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Volunteers Recollections Grad students Amanda Grzyb is part of a small Pioneering journalism professor Henry The graduate student experience army of Western staff, faculty and Overduin is remembered by his former takes a front row seat with campus students who volunteer in the London dean, Peter Desbarats. leaders. community.

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Geologists unearth Gold Medal Agreement big-time offers

by the strong demand for gradu- High school ates, adding a combination of fac- tors means students are hitting students, pay dirt early in their career. The average starting salary for parents overlook an Earth Sciences graduate can be $90,000 to $100,000, up almost Earth Sciences $30,000 from four years ago. “I think it is a combination of a shortage of qualified profession- B y Pa u l Ma y n e als, increased worldwide demand for raw materials, and retiring Instant six-figure salaries. professionals,” says Schincariol. Stock options. Corporate jets. In addition, university Geology/ This is the lifestyle only an MBA Geophysics programs are typi- graduate can aspire to, right? cally small across North America, Think again. with a graduating class of 20 to 30 When it comes to living large, being normal. Earth Sciences is the new rich kid “The public is simply not aware on the block. of the opportunities in our profes- A hot hiring climate for geol- sion. We try our best to do out- ogy undergraduates in Canada reach to schools and advertise but is being driving by a shortage we are not getting the message Paul Mayne, Western News of expertise in the field, small through to the high school stu- graduating classes and soaring dents and their parents,” he says. Call it a gold medal finish for The University of Western Ontario as it has signed a memorandum of understand- commodity prices. “The real frustrating thing is ing with Beijing Sport University. And what better way to celebrate than Faculty of Health Sciences International Rob Schincariol, Acting Chair that we have the faculty resources Committee Chair Darwin Semotiuk and Beijing Sport University President Hua Yang atop the Olympic podium and Associate Professor in Earth in the International Centre for Olympic Studies. Beijing is hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics. Sciences, says he’s not surprised Continued on page 9 Chrétien among honorary degree recipients

A long-serving Canadian prime ary degree. Paul Polak Peter Fowler Angus McKenzie minister, an award-winning jour- The ceremonies will take place nalist and the ‘grandmother of on the following days: Monday, June 9, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 10, 3:30 p.m. Canadian native art’ are among 10 Doctor of Science, honoris causa Doctor of Science, honoris causa Doctor of Laws, honoris causa distinguished individuals who will Peter Mansbridge Polak, the Recognized A partner founder of the internationally in McKenzie receive honorary degrees in June Monday, June 9, 10 a.m. when The University of Western non-profit orga- for his ground- Lake Law- Ontario hosts its 291st Convoca- Doctor of Laws, honoris causa nization Inter- breaking work yers based in tion. Mansbridge national Devel- in orthopedic London, Ont., The list of honorary degree is the chief opment Enter- surgery and McKenzie is a recipients, including Canada’s correspondent prises (IDE), the co-founder champion for 20th prime minister, Jean Chré- of CBC News is a Western of the Fowler a number of tien, CBC’s The National anchor and anchors alumnus, who Kennedy Sport community- and chief correspondent Peter CBC’s flagship has been help- Medicine wide charita- Mansbridge and Daphne Odjig, nightly news ing farmers Clinic, Fowler ble initiatives, considered one of Canada’s most program, The in develop- is currently including his influential living artists, are set to National. The ing countries serving as current role as receive Western’s highest honour. 12-time Gemini escape poverty for more than 25 Chief Medical Officer for The chair for the YMCA of Western Sports medicine pioneer Peter award winner years through various income- Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Ontario Strong Kids Campaign. Fowler, who left Western last year is also the host earning ventures. Medicine Clinic and Hospital. for a senior position in Qatar, will of CBC Newsworld’s Mansbridge: also be recognized with an honor- One on One. Continued on page 9

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Moon mission Appreciation” The event takes registrationform_000.pdf. The inaugural event of the place Tuesday, April 8, at 7 p.m., newly formed Space Society of Room 258, D. B. Weldon Library. Studies in the other London (SSL) features a presen- RSVP by April 3 to 519-661-2111 official language tation April 4 by Robert Rich- x84808 or [email protected]. The Western is one of four Canadian ards, founder and CEO, Odys- lecture series is funded by Raj universities to host Richard J. sey Moon Ltd., on the topic “The Jain, Head of Cataloguing, West- Schmeelk Fellowships. Consisting New Race to the Moon: Old World ern Libraries, and her brother, of an award of $10,000 per semes- Ideas versus New World Oppor- Sushil Jain. ter, renewable up to $40,000, plus tunities.” The presentation takes a Canada-wide travel grant up to place at 1:30 p.m. in Physics & Feminism $1,500, the fellowship is for Cana- Astronomy Room 123. The first conference set dian university grads pursuing SSL general meeting will take The Department of Women’s studies in another province and in place after the talk. Richards will Studies and Feminist Research the other official language. Grad- outline opportunities for a private will present the Western Cel- uates interested in obtaining a Moon mission and a future that ebrates Feminism conference, fellowship must submit an appli- would “develop the Moon as the an interdisciplinary gathering to cation for the 2008-09 academic world’s eighth continent.” The honor longtime employee Julie year by April 15. Fellowships are Space Society of London is geared Ashford who is retiring. The con- for Canadian citizens and landed toward students, faculty, and staff ference at Windermere Manor immigrants who have completed and individuals from the London is set for April 25, 9 a.m. - 4:30 a bachelor’s degree and wish to area. [email protected] p.m. with a reception to follow. benefit from stimulating inter- Registration is $20, $10 for stu- cultural immersion. Information Neary presents dents. For details visit www.uwo. and forms are available at www. inaugural Talman ca/womens/. To register, visit schmeelk.ca/pages/documents/ Lecture www.uwo.ca/womens/documents/ applicationform.pdf

The first J.J. Talman Lecture will feature Professor Emeri- tus Peter Neary on “From War 25 years ago in western news to Peace: Canada in the 1940s.” The lecture series, commemorat- n Changes have been proposed to the university’s retirement ing Talman’s Western career as plans that would partly index pensions to the cost of living. a respected historian and chief n Football wide receiver Dave McCann and track and field gold librarian, focuses on Ontario medalist Alison Armstrong are Western’s outstanding athletes Solution on page 14 history, regional collections and for 1982-83. unstudied aspects of Canadian n A female security officer was assaulted in Weldon Library. history. Neary’s lecture will be In two other campus incidents, males were reported to have inde- preceded by a presentation by cently exposed themselves. Fred Armstrong, Professor Emer- n Western researchers have patented a process for producing Annual Retirement Plan itus, History, on “J. J. Talman: An thin films of silicon for use in solar energy and other devices. Member Meetings

All retirement plan members are welcome to attend one of the following information sessions offered by the Joint Pension Board. Robarts awaits new MRI scanners The sessions will include an overview of the 2007 results of the Western Retirement Plans and a presentation by one of our There are big changes in 12-year-old 4 Telsa MRI scanner new innovations in research. Proj- investment managers on socially responsible investing. the future of the Centre Func- is complete and two walls of the ect planning is already in prog- tional and Metabolic Mapping at existing cube have been removed ress as collaborations develop Robarts Research Institute - and and a new wing will be added to with psychologists, neurosur- SESSION 1 the process has already begun. house the two new magnets - a geons, physicists, cardiologists, Tuesday April 8, 2008 The 4T facility, located on Varian 7 Telsa head system and psychiatrists and neurologists. 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Robarts north side between the a Siemens whole body 3 Telsa In addition to accommodat- Health Sciences Building – Room 35 medical research institute and system. ing the two MRI machines, the University Hospital, is currently Construction of the new facility renovated space will provide a Presented by: Martin Bélanger (Associate Director, Retirement Plans) being remodeled to allow room is scheduled to be completed in more comfortable environment Bonus Presentation: “Socially Responsible Investing” for two new MRI systems, used August of 2008 at which time both for patients participating in the by Mackenzie Investments to investigate in-vivo studies of magnets will be delivered. facility’s imaging studies. brain structure and function. The new facility will bring with SESSION 2 Decommissioning of the it not only new magnets, but also Wednesday April 16, 2008 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. University College – Room 142 Presented by: Martin Bélanger (Associate Director, Retirement Plans) Bonus Presentation: “Socially Responsible Investing” Piled Higher & Deeper by Mackenzie Investments a grad student comic strip

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B y Da w n Mi l n e ning she had to request permis- laining although her study will “This program gives us access the program has generated a sion to take courses from other chiefly incorporate anthropolo- to people from the government,” lot of interest, with 15 students aving come to Canada departments. gical methodology, she will also says Caroline Bennett-Ab- taking part this year. There are from Turkey three years “I’m so happy that this program draw from political science, his- uAyyash, who is doing a PhD in plans for expansion. Future plans Hago as an international was created. Since it involves tory, religious studies and migra- Psychology with specialization in include an internship program student, and now going through people from all different depart- tion. “Immersing myself within Migration and Ethnic Relations. with government organizations, the immigration application pro- ments, it provides you with diffe- a program of interdisciplinary “Otherwise, I wouldn’t get any and establishing exchanges with cess, Secil Erdogan knows how rent perspectives on an issue.” structure in order to draw from exposure to policies or to interdi- universities in other countries. challenging it can be to begin a Providing an enriching experi- these various programs for my sciplinary research unless I made Esses says the program will new life in a foreign country. ence is one of the goals. According research was an opportunity I a specific effort to seek it out, and be linked to the new Centre for She has watched her husband, to Victoria Esses, the program could not pass up.” even then it would be limited.” Research on Migration and Eth- a scientist, struggle to find work director, Western’s program is Hoping to later teach at a col- With Canada being so multi- nic Relations, funded through the in his field – an obstacle for many unique due to the fact it’s discipli- lege or university, Long says cultural, knowledge of immigra- Interdisciplinary Development immigrants. ne-specific and collaborative. the program will allow her to be tion and ethnic relations issues Initiatives program and slated to That’s why Erdogan wants to She says the program is collabo- diverse in her ‘teachables’. is critical. So it’s not surprising open by the summer. research the issues surrounding rative in terms of student experi- immigration to Canada, parti- ence, not just across departments. cularly the effects on the iden- Students can take courses outside tity of immigrants. She hopes to of their discipline, participate in make recommendations to ease an interdisciplinary colloquium Hong Kong Convocation the transition for newcomers and series, and develop their exper- help them find a better way of tise and conduct research within life. migration and ethnic relations. Thanks to a new program at “It opens up research opportuni- Western, she’s on track to do just ties and it broadens the literature that. that students know about. After Through the Collaborative Gra- all, how can you really know about duate Program in Migration and immigration and ethnic relations Ethnic Relations, initiated in Sep- by studying only one aspect of tember 2007, Erdogan can study these issues within a particular policies and research in migration discipline?” says Esses. that will help in her pursuit of “It also opens up job opportuni- a career in immigration policy ties for our students. Students in research. the program are eligible for posi- Since the program is a collabo- tions not only in their own disci- ration of various social sciences pline, but in programs in ethnic departments, including Anthropo- relations and/or migration, and logy, Geography, History, Political for government and other related Science, Psychology and Socio- positions.” logy, and is offered at both the The interdisciplinary approach Masters and PhD level, Erdogan brought Jennifer Long to the pro- can get her PhD in Sociology with gram. Long is pursuing a PhD in a specialization in Migration and Anthropology with specialization Ethnic Relations. in Migration and Ethnic Rela- Students in the program get tions. She will be studying the a standard degree in their own impact of immigration policies discipline with the add-on of a and other events on the religious specialization in Migration and and national identities of Muslim Ethnic Relations. migrants and Dutch citizens in “When I was doing my Masters the Netherlands. She’ll conduct Contributed photo program, I had a difficult time fin- field research in the Netherlands ding courses that were relevant from August 2009 to September Shipping innovator and pioneer John Meredith receives an honorary doctorate from The University of Western to my area of interest. I didn’t 2010. Ontario during convocation ceremonies March 30 in Hong Kong. Meredith, calling himself “a humble mariner,” want to take courses that I’m not “The interdisciplinary struc- encouraged graduates to openly pursue challenges abroad – “don’t hesitate to try something new if your interested in just to get enough ture of the program mimics my heart takes you in that direction.” credits,” says Erdogan, explai- own research,” says Long, exp- Tax break helps university start-ups

B y Pa u l Ma y n e should certainly be profitable technologies. activities would include the from eligible commercialization within five years, so investors will “It’s not only the high-tech cen- development of prototypes and activities carried on in Ontario. The commercialization of benefit, and some companies such tres that will benefit from this,” the marketing and manufactur- The province calls on the fed- intellectual property at Western as environmental technologies says Ted Hewitt, Vice-President ing of products related to the eral government to support inno- has been given a boost with the and medical devices with lower (Research and International Rela- intellectual property. A qualify- vation by matching this income introduction of the Ontario Tax risk profiles will also benefit. tions). “There are new products ing corporation would be incor- tax exemption. Exemption for Commercializa- However, he says long-term and services coming from facul- porated in Canada and derive all tion (OTEC) program, announced capital-intensive opportunities, ties such as Education and Social or substantially all of its income in last week’s provincial budget. such as nano-materials and ther- Science.” The 10-year tax exemption for apeutics, may take as much as Hewitt adds while benefits will new corporations developed from 10 years to become profitable, be different for each new cor- Canadian universities, colleges although they may generate lots poration, depending on the size Spin-off companies or research institutes would be of knowledge-worker jobs in the and complexity, he’s glad to see established for any company process. the government take this step. Examples of Western spin-off companies include: launched between now and Mar. “I don’t see the program nec- Western has generated 17 spin- Atamai Inc. - A software and consulting company that develops image visualization solu- 25, 2012. essarily changing the investors off companies. tions for research, medical and commercial organizations. “I would assess this a good decisions in these cases,” says “It shows the province under- Elstat Ltd. - Company specializes in production and marketing of nozzles for electrostatic incentive toward university com- Herold. stands the importance of the sprayers, used primarily in the orchard and vineyard industries. pany creation,” says Rob Her- The tax exemption would gen- commercialization and wishes to Ensyn - An Ottawa company operated by Western graduate students using a Western- old, Industry Liaison Officer, erally apply to corporations that build a stronger partnership with developed technology to commercialize bio-petroleum. The first commercial plant was Engineering and Sciences. “The commercialize intellectual prop- the universities,” he says. “This built in 1989. Four plants are now operational worldwide. immediate impact, I envision, is erty in priority areas such as, but is a huge incentive for potential Trillium Therapeutics Inc. - Develops therapies to restore immune system balance in that it could make certain univer- not limited to, bio-economy/clean investors in creating greater patients with conditions associated with abnormal immune responses. Special focus on sity start-ups more attractive to technologies, advanced health returns much quicker than in the transplantation and xenotransplantation. investors.” technologies, telecommunica- past.” Waterloo Maple Inc. - A developer of advanced mathematical and analytical software. Herold says software start-ups tions, and computer and digital Eligible commercialization 4 April 3, 2008 WESTERN NEWS

letters to the editor The Way We WERE: 1975

Chilly climate for other viewpoints

Let me express my apprecia- tion to Western News reporter Paul Mayne for his coverage of my recent talk to the Senior Alumni. Often one is mis-quoted or mis-represented in the media and it was a pleasant surprise both to see the coverage in West- ern News and especially pleasing to see that Mayne had caught the spirit and tone of my talk so well. Unlike some of my colleagues, I did not solicit the story nor did I supply the text copy. And, as was quoted in the coverage, I did indicate that I often felt margin- alized and like a square peg in a round hole for having a non-con- forming perspective on the topic of climate change in particular. Lest anyone think I am para- noid, the reaction to my talk in the follow-up letters to the editor forum confirms that Western persists as a chilly climate to any that wish to exercise their freedom to free thought and free speech. If alternate perspec- tives can not be expressed and discussed at a university, where in our society can they be aired? Lastly, those with open minds will have noted that the latest data from ocean monitors indi- cate a slight cooling of ocean temperatures: not conclusive, but certainly opposite from the asserted dogma. This is the lat- est in a series of data that do not match the asserted, modelled world of global-warmers. Per- haps the climate police would like to also subject the oceans to the same censure they advocate for “dissidents” like myself. Strange that in an institu- tion of higher education and intellectual pursuit, my ques- tioning of assertive dogma is attacked but the servitude, conformity and compliance of the climate magisterium is paraded like a badge of honour.

Graham Smith Contributed by Alan Noon ([email protected]) London Free Press Collection/Western Archives Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator To celebrate International Women’s Year, the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Ottawa organized an exhibition featuring the work of 19 Department of Geography women scientists. Among them was Helen Battle, professor emeritus at Western and a leading embryologist for over 50 years. The first stop for the traveling exhibit was Weldon Library and during its stay, Battle gave a tour of the displays and described many of the other scientists who were or had been personal friends. In 1928 she was the first woman in Canada to be awarded a doctorate in marine biology. Battle died June 17, 1994 in Dubious honour her 91st year. given JNF’s history

University of Western Ontario JNF. For 10 years the JNF and Jewish Agency and Jewish continued the discriminatory who I had the privilege of know- President Davenport has Israeli Lands Authority refused National Fund - primarily exist practice with state authorities ing, challenged the restrictive accepted an award from the to lease this land to non-Jews. to enable institutional discrimi- refusing to enforce the ruling. covenant that barred Jews, Jewish National Fund despite the Eventually the Supreme Court nation based on ethnicity while The JNF launched a campaign Catholics and Blacks from liv- protest of 36 faculty members. ruled state land could not be clearing the state from accu- to reverse the decision. In 2007 ing in the Beach o’ Pines resort Many individuals, including leased to Jews-only. Unfortu- sations that it deviates from a JNF Bill was introduced to in Grand Bend. As a result of Jews, contend the JNF is a racist nately 93 per cent of the land universal norms common to continue the discriminatory this challenge and others, such organization that discriminates in Israel excludes non-Jews. liberal democracies.” To avoid practice, which passed on first restrictive covenants have been against non-Jews. A letter signed The ruling caused embarrass- overturning the practice held to reading 64-16. The implications declared illegal in Canada. by two Jewish organizations and ment among Jews worldwide. be racist the JNF has adopted are clear. If Israel is a Jewish Would Davenport accept an 34 individual Jewish signatories Many asked how Jews could policies to circumvent the law. state then it cannot be a state award from the South African protests a JNF event at Wind- protest against anti-Semitism Israeli Attorney General for all its citizens. In Israel 25 apartheid state? Would he accept sor Castle to commemorate the when condoning such practices Menachem Mazuz in 2005 for- per cent of the population is non- an award from an organiza- 60th anniversary of the found- in Israel? America’s Jewish bade the Jewish National Fund Jewish, severely discriminated tion that discriminated against ing of Israel. Israeli Uri Davis’s Reform Movement, to which from issuing tenders for Jews against and denied basic demo- Jews? I hope he would not book, Israel: An Apartheid most American Jews adhere, only. To quote Benvenisti, “And cratic and social rights. The bill accept such a dubious honour. State details the discrimina- condemned the practice. once again, a way was found prompted Israel’s newspaper, tory policies of the JNF. Davis Former Deputy Mayor of to circumvent the decision Ha’aretz, to publish an editorial Edward C. Corrigan spoke at Western in 2005. Jerusalem, Meron Benvenisti, through “land swaps,” which titled, “A racist Jewish state”. BA, M.A., LL.B In 1995 an Israeli Arab couple, wrote in 2006 in the Israeli daily only strengthened the JNF as The late and prominent Alumnus 1977 and 1991 the Kadans, tried to lease an Ha’aretz “it’s well known that a discriminatory institution member of the London Jewish apartment on land owned by the the ‘national institutions’ - the with racist policies.” The JNF community, Bernard Wolfe, WESTERN NEWS APRIL 3, 2008 5

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH When psychology is life and death

orking in places as diverse as Jerusalem “One of the high points Wand Bethlehem, Cape Town and Kwazulu Natal, and of my career was Malaysia and China, William meeting with Israeli and Fisher finds that real-world set- Palestinian HIV experts tings are superb places to develop and test basic models of human and activists each year, behaviour. from 1996 to 2000, in Fisher, a professor in the Department of Psychology and a church on the border cross-appointed in the Depart- between Bethlehem and ment of Obstetrics and Gynaecol- ogy, focuses his research on Jerusalem, alternating understanding -- and promoting each community’s -- human reproductive health in ethnic dishes every areas that include family plan- ning, sexual health, and HIV pre- other evening at dinner, ventive behavior in multinational and working together research settings. Fisher has also been named a Distinguished Uni- on the challenge of versity Professor, the university’s promoting safer sex in highest honour for academics. Early research with Israeli a cultural milieu where Jews and Israeli Arabs in the discussion remotely 1970s led Fisher to test the lim- its of social psychological theory touching on such concerning cross-cultural con- intimate matters is tact, aggression, and attraction, generally forbidden.” in a part of the world where these behaviours have profound conse- William Fisher, Psychology quences. This work later led Fisher to help bring together Israelis, Pal- Psychology professor William Fisher has been working in South Africa to conduct research and promote safer sexual estinians, Egyptians, and Jor- practices. danians to create and put into health across the lifespan and place theory-based strategies for across cultures, maps out asso- regional HIV containment that ciations of men’s sexual health talizing on this in research in 16 would be both culturally appro- with co-morbid medical illnesses. HIV care clinics, in urban and priate and, in the bargain, form It also tests — and consistently rural centres, to promote safer a context for ongoing contacts debunks — stereotypical views sexual behavior among HIV+ among professionals who would of the supposedly dominant role South Africans who are entering not otherwise interact, much less of sex — as opposed to family clinical care,” he says work together in common cause. relationships—for men of all ages “Our work is focused on apply- “One of the high points of my and cultures. ing and testing basic social psy- career was meeting with Israeli Across nearly three decades chological theory; on developing and Palestinian HIV experts and of research on psychological and deploying very low-tech and activists each year, from 1996 to factors that drive reproductive very easy-to-disseminate means 2000, in a church on the border health behaviour — Fisher came for reducing HIV transmission as between Bethlehem and Jeru- to Western as an assistant profes- broadly as possible, within exist- salem, alternating each commu- sor at the tender age of 26 — his ing health care venues, and at nity’s ethnic dishes every other abiding focus has been on safer very low cost. evening at dinner, and working sexual practices. “Our work also aims to develop together on the challenge of pro- Fisher’s work has taken him as much sustainable local capac- moting safer sex in a cultural from Western’s campus (where ity as possible; we are working milieu where discussion remotely an intervention based on his with, learning from, and teach- touching on such intimate mat- model of preventive behaviour ing colleagues from the Nelson ters is generally forbidden.” successfully reduced the campus Mandela School of Medicine at Also embodying an interna- pregnancy rate by some 40 per the University of Kwazulu Natal tional approach to research on cent), to inner city ghetto set- in Durban, and personnel on the reproductive health, Fisher has tings in the U.S. (where he and ground including nurses, lay A rural HIV care clinic in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa offers an opportunity been a principal investigator on colleagues tested theory-based counselors, and a large group of to provide drugs and promote safer sexual behaviour. the Men’s Attitudes Toward Life HIV prevention interventions traditional healers. Events and Sexuality (MALES) that reduced HIV risk behaviour “We’re never going to be able studies, surveying some 28,000 among thousands of high school to treat our way out of the AIDS According to Fisher, “Work- understanding and promoting men in eight European and North students), to his present work in epidemic — not in Canada, and ing internationally on topics of health behavior change — the American countries and 9,000 Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. not in Africa — and prevention extraordinary human importance work we are doing around the men from six Asian nations. “The roll-out of drugs to treat is the only tool we presently have keeps psychological science hon- world and the challenges we are The MALES research program HIV infection in South Africa is for stemming the tide of this epi- est. The models one crafts had facing simply leave no alterna- assesses changes in men’s sexual just beginning, and we are capi- demic.” better be powerful means for tive.”

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The University of Western Ontario had 730 employees earn- 46 BLACKFRIARS ing $100,000 or more in 2007 Reservations 667-4930 according to the annual salary disclosure list released March 28. Brilliant Food - Casual Atmosphere The list features an additional 199 persons – a 37 per cent increase - from 2006. Michele Noble, chair of West- ern’s Board of Governors says most of the new additions to the list are faculty members. “Some of the new additions coming on the list is simply a matter of normal salary progres- sion,” she says. “For many faculty there was a retroactive payment for a six month period in 2006 that showed up in the 2007 year when the faculty contract was settled and that’s been incorporated into this year’s numbers. That’s prob- ably the most significant contrib- uting factor.” Ontario’s 1996 Public Sector Disclosure Act requires public institutions to disclose a list of individuals with income that met or exceeded $100,000, as reflected on their T4 slips. Also outlined on the list are taxable benefits for the year 2007. Ivey Dean Carol Stephenson tops the list with $377,450.46 in salary plus $120 in taxable bene- fits. Western President Paul Dav- enport is second with $355,890 plus taxable benefits of $20,813.16, STOP FAST START with Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Dean Carol Her- IN AT H&R BLOCK TAX PREP SPENDING bert third with $323,301 in sal- ary and $120 in taxable benefits. Over one half of the list is com- prised of persons with a salary of $121,000 or less. “It’s part of the open and trans- parent way to have this informa- tion available and we’re looking to make sure that we attract the best faculty and staff and remain competitive,” says Noble. For the complete list, visit http://communications.uwo. ca/images/UWO_Salary_ Disclosure_2007%20FINAL.pdf LIVE AREA: LIVE TYPE SAFETY: 8" X 10 TRIM: BLEED: BW NA # OF COLOURS: FOLDED SIZE:

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07-HRB-041-BWE-03.indd 1 2/4/08 2:18:12 PM WESTERN NEWS april 3, 2008 7 McIntosh Maysale seeks items for spring sale

B y Bo b Kl a n a c for the sale.” Elliot Shaw says that there will A sure sign of spring on the be a silent auction along with the Western campus is preparations sale. All proceeds support exhibi- for the McIntosh Gallery’s annual tions and programs at the gal- Maysale. lery. Gallery curator Catherine Glass, china, silver jewellery, Elliot Shaw is putting a call out books, art, cds, small pieces of to the campus community seek- furniture, collectibles and good ing donations for the sale taking quality household items are being place May 1 – 9 in the McIntosh sought for donation she says. Gallery. To donate items, call the gallery “I’m looking to build on the at 519-661-3181 or email Elliot wonderful things that have been Shaw at [email protected]. given in past years which include Tax receipts for the fair mar- Doulton figurines, silver, china, ket value of all donations will be art and intriguing collectibles,” issued after evaluation by third- she says. “This year already we party expert appraisers. have a wonderful selection of Donations will be accepted Hummel figurines and local art until April 16.

The members of Finnish chorale sensation group Rajaton have been working with Western students this week and will present a concert Saturday at Alumni Hall. F9;=GH9F=B;BCK :CFG9DH9A69F 7caYUbXgYYk\Uh cifgW\cc`WUbcZZYf Finnish stars first mcifW\]`X" Ingeborg Slade :cf]bZcfaUh]cbcf B.A., M.A., LL.B, UdYfgcbU`hcif WU`` artists in residence Barrister & Solicitor )%-!**$!,+'%" Western Alumnus, Donor & Parent ;]VVcbgDUf_ AcbhYggcf]GW\cc` innish choral sensation Family Law ■ Wills & Estates ■ Real Estate ˜DfYgW\cc` Rajaton (which means Concert ˜9`YaYbhUfm Fboundless) will be artists- Workshops are already filled, but ˜GiaaYf7Uadg in-residence at Western’ Don tickets are available for the celebra- ˜HcXX`Yf 519 679-1211 %,ah\ghc'mfg Wright Faculty of Music April tory at Alumni Hall, Saturday, April 5 kkk"[]VVcbgdUf_acbhYggcf]"Wca 3-5. It’s a first for both organiza- at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 in AA section 604 Colborne St p London ˜9lhYbXYX\fg" tions, and part of the faculty’s (front and centre) $20 elsewhere; stu- student-focused learning model. dents $10; seniors $30 & $15. The group, which sings to sold- Tickets available through Orchestra London at 519-679-8778 in advance, or out crowds wherever it performs at the door. around the world, will conduct FACULTY AND STAFF ARE INVITED TO JOIN workshops on composing, song- writing, arranging, vocal tech- DESJARDINS CREDIT UNION niques, style and musical genres best student experience by offer- for Western’s students and several ing these workshops, and opening charts and Open an account or upgrade your services local secondary school classes them to the public,” she said. went platinum with and receive a gift and members of the community. Moir said, “Rajaton shows their album Joulu (“Christmas”), “They illustrate such diversity people how to develop the whole a holiday collection. In 2006, in their music and their tech- artist. They move away from lim- the album Rajaton sings ABBA nique, the residency is a way to iting labels and provide a holistic with Lahti Symphony Orchestra We can o er you: show students the range of choral experience that informs your art- topped the charts in Finland in its t
Financial and Investment Planning music and inspire them to think istry. Each member comes from release week and sold platinum in beyond the convention,” said different backgrounds and expe- a month. Rajaton has five gold and t
Retirement Planning Jennifer Moir, choral director at riences.” two platinum records in Finland, Western who initiated the visit. They combine those expe- an accomplishment for a choral t
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Personalized Services wonderful role models for our unusual and exciting choral The appeal of their approach students. They are great ambas- music ever heard. Their reper- and the opportunity to learn from sadors of commissioning new toire includes traditional, such as it has attracted school teachers music and performing it. They Sibelius, folk, jazz, gospel, rock and their choirs, community Make an appointment with our onsite show the potential of their art.” and pop. They also sing many choirs and members of the gen- Financial Advisor, Des Dutrizac, to learn Moir said having a group of commissioned works and orig- eral public – not just locally, but more: Rajaton’s international stature inal arrangements. Two of the from as far away as Michigan and Conveniently located: working with Western’s students works on the program April 5 are Washington, D.C. Participation in is an example of the importance written by Western alumni Sarah workshops allows choirs to grow University of Western Ontario the faculty places on a student- Quartel and Jeff Smallman. together as a group, interact with Community Centre, Room 73 519-850-2550 www.desjardins.com centred learning environment. In Finland, Rajaton is a bona other groups and work collab- Money Working for People “As an alumna, I’m proud the fide pop phenomenon.I n 2003, the oratively with acclaimed profes- school finds ways to make this the group rose to number two on the sionals. 8 April 3, 2008 WESTERN NEWS

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Dr. Gregor Reid, professor of Robert Michaud, CSC, PFP, BBA old rocks new tricks, Earth Sci- Microbiology, waded in on the ences and Geography professor Richard Ivey School of Busi- proliferation of products claim- Private Wealth Consultant Desmond Moser’s discovery of ness professor Chris Higgins, ing to be probiotic. He had a front 519-667-1016 [email protected] ‘old growth’ crystals in northern who specializes in alternative page story in the London Free One London Place (255 Queens Ave, Suite 2560 Ontario provides a new record work arrangements and family Press and a live radio interview of the processes that form conti- issues and their impact on indi- on 1290 Talk Radio. nents and their natural resources, viduals and organizations, was including gold and diamonds. interviewed on CBC News Sun- Pain specialist Dr. Pat Morley- The research shows these three- day about the aging workforce. Forster of the Department of billion-year-old zircon crystals Medicine was in a front page story are incredibly resistant to change Dean Carol Herbert, Schulich in the National Post titled “Pain and proves for the first time the School of Medicine & Dentistry, pill may go over the counter.” She growth zones we see inside them has been speaking out in defense questioned the timing of making contain an accurate record of of female doctors. She co-au- Naproxen more readily available their movements through and thored an editorial for the Cana- when new health risks associated around the Earth. Moser’s work dian Medical Association Journal with the powerful pain-killer are was featured on National Public “Ending the sexist blame game,” being studied. Radio’s Science Friday and CBC which has resulted in a story in Radio, in the Montréal Gazette, the Vancouver Sun on women in The Chair of the Department Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald surgical specialties, and a radio of Psychiatry at the Schulich and London Free Press, and on interview on the “Aphrodite Salas School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rogers Television. Show” on 940 Montreal. Dr. Sandra Fisman was quoted in a front page story in the London An international clinical trial Mark Cleveland, a Marketing Free Press on the availability of coordinated by Dr. Brian Fea- assistant professor in the Aubrey psychiatrists and mental health gan, Director of Clinical Trials Dan Program in Management and services for children. She was at Robarts Research Institute, Organizational Studies, was fea- also in a follow-up report. proved there was a better way tured in a Globe and Mail story to treat Crohn’s disease, possibly regarding the release of Statis- To be considered for inclusion eliminating the need for steroid tics Canada’s household spending in this monthly column, please treatment. Published in the jour- data with respect to changing life- contact Media Relations officer nal Lancet, the story was picked style and consumption patterns of Jeff Renaud at jrenaud9@uwo. up by the Globe & Mail, Toronto Canadian consumers. ca. Star, London Free Press, CBC New awards and bursaries

Some new scholarships and student who has lived at least two scholarship is valued at $3,500. bursaries approved by Senate years in China. The scholarship is Fred Pattison Piano Award – include: valued at $4,600. Awarded to a full-time second-, Ella Strong Chinese Alumni John and Sabine Findlay Var- third- or fourth-year student MBA Scholarship – Awarded sity Volleyball Scholarship – enrolled in Music whose prin- to an MBA student at the Ivey Awarded to a full-time student in cipal instrument is piano and is School of Business in Graduate any degree (including affiliates) based on performance achieve- Studies or Business Administra- who is making a contribution to ment displayed in a piano compe- tion, based on academic achieve- the varsity volleyball team, with tition. The scholarship is valued ment and community leadership. a CIS regulated minimum admis- at $4,500. Preference for an international sion average of 80 per cent. The Care to comment? Western News welcomes your opinion. Send letters to the editor and opinion articles to [email protected] WESTERN NEWS april 3, 2008 9 Grad student experience under microscope

B y Bo b Kl a n a c of grad students vary greatly ment of French, has been doing – currently a first-year French “I have been a lot of places but with undergrads. his Masters work and teaching at course – and offered good library the things that I have seen here, At a recent forum, Western “And maybe they’re not as Western for four years. resources to do his research. the opportunities, the people and administrative and academic interested in going to the Ceeps Diallo said he came to West- But he says what he likes about how they act, how they behave, leaders were told the strong as going home to their family and ern from Nice in France because Western is the tone of the campus the relationship between faculty growth of graduate studies spouses,” she says. “We have to it was an opportunity to teach community. and students, is really different.” on The University of Western try to be more family-friendly Ontario campus has come about with policies.” because of a cumulative effort What makes graduate students by all members of the campus different from their undergradu- community. ate counterparts is the funding On Display The graduate student experi- they bring in for their research. ence was the topic under discus- In the 2007/2008 academic year, sion at a March 27 meeting of 32 students received $430,000 the Western Leaders Forum, a from the Canadian Institutes of monthly gathering of campus Health Research, 156 students academic and administrative received $2.8 million from Nat- leaders. ural Sciences and Engineering “Success in recruitment is a Research Council of Canada, direct result of a collaborative 294 students received $3.1 mil- effort,” says Clare Tattersall, lion from the Ontario Graduate Coordinator of Graduate Student Scholarship Program, 187 stu- Recruitment and Retention. “Fac- dents received $3 million from ulty, research areas, program the Social Sciences and Humani- design, campus facilities, hous- ties Research Council of Canada ing and student services all have and 56 students received $800,000 an impact on a student’s decision from the Ontario Graduate Schol- to attend Western.” arship in Science and Technol- “Even right down to the cam- ogy. pus food,” she added. At the meeting, leaders had Tattersall said of the 4,499 the opportunity to share their graduate students at Western, the table with a graduate student who age range is quite diverse. Mas- offered some real-life facts. Each ters students range from 21 to 66 grad student brought different years of age with a median age of backgrounds to the discussion, Bob Klanac, Western News 29, and PhDs range from 22 to 67 part of creating a more rounded Student Jessica Wylie of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry explains her team’s research to Kevin with a median age of 32. idea of the graduate experience. Fung. of the Department of Otolaryngology at the March 20 Margaret Moffat Research Day in the Great Hall. “We’re not looking at 17-, 18- or For example, Ibrahima Bano Fung was a judge for the almost 200 student posters. Wylie and her team’s project was called Acute Re- 19-year-olds anymore,” says Tat- Diallo, a 31-year-old fourth year admission To The Paediatric Critical Care Unit. tersall, explaining how the needs graduate student in the Depart- Distinguished group honoured Supply and demand Continued from page 1 Daphne Odjig Glenda Simms Continued from page 1 already opened doors and made Thursday, June 12, 10 a.m. Friday, June 13, 10 a.m. the contacts, so that will be Anne Golden available to easily double or tri- another plus for me.” Wednesday, June 11, 10 a.m. Doctor of Laws, honoris causa Doctor of Laws, honoris causa ple enrolment in our programs. As a licensed professional An outstand- Doctor of Laws, honoris causa Odjig is one The jobs are there, but the stu- similar to engineering, geolo- ing leader who Golden has of Canada’s dents are not.” gists can work in the resource has broken been Presi- foremost art- One student who knows first- sector (oil, minerals, water) as new ground dent and Chief ists and her hand the array of opportunities well as in the environmental in the fight for Executive Offi- aboriginal-in- is Nathan Bridge. The fourth- sector. gender equal- cer of The Con- spired artwork year Earth Sciences student “The high salaries are all ity and social ference Board has been fea- hasn’t even graduated yet and about supply and demand,” justice in Can- of Canada since tured in 23 solo the offers are already pour- says Schincariol. “The demand ada, Turks and October 2001. exhibitions. ing in, with companies very greatly exceeds the supply.” Caicos Islands A member of She co-founded competitive in their recruiting Schincariol recently spoke and Jamaica, the Order of the Profes- strategies. with Western graduates at a Simms is the Canada, she sional Native Ranging from $60,000 to Vancouver event and asked Chief Execu- previously Indian Artists $85,000, and an opportunity in if the $90,000 to $120,000 per tive Officer of served as the Association, dubbed the ‘Indian Australia, Bridge says the offers year salary offers - recently Simms Consulting. President of The United Way of Group of Seven,’ in 1973 came earlier this term. Despite reported in the Financial Post - Greater Toronto for 14 years. the incentive of a guaranteed were true. Malcolm Chisholm Sir David Williams job, he plans to stay at Western “They looked at each other Friday, June 13, 3:30 p.m. to complete his Masters. and smiled and said ‘sure, espe- Jean Chrétien Thursday, June 12, 3:30 p.m. “It was a hard decision to cially if you consider stock and Doctor of Civil Law, honoris Wednesday, June 11, 3:30 p.m. Doctor of Science, honoris causa make,” says Bridge, noting other options’,” he says. causa Doctor of Laws, honoris causa A world other classmates have jumped At the same alumni event a Considered Chrétien, leader in the at the job offers. “I feel if I con- graduate told Schincariol how a ‘towering Canada’s Prime studies of inor- tinue with my education and happy she was living in Calgary figure’ in the Minister from ganic chem- perhaps broaden my education and flying on the corporate jet world of com- 1993 to 2003, istry and a skills it will open even more to Yellowknife to work for 10 mon law, Sir was the first former post- doors down the road.” days before flying back to Cal- Williams is leader to win doctoral fellow While some students strug- gary for 10 days off. the Emeritus three consecu- at Western, gle to get jobs in their related But will the demand be there Rouse Ball tive majority Chisholm’s cur- field, Bridge likes the fact he in years to come? governments Professor of rent research is in control of what the future “One can never be certain since William English Law at Ohio State holds. and that is why I always tell the Lyon Mack- at Emmanuel University has “You pretty well have the students to be well rounded,” enzie King in College, as led to the cre- opportunity to choose what says Schincariol. “If that job in 1945. A Com- well as Emeri- ation of environmentally friendly company to work for, where the mineral or oil sector is not panion of the tus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge polymers for use in photovoltaic you want to work and, in some available then jobs in the water Order of Canada, Chrétien is now University. active in Ottawa and Montreal as cells. cases, how you want to struc- resources or environmental a lawyer with the firm Heenan ture your job,” he says. “I’ve sector likely will.” Blaikie. 10 April 3, 2008 WESTERN NEWS

Recollections Overduin midwife to computerized newsroom

B y Pe t e r De s b a r a t s One of Henry’s significant That sort of prediction in 1981 and were quickly forgotten. achievements was organizing in attracted raised eyebrows among By then Henry and his inqui- lobal Television inadver- 1984 the world’s first international journalists and academics but not ring mind had found a congenial tently did me a huge favour conference of videotex journa- in Henry Overduin’s case. He was niche in the university’s doctoral Gin 1980 when they replaced lists. It was held in Toronto and ready to start work the next day program in philosophy. With the me as Ottawa Bureau Chief with attracted a small but dedicated or at least as soon as I took care of degree in his briefcase in 1991, someone willing to work for less group of journalists from that city the fact that he was a visitor and he moved to the United States money. as well as California, Florida, New not a member of my faculty. That where he directed journalism pro- Without that unexpected career York and several other Ameri- remedied, we began to obtain grams in Texas A&M University intervention I never would have can states, the forerunners of all federal grants to participate in and McNeese State University in found myself a year later, and those journalists today who work the development of a Canadian Louisiana. much to my surprise, enjoying on computer keyboards and who technology called Telidon. Plans for an orderly retirement life immensely as the new Dean wouldn’t know how to turn on an One of its pilot projects was tur- were interrupted in 2005 when of Western’s graduate journalism electric typewriter. ning television screens in farm- the home that Henry and his wife program. And without that sud- Now that Henry Overduin houses in western Canada into Dee had purchased in Louisiana den academic elevation I wouldn’t has died at the age of 65 after a display terminals for agricultural was destroyed by Hurricane Rita. have been on the other side of brief struggle with lung cancer, no information. Soon Henry’s small They returned to London, Ont. a the door of the Dean’s office in one but myself and perhaps a few newsroom at Western was sup- few years ago. 1981 when Henry Overduin came other retired journalists remem- plying a unique on-screen news Before he was diagnosed with knocking. ber his contribution. Henry never service to this network, and that lung cancer, I had lunch with On that fateful day, Western drew attention to himself. Unlike put us in touch with computerized Henry last year and in our con- took its first step toward beco- many journalists, his specialty newsrooms in a few American versation we recreated that lost ming a leader in the development was self-effacement. newspapers that were beginning world we had once inhabited of something we often referred to I still carry a mental image of to foresee a news world dominated where computers were a novelty as “on-screen print” or “videotex” that soft-spoken stranger peering Henry Overduin by something like the internet. and putting the text and images of or ultimately the internet. And around my office door at Wes- For a few years Western and journalism on interactive screens Henry, a newspaperman who had tern and inquiring about the new Henry Overduin and the Telidon a dream scenario. worked in Windsor, Yellowknife information technology I was North America and overseas. experiments were at the leading Dr. Henry Overduin died on and Montreal (Gazette and Star), preaching to anyone who would “If computers continue to make edge of the latest developments Feb. 10 at London’s Victoria became the founder of Canada’s listen. Before arriving at the uni- electronic information systems in computerized journalism. Then Hospital. He is survived by his first computerized newsroom ser- versity I had spent the better part more versatile and viable,” I had the one-way Telidon systems were wife Dee, five children (Wanda, ving clients across the country, of a year researching newspa- written for the Commission, “they replaced by interactive techno- Melanie, Lisa, Leona and Emil, the predecessor of the internet pers and computers for the Royal may emerge from their glassy logy. The big players took over. all of London, Ont.), two stepchil- phenomenon that now has revo- Commission on Newspapers and cages to destroy newspapers - at Henry Overduin and the journa- dren (Victoria, of Pickering, and lutionized every aspect of journa- I was bursting with excitement least as we have known them for lism school at Western and Teli- Chuck, of London) and five gran- lism in every country. after interviewing experts across generations.” don itself moved to the sidelines dchildren.

In Memoriam

Barbara Edwardson Jessie Marks her husband Ronald Marks, chil- Barbara Edwardson, 78, a fac- Jessie Marks, 78, a former dren, grandchildren and great- %JDIB ulty member in Health Sciences staff member with the Graphic grandchildren. Remembrances (Physical Therapy) died at home Services Department, passed gratefully acknowledged to the Mar. 29. She had retired in 1992 away March 28. She retired in Canadian Diabetes Association, %JDIB with 22 years of service at West- 1994 with 16 years of service at Canadian Cancer Society or the ern. No funeral service was held the university. A funeral service VON. but a celebration of Barbara’s took place Wed., April 2 at the life took place April 1 at the Grad McFarlane & Roberts Funeral Jill MacDonald Club in Middlesex College. Home, 2240 Wharncliffe Rd. S. in Jill MacDonald, 51, Western’s %JI@
Lambeth. Marks is survived by Manager, Corporate Insurance, 1C±±OJ± KMDG± staff member with Plant Sci- ences, passed away March 23. NOW OPEN She retired from Western in Octo- ber, 1974 with 11 years of service. A funeral was held Sat., Mar. 29 at Forest Lawn Memorial Chapel, 1997 Dundas St. E. in, London. Taste our fusion of fresh Japanese - Korean Cuisine in an Intimate Setting steps from Listen to Richmond Row. Rm. 36, Lower level UCC Western’s news 208 Central Ave. (at Richmond) Western In 5 podcast at Telephone: 519-642-2558 www.gozen.ca www.uwo.ca WESTERN NEWS april 3, 2008 11 Singh wins Genetics Society of Canada’s Top Honour

B y Mi t c h e l l Zi mm e r investigation comprehensive DNA chip avail- their growth and development.” sion pattern you may be sensitive of retroviral able. (Singh also played a role in Singh’s work on alcoholism is to it and I may not. You may like The Award of Excellence given sequences in developing the DNA chip tech- somewhat different. In that case to drink alcohol and I may not, by the Genetics Society of Canada the human nology with Affimetrix) Singh there are five people in his lab you may develop alcoholism and celebrates a lifetime of achieve- genome and is applying the technique to the who are studying gene expres- I may not so really our hypoth- ment of the recipient. In Shiva then explored twin DNA samples and asking sion. “Rather than focusing on the esis is more post DNA. It’s the Singh’s case, he maintains he won the role of the question “What’s the differ- DNA, that work totally focuses response to ethanol on your DNA the award because of the hard methylation ence between the two? They are on the RNA. The gene is there, that really determines what’s work of whole teams of people and epigenet- monozygotic yet one has the dis- then it produces the messenger going to happen, how you’re going from over the years - students, ics until 2005- ease and the other one doesn’t. RNA and then it produces the to respond.” post docs and technicians. As he 2006. His lab Our pilot data already shows that protein and something happens For more on Singh’s work in puts it, he’s “lucky to have tal- Singh is now adding twins are not identical. That’s one and its played out. Our hypoth- epigenetics and DNA methy- ented and dedicated people asso- a new tech- major breakthrough… the ret- esis there is that alcohol itself lation see: http://communi- ciated with our research.” He nique. roviral sequence, the methyla- affects the gene expression. You cations.uwo.ca/com/west- added, “During the acceptance, I “We are the first ones in the tion and now on the copy number may take a glass of alcohol, your ern_news/features/million_dol- had all the people who have ever world to look for copy number variation show that they are not gene expression pattern may be lar_grant_boosts_epigenetics_ worked in the lab, ‘here are the variations in schizophrenia,” says identical. There are a lot of dif- very different from mine and research_20020911436143/ people who truly deserve it and I Singh. “Our project is also unique ferences that come about during depending on that gene expres- will take it on their behalf’.” because we have designed our The award was a part of the 4th experimental approach to include Canadian Developmental Biol- monozygotic twins.” ogy Conference, a combined con- It took 17 years to collect the Survey results set campus direction gress sponsored by The Society DNA from 73 pairs of twins from for Developmental Biology, the all over the world and now he Genetics Society of Canada, and plans to assay the copy number B y Bo b Kl a n a c geting, says the email survey responses we get, the greater con- the Alberta Heritage Foundation variations in the samples. “The invitations sent to Western stu- fidence we have in the results,” he for Medical Research held in the reason for that is very straight Up to 6,600 Western undergrad- dents could yield essential infor- says. Banff Centre. That esprit de corps forward in that although schizo- uate students are being surveyed mation. The survey response rate is has followed Singh back home, phrenia is a genetic disease, on issues that will have a major “The NSSE results affect stu- currently at 25 per cent, and Eng- “For now students want to keep monozygotic twins who are sup- impact on the direction of quality dents as it is the principal tool land says “we’ve still got some the award in the lab,” he says. “It posed to be 100% genetically improvements at The University we have for measuring quality distance to go before we get to was nice to be recognized.” identical have a risk of develop- of Western Ontario. improvement,” he says. “A couple our targeted rate.” Singh’s research initiatives ing the disease 50% of the time. The National Survey of Student of our programs are looking at “What we’re shooting for and into schizophrenia have explored So if one has it, the probability the Engagement (NSSE) polls stu- improvements based on NSSE what we’ve been able to achieve many avenues through the years. other twin will also have the dis- dents at 772 post-secondary insti- results.” in the past is a 35-40 per cent “I think we are right up there ease is only 50%,” Singh explains. tutions across North America, the In particular, England says the response rate,” he says. in terms of being able to com- “The problem with copy number results giving each institution an survey is important to the Fac- “That’s important to us as it will pete with the novel hypotheses variation is that it’s a very tedious idea of how they rank relative to ulty of Science where proposed permit us to look at the responses and novel approaches to really and complex technology.” contemporaries. changes will hinge on how sci- on a faculty by faculty basis.” tackle this complex problem,” he In this assay, the whole genome Marty England, of Western’s ence students respond. A final email reminder goes out says. In the 1990’s he started his must be scanned using the most Institutional Planning and Bud- “The greater the number of April 9.

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Profiling community contributions of faculty, staff and students

Review of the Faculty of Health Sciences

A Senate Decanal Selection Committee for the Faculty of Health Sciences has been constituted and is now engaged in a review of the Faculty’s operations. Input from Faculty members, staff and students forms an important part of the assessment of the Faculty’s scholarly and educational programs, its academic plans for the future, and its administration. This input also will be most valuable as the Committee develops a sense of the characteristics that are most important in the next Dean, and in the selection process itself. External Reviewers will visit the campus on April 16 and 17, 2008. They will meet with members of the University and Faculty administrations and with representatives of particular constituencies within the Faculty, including students, to seek their views about the Faculty’s operations. The Reviewers’ itinerary also will include open meetings to which Faculty members, staff and students will be invited. The External Reviewers are: Denise Alcock, Former Dean of Health Sciences and Interim Director, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa Elsie G. Culham, Director, School of Rehabilitation Therapy and Associate Dean of Health Sciences, Queen’s University Carol Rodgers, Dean, College of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan Faculty, staff and students in the Faculty of Health Sciences are encouraged to make written submissions regarding any aspect of the Faculty’s operations, and the characteristics required to be Dean in this Faculty at this time. Submissions may be addressed directly to: “External Reviewers – Faculty of Health Sciences, c/o The Office of the Provost,” prior to April 15, 2008. Submissions addressed in this manner will be reviewed only by the External Reviewers and will otherwise be held in strict confidence. Those wishing to make comments directly to the Selection Committee may address them to: Dr. Fred Longstaffe, Provost and Vice-President (Academic), and Chair of the Decanal Selection Committee for the Faculty of Health Sciences, Stevenson-Lawson Building, Room 115, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B8. These submissions will be shared with Committee Members, but otherwise kept in strict confidence.

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B y Pe t e r Mc C l e l l a n d Cuban runner while out for a jog, or enjoying a Cuban professional uba has earned interna- baseball game with the local tional recognition for its fans - sport truly was a common Csuccess on the world sport- ground. ing stage - proving a systematic There are many people to approach to sport and physical thank for this truly unbelievable education is clearly an effective experience. We are grateful to one. Based on their socialist ide- the Faculty of Health Science als, Cuba employs a strategy of and the School of Kinesiology mass participation that channels for sponsoring some of our land those children with physical gifts arrangements. We owe a debt of on to more specific elite sports gratitude to Faculty of Health schools. Sciences Dean Jim Weese and As our focus was to examine the School of Kinesiology Director Cuban mass sport and elite sport Earl Noble, who were incredibly systems, it was very interesting supportive throughout the lead-up to see how physical activity was to this project. weaved into Cuban culture. We would also like to thank the Compared to our Canadian International Curriculum Fund, classrooms, there was a distinct which provided financial support lack of school supplies, but one for the student‘s air travel. We thing was not lacking - smiling are indebted to our hosts from kids. Not only did we learn to be INDER, particularly Gladys thankful for what we have here Bequer Diaz and Major Tania in Canada, but also that we don’t Garcia, who were incredibly kind necessarily need every amenity and hospitable throughout our to be happy. Material poverty and stay. spiritual richness are balanced Finally, we would like to thank well by Cubans. the professors who accompa- Another interesting portion nied us - Scott Martyn, Karen of the trip was a mini academic Danylchuk and, especially, Dar- conference held at our hotel. win Semotiuk, who is the driving Five experts representing The force behind this project and a National Institute of Sports, Phys- Contributed Photo proud ambassador for Canada - ical Education and Recreation thank you for this very valuable Western Kinesiology students recently returned from an event-filled trip to Cuba, where they learned of the country’s (INDER) led seminars elaborat- passion of sport and physical activity. sporting, cultural, and more than ing on the Cuban sport system, anything, learning experience. and explained how all the depart- We hope, with much optimism, ments worked in an interdepen- this course could be the start of dent fashion to ensure sport and apparent sport and physical edu- warmth, he gave us a message This trip was a unique experi- some very successful Canada- physical education is available to cation is deeply rooted into the that really summed up the Cuban ence for the 13 of us who left our Cuba and University of Western all of Cuban society. daily activities of Cuban people sport system: homes in Canada to visit such Ontario-Cuba relations. In order to explore the Cuban through all stages of their lives. “When I won my gold medals in a vastly different country - in sport and physical activity sys- From kindergartens to special Montreal, I did not win them just culture, politics, language, and Peter McClelland, along with tem in depth, an extensive itin- schools, from three-month-old for me. I won them for the people values. It may seem as though fellow Kinesiology students Toby erary was created to comple- babies to blind children, we pro- who feed me, train me, sweep the Canada and Cuba would be on Rider, Marla Lubinsky, Mengjia ment the topics addressed by the foundly felt every life was valued floors at the training complexes, polar ends of a spectrum. Zhang, Veronica Streeter, Mark Cuban experts. This included vis- and respected in Cuba. for everyone who helped me, for However, one commonality Dickson, Courtney May, Jenn iting kindergarten schools, junior A highlight of the trip was all of Cuba”. exists that made this educational Crouchman, Paul Thibert and schools, sports initiation schools, meeting Alberto Juantorena, a It would be hard to find many experience possible - the underly- Jacobi Elliott, recently returned community projects, sports Vice-President of INDER. No Canadian Olympic champions ing passion for sports and physi- from an educational exploration, facilities, and special schools for stranger to Canada, at the 1976 who would utter similar senti- cal activity. Whether it was hav- part of their Kinesiology 471b/ disabled and visually impaired Montreal Olympics Juantorena ments, but perhaps that is what ing an impromptu Canada-Cuba Kinesiology 560b - An Educational students. captured gold in the 400m and makes Cuba just a little bit dif- volleyball match while visiting Exploration of Sport and Physical During these visits it became 800m track events. A man of rare ferent. one of the schools, meeting a local Activity in Cuba course.

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