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A university observed holiday.
A university observed holiday.
A university observed holiday.
A university observed holiday.
Multiple ways of knowing, interpreting, and organizing the world are the backbone of STEM; however, only a few ways of knowing are valued within schools and are taught to teacher candidates. Queen's graduate researchers went into a Grade 9 Ontario secondary school to expand upon the current Math and Science curriculum. Within their sessions, the Queen's researchers prompted and supported learning Indigenous ways of learning STEM. Join us for this hybrid event, attend in-person or register for the Zoom session.
This session prepares participants to recognize people who are having thoughts of suicide by applying the TALK steps (Tell, Ask, Listen, KeepSafe) and connect them to a suicide first-aid intervention caregiver. Powerful videos illustrate the importance of suicide alertness, while discussion and practice simulate learning.
All participants must attend the full 3 hours to receive their certificate of completion. Participants will also receive program materials including a workbook.
At the Interface of Nanomaterials: Challenges and Opportunities in Creating and Utilizing Advanced Nanomaterials
Byron D. Gates
Simon Fraser University, Department of Chemistry
Nanomaterials are sought after in many fields for their properties. Extensive synthetic pathways exist for preparing nanomaterials, yet challenges and opportunities remain for chemists to improve the performance of nanomaterials in current applications and to enable unexpected future applications of these materials. Furthermore, interfaces control many properties of materials. Chemical stability, electronic properties, ion mobility, electron conduction, and many more properties of materials are dependent on interfacial chemistries. In nanomaterials, where a relatively large percentage of atoms reside at the surfaces of these materials, controlling the interface with their surroundings is critical to both their properties and to their performance, including their durability. Interfacial properties also play a role in the synthesis of nanomaterials, but this discussion will focus on the pursuit of methods to control and tune the surface chemistry of a selection of oxide coatings on nanomaterials including the ability to quantitatively tune the composition of this chemistry.
See the Seminar Website for full abstract.
