Peru - Press Releases | World Countries
UTM-City project major award finalist
University of Toronto | October 13, 2006
Mississauga Model in contention for prestigious World Leadership Awards...[continue]
Student gains leadership experience in Peru
McMaster University | October 2, 2006
This summer, I had the amazing opportunity to volunteer in Arequipa, Peru for three months with AIESEC, the world's largest student-run organization....[continue]
Vet Students to Give Talks on Global Experiences
University of Guelph | September 20, 2006
University of Guelph veterinary students who participated in the Ontario Veterinary College’s Global Vets program this summer will share their experiences at public talks Sept. 26 and 28 at 7 p.m. in Room 1714 of the Lifetime Learning Centre....[continue]
Globalization through a cultural lens
McMaster University | August 8, 2006
On July 3, in Budapest, Hungary more than 400 international graduate students and junior faculty from 67 countries gathered at the Central European University (CEU) to open the 2006 Summer University (SUN) program. Of those students, 25 attended the CEU program specifically to study under Szeman, McMaster's former director the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, and explore those very questions....[continue]
Eco-lights shine new hope on ‘gorillas in the mist’
University of Calgary | August 3, 2006
The cloud forests deep in the heart of Africa are the last refuge of the endangered mountain gorilla. Unfortunately, they are also one of the only sources of firewood for thousands of poverty-stricken humans that live next to the national park that is home to the last 700 members of the great ape species....[continue]
Brock Researcher receives grant to study the gift economy in the rainforests of Peru
Brock University | June 14, 2006
Ana Isla, Assistant Professor in the Centre for Women's Studies and the Department of Sociology at Brock University, has received a $60,000 (U.S.) grant from the U.S. Gift Economy Institute, Rachael and Ben Vaughan Foundation....[continue]
Prairie Ghosts, a new exhibit by Dr. Louis Visentin, on display now at the Curve and George and Mary Gooden Galleries
Brandon University | May 19, 2006
All are welcome to visit Dr. Louis Visentin's latest fine art exhibit, entitled Prairie Ghosts, on display from June to August 2006 at both Brandon University Curve Gallery (Second Floor, John E. Robbins Library, Brandon University) and the George and Mary Gooden Gallery (Room 241 Health Studies Complex, Brandon University)....[continue]
Mount A students head to Peru for cultural exchange and humanitarian work
Mount Allison University | May 5, 2006
From May 5 to 21, three Mount Allison students, Jenna Murphy, Lovette Tannock, and Jessica Grant, and Ginny Wilmhoff, St. Vincent’s Roman Catholic Church’s youth/student minister, will be in Lima, Peru, participating in Canadian Catholic Campus Ministry’s (CCCM) Global Connections program....[continue]
Medical Mission Aids Peru and Runner Sends Shoes to Cuba
University of Western Ontario | April 18, 2006
As the academic year comes to a close at universities across the country, the following students and faculty may be Of Interest....[continue]
Nipissing University offering tastes of the world
Nipissing University | February 2, 2006
Tasty treats from around the world will be on offer at Nipissing University Saturday, February 4, as the university hosts its second annual international food festival....[continue]
Memorial University unearthing ancient stories at new seminar
Memorial University of Newfoundland | January 12, 2006
The archaeologist who excavated the earliest known fishing site in the New Worldis coming to Memorial University for a special public lecture next week....[continue]
The Ecclectica 2005/06 Politics Issue is now available online!
Brandon University | December 21, 2005
For the new issue of Ecclectica, Brandon University’s free e-magazine dedicated to discoveries and trends in the humanities and social sciences, publisher and editor Dr. Louis P. Visentin (President and Vice-Chancellor of BU) assembled an impressive list of Canadian political luminaries and academic minds to provide perspectives serious and humorous on an array of topics covering almost every facet of Canada’s political life as we enter 2006....[continue]
The world comes to Brock University
Brock University | November 10, 2005
Brock University student Rachelle Demetriades knew her life had changed forever when she observed children picking through the garbage in a Peruvian slum....[continue]
Largest One-day Orientation in Canada to be Held at UBC
University of British Columbia | September 2, 2005
ancouver campus first-year student orientation....[continue]
Action needs to be taken to help immigrant women
Memorial University of Newfoundland | September 1, 2005
An action group should be established to improve conditions for immigrant women in the province, based on the research and suggestions in the report Recent Immigrant Women in Newfoundland and Labrador: Problems and Perspectives....[continue]
