Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm but you can join in to the meeting starting at 10:45 am. Volunteers please join by 10:30 am.
This Sunday our featured presentation will be a talk found on YouTube (about 20 minutes long) entitled: The Psychology of the Con: How Not to Get Fooled by Maria Konnikova, a writer and psychologist. She is author of the 2016 book: The Confidence Game. Dan Cooperstock, a Toronto Oasis organizer, who has read her book, will introduce the video and moderate the discussion after we watch the video together.
Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm but you can join in to the meeting starting at 10:45 am. Volunteers please join by 10:30 am.
This Sunday Paul Kaplan returns for a follow up conversation on his Capitalism 101 talk. Earlier this year, in February, Paul gave a talk on Capitalism at Toronto Oasis, addressing a wide range of issues related to Capitalism and how it is misunderstood. Here is a link to that Toronto Oasis event: https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Oasis/events/khgwkrybcdbdb/, a link to Paul’s slides that he used for his presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YbX3XzJMwtavMf-X9WogWlSG3EUQPEf1/view?usp=sharing; and a link to a video clip featured in his February talk (about 10 minutes long by Deirdre McCloskey, Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication University of Illinois at Chicago): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x1uZESt5n0
Our featured presentation this Sunday (20 – 30 minutes) will be a conversation between Paul Kaplan and one of the Toronto Oasis organizers, Tania Akon, following up on Paul’s Capitalism 101 talk. This will be followed by a discussion/Q&A (15 – 20 minutes) when other participants will have an opportunity to join in the conversation.
Paul Kaplan
Paul D. Kaplan, PhD, CFA, is director of research for Morningstar Canada and is a senior member of Morningstar’s global research team. Morningstar is a Chicago-based global investment research firm. Paul led the development of many of the quantitative methodologies behind Morningstar’s fund analysis, indexes, advisor tools, and other services. He conducts research on asset allocation, retirement income planning, portfolio construction, index methodologies, and other investment topics. Many of Paul’s research papers have been published in professional books and publications. He received two awards for articles published in the prestigious Financial Analysts Journal. Many of his works appear in his book Frontiers of Modern Asset Allocation published in 2012 by John Wiley & Sons. He is a coauthor of the book Popularity: A Bridge between Classical and Behavioral Finance published in 2018 by the CFA Institute Research Foundation. Before coming to Canada in 2012, Paul served as quantitative research director for Morningstar Europe in London, UK, and director of quantitative research in the United States before that. Before working at private companies, he served on the economics faculty of Northwestern University where he taught international finance and statistics. Paul holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, economics, and computer science from New York University and a master’s degree and doctorate in economics from Northwestern University. He has served as a member of the editorial board of the Financial Analysts Journal and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.
Clive Hannah will do the Community Moment. The Community Moment is a chance for one of our own to share their journey, thoughts about life, or something personal about themselves. It could be light and silly or it could be emotionally heavy. Either way, you’ll learn more about a valued person in our community. Interested in presenting your own Community Moment? Contact Tania at 416oasis@gmail.com.
Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm but you can join in to the meeting starting at 10:45 am. Volunteers please join by 10:30 am.
This Sunday our featured presentation will be a CSICon, CFI talk found on YouTube (about 27 minutes long) entitled: Why We Believe – Long After We Shouldn’t by Carol Tavris, a social psychologist and feminist. She co-authored the book Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me), described ironically as a bible in the skeptical movement in the description of this YouTube video. Tania Akon, a Toronto Oasis organizer, will introduce the video and moderate the discussion after we watch the video together.
Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm but you can join in to the meeting starting at 10:45 am. Volunteers please join by 10:30 am.
This Sunday our featured presentation will be a TED talk available on YouTube (about 18 minutes long) by Hannah Gadsby, a lesbian comedian from Australia who gained world attention with her Netflix special, Nanette. Reflecting on the purpose of her humour, she said, ‘I have built a career out of self-deprecating humour, and I don’t want to do that anymore. Because do you understand what self-deprecation means when it comes from somebody who already exists in the margins? It’s not humility. It’s humiliation.’ Helen Lenskyj, a Toronto Oasis participant and past speaker on several occasions, will introduce the video and moderate the discussion. Helen is Professor Emerita, University of Toronto, where she taught sociology.
Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, Professor Emerita, University of Toronto, where she taught sociology. Her work as a researcher and activist on gender and sport issues began in the 1980s, and her critique of the Olympic industry include: Inside the Olympic Industry; Olympic Industry Resistance; Gender, Athletes Rights, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport; and released earlier this year, her most recent book The Olympic Games: A Critical Approach.
Helen grew up in Australia and has lived in Toronto since 1966. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 1983, and was a professor from 1986 until retiring in 2007. As well as writing books, she enjoys swimming and kayaking. Her website is www.helenlenskyj.ca
Originally hailing from the industrial landscape of Hamilton, Ontario, Dana Sipos inhabited the far Canadian north – Yellowknife, Northwest Territories – for many years before going nomad. Her captivatingly nuanced songs continue to be infused with a wild wind and a haunting, slightly hypnotic surrealism akin to the mysteries of the North. Her 2015 release, Roll Up the Night Sky, was nominated for a Canadian folk music award in the Pushing the Boundaries category celebrating innovation in creating new folk sounds. She has a new album, Trick of the Light, to be released soon this year.
Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm but you can join in to the meeting starting at 10:45 am. Volunteers please join by 10:30 am.
This Sunday our featured presentation will be a TEDx UTSC talk available on YouTube (about 17 minutes long) by Desmond Cole, a freelance journalist and activist. Tania Akon, one of the organizers of Toronto Oasis, will give us a quick intro and facilitate a discussion about the topic after we watch the video together.
Elizabeth Block’s business card describes her songs as political, satirical, sentimental, and environmental. Elizabeth was a choral singer, and a church soloist, for decades, a folksinger since she joined Toronto Folk Song Circle in the 1980s. She learned to play the guitar, not well, but well enough to accompany herself and other people. She knows a lot of songs, has sometimes written new words to old songs, or new versions of them. She hasn’t written an entire song, but there’s still time. She is also a potter, check out: www.elizabethblockpottery. com.
WillowRutherford is a troubadour balladeer of folk, jazz, Celtic and traditional standards, with deep roots in the Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver indie music scene. She has composed soundtracks for documentaries and animated shorts. Willow sings in English, French and Spanish.
Lunar Bloom is an all-female indie-folk trio with voices that weave seamlessly in and out of harmony. The three ‘blooms’ are long time friends, and have been collaborating together as music makers for 2 years. Pulling inspiration from other artists, they create a sound that has the quirkiness of Regina Spektor, the sweet innocence of Dala, and the witchy appeal of Florence and the Machine. Their music features dynamic range and honest story telling. https://www.lunarbloomband.com.
