Speaker Schedule

Philosopher, educator, and author. He will talk about the concept  of " Good vs. Evil"  and how it evolved throughout history.

Dr,  DiCarlo teaches in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of  Toronto (in Scarborough) and is also a lifetime member of Humanist  Canada and an Expert Advisor for the Centre for Inquiry Canada.

He  has published many scholarly papers ranging from bioethics to cognitive  evolution. His latest book: Six Steps to Better Thinking: How to  Disagree and Get Along was released by Friesen Press. In April 2008 he  was awarded TV Ontario’s Big Ideas Best Lecturer in Ontario Award.

What do archaeologists do when the world is at war?  

Surprisingly, many of them turn

spy. 

During wartime, archaeologists on all sides have become involved with military intelligence, turning their in-depth knowledge of the land and the peoples they studied to support their countries at war.  This was no more apparent than in the Middle East where prominent archaeologists played a very political game during the First World War.  Some of these names, such as T.E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, would become legendary.  Others, when the war was over, simply went back to their museums and their excavations.

Dr. Amy Barron

Amy Barron received her PhD at the University of Toronto in the field of Mesopotamian

history and archaeology, specializing on the military history of Iron Age Assyria. She has excavated predominantly in the Middle East but has traveled widely studying the archaeology of various remote parts of the world from Peru to China. Amy has taught archaeology, ancient history and classics at the universities of Toronto and Guelph and presently teaches museum studies in Fleming College’s post-graduate program. She has worked in the museum world for over 30 years and loves sharing her passion for the past 

Joyce Perrin penned stories when young, but what held her interest throughout life was the blue bound set of books at home called Lands and People, which sparked a lifelong curiosity about different countries and cultures.

Life changes led Joyce to pack up all her belongings at age 57 and embark on a solo global journey across 187 countries and territories. 

After returning to Canada at 80, and despite several health challenges, Joyce published her book Ants In My Pants: One Womans’s Unexpected Adventures Across Seven Continents .

"The most memorable experiences about my travel years were touching people’s lives--the human connections. No matter where I was in the world, my encounters connected me with others, their countries, their cultures, their histories, their personal stories. That’s what I treasured most about traveling. The sheer diversity of it all. The complex, wonderful, beautiful, at times tragic, shocking, and messy stuff that is simply being human. Humanity in its never ceasing capacity to amaze."