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Event Listings » April 2008 » Community
Exploring the Stars. October 15, 2007 — December 13, 2008
| Description | Western is offering free star gazing nights three times a week throughout the fall and winter. Following a main presentation, participants will be given a tour of the observatory, and have the option of being led through related hands-on or computer activities. Presentation topics include: Life in the Universe, Our Solar System, Stars, Galaxies, Missions to Space, Comets & Asteroids and the Earth/Moon System. Weather permitting, visitors can also use the observatory's telescopes under the guidance of members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. "Exploring the Stars" will be offered on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, *October 15 to December 13, and January 14 to April 17*. Two open houses will be held this year as well, on *Friday, October 26 and Friday, November 30*, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more information or to make reservations, please visit www.astro.uwo.ca/exploringthestars or call 519-661-3183. |
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| Category | Community |
| Location | Hume Cronyn Memorial |
| Website | http://www.astro.uwo.ca/exploringthestars |
| Contact | 519-661-3183 |
Volunteers: Join us for coffee and conversation. March 17, 2008 — April 17, 2008
| Description | If you like to talk, listen, or both, we need your help!! More and more English-as-Second-Language learners are attending our Speak Easy Conversation Club each day, and our goal is to match three or four learners with a native English speaker (that's you). The Speak Easy group meets every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 10:00 am in the Pathways North East Centre (corner of Huron and Highbury Streets). Topics and conversation starters are provided. It's so easy and fun. Contact Eleanor or John at Johne@pathways.on.ca, eleanor@pathways.on.ca or 519 913 0200 for more information. Pathways North East Centre 1295 Highbury Street London, Ontario |
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| Category | Community |
| Location | Pathways NE Centre 1295 Highbury Street, London |
| Website | http:// |
| Contact | Eleanor Weedmark or John Edwards |
Her Excellency, Mme Edda Mukabagwiza. April 2, 2008
| Description | Her Excellency, Mme Edda Mukabagwiza, Ambassador of Rwanda will be Speaking on her experiences as a former Minister of Justice during the Post genocide Rwanda. From 1:30-2:30 p.m. Location: Moot Court Rm. (or 36/38 -to be confirmed) |
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| Category | Community |
| Location | Moot Court Room, Faculty of Law |
| Website | http:// |
RWANDA DAY. April 2, 2008
| Description | As part of Rwanda Day at Western, Edda Mukabagwiza, former Justice Minister of the Republic of Rwanda and current Rwanda Ambassador to Canada, will deliver a public address at 1:30 p.m. Mukabagwiza will speak about the 2004 Rwandan genocide and the measures she developed as Justice Minister to bring perpetrators of atrocities to justice. The lecture will include a question and answer period. |
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| Category | Community |
| Location | Faculty of Law Rm. 38, UWO |
| Website | http:// |
MISSION TO THE MOON. April 3, 2008
| Description | A spacecraft called the mini-SAR is preparing for India’s Chandrayaan-1 Mission to the moon with a goal of mapping the moon for two years. This mission will help to answer questions about the presence, extent and purity of polar ice. Paul D. Spudis, a scientist with the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas will discuss the mission in “Mini-SAR: An imaging radar for the Chandrayaan-1 mission to the Moon” on Thursday, April 3 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. |
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| Category | Community |
| Location | Physics & Astronomy Building, Room 123. UWO |
| Website | http:// |
LIFE IN TIMES OF PLAGUE. April 3, 2008
| Description | Globally, 33.2 million people are living with HIV and 72 per cent of those in immediate need of life-saving drugs for HIV are not receiving them. Charles Weijer, a philosopher, physician, Canada Research Chair in Bioethics at Western and leading international expert in the ethics of human experimentation, will address ethics and HIV prevention research in “Life in Times of Plague” from 7 to 9 p.m. |
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| Category | Community |
| Location | Central Library (251 Dundas Street) Stevenson & Hunt Meeting Room A. |
| Website | http:// |
LUNAR LECTURE. April 3, 2008
| Description | “The Moon: A New Destination for Humanity” by Paul D. Spudis, a scientist with the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, from 7 to 8 p.m. Since 1982, Spudis has been a principal investigator in the Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program of the NASA Office of Space Science, Solar System Exploration Division, specializing in research on the processes of impact and volcanism on the planets. He was also Deputy Leader of the science team for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Clementine mission to the moon in 1994. |
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| Category | Community |
| Location | Physics & Astronomy Building, rm. 215, UWO |
| Website | http:// |
RACE TO THE MOON. April 4, 2008
| Description | The announcement of a $30-million Google Lunar X-Prize in September 2007 has catalyzed a new race to the moon. Robert (Bob) Richards, founder and CEO of Odyssey Moon Limited, a commercial lunar enterprise based in the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, British Isles, and the first official registrant in the Google competition with a plan for the first private robotic mission to the surface of the moon, will outline “The New Race to the Moon” from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Richards will discuss how a carefully planned private moon mission could set in motion the technological, political, legal and regulatory precedents that will allow for development of the moon as the world’s eighth continent. The event is organized by the Space Society of London. |
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| Category | Community |
| Location | Physics & Astronomy Building, room 123 |
| Website | http:// |
First Year Engineering Design Showcase. April 8, 2008
| Description | This year's theme was to design and construct an environmentally-friendly device or system. A ballot box will be available for guests to vote for their favourite exhibit. Exhibits open to the public at 12pm. |
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| Category | Community |
| Location | Great Hall, Somerville House, UWO |
| Website | http:// |
| Contact | contactwe@eng.uwo.ca |
1940s CANADA. April 8, 2008
Reality Television. April 17, 2008
| Description | This session will focus on the transformative aspects of reality television. 7:30p.m Lecturer: Alison Hearn, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies. |
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| Category | Community |
| Location | Museum London, 421 Ridout St. North |
| Website | http://communications.uwo.ca/CWQ/ |
| Contact | community@uwo.ca 519-661-2111 ext. 85739 |