Get a weekly dose of good science from the comfort of your own home every week as Laurentian University and Science North have teamed up for a lecture series called Let’s Talk About COVID-19.
The public is welcome to tune into the weekly lecture series, each of which is being livestreamed on the Facebook pages of Science North and Laurentian University. Sudbury.com will be carrying the lectures live every Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. as well.
“Local researchers will answer questions regarding COVID-19 and the work they are doing to support the pandemic,” a press release on the event states. “Each discussion will focus on a specific topic that will dive deeper into key aspects of COVID-19 and how they affect individuals, our planet and beyond.
There’s no need to pre-register and there is no cost to watch. Simply tune in and start learning. Just click the Play button in the link below.
Today’s webinar will be in French and features Laurentian University professors Louis Durand of the Faculty of Management, Dr. Aurélie Lacassagne of the Department of Political Science, Pierre Cameron of the Department of History and Dr. Christian Bouchard of the School of the Environment.
“This seminar will deal with a variety of topics regarding the impacts of COVID-19 on the world around us. To begin, we will aim to understand the historical parallels between the Spanish flu at the end of World War I and COVID-19,” Laurentian said on its Facebook page. “Then, we will examine the impacts COVID-19 is having on the role of government in the quality of life at work, specifically by ensuring good post-pandemic working conditions, as well as on language rights, environmental issues and sustainable development, and international relations.”
The webinar series continues for three more weeks.
On June 10, the topic will be the impact of COVID-19 on First Nations and Indigenous people. Panelists to be announced.
On June 17, maintaining health and wellness during a pandemic will be discussed. Panelists to be announced.
And finally on June 24, the effect of the pandemic on health sciences, research and innovation will be discussed. Panelists to be announced.
You can watch last week’s discussion on the impact of the pandemic on animals here.
