Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Future-ready workforce series: research-based tips for supervising emerging talent

A message from Co-operative and Experiential Education.

The Work-Learn Institute’s (WxL) future-ready workforce series returns with “Research-based tips for supervising emerging talent.” 
 
In this online webinar, WxL will discuss effective supervision styles and how a supervisor can level-up their approach. Register to join us for the webinar  on September 20 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Attendees will gain research-based insights on being a great supervisor and the 4C model for supervisor support.  
 
We are excited to have one of our top co-op employers, Ceragen, joining us to share the employer's perspective.  
 
If you supervise co-op students, full-time, or part-time staff, strategies from this webinar can help you set your team up for success.  

Distinguished Lecture in Economics will take on inequality, externalities, and climate

The Department of Economics faculty, students and alumni are inviting you to join them for the 2023 Faculty of Arts Distinguished Lecture in Economics on Friday, September 15.

Rohini Pande, from Yale University, will present her recent research linking the climate emergency to economic inequality in her lecture entitled “Inequality, externalities, and climate.”

"The climate emergency is inextricably linked to economic inequality, and each amplifies the other," says the lecture's abstract. "Higher-income countries, groups, and individuals use more fossil-fuel-generated energy than the less affluent. Conversely, lower-income countries, groups, and individuals are less able to protect themselves against the costs and shocks of climate breakdown - the negative externalities of fossil fuel use -  than the rich. Continued carbon-intensive, unequal, economic growth, far from raising all boats, threatens to sink some entirely. This talk will take learnings from recent research on reducing economic inequality, and from research on reducing the negative externalities that communities suffer from air pollution, and ask what they tell us about taking effective action to prevent climate breakdown." 

Dr. Rohini Pande is the Henry J. Heinz II Professor of Economics and Director of the Economic Growth Center and a co-editor of American Economic Review: Insights. Dr. Pande’s research is largely focused on how formal and informal institutions shape power relationships and patterns of economic and political advantage in society, particularly in developing countries. She is interested the role of public policy in providing the poor and disadvantaged political and economic power, and how notions of economic justice and human rights can help justify and enable such change.

The lecture takes place Thursday, September 15 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Federation Hall.

Research exhibition explores safe spaces for Black and Racialized students in campus residences

A message from Campus Housing.

The Campus Housing research team led by Dr. Hend Shalan, with the valuable contributions of five dedicated UWaterloo students, has conducted an auto-photography study “Exploring Safe Spaces from Black and Racialized resident experiences in UW Campus Housing: An Auto-photography Case Study” to understand the experiences of racialized students who live at Campus Housing residences.

On September 18 from 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. in the V1 Great Hall, a Research Exhibition will be held to showcase Black and Racialized student experiences through their photos and narratives. On-campus residences have a great impact on students’ sense of belonging and well-being. Black and Racialized students may face challenges or barriers that limit their full engagement and sense of belonging. Understanding their lived experience is the key to providing them with the support they need and creating safe spaces for them.

To attend the event, please sign up through this registration form.

Macular degeneration study seeks participants

A message from the School of Optometry & Vision Science.

Researchers at the School of Optometry & Vision Science are currently seeking adults 18 years and over diagnosed with macular degeneration who use their side vision to see for a study which examines whether reading can be improved through a combination of practice and the use of a safe, well-established technique for modulating brain function called non-invasive brain stimulation. Recently published results from the group suggest that a single session of non-invasive brain stimulation may have a short-term effect on reading in adults with macular degeneration (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2022.08.016). The current study is exploring the possibility of longer lasting effects.

Participants will be asked to read words on a computer screen for 9 study sessions (each 2 hours per visit) spaced out over a period of 2 to 3 months. Participants should not be undergoing eye-based injections and must be eligible for non-invasive brain stimulation (researchers will screen for this). Eligible participants will receive $20 per session in appreciation for their time and regional transportation costs will be covered. If you, your family members, or acquaintances might be eligible and interested, please contact Melanie Mungalsingh for more information at mamungal@uwaterloo.ca.This study has been reviewed and received ethics clearance through a University of Waterloo Research Ethics Committee.