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Editor: Reception ext.0, e-mail: [email protected] Published Wednesdays throughout the academic year.
Submissions must be received electronically (via e-mail) by 4:00 p.m. Friday Submissions may be edited for size and content and may not appear exactly as submitted
NEWSLETTER
DATE: 2011
November 9, 2011
Editor: Reception (ext. 0), e-mail: [email protected] Wednesdays throughout the academic year.
Submissions must be received electronically by 4:00 pm Friday.Submissions may be edited for size and content and may not appear exactly as submitted.
A READING & PRESENTATION BY
RICHARD VAN CAMP
At Augustana Campus 4901-46 Avenue CLASSROOM BUILDING ROOM: C101 Tuesday, November 15, 2011: 3:40 P.M.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME! For more information contact: Dorothy Woodman [email protected] Sponsored by the Department of Humanities In affi l iation with the Aboriginal Students Office
Biography
A Dogrib (Tlicho) Dene from Fort Smith, NWT, Richard Van Camp is an internationally renowned storyteller and best-selling author. A graduate of the En'owkin International School of Writing, the University of Victoria's Creative Writing BFA Program, and the Master's Degree in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia, Richard taught Creative Writing for Aboriginal Students at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. Currently he is the Writer in Residence at the University of Alberta.
The University of Alberta’s Augustana Campus in Camrose presents
Light Up Your Campus Colouring Contest
First Name: Age:
Please write a parent’s name and email address on the back of the page!
Bring your masterpiece to Augustana Campus on Monday, November 28, for Light Up Your Campus. There will be prizes, hot chocolate, caroling and our Campus Christmas Tree lit up in a blaze of colour, all starting at 6:30 p.m.!
Drawing by Pauline Brennan, 4th Year Visual Arts major
Augustana Campus Library
Photo Contest
How do you see Augustana’s new library?
As books, people, activities, features or friends?
To celebrate its recent opening, the library wants your photos! Give us your best shot – of the energy, serenity,
beauty or mystery of Augustana’s most dynamic facility. The winning submissions will be featured in a library
exhibit and on the Augustana Library website.
Themes/Categories:
Submissions are welcomed in any one of the following categories:
• Architecture/aesthetics
• Space to place: “my favorite spot for reading” or
“where the action is”
• Creativity: photo-manipulation
• Inside/Outside Interface: through the window (from or directed at
the outside)
• Library noir – “our library at night/night scenes”
• Library by day – showcasing the natural light
• Library users
Submission details:
• Deadline: March 31, 2012
• Please submit entries online at:
wassail.augustana.ualberta.ca/web/PhotoContest/
Questions?:• Email Nancy Goebel (Augustana Head Librarian) at
[email protected] or call 780-679-1189
Remembrance Day Library Closure
Friday, November 11: CLOSED Group Study Area and Classroom will be open from 10:00am – 12:30am
flickr.com/photos/striatic/1402612/
BIOGRAPHY Bruce Cutknife is a member of the Samson Cree First Nation in Hobbema, AB. Bruce was born and raised on the Bear Hills Maskwachees community with Cree as his first language. He attended the Ermineskin Residential School up until grade 9 and then moved to Edmonton to attend high school. In 1974, Bruce completed his high school in Ponoka, AB. After working a few years, Bruce went back to school at the newly established Maskwachees Cultural College in 1976. Bruce started working in the Living History Program of the Maskwachees Cultural College for a number of years. His duties included audio and video recording of Elders talking about local history. This involved working with Elders to collect and archive the Cree language, working with Cree Syllabics and using them in the collection and archiving of local history. Bruce went back to school to complete his under-graduate studies. He received his BA in History/Native Studies from Augustana University College in Camrose, AB. After graduation, Bruce worked in local radio and television, and taught some Cree Language and Cree Studies courses at Maskwa-chees Cultural College. Bruce was also the Director of Education for the Samson Cree Nation.
For more information contact Dr. Paula Marentette at: [email protected]
Join us at a presentation on:
The Interconnections Between Cree Language and
Culture
by Bruce Cutknife
Head of Cree Language Studies Maskwacis Cultural College
Hobbema, Alberta
Monday, November 21st 3:15 to 4:05 PM
Classroom Building Room: C014 U of A, Augustana Campus
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
AUGUSTANA
The Augustana Fitness Centre’s 4th Birthday on TTTuuueeesssdddaaayyy December 6th from 10:00am - 7:00pm
Come join us for: Refreshments ▪ Snacks
Draw Prizes* ▪ Toonie Drop-in *Renew or Purchase a membership and have your name
entered for one of our
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New Memberships
COME CHECK IT OUT!
Located on the main floor of the Edgeworth Centre 4511 - 53 Street, Camrose, AB T4V 0A9
Telephone: 780 679 1576 E-mail: [email protected]
The Camrose Community Knitting Group, who knits on campus on Tuesday evenings, is planning to support the 2012 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games being held in St. Albert in February 2012. If anyone would like to help by making a scarf for the Special Olympians, feel free to join us on Tuesday evenings in the Forum, from 7pm.
If you don’t currently knit or crochet but would like to participate anyway, by all means come and join us and learn the skills – there are plenty of teachers who can show you how to turn sticks and string into wearable objects!
Interested in GRAD SCHOOL?
ARE YOU GRADUATING FROM: Biology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Physiology,
Pharmacology, Physics, Engineering Physics, Physical Sciences/Engineering, Medicine, Educational Psychology, Economics
or Human Nutrition?
The Department of Oncology, located at the Cross Cancer Institute is hosting an Open House for all undergraduate students interested in
pursuing graduate studies in cancer research at the University of Alberta.
Come and meet prospective supervisors and graduate students
currently conducting cancer research.
Tours of the facilities will be available.
For more information about the graduate program, contact Cathy Walsh at [email protected] or
call (780) 577-8083
Have you ever thought of doing graduate studies in cancer research?
Department of Oncology Graduate Program
OPEN HOUSE/CANCER RESEARCH Friday, November 18, 2011, 1:00-4:30 p.m.
Room 2279, [Michael J. Hutchison Seminar Room] 2nd Floor, Cross Cancer Institute
11560 University Avenue, Edmonton, AB
Business Networking Breakfast
Come enjoy the morning, free continental breakfast, networking and building business connections.
Where: University of Alberta Room 2-004 4825 51 Street
When: Wednesday November 23, 2011 7:30am-9:00am
RSVP: To the Chamber offices by Friday November 18, 2011 Telephone: 780-672-4217 or Email: [email protected]
Non-chamber members welcome.
Your special invitation and opportunity to
mingle with your peers!
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY:
AUGUSTANA TEACHING SEMINAR SERIES
Shauna Wilton“Integrating Research Skill Development in Our Programs: AUPOL 200 as an Alternative Approach”October 24th, 201112:30-2:00 pm C101
Roxanne Harde, Paula Marentette“Introduction and practical working knowledge of team-based learning (TBL)”November 14th, 201112:30-2:00 pm C101
Shauna Wilton, Sheryl Gares, Milton Schlosser, Janet Wesselius“Teaching Gender/Gendered Teaching”January 23rd,, 201112:30-2:00 pm C101
Alex Carpenter“Gender, Sexuality, and Teaching the Classical Canon”February 27th, 201212:30-2:00 pm Dr. Roger Epp Conference Room,2-004
Questions: Contact Neil Haave, 780-679-1506 or e/m – [email protected]
A CAREER NOWHERE NEAR ORDINARY
UNE CARRIÈRE HORS DE L’ORDINAIRE
CAREER PRESENTATION> EXPOSÉ SUR LES CARRIÈRES>
ATTENDANCE AT A CAREER PRESENTATION IS NOW THE MANDATORY FIRST STEP IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS. /ASSISTER À UNE SÉANCE D’INFORMATION SUR LES CARRIÈRES EST MAINTENANT LA PREMIÈRE ÉTAPE OBLIGATOIRE DU PROCESSUS DE RECRUTEMENT.
PRE-REGISTRATION / INSCRIPTION : 1-877-RCMP-GRC (1-877-726-7472)
Wednesday, November 23 at 6:00 PM Le mercredi 23 novembre à 18 h
U of A - Augustana Campus - Room C1034901 - 46 Avenue, Camrose, AB.
U of A - Campus Augustana - salle C1034901 - 46 Avenue, Camrose (AB)
How to Avoid a Debt Hangover
Wednesday November 23 F2-004 • 12:00-1:00pm
Bring your lunch Light refreshments will be provided
November is Financial Literacy Month
How much debt can you afford? • What are the alternatives to debt?
Gail Vaz-Oxlade DEBT-FREE FOREVER
Choices : Seminar on Career and Graduate School
Opportunities in Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 1-13 Agriculture Forestry Centre5 - 6 pm Presentations and pizza
6 - 7 pm Infomation and Q&A with speakers
www.rees.ualberta.ca
Graduate Degree ProgramsApply now for admissions to:• PhD • MSc (Course and Thesis)• MBA-MAg (Course-based) • MAg (Course-based)
Contact UsDepartment of Resource Economics and Environmental SociologyUniversity of Alberta515 General Services BuildingEdmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H1Phone: (780) 492-0271Fax: (780) 492-0268E-mail: [email protected]: www.rees.ualberta.ca
Featuring presentations from Megan Oleksyn, Southpaw Communications,
Pearce Shewchuk, Nichols Applied Management and faculty and students on graduate school
options
Free pizza and refreshments provided!
Organized by the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology and students in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences
Pearce Shewchuk
Megan Oleksyn
Graduate students in Cameroon
www.augustana.ualberta.ca/ronning
www.augustana.ualberta.ca/ronning
“Turning Persons into Symbols” Monday, 21 November, 7:00 p.m.
“The Landscape of
Christian-Muslim Relations” Monday, 28 November, 7:00 p.m.
Messiah Lutheran Church, Camrose
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News, Updates & Important Information
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A u g u s t a n a C a m p u s U n i v e r s i t y o f A l b e r t a
S p e c i a l p o i n t s o f i n t e r e s t :
Augustana Awards &
Financial Aid www.MyUMyWay.ca/
financial_aid/
University of Alberta Student Awards
www.ualbera.ca/awards
Student Financial Aid Information Centre
(SFAIC) www.su.ualberta.ca/
sevices_and_businesses/services/sfaic
University Bursaries & Emergency
Funding (UBEF)www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/
ubef/
Alberta Learning Information Service
(ALIS) www.alis.alberta.ca
Martina Brewer Financial Aid and Awards Administrator M110 Founders’ Hall Phone: 780-679-1134 Fax: 780-679-1129 Email: [email protected]
Part-Time Student Loan Eligibility Update Learner Assistance has been recently notified by the Canada Student Loans Program that assets are no longer to be used in determining eligibility for part-time assistance. Eligibility for part-time funding is now determined by comparing a student’s (and spouse’s, if applicable) line 150 income, savings, and RRSPs (after exemption) to the income threshold for their family size.
Due to this federal change, Alberta will no longer use assets to determine eligibility for part-time funding either.
Any students who have applied for part-time funding for 2011-12 and who believe that assets they listed on their part-time application may have affected their eligibility are welcome to submit a change of circumstance* to us so that we can review their applications. Program Services and Delivery Unit Alberta Advanced Education and Technology
*Change of circumstance forms are available in the Augustana Awards and Financial Aid Office in M110 Founders’ Hall.
Full-Time Student Loans - Modernized! It’s here! Alberta Students Finance has modernized the student funding application. They are giving you a better online application with easier navigation, real-time status updates and more help features. If you have not accessed student loan or grant funding for the 2011-12 academic year, there is still time. It’s easy! Just apply online!
Visit http://alis.alberta.ca/ec/fo/studentsfinance/students-finance.html for complete details.
Coming Soon…
SUPPLEMENTARY BURSARY PROGRAM Stay Tuned for complete details.
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Featured External Awards Additional External Awards can be found listed by deadline month at the following link: www.augustana.ualberta.ca/admissions/info/afa/external/
HOLSTEIN CANADA EDUCATION AWARDS Deadline: November 30 Value: $750 Criteria: Applicants must be a regular or junior member of Holstein Canada, or a son/
daughter of a member, must have completed at least one year of university/college (or Cégep in Québec), must submit an official, original transcript and a copy of your resume, and must be returning to school within the calendar year. Academic, farm involvement, youth program involvement and career choice. Consideration will be given to each of the following categories: farm involvement and work experience, youth program involvement, career choice and scholastic record.
Contact: Stephanie Gregson Holstein Canada Education Awards, 20 Corporate Place, P.O. Box 610 Brantford ON N3T 5R4 Ph: (519) 756-8300 Fax: (519) 756-9982 Email: [email protected] Website: www.holstein.ca
ROGER CHAREST, SR. AWARD FOR BROADCAST & MEDIA ARTS Deadline: November 30 Value: $500 Criteria: Any qualified applicant who has taken the initiative to create a special program or
series of audio vignettes or reports suitable for broadcast, which may further the cause of multiculturalism in Canada. The final product may provide a window into the particular characteristics and unique qualities of a given identifiable group within the Canadian cultural mosaic, so that we, as Canadians, may better understand one another. A written proposal outlining the intended project including a budget is required.
Contact: Roger Charest Sr. Award c/o Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre (URDC) Grant MacEwan College Box 1796, Edmonton AB T5J 2P2
P: 780-497-4374 or F: 780-497-4377 Website: http://www.macewan.ca/web/artssci/urdc/projects/detailspage.cfm?id=1873
SERGEI EREMENKO MUSIC AWARD Deadline: November 30 Value: $500 Criteria: Awarded to applicants who plan on pursuing further studies in the field of
Ukrainian music. Applicants must submit a written description of the course of study/workshop with an explanation of how the course or workshop will help the applicant in promoting the awareness and development of Ukrainian music in Alberta.
Contact: Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre (URDC) Grant MacEwan Community College Box 1796 Edmonton AB T5J 2P2 Ph: (780) 497-4374 Website: http://www.macewan.ca/web/artssci/urdc/projects/detailspage.cfm?id=1875
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WILLIAM & MARY KOSTASH AWARD FOR FILM & VIDEO ARTS Deadline: November 30 (Awarded every second year: 2001, 2003, 2005, etc...) Value: $1000 Criteria: Awarded for a project which promotes Ukrainian Canadian identity through the
medium of film, video or multimedia. Works in progress and/or completed works will be considered. Drama, documentary, experimental, educational, and other genres are acceptable.
Contact: William & Mary Kostash Award for Film & Video Arts c/o Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre (URDC) Grant MacEwan College Box 1796 Edmonton AB T5J 2P2 Ph: 780- 497-4374 or 780-497-5494 Email: [email protected] Application: http://wwwold.macewan.ca/nw/urdc/schol_form_kostash.htm
UKRAINIAN ART IN ALBERTA AWARD (ACUA)
Deadline: November 30 Value: $500 Criteria: An applicant who through an exhibit, tour, festival, educational program or
special project, fosters a greater awareness of Ukrainian art in Alberta. Applicants must submit a portfolio and/or visual or audio sample of the Ukrainian art being promoted, along with a written proposal outlining the intended exhibit, tour, festival, educational program, or special project, and a budget as requested in the application form.
Contact: Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts Award, c/o Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre (URDC) Grant MacEwan College,
Box 1796, Edmonton AB T5J 2P2 Ph: (780) 497-4374; Fax: (780) 497-4377 Website: http://www.macewan.ca/web/artssci/urdc/projects/detailspage.cfm?id=1874
ROMAN SOLTYKEWYCH MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP
Deadline: November 30 Value: $500 Criteria: Any applicant (individual or group) who is planning to pursue further studies in
the field of Ukrainian choral or vocal music. Must submit a written description of the course of study or workshop along with an explanation of how it will help the applicant in studying Ukrainian choral or vocal music. Approximately one page in length and may include information about past accomplishments and experi-ences.
Contact: Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre (URDC) Grant MacEwan, Box 1796, Edmonton AB T5J 2P2 Ph: (403) 497-4374 Website: http://wwwold.macewan.ca/nw/urdc/schol_roman_solt.htm INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES IN DEAF STUDIES AWARD Deadline: November 30 Value: $500 Criteria: Recipient must be a post-secondary student, either full or part-time, whose
educational pursuits and/or volunteer work indicates an interest in... Continued on the following page.
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Continued from the previous page ...international initiatives in deaf studies and/or hearing impairment. Students
will submit an application and letter detailing their interest in the field, and previous experience with deaf studies or hearing impairment issues.
Contact: Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre (URDC) Grant MacEwan College, Box 1796, Edmonton AB T5J 2P2 Ph: (780) 497-4374 Website: http://wwwold.macewan.ca/nw/urdc/schol_Deaf.htm AGRICULTURAL SERVICES BOARD BURSARY - LEDUC COUNTY Deadline: November 30 Value: 2 @ $500 Criteria: Awarded to individuals enrolling in agricultural-related post-secondary programs.
There are no restrictions as to post-secondary education institution, but rather the courses taken and their agricultural content.
Contact: Garett Broadbent, Director of Agricultural Services Leduc County #101-1101-5th Street, Nisku, AB T9E 2X3 Application: www.leduc-county.com/images/stories/PDFs/Awards/ASBBursary/
ASBbursaryForm.pdf
WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITY AWARDS Deadline: December 1 Value: $3000, $5000, or $10,000 Criteria: Applicants must be women who provide the primary financial support for their
families (including children, spouse, siblings and/or parents), and who are enrolled in or have been accepted to a vocational/skills training program (post secondary only) or an undergraduate degree program. Applicants must demonstrate financial need, and cannot have already earned an undergraduate degree. Only residents of Soroptimist International of the America’s member countries/territories are eligible to apply (see website for more details).
Contact: Apply to the appropriate regional contact for your area of residence: www.soroptimist.org/awards/apply_list.html Email: [email protected] Website: www.soroptimist.org or www.soroptimist.org/awards/apply.html
CHARLES S. NOBLE JUNIOR “A” HOCKEY SCHOLARSHIP
Deadline: December 1 Value: 10 @ $2,000 Criteria: Awarded to Alberta residents enrolled full-time at a post-secondary institution in Alberta. Applicants must be or have been a participant in a least one full season of hockey in the Alberta Junior “A” Hockey League and have played during the last year or are currently playing. In addition, applicants must have maintained a minimum of 2.0 (4.0 scale) in the previous semester unless entering their first year of post-secondary studies. Contact: Alberta Scholarship Programs Website: http://alis.alberta.ca/hs/fo/scholarships/info.html?EK=17 Application: Interested applicants should contact their team coach or manager.
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Featured Specialized Support and Disability Services Awards
Featured Aboriginal Awards
• NELSON HOUSE MEDICINE LODGE POST SECONDARY BURSARY – Deadline: November 27
www.medicinelodge.ca/education.html
• NATIONAL ABORIGINAL ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATION OIL & GAS ABORIGINAL TRADES & TECHNOLOGY BUESARY & SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (OGTT) FOR FIRST NATIONS, INUIT & MÉTIS STUDYING IN ALBERTA Deadline: November 30
www.naaf.ca/download_applications
• ALL NATIONS TRUST COMPANY ENDOWMENT FUND AWARDS - Deadline: November 30
www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/ab/site.nsf/eng/br00446.html
• MUCHMUSIC ABORIGINAL YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP – Deadline: November 30
www.muchmusic.com/proudtosupport/aboriginalyouthscholarship/pdf/MAYS_06_application.pdf
• THE HARRY DENERON SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND - Deadline: December 1 www.encana.com/responsibility/engagement/aboriginal/pdfs/harry-deneron.pdf
• TREATY 7 HEALTH CAREERS BURSARY PROGRAM - Deadline: December 10 www.treaty7.org/EventsCalendar.aspx?sV8af6N07owyFCvnIvcSfA%3D%3D
• SAA NATIVE AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIPS - Deadline: December 15
www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/Awards/SAANativeAmericanScholarships/tabid/163/Default.aspx
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COUNCIL OF CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES AWARD Deadline: December 31 Value: These individuals are recognized for their dedication and integrity in the continuing pursuit
of full participation in society by people with disabilities in Alberta. Criteria: The award is open to anyone who currently lives in Alberta and has been a resident of the
province for at least one year. Nominees must show outstanding commitment to improv-ing the lives of persons with disabilities by promoting the three guiding principles of the Alberta Committee of Citizens with Disabilities: full participation, accessibility and equity.
Contact: The Alberta Committee of Citizens with Disabilities 106, 10423-178 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5S 1R5 Ph: 780-788-9088 Toll Free: 1-800-387-2514 Fax (780) 488-3757
E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.accd.net/html/what_we_do_bursaries_CCD-Award.html
For complete details and application forms, please visit www.augustana.ualberta.ca/services/studentservices/ssds/SSDS_DisabilityRelated.html or contact Linda Ruiter - Student Advisor for Specialized Support and Disability Services Augustana Campus at 780-679-1649 or [email protected]
For additional information visit the websites listed above or visit www.augustana.ualberta.ca/students/student_life/studentservices/aso/or contact Petra Cegielny - Aboriginal Student Advisor Augustana Campus at 780-697-1562 or [email protected]