-------- Original Message -------- Subject: (Fwd) FW: Call for papers - WUSC conference on Youth Action an Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 11:31:01 -0500 From: Peter_McVetty@umanitoba.ca To: bev_godard@umanitoba.ca

Dear Bev,

Please forward the following to academic and graduate student members of the Department.

Thanks.

Peter

------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "Merv Pritchard" Merv_Pritchard@umanitoba.ca To: "Peter McVetty" peter_mcvetty@umanitoba.ca, "Qiang Zhang" zhang@ms.umanitoba.ca, "Gary Fulcher" gary_fulcher@umanitoba.ca, "Neil Holliday" neil_holliday@umanitoba.ca, "Laurie Connor" mconnor@cc.umanitoba.ca, "Brian Oleson" brian_oleson@umanitoba.ca Copies to: michael_trevan@umanitoba.ca, km_wittenberg@umanitoba.ca Subject: FW: Call for papers - WUSC conference on Youth Action and Civic Engagement Date sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 11:22:02 -0500

Department Heads I am forwarding this message in case you have some students who are working on projects that may fit the guidelines for the WUSC conference to be held in November.

Merv Pritchard

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*Subject: Call for papers - WUSC conference on Youth Action and Civic Engagement*

May 6, 2008

Dear colleagues:

Please find attached the call for papers for the WUSC National Research Forum 2008.

Date and location: Ottawa, Saturday, November 8, 2008

Audience: WUSC Annual Assembly, including post-secondary students, local committee members, WUSC Southern partners, WUSC alumni, WUSC institutional members, faculty and individuals active in international development.

This year's theme is Youth Action and Civic Engagement.

Preference will be given to presentations that focus on WUSC countries or projects that will inspire and motivate individuals to share knowledge and take action.

Countries of focus: Bolivia, Guatemala, Peru, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Malawi, Niger, Senegal, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, the Balkans, Haiti, Canada

Deadline for proposals: June 16, 2008

Further information: Sonia Fournier, Program Assistant, Curriculum & Research / SWB E-mail: devcase@wusc.ca www.wusc.ca

Please circulate this call for papers among your colleagues who might be interested in the opportunity.

Sincerely,

Cameron Zywina Office of International Relations Tel. 474-6418 E-mail: zywinac@ms.umanitoba.ca

------- End of forwarded message -------Peter B. E. McVetty Professor and Acting Department Head NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba Canada R3T 2N2 tel (204) 474-6074; fax (204) 474-7528 email Peter_McVetty@UManitoba.CA