Staff Awards and Achievements

October 2001

• MBA Degree Awarded
• Fraser Valley Fields Yield Scientific Prize
• APEX Award 2001

MBA Degree Awarded
While on a transfer of work to Ontario at the University of Guelph, Dr. Paul McCaughey successfully completed his requirements for the Master of Business Administration degree in Agribusiness. He returned to his position as research scientist in beef pasture management at Brandon Research Centre effective September 4, 2001. His MBA studies focussed on a broad range of topics related to agribusiness, such as management accounting, marketing, corporate finance, statistics, human resources, futures and options, equity markets, managerial economics, strategic management, operations management, business law, and the Canadian Securities Course. He will be applying the knowledge he acquired over the last year to develop an economic analysis of beef production systems in the Aspen Parkland.
Contact: Paul McCaughey, pmccaughey@agr.gc.ca

Fraser Valley Fields Yield Scientific Prize
Dr. Bob Vernon, Entomologist at the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre is one of the winners of the Science Council of British Columbia Science Awards in the category of "Solutions Through Research". The award, which will be presented at a banquet at the Vancouver Hotel on Monday, October 29th, recognizes his contributions towards developing and implementing Integrated Pest Management programs in vegetable crops over the past 25 years. A photo and an accompanying article about Dr. Vernon's career was printed in the Vancouver Sun on Thursday, September 20th when the award winners were announced.
Contact: Bob Vernon, vernonb@agr.gc.ca

APEX Award 2001 5NR Communications Working Group
A publication produced by the Strategic Promotion Team for the 5NR Communications Working Group has recently received an APEX 2001 award. Earth Tones... The Book won in the category "Education and Information Brochures" and was one of 41 winning Canadian entries. The APEX annual award recognizes excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the ability to achieve overall communications goals by professional communicators in North America.

Earth Tones... The Book is a companion publication to the Earth Tones television series broadcast on Discovery's flagship science news magazine @discovery.ca. Both the book and the television series feature government scientists at work and demonstrate the many ways federal researchers are tackling environmental issues that affect the quality of life for Canadians.

The APEX award attests to the high-quality collaborative work involving communications and policy professionals from the 5 departments dealing with natural resources to promote and communicate federal science to Canadians.
Contact: Janet Dowell, dowellj@agr.gc.ca

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