Nunavut - Press Releases | Canadian Provinces
Mount Allison student receives funding to study Nunatsiavut land claim agreement
Mount Allison University | October 23, 2006
Harry Borlase, a Canadian Studies student at Mount Allison University and resident of Goose Bay, NL, is the recipient of a Canadian Northern Studies Trust Northern Resident Award, valued at $5,000, from the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS)....[continue]
UNBC Participates in Major Northern Research Program
University of New Brunswick - Saint John | October 3, 2006
The University of Northern British Columbia will play a leading role in one of the biggest research projects ever undertaken in northern Canada....[continue]
Lakehead Professor Leading Team in Research of the Northern Social Economy
Lakehead University | September 29, 2006
The largest Northern Social Science research grant has been awarded to establish the Social Economy Research Network for Northern Canada (SERNNoCa)....[continue]
Brandon University welcomes acclaimed writer Tomson Highway to campus as Stanley Knowles Distinguished Visiting Professor
Brandon University | September 13, 2006
Brandon University and the Brandon University Faculty of Arts are proud to welcome internationally acclaimed author and playwright Dr. Tomson Highway to the BU campus as the Stanley Knowles Distinguished Visiting professor...[continue]
Memorial joins the University of the Arctic
Memorial University of Newfoundland | July 19, 2006
Memorial University of Newfoundland has recently joined the University of the Arctic consortium. Associate Vice-President (Academic) Dr. Michael Collins attended the Council of the University of the Arctic in Bodo, Norway in June to give a presentation on Memorial and its connection to the north. The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is a co-operative network of universities, colleges and other organizations committed to higher education and research in the north....[continue]
AVC's Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre Funds Eight Projects
University of Prince Edward Island | June 16, 2006
Eight projects that will benefit dogs, cats, and horses recently received a total of $240,000 in funding through the Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre (SJDAWC) at the Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI....[continue]
Research Grants Awarded to 5 Lakehead U Faculty Members and 10 Students
Lakehead University | June 15, 2006
Lakehead University has received 16 new Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grants this year totalling $870,295....[continue]
Internationally acclaimed writer Tomson Highway to spend two terms at BU as Stanley Knowles Distinguished Visiting Professor
Brandon University | June 15, 2006
This fall, the Brandon University Faculty of Arts welcomes internationally acclaimed author and playwright Dr. Tomson Highway to the campus as the Stanley Knowles Distinguished Visiting professor. Dr. Highway will be on campus for two terms, the first during the fall of 2006, and the second during the fall of 2007....[continue]
Ms. Smith goes to Ottawa
University of Toronto | June 12, 2006
UTSC student Laura Smith to spend 10 months as parliamentary intern...[continue]
1, 564 students to graduate from Laurentian University
Laurentian University of Sudbury | May 29, 2006
Laurentian University will celebrate its 1,564 new graduates during Spring Convocation ceremonies, 1,253 of which will be recognized at on-campus ceremonies to be held at the Fraser Auditorium from Wednesday, May 31, to Saturday, June 3....[continue]
Acadia University to award over 900 degrees during May convocation ceremonies
Acadia University | May 12, 2006
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Laurentian University announces honorary degree recipients for Spring 2006
Laurentian University of Sudbury | April 26, 2006
Laurentian University will award honorary doctorates to eight distinguished citizens at its Spring Convocation Ceremonies, May 31 through June 3, 2006....[continue]
U of S Scores Success with Aboriginal Research
University of Saskatchewan | April 21, 2006
Five University of Saskatchewan researchers have been awarded a total of almost $480,000 from the federal Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to lead five new Aboriginal research projects in areas including literacy, urban identity, and the teaching of life skills to children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder....[continue]
U of C helps shape new Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre
University of Calgary | April 5, 2006
The Canadian Council of Learning announced today that a new Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre will be established to conduct and disseminate research on enhancing educational opportunities for aboriginal people....[continue]
U of S Researchers to Co-Lead National Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre
University of Saskatchewan | April 5, 2006
The University of Saskatchewan's Aboriginal Education Research Centre (AERC) has been selected by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) to co-lead a new national network for gathering and sharing information on effective approaches to Aboriginal learning....[continue]
Library Receives Resource Material Donation from US Department of State
University of Lethbridge | March 4, 2006
On Thursday, March 2, University of Lethbridge representatives along with Naim Ahmed, the Calgary-based United States Consul General for Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories, announced a significant gift of books and other resource materials donated to the U of L Library by the US Department of State, through its American Corners program....[continue]
Meeting the Needs of Children and Adolescents with Special Needs in the North a Unique Challenge
Lakehead University | February 21, 2006
Many children and youth with special needs in rural and northern Canada lack essential services....[continue]
Saskatchewan’s influence on the Nisga’a Treaty
University of Regina | January 24, 2006
W. Thomas Molloy, O.C., Q.C. will deliver the twelfth Woodrow Lloyd Lecture, "From Many Peoples’ Strength to the Common Bowl: Saskatchewan’s Influence on the Nisga’a Treaty", on Thurs. Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Education Auditorium at the University of Regina....[continue]
DEDICATED STAFF RECOGNIZED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY
University of Manitoba | November 23, 2005
Twenty-one staff members of the University of Manitoba have been recognized for their outstanding community involvement through Outreach Awards which will be presented tonight at a special reception....[continue]
Mentor of the Year award for Newfoundlandand Labrador pediatrician
Memorial University of Newfoundland | November 18, 2005
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada has selected Dr. Chuck Hobeika, FRCPC, as a Mentor of the Year for 2005 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to medical education, the high standards of care he has demonstrated to students, peers and patients, and his long history of fostering excellence in the pediatric training program at Memorial University....[continue]
Calgary Stroke Program leads clinical stroke research for Canada
University of Calgary | November 1, 2005
Brain attack team oversees NIH-funded treatment trials...[continue]
Hon. James K. Bartleman, G. Raymond Chang to receive honorary degrees at Ryerson University
Ryerson University | October 24, 2005
The Hon. James K. Bartleman, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and G. Raymond Chang, philanthropist and businessman, will receive honorary degrees at Ryerson University on Nov. 3, 2005....[continue]
Nipissing University brings world music fusion project to North Bay
Nipissing University | October 19, 2005
Nipissing University is hosting a series of concerts, lectures and workshops on October 24 and 25, featuring the music of Winnipeg based world music fusion band Paris to Kyiv....[continue]
