Re: International Biology Olympiad participation

Dear Friends,

From Sunday, July 15, 2007 to Sunday, July 22, 2007, the University of Saskatchewan will be a title sponsor to the 18th Annual International Biology Olympiad (IBO). Hosting the IBO is an opportunity for the U of S to showcase itself to top high school students and their advisors fromup to 62 countries. The IBO Planning Committee is still in need of Team Guides to ensure that each country has the support that it requires during their stay in Canada.

Are you between the ages of 18 – 25? Want an opportunity to meet students from 55 countries around the world? The IBO Planning Committee is in need of Team Guides who are available the entire week of July 15 – 22, 2007 to act as ambassadors for these international biology teams. Team Guides are required to: - escort their team within the U of S campus and participate in all social activities, ceremonies, and tourist events. This includes an overnight trip to Wanuskewin and a day trip to Prince Albert National Park. - stay in a U of S Residence with their team for the week -Team Guides will receive free room and board, as well as meals. - be on campus from approximately 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. for the week, but will have a chance to leave their Team Guide duties on Tuesday, July 17 and Thursday, July 19 from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

There are many benefits of being a Team Guide! You can:
-interact with international students and professionals
-practice your 2nd language
-receive free room and board for a week
-attend a volunteer appreciation event!

Team Guides are required to have completed a Criminal Record Check and submit an IBO Volunteer Application form.

Register as a volunteer today, by visiting:
http://ibo2007.usask.ca/volunteers.html

A schedule of the week is available online at:
http://ibo2007.usask.ca/events.html

For more information contact Vanessa Ross Young by e-mail at vkry.ibo@gmail.com or by telephone at 306-966-1799.

Regards,
Srinivas Seekallu
President, India Students Association,
U of S.

Re: Radio Show on July 7th, 2007

Dear Friends,

Mamatha Srinivas will be hosting the Radio show (Sangeetmala program) in 90.5FM from 11Am to 12.30Pm on Saturday, 7th July 2007. 11 to 12 will be in Hindi and 12-12.30PM will be in Kannada.
You can also visit www.cfcr.ca to listen to the radio program. There will also be some easy quiz questions for which you can win exiting prizes.
Those interested in hosting the radio shows in any Indian languages can contact Mamatha Srinivas @ mam_nis1@yahoo.co.in.
I hope you enjoy the program.

Thanks.

Regards,
Srinivas Seekallu
India students Association

Re: Postponement of Pike Lake trip to 28th July, 2007.

Dear friends,

Thanks for promptly registering for the Pike Lake trip. 30 students have already registered. I am very happy about the response. I appreciate it.
I am very sorry to inform you guys that our Pike Lake trip which was scheduled to July 14th should be postponed to July 28th, 2007 due to the clash of events from two associations. Hindu Society of Saskatchewan (HSS) is organizing a Garage sale at the temple premises on July 14th and July 15th. The HSS committee requested us to postpone our event so that both the events would be successful. So We decided to postpone the trip to July 28th, 2007. We are very sorry for the inconvenience. The registrations are still open. Please e mail to srinivas.seekallu@usask.ca asap so that we can order T-shirts and make other proper arrangements. If the response is good, we may go to book one more bus.
The bus will board at 9.30AM near Assiniboine Hall (101, Cumberland Avenue South).
I wish everyone to note the change in trip schedule and mark 28th July on your calender for ISA. The elections for the next executive body will be on 28th or 29th July, which will be confirmed later. I request those individuals who are interested to become an ISA executive member to mail me asap.

Thanks.

Have a nice weekend.

Regards,
Srinivas seekallu
President,
India Students Association

Informal meeting with Father of Green Revolution in India - Dr Swaminathan

Dear Friends,

ISA is organising an informal meeting with Dr Swaminathan on

July 5th Thursday at 10.30 Am - 11.30 Am in Biology 148.4

His contribution to help the rural poor has been phenomenal. His wisdom might teach us ways to take on the world and to contribute in adding value to the society we belong.

Please make use of this opportunity meet one of the internationally acclaimed scientists in agricultural science and agricultural economics. Bring him questions.

Let us meet a man whose leadership has shaped the dream of self sufficiency of food in India.

See you on Thursday at 10.30 Am - 11.30 Am in Biology 148.4.

~rAGU
For ISA

Re: ISA elections for 2007-2008

Dear ISA friends,

Greetings!

This mail is to inform everybody that the present ISA Executive Committee (2006-2007) will be successfully completing its one year term shortly. With all your support we were able to initiate and organize some new events this year. Personally and on behalf of the Executive Committee, I thank everyone for the support and ever-willingness in promoting Indian Students activities.

Now is the time to have the ISA elections to elect new committee for 2007-2008. The elections would be held for the following positions:

1. President
2. Vice-President
3. Treasurer
4. General secretary
5. Social secretary
6. Member-at-large
7. Web master

Anyone interested in standing for any of the above positions must e mail me @ drsvsrini@yahoo.com or isa_usask@hotmail.com ASAP.

We may have elections if there is more than one person standing for a particular position. Otherwise the committee will be formed unanimously. As you are aware by now, ISA is organizing the trip to Pike Lake on July 14^th to celebrate the success of the present ISA committee 2006-2007. We are also planning to have the elections to elect the new committee for 2007-2008 on the same day at Pike Lake.

We apologize for the short notice and expect the nominees as soon as possible.

Thank you.

Regards,

Srinivas Seekallu

President, India Students Association.

University of Saskatchewan.

Pike Lake Trip 2007

Dear all,
ISA is organising Pike Lake trip on July 14th Saturday, 2007, There are seats for around 50 individuals.

The cost of the trip is $10 per individual ($5 for kids above 5).
This includes;
A complementary ISA T-shirt worth 20$, for free. (T-shirts only for adults)
Lunch (Barbeque) at Pike Lake


Please send an email to srinivas.seekallu@usask.ca on or before July 6th Friday, to register. Please include following details.

First Name:
Last Name:
T-shirt size:(S,M,L,XL)

In case of overbooking alternative transport arrangements will be made. Those not wanting to buy T-shirts may pay $5 for the trip. However, those who want to buy only T-shirt may d so by paying $15 after the trip.

Please register before Friday so that ISA can order enough T-shirts and make proper arrangements for the trip.

You may find information about Pike Lake in www.saskatoon.ca
Please inform you friends. More details will be posted soon after registration.

Waiting to hear from you.

~rAGU
For
ISA

Please attend Dr Swaminathn talk on World Hunger and Food Security

ISA invites you to come to a talk

by

Dr. M. S. Swaminathan

Leader of Green Revolution in India

on

World Hunger and Food Security

Wednesday July 4, 7:00 pm

Biology Lecture Theatre – Room 106

More information can be found here.

http://www.arts.usask.ca/news/event.php?newsid=341

Please come in large numbers and make this programme a success.

By Any Means Necessary Documentary - April 19 Broadway Theatre

Dear friends and fellow International students at UofS,

 

some people consider the struggles of Indigenous peoples against the

ongoing colonization by the Canadian state and the multinational

corporations as a domestic issue. But Indigenous (aka Aboriginal,

Native) Nations are sovereign nations and thus it becomes an

international human rights issue. I am sure that in your countries,

too, there are still ongoing struggles against Western imperialism and

control, and that the Indigenous peoples in some of your countries are

still oppressed and marginalized by the dominant society.

if you would like to discuss this more, please email me, as this is of

academic and general interest to me. Thank you and good luck on your

exams, if you still have them ;)

 

 

Please circulate widely!

 

"By Any Means Necessary" is a documentary that chronicles the Treaty 10

right to hunt and the legal journey of the Buffalo River Dene Nation

from Northern Saskatchewan.  The documentary reviews the legal case in

Saskatchewan, the refusal to be heard at the Supreme Court of Canada,

and their international legal endeavours.

 

Broadway Theatre

Date:  Thursday, April 19, 2007

Time:  7:00 p.m.

Cost: $5.00

 

We look forward to seeing many people supporting this event.

A message by

Alex Korshever

 

~rAGU 

 

For

___________________________
India Students' Association
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada.
http://isa.uofs.googlepages.com 

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Blood Donation Drive March 19-23

The India Student Association, in cooperation with Canadian Blood Services, invites you to donate blood March 19-23 to mark March 21st, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Share your health and vitality. The theme for this year's Blood Drive
is "One Blood - One Humanity".

Regular clinic hours at 325-20th Street E.
Monday 8 am – 12 noon 4 pm – 8 pm
Tuesday 8 am – 12 noon
Thursday 8 am – 12 noon 4 pm – 8 pm
Friday 8 am – 12 noon

Please donate blood to make this a success.

For further information, visit the Canadian Blood Services website at:
www.bloodservices.ca
Call 1-888-2-DONATE to book at appointment.

You may also talk to Srinivas President ISA about the same.

ISA Blood Drive 2007
ISA Executives

Sangeethamala Radio Programme

Dear Friends,

Sangeethamala Radio program is on Saturday
in 90.5 FM Community radio station.
You can also listen to the
program by logging into www.cfcr.ca

Ms Mamatha Srinivas will be the host of this week`s programme.

Programs: 11am - 12pm - Hindi songs
12pm - 12.30pm - Ugadi special kannada program

There will also be some quiz questions and winners will get
attractive prizes.

Thanks.

Winners- ISA Carrom and Chess Championship-2007

Dear ISA members,
The ISA Carrom and Chess Championship-2007 was highly successful. After exciting competition and fun, the best players emerged victorious.
 
The winners are;
ISA Carrom Champion: Dr Prabhakar Medihalla
ISA Carrom Runner-up: Mr Naveen Puttaswamy

ISA Chess Champion: Mr Nakul Aloni
ISA Chess Runner-up: Mr Anup Reddy
 
Few consolation prizes are under active consideration.
 
ISA thanks all the participants and we would like to see you again next year.
 
Congratulations to the winners.
 
Regards 

___________________________
India Students' Association
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada.
http://isa.uofs.googlepages.com 

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Tournament this Sunday

India Students' Association is organizing Carrom and Chess tournament for our community people on:
 
Date: Sunday the 4th March, 2007 at
 
105-Souris Hall (Play room) 
McEowen park-
Corner of 14th Street and Cumberland Avenue South.
S7N1L5, Saskatoon

Timing: 11Am - 2 PM and 6 PM - 9 PM.
 
Entry is $2 for non-student members and free for students.
 
There are prizes for the winner and the runner up.
 
First Prize: $75
Second Prize: $50
 
Free snacks will be provided. We would greatly appreciate if you pass on this message to our community friends.
 
For any further clarification and sign up for the tournament, 
Contact:
drsvsrini@yahoo.com or call 477-2289.
Other contact persons:Mamatha: 477-2289Rajesh Jaiswal: 653-4855Kiran: 477-1706
 
For ISA
Ragu Kattinakere

___________________________
India Students' Association
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada.
http://isa.uofs.googlepages.com 
*** Please Read This if you are a New Student ***    VISIT HTTP://ISA.UOFS.GOOGLEPAGES.COM and join our email group. You may then send email to all Indian students. A student from your own department might be able to give you more usefull information than any of the ISA executive members. Do not forget to check the new students section in the website. If your arrival is finalised, fill http://isa.uofs.googlepages.com/ISA_ArrivalForm.txt and send it to us. That will help us arrange your pickup. All services offered by ISA are a favour extended to you by the designated/volunteering individuals in their personal capacity. 

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India radio on every saturday on 90.5 fm or www.cfcr.ca from 11am

Dear all,
 
India-Canada Cultural Organization (ICCA; www.iccasaskatoon.ca) airs
"Sangeetmala" on every saturday from 11 am to 12.30 pm. You can listen to this
program on FM 90.5 or online at www.cfcr.ca (and click the radio icon). The
program consists of Hindi segment from 11 am to noon, followed by regional
program segment until 12.30 pm.
 
You can also host the radio program, so that your dear ones around the world can
listen to you as a host and your choice of songs. It is required to take student
membership incase you want to host radio shows. The membership is very nominal,
i.e., $10/year.
 
You can also participate by listening to the Sangeetmala and can win exciting
prizes. Every saturday, there are two prizes for the THIRD CORRECT CALLERS of
two quiz songs. First prize is usually big (up to $ 100) and the second prize
is 8 "Garma-garam" samosas from Taste of India. You don't need membership to
participate. HOWEVER, I URGE THAT $10 IS NOT A BIG AMOUNT, TAKE MEMBERSHIP AND
SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION WHOSE VOLUNTEERS ARE WORKING HARD TO IMPART BEST
IDENTITY TO INDIANS IN SASKATOON IN GENERAL AND ITS CULTURE IN PARTICULAR.
 
Please call Dr. Khyser Pasha at 343-6005 for hosting the radio show.
 
Thank you,
 Rajesh Jaiswal

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ISA Annual Indoor Sports Activities

Dear ISA members,
With your support and enthusiasm we have planned to have an annual in door sports event. Presently we plan to conduct Chess and Carom tournaments. The place and the venue are yet be finalised. They are most likely to be on week ends in #105, Souris Hall, Cumberland Ave S. The details to the effect will be announced soon.

Those who are interested in participating in the tournament should send an email giving their name and the event that they are interested in BEFORE THURSDAY.

Prizes:

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First prize: $100 in cash

Second prize: $75 in cash

All the participants will have enough spicy snacks to fill the holes in the teeth, during the tournament. Special prizes for OPEN CLEAR and WITHIN 10 MOVE WIN are under active consideration.

Hurry up and send email to isa_usask@hotmail.com. To ensure commitment and healthy competition, we have thought of charging $2 fee to participants. Please pay at the venue.

~rAGU
For
___________________________
India Students' Association
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada.
http://isa.uofs.googlepages.com/
*** Please Read This if you are a New Student *** VISIT http://isa.uofs.googlepages.com/ and join our email group. You may then send email to all Indian students. A student from your own department might be able to give you more usefull information than any of the ISA executive members. Do not forget to check the new students section in the website. If your arrival is finalised, fill http://isa.uofs.googlepages.com/ISA_ArrivalForm.txt and send it to us. That will help us arrange your pickup. All services offered by ISA are a favour extended to you by the designated/volunteering individuals in their personal capacity.

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Annual Vegetarian Banquet - feel free to share with your contacts

FW: International Women's Day writing contest for female students

> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:32:54 -0600
> From: smitagarg@shaw.ca
> Subject: International Women's Day writing contest for female students
> To: ;
>
> Hello!
>
> I hope you're well and enjoying all the snow!
>
> This is a call for essays from female post-secondary students in the
> Saskatoon area for a writing contest to
> celebrate International Women's Day, sponsored by Business & Professional
> Women - Saskatoon Club.
> The submission deadline is in a little over two weeks (Feb. 16).
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> International Women's Day
> writing contest
>
> ** This contest is open to all females in post-secondary institutions
> in and around Saskatoon. Please forward this announcement to anyone you
> know who might be interested. Thank you! - BPW Saskatoon Club **
>
> Established in 1977 by the United Nations, this special day provides an
> opportunity to reflect on the progress made to advance women's
> equality, to assess the challenges facing women in contemporary
> society, to consider future steps to enhance the status of women and,
> of course, to celebrate the gains made in these areas.
>
> We want to hear your story and reflections about International Women's
> Day. What does this day mean for you? Let your voice be heard and
> inspire others!
>
> The contest:
> • The winner will receive a $250 cash reward, sponsored by Business and
> Professional Women (BPW) member Arlene Jorgenson of HEALTHSERV(Sask).
> • The winner will be recognized and given the opportunity to read her
> essay at the
> International Women's Day Celebration on March 6, 2007, to an audience
> of influential
> women in our community.
> • The winning essay will be posted on the Business and Professional
> Women website.
> • The winner will receive two complimentary tickets to the IWD
> Celebration event.
> • Contest closes February 16, 2007, and the winner will be notified
> February 23, 2007.
>
> The rules:
> • Your entry must be no more than 500 words.
> • The contest is open to females in all post-secondary institutions in
> the greater Saskatoon area.
> • Submit your essay with your contact information (full name, mailing
> address, phone number, email) by February 16, 2007. Send via email, to
> Dusty_Rose@cameco.com (subject heading: "IWD Writing Contest"), or mail
> (must be received by the deadline), to IWD Writing Contest, BPW Club
> Saskatoon Inc., Box 22, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 3K1.
>
> This award and International Women's Day Celebration are presented by
> Business
> and Professional Women (BPW) Saskatoon. Visit us at
> www.bpwsaskatoon.com
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ISA now has a WIKI !

Hi All,
ISA now has the WIKI pages. The IT department just created a wiki and enabled it for us.
 
 http://wiki.usask.ca/isa (It is empty now)

Please let me know if any of you  are interested in working on it to start a Knowledge repository. We can use this to start a digital ISA newsletter etc.
We can let ISA members air their opinon write articles or just post  their term research papers here.
 
BUT wiki has not been organised yet. We need GREAT guys who can learn and work on wikis.
Any takers? You need not be a computer wiz to do this.
 
~rAGU
___________________________
India Students' Association
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada.
http://isa.uofs.googlepages.com 

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Indian Food Sale in Place Riel

As part of international food festival traditional food of India will be made available in place riel.

Venue: Place Riel- in front of ISO
Date: Jan 31st (Wednesday )and Feb 2nd (Friday)
Time: 9.30 AM to 2.30 PM

A stall will be setup to sell spicy food of India. If you do not like spicy food, less spicy items are available for you as well. Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian combo-meal will be made available.

Food Items
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Combo-Meal
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Chicken Curry
Rice
Samosa
Chutney

Combo-Meal-VEG
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Chole (Chickpea Delicacy)
Rice
Samosa
Chutney

Samosa & Chutney
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Chai Tea
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Sponsored by
International Student Office and India Student Association

___________________________
India Students' Association
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada.
http://isa.uofs.googlepages.com/

Movie:"Vivah",January 14(Sunday) Broadway theater:2.30 pm

The next movie is "Vivah" (meaning "the wedding"). The film is about a
fun-filled journey from engagement to marriage. Vivah is a clean family movie.
So please come in crowd with family and friends.

Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Anupam Kher, Alok Nath
Official website: www.rajshriproductions.com

Date: January 14, 2007 (Sunday)
Time: 2.30 pm (door opens at 2 pm)
Venue: Broadway theater (on Broadway avenue)

PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS AMONG YOUR WIDE CONTACTS. Thanks!

___________________________
India Students' Association
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada.

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What Ancients Gave Us - BBC Documentary

Watch this amazing documentary on ancient India and her science.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgf86k8C62g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnlWvqQ-EtQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s50qoHNPl9Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVpLlz9SxlY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsRWG2AxldI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k70TXn-H5Vo

ISA