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This community report honours both the It has been a year of great change and accomplishment at The University achievements of 1997/98 and the ideas and of British Columbia. The following captures a few ofthe highlights that innovative thinking of students, staff, marked an eventful 1997/98 year. faculty and the community who are helping to set the vision for UBC in the 21st century. The Chan Centre for the Performing UBC and the Greater Vancouver Arts opened in the spring Regional District (GVRD) have For the first time in almost a decade, UBC has of 1997, providing a concert hall worked together for more than and learning facility for the campus three years to develop an Official engaged in developing its vision for the and the Vancouver community. Community Plan (OCP) for the future and has consulted as widely as possible Residents ofthe Lower Mainland university area. This plan has been can now enjoy critically acclaimed developed with considerable with individuals both on and off the campus. performances in Vancouver's community input and was officially newest concert hall. approved by UBC's Board of For the first time in a decade, A 33-member Community Advisory Governors and the GVRD's Board the UBC Thunderbirds brought of Directors in July 1997. Council which includes representatives from home the coveted Canadian univer­ sity football championship title, the In 1997, Rick Hansen and The business, labor, community and cultural Vanier Cup. The T-Birds defeated University of British Columbia the Ottawa Gee-Gees 39-23 in the groups, as well as provincial and municipal created the Rick Hansen Institute Canadian Interuniversity Athletics with a vision that completely levels of government, has assisted in this Union (CIAU) championship game supports Hansen's dream — to in Toronto on Nov. 22, 1997. visioning process. remove barriers that limit people • UBC's Sing Tao School of with disabilities from reaching • APEC leaders gather at UBC: Dr. Martha Piper has also visited communities Journalism offers Western Canada's their full potential. The Asia-Pacific Economic first graduate journalism program. Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Meet­ across the province and consulted with September 1997 marked the ing brought the heads ofthe students on campus about the direction the official opening ofthe School's 18 leading economies around the building and classes began in Pacific Rim to Vancouver in the university should take in the coming century. the fall of 1998. fall of 1997. The economic leaders held their centrepiece meeting • Dr. Martha C. Piper officially Based on this input, a strategic plan, at UBC's Museum of Anthropology. assumed her new duties as presi­ Trek 2000, has been developed that will be dent of The University of British There was a significant anti-APEC finalized this fall once approved by UBC's Columbia Aug. 1, 1997, succeeding In September 1997, more than demonstration at the meeting, Dr. David W. Strangway. Dr. Piper 4,000 first-year students participat­ which the RCMP controlled with a Board of Governors. previously served as the vice- ed in UBC's first-ever orientation considerable degree offeree. This is president, Research and External for new students. The program, now the subject of an RCMP Public Affairs, at the University of Alberta. called Imagine '97, was designed Complaints Commission Enquiry. to help students make a personal ' UBC faculty claim top honours: • UBC's Research Awareness connection with UBC through Some ofthe country's top teaching, Campaign Think About It was a series of fun events and work­ research and achievement awards launched in 1997 to promote the shops for small groups in the were presented to UBC's faculty diversity and value of UBC same faculty. this year. Three UBC professors are research — one ofthe most impor­ among 14 people who received • UBC's Nobel prize winner, Michael tant ways the university serves the Order of British Columbia. Smith heads up the first research the people of British Columbia. The Three UBC researchers were centre in Canada devoted to decod­ research campaign includes a appointed to the Royal Society of ing human genes. A project ofthe variety of print and radio advertise­ Canada. A UBC professor was one BC Cancer Agency, the $25-million ments, as well as special events of three Canadians to receive the Genome Sequence Centre opened and initiatives. Canada Council for the Arts' 1998 in Vancouver in the fall of 1998. For a comprehensive review Killam Prize for research excellence. • Both UBC's men's and women's ofthe highlights and stories Another UBC professor was swimming teams made a featured in this report, view the recipient ofthe Steacie Prize for splash this year, winning both UBC's 1997/98 Annual Report young scientists and engineers. championship titles in the at www4Hibbcafrairs.ubc.ca Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) competition for the first time ever. UBC's vision for the 21st century is grouped in five major areas: people, learning, research, community and internationalization. It is in the spirit of these five goals that this report profiles just a few ofthe remarkable accomplishments of UBC students, staff, faculty and alumni.

After graduating from UBC's and has also helped to establish Think About law program in 1985, he returned several community programs, to Skowkale — the First Nations including a training program for community in the Fraser Valley new chiefs and counsellors. \ettt* %&£ las' i where he grew up—to become its Chief Steven Point is currently chief and first and only lawyer. working towards a master's degree A teacher, a mentor He has not only helped to introduce in Law at UBC. and a student many positive changes in the community, but has become an For Chief Steven Point, getting a inspiration for others to pursue law degree was as much for his their dreams. community as it was for himself. "I believe that we are all teachers He was inspired by the fact and that we all have something to that there was not learn," says Point. "Encouraging it

One of Point's key accomplishments has been to develop a constitution Chief Steven Point, that now forms the basis ofthe (LLB '85, UBC) Sto:lo Nation's self-governance. He teaches a few university courses

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Weaving together into all areas of study — not just Canada's separate courses. Students need to learn the analytical skills cultural mosaic necessary to understand how racism works and question Multiculturalism is an essential conventional wisdom." part ofthe fabric of Canada. Studying the existence of racism, Adam-Moodley is the first holder how it fits within a multicultural ofthe David Lam Chair of Multi­ society and how schools and cultural Education and the former educators should respond is the director of UBC's Multicultural focus of UBC Education Prof. Liaison Office. She is currently the "Multiculturalism education needs to president ofthe International Kogila Adam-Moodley's research. be integrated into all areas of study — Sociological Association's "The key to understanding racial Research not just separate courses. Students inequalities in Canada is Committee on to compare how things work Ethnic Minority need to learn the analytical skills differently in other societies," and Race /$?. necessary to understand says Adam-Moodley. She believes Relations. that looking at similar issues in how racism works and question other countries, such as South conventional wisdom." Africa and Germany, helps us to learn from the mistakes and experiences with ethnic relations in other parts ofthe world.

Racism in Canada exists in very subtle forms according to Adam- Moodley. "Multiculturalism education needs to be integrated

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Language, culture Canada — for their co-op work and technology term. The program is designed to provide students with technical influence work skills and experience in another experience culture and language. "While working abroad you never Imagine giving a presentation at a stop learning," says Maloney. South American university on what "Every day is a new blend of you learned during your recent language, culture and hands-on work experience at a multinational work experience." company—all in Spanish. Now imagine that less than a year ago As the first co-op student to you spoke hardly any Spanish. work at the Methanex Chilean plant, Maloney has paved the way Kevin Maloney, a fourth-year for other UBC students. "The Chemical Engineering student, commitment and enthusiasm doesn't need to imagine this shown by Methanex in scenario. It is one of many Kevin Maloney, establishing this position was incredible memories collected (BSc, 2000, UBC), Engineering a real boost to me — as I'm during his one-year work term at Co-op Program sure it will be for future students Methanex in Punta Arenas, Chile, who get the same opportunity." as part of UBC's Engineering Co-operative Program. Maloney worked on a range of interesting projects, including the Students can apply to work in one development of a software of more than 22 countries — Think About program that monitors the including Japan, Chile, Australia, efficiency ofthe methanol plant. Malaysia, Peru, Germany and The unique way he teaches This program resulted in significant Canadian theatre prompted one cost-savings for the company student to describe him as "having and continues to be used today. Professor makes the wisdom of a Buddhist monk, the enthusiasm of a four-year-old learning contagious and the presence of a rock star."

If you've ever encountered someone To warm first-year English students so enthusiastic about what they up to literature Wasserman takes were doing that you were inspired well-known pop songs and reviews to go out and do the same thing, them as though they were poems. then you would agree that learning "This helps them understand can be contagious. that poetry is not something alien or incomprehensible," That's exactly what the students says Wasserman. who take Prof. Jerry Wasserman's classes say about his teaching style. His goal is to get students "Prof. Wasserman has the rare ability enthusiastic about learning — and to make learning contagious," according to his students he does says Julie McCracken, a fourth-year just that. "He devours creativity — Theatre major. with a huge appetite for anything out ofthe ordinary. This makes A UBC professor for more than 25 me want to be a better student," years, jerry Wasserman has taught says Karen Ihssen, a fourth-year Theatre along with English for the English major. past six. He was recently recognized with UBC's highest teaching honour—a Killam Teaching Prize.

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A long-standing community resource From its store-front location on planning, building self-esteem, in downtown Robson Street in downtown stress management, career programs Judi Majewski, Vancouver, the Women's Resources and positive relationship skills. Volunteer Counsellor, Vancouver Centre offers drop-in counselling, UBC Women's Resources Centre The centre is able to operate advice and guidance to women People throughout the Lower thanks to the support of extremely and men in crisis. This year, Mainland rely on a valuable UBC well-educated and talented the centre celebrates 25 years of community service for volunteers, who, if paid, would "There are a lot of people in the community around community service. counselling on personal and career cost the centre over $1 million us falling through the cracks. I think we help planning issues. In fact, no More than 100 trained volunteer in operation costs. less than 20,000 people every year counsellors provide a number catch a few at the Women's Resources Centre — turn to the services ofthe of services to clients who want to and that's a very rewarding feeling." UBC Women's Resources Centre. make positive changes in their personal and professional lives. Areas in which the counsellors can offer assistance include life

3 — Total Seventies > t Revenues for the university are generated from a variety of sources, including provincial operating grants, endowments, government grants and contracts, student fees, sales and services, non-government grants, contracts and donations Total Revenues by Source ($794 Total Expenses and Transfers ($797) and other investment income. For the year ended March 31,1998 For the year ended March 31,1998 Revenues for the 1997/98 fiscal year (millions of dollars) (millions of dollars) totaled $794 million, with the A Government grants and contracts {S153) 19% A Salaries and employee benefits (S478) 60% The University of British Golumfaiartfinancial statementsfor ik e year provincial government operating B Endowment income ($52) 6% B Grants to other agencies ($10) 1% aided Match 31,1998 have been .reported on by the. Author Genera! of grant accounting for $272 million C Provincial operating grant ($272) 34% C Renovations and alterations (S13) 2% D Other investment income {$5) 1% D Depreciation (S49) 6% ofthe total. theProvHKeafSriisbCotun&^titoitudita E Sales and services ($156) 20% E Other transfers ($17) 2% University Act. The Mowing oprennts highlights of UBCt Financial F Studentfees ($95 ) 12% F Transfer to endowment principal ($21) 3% Total Expenses and Transfers Statements for ftfrfear ended Manjrt jr», 1998. G Non-government grants, contracts and G Supplies and expenses ($151) 19% Expenses for the 1997/98 fiscal year donations (S61) 8% H Cost of goods sold ($35) 4% pmJ&ons) "W/9* *996/97 totaled $797 million, with salaries and I Student awards (S23) 3% benefits accounting for $478 million T

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TJBCvolum e 44, Number 18 Oct. 29, 1998 Find UBC Reports on the Web at www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca First annual meeting delivers goals to public More than 200 members of the public the economic, social and cultural needs as well as representatives from business, of the province." labor, education, community groups and For the first time in almost a decade, government joined UBC President Martha UBC has been engaged in developing a Piper at the University of British Colum­ vision for the future following extensive bia's first-ever annual general meeting consultation with members ofthe univer­ Oct. 22. sity community and the public. The meeting, held in downtown Van­ Input has also been received from a couver at the Robson Square Conference 33-member Community Advisory Coun­ Centre, updated the community about cil comprising representatives from gov­ UBC's goals for the future, key accom­ ernment, business, labor, and cultural plishments ofthe past year and its finan­ groups. cial position. As well. Piper has traveled throughout A campus annual general meeting will the province seeking input from repre­ be held on Tuesday. Nov. 3 from noon - 1 sentatives of the provincial and munici- p.m. in the Chan Centre for the Perform­ See FIRST Page 2 ing Arts. "UBC belongs to the people of British Columbia," said Piper. This meeting is Campus meeting: an important opportunity to demonstrate Nov. 3, noon Kevin Miller photo the ways the university is helping to meet UBC President Martha Piper told those attending the university's first annual general meeting downtown Oct. 22 that UBC is poised to become the best university in Canada. More than 200 members of the community as well as representatives from business, labor, education, government and Award winners improve cultural groups attended the meeeting. A campus annual general meeting is scheduled for Nov. 3 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. students' lives The co-ordinator of a highly suc­ program is scheduled to go to the Board cessful pilot work internship program of Governors for final approval this fall. $50 million gift to give for English students is among 13 "I share this award with English recent winners of the first student faculty members, the co-op students development awards. and the employers because they worked The awards, initiated this year by with me, investing hours in the design key boost to research the Campus Advisory Board on Stu­ ofthe program," says Walchli. dent Devel- Walchli is one of four people to re­ UBC alumnus Dr. Stewart Blusson has Blusson wants a substantial portion of o p m e n t ceive the Margaret Fulton Individual donated $50 million to the university, a gift his $50-million gift used to attract CFI fund­ (CABSD), Award. believed to be the largest single donation ing. This strategy brings the value of the gift recognize The award also goes to Asst. Hu­ ever made to a Canadian public institution to about $150 million over four years. contribu­ man Kinet­ by an individual or corporation. The donation will not be used for sala­ tions made ics Prof. "It is an extraordinary gift not simply ries, administration or operations, but by indi­ Nestor because of the amount, but because Dr. rather will support the funding of infra­ viduals and Korchinsky, Blusson has granted us the privilege of structure and equipment that will help programs a man the allocating the money spe­ take UBC to a new level of research and to student board de­ cifically to research and academic excellence in experience scribes as , and the academic excellence," ^^^^•^••™•" ^^^"™^™ the 21st century, says s o in cone Piper. learning says UBC President "The most important who "doesn't Martha Piper. UBC's current an­ environ­ just talk Blusson, a geologist research is often the nual research budget is ment at about and diamond explorer, most basic research." about $130 million. UBC. Walchli changing the completed his Bachelor of "Dr. Blusson fer­ Julie Walchli convinced employers campus — Science degree at UBC and vently hopes that his gift of English students' abilities. he makes it is now principal share­ — Stewart Blusson encourages others to Since May, 12 students have been Korchinsky happen." holder in Archon Miner- make donations not only placed in a variety of paid four-month Korchinsky als Ltd., a mining explora­ to UBC but to universi­ work terms. Employers include the is credited for leading the Live@UBC tion company based in Vancouver. ties and research institutions in Canada," Workers' Compensation Board, Min­ team that created seasonal festivals of The most important research is often says Piper. "It is his firm belief that collec­ istry of Advanced Education, and the the most basic research, which the public tively we can and must improve the level Self-Counsel Press. The English Dept. See AWARDS Page 2 often doesn't get excited about because by of research and academic excellence itself, it's simply another piece of the puz­ across the country." zle," says Blusson. Blusson worked with the Geological Blusson says his donation was motivated Survey of Canada, leading regional geo­ Inside in part by the federal government's creation logical mapping and research programs last year of the $800-million Canada Foun­ in the central Yukon and parts of B.C. dation for Innovation (CFI) fund. His knowledge of geology led him to Can-do Creator Designed to help universities, colleges conclude that conditions for Canadian and hospitals upgrade their research fa­ diamond deposits were favorable. No door stands in the way of Occupational Therapy student Pamela Andrews cilities, the CFI is a five-year program By following trails left when the gla­ that covers 40 per cent of the cost of ciers melted, Blusson discovered a dia­ Detoxing Toxins 8 facilities, with the remainder coming from mond-bearing kimberlite pipe in 1991 in the public and private sectors. the Lac Gras area north of Yellowknife. Profile: Prof. Gail Bellward has gone from baking soda to studying dioxins "a discovery pipeline " TH/nK" MICHAEL HAYDEN About \t. »» for molecular medicine UBC Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics; UBC RESEARCH Scientific Director, Canadian Genetic Diseases Network www.research.ubc.ca 2 UBC Reports • Oct. 29, 1998 First Invitation Continued from Page 1 pal governments, the presidents become the best university in Kevin Maloney, who has received o Faculty and Staff of post-secondary institutions, Canada and one of the world's valuable work experience in Chile business leaders, high school finest public universities. through the Engineering Co-op­ students and UBC alumni. UBC Chancellor William erative Program; and English Prof. Jerry Wasserman, whose stu­ "Predicting the future is al­ Sauder, Harold Kalke, chair of with ways a risky business," Piper UBC's Board of Governors, UBC's dents find his enthusiasm for Breakfast said. "Yet, in today's world it is five vice-presidents and Arts stu­ learning infectious. increasingly understood that dent Vivian Hoffman, president Also featured were Judi Majewski, a volunteer counsellor institutions that fail to plan for of the Alma Mater Society, were the the future are putting themselves among the speakers. with UBC Women's Resources President at risk." Video vignettes of faculty, stu­ Centre who helps people make Named in honour of the Great dents, staff and alumni reflected positive changes in their personal Trekkers, whose determination led the university's positive impact, and professional lives and UBC If you would like to have breakfast with President Martha Piper graduate Brad Douville, chief to UBC's creation, the vision docu­ both at home and abroad. They on Friday, Nov. 13 from 7:30-9:00 a.m. please contact the ment. Trek 2000, sets out the uni­ included: Law graduate Chief engineer with UBC spin-off com­ versity's five key areas of focus: Steven Point, who helped develop pany Westport Innovations. The Ceremonies Office (phone 822-0949 or e-mail people, learning, research, com­ a constitution that now forms the company's diesel bus technology munity and internationalization. basis of the Sto:lo Nation's self- has the potential to improve air [email protected]) and leave your name, department, quality around the world. Piper said UBC is poised to governance; Engineering student position and contact phone number. Ceremonies will then UBC has experienced an eventful year, from the appoint­ contact the first 20 names received to reconfirm their attend­ Awards ment of Piper, to becoming Ca­ Continued from Page 1 nadian university football cham­ ance. Deadline for entries is Friday, Nov. 6 at 4:30 p.m. social events and activities on istration (MHA) Bridging program pions, to the opening ofthe Sing campus. received the Larkin award for its Tao School of Journalism, the innovative alliance between UBC first graduate program in jour­ Former Linguistics Dept. sec­ THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA retary Carmen de Silva received and the British Columbia Insti­ nalism in Western Canada. a Fulton award for establishing tute of Technology. The year also saw the Asia a welcome atmosphere in the Imagine UBC, the universi­ Pacific Economic Cooperation Linguistics Dept. ty's campus-wide orientation (APEC) Leaders' Meeting held at Prof. David Holm, an associate program for first-year students UBC's Museum of Anthropology. dean in the Faculty of Science, received one of five Helen McCrae There was significant anti-APEC Wax - it was recognized for providing sen­ Student Service awards. demonstration at the meeting and sible advice and sympathetic as­ Other McCrae awards went to: security measures used by the Histology Services sistance to Science students. the Arts Academic Advising Of­ RCMP are now the subject of an Providing Plastic and Wax sections for the research community The Alfred Scow Undergradu­ fice for responding to the needs of RCMP Public Complaints Com­ ate Program Award goes to the Arts students through improved mission enquiry. George Spurr RT, RLAT(R) Kevin Gibbon ARTFIBMS counselling, publications and UBC's revenues for the 1997/ Science One Program. Phone (604)822-1595 Phone (604)856-7370 The multidisciplinary pro­ Web access; the International 98 fiscal year were $794 million, Student Services Office for offer­ with the provincial operating E-mail [email protected] E-mail [email protected] gram, an intensive alternative to Web Page: www.uniserve.com/wax-it the standard first year in Sci­ ing critical support to students grant accounting for 34 per cent ence, aims to give students a making the transition to Canada; or $272 million of the total — a sense of being part of a commu­ the Safer Campus Peer Educa­ decline of $1.3 million from the nity of learners. tion Program for dealing with is­ previous year. Electro-Mechanical Design, a sues such as alcohol abuse, ra­ Domestic student tuition fees Berkowitz & Associates five-year combined bachelor and cial discrimination and sexual were frozen at the same levels as master of Engineering program, assault through workshops and 1996/97. More than 33,000 stu­ the first of its kind in Canada, is special events; and the Totem dents studied at UBC in 1997/98. Consulting Inc. among the winners of the Peter Park Residence Association, an The university's endowment Larkin Graduate Program Award. elected student council, for pro­ has grown significantly over the Statistical Consulting A second winner ofthe award viding services and programs to past 10 years to a market value research design * data analysis • sampling • forecasting is Green College, UBC's first resi­ residents, and feedback to UBC of $579.9 million. The income on student housing issues. Jonathan Berkowitz, Ph.D , dent graduate college, for pro­ generated can be spent only in 4160 Staulo Crescent, Vancouver, B.C., V6N 3S2 viding a stimulating program to The CABSD awards are accordance with purposes es­ Office: (604) 263-1508 Fax: (604) 263-1708 graduate students. named in honour of former mem­ tablished by the donors or UBC's The Masters of Health Admin- bers of the university commu­ Board of Governors. The princi­ nity who have made major con­ pal must be maintained. tributions to student life at UBC. A new sewerage charge, levied Retirement Income Nominations were made by by the Greater Vancouver Regional Edwin Jackson B.Sc, CFP Certified Financial Planner & Financial Planning Pledge to students, faculty and staff. Win­ District accounted for the universi­ Annuities, Life Insurance ners were selected by the CABSD ty's operating deficit of$2.7million. 4524 West 1 lth Avenue 224 3540 RESP's, RRSP's, RRF's which includes representatives The deficit will be eliminated over make a from across campus. the next two fiscal years. Ascot Financial Th' inaudible and noiseless Services Limited difference foot of Time. William Shakespeare Mutual Funds Campus campaign chair Eilis Courtney is counting on the pledge forms to take the 1998 msasia UBC United Way campaign to the next step. -H—UB C REPORTS The pledge forms have all been distributed by campus mail, so we need people to fill them out and send them in," says UBC Reports is ptiblishe d twice monthly (monthly in Courtney. December, June , July and August) for the entire university Donors can specify a member community by th e UBC Public Affairs Office, 310 -6251 agency or pledge to their favour­ Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver B.C., V6T 1Z1 It is ite charity through United Way. distributed on co mpus to most campus buildings The next event on the United UBC Reports can be found on the World Wide W ebat Way calendar, Plant Operations' http://www.publ multicultural barbecue, takes caffairs.ubc.ca place Oct. 30 from 11:30 a.m.- UBC's First Annual General Meeting Managing Editor Paula Martin (paula.martin@ubc. ca) 1:30 p.m. at the University Serv­ You're invited to join UBC President Dr. Martha Piper and the Board of Editor/Productior v. Janet Ansell ([email protected]) . ices Building. Tickets are $5 at Governors at UBC's first-ever Annual General Meeting. This will be an Contributors: Sus<3 n Stern ([email protected]), the door. Hilary Thomson opportunity for the community to learn more about UBC's '[email protected]). Calendar: Natali e Boucher (natalie.boucher@ubc.< Student athletes will sell raffle accomplishments and highlights over the past year, as well as our financial :a) tickets at the final football game position. Nov. 6 . The game starts at 7:00 Editorial and adve>rfisin g enquiries: (604) 822-3131 (phone) , (604) p.m. The winner will receive half UBC campus THM 822-2684 (fax). UBC: Information Une: (604) UBC-INFO (822-4636) the proceeds with the remainder Date: Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1998 About K UBC Reports wel<:ome s the submission of letters c:n d going to the United Way. Time: 12 p.m. - I p.m. opinion pieces. COpinion s and advertising publish ed in UBC To obtain pledge forms or for Place: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Reports do not n ecessarily reflect official universi fy policy. more information about any of 6265 Crescent Rd. the United Way events, please Parking available (Rose Garden Parkade THE UNIVERSITY OF Material may be reprinted in whole or in part witl BRITISH COLUMBIA call the UBC United Way office at off Northwest Marine Drive) appropriate crecli t to UBC Reports. 822-UWAY (8929). UBC Reports • Oct. 29,1998 3 Therapy student's invention opens doors by Hilary Thomson The CAN opener won a first prize in Solutions '98, B.C.'s annual health tech­ Staff writer nology contest. Andrews has patented her Doorways are often used to symbolize invention and is working with a consulting opportunity and mobility. company to bring the product to market. But for third-year Rehabilitation Sci­ Other devices Andrews has invented ences student Pamela Andrews they had include a rig to help her to continue her become symbols of restriction and frus­ hobby of stunt kite flying and a special tration following her diagnosis of multi­ flotation device for her right arm that ple sclerosis last year. allows her to swim. Opening wide heavy doors was a prob­ "It's probably the reason I'm in occu­ lem for Andrews, who gets around with pational therapy," says Andrews. "I like the help of an electric scooter. figuring things out — it's just a part of "I couldn't find a tool to assist me and me." I tried adapting various existing equip­ Andrews also recently won a first prize ment," says Andrews, who entered the scholarship of $2,500 US in an interna­ Occupational Therapy program as a ma­ tional letter-writing competition that fo­ ture student. "Finally, I made a wish list cused on barriers disabled persons must of the qualities I needed and made my overcome. own device." Andrews says she views these barriers Andrews wanted the device to be as hurdles instead of walls and is deter­ esthetically pleasing and small enough to mined to reach her goal of graduating carry in her pocket. She also needed it to from the Occupational Therapy program fit into a student's budget. by the year 2000. Her solution was a mechanism made The prize included an emergency from backpack strapping lined with the evacuation device for persons with dis­ rubberized netting used to line kitchen abilities that Andrews has donated to shelves. Total production cost was $1.63. UBC's Disabilities Resources Centre. Andrews loops one end of the strap "We plan to use this donation as part around her upper arm and the other end of the university's emergency evacuation around the door handle. The end con­ plan for persons with disabilities," says nected to the door turns the knob and she the centre's director Janet Mee. is able to pull the door towards her. The centre has assisted Andrews by Andrews calls the device the CAN adjusting a wheelchair ramp at the Wood­ Opener to capture its Canadian origin, ward Biomedical Library, making modifi­

Hilary Thomson photo function and frequent application in open­ cations to a lab and providing her with ing the door to the washroom. student note-takers. Faced with a problem existing devices couldn't solve, Occupational Therapy student Pamela Andrews invented her own device, the CAN Opener, to open doors. The device, which cost Andrews less than $2 to produce, won her first prize in a province-wide health technology contest. Community marks Nov. 11 with memorial service The foyer ofWar Memorial Gym will be the nurses in the Second World War. Offbeat setting for UBC's annual Remembrance Day Representatives from 14 campus and ceremony Nov. 11 beginning at 10:45 a.m. community groups will lay wreaths to Barry McBride, vice-president. Aca­ honour the fallen members of Canada's by staff writers demic, Brian Fraser, dean of St. Andrews Armed Forces. Coffee and cake will be Hall and Alma Mater Society President served immediately following the service. Vivian Hoffmann will participate in the Approximately 350 people attended ceremony. Retired Nursing faculty mem­ the Remembrance Day ceremonies last ber Helen Shore will talk on the role of year.

ith winds gusting to 64 kilometres per hour, two-metre waves, high tide, crashing logs and four young women New institute zeros in Wtrapped at the bottom of a 60-metre cliff, Campus Security knew they were in for a challenging night. At 7 p.m a soaking wet and very shaken 15-year-old girl had found her way to the Patrol Office window. She needed help for on Europe three friends trapped by the tide and rolling logs on a small stretch of shore south of Tower Beach. The newly opened Institute for Eu­ The festival will feature 10 recent A rapid change in the winds had caught them off-guard. Their ropean Studies in the Faculty of Gradu­ subtitled films that have not yet been 15-foot aluminum boat had hit a rock, throwing them into the ate Studies aims to be a nerve centre distributed in North America. water. for the study of Europe at UBC. Many of the 30 interdisciplinary Emergency services were called and while communications "The institute must reflect and take units in the Faculty of Graduate Stud­ operator Sherry Sullivan attended to the distraught girl, acting shift advantage of its distinct geographical ies are directly involved in research on supervisor Andy Murphy headed for the cliff with fellow members of position as a transitional space — Europe or comparative European and the patrol team, Russ Potter, Derek Kane, Joe Boyar, Lee Hirst and both physically and culturally — be­ Canadian issues. Steve Morris. tween Europe and Asia," says acting Godfrey says European concerns "Logs were being thrown against the rocky shore," says Murphy. director Sima Godfrey. are also key components in all hu­ "You'd have to see it to believe how rough it was that night." Next month, the institute will host manities and social sciences faculties The team found the young women cut off by the cliffs and the its first international conference on including Law, Commerce and Busi­ sea. One was injured. Darkness was approaching. technology in the workplace as well ness Administration and Education. Within 20 minutes the Canadian Coast Guard's Hovercraft as help to bring the European Union In its first year the institute plans to arrived but could not land. Waves shoved it into shore where Film Festival to Vancouver for the host a number of research seminars overhanging tree branches became tangled in the propeller blades first time. on questions that speak to the shared and the engines took on water. It had to abandon the rescue. The conference. Transition to the concerns and experiences of Canadi­ It was dark now, but the tide was going out. Knowledge Society: Policies and Strat­ ans and Europeans. "We decided to scramble over the logs to reach them," says egies for Individual Participation and Comparative federalism and the im­ Murphy. Learning takes place Nov. 4 - 6 at the pact of globalization on national cul­ Dodging waves and picking their way over slippery logs patrol Westin Bayshore Hotel. tures and identities are among the members brought the two uninjured women to safety. It will address the impact of infor­ possible themes. Firefighters, ambulance service workers and two patrol members mation and communications tech­ One of the institute's longer-term waded through knee-deep water to get the remaining injured boater nology on the nature of work. Cana­ projects is the creation of a master's onto a stretcher, over logs and rocks, and up the cliff. dian and European academics, poli­ program in European Studies. Students "When the high-tech equipment didn't work out," says Murphy, ticians and policy makers are ex­ will spend at least one term at one of "we just had to work together to get the job done. Any other patrol pected to attend. UBC's European partner universities. would have done the same." The film festival takes place Nov. 18- For more information about the In­ Two of the four victims were taken to hospital and later released. Dec. 5 at the Royal Bank Cinema in the stitute of European Studies and its The remaining two were picked up by their parents. Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and events check the Web site at at Pacific Cinematheque downtown. www.ies.ubc.ca 4 UBC Reports • Oct. 29,1998 Calendar November 1 through November 14

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1 f yllii! researcher, she has also excelled as a by Hilary Thomson teacher." Staff writer When Bellward started her lab, there were few women researchers in phar­ box of Cow Brand baking soda fm. p macy. She missed having a female started Pharmaceutical Sciences , ^TT mentor and felt she was starting from AProf. Gail Bellward on a career scratch. that has spanned nearly 40 years and "I didn't have a test tube to my recently earned her Canada's top prize Prof. Gail Bellward's research helps predict when normally safe drug doses name," she says. for faculty research, the 1997 Janssen- can become toxic and when drug interactions occur. She has also applied Ortho award. her work to environmental toxins ranging from dioxlns in blue heron After almost 60 research publica­ populations to cigarette and wood smoke. tions, 84 abstracts and four decades as Bellward, the daughter of a small­ an investigator, she is clear on what it town Saskatchewan pharmacist, says takes to be a researcher. she virtually grew up in a dispensary. "You need a strong psychological At her father's side, she conducted her done, Bellward investigated the toxic enzyme cytochrome P-450 metabolizes make-up," she says. "Science is a first experiment at age three, pouring effects of dioxin, a chemical found in compounds such as fatty acids and process of seeking flaws, of disproving. baking soda and distilled water into a pulp mill effluent. acetone that build up in the blood of You need to be tough to withstand beaker while her father added a few The great blue heron, a large bird diabetics. The enzyme, working in the continual criticism of your work by drops of hydrochloric acid. near the top of the food chain, provided liver, can respond quickly to metabolize various toxins. If the body is processing both yourself and others." The result was a dazzling display of the model for dioxin's risk to humans. multiple chemicals, however, it may get Her advice for students considering steam and bubbles, all the more A colony of herons nesting near what amounts to a busy signal from a career in research — impressive since Bellward assumed Crofton, a mill town on Vancouver the liver. "If you need immediate gratification. from the picture on the box that she Island, was failing to reproduce and forget it! You'll be happier as a clini­ was adding powdered cow. scientists suspected an environmental This situation can produce negative pollutant was the cause. When re­ cian." "I was hooked with that experiment," side effects as toxins accumulate. Drug searchers tested heron eggs from the says Bellward, who is also the faculty's metabolism in the diabetic state is the hen asked about the work she site, they found that levels of dioxin had associate dean, Research and Graduate subject of Bellward's most cited paper. is most proud of, Bellward increased threefold in a single year. Studies. "I grew up knowing I was going riginally planning to be a Whas no answer. She points out into pharmacy." ellward and representatives community pharmacist, that each discovery is part of a series of When she became a researcher, from Environment Canada, the O Bellward shifted direction after steps and that no single finding nor Bellward was the only one in Canada BCanadian Wildlife Service, other completing an undergraduate research any one researcher holds the ultimate working on drug-metabolizing enzymes government agencies, and colleagues thesis at UBC. Her investigation answer. — specifically, a system of enzymes in UBC's Faculty of Agriculture Sci­ focused on how cell components called Her own achievements include a called cytochrome P-450 — to predict ences studied how the chemical receptors can combine with a drug to 1988 Isaac Walton Killam Senior when toxicities or drug interactions will affected the birds. change the body's physiology. Fellowship. She has also served as the occur. She is still one of only a handful Partly as a result of the study, the That introduction to research was first woman president of the Pharmaco­ of researchers studying these enzymes. government drafted stricter regulations her first real academic challenge, she logical Society of Canada and the Drug-metabolizing enzymes make concerning pulp mill processing says. For the first time she did not Society of Toxicology of Canada. chemicals more water-soluble so the methods. As a result, dioxin levels in know the answers but had to unravel The opportunity to make a difference body can excrete them. When produc­ the heron eggs dropped by 97 per cent the problem step by step. keeps Bellward motivated. Whether tion of the enzymes is stimulated or over three years. Bellward calls this In addition to her fascination with teaching, lobbying or conducting decreased, however, the process may outcome "an amazing environmental the process of research, Bellward is research, she says that you just hope alter significantly making a drug dose recovery" that also holds real signifi­ committed to its outcomes. something you do will help alleviate that would usually be safe toxic, cance for human health. "The potential payoffs are phenom­ pain and suffering. • especially if combined with another She has also studied how the enal," she says. "We're finding the Bellward's next major project is to drug. envirotoxin benzopyrene, found in answers to questions we've been co-ordinate a large interdisciplinary Bellward investigates factors regulat­ cigarettes as well as wood smoke, and looking at for generations." group of colleagues in the faculties of ing production of these drug-metaboliz­ smoke from industrial and domestic She became a permanent UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine ing enzymes. She has examined this incinerators, binds to DNA in cells, faculty member in 1969. to create an advanced drug research process in relation to therapeutic drugs resulting in permanent genetic damage "Prof. Bellward has made an enor­ centre for women and children — the and environmental toxins. and contributing to cancer. mous contribution to the faculty," says first of its kind. In a project she describes as the Bellward has also made major Pharmaceutical Science's Dean Frank "Overall, I do feel that I've made a most societally important thing she's contributions to studies of how the Abbott. "Not only is she a sterling difference. I feel enormously lucky."