uOttawa event calendar – November 20-24, 2023

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By Bernard Rizk

Media Relations Officer, External Relations, uOttawa

uOttawa event calendar – November 20-24, 2023
Here are highlights of the events taking place at the University of Ottawa from November 20 to 24, 2023:

Unleashing nature-based climate solutions
WHEN: Monday, November 20, from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
LOCATION: Desmarais Hall, 55 Laurier Avenue East | Room 12102
Join us for an expert panel discussion on nature-based climate solutions, hosted by the new Jarislowsky Chair in Clean Economy and Innovation. (English)

Supporting culturally-rooted child and family services: Indigenous children's interests, governance and self-determination
WHEN: Monday, November 20, from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
LOCATION : Virtual
The Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on the Rights of the Child (IRLRC) is pleased to invite you to this webinar organized as part of the World Children's Day. (French)

The Indebted Woman. Kinship, Sexuality and Capitalism
WHEN: Monday, November 20, from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
LOCATION: Social Sciences Building (FSS), 4006
The Indebted Woman discusses the crucial yet invisible roles poor women play in making and consolidating debt and credit markets. (French)

 

Roundtable around the research creation artwork "C'est le Québec qui est né dans mon pays"
WHEN: Tuesday, November 21, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
LOCATION: FSS 4004, 120 University Private, University of Ottawa
The Joint Chair in Women’s Studies at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University presents a roundtable around the research-creation work « C’est le Québec qui est né dans mon pays » : Carnet de rencontres, d’Ani Kuni à Kiuna, published by the Éditions Écosociété, with testimonies and authorized quotes from more than fifty indigenous and non-indigenous collaborators. (French)

 

Does input manipulation lead to acceleration effects in second language English instruction?
WHEN: Tuesday, November 21, from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
LOCATION: Virtual and In person: Hamelin Hall, Room 509
The Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL) is hosting a research forum, Does input manipulation lead to acceleration effects in second language English instruction? presented by Raquel Fernández Fuertes, associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Valladolid (Spain) and the director of the UVALAL research group (University of Valladolid Language Acquisition Lab). (English)

Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
WHEN: Wednesday, November 22, from 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Fauteux Hall (FTX), 57 Louis-Pasteur Private, uOttawa
We are delighted to be welcoming Dahlia Lithwick, MSNBC analyst and a senior legal correspondent at Slate, to deliver a keynote talk about her book Lady Justice and associated themes. (English)

Governing the homelessness crisis in Canada
WHEN: Thursday, November 23, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
LOCATION: FSS 4004, 120 University Private, University of Ottawa
Join us for this event organized by the Centre on Governance, the Research Centre on the Future of Cities and the Jean-Luc Pepin Research Chaire. (English)

Écologie, féminisme et actions citoyennes
WHEN: Thursday, November 23, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
LOCATION: FSS 5028, 120 University Private, University of Ottawa
Come and take part in this reflection on feminist and/or decolonial thought and citizen participation. (French)

Working for human rights with Farida Deif
WHEN: Thursday, November 23, from
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
LOCATION:
Fauteux Hall (FTX), FTX570 | 57 Louis-Pasteur Private, uOttawa
The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) is pleased to invite you to this networking event. (English)