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2009

SFU Canada Research Chairs Seminar Series: "Why Education is Difficult and Contentious"
Dr. Kieran Egan, Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Development and the Curriculum
Faculty Of Education

Abstract

Everyone in universities is an expert in education, everyone in universities tends to assume. The aims of education promoted by such people are designed to produce people like themselves, perhaps without...

2nd Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium: "Maxhist hypothesis shows weight transitions are not Markovian"
Azadeh Alimadad
MoCSSy Program, SFU
2nd Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium: "Supporting older people at home using ambient technology-the Soprano Project"
Andrew Sixsmith
Gerontology, SFU
2nd Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium: "A Social Network Model of Investment Behaviour in the Stock Market"
Warren Hare
Mathematics, University of British Columbia-Okanagan
2nd Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium: "Shifting the Paradigm: Using Complex Systems Frameworks to Address the Challenge of Obesity"
Diane Finegood
Kinesiology, SFU
2nd Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium: "10 Uncomfortable Truths about Dynamic Modeling for Health Policy"
Nathaniel Osgood
Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan
2nd Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium: "An Informatics Theory of Democratic Journalism"
Amir Chaseminejad
ICURS, SFU
2nd Annual Modelling of Complex Social Systems Symposium: "The Swarming Body: How Algorithmic Systems Biology can help to conquer Complexity"
Christian Jacob
Bioinformatics/Computer Science, University of Calgary
SFU Canada Research Chairs Seminar Series: "The Challenge of Putting Ecological Stressors in Context; Three Stories from the Conservation of Freshwater Species"
Dr. Wendy Palen, Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Conservation
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University

Abstract

Ecology is among the most challenging of scientific disciplines, encompassing microns to thousands of kilometers, seconds to millions of years, and the complex interactions of individuals to ecosystems....

MoCSSy Semester End Presentations: "Modeling Perceived and Objective Barriers to Physical Activity"