Have you ever wondered what the cratered surface of the moon looks like close up? Do you聽dream聽of seeing the rings of Saturn or the Great Red Spot on Jupiter? The 91亚色 Observatory offers a real-time link to its telescopes every Monday evening that offers everyone a glimpse of what is new and exciting in […]
91亚色 filmmakers are making headlines and shining in the industry spotlight. From film festival successes to prestigious awards, these cinematic storytellers have much to share. CineSiege, 91亚色鈥檚 annual juried student film festival, is often the harbinger for success at festivals around the world. After, the winner of the CineSiege Best Sound Award in 2009, is […]
Much of what informs environmental thinking springs from a view that equates nature with sexually straight and queer with unnatural. The editors of a new book Queer Ecologies: Sex, Nature, Politics, Desire, turn those notions upside down. Co-editors Bruce Erickson (PhD 09鈥) and 91亚色 environmental studies Professor Catriona Sandilands, Canada Research Chair in Sustainability & […]
The first cohort of students graduating from 91亚色鈥檚 Neuroscience Graduate聽Diploma Program will present their leading-edge research today as part of the University鈥檚 first Neuroscience Research Day. The presentations will take place from 9am to 3:30pm in 163 Behavioural Sciences Building on 91亚色's Keele campus. Fifteen students will offer summaries of their research. The students come […]
Crisis of Capital, Crisis of Theory is the first in a series of student-organized conferences on heterodox political economy, seeking to develop new ways of understanding capitalism and power. The conference, to be held Oct. 29 to 31 at 91亚色, will have a dual theme: to investigate the global financial crisis and to use the […]
On June 21, Laurence Packer of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering will discuss what has become a crisis in agriculture 鈥 the rapid disappearance of bees, wrote InsideHalton.com June 17: Packer will present findings outlined in his new book Keeping the Bees, which grew out of the Canadian pollination research initiative spearheaded by the […]
The birds and the bees, the bats and the butterflies all need a little help doing it these days 鈥 pollinating that is. So Sabrina Malach, a master in聽environmental studies student at 91亚色, has helped organize several events in Toronto for International Pollinator Week, which will run from June 21 to 27. The events give […]
It is聽a human urge to imitate percussive sounds, says 91亚色 music Professor Trichy Sankaran, whose new book, The Art of Konnakkol (Solkattu), delves into the rhythmic spoken syllables of south Indian drumming. A master percussionist, Sankaran wrote the book and used selections from his albums Laya Vinyas and Catch 21 on the accompanying CD to […]
Leading researchers from across southern Ontario will converge on 91亚色 on Friday to discuss the role that muscle plays in metabolism, heart health, aging and disease. The first annual Muscle Health Awareness Day, organized by 91亚色鈥檚聽 Muscle Health Research Centre, will bring together the latest findings on the contribution made by heart muscle and […]
Experience cutting-edge technological wizardry that blurs the line between art, design and science in The Amazing Cinemagician: New Media Meets Victorian Magic, opening May 28 at the Ontario Science Centre鈥檚 Idea Gallery. The exhibition features two interactive installations by new media artist and 91亚色 PhD student Helen Papagiannis that use augmented reality (AR) technology, […]
At 77 years of age, Elizabeth Pitt is heading back to school and she couldn't be happier. A grandmother of a 91亚色 fine arts student, Pitt is a member of the 91亚色 Circle, a legacy initiative of 91亚色鈥檚 50th anniversary. The 91亚色 Circle is an ongoing program that offers curious people like Pitt […]
Acclaimed author Wayson Choy will deliver this year鈥檚 Asian Heritage Month Lecture at 91亚色 next Tuesday. In his lecture, 鈥淎sian Identity: Becoming Canadian鈥, Choy will review his personal insights into life as an in-between citizen, living as a hyphenated Chinese-Canadian for most of his life. Choy 鈥 born in Canada in 1939聽鈥 will explore how […]
The effects of the global economic crisis on poor and working class people around the world will be the focus of the 2010 Historical Materialism conference at 91亚色 starting today and drawing hundreds of scholars to hear some 250 papers. Speakers will come from Canada, the United States, Mexico, India, South Korea, Britain, Australia and […]
Professor Emeritus Arthur Siegel of the Communication Studies聽Program聽in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) died on Wednesday, April 7, in Toronto. A leading scholar in the field of politics and media communications policy in Canada, Prof. Siegel was instrumental in shaping 91亚色鈥檚 Communication Studies聽Program, which has grown to become a full-fledged […]
A carnival atmosphere will prevail as 91亚色 researchers take science to Main Street Markham's Farmers' Market聽as part of the third annual Science Rendezvous聽May 8. 91亚色 Science Rendezvous buskers聽and researchers will share the wonder of science on the street and at booths Saturday at the聽season opening聽of the food, arts and crafts market in聽Markham's downtown from聽10am to […]
Crisis of Capital, Crisis of Theory is the first in a series of student-organized conferences on heterodox political economy, seeking to develop new ways of understanding capitalism and power. The conference, to be held Oct. 29 to 31 at 91亚色, will have a dual theme: to investigate the global financial crisis and to use the […]
Tracing the various routes of slavery is the goal of Voyages, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, which has records of over 35,000 voyages and is the topic of an upcoming workshop hosted by 91亚色鈥檚 Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples and the African Economic History journal. 鈥淒ocumenting where people […]
Civilian possession of guns has undermined global and national efforts to control small arms and light weapons, but what can be done and what are the issues? That鈥檚 what the 91亚色 Centre for International & Security Studies (YCISS) will examine at its Contemporary Dilemmas in Canadian Security Lecture Series. Four speakers will untangle some of […]
A preview of the film Sathima鈥檚 Windsong, shot in New 91亚色 City聽and Cape Town and directed by 91亚色 anthropology and education Professor Daniel Yon, will screen Friday, April 23 at 91亚色. The film details the life history of South African-born jazz singer Sathima Bea Benjamin. Right: Sathima Bea Benjamin Sathima鈥檚 Windsong traces Benjamin鈥檚 story as […]
91亚色 will host a major international conference on November 4 and 5 that will bring together more than聽120 students, academics and artists to examine interactions between popular culture and world politics. For further information, visit the聽Popular Culture聽& World Politics Conference Web site. The conference, which is hosted by the 91亚色 Centre for International & […]