Seminars Happening March 2 - 6/20202
Faculty of Pure and Applied Science
40th Annual Huggins Science Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Jessica Fanzo - Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Global Food and Agriculture Policy and Ethics at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at the Johns Hopkins University in the USA.
Topic: Eating in the Anthropocene - The Seminar will examine the complex interactions among food systems, our diets, human health, and the climate crisis. In doing so, it will describe the changes that must occur in food systems to ensure human health and environmental sustainability.
Monday, March 2/2020 in Huggins Science Hall Room#10 at 7:00pm
Reception to Follow - Everyone Welcome!
Biology Department
Speaker: Dr. Patricia Wright - Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph
Topic: Phenotypic plasticity across life stages: lessons from amphibious fishes
Thursday, March 5/2020 in Beveridge Arts Centre Room#236 at 11:30am
Earth and Environmental Science Department
Speaker: Dr. Tim Fedak - Curator of Geology for the Nova Scotia Museum
Topic: Letters to Dawson - History of Nova Scotia Geoscience (1840-1860)
Wednesday, March 4/2020 in Huggins Science Hall Room#336 at 12:30pm
Jodrey School of Computer Science
Speaker: Hosted by the Acadia Institute for Data Analytics
Topic: Data Science Pioneers Documentary Screening
Friday, March 6/2020 in Carnegie Hall Room#113 at 4:30pm
School of Nutrition and Dietetics
Senior Seminar (NUTR 4903) is the capstone course for the Bachelor of Science in Nutrition in the School of Nutrition and Dietetics. Students engage in independent research projects on a topic of their choice related to food, nutrition, and/or dietetics. The course is a celebration of learning, drawing on courses taken throughout the degree. Campus and community members are most welcome.
Presentations for Tuesday, March 3/2020 in K. C. Irving Centre Auditorium from 7:00pm to 10:00pm:
Jenn McIntosh - Eating for Two: An Examination of Prenatal Nutrition Education
Ben Brown - What Nutrition Support is Available to Athletes at Small Canadian Universities and is it Useful?
Robin McLennan - Wounds 101: The Role of a Dietician in Pressure Injury Treatment in Long Term Care
Rachel Powell - Family Ties: The Maternal and Infant life-cycle of the "Double Burden" or Malnutrition
Kim Parsons - Standardized Care Protocol vs The 'Whole' Person. The Way Patients Are Being Treated in Hospitalized Settings
Blaine Saulnier - The History of Nutrition Education and Home Economics in Nova Scotia's Middle and High Schools