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• Le Prix Maupassant 2020
  Dr. Larissa Sloutsky won a Prix Maupassant 2020 for her doctoral thesis on the famous short story by Guy de Maupassant, "Boule de suif", and its cinematographic adaptations. Dr. Sloutsky received her PhD in French Literature, entitled 'Consécration d'Élisabeth Rousset: de l'encre à l'écran 'Boule de Suif' de Guy de Maupassant par l'iconographie filmique,' from Western University. The Awards Ceremony took place virtually on August 5, 2020. Les Prix Maupassant is an exclusive annual event organised by the Maupassant museum to celebrate and commemorate the life, great achievements and contributions of the French and international author, Guy de Maupassant.
• Ripper’s Whitechapel: The Digital Humanities and Perceptions of Space in late-Victorian England
  Victorian Whitechapel is synonymous with Jack the Ripper and not much else. And yet this was a vibrant, complex, and multifaceted community. This pilot project looks at newspaper representations of Whitechapel before, during, and after the 1888 murders. The heart of the project is an interactive map that tracks stories about Whitechapel associated with a specific location, and charts whether they were positive, negative, or neutral. In this way, users can get a fuller picture the place of this fascinating neighborhood in popular culture.
• The Libellus de Patientia Project
  This digital humanities resource provides several open access sources for the Libellus de patientia, a treatise composed in 1524 by the Dutch humanist Cornelius Aurelius (d.1531) while he was in prison suspected of Lutheran sympathies.
• WinSights: Research-backed Resources for Inclusive Science by the Laurier Centre for Women in Science (WinS)
  In collaboration with over 40 talented students from 2018-2021, the Laurier Centre for Women in Science (WinS) presents research-backed resources for inclusive science.
• Keynote Address at The 7th International Conference on Cognitive Research on Translation and Interpreting
• Bank of Canada-Laurier Conference on the Structure of Financial Markets
  A series of academic research projects relating to the structure and efficiency of financial markets were presented and discussed. PhD students presented their research via a poster session.
• A History of Female Conributions to Guitar Orchestras
  Presented at the Guitar Foundation of America online conference in June 2020, this lecture is a history of women's contributions to Guitar Orchestras from the 1800s to present day.
• Maple Leaf Route Webinar Series
  The Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada (formerly the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies), in partnership with the Canadian Battlefields Foundation and the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society and the Juno Beach Centre Association, presented the Maple Leaf Route Webinar Series. Airing every two weeks, from May to September, the series followed Canadian and British Commonwealth soldiers as they landed on D-Day in June 1944 and fought their way inland at the Battle of Normandy.
• Research Chat Episode 2: Signpost Creation to Envision a More Just, Safe Climate
• Research Chat Episode 4: Stateless Babies: Birth Registration as Bordering Practice
  The fourth episode of Research Chat features Allison Petrozziello, a feminist migration researcher and human rights advocate who is pursuing a PhD in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and is affiliated with the International Migration Research Centre. A specialist in gender, migration, human rights, and development, she spoke about her research on the exclusion of migrant and refugees’ children from birth registration and how it creates a risk of statelessness.
• Handpicked: Stories from the Field
  Handpicked: Stories from the Field features stories about sustainable food systems research and action affiliated with the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems. The podcast series includes conversations with researchers, community partners, students, and food systems actors.
• The Great Battles in History Podcast
  Great Battles in History explores some of the most famous battles in world history. Each three- to four-hour episode dives deeply into a single battle, investigating its origins, the course of combat, and the outcomes.
• Sharing Like We Mean It Working Co-operatively in the Cultural and Tech Sectors
  A hybrid co-op primer and research report, Sharing Like We Mean It: Working Co-operatively in the Cultural and Tech Sectors is based on a survey of more than 100 co-operatives in Canada, the UK, and the US. It offers a snapshot of the co-op landscape in creative industries, explores what co-operative work can look like in practice, and features profiles of several worker co-ops.
• From the Ground Up: Digital Fundraising for Nonprofits
  From the Ground Up: Digital Fundraising for Nonprofits is a practical primer on the ways of understanding, building, designing and innovating an effective digital fundraising program. With a strong foundation, there’s no limit to what you will be able to build.
• Design to Engage: How to Create and Facilitate a Great Learning Experience For Any Group
  Design to Engage is a “how to” book that will help you become an effective designer and facilitator of learning events.
• Librarian’s Guide to Games and Gamers: From Collection Development to Advisory Services
  As games grow ever-more ubiquitous in our culture and communities, they have become popular staples in public library collections and are increasing in prominence in academic ones. Many librarians, especially those who are not themselves gamers or are only acquainted with a handful of games, are ill-prepared to successfully advise patrons who use games. This book provides the tools to help adult and youth services librarians to better understand the gaming landscape and better serve gamers in discovery of new games.
• Intermediate Accounting
• Numerical Methods: Basics and Coding in MATLAB
  This book teaches the basics of numerical methods and how to code them in MATLAB. This book has been written by four authors from different universities: Foad Ghasemi (Laurier, Canada), Ahmad Ghasemi (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA), Hamed Ghasemi (Shiraz University, Iran) and Hamed Aderang (Hormozgan Regional Water Company, Iran).
• Positive Psychology Arts Activities: Creative Tools for Therapeutic Practice and Supervision
  This book contains a wealth of practical arts activities that creatively bring positive psychology concepts to life. It gives overviews of different positive psychology concepts, with accompanying arts activities and case illustrations.
• Handbook of Group Decision and Negotiation
  The second edition of this defining handbook provides an up-to-date reference on approaches to the principles and practice of negotiation, group decision-making, and collaboration. It includes the origins, development, and prospects of electronic negotiation, as well as on-line or computer-based arbitration. It constitutes a comprehensive guide to how traditional issues in negotiation, such as knowledge, language, strategy, fairness and justice, have been transformed by technology.
• Field Guide to Solid State Physics
  This Field Guide provides an overview of the basic principles of solid state physics, focusing on the practical aspects and device applications. Topics include crystal structures and dynamics, band structures, quantum structures, semiconductors, superconductors, and magnetism. Essential equations and simple diagrams efficiently convey the concepts that form the core of this field.
• Linear Algebra
  This book is intended as a textbook for a one-term undergraduate second linear algebra course, which prepares students for both applied mathematics and pure mathematics, in particular, for Galois Theory.
• Group Dynamics in Sport
  Group Dynamics in Sport, 5th edition, provides readers with the most current theories and practices of group dynamics in sport teams. In this updated edition, each chapter identifies and discusses key theoretical concepts of group dynamics and offers extensive and relevant examples that reinforce the principles covered.
• Globalization and Diversity in Education: What Does it Mean for Teacher Education?
  This book is the result of a biannual working conference of the Canadian Association for Teacher Education. Education researchers from across Canada met to critically analyze and discuss the impact of diversity and globalization on teacher education.
• Introducing Linguistics: Theoretical and Applied Approaches
  Everything we do involves language. Assuming no prior knowledge, this book offers students a contemporary introduction to the study of language. Each thought-provoking chapter is accessible to readers from a variety of fields, and is helpfully organized across six parts: sound; structure and meaning; language typologies and change; language and social aspects; language acquisition; and language, cognition, and the brain.