history is porthole to professor's success: 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 names 2006 distinguished researcher
this award, alongside harpelle's extensive list of achievements will certainly benefit the social sciences and humanities. his wide range of interests includes international development, central america's late nineteenth century immigrant, and cookbooks published in saskatchewan. he has produced films, developed websites, and written a substantial number of articles and books.
"history has given me access to explore any and all of my interests," harpelle comments. "that's the beauty of this field - you can study anything you want because everything has a history." he notes that 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 researchers and faculty generate a multitude of incredible research contributions and efforts each year. "the fact that i have been given this honour makes me feel more pride and gratitude than words can express."
a native of st. pierre-jolys, manitoba, harpelle completed his undergraduate and masters degrees at the university of manitoba, and later obtained his phd in history from the university of toronto in 1992. a latin-americanist, his 20-year working masterpiece is a large collection of archival documents dealing with the west indian diaspora to central america between 1850 and 1950. harpelle is also deeply interested in development economics; in fact, he was the first historian to be funded by the international development research centre (idrc), an ottawa-based crown corporation which assisted with production costs for his film entitled banana split - a piece which focused on issues pertaining to the banana trade. harpelle, along with his filmmaking wife kelly saxberg and a team of other interested parties have undertaken several film projects within this genre, one of which includes the award-winning piece dorothea mitchell: a reel pioneer. harpelle emphasizes the teamwork involved in his filmmaking activities and acknowledges the endless achievements that can come to fruition when people of similar interests work cooperatively.
teamwork maintains a position at the forefront of harpelle's current agenda. he and former colleague bruce muirhead will write an intellectual history of the idrc. through discussions with researchers about what their work entails and the associated role the idrc has played, harpelle believes it will be easy to determine the results. "the idrc has a knack for funding very promising young people in many countries around the world, and it has propelled a lot of brilliant works and ideas forward throughout the years," harpelle adds. "even thirty-years after these funding recipients have moved on and have immersed themselves in success, they remember who gave them funding early in their careers."
members of the university and thunder bay communities enjoyed harpelle's lecture entitled nomadic wanderings across the academic plain at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 on wednesday, november 21.
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media: dr. harpelle is available for media interview and can be reached at 807-343-8691. for additional information about this media release, please contact: heather scott, communications officer, 807-343-8177, commun@lakeheadu.ca; or eleanor abaya, director of communications, 807-373-8372, eabaya@lakeheadu.ca
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