Sociology Speaker Series proudly presents our third Winter 2016 talk, with Dr. Joseph Michalski.

Title: Lethal Punishment: Dehumanization, Moral Outcasts, and Extreme Control

Synopsis: Punishment exists universally as a form of social control, spanning a continuum from the physically inconsequential to lethality. The talk will present an argument that most extreme forms of punishment reflect one of two cultural statuses: that of the "dehumanized other", or that of the "moral outcast."

Neither of these designations arises randomly in the social universe. Both the process of dehumanization and the creation of moral outcasts reflect the confluence of key structural conditions and dynamic processes that characterize human social interactions cross-culturally and across history.

Date: Friday, March 18 Time: 10 - 11:30 am
Location: AT 1006 (TBay) / OA 1025 ( Orillia)

Dr. Michalski earned his PhD in sociology from the University of Virginia in 1993, where his two main intellectual mentors were the theoretical sociologists Murray Milner (whose theoretical work deals with social status systems, such as the Indian caste system) and Donald Black (who has developed the paradigm of "pure sociology").

He has been a member of the Department of Sociology at King's University College at Western since 2003. His main substantive interests encompass all forms of violence, with a particular interest in domestic conflicts, social control, punishment or penal systems, and the sociology of knowledge and science. His greatest theoretical ambition involves integrating the multiple paradigms of sociological thought into a metasystem of knowledge production rooted in an evolutionary narrative of energy, matter, life, mind, and culture. He understands quite well the high probability of abject failure in pursuing such lofty intellectual ambitions.

The Economic Speaker Series presents: "National Policy for Regional Development: Evidence from Appalachian Highways" by Taylor Jaworski, Assistant Professor from Queen's University.

2:30 pm
Friday April 8
ATAC 2003

Everyone welcome!

Stop by Main Caf March 16th & 17th for Nutrition on a Budget with Student Health & Counselling.

There will be information on how to save money when grocery shopping, meal planning, campus & community food programs, easy and inexpensive recipes, and prizes!

The Economic Speaker Series presents.... "One Sided Matching: Choice Selection With Risky, Rival Outcomes" presented by Matthew Webb, Assistant Professor from Carleton University 2:30 pm Friday March 18, 2016 ATAC 2003.

Everyone welcome.

Lakehead University Centre for Health Care Ethics invites everyone to attend a presentation and discussion session on Ethics in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) & in the Care Provided by Paramedics

Presenter: Dr. Andrew Affleck, CCFP(EM) FIFEM, Medical Director of the Base Hospital Program, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre; ED LHIN Lead, Northwest LHIN; Associate Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, NOSM Panel: Wayne Gates, BAppBus ES, Chief (Acting), Superior North Emergency Medical Service Marika Listenmaa, ACP, A-EMCA, B.Ed, HBK, Superintendent Professional Standards (Acting), Superior North Emergency Medical Service Mhari Powell, CCP(f)-FE, HBA(Psych), B.Ed, A-EMCA, Critical Care Flight Paramedic, Thunder Bay Base, Ornge Stephen Wiebe, CCP(f)-FE, BScN, A-EMCA, Critical Care Flight Paramedic, Thunder Bay Base, Ornge Facilitator: Jaro Kotalik, MD, FRCPC, Centre for Health Care Ethics, Lakehead University; Professor, NOSM

The acclaimed documentary The Hunting Ground comes to Thunder Bay for this exclusive screening. From the team behind The Invisible War comes a startling exposé of sexual assaults on U.S. campuses, institutional cover-ups and the brutal social toll on victims and their families. Weaving together verité footage and first-person testimonies, the film follows survivors as they pursue their education while fighting for justice - despite harsh retaliation, harassment and pushback at every level. Following the film there will be a discussion panel facilitated by the Gender Issues Centre and Pride Central. Light refreshments will be served and it is suggested that attendees arrive promptly. Content warning: There will be discussions of sexual violence and surrounding issues. There will be centre staff present at this event from the GIC, Pride Central, and the Thunder Bay Sexual Abuse Centre to support attendees who may be sensitive to or triggered by content in the film.

The Purple Silhouette Campaign is coming to the Orillia Campus! We are working in partnership with Huronia Transition Homes to raise awareness about sexual violence against women on campus. In recognition of International Women's Day, we will be displaying life-sized purple silhouettes of women for the week of March 8-15, 2016. Each silhouette will present current statistics and solutions for every student to help end sexual violence against women. Come check it out in the Orillia Cafeteria and Learning Commons, share your opinions and help us raise awareness for an issue that is far too common. Help us put an end to sexual violence against women!

About the Talk

The ability to generate induced pluripotent stem (iPS)cells from adult human cells has opened up new horizons for understanding human biology and disease mechanisms. Patient-specific iPS cells have the ability to differentiate into many different cell types that can be used to study disease in the petri dish, develop screens for novel drug therapies and eventually provide replacement cell types for regenerative therapies.  We have been using lung cells derived from iPS cells to study cystic fibrosis and develop personalized therapies for patients.  I will discuss the opportunities and challenges ahead in the translation of stem cells to therapeutic outcomes.

About the Speaker

Dr. Janet Rossant is a Senior Scientist and Chief of Research Emeritus in the Developmental and Stem Cell Biology program at the Hospital for Sick Children. She is a University Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto. Rossant is also the incoming President and Scientific Director of the Gairdner Foundation. 

Dr. Rossant’s research interests focus on understanding the genetic control of normal and abnormal development in the early mouse embryo using both cellular and genetic manipulation techniques. Her interests in the early embryo have led to the discovery of a novel placental stem cell type, the trophoblast stem cell and new insights into the origins of pluripotency.

Dr. Rossant is actively involved in the international developmental and stem cell biology communities and has been recognized for her contributions to science with many awards, including Companion of the Order of Canada, 10^th ISTT Prize from the International Society for Transgenic Technologies, the Ross G. Harrison Medal (lifetime achievement award) from the International Society of Developmental Biologists, the Killam Prize for Health Sciences, the March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology, the Conklin Medal from the Society for Developmental Biology, and the CIHR Michael Smith Prize in Health Research. She is a Fellow of both the Royal Societies of London and Canada, and is a foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Science. Dr. Rossant received the 2015 Canada Gairdner Wightman Award, the first female to do so.

Dr. Rossant trained at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, United Kingdom and has been in Canada since 1977 – first at Brock University, then at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital from 1985 to 2005 before coming to SickKids.

Research that Rocks: 15 Years of International Collaboration, Enhancing Exploration and Resource Development

 About the Talk

Dr Hollings’ research is focused on the relationship between igneous petrogenesis and mineralization. This talk will highlight the results of that research in Northwestern Ontario.

 

About the Speaker

Dr. Hollings completed his Ph.D. at the University of Saskatchewan in 1998 where he investigated the geochemistry of the 2.7-3.0 Ga Uchi Subprovince from Red Lake to Pickle Lake. During a two-year NSERC funded postdoctoral fellowship at CODES Dr. Hollings participated in a multi-disciplinary research project investigating the genesis of giant copper-porphyry deposits in Chile. As a faculty member at Lakehead University since 2001, Dr. Hollings is continuing his research into the relationship between igneous petrogenesis and mineralisation in Northwestern Ontario, the Philippines and S America. Hollings is currently the Chair of the Department of Geology and Director of the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Mining and Exploration, both at Lakehead University and the President of the Volcanology and Igneous Petrology Division of the Geological Association of Canada.

Abstract: The oldest known eggs and embryos are those of dinosaurs, laid more than 110 million years after vertebrates ventured for the first time onto land. Dinosaur embryos are known from the Early Jurassic (195 Ma) of China in a so-called bonebed as a concentration of disarticulated bones, and in South Africa inside eggs in a nesting site. These embryonic remains belong to the sauropodomorph dinosaurs Lufengosaurus and Massospondylus, animals that reached 6-10m in length and were the precursors of the giant sauropods. The combination of embryos, eggs, nests, hatchlings, and adults of these two closely related dinosaurs allows us to reconstruct in great detail their embryonic and hatchling life, as well as their growth to adulthood. Interesting facts about these early dinosaurs will be revealed during my talk, including how they grew inside their eggs, what they did after they hatched, and how we were able to uncover these secrets from the dawn of the age of dinosaurs.

 

About the Speaker

Robert Reisz is a leading authority on the initial stages of terrestrial vertebrate evolution and the organisms that eventually gave rise to living mammals, reptiles, and birds. He has studied early reptiles and their amphibian relatives globally, examining the initial stages of the invasion of land by limbed vertebrates. He has also explored other crucial events in vertebrate evolution, like the early stages of dinosaur evolution, and dinosaur embryology. His research results  more than 170 refereed papers, including more than a dozen publications in the journals Nature and Science.

He has been at University of Toronto for 40 years, and is currently Vice-Dean Graduate, and Distinguished Professor of Paleontology at the University of Toronto Mississauga. He also holds research associate positions in 6 major natural history museums, distinguished professorships in other universities, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Professor Reisz’s discoveries and field work have been widely featured in textbooks, scientific magazines, and have been popularized and disseminated to the lay public globally through numerous interviews on national and international media.