SEMINARS

Sarjeant Lecture
This year’s William Sargeant Memorial Lecture featuring Gordon McOuat of University of King’s College in Halifax will take place Nov. 7 at 7:30 pm in the Neatby-Timlin Theatre, Arts 241. McOuat’s presentation is entitled “The Business of Science: Morals and Profit in an Uncertain World”. For information, contact Kevin Ansdell at 966-5695.

Intellectual Property
A workshop for graduate students, faculty and staff on intellectual property will take place Oct. 27 from 2-4:30 pm in 143 Arts. Guest speakers will include Tom Wishart, Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, and Tom Roberts and Doug Gill from Research Administration. To register, e-mail cgsr.property@usask.ca

Rainbow Explorations
The second in the Rainbow Explorations! Sexualities and Gender Discussion Series takes place Nov. 20 in 238 College Building starting at 3:30 pm. Melanie Racette-Campbell, a masters candidate in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies will present “Pederasty and the Other in Classical Athens”.

Pandemic Influenza
The Saskatoon Health Regions is holding a pandemic influenza information session Nov. 8 at 12:30 pm in Convocation Hall. The session is open to the public. For information, call 655-4408.

Chemistry Seminar
Tuesdays at 4 pm in Room 159 Thorvaldson
• Oct. 24, Keith Fagnou, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, presents “New Catalytic Transformations for Organic Synthesis”
• Special Seminar - Oct. 25 in 205A Thorvaldson, Michel Pezolet, Dept. of Chemistry, Laval University, presents “Raman Spectromicroscopy of Spider Silk: From the Gland to the Fiber”
• Oct. 31, Sue Abrams, National Research Council, presents Synthesis and Biological Activity of Abscisic Acid Related Compounds”

Geography Colloquia
Fridays at 2:30 pm in Arts 256
• Nov. 3, Xulin Guo presents “Remote Sensing in the Grasslands National Park of Canada, 2003-2005”
• Nov. 17, Avi Akkerman presents “Thomas More’s Utopia as a Precursor to the Garden City Movement”
• Dec. 1, Maureen Reed presents “Seeking Red Herrings in the Wood: Tending the Shared Spaces of Environmental and Feminist Scholarship”

Storaasli Lecture
Rev. Dr. Craig Nessan, academic dean and professor of contextual theology at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Iowa will give the biennial Storaasli Lecture Nov. 9 at 7 pm at Lutheran Theological Seminary. His address is titled “Creating An Evangelizing Culture”.

Discussing PAWS
Rick Bunt, associate vice-president information and communication technology, and PAWS portal manager Monisha Shukla will lead a discussion for students, faculty and staff about PAWS Nov. 1 starting at 2:30 pm in Arts 146. The discussion will include the current state of PAWS and is evolution.

Philosophy in the Community
The Philosophy in the Community lecture series continues Nov. 1 with Eric Dayton’s presentation “Can You Believe Whatever You Want?: Responsibility and Belief” at 7 pm at The Refinery, 609 Dufferin Ave.

Medicine Support & Development
Contact Kate Hounjet at 966-6151 for information or to register
• Oct. 31, Writing Multiple Choice Questions
• Nov. 8, 360-degree Feedback Workshop
• Nov. 14, Active Learning Workshop #4 – Case Studies and Simulations

Teaching and Learning
Events in the Fall 2006 Provost’s Series on Teaching and Learning
www.usask.ca/ProvostsSeries/Fall2006
• Oct. 24, 11:30 am-1 pm, GMTLC, “Learning Outcomes: ‘Beginning With the End in Mind’”
• Oct. 31, 2:30-4 pm, room 12 Murray, “Learning Communities”
• Oct. 31, Convocation Hall, 2nd Annual Technology Forum.

Commerce Friday Seminars
Fridays from 1:30-4:30 pm in the College of Commerce.
Cost: $100 each or $500 for the series.
• Oct. 27, Timothy Dewhirst presents “Tobacco Industry Advertising”.
• Nov. 24, Geoffry England presents “Recent Developments in Wrongful Dismissal”.

Biology Seminars
Thursdays at 4 pm in Room 106 Biology
• Oct. 26, Douglas Chivers presents “The Ecology of Fish Fear”
• Nov. 2, Gary Bortolotti presents “A Colourful Sabbatical: Bird studies in Scotland, Spain and Canada”
• Nov. 9, 16 and 23, seminars will be presented by Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics candidates.

Veterinary Microbiology
Fridays at 12:30 pm
• Oct. 20 in Room 2105 WCVM, Henry Tabel and Guojian Wei present “Immunopathology Caused by the Blood Parasite Trypanosoma congolense”
• Oct. 27 in VIDO lecture theatre, Yan Zhou of VIDO presents “Influenza A Virus Infection and PI3K/Akt Pathway Activation”
• Nov. 3 in VIDO lecture theatre, Sanjeev Anand, Dept. of Veterinary Microbiology, presents “Role of Mitochondria During BAV3 Infection”

Connect & Explore
The second annual U of S Technology Forum will take place Oct. 31 in the College Building. The event will provide instructors, research, staff and students with the chance to examine current issues and future trends in information and communications technology. For information, call Sheena Rowan at 966-8408.

Microbiology and Immunology
Thursdays at 4 pm in Room B450 Health Sciences
• Oct. 26, Bernie Juurlink of the College of Medicine presents “What goes Wrong when Oxidant Production is not Balanced by Oxidant Scavenging”
• Nov. 2, Dale Quest, College of Nursing, presents “Commonly Prescribed Drugs may Alter Responses to Vaccines and Infections”
• Nov. 9, Emina Torlakovic, Dept. of Pathology, presents “Architectural Dysplasia of Colonic Mucosa – a new concept”