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High school students get chance to preview life at Western
University of Western Ontario | November 17, 2006
High school students from across the country will have a chance to sample Canada's best student experience when The University of Western Ontario hosts Fall Preview Day tomorrow, Saturday, November 18....[continue]
Highflying Trio with NB roots to perform newfound Chamber Music, Nov. 17
Mount Allison University | November 15, 2006
Friday, November 17 will provide a wonderful opportunity to hear rising star, pianist Julien Leblanc, performing together with violinist Isabelle Fournier, originally from Moncton, and flutist Karin Aurell, a resident of Sackville....[continue]
Bullies, Blogs and Rudy Guiliani
University of Western Ontario | November 15, 2006
The following experts from The University of Western Ontario are available for comment....[continue]
State of Our Health, GIS Mapping and War Correspondent
University of Western Ontario | November 13, 2006
The following items from The University of Western Ontario may be OF INTEREST....[continue]
Western medical graduate selected to head WHO
University of Western Ontario | November 8, 2006
Dr. Margaret Chan of China was selected today by the executive board of the World Health Organization for the post of Director-General....[continue]
Chris Bentley to make important announcement regarding graduate spaces
University of Western Ontario | November 8, 2006
Chris Bentley, MPP London West and Ontario's Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities will make an important announcement regarding graduate study spaces in London....[continue]
Young faculty receive provincial awards to build research teams
University of Waterloo | November 8, 2006
Fourteen young faculty members at the University of Waterloo have received Ontario's early researcher awards aimed at helping them build their research teams....[continue]
Mount Allison welcomes Jenny Munday as Crake Drama Fellow
Mount Allison University | November 7, 2006
Jenny Munday has joined the faculty of Mount Allison University as the 2006-07 Crake Drama Fellow....[continue]
New Executive Director for Foundation Western; Battle Lecture Series and Special Olympics Presentation
University of Western Ontario | November 6, 2006
Frank Pyka has been named Executive Director at Foundation Western effective January 1, 2007....[continue]
Six York profs in the running for TVO's Best Lecturer 2007
York University | October 26, 2006
Six York professors have made the ‘top 30’ cut in TVOntario’s competition for Best Lecturer 2007.
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Pianist Edmund Dawe to perform, Oct. 27
Mount Allison University | October 25, 2006
On Friday, October 27 at 8 p.m. in Brunton Auditorium, Mount Allison’s department of music will present a recital by pianist and professor Edmund Dawe. The program will feature works by Scarlatti, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, and Debussy....[continue]
Academic excellence recognized at Fall Convocation
Brock University | October 17, 2006
Brock University will recognize the recipients of the Governor General's Silver Medals at the 2006 Fall Convocation ceremony, taking place on Saturday, Oct. 21....[continue]
CLINICAL TRIALS NEXT FOR HIV/AIDS VACCINE; KOREAN BIOTECH COMPANY MAKING IT HAPPEN
University of Western Ontario | October 17, 2006
An HIV/AIDS vaccine developed by Dr. Yong Kang, a virology professor at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario is being readied for clinical trial. Kang's vaccine could be available for therapeutic use within three years and for use as a preventive vaccine within the next six years....[continue]
FOURTH R RECEIVES $1 MILLION GIFT AS TEACHERS HONORED FOR THEIR WORK IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
University of Western Ontario | October 16, 2006
As three local high school teachers received honors for their work in the violence prevention program The Fourth R today, it was announced that the program will receive a $1-million gift from the Arthur and Mary Jane Crooks family....[continue]
$10.4 Million for Health Research in London
University of Western Ontario | October 16, 2006
A physical therapy professor at The University of Western Ontario has been awarded a $925,000 operating grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to study cerebral palsy....[continue]
MBA repeats #1 BusinessWeek ranking
Queen's University | October 13, 2006
Queen’s MBA has been ranked #1 for the second time in a row by BusinessWeek magazine’s influential biannual ranking of MBA programs outside the US, with five Canadian schools dominating the top ten....[continue]
UTM-City project major award finalist
University of Toronto | October 13, 2006
Mississauga Model in contention for prestigious World Leadership Awards...[continue]
U of T to host lecture on state of Earth's poles
University of Toronto | October 12, 2006
Event is part of the International Polar Year...[continue]
Author Lynn Coady to read at UNB Saint John
University of New Brunswick - Fredericton | October 12, 2006
Author Lynn Coady will read from her novel Mean Boy on Monday, October 23 at 7 pm in the Hazen Hall Lecture Theatre as part of the Lorenzo Reading Series at the University of New Brunswick Saint John....[continue]
Dr. Megumi Masaki appointed as Artistic Director of Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition
Brandon University | October 12, 2006
Brandon University School of Music Piano Professor and renowned performer Dr. Megumi Masaki has been appointed Artistic Director of the The Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition, effective in October 2007....[continue]
Business, humanitarian and community leaders to receive honorary degrees at weekend convocation ceremonies
University of Windsor | October 10, 2006
The University of Windsor will confer degrees on 949 graduating students during two sessions of the university’s 86th Convocation ceremonies this weekend...[continue]
Western reappoints Dean of Social Science
University of Western Ontario | October 10, 2006
The University of Western Ontario has announced the reappointment of Dr. Brian Timney as Dean of the Faculty of Social Science. Dr. Timney will begin a six-year term on July 1, 2007....[continue]
Ranking McGill: First in Canada, 21st in the world
McGill University | October 7, 2006
McGill's international reputation as Canada's flagship university has been soundly reaffirmed by the 2006 Times Higher Education Supplement's World University Rankings. "McGill's breadth and international reach make it the most visible of Canada's institutions," noted the rankings report....[continue]
New College officially welcomes new leader
University of Toronto | October 5, 2006
Ninth principal is leading historian, former director of the Centre for the Study of the United States...[continue]
Celebrating 10 years of Sport Management (SPMA) at Brock University 1996 - 2006
Brock University | October 4, 2006
Sport Industry Panel - featuring SPMA alumni from IMG, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd., CIBC Run for the Cure, Nike Canada, the Canadian Football League (CFL), San Francisco Sports Authority, Toronto Argonauts, Tennis Canada, Toronto Blue Jays, RCGA and Consumer Impact Marketing....[continue]
Universities’ Fair in Toronto sees increased interest in Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier University | October 3, 2006
The 2007 student recruitment season got off to a fine start last weekend, with faculty and staff at the Ontario Universities’ Fair in Toronto handing out about 28,000 viewbooks – 10 percent more than the year before....[continue]
UNBF TO HOST CASTA CONFERENCE
University of New Brunswick - Saint John | October 3, 2006
Five internationally known and highly regarded researchers in the area of text analysis will highlight the 2006 Canadian Symposium on Text Analysis (CaSTA) being held at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton from Oct. 11 to 15....[continue]
Honoring Teachers, Fighting Killer Viruses and Celebrating Tiff
University of Western Ontario | October 2, 2006
Teachers around the world will be honored this week during World Teachers' Day on Thursday, October 5th. Celebrations in London, on October 5th, include the Teachers' Wall of Fame Ceremony at 3 p.m. in the Stevenson-Hunt Room at the Central Library....[continue]
Actor William Hutt to Speak at U of G
University of Guelph | September 27, 2006
The University of Guelph is hosting a lecture by William Hutt, Canada's leading classical actor, Oct. 4 at 5:30 p.m. in Rozanski Hall. The event is free and open to the public....[continue]
Homecoming - Welcome to Western
University of Western Ontario | September 27, 2006
With some of the top names in Canadian media in attendance, Western is opening its campus to alumni and the greater London community this weekend as the University celebrates Homecoming 2006 - Friday, September 29 to Sunday, October 1....[continue]
Brandon University's Kerry DuWors Receives Rare 1747 Violin
Brandon University | September 25, 2006
The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that violinist Kerry DuWors, a faculty member at BU School of Music since 2004, has been awarded, for the second time in a row, a rare instrument from the Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank....[continue]
Local high school students 'Reach for the Top' by attending BU
Brandon University | September 25, 2006
Brandon University is proud to announce that two of the city's brightest high school students have chosen BU for their post secondary studies....[continue]
Media Advisory for September 22 at 10:30 a.m.
University of Western Ontario | September 21, 2006
A major funding announcement by the Ministry of Research and Innovation to be made regarding SHARCNET - Canada's largest high performance computing (HPC) network, which accelerates the speed of research....[continue]
Legal Aid in Crisis
University of Western Ontario | September 21, 2006
Attorney-General Michael Bryant has called for a review of Ontario's legal aid system in an attempt to secure a more stable funding arrangement....[continue]
UW president shares vision of Waterloo Region as knowledge capital by 2010
University of Waterloo | September 21, 2006
David Johnston, president of the University of Waterloo, today outlined 10 goals to make Waterloo Region Canada’s knowledge capital by 2010 and invited the community to develop the next 10....[continue]
Why is our English so different from theirs?
Memorial University of Newfoundland | September 21, 2006
Ever wonder why you might hear words like tabanask and ballicatter, and phrases like "John’s after telling me he’s leaving," in parts of this province, but not in London, England – or London, Ontario, for that matter?...[continue]
Sports greats to be honoured by Alumni Association at Hall of Fame ceremony
University of Windsor | September 19, 2006
The University of Windsor’s Alumni Association will recognize this year’s Sports Hall of Fame inductees with ceremonies this Saturday, September 23, 2 p.m., in Ambassador Auditorium, CAW Student Centre, on the University of Windsor campus....[continue]
Papua New Guinea honours Rotman professor
University of Toronto | September 19, 2006
David Beatty is country’s honorary consul...[continue]
Luciani scores three touchdowns as Hawks roll over Lions 24-0
Wilfrid Laurier University | September 19, 2006
Receiver Dante Luciani scored three touchdowns as the defending Vanier Cup champion Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (2-1) crushed the York Lions (0-3) 24-0....[continue]
Arthritis Month "Of Interest"
University of Western Ontario | September 18, 2006
Arthritis affects more than four million Canadians and is the leading cause of disability in Canada today, side-lining approximately 600,000 people....[continue]
