Upcoming events, the latest news, videos, podcasts and reports from the Harris Centre.
News
Join the Citizen Forum!
As part of the FORECAST NL project, we are looking for 45 citizens (ages 16 and up) to learn, listen, collaborate and share ideas about our climate, economy and society.

How can we create economic and social prosperity while mitigating and adapting to climate change?
Application Process Closes October 30!
News from Memorial
In October every year, Memorial hosts a series of events which create the perfect chance to reconnect with fellow Memorial University alumni and friends, via reunions and pan-university events. This is a week full of education, entertainment and celebrations for class, academic and affinity events.

To view all MUNalum Days events, click here.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
1:00pm - 2:00pm (Online)
This virtual panel organized by the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship (MCE) will bring together three recent Memorial alumni who explored entrepreneurship as students and then built a successful startup after graduation.

7:00pm - 8:00pm (Online)
Anyone can enjoy the beauty of our Universe on a dark and clear night – you just need to know how to find a good stargazing location, what to look for in the sky, and when the best time to see these stars and planets is.

Wednesday, October 28, 2020
7:00pm - 8:00pm (Online)
Memorial's Faculty of Education and the Newfoundland and Labrador Teacher's Association are proud to present Let's Discuss - A New Dialogue Series on Educational Matters!
Rural Routes Podcast
Season 3: Episode 11
Rural & Island Response to COVID-19
Geography matters. And when it comes to pandemics such as this COVID-19 one that we find ourselves in the middle of, how we respond to pandemics is very much influenced by geography. That curiosity about geographically distinct responses to COVID-19 pandemic is very much behind two research projects we are going to talk about today. The first one was initiated by The Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation. It looked at rural responses to the pandemic in Canada. The second project was initiated at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and it looked at how small islands around the world responded to COVID19 pandemic. 
Season 3: Episode 10
Rural Trauma
This episode of Rural Routes features Dr. Kathleen Kevany from the Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Truro, Nova Scotia. She is the director of the Rural Research Collaborative and a licensed psychotherapist who studies community development, community well-being and social change. We reached out to Dr. Kevany in the aftermath of a mass shooting in rural Nova Scotia to help us understand the impacts such traumatic events have on rural regions and communities and what we can do to help us get through such difficult events.
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Future Skills Centre
Community of Practice
The Future Skills Centre (FSC) has launched their new virtual Community of Practice, a virtual space meant to support collaborative learning and enable the exchange of knowledge. It is a free and open platform intended for practitioners in the skills-training ecosystem (including researchers, NGOS, and employment and training service providers) to mobilize ideas and develop a peer-to-peer support system.

To learn more and join the community, click here.
Memorial University will be holding focus groups as a way to access this new community from user's perspectives. Email mandys@mun.ca for more information.
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