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Official Ring Launch Monday
W.A.T.E.R. Symposium
Are you concerned with water resource management in Atlantic Canada?
On March 26 and March 27, the inaugural Atlantic Canada W.A.T.E.R.* Symposium & Planning Forum (*Watershed, Assessment, Technology, Education & Research) will be held at NSAC. This symposium is being supported by NSAC, NSAC Department of Engineering, NSAC Research and Graduate Studies, NS Environment and NSERC.
The purposes of the symposium and forum are to bring together some of the leading scholars and practitioners of watershed management from across Atlantic Canada for the first, in what is hoped to be, a series of ongoing annual meetings. The symposium and forum will provide an opportunity for invited regional participants to share ideas, develop collaborative research partnerships with industry, establish a framework for enabling graduate students to present their research and to plan networks for acquiring strategic funding for future workshops.
Guest keynote speaker will be Timothy Ford, VP Research and Dean Graduate Studies, University of New England, Maine.
Other special guest speakers will include:
John Brazner, NS Environment
Rob Jamieson, Dalhousie University
Shawn Dalton, University of New Brunswick
Darren Bardati, University of PEI
For more details about this year's meeting and how you can register, go to nsac.ca/water
Click here for the event poster
Web Warriors Seminar
Turkey and Egg Sale
The egg sale will be held at the same time and in the same location. They are $3 per flat.
Permaculture Fruit Farming Seminar
The Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada presents:
Permaculture Fruit Farming:
Establishing a Profitable Orchard
An overview of how to plan, establish and propagate a profitable fruit orchard.
Presenter: Green Barn Nursery - greenbarnnursery.ca
Date: Wednesday, March 3
Time: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $75 – lunch included ($20 for students, lunch NOT included)
Payment at door accepted at the door - cash or cheque
Location: Riverview Room, Jenkins Hall, NSAC
Contact: Margaret Savard, OACC, msavard@nsac.ca, 902-893-7256
oacc.info
SPACE LIMITED: PRE-REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED
Click here for more information
Upcoming Seminar Series Presentation
Mr. Ron Gargasz, Pennsylvania grass farmer, sustainable ag program pioneer and OCIA International founding member, will speak on Thursday, March 4 in Cumming Hall (upstairs, in Alumni) at 1 p.m. The title of his presentation will be, “From Specialists to Generalists: The Renaissance in Agriculture.”
This event is co-sponsored by the Rural Research Centre, the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada, NSAC’s Seminar Series Committee, the Department of Plant & Animal Sciences and the Atlantic Canada Organic Regional Network.
For more information, contact Deborah Stiles at dstiles@nsac.ca or call the Rural Research Centre at 902-893-6227.
Click here for the event poster
NSAC Teaching Awards
Nominations for the 2009-2010 NSAC teaching awards are now being accepted. The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, March 3.
Nominees may be full-time, part-time or sessional faculty members or technicians. Students, staff, faculty, and alumni may sponsor nominations. Nominations require the name of the sponsor and two supporting co-nominators.
The sponsor and nominee must provide the following materials in support of the nomination. Materials should be addressed to the secretary, Instructional Development Committee and submitted to the Registrar’s Office by Friday, March 26 or visit nsac.ca/idc to submit an online nomination at the instructional development website.
Call for Nominations: NSAC Internationalization Award
This award is intended to recognize and encourage activities by faculty, staff and students that contribute to internationalization at NSAC. The award will be presented at spring convocation.
Please consider nominating an individual or a team that has contributed to international project work, internationalized curriculum, international awareness, or student mobility and development. Complete the nomination form available below and send with two supporting letters to Dian Patterson, NSAC International (dpatterson@nsac.ca) by Monday, March 8. Nominees will be contacted directly for background information.
Internationalization Award nomination form
Internationalization Award information poster
Scholarship Spotlight
Nova Scotia 4-H Council Award Presented
Ms. Janet Anderson, Nova Scotia 4-H council president, is shown presenting the $300 Nove Scotia 4-H Council Award at NSAC’s Scholarship Banquet. Alyson Carter, Truro, NS, a second year B.Sc.(Agr.) Environmental Sciences student was the 2009 recipient of the award. A $300 scholarship is awarded to a second year Nova Scotia student in any program. Selection criteria include academic performance, financial need and participation in 4-H club activities.
Photo of the Day
Feb.8 - Feb.12 was International Development Week. In celebration, NSAC hosted two speakers. Kendra Mellish, former NSAC student, relayed gripping tales of her experience in Ghana as a CIDA-funded "Students for Development" intern with the Developing Rural Entrepreneurs project. Kendra is shown here with a crocodile at the famous Paga crocodile ponds, now an ecotourism destination, in northen Ghana.
Jean McCardle, senior analyst for the Afghanistan Pakistan Task Force of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), spoke to Greg Cameron's first year Political Science class. A great turnout of additional NSAC staff, students and faculty also attended to learn more about CIDA's development role in Afghanistan. Thanks to all involved.
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