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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 university located in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
		Grenfell College saw significant expansion in the 1990s with new residences and academic buildings constructed.
		Grenfell College takes pride in its Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program, which includes instruction in Theatre and the Visual Arts, making it the only institution offering such a curriculum in Newfoundland and Labrador, and one of only several universities in Atlantic Canada.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sir_Wilfred_Grenfell_College (307 words)

	Glimpses bulletin #118: Doctor Grenfell's mission to Canada
		Wilfred Grenfell was marooned on an ice pan with his sled dogs.
		Wilfred Grenfell's brush with death on the ice pan was but one of many adventures in his strenuous life.
		Grenfell's father was a Christian and a scholar.
	chi.gospelcom.net /GLIMPSEF/Glimpses/glmps118.shtml (1962 words)

	300-303 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Grenfell, motivated by both his religious and medical influences, brought to the coastal communities of Newfoundland, Labrador, and Quebec, a new degree of health care.
		The International Grenfell Association was incorporated in 1912 as an umbrella of organizations in St. John’s, Newfoundland; London, England; New York and Boston in the United States and the Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission of Canada.
		Grenfell will be remembered as a pioneer in medical outreach, and for his delivery of vital services to remote regions of the far North.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /heirloom_series/volume5/300-303.htm (572 words)

	Encyclopedia: Wilfred Grenfell
		Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (February 28, 1865-October 9, 1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.
		Sir Wilfred Grenfell This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 50 years.
		In 1979, the Corner Brook campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland was renamed Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in his honour.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wilfred-Grenfell (1101 words)

	St. Anthony: Grenfell House
		Grenfell first came to Newfoundland in 1892 as a part of the National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen who came to investigate the living conditions associated with the Labrador fishery.
		Grenfell modified his home in St. Anthony and allowed it to become a staff house and a dormitory for the IGA.
		In June 1986 the Grenfell House was made a Registered Heritage Structure by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /society/rhs/rs_listing/095.html (494 words)

	Grenfell, Sir Wilfred Thomason on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		After serving as a missionary to fishermen of the North Sea, Dr. Grenfell went to Labrador in 1892.
		During more than 40 years of service there and in Newfoundland, he built hospitals and nursing stations, established cooperative stores, agricultural centers, schools, libraries, and orphanages, and opened the King George V Seamen's Institute in St. John's, N.F., in 1912.
		Grenfell cruised annually in the hospital steamer Strathcona II, keeping in touch with his centers of missionary work.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/G/GrenfellW1.asp (157 words)

	Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Historical Society Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Dr. Wilfred Grenfell was sent to Newfoundland in 1892 by the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen.
		The Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Historical Society was formed in 1978 and soon afterwards acquired Grenfell's house in St. Anthony to restore it for use as a museum and archives.
		The Grenfell Historical Society researches, collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets artifacts relevant to the founding of the Grenfell Mission and its effect on the northern communities in the province in relation to medical care, the fishing industry, handicrafts, schooling and the care of orphans.
	www.anla.nf.ca /grenhist.htm (444 words)

	Poets
		Of the 16 poets, Brooke, Grenfell, Owen, Rosenberg, Sorley, and Thomas died in the war.
		On the 13th of May, Grenfell was hit in the head by a shell fragment near Ypres, and died on May 26, 1915.
		In the running with Wilfred Owen for the title of greatest of the Great War poets, Isaac Rosenberg is distinguished from the other war poets by the fact that he was both Jewish (as was Siegfried Sassoon) and an enlisted man (as was Ivor Gurney and David Jones).
	www.lib.byu.edu /~english/WWI/poets/poets.html (3364 words)

	Wilfred Grenfell -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wilfred Grenfell moved to (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London in 1882.
		Anthony, (A Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea; became Canada's 10th province in 1949) Newfoundland and Labrador.
		In 1979, the (additional info and facts about Corner Brook) Corner Brook campus of (additional info and facts about Memorial University of Newfoundland) Memorial University of Newfoundland was renamed (additional info and facts about Sir Wilfred Grenfell College) Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in his honour.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/wilfred_grenfell.htm (465 words)

	Medi-Centre - Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
		Grenfell built a permanent hospital in 1900 in the town of St. Anthony on Newfoundland's northern peninsula.
		Grenfell wrote numerous books and articles including a classic true story "Adrift on an Ice Pan." In this grisly tale, Grenfell responds to an urgent request for a doctor but finds himself and his dog sled adrift on a piece of ice.
		Read the book The Best of Wilfred Grenfell edited by William Pope, reprinted 1998 by Nimbus Publishing Ltd, Halifax, N.S. The International Grenfell Association is today a major supporter of projects in health care, education and social welfare in the Newfoundland region.
	www.virtualmuseum.ca /Exhibitions/Medicentre/en/gren_print.htm (306 words)

	Sir Wilfred Grenfell -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		While still a medical student at London University in 1887, Grenfell was impressed by the sermons of the American evangelist Dwight L. Moody and, in the same year, joined the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen.
		An old fishing settlement with dry docks, ship-repair yards, and cold-storage plants, it is the home of the International Grenfell Association (a charity organization established in 1912 by Sir Wilfred Grenfell, the medical missionary)...
		In 1892 a young English physician named Wilfred Grenfell arrived at the Labrador peninsula of Canada.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9038058 (674 words)

	Northern Mission: Sir Wilfred Grenfell in Labrador (Bowdoin, Arctic Museum) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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 (387 words)

	Grenfell
		Grenfell was born Wilfred Thomason Grenfell on February 28, 1865 at Parkgate, Wales and died on October 9, 1940 at the age of seventy-five after spending about forty years in a very successful medical and social work among the natives and settlers on the coast of Labrador and northern Newfoundland.
		The Grenfell of popular myth is that of one among the "Heroes of the Cross." A standard statement of the popular myth reads, "We are nearing the end of our story, a story of one man’s wonderful faith in God...." And again "Sir Wilfred....
		Grenfell disliked denominational schools, believing that they fostered rivalry and bigotry, and he planned to have Mission schools where all could attend.
	www.christianbeliefs.org /biographies/grenfell.html (3863 words)

	Newfoundland Books - Adrift on an Ice Pan - Wilfred Grenfell, Ronald Rompkey - Tide's Point Marketplace
		Originally published by Grenfell in 1909, this book tells the dramatic story of his brush with death on an ice pan off the northern coast of Newfoundland.
		Wilfred Grenfell arrived in Labrador in 1882 as the agent of the National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen.
		But in the course of his life, Grenfell accomplished much more than that: he proceeded to build a complex medical and philanthropic organization that still bears his name a century later.
	www.tidespoint.com /books/ronaldrompkey.shtml (193 words)

	The Opportunity Fund: News 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sir Wilfred Grenfell College's new Student Centre Annex was officially opened today at a campus- wide celebration.
		A facility management board, consisting of Sir Wilfred Grenfell administrative officials, the CSU, and a business adviser (whom the students will hire), will oversee development of the facility.
		"Grenfell College is developing and maturing in all sorts of ways, including the roles, responsibilities and expectations of our students," said Katy Bindon, principal, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College.
	www.mun.ca /opfund/news2.html (353 words)

	The International Grenfell Association
		The International Grenfell Association (IGA) was incorporated in Canada on January 10, 1914, under the Companies Act of 1899.
		Sir Wilfred Grenfell, the founder of IGA, came to Newfoundland to attend to the needs of fishermen in northern Newfoundland and on the coast of Labrador.
		The source of funds for these grants are the endowment funds of three supporting associations - Grenfell Association of America in New York, New England Grenfell Association in Boston, and the Grenfell Association of Great Britain and Ireland in London, England.
	www.iga.nf.net (474 words)

	CFP \| Wilfred Grenfell - The Arctic Adventurer by Linda Finlayson \| Lightkeepers Series by Christian Focus Publications
		Wilfred Grenfell - The Arctic Adventurer by Linda Finlayson
		Take part in this adventure that is the life of Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, missionary and medic to the frozen wastelands of Labrador and Newfoundland.
		Among Grenfell's many experiences, one of the most perilous occurred in 1908, when on his way to answer a call he became stranded on a piece of ice.
	www.christianfocus.com /bookfile/childrens/the_arctic_adventurer.htm (195 words)

	St Anthony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		ir Wilfred Grenfell is a legend in Newfoundland and Labrador.
		The spirit of Sir Wilfred Grenfell lives on in St. Anthony, Grenfell's home for many years.
		Visit St. Anthony and relive the Grenfell legacy that continues to inspire people from all around the world.
	www.nfcap.nf.ca /west/StAnthony/gren.htm (227 words)

	Newfoundland Books - Labrador Odyssey - Edited by Ronald Rompkey - Tide's Point Marketplace
		In 1892, after receiving complaints about working conditions in the Labrador fishery, the London-based Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen sent an expedition led by Wilfred Grenfell to distribute food and clothing to residents of the Labrador coast and to treat sick and disabled fishermen.
		The introduction and annotations by Ronald Rompkey, Grenfell's biographer, establish the historical, political, and social contexts of the journal.
		Rompkey has supplemented Curwen's private account with official letters and reports from Grenfell and other members of the expedition as well as numerous photographs taken by both Curwen and Grenfell to publicize their work.
	www.tidespoint.com /books/rrompkey.shtml (407 words)

	Wilfred Grenfell -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Wilfred Thomason Grenfell was born on Feb. 28, 1865, in Parkgate, near Chester.
		More results on "Wilfred Grenfell" when you join.
		Lewis was born in New York City on July 23, 1909, to Wilfred Lewis, a fisherman, and Diana Lewis, who owned a bakery.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9274663 (622 words)

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		Wilfred Grenfell called to the lead dog in his sledge team.
		Wilfred loved to go fast too, and felt a thrill as the cold wind blew past his face.
		But just then, instead of hard ice, they hit slush, which meant a patch of ice was melting and could break apart at any moment, Come on Jack, Wilfred yelled.
	www.shop.com /op/aprod-p26501874 (343 words)

	Sir Wilfred Grenfell College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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.
		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.
		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/calendar/SWGC.html (6090 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.
		And speaking of tourism and the associated economic development, it is my pleasure to tell honourable members about the new fine arts facility at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College wholeheartedly supported by my colleague, the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation.
	www.gov.nf.ca /releases/1999/edu/1214n08.htm (845 words)

	Canada Colleges >> Sir Wilfred Grenfell College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When you‘re not in the library studying, there are plenty of things to do both on and off campus.
		Grenfell offers a wide variety of recreational activities to keep you active while attending school.
		Grenfell also has numerous clubs and societies for you to get involved in.
	www.canadacolleges.ca /portal/cc/content/117.html (178 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (Medicine, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		AllRefer.com - Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (Medicine, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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		Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell 1865–1940, English physician and missionary, famous for his work among Labrador fishermen.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/GrenfellW.html (235 words)

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