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Body to Body: The Dermatological Wax Moulage as Indexical Image

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Je., Mar. 27, 2014, 5:30pm
Mechthild Fend (UCL)

Body to Body: The Dermatological Wax Moulage as Indexical Image
Mechthild Fend (UCL)
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 5:30pm (jeu 27 mars, 17h30): McGill, Arts West W-215

Disruptive Ideas: Public Intellectuals and their Arguments for Action on Climate Change

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Je., Mar. 27, 2014, 4:00pm
Matthew Nisbet (School of Communication at American University) presents as part of the UBC STS series

Professor Matthew Nisbet of the School of Communication at American University will present "Disruptive Ideas: Public Intellectuals and their Arguments for Action on Climate Change" on Thursday, March 27 from 4:00-5:30 pm in Buchanan Tower 1197.

SF: String Figures, Multispecies Muddles, Staying with the Trouble

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Lu., Mar. 24, 2014, 5:15pm
Donna Harraway (University of California, Santa Cruz) explores ways we can envision the future.

SF:  String Figures, Multispecies Muddles, Staying with the Trouble
Donna Harraway, Distinguished Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Monday March  24, 2014
5:15 – 7:00 p.m.
University of Alberta Faculty Club
11435 Saskatchewan Drive

Gaia, Anthropology and the Law

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Ve., Mar. 21, 2014, 4:00pm
Bruno Latour (Sciences-Po, Paris) speaks on issues related to Facing Gaia, Six Lectures on the Political Theology of Nature.

Gaia, Anthropology and the Law
Bruno Latour (Sciences-Po, Paris)
Friday, 21 March 2014, 4pm (ven 21 mars, 16h): Moot Court (Law building, 3644 r Peel, room 100)


Sponsored by McGill Faculty of Law's Pearson chair, and McGill's department of anthropology
Link:
http://www.mcgill.ca/law/node/4477

Teaching About Images

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Ve., Mar. 21, 2014, 11:30am
Teaching About Science pt. 6: Jim Brown (Philosophy, U. of T.) discussus teaching about images.

Teaching About Science Part 6:

Teaching About Images.

March 21, 2014
11:30-12:15pm
Games Room, Dalhousie University Club
6259 Alumni Crescent
(off of South Street),
Halifax, NS

Patents, Progress, and Commercialized Medicine

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Je., Mar. 20, 2014, 7:30pm
James Robert Brown (University of Toronto) presents Part 4 of The Lives of Evidence national lecture series. Watch live online!

Patents, Progress, and Commercialized Medicine
Jim Brown, Professor of Philosophy at University of Toronto
Thursday, March 20 2014, 7:30 PM
Alumni Hall, New Academic Building, University of King’s College, 6350 Coburg Rd., Halifax, NS
Part 4 of The Lives of Evidence national lecture series

"Join" the Facebook event here!

After IVF: Is the Future of Reproduction Technological?

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Je., Mar. 20, 2014, 3:00pm
Sarah Franklin (Cambridge) discusses reproduction technologies.

After IVF: Is the Future of Reproduction Technological?
Sarah Franklin (Cambridge)
Thursday, 20 March 2014, 3:00pm (jeu 20 mars, 15h)
3647 rue Peel, Don Bates Room (room 101)


Co-sponsored with the department of Social Studies of Medicine, and the Institute for
Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, McGill

Ford Doolittle wins $1M Herzberg Medal

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Ma., Mar. 18, 2014, 8:00pm
News articles announcing Atlantic Node manager's big NSERC prize

Congratulations to Atlantic Node manager Ford Doolittle for winning the NSERC Herzberg Medal for "sustained excellence and influence" in Canadian research that has "substantially advanced" science or engineering for his work in molecular genetics, including the study of lateral gene transfer, a key driver of microbial evolution.

After IVF: The New Anthropology of Reproduction

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Ma., Mar. 18, 2014, 12:30pm - , 2:00pm
Sarah Franklin explores the entanglements between instruments and media in the investigation of organic worlds continues as part of the York STS series.

After IVF: The New Anthropology of Reproduction
York: Mar. 18, 2014, 12:30

Speaker: Sarah Franklin (Cambridge)
http://www.sociology.cam.ac.uk/contacts/staff/profiles/sfranklin.html

Seminar Series details:

Entanglements of Instruments and Media in Investigating Organic Worlds

Teaching About Ethics

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Ve., Mar. 14, 2014, 11:30am
Teaching About Science pt. 5: Anne Marie Ryan (Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University)and Melanie Frappier (History of Science and Technology, U. King's) discuss teaching ethics in science.

Teaching About Science Part 5:

Teaching About Ethics
March 14, 2014
11:30-12:15pm
Alumni Room, University Club, Dalhousie University
6259 Alumni Crescent
(off of South Street),
Halifax, NS

Malthus or Mutualism? A Reassessment of the Politics of Evolution in Victorian England

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Je., Mar. 13, 2014, 5:00pm
Piers Hale (University of Oklahoma) speaks as part of the UBC STS series.

Malthus or Mutualism? A Reassessment of the Politics of Evolution in Victorian England
Piers Hale, Deparrment of History of Science, University of Oklahoma
Th. March 13 5pm
Coach House, Green College

Circulating Knowledge, Crossing Borders: A Roundtable

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Sa., Mar. 8, 2014, 2:30pm - , 4:30pm
A roundtable for the SSHRC Imagine Canada's Future sessions

Circulating Knowledge, Crossing Borders: A Roundtable
March 8th, 2:30-4:00
Ondaatje auditorium, McCain building, Dalhousie University, 6135 University Ave.
International Women's Day

A SSHRC Connecting Cultures event for Imagine Canada's Future
 

News from Scott Findlay event on Future of Canadian Science

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Ve., Mar. 7, 2014, 1:15pm
Articles and radio interviews with Scott Findlay related to his talk on Governing in the Dark: Evidence, Accountability and the Future of Canadian Science

Articles and radio interviews with Scott Findlay related to his talk on Governing in the Dark: Evidence, Accountability and the Future of Canadian Science, Part 3 of The Lives of Evidence national lecture series.

Chronicle Herald article March 3, 2014

Teaching About Research

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Ve., Mar. 7, 2014, 11:30am
Teaching About Science pt. 4: Eve Roberts (Philosophy, Dalhousie) and Ted Monchesky (Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie) discuss science research.

Teaching About Science Part 4:

Teaching About Research
March 7, 2014
11:30-12:15pm
Alumni Room, University Club, Dalhousie University
6259 Alumni Crescent
(off of South Street),
Halifax, NS

Science Communication and Stereotypes

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Je., Mar. 6, 2014, 6:30pm - , 8:00pm
A panel of experts discusses the role of stereotypes in science communication.

Science Communication and Stereotypes: A Public Forum
Th. March 6, 6:30pm
Scotiabank Theatre, Sobeys Building, Saint Mary's University
903 Robie Street, Halifax.