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OTTAWA, February 11, 2011  —  Below is a summary of activities taking place at the University of Ottawa from February 14 to February 18, 2011. For more information, please visit www.media.uOttawa.ca.

February 14, 2011

Film Screening: Constitute! (30th Anniversary of the Women’s Constitution Conference)
With the participation of Marilou McPhedran, principal of the Global College at the University of Winnipeg and  Susan Bazilli, director of the International Women's Rights Project
7 p.m., Desmarais Building, Room 12102 (55 Laurier Ave. E.)

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Women’s Constitution Conference, the Shirley E. Greenberg Chair for Women and the Legal Profession presents Constitute!, a documentary by Susan Bazilli and Robert Rooney. This film, produced by the International Women’s Rights Project (IWRP) at the University of Victoria and Rooney Productions, profiles the dynamic activism by countless Canadian women to ensure The Charter of Rights and Freedoms would include equality. The film also profiles women’s global constitutional activism with segments about South Africa, Rwanda and Afghanistan. Marilou McPhedran, principal of the Global College at the University of Winnipeg, founding mother of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), and an original “Ad Hocker,” as well as Susan Bazilli, director of the IWRP and executive producer of Constitute!, will participate in the film screening. This event will be held in English only. For more information, please contact Martha Jackman at 613-562-5800, ext. 3299, or martha.jackman@uOttawa.ca.

February 15, 2011

Townhall Meeting: The Future of the Institute of Canadian Studies
11:30 a.m., Institute of Canadian Studies, Room 108 (52 University Pvt.)

The Institute of Canadian Studies (ICS) will host the first of three townhall meetings (February 15, 16, 17) to discuss the context of the planning of its development in the upcoming decade. For more information, please contact the ICS at 613-562-5111 or canada@uOttawa.ca.

Lecture: Les influences lexicales de l’anglais sur le français contemporain. Pour une nouvelle approche dictionnairique et pédagogique.
Pierre Cardinal, author of Vocabulaide, a French-language dictionary
11:30 a.m., Arts Building, Room 509 (70 Laurier Ave. E.)

A lecture titled “Les influences lexicales de l’anglais sur le français contemporain. Pour une nouvelle approche dictionnairique et pédagogique.” will be given by Pierre Cardinal.Mr. Cardinal is author of Vocabulaide, a French-language dictionary that concentrates on the influences of the English language towards the French language and its uses in transition. The event, presented in French only, is organised by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute. For more information, please contact Monika Jezak at 613-562-5800, ext. 3407, or mjesak@uOttawa.ca.

Economic Theory Lunch: Scarcity vs. Pollution Policy Toward Fossil Fuels
Leslie Shiell, professor, Department of Economics
11:45 a.m., Desmarais Building, Room 10122 (55 Laurier Ave. E.)

A lecture titled “Scarcity vs. Pollution Policy Toward Fossil Fuels” will be given by Professor Leslie Shiell from the Department of Economics. The Economic Theory Lunch is organised by the Department of Economics and will be held in French and English. For more information, please contact Louis Hotte at louis.hotte@uOttawa.ca.

Radical Readers Series Lecture: Sex Work and the Law in India
Prabha Kotiswaran, professor, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
1:30 p.m., Fauteux Hall, Room 202 (57 Louis-Pasteur Pvt.)

Professor Prabha Kotiswaran, School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, will give a lecture based on her book Dangerous Sex, Invisible Labour: Sex Work and the Law in India (Princeton University Press). This event, presented in English only, is the third offered by the 2010-2011 Radical Readers Series, which presents unique and unusual insights on the intellectual life of today’s researchers. The series is organized by a group of students of the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section. For more information, please contact Jens Pierre Urban at jensurban@gmail.com.

Lecture: Inventing Global Public Health Security
Lorna Weir, professor, York University
2:30 p.m., Desmarais Building, Room 3105 (55 Laurier Ave. E.)

A lecture titled “Inventing Global Public Health Security” will be given by Lorna Weir, professor of Sociology and Health at York University. The event, presented in English, will be followed by a bilingual question period and is organized by the School of Political Studies, the Centre on Governance and the Institute of Population Health. For more information, please contact the School of Political Studies at 613-562-5754 or politi@uOttawa.ca.

International Political Economy Network Speakers Series Lecture: Democracy, Economy, Environment: The Ecology of Crisis and the Crisis of Ecology
Ronnie Lipschutz, professor, University of California-Santa Cruz
4 p.m., Desmarais Building, Room 3120 (55 Laurier Ave. E.)

A lecture titled “Democracy, Economy, Environment: The Ecology of Crisis and the Crisis of Ecology” will be given by Ronnie Lipschutz, professor of Politics at the University of California-Santa Cruz. The event is organized by the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) and offered through the International Political Economy Network Speakers Series. It will be presented in English followed by a bilingual question period. For more information, please contact CIPS at 613-562-5800, ext, 2664, or cepi-cips@uOttawa.ca.

February 16, 2011

Townhall Meeting: The Future of the Institute of Canadian Studies
11:30 a.m., Institute of Canadian Studies, Room 108 (52 University Pvt.)

The Institute of Canadian Studies (ICS) will host the second of three townhall meetings (February 15, 16, 17) to discuss the context of the planning of its development in the upcoming decade. For more information, please contact the ICS at 613-562-5111 or canada@uOttawa.ca.

Joint Greenberg and Professionalism Speakers SeriesLecture: Professional Responsibility: Incorporating Equality
Rosemary Carins Way, professor, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
11:30 a.m., Fauteux Hall, Room 351 (57 Louis-Pasteur Pvt.)

A lecture titled “Professional Responsibility: Incorporating Equality” will be given, in English only, by Professor Rosemary Carins Way, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, through the Joint Greenberg and Professionalism Speakers Series. The Greenberg Chair is designed to strengthen teaching, research and administration with respect to feminist perspectives on the law. It is also designed to maintain and foster links between women in the legal academy and women in the legal profession. For more information, please contact Martha Jackman at 613-562-5800, extension 3299 or martha.jackman@uOttawa.ca.

Human Rights and Environmental Disruptions Lecture Series: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Federal Institutions Responsible for Implementing Sustainable Development
Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, professor, Faculty of Law (Common Law Section) and Amissi Manorobona
11:30 a.m., Fauteux Hall, Room 402 (57 Louis-Pasteur Pvt.)

The Human Rights Research and Education Centre will present the Human Rights and Environmental Disruptions Lecture Series with professors Heather McLeod-Kilmurray and Amissi Manirobona  speaking about “The strengths and weaknesses of federal institutions responsible for implementing sustainable development.” For more information, please contact Ginette Chatelain at 613-562-5775 or hrrec@uOttawa.ca.

Lecture: L’appât du gain
Jacques T. Godbout, professor, INRS (Institut national de la recherche scientifique)
11:30 a.m., Desmarais Building, Room 3105 (55 Laurier Ave. E.)

Jacques T. Godbout, professor at the INRS, will give a lecture titled “L’appât du gain,” which represents the first section of his book titled Ce qui circule entre nous. Donner, recevoir, rendre. This event, organised by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, will be held in French only. For more information, please contact Nathalie Saumure at 613-562-5800, ext. 1893, or nathalie.saumure@uOttawa.ca.

President’s Lecture Series: Addressing Societal Problems in Today’s World: A Role for Social Entrepreneurship and Social Marketing
Judith Madill, professor, Telfer School of Management
7 p.m., Desmarais Building, Room 4101 (55 Laurier Ave. E.)

Judith Madill will give a lecture titled “Addressing Societal Problems in Today’s World: A Role for Social Entrepreneurship and Social Marketing” as part of the President’s Lecture Series. Dr. Madill is a professor of marketing and holds the Paul Desmarais Professorship in Marketing at the Telfer School of Management. The event will be held in English only. For more information, please contact the Ceremonies and Events Office at 613-562-5276 or ceremonies@uOttawa.ca.

February 17, 2011

National Sweater Day: The University of Ottawa Takes Action
All-day event, all campuses

The Sustainable Development Office has responded to the WWF-Canada’s call to action and is encouraging every member of the University community to show their commitment to the planet by turning down their thermostats by three degrees and by wearing fun and quirky sweaters. For more information, please contact Jonathan Rausseo at 613-562-5800, ext, 2534, or sustainable@uOttawa.ca.

Townhall Meeting: The Future of the Institute of Canadian Studies
11:30 a.m., Institute of Canadian Studies, Room 108 (52 University Pvt.)

The Institute of Canadian Studies (ICS) will host the last of three townhall meetings (February 15, 16, 17) to discuss the context of the planning of its development in the upcoming decade. For more information, please contact the ICS at 613-562-5111 or canada@uOttawa.ca.

OCGC Seminar: A One-Way Ticket from Antarctica to the Tasman Abyssal Plain via the Great Barrier Reef – Sediment Dispersal on the Eastern Australian Margin
Ron Boyd, 2010-2011 Distinguished Lecturer, American Association of Petroleum Geologists
11:30 a.m., Marion Hall, Room 0028 (32 George Glinski Pvt.)

A lecture titled “A One-Way Ticket from Antarctica to the Tasman Abyssal Plain via the Great Barrier Reef – Sediment Dispersal on the Eastern Australian Margin” will be given, in English only, by Dr. Ron Boyd, 2010-2011 Distinguished Lecturer, American Association of Petroleum Geologists. The seminar is organised by the Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre (OCGC), through the Department of Earth Sciences. For more information, please contact the Canadian Shield Research Institute at 613-562-5800, ext. 6337, or icsr@uOttawa.ca.

Concert: University of Ottawa Wind Ensemble*
Daniel Gress, conductor
8 p.m., Tabaret Hall, Room 112 (550 Cumberland St.)

The University of Ottawa Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Daniel Gress, will perform: Barber – Commando March; Holst - Mars, the Bringer of War; Jan Van Der Roost – Ponte Romano; William Schuman – When Jesus Wept and Chester Overture (New England Triptych); Beethoven – Egmont Overture; Karel Husa – Music for Prague 1968 and; Charles Marie Widor – Toccata, Symphony No. 5 for Organ. The concert is presented by the School of Music. For more information, please contact the school at 613-562-5733 or concerts@uOttawa.ca.

February 18, 2011

Lecture: Is Humanitarian Intervention Legal? The Rule of Law in an Incoherent World
Ian Hurd, professor, Northwestern University
11 a.m., Desmarais Building, Room 3120 (55 Laurier Ave. E.)

A lecture titled “Is Humanitarian Intervention Legal? The Rule of Law in an Incoherent World” will be given by Ian Hurd, professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. The event, in English only, is organized by the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS). For more information, please contact CIPS at 613-562-5800, ext. 2664, or cepi-cips@uOttawa.ca.

Panel: Women, Canada and the World: Is Canada Failing?
1 p.m., Desmarais Building, Room 12102 (55 Laurier Ave. E.)

Panel speakers Sandeep Prasad, Action Canada for Population and Development; Leilani Farha, Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation; and Ricky Stuart and Ian Smillie of the Mcleod Group will address the topic, “Women, Canada and the World: Is Canada Failing?”  The panel, in English only, will discuss concerns that current government policies diminish the status and contribution of women, thereby making it more difficult for women to take their rightful place in public life at home and abroad. The panel is being presented by the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. For more information, please contact Nathalie Saumure at 613-562-5800, ext. 1893, or nathalie.saumure@uOttawa.ca.

Seminar: Language Education in Canada and the Netherlands
Erik Boer, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Canada
2:30 p.m., Simard Hall, Room 125 (60 University Pvt.)

A special symposium titled “Language Education in Canada and the Netherlands” has been organized by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI). OLBI will host a delegation from the Netherlands investigating language programs in place in the local public and separate schools. The symposium’s opening address will be made by Erik Boer, Deputy Head of Mission at the Netherlands’ embassy in Canada, while guest speakers will include members from the delegation and professors from the University of Ottawa. For more information, please contact OLBI at 613-562-5800, extension 3471 or ccerbal@uOttawa.ca.

For more information about upcoming sporting events, please contact Jacinthe Néron at 613-562-5800, ext. 2113, or visit www.gee-gees.ca.

*This is a paid event