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)