By Joseph Tubb
What you can’t see might hurt you, but probably not. Nanomaterials– materials with at least one dimension smaller than 0.1 micrometres– are causing a stir in the scientific community. Novel uses for nanotechnology are being discovered that exploit their unusual chemistry, including drug delivery systems and quantum computers, but people are starting to question what… Continue reading Nanotechnology is nothing to be scared of
By Minkyu Hong
In a city with growing crime rates and accounts of violence, Bob Stewart and the Canadian Centre for Teaching Peace is making headway in community peace education. CCTP hosted the fourth annual Alberta Peace Conference aimed at creating a sustainable culture of peace and an Albertan peace education strategy Oct. 16-18. “Nobody has been able… Continue reading Cafe with peace on the menu opens soon
By Doug Horner
John Ralston Saul is a Canadian intellectual, a prolific author and essayist and very active in many cultural and political organizations around the world. He was recently in Calgary and gave a lecture at the Vertigo Theatre on his new book A Fair Country, Telling Truths About Canada.During his speech, Saul struck emotional chords with… Continue reading Canada’s mysterious identity explained
The University of Alberta’s Dr. Amy Kaler shared Africa’s struggle with vaccination efforts on campus last week. Her guest lecture focused on reproductivity, rumours and counter-epistemic convergence in contemporary Africa. Failure to reproduce in certain countries or among certain social groups is the most primal political threat to the continuity of community, argued Kaler. “The… Continue reading Rumours in Africa hurt vaccination campaigns
By Dale Miller
A standing ovation concluded His Excellency John Ralston Saul’s speech, Struggling for Balance: Public Education and Civil Society on Tue., Mar. 25.Saul took no prisoners, taking stabs at our education systems’ vertical orientation; the illiteracy of the elite; citizenship and its responsibilities; rich peoples’ vanity; differential tuition; and the responsibility of tenured professors. The list… Continue reading Governor General’s husband says:
“We are sick, we are ailing, and we need to cure the disease of Bush-ism.”Those were the words of former chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq, Scott Ritter. He lectured at the 2003 Dr. Irma Parhad Lecture and Roundtable at the University of Calgary on Fri., Mar. 14.While admitting that he is not a media… Continue reading Scott Ritter lectures Calgary
U of C Professor of Education Dr. Mathew Zachariah presented an educational, sometimes moving and humorous lecture on guidelines and challenges to intercultural dialogue at Memorial Park Library on Fri., Mar. 14 as part of the Living Research Series presented by the University of Calgary’s Cultural Diversity Institute.Zachariah suggested our false perceptions about faraway places… Continue reading Intercultural dialogue
By Вen Li
A crowd of 30 Calgarians listened to stakeholders discuss the future of post-secondary education at on Thu., Mar. 6. Panelists included lobbyists and stakeholders in post-secondary education.Parent Joanne Cuthbertson, representing Albertans Promoting Public Education and Learning, felt that discussion about tuition issues has not sufficiently involved parents.“As parents, we have been under some assumptions about… Continue reading CAUS forum on post-secondary education
The Canadian Navy is a world leader in maritime policing, according to Commodore E. J. Lerhe’s talk to the University of Calgary’s Centre for Military and Strategic Studies on Thu., Mar. 6. In his lecture, Commodore Lerhe highlighted many of the recent accomplishments of the fleet in southwest Asia.“We are more than fulfilling our obligations,”… Continue reading Navy woes
The Faculty of Medicine, the International Centre and the Faculty of Communication and Culture will present the 2003 Dr. Irma Parhad Lecture and Roundtable on March 14-15. Entitled “Media Coverage of Life Threatening Conflicts,” the conference will feature a lecture by Robert Hackett from Simon Fraser University and a Canadian media panel with David Bazay,… Continue reading Conflict and the media