What's Inside:

All About You - APRA Canada Chapter Information

• Editorial
• Treasurer's Report by Kevin MacDonnell
• Membership Update by Sarah McCarthy
• Mentorship Update by Radikha Jaggernauth
• Regional Update by Tracey Church
• President's Corner by Stephanie Jonescu
• APRA Canada Chapter Board of Directors 2010 by Mark Neilans
• APRA Canada Conference Updates and Committee List by Stephanie Jonescu & Julia Sutherland
• APRA Canada's AGM by Radikha Jaggernauth
• APRA Canada's External Relations Partners with Students at U of T 's Faculty of Information by Julia Sutherland

Featured Articles

• APRA Canada Scholarship Winner's Review by Corinne Hynes
• APRA Canada Scholarship Winner's Review by Eileen Lewis 
• Spotlight on Regional Representative from Ottawa by Shelley Steenhorst-Baker
• Benchmarking Lifetime Giving in Higher Education
  Review of Wylie/Samis Report by Stephanie Hilson

 Research the Canadian Way

• "You Ought to be in Pictures" - Colleagues' Contributions
• Appointments
• Announcements
• List of APRA Canada Regional Representatives

The Scoop is a quarterly publication of APRA Canada

Editors: Rachel Caldwell & Gretchen Wintermeyer

New & Improved

Editorial

We are excited to share the Fall 2009 edition of SCOOP with you in its new and changed format. APRA Canada has sucessfully launched its new website and for the first time the SCOOP is published in html format. We hope you enjoy the new look of our website and newsletter. 

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Treasurer's Report

The Chapter continues to enjoy healthy finances. Our bank balance is $30,451.04, our PayPal account balance is $1,123.85, and undeposited cheques total $168.00, for total cash on hand of $31,742.89. 

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Membership Update

Thank you to all members who renewed in July 2009. The transition to the July 1 renewal date for all members went smoothly. Thank you for your patience while we implemented this new system for yearly renewals.

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Mentorship

Be a Mentor to the Next Generation of Researchers:

As our profession continues to grow, so does APRA Canada's Mentorship Program. We continue to receive an increased number of requests for mentors especially in the Western Regions.

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Regional Representatives Update

As my tenure ends as the Chair/Director for Regional Representatives for the APRA-Canada Board, I want to take this opportunity to thank all of the volunteers who have made my job pretty easy these past couple of years! It has been a delight to get to know many of you either personally and/or virtually.

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President's Corner

Stephanie Jonescu, APRA Canada President

Welcome to the latest edition of The Scoop and, our wonderful new website. This new site is the product of months of planning and work coordinated by Alanna Scott our Director of Communications.

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APRA Canada Board Elections - Voting ends October 30, 2009 at 9:00 PM (EST)

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Conference 2010

First of all, a huge thank you to all of you who completed the location survey and also to those who have been in touch to offer your time and talents in planning the next APRA-Canada conference.

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AGM

APRA Canada's 2009 Annual General Meeting was held on July 28 in Boston. In keeping with tradition, the AGM was held during APRA's International Conference. The meeting was chaired by board member Alanna Scott.

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External Relations

APRA Canada's External relations Partners with Students at U of T 's Faculty of Information

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Research the canadian way

APRA Canada 2009 Scholarship Award Winner - Corrine Hynes

A colleague was absolutely right when she told me that the professional development highlight for a Prospect Researcher was to attend an APRA International Conference.

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APRA Canada 2009 Scholarship Award Winner - Eileen Lewis

My first session was the APRA Canada AGM, where the upcoming initiatives of the chapter were discussed, including the next Canadian conference. As well as taking care of business, we also got lovely Maple Leaf Stickers to identify ourselves as Canadians.

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Regional Representative in the Spotlight -

Shelley Steenhorst-Baker

My name is Shelly and I'm the Research Officer at Carleton University. I am also the regional rep for APRA Canada in Ottawa. I graduated with a B.A. in Women's Studies and Classical Studies from Trent University in 1999 then went on to an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa. I was called to the bar in 2004, but I found out quickly that I didn't want to be a lawyer. I had always been an active volunteer and I decided to have a career in the non-profit sector.

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Article Review: Benchmarking Lifetime Giving in Higher Education

Data mining consultant, Peter Wylie, and DataDescription president, John Sammis, recently released a short white paper discussing the topic that comes up most frequently in annual giving meetings: "Benchmarking Lifetime Giving in Higher Education."

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You Ought to be in Pictures

Some of our Canadian Colleagues enjoying Boston! 

"The Sunny Summer Social"  Toronto 2009

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Appointments / Announcements

APRA Canada Colleagues

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APRA Canada Regional Representatives

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