Seminar & Lectures

CANCER RESEARCH UNIT SEMINAR

Fri., Nov. 17, at 12:30 p.m., in the conference Room (CM402), Saskatoon Cancer Centre, Dr. Deborah Anderson, of the Cancer Research Unit, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, will present a seminar entitled "SH2 Domains: New Tricks for an "Old" Do-g-ma-in".

VISITING ARTIST/SPEAKER

Nov. 23 the Dept. of Art & Art History presents another lecture in its 2000-01 Visiting Artist/Speaker Program. Renee Baert will deliver a lecture entitled "Curatorial Practices: Objects & Sites" in the Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Rm. 191, Murray Bldg. She will also meet with graduate students during her Nov. 22-24 visit. Baert is a critic and independent curator whose writing on contemporary art has been widely published. She wrote the anthology "Teritories of Difference" and is developing an anthology on feminist critical writing in Canada. She has a PhD in Communications from McGill University and teaches in the MFA program at Concordia University.

CHEMISTRY DEPT. SEMINARS (2)

• Tues., Nov. 14, Prof. Andrzej S. Baranski, U of S Dept. of Chemistry, will give a seminar entitled :"Detection of Surface-Active Compounds at Ultramicroelectrodes in Flowing Solutions" in Rm. 159 Thorvaldson, at 4:00 p.m. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m. Everyone welcome.
• Tues., Nov. 21, Prof. Caroline E.J. Mitchell, U of S Dept. of Physics & Engineering Physics, will give a seminar entitled "Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry at Surfaces: Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy of Metal Oxides" in Rm. 159 Thorvaldson, at 4:00 p.m. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m. Everyone welcome.

PHARMACY & NUTRITION SEMINAR SERIES (2)

• Fri., Nov. 17, at 12:30 p.m., in Rm. 1E79 Agriculture, Dr. Gordon Zello, Assoc. Prof. of Nutrition, will present a seminar entitled "Putting your classnotes on the web and reading your Email from the North Pole". All welcome.
• Fri., Nov. 24, at 12:30 p.m., in Rm. 205A Thorvaldson, Dr. Jeff Taylor, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. of Pharmacy, will present a seminar entitled "Effect of a Coaching Technique on Patient Question-Asking Behavior during Medication Counselling". All welcome.

‘FOCUS ON PHYSIOLOGY’ LECTURES (2)

• Mon., Nov. 13 at 4:30 p.m. in Rm. B3 Health Science Bldg., Dr. Peter Hochachka, internationally known researcher, will give a public lecture entitled "Into Thin Air - Human Hypoxia Response Physiology." Dr. Hochachka is a world expert in human adaptation to altitude. All are welcome.
• Tues., Nov. 14 at 11:30 a.m. in Rm. B110 Health Science Bldg., Dr. Peter Hochachka, distinguished Visiting Prof. of Physiology, will give a lecture entitled, "Metabolic Consequences of Intracellular Circulation". All are welcome. For info. call Nigel West 966-6550.

UKRAINIAN STIDIES LECTURES (2)

• Wed., Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Rm. 2E25 Agriculture Bldg., Dr. Serhii Plokhy, Visiting Prof. of Ukrainian History, Assoc. Director of Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research, will give a public lecture entitled "Mythmaking and Mythbreaking: Mykhailo Hrushevsky and the History of Ukrainian Cossacs". Everyone is welcome. Reception at the Faculty Club to follow.
• Thurs., Nov. 23 at 1:00 p.m. in Rm. 299 Murray Bldg., Dr. Serhii Plokly, Visiting Prof. of Ukrainian History, Assoc. Director of Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research, will give a public lecture entitled "The Ghosts of Pereyaslav: Russo-Ukrainian Historical Debates in the post-Soviet Era". Everyone is welcome.

For info. call Ludmilla Voitkovska at -6918, e-mail: ludmilla.voitkovska@usask.ca

2000 Mohyla Lecture

Fri., Nov. 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the Shannon Library at St. Thomas More College, U of S, Dr. Dmytro Cipywnyk, Chair of the Saskatchewan-Ukraine Advisory Committee, Government of Saskatchewan, will present the 2000 Mohyla Lecture, hosted by the Prairie Centre for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage and St. Thomas More College. Cipywnyk will outline the events with transpired mainly between Saskatchewan and Ukraine that established strong relations between Canada and Ukraine. The result has helped Ukraine pursue democratic government and a free market economy. For info call 653-2338, e-mail: pcuh@usask.ca or website: www.usask.ca/stm/pcuh

BIOLOGY SEMINARS (3)

• Thurs., Nov. 16 at 4:00 p.m., Dr. Zoli Hajnal, U of S Dept. of Geology, will give a seminar entitled "Meteorite impacts and their significance" in Rm. 125 Biology Bldg. All are welcome.
• Thurs., Nov. 23 at 4:00 p.m., Dr. Jeremy Lee, U of S Dept. of Biochemistry, will give a seminar entitled "M_DNA - Potential application in biosensors and DNA computers" in Rm. 125, Biology Bldg. All are welcome.
• Thurs., Nov. 30 at 4:00 p.m., Mr. Jeff Pylatuik (Ph.D. student), U of S Dept. of Biology will give a seminar entitled "A novel approach for hybrid seed production in canola" in Rm. 125, Biology Bldg. All are welcome.

DEPT. OF GEOGRAPHY

Fri., Nov. 17, Oksana Starchenko, PhD candidate, will present a colloquium entitled "Form and Structure of Rural-Urban Fringes in Canada", in Rm. 256 Arts at 3:30 p.m.

GREAT COMPOSERS SERIES (4)

• John Beckwith presented by Donna Slusar
  Thurs., Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m. in the Francis Morrison Branch Library Theatre Donna Slusar, faculty member, Dept. of Music, will share his works in words, song and music.
• Mozart - A Humorous Man! presented by Barb Montalbetti
  Mon., Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m., J.S. Wood Branch Library, 1801 Lansdowne Ave. Barb Montalbetti will discuss Mozart and explore the human comedy that is represented in his music. Ms. Montalbetti is an opera director with the Saskatoon Opera Assn. She is a registered music teacher and sessional lecturer at Voice at the U of S.
• Charles Ives presented by Dr. Monte Pishny Floyd
  Tues., Nov. 21, 2:00 p.m., Francis Morrison Branch Library Theatre Ives was a businessman by day and a composer by night. Dr. Floyd, whose own music has been performed throughout North America, Europe and Israel, talks about and gives examples of the music of this fascinating composer.
• • Duke Ellington presented by Dean McNeill
  Thurs., Nov. 23, 7:30 p.m. Rusty Macdonald Branch Library Duke Ellington is one of the great jazz composers and jazz musicians. Dean McNeill, Prof., Dept. of Music, specializes in jazz music, among other things.

OSCAR WILDE LECTURE

Tues., Nov. 28, 7:30 p.m., Dr. Len Findlay, Dept. of English, will present a talk entitled "The Importance of Being Irish: The Life and Work of Oscar Wilde" to mark the centenary of the playwright’s death. Alice Turner Branch (110 Nelson Road) of the Saskatoon Public Library.

SASKATOON NATURE SOCIETY

Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m., Rm. 106 Biology Bldg., Saskatoon Nature Society meeting and lecture by Dr. Hugo Cota-Sanchez on "Flower Diversity and Pollinators". The Society, a charitable organization since 1955, promotes knowledge of and appreciation for nature, through meetings, lectures, field trips, bird counts, newsletters and other projects. For info. contact Box 448, RPO University, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 4J8. Tel. 665-1915. Website: www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/science/sns

THEOLOGY LECTURES & SEMINARS

Tues., Nov. 28, 2:45 p.m., College of Emmanuel & St. Chad, graduate student Graham Knox, will present a seminar on his thesis topic, The Spiritual Liberation in Early Buddhist and Pauline Christian Perspectives. Everyone is welcome.

OXICOLOGY SEMINAR (990 SERIES)

Wed., Nov. 22, Dr. Monique Dubé, National Water Research Institute, will present a seminar entitled "Transportable field-based artificial streams: applications for assessing effluent effects in complex aquatic environments", at 12:30 p.m. in Rm. 12, Toxicology Centre.

PHYSIOLOGY/ANATOMY & CELL BIOLOGY

Thurs., Nov. 16, Dr. Stephen Reid, Dept. of Physiology, will present a seminar entitled "The neurological basis of episodic breathing: Basic mechanisms and clinical considerations", in Rm. A226, Health Science Bldg., at 11:30 a.m.

POLITICAL STUDIES 990 SEMINAR

Fri., Nov. 17, 11:30 to 1:00 p.m. in the Ward Library, 907 Arts, Dr. Jocelyne Praud, Dept. of Political Science, University of Regina, will present a seminar entitled "The French Movement for Gender Parity in Public Life". Dr. Praud is an Assist. Prof. in the U of R Dept. of Political Science. She hold a Licence (Paris X), baccalaureate and master’s degrees (York) and completed her PhD at the U. of Toronto. Her main research interests include Canadian and Quebec politics, the role of women in politics, and West European politics. Her seminar talk draws from her latest research on the development and substance of gender parity policies in France.

DEPT. OF COMMUNITY HEALTH & EPIDEMIOLOGY

Thurs., Nov. 23 from 4:00-5:00 p.m., in Rm. B10, Health Science Bldg., Ground Floor, William Osei, Epidemiologist with Saskatchewan Health, will present a seminar entitled, "Infant Mortality Rate in Saskatchewan: Is Native Indian status a risk factor?".

VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES (2)

• Fri., Nov. 17, at 12:30 p.m. in Rm. 2105, WCVM, Dr. Emily Jenkins of the Dept. of Veterinary Microbiology will present a seminar entitled "WORM" (Wild sheep and Odocollei: Respiratory Muscleworm)
• Fri., Nov. 24, at 12:30 p.m. in Rm. 2105, WCVM, Dr. Henry Tabel, Dept. of Veterinary Microbiology, will present a seminar entitled "Genetic Basis for Susceptibility to Infections with Trypanosome congolense.

COLLEGE OF LAW LECTURE

Mon., Nov. 20 at 12:30 p.m., Tom Molloy will deliver a lecture entitled "Dancing with Elephants - The Process and Structure of the Nisga’a Treaty Negotiations; A Federal Perspective", in the Moot Court Room, College of Law. Molloy recently concluded the final agreement negotiations with the Nisga’a Tribal Council and the province of British Columbia. Everyone is welcome.