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Keith Wailoo: “Between Liberal Medicine and Conservative Care: The History and Politics of Pain Relief in the U.S. since WWII”

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University of British Columbia
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Feb 2 5:00PM
UBC: The UBC Node is helping to support this event as part of the winter Science and Society Series

The UBC Node is helping to support the winter Science and Society Series

Keith Wailoo, Department of History and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Keith Wailoo: Entre la médecine libérale et les soins conservateurs: L'histoire et la politique de soulagement de douleur dans les Etats-Unis depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale

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Feb 2 5:00PM - 6:00PM
UCB [en anglais]

[en anglais]

The UBC Node is helping to support the winter Science and Society Series

Keith Wailoo, Department of History and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Keith Wailoo: How Cancer Crossed the Color Line: Reflections on History, Race, and Health

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University of British Columbia
Date: 
Feb 1 4:00PM - 5:00PM
UBC: The UBC Node is helping to support this event.

The UBC Node is helping to support this event

Keith Wailoo, Department of History and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Paul Thompson: Ethical Issues in Agriculture: Organic, Locavore and Genetic Modification

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Atlantic Node
Date: 
Jan 25 7:00PM
Dr. Thompson on CTV Morning Live (Halifax)! Part One of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs series, "The Elements: Ethical Uses of Our Resources - Food, Oil and Water"
Dr. Paul Thompson on CTV Morning Live - Wednesday, Jan.

Paul Thompson: Questions d'éthique dans l'Agriculture: Bio, locavore et la modification génétique

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Jan 25 7:00PM - 9:00PM
[en anglais]

[en anglais]

Situating Science, Evolution Studies Group at Dalhousie University, Saint Mary's University, Mount Saint Vincent University and International Development Studies at Dalhousie University are pleased to support Part One of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs series, "The Elements:  Ethical Uses of Our Resources - Food, Oil and Water"

Sciences and Narratives of Nature: East and West

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Theme: 
Geography and the Sites of Knowing
Date: 
Dec 12 9:00AM - Dec 14 5:00PM
Manipal, India. Thank you for a superb event! The workshop examined developments in Science and Technology Studies in the "East" as compared with those in the "West".

Thank you for a superb event!

Sciences et récits de la nature: Orient et Occident

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Dec 12 9:00AM - Dec 14 5:00PM
Manipal, Inde (en anglais)

(en anglais)

How to be Modern with Medical Images: Fritz Kahn, Modernism and the Invention of the Scientific Conceptual Image, 1920-1960

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Date: 
Dec 1 5:00PM - 6:30PM
University of British Columbia

Michael Sappol (National Library of Medicine [US]): "How to be Modern with Medical Images: Fritz Kahn, Modernism and the Invention of the Scientific Conceptual Image, 1920-1960."

Thursday, December 1, 2011, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm. Green College Coach House, UBC Vancouver campus.

Part of UBC's Science and Society Series, 2011.

Approche moderne des images médicales: Fritz Kahn, le modernisme et l'invention de l'image scientifique conceptuelle, 1920-1960

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Dec 1 5:00PM - 6:30PM
Université de Colombie-Britannique (en anglais)

(en anglais)

Michael Sappol (National Library of Medicine [US]): "How to be Modern with Medical Images: Fritz Kahn, Modernism and the Invention of the Scientific Conceptual Image, 1920-1960."

Thursday, December 1, 2011, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm. Green College Coach House, UBC Vancouver campus.

Part of UBC's Science and Society Series, 2011.

Alan Richardson: Logical Positivism as Marginal Science: How STS Illuminates History of Philosophy of Science

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McGill University
Date: 
Dec 1 4:00PM - 6:00PM
McGill University: Alan Richarson concludes the Fall 2011-12 HPS Seminar Series at McGill University

The Situating Science McGill Node is pleased to support the HPS Seminar Series (http://www.mcgill.ca/hpsc/seminars)


The Periodic Table Re-Visited: A lively evening on the writing of Italian Chemist Primo Levi (1919-1987)

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Material Culture and Scientific/Technological Practices
Date: 
Nov 23 7:00PM - 9:00PM
STREAMED LIVE ONLINE AT LIVESTREAM.COM/SITUSCI : A lively evening on the writing of Italian Chemist Primo Levi (1919-1987) at the Canada Science and Technology Museum.

Situating Science, the Contemporary Studies Program at the University of King's College, and the Canada Science and Technology Museum are pleased to partner for a lively evening celebrating the writing of Italian Chemist Primo Levi (1919-1987) at the Canada Science and Technology Museum.

Retour sur le système périodique : une soirée animée sur les écrits du chimiste italien Primo Levi (1919-1987)

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Nov 23 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Retransmission en direct! Situer la science a le plaisir de coparrainer une conférence sur l'écriture du chimiste italien Primo Levi, tenue au musée des sciences et de la technologies du Canada.

Heather Paxson: The Microbiopolitics of Food Safety Regulation: Classifying Microbial Ecologies AND Stefan Helmreich: Submarine Media: Conducting Undersea Ethnography (with Notes on Underwater Music)

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McGill University
Date: 
Nov 16 3:30PM
McGill University: 3:30pm Heather Paxson (MIT) and 5pm Stefan Helmreich (MIT) present as part of the HPS Seminar Series at McGill University

The Situating Science McGill Node is pleased to support the HPS Seminar Series (http://www.mcgill.ca/hpsc/seminars)

Heather Paxson et Stefan Helmreich: La Microbiopolitique du système de sécurité sanitaire des aliments ET Ethnographie sous-marine

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Nov 16 3:30PM - 7:30PM
Université de McGill: Heather Paxson à 15:30 et Stefan Helmreich à 17:00 (en anglais)

(en anglais)

The Situating Science McGill Node is pleased to support the HPS Seminar Series (http://www.mcgill.ca/hpsc/seminars)

Canadian Science Policy Conference 2011

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Nov 16 9:00AM - Nov 18 6:00PM
Ottawa, Ont: Situating Science is one of the community partners for the 2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference. Student bloggers welcome. Travel grants available (see Nov. 15th event)

Situating Science is one of the community partners for the 2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference. Student bloggers welcome. Travel grants available (see Nov. 15th event).