The Biology Capstone Seminar series was established in 2007 with seed funding from the Faculty of Arts and Science as a Capstone Experience Pilot Project.  This formalized the custom of inviting occasional external speakers to address the Biology undergraduate thesis class (BIOL 537).  Each year the Capstone Seminar is organized by a committee of volunteers from this class.  In consultation with their classmates, other students and faculty members, the committee selects and invites a high profile speaker to address the Biology graduating class around the end of the winter term.  The seminar is advertised widely on campus and is open to the whole Queen’s community.  A reception after the seminar allows the students to interact informally with the speaker.

The 2013 Biology Capstone Seminar Speaker

Severn Cullis-Suzuki

From Reductionism to Interdependence: Putting Our World Back Together

“Today’s biologists have their work cut out for them.  Inheriting a reductionist legacy that has contributed to climate change and extinction, the new generation of biologists has the task of bringing back an understanding of our interconnections with the natural world, and uniting it with their training in inquiry, method, and scientific rigor of the pursuit of truth.”

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Severn Cullis-Suzuki is a high profile advocate for environmental and social justice, and a best-selling author. Severn is a vocal advocate for the environment since the young age of 12, when she gave a passionate speech at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Since that speech she has been active in fighting for long-term sustainability of our planet and raising awareness of the relationship between culture and the environment.

February 26, 2013, from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm in Grant Hall.

The 2013 Queen’s Biology Capstone Lecture Series Committee is excited about the event and would like to invite you to share in this excitement!

We hope to see you there!

2013 Queen’s Biology Capstone Lecture Series Committee

Previous Capstone Seminar Speakers:

	2011/12 – Bob McDonald, Science journalist and host of CBC’s “Quirks and Quarks”   What if everything you know is wrong?
	2010/11 – Freda Miller, Canada Research Chair in Developmental Neurobiology and HHMI International Research Scholar, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto   Neural stem cells: from development to repair.
	2009/10 – Armand M. Leroi, Professor of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, UK   The soul of the worm.
	2007/08 – Michael Ruse, Lucycle T. Werkmeister Professor, Department of Philosophy, Florida State University   My life and times as an evolutionist.
	2005/06 – Peter Zandstra, Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell Bioengineering, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, University of Toronto   It’s in the numbers: systematic approaches to predicting and CONTROLLING stem cell output.
	2004/05 – Stephen Strauss, Globe and Mail science correspondent   What would Biology’s Einstein do?
	2003/04 – Jay Ingram, Host of the Daily Planet, Discovery Channel   Communicating science in the popular media.