Samaria (Crete) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room, Level 1, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Solahudin .

In the aftermath of defeats of ISIS in Syria-Iraq and Marawi, concerns have been raised about fighters and their families, including some 600 Indonesians who were with ISIS in the Middle East, coming back and conducting terror attacks at home.

Indonesia has experience with returnees from overseas training coming home and becoming involved in terrorism. About 42 of the 300 Indonesians who trained on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border from 1985 to 1994 – known as 'Afghan alumni' – became involved in terrorism after their return. About 50 'Moro alumni' who trained in Mindanao became terrorists, as well as at least two 'Kashmir alumni' who trained with Laskar-e-Taiba in 2001.

In this public lecture, Faculty of Arts Indonesia Initiative visitor Solahudin will assess the danger of Indonesian returnees from Syria-Iraq and the Philippines.

Light refreshments will be served prior to the lecture. The lecture will begin at 6.00pm.

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Creating an Emotion Revolution: From Schools to Workplaces to Society

Venue: Theatre Q230, Level 2, Kwong Lee Dow Building

Presenters: Professor Marc A Brackett

Emotions matter. They inform our thinking, decisions, creativity, relationships, mental and physical health, and everyday performance. The skills of emotional intelligence, including the ability to recognise and regulate emotions, are especially important for our success and wellbeing.

In this presentation, Professor Brackett will discuss the Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence's studies on the role of emotions and emotional intelligence in key personal and organisational outcomes. Marc will also discuss the Center’s evidence-based approach to teaching social and emotional learning, which has been adopted by over 2000 schools across the US and around the world, including Australia. Practical tools and strategies to develop emotional intelligence also will be shared.

This event is the first in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education Dean's Lecture Series 2018.

Please note that this event was originally scheduled for 14 March.

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Tales of the Tigerman

Venue: The Forum Theatre 153, Level 1, Arts West

Presenters: Professor Desmond Kharmawphlang

The sacred forests of Meghalaya, India are believed to be protected by a spiritual tutelary deity called U Ryngkew U Basa who, whenever he makes himself visible, takes the form of a tiger.

In many of these forests, religious ceremonies in the form of rituals and spring dances are performed in honour of the Ryngkew, who is perceived as master of the wilderness.

Apart from the elaborate and complex religious discourse associated with the sacred forest, there is also a huge corpus of tiger lore that has been generated for hundreds of years and is still in circulation. Tigers occupy a very significant role in Khasi mythology. While the tiger is admired, respected and revered, it is also feared.

Khasi folklore suggests a subtle convergence of several perceptual and emotional features of the relationship between humans and tigers. Often portrayed as a bitter enemy of humans, he is also believed to be their greatest benefactor. This has given rise to a spectacular belief in the weretiger or tigerman, this power being an attribute of rngiew, one of the components of the complete human embodiment.

This lecture will draw on Professor Kharmawphlang’s many years of fieldwork in the jungle villages of North Khasi Hills, where he has encountered men and women who are reputed to have the power to become tigers.

Image: Jim Corbett's Man Eaters of Kumaon

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Why Equality Matters: Leading Change in the Workplace

Venue: Theatre 1, 221 Bouverie Street, Theatre 1

Presenters: Ms Catherine Fox, Dr Victor Sojo, Professor Cordelia Fine

For women, 2017 was in many ways an extraordinary year. The allegations of sexual harassment in the film industry drove the already existing #MeToo movement to global prominence and catalysed efforts to address “systemic inequality and injustice in the workplace that have kept underrepresented groups from reaching their full potential” (Time’s Up, 2018). The Women’s Marches, both 2017 and 2018 editions, were some of the most multitudinous demonstrations in record. Women are rallying in an unprecedented way. In this environment, defining an agenda for the future is a critical move.

Join the Centre for Workplace Leadership's notable panel of male and female leaders including Professor Cordelia Fine (University of Melbourne), author and journalist Catherine Fox and Dr Victor Sojo (Centre for Workplace Leadership) for a discussion about the most pressing and strategic actions for the gender equality movement in Australia and worldwide.

Canapes and drinks will be served after the panel.

Please note: The centre counts on and appreciates the strong interest in this topic from female attendees. At the same time, we are committed to encouraging men, especially senior managers, to listen, learn, and include their voice in the discussion around gender equality. As we look to drive change in organisations, this event strongly encourages male and female attendees to bring a male colleague (partners and relatives excluded) to ensure engagement in this subject is as widespread and inclusive as possible.

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Angkor Thom (Cambodia) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Kerri-Lee Krause, Andrew Norton, Andrew Harvey, Martin Doel

Australians believe we live in a fair and egalitarian country. We believe in a fair go: in equality of opportunity. We also believe that accessible education and training is a fundamental right and it facilitates prosperity, social mobility and a richer and more engaged economy.

Are these beliefs about who we are based in fact? While access to higher education has increased dramatically over the past 30 years, income and wealth inequality is also on the rise. This seeming contradiction challenges our most fundamental believes about intergenerational mobility.

Is the education system a cure or a curse? Are the biggest beneficiaries of the current system the wealthiest and most advantaged members of society? Has the higher education system been colonised by the rich to benefit the rich?

Evidence of increasing inequality, intergenerational unemployment, failure to address rural and regional disparities, falling performance in international standardised school testing, static social mobility despite expansionary higher education policies, a vocational education system in the iron-clad grip of a policy and funding crisis suggests we need to confront some major questions.

Should we see a return to the pre-Dawkins college of advanced education (CAE), or a modernised version of it: the polytechnic? What about new models, such as the degree apprenticeship being trialed in the UK? How open should we be to experiments that might fail? How do we make tertiary education more affordable and accessible to disadvantaged groups while ensuring they benefit personally and economically from their education? Are universities running a cartel? How do we integrate the tertiary education sector when it has never been more segregated?

Chaired by Professor Kerri-Lee Krause, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at La Trobe University.

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UVic snow

Venue: Level 1 Multifunction Room, Ian Potter Museum of Art

Presenters: Professor Emeritus Frank Sear

Join world-renowned architectural historian and former Chair of Classics at the University of Melbourne, Emeritus Professor Frank Sear, as he uncovers the rich archaeological history of theatres across the world.

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Detecting Rare Events

Venue: Ground Floor, Peter Doherty Institute

Presenters: Professor Svetha Venkatesh

This lecture will explore the prediction of rare events, and what can be done when current predictions for these events are poor. It will argue that, instead of rare event classification, the focus should be on identifying the riskiest events with minimal error – as such events are likely precursors to outliers of interest.

Professor Svetha Venkatesh is the Director of the Centre for Pattern Recognition and Data Analytics at Deakin University. Her work on outlier detection is used in surveillance and has been tested at Barwon Health to predict suicide risk.

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Smart Limb Technology is Redefining Disability

Venue: Theatre 1, 207 Bouverie Street

Presenters: Sir Saeed Zahedi

This lecture will explore new smart technologies that can be incorporated into prosthetic limbs, with the potential to not just restore mobility but to enhance human abilities.

The outstanding performances of high-profile Paralympians in recent years have raised awareness and expectations about what is possible for those with a disability, and the level of support and integration that prosthetic limbs can offer. As this technology rapidly evolves, customised bespoke prostheses are becoming a more affordable and accessible option.

From an engineering perspective, smart prostheses require a different approach from that traditionally used. An intelligent, integrated lower limb prosthesis must mimic the functional characteristics of a human limb, which requires the application of biomimetic principles of lower limb joints and segments, and the ability to mimic neuro-muscular connectivity.

The look and feel of the device is as important as the functionality. It must balance the user’s needs and personal experiences with acceptability of a prosthetic limb. Both personal and public perceptions influence an individual’s decision to commission a device.

However, the evolution of orthopaedic engineering increasingly demonstrates the potential of new technologies to transform lives by creating life-changing products that redefine the experience and perception of disability and ageing.

Professor Saeed Zahedi is a visiting scholar, based in the United Kingdom, who has been a pioneer in lower limb prosthetics, an advocate for people without limbs and a leader in engineering for four decades.

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Rio De Janeiro (Brazil) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Level 1 Multifunction Room, Ian Potter Museum of Art

Presenters: Professor Emeritus Frank Sear

Join world-renowned architectural historian and former Chair of Classics at the University of Melbourne, Emeritus Professor Frank Sear, as he uncovers the rich archaeological history of theatres across the world.

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Coming soon: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018

Venue: Level 1 Multifunction Room, Ian Potter Museum of Art

Presenters: Professor Emeritus Frank Sear

Join world-renowned architectural historian and former Chair of Classics at the University of Melbourne, Emeritus Professor Frank Sear, as he uncovers the rich archaeological history of theatres across the world.

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Crete Travel, Greece 4K

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Are Australians Ageist?

Venue: JH Michell Theatre, Peter Hall

Presenters: The Honourable Dr Kay Patterson, Dr Josh Healy, Dr Ruth Williams

With an increasingly ageing population in Australia, what exactly do we think about ‘older people’? Join Dr Josh Healy, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Workplace Leadership, and Dr Ruth Williams, Academic Convenor of the Hallmark Ageing Research Initiative, as they discuss their new research into Australians’ attitudes to older people. Josh and Ruth will be joined by Age Discrimination Commissioner, The Honourable Dr Kay Patterson, as well as industry leaders, for a discussion on how Australians’ attitudes to ageing could impact the future of the workplace in Australia. There will also be a debut screening of the University of Melbourne’s new film about the study, including some revealing anecdotes from members of the public on their attitudes to ageing.

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How Dangerous are Indonesian ISIS Returnees and Deportees?

Venue: Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room, Level 1, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

Presenters: Solahudin .

In the aftermath of defeats of ISIS in Syria-Iraq and Marawi, concerns have been raised about fighters and their families, including some 600 Indonesians who were with ISIS in the Middle East, coming back and conducting terror attacks at home.

Indonesia has experience with returnees from overseas training coming home and becoming involved in terrorism. About 42 of the 300 Indonesians who trained on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border from 1985 to 1994 – known as 'Afghan alumni' – became involved in terrorism after their return. About 50 'Moro alumni' who trained in Mindanao became terrorists, as well as at least two 'Kashmir alumni' who trained with Laskar-e-Taiba in 2001.

In this public lecture, Faculty of Arts Indonesia Initiative visitor Solahudin will assess the danger of Indonesian returnees from Syria-Iraq and the Philippines.

Light refreshments will be served prior to the lecture. The lecture will begin at 6.00pm.

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New Express Entry draw invites 3,000 candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence

Canada has invited 3,000 Express Entry candidates to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a draw that took place on Wednesday, February 21. The cut-off Comprehensive Ranking Score for this draw was 442. The total of 3,000 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) that were issued in this latest draw is also the same as the February […]

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Djebel Boukornine (Tunisia) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: B117 Theatre, Melbourne School of Design

Presenters: Professor Rakesh Agrawal

Fossil resources have played an unprecedented role in human history. The availability of fossil energy in high volumetric density has propelled human civilisation at an unprecedented rate for more than two centuries.

However, in spite of recent surge in fossil resource availability, with the ever increasing rate of energy demand, it is certain that we will eventually need a sustainable source of energy. Solar energy is one such source; it is plentiful, and its use can meet our daily needs for food, chemicals, heat, electricity and transportation for any foreseeable future.

The challenge with the transition from a fossil resource-based economy to a solar economy is that we have to learn to harness, transform and store solar energy at the time scale of our use pattern.

This presentation will suggest an interdisciplinary approach for finding potential solutions.

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Temporary foreign workers gaining permanent residence in Canada on the rise

A growing number of immigrants who come to Canada as temporary foreign workers are staying longer and obtaining permanent residence, a new report by Statistics Canada shows. Entitled “Just how temporary are temporary foreign workers?”, the report looks at data for four cohorts of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) aged 18 to 64 who received a […]

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Udaipur (India) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Level 7, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre

Presenters: Dr Heather Yeo

Recent research has shown mobile apps offer an economically sound and effective way to monitor patients, however the potential of this technology is still underutilised.

Visiting international expert, Dr Heather Yeo, will share her recent pilot study of an app developed in conjunction with Cornell Tech to track patients in the post-operative period. The app is aimed at decreasing length of stay, decreasing postoperative readmission by improving patient monitoring and complication management and improving return to functional status and overall wellbeing after surgery.

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Rural Urban Framework: New Contexts

Venue: B117, Melbourne School of Design

Presenters: Associate Professor John Lin, Associate Professor Joshua Bolchover

The widespread process of urbanisation, its exertion into new territories and its transformation on existing settlements is creating new contexts with unique spatial characteristics, impacting villages, social structures, economies and built form.

Rural Urban Framework is the research and design collaborative between Joshua Bolchover and John Lin. It focuses on sites at the frontline of the urbanisation process, in the hinterlands and peripheral areas where the effects of urbanisation are beginning to take hold.

This lecture will explore the four contexts in which the Rural Urban Framework team works. The first is within the University as a lab conducting design projects as research explorations. The second is in the Chinese countryside exploring the changing relationship between the urban and the rural. The third is the ger districts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, which are extensive settlements of felt tents or gers, resulting from migration of rural nomads moving to the city. The final context is neither village nor city, an empty site where the team had to construct their own context in which to work. The lecture will describe design concepts and methods that have been used in the design process to create buildings, material prototypes and urban strategies.

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The Dramatic Transformations in HIV Science and Policy

Venue: Theatre G08, Ground Floor, Law

Presenters: Professor Sharon Lewin

This lecture will explore the history and current key questions around HIV policy in Australia and globally. Through an overview of the intersection between HIV research, treatment and policy, it will also address the implications for these policies on recent and future pandemics.

Professor Sharon Lewin is an infectious diseases physician and scientist internationally renowned for her research into all aspects of HIV disease and pathogenesis.

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RetroSuburbia: Action, Resilience and Alternative Solutions

Venue: Theatre C, Old Arts

Presenters: David Holmgren

David Holmgren, co-originator of the permaculture concept, will be discussing how permaculture perspectives and practices can be used to retrofit the suburbs for a resilient future.

His new book RetroSuburbia describes the designs that Australian householders can use to live well today while reducing debt by making better use of their house, growing food and other activities that kick-start the household non-monetary economy to become more productive and resilient.

By focusing on what households, rather than community or government, can do, this approach promises more immediate rewards. In the process, Australian suburbs, as well as regional and small towns, can be transformed to become productive and resilient landscapes with a renewed community economy.

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Ilha Grande Bay Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia (4K)

Venue: Level 1 gallery, Ian Potter Museum of Art

Presenters: Kevin White, Angela Brennan, Glenn Barkley

A panel discussion looking at the relationship between traditional ceramic techniques and the increasing profile of ceramics within the contemporary art context, with artists Angela Brennan, Glenn Barkley and Kevin White.

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Quito (Ecuador) Vacation Travel Video Guide

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Canada to commit $440 million for immigration increase over next 3 years

Canada’s Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says the federal government’s multi-year immigration levels plan is on track and $440 million will be committed to ensure its success. Hussen provided an update Thursday on Canada’s 2018 immigration levels before Parliament’s Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. Last November, Canada put aside one-year immigration levels planning in favour […]

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CanadaVisa News Briefs | February 8 to February 15, 2018

This is a summary of Canadian immigration news events that happened over the past week. Our Canadian immigration news briefs keep you up to date on the latest Canadian immigration news as it unfolds. These articles are shared across all our social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+ and LinkedIn. Make sure to follow us […]

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IRCC says 80% of spousal sponsorship backlog now cleared

The Government of Canada announced today that it has now cleared 80 per cent of its spousal sponsorship backlog. Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Ahmed Hussen, made the announcement as part of a special Valentine’s Day update. Hussen said the achievement delivers on a government promise made in December 2016 to reduce the […]

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Chardin's Girls: The Ethics of Painting

Venue: Room 107, Macmahon Ball Theatre

Presenters: Professor Ewa Lajer-Burcharth

What did it mean to be a girl in the 18th century? Professor Ewa Lajer-Burcharth examines 18th-century French painter Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin's intriguing depictions of young adults as images of emergent subjectivity. The lecture considers the complex ethics of these representations of a emerging gendered self.

This lecture is coordinated in partnership with the Power Institute, University of Sydney, as part of the Keir Lectures on Art Series, supported by the Keir Foundation.

Image: Jean-Simeon Chardin, Girl with Racquet and Shuttlecock, 1740

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Towards a Solar Economy

Venue: B117 Theatre, Melbourne School of Design

Presenters: Professor Rakesh Agrawal

Fossil resources have played an unprecedented role in human history. The availability of fossil energy in high volumetric density has propelled human civilisation at an unprecedented rate for more than two centuries.

However, in spite of recent surge in fossil resource availability, with the ever increasing rate of energy demand, it is certain that we will eventually need a sustainable source of energy. Solar energy is one such source; it is plentiful, and its use can meet our daily needs for food, chemicals, heat, electricity and transportation for any foreseeable future.

The challenge with the transition from a fossil resource-based economy to a solar economy is that we have to learn to harness, transform and store solar energy at the time scale of our use pattern.

This presentation will suggest an interdisciplinary approach for finding potential solutions.

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Great Fishing Adventures of Australia

Venue: Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch

Presenters: Professor Klaus Kruger

Image and Imagination, The Pictorial Presence of Heavenly Grace in Baroque Painting
*Keynote opening presentation: *

This lecture by Dr Klaus Krüger explores perceptions of divinity in pictorial representations – namely that the visible, material image serves as an instrument leading from the visible to the invisible. According to this idea, disseminated widely in theological and mystical thought, religious imagination is understood as a process that passes through the material image and leads beyond it, to an experience of heavenly grace which transcends any visual or physical perception. However, if the painted image is thought to serve primarily as an anagogic medium of transmission, as a passage through, what particular importance, then, is attached to its genuine pictorial presence and its intrinsic aesthetic value? And how much and in what ways does the process of aesthetic experience contribute substantially to that of religious imagination?

The lecture will analyse religious images of Italian Renaissance and Baroque painting by Titian, Guido Reni, Bernini and others, to explore the manifold pictorial modes by which these representations allow the pictorial discourse of the religious imagination to unfold: by guiding the viewer’s gaze, by means of theatrical scenography, by means of a differentiated repertoire of gestures and facial expressions, through bifocal or polyfocal pictorial arrangements and effects of light and shade, through the interplay of sharpness and blur, of a broad color spectrum, of vibrant contours and oscillating forms. It will become apparent, then, that pictorial presence is a fundamental aesthetic category, which not only covers processes for representing reality but also constitutes a genuine, visual presence in its own right.

This lecture is part of international symposium A Baroque Bishop in Colonial Australia: The Cultural Patronage of Bishop James Goold (1812–1886).

Presented by the Australian Institute of Art History, within the School of Culture and Communication, in partnership with the University of Divinity.

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Ontario’s Human Capital Priorities Stream issues new invitations to Express Entry candidates

Ontario’s Human Capital Priorities Stream has invited 488 candidates with a profile in the federal Express Entry pool to apply for a provincial nomination. This latest invitation round took place on February 12 and issued Notifications of Interest, or NOIs, to select Express Entry candidates with a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of between 435 […]

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Knysna (South-Africa) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch

Presenters: Professor Klaus Kruger

Image and Imagination, The Pictorial Presence of Heavenly Grace in Baroque Painting
*Keynote opening presentation: *

This lecture by Dr Klaus Krüger explores perceptions of divinity in pictorial representations – namely that the visible, material image serves as an instrument leading from the visible to the invisible. According to this idea, disseminated widely in theological and mystical thought, religious imagination is understood as a process that passes through the material image and leads beyond it, to an experience of heavenly grace which transcends any visual or physical perception. However, if the painted image is thought to serve primarily as an anagogic medium of transmission, as a passage through, what particular importance, then, is attached to its genuine pictorial presence and its intrinsic aesthetic value? And how much and in what ways does the process of aesthetic experience contribute substantially to that of religious imagination?

The lecture will analyse religious images of Italian Renaissance and Baroque painting by Titian, Guido Reni, Bernini and others, to explore the manifold pictorial modes by which these representations allow the pictorial discourse of the religious imagination to unfold: by guiding the viewer’s gaze, by means of theatrical scenography, by means of a differentiated repertoire of gestures and facial expressions, through bifocal or polyfocal pictorial arrangements and effects of light and shade, through the interplay of sharpness and blur, of a broad color spectrum, of vibrant contours and oscillating forms. It will become apparent, then, that pictorial presence is a fundamental aesthetic category, which not only covers processes for representing reality but also constitutes a genuine, visual presence in its own right.

This lecture is part of international symposium A Baroque Bishop in Colonial Australia: The Cultural Patronage of Bishop James Goold (1812–1886).

Presented by the Australian Institute of Art History, within the School of Culture and Communication, in partnership with the University of Divinity.

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The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia

Venue: Basement Theatre (B117), Melbourne School of Design

Presenters: Professor David Karoly, Dr Joëlle Gergis, Sally Heath

Join award-winning climate scientist and writer Joëlle Gergis as she shares her fascinating journey through Australia to unearth our climate history.

Joëlle's new book, Sunburnt Country (MUP, 2018), pieces together Australia’s climate history for the first time. It uncovers a continent long vulnerable to climate extremes and variability, gives an unparalleled perspective on how human activities have altered patterns that have been with us for millions of years, and what climate change looks like in our own backyard. Sunburnt Country highlights the impact of a warming planet on Australian lifestyles and ecosystems and the power we all have to shape future life on Earth.

Presented by the Faculty of Science, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and Melbourne University Publishing.

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Walk this Way: Gait Rehabilitation in Older People and People with Stroke

Venue: Auditorium, Level 1, Western Centre for Health Research & Education, Sunshine Hospital

Presenters: Associate Professor Cathy Said BAppScPhysio; PhD

Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS) February seminar series

In this lecture, Associate Professor Cathy Said will provide an overview of her research into walking following stroke and in older people. She will outline results of a recently completed randomised controlled trial examining the impact of increasing physical activity on walking in older people undergoing hospital-based rehabilitation.

The talk will conclude with drinks and nibbles in the Atrium.

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Women in Academia: Experiences from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Venue: Frederic Wood Jones Theatre, Medical

Presenters: Professor Anne Mills DCMG CBE MA DHSA PhD FMedSci FRS, Professor Sharon Lewin, Stephen Rogerson, Leann Tilley

There has been increasing effort to promote the contribution of women in academia. Progress in the UK has been driven especially by the Athena Swan initiative. Professor Anne Mills will reflect on the experience of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in supporting the development of women’s careers.

Professor Mills' presentation will be followed by a panel discussion featuring leading Australian academics on how they manage the challenges of an academic career.

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Kina Slott (Switzerland) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: The Prest Theatre, Faculty of Business and Economics

Presenters: Professor Jagdip Singh

Despite significant research and substantial corporate investment, resolving problems reported by customers remains a challenge for service organisations. Efforts made by organisations persistently lag customer expectations, and the rise of social media has given customers a powerful platform to amplify their frustration with ineffective problem solving.

A 2017 US study revealed almost 20 per cent of customers who reported a service problem required more than seven contacts before it was resolved; 80 per cent of customers who experienced a problem remained unhappy even after resolution efforts. In the US alone, the cost of not solving customer problems effectively is estimated at US$313 billion in future sales. Companies lacking effective problem resolution are, therefore, placing bottom-line outcomes at risk, with service organizations especially vulnerable.

Why is it so hard, and what can service organisations do to get ahead?

In this free public lecture, Professor Jagdip Singh will discuss the myths around frontline problem solving, identify which practices don’t work, and provide fresh insights for service organizations interested in stemming losses from ineffective customer problem solving.

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Salzburg (Austria) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: The Prest Theatre, Faculty of Business and Economics

Presenters: Professor Jagdip Singh

Despite significant research and substantial corporate investment, resolving problems reported by customers remains a challenge for service organisations. Efforts made by organisations persistently lag customer expectations, and the rise of social media has given customers a powerful platform to amplify their frustration with ineffective problem solving.

A 2017 US study revealed almost 20 per cent of customers who reported a service problem required more than seven contacts before it was resolved; 80 per cent of customers who experienced a problem remained unhappy even after resolution efforts. In the US alone, the cost of not solving customer problems effectively is estimated at US$313 billion in future sales. Companies lacking effective problem resolution are, therefore, placing bottom-line outcomes at risk, with service organizations especially vulnerable.

Why is it so hard, and what can service organisations do to get ahead?

In this free public lecture, Professor Jagdip Singh will discuss the myths around frontline problem solving, identify which practices don’t work, and provide fresh insights for service organizations interested in stemming losses from ineffective customer problem solving.

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Study finds IT occupations among the most in-demand professions in Canada

A new study detailing the most in-demand occupations in Canada in 2018 shows business analysts, IT project managers and software engineers among the top 10. The annual study by the human resources company Randstad Canada showed business analysts in fifth place, IT project managers in seventh place and software engineers ranking ninth overall. The study […]

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Ontario’s Human Capital Priorities Stream invites more Express Entry candidates to apply

For the third time since January 22, Ontario’s Express Entry-linked Human Capital Priorities Stream has issued invitations to apply for provincial nomination. The Human Capital Priorities Stream allows the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) to search the Express Entry pool for candidates who have at least 400 Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points and who meet […]

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Latest Express Entry draw sees ITAs increase and cut-off score drop

The Government of Canada has invited 3,000 Express Entry candidates with a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score of 442 to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a draw that took place February 7. The total of 3,000 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) represents an increase of 250 over each the previous six draws, all of which issued […]

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David’s Blog: The fight to save NAFTA is one we can’t afford to lose

Since it came into effect in 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement has helped countless employers in Canada, the United States and Mexico gain access to professional labour from all three countries. Let’s keep it that way. [Read more…] © 2018 CICNews All Rights Reserved

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CanadaVisa News Briefs | January 25 to February 7, 2018

This is a summary of Canadian immigration news events that happened over the past couple of weeks. Our Canadian immigration news briefs keep you up to date on the latest Canadian immigration news as it unfolds. These articles are shared across all our social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+ and LinkedIn. Make sure to […]

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CanadaVisa Social | 1.4 million followers on Facebook and growing

The CanadaVisa community keeps on growing with every passing day. Our Facebook community alone now numbers more than 1.4 million people! Your social engagement is invaluable and we hope you’ll continue to support our efforts to bring you the latest immigration news and information as it happens. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram, are the preferred social […]

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Tourism Australia Dundee Super Bowl Ad 2018 w/ Chris Hemsworth and Danny McBride

Venue: Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre, Arts West Building

Presenters: Dr Victor Fernández Soriano

This public lecture examines how human rights advocates such as Amnesty International, international lawyers and government officials developed emotion-based strategies in their campaigns to generate opposition to state-sponsored use of torture.

It is sponsored by the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies and the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions.

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Tourism Australia Dundee Super Bowl Ad 2018 w/ Chris Hemsworth and Danny McBride (Extended)

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DUNDEE (2018) - Official Cast Intro Trailer

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Charities, Politics and Tax

Venue: Theatre G08, Ground Floor, Law

Presenters: Justice Susan Glazebrook DNZM

Modern charity law is still based on the Statute of Elizabeth and Pemsel. This lecture will discuss whether this remains an appropriate approach. It will focus in particular on the political exception, examining this first from an historical perspective and then discussing the recent decisions in Australia and New Zealand of Aid/Watch Inc v Commissioner of Taxation and Re Greenpeace of New Zealand Inc and the approach taken in other similar jurisdictions, including Canada and the United Kingdom.

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Vaticano - Basilica di san Pietro (Rome) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre, Arts West Building

Presenters: Dr Victor Fernández Soriano

This public lecture examines how human rights advocates such as Amnesty International, international lawyers and government officials developed emotion-based strategies in their campaigns to generate opposition to state-sponsored use of torture.

It is sponsored by the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies and the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions.

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Express Entry-linked PNPs off to a strong start in 2018

January was a busy month for Canada’s Provincial Nominee Programs, notably those aligned with the federal Express Entry system. The two Express Entry draws conducted by the Government of Canada in January were complemented by the opening of five Express Entry-linked Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) streams over the course of the month. Express Entry candidates […]

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Kreta (Greece) Vacation Travel Video Guide

Venue: Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre, Arts West Building

Presenters: Dr Victor Fernández Soriano

This public lecture examines how human rights advocates such as Amnesty International, international lawyers and government officials developed emotion-based strategies in their campaigns to generate opposition to state-sponsored use of torture.

It is sponsored by the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies and the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions.

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Manitoba invites 546 candidates to apply for provincial nomination

Manitoba has conducted a new draw under its Expression of Interest system, including 148 invitations issued through its new Express Entry Pathway. Manitoba’s Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) said it issued 148 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) to Express Entry candidates who have a job seeker validation code and at least six months of recent experience […]

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Refusal, Resurgence, Renewal: Indigenous Independence in the 21st Century

Venue: Forum Theatre, Level 1, Arts West

Presenters: Dr Sana Nakata, Associate Professor Sheryl Lightfoot, Professor Audra Simpson

On International Women’s Day come along to hear a panel of female Indigenous scholars – a first for the University of Melbourne. Convened by the Indigenous-Settler Relations Collaboration, the speakers will be discussing cutting edge social and political theory emerging from Indigenous scholars’ critical engagement with contemporary settler colonial politics.

In settler colonial states, such as Australia, Canada and the United States, Indigenous peoples continue to suffer the effects of dispossession and a lack of self-determination. Yet within these colonised spaces, Indigenous peoples also find and create spaces of independence in which they exercise sovereignty through a range of political practices. This panel will explore the rich political dynamics of Indigenous ‘refusal’, ‘resurgence’ and ‘renewal’, moving debate away from the deficit discourse that frames contemporary debate towards a focus on Indigenous defiance, resilience, and independence.

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Using Mobile Health Apps to Improve Patient Care

Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Level 7, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre

Presenters: Dr Heather Yeo

Recent research has shown mobile apps offer an economically sound and effective way to monitor patients, however the potential of this technology is still underutilised.

Visiting international expert, Dr Heather Yeo, will share her recent pilot study of an app developed in conjunction with Cornell Tech to track patients in the post-operative period. The app is aimed at decreasing length of stay, decreasing postoperative readmission by improving patient monitoring and complication management and improving return to functional status and overall wellbeing after surgery.

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How In Silico Medicine is Transforming Healthcare

Venue: Auditorium, Peter Doherty Institute

Presenters: Professor Marco Viceconti

The concept of a Virtual Physiological Human, a computer model that can predict specific functioning of an individual’s body, was first proposed in 2005, although pre-existing research can be traced back to the late ‘90s. Around 20 years of technological development has created computer models that can predict quantities that are clinically relevant, but not easily measured.

In early developments the predominant application for these technologies was the 'Digital Patient', where patient-specific prediction would support medical decision-making. But the recommendations of US Congress and the European Parliament between 2015 and 2016 have opened a new scenario, where subject-specific models can be used to evaluate the safety and the efficacy of new drugs and medical devices; i.e. 'In silico clinical trials'.

A third application, personal health forecasting, is now emerging, where the model is used to transform data from ambient, wearable or implanted sensors, into predictions where patients can self-manage their chronic condition.

In this lecture, Professor Viceconti will discuss these developments and their impact on the future delivery of healthcare.

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