Lecture Me! a series

The UTM Office of the Dean, Experiential Education Unit and Mississauga Library System are proud to present Lecture Me! a series of lectures by UTM Faculty

The Lecture Me! series highlights research from different departments by UTM faculty members in a way that is approachable and fun for the whole family. This multidisciplinary series will feature a different faculty member each month who will deliver their presentation to the community about their research.

The events will be hosted virtually by the Mississauga Library System through their Virtual Library - Webex platform typically on the first Tuesday of each month from 7:00-8:15pm.

Registration is required for all talks and can be found through the Mississauga Library's Virtual Library - Webex. Registration links for each talk can be found in the table below. *An Active Mississauga account must be created to register. However, you do not need to be a Mississauga resident to register fo the Active Mississauga account.

This short video will also assist with creating an account and registering for a program: Active Mississauga account sign-up and registration tutorial.

For any issues relating to registration, please contact customer service at 905-615-4100 or email rec.info@mississauga.ca.

Lecture Me! Schedule 2021-22

Date	Faculty Name	Talk Title	Talk Description	Department	Event Registration
Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 6-7pm* *Please note the earlier event time for this event.	Professor Sonia Kang	Naming and Framing: Perceptions of Racial Group Labels	Racial Group labels such as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC); white; visible minorities; and First Nations are among many terms used to categorize people in both formal and informal contexts. Although these kinds of labels are used widely, there is uncertainty around the correct or even appropriate labels to use. In this Lecture Me! talk, Dr. Sonia Kang will share recent research on preferences and perceptions of racial group labels.	Management	REGISTER HERE!
Tuesday, October 5, 2021	Professor Sarah Hillewaert	Yoga as  Development for Africa?	Professor Hillewaert studies the introduction of yoga and mindfulness as new forms of development in Eastern Africa. She explores why North American yoga practitioners travel to countries like Kenya to teach yoga and mindfulness and considers how local communities respond to these new ideas. What negotiating is required for "yoga as development" projects to be successful? And what does this trend tell us about the changing stakes of humanitarianism today?	Anthropology	REGISTER HERE!
Tuesday, November 2, 2021	Professor Otto Yung	Risk is certain. So what does the data tell us?	We'll apply volatility models from the field of Finance to analyze historical market prices from traditional blue-chip stocks to exchange-traded funds. Discussions will also include popular "meme" stocks and Cryptocurrencies.	Management	REGISTER HERE! RECORDED SESSION COURSE BARCODE: 883696
Tuesday, February 1, 2022	Professor Sherry Fukuzawa    Professor Nicole Laliberte   Councillor Veronica King-Jamieson	Community-engaged Learning with a local Indigenous Community	Our Community-engaged Research project by the Indigenous Action Group examines the research question: How does a course focused on Indigenous Ways of Knowing in a context of local Indigenous placemaking affect long-term Indigenous-related cultural competencies of undergraduate students?	Anthropology         Geography, Geomatics, & Environment           Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation	REGISTER HERE! RECORDED SESSION COURSE BARCODE: 910286
Tuesday, March 1, 2022	Professor Rasmus Larsen	Psychopaths: Dangerous Social Predators or Stigmatizing Cultural Lore?	Psychopathy is a psychiatric syndrome associated with chronic antisocial behaviors and a profound lack of conscience. A stereotypical psychopath is commonly described as a dangerous social predator, utterly incapable of empathy and remorse. In this talk, Dr. Larsen presents the surprising results from recent research, which he thinks not only challenges widespread beliefs about psychopaths, but also questions the existence of the syndrome itself.	Forensic Science	REGISTER HERE! RECORDED SESSION COURSE BARCODE: 910287
Tuesday, April 5, 2022	Professor Jerry Flores	Disappearing in the City: An Urban Ethnography of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women	This talk will investigate the factors that place Indigenous women at risk of experiencing interpersonal and institutional forms of violence in large urban settings like Toronto where most Indigenous women are last seen alive and well.	Sociology	REGISTER HERE! COURSE BARCODE: 910288