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UW Senate President ’ s Report May 16, 2011. Federal Election – May 2, 2011 Conservative majority government Throne speech expected/Budget to be brought forward in June Waterloo Professors receive honours Mark Zanna – 2011 Killam Prize
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UW Senate President’s Report May 16, 2011
Federal Election – May 2, 2011 • Conservative majority government • Throne speech expected/Budget to be brought forward in June • Waterloo Professors receive honours • Mark Zanna – 2011 Killam Prize • $100,000 annual award given by the Canada Council for the Arts • Given for career achievements in health sciences, engineering, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences • Dr. Zanna is the second UW professor in a row to be awarded the prize – computer science professor Ming Li won in 2010 • He is one of the world’s most-cited social psychologists • Michele Mosca – Top 40 Under 40 • Established in 1995 to celebrate early-career success • Dr. Mosca is a founding leader of the Institute for Quantum Computing and founding researcher at the Perimeter Institute • Selected from more than 1,000 nominees
Northern Digital Incorporated (NDI) to be sold to Roper Industries Source: The Waterloo Region Record, May 10, 2011 Tim Jackson named Interim Vice-President, External Waterloo Global Science Initiative – Equinox Summit June 5-9
Waterloo Region – Second highest employment rate in Canada • 68.9 per cent • Only Calgary is higher
Waterloo Region – Second highest employment rate in Canada • 68.9 per cent in April 2011, up from 68.0 in March 2011 • Only Calgary is higher at 69.9 per cent • Ontario added 55,000 new jobs in April, mostly part-time positions (46,000) • Employment rate for youths aged 15-24 holding steady • Unemployment rate is 7.6 per cent • Source: Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey - April 2011, May 6, 2011
Canada, Germany, France: New destinations for Indian students • The number of Indian students studying in Canada jumped 280 per cent from 2008 to 2010 • France and Singapore have reported enrolment increases of 20 per cent a year since 2009 • There were 15 per cent more Indian students studying in Germany in 2010-2011 than in 2009-2010 • The number of Indian students in Australia dropped 77 per cent in 2010 from 2009 • The United Kingdom had 57,000 Indian students studying in 2009 – in 2010 that number had fallen to 41,350 • The number of Indian students studying in the United States dropped by 32 per cent from 2009 to 2010 • Canada issued 3,152 student visas to Indian students in 2008 – 12,000 in 2010 • Australia issued 47,638 student visas to Indian students in 2008 – 12,483 in 2010 • Source: The Economic Times, May 1, 2011
Record number of Chinese students studying overseas • 1.27M studied abroad at the end of 2010 • More than 90 percent of students studied in 10 countries: • The United States; • Australia; • Japan; • The United Kingdom; • South Korea; • Canada; • Singapore; • France; • Germany; • Russia • Source: China Daily, April 18, 2011