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around Yes, actually—it is rocket science the ring Engineering students take first prize in international competition BY JULIE SLOAN

University Centre caf For three mechanical engineering gets a makeover students with a passion for aerospace, The University Centre cafeteria what could be better than an inter- closed its doors on Dec. 13 to national Do-It-Yourself rocket-design facilitate a major renovation and competition? expansion. The eight-month Winning it, of course. project will see a shift from a In the summer of 2013, second- cafeteria-style model to a market- and third-year BEng students Michael style concept where food is freshly Pearson, Simon Moffatt and Harry Ev- prepared before the customer. The ans—the Stratodyn team—designed a 3D printable rocket engine and new facility, to be named Mystic won first place in an international Market, will set a new standard in competition open to anyone and campus dining, creating a unique, everyone, competing against novices, West Coast dining experience. The school-based teams and professional facility will introduce nine self- engineers alike. branded dining concepts to appeal The Silicon Valley non-profit Open to the diverse tastes of the campus Space University created the DIY community. Construction begins rocket competition to promote in- in January 2014, with completion novation and cost effectiveness in scheduled for fall 2014. During small payload delivery into space, and this time a Construction Café will explore the possibilities of 3D printing operate in the University Centre. for the space industry. Pearson stum- Hours and staffing levels will be bled across the competition online increased at all other campus and enticed fellow UVic AERO team members Moffatt and Evans to team food outlets. Visit uvic.ca/food for up with him. L–R: Evans, Moffatt and Pearson PHOTO: UVIC PHOTO SERVICES information on alternative Food “Space is only about 100 km Service locations, and updates on straight above us, so it’s close,” says online, and have it printed by New up with a really cool design, and there The students plan to use their construction progress. Please note Pearson. “But the problem is, once York City-based sponsor company were professional engineers compet- prize money to travel to Silicon that Counselling Services will be you get there, a rocket will just fall Shapeways.com. The company spe- ing as well,” said Moffatt. Valley to meet the group running relocating from University Centre straight back down to the ground if it’s cializes in metal 3D printing. The Out of 12 teams competing, the the competition and tour the NASA to the ground floor of the Carroll not propelled fast enough. We needed team completed the entire project UVic team took first prize, which facility. For these three students Residence building (near the to design a rocket engine that would online. included $5,000, an offer for a who love aerospace, it’s an op- entrance to the Cadboro Commons propel a rocket 28,000 km per hour at “One of the coolest things about free business-development con- portunity they wouldn’t dream of cafeteria) during construction. those altitudes to stay in orbit.” the competition was that it was open sultation, and a tour of the NASA passing up. It took four months for the team to anyone in the world. There was an research centre in Mountainview, Full story online: bit.ly/rocket-sci to put together the design, post it elementary school team that came California.

Vol. 40 No. 1 RINGTHE The University of Victoria’s community newspaper Partnership recognized for reductions in bullying ring.uvic.ca As co-creator of the anti-bullying 14-year-old girl who was beaten and Cross and the RCMP’s National Youth ated the WITS programs leading to Printed using vegetable-based inks on program, WITS, (Walk Away, Ignore, drowned by her peers in 1997. Her Officer Program, WITS is spreading measurable, sustained reductions in 100% post-consumer recycled paper. Talk it Out, Seek Help) Dr. Bonnie death followed several high profile to schools across Canada–more than bullying. Leadbeater feels the commu- Next issue February 6 Leadbeater has worked tirelessly with youth beatings that resulted in death 500 so far. “I think it’s really made a nity-based research collaboration for community partners, police officers, or severe neurological damage to difference in the culture of schools and development of the WITS programs is The Ring is published eight times a year by University school staff and administrators, and other Victoria youth. our communities across Canada,” says critical to its success. Communications + Marketing. parents to protect children from “There was this growing edge of Leadbeater. “WITS programs provide “Working with our community Director Bruce Kilpatrick, 250-721-7638, peer violence and victimization. On youth violence that really concerned a common language to talk about bul- partners in Victoria made the develop- [email protected] Dec. 2, Leadbeater was presented the police,” said Leadbeater in a lying so getting help is the norm and ment of the WITS programs possible Managing editor Marc Christensen, 250-721-6022, [email protected] with the CIHR Partnership Award by media interview. WITS was initiated the right thing to do.” and highly relevant for other schools Production Beth Doman the Governor General of Canada in by a local school principal and Tom The two programs WITS and hoping to address bullying and peer recognition of her leadership of the Woods, a local law enforcement of- WITS LEADS have recently been victimization,” says Leadbeater. Display ads Bonnie Light, 250-388-5321, [email protected] WITS programs. ficer, who after observing the WITS adapted into French (DIRE) making Leadbeater and the WITS part- Calendar Mandy Crocker, 250-721-8587, The award acknowledges the programs in action, started the the resources available in both official nership team will continue to bring [email protected] true partnership that exists between Rock Solid Foundation, a not-for- languages for use by all Canadians. In the anti-bullying program into more Material published in The Ring does not necessarily teachers, students, law enforcement profit group to raise funds to help British Columbia the Conseil scolaire Canadian schools, train RCMP officers reflect official university policy. and parents who want to change the BC schools use the WITS Programs. francophone de la Colombie-Britan- and community partners and evaluate Material may be reprinted in whole or in part without culture within a community. “Tom Woods had the desire and nique has enthusiastically adopted the program in French and English. permission, but with appropriate credit to The Ring. “It was very rewarding to have our inspiration to make a difference; the programs and is implementing Leadbeater hopes that the WITS pro- The Ring, PO Box 1700, University of Victoria, WITS programs and partners nation- working with him and the Rock them in many schools throughout the gram can become self-supporting and Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2 ally recognized after 15 years of work Solid Foundation was key to the province. By adapting the programs eventually be introduced to US schools Tel: 250-721-7636 Fax: 250-721-8955 helping schools create safe places success of the WITS programs,” said into French, national organizations and overseas. E-mail: [email protected] for children to play and learn,” said Leadbeater. such as the RCMP can disseminate For more information about WITS Printed in Canada by Black Press © 2014 University of Victoria Leadbeater. Today, through the leadership of them across the country. and WITS LEADS and the French ad- Canadian Publications Mail Agreement WITS began in response to the Leadbeater and the help of PREVNet, Through community partnerships, aptation of the programs visit www. No. 40014024 tragic death of Reena Virk. Virk was a the Rock Solid Foundation, the Red researchers have developed and evalu- witsprogram.ca

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Page 2 The Ring Jan 2014 There’s an app for that Teaching awards highlight around UVic BCom students help United Way Alumni Week, Feb. 2–8 the ring engage young donors using mobile Alumni Week—honouring the social, economic and artistic impact of UVic Salary interest gaming graduates—runs from Feb. 2–8 with arbitration decision more than a dozen special events reached BY KRISTA BOEHNERT “The game is based on a free- on campus and at alumni branches Arbitrator Colin Taylor released mium model,” Luchyshyn explains, across Canada and in Asia. his decision on Nov. 20 in the How do you engage millennials in “where the user gets it for free and A lunchtime gathering of alumni arbitration matter between the philanthropy using technology? can make in-game purchases to who work at UVic kicks off the week’s University of Victoria and the That is the question Dr. Rebecca progress their play. The purchased events on campus on Feb. 3; the Dis- UVic Faculty Association. The Grant posed to Gustavson BCOM content helps the player move tinguished Alumni Awards on Feb. 5 award covers the period July 1, students in her fall term Business through the game easier, helping will honour 12 outstanding graduates; and the Internet course. Student them unlock new game levels.” and the Teaching Awards Celebra- 2012–June 30, 2014. For each groups were tasked with finding There is also a social media tion on Feb. 6 will spotlight the 2014 year, Mr. Taylor awarded faculty a digital strategy for local char- component with the game app recipients of the Alumni Awards for members and librarians a 2 per ity United Way of Greater Victoria that allows players to track their Excellence in Teaching and the Andy cent salary increase as well as a (UWGV) to engage a younger donor donations, as well as compare their Farquharson Awards for Excellence in lump sum payment of $1,000. The base. game scores with others. “Social Graduate Student Teaching. lump sum payment is payable to The class presented their solu- media sharing will increase word- The alumni teaching awards, in all faculty members and librarians Colgate. PHOTO: UVIC PHOTO SERVICES tions at a trade show attended by of-mouth about the game and will two categories, will be presented to based on their appointment as of representatives from United Way help increase the number of users,” three recipients. July 1, 2012 and July 1, 2013. The and members of the local business Bilach says. Dr. Mark Colgate (Gustavson first adjustments payments were community. The winning team “The competition between play- School of Business) and Assistant made on Dec. 13, 2013, and the comprised of Talina Barsalou, Shan- ers keeps them engaged,” Luschy- Teaching Professor Jin-Sun Yoon remaining payroll adjustments telle Bilach, Denis Luchyshyn and shyn adds. “They want to get to (Child and Youth Care) receive the will occur on Jan. 15, Jan. 31 and Daniel Thiry paired philanthropic that next level before anyone else, Harry Hickman teaching award for Feb. 15 of this year. Full information lessons with the power of mobile increase their score, and share it regular faculty members (including gaming. online.” senior instructors), artists-in-resi- about the arbitration award is “We wanted to create interaction But the competition isn’t just dence and librarians. available at bit.ly/fac-arb instead of just providing content,” limited to twentysomethings. Dr. Kristen Semmens (History) Thiry says of his team’s decision to “The beauty of the game is that it will receive the Gilian Sherwin teach- New site for develop a game to engage potential appeals to a much broader audi- ing award for sessional lecturers, lab UVic Plant Sale donors. ence than just millennials,” says instructors and senior lab instructors. The UVic Plant “In class, we learned that people Barsalou. “It’s something the The selection committee, chaired Sale is moving spend most of their time on their whole family can play and get by Vice-President Academic and Prov- outdoors. The mobile devices having ‘me time,’ involved in.” ost Reeta Tremblay, evaluates nomi- new location which includes seeking relaxation In addition to purchasing game nees based on evidence of outstanding will be in parking or entertainment through things enhancements, the player can set teaching methods and educational lot 6, adjacent Yoon. PHOTO: UVIC PHOTO SERVICES like gaming. Reaching people dur- up a monthly donation, charged leadership. The committee considers to Finnerty Gardens. This year’s ing this time seemed like the most to their phone bill, to support the the nominee’s performance in such sale, on Sunday, May 4, will offer promising way to engage with them,” UWGV in funding the projects areas as course design, innovation and a specialized selection of plants adds teammate Bilach. showcased. The amount is millen- mentorship of students. The students brainstormed nial friendly—as low as one dollar a Recipients get a cash prize of and will include tours of the about possible game scenarios month—with the option to increase $2,000 and their photos will be per- gardens, showcasing its collection and settled on a city model where it when they are economically in a manently displayed in the McPherson of rhododendrons in bloom. Since the player experiences different position to do so. Library. There have now been 51 re- 1978 the volunteer-led Finnerty campaigns (or game levels) that And has the project changed the cipients since the alumni association Garden Friends have organized showcase social improvement ini- students’ attitude towards UWGV? introduced the first campus-wide a fundraising sale in McKinnon tiatives United Way supports. The “I always knew United Way’s logo, teaching award program in 1989. Gym. The sale supports ongoing game simultaneously educates the but I wasn’t aware of what they did,” Graduate students Jason Siefken development of Finnerty Gardens. player about the important work Barsalou says. “Now that I know (mathematics and statistics), Jamie Known for its rhododendrons, the the charity does for the community, how they improve our community, Kemp (history in art) and Michael gardens also feature more than while providing an entertaining they’ve got me. I’m hooked.” Lukas (English) will receive the 4,000 varieties of trees and shrubs, context in which to experience the And if the team’s game app com- Farquharson award, organized by the occupying 2.6 hectares on the lessons. pletes development, you will be too. Faculty of Graduate Studies and the southwest corner of campus. The Learning and Teaching Centre. gardens are open year-round and The Distinguished Alumni Awards admission is free. To volunteer for presentation, at the Hotel Grand Semmens. PHOTO: UVIC PHOTO SERVICES Pacific, will feature award recipients the plant sale, contact Joy Davis at SEDINS CONTINUED FROM P.1 selected by faculties, divisions and Reid (executive chair, Hydrexia); Jan 250-472-5474 or [email protected]. the library. This year’s honorees are: Ross (curator/community activist); Through deliberate and intense you have everyone realize that they Eric Akis (journalist, author Michael J. Whitfield (stage lighting Campus Bike observations of the Sedins during can be a leader at a certain moment, and chef); Roderick Allen (assis- designer); Evan Wood (investigator, Centre opens games and in media coverage over and then … you’ve got to let them tant deputy minister of education); intravenous drug use prevention/ The new indoor Campus Bike Centre the course of three years, culminating handle the situation and make them Brian Butler (CEO, Butler Brothers treatment); and Jennifer Zelmer opened on Nov. 19, with a brief with a 75-minute interview with the grow. I think when you have that, Supplies); Marilyn Copes (execu- (executive VP, Canada Health Infoway). bout of stormy weather–including twins, Crippen evaluated how well everyone’s taking a step and getting tive director, Island Health); Mary Alumni Week is supported by the the unusual appearance of light they measure up to the 21 competen- better, as a person, as a player.” Mouat (lawyer/community builder); UVic Alumni Association and organ- hail–serving to underscore the cies of servant-leadership. She found Crippen says with increasing em- David Naysmith (medical hu- ized by the Alumni Relations office. value of shelter from the elements the Sedins embody all 21 almost phasis through all levels of hockey manitarian); (CEO, Ustar Full event list and grand prize draw Qimin You for cyclists as they arrive on campus. completely, a nearly unheard of “gold on safety, leadership and reducing Biotechnologies Hangzhou); Chris information: alumni.uvic.ca standard” of the philosophy. violence, the Sedins could be perfect The totally enclosed facility, nestled “We have a group here where elite-level role models for achieving on the west side of the University we have a lot of leaders, and there’s success through caring and support- Centre parkade, offers over 230 times when you need to make them a ive approaches. As well as the study bicycle parking spots, as well as leader. Hank, he’s the captain, but he published in PHEnex, a second piece equipment lockers. SPOKES, a can’t be a leader all the time. I think is to be published by the International volunteer-run bicycle rental and he needs to make other players lead Journal of Servant Leadership, and repair shop, is also housed in its too. That’s a big part of a team that’s Crippen is at work on a third, even newly expanded space inside successful,” Daniel Sedin says during more in-depth paper from the case the bike centre. Full story: bit.ly/ the interview with Crippen. “I think study. bikecentre

The Ring Jan 2014 Page 3 in memoriam Ian MacPherson, UVic historian and Honorary Degree Recipient The university lost one of its shining lights in November with the passing of historian Dr. Ian MacPherson. In addition to his scholarly contributions—which were exemplary—MacPherson was a leading administrator and great friend to the university who had recently authored a book-length history of UVic. Moreover, MacPherson stood out as a champion in his field, becoming avant le lettre the type of figure who we now recognize and praise as a community-engaged academic. MacPherson’s work with co- operatives went far beyond the MacPherson academic expectations of his era, and his extraordinary contribution to the betterment of society working with the co- L–R: Sam and Stanger by First Peoples House. PHOTO: MITCH WRIGHT operative movement drew UVic to award him an honorary degree—a decision made shortly before his unexpected death. MacPherson was born and grew up on a farm in Spencerville, Ontario—the The lasting value of "sense of place" youngest of four boys—and taught school in a small community outside of BY MITCH WRIGHT Stanger is researching the notion our lives,” says Stanger. “Our lives Toronto before pursuing his MA and PhD in history at Western Ontario. He lectured of “sense of place” and how forma- are rooted in place, whether we ac- in history at the University of Winnipeg and the University of London, England, People often have a place that holds tive places become transformative knowledge it or not. I’m interested in before taking up a position at UVic in 1976. special meaning for them. Whether it’s places, such as that cannery dock for how those places foster emotional, MacPherson’s earliest historical interests revolved around rural history, somewhere childhood memories were Campagnolo. physical, spiritual, and ecological con- particularly on the prairies, and his focus from the beginning was on co- made or a serene spot that soothes Stanger says with increasing nectedness and how that contributes their soul, place can have a profound amounts of time spent online and in to shaping our lives.” operatives, which drew him to an interest in the co-operative movement in impact on people’s lives. front of monitors, people are losing Stanger enlisted the help of four English Canada. That spark would burn throughout his long career, as the subject For former Lieutenant Governor, their sense of connection to the eco- prominent British Columbians— of his first book to the focus of the research centre he founded. MacPherson politician and tireless advocate for logical systems that are life sustaining, Campagnolo, Tsartlip First Nation rapidly became the pre-eminent historian of the Canadian co-operative First Nations rights Iona Campagnolo, both in the physical and psychological Elder and UVic Elder-in-Residence movement, and also made many scholarly contributions to the study of co- memories of talking with other young- senses. His environmental education May Sam, National Geographic Ex- operatives at the international level. sters at a North Pacific Cannery dock research investigates how learning plorer-in-Residence Wade Davis, and As an administrative leader, MacPherson’s impact was also commendable. He on the Skeena Slough in northwest- that occurs within childhood places Sharktruth.orgconservation initiative served as chair of the history department, and as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and ern BC have stayed with her. It was has lasting effects on our lives. founder Claudia Li—who were filmed a formative experience that played a “There’s been little investigation explaining their own transformative Sciences. The expansion of the university led him to later assume duties as Dean recurring role throughout her life and into the value of important places, places. of Humanities, a position from which he stepped down in order to found UVic’s demonstrates how powerful “sense of or even the memory of them, and the YouTube preview: bit.ly/4-trans- Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy (then called the BC place” can be. impact of the experiences we connect form Institute for Co-operative Studies). UVic doctoral candidate Nick to significant places have throughout Full Ring story: bit.ly/4-places MacPherson’s tenure as a department chair and dean is remembered fondly by many junior faculty of that era, for his ability to empathize with their concerns and find ways within the administrative structure to develop solutions that could work for them. He was a compassionate, wise and humane leader. He was also In this engineering course, known for his sense of humour, which could leaven tense situations. His fondness for practical jokes kept the august scholars of the history department from taking people skills are a design solution themselves too seriously. In word and deed, he has left a legacy of stories that are still told and retold to new generations. BY MITCH WRIGHT Under MacPherson’s leadership, the CCCBE (then BCICS) became a prime source of scholarly material as well as a resource for practitioners in co-operative Aspiring engineers at UVic are getting undertakings. MacPherson was very active in the co-op movement both in something most of their peers across Canada and internationally, took a leading role in creating the Canadian Co- Canada aren’t—hands-on experience operative Association, was the co-founder of the Canadian Association for the from real-world professionals in their first year of post-secondary education. Study of Co-operation, and served as chair of the International Co-operative The ENGR 110 Design and Com- Alliance committee that articulated key co-operative principles in 1995. munication course is mandatory for MacPherson’s commitment to community engagement took many faces. In 2010, all 400-plus first-year engineering MacPherson was honoured as one of eight volunteers who had been active as students, and focuses on introduc- part of the UVic Speakers Bureau since its inception in 1980, sharing knowledge ing principles of design engineering and deepening the connection between the university and the community through practical projects with an continuously for 30 years. emphasis on teamwork. Through a series of labs and lectures, some of The 2012 publication of his book-length history of UVic, Reaching Outward and which are instructed by community Upward, was a well-appreciated addition to the university’s 50th anniversary and corporate partners, students get Engineering students. PHOTO: ARMANDO TURA celebrations. The work is a grand story of the many communities—on-campus, an opportunity that many Canadian off-campus, local, national, international, physical and electronic—that have universities don’t offer until third or “In the lecture, we talk about form- project with the CRD, which tasked together shaped the university. even fourth-year courses. ing, storming, norming and perform- students to come up with ideas to Mechanical engineering professor ing—the four stages you go through with improve cycling infrastructure and MacPherson is widely and fondly remembered across campus as a kind and Dr. Peter Wild holds one of a dozen Natu- team-building,” Dagg says. “We’re trying accessibility. The top 15 suggestions compassionate man, an exceptional teacher and mentor, a wise leader, a ral Sciences and Engineering Research to get students to understand there’s were showcased in December as stu- distinguished scholar and a model of a community-engaged academic. Council (NSERC) Chairs in Design Engi- more to it than just getting together and dents pitched their plans to a panel MacPherson has left us a vital legacy in his writings, in the continuing work of neering, and part of his focus has been doing a project. They’ve got to learn to of judges for the chance to win prizes the research centre he founded, in the internationally recognized principles of “getting to the fun stuff earlier,” he says. work with all sorts of different people and have their idea shared with local co-operative activism he helped to pen, and in the countless people he inspired. “ENGR 110 presents a glimpse of who all have different ideas.” government professionals and deci- He will be much missed. some of the important elements of Their task in the lab is spaghetti- sion makers. engineering practice that will not be stick tower construction, a project “There’s no shortage of ways to In recognition of this multitude of contributions, MacPherson’s Honorary apparent from other more technically more often in the realm of elementary make cycling easier, safer and more Doctorate will be awarded on Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. as part of focused courses,” Wild says. school classes, but it’s less about prov- enjoyable,” says Wild. “Our goal in a special service of remembrance at the University Club. The UVic flag will also be The local arm of Schneider Electric is ing their engineering prowess than collaborating with the CRD was to lowered in his memory on that day. among the key corporate partners, with about the dynamics of the teams, help generate fresh ideas, make more company rep Jordon Dagg volunteering formed as groups of five or six. people aware of the various challenges In lieu of flowers please consider any of the following: his time to present lectures and labs for “It’s a few more than the ideal and solutions for cycling in our com- ƒƒ Contributing to the UVic Dr. Ian MacPherson Scholarship, the last few years. With the course be- number, but that’s the point. We want munity, and offer these first-year stu- ƒƒ Supporting the Ian MacPherson Legacy Fund at the Co-operative coming mandatory this year, he upped them to experience the challenges of dents an applied-learning opportunity Development Foundation of Canada, his involvement and presented two teamwork and trying to make that early in their engineering education.” ƒƒ Donating to a charity of your choice, or lectures as well as 14 two-hour labs to work,” says Dagg. “The more students With this kind of fun, experiential ƒƒ Joining a co-op include all incoming students. that come out with that type of experi- learning, the hope is to sustain student Dagg’s goal is to teach about team ence, they’ll have a few more tools to interest in engineering through a busy Based on a submission by Dr. Lynn Marks and Dr. Ana Maria Peredo dynamics and other so-called “soft be able to work with.” and academically challenging first-year skills” that are absolutely crucial to Students also get a chance to program. Other partners include Viking success after graduation. have real-world impact through a Air, Starfish Medical and Bic Canada.

Page 4 The Ring Jan 2014 Dangerous yet delicate Though polar bears have become symbolic as a species put at risk by climate change, UVic research shows why the grizzly bear may be a better indicator of BC’s ecological health. STORY BY KIM WESTAD

A grizzly bear takes a dip in a glacier-fed pool. PHOTO: CHRIS DARIMONT

They inspire awe, fear, and are viewed The reverse, unfortunately, is also tive powerhouses of populations,” says University of Calgary and the Rain- stress and health of grizzly bears in as an international symbol of the true. Darimont. coast Conservation Foundation also northern Alberta. Canadian wilderness. But who’d have found that grizzlies with reduced Researchers can’t ask a grizzly why thought that grizzly bears, those great A trophy species, A delicate access to salmon were more stressed, it prefers one patch of berries over lumbering creatures with the teddy but for whom? reproductive cycle which could have other negative long- another, or how a bear adapts in for- bear faces and claws as long as human term health effects. The findings came mer wilderness areas that are logged, fingers, might also be the modern day Minnesota Wild player Clayton Stoner Hunters are not required to target males, after examining stress hormones in mined or used for recreation. version of the canary in the coalmine? ended up with more publicity for his but are encouraged to because of the hair samples of grizzlies from the But the animal’s travel patterns— For all their size—it’s not unusual grizzly bear hunting than his hockey challenges in grizzly reproduction. 30,000-km2 Heiltsuk Territory on collected via satellite collars—speak for a male grizzly to weigh 800 pounds playing this fall. Female grizzly bears don’t produce BC’s central coast. Researchers used for them. For example, mapping found or rise to eight feet when standing on A photo of the NHL defenceman their first litter until they are about five hair strands from the huge animals that female grizzlies spend more time its hind legs —grizzlies are among the holding a severed grizzly head went or six years old. Delayed sexual matu- to measure their cortisol, a stress hor- than male bears near roads. That puts most sensitive animals in the world. viral, focusing public attention on the rity, together with a three-or-more- mone. Using molecular markers, they them at a higher risk of human-caused They are more sensitive to changes contentious issue of trophy hunting. year interval between litters, results in could also tell how rich in salmon a mortality, either from poaching or be- in their environment, such as food, The grizzly, known to locals as Cheeky, a low reproductive rate. Bears usually bear’s diet was and to which individual ing struck by vehicles. And losing more development or human encroach- was shot in the Great Bear Rainforest, live between 25 to 30 years. bear the hair belonged. The research- females from the grizzly population is ment, than many other much smaller on BC’s north central coast. Stoner Research has also found that ad- ers tempted grizzlies to barbed-wire a serious conservation concern. species. had one of the limited-entry licenses equate food sources for grizzlies play hair snags by dousing fermented fish Their numbers have been deci- given out by the province each year to a large role in reproduction. oil in a pile surrounded by barbed wire. Another model: mated over the last century. At one hunters who can then kill bears in des- When a female grizzly becomes The bears stay only for a smell and are coexistence in nature time, you could have walked grizzly ignated areas. Hunters can use high- pregnant, the development of the off, leaving a few tufts of hair behind. bear trails from coastal Alaska down powered rifles equipped with powerful embryo temporarily stops for several The study shows the importance Where do researchers and society to northern Mexico, stopping at scopes. They usually want the heads, months, a process called “delayed im- of resource management that keeps move from here? Darimont and oth- hundreds of salmon streams along coat and paws of the animal, and leave plantation.” all users in the equation. The odds are ers are strong advocates of changing the way. These days, explains UVic the meat and carcasses behind. If a female bear is unable to gain stacked against grizzlies, says a grow- how society views grizzlies. Rather researcher and geography professor Province-wide, tourism revenues enough weight during the summer ing body of work. Fisheries, primarily than trophies for a few, they could Chris Darimont, the bear trails stop from the hunting, guiding and char- and fall before hibernation, she mis- the commercial sector that target the provide education and a conserva- in Howe sound, north of Vancouver, ter aircraft involved are estimated at carries because of the lack of nutrients salmon species favoured by bears, tion economy for many. Among sev- and the salmon runs have become $300-million a year. The province says and caloric intake. capture salmon en route to spawning eral First Nations partners, he works mere ghosts of their former selves in that the number of hunts allowed is If the female finds enough food and grounds before they even become with the Kitasoo/Xai’xais Nation on Oregon and California. based on sustainable limits, as de- is healthy enough to hibernate—griz- available to grizzlies. BC’s central coast and their Spirit termined by an independent panel zlies can gain two pounds a day and Darimont’s previous work, pub- Bear Lodge and Spirit Bear Research A species at risk of grizzly bear scientists. Harvest sometimes eat 90 pounds of food a lished in PLoS Biology, showed how Foundation to monitor the grizzly More than half of Canada’s grizzly levels vary throughout the province, day during the warmer months—she such intense competition by fisheries and white bears. Other partners bears live in BC—about 15,000. Alberta depending on the number of bears in will give birth in the den in January or can suppress bear densities. The new include the Hakai Beach Institute, has an estimated 750. The rest—about each area, the estimated productivity February to one to four cubs, usually hormone research reveals the prob- funded by the Tula Foundation, 10,000—are in the Yukon, Northwest of the bears and the known number two. These hairless, blind and tooth- able mechanism: birth rates and litter who support research programs Territories and Nunavut. Grizzlies of mortalities. less cubs weigh about one pound. sizes are likely reduced by the stress that address the complex nature of are listed by both the provincial and But joint research from UVic, Si- The mother nurses her cubs in the response from low salmon. conserving, managing and restoring federal governments as being of spe- mon Fraser University and the Univer- den until they all come out in late When salmon are plentiful, how- the central coasts unique marine cial concern. sity of British Columbia published this April or May. ever, it’s more than the bears that and terrestrial ecosystems. Their numbers are threatened by fall in the scientific journal PLoS ONE Food supply, particularly salmon, is benefit. UVic’s Tom Reimchen (Biol- “Collectively, we envision a near fu- a variety of factors, most caused by found that grizzlies were over-hunted therefore crucial for grizzly bear repro- ogy) first discovered how bears eat ture in which the extractive industries humans, say researchers. Unsustain- in half the areas where the province duction, one of the findings of another the nutrient-rich brains and eggs, that threaten bears in their territory— able hunting, poaching, recreational permitted hunting, with large discrep- study published this fall in PLoS ONE, casting aside the remainder of the forestry, over-fishing, trophy hunt- and industrial development, fisheries ancies between the upper limit to kills co-authored by UVic researchers, fish to feed other animals and ferti- ing—are increasingly substituted with management policies that reduce set by the provincial government and including Darimont. lize the forest. bear eco-tourism,” says Darimont. the number of salmon available for the number of bears actually killed. Imagine, say researchers, a time grizzlies as a food source—all affect Almost all were associated with trophy Salmon: the centre Mapping the contact zone when Cheeky, the five-year-old bear grizzly bear populations. hunting, says Darimont, the study’s co- of the food web Examining ways that grizzlies and shot last year, would still be alive, Reducing impacts requires a change author and the Raincoast Conserva- human activities can co-exist is a big providing education and benefit to the in priorities in environmental manage- tion Foundation science director. The The fall salmon season provides the part of Trisalyn Nelson’s work. The world for another 20 years. ment, says Darimont, and a shift away study was based on a 10-year audit of nutrient-rich food the bears need UVic geography professor and her “What we are doing to bears we from viewing grizzlies as big game the province’s own numbers. before hibernation. Grizzly bears with students recently worked with the are ultimately doing to ourselves,” trophies to seeing them as an essential Of particular concern was the find- access to salmon have higher popula- Foothills Research Institute, publish- Darimont says. “To think that humans part of the environmental landscape. If ing that of the 3,500 grizzlies killed tion density, body size and litter size, ing research in PLoS ONE about the will somehow evade the effects of eco- grizzlies are healthy, the environment during the study period, more than says the study. impacts of habitat conditions and logical damage we bring to the world is healthy, researchers say. 1,200 were females—the “reproduc- The researchers from UVic, the human disturbance on the long-term is to ignore reality.”

The Ring Jan 2014 Page 5 ROYAL SOCIETY LECTURE in memoriam What can coral reefs tell us about malaria? James Provan Every year, more than 200 million Lecture at the University of Victoria. Keeling. “Why would a parasite that people in tropical and subtropical Keeling is considered one of Can- develops in the dark within animal Dr. James (Jim) W. Provan passed away on November 15th, 2013 at the Royal regions of the world are infected with ada’s most groundbreaking micro- cells need a [cell structure] used for Jubilee Hospital in Victoria due to the complications of Scleroderma. Provan was a malaria and more than 600,000 die biologists. His research combines photosynthesis by plants and algae?” cheerful leader, mentor, dear colleague and friend to many at UVic. from it—mostly children. exploration of natural diversity with The search for answers leads to—of Provan joined the Faculty of Engineering at UVic as the Dean and Professor of We know a lot about malaria, in- molecular biology and genomics to all places—coral reefs. Mechanical Engineering in 1993 from McGill University and became an Emeritus cluding what causes it—a parasitic, understand fundamental processes “This whole project is a good illus- Professor in 2006. He received his BSc in chemical engineering from Strathclyde single-cell microbe spread by mos- such as metabolism, symbiosis and tration of how basic research is impor- University Glasgow, Scotland and started his academic career at McGill back in quitoes—but how did this parasite gene exchange. tant,” says Keeling. “We never could 1970 after receiving his MSc and PhD of Mechanical Engineering from University evolve? And what can we learn from His lecture, “From Coral Reefs to have predicted any of this in a million of Colorado. this evolutionary trail? Malaria: An Evolutionary Perspec- years of guessing, but because of some What scientists have discovered so tive of Intracellular Parasites,” will good old-fashioned, curiosity-driven Provan was an internationally known scholar on the modeling and control of far may surprise you. describe a convoluted evolutionary exploration of coral reef microbes, a fatigue and on the statistical fatigue reliability of mechanical components. As Find out more on Jan. 30 when Dr. history peppered with odd characters, whole new way of looking at the evolu- an academic leader, he made paramount contributions to the profession and Patrick Keeling from the University plot twists and exotic scenes. tion of malaria has emerged.” the institution involved, serving as the Chair of the International Association of British Columbia’s Department of “Our recent discovery that the ma- The Governor General Lecture for Structural Safety and Reliability, Director of the Canadian Association for Botany, presents the 2013-14 Royal laria parasite contains a chloroplast takes place at 7 p.m. in room 105, Hick- Internship Program, Associate Dean Academic for the Faculty of Engineering at Society of Canada Governor General raises an intriguing question,” says man Building. Info: [email protected] McGill, Dean of Engineering at UVic, and Warden of Camp 23 of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, to name a few. The Faculty of Engineering, the many people whose lives he touched, and his profession are all made poorer by his passing. He will be missed. Jan. 29–30: Critical conversations

James Haddow the norm at diversity conference Another colleague and friend to many in engineering, Dr. James (Jim) B. Haddow How does research benefit the com- on how the legacies of the transatlan- passed away January 3 at Parkwood Intensive Care due to complications of cancer. munity? How do we become allies in tic slave trade and plantation slavery Dr. Haddow received his BSc in Mechanical Engineering from University of St. the movement for social justice? The on the continent of Africa and in its Andrews in 1951, MSc in Civil Engineering from University of Alberta in 1958, and 2014 Provost’s Diversity Research Diasporas are remembered in various PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Manchester in 1960. Haddow Forum: Arts, Allies and Activism, struggles for citizenship. started his academic career at University of Alberta in 1955, reaching professor in takes on these and other questions on Concurrent sessions on January Wednesday, Jan. 29 and Thursday, Jan. published and award winning writer, 30 include From the Heart: How Arts, 1965. 30 at the University of Victoria. This best known for The Concubine’s Chil- Allies and Activism all Converged in In 1988, Haddow took an early retirement from University of Alberta to join the annual conference brings together dren. She was named in 2013 as an One Unconventional Theatre Produc- UVic Department of Mechanical Engineering as an “auxiliary professor”—an faculty, staff, students and community Officer of the Order of Canada “for her tion; First OUT: Introducing—Positive Adjunct Professor on paper—where he conducted research and taught full time members to discuss groundbreaking contributions to Canadian culture as Space Network Workshop 2.0; and at UVic for more than 20 years. Over these decades, Haddow made invaluable research and engage in critical con- a writer, and for her civic engagement Racial, Religious and Other Forms of contributions to funding and development of academic and research programs versations on a wide range of equity in social causes, notably in support Otherness at UVic and Beyond. in engineering. He taught many courses, supervised and co-supervised many and diversity topics, from gender and of human rights and the arts.” Denise The closing plenary, A Conversa- graduate students, and consistently gave more of himself in service to the race to faith, sexuality and Indigenous Chong’s presentation will be part of tion with Indigenous Artists, will approaches to the arts. the opening reception at First Peoples showcase the work of artists Lindsay department than would be expected or could be repaid. “This forum recognizes UVic House on Wednesday, Jan. 29 (4–7 Delaronde, Master Carver Charles El- Haddow was an internationally known scholar on continuum mechanics and scholars who do diverse research, and p.m.), which will also feature a spe- liott, OBC and Victoria Poet Laureate continuum thermodynamics; nonlinear elasticity; linear and nonlinear wave provides a space to share that research cial performance—the Dance of the Janet Rogers. propagation. He was an ICI Fellow, Senior Research Fellow of University of with our community,” says Grace Big Button Blanket—and readings by The conference is free of charge Glasgow and recipient of Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics Achievement Wong Sneddon, conference chair and winners of the Diversity Writing and but pre-registration is required and Award. adviser to the provost on equity and Spoken Word contests. space is limited. Everyone is welcome: diversity. “Every voice is welcome, and Keynote speaker Yvonne Brown, a faculty, staff, students and community He will be remembered as a caring and cheerful teacher, mentor, dear colleague we strive to create a safe space where retired public school teacher, univer- members. More info: www.uvic.ca/ and friend to those in the mechanical engineering department and many others people can talk about issues that are sity lecturer, researcher, writer and diversityforum. Follow us on Twitter across campus. often difficult to discuss.” social justice advocate, will speak on @diverseforum and on Facebook: —Submitted by Dr. Zuomin Dong The 2014 program features keynote Thursday, Jan. 30 at 11:15 a.m. in the uvicdiversityforum. speakers Denise Chong and Yvonne Student Union Building. Brown’s re- Brown. Chong is an internationally- search, writing and workshops focus

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Page 6 The Ring Jan 2014 calendar highlights ringers Events free unless otherwise indicated. For a complete list of events, visit the online calendar at events.uvic.ca Dr. Michael Roney (physics and astronomy) is the new SATURDAY, JANUARY 11 MONDAY, JANUARY 20 MONDAY, JANUARY 27 director of the Institute of at the galleries ■■ Music. 8 p.m. Faculty Chamber Music ■■ Lecture/Seminar. 3:30 p.m. Ancient ■■ Lecture. 7:30 p.m. The Pacific Leatherback Particle Physics, which promotes www. uvac.uvic.ca Series: Mahler. Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, Jordan from the Air. David Kennedy (Univ. of Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea); an Occasional Canadian excellence in particle 250-721-6562 MacLaurin B125. Tickets $13.50 to $17.50. Western Australia). Senate Chambers, Uni- Canadian Resident. Dr. Kenneth T. MacKay, Marine physics research and education. ■■ Exhibit. Adasla: The Movement 250-721-8480 versity Centre A180. 250-721-8514 Biologist. Fraser 159. 250-479-6622 The institute is the focal point of Hands. Jan. 16 to April 25. This SUNDAY, JANUARY 12 TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 THURSDAY, JANUARY 30 for particle physics activities exhibition centres around the world’s in Canada and a point of biggest button blanket. Created in ■■ Music. 2:30 p.m. Faculty Concert Series: ■■ Music. 12:30 p.m. Tuesdaymusic. And ■■ Studies in Religion & Society Lec- contact for partners in labs and collaboration with students at UVic’s Eugene Dowling, tuba. MacLaurin B125. Tickets Jan. 28 & Feb. 4. Take an afternoon break to ture. 4:30 p.m. The Same Dark Tale of Intrigue universities around the world. First Peoples House, the blanket invites $13.50 to $17.50. 250-721-8634 enjoy a concert of varied repertoire and instru- and Conspiracy: Examining Antisemitism in Roney is known internationally new conversations about Indigenous ments featuring School of Music students. Post-1989 Germany. Charlotte Schallié (UVic). for his work in electroweak and button blanket makers and the artistic TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 MacLaurin B125. 250-721-8634 Strong C122. 250-721-6325 high-energy physics, as well as traditions that surround them. A ■■ Cafe Scientifique Lecture. 6:30 p.m. project of the Williams Legacy Chair in WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22 ■■ Lecture. 7:30 p.m. Memory or Forget- detector technologies. He served Black Holes: More than Meets the Eye. Dr. Laura fulness? Aegean Prehistory and Greek Heroic as president of the Canadian Modern and Contemporary Art of the Ferrarese (NRC/HIA and UVic). Hermann’s Jazz ■■ Other. 9:30 a.m. Open Word: Readings Tradition. Prof. Margalit Finkelberg (Tel Aviv Assocation of Physicists in 2011–12. Pacific Northwest. Legacy Art Gallery, Club, 753 View St. 250-721-7744 and Ideas with Gillian Jerome. Fine Arts 209. 630 Yates St. Univ.). University Centre A180. 250-721-8514 250-383-8833 ■■ Film. 7:30 p.m. Peace Out. Film screening Dr. Bruce Wright has been ■■ Exhibit. Art of the Book. To ■■ Lansdowne Lecture. 7:30 p.m. of award-winning documentary. Fraser 159. ■■ Music. 12:30 p.m. Lieder at Lunch with appointed as Head, Division of March 24. Organized by the Canadian History, the Humanities, and the Promise of 250-479-6622 Sharon & Harald Krebs. The Hollywood Elegies Medical Sciences at UVic (and Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild, Possibilities. Dr. Allyson Poska (Univ. of Mary of Hanns Eisler and Bertolt Brecht. MacLaurin Regional Associate Dean, UBC this 30th anniversary juried exhibit Washington, Fredericksburg, VA). Turpin A102. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 B037. 250-721-8634 Faculty of Medicine) effective July features award winning work from 250-721-7383 1, 2014. He joins us from U-Calgary some of the best makers in Canada ■■ Lecture/Seminar. 10:30 a.m. Respond- ■ ■ Lecture. 7:30 p.m. Rocky Point Bird where he specialized in geriatric and the US. Content ranges from ing to HIV: Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Observatory: Past, Present and Future. Ann SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 medicine. He has also recently calligraphy to blackout poetry, while Dr. Evan Wood, Canada Research Chair in Nightingale. Fraser 159. 250-479-6622 ■■ Music. 8 p.m. Faculty Concert: Lafayette been involved in international the books take on imaginative forms Inner-City Medicine (UBC). Cornett B135. String Quartet. Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, medical curriculum development, such as luggage-style tags or DNA’s 250-472-4496 THURSDAY, JANUARY 23 MacLaurin B125. Tickets: $25. 250-721-8480 including work in Nepal, Laos and double helix. Legacy Maltwood, at ■■ Other. 4 p.m. Visual Arts MFA Silent THURSDAY, JANUARY 16 Tanzania. Wright’s appointment McPherson Library. Auction. Visual Arts Bldg., Audain Gallery. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3 ■■ Studies in Religion & Society follows the leadership of Dr. Oscar ■■ Music. Song of the Earth. Janu- 250-721-8011. ■■ Lecture/Seminar. 2:30 p.m. Engrav- Lecture. 4:30 p.m. The Voice in Your Head: Casiro, who will continue in his ary 6 to 11. The School of Music ings and Piercings: Andreas Vesalius and the Monologues from the New Messiahs. Marita ■■ Studies in Religion & Society Lec- pays tribute to the celebrated late- Fabric of a Cultural Icon. Dr. Hélène Cazes role until the end of his term on Dachsel, CSRS Artist-in-Residence, Writer. ture. 4:30 p.m. The Guru-Sishya (Teacher- Romantic Austrian composer Gustav (UVic), recipient of the Faculty of Humani- June 30, 2014. Dr. Casiro provided Student) Relationship in Sanskrit Scholarship. Dr. Mahler in a week of special lectures, Strong C122. 250-721-6325 ties Annual Award for Research Excellence. tremendous leadership during the Harold Coward (UVic). Strong C122. 250-721-6325 first 10 years of the Island Medical rehearsals, listening sessions and FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 McPherson Library A003. 250-721-4677 performances. http://finearts.uvic.ca/ ■■ Lecture. 7:30 p.m. The ‘Works of the Program and developed a strong ■ music/events/2014/mahler/ ■ Music. 12:30 p.m. Fridaymusic. And Jan. Old Men’ in Arabia. David Kennedy (Univ. of WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 program of neuroscience education 24 & 31. Take an afternoon break to enjoy a Western Australia). University Centre A180, ■■ Other. 1:30 p.m. Open Word: Readings and research. concert of varied repertoire and instruments Senate Chambers. 250-721-8514 and Ideas with Nora Young. Engineering & featuring School of Music students. MacLaurin Computer Science Bldg. 104. 250-383-8833 B125. 250-721-8634

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He worked in Kenya with the Agency lab on a project that involves Foundation for Sustainable Develop- the chemical modification of genes or ment to increase the capacity of health gene-associated proteins. “This field care services in a rural region. Seeing has huge implications for diseases street youths habitually sniff glue to such as cancer,” he says. ward off hunger pains left an indelible For the last year, he’s been working AUM impression. with UVic’s Centre for Aboriginal Health February “Many foreigners seem to easily Research (CAHR) and a Haida Gwaii 2-8 discount these children, seeing them community on a project that explores WK through the lens of addiction,” he barriers to harm reduction among Abo- says. “I was beginning to understand riginal people using illicit drugs. that this was not a behaviour of “Dylan ranks among the most gift- 2014 leisure, misjudgment or malicious ed students with whom it has been my intent, but of survival perpetuated pleasure to work,” says Dr. Charlotte by poverty, marginalization, stigma Reading, director of the CAHR. “As one and disease.” of the world’s foremost institutions of Celebrating UVic Grads Working with the BC Centre for learning, Oxford is ideally suited to Disease Control, he was part of a further prepare Dylan as a leader of l Meet ups and Family Events team that developed a province-wide the world’s future.” l Vikes Alumni Basketball program to reduce injury and deaths At Oxford, Collins will pursue the from overdoses of opioid drugs—such British equivalent of a PhD through l Dining Etiquette Workshop & Dinner as morphine and heroin—using an the Nuffield School of Population l Distinguished Alumni Awards “antidote” drug called naloxone. Health. “I’m committed to exploring l Salute to Excellence in Teaching “I worked on program policy and the interactions between substance l Branch Events design, and then I got to co-teach the use, social determinants, and the first 18 people on Vancouver’s down- broader context of poverty, coloniza- l Campus Alumni Lunch town east side,” says Collins. ”Seeing tion, culture and trauma.” l Career Workshops that policy translate into practice was UVic has produced seven Rhodes l Continuing Studies Lecture incredibly powerful and sold me on winners in the last 12 years, includ- this field of study.” ing last year (2013). Full Ring story Details and registration: This winter, Collins is completing and video about Collins: bit.ly/uvic- his honours thesis in a BC Cancer collins alumni.uvic.ca

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Though the UVic campus abounds with talent, Armando Tura has be- come something of a Renaissance man by pushing his interests to new heights both in the lab and on the field. During school hours, Tura – a PhD engineering grad -- can be found teaching undergrad courses or completing magnetic refrigera- tion research in one of the integrated energy systems labs. After school, he steps behind the camera as the Vikes official photographer, capturing UVic athletes at their best. And in his spare time, he sails and pilots his own plane, which he built. Originally from Italy, Tura com- pleted his bachelors, masters and PhD in mechanical engineering at UVic. “I almost completed my degree in engineering in Italy before coming here, but we got the immigration papers before I finished. Once you get that, you go,” he says. Despite a great deal of academic A gallery of Tura’s photography appears on the Ring website at bit.ly/day-tura. PHOTO: ARMANDO TURA. Inset: Tura behind the lens. success, Tura opted not to pursue a faculty position. “I prefer running the a lot of double takes” from students work led Tura to develop his photog- Today, he and fellow engineer- ting as close as one possibly could lab and teaching at the same time. If who recognized Tura on the field. As raphy well beyond the level of most ing PhD Peter Oshkai snap every to the game. you have a faculty position, you end an instructor, “I think it makes me hobbyists. “Photography is some- Vikes home game as AP Shutter Ultimately, Tura’s success as a up with more administrative com- more approachable,” he says. thing I absolutely love to do. At the Photography. photographer stems from his insist- mitments. I’m a hands-on person.” Tura’s strong work ethic extends same time, I have to do it at a profes- Much like Tura’s innovative refrig- ence it’s not a profession. “I have to His students—usually first and to his classroom practice as well. He sional level,” says Tura, emphasizing eration research, shooting the Vikes keep my photography part of my fourth year—seem to appreciate expects a lot from his students and in his love for the act. “My enjoyment in in action is challenging. “You become personal life. If photography is my his passion. “I love teaching, it’s return, they produce extremely high- photography is taking the photos, not part of the game. In order to get the main interest or profession, it loses extremely rewarding being able to quality work. “Often, in the begin- having the photos.” right shot, you have to predict what’s that attraction and creativity I as- help students become enthusiastic ning of the term, I assign something Which is why he loves the reac- going to happen. It’s not just how fast sociate with it.” with their studies.” relatively simple that is worth next to tion he gets from athletes’ parents. the camera is, it’s you being ready for Although Tura refuses to call his And his photography, which he’s nothing. I mark it really hard. It sets “My photos get used, they’re appreci- that to happen at the right place at photography a profession, he would been doing for the Vikes since 2007, the tone and by the end of the course, ated,” says Tura. the right time.” never deny his deep connection to has meant he’s noticed in the class- the projects are beautiful.” As demand for his photos grew, Tura describes sport photography his subjects. “You really become part room as well. “In the beginning, I’d get His dedication to high-quality Tura found he needed extra help. as being “inside the field,” and get- of the game.”

The impact of one French tweet

BY TARA SHARPE

Visibilité. The word itself appears on the 1,873th page of Le Grand Rob- ert (12th edition), a leading French dictionary. It can mean “impact” or revealing things clearly—and both senses are what Dr. Catherine Caws, chair of the UVic French department, achieved with her class, FRAN400: Ad- The tweet that started it all vanced Studies in French Linguistics. On Sept. 10, the Le Robert editors— without paper or ink and entirely it means to be a lexicographer.” online—reached out impromptu to With 40 students in the class, An- find out more about the UVic class. drea Brown was the one whose tweet Now that’s visibility. was seen by @LeRobert. She says the “Here we are on the West Coast of class “was a unique and fulfilling Canada,” says Caws, “teaching French experience. It was an excellent op- in North America, and one of my portunity to be able to connect with students gets retweeted by Le Robert professionals through Twitter and be in Paris wanting to know about the able to get an inside view of the world course. Only Twitter could have this of networking. It was really neat to be impact.” retweeted by the dictionary.” The Fall 2013 upper-level course on Caws also taught a first-year lexicology and semantics, offered to course that term; she points out nearly UVic Emergency Alerts third- and fourth-year UVic students every student in the other class was on in the French program, was intended Twitter, while only two-thirds of her to expose students to other scholars, 400-level students already were. She Have you registered your mobile phone ideas and sharing of knowledge and believes the difference is somewhat particularly by using Twitter (#lex- generational—if the two cohorts can to receive emergency messages? ico400). The class met once a week be considered within such a tight for two hours; students then engaged timeframe. in discussion on the blog (lexico400. “Three years for me is a generation wordpress.com) to address various when it comes to Twitter,” she explains. questions based on additional mate- “The concept of ‘generation’ in social www.uvic.ca/alerts Follow us on rials, including scholarly articles but media is very short.” also other coverage as well as video. And tweets tend to appear, and dis- The first discussion was on a sipate, as fast as birdsong. But because one-hour video by famous French Brown’s tweet came to the attention @uvicemerg lexicographer, media personality and of a dictionary editor in France, now Le Robert editor-in-chief Alain Rey. this UVic student has something to tell The topic caused a flurry of chatter her own grandchildren—for whom and evaluation and “had a real impact online social connection will have on the students right away,” says Caws. evolved beyond all possible recogni- “They got to discover and explore what tion by then.

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