Confederación de
Estudiantes de Posgrado
e Investigadores Mexicanos
en Canada

Confederation of
Mexican
Graduate Students
and Researchers
in Canada

Confédération
d'Étudiants aux Cycles Supérieurs et de Chercheurs
Mexicains au Canada

Fourth Mexican Conference of Graduate Students and Researchers in Canada
CEIMEXCAN Ottawa-Gatineau 2009

"Academia and Industry Relations Mexico-Canada"

October 23-25, 2009
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Escuela de Extensión en Canadá (UNAM-ESECA)
55 Promenade du Portage, Hull, Gatineau, Quebec J8X 2J9


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The primary objectives of this conference are to:

• Recognize, among the university community in Mexico and Canada, the work accomplished by students of Mexican origin in any discipline, and by those non-Mexicans working in subjects related to Mexico
• Provide the participants with an environment to network and foster Mexico-Canada relations both within the industry and the academia

Organizing institutions:

Partners & sponsors:

Special guests:

• Francisco Barrio Terrazas, Embajador de México en Canadá
• Clara Cáceres, Ottawa Public Health
• Francisco Díaz-Mitoma, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario / Variation Biotechnologies Inc.
• Federico Fernández Christlieb, Director de la UNAM-ESECA
• Sergio Jacobo, Protocolo y Comunidades, Embajada de México en Canadá
• Ron D'Or, Census Marine Life, Dalhousie University / Consortium for Ocean Lidership (Courtesy of Ocean Management Research Network)
• Blanca Torres, El Colegio de México
• Alejandro Velázquez, Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental, UNAM

CEIMEXCAN 2009 PROGRAM
 

Friday 23rd of October, 2008
SALA FELIPE GUTIERREZ
17.00 - 17.30	Conference registration, opening reception and coffee
17.30 - 18.00	Welcome by Federico Fernández Christlieb Director, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Escuela de Extensión en Canadá (UNAM-ESECA) Inaugural address Ambassador Francisco Barrio Terrazas Ambassador of Mexico in Canada
18.00 - 18.30	Blanca Torres, El Colegio de México El papel de México en un orden mundial en transición
18.30 - 19.00	Ron D’Or, Dalhousie University / Consortium for Ocean Leadership The Census Marine Program
19.00 - 19.30	Nayelli Ramírez Castro, University of Ottawa Remarks on the Translation of Philosophical Texts in Mexico (1940-1970)
19.30 - 20.00	Summary of the day and announcements Wine of honour
Saturday 24h of October, 2009
	SALA FELIPE GUTIERREZ	ROOM 121, GROUND FLOOR
09.00 - 09.30	Conference registration and coffee Registration for SEMANA BINACIONAL DE SALUD / BI-NATIONAL HEALTH WEEK Organized by Asociación Cultural Mexicano-Canadiense de Ottawa-Gatineau (ACMCOG), Embassy of Mexico in Canada and CEIMEXCAN
09.30 - 10.30	[Bi-national Health Week] Francisco Diaz Mitoma, Variation Biotechnologies Inc. Importancia de las vacunas. ¿Me debo vacunar contra el AH1N1?
10.30 - 11.00	[10.30 - 10.45] Break	Mauricio Orozco, University of Ottawa Advanced Gaming Experience
11.00 - 11.30	[10.45 - 11.45] Clara Cáceres, Ottawa Public Health Medidas preventivas sobre la influenza estacional y AH1N1	Alejandro Orea, Ryerson University Experimenting routing algorithms using glomosim
11.30 - 12.00	[11.45 - 12.00] Break	Edgar Huante Cerón, McMaster University A Brief Introduction to Silicon Photonics
12.00 - 12.30	[12.00 - 13.00] Francisco Diaz Mitoma, Variation Biotechnologies Inc. Caso Mexicano sobre la influenza AH1N1 [End of the Bi-National Health Week]	Ana Villafranca, McMaster University Self-action effects of laser propagation in a photopolymer
12.30 - 14.00	Lunch Break
14.00 - 14.30	Dante López Arredondo, Embajada de México en Canadá / Escuela Libre de Derecho Naturaleza Jurídica del Memorándum de Entendimiento del Programa de Trabajadores Agrícolas Temporales (PTAT)	Zuzana Pick, Carleton University Cinema and Archive: Some thoughts on the visual construction of the Mexican Revolution
14.30 - 15.00	Paola Guadarrama, Université Laval México Frente a la Crisis Económica Mundial	Guillermo Trejo Mexican Art made in Canada: the present of contemporary Mexican artists in Canada
15.00 - 15.30	Rodrigo Konigs, University of Ottawa Anti-Poverty Programs in Two Mexican States	Ana Laura Muñoz Calvo, University of Western Ontario Representaciones de la masculinidad en cuentos de Eva Luna
15.30 – 16.00	Jennifer de Bruyn, Carleton University Stimulus Spending and Job Creation: Can government spending create employment that benefits all levels of society – and gain popular support? A case study of Valle de Bravo, Mexico	Olga García, Université Laval Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions and Use of Code-switching in ESL Classes in Quebec Elementary Schools
16.00 - 16.30	Coffee break at Sala Felipe Gutiérrez
16.30 - 17.00	Sergio Jacobo, Embajada de México en Canadá El papel de la Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores a través del IME, la Embajada de México en Canadá y la Red de Talentos
17.00 - 17.30	Jimena Blumenkron, McGill University / CEIMEXCAN Proyecto Semillero de Talentos
17.30 - 18.00	MEETING RED DE TALENTOS MEXICANOS, CAPITULO OTTAWA	MEETING RED DE TALENTOS MEXICANOS, CAPITULO DEL ESTE DE CANADA
18.00 - 18.30	Coffee break at Sala Felipe Gutiérrez
18.30 - 19.00	Olga Zurita Rendón, McGill University Characterization of c3orf60 (NDUFAF3), a novel Complex I (NADH ubiquinone oxidoreductase) assembly factor	Javier Salinas García, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro / HEC Montreal El Sector Aeronáutico en Querétaro, México: ¿Cluster o Configuración Industrial?
19.00 - 19.30	Carlos Zepeda, McMaster University Development of new methods for the synthesis of b-lactones	Annabel Hernández Báez, HEC Montreal El management intercultural: estudio de las prácticas de dirección desarrolladas por los expatriados quebequenses en el contexto organizacional mexicano
19.30 - 20.00	Summary of the day and announcements
20.00	Conference dinner (Location TBD)
Sunday 25th of October, 2009
SALA FELIPE GUTIERREZ
10.00 - 10.30	Conference registration and coffee
10.30 - 11.00	Alejandro Velázquez, Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental, UNAM Participatory landscape-based conservation
11.00 - 11.30	Francisco Ucán Marín, Carleton University Aquaculture, the risk and benefits of one of the fastest growing sectors in Agro-business
11.30 - 12.00	Alida Mercado Cárdenas, McGill University / Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Weevil diversity along tropical forest edges
12.00 - 12.30	Coffee Break
12.30 - 13.00	Georgina O’Farril, McGill University Conserving all the pieces of the tropical forest of Mexico
13.00 - 13.30	CEIMEXCAN Discussion and participation of all new members, microphone open to the public: Debate and dialogue Final observations from Red de Talentos Mexicanos, CEIMEXCAN and UNAM-ESECA Goals and objectives for the next National Conference Announcement of CEIMEXCAN 2010 in Toronto
13.30 - 14.00	Closing