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TEXTILE INSTITUTE HONOURS EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH
The Institute of Textile Science recently presented retired engineering and consumer studies professor Keith Slater with the Textile Science Award for excellence in research. It is the most prestigious award available to Canadians in the textile science field. The award was presented at a special ceremony marking the institute's 50th anniversary, and Slater was the invited keynote speaker, discussing the future of the textile industry in Canada.
PROF GIVES KEYNOTE TALK
University professor emerita Lynn McDonald, Sociology and Anthropology, gave the keynote address at the “Strategies for Change Revisioning” conference of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women Sept. 29 in Toronto.
PICTURE THIS!
Peter Wolf of Teaching Support Services and Jane Burpee of the U of G Library were part of a team that won the recent 24-hour filmmaking contest sponsored by Ed Video Media Arts Centre.