This lecture will feature the performance of medieval liturgical music made at the Cathedral of St Andrews to celebrate Saint Andrew’s relics, showing how liturgical music shaped history.
The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Dr. Talena Atfield, member of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation of the Six Nations of the Grand River. Focusing on her work with Hodinohso:ni basket weavers, Dr. Atfield will speak about Western notions of the origins of Indigenous artistic practices versus the importance of arts and creation within the community.
Join us for a discussion on the technical aspects of the lithium-ion battery covering different structures, chemistries, and cell formats for such technology, besides other technical important topic as battery manufacturing.
Shaw-Mannell Award recipient Dr. Karen Fox intertwines stories and leisure theory, examining types of leisure often overlooked or dismissed that help us see life as it is, be at home with oneself and others, and accept and celebrate all of life’s journey of living and dying.
You’re invited to Research Funding in the Social Sciences and Humanities: Past, Present and Future, featuring Ted Hewitt, President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Drawing on experience from over two decades of close collaboration with Inuit communities in the Arctic, Dr. Fox will illustrate the powerful ways our understanding of the changing Arctic climate can be advanced when we link Inuit knowledge and visiting science.
Join Dr. Mary-Louise Timmermans, Damon Wells Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Yale University, for a presentation about how the Arctic Ocean’s Beaufort Gyre is a dominant feature of the Arctic system, a prominent indicator of climate change, and possibly a control factor for high-latitude climate.
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, John Cherry, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Leader of the Groundwater Project, Recipient of the 2020 Stockholm Water Prize and Lee Kwan Yew Water Prize, 2016 presents: Groundwater is the Key to a Sustainable Earth.
Conrad Grebel University College hosts Dr. Darla Schumm, as the 2023 Rodney and Lorna Sawatsky Visiting Lecturer, professor of religious studies at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia.
Join us for Quantum Today, where we sit down with researchers from the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) to talk about their work, its impact and where their research may lead.