraud?
March 31 , Interventions to Change Practice in Long-Term Care Facilities: What works, for whom, in what circumstance, and why?
March 24 , Is Fentanyl Causing a Public Health Crisis in Alberta?
March 17 , What are the Pressing Challenges of Resettling Refugees in Lethbridge?
March 10 , How Common is Workplace and Boardroom Harassment and is it often Ignored?
March 3 , Are the Alberta Government Guidelines for Best Practices with Respect to Diverse Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Expression Appropriate for Drafting LGBTQ School Policies?
February 25 , What Responsibilities do Individuals, Corporations and Governments have to others in the Context of Common Good?
February 18 , Physical Discipline of Children: Is it Ever Appropriate?
February 11 , Where is Home? – What is it Like not Knowing?
February 4 , The Supreme Court of Canada Mandated Change to Legislation Regarding Physician Assisted Death: What are the Options?
January 28 , Is Geothermal a Practical Renewable Energy Option?
January 27 , Adjust the Mirrors and Turn On the Headlights: Revisiting the Current Debates on Muslims
January 21 , Palestine and Israel: How is Peace Possible?
January 14 , Inquiring into Increasing Suicide Rates in Alberta
January 7 , Will Coal Mining Once Again Impact the Crowsnest Pass Economy?

2015

December 17 , Emergency Shelter Space: Is Lack Thereof Putting Women at Risk?
December 10 , Getting Off the Electric Grid: Is the Sun All We Need?
December 3 , Exposing the Developing Brain to Marijuana: What are the Risks?
November 25 , Sexual Violence & Social Media – What is Cyber Violence?
November 26 , Sexual Violence & Social Media – What is Cyberviolence?
November 19 , Off Road Vehicles: Recreation or Wreckreation? The Challenges of Protecting Fragile Ecosystems
November 12 , Turning the Ship of Government Around?
November 5 , Land Use and Shrinking Rivers: What’s at Stake?
November 5 , Land Use and Shrinking Rivers: What’s at Stake?
October 30 , After the Sands. Energy and Ecological security for Canadians
October 29 , Is Trudeaumania Once More Alive and Well in Canada?
October 22 , Alberta Energy Issues: Possibilities and Dangers?
October 15 , Local and Global Food Security: What are the Issues?
October 8 , The Syrian Refugee Crises: What’s Happening Here?
October 1 , Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Canada: What’s Happened, why it Matters, and what we can do?
September 24 , “Refine it where you mine it” – Value added or risky business?
October 3 , 300 Years of Canadian Aid and Exploitation in Africa?
September 22 , Federal Election Forum for Lethbridge
September 17 , Contaminated Water from Fracking: Who are Responsible When Things Go Wrong?
September 10 , Dying with Dignity: Are Politics Being Played with End of Life Choices?
June 11 , What are Albertans Likely to Experience with an NDP Government and what are the Chances of Yet Another Political Dynasty?
June 4 , How are Lethbridge Property Owners Affected by the Provincial Governments Downloading of Costs?
June 2 , To Pray or Not to Pray: What are the Ramifications of the Recent SCC Ruling on Prayers at Municipal Council Meetings?
May 28 , Bridging the Generational Gap: Empowering Youth to Empower Community?
June 18 , 2015 Annual General Meeting of Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs
May 21 , Religion in Canada as a Growth Industry
May 14 , Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada: Will an Inquiry be Helpful?
May 7 , It Takes Two to Tango: On The Muslim Question in Canada
April 30 , Remote Sensing: What can it tell us about climate change?
April 23 , How did Alberta Arrive at its Present Political and Financial State?
April 22 , Alberta Provincial Election Forum for Lethbridge East
April 21 , Alberta Provincial Election Forum for Lethbridge West
April 16 , Lethbridge has a detailed dog bylaw: How about cats?
April 8 , Fusion Energy - Status and Prospects
April 9 , Fusion Energy - Status and Prospects
April 2 , What is transfeminism? What can it bring to feminism in general? How do you define cissexism? Why is it relevant to address cissexism?
March 26 , Should Canada Restore Diplomatic Relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran?
March 19 , Indefinite Detention without Charges: In Canada? Really?
March 18 , Indefinite Detention without Charges: In Canada? Really?
March 12 , Are Ethics, Integrity and Democracy Alive and Well in the Canadian Public Service?
March 5 , What are the Benefits of Community Radio and Independent Media?
February 26 , Civil Liberties: Are they at risk?
February 19 , Are Lethbridge Children Lagging behind the Province and Canada in Kindergarten Performance because of Inadequate Funding and Support?
February 12 , Why are Gay-Straight Alliances in Alberta Schools Political “Hot Potatoes”?
February 5 , What are the Barriers to Curbside Organics Recycling?
January 29 , The Costs of Homelessness: What are you willing to pay?
January 22 , Canada’s New Prostitution Bill: Will it Stand Up in Court?
January 15 , What did Danielle Smith and the Wildrose Floor Crossers Forget?
January 8 , Arctic War or Arctic Peace?

2014

December 18 , Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
December 11 , Polar Possibilities: Adventures in Paradise
December 11 , Going Wild: Where are the Planet’s Best Wilderness Locations?
December 4 , Curbing Civil Liberties: What can Canadians Expect after the Recent Attacks on Soldiers and the Parliament?
November 27 , Is Strategic Bombing the Best Way to Deal with ISIS?
November 27 , Who is ISIS and where are They Taking the Arab World?
November 20 , What are the Most Critical Issues Facing Orphaned African Children?
November 13 , Alberta’s NDP Party: New Leader, Enhanced Perspective?
November 6 , Southern Alberta as a Clean Energy Hub – What are the Opportunities and Challenges?
October 30 , End Game on Easter Island: A Sign of Things to Come?
November 13 , Women’s Reproductive Autonomy and Legal Access to Abortion: How can we Ensure Broader, Democratic Access?
October 29 , What is the Efficacy and Safety of the HPV Vaccine?
October 23 , Who Will Benefit From the Sale of AltaLink?
October 20 , Why Is It So Hard: The Dilemma of Social Justice
October 16 , Can Alberta’s New Premier Re-Invent the PC Party?
October 9 , Tackling Domestic Violence: Are We Winning or Losing?
October 2 , Lethbridge’s Strategic Plan: What are the Costs and Benefits of Growth?
September 25 , The Canadian Senate: To Be or Not To Be?
September 18 , Striving for Fairness: How does Alberta’s Ombudsman Connect the Dots?
September 11 , Politics vs. Policy: The Root Causes of Controversial Legislation
September 4 , Are Most People Energy Illiterate?
June 19 , SACPA Annual General Meeting
June 12 , Does Alberta need a New Political Party?
June 10 , Are There Better Options to Settle the Blood Tribe Farm Land Disputes than Going Through the Courts?
June 5 , Are Temporary Foreign Workers Needed If There’s No Labour Shortage?
May 29 , Aging in Place: What are the Issues?
May 27 , Medical Help to Die – The Ethics of Providing Choice for Canadians
May 22 , Toxicology of Pesticides: Mechanisms of action and impacts on health
May 15 , Energy superpower or pipeline poverty? That is the question
May 1 , The Federal Governments Proposed Fair Elections Act: How Fair Is It?
April 30 , 2014 Lethbridge Municipal By-Election Forum for Councillor
April 24 , Power from the Sun: The ups and downs of installing solar in Lethbridge
April 17 , Changes to the Federal Governments Urban Aboriginal Strategy: What are the Options for the Aboriginal Council of Lethbridge?
April 10 , Growing Grain: What Issues are Canadian Grain Producers Facing
April 3 , Burning Issues Facing Albertans from an Opposition MLA’s Perspective
March 27 , How are Canadian Military Veterans Surviving in a Civilian World?
March 26 , Developing a First Nations Education Act in Canada: A good idea or misguided legislation?
March 20 , A Truly Diverse and Equal Society: The Benefits of Promoting Acceptance over Tolerance?
March 13 , Rising Challenges from the Middle East
March 13 , How is Peace in Israel, Palestine and the Middle East Possible?
March 6 , The Pros and the Cons of Abolishing the Indian Act
March 6 , What Happened at the Sochi Winter Olympics? An Inside Story
February 27 , Burning Issues Facing Lethbridge from an MLA’s Perspective
February 20 , Pesticides in Agriculture: Past, Present and Future
February 13 , Student Speaker Challenge FINAL
February 13 , Burning Issues Facing Albertans and their MLA’s
February 6 , Workplace pensions a thing of the past: Will the first generation to enjoy retirement security also be the last?
January 30 , Investments, Pensions and Retirement: What are the Issues?
January 23 , Have Biofuels Proven to be Effective and are They Sustainable?
January 16 , Use of Force by Law Enforcement: How Much is Appropriate?
January 9 , Christian Prayers in Alberta’s Public Schools: What are the Issues?

2013

December 19 , Food Banks: Why are they Needed in Our Affluent Society?
December 5 , Is the Federal Governments Proposed First Nations Education Act Underfunded and Too Paternalistic?
November 28 , The kids may not be speaking your language, but they’re still alright
December 12 , Cuts to Post-Secondary Education in Alberta
November 25 , No science, No evidence, No truth, No democracy
November 21 , Municipal politics in Alberta: wards, financing, and the developers.
November 14 , Is the Idle No More Movement Still Active? – Should We Care?
November 7 , Immunization and Vaccines: What are the Benefits and Risks?
October 31 , Has the Grinch Also Stolen Halloween?
October 24 , Talking About Dying Won’t Kill You: Should We Have a Choice at the End of Life?
October 24 , Talking About Dying Won’t Kill You: Should We Have a Choice at the End of Life?
October 10 , Lethbridge Hurricanes: What are the Challenges Managing a Junior Hockey Club?
October 3 , Election forum - mayoral
October 15 , Early Child Development Mapping Initiative
October 3 , Drilling for Oil and Gas within the Corporate Boundaries of a Municipality: What are the Issues?
October 17 , How independent are juries in coming to their verdicts? How constrained are they by the law? What happens if a jury refuses to find an obviously guilty defendant not guilty?
October 2 , Election Forum - councillors
September 26 , Should Public Dollars be used to Support the Restoration of Private Historic Buildings?
September 19 , Secularism, Multiculturalism, Democracy and the Philosophy of Science: What’s the Relationship?
September 12 , Change a River, Change a Community? Factoring in the ‘People Equation’, What Can be Done to Minimize Serious Flood Damage?
September 5 , Why does federal politics remain the domain of men?
June 13 , Is it Justifiable for Governments to Muzzle Publicly Funded Scientists?
June 6 , Should the Recent Scandals in the Canadian Senate be a Catalyst for Reform of the Upper Chamber?
June 20 , Annual General Meeting
May 30 , Is it Finally Time to Quit Debating Evolution?
May 24 , The Blanket Exercise
May 23 , The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Why Does it Matter to Us?
May 16 , Doping in Sports: Who Wins and Who Loses?
May 9 , Another political party? The Alberta Green Party re-emerges
May 2 , The Human Brain, Environments, Genes, Health and Behaviour?
April 25 , Is a Provincial Sales Tax or a Revised Tax System in Alberta Inevitable?
April 18 , How have these works of fiction changed the world?
April 11 , Should Taxpayers Support the Redevelopment Plan at Lethbridge Exhibition Park?
April 9 , Are Recent Cuts to Alberta Post-Secondary Education Justifiable?
April 4 , Citizen Journalism: Unaccredited, Uncertified, Illegitimate . . . and Popular
March 28 , Where Will the Roman Catholic Church Be Heading Under Pope Francis?
March 21 , From Source to Tap: What are the Solutions to Big Challenges in Our Headwaters?
March 14 , Why is Disparity Running Rampant in Alberta?
March 7 , Idle No More: What are the Main Issues Behind the Movement?
February 28 , Alberta’s Health Inquiry: Can Public Trust be Restored?
February 27 , Is it time to Reconsider the Indian Act?
February 19 , Proposed Federal Constituency Boundary Changes: Are They Fair?
February 14 , Why We Need an Alberta Constitution
February 12 , Supporting Sustainable Food – Good, Clean and Fair Food: Panel & Reception
February 21 , Why Will Albertans be Facing a Deficit in the Next Budget?
February 7 , Are Urgent and Pressing Medicare Issues Facing Albertans in 2013?
February 5 , Should public dollars be used to fund private schools?
January 31 , In Majority Governments, What Can the Opposition do to Affect Legislation?
January 24 , Climate and Energy: Does Canada need an Energy Strategy?
January 17 , Petro States: Oil and the New Servitude
January 10 , Does a Northern Gateway Pipeline Make Sense?

2012

December 20 , How do we save the earth?
December 6 , The Challenges of Political Reconciliation
November 29 , Doing Business with China….
December 13 , How is Activist Engagement Related to Liberal Education?
November 21 , Should Flu Shots be Made Mandatory for Healthcare Workers?
November 8 , The Historical Evolution of U.S. Federal Elections: What is the Trend?
November 1 , What Lessons can be Learned from the E. coli Beef Recall at XL Foods?
October 25 , Why the E. coli O157:H7 Puzzle is Not Easily Solved.
November 15 , Lessons from the Arrival City: The Future of Poverty, Population and Environment in the Urban Landing Pad
October 11 , Preparing for the Next Disaster: Experiences from Slave Lake
September 27 , The end of AIDS? Moving Towards an AIDS Free Generation
September 20 , Climate Change and its Impacts on Food Security: What Can We Do?
September 6 , Is Organized Religion Antithetical to Democracy?
June 21 , SACPA Annual General Meeting
November 22 , Canada’s Democratic Deficit: Is it Systemic and Can it be Fixed?
November 15 , Biochar – a Product of Ancient Technology with Possible Global Impact and New Opportunities for Alberta
October 18 , The Coulee Corridor: In Moving Lethbridge Forward, Will the Road to 2017, Canada’s 150th Birthday, Include a Pedestrian Bridge?
October 1 , Interrogating Disability: The De-Composition of a Recovering Paralympian
September 11 , Dying with Dignity: Will Canadians be able to choose?
June 14 , World Population at 7 Billion: What are the Challenges and Opportunities?
October 3 , The Development of a Social Policy Framework: How to Move Forward?
September 13 , Your Attitude is Their Greatest Handicap
June 7 , First Nations Election Act: Will Democracy be Better Served?
October 4 , Resource processing & industrial strategy in Western Canada: What can we learn from Western Australia?
May 31 , Climate Calamity Fact or Fantasy?
May 24 , Electrical Deregulation in Alberta: Has it Made Sense?
May 17 , International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
May 17 , Keeping an Eye on China
May 10 , A Perspective on Children's Mental Health: From Childhood Trauma to Adult Wholeness
May 10 , "Same Old Story?" - Unpacking the 2012 Alberta Provincial Election
May 3 , Why Aren't More People Using Bicycles for Transportation?
April 26 , Where Did the Nuclear Industry Go Wrong?
April 19 , Does the Federal Omnibus Crime Bill C-10 Make Sense?
April 18 , Why run for Senate?
April 17 , Logging the Oldman Headwaters â?? Whatâ??s all the Fuss About?
April 12 , Royalty Revenue: Why is Alberta "Giving" Away Our Resources?
April 11 , Art, Security and the Arctic: New Understandings
April 5 , The Road to Illegality? Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada
April 4 , Election Forum - Lethbridge West
April 3 , Election Forum - Lethbridge East
March 29 , Why Don't Homosexual Men Become Extinct? Evolutionary Insights from Samoa
March 22 , World Water Day: Why are the Themes of Water and Food Security Relevant to Alberta?
March 15 , Is There a Systemic Crisis in the World and If So, How Can it be Resolved ?
March 13 , Is there a systemic crisis in the world? If so, how can it be resolved?
March 8 , International Womenâ??s Day: Assessing Womenâ??s Status in Canada â?? Past, Present and Future â?? Is Gender Equality Being Achieved?
March 2 , A Garden of Earthly Delights
March 1 , The Art of Living Together - How Parasites Shape Our World
February 28 , Urban Planning: Are Aboriginal Needs Adequately Being Considered?
February 23 , Should Abortions be Outlawed
February 16 , The Office of Religious Freedom and Canadian Foreign Policy: Myth or Reality?
February 9 , Emergency Preparedness: How Ready are You?
February 2 , Climate Reality: The Science, the Denial Industry, the Way Forward
February 2 , Climate Reality: The Science, the Denial Industry, the Way Forward
February 1 , Who Will Be the New Leader of Canada’s Official Opposition Party?
January 26 , Alberta Federation of Labour: 100 Years of Promoting Unity... Will it Last?
January 19 , Why Public Education Funding Should Not Be Tied to the Price of Oil
January 18 , A New Alberta: Is It Prime Time to Change the Culture of Political Entitlement?
January 12 , What is the Slow Food Movement & Why Does it Matter?
January 5 , Financial Malpractice: Is Canada Soft on White Collar Crime?

2011

December 15 , Has Christmas Been Hijacked by Santa Claus?
December 8 , Why should you care about historic buildings?
December 1 , Challenges and Advantages of Dealing with a Disability or Mental Illness in a Small Town vs. a Large City
November 24 , Should a Moratorium and a Full Scale Environmental Assessment Precede Any Further Development Using Hydraulic Fracturing?
November 24 , The Occupy Movement: Past, Present, and Future?
November 17 , Will Economic Strategy be Paramount in Shaping Alberta's Future?
November 10 , Will Alberta's New Premier Seek Broad Political Cooperation ?
November 3 , Are You in Favour of Medically Assisted Dying?
November 2 , The Epidemic and Crisis of Missing and Murdered Women in Canada
October 27 , Should the Canadian Wheat Board's Future be Decided by Farmers?
October 20 , A Voyage through the Northwest Passage
October 13 , Fallacies about Bats, Birds and the Breeze: What are the Real Facts of Wind Power?
October 6 , Funding Alberta's Municipalities
September 29 , With Alberta's Economy Fuelled by Hydrocarbons, is Water Playing Second Fiddle?
September 22 , Is Oil from the Alberta Tar Sands a Sticky Environmental Issue?
September 15 , Why Do So Many People Vote Against Their Own Best Interest?
September 8 , What You've Always Wanted to Know About American Politics but were Afraid to Ask
June 16 , SACPA's Annual General Meeting
June 9 , Unconventional oil and gas - an opportunity for Canada?
June 2 , Are the harms associated with polygamy significant enough to justify a limitation on freedom of religion?
June 1 , Water Under Threat: CETA, Fracking and Water Markets
May 26 , Farmers Markets and Local Food Production: Is It a Growing Trend ?
May 19 , Building Lethbridge's Cultural Corridor: The Performing Arts Theatre
May 12 , What Are the Political Aftershocks Following the 2011 Federal Election Earthquake?
May 5 , Is the Alberta Government Investing in What Matters to Albertans?
April 28 , Choking our Lakes and Waterways
April 21 , Why are Baha'is still being persecuted in Iran?
April 19 , Federal Election Forum
April 14 , Does Post-Secondary (Science) Education set up Barriers to Success for Aboriginal Students?
April 7 , Meltdown: The Scoop on Glaciers
March 31 , Upheaval in the Middle East: An Insiderâ??s Perspective
March 24 , Can the Traditional Family Farm Survive Globalization and Free Trade?
March 22 , The Cancun Climate Change Conference Deal: What Does it Mean?
March 17 , What is global justice and how can it be achieved?
March 15 , What is global justice and how can it be achieved?
March 10 , Alberta's Looming Water Market: Is Public Consultation Necessary?
March 3 , The Tea Party Movement: How Did it Affect the 2010 US Elections?
February 24 , In a world of free trade, where does direct fair trade fit in?
February 24 , Is Alberta About to Witness a Generational Shift In Provincial Politics?
February 17 , Hydraulic Fracking: What is it and is it blessing or disaster?
February 10 , Dialogue on Democracy: Should Voting be Compulsory?
February 9 , Can the Alberta Party be a Viable Alternative in Provincial Politics?
February 3 , Is the Road Ahead Bumpy for Canadian Universities?
January 27 , The Sexualization of Female Athletes
January 20 , Can Religious Institutions Survive the Sexual Scandals of Clergy?
January 13 , You Don't Like the Truth: Canada's Role in the Trial of Omar Khadr
January 12 , You Don’t Like the Truth: Canada’s Role in the Trial of Omar Khadr
January 11 , Lethbridge Municipal By- Election Forum for Aldermanic Candidates
January 6 , The Future of Irrigation: Will the Highest Bidder Get the Water?

2010

December 16 , A Muslim and Christian in Dialogue
December 9 , Are the Regulations, Governance and Access to Justice Fair?
December 2 , Does Fluoridation of Public Water Cause More Harm than Good?
November 25 , Is it time to change Canada's Electoral System?
November 18 , Smoke and Mirrors: The Alberta Health Act?
November 17 , Smoke and Mirrors: The Alberta Health Act?
November 16 , Drought, Heavy Precipitation and Climate
November 12 , Fraud -- You Can Try to Ignore it, But You Better Understand It!
November 9 , The Long Gun Registry: Useful or Useless in Limiting Gun Related Crime?
November 4 , Public Land for the Taking: A Disturbing Prairie Tale
November 2 , Negotiating First Nations rights in Canada - What does dancing have to do with it?
October 28 , How Have Artists Dealt With Political Issues in the Modern Age?
October 21 , Sustainable Energy Without Hot Air? A time for action
October 14 , Carbon Capture and Storage in Alberta
October 8 , Election Forums
October 7 , Election Forums
October 7 , Back to the Future: Why Alberta needs more pioneer-style collective action and less American-style conservative ideology.
September 30 , Did Beethoven's Revolutionary Eroica Symphony change the world?
September 30 , Is Now the Right Time for Lethbridge to Build a New Skateboard Park?
September 27 , Overcoming Barriers: A Discussion with the World's First Trans MP"
September 23 , Is Protecting the Castle Special Place Long Overdue?
September 20 , On Thin Ice: A Critical Review of How Canadians Respond to Violence in 'Their' Game
September 16 , Has Medicine Hat's Energy Sustainability Policy Left Lethbridge Behind?
September 9 , Is Scrapping the Mandatory Census Long Form Short Sighted?
September 2 , Why is federal action on the environment critical to a healthy local economy?
June 10 , SACPA AGM
May 27 , The Closure of Kainai Corrections Centre: Is Aboriginal Justice being served?
May 20 , Prostitution: Should the Oldest Profession in the World be Legislated?
May 14 , Solar Energy & Net Zero Energy Housing: Economic Reality?
May 13 , Electricity from the Sun…from Dreamer's Paradise to Everyday Use?
May 13 , Senate Reform: Let Us Get it Right
May 6 , Use It or Lose It – A Prescription for Successful Aging?
April 29 , Outsourcing Disaster: Human Trafficking and Humanitarian Failure in Aceh’s Tsunami Reconstruction?
April 29 , Workplace Health and Safety: The Hidden Epidemic
April 22 , What is Canadian Art?
April 15 , The NIMBY Gauntlet: The Process of Socially Excluding Native Renters in Lethbridge?
April 13 , Racism and discrimination in Lethbridge: What needs to be done?
April 8 , "You''ve Got to Start Young": Aging in Canada and the U.S.
April 1 , Equality between Women and Men in Alberta: How long will it take?
March 29 , Is Canada''s Support of Israel Biased?
March 25 , Trans(gender) in Alberta? Funding Denied, Fired, Forgotten
March 18 , From the Front Line In Afghanistan: The Complexity Facing the Canadian Forces
March 11 , Post Secondary Education: How Does It Benefit the World ?
March 9 , How Education Benefits the World
March 4 , Obstacles for, and needs of, persons with disabilities
February 25 , Should we Teach Gambling 101 in Learning Institutions?
February 18 , Are Albertans Ready for the Wildrose Alliance Party and Vice Versa?
February 11 , Parliamentary Prorogue: Reasonable Pause or Rogue Rule?
February 9 , Who Owns the Arctic?
February 4 , Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming?
February 4 , What is the Future of our Lethbridge Seniors Centres?
January 28 , International Banks Squeeze on Canadian Non Bank ABCP Owners?
January 27 , Financial Fraud: Will Strict Investment Rules Provide the Fix?
January 21 , When Jesus Became a Christian, Did He Cease to be a Jew?
January 18 , Got Thirst? Will Alberta’s new water policy leave you high and dry?
January 14 , Open access to the Grid, or Grid lock? A look at the AESO
January 7 , The Illusion of Crisis in Health Care?

2009

January 8 , Oil Sands and Environmental Management
January 15 , LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC FINANCES: A Culture of Accountability at City Hall
January 22 , Why Political Revival in Alberta?
January 29 , Homelessness in Lethbridge
February 5 , Profit vs. People - Healthcare and the Drug Industry
February 12 , The Global Economic Crisis and its Impact on U.S. and Canadian Politics
February 19 , Public vs. Private Education Part 1 - Public School Education:First Class, First Choice
February 25 , Saving the Grizzly Bear from Extinction
February 26 , Public vs. Private Education: Part II - Do Private Schools Complement the Public System?
March 3 , Responding to Climate Change: Adaptation as the Emerging Frontier
March 5 , What Does "The Public Interest" Mean for Natural Resource Regulation in Alberta?
March 12 , The Eroding State of Health Care in Alberta
March 19 , Wild Alberta: Losing Our Way, Finding the Path
March 26 , The Tar Sands and the Future of Alberta
March 31 , Changing the World Student Speaker Challenge
April 2 , From Galileo to the Universe
April 9 , Getting What You Vote For
April 16 , Coalition? Which Coalition
April 23 , The Lethbridge Economy and Infrastructure Investment
April 30 , Through the Looking Glass: One College President''s Perspective on the Future of Post-Secondary Education
May 7 , Domestic Violence: How is the Workplace Impacted?
May 14 , What you should know about Alberta''s water market
May 21 , Canada’s Role in Sustainable Agricultural Development in China
May 28 , Mind Reading: How your brain waves are used to check your health and spending habits
June 11 , Annual General Meeting
September 24 , Alberta MLA''s Dilemma: Party Policy vs. Constituents'' Wishes
October 1 , The Future of Sustainable Food Systems in Southern Alberta: Creating Progressive Food Policy
October 8 , Community Conflict Resolution: Alternative measures and restorative justice as options to adversarial approaches
October 15 , Canada''s Involvement in Afghanistan: What''s the Plan?
October 19 , Will Passage of Bill-50 Keep Albertans from Being Consulted Before Spending Billions of $ to Build Corporate Owned Power Lines?
October 21 , International Repercussions of the Eco-crises: East Africa
October 22 , International Repercussions of the Eco-crises: East Africa
October 29 , Making Financial Crime Pay: A ‘How To’ Guide by a Former Investment Industry Insider
November 5 , A Better World: Can Women Leaders Make it Happen?
November 12 , Remote Sensing and Satellite imagery: Can we improve environmental decisions?
November 18 , The Ethics of Nuclear Waste in Canada
November 19 , Why do Good People Become Evil?
November 26 , Is the U of L Strategic Plan Durable in Times of Funding Cuts ?
December 3 , The issue is NOT dirty oil.
December 10 , Lethbridge Transit – On the Road to Sustainability
December 17 , Is Lethbridge an Arts Community?

2008

January 10 , The Global Challenges of the 21st Century: Our Role as Citizens
January 17 , Gangs and Organized Crime in Lethbridge
January 23 , Recycling CO2 Emissions into Plant Nutrients
January 24 , "Royalties Debate Proved Acid Test"
January 31 , From Welfare to Social Justice
February 1 , Key Issues Facing Alberta
February 7 , Brain Myths
February 14 , Prison American Style: a cautionary tale
February 21 , Water Scarcity in Southern Alberta: Who Is Managing This Precious Resource?
February 25 , Provincial Election 2008 - Lethbridge East Forum
February 26 , Provincial Election 2008 - Lethbridge West Forum
February 28 , Challenges and opportunities are changing the manufacturing industry in Canada.
March 6 , Homelessness and Schizophrenia
March 6 , Homelessness and Schizophrenia
March 13 , Rough and Tumble Play and the Development of Social Competency
March 20 , The Obama Phenomenon
March 27 , A More Democratic Alberta: How do we get there?
April 3 , Evolution and Creationism: a two-part presentation
April 10 , Evolution and Creationism: a two-part presentation
April 17 , The Global Nuclear System and Canada’s Deadly Secret
April 24 , Does Corporate Support of Universities Threaten Academic Freedom?
May 1 , Has Exhibition Park Outgrown Its Present Location?
May 8 , Right-Wing Nationalism in Japan: The Rise and Fall of Shinzo Abe
May 15 , Have Albertans Given the Stelmach Government a Free Ride?
May 22 , Tasers: The Rules of Engagement
May 29 , Balancing the Demands on Our Scarce Water Resources
June 5 , Forty Years of SACPA: A Tribute to Gordon Campbell
June 12 , Annual General Meeting
September 25 , Have Albertans Given the Stelmach Government a Free Ride?
September 30 , The Taser Controversy: Are Stun Guns Really Non-Lethal?
October 2 , Federal Election 2008: Will the Liberal Party Survive?
October 6 , Federal Election Forum
October 9 , Have Albertans Given the Stelmach Government a Free Ride?
October 16 , Is TILMA the Model for Internal Trade in Canada? Part 1: The argument against
October 23 , Is TILMA the Model for Internal Trade in Canada? Part 2: The argument for
October 30 , Lethbridge Public Finances: Is City Hall Gouging Our Citizens?
November 6 , Energy, Environment and the Economy - Discovering Alberta''s Future
November 13 , Should Alberta be Kept Free of Nuclear Power?
November 19 , Why Direct Action?
November 20 , The Global Financial Crisis: What happened and what is being done?
November 27 , Will Lethbridge
November 27 , Will Lethbridge''s Most Vulnerable Seniors Soon Be At Risk?
December 4 , Have Albertans Given the Stelmach Government a Free Ride?
December 11 , Conscientious Objection to Military Service and Citizenship: A Canadian Perspective
December 18 , The Politics of Disability

2007

January 4 , "This Old House, She Is A¹Changing: Seniors Housing in Alberta"
January 11 , Deregulation: Friend or Foe of Green Energy in Alberta?
January 18 , Indian Residential Schools - The National Settlement
January 25 , "DAYCARE BY MAIL: Stephen Harper’s Plan for Childcare"
January 27 , Oil Sands Fever: The Environmental Implications of Alberta’s Oil Sands Rush
February 1 , New Year, New Leaders, New Elections?
February 8 , Don’t send Alberta jobs down the pipeline!
February 15 , Critical Alberta Issues in the Post-Klein Era
February 22 , The North American Competitiveness Council – Misplaced Power Rising?
March 1 , “A Century of Planting Trees: Musing on 100 Years of Science At The Lethbridge Research Centre"
March 8 , Animals, Humans, and Ethics
March 15 , How Experience Changes Brain Development and Behaviour
March 22 , THE FUTURE OF OUR PAST: LOCAL HERITAGE�AS A NATIONAL ISSUE
March 22 , The Future Of Our Past: Local Heritage As A National Issue
March 27 , Oil Sands Fever: The Environmental Implications of Alberta’s Oil Sands Rush
March 29 , Sustainable Future for Alberta?
April 5 , The University of Lethbridge at Forty
April 12 , Unfair Play: Barriers to Accessing Sports Programs and Facilities in Lethbridge
April 19 , Water Pollution in Southern Alberta - A Fish Tale
April 26 , Continuing Health Care: Are we achieving excellence?
May 3 , Thinking like an Owner: Who owns the oil sands? Who gets the money?
May 10 , Rediscovering the Forest Reserve as the Oldman Basin''s Water Tower
May 17 , Emerging Energy Superpower or U.S. Resource Satellite?
May 24 , AFGHANISTAN: Canada''s Development Assistance
May 31 , A New Centre for the Performing Arts in Lethbridge
May 31 , A New Centre for the Performing Arts in Lethbridge
June 21 , Annual General Meeting
September 12 , Is Democracy Alive and Well in Local Government?
September 13 , The Alberta Government and Financial Sustainability
September 20 , The Security and Prosperity Partnership - A Wolf in Sheep''s Clothing? (The Montebello Summit)
September 27 , Critical Public Interest Issues in Alberta and Lethbridge
September 28 , Intent For A Nation: Our True North Strong and Free
October 4 , Last Days of the Dynasty?
October 11 , Aldermanic Debate
October 11 , Building a Better Place: Lethbridge
October 18 , ROLE MODEL OR "ROLL" MODEL: What Is Your Part in the Obesity Epidemic?
October 25 , Is Nuclear Energy Right for Alberta... or Not?
November 1 , Oil Wealth and Genuine Progress - Finding the Balance
November 8 , Does Bill 46 Violate Democratic Principles?
November 15 , Coulee Thirst: Plants and Water in the Oldman River Valley
November 22 , Is Science to be Trusted?
November 26 , Canadian Navy and International Naval Security
November 29 , The Impact of Currency Fluctuation on the Canadian Economy
December 6 , The 1989 Montreal Massacre and its Widespread Social Significance
December 13 , The MATL Transmission Line: Is More Alberta Energy Going South?
December 20 , HARRY POTTER - A Window on the Soul of our Culture?

2006

January 5 , Poverty in a Land of Plenty
January 10 , ELECTION 2006: Another Minority Government?
January 12 , How Would Alberta Look Under an Alliance Govt?
January 17 , Federal Election Candidates Forum
January 19 , Oldman Watershed: Finding the Balance
January 26 , Dementia: Is it Always Alzheimer''s Disease?
February 2 , Riding the Electrical Energy Roller Coaster
February 9 , New and Alternative Religions in Southern Alberta
February 10 , Canada''s New 3D Foreign Policy and the Responsibility to Protect
February 16 , Education Property Taxes: Should they be maintained or eliminated?
February 23 , Lethbridge Rotary Helps with Sanitation Project in Togo
February 27 , The Muhammad Cartoons: What are the issues?
March 2 , Parliament''s Review of Judicial Appointments
March 9 , Biogas Technology: Opportunities and Challenges in Southern Alberta
March 16 , Indian Reservations: The Final Act of Genocide?
March 23 , OPEN FORUM ON HEALTH CARE: A Meeting of a Different Sort
March 30 , A Trade Union Perspective on the Real Costs of the Third Way
April 6 , LABOUR FORCE ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN LETHBRIDGE AND REGION
April 13 , Emerging Energy and Environmental Opportunities and Challenges in Alberta
April 20 , Locked In, Locked Out: How ignoring causes of crime and barriers to reintegration of ex-prisoners hurts us all
April 27 , First Nations Affairs in the 21st Century
May 4 , A New Arts and Cultural Centre for Lethbridge – Is it a Priority?
May 11 , Beyond the Wire – Advancing Civil Society in Afghanistan
May 18 , Missile Defence: Does it work and do we really need it?
May 25 , What are the Burning Issues for Alberta?
June 29 , Annual General Meeting
September 14 , Hospital Invaders and the New Global Pandemonium
September 21 , A Vision for the Province of Alberta
September 28 , The Real Plan Policy Blueprint: Democratic Reform in Alberta
October 5 , The Diverse Faces of Employment
October 12 , The Senators Speak
October 19 , Alberta''s Leadership Role in Confederation
October 26 , Making the Most of Alberta''s Tar Sands
November 2 , Domestic Violence – Evaluating Our Community’s Response
November 9 , International Challenges for the Canadian Beef Industry
November 14 , Challenges to the Canadian Wheat Board in the 21st century
November 16 , Income Trusts – What Now?
November 23 , Afghanistan – Is it time to get out?
November 30 , Reflections on the Nikka Yukko Gardens
December 7 , Truth and Scientific Inquiry
December 14 , Killing the Golden Goose in Our Headwaters
December 21 , Peace in the Holy Land

2005

January 6 , Is It Finally Time For Proportional Representation?
January 13 , The Return of Beef Processing to Lethbridge?
January 20 , Religious Law taking precedence over the Charter of Rights and Freedom: A Troublesome Trend in Canadian Justice?
January 27 , Tempering Terrorism: 10 Principles for World Peace
February 3 , Remembering the Past: Lethbridge and Coal
February 10 , The Asian Tsunami Disaster and the Global Humanitarian Response
February 17 , Cheaper Electricity in Alberta?
February 24 , It’s Your Life – Why The Public Interest Matters
March 3 , Western-style democracy and Muslim culture: Can the two be reconciled?
March 9 , Clergy Speak on Same Sex Marriage
March 10 , Blinded by the Light: A Closer Look at Light Pollution
March 17 , Establishing a Professional Theatre Company in Lethbridge: An Unfinished Comedy of Errors
March 24 , God and Science: Creationism vs. Evolution
March 31 , Your University, Our Future
April 7 , Globalization and Human Happiness: A World Economist Shares His Concerns
April 14 , Flu Pandemic: Hype or Threat?
April 21 , Pesticides and the Prairies
April 28 , Think Globally, Act Locally
May 5 , The Future of our Past: How will the transformation of the Galt Museum and Archives affect the future of heritage in Southern Alberta?
May 12 , Human Rights in Indonesia
May 19 , The Problem of Genocide: Why does it still happen?
May 26 , Raising Roofs: Building Hope
June 21 , Indian Residential Schools: Canada’s Apartheid System – Addressing a Historical Wrong
June 23 , Annual General Meeting of SACPA
September 8 , What are the burning issues?
September 15 , Wealth by Stealth
September 19 , The Next Tsunami
September 22 , MLA Task Force on Long Term Care
September 29 , Climate Catastrophe Cancelled
October 6 , Road to Prosperity; Five Steps to Change Aboriginal Policy
October 13 , The New Future of Canadian Beef Exports
October 20 , Foreign Aid Issues
October 27 , What Keeps Women from Politics?
November 3 , Crystal Meth: A Clear and Present Danger
November 10 , Lest We Forget: Canada and the Laws of War
November 10 , Participation in Land Use Planning: When you have a say and when you don
November 14 , The Return of the Trojan Horse: Alberta and the New World (Dis)Order
November 17 , Immigration Issues
November 24 , Issues for5th on 5th
December 1 , The Face of HIV in Alberta
December 8 , The World - Not in My Backyard
December 15 , How Do We Learn from History?
December 22 , Have The Churches Retreated From Seeking Peace On Earth?