Indegenous Awareness Weeks Events with ֱ's Office of Indigenous Initiatives
From Sept.19 to Oct. 2, ֱ’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives (OII) will host Indigenous Awareness Weeks (IAW), an annual two-week celebration of First Nations, Métis and Inuit people and culture.
Philippe Charron (Université de Genève)
Title: Lower bounds on the inner radius of nodal domains of Laplace eigenfunctions
Ram Murty (Queen's University)
Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #3 – Introduction to Industry Analysis
This workshop will introduce the fundamental tool of Industry Analysis which companies use for strategy development. For startups, understanding the industry is a critical step in determining market entry and market positioning. The Five Forces Framework will be presented and applied to during an exercise.
Math and Stats Department Picnic
TechAccel Showcase
Indigenous Space Naming: Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education
Join the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education as they launch the Onkwanaktí:io (Our Nice Inclusive Space) on the second floor. A launch with light reception will follow the unveiling.
Part of Indigenous Awareness Week 2024 at ֱ.
September 27, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Launch with light reception
Arthur Currie Memorial Gymnasium 475 av des Pins Ouest
Family Science Day: Discovering the secret stories of a tree’s life
Join ֱ Science Outreach outdoors for ourFamily Science Dayand discover the secret stories of trees’ lives!
Family Science Day - From Planets to Particles: An Exploration Mini-Fair
Are you interested in the mysteries of our planet and beyond? ֱ Physics Outreach and TSI Outreach present “From Planets to Particles: An Exploration Mini-Fair”. Join us on Sat., September 28 between 10 pm to 4 pm in the Rutherford Physics Building on the ֱ campus for hands-on activities and demos about everything from gravity, life on other planets, building telescopes, coding, and craters to volcanoes, identifying earth and space rocks, and minerals!
We Will Walk Together 2024
Monday, September 30 marks the Faculty of Education's 6th annualWe Will Walk Together /Skátne Entewathahíta event. Join us in this opening ceremony and Critical Campus Tour in recognition of National Truth and Reconciliation Day and Orange Shirt Day. Hear from elders, knowledge-keepers, and invited speakers as Indigenous peoples and allies work towards a more inclusive society through education. Part of Indigenous Awareness Weeks at ֱ.
Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition
This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at ֱ to perform market research. Our market research librarian Emily Jaeger-McEnroe will walk us through some of those resources using a market research canvas tool.
Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 – Foundations of IP and Patent Searching
This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. We will then do some actual patent searching with our librarian April Colosimo using the DERWENT worldwide patent database.
Mr. Gilberto Chavez Martinez
ֱDEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
PhD Oral DefenceofMr. Gilberto Chavez Martinez
DATE: Friday, October 11, 2024
TIME / PLACE:1:30 p.m. (BURN 1025)
TITLE: Estimation and Forecasting in Sparse Markov-Regime Switching Vector Autoregression Models
CHAIR: Prof. Rustum Choksi
CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. Abbas Khalili
ֱ Reading Week
READING BREAK. Classes cancelled for all faculties except Continuing Studies non-credit courses.
NOTE: Student Teaching is not interrupted for Education students.
For A Full List of Key ֱ DatesPre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery
This workshop will provide an overview of the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model or lean canvas.
Date: Oct. 23rd, 2024 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room -FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)