2005-2006 PROGRAM
Course Fee: Three Lectures for $15
September 16, 2005
CREAKY OLD JOINTS, SHINY NEW ONES
WHAT’S NEW, WHAT’S OLD?
Dr. Marvin Tile
Everybody’s getting them, using them, abusing them – those new hips and knees and
other vital joints. Dr. Tile will tell us what we need to know as we look
to our future and how it will be impacted by this new technology.
Dr. Marvin Tile, a graduate of the University of Toronto, earned his B.Sc.
(Med) in 1958 and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Canada. Until recently he held the position of Surgeon in Chief at Sunnybrook
and Women’s Health Sciences Centre. Presently, he is a Consultant Orthopaedic
Surgeon (non-operating) at the Centre. In 1991-92 Dr. Tile was President of
the Canadian Orthopaedic Association. He has authored several books related
to fracture care and has fulfilled many leadership roles nationally and internationally.
September 23 & 30, 2005
WHODUNIT? – HOW REAL IS CSI??
Pamela Newall
Viewers watching forensic science reality programs such as CSI and Law and
Order find themselves horrified, yet at the same time fascinated, both by the violent
crimes depicted and by the seemingly brilliant means of solving these crimes. Even though
these programs make great TV, the facts are sometimes twisted, the techniques portrayed are
often closer to science fiction than to science, and the conclusions are wildly overstated
or simply impossible. In her two lectures, Pam Newall will describe what really
happens behind the scenes in the laboratory and in the courtroom when a DNA scientist brings
real science and scholarship to the solution of a crime - a process that has revolutionized
the justice system.
Pamela Newall is an independent consultant in Forensic DNA Interpretation and President
of Newall Consulting Inc. She received her B.Sc., Honour Science, and Masters Embryology
from U. of T. She was a member of the Centre of Forensic Science Biology Section as an
analyst and Research Scientist. She has headed the DNA Unit and Research, Development
and Confidential Testing for CFS. Pam is invited to speak at national and
international conferences and her papers appear in many scientific publications. She
is qualified in Ontario as an expert witness to give opinion evidence in DNA analysis and
interpretation in criminal cases and has been directly responsible for the exoneration and
release of seven wrongly accused and imprisoned persons.
DEMOCRACY – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
October 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11, 2005
Course Fee: $35
This six week course is part of a highly successful program given to Kitchener-Waterloo
Third Age Learning. The course will start with the historical development of
democracy and its social underpinnings. It will outline the relationship between
democracy, religion and multiculturalism with examples from Canadian history and comparisons
to other countries. Then we will look at democracy in the world of today as it relates
to social movements, interest groups, business, labour unions and political parties. Specific
democracies will be examined, in particular new democratic institutions in old democracies and new
or emerging democracies in non-democratic countries.
Dr. Eva Buccioni, from the Dept. of Philosophy at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU),
specializes in Ancient Philosophy and Social and Political Philosophy.
Dr. David Seljak is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at St. Jerome’s
University, University of Waterloo.
Dr. Brian Tanguay, an Associate Professor in the Political Science Department at
WLU, specializes in electoral reform in liberal democracies and on the evolving division
of labour between political parties and organized interests.
Dr. Ailsa Henderson, in the Political Science Department of WLU, specializes in
institutional change and political culture with particular attention to Nunavut, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland.
Dr.Dejan Guzina, in the Political Science Department of WLU, specializes in state and
nation building in Southeast Europe and
Russia.
WIND, WATER, WOODS, WASTE
January 20, 27, February 3, 10, 17, March 3, 2006
Course Fee: $35
This six-week course will feature speakers who are experts in their individual
disciplines. The focus will be on global, national and local environmental
issues and their impact on our geographical area. We will be informed as to
how we as individuals can play our part in addressing these issues, either as advocates
for the environment or by improving our own relationship with the environment.
January 20: Smart Growth Study – James Faught, President, Greenspace
Consulting Associates.
January 27: Ontario Species at Risk – Peter Middleton, Retired/Ecotour
Lecturer, Bluewater Institute for Outdoor Education and Environmental Studies
February 3: Niagara Escarpment Biosphere – Bob Barnett, Executive Director,
Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy
February 10: Protecting Water Quantity and Quality – Bob Duncanson, Executive
Director, Ontario Headwaters Institute
February 17: Climate Change and Global Warming – Steven B. Young, President,
Greenhouse Gas Measurement
March 3: Alternative Fuels for Transportation - Prof. Roydern Fraser,
Mechanical Engineering Dept., University of Waterloo. Discussion will include
fuel cells, solar power, biofuels, hybrid cars, future availability of fossil fuels and
air pollution.
CAN HAPPY PEOPLE BOOST THE ECONOMY?
THE SOCIAL SIDE OF ECONOMIC LIFE
Dr. Raphael Gomez
March 24, 31, April 7, 21, 28, 2006
Course Fee: $30
This series of five lectures will explore how the social side of life has important
implications for the study of economics and conversely, how economics can help us
understand social phenomena such as marriage and happiness. The lectures will
seek to explain, among other things, how social relations, maintained and cultivated
for purposes other than personal profit, can improve rather than dampen performance
and productivity. It will be shown that any organization can benefit economically
from having a base of trust between co-workers. The course will examine the
different ways in which social cohesion amongst people is often the prerequisite to
the sharing of ideas, entrepreneurial initiative and the development of new technologies.
Dr. Raphael Gomez received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto Centre
for Industrial Relations. Dr. Gomez has lectured and conducted research at
the London School of Economics, University of Toronto, Central Bank of Spain and Glendon
College, York University. He has been published in many journals and continues to
advise governments on economic and related social policies.
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