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Cap and Gowns Abound: Mount Saint Vincent University Graduates More Than 450 at Fall Convocations
Mount Saint Vincent University | October 22, 2006
Mount Saint Vincent University will officially confer certificates, diplomas and degrees to more than 450 graduating students....[continue]
Malaspina’s new Faller Training program gets corporate backing
Malaspina University College | October 18, 2006
Malaspina University-College’s new Faller Training program, offered in partnership with the BC Forest Safety Council, has received full industry backing with a list of generous donations....[continue]
BU Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies profs in high demand for their expertise
Brandon University | September 6, 2006
As the Brandon University Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies (A-DES) program is one of only a few of its kind in North America, it should come as no surprise that professors in the program are in high demand to serve as experts at conferences and other speaking engagements around North America following the Hurricane Katrina disaster of last year....[continue]
Spartans Director of Athletics practices what he preaches
Trinity Western University | September 6, 2006
Watching a big guy gently toss a 1.5 kilogram disc way across the turf at Rotary Stadium does not conjure up an image of your run-of-the mill Athletic Director, chairing day-long meetings and negotiating team budgets with recalcitrant coaches while packing on a pound or two sitting in that stuffy chair....[continue]
BU Coach Barnaby Craddock Finalizes Mens Basketball 2006 Recruiting Class
Brandon University | August 30, 2006
Bobcats second year Head Coach Barnaby Craddock announced this week that a former Canada...[continue]
Methane Hydrates Not Cause of Past Global Warming
University of Victoria | August 24, 2006
By studying gas bubbles frozen in ancient Greenland ice, University of Victoria researchers have dispelled a popular theory that marine gas hydrates caused a significant release of methane gas into the earth’s atmosphere, triggering in a period of global warming at the end of the last ice age....[continue]
Malaspina University-College has a new President-designate
Malaspina University College | August 21, 2006
Don Hubbard, Board Chair for Malaspina University-College’s Board of Governors announced today that Dr. Ralph Nilson has been offered, and has accepted, the position of President for Malaspina University-College....[continue]
Pipe bands first and second
Simon Fraser University | August 13, 2006
It was a first and a second for the Simon Fraser University pipe bands atthe World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland August 12.The junior Robert Malcolm Memorial pipe band placed first in the Grade 2 competition at Glasgow Green – and the famed senior SFU Pipe Band placedsecond in the prime Grade 1 event....[continue]
Creating a Window on ‘Oceans in Motion’: Academic, Science, Engineering Experts Illuminating Sea Life Conditions, Migrations
Dalhousie University | June 26, 2006
Conference experts are available Monday June 26 for advance interviews and later through the week. Please call or email to schedule a time....[continue]
Festival by the Marsh offers summer art, drama, dance, & music workshops
Mount Allison University | June 5, 2006
Festival by the Marsh, Southeastern New Brunswick’s summer arts festival, is expanding its successful summer workshop series....[continue]
BU Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies profs in high demand for their expertise
Brandon University | May 31, 2006
As the Brandon University Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies (A-DES) program is one of only a few of its kind in North America, it should come as no surprise that professors in the program are in high demand to serve as experts at conferences and other speaking engagements around North America following the Hurricane Katrina disaster of last year....[continue]
Lakehead U’s 42nd Convocation Saturday, May 27
Lakehead University | May 25, 2006
Approximately 2,000 students will be graduating from Lakehead University for the 2005-2006 academic year....[continue]
Lakehead U’s 42nd Convocation Saturday, May 27
Lakehead University | May 25, 2006
Approximately 2,000 students will be graduating from Lakehead University for the 2005-2006 academic year....[continue]
In memoriam: Professor Hubert Van Tol
University of Toronto | May 8, 2006
Van Tol was brilliant scientist...[continue]
Renowned international architects shortlisted for U of C
University of Calgary | May 2, 2006
American and European firms among those in talks...[continue]
Renowned Rock Art Expert to Deliver Annual Joan Vastokas Distinguished Lecture in Art and Archaeology
Trent University | April 3, 2006
Trent University is pleased to announce that Dr. James Keyser, a pioneer in North American rock art research, will be delivering the annual Joan Vastokas Distinguished Lecture in Art and Archaeology on Tuesday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the First Peoples Performance Space, Room 101 at Gzowski College on the Symons campus....[continue]
Nobel Laureate Joins UBC to Boost Science Education
University of British Columbia | March 20, 2006
A Nobel laureate renowned for his leadership in science education is joining The University of British Columbia....[continue]
New Ontario tuition framework strengthened by access commitments -- President's statement
University of Toronto | March 8, 2006
The following is a statement by U of T president David Naylor in response to the new tuition fee framework and student assistance plans announced today by Christopher Bentley, minister of training, colleges and universities....[continue]
Chinese pre-schoolers show better self control than North Americans, says Queen’s psychologist
Queen's University | January 9, 2006
Chinese children are better able to control impulsive behaviour than their North American counterparts, a new Queen's University study shows....[continue]
Former city councillor heads SFU city program
Simon Fraser University | December 14, 2005
Gordon Price, former Vancouver City councillor, bike (and public transportation) advocate, adjunct professor (UBC school of community and regional planning) and lecturer on transportation and land use in Portland, Oregon, is the new director of SFU continuing studies' City Program...[continue]
Vancouver Sun columnist named SFU's first Shadbolt fellow
Simon Fraser University | December 8, 2005
SFU has named Douglas Todd, the Vancouver Sun's award-winning religion and ethics writer, as the first recipient of the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellowship in the Humanities....[continue]
Scientists uncover how retina responds to genetic damage
University of Calgary | November 10, 2005
Findings open up new avenues of investigation into vision conditions and disease...[continue]
Internationally acclaimed chef launches new cookbook at Malaspina
Malaspina University College | November 7, 2005
Here's your chance to taste some culinary creations prepared by an internationally award-winning chef....[continue]
Student and professor displaced by Hurricane Katrina find home at U of C
University of Calgary | September 15, 2005
Graduate student Zdanna King and her faculty adviser, Katherine Jack, recently found a home at the University of Calgary after fleeing New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina....[continue]
Former Carnegie director honoured with Gandhi-inspired award
Simon Fraser University | September 12, 2005
Michael Clague, the former director of Vancouver's Carnegie Community Centre and a long-serving community educator and planner, is being honoured as the recipient of the Thakore Foundation Visiting Scholar award....[continue]
Visionary Trinity Western University leader to complete presidential tenure
Trinity Western University | September 7, 2005
Chancellor of R. Neil Snider, Ph.D., has announced that in June 2006, after 32 years, he will complete his final term as President of Trinity Western University....[continue]
International University Presidents Help Mark Official Opening of UBC Okanagan in Kelowna
University of British Columbia | September 7, 2005
Opening ceremony, colloquium and music concert will help inaugurate Canada’s newest university campus...[continue]
Monday Night Shakespeare
University of Calgary | February 6, 2005
F: 403.282.6925...[continue]
