NOVEL WINS TORONTO PRIZE Prof. Dionne Brand, English and Theatre Studies, has won the Toronto Book Award for her novel What We All Long For. Established by Toronto City Council in 1974, the award honours authors of books of literary or artistic merit that are evocative of Toronto. Brand's book follows a circle of young people of many different backgrounds as they try to make a life in the city.
SILVER MEDAL FOR RITTERProf. Len Ritter, Environmental Biology, received a silver medal from the United Nations Joint World Health Organization and Food and Agricultural Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives at a ceremony in Rome in June. The medals are awarded to long-serving members of the committee. Ritter has served since 1992.
CHANCELLOR HONOURED The College of Management and Economics and the Centre for Studies in Leadership presented their inaugural Outstanding Leadership Award to chancellor Lincoln Alexander this summer and announced it will be an annual honour bearing his name.
OAC TEAM EARNS KUDOS Prof. Wayne Caldwell, PhD candidate Jennifer Ball and M.Sc. candidate Alicia Evans of the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development received the 2006 Canadian Institute of Planners Award for Planning Excellence in the rural/small town category at the World Planners Congress. They were recognized for their project on “Conflict Resolution in Rural Ontario: Strategies for Responding to the Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts of Agriculture.”
FOOD SCIENTIST NOMINATED Food science research associate and adjunct professor Massimo Marcone is a nominee in TVO's 2007 “Best Lecturer” competition. Semifinalists will be announced this fall.
STUDENT TALK IS TOPS Chris Murray, a graduate student working with Prof. John Dutcher in the Department of Physics, captured first place in the best student talk competition at the Canadian Association of Physicists Congress. His talk was titled “Comparison of Thermal and Chemical Treatments of Ultrathin Chitosan Films.”
CROWLEY TO SERVE ON SELECTION COMMITTEE Prof. Terry Crowley, chair of the Department of History, has been invited to serve as a member of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's selection committee for the Bora Laskin and Thérèse F. Casgrain fellowships.
RETIREMENT PARTY SET A retirement party will be held Sept. 27 at 4 p.m. for Stephanie Wilson, a staff member in the School of Engineering, to honour her 16 years of service at U of G. For information, call Karen Gordon at Ext. 52435 or Prof. Val Davidson at Ext. 54367.
