Projects
Aurora Philosophy Institute Projects and Areas of Interest:
Community Outreach
- Support for the Tuesday Philosophy Club, a successful ongoing community-based group
- Assistance for local small business
- Links with local community and business leaders
- Philosophy and well-being
Education
- Provision of educational materials online and via other delivery methods
- The Hana Hermanska Memorial Library of Philosophy
- Individual instruction model
- Online instruction model
- Business development and communications skills - the 'Pygmalion Project'
- Youth chapter of the API
- API Academy - private discussions and tutorials
Public Policy
- Capital Region (Ottawa) chapter of the Aurora Philosophy Institute/Institut philosophie Aurora
- Critical mass of expertise and interest in Political Economy among API Associates
- International co-operation and linkages
Research
- 'Philosophical' realism versus 'critical' realism, with applications in Canadian Studies, Philosophy of Money, Philosophy of Religion, Political Economy, Social Ontology
- The Journal of the Aurora Philosophy Institute
- Facilitate research and debate on topics of public interest