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The new director of UVic’s learning and teaching centre is Dr. Teresa
Dawson, effective July 1. Dawson is currently director of teaching
and learning services at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough
campus. Her areas of interest include effective teaching assessment,
faculty and graduate student professional development, supporting
diversity in the academy, and achieving teaching and learning related
institutional change. Dawson will hold a senior instructor
appointment in the geography department. She replaces Dr. Geri
Van Gyn, who will take a one-year administrative leave before
returning to the school of physical education.
UVic professor emeritus Norman Ruff was honoured by the
B.C. Political Studies Association (BCPSA) recently with a lifetime
membership in the association and by having the association’s
annual student essay prize named after him. The award for the
best senior undergraduate paper submitted to the BCPSA will now
be known as the Dr. Norman Ruff Prize for the Best Upper Level
Undergraduate Essay. The honours were conferred “in recognition
of Ruff ’s significant contributions to teaching and scholarship in the
field of political science and public administration.”
Todd Halpen, a member of the Vikes men’s golf team, was named
to the PING All-America First Team following the final round of the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national
championships last month. Halpen was the sole Canadian named to
the team by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Halpen placed
second at the 2006 NAIA championships, missing the title by just
one stroke.
Dr. Michael Prince, Lansdowne professor of social policy, has
been named chair of a national task force co-sponsored by the
Canadian Association for Community Living and the Council of
Canadians with Disabilities. During a one-year review, the task
force will examine how to change policies affecting people with
disabilities through better access to and sharing of knowledge. Task
force members include the Canadian Association of Independent
Living Centres, the Neil Squire Society, and People First of Canada,
along with community and university researchers across Canada.
Says Prince: “The aim of the task force is to build the capacity of
disability community organizations’ policy research and knowledge
mobilization.” For more information about the task force and the
review, visit www.crehs.on.ca/building_capacity_main.html
Dale Gann (Vancouver Island Technology Park) has been named
BC Biotech’s 2006 Volunteer of the Year. As chair of the BC Biotech
BIO Conference steering committee, Gann has helped to give B.C.
a significant international profile. “Dale is entirely tireless in doing
whatever he possibly can to help build B.C.’s biotech industry,” reads
part of the citation from BC Biotech. Gann also sits on the board of
the Vancouver Island Advanced Technology Centre and is a member
of the municipality of Saanich’s economic development advisory
committee.
In 1874 the father of science fiction, Jules Verne, predicted hydrogen
as a chief energy resource. Now the founding director of UVic’s
Institute for Integrated Energy Systems is being honoured as another
visionary. Dr. David Scott has won the 2006 Jules Verne Award
from the International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE) for
his “outstanding contributions to hydrogen physics, and hydrogen
energy sociology and philosophy.” Scott is the first Canadian to win
the award. It will be presented to him this month at the16th World
Hydrogen Energy Conference in France.
Dr. Elaine Gallagher (nursing) is the Centre on Aging’s new director
for a three-year term starting July 1. Gallagher is internationally
known for her research on falls and injury prevention among older
people. She’s currently the associate director of the centre and
holds an adjunct appointment in the gerontology program at SFU.
Gallagher is best known for her work on a project entitled “STEPS”
(Studies of Environments which Promote Safety)—the first published
study on the epidemiology of seniors’ slips, trips and falls in public
places. Gallagher succeeds psychologist Dr. David Hultsch, who will
return to the department of psychology in July.
Peter Zacour is UVic’s new director of campus security, effective
Aug. 1. He comes to UVic from the Northern Alberta Institute of
Technology (NAIT), with eight years of experience as the manager
of maintenance and security services. Prior to his post-secondary
experience, Zacour was a member of the RCMP for 26 years. He takes
over the position from Ken Marrison, who retires on June 30. Tom
Downie will be acting director in the interim.
Sessional instructor Dr. Harold Kalman is the winner of the
Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts’ British Columbia Heritage
Award for his exceptional contribution to heritage conservation. He
teaches courses on heritage conservation in the cultural resource
management program, jointly offered by the faculty of fine arts and
the division of continuing studies. Kalman’s award includes a $10,000
prize that he can give to a non-profit organization of his choice. He
has arranged for the cultural resource management program to
receive the funds and the division plans to create an endowed fund
to support diploma candidates in international heritage studies. The
award will be presented to Kalman at the Heritage Society of B.C.’s
annual conference this month.
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