Free public lecture about equine behaviour

Applied equine behaviour is the focus of the Atlantic Veterinary College鈥檚 2015 Animal Welfare in Practice conference, which will take place from September 18 to 19. Dr. Gemma Pearson, Equine Behaviour Service, Dick Vet Equine Hospital, University of Edinburgh, will give a public lecture, 鈥淒emystifying the horse whisperer鈥攈ow horses really learn,鈥� on Friday, September 18, at 7 p.m. Dr. Pearson has been working with behaviour cases for over 15 years; she is currently conducting research into horse-veterinarian interactions. Her lecture will take place in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, UPEI. The public lecture on Friday, September 18, is free. Registration is required to attend the conferenceon Saturday, September 19; the Saturday events will be held in AVC鈥檚 Lecture Theatre A. Please visit upei.ca/awc or call (902) 628-4360 for program details and registration information. The conference is co-hosted by the SJDAWC and the AVC Animal Welfare Club, with generous additional support from the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada.  

Blessed John Henry Newman Dinner with Prof Peter Erb

The First Annual Blessed John Henry Newman Dinner will be held at the 91福利在线你懂的 on Friday October 2, 2015.  Professor Peter Erb, the university鈥檚 founding SDU Visiting Scholar of Catholic Studies, will speak at this charity event on 鈥淣ewman鈥檚 University and Ours: the World of the Past and the World to Come.鈥� Reception is at 6:00 pm followed by a formal dinner at 7:00 pm in UPEI鈥檚 McDougall Hall. Tickets are $80 per person or a table of 10 is $750. Proceeds support special collaborations between UPEI鈥檚 Canadian Catholic Students鈥� Association and the Catholic Studies programme with charitable donation receipts offered for a portion of the ticket price. For information and tickets, contact Robert Dennis at rdennis@upei.ca, (902) 566-0774; newmandinnerpei@gmail.com; or, visit . Tickets are also available from Maureen MacKay in SDU Main Building, room 511. Please join us for a special evening of fellowship that celebrates the Catholic intellectual tradition.

Master of Management and Professional Accounting session

The University of Toronto鈥檚 MMPA Program is the only program dedicated to developing both MBA and MMPA (Master of Professional Accounting) knowledge and skills in an integrated framework. An MBA learning experience develops analytical skills and case-oriented reasoning capacities, and an MMPA learning experience develops technical knowledge and application skills. The MMPA program is designed to be the most time-concentrated, Master鈥檚 level gateway to professional accounting and financial markets employment, particularly for students graduating from non-business programs. Advanced standing is available for business students. The MMPA program is accredited by CPA Ontario allowing our graduates to move straight to the final module, Capstone 2 of the CPA PEP and then on to the CPA Common Final Exam (CFE).
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