WATCH NOW: Immune Nations Panel Discussions
December 14, 2021
Are you interested in hearing from national and international panelists as they discuss timely topics such as vaccine equity and access; research creation and creativity; and vaccine fear and misinformation?
Then you’ll want to make sure to watch the recorded webinars presented as part of Immune Nations exhibition, hosted throughout the fall by McMaster Museum of Art. Each webinar welcomed a range of panelists including artists, researchers, academics, and public health professions for a Q&A and roundtable discussion that addressed difficult topics and the role that art can play on public perception and discourse around vaccines.
Presented live on Zoom, the webinar recordings are now available McMaster Museum of Art’s YouTube channel. Click the links below to watch the recordings!
The museum is grateful to all of the panelists, moderators, and participants for the thought-provoking and lively discussions that made the webinar series a success.
WATCH: Ensuring Equitable Access: Life-Saving Vaccines during COVID-19 and Beyond
A panel exploring the global deployment and lack of access to life-saving vaccines.
Moderator:
Steven Hoffman, Director, Global Strategy Lab
Panelists:
Annemarie Hou, Appointed Executive Director, United Nations Office for Partnerships
Alison Humphrey, Vanier Scholar, York University
Lauren Paremoer, Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town
John-Arne Røttingen, Ambassador for Global Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
WATCH: Research-Creation and Global Crisis: Interdisciplinarity, Creativity, and Collaboration
A panel investigating the role of research-creation in tackling pressing social and global problems.
Moderator:
Natalie Loveless, Associate Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory, University of Alberta
Panelists:
Ted Hewitt, President of Social Sciences and Humanities, Research Council of Canada
Genevieve Boily-Larouche, Canadian Institute of Health Research-Institute of Infection and Immunity
Caitlin Fisher, Professor, Director, Immersive Storytelling Lab, and Professor of Cinema and Media Arts, York University
Patrick Mahon, Artist, Curator, and Visual Arts Professor, Western University
Kim TallBear, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Environment, and Professor of Native Studies, University of Alberta
WATCH: Vaccine Confidence, Fear, and Misinformation in an Age of COVID
A panel exploring the impact of misinformation on vaccination, as well as ways of countering the negative impacts of misinformation in relation to public health.
Moderator:
Sean Caulfield, Professor, University of Alberta
Panelists:
Timothy Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, University of Alberta
Dr. Rachelle Viader Knowles, Head of International for Arts and Humanities, Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr. David Price, Professor and Past-Chair, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University
Dr. Susy Hota, Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at University Health Network
Susan Rogers Van Katwyk, Managing Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Global Governance of Antimicrobial Resistance at York University.
<Immune Nations> was funded with support from the Research Council of Norway and the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada.
We acknowledge the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
Nous remercions le Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG) de son soutien.
Call for Student Submissions for Resilience & Connection: Artistic explorations of mental health
October 11, 2024
McMaster University hiring Director and Chief Curator, McMaster Museum of Art
October 7, 2024
McMaster University is currently reaching out to the community as we initiate the search for a new Director and Chief Curator, Museum of Art, a public gallery in the heart of main campus in Hamilton, Ontario. The Museum aims to positively disrupt the traditional museological narrative by creating more inclusive, dynamic and experiential relationships between […]
McMaster Museum of Art presents solo exhibition of work by Canadian artist Sameer Farooq
September 26, 2024
