Here are links to public lectures available for viewing on demand as webcasts. Some are also available as downloadable podcasts. Please follow the links for more information about each webcast.
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Professor Victoria Kaspi, 2015 Killam Prize Laureate in Natural Sciences.
Watch and learn about pulsars, how fast they move, where they are and why she calls them the "lighthouses of the sky".
January 12, 2016
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Dr. John Smol, O.C., B.Sc. '77.
Undergraduate Research Conference keynote address.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
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Research at the frontiers of knowledge, explained in 3-minute presentations
January 14-18, 2013
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This public Symposium on Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine (WISEMS) marks the centenary of 91社区's geneticist Carrie Derick (1862-1941) being appointed as Canada's first woman university professor.
October 12-13, 2012
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Dr. Suzanne Fortier, B.Sc. '72, Ph.D. '76, President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
Undergraduate Research Conference keynote address.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
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Recorded podcasts with astrophysicists visiting the Physics Department at 91社区. These are aimed at informing the general public about astronomy and astrophysics research, without technical jargon.
March 27, 2012听鈥� present.
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Research at the frontiers of knowledge, explained in 3-minute presentations
January 16-20, 2012
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Dr. Jack Szostak (B.Sc. '72, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2009)
Undergraduate Research Conference keynote address
Friday, October 15, 2010.
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Research at the frontiers of knowledge, explained in 3-minute presentations
September 13-17, 2010
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Research at the frontiers of knowledge, explained in 3-minute presentations
January 11-15, 2010
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Research at the frontiers of knowledge, explained in 3-minute presentations
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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Cutting Edge Lectures in Science
Initiated with the express purpose of fostering communication between scientists in different disciplines as well as between scientists and the public, Cutting Edge Lectures feature distinguished scientists from 91社区 and around the world.
Many lectures available, from April 21, 2009, to the present
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Presented by the 91社区 Evolution Education Research Centre
March 30 & 31, 2009
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What Darwin Didn't Know
Held at the Redpath Museum in honour of Charles Darwin's bicentennary. Moderated by the Museum鈥檚 Director, David Green, this event features presentations by Redpath Museum evolutionary biologists Graham Bell, Hans Larsson, Robert Carroll, and Virginie Millien.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
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Dr. Steven Pinker
Undergraduate Research Conference keynote address
Friday, October 17, 2008
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Mini Science 2008: Ecology, Evolution, and Extinction
Lecture series; 7 lectures available as webcasts
March 26 - May 7, 2008
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Living on a Shrinking Planet: Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Future
Dr. Jonathan Foley
Undergraduate Research Conference keynote address
Friday, October 19, 2007
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How do theories in science arise and how important are they for the stimulation of new experiments? A tribute to 91社区
Dr. Rudolph A. Marcus, 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Undergraduate Research Conference keynote address
Friday, October 20, 2006
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Over 50 presentations: many as webcasts (video), some slides-only
Includes presentations by 4 Nobel laureates
January 6, 2006 - present