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6 + WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, May 14, 2008 The Corporation of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, hereby gives notice that an application has been made to the Minister of Transport pursuant to the Navigable Waters Protection Act for approval of the work described herein and its site and plans. Pursuant to Section 9 of the said Act, The Corporation of the Regional Municipality of Waterioo has deposited with the Minister of Transport, and in the office of the District Registrar of the Land Registry District of the Region of Waterloo at Kitchener under deposit numbers 1583113 and 1583131, a description of the following work, its site and plans: repairs to the Bridgeport Bridge and construction of a temporary bridge for the maintenance of traffic over the Grand River from Lancaster Street to Tyson Street in the City of Kitchener, Ontario. Comments regarding the effect of this work on marine navigation may be directed to: the Superintendent, Navigable Waters Protection Program, Transport Canada, 100 Front Street South, Sarnia, Ontaric N7T 2M4. However, comments will be considered only if they are in writing and are received not later than 30 days after the date of this notice. Aithough comments conforming to the above will be considered, no individual response will be sent. This notice issued May 14, 2008. Ken Seiling, Regional Chair Thomas Schmidt, P.Eng. Commissioner of Transportation and Environmental Services Regional Municipality of Waterloo NAVIGABLE WATER PROTECTION ACT R.S.C. 1985, CHAPTER Nâ€"22 Region of Waterloo PUBLIC NOTICE The board of directors of Canada‘s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) announced the appointâ€" ment of Neil Turok to the position of executive director last Friday. The appointment, effective Oct. 1, comes with the unanimous endorseâ€" ment of the institute‘s board following an extensive search and the unaniâ€" mous recommendation of the search committee â€" composed _ of _ PI researchers, members of its internaâ€" tional scientific advisory committee and members of the institute‘s board of directors. Mike Lazaridis, the founder of PI and chairman of the board, personally led the successful search and said, "We are extremely pleased to welcome Prof. Turok to Waterloo. He is a worldâ€" renowned scientist of the highest caliâ€" bre and provides tremendous research and leadership experience. "He is ideally suited to build upon PI‘s considerable international achievements to date in scientific research and educational outreach as we move forward in our next ambitious phase of development." Turok named new director of Perimeter Red Leaf Student Programs need families in Kâ€"W to host a student from Spain (July 1â€"29) or from France (July 9â€"30). Students attend classes and activities Monday â€" Friday Host families receive compensation to offset costs. Participate in a funâ€"filled exchange! For more information please contact Aleith at 519â€"503â€"3229 Neil Turok Commenting on his appointment, Turok said: "I am thrilled and honâ€" oured to serve as the next executive director of Perimeter Institute, or PI. The institute‘s innovative approach, its flexibility and its determination to tackle the most basic questions are already attracting the world‘s most brilâ€" liant students and researchers to Canaâ€" da. "Working with the excellent PI team, I hope to strengthen these developâ€" ments so that PI becomes a world epiâ€" centre for theoretical physics, catalyzâ€" ing major scientific breakthroughs." Prof. Stephen Hawking, the internaâ€" tionally acclaimed scientist at the Uniâ€" versity of Cambridge and a close colâ€" league of Turok, said: "Neil Turok will make an excellent director of the Perimeter Institute, which has estabâ€" lished itself as a worldâ€"leading centre of research in theoretical physics. "He has been a colleague of mine for a number of years and I have been very impressed by his insight and origiâ€" nality. "The combination of Neil and PI is brilliant and holds great promise for the future." Turok currently holds the chair of mathematical physics at Cambridge University, where he is also the director of the Centre for Theoretical Cosmoloâ€" _ He earned his PhD at Imperial Colâ€" lege and, in 1994, became a professor of physics at Princeton University. _Arhong his many honours, he was awarded the 1992 James Clerk Maxwell medal of the U.K. Institute of Physics.