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OTTAWA, January 29, 2010  —  Below is a summary of activities taking place at the University of Ottawa this week. For more information, please visit www.media.uOttawa.ca.

February 1

Music at Tabaret
8 p.m., Tabaret Hall, Room 112 (550 Cumberland Street)
The School of Music will host its third concert in its Music at Tabaret series titled Anniversary Bash. The group of musicians will celebrate the anniversaries of four outstanding 20th century composers including Gustav Mahler, Carl Reinecke, Samuel Barber and Ernö Dohnlá. The evening will conclude with Dohnányi’s heroic sextet. All proceeds collected from this event will support the School of Music Scholarship Fund. For more information, contact Hali Krawchuk at 613-562-5140 or music.at.tabaret@uOttawa.ca.

February 2

Lecture – India and China in the World Economy
2:30 p.m., Desmarais Building, Room 3105 (55 Laurier Ave East)
The Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) presents a lecture titled “India and China in the world economy: Conflict, competition, collaboration? ” by Louis W. Pauly, director of the Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto. Mr. Pauly’s research projects centre on the political context around the technological innovation in Eastern Asia and on the collaborative management of crisis in the integrated financial market. He is also editor of the International Organization Review. For more information, please contact CIPS at 613-562-5800 extension 2664 or cepi-cips@uOttawa.ca.

19th Annual “A Toast to Success” Business Dinner
5:30 p.m., Westin Hotel Ottawa (11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa)
The Telfer School of Management’s student Entrepreneur’s Club will host its 19th annual business dinner titled “A Toast to Success”. This year’s keynote speaker is Donald Ziraldo, author and co-founder of Inniskillin Wine. For more information, contact Lisa Cousins at lisa.cousins@tecde.ca.

February 3

Charting Future Directions in Gender, Sex and Health Research
2 p.m., Desmarais Hall, Room 12102 (55 Laurier Ave East)
The Institute of Population Health (IPH) welcomes professors Joy Johnson and Blye Frank from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's (CIHR) Institute of Gender and Health who will present a lecture titled Charting Future Directions in Gender, Sex and Health Research. Dr. Johnson is the scientific director of CIHR’s Institute of Gender and Health as well as professor at the School of Nursing of the University of British Columbia. Dr. Frank chairs the Institute Advisory Board at CIHR’s Institute of Gender and Health and is a professor and head of Division of Medical Education and of the Department of Bioethics at Dalhousie University. For more information, contact the IPH at 613-562-5660 or iph-irsp@uOttawa.ca.

Fourth Annual David Makow Lecture on Tolerance and Intolerance
7 p.m., Tabaret Hall, Room M281 (550 Cumberland Street)
This multidisciplinary lecture series explores cross-cultural issues in the hope of inspiring Canadian students to become agents of change on the world stage. Dr. Neil Turok, Director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics will present a lecture titled The Next Einstein Initiative. For more information, contact the Ceremonies and Events Office at 613-562-5276 or ceremonies@uOttawa.ca.

February 4

Graduate Studies and Engineering Research Day
10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., 1st Floor Atrium, SITE (800 King Edward Avenue)
The Graduate Studies and Engineering Research Day gives the Ottawa High-Tech Industry a chance to view the next generation of engineering innovators and entrepreneurs during this annual research competition between the graduate students of the Faculty of Engineering. From 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., graduate students will present their research and answer questions. An awards ceremony will follow from 4 p.m to 5 p.m. when the winners will be available to answer questions. For more information, visit the Faculty of Engineering web site.

Conference on the developpement in an evolution world
11 a.m., Desmarais Building, Room 3120 (55 Laurier Ave East)
The Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) presents a conference titled Development in an evolution world by Margaret Biggs, president of the Canadian Agency of International Development. Mrs. Biggs has been a member of the Council of Governors for the Centre of International Development Research since 2009. For more information, please contact CIPS at 613-562-5800 extension 2664 or cepi-cips@uOttawa.ca.

February 5

Lecture on the State Coercion and Insurgent Violence in Civil Wars
12 p.m., Desmarais Building, Room 3120 (55 Laurier Ave East)
The Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) presents a talk by Jason Lyall titled State Coercion and Insurgent Violence in Civil Wars: Evidence from Airstrikes in Afghanistan, 2006-09. Mr. Lyall is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Political Science at Yale University. He is also affiliated with the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) and the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. For more information, please contact CIPS at 613-562-5800 extension 2664 or cepi-cips@uOttawa.ca.

University of Ottawa Orchestra
8 p.m., Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts and Humanities (314 St. Patrick Street, Ottawa)
The School of Music presents its next concert in the Orchestra Series titled Night. This concert features the University of Ottawa Orchestra, the Calixa Lavallée Ensemble and Choral Ensemble, all under the direction of guest conductor Rennie Regehr, currently a Visiting Professor in the School of Music. The program includes Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6, Penderecki – Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima and Debussy – Nocturnes (with the Calixa Lavallée Ensemble and Choral Ensemble). For more information, contact the School of Music at 613-562-5733 or visit www.music.uottawa.ca.

For more information about the Gee-Gees and upcoming sporting events, contact Dominique Poirier at 613-562-5800 extension 2113 or visit www.geegees.uOttawa.ca.