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SNO scientists win first Polanyi Award
Queen's University | November 15, 2006
Scientists from the Queen’s University-led Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) are the first winners of the prestigious John C. Polanyi Award. Valued at $250,000, the new award will be presented annually by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)....[continue]
Leadership Mount Allison Speaker Series concludes with the "Peace Mom," Nov. 14
Mount Allison University | November 9, 2006
Cindy Sheehan, better known as the "Peace Mom" by the media, will be coming to Atlantic Canada for the first time as the final speaker in Mount Allison’s Leadership Certificate Program 2006 Speaker Series....[continue]
UVic Plays $4-Million Role in Breast Cancer Study
Victoria University in the University of
Toronto | November 8, 2006
A University of Victoria research team is receiving $4 million over the next five years to develop a new technology for the identification of molecules critical to the early detection of breast cancer....[continue]
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA AWARDED US $22 MILLION HIV/AIDS PROJECT IN INDIA
University of Manitoba | November 6, 2006
Programs will focus on HIV/AIDS prevention, care, support and treatment for vulnerable population....[continue]
Social Entrepreneur Engaging the Public at Lakehead U
Lakehead University | October 27, 2006
Educator, artist, and social entrepreneur Greg Forbes Siegman will be the next guest in the Lakehead University Speaker Series. On October 30, Siegman — whose first thirty years of life serve as the basis for The First Thirty by Jillip Naysinthe Paxson — will speak about dealing with rejection, discovering your passion, and redefining success....[continue]
LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE TO SPEAK ON HUMAN DIGNITY
University of Manitoba | October 23, 2006
Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, D.C., Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick to speak at the Fourth Sol Kanee Lecture on Peace and Justice....[continue]
UW Hagey lecturer, Seymour Hersh, to talk about U.S. policy in Middle East
University of Waterloo | October 23, 2006
Acclaimed journalist Seymour Hersh will discuss the role of the United States in the Middle East during a public lecture at the University of Waterloo next month....[continue]
UW graduates 1, 376 students, awards six honorary degrees
University of Waterloo | October 19, 2006
The University of Waterloo's fall convocation on Saturday will celebrate the graduation of more than 1,300 students and the granting of six honorary degrees....[continue]
It Takes a Society: Fighting Childhood Obesity
McGill University | October 18, 2006
The undisputed pandemic of childhood obesity worldwide threatens to be the major public health problem of the new century. We have created a modern society in which the first generation of children of the new millennium could be the first since the rise of the industrial revolution to have a shorter lifespan than its predecessors....[continue]
Kimura claims Kistler prize
Simon Fraser University | October 17, 2006
Sex and Cognition author claims prestigious Kistler Prize...[continue]
UW joins Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies consortium
University of Waterloo | October 12, 2006
The University of Waterloo will hold a special event next week to officially announce its partnership with one of North America's leading libraries in Renaissance studies....[continue]
Rt. Hon. Joe Clark joins McGill University
McGill University | October 2, 2006
McGill University is pleased to announce the appointment of the Rt. Hon. Joe Clark as a Professor of Practice for Public-Private Sector Partnerships at the McGill Centre for Developing-Area Studies (CDAS)....[continue]
Future of music takes centre stage at McGill
McGill University | September 29, 2006
McGill University will host some of the music industry's most influential players when the Sixth Annual Future of Music Policy Summit comes to the Schulich School of Music, Oct. 5-7....[continue]
UBC Fisheries Experts Named Two of Three Recipients of Volvo Environment Prize
University of British Columbia | September 28, 2006
UBC fisheries professors Daniel Pauly and Carl Walters have been awarded the 2006 Volvo Environment Prize for their contribution to understanding the human impact on the world’s fisheries and oceans....[continue]
UN's human rights commissioner to receive honorary degree
University of Waterloo | September 25, 2006
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, is among those receiving honorary degrees at the University of Waterloo's fall convocation to be held Saturday, Oct. 21....[continue]
Jesuit Launches St. Jerome’s Lecture Series by Exploring Blueprint for a Just World
St. Jerome's University | September 19, 2006
Can Catholic social thought make a difference in shaping globalization and contribute to the creation of a more just world?...[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]
Leading International Executives to Guide Expanded School of Business
University of Prince Edward Island | September 12, 2006
Business leaders and academics from a broad range of innovative corporations and institutions in Canada, the US, Mexico, and Switzerland are contributing their expertise to a new organization at the University of Prince Edward Island....[continue]
Biography of Dr. Frank Chalk
Concordia University | September 8, 2006
Professor Frank Chalk (Ph.D., History, University of Wisconsin) is the co-author, with Prof. Kurt Jonassohn, of The History and Sociology of Genocide: Analyses and Case Studies (Yale University Press, 1990)....[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]
U of G to Host Annual Jazz Colloquium
University of Guelph | September 1, 2006
The University of Guelph is hosting a free jazz colloquium Sept. 6 to 8 at the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre to coincide with the 13th annual Guelph Jazz Festival. Keynote speaker is widely acclaimed cultural critic Greg Tate....[continue]
Berlin Principles on Ranking of Higher Education Institutions
Concordia University | August 29, 2006
Rankings and league tables of higher education institutions (HEIs) and programs are a global phenomenon....[continue]
Letter to Maclean's magazine
Concordia University | August 29, 2006
We regret to inform you that Concordia University will not participate in Maclean’s rankings exercise this year....[continue]
Concordia withdraws from Maclean’s University Survey
Concordia University | August 29, 2006
Concordia University has notified Maclean’s Magazine that it will not participate in the magazine’s university ranking survey this year....[continue]
Canadian Political Columnist John Ibbitson to Speak August 29
University of Prince Edward Island | August 24, 2006
The UPEI Distinguished Visitor Speaker Series continues Tuesday, August 29 at 10:00 a.m. with John Ibbitson, a political columnist who writes primarily on Canadian federal politics for The Globe and Mail....[continue]
Champion pipers return home
Simon Fraser University | August 21, 2006
Members of the world champion Robert Malcolm Memorial Grade 2 pipe band — including four who reside in Burnaby — are back home after their stunning first place win in Glasgow, Scotland last weekend....[continue]
Concordia University hosts the Canadian Solar Buildings Conference
Concordia University | August 17, 2006
Concordia University will host the Canadian Solar Buildings Conference from August 20th to 24th. This is the 31st conference of the Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc (SESCI) jointly held with the 1st conference of the newly formed Solar Buildings Research Network, a network of 24 researchers from across Canada who are working to develop the solar buildings of tomorrow...[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]
Canada Does Better Job than U.S. to Protect Low-wage, Immigrant Workers
University of British Columbia | July 20, 2006
UBC.ca » UBC Public AffairsUBC Public Affairs310 - 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1tel 604.822.3131...[continue]
Eight new Canada Research Chairs announced U of T’s total now 223
University of Toronto | July 19, 2006
The new chairs were announced July 19 by Maxime Bernier, minister of industry and minister responsible for the Canada Research Chairs program....[continue]
Queen's in the News
Queen's University | July 13, 2006
Brian Bennett and James Reynolds (Pharmacology and Toxicology) continue to discuss a compound that appears to prevent visual memory impairment, which is one of the main symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, most recently in the Peterborough Examiner....[continue]
Brock University student investigates Frederick Douglass Manuscripts
Brock University | July 13, 2006
This summer, Rosanne Waters, a Brock University student, is spending six weeks researching Frederick Douglass manuscripts - many of them unpublished - in the Gilder Lehrman Collection in New York City....[continue]
Confrontation, Crisis, and the Continuing Struggle for Equality in America, Presentation July 19
University of Prince Edward Island | July 12, 2006
The UPEI Distinguished Visitor Speaker Series continues July 19 with R.Bruce Craig's presentation entitled "Confrontation, Crisis, and the Continuing Struggle for Equality in America." Craig is a historian and a 20th century specialist....[continue]
Mount A grad nabs only Canadian spot at NASA Academy
Mount Allison University | July 10, 2006
Mount Allison University graduate Kyle Hill ’06 of Yarmouth, NS has been selected to participate in NASA’s Goddard Summer Academy....[continue]
Mount Allison student receives prestigious Killam Fellowship
Mount Allison University | July 4, 2006
Bridget Arsenault of Halifax, NS has received a Killam Fellowship. The Mount Allison University English student will attend Smith College, an all-women’s college in Northampton, Massachusetts next year....[continue]
Tech-savvy Calgary students set to beam their views on Canadian citizenship to Washington, D.C. on July 1
University of Calgary | June 29, 2006
Grade 3 and 4 students from Glendale Elementary School will celebrate Canada Day by sharing their views on what it means to be a Canadian – via a live videolink from the University of Calgary – with visitors attending the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington D.C....[continue]
Tech-savvy Calgary students set to beam their views on Canadian citizenship to Washington, D.C. on July 1
University of Calgary | June 23, 2006
On July1, Grade 3 and 4 students from Glendale Elementary School will celebrate Canada Day by sharing their views on what it means to be a Canadian – via a live videolink from the University of Calgary – with visitors attending the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington D.C....[continue]
DR. ALLAN RONALD RECEIVES GAIRDNER FOUNDATION WIGHTMAN AWARD FOR RESEARCH INTO INFECTIOUS DISEASES
University of Manitoba | June 23, 2006
Award given for helping establish infectious diseases as a clinical specialty in Canada, and for creating a comprehensive HIV/AIDS care and prevention program in Uganda....[continue]
TWU graduates honoured
Trinity Western University | June 22, 2006
After spending the last four years reading thousands of pages, writing dozens of papers, and attending countless classes, over 500 Trinity Western University graduates crossed the stage, grabbed their degree and finalized their graduation this spring....[continue]
Public health key to university training
University of Calgary | June 21, 2006
Preventing injuries, illness and disease and studying population-wide health concerns should be a cornerstone of educational training at universities, according to a renowned expert on public health who will be speaking at the University of Calgary on Thursday....[continue]
