Thursday, March 9, 2017

Pharmacists Support people struggling with mental illness

Alumni Lindsay Bennett is a clinical pharmacist at Royal Ottawa Mental Health Center where she supports patients with substance abuse issues and psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia and mood disorders.

“Experiences with the mental health population in my co-op and early career as a pharmacist triggered my interest in mental health,” says Lindsay.

An average day at the Royal has Lindsay consulting patients, making medication recommendations, counselling on new medications, and completing rounds as part of an inter-disciplinary team.  Lindsay works with people from all walks of life, and she’s come to appreciate the value of building trust and rapport when working one-on-one with her patients.

“Building rapport with patients can be just as or more important than developing a therapeutic plan. If a patient trusts you as a professional, it can mean all the difference.”

The Pharmacists Support series is issued by the School of Pharmacy for #PAM2017. It runs every Tuesday and Thursday in March.

Professor named Sun Life Fellow

This article originally appeared on the Risk Management, Economic Sustainability, and Actuarial Science Development in Indonesia (READI) website.

Sun Life Financial Asia (Sun Life Asia) and University of Waterloo have announced Professor Ken Seng Tan as the recipient of the Sun Life Fellowship in International Actuarial Science, effective immediately.  

As the Sun Life Fellow in International Actuarial Science, Professor Tan will serve as the Chief Actuarial Advisor for the READI project (Risk Management, Economic Sustainability and Actuarial Science Development in Indonesia) that University of Waterloo is currently implementing with the Government of Canada, the Financial Services Authority of Indonesia (‘OJK’) and other partners.

According to Kevin Strain, President, Sun Life Financial Asia, “We are delighted to announce Professor Ken Seng Tan as the recipient of the Sun Life Fellowship in International Actuarial Science and we are confident he is the ideal candidate to lead our efforts in developing actuarial and risk talent in Indonesia.”

Elin Waty, ‎President Director of Sun Life Financial Indonesia, said: “Professor Tan is a highly acclaimed academic and is also well known for his efforts to actively promote actuarial science around the world, especially in Indonesia. She added “He has already been instrumental in establishing the READI project and we look forward to watching the program grow under his guidance.”

Stephen Watt, Dean of Mathematics at University of Waterloo, said: “Professor Tan, working with Dr. Nello Angerilli, had the vision and connections to respond to an urgent need for accredited Indonesian actuaries expressed by senior regulators and insurance industry representatives. Engaging Global Affairs Canada, Sun Life Financial Indonesia and other industry partners allowed the University of Waterloo to create a unique project to address a major gap in Indonesia’s insurance and pensions sector, to promote financial stability and prosperity.”

Sun Life partnered with University of Waterloo and donated CAD$500,000 to establish the fellowship last year. A primary focus of the fellowship is the READI project which aims to establish Indonesia as a regional center of actuarial excellence in Southeast Asia by engaging education, government and industry.

More on the new Sun Life Fellow in International Actuarial Science.

Student Service Transformation project update

A message from the Student Service Transformation Needles Hall (SSTNH) Project Team

Chris Read is back with the March update on the Student Service Transformation project. Watch the video below for an initial list of services that the center will offer to students when it opens, as well as what the project team has underway this month.

Visit the project website for more information and for an up to date list of confirmed services.

Exhibit showcases the wild and the tamed in nature

A message from Special Collections & Archives.

Following the success of The New Feminists, Special Collections & Archives is excited to announce the unveiling of our second Fine Arts exhibit: The Wild And The Tamed. Professor Tara Cooper writes that the “exhibition explores humanity’s relationship with nature — the wild and the tamed.”

Original studio work of third- and fourth-year-students’ depicting scenes of folklore, fairy tales, literature, botany, and personal experience is on display accompanied by select material from the Archives.

The Wild And The Tamed is on display in the Doris Lewis Rare Book Room until April 28.

We would like to thank Professor Tara Cooper for her continued support.  We would also like to express our gratitude to the following students for allowing us to display their work: Danielle Bennett, Lucia Lakatos, Lariana Ustariz, Weicheng Wang, Erin Tims, Carolyn Diemert, Taylor Singh, and Ching-Ting Hong.

Thursday's notes

Human Resources is reporting that Professor Bernard Glick of Biology has retired effective January 1, 2017.

Glick joined the University as associate professor in September 1982, received tenure in July 1985, and was named Professor in July 1989.

The Secretariat is holding elections for Faculty-At-Large and Graduate Student constituencies from Monday, March 20 to Friday, March 24.

There are 12 candidates running for the 7 available Faculty-At-Large seats.

There are 5 candidates running for the 2 Graduate Student representatives to Senate.

Eligible voters will receive an e-mail prompt to vote electronically on Monday, March 20.

Additionally, the Secretariat has announced that six Faculty senator senate seats have been filmed by acclamation. The acclaimed senators are:

• Applied Health Sciences: Katie Misener, Recreation and Leisure Studies;
• Arts: Tara Collington, French Studies;
• Engineering: Claudio Canizares, Electrical and Computer Engineering;
• Environment: Mark Seasons, School of Planning;
• Mathematics: Chris Bauch, Applied Mathematics; and
• Science: Michael Balogh, Physics and Astronomy

Their three-year terms will being on May 1, 2017.