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• New Books

  - 2005-04-01

  Barnhart, Gordon L., éd. Saskatchewan Premiers of the Twentieth Century. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Centre, 2004. 418 pp.Barr, William. Red Serge and Polar Bear Pants: The Biography of Harry Stall-worthy, RCMP. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2004. 400 pp. $34.95 paper.Beauchemin, Jacques. La Société des identities: Éthique et politique dans...

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• Canada.(Events/Evenements)(Calendar)

  - 2004-11-01

  Conferences July 31-August 4, 2005. 18th Biennial Chem Ed Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. Web site: http://nobel.scas.bcit.ca/chemed2005/welcome.htm. August 19-26, 2005. 20th International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (ISPAC 20), Toronto, ON. Contact: Chris Marvin; Tel.: 905-319-6919; E-mail: chris.marvin@ec.gc.ca....

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• Alzheimer Society research grants and training awards, 2002-03: 1-800-616-8816 - Funding

  - 2002-06-17

  Social & Psychological Research Grants Lynn Beattie, University of British Columbia. CSHA-BC cohort linkage: characterization, prediction and costs of Health Services. $107,515 Neena Chappell, University of Victoria, BC. Quality of life for people with Alzheimer type dementia and their caregivers. $119,545 Bonnie Dobbs, University of Alberta, Edmonton....

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• The Record.(various; obituaries/Canada)(Brief Article)(Obituary)

  - 2001-11-19

  DIED: Dorothy J. Lamont, 56, former chief executive officer of the Canadian Cancer Society; of cancer, in Toronto. She grew up in Hamilton, and in 1968 earned a master's degree in social work from the University of British Columbia. She then served as director of services...

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• Shad Valley University of British Columbia wins Royal Bank Shad Entrepreneurship Cup Royal Bank sponsorship promotes student inventors of household security system.

  - 2000-10-12

  TORONTO, Oct 12, 2000 Shad Valley University of British Columbia students hoping to prevent household break-ins won "best overall" honours today at the third annual Royal Bank Shad Entrepreneurship Cup in Toronto. The UBC inventors developed a prototype of the security device,...

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• Damien Atkins Wins $25,000 UBC Creative Writing Residency Prize for an Original Stage Play.

  - 2000-10-11

  VANCOUVER, Oct 11, 2000 The Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia has announced that Damien Atkins, of Toronto, Canada, has won the 2000 inaugural UBC Creative Writing Residency Prize for an Original Stage Play for his play...

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