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The Walrus Talks Play (Toronto 2015)

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Cheating

May 7, 2015October 14, 2020 - by Dick Pound

“Sport is governed by rules agreed upon by the participants. If you don’t like the rules you are free not to participate”

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The Art of Play

May 6, 2015October 14, 2020 - by Mark Kingwell

“Pretending is not something only children do”

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At Play in the Fields of the Future

May 6, 2015October 14, 2020 - by Jason Edward Lewis

“We need to build our own sandbox and play in it how we want”

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Breaking Barriers

May 6, 2015October 16, 2019 - by Mary Spencer

“What do you mean, girls don’t box?”

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The Emerging Culture of Play

May 6, 2015October 16, 2019 - by Lynn Hughes

“We could see games—the game form—as the form that underlies contemporary culture”

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Is Sports Still Play?

May 6, 2015October 16, 2019 - by Bruce Kidd

“You win a few, you lose a few, but the ones that are rained out hurt the most”

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The Organization of Play

May 6, 2015October 16, 2019 - by Ken Dryden

“Canada changes; play changes; we find new ways to play”

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The Handshake and the Calligraphy Brush

May 6, 2015October 16, 2019 - by Pico Iyer

“That seemed to be the state of modern Japan: halfway between China and North America, not sure how much to follow Marshall McLuhan and how much Confucius”

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Expectation is Play’s Enemy

May 6, 2015October 16, 2019 - by Marnie McBean

“I learned more about the importance of play from the time I was third than any of the times I won medals”

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The Walrus Talks Play

May 6, 2015October 16, 2019 - by The Walrus Foundation

Full program featuring talks by Mary Spencer, Pico Iyer, Jason Edward Lewis, Dick Pound, Ken Dryden, Lynn Hughes, Bruce Kidd, Marnie McBean, and Mark Kingwell.

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