Monday, Oct. 3, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

HSC-5M101; online

“Neurophotonics Part 1: Fluorescence Microscopy”

Webex – please contact Barbara Hynes at bjhynes@mun.ca for Webex details.

Emily Hurley, PhD Candidate

Presented by BioMedical Sciences

Monday, Oct. 3, 12-1:30 p.m.

HSC-5M101; online

1. Alexandre Maekawa, MSc Candidate

Dr. Kovacs’s Laboratory

“Targeted Apoptosis of Senescent Cells Restores Tissue”

2. Sanaz Sobhani, MSc Candidate

Dr. Leitges’ Laboratory

“Analysis of PKD1 role during tumorigenesis”

for webex details please contact Barbara Hynes at bjhynes@mun.ca

Presented by BioMedical Sciences

Monday, Oct. 3, 1-4:30 p.m.

Online

Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool essential for managing and presenting work-related data. Level 1 is designed to build a strong foundation for new users. Participants will become comfortable navigating the Excel toolbar, learn to format data, and set-up formulas that will enable them to create successful spreadsheets. In this course, participants will also learn to use the Microsoft Excel function tool, create tables and dynamic charts with impact. Through this interactive course, participants will gain skills that will help save time, reduce errors, and feel confident in their technical skills.

The course assumes no prior knowledge of Microsoft Excel or any other spreadsheet-based program.

Delivered virtually October 3-4, 2022 from 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm, NST

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Presented by Gardiner Centre

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

Gardiner Centre, Signal Hill Campus

Learn the fundamentals of financial statements and how you can use this information to confidently make financial decisions.

Without a background in accounting, reading, interpreting and analyzing accounting information can feel like learning a new language. Gaining an understanding of financial statements and what the numbers really mean will give you the accounting savvy you need to be able to speak and interpret the language.

Understanding Financial Statements guides participants through the objectives and limitations of financial statements and teaches the basics of accrual accounting and cash flows.

No previous knowledge of accounting is necessary to attend this course.

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Presented by Gardiner Centre

Tuesday, Oct. 4, 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

CA-2002

We’re excited to have you join us to debunk some myths and get to the truth behind the success of some savvy entrepreneurs – who were once in your shoes, just thinking about getting started!

Grab some lunch and hear some not-so-common questions around the mystique of running a startup. And network with other innovative students while you’re here! Taking place at the Internationalization Office (former Corte Real).

Register now!

Presented by Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship

Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1-4:30 p.m.

Online

Learn the key employment laws that protect the rights of your employees and create a better employee/employer relationship.

Employment Law for Managers is designed to help participants ensure fair treatment of employees and avoid costly legal action.  The course explains the legal rights of employees in the areas of contract employment, harassment, discrimination, hiring, termination, discipline, pay equity, employment standards, and other employment practices.  Participants will gain knowledge of current provincial and federal employment law and statutes, employment standards legislation, human rights legislation, health, and safety legislation, and worker’s compensation legislation.  The course explains how the legal jurisdiction and associated employment law impacts recruitment, selection, and employment contracts.  The issue and process of probation, termination, and constructive dismissal is explained for both a union and a non-union work environment.  Situational practice exercises are used to guide participants through the process of identifying which and how employment laws apply in different circumstances.

Delivered virtually October 4-7, 2022 from 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm NST.

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Presented by Gardiner Centre

Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Online

Please join us on Tuesday 04 October from 1:30-2:30 pm for the virtual Government of Canada Career Information Session. You can find the MS Teams link below. 

Come learn about the diverse and exciting procurement and materiel management career opportunities that await you in the Government of Canada. You will hear from representatives of: 

• Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
• Department of National Defence (DND)

Key take-aways:

• An overview of the types of Purchasing and Supply (PG) roles in each of the 2 departments
• Advantages of building a career as a PG in the Government of Canada, including income ranges and benefits
• Insight from a panel of practitioners into the day-to-day tasks of some entry- and mid-level PGs
• Tips about 3 ways to get hired into a full-time position:

• Ø  Bridging following co-op or FSWEP work terms
• Ø  Development programs
• Ø  Formal staffing processes

If you are graduating this spring, this session will give you step-by-step guidelines to apply for current entry-level openings today. If you are in first or second year, come find out what you can do now to maximize your chances of landing a position in your area of interest when you graduate. 

Your career with the Government of Canada starts here. See you soon!

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Presented by Government of Canada

Tuesday, Oct. 4, 7-9:30 p.m.

A-1046

In the summer of 1993, following the death of her parents to AIDS, six-year-old Frida is forced from bustling Barcelona to the Catalan provinces to live with her aunt and uncle, her new legal guardians.

Face mask required.

Presented by Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Latin American and Caribbean Studies Research Group

Wednesday, Oct. 5, 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 and scholarships offered to graduate students and the application process.

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Wednesday, Oct. 5, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Room EN 1001, S.J. Carew (Engineering) Building, Memorial University

This training session is for faculty and staff of Memorial University only. A session for students is being offered on Oct. 5 in the afternoon.

This session provides an understanding of a trauma-informed response and clarity of your role as a first responder. Responding to sexual violence disclosures can be challenging and anyone can be in the position of being a first responder.

Please be advised that there is sensitive material in this session that requires participants to reflect on their own attitudes and values.

Registration is limited to 15 participants.

Please register via eventbrite.

Presented by Sexual Harassment Office

Wednesday, Oct. 5, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

AS-379, Grenfell Campus

Open to all university members at Grenfell Campus.

This session provides a comprehensive overview of the role of the Sexual Harassment Office, Memorial’s policy and procedures, resources available, consent and bystander concepts. It is designed to increase awareness and support the prevention of sexual violence.

Please email tkreuzburg@grenfell.mun.ca or call 639-4314 to register.

Presented by Sexual Harassment Office

Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1-2 p.m.

Online

What are the qualities of a good CV and what is its purpose?  A CV is an archive of your academic history that is used in different ways by different people throughout your academic career.  Learn about the critical aspects of developing and enhancing your academic CV by:

• Incorporating Data – The CV is a database as well as your personal archive.  Referees analyze the ‘data’ in your CV to craft individualized and specific reference letters.
• Focusing on the individual – Your CV is unique to you, and your position in your career. It’s important not to compare with others when critiquing your own CV.
• Growing a Living Document – Different aspects of your CV can shine for specific opportunities, and by reviewing your CV for each new opportunity you can customize your CV for maximum impact.

Date and Time: Wednesday, October 5, 2022, 1 – 2 pm NDT/9:30 – 10:30 am MT
Mode: Online
Presenter: Dr. Meghan Burchell, Acting Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University

Please, click here to register: CV Essentials (October/2022) (event-wizard.com)

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2-3:30 p.m.

Room EN 1001, S.J. Carew (Engineering) Building, Memorial University

This training session is for students of Memorial University only. A session for faculty and staff is being offered on Oct. 5 in the morning.

This session provides an understanding of a trauma-informed response and clarity of your role as a first responder. Responding to sexual violence disclosures can be challenging and anyone can be in the position of being a first responder.

Please be advised that there is sensitive material in this session that requires participants to reflect on their own attitudes and values.

Registration is limited to 15 participants.

Please register via eventbrite.

Presented by Sexual Harassment Office

Wednesday, Oct. 5, 3-4 p.m.

A-1046

Dr. Michael Ungar, Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience; professor of social work, Dalhousie University; director of the Resilience Research Centre

In this presentation, Dr. Michael Ungar will explore how we can study resilience and evaluate resilience-promoting programs using mixed methods designs. The focus will be on how to use these methods in participatory ways to develop knowledge that informs policy and practice. A brief introduction to the theory of resilience and wellbeing will be followed by an overview of mixed methods (e.g., qualitative grounded theory approaches to visual methods and arts based assessment; quantitative approaches to instrument development, longitudinal research with difficult to reach populations; etc.) and examples of their use in studies conducted by the Resilience Research Centre. Discussion will include topics such as contextualization, measure development, sample selection, data collection, analysis, seeking convergence between the qualitative and quantitative data, and knowledge mobilization. Participants are encouraged to bring questions relating to their own research topics.

Presented by Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science

Wednesday, Oct. 5, 7-9 p.m.

IIC-2001, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation

2022 Dr. Patricia Canning Memorial Lecture in Child Health and Development

Dr. Michael Ungar, Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience; professor of social work, Dalhousie University; director of the Resilience Research Centre

In this fast-paced, story-filled presentation, Dr.  Michael Ungar will show that our children’s resilience is much more than their individual ability to overcome adversity. It is just as much the result of how well their families, schools and communities work together to help vulnerable young people navigate their way to the resources they need for well-being, and whether those resources are made available to children in ways children experience as meaningful. In addition to exploring what resilience means to children from many different backgrounds, Dr. Ungar will also provide nine practical, evidence-informed, strategies parents, caregivers and educators can use to help children heal, no matter a child’s emotional, psychological or behavioural problems.

Free parking is available in Lot 17
Reception to follow.

Presented by Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science

Wednesday, Oct. 5, 7-9 p.m.

Core Science Facility atrium

The Alumni Tribute Awards are the highest honour bestowed upon our alumni who’ve made tremendous contributions in Newfoundland and Labrador and across the globe. The four awards include Alumni of the Year, J.D. Eaton, Outstanding Community Service and Horizon.

This year’s recipients are:

• Dr. Lisa Barrett (B.Sc.(Hons.)’98, MD’05, PhD’08): Alumna of the Year
• Margaret E. Allan (BA(Hons.)’82), MBA’95): J.D. Eaton Award
• Dr. Zainab Jerrett (PhD’98): Outstanding Community Service Award
• Zaren Healey White (BA(Hons.)’10, MGS’16): Horizon Award

The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 5 from 7 – 9pm at the Core Science Facility Atrium. The event is invitation only and will be livestreamed.

Presented by Office of Alumni Engagement

Wednesday, Oct. 5, 7:30-9 p.m.

D.F. Cook Recital Hall, School of Music

Music at Memorial’s Mainstage Concert Series

Everything is Green 
Christine Carter, Gregory Oh, Vernon Regehr, Shannon Litzenberger, and Joe Argentino
Co-presented by the Festival of New Dance and Business and Arts NL, and supported by the Memorial Quick Start Fund for Public Engagement

Clarinetist Christine Carter and pianist Gregory Oh join forces with award-winning Canadian contemporary dancer/choreographer Shannon Litzenberger for Randy Woolf’s breathtaking “Everything is Green” and Arvo Pärt’s equally exquisite “Spiegel im Speigel” (“Mirror in the Mirror”). The program is rounded out with Beethoven’s early Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello and Vivian Fung’s whimsical “Billy Collins Suite,” in collaboration with faculty members Vernon Regehr (cello) and Joe Argentino (narrator).

For tickets or to view the complete schedule of events of our Fall 2022 Concert Series, visit our website.

Presented by School of Music

Thursday, Oct. 6, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

ED-1001 (TLX)

This session will introduce you to Powtoon – a web-based software that allows you to create animated video presentations and explainers/messages.  These would be particularly helpful when explaining troublesome concepts or areas where you want to grab your students’ attention.

In this showcase, the Learning Technology Coaches will demonstrate how you can use Powtoon to present your course syllabus in a creative way, as well as show other examples of interactive activities that can be designed using the technology.

For more information about this technology please visit this Powtoon resource.

The session will be hosted in person in the Teaching and Learning Exchange TLX (ED 1001).  Participants can access Powtoon using the computers available in the TLX, or can bring their own device.

While registration is not required, it is preferred. To register please follow this link.

Presented by CITL

Thursday, Oct. 6, 12-1 p.m.

HSC-5M101; online

Rochelle Benoit, PhD Candidate

“Compartmentalization of cerebrospinal fluid

inflammation across the spectrum of

untreated HIV-1 infection, central nervous

system injury and viral suppression”

Please contact Barbara Hynes at bjhynes@mun.ca for Webex details..

Presented by BioMedical Sciences

Thursday, Oct. 6, 12:30-2 p.m.

Online

Please join us if you are considering applying for funding from the J R Smallwood Foundation for Newfoundland & Labrador Studies (due Dec. 1, 2022) or the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) (due March 1, 2023) (www.mun.ca/smallwood/funding-opportunities/; www.mun.ca/iser/funding-programs/). Our funding is open to applicants from Memorial as well as to those from outside the university. The workshop will be delivered by Joint Director Dr. Sharon Roseman and experienced Award Panel members Dr. Eric Tenkorang (Department of Sociology) and Dr. Catherine Losier (Department of Archaeology). For the Webex link or questions, please contact Heather Patey (hpatey@mun.ca).

Presented by ISER; JR Smallwood Foundation

Thursday, Oct. 6, 1-2 p.m.

Online

The School of Graduate Studies “Retaining Global Talent” project continues offering regular weekly drop-in sessions on Immigration in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) for Memorial international graduate students and alumni. These sessions will:

• Help you understand NL immigration pathways from preliminary knowledge to concrete immigration streams
• Equip yourself with essential immigration terms
• Prepare your documents for immigration application.
• Answer your relevant questions on immigration in NL

It would be more effective if you could email your questions or topic to Dr. Hanh Do in advance.

Dates: Every Thursday continuing from July 28, 2022 (Period 2)

Time: 1–2 PM NT

Mode: Online via WebEx

Facilitator: Dr. Hanh Do, Postgraduate Retention Coordinator (email: dtmaihanh@mun.ca)

Please, click here to register: Register (event-wizard.com)

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Thursday, Oct. 6, 2-3 p.m.

Online

This workshop will introduce participants to common citation metrics used to evaluate research output at an article, researcher and journal level, in two citation databases, Scopus and Web of Science. We will also discuss benefits, limitations and ethical use of citation metrics.

Date and Time: Thursday, October 6, 2022, 2 – 3 pm NDT/10:30 – 11:30 am MT
Mode: Online
Presenter: Dr. Natalia Barykina, Graduate Studies Librarian, Memorial University

Please, click here to register: Introduction to Citation Metrics in Scopus and Web of Science (event-wizard.com)

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Thursday, Oct. 6, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Online

Memorial is an employer partner with the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI). As part of this partnership, Memorial employees and retirees are invited to attend this webinar. Offered during National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the webinar will reflect on what employers have done and additional steps that can be taken to break down barriers and support inclusive hiring practices with a focus on persons with disabilities.

Registration link:  https://ccdi.ca/event-calendar/ccdi-webinar-intersections-of-disability-and-mental-health/

When registering, please choose “Employer Partner” as the registration type (note: the cost of the webinar will display as zero once Employer Partner has been selected).

If you have any questions or require accommodations, such as ASL interpreting or real-time captioning, please email equity@mun.ca.

Registration for CCDI webinars closes the day before each scheduled session.

Presented by Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion

Thursday, Oct. 6, 3-5 p.m.

Suncor Energy Hall, School of Music

Co-presented by the Festival of New Dance and Business and Arts NL, and supported by the Memorial Quick Start Fund for Public Engagement.

In this joyful, action-based, on-your-feet workshop, we will explore practices that support generative ensemble collaboration and cohesion. You will discover ways of recognizing your own default habits as a member of an ensemble, and cultivate practices that help you expand into new, imaginative possibilities as an artist. Capacities such as deep, embodied listening, navigating complexity and adapting to change are all key capacities for successful ensemble play. Drawing from improvisational practices embodied by dance and theatre artists, we will explore how we sense and feel a moment and practice responding in ways that open us to new possibilities. We will discover the ways in which our relational engagement with others and our world can generate positive, co-creative outcomes.

Presented by School of Music

Friday, Oct. 7, 1-2 p.m.

HSC-3M101

Eric Mensah, PhD Candidate

“Endothelial Dysfunction in Hypertension: A crosstalk between Macro and Microcirculation”

Presented by BioMedical Sciences

Friday, Oct. 7, 3-4 p.m.

SN-2025

Wish you were here: Confessions of a carto-deltiologist

Presenter: Keith Storey

While usually viewed as a trivial object, the postcard has been an important communications medium for the past 125 years. It was both a product and a producer of the social, economic and cultural changes that occurred at the end of the 19^th and the first part of the 20^thC and went hand in hand with the rise of a new consumer culture, a more affluent society, and a new middle class. All these developments coalesced in a picture-postcard “craze” in the first 20 years of the 20^th C. Though this ended with the first World War, the postcard didn’t die, instead, numbers of picture cards mailed increased and it is only in the last twenty years that the number of postcards sent has declined.

Postcard imagery has been of all types. The focus here is on map postcards and what we might learn from them about activities, attitudes and change. The postcard, simple as it appears to be, is a far more complex and “entangled” object than we give it credit for and its influence on society is worth more attention than it has so far been given.

Presented by Evan Edinger