Published November 3, 2009
by iris_author
*The Nuclear International Research Group (NIRG)* presents
an interactive, interdisciplinary seminar on* The Nuclear Industry*
(supported by NICHE, the Network in Canadian History and
Environment, and the Department of History, University of Toronto)
*DATE*: Friday November 13, 2009
*TIME*: 1 to 4 p.m.
*PLACE*: History Department, Large Conference Room 2098, Sidney Smith Hall,
100 St. George St., Toronto
*Introduction:* Prof. Laurel MacDowell, Department of Historical Studies,
UTM
Allison Macfarlane, ‘Nuclear Waste Repositories: How to Deal with the
Uncertainty Underground,’ Associate Professor of Environmental Science and
Policy, George Mason University, Virginia
*Commentator*: Prof. Darrin Durant, Program of Science and Technology
Studies, York University
Ian Slater, ‘The Changeling: Public Resistance and Next-Generation Nuclear
Reactors,’
Instructor in the Natural Science and Science of Technology Studies program,
Faculty of Science and Engineering, York University; Managing Editor of the
history of science journal ISIS
*Commentator*: Prof. Janis Langins, Institute for the History and Philosophy
of Science and Technology, University of Toronto
Linda Richards, ‘The Navajo Nation and American Nuclear Science: Disrupting
Hozho,’ graduate student in the History of Science program, Oregon State
University, and an activist
*Commentator*: Prof. Anna Stanley, Dept. of Geography, University of Galway
Everyone is welcome. Please pre-register with *laurel.macdowell@utoronto.ca*
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