Tuesday, Oct. 15, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Signal Hill Campus, Gardiner Centre, Suite 1014

Learn the process for creating training programs that are relevant, effective and maximize the transfer of knowledge.

$1290 +HST

To learn more about this seminar please visit our website at www.mun.ca/gardinercentre

Presented by Gardiner Centre

Tuesday, Oct. 15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Various

Since 2006, #MakeMidtermMatter has connected thousands of students to their community and each other, working with community groups on and off campus. If you are a bit shy to meet people, or not sure how to volunteer, or if you want to have a different experience, or put your academic knowledge into deeper practice, this is a good activity for you.

Url: http://www.mun.ca/student/student-success/community-involvement/MakeMidtermMatter.php

Presented by Student Experience Office

Tuesday, Oct. 15, 9-11:30 a.m.

Emera Innovation Exchange, Signal Hill Campus

Research Collaboration Session. Join us to learn more about a new applied research fund on employment diversity in the natural resource sector. Share your ideas and insights on what questions need answers and what projects could help. Meet other researchers, community organizations and industry reps tackling the same challenges, share ideas and build collaborations.

Register here

Presented by Harris Centre

Tuesday, Oct. 15, 1-3 p.m.

IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation

Department of Folklore; titled:  Narrating Waegook Identity: Building Transitory Foreign-Teacher Community through Folklore in the Republic of Korea

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Tuesday, Oct. 15, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Various

In partnership with the Association for New Canadians, the Student Experience Office hosts a series of Conversation Circles, where established and new speakers of English have informal conversations about everything while taking part in various cultural activities such as crafts, games, outings, and storytelling.
Join the program for a new way to volunteer, to make people feel welcome, to meet new friends, to build an inclusive community, or to become a better communicator.

Url: http://mun.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eVD02MaPGFuag8R

Presented by Student Experience Office

Wednesday, Oct. 16, 10-11 a.m.

Online

Memorial offers over 100 graduate diploma, master’s, and doctoral degree program options across almost all disciplines. Join us for this
free, interactive webinar in which we’ll cover admission requirements, program requirements, tuition fees, tips for finding a research supervisor, and advice on how to submit the best possible application. We’ll also answer any questions you might have to help you make the right choice on where and how to apply. Register here.

For more information about graduate studies at Memorial University, please
visit https://www.mun.ca/become/graduate/.

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Wednesday, Oct. 16, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation, St. John’s campus, and room FC 2015, Grenfell Campus

This session is intended to provide graduate officers and administration staff with an overview on the fellowship budgeting, process and procedures.

Presenter: Ms. Carol Sullivan, Manager, Fellowships and Awards
To register please contact: carol@mun.ca

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Wednesday, Oct. 16, 12-1 p.m.

Faculty of Medicine, room 1M101

This lecture is part of the visit by the 2019 Meridith Marks Mentorship Award winner, Dr. Susan Humphrey-Murto, from the University of Ottawa. For more information on the Meridith Marks Mentorship Award, go to http://www.med.mun.ca/mmmawards The award will be presented to Dr. Humphrey-Murto at this lecture. Learner handover (LH) is the sharing of information about trainees between faculty supervisors involved in their education. Those in favour of LH believe it enables the trainee to build upon previous assessments and aligns well with competency-based education. Those opposed are concerned with its potential to bias future assessments. This talk will review key concepts across multiple disciplines surrounding the influence of prior performance information (PPI) on current ratings, describe recently conducted studies covering both experimental and qualitative studies on the topic.

Dr. Humphrey-Murto completed her MD and Internal Medicine studies at the University of Ottawa followed by Rheumatology training and a Masters in Education at the University of Toronto. As a clinician educator Dr. Humphrey-Murto maintains an active clinical practice in Rheumatology and osteoporosis.

For ten years she was Director of the Ottawa Exam Center and Deputy Registrar for the Medical Council of Canada. She has been actively involved in examinations at the University of Ottawa, the Medical Council of Canada and at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She presently has several administrative roles including Interim Director, Research Support Unit, Department of Innovation in Medical Education (DIME); Director of the uOSSC/DIME Fellowship in Medical Education, Interim Program Director (Rheumatology) and completed her term as Co-Chair for the Education Research and Development Committee of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Her research interests involve performance-based assessment, the use of consensus group methods in education research and learner handover.

Registration Fees

Learning Objectives

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Define learner handover and list potential benefits and shortcomings.
• Describe the potential influence of prior performance information on current performance assessment in medical education and across disciplines.
• Reflect on the impact of prior performance information in the form of learner handover on clinical assessment in their own context.

Program Agenda

Acknowledgements

Funds in support of this CME activity were provided as an educational grant to Memorial University. The funds were independently allocated and disbursed in accordance with current CMA guidelines. An educational grant to help support this program provided by:

The Office of Professional Development (OPD), Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME), a subcommittee of the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS). This standard allows OPD to assign credits for educational activities based on the criteria established by The College of Family Physicians of Canada, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.    

Presented by Dr. Susan Humphrey-Murto

Wednesday, Oct. 16, 1-2 p.m.

IIC-3001, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation, St. John's campus, and room AS 2011, Grenfell Campus

The School of Graduate Studies’ Supervisor Institute offers monthly workshops on best practices in supervision.  Lunch is provided.

Presenter: Ms. Carol Sullivan, Manager, Fellowships and Awards
To register please contact: awilliam@mun.ca

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2-4 p.m.

A-1017

Do you have specific questions about Site Builder? Is there something you can’t quite figure out? Stop by a Site Builder Drop-in Clinic and we’ll give you a hand. The web content editor will be available to demonstrate and answer your specific questions one-on-one. Please note these clinics are intended for users already trained in Site Builder. If you are new to Site Builder you are encouraged to attend a group training session. Please RSVP at the link: http://www.mun.ca/marcomm/webtraining.php

Presented by Marketing & Communications

Thursday, Oct. 17, 12-1:30 p.m.

Health Sciences Centre Library, Computer Lab B

,easles Induced Immune Amnesia” presented by Robert Needle, PhD Candidate.

Presented by Division of BioMedical Sciences

Thursday, Oct. 17, 1-2 p.m.

IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation

Research across disciplines can be based in multiple methodologies. In this session we will discuss how graduate students can conduct quality research, regardless of discipline or methodology.

Mode: On-campus or online

Presenter: Dr. Beverly Fitzpatrick, Education and Assessment Specialist, Pharmacy

Registration

Offered by Memorial University’s Enhanced Development of the Graduate Experience (EDGE) https://www.mun.ca/edge: workshops and resources designed to help graduate students build diverse skills and competencies to be successful in graduate school and beyond.

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Thursday, Oct. 17, 1:30-3 p.m.

EN-3075

One of the biggest challenges entrepreneurs face is finding the money to get their idea started. Mitacs engages graduate student to build partnerships between academia, industry, and the world to create a more innovative Canada. The Mitacs Accelerate Entrepreneur program is designed to provide research and funding support to student entrepreneurs. Learn how you can receive a minimum of $10,000 for a 4 month project at this information session.

Mode: In person and Online

Presenters: Niraj Shukla, Team Lead and Libby Carew, Business Development Specialist, Mitacs

Registration

Presented by Entrepreneurship Training Program

Thursday, Oct. 17, 6:30 p.m.-12 a.m.

SN-4022

29th APLAQA Conference.

Date: October 17-20

Oct. 17: Nexus Centre, SN-4022, from 6:30 p.m.-12 a.m.

Oct. 18-19: Signal Hill Campus, 100 Signal Hill Rd., from  8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Oct. 20: Nexus Centre, SN-4022, from 8:45-11:50 a.m.

Presented by Nexus Centre

Thursday, Oct. 17, 7-7:45 p.m.

Upper atrium, Signal Hill Campus, 100 Signal Hill Rd.

An evening of music on the hill showcasing students from Memorial’s School of Music. The first installment features graduate student Caitlin Brown with pianist Krista Vincent.

Admission for this event is free and parking is complimentary.

Presented by Strategic Operations (Signal Hill Campus) and Conference and Event Services

Thursday, Oct. 17, 7-9 p.m.

IIC-2001, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation

The Dr. & Mrs. Satti Paddi & Parvati Reddy Memorial Lecture. Proteins are the molecular machines of living cells.

Prof. Gary Pielak’s research focuses on understanding how proteins behave in the crowded micro-environment of living cells, which is quite different from that typically observed in laboratory experiments.

By examining the stability of proteins and their complexes, both in concentrated solutions and in living bacterial cells, Dr. Pielak, a professor from the University of North Carolina, has shown that crowding affects stability and binding, but not always as predicted by simple theory.

Admission is free, and all are welcome. Limited free parking is available in Lot 17. A reception will follow.

Presented by Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Faculty of Science

Thursday, Oct. 17, 7-8:30 p.m.

Cineplex Scotiabank Theatre, Avalon Mall

A First Farewell (China 2018) 86 min.
Directed by Lina Wang.
With Tajigul Heilmeier, Yasan Kamisu, Kuramu Kasimu, Rahmati Kuramu et al.
Uighur & Mandarin with English subtitles.

In collaboration with the 30^th St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, we are bringing a gorgeous debut feature drama to this series, nothing less than a stunning visual pleasure of a story. After it premiered at Berlin earlier this year, the film has gone on to become a festival darling, and you will certainly appreciate why. First-time director Wang Lina dedicates this remarkable achievement to her hometown, Shaya, in the Chinese province of Xinjiang. She concentrates on two families, both Muslim Uyghur, who are confronting a rapidly changing nation. By focusing on change largely through the eyes of the children in the family, the director conveys the sense of what these youngsters will inevitably be saying farewell to—their language and traditional cultural practices, for sure. The high naturalism here is simply awesome. Shot entirely in the region with amateur actors, the film is marked by an intense purity of vision. Unforgettable.

Presented by MUN Cinema

Friday, Oct. 18, 8-10 a.m.

A-4020

The Department of Human Resources is pleased to offer a blood collection service for employees. Blood collection will be performed by an outside provider who will be on campus. To avail of this drop-in service, employees need to bring their valid MCP card and a requisition form from a physician. The cost of this service is $25 which will be cost shared between HR and the employee (HR will pay 50 per cent and the employee will pay 50 per cent. Cash, debit or credit accepted). For more information, contact Kathleen Wall, wellness consultant at 864-2595 or email kwall@mun.ca

Presented by Department of Human Resources

Friday, Oct. 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Fairfield St. John's, O'Regan Ballroom, 199 Kenmount Rd.

This energetic, intensive one-day course will sharpen your professional time management skills and optimize your working week. Building on the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) best practices, methodologies, and productivity tactics, the course provides tools and techniques that can be applied to a partner industry project or employment-based role. Whether you’re handling dynamic timelines alone or within a team, you’ll be able to reach your project targets with the knowledge gained in this course.

Mode: Off-campus

Location: Fairfield St. John’s, O’Regan Ballroom, 199 Kenmount Rd.

Details & Registration

Offered by Memorial University’s Enhanced Development of the Graduate Experience (EDGE) https://www.mun.ca/edge: workshops and resources designed to help graduate students build diverse skills and competencies to be successful in graduate school and beyond.

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Friday, Oct. 18, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation

Department of Ocean Sciences; titled:  A study of dendrochirotid sea cucumbers with a focus on Cucumaria frondosa and its potential use in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Friday, Oct. 18, 12-12:45 p.m.

SN-3067

The Mindfulness Practice Group will meet for a teacher-led sitting and walking meditation session. All who have or wish to begin a mindfulness practice are welcome!

Presented by Mindfulness Practice Group at Memorial

Friday, Oct. 18, 3-4 p.m.

SN-2025

Dr. Andrew MacDougall,  St. Francis Xavier University, will speak on Carbon budgets and the cumulative emission framework: Why stabilizing planetary climate requires net-zero CO2 emissions

Abstract:
One of the major advances in climate modelling in the past 15 years is the development of climate models with fully coupled representations of the global carbon cycle. These Earth System Models have consistently shown that global warming is proportional to cumulative emissions of CO2. This finding is the basis of Carbon Budgets, a finite amount of fossil fuels that can be burnt while remaining below a given temperature target – such at the 1.5ºC Paris target. Here the underlying relationships that give rise to carbon budgets will be explored as well as the use of carbon budgets in formulating climate policy.

Presented by Department of Geography

Friday, Oct. 18, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

D.F. Cook Recital Hall, School of Music

Presented by ONSOUND.

Featuring works by Joe Donaghey, Andrew Noseworthy, Bekah Simms, and Andrew Staniland.
Performances by Mado Christie, Ben Diamond, Andrew Noseworthy, Bert Power, and Gillian Sheppard.

DF Cook Recital Hall, MUN School of Music
Admission: $22 general admission, $16 students and seniors

Pre-concert talk by composer Bekah Simms begins at 6:30pm.

Presented as part of Sound Symposium’s electronic music festival ONSOUND (October 17-20).

https://www.facebook.com/events/382513699088316/

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ABOUT ONSOUND

Sound Symposium is at it again. ONSOUND is Sound Symposium’s four-day electronic music festival taking place at venues around St. John’s (October 17-20). You know the recipe — artists from around the world join local musicians to create art unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. But the ingredients are different — laptops, electronics, improv, tech, and tape.

In addition to DJ sets and improv sessions at Peter Easton and The Ship Pub, there will be a staged concert of contemporary-electronic-meets-classical music at MUN School of Music.

Half of the ONSOUND events are completely free. Our artists will be presenting seminars in composition, improv, electronics, and soundart. You’ll also have the chance to learn Ableton Live from the master himself, Robert Lippok. Tell your friends.

Find the full schedule and artist information on http://www.soundsymposium.com/.

Presented by Sound Symposium

Saturday, Oct. 19, 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Faculty of Medicine, room 1M101

Office of Professional and Educational Development, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, is pleased to offer Transgender Health Care in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate increased general knowledge regarding gender diversity
• Discuss indications for gender affirming surgery and assessment process
• Explain effective system navigation and collaboration within an affirmative care model for trans and gender diverse folks across the lifespan
• Summarize when, who and how to refer and consult with both allied and primary health care providers in an affirmative model of trans/gender diverse health care (social work, peer support, psychology, educators)
• Demonstrate Increased knowledge of intervention and support needs based on both chronological and social development of patient (i.e. child intervention/support may be delivered through supports for caregivers)
• Discuss how diagnostic overshadowing may influence appropriate recommendation and referrals
• Demonstrate increased competency regarding inclusive
• Implement inclusive health care practices
• Acquire increased knowledge of local community resources for trans and gender diverse people
• Comprehend the variances of gender dysphoria and gender expression
• Explain treatment indications and options for gender dysphoria
• Explain informed consent model
• Explain hormonal treatments for adolescents and adults
• Summarize the risks and side effects of hormonal treatments

The program will also include a Lived Experiences Panel, which will provide the opportunity to consolidate the objectives of the day’s sessions and understand how it applies to individual lives and experiences. As well, this is an opportunity for learners to ask questions and learn directly from the lived experiences of trans and gender non-conforming people.

Please learn more and register at: https://www.med.mun.ca/opd/programs/info.asp?id=4220

Presented by Office of Professional and Educational Development

Saturday, Oct. 19, 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m.

MMaP Gallery, St. John's Arts and Culture Centre; and Suncor Energy Hall, School of Music

Please join us for a daylong festival celebrating Newfoundland and Labrador’s rich folk song and narrative traditions. Morning and afternoon events will take place in the MMaP Gallery (second floor, St. John’s Arts & Culture Centre) and include thematic sessions on “Captains and Ships” and “Ghosts and Gallows,” as well as a traditional song circle. The festival concludes with an evening concert in Suncor Energy Hall (Memorial University School of Music) featuring performances by prominent local folk singers and musicians, including Ellen Power, Aaron Collis and Mark Manning, Dave Penny, and Christina Smith and Jean Hewson with special guests Frank Maher and Rick West (the Mahers Bahers). For more information, visit https://www.mun.ca/mmap/events/conf_and_symposia/good_as_a_concert.php.

Presented by Research Centre for the Study of Music, Media, and Place (MMaP)