The 2009 CN CCAA Men’s Basketball National Championships came to a close on Sunday, March 22, 2009 at the Charles Jago Northern Sport Centre in Prince George with two thousand-plus cheering fans standing to salute the National Champion Mount Royal Cougars of Calgary for their victory over Champlain in the Gold Medal match.
Seven Provincial Championship-winning teams from as far away as Halifax travelled to Prince George for the tournament and served up first rate basketball in one of the premier athletic venues in Canada.
"I thought the tournament went fantastic," said National Convener for Canadian Colleges Athletic Association Men's Basketball Jeff Harris. "The organization was top-notch and support and community involvement were excellent.”
The eighth seeded tournament host Northern Timberwolves immediately proved a force, coming within two points of knocking off the highest ranked team in Canada in one of the most exciting games of the tournament. The T-Wolves parlayed that energy into a spot in the bronze medal matchup with Algonquin College of Ottawa and wound up fourth place.
Two of the Wolves’ games sold out to crowds in excess of 2,100 cheering fans with an additional four hundred-plus viewing at home via streaming video on the Nationals website – www.unbc.ca/nationals. The site has registered more than 18 thousand hits since going online at the end of February.
“UNBC Athletics would like to thank all the tournament sponsors, volunteers and spectators for being a part of such a great event showcasing UNBC and Prince George,” said UNBC Athletic Director, Len McNamara. “We now pass the torch to Calgary as S.A.I.T. will host the 2010 CCAA men's championship.”
The successes of the tournament and the men’s and the women’s teams (who finished second this year and won the provincial title last year) have UNBC Athletics on a roll as it awaits a decision on our application for entry into Canada West and Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS).
The faculty and staff at UNBC's Quesnel campus received a certificate from the United Way acknowledging their 100% participation in last year's campaign.
UNBC's total collection for the United Way campaign came to $22,750.04. The Quesnel campus accounted for $1610.00 of the grand total.
At right, staff at the Quesnel campus show off their United Way certificate.
United Way Campaign
Earth Hour at UNBC
UNBC will be participating in Earth Hour and shutting off all non-essential lighting and air handling systems on campus at 8:30PM tomorrow, Saturday March 28.
Systems in certain areas must remain on due to safety and/or security concerns. We expect to save in excess of 750 kilowatts of energy during Earth Hour.
At left, the planet Earth...
UNBC
Graduate students and Grad Conference Committee members Gail Millar
(front), Leslie Dampier (middle), and Kathryn Doucette (back) are
helping organize the Fourth Annual UNBC Graduate Conference to take
place Friday, April 3rd. Click for event schedule.
Graduate Conference
Five Days for the Homeless
UNBC students participating in the Five Days for the Homeless campaign collected more than five thousand dollars for the cause last week. Five Days is a campaign in which university students live on their campus to raise money and awareness for a local charity.
At right, UNBC student Owen Law tried his hand at busking while homeless.
UNBC in the PRC
Carolyn Russell, Director Student Success & International Operations, Zane Robison, UNBC Recruitment Officer, and Paul Pan, Coordinator ELS participated in the second annual Team BC Mission to China in late February/early March. Working closely with the BC Council for International Education and partners Edu-Canada DFAIT and the Chinese Service Centre for Scholarly Exchange, the trip included parallel programs for both leadership and recruitment professionals from both the post-secondary and K-12 sectors. The delegation included 25 institutions from across the province for programs in Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Nanjing.
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Above, from left, Zane Robison tending the UNBC booth; Zane, Carolyn Russell and Paul Pan at the Great Wall of China; and students at the team BC Mission.
Invitation for Comments
The Review Committee for the Academic Leader of the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health would like to invite all faculty, staff, and students to assist us with the reappointment review of Margo Greenwood.
The committee has established review criteria and will be seeking written comments from the university and broader community regarding the performance of the Academic Leader against these criteria. Click for further information.
CDI's Annual report
The Community Development Institute of UNBC has provided a copy of their 2008 Annual Report. The year has been a busy and exciting one, filled with completed projects and new initiatives. One very rewarding task has been the development of a community transition toolkit for northern BC communities. As you will have seen from recent press releases, one of the more exciting of the new initiatives has the CDI leading a national network on Urban Aboriginal Economic Development in partnership with the Prince George Aboriginal Business Development Centre.
Coming Events
1.Finite Basis for the Quasi-equations of a Unary Algebra
Presenter Dr. Jennifer Hyndman Sponsor Mathematics Program Date Mon, March 30, 2009 2:30 pm Location 7-158 Lecture Hall
2. Prince George-Mackenzie All Candidates Forum on Climate Change
Sponsor Students for a Green University Date Fri, April 03, 2009 3:00 pm Location Northern University Student Centre (NUSC) Event Space.
Where are They Now?
1. Meagan Harris (BComm Marketing '03) lives in New Westminster, BC and works as an Admissions Officer at Douglas College. She is studying to get a diploma in Holistic Nutrition at the Edison Institute of Nutrition.
2.Tracy Ho (BSc Psychology '00) lives in Prince George and works as the banquet and catering manager at the Bon Voyage restaurant.
3. Ryan Matheson (BA Resource Based Tourism '99) lives in Burnaby, BC and works as the Director of Strategic Partnerships for International Conference Services, a job he recently started after 6 years at the Hyatt Regency.
Green Tips
1. Shorter length showers help conserve water, and filling the bath only half full saves 80 litres or more per bath. You could save hundreds of dollars each year!
2. Keep water in the fridge instead of running tap water and waiting for it to get cold enough to drink.
3. Dispose of kitchen and dry waste in the garbage instead of flushing down the toilet or garburator.
New Holding Bins
We
have just received new blue holding bins in the recycling room for mixed paper
and cardboard. If you bring cardboard boxes to discard it is imperative
that you flatten the box before throwing it into the bin. There will
be a safety knife made available to aid in that process if necessary.
Also make sure you use our new giant blue bins behind the Northern Sport Centre to recycle your cardboard, newspaper, mixed paper, and tin/plastic. The residence will be getting their own bins in April.
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