Anne Marie Ryan Tribute Fundraiser
As many of you know, Anne Marie Ryan PhD (MEd, MSc, BEd, BSc), faculty member and University Teaching Fellow in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, passed away unexpectedly on January 20, 2022. Anne Marie was well-known across her department, the Faculty of Science, and the University as a whole. She was incredibly talented and passionate about teaching and learning, especially in the sciences, and her principles and practices have influenced, and will continue to influence, generations of students and course instructors. Anne Marie leaves a deep and enduring legacy focused on personal growth, risk-taking, kindness, creativity, and wonder, that will continue to live on through her Communities of Practice, her students, colleagues, friends, and all those whose lives she touched though her leadership and support. Those who knew Anne Marie Ryan likely have fond memories of an outdoor meeting with her – reflecting on the previous term, discussing creative new assessments for the upcoming year, identifying values and priorities, seeking her sage wisdom, or just enjoying each other’s company. As a small nod to all of those hours of conversations, we would like to install a permanent outdoor meeting table in Anne Marie’s honour. The table will be located in a quiet corridor outside the Life Sciences Centre (LSC), seat 8 and allow for group discussions (like the Communities of Practice she founded in the Faculty of Science), one-on-one chats, or quiet individual reflection. We hope this will give faculty and students a quiet space to take some time and reflect – to reinforce this intention, the table will feature a small plaque with Anne Marie’s own words, “Too much busyness can destroy creativity & ideas or keep them from moving forward”. The total cost of the table and plaque is $1,800. To support this fund in Anne Marie’s honour, please make a gift on projectDAL today.

Dal Science students win Science Atlantic Psychology Conference 2022 Awards
Congratulations to the conference award recipients from Dal Science! Please join us in celebrating the top student award winners:
Science Atlantic Science Communication Award: Ernest Ng, Use your head: Investigating the nature of motor-imagery based learning
Hackathon - NOW Winner: George Fazaa
Hackathon - EXPLORE FURTHER Winner: Tessa Cosman
Hackathon - Quantity of Annotations Winner: George Fazaa
Engagement Prize, Conference Day Winners: Nicole Basso & George Fazaa

QAtCanSTEM Colloquium – Call for Abstracts - October 20th and 21st, 2022
It is a pleasure to invite you to the Queer Atlantic Canadian Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (QAtCanSTEM) Colloquium. The conference will take place on October 20th and 21st, 2022 at Mount Saint Vincent University. Registration for the conference is free to remove barriers from attendance, and travel awards are available. QAtCanSTEM is a visibility and community building project aiming to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion for Queer folks in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics across the Atlantic Province. For more information on QAtCanSTEM please visit our website. The QAtCanSTEM Colloquium is like any other science conference, but focuses and centres the voices of LGBTQ+ folks in Atlantic Canada. The event will have keynote speakers, a panel discussion, oral presentations, poster presentations, and a networking mixer. The QAtCanSTEM Colloquium is open for anyone to attend and registration for the event is free. The Colloquium will contain talks from a wide range of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and health/medicine fields.

Guide for authors - The deadline to submit abstracts is June 27th, 2022. To submit your abstract, please register here and submit your abstract through the same website. We are accepting abstracts on any topic related to Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Health/Medicine from speakers across the country. Abstracts are limited to 300 words and are currently being accepted for both poster and oral presentations.

Important Dates
Deadline for submission: June 27th, 2022
Notification of acceptance: August, 2022
Deadline for registration: October 20th, 2022
For all general inquiries, please contact: qatcanstem@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you at the QAtCanSTEM Colloquium. 

Would you like to make a submission to the Dean's Office Dispatch? Email communications.science@dal.ca with a brief summary of your notice, a supporting link or email address, and a photo/image if you have one.