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September 25, 2007
Vancouver Community College Fashion Grads Set the Stage For Fiat Mode XX
Twenty-two new designers from VCC's fashion arts program are preparing to highlight their work in a special year-end graduate show this weekend on Granville Island. The evening promises to bring together an exciting combination of themes in an incredible array of colour and fabrics. Becky Han's 12-piece collection combines bookish sensibility with the luxury and exuberance of the 1920s flapper girl in rich wool, satin and silk. Han, who lives in Vancouver's west side, took her inspiration from F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda. "I'm a big fan of these two artists, who inspired me early in life," says Han. "I read The Great Gatsby as a child and it's always been one of my favourites. Later on, I found a great book about the two of them, compiled by their only daughter. Their romantic lives were a bittersweet combination of beauty and tragedy for me, and I've tried to capture that with my final project." Kimmy Park, an international student from Korea currently living in Burnaby, blends modern urban sophistication with 19th century Romantic silhouettes. She's struck just the right chord with a hooded wrap dress, lambskin tube top, chiffon and jersey handkerchief skirt, high-waisted coat and ballooning, elbow-length sleeves. Erin Kobayashi, a resident of Yaletown, drew heavily from her Japanese/Dutch background to produce a collection of garments reminiscent of the beauty and colour of Japanese Kimono. Vintage and new silks peek through layers of cloth, knits and wool add contrast, and she's used layering, colour, patterns and shine to add plenty of texture and style in her collection. "VCC is a great starting point for a career in the fashion industry," says Kobayashi, who was inspired to enter the fashion industry after living for a year in London, England. "I learned a lot and feel I'm ready to go out and get experience."
Source: Vancouver Community College, British Columbia
September 24, 2007
Fairleigh Dickinson University Campus Opens in Vancouver BC
Fairleigh Dickinson University - the first American university to receive consent from the Ministry of Advanced Education to operate as a university and offer degree programs in British Columbia - has opened its doors in Vancouver, welcoming students from North America and across the world. Fairleigh Dickinson University-Vancouver ("FDU-Vancouver") is an innovative, independant university campus with a global vision located in Vancouver's dynamic Yaletown district. Offering small class sizes, state-of-the-art classrooms and facilities, and direct one-on-one contact with professors, FDU-Vancouver will serve primarily international students and will initially offer Degrees in Business Management and in Information Technology.
Source: Fairleigh Dickinson University, British Columbia
September 18, 2007
Thompson Rivers University World Lands Third Major Contract for Pre-Olympic Training in China
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops has won a third major contract for training related to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in China. The contract is with China Net Communications (CNC), the largest telecommunications company in China and the official telecommunications provider to the 2008 Summer Olympics. TRU World, the international education division of the university, put forward the bid that will see TRU develop and deliver an eight-week intensive Media English and Media Terminology training program for three different groups of CNC site managers and high level company officials who will work closely with media agencies and television networks during the 2008 Summer Games in China. In two previous training programs delivered by TRU over the past year, site managers and other officials of China Net Communications have been provided with English language and customer service and hospitality training specific to their upcoming roles with CNC in providing services and support to the world media next summer. “I believe we have exceeded their expectations in the first two contracts, and because of that, we are honoured and delighted to have won this third opportunity to help them prepare for next summer” said Cyndi McLeod, Associate Vice-President of TRU World. “I truly believe that the success of our training programs and the strong relationships we have with clients in China and elsewhere have elevated TRU into the upper echelons of this kind of work in Canada” add McLeod, who this week is negotiating new training opportunities in Chile, where TRU is currently providing language and western education methods training to 160 teachers in the municipality of Vigna del Mar.
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September 18, 2007
Sheridan Earns International Recognition For Innovative Use Of Visual Collaberation Technology
Sheridan Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning has received a 2007 Computerworld Honors Program Laureate in the category of Education for the project titled, "Enhanced Communications & Collaboration". Established in 1988, the Computerworld Honors Program brings together the Chairmen and CEOs of the world's foremost information technology companies to recognize those whose use of information technology has been especially noteworthy for the originality of its conception, breadth of its vision, and benefit to society. Laureate Case Studies are inducted into the Computerworld Honors Program Archives on six continents and will be included in the permanent research collections of over 350 distinguished national archives, museums and institutions of higher learning. Sheridan has one of the most advanced video communication infrastructures in the country. Sheridan's capabilities include high definition video conferencing, firewall traversal for video, conference recording/streaming and desktop collaboration. The video systems and VoIP systems are also completely integrated. "We have applied this technology to support inter-campus collaboration and communication by faculty and staff, reducing travel time and costs," says Trevor Hanekamp, Sheridan's Senior Telecom Analyst and lead for the project. Hanekamp also sits on the planning committee of Virtual Researchers on Call (www.vroc.ca), a Canada-wide program with the mandate to connect thousands of scientists and researchers to any high school classroom. VROC aims to promote interest in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as well as to give Canadian students a competitive advantage in the global economy by engaging them with professionals currently working in these fields. Sheridan's video infrastructure is used to interconnect universities, colleges, school boards and content providers. "We are having a significant impact by using our infrastructure and expertise to ‘virtually' connect STEM experts with high school students," says Hanekamp.
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September 12, 2007
Cape Breton University: The Earliest Evidence of Parental Care- 260+ million years ago
A newly published online article will bring the exciting research of parental care in extinct animals to the larger research world. Dr. Sean P. Modesto of Cape Breton University and Dr. Jennifer Botha-Brink with the National Museum in Bloemfontein, South Africa have prepared a scientific paper announcing the discovery of a small grouping of extinct animals, known scientifically as varanopids, in South Africa. Varanopids are lizard-like, fossil relatives of mammals that lived approximately 298 to 260 million years ago (for perspective, the last common ancestor of living mammals did not appear until 155-160 million years ago). Entitled, "A mixed-age classes 'pelycosaur' aggregation from South Africa: earliest evidence of parental care in amniotes?" the article was published online today in the journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. Founded in 1660, the Royal Society publishes the journal and is the United Kingdom's national academy of science and plays a crucial role as the champion of top quality science and technology. Botha-Brink and Modesto have spent the last year writing and researching for this project. The article reports the oldest known occurrence of parental care among terrestrial vertebrates. Drs. Botha-Brink and Modesto note that whereas evidence of parental care is widespread in today's living mammals, it is extremely rare to find such evidence in fossils. The discovery in South Africa shows that the positioning of the skeletons in the varanopid grouping is indicative of behavioural positioning at death; in other words, they did not die separately and their carcasses were concentrated together by a natural disaster, such as a flood. One skeleton is adult, whereas the other four are smaller, and equal in size to one another. This suggests that the smaller individuals are siblings. "Because adults that are associated with sibling groups in living animals are usually parents, we have interpreted the varanopid grouping as a family group," says Dr. Modesto. "The adult was probably caring for its offspring in the role of protector. They may have died in a burrow or some other kind of shelter." The significance of this fossil is its great antiquity: the next oldest evidence of parental care in terrestrial vertebrates (land animals) comes from dinosaurs that lived during the Cretaceous Period, approximately 120 to 65 million years ago. "What is remarkable is that parental care is a hallmark of all mammals and crocodiles, and almost all birds, and is a behaviour that is very familiar to us, especially those of us with children," says Modesto.
Source: Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia
September 12, 2007
Malaspina University-College: Biology Grad Remembers His Roots
Dr. Aaron Jex has gone a step further than most graduates to honour his home-town university-college. He's named an animal in honour of Malaspina University-College and three of his former professors. Jex, a graduate of Malaspina's Biology degree program, is now a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Melbourne in Australia. "He's highly regarded as a leader in his field dealing with the ecology, molecular genetics and evolutionary relationships of nematode parasites of insects," said Malaspina Biology professor Dr. Tim Goater. Jex has discovered an amazing 21 new species of parasites, and published their descriptions in several scientific journal papers. He named one of the pesky critters after Malaspina and his former professors including Goater, Dr. Allan Gibson and Dr. Matthew Hoch."I called one of them Malaspinanema goateri," explained Jex. "The genus name honours Malaspina, and the species name honours Tim because he was a fantastic professor." Jex added that Gibson and Hoch were also excellent professors, and their parasitic namesakes are Cordonical gibsoni and Hammerschmidtiella hochi. Having an animal species named after him is flattering, said Goater, "even if it's an obscure worm parasite living in the intestines of cockroaches."
"Seriously, it's great to see that Aaron hasn't forgotten his academic roots, or his home town," added Goater. "I've known Aaron for about 10 years, and watched him achieve great things. Since graduating from Malaspina, he's one of five Biology grads to obtain the Doctor of Philosophy degree, a remarkable achievement, indeed. I'm very proud of him." Malaspina awarded Jex the 2007 Alumni Horizon Award at convocation in June in recognition of his outstanding achievements since graduation. He's Malaspina's third Biology graduate to win this award. Jex grew up in Nanaimo and attended John Barsby Secondary School. He graduated with distinction from Malaspina's Bachelor of Science degree program (Biology) in 2000, and Goater and other faculty encouraged him to apply for graduate school and for major scholarships. Jex was awarded the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Centennial Commonwealth Scholarship to study in the Department of Parasitology and Microbiology at the University of Queensland in Australia. He was also offered a scholarship to complete his Ph.D. at the University of Victoria. Only 22 at the time, Jex faced a major decision - play it safe and continue his education on Vancouver Island, or travel to a different hemisphere thousands of miles from home. Jex sought Goater's advice, one of the many Malaspina professors whom he considered a close friend and mentor. "For Tim, there was no decision to make," said Jex. "He said studying parasitology at the University of Queensland is like studying law at Harvard." Jex left family and friends and headed 'down under' where he excelled at his studies. In a few short years, he has authored twelve scientific papers - eight from his Ph.D. and four from his post-doctoral research. His Ph.D thesis, approved in August 2006, focussed on parasite ecology and biodiversity in Australian insects. "Aaron's productive research record is remarkable for someone so early in his career," said Goater. "His work is multidisciplinary and he's mastered many essential technical skills enabling him to be at the forefront of his field, including modern molecular genetics techniques and the complex statistical analyses and computer software used in deciphering evolutionary relationships among animals." Jex was awarded the prestigious Linkage International Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Australia Research Council to study at the University of Melbourne. He's now conducting collaborative research with colleagues from around the world.
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September 10, 2007
Sheridan Photography Student Wins International Award
Sarah Wright, a recent graduate of Sheridan’s Applied Photography program, is a first-place recipient in the 2007 Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Competition. Her photograph, "Femme Fatale", came first in the ‘People and Portraits’ Category. Ms. Wright was flown to Redmond, Washington earlier this summer to receive her prize, which included $2,000 cash, a Dell computer, Canon digital camera, and Adobe software. The contest was open to college and university students around the world. Sarah’s entry was one of over 15,600 submitted by student photographers in 90 countries. She is continuing her education at Sheridan this fall, having enrolled in the Visual Merchandising Arts program. Sheridan's Applied Photography Program offers an exceptional education in the conceptual and aesthetic aspects of photography combined with leading-edge technical and practical knowledge and skills. Students learn to meet the demands of major types of commercial photography while developing their imagination and creativity, and benefit from Sheridan's state of the art photographic gear, digital production labs, and studios.
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September 10, 2007
Concordia University Awarded Canada Research Chair in Political Sociology of Global Futures
Concordia University has been awarded a new Tier-2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Political Sociology of Global Futures, for Satoshi Ikeda, in the department of Sociology and Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Tier-2 chairs are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead their field. For each Tier 2 Chair, the university receives $100,000 annually for five years. "Building a larger base of scientific expertise and enhancing Canada's international reputation for research excellence are key elements of Mobilizing Science and Technology to Canada's Advantage, our government's new Science and Technology Strategy," said the Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism), on behalf of the Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canada Research Chairs Program. "Our Government recognizes the importance of doing more to help transform and commercialize scientific and technological innovations. This in turn will help create better jobs, increase economic growth and improve our quality of life." Concordia's President Claude Lajeunesse welcomed the announcement saying "this new addition to our Concordia team shows once again the strength of our academic community and reflects Concordia's growing research profile and our efforts to expand our research horizons." Professor Ikeda arrived at Concordia in July, 2007 from the University of Alberta where he compared the trajectories of 150 countries under globalization and examined sustainable agriculture in rural Alberta (SARA Project). At Concordia, he will examine socially and ecologically sustainable alternatives to the current global economy and politics dominated by the USA and global corporations. This research will contribute to our understanding of the problems with current globalisation, and how we could work toward socially and ecologically sustainable futures. The Canada Research Chairs program was launched in 2000 and helps universities attract and retain the best researchers and achieve excellence in the natural sciences and engineering, health services, social sciences and the humanities.
Source: Concordia University, Quebec
September 9, 2007
Photonics Get a Boost at the University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is proud to announce that Professor Karin Hinzer has received a new Canada Research Chair in Photonic Nanostructures and Integrated Devices. The University of Ottawa now has 52 Canada Research Chairs to date. "Canada Research Chairs enhance our reputation as a leader in research that will benefit all Canadians," said Mona Nemer, vice-president, research. "The Chair announced today will seek new knowledge in a key sector for Canada and provide superb training opportunities for our students who are tomorrow's leaders." Karin Hinzer is a professor in the School of Information Technology and Engineering and a member of the Centre for Research in Photonics. Professor Hinzer is using nanotechnology to create new photonic devices and functionalities. Though still in its infancy, the impact of photonics on our everyday lives is growing rapidly and could potentially surpass the impact of electronics by enabling new non-invasive medical diagnosis and treatment, better devices for capturing solar energy, ubiquitous communication, secure information storage and computing, as well as networks of smart sensors for harsh environment applications such as wind farms and gas fields. The key objective of the Canada Research Chairs Program is to enable Canadian universities, together with their affiliated research institutes and hospitals, to achieve the highest levels of research excellence and to become world-class research centres in the global, knowledge-based economy.
Source: University of Ottawa, Ontario
September 6, 2007
Memorial University of Newfoundland: Grenfell College- British undergrad students get research opportunity of a lifetime
Pine marten, soil respiration, agricultural impacts on the Humber River and environmental attitudes in children were the research topics explored by four undergrad students from the University of York this summer under the Humber River Basin Project, a comprehensive and integrated approach to monitoring, assessing, and predictive modeling of the Humber River Basin. British students Holly Edwards, Becky Strickland, Jenny Calder and Aura Piha spent several weeks at Grenfell studying four very different areas of research this summer, and returned to the UK last week. Ms. Edwards' research focused on determining the levels and forms of nitrogen and phosphorus in the Humber River basin to see if agricultural activities are affecting nutrient levels in the Humber River. "If the levels are too high, the nutrients create an increase in algae, which blocks out light and depletes oxygen, which chokes other life in the stream," she said. While she found some increase in nutrients, it appears the levels are low enough not to cause a dangerous effect, she said. Ms. Strickland spent the last few weeks studying the Newfoundland pine marten, to see if the introduction of a new food source has affected their territory size. Ms. Calder also worked with NR-Can, helping the Canadian Forest Service's Martin Moroni with his research on soil respiration. She said her research involved determining the spatial variability of soil respiration in a clear-cut and a forested plot, as well as working on which soil parameters may affect this variability (e.g. moisture content of the soil). "This work is important on a larger scale with respect to climate change," she added. While their areas of research were vastly different, the four students interviewed agreed that their time in western Newfoundland was the opportunity of a lifetime. "We were able to take on research that mostly master's students do," said Ms. Strickland. "It was an amazing opportunity." Ms. Piha agreed. "In the seven weeks we've been here, there's not been a day of boredom," she said. "It's been more of an adventure than research work!"
Source: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland & Labrador
September 6, 2007
University of Victoria: Student Entrepreneurs Cash In
A game promoting healthy eating and tools for customized podcasts were among the winning ideas from student entrepreneurs in this year's IDC Challenge. The University of Victoria's technology transfer office, the Innovation and Development Corporation (IDC), handed out more than $30,000 in cash prizes last night to winners of the third annual IDC Challenge: Vancouver Island Student Business Plan Competition before a panel of local business experts in Victoria. Of the five winning teams, three teams are UVic students from the Faculties of Business and Engineering (Computer Science). The evening event marked the end of an exciting round of persuasive pitches by student entrepreneurs. From May to September, undergraduate, graduate and high school students (grades 11 and 12) from across Vancouver Island were invited to showcase their ideas and convince a panel of investors, local business people and industry leaders that their entrepreneurial concepts are the best on the island.
This year's winning UVic proposals: mPulse (UVic students Rian Bowden, Hongge Ren (commerce) and Lewis Sobotkiewicz (computer science) is an online service that provides tools to users for creation of their own customized podcast by automatically splicing together various other podcasts according to individual tailor-made templates.
Greendex (UVic commerce student Sean Young) is an online listing of environmentally friendly products. Greendex allows users to search for sustainable solutions, and provides them with information so that they can make more informed purchasing decisions. Chewzzles (UVic commerce students Emily Spence and Michael Hofmaier) is a fun game for children ages 5 to 10 years old that motivates them to make healthy food choices. Designed as a large, unique puzzle hidden by various peel-off food squares, Chewzzles makes healthy eating fun and helps children form long-term healthy eating habits. IDC is the link between UVic's faculty, staff, students, and alumni, their inventions and innovations, and the marketplace. Its mandate is to move research into the public and private sectors through partnerships, licensing of technologies, and the formation of new spin-off companies.
Source: University of Victoria, British Columbia
September 6, 2007
Memorial University of Newfoundland: Grenfell College- British undergrad students get research opportunity of a lifetime
Pine marten, soil respiration, agricultural impacts on the Humber River and environmental attitudes in children were the research topics explored by four undergrad students from the University of York this summer under the Humber River Basin Project, a comprehensive and integrated approach to monitoring, assessing, and predictive modeling of the Humber River Basin. British students Holly Edwards, Becky Strickland, Jenny Calder and Aura Piha spent several weeks at Grenfell studying four very different areas of research this summer, and returned to the UK last week. Ms. Edwards' research focused on determining the levels and forms of nitrogen and phosphorus in the Humber River basin to see if agricultural activities are affecting nutrient levels in the Humber River. "If the levels are too high, the nutrients create an increase in algae, which blocks out light and depletes oxygen, which chokes other life in the stream," she said. While she found some increase in nutrients, it appears the levels are low enough not to cause a dangerous effect, she said. Ms. Strickland spent the last few weeks studying the Newfoundland pine marten, to see if the introduction of a new food source has affected their territory size. Ms. Calder also worked with NR-Can, helping the Canadian Forest Service's Martin Moroni with his research on soil respiration. She said her research involved determining the spatial variability of soil respiration in a clear-cut and a forested plot, as well as working on which soil parameters may affect this variability (e.g. moisture content of the soil). "This work is important on a larger scale with respect to climate change," she added. While their areas of research were vastly different, the four students interviewed agreed that their time in western Newfoundland was the opportunity of a lifetime. "We were able to take on research that mostly master's students do," said Ms. Strickland. "It was an amazing opportunity." Ms. Piha agreed. "In the seven weeks we've been here, there's not been a day of boredom," she said. "It's been more of an adventure than research work!"
Source: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland & Labrador
September 4, 2007
Saint Mary's University: Extreme Makeover, Science Edition
Saint Mary's University students in the Faculty of Science will have access to brand new research facilities as classes resume this fall. Our $25 million (CAD) renovation project on our Science Education Complex will continue to make Saint Mary's a leader in research locally and internationally. With state-of-the-art facilities and access to undergraduate research funding, Saint Mary's students and faculty are engaged in ground-breaking research in many different areas recognized on an international scale. Stay tuned for information on our on-campus Forensic Science workshop in November!
Source: Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia
September 1, 2007
Win a 4 week English course at Vancouver Community College!
Apply online to win 4 free weeks of an 8 week or more English program! Go to www.study.vcc.ca and click on "English course scholarship offer". We draw one lucky winner every month!
Source: Vancouver Community College, British Columbia
September 1, 2007
Malaspina University-College Unveils New Logo
Malaspina University-College Board of Governors has approved a new logo and visual identity for Malaspina. "With a new President at the helm and university designation on the horizon, it was time to update our visual identity" said Board Chair Robyn Kenyon. In addition to the new logo, Malaspina will also be rolling out a new creative brand strategy that builds upon the attributes of the institution. "Our creative brand strategy has been built on three pillars - People, Quality and Location. These attributes are what make a Malaspina education unique and memorable. We will build our positioning statements and new visuals products on these elements," said Director of Communications and Public Relations for Malaspina, Toni O'Keeffe.
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September, 2007
University of Victoria: Vancouver Foundation Funds Innovative Climate Change Group At UVic & UBC
The Vancouver Foundation has granted Common Energy, a climate change action group with members at the University of Victoria and University of British Columbia, $20,000 to create a provincial action network. "We are very pleased to receive this grant from the Vancouver Foundation. This money will be used to establish an inter-institutional network that will create relationships and share knowledge to create on-the-ground climate change solutions," said Naomi Devine, member of Common Energy UVic. "This network will create momentum that would be difficult to replicate in isolation on each individual campus." Funding from the grant will support and expand a provincial network linking people and groups working on climate change at institutions of higher learning across BC. By generating and integrating climate change planning at individual universities and colleges, the network will accelerate the creation and implementation of solutions across the province. "This combines research capacity, creativity and energy with the expertise and knowledge of a massive company, and the physical presence and economic power of a city. That gives us a lot to work with," said Jamie Biggar of Common Energy UVic. Common Energy UVic released a progress report in June outlining how the university can go beyond climate-neutral: creating a local "green" business cluster, reducing the impact of energy use, developing the local sustainable food supply, revitalizing buildings and infrastructure, creating a climate-friendly transportation system, and engagement in university governance and regional planning.
Source: University of Victoria, British Columbia
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