For many of us, that's just an expression. But for Canada's most
outstanding researchers, it's a calling. IDEAS host Paul Kennedy in
conversation with prize-winning thinkers about why they're driven to
investigate some of the world's most pressing problems. Recorded at
Rideau Hall, the 2013 Killam Prize Symposium celebrates the achievements
of some of the Canada Council's Killam Prize winners.
The 2013 Canada Council Killam Prize laureates
John McGarry is a political scientist at Queen's University who specializes in conflict resolution around the world.
Lorne Babiuk is the Vice President of Research at
the University of Alberta, where he also leads cutting edge research
into vaccines.
Richard Peltier is climate scientist from the University of Toronto. He is the director of the Centre for Global Change Science.
Paul Thagard is a cognitive scientist and
philosopher at the University of Waterloo and the director of the
Cognitive Science Program.
Witold Pedrycz is
an engineer specializing in computational intelligence and he holds the
Canada Research chair in this discipline.
To hear Paul Kennedy's interview with Dr. Pedrycz, click on the audio player below.