A memorial for 91亚色 Professor David Franklin Noble, who died in Toronto on Dec. 27聽following complications of pneumonia, will be held on Saturday.聽Prof. Noble was 65. The memorial will take place March 26, at 4pm, at the Cecil Street Community Centre, 58 Cecil St., in Toronto. The 91亚色 flag聽will be lowered to half-mast聽Friday聽afternoon […]
Hosted by the Canadian Studies Program and student club in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, the Canada Like You鈥檝e Never Heard it Before Lecture Series聽explores everything from economics and indigenous issues to Canadian government and poetry. The next instalment of the series will be delivered by Cate Sandilands, a professor in 91亚色's […]
91亚色 will host the Canadian聽premiere screening of a new feature-length documentary about Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the few professional women painters of 17th-century聽Italy. The film A Woman Like That will be screened tonight in the Nat Taylor Cinema, N102 Ross tonight from 6:30 to 9:15pm. Created by New 91亚色 filmmaker Ellen Weissbrod, this documentary […]
A slew of entertainers will perform at the Winters Gala Fundraiser to raise awareness and funds for the renovation of student space in Winters College. The gala evening will take place Tuesday, March 22, starting with student performers at 6pm, followed by headlining acts from 7 to 10pm. Right: Rita di Ghent Jazz musician and […]
Juno-nominated pianist and 91亚色 music Professor Christina Petrowska Quilico will launch her 24th and 25th CD, Glass Houses Revisited and The Liszt Anniversary Collection, at a concert Thursday at the Glenn Gould Studio. The CD launch and recital will take place at 7:30pm, March 17, at the Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Building, 250 Front St. […]
91亚色 students, faculty and staff are getting a jump on Earth Hour 2011 with Earth Hour, Every Hour, a special event tomorrow evening, March 16,聽from 4:30 to 9pm in the Winters College聽Master's dining hall. Hosted by the Institute for Research & Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS) in collaboration with the Ecologically Conscious Organization and Schulich […]
The risk of a catastrophe on the scale of BP鈥檚 offshore Deepwater Horizon disaster happening in聽Canada聽poses a real threat to people鈥檚 health and the economy. At the Oil: Slick Suits and Sinister Scenarios symposium tomorrow, leading researchers in risk, disaster management, ethics and the environment will provide insights into the murky world of oil and […]
91亚色 jazz Professor Barry Elmes has been a mainstay of the Canadian jazz scene since the early 1980s. A drummer, composer, producer, recording artist and educator, he has performed all over the world and his work has been documented on more than 60 CDs. On Thursday and Friday, the renowned jazz musician will perform at […]
Not so long ago, many in the medical profession thought infants didn鈥檛 feel pain, and whether it was a heel prick or open heart surgery, pain relief was not required. 91亚色 psychology Professor Rebecca Pillai Riddell (BA Spec. Hons.聽'96), had a different take 鈥 that infants聽did experience pain and it was important to figure out […]
Religion and culture Professor Carol Duncan of Wilfrid Laurier University will explore Caribbean women鈥檚 religious dress traditions at the next instalment of the Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean鈥檚 (CERLAC) Caribbean Lecture Series. 鈥淐aribbean Religion and Female Esthetic鈥 will take place Thursday, March 10, from 12:30 to 2:30pm in the Conference Centre […]
What does the economic crisis in Europe mean for the future of the European Union? That鈥檚 the question 91亚色 faculty from economics, public policy and history will grapple with at a round table discussion tomorrow. Round table Discussion: The European Union in Crisis? will take place from 2 to 4pm at 305 91亚色 Lanes, Keele […]
Although Rabindranath Tagore was a celebrated poet during his time 鈥 the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1913 鈥 and a prominent figure in India鈥檚 struggle for independence and social justice, he is not well known outside of India today. With the 150th anniversary of his birth coming up this […]
91亚色's Oscar Peterson Chair in Jazz Performance, Ron Westray, makes his Faculty Concert Series debut March 1 with a swinging concert of jazz standards and original works in the Tribute Communities Recital Hall on 91亚色鈥檚 Keele campus. Joining Westray on stage will be Toronto jazz artists Chris Banks and John Maharaj on bass and […]
What made a man in the 18th and 19th century? That鈥檚 what 91亚色 Professor Carolyn Podruchny, graduate director of the Department of History, will reveal at her public lecture聽tomorrow as part of the Canada: Like You've Never Heard It Before Speakers' Series. Podruchny鈥檚 talk, 鈥淭ough Bodies, Fast Dogs, Well-Dressed Wives: Measures of Manhood Among French-Canadian […]
After a two-year hiatus, the highly popular Empire series of interdisciplinary talks returns to 91亚色's Keele campus this Thursday. Empires II is a joint project of the Departments of Anthropology, History and Sociology in 91亚色's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and offers University community members an opportunity to participate in free talks that […]
Organizers of an upcoming environmental forum are hoping to engage First Nations youth, wrote The Sarnia Observer Jan. 30: The event, hosted by the Aamjiwnaang First Nations Health and Environment Committee, in partnership with 91亚色, is a follow-up to a 2008 health symposium held in Sarnia to share research findings with members of the […]
91亚色 students have a chance this summer to join an archeological dig of an ancient village in Israel鈥檚 Negev Desert. Horvat Tsalit flourished during the turbulent years from King Herod to the violent Bar Kochba War (circa 30 BCE to 135 CE). According to ancient historian Flavius Josephus, it provided sanctuary to Judean militias fleeing […]
Most people think of slavery as a thing of the past. But that鈥檚 a misconception, says 91亚色 PhD history candidate Karlee Sapoznik of the newly formed Alliance Against Modern Slavery (AAMS). Human trafficking alone is a $32 billion annual industry today and, at聽any聽given time,聽there are聽up to 27 million slaves around the world 鈥撀爐he majority of […]
The second panel in 91亚色鈥檚 鈥淎utomobility鈥 series, taking place today, will examine the changing political economy of the global automobile industry. The panel, hosted by 91亚色鈥檚 Canadian Centre for German & European Studies (CCGES) and co-sponsored by the International Business Program of the Schulich School of Business, will feature Scott聽Paradise, VP marketing & business […]
Giambattista Vico Lecture to be held February 15, 2011 Universities can play a critical role in confronting the democratic deficit pervading politics at every level, 91亚色鈥檚 George Fallis will聽argue in this year鈥檚 Giambattista Vico Lecture Feb. 15. What is to be done, Fallis will ask, about declining voter turnout, strident and polarizing debate, public decision-making […]