Knowledge Integration seminar series

Fall 2020 speakers schedule

Fridays, 1-2:30pm

online, including some public talks where friends & visitors can register to join

Seminar date Guest speaker or workshop Description
September 11 Introduction to the Knowledge Integration Seminar Series
September 18

"Fast Friends" KI community-building activity

led by Katie Plaisance, KI Associate Professor

September 25 (public talk) Zainab Ramahi, BKI'15 Veiled Muslim Women: Challenging patriarchy in the Canadian legal system

October 2

Community Building: Disconnecting and Reconnecting

led by the Knowledge Integration Student Society (KISS)

October 9

Bernard Duncker

Associate Vice-President, Interdisciplinary Research, University of Waterloo

Two-way dialogue with KI students about interdisciplinary research and education at Waterloo
October 16

Seminar cancelled for Fall Reading Week

October 23

The Diversity Challenge

led by Vanessa Schweizer, Associate Chair KI Undergrad Studies

October 30

How to Have Tough Conversations about Racism

Knowledge Integration Student Society (KISS) in collaboration with AOK (the Anti-Oppression Knowledge Integrators Working Group)

November 6

ePortfolios: your corner of the web, to record what you’ve done, and show off who you’ve become

led by Vanessa Schweizer, Associate Chair KI Undergrad Studies and Paul McKone, Sr. Design Instructor

November 13

KI Academic Session

led by Vanessa Schweizer, Associate Chair KI Undergrad Studies, Paul McKone, Sr. Design Instructor, and Darlene McGeer, KI Undergrad Advisor

November 20

Sam Toman

Communications Officer, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo

skills development workshop: How to write for a popular audience
November 27 (public talk)

Ian Scholten, BKI'15

Director, Bringing It Home, Indigenous Clean Energy

Indigenous Clean Energy in Canada - Leadership, Self-Determination, and Next Steps

December 4

End of term wrap-up

Knowledge Integration seminar series main page