On Wednesday, May 18, 2016, Queen’s School of Computing members Dr. Parvin Mousavi and PhD. candidate Layan Nahlawi, along with Queen’s AVP Research Dr. Yolande Chan, attended the Research Matters event, a parliamentary pop-up research day, at the Parliament in Ottawa.
For Parvin and Layan, the day at the parliament was an excellent opportunity to meet the MPs and talk about their research and its impact. They met with the Minister of Democratic Institutions (they were the only group to which the Minister spoke) as well as the Deputy Speaker of the House. It was also a great chance to interact with Vice Principal Chan and benefit from her avid promotion of Queen’s and the research conducted at the QSC. Dr. Chan commented: “Their poster exhibit attracted a lot of attention. Everyone seemed to have a relative or know someone who has (or has not) survived prostate cancer. some individuals (e.g., Don Boudria) visited the Queen’s area repeatedly and spent quite a bit of time with Parvin and Layan”.
The Queen’s team had a chance to interact with several people, including:
- Marilyn Gladu (MP Sarnia)
- Yvonne Jones (MP Labrador)
- David Tilson (MP Dufferin – Caledon)
- Irene Mathyssen (MP London – Fanshawe)
- Terry Duguid (MP Winnipeg South)
http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/Terry-Duguid(31119))
- Nick Whalen (MP Newfoundland and Labrador)
http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/Nick-Whalen(88296))
Queen’s Alumnus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Whalen)
- Honorable Maryam Monsef (MP Peterborough – Kawartha and minister of democratic institutions
http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/Maryam-Monsef(88922))
In addition to other distinguished people
- Honorable Don Boudria (former MP and cabinet minister)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Boudria)
Pierre Norman (Vice-President os External Relations and Communications at Canada Foundation of Innovation (CFI)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierre-normand-a416441a)
Well done!