To view this email in your web browser, please click link http://umanitoba.ca/graduate_studies/htmlmail/awrd20080919.htm

top banner http://umanitoba.ca/graduate_studies/

The Faculty of Graduate Studies would like to bring the following competition(s) to your attention:

Announcements for the week ending: 19 September 2008

*Upcoming Award and Scholarship Deadlines*

*_Title of Award or Scholarship_* /*_Application Deadline or Date of Event_*/ /*_Research Area_*/ /*Study Level (M=Master, _D=Doctoral)_*/ _/*Value*/_

*MAURO, NANCIE J. GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP IN ONCOLOGY RESEARCH http://webapps.cc.umanitoba.ca/gradawards/index.asp?WCI=SearchForm&WCE=browse&keywords=&criteria=any&category=0&citizen=0&range=0-1000000&tenable=0&byResearch=on&byAward=on&byEligibility=on&id=2942&letter=M* October 15 medicine, nursing, oncology M, D $5,100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

*CAMPBELL, MARIAN SCHOLARSHIP IN COMMUNITY NUTRITION http://webapps.cc.umanitoba.ca/gradawards/index.asp?WCI=SearchForm&WCE=browse&keywords=&criteria=any&category=0&citizen=0&range=0-1000000&tenable=0&byResearch=on&byAward=on&byEligibility=on&id=3126&letter=C* October 15 nutrition M, D $1.250 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

*NORTHERN SCIENTIFIC TRAINING PROGRAM (NSTP) - SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING http://webapps.cc.umanitoba.ca/gradawards/index.asp?WCI=SearchForm&WCE=browse&keywords=&criteria=any&category=0&citizen=0&range=0-1000000&tenable=0&byResearch=on&byAward=on&byEligibility=on&id=2592&letter=N* October 15 northern topics from all disciplines and in multi-disciplinary fields. M, D Range from $500 to $4,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

*LEE, SHEU L. FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP IN ONCOLOGY RESEARCH - UPDATED http://webapps.cc.umanitoba.ca/gradawards/index.asp?WCI=SearchForm&WCE=browse&keywords=&criteria=any&category=0&citizen=0&range=0-1000000&tenable=0&byResearch=on&byAward=on&byEligibility=on&id=3148&letter=L* October 1 Oncology M, D $3,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

*Right to Know Week*

*1. Monday, September 29 - 3:30 to 4:30 - University of Winnipeg, * *Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall* Public presentation by Dr. Alasdair Roberts, Professor of Law and Public Policy, Suffolk University, Boston, titled: "Blacked Out: Government Secrecy in the Information Age".

*2. Wednesday, October 1 - noon to 1:00 - Portage Place, Edmonton Court* Public information event, "Know Your Right to Know", with participants from the media, other experienced access to information seekers and access to information professionals sharing their experiences and addressing questions.

*3. Friday, October 3 - noon to 1:00 - St Boniface College, Room 1531* Public presentation, in French, by Suzanne Legault, Assistant Information Commissioner of Canada, titled: <<Moderniser l'accès à l'information au Canada: de crieur public au village mondial...>>.

*MORE DETAILS ON THESE EVENTS, SPONSORED BY THE MANITOBA RIGHT TO * *KNOW COMMITTEE, TO BE POSTED AT _www.ombudsman.mb.ca http://www.ombudsman.mb.ca_ *

*4. Tuesday, October 21 - Delta Winnipeg, Workshops associated with Prairie Health * *Information Privacy Day * Workshops organized by Manitoba Ombudsman and the Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Alberta and Saskatchewan: *Morning - *"PIA (Privacy Impact Assessment) Primer"** *Afternoon - *"Advanced PIAs...When the Answers are Not So Clear"

*5. Wednesday, October 22 - Delta Winnipeg, Prairie Health Information Privacy Day* Conference organized and co-hosted by Manitoba Ombudsman and the Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Alberta and Saskatchewan, for access and privacy personnel, health professionals and health organizations, all staff of provincial and municipal government, school divisions, universities and the interested public.

*REGISTRATION DETAILS AND DETAILS AT _www.verney.ca http://www.verney.ca_ *

*Hope to see you at these Right to Know Week and Prairie Health * *Information Privacy Day events!*

Gail Perry Manager, Research and Education Manitoba Ombudsman (204) 982-9139 (Winnipeg); 1-800-665-0531 (toll free in Manitoba)

fgs logo