September 24, 2009
Cartwright judging environmental contributions
Emeritus Professor Don Cartwright, Department of Geography, has been appointed to the panel of judges for the inaugural Canadian Award for Environmental Innovation. The Award was established by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and 3M Canada to celebrate individuals involved in a local, regional or national project, program or initiative to protect, restore or preserve the environment for Canadians. The panel includes five individuals selected from across Canada and will be chaired by the Vice-President of the RCGS. A shortlist of three nominees will be announced in late September and the winner will be presented at the Society’s dinner in Ottawa on Nov. 5. Literacy fundraiser
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Writer of the World” is a presentation of Mary Rubio and former Western faculty member Elizabeth Waterston, editors of Montgomery’s journals, at the Wolf Performance Hall, Central Library, 251 Dundas St., London, on Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. This discussion on the life and writings of the author of “Anne of Green Gables” is part of Speaking with Friends, a literacy fundraiser of the Friends of the London Public Library. Tickets ($20 adults, $15 students and seniors) are available from Oxford Books, Central Library Community Outreach, or at the door. Reception and book signing to follow.
Blogs
https://plant-zone.blogspot.com/2009/09/surprising-orchid.html
A fourth-year Western structural engineering student blogging on orchids and bamboo and other plant life? The writer works in Western’s greenhouses and the blog is about the cultivation and propagation of plants. Makes for an interesting intellectual hop between the creations of humans and nature.
Turkey’s past uncovered
The Department of Classical Studies is presenting a symposium Sept. 25 on Archaeology in Turkey. The gathering features presentations on Trade and Exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean: Archaic Shipwrecks at Pabuç Burnu and Kekova Adas; The Avkat Archaeological Project; and Excavations at Nysa on the Meander. The events runs from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in Talbot College Room 305.
Can you fix health care?
The Health Council of Canada is turning to the leaders of tomorrow – Canadian college and university students – for their ideas on improving the health care system. The Health Council of Canada Health Innovation Award will be given to the student or students who best answer the question: “What do you propose to help renew and sustain Canadian health care, and why?” For more information visit CanadaValuesHealth.ca.