Tonight, the Algoma University community will gather to celebrate the academic achievements of its students at the 23rd Annual Algoma University Student Awards.
23rd Annual Algoma University Student Awards Tonight
From Nigeria to Sault Ste. Marie
For Baffa Yusuf, his checklist of requirements for a university were really quite simple: the school had to be located in Canada and it had to provide an environment that would be conducive to academic success.
Brent King: Student Turned Entrepreneur
It’s unusually quiet at the King residence. Brent King isn’t working on one of his two businesses, and his wife and business partner has taken their two young daughters to the park. He reflects on his time at Algoma University and how it prepared him for where he is today.
Soaring High at Algoma U
The parallels seemed more than apt when Chris Biocchi and Paul Bursche graduated — both cum laude — from Algoma University’s Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program last June.
After all, the very close lifelong friends have been virtually inseparable since they began playing together as children living on the same Sault Ste.
Algoma U Grad Pioneers Breakthrough Global Technology
John Willinsky gives some of the credit for founding the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) to the Sundays spent browsing scholarly journals in the Arthur A. Wishart Library, while earning his Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at Algoma University College (AUC) in the 1970s.
Research Helps those with ALS Communicate
Nestled in the bottom floor of the West Wing lies one of the many hidden gems of Algoma University. Tucked away in the back corner, in the former art studio spaces, are the computer science faculty offices along with the Brain Computer-Interface Lab,
Ornithologist Fills Knowledge Gap on Birds
Dr. Jennifer Foote has taken the title of bird watcher to an extreme. From studying the sounds, songs, and behavioral habits of the winged species, Foote is in every sense, a bird watcher extraordinaire, who has dedicated her post-secondary studies and academic career to ornithology.
Research Restores George Whalley’s Place in History
Dr. Michael John DiSanto of the English Department has devoted the majority of his academic career to the lives and works of literary luminaries Joseph Conrad and D. H. Lawrence. However, a conversation in the fall of 2009 with his undergraduate mentor,
Mapping the ‘Food Deserts’
Since 2008, Dr. Nairne Cameron, Associate Professor in the Department of Geology and Geography at Algoma University, has been an important voice in Sault Ste. Marie for food security. Her research has helped raise awareness about the various problems facing the Northern Ontario community in regards to food access.
Finding Inspiration in Northern Ontario
Initially, Professor Andrea Pinheiro had no plans to move to Northern Ontario. Like many other aspiring artists, her younger self had set her sights on the trendy Canadian west coast, where she would earn her undergraduate and graduate degrees before setting up a permanent studio to develop her works.
