To All Awards Contacts:

Please circulate as required. This message has been sent to graduate students.

Thanks. Enza

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

Announcements: 17 July 2009

International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Internship Awards.

*Number of internships: *19

Deadline: 12 September 2009

*Eligibility: *They must be either currently registered in a Master's Program or have completed a Master's Degree in a recognized university. Their research must focus on a developing country.

In principle, IDRC supports research on all parts of the developing regions of the world. At this time, the Centre Training and Awards Program is not supporting awards which involve research in Burma, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Eastern Europe or Central Asia.

*Internship thematic areas:* - Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health (ECOHEALTH) - Rural Poverty and Environment (RPE) (2 positions) - Urban Poverty and Environment (UPE) - Communities and the Information Society in Africa (Acacia) - Connectivity and Equity in the Americas (CEA) - Pan Asia Networking (PAN) - Innovation, Policy and Science (IPS) - Globalization, Growth and Poverty (GGP) - Peace, Conflict and Development (PCD) - Think Tank Initiative - Women's Rights and Citizenship (WRC) - Governance, Equity and Health (GEH) - Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) - Research for International Tobacco Control (RITC) - Partnership and Business Development Division (PBDD) - Policy and Planning Group (PPG) - President's Office

Further information: http://www.idrc.ca/awards/ev-84370-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

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Alzheimer Society of Manitoba Annual Conference

The Alzheimer Society of Manitoba will hold its annual conference on March 8 and 9, 2010 at Canad Inns-Polo Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba. The theme for the upcoming Conference is *Partners in Care . . . Pathways to the Future*.

I would like to extend my invitation to you to consider submitting a proposal for a breakout session presentation at the 2010 conference. Please find enclosed a copy of the Call for Annual Conference Presenters.

I also invite you to forward the attached document <attachments/Call%20for%20Annual%20Conference%20Presenters.pdf> to others in your address book that you think might have an interest in presenting. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated. Sincere apologies if you receive conference documents from different sources, we are trying to have as wide a circulation as possible.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call me at 943-6622 Ext. 204 or email me at alzeducation@alzheimer.mb.ca mailto:alzeducation@alzheimer.mb.ca

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