The Jackman Humanities Institute-sponsored working group "Operatics" will host a one-day interdisciplinary symposium dedicated to the exploration of opera through the themes of narrative and performance.

Knowledge Management Research Center, Faculty of Information Present: “Information Sharing as Social Exchange in Online Environments”, presented by Dr. Hazel Hall, Reader in Social Informatics, Centre for Social Informatics, Edinburgh Napier University.

Seminar delivered by:
Dr. Samuel Benchimol, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biology
Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Health
York University

On May, 2009, the University of Toronto and University Health Network will unveil a bold plan to turn the Multi-Organ Transplant Program into Canada's first and the world's foremost University of Toronto Transplantation Institute.

The astronomical research of the next decade will focus on understanding the origins of planets, stars, galaxies, and even the universe itself.

Be ready for the global marketplace at Discovery 09: Future Ready. Learn about exciting successes and emerging trends through panel discussions and provocative addresses. Explore a huge showcase of promising ideas across numerous research, academic and industrial sectors. Connect with the leaders, dreamers and doers who are driving Ontario's innovation revolution. Meet the brightest minds of today and tomorrow. Are you future ready?

ABEL is very excited to announce the launch of ABEL Island in Second Life on May 14th 2009 from 3:30pm - 4:30pm. Dress up your avatar, teleport to ABEL Island and join Atina Lemon (Anita Drossis) in our first professional learning session on "Social Networking for Educators". Fly over to the amphitheatre to discuss the use of Web 2.0 tools (Twitter, Laconica, cell phones, Second Life, e-portfolios...) for professional learning and in the classroom.

There is nothing like the Advancing Learning: This is IT! Conference hosted this year by George Brown College. This year Toronto is the place to connect with other educators. Here is a chance for high quality professional development with those who live teaching and learning everyday.

Great people, lots of fun, excellent location, deep learning

Dariush Motazedian, department of earth sciences, Carleton University

The University of Windsor’s IT Steering Committee and IT Services is hosting its third annual Campus Technology Day (CTD). Scheduled for Thursday, May 21, 2009, the day promises to be an interactive event that brings faculty, staff and students together to discuss the impact technology has in enhancing learning, teaching, research and building community on campus.