Ontario Node

The Ontario Node is based at York University with ties to the University of Toronto.

See the York STS series here


See
HERE for past events at York ISTS.

Some Node news and events on this page relate to activities in Ottawa and other areas of Ontario.

Node Manager(s)



Dr. Bernie Lightman (York University)

Biographies

      

Dr.Lightman            
Bernard Lightman, Professor of Humanities, York University, is the current Society Editor of the History of Science Society and editor of Isis, the leading history of science journal, and oversees the production of the annual bibliography and the annual journal Osiris. Lightman is also editor of a monograph series titled "Science and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain" (Pickering and Chatto) and was the general editor of the four volume Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Scientists (Thoemmes Press, 2004). His publications include Origins of Agnosticism (Johns Hopkins, 1987), Victorian Faith in Crisis (Macmillan, 1990), Victorian Science in Context (University of Chicago Press, 1997), and Figuring it Out (co-edited with Ann Shteir, University Press of New England, 2006) Science in the Marketplace (co-edited with Aileen Fyfe, University of Chicago Press, 2007) Victorian Popularizers of Science (University of Chicago Press, 2007). Lightman has organized nine international conferences.

At York University he has been appointed to a number of administrative positions over the years, including Associate Dean of Arts, Acting Director of Academic Staff Relation, Coordinator of the interdisciplinary program Science and Society, and Director of the Graduate Program in Humanities. From 1997 to 1999 he was a regular contributor to the CBC Radio programme, Quirks and Quarks.

416.736.5164  Ext. 22028
» lightman@yorku.ca       

News: Dr. Lightman was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

                                                                                   


Research and Development

MA Students 2013-14:

Jovian Parry holds an MA in cultural studies from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He is currently a PhD student in York University's Science and Technology Studies program. His interests broadly include critical animal studies, social science fiction, gender studies, ecofeminism, and the history of science and technology. Specifically, he is interested in the ideological entanglements of gender, ‘Nature’, and nonhumans throughout the history of scientific thought. He is also interested in the impact of new technologies and new social movements upon modes of food production and consumption. jovian[@]yorku.ca

Lina Pinto is a student of the Science and Technology MA Program at York University. She holds a BSc in biology (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) and a MSc in biotechnology (Université de Strasbourg, France). She has worked in museum exhibit conceptualization in Germany and Colombia, and for the past two years was part of the research support team of a biomedical research institute in Colombia, mainly devoted to the study of neglected tropical diseases. Lina is interested in issues related to community participation in research and other mechanisms that encourage dialogues between scientists and communities to efficiently respond to their needs, particularly those associated with health. Other areas of interest include science communication, science popularization, and engagement and mobilization of communities in the political decision-making process for science related issues. lbpinto[@]york.ca; linapintog[@]gmail.com

Post-Doctoral Appointment

2010-12: Melinda Baldwin began her post-doctoral position at York University in the fall of 2010.
She is a graduate of Davidson College, where she earned her B.S. in 2004. She also holds an MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge. After finishing her PhD at Princeton University, she joined the SSHRC cluster at York in the fall of 2010. Her dissertation, "Nature and the Making of a Scientific Community, 1869-1939," investigates the early history of the journal Nature, focusing on the journal's nineteenth-century rise to prominence in Britain, its treatment of scientific controversies such as spiritualism and radioactivity, and its impact on scientific internationalism in the twentieth century. Her broader research interests include the history of scientific communication, gender and science, and the history of chemistry.
Please see "Publications" for a list of her work as part of her fellowship

 

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Social Science, Ideology, and Public Policy in the United States, 1961 to the Present
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Evidence: Wanted Dead or Alive
Evidence: Wanted, Dead or Alive Stathis Psillos, Rotman Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Science, Department of Philosophy, Western University Wed. April 16 2014, 5 PM Room 001, Emmanuel...
From the ‘Bankruptcy of Science’ to the ‘Death of Evidence’: Science and its Value
From the ‘Bankruptcy of Science’ to the ‘Death of Evidence’: Science and its Value Stathis Psillos, Rotman Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Science, Department of Philosophy, Western...
Those Who Have the Gold Make the Evidence: The Pharmaceutical Industry and Clinical Trials
Those Who Have the Gold Make the Evidence: The Pharmaceutical Industry and Clinical Trials Joel Lexchin, Professor, School of Health Policy and Management, York University Thursday, April 10 2014,...
Situating Science Summer School 2014: Science in Human Contexts
Siutating Science Summer School 2014: Science in Human Contexts June 22-26 2014 Elbow Lake Nature Conservancy of Canada Reserve Elbow Lake, Ontario, CanadaCall for applications Description Format...
An xLECTURE on the xCLINIC
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Situating Science Summer School 2014
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Critical Itineraries Technoscience Salon - Imperial Debris
Please join us for the next Technoscience Salon event of 2013-2014! Event :: IMPERIAL DEBRIS Speakers :: Gregg Mitman (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Denielle Elliott (York University)...
Critical Itineraries of Technoscience Salon - Geneological Aspirations
Please join us for the next Technoscience Salon event of 2013-2014. Event :: GENEALOGICAL ASPIRATIONS 'A Dream Deferred': The Politics of Race after the Genome Speakers :: Alondra Nelson (Columbia...