RDI Director, Bill Ashton, representing Brandon University will participate in the Manitoba Planning Excellence Awards initiative as a jury representative for the 2013 Awards.
The Manitoba Planning Excellence Awards acknowledge individuals, organizations, companies and Manitoba municipalities and planning districts in their efforts to enhance communities through innovative and high quality planning initiatives.
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Manitoba’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Ron Kostyshyn presented a cheque to Dr. Dean Care, VP of Academic and Provost, Brandon University for $100,000 at Ranchers Forum on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. This is the second installment under the five-year applied research funding agreement.
Manitoba CED Network is a branch of the Canadian Community Economic Development Network that believes in communities directing their economic and social development future in a sustainable manner. Their main objective is to strengthen communities by bringing people together to build and create opportunities for growth.
BRANDON, MB — Daryle McCannell of the Department of Physical Education was recently awarded the Innovator Award by the Manitoba Physical Educations Teacher’s Association (MPETA). This award is presented to a member of MPETA who has made a significant contribution to physical education by devising an innovative approach to instruction, by writing new curriculum material, by creating new devices or aids that improve the educational experience of students.
Read the full article at brandonu.ca.
Visiting Professor, Peter Dehne took part in a guest lecture hosted by RDI on October 18, 2012.
Professor of planning law and building law at the University of Applied Sciences in Neubrandenburg.
BRANDON, MB – This past Friday, Dr. Deborah Poff, Brandon University’s President and Vice-Chancellor, was joined by Jamie Honda McNeil, Enbridge’s Manager of Aboriginal Affairs, at a celebration for the two student recipients of the newly-established Enbridge Dakota Language Scholarship.
Recipients Sheree Blacksmith, currently in her first year of study in the Indigenous Health and Human Services program, and third-year Native Studies and Languages student, Janine Morin-West, were accompanied by their family members and senior administration from Brandon University to honour their achievement in receiving this award.
BRANDON, MB — A new agreement between Brandon University (BU) and Assiniboine Community College (ACC) will open the door for students to transfer credits directly from their completed Licensed Practical Nursing program at ACC to BU’s Bachelor of Nursing program in the Faculty of Health Studies. The recent approval of a new block-transfer-credit for Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) graduates from Assiniboine Community College paved the way for this new partnership.
Rural communities across Manitoba active in age-friendly initiatives were featured in an exchange of practice, policy, and research.
Forty eight leaders from eighteen countries around the world met for three days in Winnipeg to agree on initial pathways involving rural and remote communities to become more age friendly, promote intergenerational activities, engage seniors and encourage seniors to involve others of all ages in transforming places.
Brandon, MB — Dr. Alison Marshall of the Department of Religion was awarded funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)’s Insight Grants Program. The total value of the research funding is $287,395 and will be distributed over a 5-year term.