Artificial Intelligence

with Enoh Akpan

Time: 9:30am – 11:30am
Overview: Join us for an engaging two-hour journey through the fascinating history of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This class will demystify AI by relating its concepts to everyday activities and interests. We’ll explore the basics of AI, walk through its historical milestones, and learn essential terminology in a friendly, interactive setting. With relatable analogies, interactive discussions, and captivating historical anecdotes, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of how AI has evolved and its impact on our lives today.


Lecture Biography: Enoh brings a rich background in finance, operations, and entrepreneurship to education, with over seven years of experience managing significant projects and leading FOREX sales and tax liabilities. With a Master’s in Entrepreneurship from the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) Program, Enoh’s research has earned recognition, including a nomination for the 2023 TIM Project Impact Award. As the founder of iLernt, Enoh developed learning platforms for graduates in Nigeria and Africa, securing the Nicol Entrepreneurship Grant. Since May 2023, he has enhanced courses as an instructional designer and AI-powered course developer for the TIM department, focusing on technology, digital innovation, and prompt engineering for business. Enoh also serves on the Faculty Showcase Advisory Board at the Sprott School of Business, focusing on the AI Business Catalyst Project. His professional credentials include being a Certified Scrum Master and an Associate Chartered Accountant. Enoh’s expertise in leveraging AI, advanced data analysis, and prompt engineering drives critical business solutions and strategic growth, while his translational research enables practical application of academic insights in diverse environments

Tours Inside the Snow Globe: A Walking Tour of Elgin Street Monuments

with Dr. Tonya Davidson

Time: 9:30am – 11:30am
Overview: This lecture takes the form of a walking tour. The tour will begin at the National War Memorial. From here, I will introduce participants to the history of Confederation Square, and the history of the National War Memorial from its birth in 1939 to the present. I then will bring us to the Valiants Memorial and discuss some of the fourteen figures on display there, before moving to the Women are Persons! Monument.We will then proceed south on Elgin Street and visit the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights, the monuments in Confederation Park and on the grounds of City Hall. We will conclude at Enclave: the Women’s Monument in Minto Park.The walk will last 2 to 2.5 hours, and involves walking on sidewalks and in parks.


Lecture Biography: Tonya K. Davidson works as a sociologist at Carleton University in Ottawa. Her main research interests are material culture, nostalgia, public memory, and monuments. She is the author of Tours Inside the Snow Globe: Ottawa Monuments and National Belonging (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2024), and co-editor (with Ondine Park and Rob Shields) of Ecologies of Affect: Placing Nostalgia, Desire, and Hope (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2011).

New Orleans and the Birth of Jazz

with Kieth MCCuaig

Time: 1:30pm – 3:30pm

 Picture of LLeaP lecturer Keith McCuaig
Overview: The distinct culture of New Orleans is a result of an intermingling of diverse musical styles, including African, European, Caribbean, and others. By the early 1900s, this potent mix of cultures led to the birth of jazz. New Orleans Dixieland jazz, as it later became known, was further transformed in Chicago in the 1920s and 1930s. The most significant single musician from this period, and a focus of this course, is the great Louis Armstrong.

Lecture Biography: With an M.A. in Music and Culture, and over 25 years experience as a musician, Keith McCuaig is dedicated to all things music and art. Keith has taught a dozen different courses through Carleton University’s Lifelong Learning Program; is a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa; and has presented at international musicology conferences. From performing, writing, and recording, to giving music lessons, lecturing, and working with community music programs, Keith’s life and passion is music.   (Photo Credit: Anita Grace)

Climate Change

with Jesse Vermaire

Time: 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Overview: 

Lecture Biography: Jesse is interested in how environmental change, particularly land-use and climate change are impacting freshwater ecosystems. Focusing research on three broad areas: 1) impacts of climate warming and nutrient enrichment on lakes and streams, 2) ecosystem resilience, regime shifts, and recovery in freshwater systems and 3) the importance of extreme events (e.g. droughts, storm surges, permafrost slumps) in altering aquatic ecosystems. Because changes to the environment often occur over large areas and at timescales of decades or longer our lab employs a variety of techniques including lake survey studies, paleolimnological techniques, and the analysis of long-term datasets to meet our research objectives.

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