Webinar: A Local to Global Imperative: Powering Personal and Societal Transformation through Education for Sustainable Development

How are postsecondary institutions empowering learners to develop the competencies for environmental integrity, equitable economic viability, and a just society while also helping them fulfil their own potential? How is this interdisciplinary work supporting transcultural values and practices as well as the development of critical global citizens? The webinar includes speakers from three postsecondary institutions engaged as partners in Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development throughout the world who will address these and related themes and explain how their institutions are carrying out this critical work. Speakers: Sabbir Saiyed, PhD., P.Eng., Manager Transportation Systems Planning/Main Contact for the Peel RCE Rehema White, BSc, MSc, PhD, Academic in sustainable development, University of St Andrews, and Chair, Scotland’s United Nations University Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) in Education for Sustainable Development (Learning for Sustainability Scotland) Asaf Zohar, B.A., M.E.S., PhD (York), Associate Professor, School of Business; Chair, Sustainability Studies Program; Director, Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation Centre, Trent University (RCE Peterborough Kawartha Haliburton) Marisol Campos-Navarrete, BEng, MA, PhD, Impact Learning Manager, EDGE, Sheridan’s impact entrepreneurship hub (Peel RCE) Moderated by: John Helliker, Dean of Innovation – Sheridanhttps://source.sheridancollege.ca/cgei_events/1003/thumbnail.jp

Paper: Expert Viewers\u27 Preferences for Higher Frame Rate 3D Film

Recently the movie industry has been advocating the use of frame rates significantly higher than the traditional 24 frames per second. This higher frame rate theoretically improves the quality of motion portrayed in movies, and helps avoid motion blur, judder and other undesirable artifacts. Previously we reported that young adult audiences showed a clear preference for higher frame rates, particularly when contrasting 24 fps with 48 or 60 fps. We found little impact of shutter angle (frame exposure time) on viewers’ choices. In the current study we replicated this experiment with an audience composed of imaging professionals who work in the film and display industry who assess image quality as an aspect of their everyday occupation. These viewers were also on average older and thus could be expected to have attachments to the “film look” both through experience and training. We used stereoscopic 3D content, filmed and projected at multiple frame rates (24, 48 and 60 fps), with shutter angles ranging from 90◦ to 358◦, to evaluate viewer preferences. In paired-comparison experiments we assessed preferences along a set of five attributes (realism, motion smoothness, blur/clarity, quality of depth and overall preference). As with the young adults in the earlier study, the expert viewers showed a clear preference for higher frame rates, particularly when contrasting 24 fps with 48 or 60 fps. We found little impact of shutter angle on viewers’ choices, with the exception of one clip at 48 fps where there was a preference for larger shutter angle. However, this preference was found for the most dynamic “warrior” clip in the experts but in the slower moving “picnic” clip for the naïve viewers. These data confirm the advantages afforded by high-frame rate capture and presentation in a cinema context in both naïve audiences and experienced film professionals.https://source.sheridancollege.ca/centres_sirt_works/1002/thumbnail.jp

Evidence that Viewers Prefer Higher Frame Rate Film

High frame rate (HFR) movie-making refers to the capture and projection of movies at frame rates several times higher than the traditional 24 frames per second. This higher frame rate theoretically improves the quality of motion portrayed in movies, and helps avoid motion blur, judder and other undesirable artefacts. However, there is considerable debate in the cinema industry regarding the acceptance of HFR content given anecdotal reports of hyper-realistic imagery that reveals too much set and costume detail. Despite the potential theoretical advantages, there has been little empirical investigation of the impact of high-frame rate techniques on the viewer experience. In this study we use stereoscopic 3D content, filmed and projected at multiple frame rates (24, 48 and 60 fps), with shutter angles ranging from 90 degrees to 358 degrees, to evaluate viewer preferences. In a paired-comparison paradigm we assessed preferences along a set of five attributes (realism, motion smoothness, blur/clarity, quality of depth and overall preference). The resulting data show a clear preference for higher frame rates, particularly when contrasting 24 fps with 48 or 60 fps. We found little impact of shutter angle on viewers’ choices, with the exception of one measure (motion smoothness) for one clip type. These data are the first empirical evidence of the advantages afforded by high frame rate capture and presentation in a cinema context.https://source.sheridancollege.ca/centres_sirt_works/1000/thumbnail.jp

SUMMARY

California. Water samples showed no detects of fenoxycarb, hydramethylnon, pyriproxyfen, dimethoate, and methidathion. Bifenthrin was detected in two samples at 0.495 and 0.778 parts per billion (ppb) at nursery sites F and G, respectively. Chlorpyrifos was detected in one sample at 0.06 ppb. Diazinon was detected in two samples at 0.059 and 0.06 ppb at sites F and E, respectively. Malathion was detected in one sample of nursery runoff at 0.07 ppb. Toxicity was tested at San Diego Creek at Campus Drive, an integrated site. This site was not significantly toxic (5 % mortality) to Ceriodaphnia dubia in the water collected. Additional water and sediment samples were collected from a mitigation filter strip planted with Canna to mitigate offsite movement of insecticides and nitrates. Bifenthrin and chlorpyrifos were detected in all water samples with a general trend of declining concentrations as the water passed through the filter strip. Sediment samples were positive for bifenthrin and chlorpyrifos with detections ranging from 776 to 1470 ppb and 27 to 80 ppb, respectively. SCOPE OF THIS MEMORANDUM This memorandum reports results of water sampling conducted by the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), under interagency agreement with the California Department of Food an

SUMMARY

California. Water samples showed no detects of fenoxycarb, hydramethylnon, pyriproxyfen, chlorpyrifos, dimethoate, and methidathion. Bifenthrin was detected in all samples ranging from 0.071 to 2.41 parts per billion (ppb). Diazinon was detected in three samples ranging from 0.055 to 0.187 ppb. Malathion was detected in three samples of nursery runoff ranging from 0.136 to 0.778 ppb. Toxicity was tested at San Diego Creek at Campus Dr., an integrated site. This site was significantly toxic (100 % mortality) to Ceriodaphnia dubia in the water collected. Sediment samples were collected from a mitigation filter strip. Samples were positive for bifenthrin and chlorpyrifos with detections ranging from 733 to 1340 ppb and 28 to 72 ppb, respectively. SCOPE OF THIS MEMORANDUM This memorandum reports results of water sampling conducted by the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), under interagency agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), for the Red Imported Fire Ant (RIFA) control project. Data included here are from the February 28, 2001 monitoring, and encompass results from both chemical analyses and aquatic biotoxicity testing. This memorandum summarizes results for bifenthrin, fenoxycarb, hydramethylnon, pyriproxyfen, and five organophosphorus insecticides

Webinar: The UN SDGs to Reorient Internationalization of Higher Education Webinar

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals serve as a useful framework to address global challenges through developing knowledge, skills, competencies, and partnerships. How can colleges and Institutes’, and higher education institutions in general, engagement with the UN SDGs inform and broaden the scope and thematic focus of their internationalization and global engagement whether through research, pedagogy, and community/industry partnerships? This webinar aims to discuss emerging practices to embed the UN SDGs into internationalization efforts of postsecondary education institutions. Speakers: Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education towards Sustainability at York University, Faculty of Education Denise Amyot, President and CEO of Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICAN) John Helliker, Dean, Innovation, Sheridan Beth Eden, Youth Representative for UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network - Youth Initiative Moderated by Herbert Sinnock, Director of Sustainability, Sheridan.https://source.sheridancollege.ca/conferences_iew_2020/1000/thumbnail.jp

SUBJECT: RESULTS OF PESTICIDE ANALYSIS AND ACUTE TOXICITY TESTING OF RAIN RUNOFF MONITORING FOR THE RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT

California, showed no detectable residues of hydramethylnon and pyriproxyfen. There were 18 detections of bifenthrin ranging from 0.319 to 3.79 parts per billion (ppb) at the three nursery sites. Fenoxycarb was detected in five samples ranging from 0.18 to 0.404 ppb at two sites that drain nurseries. There were 21 detections of chlorpyrifos ranging from 0.06 to 0.349 ppb, ten at nursery sites and the others from creeks that drain residential areas. All sites had 100 % mortality to Ceriodaphnia dubia in the water collected. The toxicity can be attributed to diazinon, chlorpyrifos, bifenthrin and malathion. SCOPE OF THIS MEMORANDUM This memorandum reports results of surface water sampling conducted by the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), under interagency agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), for the Red Imported Fire Ant (RIFA) control project. Data included here are from the January 25 and 26, 2000, rain runoff monitoring and encompass results from both chemical analyses and aquatic biotoxicity testing. This memorandum summarizes results for bifenthrin, fenoxycarb, hydramethylnon, pyriproxyfen, and eight organophosphorus insecticides: chlorpyrifos, diazinon, dimethoate, fonofos, malathion