December 9th, 2009
Filed under: School of Art, Uncategorized
School of Art students Laura Magnusson and Ben Bonner are the winners of the first CPAM (Collaboration to Promote Art and Music) contest, Sculptural Experience. On November 17, 2009 contest entrants and judges convened amid 14 entries installed in GOSA to hear the announcement of the winning sculptures. Magnusson, a fourth year student majoring in sculpture, and Bonner, a special topics in sculpture student, will each receive $5,000 to complete their proposed sculptures which will be installed on campus in early 2010.
Ben Bonner, maquette for Golem’s Pelt
Bonner’s sculpture, Golem’s Pelt, depicts an unthinking creature that mindlessly carries out its assigned task. Magnusson describes her piece, Goodnight Gutenberg, as a repository for the memory of books. It is perhaps an elegy for the loss of book as a physical object. Each sculpture, in its own way, addresses concepts important to education; the golem is the antithesis of the informed, critical thinker universities aim to produce, while the book, symbolizing the dissemination of knowledge, represents the core of learning and communication.
Laura Magnusson, maquette for Goodnight Gutenberg
CPAM is a new partnership between the University of Manitoba Student Union and the University of Manitoba. Its stated goal is to improve the artistic and aesthetic environment of the University in a way that promotes the creative talents of students and encourages celebration and promotion of student engagement. Besides Sculptural Experience, CPAM is sponsoring two other initiatives: Tunnel Vision, the creation of art and murals in the University tunnel system; and Random Acts of Music, performances of music by five soloists or groups around the campus. The winners of these two contests will be announced on December 18.
Posted in: School of Art, Uncategorized
November 27th, 2008
Filed under: Nursing, Uncategorized
Dr. Heaman (centre) with award.
Two University of Manitoba Faculty of Nursing professors were awarded one of the most esteemed honours in the nursing profession on Wednesday, November 26. Drs. Maureen Heaman and Lesley Degner were in Ottawa to receive the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Centennial Award, an honour for registered nurses whose personal and professional contributions have made an outstanding and significant impact on the profession.
“These are nurses who represent all regions of this country and all areas of nursing, from educators to administrators to practitioners to researchers to policy leaders,” said CNA president Kaaren Neufeld on the diversity of recipients. “But although they may work in a variety of settings, one thing they have in common is that they have made a difference. Their passion and dedication is truly inspiring.”
Dr. Degner is a distinguished professor in the Faculty of Nursing and a Canadian Health Services Research Foundation/Canadian Institutes of Health Research Chair. She is considered an expert in the psychosocial aspects of cancer care and symptom management, and was recently recognized as one of Canada’s 10 leading cancer researchers with a National Cancer Institute of Canada Diamond Jubilee Award.
Dr. Heaman is an associate professor and associate dean, research, in the Faculty of Nursing. She is director of the Manitoba Centre for Nursing and Health Research (MCNHR ) at the University of Manitoba. MCNHR is a research unit within the Faculty that promotes and supports the conduct, dissemination and uptake of collaborative nursing and health research. Dr. Heaman is also a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Chair in Gender and Health.
Centennial Award recipients are nominated for the lifetime award by their peers in recognition of their contributions to the profession, workplace and health system. Today’s ceremony is part of the CNA’s year-long program marking the organization’s 100th anniversary. To see the list of award recipients and their bios go to www.cna100.ca.
The CNA is a federation of 11 provincial and territorial registered nurses’ associations and colleges representing more than 133,700 Canadian nurses and nurse practitioners.
Posted in: Nursing, Uncategorized
November 17th, 2008
Filed under: Environment, Earth, and Resources, Uncategorized
S. Moodie
The Cooperative Education Option in the Riddell Faculty arranges for eligible students to be employed by industry, government, non-government organizations for four month terms in positions related to their field of study. The Riddell Faculty also offers many other opportunities for undergraduate students especially in participating in exciting, cutting-edge research.
Shannon Moodie (B.Sc Physical Geography; Honours Coop) used her NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award in Summer 2008 to work with University of Manitoba atmospheric scientists John Hanesiak and Jay Anderson in the UNderstanding Severe Thunderstorms and Alberta Boundary Layers Experiment (UNSTABLE). As well as C.H.R. Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources, the project team also included scientists from Environment Canada, University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. Through this joint team, it is hoped that we can understand more fully the dynamics of summer convection initiation that are associated with the Alberta foothills .
Through Cooperative Education Option placement with Environment Canada, Shannon has assisted in the development of a severe weather historical database. In 2009, Shannon plans to join other Coop undergraduate students at the North American Severe Weather conference in Des Moines Iowa and represent the Faculty’s upcoming researchers in this important field.
Posted in: Environment, Earth, and Resources, Uncategorized
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