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  Sir Wilfred Grenfell College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, popularly referred to as Grenfell College, or SWGC, is a liberal arts and science university located in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Opened in 1975 as Memorial University of Newfoundland's West Coast Regional College, the facility was renamed in 1979 in honour of British medical missionary pioneer Wilfred Grenfell.
Grenfell College saw significant expansion in the 1990s and early 2000s with new student housing and academic buildings constructed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sir_Wilfred_Grenfell_College   (476 words)

  
 Biography: Wilfred Thompson Grenfell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Wilfred T. Grenfell was born in Parkgate, England on February 28, 1865 to a headmaster and church of England minister.
Grenfell disapproved of the segregation of children on the basis of religion and felt that one good school would be much better than several small insufficient ones.
In 1970 a bronze statue of Grenfell was unveiled in St. John's and in 1975 a branch of Memorial was opened at Corner Brook which was later named the Sir Wilfred Grenfell College.
www.k12.nf.ca /discovery/curriculum/english/nl-biographies/nfld/grenfell.htm   (610 words)

  
 Sir Wilfred Grenfell College - Memorial University of Newfoundland - Featured on UC411.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The College, a campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland, was established in September 1975.
In 1979 it was named Sir Wilfred Grenfell College honouring the memory of the medical missionary who pioneered medicine in northern Newfoundland and along the coast of Labrador until his death in 1940.
But Grenfell has carved out its own distinct identity within Memorial in its commitment to a personalized and interactive learning environment and in its creation of innovative interdisciplinary programmes within the context of a well- designed liberal arts and science curriculum.
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 Wilfred Grenfell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG (February 28, 1865-October 9, 1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Historical Society was formed in 1978.
In 1979, the Corner Brook campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland was renamed Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in his honour.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sir_Wilfred_Grenfell   (486 words)

  
 Biography of Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
GRENFELL, Sir WILFRED THOMASON (1865-1940), medical missionary and author, was born at Parkgate, Cheshire, 28 February 1865, the second of the four sons of the Rev. Algernon Sidney Grenfell, headmaster and proprietor of Mostyn House School, Parkgate, by his wife, Jane Georgina Hutchinson, daughter of a colonel in the Indian army.
He was educated at Marlborough, and resided at Queen's College, Oxford, for the Michaelmas term of 1888, during which he played Rugby football for the university.
In 1912 the Mission to Deep-Sea Fishermen withdrew its support; and Grenfell then organized the International Grenfell Association, with branches in England, the United States, Canada, and Newfoundland; and it was this association that stood behind Grenfell's work during the latter part of his life.
grenfell.history.users.btopenworld.com /Biographies/wilfred_thomason_grenfell.htm   (779 words)

  
 Northern Mission: Sir Wilfred Grenfell in Labrador (Bowdoin, Arctic Museum)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Wilfred Grenfell was a young English doctor who dedicated his life to providing medical, social and economic assistance to the remote communities of Newfoundland and Labrador.
In keeping with the spirit of Grenfell's work to help those in need, the Arctic Museum requests that visitors bring a donation of non-perishable food for the food bank of the Mid-Coast Hunger Prevention program.
January and February are often the most difficult months for food banks and their clients, and currently the food bank is low on nutritious staples such as peanut butter, macaroni and cheese and canned stews.
academic.bowdoin.edu /arcticmuseum/exhibits/grenfell.shtml   (390 words)

  
 Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, as part of Memorial University of Newfoundland, is a four-year undergraduate degree-granting institution offering a liberal education in arts and science and a professional education in nursing, theatre and visual arts.
At Sir Wilfred Grenfell College a liberal education means a critical and open-minded pursuit of knowledge providing students with the intellectual tools to enable them to respond to a rapidly changing world.
Academically, the aim of Sir Wilfred Grenfell College is to enable students to be open to new ways of thinking and to gain a lasting intellectual self-confidence so that they may have both the ability and the desire to be life-long learners.
www.mun.ca /regoff/cal2004_05/SWGC.html   (8076 words)

  
 today.mun.ca
Under his leadership, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, began a program of supplementary instruction that targets high risk courses and then trains student leaders to offer peer support.
Gunther has been a faculty member at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College since 1977 and has been consistently recognized for the excellence of his teaching, his personal interest in his students and his high academic standards.
He is known among the college's students as a professor who both challenges and supports his students and whose unique approach always brings out the best in them.
today.mun.ca /news.php?news_id=1211   (529 words)

  
 Financial and Administrative Services | Storm Policy - Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
This policy is applicable University-wide at the Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Campus, and no exception may be made without the written consent of the Vice-President (Administration and Finance) and Legal Counsel.
The College will close when a State of Emergency is proclaimed in Corner Brook or if storm conditions are so severe that public transit is not operating and the Principal determines that closure is appropriate in the circumstances.
Should storm conditions become so severe that travel from the College becomes impossible, a committee consisting of representatives from the Office of Student Affairs and Services and the Council of the Students' Union, under the chairmanship of the Director of Administration and Finance, will be responsible for setting up emergency headquarters in the Student Centre.
www.mun.ca /finance/policies_procedures/stroms_grenfell_college.php   (765 words)

  
 Wilfred Grenfell - WikiLeasing.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
By 1914 the mission had gained international status at which time he International Grenfell Association, a non-profit mission society was founded to support the work of Dr. GGenfell.
A unique figure, Grenfell served to inspire at least two characters in Canadian literature: Dr Luke in Norman Duncan's ''Doctor Luke of the Labrador'' (1904) and Dr Tocsin in ''WWhite Eskimo'' by Harold Horwood (1972).
Induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame - 1997In 1979, the Corner Brook campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland was renamed Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in his honour.
www.wikileasing.com /7/Wilfred_Grenfell.html   (439 words)

  
 Sir Wilfred Grenfell University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Established in 1975, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College is a campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland, the largest university in Atlantic Canada.
Grenfell offers the intimacy of a 1,300-student liberal arts college coupled with all the advantages of being part of a large, modern university.
The College is a center for cultural activities with a number of theater productions each semester and on-going art gallery exhibits.
fp.uni.edu /studyabroad/programs/Canada_Sir-print.asp   (916 words)

  
 Ministerial Statement - Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
Since Sir Wilfred Grenfell College was established in 1975, the focus of the college has shifted and its academic facilities expanded so that it now offers full four-year undergraduate degree programs in 10 program areas and has a student enrolment of 1,200.
The new residences are essential to Grenfell's development as a residential liberal arts and science institution.
In the next two to three years, the college aims to expand the student population to 1,500, and eventually to 1,800.
www.releases.gov.nl.ca /releases/1999/edu/1214n08.htm   (845 words)

  
 Grenfell Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
Sir Wilfred Grenfell is a legend in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, one of Canada's most romantic heroes of the north, relates the story of his adventurous life.
Recent outbreaks of disease in domestic animals, humans and wildlife illustrate the relative importance of infectious diseases and the vulnerability of susceptible animals.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Grenfell   (729 words)

  
 City of Corner Brook
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College offers four-year degree programs in arts, fine arts, science and nursing.
Academy Canada is a privately owned, Career College operated by professional educators who see as their only mandate the provision of the best quality training in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The College brings to the arena a series of programs which match current industry trends and which focus on courses rich in the application skills needed by industry.
www.cornerbrook.com /tourism/tedu.html   (369 words)

  
 Ferriss Hodgett Library Tour
Welcome to the Ferriss Hodgett Library of Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, located on Level 2 and 3 of the Library and Computing Building, which opened in 1995, with skywalk links to the rest of the campus.
Named after the College's first Vice-Principal, the Ferriss Hodgett Library has over 100,000 books and 450 current subscriptions, along with collections of audio-visual materials, government documents and microforms.
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial University of Newfoundland
www.library.mun.ca /swgc/tour.php?print=1   (671 words)

  
 ACOA Website - News - News Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in Corner Brook is undertaking a comprehensive five-year plan to integrate technology across the college curriculum and update the technology skills of instructors.
The project will ensure that graduates of the college have the necessary technology skills to compete in the new economy of the 21st.
Grenfell College has an enrolment of 1,200 students annually.
www.acoa.ca /e/media/press/press.shtml?434   (298 words)

  
 Heather Campbell, Artist / Illustrator
Heather Campbell has a B.F.A from Sir Wilfred Grenfell College School of Fine Art, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Her work can be found in the collections of the Labrador Inuit Association and Labrador Health Corporation as well as various private collections.
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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 Labrador Doctor: My Life with the Grenfell Mission. by Rainer Baehre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In Labrador Doctor, Anthony Paddon, a medical doctor with the Grenfell Mission and resident of Labrador, recounts his own life, which culminated in his appointment as lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland from 1981 to 1986, and offers the reader an informal personal excursion and some profound insights into this little known part of Canada.
Later, others joined the Grenfell Mission, including the more secular-minded Harry Paddon, an Oxford- and London-educated physician and general surgeon, who married Mina Gilchrist, his head nurse, and to whom Anthony Paddon was born in 1914 at Indian Harbour, Labrador.
A product of a middle-class household, raised with the help of a governess in Labrador, and educated at various New England schools, Paddon spent his early years in a rugged, sometimes hostile environment where he was accustomed to hunting, fishing, and dog-sledding.
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 Westcom Solutions
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College is Memorial University's west coast campus.
Gateway West is a project which helps members of the Sir Wilfred Grenfell College community develop business ideas and provides support along the way.
The Backlot is the student bar at Sir WIlfred Grenfell College, which is owned and operated by Grenfell College Student Union (GCSU).
www.westcomsolutions.ca /content/view/21/37   (325 words)

  
 AARAO 2005 Ontario Tour
Atlantic universities and colleges offer high quality, unique programs in a very personal, friendly, and safe environment, giving you the very best education as well as a wonderful life experience.
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, a campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland, focuses on the liberal arts and sciences with developed expertise in the fine arts and environmental programming.
Grenfell College has one of the lowest university tuition rates in all of Canada and offers degree programs in the arts, education, sciences, fine arts and nursing.
www.unb.ca /aarao/ontour   (1827 words)

  
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In the province, there are five Colleges of Applied Arts, Technology and Continuing Education comprised of 23 campuses (see previous page).
Each College is responsible for delivering educational services throughout the province.
Memorial is comprised of the St. John's campus and the Fisheries and Marine Institute located in St. John's; Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, located in Corner Brook; a residential campus in Harlow, England; and the Institut Frecker on the island of St. Pierre.
www.edu.gov.nf.ca /council/OVERVIEW.HTML   (817 words)

  
 today.mun.ca
A public forum to discuss Sir Wilfred Grenfell College's Reporting Structure will be held on Wednesday, May 25, 7 p.m.
The commissioners will determine if the present reporting structure, wherein the principal of Sir Wilfred Grenfell College reports to Memorial University's vice-president (academic), should be changed so that the principal reports to the president of Memorial University.
The commissioners met with Dr. Ashton, faculty and staff at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College on May 19-20.
today.mun.ca /news.php?news_id=1222   (356 words)

  
 activity camps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Beginning July 4, Grenfell College’s Division of Community Education and College Relations will hold week-long activity camps for school-aged kids — everything from Computers for Rookies to Space Camp.
Residence campers will be housed in the Sir Wilfred Grenfell College residence in the Arts and Science Building.
Campus security at Grenfell College, assisted by camp coaches will provide mature supervision during the evening hours.
www.1st-in-camping.com /14710-activity-camps.html   (789 words)

  
 SWGC : Sir Wilfred Grenfell College - TOWARDS A NEW CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK (CSAF)
SWGC : Sir Wilfred Grenfell College - TOWARDS A NEW CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK (CSAF)
Many students from around the province also attend the school for the first- and second-year course offerings before transferring to the larger campus (MUN in St. John's).
Former student aims to change Grenfell's environmental policies, January 16, 2003.
campusdurable.org /ctedc/index.php/SWGC_:_Sir_Wilfred_Grenfell_College   (135 words)

  
 Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Science will be based in Corner Brook
Discussions are now taking place with Memorial University to locate the institute on the Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Campus.
The mandate of the Biodiversity Institute is to ensure the research and knowledge requirements of the provincial government will become a focus of the academic community within the province.
We are also proceeding with plans to locate the science and wildlife laboratories at the College of the North Atlantic." These labs will be housed in government’s new $2 million lab facility in Corner Brook.
www.releases.gov.nl.ca /releases/2002/tcr/0426n05.htm   (704 words)

  
 Grenfell College review expected by spring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A study on whether Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in Corner Brook should be granted university status will be completed next spring.
A consultants' study on Grenfell College will consider whether full university status is best for the institution.
One option is granting university status to the college, which operates under the auspices of Memorial University in St. John's.
cbc.ca /canada/.../story/2005/12/22/nf_grenfell_future_20051222.html   (1094 words)

  
 CareerBeacon.com: Supervisor of Student Housing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Corner Brook, NL Sir Wilfred Grenfell College is a campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland in Corner Brook.
At Grenfell, we are committed to providing high quality facilities for on-campus students.
As part of the Student Services Team at Grenfell, the successful applicant will be responsible for managing the student housing operation at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College.
www.careerbeacon.com /14days/en/0/3/MB0612060215   (270 words)

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