SEMINARS/LECTURES

November 14, 2008

Speaker Night
The Economics Students Society Speaker Night 2008 takes place Nov. 27 from 5-6:30 pm in the Neatby-Timlin Theatre (Arts 241). Speakers are Jack Vicq, Saskatchewan Head of Canada West Foundation (CWF) who will present Saskatchewan, Wind of Change, Land of Opportunities, and Art Postle, CEO of Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) whose address will be FCL: A Success Story Made in Saskatchewan. For information, contact Alex Tempier at 881-9759.

CIHR Workshop
A training workshop on implementing the CIHR aboriginal guidelines for research will take place Dec. 5 from 10 am-3 pm in the Marquis Hall private dining room. For information or to RSVP, call the Research Ethics Office at 966-2975.

Geology Seminars

• Nov. 14, 4 pm, Geology 155, Haishan Zheng presents Low frequency passive seismic data analysis using Passeis v1.0
• Nov. 21, 4 pm, Geology 155, Mary Silcox, University of Winnipeg, presents Brain Evolution in Early Primates
  

Co-operative Seminar Series

• Nov. 21, 1:30-3:30 pm, Room 103 Edwards School of Business, Catherine Leviten-Reid presents Caring for Children: Is there a Co-operative Difference?
  

Geography and Planning
Fridays at 2:30 pm, Kirk Hall 146

• Nov. 21, Alec Aitken presents an Earthquakes colloquium and moderated discussion
• Nov. 28, Robert Patrick presents Land Use with Public Transit for Greener and Healthier Communities
  

Cancer Research Day
The eighth annual Saskatchewan Cancer Research Day will be held Dec. 5 from 8:30 am-4 pm at the Delta Bessborough Hotel. Keynote speaker is Dr. Heather Bryant, clinical professor in the Departments of Community Health Sciences and Oncology at the University of Calgary and a member of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. For information about this event, contact Doreen Stumborg at 966-1417.

Physics and Engineering Physics

• Nov. 27, 3:30-4:30 pm in Physics 103, Zisis Papandreou, University of Regina, presents Sticky Business: The Glue X Experiment
• Jan. 15, 3:30-4:30 pm in Physics 103, Sylvan Katz, Complex Innovation Systems and Research Evaluation: A Scale Independent Perspective
  

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar
4 pm, Room B450, Health Sciences

• Nov. 20, Peter Bretscher presents Macroimmunology and Immunotherapy of Cancer
• Nov. 27, Hughes Goldie presents Growth of Escherichia coli in the absence of sugars makes the medium alkaline, inducing increased intracellular free Ca2+. This will activate PEP carboxykinase in stationary phase, when the pckA gene is also activated for glycogen synthesis

CMRS Series

• Nov. 27, 4 pm, Room 344B STM, Walter Klaassen, Dept. of History and College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, presents Pilgram[sic] Marpeck: Mystery and History
  

Chemistry Seminars
Fridays, 4 pm, Rom 159 Thorvaldson

• Nov. 14, Torsten Hegmann, University of Manitoba, presents Effects of Functionalized Metal and Semiconductor Nanoparticles in Liquid Crystals
  

Power of Goodness

• Nov. 19, 7:30 pm, St. Andrew"s College lounge, David Jobling, professor emeritus of Hebrew scriptures at STM, presents The Seductive Power of Goodness:  Bertholt Brecht in Feminist, Marxist and Biblical Perspectives
  

Information Sharing
The U of S will be part of an information sharing session on Indigenous youth residential solvent abuse treatment in Canada Nov. 26-Dec. 10 through an online presentation, followed by an online question period Dec. 11. For more information or to arrange to participate, contact principle investigator Colleen Dell at 966-5912

Public Policy/Vet Medicine Seminar

• Nov. 19, 12:30-1:30 pm, Room 2115 WCVM, Andrijana Rajic, senor epidemiologist with the Public Health Agency of Canada, presents Research Synthesis and Translation in Veterinary/Public Health: Opportunities for Epidemiologists and Public Health Specialists
  

Veterinary Microbiology
Fridays at 12:30 pm, Room 2105 WCVM

• Nov 14, Dr. Volker Gerdts presents Linking innate and acquired immunity to develop single-shot vaccines for neonates
• Nov. 21, Dr. Debbie Haines presents Colostrum and the Newborn Calf
• Nov. 28, Dr. Janet Hill presents Metagenomic characterization of the vaginal microbiome: connecting microbial population profiles with reproductive health
  

Philosophy in the Community
The lecture and discussion series Philosophy in the Community is held the second Wednesday of each month at The Refinery, 609 Dufferin Ave. starting at 7 pm.

• Dec. 10, William Buschert, Departments of Philosophy and Political Studies, presents Technology and Democracy: Who Ought to Direct Technological Development?