Theatre @ 91亚色 will perform the 2005 off-Broadway hit, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, an imaginary retrial of the man who betrayed Jesus, beginning Sunday. Paul Muir directs fellow students from 91亚色鈥檚 Master of Fine Arts Theatre Program in this fast-paced, edgy courtroom 鈥渄ramedy鈥 by Stephen Adly Guirgis presented in聽the Joseph G. Green Studio […]
The LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence & Conflict Resolution, the Institute for Social Research (ISR) and the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research (YIHR) are holding a research open house Thursday to highlight some of the excellence in research within each of the three units. The event will take place Jan. 13, from 2:30 to […]
The Institute for Science & Technology Studies (STS) will host a panel discussion today at 12:30pm in the Delaney Gallery, 320 Bethune College. The panel will examine the future of Science & Technology Studies. Participating in the panel are University of Western Ontario聽 Professor William Turkel; University of Toronto Professor Michelle Murphy; Queen's University Professor […]
Chancellor Roy McMurtry and three 91亚色 professors will discuss social justice and human rights on a panel next Wednesday as part of the聽Research Matters Speakers Series. McMurtry, former attorney general of Ontario, will open with remarks on social justice in Canada. Each panelist will speak about a different aspect of the theme, followed by a […]
How can we respond faster and better to disasters such as last year鈥檚 earthquake in Haiti? That鈥檚 the challenge speakers, first-response practitioners, emergency managers, researchers and educators will discuss at聽the The Haiti Earthquake of Jan. 2010: Lessons Learned seminar next week at 91亚色. The seminar, being held one year after the earthquake, will take place […]
Humanities聽Professor Jody Berland will take a critical look聽at how militarization has become so common in society that it is now seen as the norm. Berland's lecture,聽鈥淐ultures of Militarization鈥, takes place today from 4聽in the聽Vanier Senior Common Room, 010 Vanier College. All are welcome. The lecture's title and topic are borrowed from聽Cultures of Militarization, which Berland聽co-edited聽with […]
As 91亚色 moves forward with implementing the White Paper鈥檚 priority directions, the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation (VPRI) has been working with a small group of colleagues across the faculties to identify our highest priority initiatives for research intensification 鈥 initiatives to which we are committed to making measurable progress going forward. […]
The 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) invites proposals for its Graduate Student Workshop series taking place from January to April 2011. This series聽is an opportunity for graduate students conducting research on Asia and the Asian diaspora to present their research-in-progress to graduate students and a 91亚色 faculty member. It is intended for 91亚色 students […]
91亚色 psychology Professor Michael Friendly will talk about statistics next week as part of the Science & Technology Studies Research Seminar Series. 鈥淭he First (Known) Statistical Graph: Michael Florent van Langren and the 'Secret' of Longitude鈥 will take place Tuesday, Nov. 30, from 12:30 to 2pm in Norman鈥檚, 203 Bethune College, Keele campus. All are […]
Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts, professor at the University of California, Irvine, will give the 20th Annual Harold I. Schiff Lecture in 91亚色鈥檚 Senate Chamber on Nov. 18. Organized by the 91亚色 Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry and the Faculty of Science & Engineering, Finlayson-Pitts鈥 talk, 鈥淩eactions at Interfaces in the Atmosphere:聽 Challenges and Opportunities鈥, starts at […]
Religious studies Professor Xu Xin of Nanjing University in China will present his talk 鈥淚srael Through Chinese Eyes鈥 later this month. The talk, presented by the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at 91亚色, will take place Sunday, Nov. 21 at 3:30pm in W136 Executive Learning Centre, Seymour Schulich Building, Keele campus. The […]
A special double issue of TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies 鈥 also being published as a book 鈥 examines the role that militarization plays in our lives and its effects on civic culture. 鈥淐ultures of Militarization,鈥 edited by Jody Berland (right), professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Humanities, and Blake Fitzpatrick, professor in the School […]
Marc Bornstein, senior investigator and head of Child & Family Research at the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development in Washington, DC, will talk about positive parenting Wednesday as part of the Faculty of Health鈥檚 LaMarsh Speaker Series. The talk, 鈥淧ositive Parenting and Positive Development in Children鈥 will take place Wednesday, Nov. 17, […]
91亚色's scientific community is encouraged to attend a town hall meeting with Dr. Suzanne Fortier, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. This forum provides an tremendous opportunity to meet and speak with Dr. Fortier. The Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation encourages all faculty, students and postdoctoral fellows to […]
The high level of Type 2 diabetes in the Black Creek neighbourhood of northwest Toronto is imposing tremendous pain and suffering on a largely visible minority population, according to community health workers, researchers and educators who will meet Thursday at a community forum to begin developing an action plan to combat the disease. 91亚色's Health […]
91亚色 psychology Professor Fran Wilkinson will talk about her visual neuroscience research, including the connection between vision and migraine headaches, tomorrow as part of the Faculty Research Profile Series. 鈥淔rom Cats Eyes to Headaches: Adventures in Neuroscience鈥 will take place Thursday, Nov. 11, from 2 to 3:30pm at 214 Calumet College, Keele campus. RSVP by […]
Marc Bornstein is one of the preeminent developmental researchers in the world and is currently the head of the Child聽and Family Research program at the National Institute of Child Health聽& Human Development in the United States. As a researcher, Bronstein has聽received numerous聽awards for his research from such organizations as National Institute of Child Health聽& Human […]
Gender and cultural studies Professor Patricia Mohammed of the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, will talk tomorrow about Caribbean cultural mythologies of gender. 鈥淟istening to Paintings: Cultural Mythologies of Gender in the Caribbean鈥, part of the Caribbean Lecture Series, will take place Thursday, Nov. 11, from 12:30 to 2:30pm […]
Over 150 years after it was first published, Charlotte Bront毛鈥檚 1847 novel Jane Eyre remains a favourite for film and television adaptations. But what influences and interpretations are at work before it hits the screen? 91亚色 women's studies PhD candidate Kathleen Cummins (BA Spec. Hons. 鈥92, MFA 鈥95) will talk on Thursday about 鈥淭he Perils […]
When it comes to Canadian Patient Safety Week, the play鈥檚 the thing. Researchers at 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health have come up with a pioneering way to convey their evidence-based research on what can happen when health-care mistakes are made 鈥 they鈥檙e putting on a play about it. Seeing the Forest, inspired by a true story […]