Prentice Post
Spring 2013
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Director’s Note Spring 2013 sees the prestige and the reach of the Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy growing locally, nationally, and internationally. This past year saw a number of new graduate students joining the institute, along with new Research Affiliates and the arrival of our new postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Willa Liu, from the University of Toronto. This past year also saw our highly popular Distinguished Lecture series draw increasing numbers from the community, students, faculty and staff. One of our distinguished guests was co-sponsored with us and two community groups. Our Brown Bag noontime lectures and panels have similarly become so popular that we have on several occasions far exceeded the capacity of our Board Room! Consistent with the Prentice Institute’s mandate and mission, we are reaching out to the world and achieving significant recognition. Recent and upcoming travels by those associated with the Prentice have included Australia, Taiwan, China, Germany, Greece, Japan and Korea, as well the United States and various places across Canada. Researchers associated with the Prentice Institute are regularly invited to give talks on their research to groups across the world and Canada, and locally. We are invited to speak with university students, policy makers both public and corporate, and diverse other groups. We are, as well, consulted regularly by the media. All of this gives the Prentice Institute prominence and brings our research to public awareness and action. The gift of funds for graduate student scholarships in Demography and Population Studies by the Society of Edmonton Demographers is wonderful acknowledgement of the Prentice Institute and what we are working to accomplish. We remain optimistic that our new Ph.D. concentration in Population Studies and Health will be approved, despite the deep cuts to Post Secondary Education across Alberta announced in the recent provincial budget. We continue to keep our eyes focused on the prize: the building of the Prentice Institute’s capacity for research and public education.
Director’s Note
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Accolades
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Prentice Institute New Affiliate
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Prentice Institute Research Affiliates
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Prentice Institute Outreach
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Spotlight
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Prentice Institute Students
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Prentice Brownbag Seminars
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Prentice Pillar
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Mission Statement
Accolades S u sa n M cDa n i el, Di rect o r o f t h e P ren t i ce In st i t u t e fo r G lo b a l Po p u la t i o n a n d Eco n o my , Ca n a d a Resea rch Ch a i r ( Ti er 1 ) i n G lo b a l Po p u la t i o n a n d Li fe Co u rs e, P ren t i ce Resea rch Ch a i r i n G lo b a l Po p u la t i o n & Eco n o my a n d P ro f esso r o f S o ci o lo g y Recei v es Q u een ’ s Di a mo n d J u b i lee M ed a l The Prentice Institute for Global Population & Economy is pleased to announce that our Director, Professor Susan McDaniel, FRSC, has been awarded the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. In a ceremony held at the University of Lethbridge on February 26, 2013, Dr. McDaniel was honoured to receive her award from Professor Yolande Grisé, President of The Royal Society of Canada, and the Society’s Executive Director, Darren Gilmour, as well as from the senior administration at the University of Lethbridge, notably Andrew Hakin and Daniel Weeks. This is the first time ever that a President of the Royal Society has visited the University of Lethbridge. Susan was nominated by the Royal Society which received large numbers of nominations, all of which were peered reviewed by Fellows of the Royal Society. This award is given in recognition for Susan’s outstanding contributions to Canada and the world through her research, publications and service to society, public policy and to the Royal Society of Canada, where she has selflessly given her time and talents. 1
The Prentice Institute does research on the changing human population and its potential impacts on social and economic issues, and communicates its findings widely. The Prentice Institute and its research collaborators seek to understand longterm changes in the human and economic environments, within a historical context, with particular attention to the role human actions play in influencing those outcomes. We conduct and integrate research on the dynamics of Canadian and global demography and their impacts on economic wellbeing through migration, culture, trade and natural resource availability. We communicate widely the output of our work and that of others to stimulate further research and to enable individuals, governments, and corporations to make better-informed decisions. We educate students and future researchers.