Take a look at the article “Turning the page on learning” featured in today’s Chronicle Herald. http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/137272-turning-the-page-on-learning
Paul McKenna guest editor of Canadian Public Administration (Vol.55, No.3)
The current Special Issue of Canadian Public Administration (Vol. 55, No. 3) has been published by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC). This theme issue deals with policing, public safety and security in Canada and was launched by Guest Editor Paul F. McKenna, a lecturer in the School of Information Management, Dalhousie University.
Halifax Career Fair – Tues, Sept 25
Over 100 organizations will be at the Halifax Career Fair next week!
Both the Nova Scotia Government and the Federal Government are key sponsors of this event. Many of their departments will have representatives who can provide you with details such as the following:
- What are the key skills your department looks for when hiring students/new grads?
- What volunteer groups or associations should I get involved with?
- What does it take to be successful within your department?
- Could there be an opportunity to do my practicum with your office?
- How can I get a job with your organization?
- Who else should I talk to about future opportunities?
- Do you currently have any job openings?
When: Tuesday, September 25 (10:00 – 4:00)
Where: Cunard Centre (next to Pier 21 Museum)
Website: www.HalifaxCareerFair.ca
Check out their List of Exhibitors and their Prepare for the Fair webinar! Hope to see you there!
SIM Alumni Donation Challenge
Reminder! There are just two weeks left in the SIM alumni donation challenge. Can another group beat the class of 2007? You have until September 30 to contribute!
To learn more and add your donation, visit: https://blogs.dal.ca/sim/2012/06/07/giving-back-to-sim-a-challenge/
Information Management Public Lectures at Dalhousie University – Fall 2012
The School of Information Management launches another informative series of Information Management Public Lectures next week to which all members of academic and professional communities are invited. Mark your calendars and plan to attend!
The Fall 2012 lectures are listed below and the attached file; the winter 2013 lectures will be announced shortly. Further details about each lecture are available at the School’s website
Inquiries about the lectures or ideas for future lectures can be addressed to Dr. Bertrum MacDonald, School of Information Management (e-mail: bertrum.macdonald@dal.ca; 902 494-2472).
Thursday, 27 September 2012, 5:30 pm – Room 1020, Rowe Management Building
“Serendipity Models: How We Encounter Information and People in Digital Environments”
Dr. Anabel Quan-Haase, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University
Friday, 19 October 2012, 10:30 am – Room 1009, Rowe Management Building
“The Leak Heard Round the World? Cablegate, Wikileaks, and the Evolving Global Mediascape”
Dr. Lisa Lynch, Department of Journalism, Concordia University
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 1:30 pm – Room 3089, Rowe Management Building
“The Ghosts of Info-Wars Past: Lessons for the Law and Politics of Internet Censorship Resistance Today”
Prof. Jon Penney, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University (and doctoral candidate, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University)
Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 7:30 pm – Potter Auditorium, Rowe Management Bldg.
“The Natural History of a Sustainable Institution: The Nova Scotian Institute of (Natural) Science Since 1862″*
Dr. Suzanne Zeller, Department of History, Wilfrid Laurier University
*Co-sponsored by the School of Information Management, the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society, the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, the Atlantic Node of the Situating Science Cluster, and the University of King’s College History of Science and Technology Programme