The Public God Forum; Farouk al-Kasim: The Man Behind Norway's Oil Wealth; Listener Mail; Documentary: The Tracks
The Public God Forum: (Hour 1 at 00:25 seconds; Hour 2 at 48:52:35)
These days, God is front and centre in our popular culture. But is there a place for religion in our civic discourse or in the formulation of public policy? Michael Enright hosted a lively and provocative discussion about these issues at the Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto, which was broadcast in Hours 1 and 2 of the program.
Our guests were:
Alia Hogben, Executive Director of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women and columnist with the Kingston Whig-Standard
Father Raymond de Souza, Chaplain at Queen's University and op-ed columnist with The National Post
Reverend Gretta Vosper, United Church minister and author of With or Without God: Why the Way We Live is More Important Than What We Believe
Richard Chambers, director of the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Toronto
Janet Buckingham, lawyer and professor at Trinity Western University and author of Fighting Over God: A Legal and Political History of Religious Freedom in Canada
Moustafa Bayoumi, Professor of English at Brooklyn College and author of How Does It Feel to Be a Problem: Being Young And Arab in America
Norway's oil wealth fund: (at 1:42:08)
How is it that Norway's oil wealth fund grew to $850 billion, while Alberta's Heritage Fund stalled out at $17 billion - 50 times less? Michael talks to Farouk al-Kasim, the Iraqi geologist credited with the creation of Norway's fund. The fund will have a profound beneficial impact on the future of Norway and its people.
Listener mail on public broadcasting (at 2:00:20)
Documentary - The Tracks: (at 2:06:44)
On Halloween night, 2011, near the railroad tracks that run through the small town of Armstrong, B.C., 18-year-old Taylor van Diest was brutalized. Last week in Kelowna, Matthew Foerster was convicted of first degree murder. We will reprise our award-winning documentary, The Tracks. It's about the teenagers of Armstrong, their ribbon of adventure and the terrible crime that changed everything. The Tracks was produced by Emelia Symington Fedy.