NEWs THE CFOF RETURNS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SUDBURY (July 9 2010 – Sudbury) The University of Sudbury and the Board of Directors of the Centre franco-ontarien de folkore are currently elaborating a partnership that will allow the CFOF to relocate its offices to the University as of October 1st, 2010, all the while undertaking projects that are beneficial for both parties. “We foresee a very fruitful collaboration between the Department of Folklore and Ethnology and the Centre franco-ontarien de folklore: the University provides scientific support and access to academic networks to carry out its mandate of research and dissemination of heritage from the perspective of the university; the CFOF brings ties with the Franco-Ontarian community and helps develop the public face of studies in folklore. Our students are the winners in this sharing of resources and expertise, "said Marcel Bénéteau, professor of Folklore at the University of Sudbury. The Centre franco-ontarien de folklore, founded by Father Germain Lemieux, will return to its place of origin at the University of Sudbury. The Francophones and academics will benefit from this partnership since the knowledge and resources, as well as the works of Father Germain Lemieux will meet again in one place. “By relocating our head office to the University of Sudbury, our energies will be better focused on our mandate to collect, preserve and develop the Franco-Ontarian heritage," says Diane Charette-Lavoie, president of the Board of Directors. "We expect to be more accessible to researchers and students. We will develop more partnerships with the academic community, the community colleges, school boards and other educational and cultural institutions.” For more information: Roger Gervais
2010 Canadian Leadership Forum on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Pierre Zundel attended the 2010 Canadian Leadership Forum on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Calgary, Alberta. The forum brings together senior academic administrators from across Canada to discuss how to support faculty in their pursuit of undertaking research about teaching in their own classrooms and disciplines - what is called the "scholarship of teaching and learning". Discussions ranged from how to fund this emerging kind of research, how to recognize it in promotion and tenure processes, its intersection with academic freedom and how to integrate it into an overall culture that is EARTH DAy photos
Human Rights Advisory Committee The University of Sudbury, Human Rights Advisory committee is currently working on a new policy on Workplace Violence, to be in compliance with Bill 168. The policy will be in place in time for the mandatory date of June 15, 2010. UNDERSTANDING TODAY’S GENERATION Facilitated by Marc Trottier A workshop for all who interact with, or are responsible for, students living in residence, and/or are enrolled TUESDAY MAY 18TH Light refreshments will be served. International Students on Campus We have over 40 residents currently staying at the Lucien Matte. Most are international students coming to Laurentian to study English. Others are tourists and the rest are our students staying in residence throughout the summer. Summer 2010 For more information, please contact : Our residence is hosting over 40 high school students and their families; Laurentian University organizes campus tours as part of the programme 'Starting Point' and in collaboration with the Federated universities provide residence tours. When you see a tour go through the building, stop and say, ‘hi!’ May 15th Newbery Lecture Series February 2, 2010 7:00 p.m. On February 2, 2010, AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo, presented the annual Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo Press Release Atleo Newbery Lecture
Honorary degree granted to Dr. Hubert Doucet Dr. Hubert Doucet has been a professor at the Université de Montréal since 1997, where he held appointments in the Faculties of Medicine and Theology and was Director of the Programs in Bioethics. He also chaired he university's Research Ethics Board. From 1981 to 1997, Dr. Doucet was Professor of Bioethics at St Paul 's University in Ottawa and has been a member of Research Ethics Boards at a number of hospitals affiliated with the University of Ottawa . His research has focused on the history and foundations of bioethics, on issues related to death in the context of technological developments in health services, on the conditions for democratic debate in an environment marked by economic pressures, and on the challenges to research ethics created by an increasingly bureaucratic approach to the issues. In 2002, he published a guide on research ethics for health researchers, L'éthique de la recherche: Guide pour le chercheur en sciences de la santé. |
