University of Ottawa event calendar – March 18 - 22, 2024

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Here are highlights of the events taking place at the University of Ottawa from March 18 to 22, 2024:

unLine: Exploring the transgressive potential of art in a digitally repressive environment
WHEN: Monday, March 18 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Fauteux Hall, Room FTX570; in-person.
Professor Chloe Georas, a collaborator of The eQuality Project and Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law, will discuss her art exhibition unLine. (In English)

Francophonie excentrique: An artistic crossroads!
WHEN: Monday, March 18 from 7 p.m.
WHERE: Social Sciences Building, Room FSS4007; in-person.
The event will highlight the ways their francophone heritage and culture inform and inspire each of our participants’ artistic practice. (In English and French)

Business & human rights: Modern slavery & other compliance issues in global supply chains
WHEN: Wednesday, March 20 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
WHERE: Virtual.
A diverse expert group of legal practitioners, regulators, and academic commentators will discuss Bill S-211, an act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff. (In English)

Migrations and Empowerment Dynamics Among the Acadians and Their Diaspora
WHEN: Thursday, March 21 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Simard Hall, Room SMD125; in-person.
This conference will showcase the ongoing renewal of these dynamics across various historical and geographical contexts and provide insight into the diasporic community of Acadian descendants in France and their connections to "central" Acadia. (In French)

Technocratic Tendencies? Canada’s Quantum Policy and Critical International Relations Theory
WHEN: Thursday, March 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Social Sciences Building, Room FSS4004; in-person.
This presentation argues that quantum policy approach offers a window into the construction of technocratic exceptionalism, where “expert” domains are made safe from liberal democracy. (In English)

Roundtable: Mois de la Francophonie
WHEN: Thursday, March 21 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Simard Hall, Room SMD125; in-person.
March is the Mois de la Francophonie and the Faculty of Arts joins the international community in celebrating French language and culture in all its forms. (In French)

Marleau Lecture Series: Subjective Inflation Expectations and Decisions
WHEN: Friday, March 22 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
WHERE: Virtual.
This lecture focuses on the role of inflation expectations and sheds light on how households and firms form inflation expectations as well as how they act on these expectations. (In English)


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