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Abolishing property as architectural care event page
Thursday, October 28, 2021 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Abolishing property as architectural care

Please join us for Abolishing property as architectural care, the second of five conversations on the theme of attention, with speakers Rinaldo Walcott, Professor, Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto, and Thandi Loewenson, Royal College of Art. Their short presentations will be followed by a discussion moderated by Ella den Elzen, University of Waterloo.

Building a domestic revolution
Thursday, November 4, 2021 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Building a domestic revolution

Please join us for Building a domestic revolution, the third of five conversations on the theme of attention, with speakers Jennifer Chan, Department of Imaginary Affairs, Sakiko Sugawa, Centre for Reproductive Labor, and Melanie Escaño, FILMIS, FNV Migrant Domestic Workers Union. Their short presentations will be followed by a discussion moderated by Tara Bissett, University of Waterloo.

Praxes of Care Attention Annmarie Adams & David Theodore
Thursday, November 11, 2021 6:00 pm - 6:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Praxes of Care: Attention — Annmarie Adams & David Theodore

Please join us for Caretaking, the fourth of five conversations on the theme
of attention, with speakers Annmarie Adams, McGill University, and David
Theodore, McGill University.  Their short presentations will be followed by a
discussion moderated by Fiona L. Kenney, PhD student, McGill School of
Architecture.

GEDI event image piles of garbage
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

GEDI Exchange - A 30 Minute Exchange: Reimagining Reducing and Reusing Before Recycling

We’ve all been taught the 3Rs from a young age: reduce, reuse, recycle. But we tend to focus too much on that last R. While recycling is important, less than 10% of plastics in Canada are recycled, which means it does little to reduce how much of it we consume. We may even use more because we think what we’re using is being recycled. This brings us to a missing “R”: reimagine.

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 10:00 am - 11:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

AI and Socioeconomic Development: Friend or Foe

Whether we like it or not, whether we realize it or not, applications of Artificial Intelligence have quickly become a ubiquitous part of everyday life. The Google Maps we all rely on, your daily newsfeed, and the conversations you have with Alexa or Siri are all driven by AI. Some worry that over-smart AI-driven computers will one day control us, or that AI-driven social media apps threaten personal welfare, science-based truth and democracy.  Other observers maintain that AI will free people from mundane, repetitive tasks and rapidly facilitate rapid socioeconomic development.

Photo of campus with LRT Train next to the Engineering 5 building in winter
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

ALUMNI SPEAKER SERIES “Re-Imagining Cities: Why your grandkids won’t drive and other ways engineers will save humanity”

ALUMNI SPEAKER SERIES

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Thursday, November 25, 2021 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

How I Got Into Quantum: A Graduate Student Perspective

Meet graduate student researchers from science,
engineering, and mathematics and hear how they discovered quantum information
science found their way into research, and how the skills they gained in
their undergraduate studies are helping them develop the next generation of
quantum technology.