No Images? Click here Get your CE points while in Jasper - register today! The Continuing Dental Education 2019 Passport Series has begun! Have you attended yet? Introducing our newest program that provides you with CE points but gets you out to some awesome Fairmont Resort destinations for fun and adventure! The more you attend, the more discounts you receive for courses, hotel amenities, with a chance to win two free nights at any Fairmont Resort (Mountain Region) and 50% off a CDE course! Day of Dentistry wraps up succesfully, March 28 52 vendors from across the country and the United States of America attended the 2019 Day of Dentistry, March 28, making it the biggest vendor fair yet hosted by the School of Dentistry. The day included 30 research poster presentations; and special guest keynote speaker Dr. Marcia Boyd who is a recipient of the Order of Canada. There 10 speaker sessions covering a variety of topics related to dentistry which included the first dental hygiene career session with practicing hygienists offering career advice and DDS graduates reflecting on their dental journey. Winners of the $500 Research Poster Presentations are: Umar Rekhi, Shima Shahbaz and Mahnoor Shahab. Congratulations to all the winners! Congratulations to the Student's Choice Award winners Congratulations to Nicole Vanderlee and Daniela Roth, winners of the inaugural Student's Choice Award presented by the Student Research Group! Their poster presentations at the Day of Dentistry impressed the crowd and received the most votes from those in attendance. ADEA 2019 sees highest visitors from School The 2019 American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Annual Session & Exhibition was held March 16-19 in Chicago. The exhibition saw the highest submission of posters from the School of Dentistry. The graduate poster presenters also included Silvia Capenakas and Silvia Ortiz. Are you looking for a dentist or dental hygienist? If you are looking to hire dentists or dental hygienists in your practice, don't forget to send us your posting as well. We will gladly post them on our intranet and share with all our students. Please send any postings to dentweb@ualberta.ca. Pacific Dental Conference 2019 brings full house Just over 100 alumni attended the Pacific Dental Conference Alumni Reception, March 8 in Vancouver during PDC weekend. The conference is one of the largest dental conferences in North America offering a varied and contemporary selection of continuing dental education programs. Over 200 open sessions and hands-on courses and close to 300 exhibiting companies took part in the weekend. Spring Fling raising funds for Boyle McCauley Dental Clinic Planning for the 2019 Spring Fling in benefit of the Boyle McCauley Dental Clinic is underway! This year's event will feature tours to the new clinic. Don't wait until the last minute to purchase your tickets! Online sales have already began. Don't forget to check out the winter edition of Alumni Connections If you haven't checked out our latest edition yet, don't wait any longer. Read some great stories inside this issue of the Alumni Connections publication. |