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In this episode, I had the incredible opportunity to sit down with Sonia and Manuela, two inspiring women I met during my travels in Bali, who shared their powerful experiences volunteering with HTSF in Cuba. HTSF is revolutionizing healthcare by integrating homeopathy into global systems, creating a vital bridge between communities and healthcare professionals. Sonia and Manuela dive deep into their innovative work, highlighting how complex homeopathic remedies are transforming healthcare in underserved areas. They passionately discuss the importance of collaboration among health professionals and their vision of a future where homeopathy becomes a mainstream solution, empowering communities and filling the gaps in traditional healthcare.    Episode Highlights: 02:16 - Decision to study homeopathy 04:59 - Felt like home with homeopathy 07:25 - What HTSF is and how it integrates homeopathy into community health 11:25 - Training and collaborative project in Cuba 15:12 - Unforgettable collaboration with Cuban doctors 19:43 - How dense water supercharges homeopathy 22:09 - Creating "dolphin dense water" for healing 24:47 - Collaboration: The secret to real impact 30:30 - Cuba's unique remedy versions and development 34:29 - The world needs homeopathy—never give up!   About my Guests: Sonia Osorio is a dedicated health and wellness professional with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals in achieving balance, health, and well-being. Her approach integrates naturopathy, therapeutic massage, yoga, and meditation to help restore balance and alleviate pain, trauma, and stress. Sonia believes in a dynamic, individualized, and collaborative process where the body and mind are explored in unison, considering each person's unique medical history, background, and emotional state. Passionate about community and holistic health, she has worked with clients facing physical and emotional trauma, substance abuse, women's health, and gender issues, always prioritizing a collaborative approach and referring to colleagues when needed for comprehensive support.   Manuela Santiago Teigeler is a natural health expert, naturopath, homeopath, and holistic practitioner with a deep passion for promoting health and well-being. Her journey into natural medicine was inspired by her own desire to maintain a healthy family, with a focus on remedies that are safe during pregnancy and for children, including newborns. After experiencing significant benefits for herself and her two special needs children, she was motivated to empower and support other families. With international experience serving a diverse clientele, Manuela holds a degree in Anthropology from the University of Montreal and triple diplomas in Homeopathy, Naturopathy, and Holistic Practice from the Montreal Institute of Homeopathy. She is a member of the ANPQ and an active board member of the S.P.H.Q, and also volunteers with HTSF-Canada.   Find out more about HTSF Website: https://htsf-canada.ca/   Find out more about Manuela Website: https://www.manuelasantiagoteigeler.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manuela.santiago.teigeler/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manuela.santiagoteigeler/   Find out more about Sonia Website: https://livingbalancenow.com/   If you would like to support the Homeopathy Hangout Podcast, please consider making a donation by visiting www.EugenieKruger.com and click the DONATE button at the top of the site. Every donation about $10 will receive a shout-out on a future episode.   Join my Homeopathy Hangout Podcast Facebook community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HelloHomies   Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/eugeniekrugerhomeopathy/   Here is the link to my free 30-minute Homeopathy@Home online course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqBUpxO4pZQ&t=438s   Upon completion of the course - and if you live in Australia - you can join my Facebook group for free acute advice (you'll need to answer a couple of questions about the course upon request to join): www.facebook.com/groups/eughom

In this episode of the Autumn of Healing Summit, Judyann McNamara, founder of the Montreal Institute of Classical Homeopathy, talks about the connection between pain, the brain, and the body. With her background in science and biophysics, Judyann explains how our thoughts, emotions, and experiences influence the way we feel pain. She also sheds light on neuroplastic pain and how the brain, especially the Default Mode Network, can amplify the sensation of pain.   Judyann shares practical tips for managing pain in a holistic way, focusing on personalized approaches and the use of homeopathy. She offers simple techniques to help you step away from the story of pain and focus on the raw sensation, helping you move closer to healing.  

Why would a leading teaching college of classical unicist homeopathy also teach the use of homeopathic complexes? In this lecture Carla Marcelis DHom, HOM, N.D., director and teacher at the Montreal Institute of Classical Homeopathy (www.michmontreal.com), explains the validity of using complexes, specifically those developed during missions in Africa and Latin America by HTSF-Canada (homeopaths thérapeutes sans frontières - homeopaths therapists without borders)-Canada, as tools in the management of cases. Carla provides an in-depth overview of the “intelligence” behind these complexes that have proven to be effective in epidemics, acute diseases as well as management of chronic diseases such as kidney insufficiency, diabetes and diseases of memory.    Ours is a fully accredited, self-paced program that also includes supporting our patients' healing process through individualized diet, naturopathy and coaching.    Contact us at info@michmontreal.com    Visit the MICH Website for all the information about our program: https://www.michmontreal.com/   Enrollment is now open for a full 2 hour webinar:  Energetic Pattern of Birds in Homeopathy on the Bird kingdom in homeopathy by MICH teacher and clinical supervisor, Adam Fiore, DHom HOM ND DHP. In this advanced and in depth exploration of the Bird Kingdom, the MICH Method will be illustrated through in depth clinical case examples with long term follow ups.   Sign up to our newsletter to get access to free training webinars in homeopathy.   Blog: https://www.michmontreal.com/blog/ and free homeopathy webinars Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michmontreal/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michmontreal/ Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/school/montreal-institute-of-classical-homeopathy/ Free Guidebook Download : https://www.michmontreal.com/learn/guidebook-download/

Unicist case-taking, and most contemporary homeopathic approaches, including the method taught at MICH,  lead to a deep and thorough exploration of a patient's inner landscape, including un-integrated life experiences.    In this audio presentation, Adam Fiore, homeopath, naturopath and holistic pratitioner explains how to work with vulnerability, trauma, wounding within unicist prescribing, and how important it is to know how to support such clients to ‘feel', and what language leads to the vital sensation.  He also covers important topics such as Spiritual bypassing, maturing and using homeopathy for spiritual growth, and highlights the particular usefulness of the Bird remedies and the Caryophyllidae plants in this context.    I am Adam Fiore, DHom HOM ND DHP, a clinical supervisor and Materia Medica teacher at the Montreal Institute of Classical Homeopathy. I love running our clinical focus sessions, alive with hands on and experiential apprenticeship. We share the expertise that enables students to address the dynamic root of disease by  finding the ideal homeopathic similimum and bring homeopathy to its full potential as an energy medicine.   Ours is a fully accredited, self-paced program that also includes supporting our patients' healing process through individualized diet, naturopathy and coaching.    Contact us at info@michmontreal.com    Visit the MICH Website for all the information about our program: https://www.michmontreal.com/   Enrollment is now open for a full 2 hour webinar:  Energetic Pattern of Birds in Homeopathy on the Bird kingdom in homeopathy by MICH teacher and clinical supervisor, Adam Fiore, DHom HOM ND DHP. In this advanced and in depth exploration of the Bird Kingdom, the MICH Method will be illustrated through in depth clinical case examples with long term follow ups.   Sign up to our newsletter to get access to free training webinars in homeopathy.   Blog: https://www.michmontreal.com/blog/ and free homeopathy webinars Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michmontreal/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michmontreal/ Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/school/montreal-institute-of-classical-homeopathy/ Free Guidebook Download : https://www.michmontreal.com/learn/guidebook-download/

Why is insomnia such a challenge? Find out why as we explore common homeopathic approaches to sleep problems and new ones that are proving to be much more successful.    Judyann McNamara, Physicist, Homeopath, Naturopath and Holistic Practitioner with 30 years of clinical experience is the founder of the Montreal Institute of Classical Homeopathy. In this 40 minute presentation, she discusses the prevalence of sleep problems and some of the traditional homeopathic remedies used to address them.   She also shares the latest research findings that reveal the complex interaction between sleep and various bodily systems and substantiate the importance of a holistic approach as practiced in the MICH Method.   For the first time in MICH's 20 year history, you will be privy to the details of how the unique MICH approach achieves an understanding of an individual's inner dynamics. Learn about the key questions that help to find and explore the confluence point of the mind and body on the energetic dimension where the mitochondria operate and is the site of the homeopathic remedy. Discover the inquiry that enables the MICH practitioner to prescribe the most effective unicist remedy, and create a truly individualized program that ensures success.    Visit the MICH Website for all the information about our program: https://www.michmontreal.com/ or contact us at info@michmontreal.com   Enrollment is now open for a full 2 hour webinar:  Energetic Pattern of Birds in Homeopathy on the Bird kingdom in homeopathy by MICH teacher and clinical supervisor, Adam Fiore, DHom HOM ND DHP. In this advanced and in depth exploration of the Bird Kingdom, the MICH Method will be illustrated through in depth clinical case examples with long term follow ups.   Sign up to our newsletter to get access to free training webinars in homeopathy. Blog & News:: https://www.michmontreal.com/blog/ and free homeopathy webinars Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michmontreal/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michmontreal/ Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/school/montreal-institute-of-classical-homeopathy/ Free Guidebook Download : https://www.michmontreal.com/learn/guidebook-download/

Host Alex Ritch sits down with Kyle Matthews, the Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies. They discuss digital concerns surrounding online extremism and speculate on the future trajectory of the issue.

If you would like to support the Homeopathy Hangout Podcast, please consider making a donation by visiting www.EugenieKruger.com and click the DONATE button at the top of the site. Every donation about $10 will receive a shout-out on a future episode. Visit our website for bookings or to purchase remedies: www.eugeniekruger.com Ep 47: Homeopaths without Borders - Emmalee Banks share her experience of using Homeopathy to lend a hand at disaster stricken Honduras Emmalee Banks is a young Homeopath who has done some wonderful work to volunteer in the Honduras to provide essential health care services using Homeopathy through and organisation called HTSF (Homeopaths Therapists without Borders/Homéopathes Thérapeutes sans Frontières) To get involved, visit https://www.emmabankshomeopath.com/htsf.html where you can: sign-up to receive info on the next HTSF Line One training with Emmalee for the general public. link to become a member of HTSF (Homeopaths Therapists without Borders/Homéopathes Thérapeutes sans Frontières) for public and for homeopaths (homeopaths can take their line one training with me or directly with HTSF). Emmalee is a fully trained classical, unicist homeopath (3190 hours +) with a background in social and environmental justice, and currently in the middle of acquiring a diploma in nursing (en français) in Sherbrooke, Québec. She started seeing homeopathy clients as an apprentice at the Montreal Institute of Classical Homeopathy while still in school, and did a two-week internship in Honduras with Homéopathes de Terres Sans Frontières. Since her internship in Honduras, she has added the HTSF complexes as supports for her clients along with their unicist remedy selections. She specializes in helping chronically stressed adults to be free and enjoy their day to day life, as well as teaching parents to use homeopathy to help them and their children to resolve common complaints naturally while improving overall health. HTSF-Canada's goal is to empower local communities with financial, logistical and knowledge capacity in integrated health care. HTSF-Canada therefore works primarily on the practical transfer of homeopathic knowledge in the perspective of sustainable development of developing regions and communities.

Max Harwood and Dr Paul Ladouceur discuss Orthodox Tradition: What is it? What are its parts? What is more foundational? What is less foundational?  Have a question about Orthodox Christianity? Submit it here: https://forms.gle/RNvnj8G4ALctqWhb6 Dr Paul Ladouceur teaches at the Orthodox School of Theology at Trinity College (University of Toronto) and at the Montreal Institute of Orthodox Theology (affiliated with Université Laval). His most recent books are Modern Orthodox Theology (T&T Clark 2019), and, with Brandon Gallaher as co-editor, The Patristic Witness of Georges Florovsky: Essential Theological Writings (T&T Clark 2019). He has also written Living Orthodoxy, an introduction to the Orthodox Christian tradition. His major current research interests are modern Orthodox theology and spirituality, Sergius Bulgakov, the theology of religious diversity, and the theology of human rights. Max Harwood attends Holy Nativity Orthodox Church in Langley, BC, Canada. He has an Undergrad in Biblical Studies (Columbia Bible College) and a Masters in Theology (Orthodox School of Theology, University of Toronto).

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Since the outbreak of war in Ukraine in February 2022, the security environment between the European Union and Russia has evolved drastically, transforming the geopolitics of the region as well as the nature of alliances and European integration.In this context, the Center for Geopolitical Studies, in partnership with the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (Concordia University), organized a conference with Jussi P. Laine, who examined recent developments at the border between Finland and Russia, where past practices of cooperation and interdependence came to an abrupt end following the Russian invasion.This event was hosted by Élisabeth Vallet.

Five Eyes intelligence chiefs release first ever joint statement on threat from China (1:48) Guest: Dan Stanton, Director of National Security at the University of Ottawa's Professional Development Institute, former intelligence officer in CSIS Ottawa preparing for potential evacuations in Lebanon (16:07) Guest: Louis de Lorimier, Canada's former ambassador to Lebanon and Belgium and fellow at the Montreal Institute of International Studies, UQAM. Why rookie MPP Sarah Jama was kicked out of Ontario NDP caucus (25:32) Guest: Lydia Miljan, political science professor, University of Windsor Arizona Coyotes' player Travis Dermott defies NHL Pride Tape ban (34:01) Guest: Kris Wells, co-founder of Pride Tape The Psychology of Revenge: Is an eye-for-an-eye worth it? (36:46) Guest: Nancy Kaser-Boyd, clinical and forensic psychologist How tech is helping an aging population cope with new challenges (1:02:37) Guest: Alex Mihailidis, CEO of AGE-WELL and Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto Are Canadians as friendly as our reputation? (1:16:04) Guests: Kerry Colburn and Rob Sorensen, authors of So, You Want to Be Canadian: All About the Most Fascinating People in the World and the Magical Place They Call Home

We begin with our weekly conversation with Mercedes Stephenson – Global News Ottawa Bureau Chief and Host of “The West Block”. Mercedes brings us details of her conversation with Frank Lowenstein, former U.S. special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations - on what the White House is doing to contain the conflict in Gaza from spreading - and what it could take to diffuse the situation. Next, we've seen civilian casualties on both sides of the Israel-Hamas war, but are war crimes being committed? We discuss the process to investigate and prosecute potential war crimes, with Kyle Matthews, Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University. Finally, Paris…the city known for its style, cuisine, love, and now a bed bug infestation! We get some ‘pro tips' on how to avoid these ‘unwanted' travel companions - with the Travel Lady – Lesley Keyter.

The war between Israel and Hamas is in its 11th day. We begin with Kyle Matthews, the executive director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University, followed by Jon Allen, senior fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, and a former Canadian ambassador to Israel. Finally, Vancouver psychiatrist Dr. Diane McIntosh discusses how news out of Israel and Gaza affect people mentally and emotionally.

Max Harwood and Dr Paul Ladouceur discuss his journey from Roman Catholicism, to New Age, to Orthodox Christianity. Have a question about Orthodox Christianity? Submit it here: https://forms.gle/RNvnj8G4ALctqWhb6 Dr Paul Ladouceur teaches at the Orthodox School of Theology at Trinity College (University of Toronto) and at the Montreal Institute of Orthodox Theology (affiliated with Université Laval). His most recent books are Modern Orthodox Theology (T&T Clark 2019), and, with Brandon Gallaher as co-editor, The Patristic Witness of Georges Florovsky: Essential Theological Writings (T&T Clark 2019). He has also written Living Orthodoxy, an introduction to the Orthodox Christian tradition. His major current research interests are modern Orthodox theology and spirituality, Sergius Bulgakov, the theology of religious diversity, and the theology of human rights. 1.) Ladouceur's Conversion Story: https://www.pagesorthodoxes.net/pourquoi-je-suis-chr%C3%A9tien-orthodoxe  2.) An Introductory Book on Orthodox Christianity by Ladouceur: https://www.pagesorthodoxes.net/living-orthodoxy Max Harwood attends Holy Nativity Orthodox Church in Langley, BC, Canada. He has an Undergrad in Biblical Studies (Columbia Bible College) and a Masters in Theology (Orthodox School of Theology, University of Toronto).

Swim instructor Adam Di Fulvio is president and CEO of The Montreal Institute of Swimming and Canada Swim School spoke to Andrew Carter about how to stay safe this summer.

On the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine, join the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University for a Twitter Spaces conversation on the resilience of Ukraine's civil society. Speakers:  - Oleksandra Povoroznyk, Kyiv-based translator and journalist  - Alina Bondarenko, communications professional in Washington DC and arising expert in Ukrainian cultural diplomacy - Anton Liagusha, dean of the Faculty of Social sciences and Humanities, Kyev School of Economics. Now Associate Professor, George Mason University. Specialist in Public History, media analysis, propaganda expert - Katerina Sviderska, MA student at the Université de Montréal - Moderator: Marie Lamensch, Project coordinator, MIGS  

Support us! https://www.patreon.com/mlst Alan Chan is a PhD student at Mila, the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms, supervised by Nicolas Le Roux. Before joining Mila, Alan was a Masters student at the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute and the University of Alberta, where he worked with Martha White. Alan's expertise and research interests encompass value alignment and AI governance. He is currently exploring the measurement of harms from language models and the incentives that agents have to impact the world. Alan's research focuses on understanding and controlling the values expressed by machine learning models. His projects have examined the regulation of explainability in algorithmic systems, scoring rules for performative binary prediction, the effects of global exclusion in AI development, and the role of a graduate student in approaching ethical impacts in AI research. In addition, Alan has conducted research into inverse policy evaluation for value-based sequential decision-making, and the concept of "normal accidents" and AI systems. Alan's research is motivated by the need to align AI systems with human values, and his passion for scientific and governance work in this field. Alan's energy and enthusiasm for his field is infectious. This was a discussion at NeurIPS. It was in quite a loud environment so the audio quality could have been better. References: The Rationalist's Guide to the Galaxy: Superintelligent AI and the Geeks Who Are Trying to Save Humanity's Future [Tim Chivers] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Does-Not-Hate-You-Superintelligence/dp/1474608795 The implausibility of intelligence explosion [Chollet] https://medium.com/@francois.chollet/the-impossibility-of-intelligence-explosion-5be4a9eda6ec Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies [Bostrom] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-Nick-Bostrom/dp/0199678111 A Theory of Universal Artificial Intelligence based on Algorithmic Complexity [Hutter] https://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0004001 YT version: https://youtu.be/XBMnOsv9_pk MLST Discord: https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5

We open season two of Underrated ML with Anna Huang on the show. Anna Huang is a Research Scientist at Google Brain, working on the Magenta project. Her research focuses on designing generative models to make creating music more approachable. She is the creator of Music Transformer and also the ML model Coconet that powered Google's first AI Doodle the Bach Doodle.She holds a PhD in computer science from Harvard University and was a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. She spent the later parts of her PhD as a visiting research student at the Montreal Institute of Learning Algorithms (MILA). She publishes in machine learning, human-computer interaction, and music, at conferences such as ICLR, IUI, CHI, and ISMIR.She has been a judge on the Eurovision AI Song Contest and her compositions have won awards including first place in the San Francisco Choral Artists' a cappella composition contest. She holds a masters in media arts and sciences from the MIT Media Lab, and a B.S. in computer science and B.M. in music composition both from the University of Southern California. She grew up in Hong Kong, where she learned to play the guzheng.On the episode we discuss Metaphoria by Kate Gero and Lydia Chilton, which is a fascinating tool allowing users to generate metaphors from only a select number of words. We also discuss the current trends regarding the dangers of AI with a case study on child welfare.Underrated ML Twitter: https://twitter.com/underrated_mlAnna Huang Twitter: https://twitter.com/huangczaPlease let us know who you thought presented the most underrated paper in the form below: https://forms.gle/97MgHvTkXgdB41TC8Links to the papers:Gero, Katy Ilonka, and Lydia B. Chilton. "Metaphoria: An Algorithmic Companion for Metaphor Creation." CHI 2019. [paper][online paper] [talk] [demo]"A case study of algorithm-assisted decision making in child maltreatment hotline screening decisions" - [paper]Additional Links:Compton, Kate, and Michael Mateas. "Casual Creators." ICCC 2015. [paper]Fiebrink, Rebecca, Dan Trueman, and Perry R. Cook. "A Meta-Instrument for Interactive, On-the-Fly Machine Learning." NIME 2009. [paper][talk][tool]Huang, Cheng-Zhi Anna, et al. "The Bach Doodle: Approachable music composition with machine learning at scale." ISMIR 2019. [paper][blog][doodle]

How best to stay safe in the water?  Adam Di Fulvio, President and CEO of The Montreal Institute of Swimming, joined Ken Connors to provide tips.

In May 2020, in the depths of the pandemic, Canadian Nicholas André G. Johnson broke new ground as Princeton's first Black valedictorian. In over 274 years, no other Black student had been recognized in this way by the institution, making Nicholas a ground breaker and as we'll hear—a mentor to other Black professionals forging their path through academic and professional settings. Nicholas talks about the experience of being the first Black valedictorian and the intense media attention he received from both American and Canadian press. He shares how his passion for technology and for building connects to what he sees as his life's work—creating value in the world.We also discuss how organizations can engage Black professionals to bring their authentic selves into the workplace. Conference Board of Canada research found that Black Canadians had the highest rate of feeling like they needed to adjust their identity in a corporate setting. A concerning finding since almost half of the Black respondents said they needed to engage in code switching to fit in.  Finally, Nicholas shares his advice for following your passions, building a community, and connecting with others to make a difference in the world. About our guest:Nicholas André G. Johnson has engaged in machine learning research at MIT, Princeton University, Oxford University and the Montreal Institute of Learning Algorithms. He is currently a PhD student at MIT and a Researcher in Residence at Bain Capital Crypto. Nicholas holds an undergraduate degree from Princeton University. He was the Valedictorian of Princeton's Class of 2020 and is the University's first Black Valedictorian. Nicholas has previously been featured by the New York Times, CNN, ABC News, Time and BET. As a professional speaker, Nicholas is an advocate for educational attainment in marginalized communities and increased representation in STEM industries.Additional information can be found:https://www.nicholasagjohnson.com/CBOC Research: Bridging the Gap Between Identity and Social and Emotional Skills: Black Canadians' Perspectives of Social and Emotional Skills in the WorkplaceAccess all our research at www.conferenceboard.ca 

Shocking images from Ukraine emerged this week, depicting war crimes and massacres happening in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv. Suddenly, onlookers are using the word "genocide" to describe what has, until recently, most often called a war. But is it a genocide? Do these crimes against humanity qualify, or do we risk watering down the term if we apply it too quickly or too often? Jews, in particular, have a stake in any global conversation on the subject, as comparisons to the Holocaust will inevitably come up. To unpack these complex issues, we're joined by two guests: Bob Rae, Canada's ambassador to the United Nations, and Frank Chalk, the director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University. What we talked about Get tickets to Mazel Tov here and use the promo code CHAIPROMO to get a $10 discount Read "Ancient Hebrew curse tablet found by Katy archaeologist could be proof of older Bible timeline" at the Houston Chronicle Credits Bonjour Chai is hosted by Avi Finegold, Ilana Zackon and David Sklar. Michael Fraiman is the producer. Andre Goulet is the technical producer. Our theme music is by Socalled. The show is a co-production from The Jewish Learning Lab and The CJN, and is distributed by The CJN Podcast Network. To learn how to support the show by subscribing to this podcast, please watch this video.

Kunden Kumar is head of AI at Descript. He was a co-founder of the innovation synthetic speech company Lyrebird which Descript acquired in 2019.  He has a PhD in artificial intelligence from the University of Montreal and a computer science degree from IIT. Kumar was also a researcher at the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithems (MILA) where he was mentored by Joshua Bengio. 

Support our podcast from as little as $5 per month at https://patron.podbean.com/homeopathyhangout Visit our website for bookings or to purchase remedies: www.eugeniekruger.com Ep 47: Homeopaths without Borders - Emmalee Banks share her experience of using Homeopathy to lend a hand at disaster stricken Honduras Emmalee Banks is a young Homeopath who has done some wonderful work to volunteer in the Honduras to provide essential health care services using Homeopathy through and organisation called HTSF (Homeopaths Therapists without Borders/Homéopathes Thérapeutes sans Frontières) To get involved, visit https://www.emmabankshomeopath.com/htsf.html where you can: sign-up to receive info on the next HTSF Line One training with Emmalee for the general public. link to become a member of HTSF (Homeopaths Therapists without Borders/Homéopathes Thérapeutes sans Frontières) for public and for homeopaths (homeopaths can take their line one training with me or directly with HTSF). Emmalee is a fully trained classical, unicist homeopath (3190 hours +) with a background in social and environmental justice, and currently in the middle of acquiring a diploma in nursing (en français) in Sherbrooke, Québec. She started seeing homeopathy clients as an apprentice at the Montreal Institute of Classical Homeopathy while still in school, and did a two-week internship in Honduras with Homéopathes de Terres Sans Frontières. Since her internship in Honduras, she has added the HTSF complexes as supports for her clients along with their unicist remedy selections. She specializes in helping chronically stressed adults to be free and enjoy their day to day life, as well as teaching parents to use homeopathy to help them and their children to resolve common complaints naturally while improving overall health. HTSF-Canada's goal is to empower local communities with financial, logistical and knowledge capacity in integrated health care. HTSF-Canada therefore works primarily on the practical transfer of homeopathic knowledge in the perspective of sustainable development of developing regions and communities.

The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights hosted a special event to mark the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and Prevention of this Crime. The event was the official Canadian launch of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's new report and consisted of a presentation of the report's findings and a discussion on the role of Canada in helping protect the Uyghur minority in China. Speakers: - Naomi Kikoler, Director of the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. - Kyle Matthews, Executive Director of Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University. - Irwin Cotler, Founder and International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights, former Attorney General of Canada and former Minister of Justice of Canada. - Robert Fife, Ottawa Bureau Chief for The Globe and Mail and the host of CTV's "Question Period with The Globe and Mail's Robert Fife." -  Nursiman Abdurashid, Uyghur activist.

In this episode of Intel on AI host Amir Khosrowshahi and Yoshua Bengio talk about structuring future computers on the underlying physics and biology of human intelligence. Yoshua is a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at the Université de Montréal and scientific director of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (Mila). In 2018 Yoshua received the ACM A.M. Turing Award with Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun. In the episode, Yoshua and Amir discuss causal representation learning and out-of-distribution generalization, the limitations of modern hardware, and why current models are exponentially increasing amounts of data and compute only to find slight improvements. Yoshua also goes into detail about equilibrium propagation—a learning algorithm that bridges machine learning and neuroscience by computing gradients closely matching those of backpropagation. Yoshua and Amir close the episode by talking about academic publishing, sharing information, and the responsibility to make sure artificial intelligence (AI) will not be misused in society, before touching briefly on some of the projects Intel and Mila are collaborating on, such as using parallel computing for the discovery of synthesizable molecules. Academic research discussed in the podcast episode: Computing machinery and intelligence A quantitative description of membrane current and its application to conduction and excitation in nerve From System 1 Deep Learning to System 2 Deep Learning The Consciousness Prior BabyAI: A Platform to Study the Sample Efficiency of Grounded Language Learning Equilibrium Propagation: Bridging the Gap between Energy-Based Models and Backpropagation A deep learning theory for neural networks grounded in physics

On 15 September, only a few days after the 20th anniversary of the 11 September attacks, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) held a closed roundtable with the active participation of Members of Parliament (MP), human rights defenders, women's rights activists, and other experts and academics. The roundtable explored actions that could be undertaken by the international community which could have an impact toward the prevention of atrocity crimes and improve, to the extent possible, the safety and security of Afghan civilians.  A summary of the discussion is available here

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to Kristin Lord, Thorsten Benner, and Christopher Walker about how democracies can respond the authoritarian use of technologies. This session took place during RightsCity, a conference organized by the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) Participants Bio: Kristin Lord is the President and CEO of IREX, an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to building a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world by empowering youth, cultivating leaders, strengthening institutions, and extending access to quality education and information. https://www.irex.org/people/kristin-m-lord Thorsten Benner is co-founder and director of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. His areas of interest include international organizations (focusing on the United Nations), peace and security, data and technology politics, and the interplay of the US, Europe and non-Western powers in the making of global (dis)order. https://www.gppi.net/team/thorsten-benner Christopher Walker is Vice President for Studies and Analysis at the National Endowment for Democracy. In this capacity, he oversees the department that is responsible for NED's multifaceted analytical work, which includes the International Forum for Democratic Studies, a leading center for the analysis and discussion of democratic development. https://www.ned.org/experts/christopher-walker/ Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, https://www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson Read “A Full-Spectrum Response to Sharp Power,” a report by the National Endowment for Democracy: https://www.ned.org/sharp-power-and-democratic-resilience-series-a-full-spectrum-response-to-sharp-power/ R&R The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/690219/the-premonition-by-michael-lewis/9780393881554 The Crown – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4786824/ The Eighth Life by Nono Haratischwili – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41071389-the-eighth-life Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society by Ronald J. Deibert – https://houseofanansi.com/products/reset Recording Date: 16 June 2021. Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on Apple Podcast! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

Ils sont là: vos prix I.A.rk et Lovelace - édition été 2021. Je vous rappelle le concept, on donne des prix pour le meilleur et le pire de l'IA! Les prix Lovelace à nos meilleurs articles, articles scientifiques, évènements, congrès, prouesses techniques, dignes de la mention du prix Lovelace (en l'honneur d'Ada la pionnière).Et la contrepartie, ce sont nos prix I.A.rk. Ce sont nos prix citrons, navets et nanars, nos prix IgNobel. Ce sont des articles scientifiques, événements, congrès, prouesse technique, mais qui nous font dire «yark»!C'est le concept.Nos prix, cet été vont à...David:Lovelace: Dynabench et DynaboardLovelace: David Victor Rodriguez et les applications de GPT3 à l'évaluation de plumitif (résumés légaux)Ève: Lovelace: Atlas of AI, Kate Crawford IArk: Les chercheurs en IA - et l'absence d'application concrète à partir des résultats de recherche en IA pour détecter la COVID.JF: Lovelace: Quatre chercheurs québécois parmi les plus influents au monde en AI. Ils sont du MILA (Le Mila est l'Institut québécois d'intelligence artificielle, anciennement Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms) o   Yoshua Bengio (UdeM),   o   Joëlle Pineau (McGill), o   Jian Tang (HEC Montréal) eto   Aaron Courville (UdeM),IArk:  Clearview et Gendarmerie royale du Canada: utilisation illégale de reconnaissance faciale et violation de la vie privée. Notes:https://dynabench.org/Atlas of AI, de Kate CrawfordAI 2000 Most Influential Scholars, https://www.aminer.cn/ai2000 Ce sera notre dernier épisode avant la pause d'été. On se revoit cet automne! D'ici là, on rêve (peut-être) de montons électriques.Support the show

The Montreal Institute of Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), in collaboration with United Tegaru Canada hosted a virtual discussion to shine light on the ongoing humanitarian crisis occurring in northern Ethiopia's Tigray Region. Speakers: Allan Rock, President Emeritus of the University of Ottawa and Professor, Faculty of Law. Nima Elbagir, award-winning international television correspondent, CNN Mukesh Kapila, Professor (Emeritus) of Global Health & Humanitarian Affairs at the University of Manchester Tag Elkhazin, Senior Fellow at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. mModerator: Kyle Matthews, Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies.

Les manifestations ne sont pas un phénomène récent en Algérie, mais le mouvement de protestation Hirak a des caractéristiques distinctes et a permis d’unir les Algérien.ne.s autour d’une cause commune. Alors que les élections législatives algériennes se dérouleront le 12 juin prochain, le vent de changement venu des rues peut-il amener des réformes significatives ?Pour répondre à ces interrogations, trois spécialistes de la région étaient réunis sous la férule de Marie Lamensch, chercheure au Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies de l’Université Concordia : Houssam Eddine Beggas, journaliste et chercheur algérien, Miloud Chennoufi, professeur au Collège des Forces canadiennes de Toronto, et Khaled Drareni, journaliste, fondateur du Casbah Tribune et correspondant à TV5 Monde.

Atrocity crimes are considered to be the most serious crimes against humanity. Its status as an international crime is based on the belief that the acts associated with it affect the dignity of human beings. This discussion brings together three high-level experts to reflect, and review current thinking on atrocity prevention approaches.  Alice Nderitu, UN Secretary General's Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide Lt-General Roméo Dallaire, former Canadian Senator, MIGS Distinguished Senior Fellow. David Donat Cattin, Secretary-General, Parliamentarians for Global Action Moderated by Kyle Matthews, Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies   

Jasmine Wang is the Co-founder & CEO of Copysmith, an AI brainstorming partner for marketers. Previously, Jasmine has been heavily involved in AI research at Partnership on AI, OpenAI and the Montreal Institute of Learning Algorithms (MILA). Jasmine started out in engineering and research for Lyft self-driving, and Microsoft Research’s Tech for Emerging Markets group. She also received engineering, research, and academic fellowships most notably by Interact, Kleiner Perkins, 8VC, Microsoft, and the Fulbright Foundation. Jasmine received her Bachelors in Computer Science and Philosophy at McGill University. In her free time, she plays the piano. Shownotes at https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/jasmine-wang

The Canadian parliament just voted to label Chinese policies and actions towards Uyghur Muslims in northwestern Xinjiang province a genocide.  Is this the right term?  Borealis talks to Concordia University's Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies to unpack these issues.About my guest Kyle MatthewsKyle is the Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia University. He joined MIGS as Lead Researcher of the Will to Intervene Project in 2008 and was appointed Senior Deputy Director in 2011. At Concordia he founded the Raoul Wallenberg Legacy of Leadership project as well as the Digital Mass Atrocity Preventing Lab, which works to counter online extremism and study how social media platforms are being used as a weapon of war.►Find out more about my guest Kyle  MatthewsAbout the host Phil Gurski:Phil is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specializing in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.►Check Phil's latest book ''The Peaceable Kingdom'' - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/the-peaceable-kingdom/►Website - https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/►Twitter - https://twitter.com/borealissaves►LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-gurski-8942468/►Email - borealisrisk@gmail.com

Tune into this episode of the Ask AI podcast where we sit down with Stéphane Létourneau, Executive Vice President at Mila, the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms, to discuss the growth of the research center over the years, its impact on the Canadian AI ecosystem, and where it's headed. To get all the show links, visit our website: askai.org

In this episode, Dr Simon McKenzie talks with Rhiannon Neilsen and Karine Pontbriand on the role of militaries in defending against cyber operations. They argue that the vulnerability of critical infrastructure of many States to cyber operations - particularly due to privatisation - means that militaries need to step up their contribution to cyber defence.  They talk about why NATO militaries are reluctant to do this, the basis for this position, and why it is problematic. Rhiannon Neilsen is a Scientia PhD Candidate at the University of New South Wales. Her research interests include atrocity prevention, moral and political philosophy, cyberspace, and the Responsibility to Protect. In 2019, she was awarded the Barbara Hale Fellowship by the Australian Federation of Graduate Women to be a visiting doctoral student at the University of Oxford. Rhiannon has also been a visiting scholar at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (2019). Her published work has appeared in international journals, such as Ethics and International Affairs (2020), Terrorism and Political Violence (2019), and Genocide Studies and Prevention (2015).Karine Pontbriand is a PhD Candidate in International Relations and Cyber Security at UNSW Canberra, and is a member of the Research Group on Cyber War and Peace. She is also a research fellow at the Research Group on Cyber Diplomacy and Cyber Security at the Montreal Institute of International Studies (IEIM). Before starting her doctoral studies, she worked as a policy analyst for Global Affairs Canada where she was focusing on the use of digital technology to advance Canada's foreign policy priorities. She has an undergraduate degree in International Relations and International Law and a master's degree in International and Intercultural Communication (with Distinction, Highest Grade). Her main research interests are international cyber security, cyber diplomacy and cyber war and US-China cyber relations.  

Join this digital townhall to learn about COVID-19 disinformation and the future of internet governance and content moderation. Tina Purnat, World Health Organization Fenwick McKelvey, Concordia University Elizabeth Dubois, University of Ottawa Rory Smith, First Draft News Philippe-Andre Rodriguez, Global Affairs Canada The Canadian Coalition to Counter COVID Digital Disinformation is a project organized by the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies with funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage's Digital Citizens Initiative. The team is working to enhance Canadian citizens' digital literacy and resiliency as they come in contact with misinformation and disinformation relating to COVID-19. As part of this work, a series of digital townhalls will be held on issues like foreign interference, conspiracy theories and fake news. Stay tuned for more events hosted on these topics.

In this second installment of our series on COVID-19 and disinformation we discussed key actors, themes, and impacts of conspiracy theories and disinformation in the Canadian context.We will be joined by: Dr. Joan Donovan (Shorenstein Center at Harvard University), Melanie Smith (Graphika), and Dr. Heidi Tworek (UBC & CIGI). Aphrodite Salas (Concordia University) moderated this discussion.The discussion was streamed live on YouTubeThe Canadian Coalition to Counter COVID Digital Disinformation is a project organized by the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies with funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage's Digital Citizens Initiative. We are working to enhance Canadian citizens' digital literacy and resiliency as they come in contact with misinformation and disinformation relating to COVID-19.As part of this work, we are holding a series of digital townhalls on issues like foreign interference, conspiracy theories, and fake news. Stay tuned for more events hosted on these topics.

In this first installment of our series on COVID-19 and disinformation we discussed key actors, themes, and impacts of foreign interference and disinformation in the Canadian context.- Marcus Kolga (Founder of DisinfoWatch and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute)- Camille François (Chief Innovation Officer at Graphika)- Alice Stollmeyer (Executive Director of Defend Democracy). - Michael Petrou (Editor-in-Chief of Open Canada) will moderate the discussion.This event was livestreamed on the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies' Facebook and YouTube pages.The Canadian Coalition to Counter COVID Digital Disinformation is a project organized by the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies with funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage's Digital Citizens Initiative. We are working to enhance Canadian citizens' digital literacy and resiliency as they come in contact with misinformation and disinformation relating to COVID-19.

In light of the Human Rights violations against the Uyghur population happening in Xinjiang, a region in the northwest of China which is known to most Uyghur people as East Turkestan, join the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies for a high-level discussion on the persecution of the Uyghurs.This is part 3 of the discussion.Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights WatchNury Turkel, Uighur human rights lawyer, founder of the Uighur Human Rights Project, and Commissioner of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom"Garnett Genuis, Member of the Canadian Parliament for Sherwood Park and Shadow Minister for International Development & Human RightsPreston Lim, J.D. candidate at Yale Law SchoolModerator: Kyle Matthews, Executive Director, MIGS

In light of the Human Rights violations against the Uyghur population happening in Xinjiang, a region in the northwest of China which is known to most Uyghur people as East Turkestan, join the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies for a high-level discussion on the persecution of the Uyghurs. This is part 2 of the discussion.- Mihrigul Tursun, camp survivor- Adrian Zenz, German anthropologist and Senior Fellow in China Studies at VOC- Francine Pelletier, journalist at Le Devoir and journalism adjunct professor at Concordia University

In light of the Human Rights violations against the Uighur population happening in Xinjiang, a region in the northwest of China which is known to most Uyghur people as East Turkestan, join the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies for a high-level discussion on the persecution of the Uighur. Irwin Cotler, retired Canadian politician, Emeritus Professor of Law, and Founder and Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights - Darren Byler, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington.- Dr. Sean Roberts, Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, and Director, International Development Studies Program, Elliott School of International Affairs.- Marie-Ève Melanson, PhD candidate at McGill University's School of Religious Studies, a Research Assistant on Dr. Susan Palmer's SSHRC-funded project "Children in Minority Religions and State Control."- Dilnur Reyhan, President of the Uyghur Institute of Europe- Moderator: Prof. Kim Manning, Associate Professor of Political Science and Principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University

Today, the crisis in Myanmar stands out as a case study of groups harnessing social media to incite violence and of the failure of social media platforms to take action. What role did online hate speech and misinformation play in the resurgence of oppression and human rights violations? What are the lessons learned from this crisis for all stakeholders (Big Tech, states, civil society) to prevent this from happening again?The third session of the “Decoding Hate Speech” series will focus on the weaponization of social media in Myanmar and address whether this case marks a turning point in Big Tech’s realization that they must consider the human rights impact of their platforms. Senator Marilou McPhedranGrant Shubin, Legal Director of the Global Justice CenterMyat Thu, Independent expert and Research Advisor at Myanmar Tech AccountabilityKyle Matthews, Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) 

In today's episode, I chat with  Aminka Belvitt, Aminka Belvitt was born in Wakefield, Jamaica, and raised in Kitchener, Ontario. She is a former Canadian Parliamentary Member’s Assistant turned digital marketing consultant, innovator, advocate, mentor, and speaker. She studied Public Administration & Political Science at the University of Ottawa then Public Policy & Public Affairs at the School of Community Policy and Public Affairs Concordia University followed by a Marketing Analytics, Campaigns & Engagement professional development certificate from Columbia Business School. Her career started in Canadian politics and expanded into the not-for-profit sector working for organizations like The Heart & Stroke Foundation and Montreal Institute for Genocide & Human Rights Studies before entering the corporate sector, in the field of Social Media Marketing. In 2015 she entered the tech industry working for a local tech start-up in Montreal, as the Marketing & Business Manager. In her role she contributed to the duties of IT project management, ensuring the delivery of project objectives and deadlines. Having this opportunity to manage tech projects sparked her interest in advancing opportunities for women within the tech industry. This led her to create her own tech start-up, Wofemtech; and A NEW REALITY: Tech Summit for Girls, in addition, to expand programs offered by her organization, The ForUsGirls Foundation. As the Founder and CEO of Wofemtech Solutions, a virtual collective platform empowering women and girls worldwide through the connectivity of learning and technology. This platform provides entrepreneurial and professional women tools & services to create their own online courses, masterclasses, webinars, and video conferencing. In 2018 she created A NEW REALITY: Tech Summit for Girls, in partnership with SAP Next-Gen.   Connect with Aminka  Online:   Instagram | Twitter | Linkedin | Online | WOFEMTECH SOLUTION  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, leave a comment, share, and rate on wherever you listen to Unfiltered. Connect with us on Instagram  @unfilteredwithaisha and with our host, Aisha on LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter | Online. This episode is edited and produced by David Dobo of Deluxe Sound Studio  www.daviddobo.com/deluxesoundstudio --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unfilteredwithaisha/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/unfilteredwithaisha/support

Can information and communication technologies still be used for positive change and democracy, and if so, how? How can we prevent Big Tech from profiting from online harm and once again become a tool for positive change? What tools, mechanisms and approaches can be used by states, civil society and the private sector to counter online hate?The second session of the “Decoding Hate Speech” series addressed the complexity of this social media phenomenon with an informed and multi-partied approach to prevent the harmful effects of Big Tech on human rights, and develop strategies to make technologies work for the benefit of our societies.Kyle Matthews, Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, speaks to Savita Pawnday (Deputy Executive Director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect), Meetali Jain (Legal Director at Avaaz), and Christopher Tuckwood (Executive Director of The Sentinel Project).

To mark the 6th anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide, the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, in partnership with Yazda, hosted a discussion on justice, trauma, and what the future looks like for Yazidi survivors, particularly women and children. - Ahmed Shaheed , UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief.- Natia Navrouzov, Yazda. - Nicolette Waldman, Amnesty International.  - Hala Safel, Yazidi genocide survivor- Kyle Matthews, Executive Director, MIGS 

Tarek Chatila left Beirut in the midst of the Lebanese Civil War. Now living in Montreal, he is a MENA specialist and a political pundit. Aside from his work with Amnesty International Canada, he has spoken at the World Social Forum about the conditions in Egyptian prisons and researched the Syrian civil war for the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies. He visits the podcast to discuss the situation in Lebanon and to give his views on various geo-political topics.Ericzone Podcast: Episode 27 (En)July 26th 2020 Tarek Chatila Ericzone Podcast is available on BaladoQuebec.com. For Google Play Music users, thank you very much for subscribing. The podcast is also available on Itunes et Stitcher. www.ericzone.comwww.facebook.com/ericzonecomwww.facebook.com/ericzonepodcastwww.instagram.com/ericzonecomwww.ericzone.wordpress.comwww.twitter.com/ericzonecom

We open season two of Underrated ML with Anna Huang on the show. Anna Huang is a Research Scientist at Google Brain, working on the Magenta project. Her research focuses on designing generative models to make creating music more approachable. She is the creator of Music Transformer and also the ML model Coconet that powered Google’s first AI Doodle the Bach Doodle.She holds a PhD in computer science from Harvard University and was a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. She spent the later parts of her PhD as a visiting research student at the Montreal Institute of Learning Algorithms (MILA). She publishes in machine learning, human-computer interaction, and music, at conferences such as ICLR, IUI, CHI, and ISMIR.She has been a judge on the Eurovision AI Song Contest and her compositions have won awards including first place in the San Francisco Choral Artists’ a cappella composition contest. She holds a masters in media arts and sciences from the MIT Media Lab, and a B.S. in computer science and B.M. in music composition both from the University of Southern California. She grew up in Hong Kong, where she learned to play the guzheng.On the episode we discuss Metaphoria by Kate Gero and Lydia Chilton, which is a fascinating tool allowing users to generate metaphors from only a select number of words. We also discuss the current trends regarding the dangers of AI with a case study on child welfare.Underrated ML Twitter: https://twitter.com/underrated_mlAnna Huang Twitter: https://twitter.com/huangczaPlease let us know who you thought presented the most underrated paper in the form below: https://forms.gle/97MgHvTkXgdB41TC8Links to the papers:Gero, Katy Ilonka, and Lydia B. Chilton. "Metaphoria: An Algorithmic Companion for Metaphor Creation." CHI 2019. [paper][online paper] [talk] [demo]"A case study of algorithm-assisted decision making in child maltreatment hotline screening decisions" - [paper]Additional Links:Compton, Kate, and Michael Mateas. "Casual Creators." ICCC 2015. [paper]Fiebrink, Rebecca, Dan Trueman, and Perry R. Cook. "A Meta-Instrument for Interactive, On-the-Fly Machine Learning." NIME 2009. [paper][talk][tool]Huang, Cheng-Zhi Anna, et al. "The Bach Doodle: Approachable music composition with machine learning at scale." ISMIR 2019. [paper][blog][doodle]

The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies hosted a conversation on how the Santa Clara Principles can guide content moderation and platform governance on the issues of hate speech and incitement to commit violence.As a result of pandemic and the BLM protests, many tech companies have made changes to the way they moderate content. What does it mean for users and for society as whole ? As these steps relevant?- David Greene, Senior Staff Attorney & Civil Liberties Director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation- Heidi Tworek, Associate Professor in International History and Public Policy at UBC- Chris Beall, Policy Lead for Platform Governance at the Centre for International Governance Innovation

The Institute for Economics and Peace recently published the 2020 Global Peace Index. The Index outlines key 2020 highlights, global rankings, regional overviews as well as country improvements and deterioration in peace. Uniquely, this edition will cover three new topics: trends in civil unrest, ecological threats, and the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the Index, IEP also released a special briefing on COVID-19 and Peace. It discusses the changes in socio-economic systems and considers the repercussions of such changes on patterns of violence and conflict.Featured Guests:Lieutenant-General the Honourable Roméo A. DallaireSerge Stroobants, Director of Operations, Europe & MENA, Institute for and Economics and PeaceSenator Marilou McPhedran , Canadian Senator and founder of The Institute for International Women’s RightsFerry de Kerckhove, former AmbassadorModerator: Kyle Matthews, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies

This episode focuses on religion and ideology. Often we're taught to avoid two topics: religion and politics. However, can we discuss religion and ideology, at the right time and place, with civility and respect? In this episode, terrorism specialist Phil Gurski discusses this sensitive topic of religion with tact and diplomacy.  As Phil Gurski says, most people, religious or not, are kind and helpful. A very small percentage go down the "dark path" to inflict heavenly "wrath" on unbelievers, to the point of engaging in terrorism. Religion often has moderates and sometimes extremists. Conservative and liberals. People who view their sacred writings metaphorically or literally. Groups and individuals who try to spread their religion as much as possible, others who don't. We live in a world of multiple religions and beliefs. Somehow, some way, we have to get along . . . Join us at Multi-Hazards as we explore religion, how it affects society, and how we all can work together. Also, be sure to check out the Study Guide for the program!  Click on the top left where it says "Pdf" above the date!  https://multi-hazards.libsyn.com/can-religion-sometimes-be-a-hazard-interview-with-phil-gurski Phil Gurski's Bio Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specialising in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation. From 1983 to 2001 he was employed as a senior multilingual analyst at Communications Security Establishment (CSE – Canada’s signals intelligence agency), specialising in the Middle East. He also served as senior special advisor in the National Security Directorate at Public Safety Canada from 2013, focusing on community outreach and training on radicalisation to violence, until his retirement from the civil service in May 2015, and as consultant for the Ontario Provincial Police’s Anti-Terrorism Section (PATS) from May to October 2015. He was the Director of Security and Intelligence at the SecDev Group from June 2018 to July 2019. Mr. Gurski has presented on violent Islamist-inspired and other forms of terrorism and radicalisation across Canada and around the world. He is the author of “The Threat from Within: Recognizing Al Qaeda-inspired Radicalization and Terrorism in the West” (Rowman and Littlefield 2015) “Western Foreign Fighters: the threat to homeland and international security” (Rowman and Littlefield 2017), "The Lesser Jihads: taking the Islamist fight to the world" (Rowman and Littlefield 2017), "An End to the ‘War on Terrorism’" and When Religion Kills: how extremist justify violence through faith (Lynne Rienner 2019). Mr. Gurski regularly blogs and podcasts on terrorism ("An Intelligent Look at Terrorism" – available on his website: www.borealisthreatandrisk.com) and tweets on the subject at the Twitter handle @borealissaves. He is an associate fellow at the International Centre for Counter Terrorism (ICCT) in the Netherlands, a digital fellow at the Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies at Concordia University, a member of the board at the National Capital Branch of the CIC (Canadian International Council) and an affiliate of the Canadian network for research on Terrorism Security and Society (TSAS). Mr. Gurski is a regular commentator on terrorism and radicalisation for a wide variety of Canadian and international media. He is fluently trilingual in English, French and Spanish.

Mapping online hate is a project of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University. This project supported by Heritage Canada's Digital Citizens Initiative. The initiative features interviews with experts and practitioners about online hate in Canada and Quebec more specifically.Zach Devereaux has been researching social media and it's impact on business, politics, and national security since 2010. Zach won a Gemini Citation of Recognition with the Infoscape Lab at Ryerson University for putting Twitter, YouTube, and Blogs on CBC news during Canada Votes 2008 coverage, and worked in automotive related social media analytics and analysis for 5 years, before becoming a social media expert and defence consultant at the NATO level.   

Mapping online hate is a project of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University. This project supported by Heritage Canada's Digital Citizens Initiative. The initiative features interviews with experts and practitioners about online hate in Canada and Quebec more specifically.Christopher Tuckwood is the executive director and co-founder of the Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention, a Toronto-based NGO dedicated to assisting communities at risk of mass atrocities worldwide. The Sentinel Project does this through the innovative use of technology and direct cooperation with threatened communities  

Mapping online hate is a project of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University. This project supported by Heritage Canada's Digital Citizens Initiative. The initiative features interviews with experts and practitioners about online hate in Canada and Quebec more specifically.David Ouellette, Associate Director of Quebec Public Affairs at The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA).

Mapping online hate is a project of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University. This project supported by Heritage Canada's Digital Citizens Initiative. The initiative features interviews with experts and practitioners about online hate in Canada and Quebec more specifically. Dre Ghayda Hassan est une psychologue clinicienne et professeure de psychologie clinique à l’UQAM à Montréal. Ses revues systématiques, recherches et activités cliniques sont axées sur quatre aspects de la psychologie clinique culturelle: 1) Souffrance sociale, relations inter-communautaires et la radicalisation violente 2) Intervention dans la violence familiale et diversité culturelle 3) Identité, appartenance et santé mentale des enfants et des adolescents des groupes minoritaires ethniques / religieux 4) Travailler avec des immigrants et des réfugiés vulnérables.Dr. Ghayda Hassan is a clinical psychologist and professor of clinical psychology at UQAM. Her research and clinical activities are centred around four main areas of clinical cultural psychology: 1) Intervention in family violence & cultural diversity; 2)Identity, belonging and mental health of children and adolescents from ethnic/religious minorities ; 3) Cohabitation, inter-community relations and violent extremism ; 4) working with vulnerable immigrants and refugees.Entrevue en français

Mapping online hate is a project of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University. This project supported by Heritage Canada's Digital Citizens Initiative. The initiative features interviews with experts and practitioners about online hate in Canada and Quebec more specifically.Adama Dieng, a Senegalese jurist, was appointed as Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide on 1 September 2012. Prior to his appointment, he had served since 2001 as Assistant Secretary-General and Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Before joining the United Nations, Mr. Dieng was the Secretary General of the Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists for ten years (1990-2000). 

As part of its #RightsCity initiative, the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies is launching a new podcast featuring thought leaders from Canada and abroad. The aim is to gain insights into pressing human rights issues and to re-energize the international human rights community during a time of great upheaval.Roméo Dallaire is a celebrated advocate for human rights, especially in regards to child soldiers, veterans, and the prevention of mass atrocities, General Dallaire is also a respected government and UN advisor and former Canadian Senator. He is the founder of the Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative, a global partnership with the mission to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers, and the Distinguished Senior Fellow at MIGS.Most notably, General Dallaire was appointed Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda prior to and during the 1994 genocide     

In Episode 2, we unpack “skillful means”: teachings and methods that support a practitioner’s journey on the path toward enlightenment. Serious yoga practitioners and teachers know this both includes and goes beyond asana and pranayama. So, what other means can we take up to wake up?According to the Buddha, there is no one prescription. In Buddhism, skillful means (Pali: upaya) are whatever is expedient to continuing along the path, and appropriate to the circumstances (and discarded when no longer so). They are accelerative and adaptive, but may not lead to the ultimate truth...and that is okay. Examples from our practices include enhancement methods such as yin yoga, compassion meditation, and self-inquiry. While the concept of upaya is used in some Buddhist contexts to classify teachings in a hierarchy, we use the concept to discern what is and what is not skillful when it comes to trends in contemporary western yoga (enter: goat and beer yoga).Follow us on Facebookand Instagram, or send us a note at feedback@skillfulmeanspodcast.comSources and Further Reading:An overview of Skillful Means from the online wiki Encyclopedia of Buddhism The Parable of the Burning House from the Lotus Sutra, translated by Gene Reeves and published online by the Montreal Institute of Applied Mindfulness The Tricycle.com article “When to Let Go of the Dharma, Too,” includes the Raft Parable, and teacher Stephen Batchelor discusses letting go of means to a particular end, and the empowering approach of secular dharmaIn contrast to Batchelor’s secular lens, in the Tricylce.com article “Entering the Lotus,” Zen priest Michael Wenger shares the role the vast and iconic Lotus Sutra plays in Buddhist practiceThe Aimee Mann song, That’s Just What You Are

Why the Liberals' latest attack on the Conservative leader smacks of arrogance and hypocrisy Guest: Chris Selley – Columnist, National Post   Why accused ISIS war criminals shouldn't just be one country's problem – the case for international tribunals Guest: Kyle Matthews – Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights at Concordia University   The case of the dead raccoon – and the social media backlash Guest: Tristin Hopper – Victoria-based journalist / formerly with National Post

In this talk, Kyle Matthews, the Executive Director of Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, insists that to be able to win the war on terrorism, we have to be able to engage in the battle of ideas. How can we do that? Kyle argues that education is the key. We must continuously teach critical skills, apply the rule of law and stop our military obsession as it doesn't kill terror ideas. The best way to fight violent extremism is to bring the authors of these crimes to courts of justice.

Chinese officials pressured a Montreal-based human rights research institute affiliated with Concordia University to cancel a conference featuring a prominent exiled Uighur leader, says one of the organizers of the event. Kyle Matthews, executive director of the Montreal Institute for… »

Chinese officials pressured a Montreal-based human rights research institute to cancel a conference featuring a prominent exiled Uighur leader, says Kyle Matthews, executive director of the Montreal Institute of Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia University.

Rob talks with Kyle Matthews, Executive Director for The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University.

The Roy Green Show Podcast Is Canada's marijuana legislation just blowing smoke? Kevin Sabet, former U.S. Senior Advisor on National Drug Control, says yes. And criminal lawyer David Butt weighs in on some of the more pressing legal questions surrounding marijuana, possession charges and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Later, Peter McKay is Canada's former Minister of Justice/Attorney General, but he is also a dad with concerns about the marijuana legislation and cannabis as a gateway drug. The Saudi government now says Jamal Khashoggi died in a fight. But was it anything less than a fight for his life? Khashoggi was more than just a reporter and there could be more at play than originally assumed. Dr. Christian Leuprecht, author of ‘North American Strategic Defense: Security and Sovereignty in an Uncertain World,' was in Turkey when Khashoggi was killed and shares his insights on the situation. Regardless of the motivations behind the killing of Khashoggi, the world is becoming increasingly dangerous for journalists. Toronto Sun columnist Joe Warmington and Roy discuss the risks associated with the profession in the 2018. Ontario MPP Dave Smith explains his private members legislation that would strip returning terrorists of their privileges in the province. Meanwhile, last week Roy talked with John Letts, the father of the man dubbed “Jihadi Jack” by the British media who is currently held prisoner in a Kurdish prison. Following that interview, John Letts wrote a letter to Canadian members of Canadian parliament, begging for his son to be allowed into Canada even though he is suspected of being an ISIS member. Canada must prosecute returning ISIS fighters, according to Kyle Matthews, Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies. Jessie Melo's father, professional boxer Eddie “Hurricane” Melo, was shot and killed in Toronto by a contract killer in 2001. The hitman, Charles Gagne, was out on day parole when he shot Eddie Melo. Now Gagne is seeking full parole. Jessie Melo is furious, and contacted Roy and asked to share the story. She is joined by Former Alberta Prosecutor Scott Newark. Guests: Kevin Sabet, former Senior Advisor to the White House administrations of Presidents Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton on National Drug Control David Butt, Criminal Lawyer and Constitutional Lawyer Peter McKay, former Minister of Justice/Attorney General, Foreign Affairs Minister and Minister of National Defense Dr. Christian Leuprecht, Class of 1965 Professor in Leadership at the Roy Mailitary College of Canada abd Queen's University, author of of ‘North American Strategic Defense: Security and Sovereignty in an Uncertain World' Joe Warmington, Toronto Sun Columnist Dave Smith, Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Jessie Melo, daughter of professional boxer Eddie “Hurricane” Melo, who was murdered by a hitman in 2001 Scott Newark, former Alberta Crown Prosecutor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kyle Matthews is the executive director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University.

Your hosts, Levon, Carmel, Marie-Claude, Marc (Video of show at bottom) ListenEN_Interview_2-20180921-WIE20 What to do with so-called "foreign fighters" with ISIS, now returning to Canada An ISIS soldier celebrates after the capture of the Syrian city of Raqqa 2014. The UN Security Council is calling on member states to strengthen measures to counter threats posed by returning foreign terrorist fighters.  (REUTERS) They were called "foreign fighters", individuals who left their countries to travel to the Middle East to join the terrorist Daesh (ISIS) group. With Daesh beaten, many are returning to their countries of origin. It was estimated about 190 Canadians joined the terrorists, and about 60 have returned. However only two have been charged with crimes. Levon spoke with Kyle Matthews, executive-director of the Montreal Institute of Genocide and Human Rights Studies. Matthews says the Canadian government has a moral and legal duty to seek justice against these extremists. The wild swings in stock values for a Canadian cannabis company Tilray's product line of capsules, oils, and dried marijuana are shown at head office in Nanaimo, B.C., on November 29, 2017. (CP/Chad Hipolito) It was a small company that provided medical marijuana, but when it secured a U.S. contract the stock value skyrocketed. In the space of a a couple of months the company stock price increased by over 600 per cent, to make the small firm more valuable than Canada's long established major airline, Air Canada which is worth billions of dollars. Carmel Kilkenny spoke to business reporter David Blair about what happened and why. Best way to mitigate flooding from increased storms? A man carries a bag of clothing before leaving his home as floodwaters from the Saint John River continue rising in Grand Lake, N.B. on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (Darren Calabrese/THE CANADIAN PRESS) The Insurance Bureau of Canada which represents the interests of insurance agencies, says its members or paying out millions of dollars more in damage claims in recent years. They say it's due to climate change making storms worse. They says most of the damage is from flooding. Recently they commissioned a study to find out how to best mitigate flood damage. The answer is simple, stop paving over or building on wetlands which can mitigate flood levels and can limit damage by anywhere from 29 to 38 percent. Blair Feltmate is head of the University of Waterloo's Intact Centre for Climate Adaptation which prepared the report. New Electric assist bicycles for Montreals bike share programme Marie-Claude films a colleague on the new "electric assist" model being tested by Montreal's bicycle sharing programme (MC Simard) Montreal's bicycle sharing programme known as "Bixi" has had its ups and downs, but now seems to be quite healthy. This week they rolled out a new model. There are 30 of the "electric assist" bicycle being tested in a pilot programme to gather feedback from users. Marie-Claude and a colleague tried out the new bikes and gave their assessment. The Link, September 21, 2018 Images of the week window.jQuery || document.write('

Kyle Matthews, executive director of the Montreal Institute of Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), is calling on the federal government to prosecute Canadian jihadist fighters returning from Iraq and Syria, arguing Ottawa has a moral and legal duty to seek justice and uphold the rights of vulnerable minorities targeted by these extremists.

Societal hype around AI is a byproduct of a few recent scientific breakthroughs — speech recognition, computer vision, natural language processing — in short, a computer’s ability to acquire human senses and mimic the human brain.   Yoshua Bengio (world-renowned professor and head of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms) has been at the front lines of the Deep Learning Revolution that has enabled this kind of innovation. In this episode, he gives an overview of where the tech is actually at: how close is it to mirroring human senses? Featured in this episode: Yoshua Bengio, Head of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (MILA) Daniel Gross, Partner at Y Combinator and Head of the AI Track Mentioned in the episode: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence through Deep Learning (video), Yoshua Bengio at TEDxMontreal NIPS, the Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems CIFAR, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics (Wikipedia) Artificial neural networks (Wikipedia)

Professor and associate member of MILA, the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms, Allan Tapp, is a long-time researcher in physics, computer science, and mathematics. From his early studies in these fields, he now brings his expertise to artificial intelligence and deep learning. The MILA is an institute which began with the main ambition on the study of machine learning and learning of algorithms. Tapp realized the importance of artificial intelligence and took the opportunity to move into this field and is now fully committed to the technology through his continuing research at MILA. Tapp sits down with us to explain how the different types of AI machine learning work, the advancements in the field and he also discusses some common doomsday scenarios. Although he feels it is important that people are concerned about what machine learning means for man kind's future, he clarifies of the unlikelihood of such occurrences based on the level of technology we are at today. In this interview, Tapp also touches on the possible future of AI and deep learning. He describes what he thinks is on the horizon, specifically his interests in the concept of memory based neural networks and better Q & A dialogue with machines. For more information, visit: https://mila.quebec/en/

Today I am pleased to bring you my conversation with Carla Marcelis, of the Montreal Institute of Classical Homeopathy in Canada, about her work in the clinics of Honduras bringing homeopathy to remote areas where the need is great.   Homeopathy as a first line defense, as a first response to crisis and natural disaster, as the best option for bringing a high standard of care to areas of need around the world… these thoughts have been at the forefront of many of my homeopathic musings lately.   I’m someone who has always been drawn to working where the need is great; I did so when I was a teacher, and naturally when i began studying homeopathy I was thrilled to learn that there were organizations like Homeopaths without Borders and HHA, and now, HTSF http://terresansfrontieres.ca/en/sending-volunteers/professionals-without-borders/homeopathes-de-terre-sans-frontieres/   This type of work has always called to me, but I think now, more than ever, the call for this work within homeopathy is loud.   In my news feeds and email newsletters, I have received multiple notices lately about various groups and efforts around the world.   Recently here in the US, the North American Society of Homeopaths is hosting 2 webinars hosting outreach work, one with Nikki Redmond co-founder of Homeopaths Supporting Refugees. I have yet to listen to it, but I’m really looking forward to and hearing how she and other homeopaths are working with refugee camps in northern France and other locations.   I do plan to reach out to see if anyone would be willing to come on the podcast to share more about their work.   In April, NASH has scheduled a webinar with Cristina Garelli, and Wanda Smith-Schick about Homeopathy of the Pacific, which supports the veterans and economically marginalized people in the San Francisco Bay area here in the United States.   If you have not had a chance to listen to E027 from January of this year with Ananda More about her film, Magic Pills, check it out. Her film covers projects in Tanzania with HHA and the HP protocols in Cuba as well as the incredible work of the Banerji’s in India.   The rising chorus is about how homeopathy can be of paramount importance in areas of need around the world, but also our ability to respond- safely and effectively- in epidemics and wide spread acutes.   I’ve heard many senior homeopaths remark that the time for homeopathy and epidemics is on the horizon once again- above and beyond what is already being done in Africa, Haiti, Cuba, etc…   I’m joining this chorus and in addition to today’s show, next month i will have Holly Manoogian and Lauren Fox of Homeopath’s Without Borders on to share about their work in Haiti- I am very excited to talk to them. And i have a few other invitations out that I’m awaiting responses to. ----- I would be beyond grateful if you do enjoy the podcast if you would leave a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to 1M. It helps others find it and decide if they want to take the plunge and listen, and I surely hope that they do. Finally- I’m putting together a couple shows about studying MM with Frans Vermeulen to be aired in the summer. I have lots of questions for Frans, but I would love to hear what questions and struggles YOU have when you read MM. If you want to study a remedy ‘from scratch’ what bumps to you encounter? what materials are challengings… what makes you give up?   Post on the fB page or you can email me directly at concentrichealing@gmail.com   the idea is for the shows to be instructive, and learning some best practices from Frans, so dont’ be shy.   Ok! That’s all my updates and introducutions for now. Thanks so much for listening and sharing…..and enjoy this conversation this Carla Marcelis of HTSF and the Montreal Institute of Classical Homeopathy.   Here are the websites from Carla: The funding site- https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/carla-marcelis-htsf-2018   Even though it is set up as my fundraising, the money all goes to the organisation and is used directly in the projects in Honduras. Trips are not funded out of this.   This is our facebook site, where we also post blogs when we are in Honduras: https://www.facebook.com/Hom%C3%A9opathes-de-Terre-Sans-Fronti%C3%A8res-522745317927843/                  

314: In this interview, Yoshua Bengio, discusses World Class IT Principle One, People, and World Class Principle Five, External Partnerships. Some of the topics discussed include: Supervised verses unsupervised deep learning The heart of deep learning: disentangled representations The genesis and mission of Element AI Exploratory AI research verses applied AI research The development of the Montreal Institute of Learning Algorithms (MILA) The significance Yoshua places on supportive and collaborative cultures The evolution of AI in Montreal Yoshua’s concerns bout lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs)

Kyle Matthews, Senior Deputy Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University and a Fellow at the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute, speaks about the importance of commemorating the 1915 Armenian genocide.

Interview with Kyle Matthews, Senior Deputy Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University and a Fellow at the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute, about this week's chemical weapons attack in Syria.

"A lot of countries, including Canada, should be wondering what is Turkey doing," said Kyle Matthews, Senior Deputy Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University.

Kyle Matthews of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies says it would be difficult to prosecute the Assad regime based on these photos.

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Lieutenant General the Honourable Romeo A. Dallaire, O.C., C.M.M., G.O.Q, M.S.C., C.D., Retired Senator With A New Conceptual Base for Conflict Prevention The Honourable Romeo Dallaire has a distinguished career in the Canadian military, achieving the rank of Lieutenant General and Assistant Deputy Minister of Human Resources. In 1994, General Dallaire commanded the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, UNAMIR. His experiences there became the subject of the book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, which was awarded the Governor General's Literary Award for Non Fiction in 2004 and was the basis of a full length feature film released in 2007. Medically released in 2000, due to PTSD, Senator Dallaire has worked as an author, lecturer and humanitarian, conducting research on conflict resolution and child soldiers at the Kennedy School at Harvard. His most recent book, They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children - the Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers, introduces the Child Soldier phenomenon and solutions to eradicate it. General Dallaire helped reform the assistance provided to the new generation of veterans particularly affected by post traumatic stress disorder. General Dallaire was appointed to the Senate effective March 24, 2005, and is the Vice Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence as well as President of the Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs. He was appointed with Bishop Desmond Tutu to the United Nations Secretary General's Advisory Committee on Genocide Prevention in the spring of 2006 and is a Fellow at the Montreal Institute of Genocide Studies, Concordia University. He is an officer in the Order of Canada since 2002, a recipient of the Pearson Peace Medal in 2005, a Grand Officer of the Order of Quebec in 2006. He holds honorary doctorates and fellowships from almost three dozen universities in Canada and the United States. Speaker: Lieutenant General the Hon. Romeo A. Dallaire, O.C., C.M.M., G.O.Q, M.S.C., C.D., Retired Senator *The content presented is free of charge but please note that the Empire Club of Canada retains copyright. Neither the speeches themselves nor any part of their content may be used for any purpose other than personal interest or research without the explicit permission of the Empire Club of Canada.* *Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the speakers or panelists are those of the speakers or panelists and do not necessarily reflect or represent the official views and opinions, policy or position held by The Empire Club of Canada.*

Kyle Matthews, a director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University.