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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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2007 Edutravel Information Night
Brock University | October 26, 2006
Opera Italia, Great Cathedrals of Europe and a Baltic Cruise - these are just some of the exotic trips that will be offered by Brock University's Edutravel program in 2007....[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]
Papua New Guinea honours Rotman professor
University of Toronto | September 19, 2006
David Beatty is country’s honorary consul...[continue]
Biography of Major Brent Beardsley
Concordia University | September 8, 2006
Born in Ottawa and raised in Montreal, Major Brent Beardsley is a 25-year veteran of the Canadian Army....[continue]
Raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic
University of Regina | August 18, 2006
Picking up where the International AIDS Conference in Toronto left off, the University of Regina is welcoming award-winning HIV/AIDS activist Justa Mwaituka (Mama Justa) as the first speaker in the fall 2006 Social Policy Research Unit (SPR) Film/Speaker series. Co-hosted by SPR in the Faculty of Social Work at the U of R and CUSO, the evening also includes a screening of Academy-Award nominated documentary Darwin’s Nightmare...[continue]
McGill nurses bring Tanzanian AIDS activist to campus
McGill University | August 17, 2006
In the Highlands of Tanzania, where AIDS has orphaned a disproportionately high number of children, where HIV is seen as an inevitability and where the dying walk several kilometres to reach the nearest hospital, Liduke quietly and consistently urges wives to insist on condoms, trains dozens of ordinary people to become peer leaders and slowly substitutes facts among the local people....[continue]
XVI International AIDS Conference: McGill delivers
McGill University | August 9, 2006
McGill University's dedicated AIDS researchers and specialists are proud to be attending and presenting at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Aug. 13-18. Led by Conference Co-Chair and Director of the McGill AIDS Centre Dr. Mark Wainberg, McGill researchers will present findings on a range of issues crucial to the fight against AIDS, from progress toward a vaccine to the African orphans crisis....[continue]
Eight York profs vie for TVO's Best Lecturer 2007
York University | July 26, 2006
Producers of "Big Ideas" have selected political science Prof. Olivier Courteaux; humanities Prof. Andrea Davis; theatre Prof. Robert Fothergill; law Prof. Allan Hutchinson; education Prof. Heather Lotherington; political science Prof. Stephen Newman; biology Prof. Mark Vicari; and law Prof. Alan Young. They are among 71 chosen from 155 eligible candidates nominated by students and alumni of 19 Ontario colleges and universities....[continue]
Humanities, Arts & Science Convocation
McMaster University | June 6, 2006
The Great Hall at Hamilton Place will see degrees conferred upon 616 students from the Faculty of Humanities and 56 students from the Arts & Science program today in a joint ceremony....[continue]
Convocation celebrates best of the Class of 2006
Brock University | June 5, 2006
The best of the Class of 2006 will be recognized as part of Brock's Spring Convocation, June 5 to 9, where an estimated 3,135 students are expected to receive their degrees, the largest number of degrees conferred at any one convocation in the University's 42-year history....[continue]
Convocation celebrates best of the Class of 2006
Brock University | June 1, 2006
The best of the Class of 2006 will be recognized as part of Brock's Spring Convocation, June 5 to 9, where an estimated 3,135 students are expected to receive their degrees, the largest number of degrees conferred at any one convocation in the University's 42-year history....[continue]
Three honoured with awards for excellence
University of Regina | June 1, 2006
A gifted engineering researcher, an outstanding biology teacher, and a committed advocate for public safety, law enforcement and police training will be honoured June 5-7 when each is presented with a University of Regina Alumni Association Award for Excellence during the annual spring convocation at the Conexus Arts Centre. All ceremonies begin at 2 p.m....[continue]
FORMER PRESIDENT OF TANZANIA TO GIVE PUBLIC LECTURE
University of Manitoba | May 11, 2006
His Excellency Mr. Benjamin Mkapa, the former President of the United Republic of Tanzania, will deliver a public lecture at the University of Manitoba titled "The Changing Face of African Politics," on Monday, May 15, 2006, at 3:00 pm in Room 343 Drake Centre at the Fort Garry Campus....[continue]
Jane Goodall to vist U of T
University of Toronto | May 1, 2006
Environmentalist's lecture a prelude to Natural City Conference...[continue]
African Union Commissioner to Speak at U of G
University of Guelph | April 21, 2006
Elisabeth Tankeu, the African Union’s commissioner for trade and industry, will give a free public lecture on the causes of poverty and the global efforts to eradicate it April 25, at 7 p.m. in Rozanski Hall....[continue]
Making Poverty History Focus of International Symposium
University of Guelph | April 17, 2006
Leading international experts who are working to eradicate global poverty will gather at the University of Guelph April 25 and 26 for the "Making Poverty History: Doing More of What Works" symposium....[continue]
Making Poverty History Focus of International Symposium
University of Guelph | April 12, 2006
Leading international experts who are working to eradicate global poverty will gather at the University of Guelph April 25 and 26 for the "Making Poverty History: Doing More of What Works" symposium....[continue]
Western Student Chosen for Internship in Africa and Professor Wins Top Research Award
University of Western Ontario | March 9, 2006
Western student Kate Knight is one of 20 Canadian students who will travel to Botswana in May to participate in a six-week internship on HIV/AIDS in the Southern African country....[continue]
Laurier student part of international research on the experiences of female graduate students
Wilfrid Laurier University | January 10, 2006
A Laurier psychology student is among researchers from 13 universities in 10 countries studying the experiences of female graduate students in higher education....[continue]
Rwanda tribunal judge at McGill
McGill University | December 15, 2005
Justice Erik Møse of Norway, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, will be at McGill University on Friday to discuss the progress of the Rwandan genocide trials in Tanzania....[continue]
The Pedal for Hope — Mount A student hits the road for a good cause
Mount Allison University | December 5, 2005
Ayesha Harji, an international relations student at Mount Allison University is gearing up for the trip of a lifetime and raising money for a good cause....[continue]
U of G Grad Named Rhodes Scholar
University of Guelph | November 29, 2005
Arani Kajenthira, a 2005 engineering graduate of the University of Guelph, has won a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to pursue graduate studies in earth sciences at the University of Oxford....[continue]
65 million years in the making - a closer look at climate change
Mount Allison University | September 9, 2005
With global warming heating things up, the study of climate change has recently become a hot topic. Dr. Zoe Finkel is no stranger to this field. She spends her days studying phytoplankton, microscopic organisms most of us have never heard of but are essential to our existence....[continue]
