Viola Woodhouse,
professor in the Department of Philosophy, St. Thomas More College,
has been named the recipient of the Margaret Dutli Professional and
Community Service Award. The award was presented at a recent STM Corporation
banquet.
English graduate student Tasha
Hubbard received the Dept. of Canadian Heritage’s Canada
Award for her documentary Two Worlds Colliding, an examination of
Saskatoon’s “freezing deaths” and the racial divide
within the city. Written and directed by Hubbard, the film was produced
by the National Film Board. The award was presented at the 2005 Gemini
Awards ceremony Nov. 17 in Toronto.
Hubbard
At the Western College of Veterinary Medicine's recent annual awards banquet, the following presentations were made:
• Veterinary
Technologist Teaching Award to Jane Fitzpatrick.
Hiebert
• Western
Canadian Veterinary Students Association Pre-clinical Professor of
the Year Award to Linda Hiebert.
• Students
of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Professor of the Year
to Kathleen Linn.
Linn
• WCVSA
Honorary President Award to Cheri Breckner.
Shmon
• Pfizer
Carl J. Norden Distinguished Teacher Award to Cindy Shmon.
• Pfizer
Animal Health Award for Research Excellence to Cheryl Waldner.
Waldner
Kraatz
Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz
of the Dept. of Chemistry recently received the 2006 Award for Pure
or Applied Inorganic Chemistry from the Canadian Society for Chemistry.
Honouring chemists within 10 years of their first professional appointment,
the award is presented to those who have made an outstanding contribution
to inorganic chemistry and demonstrated exceptional promise.
The position of Director of
Student Information Systems has been filled by Jonathan Moore-Wright,
a graduate of the College of Engineering who has worked at the University
since 1988 in roles that have included manager of the Engineering
computer centre, manager of the Peter Nikiforuk Innovative Teaching
and Learning Centre, and project manager for PAWS. Angie Giesbrecht,
acting director since July, has returned to the position of business
analyst.
Moore-Wright
Fredlund
Delwyn Fredlund,
professor emeritus of Civil Engineering, has been named to a three-year
term on the governing council of the National Research Council of
Canada. In 2004, Fredlund received the Order of Canada for his contributions
to geotechnical engineering as well as his work for Canadian Food
for the Hungry International.
Morris Altman,
head of the Dept. of Economics, will give the 2006 Professor Alexander
Brody Distinguished Service Lecture at Yeshiva University, in New
York City, in February. His address at Yeshiva, one of the leading
academic research institutions in the U.S., will be “Is There
Free Will in Economics? The Ethical Economy and Free Markets”.
Altman
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