Newly minted 91ÑÇÉ« student, Mirian Dang will begin her studies this fall as an undergraduate student in the Faculty of Health. She has a background that includes more than 800 hours of community service, including establishing the Discovery Days program for youth that is designed to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, reported The Globe and Mail June 6. .
An exhibition of Jewish Moroccan art and relics at 91ÑÇɫ’s Glendon campus is part of Toronto’s first-ever weeklong festival celebrating 2,000 years of Jewish life in Morocco and 50 years of Canadian-Moroccan diplomatic relations, reported the Canadian Jewish News June 8. .
91ÑÇÉ« environmental studies Professor José Etcheverry, a member of the Green Provinces Advisory Committee, helped develop the methodology used for the third bi-annual Green Provincial Report Card issued by Corporate Nights magazine, which shows that Ontario and British Columbia leading the pack in the race to become Canada's greenest province, reported Canadian Biomass magazine June 8. .
After 27 years as the host of "FashionTelevision" 91ÑÇÉ« alumna Jeanne Beker will receive the 2012 Canadian Award of Distinction at the Banff World Media Festival next week, reported the Amherst Daily News June 8. .
Alison Halsall, a faculty member in the Department of English in 91ÑÇɫ’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, put her special expertise in evil queens and sleeping beauties to the test as part of the Popcorn Panel's discussion of the new movie Snow White and the Huntsman, published in the National Post June 7. .