New SSHRC policies in Tri-Agency Financial Administration Guide
The three federal research granting agencies are continuing their work to standardize provisions in the Tri-Agency Financial Administration Guide (TAFAG). This email is to inform you that the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has decided to standardize three of its policies with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in the “Use of Grant Funds” section of the TAFAG:
- Honoraria for guest lecturers
Under “Other types of eligible compensation-related expenses,” the TAFAG currently indicates that NSERC and CIHR grantees may charge honoraria for guest lecturers to their research grant accounts. SSHRC grantees will now be able to do the same.
- Travel health insurance for research personnel who do not receive any such benefits from their institutions and/or other sources
Under the “Travel and Subsistence Costs” section of the TAFAG, there is currently a provision for NSERC and CIHR grantees to claim as an eligible expense travel health insurance for research personnel not covered by the institutions or by other means. SSHRC grantees will now be able to claim the same expense.
- Relocation costs for research personnel and their immediate family members
Also under the “Travel and Subsistence Costs” section, there is a provision for NSERC and CIHR grantees to claim relocation costs for research personnel and their immediate family members. SSHRC grantees will now be able to claim the same costs if needed to support their research objectives.
Next steps:
These policy changes will be effective as of April 1, 2010, applying to any of these types of expenditures after that date. SSHRC will update the TAFAG hosted on the NSERC website to include the three changes. The TAFAG, hosted on the NSERC website, will be updated to reflect these changes during the annual TAFAG review in mid-September.
Brent Herbert-Copley
Vice-President, Grants and Fellowships
SSHRC
Gisèle Yasmeen
Vice-President, Partnerships
SSHRC
Friday, April 30, 2010
Portal Unavailable May 1-4, for Upgrade to Blackboard 9
At the start of May 2010 the University will be upgrading our Blackboard LMS to version 9. As a result, the Portal will be unavailable between 12:01 a.m. Saturday May 1st and 9:00 a.m. Tuesday May 4th, 2010.
The new version of Blackboard offers extensive interface improvements as well as new tools such as integrated blogs. For a quick preview please visit the UTM Library's site at: http://library.utm.utoronto.ca/bb/upgrade
Tipsheets covering the new version are now being made available at the Portal Info site: http://www.portalinfo.utoronto.ca
More information will continue to be added in upcoming weeks.
Please email portal.help@utoronto.ca with questions.
Should you require additional information please contact Harpreet Dhariwal the Faculty Instructional Technology Specialist at harpreet.dhariwal@utoronto.ca or (416) 978-1234.
The new version of Blackboard offers extensive interface improvements as well as new tools such as integrated blogs. For a quick preview please visit the UTM Library's site at: http://library.utm.utoronto.ca/bb/upgrade
Tipsheets covering the new version are now being made available at the Portal Info site: http://www.portalinfo.utoronto.ca
More information will continue to be added in upcoming weeks.
Please email portal.help@utoronto.ca with questions.
Should you require additional information please contact Harpreet Dhariwal the Faculty Instructional Technology Specialist at harpreet.dhariwal@utoronto.ca or (416) 978-1234.
Message from Labour Relations re: CUPE 3902, Unit 3 Wage Increases
Memorandum
Date: April 23, 2010
TO: Designated Authorities, CUPE 3902, Unit 3
CC: Administrative Contacts (re: CUPE 3902, Unit 3)
AMS Listserv
FROM: Labour Relations
RE: CUPE 3902, Unit 3 Wage Increases
________________________________________
The minimum rates for the following employees are changing effective May 1, 2010. Please ensure that any contracts issued for the summer of 2010 accurately reflect the new minimum rates.
Business officers should ensure that any records extending past April 30, 2010 in HRIS are delimited, and new records created for the remainder of the contract.
Employee Group Minimum Rate (May 1, 2010)
Sessional Lecturer I $13,390
Sessional Lecturer II $14,290
Sessional Lecturer III $14,990*
*candidates successful in advancing to Sessional Lecturer III through the inaugural advancement process are eligible for the increased rate of pay noted above. Please note that courses taught in the summer of 2010 do not count towards the job security commitment for Sessional Lecturer III.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Mary Ann McConkey Cherilyn Nobleza
Director, Labour Relations Labour Relations Specialist
416 978 – 0465 416 946-3581
maryann.mcconkey@utoronto.ca c.nobleza@utoronto.ca
Date: April 23, 2010
TO: Designated Authorities, CUPE 3902, Unit 3
CC: Administrative Contacts (re: CUPE 3902, Unit 3)
AMS Listserv
FROM: Labour Relations
RE: CUPE 3902, Unit 3 Wage Increases
________________________________________
The minimum rates for the following employees are changing effective May 1, 2010. Please ensure that any contracts issued for the summer of 2010 accurately reflect the new minimum rates.
Business officers should ensure that any records extending past April 30, 2010 in HRIS are delimited, and new records created for the remainder of the contract.
Employee Group Minimum Rate (May 1, 2010)
Sessional Lecturer I $13,390
Sessional Lecturer II $14,290
Sessional Lecturer III $14,990*
*candidates successful in advancing to Sessional Lecturer III through the inaugural advancement process are eligible for the increased rate of pay noted above. Please note that courses taught in the summer of 2010 do not count towards the job security commitment for Sessional Lecturer III.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Mary Ann McConkey Cherilyn Nobleza
Director, Labour Relations Labour Relations Specialist
416 978 – 0465 416 946-3581
maryann.mcconkey@utoronto.ca c.nobleza@utoronto.ca
MIE - Newsletter 40
MIE - Newsletter 40 www.mie.utoronto.ca/enews/enews40.html [1]
April 26, 2010 Vol. 01 // No. 40
Table of Contents: Chair's Office[2] // Awards and Recognition[3] // Research Activities[4] // Seminars[5] // Graduate Studies[6] //
Job Opportunities[7] // Student Affairs[8] // Vacation[9] //
Previous Newsletter & Links[10] Chair's Office
New Scholarships Established by Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
It is my pleasure to announce the newly established HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LTD. AWARDS. The largest expendable award currently offered to second year students in the Mechanical Engineering program, the Husky Awards will acknowledge four students each year for the next five years for their academic excellence while providing much needed financial assistance.
Throughout the coming years, I look forward to joining the staff of Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. as we recognize outstanding second year MechE students.
Please join me in celebrating and thanking Husky Injection Moldings Systems Ltd. commitment to outstanding MechE students and our department.
- Jean Zu, Chair
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Administrative and Technical Staff Meeting
DATE: Friday, May 14
TIME: 1 PM
LOCATION: MC331
Please RSVP (acceptances) to Eleanor Morris[11].
-------------------------
Faculty of 1985 Invited to Class of 8T5 Reunion
The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering advancement office invites current and emeritus FACULTY WHO TAUGHT IN 1985, to attend the Spring Reunion[12] reception and dinner. Classes honoured at this event include: 3T5, 4T0, 4T5, 5T0, 5T5, 6T0, 6T5, 7T0, 7T5, 8T0 and 8T5.
Faculty have the option of attending the reception, or both the reception and dinner, at no cost.
DATE: Saturday, May 29
TIME: 6 PM reception ? 7 PM dinner
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency, 370 King St. W.
ATTIRE: Formal to semi-formal
Please RSVP (acceptances only) to alumni@ecf.utoronto.ca[13] BY MAY 15.
Awards & Recognition
Celebrating Engineering Success Reception
On April 22, the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering hosted a reception to recognize the national and international awards faculty have received over the past year and to celebrate the achievements and contributions of the faculty's administrative and technical staff.
Congratulations to PROF. CRAIG SIMMONS and staff member, JOE BAPTISTA, were recipients of the following faculty awards:
McCharles Prize for Early Career Research Distinction
Prof. Simmons with former Dean, Michael Charles, who presented the McCharles Prize for Early Career Research Distinction.
PROF. CRAIG SIMMONS
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering ? Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
Professor Craig Simmons holds a Canada Research Chair in Mechanobiology and has already established himself as a leader in this emerging field. The focus of his research is the development of new therapeutic strategies and technologies to regenerate diseased and damaged tissues, particularly in relation to heart valve disease.
He was a lead researcher in the establishment of the Microfluidics Applications and Training in Cardiovascular Health program and the Centre for Microfluidic Systems in Chemistry and Biology. Among the other awards Craig has received are an Early Researcher Award from the Government of Ontario in 2006 and the Faculty's Early Career Teaching Award in 2009.
Agnes Kaneko Citizenship Award
Dean Cristina Amon presents the Agnes Kaneko Citizenship Award to Joe Baptista.
JOE BAPTISTA
Building Services Officer, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
As the Building Services Officer for the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Joe Baptista manages all aspects of the department's facilities and spaces. Initiatives he has led include the renovation of the Chair's office and the reorganizing of a number of MIE laboratories. Joe has demonstrated a commitment not only to providing 'above and beyond' service to faculty and staff, but also to assisting student teams and groups (including the cast and crew of
SkuleNite) find space for the activities. This commitment, plus his positive attitude and excellent interpersonal skills, make Joe an outstanding Faculty citizen.
Click here[14] for the /Celebrating Engineering Success/ reception program, highlighting the faculty's honours and awards.
-------------------------
NSERC Scholarship Awards
Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded an NSERC Scholarship for 2010-11 year:
• MABY BOADO AMADOR (CGS-M)
• CHEN CHEN (CGS-M)
• VELIBOR MISIC (CGS-M)
• THOMAS PICKLES (CGS-M)
• THOMAS REIST (CGS-M)
• BRANDON CHEN (CGS-D)
• MICHAEL MARR (CGS-D)
• HYUNMIN CHEONG (PGS-D)
• JEFFREY HARRIS (PGS-D)
• LIAN LENG (PGS-D)
• REZA RIZVI (PGS-D)
• DANIEL SELLAN (PGS-D)
• JACOB WERNIK (PGS-D)
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MIE Graduate Studies Awards
The Graduate Studies committee recently announced the following recipients (listed below with supervisors) of the MIE fellowships:
Fellowships
MEGHDAD SAFFARIPOUR ? Prof. Thomson
Bert Wasmund Graduate Fellowship in Sustainable Energy Research
RUI JIANG ? Prof. Makis
SHARAREH TAGHIPOUR ? Prof. Jardine
Bill Shaw Memorial Graduate Scholarship (two awards)
HADI GHASEMI and BRENDAN MACDONALD ? Prof. Ward Russell A. Reynolds Graduate Fellowship in Thermodynamics (two
awards)
Travel Grants
The graduate studies travel grants enable conference travel
between May and August, 2010. Fourteen students (listed below with
supervisors) were chosen from many strong applicants:
HENRY CHU ? Profs. Mills and Cleghorn
RAYMOND CHU ? Prof. Park
POORYA FERDOWSI ? Prof. Bussmann
HADI GHASEMI ? Prof. Ward
RUI JIANG ? Prof. Makis
BAHMAN LASHKARI ? Prof. Mandelis
DANIELLE LOTTRIDGE ? Prof. Chignell
MATTHEW MACKAY ? Prof. Benhabib
SAMEH SAAD ? Prof. Neumann
PEDRAM SAHBA ? Prof. Balcioglu
MICHAEL SCHERTZER ? Profs. Sullivan and Ben Mrad DAN SELLAN ? Prof. Amon DARIA TEREKHOV ? Prof. Beck TOMMY TZANETAKIS ? Prof. Thomson
Congratulations to all!
Research Activities
Prof. Donmez on Global TV News Hour
PROF. BIRSEN DONMEZ appeared on Global TV News Hour (April 22), regarding the dangers of eating while driving.
Watch the video[15] (select "eating and driving" from the main page).
-------------------------
PROF. CRAIG SIMMONS will be away April 23 - 28 to give a keynote speech at the Experimental Biology 2010 Meeting in Anaheim, CA. JAN CHEN, a PhD candidate in Prof. Simmons' lab, will also be presenting at the meeting.
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PROF. SANJEEV CHANDRA will be away April 26 - May 6 to attend the International Thermal Spray Conference in Singapore, and to visit Nanyang Technical University.
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Funding Opportunity: Genome Canada
Genome Canada will be holding two Genome Canada competitions for
$84M:
* At least $30M for a large scale project competition for research in forestry and environment.
* Up to $30 million for a large scale project competition for support in other sectors (agriculture, fisheries and human health).
* A $24 million competition in support of the S&T Innovation Centres.
Competition details, timelines and guidelines are not yet available. An information session will be held in late May and further information will be announced as it becomes available.
Visit the Genome Canada website[16] for more information.
-------------------------
MAJOR RESOURCES SUPPORT (MRS) PROGRAM: LETTER OF INTENT
NSERC LOI (FORM 181) DEADLINES: May 1, 2010; August 1, 2010 (deadline for Subatomic Physics Resources LOIs only).
The Major Resources Support (MRS) program aims to facilitate the effective access of Canadian researchers to major regional, national, or international (based in Canada) experimental or thematic research resources by financially assisting these resources to remain in a state of readiness for researchers to use. It also seeks to facilitate access by Canadian researchers to major international resources located outside Canada, excluding any direct financial support towards the operating and maintenance costs of such resources.
More Info[17]
-------------------------
TechKnowFile 2010 Conference
DATE: Wednesday, May 26
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Wednesday, April 28 SUBMIT online [18]
TechKnowFile will showcase a series of engaging and informative presentations from members of the U of T IT community on innovative and effective uses of technology.
The call for presentations is now open (Wednesday, April 28 deadline). You may submit a presentation proposal in line with the following six streams:
1. Information & Data Security
2. Infrastructure Initiatives
3. IT Assessment
4. Enterprise Applications
5. Client Services & Support
6. Teaching, Learning & Research
Seminars
MIE Research Symposium: /Cell Biomechanics and Human Disease States/
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Subra Suresh, Dean of the School of Engineering, Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering, MIT
DATE: Friday, April 30
TIME: 2:10 PM
LOCATION: McLeod Auditorium, Rm. 2158, Medical Sciences Building
Graduate Studies
MIE Research Symposium
DATE: Friday, April 30
LOCATION: Medical Sciences Building
The inaugural MIE research symposium this Friday will showcase current research in the department, with high-quality oral and poster presentations by graduate students.
-------------------------
PhD candidate Erin Yu awarded CAS Research Fellowship
ERIN YU has been awarded a CAS Research Fellowship to work in the research project /Enhanced Emergency Medicine through Smart
Interaction: Task Visualization and Situation Awareness /supervised by PROF. CHIGNELL.
Erin's research plan involves a residency at the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) at the IBM Canada Lab, as well as ongoing collaboration with the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center in New York.
-------------------------
Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
ARAZ SARCHAMI presents: /Investigation of Moderator Temperature Fluctuations and Impact on Fuel Channel Integrity/
DATE: Thursday, April 22
TIME: 2 PM
LOCATION: R.D. Venter Room (MB101)
Exam Committee: Professor N. Ashgriz (exam chair and supervisor), Professor P.E. Sullivan and Professor S. Chandra
Student Affairs
FIRST Robotics Canada receives a grant from the Province of Ontario
Government of Ontario will be providing FIRST Robotics Canada with
$3 million over five years as part of the 2010 Budget.
Ontario had the highest provincial representation of students in the FIRST Robotics Canada competitions with 54 high school teams and over 200 elementary school teams for a total of over 3,500 Ontario students participating in FIRST programs this year.
The UofT Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering has been supporting FIRST Canada, primarily, through its student mentorship program[19] since 2005.
Read More [20]
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Human Factors Interest Group (HFIG): Annual Distinguished Alumnus
DATE: Tuesday, May 4
TIME: 5 PM
LOCATION: Bahen Centre (BA2135), 40 St. George St.
RSVP[21]
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS: Major Stephen Boyne, Defence R&D Canada
(DRDC)
MAJOR BOYNE will address his career path within the Department of National Defense, the role of Human Factors in the Canadian Forces and about research in the Integrated Readiness Section at DRDC Toronto. Come and learn about military applications of medical and psychology research and how U of T grads are making a difference.
More Info[22]
Job Opportunities
Engineering Services Inc. (ESI) – Software Developer
ESI, a leading robotics and automation technology company, is seeking to hire an experienced engineering software developer to work on software systems for robot control and robot sensor systems such as vision. The successful candidate will work with an advanced team of engineers on the design, development and implementation of advanced autonomous robot systems for application in areas such as space explorations.
Click here[23] for complete job description and application information.
Vacation
/Faculty: /
PROF. AIMY BAZYLAK, Mechanical Engineering: April 19 - 30 (invited talk and conference)
PROF. MARKUS BUSSMANN, Associate Chair of Graduate Studies: April
23 - May 7
PROF. CRAIG A SIMMONS, Mechanical Engineering: April 23 - 28 (meeting); April 29 - May 7 (vacation)
PROF. SANJEEV CHANDRA, Mechanical Engineering: April 26 - May 6
(conference)
/Staff:/
DONNA LIU, Graduate Program Assistant: April 26 - May 21
RAYMOND LOW, Computing Services Manager, Computing Services: April
30 Previous Newsletter & Links Previous MIE newsletter[24]
All MIE newsletters[25]
MIE Website : www.mie.utoronto.ca[26]
Back to top[27] Copyright © 2009-10 University of Toronto[28] | Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering[29] | Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering[30], All Rights Reserved
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[2] http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/enews/enews40.html#chairsOffice
[3] http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/enews/enews40.html#awardsandRecognition
[4] http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/enews/enews40.html#researchActivities
[5] http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/enews/enews40.html#seminars
[6] http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/enews/enews40.html#graduateStudies
[7] http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/enews/enews40.html#jobOpportunities
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[11] mailto:chair@mie.utoronto.ca
[12] http://www.springreunion.utoronto.ca
[13] mailto:alumni@ecf.utoronto.ca
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[15] http://www.globaltoronto.com/video/index.html
[16] http://www.globaltoronto.com/video/index.html
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[18] http://techknowfile.org/forms/techknowfile-2010-call-presentations
[19] http://firstroboticscanada.org/site/About_Us
[20] http://firstroboticscanada.org/site/node/966
[21] mailto:hfig-prez@mie.utoronto.ca
[22] http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/hfig/
[23] http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/enews/documents/enews39/MIE_Software
Developer_Ad.pdf
[24] http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/enews/enews39.html
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April 26, 2010 Vol. 01 // No. 40
Table of Contents: Chair's Office[2] // Awards and Recognition[3] // Research Activities[4] // Seminars[5] // Graduate Studies[6] //
Job Opportunities[7] // Student Affairs[8] // Vacation[9] //
Previous Newsletter & Links[10] Chair's Office
New Scholarships Established by Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
It is my pleasure to announce the newly established HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LTD. AWARDS. The largest expendable award currently offered to second year students in the Mechanical Engineering program, the Husky Awards will acknowledge four students each year for the next five years for their academic excellence while providing much needed financial assistance.
Throughout the coming years, I look forward to joining the staff of Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. as we recognize outstanding second year MechE students.
Please join me in celebrating and thanking Husky Injection Moldings Systems Ltd. commitment to outstanding MechE students and our department.
- Jean Zu, Chair
-------------------------
Administrative and Technical Staff Meeting
DATE: Friday, May 14
TIME: 1 PM
LOCATION: MC331
Please RSVP (acceptances) to Eleanor Morris[11].
-------------------------
Faculty of 1985 Invited to Class of 8T5 Reunion
The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering advancement office invites current and emeritus FACULTY WHO TAUGHT IN 1985, to attend the Spring Reunion[12] reception and dinner. Classes honoured at this event include: 3T5, 4T0, 4T5, 5T0, 5T5, 6T0, 6T5, 7T0, 7T5, 8T0 and 8T5.
Faculty have the option of attending the reception, or both the reception and dinner, at no cost.
DATE: Saturday, May 29
TIME: 6 PM reception ? 7 PM dinner
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency, 370 King St. W.
ATTIRE: Formal to semi-formal
Please RSVP (acceptances only) to alumni@ecf.utoronto.ca[13] BY MAY 15.
Awards & Recognition
Celebrating Engineering Success Reception
On April 22, the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering hosted a reception to recognize the national and international awards faculty have received over the past year and to celebrate the achievements and contributions of the faculty's administrative and technical staff.
Congratulations to PROF. CRAIG SIMMONS and staff member, JOE BAPTISTA, were recipients of the following faculty awards:
McCharles Prize for Early Career Research Distinction
Prof. Simmons with former Dean, Michael Charles, who presented the McCharles Prize for Early Career Research Distinction.
PROF. CRAIG SIMMONS
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering ? Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
Professor Craig Simmons holds a Canada Research Chair in Mechanobiology and has already established himself as a leader in this emerging field. The focus of his research is the development of new therapeutic strategies and technologies to regenerate diseased and damaged tissues, particularly in relation to heart valve disease.
He was a lead researcher in the establishment of the Microfluidics Applications and Training in Cardiovascular Health program and the Centre for Microfluidic Systems in Chemistry and Biology. Among the other awards Craig has received are an Early Researcher Award from the Government of Ontario in 2006 and the Faculty's Early Career Teaching Award in 2009.
Agnes Kaneko Citizenship Award
Dean Cristina Amon presents the Agnes Kaneko Citizenship Award to Joe Baptista.
JOE BAPTISTA
Building Services Officer, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
As the Building Services Officer for the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Joe Baptista manages all aspects of the department's facilities and spaces. Initiatives he has led include the renovation of the Chair's office and the reorganizing of a number of MIE laboratories. Joe has demonstrated a commitment not only to providing 'above and beyond' service to faculty and staff, but also to assisting student teams and groups (including the cast and crew of
SkuleNite) find space for the activities. This commitment, plus his positive attitude and excellent interpersonal skills, make Joe an outstanding Faculty citizen.
Click here[14] for the /Celebrating Engineering Success/ reception program, highlighting the faculty's honours and awards.
-------------------------
NSERC Scholarship Awards
Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded an NSERC Scholarship for 2010-11 year:
• MABY BOADO AMADOR (CGS-M)
• CHEN CHEN (CGS-M)
• VELIBOR MISIC (CGS-M)
• THOMAS PICKLES (CGS-M)
• THOMAS REIST (CGS-M)
• BRANDON CHEN (CGS-D)
• MICHAEL MARR (CGS-D)
• HYUNMIN CHEONG (PGS-D)
• JEFFREY HARRIS (PGS-D)
• LIAN LENG (PGS-D)
• REZA RIZVI (PGS-D)
• DANIEL SELLAN (PGS-D)
• JACOB WERNIK (PGS-D)
-------------------------
MIE Graduate Studies Awards
The Graduate Studies committee recently announced the following recipients (listed below with supervisors) of the MIE fellowships:
Fellowships
MEGHDAD SAFFARIPOUR ? Prof. Thomson
Bert Wasmund Graduate Fellowship in Sustainable Energy Research
RUI JIANG ? Prof. Makis
SHARAREH TAGHIPOUR ? Prof. Jardine
Bill Shaw Memorial Graduate Scholarship (two awards)
HADI GHASEMI and BRENDAN MACDONALD ? Prof. Ward Russell A. Reynolds Graduate Fellowship in Thermodynamics (two
awards)
Travel Grants
The graduate studies travel grants enable conference travel
between May and August, 2010. Fourteen students (listed below with
supervisors) were chosen from many strong applicants:
HENRY CHU ? Profs. Mills and Cleghorn
RAYMOND CHU ? Prof. Park
POORYA FERDOWSI ? Prof. Bussmann
HADI GHASEMI ? Prof. Ward
RUI JIANG ? Prof. Makis
BAHMAN LASHKARI ? Prof. Mandelis
DANIELLE LOTTRIDGE ? Prof. Chignell
MATTHEW MACKAY ? Prof. Benhabib
SAMEH SAAD ? Prof. Neumann
PEDRAM SAHBA ? Prof. Balcioglu
MICHAEL SCHERTZER ? Profs. Sullivan and Ben Mrad DAN SELLAN ? Prof. Amon DARIA TEREKHOV ? Prof. Beck TOMMY TZANETAKIS ? Prof. Thomson
Congratulations to all!
Research Activities
Prof. Donmez on Global TV News Hour
PROF. BIRSEN DONMEZ appeared on Global TV News Hour (April 22), regarding the dangers of eating while driving.
Watch the video[15] (select "eating and driving" from the main page).
-------------------------
PROF. CRAIG SIMMONS will be away April 23 - 28 to give a keynote speech at the Experimental Biology 2010 Meeting in Anaheim, CA. JAN CHEN, a PhD candidate in Prof. Simmons' lab, will also be presenting at the meeting.
-------------------------
PROF. SANJEEV CHANDRA will be away April 26 - May 6 to attend the International Thermal Spray Conference in Singapore, and to visit Nanyang Technical University.
-------------------------
Funding Opportunity: Genome Canada
Genome Canada will be holding two Genome Canada competitions for
$84M:
* At least $30M for a large scale project competition for research in forestry and environment.
* Up to $30 million for a large scale project competition for support in other sectors (agriculture, fisheries and human health).
* A $24 million competition in support of the S&T Innovation Centres.
Competition details, timelines and guidelines are not yet available. An information session will be held in late May and further information will be announced as it becomes available.
Visit the Genome Canada website[16] for more information.
-------------------------
MAJOR RESOURCES SUPPORT (MRS) PROGRAM: LETTER OF INTENT
NSERC LOI (FORM 181) DEADLINES: May 1, 2010; August 1, 2010 (deadline for Subatomic Physics Resources LOIs only).
The Major Resources Support (MRS) program aims to facilitate the effective access of Canadian researchers to major regional, national, or international (based in Canada) experimental or thematic research resources by financially assisting these resources to remain in a state of readiness for researchers to use. It also seeks to facilitate access by Canadian researchers to major international resources located outside Canada, excluding any direct financial support towards the operating and maintenance costs of such resources.
More Info[17]
-------------------------
TechKnowFile 2010 Conference
DATE: Wednesday, May 26
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Wednesday, April 28 SUBMIT online [18]
TechKnowFile will showcase a series of engaging and informative presentations from members of the U of T IT community on innovative and effective uses of technology.
The call for presentations is now open (Wednesday, April 28 deadline). You may submit a presentation proposal in line with the following six streams:
1. Information & Data Security
2. Infrastructure Initiatives
3. IT Assessment
4. Enterprise Applications
5. Client Services & Support
6. Teaching, Learning & Research
Seminars
MIE Research Symposium: /Cell Biomechanics and Human Disease States/
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Subra Suresh, Dean of the School of Engineering, Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering, MIT
DATE: Friday, April 30
TIME: 2:10 PM
LOCATION: McLeod Auditorium, Rm. 2158, Medical Sciences Building
Graduate Studies
MIE Research Symposium
DATE: Friday, April 30
LOCATION: Medical Sciences Building
The inaugural MIE research symposium this Friday will showcase current research in the department, with high-quality oral and poster presentations by graduate students.
-------------------------
PhD candidate Erin Yu awarded CAS Research Fellowship
ERIN YU has been awarded a CAS Research Fellowship to work in the research project /Enhanced Emergency Medicine through Smart
Interaction: Task Visualization and Situation Awareness /supervised by PROF. CHIGNELL.
Erin's research plan involves a residency at the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) at the IBM Canada Lab, as well as ongoing collaboration with the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center in New York.
-------------------------
Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
ARAZ SARCHAMI presents: /Investigation of Moderator Temperature Fluctuations and Impact on Fuel Channel Integrity/
DATE: Thursday, April 22
TIME: 2 PM
LOCATION: R.D. Venter Room (MB101)
Exam Committee: Professor N. Ashgriz (exam chair and supervisor), Professor P.E. Sullivan and Professor S. Chandra
Student Affairs
FIRST Robotics Canada receives a grant from the Province of Ontario
Government of Ontario will be providing FIRST Robotics Canada with
$3 million over five years as part of the 2010 Budget.
Ontario had the highest provincial representation of students in the FIRST Robotics Canada competitions with 54 high school teams and over 200 elementary school teams for a total of over 3,500 Ontario students participating in FIRST programs this year.
The UofT Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering has been supporting FIRST Canada, primarily, through its student mentorship program[19] since 2005.
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N E W S B U L L E T I N Cities Centre April 23, 2010
N E W S B U L L E T I N 23 April 2010
N E W S
Maytree’s April 2010 Newsletter …link
C A L L S F O R P A P E R S, P R O P O S A L S, A N D A P P L I C A T I O N S
Call for Applications June 22-24: Experience the Creative Economy presented by the Martin Prosperity Institute. Applications due April 26 …more
Call for Papers for Special Issue The Urban Space of the Elites of Urban History Review/Revue d’histoire urbaine Information and proposals: Harold Bérubé, Université de Sherbrooke harold.berube@usherbrooke.ca (819) 821-8000, extension 65572 by April 30 …more
Call for Applications for entry into the 2010 Fall semester Collaborative Doctoral Program in Global Health (CPGH) at the University of Toronto, due April 30 …more
Call for Applications Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the City Institute at York University Towers in the Suburbs: Fixing the Modernist Suburban Legacy in Toronto Applications must be received by May 3 …more
Call for Proposals on Immigration, Housing and Homelessness he Metropolis Project of CIC, and the Homelessness Partnering Secretariat of HRSDC are very happy to announce the launching of a joint Call for Proposals for research that examines the intersection of Immigration, Housing and Homelessness. Proposals are due by May 5 …more
Award Announcement/Call for Applications CERIS invites applications from graduate students at both the Masters and Doctoral levels of study, for a Graduate Student Research Award to support research related to immigration and settlement. Ten awards of up to $500.00 will be made to support significant research projects on immigration and settlement issues in Ontario. Applications from all fields and disciplines of study are welcome. Applications due May 13. For more information, contact Bethany Osborne at 416-946-3114 or bethany.osborne@utoronto.ca.
Call for papers/presentations DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media conference Nov ember 12-14. Presented by Centre for the Study of the United States and the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. Due May 20 …more
Logo Contest Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) $500 prize offered by the Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, open to UofT community only, due by June 1st …more
Call for Nominations 2010 Heritage Toronto Awards The Heritage Toronto Awards celebrate outstanding contributions - by professionals and volunteers - in the promotion and conservation of Toronto's history and heritage landmarks. The deadline for nominations is June 1st, 4:30pm. If you have any questions about the nomination process or the eligibility of projects, please contact Nancy Luno at nluno@toronto.ca or 416-338-2175 …more
Call for Applications The IMFG Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance and the Blanche and Sandy Van Ginkel Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance have been announced for 2010-2011. The deadline for applications is June 30 …more
Call for Contributors The Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative is calling for community artists and activists that are creatively engaging citizens in public space to participate in a community consultation and contribute to the development of several knowledge exchange tools …more
Call for Interns Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative has multiple volunteer positions available …more
E V E N T S
Saturday, April 24, (rain or shine!) 10am-approx. 12:30pm: John Warkentin's Waterfront Sculpture Walk A GeoTrip presented by the Dept. of Geography and Program in Planning. Starting point is at the Foot of Yonge Street (i.e. at Queens Quay), proceeding along the Toronto Waterfront between Yonge and Bathurst Streets. Suggested donation $10 . RSVP for this Free GeoTrip by April 23 to Andrew Malcolm at mainoffice@geog.utoronto.ca or 416-978-3375 …more
Tuesday, April 27, 3-5pm: Public Issues Forum—Climate Change and the Ethic of Responsibility: The View from Ontario. The Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, co-sponsored by the Centre for Environment and School of Public Policy and Governance. Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk Centre for International Studies, 1 Devonshire Place …more
Tuesday, April 27, 4:30-6pm: Community Resilience and Social Equity in Changing Times Tina Clarke, certified Transition Towns Trainer, consultant with 30 years experience in social change movements. Environmental Health Justice RIG, Centre for Urban Health Initiatives, University College, 15 King's College Circle, Room 256. For more information, contact Stacey Creak cuhi.admin@utoroto.ca.
Wednesday, April 28, 6-8pm: Dark Days (Dir. Marc Singer, 2000) Cities on Film Screening Series presented by Cities Centre and the Dept. of Geography and Program in Planning. The Annex, Room 621, Sidney Smith Hall, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street …flyer …more
Friday, April 30, 12noon-2:30pm: Reflections on Community Based Research Practice Moderator: Luin Goldring, York University. Commentators: Nancy Mandell, York University and Nasim Haque, M.D., Wellesley Institute. 1. “Participatory Action Research: A tool for newcomer engagement and social change.” Mennonite New Life Center. Tanya Chute Molina and Adriana Salazar. 2. “CBR on Income, Race and Health: Lessons from the Black Creek Project.” Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services. Darren Pham, Ruth Wilson, Patricia Landolt. 3. “Innovative strategies to maximize meaningful target community involvement in researching for social change.” Regent Park Community Health Centre/Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment. Alan Li, M.D.. Presented by CERIS, 246 Bloor St. West, 5th Floor, Room 548Please RSVP to ceris.reception@utoronto.ca or call (416) 946-3110.
Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2: 4th Annual Jane’s Walk A street-level celebration of Jane Jacobs’ legacy held annually around the world on the first weekend of May that combines the simple act of walking with personal observations, urban history and local lore to knit people together into strong and resourceful communities …more
Saturday, May 1, 2pm: Compassion in Citizenship: The Responsibilities and Advantages of Good Citizenship in a Just Society A conversation with Barbara Coloroso, Pico Iyer, Mark Kingwell and Gabor Mate. Presented by The Globe And Mail Open House Festival, Random . The Bram and Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, 2nd Floor. Tickets from uofttix.ca / 416-978-8849 …more
Tuesday, May 4, 12noon-1:30pm: Measuring Attractive Urban Areas Kimberley Moore, University at Buffalo, Candidate for Master's of Urban Planning, Graduate Assistant, Building UB and Urban Design Project. Presented by the Martin Prosperity Institute, MaRS Centre, 101 College Street, Ste. 420, 4th Floor …more
Tuesday, May 4, 5-6pm presentation, 6-7pm signing: The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity Richard Florida, Director, Martin Prosperity Institute and Professor of Business and Creativity, Rotman School of Management, author. Rotman School of Management, 105 St George St., Fleck Atrium, ground floor. $32 plus GST (includes the session, 1 copy of “The Great Reset” and cocktails) …register
Thursday, May 6, 5pm: Tour of Evergreen Brick Works Joe Lobko, Lead Architect, leads a guided tour of the site. All are required to bring or wear hard hats and steel toed boots. Hear about how Joe Lobko and his team are transforming an underutilized, publicly owned Brownfield heritage site into a mixed-use, environmental-based community centre. Refreshments and light snacks will be served, sponsored by BOMA and Diageo. RSVPs are required as space is limited and offered on a first-come first-served basis; email awestenberg@evergreen.ca or call 416 596-1495 x 332. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Avenue …more
Thursday, May 13, 7:30pm: 4th Annual June Callwood Lecture: A Canadian in the Making Ratna Omidvar, President, Maytree Foundation. Music by Dan Hill. Presented by Toronto Public Library. The talk honours the life, work and legacy of journalist, author and social activist June Callwood (1924-2007). The annual lecture provides a platform for the exploration and discussion of contemporary social justice issues. The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library, 2nd floor, 789 Yonge Street (one block north of Bloor Street) …more
Saturday, May 15, 10am-2pm: Walk: Re-Discover Garrison Creek – One Of Toronto’s Lost Rivers Presented by Senior College and Geography & Planning Alumni. Start at south end of Christie Pits Park (Christie and Bloor) and end at Fort York. Bring your own lunch; picnic at Trinity Bellwoods Park. Of interest to geographers of all brands, history buffs, aficionados of old Toronto, and environmental and urban planners. For more information or to RSVP, email whitney.joe@gmail.com
Monday, May 17, 7pm: The City Series: Sharing the Streets Christopher Hume, Toronto Star urban affairs columnist, moderator, and panel. Presented by Toronto Public Library. The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library, 2nd floor, 789 Yonge Street (one block north of Bloor Street) …more
Wednesday, May 19, 9:30-11: DiverseCity Counts Report Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Eric Hoskins and Ryerson University President Sheldon Levy attend the release of this report. Presented by DiverseCity at Ryerson University, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, 245 Church Street, Atrium, Third Floor …RSVP
Thursday, May 20, 9am-3:00pm: Invisible Cities – An Urban Biodiversity Conference Speakers include: Dr. Aziza Chaouni, University of Toronto Professor and Principal of Bureau East, an ecological architecture firm; Jon K. Grant, Chair, Ontario Biodiversity Council; Christopher Hume, Toronto Star Urban Affairs Columnist; Les Klein, Quadrangle Architects (lead Canadian firm for East Bayfront development); David Owen, author of “Green Metropolis” and New Yorker magazine correspondent; Laura Reinsborough, founder of Not Far From the Tree. Presented by Royal Ontario Museum. Fee and registration required …more
May 27-30: Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City Presented by Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) at Christie Pits Park in Toronto. The goal of the exhibit is to raise awareness about the plight of the world’s 42 million refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) uprooted by war and conflict …more
Thursday, June 3, 5-7:30pm: Canadian Urban Institute’s Urban Leadership Awards Ceremony Liberty Grand, Exhibition Place, 25 British Columbia Road, Exhibition Place, Renaissance Room, registration and fee required …more
C O N F E R EN C E S / S Y M P O S I A
May 5-7: Innovation Systems Research Network (ISRN) MCRI II 12th Annual Conference Register now for the final ISRN Conference taking place in Toronto at the Renaissance Toronto Hotel Downtown, Toronto. Non-ISRN members may register using one of the guest registration options for any or all of the three days …more
May 7-8: Senses and the City: A Workshop Vincent Shen, Dao in the City, Juhn Ahn, An endless trail of incense and prayers: A cultural biography of the Koryo capital Kaegyong, David Bialock, Decomposing Spaces--Sound, Scent, and Decay in Medieval Japan; Stephen West, Staging Bianliang: Contingency and Materiality, Linda Rui Feng, Vertigo: Height, Might, and the Art of Disappearance, in a 9th-century Chinese Capital, Tom Keirstead, Premodern Places; Atsuko Sakaki, What's the Matter with 'M'? -- Horie Toshiyuki ,Addresses Multi-sensorial Multiculturalism in Paris, circa 1995, Jordan Sand, Rediscovering the City of the Senses in Tokyo: from Organicism to the Vernacular, Paize Keulemans, The Disciplined Observation of Everyday Sounds: Michel de Certeau and the Focused Footsteps of Late-imperial Beijing Tales. Presented by the Department of East Asian Studies, Purple Lounge, Robarts Library, 14th floor …information and registration
May 17-18: Discovery 2010 presented by Ontario Centres of Excellence. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building …more
May 30-June 2: Transportation and Logistics Trends and Policies: Successes and Failures Canadian Transportation Research Forum 45th Annual Conference, Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Toronto, 475 Yonge Street, Toronto ...more
June 7-8: Green Oslo and Beyond: Investigating the Origins and Shaping the Outcomes of Green Urbanism Global/Local Symposium with speakers from North America, Europe and Scandinavia. Oslo, Norway …more
June 16-17: Transforming and Revitalizing Downtown Summit Yorkland Hotel, 185 Yorkland Boulevard, Toronto. For information contact Arielle Munshaw, Client Support Executive 416-944-9200 x 200 customercare@strategyinstitute.com
June 17: Canadian Water Summit UofT’s Centre for Environment is one of many sponsors. International Centre, Toronto…more
June 18: Transport Futures Summit Road Pricing & Leadership Summit:Talking Tolls: What’s leadership got to do with it? Metropolitan Hotel, Toronto …more
June 20-23: Urban Environmental Pollution: Overcoming Obstacles to Sustainability and Quality of Life. Organized and sponsored by Elsevier and the journal Environmental Pollution. Boston, USA … more
June 22-24: Experience the Creative Economy presented by the Martin Prosperity Institute. Applications due April 26 …more
July 18-25: 2010 iGov Research Institute The Hague & Delft, The Netherlands. Presented by Center for Technology in Government at the University at Albany …more
August 5-8: The 79th Couchiching Conference: Watershed Moment or Wasted Opportunity presented by Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs at YMCA Geneva Park, Lake Couchiching, Orillia. Opening keynote speaker, Dr. Margaret MacMillan, is the well-known author of Paris 1919 and Nixon in China. Speakers include Dean of the Rotman School of Business, Roger Martin; President and CEO of the Conference Board of Canada, Anne Golden; financial analyst Nick Le Pan; renowned environmental scholar Thomas Homer-Dixon; and author and economist Jeff Rubin. Register before June 1st at discounted rates …more
August 22-25: Guardians of Our Communities, from Local to Global 62nd IPAC National Annual Conference, Institute of Public Administration of Canada …more
October 4-8: Justice and Migration: Paradoxes of Belonging 15th International Metropolis Conference 2010, Municipality of The Hague, The Netherlands …more
November 12-14: DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media Presented by Centre for the Study of the United States and the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto …more
E X H I B I T I O N S
Saturday April 24, 2pm: RETHINKING SPACE: Explorations in the invisible city A curatorial project by Deborah Wang. The event starts at 2pm, and will be followed by a reception at the gallery from 5 to 7pm. Participants come to XPACE between 2 to 5pm to pick up maps that direct their self-guided walking tours and ask them to do something with the city. This event is free and open to the public. XPACE Cultural Centre, 58 Ossington Avenue ...more
Continuing to April 25, 12-5pm daily: Building Storeys 2010 A collaborative effort by Heritage Toronto and Robert Dyke, Sean Galbraith, Rick Harris, Mathew Merrett, Timothy Neesam, Olena Sullivan, Toni Wallachy. Building Storeys is a visual documentation and anecdotal exhibit of city's heritage building and sites. Featured in the Exhibition: Ashbridge's Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant; Ashbridge's Bay Pumping Stations; CNR Eastern Lines Locomotive Shop, 85 Laird Drive - click here to read the Spacing blog about its history
Continuing to June 13: Community Centred Installations by E.R.A. Architects Inc. (People Per Hectare), Public Workshop (Under The Gardner), du Toit Architects Limited (L’Arche Daybreak), Martha Eleen (Necessities of Life). Architecture at York Quay Centre, Harbourfront, 235 Queen’s Quay West …more
N E W S
Maytree’s April 2010 Newsletter …link
C A L L S F O R P A P E R S, P R O P O S A L S, A N D A P P L I C A T I O N S
Call for Applications June 22-24: Experience the Creative Economy presented by the Martin Prosperity Institute. Applications due April 26 …more
Call for Papers for Special Issue The Urban Space of the Elites of Urban History Review/Revue d’histoire urbaine Information and proposals: Harold Bérubé, Université de Sherbrooke harold.berube@usherbrooke.ca (819) 821-8000, extension 65572 by April 30 …more
Call for Applications for entry into the 2010 Fall semester Collaborative Doctoral Program in Global Health (CPGH) at the University of Toronto, due April 30 …more
Call for Applications Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the City Institute at York University Towers in the Suburbs: Fixing the Modernist Suburban Legacy in Toronto Applications must be received by May 3 …more
Call for Proposals on Immigration, Housing and Homelessness he Metropolis Project of CIC, and the Homelessness Partnering Secretariat of HRSDC are very happy to announce the launching of a joint Call for Proposals for research that examines the intersection of Immigration, Housing and Homelessness. Proposals are due by May 5 …more
Award Announcement/Call for Applications CERIS invites applications from graduate students at both the Masters and Doctoral levels of study, for a Graduate Student Research Award to support research related to immigration and settlement. Ten awards of up to $500.00 will be made to support significant research projects on immigration and settlement issues in Ontario. Applications from all fields and disciplines of study are welcome. Applications due May 13. For more information, contact Bethany Osborne at 416-946-3114 or bethany.osborne@utoronto.ca.
Call for papers/presentations DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media conference Nov ember 12-14. Presented by Centre for the Study of the United States and the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. Due May 20 …more
Logo Contest Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) $500 prize offered by the Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, open to UofT community only, due by June 1st …more
Call for Nominations 2010 Heritage Toronto Awards The Heritage Toronto Awards celebrate outstanding contributions - by professionals and volunteers - in the promotion and conservation of Toronto's history and heritage landmarks. The deadline for nominations is June 1st, 4:30pm. If you have any questions about the nomination process or the eligibility of projects, please contact Nancy Luno at nluno@toronto.ca or 416-338-2175 …more
Call for Applications The IMFG Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance and the Blanche and Sandy Van Ginkel Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance have been announced for 2010-2011. The deadline for applications is June 30 …more
Call for Contributors The Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative is calling for community artists and activists that are creatively engaging citizens in public space to participate in a community consultation and contribute to the development of several knowledge exchange tools …more
Call for Interns Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative has multiple volunteer positions available …more
E V E N T S
Saturday, April 24, (rain or shine!) 10am-approx. 12:30pm: John Warkentin's Waterfront Sculpture Walk A GeoTrip presented by the Dept. of Geography and Program in Planning. Starting point is at the Foot of Yonge Street (i.e. at Queens Quay), proceeding along the Toronto Waterfront between Yonge and Bathurst Streets. Suggested donation $10 . RSVP for this Free GeoTrip by April 23 to Andrew Malcolm at mainoffice@geog.utoronto.ca or 416-978-3375 …more
Tuesday, April 27, 3-5pm: Public Issues Forum—Climate Change and the Ethic of Responsibility: The View from Ontario. The Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, co-sponsored by the Centre for Environment and School of Public Policy and Governance. Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk Centre for International Studies, 1 Devonshire Place …more
Tuesday, April 27, 4:30-6pm: Community Resilience and Social Equity in Changing Times Tina Clarke, certified Transition Towns Trainer, consultant with 30 years experience in social change movements. Environmental Health Justice RIG, Centre for Urban Health Initiatives, University College, 15 King's College Circle, Room 256. For more information, contact Stacey Creak cuhi.admin@utoroto.ca.
Wednesday, April 28, 6-8pm: Dark Days (Dir. Marc Singer, 2000) Cities on Film Screening Series presented by Cities Centre and the Dept. of Geography and Program in Planning. The Annex, Room 621, Sidney Smith Hall, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street …flyer
Friday, April 30, 12noon-2:30pm: Reflections on Community Based Research Practice Moderator: Luin Goldring, York University. Commentators: Nancy Mandell, York University and Nasim Haque, M.D., Wellesley Institute. 1. “Participatory Action Research: A tool for newcomer engagement and social change.” Mennonite New Life Center. Tanya Chute Molina and Adriana Salazar. 2. “CBR on Income, Race and Health: Lessons from the Black Creek Project.” Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services. Darren Pham, Ruth Wilson, Patricia Landolt. 3. “Innovative strategies to maximize meaningful target community involvement in researching for social change.” Regent Park Community Health Centre/Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment. Alan Li, M.D.. Presented by CERIS, 246 Bloor St. West, 5th Floor, Room 548Please RSVP to ceris.reception@utoronto.ca or call (416) 946-3110.
Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2: 4th Annual Jane’s Walk A street-level celebration of Jane Jacobs’ legacy held annually around the world on the first weekend of May that combines the simple act of walking with personal observations, urban history and local lore to knit people together into strong and resourceful communities …more
Saturday, May 1, 2pm: Compassion in Citizenship: The Responsibilities and Advantages of Good Citizenship in a Just Society A conversation with Barbara Coloroso, Pico Iyer, Mark Kingwell and Gabor Mate. Presented by The Globe And Mail Open House Festival, Random . The Bram and Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, 2nd Floor. Tickets from uofttix.ca / 416-978-8849 …more
Tuesday, May 4, 12noon-1:30pm: Measuring Attractive Urban Areas Kimberley Moore, University at Buffalo, Candidate for Master's of Urban Planning, Graduate Assistant, Building UB and Urban Design Project. Presented by the Martin Prosperity Institute, MaRS Centre, 101 College Street, Ste. 420, 4th Floor …more
Tuesday, May 4, 5-6pm presentation, 6-7pm signing: The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity Richard Florida, Director, Martin Prosperity Institute and Professor of Business and Creativity, Rotman School of Management, author. Rotman School of Management, 105 St George St., Fleck Atrium, ground floor. $32 plus GST (includes the session, 1 copy of “The Great Reset” and cocktails) …register
Thursday, May 6, 5pm: Tour of Evergreen Brick Works Joe Lobko, Lead Architect, leads a guided tour of the site. All are required to bring or wear hard hats and steel toed boots. Hear about how Joe Lobko and his team are transforming an underutilized, publicly owned Brownfield heritage site into a mixed-use, environmental-based community centre. Refreshments and light snacks will be served, sponsored by BOMA and Diageo. RSVPs are required as space is limited and offered on a first-come first-served basis; email awestenberg@evergreen.ca or call 416 596-1495 x 332. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Avenue …more
Thursday, May 13, 7:30pm: 4th Annual June Callwood Lecture: A Canadian in the Making Ratna Omidvar, President, Maytree Foundation. Music by Dan Hill. Presented by Toronto Public Library. The talk honours the life, work and legacy of journalist, author and social activist June Callwood (1924-2007). The annual lecture provides a platform for the exploration and discussion of contemporary social justice issues. The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library, 2nd floor, 789 Yonge Street (one block north of Bloor Street) …more
Saturday, May 15, 10am-2pm: Walk: Re-Discover Garrison Creek – One Of Toronto’s Lost Rivers Presented by Senior College and Geography & Planning Alumni. Start at south end of Christie Pits Park (Christie and Bloor) and end at Fort York. Bring your own lunch; picnic at Trinity Bellwoods Park. Of interest to geographers of all brands, history buffs, aficionados of old Toronto, and environmental and urban planners. For more information or to RSVP, email whitney.joe@gmail.com
Monday, May 17, 7pm: The City Series: Sharing the Streets Christopher Hume, Toronto Star urban affairs columnist, moderator, and panel. Presented by Toronto Public Library. The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library, 2nd floor, 789 Yonge Street (one block north of Bloor Street) …more
Wednesday, May 19, 9:30-11: DiverseCity Counts Report Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Eric Hoskins and Ryerson University President Sheldon Levy attend the release of this report. Presented by DiverseCity at Ryerson University, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, 245 Church Street, Atrium, Third Floor …RSVP
Thursday, May 20, 9am-3:00pm: Invisible Cities – An Urban Biodiversity Conference Speakers include: Dr. Aziza Chaouni, University of Toronto Professor and Principal of Bureau East, an ecological architecture firm; Jon K. Grant, Chair, Ontario Biodiversity Council; Christopher Hume, Toronto Star Urban Affairs Columnist; Les Klein, Quadrangle Architects (lead Canadian firm for East Bayfront development); David Owen, author of “Green Metropolis” and New Yorker magazine correspondent; Laura Reinsborough, founder of Not Far From the Tree. Presented by Royal Ontario Museum. Fee and registration required …more
May 27-30: Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City Presented by Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) at Christie Pits Park in Toronto. The goal of the exhibit is to raise awareness about the plight of the world’s 42 million refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) uprooted by war and conflict …more
Thursday, June 3, 5-7:30pm: Canadian Urban Institute’s Urban Leadership Awards Ceremony Liberty Grand, Exhibition Place, 25 British Columbia Road, Exhibition Place, Renaissance Room, registration and fee required …more
C O N F E R EN C E S / S Y M P O S I A
May 5-7: Innovation Systems Research Network (ISRN) MCRI II 12th Annual Conference Register now for the final ISRN Conference taking place in Toronto at the Renaissance Toronto Hotel Downtown, Toronto. Non-ISRN members may register using one of the guest registration options for any or all of the three days …more
May 7-8: Senses and the City: A Workshop Vincent Shen, Dao in the City, Juhn Ahn, An endless trail of incense and prayers: A cultural biography of the Koryo capital Kaegyong, David Bialock, Decomposing Spaces--Sound, Scent, and Decay in Medieval Japan; Stephen West, Staging Bianliang: Contingency and Materiality, Linda Rui Feng, Vertigo: Height, Might, and the Art of Disappearance, in a 9th-century Chinese Capital, Tom Keirstead, Premodern Places; Atsuko Sakaki, What's the Matter with 'M'? -- Horie Toshiyuki ,Addresses Multi-sensorial Multiculturalism in Paris, circa 1995, Jordan Sand, Rediscovering the City of the Senses in Tokyo: from Organicism to the Vernacular, Paize Keulemans, The Disciplined Observation of Everyday Sounds: Michel de Certeau and the Focused Footsteps of Late-imperial Beijing Tales. Presented by the Department of East Asian Studies, Purple Lounge, Robarts Library, 14th floor …information and registration
May 17-18: Discovery 2010 presented by Ontario Centres of Excellence. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building …more
May 30-June 2: Transportation and Logistics Trends and Policies: Successes and Failures Canadian Transportation Research Forum 45th Annual Conference, Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Toronto, 475 Yonge Street, Toronto ...more
June 7-8: Green Oslo and Beyond: Investigating the Origins and Shaping the Outcomes of Green Urbanism Global/Local Symposium with speakers from North America, Europe and Scandinavia. Oslo, Norway …more
June 16-17: Transforming and Revitalizing Downtown Summit Yorkland Hotel, 185 Yorkland Boulevard, Toronto. For information contact Arielle Munshaw, Client Support Executive 416-944-9200 x 200 customercare@strategyinstitute.com
June 17: Canadian Water Summit UofT’s Centre for Environment is one of many sponsors. International Centre, Toronto…more
June 18: Transport Futures Summit Road Pricing & Leadership Summit:Talking Tolls: What’s leadership got to do with it? Metropolitan Hotel, Toronto …more
June 20-23: Urban Environmental Pollution: Overcoming Obstacles to Sustainability and Quality of Life. Organized and sponsored by Elsevier and the journal Environmental Pollution. Boston, USA … more
June 22-24: Experience the Creative Economy presented by the Martin Prosperity Institute. Applications due April 26 …more
July 18-25: 2010 iGov Research Institute The Hague & Delft, The Netherlands. Presented by Center for Technology in Government at the University at Albany …more
August 5-8: The 79th Couchiching Conference: Watershed Moment or Wasted Opportunity presented by Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs at YMCA Geneva Park, Lake Couchiching, Orillia. Opening keynote speaker, Dr. Margaret MacMillan, is the well-known author of Paris 1919 and Nixon in China. Speakers include Dean of the Rotman School of Business, Roger Martin; President and CEO of the Conference Board of Canada, Anne Golden; financial analyst Nick Le Pan; renowned environmental scholar Thomas Homer-Dixon; and author and economist Jeff Rubin. Register before June 1st at discounted rates …more
August 22-25: Guardians of Our Communities, from Local to Global 62nd IPAC National Annual Conference, Institute of Public Administration of Canada …more
October 4-8: Justice and Migration: Paradoxes of Belonging 15th International Metropolis Conference 2010, Municipality of The Hague, The Netherlands …more
November 12-14: DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media Presented by Centre for the Study of the United States and the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto …more
E X H I B I T I O N S
Saturday April 24, 2pm: RETHINKING SPACE: Explorations in the invisible city A curatorial project by Deborah Wang. The event starts at 2pm, and will be followed by a reception at the gallery from 5 to 7pm. Participants come to XPACE between 2 to 5pm to pick up maps that direct their self-guided walking tours and ask them to do something with the city. This event is free and open to the public. XPACE Cultural Centre, 58 Ossington Avenue ...more
Continuing to April 25, 12-5pm daily: Building Storeys 2010 A collaborative effort by Heritage Toronto and Robert Dyke, Sean Galbraith, Rick Harris, Mathew Merrett, Timothy Neesam, Olena Sullivan, Toni Wallachy. Building Storeys is a visual documentation and anecdotal exhibit of city's heritage building and sites. Featured in the Exhibition: Ashbridge's Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant; Ashbridge's Bay Pumping Stations; CNR Eastern Lines Locomotive Shop, 85 Laird Drive - click here to read the Spacing blog about its history
Continuing to June 13: Community Centred Installations by E.R.A. Architects Inc. (People Per Hectare), Public Workshop (Under The Gardner), du Toit Architects Limited (L’Arche Daybreak), Martha Eleen (Necessities of Life). Architecture at York Quay Centre, Harbourfront, 235 Queen’s Quay West …more
Canadian Transportation Awards
RECOGNIZE THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY’S BEST PLAYERS!
Help us promote the Canadian Transportation Awards Program.
Administered by the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) with the support of Transport Canada, the program recognizes leadership, excellence and achievement in all modes and segments of the transport sector.
Nominations, which must be received by May 14, are solicited for the following four award categories in 2010: Transportation Person of the Year; Award of Excellence; Award of Achievement; and Award of Academic Merit. Get the message out to your staff, association members and other transportation stakeholders!
For more information on the program, including a downloadable poster, and to submit a nomination, visit TAC’s website ( http://tac-atc.ca/english/awards/ctapawards/index.cfm ).
Thank you for your assistance!
The TAC Team
Help us promote the Canadian Transportation Awards Program.
Administered by the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) with the support of Transport Canada, the program recognizes leadership, excellence and achievement in all modes and segments of the transport sector.
Nominations, which must be received by May 14, are solicited for the following four award categories in 2010: Transportation Person of the Year; Award of Excellence; Award of Achievement; and Award of Academic Merit. Get the message out to your staff, association members and other transportation stakeholders!
For more information on the program, including a downloadable poster, and to submit a nomination, visit TAC’s website ( http://tac-atc.ca/english/awards/ctapawards/index.cfm ).
Thank you for your assistance!
The TAC Team
Division III Notification New Course Proposal posted on GWS - CSC2226H: Topics in Verification
Greetings:
You are invited to view and provide feedback on the following new course proposal which was recently posted to the Graduate Webposting System (GWS):
CSC2226H: Topics in Verification
This proposal may be of specific interest to you, and can be found by clicking on the link above. Your feedback will be directed to the Faculty Graduate Affairs Office with a copy sent to SGS officers. Feedback is not posted on the GWS.
If you have questions about the GWS, please contact the Curriculum Review Officer at sgs.gws@utoronto.ca
Regards,
Astrid Augspols
Interim Curriculum Review Officer
Quality Assessment and Governance
School of Graduate Studies
University of Toronto
Email: sgs.gws@utoronto.ca
Phone: (416) 978-7709
FAX: (416) 978-1649
You are invited to view and provide feedback on the following new course proposal which was recently posted to the Graduate Webposting System (GWS)
CSC2226H: Topics in Verification
This proposal may be of specific interest to you, and can be found by clicking on the link above. Your feedback will be directed to the Faculty Graduate Affairs Office with a copy sent to SGS officers. Feedback is not posted on the GWS.
If you have questions about the GWS, please contact the Curriculum Review Officer at sgs.gws@utoronto.ca
Regards,
Astrid Augspols
Interim Curriculum Review Officer
Quality Assessment and Governance
School of Graduate Studies
University of Toronto
Email: sgs.gws@utoronto.ca
Phone: (416) 978-7709
FAX: (416) 978-1649
Division III Notification Major Proposal posted on GWS - MIE MASc and PhD Seminar Requirements
Greetings,
You are invited to view and provide feedback on the following new major proposal which was recently posted to the Graduate Webposting System (GWS):
MIE MASc and PhD Seminar Requirements
This proposal may be of specific interest to you, and can be found by clicking on the link above. Your feedback will be directed to the Faculty Graduate Affairs Office with a copy sent to SGS officers. Feedback is not posted on the GWS.
If you have questions about the GWS, please contact the Curriculum Review Officer at sgs.gws@utoronto.ca
Regards,
Astrid Augspols
Interim Curriculum Review Officer
Quality Assessment and Governance
School of Graduate Studies
University of Toronto
Email: sgs.gws@utoronto.ca
Phone: (416) 978-7709
FAX: (416) 978-1649
You are invited to view and provide feedback on the following new major proposal which was recently posted to the Graduate Webposting System (GWS)
MIE MASc and PhD Seminar Requirements
This proposal may be of specific interest to you, and can be found by clicking on the link above. Your feedback will be directed to the Faculty Graduate Affairs Office with a copy sent to SGS officers. Feedback is not posted on the GWS.
If you have questions about the GWS, please contact the Curriculum Review Officer at sgs.gws@utoronto.ca
Regards,
Astrid Augspols
Interim Curriculum Review Officer
Quality Assessment and Governance
School of Graduate Studies
University of Toronto
Email: sgs.gws@utoronto.ca
Phone: (416) 978-7709
FAX: (416) 978-1649
Division III Notification New Course Proposal posted on GWS - BME1480H: Experimental Design and Multivariate Analysis in Bioengineering
Greetings:
You are invited to view and provide feedback on the following new course proposal which was recently posted to the Graduate Webposting System (GWS)http://portal.sgs.utoronto.ca/gws/PostIntro.aspx:
BME1480H: Experimental Design and Multivariate Analysis in Bioengineering http://portal.sgs.utoronto.ca/gws/ProposalView.aspx?id=2298
This proposal may be of specific interest to you, and can be found by clicking on the link above. Your feedback will be directed to the Faculty Graduate Affairs Office with a copy sent to SGS officers.
Feedback is not posted on the GWS.
If you have questions about the GWS, please contact the Curriculum Review Officer at sgs.gws@utoronto.ca; mail to: sgs.gws@utoronto.ca. If you have questions about SGS governance processes, please contact Anil Purandaré, SGS Governance Officer, at sgs.governanceofficer@utoronto.ca ; mailto: sgs.governanceofficer@utoronto.ca>.
Regards,
Astrid Augspols
Interim Curriculum Review Officer
Quality Assessment and Governance
School of Graduate Studies
University of Toronto
Email: sgs.gws@utoronto.ca
Phone: (416) 978-7709
FAX: (416) 978-1649
You are invited to view and provide feedback on the following new course proposal which was recently posted to the Graduate Webposting System (GWS)http://portal.sgs.utoronto.ca/gws/PostIntro.aspx:
BME1480H: Experimental Design and Multivariate Analysis in Bioengineering http://portal.sgs.utoronto.ca/gws/ProposalView.aspx?id=2298
This proposal may be of specific interest to you, and can be found by clicking on the link above. Your feedback will be directed to the Faculty Graduate Affairs Office with a copy sent to SGS officers.
Feedback is not posted on the GWS.
If you have questions about the GWS, please contact the Curriculum Review Officer at sgs.gws@utoronto.ca; mail to: sgs.gws@utoronto.ca. If you have questions about SGS governance processes, please contact Anil Purandaré, SGS Governance Officer, at sgs.governanceofficer@utoronto.ca ; mailto: sgs.governanceofficer@utoronto.ca>.
Regards,
Astrid Augspols
Interim Curriculum Review Officer
Quality Assessment and Governance
School of Graduate Studies
University of Toronto
Email: sgs.gws@utoronto.ca
Phone: (416) 978-7709
FAX: (416) 978-1649
LARAM 2010 - International School on “LAndslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation”, 5 - 18 September, 2010 – Salerno, ITALY
LARAM 2010 - International School on “LAndslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation”
5 - 18 September, 2010 – Salerno, ITALY
http://www.laram.unisa.it
http://www.laram.unisa.it/school/index
http://www.laram.unisa.it/school/2010/2010
LARAM is an International School on "LAndslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation" that was founded by the University of Salerno.
The School is aimed at 40 PhD students, selected every year, from the following fields: Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Engineering Geology or other related studies. The Scientific Committee consists of international experts in the fields of Landslide Risk.
Eligible students must be enrolled in a PhD programme in the field of:
Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Engineering Geology or a related field.
http://www.laram.unisa.it/school/2010/selection
The students will participate to the School free of charge (including half board accommodation).
The deadline for applications is 18th May 2010. Apply at:
http://www.laram.unisa.it/school/2010/application_form
5 - 18 September, 2010 – Salerno, ITALY
http://www.laram.unisa.it
http://www.laram.unisa.it/school/index
http://www.laram.unisa.it/school/2010/2010
LARAM is an International School on "LAndslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation" that was founded by the University of Salerno.
The School is aimed at 40 PhD students, selected every year, from the following fields: Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Engineering Geology or other related studies. The Scientific Committee consists of international experts in the fields of Landslide Risk.
Eligible students must be enrolled in a PhD programme in the field of:
Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Engineering Geology or a related field.
http://www.laram.unisa.it/school/2010/selection
The students will participate to the School free of charge (including half board accommodation).
The deadline for applications is 18th May 2010. Apply at:
http://www.laram.unisa.it/school/2010/application_form
Sustainable Architecture and Green Buildings in Co2penhagen
Sustainable Architecture and Green Buildings in Co2penhagen
Educational Tour May 23 - 27th, 2010
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the VIP Sustainable Architecture and Green Building Tour to Copenhagen.
Denmark is one of the world leaders in sustainable architecture and the country is focused on making a significant impact on green technology globally; furthermore the city of Copenhagen has announced that it will be CO2 neutral by 2025 - the first capital in the world to do so. Leading architects like BIG, 3XN and schmidt hammer lassen architects have set new standards for buildings that live up to the new protocol of standards for sustainability.
The unique tour has been arranged in collaboration with The Danish Architectural Association, The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and The Design Exchange in Toronto. It will include site visits that are not publicly available and meetings with numerous developers and architects, who focus on sustainable architecture and design.
The tailored program will enable you to;
- Experience sustainable and C02 neutral buildings - first hand
- Meet and network with the Danish architects, planners and developers
- Learn about the Danish architectural policy
- Experience Danish state of the art architecture
- Share and expand your network and knowledge base while getting inspired
We hope to have you onboard, and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
For more info about participation click here.
PETER MORK / PETMOR@UM.DK
HEAD OF MISSIONCONSUL & TRADE COMMISSIONERDIRECT
+1 (416) 962 5661 EXT 325 / MOBILE +1 (416) 804 2816
ROYAL DANISH CONSULATE GENERAL
2 BLOOR STREET WEST, TORONTO / M4W 3E2
ONTARIOPHONE +1 (416) 962 5661 / WWW.EKSPORTTILCANADA.UM.DK
Educational Tour May 23 - 27th, 2010
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the VIP Sustainable Architecture and Green Building Tour to Copenhagen.
Denmark is one of the world leaders in sustainable architecture and the country is focused on making a significant impact on green technology globally; furthermore the city of Copenhagen has announced that it will be CO2 neutral by 2025 - the first capital in the world to do so. Leading architects like BIG, 3XN and schmidt hammer lassen architects have set new standards for buildings that live up to the new protocol of standards for sustainability.
The unique tour has been arranged in collaboration with The Danish Architectural Association, The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and The Design Exchange in Toronto. It will include site visits that are not publicly available and meetings with numerous developers and architects, who focus on sustainable architecture and design.
The tailored program will enable you to;
- Experience sustainable and C02 neutral buildings - first hand
- Meet and network with the Danish architects, planners and developers
- Learn about the Danish architectural policy
- Experience Danish state of the art architecture
- Share and expand your network and knowledge base while getting inspired
We hope to have you onboard, and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
For more info about participation click here.
PETER MORK / PETMOR@UM.DK
HEAD OF MISSIONCONSUL & TRADE COMMISSIONERDIRECT
+1 (416) 962 5661 EXT 325 / MOBILE +1 (416) 804 2816
ROYAL DANISH CONSULATE GENERAL
2 BLOOR STREET WEST, TORONTO / M4W 3E2
ONTARIOPHONE +1 (416) 962 5661 / WWW.EKSPORTTILCANADA.UM.DK
[PDADC-L] Nominations for the Advisory Search Committee for the Principal of University College
PDAD&C #84, 2009-10
MEMORANDUM
To: Faculty, Staff and Students, University College
PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
CC: President David Naylor
The Bulletin
Date: April 30, 2010
Re: Nominations for the Advisory Search Committee for the Principal of University College
___________________________________________________________________________
Professor Sylvia Bashevkin will end her term as Principal of University College on June 30, 2011. She is eligible for re-appointment.
In accordance with Section 62 of the Policy on Appointment of Academic Administrators, I am writing to call for nominations of individuals to serve on the search committee that will advise the President on the appointment of a Principal of the College. The Policy mandates the potential composition of the committee as follows:
* The Vice-President and Provost or representative (Chair);
* Three to five members of the teaching staff of the College and/or those who teach in the College's programs;
* One to three students of the College;
* The Dean of the School of Graduate Studies or representative;
* The Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science or representative;
* Two or three other qualified scholars from within or outside this University, but outside the College.
* A librarian, where appropriate;
* In addition, the committee may include an alumnus/a and one or two members of the administrative staff.
The advisory committee will begin meeting this fall.
Nominations for the committee should be sent by May 14 via the Vice-President and Provost's web site online form at http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/committees/advisory/UC.htm
Questions should be directed to Helen Lasthiotakis, Director, Academic Programs and Policy by phone at 416.946.0501 or email h.lasthiotakis@utoronto.ca
MEMORANDUM
To: Faculty, Staff and Students, University College
PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
CC: President David Naylor
The Bulletin
Date: April 30, 2010
Re: Nominations for the Advisory Search Committee for the Principal of University College
___________________________________________________________________________
Professor Sylvia Bashevkin will end her term as Principal of University College on June 30, 2011. She is eligible for re-appointment.
In accordance with Section 62 of the Policy on Appointment of Academic Administrators, I am writing to call for nominations of individuals to serve on the search committee that will advise the President on the appointment of a Principal of the College. The Policy mandates the potential composition of the committee as follows:
* The Vice-President and Provost or representative (Chair);
* Three to five members of the teaching staff of the College and/or those who teach in the College's programs;
* One to three students of the College;
* The Dean of the School of Graduate Studies or representative;
* The Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science or representative;
* Two or three other qualified scholars from within or outside this University, but outside the College.
* A librarian, where appropriate;
* In addition, the committee may include an alumnus/a and one or two members of the administrative staff.
The advisory committee will begin meeting this fall.
Nominations for the committee should be sent by May 14 via the Vice-President and Provost's web site online form at http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/committees/advisory/UC.htm
Questions should be directed to Helen Lasthiotakis, Director, Academic Programs and Policy by phone at 416.946.0501 or email h.lasthiotakis@utoronto.ca
[PDADC-L] Funding Opportunity - Genome Canada competition information session
MEMORANDUM
TO: Principals, Deans, Academic Directors and Chairs
FROM: Professor R. Paul Young, Vice-President, Research
DATE: 27th April 2010
RE: Information Session
Upcoming Genome Canada competitions in Genomics and Proteomics
Genome Canada will be holding two funding competitions in 2010 for a total of up to $84 million using the $75 million in funds it received in the 2010 Federal Budget and $9 million of existing additional funds (see attached: GC funding update).
To support these competitions an information session presented by representatives of the Ontario Genomics Institute will be held Tuesday May 18 1:00 – 3:00 to inform researchers interested in large scale genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics projects about these upcoming Genome Canada competitions and other funding opportunities (see attached draft information flyer).
TO: Principals, Deans, Academic Directors and Chairs
FROM: Professor R. Paul Young, Vice-President, Research
DATE: 27th April 2010
RE: Information Session
Upcoming Genome Canada competitions in Genomics and Proteomics
Genome Canada will be holding two funding competitions in 2010 for a total of up to $84 million using the $75 million in funds it received in the 2010 Federal Budget and $9 million of existing additional funds (see attached: GC funding update).
To support these competitions an information session presented by representatives of the Ontario Genomics Institute will be held Tuesday May 18 1:00 – 3:00 to inform researchers interested in large scale genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics projects about these upcoming Genome Canada competitions and other funding opportunities (see attached draft information flyer).
[PDADC-L] 83: Nominations for the Advisory Search Committee for Dean of the Faculty of Law
PDAD&C# 83, 2009-10
MEMORANDUM
To: Faculty, Staff and Students, Faculty of Law
PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
CC: President David Naylor
The Bulletin
Date: April 26, 2010
Re: Nominations for the Advisory Search Committee for Dean of the Faculty of Law
___________________________________________________________________________
On June 30, 2011, Professor Mayo Moran will complete her first term as Dean of the Faculty of Law. Professor Moran is eligible for re-appointment.
In accordance with Section 60 of the Policy on Appointment of Academic Administrators, I am writing to call for nominations for the advisory committee that will advise the President on the appointment of a Dean. The Policy mandates the potential composition of the advisory committee as follows:
* The Vice-President and Provost or representative (Chair);
* Three to five members of the teaching staff of the Faculty;
* One to three students of the Faculty;
* The Dean of the School of Graduate Studies or representative;
* A librarian, where appropriate;
* Two or three other qualified scholars from within or outside this University, but outside the Faculty;
* In addition, the committee may include an alumnus/a, a member of the administrative staff, and a senior member of the appropriate professional community.
The advisory committee will begin meeting this fall.
Nominations for the committee should be sent by May 7, via the Vice-President and Provost's web site online form at http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/committees/advisory/LAW.htm
Questions should be directed to Helen Lasthiotakis, Director, Academic Programs and Policy by phone at 416.946.0501 or email h.lasthiotakis@utoronto.ca.
MEMORANDUM
To: Faculty, Staff and Students, Faculty of Law
PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
CC: President David Naylor
The Bulletin
Date: April 26, 2010
Re: Nominations for the Advisory Search Committee for Dean of the Faculty of Law
___________________________________________________________________________
On June 30, 2011, Professor Mayo Moran will complete her first term as Dean of the Faculty of Law. Professor Moran is eligible for re-appointment.
In accordance with Section 60 of the Policy on Appointment of Academic Administrators, I am writing to call for nominations for the advisory committee that will advise the President on the appointment of a Dean. The Policy mandates the potential composition of the advisory committee as follows:
* The Vice-President and Provost or representative (Chair);
* Three to five members of the teaching staff of the Faculty;
* One to three students of the Faculty;
* The Dean of the School of Graduate Studies or representative;
* A librarian, where appropriate;
* Two or three other qualified scholars from within or outside this University, but outside the Faculty;
* In addition, the committee may include an alumnus/a, a member of the administrative staff, and a senior member of the appropriate professional community.
The advisory committee will begin meeting this fall.
Nominations for the committee should be sent by May 7, via the Vice-President and Provost's web site online form at http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/committees/advisory/LAW.htm
Questions should be directed to Helen Lasthiotakis, Director, Academic Programs and Policy by phone at 416.946.0501 or email h.lasthiotakis@utoronto.ca.
[PDADC-L] 82: Revised Advisory Search Committee for Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
PDAD&C #82, 2009-10
MEMORANDUM
To: Faculty, Staff and Students, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
CC: President David Naylor
Date: April 26, 2010
Re: Revised Advisory Search Committee for Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
___________________________________________________________________________
The composition of the Committee was announced in PDAD&C #77 last week. Since that announcement, Ms. Ines Fernandez has had to step aside from serving on the Committee. In accordance with Section 60 of the Policy on Appointment of Academic Administrators, President David Naylor has appointed a revised committee to recommend the appointment of a Dean of the Faculty:
Prof. Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost (chair) Prof. Susan Andrews, Department of Civil Engineering Prof. Craig Boutillier, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts and Science Mr. Paul Cadario, Senior Manager, Trust Fund Quality Assurance and Compliance, World Bank Prof. Brian Corman, Dean, School of Graduate Studies Prof. Alis Ekmekci, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Mr. Jason Grenier, Graduate student, The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ms. Claire Kennedy, Alumna Ms. Sandra Langlands, Director, Gerstein Science Information Centre Ms. Barbara McCann, Registrar, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering Prof. Ali Sheikholeslami, The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Prof. Richard Sommer, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design Ms. Sabrina Tang, Undergraduate student, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Prof. Steven Thorpe, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Mr. David Whitaik Lee, Graduate student, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Prof. Christopher Yip, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry and Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
The Advisory Committee for the search welcomes comments and nominations from interested persons. These should be sent to the attention of Helen Lasthiotakis, Director, Academic Programs and Policy, by May 10, 2010 by mail (Room 225, Simcoe Hall) or by email to h.lasthiotakis@utoronto.ca
MEMORANDUM
To: Faculty, Staff and Students, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
CC: President David Naylor
Date: April 26, 2010
Re: Revised Advisory Search Committee for Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
___________________________________________________________________________
The composition of the Committee was announced in PDAD&C #77 last week. Since that announcement, Ms. Ines Fernandez has had to step aside from serving on the Committee. In accordance with Section 60 of the Policy on Appointment of Academic Administrators, President David Naylor has appointed a revised committee to recommend the appointment of a Dean of the Faculty:
Prof. Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost (chair) Prof. Susan Andrews, Department of Civil Engineering Prof. Craig Boutillier, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts and Science Mr. Paul Cadario, Senior Manager, Trust Fund Quality Assurance and Compliance, World Bank Prof. Brian Corman, Dean, School of Graduate Studies Prof. Alis Ekmekci, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Mr. Jason Grenier, Graduate student, The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ms. Claire Kennedy, Alumna Ms. Sandra Langlands, Director, Gerstein Science Information Centre Ms. Barbara McCann, Registrar, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering Prof. Ali Sheikholeslami, The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Prof. Richard Sommer, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design Ms. Sabrina Tang, Undergraduate student, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Prof. Steven Thorpe, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Mr. David Whitaik Lee, Graduate student, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Prof. Christopher Yip, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry and Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
The Advisory Committee for the search welcomes comments and nominations from interested persons. These should be sent to the attention of Helen Lasthiotakis, Director, Academic Programs and Policy, by May 10, 2010 by mail (Room 225, Simcoe Hall) or by email to h.lasthiotakis@utoronto.ca
[PDADC-L] #81, Nominations for the Advisory Search Committee for Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
PDAD&C# 81, 2009-10
MEMORANDUM
To: Faculty, Staff and Students, Faculty of Medicine
PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
CC: President David Naylor
The Bulletin
Date: April 23, 2010
Re: Nominations for the Advisory Search Committee for Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
___________________________________________________________________________
On June 30, 2011, Professor Catharine Whiteside will complete her first term as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Professor Whiteside is eligible for re-appointment.
In accordance with Section 60 of the Policy on Appointment of Academic Administrators, I am writing to call for nominations for the advisory committee that will advise the President on the appointment of a Dean. The Policy mandates the potential composition of the advisory committee as follows:
* The Vice-President and Provost or representative (Chair);
* Three to five members of the teaching staff of the Faculty;
* One to three students of the Faculty;
* The Dean of the School of Graduate Studies or representative;
* A librarian, where appropriate;
* Two or three other qualified scholars from within or outside this University, but outside the Faculty;
* In addition, the committee may include an alumnus/a, a member of the administrative staff, and a senior member of the appropriate professional community.
The advisory committee may begin meeting this spring.
Nominations for the committee should be sent by May 5, via the Vice-President and Provost's web site online form at http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/committees/advisory/MED/MEDnom.htm
Questions should be directed to Helen Lasthiotakis, Director, Academic Programs and Policy by phone at 416.946.0501 or email h.lasthiotakis@utoronto.ca.
MEMORANDUM
To: Faculty, Staff and Students, Faculty of Medicine
PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
CC: President David Naylor
The Bulletin
Date: April 23, 2010
Re: Nominations for the Advisory Search Committee for Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
___________________________________________________________________________
On June 30, 2011, Professor Catharine Whiteside will complete her first term as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Professor Whiteside is eligible for re-appointment.
In accordance with Section 60 of the Policy on Appointment of Academic Administrators, I am writing to call for nominations for the advisory committee that will advise the President on the appointment of a Dean. The Policy mandates the potential composition of the advisory committee as follows:
* The Vice-President and Provost or representative (Chair);
* Three to five members of the teaching staff of the Faculty;
* One to three students of the Faculty;
* The Dean of the School of Graduate Studies or representative;
* A librarian, where appropriate;
* Two or three other qualified scholars from within or outside this University, but outside the Faculty;
* In addition, the committee may include an alumnus/a, a member of the administrative staff, and a senior member of the appropriate professional community.
The advisory committee may begin meeting this spring.
Nominations for the committee should be sent by May 5, via the Vice-President and Provost's web site online form at http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/committees/advisory/MED/MEDnom.htm
Questions should be directed to Helen Lasthiotakis, Director, Academic Programs and Policy by phone at 416.946.0501 or email h.lasthiotakis@utoronto.ca.
[PDADC-L] 80, Doctoral Thesis Completion Grant
PDAD&C#80, 2009-10
To: PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
Brian Corman, Vice-Provost, Graduate Education and Dean of Graduate Studies
Date: April 22, 2010
Re: Doctoral Thesis Completion Grant
In response to concerns raised by our colleagues and by our graduate students, Brian Corman and I are pleased to announce some substantial revisions to the Doctoral Thesis Completion Grant. This grant will now be used to support PhD students who are in their first year beyond the funded cohort and whose program cannot be completed within the funded years because of special features of the research program, such as intensive language requirements or archival work, or because unforeseen events such as loss of data, obstruction of access of research materials, etc. For 2010-2011, the value of the award is tuition (domestic or international) plus $10,000. This ought to go some distance in alleviating the burdens on international students who require an additional year to complete their theses.
Please see below Doctoral Completion Award Terms of Reference....
Doctoral Completion Award Terms of Reference
Overview and Award Criteria
The Doctoral Completion Award (DCA) is intended to help support PhD students who are in their first year beyond the funded cohort and whose program cannot be completed within the funded years because of special features of the research program, such as intensive language requirements or archival work, or because of unforeseen events such as loss of data, obstruction to access of research materials, etc.
Eligibility
Eligibility is restricted to full‐time PhD students in good standing in their first year beyond the funded cohort.
Nomination Procedure
Application for funding will be made through graduate units who will rank applications before
forwarding to SGS.
Selection Procedure
Application forms will be processed by Student Services, School of Graduate Studies. Awards will be determined by an adjudication committee established by SGS. Awards will be based on program requirements and on academic merit, not on financial need (the grant is not intended to supersede or overlap with the present SGS Emergency Grant). Preference will be given to students with limited access to other internal and external funding sources.
Award Value
The award is intended to provide reasonable support to the student. For 2010‐2011, the award will provide tuition (domestic or international) plus $10,000. The award will be paid in two installments that will be posted to the student’s account and applied first to any outstanding balance. Students must be registered to receive the award and will not receive subsequent payments once degree requirements are completed.
Contact
School of Graduate Studies
Graduate Awards Office
63 St. George Street, Room 202
graduate.awards@utoronto.ca
416‐946‐0808
To: PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
Brian Corman, Vice-Provost, Graduate Education and Dean of Graduate Studies
Date: April 22, 2010
Re: Doctoral Thesis Completion Grant
In response to concerns raised by our colleagues and by our graduate students, Brian Corman and I are pleased to announce some substantial revisions to the Doctoral Thesis Completion Grant. This grant will now be used to support PhD students who are in their first year beyond the funded cohort and whose program cannot be completed within the funded years because of special features of the research program, such as intensive language requirements or archival work, or because unforeseen events such as loss of data, obstruction of access of research materials, etc. For 2010-2011, the value of the award is tuition (domestic or international) plus $10,000. This ought to go some distance in alleviating the burdens on international students who require an additional year to complete their theses.
Please see below Doctoral Completion Award Terms of Reference....
Doctoral Completion Award Terms of Reference
Overview and Award Criteria
The Doctoral Completion Award (DCA) is intended to help support PhD students who are in their first year beyond the funded cohort and whose program cannot be completed within the funded years because of special features of the research program, such as intensive language requirements or archival work, or because of unforeseen events such as loss of data, obstruction to access of research materials, etc.
Eligibility
Eligibility is restricted to full‐time PhD students in good standing in their first year beyond the funded cohort.
Nomination Procedure
Application for funding will be made through graduate units who will rank applications before
forwarding to SGS.
Selection Procedure
Application forms will be processed by Student Services, School of Graduate Studies. Awards will be determined by an adjudication committee established by SGS. Awards will be based on program requirements and on academic merit, not on financial need (the grant is not intended to supersede or overlap with the present SGS Emergency Grant). Preference will be given to students with limited access to other internal and external funding sources.
Award Value
The award is intended to provide reasonable support to the student. For 2010‐2011, the award will provide tuition (domestic or international) plus $10,000. The award will be paid in two installments that will be posted to the student’s account and applied first to any outstanding balance. Students must be registered to receive the award and will not receive subsequent payments once degree requirements are completed.
Contact
School of Graduate Studies
Graduate Awards Office
63 St. George Street, Room 202
graduate.awards@utoronto.ca
416‐946‐0808
[PDADC-L] 79 Online H1N1 Absence Declarations
PDAD&C# 79, 2009-10
MEMORANDUM
To: PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Regehr, Vice-Provost, Academic Programs
Date: April 22, 2010
Re: Online H1N1 Absence Declarations
___________________________________________________________________________
Last fall, as part of the University's planning related to academic accommodations for H1N1 influenza, the University implemented a temporary suspension of the need for a doctor's note or medical certificate in relation to flu-related absences. As part of these accommodations, an on-line ROSI flu absence declaration system was implemented.
I writing to advise you that, effective the beginning of the summer 2010 session, the on-line H1N1 absence declaration will be disabled. Students who wish to seek academic accommodation for illness will be expected to provide a medical certificate in accordance with their own faculty or campus's normal rules.
Students will receive notification of the suspension for the on-line H1N1 absence declaration. They will be directed to academic divisional registrar's office for further information and responses to their queries.
We are currently examining whether a modified version of an online declaration system may be of use to academic divisions and will be consulting further on this issue.
MEMORANDUM
To: PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Regehr, Vice-Provost, Academic Programs
Date: April 22, 2010
Re: Online H1N1 Absence Declarations
___________________________________________________________________________
Last fall, as part of the University's planning related to academic accommodations for H1N1 influenza, the University implemented a temporary suspension of the need for a doctor's note or medical certificate in relation to flu-related absences. As part of these accommodations, an on-line ROSI flu absence declaration system was implemented.
I writing to advise you that, effective the beginning of the summer 2010 session, the on-line H1N1 absence declaration will be disabled. Students who wish to seek academic accommodation for illness will be expected to provide a medical certificate in accordance with their own faculty or campus's normal rules.
Students will receive notification of the suspension for the on-line H1N1 absence declaration. They will be directed to academic divisional registrar's office for further information and responses to their queries.
We are currently examining whether a modified version of an online declaration system may be of use to academic divisions and will be consulting further on this issue.
[PDADC-L] 78, President's Teaching Award Recipients
PDAD&C#78, 2009-10
MEMORANDUM
To: PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
Date: April 22, 2010
Re: President's Teaching Award Recipients
I am pleased to announce that at its meeting on April 21 the Academic Board approved the appointment of the 2009-10 President's Teaching Award Recipients. They are as follows:
o Professor Robert Brym, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts & Science
o Professor Steve Joordens, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough
o Senior Lecturer Barbara Murck, Department of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga
o Professor Paul Stevens, Department of English, Faculty of Arts & Science
o Professor Mike Wiley, Division of Anatomy, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
The President's Teaching Award recognizes sustained excellence in teaching, research on teaching, and the integration of teaching and research. Recipients of a President's Teaching Award are designated as a member of the Teaching Academy for a five-year period and receive an annual professional development allowance of $10,000 for five years.
The biographies of this year's recipients as well as more information about the President's Teaching Award are available at http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/Awards/presidentaward.htm.
In addition to congratulating this year's recipients, I would also like to thank the nominators for preparing the dossiers and the members of the Selection Committee for reviewing the nominations.
MEMORANDUM
To: PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
Date: April 22, 2010
Re: President's Teaching Award Recipients
I am pleased to announce that at its meeting on April 21 the Academic Board approved the appointment of the 2009-10 President's Teaching Award Recipients. They are as follows:
o Professor Robert Brym, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts & Science
o Professor Steve Joordens, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough
o Senior Lecturer Barbara Murck, Department of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga
o Professor Paul Stevens, Department of English, Faculty of Arts & Science
o Professor Mike Wiley, Division of Anatomy, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
The President's Teaching Award recognizes sustained excellence in teaching, research on teaching, and the integration of teaching and research. Recipients of a President's Teaching Award are designated as a member of the Teaching Academy for a five-year period and receive an annual professional development allowance of $10,000 for five years.
The biographies of this year's recipients as well as more information about the President's Teaching Award are available at http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/Awards/presidentaward.htm.
In addition to congratulating this year's recipients, I would also like to thank the nominators for preparing the dossiers and the members of the Selection Committee for reviewing the nominations.
[PDADC-L] 77, Advisory Search Committee for Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
PDAD&C #77, 2009-10
MEMORANDUM
To: Faculty, Staff and Students, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
CC: President David Naylor
The Bulletin
Date: April 20, 2010
Re: Advisory Search Committee for Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
___________________________________________________________________________
As announced on March 19, 2010, Professor Cristina Amon will complete her first term as Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering on June 30, 2011. Professor Amon is eligible for re-appointment.
In accordance with Section 60 of the Policy on Appointment of Academic Administrators, President David Naylor has appointed a committee to recommend the appointment of a Dean of the Faculty. The composition of the committee is as follows:
Prof. Susan Andrews, Department of Civil Engineering Prof. Craig Boutillier, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts and Science Mr. Paul Cadario, Manager, Trust Fund Quality Assurance and Compliance, World Bank Prof. Brian Corman, Dean, School of Graduate Studies Prof. Alis Ekmekci, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Ms. Ines Fernandez, Undergraduate student, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Mr. Jason Grenier, Graduate student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ms. Claire Kennedy, Alumna Ms. Sandra Langlands, Director, Gerstein Science Information Centre Ms. Barbara McCann, Registrar, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering Prof. Ali Sheikholeslami, Edward S. Rogers Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Prof. Richard Sommer, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design Prof. Steven Thorpe, Department of Material Science and Engineering Mr. David Whitaik Lee, Graduate student, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Prof. Christopher Yip, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry and Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
The Advisory Committee for the search welcomes comments and nominations from interested persons. These should be sent to the attention of Helen Lasthiotakis, Director, Academic Programs and Policy, by May 10, 2010 by mail (Room 225, Simcoe Hall) or by email to h.lasthiotakis@utoronto.ca
MEMORANDUM
To: Faculty, Staff and Students, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, PDAD&C
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
CC: President David Naylor
The Bulletin
Date: April 20, 2010
Re: Advisory Search Committee for Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
___________________________________________________________________________
As announced on March 19, 2010, Professor Cristina Amon will complete her first term as Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering on June 30, 2011. Professor Amon is eligible for re-appointment.
In accordance with Section 60 of the Policy on Appointment of Academic Administrators, President David Naylor has appointed a committee to recommend the appointment of a Dean of the Faculty. The composition of the committee is as follows:
Prof. Susan Andrews, Department of Civil Engineering Prof. Craig Boutillier, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts and Science Mr. Paul Cadario, Manager, Trust Fund Quality Assurance and Compliance, World Bank Prof. Brian Corman, Dean, School of Graduate Studies Prof. Alis Ekmekci, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Ms. Ines Fernandez, Undergraduate student, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Mr. Jason Grenier, Graduate student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ms. Claire Kennedy, Alumna Ms. Sandra Langlands, Director, Gerstein Science Information Centre Ms. Barbara McCann, Registrar, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering Prof. Ali Sheikholeslami, Edward S. Rogers Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Prof. Richard Sommer, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design Prof. Steven Thorpe, Department of Material Science and Engineering Mr. David Whitaik Lee, Graduate student, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Prof. Christopher Yip, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry and Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
The Advisory Committee for the search welcomes comments and nominations from interested persons. These should be sent to the attention of Helen Lasthiotakis, Director, Academic Programs and Policy, by May 10, 2010 by mail (Room 225, Simcoe Hall) or by email to h.lasthiotakis@utoronto.ca
Friday, April 16, 2010
Journal Subscriptions
The library is attempting to identify journals that faculty consider to be important but which are not currently held by U of T Libraries.
At this point in time, it is not known if any funding will be available but we like to keep an up to date list so that if funds do become available, we can act.
If you or your colleagues have any recommendations please email me at cris.sewerin@utoronto.ca.
Best wishes,
Cristina
Cristina Sewerin, MLS
Physical & Applied Sciences Selector, Collection Development Department
Instruction & Reference Librarian, Engineering & Computer Science Library
University of Toronto Libraries
416-946-4020 (engineering) 416-978-4254 (collection devt)
cris.sewerin@utoronto.ca
At this point in time, it is not known if any funding will be available but we like to keep an up to date list so that if funds do become available, we can act.
If you or your colleagues have any recommendations please email me at cris.sewerin@utoronto.ca.
Best wishes,
Cristina
Cristina Sewerin, MLS
Physical & Applied Sciences Selector, Collection Development Department
Instruction & Reference Librarian, Engineering & Computer Science Library
University of Toronto Libraries
416-946-4020 (engineering) 416-978-4254 (collection devt)
cris.sewerin@utoronto.ca
N E W S B U L L E T I N Cities Centre 16apr10
N E W S B U L L E T I N 16 April 2010
Please forward and distribute widely - thank you
N E W S
The Canadian Urban Institute announced that its website has a new URL, http://www.canurb.org, and also that Toronto City Summit Alliance is the winner of the David Crombie Award, one of its Urban Leadership Awards …more
New research paper from the Conference Board of Canada include Building From the Ground Up: Enhancing Affordable Housing in Canada …more
Citiscope launched at World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro …more
Cities Around the World presents over 6,100 photographic images from the slide collections of the American Geographical Society Library …more
A new postdoctoral fellow will join Cities Centre for a period of one year in September 2010, thanks to a scholarship from the Canadian Bureau for International Education. A sociologist at the Polytechnic of Milan, one of Dr. Roberta Cucca’s areas of research is a comparative overview of global competitiveness and social inequalities between Europe and Canada. While at Cities Centre, she will undertake a project entitled Contemporary cities between global competitiveness and social inequalities: a comparative overview between Europe and Canada.
C A L L S F O R P A P E R S, P R O P O S A L S, A N D A P P L I C A T I O N S
Call for Volunteers CERIS Student Caucus, for their 3rd Annual Graduate Student Conference (Re) Imagining Canada: Migration, Transnationalism, and Diaspora Friday, April 23 9am-5pm at York University. Please contact cerisgradvolunteers@gmail.com by April 20 …more
Call for Applications June 22-24: Experience the Creative Economy presented by the Martin Prosperity Institute. Applications due April 26 …more
Call for Papers for Special Issue The Urban Space of the Elites of Urban History Review/Revue d’histoire urbaine Information and proposals: Harold Bérubé, Université de Sherbrooke harold.berube@usherbrooke.ca (819) 821-8000, extension 65572 by April 30 …more
Call for Applications for entry into the 2010 Fall semester Collaborative Doctoral Program in Global Health (CPGH) at the University of Toronto, due April 30 …more
Call for Applications Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the City Institute at York University Towers in the Suburbs: Fixing the Modernist Suburban Legacy in Toronto Applications must be received by May 3 …more
Call for Proposals on Immigration, Housing and Homelessness he Metropolis Project of CIC, and the Homelessness Partnering Secretariat of HRSDC are very happy to announce the launching of a joint Call for Proposals for research that examines the intersection of Immigration, Housing and Homelessness. Proposals are due by May 5 …more
Award Announcement/Call for Applications CERIS invites applications from graduate students at both the Masters and Doctoral levels of study, for a Graduate Student Research Award to support research related to immigration and settlement. Ten awards of up to $500.00 will be made to support significant research projects on immigration and settlement issues in Ontario. Applications from all fields and disciplines of study are welcome. Applications due May 13. For more information, contact Bethany Osborne at 416-946-3114 or bethany.osborne@utoronto.ca.
Logo Contest Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) $500 prize offered by the Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, open to UofT community only, due by June 1st …more
Call for Nominations 2010 Heritage Toronto Awards The Heritage Toronto Awards celebrate outstanding contributions - by professionals and volunteers - in the promotion and conservation of Toronto's history and heritage landmarks. The deadline for nominations is June 1st, 4:30pm. If you have any questions about the nomination process or the eligibility of projects, please contact Nancy Luno at nluno@toronto.ca or 416-338-2175 …more
Call for Applications The IMFG Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance and the Blanche and Sandy Van Ginkel Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance have been announced for 2010-2011. The deadline for applications is June 30 …more
Call for Contributors The Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative is calling for community artists and activists that are creatively engaging citizens in public space to participate in a community consultation and contribute to the development of several knowledge exchange tools …more
Call for Interns Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative has multiple volunteer positions available …more
E V E N T S
Friday, April 16, 12noon-2pm: Ethnic Clustering for More Jobs? The Effect of Enclave Residence on Immigrants' Labour Force Activities Moderator: Dr. Tony Fang, CERIS Economic and Labour Market Integration Domain Leader. Presenter: Dr. Jiong Tu, Researcher, HRSDC - Labour Program. Presented by CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre. 246 Bloor St. West, 5th Floor, Room 548 Please RSVP to ceris.reception@utoronto.ca or call (416) 946-3110 …more
Friday, April 16, 5pm: Climate Wise Women Moderator: Sarah Wakefield, Associate Professor, Department of Geography. Panelists: Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg (Keynote address) Professor, OISE; Katrina Miller, Campaigns Director, Toronto Environmental Alliance; Danny Harvey, Professor, Department of Geography. Climate Wise Women: Constance Okollet (Uganda, Africa), Chairperson, Osukura United Women Network; Ulamila Kurai Wragg (Cook Islands, the Pacific), Coordinator, Pacific WAVE Media Network; Sharon Hanshaw (Biloxi, Mississippi, USA); Executive Director of Coastal Women for Change. Presented by Centre for Environment, Dept. of Geography and Program in Planning, and Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto. The Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St. George St., Adel Sedra Auditorium BA1160. Free, all are welcome …more
Tuesday, April 20, 10:30am-noon: Surveying Korean Transnationalism: Pilot Test Findings from the Study on Toronto Korean Families Room 830, York Research Tower, Keele Campus, York University, 4700 Keele Street. For more information ycar@yorku.ca ..more
Wednesday, April 21, 10:20am (Coffee 9:45am): Why Architecture Matters Christopher Hume. Academy for Lifelong Learning. Innis College Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave. Members free (no reservation necessary), Non-Members $6 …more
Wednesday, April 21, 4-6pm: Economies of Scale in Ontario Municipal Services: Are Larger Municipalities Really More Efficient? Adam Found, Hon.B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D Candidate, Department of Economics, University of Toronto. Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance 2010 Graduate Fellowship Seminar Series. Room 208N, North House, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, 1 Devonshire Place …register
Thursday, April 22, 8am-12noon: The Value of Water: Emerging Issues First of three in the series Water Finance presented by Centre for Environment and Canadian Urban Institute. Registration and fee required. Bahen Building, Room BA1170 …more
Thursday, April 22, 10am-3:30pm: Centre for Environment Research Day 2010 Featuring opening remarks by Ingrid Stefanovic (Director, Centre for Environment) and presentations by Chris Kennedy (Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities; Tajinder Singh(Ph.D. candidate, Faculty of Forestry and Centre for Environment) Forecasting Volatility of World Carbon Markets; Erika Jermé (M.Pl. candidate, Dept. of Geography Program in Planning Centre for Environment) Growing a Just Garden: Environmental Justice and the Development of a Community Garden Policy for Hamilton, Ontario; Alicia Harvey (Hons B.A. student, Environmental Policy & Practice major), Mike Lawler (Hons B.A. student, Environment & Society major), Daniel McCaffrey (Hons B.A. student, Environment & Society, and History major), and Debra Weinryb (Hons B.A. student, Environment & Society major) Promoting Environmental Stewardship Among Private Landowners: Success Stories from Local Conservation Authorities; Elizabeth Edwards (Professor, Dept. of Chemical Eng and Applied Chemistry) New Frontiers in Bioremediation; Ellie Farahani (Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Environment) The Study of Energy Conservation: Integrating Engineering and the Social Sciences; Smith Sundar (Ph.D. candidate, Faculty of Forestry and Centre for Environment) The Use of Cellulose Fiber in Bio-based Composite Manufacturing: Improving Orientation and Dispersion for Value Addition; Tyler Hunt (M.A. candidate, Dept. of Geography and Centre for Environment) Big Wind in Small Town Ontario: Residents’ Opinions and Perceptions of the Wolfe Island Wind Farm, Frontenac County. University of Toronto, Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks, 2nd floor …more and free registration
Thursday, April 22, 4-5:30pm: Contaminated Soil: Is it really an issue for urban agriculture? Development of an evidence-based protocol to guide the assessment of soils for use in urban agriculture Josephine Archbold, Environmental Health Research and Policy Specialist Environmental Health Justice in the City, A Centre for Urban Health Initiatives Research Interest Group. University College, Rm 256, 15 King’s College Circle …more
Thursday, April 22, 5:30-7:30pm: ULI Toronto - Athletes Village for the Pan Am Games: Legacy Project on the West Don Lands. Speakers: David Peterson, Chair, Pan Am Games Committee; Meg Davis, VP Development, West Don Lands Waterfront Toronto; John Campbell, President and CEO, Waterfront Toronto. Moderator: Adam Vaughan, City of Toronto Councillor. Presented by Urban Land Institute. The Toronto Board of Trade, 1 First Canadian Place, 4th Floor. Fee and registration required.
Saturday, April 24, (rain or shine!) 10am-approx. 12:30pm: John Warkentin's Waterfront Sculpture Walk A GeoTrip presented by the Dept. of Geography and Program in Planning. Starting point is at the Foot of Yonge Street (i.e. at Queens Quay), proceeding along the Toronto Waterfront between Yonge and Bathurst Streets. Suggested donation $10 . RSVP for this Free GeoTrip by April 23 to Andrew Malcolm at mainoffice@geog.utoronto.ca or 416-978-3375 …more
Tuesday, April 27, 4:30-6pm: Community Resilience and Social Equity in Changing Times Tina Clarke, certified Transition Towns Trainer, consultant with 30 years experience in social change movements. Environmental Health Justice RIG, Centre for Urban Health Initiatives, University College, 15 King's College Circle, Room 256. For more information, contact Stacey Creak cuhi.admin@utoroto.ca.
Wednesday, April 28, 6-8pm: Dark Days (Dir. Marc Singer, 2000) Cities on Film Screening Series presented by Cities Centre and the Dept. of Geography and Program in Planning. The Annex, Room 621, Sidney Smith Hall, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street …flyer …more
Friday, April 30, 12noon-2:30pm: Reflections on Community Based Research Practice Moderator: Luin Goldring, York University. Commentators: Nancy Mandell, York University and Nasim Haque, M.D., Wellesley Institute. 1. “Participatory Action Research: A tool for newcomer engagement and social change".” Mennonite New Life Center. Tanya Chute Molina and Adriana Salazar. 2. “CBR on Income, Race and Health: Lessons from the Black Creek Project.” Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services. Darren Pham, Ruth Wilson, Patricia Landolt. 3. “Innovative strategies to maximize meaningful target community involvement in researching for social change.” Regent Park Community Health Centre/Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment. Alan Li, M.D.. Presented by CERIS, 246 Bloor St. West, 5th Floor, Room 548Please RSVP to ceris.reception@utoronto.ca or call (416) 946-3110.
Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2: 4th Annual Jane’s Walk A street-level celebration of Jane Jacobs’ legacy held annually around the world on the first weekend of May that combines the simple act of walking with personal observations, urban history and local lore to knit people together into strong and resourceful communities …more
Saturday, May 1, 2pm: Compassion in Citizenship: The Responsibilities and Advantages of Good Citizenship in a Just Society A conversation with Barbara Coloroso, Pico Iyer, Mark Kingwell and Gabor Mate. Presented by The Globe And Mail Open House Festival, Random . The Bram and Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, 2nd Floor. Tickets from uofttix.ca / 416-978-8849 …more
Tuesday, May 4, 12noon-1:30pm: Measuring Attractive Urban Areas Kimberley Moore, University at Buffalo, Candidate for Master's of Urban Planning, Graduate Assistant, Building UB and Urban Design Project. Presented by the Martin Prosperity Institute, MaRS Centre, 101 College Street, Ste. 420, 4th Floor …more
Tuesday, May 4, 5-6pm presentation, 6-7pm signing: The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity Richard Florida, Director, Martin Prosperity Institute and Professor of Business and Creativity, Rotman School of Management, author. Rotman School of Management, 105 St George St., Fleck Atrium, ground floor. $32 plus GST (includes the session, 1 copy of “The Great Reset” and cocktails) …register
Thursday, May 6, 5pm: Tour of Evergreen Brick Works Joe Lobko, Lead Architect, leads a guided tour of the site. All are required to bring or wear hard hats and steel toed boots. Hear about how Joe Lobko and his team are transforming an underutilized, publicly owned Brownfield heritage site into a mixed-use, environmental-based community centre. Refreshments and light snacks will be served, sponsored by BOMA and Diageo. RSVPs are required as space is limited and offered on a first-come first-served basis; email awestenberg@evergreen.ca or call 416 596-1495 x 332. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Avenue …more
Saturday, May 15, 10am-2pm: Walk: Re-Discover Garrison Creek – One Of Toronto’s Lost Rivers Presented by Senior College and Geography & Planning Alumni. Start at south end of Christie Pits Park (Christie and Bloor) and end at Fort York. Bring your own lunch; picnic at Trinity Bellwoods Park. Of interest to geographers of all brands, history buffs, aficionados of old Toronto, and environmental and urban planners. For more information or to RSVP, email whitney.joe@gmail.com
Wednesday, May 19, 9:30-11: DiverseCity Counts Report Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Eric Hoskins and Ryerson University President Sheldon Levy attend the release of this report. Presented by DiverseCity at Ryerson University, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, 245 Church Street, Atrium, Third Floor …RSVP …email
May 27-30: Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City Presented by Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) at Christie Pits Park in Toronto. The goal of the exhibit is to raise awareness about the plight of the world’s 42 million refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) uprooted by war and conflict …more
Thursday, June 3, 5-7:30pm: Canadian Urban Institute’s Urban Leadership Awards Ceremony Liberty Grand, Exhibition Place, 25 British Columbia Road, Exhibition Place, Renaissance Room, registration and fee required …more
C O N F E R EN C E S / S Y M P O S I A
April 15-16: 2010 Urban Symposium Presented by Association of Municipalities of Ontario at the Lincoln Alexander Centre in the City of Hamilton …more
April 22, 10am-3:30pm: Centre for Environment Research Day 2010 University of Toronto, Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks, 2nd floor …more and free registration April 22-23: Complete Streets Forum Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation (TCAT) …more
April 23: Who Decides? Democracy, Power and the Municipal Franchise in Cities of Immigration Speakers include Ron Hayduk, David Earnest, Leslie Seidle, Myer Siemiatycki, Marcus Gee, Alan Broadbent, Desmond Cole, Peter-John Sidebottom and moderators Melissa Williams and Pamela Bryant. Presented by The Strategic Knowledge Cluster’s "Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue" and the School of Public Policy & Governance. Please send RSVP to Kelsey Norman (kpnorman@gmail.com) …more
April 23: (Re) Imagining Canada: Migration, Transnationalism, and Diaspora CERIS Student Caucus 3rd Annual Graduate Student Conference. Research Tower, York University. Register by April 21 …more
May 5-7: Innovation Systems Research Network (ISRN) MCRI II 12th Annual Conference Register now for the final ISRN Conference taking place in Toronto at the Renaissance Toronto Hotel Downtown, Toronto. Non-ISRN members may register using one of the guest registration options for any or all of the three days …more
May 17-18: Discovery 2010 presented by Ontario Centres of Excellence. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building …more
May 30-June 2: Transportation and Logistics Trends and Policies: Successes and Failures Canadian Transportation Research Forum 45th Annual Conference, Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Toronto, 475 Yonge Street, Toronto ...more
June 7-8: Green Oslo and Beyond: Investigating the Origins and Shaping the Outcomes of Green Urbanism Global/Local Symposium with speakers from North America, Europe and Scandinavia. Oslo, Norway …more
June 16-17: Transforming and Revitalizing Downtown Summit Yorkland Hotel, 185 Yorkland Boulevard, Toronto. For information contact Arielle Munshaw, Client Support Executive 416-944-9200 x 200 customercare@strategyinstitute.com
June 17: Canadian Water Summit UofT’s Centre for Environment is one of many sponsors. International Centre, Toronto…more
June 20-23: Urban Environmental Pollution: Overcoming Obstacles to Sustainability and Quality of Life. Organized and sponsored by Elsevier and the journal Environmental Pollution. Boston, USA … more
June 22-24: Experience the Creative Economy presented by the Martin Prosperity Institute. Applications due April 26 …more
July 18-25: 2010 iGov Research Institute The Hague & Delft, The Netherlands. Presented by Center for Technology in Government at the University at Albany …more
August 5-8: The 79th Couchiching Conference: Watershed Moment or Wasted Opportunity presented by Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs at YMCA Geneva Park, Lake Couchiching, Orillia. Opening keynote speaker, Dr. Margaret MacMillan, is the well-known author of Paris 1919 and Nixon in China. Speakers include Dean of the Rotman School of Business, Roger Martin; President and CEO of the Conference Board of Canada, Anne Golden; financial analyst Nick Le Pan; renowned environmental scholar Thomas Homer-Dixon; and author and economist Jeff Rubin. Register before June 1st at discounted rates …more
August 22-25: Guardians of Our Communities, from Local to Global 62nd IPAC National Annual Conference, Institute of Public Administration of Canada …more
October 4-8: Justice and Migration: Paradoxes of Belonging 15th International Metropolis Conference 2010, Municipality of The Hague, The Netherlands …more
E X H I B I T I O N S
Continuing to April 25, 12-5pm daily: Building Storeys 2010 A collaborative effort by Heritage Toronto and Robert Dyke, Sean Galbraith, Rick Harris, Mathew Merrett, Timothy Neesam, Olena Sullivan, Toni Wallachy. Building Storeys is a visual documentation and anecdotal exhibit of city's heritage building and sites. Featured in the Exhibition: Ashbridge's Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant; Ashbridge's Bay Pumping Stations; CNR Eastern Lines Locomotive Shop, 85 Laird Drive - click here to read the Spacing blog about its history; Canada Linseed Oil Mills; R.L. Clark Water Treatment Plant; Commissioners Street Transfer Station; R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant; R.L. Hearn Generating Station; The John Street Roundhouse; North Toronto Wastewater Treatment Plant; The Pease Foundry, 211 Laird Drive; Toronto Island Water Filtration Plant. The Gladstone Hotel, 3rd & 4th Floors, 1214 Queen Street West …more
Continuing to June 13: Community Centred Installations by E.R.A. Architects Inc. (People Per Hectare), Public Workshop (Under The Gardner), du Toit Architects Limited (L’Arche Daybreak), Martha Eleen (Necessities of Life). Architecture at York Quay Centre, Harbourfront, 235 Queen’s Quay West …more
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The Canadian Urban Institute announced that its website has a new URL, http://www.canurb.org, and also that Toronto City Summit Alliance is the winner of the David Crombie Award, one of its Urban Leadership Awards …more
New research paper from the Conference Board of Canada include Building From the Ground Up: Enhancing Affordable Housing in Canada …more
Citiscope launched at World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro …more
Cities Around the World presents over 6,100 photographic images from the slide collections of the American Geographical Society Library …more
A new postdoctoral fellow will join Cities Centre for a period of one year in September 2010, thanks to a scholarship from the Canadian Bureau for International Education. A sociologist at the Polytechnic of Milan, one of Dr. Roberta Cucca’s areas of research is a comparative overview of global competitiveness and social inequalities between Europe and Canada. While at Cities Centre, she will undertake a project entitled Contemporary cities between global competitiveness and social inequalities: a comparative overview between Europe and Canada.
C A L L S F O R P A P E R S, P R O P O S A L S, A N D A P P L I C A T I O N S
Call for Volunteers CERIS Student Caucus, for their 3rd Annual Graduate Student Conference (Re) Imagining Canada: Migration, Transnationalism, and Diaspora Friday, April 23 9am-5pm at York University. Please contact cerisgradvolunteers@gmail.com by April 20 …more
Call for Applications June 22-24: Experience the Creative Economy presented by the Martin Prosperity Institute. Applications due April 26 …more
Call for Papers for Special Issue The Urban Space of the Elites of Urban History Review/Revue d’histoire urbaine Information and proposals: Harold Bérubé, Université de Sherbrooke harold.berube@usherbrooke.ca (819) 821-8000, extension 65572 by April 30 …more
Call for Applications for entry into the 2010 Fall semester Collaborative Doctoral Program in Global Health (CPGH) at the University of Toronto, due April 30 …more
Call for Applications Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the City Institute at York University Towers in the Suburbs: Fixing the Modernist Suburban Legacy in Toronto Applications must be received by May 3 …more
Call for Proposals on Immigration, Housing and Homelessness he Metropolis Project of CIC, and the Homelessness Partnering Secretariat of HRSDC are very happy to announce the launching of a joint Call for Proposals for research that examines the intersection of Immigration, Housing and Homelessness. Proposals are due by May 5 …more
Award Announcement/Call for Applications CERIS invites applications from graduate students at both the Masters and Doctoral levels of study, for a Graduate Student Research Award to support research related to immigration and settlement. Ten awards of up to $500.00 will be made to support significant research projects on immigration and settlement issues in Ontario. Applications from all fields and disciplines of study are welcome. Applications due May 13. For more information, contact Bethany Osborne at 416-946-3114 or bethany.osborne@utoronto.ca.
Logo Contest Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) $500 prize offered by the Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, open to UofT community only, due by June 1st …more
Call for Nominations 2010 Heritage Toronto Awards The Heritage Toronto Awards celebrate outstanding contributions - by professionals and volunteers - in the promotion and conservation of Toronto's history and heritage landmarks. The deadline for nominations is June 1st, 4:30pm. If you have any questions about the nomination process or the eligibility of projects, please contact Nancy Luno at nluno@toronto.ca or 416-338-2175 …more
Call for Applications The IMFG Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance and the Blanche and Sandy Van Ginkel Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance have been announced for 2010-2011. The deadline for applications is June 30 …more
Call for Contributors The Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative is calling for community artists and activists that are creatively engaging citizens in public space to participate in a community consultation and contribute to the development of several knowledge exchange tools …more
Call for Interns Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative has multiple volunteer positions available …more
E V E N T S
Friday, April 16, 12noon-2pm: Ethnic Clustering for More Jobs? The Effect of Enclave Residence on Immigrants' Labour Force Activities Moderator: Dr. Tony Fang, CERIS Economic and Labour Market Integration Domain Leader. Presenter: Dr. Jiong Tu, Researcher, HRSDC - Labour Program. Presented by CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre. 246 Bloor St. West, 5th Floor, Room 548 Please RSVP to ceris.reception@utoronto.ca or call (416) 946-3110 …more
Friday, April 16, 5pm: Climate Wise Women Moderator: Sarah Wakefield, Associate Professor, Department of Geography. Panelists: Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg (Keynote address) Professor, OISE; Katrina Miller, Campaigns Director, Toronto Environmental Alliance; Danny Harvey, Professor, Department of Geography. Climate Wise Women: Constance Okollet (Uganda, Africa), Chairperson, Osukura United Women Network; Ulamila Kurai Wragg (Cook Islands, the Pacific), Coordinator, Pacific WAVE Media Network; Sharon Hanshaw (Biloxi, Mississippi, USA); Executive Director of Coastal Women for Change. Presented by Centre for Environment, Dept. of Geography and Program in Planning, and Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto. The Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St. George St., Adel Sedra Auditorium BA1160. Free, all are welcome …more
Tuesday, April 20, 10:30am-noon: Surveying Korean Transnationalism: Pilot Test Findings from the Study on Toronto Korean Families Room 830, York Research Tower, Keele Campus, York University, 4700 Keele Street. For more information ycar@yorku.ca ..more
Wednesday, April 21, 10:20am (Coffee 9:45am): Why Architecture Matters Christopher Hume. Academy for Lifelong Learning. Innis College Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave. Members free (no reservation necessary), Non-Members $6 …more
Wednesday, April 21, 4-6pm: Economies of Scale in Ontario Municipal Services: Are Larger Municipalities Really More Efficient? Adam Found, Hon.B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D Candidate, Department of Economics, University of Toronto. Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance 2010 Graduate Fellowship Seminar Series. Room 208N, North House, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, 1 Devonshire Place …register
Thursday, April 22, 8am-12noon: The Value of Water: Emerging Issues First of three in the series Water Finance presented by Centre for Environment and Canadian Urban Institute. Registration and fee required. Bahen Building, Room BA1170 …more
Thursday, April 22, 10am-3:30pm: Centre for Environment Research Day 2010 Featuring opening remarks by Ingrid Stefanovic (Director, Centre for Environment) and presentations by Chris Kennedy (Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities; Tajinder Singh(Ph.D. candidate, Faculty of Forestry and Centre for Environment) Forecasting Volatility of World Carbon Markets; Erika Jermé (M.Pl. candidate, Dept. of Geography Program in Planning Centre for Environment) Growing a Just Garden: Environmental Justice and the Development of a Community Garden Policy for Hamilton, Ontario; Alicia Harvey (Hons B.A. student, Environmental Policy & Practice major), Mike Lawler (Hons B.A. student, Environment & Society major), Daniel McCaffrey (Hons B.A. student, Environment & Society, and History major), and Debra Weinryb (Hons B.A. student, Environment & Society major) Promoting Environmental Stewardship Among Private Landowners: Success Stories from Local Conservation Authorities; Elizabeth Edwards (Professor, Dept. of Chemical Eng and Applied Chemistry) New Frontiers in Bioremediation; Ellie Farahani (Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Environment) The Study of Energy Conservation: Integrating Engineering and the Social Sciences; Smith Sundar (Ph.D. candidate, Faculty of Forestry and Centre for Environment) The Use of Cellulose Fiber in Bio-based Composite Manufacturing: Improving Orientation and Dispersion for Value Addition; Tyler Hunt (M.A. candidate, Dept. of Geography and Centre for Environment) Big Wind in Small Town Ontario: Residents’ Opinions and Perceptions of the Wolfe Island Wind Farm, Frontenac County. University of Toronto, Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks, 2nd floor …more and free registration
Thursday, April 22, 4-5:30pm: Contaminated Soil: Is it really an issue for urban agriculture? Development of an evidence-based protocol to guide the assessment of soils for use in urban agriculture Josephine Archbold, Environmental Health Research and Policy Specialist Environmental Health Justice in the City, A Centre for Urban Health Initiatives Research Interest Group. University College, Rm 256, 15 King’s College Circle …more
Thursday, April 22, 5:30-7:30pm: ULI Toronto - Athletes Village for the Pan Am Games: Legacy Project on the West Don Lands. Speakers: David Peterson, Chair, Pan Am Games Committee; Meg Davis, VP Development, West Don Lands Waterfront Toronto; John Campbell, President and CEO, Waterfront Toronto. Moderator: Adam Vaughan, City of Toronto Councillor. Presented by Urban Land Institute. The Toronto Board of Trade, 1 First Canadian Place, 4th Floor. Fee and registration required.
Saturday, April 24, (rain or shine!) 10am-approx. 12:30pm: John Warkentin's Waterfront Sculpture Walk A GeoTrip presented by the Dept. of Geography and Program in Planning. Starting point is at the Foot of Yonge Street (i.e. at Queens Quay), proceeding along the Toronto Waterfront between Yonge and Bathurst Streets. Suggested donation $10 . RSVP for this Free GeoTrip by April 23 to Andrew Malcolm at mainoffice@geog.utoronto.ca or 416-978-3375 …more
Tuesday, April 27, 4:30-6pm: Community Resilience and Social Equity in Changing Times Tina Clarke, certified Transition Towns Trainer, consultant with 30 years experience in social change movements. Environmental Health Justice RIG, Centre for Urban Health Initiatives, University College, 15 King's College Circle, Room 256. For more information, contact Stacey Creak cuhi.admin@utoroto.ca.
Wednesday, April 28, 6-8pm: Dark Days (Dir. Marc Singer, 2000) Cities on Film Screening Series presented by Cities Centre and the Dept. of Geography and Program in Planning. The Annex, Room 621, Sidney Smith Hall, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street …flyer …more
Friday, April 30, 12noon-2:30pm: Reflections on Community Based Research Practice Moderator: Luin Goldring, York University. Commentators: Nancy Mandell, York University and Nasim Haque, M.D., Wellesley Institute. 1. “Participatory Action Research: A tool for newcomer engagement and social change".” Mennonite New Life Center. Tanya Chute Molina and Adriana Salazar. 2. “CBR on Income, Race and Health: Lessons from the Black Creek Project.” Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services. Darren Pham, Ruth Wilson, Patricia Landolt. 3. “Innovative strategies to maximize meaningful target community involvement in researching for social change.” Regent Park Community Health Centre/Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment. Alan Li, M.D.. Presented by CERIS, 246 Bloor St. West, 5th Floor, Room 548Please RSVP to ceris.reception@utoronto.ca or call (416) 946-3110.
Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2: 4th Annual Jane’s Walk A street-level celebration of Jane Jacobs’ legacy held annually around the world on the first weekend of May that combines the simple act of walking with personal observations, urban history and local lore to knit people together into strong and resourceful communities …more
Saturday, May 1, 2pm: Compassion in Citizenship: The Responsibilities and Advantages of Good Citizenship in a Just Society A conversation with Barbara Coloroso, Pico Iyer, Mark Kingwell and Gabor Mate. Presented by The Globe And Mail Open House Festival, Random . The Bram and Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, 2nd Floor. Tickets from uofttix.ca / 416-978-8849 …more
Tuesday, May 4, 12noon-1:30pm: Measuring Attractive Urban Areas Kimberley Moore, University at Buffalo, Candidate for Master's of Urban Planning, Graduate Assistant, Building UB and Urban Design Project. Presented by the Martin Prosperity Institute, MaRS Centre, 101 College Street, Ste. 420, 4th Floor …more
Tuesday, May 4, 5-6pm presentation, 6-7pm signing: The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity Richard Florida, Director, Martin Prosperity Institute and Professor of Business and Creativity, Rotman School of Management, author. Rotman School of Management, 105 St George St., Fleck Atrium, ground floor. $32 plus GST (includes the session, 1 copy of “The Great Reset” and cocktails) …register
Thursday, May 6, 5pm: Tour of Evergreen Brick Works Joe Lobko, Lead Architect, leads a guided tour of the site. All are required to bring or wear hard hats and steel toed boots. Hear about how Joe Lobko and his team are transforming an underutilized, publicly owned Brownfield heritage site into a mixed-use, environmental-based community centre. Refreshments and light snacks will be served, sponsored by BOMA and Diageo. RSVPs are required as space is limited and offered on a first-come first-served basis; email awestenberg@evergreen.ca or call 416 596-1495 x 332. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Avenue …more
Saturday, May 15, 10am-2pm: Walk: Re-Discover Garrison Creek – One Of Toronto’s Lost Rivers Presented by Senior College and Geography & Planning Alumni. Start at south end of Christie Pits Park (Christie and Bloor) and end at Fort York. Bring your own lunch; picnic at Trinity Bellwoods Park. Of interest to geographers of all brands, history buffs, aficionados of old Toronto, and environmental and urban planners. For more information or to RSVP, email whitney.joe@gmail.com
Wednesday, May 19, 9:30-11: DiverseCity Counts Report Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Eric Hoskins and Ryerson University President Sheldon Levy attend the release of this report. Presented by DiverseCity at Ryerson University, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, 245 Church Street, Atrium, Third Floor …RSVP …email
May 27-30: Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City Presented by Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) at Christie Pits Park in Toronto. The goal of the exhibit is to raise awareness about the plight of the world’s 42 million refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) uprooted by war and conflict …more
Thursday, June 3, 5-7:30pm: Canadian Urban Institute’s Urban Leadership Awards Ceremony Liberty Grand, Exhibition Place, 25 British Columbia Road, Exhibition Place, Renaissance Room, registration and fee required …more
C O N F E R EN C E S / S Y M P O S I A
April 15-16: 2010 Urban Symposium Presented by Association of Municipalities of Ontario at the Lincoln Alexander Centre in the City of Hamilton …more
April 22, 10am-3:30pm: Centre for Environment Research Day 2010 University of Toronto, Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks, 2nd floor …more and free registration April 22-23: Complete Streets Forum Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation (TCAT) …more
April 23: Who Decides? Democracy, Power and the Municipal Franchise in Cities of Immigration Speakers include Ron Hayduk, David Earnest, Leslie Seidle, Myer Siemiatycki, Marcus Gee, Alan Broadbent, Desmond Cole, Peter-John Sidebottom and moderators Melissa Williams and Pamela Bryant. Presented by The Strategic Knowledge Cluster’s "Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue" and the School of Public Policy & Governance. Please send RSVP to Kelsey Norman (kpnorman@gmail.com) …more
April 23: (Re) Imagining Canada: Migration, Transnationalism, and Diaspora CERIS Student Caucus 3rd Annual Graduate Student Conference. Research Tower, York University. Register by April 21 …more
May 5-7: Innovation Systems Research Network (ISRN) MCRI II 12th Annual Conference Register now for the final ISRN Conference taking place in Toronto at the Renaissance Toronto Hotel Downtown, Toronto. Non-ISRN members may register using one of the guest registration options for any or all of the three days …more
May 17-18: Discovery 2010 presented by Ontario Centres of Excellence. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building …more
May 30-June 2: Transportation and Logistics Trends and Policies: Successes and Failures Canadian Transportation Research Forum 45th Annual Conference, Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Toronto, 475 Yonge Street, Toronto ...more
June 7-8: Green Oslo and Beyond: Investigating the Origins and Shaping the Outcomes of Green Urbanism Global/Local Symposium with speakers from North America, Europe and Scandinavia. Oslo, Norway …more
June 16-17: Transforming and Revitalizing Downtown Summit Yorkland Hotel, 185 Yorkland Boulevard, Toronto. For information contact Arielle Munshaw, Client Support Executive 416-944-9200 x 200 customercare@strategyinstitute.com
June 17: Canadian Water Summit UofT’s Centre for Environment is one of many sponsors. International Centre, Toronto…more
June 20-23: Urban Environmental Pollution: Overcoming Obstacles to Sustainability and Quality of Life. Organized and sponsored by Elsevier and the journal Environmental Pollution. Boston, USA … more
June 22-24: Experience the Creative Economy presented by the Martin Prosperity Institute. Applications due April 26 …more
July 18-25: 2010 iGov Research Institute The Hague & Delft, The Netherlands. Presented by Center for Technology in Government at the University at Albany …more
August 5-8: The 79th Couchiching Conference: Watershed Moment or Wasted Opportunity presented by Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs at YMCA Geneva Park, Lake Couchiching, Orillia. Opening keynote speaker, Dr. Margaret MacMillan, is the well-known author of Paris 1919 and Nixon in China. Speakers include Dean of the Rotman School of Business, Roger Martin; President and CEO of the Conference Board of Canada, Anne Golden; financial analyst Nick Le Pan; renowned environmental scholar Thomas Homer-Dixon; and author and economist Jeff Rubin. Register before June 1st at discounted rates …more
August 22-25: Guardians of Our Communities, from Local to Global 62nd IPAC National Annual Conference, Institute of Public Administration of Canada …more
October 4-8: Justice and Migration: Paradoxes of Belonging 15th International Metropolis Conference 2010, Municipality of The Hague, The Netherlands …more
E X H I B I T I O N S
Continuing to April 25, 12-5pm daily: Building Storeys 2010 A collaborative effort by Heritage Toronto and Robert Dyke, Sean Galbraith, Rick Harris, Mathew Merrett, Timothy Neesam, Olena Sullivan, Toni Wallachy. Building Storeys is a visual documentation and anecdotal exhibit of city's heritage building and sites. Featured in the Exhibition: Ashbridge's Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant; Ashbridge's Bay Pumping Stations; CNR Eastern Lines Locomotive Shop, 85 Laird Drive - click here to read the Spacing blog about its history; Canada Linseed Oil Mills; R.L. Clark Water Treatment Plant; Commissioners Street Transfer Station; R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant; R.L. Hearn Generating Station; The John Street Roundhouse; North Toronto Wastewater Treatment Plant; The Pease Foundry, 211 Laird Drive; Toronto Island Water Filtration Plant. The Gladstone Hotel, 3rd & 4th Floors, 1214 Queen Street West …more
Continuing to June 13: Community Centred Installations by E.R.A. Architects Inc. (People Per Hectare), Public Workshop (Under The Gardner), du Toit Architects Limited (L’Arche Daybreak), Martha Eleen (Necessities of Life). Architecture at York Quay Centre, Harbourfront, 235 Queen’s Quay West …more
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eBulletin: ASSEMBLING YOUR TEACHING DOSSIER
2010 Workshop SeriesSpring
* Assembling Your Teaching Dossier: Getting Started
Wednesday 5 May 2010, 10:00am-12:00pm
Pamela Gravestock, Associate Director, CTSI
Megan Burnett, Assistant Director, Teaching Assistants' Training Program
Location: Robarts Library, 4th Floor, Room 4049
This session will provide an overview of the content and structure of an effective teaching dossier, with an emphasis on how to align this document with divisional and institutional expectations. Session participants will review the distinctive qualities of a teaching dossier, and will develop a plan for assembling and strengthening their own dossiers. They will also be led through the first steps of composing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy.
At the end of this interactive session, participants will be able to address the following questions:
• What is distinctive about my approach to teaching?
• What have been my major accomplishments as a teacher?
• How can I effectively present my teaching skills and knowledge to a review committee?
* Assembling Your Teaching Dossier: Dossier Clinic
Tuesday 18 May 2010, 10:00am-12:00pm
Megan Burnett, Assistant Director, Teaching Assistants' Training Program
Emily Greenleaf, Faculty Liaison & Research Associate, CTSI
Location: Robarts Library, 4th Floor, Room 4049
NB: The primary mandate of the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation's workshop series is to provide teaching support for current UofT instructors. While we normally welcome graduate students to most of our events, at times due to high demand or a particular workshop focus, we must restrict attendance to current UofT faculty members, CLTAs and sessional instructors. At present, this event is not open to graduate students or PPIT participants.
Building on the overview of teaching dossiers provided in the May 5th workshop, “Getting Started”, this session will give faculty members the chance to “put it all together”. Participants will have the hands-on opportunity to literally assemble their own dossiers and receive feedback on their Statements of Teaching Philosophy.
Working in small groups with input from CTSI facilitators, participants will choose some of the evidence to be included in their dossiers and will review drafts of the Statements of Teaching Philosophy begun in the workshop on May 5th. PLEASE NOTE: While it will be helpful to have attended the May 5th session, participation in that workshop is not necessary to enroll in the May 18th clinic.
Participants in this session are asked to come prepared with the following:
• a draft of a Statement of Teaching Philosophy (maximum length: 1 - 2 pages, single-spaced; minimum length: a short paragraph or a few bullet points; information on how to prepare a Statement of Teaching Philosophy can be found here) - PLEASE BRING 3 COPIES OF YOUR STATEMENT
• representative course syllabi from University of Toronto courses taught in the past (choosing which courses to highlight will be discussed in the May 5th workshop)
- include syllabi for new courses that have been developed, if possible
- include syllabus for a core course that was significantly redeveloped, if possible
• sample teaching materials from University of Toronto courses taught in the past (this may include any sample examinations, tests, quizzes, study handouts, explanatory handouts, visual aids, or assignments prepared for past courses)
• course evaluations
PLEASE NOTE: The teaching dossier clinic is both practical and highly interactive. To ensure that all clinic participants have the opportunity both to provide feedback to colleagues about their dossier materials and to work with their own documents, only registrants who arrive with their own draft materials, as described above, will be invited to participate in the dossier clinic. Please contact CTSI at ctsi.teaching@utoronto.ca if you have any questions about which materials to bring with you to the dossier clinic.
* Assembling Your Teaching Dossier: Getting Started
Wednesday 5 May 2010, 10:00am-12:00pm
Pamela Gravestock, Associate Director, CTSI
Megan Burnett, Assistant Director, Teaching Assistants' Training Program
Location: Robarts Library, 4th Floor, Room 4049
This session will provide an overview of the content and structure of an effective teaching dossier, with an emphasis on how to align this document with divisional and institutional expectations. Session participants will review the distinctive qualities of a teaching dossier, and will develop a plan for assembling and strengthening their own dossiers. They will also be led through the first steps of composing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy.
At the end of this interactive session, participants will be able to address the following questions:
• What is distinctive about my approach to teaching?
• What have been my major accomplishments as a teacher?
• How can I effectively present my teaching skills and knowledge to a review committee?
* Assembling Your Teaching Dossier: Dossier Clinic
Tuesday 18 May 2010, 10:00am-12:00pm
Megan Burnett, Assistant Director, Teaching Assistants' Training Program
Emily Greenleaf, Faculty Liaison & Research Associate, CTSI
Location: Robarts Library, 4th Floor, Room 4049
NB: The primary mandate of the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation's workshop series is to provide teaching support for current UofT instructors. While we normally welcome graduate students to most of our events, at times due to high demand or a particular workshop focus, we must restrict attendance to current UofT faculty members, CLTAs and sessional instructors. At present, this event is not open to graduate students or PPIT participants.
Building on the overview of teaching dossiers provided in the May 5th workshop, “Getting Started”, this session will give faculty members the chance to “put it all together”. Participants will have the hands-on opportunity to literally assemble their own dossiers and receive feedback on their Statements of Teaching Philosophy.
Working in small groups with input from CTSI facilitators, participants will choose some of the evidence to be included in their dossiers and will review drafts of the Statements of Teaching Philosophy begun in the workshop on May 5th. PLEASE NOTE: While it will be helpful to have attended the May 5th session, participation in that workshop is not necessary to enroll in the May 18th clinic.
Participants in this session are asked to come prepared with the following:
• a draft of a Statement of Teaching Philosophy (maximum length: 1 - 2 pages, single-spaced; minimum length: a short paragraph or a few bullet points; information on how to prepare a Statement of Teaching Philosophy can be found here) - PLEASE BRING 3 COPIES OF YOUR STATEMENT
• representative course syllabi from University of Toronto courses taught in the past (choosing which courses to highlight will be discussed in the May 5th workshop)
- include syllabi for new courses that have been developed, if possible
- include syllabus for a core course that was significantly redeveloped, if possible
• sample teaching materials from University of Toronto courses taught in the past (this may include any sample examinations, tests, quizzes, study handouts, explanatory handouts, visual aids, or assignments prepared for past courses)
• course evaluations
PLEASE NOTE: The teaching dossier clinic is both practical and highly interactive. To ensure that all clinic participants have the opportunity both to provide feedback to colleagues about their dossier materials and to work with their own documents, only registrants who arrive with their own draft materials, as described above, will be invited to participate in the dossier clinic. Please contact CTSI at ctsi.teaching@utoronto.ca if you have any questions about which materials to bring with you to the dossier clinic.
[PDADC-L] 75: Re-appointment of Prof. Janet Paterson as Principal, Innis College
PDAD&C #75, 2009-10
Memorandum
To: Staff, Students and Alumni, Innis College
Principals, Deans, Academic Directors and Chairs
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
Date: April 14, 2010
Re: Re-appointment of Prof. Janet Paterson as Principal, Innis College
I am pleased to announce the re-appointment of Professor Janet Paterson as Principal of Innis College for a three-year term, beginning July 1, 2010 and ending June 30, 2013.
The overwhelming support for the re-appointment of Professor Paterson is a marker of her outstanding leadership at Innis College. Her commitment to the promotion and strengthening of the student experience and the academic programs of the College has served the Innis community very well. She has done much to promote an excellent working relationship with the Faculty of Arts and Science and to improve the financial base of the College, as well as being a strong spokesperson both within the University and in the broader external community.
Memorandum
To: Staff, Students and Alumni, Innis College
Principals, Deans, Academic Directors and Chairs
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
Date: April 14, 2010
Re: Re-appointment of Prof. Janet Paterson as Principal, Innis College
I am pleased to announce the re-appointment of Professor Janet Paterson as Principal of Innis College for a three-year term, beginning July 1, 2010 and ending June 30, 2013.
The overwhelming support for the re-appointment of Professor Paterson is a marker of her outstanding leadership at Innis College. Her commitment to the promotion and strengthening of the student experience and the academic programs of the College has served the Innis community very well. She has done much to promote an excellent working relationship with the Faculty of Arts and Science and to improve the financial base of the College, as well as being a strong spokesperson both within the University and in the broader external community.
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