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Heather Paxson: The Microbiopolitics of Food Safety Regulation: Classifying Microbial Ecologies AND Stefan Helmreich: Submarine Media: Conducting Undersea Ethnography (with Notes on Underwater Music)

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McGill University
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Wed., Nov. 16, 2011, 3:30pm
McGill University: 3:30pm Heather Paxson (MIT) and 5pm Stefan Helmreich (MIT) present as part of the HPS Seminar Series at McGill University

The Situating Science McGill Node is pleased to support the HPS Seminar Series (http://www.mcgill.ca/hpsc/seminars)

Conférence sur les politiques scientifiques canadiennes 2011

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Wed., Nov. 16, 2011, 9:00am - Fri., Nov. 18, 2011, 9:00am
Ottawa, Ont: Situer la science est partenaire de la communauté pour la CPSC 2011. Blogueurs étudiants bienvenus. Subventions disponibles. Voir l'évènement du 15 novembre.

Situer la science est un partenaire de la communauté pour la CPSC 2011.

Canadian Science Policy Conference 2011

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Wed., Nov. 16, 2011, 9:00am - Fri., Nov. 18, 2011, 6:00pm
Ottawa, Ont: Situating Science is one of the community partners for the 2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference. Student bloggers welcome. Travel grants available (see Nov. 15th event)

Situating Science is one of the community partners for the 2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference. Student bloggers welcome. Travel grants available (see Nov. 15th event).

La série filmique du réseau Atlantique fait la une

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Tue., Nov. 15, 2011, 5:45pm
Atlantic Node's Sci Fi Film Series has been picked up by the local media!

Atlantic Node's Sci Fi Film Series has been picked up by the l

Notre Futur Post-Humain

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Tue., Nov. 15, 2011, 9:00am
EN DIRECT diffusée en ligne de l'Université d'Ottawa

Situer la science, avec  l’Institut de recherche sur la science, la société et la politique publique (

Our Post-Human Future

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Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Tue., Nov. 15, 2011, 9:00am - , 4:00pm
STREAMED LIVE ONLINE! This University of Ottawa Frontiers in Research conference at the Institute of Science, Society and Policy is streamed live all day.

VIDEO HERE (UNEDITED)

EVENT BLOGS HERE

This event was streamed live all day and we facilitated online questions and blogs.

Médecins indisciplinés: Promesses révolutionnaire et les séquelles de la gratuité des soins au Mexique

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Thu., Nov. 10, 2011, 5:00pm - , 6:30pm
Uiversité de Colombie-Britannique: (en anglais)

(en anglais)

Gabriela Soto Laveaga (Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara): "Unruly Doctors:Revolutionary Promises and the Aftermath of Free Healthcare in Mexico."

Thursday, November 10, 2011, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm. Green College Coach House, UBC Vancouver Campus.

Part of UBC's Science and Society Series, 2011.

Unruly Doctors: Revolutionary Promises and the Aftermath of Free Healthcare in Mexico

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University of British Columbia
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Thu., Nov. 10, 2011, 5:00pm - , 6:30pm
UBC Green College Coach House: Gabriela Soto Laveaga (Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara)

The UBC Node is helping to support the Science and Society Series.

Gabriela Soto Laveaga (Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara):

"Unruly Doctors:Revolutionary Promises and the Aftermath of Free Healthcare in Mexico."

Thursday, November 10, 2011, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm. Green College Coach House, UBC Vancouver Campus.

Les conséquences écologiques et sociétaux de la perte de biodiversité

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Wed., Nov. 9, 2011, 6:30pm
Vancouver:(en anglais)

(en anglais)

The first of a series of public talks: "Climate Change, Ethics, and Policy" at the Institute for Values in Science.

The Ecological and Societal Consequences of Biodiversity Loss

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University of British Columbia
Date: 
Wed., Nov. 9, 2011, 6:30pm
Vancouver: The first of a series of public talks: "Climate Change, Ethics, and Policy" at the Institute for Values in Science.

The first of a series of public talks: "Climate Change, Ethics, and Policy" at the Institute for Values in Science.

Josipa Petrunic: Platonisme, sciences cognitives et l'apprentissage des mathématiques: une réponse aux tendances wittgensteinienne d'exclusion dans la philosophie des mathématiques

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Wed., Nov. 2, 2011, 3:00pm - , 4:30pm
(en anglais)

(en anglais)

Support for this talk has been provided in part by the SSHRC Cluster Grant on Situating Science.

Josipa Petrunic: Platonism, Cognitive Science and the Learning of Mathematics: a Wittgensteinian response to exclusionary trends in the philosophy of mathematics

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University of Alberta
Theme: 
Historical epistemology and ontology
Date: 
Wed., Nov. 2, 2011, 3:00pm - , 4:30pm
University of Alberta, Tory 8-22. Petrunic explains why mathematicians “discover” so much mathematics that is so wrong, so erroneous, and eventually so disused (or “failed”) over time

Support for this talk has been provided in part by the SSHRC Cluster Grant on Situating Science.The Science Technology and Society Program is pleased to present:

Leonardo juif?

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Thu., Oct. 27, 2011, 12:00pm - , 2:00pm
203 Bethune College, Toronto: (en anglais)

(en anglais)

“The Jewish Leonardo? A Sixteenth-Century Jewish Inventor and the Quest for the Secrets of Nature”

Daniel Jütte, Harvard Society of Fellows

The Jewish Leonardo?

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Thu., Oct. 27, 2011, 12:00pm - , 2:00pm
203 Bethune College, Toronto: The Toronto Node is supporting this talk by Daniel Jütte, Harvard Society of Fellows

“The Jewish Leonardo? A Sixteenth-Century Jewish Inventor and the Quest for the Secrets of Nature”

Daniel Jütte, Harvard Society of Fellows

Noon, Thursday October 27 – 203 Bethune College

Adrian Johns: L'industrie de défense de propriété intellectuelle et la crise de l'information

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Thu., Oct. 20, 2011, 5:00pm - , 7:00pm
Université de Colombie-Britannique (en anglais)

The UBC node is pleased to support the 5th Annual Stephen Straker Memorial Lecture.

(en anglais)