Research Week at a Glance

Research Week at a Glance
Monday to Thursday, March 23-26
All day
All day
Student Poster Display, Centennial Lobby
Scavenger Hunt
Monday, March 23
12:30 p.m. Opening Reception, Library Lobby
Tuesday, March 24
12:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Teaching and Learning Centre Initiative: Flash Talks, The Gait
History Round Table, Cleghorn Room
Institutional Repository Workshop, Library Orientation Room (LIB103/104)
Bishop’s Idol, The Gait
Wednesday, March 25
12:00 p.m. Student Presentations, Centennial Lobby
7:00 p.m. Café Scientifique, Brûlerie de café FARO, Lennoxville
8:00 p.m. Observatory Tours, Nicolls 402
Thursday, March 26
10:00 a.m. Transformative Praxis, Nicolls 312
12:00 p.m. Closing Reception, Centennial Lobby
Friday, March 27
10:00 a.m. Graduate Scholarship Application Workshop, Hamilton 301
Friday and Saturday, March 27-28
All day
Quebec Studies Colloquium, Cleghorn
Monday to Thursday, March 23-26
Student Poster Display
Centennial Lobby
Fifty students have registered in this year’s poster competition, setting a new record for
participation in this event! Come admire student research posters in Biochemistry,
Biology, Chemistry, Classical Studies, Education, Environmental Studies & Geography,
History, Physics, Political Studies, Psychology and Sociology.
Scavenger Hunt
Across campus
Student and staff activity designed to allow the Bishop’s community to learn more about
academic research being conducted by BU faculty. Registered participants will be given
clues to discover 10 research-related facts.
Monday, March 23
Opening Reception – 10th Anniversary Celebration
12:30 – 1:15 p.m. – Library Lobby
Celebrate Research Week’s 10th anniversary with some cake and coffee in the Library.
Join us for the launch of Bishop’s University’s new Institutional Repository as well as that
of the ACFAS Research Photo Exhibit, La preuve par l’image, hosted by Bishop’s
University from March 23rd to April 3rd 2015. The exhibit includes the finalists of the 2010
and 2014 ACFAS research photography contest.
Tuesday, March 24
Teaching and Learning Centre Initiative: Flash Talks
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. – The Gait
Come listen to professors discuss how their teaching can become the object of academic
scholarship on pedagogical approaches in higher education. Speakers:
Darren Bardati (ESG)
Heather Lawford (Psychology)
Anthony di Mascio (Education) Stuart McKelvie (Psychology)
Kerry Hull (Biology)
Scosha Merovitz (Math)
Steve Karpenko (Business)
History Round Table
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. – Cleghorn Room
All are invited to attend a round table discussion centered on the theme “A Soldier’s Life”
hosted by students of the History Department.
Institutional Repository Workshop
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. – Library Orientation Room (LIB103/104)
Looking to share your work and increase its dissemination? The Institutional Repository
Committee is pleased to announce that the Bishop’s Institutional Repository is now open
for business. Attendees are invited to join Lisa Taylor and Daniel Bromby to learn more
about the project and the virtues of contributing to a repository, and also see the
repository in action through a detailed demonstration. As this activity is taking place in the
Library’s E-classroom, attendees will even be able to register and explore the system
themselves.
Bishop’s Idol
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – The Gait
Come hear student researchers present their research in 300 seconds! Judges: Principal
Michael Goldbloom, Vice-Principal Academic Miles Turnbull, Dean of Arts and Science
Michele Murray. Hosts: Chelsea McLellan, SRC VP Academic, and Marie-Josée Berger,
Dean of Education.
Wednesday, March 25
Student Poster Presentations
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. – Centennial Lobby
Students participating in the Poster Competition will be on site to present and discuss
their posters with members of the jury and the public. Members of the Bishop’s and
Lennoxville community are invited to be present to vote for the best poster.
Café Scientifique – Why Is It So Difficult to Kick an Addiction?
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. – Brûlerie de café FARO, Lennoxville
Professors Adrianna Mendrek and Annie Duchesne will engage in a discussion with
members of the community on the topic of addiction and the neurobiological and
psychosocial factors that can influence quitting. Moderator: Vice-Principal Academic Miles
Turnbull.
Observatory Tours
8:00 – 10:00 p.m. – Nicolls 323
Dr. Lorne Nelson and his team welcome visitors to the Bishop’s University Observatory.
Tours begin at 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Twenty visitors per tour will be accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis. In case of clouds, a presentation will be given at the new
videoconferencing centre in the Observatory.
Thursday, March 26
Transformative Praxis
10:00 – 11:30 a.m. – Nicolls 312
If you are curious to learn how research can be moved from theoretical knowledge into
action in the field, the Transformative Praxis team can provide some enlightening
examples. Faculty-student teams to participate in this panel discussion are:
Christopher D. Stonebanks and David Emory
Bruce Gilbert and Sarah Fournier
Fintan Sheerin (Trinity College, Dublin) and Susanna Weedle/Eloise Sheerin
Melanie Bennett-Stonebanks and Kassandra Norie
Closing Reception
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. – Centennial Lobby
For the first time, the Bishop’s University Emerging Scholar Award will be given to a new
and promising scholar. Following this, three prizes as well as the Public Vote prize will be
given to the winners of the Poster Competition, and a draw to determine the student and
staff winners of the Scavenger Hunt will take place. Finally, the Multi-Scale Climate and
Environmental Change Research Cluster will present its annual MUSCLE student award
during Research Week’s closing reception. Come applaud all the winners, take one last
look at the posters and enjoy a selection of hors d’oeuvres to end this special edition of
Research Week in style!
Friday, March 27
Graduate Scholarship Application Workshop
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. – Hamilton 301
Thinking of applying for a graduate scholarship? It’s not too soon to get ready! Professors
Fuschia Sirois and Lorne Nelson along with Research Officer Julie Frédette will offer tips on
completing a graduate scholarship application as well as useful information concerning
deadlines and the various funding opportunities that are available.
Friday, March 27 – Saturday, March 28
Quebec Studies Colloquium
Cleghorn, McGreer
Hosted by the Eastern Townships Resource Centre (ETRC) and the Institute of Quebec
Studies (State University of New York at Plattsburgh), this event will consist of faculty and
student presentations from Bishop’s and abroad on current issues within the field of
Quebec Studies.