BRANDON, MB – A packed house celebrated Brandon University’s (BU) generous donors and outstanding student achievements on the evening of March 18th, 2015 during BU’s annual Awards Reception. The event connected donors who have supported scholarships and bursaries with the student recipients of those awards in the spirit of fellowship and celebration.
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BRANDON, MB – A Brandon University (BU) professor has been awarded a federal grant to support science programming for a summer camp that encourages healthy living, creative expression and scientific curiosity in children and youth.
Counsellor guides camper through a rocket launch.
BRANDON, MB – The pro series 2014-2015 season’s penultimate recital will feature violinist and professor Charles Castleman on March 23, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. at Brandon University (BU).
BRANDON, MB – Four Brandon University educators are nominated for this year’s 28th Annual YWCA Women of Distinction Awards to be announced at the gala ceremony occurring this evening in Brandon. Dr. Kathryn Hyndman, Dr. Lorraine Mayer, Kathleen Nichol and Julia Senchuk have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to post-secondary education under the “Excellence in Education” category.
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He hadn’t planned on attending Brandon University. He didn’t even plan on working in Brandon.
BRANDON, MB – With respect to current discussions around racism experienced by Indigenous peoples accessing health care in Canada, Dr. Yvonne Boyer, who is Brandon University’s Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Health and Wellness, offers the following commentary:
The recent report authored by Dr. Janet Smylie and Dr. Billie Allen, “First Peoples, Second Class Treatment: The role of racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada” is an important reminder of the problems that many Indigenous people face when accessing health care in Canada. Ironically, not only do Aboriginal people hold equality and the right to life rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but they also hold constitutionally protected rights to Aboriginal and treaty rights through Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.
BRANDON, MB – Brandon College graduate, Mr. Frank McKinnon, a familiar face in Manitoba’s amateur sport community, was recently honoured with induction into the Order of Canada. McKinnon, Bachelor of Science class of ’55 graduate and member of the Brandon University (BU) Sports Wall of Fame, received the honour in Ottawa from Governor General David Johnston at the investiture ceremony held on February 13th, 2015 at Rideau Hall.
Born in rural Manitoba and raised in Brandon, Jillian is small-town modest but brilliant, earning a medical degree in six years compared to eight to ten for most Canadian doctors.
“At med school,” she says, “you meet all these people who have wanted to be doctors since they started walking.