Arts conference goes national
– By Torey Ellis, Assistant News Editor
From Feb. 10 to 12, the Dalhousie Arts and Social Sciences Society (DASSS) will be hosting its third student-run undergraduate arts conference. But for the first time, it’s going national.
Students from British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick will be attending to present their papers. All events are free and open to all students of Dalhousie and the University of King’s College, and are the first events to count toward students’ co-curricular record according to Max Ma, president of DASSS.
Ma says making the conference national was a priority this year. “At first people were doubtful,” he says. “Even I never thought we’d have people flying in from out West, but somehow we’ve made it happen.”
Attendees from Dal and King’s will be mixed in with students from the rest of Canada for all presentations and workshops on student leadership, student poverty, research paper composition and graduate school applications. The conference will open on Friday evening with a party at the Grad House.
New NSCAD admission rules
– By Alesia Hebb, Staff Contributor
NSCAD University is making it easier for students who are looking to study art history.
Building a portfolio through the foundation program used to be a crucial component of the application process, but NSCAD is now presenting students with another option.
After applicants have completed one year of study in the social sciences or humanities at another college or university, they are now eligible for acceptance into the BA program at NSCAD.
According to a press release from NSCAD, the new rule was prompted by the insistence of students, and has been contemplated for two years. After the long mulling period, the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission has officially approved the new policy.
International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers
– By Alesia Hebb, Staff Contributor
Two Halifax community groups, Child Soldiers Initiative (CSI) and Zero Force, are raising awareness about the use of child soldiers with an event on Feb. 10.
The event will be in honour of the International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers—officially Feb. 12.
The evening will be coffeehouse style with music and poetry at Just Us! Café on Spring Garden Road from 7 to 9 p.m. There will be door prizes to be won with proceeds going to the CSI.
For more information contact rhian.williams@zeroforce.org. To learn more about the CSI and Zero Force visit www.childsoldiersinitiative.org or www.zeroforce.org
Dal researchers win leadership awards
– By Alesia Hebb, Staff Contributor
The Canadian Foundation for Innovation has declared that four researchers from Dalhousie University have received the Leaders Opportunity Fund Award.
According to the Dalhousie Media Centre website, the prize money between the four totals $383,879.
Muhammad Habib from the architecture and planning department, Anatoliy Gruzd from the management department, Stephen Corbin from the engineering department and Xianping Dong from the faculty of medicine, will be receiving the money to fund the necessary infrastructure for their research.
The infrastructure will involve projects such as a low energy and low emission thermal analysis facility, renovating a social media research lab, DalTRAC, which aims to track wireless traffic data, and purchasing new lab equipment.
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