Envisioning Research Beyond Discipline
Address
William Doo Auditorium, New College at 45 Willcocks Street
Dates
Event start date : 01/23/2025
Event end date : 01/23/2025
Event start time : 2:30 PM
Event end time : 4:00 PM
Event Description
NewOne presents:
Envisioning Research Beyond Discipline: An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion
Join us as we welcome three scholars, Shelley Wall, Melanie Jeffrey and Claire M. Tallarico, who have embraced and promoted interdisciplinary approaches, and have worked across diverse epistemologies in the Arts, Sciences and Technologies.
Event Details:
Thursday, January 23, 2025
2:30 - 4:00 PM
William Doo Auditorium, New College - 45 Willcocks Street
All are welcome - registration not required!
Speakers:
Shelley Wall is an Associate Professor in the Biomedical Communications (BMC) graduate program in the Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of Medicine. Her education includes an undergraduate degree in fine art, an MSc in Biomedical Communications, and a PhD in English, reflecting the inherently interdisciplinary nature of the BMC program. She is also a certified medical illustrator. Her research interests include comics in healthcare and science, patient education, the visual construction of gender in medical discourse, the history of medical and bioscientific illustration, and the socio-cultural dimensions of medical visualization.
Claire Tallarico, a visual artist and trained chef, observes and documents the simple daily actions of farmers and growers, cooks, and makers. Claire is the founder and co-facilitator of Alchemy, an Ontario-based artist residency that fosters community through sharing art, food, and conversation. Founded in 2015 on the Toronto Islands, Alchemy has called rural Prince Edward County home since 2017. During the global pandemic Alchemy artists partnered with local farms, wineries and funders to offer Table Settings, an initiative which provided 3000 meals to seasonal agricultural workers over four harvest seasons. Claire recently completed her masters of arts in art education and community engagement at NSCAD University (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design) Her research creation based thesis work took a deep dive into the reach and impact of art making, food sharing and collaborations through artist-led projects in community settings.
Alongside her art and food practice, Claire is a long time freelance policy and communications advisor based on Ontario. She served as a press secretary in New York's City Hall, and as chief of communications in two of Canada's leading teaching and research hospitals. Claire is a graduate of Concordia University and the George Brown Chef’s School. She also studied journalism and public policy at New York University.
Melanie Jeffrey has been working with Indigenous Studies since 2008. Melanie’s graduate degree is a PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology (University of Toronto, 2014), during which she investigated questions about women, hormones, and epilepsy. She has also worked in the film and television industry as a camera assistant.
Melanie’s research interests include the health of peoples and lands, land-based healing, determinants of health, holistic health and the nexus between Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Western health and ecological sciences. She continues to work with Indigenous persons with spinal cord injuries and community organizations to access holistic care in rural and remote communities. She is also involved with Indigenous communities in northern Ontario investigating their cancer burden and environmental contaminants. In teaching and research, working with Indigenous persons and their allies guide Melanie’s path. Elders have suggested that it is her role is to be a bridge between Indigenous and Western ways of knowing in the academy. She strives to deliver curriculum in a way that is both critically reflective and respectful of Indigenous and Western epistemologies.
Envisioning Research Beyond Discipline: An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion
Join us as we welcome three scholars, Shelley Wall, Melanie Jeffrey and Claire M. Tallarico, who have embraced and promoted interdisciplinary approaches, and have worked across diverse epistemologies in the Arts, Sciences and Technologies.
Event Details:
Thursday, January 23, 2025
2:30 - 4:00 PM
William Doo Auditorium, New College - 45 Willcocks Street
All are welcome - registration not required!
Speakers:
Shelley Wall is an Associate Professor in the Biomedical Communications (BMC) graduate program in the Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of Medicine. Her education includes an undergraduate degree in fine art, an MSc in Biomedical Communications, and a PhD in English, reflecting the inherently interdisciplinary nature of the BMC program. She is also a certified medical illustrator. Her research interests include comics in healthcare and science, patient education, the visual construction of gender in medical discourse, the history of medical and bioscientific illustration, and the socio-cultural dimensions of medical visualization.
Claire Tallarico, a visual artist and trained chef, observes and documents the simple daily actions of farmers and growers, cooks, and makers. Claire is the founder and co-facilitator of Alchemy, an Ontario-based artist residency that fosters community through sharing art, food, and conversation. Founded in 2015 on the Toronto Islands, Alchemy has called rural Prince Edward County home since 2017. During the global pandemic Alchemy artists partnered with local farms, wineries and funders to offer Table Settings, an initiative which provided 3000 meals to seasonal agricultural workers over four harvest seasons. Claire recently completed her masters of arts in art education and community engagement at NSCAD University (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design) Her research creation based thesis work took a deep dive into the reach and impact of art making, food sharing and collaborations through artist-led projects in community settings.
Alongside her art and food practice, Claire is a long time freelance policy and communications advisor based on Ontario. She served as a press secretary in New York's City Hall, and as chief of communications in two of Canada's leading teaching and research hospitals. Claire is a graduate of Concordia University and the George Brown Chef’s School. She also studied journalism and public policy at New York University.
Melanie Jeffrey has been working with Indigenous Studies since 2008. Melanie’s graduate degree is a PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology (University of Toronto, 2014), during which she investigated questions about women, hormones, and epilepsy. She has also worked in the film and television industry as a camera assistant.
Melanie’s research interests include the health of peoples and lands, land-based healing, determinants of health, holistic health and the nexus between Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Western health and ecological sciences. She continues to work with Indigenous persons with spinal cord injuries and community organizations to access holistic care in rural and remote communities. She is also involved with Indigenous communities in northern Ontario investigating their cancer burden and environmental contaminants. In teaching and research, working with Indigenous persons and their allies guide Melanie’s path. Elders have suggested that it is her role is to be a bridge between Indigenous and Western ways of knowing in the academy. She strives to deliver curriculum in a way that is both critically reflective and respectful of Indigenous and Western epistemologies.