Events - 2012

This is My Work

History Speaker Series: Dr. Greg Donaghy

Please join our guest speaker Dr. Greg Donaghy, when he discusses:

Red China Blues: Paul Martin, Canadian Foreign Policy, and the China Problem, 1950-66

Part of the 2012/13 History Department Speaker Series

Thursday, November 29, 3:30 -5:00 pm, Hagey Hall (HH) 117 MacKirdy Reading Room

Dr. Donaghy became Head of the Historical Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 2003. He is adjunct professor in the Department of History, St. Jerome's University.

St. Jerome's University in the University of Waterloo, Department of Sexuality, Marraige, and Family Studies presents

Sexuality, Marriage and Family Studies (SMF) 208 5th Annual

Social Justice and Anti-Oppression Therapy Poster Symposium

Students will present their innovative ideas on social justice and anti-oppression practice within the therapy context.

Free Admission.

We're thrilled to be hosting a double bill with Michael Boughn and Christopher Dewdney. Please join us at 8pm, Tuesday 27 November 2012, in St Jerome's room 3014. 

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The University of Waterloo Stratford Campus invites members of the community to hear first hand from students and faculty what the Master of Digital Experience Innovation program is about, what they are learning.

Dr. Ted McDonald, Professor and Academic Director of the Research Data Centre (RDC) at the University of New Brunswick, will give a presentation on Friday, November 23, 2012 in Hagey Hall (HH) 280 2:00 to 3:00pm.  The title is:

“Survey and Administrative data to support population health research: opportunities, caveats, and an application to the incidence of head and neck cancer and thyroid cancer in Canada”

'Populism and Affect'

What is the space for affect and local-ness in contemporary performance? Theatre maker Jacob Zimmer tries to bring together his performance Sedition or "Kindness makes me cry like nothing else", his search for a populism he can stand behind and his debts to continental critical theory together to find strategies and tactics for proposals, change, being part of the world and a having good night out.

"Composing the Body via YouTube"

Jennifer Sano-Franchini

In this talk, I explore how the body is composed via YouTube through a study of representations of East Asian double eyelid surgery in online video. These videos--ranging from mass media excerpts and news reports, to journals of healing and recovery, to short lectures on surgeon techniques, to audience commentary--provide a rich range of perspectives rationalizing the technological modification of bodies. 

St Paul's University College proudly presents

2012 Stanley Knowles Humanitarian Service Lecture:
"Indigenous Peoples and the Search for Human Security"

Delivered by:

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Directed by Lee Wilson
Theatre of the Arts | November 14-17, 8:00 p.m

The Department of Anthropology presents

The 2012 Sally Weaver Award Event Guest Lecture

“Decades of Dialogue: International and Local Perspectives on Repatriation”

Guest Speaker:  Dr. Susan Pfeiffer, Anthropology Department, University of Toronto

History Speaker Series:

Dr. Whitney Lackenbauer,

Associate Professor; Chair, Department of History, St. Jerome's University on

"Framing Canada’s Arctic Sovereignty and Security: Historical Insights into Contemporary (Mis)Perceptions"

Part of the History Speaker Series 2012 - 2013