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Congratulations Kim Schonert-Reichl and Vote for YWCA Connecting the Community Award
MDI Principal Investigator Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl has been nominated for a YWCA Women of Distinction award. In addition to this honour, Kim is able to win a $10,000 donation from Scotiabank for the YWCA through the Connecting the Community Award. This award is to be allocated toward the program area of each Women of Distinction nominee’s choice. There are five program areas in total and Kim is campaigning for Healthy Choices for Youth.
From Thursday, April 19 to Tuesday, May 22, the public can cast their votes for their favourite program area of choice. Voters can vote once every 24 hours per computer. The voting site will close on Tuesday, May 22 at noon. To vote, please visit the Connecting the Community Award voting site.
The program area with the most votes receives the Connecting the Community Award and Scotiabank will donate $10,000 to the YWCA to support that program area.
The Women of Distinction Awards, including the announcement of the winner of the Connecting the Community Award, are on Thursday, May 24, 2012. More information about the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards as well as the Connecting the Community Award is available on the YWCA Women ...
Posted:April 19, 2012, 12:12 p.m.
Tom Boyce elected to the Institute of Medicine
Dr. W Thomas (Tom) Boyce, Sunny Hill Health Centre/B.C. Leadership Chair in Child Development in the Human Early Learning Partnership and the Centre for Community Child Health Research at the University of British Columbia, was elected to the Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences.
Election to the IOM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. "It is a great pleasure to welcome these distinguished and accomplished individuals to the Institute of Medicine," said IOM President Harvey V. Fineberg. "Each of them stands out as a professional whose research, knowledge, and skills have significantly advanced health and medicine, and their achievements are an inspiration. The Institute of Medicine is greatly enriched by the addition of our newly elected colleagues."
Congratulations Tom.
For more information about the Institute of Medicine, please visit their website.
Posted:Oct. 17, 2011, 11 a.m.
