News & Events

The Department of Biology and the Department of Environmental Science host seminars and journal clubs throughout the school year. Guest speakers from local industry, research institutes, and local and international universities have joined us as part of the seminar series.  This is a great opportunity to meet new people and feel a sense of community.  Most presentations are open to the public.

Please see the Biology & ENVS Fall 2024 Seminar Schedule for more information.

End of Term Social Event & Pub Trivia - Friday, December 6th, 2024 from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. @ The Gorsebrook

 

NEW!

Thanks to funding from WiseAtlantic (https://www.wiseatlantic.ca/) and Patrick Power Library, we are able to hold a book club focusing on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (EDIA) in academia. At the book club this semester, we will be reading two books and discussing ways in which academia needs to change in order to recruit, manage and support women and other underrepresented groups in STEMM. The book club is open to anyone from students to faculty, from staff to those external to SMU – so please feel free to spread the word widely.

The book for this semester is:

Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist by Jasmine Graham

The book is available from Patrick Power Library as either a physical or e-book version.

We will meeting every other week on the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month starting Friday, September 13th, 2024, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.  LI 135 - in the Patrick Power Library

All information can be found here including all the dates as well as which chapters we will be focusing on each week.

https://www.erincameronlab.com/edia-book-club