UVic presenters at TEDx Victoria
The list of presenters for TEDx Victoria on Nov. 17 at the Victoria Conference Centre boasts a number of UVic people, including: drug policy researcher Alan Cassels (health information science); journalist, author and environmental lawyer Calvin Sanborn (Environmental Law Centre); PhD candidate and lecturer Jamie Kemp (medieval studies); and PhD candidate and cave art expert Genevieve von Petzinger (anthropology). Internationally renowned athlete, filmmaker and UVic grad Darcy Turenne (geography/environmental studies) and UVic alumnus and scientific literacy proponent Reid Gower (philosophy) are also on the bill as speakers. Among the artists and performers for the second annual one-day conference is Impulse Theatre, which was founded in 2010 by UVic theatre students. http://tedxvictoria.com
Federal by-election an all-UVic affair
Four UVic faculty will square off in the race to win the federal seat of Victoria in a by-election scheduled for Nov. 26. Donald Galloway (law) is the Green Party’s selection; Dale Gann (UVic’s Vancouver Island Technology Park) is the candidate of the Conservative Party; Murray Rankin (law) will represent the NDP; and the Liberal Party selected Paul Summerville (Gustavson School of Business).
More honours for Srivastava
A four-day International Dedication Congress in Honour of Dr. Hari M. Srivastava (professor emeritus, mathematics and statistics) was held in August 2012 under the auspices of UludaÄŸ University at Görükle (Bursa) in Turkey. It was attended by some 250 mathematical, physical, statistical and engineering scientists from all over the world, including Canada. The duly refereed proceedings of this International Dedication Congress will appear in special issues of four scientific research journals published by Springer-Verlag.
Clewley can write
Writings by Interim Director of Marketing Nick Clewley have graced the pages of the Times Colonist’s Sunday editions lately. On Nov. 4, the judges chose Clewley as the winner among the four finalists in the newspaper’s So You Think You Can Write contest.
Women’s crew earns third consecutive national title
The Vikes women’s rowing team earned their third consecutive Canadian University Rowing Championship title Nov. 4, adding to their impressive collection of 11 national banners. They won the 2012 CURC title by the narrowest of margins, with an overall points total of 101 with UBC only two points back, followed by Western University with 98. The Vikes garnered two gold medals, one in the women’s eight and one in the women’s lightweight double. http://bit.ly/Uuo9bY
Five alumni represent UVic’s tradition of excellence
On Oct. 16, to celebrate the university’s global, national and local community impact, UVic paid tribute to five remarkable alumni whose inspiring stories of personal and professional accomplishment exemplify the university’s tradition of excellence. A Celebration of 50 Years of Excellence, held at the Crystal Garden in Victoria, also commemorated UVic’s path-breaking 30-year partnership with East China Normal University (ECNU).
In memoriam: Nels Granewall
Nels Granewall, a member of the university’s first graduating class in 1964, long-serving staff member, and leader of more than 200 convocation ceremonies, died on Oct. 23.
In memoriam: Jimmy Gene Harris
Jimmy Gene Harris died in Seattle on Sept. 30, 2012, at the age of 82. Harris began his long collaboration with UVic’s Department of Linguistics in 1996, having previously met the current chair of the department, Dr. John Esling ,while both were in Edinburgh. Raised in the Arkansas Ozarks, Harris led a remarkable life as a phonetic fieldworker undeterred by danger in some of the world’s remotest regions.
Day in the life: Elizabeth Quong
On any given day you may find the UVic Family Centre bursting at the seams with a children’s program, hosting a parents' book club or busy with volunteers from the Garth Homer Centre who have been cleaning toys there for over eight years. The centre is a community gathering place where learning and research takes place, where resources are shared, relationships are built and family support services are provided. It's a big mandate for this small centre located in the family housing complex since 1998. And the person bringing it all together is director Elizabeth Quong.
2012 CASN Award recipient
Lynne Young, School of Nursing professor and associate director of graduate education, is the recipient of the 2012 (CASN) Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing award for excellence in teaching. The award will be presented at CASN’s annual reception in Ottawa on Nov. 13, 2012. CASN is the national voice for nursing education, research and scholarship and represents baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs in Canada. They will be celebrating their seventieth anniversary next year.
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