The Fifth Annual University of Regina Graduate and Undergraduate Research Conference marks a significant milestone in the history of this paramount yearly conference. This year’s conference continues the tradition of showcasing the excellence in research undertaken by students at the University of Regina and in western Canada, while innovative ideas and practical developments are building this conference towards national recognition.
Among the innovations is a new conference main title: “Creating Community Consciousness: Putting Theory into Practice” refocusing on the interconnectedness of communities of all types and the University as a facilitator of awareness about issues affecting those communities. This conference also represents milestones in promotion, budgeting, and participation; making organized support the quintessence of our success.
Our purpose is to provide students an opportunity to showcase their research to their peers, mentors, and members of the community. It allows them to interact with each other, broaden their intellectual horizons, and explore the social implications of their work.
Special Appearance by: Jorge Cham
Friday, March 12th, 2010
"THE POWER OF PROCRASTINATION"
Jorge Cham is the creator and artist of Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD), the comic strip about life (or the lack thereof) in grad school. Often called the Dilbert of academia, PHD has appeared in the Stanford, MIT, Caltech and Carnegie Mellon newspapers among others, and it is published online where it receives over 7 million page views a month from over 1000 universities and colleges worldwide.
Jorge Cham was born and raised in the Republic of Panama. He obtained his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University (specializing in Robotics), where he started drawing PHD. He was subsequently an Instructor and Research Associate at Caltech from 2003-2005, where his work focused on developing “Smart” Neural Implants. He has published and presented nationally and abroad on his Robotics and Neural Prosthetics research. He also travels and presents all over the world to thousands of graduate students, faculty and administrators on the graduate student experience.
Our 2009 Keynote Speaker:
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
Education Auditorium
One of Canada's best-known science popularizers, Jay Ingram is co-host and producer of Daily Planet, television's first daily science show. His Jay’s Journal is a well-known regular feature of that program.
Ingram hosted CBC Radio's science program Quirks And Quarks from 1979 to 1992, earning him two ACTRA Awards, including one for Best Host. During the '80s, he was also Contributing Editor to Owl Magazine. He also hosted two radio documentary series, The Talk Show, about language, and Cranial Pursuits, about the brain. The Talk Show won a Science in Society Journalism Award. Following that, Ingram presented items on the brain for the CBC TV's The Health Show and contributed regular weekly science features for CBC Newsworld's Canada Live (1993-94).
He holds four honorary doctorate degrees: from Carleton University, McGill University, McMaster and King’s College in Halifax. Ingram has written ten books, three of which have won Canadian Science Writers’ Awards. His latest is The Daily Planet Book of Cool Ideas -Global Warming and What People are Doing About It. He is an engaging, provocative speaker who can address complex, scientific issues in non-technical terms, making them interesting, relevant and accessible to a wide range of audiences.