SEMINARS & LECTURES

What would Tommy Do?
Michael Rachlis of the University of Toronto Dept. of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation presents “Saving Medicare with Prevention and Innovation: What would Tommy do?” Nov. 17 at 7 pm in the Mall lecture theatre, Royal University Hospital. The event is part of National Medicare Week Nov. 13-18.

Anatomy and Cell Biology Seminar
• Nov. 30 at 10-11 am in Thorvaldson 205A, Frank Beier, Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Health, University of Western Ontario, presents “Rock’n Rac in Cartilage”.

Co-operative Law
Men Wei, legal analyst at the Agricultural Commission, National People’s Congress of China, will present a seminar titled “Co-operative Law for Farmers in China: A Review of the Legislative Process” Nov. 22 from 3-4:30 pm in the Co-op Studies lounge, Diefenbaker Canada Centre.

Financial Overview
Richard Florizone, vice-president finance, will give presentations about University finances entitled “Where the Money Comes From and Where It Goes” Nov. 23 from noon-1 pm and again on Nov. 27, 1-2 pm. Both take place in Convocation Hall. Both presentations will cover sources of revenue, information about fund accounting, key fund activity and balances and budget process.

Philosophy in the Community
The lecture and discussion series Philosophy in the Community continues Dec. 6 when professor Emer O’Hagan presents “Moral Responsibility, Luck and Blame” starting at 7 pm Dec. 6 in The Refinery, 609 Differince Ave.

NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute Seminar
• Nov. 22, 10:30 am in MR2, Yves Desjardins, University of Laval, presents “Health effects of fruits and vegetables”

Research Presentation
The Saskatchewan Drug Research Institute (SDRI) and the Saskatoon Health Region (SHR) are presenting an event for all researchers and staff Nov. 27 at 4 pm in the East lecture theatre, Royal University Hospital. Colleen Schreiber, acting director of the SDRI, will present “Clinical Trial Administration: Services for Researchers” and Dr. Cory Neudorf, Chief Medical Officer/vice-president research with the health region, presents “Envisioning the Future: The Clinical Research Institute and the SHR Research Strategic Plan”. For information call 978-8300.

Applied Microbiology and Food Science
Mondays 12:30-1:20 pm in 2C71 Agriculture
• Nov. 20, Bill Reid presents “Invasive Forest Insect Pests”
• Nov. 27, Tara Rema presents “Biocide Use and Abuse: A Link to Antibiotic Resistance?”
• Dec. 4, Thushan Sanjeewa presents “Crosslinking of Food Proteins by Transflutaminase” and Caressa Hanson presents “Clostridium botulinum Toxins and Their Involvement in Disease”

Measuring Success
Steven Frankin, vice-president research, will discuss the programs, initiatives and future directions of his office in a town hall meeting entitled “Measuring Success and the Way Forward” Nov. 28 at noon in Convocation Hall. For information, contact Sharla at 966-2414.

Researcher Lecture
Geology professor Jim Hendry will discuss how clay-rich deposits called aquitards do, or do not, protect Saskatchewan groundwater from surface contamination Nov. 30 in the first of the Distinguished Researcher Lectures series. The lecture begins at 7:30 pm in Father O’Donnell Auditorium, St. Thomas More College.

NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute Seminar
• Nov. 8 at 4 pm in Biology Room 106, Susan Lolle, University of Waterloo, presents “Evidence for non-Mendelian inheritance of ancestral sequences in Arabidopsis”

J.W.T Spinks Lecture
Jacob Masliyah, NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Oil Sands with the Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering, U of S, is the 2006 J.W.T. Spinks Lecturer. He will make two presentations on campus:
• Nov. 27, 3:45 pm in Room 105 Thorvaldson, “Application of Colloid Science in Oil Sands Bitumen Recovery”
• Nov. 28, 3:34 pm in Room 105 Thorvaldson, “Implications of Electrokinetics in Channel Flow”

Chemistry Seminar
4 pm in Room 159 Thorvaldson
• Nov. 24, Martin St. Maurice, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, presents “A single enzyme mediating two distinct tasks: Structure/function studies on the reduction and subsequent reaction of vitamin B12 at the active site of cobalamin adenosyltransferase”.

Geography Colloquia
Fridays at 2:30 pm in Arts 256
• Dec. 1, Maureen Reed presents “Seeking Red Herrings in the Wood: Tending the Shared Spaces of Environmental and Feminist Scholarship”

Teaching Development Days
The Gwenna Moss Teaching Centre presents Teaching Development Days:
• Nov. 23, 2:30-3:30 pm in Room 37 Murray, Jim Greer and Kim West present “Using ICE (Ideas, Connections and Extensions) to Design Learning Objectives and Outcomes” followed by a special session for graduate student teachers and new instructors at 3:30 pm.

Teaching and Learning
Events in the Fall 2006 Provost’s Series on Teaching and Learning
www.usask.ca/ProvostsSeries/Fall2006
• Nov. 21, 11:30 am-1 pm, Gwenna Moss Teaching & Learning Centre (GMTLC), “Experiences in the Accreditation of Engineering and Medicine Programs”
• Nov. 22, 11:30 am-1 pm, “Supporting and Connecting with Learners Using Distributed Learning” at the GMTLC
• Nov. 28, 2:30-4 pm, in Room 12 Murray Building, “Supporting and Accommodating Students with Learning Disabilities”
• Nov. 29, 2:30-4 pm, Arts 241, “Taking History to the People: USask’s Unique Ethnohistory Field School”
• Nov. 30, 2:30-4 pm, Arts 241, “Town Hall Discussion on the University Learning Centre: What’s in it for students and faculty?”

Medicine Support & Development
Contact Kate Hounjet at 966-6151 for information or to register
• Nov. 29, 1:30-4 pm, Experiential Learning
• Dec. 1, 1:30-4 pm, How People Learn: From Novice to Expert
• Dec. 8, 9-11:30 am, Writing Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

Commerce Friday Seminars
Fridays, 1:30-4:30 pm, College of Commerce Cost: $100 each; $500 for the series.
• Nov. 24, Geoffry England presents “Recent Developments in Wrongful Dismissal”
• Dec. 1, Brooke Dobni presents “Developing an Innovative Culture in Your Organization”
• Dec. 8, Fan Yang presents “Doing Business in China and Japan”

Microbiology and Immunology
Thursdays at 4 pm in Room B450 Health Sciences
• Nov. 23, Janet Hill, Dept. of Veterinary Microbiology, presents “Small sequence differences in large microbial communities”
• Nov. 30, Joyce Wilson, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, presents “Interaction of Hepatitis C virus with the human RNA interference pathway”

Visiting Scientist Lecture
Susan Boackle, a visiting scientist from the Dept. of Immunology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Centre in Denver, Colorado, will present “Complement Receptors and Regulators in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus” Nov. 30 at 12:30 pm in Room B3, Health Sciences Building. For information contact Henry Tabel at 966-7221.