Monday, April 22, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

ED-2018a

Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools using the language Python, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.The course is aimed at graduate students and other researchers. You don’t need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop. Please register at https://mun-swc-hub.github.io/2019-04-22-mun/.

Presented by ACENET

Monday, April 22, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

SN-2053

The School of Graduate Studies and the Writing Centre are offering an intensive one-week program designed to help graduate students make significant progress on or complete their theses. This retreat offers a dedicated time and space free from distractions to help students write and provides them with a supportive and interdisciplinary intellectual community. Writing staff will be available throughout the day to address specific questions or concerns. The retreat is being held from April 22 – 26 and is a full, five-day commitment.

Mode: On-campus

Deadline: April 5

Details & Apply: https://bit.ly/2NSfVi1

Presented by The Writing Centre, School of Graduate Studies

Tuesday, April 23, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Signal Hill Campus

Build your professional image and improve your organizational effectiveness by acquiring the skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively. $430+HST https://www.mun.ca/gardinercentre/professional-development-seminars/Essential-Communication-Skills-for-Professionals

Presented by Gardiner Centre

Wednesday, April 24, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Signal Hill Campus

Learn how to develop, refine and deploy an effective digital and social media strategic and tactical plan for your organization. 1495+HST https://www.mun.ca/gardinercentre/professional-development-seminars/Digital-Social-Media-Tactics

Presented by Gardiner Centre

Wednesday, April 24, 10-11 a.m.

Online

As a research-intensive institution, Memorial University offers competitive funding packages to academically eligible graduate students, both Canadian and international. Please join us in this webinar on the types of funding packages offered to graduate students and the application process. Register at https://www.mun.ca/become/graduate/webinars/

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Wednesday, April 24, 12-1:30 p.m.

IIC-3001, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation

Do you have questions about Indigenous research, Indigenizing the university, or just want to have a conversation with Memorial’s special advisor to the president on Aboriginal affairs or the associate vice-president (Indigenous research) pro tempore? Catharyn Andersen and Dr. Max Liboiron are hosting their monthly brown bag lunch for questions and discussions relating to these topics. The next sessions take place on: Wednesday, April 24; Tuesday, May 21; and Thursday, June 20 Bring your lunch. Everyone is welcome. We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.

Presented by Memorial’s special advisor to the president on Aboriginal affairs and the associate vice-president (Indigenous research) pro tempore

Wednesday, April 24, 2-4 p.m.

A-1017, Arts & Administration Building

Have you mastered the basics of Site Builder but can’t figure out how to change the navigation, create new sections or access widgets? Want to learn about SEO and best web practices? Register for a Site Builder Advanced Training session and the web content editor will help you out with your more advanced questions. Please RSVP by completing the form at the link: http://www.mun.ca/marcomm/webtraining.php Space is limited so registration is required!

Presented by Marketing & Communications

Thursday, April 25, 1-2 p.m.

IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation

PhD oral defence of Catherine Jalbert, Department of Archaeology.

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Thursday, April 25, 7-8 p.m.

EN-2006

Have you ever wondered how a hydro plant in rural Newfoundland has provided reliable electricity for the island of Newfoundland for over 50 years? In this presentation, Jennifer Williams, president of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, will explain how the Bay d’Espoir plant – located 170 kilometres from the Trans Canada Highway in Central Newfoundland – helped pave the way for electrification of the island over 50 years ago, and uses water, rain and snow to provide highly reliable electricity supply to this day.   Ms. Williams will discuss how the utility managed some significant repairs and upgrades at the plant in the past few years and how this critical electricity generator will continue to play a big role as the system drastically changes in the coming years. Free parking in lot 60. Reception to follow.

Presented by Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science; Professional Engineers and Geoscientists N.L.

Thursday, April 25, 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Hampton Hall, Marine Institute

For the 2019 Annual George Story Lecture, Shane O’Dea will talk about the George Story he knew and about George’s central role in the development of the Newfoundland preservation movement. This lecture will reach from the first glimmerings of concern for our built heritage through the trials and triumphs of the sixties and seventies into the present. The Newfoundland and Labrador Historical Society (NLHS) George Story Lecture is in honour of George Morley Story (1927-1994), past president of the Society and winner of the NLHS’s Heritage Award for 1982-1983.

Presented by Newfoundland and Labrador Historical Society

Friday, April 26, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science; titled: Sustainable Hydrogen and Value-added Chemical Production: Pyrolysis Oil Enhancement Methods and Electrolysis of the By-products.

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Friday, April 26, 2-3:30 p.m.

A-1043

Ross Finnie to present. This presentation will be based on a large-scale pilot project undertaken in collaboration with Statistics Canada and 14 PSE institutions from across Canada, including Memorial University of Newfoundland and the College of the North Atlantic. In this project, the post-schooling earnings of post-secondary education (PSE) graduates were tracked by linking the institutions’ administrative data on students with tax data held at Statistics Canada.

Presented by Department of Economics