Christina Chant:Freelance Writer

COMING SOON!

christinachant — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:30:28 +0000

An article in the January 2011 issue of University Affairs exploring fascinating forensic research at Parc Safari in Quebec.

University Affairs

christinachant — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:23:30 +0000

Bringing Veterinary Care to the Far North

It started with a query to Jane Magrath, a professor of English at the University of Prince Edward Island, from a friend living in the Nunavut community of Kimmirut. Where, her friend asked, could she get much-needed veterinary care for the community’s dog population?…

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Voyageur

christinachant — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:18:07 +0000

The Gift of Giving

To meet soft-spoken 22-year old Sherrie Edmunds, you would never imagine that just seven months ago she donated 70% of her liver to someone she had never met…

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TrailRunner

christinachant — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:54:38 +0000

Saved by Trails

When North Vancouver, British Columbia’s Tamsin Anstey, now 30, became the national Canadian juvenile pentathlon champion at just 16, everyone had aspirations for Anstey–including herself…

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University Affairs

christinachant — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:07:06 +0000

Warming to the Arctic

Canadians have woken up to the vast potential of the Arctic, but researchers wonder what it will take to push attitudes to our northern latitudes beyond platitudes…

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University Manager

christinachant — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:54:03 +0000

Maintaining Strategic Direction

While a recession may encourage more students into post-secondary education and away from an unforgiving job market, the revenues gleaned from this small upward trend are certainly not equal to the damages incurred by devastated endowment and pension fund investments…

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University Affairs

christinachant — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:25:53 +0000

“Teachnologies”: A Beginner’s Guide to Social Media

You’ve heard of Skype and you’re tempted by the idea of free Internet calls, but the thought of downloading it seems mildly exhausting. When asked repeatedly if you want to upgrade to an new version of your existing software, you hit “Remind me later” with a sigh, saving that technological challenge for another day when, well, you’ll just feel much more up to it. And when it comes to Web 2.0 technologies, you’re hoping that if you ignore them they might just go away…

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Kingston Whig-Standard

christinachant — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:50:16 +0000

Next stage of our journey begins

All my old visa papers and work permits have now been relegated to the status of historical documents–my permanent resident card arrived in the mail last week…

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Voyageur

christinachant — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:41:08 +0000

Fighting Chance

Cory Macdonald is a patient man. Stripped to the waist and standing in a pigeon-populated abandoned warehouse, he strikes a post for photographer and fellow alumus, Bernard Clark. In shot after shot, he manages to look powerful and just a little bit menacing, though his demeanor is anything but…

Read the full article online here (pages 4-6).

University Affairs

christinachant — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:08:54 +0000

Finding Solutions for Post-Secondary Staff

Launched for the first time last year, the Centre for Higher Education Research and Development’s course, Challenges for Post-Secondary Administrators in a Changing Environment, is back by popular demand…

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