Archive for September, 2011

New CNIS T-shirts

View in French At least a dozen submissions were made to the CNIS T-shirt design competition, announced in July. With so many great ideas, it was difficult to choose, but the African continent outlined by surgical instruments seemed to stand…

Meet our Twinning Schools 2011-2012

Eight Canadian elementary schools are now ‘twinned’ with eight elementary schools in Axum, Ethiopia through the Canada/Ethiopia Elementary school Twinning Project. Starting this fall, the schools will share letters, art projects and stories, to teach their ‘twins’ about each other’s…

Bethune Round Table 2011

View in French The 11th Annual Bethune Round Table was hosted by CNIS and the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal for the first time on June 3-5, 2011. The meeting was an overwhelming success with participation from over twelve…