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Exhibition Opening and Conference Dinner
Basic pageAs part of the conference, an exhibition at White Water Gallery (122 Main St East), entitled “The Future of Human(ity)”, will be available for viewing from the afternoon of Friday, July 22 until late afternoon Saturday, July 23. -
Keynote Speakers' Biographies
Basic pageKeynote Speakers' Biographies - Adam Nash, Keith W. Hipel, Fred Spier, and Peter Eckersall -
Keynote Speakers' Abstracts
Basic pageAdam Nash: “Actual Fantasy, Modulation Chains, and Swarms of Thought-Controlled Babel Drones: Digital Ontology in the Posthuman Era” - Peter Eckersall: “Towards a Dramaturgy of Robots and Object Figures” - Fred Spier: “Wished futures and expected futures: a reflection on scenarios of the future of humanity from the point of view of big history” - Keith W. Hipel: “Technology and Policy Options for a Low-Emission Energy System in Canada” -
Presenters' Biographies
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Presenters' Abstracts
Basic pageRebin Omar Mohammed Ameen: “Ruling out Religious Intolerance: Jainism and Baha’i as Examples” - Anahit Armenakyan: Nipissing University, Canada
“International Business Relationships” - Hamza Ateʂ: “The Future of Government: An Evaluation of Drivers of Change and Major Trends” - Andy Belyea: “Self-Defense: Bodies at War in the Posthuman Era” - Christine Bolus-Reichert: “The Shock Doctrine in Apocalyptic Fiction” - Paisley Cozzarin: “Cripping the Nonhuman: A Material Feminist Intervention in ‘Frankenfish’” - Hilary Earl: “Reflections on Death Tourism in the Age of Experiential Education” - Isaac Owusu Frimpong: “Migration Concerns in the Twenty-first Century” - -
Venue, Directions, and Parking
Basic page2016 CICAS Conference: The Future of Human(ity) - Venue, Directions, and Parking information -
CICAS Lunch Workshops
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Seleucid Workshop Summer 2016
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Equipment
Basic pageThe University provides various kinds of equipment for use in the instructional process. Staff must not remove any equipment from its normal place of use without signing a release form with Client Services or the Vice-President, Finance and Administration.