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

 

Upcoming Node Events

Node News and Events

Containing Complexitites: Experimental Practice in an Animal Behavior Genetics Laboratory
Containing Complexities: Experimental Practice in an Animal Behavior Genetics Laboratory York University, October 15, 2013Speaker: Dr. Nichole Nelson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Studies of Medicine...
The Dream Catcher: Philosophy in the Sleep Lab
The Dream Catcher: Philosophy in the Sleep Lab York University, Oct. 8, 2013 12:30 pmSpeaker: Dr. Nicholas Langlitz, Anthropology, New School http://www.newschool.edu/nssr/faculty_anthro.aspx?id=...
The Dream Catcher: Philosophy in the Sleep Lab
Intersections: On the Boundaries between Technical Objects and Epistemic Things in the Life Sciences
Intersections: On the Boundaries between Technical Objects and Epistemic Things in the Life SciencesYork University, Sept. 24, 2013, 12:30pmSpeaker: Dr. Hans-Jorg Rheinberger, Max Planck...
Technoscience Salon on Critical Itineraries
Technoscience Salon on Critical Itineraries Toronto, Ont. Sept. 6, 2013/Nov. 9, 2013 The Ontario node is pleased to support this event.This year’s Technoscience Salon invites participants to...
Reading Artifacts Summer Institute 2013
The Cluster is partnering with the Canada Science and Technology Museum to support student travel for the annual Reading Artifacts Summer Institute. Presented by:Canada Science and Technology Museums...
Technoscience Salon: Affective Ecologies
AFFECTIVE ECOLOGIES Presenters ::  Martina Schlünder (U of T, Max Planck Institute)                   ...
Peter Galison: Time of Physics, Time of Art
Time of Physics, Time of Art Peter Galison, Harvard University May 2 2013, 4:30pm Robert McEwen Auditorium, Schulich building, School of BusinessAbstract: In the standard picture of the history of...
Technoscience Salon: Auditing Ecologies
Please join us for our next Technoscience Salon on ECOLOGIES Salon Theme :: Multiple imaginaries and practices gather under the term ECOLOGY. What counts as ecology, and for whom?  What is the...
Richard Doyle and Dorion Sagan: Magical Ecologies
Salon Theme :: Multiple imaginaries and practices gather under the term ECOLOGY. What counts as ecology, and for whom?  What is the political, epistemological, ontological and aesthetic work...
Kean Birch: Theorizing the Bioeconomy: Biovalue, Biocapital, Bioeconomics, or what?
Theorizing the Bioeconomy: Biovalue, Biocapital, Bioeconomics, or what? Kean Birch, from York University (Social Science). Tues. March 19, 2013 12:30pm 203A Bethune College, York University, Toronto....
Sheila Jasanoff: Science and Reason in the Public Sphere
Science and Reason in the Public Sphere Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard's Kennedy School (Science and Technology Studies) Tues. Feb. 26 2013 320 Bethune College, York University, Toronto.Why does it often...
Jessica Mudry: Food on Fire, Quantification, Calorimetry and the Epistemology of Food
Food on Fire, Quantification, Calorimetry and the Epistemology of Food Jessica Mudry,  Concordia University (Engineering in Society). Tues. Feb. 12 2013 12:30pm 203A  Bethune College, York...
Heather Douglas: Science, Values, and Democracy
Science, Values, and Democracy Heather Douglas, University of Waterloo (Philosophy) Jan. 29, 2013 12:30pm 203A Bethune College, York University, Toronto.This event is part of the Research Seminar...
Efram Sera-Shriar: The Anthropology of Francis Galton
The Anthropology of Francis Galton Efram Sera-Shriar, SSHRC postdoctoral research fellow in the STS program at York University Tues. Jan. 22 2013 12:30pm York University, Toronto, Ont.This...