On April 15, 2016, the "Navigating Knowledge" conference will be held for SEDRD Ph.D students and alumni, providing them the opportunity to present their research and share their individual fields of research with other SEDRD students. 

Navigating Knowledge: Rural Studies Colloquium
April 14 and 15, 2016
University of Guelph
School of Environmental Design and Rural Development
Landscape Architecture Building

Day Two - 15th April - Ph.D. Students and Alumni

Venue: Landscape Architecture, Room 143

8:30 - 9:15 – Registration, coffee and ‘welcome’

9:15 - 9:30 – Opening remarks

Al Lauzon & Wayne Caldwell

9:30-10:30 – Keynote speaker: Elizabeth Shantz (Knowledge Mobilization Manager, Canadian Water Network)

10:30-10:45 – Coffee and refreshments break

10:45-12:00 – Panel: Applicability/Relevance of the Rural Studies

PhD Panelists:  

• Oswald Zachariah (Innovation and Knowledge  Mobilization Manager, OMAFRA)
• Silvia Sarapura (Research Associate, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
• Heather Mair (Associate Professor, University of Waterloo)

12:00-13:30 – Lunch (Landscape Architecture Building, The Pit) 13:30-14:15 – Panel: Surviving your PhD

Panelists:  

• Lindzie O’Reilly (Nutritionist)
• Andrew Hyde (Spirituality)
• Trish Schmidt (Mental Health)

14:15 – 15:00 – The Counterintuitive Writer: How to improve your writing by doing the opposite of what you've probably been taught. with Joan Flaherty

15:00-15:30 – PhD Alumni Reflection – The good, the bad and the ugly 15:30-15:45 – Wrap up

Christy Hempel will be creating a ‘graphic recording’ of the day’s proceedings!