October 2, 2006 Source: :
http://communications.uwo.ca/media_newsroom/story.html?listing_id=21960 Honoring Teachers,
Fighting Killer Viruses and Celebrating
Tiff Teachers
around the world will be honored this week during World Teachers' Day on
Thursday, October 5th. Celebrations in London, on October 5th, include the
Teachers' Wall of Fame Ceremony at 3 p.m. in the Stevenson-Hunt Room at the
Central Library. This year's inductees are Bob Chatfield, who was head of
and taught in the Automotive Department of Beal Secondary School for 33
years, and Valerie Whitney who has been teaching for 36 years and is
currently teaching primary students at St. Margaret d'Youville School. The
Teachers' Wall of Fame is a partnership project of Western's Faculty of
Education and the London Public Library. For more on the Teachers' Wall of
Fame, visit www.edu.uwo.ca/TeachersWallofFame, or contact Western education
professor Rebecca Coulter at 519-661-2111, ext. 88603 or coulter@uwo.ca ONE SCIENTIST'S SEARCH FOR A KILLER VIRUS ... Dr. Kirsty Duncan will be at Western this week to discuss her search for the
1918 flu virus and the state of global preparedness for the next pandemic
flu outbreak. The former Research Director of the AIC Institute of Corporate
Citizenship, Rotman School of Business and professor at the University of
Toronto and Royal Roads University, will give a public lecture on Friday,
October 6 at 1:30 p.m. in Conron Hall, University College (Room 224). For
more information, please call Research Western at 519-661-2161. CALLING ALL TIMOTHY FINDLEY FANS ... The Faculty of Arts and Humanities will be celebrating the life and
literature of renowned Canadian author Timothy Findley on October 13th at
the London Hilton. The evening, "40 Years with Tiff - Stories from Inside
the House", will provide insight into the life of this literary giant as
told by his partner Bill Whitehead and close friends Martha Henry and Mary
Lou Finlay. Joan Barfoot, Western's new writer-in-residence, will also be
taking part in the evening's festivities as well as friends and colleagues
of Findley. Net proceeds from the evening will be directed to a Findley
Scholarship Fund. For more information about the event or to donate to the
scholarship fund, please call Heather Moller at 519-661-2111, ext. 82200 or
via email at hmoller@uwo.ca MEDIA CONTACT: Jeff Renaud, Media Relations Officer, 519-661-2111, ext.
85165 or jrenaud9@uwo.ca
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