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Past Events

Date
Speaker
Title
Oct. 16, 2007
Dr Alan Mackworth
Can Robots Do the Right Thing?
Sept. 18, 2007
Dr Stephen Ward
The Informed Science Journalist: How Much Science Do You Need to Know ?
July 24, 2007
Dr Murray Isman
Plant Essential Oils - Aromatherapy for the Pesticide Industry.
June 19, 2007
Dr Dave Ng
A dialogue on the here and now: Scientific and environmental literacy (or lack thereof)
May 22, 2007
Dr Jaymie Matthews
The Search for Terra Nova - hunting other Earths
March 20, 2007
Dr Richard Harrigan
AIDS and the impact of anti-HIV therapies
Feb. 20, 2007
Dr Morley Sutter
The Nature and Ranking of Evidence.
Jan. 23, 2007
Dr Christian Schoof
Between the devil and the deep blue sea: climate change and sea level rise
Nov. 21, 2006
Dr Mimi Lam
I doodle, therefore I am becoming human
Sept. 19, 2006
Dr Michael Brauer
Every breath you take: air quality and health
July 18, 2006
Dr Kerry Jang
Twin Research: Its impact on understanding mental illness and community action
June 27, 2006
Dr. Tara Ivanochko
The Big picture of Climate Change: Natural Systems and Human Agency.
May 16, 2006
Bryn Davidson
Planning the Post-Oil City: coming to terms with peak-oil and the coming energy transition
April 25, 2006
Dr. Arne Mooers
Why Conserve Endangered Species?
March 28, 2006
Dr. Keith Benson
Charles Darwin, Flounder Eyes, and Intelligent Design
February 21, 2006
Dr. Brett Finlay
Combating the microbial menace
January 17, 2006
Dr. Melanie O'Neill
Shedding Light on our Biological Clock
November 22, 2005
Dr Sue Cox/Dr Michael McDonald
Not a Guinea Pig: What does it mean to be a human 'subject' in health
research?
October 18, 2005
Dr. Neil Cashman
Mad Cow Disease in Canada: What's your beef ?
June 21, 2005
Prof John Clague
The South Asian tsunami: Warning systems are not enough"
Sept 20, 2005
Dr. Nancy Forde
Can you bench press a billion pounds? The Herculean feats of our cellular machinery.
July 19, 2005
Dr Francis Ouellette

Making science open to everyone:Why bother publishing open access?

May 17, 2005
Dr. Quentin Cronk
The thin green line: Plants and the futur of the planet
April 19, 2005
Dr. Mark Schaller
Immunity is in your mind: Social and psychological responses to contagion
March 22, 2005
Prof. Michael Hayden
What Genetics Can Teach us about Ourselves

February 15, 2005

Dr. Michael Eikerling
Sustainable Energy Conversion: Challenges and Perspectives of Fuel Cells

January 18, 2005

Prof. Douw Steyn
What We Know and What We Don't Know About the Growing Environmental Crisis
November 23, 2004
Suresh Pillai
Networks: Our Interconnected World
October 19, 2004
Dr. Sally Otto

Nature vs Nurture in the Genomic Age