Stephen Gaetz (right), professor and associate dean in the Faculty of Education, has received more than $2.5 million in funding over seven years to lead 鈥淐anadian Observatory on Homelessness鈥�, with more than 27 researchers 鈥� including Professor Janet Mosher at Osgoode Hall Law School, Professor Valerie Preston in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) and Professor Stan Shapson in the Faculty of Education 鈭� and 29 partner organizations. The project, a non-partisan research and policy partnership, aims to evaluate current policy directions and programmatic approaches to preventing and reducing homelessness, address key policy questions, and support the development and implementation of effective and sustainable solutions to homelessness in communities across Canada. The goal is to mobilize research on homelessness so it has a greater impact on policy and practice, leading to more effective solutions to homelessness. The project, which will also receive more than $2.5 million in matching funding and contributions from partnering organizations, will leverage the collaborative, research and knowledge mobilization capacities of participating individuals and organizations.

Anna Hudson (left), professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts, has received more than $3.5 million over six years to lead a major project titled 鈥淢obilizing Inuit Cultural Heritage: a multi-media/multi-platform re-engagement of voice in visual art and performance鈥�, with 10 researchers 鈥� including Professor Susan Dion in the Faculty of Education and Professor Angela Norwood from the Faculty of Fine Arts 鈥� and nine partner organizations. The goal of the project is to conduct collaborative research on the contribution of Inuit visual culture, art and performance to Inuit language preservation, social well-being and cultural identity. The project will address the current disconnect for Inuit today between orality 鈥� being the voice that defines the self in relation to others 鈥� and materiality 鈥� being the environment in which one lives well together through three primary objectives: access to advanced information and communication technologies, connection of Inuit voice to objects of Inuit cultural heritage and expanded creation of Inuit cultural capacity. It will receive an additional $1.9 million in matching funding and contributions from partnering organizations.

Leah Vosko (right), Canada Research Chair in the Political Economy of Gender and Work and political science professor, LA&PS, has received more than $2 million in funding over five years to lead a major national project with 33 researchers 鈥� including Professor Mark Thomas in the Department of Sociology and Professor Eric Tucker at Osgoode Hall Law School 鈭� and 16 partner organizations. The project, titled 鈥淐losing the Enforcement Gap: Improving Employment Standards Protection for People in Precarious Jobs鈥�, will examine the role of employment standards enforcement in ensuring minimum conditions in areas such as wages, working time, vacations and leaves for workers in precarious jobs in Ontario, characterized by job insecurity, low income and limited access to regulatory protection. The objectives of the project, which will receive more than an additional $1.3 million in matching funding and contributions from partnering organizations, are to map the nature and scope of employment standards violations and document enforcement practices to identify regulatory challenges and develop alternative models of enforcement that may be applied in Ontario and other jurisdictions within Canada and internationally.

鈥淲e are delighted by the results of these recent SSHRC competitions, enabling 91亚色 to maintain our track record in leading the country in the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada鈥檚 large-scale awards competitions valued at $1 million or more,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research and innovation. 鈥淭he projects led by 91亚色 Professors Stephen Gaetz, Anna Hudson and Leah Vosko enable our researchers to work together with research partners to address persistent, social and economic challenges facing our society today. It will also enable our researchers and graduate students to make important contributions to our country鈥檚 knowledge base.鈥�

Two 91亚色 researchers were also awarded more than $397,000 in SSHRC funding through the Partnership Development Grants program.听The program encourages applicants to work collaboratively with partners to develop research in the social sciences and humanities.听This funding will support partnerships between 91亚色 researchers and Canadian and international universities, a charitable organization and an international association.

Gary Goodyear, federal minister of state for science and technology, announced the funding on Friday, May 31, at the launch of the annual Congress of the Humanities & Social Sciences.听 In total, more than $63 million is being awarded over a period of seven years to support 78 research teams across the country through SSHRC鈥檚 Partnership Grants and Partnership Development Grants. An additional $104 million from SSHRC鈥檚 Talent Program will support more than 3,700 master鈥檚, doctoral and postdoctoral scholarships and fellowships.

An analysis conducted by the Strategic & Institutional Research Initiatives Unit, in the Office of Research Services at 91亚色, revealed that between 2006 and 2013, 91亚色 researchers received more SSHRC awards valued at $1 million or more than any other institution in Canada. SSHRC鈥檚 large-scale awards offered between 2001 and 2013 have included the Community-University Research Alliance (CURA), Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI), the Strategic Knowledge Clusters and the SSHRC Partnership Grants.

For a complete list of Partnership Grant and Partnership Development Grant awards, visit the website.

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After听eight months of consultation with the community, as well as internal and external research partners, the 91亚色 Senate has unanimously approved the University鈥檚 new strategic research plan, "Building on Strength".

鈥�91亚色鈥檚 new strategic research plan commits to building research on our strengths and provides a strong aspirational vision for the development and recognition of 91亚色鈥檚 research over the next five years,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, vice-president research & innovation.听 鈥淚 would like to thank the entire 91亚色 community for your positive response to the consultation process and earnest engagement that made such important contributions to the development of the plan.听 We will continue to invest in the growth and development of our research as a foundational part of our efforts to grow our academic reputation as a recognized leading research-intensive university.鈥�

Robert Hach茅

The plan supports the University鈥檚 research vision to better understand the human condition and the world around us and to employ the knowledge gained in the service of society as described in six intersecting themes:

• advancing fundamental discovery and critical knowledge,
• analyzing cultures and mobilizing creativity,
• building healthy lives and communities,
• exploring the frontiers of science and technology,
• forging a just and sustainable world,
• integrating entrepreneurial innovation and the public good.

The plan also articulates five areas of opportunities that complement past accomplishments, new developments, momentum and timing to provide particular opportunities for building research success.听 They include:

• digital cultures,
• engineering research that matters,
• healthy individuals, healthy communities and global health,
• public engagement for a just and sustainable world, and
• scholarship of socially engaged research.

Through this plan, the University is implementing the objectives set out for research in both the University Academic Plan and the Provost鈥檚 2010 white paper, which identify research intensification as a key University goal and recognize research as a core endeavor that broadly enriches the institution. The plan is meant to be a living document, responsive to the University's successes, as well as being sensitive to a rapidly evolving landscape.

Through a strategic combination of broadly based and focused investments over the course of the next five years, 91亚色 will continue its impressive development as a leading Canadian research university whose scholarship enhances our culture and improves society.

To view the full plan, click .

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Pearlman, currently first-vice-president of the RCI, is the director of 91亚色鈥檚 Core Molecular Biology/DNA Sequencing Facility and former dean and associate dean of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Graduate Studies. He will be formally inducted at the institute鈥檚 Annual General Meeting on Thursday, May 10.

Ron Pearlman

The is the oldest scientific society in Canada, founded in Toronto in 1849 by a small group of civil engineers and surveyors led by Sir Sandford Fleming. Its mission is to enhance public awareness about science, and听it is best known for its free public lecture series held on Sunday afternoons in the fall and winter on the University of Toronto campus, and similar free lectures on Thursdays at the Mississauga Public Library.

鈥淚鈥檓 grateful to have this opportunity to lead an organization with such an important mission,鈥� Pearlman says. 鈥淪cience impacts our lives on a daily basis, and in all areas. We need to have a science-literate population, and in a civil society we need a vibrant science culture.鈥�

As president, Pearlman will continue to build on public outreach initiatives, such as making public lectures available via webcasts produced by 91亚色. Recent lectures have included top scientists like the University of Toronto鈥檚 Shana O. Kelley discussing the latest nanotech tools for diagnosing disease, and 91亚色鈥檚 own Ellen Bialystok on reshaping the brain through bilingualism. For a full list of lectures available online, click here.

鈥淥n behalf of the 91亚色 research community, I would like to congratulate Dr. Ron Pearlman, University Professor Emeritus of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering, on his appointment as president of the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science,鈥� says Robert Hach茅, 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research & innovation. 鈥淎s a leading expert in the field of genomics, with a long-standing successful career, Ron has worked to advance scientific research on an international scale and has been a phenomenal ambassador for 91亚色 research. This prestigious appointment is well deserved.鈥�

Pearlman was recently recognized with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his outstanding contributions to the RCI, and his support of science culture and literacy in Canada. In addition to his role at 91亚色, he is also associate scientific director of the Gairdner Foundation and co-ordinates its student outreach program. His research interests include molecular biology and biochemistry, cell biology and genetics utilizing the new genomic and proteomic technologies.

The RCI and 91亚色 are also among the sponsors of the upcoming , an annual cross-country event that brings science and technology face to face with the Canadian public in a non-intimidating, festival atmosphere at many academic institutions as well as in public spaces.

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Janusz A. Kozi艅ski, dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Dezs枚 J. Horv谩th, dean, Schulich School of Business, and Eileen Mercier cordially invite you to the annual Ernest C. Mercier Lecture in Entrepreneurial Science on Wednesday, May 9, 2012.

This event, titled "Me, Myself and My Network: The Importance of Collaboration to Entrepreneurship in a Capital-Limited Environment", will be presented by Dr. Michael May. In this lecture, Dr. May will make the case that collaborative network building should be a key component of the entrepreneur鈥檚 toolkit, particularly for entrepreneurs focused on advancing technologies and creating companies from the earliest stages of academic discovery.
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Dr. Michael May is the CEO of the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine, a Canadian not-for-profit dedicated to supporting the development of foundational technologies that accelerate the commercialization of stem cell and biomaterials-based technologies. He completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Toronto in 1998 as an NSERC scholar, and was awarded the Martin Walmsley Fellowship for Technological Entrepreneurship in recognition of the commercialization of academic discoveries.
Me, Myself and My Network: The Importance of Collaboration to Entrepreneurship in a Capital-Limited Environment
Life Sciences Building, 91亚色

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Reception: 5:30pm. Refreshments served.
Lecture: 6:30pm
Q&A: 7:30pm

Don't delay. Limited seating available.

To register, please click

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Jaime Angelopoulos鈥� large-format drawing,听Thief,听and Julieta Maria鈥檚 four-minute digital video,听Soil, are now part of this outstanding collection of works created by then-emerging artists, reflecting 听the evolution of artistic sensibility, technology and expression over the past 35 years.

Right: "Thief" by Jaime Angelopoulos

Toronto philanthropist Samuel Sarick established the Purchase Award in1976 鈥� just two years after听91亚色's Graduate Program in Visual Arts was established. Each year since then, one or more works have been selected for acquisition from the thesis exhibitions of students graduating from the program. In addition to serving as a showcase of the leading edge of contemporary work, the collection is an important component of the historical record of the visual arts department and its alumni.

(MFA 鈥�10) identifies herself as a sculptor who also works in installation and large-scale drawing.

鈥淢y drawings often depict aspects of my sculptural forms, while also informing the sculpture-making process,鈥� she said. 鈥淢y current drawings combine graphic geometric fragments and bright color hues with organic shapes and textures evocative of animals. To reconcile oppositional elements within a drawing is to discover a balance between contradictory ideas.鈥�

Angelopoulos has an upcoming solo show May 4 to 21 at Toronto鈥檚 , located at 401 Richmond St. W. The opening reception takes place Friday, May 4 from 8 to 10pm.

Angelopoulos has presented her work across Canada and beyond. Her solo exhibitions and performances include venues such as Parisian Laundry in Montreal, Stride Gallery in Calgary, Anna Leonowens Gallery in Halifax, Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas, Texas, and at the Banff Centre for the Arts.

In contrast to Angelopoulos鈥� physical art-making, (BFA 鈥�04, MFA 鈥�10) is a new media artist working in a variety of media including video, interactive video installations and web. Soil is a prime example of her recent work, which centres on video documentation of staged actions.

Soil shows the artist鈥檚 face in profile, open-mouthed, lying horizontally against a white background. Soil starts pouring down from the upper side of the frame, gradually filling her mouth.

鈥淐loseness to the earth implies being close to life and death, to the visceral,鈥� said Maria.

Left: A scene from "Soil" by Julieta Maria

鈥淚n the video, I take the soil trying to engage in minimal movement or expression. The openness of the mouth, however, gives a sense of willingness to receive the dirt. It鈥檚 a situation that is not resolved, as the soil keeps falling and accumulating. The soil comes from above, as a kind of fate.鈥�

Maria is a co-founder of in Toronto, where she currently serves as executive director. She has participated in several international screenings and exhibitions, including Scope Basel in Switzerland in 2010, the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics in Colombia in 2009, and the Interactiva Biennale in Mexico 2009, among others.

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Hosted by the 91亚色 Libraries, interPLAY will take place Monday, March 26, from 9am to 7pm, in听the Senate Chamber, 940 South Ross Building, and the Scott Library on the Keele campus.听

The symposium is informed by the ongoing publication of the , an experimental online catalogue raisonn茅 (or complete list) currently being developed at the 91亚色 Libraries by Adam Lauder听(left), the University's inaugural听W.P. Scott Chair for Research in e-Librarianship.

Lauder is working to develop the catalogue raisonn茅 with听Canadian Conceptual artist (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name),听and an international team of collaborators.听The development of the catalogue offers an ideal听opportunity to respond to the visionary information art of IAIN BAXTER& with fresh approaches to information, information technology, and library and information science from across the disciplinary spectrum.

Inspired by Canadian scholar and philosopher Marshall McLuhan鈥檚 transformation of information theory, from a 鈥渕atching鈥� model of communication to one of active 鈥渕aking鈥�, IAIN BAXTER& began in 1966 to explore the creative possibilities of 鈥渋nformation鈥� as a medium.听The 45-year process of exploration that followed has led听the听conceptual artist听to engage with, and creatively reinterpret, information concepts across a range of disciplines, including business, computing, and linguistics.

Marshall McLuhan

University听of British Columbia English Professor听Richard Cavell, author of McLuhan in Space: A Cultural Geography (University of Toronto Press, 2003) will present the symposium's keynote address. Cavell's book was the first to听propose that Marshall McLuhan be read as a spatial theorist.

To learn more about other presenters and symposium proceedings and to register, visit the website.听听

More about Adam Lauder

Lauder has joined the Libraries for a two-year term as the first W.P. Scott Chair for Research in e-Librarianship. He holds a master in information studies听from the University of Toronto and a masters in听art history听from Concordia University.

His research project encompasses many areas of e-librarianship including critical information studies, digital archives, scholarly communication and metadata standards. Lauder is applying听the catalogue raisonn茅 publication model in an online environment, with a focus听on IAIN BAXTER&.

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TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conferences began in 1984 in Silicon Valley as a way for tech employees to share their ideas and innovations. TEDx91亚色U, which is organized independently of TED, will include talks by 11 members of the 91亚色 community. They will speak about a wide array of听topics, including听the impact of emerging technology on education, student activism, mobile technology and seniors,听and听how concussions affect athletes.

TEDx91亚色U will be held in Theatre Glendon听on the听Glendon听campus of 91亚色听from 9:30am to 3pm. All of the talks will be streamed live at .

Featured speakers and topics include:

Mamdouh Shoukri, 91亚色 president听& 听vice-chancellor 鈥� "Forty years later I traded a briefcase for a backpack... and I loved it". After听40 years, Shoukri revisited his time as a student thanks to 91亚色's inaugural President for a Day contest. The contest saw him swap roles with a student for a full day, in what may be a first for a Canadian university. In this address, he will talk about the contest, his experiences and what he learned from the day. (10:10 to听10:22am)

Patrick Monahan, 91亚色 听University vice-president academic & provost听鈥� "The 21st-Century Revolution in Higher Education". Monahan will explain the transformation already underway in higher education worldwide, driven by technological advances that will enable 鈥� and also require 鈥� universities to respond to the learning needs of their students in new and different ways. The university in 2025 will be a very different place from what it is today. This transformation will mean more and better educational alternatives, better learning outcomes, and at a lower cost to students themselves. He will also explain how 91亚色 aspires to be a university for and of the 21st century. (11:43 to 11:55am)

Mike Layton, Toronto city councillor (Trinity-Spadina) and a graduate of 91亚色鈥檚 master of environmental studies program 鈥� "Free Energy Retrofits". Layton proposes that to combat climate change, we must take action globally, nationally, locally and in our very homes. He focuses on the latter, outlining a number of things that people can do in their own homes to conserve energy and offset their effects on climate change, focusing on the support and use of municipal legislation. (2:26 to听2:38pm)

Barbara Crow, professor of communications & culture and associate dean, research, in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies 鈥� "Canadians at the Cross-Roads". Through her research on the impact of mobile technology on seniors, Crow explains the importance of bridging the gap between youth and seniors, as it relates to mobile technology usage. (10:49 to 11:01am)

The event will also include presentations by a number of other speakers. The time of each presentation will be updated on the website. These speakers include:

Lauren Sergio, 91亚色 professor, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health听鈥� "Impact Matters. Literally". Using her research on the impact of concussions in athletes, Sergio explains that we need to rethink how we know when it鈥檚 safe for them to return to play.

Megan Bertasson, Whitebear Woman, 91亚色 student 鈥� "Acimowin听鈥� to tell a story". Using Cree storytelling, Bertasson shows the power of stories as agents of resistance, cultural propagation and impact. She leaves the audience with the powerful story of Helen Betty Osborne, a Cree woman brutally assaulted and murdered in Manitoba, asking them to digest, interpret and apply the story in their own way.

Samantha Yamada, 91亚色 student 鈥� "Measuring Impact". Using the example of Pine River, a centre for youth dealing with mental health issues and addiction, of which she is a co-founder, Yamada is arguing for the importance of program- and self-evaluation in being able to make an impact. 听She highlights the courage required to acknowledge and overcome failure, and to learn and grow from it. 听Evaluation may not be the flashiest form of research, but it is essential to making an impact and difference.

Alastair Woods, 91亚色 Student听鈥� "In Praise of Troublemakers". Woods gives a call to action, praising troublemakers 鈭� those who stand up and make their voices heard, pushing governments to be more accountable, and finding ways to operate both within and outside of the existing (imperfect) political system.

Brian Crosby, 91亚色 alumnus and听comedy writer 鈥� "All Your Ideas Are Bad: A letter to myself". Presented as a letter to his younger self (and to all of the audience), Crosby is sharing the idea that impact is not something that happens, but a process. 听Using examples of "bad ideas" he has come up with throughout his career as a comedy writer, he demonstrates that "failure" is not an end point, but a natural and necessary part of finding success with your passions and being able to make an impact.

Jeremy Laurin, president & CEO, ventureLAB 鈥� "Impact - My life as an entrepreneur". Using experiences from his own life,听Laurin talks about the impact and influence of his family on his journey to becoming an entrepreneur.

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The summit will bring听together education leaders (administrators, superintendents, principals, deans, faculty, teacher-leaders), private and not-for-profit sector leaders for a听dialogue and discussion about involving people in the change necessary to achieve new learning cultures that are supported by the effective use of technology.

The one-day summit consists of two sessions in the morning听("Exploring the Leadership Required for New Learning Cultures 鈥� A Personal Experience" and "Learning and Leading: A Practical Approach to Engage Change"). Delegates will split into break-out groups in the afternoon to discuss Leading a New Learning Culture 鈥� Becoming a Narrative Champion.听

"This summit is a great leadership learning opportunity for 91亚色 employees involved in the Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) projects that began earlier this academic year," noted Janet Murphy, ABEL program director. The AIF initiative provides support to faculty in order to advance innovation and change at 91亚色 in the areas of teaching, learning and the student experience.

"This innovation and change on campus perfectly complements the topics that will be discussed at the summit," said听Murphy.

Speakers and facilitators for the summit include: Dean Shareski, a digital learning consultant for Prairie South School Division in Saskatchewan; Alec Couros, a professor of educational technology and media and the coordinator of information and communications technology at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina; and George Couros, the division principal of innovative teaching & learning for Parkland School Division in听Alberta.

Right: Dean Shareski

In addition to the face-to-face event in February, delegates are also invited to participate in two virtual learning sessions happening in the spring听鈥� 鈥淯nderstanding the New Learning Culture and Learner Footprint鈥� and 鈥淐elebrating and Planning the Way Forward鈥�.

Left: George Couros

These virtual sessions will be easy to join, and details on how to participate will be provided the day of the summit. The virtual sessions will be hosted by the speakers and facilitators from Feb. 10. Descriptions of the virtual sessions are as follows:

Understanding the New Learning Culture and Learner Footprint听

This session will explore the specifics of citizenship in a digital context. Rather than focusing upon prevention, participants will develop ideas to create and contribute to purposeful, engaged citizenship while learning online. These ideas will be explored and shared within the context of digital literacy, job-embedded learning, and engagement with parents, family and community.

Right: Alec Couros听听听听

Celebrating and Planning the Way Forward听听

This session will provide delegates with an opportunity for 鈥渟how and tell鈥�, sharing their successes and challenges in implementing new learning cultures.听This session is about reflecting upon your own professional growth and learning from fellow participants鈥� strategies that engaged systems in change and learning more about the road ahead.

To learn more or to register you and/or your team, please visit the website.

As part of the Professional Learning Program, ABEL offers two face-to-face conferences every year 鈥� the Leadership Summit in the winter and the ABEL Summer Institute.

Look for information about the ABEL Summer Institute .

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A Canadian icon of humanitarianism urged Glendon students to 鈥済et your boots dirty鈥� by working in a developing country and experiencing what life is like for 80 per cent of humanity, as he delivered Glendon's annual John W. Holmes Memorial Lecture.

Right: Dallaire speaks to a standing-room only crowd in Glendon's lecture hall

Lieutenant-General , former commander of the UN mission to Rwanda between 1993 and 1994 and now a Canadian senator, made the remarks in 91亚色 Hall on Nov. 23, in a wide-ranging talk on the revolutionary changes that have taken place in warfare and international relations, including the tragic use of child soldiers in conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa.

In describing how the use of child soldiers came about, Dallaire talked of this being a revolutionary time where the status quo no longer exists. 鈥淔or the last 20 years we鈥檝e been into a whole new set of parameters in regards to security,鈥� he said, 鈥淲here we used to have classic war for which we were prepared with all our technology and uniforms and structures and so on...that all disappeared and we have nothing to handle it.鈥�

Dallaire said the problem of child soldiers began in Mozambique in the late 1980s and continues because leaders in the Western world are 鈥渞isk averse鈥� and reluctant to become involved in the complex and ambiguous situations that give rise to the conflicts in which they are used. 鈥淲e haven鈥檛 necessarily applied all the laws to stop it,鈥� he said, citing new legal concepts such as humanitarian space and sovereign nations鈥� responsibility to protect their citizens.

Above: Prof. Stanislav Kirchbaum, Appathurai scholarship winner Dona Dunea, Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire and Glendon Principal Kenneth McRoberts

Eighty per cent of humanity is living in inhuman conditions, he continued, and that poverty is the essence of it. 鈥淭hese massive abuses of human rights are creating the rage that is initiating the extremism that is bringing terrorism, and it鈥檚 going to continue to generate a security problem,鈥� Dallaire said.

Child soldiers are a 鈥渨eapons system鈥�, he explained, putting the problem into military parlance. 鈥淲hat is the system to render them ineffective, to make them a liability to the adults so they won鈥檛 use them and then don鈥檛 recruit them? That is what we are working on now鈥�.听 What you can do is join an NGO. Join the NGO community. Get involved in the NGOs because they are evolving massively in numbers and they are starting to coalesce more, they are starting to cover all the bases in humanity and they are, for you, an opportunity to get into the field and to see what is happening today with the state of humanity.

鈥淚 believe [they] will be far more the voice of humanity in the future,鈥� Dallaire said. 鈥淭hey will influence public opinion and policy more than the nation states themselves because they鈥檙e without borders.

鈥淭here should be maybe a rite of passage, that what you require is a pair of dirty boots underneath your bed that have been soiled in the earth of a developing country. Where you went to see what happens to the 80 per cent of humanity. You bring that back here, where the 20 per cent are, and you significantly influence the policies and how we actually will be advancing humanity鈥�. So get your boots dirty, get involved.

For more information on what is being done to stop the use of child soldiers, Dallaire recommended the website , the public mobilization campaign of the Child Soldiers Initiative, which he founded in 2010.

As is customary at the annual lecture, the winner of the Edward R. and Caroline Appathurai Scholarship in International Studies was announced. This year's award went to Glendon student Dona Dunea.

More about the John W. Holmes Memorial Lecture at Glendon

The annual John W. Holmes Memorial Lecture at Glendon honours the late John W. Holmes, a Canadian diplomat, writer, administrator and international relations professor at Glendon from 1971 to 1981. Holmes was a tireless promoter of Canada at home and abroad, in political, diplomatic and educational circles. He also participated in the founding of the United Nations and attended its first General Assembly in 1945.

Shortly after his death in 1988, a memorial fund was set up at Glendon under the leadership of Professor Albert Tucker, principal of Glendon from 1970 to 1975 and chair of the Department of History at the time, to create a series of annual lectures honouring Holmes, sponsored by Glendon's International Studies Program. It was launched in 1989 by the late Edward Appathurai, who established international studies at Glendon, Tucker and three Glendon graduates, Jim Dow (BA '75), Marshall Leslie (BA Comb. Hons. '75, MBA '80) and Martin Shadwick (BA '76, MA '78), who had attended Holmes鈥� course on Canadian foreign and defence policy.

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They were attending the 10th annual Aug. 22 to 24. The theme this year was Connected Community Learning: The Next Decade.

For two-and-a-half days, they heard speakers and took training sessions on new technology tools and best practices in the classroom.

Right: Teachers receive training in the latest online educational tools at ABEL Summer Institute

鈥淎BEL is at the forefront of 21st century learning and at the interface of K to 12 and postsecondary education systems,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, the new vice-president research & innovation at 91亚色, in his opening remarks. 鈥淭he ABEL program is exemplary at applying the latest research and giving teachers access to pioneering tools and support for teaching and learning.鈥�

The conference featured . In his keynote speech, Curtis Bonk, an authority on emerging technologies for learning and author of books on how web technology is revolutionizing education, identified the top 10 trends in educational technology. Dean Shareski, a digital learning consultant from Saskatchewan, talked about learning methods that should be kept and those that need to be discarded. And Norm Vaughn, an education professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary, discussed blended learning in the classroom to foster student engagement and success.

At a celebratory luncheon, the institute also recognized ABEL members鈥� hard work and dedication to classroom innovation over the past 10 years.

Left: ABEL project manager Janet Murphy (left) and Anita Drossis, a teacher at Vaughan Secondary School, cut the 10th-anniversary cake

Founded in 2002, the award-winning ABEL program, based in 91亚色鈥檚 Institute for Research on Learning Technologies, is recognized as a leading international authority on new modes of teaching, training, learning and collaboration.

Sponsors of this year鈥檚 institute included Microsoft, Apple, Pearson Education, Ektron, Mindshare Learning, Mygazines, 91亚色 and the 91亚色 Region District School Board.

Thanks to Microsoft, five 91亚色 students attended the institute as delegates and received a three-year membership subscription to the ABEL program through the Microsoft/ABEL Student Undergraduate Award.

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