I received a copy of Maclean’s Magazine annual rating of Canadian Universities. It is an interesting read. If you would like to borrow my copy, feel free. There are many ways that universities are rated such as class size, library holdings, and entry marks. It is difficult for me to summarize the articles. What is interesting is that students can make their own rankings depending on what is important to them.

To create your own ranking go to macleans.ca/university.

I do want to comment on one rating that struck me as important. By asking CEO’s, principals, counselors, and others Maclean’s compiled a Reputational Ranking. The top five are:

1. University of Alberta
2. Waterloo
3. McGill
4. University of British Columbia
5. Toronto

University of Calgary ranked 11, Saskatchewan 16, Lethbridge 28.

The Canadian Forces notified the school that there are immediate openings for graduating students. To be eligible a student must be a Canadian citizen, have grade 10 or higher (depends on position) and at least 17 years old.

See the Canadian Forces Jobs document for more information.

On November 9, 2006, the Minister of Advanced Education, the Honourable Denis Herard announced the expansion of the Alexander Rutherford Scholarship for Grade 12 students. This change makes the scholarship available to more students. It is effective April 1st, 2006.

The main change is that besides picking English 30-1 or 30-2 students have more courses to pick from. They can pick two from the sciences, math and social studies. They can then pick two other 5 credit courses at the 3000 level which includes CTS.

The document listing the courses can be found here. (pdf document)

Taylor University College located in Edmonton is inviting students to attend Insight 2006. This is their open - house where you can sit in on classes, attend chapel, tour the campus, meet other students, stay overnight in the residence and more. Taylor is a fully accredited Christian liberal arts University College that offers certificate programs and degrees in Psychology, English, and Religion and Theology.

There is no cost to the event. Registration deadline is November 23.

For more information check out their website or email them at admissions@taylor-edu.ca. You can also call them at 780.431.5218

I received the following emai. It features the Alberta’s government press release on new funding for advanced education and hopes to lower tuition rates in the province.

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New application information is in for the Terry Fox Humanitarian Award. This award selects students on their citizenship. It also considers courage in overcoming obstacles, involvement in humanitarian service and participation in sport and fitness.

Deadline is Feb. 1st, 2007

Lakeland College is offering courses in the evening. This opens up opportunity for students (and community members) to begin their college courses part-time. This may be helpful if you are planning on attending Lakeland in the fall - you could begin a course now!

For more information contact Charlene at 1-800-661-6490 ext. 5730 or by email at charlene.bonnar@lakelandc.ab.ca

The new application forms for the Toyota Earth Day Scholarship program are now in. There are 15 awards of $5000 available. The awards go to students who show academic and extra-curricular success and have also demonstrated commitment to the environment.

In order to apply you need to get an application form as well as school transcripts and letters of reference. The deadline is January 31st, 2007.

If you would like to know when there are changes made to the website, new scholarships, info added, that kind of stuff then send me an email and I will add you to a list. This way I can notify you of important things. Let’s give it a shot and see how it works.
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