We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

Learn more about Indigenous Education and Cultural Services

Search the:

Apply Donate Crisis Centre

Visual analytics researcher to speak at UOIT on October 21

October 20, 2015

Isabel Meirelles, Professor, Faculty of Design and a researcher in the Visual Analytics Lab at OCAD University.

The University of Ontario Institute of Technology’s (UOIT) Faculty of Science will welcome Isabel Meirelles to campus on Wednesday, October 21. In her talk, entitled The effects of technologies on the visual presentation of information in the news, she will provide an historical overview, followed by an examination of recent trends related to how information is visually presented in the media – ranging from infographics in printed and online news, to smartphone apps that collect and visualize our personal data.

Meirelles is a designer and educator whose research focuses on the relationships between visual thinking and visual representation. She is a Professor in the Faculty of Design and a researcher in the Visual Analytics Lab at OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario. In addition to collaborating with scientists and humanists in the development of visualization systems, her research focuses on the theoretical and experimental examination of the fundamentals underlying how information is structured, represented and communicated in different media.

When: Wednesday, October 21 at 3:30 p.m. (coffee and cookies will be served)
Where: Science Building, Room 4170

Parking:

Founders Lot 2 and 3, adjacent to Founders Drive and Founders Gate.
Link to campus map

Media contact:

Bryan Oliver
Communications and Marketing
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)
905.721.8668 ext. 6709
289.928.3653
bryan.oliver@uoit.ca

More news

image of the signing of the memorandum of understanding between kinectrics and ontario tech university.

Kinectrics Inc. and Ontario Tech University establish partnership to advance nuclear research and innovation

image of Ontario Tech researcher Dr. Carolyn McGregor talks to elementary students at Australia's Baulkham Hills North Public School.

Ontario Tech researcher inspires young students during visit to her former elementary school in Australia

Session participants of the Attitudes Towards Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) at the 2023 Co-Design Festival co-hosted by Ontario Tech University, CNIB and OCAD University.

Ontario Tech University researchers establish new partnership with CNIB to develop explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) accessibility standards

New international survey places Ontario Tech second among Canada’s ‘youngest’ universities