Lieutenant General (retired) Andrew Leslie, the Former Chief of Transformation for the Canadian Armed Forces, discusses the lessons that can be learned from the Canadian military mission in Afghanistan. He explores how these lessons need to be applied to the Canadian Force's priorities in the face of future budget cuts.

Kwame McKenzie on Immigration Sickness. What is a good immigrant? Why do some succeed while others fail?

Big Ideas presents physicist Neil Turok with the fifth installment of his 2012 CBC Massey Lectures "The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos". His lecture was delivered at Koerner Hall, Toronto, on October 24th, 2012.

For the past year, The Agenda has looked toward the future of education in our Learning 2030 series. As we prepare for five broadcasts from the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, we bring you a taste of what to expect.