How can universities help tackle poverty?
McMaster’s higher education seminar series will kick off Wednesday with a talk on fighting poverty.
“In Our Own Backyard: Universities and Communities Tackling Poverty Together” is the first lecture in this year’s Seminar on Higher Education: Practice, Policy, and Public Life series.
The talk will bring faculty, students, staff and community members together to discuss how post-secondary institutions can best work with the communities they are a part of in alleviating poverty.
The University of New Brunswick’s Regena Farnsworth, Carleton University’s Karen Schwartz, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Terry Mitchell and Mary MacKeigan of Opportunities Waterloo will speak at the seminar.
The series will continue Friday with a discussion on integrating research with teaching in the classroom, led by Mick Healey from the University of Gloucestershire.
The seminar series’ full schedule is below. The lectures will run until March.
Date: Wednesday October 17th 2012
Title: In our Own Backyard: Universities and Communities Tackling Poverty Together
Speakers: Regena Farnsworth (University of New Brunswick), Karen Schwartz (Carleton University), Terry Mitchell (Wilfrid Laurier University), Mary MacKeigan (Opportunities Waterloo)
Location: Council Chambers, GH 111
Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Date: Friday October 19th 2012
Title: Integrating Teaching and Research to Benefit Student Learning
Speaker: Mick Healey (University of Gloucestershire, UK)
Location: Skylight room, Commons Building
Time:
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Integrating Teaching and Research in Your Courses
3:30 to 5 p.m.: Faculty and Institutional Initiatives to Promote the Integration of Teaching and Research
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012
Title: Artists as Public Intellectuals: How Are Artists Redefining Their Role in the 21st Century?
Speaker: Carol Becker (Columbia University)
Location: AGH Design Annex, 118 James Street North, Hamilton
Time: 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Date: Thursday January 10th 2013
Title: Building Transnational Research and Learning Cultures
Speaker: Diana Brydon (University of Manitoba)
Location: Council Chambers, GH 111
Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Date: Thursday January 24 2013
Title: Class Action: Human Rights, Critical Activism, and Community-Engaged Learning
Speakers: Dr. Ajay Heble (University of Guelph), with responses from Dr. Amber Dean & Dr. Walt Peace (McMaster University)
Location: Council Chambers, GH 111
Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Speaker: Angela Davis (UCLA, Santa Cruz)
Location: TBD
Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m.
