A highly regarded Manitoba musician and educator is joining the faculty of Brandon University’s (BU’s) School of Music.
Ken Gold has been a mainstay on Manitoba stages and in classrooms for 36 years.
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A Brandon University is being recognized for her work with the Chinese community in Manitoba.
Dr. Alison Marshall, a professor of religion at BU, is this year’s recipient of the William Norrie Arts & Culture Volunteer Award from Volunteer Manitoba.
A new position at Brandon University will provide guidance at the very top administrative levels as the institution works towards Indigenization, de-Colonization and Reconciliation.
Chris Lagimodiere has been named the Acting Indigenous Advisor to the President and will assume the role as soon as possible.
Familiar faces will continue to lead the School of Music and Faculty of Health Studies at Brandon University.
Greg Gatien
Greg Gatien has been renewed as Dean of Music for a second five-year term.
Brandon University is cautiously moving to the mid-range Phase Grey in its phased campus re-opening plan, as declining case counts, high vaccination rates, and enhanced campus preparation increase the university’s optimism for the Fall Term.
“This is a time of transition as we get ready for a partial return to in-person instruction this fall,” said BU President David Docherty, who announced the coming phase change during Monday’s General Faculty Council.
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Pride Month at Brandon University (BU) closes with the addition of a new bursary from the Gender & Women’s Studies Program (GWS) to support 2SLGBTQIA+ students.
With a $10,000 contribution from the Margaret Laurence Endowment Fund, GWS at BU has established a new bursary for students who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) which will fund an annual award of approximately $450 each year.
Brandon University’s thriving Co-operative Education program is having another great summer of employment, with 90 per cent of its students working in jobs that are related to their field of study — a stunning success rate with an economy that continues to contend with the pandemic.
“Our outstanding employment success rate, for the second year in a row, is thanks to the exceptional employers of the Brandon and Westman area that have created jobs for our students,” said Cora Dupuis, Co-operative Education Coordinator.
Brandon University will pause on Friday, July 2 for a Day of Mourning and Reflection, as unmarked graves continue to be discovered at former residential school sites across Canada.
The most recent discovery comes at the Cowessess First Nation, less than 250 km from the BU campus, where 751 unmarked graves were found.
Three Brandon University-linked books were vying for the Margaret McWilliams Award this year, and two of them won.
“Civilian Internment in Canada: Histories and Legacies,” co-edited by BU history professor Rhonda Hinther, earned the Margaret McWilliams Award for Scholarly History. Also nominated in that category was Politics, Personalities and persistence: One Hundred Years of Psychiatric Nursing Education in Manitoba,” by former BU professor Beverley Clare Williams Hicks.