English as a Second Language (ESL) - Press Releases | Language and Culture
Focus on feelings helps couples forgive: York U study
York University | November 13, 2006
The same type of emotion-focused therapy that helps individuals let go of negative feelings or forgive those who hurt them can also help spouses and partners forgive affairs, says York University psychology professor Leslie Greenberg....[continue]
Week designed to show geography’s importance
Memorial University of Newfoundland | November 10, 2006
For those who don’t know much about geography, next week’s activities are designed to help. Geography Awareness Week runs Nov. 14-19 on the St. John’s campus....[continue]
Offshore Oil and Gas: Is Newfoundland and Labrador Getting Its Fair Share?
Memorial University of Newfoundland | November 10, 2006
The economy of Newfoundland and Labrador is among the fastest growing in Canada, mainly due to its oil and gas industry....[continue]
Rethinking productivity: Turning the globalization debate on its head
University of Regina | November 7, 2006
Canadian journalist and award-winning documentary filmmaker Avi Lewis will screen his film, The Take, on Thurs., Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. in the Education Auditorium at the University of Regina, followed by a lecture about the film at 8 p.m....[continue]
Dramatic film based on research into crab asthma's devastating impact
Memorial University of Newfoundland | November 6, 2006
A 20-minute dramatic film depicting the impact of asthma on snowcrab processing workers, their families and communities in this province, will be publicly screened on Friday, Nov. 10....[continue]
Carleton University Announces Its Honorary Degree Recipients at Fall Convocation
Carleton University | October 27, 2006
Carleton University will present honorary degrees to two outstanding Canadians at its 129th Convocation ceremony on Saturday November 4, 2006 in Carleton’s Field House. More than 1,150 students will be graduating....[continue]
This one is for you Dick! University announces Dick MacLean Leadership Award
St. Mary's University | October 25, 2006
At a special ceremony held in the Unilever Executive Lounge on the fourth floor of the Sobey Building, droves of people turned out for the big event which also marked the launch of the Dick MacLean Leadership Award at Saint Mary’s....[continue]
Mount Allison’s RSTP releases study on Cumberland County’s Repopulation Strategy
Mount Allison University | October 23, 2006
Placing more emphasis on education within Cumberland County will help encourage young people to stay or return as well as help build understanding of different cultures to foster immigration, says a recently completed study....[continue]
SOUP UP YOUR SMILE… A HEALTHY SMILE FOR A HEALTHY LIFE
University of Manitoba | October 23, 2006
Second year dental hygiene students plan to make a difference during their 5th Annual Soup Up Your Smile outreach event. Using interactive displays, the students will share important oral health messages with inner city patrons at Siloam Mission on Oct. 24, 2006 and with adult ESL and Literacy students at The University of Manitoba Brodie Center on Oct. 26, 2006....[continue]
World-class Health Centre Opens in Vancouver First Major Health Public-Private Partnership Complete
University of British Columbia | October 20, 2006
Premier Gordon Campbell today officially opened the Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre, an approximately $95-million world-class out-patient care facility, as part of Vancouver General Hospital....[continue]
UW graduates 1, 376 students, awards six honorary degrees
University of Waterloo | October 19, 2006
The University of Waterloo's fall convocation on Saturday will celebrate the graduation of more than 1,300 students and the granting of six honorary degrees....[continue]
Joyful inauguration ceremony marks a new era for Trinity Western University.
Trinity Western University | October 19, 2006
The triumphant music of Beethoven's "Joyful, joyful", sung by the one hundred voice Trinity Western Choir and accompanied by the 35-member Cariboo Hill Temple Band of The Salvation Army, rang out loud and clear on Saturday afternoon October 14th as Dr. Jonathan S. Raymond, Trinity Western University's third president, was inaugurated....[continue]
Three Santamarians will be saluted at Saint Mary’s Fall Convocation
St. Mary's University | October 17, 2006
Saint Mary’s University will be paying tribute to three of its own at this year’s Fall Convocation....[continue]
Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre to Host Public Lecture Oct. 25
University of New Brunswick - Saint John | October 16, 2006
Identifying, assessing and treating male perpetrators and abused women is the topic of a lecture hosted by the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton on Wednesday, Oct. 25....[continue]
Canada's Ambassador to France to speak at Memorial University
Memorial University of Newfoundland | October 16, 2006
Canada's Ambassador to France, Claude Laverdure, will make a public presentation at Memorial University’s St. John’s campus next Monday....[continue]
Canada's Ambassador to France to speak at Memorial University
Memorial University of Newfoundland | October 16, 2006
Media are invited to attend the presentation by Canada's Ambassador to France, Mr. Claude Laverdure, on Monday, Oct. 23 from 2-3 p.m. in the Petro-Canada Hall, School of Music, Memorial University....[continue]
U of G Celebrates Aboriginal Awareness Week
University of Guelph | October 13, 2006
A week of activities and events, including seminars and performance, has been planned to celebrate Aboriginal Awareness Week at the University of Guelph Oct. 16 to 20....[continue]
U of T researchers receive $65 million from CIHR
University of Toronto | October 13, 2006
Health Minister Tony Clement on campus for announcement...[continue]
News conference to launch website on Moravian settlement in Labrador
Memorial University of Newfoundland | October 11, 2006
A news conference to launch a new website that documents the history of the Moravian presence in coastal Labrador will be held on Friday, October 13 at 10 a.m....[continue]
University of Ottawa Media Calendar October 10 to 14, 2006
University of Ottawa | October 10, 2006
Here is a summary of the activities taking place at the University of Ottawa this week. To learn more about what’s happening, please visit www.media.uOttawa.ca....[continue]
U of T promotes Fire Prevention Week
University of Toronto | October 10, 2006
Fire safety and awareness to be promoted Oct. 8 to 14, 2006...[continue]
New MRI Facility Boosts Cutting-edge Neuroscience Research
University of Lethbridge | October 6, 2006
Officials from the University of Lethbridge’s Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience (CCBN) opened a new Imaging Centre on Friday October 6, 2006....[continue]
New jazz degree program at Malaspina expands musical palette
Malaspina University College | October 6, 2006
Beethoven didn’t blow the blues....[continue]
Bookstore employee publishes science fiction story
McMaster University | October 6, 2006
Story takes place at McMaster...[continue]
Cheers to a great scholar and colleague: University hosts big retirement party for Dr. Richard Chesley
St. Mary's University | October 5, 2006
G.R. (Dick) Chesley is a professor admired by many and today the University took the time to thank him for his 17 years of service to the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary's....[continue]
Access to medicines viewed as a human righ
University of Toronto | October 3, 2006
Conference to explore corporate social responsibility...[continue]
Pro Series Celebrates Mozart's 250th Birthday In Style
Brandon University | October 3, 2006
The BU School of Music's Mozart Series marks the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth with performances of his greatest chamber works by the Jarvis Quintet....[continue]
University of Ottawa Media Calendar October 2 to 6, 2006
University of Ottawa | October 2, 2006
Here is a summary of the activities taking place at the University of Ottawa this week....[continue]
Laurier faculty of social work formally opens new Kitchener facility and celebrates faculty’s 40th anniversary
Wilfrid Laurier University | September 29, 2006
Laurier’s Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work (FSW) formally opened its new Kitchener facility and commemorated the FSW’s 40th anniversary at celebration events held on Thursday, September 28....[continue]
Public forum tackles the future of the marine sector in the Coast of Bays region
Memorial University of Newfoundland | September 29, 2006
Given the changes in the fishery resource, the markets and technology, the future of the marine sector in the Coast of Bays is uncertain....[continue]
Cognitive Science Lecture Series: The Math Plague
Memorial University of Newfoundland | September 28, 2006
Please note that the talk noted below (originally issued on Sept. 26 Ref. No. 9) will now be held in from 12–1 p.m. TODAY, Thursday, Sept. 28 -- NOT on Friday, as was previously announced....[continue]
Campus Ambassador renews lifetime of helping students
Malaspina University College | September 27, 2006
He might have been a beardless Santa, dropping by Malaspina during his off-season to give the gift of guidance to confused, first-year Malaspina University-College students....[continue]
Cognitive Science Lecture Series: The Math Plague
Memorial University of Newfoundland | September 26, 2006
For many years, Dr. Sherry Mantyka, director of Memorial’s Mathematics Learning Centre, has been identifying factors which contribute to under-achievement in mathematics of students entering the university....[continue]
Addendum to PSA Ref. No. 8 and Ref. No. 9
Memorial University of Newfoundland | September 26, 2006
Softball, Hardball: An Examination of Masculinity in Sport will take place on Friday, Sept. 29 from 4 - 5 p.m in the Science Building, SN-4087, St. John’s campus, Memorial University....[continue]
Softball, Hardball: An Examination of Masculinity in Sport
Memorial University of Newfoundland | September 26, 2006
Multiple and competing constructs of masculinities exist between groups and in various social contexts....[continue]
Canada's Ambassador to Afghanistan to present at Memorial University
Memorial University of Newfoundland | September 25, 2006
Media are invited to attend a presentation by Ambassador David Sproule, Canada's representative to Afghanistan, at Memorial University’s St. John’s campus on Monday, Sept. 25....[continue]
Canada's Ambassador to Afghanistan to present at Memorial University
Memorial University of Newfoundland | September 22, 2006
Media are invited to attend a presentation by Ambassador David Sproule, Canada's representative to Afghanistan, at Memorial University’s St. John’s campus on Monday, Sept. 25....[continue]
Three AU Master’s Students Win SSHRC Scholarships
Athabasca University | September 22, 2006
Three Athabasca University master’s students have been awarded 2006 scholarships by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada....[continue]
Addendum to Why is our English so different from theirs?
Memorial University of Newfoundland | September 21, 2006
Please be advised that Memorial University of Newfoundland news release No. 15 inadvertently did not include the time and location of Dr. Peter Trudgill's Henrietta Harvey lecture, "Why My English Is Different than Yours."...[continue]
Voices on the Rise: Afghan Women Making the News photojournalism exhibit to open at uOttawa
University of Ottawa | September 21, 2006
The University of Ottawa, in collaboration with Carleton University and the Embassy of Afghanistan, will play host to an important exhibition highlighting the story of female communicators in Afghanistan....[continue]
