Monday, Nov. 16, 2015 to Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015
Nov.
16

Entrenching the 'Ecological Indian': Aboriginal Peoples and the Environmental Protest in James Bay & Clayoquot Sound

Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, 12-1 p.m.
SN-4030
Aboriginal Studies Seminar Series. Dr. Jonathan Clapperton, Department of History to discuss.

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Nov.
16

Department of Geography hosts the Arctic Alive Giant Floor Map

Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
D.F. Cook Recital Hall, School of Music
The Geography Department will host a number of events featuring the Arctic Alive giant floor map.

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Nov.
16

Lean Operational Excellence for Service Organizations

Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, 09 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Gardiner Centre, BN-4019
Learn how to build a lean organization, drive out waste, streamline process flow and build a culture of continuous improvement.

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Nov.
16

QEII Library's Christmas Bazaar in Support of Iris Kirby House

Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Outside the staff lounge, L1021
There will be a wide variety of yummy baked goods, crafts and Christmas items, coffee and muffins, books, pet toys and treats, and surprise grab bags. Come join us and contribute to a worthy cause.

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Nov.
16

The Effects of Western Diet on Vasculature Reperfusion and Cell Survival Following ET-1 Induced Ischemic Stroke

Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, 1-2 p.m.
Health Sciences Centre, room 2860
Neuroscience Journal Club presented by Kathleen Fifield, PhD Candidate.

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Nov.
17

Multicultural Arts & Crafts Market

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
UC-3013, The Loft, and mezzanine area
The Internationalization Office (formerly the ISA) is looking for approximately 20 student merchandise vendors to take part in the Multcultural Arts and Crafts Market.

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Nov.
17

Terry Fox Movie Night

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, 7-9:30 p.m.
IIC-2001, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation
C'mon out and join us for a viewing of the Terry Fox Movie! Cost is by donation and all proceeds will go to the Terry Fox Foundation for cancer research.

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Nov.
17

Humanity United

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, 1-2 p.m.
A-1043
Speaker: Dr. Yaw Perbi, President, International Student Ministries, Canada.

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Nov.
17

Public Lecture and Display: Making the First Geological Map

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Manuels River Hibernia Interpretation Centre, 7 Conception Bay Highway, CBS
By Tom Sharpe, Chair, History of Geology, Geological Society, former curator of Paleontology and Archives Department of Geology, National Museum of Wales.

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Nov.
17

DNA-PKcs-Mediated Transcriptional Regulation Drives Prostate Cancer Progression and Metastasis

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Health Sciences Centre Library, Computer Lab B
Cancer and Development Research Seminar presented by Kamal Alhani, M.Sc. candidate.

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Nov.
17

MUN Folklore and Language Archive Open House

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
ED-4038
To celebrate Archives Week 2015, The Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA) will be offering free tours to the public.

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Nov.
17

Research Data Management: Best Practices

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, 12:10-1 p.m.
Meeting Room, Health Sciences Library
Research data management is becoming increasingly important. Funding agencies, such as CIHR, are starting to include requirements that research data be made accessible.

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Nov.
17

Availability Estimation and Management for Complex Processing Systems

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation
PhD Oral Defence of Qadeer Ahmed, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.

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Nov.
18

Spanish Film Festival

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 7-9:30 p.m.
IIC-2001, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation
Barefoot in the Kitchen (Con la Pata Quebrada). Diego Galán / Spain / 86 min / 2014 / Spanish with English subtitles Presenter Dr. Maria Rodriguez, French and Spanish.

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Nov.
18

Science Information Session

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 1-1:50 p.m.
SN-4063
Find out what you need to apply to the science program!

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Nov.
18

MUN Cinema Series: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 7-8:50 p.m.
Cineplex Theatre, Avalon Mall
MUN Cinema presents A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence.

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Nov.
18

An Afternoon In The Garden

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 2-3 p.m.
MUN Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Road, St. John's
Join a member of the MUN Botanical Garden horticulture staff for a tour of the flower gardens.

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Nov.
18

Science Career Talk

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 12-1 p.m.
The Landing, UC-3018
A Science Career Talks for science students whereby science alumni will come in and speak about what career path they have pursued and how they navigated their job search with a science background.

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Nov.
18

Go Abroad Career Skills Debrief

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 2-3:30 p.m.
UC-2001
Have you recently studied, worked, or volunteered abroad? Learn how your Go Abroad skills can help land you the career you want!

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Nov.
18

The Arctic at your feet

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 7-9 p.m.
The Rooms
The Geography Department is hosting a number of events during Geography Awareness Week (Nov. 16-22).

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Nov.
18

Canadian Common CV (CCV) Walk-in Clinic

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 1-3 p.m.
SN-4022, Digital Learning Centre
The walk-in clinic will give students and faculty members the opportunity to receive hands on assistance with their Canadian Common CV (CCV).

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Nov.
18

Iron Deficiency: A very common challenge

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 7-10 p.m.
Medical Education Centre, Room 1M101, 300 Prince Phillip Drive
Speakers from gastroenterology, hematology and dietetics will be covering the broad spectrum of iron.

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Nov.
18

William Smith and the First Geological Map of England, Wales and Southern Scotland

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 1-2 p.m.
ER-4065
2015 is the 200th anniversary of the publication of William Smith's map and the geology of England, Wales and southern Scotland.

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Nov.
18

Our Current Understanding of Young Sudden Cardiac Death in N.L.: The Story of a Multidisciplinary Team of Researchers, Clinicians and Families

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 7:10-8 p.m.
The Fluvarium, Nagles Place
Since 1996 Dr. Hodgkinson, Faculty of Medicine, has been part of a core team of scientists and clinicians that have been working on genetic causes of young sudden cardiac death in the province.

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Nov.
18

Quantitative Social Science in Arts Group Talk

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 12:30-2 p.m.
C-3024
Dr. Cedric Brunelle, Department of Geography, will speak on the topic, Using Spatial Micro-data.

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Nov.
18

The Best of Both Worlds: Part-Time Study at Memorial University

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 3-4 p.m.
Online Webinar
Learn more about part-time graduate degrees at Memorial University.

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Nov.
19

Faculty Bible Study

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, 12-12:50 p.m.
HH-2005
Faculty Bible study.

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Nov.
19

Restoring Justice Together

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, 7-9 p.m.
Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation
Come celebrate the official launch of the Relationships First: Restorative Justice in Education Consortium of N.L.!

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Nov.
19

Exploiting Cannabinoid-Induced Cytotoxic Autophagy to Drive Melanoma Cell Death

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, 12-1 p.m.
Health Sciences Centre, Lecture Theatre D
Immunology and Infectious Disease Journal Club presented by Emma Quinlan.

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Nov.
19

Brown Bag Lunch & Learn: Making Time Work for You

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, 12-2 p.m.
A-2065
Most of us are often under some kind of pressure to produce results; however, it may feel as though the day is not long enough to be able to meet all of our commitments and deadlines.

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Nov.
19

Thesis Club: Copyright Considerations for Graduate Students

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, 4-5:30 p.m.
Room 2860, Health Sciences Centre
Thesis Club - Copyright considerations for graduate students.

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Nov.
19

Launch of Pam Hall's Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge featuring Fogo and Change Islands

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Level Three, QEII LIbrary
The launch of Pam Hall's latest chapters for the Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge, featuring Fogo and Change Islands.

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Nov.
19

Celebration of Inuktitut Dictionary Publication

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, 4-5:30 p.m.
SN-3039
Join the Department of Linguistics in a celebration of the publication of the Dictionary of Utkuhiksalingmiut Inuktitut Postbase Suffixes by Jean Briggs, Alana Johns and Conor Cook.

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Nov.
19

Mindful Eating in the Home: The Vibrant Materiality of Food

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, 1-2 p.m.
A-5014
This presentation will explore the domestic foodscape as a site of “mindful eating.”

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Nov.
19

North of 49 Films Presents: Relative Happiness

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, 7-9 p.m.
EN-2006
Plus-sized and 30 years old, Lexie Ivy is a feisty bed & breakfast owner who desperately needs a date to her sister’s wedding.

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Nov.
20

Deadline to Register: Working Towards Balance

Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, 09 a.m.-5 p.m.
Arts and Administration building
This session will take place on Dec. 2 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

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Nov.
20

All That Jazz

Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, 08:20 a.m.-3 p.m.
Arts atrium
All That Jazz will be holding a jewelry table sale.

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Nov.
20

Film: Qallunaat! White People are Funny

Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, 5-7 p.m.
Jumping Bean, 248 Water St.
This docu-comedy is collaboration between filmmaker Mark Sandiford and Inuit writer and satirist, Zebedee Nungak.

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Nov.
20

The Arctic at Your Feet

Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, 12-4 p.m.
Manuels River Hibernia Interpretation Centre
The Geography Department is hosting a number of events during Geography Awareness Week Nov. 16-22.

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Nov.
20

Canadian Common CV (CCV) Walk-in Clinic

Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
SN-4022, Digital Learning Centre
The walk-in clinic will give students and faculty members the opportunity to receive hands on assistance with their Canadian Common CV (CCV).

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Nov.
20

Poetry and Place in Renaissance Florence and Naples

Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, 3-4 p.m.
A-1049
Medieval and Early Modern Research Group Lecture Series. Presented by Dr. Luke Roman, Department of Classics.

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Nov.
20

Gender and Small-Scale Fisheries in the Central Philippines

Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, 3-4 p.m.
SN-2025
Dr. Danika Kleiber will speak.

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Nov.
20

The Heart and The Brain Connection: Is There a Role For Dietary Fats?

Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, 1-2 p.m.
SN-4015
Dr. Sukhinder Cheema, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

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Nov.
20

Movie Night: Stori Tumbuna: Ancestors' Tales

Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, 4-6 p.m.
QC-4028
In 2001 Paul Wolffram, a cultural researcher, travelled to one of the most isolated and unique corners of the earth.

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Nov.
21

World Fisheries Day

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, 1-5 p.m.
St. Kevin’s Parish Hall, Goulds
This year Too Big To Ignore, a research group of Memorial University, plans to celebrate World Fisheries Day with a family and community event.

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Nov.
21

The Arctic at Your Feet

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, 09:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Johnson GEO CENTRE
The Geography Department is hosting a number of events during Geography Awareness Week Nov. 16-22.

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Nov.
21

Chamber Orchestra – Haydn’s “Military” Symphony

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, 8 p.m.-10 a.m.
D.F. Cook Recital Hall, School of Music
The MUN Chamber Orchestra opens their season featuring a performance of Franz Joseph Haydn’s ebullient Military Symphony #100.

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Nov.
21

HIPP 2B Healthy

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, 09:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Physical Education building gym
HIPP 2B Healthy is a family fun event that promotes health and sports in Canada.

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Nov.
22

The Arctic at Your Feet

Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, 1-2:30 p.m.
Field House, intermission Sea Hawk's Basketball game
The Geography Department is hosting a number of events during Geography Awareness Week Nov. 16-22.

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