Discussion with Teresa Bejan of Oriel College, Oxford about her 2017 book Mere Civility, which contrasts the views on the limits of toleration in a liberal society of John Rawls, Thomas Hobbes, and Roger Williams, and defends Williams' 'mere civility' which was based on "mutual contempt" rather than mutual respect....
Runnymede Student Leadership Conference 2017
We are delighted to announce our 2017 Student Leadership Conference, to be held this August 18-20, 2017, for future Runnymede Society campus chapter leaders. The conference will be held in a country retreat setting just an hour north from Toronto, Ontario. The weekend will feature a mix of socializing, discussion of perennial...
Lauren Heuser: Free Speech in the Digital Age
In the digital age, filter bubbles encourage conformity of opinion and confirmation bias. They discourage airing contrarian views-- both online and in person. A conversation with lawyer and journalist Lauren Heuser about the eroding culture of free speech, why polarizing figures like Milo Yiannopoulos should not be the mascots of free...
Ilya Somin: The Case for Open Borders
Law professor and longtime Volokh Conspiracy contributor Ilya Somin joins Runnymede Radio to make the case for open borders as favourable to both human freedom and economic prosperity. We touch on Trump's executive orders, the implications of the Trump administration's restrictionism for Canada's Safe Third Party Agreement, political ignorance and immigration, the...
Leonid Sirota: Are We All Originalists Now?
Leonid Sirota, Lecturer at AUT Law School in Auckland, New Zealand, and author of Double Aspect Blog, discusses originalism, the legal interpretive theory which posits that a law's original meaning should govern its subsequent interpretation and application. We discuss whether originalism has been rejected by Canadian courts, particularly the Supreme Court of...
Daniel Goldwater: Quebec Exceptionalism
Joanna and Montreal lawyer, writer, and podcaster Daniel Goldwater discuss Canadian exceptionalism and whether Trumpist nativism could land on Canadian shores, the 2017 Quebec City mosque shooting and why accused Alexandre Bisonette was charged with murder and not terrorism and half of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission's renunciation of that report's recommendations. As...
Jordan Peterson: Compelled Speech Is Compelled Thought
Welcome to Runnymede Radio! Jordan Peterson discusses gender-neutral pronouns, the political uses of language, radical politics on university campuses, and why learning can be painful with Joanna Baron, Runnymede Society Director. Video of Prof. Peterson's debate, with Prof. Bruce Pardy at Queen's University Faculty of Law, can be viewed here.
Student Leadership Conference- August 26-28, 2016
Runnymede Society Student Leadership Conference: August 26th-28th, 2016 A group of talented law students from across Canada gathered at Blue Mountain Resort in Collingwood, Ontario this past weekend for a thought-provoking and enjoyable weekend of training, debating, reading, hiking, and socializing. Highlights included: Discussing religious freedom, pluralism, and accommodation with...
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