FAST FIVE for the week of April 21, 2013


New Chair: Clark Ferguson, the CIO at the University of Lethbridge, has been named the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Alberta Association in Higher Education for Information Technology (AAHEIT). AAHEIT website

Digital media growth: The University of British Columbia IT department hired Bruce Marchfelder, an award-winning video director, to their team. Bruce will help UBC IT media development create high-quality communications for groups on and off campus. New media director

Textbook mobile app: Brock University has introduced a mobile app to scan text book bar codes and instantly tell students the trade-in value of an old textbook. Brock's textbook app

ORION Conference: The annual ORION THINK conference is being held this week in Toronto. the theme of this year’s conference is “Extreme Data” – the trends, the issues, and the impact on Ontario’s research, education and innovation communities. Thinking about ORION

Departure: Bill Appelbe, the CEO of Compute Canada, is no longer with the organization. Compute Canada website 

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