Research from Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), an agency of the government of Ontario, suggests that student engagement surveys in post-secondary settings are effective, but can mislead when results are used for comparative purposes. The report recommends that post-secondary institutions continue to...
Kwantlen’s Aboriginal Gathering Place Explores the (Mis)Representations of Indigenous Peoples
Dorothy Christian hosts lecture at Kwantlen’s Aboriginal Gathering Place
on Thursday, March 24.
Surrey, BC – (March 25, 2011) – Kwantlen Polytechnic University's Aboriginal Gathering Place hosted its second installment of the Gathering Place Lecture Series on Thursday, March 24, 2011.
The theme for the event...
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David Sherwin | Emily Carr Speaker Series
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
12:00pm - 1:15 pm
Emily Carr Lecture Theatre | SB Room 301
David Sherwin is a a Senior Interaction Designer at frog design, a global innovation firm, where he helps to guide...
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BCIT responds to the Government of Canada’s plan to further support research at Canadian Colleges and Polytechnics
March 23, 2011
Burnaby, BC: BCIT is encouraged by yesterday's budget announcement by the federal government recognizing the important role applied research plays in advancing innovation.
"The program the federal government is supporting is another contribution to moving Canada's innovation agenda forward. That agenda...
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Kwantlen Fashion Graduates Will Shine At The Show
Metro Vancouver, B.C. – (March 22, 2011) – On April 5th the River Rock Show Theatre will be the "in-place" in fashion and style in Vancouver.
Each year the graduating class from Kwantlen Polytechnic University's Fashion Design and Technology degree present their unique, fashion masterpieces during The Show, Kwantlen's...
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Police Leadership 2011 Conference
Westin Bayshore, 1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver
April 11, 2011 - April 13, 2011
The British Columbia Association of Chiefs of Police, Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, and JIBC Police Academy are hosting the Police Leadership 2011 Conference. This is Canada's largest police leadership conference, which...
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World Renowned Designers Attend Kwantlen Fashion Event
VANCOUVER, B.C. - (March 21, 2011) - April 15 through 17, 2011 Kwantlen Polytechnic University will host fashion designers Shingo Sato, from Milan, and Timo Rissanen, from Parson’s New School of Design in NY, in a unique fashion design event that brings today’s most exciting fashion design concepts to Canada. Planned...
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BCIT launches first-ever Building Science Masters’ degrees in Western Canada
March 22, 2011
Burnaby, BC: The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is introducing Western Canada’s first ever masters’ degrees in Building Science: a Master of Engineering and a Master of Applied Science in Building Science. Developed through the Building Science Centre of Excellence (BSCE) in the BCIT...
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UFV fashion student makes her mark at Montreal Fashion Week
March 18, 2011
Media contact: Leslie Courchesne
Office: 604-864-4611
Mobile: 604-302-6257
leslie.courchesne@ufv.ca
Sabrina Breitenmoser, right, on the runway at Montreal's Fashion Week with her
award-winning Great Canadian North design.
University of the Fraser Valley fashion design student Sabrina Breitenmoser...
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March 16, 2011: Capilano University launches innovative new degree in Communication Studies
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Media contact: Shelley Kean at 604.983.7596
Program information contact: Dr. Edward Hamilton at 604.986.1911, local 2589, or
Graham Fane at 604.984.4988
(NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C.)—Students and professionals wanting to keep pace with the rapidly changing world of communications will benefit...
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