January 28, 1998
Dr. Sylvia Ostry to present the Timlin Lecture
Posted January 28, 1998
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 28, 1998
98-01-09-AR
TIMLIN LECTURE
Dr. Sylvia Ostry, distinguished research fellow at the Centre for
International Studies, University of Toronto, will give the University of
Saskatchewan's annual Timlin Lecture on Wednesday, February 4, 1998
at 8:00 p.m. in the auditorium of St. Thomas More College.
Dr. Ostry, former chair of the Economic Council of Canada and the head
of the Economics and Statistics Department of the Organization of
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, will give a talk
entitled Globalization and the National State.
The Timlin Lecture was established in 1983 in honour of Mabel Timlin, a
long-time University of Saskatchewan faculty member whose generous
bequest led to the establishment of the Timlin Trust at this University. The
lecture is open to faculty, students, and interested members of the public,
free of charge. A reception will follow in the Chelsea Room.
For more information, contact:
Professor Morris Altman
Head, Department of Economics
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-5198
January 27, 1998
For Whom the Flag Flies at Half-Mast
Posted January 27, 1998
NOTICE:
The flag atop the Thorvaldson Building will be flown at half-mast today in
memory of Russell John Campbell.
Campbell, a retiree of the Department of Agricultural and Bioresource
Engineering, College of Engineering, passed away on Thursday, January 22,
1998. The funeral service will take place at the Chapel of Saskatoon
Funeral Home on Tuesday, January 27, at 3 p.m.
January 26, 1998
Linguistics Lectures
Posted January 26, 1998
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 26, 1998
98-01-08-AR
Professor Lyle Campbell to Present Linguistics
Lectures
Professor Lyle Campbell will be presenting two lectures on Linguistics
and First Nations peoples on Wednesday, February 4. The first lecture
titled, Major Developments in the Historical Study of Native American
Languages will be held at 3:30 p.m. in room 133 of the Arts Building. The
next lecture titled, Can Linguistics Tell Us Anything About the Origins of
First Nations Peoples? will begin at 7:30 p.m. in room 134 of the Arts
Building. Everyone is welcome to attend both lectures.
For more information, contact:
Professor Terry Cox
Department of Languages & Linguistics
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-5635
January 23, 1998
Duplessis to Present Law Lecture
Posted January 23, 1998
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 23, 1998
98-01-07-LA
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Lourens Du Plessis to Present Law Lecture
On Monday, January 26, Lourens Du Plessis, Head, Department of Public
Law, University of Stellenbosch, Western Cape Province, South Africa, will
deliver a lecture entitled The Evolution of Constitutionalism and the
Emergence of Constitutional Jurisprudence in South Africa. The lecture
will take place in the Law Library, College of Law, beginning at 12:30 p.m.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
For more information, contact:
Sharon Wandzura-Fehr
Guest Speakers' Secretary
College of Law
(306) 966-5873
Prairie Conservation and Endangered Species Conference
Posted January 23, 1998
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 23, 1998
98-01-06-EXT
Premier Romanow to speak at Prairie
Conservation and Endangered Species
Conference
Premier Roy Romanow will be a luncheon speaker at the
fifth Prairie Conservation and Endangered Species
Conference, to be held at the Saskatoon Inn, on Friday,
February 20.
Although the content of his presentation is being kept
under wraps, conference organizers and participants have
their fingers crossed for a significant breakthrough in
protecting Saskatchewan wilderness, says Alan Appleby of
The World Wildlife Fund, Canada (WWF).
The WWF gave Saskatchewan an F on last year's report
card (and only a C the previous year) for lagging far
behind the goal of protecting sizable representative
examples our ecosystems.
The Prairie Conservation and Endangered Species
Conference, which comes to Saskatchewan only once every
nine years, is expected to host up to 400 biologists,
environmentalists, academics, government managers, and
consultants from across the prairies and northern USA.
Prairie ecosystems are the most endangered ecosystems in
Canada, says Professor Lynn Oliphant, one of the
conference organizers. It?s increasingly urgent that we
come to terms with the huge impact of human occupation,
industry, and agriculture.
On the program are more than 70 presenters who, by
means of presentations, posters, panels, and trade show
displays, will speak to many prairie conservation issues,
ranging from Burrowing Owl protection and habitat
rehabilitation to sustainable agriculture and global
warming.
Keynote presenters include:
- Fritz Knopf, a senior scientist with the U.S. Geological
Survey, who will talk about the integrity of the grassland
ecosystem;
- Noel McNaughton, of the Holistic Management Institute,
Vancouver, who will describe how one can achieve goals
that are simultaneously ecologically, socially, and
economical sound;
- Clifford Lincoln, a Quebec MP and president of the
Council of Environment Ministers of Canada;
- William Rees, professor of Community and Regional
Planning (UBC) and founding member of Pollution Probe,
who will talk about society and ethics; and
- Colin Maxwell, who is executive vice-president of the
Canadian Wildlife Federation. Anyone interested in
conservation issues and sustainable living on the prairies is
welcome.
As result of financial support from more than 15 agencies,
the conference fee is minimal: $95 ($70, students), which
includes lunches and refreshments for all three days. To
register call (306) 966-5539, or e-mail
pcaes.conference@usask.ca.
For more information, including the detailed program, visit
the conference website at
http://www.extension.usask.ca/conferences/pcaes.html.
For more information, contact:
Peter Jonker
Extension Division
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-5552
January 20, 1998
"Experience US!"
Posted January 20, 1998
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 20, 1998
98-01-04-OTHER
Experience US!
Monday, February 2
On February 2, 1998, the University of Saskatchewan will
be hosting approximately 1500 Grade 12 students from
around the province as they come to Experience US!
The primary purpose of Experience US! is to provide
prospective university students the opportunity to visit our
campus and find out what a day at the U of S is really like.
Students will tour colleges, listen to special lectures and
discover many of the services and opportunities we
provide. For example, the tour of Agriculture will
showcase our state-of-the art facilities while giving
students the opportunity to discuss degree and diploma
programs with faculty and students. Lectures will cover
topics from Forensic Science at the University of
Saskatchewan (Ernie Walker) to Fun with Fungus (Susan
Kaminskyj) to Sports Psychology - Psyched Up Not Out
(Kevin Spink). Students can also choose to investigate
other areas of interest such as career planning, financing
your education or preparing to go on an exchange.
Experience US! will begin at 9:30 am with an enthusiastic
welcome for students in the Education Gym. The hot new
band, Five Minute Miracle, will be performing and Brad
Grass from Hot 93FM and the infamous Henry Woolf will be
on hand to show the humorous side of university!
The Student Recruitment Office has been working closely
with all the Colleges, the University of Saskatchewan
Students' Union and other campus units to make sure there
is something of interest for everyone.
For more information, please contact:
Kelly McInnes
Office of the Registrar
(306) 966-5788 (phone)
(306) 966-6730 (fax)
kelly.mcinnes@usask.ca
Charles Taylor Presents the John Stack Memorial Lecture
Posted January 20, 1998
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 20, 1998
98-01-05-LA
Charles Taylor to present
the John Stack Memorial Lecture
On Thursday, January 22, Charles Taylor, Professor of Philosophy, McGill
University, will deliver the John Stack Memorial Lecture entitled
Democratic Exclusion. The lecture will take place in the Law Library,
College of Law, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.
For more information, contact:
Sharon Wandzura-Fehr
Guest Speakers' Secretary
College of Law
(306) 966-5873
January 15, 1998
Location Change for International Perspectives on Gun Control Lecture
Posted January 15, 1998
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 14, 1998
98-01-03-LA
LOCATION CHANGE FOR LAW LECTURE
Wendy Cukier to speak at College of Law
The lecture to be held Monday, January 19, has been moved to the Moot
Courtroom, College of Law, beginning at 12:30 p.m.
For more information, contact:
Sharon Wandzura-Fehr
Guest Speakers' Secretary
College of Law
(306) 966-5873
January 14, 1998
International Perspectives on Gun Control
Posted January 14, 1998
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 14, 1998
98-01-02-LA
Wendy Cukier to speak at College of Law
On Monday, January 19, Wendy Cukier, president of Coalition for Gun
Control and professor of administration & information management at
Ryerson Polytechnic University, will deliver a public lecture entitled
"International Perspectives on Gun Control.? The lecture will take place in
the Law Library, College of Law, beginning at 12:30 p.m.
For more information, contact:
Sharon Wandzura-Fehr
Guest Speakers' Secretary
College of Law
(306) 966-5873
January 12, 1998
New Dean of Law Appointed
Posted January 12, 1998
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 10, 1998
98-01-01-LA
University of Saskatchewan appoints
new dean of law
The University of Saskatchewan has appointed a new dean
of the College of Law.
Professor Kent Roach, currently an associate professor of
law and criminology at the University of Toronto, will begin
a five-year term as dean of Law on July 1. He will succeed
Dean Peter MacKinnon, who is stepping down after serving
nine years in the position.
I'm excited about coming to Saskatoon, Roach said, adding
the College of Law has excellent people and a good
reputation for research, teaching and service to the public
and the profession.
Roach was selected after a thorough investigation for
qualified candidates by the University's Search Committee.
The 10-member committee advertised the deanship in
several publications. Nominations were gathered from
across Canada and the Western Management Consultants
organization was asked to help in the search for
candidates.
Eleven candidates applied and five of them were chosen to
be interviewed and to make presentations to the faculty.
Roach, who has Master of Laws degree from Yale, an LLB
from the University of Toronto, and a BA in political science
and history from the University of Toronto, has extensive
experience in the law field. He has been a law professor at
the University of Toronto since 1989. Previously, he worked
as a law clerk for Madam Justice Bertha Wilson. He has also
served as counsel for many associations. In March, he will
argue a case on behalf of Aboriginal Legal Services of
Toronto in the Supreme Court of Canada.
He is the editor-in-chief of the Criminal Law Quarterly, and
an associate editor of the Dominion Law Reports and
Canadian Criminal Cases. He has served as Project Director
for the Ontario Law Reform Commission's Report on the
Law of Public Inquiries, and on a test case funding
committee for the Ontario Legal Aid Plan. He has also
written four books, two casebooks, and over 30 articles.
He won the Walter Owen Prize for his Constitutional
Remedies in Canada which was judged the best Canadian
law book written in English in 1994 and 1995.
Roach is not a stranger to the University; he has been here
before to speak at the Native Law Centre and at an annual
conference held by the Faculty of Law.
MacKinnon, the outgoing dean who served as acting vice-
president (academic) from August 1996 to July 1997, plans
to go on academic leave, do some scholarly writing, and
return to the faculty in July 1999.
For more information, please contact:
Dean Peter MacKinnon
College of Law
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-5910
