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Sustainability Tip

Print drafts, homework assignments, or informal documents on the back of previously used papers.

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Congratulations!

Congratulations to NSAC Plant Science Master Program student Navratan Bahia on receiving the Best Poster Award at the annual meeting of Canadian Phytopathological Society. The meeting was held at Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre in Kentville on Nov.26. Navratan’s poster title was ‘Gibberellic acid (GA3) mediated disease susceptibility to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Arabidopsis thaliana’. Navratan’s supervisory committee members are Drs. Hong Li, Samuel Asiedu, Bruce Gray and Balakrishnan Prithiviraj.

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Seminar Committee Presentation Tonight

Topic: Research ethics (panel format)
Speakers: Dr. Pamela Courtenay-Hall, UPEI:
The Point and Process of Ethical Review in Research
Dr. Hannah Lane, Mount Allison University:
The Tri-Council Policy Statement
Dr. Emmanuel Yiridoe, NSAC:
The Research Ethics Process at NSAC

Date: Thursday, Dec. 3
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Rural Research Centre (next door to Humanities)

Refreshment provided.

All Seminar Series seminars are free and open to the public. The Seminar Committee is sponsored by NSAC Faculty Council. For more information on the series or this seminar, contact Deborah Stiles, Chair of the Seminar Committee at dstiles@nsac.ca or 893-6705.

Varsity Results

Scholarship Spotlight

Five $2,500 Renée Covill Scholarships Presented at NSAC
Prof. Carol Goodwin, Environmental Sciences Department and a member of NSAC’s Scholarship Committee, is shown congratulating students who received a $2,500 Renée Covill Scholarship at NSAC’s Scholarship Banquet. The scholarships are awarded to students who gave course and project work that reflect a commitment to environmental issues and career interests in growing plants (including farming). Selection criteria are academic performance, financial need and career plans.
Back row, far left:  Nicole Lefebvre, Truro, NS, a 3rd year B.Sc.(Agr.) Plant Science student;
Aaron Lloyd, Quispamsis, NB, a 2nd year Environmental Horticulture Technology student;
Prof. Goodwin; Nick van Hattem, Five Islands, NS, a 2nd year Environmental Horticulture Technology student.  Front row, far left:  Jason Clayton, Dartmouth, NS, a 3rd year B.Tech. Environmental Horticulture student; and Mark Schooten, Upper Onslow, NS, a 4th year B.Sc.(Agr.) Plant Science student. 

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