Media

OTTAWA, March 19, 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.

March 22

New Worlds of Water
4 p.m., Desmarais Building, Room 3120 (55 Laurier Ave. East)
The African Study and Research Laboratory presents a lecture titled New Worlds of Water by Maggie Catley-Carlson. Mrs. Catley-Carlson, chair of the Board of the Crop Diversity Trust, the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Water and the Foresight Advisory Committee for Group Suez Environment, will discuss how the relationship between people and water has changed enormously in the past three decades. Around the world there is growing awareness of current and accelerating stress on water availability. What does this foretell for national water management and for international relations among water-sharing nations? What are the obstacles? For more information, please contact Issaga Diallo at idal103@uOttawa.ca.

March 24

My Neighborhood, My Voice: Result of a large photovoice study in Ottawa
12 p.m., Desmarais Building, Room 3105 (55 Laurier Ave. East)
The Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services (CRECS) presents a noon-hour colloquium with Elizabeth Kristjansson, associate professor at the School of Psychology, principal scientist at the Institute of Population Health and senior researcher with CRECS. For more information, please contact David Vincent at 613-562-5800 extension 1856 or dvincent@uOttawa.ca.

March 25

The Feminist Cafés Lecture Series
11 a.m., Fauteux Hall, Room 133 (57 Louis Pasteur Pvt.)
The MITACS Seminar Series in Information and Communication Technology and the Institute of Women’s Studies invite Samantha King, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University who will present a lecture titled Painkiller Addiction and Moral Panic: An Anatomy of an Epidemic? For more information, please contact the Institute of Women’s Studies at 613-562-5791 or womenst@uOttawa.ca.

Human Rights and Environmental Disruptions Lecture Series
12 p.m., Fauteux Hall, Room 550 (57 Louis Pasteur Pvt.)
The Human Rights Research and Education Centre and the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law present a lecture titled Human Rights in the Climate Change Negotiations by Sébastien Jodoin of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law. For more information, please contact Susan Lecorre at 613-562-5775 or slecorre@uOttawa.ca.

New Collaborative Programs in Journalism and Public Relations
3 p.m., Tabaret Hall, Rotunda (550 Cumberland St.)
The Vice-President Academic and Provost, François Houle, will host a special event during which the University of Ottawa, La Cité collégiale and Algonquin College will announce and conclude agreements creating new collaborative programs in journalism and public relations. For more information, please contact the Ceremonies & Events Office at 613-562-5276 or ceremonies@uOttawa.ca.

The Americans with Disabilities Act
3 p.m., Fauteux Hall, Room 102 (57 Louis Pasteur Pvt.)
The Faculty of Law, Common Law Section in collaboration with the Human Rights Research and Education Centre will present a lecture titled New Amendments & New Challenges: The Americans with Disabilities Act given by Professor Jeannette Cox of the University of Dayton School of Law. For more information, please contact Susan Lecorre at 613-562-5775 or slecorre@uOttawa.ca.

Conflicted? The World of War
8 p.m., University Centre, Alumni Auditorium (85 University Pvt.)
The University of Ottawa’s Community Life Service invites Dr. Samantha Nutt, a medical doctor and Founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada, one of Canada’s leading charities helping children affected by war. Conflicted? The World of War will take a compelling look at the impact of war around the world — the truth, the lies, and the reality on the ground and what can be done about it. Dr. Nutt will share her experiences and take listeners on a journey to war zones around the world, telling personal stories of both triumph and hardship, and what one person can do to really make a difference. For more information, please contact the Community Life Service at 613-562-5800 extension 4424 or commlife@uOttawa.ca.

March 26

Concert: University of Ottawa Orchestra
8 p.m., Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts and Humanities (314 St. Patrick St.)
The School of Music of the University of Ottawa presents the year-end concert of the University of Ottawa Orchestra, under the direction of guest conductor Rennie Regehr and featuring the three Choirs of the University. For more information, please contact the School of Music at 613-562-5733 or visit their website at www.music.uottawa.ca.


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