Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface: The How and Why of This Book 1
5. Introduction 6
6. Interview with June Callwood (National Treasures, Vision TV, season 4, episode 11, 29 November 1994) 14
7. When the Seven Deadly Sins Became the Seven Cardinal Virtues(Acceptance speech on receiving the YWCA Women of Distinction Award, Toronto, 1986) 29
8. The Legacies of War (Keynote address, Voice of Women Conference, Ottawa, 1990) 36
9. Coexistence and Technology: Society between Bitsphere and Biosphere (Polanyi Lectures, Concordia University, Montreal, 1994 and 1995) 43
10. Canada and Social Justice (An address given to Companions of the Holy Cross at a Retreat of Anglican Women in 1997) 56
11. A Drive to Know: The Glory and Hell of Science – Reflections in Memory of Jacob Bronowski (The Jacob Bronowski Memorial Lecture, New College, University of Toronto, 29 March 2000) 64
12. Thinking about Technology (A public “University Lecture,” University of Toronto, 2004) 73
13. The Holy and the Microscope: Conversations between Faith and Knowledge (Guest lecture, given at the Newman Centre in the University of Toronto, Toronto, 2007) 84
14. Reflecting on the Second Wave of Feminism: 1960–2010 (Taped at Massey College at the University of Toronto for a symposium in Ottawa on the History of the Canadian Women’s Movement, 2008) 89
15. Ursula Franklin Interviewed by Mary Hynes (Tapestry, CBC Radio, 4 February 2007) 94
16. In Conversation with Two Grade 10 Students at the Ursula Franklin Academy, 1997 108
17. Using Technology as if People Matter (Opening plenary of SciMaTech 96, delivered at the Cowichan Campus of Malaspina College, Duncan, BC, 1996, to teachers who were working to better integrate and enhance the teaching of science, math, and technology in their curricula) 115
18. Developing a Li of Massey (Acceptance speech, Massey College’s 40th Anniversary Awards, University of Toronto, 2004) 125
19. Three Lessons from the Natural World (Convocation address, McGill University, Montreal, 2006) 127
20. The Place of Knowledge in Our Personal and Collective Lives (Convocation address, Ryerson University, Toronto, 2012) 130
21. Interview with Dr Tarah Brookfield (Interview conducted at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, 2010) 133
22. Peace: A Necessity for an Equal Society (The closing speech of An Equal Society: Into the Year 2000 – a conference presented by the Ontario Advisory Council on Women’s Issues with the Provincial, Federal, and Territorial Status of Women Councils, Toronto, 4 November 1986) 143
23. Educating Engineers for the Modern World (The Seventh Annual J.W. Hodgins Memorial Lecture, McMaster University, Hamilton, 19901 ) 149
24. Monocultures of the Soil, Monocultures of the Mind: Cautionary Tales from the Mechanization of Agriculture (Keynote address, 8th Wendy Michener Symposium for The Canadian Association of Fine Arts Deans, York University, Toronto, 21 October 1994) 159
25. The How and Why of Communication: Orienteering in Cyberspace (The Southam Lecture, given to The Canadian Communication Association, McMaster University, Hamilton, 1996) 171
26. Technology as Social Instruction (Conference keynote address, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, 23 March 1998) 179
27. Research, Policy, and Action: Working for Justice through Integrated Research (Research in Women’s Health Conference, Ottawa; Dr Franklin’s keynote recorded at Massey College, University of Toronto, 1999) 187
28. What Is at Stake?: Universities in Context (Canadian Association of University Teachers, Ottawa, 1999 192
29. Research as a Social Enterprise: Are We Asking the Right Questions? (The Royal Society Lecture, sponsored by the Royal Society of Canada’s Women in Scholarship Committee and the Office of the Vice-President (Research), Carleton University, Ottawa, 6 November 2002) 197
30. The However Paragraph (Guest lecture, The Toronto Congress of the Canadian Association of Physicists, Toronto, 2010) 208
31. Reflections on Public Health and Peace: Ask How Are You? NOT Who Are You? (The Dr Zofia Pakula 2012 Inaugural Lecture, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Global Health Division, University of Toronto, 26 November 2012) 213
32. An Interview with Anna Maria Tremonti (The Current, CBC Radio, 6 May 2010, recorded at the Toronto studio) 221
33. Afterthoughts 228
34. Appendix 239
35. Index 243