NSAC E-Bulletin

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2005 SIRC-CCAA Academic All Canadian Award Recipients

The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA) announced the SIRC-CCAA Academic All Canadian Award recipients for the 2004-2005 season. From the 100 member institutions in the CCAA, 79 students have achieved combined excellence in College athletics and academics. To achieve this honour, a student-athlete must achieve 80% and/or honours standings, and be named to a conference All-Star Team in a CCAA Sport.

“To achieve excellence in both sport and academics requires tremendous skill, dedication and perseverance. SIRC is honoured to recognize those outstanding college athletes who are also passionate about excelling in their education,” expressed Debra Gassewitz, President and CEO of SIRC.

Winners from NSAC are;
Sam Leger, Soccer
Kazunori Nakatsuka, Soccer
Blair Cameron, Soccer
Dave Milburn, Volleyball

Congratulations all.

Appointment to National Pest Management Advisory Committee

Our own Glen Sampson has been recently appointed to the National Pest Management Advisory Committee. The Pest Management Advisory Council (PMAC) is a multi-stakeholder group that fosters communication and dialogue among stakeholders and with PMRA, and provides advice directly to the Minister of Health on policies and issues relating to the federal pest management regulatory system. Membership of the Council consists of individuals providing a balanced representation of interests in pest management issues, including pesticide manufacturers, users and environmental and health groups and individuals with appropriate expertise. Congratulation Glen.

Graduate Research Day, April 1st.

Graduate Research Day is scheduled to be held on Friday, April 1st in Cumming Hall beginning at 9:00 a.m. Join us for series of graduate student presentations, posters, and refreshments.

Attend for the whole day or selected presentations. Please click the links to find schedule of presentations and further information.

News from the Road

Student Recruitment would like to send out an update on International Recruitment at NSAC. NSAC currently has a partnership with the International Language Institute (ILI) in Halifax, who provide English language training to students bound for studies at NSAC. Collaboration between our two institutions has resulted in a brochure outlining educational options for students. Distribution of this brochure has been widespread, reaching over 2000 educational agents across the globe! Brochures are being read by agents and students in China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and many more countries worldwide. This initial distribution has resulted in orders by these agents for hundreds more brochures.

We would like to welcome back to campus Raj Lada, who we thank for his recruitment efforts in India while on a personal visit home. Raj made school visits in Chennai, as well as meeting with the Canadian Consulate’s Trade Commissioner. While in New Delhi, Raj met with representatives of the Canadian Education Centre, and dignitaries of Amity Schools and Colleges. We are very grateful of Dr. Lada’s efforts in this market, and for his offer to introduce NSAC to students in India.

Recognition opportunities

As part of the Limelight Project, NSAC’s new program to help NSAC faculty and staff nominate themselves and their peers for all sorts of professional awards, here is a listing of the professional awards we have in our database that have a nomination deadline in April:

Carolinian Canada Youth Award
Recognizes young people dedicated to conservation

Carolinian Canada Individual Award
Recognizes dedicated people who have acted above and beyond normal expectations for conservation.

Carolinian Canada Group Award
Non-profit organizations, government organizations, businesses, industry organizations, media and other groups or partnerships who have integrated conservation into new areas or made great strides in Carolinian conservation may be nominated

William J. Eva Award
Awarded to an individual for outstanding contributions to food science through research and science

Gordon Royal Maybee Award
Awarded to an individual or organization who has made an outstanding applied development in the food sector.

The Food Industry CEO of the Year Award
Awarded to the CEO of a company who has made an outstanding contribution to the Canadian food industry

Food Development Award
For outstanding contribution to product development by R & D or Product Development team personnel or consultants.

Food Production Award
For outstanding contribution to the food processing industry by QC or QA management personnel with a minimum of 10 years' experience.

BioNova Research Excellence Award
Presented annually to an individual whose research has contributed, or has the potential to contribute, to the growth of the biotechnology and life sciences sector in Nova Scotia.

Please take a moment to think of people right here at NSAC who should be nominated for one of these awards. You can find more information on these awards at http://www.nsac.ns.ca/marketing/limelight/Awards%20deadlines/apr_awards.asp

For more information on this program, please visit our new Limelight Project page, or drop Sarah Morris a note.