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Robert Thirsk High School grads, you make me proud

June 7, 2017 R. Thirsk Leave a comment Education

I participated last week in the graduation ceremony for the 2017 class of Robert Thirsk High School. In the evening, I attended the class’s grad banquet. It was the third graduation for the school which has now been open for four years. As a member of the ceremony’s platform party, I congratulated all 450 graduands […]

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Graduation 2016 at Robert Thirsk High School

May 22, 2016May 26, 2016 R. Thirsk Leave a comment Education

I participated on May 19 in the graduation ceremony for the 2016 class of Robert Thirsk High School. What a joy that was! It was the second graduation for the school which has now been open for three years and has grown to 1400 ‘Comets’. Amazing. The ceremony was especially memorable since this morning’s graduands were the […]

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High school students get amazing hands-on learning at UCalgary anatomy lab

May 6, 2016May 6, 2016 R. Thirsk Leave a comment Education

Last week I spent an enjoyable morning in the anatomy lab of the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Professor John Bertram and his staff of instructors today hosted a couple of high school classes and introduced them to the subject of human anatomy. I was invited by John to observe the session since […]

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  • Arts
  • Asteroids
  • Astronauts
  • Canada
  • Chancellor
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  • Convocation
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  • Deep Space
  • Discovery
  • Diversity
  • Education
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Exploration
  • Exploration de l'espace
  • Failure
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  • International Space Station
  • Leadership
  • Lifelong
  • Literature
  • Mars
  • Media
  • Medicine
  • Moon
  • Movies
  • Music
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  • Organizational Behaviour
  • Recherche en santé
  • Remote Healthcare Delivery
  • Research
  • Science Fiction
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