Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Previous | Next

• Representatives head to Saudi education event
• Prof will discuss e-cigarettes in Harvard webcast
• CECA presents at annual co-op conference
• St. Paul's celebrates 50 years of achievement
• Wednesday's notes

Representatives head to Saudi education event

by Marta Bailey.

Tracey Sinclair, assistant director, graduate admissions and records systems in the Graduate Studies Office will be attending the sixth annual International Exhibition and Conference in Higher Education (IECHE) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from April 15 to April 18.

Waterloo representatives have attended the IECHE since its inception, including President Feridun Hamdullahpur in 2012. Joining Tracey at the University of Waterloo booth will be Valerie Herteis, international marketing & recruitment specialist, Marketing and Undergraduate Recruitment and Ralon Nazareth, marketing and recruitment specialist, English Language Institute, Renison University College. Ralon and Valerie are pictured above at the 2014 IECHE fair with their colleague Lynne Wight of the GSO. The group is pleased to have Waterloo alumni and co-op student assistance at the event.

Attendance is expected to exceed 300,000 visitors, including students and their parents. Additional information about this event can be obtained from Lynne Wight. 

Prof will discuss e-cigarettes in Harvard webcast

More teens and adults are trying e-cigarettes than ever before, but researchers remain at odds about what risks the products pose to public health. Are they a helpful quitting tool, or do they promote tobacco use among new users?

In a live webcast hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Professor David Hammond will join a panel of experts to explore the fiercely debated e-cigarette market. The lecture will explore regulation, marketing to youth, content of warning labels, design of products, and evidence for science-based policymaking. The webcast will take place on Thursday, April 16 at 12:30 p.m. on the Forum at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Expert panelists include:

• David Hammond, associate professor, University of Waterloo School of Public Health and Health Systems, former advisor to the World Health Organization for the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control;
• Howard Koh, professor of the practice of public health leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 14th assistant secretary for health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services;
• Vaughan Rees, lecturer, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, interim director of the Center for Global Tobacco Control, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health;
• Kenneth Warner, distinguished university professor of public health and former dean, University of Michigan School of Public Health; and
• K. “Vish” Viswanath, professor of health communication, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the McGraw-Patterson Center for Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Audience members can e-mail questions for the expert participants before or during the live webcast to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu or tweet them to @ForumHSPH using #EcigsForum. Moderators will run a live chat during the lecture on the event web page.

The event is presented in collaboration with Reuters and organized by the Center for Global Tobacco Control and the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

CECA presents at annual co-op conference

The Cooperative Education and Internship Association (CEIA) Annual Conference was recently held in Atlanta, Georgia. Co-operative Education & Career Action (CECA) Director of Employment Relations Ross Johnston and Regional Manager of Employment Relations Pennie Schrader were in attendance on behalf of CECA. Pennie gave a presentation on building productive employer relationships and how the account manager role focuses on developing them. She was a natural in front of a standing-room only crowd – some of whom had to be turned away because of fire code regulations. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive. Well done to all involved – particularly Arts & Business student Mashal Nasir Husain, who is on her first co-op work term, for all the work she did behind the scenes in getting Ross and Pennie prepared for the conference.

St. Paul's celebrates 50 years of achievement

by Stephen Loo.

Don Shilton (BSc ’80), president of St. Mary’s Hospital (left), receives a St. Paul’s Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of an exemplary career in healthcare innovation from Knowledge Integration student Alex Pearce and St. Paul’s Principal Graham Brown. Photo: Ryan Walker Photography.

St. Paul’s University College honoured 12 alumni with 50^th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni and Young Alumni Awards during a dinner at the Donalda Club in Toronto on Friday, March 27.

Each recipient was introduced by a current St. Paul’s student and they received a framed lithographic pencil sketch of the original St. Paul’s building, which was built in 1962. The event celebrated alumni for their exemplary careers, service to community, and for displaying leadership in areas related to St. Paul’s mission and values. Congratulations to each of the 12 recipients:

• Douglas Grenkie (BA ’65): In recognition of an exemplary career and service to community;
• Gary Albach (BSc ’70): In recognition of an exemplary career advancing science, technology and entrepreneurship;
• Mark Lukowski (BMath ’73): In recognition of an exemplary career and service to community;
• William Watson (BA ’76): In recognition of an exemplary career and service to community, St. Paul’s and Waterloo;
• Elizabeth McKinlay (BA ’78): In recognition of an exemplary career dedicated to helping others;
• Don Shilton (BSc ’80): In recognition of an exemplary career as an innovative leader in health care;
• David Cornfield (BASc ’85): In recognition of an exemplary career and bettering the world through philanthropy;
• Brad Siim (BASc ’92): In recognition of an exemplary career and dedicated service to St. Paul’s and Waterloo;
• Frances Chapman (BA ’98): In recognition of an exemplary career and dedication to education;
• Adam Kilner (BA ’06): In recognition of an exemplary career and faithful service to others;
• Victoria Alleyne (BES ’12): In recognition of dedication to social entrepreneurship and youth mentorship; and
• Kevin McGregor (BES ’13): In recognition of pursuing a career which enriches the lives of others. 

Wednesday's notes

The Special Advisor to the President on Women’s and Gender Issues and the FAUW Status of Women and Equity Committee is announcing the April event in the Gender and Equity Scholarship Series. 

On Monday, April 20 at 11:30 a.m., Professor Lisbeth Berbary of the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies will present "Subject to Sorority: Post-structural Feminist Ethnographic Research and Creative Analytic Screenplay." The lecture will take place in Room 2703 of the Lyle S. Hallman Institute.

"The Gender and Equity Scholarship Series intends to assist not only with the promotion of gender and equity research currently being conducted at UW, but also with the creation of networking opportunities for equity minded faculty, staff and students on campus," says the announcement from SWEC.  Light refreshments will be served at this event. Please visit the SWEC Gender and Equity Scholarship Series page to register. 

The Graduate Student Association (GSA) has announced its directors and officers for the coming administrative year.

Serving a one-year term that will end on April 30, 2016 will be:

• President: Maya D’Alessio, PhD candidate in Biology;
• Vice President: Rachel Mitchell, Masters candidate in Environment and Resource Studies;
• Student Affairs Officer: Matthew Perrone, Masters candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering;
• External Affairs Officer: Kristen Leal, Masters candidate in Earth and Environmental Sciences;
• External Affairs Officer: Michael Makahnouk, PhD candidate in Earth and Environmental Sciences.

The GSA’s directors, who will also be serving a one-year term, are:

• Robert Henderson, PhD candidate in Physics & Astronomy;
• Michael Makahnouk, PhD candidate in Earth and Environmental Sciences;
• Adeboye Oyegunle, Masters candidate in Environmental Studies (SEED);
• Mike Piazza, PhD candidate in Chemistry.

Serving two-year terms, ending April 30, 2017:

• Anna Justine Brousseau, PhD candidate in French​
• Filip Budimir, PhD candidate in Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Ghazal Memartoluie, PhD candidate in Economics
• Christopher Pugh, PhD candidate in Physics & Astronomy

Serving a two-year term ending April 30, 2017 as Alumni Director is Marcel Humelnicu from Accounting.

On Friday, April 17, the R+T Park will be hosting a Sustainability Open House that will feature TravelWise and Sustainable Waterloo Region along with a variety of electric vehicles. The open house will be located in the Cora Building atrium from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Vehicles on display include a Tesla, a Nissan Leaf, and Chevy Volt,  and a Mitsubishi i-MiEV along with a charging station.