W21- Pandemics: Culture, Science, and Society Course
Back by popular demand! Join U of G students this winter to study pandemics from scientific, cultural, historical and societal perspectives.
Date: 12 January - 30 March, 2021
Time: 7 pm - 8:50 pm
Location: Virtual - From the comfort of your own home!
Price: Free for alumni!
Pandemics: Culture, Science, and Society (UNIV*2020) has been created to foster knowledge of the current global COVID-19 pandemic as well as past pandemics that had far-reaching impacts on communities around the world. Its multidisciplinary and collaborative approach will blend expertise from all U of G colleges.
Taught by a number of faculty members, the course will explore infectious disease and pandemics through a range of lenses. Registered alumni will join U of G students in a weekly interdisciplinary webinar panel featuring faculty discussing the following topics associated with pandemics and COVID-19:
Date: January 12, 2021
Introduction: Malcolm Campbell (Vice-President Research)
Panelists: Amy Greer (Population Medicine), Catherine Carstairs (History), Tara Abraham (History)
Date: January 19, 2021
Panelists: Minglun Gong (Computer Science), Nadia Amoroso (Landscape Architecture), Shauna McCabe (Art Gallery of Guelph)
Date: January 26, 2021
Panelists: Yuanfang Lin (Marketing and Consumer Studies), Saba Safdar (Psychology), Andrew Papadopoulous (Population Medicine)
Date: February 2, 2021
Panelists: Christopher Collier (Engineering), Larry Goodridge (Food Science), Richard Manderville (Chemistry), Steve Newmaster (Integrative Biology)
Reading and Recordings - coming soon
Date: February 9, 2021
Panelists: Christian Giroux and John Phillips (Fine Arts), Catherine Bush (Creative Writing), Leith Deacon (Environmental Design and Rural Development), Laura Pin (Political Science)
Reading and Recordings - coming soon
Date: February 16, 2021
Panelists: Dawn Owen (Curator of Guelph Museums), Kween (Executive Director of the Guelph Black Heritage Society)
No Reading and Recordings
Date: February 23, 2021
Panelists: Emily Duncan (Geography), Evan Fraser (Geography), Simon Somogyi (Hospitality, Food & Tourism Management), Kimberly Thomas-Francois (Hospitality, Food & Tourism Management)
Reading and Recordings - coming soon
Date: March 2, 2021
Panelists: Katie Clow (Population Medicine), Lee Niel (Population Medicine), Dorothee Bienzle (Pathobiology), Zvonimir Poljak (Population Medicine)
Reading and Recordings - coming soon
Date: March 9, 2021
Panelists: Miana Plesca (Economics), Deborah Stienstra (Political Science), Lisa Kowalchuk (Sociology and Anthropology)
Reading and Recordings - coming soon
Date: March 16, 2021
Panelists: Kim Martin (History), Alyssa Woods (Music), Amy Kipp (Geography)
Reading and Recordings - coming soon
Date: March 23, 2021
Panelists: Andrew Bailey (Philosophy), Kieran O'Doherty (Psychology), Leonardo Susta (Pathobiology), Sarah Wooton (Pathobiology)
Reading and Recordings - coming soon
Date: March 30, 2021
Panelists: Ajay Heble (English and Theatre Studies), Carla Rice (Family Relations and Applied Nutrition)
Reading and Recordings - coming soon
Date: April 6, 2021
Panelists: TBD
Reading and Recordings - coming soon
- Must be an alumnus to register
- Registration will be for the entire 12-week series
- Participating alumni are not eligible for course credit
- A weekly link will be shared with registered alumni from Alumni Affairs & Development
- Participating alumni are not eligible to participate in the weekly student seminar portions of the course
Please Note: This event is sold out! To join our waitlist please contact Event RSVP, by email: eventrsvp@uoguelph.ca
