The Institute for Liberal Studies is a non-profit organization that creates non-partisan environments to explore, learn, and engage with the ideas of freedom.
Ottawa, Ontario
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I'm looking forward to this! Thanks @Liberal_Studies for sponsoring, and thanks Callum and the UW Philosophy Students' Association for the invite!
If you're in Winnipeg next Friday, come join us!
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Step outside the Forum and explore Ottawa-Gatineau! Across Days 1 & 2, discover historic districts, waterfronts, redevelopment projects, and public spaces through guided walking tours. Choose your route and see the planning and design ideas shaping the region. 👀 #CanUForum2026
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Watch NFL and save civil society!
Matt Bufton of @Liberal_Studies 👇
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Coming out on Tuesday:
Liberty, Drugs, & Civil Society: Matt Bufton on Prohibition, Policing, & Post-Liberalism #116
Matt Bufton of the @Liberal_Studies offers a libertarian defence of civil society. Watch for it!
(early access to audio in reply)
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In or around Lethbridge, Alberta next week?
@PardyBruce of Queens University will be giving a free public talk on property rights and personal freedom at @uLethbridge on April 28.
With thanks to our sponsor @Liberal_Studies.
Details in the poster below 👇
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🗓️ ONE WEEK AWAY – FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WITH NADINE STROSSEN
In one week, Runnymede’s University of Ottawa Chapter, in partnership with the Institute for Liberal Studies @Liberal_Studies (ILS), welcomes Nadine Strossen (FIRE @TheFIREorg) for a discussion on freedom of expression, in conversation with Dean Kristen Boon @ProfKristenBoon (University of Ottawa).
A former President of the American Civil Liberties Union (1991–2008), Strossen has spent decades defending robust protections for free speech and civil liberties. The conversation will explore the role of expressive freedom in sustaining open debate and democratic society.
⚠️ Room Change: The event will now take place in Fauteux Hall, Room 302.
🕦 11:45 AM
Register by scanning the QR code or clicking here: theils.ca/for-students/onlin…
We hope to see you there!
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Was this study called The Wealth of Nations (1776) by Adam Smith?
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I was pleased to speak with Matt Bufton and the @Liberal_Studies about culture, politics, the New Right, and a defence of the boringness and blandness of bourgeois life.
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I am on this week's @Liberal_Studies @TheCuriousTask podcast, talking about the Canadian Charter's notwithstanding clause. thecurioustask.podbean.com/e…
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My conversation with Alex Aragona of the Institute of Liberal Studies, talking about The Crisis of Canadian Democracy, on their podcast, "The Curious Task."
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For students who want a chance to express their ideas, win some money, appear in @c2cjournal and @TheNewsForum_, as well as attend the @Liberal_Studies' Freedom Week event in Montreal -
Give this a try! The 2nd Annual Patricia Trottier and Gwyn Morgan Student Essay Contest.
manningfoundation.org/2nd-an…
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Ready for day 3 of our 2025 Seminar, today’s schedule includes:
🖋️ Public Choice Theory with Matt Bufton of @Liberal_Studies
🦅 Freedom vs Virtue with @PardyBruce
🧬 Healthcare Policy with @KrystleWittevr1
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Enjoyed debating liberal socialism with Matt Bufton of @Liberal_Studies
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Is there a #commongood ?
Matt Bufton of the @Liberal_Studies Institute says we should think in terms of 40 million conceptions of the common good in Canada.
What do you think?
#libertarian #cdnpoli
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Tariffs are back—China, Canada & Mexico are in the crosshairs. But history & economics show free trade drives growth while tariffs hurt consumers. Let’s not repeat past mistakes. | Williamson Evers
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🎥 Everything is set up at the University of Toronto, Hart House. Guests are arriving, and we are moments away from officially starting the Toronto Democracy Forum 2024.
#TDF2024
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New podcast conversation, mostly on free banking, with Matt Bufton of the Institute for Liberal Studies.
Check out this week's The Curious Task episode with Larry White where he discusses the principles of free banking, focusing on how competitive banking systems can operate without centralized control! thecurioustask.podbean.com/e…
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Awesome to see our neighbourhood “with new eyes” and Matt from the @Liberal_Studies ! #WhyMac @ImmaculataOCSB
