Dr. Heather Munroe-Blum, Directing the Power of Human Knowledge Lecture

On September 15, 2010, in Boston Massachusetts, Dr Heather Munroe-Blum will deliver the second lecture in Fulbright Canada's Directing the Power of Human Knowledge Lecture Series. Her lecture, entitled Higher Education, Science, and Innovation, will be presented at the Boston College Club, which is located on the 36th Floor of the America Building at 100 Federal Street in Boston. The lecture will be begin at 5:30, followed by a reception from 6:30 until 7:30.

Dr. Heather Munroe-Blum is Principal and Vice Chancellor of McGill University in Montreal. Born in Montreal and raised in Ontario, she holds a B.A and B.S.W from McMaster University, a M.S.W from Wilfred Laurier University, and Ph.D from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to her appointment as Principal of McGill, she was a professor at York, McMaster, and the University of Toronto.  She was Vice-President of Research and International Relations at the University of  Toronto, between 1994 and 2002. In January 2003, Munroe-Blum was appointed McGill's Principal, the  first woman to occupy the position.Trained as an epidemiologist, Professor Munroe-Blum has led large-scale epidemiological investigations related to psychiatric disorders. She is the author or co-author of over 60 scholarly publications, including four books. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Medical Research Council of Canada (now the Canada Institutes of Health Research). She is also an Officer of the Order of Canada and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2009, she was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.

The Directing the Power of Human Knowledge Lecture Series is an integral part of Fulbright Canada'a year-long 20th anniversary celebrations, and a testament to our collective commitment to address the most pressing problems that face our societies. This is a public lecture series which is meant to engage the widest possible audience, both on site and in venues across the two countries in the weeks and months that follow these events.