Pascalfest:
A symposium in honour of Dr. Pascal van Lieshout
Dr. Pascal van Lieshout has served as the Chair of the Department of Speech-Language Pathology for 10 years and is stepping down this summer. Please join us in-person or live online on Tuesday June 11, 12:00 to1.30pm as we celebrate his service to the department with a scientific symposium. The presentations in Pascal’s honour will be given by some of his former students.
Date and Time:
Tuesday, June 11th, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
In-person:
500 University Avenue, Room 140
Live online link:
https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/87843121129
Program
Time | Presenters and Title |
12:00 -12:15 | Aravind Namasivayam (University of Toronto): “Ten life lessons from Pascal: The 25-year journey of a student” |
12:15 to 12:30 p.m | Anneke Slis (University of Wisconsin, Madison): “And the beat goes on …” |
12:30 to 12:45 p.m | Frank Rudzicz (Dalhousie University): “When the light went on: Providing real-world meaning for AI research” |
12:45 to 1:00 p.m | Boaz M. Ben-David (Reichman University): “Tweedledum and Tweedledee agreed to have a battle: The role of prosody and semantics in processing of spoken emotions across populations and cultures” |
1:00 to 1:15 p.m. | Arpita Bose (University of Reading): “From learning to say /papipter-pipapter/ to enjoying Picnic” |
1:15 to 1:30 p.m | Catriona Steele (University Health Network): “Perturbations, synergies and affordances: Reflections on doctoral student supervision as a mentee of Pascal van Lieshout” |
Moderator: Heidi Diepstra (Surrey Place)