TOM JACKSON NAMED DUFF ROBLIN AWARD WINNER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

WINNIPEG, MB - The University of Winnipeg is delighted to pay tribute to Tom Jackson as the 2008 recipient of The Duff Roblin Award. The award is being presented at the President’s Gala Dinner on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at the Hotel Fort Garry.

The inaugural Duff Roblin Award was named in honour of and presented to The Honourable Duff Roblin in 2007. This prestigious award recognizes a recipient’s qualities as an outstanding Manitoban, a patron of education, and someone who demonstrates exemplary citizenship and life-long commitment to his or her community.

This year’s Award recipient is a role model for students. Born on the One Arrow Reserve in Saskatchewan and raised in Winnipeg, Jackson is not only an accomplished actor and musician, he is also a well-known philanthropist and humanitarian. His work to initiate The Dreamcatcher Tour focuses on empowering Aboriginal youth and high-school students to create opportunities for themselves through positive messages about stress, mental health, suicide prevention and coping.

Appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000 for his talent and work with the less fortunate, his tireless efforts and determination continue to establish him as a gifted entertainer dedicated to improving the quality of life of the underprivileged. Jackson’s active commitment continues, as he has recently agreed to be the spokesperson for the University’s Opportunity Fund. The Opportunity Fund exists to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or socio-economic status, has access to higher education.

"The University of Winnipeg is proud to honour Tom Jackson with this award,” said University of Winnipeg President Dr. Lloyd Axworthy.
“His dedication to humanitarian causes and strength of character epitomize the qualities we value and seek to recognize through our annual presentation of The Duff Roblin Award.”

The Duff Roblin Award is not the first honour bestowed on Jackson from The University of Winnipeg, as the University gave him an Honorary Doctorate of Laws degree in 1998.

Proceeds from the 2008 President’s Gala Dinner and gifts from individuals and organizations will go towards the Duff Roblin Scholars Fund. The Fund provides Graduate Fellowships in Aboriginal Governance at The University of Winnipeg and is set up to enhance educational opportunities for Manitoba's Aboriginal population and encourage Aboriginal students to obtain advanced degrees.

For more information on the President’s Gala Dinner please visit www.uwinnipegfoundation.ca.

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The University of Winnipeg is one of Canada’s leading post-secondary institutions. Consistently ranked in the Top-10 in the country on an annual basis by both Maclean’s Magazine and The Globe & Mail newspaper, the University of Winnipeg is a leader in academic excellence, Aboriginal education, environmental studies & sustainability, and theatre & the arts. The University of Winnipeg is committed to improving access to post-secondary education for all individuals, especially those people from non-traditional communities.
Find out more by visiting www.uwinnipeg.ca.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Shawn Coates, Director of Marketing & Communications, University of Winnipeg
P: 204.988.7126, C: 204.230.0202, E: s.coates@uwinnipeg.ca

World Food Crisis and Food Security Conference, U of M October 8 - 10, 2008 Free!

Hello,

I wanted to let you know that there is a food security conference being held at the University of Manitoba from October 8-10. It is being put on by the Global Political Economy department and will be both open to anyone and free of charge.

I have attached an electronic version of the poster that will be hung around the campus and at various other locations. If you would like I would be more than happy to deliver a hard copy of the poster to you.

I beg of you, please send this to anyone who may be interested in attending any or all of the seminars/lectures. The more, the merrier as the saying goes.

If you have any questions please feel free to ask me or you can call
474-6501 and Dr. Kueneman will be able to help. As well, you can visit the website, www.umanitoba.ca/arts/gpe.

http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/global_political_economy/program_info/world_food_conf08.html

Manitoba Food Charter
641 St. Matthews Avenue
Winnipeg, MB
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v (204) 943-0822
Toll free: 1-800-731-2638
f (204) 774-1847
email: paul@mbfoodcharter.ca
Manitoba Food Security Website: http://manitobafoodsecurity.ca

University of Winnipeg, Homecoming activities - Book Sale! Is anyone a reader!

WINNIPEG, MB - Colleagues, friends and former students of the late Dr.
Carl Ridd, theology professor at The University of Winnipeg, as well as members of the general public are invited to select from hundreds of books on a wide variety of subjects from his personal library in return for a freewill contribution to the Carl Ridd Sanctuary Restoration Fund.

The library sale will take place during The University of Winnipeg’s Homecoming Week activities on September 5 and 6, 2008. Books will be available in the Carl Ridd Sanctuary, formerly known as the Chapel in Bryce Hall, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both days.

Dr. Ridd’s widow, Beverley Ridd, explains her late husband was not a passive reader. “He got right into the act,” she says, “underlining pertinent passages, adding his own comments in meticulous and detailed marginal notes and inserting supporting notes and clippings.” As a result, many of the volumes are unique and personalized mementos into Carl Ridd’s research, beliefs and motivation.

Visitors are invited to select books at no charge, but donations to the Sanctuary’s Restoration Fund would be appreciated. The fund is allowing for upgrades to the lighting, carpeting and seating in the Sanctuary. All books are offered on a first-come basis and additional titles will be added as display space becomes available.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Diane Poulin, Communications Officer, The University of Winnipeg
P: 204.988.7135 E: d.poulin@uwinnipeg.ca

UMUNNA (IGBO) CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA INC.
AND
THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG’S
GLOBAL COLLEGE

PRESENT


“Brazil in Transition: A New Hope for the Americas?”

in the IGBO EDUCATIONAL LECTURE SERIES
with
Special Guest Speaker

DR. NEIL BESNER
Associate Vice-President (International)
and Professor of English
The University of Winnipeg



ABOUT THE GUEST SPEAKER:
Dr. Neil Besner, University of Winnipeg’s Associate Vice-President (International), was formerly Dean of Arts at UofW. He is a multilingual professor of English at Uof W who grew up in Brazil where he learned Portuguese. He still has Brazilian family there, and continues to visit and work there, frequently teaching, speaking, and recruiting. As an academic, Professor Besner has researched and published very important works in the Portuguese language as well as in English.

Neil is a fervent lover of Brazilian language, music, food, and culture.

His passion for the preservation and utilization of culture for the achievement of development, as well as global peace, stability, and harmony will be made manifest through his talk on "Brazil in Transition: A New Hope for the Americas?"


Friday, September 19, 2008
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall (3rd Floor, Centennial Hall)
The University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue

Admission: Free


This is the sixth lecture in the "Igbo Educational Lecture Series" organized by the Umunna (Igbo) Cultural Association of Manitoba, Inc., in partnership with The University of Winnipeg’s Global College.

For more information:
Michael Eze Ph: 786-9946(w); 275.8041(h); m.eze@uwinnipeg.ca
Sherry funk Ph: 789-1439 (w); s.funk@uwinnipeg.ca
Ben Okwudili Ph: 668.8353(h); bennyokwudili@hotmail.com
Paul Osiegbu Ph: 947.9545(w); 999.8298 (c); nnaemeka40@hotmail.com

Bursaries for Refugee Student in Need

The University of Winnipeg's Norman J and Gwen Axworthy Peace Education Fund is ready to accept applications for bursary for the 2008-2009 school year.

The Peace Education Fund has been set up as a means of assisting refugees and war-affected students attending the University of Winnipeg who have financial needs. The bursary has been set up by Dr. Lloyd Axworthy in memory of his parents and is administered by the University’s Awards & Financial Aid Office on behalf of the Global College. The bursary is directed at registering or registered students who are also part of the newcomers community including refugees and war-affected student.
Thanks Dr. Axworthy, you are a man who puts his money where his mouth is. Congratulations to Dr. Anworthy, Winnipeg is so lucky to have a Chancellor like you.

Completed applications must be forwarded to the University of Winnipeg Awards Office or Financial Aid Office on our before October 1, 2008
Pick up your application from the University or call Tara O'Connor
Liaison Officer at Office: (204) 988-7107;Mobile: (204) 951-6967 for more info.

University of Winnipeg Dream Maker Dr. Lloyd Axworthy
Ever since Dr. Axworthy took over as Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg that institution has made great strides to link University with community, to provide opportunities for international students and to take a special interest in refugee children in helping them to reach their educational potential.
Dr. Ax worthy has always been a keen human rights activist and has strong ideas of what Canada's role should be on the international scale.
At the last convocation of the University of Winnipeg the first of the lost boys and girls of Sudan walked across the stage to receive their degrees. They were Nyuol Justin Yach Arop, David Maybior Atem and Michael Mayen.
Dr. Axworthy called these students the peace ambassadors in the world.
Atem was instrumental in forming a group of the Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan here in Winnipeg. They share their stories of survival freely with anyone who would listen and they all want people to know that they were children left to fend for themselves because of war. The leaders of these groups of children were no more than 15 years old. Their stories are gruesome to listen to and those of us who are over protective of our children could not imagine what they went through. They are here and their message is one of peace. They do not want to see what happened to them happen to other children in any part of the world. They want peace. They want to protect children.
Without the strong support of the University of Winnipeg and the Sudanese community they LBGS will not have achieved what they have. Thanks University of Winnipeg and the people of Winnipeg for caring.