Ort VOL. 25, N° 11 MARCH I. 2001

Indigenous marine management Alt Maltas ...u-aall off. i m pace& ... Concordia signs more agreements in China

BY BARBAR A BLACK dia's John Molson School of Business istry and coating engineering. Anoth­ focuses on Web-based instruction, Hunan University (HU): This was also in Beijing, where he present­ er focus will be the development of academic technology training and agreement will focus on engineering The Con~ordia administrators ed information at an industry session new technology in the treatment of computer-based language testing. and computer science to promote who visited China last month involving Bombardier, SNC-Lavalin solid waste and agricultural residue. Academy of Chinese Traditional collaborative research and academic with Team Canada signed a number and Air Canada. Beijing Concord College of Sino Opera (ACTO): This institution , exchanges. It will focus initially on of significant agreements with insti­ Pulp and Paper Indus trial Canada (BCC SC): One hundred despite its name, also teaches mod­ areas in the field of building engi­ tutions there. Research Institute: This agreement and twenty students are expected to em music similar to that of Concor­ neering, specifically, industrial inter­ The delegation was led by Rector will focus on the bio-degradation of arrive next September as a result of dia's Music Department. The actions and sponsored research. One Frederick Lowy, with the participa­ waste from the pulp and paper this agreement, which will focus on agreement will include the develop­ specific goal of the agreement is to tion of Marcel Danis, Vice-Rector, industry and the photo-bleaching of the placement of Chinese undergrad­ ment of academic co-operation with establish a co-operative training pro­ Institutional Relations and Secretary paper. More specifically, collabora­ uate students at Concordia, and will industry, and will include faculty and gram between the two parties, name­ General, and Dean of Arts and Sci­ tive research will be aimed at envi­ explore the feasibility of transfer student exchanges for research and ly, the NU/CU Twinning Building ence Martin Singer, who is a Sinolo­ ronmental pollution issues, such as credit arrangements for BCCSC stu­ training. Concordia's Faculty of Fine Engineering Degree Program. gist. pulp and paper treatment, new dents who begin their undergraduate Arts will collaborate with the ACTO continued on page 11 Mohsen Anvari, Dean of Concor- bleaching technology, paper, chem- studies in Beijing. The agreement School of Fine Arts.

· Community meeting about construction at Loyola

public meeting will be held this long, low building running parallel sion will hold a hearing to look at ence building is the first phase of that ASaturday morning to provide to West Broadway St. plans for the Loyola campus on long-term plan. information to residents in the Loy­ It will house Biology, Chemistry March 7 at Montreal City Hall, start­ At the end of April, a similar hear­ ola area about Concordia's plans to _and Biochemistry, Physics, Psycholo­ ing at 7 p.m. ing will be held for the space plan as build a new science complex on the gy, Exercise Science, and the Science This is part of the normal process it relates to the downtown campus. west-end campus. College, as well as the Centre for regarding municipal approval for the The information session on building Rector Frederick Lowy has sug­ Studies in Behavioural Neurobiology university's master space plan as it plans for the Loyola Campus takes place gested that Concordia staff who live and the Centre for Structural and applies to the new science complex, 9:30 -11 a.m. on Saturday, March 3, in in the Loyola area might like to Functional Genomics. athletics complex, performing arts the Bryan Building, 3475 West Broad­ attend. The Urban Development Commis- pavilion and new residence. The sci- way St., Room 207. S.J. Father City councillor Jeremy Searle, who Patrick G. Malone supports the project, has been instru­ mental in calling the meeting to Father Patrick Mal on e, Re ctor of Loyola College from 1959 and Vice­ address any possible concerns by res­ Rector of Concordia from 1973 to . idents of the quiet residential neigh­ 1974, has died in Pickering, Ontario, bourhood. in his 83rd year. These may concern the route of Father Malone will long be trucks and workers, available park­ remembered for leading what had been a small men's college of 850 ing, the activities of nearby St. students into a complex urban insti­ Ignatius Loyola church, noise levels, tution of more than 13,000 full-time and even customary dog runs. and part-time students. The meeting will be chaired by He was one of the leading Eng­ Dennis Murphy, Executive Director lish-speaking Jesuit educators in Canada, fulfilling academic admin­ of Communications. Vice-Rector Ser­ _istrative posts in Halifax and Win­ vices Michael Di Grappa will speak, nipeg as well as here in Montreal as will an architect from the consor­ and in Pickering, whe re he was tium Marosi Troy/Jodoin Lamarre based at Manresa Retreat House at Pratte/Cardinal Hardy and Associ­ the time of his death, and where his funeral will be held today. ates, who can explain some of the The university and the Jesuit details of the building's design. community will hold a memorial ser­ It is expected that ground will be vice on March 8 at 3:30 p.m. in the broken this spring or summer for the Loyola Chapel, to which all are invit­ science complex, which will be a Artist's rendering of the new science complex at the Loyola Campus. ed. Business scholars are optimistic about globalization

BY SIGALIT HOFFMAN it's likely that Western companies in telecommunications and in manu­ want the luxuries that the average Ikea does not sell products made by will make inroads into developing facturing winter boots. Globalization North American has," Chandra said. child labour, these standards have oncordia professors are eager to countries as part of this trend, he did will make it easier to export these Globalization is the result of a been difficult to enforce in their Indi­ Cembrace the inevitable. Interna­ not foresee foreign companies threat­ products, and will result in cus­ worldwide adoption of a capitalist an plants. Camey said that the local tional business professor Ramdas ening focal businesses. tomers getting better products at bet­ social structure. There have been two governments sometimes side with Chandra believes that while global­ "Local companies will respond," ter prices. experiments, he said, capitalism and local businesses that try to break the ization is a certainty, it may also raise he said. "They will become more Not only do industries stand to communism. "It seems that the capi­ rules. the standard of living of developing effective, more able to compete." For gain from globalization, Carney talist model has won out," he said, Chandra believes the entry of countries. "There's no way around example, Latin American car manu­ believes that companies are in danger and cited vast amount of empirical multinational companies has threat­ it," Chandra said. "What happens in facturers have continued to be suc­ of losing by not becoming multina­ evidence that links free markets with ened local identity, and insisted that Japan affects you in Canada." cessful despite GM plants like the tional. Since the aviation industry economic growth. governments institutionalize the pro­ Professor Chandra explained that one in Brazil. has remained nationally based, a Before globalization can benefit tection of local identity. the presence of multinational compa­ In some cases, local companies will "country that doesn't have a good developing countries in the long­ Carney disagreed. He predicted nies have changed the way business­ be at an advantage. The Caribbean airline is stuck with it." term, Chandra warned that there consumers will guard their identity es compete. They have broadened tourism industry is one such exam­ Chandra pointed to the saturation must first be a stable political system by distinguishing between cultural the sphere of competition, and put ple. of domestic markets and the opening in place. "In the long run, unless and consumer goods. "People still less efficient companies in danger of Concordia business strategist Mick up of markets like India and China there are legal systems, there won't prefer their news from a Canadian being undercut and forced out of the Camey thinks that globalization will as the two major causes of globaliza­ be too much benefit to the larger company, not Ted Turner's CNN . market. allow countries to capitalize on their tion. Thanks to new communications population." They don't care where their stereo is Globalization can be a blessing to strong points. technology, citizens of developing Carney pointed out that some­ made." developing countries. "In the short "Where there's globalization, countries have seen and sought the times, companies in developing This is the second in a series of arti­ run, economic growth deals with countries must decide where they do industrialized world's standard of liv­ countries do not want to conform to cles about the issue of globalization from poverty, and brings in new technolo­ well, where their natural skills are," ing. international working standards. the perspective of Concordia professors gy," Chandra said. Although he said Professor Camey said. Canada excels "They want this lifestyle. They Although the furniture manufacturer and students.

Welch studies privatization around the world World Bank applies pressure heodora Welch is doing her PhD ent," Welch said in a telephone inter­ were started by the state, and in only Tin business strategy at Concor­ view from Cambridge, Mass. "Imag­ a few cases, in partnership with pri­ to improve governance dia, but from the vantage point of ine stretching that [American) model vate operators. Harvard. right around the world." "I actually have three fellowships heodora Welch's internship in Washington brought her into direct A recipient of the Harvard Infor­ W elch did h er undergraduate that bring me in contact with three Tcontact with the World Bank, which is headquartered there. mation Infrastructure Project degree in political science at McGill groups," she .e xplained. "One group She says that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund Research -Fellowship, she is doing and her MBA at Concordia, specializ­ is involved with changes in the infor­ are linked in the public mind and operate in tandem, but seen at clos­ her research at the Belfer Center for ing in finance. Then she had a great mation technology sector, another er range, they are also often in conflict. Science and International Affairs in opportunity to broaden her horizons: looks at international phenomena, 'The IMF is a bank that helps countries tally up what they owe. the John F. Kennedy School of Gov­ an internship at the Canadian and the third is concerned with busi­ Countries trade with one another, and at the end of the day, or the ernment and the Center for Business embassy in Washington, D.C., where ness and government policies." year, some owe money to others," she explained. and Government. she worked with international finan­ Welch loves living in ·Cambridge . "In fact, some may owe a lot. Some may not owe so much, but still She's studying privatization cial institutions, particularly develop­ Her apartment is close to the Divini­ may be unable to pay. Others are always being owed by other coun­ around the world; specifically, the ment banks. She has also done stints ty School, the original "department" tries. interface between public and private as a consultant for the World Bank, of Harvard when it was founded in "The World Bank is set up to help redress these imbalances over telecommunications ownership in Private Sector Development Depart­ 1636, and she walks through a bit of time, to support economic development so that trade balances will be developing countries. ment, while working on her doctor­ Americana every day on her way to more rather than less advantageous for developing economics. Unlike It's a fruitful area for research, she ate. the Kennedy School. the IMF, it is a policy organization; a development policy is always says, because the models for studies "I was able to see where business "It's a vibrant village - expensive, attached to its lending actions." of privatization have traditionally policy and public policy come modem, dynamic, filled with young Welch said that in the past few years, since its policies went so dras­ been U.S. ones, and these have a together, on a global scale," she people," she said enthusiastically. tically wrong in post-communist Russia, there has been a shift in ori­ remarkable way of breaking down recalled. She has been looking at 73 Now in the final phase of her doc­ entation. when they're applied outside the transactions in the developing world torate, she expects to teacli. in "Until the mid- to late 1990s," she explained, "privatization initia­ U.S. -even to Canada. involving telecommunications sys­ Boston, Washington or Ontario. tives were aimed largely at poverty reform. Now there's an emphasis "We're so [geographically) close, tems. In all cases, and unlike the on governance. That means that loans to governments in support of but our business sector is so differ- American experience, these systems - Barbara Black safeguards to check corruption and other inequities."

NOMINATIONS Spring 2001 Convocation medals and awards

0 Graduating students (Fall 00 and Spring 01) may be nominated for the following: ., EIYN Gasc~"Tuesday, March 6, 8:30 p.m. H-407 ' Montrealer Elyse 's first book, Can You W8V8 Bye Bye, Baby, The Concordia Medal, The Malone Medal, • established Gasco as a writ be watched. ttet short story collection examin- ing preg~(lpy, mothe adoptiQO woiJ Jhe 1999 OSPELL Best First The O'Brien Medal, The Stanley G. French Medal Book Awar.t and was sh tor the 1999 Governor General's Award for ' Fiction. The titl& story won the prestigious Journey .Prize. ' Gasco studied Creative Writing at Concordia and NYU . The First Graduating Class Award is presented to a person who has made the most innovative contribu­ :r., tion, academic or extracurricular, to university life. It is open to all members of the university community. Coming CU.P,;1, ¾i Ytr: . Nomination forms and criteria are available from the Dean of Students Offices (SGW and LOY) and the 201, E~'.~ (Mar!:~i~ "

Birks Student Service Centre (SGW). The deadline for nominations is March 23. They should be sent to $ ~")~- the Office of the Registrar,' SGW-LB-700, Attention: H. Albert. Sponsorea by the English Department, the Creative Writin~ program, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the League of Canadtan Poets. :; ·-· ~- . -•.

2 MARCH 1 , 2001 Co n co rdia ·s Thursday R e port With love and longing, Anne Dandurand

BY ALYSON GRANT and sexuality. But the writing is also or Concordia writer-in-residence highly experimen­ FAnne Dandurand, writing is the tal. ultimate gesture of love . "I asked myself "There's a lot of solitude and you how can we now This column welcomes the submissions of all Concordia are condemned to poverty as a write a love story faculty and staff to promote and encourage individual and writer, but you do it for the love of that is not senti­ group activities in teaching and research, and to encourage someone you'll never know - the mental but can work-related achievements. reader," Dandurand said at an inter­ show all the kinds view in her cozy Concordia office. of love that can Dandurand got hooked on the be," Dandurand Congratulations to Henry Hong (Mechanical Engineering), who has been awarded the 2001 Ralph R. Teeter Educational Award from the Society of intimate relationship between reader said. "We see love Automotive Engineers. It will be presented this month at an SAE confer­ and writer after the publication of everywhere in an ence in Detroit. He has been the SAE Faculty Advisor at Concordia since her first ~ook 20 years ago. She was imperialistic way 1996, working with teams of students who take part in international com­ waiting in line at a bank when a between a man petitions to develop more effective alternate-fuel systems for cars and woman behind her told her that her and a woman, but trucks. book had put a ray of sun into her there can be love Vince Graziano, Reference and Subject Librarian for English in the Web­ life. between men and ster Library, has published a chapter on searching databases in the "I almost fainted and I don't know between women, human ities in a new edition of the book Manual of Online Search if I even thanked her, but suddenly, so I wanted a more Strategies. from there, writing to me was giving unive rsal way of Congratulations to Omair Ahmad (Electrical and Computer Engineering), something to somebody else," Dan­ looking at love. " who has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electron­ durand said. Her solution is Dandurand, evocative in two languages. ics Engineers (IEEE) in recognition of his contributions to electrical and information technology. After that exchange, Dandurand to have the main gradually moved away from acting character talking to an "S," leaving "I do everything, change the hair, (atherine Mavrikakis (Etudes frani;aises) is among the five finalists for and journalism to become a full-time gender ambiguous. ''I'll eventually put on lashes, everything, and I the Prix Anne-Hebert 2001, awarded by Radio-Canada and the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris. fic tion writer. She has made good on translate it myself, but that kind of make the costumes and the decor," her commitment to giving to readers game is much harder to do in she said. Kathleen O'Brien (Design Art) was recently awarded a $4,000 research with the publication of several cele­ French," Dandurand said. "When I do a makeover, it imme­ grant from the Irish American Cultural lnstitute's Research Fund and an endowment given by the Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Family of St. Paul. brated novels and collections of short diately gives a soul to the doll. " The award presentation to ok place at the Irish embassy in Washington, stories. Readers, in tum, have made Passion in a comma One of those dolls sits smoking D.C., on January 25. Since 1996, O'Brien has been compiling photo docu­ Dandurand one of Quebec's most English or French , Dandurand behind Dandurand's computer on mentation of Irish Famine commemorations in Canada and Ireland over loved and respected French-language writes with passion. "I write for life, her desk and seems a third presence many years. This award will allow her to include sites in the U.S . O'Brien authors. and I try to change, if only by a in the room. Like her writing, the has been active in the development of Canadian Irish Studies at Concor­ comma, the way society is," she said. dolls, with their amazing detail and dia, including teaching a course called Transitions in Irish Art and Culture. English work-in-progress "I think that every good writer does strong personalities, are clearly a ges­ Congratu lations to our student cha pter of CSIE, the Canadian Society of Dandurand's wo rk-in-progress that, tries to change power abuses. A ture of Dandurand's love. They are Industrial Engineers, who were presented with the Robert F. Moore may take her out of her Fren ch good poem can change your political also indication of her artistic-power Award for best serving their members throughout the year in social and academic matters. The award was presented at the CSIE annual confer­ world fo r a while, however. Like her stance in life." and experience. ence in Toronto in January, and 38 Concordia students attended. hero, Franz Kafka, whose picture she Dandurand's writing, if not overtly Dandurand brings that experience keeps in her home offi ce, she is now political, does draw attention to life's to her work as writer-in-residence. Congratulations to Arshad Ahmad (Finance), who has undertaken. a major volunteer task for the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher trying her hand at writing in another less fo rtunate. Her characters are "For those students who want to Education (STLHE). He will be the coordinator of the 3M Teaching Fel­ language. often the disaffected, the lonely, the meet me, I can be of some help. I'm lowship Program, taking over from a professor at McMaster University "I think in English every Wednes­ suffering. 'T m more drawn to the not like their teacher, 1 am neutral," who has done this work for 15 years. Ahmad is himself a 3M Teaching day when I'm here, and even when • forgotten, because there are so many, she said. "Perhaps that makes me Fellow, and has just completed his PhD in education at McGill University. I'm on my way here in the metro, so and we never hear fro m them," she more harsh or more sweet, but l can Congratulations to Theatre student Joe Cobden, who made history by 1 took the opportunity to start writ­ said. bring them experience as a writer." being the first anglophone to win a trophy from La Soiree des Masq ues, ing in English," she said. "It's li ke In addition to characters on the Some titles by Anne Dandurand: La Quebec's annual theatre awards ceremony. The Nova Scotia native, who being in a new universe, a new coun­ page, Dandurand also brings charac­ marquise ensanglantee, Deathly has done some fine comic acting in student productions, won in the "revelation" category for his role in the Irish black comedy The Beauty try that I've never seen." ters to life through her work as a Delights (L'Assassin de l'i nterieur/Dia­ Queen of Leenane, produced last year at the Centaur. The work's title is Radioscopy of a designer doll artist. She turns special bles d'espoir), The Waiting Room (La Few Sorrows, and it promises some of Barbie-sized dolls into evocative and Salle d'attente), The Cracks (Un Coeur Karin Doerr (Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics/Simone de Beauvoir Institute) was invited by the Holocaust Education and Memorial Dandurand's familiar subjects: love powerfully life-like creations. Qui Craque). Centre of Toronto to present a lecture for the 20th Annual Holocaust Education Week last October. Her talk was called "Arbeit macht frei: Language and Memory." Suresh Goyal (Decision Sciences/MIS) was recently identified by the edi­ Theatre en Mouvement tor of the Journal of the Operational Research Society to have published Un col/oque en hommage a Pierre L'Herault the highest number of contributions in the journal over a recent period: 43 contributions over 19 years. Goyal has also been invited to attend a T e Departement d'etudes francaises de l'Universite « Theatre En Mouvement » en est le theme et la three-day conference held by the Technological Institute and Superior Lconcordia, en collaboration avec la revue Spirale, joumee complete lui sera consacree : Studies of Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico, next September. organise un colloque en l'honneur de Pierre L'Herault, Le vendredi 16 mars, clans !'atrium du Pavillon Patricia Morley, Professor Emerita of English and Canadian Studies and professeur titulaire au Bronfman (1590 Docteur Penfield), de 10 h a 17 h. On Lifetime Honorary Fellow of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, gave a "" departement d'Etudes en profitera pour dresser le bilan de la situation du talk on her recent book The Mountain is Moving: Japanese Women's Lives (UBCP) to the Friends of the Library at Trinity College, Un iversity of franc;:aises de Concordia theatre actuel au Quebec ainsi que sur les impasses et Toronto, on February 7. a la retraite depuis peu Jes mondes possibles. et critique de theatre a la Des lectures dramatiques sont prevues et une table­ Lorna Roth (Comm unication Studies) presented a paper called "(re)Colouring the Public Broadcasting System in Canada: A Case Study revue Spirale , specialiste ro nde reunira trois grands noms du milieu du of the Aboriginal Peoples' Television Network," at the Rethinking Public de Jacques Ferron. theatre qui donnent le ton aux Nouvelles identites Media in a Transnationa l Era conference, which took place at the Centre M. L' Herault nous quebecoises : Pan Bouyoucas, Marco Micone, et Wajdi for Media, Culture and History at New York Un iversity in mid -Ja nua ry. quittera au mois de ma rs Mouawad. Hugh McQueen (Mechanical Engineering) has returned from the Metallur­ pour Autriche. 11 sera Temoigneront de la carriere de Pierre L'Herault : gical Society (AIME) annual meeting in New Orleans, where he presented professeur invite du Lucie Joubet, Marcel Olscamp, Sherry Simon, Gi.uette one invited lectu re an d three research papers. Since he retired in 1998 Centre d'etudes canadi­ Michaud, Elisabeth Nardout-Lafarge , Lucie Lequin et afte r 30 years at Concord ia, he has presented eight keynote lectures and en nes de l'U niversite Catherine Mavrikakis. Un vin d'honneur sera servi a 17 34 research papers at 17 international conferences. Moreover, during d'Innsbruck ou il heures et l'enuee est libre. this period, he prepared 19 manuscripfs for journals. He says that the big factor in inc reasing productivity was "complete cessation of commit­ Pierre L'Herault enseignera la litterature tee work and reduction in teachi ng," altho ugh he has enjoyed giving a quebecoise. - Evelyne Abitbol course each term.

<:,o n co rdi a ·s Thursday Report 3 Board discusses interim evaluations

tudent presidents asked to resped rights BY LAURIE ZACK unit and the possibility of there being tions were passed by the Board. This letter was sent February 12 to the free speech to which we are all enti­ excellent staff candidates available In her report to the Board, the six student association presidents at Con­ tled. t their February 21 meeting, the elsewhere in the university. It also chair of the collective bargaining cordia. The University cannot, and will not ABoard of Governors spent some addressed some concerns about staff committee, Marianne Donaldson, I have no doubt that you are fully tolerate these tactics if we are to sur­ time debating the interim evaluation evaluating the deans to whom they reported that with the recent agree­ aware of the two incidents involving vive as an institution committed to procedures for the three deans (Arts report. ments with the trades, maintenance the forcible closure of recruiting and upholding academic, political and and Science, Engineering and Com­ Likewise, part-time faculty union and distribution workers, ACUMAE information tables in the Hall Building social freedom. puter Science, Graduate Studies) concerns about applying their own and Vanier Library workers, all Con­ provided to the Canadian Security Tolerance, openness, patience and who are in the penultimate year of electoral process to the selection of a cordia union have now signed agree­ Intelligence Service and the Black an unswerving dedication to the rights their mandate. The evaluation com­ ments. Watch Regiment. Responsible depart­ of others are demanded of us all if we representative as opposed to relying ments of the University are currently are to guarantee the protection of the mittees will determine whether a full on the Faculty Councils to choose a Vice-Rector Marcel Danis clarified conducting investigations of these rights that we all enjoy. As leaders of search, which entails both time and representative were dealt with by this, saying that all existing agree­ events. I can assure you that the Uni­ the student community, your willing­ expense, is warranted. amending the original resolution. ments except one run until 2002, but versity will pursue all actions possible ness to communicate this message to After discussion, two amendments Rector Frederick Lowy also spoke that he has offered unions the possi­ under the Code of Rights and Respon­ your membership, and to condemn were passed dealing with the repre­ about more input in the evaluation bility of beginning negotiation imme­ sibilities. those who would subvert the rights of sentation of administrative and sup­ process from outside the Faculty by d ia tel y on their next collective Dissent and protest are indispens­ others for their own gain, will be cru­ port staff and part-time faculty on the explaining the participation of an agreements. Negotiations with CUFA able and invaluable components of cial in ensuring that Concordia con­ proposed nine-member evaluation external advisor (a dean from outside will begin shortly. both our academic and political sys­ tributes to the defense of the rights committee. the university) who, although not a In response to questions from tems. These two incidents do not and freedoms of all members of our Board members vo ted to allow member of the evaluation committee, Board members about the recent qualify as either. They are, however, community. more flexibility in the selection of a would act as a consultant and incidents with campus recruiters (see an attempt by certain individuals to I am writing to you publicly to ask deny organizations with which they for your assistance in this challenge. staff representative by stipulating that resource person in the evaluation letter on this page), General Counsel disagree and of which they disapprove Michael Di Grappa administrative and support staff process. Bram Freedman explained that a the same rights of free assembly and Vice-Rector, Services members should be nominated by The resolution approving the complaint has been filed under the the Electoral College, "preferably interim evaluation process for the Code of Rights and Responsibilities. Clarification on Senate Notes from the relevant unit" (i.e., Faculty). positions, incorporating the two He explained that there are several The amendment addressed con­ amendments, and a resolution out­ possibilities, including an informal Regarding Senate Notes (CTR, Feb. Dean of the Faculty of Engineering cerns about limiting the selection of lining the timetable for the evaluation resolution mechanism or a formal 8), I would like to point out the fol­ and Computer Science, the Council of staff members only to the relevant and possible search for these posi- hearing procedure before a board. ln lowing: the School of Graduate Studies the case of Code violation, there is a The following sentence is inaccu­ approved the curriculum proposal in wide range of sanctions available, rate: "Considerable discussion result­ principle on the condition that the ranging from letters of reprimand to ed from the fact that the School of completed proposal be corrected and CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Graduate Studies could not present approved at a subsequent Council fines , suspensions and even expul­ the changes to the curriculum in their meeting." 2000-2001 DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARDS COMPETITION sion. Vice-Rector Michael Di Grappa final form and was asking Senate to The statement, "the changes were THE JOHN MOLSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS approve them in principle." passed" should be corrected to read: said that security measures would be It should read : "Senate passed the proposal in princi­ Teaching forms the very foundation of our academic lives, and is reviewed to ensure that the rights of "The Faculty of Engineering and ple on the condition that the complete of central importance to the standing and reputation of the John guests at the university are properly Computer Science presented a sum­ and corrected proposal be approved Molson School of Business. Students and Faculty members are respected. mary of their curriculum proposal. by the Council of the School of Grad­ The proposal had not been scheduled uate Studies and returned to Senate invited to help recognize, reward and further motivate teaching by the steering committee of the for debate and approval at a subse­ excellence by identifying candidates, teaching in the School of Council of the School of Graduate quent meeting." Business, for the awards . Nominations forms can be obtained Studies because it was incomplete and Elizabeth Sacca from GM201. The winners of the competition will be honored at the Tfiursaay Report contained errors. At the request of the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies June 2001 convocation. Deadline for nominations: March 12, 2001. Concordia's lhursday Report is the community newspaper We welcome your letters, opinions and comments. Letters must be signed. include a phone number, and of the University. It is published delivered to the CTR office at BC-121 / 1463 Bishop St., faxed 1514-848-2814). or e-mailed 18 times during the academic year [email protected] ia.ca) by 9 a.m. on the Friday prior to publication. on a bi:.weekly basis by the Public Relations Department of Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal, Quebec H3G 1MS (514) 848-4882 University recognizes contributions and years of service E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (514) 848-2814 John Woodrow will leave Con­ ship in 1998 by merging the Audio­ Technology Transfer of M~Gill Uni­ Administrator at the Hospital for cordia, where he has served as Visual Department with Computing versity. Sick Children in Toronto. Material published in the newspaper may not be reproduced without Executive Director of Instructional Services. Erica joined ORS in 1994, bring­ Dean of Graduate Studies and permi$Sion. 1"e Bock Page listings and Information Technology Ser­ He headed several innovative ing to Concordia years of experi­ Research Claude Bedard thanks ·are published free of charge. vices since November 1994. projects, including the introduction ence with the Natural Sciences and Erica, John and Melissa for the con­ Events, Notices, and dassified Ads must reach the Public Relations _ His career at Concordia spans 30 of e-mail, voice mail and the Inter­ Engineering Research Council of tributions to the university, and Department (Bishop Court, years, a period of rapid technologi­ net at the university, high-speed Canada. She has been instrumental wishes them well in their future 1463 Bishop St, Room 115) cal change during which Concordia networking, major PC lab upgrades, in negotiating contracts for Concor - endeavours. in ~ng no later -~ Thursday , 5 p.iii. prior to Thursday' publication. experienced the extensive develop­ the online library system, the MIS dia's researchers, acquiring patent Joanne Beaudoin will be the ment of computing, voice and data project (payroll system), the wire­ licenses and managing the office Interim Director, Office of Research ISSN 1185-3689 communication systems, voice mail less laptop project and the IITS during a period of major cutbacks Services, from February 19 to May •Publications Mail Agreement No.: and voice recognition, instructional information kiosks. He also partici­ for staff and researchers. 31. Joanne has a Master's degree 1758594 technology and media develop­ pated in many university commit­ John Fryer, Manager of Grants from the University of Toronto, and ment. tees, working groups and task and Systems, will leave the univer­ she has been at Concordia since EdlW 8arbara Black John received his BSc from Sir forces. sity to take up the position of Insti­ 1990, when she first joined George Williams University in 1971 Vice-Rector Services Michael Di tutional Coordinator at the Canada Research Services. Layout and began his career at Concordia Grappa has expressed the gratitude Foundation for Innovation (CFI) in She was at ORS for five years, Debbie Hum · in the Computer Centre software of the whole Concordia community Ottawa. John has been at Concordia then left her position as Grants Concept and Production group. He served as head of the for John's steadfast commitment, for 13 years, first in the Office of Manager to become Supervisor of Elana Trager group, head of operations and soft­ and wi shes him success in his new Institutional Research , and, since the Student Service Centre in the Marketing Communications ware, head of academic and techni­ pursuits. 1994, the Office of Research Ser­ Offi ce of the Registra r. Currently, World Wide Web Site cal ervices, director of the MIS Erica Besso will leave her post as vices. she is Administrative Director, pr.concordia.ca/ctr/ office, director of Computing Ser­ Director of Research Services to Melissa Bahula, Grants Assis­ School of Graduate tudies and vices, and finally head of !ITS, become Liaison and Business Devel­ tant, has left the university to Research. Best wishes in your new which was created under his leader- opment Officer with the Office of become the Human Research Ethics post, Joanne.

1 1 MARCH' 1., 2001 co n co rd i a •s Tl\ ursd a y R e port Stephen Callary will be advisor on intelledual property

BY BARBARA BLACK hauled, but it's already out of date. However, his interests go beyond tephen J. Callary has been the law itself, because he has such a Sappointed Special Advisor to the broad perspective on where universi­ Provost and Vice-Rector, Research, ties are going. Callary is acutely on Copyright, Intellectual Property aware of the demand for digital and the International Delivery of delivery of knowledge. Education via Electronic Media. He § Distance education has been Research fellows celebrated brings vast international experience ~ around since your grandmother took to this pro bono appointment. i correspondence courses by mail. All A breakfast reception was held at the Chdteau Versailles on February 5 to Callary is the vice-chairman and ~ over the developing world, there are honour the Concordia University Research Fellows for 2001 . Each will receive

CEO of the Copyright Board of *z ingenious models, Callary said, from $5,000 and will give a public lecture this calendar year. Canada, and a consultant in the field . "' radio and television delivery to He says he would like to give some­ Stephen Callary remote (literally remote) classrooms. Irene F. Whittome thing back to an institution he values There are huge distance-education Irene F. Whittome is a distinguished artist who has set high standards dearly. A Loyola College graduate put in place, but internally and with­ universities, including the Open Uni­ for creative practice in the Faculty of Fine Arts. She has had many solo (BA· 68), his father attended Loyola, out fanfare . versity in the U.K., with more than exhibitions, including a four-month retrospective last year at the Musee and now his daughter is doing an Callary went on to new challenges: 200,000 students, and India's open du Quebec of 300 works made between 1963 and 1999, under the title MA here. a post in the Privy Council Office university system, which has an Bio.fictions. He went on to take a law degree at during the last years of Pierre enrolment of about 600,000. In 1998-99, Professor Whittome presented a series of installations at McGill, and completed a PhD in law Trudeau an

Co n co rdio ·s Thursday Re port - MARCH 1,... 2001 '. 5 Renaissance of the Norris Building

Our hearty congratulations to the ley Tavern, where, after many Y and all its members. drafts, the mind was freed from the - With information from Ja ne oppression of Erudites. he YMCA's Norris Building, on Shulman. From these humble spaces, Con­ Tthe east side of Drummond St. cordia set its foundation firmly on between St. Catherine St. and de Memories the education of the less privileged: Maisonneuve Blvd., has just under­ We invited some Concordians to the city's working class, the immi­ gone a $20-million facelift. share their memories of the Norris grants and domestics. Nobody could be happier than Building: The Black Theatre Workshop of the Concordians who remember Montreal had its beginnings there. studying, teaching or working there Professor Sandra For a year, free of charge, it used when the Norris was the home of Paikowsky Birks Hall for teaching its members Sir George Williams University, one I was a fine arts students in the dance, movement, speech, and act­ of Concordia's founding institu­ Norris Building, although most of ing. Its first major public perfor­ tions. Indeed, Sir George Williams our classes were held in the building mance, How Now Blac k Man, was College started with night-school at the northeast corner of Drum­ rehearsed there. The Negro Theatre classes given by the Y, the Young mond and de Maisonneuve in the Guild held several performances Men's Christian Association, in its mid-1960s. there. 1912 neo-classical building and its My main Norris memory is of Good Gad'· Thirty-three years 1936 extension. working in the library. Having come ago, I was attending a meeting of Tom Swift, Nancy Marrelli and Lynne Prendergast standing in the Built next door to these buildings from the Maritimes, I had never the Trinidad and Tobago Associa­ lobby of the "new" Norris. Tom was Director of Admissions of Sir in 1956 at a cost of $3 million, the seen a library with so much art tion in ·the Norris Building when I George, then of Concordia, and is now an international recruitment Norris was homely and functional, material - it was a treasure trove. I got the news that my daughter was advisor to the John Molson School of Business. Nancy worked in the library in the Norris, and says she met her husband there; she is designed specifically to house the think that the library, almost more born. Back then, we were still using now Concordia Archivist, and kindly provided the accompanying mushrooming enrolment of Sir than my classes and professors, the slide rule and Pascal approxima­ photos. Lynne worked in Admissions in the Norris from 1964 to George. motivated me to become an art his­ tions for inverting a matrix. Sitting 1992, earning three degrees over the years; she is now Registrar of By the 1960s, the tie with the Y torian. here in this digital moment, I can't the university. was loosening, but students still This experience was all the richer imagine that time has gone by, it made good use of the pool and the as I worked at the circulation desk seems, so imperceptibly. chapel. ln 1964, the new building part-time for a year and was named after Kenneth E. Norris then got the job of my (1903-1957), the principal of Sir dreams as I ran the sep­ George from 1936 to 1956. Under arate periodicals room his leadership, the College grew at night for two years. rapidly, granting degrees in 1936, Since very few stu­ and obtaining its university charter dents showed up in the in 1948. evenings, I had the In 1966, when the Henry F. Hall place and the time to Building was built, SGWU severed myself. As a result, I its financial ties with the Y, but the read every art periodi­ legacy of education as a life-long cal and other publica­ process, long upheld by Kenneth tions in the humanities, Norris, had been firmly established. providing myself with a Space in the Norris continued to superb education. I be rented by Concordia. The library look back on that expe­ was the last to leave, in 1992, when rience with nostalgia the J .W . McConnell Building and envy, particularly opened. because of the fact that Writing in the Gazette last week­ for four evenings a end, architect Susan Bronson said week I had the luxury The exterior of the Norris, on Drummond St., looks much the same that the Norris "was an unequivocal of reading simply for now as when it was built in 1956 (above), but the interior has been statement of its time and a symbol the pure pleasure of transformed. Above right, the Sir George bookstore, when it was of the Montreal Ys progressive edu­ learning. new. Below right, Sir George students had the use of the YMCA cational role in the 1950s." swimming pool. She went on: "From an environ­ Professor mental perspective, the reuse of the Clarence Bayne Norris Building represents a more Guys wandering through the ecologically sound approach than a office corridors with nothing on but Professor Stephen adjoined the YMCA, but you have a the top floor, where the librarian new building .. . . Although much of a bath towel, thinking that they Scheinberg family readership, so no details will seemed most interested in zealously its interior is unrecognizable, those were on their way ro the shower. I came to Sir George Williams in be given. guarding her collection. Unforget­ who knew it before will recognize Some of us wonder if they had gen­ 1962, and have many memories of One should not ignore the con­ table characters included English certain qualities, such as its abun­ uinely descended a level too low the Norris, including the "faculty­ venient location of the building. On Department chair Neil Compton, dant natural light and some finishes, from their YMCA overnight room. and-staff-only elevator" and being the Stanley St. side in the 1960s, confined to a wheelchair, who like the original terrazzo floors ." And then there were the transparent asked for my i.d. to ride it. There one could find a marvelous Hun­ made a deep impression on many She noted that the Y, once white, objects that came to rest on ,our were the long, hectic registrations in garian restaurant [the Pam Pam] of us due to his intellectual depth English-speaking and male, has for window sills, on their descent from Birks Hall, with the lines stretching with mouth-watering ludlab and engaging personality. There many years now been as eclectic as the rooms above us. on forever. (chocolate nirvana). There was also was the History Chair, Ed McCul­ any institution in Montreal. The curtains in our offices were Later, there was [writer] Hugh a radical bookstore, appropriate to lough, who ranted about the First This is the oldest YMCA branch held together by the dust that had Maclennan, who lost his office at the Sixties, and later, a faculty World War and British responsibili­ in North America, and this project gathered for years. The Drummond McGill but who took up our offer of member opened a bar in that loca­ ty while keeping his eyes fixed on caps its 150th anniversary. Along St. elevator that worked less fre­ an office there. Others who passed tion. those women with ample bosoms. with state-of-the-art fitness equip­ quently than the escalators in the through were [architecture histori­ On the corner of St. Catherine Registrar Donald Peets was a large ment, its renovation includes some Hall Building do now. offered ser­ an] Phyllis Lambert and former gov­ and Drummond some of us found presence who never seemed to talk poignant touches of history, such as vice at last resort if you found the ernor-general Romeo LeBlanc, both the best croissants at Aux Delices, when he could bellow. the chapel, a little gem built in 1931 winding staircase a challenge. Your of them teaching on a part-time and others, mainly in the English Student politicians could be and long closed to the public, which flight along the corridor past the basis. Department, had a friendly water­ found in the basement, where some has bee'n reconstructed in the newly Registrar and Accounting services I could go into the odd incidents ing hole upstairs at the Yacht Club. of them, even then, found interest­ renovated building. took you, mercifully, into the Stan- in the men's washroom which There was the library confined to ing ways to divert student funds .

. 6 . MARCH 1, 2001 Co n c o rdia •s Thursday R e port Beadwork is ethnomathematics for Native educators

BY EILIS QUINN love what you are doing or not," Ghostkeeper told the teachers. "If t is time to challenge the idea of students see that you are balanced Imath and science as sets of abstract and committed, they will give that laws and principles and start back to you in the classroom." approaching them as skills we use Ghostkeeper asked teachers to naturally in our day-to-day lives. come away from the workshop chal­ This was the message that rang out lenging the Western approach to sci­ in many of the workshops offered to ~ ence as theoretical and fra gmented math and science teachers of aborigi- g and to look at science as it is in native nal students at the DreamCatching ~ culture: a series of relationships and 2001 conference which took place ~ cycles, part of everyday life. February 7 to 10 in the Henry F. ~ By the end of the conferen ce, Hall Building. ~ teachers enthusiastically described Workshops covered areas such as At left, Trina Slapcoff, a Concordia student, and Cathy Sewell, from the University of Alberta, in a workshop on how workshops had inspired a the integration of information tech­ using beadwork to teach mathematics. At right, Virginia Hall and Geoff Black, who are both from Adua, the wealth of new ideas to take back to nologies into science lessons, instruc­ umbrella association for summer science camps, take part in a workshop on using water in the science curriculum. their communities. tion tools to help teach hands-on Barbara Muller, a teacher of sec­ science in the classroom, and career approach as ethnomathematics: the and Darren Googoo, Education ditional Mi'kmaw dice games of his ondary level math and science at planning for aboriginal students. But relationship of math to culture. In Director in Membertou, N.S. , were region to the curriculum. Ullurniaq School in Kangiqsualu­ workshops also touched upon the the workshop, Barta promoted the already planning how they were "We haven't allowed our children jjuaq, Northern Quebec, echoed the education of younger children and idea that all mathematical concepts going to implement the workshop's to see enough of their culture in the sentiments of many DreamCatching the well-being of teachers, as part of appropriate to elementary students ideas into their lesson plans. classroom," he said. "Culture isn't 2001 participants. She said, "The a total approach to education. can be illustrated with beadwork. Bork, who teaches at a school that static. They need to be able to see it, holistic approach [to education] has At a workshop titled "For the Sev­ "The way we teach math and sci­ is 95-per-cent aboriginal, even hoped change it and make it their own. given me a lot to think about." enth Generation: Connecting Mathe­ ence often causes many obstacles," to include beadwork in the final That's what this can do for them, The conference was sponsored by matics and Aboriginal Culture in the Barta said. "In the way we teach exam. along with getting them hooked on Concordia's Native Access to Engi­ Classroom," the possibilities for native kids, we turn them away from "Look at this! " Bork said, holding mathematics when they are young." neering Program (NAEP), which is in developing an understanding of who they are. What we should be up the multicoloured beadwork. In a workshop titled "WECHE turn sponsored by several depart­ mathematical concepts through abo­ saying is, 'You're a gifted beadworker ''You've got everything here, percent­ Teachings for Challenging Expecta­ ments of the federal government. riginal beadwork and patchwork and that already makes you a gifted age, ratio, graphing - even algebraic tions," Elmer Ghostkeeper stressed The event started with the official were explored. mathematician."' geometry!" the balance of physical, mental, emo­ launch of Distributed E-Learning for Dr. Jim Barta, from the Depart­ Half-way through the workshop, Googoo, intrigued by the whole tional and spiritual elements of First Nations Science Education ment of Elementary Education at participants Allan Bork, a teacher at subject of ethnomathematics, saw an teaching. (profiled in the last issue of CTR, Utah State University, described his Sherbrooke School in Edmonton, opportunity to adapt some of the tra- "Students can see whether you February 8).

Concordia is tops in energy conservation DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR MATURE STUDENTS among Quebec universities After a period in which the Centre for Mature Students has continued to provide services to students without a Director, we are searching for vves Gilbert, Director of Utilities and Energy Conservation Depart­ someone with experience and vision to lead the Centre for the next I. and Energy Conservation, ment was significantly reduced. three years. explains: "No major capital investment in "For each fiscal year, each uni­ energy conservation projects was versity has to submit to the Min­ despite severe budget constraints; needed to achieve this kind of per­ • The Director, Centre for Mature Students (CMS), is a istry of Education its energy also the personnel of the Utilities formance." faculty member who reports directly to the Provost/Vice consumption and cost figures. The Rector, Res!!arch. Ministry uses this data to send to • The Director will b_e responsible for developing and over­ universities a comparative report of seeing a consultative process, involving the Council of the energy consumption and costs Fellows, the Provost and the CMS staff, that will result in for all universities in the province the setting of strategic and operational goals for the CMS . of Quebec. This report is titled Per­ formance energetique des bcitiments • The Director will be responsible for the organization of pour le universitaire. the Office and the efficient use of all of its resources. "The last report, fo r fiscal year • The Director will be responsible for planning, budgeting, 1998-99, lists 16 universities. The coordination and the evaluation of all CMS activities. six largest ones are Concordia, Laval, McGill, Universite de Mon­ • The Director will act as the spokesperson for the CMS treal, UQAM, and Sherbrooke. The and liaise with relevant internal and external bodies con­ other ones are much smaller. cerned with the interests of mature or adult learners. "Among those six largest univer - • The Director will advise Mature Students. sities, Concordia is the most ener­ gy-efficient one, the efficiency • The Director will receive and adjudicate all complaints being measured in terms of Giga- concerning the CMS. joules per square meter (Gj/m2). ~ "Concordia has used 1.14 Gj/m2 • The Director will be responsible for the hiring, supervi­ ~0 for 1998-99, while our closest ~ sion and evaluation of the CMS staff. 8 competitor among the largest uni­ a:~ • The Director recruits and recommends Fellows of the a versities, UQAM, used 1.50 Gj/m2 z

•. concordia•s Thursday R epo rt Beadwork is ethnomathematics for Native educators

BY EILIS QUINN love what you are doing or not," Ghostkeeper told the teachers. "If t is time to challenge the idea of students see that you are balanced Imath and science as sets of abstract and committed, they will give that laws and principles and start back to you in the classroom." approaching them as skills we use Ghostkeeper asked teachers to naturally in our day-to-day lives. come away from the workshop chal­ This was the message that rang out lenging the Western approach to sci­ in many of the workshops offered to ence as theoretical and fragmented math and science teachers of aborigi­ and to look at science as it is in native nal students at the DreamCatching culture: a series of relationships and 2001 conference which took place cycles, part of everyday life. February 7 to 10 in the Henry F. By the end of the conference, Hall Building. teachers enthusiastically described Workshops covered areas such as At left, Trina Slapcoff, a Concordia student, and Cathy Sewell, from the University of Alberta, in a workshop on how workshops had inspired a the integration of information tech­ using beadwork to teach mathematics. At right, Virginia Hall and Geoff Black, who are both from Actua, the wealth of new ideas to take back to nologies into science lessons, instruc­ umbrella association for summer science camps, take part in a workshop on using water in the science curriculum. their communities. tion tools to help teach hands-on Barbara Muller, a teacher of sec­ science in the classroom, and career approach as ethnomathematics: the and Darren Googoo, Education ditional Mi'kmaw dice games of his ondary level math and science at planning for aboriginal students. But relationship of math to culture. In Director in Membertou, N.S., were region to the curriculum. Ullurniaq School in Kangiqsualu­ workshops also touched upon the the workshop, Barta promoted the already planning how they were "We haven't allowed our children jjuaq, Northern Quebec, echoed the education of younger children and idea that all mathematical concepts going to implement the workshop's to see enough of their culture in the sentiments of many DreamCatching the well-being of teachers, as part of appropriate to elementary students ideas into their lesson plans. classroom," he said. "Culture isn't 2001 participants. She said, "The a total approach to education. can be illustrated with beadwork. Bork, who teaches at a school that static. They need to be able to see it, holistic approach [to education] has At a workshop titled "For the Sev­ "The way we teach math and sci­ is 95-per-cent aboriginal, even hoped change it and make it their own. given me a lot to think about." enth Generation: Connecting Mathe­ ence often causes many obstacles," to include beadwork in the final That's what this can do for them, The conference was sponsored by matics and Aboriginal Culture in the Barta said. "In the way we teach exam. along with getting them hooked on Concordia's Native Access to Engi­ Classroom," the possibilities for native kids, we turn them away from "Look at this! " Bork said, holding mathematics when they are young." neering Program (NAEP), which is in developing an understanding of who they are. What we should be up the multicoloured beadwork. In a workshop titled "WECHE turn sponsored by several depart­ mathematical concepts through abo­ saying is, 'You're a gifted beadworker "You've got everything here, percent­ Teachings for Challenging Expecta­ ments of the federal government. riginal beadwork and patchwork and that already makes you a gifted age, ratio, graphing - even algebraic tions," Elmer Ghostkeeper stressed The event started with the official were explored. mathematician.'" geometry!" the balance of physical, mental, emo­ launch of Distributed E-Learning for Dr. Jim Barta, from the Depart­ Half-way through the workshop, Googoo, intrigued by the whole tional and spiritual elements of First Nations Science Education ment of Elementary Education at participants Allan Bork, a teacher at sui)ject of ethnomathematics, saw an teaching. (profiled in the last issue of CTR, Utah State University, described his Sherbrooke School in Edmonton, opportunity to adapt some of the tra- "Students can see whether you February 8).

Concordia is tops in energy conservation DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR MATURE STUDENTS among Quebec universities After a period in which the Centre for Mature Students has continued to provide services to students without a Director, we are searching for vves Gilbert, Director of Utilities and Energy Conservation Depart­ someone with experience and vision to lead the Centre for the next .1 and Energy Conservation, stajj ment was significantly reduced. three years. explains: "No major capital investment in "For each fiscal year, each uni­ energy conservation projects was versity has to submit to the Min­ despite severe budget constraints; needed to achieve this kind of per­ • The Director, Centre for Mature Students (CMS), is a istry of Education its energy also the personnel of the Utilities formance ." faculty member who reports directly to the ProvosWice consumption and cost figures. The Rector, Research. Ministry uses this data to send to • The Director will b_e responsible for developing and over­ universities a comparative report of seeing a consultative process, involving the Council of the energy consumption and costs Fellows, the Provost and the CMS staff, that will result in for all universities in the province the setting of strategic and operational goals for the CMS. of Quebec. This report is titled Per­ formance energetique des batiments • The Directo r will be responsible for the organization of pour le universitaire. the Offi ce and the efficient use of all of its resources. "The last report, for fiscal year • The Director will be responsible for planning, budgeting, 1998-99, lists 16 universities. The coordination and the eva luation of all CMS activities. six largest ones are Concordia, Laval, McGill, Universite de Mon­ • The Director wi ll act as the spokesperson for the CMS treal, UQAM, and Sherbrooke. The and li aise with releva nt internal and external bod ies con ­ other ones are much smaller. cerne d with th e interests of mature or adult learners. "Among those six largest univer­ • The Director wi ll advise Mature Students. sities, Concordia is the most ener­ gy-efficient one, the efficiency • The Director will rece ive and adjud icate all compla ints being measured in terms of Giga­ con ce rn ing the CMS . joules per square meter (Gj/m2). • The Director will be responsib le fo r the hi ri ng, supervi ­ "Concordia has used 1.14 Gj/m2 si on and eva luati on of the CMS staff. for 1998-99, while our closest competitor among the largest uni­ • The Director recruits and recommends Fellows of the versities, UQAM, used 1.50 Gj/m2 CMS for appo intment by th e ProvosWice Rector, (31.5 per cent more than Concor­ Staff members of the Utilities and Energy Conservation group were Res ea rch. dia) during the same period, a sig­ _photographed in the huge boiler room below the Hall Building. They are Josef nificant difference. Concordia had • The Director chairs committees, worki ng groups, ta sk Belafi, Jacques Castelletti, Martin Dicaire, Noel Denault, Olivier Desilets, Stephan fo rc es as the need arises. also the best energy performance in Drolet, Richard Guertin, Joe Luciano, Pierre Marchand, Marilyne Moreau, Pierre 1997-98, and in 1996-97. Pilotte and Robert Pouliot. Unfortunately absent for the photo were Pierre "Over the years, we significantly The appointment is from June 1, 2001 , to May 31 , 2004. Send applications Begin, Robert Bertrand, Jacques Bourque, Yves Gilbert, Michel Jolicoeur, Nancy reduced our energy consumption La brecque and Sylva in Vaillancourt. by March 15 to Dr. James E. Jans, Centre for Mature Students, S - LB 517.

a_ MARCH 1, 2001 co n c o r dia·s Thur s d a:r R e port It , I t I• I' . . STUDENT I.IFE . . .. Art Matters Festival - March 5 - 16

o celebrate the 25th Anniversary Working with children who have best way to break up with someone Tof the Faculty of Fine Arts, a been abused or who have behaviour in the most painless way possible group of students have organized an problems, she notices that, over (for themselves, that is!). Stulberg arts festival to present their work to time, what cannot be verbally acts as well as directs, and finds it the public. The festival , which will expressed often finds a voice challenging to pull off both at the feature 80 projects through pictures. "It's a method for same time. '\., ! .A from all Fine Arts them to cope or release anxieties," "You're in the process and you disciplines, runs she said. Singh and other students objectively evaluate other people's from March 5-16 at studying Art Therapy will showcase performances, but it's a little diffi­ a mural about their experiences in cult to evaluate your own," he con­ tMJit A loca·•· tions on ~ Lvt1L «;, and off the department. fessed. The Forefather's Fiasco will campus. Nadine Faraj (ice-cube decora­ play at the D.B. Clarke Theatre on tions): Nadine Faraj traces her pen­ March 7 at 8 p.m. and at Reggie's Michael Farnan (ice sculpture): chant to create multi-purpose art to on March 14, also at 8 p.m. Michael Farnan's snow sculptures her background in design. "Design Here are some of the places you can on the Loyola campus have attracted art is all about functional art. Things see and hear students' work in the Art a lot of attention. Of course, work­ should not only be beautiful, but do Matters festival: the ing outdoors may have some draw­ good as well," she said. Take her VA V Gallery and the backs - his first sculpture, of three decorative ice sculptures, called hallway of the Visual people sculpting, was destroyed by a . Blessed Seeds, which dangle from the Arts Building, at Rene- recent windstorm - but Farnan· trees lining the passage to the Levesque Blvd.; the remained unfazed. "l was really Vanier Library. On the surface, they mezzanine, lobby and happy when l went to see my work are pretty ornaments, but as the seventh floor of the that Sunday [before] it was weather warms up and the ice Henry F. Hall Build­ destroyed," he said, adding that his melts, the ice will melt to reveal tin­ ing, plus the terrace true enjoyment comes from working gling bells as an homage to the outside Java U and the with the material. Farnan will also Oscar Peterson Concert Hall nearby; walls and windows of present a series of oil paintings he another will release bean seeds onto Reggie's Pub; the calls Walking in the Rain After 2000 the moist ground below which will Guadagni Lounge and Years of Christianity. hopefully sprout in the spring. The Hive at Loyola; Abha Singh (art therapy): Art David Stulberg (theatre piece): and atrium of the can reveal a lot about a person, says The stress of putting on a live show McConnell Building Abha Singh, a second-year Master's is beginning to creep up on Film (library complex, student in Art Therapy. She volun­ Studies student David Stulberg. His SGW). Top photo: Art Therapy students Abha Singh and Cindy Newton. Above left: Nadine Faraj teers at the Montreal Children's play, The Forefather's Fiasco, is about (Interdisciplinary Studies in Fine Arts) with her ice sculptures. Above right: Studio Arts Hospital Psychiatry department. three guys trying to determine the - Anna Bratulic student Michael Farnan, with his sculpture of a prison-like space.

Celebrate National Engineering Week SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES Open House - March 5 to 9 Call for nominations - Award for Graduate Mentoring For an information session and tour. please cc;1II Student Recruitment, at 848-4779. March 5 - Women in Engineering - Hall Building, 7th Floor For the first time, an award will be presented to recognize excellence in mentoring. It Designed to encourage female high school and CEGEP students to pursue studies will be given annually to a full-time professor who has taught at the graduate level at in the sciences and engineering, this event dates back to 1993 and was formerly Concordia University for at least six years, and is currently involved in graduate student known as Engineers of Tomorrow. This year's keynote speaker is Deborah Wolfe, training. Director, Educational Affairs. Canadian Council of Professional Engineers. and a former military engineer. March 6 - ECA Societies and Clubs Exhibition Day- Hall Building, 7th Floor Current and former students are asked by their graduate students' associations (GSA, More than ever, student involvement is an integral part of university Iife . These ECSGA and CGSA) to nominate deserving candidates. At most, there should be four associations organize activities, conferences and company tours, which comple­ nominations from the Faculty of Arts and Science, and two each from the other three ment the textbook theory and classroom experience component of engineering Faculties. One additional nomination from interdisciplinary studies (PhD Humanities education. and SIP) may also be submitted. March 7 - The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Activity Day - Hall Building, Mezzanine The deadline for nominations is March 30. Concordia has an active student-run branch of the international Society of Automo­ The full award document can be consulted at www.concordia.ca/gradstudies.html. tive Engineers. It is composed of students from all engineering disciplines who have a common interest in bu ilding and designing on- and off-road vehicles, as well as airplanes. The SAE will demonstrate the various vehicles used in their stu­ dent competitions and will hold an interactive video car-racing challenge, a power­ tools skills competition, and various workshops. 2001 Summer March 8 Concordia Robowars - Hall Building, H-110 (Auditorium) Employment Expo Robowars is a robotics competition open to all CEGEPS and universities across Call for nominations Canada. Students' ability to design self-contained, innovative remote -control Outstanding Contribution Awards - students Tuesday, March 6 robots are put to the test in this cha llenge. This year's competition includes the Media Awards - students 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. classic Sumo Wrestling event for the intermediate robot builders, the new Solar Merit Awards - any member of the community Mezzanine, Hall Building Roller event for the novice builder, and the new RoboArt competition for those with Teaching Excellence Awards - faculty creative minds. Wednesday, March 7 March 9-17 - Annual Bridge Building Competition Nomination fonns are available at the Dean of Students Offices 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Library Building, Atrium / Hall Building, H-110 (Auditorium) AD-121, H-653), CSU office (H-637), GSA (T-202), CASA (GM-218), The Hive,Loyola Campus After 17 years, Concordia's Bridge Building Competition is still going strong. See ECA (H-880), lnfonnation Desk (Hall Building, first floor). how the future builders of tomorrow incorporate ingenuity, creativity and engineer­ Deadline for nominations: Wednesday, March 14, at 5 p.m. Bring your CV! ing skills to constru ct sturdy and aesthetica lly appealing bridges. In past years, some of the structure s have successfully withsto od maximum load capacities of For more information, please call the Dean of Stud~nts Office, 848--4242 Organized by the Applied Human over 2,000 kg. when submitted to the bydraulic "Cru sher." It's a finale you won't Sciences Students Association want to miss!

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BY ANNA BRATULIC Woman (La Donna Volubile) in 1750, took a moment just before rehearsal bastic doctor (Il Dottore) or lawyer ter has an intention, but if the mask the heyday of commedia dell'arte to explain where the playwright was reciting endless monologues that wearer only says the words with the ommedia dell'arte is a highly had long passed. The theatre form, coming from . are peppered with Latin; a rich, old intention in mind, it won't be Cphysical theatre genre that which originated in Italy in the "Goldoni was trying to distance man (Pantalone) with a beak-like enough - there must be a physical keeps coming back, because it's just 1500s, was heavily improvised, himself from the genre despite the nose who is utterly clueless about implication as well ." so much fun. It will be revived once with only general directions provid­ fact that he used traditional comrne­ the goings-on of his scheming The challenge for Gagnon is to again March 8, when the Theatre ed. dia dell'arte texts. People liked the daughter or niece; and servants, get his student actors to express Department mounts a production of Its dwindling respectability, espe­ genre, and to use elements other either smart-mouthed or dimwitted, their characters through both their Carlo Goldini's The Fickle Woman cially among the intelligentsia, was than those typically found in it was who always manage to save the day. voices and their movements. in the F.C. Smith Auditorium. due to the growing vulgarity of the often risky." Grandiose gestures and the use of For example, the smart-mouthed The story revolves around a rich, pieces and a sense that theatre In keeping with the commedia masks makes rehearsing for a com­ lady-in-waiting of the indecisive young woman, Rosaura, who is could be much better if actors read dell'arte tradition of performing in media dell'arte piece a little different Rosaura greets her mistress with a unable to decide which of her three from a pre-written text. public squares or spaces, a wooden from rehearsing for, say, a realistic general air of disdain, hands on her suitors to marry. The decision is By the mid-18th century, it was stage with a simple painting as a play by Ibsen or Chekhov. hips and an offensively propped-up further complicated by her tenden­ felt that actors were losing their backdrop is set up in the F.C. Smith "Commedia dell'arte demands a behind. cy to change her mind, often for knack to improvise as many were lobby, where the play will be pre­ physical approach and offers a cer­ The Fickle Woman, by Carlo Goldi­ trivial reasons. now getting used to memorizing sented. tain visual style to the audience," ni, runs from March 8 to 18 in th e By the time Venetian playwright lines. The genre also uses a lot of stock Gagnon said, adding that this is lobby of the F.C. Smith Auditorium. Goldini had written Th e Fi ckl e Director Jean-Francois Gagnon characters. There is usually a born- especially true for masks. "A charac- Tickets are 5$ for Concordia students. Major Donors to Concordia's Capital Campaign $1 million and over Lawrence S. Bloomberg, Laurentian Bank of Investors Group Inc. Chawkers Foundation Estate of Francis P. Richard D. Paterson, 2 anonymous gifts BComm'63 Hon LL.D.'96 Canada KPMG LLP Agnes & Richard Cheng Higgins BComm'64 BioChem Pharma Inc. 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1 0 MA RC H 1,"2·001 -: Co n co r dia ·s Thursd ay R e p ort Stingers Sports Round-up Concordia agreements in China continued from cover and the exchange of undergraduate students. BY JOHN AUS TE N dia outshoot their opponents 4 7-1 . we know what we're up against. But Beijing Normal University Beijing Film Academy (BFA): On a bright note, forward Lisa­ hey, we've played them pretty well (BNU): This agreement -with one of This agreement will focus on film t wasn't meant to end this way. Marie Breton was named to the all year and we're a confident, play­ China's oldest universities will focus research and studies, faculty and stu­ IThe Concordia Stingers women's CIAU's All-Star team at a banquet off-ready team." on the training of students in educa­ dent exchanges and the sharing of hockey team failed to win a medal at held last Thursday. Despite missing The Stingers defeated their arch­ tional technology. It will also explore views and academic programs. last weekend's CIAU Women's hock­ two of eight games in the regular sea­ rivals from McGill 2-1 and 3-2 to the feasibility of both co-operation in The Concordia delegation also vis­ ey championships in Calgary - and son schedule, Breton was the leading advance. Michel Tremblay's goal at the delivery of Web-based courses ited the Shanghai Film Animation it was the McGill Martlets who scorer in the Quebec Conference, 3:11 of overtime last Friday at McGill . and programs and three-way· co­ Studio, an industry leader in China, knocked them out of contention. with eight goals and six assists. gave Concordia the series sweep. operation with Beiing-Concord Col­ and through co-operation with the Ouch! Not all was rosy in the Stingers lege of Sino Canada. National Film Board, showed Oscar­ For the first time in 15 years, Men's team on fire camp, however, as Carl Benoit rup­ Nanjing University (NU): This nominated films by Concordia ani­ McGill beat the Stingers 1-0 in a In the good news department, tured his spleen in the second McGill university has both undergraduate mation students, faculty and shootout in the bronze-medal game, Coach Kevin Figsby and his men's game. Doctors will determine this and graduate programs. The agree­ graduates to an audience of about 70 played last Sunday at the University hockey team are flying high ·after · week if the spleen will have to be ment will focus on bio-inorganic and people. of Calgary. Martlets captain Dana beating the McGill Redmen in the removed. materials chemistry. It will include Dean Anvari was in Beijing to Rittmaster scored the only goal of the division semifinals in two straight collaborative research, co-operation make a presentation to a group of contest, ending a 48-game winless games. The Stingers are now Cagers split in the training of graduate students, Quebec and Chinese business lead­ streak that dated back to 1986. The involved in a best-of-three final with Concordia's men's basketball team exchange of undergraduate students ers. He went on to Hong Kong to Stingers had a 5-0-1 record against the powerful Trois-Rivieres Patriotes. had a tough time with Laurentian and the development of Web-based discuss the new MBNCFA program · the Martlets this season. Game one took place last night in last Friday, losing 77-67 to the courses in chemistry. with alumni, and met with counsel­ Both goaltenders - Concordia's Trois-Rivie.res, while game two is Ontario university. The Stingers Southeast University (SEU): lors in six high schools there. Lisa Herritt and McGill's Kim St. slated for the Ed Meagher Arena women had a better fate , beating Concordia and SEU have had a rela­ Several weeks before the Team Pierre - played strong games for tomorrow night (Friday, 7:30 p.m.). Laurentian 54-51. The men's team is tionship for 16 years, one of the Canada junket, John Capobianco their respective clubs. The Stingers Game three, if necessary, will be tied with McGill for first place, while longest standing with a Chinese uni­ and Andrew McAusland made a outshot the Martlets 38-23. back in TR on Sunday at 7 p.m. the women are in second spot. versity in Canada. This new agree­ preparatory trip to three of the Chi­ The fourth-ranked Stingers had The No. 2-ranked Patriotes have ment will focus on mechanical nese institutions. They looked at been relegated to the bronze-medal lost one game all year - a 4-1 set­ Wrestlers to Thunder Bay engineering, academic technology research collaboration, student game after losing 3-2 to the No. 2- back to the Stingers during the last Five Concordia student athletes and information technology. It will exchanges, and ensured a good fit ranked Regina Cougars. Coach Les weekend of the regular season for will head to Lakehead University in also explore the feasibility of co-oper­ with Concordia in terms of academic Lawton and his squad had opened both clubs. Thunder Bay this weekend for the ation in the delivery of Web-based technology. the tournament last Thursday with a "If we keep playing disciplined CIAU Wrestling Championships. courses and programs in engineering. Dr. Capobianco is Vice-Dean, 9-0 pounding of the St. Francis five-on-five hockey then we have a Competitors include Martine Dugre­ City University of Hong Kong Research and International Relations, Xavier X-Women. Caroline Ouellette chance," Figs by told the Thursday nier, Tamara Medwidsky, Jason (CUHK) : This agreement includes and McAusland is Director of Acade­ led the way with two goals and three Report. "Trois-Rivieres is the most Chen, Chris Chung and Mark collaborative research, co-operation mic Technology, both in the Faculty assists in the game that saw Concor- well-rounded team in the league, so Roche. in the training of graduate students of Arts and Science.

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Taylor provided . Certificate issued. http://iits.concordia.ca/ser­ H-767. Administration Programs Jerry Tomberlin Camps all over Italy. vices/training. John A. Freund, 8Comm'64 BComm'57 lnfonnation Sessions David 8. Frost Mirabaud Canada Inc. Daniel Toui, BCSc'84 Fax/phone: 0039 0184 50 60 Canadian Jewish S1udies Library Workshops Info sessions for the Gradu­ 70, www.acle.org. Researchers' Forum Future Electronics Inc. Motion Picture Foundation of University Women's Club of Webster Library (down­ ate Diplomas in Administra­ Tuesday, March 6, 1-6pm . Gryphon Investment Canada Montreal Foundation Literacy volunteers town): hands-on (computer tion and Sport Nine presentations in ses­ Frontier College Students lab) workshops in LB-203. Administration. and Gradu­ Counsel Inc. Allan E. Nash Paul Vanasse, BA'60 sions chaired by Ira Robinson for Literacy at Concordia are Sign up at reference desk. ate Certificates in Adminis­ Guarantee Company of Noranda Mining & Stephen T. 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