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Engagement in Haiti
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By the EIESL Project Team
Several students have approached the EIESL Team asking how they can participate in the relief efforts for Haiti. Firstly, our formal role…
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EIESL Blog Feed
Student Letter To the Editor on Celebrity Aid
Submitted: January 29, 2010
Matt WhitemanBy Yan Xu
The below is a letter in response to the article on celebrity voices mentioned in Monday’s post, sent to the editor of The Province:
EDUCATING CELEBRITIES ON BEST PRACTICES
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UBC Farm Blog Feed
CBC reports on sunflower research at UBC Farm
Submitted: January 27, 2010
AdminOne of Dr. Rieseberg’s graduate students has been studying the wild
Silverleaf variety in trial plots in the UBC Farm’s annual crop
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EIESL Blog Feed
Guidance for Haiti-bound Relief Workers
Submitted: January 29, 2010
Matt WhitemanThe US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention released a short document of basic guidance materials for relief workers headed to Haiti.
Here it is.
Dr. Dharamsi, the Principal Investigator for the…
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EIESL Blog Feed
The week in review
Submitted: January 24, 2010
Matt WhitemanBy Chaya Erika Go
January 18-22 was a week for many things:
There was the Africa Awareness Conference Week, a hearty celebration of the continent and a campaign to further increase its… -
UBC Farm Blog Feed
CBC reports on sunflower research at UBC Farm
Submitted: January 27, 2010
AdminOne of Dr. Rieseberg’s graduate students has been studying the wild
Silverleaf variety in trial plots in the UBC Farm’s annual crop
rotation. The CBC has picked up on the work; here… -
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NY Times Article on Haiti: What not to give
Submitted: January 25, 2010
Matt WhitemanBy Matt Whiteman
Here is a timely article that focuses on teaching people how not to give to the efforts in Haiti…
…and here’s the post mentioned but not linked called “Nobody…
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Celebrate Research Blog Feed
New Award:UBC LIBRARY INNOVATIVE DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH AWARD
Submitted: January 13, 2010
tessaHi everyone,
Exciting news. Here is some information on the announcement of a new award:
UBC LIBRARY INNOVATIVE DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH AWARD
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Sport and Society: 5 provocative talks on highly debated Olympic related issues
Submitted: January 25, 2010
tvanderkopOn the eve of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, UBC will host a series of five dialogues featuring Olympic and Paralympic athletes who have used their celebrity…
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Louis Riel Opera Symposium
Submitted: January 20, 2010
kasondraBeginning Wednesday, February 3 until Sunday, February 7th, 2010 UBC’s School of Music will be hosting a symposium to accompany the upcoming Louis Riel opera. Events include colloquiums and pre-performance…