Neuroscience Institute

Neuroscience Institute
Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building - Rm 2L-B3 Tupper Link
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4H7
CANADA
Phone:(902) 494-3367
neurosci@dal.ca

Brain Awareness Week Halifax Schedule of Events

Thursday, March 11:

12:30 - 4:00 PM: Brain Bee (high school trivia contest), Pharmacy Building and Maritime Brain Bank, Dalhousie University. Hosted by the Neuroscience Institute, Dalhousie University, and SuperNOVA.

7 PM: Public Lecture: Neuroscience, Law, and Postpartum Illness - Dr. Stacey Tovino, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Health Law and Policy Center, Drake University. Room 104, Weldon Law Building, Dalhousie University, 6061 University Ave. Hosted by the Neuroethics NET, Health Law Students' Association, and Students in Neuroscience, Dalhousie University.

Friday, March 12:

3:30 - 5 PM: Scientific Colloquium: Assessing the motor system: A peripheral and central perspective - Dr. Shaun Boe, School of Physiotherapy, Dalhousie University. Rm 4263 Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University. Hosted by Dalhousie University Psychology Department.
Monday, March 15:

12:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Brain Fair at IWK Health Centre, Goldbloom Pavilion

11 AM - 3 PM: Children's activities at Discovery Centre

6:30 PM: Film Screening and Panel Discussion: The Minority Report. Moderator: Timothy Krahn. Panelists: Ryan D'Arcy (Neuroimaging specialist & Radiology professor), Archibald Kaiser (Law professor), Letitia Meynell (Philosophy professor), Christopher Murphy (Sociology professor). Royal Bank Theatre, Halifax Infirmary, 1796 Summer St. Hosted by NovelTech Ethics.

Tuesday, March 16:

11 AM - 3 PM: Children's activities at Discovery Centre

7:00 PM: Public lecture: Epilepsy - Facts, Fiction, and Reality Dr. Michael Esser, Pediatric Neurologist and Dennis Chair in Childhood Epilepsy, Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre. Potter Family Auditorium, Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Ave. Hosted by Dalhousie University Neuroscience Institute.

Wednesday, March 17:

11 AM - 3 PM: Children's activities at Discovery Centre
Thursday, March 18:

7 PM: Public Lecture: Mind the Gap: The Neurosciences and their Determination to Explain the Human- Dr. Cornelius Borck, Professor and Directory, Institute for the History of Medicine and Science Studies, University of Lubeck, Germany. Alumni Hall, University of King's College. Hosted by CCEPA (Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs) and the Situating Science Knowledge Cluster

Friday, March 19:

3:30 PM: Graham Goddard Lecture: Jean-Pierre Julien (Professor and Canada Research Chair, Psychiatry & Neuroscience, Université Laval): ALS: Recent developments in genetics, mouse models and immunotherapy Rm 4263 Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University (hosted by Dalhousie Undergraduate Neuroscience Society)

4:30 PM: Society for Neuroscience Chapter Social, Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University. Hosted by the Dalhousie University Neuroscience Institute/Society for Neuroscience Halifax Chapter.