Department of Communication and Culture Professor Max Foran explains the history and significance of the Calgary Stampede. Max has written extensively on various western Canadian urban, rural and cultural topics with a present focus on ranching, and the urban growth and sustainability process. A long time teacher and former educational administrator, he sees the teaching process as underpinning all other academic endeavours. Current research focuses on urban land development.
Sally Wyatt, 2010 Killam Visiting Scholar winner, is preparing to return to the Netherlands, where she works at Maastricht University and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences. Wyatt, who spent the Winter 2012 semester in the Department of Communication and Culture, says the opportunity to focus on her academic work without the administrative demands of her home institutions was a boon.
Please join the Department of Communication and Culture on Friday, April 20, 2012 to hear Dr. Brendan Kredell's talk entitled “Berlin, New York, Toronto: Film Festivals, Cinephilia, and Culture-Led Urban Redevelopment in the Twenty-First Century”. The presentation is part of the Department of Communication and Culture’s Colloquium and will take place in the Department’s Faculty Lounge, SS217 from 12:00 to 1:00pm. It will be followed by a reception.
Enacting citizenship through public engagement: the case of WWViews Canada
Please join the Department of Communication and Culture on Friday, March 2, 2012 to hear Jennifer Medlock and Professor Edna Einsiedel’s talk entitled “Enacting citizenship through public engagement: the case of WWViews Canada”. The presentation is part of the Department of Communication and Culture’s Triple C Speaker Series and will take place in the Department’s Faculty Lounge, SS217 from 12:00 to 1:00pm. It will be followed by a reception.
Department of Communication and Culture Professor Chloë Atkins has been named as the winner of the 2011 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award in the category of Consumer Health for her book My Imaginary Illness: A Journey Into Uncertainty and Prejudice in Medical Diagnosis. Congratulations to Professor Atkins for this achievement
Dr. Michael Keren has been invited to present his co-authored book with Dr. Shlomit Keren, We Are Coming, Unafraid: The Jewish Legions and the promised Land in the First World War in Jewish Book Week, "the leading international festival of Jewish thought and ideas," to be held in London in February 2012. Other presenters this year include Aharon Apelfeld, Zygmunt Bauman, Umberto Eco, Jonathan Safran Foer, and others
Sally Wyatt, 2010 Killam Visiting Scholar winner, is preparing to return to the Netherlands, where she works at Maastricht University and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences. Wyatt, who spent the Winter 2012 semester in the Department of Communication and Culture, says the opportunity to focus on her academic work without the administrative demands of her home institutions was a boon.
Enacting citizenship through public engagement: the case of WWViews Canada