KI Seminars archive | Knowledge Integration

We are grateful for all of the people enriched the KI community with their interdisciplinary experiences and perspectives by speaking at the Knowledge Integration seminar series.

Winter 2020

January 10
Summer off? No — summer on!
KI students
January 17
Conflict Transformation with Contemplative Spiritualities and Mindfulness
Betty Pries - Co-Founder and CEO, Credence & Co.
January 24
You should work in conservation: why KI students are well-suited for a career protecting the environment
Vanessa Minke-Martin, BKI'13 - Marine Science & Communications Specialist, Pacific Wild
January 31
Life after KI
KI alumni panel
- Mary Krupicz (BKI'12) is a Speech Language Pathologist at Speech Pathways.
- Patrick Famaran (BKI'16) is Assistant Manager, Youth Social Impact & Corporate Citizenship at RBC.
- Logan Miller (BKI'18) is completing a Masters of Arts in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.
- Maytal Perlman (BKI'19) is pursuing a Masters of Health Science in the Translational Research Program at the University of Toronto.
February 7
Business/Higher Education Roundtable
Val Walker - CEO, Business/Higher Education Roundtable
February 28
Importance of KI Skills in the Corporate World
Gizem Ozdemir - Senior Manager, Finance & Business Planning, PetSmart Canada
March 6
Volunteering without the Voluntourism
Michelle Metzger, BKI '13 - Service Learning Program Coordinator, St. Jerome's University
March 13
Design Your Education: How do you 'B' KI?
KI Academic Session
April 3
End of term wrap-up

Fall 2019

September 6
Introduction to the Knowledge Integration Seminar Series
September 13
Facilitated Innovation: How knowledge integrators and technology can work together to stack the odds in favor of big discoveries
Larry Smith - Director and Founder, The Problem Lab
September 20
Why the Apollo Moon Program Derailed Space Exploration
Braydon Beaulieu - Producer & Game Designer, Secret City Adventures
Leonardo Dell'Anno - General Manager, Secret City Adventures
September 29
Global Climate Strike
Waterloo Town Square
October 4
Design Your Education, Design Your Future
ePortfolio session
October 25
Why the World Needs the Sustainable Development Goals
Jon Beale - Manager of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) of Canada
November 1
KI Academic Session
November 8, 2019
Unveiling the effects of medications using numbers and visualizations
JM Gamble - Clinical Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo
November 15
UX Research - the role, the goals, and having an impact
Danielle Juneau, BKI'15 - Senior User Researcher, TWG
November 22
Developing Your Exam Strategy
Student Success Office and KI student mentors
November 29
End of term wrap-up

Winter 2019

Building a grassroots coalition for the green economy January 18
- James Nugent - Lecturer, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
Sketching for communication January 25
- Matt Gorbet - Gorbet Design Inc.
Life after KI February 1
- KI alumni panel
  - Kat Curwin (BKI'12) - Production Coordinator at Yowza Animation
  - Caroline Dunton (BKI'13) - completing a PhD in International Relations at The George Washington University and is currently the Cadieux Léger Fellow at Global Affairs Canada
  - Yanish Jutton (BKI'16) - Solutions Architect at GroupBy Inc
  - Sarah Pearce (BKI'16) - completing an MASc in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo developing brain-computer interfaces for populations with special needs and doing software development in that area at Cognixion
With you in Mind: student support February 8
- Counselling Services, AccessAbility Services, and KI students
Summer off? No — summer on! March 1
- KI students
Let’s Talk About Selling Weed March 8
- Ali Kraushaar, BKI'14 - Administrative Coordinator at James E. Wagner Cultivation (JWC)
KI Curriculum: Town Hall March 15
Interpret This…a look back at the career paths of two “museum ladies" March 22
- Karen VandenBrink - Manager/Curator, City of Waterloo Museum
- Libby Walker - Museum Program and Engagement Associate, City of Waterloo Museum
Unlearning for Transformational Change March 29
- Chryssa Koulis - Managing Director, School for Social Entrepreneurs, a project of Tides Canada Initiatives
End of term wrap-up and Senior Research Projects Symposium April 5

Fall 2018

Since 2008, our public Seminar Series has started many conversations. To mark our first decade, we invited some of our graduates back to tell us what they've done since embarking on their KI adventure.

Introduction to the Knowledge Integration Seminar Series September 7
Five Unsolved Questions in Fire Management September 14
- Eric Kennedy, BKI'12 - Assistant Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management at York University
Startup KI: Applying cross-cultural collaboration & design thinking to invent new things and make money September 21
- Charlie Moscoe, BKI'13 - Product Manager at Hubba
Games at work September 28
- Chelsea Mills, BKI'14 - Designer, Business Development at Overlap Associates
Knowledge Integration poster presentations and conference: design in museums October 19
- Third Year KI students
It Only Gets More Complex From Here October 26
- Bryson McLachlan, BKI'15 - Analyst at Syntegrity Group
How Might I…Bring my BKI to the Hospital? Potential future destinies for BKIs within the field of healthcare and my journey from BKI to medical school November 2
- Alex Pearce, BKI'16 - Student, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University
EDGE Skills Identification & Articulation workshop November 9
- Centre for Career Action & EDGE
The Art and Science of Dealing with Uncertainty November 16
- Joel Becker BKI'17 - Data Scientist at Shopify
Developing Your Exam Strategy November 23
- Student Success Office and KI student mentors
End of term wrap-up November 30

Winter 2018

January 5, 2018
Summer off? No — summer on!
KI students
January 12, 2018
Sustainability and Business Decisions in the Built Environment
Joseph Meyer - Business Development Manager, Sustainability & Renewables, Ameresco Canada
January 19, 2018
The Web as Infinite Archive
Ian Milligan - Associate Professor, History, University of Waterloo
January 26, 2018
Humanising Musical Conversations with Technology
Gurpreet Chana - "The Tabla Guy" Musician, Technician, Composer, Performer, Cultural Integrator
February 2, 2018
Embracing ambiguity to manage wicked problems in the 21st-century
Vanessa Schweizer - Assistant Professor, Knowledge Integration, University of Waterloo
February 9, 2018
Life after KI
KI alumni panel
- Jordan Nottrodt (BKI’12) freelance content marketer and world traveller
- David Collins (BKI’14) Consultant, Technology Strategy and Architecture consulting practice Deloitte, Toronto
- Zainab Ramahi (BKI’15) student, Berkeley Law, University of California
- Ian Scholten (BKI’15) Project Manager, Lumos Energy, Ottawa
March 2, 2018
Intersectional work (aka Dr. Strangejob – or how I learned to stop worrying and love my job)
Paola Borin - Curriculum Development Consultant, Ryerson University
March 9, 2018
Resiliency and Failure: Embracing the “F” word
Student Success Office
March 16, 2018
Crime and Victimhood in a Digital Era
Caitlyn McGeer - PhD candidate, Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
March 23, 2018
The things that are possible with MAD resources
Mapping, Analysis and Design (MAD)
April 4, 2018
End of term wrap-up
Senior Research Projects Symposium

Fall 2017

September 8, 2017
Introduction to the Knowledge Integration Seminar Series
September 15, 2017
How does your city make you feel? A transdisciplinary exploration into how the built environment impacts mental health
Robin Mazumder - PhD Candidate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Waterloo
September 22, 2017
Developing Escape Rooms with Secret City Adventures
Braydon Beaulieu - Producer & Game Designer, Secret City Adventures
Leonardo Dell'Anno - General Manager, Secret City Adventures
September 29, 2017
From 'Stone Soup' to 'American Idol' and back again: The wrench that modernity threw into music-making and how we're getting meaning back
Brandon Leis - Instructor, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University
October 20, 2017
Knowledge Integration poster presentations and conference: design in museums
Third year KI students
October 27, 2017
Building Effective Mentoring Relationships
Patricia Melville - Senior Manager, Leadership Development, Bell
November 3, 2017
Imagine. Innovate. Build.
Grayson Bass - Managing Director, Mayor Wilson Management Consulting; Instructor, Applied Innovation, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
November 10, 2017
Afrofuturism, Religion and Sustainable Technocultures
Carol Duncan - Professor, Department of Religion and Culture, Coordinator of Women & Gender Studies Program, Wilfrid Laurier University
November 17, 2017
Really Banking Cool – How students are influencing the way we work
Valérie Gélinas - Director, T&O Early Talent, Transformation Management Office, Technology and Operations, RBC
November 24, 2017
Developing Your Exam Strategy
Student Success Office and KI student mentors
December 1, 2017
End of term wrap-up

Winter 2017

January 6, 2017
Medical what?? The role of geographers in shaping health policy through integrated knowledge translation
Susan Elliott - Professor, Geography and Public Health, University of Waterloo
January 13, 2017
Summer off? No — summer on!
KI students
January 20, 2017
A brief tour of science comedy
Robert Gooding-Townsend - KI alumnus and Applied Mathematics Graduate Student
Nathaniel Barr - Professor of Creativity and Creative Thinking, Sheridan College
January 27, 2017
The things that are possible with MAD resources
Mapping, Analysis and Design (MAD)
February 3, 2017
Life after KI
KI alumni panel
- Adam Thorsteinson (BKI’14) Analytics and User Experience, PwC Canada, Toronto
- Matthew Klassen (BKI’15) student Master’s degree in International Relations, London School of Economics, UK.
- Sally Lu (BKI’16) Business Analyst, Prophix Software, Mississauga
- Clarice Chin (BKI’16) student Interaction Design, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver
February 10, 2017
VITALITI: The Cloud DX team entry in the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE competition
Sara Ross-Howe - Senior Data Scientist, Cloud DX
March 3, 2017
Can We Have Our 'Big Data' Cake and Eat It Too? or Privacy in an Inter-connected World
Ali Miri - Professor, Computer Science, Ryerson University
March 10, 2017
Resiliency and Failure: Embracing the “F” word
Student Success Office
March 17, 2017
Simple and Consistent
Ben Fanelli - Hockey Coach; Head of Student Athlete Development, Victus Academy; Director, EMPWR Foundation; 40 Conditioning Inc; former Captain OHL Kitchener Rangers
March 24, 2017
Building Smarter Organizations
Gordon Vala-Webb - Speaker, Consultant and Author
March 31, 2017
End of term wrap-up
Senior Research Projects Symposium

Fall 2016

September 9, 2016
Introduction to the Knowledge Integration Seminar Series
September 16, 2016
Applied Knowledge Integration in industry: a case study
John Vieth - Technology Research and Development Consultant, Vieth & Company
September 23, 2016
Counter-Intuitive Strange Bedfellows
Mark Rudolph - President and CEO, justenvironment
September 30, 2016
With you in Mind: student support
Counselling Services, AccessAbility Services, and KI students
October 21, 2016
Knowledge Integration poster presentations and conference: design in museums
Third year KI students
October 28, 2016
CS798 Games for Health: Lessons Learned and Research Outcomes
Chrysanne Di Marco - Associate Professor, Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
November 4, 2016
Driving a Revolution in ‘Affordable Energy for Humanity'
Jatin Nathwani - Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo
November 11, 2016
Creativity and Collaboration: Challenges and Opportunities for Equity
Allyson Stokes - Assistant Professor, Knowledge Integration, University of Waterloo
November 18, 2016
Using Your Community as a Social Innovation Laboratory
Sean Geobey - Assistant Professor, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo
November 25, 2016
Developing Your Exam Strategy
Student Success Office and KI student mentors
December 2, 2016
End of term wrap-up

Winter 2016

January 8, 2016
Researching between, across, without disciplinary borders: my experience with transdisciplinarity
Marisa Beck - PhD Candidate, Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo
January 15, 2016
Summer off? No — summer on!
KI students
January 22, 2016
The soldier, the diplomat and the humanitarian. Navigating the security-development nexus.
Jenny Baechler - PhD Candidate, Lecturer, and Associate Director of Corporate Residency MBA Program, Dalhousie University
January 29, 2016
Life after KI
KI alumni panel
- Natasha John (BKI '15) student, Law, University of Victoria
- Thomas Huijbregts (BKI ’15) Junior Project Manager, Mozzaz, Waterloo
- Tiffany Lin (BKI ’15) Research Associate, Berkman Center for Internet and Society (Affiliated with Harvard Law), Boston
- Jesse Sharpe (BKI '15) Design Strategist, Architech, Toronto
February 5, 2016
Dealing with Procrastination: Writer’s Block and Blocks to Creativity
Katie Plaisance and Vanessa Schweizer - Associate Professors, Knowledge Integration, University of Waterloo
February 26, 2016
Trans-science and the Limits of Disciplinarity
Ashley Rose Kelly - Assistant Professor, English Language and Literature, University of Waterloo
March 4, 2016
A New Index for Predicting Catastrophes: The Science and the Poetry
Madhur Anand - Professor and University Research Chair in Sustainability Science, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph
March 11, 2016
Why economic growth is about so much more than economic growth
Chris Lau - Manager, Ontario Public Service Executives
March 18, 2016
Education by Design: The KI Story
Ed Jernigan - Professor and Founding Director, Knowledge Integration, University of Waterloo
April 1, 2016
End of term wrap-up
Senior Research Projects Symposium

Fall 2015

September 18, 2015
Introduction to the Knowledge Integration Seminar Series
September 25, 2015
Running a Tax Department for a big Canadian Bank: an interesting and multidisciplinary challenge
Peter van Dijk - Senior Vice President, Tax, TD Bank Group
October 2, 2015
Berlin field trip reflections
Third year KI students
October 16, 2015
The Healthy Weights Connection: A systems approach to reducing risk of obesity among First Nations and Métis children
Martin Cooke - Associate Professor, Sociology & Legal Studies, University of Waterloo
October 23, 2015
The things that are possible with MAD resources
Mapping, Analysis and Design (MAD)
October 30, 2015
Knowledge Integration poster conference: design in museums
Third year KI students
November 6, 2015
My life, my education & our chance to collaborate
Hannah Mülder - Third year student, ATLAS, Technology & Liberal Arts and Sciences, University College Twente
November 13, 2015
You - and the planet - are what you eat: How our dietary patterns contribute to “unhealthy people and an unhealthy planet”
Goretty Dias - Assistant Professor, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo
November 20, 2015
The earth is flat and vaccines cause autism: think about it
Allison McGeer - Microbiologist & Infectious Disease Consultant, Director of Infection Control, and Director, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Program, Mount Sinai Hospital
November 27, 2015
Developing Your Exam Strategy
Student Success Office and KI student mentors

Winter 2015

January 9, 2015
Bringing the Future to Life
Trevor Haldenby - Founder, The Mission Business; Software Developer, Autodesk
January 16, 2015
Uganda and Kenya: Beyond Borders reflections
Alex Pearce and Natasha John - Fourth year KI students
January 23, 2015
How Does Dialogue Integrate? Reflections on the Toolbox Process
Michael O'Rourke - Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University (MSU)
January 30, 2015
My Greatest Connections Assignment Yet! Discovering Alternative Support Methods for Students
Bess Mitchell - Outreach Programs Coordinator, St. Jerome's University
February 6, 2015
Mindfulness
Linda Mackay - Clinical Counsellor, Counselling Services, University of Waterloo
February 27, 2015
Life after KI
KI alumni panel
- Kyrie Vala-Webb (BKI ‘12) Designer, Normative Inc
- Ryan Voisin (BKI ‘12) student Masters of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation at OCAD U, and Strategist, Overlap Associates
- Charlie Moscoe (BKI ‘13) Product Manager at MyPlanet
- Ali Kraushaar (BKI ‘14) Masters student in interdisciplinary research in the fields of philosophy and economics, University of Waterloo
March 6, 2015
Cultural Translation
Soheila Esfahani - Lecturer, University of Waterloo
March 13, 2015
Who speaks for Islam and free speech? Liberation or systemic oppression
Idrisa Pandit - Director, Studies in Islam, Renison University College
March 20, 2015
Driving Software Innovation in Healthcare
Bill Tatham - Founder and CEO, NexJ Systems Inc.
March 27, 2015
End of term wrap-up
Senior Research Projects Symposium

Fall 2014

September 12, 2014
Introduction to the Knowledge Integration Seminar Series
September 19, 2014
Evolution from Goldfish to Baboons
Kaleigh Eichel - Intern Wildlife Rehabilitation, Shades of Hope
September 26, 2014
Amsterdam field trip reflections
Third year KI students
October 3, 2014
Philosophical Analysis in an Interdisciplinary Mode
Heather Douglas - Waterloo Chair in Science and Society, Philosophy, University of Waterloo
October 17, 2014
Integration, Counter-Terrorism, and National Security
Veronica Kitchen - Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Waterloo
October 24, 2014
Knowledge Integration poster conference: design in museums
Third year KI students
October 31, 2014
Summer off? No — summer on!
KI students
November 7, 2014
Faces of Emergence
Greg Van Alstyne - Director, Research for Strategic Innovation Lab (sLab), OCAD University
November 14, 2014
Can Smart Homes be part of a Smart Future?
Ian Rowlands - Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo
November 21, 2014
From Elders to Youth: Learning the Inuit Way of Life
Andrew Wong - National Geographic Young Explorer
November 28, 2014
End of term wrap-up

Winter 2014

January 10, 2014
Summer off? No — summer on!
KI students
January 17, 2014
Collaborative Governance Structures for Sustainable Community Plan Implementation
Amelia Clarke - Associate Professor, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo
January 24, 2014
Tracing a Trek of Transformative, Transdisciplinarity
Dan McCarthy - Associate Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo
January 31, 2014
Life after KI
KI alumni panel
February 7, 2014
Near-Living Architecture
Rob Gorbet - Associate Professor, Knowledge Integration, University of Waterloo
February 28, 2014
Art + Science Alchemy
Kaitlyn Rathwell - PhD Candidate, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo
March 7, 2014
Problem Solving at a Community Development Organization
Devin Howard - IT Generalist/Web Developer, The Working Centre
Nathan Stretch - Employment Counsellor, The Working Centre
March 14, 2014
The Real Hunger Games: The Challenge of Embedding Equity and Sustainability into the Global Food System
Jennifer Clapp - Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo; Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability
March 21, 2014
Transcending disciplines and managing change: The power of principles and paradigms
Alex Pak - Director, Special Projects, Office of the Special Advisor to the President and CEO, BMO Financial Group
March 28, 2014
Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Theory and Practice
INTEG 475 students
April 4, 2014
End of term wrap-up
Senior Research Projects Symposium

Fall 2013

September 13, 2013
Introduction to the Knowledge Integration Seminar Series
September 20, 2013
Think Tanks, Funding, and Politics of Policy Knowledge
John McLevey - Assistant Professor, Knowledge Integration, University of Waterloo
September 27, 2013
Barcelona field trip reflections and Global Experience Certificate information session
Third year KI students
October 4, 2013
Confronting the limits of intuition with formalism
Vanessa Schweizer - Assistant Professor, Knowledge Integration, University of Waterloo
October 18, 2013
Transitions and Thresholds: An Integrative Approach to Understanding Learning Development
Julie Timmermans - Instructional Developer, Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo
October 25, 2013
Knowledge Integration poster conference: design in museums
Third year KI students
November 1, 2013
Beyond "Just"
Aliya Ramji - International Lawyer and Legal Counsel, CSA Group
November 8, 2013
The reMaker Society: Technology and Technics for an Indigenous Modernity
Steve Quilley - Director of Development, Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI); Associate Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo
November 15, 2013
Spaun: The first large-scale simulated brain that can perform tasks
Terry Stewart - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience, University of Waterloo
November 22, 2013
The Creative Person
Hari Stirbet - Social Entrepreneurship Program Manager, Communitech
November 29, 2013
End of term wrap-up

Winter 2013

January 11, 2013
KI students take on the world
Bess Mitchell and Michael Goudreault - KI students
January 18, 2013
The Accidental Knowledge Integrator
James Jensen - Curator of Exhibits, Waterloo Region Museum
January 25, 2013
Make the World Your Classroom with Beyond Borders!
Elissa Cressman - Student Program Manager, St. Jerome’s University
February 1, 2013
Life after KI
KI alumni panel
March 1, 2013
Knowledge integration across disciplinary, cultural and geographic divides: research and educational initiatives at UofT's Centre for Global Engineering
Yu-Ling Cheng - Director of the Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN) and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto
March 8, 2013
Talk to the Hand (And the Rest of the Body While You're at It)
Kevin von Appen - Director of Science Communication, Ontario Science Centre
March 15, 2013
A Quest and a Question
Ruth Kwakwa - Dean of Student and Community Affairs, Ashesi University
March 22, 2013
“Interdisciplinarity” what does it mean, and what makes it successful?
INTEG 375 students
April 5, 2013
End of term wrap-up
Senior Research Projects Symposium

Fall 2012

September 14, 2012
Introduction to the Knowledge Integration Seminar Series
September 21, 2012
We All Want to Save the Planet… Don’t We?
Kevin Thomason
September 28, 2012
Copenhagen field trip reflections
Third year KI students
October 12, 2012
Of Triumph and Defeat: Selected Stories of creating the unexpected and the black art of intrapreneurship
Gary Klassen - Mobile Solutions, Research In Motion
October 19, 2012
Missing Link: Thinking Metaphorically in Multidisciplinary Studies
Jeffery Donaldson
October 26, 2012
Knowledge Integration poster conference: design in museums
Third year KI students
November 2, 2012
Summer off? No — summer on!
KI students
November 9, 2012
One Reason Why Knowledge Integration Is So Hard
Michael O'Rourke - Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University; Director, Toolbox Project
November 16, 2012
What on Earth is Digital Media and Why You Should Care
Ginny Dybenko - Executive Director, Stratford Campus, University of Waterloo
November 23, 2012
Knowledge integration and chronic disease prevention: illustrations, issues and insights
Barbara Riley - Executive Director, Propel
November 30, 2012
End of term wrap-up

Winter 2012

January 6, 2012
Everything I need to know about life I'm learning from cognitive science
Terry Stewart - Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience, University of Waterloo
January 13, 2012
A marriage of two minds? If policy-makers are from Mars, and scientists are from Venus, who will take care of the Earth?
Lucie Edwards - PhD Candidate, Global Governance, Balsillie School for International Affairs
January 20, 2012
My experience with the Beyond Borders program
Brilé Anderson, KI student
January 27, 2012
Desire2Learn
Founder, President & CEO of Desire2Learn
February 3, 2012
Hanging out in the borderlands between psychology and economics (and management, and social innovation)
Mark Weber - Associate Professor of Management and Organizations, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development and School of Accounting and Finance, University of Waterloo; Director, Graduate Diploma in Social Innovation, University of Waterloo
February 10, 2012
What happened when I woke up
Sarah Tolmie - Associate Professor, English Language and Literature, University of Waterloo
March 2, 2012
How do we build ideas that build the future?
David Goodwin - Co-founder, University of Waterloo REAP (Research Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program)
March 9, 2012
Explaining the Quantum World
Krister Shalm - Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo
March 16, 2012
Systems of Sharing: The Next Economy
Luigi Ferrara - Director, School of Design and Institute without Boundaries, George Brown College
March 30, 2012
End of term wrap-up
Senior Research Projects Symposium

Fall 2011

September 16, 2011
Introduction to the Knowledge Integration Seminar Series
September 23, 2011
Moving “what if?” to invention: marrying imagination and practice
Miranda Hill - Founder, Project Bookmark Canada
September 30, 2011
Adventures in Berlin
Third year KI students
October 14, 2011
Objects-to-think-with: adventures in critical media
Marcel O'Gorman - Professor, English Language and Literature, University of Waterloo; Director, Critical Media Lab
October 21, 2011
Reflections on an interdisciplinary design charrette
KI and Architecture students
October 28, 2011
Knowledge Integration poster conference: design in museums
Third year KI students
November 4, 2011
Design Exercise: brainstorming about the new Centre for Knowledge Integration Studio
Paul McKone - Senior Design Instructor, University of Waterloo
November 11, 2011
Summer off? No — summer on!
KI students
November 18, 2011
Musings of an armchair philosopher trapped in an engineer’s body
Tom Lee - Chief Education Officer, Quanser
November 25, 2011
Making sheep - and organizations - fly: a knowledge management and integration journey
Gordon Vala-Webb - National Director of Knowledge Management (KM), PwC Canada
December 2, 2011
End of term wrap-up

Winter 2011

January 7, 2011
To change a system, change your thinking
Tim Brodhead - President and CEO, The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
January 14, 2011
Riding on hope: two months on two wheels with The Otesha Project
Tania Cheng - ERS student
January 28, 2011
Love of the Word—and more!
Kim Jernigan - Editor, The New Quarterly
February 4, 2011
Integrating imaging, medicine and science: discovering value from the grey areas between fields
February 11, 2011
Why I hated Larry’s party … and why I love it now
Larry Swatuk - Director, International Development, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo
March 4, 2011
To build an embryo
Wayne Brodland - Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo
March 11, 2011
Be curious, embrace diversity
Brock Hart - Creative Director, Machteld Faas Xander
March 18, 2011
What we bring to the table
Dennis Piechota - Archaeological Conservator, Fiske Center for Archaeological Research, University of Massachusetts
March 25, 2011
Rewarding focus: how integrative thinking gets you in trouble and valued
Darren Meister
April 1, 2011
End of term wrap-up, including INTEG 121 design projects

Fall 2010

September 17, 2010
Introduction to the Knowledge Integration seminar series
September 24, 2010
Adventures in Amsterdam
Third year KI students
October 1, 2010
Ontario's Emergency Management program: a multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional disaster response system
Rich Partridge - Emergency Management Coordinator, Ministry of Community and Social Services and the Ministry of Children and Youth Services
October 15, 2010
From the ground up: reflections on the first 50 years of University of Waterloo and the satisfaction of starting new things
Peter Roe - Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Systems Design Engineering; Director, International Exchange Programs, Faculty of Engineering; Honorary Member of the University of Waterloo
October 22, 2010
Summer off? No — summer on!
KI students
October 29, 2010
Indigenous matters: what does it mean to you?
Emerance Baker - Manager of Aboriginal Services, University of Waterloo
November 5, 2010
Evolution of University of Waterloo's Earth Sciences Museum
Peter Russell - Curator, Earth Sciences Museum, University of Waterloo
November 12, 2010
Poetry for physicists
Erin Bow - Particle Physicist turned Poet and Novelist
November 19, 2010
My entrepreneurial roller coaster ride
Ray Cao - Former President, Impact; Co-founder and CEO, Loose Button
November 26, 2010
From lapsed engineer to award winning author
Terry Fallis - Lapsed Engineer; Former Political Operative; Public Relations Professional
December 3, 2010
End of term wrap-up

Winter 2010

January 8, 2010
Not your typical Information Technology guy -- an unusual career path
Alfred Herzing - Information Technology Executive, LabRoots
January 15, 2010
Who are you? The self as a complex system
Paul Thagard - Professor of Philosophy, Psychology and Computer Science; Director, Cognitive Science Program; University Research Chair, University of Waterloo
January 22, 2010
Appreciative inquiry: a strength based approach to change
Daniel King and Gajan Sathananthan - Engineers Without Borders at the University of Waterloo
January 29, 2010
Knowledge explosion and the end of traditional media
Jeff Anders - Co-founder, The Mark
February 5, 2010
Investigating expertise
Carla Fehr - Associate Professor, Philosophy, Iowa State University
February 26, 2010
Free-choice learning in the museum: making sense of Piaget, Gardner, ZPDs and GLOs
Stacy Wakeford - Director, Exhibitions; Canada Science and technology Museum; Canada Aviation Museum and Canada Agriculture Museum
March 5, 2010
From science communication to knowledge brokering: a personal journey
Alex Bielak - Director, Science and Technology Liaison, Environment Canada
March 12, 2010
A consideration of a complex health care system
Marian McGee - Honorary Patron, Emeritus Professor and Former Dean, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa
March 19, 2010
Solar collector: a solar-powered interactive sculpture
Rob Gorbet - Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo

Fall 2009

September 25, 2009
Exquisite corpses - the charms and surprises of collaboration
Isabella Stefanescu - Founding Members of Globe Studios; Co-founder of CAFKA
Rob Gorbet - Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo
October 2, 2009
Community-university partnerships - thinking together for social change
Cheryl Rose - Director Social Innovation Generation, University of Waterloo
October 16, 2009
Swimming against the current: introducing the Redfish School of Change
Elaine Ho - Undergraduate student, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo
October 23, 2009
Glimpses of an interdisciplinarian's deliciously chaotic career
James Raffan - Writer, Speaker and Educational Consultant
October 30, 2009
Going the way of the dodo: empowering through the process of collaboration
Vanessa Minke-Martin and Kyrie Vala-Webb - KI students
November 6, 2009
Why Asia matters
Carin Holroyd - Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Waterloo
November 13, 2009
Being both bridge and bridge-builder: reflections for those willing to stick their necks out to change the world
Sara Ehrhardt - Economist, International Trade and Finance Division, Finance Canada
November 20, 2009
Know thyself the first stop in the research process: Constructing a bridge of personal-professional integration
Toni Serafini - Assistant Professor, Sexuality, Marriage and Family Studies, St. Jerome's University
November 27, 2009
Knowledge Integration for a resilient world: the climate-energy challenge
Thomas Homer-Dixon - Chair, Global Systems, Balsillie School of International Affairs; Professor, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED), University of Waterloo

Winter 2009

January 9, 2009
Building trust - a story of Canada's Field Hospital in Afghanistan
Lieutenant-Colonel Jim Kile - Canadian Armed Forces
January 16, 2009
The causes of group identity conflict: the social psychology of enthnocentrism and its scientific status
Thomas Homer-Dixon - Chair, Global Systems, Balsillie School of International Affairs; Professor, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo
January 23, 2009
An intracably difficult and possibly quite insoluble conundrum: tales from a biologist-turned-metaphophile
Brendon Larson - Assistant Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo
January 30, 2009
A tiny goldfish in international waters: the question that led her to the Nobel Prize Week
Kaleigh Eichel - First year KI student
February 6, 2009
The listener's tale
Dan Yashinsky - Author; Founder, Toronto Festival of Storytelling
February 13, 2009
Research for social entrepreneurship
Frances Westley - J.W. McConnell Chair, Social Innovation, University of Waterloo
February 27, 2009
The Culture of Cities project: the case of hockey moves in Montreal and Toronto
Kieran Bonner - Sociologist, St. Jerome's University, University of Waterloo
March 6, 2009
Experiencing Canada through the living history of the Canadian Rangers
Whitney Lackenbauer - Professor, History, St. Jerome's University, University of Waterloo
March 13, 2009
Wanted: solution integrators
Catherine Booth - Senior Vice President, Information Services, Loblaw
March 20, 2009
On connecting dots and clouds
Eric Higgs - Professor and Director, School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria

Fall 2008

September 19, 2008
The history of the BKI: from Systems Design Engineering and Shad Valley to Waterloo Unlimited
Ed Jernigan - Founding Director of the Bachelor of Knowledge Integration
September 26, 2008
Why I write science fiction
James Alan Gardner - Author
October 3, 2008
Art in society
Andrew Hunter - Director/Curator, RENDER
October 17, 2008
Peace players international
Kate McCrae - Program Co-ordinator, Waterloo Unlimited, University of Waterloo
October 24, 2008
Education for a global village
Amit Chakma - Vice-President, Academic & Provost of the University of Waterloo
October 31, 2008
Building an innovation nation: science, technology and preparations for the 21st century
Ken Coates - Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Waterloo
November 7, 2008
Indigenous education coming full circle
Jean Becker - Elder in Residence, Wilfrid Laurier University
November 14, 2008
Human nature: photographs
Amanda Jernigan - Poet
John Haney - Photographer
November 21, 2008
How do you solve a problem like health?
Paul McDonald - Professor, Co-Director, Population Health Research Group, University of Waterloo