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UVic philosophy professor Jan Zwicky has been nominated for 2004 Governor General's Awards in two categories. Her book Wisdom and Metaphor is nominated in the non-fiction category and another book, Robinson's Crossing, is nominated in the poetry category. Zwicky, a previous Governor General's Award winner for poetry in 1999 for Songs for Relinquishing the Earth, is in illustrious company with this year's twin nominations. Previous double nominees have included Mordecai Richler in 1968 and George Bowering in 1969. The winners in Zwicky's two categories will be announced Nov. 16.

Dr. Sara Ellison (physics & astronomy) has won the Annie Jump Cannon Award from the American Astronomical Society for her contributions to astronomy. "This prize is open to worldwide competition, so I'm very pleased to be the 2004 recipient," says Ellison, who is the Canada Research Chair in observational cosmology. She studies the chemical evolution of galaxies and, for the last six years, has led an international project to verify the accuracy of using intense points of light known as quasars to study galaxies.

Dr. Sybille Artz, director of UVic's school of child and youth care, is the recipient of a 2004 McCreary Youth Foundation Award of Distinction in the research category. The award is presented to a B.C.-based researcher in recognition of sustained research efforts and a significant body of academic work on a youth-related issue. Artz will be presented with her award later this month in Vancouver at the foundation's conference "Early Adolescence: Vulnerability and Resilience." Artz has won international recognition for her research into youth violence, especially involving adolescent girls.

UVic fine arts professor John Boehme will represent Canada at "In Transit," the first international performance art festival at the southern tip of the Americas. "In Transit" will consist of live performances, documentation screenings, lectures, roundtables and other activities related to performance art practice worldwide. Boehme plans to present site-specific interdisciplinary art work, investigating through performance action the relationships and leisure activities of workers and management within the labour sectors. The festival takes place in Santiago and Buenos Aires from Nov. 3-6 and 10-13.