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CAMPUS NOTES Renew your TTC Metropass online If you want to avoid the end-of-month lineups for the discounted TTC Metropass on campus, now is the time to renew online. The deadlline to apply online for your September Metropass is Aug. 16, with pick up from Aug. 23. Click here and follow the instructions. York faculty, staff and students are eligible for a 12-per-cent discount on TTC Metropasses. They pay only $87 per month. To renew your TTC Metropass online, you must:
You can also purchase your September Metropass over the counter from Parking & Transportation Services, Room 0222, William Small Centre, Aug. 29-31, Sept. 1 & 5. Hours are 8:45am to 3:30pm, Monday to Friday. Metropasses that are lost (including those lost by Canada Post) or stolen cannot be replaced by Parking & Transportation Services. Replacements must be obtained through regular TTC outlets for the standard TTC price. Road Construction begins on York Boulevard On Monday, Aug. 14, construction will begin on York Boulevard at the Keele Street Intersection in order to include a left-turning lane onto Keele Street from York Boulevard and a straight-thru lane to Canarctic Drive. Construction will take approximately six to seven weeks. A one-lane restriction in either direction will be implemented and signage will be posted by the contractor. Delays will occur during this construction period and York Facilities Services appreciates everyone's cooperation and patience. Call for nominations: Michael Baptista Essay Prizes 2006 The Michael Baptista Essay Prizes offer an opportunity for York University faculty to recognize outstanding student work, at the undergraduate or graduate level, in the area of Latin American and Caribbean studies at York University. The annual competition recognizes outstanding scholarly essays of relevance to the area of Latin American and Caribbean studies from a humanities, social science, business or legal perspective. The deadline for nominations for the 2006 Michael Baptista Essay Prize competition is Aug. 31. Nominations are limited to York University students only. Winners receive $500 and essays selected to receive the prize will be considered for publication by the Centre for Research on Latin America & the Caribbean (CERLAC) at York University. The essays may be from a full- or half-course during the 2005-2006 academic year, or a summer 2004 course. Major research papers at the graduate level may also be nominated. Submissions should be no longer than 35-pages. Deadline extensions are available in instances where significant re-writing is required to shorten the work to within that limit. The papers submitted will be reviewed by two to three faculty readers with research interests in Latin America and the Caribbean. Both the prize winners and the nominating Faculty members will be advised of the decision by the end of Oct. 2006. Only faculty members can nominate a paper. Students cannot be self-nominated. Students who have received outstanding grades on their papers should bring the existence of this prize to the attention of their instructors, so that they might nominate the paper if they so choose. The nominated paper and accompanying form should be submitted to CERLAC, 240 York Lanes, no later than Aug. 31. The prizes are funded by the friends of Michael Baptista and the Royal Bank of Canada where he was a senior vice-president until his untimely death. For more information about the essay prize, click here. Asbestos survey at York York University is doing an asbestos survey of the following four buildings on Keele campus this week:
The surveys will take place overnight from 11pm to 7am and will probably continue throughout the next week as well. New provincial legislation to take effect in November 2007 will require the University to redo its survey of asbestos-containing materials in buildings on the Glendon and Keele campuses. Inspection schedules will be sent to health and safety officers and Joint Health & Safety Committees in advance. Pinchin Environmental has been awarded the contract to undertake the survey, which began in July. The company has considerable expertise in the assessment of asbestos materials as well as regulations and processes associated with asbestos management and abatement. Surveys last between five and 30 minutes and will be conducted on a room-by-room, area-by-area basis. Small representative bulk samples will be taken using accepted sampling procedures that will prevent exposure to asbestos fibers.
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