• Fiscal restraint leads to budget cuts By GAVIN WILSON As well, expectations of additional access clouded financial picture that is be­ funding to boost enrolment at UBC — at both the ing compared to the restraint era of undergraduate and graduate level—were dashed the 1980s has led to campus-wide when the provincial government retracted its A cuts in the 1992/93 budget. commitment to increase the number of funded More than $4.1 million has been trimmed student places, said Strangway. from the recurring budgets of university depart­ The last increase in access funding came in ments, offices and faculties — an average of 1.6 April, allowing an additional 200 undergraduate per cent. and 84 graduate positions. Some areas have On top of the pro- received deeper cuts, —————-^^—^^— •——^—^^^^— vincial operating including areduction "From an income point of view, grant, the university of more than eight per had an income of $47 cent in the operating this is the most difficult year we million from credit budget ofthe Faculty have faced in several years." course fees, $1 mil- of Agricultural Sci- ^^^^——^^—^^— __^_^_^^ lion from miscellane­ ences. ous fees, and $4.8 The cuts were made to help balance the $320- million from interest and other income. million general purpose operating budget ap­ More than 80 per cent of the university's proved by the university' s Board ofGovernors in expenses are from salaries and benefits. A further July. $6.3 million goes toward utilities, $6.4 million to "From an income point of view, this is the library acquisitions, $6.8 million to student aid, most difficult year we have faced in several and $35 million to other non-salary expenses. years," President David Strangway told board The recently negotiated salary increases for members. "It bears a great deal of similarity to the faculty added a one-time, retroactive $1.3 mil­ restraint years ofthe early 1980s." lion to the fiscal year cost of 1991/92. The aca­ The university's major source of income, the demic contingency fund was used to offset this provincial government's annual operating grant, expense and balance the budget. was up two per cent this year, for a total of $267 Salary settlements for most university em­ million. ployees in 1991/92 have now been reached, with But this follows a year in which inflation the exception of teaching assistants belonging to toppdW|(ff per cent, Strangway said. The univer­ the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local sity also faces many cost increases which are 2278 and day care workers. fixed, imposed by regulation, or stem from ap­ For 1992/93, salary adjustments are also out­ proved agreements. standing for management and professional staff, These increases are not recognized in the non-union technical staff and excluded staff. provincial government's operating grant and must The entire budget narrative will be published be absorbed this fiscal year, he said. and distributed this fall.

Photo by Charles Ker Task force poised to Native carver Ken McNeildances under the watchfuleyes of a totem pole he helped create for the First Nations Longhouse, a project funded by UBC's World of Opportunity campaign. tackle global gridlock Native artists celebrated By CHARLES KER Task Force on Non-Motorized Transport, Feet first, pedal next, motor maybe. Pendakur isn't big on bumpers. Still, that doesn't as Longhouse posts unveiled "That would make a good bumper sticker," stop him from thinking up catchy phrases for the An enthusiastic audience of close to 100 chanting by First Nations graduate Ron Setty Pendakur's guest blurts out. Not surpris­ two primary alternatives to cars — cycling and Native students, elders, architects, administra­ Hamilton. ingly, the suggestion draws no response. walking. tors and faculty applauded the unveiling of four The two-hour ceremony, convened As recently appointed chair of the Global "People have an emotional love affair with carved house posts at UBC's First Nations on the construction site ofthe magnifi­ their motor vehicles in this country and the di­ Longhouse last month. cent 1 06-metre-long structure, paid trib­ vorce isn't going to come easy," he said. Two, 19-metre red cedar roof beams, ute to the artists who shaped the giant Pendakur, who has taught transportation is­ carved in the shape of a sea lion and killer cedar posts and beams which will frame sues in UBC's School of Community and Re­ whale by Haida artist Don Yeomans, were the Great Hall of the Longhouse. gional Planning for 26 years, hopes the 29-mem- Inside also hoisted into place amidst ceremonial See CEDAR on Page 2 ber task force helps hasten the divorce. The world's cities, he says, are running out of room to OLYMPIC GOLD: UBC Olympians move and clean air to breath largely because of an participating in the Barcelona games followed in the footsteps of 35 former overabundance of moving metal on roads. Computer porn ordered UBC students in bringing home Ol­ The task force will seek to change people's ympic medals in rowing. Page 2. attitudes towards daily travel by highlighting how other countries have successfully tackled HELPING HAND: More than 2,000 in­ deleted from UBC computers ternational students from close to 90 their inner-city traffic problems. countries were enrolled at UBC last Some examples: UBC President David Strangway has in­ access to, create, or store such pornographic year. Staff at International House, - In January, Amsterdam citizens voted by structed University Computing Services (UCS) material on university computing equipment, along with 400 volunteers, are ready referendum to prohibit cars from coming into the to delete all pornographic material from the UCS noting that some ofthe material sent to his office to greet the newest batch of arrivals. central business district without a special pass. Around & About, page 3. computer files. was not found in UCS computer files. - Singapore drivers, who currently shell out "Several colleagues have written to me Bernard Sheehan, associate vice-president, SAY WHAT?: Misleading metaphors, $ 100 a month for the privilege of driving down­ regarding the availability of pornographic Information and Computing Systems, is in the inflated language, weasel words and town, may soon have to pay by the kilometre material on UBCNet. I wish to assure you process of establishing a task force to examine gobbledygook are some of the tools under a new concept known as electronic road used by public speakers who abuse that neither I nor the university condone the appropriate uses of information technology at English with doublespeak. English pricing. such vulgar and reprehensible "news" UBC and make recommendations. Professor Philip Allingham uncov­ - In Bangalore, India (twice the size of metro­ items on computer network bulletin "Dr. Sheehan has been working on this issue with ers the worst. Forum, page 8. politan Vancouver), 25 per cent of trips are by boards," he said. the UCS staff for several weeks and has been collect­ bicycle, while an equal percentage of Finns in Strangway has asked all UBC units to ensure ing background information from other institutions See TODAY'S on Page 2 that university property is not being used to gain worldwide," Strangway said. 2 UBC REPORTS August 13.1992 Hi-tech brings life to limbs Letters to the Editor

By GAVIN WILSON Picking up a telephone, flicking Negotiations 'a disaster' on a light switch, and turning the page of a book are daily acts that most of us take for granted. But for people The Editor: who have lost the use of their arms, I object to the self-congratulatory tone ofthe statements by the Faculty they are impossible tasks. Association President in the July 16 UBC Reports concerning the recent UBC researchers Douglas Romilly faculty salary settlement for 1991-1992. In fact the Faculty Association's and Cecil Hershler are developing an policy in negotiating that settlement was a disaster. The University made us orthotic device to help replace the an acceptable offer in 1991, but the Association, as always, wanted more, power and movement in the arms of regardless ofthe circumstances. As a result ofthe subsequent delay we have these people. been denied our rightful salary increase for an entire year, have lost all the Among those who could benefit interest that could have been earned from it, and have finally been awarded are those suffering from polio, spinal it in a year when a new income tax surtax is being imposed. Furthermore, cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, mus­ when an agreement was finally reached, the time for a 1992-93 increase was cular dystrophy, strokes, and upon us, with the University facing new fiscal restraints. The impact of a amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or zero increase for 92-93 was muffled by its being coupled with the long- Lou Gehrig's Disease). delayed increase for the previous year. If the Association had negotiated in "There is a whole class of people a realistic and timely fashion in 1991 that decision would have been long who have lost mobility and muscle behind us, and we could have faced the new situation in its own terms. In function in their limbs but they can effect, the Association played into the administration's hands. still feel texture and temperature," said Daniel L. Overmyer Romilly, an assistant professor in the Asian Studies Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. "We're trying to build a device that would give them back their mobility." Romilly and Hershler, a clinical associate professor in the School of Rehabilitation Medicine, are in the UBC athletes strike early stages of a three-year project to develop prototypes for an improved orthotic device. Many of the existing orthotics are gold at Olympics Photo by Maitin Dee very sophisticated, but suffer from a Graduate student Carolyn Anglin tests orthotic device. number of problems: they are too Edmonton native Megan medal, you don't let anyone take it heavy, too complicated to use, and so has involved an evaluation of an exist­ being less expensive and is easier to Delehanty "rows" to the occasion at away from you." expensive that few can afford them ing state-of-the-art orthotic device, put on and remove than many other the Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The Canadian crew finished a (unlike prostheses, orthotics are not made by the Hugh MacMillan Reha­ models, Romilly said its limitations Delehanty, a PhD candidate at whopping four seconds ahead of the covered by the B.C. medical plan). bilitation Centre in Toronto. are fast becoming evident. UBC in Microbiology, put in a gold- pack. However, Delehanty said the The root of these problems, said The device comprises a series of "It doesn't allow the user to make medal performance thought of winning Romilly, is that these orthotic designs aluminum braces that strap onto the two movements at once. It can't, for in Spain to add to didn't enter her mind try to fully mimic human movement, arm, mounted across the chest with a example, allow you to reach for and the university's rich until the race was al­ and this has proven to be too complex. pivot point under one arm to take the grab a cup at the same time — that's Olympic history in most over. Romilly and Hershler are taking a weight. two separate movements," he said. rowing. "We were expect­ different approach. They surveyed It is powered by a pair of battery- "We're using it as a learning tool to She wasn't alone. ing a really tight race. people who have lost muscle function operated motors, which are operated create the next generation of devices." Joined by alumni But being so far ahead in their arms and asked them which by two electrodes placed above the The researchers plan to build five Kathleen Heddle of ofthe rest, I started to tasks they would like help in perform­ eyebrows of the user. Movement of prototypes of their new design, send­ Vancouver and think, yeah, we're go­ ing. the user's forehead muscles turns the ing one back to the MacMillan lab. Jessica Monroe of ing to do it." "It may not be as important to fully motors on and off. The orthotic allows The other four will be clinically evalu­ North Vancouver, Another UBC mimic human movement as it is to users to rotate their forearm, reach out, ated on patients. they teamed up with alum, Mike Rascher provide a certain function," said and grasp objects with a thumb and Romilly and Hershler's work is Kirs tenBarnesof Vic­ of Fernie, B.C., Romilly. two fingers. funded in part by a $190,000 grant toria, Brenda Taylor brought home the Most of the research project to date Although it has the advantage of from the provincial Ministry of Health. of Sidney, B.C., gold as a member of Lesley Thompson of the winning men's London, Ont., and Delehanty eights with coxswain. Shannon Crawford, Delehanty, Mamie McBean and Kay Worthington Heddle, Monroe, Rascher and Mor­ of Toronto, to finish first in the wom­ row follow in the footsteps of 35 Today's focus on cars, not people en's eights with coxswain. former UBC students who have They were coached by another brought home Olympic hardware in Continued from Page 1 UBC alumnus, Al Morrow, a com­ rowing. Helsinki cycle downtown to work in petitor at the 1976 Summer Olympics the dead of winter. Past gold-medal performances in in Montreal, who also guided the wom­ Olympic rowing have also come from Meanwhile, Pendakur points out en's fours to a gold medal in Barce­ Ned Pratt, Walter D'Hondt, Archie that the City of Vancouver recently lona. McKinnon, Don Arnold, and Lome balked at a suggestion it levy a parking Loomerin 1956; George Hungerford tax which amounted to about $2 a "We pushed really hard," and Roger Jackson in 1964; and Pat month. Delehanty later reflected after re­ turning from the rowing venue at Turner and Paul Steele in 1984. "Governments have to take the lead Lake Banyoles to the main athletes' and ask questions ofthe engineers and More than 50 rowers from UBC village in Barcelona. economists because right now envi­ have represented Canada in Olympic ronmental costs and benefits are being "If you challenge for that gold competition. left out ofthe whole spectrum of analy­ sis and professional practice," said Pendakur. Cedar posts, beams 'Transportation priorities today re­ volve around moving cars, not people." Organized by the 70-year-old depict ancestral figures Transportation Research Board and Continued from Page 1 students atop the Harris' contribu­ the U.S. National Academy of Sci­ Artists Susan Point (Coast tion. ences, the three-year task force will Bangkok's traffic jams test the patience ofthe most stalwart motorist. Salish), Lyle Wilson (Haisla), Ken Among those in attendance seek to get environmental traffic con­ McNeil (Tahltan/Tlingit/Nisga'a) were philanthropists Jack Bell siderations on the agendas of planners and Stan Bevan (Tahltan/Tlingit/ and Bill Bellman, each of whom don't have to reinvent the wheel but tional lending and aid agencies, five and economists by holding yearly con­ Tsimshian) and Chief Walter Harris contributed $1 million towards learn from the experience of others," from developing countries (India, Ni­ ferences and special seminars. The and his son Rodney (Gitksan) de­ the project and Douglas said Pendakur, who added that Canada geria, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong task force won't be doing research of scribed their creations after each McArthur, B.C.'s deputy minis­ is 20 years behind countries in North­ Kong), eight academics and profes­ its own, but rather getting experts from was unveiled: a stylized owl for ter of aboriginal affairs. ern Europe in terms of accommodat­ sionals from the U.S. and 11 members around the world together to talk about Point's post; eagle and beaver fig­ The $4.9-million longhouse will ing cyclists in urban plans. from Canada, Australia, Germany, their innovations. ures for Wilson's; the raven for be a centre for the university's First The task force membership will France, Japan, the U.K., Norway, "In trying to retrofit North Ameri­ McNeil and Bevan's carving; and a Nations students, staff and faculty consist of five people from interna­ Sweden and the Netherlands. can cities for bicycles or walking we wolf with three figures representing when it opens at the end of the year. UBC REPORTS August 13.1992 University cuts ties to exclusive men's club By CONNIE FILLETTI members. actively lobbying the club's executive served to limit the advancement of Currently, there are 24 UBC fac­ UBC will no longer cover expenses "This is not acceptable today, if it to admit women. Recently, he attempted women," Birch's letter of resignation ulty, staff and emeriti who are mem­ incurred by university personnel at ever was, as women take their full to nominate two prominent women for stated. bers of the Vancouver Club. It will be clubs that bar women from member­ and rightful place in all parts of our membership without success. He said he remained a member in left up to individuals to decide if they ship, says President David Strangway. society, whether business, law or ac­ Birch, who became a club mem­ order to vote to admit women, think­ retain personal memberships in the Previously, it was possible for fac­ counting firms," Strangway said in ber through an amalgamation of the ing that such a decision was not only club, Strangway said. ulty and staff to be reimbursed for his letter of resignation to club presi­ Vancouver Club and the University "inevitable, but would be accom­ Other prominent Vancouver Club work-related entertainment costs. dent Gerald McGavin. Club of Vancouver in 1972, has not plished in short order." members to resign in recent months The policy accompanied the resig­ "It is with great regret that I take patronized the club since 1974. Birch and Strangway resigned fol­ include Bill Saywell, president of nations, in July, of both Strangway this step," he added. "I had hoped that "It became clear to me that all-male lowing a decision by the club's execu­ Simon Fraser University, Haig Farris, and Dan Birch, vice-president Aca­ the necessary changes in the Vancou­ clubs patronized by the men in busi­ tive board to reject the nomination of director of the Science Council of B.C., demic and provost, from the prestig­ ver Club would be initiated, but I see ness and community leadership posi­ women, despite advice that their mem­ Erich Vogt, director of TRIUMF and ious Vancouver Club. no sign that this is happening." tions were among the mechanisms in bership was not prevented by the Peter Lusztig, former dean of UBC's The club does not admit female As a member, Strangway had been our society which, without ill intent, club's constitution or bylaws. Faculty of Commerce.

High school Ill health downs physics giant redwood tree Olympians It's time to say goodbye to an old rate of decline can only increase friend. and death is imminent," Hanson The sequoiadendron giganteum, said. win bronze the 17-metre California Redwood tree "The tree will become a hazard that has stood tall outside the Main and must come down before it Two high school students coached Library since the first days of UBC, is comes down on its own, during a by Christopher Waltham, an assistant in failing health. windstorm this fall, for example." professor in the Dept. of Physics, won Efforts by university horti- The California Redwood, which bronze medals at the 23rd annual In­ culturalists to revitalize it have been towered over the university's Lights ternational Physics Olympiads held unsuccessful and the tree is sched­ of Learning ceremony for the past recently in Helsinki, Finland. uled to come down during the last two years, could still remain part of PaulTupper, of Vancouver, placed week of August. UBC's tradition. Hanson said the 39th overall out of 177 students from "A report prepared by a profes­ university is investigating the pos­ 37 countries who were entered in the sional arborist suggests the tree's en­ sibility of incorporating its wood competition. Patrick Premont, of ergy bank is nearly exhausted," said in the new library building. Valleyfield, Que., came in 54th place. Mike Hanson, grounds trades super­ Hanson said the university is Both earned bronze medals. visor with the Dept. of Plant Opera­ exploring the possibility of plant­ Adrian Dunn of North Hatley, Que., tions. ing a new sequoiadendron in the earned an honorable mention for his Hanson said the tree is failing same vicinity. 70th-place showing. rapidly with only small amounts of Kresco Pavlovic, head gardener The Canadian team at the Chemis­ viable leaf and a considerable amount at UBC, said if that is the case, the try Olympiad in Pittsburgh and Wash­ of disease within the crown. This gardening crew will do its best to ington, D.C, also did well, but failed year's drought likely had an impact ensure that the newly planted tree to win any medals. They were coached Photo by Media Services as well, he added. has every opportunity to grow and by Gordon Bates, an associate profes­ The giant redwood seen in healthier days sporting the Lights "The report indicates the tree's flourish. sor in the Dept. of Chemistry. of Learning, an annual Christmas event. Around & About Welcoming hand extended to international students

By RON BURKE terprise from their varied backgrounds tional students at UBC, the centre friendship and support. Last year, students or members of the com­ At the University of B.C.'s In­ and different perspectives. keeps a library of information about close to 100 Canadian students were munity. ternational House, five staff and International House plays a role in educational, work and volunteer op­ exposed to international cultures and Diane Larsson, a UBC social more than 400 volunteers from on- this commitment by welcoming and portunities around the world, as a friendships through peers. work student and assistant co­ and off-campus are quietly busy, supporting incoming international resource for all UBC students. The language services program ordinator of the 1992 summer re­ offering support and encourage­ students. Community volunteers — some offers English-as-a-Second-Lan- ception program, says that when ment to UBC students from other From humble beginnings in 1953, of whom have been associated with guage classes to both students and she started, she was amazed at the countries. International House their spouses, who may feel amount of time volunteers were "Our main purpose is to assist opened its present isolated due to lack of Eng­ willing to put in. international students to achieve home in 1959, follow­ "We're able to provide a safe environment lish skills. This also has a "But now I understand how much their academic ambitions at UBC," ing a traditional UBC where international students can interact with social value, as the classes people get from volunteering here, says Shirin Theophilus, one of two tenure in an army hut. each other and with Canadians, and grow." bring together families of what a great learning experience it is student advisors at International Construction funds ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ students. for them, " she says. House. "We also promote good­ were raised primarily A translation service is "Mostly," adds Theophilus, will between these students and by the Rotary Club of Vancouver and the centre for more than a decade — offered by the language bank pro­ "we're providing the skills, resources Canadians." the Vancouver-South (then Marpole) are a key ingredient in International gram. People drop off material to be and environment to enable interna­ During the 1991-92 academic Rotary Club, along with other on- House's array of programs. During translated into various languages by tional students to adapt to the UBC year, there were 2,077 international and off-campus groups. Both Rotary the spring, volunteers write personal­ international students, who do so as a environment. We're not trying to students from more than 90 coun­ clubs are still active on the centre's ized letters to all incoming interna­ volunteer service for the university change them, just help them make a tries at UBC. board of directors. tional students. In the summer, vol­ community. smooth transition to UBC, so as to In Second to None, UBC's mis­ UBC is the only university in unteers greet students at the Vancou­ And there are social and recrea­ support their academic achieve­ sion statement, President David Canada, as far as Theophilus knows, ver airport and assist them with the tional programs to help international ment." Strangway clearly outlines the uni­ that has a facility specifically de­ search for housing. students have a well-rounded experi­ versity's commitment to interna­ voted to international students. The centre also offers year-round ence at UBC. Members are encour­ tionalizing both UBC and the edu­ "It's wonderful that we're able to services to support and encourage aged to participate in fitness classes, Do you know of an unsung hero cational experience of its students, provide a safe environment where students. Canadian students are hiking and biking expeditions, group —faculty, staff, student or member stating: international students not international students can interact matched with internationals in the outings to local attractions and vari­ ofthe community — at UBC? If so. only benefit from what the univer­ with each other and with Canadians, peer program, a buddy system de­ ous social get-togethers. drop a note to The Editor, UBC sity has to offer, but make a major and grow," she says. signed to encourage cultural ex­ All of these programs are staffed Reports, Community Relations Of­ contribution to the educational en­ In addition to supporting interna­ changes and appreciation, along with by volunteers, whether faculty, staff, fice. Zone 2. 4 UBCREPORTS August 13.1992

August 16 - September 5

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By ABE HEFTER paper industry, with significant ben­ "We will now factor in other ele­ An international research effort efits for British Columbia. ments, like combustion, in order to spearheaded by the Dept. of Mechani­ Investigators from Canada, the understand the complete process. Air cal Engineering could result in multi­ United States, Finland, and Sweden flow is one crucial piece of the puz­ million-dollar savings for the pulp and — led by department Head Martha zle." Salcudean and Professor Ian The $2-million project, which runs Gartshore — are looking for ways to until 1996, is being funded by the improve the design and operation of federal government, the U.S. Dept. of UBC Reports is the faculty and the recovery boiler, one of the vital Energy, the B.C. Science Council, the staff newspaper of the University cogs in any kraft pulp and paper Natural Sciences and Engineering of British Columbia. It is pub­ mill. Research Council, and Weyerhaeuser lished every second Thursday by "The recovery boiler is the key to a Canada and the U.S. the UBC Community Relations pulp mill's productivity," said Weyerhaeuser's contribution in­ Offke, 6328 Memorial Rd., Van­ Salcudean. "Any kraft mill that wants cludes two fully functional small scale couver, B.C, V6T 1Z2. to increase its paper-making capacity recovery boiler models, which are lo­ Telephone 822-3131. must overcome the limitations of its cated at UBC. Advertistoginqniries: 822-3131. boiler." "These models enable us to visu­ Mauagtag Editor: Steve Crombie alize the entire flow," said Ass't Editor: Paula Martin Salcudean said an increase in a Salcudean. Production: Bfll Jamieson boiler's efficiency and productivity of Photo by Kevin Miller OMttrihotors: Ron Burke, Connie only a few percentage points would Last month, senior representa­ UBC Engineering Professor Martha Salcudean meets with senior Fffietti, Abe Hefter, Charles Ker, result in huge savings for pulp and tives of Weyerhaeuser were on cam­ representatives of Weyerhaeuser Paper Company (from left) George and Gavin Wilson. paper mills. pus to meet with Salcudean and Weyerhaeuser Jr., David Mclnnes and James Ferris. "We have already developed the Gartshore, along with UBC Presi­ computer technology to simulate a dent David Strangway, other mem­ opments in the project. has led to a level of success that has Please boiler's air flow and calculate the bers of the university administra­ "The visit is representative of drawn the interest of pulp and paper amount of air necessary for effective tion, and Applied Science Dean Axel Weyerhaeuser's tremendous sup­ mills and boiler makers from around €•<& } recycle operation," she said. Meisen, to discuss the latest devel- port," said Salcudean. "The support the world." The University of British Columbia V Development Office Telephone 6253 NW Marine Drive 604 822.8900 Vancouver, Canada Facsimile V6T2A7 604 822.8151 D Opportunity Q. Q. D U o The UBC Campaign News AUGUST 1992 U CQ Z) O 0 Another campaign landmark

World of Opportunity Campaign Chairman Bob Wyman announced that $220- million has been raised to date, at a major dinner to recognize Campaign donors, Chancellor's Circle patrons and Wesbrook Society members, May 30. "Our Campaign has registered another record year thanks to men and women like you who have invested in UBC," Wyman told the donors. The 'Supporting Scholar­ ship' tribute dinner, held in the War Memorial Gym, celebrated the academic endowments, chairs, centres, professorships and scholarships created with funding from the Campaign. The gym was converted into a Great Hall, complete with a stained glass window con­ structed by the UBC Theatre Department, and life-sized portraits of UBC's former chancellors and presidents. Broadcast journalist Joe World of Opportunity Campaign Honorary Chairman Sir Cecil Green digs in at a sod turning for western Canada's first residental graduate college. Green College, named for UBC's great benefactor and friend, will attract graduate Schlesinger, former diplomat students from a variety of scholarly disciplines. Joining Sir Cecil in the sod turning are (I to r) President David Ivan Head and geneticist Patricia Strangway, Premier Mike Harcourt, and Philip Graham. Baird were the special guest speakers who shared insights gained through the benefit of their many experiences. Wyman and UBC President David Lam Centre opens David Strangway acknowledged several donors among those in attendance who made recent UBC has officially opened the "We are very fortunate to Other major donors are contributions to UBC: first building to be constructed with have such good friends as the Edgar F. Kaiser Jr., L.O.M. • Tong Louie for funding the funds from the World of Opportu­ Honourable David Lam and Western Securities and Peter M. Tong Louie Chair in nity Campaign ~ the $8.2-million Dorothy Lam, whose generosity and Brown, the Real Estate Founda­ Pharmacy Administration; David Lam Management Research vision were the impetus for this tion of B.C., Royal Trust Ltd., • the St. Paul's Hospital Centre. building. The good will they have MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Lily Foundation for establishing The new building, located at bestowed on this university has and Robert H. Lee, Chevron Canada's first Chair in Main Mall and Agricultural Road, been unsparing," said Strangway. See First, page 4 AIDS; adjacent to the Henry Angus • Brenda and David McLean building, will house facilities of the See Campaign, page 2 Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration. The Lam building is the first of nine new buildings to be con­ structed over the next decade with Inside... funds from the Campaign. "This is a very special day for • UBC pays tribute to the University of British Columbia," Hong Kong donors President David Strangway told dignitaries at the building's opening • Graduating classes leave ceremony. "I'm sure we'll look legacy through Class Act back on this day and say, 'this is program where it all began.'" The building was made • Japanese Prince and possible by a $1-million donation Princess turn sod for from the David and Dorothy Lam Nitobe Garden Renova­ Foundation and other contributions, tion Cutting the ribbon at the David Lam Management Research Centre opening including matching funds from the are (I to r) Commerce Dean Michael Goldberg, Mrs. Dorothy Lam, Lieutenant provincial government. Governor David Lam and Advanced Education Minister Tom Perry. Page 2 The UBC Campaign News

Major Donors to the World of Opportunity UBC welcomes Hong Kong '92 Campaign As of May 30, 1992

In October, Canada will play host to The University of British Columbia is pleased to recognize the following donors to the World of Festival Hong Kong '92 — an exchange of Opportunity campaign. culture, education and business through a Recognition is also gratefully extended to the Government of British Columbia which has series of events in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, expressed its commitment to higher education by Ottawa and Vancouver. matching gifts to the Campaign, and to Ihe Vancouver Foundation for matching gifts to the The theme of the event is 'Bridge across President's Fund Opportunity Endowment the Pacific' and for UBC, the theme is particu­ The lull value ot Ihe donor gifts, plus larly appropriate. For more than 50 years, matching contributions, are gratefully UBC has bridged the Pacific through study and acknowledged be fow. $10,000,000 or more research. Today, the university is recognized including matching funds as one of the principal North American centres Chan Foundation of Canada for Asian Studies. Cecil H. Green Students of The Universrty of British Columbia UBC will be taking part in the Festival, Peter Wall through several exhibits which will be featured $2,000,000 to $9,999,999 at the Museum of Anthropology and the Asian including matching funds

Centre, through symposia, and through recog­ Alcan Aluminium Limited nition of friends and donors to the World of B.C. Lottery Fund Jack Bell Opportunity Campaign who have their roots in The Morris and Helen Belkin Foundation William E. and June Bellman Hong Kong. Estate of Hugh M. Brock British Columbia Telephone Company Hong Kong alumni and donors have C.K. Choi & Family (Eason Enterprises Ltd.) given their support to UBC for several World Fletcher Challenge Canada Limited Hongkong Bank of Canada and the Hongkong and of Opportunity Campaign projects, including: Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited IBM Canada Limited* • The David Lam Management Re­ Japanese Businessmen's Association (Konwakai) search Centre Named in honour of business­ Keidanren Walter C. Koerner* man, philanthropist and long-time friend of L.O.M. Western Securities Ltd. S Peter M. Brown Hong Kong Support: (I to r) UBC Librarian Ruth Patrick, President David Strangway, Library donor UBC, The Honourable David Lam, Lieuten­ Estate of Gladys E. Laird Sultan Vicwood Chong and Dr. Anthony Cheng, President of the Hong Kong Branch of the UBC Alumni The Honourable David C. & Dorothy Lam ant-Governor of B.C. (see story page 1) Association. MacMillan Bloedel Limited The Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia • Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Department of the Secretary of State of Canada The Sauder Family The Centre, funded through a gift of $10 C.K. Choi Scholarships and Fellowships Studies. Mrs. Gordon T. Southam million from the Chan family, will provide an UBC Alumni Campaign (continuing) Hong Kong - Canada Business Association Thanks to the Hongkong Bank's contri­ Vancouver Foundation exciting setting for public lectures, university Graduate Scholarship in Commerce bution toward a Chair for the Director for the Workers' Compensation Board W. Maurice Young performances and ceremonies, and interna­ Hong Kong - Canada Business Association Institute of Asian Research, UBC has Anonymous Anonymous tional performances. Tom and Caleb Chan, Graduate Scholarship appointed Dr. Mark Fruin. Anonymous the sons of Dr. Chan Shun, have spearheaded The President's Fund with donations from • Education Abroad Program It is $1,000,000 to $1,999,999 the project. Hong Kong alumni, Mr. George Tso and UBC's goal to ensure that five per cent of our including matching funds • Scholarships and Endowments The Mr. Senta Wong graduating students will have had the oppor­ Alias Research Inc. Campaign continues to offer many opportuni­ • Institute of Asian Research The tunity to spend one of their years of study The Arthritis Society B.C. Hydro & Power Authority ties for endowing innovative projects that Institute will include regional centres to focus outside Canada. Likewise, UBC will wel­ Canadian Pacific Limted contribute to the advancement of knowledge come a similar number of international Cominco Ltd. on Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Curragh Resources Inc. and society. Hong Kong alumni and friends Studies, South Asian Studies and Southeast students to study here. The Education Abroad The Hamber Foundation Rick Hansen Man in Motion Work) Tour Society have contributed to the following projects: Asian Studies. Endowment funds for chairs Program enables outstanding graduate stu­ Estate of Elsie May Harvey Hongkong Bank Chair in Asian Commerce and fellowships and capital funds for construc­ dents and undergraduate students to integrate Imperial Oil Ltd. Asa Johal David Lam Management Research Library tion are being sought for each centre. A into the academic and social life of a foreign Edgar F. Kaiser. Jr Eugene W. King Endowment benefactor in Hong Kong has donated a country, while fulfilling degree requirements Tong Louie and London Drugs generous gift which, with government match­ of their home universities. Hewlett - Packard (Canada) Ltd.' David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education Maclean Hunter Limited Dorothy Lam Chair in Special Education ing funds, will provide half of the $4 million UBC alumni in Hong Kong have been J.W. McConnell Family Foundation Brenda & David McLean Dr. S. Wah Leung Endowment Fund needed for the funding of a Centre for Chinese instrumental in initiating the Education Abroad Placer Dome Inc Program. Hong Kong donors include Cathay RHW Foundation Robert C. Rodgers Pacific Airways, Mr. Simon K.Y. Lee, and the St. Paul's Hospital Foundation C.N Woodward Chan Tat Chee Memorial Fund. Anonymous • The Library Through the Campaign, Anonymous Campaign reaches $500,000 to $999,999 UBC is raising funds for a New Library Centre including matching funds which will address an urgent need for more space to house the expanding collection. B.C. Friends of Schizophrenics British Columbia Lung Association Sultan Vicwood Chong, Chairman and B C. Society for the Advancement of Korean Studies $220-million mark Bank of Montreal Managing Director of the Vicwood Group in Bank of Nova Scotia Continued from page 1 Research; Estate of Winnrfred E. Boyes Hong Kong, has made a generous donation to Canada Trust for the establishment of the Bob • the Chinese Canadian Dental Society of the Library. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Hindmarch Scholarship, an Endowment B.C. for supporting the S. Wah Leung Canfor Corporation • Campaign Leadership UBC's Joan Carlisle-Irving for the University Singers, a Chair in Chair in Dentistry. Cathay Pacific Airways Limited Campaign Leadership Committee and Advi­ Chan Tat Chee Memorial Fund Canadian Studies, the Brenda McLean When active fund raising for the World of sory Council is made up of many members in Mrs. Arnold B. Cliff Endowment in the Creative and Perform­ Opportunity Campaign winds down at the end Energy. Mines and Petroleum and the Ministry of the Hong Kong, including T.C. Ho, Vice Chair­ Environment ing Arts and the David McLean Leader­ of the year, UBC's goal is to complete the man and Chief Executive Officer of Hang Finning Ltd Estate of Walter H Gage ship Award; Campaign with $252-million raised. Seng Bank Ltd.; Michael Y.L. Kan of Michael The Heart and Stroke Foundation of British Columbia • Bill and June Bellman for making a "I'm sure that many of you are wondering International Development Resource Centre (IDRC) Y.L. Kan Co. Ltd.; UBC alumnus William F. The Commemorative Association for the Japan World major donation to the First Nations when this Campaign will end. Why didn't it Spence, Executive Vice President Asia, Exposition (1970) Simon K. Y. Lee Foundation Longhouse; end two years ago, when we reached our Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce; UBC The Law Foundation of British Columbia original goal?," said Wyman. Multiculturalism and Citizenship Canada • the Man in Motion World Tour Society alumnus Joseph Yu, Executive Director of Po RBC Dominion Securities Pemberton for funding a Chair in Spinal Cord He went on to explain that in planning the Kay Securities and Shares Co. Ltd.; UBC Ritsumeikan University Royal Bank of Canada Physiology; Campaign, UBC analyzed two things: the Alumnus Dr. Anthony Cheng, President of the Shell Canada Limited Stelco Inc. • the Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. perceived needs of the university and commu­ Hong Kong branch of the Alumni Association. Teck Corporation -- and the Yukon for supporting a Heart and nity response to those needs. When community The university is also grateful for the support Toronto-Dominion Bank TRIUMF Stroke Foundation Chair in Cardiology; response overwhelmed the original expectation, of the B.C. Government Office in Hong Kong, UBC Faculty & Staff Campaign (continuing) the university opened its file. Weldwood of Canada Ltd. • the B.C. Lung Association for funding a headed by Dickson Hall. Westcoast Energy Inc. Professorship in Occupational Health; "Those needs, still pressing and still vital Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd. UBC is committed to its international Anonymous • the Vancouver Japanese Businessmen's to the growth and development of UBC, are still mission, linking cultures and economies $250,000 to $499,999 Association (Konwakai) and members of on the table. We haven't closed the file. We through research and education. UBC alumni including matching funds Keidanren in Japan for funding a Centre are still short of our goal to fund many and friends are forming a network around the for Japanese Research and the restoration projects," Wyman said. BC Gas Inc. world — a bridge of learning for the 21st Clark Bentall of Nitobe Garden; The projects include a New Library Century. Canadian National • the Sammi Group, the Korea Foundation, Centre, an expanded Institute of Asian Re­ Chevron Canada Limited Chris Spencer Foundation Timothy Seow, Yan Jung Shin and Jin H. search, and several additional endowments, Mr. & Mrs. Vicwood Chong Kee Ting Kim for supporting a Centre for Korean chairs and professorships. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Laird Cliff Dofascolnc. The UBC Campaign News Page 3

Mrs. Violet E. Eagles Robin Endres The B.I. Ghert Family Foundation Yoshihisa Imajo Imasco Limited Janet W. Ketcham & West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. Japanese garden, centre funded Cy & Emerald Keyes Charitable Foundation Kinsmen Club of Vancouver" Michael M. Koerner* Their Imperial Highnesses, Prince and Labatt Breweries of British Columbia Princess Takamado of Japan, paid a special Robert H. and Lily Lee Merck Frosst Canada Inc. visit to UBC to turn the sod for the $1-million The Noranda FourxJation & Noranda Forest renovation of the Nitobe Memorial Garden, Inc. May 25. Northern Telecom Northwood Pulp & Timber Ltd. The renovation has been made possible Phillips Hager & North Ltd. through the fund raising efforts of the Vancou­ Royal Trust Sammi Group ver Japanese Businessmen's Association Scott Paper Limited (Konwakai) and corporate members of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada Keidanren in Japan. An additional gift has Wavefront Canada Ltd. Western Pulp Limited Partnership been made by the Commemorative Association Anonymous for the Japan World Exposition (1970). Anonymous Anonymous Japanese landscape architect Toshiaki $100,000 to $249,999 Masuno will start refurbishing the garden in including matching funds October and is expected to complete the job in

Mr. & Mrs. K. Alston the spring of 1993. Andersen Consulting Apart from replacing the existing hedge BC Sugar surrounding the garden with a more secure and Canadian Pacific Forest Products Central Capital Corporation soundproof wall, work will also entail enhanc­ Chinese Canadian Dental Society ing the stonework around the perimeter of the Estate of J.V. Clyne Diachem Industries Ltd. pond, replacing and pruning plants and renova­ Du Pont Canada Inc. tions to the tea garden. Ebco Industries Ltd. Falconbridge Ltd. Opened in 1960, the Nitobe Garden has Prince and Princess Takamado of Japan inspect one of the many lanterns in the Nitobe Memorial Garden Fisher Scientific Limited been described as a textbook of traditional during the ground breaking ceremony for the $1 -million garden renovation. Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited garden art, the finest of its kind outside Japan. General Motors of Canada Glenayre Electronics Ltd. The refurbishment of the garden is part of paign. To date, the organizations have raised search, the first of five centres specializing in Hong Kong - Canada Business Association a $2.5-million commitment by Konwakai and $2-million toward that commitment, which will Asian affairs planned for UBC. ICI Canada Inc. Inco Limited Keidanren to the World of Opportunity Cam- also lead to a new Centre for Japanese Re- Konwakai's contributions to UBC were Korea Foundation recognized at a gala dinner held in Vancouver, London Life Insurance Company MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates earlier this year. At the dinner, co-hosted by McLean Foundation Konwakai and the Canada-Japan Society, 461 The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company seats were sold. Molson Family Foundation Monsanto Canada Inc. Konwakai President Seikichi Koike, Nesbitt Thomson Inc. who is also Vice President and General Pacific Press Limited Packard Bell Electronics Inc. Manager of Japan Airlines, said donations, Petro-Canada Inc. including matching funds from the Govern­ Estate of Lyle Harvey Potts ment of British Columbia, will be allotted as Pratt & Whitney Canada Inc. Rayrock Yellowknife Resources Inc. follows: Rio Algom Limited - $2 million endowment for two chairs in J C Scott Construction yy The Simons Foundation the Institute of Asian Research; Henry S. Skinner - $ 1 million endowment for faculty ex­ John M. Sieburth and Louise Anderson Eric Sonner changes, fellowships and library resources; David and Alice Strangway - $1 million to construct a facility for a George Chia Chi Tso UBC Employees Society 116 Centre for Japanese Research within the Valieydene Corporation Ltd. Institute of Asian Research; James B. Wallace - $1 million for the renovation of Nitobe Senta Wong W. Robert Wyman Garden. Xerox Canada Incorporated "The Japanese Studies program has Anonymous Anonymous always been an integral part of UBC's Asian $50,000 to $99,999 Studies program and continues to be one of including matching funds (Pictured I to r) Konwakai Dinner Chairman Nobuo Kitsuda, Konwakai President Seikichi Koike, UBC the fastest growing in our curriculum," President David Strangway, Premier Mike Harcourt, Lieutenant Governor David Lam, Ambassador Michio Air Canada President David Strangway told the dinner Apotex Inc. Misoguchi, Canada-Japan Society President Jack McKeown, Consul General Yasuhide Hayashi, Konwakai guests. British Columbia Buildings Corporation Fund Raising Chairman Hiroyoshi Tsuchiya. Peter J. G. Bentley Dan & Arlene Birch Joanne V. Brown W. Thomas Brown Bull Housser & Tupper Grant D. Burnyeat Canada Life Assurance Company Class Act assists students Confederation Life Insurance Company David R. Crombie Crown Life Insurance Company Students graduating from the Faculties raised $15,000 in donations to go to the project in these three faculties, the program Estate of Elizabeth Dickey of Dentistry, Medicine and Pharmaceutical Medical Student's Alumni Centre, which will will be expanded next year to include graduat­ Domtar Inc. Arthur Fouks, Q.C. Sciences are showing their class spirit, by provide a meeting place for UBC grads near ing classes in other disciplines. Audrey S Bruce Gellatly donating more than $70,000 to UBC through Vancouver David F. Hardwick a student campaign called CLASS ACT. General Hospital; John Helliwell Taichi Kameyama The project, established this spring, and to the Medical Lafarge Canada Inc. enables grads to make contributions which Outreach Elective P. Lawson Travel Klaas de Leeuw strengthen their faculties and benefit future (MORE) program, Anna S. McCann students. which will give Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks North American Life Assurance Co. Through CLASS ACT, students choose medical students Pacific Open Heart Society projects which they feel best represent their an opportunity to Princeton Mining Corp. faculty's needs. Classmates organize the Rogers Communications Inc. study abroad. Russell & DuMoulin campaigns and approach their fellow grads The graduat­ Scotia McLeod Inc. for contributions. ing class from the K.D. Srivastava William T. Stanbury The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty of Den­ Peter & Teresa Ufford & Family Class of '92 has given its overwhelming tistry is establish­ UMA Group Western Forest Products Limited support to the project, with a phenomenal 83 ing a bursary for Anonymous per cent participation rate. In total, the class needy students and Anonymous is contributing more than $46,000, including is contributing to Other Gifts government matching funds, toward a bursary renovations to the Generous support has also been received from the community and alumni, for pharmacy students in need of financial students' lounge. including the UBC Campaign Leadership aid. With the Committee and Advisory Council, Pharmacy grad class campaign team. Campus Leadership, and The Wesbrook Grads from the Faculty of Medicine success of the pilot Society. 'Gift-in-kind, or partial gift-in-kind Page 4 The UBC Campaign News Campaign news highlights

Canada's Communications Minister Perrin Beatty was in Van­ couver recently to present UBC benefactor Walter Koerner with the National Lescarbot Award trophy. Koerner was one of the first two recipients of the award which recognizes "outstanding and sustained contribution to the Canadian cultural sector." Koerner has supported the Museum of Anthropology since its inception 45 years ago. Last year, he donated a 600-piece collection of European ceramics, valued at $3-million, to the museum through the World of Opportunity Campaign

UBC and St. Paul's Hospital have created a leading national and international research program in AII)S. The Chair in AIDS is the first of its kind in Canada. It will enable UBC to recruit a leading scientist who will pioneer research into the disease, and contribute to the education of other professionals working in the field. The Chair has been established through major funding by the St. Paul's Hospital Foundation and Petro Canada Inc. Federal Communications Minister Perrin Beatty (left) and UBC benefactor Walter Koerner

Donors to UBC were served a musical treat on April 1, when they attended the UBC Symphony Orchestra and University Singers at the Orpheum. The performance of Carl Orff s Carmina Burana was the School of Music's major performance of the year. One of the projects in the World of Opportunity Campaign is the funding of musical instruments. The School of Music has outlined a number of needs, including pianos; wind, brass and percussion instruments; historical and ethnic instruments; electronic instruments; recording and playback devices; and performance equipment.

Merck Frosst Canada Inc., Canada's largest research-based pharmaceutical company, has awarded UBC with a $125,000 Merck Frosst Doctor of Pharmacy Fellowship (Pharm.D. Program) and a $125,000 commitment toward the Merck Frosst National Entrance Scholarship in the Faculties of Science and Applied Science. The Merck Frosst National Entrance Scholarship will be estab­ lished with a $25,000 contribution per year from Merck over the next (I to r) Thomas Brown, Dorothy Farris, Agnes Peterson, Gerald McGavin five years. The end result will be the establishment of an endowment awarding five annual $3,000 scholarships, in perpetuity, to under­ graduate students in Sciences and Applied Sciences.

Canada's Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship, Gerry Weiner, paid a recent visit to UBC to discuss the David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education. The Chair, funded in part by Weiner's ministry, will be estab­ lished in the Faculty of Education and will focus on interracial education in Canadian public schools.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony at the site ofthe new $18-million Centre for Integrated Computer Systems Research (CICSRj/Computer Sciences building celebrated UBC's collaboration with the province's burgeoning high technology industry. The new facility, fully funded by the Government of British Columbia, will house interdisciplinary work in fields such as compu­ ter imaging and animation, robotics research for industrial application and the development of artificial intelligence. A room in the new building will be dedicated to World of Opportunity Campaign donor the British Columbia Telephone Co. in recognition of the company's long-term commitment to supporting (I to r) Dr. Kogila Adam-Moodley, Multiculturalism and Citizenship Minister research and advancement in the fields of telecommunications and Gerry Weiner, Faculty of Education Dean Nancy Sheehan, President David Strangway, Vice President Daniel Birch high technology. The UBC Campaign News Students and faculty alike are benefiting from new equipment UBC Development Office purchased for the Dept. of Mining and Mineral Process Engineering with a donation made by the Cy and Emerald Keyes Foundation. Editor: The foundation contributed more than $185,000 for analytical Debora Sweeney equipment and an advanced computing laboratory for the department. pportunity Contributors: Gavin Wilson Rosemary Ogilvie Production/Design: William Jamieson First Campaign building opens Continued from page 1 with the business community first specialized graduate brary. Housed in a temporary Canada Ltd., the Hongkong through lectures, seminars, placement service centre, location since its founding in Bank of Canada and the displays, receptions and continu­ where employers can recruit 1985, the library features a Hongkong and Shanghai ing education program. students from the faculty, comprehensive collection of Banking Corp. Ltd., and an The 6,243-square-metre Trekkers restaurant and the Asia Pacific business materi­ anonymous donor. structure will house offices of Express snack bar. als, as well as B.C.'s largest Lam said the new build­ several management research A centrepiece of the collection of annual reports ing is "a bridge between town bureaus, an executive confer­ building is the David Lam and hundreds of management and gown" that will build links ence centre, the university's Management Research Li­ journals. UBCREPORTS August 13.1992 5 Group seeks animal research alternatives

News item: Edmonton, June 3 — A group claiming to be from the Animal Liberation Front wrecked a University of Alberta kennel Monday and stole 29 cats.

By GAVIN WILSON exploring the use of cell and tissue Animal experimentation is an is­ culture in preventative cancer re­ sue that can provoke extreme reac­ search. tions. Cancer research is the focus ofthe But there is one Canadian animal foundation's support. Its high profile rights group devoted to working with makes it "the best place to begin," scientists, not against them, towards Liscombe said. the abolition of animal experiments "If these different methods are — and it deals exclusively with UBC accepted in cancer research, then it researchers. will make it much easier to be ac­ The Vancouver-based B.C. Foun­ cepted elsewhere." dation for Non-Animal Research Liscombe believes researchers will funds and promotes alternative meth­ drop animal experimentation once ods of research, such as tissue and the alternatives are proven to be eco­ cell culture and computer modelling. nomically and scientifically viable. Foundation trustee Rhodri Wind- "I think most scientists would sor-Liscombe, who is also a profes­ agree that animal research is expen­ sor in UBC's Fine Arts Dept., says sive, laborious, often poses ethical foundation members condemn the problems, and doesn't always give tactics of vandalism and intimidation good results," he said. "It's like try­ employed by some in the animal rights ing to use a Ford manual to do tests on movement. a Chevy." "We do realize this is a compli­ Cell and tissue culture holds the cated issue, but closing labs and set­ greatest promise as a substitute for Photo by Gavm Wilson ting animals free is not a solution," he animal experiments, many research­ A natomy ProfessorNellieA uerspergandgraduate studentHelenDyckperform experiments on human tissue said. 'The answer is to get more and ers agree. cultures grown in laboratory. more scientists using various alterna­ Using this process, living human tives. cells can be grown in the laboratory. fessor at the Biotechnology Labo­ "We must find some serious solu­ Fed a mix of nutrients and protected ratory and the Dept. of Microbi­ tions that from infec­ ology. address tion with He uses cell and tissue culture the needs "We do realize this is a complicated antibiotics, instead of mice for the production of of scien­ issue, but closing labs and setting the ceils monoclonal antibodies, used for the tists and animals free is not a solution." win grow detection and treatment of cancer.

anc mum "What we learn from culturing provide a „.._..„„,_,„„. »..„, ~—„ .. i * " real long- ply, often cells allows us to design systems that term alternative to vivisection." indefinitely. use cells, instead of animals, to test Founded in 1970 by the late Evelyn One UBC researcher, whose work drugs or produce pharmaceuticals," Martin, a registered nurse, the foun­ in cell and tissue culture is supported said Kilburn. dation grew out of discussions she by the foundation, is Nellie Auersperg, Dan Lee, a graduate student in had with Dr. Jack McCreary, then a professor in the Dept. of Anatomy. Kilburn's lab, has developed two new UBC's dean of Medicine and Health Her lab was among the first to matrixes on which cell cultures can Sciences co-ordinator. produce human cancer cell lines with grow: a ceramic block matrix and a Most of its members are UBC special properties, one of which is porous polystyrene matrix with a alumni — such as long-time trustee now used in a blood test to detect chemically-treated surface. The lat­ Human tissue cells growing in laboratories may provide alternatives to Juliet Werts and treasurer Breck ovarian cancer. ter could be used for the large-scale animals for testing effects of substances. Milton — or are otherwise connected But she admits that there are still production of cells. and a professor emeritus in the ance of voluntary human testing. to the university. limitations to cell and tissue culture, Using current technologies, cell and Dept. of Zoology. Once a taboo subject, Liscombe In common with other animal limitations her laboratory is trying to tissue cultures produce two million Stich developed an extremely ac­ sees changing attitudes in the increas­ rights groups, foundation members overcome. cells per millilitre of culture liquid. curate cancer-screening system that ing willingness of many people to believe that many animal experi­ Part of the problem is getting But Lee has produced cultures with combines cell and tissue culture with donate their vital organs for research ments involve needless repetition enough living cells from healthy hu­ 200 million cells per millilitre, a hun­ computer imaging. and transplants. and that animals are not effective man ovaries. Auersperg now collects dred-fold increase. He feels that computer modelling As well, many terminally ill peo­ models for drug testing because their such tissue from Vancouver-area hos­ "That is approaching the density is a very promising direction for di­ ple are demanding access to experi­ physiology differs from humans. pitals. of real tissue, which makes it eco­ agnostic techniques that now use ani­ mental drugs — such as AZT, used to Liscombe says his opposition is Once cultured, human cells grow nomical for production purposes and mals, especially for the detection of treat HIV infection — despite the risk based on "moral and intellectual slowly. Derived from different indi­ a better model to replace animals," oral cancer, but also for cancer of the of unknown side-effects. grounds." viduals, they also lack the genetic uni­ said Kilburn. lung and cervix. Society's changing attitudes are also The foundation offers support to formity of inbred laboratory rats, mak­ Another researcher who has 'There is great potential. I'm ab­ reflected in research laboratories, where researchers investigating substitutes ing it more difficult to get consistent benefited from a long associa­ solutely convinced that the future is the ethics of animal experimentation for animal testing, gives one-time results. tion with the foundation is Hans there," he said. were once unquestioned. grants for the purchase of equipment, Also conducting foundation- Stich, former head of the Envi­ Liscombe believes that another However, researchers agree that and sponsors the $5,000 Evelyn Mar­ backed research on cell and tissue ronmental Carcinogenesis of the way of reducing animal experimen­ the search for effective alternatives is tin fellowship, presented to a student culture is Douglas Kilburn, a pro- B.C. Cancer Research Institute tation may lie in the growing accept­ only just beginning. Graduate program in rehab medicine approved for 1993 Advertise in By CONNIE FILLETTI tional therapy and physical therapy. climate that promotes scientific A graduate program in Reha­ "The degree program is long over­ thinking and enables students to bilitation Medicine has been ap­ due in British Columbia, since most further develop the skills of sci­ UBC Reports proved by the Board of Governors. other provinces have had similar entific inquiry through partici­ Beginning in September programs for many years," said Dr. pation in rigorous research ac­ 1993, the program will lead to a Charles Christiansen, director of tivities, he added. Deadline for paid advertisements for the Master of Science degree and UBC's School of Rehabilitation Students seeking admission to offer advanced study in reha­ Medicine. the program must have a bach­ September 3 issue is noon, August 25. bilitation theory and practice. "It is especially timely since elor's degree in occupational It is designed to prepare stu­ the need for researchers to iden­ therapy, physical therapy or a dents to conduct clinical re­ tify new approaches to important related health discipline. At least For information search independently and in rehabilitation problems and de­ one year of clinical experience collaboration with scientists termine the effectiveness of cur­ in rehabilitation is also required. or to place an ad, from other disciplines. rent services is urgent." Students may enrol on a part- phone 822-3131 Rehabilitation Medicine in­ A prime goal of the program or full-time basis. For more in­ cludes the disciplines of occupa­ will be to provide an educational formation, call 822-7771. 6 UBC REPORTS August 13.1992 UBCREC wins productivity award By ABE HEFTER campus," said corporation President UBC has captured third place in Mark Betteridge. the 1991 Canadian University Pro­ "Once completed, the project will ductivity Awards program for the see a steady revenue stream of more creation and use of the UBC Real than $3 million per year, plus infla­ Estate Corporation. tion, being returned to UBC through The principal project to date has ownership of rental apartments." been Hampton Place, situated at 16th As a separate project, the UBC Avenue and Wesbrook Mall, which Real Estate Corporation recently con­ offers condominium apartments and structed 115 units of rental apartments townhouses as well as several hun­ on campus for incoming junior tenure dred rental apartments. track faculty and staff— Acadia House The awards program is sponsored and Sopron House — and is planning by the Royal Bank of Canada, Xerox a second project of 147 units. Canada Ltd., Power Corporation of "This initial project required no Canada and the Canadian Association cash from the university and the rev­ of University Business Officers. enues cover all operating and debt Fifteen Canadian universities en­ servicing costs," said Betteridge. tered a total of 32 submissions. They 'This was achieved by allowing are revenue-generating ideas and cost- the corporation to utilize private mar­ saving techniques for projects which ket management practices to the ben­ are often intended to improve the qual­ efit of the university." ity and effectiveness of university sup­ The corporation is currendy under port services. contract to manage the research and de­ The University of Ottawa captured velopment parks at UBC, Simon Fraser first place, followed by York Univer­ University and adjacent to the British sity. Columbia Institute of Technology. "The UBC Real Estate Corpora­ More than 100 universities and tion, which was established in 1988, colleges across North America oper­ has generated new capital of more ate similar ventures and co-ordinate than $20 million to date on the Hamp­ their efforts through the Association The Hampton Place housing project was developed by the UBC Real Estate Corporation, recently applauded ton Place project on the university of University Real Estate Officials. in the Canadian University Productivity Awards program. Leprosy drug may lessen Student housing project expanded effects of Alzheimer's By GAVIN WILSON Plans for the project were the detailed design phase of the Plans for two new campus hous­ based on a demographic forecast project. By CONNIE FILLETTI derivatives, ing projects have moved a little which predicted the age groups The board also received an up­ A drug commonly used to treat had been con- closer to reality. and family status of the student date on plans for the second phase leprosy may reduce the incidence of tinuous, in­ The S31 -million Thunderbird stu­ body of the year 2000. It will of faculty housing from Mark dementia caused by Alzheimer's dis­ termittent or dent housing project has been ex­ house senior or graduate students, Betteridge, president of the UBC ease, says a UBC neuroscientist. discontinued panded and will now include 366 some with spouses. Real Estate Corp. Dr. Patrick McGeer has found that over the past units housing 600 students, said Along with planned residences at This project will consist of two elderly leprosy patients being treated five years. Mary Ri sebrough, director of Hous­ Green College, the Thunderbird four-storey buildings located be­ with dapsone — an antibacterial drug The preva­ ing and Conferences. project will bring UBC to its stated tween Wesbrook Mall and Osoyoos widely used against all forms of lep­ lence of de­ Risebrough told a recent meet­ goal of providing housing for 25 per Crescent. rosy — have less chance of develop­ mentia in pa­ ing of the Board of Governors that cent of the student population, The $9.7-million project will have the project includes shared Risebrough said. about 140 units. They could be ready ing dementia than leprosy patients who tients over 65 McGeer have been off the drug for at least five who had re­ townhouses, shared two-bedroom Housing for an additional 1,400 for occupancy by August, 1993. The years. ceived anti-leprosy drugs continu­ apartments and private one-bed­ students has been added at UBC since first phase of faculty housing, on "One way to explore whether ex­ ously was 2.9 per cent. The figure room and studio apartments. 1985, but waiting lists have continued Acadia Rd., is already occupied. isting drugs might be of therapeutic rose to more than four per cent in the Located on an L-shaped site along to grow due to the high cost of housing The second phase has yet to re­ benefit in dementia would be to sur­ intermittently treated group, and to Thunderbird Blvd. between East and in the city and the popularity of living ceive financing approval from the vey people on long-term drug treat­ 6.25 per cent among the patients who West malls, completion is slated for on campus. Ministry of Advanced Education, ment for other diseases to determine were untreated for at least five years. August, 1994. The board gave approval to go to Training and Technology. whether any reduction occurs," he said. "We do not know why this differ­ McGeer and colleagues Dr. Nabuo ence occurred," McGeer said. "But it Harada and Dr. Hiro Kimura surveyed is a good bet that Alzheimer's disease 3,792 leprosy patients, 65 years of age was the overwhelming cause of the and older, in Japan's 13 national and dementia, and that dapsone was re­ Interrelated sciences combined three private leprosy hospitals. sponsible for the reduction. It will be "Japanese leprosy patients live in interesting to see if it can slow the isolated communities, under close progression of Alzheimer's disease." under earth and ocean program medical supervision, and therefore it McGeer's study recently appeared is possible to compare drug-free and in the international medical journal, By GAVIN WILSON The creation ofthe Earth and Ocean phy Professor Stephen Calvert, looks drug-treated patients under highly Dementia. Co-authors, in addition to An increasing trend of seeing the Sciences program is part of an aca­ at the role of oceans in transferring comparable conditions," said McGeer. Harada and Kimura, were earth's natural systems as interrelated demic trend evident at universities carbon dioxide to und from the at­ Patients were categorized accord­ neuroscientist Dr. Edith McGeer and has led to a new program in the Fac­ around the world as the intercon­ mosphere, a topic which involves ing to age range and whether their statistician Michael Schulzer, both of ulty of Science — Earth and Ocean nected model gains acceptance as the the study of climate, biology and treatment with dapsone, or one of its UBC. Sciences. new way of seeing the earth. oceanography. The program will bring together the This belief is found not only in LeBlond said he plans to bring new resources of departments already in­ the scientific literature but in also in courses and programs for considera­ volved in the study of earth sciences: concepts such as the Gaia hypoth­ tion to curriculum committees this Geological Sciences, Oceanography, esis, which views the earth as virtu­ fall, for inclusion in the calendar in Get your message across! and Geophysics and Astronomy. ally a single living organism, said 1994-95. It will foster interdisciplinary LeBlond. Also planned are a seminar series teaching and research to deal with "The time is right to do this," he and a symposium in the fall of 1992. UBC Reports the interrelated problems in all as­ said. "My responsibility as director is The program may also lead to more pects of earth sciences, including to draw on people from the three de­ cross-appointments between partici­ global environmental change, said partments, with consultation and ad­ pating departments. Paul LeBlond, the director of the vice from the Dept. of Geography, "There already exists extraordi­ CLASSIFIEDS new program and former head ofthe especially with those in the Atmos­ nary strength in earth sciences at Dept. of Oceanography. pheric Sciences Program." UBC," said Leblond. "With the en­ The program will complement un­ LeBlond pointed out that research thusiastic participation of my col­ dergraduate and graduate programs that fits into the new program is leagues, this program will bridge in existing departments and stimu­ already underway at the university. the various specialties and link glo­ To place an ad phone 822-3131 late interest in joint programs and For example, the Joint Global Ocean bal and regional studies in earth research, he said. Flux study, headed by Oceanogra­ sciences." UBCREPORTS August 13,1992 7 People Wada named Officer of Order of Canada UBC neurologist Dr. Juhn Wada has been all projects and initiatives of the program, which is Canadian trust company with a network of A leading researcher in cross-cultural named an Officer of the Order of Canada. based in the Disability Resource Centre. international operations. health care is the new director of UBC's Wada, who joined UBC in 1956, was The program, endowed by the federal and Royal Trust operates 144 branches across Multicultural Liaison honored for his pioneering research and surgi­ provincial governments, promotes better un­ Canada, providing a wide range of financial Office. cal treatment of epilepsy. derstanding of and solutions to the long-stand­ products, services and advice. Joan Anderson, a He received his medical training at ing problems that affect people with disabilities National Health Re­ Hokkaido University in Japan before continu­ in Canada and abroad. search Scholar and ing with specialty studies in neurology at the Susan Harris, acting head of the Division of professor in the University of Minnesota and the Montreal Physical Therapy in the School of Rehabilita­ School of Nursing, Neurological Institute. Beverly Trifonidis, associate dean, profes­ tion Medicine, has been honored by the Ameri­ begins her one-year Wada is the founding president of the Cana­ sional programs in the Faculty of Commerce can Physical Therapy Association. term Sept. 1. dian League Against Epilepsy and has served as and Business Administration, has been appointed Harris received the Marian Williams Award Anderson is a spe­ president ofthe World Epilepsy Congress. He is to the board of directors of the Banff School of for Research in Physical Therapy at the associa­ cialist in the field of past president ofthe American Epilepsy Society Advanced Management. tion's 68th annual conference held recently in cross-cultural health and the American Electroencephalographic So­ Trifonidis joins Commerce Dean Michael Denver, Colo. The award, established in 1965, care and chronic ill­ Anderson ciety. Goldberg as a UBC representative on the board. honors physical therapists who present sustained ness management. Her Currently, he is convenor ofthe 1993 Inter­ Trifonidis' appointment is effective through and outstanding scientific studies pertaining to research helps health care workers better national Congress of Electroencephalography Dec. 31, 1993. physical therapy. understand and assess individuals from other and Clinical Neurophysiology to be held in The goal of the Banff School of Advanced A graduate ofthe University ofWashington, cultures. Vancouver. Management is to prepare executives for lead­ Harris joined UBC in August, 1990. She spe­ She is the co-editor of Cross-Cultural Car­ ership in organizations anticipating society's cializes in early diagnosis of cerebral palsy in ing: A Handbook for Health Professionals in future needs and expectations. high-risk infants. Western Canada. Taanta Gupta has The school's program is collectively de­ been appointed execu­ signed and supported by leading western Cana­ tive director ofthe Rick dian universities and offers a unique six-week Two members of UBC's Faculty of Medi­ Kenneth Bagshaw has been reappointed Hansen National Fel­ learning experience in Banff, Alberta. cine are among the country's first group of to a one-year term as chair ofthe university's low Programme. medical geneticists to be certified by the Royal Board of Governors. Gupta joins the pro­ College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Bagshaw was appointed as a member of gram with extensive UBC President David Strangway has been (RCPSC) as specialists in their field. the board for a three-year term by a provincial project development appointed to Royal Trust's Vancouver advisory Dr. Judith Hall, head of the Dept. of order-in-council in 1987. He was reappointed experience in the com­ board. Paediatrics, and Dr. Margot Van Allen, a to a second three-year term as a member of munications industry, The board, which meets about eight times a clinical associate professor of Medical the board in 1990, and has served as chair including positions Gupta year, consists of community and business lead­ Genetics, passed examinations recently since April of that year. His latest term as with Rogers Broad­ ers who are called upon to provide advice on conducted by the RCPSC to qualify for chair runs until Aug. 31, 1993. casting, the Hong Kong Bank of Canada and business issues that affect the Lower Mainland. admission to fellowship in the college. In Bagshaw, a partner with the Vancouver Satellite Radio Network. Royal Trustco Limited, founded in 1899, is total, 12 physicians from across Canada law firm Ladner Downs, graduated from In her new positon at UBC, Gupta will oversee Canada's largest trust company and the only received this distinction. UBC's Faculty of Law in 1964.

Job prospects good Aging boomers likely to for forestry graduates, fight for legal interests faculty survey suggests By CHARLES KER seniors when they invoke the aid of an increasingly aging population will Early in the next century, close to the legal system. be the abolition of mandatory retire­ By ABE HEFTER Rising from a low of 80 per cent that a quarter of Canada's population will According to MacDougall, there ment. He says this development is Employment prospects for year, more than 90 per cent of UBC be 65 or older. is a growing realization that the law inevitable as seniors become more graduates of the UBC Faculty of Forestry graduates were employed Far from frai 1 and complacent, these provides inadequate protection to socially and politically active while Forestry are on the rise, according or studying for advanced degrees in aging baby-boomers will also be a the interests ofthe elderly. He added public and private pension schemes to the results ofthe faculty's annual the past four years. vocal group which will expect the law that elder abuse, including physical become increasingly more burdened. survey of graduating students. The faculty offers a four-year de­ to protect their interests. and financial abuse and neglect, has Two years ago, MacDougall and "Recent reports suggest that col­ gree program in the areas of forest "When boomers were kids, long been hidden or denied by soci­ Professor James Thornton ofthe Fac­ lege and university graduates are resource management, forest harvest­ there was an explosive growth in ety. ulty of Education co-wrote a six-part having difficulty finding jobs. These ing, natural resources conservation, juvenile delinquency that was the MacDougall believes older peo­ report called Law and Legal Services reports do not seem to hold true for forest science and wood science and result of demographic change," ple need better access to legal serv­ for an Aging Population. graduates of the UBC Faculty of industry. Undergraduate registration said UBC Law professor Donald ices rather than specialized legisla­ The project focused on current Forestry," said Dean Clark Binkley. for the 1991-92 session totalled 285 MacDougall. tion which would only serve to stig­ law and legal practices, legal educa­ This year, 95 per cent of the 22 students. "Twenty years from now, their matize them. tion curricula, legal obligations of graduating students who responded Binkley said graduates obtain po­ impact on society will be more perma­ "When you get labelled as need­ advisors to the elderly and public to the survey found employment by sitions in a wide variety of resource nent and they will seek to change the ing protection, people automatically legal education for and about the the time they had graduated. The management organizations, includ­ law to make it less of a barrier." assume you are incompetent," he said. elderly. jobs were almost split down the ing the provincial and federal min­ In anticipation of this demographic 'The truth is, most people over 65 are MacDougall, who has been teach­ middle between permanent posi­ istries of forests and environment, shift, MacDougall plans to introduce a perfectly capable of looking after ing child and family law at UBC tions and seasonal or contract em­ private companies, educational in­ seminar on law and aging at the Fac­ themselves." since 1965, expects his law and aging ployment. stitutions and consulting firms. ulty of Law in September. While there MacDougall predicts that among seminar to attract about a dozen stu­ A total of 43 students graduated "Although job prospects for for­ are some law schools in the U.S. which the many changes brought about by dents in its first year. this spring. esters have brightened, we see some offer courses in this area, MacDougall "Each fall we also survey the significant challenges ahead," said says there are presently no such offer­ graduates from the previous spring Binkley. ings in Canada. and winter," said Binkley. "We need to ensure that this Geared to second- and third-year "Our most recent survey indi­ year's good performance in job law students, the seminar will cover Berkowitz & Associates cates that all of the 1991 graduates placement continues next year. We topics such as access to legal services, were either employed or pursuing need to diversify the employment age discrimination, powers of attor­ Statistics and Mathematics Consulting advanced degrees. Of those em­ base for UBC Forestry graduates. ney and how to protect the physical ployed, more than 82 per cent held And we need to place more first security and financial interests of eld­ »research design • data analysis professional forestry positions and and second year students in mean­ erly people. • sampling »forecasting the rest held technical positions in ingful, forestry-related summer While he doubts that it will ever be forestry." jobs." a high-volume area of legal practice, Jonathan Berkowitz, Ph.D. Binkley said the faculty's sur­ Binkley said to help accomplish MacDougall's goal is to create a small 4160 Staulo Crescent, Vancouver, B.C., V6N 3S2 veys show a steady increase in em­ these objectives, the faculty is or­ group of practitioners who are sensi­ ployment for foresters since 1986. ganizing a career fair for this fall. tive to and aware of problems faced by Office: (604) 263-1508 Home: (604) 263-5394 8 UBC REPORTS August 13,1992 Forum Doublespeak: A Tranquillizing Oratory

By PHILIP ALLINGHAM of nerve and mustard gas as "military phors, inflated language, weasel Bill Reid ("If it is outside the guide­ As the headline suggests, assets," we as a nation can feel that we words, gobbledygook, jargon out of lines, then it was irregular, but that's doublespeak is not merely linguistic need not take a media backseat to our context, devious euphemism, decep­ not unusual"); and a B.C. Ministry of ineptitude, but a deliberate and devi­ southern neighbors' talk of "surgical tive titles, and so forth... As teachers Education official who eschewed the ous deployment of words intended to strikes" and "smart bombs." of critical reading, we should help our word teachers in favor of "on-site camouflage, confuse, or obscure. But why should public abuse of students learn how to see through facilitators of pupil learning." While doublespeak, taken from the language be a concern of teachers of propaganda and doublespeak." The 1990-91 winner was Jackie Orwellian term "doublethink" in 1984, Minogue of Revenue Canada, who stops short of out-and-out lying, it is attempted to explain the GST by using intended to tranquillize the hearer or peanuts as an example. reader. It is nothing less than verbal "As teachers of critical reading, we should "It (GST) will tax items like pea­ slight-of-hand. help our students learn how to see through nuts as snack foods at a seven-per-cent South of the border, the phenom­ propaganda and doublespeak." rate, except unsalted peanuts which enon is so widespread that the Na­ would be taxed at zero-per-cent as a tional Council of Teachers of English basic grocery because they could be (NCTE) puts out a journal devoted used in cooking." entirely to print and electronic media English in the United States and The CCTE instituted awards for This year's winner, nominated by pronouncements by the American es­ Canada, anyway? Between drugs and Plain English and Public Doublespeak national newspaper columnist Don tablishment. drop-outs, lesson-planning and essay- not so much to bring itself to the atten­ McGillivray, was the Fraser Institute Writing for the July 1991 issue of marking, don't they have enough to tion of the Canadian media as to en­ for its coercing the CBC to eliminate Quarterly Review of Doublespeak, worry about? courage the honest use of spoken and bias in its coverage of 'labor disrup­ William Lutz was able to cite exam­ Writing in the English Quarterly in written English and to reveal official tions' (strikes?) by employing the term ples of Pentagon doublespeak which 1986, when the Canadian Council of attempts — whether by business or "replacement workers" instead of refers to the Korean conflict as a 'po­ Teachers of English (CCTE) instituted government — to seduce Canadians "scabs." lice action' rather than a full-blown its Public Doublespeak Task Force, into believing that bad is good, that "This is the authentic voice of po­ war. Professor Rick Coe of Simon Fraser cruelty is justice, that parsimony is litical correctness," observed Canadians had to hunt for them­ University, its first chair, gave this sound fiscal management, and that the McGillivray. "People who use our selves through the verbal bombard­ answer: vested interest is the common good. preferred words are fair and balanced. ment on television and in the press. "We who study language and lit­ Through the exposure of People who use the other side's words But when a high-ranking spokesman erature have a special expertise. The doublespeak, teachers of English in are unfair and unbalanced." for the Canadian Armed Forces can devices abused by doublespeakers are Canada have attempted to radicalize Although the CCTE's Task Force speak of Saddam Hussein's stockpiles rhetorical figures: misleading meta- their students, making them more criti­ on National Public Doublespeak is cal and reflective readers who will gone, the phenomenon it sought to help transform Canada into a more combat will undoubtedly continue to self-aware, more open, and more flourish under government and corpo­ democratic society. rate sponsorship. Since my appointment as chair of the Doublespeak Task Force, nomina­ Philip Allingham is a UBC professor tions for the doublespeak award have of English and former chair of the included Colonels Engstad and Pepin Canadian Council of Teachers of Eng­ of the Canadian Armed Forces for lish Doublespeak Task Force. their camouflaging 'language of war'; former Socred Provincial Secretary Illustrations by Diana Cooper.

Study unmasks rhetoric of election campaign By CHARLES KER capture the impact of campaign rheto­ While pollsters may talk to more being exploited for some other pur­ from the interviews and questionnaires There are generally two types of ric. Canadians during the campaign, none pose. should give a good idea of how things polls that emerge during a federal elec­ For this, Johnston and his five- will talk to respondents for as long or "We provide them with an occa­ such as media and poll results influ­ tion campaign: commercial polls for member research team will carefully be as consistent in their questioning. sion they would not otherwise have," ence voters' perceptions of leaders profit and those crafted for political monitor the media to pick out words Once the election starts, the election he said. "For most of these people, this and parties. gain. and phrases party strategists use in study questionnaire will not be will be the most engaging political Johnston added that information Richard Johnston's survey doesn't trying to frame the campaign in vot­ changed. conversation of their life." gathered from the coming election fit either category and promises the er's minds. Part of this process will Said Johnston: "If we see a change Participants will be called again will eventually filter down to the tax­ "truest account" of the coming elec­ involve a daily content analysis of in the structure of response, we want immediately after the campaign ends payers and make them more aware of tion proceedings. prime-time television news coverage to be able to say that the change was for a follow-up interview lasting 20 vote-getting tactics usedincampaigns. "Political campaigns are about as well as an analysis of party adver­ produced by the campaign and not by minutes. They will also be asked to Johnston has co-authored a book. manipulation," said the UBC political tising during the campaign. us." complete a written questionnaire of Letting the People Decide: Dynamics science professor. "We're trying to In the case of special campaign Johnston said people who partici­ issues not covered by telephone and of a Canadian Election, which isbased fine-tune an instrument which will events such as debates, the team's pate in the study get a sense that their mail it back to the research team. on the 1988 election study and due out allow us to get behind this manipula­ computer program will automatically opinions are taken seriously and not Together, analysis of data drawn in September. tion." add questions concerning the event to As principal investigator for a the questionnaire after it takes place. $540,000 federal election study, The research project will be the Johnston will use a computer-assisted eighth such study funded by the Social $1-billion program telephone survey to determine how Sciences and Humanities Research voters are influenced duri ng the course Council since 1965. of a campaign. Johnston, who headed up the 1988 Dorcey to head Fraser cleanup The wide-ranging survey will in­ survey, said the primary purpose of clude questions on Canada's social these studies is to record an important Anthony Dorcey, assistant director The Fraser Basin Management The program is, however, unique structure, attitudes towards the U.S.. part of Canadian political history the of the Westwater Research Centre, has Program is a long-term, comprehen­ in that it will consider air, land and the union movement, the size of gov­ data from which is made available to been chosen by the federal, provincial sive sustainable development pro­ water resources; pursue environmen­ ernment and specific party policy. election researchers worldwide. and local governments to head a $1- gram supported by Ottawa, Victoria tal, economic and social objectives; By analysing the response of par­ Once the campaign starts, the Institute billion program under a new agreement and local governments. Dorcey will and involve non-governmental ticipants, Johnston hopes to get a sense for Social Research at York University to clean up the Fraser River. head the 19-member board that will stakeholders in decision-making of what issues affect the vote, the will conduct between 70 and 80 telephone On behalf of the governments, oversee the program. through the board and new institu­ effect of media use during the cam­ conversations each day for the duration of Tom Siddon, federal minister of In­ Its initial focus will be cleaning up tional arrangements in the basin's paign, an evaluation of the leaders, the seven-week campaign. Using a care­ dian Affairs and Northern Develop­ and preventing pollution, restoring sub-regions. expectations of a party's chances of fully crafted questionnaire, Johnston ment, named Dorcey chair of the productivity of the natural environ­ Dorcey recently headed a major success, and voter intentions. hopes to draw responses from 3,600 Ca­ Fraser Basin Management Board ment, boosting salmon stocks and Westwater project which resulted in a By varying the order and wording nadians who will each be interviewed for while announcing the program's start­ monitoring and reporting on the state report, book and video on the sustain­ oiquestions, the survey will also try to 40 minutes. up at a signing ceremony in May. of the river. able development of the Fraser Basin.