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June 2014

MITACS

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP SIGNED ON GOVERNOR GENERAL'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT Mitacs and Canada-Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation to foster…

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MEMORIAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS DOMINATE AEC

(Halifax NS; 16 Feb. 2015) Memorial engineering students dominated the 31st annual Atlantic Engineering Competition (AEC) with three first-place wins, a second-place win and four…

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SWEPT AWAY

Chelsie Archibald was one of those children with orca whales on her bedspread and sea creatures on her walls. She…

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PROVINCIAL STUDENTS WINNERS AT UNDERWATER ROBOT CONTEST

A team of students from Newfoundland and Labrador joined American and Russian competitors as winners on Saturday in a global competition for underwater robots at the …

SETTING SAIL FOR ARCTIC STORIES

In 1999, explorer and educator Geoff Green set out on a mission to introduce young people to the polar regions and the communities that exist there. …

MISSION TO ADVANCE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN GUJARAT, INDIA

Led by Memorial University of NL, the mission is intended for Atlantic Canadian education organizations and multi-sector businesses interested in exploring or furthering contacts in India, …

WOODS HOLE ALLIES WITH ENERGY FIRMS

(FALMOUTH, May 25, 2014) Its famed research vessels and scientists are arrayed across the globe, installing weather instruments off the Cape, tracking water currents in the …

A CLOSER VIEW OF THE SEA

An underwater-vehicles program at the School of Ocean Technology (SOT), which has an underwater-imaging system that will provide real-time 3D viewing without headgear—believed to be the …

MANY MARINE INSTITUTE STUDENTS JOIN MTS

November 27, 2012

September, 2012, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada: Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Marine Institute students banded together to form a student chapter. Students from the Naval …

MI AND CNA PARTNER WITH GUYANA FOR TRAINING IN OIL AND GAS AND MINING

September 24, 2012

20 Sept. 2012, St. John's, NL: Two Canadian Educational and Learning Institutions, today, signed a letter of intent and a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry …

OSC SETS SAIL WITH MOBILE PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM

An average of 15,000 visitors take part in the public education program at Memorial's Ocean Sciences Centre (OSC) between June 1 and Labour Day weekend in …

UNDERSTANDING eLEARNING IN MARITIME JOB TRAINING AND FAMILIARIZATION – PART 5

February 16, 2012

This is the fifth and final installment of a series of articles intended to cover eLearning in the maritime industry - what it is, what are …