New Curriculum Management System now known as OPAL

^{(l-r)Dr. Dean Sandham, Aarti Paul, Dr. Torchia and Dr. Bruce Martin after the winning name was announced on April 14, 2009}

Dr. Mark Torchia won the Curriculum Management System Naming Contest for submitting “OPAL – Online Portal For Advanced Learning.” Dr. Torchia received a Mini Laptop for his winning submission.

3RD PLACE:
CRANIUM - The shell supporting the “brain” of our curriculum (submitted by Pat Mccullough)

2ND PLACE:
PANACEA - In Greek mythology, Panacea was the goddess of healing. She was the daughter of Asclepius. (Tania Gottschalk)

Other prize-winning entries:

MOST HUMOROUS ENTRY:
SMAC ME MAN - System Management of Curriculum for Medical Education in Manitoba (Gerhard Dyck)

BEST TONGUE TWISTER ENTRY:
ASCLEPIUS - God of medicine in Greek mythology (Mark Lipson)

MOST CREATIVE ENTRY:
AEIOU - Advance Educational Integrated Online Unit (Jasmir (Jay) Nayak)