Campus Watch Lectures at STU

Dr. Cindy Blackstock spoke about the importance of engaging people in learning about the diverse history of First Nations to prepare them to implement the TRC’s calls to action and create an equitable future for all children as part of the inaugural Chancellor’s Lecture Series on Indigenous Issues •

Dr. Oddgeir Synnes spoke about his longstanding experience using creative writing among older adults, including those in palliative care and dementia care, during the Creamer Memorial Lecture •

Dr. Michelle Greason spoke about “Narrative Engagement in Social and Health Care,” as part of the annual John McKendy Memorial Lecture on Narrative. •

This year’s Endowed Chair in Criminology and Criminal Justice Lecture discussed “Defunding the Police: A Slogan or a Vision and a Way Forward?” The event, hosted in collaboration with the New Brunswick Black Artists Alliance, included a lecture by Dr. Sulaimon Giwa, a presentation by Dr. El Jones on her new book Abolitionist Intimacies, and a presentation from poet and author Thandiwe McCarthy. •

Dr. Mary Townsend spoke about “Aporia on the Woman Question in Plato’s Republic,” as part of the Cornell Great Books Lecture. •

Dr. Wendy Wong spoke about the challenges digital technology poses to the realization of human rights, during the Vigod Memorial Lecture in Human Rights. •