Events

A series of free, virtual panel discussions will take place regularly throughout Fall 2021.
​Pre-registration for these events is required. Capacity is limited. ​

Ensuring Equitable Access: ​Life-Saving Vaccines during COVID-19 and Beyond
Thursday, October 14, 2021
12:00—1:30pm ET 
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​A panel exploring the global deployment and lack of access to life-saving vaccines.

Moderator: 
​Steven Hoffman, Director, Global Strategy Lab, York University 

Panelists: 
  • Annemarie Hou, Executive Director, UN Office for Partnerships
  • Alison Humphrey, Vanier Scholar, York University
  • Lauren Paremoer, Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town
  • John-Arne Røttingen, Norway’s Ambassador for Global Health

Research-Creation and Global Crisis: Interdisciplinarity, Creativity, and Collaboration
Thursday, November 25, 2021
12:00—1:30 pm ET 

​A panel investigating the role of research-creation in tackling pressing social and global problems.
​
Moderator: 
Natalie Loveless, Associate professor of contemporary art and theory, University of Alberta 

Panelists:
  • Ted Hewitt, President of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • Charu Kaushic, Scientific Director of the CIHR-Institute of Infection and Immunity, and professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University
  • Caitlin Fisher, Professor, Director, Immersive Storytelling Lab, and professor of Cinema and Media Arts, York University
  • Patrick Mahon, Artist, Curator, and Visual Arts Professor, Western University 
  • ​Kim TallBear, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Environment, and professor of Native Studies at the University of Alberta

Vaccine Confidence, Fear, and Misinformation in an Age of COVID ​
Thursday, December 9, 2021
12:00—1:30pm ET 
​
A panel exploring the impact of misinformation on vaccination, as well as ways of countering the negative impacts of misinformation in relation to public health.

Moderator: 
Sean Caulfield, Professor, University of Alberta 

Panelists:
  • Timothy Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, University of Alberta
  • Rachelle Viader Knowles, Associate Head of School- International, Coventry University
  • David Price, Professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University
  • ​Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada
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