Let's Talk Science is a national charitable organization committed
to building youth interest and engagement in science, engineering and
technology (http://letstalkscience.ca/). At the U of T St. George site,
we mobilize graduate student volunteers studying science, engineering
and technology to dohands-on/minds-on science activities with
children and youth.
Through a newly developed partnership with the Graduate Professional
Skills program, hours logged for Let's Talk Science earn credits toward
the notation on a students' transcript recognizing professional
development. Volunteers can earn up to 8 of the 20 required credits
through offerings including our Science With Impact training,
science fair judging, career mentorship and hands-on activities.
Last year, we had over 250 graduate student volunteers registered with
our program who logged over 2000 hours of outreach preparation and
presentation time this year.
This year, we want to expand our volunteer pool and are looking for
more graduate students from all areas of science and engineering
to become leaders of their field and take their knowledge to youth
via classroom visits and on-campus events, such as StemCellTalks,
Chemistry Day, Physiology Day, etc.
If you are interested in learning more about Let's Talk Science,
join us at one of our information sessions on the following dates
held at Grad Room (66 Harbord Street):
Monday September 12, 12-2pm
Pub Night: Tuesday Sept. 13 @ 6-8 pm @ O'Grady's (second floor)
Thursday September 15, 12-2pm
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please attend one of the
following Science With Impact training sessions (earns GPS credits!)
held in the Red Conference Room in CCBR (2nd floor, 160 College Street):
Tuesday October 18, 5:30-8:30pm
Wednesday October 19, 5:30-8:30pm
We look forward to inspiring youth with the help of our volunteers
this year!
The Let's Talk Science (UofT St. George) Team
lts.grad@utoronto.ca
event, mentorship, volunteer
July 22, 2011 - DISCRETE MATHEMATICS at Carleton University
Organizers: David Thomson (Carleton), Michelle Kovesi (Carleton, and
Richard Cerezo (Fields)
August 19, 2011 - STUDENT PRESENTATIONS FROM FIELDS-MITACS SUMMER
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAM at the Fields Institute
Organizers: University of Toronto Math Union, UTM Mathematics and
Computer Science Society
September 2011 - KNOT THEORY at the University of Waterloo
Organizer: University of Waterloo Pure Math Club
October 28-30, 2011 - RISK FORUM at the University of Toronto
Organizers: University of Toronto, University of Waterloo,
Ryerson University. More TBA
November 2011 - ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY at Queen's University
Organizer: Queen's University Math Student Council
December 10-12, 2011 - 2011 CMS WINTER MEETING at the Delta Chelsea
Hotel, Downtown Toronto
Organizers: FUN Executive Team, CMS Student Committee
January 2012 - SEMINARS IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS IN MONTREAL
Organizer: Seminars in Undergraduate Mathematics in Montreal Executive Team
For more information, visit blog.fields.utoronto.ca/fun
or email Richard Cerezo at rcerezo@fields.utoronto.ca
announcement, event, Fields
MMF-AIMA Canada present:
What Graduates Need to Know About the Canadian Hedge Fund Industry
The MMF program and AIMA Canada are proud to present a panel discussion
and networking event on the Canadian hedge fund industry.
Participants from Picton Mahoney Asset Management, Waratah Advisors,
Arrow Capital Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. - Prime Finance,
UTAM (University of Toronto Asset Management) and other firms will
be participating and attending.
Topic: What graduates need to know about the Canadian hedge fund
industry to succeed - as told by industry insiders.
Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Time: 4:00 - 4:30 pm Registration
4:30 - 6:00 pm Panel discussion
6:00 - 7:00 pm Reception and networking
Location: Fields Institute
222 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 3J1 Canada
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Are you the first in your family to attend graduate school?
Join us for a coffee social on Tuesday, June 28th at 5:00pm at the
Grad Room.
· Meet and connect with others who are the first in their families to
pursue higher education
· Graduate students from all disciplines are welcome to attend this
informal social
Coffee Social for First in the Family Graduate Students
Tuesday, June 28th, 5:00pm
Grad Room, 66 Harbord Street (corner of Spadina and Harbord)
For more information, please contact Tetiana: tetiana.soviak@utoronto.ca
(If you are interested in this event, but cannot attend, please feel free
to contact Tetiana. There will be future events, so you can be added
to our email list.)
announcement, event, SGS
Dear all,
The MGSA would like to invite you to a Midsummer Potluck dinner and
Ceili that will take place at the Hart House Music Room on
Saturday June 25th, at 7pm. Ceili will begin at 8pm.
Bring your family and friends, your favourite dish and enjoy an
evening of Irish music and dance in the beautiful architectural
setting of Hart House!
Ceili is a traditional Irish social gathering with music and dancing.
There will be a professional ceili caller (a person who explains easy
ceili dances), so no experience is necessary to participate. Some of
you already did ceili at the Halloween potluck last year.
Please RSVP to nataliya.laptyeva@utoronto.ca indicating
1) how many guests will accompany you, and
2) what food are you planning to bring (so that we don't end
up with 20 desserts).
We also need to know how many people are expected. Please bring
the amount of food that is enough for you and your guests.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Nataliya
event, MGSA
Hart House Orchestra
Thursday, April 7, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Hart House Great Hall
Free Admission
Brahms
Second Piano Concerto
with pianist Peter Longworth
Strauss
Death and Transfiguration
For information, please visit www.harthouseorchestra.ca
announcement, event, Free, Music
Dear Math Students and Faculty,
On behalf of the undergraduate Medical Sciences Student Union and
Mathematics Union at the University of Toronto, I would like to
invite you to our event on Medicine and its Models: A discussion.
At this event two Medical Doctors (Radiation Oncologist and Cancer Stem
Cell Specialist) and an Applied Mathematician (Fluid Dynamics) will
answer questions from the audience and some questions prepared by
members of the student societies mentioned above. The event will take
place on the University of Toronto St. George campus.
Medicine and its Models: A discussion
Time: Friday March 11, 4pm-6pm
Location: Medical Sciences Building, MSB 3154 at the University of Toronto
Pre-discussion Reception: 3pm, Medical Alumni Lounge, just outside the
room MSB 3154. Note that complementary refreshments will be served.
Panelists:
Dr. Michael Milosevic, Department of Radiology at University of Toronto
and Director Radiation Medicine Research Program at
Princess Margaret Hospital
Prof. Sivabal Sivaloganathan, Department of Applied Mathematics at
University of Waterloo and Director of Centre for Mathematical Medicine
Dr. Sheila Singh, McMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute,
Principal Investigator of Singh Lab
The bulk of the topics will be non-technical and should be interesting
to people of all academic backgrounds.
Poster: http://www.facmed.utoronto.ca/Assets/FacMed+Digital+Assets/advancement/Mu_Medicine.pdf
Hope to see you there,
Richard Cerezo
Math Union, Co-President
Arts and Sciences Student Union
University of Toronto
event
The University of Toronto at Mississauga (UTM)
Mathematical and Computational Sciences Society
present
Mississauga Math Magic
Everyone welcome.
Thursday, March 10th, 2011, 6-8 p.m.
Kaneff Centre 137 at UTM
(https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/fileadmin/root/pdfs/FINAL_UTM_Map__Only.pdf)
6:10 p.m. Artur Avila
Shuffiling the Interval
7:10 p.m. Dmitry Dolgopyat
Polya Urn Models
Artur Avila and Dmitry Dolgopyat
will introduce us to some intriguing mathematics in their
presentations and will hold discussions.
Take part in discussions and grab some free food.
announcement, event
Joe Geraci, the speaker at the event below, is a Math Dept
PhD grad and is now a scientist at the Ontario Cancer Biomarker Network.
The University of Toronto has undertaken a series of seminars,
geared towards providing information and dialogue about careers,
for third and fourth year students, called Backpack to Briefcase (B2B).
This series is extremely important for third and fourth year
students who are now asking themselves, "What can I do with
my Mathematics Degree?"
The final event for this year is our Three Things Cocktail Party.
We invite you to join a group of other alumni and be present to
respond to students query as they mingle at the event. The main
presentations will be on three key things that graduates should
be aware of. In the past, our panelists speak of their own
professional growth and zero in on three things they view as
important. This year Joe Geraci has agreed to be the
representative speaker for the Math alumni. After the talks,
students mingle and speak with past alumni and panelist.
THREE THINGS COCKTAIL PARTY
Tuesday, March 8
5:30 to 7:30 pm
Faculty Club
Upper Dining room
41 Willcocks Street
RSVP online for all events at http://www.alumni.utoronto.ca/backpack
Or email: backpack@artsci.utoronto.ca
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February 22-23 2011
Mcleod Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building
University of Toronto
Free Registration
http://www.scienceillustrated.ca/
Science Illustrated is a two day symposium dedicated to helping early-career
scientists (graduate students and post-doctoral fellows) of all disciplines
visualize their science better. The goal of the symposium is to help
scientists create better visualizations to do better research, as well as to
communicate their findings to their peers and public. Attendees will leave
the symposium with a practical sense of how to better visualize their data
immediately.
Sessions include:
* A keynote on creating compelling scientific visualizations from Thomas
Lucas, Director/Producer of National Geographic's ³Monster Black Holes² and
NOVA's ³Hunt for the Supertwister²
* Find out about why 3D Visualization matters with Paul Salvini (Chief
Technology Officer, Side Effects Software)
* How to visualize your data in non-traditional ways to do better science
with Christopher Collins (Assistant Professor, UoIT)
* Overview sessions on moving past the most elementary visualizations and
large dataset visualization
* Deconstruction sessions of specific visualizations: Taking a compelling
visualization, and breaking down how the scientist constructed it
step-by-step
* Basic Design Bootcamp for Scientists: What do scientists need to know
about graphic design?
* A Panel Discussion on how scientific visualization helps engage the public
including Jay Ingram (Host of Daily Planet, Discovery Channel), Peter
Calamai (Former National Science Reporter, Toronto Star), and Reni Barlow
(Executive Director of Youth Science Canada)
For speaker information and registration, please visit:
http://www.scienceillustrated.ca/
Science Illustrated is supported by:
The SciNet Consortium
The Knowledge Media Design Institute
The Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics
The Dean's Student Initiative Fund, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of
Toronto
announcement, event, registration required