October 30, 2012 BRANDON, MB – This past Friday, Dr. Deborah Poff, Brandon University’s President and Vice-Chancellor, was joined by Jamie Honda McNeil, Enbridge’s Manager of Aboriginal Affairs, at a celebration for the two student recipients of the newly-established Enbridge Dakota Language Scholarship. Recipients Sheree Blacksmith, currently in her first year of study in the Indigenous Health and [...]
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October 30, 2012
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October 26, 2012 BRANDON, MB — A new agreement between Brandon University (BU) and Assiniboine Community College (ACC) will open the door for students to transfer credits directly from their completed Licensed Practical Nursing program at ACC to BU’s Bachelor of Nursing program in the Faculty of Health Studies. The recent approval of a new block-transfer-credit for Licensed [...]
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October 25, 2012 Rural communities across Manitoba active in age-friendly initiatives were featured in an exchange of practice, policy, and research. Forty eight leaders from eighteen countries around the world met for three days in Winnipeg to agree on initial pathways involving rural and remote communities to become more age friendly, promote intergenerational activities, engage seniors and encourage [...]
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October 19, 2012 Brandon, MB — Dr. Alison Marshall of the Department of Religion was awarded funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)’s Insight Grants Program. The total value of the research funding is $287,395 and will be distributed over a 5-year term. “I am extremely proud of Dr. Marshall for being awarded a 5-year [...]
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October 17, 2012 Congrats to Ian Shanghvi, Master of Rural Development student, who presented his Thesis “Operative Environment of Micro-Finance: A Call for a Holistic Research Approach, The case of Rural and Urban Tanzania” on October 16th.
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October 17, 2012 At the CRRF/FCRR Annual General Meeting in Olds, Alberta a new board was elected for 2012-2013. Three new board members were elected to two year terms: Heather Hall (Newfoundland and Labrador), Terri MacDonald (British Columbia), and Sean Markey (British Columbia). These new board members join Bill Ashton (Manitoba), Robert Annis (British Columbia), Matthew Brett (Québec), [...]
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October 12, 2012
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October 9, 2012 Community Economies: Enough, For All, Forever Friday, October 19, 2012 Churchill High School (510 Hay Street) Winnipeg, MB Come out and connect, learn, and celebrate together with our diverse planning team, amazing volunteers and sponsors, and over 500 participants committed to making a better world through community development and community economic development. For more information [...]
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October 3, 2012
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