Dr David Jenkins – The Vegan Advantage ideacity 2024-07-10 | Developer of the Glycemic Index, Dr. David Jenkins became a vegetarian as a teen when his mother tried to feed him his pet chicken. In his Talk from 2015, he discusses how various diets can change both your health and the environment, and why we believe certain foods are 'healthy' when in reality they may be harmful.
ideacity - Season 16 - Episode 12 - Ethan Brown ideacity 2024-06-04 | Moses Znaimer's 17th ideacity Conference featuring Ethan Brown.
Building A Rich Legacy EXPLAINED ideacity 2024-05-27 | Move beyond the bank balance to enrich your life and legacy, and make a difference. Host Liz West is joined by Mike Drak, Retirement Lifestyle Consultant for HomeEquity Bank, Aleksandra Vasic, Director of Volunteerism at Volunteer Success, and Calvin Carter, Sales Manager for Greater Toronto at Dignity Memorial.
Building a Rich Legacy EXPLAINED ideacity 2024-05-24 | Move beyond the bank balance to enrich your life and legacy, and make a difference. Host Liz West will be joined by Mike Drak, Retirement Lifestyle Consultant for HomeEquity Bank, Aleksandra Vasic, Director of Volunteerism at Volunteer Success, and Calvin Carter, Sales Manager for Greater Toronto at Dignity Memorial.
Travel Trends 2024 EXPLAINED ideacity 2024-05-16 | Travel is good for you, science tells us. Multiple studies show that we are at our happiest when we have a trip planned. In this EXPLAINED program, we explore how best to prepare for a trip, favourite and hot new destinations for group travel, the best ways to get there, including the changing face of cruising, and the growing popularity of immersive experiences, among other trends in travel. Featuring Natalia Vargas, Sales & Marketing Coordinator for Senior Discovery Tours, Antonia Whyatt, Deputy Editor of Zoomer magazine, Stephen Smith, SVP of Leisure Strategy & Marketing at Direct Travel, and Kaitlynn Furse, Director of Corporate Communications at CAA Club Group.
Travel Trends 2024 Explained ideacity 2024-05-09 | Host Liz West is joined by four travel experts to help inspire you for that next get-away. They explore hot trends, great destinations for group travel, some inviting cruising vacations and tips for planning that trip once you have your sights on a destination.
The importance of immunization Explained ideacity 2024-04-18 | Zoomer Radio’s Liz West sits down with pre-eminent Canadian immunologist Dr. Dawn Bowdish to discuss why vaccines are so important for older Canadians, why COVID-19 is an ongoing health concern and what the updates are for spring, and to ask about the new threat of measles, among other topics in this 45-minute program.
Jack Andraka - From ideacity to The White House to 60 Minutes ideacity 2024-04-08 | Whiz-kid Jack Andraka invented a new, inexpensive method for the rapid and early detection of pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancers. Recently he received a shout-out by President Obama at the White House Science Fair and he was featured on CBS’ 60 Minutes.
Eye Care Through The Ages EXPLAINED ideacity 2024-03-25 | Noted eye surgeon Dr. Amandeep Rai joins host Natasha Raey to discuss the most common conditions of aging eyes. They’ll review the symptoms and treatment options for presbyopia and cataracts, and discuss other common eye diseases like glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration.
Sook Yin Lee - A Chorus of Sound ideacity 2004 ideacity 2023-11-22 | A gifted musician, actor, filmmaker, television host and producer, Sook Yin Lee first garnered national attention as the lead singer of the influential Vancouver alternative band Bob’s Your Uncle. She subsequently released several solo albums, performed in a wide range of theatre, film and television projects, and was a VJ for MuchMusic from 1995 to 2003. Here she invited the audience into an experimental chorus of non-verbal sounds.
Alexandre Trudeau - ideacity 2004 ideacity 2023-11-22 | As a filmmaker, and special correspondent for Maclean’s magazine, Alexandre Trudeau has reported from the world’s most troubled, war-torn regions including the former Yugoslavia, Liberia and Iraq. His full-length documentary, Embedded in Baghdad (shot, produced and told by Trudeau himself over a 40-day stay in Baghdad), is an intensely personal snapshot of a middle-class family struggling to make sense of the U.S.-led attack on their country. He joined us on stage at ideacity in 2004.
Fall COVID Shots EXPLAINED ideacity 2023-10-11 | We're hearing it again. COVID cases are on the rise. So, what are the best options for protecting yourself? Dr. Dawn Bowdish, a prominent Canadian immunologist, joined Natasha Raey for Fall COVID Shots EXPLAINED to discuss how vaccines and other easy-to-follow practices are highly effective in warding off COVID and other respiratory viruses. She also discussed why getting the updated shot even if you've already been vaccinated is especially important for those at high risk.
Eye Care Through The Ages EXPLAIINED ideacity 2023-10-11 | Noted eye surgeon Dr. Amandeep Rai joined host Natasha Raey for an episode of EXPLAINED to discuss the most common conditions of aging eyes. They reviewed the symptoms and treatment options for presbyopia and cataracts, and discussed other common eye diseases like glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration.
Fall COVID Shots EXPLAINED ideacity 2023-10-05 | We're hearing it again. COVID cases are on the rise. So, what are the best options for protecting yourself? Join us for Fall COVID Shots EXPLAINED. Dr. Dawn Bowdish, a prominent Canadian immunologist, will discuss how vaccines and other easy-to-follow practices are highly effective in warding off COVID and other respiratory viruses. We'll also discuss why getting the updated shot even if you've already been vaccinated is especially important for those at high risk.
Fall COVID Shots EXPLAINED ideacity 2023-10-05 | We're hearing it again. COVID cases are on the rise. So, what are the best options for protecting yourself? Join us for Fall COVID Shots EXPLAINED. Dr. Dawn Bowdish, a prominent Canadian immunologist, will discuss how vaccines and other easy-to-follow practices are highly effective in warding off COVID and other respiratory viruses. We'll also discuss why getting the updated shot even if you've already been vaccinated is especially important for those at high risk.
Life To Legacy EXPLAINED - Leaving Your Legacy - May 25, 2023 ideacity 2023-06-06 | Proper estate planning and a big bank of family memories - Your Life Is Your Legacy. This third and final episode of the Life To Legacy EXPLAINED series will look at the different ways you can create a lasting legacy and make your exit easier on loved ones. Featuring HomeEquity Bank’s Pattie Lovett-Reid, CAA’s Dwayne Williams, RBC Insurance’s Selene Soo, ClearEstate’s Mark Neale, Women’s College Research Institute’s Dr. Kelly Metcalfe, Ancestry’s Allison Lau and Laura House, author Yvonne Heath and Dignity Memorial’s Calvin Carter.
Leaving Your Legacy EXPLAINED ideacity 2023-05-26 | Proper estate planning and a big bank of family memories - Your Life Is Your Legacy. This third and final episode of the Life To Legacy EXPLAINED series will look at the different ways you can create a lasting legacy and make your exit easier on loved ones. Featuring HomeEquity Bank's Pattie Lovett-Reid, CAA's Dwayne Williams, RBC Insurance's Selene Soo, ClearEstate's Mark Neale, Women’s College Research Institute's Dr. Kelly Metcalfe, Ancestry's Allison Lau and Laura House, author Yvonne Heath and Dignity Memorial's Calvin Carter.
Life To Legacy EXPLAINED - Living in Place III - April 27, 2023 ideacity 2023-05-01 | Living In Place III is the second episode of our series about happy and healthy aging. In this show, we learn about the newest trends in tech for assistive devices, how AI is going to help you be more independent long past retirement age and what in-home and delivered-services make life easier. And we discuss ways to finance the things you might need for a longer and better life. Featuring Michael Chrostowski of AGE-WELL, Allan Brown of Markitech.AI, Jim Closs of Age Safe Canada, Vivianne Gauci of HomeEquity Bank and Andy Donald of The Health Depot.
Life To Legacy explained - Living In Place III - April 27, 2023 ideacity 2023-04-28 | Living In Place III is the second episode of a ZoomerMedia series about happy and healthy aging. In this show, learn about the newest trends in tech for assistive devices, how AI is going to help you be more independent long past retirement age and what in-home and delivered-services will make your life easier. We'll also explore ways to finance the things you might need for a longer and better life.
Life To Legacy EXPLAINED - Longevity & The Journey To Ageless Living - March 28, 2023 ideacity 2023-03-31 | This is the first episode of ZoomerMedia's online series about happy and healthy aging. Learn about simple lifestyle changes for living longer, like biohacking and good sleep hygiene, and discover why finding purpose and having community connections are so important to your overall health. Guests include author Mike Drak, audiologist Jillian Price, regenerative medicine practitioner Dr. Anna-Marie Wysynski, geriatric mental health clinician Leslie Giddens-Zuker, naturopath Dr. Kim Abog and biohacker Adam Lewis.
Life To Legacy EXPLAINED - Longevity & The Journey To Ageless Living - March 28, 2023 ideacity 2023-03-28 | Longevity & The Journey To Ageless Living - This episode of Life To Legacy EXPLAINED is all about what you can do to live longer and better.
William Sikkema Head Transplants and Graphene Nanoribbons ideacity 2022-05-11 | Head transplant? Isn’t that supposed to be impossible because they can’t get the spinal cords joined? William Sikkema, a Ph.D. candidate in biomedical nanotechnology, may have helped find the answer: graphene nanoribbons that are just one atom thick.
Brain and Mental Health Event ideacity 2022-02-17 | Natasha Raey speaks with experts from across the field of brain and mental health to explore groundbreaking new research, and leading edge treatments and therapies. They discuss everything from evidence-based psychotherapies, such as cognitive behavioral therapy to how the psychedelic drug Ibogaine is spearheading a new approach to mental health. ---- Link to subscribe: bit.ly/subcribedAgenda:Research-backed CBD: a game-changer for anxiety and mental health UMAR SYED President of US & International Medical Products Division, Heritage Cannabis Holdings Corp. Personalized medicine in mental health; Let your DNA guide you to the medications that would work best NANCY WHITE CEO of Inagene Diagnostics Inc. How mental health therapy is being made accessible online, anywhere, anytime DR. KHUSH AMARIA Senior Clinical Director at MindBeacon Ibogaine – the newest frontier in addiction treatment DR. IAN RABB Universal Ibogaine Chief Clinics OfficerIbogaine HIRPAL HUNDIAL Universal Ibogaine Director of Clinical Services The impact of exercise on your brain and mental health ANJELICA SCANNURA Host of Anjelica's 22-Minute Workout & Anjelica's Kettlebell Workout Other ZoomerMedia Virtual Events:Psychedelic Summit: bit.ly/ZM_PsychedelicThe National Vaccine Summit – Part I: bit.ly/ZM_VaxSummit1Living in Place - Part I: bit.ly/ZM_LivinginPlace1Better Sleep – EXPLAINED: bit.ly/ZM_BetterSleepThe National Vaccine Summit – Part II: bit.ly/ZM_VaxSummit2 #zoomermedia #mentalhealth #brainhealth #brainandmentalhealth
Robert Sawyer The Prescience of Sci-Fi ideacity 2021-12-03 | Robert Sawyer "The Prescience of Sci-Fi"
Ideacity 2015 Dr. Charles Cantor ideacity 2021-09-01 | Could oxygen really be bad for your health? Watch this talk at ideacity by genomics pioneer Dr. Charles Cantor as he discusses the various ways in which oxygen could be harmful to our bodies.
ideacity 2018 Replay ideacity 2021-06-18 | A Special Replay Presentation of Moses Znaimer's 3-day ideacity conference, "Canada's Meeting of the Minds", direct from the spectacular Koerner Hall in Toronto, Canada.Unlike most conferences that focus on a single subject, typically what you do for a living, ideacity offers a wide variety of short and stimulating Talks from visionary entrepreneurs, innovators, social activists, scientists, adventurers, and journalists on a broad range of topics, many of which dominate international headline news today."Every Talk will leave you smarter than you started. And stay for the stretch breaks and fabulous entertainment too!" - Moses
ideacity 2018 Replay ideacity 2021-06-17 | A Special Replay Presentation of Moses Znaimer's 3-day ideacity conference, "Canada's Meeting of the Minds", direct from the spectacular Koerner Hall in Toronto, Canada.Unlike most conferences that focus on a single subject, typically what you do for a living, ideacity offers a wide variety of short and stimulating Talks from visionary entrepreneurs, innovators, social activists, scientists, adventurers, and journalists on a broad range of topics, many of which dominate international headline news today."Every Talk will leave you smarter than you started. And stay for the stretch breaks and fabulous entertainment too!" - Moses
ideacity 2018 Replay ideacity 2021-06-16 | A Special Replay Presentation of Moses Znaimer's 3-day ideacity conference, "Canada's Meeting of the Minds", direct from the spectacular Koerner Hall in Toronto, Canada.Unlike most conferences that focus on a single subject, typically what you do for a living, ideacity offers a wide variety of short and stimulating Talks from visionary entrepreneurs, innovators, social activists, scientists, adventurers, and journalists on a broad range of topics, many of which dominate international headline news today."Every Talk will leave you smarter than you started. And stay for the stretch breaks and fabulous entertainment too!" - Moses
Albert Nerenberg | Laughology & Contagions ideacity 2021-03-29 | Albert Nerenberg is an award-winning filmmaker, journalist and Laughologist for CBC radio. In this talk he outlines things that become contagious.
Dr. Tony Perry | ideacity DNA Editing ideacity 2021-03-25 | What is heritable human genome editing and when will it happen? Dr. Tony Perry says they are on the path to figuring out DNA editing but there are various technical, political, legislative, and social issues that will majorly delay research and results. Watch his talk to learn more about his work.Dr. Tony Perry is Head of the Laboratory of Mammalian Molecular Embryology at the University of Bath, UK. His lab has developed methods of introducing external genetic information into animals, as well as methods to change the information already present.At the center of Dr. Perry’s research is the remarkable and mysterious process by which fertilization transforms a sperm and egg into single-cell embryos that give rise to an entire individual. Modifying its genome allows us to modify the genome of the resulting offspring. This opens up exciting possibilities in the treatment – or even elimination – of certain diseases.
Psychedelic Summit || Health. Business. Legalization ideacity 2021-02-04 | As lover of the biggest ideas from the brightest minds, we think you might be interested in the PSYCHEDELIC SUMMIT — live from Zoomer Hall. The Summit will explore everything from the latest research, to the people and companies driving the psychedelics sector towardslegalization and broader adoption.Register now using promo code IDEACITY and to get the whole program for FREE — live and on-demand! Don’t miss ideacity alumnus Wade Davis. http://psychedelicsummit.live/
ideacity – Colette Baron-Reid – Re-Evaluating Our Spiritual Preconceptions ideacity 2020-12-16 | As an intuitive counselor and author, Colette Baron-Reid encourages us to re-evaluate our preconceptions about spirituality. She believes we are responsible for guiding our own existence, and insists that all humans want the same thing: to be happy. Here, she discusses intuition, spirituality as behaviour, and the overall importance of forgiveness, between candid stories from her experiences as a medium.ideacity 2010
ideacity Concert Series | ZoomerHall Live Presents - Jill Sobule ideacity 2020-12-01 | Zoomer Radio and ideacity present Jill Sobule Live in Concert at Zoomer Hall in Liberty Village, Toronto.If you love Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell, then you’ll want to discover Jill Sobule. She’s been described by the New York Times as “a stellar singer-songwriter”. Her luscious tunes are topical, funny, and poignant and made her a fan favourite at Moses Znaimer’s ideacity conference.Moses calls Jill’s music “witty adult music for an adolescent age” . In addition to her well-known hit “I Kissed a Girl”, Jill is a career musician and songwriter, with over a dozen albums to her credit. Her talents have been featured in many movie soundtracks including: Clueless, Harriet the Spy, Natural Born Killer and Dirty Love.Sobule’s folk-inflected compositions alternate between ironic, story-driven character studies and emotive ballads, which keeps you listening. She uses both satire and personal experience to sing about a range of issues, including sexuality, love, depression, war, shoplifting, mushrooms, and greed.REVIEWS FOR JILL SOBULE:“Jill Sobule can claim her place among the stellar New York singer-songwriters of the last decade. Topical, funny and more than a little poignant.” — NY TIMES“Jill is a one-woman band, a record label, and performer all wrapped up. She does these story songs which are beyond charming, but you have to be careful because they do have a certain kind of bite. All I can say is that this is witty adult music for an adolescent age.” — Moses Znaimer“Nostalgia Kills (her latest album) is a collection of some luscious pop tunes, written by someone who really knows their craft.” — PopMatters.com
Klezmer En Buenos Aires - Their Passion For Music and A Beautiful Performance ideacity 2020-08-18 | The members of Klezmer En Buenos Aires are passionate about music. Here, they discuss how important music is to their lives and how they always want to share this with others. Watch, and enjoy, as they perform three fantastic, crowd pleasing songs.
ideacity - Firoz Rasul - The Hydrogen Fuel Cell ideacity 2020-07-28 | In the race to develop and manufacture a fuel cell for use in zero-emission passenger vehicles, the acknowledged world leader is Vancouver’s Ballard Power Systems, leading the pack into what Wired magazine calls the “Hydrogen Age.”The Chairman and CEO of the $4 billion company is Firoz Rasul, an executive who literally and figuratively never runs out of gas. “If you’re an investor, Ballard has already met your expectations. If you’re an environmentalist, the company is almost too good to be true,” says Vancouver magazine. Ballard is partnering with manufacturers Daimler-Chrysler, Ford, GPU International, ALSTOM and EBARA and in 2003 hopes to start commercial production of cars that leak nothing but clean water out of their tailpipes.Besides working on revolutionary technologies, Mr. Rasul is also the President of the Ismaili Council for Canada and has previously held the position of Chairman of Focus Humanitarian Assistance Canada, an international emergency relief agency. He has also served as a director for BC Telecom and Royal Bank Capital Management, as a board member for Science World of British Columbia.Mr. Rasul has a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Hertsfordshire in the U.K. and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from McGill University.ideacity 2000
Daniel Levitin - Your Brain On Music ideacity 2020-07-28 | Daniel Levitin, Author of 'This is Your Brain On Music' studies how the brain makes sense of music and how it responds to it. Our brain is a music machine, with music engaging nearly every region of the brain. Watch to see Daniel's musical experiments.
ideacity 2007 - J. Edward Chamberlin ideacity 2020-07-28 | J. Edward Chamberlin, author of 'How The Horse Has Shaped Civilizations' discusses the history of horses.
Audi Gozlan - Kabalah Yoga Class ideacity 2020-07-28 | Audi Gozlan, founder of Kabalah Yoga, tells us what it is all about. Here, he provides a peaceful and spiritual practise for the audience.
Wanda Morris - Dying With Dignity - ideacity ideacity 2020-07-28 | “The reality is, its very hard to have a gentle death” says Wanda Morris, Executive Director of Dying With Dignity. She has advocated tireless to put in place legislation allowing terminally ill patients from choosing the manner in which they die. Watch, as she delivers a passionate talk on the realities of end-of-life choice.
Michael Hawley - Beautiful Piano Performance ideacity 2020-07-27 | Michael Hawley ran, in Moses' words, "a fabulous conference" out of Monterey every spring called the EG conference. Michael delighted the audience with a piano piece by Czacovski and gave context into how special the piece was, while discussing some history about musician Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Anthony Russell - Sings Hassidic Niggunim and Teaches the Audience to Sing Along ideacity 2020-07-27 | African-American by birth and Jewish by choice, Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell is a fresh new voice in the contemporary Yiddish music scene. Trained and experienced as an opera singer, Russell has more recently discovered in Yiddish art song an ideal canvas for the expression of his own multifaceted identity. In this video, Russell, with his rich bass voice, starts off by asking the audience to accompany him in singing some Hassidic niggunim (“when a spiritual feeling beyond words is expressed with a wordless melody”). Then hear him sing a fascinating piece that is a combination of a Jewish prayer song and a Negro spiritual in which both tunes preserve their original sound.
Robert J. Sawyer - Aging as a Species and Civilization ideacity 2020-07-27 | Sci-Fi writer and author, Robert J. Sawyer, is here to discuss aging. He describes why we and all the other genus Homo that ever existed are still in existence to this day and what this is going to mean from a societal point of view. Watch, as he discusses the single biggest problem today that faces us as a species and how aging of an individual and longevity of a civilization are related.
