| Animal & Plants | Butterflies of Southern Vancouver Island ǂ (M S) (Jan-April) ◊ This presentation will discuss: 1) butterfly diversity on Vancouver Island and BC, 2) butterfly morphology, life cycle, and adaptations 3) habitat and food plants requirements, 4) current threats to butterflies, 5) butterfly gardening and ecological restoration of butterfly meadows, 6) opportunities for citizen science and butterfly conservation. I will provide pictures and examples from a real case study which examined the habitat restoration of a local and critically imperilled butterfly species (the Vancouver Island Ringlet). Although this lecture is better suited for an older audience, I can also adapt it and make it engaging for younger students (middle school and high school). | Voicescu, Ms. Sonia | Graduate Student | School of Environmental Studies |
| Business & Economics | Canada and the US in the Wake of the Great Recession ◊ Comparative research shows differences in Canada and the US over life courses as the Great Recession of 2008 affected-and still affects-individuals, societies and economies. | McDaniel, Prof. Susan A. | Adjunct Professor | Department of Sociology |
| Business & Economics | Illuminating Indigenous Economic Development (M S) ◊ In this talk, I discuss Indigenous economic development over time and why most of our conventional estimates have been incorrect, excluding large numbers of Indigenous communities. | Gillezeau, Dr. Rob | Assistant Professor | Department of Economics |
| Health Care & Medicine | Organizational Resilience and Compassionate Leadership: Transforming Healthcare Organizations During COVID-19 and Beyond ǂ NEW ◊ Healthcare workers (HCWs) have shown extraordinary courage through the COVID-19 pandemic, risking their lives and the lives of loved ones, while watching fellow human beings become seriously ill or die. There are anticipated long-term mental health impacts due to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for those working on the front lines. As helping professionals, there are significant physical and emotional demands placed on HCWs, more than on the general public. A review of the literature indicates there is a dire need for healthcare organizations (HCOs) to support HCWs’ well-being. Organizational resilience is a systemic approach to alleviating suffering within HCOs. I propose a group-based program, Leaders Transforming HCOs, to engage leaders in cultivating compassion and resilience in the workplace. Potential outcomes for HCOs include enhancing psychological safety, staff retention, and improving the quality of care for patients. The upcoming mental health crisis among HCWs will take an additional toll on our fragile public healthcare system. By creating resilient HCOs, positive adaptation to crises becomes the new normal. | Karwandy, Ms. Lois | Graduate Student | Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies |
| Psychology | Men's Mental Health and Career-Life Transitions (S) ǂ NEW ◊ This presentation contains themes of suicide prevention and grief and loss; however the primary focus is from a career-development perspective. | Karwandy, Ms. Lois | Graduate Student | Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies |
| Business & Economics | Organizational Culture Management: How Organizations Can Create, Maintain, Change and Diagnose their Organizations' Cultures (S) ◊ There is a widespread interest in managing organizational cultures. This presentation introduces participants to the the essential dynamics of organizational culture, discussing how organizational cultures are (and can be) created, maintained, changed and diagnosed. Its aim is to equip leaders to be able to influence these dynamics to drive change within their organizations. | Pek, Dr. Simon | Assistant Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Business & Economics | Intercultural Competence for Work and Life (in English or Spanish) (S) ◊ We live and work in a world full of people with whom we sometimes feel we share little (in terms of language, background, culture, religion, etc.). This might be perceived as an insurmountable challenge for many of us. This session explores a variety of ways we can start interacting more effectively with others and, along the way, create new relationships that can transform each of us and build community connections. | Flores, Dr. Ricardo | Assistant Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Business & Economics | Institutional Leadership: Promoting Your Values and Improving Your Community (in English or Spanish) (S) ◊ Leaders are expected to play multiple roles (and excel at all of them). Most leadership training focuses on technical aspects of leadership (motivation, decision-making, and communication). More advanced leadership discussions bring to the table the importance of reaching the souls of followers and colleagues. These approaches prioritize the “plumber” and “poet” roles required from many leaders. However, this is not the end of the story. This session highlights the need for another important role that leaders need to play: that of promoter and protector of community values and ideals. Participants in this session will gain new insights on the challenges and potentialities afforded by this type of approach to leadership. | Flores, Dr. Ricardo | Assistant Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Business & Economics | Globalization and You (in English or Spanish) (S) ◊ Most of us have heard that we live in a global village, that the world is (metaphorically) flat, or that we are living at the end of history. This session seeks to clarify how worldwide process that societies around the world have experienced in the last 50 years have evolved-and how they might continue to evolve in the years to come. More importantly, the session makes a concerted effort to look at how these world-changing processes relate to each of us-in our careers, and to our lives. | Flores, Dr. Ricardo | Assistant Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Business & Economics | The Dirty Side of the Clothing Industry: Is Fast Fashion Sustainable? (M S) NEW ◊ My work explores the politics of the contemporary clothing industry to investigate the complexities of one of the largest and most global industries. I trace both historic and contemporary exploitation in the industry with an emphasis on sweatshops, and how work, production and consumption have been increasingly driven by large retailers and buyers. Depending on the presentation, I examine the environmental and workplace problems associated with the industry. | Clarke, Dr. Marlea | Associate Professor | Department of Political Science |
| Business & Economics | Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains with Applications in Health and Agri-food (in English or French) (M S) NEW ◊ Globalization, the advancement of transportation modes, rapid development of communication and information technologies, and the advent of Industry 4.0 have fostered fine slicing and stretching of production networks to multiple production-actors across multiple regions of the world. Supply chains are no longer straightforward chains but often complex networks with many actors involved in the production, processing, transportation, retailing and waste management through products’ lifecycles. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that all countries and most businesses are hugely reliant on production and supplies from around the world. Moreover, over the recent years an increasing number of businesses-from local, small ones to large multinationals-have moved to greater sustainability and social responsibility. As companies seek to strengthen their resilience and robustness, these companies are forced to rethink their supply chain operations and decision-making along co-production networks. | Guitouni, Prof. Adel | Associate Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Business & Economics | Responsible Decision-making (in English or French) (M S) NEW ◊ I intend to explain distributed and responsible decision- making in distributed settings such as sustainable and global supply chains. In particular, I will use healthcare and agrifood supply chains in BC to illustrate the different concepts. | Guitouni, Prof. Adel | Associate Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Business & Economics | Cross-cultural Management: Managing Diversity (in English or Korean) (S) ◊ This presentation discusses how to manage cultural diversity: culture clash, cross-cultural communication and negotiation, culture shock and living and working overseas. | Nam, Dr. Sang H. | Associate Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Business & Economics | Organizational Behaviour: How to Manage People (in English or Korean) (S) ◊ This presentation discusses how to manage people effectively within an organization: motivation, leadership, teamwork, and conflict management. | Nam, Dr. Sang H. | Associate Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Business & Economics | Rural Economic Development: Opportunities, Challenges and Policy Implications NEW ◊ My research area is focused on rural economic development, the opportunities and challenges faced by rural and remote businesses and communities, and the role that government policy plays to support this development. | Siemens, Dr. Lynne | Associate Professor | School of Public Administration |
| Business & Economics | Rural Communities: Opportunities, Challenges and Government Policy ◊ The presentation will examine the challenges associated with rural entrepreneurship in British Columbia, and explore government's policy response to encourage rural small business to survive and thrive. | Siemens, Dr. Lynne | Associate Professor | School of Public Administration |
| Business & Economics | Climate Finance: Integrating Climate Change into Investment Decisions (in English or French) NEW ◊ Finance has a critical role in supporting the transition to a resilient, net-zero emissions future. Barriers to unlocking this potential include a lack of access to expertise, data and research tools for integrating climate change modelling into investment decisions. This research project will develop tools and frameworks for integrating climate change risk and opportunities into investment portfolios. | King, Dr. Michael | Associate Professor & Lansdowne Chair in Finance | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Business & Economics | Building Your Fundraising Toolkit ◊ Whether you’re a professional fundraiser or a volunteer, this talk will provide an overview of the key components that should go into your philanthropic fundraising plan before you make your first ask-from the case for support through to stewardship procedures and evaluating your program. | Hebb, Ms. Cheryl | Director of University Development | Department of Alumni & Development |
| Business & Economics | Goal-setting and Performance Management ◊ This lecture/workshop is designed to help organizations integrate goal setting with leadership and management techniques to enhance the motivation and performance of their members. | Wikkramatileke, Dr. Rhordon | Instructor and Curriculum Developer | Division of Continuing Studies |
| Business & Economics | Professional Sales ◊ This lecture/workshop discusses the competencies associated with professional sales in this day and age. | Wikkramatileke, Dr. Rhordon | Instructor and Curriculum Developer | Division of Continuing Studies |
| Business & Economics | The History and Mystery of Money (S) NEW We use money so frequently that without it, life seems almost unimaginable. Yet, we almost never stop to think about what money is or how it works. So how and why does it work? How is it possible to walk into a shop and exchange some shiny, stamped metal objects or coloured pieces of paper for a cup of coffee, or better yet, food? This talk will illuminate what money is, how it came to be, and how it might change in the future. | Rudnyckyj, Prof. Daromir | Professor | Department of Anthropology |
| Business & Economics | Labour Relations in Canada ◊ | Thornicroft, Dr. Kenneth | Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Child & Teen Development | Indigenous Literature for Young Readers (in English or Spanish) (E M S) ◊ This presentation offers examples of resources that can be used with young readers to introduce them to Indigenous worldviews, spirituality, beliefs, and ways of being. | Rodriguez de France, Dr. Carmen | Assistant Professor | Indigenous Education |
| Child & Teen Development | The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Possibilities and Promise (E M S) ◊ This session explores the power and potential of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child for changing schooling. | Price, Dr. Jason M.C. | Associate Professor | Department of Curriculum & Instruction |
| Child & Teen Development | Promoting Healthy Living for Children through Self-regulation and Emotion Regulation ◊ “Father pleads for the arrest of uncontrollable son,” “Public pressure grows to try teenager as adult in brutal attack on senior,” “Child threatens father with knife.” These news headlines illustrate the increasing challenges faced by parents and educators in supporting the ability of children to self-regulate their emotions. What do parents and pre-school educators say? This presentation examines how 150 parents and 15 pre-school educators defined self-regulation and emotion regulation, explained how self-regulation and emotion regulation are acquired, and explored their roles as caregivers in this process. They also identified how self-regulation and emotion regulation in the pre-school years can support the transition from pre-school to the primary years. | Boyer, Dr. Wanda | Associate Professor | Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies |
| Child & Teen Development | Childhood Stress (E M) This talk looks at types and sources of childhood stress and suggests ways that parents and teachers can help reduce this stress. | Dyson, Dr. Lily | Professor Emerita | Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies |
| Child & Teen Development | Parenting Young Children: Preschool and Early Elementary School Age (E M) This presentation talks about the needs of young children and how parents, teachers and child care professionals can help promote their social development. | Dyson, Dr. Lily | Professor Emerita | Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies |
| Child & Teen Development | Physical Literacy Powered by the Environment (E M S) ◊ This presentation provides an overview of physical literacy and how the environment (both physical and social) can be used to intentionally invite children in to physically active play that develops their physical literacy. | Naylor, Dr. Patti-Jean | Professor Emerita | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Computers, Engineering & Technology | Modelling Paradigms for Computer Animation ◊ In computer graphics, implicit modelling is a way of representing objects using something akin to 3D contours. The applications to modern computer animation make this a very effective way of describing both smooth shapes and sharp edges. Contact between models is efficient to find facilitating deformations such as skinning for animation. | Wyvill, Prof. Brian | Adjunct Professor | Department of Computer Science |
| Computers, Engineering & Technology | Why Did the Computer Do That? Explaining Software in a Probabilistic World (E M S) ◊ I talk about the role software plays in every system that touches our lives. This covers social network software like Facebook, but also software that is making decisions about driving cars, prescribing medicine and recommending hires. | Ernst, Dr. Neil | Assistant Professor | Department of Computer Science |
| Computers, Engineering & Technology | Notebook-based Data Science with Jupyter Notebooks (E M S) ◊ This presentation focuses on using modern lab notebooks to do data science and analysis, specifically using Jupyter notebooks. | Ernst, Dr. Neil | Assistant Professor | Department of Computer Science |
| Computers, Engineering & Technology | Gold Nanoparticles: Radiation Therapy Enhancers (M S) NEW ◊ A science-driven look at how incredibly tiny gold particles can be used in the treatment of cancer. | Valente, Dr. Karolina Papera | Assistant Teaching Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Computers, Engineering & Technology | Artificial-intelligence-based Electric Vehicle Motor Health Monitoring (in English or Tamil) (M S) ◊ By attending this presentation, participants will be able to: (a) value the need for electric vehicle motor health monitoring, (b) appreciate the benefits of electric vehicle motor condition monitoring, (c) realize the challenges associated with real time motor health monitoring, and (d) learn about one specific technique that could be used for non-invasive condition monitoring. | Chelvan, Dr. Ilamparithi T. | Assistant Teaching Professor | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Computers, Engineering & Technology | Benefits of Distributed Electrical Generation for the Community (in English or Tamil) (M S) ◊ By attending this presentation, participants will: (a) learn what distributed generation is, (b) understand how distributed generation works, (c) be aware of the benefits of distributed generation, and (d) learn about ways to be a part of distributed generation. | Chelvan, Dr. Ilamparithi T. | Assistant Teaching Professor | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Computers, Engineering & Technology | Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (in English or Hindi) (M) ◊ This speaker’s current research is focused on developing sustainable construction materials and construction technologies. His areas of interest include condition assessment of infrastructure using structural health monitoring and non-destructive techniques such as use of drones. | Gupta, Dr. Rishi | Associate Professor | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Computers, Engineering & Technology | The Augmented Human: How Computers can Make Us Smarter (and Dumber) (in English or Spanish) (S) ◊ This talk is an overview of how computers have already made humans smarter, what are the main ways in which they do, and what problems this can create for people and society as we face a future with much smarter machines. | Nacenta, Dr. Miguel | Associate Professor | Department of Computer Science |
| Computers, Engineering & Technology | From Quantum Mechanics to Quantum Computers (in English or Portuguese) (S) NEW ◊ Quantum behavior can be exploited to create a computer that works with superpositions and entangled states of zeros and ones. This so called quantum computer is exponentially faster than conventional computers for certain problems, most notably the ones requiring linear algebra (e.g. matrix diagonalization and solution of linear systems) and simulation of quantum systems (e.g. drug design). | de Sousa, Prof. Rogério | Associate Professor | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Computers, Engineering & Technology | Materials for Quantum Computing (in English or Portuguese) (S) NEW ◊ I will give an informal overview on how quantum computers can be made,. using isolated atoms or superconducting chips. I will also discuss the problems we are working on in our research group, which are related to finding the optimal materials for noise reduction in quantum hardware. | de Sousa, Prof. Rogério | Associate Professor | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Computers, Engineering & Technology | Smartphones and Tablets: Educational Distractions or Homework Tools & Bicycles for the Mind? (M S) ◊ Can smartphones and tablets be more than distractions and actually help with homework and be more productive? This session will look at different strategies to reduce social media distractions, and at apps that can help turn smartphones into serious productivity, research, and homework tools. The talk is aimed at non-technical users. | McCue, Mr. Rich | Manager | Libraries, Digital Scholarship Commons |
| Cultures Around the World | Indigenous Knowledge: Oral Traditions from Asia (in English or Hindi) (S) NEW ◊ Dr. Rajesh Tandon is founder-president of PRIA, global research and training centre of participatory research, based in India. He shares UNESCO Chair on Social Responsibility of Higher Education with Dr. Budd Hall. His practice of community-based research is a methodology for empowerment and inclusion of community voices and choices. | Tandon, Dr. Rajesh | Adjunct Assistant Professor | School of Public Administration |
| Cultures Around the World | Sports as Cultural Practice: Taking an Anthropological Approach (in English or French) (S) ◊ While sport increasingly participates in the process of globalization, it nonetheless has a history and culturally specific differences which contradict universalizing conceptions of human behaviour such as those of game theory. Anthropology has shown a different way of understanding this behaviour, and sports is an ideal ground to examine such questions. | Fromet de Rosnay, Dr. Emile | Assistant Professor | Department of French |
| Cultures Around the World | Indigenous Latin America (in English, Spanish, or German) (E M S) ◊ Introduction to Indigenous Peoples in Latin America, ethnic groups, geography, languages, and current globally relevant issues. Depending on the audience’s wishes we can focus on certain countries (Bolivia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, etc.) or specific topics (e.g. decolonization, education, social movements and justice, the environment). | McBee, Dr. Gabriela | Assistant Teaching Professor | Department of Hispanic & Italian Studies |
| Cultures Around the World | Cultural Intelligence: Engaging Effectively in Diverse Cultural Contexts (S) ◊ Cultural Intelligence, or CQ, is one’s ability to work and relate effectively in diverse cultural settings. This interactive session will develop your understanding of cultural intelligence and how you can develop your own capability for success in diverse cultural contexts. | Ramji, Ms. Karima | Associate Director, International, Indigenous & Strategic Initiatives | Co-op & Career Services |
| Cultures Around the World | The Story of an African Women's Farm (M S) ◊ This highly illustrated talk tells the story of an inspiring farm set up during a food crisis in the early 1990s and its ongoing contributions to women's lives and their community in South Africa. | Vibert, Dr. Elizabeth | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| Cultures Around the World | Food Sovereignty and Sustainability (M S) ◊ Food Sovereignty and Sustainability discusses these concepts in global perspective, and then uses food production activities in the Global South as examples of how local, small-scale food production can change lives and communities. | Vibert, Dr. Elizabeth | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| Cultures Around the World | Micro-managing: Household Economies in the Global South (M S) ◊ ‘Micro-managing’ examines how 'the poorest of the poor' carefully manage and amplify scarce resources and diversify activities to support themselves and their families. Households in rural South Africa serve as case studies. | Vibert, Dr. Elizabeth | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| Cultures Around the World | The Thinking Garden: A Film About an Inspiring South African Women's Farm (M S) ◊ The Thinking Garden. The writer-producer presents this award-winning, inspiring documentary about a South African women's cooperative farm, 35 minutes [2017]. Note: the film is in the xiTsonga language with English subtitles. | Vibert, Dr. Elizabeth | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| Cultures Around the World | Why is Africa Poor and Food-insecure (and is it)? (M S) ◊ This highly illustrated talk looks at historical and contemporary factors shaping the ongoing challenges of sub-Saharan Africa, queries standard narratives, and considers some little-discussed success stories. | Vibert, Dr. Elizabeth | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| Cultures Around the World | Washoku: Japanese Food Culture (in English or Japanese) ◊ | Poulton, Dr. Cody | Professor Emeritus | Department of Pacific & Asian Studies |
| Cultures Around the World | Mexico’s Day of the Dead (M S) ◊ The fascinating celebration of the “Day of the Dead” is explored in this talk. Includes slides of preparations and the beautiful altars that are created to remember those who have passed away. | Stewart, Prof. Rosa | Teaching Professor | Department of Hispanic & Italian Studies |
| Earth & Oceans | Groundwater: Our Hidden Treasure (S) NEW ◊ This talk will look at how local communities can better understand, manage and protect their groundwater resources. | Wei, Mr. Mike | Adjunct Professor | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Earth & Oceans | Pacific Storm Types and Tracks ◊ What are the types of Pacific storms? Where do they form, where do they travel, and why do they move as they do? Why do we have more storms in winter than in summer? How do El Niño/La Niña affect them? | Atkinson, Dr. David | Assistant Professor | Department of Geography |
| Earth & Oceans | How Storms Impact the Coasts ◊ How do storms affect the ocean and impact the coast? How does the nature of the coast-water depth, type of beach material, coast shape-affect how a storm can cause impact? How do features like sandbars and rip-currents work? Why there are bigger waves in winter? | Atkinson, Dr. David | Assistant Professor | Department of Geography |
| Earth & Oceans | Field Research in the Arctic ◊ The Canadian high Arctic is a place most people have never seen. In this photo tour, you’ll see what the it looks like-landforms, animals and some of the research taking place there. | Atkinson, Dr. David | Assistant Professor | Department of Geography |
| Earth & Oceans | The Coastal Regions of Alaska and the Arctic ◊ This presentation gives an overview of the Alaskan and Arctic coastal regions, including who lives there, what the land/coast is like, how important sea ice is, how climate change is manifesting itself in these areas and new threats/opportunities from oil/gas development and the Northwest Passage opening. | Atkinson, Dr. David | Assistant Professor | Department of Geography |
| Earth & Oceans | Weather Stations in the Icefields of the Rockies ◊ This presentation includes an overview of how 10-metre weather towers were installed on the Columbia Icefield near Jasper and Banff, and an Icefield in Nahanni National Park Reserve in the NWT. See examples of data and photos sent back from the stations and learn about some of the problems with this sort of science. | Atkinson, Dr. David | Assistant Professor | Department of Geography |
| Earth & Oceans | Ocean Networks Canada: Operating the World’s Leading Ocean Observatories (M S) ◊ Starting with the installation of VENUS in the Salish Sea in 2006, NEPTUNE in the northeast Pacific in 2009, and the Cambridge Bay Observatory in the Arctic in 2012, UVic’s Ocean Networks Canada is the world leader in the design, operations and innovation associated with advanced ocean observatory systems. Observing sensors are installed across a wide range of marine environments, from near the Fraser River out to the Endeavour Hot Vents in the open ocean. The presentation provides a broad overview of the observatories and the pure and applied science they support. | Dewey, Dr. Richard | Associate Director, Science Services | Ocean Networks Canada |
| Earth & Oceans | The Fukushima Disaster and Radiation in the Pacific Ocean: What Does It Mean for BC? (M S) ◊ The mega-thrust earthquake in March 2011 off the coast of Japan and the subsequent tsunami led to globally significant releases of radioactive elements from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant. In this presentation, the radioactive releases, transport from Fukushima and expected maximum concentrations on the west coast of North America are discussed in light of naturally occurring radioactivity and historic releases of radioactive elements from human activities. Ongoing monitoring efforts and likely impacts on environmental and public health are also discussed. | Cullen, Dr. Jay | Associate Professor | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Earth & Oceans | Illuminating Earthquakes with Satellites, Drones and iPhones (M S) ◊ Overview of how remote sensing platforms can be used to "see" earthquakes. | Nissen, Dr. Edwin | Associate Professor | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Earth & Oceans | Know Your Faults: Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards of Coastal BC (M S) ◊ Overview of seismic and tsunami hazards in British Columbia, including the three "types" of earthquake we should be aware of. | Nissen, Dr. Edwin | Associate Professor | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Earth & Oceans | Fatal Attraction: How Humans are Drawn to Earthquakes in the Middle East (M S) ◊ Overview of earthquake hazards in the Middle East, with a discussion of why humans are drawn to living along active faults. | Nissen, Dr. Edwin | Associate Professor | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Earth & Oceans | The Microbiology of Ocean Surfaces and its Role in the World’s Carbon Cycle ǂ (S) ◊ Tiny microscopic algae, known as phytoplankton, fix carbon dioxide through photosynthesis and incorporate it into their cells in the surface layers of the ocean. Eventually, phytoplankton cells sink through the water column to the bottom of the ocean, and take the carbon dioxide they have fixed in their cells with them. This effectively removes carbon dioxide from our atmosphere and sequesters it at the bottom of the ocean for thousands of years. This process (known as the biological carbon pump) has intrigued scientists for many years, however, it has recently drawn greater attention in light of a changing climate and warming ocean. | Livingston, Mr. Michael | Graduate Student | Department of Biology |
| Earth & Oceans | Marine Phytoplankton: Diversity, Ecology and Ecosystem Services in Changing Oceans ǂ (E M S) ◊ Marine phytoplankton are ubiquitous, microscopic organisms that are the base of marine food webs, capture climate-warming carbon dioxide gas, and are responsible for producing 50% of the oxygen we breath. One particular group of phytoplankton, the diatoms, are especially common on the West coast of British Columbia, and their importance in ecosystems and to the planet cannot be understated. This presentation will introduce some of the different types of phytoplankton, their diversity and examples of unique features, roles in local and global systems, and how climate change is affecting these organisms. | Wyatt, Mr. Shea | Graduate Student | Department of Biology |
| Earth & Oceans | The Waves We Walk On: Groundwater and Aquifers(E M S) ǂ NEW ◊ This presentation introduces students to the invisible water beneath our feet. Often overlooked or misunderstood in the water budget, groundwater plays a significant role in the Earth’s water cycle that in human time scales of the last hundred years or so is only beginning to be understood. We will explore the storage and movements of groundwater, what groundwater actually “looks like” and how it interacts with other components in the water cycle. Examples will be given locally in BC, as well as larger global groundwater regions and issues. | Disney, Ms. Kristina | Graduate Student | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Earth & Oceans | British Columbia Paleontology ǂ (S) NEW ◊ This talk provides an overview of British Columbia’s paleontology with emphasis on the Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands region. Beyond an exploration of fossil diversity and utility through deep time, the rarely examined cultural history and ethics of fossil collecting in the province will be addressed along with the importance of paleontological heritage resource management. | McLachlan, Mr. Sandy | Graduate Student | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Earth & Oceans | Macrofossils: Diversity and Utility ǂ (S) NEW ◊ This talk explores fossil diversity, with a focus on the macrofossils of the region and their use in furthering our understanding of evolutionary biology, Earth history and paleoenvrionments. This talk would offer greater detail of the methods and techniques brought to bear on these materials with consideration for their preparation, analysis and applications for answering scientific questions. | McLachlan, Mr. Sandy | Graduate Student | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Earth & Oceans | Microfossils: Diversity and Utility ǂ (S) NEW ◊ This talk explores fossil diversity, with a focus on the new frontier of microfossils of the region and their use in furthering our understanding of evolutionary biology, Earth history and paleoenvrionments. This talk would offer greater detail of the methods and techniques brought to bear on these materials with consideration for their preparation, analysis and applications for answering scientific questions. | McLachlan, Mr. Sandy | Graduate Student | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Earth & Oceans | Hydrothermal Vents: Life in the Absence of Sunlight (M S) ǂ NEW ◊ The discovery of ecosystems at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in 1977 altered the global perspective concerning the boundaries of biological systems. Thousands of meters below the ocean surface, in complete darkness, dense communities of species were found not only existing but thriving. In this talk the audience is presented with an overview of these fascinating systems, their role in global systems, resources they contain that have the potential to contribute to human advancement, and the importance of effectively regulating resource extraction. Vent systems off the West Coast of Vancouver Island are a particular focus. | Harris, Ms. Moronke | Graduate Student | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Earth & Oceans | An Intervention Strategy for Coral Survival in a Warming Ocean (M S) ǂ NEW ◊ Coral bleaching, caused by rising ocean temperatures, is one of the most severe threats to tropical coral reefs globally. Artificial upwelling (AU) is an experimental technology that drives the flow of deep, cold, nutrient rich water towards the ocean surface through large underwater pumps. In this talk the audience is presented with a brief overview of the possible effectiveness of AU in preventing coral bleaching that often leads to mortality during periods of ocean warming. | Harris, Ms. Moronke | Graduate Student | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Earth & Oceans | What Can We Learn from the Dirt?-Demonstration of Tsunami Deposits ǂ (E M) ◊ This activity demonstrates how layers in the earth record tsunami events, what do tsunami deposits look like, and how can we know there has been an earthquake in the past. There will be activities for students to make their own tsunami deposits using soil, sand, stick, paper, double-sided tape. Then, I will show photos of real tsunami deposits to compare with what the students just made, and how geologists work in the field to obtain the information of tsunami layers. | Sethanant, Ms. Israporn (Grace) | Graduate Student | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Earth & Oceans | Shake It, Shake It!-Liquefaction in a Cup ǂ (E M) ◊ This presentation and activity will cover the definition and causes of earthquake liquefaction, including where or which type of ground/soil liquefaction could occur. The students will experience the affects of earthquake shaking on different types of ground material through plastic cups and sand activity. The activity will demonstrate how building structures respond to earthquake shaking and liquefaction. | Sethanant, Ms. Israporn (Grace) | Graduate Student | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Earth & Oceans | Plate Tectonics and Hazards of Vancouver Island ǂ (E M) ◊ This topic presents about the three main movements of plate tectonics and how earthquakes, mountain buildings, and volcanos are related to those plate tectonic boundaries. (I might be able to borrow some foam material from the department to do a demonstration.) I will explain the main tectonics that is happening on Vancouver Island. I will also include how we should act in different scenarios when exposed to earthquake hazards. | Sethanant, Ms. Israporn (Grace) | Graduate Student | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Earth & Oceans | What is a Paleoseismologist? ǂ (S) NEW ◊ This school-oriented presentation leads students in making layers of sediments that record faulting and earthquake events. The students will learn what each layer tells about events in the past. They are playing a role of a paleoseismologist-a geologist who studies earthquakes in the past using records of sediments, rocks and minerals. I will then show two examples of paleoseismologists in the field: (a) trenching in Myanmar, and (b) tsunami deposits in Seattle. | Sethanant, Ms. Israporn (Grace) | Graduate Student | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Earth & Oceans | Where (and Why) are Ghosts Fishing in the Salish Sea? (S) ǂ NEW ◊ Ghost fishing gear-meaning any lost, discarded or otherwise abandoned fishing gear-is an under-studied problem in our oceans. It causes habitat degradation, kills marine life, and negatively affects commercial fishery stocks worldwide. Since 2018, Canada has been focusing on mitigating these negative effects of ghost gear by funding ghost gear retrieval and responsible disposal programs around the country. However, a lack of research on this topic in British Columbia has produced a large knowledge gap, where the province is missing vital baseline information regarding why and where commercial fishing gear is lost. My study aims to address this knowledge gap by investigating why and where commercial fishing gear is lost in the Canadian side of the Salish Sea (CSS), building off previous predictive mapping work and NGO-led workshops. I will be creating predictive hot-spot maps informed by local commercial fishers and statistical models to identify reasons for commercial gear loss relevant to the CSS and highlight potential high-risk areas. This work will not only provide the most robust and descriptive model of ghost gear in the CSS to date, but it will also increase efficiency in locating and retrieving derelict gear, ultimately benefitting both commercial fishery stocks and the marine environment. | Frenkel, Ms. Caitlin | Graduate Student | School of Environmental Studies |
| Earth & Oceans | #knowtheocean with Ocean Networks Canada (E M S) ◊ Life is complicated, but ocean science doesn’t have to be! Dive into the data and Indigenous knowledge that helps us #knowtheocean. Join Lauren from the Ocean Networks Canada's (ONC) Learning and Community Engagement team to explore ONC’s hands-on activities and explore materials that highlight ocean knowledge and stewardship. | Hudson, Mrs. Lauren | K-12 Education Coordinator | Ocean Networks Canada |
| Earth & Oceans | Exploring the Big Blue with Remotely Operated Vehicles (E M S) NEW ◊ Explore Ocean Networks Canada’s hands-on activities and explore materials that highlight ocean knowledge and stewardship. | Hudson, Mrs. Lauren | K-12 Education Coordinator | Ocean Networks Canada |
| Earth & Oceans | Why is the Soil the Key to having a Healthy Atmosphere in Our Cities? (Jan-April) (S) NEW ◊ What is the answer to clean air? Harmful pollutants in the atmosphere like volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can mix with nitrous oxide (NOx) gas from traffic and industry to create ozone events that threaten the lives of all species in an area including humans. Explore research about how a focus on the soils in the urban environment could create more climate resilience. | Daniel, Ms. Anne-Marie | Sessional Lecturer | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Earth & Oceans | Protecting Mother Ocean (in English or Mandarin) (E M S) ◊ Marine biodiversity is amazingly diverse and complex. But many marine ecosystems are threatened and need our protection. The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to protect the planet, end poverty and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. Goal 14, Life Below Water, strives to sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems from pollution, as well as address the impacts of ocean acidification. This talk introduces the goal and how we can all help achieve it. | Owens, Mr. Dwight | User Engagement Officer | Ocean Networks Canada |
| Earth & Oceans | Changing Climate, Changing Ocean (in English or Mandarin) (E M S) ◊ The world’s oceans-their temperature, chemistry, currents and life-make the Earth habitable for humankind. How we manage this vital resource is essential for humanity as a whole. But the global ocean is under stress from warming, acidification and oxygen declines. Why are these changes happening and what impacts can we expect? This talk outlines these three interrelated stressors, examining impacts and actions we can take to counteract them. | Owens, Mr. Dwight | User Engagement Officer | Ocean Networks Canada |
| Earth & Oceans | Sour Seas: Ocean Acidification Explained (in English or Mandarin) (E M S) ◊ Why are our oceans becoming more acidic? As acidification increases, what impacts can we expect? What can be done to address this dramatic change in the chemistry of our seas? This talk examines these questions and suggests adaptation strategies and individual actions citizens can take to counteract the souring of our seas. | Owens, Mr. Dwight | User Engagement Officer | Ocean Networks Canada |
| Earth & Oceans | Sea of Plastic: Trash in our Oceans (in English or Mandarin) (E M S) ◊ From urban shorelines, to isolated atolls, to the deepest recesses of the abyss, discarded plastics and trash can now be found throughout our oceans. This talk outlines the extent of this problem and explores what can be done to clean up our mess. | Owens, Mr. Dwight | User Engagement Officer | Ocean Networks Canada |
| Earth & Oceans | Ocean Science, Ocean Art (in English or Mandarin) (E M S) NEW ◊ As we embark on the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, interest in the oceans is on the rise. One of the core UN outcomes is to foster “an inspiring and engaging ocean where society understands and values the ocean in relation to human well-being and sustainable development.” In support of this goal, Ocean Networks Canada has collaborated with several artists, each working in very different media and formats, to produce inspiring works of art. This session will share these works and engage the audience in exploration of art and science for the oceans. | Owens, Mr. Dwight | User Engagement Officer | Ocean Networks Canada |
| Earth & Oceans | Climate Change Impacts on Fish Embryos (M S) ǂ NEW ◊ My graduate research focuses on looking at how climate change stressors impact fish embryo physiology. Climate change stressors that I have looked at include warming ocean temperatures and ocean acidification. I have specifically looked at how these environmental variables affect fish embryo heart rates and respiration rates. All of the work that I do is conducted in a laboratory setting. To assess heart rates, I video recorded the embryos underneath a camera-mounted microscope and counted their heartbeats over a one-minute period at different temperatures. To measure respiration rates, embryos were placed in sealed wells with oxygen sensors on the bottom of each well to measure how the oxygen content changes over time. To date, I have looked at Arctic cod and Sablefish embryos. Arctic cod are culturally important for coastal Indigenous communities and sablefish are a commercially valuable species here on the Pacific coast. | Schellenberg, Ms. Chrissy | Graduate Student | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Education in the Schools | Indigenous Arts in the Classroom: A Hands-On Presentation (in English or Spanish) (E M S) ◊ This is a hands-on presentation using diverse art forms. | Rodriguez de France, Dr. Carmen | Assistant Professor | Indigenous Education |
| Education in the Schools | How to Survive and Thrive in First-year University (S) ◊ What are the top five factors that predict retention at university? What are the top five behaviours that predict success? How can you learn from this research in order to thrive at university (or, if you are a parent, support your adult child to do so)? | Surridge, Dr. Lisa | Associate Dean and Professor | Department of English |
| Education in the Schools | Web of Performance: How Performance Literacy Empowers 21st-Century Youth (S) ◊ Performance studies offers young people opportunities to develop their performance literacy through the investigation of performance as a form of play, ritual, healing, education, identity, power and everyday life. Based on a recent nationally-funded grant, this talk introduces a new curriculum in performance studies for youth 16-20. | Prendergast, Dr. Monica | Associate Professor | Department of Curriculum & Instruction |
| Education in the Schools | Staging the Not-Yet: How Dramatic Ensembles are Enacting Micro-utopian Visions (S) ◊ Utopian philosophy offers new ways to think about what can happen in a dramatic ensemble. This can be a creative and collaborative space in which young people and their teachers can experience fleeting glimpses of more hopeful ways of being and doing through collective performance creation. | Prendergast, Dr. Monica | Associate Professor | Department of Curriculum & Instruction |
| Education in the Schools | Practical Strategies for Supporting English-as-an-Additional-Language Students ◊ This session will consider pedagogical challenges from the perspective of students of English-as-an-additional-language (EAL). In particular, it will illustrate the salient linguistic features of a chosen source language, in this case Chinese, as an example of the potential communication challenges faced by students in order to help raise attendees’ awareness about students’ own communication preferences. It will then explore practical strategies as informed by teaching, research, and practice for supporting international EAL students with the goal of dispelling commonly held misperceptions that may undermine learning and outcomes. | Huang, Dr. Li-Shih | Associate Professor | Department of Linguistics |
| Education in the Schools | Flipping the Classroom: A Powerful Teaching Tool, But Not a Panacea (M S) ◊ Adopting a flipped classroom approach can free up valuable in-class time by using videos and exercises that students watch and complete as homework, or “pre-work." This allows teachers to more easily differentiate their instruction and lets students learn at their own pace. This talk includes an overview of the flipped learning model, a demonstration of one approach to flipping a classroom, and discussion of where flipped learning does and doesn’t work well-along with equity issues to keep in mind when implementing. | McCue, Mr. Rich | Manager | Libraries, Digital Scholarship Commons |
| Education in the Schools | Is Educational Technology Worth the Investment? (M S) ◊ Are new educational technologies more effective in helping students achieve learning objectives than the old technologies they replace? This interactive talk explores the intersection of educational technology and teaching methods, looking at the relative effectiveness of educational technology tools such as: MOOC’s, digital textbooks, clickers, flipped classrooms, streaming video lectures, PowerPoint, mobile learning, Google Drive, virtual labs, and learning management systems (LMS). Participants leave with a better understanding of how to assess the value of educational technology and teaching method pairings. | McCue, Mr. Rich | Manager | Libraries, Digital Scholarship Commons |
| Education—General | The Concept of Experience ǂin the Humanities and the Sciences (in English or French) (S) ◊ This presentation looks at an alternate way of understanding the difference between the humanities and the other sciences. | Fromet de Rosnay, Dr. Emile | Assistant Professor | Department of French |
| Education—General | Developing Excellence: Tips and Tools for Mastering any Skill at a High Level (in English or French) (M S) ◊ How do some people develop extraordinary talent in a given area? Why do certain centres seem to produce a high number of successful people in a given area? Explore the foundational concepts that one can transfer to any variety of specific skills, which include understanding how it works, building consistency, and the mental training that is an essential component. | Klazek, Dr. Merrie | Assistant Professor | Department of Music |
| Education—General | Indigenous Ways of Being through Photography (in English or Spanish) (E M S) ◊ This session offers hands-on “discovery” of Indigenous ways of being through the lens of a camera, paying attention to immediate surroundings such as land, imagery, cultural representations, language, etc. | Rodriguez de France, Dr. Carmen | Assistant Professor | Indigenous Education |
| Education—General | Indigenous Education: What Have We Learned in 50 Years? (in English or Spanish) (E M S) ◊ Explore the history of Indigenous education in BC through policy and curriculum. | Rodriguez de France, Dr. Carmen | Assistant Professor | Indigenous Education |
| Education—General | Once Upon a Time: Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being through Story (in English or Spanish) (E M S) ◊ The presentation entails looking at stories through diverse media to explore Indigenous worldview. | Rodriguez de France, Dr. Carmen | Assistant Professor | Indigenous Education |
| Education—General | Children and Youth in Activism-When did Children Become Students? (M S) NEW ◊ | Sitara, Dr. Georgia | Assistant Teaching Professor | History & Gender Studies |
| Education—General | Opening Up Access to Research ◊ Today, a substantial amount of publicly funded academic research is locked behind paywalls. The academic publishing system is surprisingly lucrative for commercial publishers, who report profit margins of 30 to 40 per cent. I provide an overview of academic publishing and introduce the Open Access movement, an international effort toward making research open and free for everyone. | Arbuckle, Ms. Alyssa | Associate Director | Electronic Textual Cultures Lab |
| Education—General | Education and the Revolution: Climate Change and the Curriculum of Life (E M S) ◊ An exploration of the promise and possibilities for an education grounded in a curriculum of life and love of life and all life forms to meet the existential challenges of climate change, pandemic, and nuclear proliferation. | Price, Dr. Jason M.C. | Associate Professor | Department of Curriculum & Instruction |
| Education—General | Education for Social Justice and Reconstruction (E M S) ◊ | Price, Dr. Jason M.C. | Associate Professor | Department of Curriculum & Instruction |
| Education—General | Boards of Education: Governance and Vision in BC Education (E M S) ◊ | Price, Dr. Jason M.C. | Associate Professor | Department of Curriculum & Instruction |
| Education—General | Breaking Down Barriers: Students’ Use of their Own Language ◊ There’s a growing recognition of the role played by learners’ first languages/own-languages in learning an additional language. This session draws on insights from recent literature and the presenter’s own scholarly and professional work on learners’ use of their own languages to give instructors practical suggestions on how to incorporate them into teaching. | Huang, Dr. Li-Shih | Associate Professor | Department of Linguistics |
| Education—General | Building Teachers' Research Toolkit and Implementing Practitioner Research ◊ This interactive workshop is designed to address the concerns of educators who have contemplated engaging in practitioner research to inform their practices. This workshop describes what practitioner research is, and discusses how to problem-solve challenges commonly encountered in the practitioner-research process. Bring your practitioner research questions and ideas with you! This workshop will help you make informed decisions and get you excited about embarking on your own practitioner-research journey. | Huang, Dr. Li-Shih | Associate Professor | Department of Linguistics |
| Education—General | The Power of Reflection: Field-tested Tips on Implementing Critical Learner Reflection ◊ At one point or another in our learning journeys, we have probably all been asked to reflect on our learning experiences. As a teaching professional, you may also have asked your students to engage in reflection. Although educators across disciplines have long recognized its importance and applicability across a wide variety of educational settings, reflection remains a challenging concept for educators across disciplines to firmly grasp in practice. In this session, the presenter will explore (a) what learner reflection entails, (b) why learner reflection is critically important, according to up-to-date theory and research, and (c) how to implement reflection in ways that will help learners reap its benefits. | Huang, Dr. Li-Shih | Associate Professor | Department of Linguistics |
| Education—General | Reflective Practice in Experiential Learning(in English or Spanish) (M S) NEW ◊ | Nagel, Mrs. Rhianna | Community Engaged Learning Coordinator | Division of Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation |
| Education—General | Laddering Experiential Learning (in English or Spanish) (M S) NEW ◊ | Nagel, Mrs. Rhianna | Community Engaged Learning Coordinator | Division of Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation |
| Education—General | Connecting Learning and Civic Engagement through Community-engaged Learning (in English or Spanish) (M S) NEW ◊ | Nagel, Mrs. Rhianna | Community Engaged Learning Coordinator | Division of Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation |
| Education—General | The Power of Education ǂ (S) NEW ◊ This talk focuses on the positive implications of education, with the hope of encouraging students to reach their full academic potential. We will explore how to choose a career. The talk also serves as a one-hour mentorship to students. | Okibe, Ms. Summer S. | Graduate Student | Faculty of Law |
| Education—General | Community-University Engagement (S) ◊ Budd Hall is a Professor Emeritus at UVic who has had a career in adult education, community-development and participatory research. He is the Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education. His current focus is on training young people for doing locally based participatory research and supporting the strengthening of community-university research partnerships. He is also a poet and part of the Victoria Social Movement Poets Collective. | Hall, Prof. Budd | Professor Emeritus | School of Public Administration |
| Education—General | Leaders as Indigenous Allies: Working for Positive Change in Schools (S) ◊ Allyship is a critical leadership tool that non-Aboriginal leaders can use in their work with Indigenous communities to support the creation of inclusive learning spaces. The Aboriginal Enhancement Schools Network (AESN) was founded five years ago and has built a network of teachers and teacher-leaders who put Aboriginal student success at the centre of their work. This presentation draws from a recently completed study of this network, showcasing key strategies for successful inclusion that make a difference for all learners. | McGregor, Dr. Catherine | Associate Dean | Graduate Programs & Research |
| Education—General | Supporting Indigenous Learner Transitions: School and Program Strategies for Success (S) ◊ In this talk, Dr. Catherine McGregor will share the findings of her three year study of 10 Aboriginal Enhancement School Network (AESN) school teams involved in developing strategies to support their Indigenous learners at transition points in their school experience. Principles of effective inquiry practice and strategies for addressing the range and scope of Indigenous learners needs will be explored. Implications for school leaders will also be canvassed. | McGregor, Dr. Catherine | Associate Dean | Graduate Programs & Research |
| Education—General | Poking and Prying with a Purpose: How High School Students can Prepare for University-level Research (S) NEW ◊ This talk, by an Associate Dean in Humanities, is aimed at high school students who are thinking about going to college or university. The primary themes are exploration, risk, courage, and curiosity and how they help prepare students for the exciting world of university research. Students will get an inside view of research and learn about cutting-edge projects that dive into the very essence of being human. | D’Arcy, Dr. Alexandra | Professor & Associate Dean Research | Department of Linguistics |
| Education—General | Emotional Intelligence and Academic Success (S) ◊ This presentation is designed for students (high school/university) to gain a greater understanding of EQ and how it impacts their social and academic lives. | Leacock, Prof. Brian | Associate Director, International Programs | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Environment & Sustainability | Sustainable Livelihoods: Local Practices in Agriculture (in English or Hindi) (S) NEW ◊ Dr. Rajesh Tandon is founder-president of PRIA, a global research and training centre of participatory research, based in India. He shares the UNESCO Chair on Social Responsibility of Higher Education with Dr. Budd Hall. His practice of community-based research is a methodology for empowerment and inclusion of community voices and choices. | Tandon, Dr. Rajesh | Adjunct Assistant Professor | School of Public Administration |
| Environment & Sustainability | Green Water Monitoring through Real-time Analysis: Reducing Lifecycle Impacts, Empowering Community Decision-making (M S) ◊ Detection of trace contaminants in drinking water in real-time and at low costs has profound socioeconomic and environmental implications. Typical water monitoring in low-resource contexts and in remote communities involves intermittent sampling, resource-intensive sample transportation, and expensive analysis in centralized facilities. The results of this process are huge barriers to reporting analytical data to affected communities in a timely manner, which in turn precludes these communities from taking action to protect their health and environment. This can lead either to lack of water treatment and poor health outcomes in already vulnerable populations, or in overtreatment or inappropriate treatment that results in unnecessary discharge of disinfection byproducts, salts, or other contaminants into watersheds. Current field-testing methods for fluoride, arsenic, etc. are complex to use, have limited accuracy, and often generate hazardous waste. Our research develops low-cost sensors for trace inorganic contaminants in drinking water, with the goal of providing real-time feedback on water safety for low-resource communities and empowering decision making that improves human and environmental health by informing choice of appropriate drinking water treatment strategies with the minimum necessary impact. | Buckley, Dr. Heather | Assistant Professor | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Environment & Sustainability | What's in My Water? (M S) ◊ In Victoria, we are lucky to be able turn on a tap and know that safe drinking water will come out. Prof. Heather Buckley talks about how we "zoom in" to see what is in our water, and projects at UVic designing new sensors for hard-to-spot molecules, helping people around the globe monitor and protect their drinking water. | Buckley, Dr. Heather | Assistant Professor | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Environment & Sustainability | Green Materials for Safe, Affordable Drinking Water (M S) ◊ The design of safer, better materials and systems for drinking water requires that we consider human health and environmental impacts as performance criteria from the outset. The impacts of chemistry-based design choices are particularly striking when considering impacts on drinking water. From upstream chemical use in waterproofing and product preservation, to chemicals intentionally added in water treatment, greater intentionality is needed to provide clean, safe drinking water to communities, and to empower these communities to measure the safety of their own water and make informed decisions. This approach is beyond what can be accomplished by a single chemist or engineer, and requires engagement of researchers and community leaders across a range of disciplines including public health, green chemistry, toxicology, microbiology, process design, and civil and environmental engineering. This talk will highlight the role of green chemistry in a scalable process for developing greener solutions to important global challenges in drinking water and beyond. | Buckley, Dr. Heather | Assistant Professor | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Environment & Sustainability | Sustainability of Chocolate: Where Does My Chocolate Come from and Why Does it Matter? (in English or French) (E M S) ◊ The cocoa bean, the primary ingredient in chocolate, is grown in tropical ecosystems in the Global South, while chocolate is consumed predominantly in industrialized economies in the Global North. Due to cocoa’s disparate geographies of production and consumption, any forest loss (and associated social and environmental impacts) occurs far from the immediate purview of consumers. Despite growing media attention about these issues, the average chocolate consumer remains in the dark about the exact social and environmental impacts of their purchases. The chocolate industry is addressing these issues at this very moment, and this presentation will explain the challenges and opportunities in doing so. | Carodenuto, Dr. Sophia | Assistant Professor | Department of Geography |
| Environment & Sustainability | Expected and Actual Performance of Green Buildings: Lessons Learned (S) ◊ This presentation will introduce the concept of Green and Sustainable Buildings, and results from an investigation which critically analyzed the designed and actual performance of Green Buildings in British Columbia (Victoria and Vancouver). | Mukhopadhyaya, Dr. Phalguni | Associate Professor | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Environment & Sustainability | How Resource Consumption is Related to Our Happiness (S) ◊ This presentation will explore the relationship between resource consumption, economic growth and personal happiness. | Mukhopadhyaya, Dr. Phalguni | Associate Professor | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Environment & Sustainability | Sweatshops, Workers and the Environment: Problems with Fast Fashion (M S) NEW ◊ My work explores the politics of the contemporary clothing industry to investigate the complexities of one of the largest and most global industries. I trace both historic and contemporary exploitation in the industry with an emphasis on sweatshops, and how work, production and consumption have been increasingly driven by large retailers and buyers. Depending on the presentation, I examine the environmental and workplace problems associated with the industry. | Clarke, Dr. Marlea | Associate Professor | Department of Political Science |
| Environment & Sustainability | Chocolate, Cotton, Coffee and Computers: is Ethical Consumption Possible? (M S) NEW ◊ What are the ethical challenges linked to coffee, chocolate and computer consumption? Topics include: workers’ rights and resistance, regulation of supply chains, trade agreements, retailers, ethical consumption, economic benefits for global south countries, and environmental impacts of production. | Clarke, Dr. Marlea | Associate Professor | Department of Political Science |
| Environment & Sustainability | Four Stories About Food (M S) ◊ This highly illustrated presentation explores community initiatives for food security in four challenging contexts: Indigenous Canada, Indigenous Colombia, refugee communities in Jordan, and urban and rural South Africa. | Vibert, Dr. Elizabeth | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| Environment & Sustainability | Climate Change, Food Insecurity, and Farmers’ Action in the Global South (M S) NEW ◊ This highly illustrated presentation looks at the broad consequences of climate change for food systems, and the ways farmers and communities in the Global South- particularly Southern Africa-are adapting and responding to challenges they did not create. | Vibert, Dr. Elizabeth | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| Environment & Sustainability | Toward Shared Authority and Co-governance for BC’s Water ◊ Co-governance with Indigenous nations is a growing priority in light of BC's commitments to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and passage of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act in 2019. This presentation introduces the concept of co-governance as a pathway to building respectful, shared decision-making processes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous governments, highlighting the opportunities to adopt these approaches in freshwater decision-making in BC, and profiling examples of emerging co-governance initiatives in the province. | Brandes/Simms, Mr./Ms. Oliver/Rosie | Co Director/Researcher & Coordinator | Centre for Global Studies, POLIS Water Sustainability Project |
| Environment & Sustainability | A Watershed Security Agenda for BC NEW ◊ This presentation will outline a set of key actions needed to achieve watershed security in BC. It will highlight the interconnections between watershed security and other key priorities in the province-reconciliation, economic recovery, climate adaptation, wild salmon protection/revitalization-and point to specific actions by the provincial government to create a lasting legacy of watershed security for all British Columbians. | Brandes/Simms, Mr./Ms. Oliver/Rosie | Co Director/Researcher & Coordinator | Centre for Global Studies, POLIS Water Sustainability Project |
| Environment & Sustainability | The Future of Water Law and Policy ◊ This presentation explores the elements and attributes of modern water law and focuses on the emerging model for watershed governance in BC. It also addresses the successful conditions for watershed governance, and explores how a watershed governance regime can build resilience in dealing with an increasingly uncertain world and the priority of water sustainability. | Brandes/Simms, Mr./Ms. Oliver/Rosie | Co-Director/Researcher & Coordinator | Centre for Global Studies, POLIS Water Sustainability Project |
| Environment & Sustainability | Putting the "Sustainable" in BC's New Water Law ◊ With the passing of the Water Sustainability Act in 2016, BC has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become a global leader in freshwater protection. This presentation highlights the critical legal components needed to put the "sustainable" in the Water Sustainability Act, including protection of groundwater and flows for nature, and improved planning and governance. | Brandes/Simms, Mr./Ms. Oliver/Rosie | Co-Director/Researcher & Coordinator | Centre for Global Studies, POLIS Water Sustainability Project |
| Environment & Sustainability | Promoting Positive Thinking and Meaningful Action During the Climate Crisis ǂ (S) ◊ This workshop brings people together to participate in a discussion on the challenges of working and teaching while living under the everyday threat of climate change. With a focus on resiliency and optimism for the future, we will share ideas and approaches for thriving during this crisis and how to transform our anxiety, apathy, fear and stress into a state of positivity while moving beyond simply having climate awareness to taking meaningful climate action. Please note that the online version of this presentation shares some aspects of the Exploring Climate Solutions for a Sustainable Future workshop. | Wyatt, Mr. Shea | Graduate Student | Department of Biology |
| Environment & Sustainability | Exploring Climate Solutions for a Sustainable Future ǂ (S) ◊ Participants will take part in a facilitated workshop designed to explore the likely consequences of energy, economic growth, land use, and other policies and uncertainties on the global climate. The goal is to improve the understanding of climate change and inspire meaningful climate action at a personal or community level. The workshop helps build support for strategies to address climate change via interactive testing of the cutting-edge simulation model En-ROADS. Participants will propose climate solutions such as energy efficiency, carbon pricing, reducing deforestation, and carbon dioxide removal, and the effects on climate, sea-level rise, pollution, and many other systems will be observed in real-time. The resulting experience is hopeful, scientifically-grounded, action-oriented, and eye-opening. This activity is best suited to high-school or adult participants, however it can be adapted to younger students. | Wyatt, Mr. Shea | Graduate Student | Department of Biology |
| Environment & Sustainability | Decentralized (On-Site) Sanitation Bio-degradation Mechanisms ǂ NEW ◊ Development and evaluation of field and lab-appropriate faecal sludge quality analytical methods. Activities focused on quantifying functional ecology characterization of biological treatment systems for safeguarding human and environmental health. | Shaw, Ms. Kelsey | Graduate Student | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Environment & Sustainability | Sanitation Science at Work in Your Local Community (E M S) ǂ NEW ◊ This talk showcases field and laboratory work based on Vancouver island in the rural sanitation sector-including septic tanks, composting toilets and wastewater treatment plants-as well as interesting and unique laboratory techniques used to ultimately improve local sanitation systems, as told from a current UVic engineering master’s student. | Shaw, Ms. Kelsey | Graduate Student | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Environment & Sustainability | Careers in Sustainability ǂ (M S) ◊ Sustainability jobs cover a range of different disciplines addressing environmental, economic and social needs. This discussion includes information about different career paths in the field of sustainability; covering current emerging careers in energy, agriculture, and finance. Information and advice on pursuing a post-secondary education; obtaining valuable skills sets for industry and public service sustainability careers. | Duke, Mr. Patrick | Graduate Student | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Environment & Sustainability | Community Climate Action Project Planning ǂ (M S) ◊ What can you do to take climate action? This workshop introduces climate action project ideas, how to engage community stakeholders, how to share the “what” and “why” of your project, and where to look for project funding. Climate action is needed at every level from international cooperation to local community projects. This workshop is a great way to jump start your own climate action project. The specific workshop content and delivery methods can be adapted to the needs of the audience. | Duke, Mr. Patrick | Graduate Student | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Environment & Sustainability | Climate Change in Canada ǂ (M S) ◊ How is Canada contributing to climate change and being impacted by it? This discussion details Canada’s emission pathways, as well as current and projected climate impacts on various Canadian regions including the prairies, the Arctic, and Canada’s coasts. Current and proposed policy in place across Canada addressing climate change will also be discussed. | Duke, Mr. Patrick | Graduate Student | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Environment & Sustainability | Fighting Fire with Fire: Controlled Burning in the American West (S) ǂ NEW ◊ This presentation begins with a history of wildfire and forest management in the western United States, describing factors leading to the uncontrollable wildfires we see today. It discusses the ecological benefit of “good fire” on the landscape, the use of prescribed fire as a management strategy, and a case study of cultural burning by Indigenous firelighters in California. This presentation focuses mainly on the social and political challenges of wildfire prevention. | Burton, Ms. Lauren | Graduate Student | School of Environmental Studies |
| Environment & Sustainability | Behavior Change for Conservation (S) ǂ NEW ◊ This presentation introduces conservation psychology, exploring the ways that people think about nature and their actions that impact the environment. It highlights ways that conservation groups have used emotional appeals, peer pressure, and creative strategies to promote sustainable behavior, using examples from around the world. | Burton, Ms. Lauren | Graduate Student | School of Environmental Studies |
| Environment & Sustainability | The Use of Repeat Photography in Ecological Restoration ǂ (Jan-April) (M S) ◊ This lecture will address the field of repeat photography and its use as a research method for assessing landscape change and monitoring in ecological restoration projects. The presentation will cover: 1) the history of repeat photography, 2) it’s different goals, 3) examples of projects which used repeat photography to assess change (i.e. Mark Klett's Rephotographic Survey Project, the Mountain Legacy Project), and 4) using repeat photos to monitor plant communities for ecological restoration projects. This lecture is better suited for an older audience; however it can be simplified to suit the needs of a younger audience. | Voicescu, Ms. Sonia | Graduate Student | School of Environmental Studies |
| Environment & Sustainability | Conserving Energy One Cubicle (or Home) at a Time (M S) ◊ Do you know how much electricity you use in your personal office, cubicle or home? Do you know how much energy your desktop computer or laptop uses? Will you save more electricity by turning off your computer at night or shortening your daily shower by five minutes? Discover some counter-intuitive facts about saving energy, money and the environment. | McCue, Mr. Rich | Manager | Libraries, Digital Scholarship Commons |
| Environment & Sustainability | The Dragons of Inaction: Why We Don't Do What We Should ◊ We all have intentions to improve ourselves and the world, but we don't always act on those intentions. Why not? This talk gathers together the many "dragons of inaction" that hold us back, and suggests some ways to "slay" them. The focus is on climate change and sustainability actions, but the dragons might also apply to diet, exercise and other good works. | Gifford, Dr. Robert | Professor | Department of Psychology |
| Environment & Sustainability | Are Large Corporations Responsible for Climate Breakdown? NEW ◊ Carbon and corporations power our economy. But at what cost to vulnerable populations, to future generations, and to the Earth? This presentation examines the close relationship between business-as-usual and the deepening climate crisis, and the ways in which corporate power blocks socially just and ecologically sane alternatives. | Carroll, Prof. William | Professor | Department of Sociology |
| Environment & Sustainability | Climate Change or System Change: Prospects for a Post-carbon Future NEW ◊ The climate crisis has reached a point at which denialism is no longer a credible option. But what are the real options? This presentation surveys a number of proposed solutions, from pricing carbon and improving technology to transforming economic relations in ways that break from capitalism's logic of endless growth and escalating inequities. The emphasis will be on the need for a 3-d solution: decarbonization, democratization and decolonization. | Carroll, Prof. William | Professor | Department of Sociology |
| Environment & Sustainability | Ecological Transition: How to Make Our Societies More Just and More Sustainable (in English or French) NEW ◊ How can we make our societies more just and more sustainable? What solutions exist? | Brousselle, Dr. Astrid | Professor & Director | School of Public Administration |
| Environment & Sustainability | Planetary Health (in English or French) NEW ◊ How can we reconcile human and natural systems? How to design projects, programs, policies for planetary Health? | Brousselle, Dr. Astrid | Professor & Director | School of Public Administration |
| Environment & Sustainability | Healthy Communities 2.0: Towards a One-Planet Region ◊ Ultimately our health depends upon the Earth’s natural systems, which provide us with oxygen, water, food, materials, fuels and other basic requirements for life and health. But in Canada we have an ecological footprint equivalent to almost five planets worth of biocapacity-and in the Greater Victoria Region it is between 3 and 4 planets worth. Since we only have one planet, we face the challenge of reducing our footprint about 70-80 per cent, while at the same time ensuring good health and a good quality of life for all who live here-including other species. This talk also describes the work of Conversations for a One Planet region, a new NGO I have established to help us come to grips with this challenge. | Hancock, Dr. Trevor | Professor Emeritus | School of Public Health & Social Policy |
| Environment & Sustainability | From Trees to Bluebirds: The Communication of Conservation on Vancouver Island (M S) ◊ This presentation looks at how we talk about science and conservation, and what the barriers are to uptake and engagement among target audiences. | Fisher, Mrs. Alina | Research Manager | School of Environmental Studies |
| Environment & Sustainability | Where the Wildlife Are (M S) ◊ Changes in land use have made human-wildlife interactions more frequent, both in the wilderness and within our cities- with media representation shaping our perception of those interactions. As land use intensifies and climate changes, issues of coexistence with wildlife becomes an interesting issue. | Fisher, Mrs. Alina | Research Manager | School of Environmental Studies |
| Environment & Sustainability | How Would Nature Solve Your Problem? (S) (Jan-April) NEW ◊ Biomimicry is the practice of finding solutions to design problems by looking for strategies in Nature. Learn about how businesses are using this practice to gain a competitive edge. Discover how designing like nature can have a huge payback to nature. This introduction to the tools, design process and ways to play will have you enjoying your time outside in a whole new way. Let the inventor in you explore, with nature as your guide. | Daniel, Ms. Anne-Marie | Sessional Lecturer | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Environment & Sustainability | Urban Vitality, Inspired by Nature (Jan-April) (S) NEW ◊ Explore nature-designed solutions to challenges like: stormwater management, temperature regulation, water and air filtration, carbon sequestration, and creating community. How can we integrate and recognize the value of natural spaces for the infrastructure and sense of well-being they provide? | Daniel, Ms. Anne-Marie | Sessional Lecturer | Department of Civil Engineering, Industrial Ecology |
| Environment & Sustainability | How Schools can Learn from Nature to Design Solutions to Today’s Problems (S) (Jan-April) NEW ◊ Unleash the creative spirit guided by nature. Integrate resources and tools into the curriculum and ethos of your school. Enhance your school philosophy, culture and STEAM curriculum with nature's wisdom. Learn and apply nature-inspired design thinking to problem solving in all aspects of school life. | Daniel, Ms. Anne-Marie | Sessional Lecturer | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Environment & Sustainability | What We Can Learn from Nature's Packaging? (Jan-April) (S) NEW ◊ Get inspired by how nature designs packaging. Nature’s packaging keeps things fresh in all kinds of weather, is single use, and completely compostable at the perfect time. How does she keep things fresh in all kinds of weather? What are nature’s go-to materials and tried-and-true recipes? How does nature make things biodegrade at the perfect time? | Daniel, Ms. Anne-Marie | Sessional Lecturer | Department of Civil Engineering, Industrial Ecology |
| Ethics & Philosophy | The Philosophy of Giorgio Agamben (in English or French) (S) ◊ This talk focuses on this important philosopher, known for his approach to theories of biopolitics/biopower and potentiality. | Fromet de Rosnay, Dr. Emile | Assistant Professor | Department of French |
| Ethics & Philosophy | Philosophy and the Personal (S) Philosophy is often viewed as a dispassionate, objective search for truth on the deepest and broadest questions we’re capable of posing, such as: why is there anything at all? This description, while accurate, masks the fact that philosophers who pursue these grand questions frequently, and of necessity, also perceive themselves to have "skin in the game.” This talk takes a historical look at this side of the discipline. | Scott, Dr. David | Associate Professor | Department of Philosophy |
| Ethics & Philosophy | Physicians and the Pharmaceutical Industry (S) NEW ◊ It is a common complaint that the pharmaceutical industry’s behaviour in providing product-biased information to physicians, patient-directed advertising and the use of clinical evaluation packages is ethically objectionable, and that a majority of ethical failings in the interaction between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry are the direct result of the industry’s actions. This presentation considers the distinct ethical obligations of the two parties and suggests that while moral (and legal) infelicities in the relationship between physicians and the industry do occur, it should never be forgotten that “it takes two to tango.” | Kluge, Dr. Eike | Professor | Department of Philosophy |
| Ethics & Philosophy | Patenting Genes (S) NEW ◊ Approximately 20 per cent of the human genome has been patented. This in itself raises ethical questions, but the matter of gene patenting itself is not without ethical issues. This presentation begins with a closer look at the requirements for having a patent, applies this to the patenting of genomes and genetic sequences, and then takes a closer look at the ethical issues that are presented by patenting human genes. | Kluge, Dr. Eike | Professor | Department of Philosophy |
| Ethics & Philosophy | Abortion (S) ◊ Abortion is defined by the Canadian Medical Association as the active termination of a pregnancy before fetal viability. This presentation considers the ethics of abortion. It begins with a brief historical look at abortion, includes the position of major Christian figures on the status of the human fetus, and deals with the so-called Doctrine of Double Effect. | Kluge, Dr. Eike | Professor | Department of Philosophy |
| Ethics & Philosophy | Medical Assistance in Dying (S) ◊ After over twenty years of administrative, legal, religious and ethical debate, the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Act came into force in 2016, and it is now legal in Canada for physicians and nurse practitioners to provide an incurably ill competent patient suffering from an irremediable condition whose death is reasonably foreseeable in a short period of time with assisted death. This presentations considers the ethics of MAiD as it concerns health care professionals and patients. | Kluge, Dr. Eike | Professor | Department of Philosophy |
| Ethics & Philosophy | Ethical Issues in Police Conduct (S) ◊ Police officers are social servants with special rights and duties. This presentation examines the ethical issues that surround the conduct of police officers in the exercise of their duties. The presentation is based on the experience of the presenter as ethics consultant to the Office of the BC Police Complaint Commissioner. | Kluge, Dr. Eike | Professor | Department of Philosophy |
| Ethics & Philosophy | The History and Ethics of a Deliberate Death (S) ◊ It has sometimes been argued that deliberate death-euthanasia, assisted suicide and providing assistance in dying-violates fundamental ethical principles. This presentation examines the historical and ethical validity of that claim. | Kluge, Dr. Eike | Professor | Department of Philosophy |
| Ethics & Philosophy | Political Correctness, Inclusivity and Freedom of Speech (M S) ◊ This talk explores research and debates on the origins of “political correctness.” The focus is on PC as a description of measures to reform language and practices to reduce social injustice, notably discrimination by race, gender, sexual orientation, disability etc.; and as an ideological tool used by those who oppose such measures. | Warburton, Dr. Rennie | Professor Emeritus | Department of Sociology |
| Ethics & Philosophy | Knowledge Democracy and Decolonization of Knowledge (S) ◊ Budd Hall is a Professor Emeritus at UVic who has had a career in adult education, community-development and participatory research. He is the Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education. His current focus is on training young people for doing locally based participatory research and supporting the strengthening of community-university research partnerships. He is also a poet and part of the Victoria Social Movement Poets Collective. | Hall, Prof. Budd | Professor Emeritus | School of Public Administration |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | The Whole Day Matters: Move More, Reduce Sedentary Time and Sleep Well NEW ◊ The evidence is in-Canadians need to move more, reduce sedentary time and sleep well to receive optimal health benefits. But what is the evidence, and how do you safely get started? This presentation will highlight the newly released Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines, the health benefits of doing a variety of types and intensities of physical activity, and will include general guidance to get started. | Lane, Dr. Kirstin | Assistant Teaching Professor | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | The Importance of Moving More and Reducing Sedentary Time after a Cancer Diagnosis NEW ◊ The evidence is in: there are significant health benefits associated with moving more and reducing sedentary time even after a cancer diagnosis. But what is the evidence, and how do you safely get started when you are undergoing cancer treatment? This presentation will highlight recent research showing the health benefits of increasing physical activity levels and reducing sedentary time, and will include general guidance on how to get started. | Lane, Dr. Kirstin | Assistant Teaching Professor | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Is Your Leisure Portfolio Ready for Retirement? ◊ Many of us focus on our financial portfolio to prepare to retire but how many of us consider our leisure portfolio? Retirement brings opportunities to learn new things, build grow our networks and help our communities. Learn how to be ready to grow your leisure portfolio! | Meldrum, Dr. John | Director and Assistant Professor | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Understanding and Developing Your Physical Literacy: Health and Well-being (S) ǂ NEW ◊ A sedentary lifestyle is associated with a number of undesirable changes in body composition. However, all persons maintain their ability to make improvements in strength and functional ability throughout their lives. Both aerobic and resistance exercise are beneficial for all persons as they age. Physical literacy is more than just these two areas of physical fitness. Per Whitehead, “As an aspect of human potential integral to a fully realised human existence and influencing much of life as habitually experienced, the achievement and exercise of physical literacy plays a very significant part in the development of self-realisation, self-confidence and positive self-esteem.” | Buxcey, Mr. John | Graduate Student | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Personal Health, Wellness and Potential (S) ǂ NEW ◊ This talk explores lifestyle behaviours which have the power to enhance or diminish your personal potential. We cannot eliminate the stresses of everyday life, but we can make an effort to choose intelligent lifestyle choices that help cultivate a culture of personal wellness. Current wellness models and motivational theories will be reviewed and applied to personal wellness planning. Common health myths are discussed and debunked using factual, well-documented evidence. In this presentation, wellness is seen as a process of becoming aware of and learning to make healthy choices that lead toward a longer and more fulfilling life. | Buxcey, Mr. John | Graduate Student | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Exercise is Medicine (E M S) ◊ Physical inactivity is among the top four modifiable risk factors related to non-communicable disease. This talk discusses how exercise and physical activity is effective across all ages (children to seniors) in enhancing health and treating, managing and preventing a large number of chronic diseases. | Gaul, Dr. Kathy | Professor | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Exercise for Children and Youth (E M S) ◊ This set of presentations considers the impact regular exercise has on certain aspects of health and life. That might be growth and development of children and youth, regaining or maintaining health in older years, or exercise as a means of counteracting disease (be that prevention or rehabilitation). An underlying theme is that exercise, physical activity and movement are very much like a good medicine that can be taken anytime, anywhere, with a little understanding of its benefits. | Gaul, Dr. Kathy | Professor | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Women and Exercise (E M S) ◊ This presentation considers the impact regular exercise has on certain aspects of health and life. That might be growth and development of children and youth, regaining or maintaining health in older years, exercise as a means of counteracting disease (be that prevention or rehabilitation). An underlying theme is that exercise, physical activity and movement are very much like a good medicine that can be taken anytime, anywhere with a little understanding of its benefits. | Gaul, Dr. Kathy | Professor | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Cardiovascular Health (E M S) ◊ This presentation considers the impact regular exercise has on certain aspects of health and life. That might be growth and development of children and youth, regaining or maintaining health in older years, exercise as a means of counteracting disease (be that prevention or rehabilitation). An underlying theme is that exercise, physical activity and movement are very much like a good medicine that can be taken anytime, anywhere with a little understanding of its benefits. | Gaul, Dr. Kathy | Professor | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Exercise is Medicine for People with Chronic Disease (E M S) ◊ Physical inactivity is among the top four modifiable risk factors related to non-communicable disease. This talk discusses how exercise and physical activity is effective across all ages (children to seniors) in enhancing health and treating, managing and preventing a large number of chronic diseases. | Gaul, Dr. Kathy | Professor | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | A Critical Evaluation of Probiotics as Health Supplements ◊ Claims that live bacterial cultures, known as probiotics, are beneficial to human health date back over 100 years. The health claims associated with these products have ranged from improved digestive function to bolstered immune systems, and the scientific validity for these claims will be critically examined. This presentation will focus mainly on how recent research findings could lead to the development of more effective probiotics. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | For the WELLth of It (S) ◊ Wellness is a special kind of lifestyle. It is something you shape for yourself. This session looks at a number of current wellness models that incorporate Physical Activity, Nutrition, Stress Management, Environmental and Self-Responsibility dimensions. This session is valuable for anyone who finds themselves better at taking care of others than taking care of themselves. | Lauzon, Dr. Lara | Associate Professor | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Health and Staying Physically Active as One Grows Older ◊ This presentation addresses the importance of staying active as we grow older dealing with some important health issues in a light hearted way! The presentation will cover the many aspects of health that are improved through a commitment to regular physical activity, including some of the recent research showing the value to cognitive functioning. Simple suggestions for staying active and improving strength will be addressed with time to address specific questions. | Docherty, Dr. David | Professor Emeritus | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Fun, Fitness and Fatness ◊ This presentation on fun, fitness and fatness asks the question are you eating right and getting enough physical activity to have health benefits as well as discussing the merits of different types of physical activity. The presentation examines some serious health issues in a light hearted way (no pun intended!). | Docherty, Dr. David | Professor Emeritus | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Weight Reduction Using Diet and Exercise ◊ This presentation examines why diets work for the short term but not for the long term and the importance of including exercise in any effort to lose weight. It also addresses some of the challenges that face people trying to lose weight using diets and exercise. | Docherty, Dr. David | Professor Emeritus | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Back Health for Sport and Daily Living ◊ Developing the “core” has become very popular for athletes, but also those people who suffer from low back pain or are just interested in having a healthy back. This presentation starts with a quick look at the structure of the back and why it tends to cause problems with one out of every two people. Approaches to exercise are presented that show simple ways to improve stability of the back or spine and how these approaches should be integrated into our daily lives. | Docherty, Dr. David | Professor Emeritus | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Stepping into Fitness ◊ This presentation looks at the many benefits of walking and the use of the pedometer in reaching and maintaining goals for physical activity. The use of Nordic poles to assist or complement walking is included as well as a demonstration on how to use them. It also looks at the relationship between stepping and caloric intake and expenditure. | Docherty, Dr. David | Professor Emeritus | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Boosting or Maintaining Brain Power as You Grow Older ◊ This presentation looks at ways to maintain or boost brain power through lifestyle choices, especially the role of physical activity which is the number one way to preserve memory and other cognitive functions. | Docherty, Dr. David | Professor Emeritus | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Exercise as Medicine ◊ Regular exercise and physical activity has been found to reduce the risk of various health problems an effective way to treat a lot of conditions, especially those associated with getting older. However, there are many immediate benefits from engaging in just one bout of physical activity or exercise. This presentation explores some of the immediate and daily benefits such as controlling blood sugar levels, blood pressure or hypertension, offsetting some aspects of depression and anxiety, as well as decreasing joint and muscle pain. | Docherty, Dr. David | Professor Emeritus | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Your Amazing Brain: A Look at How It Works and What It Does (E M) ◊ This is an interactive session with lots of Q and A’s and some hands-on learning for younger children. | Docherty, Dr. David | Professor Emeritus | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | The Benefits of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) for Adult and Older Populations ◊ High intensity interval training (HIIT) has become increasingly popular in the last few years. This presentation looks into the research that supports this type of training and how it has been used by different populations from athletes to older demographics. Examples will be provided of the different work and active recovery ratios that are supported by the research as well as the type of activities that have been used. | Docherty, Dr. David | Professor Emeritus | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Getting Stronger: You’re Never Too Old ◊ Strength training is important for all age groups, including the elderly. This presentation looks at the many benefits that can be derived from a strength training routine and provides sample programs using theraband exercises designed for older groups as well as simple exercises to help balance. This presentation includes the opportunity to try some of the strength exercises for the upper body and legs. | Docherty, Dr. David | Professor Emeritus | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Global Affairs | Made in Africa: Will Garment Production Create Good Jobs in Africa? (M S) NEW ◊ My work explores the politics of the contemporary clothing industry to investigate the complexities of one of the largest and most global industries. I trace both historic and contemporary exploitation in the industry with an emphasis on sweatshops, and how work, production and consumption have been increasingly driven by large retailers and buyers. Depending on the presentation, I examine the environmental and workplace problems associated with the industry. | Clarke, Dr. Marlea | Associate Professor | Department of Political Science |
| Global Affairs | Students, Youth and International Development: Opportunities for Engagement (M S) NEW ◊ " | Clarke, Dr. Marlea | Associate Professor | Department of Political Science |
| Global Affairs | How Does Immigration Impact Communities? (in English or Hindi) (S) ◊ This talk looks at current research on how partnerships between locals and immigrants are structured in Canada and their impact on communities. Given the fairly ambitious immigration targets set by the government and the possible concerns around immigration, it would potentially help everyone concerned to unpack these issues; and lead to a more objective view about immigration into Canada. | Nair, Dr. Sudhir | Associate Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Global Affairs | Intercultural Education (S) ◊ Young Canadians need knowledge, skills and experience to succeed in today’s complex and competitive world. Cross-cultural and international relationships with emerging countries and people from other parts of the world are becoming increasingly important to Canada’s continued success. The current generation of young Canadians will need to be comfortable working with people from different backgrounds. They will need self-awareness and self-confidence, a willingness to take smart risks, and knowledge of the world and other societies. | Fila, Ms. Robyn | International Internship Program Manager | Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives |
| Global Affairs | Global Education (S) ◊ Young Canadians need knowledge, skills and experience to succeed in today’s complex and competitive world. Cross-cultural and international relationships with emerging countries and people from other parts of the world are becoming increasingly important to Canada’s continued success. The current generation of young Canadians will need to be comfortable working with people from different backgrounds. They will need self-awareness and self-confidence, a willingness to take smart risks, and knowledge of the world and other societies. | Fila, Ms. Robyn | International Internship Program Manager | Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives |
| Global Affairs | International Experiential Learning (S) ◊ Young Canadians need knowledge, skills and experience to succeed in today’s complex and competitive world. Cross-cultural and international relationships with emerging countries and people from other parts of the world are becoming increasingly important to Canada’s continued success. The current generation of young Canadians will need to be comfortable working with people from different backgrounds. They will need self-awareness and self-confidence, a willingness to take smart risks, and knowledge of the world and other societies. | Fila, Ms. Robyn | International Internship Program Manager | Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives |
| Global Affairs | International Internships (S) ◊ Young Canadians need knowledge, skills and experience to succeed in today’s complex and competitive world. Cross-cultural and international relationships with emerging countries and people from other parts of the world are becoming increasingly important to Canada’s continued success. The current generation of young Canadians will need to be comfortable working with people from different backgrounds. They will need self-awareness and self-confidence, a willingness to take smart risks, and knowledge of the world and other societies. | Fila, Ms. Robyn | International Internship Program Manager | Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives |
| Global Affairs | Civil Society in the Global South (S) ◊ Young Canadians need knowledge, skills and experience to succeed in today’s complex and competitive world. Cross-cultural and international relationships with emerging countries and people from other parts of the world are becoming increasingly important to Canada’s continued success. The current generation of young Canadians will need to be comfortable working with people from different backgrounds. They will need self-awareness and self-confidence, a willingness to take smart risks, and knowledge of the world and other societies. | Fila, Ms. Robyn | International Internship Program Manager | Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives |
| Global Affairs | India and the Kashmir Issue ◊ By revoking the special constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir state (Article 371), the Indian government has shrunk the space for minorities, particularly Muslims. Kashmiri Muslims have, for more than seven decades, been proactive in seeking to guard their special status and their collective identity. The consequences of all this cannot be anything but the increasing alienation of the valley’s Muslims. | Tremblay, Dr. Reeta | Professor | Department of Political Science |
| Global Affairs | Multiculturalism in South Asia-a Comparative Perspective ◊ Design of a political, constitutional framework in a religiously, linguistically divided society and the rise of Hindu fundamentalism. | Tremblay, Dr. Reeta | Professor | Department of Political Science |
| Global Affairs | Regional Security and Peace in South Asia ◊ Enduring rivalry between India and Pakistan and the prospects of peace in Afghanistan - Pakistan and the Taliban. | Tremblay, Dr. Reeta | Professor | Department of Political Science |
| Global Affairs | COVID-19 in India NEW ◊ Explains the surge in COVID infections and deaths in India and exploring ‘what went wrong’. | Tremblay, Dr. Reeta | Professor | Department of Political Science |
| Global Affairs | Dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic in European Union (in English or Dutch) (M S) NEW ◊ The European Union (EU) was among the first to be severely affected by the global COVID pandemic. This is complex, because health is a decentralized responsibility in the EU. The pandemic demanded a rethink of those responsibilities and questions around solidarity and financial support. A large budget was approved. How should we understand that, and what will be the future? | Verdun, Dr. Amy | Professor | Department of Political Science |
| Global Affairs | The Past, Present and Future of the Single European Currency (in English or Dutch) (M S) NEW ◊ The European single currency-the Euro-has been around for two decades. During the years 2012-15, some thought the Euro area would collapse. So how stable is the Euro? Will the Euro at some point disappear, will other countries leave the Euro area, or will we more likely see others adopt it? | Verdun, Dr. Amy | Professor | Department of Political Science |
| Global Affairs | Towards a Federal Europe: Democracy in the 21st Century (in English or Dutch) (M S) NEW ◊ The European Union (EU) is neither a federal state nor an international organization-it is something in between. What do we make of this entity? Should we expect the EU to develop into a proper state or remain a collection of nation states? How do its citizens relate to it? | Verdun, Dr. Amy | Professor | Department of Political Science |
| Global Affairs | Brexit: The British Exit and the Future of the European Union (in English or French) NEW ◊ In 2020, Britain and the European Union signed a treaty to implement their separation. This treaty is a very complex set of rules and regulations, as well as institutions, that maintain their relationship. This talk discusses this burgeoning relationship and its futures. | Brunet-Jailly, Dr. Emmanuel | Professor and Jean Monnet Chair | School of Public Administration |
| Global Affairs | Europe's Borders and Migration Issues (in English or French) NEW ◊ In 2014-15, the European Union was the site of new massive mobility in which approximately 1.2 million people entered the Union. This talk presents the history of this situation and impact on the 27 EU member states, as well as their peripheries-Central Europe, the Middle East and Maghreb. | Brunet-Jailly, Dr. Emmanuel | Professor and Jean Monnet Chair | School of Public Administration |
| Global Affairs | Canada’s Relationship with the European Union (in English or French) NEW ◊ Canada and the European Union signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement in 2016. This treaty changes Canada’s relationship with the Union in many areas of trade. This talk presents and analyses the CETA. | Brunet-Jailly, Dr. Emmanuel | Professor and Jean Monnet Chair | School of Public Administration |
| Global Affairs | Border and Mobility Issues Straddling Canada and the United States (in English or French) NEW ◊ Is the longest undefended border dividing Canada and the United States still really ‘undefended’? This talk presents and discusses the various policies implemented in borderlands straddling the international boundary line which organize both trade and mobility. | Brunet-Jailly, Dr. Emmanuel | Professor and Jean Monnet Chair | School of Public Administration |
| Global Affairs | Borders and Mobility in the Pacific Northwest-the Cascadia Region (in English or French) NEW ◊ The Pacific Northwest, also known as the Cascadia region, is both divided by an international boundary line as well as intensely crossed by trade and mobility activities. This talk is both documenting and discussing those. | Brunet-Jailly, Dr. Emmanuel | Professor and Jean Monnet Chair | School of Public Administration |
| Global Affairs | European Union in the 21st Century (in English or French) NEW ◊ At the beginning of the 21st century, the European Union and its 27 member states, are a rising international power that is progressively speaking in one voice to the rest of the world. This presentation details how this has happened over the last 50 years. | Brunet-Jailly, Dr. Emmanuel | Professor and Jean Monnet Chair | School of Public Administration |
| Global Affairs | Ethiopia: UVic Partnerships in Human Rights and Social Work Education ◊ In the last 10 years UVic and Addis Ababa University have forged many creative and useful links. Educators from Ethiopia have traveled to Victoria and interned with various professors and human rights educators. UVic faculty have traveled to Ethiopia and had the opportunity to learn and teach there. Dealing with conflict in the context of culture, the development of teaching capacity and exchanging knowledge and life experience have enriched educators here and hopefully in Ethiopia. | Whittington, Dr. Barbara | Professor Emerita | Department of Social Work |
| Global Affairs | International Perspectives on Social Responsibility and Higher Education (S) ◊ Budd Hall is a Professor Emeritus at UVic who has had a career in adult education, community-development and participatory research. He is the Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education. His current focus is on training young people for doing locally based participatory research and supporting the strengthening of community-university research partnerships. He is also a poet and part of the Victoria Social Movement Poets Collective. | Hall, Prof. Budd | Professor Emeritus | School of Public Administration |
| Global Affairs | A Just Global Order (S) NEW ◊ Global issues demand global solutions, but the structure of the United Nations is not adequate for the scale of challenges we face today. The movement to reform or replace the UN is exciting and inspiring because changes are already happening. | Ashford, Dr. Mary-Wynne | Retiree | UVic Retirees Association |
| Health Care & Medicine | COVID-19: Updates on the Management of Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19 (S) NEW ◊ This talk describes the intensive care unit (ICU) experience of patients with COVID-19, and how deadly is can be. | Ovakim, Dr. Daniel | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Island Medical Program |
| Health Care & Medicine | Integration of Advanced Practice Nurses into the Canadian Health Care System (S) ◊ The speaker’s professional research areas include health promotion, informatics, health policy, political action and advocacy, especially as it relates to the role of advanced practice nurse integration and utilization in the Canadian healthcare system. | Marchuk, Dr. Stan | Adjunct Associate Professor | School of Nursing |
| Health Care & Medicine | Peripheral Arterial Disease in the End-stage Kidney Disease Population-an Opportunity for Early Detection (S) ◊ The speaker’s professional research areas include health promotion, informatics, health policy, political action and advocacy, especially as it relates to the role of advanced practice nurse integration and utilization in the Canadian healthcare system. | Marchuk, Dr. Stan | Adjunct Associate Professor | School of Nursing |
| Health Care & Medicine | Health Policy and the Maximization of Health Care Providers/Clinicians Scope of Practice (S) ◊ The speaker’s professional research areas include health promotion, informatics, health policy, political action and advocacy, especially as it relates to the role of advanced practice nurse integration and utilization in the Canadian healthcare system. | Marchuk, Dr. Stan | Adjunct Associate Professor | School of Nursing |
| Health Care & Medicine | Care Labour and Care Migration ◊ Care, caregiving and care-providing is essential work in societies, both paid and unpaid. At present, people are brought in or migrate to Canada and other countries to provide care to young, old and disabled people. My research in this area reveals many of the contours, challenges and dimensions of care labour and care migration. | McDaniel, Prof. Susan A. | Adjunct Professor | Department of Sociology |
| Health Care & Medicine | Population Aging and Social Policy/Health Care: Women and Aging ◊ There is a lot of speculation-not all of it evidence-based-on the policy consequences of population aging in Canada and other countries. My research on this has found that policies may not be threatened by population aging. | McDaniel, Prof. Susan A. | Adjunct Professor | Department of Sociology |
| Health Care & Medicine | A Look into the Eye: How the Retina Works, and Advances in Treating Retinal Disease (M S) ◊ This talk is an introduction to the anatomy of the eye and the retina, explaining how the retina works, and the diseases that affect it. The role of basic research, and what kinds of therapies are being developed to treat retinal diseases, are also addressed. | Chow, Dr. Bob | Assistant Professor | Department of Biology |
| Health Care & Medicine | How Mathematicians Model Epidemics (S) ◊ We can use mathematics to model the spread of epidemics. This lets us make predictions for the future and decide what policies we should adopt as a society. In this talk we will study a particular model called the Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered model for the spread of epidemics. | Bazett, Dr. Trefor | Assistant Professor | Department of Mathematics & Statistics |
| Health Care & Medicine | Let’s Get Personal: Shifting the Paradigm in Orthopaedic Surgery (M S) ◊ My talks both relate to the use of engineering to improve the outcomes of orthopaedic surgery and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. | Giles, Dr. Joshua | Assistant Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Health Care & Medicine | Improving Orthopaedic Outcomes through the Integration of Biomechanical Research and Emerging Technologies (M S) ◊ This talk addresses the work of UVic’s Orthopaedic Technologies and Biomechanics Lab. This lab has two main foci: 1) improving our understanding of fundamental musculoskeletal biomechanics as well as the biomechanics of injuries and clinical treatments, and 2) developing novel technologies that can improve orthopaedic diagnosis, clinician training, surgical planning, and rehabilitation. These two areas can involve projects that are independent of each other, but the lab also focuses on the integration of these areas to yield improved clinical impact. | Giles, Dr. Joshua | Assistant Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Health Care & Medicine | Understanding the Mysteries of the Brain in Health and Disease (M S) NEW ◊ This presentation provides participants with a basic understanding of the brain and nervous system, as well as a brief insight into the speaker’s research program, which seeks to understand how brain cells change during development, disease and aging. | Swayne, Dr. Leigh Anne | Assistant Professor | Island Medical Program |
| Health Care & Medicine | Human Tissue Models: When 3D Bioprinting Meets Pharmaceutical Companies (M S) NEW ◊ How bioprinting and 3D printing can help pharmaceutical companies to test new drugs. | Valente, Dr. Karolina Papera | Assistant Teaching Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Health Care & Medicine | Breast Cancer: the Tumor Environment (M S) NEW ◊ Explaining properties of the cancer environment: Why is the tumor area more acidic? Why are the blood vessels disorganized? | Valente, Dr. Karolina Papera | Assistant Teaching Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Health Care & Medicine | Importance of Health Informatics on Systems in Health Care (in English or Swedish) (S) NEW ◊ Health informatics can predict the success or failure of usability for electronic health records (EHR) towards improved clinical workflows for patient care using integrated information technologies across the health care system. Health informatics determines the meaningfulness of data science and artificial intelligence towards establishing knowledge of variations in patient data with big data analytics, and machine learning of modeling patient care delivery, with the usability of an EHR. Health informatics can provide evidence for the appropriateness of using components of health information system. There’s also relevance for natural language processing, via algorithms in an artificial intelligence application for better understanding of health information systems in health care. | Chrimes, Dr. Dillon | Assistant Teaching Professor | School of Health Information Science |
| Health Care & Medicine | Health Informatics: Electronic Health Records and Usability (in English or Swedish) (E M S) NEW ◊ Health informatics can predict the success or failure of usability for electronic health records (EHR) towards improved clinical workflows for patient care using integrated information technologies across the health care system. Health informatics determines the meaningfulness of data science and artificial intelligence towards establishing knowledge of variations in patient data with big data analytics, and machine learning of modeling patient care delivery, with the usability of an EHR. Health informatics can provide evidence for the appropriateness of using components of health information system. There’s also relevance for natural language processing, via algorithms in an artificial intelligence application for better understanding of health information systems in health care. | Chrimes, Dr. Dillon | Assistant Teaching Professor | School of Health Information Science |
| Health Care & Medicine | Health Informatics: Data Science and AI in Health Care (in English or Swedish) (S) NEW ◊ Health informatics can predict the success or failure of usability for electronic health records (EHR) towards improved clinical workflows for patient care using integrated information technologies across the health care system. Health informatics determines the meaningfulness of data science and artificial intelligence towards establishing knowledge of variations in patient data with big data analytics, and machine learning of modeling patient care delivery, with the usability of an EHR. Health informatics can provide evidence for the appropriateness of using components of health information system. There’s also relevance for natural language processing, via algorithms in an artificial intelligence application for better understanding of health information systems in health care. | Chrimes, Dr. Dillon | Assistant Teaching Professor | School of Health Information Science |
| Health Care & Medicine | Health Informatics: Health Information Systems (in English or Swedish) (S) NEW ◊ Health informatics can predict the success or failure of usability for electronic health records (EHR) towards improved clinical workflows for patient care using integrated information technologies across the health care system. Health informatics determines the meaningfulness of data science and artificial intelligence towards establishing knowledge of variations in patient data with big data analytics, and machine learning of modeling patient care delivery, with the usability of an EHR. Health informatics can provide evidence for the appropriateness of using components of health information system. There’s also relevance for natural language processing, via algorithms in an artificial intelligence application for better understanding of health information systems in health care. | Chrimes, Dr. Dillon | Assistant Teaching Professor | School of Health Information Science |
| Health Care & Medicine | The Potential of Nanotechnology in Medicine (S) NEW ◊ Nanotechnology involves materials of size between 1 and 100 nanometres. The proteins we eat and viruses we get sick from are in this range. We can make smart nanomaterials of the same size as these proteins and viruses to deliver drugs or enhance the radiation dose in cancer therapy. I will talk about how we can do this using gold nanoparticles as a sample nanoparticle system. | Chithrani, Prof. Devika | Associate Professor | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Health Care & Medicine | Cancer: Novel Approaches to Personalized Cancer Therapy (S) ◊ This presentation will cover molecular targeted therapy for cancer as well as a novel strategy being developed at UVic. | Howard, Dr. Perry | Chair & Associate Professor | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Health Care & Medicine | Dementia and Alzheimer's: Current Research ǂ (S) ◊ Dementia is not a natural part of aging. It is an umbrella term that encompasses over one hundred neurodegenerative diseases that affect memory, judgment, and cognitive skills severely enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and comprises nearly seventy percent of cases. To date there is no cure and there are no disease-modifying treatments available. Find out what the research history has looked at regarding this topic and what the latest researchers are doing to solve the issue of dementia. | Knight, Ms. Jamie | Graduate Student | Department of Psychology |
| Health Care & Medicine | Olfactory Health: Smell and Its Relationship to Disease and Memory ǂ (S) NEW ◊ Humans can smell better than you think. In fact, the idea that humans can’t smell as well as other mammals is a 19th-century myth. In this talk find out how your sense of smell (olfaction) works and how it is involved in diagnosing several diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. | Knight, Ms. Jamie | Graduate Student | Department of Psychology |
| Health Care & Medicine | Detecting Dementia Early: What do We Know? ǂ (S) ◊ Current research on non-invasive early detection methods for dementia. | Knight, Ms. Jamie | Graduate Student | Department of Psychology |
| Health Care & Medicine | Privacy and Confidentiality of Electronic Health Records (S) ◊ This presentation deals with the ownership of and access to patient health records, with particular emphasis on electronic health records which are becoming increasingly important in modern health care delivery and telehealth and telemedicine. National and international standards are considered from an ethical perspective. | Kluge, Dr. Eike | Professor | Department of Philosophy |
| Health Care & Medicine | The Right to Health Care: Socialized vs. Privatized Approaches (S) ◊ | Kluge, Dr. Eike | Professor | Department of Philosophy |
| Health Care & Medicine | Drinking with Mary Jane: How Consuming Cannabis and/or Alcohol During Pregnancy Can Affect the Developing Brain NEW ◊ This talk discusses how commonly used legal drugs, such as alcohol and marijuana, can affect the development of a baby’s brain and lead to behavioural problems later on in life. The talk will also examine new therapies that currently being examined to help mitigate the damage these teratogens can cause. | Christie, Dr. Brian | Professor | Island Medical Program |
| Health Care & Medicine | Depression and its Outcomes (in English or Spanish) (S) What is major depression? How is it diagnosed and treated? What are the consequences of depression, non-pharmacological treatments, and how to cope? This talk addresses these questions. | Caruncho, Prof. Hector J. | Professor | Island Medical Program |
| Health Care & Medicine | Concussions and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ◊ This talk presents some of the issues around diagnosis of concussions and discuss new research on the topic. The speaker can also talk about potential new therapies for speeding up recovery from concussion. | Christie, Dr. Brian | Professor | Island Medical Program |
| Health Care & Medicine | The Benefits of Exercise for Your Brain ◊ This talk discusses the benefits of exercise and how it impacts the structure and function of the brain. Learn about recent research findings in a way that will engage audiences of all ages and backgrounds. | Christie, Dr. Brian | Professor | Island Medical Program |
| Health Care & Medicine | Schizophrenia and Society (in English or Spanish) (S) What is schizophrenia? How is it defined and diagnosed?This talk will address treatments; what is going on in the brain in schizophrenia; schizophrenia and violence; and schizophrenia and stigma. | Caruncho, Prof. Hector | Professor | Island Medical Program |
| Health Care & Medicine | Mental Illness in the 21st Century (in English or Spanish) (S) General overview of the major categories of mental illnesses. This includes how they are treated, what the outcomes are, what the general burdens of mental illness are, and mental illness and stigma. | Caruncho, Prof. Hector | Professor | Island Medical Program |
| Health Care & Medicine | Living Well Until You Die (S) ◊ My research focuses the development of health/social support services in palliative and end-of-life care including various aspects of care for the dying, family caregiving, and health and social policy issues related to chronically ill and vulnerable populations-including marginalized and vulnerable populations across diverse settings. | Stajduhar, Dr. Kelli | Professor | School of Nursing |
| Health Care & Medicine | Equity-informed Palliative Care (S) ◊ My research focuses the development of health/social support services in palliative and end-of-life care including various aspects of care for the dying, family caregiving, and health and social policy issues related to chronically ill and vulnerable populations-including marginalized and vulnerable populations across diverse settings. | Stajduhar, Dr. Kelli | Professor | School of Nursing |
| Health Care & Medicine | What the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Can Teach Us about Care for People Experiencing Structural Vulnerabilities at the End of Life (S) ◊ My research focuses the development of health/social support services in palliative and end-of-life care including various aspects of care for the dying, family caregiving, and health and social policy issues related to chronically ill and vulnerable populations-including marginalized and vulnerable populations across diverse settings. | Stajduhar, Dr. Kelli | Professor | School of Nursing |
| Health Care & Medicine | Improving Palliative and End-of-life Care in BC: Cost-Effective Strategic innovations for a Sustainable Health Care System (S) ◊ My research focuses the development of health/social support services in palliative and end-of-life care including various aspects of care for the dying, family caregiving, and health and social policy issues related to chronically ill and vulnerable populations-including marginalized and vulnerable populations across diverse settings. | Stajduhar, Dr. Kelli | Professor | School of Nursing |
| Health Care & Medicine | Health and Public Health Systems (in English or French) NEW ◊ What’s the role of public health and health systems? Why do they matter? | Brousselle, Dr. Astrid | Professor & Director | School of Public Administration |
| Health Care & Medicine | What We’ve Learned from the Human Genome (E M S) ◊ The decoding of the human genome, completed two decades ago, heralded the beginning of a new era in biomedical research. This presentation explores selected aspects of what our genome has since taught us about ourselves and our place in the biological world. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Health Care & Medicine | Allergies: Dysfunction in the Immune System (E M S) ◊ The role of the immune system in the allergic response, and recent advances in treatment. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Health Care & Medicine | New Emerging Human Infectious Diseases in a Changing World ◊ New human infectious diseases previously unknown to science-such as SARS, MERS, Ebola, and now, COVID-19-have appeared at an unprecedented rate in recent years. This talk focuses on what is apparently causing their emergence at this time. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Health Care & Medicine | What Everyone Should Know about Listeria, Salmonella, E. Coli and Other Food-borne Pathogens (E M S) ◊ An estimated 1.6 million Canadians are affected by food-borne infections every year. The most common causes of food-borne illnesses are pathogens that have emerged only within the last 50 years, such as Listeria, Salmonella, and E. coli. This presentation focuses on what is causing the recent rise of food infections and the challenges in preventing them. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Health Care & Medicine | The Biology of Aging ◊ This presentation summarizes recent advances in our understanding of aging, and how this information has led to new strategies for slowing down the process. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Health Care & Medicine | The Rise of Superbugs: The Alarming Spread of Bacterial Drug Resistance, its Underlying Causes and the Quest for Solutions (E M S) ◊ Superbugs are bacteria that have developed resistance to multiple antibiotics. This global problem is the most serious challenge to the treatment of infectious diseases. This presentation focuses on the underlying causes of bacterial drug resistance and the current state of the quest for solutions. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Health Care & Medicine | The Next-generation Vaccines: More than Just a Poke in the Arm ◊ The traditional vaccines that have been in use for over a century are designed to prevent infectious diseases. In this presentation, they are compared to new innovations that have been referred to next-generation vaccines. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Health Care & Medicine | What’s Wrong (and What’s Right) About the Flu Vaccine? (E M S) ◊ This presentation explains the composition of the influenza vaccine, how it’s supposed to work, why it’s never fully effective, and why you should get vaccinated anyway. A major focus is placed on current research on the development of a more effective flu vaccine. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Health Care & Medicine | Not as Advertised But Perfectly Legal: Some Health Products to be Aware of ◊ This presentation focuses on common merchandise with health-related applications that come with unproven claims. These include well over 100,000 products ranging from personal care products to “health foods” and supplements. Learn what the law says regarding claims made on labels for such products and some hints on the types of claims to watch out for. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Health Care & Medicine | Three Decades of Novel Coronaviruses: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges ◊ A summary of what has been learned from SARS (2002), MERS (2012), and now COVID-19 and what challenges lie ahead. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Health Care & Medicine | Equity-informed Palliative Care: Research and Practice ◊ Equity in Palliative Approaches to Care (ePAC) is a community collaborative informed by a research program led out of the University of Victoria. Members of the collaborative work together to conduct research with local, national and international partners, and develop resources and tools, programs, and services aimed at improving access to quality care for people facing the end-of-life and who also face inequities like homelessness, poverty, isolation, racism, and stigma. This presentation will cover an overview of what equity-informed palliative care is and our work to advance to health and well-being of people experiencing inequities at the end-of-life. | Mollison, Ms. Ashley | Project Coordinator | Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health |
| Health Care & Medicine | Immune System, Nutrition and Metabolism: A New Way to Treat Cancer? (S) ◊ This talk covers health, immunology, cancer, immunotherapy and metabolomics. | Lum, Dr. Julian | Associate Professor Limited Term | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Health Care & Medicine | Cancer: Novel Approaches to Personalized Cancer Therapy (S) ◊ What is your immune system? How do you keep your immune health through nutrition? How are nutrition, cancer, metabolism and immunotherapy linked? | Lum, Dr. Julian | Associate Professor Limited Term | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Health Care & Medicine | Diabetes: How Studying Rare Eye Disease May Lead to Novel Treatments for Diabetes (S) ◊ This presentation will cover how studying rare genetic forms of diabetes can provide insight and targeted therapy for the general population. | Howard, Dr. Perry | Chair & Associate Professor | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| History—General | The Slaughter of the Bison and Reversal of Fortunes on the Great Plains (M S) ◊ In this talk, I discuss the historical shock that drove the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains from being potentially the richest in the world to being amongst the poorest Indigenous peoples in North America. | Gillezeau, Dr. Rob | Assistant Professor | Department of Economics |
| History—General | European Thought and Culture Since 1700 (in English or French) (S) ◊ This talk examines European thought and culture since 1700: on topics related to enlightenment, romanticism, modernism and postmodernism. | Fromet de Rosnay, Dr. Emile | Assistant Professor | Department of French |
| History—General | Histories of Race, Racism and Anti-semitism in Canada (M S) NEW ◊ | Sitara, Dr. Georgia | Assistant Teaching Professor | History & Gender Studies |
| History—General | Ethnicity: Histories of Various Ethnic Groups in Canada (M S) NEW ◊ | Sitara, Dr. Georgia | Assistant Teaching Professor | History & Gender Studies |
| History—General | Sexuality: Histories of Sexuality, Practice, Naming and Regulation (M S) NEW ◊ | Sitara, Dr. Georgia | Assistant Teaching Professor | History & Gender Studies |
| History—General | Colonialism and Decolonization: the History of Canadian Colonialism, and Approaches for Decolonization (M S) NEW ◊ | Sitara, Dr. Georgia | Assistant Teaching Professor | History & Gender Studies |
| History—General | Histories of Children and Youth: The Role of Children and Youth in History (M S) NEW ◊ | Sitara, Dr. Georgia | Assistant Teaching Professor | History & Gender Studies |
| History—General | Buffalo: Why and How did the Buffalo Disappear? (M S) NEW ◊ | Sitara, Dr. Georgia | Assistant Teaching Professor | History & Gender Studies |
| History—General | From Narratives of Social Justice to the Call for Prison Abolition (M S) NEW ◊ | Sitara, Dr. Georgia | Assistant Teaching Professor | History & Gender Studies |
| History—General | Growing Up in Athens and Sparta (M) ◊ This talk discusses what life was like for young men and women growing up in classical Athens and Sparta. | Bowman, Dr. Laurel | Associate Professor | Department of Greek & Roman Studies |
| History—General | Cleopatra, Hellenistic Queen (M) ◊ This talk discusses how Cleopatra tried and failed to protect her throne and Egypt. | Bowman, Dr. Laurel | Associate Professor | Department of Greek & Roman Studies |
| History—General | The Economic Impacts of the Dispossession of Japanese Canadians in the 1940s (M S) ◊ When Japanese Canadians were dispossessed in the 1940s, their property was taken by others. Who benefited (and how much) from that injustice? How should we quantify what Japanese Canadians lost? | Stanger-Ross, Dr. Jordan | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Naziism in Canada? Why did Canadians in the 1940s Compare their Country to Nazi Germany? (M S) ◊ Nazi Germany was frequently on the minds of Canadians in the 1940s when they talked about the internment of Japanese Canadians. What meaning did they make from such comparisons and what can they teach us today? | Stanger-Ross, Dr. Jordan | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Remembering Loss: How Japanese Canadians Remember their Dispossession in the 1940s (M S) ◊ A team of researchers asked Japanese Canadians what they lost in the 1940s. Their answers surprised us. | Stanger-Ross, Dr. Jordan | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | How “Race” is Made Historically (M S) ◊ This illustrated talk explores the contested concept of ‘race’ and its use across the British empire and into the present day, particularly in North American contexts. | Vibert, Dr. Elizabeth | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Paris: A Walk through the Ages-Medieval Marvels (in English or French) (S) ◊ What is a city? How does it change through the ages and keep its own distinct identity? This virtual visit to Paris highlights the permanence-through changes, revolutions, and destructions-of places, symbols, monuments and neighbourhoods that have endured, sometimes unexpectedly, in the passing of centuries. This is a series of three talks (which can be enjoyed independently) on medieval Paris, modern Paris (19th century) and Paris as inspiration in songs (1920-1970). | Cazes, Dr. Hélène | Professor | Department of French |
| History—General | Paris: A Walk through the Ages-The Inspiration of Paris in Songs (in English or French) (S) ◊ What is a city? How does it change through the ages and keep its own distinct identity? This visit of Paris highlights the permanence-through changes, revolutions, and destructions-of places, symbols, monuments and neighbourhoods that have endured, sometimes unexpectedly, in the passing of centuries. This is a series of three talks (which can be enjoyed independently) on Medieval Paris, Modern Paris (19th Century) and Paris as inspiration in songs (1920-1970) | Cazes, Dr. Hélène | Professor | Department of French |
| History—General | Paris: A Walk through the Ages-The Museum of Modernity (in English or French) (S) ◊ What is a city? How does it change through the ages and keep its own distinct identity? This visit of Paris highlights the permanence-through changes, revolutions, and destructions-of places, symbols, monuments and neighbourhoods that have endured, sometimes unexpectedly, in the passing of centuries. This is a series of three talks (which can be enjoyed independently) on Medieval Paris, Modern Paris (19th Century) and Paris as inspiration in songs (1920-1970) | Cazes, Dr. Hélène | Professor | Department of French |
| History—General | Notre-Dame de Paris: The 2019 Fire that Destroyed the Cathedral Roof (in English or French) (S) ◊ Notre-Dame de Paris: The recent (2019) fire that destroyed the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris was met with sorrow, generosity and passion in France and abroad. Hundreds of millions were raised in days for a speedy reconstruction, messages of despair, support, hope and love were exchanged, published, all over the world. For a few days, political life was suspended in France while all news were devoted to the fire, its extent, its causes… How to understand this emotion? What does the Parisian Cathedral represent? | Cazes, Dr. Hélène | Professor | Department of French |
| History—General | Is Notre-Dame Burning? (in English or French) (S) ◊ | Cazes, Dr. Hélène | Professor | Department of French |
| History—General | Sir Edward Grey and the Balkan Wars, 1912-1914 (M S) | McKercher, Prof. Brian | Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | The Limitations of the Politician-Historian: Winston Churchill and Appeasement (M S) " | McKercher, Prof. Brian | Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Issues Relating to the Origins of War in the Modern Period (M S) Learn about the origins of wars in the modern period since 1815- they’re complex, involving a mixture of nationalism, imperialism, national security, and a quest to protect or expand a country's national interests abroad. The notion underlining this complexity is the view that the international system is an “anarchy” of competing national interests. | McKercher, Prof. Brian | Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Nations and Their Strategies Since 1945 (M S) During and since the Cold War period, understanding differing national strategies is important for explaining how and why international relations evolved. This presentation explores how the Cold War saw the advent of a bipolar world dominated by the US and Soviet Russia. There were neutral powers-chiefly in the Third World-but Soviet-American rivalry affected all international politics. Since the end of the Cold War, a multi-polar world has emerged, making international politics more like pre-1939. | McKercher, Prof. Brian | Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | The Origins and Course of the First World War (M S) This talk explores the complex origins of the First World War, which involved a mixture of nationalism, imperialism, national security, and the quest by great powers to protect or expand their national interests abroad. The war itself was devastating, seeing the collapse of four great powers-Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia and Turkey-and the problems of fighting an unexpected war of attrition. | McKercher, Prof. Brian | Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | The Origins and Course of the Second World War (M S) The origins of the Second World War are less complex than other modern wars. At this presentation find out how WWII stemmed from the aggrandising and racial policies of Adolf Hitler, and how there were ultimately five wars fought within the rubric of the Second World War: an Anglo-French war against Germany (1939-1940); Britain fighting alone against the Axis (1940-1941); a Soviet-German war (1941-1942); an Anglo-American war against the Axis (1941-1945); and an American war against the Japanese (1941-1945). | McKercher, Prof. Brian | Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | The Cold War: Cause and Course (M S) The Cold War was a unique period in international history. While the superpowers never fought “hot” wars against one another, they supported proxies to do their fighting or fought themselves against smaller powers. In this presentation, find out how this era was defined as much by an intense diplomatic struggle between two power-blocs of propaganda, and building armed forces to deter one another. Whether neutral or not, all countries of the world were affected. | McKercher, Prof. Brian | Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Canadian Society and War Since 1867 (M S) Canada has been divided over issues of war and peace since its creation in 1867. From the Nile expedition of 1885 to modern peace-keeping under UN or NATO leadership today, the use of military power and the place of the Canadian armed forces as an expression of national strength has been the subject of great debate. In this presentation, learn how it’s not just the division between English Canada and Quebec that’s important-so too are the beliefs of pro-military Canadians and others than can be broadly categorized as pacifists. | McKercher, Prof. Brian | Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | The Anglo-American Special Relationship Since 1941 (M S) " | McKercher, Prof. Brian | Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Winston Churchill’s Criticism of Appeasement in the 1930s (M S) " | McKercher, Prof. Brian | Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Women Travellers Throughout the Ages This session presents the lives and experiences of nine exceptional, interesting and enthusiastic women travellers from the 4th to the 21st century who wrote about adventure. Reading list included. | Mayfield, Dr. Margie | Professor Emerita | Department of Curriculum & Instruction |
| History—General | A History of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (S) The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles of modern times. This talk examines not only the historical basis of the conflict, but also looks at how and why a resolution to the conflict has been so difficult. | Bunton, Dr. Martin | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | The British Monarchy: Why Does the Royal Family Travel So Much? (M S) ◊ Royal tours – in Britain and throughout the world – are perhaps the most striking feature of the modern British monarchy. This talk locates the origins of this practice in the mobile royal courts of the Middle Ages, discusses its near-disappearance in the 1600s and 1700s, and explains its revival in the modern era in the context of modern technological and cultural developments. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | The War of the Windsors: Charles and Diana, 1981-1997 (M S) ◊ The marriage of Charles Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer in July 1981 was a global media event. Within a decade, however, their marriage ended in a mutual acrimony that was relentlessly detailed in that same media which once had celebrated this fairy-tale romance. This talk reviews the story from start to finish and considers how it nearly inspired the British entirely to abandon one of their most cherished national institutions. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Conspiracy Thinking: A Rational Guide to Thinking Irrationally (M S) ◊ This talk introduces the major human needs that animate conspiracy thinking in the modern world: the need for big explanations for large-scale disasters; the need to believe that order prevails over chaos; and the superior appeal of complexity by comparison with simple answers. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | The Road Hill Murder of 1860: A Great Victorian Mystery (M S) ◊ In June 1860 a four-year-old boy was savagely murdered in a comfortable upper middle-class home Wiltshire. The career of a famed police detective was shattered when he attempted to charge the boy’s 16-year-old half-sister, Constance Kent, with the crime – only for her to confess her guilt five years later. This talk revisits this case, one of the most sensational of the age. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Jack the Ripper and the Royal Family: Murder and Myth (M S) ◊ This talk reviews the many different theories which, since 1970, have suggested that Jack the Ripper – the most famous killer in history – was either a member of the royal family or someone acting on its behalf. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Bad Kings: Edward VIII and the Abdication Crisis (1936) (M S) ◊ More than eighty years after, King Edward VIII’s abdication of the British throne still haunts the royal family. This talk locates the Abdication Crisis in the king’s own character and reviews some of the controversies which surround the Crisis and its outcome to this day. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Bad Kings: George IV and William IV of England, 1820-1837 (M S) ◊ Most people believe that widespread contempt for the monarchy is only a recent development. In fact, as this talk reveals, the reigns of two of George III’s sons-men of extraordinary personal and fiscal dissolution-brought the institution to a historical low-point in the years just before the accession of their niece Victoria would restore its lustre. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Murder, Bodysnatching and Anatomization in England, 1752-1832 (M S) ◊ This talk reveals the relationship between public execution, anatomical education and grave robbing in late Georgian England. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Dr. Crippen: Sex, Murder and Science in Early 20th-Century England (S) ◊ In 1910 a seemingly meek London doctor murdered his wife and fled England with his young mistress. Through a combination of “cutting-edge” forensics and determined detective work, Dr. Crippen was pursued, arrested and brought to the gallows. This talk revisits this particularly famous criminal justice sensation. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Conspiracy Thinking: Communism and McCarthyism in 20th-Century America (M S) ◊ This talk revisits and explains the gap between the perception and the reality of the danger of Communism in the years after World War II. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Conspiracy Thinking: UFOs Over America, 1947-69 (M S) ◊ This talk examines the nature and investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects (or flying saucers) in America during the first two decades after World War II. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Why was Capital Punishment Abolished in Postwar Britain? (M S) ◊ In 1945 the abolition of execution for murder seemed unimaginable to most English people. 20 years later it took place. This talk briefly reviews the issues and cases which led to this most striking of criminal justice reforms. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Execution, Transportation and the Founding of Australia, 1775-1789 (M S) ◊ In the popular imagination, all forms of punishment in pre-modern England were brutal. This talk shows how transportation was an indispensable alternative to hanging large numbers of people and explores how the absence of that alternative during the 1780s led to executions on an almost unprecedented scale. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Bad Kings: The Madness of George III, 1760-1820 (M S) ◊ George III’s insanity is now probably the most widely-known fact of his long reign. This talk revisits the nature and significance of the madness of King George. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Conspiracy Thinking: Extraterrestrials in America since 1966 (M S) ◊ This talk offers some explanations for the abiding belief that beings from another world have contacted human beings and are engaged with them in both positive and sinister ways. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Conspiracy Thinking: The Unending Mysteries of the JFK Assassination (M S) ◊ This talk considers how decisions made in the immediate aftermath of the assassination of Pres. John Kennedy-perhaps the greatest public trauma of the postwar era-gave rise to our abiding belief that the crime was the work of various sinister forces in American society. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Murder and the Media in Victorian England (M S) ◊ The newspapers of the Victorian age were obsessed with murder. This talk reveals the origins of this fascination in the rise of the modern newspaper press and a growing fascination with the cultural divide between towns and the countryside. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Petty Traitors and Domestic Tyrants: Spouse Murder in England, 1660-1800 (in English or French) ◊ In 17th and 18th-century England, the murder of a husband by a wife was classified as a species of “petty treason,” punishable by the horrific aggravated sentence of being burnt alive at the stake. Lurid contemporary pamphlets represented murderous wives as monsters of depravity whose crimes struck at the heart of the social and gender hierarchy. This talk will explore the real incidence of, and trials for, petty treason in Britain’s largest criminal jurisdiction, the Old Bailey courthouse. We will see that most cases of husband-murder were pedestrian affairs, and-in contrast to a handful of cases sensationalized in the press-many defendants received surprisingly lenient treatment. In practice if not in theory, 17th and 18th-century London courts prosecuted petty treason like any other homicide, with attenuating factors such as provocation and good character taken into account and often leading to manslaughter verdicts or acquittal. This article aims to shed light on the experience of women accused of spouse murder by placing them in a larger context, comparing their trials to those of men accused of murdering wives or common-law partners, and exploring the relationship between gender, class and credibility, verdicts and ultimate punishments. | McKenzie, Dr. Andrea | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | The Bloody Code: Criminal Trial in 17th and 18th Century England (in English or French) ◊ The English criminal law of the 17th and 18th century was notoriously harsh, with around two hundred separately defined offences punishable by death, the vast majority of which were property crimes, many of them non-violent and trivial by modern standards. This was a period in which the public hanging formed a regular feature of urban life, and in which aggravated capital sentences (burning at the stake, drawing and quartering) and gory posthumous punishments (gibbetting, dissection, the display of the heads and limbs of executed traitors) were familiar sights. Later legal and social reformers would condemn the so-called “Bloody Code” as not only harsh and barbaric but also arbitrary and irrational, with many legal loopholes and strange anomalies. For instance, until the early nineteenth century, kidnapping a child was only a misdemeanour -- subject to whipping or a fine -- while stealing the shoes from that same child was a capital offence, if they were valued at over a shilling. This talk will provide a larger context for the “Bloody Code”, exploring and explaining some of its striking features and contradictions and focusing on the many ways in which its harsh capital provisions could be, and often were, ameliorated by the discretion of judges, juries, prosecutors and other courtroom actors. | McKenzie, Dr. Andrea | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | The Great Fire of London 1666 (in English or French) ◊ The Great Fire of London, which broke out in a bakery in the heart of the city after a long dry summer, was a spectacular and devastating event. The fire raged uncontrolled for three days and nights, creating a firestorm of such intensity that the stone walls and windows of the medieval Gothic cathedral of Saint Paul’s melted, literally creating a river of molten lead and glass; fiery sparks burned the clothes of those huddled in boats on the Thames, attempting to escape the flames. The Fire destroyed most of the city within the medieval walls, London Bridge, hundreds of churches and tens of thousands of houses, leaving 100,000 people homeless. Although methods of firefighting were rudimentary and fire was a common occurrence in early modern London, where buildings were made of highly flammable materials, contemporaries preferred to see the disaster as having supernatural or human, rather than natural, causes: a divine visitation upon London (the new Babylon) for its sins, or – even more likely – a sinister arson plot. The “usual suspects” included radical republicans, the Dutch, the French and, especially, Catholics – viewed at least since the 1605 Gunpowder Plot as potential traitors with divided loyalties. This talk will explore the way in which the Great Fire of London transformed both the literal and the mental landscape of London, spawning conspiracy theories that would shape the memory politics of England for centuries to come. | McKenzie, Dr. Andrea | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Remember, Remember the Fifth of November: the 1605 Gunpowder Plot (in English or French) ◊ The 1605 Gunpowder plot to blow up both Houses of Parliament, and James VI & I of Scotland and England and the Prince of Wales, would have been the most devastating terrorist act in British history, eliminating most of the ruling class and the royal family in one fell stroke. But the conspiracy-the work of a handful of disgruntled English Catholics-was famously foiled after an anonymous letter raised suspicions and led to the discovery of Guy Fawkes in a cellar under the House of Lords, as he was about to detonate 30 barrels of gunpowder. This non-event has left an indelible mark on the English psyche: to this day bonfires and celebrations commemorate “Guy Fawkes Day” on 5 November, originally an anti-Catholic holiday but now become an opportunity to burn in effigy unpopular political figures of all denominations. The Gunpowder Plot remains controversial and has given rise to many conspiracy theories. To this day there are claims that it was an “inside job” intended to frame innocent Catholics. This talk will explore the pre-history, context and afterlife of this formative event, which ensured that harsh penal laws relegating Catholics to the status of second-class citizens in their own country remained in place until the early nineteenth century. | McKenzie, Dr. Andrea | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Who Killed Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey? Revisiting the Most Famous Murder Mystery of the 17th Century (in English or French) ◊ The death of the middle-aged justice of the peace, Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, in October 1678, is one of the most famous unsolved mysteries in English history. Shortly after taking the depositions of the unscrupulous perjurer Titus Oates, who claimed to have infiltrated several Jesuit seminaries in order to uncover an elaborate “Popish Plot” against the government, Godfrey went out for a walk and never returned. His body – apparently beaten, strangled and then posthumously run through with his own sword – turned up several days later in a ditch in Primrose Hill, several miles from his home in Charing Cross. Godfrey’s death, and the conviction that he had been murdered by the “papists” (Catholics), sparked a sustained moral panic and set in motion a prosecution of innocent Catholics that constitutes one of the darkest chapters in English history. From the autumn of 1678 to the spring of 1681, hundreds of Catholic Jesuits, priests, laymen and Jesuits were arrested for their involvement in what would prove to be a wholly fictitious plot to assassinate King Charles II and to reinstate Catholicism in England: twenty-four were convicted of treason and executed; many others died in prison. The political repercussions of the “Plot” were dramatic, leading to the Exclusion Crisis and the formation of modern political parties (the “Whigs” and the “Tories”). This talk will explore some of the many theories about Godfrey’s mysterious death, and introduce some new evidence. | McKenzie, Dr. Andrea | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | The Strange Origins of the First Modern Political Party: the Whigs, Anti-Catholicism and Conspiracy Theories in 17th-Century England (in English or French) ◊ The “Whig Theory of History” popularised by such 19th-century British historians as T.B. Macaulay (a “Whig”, or Liberal, MP) celebrated the gradual evolution of uniquely English legal traditions and institutions as a grand narrative of progress-the triumph of parliamentary government over the arbitrary powers of the crown. This talk will tell a different and darker story about the 17th-century origins of both this self-congratulatory view of English history and the “Whigs,” precursors to the Liberal party. As we shall see, the widespread belief in a Catholic conspiracy to subvert the English constitution and the Protestant religion was a central component in the rise of parliamentary opposition and the beginnings of modern party politics. Moral panics about real and imagined “popish” plots and assassinations not only resulted in the persecution of hundreds of Catholic priests and lay people, but played a pivotal role in the major political events of the seventeenth century: the outbreak of Civil War in 1642, the execution of Charles I in 1649, the Exclusion Crisis of 1679-81 and the deposition of the last Catholic monarch, James II, in 1688-the so-called “Glorious Revolution”. | McKenzie, Dr. Andrea | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | Royal Martyr or “Man of Blood”? Spinning the Execution of Charles I, 1649 (in English or French) ◊ The execution of Charles I on 30 January 1649 was one of the most dramatic, and divisive, events in British history. The decision of the Army and Rump Parliament to publicly try and, subsequently, execute the king for treason set an important precedent in terms of separating the person of the monarch from the state and was aimed at legitimating the new Cromwellian Puritan regime. Anti-royalist propaganda not only sought to portray the king as an ordinary man (“Charles Stuart”), but a man whose hands were stained with the blood of his own people and whose defeat in the Civil War could be read as a divine judgement against him. However, as scholars have noted, the decision to allow the press to report on the king’s trial and execution was a grave miscalculation on the part of the fledgling republic. This was largely due to the publication of the Eikon Basilike: the Portraiture of His Sacred Majesty in His Solitudes and Sufferings, a collection of personal reflections, meditations and prayers supposedly written by Charles I while awaiting judgement and death. The “King’s Book” was a runaway bestseller and a propaganda coup, successfully rewriting the warmongering “man of Blood” of Puritan critics as a charitable Christ-like figure who solemnly absolved his subjects of the guilt of his death. Yet, by the later seventeenth century, the royalist propaganda machine sputtered and began to backfire: growing rumours that that the Eikon had been ghostwritten posed a fundamental threat not only to the cult of the Royal Martyr, but even to the sanctity of the monarchy itself. | McKenzie, Dr. Andrea | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | The First Treaties: The Roots of Indigenous–Settler Relations in Canada (in English or French) (M S) ◊ This talk explores the 500-year history of alliances and treaties involving the Indigenous peoples of what is now Canada and settlers who arrived from Europe and elsewhere after 1500. Its focus is on the lesser-known treaties negotiated before Confederation in 1867, including the Vancouver Island treaties of 1850-54. | Cook, Dr. Peter | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| History—General | A Sinner's Guide to Food and Sex in Time NEW ◊ A Sinner's Guide to Food and Sex in Time offers a historical guided tour of six sites in history associated with food and sex, beginning with a "stew" or bathhouse in medieval London and ending with a men's grille in 1960s New Orleans. The talk traces how the linkage between food and sex has changed over time. This is a fun talk. | Cleves, Dr. Rachel Hope | Professor | Department of History |
| History—Victoria & BC | To Fish As Formerly: A Story of Straits Salish Resurgence (E M S) NEW ◊ To Fish as Formerly tells the story of the SXǂOLE (the Reef Net Fishery) through contemporary art, traditional knowledge and historical documentation. The presentation shares the story of the efforts of generations of WǂSÁNEÆ people who are revitalizing the belief systems, spirituality, knowledge and practices inherent to the SXǂOLE. | Booth, Ms. Gillian | Academic & Community Programs Coordinator | UVic Legacy Galleries |
| History—Victoria & BC | James Teit: Indigenous Rights Activist, 1900-1922 (S) ◊ This talk covers the role that James Teit played in assisting the Indigenous leaders of British Columbia with their efforts to resolve their issues concerning the "BC Indian Land Question," Conscription and the Potlatch Ban during the first two decades of the 20th Century. | Wickwire, Dr. Wendy | Associate Professor Emerita | Department of History |
| History—Victoria & BC | Voices Not Normally Heard: A Digital Exhibition of Two Chinese Canadian Community Newspapers (in English or Chinese) (S) NEW ◊ The presentation is about a digital exhibition [https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/chinese-newspapers] of selected articles from two Chinese Canadian community newspapers in BC, and includes relevant interviews and historical documents related to the newspaper history and the evolution of local Chinese immigrant community. All articles are full-text searchable in both English and Chinese. | Liu, Ms. Ying | Librarian | Libraries, Reference Services |
| History—Victoria & BC | British Columbia’s Ambiguous Relations with the Rest of Canada (S) From the time that British Columbians first considered joining Canada, their relationship with the rest of the country has been ambiguous. They are proud of their province and of being Canadians, but they frequently felt that the rest of the country failed to appreciate them and exploits them. Editorial comments illustrate the talk. | Roy, Dr. Patricia | Professor Emerita | Department of History |
| History—Victoria & BC | Boundless Optimism: Richard McBride's British Columbia (S) Richard McBride was premier, 1903-1915, an era of unprecedented growth. A native of the province he became premier at age 32, brought some order to provincial politics, promoted the development of railways, encouraged British investment and immigration, and played a role on the national and imperial stage. | Roy, Dr. Patricia | Professor Emerita | Department of History |
| History—Victoria & BC | Cartoonists at Sea: British Columbia Ferries and Their Predecessors Transportation between Vancouver Island and the Mainland has often amused local cartoonists. With cartoons going back to the early years of the 20th century and carrying through to today, this presentation examines the political issues around ferries as well as imaginative suggestions for travel and perennial complaints about the service. | Roy, Dr. Patricia | Professor Emerita | Department of History |
| History—Victoria & BC | Fannin and Fauna: The Early Days of the Provincial Museum John Fannin was the curator of the Provincial Museum from its founding in 1886 until his retirement in 1904. This illustrated account is a story of wilderness adventures, the collection of natural history specimens, and the establishment of the Museum as a tourist attraction. | Roy, Dr. Patricia | Professor Emerita | Department of History |
| History—Victoria & BC | A Humorous History of British Columbia's Highways (S) Transportation has been a key to the development of BC. Using cartoons from the early 20th century to the present, this talk is a light-hearted approach to the history of the province's highways and the politics around them. | Roy, Dr. Patricia | Professor Emerita | Department of History |
| Languages & Linguistics | Discovering Varieties of French in Canada: Pronunciations, Words and Grammatical Features (in English or French) (S) NEW ◊ A survey of Francophone communities in Canada (Acadian, Québécois, Franco-Ontarian, Fransaskois, etc.), highlighting key social, historical, and cultural aspects. This talk will also introduce pronunciations, words, and grammatical characteristics of different French vernaculars in Canada and the attitudes linked to them-some features having been stigmatized, others being seen as valuable. | Léger, Dr. Catherine | Associate Professor | Department of French |
| Languages & Linguistics | Some Popular Myths about Language Debunked (in English or French) (S) NEW ◊ There is a wide array of misconceptions about language. We can often hear in everyday conversations as well as in the media statements such as “some languages do not have grammar”, “some languages are harder than others to learn”, … which are simply false. Let’s set the record straight. | Léger, Dr. Catherine | Associate Professor | Department of French |
| Languages & Linguistics | Research-informed Strategies for Supporting Language Learners with Refugee Experience NEW ◊ This session explores non-linguistic and linguistic issues, and discusses the pedagogical implications associated with supporting Syrian learners with refugee experience. The session draws on the most up-to-date research in the Canadian context as an example that may offer applicable strategies for supporting learners with a refugee background. | Huang, Dr. Li-Shih | Associate Professor | Department of Linguistics |
| Languages & Linguistics | Using Technology to Assist in Learning Pronunciation (in English or French) (M S) ◊ In this interactive presentation, I introduce different speech visualization tools for learning pronunciation, including ultrasound imaging for seeing the tongue articulate sounds in real time, and Praat speech analysis software for "seeing" the acoustic signal associated with speech. | Bird, Dr. Sonya | Associate Professor | Department of Linguistics |
| Languages & Linguistics | The Sounds of Coast Salish Languages (in English or French) (M S) ◊ In this presentation, I introduce the sounds that are found in the Coast Salish languages spoken in these territories, including ones in local words like PKOLS (Mount Douglas) and sxǂeǂxǂǂǂ tǂǂǂxǂ (the new James Bay library branch). I describe how they are pronounced and (depending on interest) lead an interactive session on learning to pronounce some key words (as a sound expert, not as a mother-tongue speaker). I also spend some time discussing the role of authentic pronunciation in the context of Salish language revitalization. | Bird, Dr. Sonya | Associate Professor | Department of Linguistics |
| Languages & Linguistics | Learning Languages in the Cloud: Using Social Media to Engage and Communicate in Another Language (in English or French) (M S) NEW ◊ Language learning in our time can be supported and facilitated by integrating social media tools. These tools can enhance the way language learners communicate in their new language and can motivate them by providing authentic places of engaging with speakers of the language. In this talk we will focus on strategies for learners and strategies for language teachers who would want to add social media technologies to their classes. | Caws, Dr. Catherine | Professor | Department of French |
| Languages & Linguistics | The Evolution of Human Language (M S) ◊ Language makes us human. Why did it evolve in our species but not others? Adaptation or mutation? From genomics to fossil remains, explore the linguistics of this most human mystery. | Archibald, Dr. John | Professor | Department of Linguistics |
| Languages & Linguistics | The Edge of Innovation: Language Change is Constant (S) ◊ Living languages are in a constant state of change. This talk reviews common myths on the language of youth and discusses the critical role they play in the ongoing evolution of individual languages, focusing in particular on English. | D’Arcy, Dr. Alexandra | Professor & Associate Dean Research | Department of Linguistics |
| Languages & Linguistics | Laryngeal Function in Voice Production (S) | Esling, Dr. John H. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Linguistics |
| Languages & Linguistics | Accents, Dialects and Voice Qualities (S) | Esling, Dr. John H. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Linguistics |
| Languages & Linguistics | Sounds of the World's Languages (S) | Esling, Dr. John H. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Linguistics |
| Languages & Linguistics | How Babies Acquire the Capacity to Speak (S) | Esling, Dr. John H. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Linguistics |
| Languages & Linguistics | The International Phonetic Alphabet (S) | Esling, Dr. John H. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Linguistics |
| Law & Justice Issues | What Happens If You Die Without a Will? ◊ This talk provides an overview of the law in British Columbia related to intestacy including the law, and how that law has been interpreted in British Columbia. | Rivers, Prof. Deanna | Adjunct Professor | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | Can I Disinherit My Child/Spouse? ◊ Provide an overview of the law in British Columbia related to claims against estates including the law, and how that law has been interpreted in British Columbia. | Rivers, Prof. Deanna | Adjunct Professor | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | My Parents Disinherited Me-What Do I Do? ◊ Provide an overview of the law in British Columbia related to disinheritance-including the law, and how that law has been interpreted in British Columbia. | Rivers, Prof. Deanna | Adjunct Professor | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | I am Named as Executor in My ǂǂǂ's Will. What Does that Entail? ◊ Provide an overview of the law in British Columbia related to planning for incompetence-including the law, and how that law has been interpreted in British Columbia. | Rivers, Prof. Deanna | Adjunct Professor | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | The Long Silence of the Vancouver Island (or 'Douglas') Treaties of 1850 to 1854 (M S) ◊ I describe the formation of the Vancouver Island Treaties between First Nations and James Douglas as agent of the Crown, highlighting the earliest First Nation accounts, downplaying the colonial version of events, and tracing subsequent attempts by settlers and government officials to trivialize or even deny the treaties. | Vallance, Dr. Neil | Adjunct Professor | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | The Impacts of Historical Treaty Making in Canada (M S) ◊ In this talk, I discuss the evolution of treaty-making in Canada from the Peace and Friendship through the Comprehensive treaties and the impacts on long-run economic development for First Nations. | Gillezeau, Dr. Rob | Assistant Professor | Department of Economics |
| Law & Justice Issues | Machine Listening, Improvisation and Access to Justice in Family Law ◊ Particularly in the area of Family Law, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and/or Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) is often aligned with Access to Justice (A2J) as a means of making legal decision-making cheaper, faster and more accessible to the general public. But this approach calls the question: can machines ever truly listen deeply and attentively to the singularity and uniqueness of the situation before them, thereby dispensing justice in the family law realm? Or, contrary to widespread urgings in favour of technology as a facilitator of access to justice for litigants, is “machine listening” inherently unjust? This talk looks to research undertaken by both critical improvisational and legal scholars to examine whether it is possible, or even desirable, to utilize machine listening in the family law context with a view to enabling more just decision-making, or dispelling what is now being called Digital Family Justice. | Ramshaw, Dr. Sara | Associate Professor | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | Justice by Design: Changing Legal and Justice Systems to Meet Community Needs (M S) NEW ◊ This presentation is based on challenges individuals and communities have in getting access to the legal and justice systems, and obtaining just and sustainable outcomes through those systems. It looks at how these systems have created barriers to access, and how communities can design solutions that overcome these barriers and meet their needs. | Lapper, QC, Prof. Robert | David & Dorothy Lam Chair in Law and Public Policy | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | Justice System Reform: Community Engagement with the Justice System (M S) NEW ◊ This presentation is based on challenges individuals and communities have in getting access to the legal and justice systems, and obtaining just and sustainable outcomes through those systems. It looks at how these systems have created barriers to access, and how communities can design solutions that overcome these barriers and meet their needs. | Lapper, QC, Prof. Robert | David & Dorothy Lam Chair in Law and Public Policy | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | Global Corruption: An Issue We Should No Longer Ignore (Sept-Dec) (S) This talk identifies the extent of global corruption and the devastating impact that it has on poverty, gender inequality, economic development, and political and legal stability. The talk also identifies steps that must be taken to combat corruption and bribery. | Ferguson, Prof. Gerry | Distinguished Professor | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | How and Why Do Wrongful Convictions Occur in Canada's Criminal Justice System? (Sept-Dec) (S) This talk examines the extent of and the common causes for wrongful criminal convictions in Canada. It also identifies reforms that are needed to reduce as much as possible wrongful convictions in the future. | Ferguson, Prof. Gerry | Distinguished Professor | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | The Scourge of Money Laundering in Canada (Sept-Dec) (S) | Ferguson, Prof. Gerry | Distinguished Professor | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | An Insight on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People in Canada ǂ (S) NEW ◊ This talk considers the history and trajectories of the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada, and looks at the history of residential schools and their effects on victims. | Okibe, Ms. Summer S. | Graduate Student | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | A Discussion on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Girls and Women in Canada ǂ (S) NEW ◊ This talk delves into the racial arena occurring with regards to cases of kidnapped and murdered Indigenous girls and women in Canada. | Okibe, Ms. Summer S. | Graduate Student | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | Can You Patent a Frog? Patents, Trademarks and Copyright (S) ◊ | Sirk, Dr. Aislinn | Industrial Liaison Officer | Research Partnerships and Knowledge Mobilization |
| Law & Justice Issues | Children, Animal Advocacy and Anti-Anthropocentrism (E M S) NEW ◊ Explains why a critical element of animal advocacy for the benefit of animals, humans and the environment must be to reach human children in their formative years and discusses what such interventions would look like. | Deckha, Prof. Maneesha | Professor and Lansdowne Chair | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | Veganism, Dairy and Decolonization (E M S) NEW ◊ This talk challenges stereotypical representations of veganism and animal rights as culturally imperialist, and shows the substantial alignment between ethical veganism and decolonization through the example of the dairy industry. | Deckha, Prof. Maneesha | Professor and Lansdowne Chair | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | Animals as Legal Beings: Contesting Anthropocentric Legal Orders (E M S) NEW ◊ Introduces the main idea behind my book, which calls for a new legal status for animals, and explains what this status is. | Deckha, Prof. Maneesha | Professor and Lansdowne Chair | Faculty of Law |
| Law & Justice Issues | Harassment and Human Rights: Problem, Response and Remedy ◊ For the last 25 years the speaker has worked nationally and internationally on campuses and communities, with organizations, groups and individuals to address the complicated issue of sexual harassment and to develop workable responses in policy and practice. There are many shades of grey in this work and it’s important that the policy responses that organizations develop don't also become part of the problem. | Whittington, Dr. Barbara | Professor Emerita | Department of Social Work |
| Law & Justice Issues | Restorative Justice in the Community: Accountability to Victims Works for All ◊ As part of a community group, Peninsula Crossroads Community Justice, we work with situations that would normally or previously have been ignored or would have wound their way through a lengthy court process. The police and the schools refer youth and adult cases to our community group. Restorative justice brings the victim(s), those harmed, and the harm-doers together whenever possible to determine what happened and how amends can be made. The process is both powerful and productive. This presentation gives examples of situations from the police or schools that have been dealt with in this potentially transformational way, followed by a discussion. | Whittington, Dr. Barbara | Professor Emerita | Department of Social Work |
| Literature | Valkyries and Vikings and Mermaids-Oh My! (S) ◊ Did Vikings believe in mermaids? The question arises from Louis Moe’s illustrations for Ragnarok (1929) and Valkyrien (1941) and also from Johann Gerht’s illustration for Thridrek’s Saga (1901). I will examine the cultural history of mermaids in illustrated texts from classical antiquity, the Christian Middle Ages and Old Norse mythology. | Baer, Dr. Trish | Adjunct Professor | Medieval Studies Program |
| Literature | A Viking Voyage: Trading, Raiding or Emigrating? (S) ◊ This presentation looks at Viking voyages in terms of material culture. I will begin with the observation that before going on a voyage it was necessary to select the type of ship best suited for the journey, e.g., not all Viking ships were warships. I will discuss the different types of ships and the materials necessary to build them along with the tasks involved in spinning, weaving and waterproofing the woolen sails. I will also discuss what is known about navigation methods; the necessities to pack onboard for the voyage; and the types of shelter used on the voyage and on land, e.g., tents or turf houses. | Baer, Dr. Trish | Adjunct Professor | Medieval Studies Program |
| Literature | The Victorian Retellings of Viking Mythology: A Mythological Makeover (M S) NEW ◊ In the hands of Victorian/Edwardian storytellers and illustrators, the Old Norse myths were bowdlerized, moralized, Christianized and merged with folk and fairy tales. My presentation will focus on the illustrations of Thor´s hammer Mjöllnir and the myths concerning him. Distorted or diminished, Mjöllnir loses aspects of its fundamental cultural, iconographical, and mythological significance in the retelling. | Baer, Dr. Trish | Adjunct Professor | Medieval Studies Program |
| Literature | 19th-Century French Literature and Culture (in English or French) (S) ◊ This talk discusses 19th-century French literature and culture: the role of science, industry and politics in literary production. | Fromet de Rosnay, Dr. Emile | Assistant Professor | Department of French |
| Literature | French Literature Since 1800 (in English or French) (S) ◊ This presentation can discuss any topic in literature from the Enlightenment onward, from Voltaire to the present. It can also include topics such as the Enlightenment novel, romantic and modernist poetry, and postmodern culture. | Fromet de Rosnay, Dr. Emile | Assistant Professor | Department of French |
| Literature | Introduction to the Indigenous Literatures of Québec (S) (in English or French) NEW ◊ Introduction to the First Nations and Inuit communities of the territory known as Québec. Overview of the history of Indigenous literature practices, from colonialism to today. | Landry, Dr. Pierre-Luc | Assistant Professor | Department of French |
| Literature | Settler Colonialism in Québec Literature, and the Erasure of Indigenous Sovereignty (S) (in English or French) ◊ An overview of how narrative strategies in Québec literature tend to erase the presence, contemporaneity and sovereignty of Indigenous peoples, and of how Indigenous literature resist these harmful narratives. | Landry, Dr. Pierre-Luc | Assistant Professor | Department of French |
| Literature | LGBTQIA2S+ Cultures and the Literatures of Québec: a QuébeQueer Introduction (in English or French) (S) NEW ◊ Introduction to issues of sex and gender (the gender unicorn, LGBTQ+ terminology, etc.), and an overview of a few queer cultural productions (in literature, cinema, music, visual arts, etc.) from contemporary Québec. | Landry, Dr. Pierre-Luc | Assistant Professor | Department of French |
| Literature | Inclusive, Non-binary and Epicene Writing in French (S) (in English or French) NEW ◊ An overview of different strategies to write in an inclusive and anti-sexist way in French. Strategies to avoid or pervert the grammatical rule stating that "the masculine form takes precedence over the feminine form". | Landry, Dr. Pierre-Luc | Assistant Professor | Department of French |
| Literature | How to Write Everywhere All of the Time (in English or French) (S) NEW ◊ A creative writing workshop facilitating the appropriation of language in order to foster creativity and self-reflection in different circumstances. While this workshop is not based on art therapy, it explores creative writing as a self-discovery tool. | Landry, Dr. Pierre-Luc | Assistant Professor | Department of French |
| Literature | Into the Woods with German Myths and Fairy Tales ◊ This presentation is about the enduring relevance of fairy tales and addresses the following questions: Why do we need fairy tales? What is a hero? What is a quest? Why do fairy tales often take place in a forest environment? What is the cultural significance of wolves and ogres? | Pnevmonidou, Dr. Elena | Assistant Professor | Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies |
| Literature | Modern Latin American Literature (in English or Spanish) (S) ◊ | Russek, Dr. Dan | Associate Professor | Department of Hispanic & Italian Studies |
| Literature | Modern Latin American Literature and Visual Arts (in English or Spanish) (S) ◊ | Russek, Dr. Dan | Associate Professor | Department of Hispanic & Italian Studies |
| Literature | Modern Latin American Culture (in English or Spanish) (S) ◊ | Russek, Dr. Dan | Associate Professor | Department of Hispanic & Italian Studies |
| Literature | The Golden Age of the English Detective Novel (M S) ◊ The years between the First and Second World Wars are universally seen as the “golden age” of English detective fiction. This talk suggests why this was the case through the examples of Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers and G.K. Chesterton-and, of course, their forebear Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. | Devereaux, Dr. Simon | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| Literature | American Literature and the Christian Right (S) ◊ This talk discusses the surprising re-emergence of conservative Christianity as a powerful political and social force since the 1960s, and the consequences of that emergence for mainstream American literature. For more information: http://religiondispatches.org/who-are-we-and-how-should-we-live-american-literature-and-the-god-gap/. | Douglas, Dr. Christopher | Professor | Department of English |
| Literature | Fundamentalism and Literature (S) ◊ This talk is an introduction to the theology and politics of Christian fundamentalist fiction. Includes famous novels such as Left Behind, The Shack, and This Present Darkness. | Douglas, Dr. Christopher | Professor | Department of English |
| Literature | The Bible’s Many Gods ◊ An introduction to some of the historical-critical Bible scholarship that examines the development of monotheism out of an earlier polytheistic cultural matrix. Includes a discussion of the lingering traces of polytheism in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and New Testament. | Douglas, Dr. Christopher | Professor | Department of English |
| Literature | Did Shakespeare Invent Love? (S) ◊ Prior to the publication of Shakespeare's Sonnets in 1609, the dominant way of expressing romantic love in verse involved comparing the beloved to a preexisting ideal. By reversing this practice, Shakespeare bequeathed a tradition in which the lover praises the beloved for their individual, even idiosyncratic, qualities. We now take this practice so much for granted that we think it 'natural'. Yet it is an historical inheritance, traceable, in large part, to Shakespeare's Sonnets. | Kuchar, Dr. Gary | Professor | Department of English |
| Literature | How Ghost Stories Work-and Why (in English or French) (E M S) ◊ We examine the rhetoric and technique of ghost stories to see how they produce their scary, uncanny effects on readers. Then we practice writing some of our own. | Ross, Dr. Stephen | Professor | Department of English |
| Literature | Christine of Pizan: A Life of Her Own (in English or French) (S) ◊ Christine de Pizan (1364–c. 1430) became one of the most important French authors when (and because) she was widowed. An exceptional writer and fighter for women's rights, she wrote poetry and prose on the burning topics of her time and of her life: love, equality of men and women, royal justice, good government, and Joan of Arc, among other subjects. She was forgotten for a long time before the relatively recent rediscovery of her works. | Cazes, Dr. Hélène | Professor | Department of French |
| Literature | The Tale of Genji: The World's Oldest Novel (in English or Japanese) ◊ | Poulton, Dr. Cody | Professor Emeritus | Department of Pacific & Asian Studies |
| Literature | Japan's Iliad: The Tale of the Heike (in English or Japanese) ◊ | Poulton, Dr. Cody | Professor Emeritus | Department of Pacific & Asian Studies |
| Literature | Poetry and Social Movements (S) ◊ Budd Hall is a Professor Emeritus at UVic who has had a career in adult education, community-development and participatory research. He is the Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education. His current focus is on training young people for doing locally based participatory research and supporting the strengthening of community-university research partnerships. He is also a poet and part of the Victoria Social Movement Poets Collective. | Hall, Prof. Budd | Professor Emeritus | School of Public Administration |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | French Cinema (in English or French) (S) ◊ This talk examines 19th-century French literature and culture: the role of science, industry and politics in literary production. | Fromet de Rosnay, Dr. Emile | Assistant Professor | Department of French |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Building Community through Live Music-Exploring the Roles of Artist, Presenter and Public (in English or French) (M S) ◊ Why is live music important? What are the various roles that people play and how does this translate into stronger communities and vibrant cities? Explore the connections between mental health, physical health and the various levels at which one can participate in the arts as either spectator, presenter or artist. | Klazek, Dr. Merrie | Assistant Professor | Department of Music |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | The Job of a Professional Orchestral Musician: On Stage and Behind the Scenes (in English or French) (M S) ◊ A concert is a final product in a long, unseen process. Discover the fine nuances of training and levels of expertise developed by individuals who succeed in the world or being an orchestral musician. What are the challenges, what are the rewards and motivations? Interpersonal skills, dedication, committees, relationships with public, administration and artistic direction are all things we will explore. | Klazek, Dr. Merrie | Assistant Professor | Department of Music |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | A History of Performance in British Columbia (E M S) NEW ◊ This presentation offers an overview of the rich traditions of performance in the BC region, with a specific focus on the function of theatre for community building and cultural identity formation. | Kovacs, Dr. Alexandra (Sasha) | Assistant Professor | Department of Theatre |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Theatre in War and (Post) Conflict Zones: The Importance of Laughter, Time and Place (in English or Dutch) (S) ◊ These presentations offer an exploration of theatre in (post)-conflict zones and development contexts supported by an analysis of the value of applied theatre practitioners working in these settings. By describing the ethics and techniques on cultural awareness and by showing selected examples of theatre companies globally, these presentations offer a firm foundation in the basic theories, contexts and vocabularies used in the field. | Sadeghi Yekta, Dr. Kirsten | Assistant Professor | Department of Theatre |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Theatre and Human Rights: What Kind of Theatre Takes Place in an Unwanted Space? (in English or Dutch) (S) ◊ These presentations offer an exploration of theatre in (post)-conflict zones and development contexts supported by an analysis of the value of applied theatre practitioners working in these settings. By describing the ethics and techniques on cultural awareness and by showing selected examples of theatre companies globally, these presentations offer a firm foundation in the basic theories, contexts and vocabularies used in the field. | Sadeghi Yekta, Dr. Kirsten | Assistant Professor | Department of Theatre |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Indigenous Performance and Language Revitalization (in English or Dutch) (S) ◊ " | Sadeghi Yekta, Dr. Kirsten | Assistant Professor | Department of Theatre |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | What Film Adaptations of 19th Century Women's Novels Teach us about Women's Lives, Past and Present (M S) NEW ◊ | Sitara, Dr. Georgia | Assistant Teaching Professor | History & Gender Studies |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Theatre Audience Education: How to Better See a Play (S) ◊ This talk is based on the speaker’s graduate studies in theatre audience education. Based on her experience in developing a secondary level audience education program at the Belfry Theatre in Victoria, this talk lays out some of the key concepts in effectively experiencing a theatre performance. | Prendergast, Dr. Monica | Associate Professor | Department of Curriculum & Instruction |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Hercules: Greek Myth or Disney? (M S) ◊ This talk compares the Greek myths about Hercules to the Disney version of the story. | Bowman, Dr. Laurel | Associate Professor | Department of Greek & Roman Studies |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Latin American Film (in English or Spanish) (S) ◊ | Russek, Dr. Dan | Associate Professor | Department of Hispanic & Italian Studies |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Edith Piaf, the Parisian “Sparrow” (in English or French) (S) ◊ Spend half an hour with the music, the lyrics and the life of an iconic singer of the 20th century. This talk includes slides and songs, giving context to the phenomenal success met by a street singer, now a symbol for French culture across the world. | Cazes, Dr. Hélène | Professor | Department of French |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Producing Non-profit Theatre in Canada ◊ A multi-award winning director, this speaker has created nearly 200 professional productions for many of the major theatres across Canada, as well as in the US, Europe and Mexico, and has worked with many of his generation’s leading playwrights in developing their work. He’s also former chair of the Department of Theatre at UVic, and a professor who offers courses in the areas of producing, directing and acting. | Richmond, Prof. Brian Frederick | Professor | Department of Theatre |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Directing the Classics ◊ " | Richmond, Prof. Brian Frederick | Professor | Department of Theatre |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | New Play Development in Canada ◊ | Richmond, Prof. Brian Frederick | Professor | Department of Theatre |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Puppets and Robots in Japanese Theatre (in English or Japanese) ◊ | Poulton, Prof. Cody | Professor Emeritus | Department of Pacific & Asian Studies |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Gender and Cross-dressing in Japanese Theatre (in English or Japanese) ◊ SEJR TEST | Poulton, Dr. Cody | Professor Emeritus | Department of Pacific & Asian Studies |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Looking through or Looking at Works of Art (S) This talk examines the ways in which we may pay attention to the thing we are seeing itself, or looking at the way it leads us elsewhere through various mechanisms of meaning. | Laskarin, Prof. Daniel | Associate Professor | Department of Visual Arts |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Art and Society: Arguments For and Against Social Engagement This talk examines the different approaches to works of art: all are social, but the approaches to the social can be radically opposed. | Laskarin, Prof. Daniel | Associate Professor | Department of Visual Arts |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Life Stories: Art and the Stages of Life (E M S) ◊ Art shapes our experiences of growing up and growing older. This presentation uses artworks to explore the impact of photographs, paintings, textiles and furnishings on our life stories. | Campbell, Prof. Erin | Professor | Department of Art History & Visual Studies |
| Personal Interests | Touring the Yukon and Alaska (S) ◊ This presentation uses a Powerpoint slide show to take you on an unforgettable tour of these northern frontiers. | Cameron, Dr. Ian | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies |
| Personal Interests | Touring the Midi Canal in Southern France (S) ◊ This presentation uses a Powerpoint slide show to take you on an unforgettable tour of this region. | Cameron, Dr. Ian | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies |
| Personal Interests | The Baja Bash: Mazatlan to San Diego by Boat (S)◊ This presentation uses a Powerpoint slide show to take you on an unforgettable tour of this region. | Cameron, Dr. Ian | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies |
| Personal Interests | A Band Trip to Cuba (S) ◊ This presentation uses a Powerpoint slide show to take you on an unforgettable tour of this island nation. | Cameron, Dr. Ian | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies |
| Personal Interests | A Rugby Tour of New Zealand (S) ◊ In 2009 the Ebb Tide RFC, Victoria's team in the Pacific Northwest Over-40's rugby union, spent three weeks touring New Zealand, going from Dunedin at the south of South Island to the Bay of Islands, in the north of North Islands, playing six games on the way. This talk covers New Zealand from south to north. | Cameron, Dr. Ian | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies |
| Personal Interests | To Maine and Back: Steam Cars, Caves and Frank Lloyd Wright (S) ◊ Dr. Cameron is a steam car aficionado and he and his wife drove to New England-once the centre of steam car production-in their van, stopping on the way to look at caverns and Frank Lloyd architecture. | Cameron, Dr. Ian | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies |
| Personal Interests | The Dangers of Street Drugs in 2021 (S) NEW ◊ " | Ovakim, Dr. Daniel | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Island Medical Program |
| Personal Interests | Natural Toxins in BC (S) NEW ◊ " | Ovakim, Dr. Daniel | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Island Medical Program |
| Personal Interests | The History of Canadian Architecture (M S) This talk is presented by a heritage planner and architectural historian who managed an active international consultancy in heritage conservation for 35 years, working on hundreds of projects in British Columbia and around the world. He is the author of Heritage Planning: Principles and Process and A History of Canadian Architecture. | Kalman, Dr. Harold | Adjunct Associate Professor | Department of Art History & Visual Studies |
| Personal Interests | Heritage Conservation: Preserving and Adapting Victoria's Historic Buildings and Cultural Landscapes (M S) This talk is presented by a heritage planner and architectural historian who managed an active international consultancy in heritage conservation for 35 years, working on hundreds of projects in British Columbia and around the world. He is the author of Heritage Planning: Principles and Process and A History of Canadian Architecture. | Kalman, Dr. Harold | Adjunct Associate Professor | Department of Art History & Visual Studies |
| Personal Interests | Looking at British Columbia Architecture (M S) This talk is presented by a heritage planner and architectural historian who managed an active international consultancy in heritage conservation for 35 years, working on hundreds of projects in British Columbia and around the world. He is the author of Heritage Planning: Principles and Process and A History of Canadian Architecture. | Kalman, Dr. Harold | Adjunct Associate Professor | Department of Art History & Visual Studies |
| Personal Interests | Arts and Healing (S) A discussion of how theatre, visual arts, dance and music are integrated with healing processes in collective and individual experience. Using examples from the works of Charlotte Salomon, the theatre experience shown in the documentary the Queens of Syria (Jordan refugee camp woman), and art in therapy and self exploration. | Guzder, Dr. Jaswant | Adjunct Professor | School of Child & Youth Care |
| Personal Interests | The Tour de France (in English or French) (S) ◊ Learn about the Tour de France from its many aspects as a dynamic sporting event, and as a historical, cultural, political and economic phenomenon. | Fromet de Rosnay, Dr. Emile | Assistant Professor | Department of French |
| Personal Interests | Social Dance as an Intergenerational Icebreaker and Community Builder (in English or French) (M S) ◊ How do square dancing, contra dancing, and other forms of community social dance provide a framework for strengthening human connections at all ages and across all boundaries? Where does this tradition come from, where is it still strong and how can we build it today? (If budget is available, live music is an option for experiential learning of dances.) | Klazek, Dr. Merrie | Assistant Professor | Department of Music |
| Personal Interests | The Physics of Science Fiction (S) ◊ My talk covers the importance of accurate depictions of science in science fiction, and the need for science fiction in our society. It also can go over specific depictions and their accuracy. | Martin, Dr. Travis | Assistant Professor | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Personal Interests | The Mexican Revolution: History and Songs (in English or Spanish) (E M S) ◊ Learn about the period of Mexican history between 1900-1930 through story and song. | Rodriguez de France, Dr. Carmen | Assistant Professor | Indigenous Education |
| Personal Interests | Women of the Mexican Revolution: Hidden Stories (in English or Spanish) (E M S) ◊ " | Rodriguez de France, Dr. Carmen | Assistant Professor | Indigenous Education |
| Personal Interests | Feminism and Romantic Comedies ǂ(M S) NEW ◊ | Sitara, Dr. Georgia | Assistant Teaching Professor | History & Gender Studies |
| Personal Interests | Feminism in Jane Austen's Novels-the Feminist Heterosexual Romance (M S) NEW ◊ | Sitara, Dr. Georgia | Assistant Teaching Professor | Literature |
| Personal Interests | South Indian Cuisine: Your Gateway to Gluten Free Foods (in English or Tamil) (M S) ◊ In this presentation, participants will be exposed to various gluten-free foods that can be easily prepared at home on a day-to-day basis. Participants will also get a glance at South Indian cuisine, which has evolved over several hundreds of centuries. | Chelvan, Dr. Ilamparithi T. | Assistant Teaching Professor | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Personal Interests | Diversity: Thy Name is India (in English or Tamil) (M S) ◊ In this talk, we will explore India’s diversity through the following themes: language, cuisine, arts and music, climate and culture. | Chelvan, Dr. Ilamparithi T. | Assistant Teaching Professor | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Personal Interests | Savvy Self-Management for Caregivers ◊ This presentation encourages us to explore the topic of care- giving with dignity and self-respect. We need to ask ourselves: what tools do we need to deal with the demands placed on us? | Boyer, Dr. Wanda | Associate Professor | Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies |
| Personal Interests | The Mystery of the Lost Norse Colony of Greenland (in English or French) ◊ During the warm period known as the “medieval climatic optimum”, from c. 800-1250, Norse raiders (“Vikings”) dramatically expanded their range, exploring, conquering and settling territories over a vast area -- from the Mediterranean to Russia, the coasts of France to the Hebrides, Shetlands, Faroe Islands and Iceland, even establishing a brief foothold in “Vinland”, an area widely believed to be in modern Newfoundland. The Norse colony in Greenland was established by Eric the Red around 1000. During the “High Middle Ages” (c.1050-1300), Norse Greenland boasted a population of about 2000, numerous religious houses and even a bishopric, a flourishing trade in walrus and narwhale tusks (“unicorn” horns), live gyrfalcons and polar bears. After about 1300, in the wake of economic downturn, political disruptions and cooling weather, the colony declined and communication became more sporadic and disquieting, with rumours of attacks by pirates and Skraelings (the Thule Inuit). The last verified report was brought back by an Icelandic ship in 1408: after this there was only silence, as pack ice cut off the colony from the rest of Europe. Early eighteenth-century Scandinavian missionaries found only the ruins of the settlement, and tantalizing fragments gleaned from the oral traditions of the Greenland Inuit. Had the Norse Greenlanders been violently replaced or assimilated by the ancestors of the Inuit? Had they emigrated en masse, or succumbed to plague or some sudden disaster? Or they slowly starved to death, the victims of overgrazing, “the Little Ice Age” (1300-1800) and their own stubborn inability to abandon European customs and practices? This talk will explore these and other theories about this unsolved mystery, and propose some tentative conclusions. | McKenzie, Dr. Andrea | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| Personal Interests | Wilderness Adventures with Kids (in English or French) (M S) ◊ Our family has been going on extended wilderness adventures -mostly canoeing-since our children were infants. In this presentation, I present some of the joys, as well as trials and tribulations, of wilderness travel with kids. The visuals included in the presentation are of the incredible places we have visited over the last 10+ years, including many spots up and down the beautiful coastline of Vancouver Island. | Bird, Dr. Sonya | Associate Professor | Department of Linguistics |
| Personal Interests | Why Bother with Philosophy? (S) Many people – particularly those who have never studied philosophy – wonder about its usefulness or utility. In this talk I defend and expand on one of the most well-known accounts of the usefulness of philosophy, namely the account provided by Aristotle, for whom philosophy is one of the most fulfilling of human activities. | Scott, Dr. David | Associate Professor | Department of Philosophy |
| Personal Interests | Use of Nanotechnology to Improve Outcomes of Cancer Therapy (S) NEW Nanotechnology involves materials of size between 1 and 100 nanometres. The proteins we eat and viruses we get sick from are in this range. We can make smart nanomaterials of the same size as these proteins and viruses to deliver drugs or enhance the radiation dose in cancer therapy. I will talk about how we can do this using gold nanoparticles as a sample nanoparticle system. | Chithrani, Prof. Devika | Associate Professor | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Personal Interests | Private Sponsorship of Refugees to Canada (in English or Hindi) (S) ◊ " | Nair, Dr. Sudhir | Associate Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Personal Interests | What Does It Take to Be Canada’s Next Astronaut? The 2016 Astronaut Recruitment Campaign (M S) ◊ In June 2016, the Canadian Space Agency issued the fourth call in its history to recruit two new astronauts. There have been only 12 astronauts in the history of the agency, eight of whom have flown in space. Canadian astronauts must be resourceful, experienced in a technical profession and display integrity and the best judgment. The selection process is difficult, both physically and mentally, and competition is fierce to earn one of the spots. This presentation chronicles the speaker’s own journey and experiences in the competition, from one of almost 4,000 applicants to the shortlist of 72 candidates and beyond. | Cullen, Dr. Jay | Associate Professor | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Personal Interests | Wise Women Speak: Changes Along the Path (S) ◊ Have you ever found yourself thrown off the path you know only to discover you are now traveling down a new path, one that has uncharted territory? This session, based on a chapter I have written in a book for the Wise Women series, is about personal and professional challenges and the opportunity to reflect on the many changes along your path. In celebration of women, let’s talk about growing wiser, pursuing dreams, and overcoming loss and fear. | Lauzon, Dr. Lara | Associate Professor | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Personal Interests | Collaborative Creativity ◊ Two English grads, a biochemistry alum, and a paleontologist walked into a bar…and created a series of linked novellas. Each author writes alone, but all of the tales have to work together-just like this team. The tactics can work for any creative collaboration: a quilting bee, a potluck party, or a theatre production. In Collaborative Creativity, we talk about the process from brainstorming through assessing risks, from setting deadlines to dealing with fallout if they get missed, and most importantly, how to keep it fun. | Goldsworthy, Ms. Rachel | Awards Facilitator | Department of Vice President Research |
| Personal Interests | Scientific Knowledge in a Post-truth Era: the Fallacies of "Common Sense" | Loock, Prof. Peter | Dean | Office of the Dean |
| Personal Interests | Yoga Psychology (E M S) ◊ This talk discusses how yoga psychology harnesses the powers of awareness, attunement and embodied learning to foster an inquiry into the foundation of self-awareness, health and wellness. | Hosalli, Ms. Shubha | Electronic Technician | Department of Chemistry |
| Personal Interests | Yogic Living (E M S) ◊ Many people practice yoga-but yoga is not only a soothing workout. It is also a lifestyle, helping people embrace states of well-being. In this session, learn more about yogic living. | Hosalli, Ms. Shubha | Electronic Technician | Department of Chemistry |
| Personal Interests | Heritage in Oak Bay ◊ | Prince, Dr. Michael J. | Lansdowne Professor of Social Policy | Studies in Policy & Practice |
| Personal Interests | Bookbinding for Beginners (E M S) Learn to bind a book with no previous experience. With a very few elementary bookbinding skills, people of all ages can gain new perspective on books, literacy, and the power of this ancient and enduring technology. | Lines, Mr. Michael | Learning and Research Librarian | William C. Mearns Centre for Learning |
| Personal Interests | At Sea with Young Children: Cruising the Caribbean Islands on a Sailboat (in English or French) (M S) NEW ◊ Between 2000 and 2001, our family took a year off to cruise the Intracoastal waterway (USA), the Bahamas and the Caribbean Islands, ending our voyage in Trinidad and Tobago. In this talk, I will narrate this adventures and discuss the challenges and opportunities of cruising with small children. | Caws, Dr. Catherine | Professor | Department of French |
| Personal Interests | The Magic of Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes (in English or French) (S) ◊ The comic series Calvin and Hobbes provides an escape, “out of the box" to its readers. This presentation takes a close look at some strips and the devices used by the author to poetically invite the reader to a magic world. Is this "low art"? The presentation ends with the audience sharing their favorite Calvin and Hobbes stories. | Cazes, Dr. Hélène | Professor | Department of French |
| Personal Interests | De-confining Our Memories: Archiving Our Experiences of the Pandemic (in English or French) (S) ◊ For everyone, the Covid-19 has changed ways in which we socialize: in BC, to be mindful of others has meant, since March 2020, to keep at distance or at home, in isolated “bubbles”. Humankind is a “social species” though, and contact with others is crucial to self-identity, well-being and development. How do we make “contact” at distance? How do we take part in community exchanges, how are we “citizens” in bubbles? And how does this experience change our sense of collectivity? The community project Mémoires de la traversée (https://memoirecovid19.ca/ ) collects memories, testimonies, poems, works of art, thoughts about the isolation. A debate and a writing workshop will follow a brief lecture on “Memories for times of resilience”. | Cazes, Dr. Hélène | Professor | Department of French |
| Personal Interests | Speaking the Unspeakable: The Unwritable Life of Norman Douglas NEW ◊ Speaking the Unspeakable: The Unwritable Life of Norman Douglas is a challenging talk about the history of pederasty, or intergenerational sex. Based on my new biography of the writer Norman Douglas, released in 2020, this talk explores the subject of taboos and their impact on our understanding of the history of sexuality. | Cleves, Dr. Rachel Hope | Professor | Department of History |
| Personal Interests | Music as Medium for Social Critique: One Sociologist's Story NEW ◊ Since 2004 I have created a series of music videos that convey insights sociology offers about social inequities, power relations and ecological degradation to general audiences. These productions can open conversations while challenging some of our unexamined assumptions and prejudices. They function as a kind of 'public sociology'. This presentation will feature some of the socio-poetic music-videos I have posted to the internet, accompanied by my own explanation of how they took shape, and to what end. | Carroll, Prof. William | Professor | Department of Sociology |
| Personal Interests | Santiago de Compostela and the Cult of St. James (in English or Spanish) (S) This talk explores the legend of the discovery of the tomb of St. James. The audience will be introduced to the medieval city of Santiago de Compostela, medieval pilgrims, the pilgrim’s way in the XXI century, the contemporary city of Santiago and its university. | Caruncho, Prof. Hector | Professor | Island Medical Program |
| Personal Interests | Travelling Lightly and Safely: Tips for Women Travellers This session gives ideas and tips for women travellers to make travel easier and safer while maximizing the travel experience, including what to take and how to pack. Handouts with suggestions are included. | Mayfield, Dr. Margie | Professor Emerita | Department of Curriculum & Instruction |
| Personal Interests | Co-housing: What Is It and Is It For You? ◊ Co-housing began in Denmark and the idea has migrated to Canada with 13 co-housing communities completed, most of those in BC. This presentation looks at the phenomenon, in which a community is designed and maintained collectively using consensus decision-making with all households participating. Each household is owned privately (strata-titled) yet has the best of a village life. Some are senior-focused, while others are multigenerational, but all share a commitment to living lightly on the planet. Those who have experienced co-housing speak of its affordability and warmth. There are communities in the formation stage on the Saanich Peninsula and in Sooke, with completed co-housing villages in Sooke, Nanaimo and the Comox Valley. | Whittington, Dr. Barbara | Professor Emerita | Department of Social Work |
| Personal Interests | Community Disasters: Preparation, Response and Reality ◊ This 1.5 hour interactive and practical presentation will help your community organization to be more prepared to respond to the unexpected. It’s themes of preparation, response and reality are drawn from a 35 year counselling practice and more recent experience-working individually, as part of emergency response teams and with communities to prepare and respond to disasters, from floods to murders and suicides to fires, earthquakes and now plagues and climate change. (No locusts here, aside from the pine beetle, but perhaps in the future.) | Whittington, Dr. Barbara | Professor Emerita | Department of Social Work |
| Personal Interests | Beekeeping (S) | Esling, Dr. John H. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Linguistics |
| Personal Interests | Hiking in Japan: The Old Roads of Kumano (in English or Japanese) ◊ | Poulton, Dr. Cody | Professor Emeritus | Department of Pacific & Asian Studies |
| Personal Interests | How Vaccines Work NEW ◊ There has been enormous interest in and speculation about the vaccines developed to combat COVID-19. This presentation takes a look at the two types of vaccines currently being used, how they differ, and how they work to combat future infections due to the corona virus.This talk is based on a presentation developed on the immune system for an audience of elders and retirees, and reflects personal interest in presenting a wide range of audiences with sound health guidance. | Docherty, Dr. David | Professor Emeritus | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Personal Interests | 1798: The Battle of the Nile and the Age of Fighting Sail ◊ This talk is based on my novel, The Second Gate Readings, and anecdotal tales of what it was like to be a sailor on board a 74-gun ship at the Battle of the Nile, between Nelson won and Napoleon's admiral. The book (and talk) also explores alternative history. | Wyvill, Prof. Brian | Professor Emeritus/Adjunct Professor | Department of Computer Science |
| Personal Interests | A First World War Field Engineer's Experience in the Trenches (S) Captain (Retired) Don Lovell, CD, PPCLI reads selections from his maternal grandfather's first-hand accounts from WWI as an engineer sapper at Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge and other bloodied fields. Memorabilia and maps are displayed. | Lovell, Mr. Don | Retiree | UVic Retirees Association |
| Personal Interests | UVic’s Gordon Head Campus Development, 1990-1999 (S) From 1990-1999 over 1,000,000 square feet of building was added to the Gordon Head Campus. The largest increase in 10 years that UVic has experienced. Events such as the Commonwealth Games that were held in 1994 are discussed. | Lovell, Mr. Don | Retiree | UVic Retirees Association |
| Personal Interests | How to Construct a Graphic Memoir (S) NEW Prior to his 70th birthday, retired architect Don Lovell wanted to leave his four adult children and five Grandchildren a gift of family and personal history. This 40-minute presentation will focus on the steps involved in creating and self-publishing your own memoir. | Lovell, Mr. Don | Retiree | UVic Retirees Association |
| Personal Interests | How Can Your Business Function like an Ecosystem? (S) (Jan-April) NEW ◊ This talk will help you apply nature’s deep design patterns to recalibrate your approach to nature’s. Explore questions like why your company exists, what it produces into the world, how it does its work, who it serves and its relationship with place. When we borrow nature’s ideas and use them in our human world, we create companies, products, services and built environments that are in sync with nature. Let her secrets guide your strategy to better results and higher performance. | Daniel, Ms. Anne-Marie | Sessional Lecturer | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Personal Interests | Crossing Cuba from Havana to Santiago (M S) ◊ On this adventure we began in Havana and travelled by bus across bumpy roads stopping at the famous "Bay of Pigs", Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Camaguey, Santiago and several other places before returning to Havana again. | Stewart, Prof. Rosa | Teaching Professor | Department of Hispanic & Italian Studies |
| Personal Interests | Highlights of Spain (M S) NEW ◊ This slide show takes you on a tour of some of the outstanding cities in Spain, with a stop in Gibraltar as well. The tour begins in Madrid, followed by stops in Cordoba, Seville, Malaga, Granada, Valencia and ends in Barcelona. | Stewart, Prof. Rosa | Teaching Professor | Department of Hispanic & Italian Studies |
| Politics | Voting: Why is it Compulsory in Australia but Voluntary in Canada? (S) NEW ◊ The presentation will examine the historical and political factors that help explain why two very similar settler societies (Australia and Canada) that both adopted English law and British political traditions built radically different voting systems when it came to the question of compulsory or voluntary participation. | Buck, Dr. Andrew | Adjunct Professor | Faculty of Law |
| Politics | Policy in Practice: An Economist's Perspective from within Government and Opposition (M S) ◊ In this talk, I discuss how policy gets made within the Canadian political process. | Gillezeau, Dr. Rob | Assistant Professor | Department of Economics |
| Politics | Indigenous Policy-making in Government-Reflections from an Academic and Staffer (M S) ◊ In this talk, I discuss Indigenous policy-making at the provincial and federal level and how to best incorporate cutting edge research in the area. | Gillezeau, Dr. Rob | Assistant Professor | Department of Economics |
| Politics | Reinvigorating Our Democracy through the Use of Civic Lotteries (S) NEW ◊ There is a growing recognition that the way we practice democracy in our communities and associations is not living up to its ideals. A lack of confidence in the conduct of our representatives is often coupled with apathy and limited engagement on the part of citizens. Yet, there is hope on the horizon as a growing body of research and practice has explored the potential of using civic lotteries (random selection) as a means of selecting our representatives instead of consistently relying on elections. This presentation explored how civic lotteries can serve as a promising alternative or complement to the use of elections when selecting our representatives in contexts including our communities, unions, cooperatives and associations. | Pek, Dr. Simon | Assistant Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Politics | Canadian Politics, Government and Elections (S) ◊ | Prince, Dr. Michael J. | Lansdowne Professor of Social Policy | School of Public Health & Social Policy |
| Politics | Why White Evangelical Christians Support Donald Trump (S) ◊ Eighty-one per cent of white evangelical Christians voted for US President Donald Trump in the 2016 American election. That statistic might strike many people as strange, given Trump’s seemingly unchristian behavior. But English professor Chris Douglas’s research into evangelical literature, history and uses of the Bible suggests we shouldn’t be surprised that President Trump will be able to count on this demographic’s support in the 2020 election. | Douglas, Dr. Christopher | Professor | Department of English |
| Politics | Comparative Federalism, Multicultural Federalism ◊ How to design a constitution in a pluralistic society with the goals of combining single citizenship with collective rights in response to identity based demands. | Tremblay, Dr. Reeta | Professor | Department of Political Science |
| Politics | Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ◊ | Thornicroft, Dr. Kenneth | Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Psychology | What is Schizophrenia? (S) | Williams, Dr. Richard | Affiliate Professor | Island Medical Program |
| Psychology | Treatment of Schizophrenia (S) | Williams, Dr. Richard | Affiliate Professor | Island Medical Program |
| Psychology | Memory and Development ǂ (S) ◊ This presentation covers how memory works and develops through life, from birth to what happens to memory as we age. Basic information such as anatomy of memory will be covered, theories surrounding memory development, as well as memory loss and decline in late life. | Knight, Ms. Jamie | Graduate Student | Department of Psychology |
| Psychology | Risky Behaviours: Who, What and Why? ǂ (M S) ◊ This talk focuses on when and why adolescents/young adults engage in various risky behaviours such as disordered eating, non suicidal self-injury, and suicidal ideation. The discussion will include prevalence rates of one or more of the behaviours, predictors of these behaviours, when and why they tend to occur, how to recognize normative versus problematic behaviours, and how to seek help. This talk would be especially suitable for students that are nearing a transition to a post-secondary education context, or for parents who want to learn more about engagement in risky behaviours within their adolescent/young adult. | Legg, Ms. Nicole | Graduate Student | Department of Psychology |
| Psychology | Disordered Eating in the Age of Health and Fitness ǂ (M S) ◊ This talk covers basic information about what disordered eating is, how it differs from eating disorders, and how a hyper-focus on health and nutrition can proliferate into disordered eating. This talk will address how social media and the ‘new age’ of health and fitness has created new risk factors, triggers and types of disordered eating-consequently starting the body-positive movement. The specific topics covered can be adapted to the needs of the audience. | Legg, Ms. Nicole | Graduate Student | Department of Psychology |
| Psychology | Mental Health and Well-being ǂ (M S) ◊ This discussion will include general information about what mental health, self-care and well-being are, prevalence rates of mental health concerns and disorders, how to recognize when to seek help and how to get it, how to recognize mental health concerns in others and how to support others that are struggling. This broad talk is meant to provide a general overview of mental health and relevant information. The specific information or topics covered can be adapted to the needs of the audience (e.g., a focus on supporting others in crisis, mindfulness, explanations of various disorders). | Legg, Ms. Nicole | Graduate Student | Department of Psychology |
| Psychology | Understanding and Responding: Nonsuicidal Self-injury and Suicide Among Youth ǂ ◊ This presentation will discuss: (1) the definition and prevalence of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI); (2) theoretical models that explain when and why some young people engage in NSSI; (3) the importance of using non-stigmatizing language when discussing NSSI; and (4) recommendations for talking to a young person who may be engaging in NSSI. The specific information covered can be adapted to the needs of the audience. | Robillard, Ms. Christina | Graduate Student | Department of Psychology |
| Psychology | Using Psychology to Better Understand Environmental Challenges ǂ (M S) NEW ◊ As many environmental problems are indisputably caused by human behaviour, addressing them requires the inclusion of social sciences. Individual-level processes at the scale of psychological analysis influence the success or failure of any policy, program or intervention. Psychology offers a unique approach to many social issues, providing empirical analysis of social phenomena. Some researchers focus on human processes in relation to issues such as environmental degradation and climate change. This interactive presentation provides an overview of some prominent psychological approaches and insights regarding environmental issues. | Williams, Ms. Elizabeth (Liz) | Graduate Student | Department of Psychology |
| Psychology | Social Perceptions of Environmentalists ǂ (M S) NEW ◊ What are public perceptions of environmentalists? Stereotypes are widely understood within a culture, even amongst individuals who do not believe them to be representative of the group in question. Research suggests that stereotypes of environmentalists are primarily negative and may impede environmental participation. At the same time, many activists report feelings of flourishing and satisfaction from their activities. A better understanding of environmentalist stereotypes may contribute to psychology research on inter-group relations and may offer insight into resistance to environmental initiatives. This interactive presentation is potentially valuable for anyone seeking to improve public engagement in environmental issues. | Williams, Ms. Elizabeth (Liz) | Graduate Student | Department of Psychology |
| Psychology | Psychology of Human–Animal Relations: a Look at Speciesism and Pet Companions ǂ (M S) NEW ◊ From 1970 to 2014, global wildlife populations declined by an average of 60 per cent. Amidst climate change concerns, changes are expected in migration and survival needs across human and non-human species, putting additional pressure on resources and ecosystems. Further, humans have countless relationships with other animals, in research, entertainment and tourism, as companions, and as clothing and food. In the USA alone, approximately nine billion animals are consumed each year. Despite the extensive relationships between humans and other species, there has been very little scholarly attention given to these relationships. Broadly, these interactive presentations explore psychological perspectives on the relationships humans have with other species, in thought and action. This presentation provides the opportunity to deeply consider the billions of other animals with whom we interact, as more than just a largely invisible segment of human experience, but as social groups and individuals in relationship. | Williams, Ms. Elizabeth (Liz) | Graduate Student | Department of Psychology |
| Psychology | Modern Views of Personality ◊ It’s not all about Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. What developments in understanding personality have occurred in the last half century? | Gifford, Dr. Robert | Professor | Department of Psychology |
| Psychology | The Psychology of Eyewitness Identification Evidence (S) ◊ Hundreds of North Americans who had served lengthy prison sentences have been exonerated based on DNA evidence. In most cases, faulty eyewitness identification evidence played a role in the miscarriage of justice. This talk reports on research aimed at developing better ways of collecting and assessing identification evidence. | Lindsay, Dr. Stephen | Professor | Department of Psychology |
| Psychology | False Memories and Distorted Beliefs (S) ◊ For the past 30 years the speaker has been studying basic mechanisms of memory that usually serve us well but sometimes lead us to remember events that never happened or to believe things that aren’t true. This talk summarizes some of that research. | Lindsay, Dr. Stephen | Professor | Department of Psychology |
| Psychology | Living in the Moment (S) ◊ Time is an illusion; time stands still and yet time flies. Often people live in the past remembering or regretting, and people plan for the future or are afraid of what the future will bring. This talk discusses how being in the “now” moment enables us to create a memorable past and a hopeful future. | Lum, Ms. Wendy | Registered Clinical Counsellor | Department of Counselling Services |
| Science | Insulin: 100 Years and Counting (S) NEW ◊ This talk will provide an overview of the discovery of the hormone insulin, a hugely significant Canadian medical discovery. We’ll begin with an introduction into the physiology behind diabetes and insulin, and some insights into more recent research showing how insulin also affects reproduction and aging. | Templeman, Dr. Nicole | Assistant Professor | Department of Biology |
| Science | Materials Science: Unraveling Atomic Mysteries (M S) NEW ◊ This talk examines why some plastics are transparent, and others cloudy. Why are metals mostly shiny and gray? Much depends on how light interacts with atoms. | Valente, Dr. Karolina Papera | Assistant Teaching Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Science | Toward Nature’s Heart of Darkness: New Technologies for Precision Astrophysics and Cosmology (M S) ◊ Only 5% of our observed universe is composed of atoms, molecules, and other components of which we largely understand (such as photons that carry electromagnetic energy, neutrinos, and black holes). The remaining 95% of our universe is composed of dark matter and dark energy, which are two very different components which are largely not understood at present. I will discuss emerging technologies that will be starting to allow us to reduce our present uncertainties on the properties of dark energy and of dark matter. | Albert, Dr. Justin | Associate Professor | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Science | ALTAIR: Precision Astrophysics and Cosmology (M S) ◊ ALTAIR (Airborne Laser for Telescopic Atmospheric Interference Reduction, http://projectaltair.org) is a new device for providing calibration for astronomy and for atmospheric physics using small, precisely-calibrated light sources carried aloft into the stratosphere using small, low-cost weather balloons. I will discuss the motivation for ALTAIR, our results and progress, and additionally how ALTAIR technology could revolutionize telecommunication in large remote areas such as Canada's Arctic North. | Albert, Dr. Justin | Associate Professor | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Science | How Understanding Fundamental Particle Interactions Helps Us Understand the Universe (M S) ◊ Particle physics allows us to understand nature at its most fundamental level, whereas astrophysics allows us to understand nature at its very largest scales. How do these two fields overlap? What has astrophysics learned from particle physics, and vice-versa? And what are some present-day contentions and open questions, at the boundaries of these two fields? I will discuss these questions, with a focus on some of the big open problems, with examples being the natures of dark matter and of dark energy, at the boundary of the two fields. | Albert, Dr. Justin | Associate Professor | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Science | The Search for Life in the Universe (M S) ◊ Do aliens exist? Where might we find them? How will we recognize them? This talk presents the science of astrobiology-the scientific search for alien life. Take an astrobiological tour of our solar system and the newly discovered planets of our Milky Way galaxy in the quest for contact. | Willis, Dr. Jon | Associate Professor | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Science | Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About the Big Bang but Were Afraid to Ask (M S) ◊ How big is the universe? How old is it? What happened before the Big Bang? What exactly are we expanding into? The universe we live in is as big as anything gets, with big questions to match. That doesn't mean the answers have to be complicated though. Get straightforward answers to all of the above-plus bring some of your own! | Willis, Dr. Jon | Associate Professor | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Science | Exploring the Oceans, on Earth and Across our Solar System (M S) ◊ What is it like to be an ocean explorer? Can you imagine exploring oceans on worlds beyond Earth? We will learn about the exploration of Earth's oceans and the discovery of habitats and life forms so weird that they seem almost alien. Our story will take us from undersea volcanoes off the coast of Vancouver Island to the icy wastes of Antarctica. We will talk about the ships and submersibles used to explore Earth's oceans and we will touch rocks recovered from the abyss. Beyond this, we will journey aboard robotic space probes to the moons of the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn and share in the startling discovery that some host oceans that dwarf our own. What technology might we use to one day explore within these oceans and what might we expect to find? | Willis, Dr. Jon | Associate Professor | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Science | Learning about Conspiracy Theories: Why Do People Choose to Reject Science? (M S) ◊ The triple disaster of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor meltdowns that struck Japan in March 2011 led to the release of massive amounts of radioactive isotopes into the environment. Despite the high local levels in Japan, and global reach of contamination from Fukushima, the international scientific community has determined that the short and long-term impacts on environmental and human health will be difficult to detect. While most public response to the speaker’s work on the Fukushima disaster has been positive, he has faced attacks on his professional and personal integrity. This lecture explores how and why individuals choose to reject science and expertise, and what the consequences of such a mindset are for public policy on complicated and/or controversial matters. | Cullen, Dr. Jay | Associate Professor | School of Earth & Ocean Sciences |
| Science | Fiber-optic Sensors: From Earthquake Monitoring to Optical Guitar Pickups ◊ Fiber-optics have revolutionized telecommunications, allowing for speed-of-light transmission of vast amounts of information. A lesser known application of fiber optics lies in remote sensing capabilities of fiber optic components. In this presentation I will give a brief overview of the applications of fiber-optic sensors and then describe work of our group and others at UVic, including the development of a all-optical guitar pickup. | Loock, Prof. Peter | Dean | Office of the Dean |
| Science | Rett Syndrome and the MeCP2 gene (in English or Spanish) (S) Discussion of the role of the methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) gene in humans-and the development of Rett Syndrome. | Ausió, Dr. Juan | Professor | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Science | Epigenetics (in English or Spanish) (S) Epigenetics is the study of the effects of environment and life style on our genes. This talk focuses on histone-histone interactions, and on histone-DNA interactions at the nucleosome level and at the higher order structure of chromatin in prostate cancer and Rett’s Syndrome. Special attention is being paid to the influence on these interactions of biologically significant chemical modifications, both at the histone and at the DNA level (acetylation, phosphorylation, methylation) and their epigenetic contribution. | Ausió, Dr. Juan | Professor | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Science | Is there Order or Chaos Inside Stars? Answers from Experiments with the Largest Supercomputers (M S) ◊ Inside the stars, fluid matter can be layered and almost motionless like in an ocean during a calm, or the fluids can be swirling in raging torrents like in a hurricane, tsunami or massive wild fire. In this talk we will look at simulations of the interior of stars made with the fastest supercomputers in the world, that show us how this happens-and why. | Herwig, Dr. Falk | Professor | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Science | The "Replication Crisis" in Psychology and Other Sciences (S) ◊ Psychology, biology, medicine, and even physics have been shaken by recent evidence that discoveries published in prestigious journals often fail to be reproduced when other researchers attempt to replicate the original experiments. This talk explains flaws in widely used research procedures that contribute to high rates of non-replicability. | Lindsay, Dr. Stephen | Professor | Department of Psychology |
| Science | Genetically Modified Organisms: Frankenfood or Cornucopia? (E M S) ◊ The introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has resulted in an unprecedented level of controversy and debate. GMOs, on one hand, come with promises of improvements in characteristics that are unattainable by traditional plant or animal breeding. On the other hand, GMOs bring spectres of new human health problems, environmental disasters, and economic issues. This presentation focuses on positive and negative issues surrounding GMOs with illustrations and scientific data. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Science | Involvement of Gut Bacteria in Gut–Brain Communication ◊ This presentation focuses on the involvement of gut bacteria in certain aspects of the bidirectional communication between the brain and the gut. The disruption of this communication may contribute to the pathogenesis of a variety of disorders ranging from neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s disease to behavioral disorders. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Science | Cellular Senescence: Promising Target for New Anti-aging Drugs ◊ Cells that have permanently lost the ability to proliferate (senescence) accumulate in tissues during aging and aging-related disorders. Drugs under development that target senescence may improve healthy aging. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Science | Our Gut Bacteria, their Interaction with our Diet, and their Influence on our Health (E M S) NEW ◊ This presentation focuses on the interactions of our gut bacteria with our diet, and how their activities contribute to our overall health. It’s a great way to find out why you are what you eat. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Science | How the Immune System Works (E M S) ◊ This is a general introduction to how our immune system protects us from harmful substances in our environment, such as infectious agents. The level of detail can be adjusted to suit the audience, i.e., any level ranging from novice to proficient. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Science | The Gut Immune System Over the Lifespan ◊ Our digestive tract is one of the most vulnerable sites in our body to infection and, not surprisingly, and contains the largest and most active tissue in our immune system. The development and function of gut immunity over the lifespan will be described with a particular focus on the role of the gut bacteria in these processes. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Science | An Introduction to Stem Cells ◊ This presentation examines the different classes of stem cells, their unique properties, and their potential therapeutic applications as well as current limitations. Current stem cell clinics will be critically evaluated. | Ishiguro, Dr. Edward E. | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology |
| Science | Tour of the Astronomical Observatory at UVic (E M S) This tour is intended as an introduction to astronomy, and is accessible for students and general public of all ages. Due to space restrictions, we can accommodate groups of up to 20 only. During the tour, approximately 20 minutes are spent in the astronomy lab answering questions, then as sky conditions permit, 20 minutes observing the Sun with a specialized solar telescope, and 20 minutes in the telescope dome observing any interesting astronomical objects in the sky which are accessible. | Thanjavur, Dr. Karun | Senior Lab Instructor | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Science | UVic's Contributions to the Discovery of the Higgs Boson at the ATLAS Experiment (M S) ◊ UVic is a founding institutional member of the ATLAS Collaboration, one of two large general-purpose particle detector experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN Laboratory (located near Geneva,Switzerland) that discovered the Higgs Boson in 2012. Some parts of the ATLAS detector were constructed right here at UVic (and we are also presently constructing some upgrades to the ATLAS detector); and we at UVic maintain our local ATLAS group consisting of seven UVic professors and approximately 40 graduate students, staff, and summer undergraduate students all doing cutting-edge data analysis to measure Higgs properties and search for new physics using ATLAS data. In this talk, I'll discuss how UVic's work helped the full ATLAS Collaboration to discover the Higgs and how we continue to search for new physics at ATLAS. | Albert, Dr. Justin | Associate Professor | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Social Health & Wellness | Women and Aging ◊ Women tend to outlive men for reasons that are not known. That means that women outnumber men at the older ages in all societies. They also have different health and social needs than men. My research in this area has looked at how this plays out and why it is important to understand. | McDaniel, Prof. Susan A. | Adjunct Professor | Department of Sociology |
| Social Health & Wellness | Cultural Hybridity: A Reality of Our Times (S) This talk addresses acculturation and assimilation over generations- a bedrock feature of immigration and generational evolution of cultural change. | Guzder, Dr. Jaswant | Adjunct Professor | School of Child & Youth Care |
| Social Health & Wellness | Promoting Optimism for Healthy Kids and Healthy Communities ◊ In our fast-paced world, success and happiness are equated with what you look like, what possessions you own, and how much money you have. There are perils and pitfalls with these ways of thinking. This presentation examines the concerns parents and children face in this world, the skills that we need to be the best human beings possible, the way that optimism can really “make you happy” and how we can acquire the tool of optimism and pass it on to our children. | Boyer, Dr. Wanda | Associate Professor | Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies |
| Social Health & Wellness | Work-Life Balance and Work-Life Integration (S) ◊ Working and living ‘Well’ helps us realize our personal potential. This session introduces the concepts of integrating work responsibilities and balancing work and life. A move to working from home due to the COVID pandemic has made many of us re-think and adopt new strategies for successful working and life conditions. | Lauzon, Dr. Lara | Associate Professor | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Social Health & Wellness | Taking Risks and Embracing Change (S) ◊ This session deals with personal and career change and outlines steps on how you can respond to change you initiate – or change you have little or no control over. Life is a balancing act between forces for and against change and personal wellness is affected by how you adapt and embrace change. This session can help you evaluate or re-evaluate what changes might be needed in your life or what risks you are willing to take to “be well”. | Lauzon, Dr. Lara | Associate Professor | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Social Health & Wellness | Community Engagement–Learning to Connect in a New World (M S) ◊ This adaptable interactive presentation speaks to how an extroverted person in a community relations role is learning how to engage and connect in 2020. The presentation focuses on empathy, relationality, collaboration and innovation as tools to help build, connect and engage with community, while balancing our mental health. | Baldwin, Ms. Cortney | Community Relations Coordinator | Office of the Dean |
| Social Health & Wellness | Sanitation in Low-resource Contexts ǂ NEW ◊ This talk showcases how areas of public health and environmental engineering can overlap. This includes the development and evaluation of sanitation technologies appropriate for a range of development contexts such as rural municipalities and emergency and humanitarian relief situations. | Shaw, Ms. Kelsey | Graduate Student | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Social Health & Wellness | Aging Gracefully? Reflections on Aging, Place and Lifelong Health (S) ◊ | Cloutier, Dr. Denise | Professor | Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health |
| Social Health & Wellness | Geographies of Aging and Well-being: What do We Know about Places that are Good for Us (S) ◊ | Cloutier, Dr. Denise | Professor | Institute on Aging & Lifelong Health |
| Social Health & Wellness | Equitable Access to Care (S) ◊ My research focuses the development of health/social support services in palliative and end-of-life care including various aspects of care for the dying, family caregiving, and health and social policy issues related to chronically ill and vulnerable populations-including marginalized and vulnerable populations across diverse settings. | Stajduhar, Dr. Kelli | Professor | School of Nursing |
| Social Health & Wellness | Promoting Equity-informed Palliative Care for People Experiencing Structural Vulnerability (S) ◊ My research focuses the development of health/social support services in palliative and end-of-life care including various aspects of care for the dying, family caregiving, and health and social policy issues related to chronically ill and vulnerable populations-including marginalized and vulnerable populations across diverse settings. | Stajduhar, Dr. Kelli | Professor | School of Nursing |
| Social Health & Wellness | Creating Healthy Communities ◊ What is a healthy community, and how do we get one? This presentation addresses the ways in which the natural, built, social and economic environments affect the health of people in communities and what people can do to create a healthier community. | Hancock, Dr. Trevor | Professor Emeritus | School of Public Health & Social Policy |
| Social Health & Wellness | Public Health in the Anthropocene: Addressing the Ecological Determinants of Health ◊ We’re entering a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. Many of our global ecological systems are in crisis and are declining due to human population growth, affluence and our powerful technologies. This has profound implications for our health. How can we navigate this decline with a minimum of harm, and how can we create a healthier, more hopeful future? This presentation explores these issues and the implications for our communities and public policy. | Hancock, Dr. Trevor | Professor Emeritus | School of Public Health & Social Policy |
| Social Health & Wellness | Making Prevention a Priority ◊ Despite the rhetoric of successive governments throughout Canada, disease and injury prevention continues to be underfunded and is not a priority. Perhaps the most important way to increase the fiscal sustainability of the health care system is to reduce the overall burden of disease and injury. This presentation discusses what a proper prevention strategy would look like and what it will take to implement it. | Hancock, Dr. Trevor | Professor Emeritus | School of Public Health & Social Policy |
| Social Issues | Cannabis: The Risks in the Era of Legalization (S) ◊ I can present talks on the risks inherent to the legalization of cannabis in Canada. As well, as outline the risks in the street drugs circulating in BC/Canada now and why it's more dangerous. | Ovakim, Dr. Daniel | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Island Medical Program |
| Social Issues | Community Engagement: Conducting Research with-and for-the Community (in English or Hindi) (S) NEW ◊ is founder-president of PRIA, global research and training centre of participatory research, based in India. He shares UNESCO Chair on Social Responsibility of Higher Education with Dr. Budd Hall. His practice of community-based research is a methodology for empowerment and inclusion of community voices and choices. | Tandon, Dr. Rajesh | Adjunct Assistant Professor | School of Public Administration |
| Social Issues | Histories and Stories: Residential Schools Through History and Literature (in English or Spanish) (E M S) ◊ This session presents historical, political, socio-cultural facts related to residential schools, and explores implications and connections with current social issues. | Rodriguez de France, Dr. Carmen | Assistant Professor | Indigenous Education |
| Social Issues | Anti-racism: Theories and Practice (M S) NEW ◊ | Sitara, Dr. Georgia | Assistant Teaching Professor | History & Gender Studies |
| Social Issues | Gender: The Role of Gender in Society (M S) NEW ◊ | Sitara, Dr. Georgia | Assistant Teaching Professor | History & Gender Studies |
| Social Issues | The Challenges of Universal Access of Clean Water and Sanitation: Health, Equity and Sustainability (in English or French) (E M S) This talk describes the current gaps (technology, sustainability, equity, etc.) and other cross-cutting issues (gender, health, environment, etc.) regarding universal access to clean water and sanitation (both human rights) in both low and middle income countries as well as high income countries. | Dorea, Prof. Caetano | Associate Professor | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Social Issues | Courageous Conversations: Talking about Decolonization (M S) ◊ This adaptable interactive presentation talks about decolonization from the perspective of a non-Indigenous Canadian and is modified based on the age and background of participants. This conversation can use activities and discussion to speak to what decolonization is, how we can deprogram ourselves, and actions we can take to move us towards a decolonized society. | Baldwin, Ms. Cortney | Community Relations Coordinator | Office of the Dean |
| Social Issues | Understanding Ourselves: Privileged and Oppressed Identities (M S) ◊ This adaptable interactive presentation explores the various identities we have, as individuals, and how those identities can be privileged or oppressed. The activities and discussion focuses on how these different identities interact, specifically how privileged identities can be invisible to those who have them, and how through understanding privileged and oppressed identities within ourselves we can be more inclusive. This talk uses decolonizing methodologies. | Baldwin, Ms. Cortney | Community Relations Coordinator | Office of the Dean |
| Social Issues | Religion, Fake News and Alternative Facts (S) ◊ This talk details how our fake news world has one important source in the Christian fundamentalism of the early 20th century. For more information: http://religiondispatches.org/the-religious-origins-of-fake-news-and-alternative-facts/ | Douglas, Dr. Christopher | Professor | Department of English |
| Social Issues | The Rise of the Christian Right (S) ◊ This historical talk covers the causes, demographics, politics and effects of the rise of the religious right since the 1960s, from the backlashes to the sexual revolution and the Civil Rights movement to the Donald Trump presidency. | Douglas, Dr. Christopher | Professor | Department of English |
| Social Issues | Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: What Happens for the Families? ◊ Grandparents raising grandchildren is a growing phenomenon in Canada. This presentation is based on 10 years of research and community work with families who are raising the children of relatives. The complex issues for the families, the supports available and the resources needed are discussed. Surprisingly too many, there are more BC children in the care of grandparents than there are children in foster care. Often these children arrive in traumatic and unexpected ways and the impacts are complicated and touching. | Whittington, Dr. Barbara | Professor Emerita | Department of Social Work |
| Social Issues | The Many Faces of Racism and Why it’s So Difficult to Eradicate (M S) ◊ This talk presents examples and research findings on different kinds of racism, including white racism, racism among racialized minorities, overt/covert racism, and racism that intersects with class, gender and other types of discrimination. This diversity makes racism complex and difficult to explain without considering the historical contexts in which it occurs. | Warburton, Dr. Rennie | Professor Emeritus | Department of Sociology |
| Social Issues | Reconciliation, Restitution and Resurgence: Indigenous Politics after the TRC Report (M S) ◊ Drawing on the work of Indigenous scholars Taiaiake Alfred, John Borrows, Leanne Simpson and others, and non-Indigenous political theorist James Tully, this presentation considers what it would take for Indigenous Canadians to become fully fledged partners with non-Indigenous people in a more just, more democratic, decolonized Canada. | Warburton, Dr. Rennie | Professor Emeritus | Department of Sociology |
| Social Issues | Reducing Inequalities in Health ◊ There are unacceptably large inequalities in health in BC, Canada and around the world. These inequalities are not only unfair and unjust, they’re also to a large extent avoidable. They result in a large additional burden of disease and costs to the health care system, and a range of other social and economic costs, as well as a massive loss of human potential. In fact, poverty may be so expensive that we cannot afford it! This presentation discusses this issue and what it will take to address it. | Hancock, Dr. Trevor | Professor Emeritus | School of Public Health & Social Policy |
| Social Issues | Community-Based Research (S) ◊ Budd Hall is a Professor Emeritus at UVic who has had a career in adult education, community-development and participatory research. He is the Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education. His current focus is on training young people for doing locally based participatory research and supporting the strengthening of community-university research partnerships. He is also a poet and part of the Victoria Social Movement Poets Collective. | Hall, Prof. Budd | Professor Emeritus | School of Public Administration |
| Work & Employment | Overcoming Challenges: the Governance of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations During Times of Severe Crisis ◊ Many nonprofit organizations are experiencing extreme challenges due to the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The governance of these organizations by their volunteer boards of directors becomes extremely difficult during times of sudden and severe crisis such as this. This short talk will overview what boards can and should do to help their organizations survive these difficult times. | Murray, Prof. Vic | Adjunct Professor | School of Public Administration |
| Work & Employment | Career Options and Learning Outcomes with a Degree in Music (in English or French) (M S) ◊ What are the various streams of learning available to someone interested in pursuing music in higher education, and what are the foundational building blocks common to all streams? What are the career options related to these streams and how can a music degree be of benefit to a variety of fields? Expectations surrounding personal and group commitment, community contribution and responsibility, and some examples of rhythm and ear training basics will be explored. | Klazek, Dr. Merrie | Assistant Professor | Department of Music |
| Work & Employment | Interacting Effectively with People Who are Different than You (in English or Spanish) (S) ◊ We live and work in a world full of people with whom we sometimes feel we share little (in terms of language, background, culture, religion, etc.). This might be perceived as an insurmountable challenge for many of us. This session explores a variety of ways we can start interacting more effectively with others and, along the way, create new relationships that can transform each of us and build community connections. | Flores, Dr. Ricardo | Assistant Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Work & Employment | Leading Others-and Yourself (in English or Spanish) (S) ◊ Leaders and leadership ideas are all around us-from politics to school or work, or even church. This omnipresence of leadership rhetoric can be overwhelming for some, and at the extreme, can turn some people into cynics about the real impact of leaders. This session seeks to clarify what leadership really is (and what it is not). Additionally, participants will engage in discussions about who can be leaders (and who cannot). The session will also give concrete and practical guidance of how participants can deal with the all-encompassing leadership rhetoric and become effective (and positive) leaders in their different life-spheres. | Flores, Dr. Ricardo | Assistant Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Work & Employment | Embracing Diversity and Inclusion: Driving Change, Empowering Action (S) ◊ In this talk, the Associate Dean of Education explores why leadership for diversity matters, and discusses ways to create safe, welcoming and inclusive environments for diverse communities. Key topics include: developing an equity lens, understanding discrimination and micro-aggressions, setting goals and priorities focused on action, providing opportunities for diverse voices and perspectives, and the power of recognizing diverse forms of leadership. | McGregor, Dr. Catherine | Associate Dean | Graduate Programs & Research |
| Work & Employment | Emotional Intelligence and Cultural Diversity (S) ◊ This presentation is designed for organizations (profit/non-profit) to enhance their understanding of EQ (within leadership and management) and how to embrace cultural diversity using emotional intelligence. | Leacock, Prof. Brian | Associate Director, International Programs | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Work & Employment | Careers in Psychology ǂ (M S) ◊ This talk focuses in various opportunities for a career in psychology. Specifically, the talk provides information about different career paths in the field of psychology, differences in schooling and job responsibilities between counsellors, psychologists, and psychiatrists, pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in psychology, the application process for graduate school, maintaining work/life balance as a student, student self-care, burnout and stress management. | Legg, Ms. Nicole | Graduate Student | Department of Psychology |
| Work & Employment | Beyond Diversity and Human Rights: How to Create Inclusive Spaces for Social Change (in English or French) (M S) ◊ | Magassa, Mr. Moussa | Human Rights Advisor - Education | Equity and Human Rights Office |
| Work & Employment | Intercultural Conflict Resolution (in English or French) (M S) ◊ | Magassa, Mr. Moussa | Human Rights Advisor - Education | Equity and Human Rights Office |
| Work & Employment | Employment Law in Canada ◊ | Thornicroft, Dr. Kenneth | Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Work & Employment | Career Management and Your Work Search (M S) Strategies to effectively conduct a work search, including how to align with career interests and methods to access the hidden job market. | Stevens, Ms. Beverly | Retiree | UVic Retirees Association |
| Work & Employment | Resume and Cover Letter Preparation (M S) Resume and Cover Letter Preparation covers content and presentation employers are looking for in cover letters and resumes and techniques to increase the probability of being asked for an interview. | Stevens, Ms. Beverly | Retiree | UVic Retirees Association |
| Work & Employment | Interview Skills (M S) Strategies to ensure a successful interview and increase the chances of receiving a job offer. | Stevens, Ms. Beverly | Retiree | UVic Retirees Association |
| Work & Employment | Cultural Intelligence: What it is and Why it’s Important ◊ Globalization has created a dramatic increase in the permeability of traditional boundaries-not just those around organizations, but around countries, economies, industries and people. Our environment is increasingly filled with people from different cultural backgrounds. Managing this multiculturalism requires that all of us develop a new way of thinking called cultural intelligence. | Thomas, Dr. David C. | Professor | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Work & Employment | Strategic Planning ◊ This lecture/workshop is designed to help organizations evaluate and and enhance their strategic planning efforts. | Wikkramatileke, Dr. Rhordon | Instructor and Curriculum Developer | Division of Continuing Studies |
| Work & Employment | Strategy Execution ◊ This topic is delivered in an interactive workshop style presentation and will be of interest to organizations and management teams interested in enhancing the performance of the enterprise. | Wikkramatileke, Dr. Rhordon | Instructor and Curriculum Developer | Division of Continuing Studies |
| Work & Employment | Understanding Unconscious Bias in Cultural Contexts (S) ◊ Workshop session designed to help individuals identify their unconscious biases and to provide practical strategies for using that understanding to improve performance when working across cultures. | Leacock, Prof. Brian | Associate Director, International Programs | Peter B. Gustavson School of Business |
| Work & Employment | Reframing Your Organization: Are You Working Well? (S) ◊ Multi-frame thinking and decision making can help managers, administrators, supervisors, and employees discover how they view their organization and assist them in taking steps toward a strategic planning process when an organization is ready for change. This workshop is of value for anyone who has a vision or plan for renewal within their organization – a plan to help their organization, department or section to “work well”. | Lauzon, Dr. Lara | Associate Professor | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Fitness, Athletics & Healthy Lifestyles | Cardiovascular Health ǂ (E M S) NEW ◊ Keeping our hearts and blood vessels healthy is essential for our overall health, well-being and quality of life. This talk examines how different types of exercise can be beneficial for our cardiovascular system. We will discuss the importance of keeping our bodies moving and discuss tips of how we can incorporate movement into our daily routines.
| Craig, Ms. Tabitha | Graduate Student | School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education |
| Literature | The Conscious Art of Storytelling and Mythmaking ǂ (S) NEW ◊ I will talk about the creative process within comics, art-making and writing as a storyteller and academic. I am able to engage creatively and provide the talk as a workshop. | Kernan, Mr. Luke | Graduate Student | Department of Anthropology |
| Literature | What We Can Learn from Peoples’ Lived Experiences of Madness ǂ (S) NEW ◊ I have extensive knowledge of states of mind, consciousness and mental health topics from my research as a Ph.D. candidate focusing on creative methods and lived experiences of psychosis. My fieldwork aims to be a form of activism and compassionate outreach. | Kernan, Mr. Luke | Graduate Student | Department of Anthropology |
| Psychology | Misinformation and Eyewitness Memory ǂ (S) NEW ◊ Although our memories are generally accurate, they can be influenced by a number of factors, and can occasionally be wrong. This is particularly important when it comes to eyewitness memory, where a witness to a crime must remember details about the event or person that they saw. For instance, witnesses who talk to one another about an event can introduce misinformation (incorrect information) to one another, which can result in erroneous reports. In our lab, we have conducted several experiments showing this effect, where participant pairs watch slightly different versions of events, discuss the events, and then take a memory test. I will discuss these experiments and the general literature on misinformation and eyewitness memory. | Mah, Mr. Eric | Graduate Student | Department of Psychology |
| Psychology | Open Science ǂ (S) NEW ◊ In the last 10 years, psychological scientists have become increasingly aware of a “replication crisis” in the field. This crisis arose mainly due to the inability of researchers to replicate a number of influential psychological studies, calling into question the methods of those studies as well as the reality of the psychological effects being studied. As a result of this crisis, researchers have highlighted problems with research methods (such as small sample sizes) and research culture (including questionable research practices, selective publication) that contribute to non-replicability of research findings. Thankfully, researchers have proposed several ways to improve methods and practices, both to address the replication crisis and to make science more rigorous, transparent, and open. I will discuss the replication crisis and suggestions from the open science movement for improving science. | Mah, Mr. Eric | Graduate Student | Department of Psychology |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | The Role of Abstraction in the Digital Era ǂ (M S) NEW ◊ In our present digital age, when content and commentary are so accessible and abundant, it can be hard to form our own opinions or draw independent meanings from what we experience. Visual art, particularly abstract art, suggests alternatives to our predisposed conceptions of experience by bringing awareness to the process of perception. My practice is placed in the gap between experience and meaning. I will present both the shortcomings and strengths of abstract art in exercising ambiguity and developing nuance. Elaborating on my process in digital abstract photography, I will speak of the relationship of the physical and digital world, and the role of images in our world perception. | Movahedi, Mr. Kosar | Graduate Student | Department of Visual Arts |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Introduction to Digital Photography:Composition and Colour ǂ (M S) NEW ◊ How to position subjects and compose for the frame. Basics of colour theory and what to look for when capturing photos. This educational talk does not need any prior knowledge or sophisticated camera equipment. | Movahedi, Mr. Kosar | Graduate Student | Department of Visual Arts |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Introduction to Black and White Photography: Texture, Pattern and Form ǂ (M S) NEW ◊ How and when to use black and photography, elaborating on the strengths of this timeless medium in representing form, pattern, texture, contrast and abstraction. This educational talk does not need any prior knowledge or sophisticated camera equipment. | Movahedi, Mr. Kosar | Graduate Student | Department of Visual Arts |
| Music, Art, Film & Theatre | Photography and Architectural Space ǂ (M S) NEW ◊ Images act as interpretations of phenomena and are themselves experienced, thus twice removed from the original source of perception. But a photographic image is only a shadow of the experience it represents. I will expand on how my practice in abstract architectural photography subverts the common conception that photography is a documentational medium and brings awareness to how perceive spatial realities. My knowledge in this topic is informed by my BSc in architecture and filtered through my professional practice in visual arts. | Movahedi, Mr. Kosar | Graduate Student | Department of Visual Arts |
| Science | Physics of Wildfire Fighting ǂ (M S) NEW Jericho O’Connell is a physics PhD student at UVic and was also a wildfire fighter who worked on some of BC’s largest and most aggressive fires. In this talk, Jericho shares his experience with wildfires from the perspective of a physicist, telling wildfire anecdotes with a physics principle attached. | O'Connell, Mr. Jericho | Graduate Student | Department of Visual Arts |
| Health Care & Medicine | Improving Cancer Treatment in Developing Countries ǂ (M S) NEW Jericho O’Connell is a PhD Student at UVic developing ways of delivering cancer treatment to people in the world who do not have access to treatment. Here he talks about his research into low-cost treatment options that could prove life saving for the 7.5 million cancer patients diagnosed this year who will not have access to treatment. | O'Connell, Mr. Jericho | Graduate Student | Department of Visual Arts |
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