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Athletics

Paris Bound: Richea ready for Olympics [gobobcats.ca]

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Schad Richea’s “off-season” will be anything but. The Certified Athletic Therapist for the Brandon University Bobcats will be representing Canada at the Paris Olympics this summer, meaning that this summer will be one of his busiest. Richea will be joining the Canadian Men’s Volleyball National team at the 2024 Olympic games and his duties have already begun. Onboarding, training, and planning are all underway as he prepares to join the team at the Volleyball Canada Centre of Excellence later this month.

Conferences

BU students welcome women working in justice system for public symposium

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Women in the criminal justice system will share their perspectives next week in a public symposium organized by Brandon University (BU) students. The symposium will take place on Tuesday, April 9, from 3:30 to 8 p.m., in the Gathering Space of the John E. Robbins Library. Participants will include local women from a wide spectrum of justice careers, including a judge, a police constable, a corrections officer, re-integration specialists from the John Howard Society, and a specialist in restorative justice.

Presentations

New book and keynote address by BU prof show potential in power-sharing

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A new book of collected essays co-edited by Dr. Allison McCulloch explores how power-sharing can support political peace using examples from across the global south.

Power-Sharing in the Global South: Patterns, Practices and Potentials includes 15 essays that offer individual case studies and comparative perspectives about the framework of power-sharing in places as varied as Colombia, Ethiopia, Lebanon and Malaysia.

Students

Brandon University students present insights at Colloquium

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Nearly two dozen students at Brandon University will present from their senior-level projects at a Colloquium on Monday, April 8.

Colloquium is the term for an academic meeting that discusses multiple topics, and is an apt title for this annual event, where student presentations embrace a broad diversity of subjects, from rail lines to rural broadband to radiographs to Riding Mountain National Park.

“There’s always something for everyone at the Colloquium, but I’m really impressed with this year’s lineup,” said co-organizer Dr. James Naylor, a history professor at BU, who noted that anyone, including members of the public, were invited to drop in at any point during the day, and to stay for as many presentations as they liked.

Publications and Projects

BU student published in landmark anthology of Filipino-Canadian literature

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When Brandon University (BU) student Rafael Palma learned he was going to be published in an anthology of Filipino-Canadian writing, he wasn’t sure if he could believe his good fortune.

“They put out an open call late in December of 2021, and with the overwhelm of entries, the expected call-back or notice that we didn’t get picked was pushed from January to April,” explained Palma, a fourth-year Bachelor of Fine Arts English major.

Climate Change

Brandon University scientist shares nearly $1.5 million for climate change research

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A Brandon University researcher known for his work on restoring peatlands is part of a team that has secured $1,466,449 in federal funding to look at polluted peatlands in northern Ontario.

Dr. Pete Whittington, Associate Professor of Geography & Environment at BU, joins Dr. Colin McCarter, Assistant Professor at Nipissing University and Canada Research Chair in Climate and Environmental Change, who was awarded an Alliance Missions Grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada announced this month.