Tag: Education

A pair of Brandon University professors are collaborating to launch a study exploring the impact of the global health pandemic on people who are in committed, romantic relationships but who are living apart.
“This type of relationship, where people are in a committed relationship but don’t live in the same household, is a relatively recent development, and there is not yet much research on it,” said Dr. Serena Petrella, chair of the BU Department of Sociology and a BU Associate Professor who studies families and intimacy.

BRANDON – Brandon University (BU) is expanding its online spring and summer course offerings.
The Faculty of Arts at BU is adding three courses to the second term of the spring session, from June 1 to 18: Contemporary Literature, Introduction to Sociology, and Making Sense of Gender.

BRANDON – An extensive new research partnership looking at families’ experience with early childhood disability services will be introduced to the community at an event on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at Brandon University (BU).

This story was originally published in the Summer 2018 issue of Clark Magazine.
Fifty years after they attended Brandon College as it transitioned into Brandon University, Bill Hillman, Ron Westcott and Bill and Lana Myers are fine examples of the different ways that lives can diverge from a single starting point.

BRANDON – A Brandon University (BU) Master of Education student has become the second BU winner in three years of a prestigious national award recognizing an outstanding master’s thesis.
Ebenezer Duncan-Williams is the recipient of the Margaret Haughey Award for the best master’s thesis in Educational Administration, presented by the Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration.

BRANDON – A Brandon University (BU) student has been honoured by the Manitoba Council for International Education (MCIE) with an award recognizing her hard work in and out of the classroom.
Nathashalee Thompson recently received an International Student Award from the Manitoba Council for International Education.