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Relay for Life ready to roll

trevor.kenney — Wed, 18 May 2011 21:30:44 +0000

The 2011 Fiat Lux team is ready to walk – rain or shine – to support cancer research at the Relay for Life, June 10-11 at the Victory Church grounds.

Pictured here are (back row from left): Leslie Gatner, Anne Baxter, Deirdre Coburn (captain) and Kathleen Schrage; (front row from left) Joanne Des Roche (co-captain) and Wim Chalmet. Scot Brooks and Tom Doyle are also with the group.

Since 2006, they have raised more than $40,000 in funds, and last year won a gold award for raising more than $11,000 to be the top fundraising team in Lethbridge.

In addition to the Fiat Lux unit, many other members of the
U of L community participate on other teams, or as event volunteers. People interested in joining the team can contact co-captain Deirdre Coburn (deirdre.coburn@uleth.ca).

To volunteer at the event, contact Wim Chalmet (wim.chalmet@uleth.ca), who is this year's Relay for Life event chairperson.

For a look at the Legend in a flipbook format, follow this link.

Student award deadlines looming

trevor.kenney — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:49:05 +0000

As the Fall 2010 Semester begins, a variety of significant graduate student award deadlines are already looming.

The most pressing is a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) award for up to $6,000. The Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement is available to Canadian citizens or permanent residents who hold a Joseph-Armand Bombardier, an Alexander Graham Bell, or a Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) at the master's or doctoral level, or a Vanier CGS at the doctoral level.

The internal deadline for application is Friday, Sept. 10.

Following is a list of upcoming award deadlines. For a complete description of each award, follow this link.

Upcoming Award deadlines for the Fall 2010 Semester

NSERC – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement
Internal Deadline: Sept. 10, 2010

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
Internal Deadline: Sept. 15, 2010

NSERC – Alexander Graham Bell CGS
Internal Deadline: Oct. 8, 2010

CIHR Doctoral Award
Deadline: Oct. 15, 2010

Alberta Scholarship Programs Profiling Award
Next Deadline: Oct. 15, 2010

Dissemination Award
Next Deadline: Nov. 1, 2010

Advantage Award
Next Deadline: Dec. 17, 2010

For more information on any of these awards, contact Deirdre Coburn via e-mail at deirdre.coburn@uleth.ca, by phone at 403-329-2741, by fax at 403-329-2097, or visit her office (A732).

Vanier scholarship deadline on horizon

trevor.kenney — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:03:16 +0000

Applications are now being accepted for the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) program.

This prestigious program is designed to attract and retain world-class doctoral students by offering them a significant financial award to assist them during their studies at Canadian universities.

Vanier Scholars demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering, and health-related fields.

Canadian and international students are eligible to be nominated for a Vanier scholarship, which is valued at $50,000 per year for three years.

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge has the opportunity to forward application(s) for this year's Vanier Canada scholarship competition.

To apply, contact Deirdre Coburn (deirdre.coburn@uleth.ca) in the School of Graduate Studies or visit the Vanier Canada website for further information.

The internal deadline for applications is Wednesday, Sept. 15.

Foot headlines Prentice Session

trevor.kenney — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:55:32 +0000

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge's Prentice Institute is off and running with the recent appointment of Dr. Susan McDaniel as its first director. Now, the Institute presents a special keynote speaker, Dr. David K. Foot, as part of the 2nd Annual Prentice Session.

Foot, professor of Economics at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Toronto, is co-author of the best-selling books Boom, Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift and Boom, Bust & Echo: Profiting from the Demographic Shift in the 21st Century. These books reflect his research on the relationships between economics and demographics and on the resulting implications for both private and public policies.

On Friday, Foot presents Inevitable Surprises: Demographics and Economics in a Global Context. The event is open to everyone and begins at 3 p.m. in the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Theatre.

The aging Boomer generation and the coming of age of their children, the Echo generation, are having major implications for businesses, governments and nonprofit organizations as well as for economic performance.

Based on predictable behaviour over the human life cycle, Foot explores the many varied implications of changing demographics from slowing economic growth and the ineffectiveness of interest policies to the rise of the service sector; from school closings to the growth in gardening and bird-watching. Change can be anticipated, but without an understanding of demographics, it arrives in many forms as yet another inevitable surprise.

Foot's research has resulted in contributions to a variety of specific fields such as marketing, human resource planning, corporate organization, saving and investing, housing, health, education, recreation and leisure, unemployment, migration, government expenditures, and intergovernmental relations.

The two-day Prentice Session event runs Friday and Saturday at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ and also features presentations by Dr. Alfons Weersink and Dr. Angus Thompson. They will address Demographics and Economic Hard Times. For more information, contact Deirdre Coburn at 403-380-1814 or via e-mail at deirdre.coburn@uleth.ca

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