Laurier Milton Lecture Series

Wilfrid Laurier University is pleased to partner with the Town of Milton and the Milton Public Library to present the third Laurier Milton Lecture Series.

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Milton Public Library
1010 Main Street East
Milton, Ontario L9T 6H7
Tel: 905-875-2665
Milton Public Library website

2011-12 Schedule

Location: Milton Centre for the Arts, 1010 Main Street East, Milton
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Admission: Free

Date	Speaker	Title
October 12, 2011	Dr. Bonnie Glencross Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies	Archaeology in the 21st Century
November 9, 2011	Dr. Steve Sider Faculty of Education	Digital Mentoring: Connecting Canadian and Haitian Educators for Change
December 14, 2011	Dr. Kenneth Maly Department of Chemistry	Molecular "Lego": Using Organic Molecules as Building Blocks for Nanoscale Architectures
January 11, 2012	Glenn Buhr, DMA Faculty of Music	Our Native Song: Music and Culture in the Contemporary World
February 8, 2012	Dr. Alison Blay-Palmer Department of Geography and Environmental Studies	Good News Food Stories from Ontario and Beyond
March 14, 2012	Lee Willingham, Ed.D. Faculty of Music	Laurier Singers
April 11, 2012	Dr. John Triggs Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies	Winners and Losers: Cultural Interaction on the Lower Grand River in the Late 18th and Early 19th Century
May 9, 2012	Dr. Kate Rossiter Health Studies	A Monster in our Midst: Telling Stories to Make Sense of Public Health Disasters

Some or all of the lectures may be taped and televised on TVCOGECO.

Partners and Funding

The lecture series is a partnership between the Town of Milton, Wilfrid Laurier University and the Milton Public Library.

Funding for the Laurier Milton Lecture Series is possible thanks to:

With supporting contributions from:

Speaker Biographies

Mitali De is a professor in the School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University and also an adjunct professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo. She previously served as Associate Dean of Business and is the winner of Indo Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) Professional Female of the Year Award, 2006.
Steve Sider is currently an assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. His research and writing interests are in global perspective building and creative school leadership. Steve's current focus is on supporting the development of school leaders in Haiti using digital technologies.
Ken Maly is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he teaches introductory chemistry and senior level organic chemistry courses. Supported in part by an Ontario Early Researcher Award, Ken's research focuses on applying synthetic organic chemistry to the development of new materials such as liquid crystals and related materials for organic electronics.
Dr. Buhr is professor of Contemporary Music Studies on the Faculty of Music, WLU. A composer, pianist and music curator/producer, his works have been performed all over the world by such diverse ensembles as the London Sinfonia, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony as well as all of the major orchestras in Canada.
Dr. Blay-Palmer is an Associate Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University,. She researches and teaches about how the economy, society and the environment intersect to create (un)sustainable communities. Alison is particularly interested in local food systems and the path our food takes to get to our plates. As part of her research Dr. Blay-Palmer is developing *Food Counts*, a community-based food systems report card so we can understand more about how food impacts the spaces we live in.
Lee Willingham specializes in music education and choral programs. Prior to his appointment at WLU, he served on the faculty of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of University of Toronto. He is the director of the Laurier Centre for Music in the Community. His research explores the role music plays in lives of everyday people, and the intersections of music within the community.
John Triggs is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University where he teaches Historical Archaeology. He has conducted archaeological investigations on a variety of historic period sites in southern Ontario for more than 30 years. He also works in Bermuda on military and domestic sites dating from the earliest years of English settlement in the New World.
Dr. Rossiter is a proud interdisciplinarian, whose work combines her training in theatre and public health. Kate teaches in the Health Studies program at Laurier Brantford. She is a recent graduate of the doctoral program in Social Science and Health at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and the Master's program in Performance Studies at New York University. Most recently, Kate co-authored and directed a play about influenza pandemics entitled "Abide With Me: A Story of Two Pandemics."

Overview

Wilfrid Laurier has long supported the public role of academics to bring their knowledge and thinking outside of the classroom. The Laurier Milton Lecture Series provides a wonderful opportunity to engage in a public dialogue with citizens of Milton on a broad array of important topics.

The presentations represent the current research and analysis of members of five different Faculties and seven different University Departments/Programs.