Research and Innovation at Camosun College

Vol. 1 April 2008

Camosun Resource Directory draft1 1 30/03/2008 4:33:21 PM President’s Message

Camosun College is its people. The expertise, professionalism and dedication they bring to the student, the learning process and the betterment of the community is truly outstanding. This document is a snapshot of the vast pool of talent and capability to be found within our college.

At Camosun, research, innovation, and scholarship take many forms; but at their core are inquisitive people learning about the world around them and engaging with others to make the community a better place. It may involve students and faculty working together on an industry-based engineering project. It may involve studying about the integration of ethnic groups in society. It may be about linking students and their projects into local industry and potential employ- ers.

No matter how you look at it, it’s about community contribution and a dedication to a better learning environment. It is a critical part of who we are and why we are so good at what we do. This document is We have proudly served this community’s educational needs for close a snapshot of the to four decades and, with our emerging focus on applied research and innovation, we look forward with excitement to an even greater vast pool of tal- engagement with you and with the region.

This document is just the tip of the iceberg. If you don’t see a spe- ent and capability cific expertise, capability or a particular subject field mentioned, to be found within please ask. It’s likely here, waiting to be tapped. our college.

Liz Ashton, President Camosun College

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Camosun Resource Directory draft2 2 30/03/2008 4:33:24 PM Centre for Oriented Research & Innovation

Over the past two and a half years, Camosun’s Centre for Oriented Research and Innovation (CORI) has built the capacity to support applied research, innovation, and scholarship projects that engage our staff, our students and our community. Oriented activities are those that, in some way, can enhance the student learning experience. This means something for everyone...

For our faculty and staff We can connect you with research funding agencies and support you through assistance with grant applications, finding project partners, and securing the time and resources necessary to enable you to participate in projects in your field of interest.

For our students If you have a good research idea, and want to see it become a reality, we can help you build the relationships you need with industry and Camosun’s Centre faculty, and support you through the process.

for Oriented For our community and local industry We are your portal to a wealth of research-related resources. If you Research and Inno- want to connect with our expertise and infrastructure, talk to us. We have highly trained people in almost every field imaginable, state of vation (CORI) has the art equipment, and links to funding sources that can assist with a variety of R&D and applied research projects. We are very interested built the capacity in partnering with you.

to support applied I hope this resource gives you a sense of the broad range of capability that we have at Camosun. This document showcases just a small research, innova- cross section of our most important resource: our people. If you want to connect with this resource, please talk to us.

tion, and scholar- Chris Edley, Coordinator ship projects. Centre for Oriented Research and Innovation

CONTACT: Centre for Oriented Research & Innovation Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4789 [email protected] www.camosun.ca/about/research Research and Innovation at Camosun College 3

Camosun Resource Directory draft3 3 30/03/2008 4:33:26 PM Table of Contents

President’s Message 2 School of Trades & Technology Overview 31 Peter Burrage, Civil Engineering Technology 33 Centre for Oriented Research & Innovation Shohreh Hadian, Computer Science 34 Overview 3 Dr. Dale Shpak, Computer Science 35 Camosun College Overview 5 Dr. Gord Stuart, Computer Science 36 Dr. Marla Weston, Computer Science 37 School of Arts & Science Overview 7 Dr. Amar Bouallouche, Electronics & Dr. Dominic Bergeron, Biology 9 Computer Engineering Technology 38 Dr. Ahmed Vawda, Biology 10 Ian Browning, Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology 39 Dr. Tark Hamilton, Chemistry & Geoscience 11 Joyce Van de Vegte, Electronics & Computer Dr. Candace Fertile, English 12 Engineering Technology 40 Dr. Jim Sexton, English 13 Imtehaze Heerah, Mechanical Engineering Bronwen Welch, English 14 Technology 41 Dr. Larry Hannant, Humanities 15 Russ Rook, Mechanical Engineering Technology 42 Dr. James Nemec, Physics & Astronomy 16 Will Spaulding, Mechancial Engineering Dr. Randy Tonks, Psychology 17 Technology 43 Jeff Stephen, Mechanical Engineering School of Business Overview 18 Technology 44 Gord Dixon, Accounting & Information Ward Cartier, Oceans Technology Initiative 45 Systems 20 Robin McQueen, Marketing & Management 21 Centre for Sport & Exercise Education Joan Yates, Marketing & Management 22 Overview 46 Dr. Tim Walzak, BC Regional Innovation Chair School of Health & Human Services in Sport Technology 48 Overview 23 Lori Zehr, Exercise & Wellness 49 Anita Ferriss, Human Services 25 Stephen Bishop, Nursing 26 Acknowledgments 50 Margo Hughes, Nursing 27 Nan Hsieh, Nursing 28 Sandra Jenkins, Nursing 29 June Parnell-Parmley, Nursing 30

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Camosun Resource Directory draft4 4 30/03/2008 4:33:26 PM Camosun College

amosun College is located C in beautiful Victoria, Brit- ish Columbia. Our two campuses serve approximately 12,000 learners (8,600 full-time equiva- lents) registered in degree, diploma and certificate programs and a further 7,400 registrants in courses offered through our continuing education department.

Each year Camosun welcomes over 500 Aboriginal students from 50 Nations including Métis and Inuit groups, and 700 Internation- al students.

The college welcomed its first students in 1971 and adopted the name “Camosun”, a local Le- cellence - we’re proud of our kwungen (Songhees) First Nation faculty, staff and students, and Camosun College name meaning “where differ- the fact that we provide one of ent waters meet and are trans- Canada’s best learning experi- formed.” Today, Camosun College offers a surprising ences. offers a surprising array of innovative programs to help meet the array of innovative We’re large enough to provide needs of students and communi- great services and facilities for a ties in Victoria and beyond. programs to help vibrant campus environment on beautiful Vancouver Island, yet Our education offerings include small enough to offer students meet the needs of university transfer and ap- the individual support, care and plied degree programs; career attention not found in most post- students and com- and trades training; upgrading secondary institutions. and preparatory programs; and munities in Victoria continuing education. Camosun The local economy receives College has earned an outstand- roughly $61.0 million in regional ing reputation for teaching ex- and beyond.

CONTACT: Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College Interurban Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-3000 [email protected] www.camosun.ca

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Camosun Resource Directory draft5 5 30/03/2008 4:33:30 PM Camosun College

income annually due to Camosun operations and capital spending, plus another $7.7 million generated by out-of-region students attending the college. Altogether, the local economy annually receives roughly $816.6 million in income due to the past and present efforts of Camosun - the college is truly an engine of eco- nomic growth! (data from Eco- nomic Contribution of Camosun College, CC Benefits Inc., August 2007)

Camosun is also home to the Pacific Institute for Sport Excel- lence, a 117,570 square foot For more information about Camosun centre which will eventually serve more than 18,000 students, College, visit us online! 1,400 high performance Canadian athletes and thousands of Great- www.camosun.ca er Victoria community members each year.

For more information about Camosun College, visit us online! www.camosun.ca

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Camosun Resource Directory draft6 6 30/03/2008 4:33:37 PM School of Arts & Science

he School of Arts & Science ulty are also working on the first T serves many areas of the Applied Degree in the School, a college. English, Humanities and Bachelor of Criminal Justice. Social Science courses are taken by students in most program “Our faculty are very student- areas, and many Math and Sci- focused, they’re very caring and ence courses support nursing and they’re good at sharing their technology students. passion with their students,” says Deanna Roozendaal, Associate The School of Arts & Science at Dean of Arts. Camosun College has 15 departments: Roozendaal says the mix of programming is unique at Camosun • Applied Chemistry & Biotech- because, “We offer traditional nology Arts disciplines but we also have • Applied Communication applied Arts programs. For ex- • Biology ample, the Visual Arts and the • Chemistry & Geoscience Applied Communication Programs • Criminal Justice are very hands-on, providing • English students with a broad base of • Environmental Technology skills.” “Our faculty are • Geography • Humanities very student-fo- • Mathematics • Music cused, they’re • Physics & Astronomy • Psychology very caring and • Social Science • Visual Arts good at sharing

On the Arts side, a new Associate their passion.” Degree in Creative Writing was recently launched this past fall. In addition, the Archaeology Field Assistance Certificate Program is set to be offered this spring. Fac-

CONTACT: School of Arts & Science Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3298 [email protected] www.camosun.ca/as Research and Innovation at Camosun College 7

Camosun Resource Directory draft7 7 30/03/2008 4:33:38 PM School of Arts & Science

On the Science side, the Psychol- ogy department is initiating a new Applied Degree in Industrial Psychology. There’s also a new program in Childhood Develop- mental Psychopathology aimed at teachers’ aides in high schools who look after students with special needs, such as autism. The program is also geared to parents of special needs children who want to learn more about current research and treatment.

Fred Hughes, Associate Dean of Science, says Camosun’s strength is in the applied nature of programs such as Environmental Technology and Applied Chemis- try & Biotechnology, which offer strong co-op programs for work experience.

“The prime concern of our faculty is to teach—this is an important difference from universities, which are research-based institutions,” says Hughes. “For first and second year students, there’s a huge advantage in going through teacher-based education.” “For first and second year students, there’s a huge advantage in going through teacher-based education.”

CONTACT: School of Arts & Science Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3298 [email protected] www.camosun.ca/as 8 Research and Innovation at Camosun College

Camosun Resource Directory draft8 8 30/03/2008 4:33:41 PM Dr. Dominic Bergeron Department of Biology

ominic Bergeron has also introduced the D Bergeron is not use of podcasting to the class- afraid of technology. room. He records his lectures He’s currently using and edits them into a narrated a number of multi- podcast where he emphasizes media techniques the key parts of the lecture that to supplement his students need to grasp. teaching, and cater to different learning “As instructors we have to under- styles. One project stand that most learning occurs involves the cre- outside the classroom. Not every ation of a CD-ROM to student learns the same way, supplement a micro- so we want to have a variety of biology lab manual. tools,” says Bergeron. “By using these learning tools I hope Bergeron hired a students walk away with lifelong student to develop a database critical thinking skills and trust of videos and pictures showing a themselves to find the answers.” number of different procedures “As instructors we used in microbiology. For example, how to adjust a microscope have to understand and how to plate bacteria on a Petri dish. Bergeron says students that most learning can look at the CD-ROM prior to their labs to get a sense of what occurs outside the they’ll be covering. classroom.” Bergeron is also working on project-based learning using Web 2.0 tools such as Google notebook, Google documents and Blogger. Students have to choose a high level academic article and are expected to dig and find all the terms and concepts they don’t understand using the web tools.

CONTACT: Department of Biology Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3465 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft9 9 30/03/2008 4:33:43 PM Dr. Ahmed Vawda Department of Biology

hmed Vawda lectures Hu- Vawda’s research experience is A man Anatomy & Physiol- in male reproductive endocrinol- ogy and Human Pathophysiology ogy and testicular toxicology with within Camosun’s Nursing and a focus on male infertility and Dental Hygiene programs. Be- assisted conception. He has been ing a proponent of self-directed a member of several professional problem-based learning, critical societies: the Canadian Fertility thinking, and problem solving, his and Andrology Society, Ameri- classes utilize these approaches can Andrology Society, Southern to learning by emphasizing foun- African Physiological Society, dational concepts and clinical Southern African Society of Re- applications. His philosophy is productive Science and Surgery “education” rather than “teach- and has also been involved with ing or training”. the Islamic Medical Association of South Africa, which, amongst oth- “It is immensely satisfying to er activities, provides minimal- meet my past students as quali- cost medical care to an impover- fied nurses and hear them share ished rural population. their successes and the benefits of their education with me,” Vawda says he is currently fo- says Vawda. “After all, they are cused on student education, “They are help- helping people in need within a which means his research and healthcare environment where other non-teaching activities are ing people in need resources are stretched to the forced onto the backburner. How- limit. I am gratified in being able ever, he still manages to squeeze within a health- to make a small contribution to in time to serve as the Chair of this enormous challenge.” Camosun’s Research Ethics Board care environment and is a member of the Centre Vawda has lectured to medical for Oriented Research and Inno- where resources and paramedical students for vation. many years, having previously held full professorships, one of are stretched to which was at McMaster University in Ontario, the pioneer of prob- the limit.” lem-based learning.

CONTACT: Department of Biology Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3479 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft10 10 30/03/2008 4:33:43 PM Dr. Tark Hamilton Department of Chemistry & Geoscience

ark Hamilton is doing his Hamilton says Japan is contrib- T part to understand the mag- uting $75 million into Canadian netic mineralogy of gas hydrate research on gas hydrates. He says deposits and their relationship to Victoria is a hotbed for this work, global climate change. with 30 to 50 people solely working on gas hydrate research. Hamilton is part of a research group under Randy Enkin, based “We’re losing so much of the out of the Pacific Geoscience Arctic coastline as permafrost Centre in Sidney, BC. Their de- thaws,” says Hamilton. “In the tailed magnetic studies of sedi- Mackenzie Delta, enough meth- ment cores reveal how and where ane is pouring out to power all of gas hydrates form. the Northwest Territories.”

Gas hydrates happen to be the Hamilton has been taking de- world’s biggest resource of tailed measurements of rock methane. A gas hydrate is high magnetic properties, which is dif- pressure warm ice that has gas ferent from the current approach trapped inside the crystal struc- of looking at seismic properties. ture of water. Using magnetic properties will make it much easier to tell which The ones Hamilton is most con- part of the earth’s core contains “We’re losing so cerned about contain 30% meth- gas hydrates. ane. If the globe warms up, these hydrates containing methane Hamilton is also working on a much of the Arctic would melt and be released into number of volcanic projects in the earth’s atmosphere. the Queen Charlotte Islands. coastline as perma-

Gas hydrates are located beneath frost thaws.” the seabed and in areas of deep permafrost. Hamilton has studied samples in the Mallik gas hydrate field in the Mackenzie Delta in the Canadian Arctic, the accre- tionary wedge west of Vancouver Island and cores from the Indian Ocean and around Korea.

CONTACT: Department of Chemistry & Geoscience Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3331 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft11 11 30/03/2008 4:33:44 PM Dr. Candace Fertile Department of English

“It’s helpful to try to understand the cultural norms that are being pro- andace Fertile is interested Fertile also writes book reviews, C in all periods of literature, mainly in Canadian fiction, for fessed in litera- but has a special love for con- The Globe and Mail, The Vancou- temporary Canadian works and ver Sun, the Times Colonist, the ture.” indigenous literatures. In January Edmonton Journal, and The Mala- 2008, she gave a paper on Haida hat Review. She is currently on poetry and art at a conference the collective for Room magazine held in New Delhi, India, on in- and is its book review editor. digenous peoples. Fertile teaches a wide range of “It’s helpful to try to understand courses at Camosun, including the cultural norms that are being English composition, creative professed in literature, in order writing, twentieth-century lit- to learn about and appreciate erature and Shakespeare studies. other cultures,” says Fertile. She is Camosun’s faculty repre- sentative to the Pension Advisory She likes “the wonderful sense Committee for the Federation of of humour” that is present in Post Secondary Educators (FPSE) indigenous literature, and studies and is also the chair of the Status writers such as Eden Robinson, of Women Committee for FPSE. Thomas King, and Louise Erdrich.

CONTACT: Department of English Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3354 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft12 12 30/03/2008 4:33:45 PM Dr. Jim Sexton Department of English

im Sexton’s main teaching but real contribution to English J fields are in modern and literary history.” renaissance literature. His main research field is modern British Sexton is also working on an literature, especially utopia/ edition of Huxley’s unpublished dystopia and the work of Aldous volume on the great essayists, a Huxley and Graham Greene. very long anthology with a 30,000 word introduction by Huxley. In He recently published Selected August 2008, he will be present- Letters of Aldous Huxley (Ivan ing a paper on Huxley’s satirical Dee, Chicago, 2007). He plans novel, After Many a Summer at to publish the best of the letters the 4th International Aldous Hux- he chose not to include in this ley Symposium in California. book in forthcoming issues of the Aldous Huxley Annual, the offi- Sexton hopes to offer a second cial journal of the Aldous Huxley year American Literature course Society. at Camosun soon.

Sexton is currently at work on three more book projects, Al- “Society benefits dous Huxley: A Brief Life; Aldous Huxley’s Art Criticism; and an edition of Huxley and Isherwood’s from my discov- unpublished novella, Below the eries of unknown Equator. “Society benefits from my discov- Huxley plays, es- eries of unknown Huxley plays, essays, poems and even long says, poems and fictional works,” says Sexton. “He is recognized as one of the ma- even long fictional jor writers of the 20th century, so adding unknown works to the works.” Huxley canon and disseminating this new knowledge at international conferences makes a small

CONTACT: Department of English Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3345 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft13 13 30/03/2008 4:33:46 PM Bronwen Welch Department of English

ronwen Welch has a lot on create a niche for yourself, you B her plate in addition to can.” instructing English literature, creative writing and English com- Welch examines what defines position. femininity for people from Chau- cer’s time (13th century) to now. Welch’s main project right now She says not much has changed “There’s a lot of (in collaboration with other col- since that era in terms of our at- leagues) is starting up a new titude towards femininity, “which room to do what creative writing associate degree can be depressing, but it’s also program at Camosun. Students very fascinating.” you’re interested will study all genres in their first and second year, including cre- Welch figures a new course she in at Camosun.” ative nonfiction, short fiction, po- is designing for English credit, etry and drama. So far, students Sex and Sexuality in Victorian will be able to enter directly into literature, should pique students’ Malaspina’s creative writing pro- interests. The course will study a gram in third year. combination of essays and literature that people wrote at the Welch recently published a paper time, looking at both men and on Thomas Hardy and currently women’s perspectives. writes poetry reviews for the Welch also teaches courses in Times Colonist. Continuing Studies at Camosun, Her main research and hopes to start up a summer interest is on the creative writing program aimed female body and at retirees, or people who love how it’s portrayed going to school, but don’t want in literature. to get another degree.

“There’s a lot of room to do what you’re interested in at Camosun,” says Welch. “So if you want to

CONTACT: Department of English Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3342 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft14 14 30/03/2008 4:33:47 PM Dr. Larry Hannant Department of Humanities

arry Hannant has a unique L approach to making history come alive for Camosun students. Using a national history website as a teaching tool, Hannant draws students into a world of historical “cold cases”.

So far, the website (www.canadianmysteries.ca) has nine unsolved mysteries, of which Hannant contributed the Kettle Valley explosion, which killed Pe- ter Verigin, leader of the Douk- hobor religious community and eight others. Hannant is working on his next mystery posting, the Hannant’s next project is to write suicide of the Canadian diplo- a follow-up to his book Politics of mat Herbert Norman, one of the Passion: Norman Bethune, look- most significant Cold War cases in ing at a biographical study of the Canada. women who influenced Bethune. A virtual archive is available to In addition to Canadian history, “History is impor- students to view all the docu- Hannant likes to research social ments surrounding the case. Stu- history from the 1920s, 30s and dents must actively engage with 40s. tant because it the material, using research and “History is important because critical thinking to explain their tells us how we got it tells us how we got where we theory for what they think hap- are,” says Hannant. “History is pened in each mystery. where we are.” not preordained—there are plenty Hannant’s main field of study is of paths. We need to go back and the nature of the relationship be- recognize the paths not taken. tween the state and dissent. He’s I’m bringing to light the alterna- especially interested in people tive.” who “want to live in a different

way than the status quo.”

CONTACT: Department of Humanities Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3389 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft15 15 30/03/2008 4:33:49 PM Dr. James Nemec Department of Physics & Astronomy

ames Nemec studies the rately measuring J stars—not the celebrity ones the physical char- of course, but the ones in the acteristics of the sky. He has published over 60 stars—for exam- academic papers on stars and ple, their surface stellar evolution. Stars are born, temperatures, they evolve, and they die. The sizes, distances, ones he’s most interested in are luminosities, the 14 billion year old ones that and evolutionary formed earliest in the history of state. our galaxy. Much of his work In particular, he studies closed is on nearby gal- binary systems and pulsationally axies, such as the unstable stars—stars that change Large Magellanic their size and vary in brightness Cloud which is located 150,000 on timescales ranging from less light years away. These studies than an hour to several days. provide information on how stars must have looked in the past, and Nemec observes using CCD cam- on the star formation histories of eras on ground-based optical different galaxies. telescopes in California, Arizona, “Everybody needs Chile, and Hawaii. He is also a “Everybody needs to know about regular user of the Dominion the universe around us, it’s the to know about the Astrophysical Observatory’s 1.8 oldest science. It has a tradition metre Plaskett telescope near going back thousands of years,” universe around Elk Lake. Recently he and Korean says Nemec. astronomer Dr. Young-Beom Jeon us.” have been combining their ob- Every October Dr. Nemec hosts an servations of the RR Lyr and SX annual Star Party in front of the Phe variable stars in the northern Young Building on the Lansdowne globular clusters NGC5466 and campus. Members of the Royal NGC5053. Astronomical Society of Canada bring their telescopes and mem- The goal of his research is to bers of the public gather to view test our understanding of stellar the stars. evolution. This he does by accu-

CONTACT: Department of Physics & Astronomy Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3460 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft16 16 30/03/2008 4:33:53 PM Dr. Randy Tonks Department of Psychology

andy Tonks has “not American”, and symbols R been trying such as the maple leaf, beavers to figure out what and beer also resonate with it means to be Ca- Canadians. Tonks has noticed a nadian for the past shift in attitude towards Canada’s 21 years. Tonks has peacekeeping role—he says this is been asking people less commonly heard as a tenet in an open-ended of Canadian identity. way what it means to them to be Ca- Tonks is interested in research- nadian as part of a ing issues of community and longitudinal study. interaction with different ethnic and cultural groups. In particu- Psychology students lar, Tonks studies the process of have helped him ask acculturation, when people from these questions and complete a different cultures come together qualitative analysis starting in and how this process changes 1987, working with sample groups their identity. every few years. For example, he has studied Randy Tonks has Tonks expects to work on this immigrant identity, immigrant project for the rest of his career, youth, and the experience of been trying to fig- and says it began when people international students studying began to worry how free trade abroad and trying to adjust to a ure out what it might affect Canadian identity. new culture. He and colleague Gary Anderson Tonks is also interested in re- means to be Cana- have been doing a show on this searching health and stress in topic for Camosun’s Village 900 relation to acculturation. dian for the past CKMO radio. Tonks has also gone out on the street and asked Ca- In the past, Tonks has worked 21 years. nadians this question across the with Indo-Canadian groups and country. the Asian community, and would like to work with First Nations He says similar themes have been and the Victoria Immigrant and coming up over the years, the Refugee Centre Society. most common response being

CONTACT: Department of Psychology Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3308 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft17 17 30/03/2008 4:33:55 PM School of Business

he School of Business at in their first semester with such T Camosun College offers a an engaging learning experience. wide variety of programs through Teams of students develop the its six departments: case for a business idea of their choosing. Near the end of the • Accounting & Information semester, teams make presenta- Systems tions in their classes in a semi-fi- • Finance, Economics and Uni- nal competition. The best teams versity Transfer from each class move forward to • Marketing and Management the final school-wide competi- • Hospitality and Tourism tion judged by a panel of industry • Applied Business Technology representatives. This is held in a • Business Continuing Educa- packed auditorium at Interurban tion Campus.

Richard Olesen, Dean of the The School of Business also sup- School of Business, is proud of ports students by sending teams the number of innovative new to participate in the BC Busi- programs and applied learning ness Simulation competition, the experiences students can take Royal Roads Case Competition, “We pride our- advantage of at Camosun Col- and the British Columbia Tourism lege. Industry Conference Case Com- selves in the ap- petition. The School has a large “We pride ourselves in the ap- Co-Op/Internship program, where plied nature of our plied nature of our programs, our students are placed in a broad connections with business and range of industry sectors to gain industry, and the professional ap- on-the-job experience. programs, our con- proach our faculty take in teaching courses that students rate Olesen believes that Camosun’s nections with busi- highly,” says Olesen. comparative advantage over other postsecondary institutions ness and industry.” As an example of the School’s is found in its commitment to innovative approach to business quality teaching and experiential education, he points to the Inte- learning opportunities for stu- grated Business Case. Olesen says dents. no other college or university in BC provides first year students

CONTACT: School of Business Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4565 [email protected] www.camosun.ca/biz 18 Research and Innovation at Camosun College

Camosun Resource Directory draft18 18 30/03/2008 4:33:55 PM School of Business

“Community colleges play a unique and valuable role in providing access to post-secondary education for a wider range of students,” says Olesen. “There is greater diversity in age and experience which contributes to an engaging classroom where students make a significant contribution to other students’ learning.”

The School recently introduced the College’s first applied degree program, the Bachelor of Busi- ness Administration (BBA) with majors in Accounting, Marketing Communications Management, and Human Resource Manage- ment and Leadership. Olesen says “Community col- these new program initiatives are a product of the business school’s leges play a unique commitment to meeting industry needs and expanding degree and valuable role completion opportunities for students. in providing access to post-secondary education for a wider range of students.”

CONTACT: School of Business Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4565 [email protected] www.camosun.ca/biz Research and Innovation at Camosun College 19

Camosun Resource Directory draft19 19 30/03/2008 4:34:00 PM Gord Dixon Department of Accounting & Information Systems

ord Dixon is very popular Dixon plans to G during tax season. The run the program Accounting instructor at Camo- again this year. sun started a program last year Last year, about called Students Helping Students, 35 volunteers where accounting students do tax handled 100 tax returns for other students free of returns between charge. February and March and con- Dixon’s second to fourth year stu- tributed about dents sat at tables on both cam- 250 hours of their puses and collected the neces- free time. sary paperwork during the week. They completed the tax returns Dixon is a certi- on Saturdays, returned the print- fied management ed version to the student the fol- accountant and lowing week, and Dixon checked tax specialist, and has published them over and filed them elec- books and articles on tax as well tronically. as presentations to a number of groups on tax topics. Student clients were encouraged to ask questions about the tax process, while accounting stu- “Students on both dents answered them with their knowledge and training from Dixon’s courses. sides got exposure

“Students on both sides got to tax returns.” exposure to tax returns, and the students collecting the paperwork got practice working with people,” says Dixon.

Dixon says they accepted dona- tions for the service, which went into a scholarship for students.

CONTACT: Department of Accounting & Information Systems Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-3308 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft20 20 30/03/2008 4:34:02 PM Robin McQueen Department of Marketing & Management

n January 2008, Camosun Col- McQueen says Camosun recently I lege launched the Bachelor joined the International Human of Business Administration (BBA) Resources Information Manage- degree with the option to ma- ment Association (IHRIM) which jor in one of three areas. Robin will enable faculty to link to McQueen continues to strengthen current trends and resources for the major in Human Resources online course development. Management and Leadership with the development of a new In addition, Camosun and Mala- third year online course, Human spina have partnered in response Resources Management Systems to a request for proposal from (HRMS). the BC Human Resources Manage- ment Association (BCHRMA) to This course will be created in develop a blended (online and partnership with Malaspina Uni- face-to-face) distance education versity-College through fund- program. The program is targeted ing from BC Campus. The HRMS towards human resource pro- course will become part of the fessionals moving toward their BBA degree in January 2009. Certified Human Resources Pro- fessional designation. “By creating this new HRMS “We are leading course, we are developing an on- McQueen has taken a leadership line course that doesn’t presently role in program design and pro- post-secondary ed- exist anywhere in the province,” posal writing and is pleased to be says McQueen. “In this way we part of this three-way partner- are leading post-secondary edu- ship. ucation and we’re cation and we’re excited by the excited by the op- opportunity.” Students from around the prov- portunity.” ince will be able to register for the HRMS course with university-colleges that recognize the course in their human resource management programs.

CONTACT: Department of Marketing & Management Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4173 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft21 21 30/03/2008 4:34:04 PM Joan Yates Department of Marketing & Management

oan Yates recently complet- about this program. We are pro- J ed the creation of a brand ducing good marketing general- new degree program in Marketing ists.” Communications Management. The program began in January, Students in the third and fourth 2008 and fills a niche that indus- year of the program will take try professionals have been look- courses in advanced manage- ing for. ment, leading organizational change, business ethics, strate- Students complete a two-year gic communication planning and business diploma program and international trade and finance. those who wish to continue on complete another two years to Yates will continue to evaluate get their Bachelor of Business the program and develop curricu- Administration with a major in lum for the next generation of Marketing Communications Man- marketing communications pro- agement. fessionals.

Yates says during consultation with industry, it was clear that while there are many programs that offer training in communications, there’s a gap on the busi- “Industry is very ness side. excited about this For example, many marketing and communications profession- program. We are als do not receive training in business acumen such as how to producing good read financial statements, how organizations work, or account- marketing general- ing.

“This is a unique program in BC ists.” and possibly Canada because of the depth on business,” says Yates. “Industry is very excited

CONTACT: Department of Marketing & Management Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-3308 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft22 22 30/03/2008 4:34:06 PM School of Health & Human Services

I feel privileged to be the research and the “ Dean of this school—the practical application staff and faculty are really com- we can bring to the mitted to learning for practice, classroom is really and learning for change,” says Dr. valuable,” says Her- Barbara Herringer. ringer.

The School of Health & Human She says many fac- Services at Camosun College of- ulty are attempting fers diverse programs through its different models of four departments: teaching, and looking at ways to better • Continuing Care engage students in • Dental the learning process. • Human Services For example, nurs- • Nursing ing faculty (Margo Hughes and Nan Herringer emphasizes that the Hsieh) created a joint on-campus school’s connection to the health program with the School of Ac- “The currency and and human services communities cess and a local mental health is one of its main strengths. All agency. application that HHS students have the opportunity as part of their programs The nursing department’s Human colleges can bring to gain experience in commu- Patient Simulation Lab is one way nity and/or hospital settings. As in which faculty has started to to research and well, many faculty members are shift the ways they’re teaching. involved in community-based projects. One such example she “The lab gives students a way the practical ap- refers to is a national communi- to practice before they go into ty-based early childhood project various hospital settings. We also plication we can led by Anita Ferriss, which can have an opportunity to share be read about in the following these facilities with health au- bring to the class- pages. thorities,” says Herringer. room is really valu- “The currency and applica- A new post-degree diploma pro- tion that colleges can bring to gram in inter-professional men- able.”

CONTACT: School of Heath & Human Services Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3180 [email protected] www.camosun.ca Research and Innovation at Camosun College 23

Camosun Resource Directory draft23 23 30/03/2008 4:34:08 PM School of Health & Human Services

tal health and addictions is now being offered primarily online for people who already have de- grees.

“I think it has great potential for the Island and for the province,” says Herringer. “The college has shown initiative and vision in working on these kinds of programs, and we have chairs and faculty who are committed to creating excellent and innovative curriculum in all our departments.”

Health and Human Services also offers international field schools “The college has shown initiative and for nursing and dental students. Most recently, students travelled vision in working on these kinds of pro- to Africa, India, Tonga, the Phil- lipines, and Mexico to gain valu- grams.” able overseas experience.

The School is involved in developing a proposal for a new health sciences building to be based at Interurban Campus in the future.

CONTACT: School of Health & Human Services Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-3180 [email protected] www.camosun.ca 24 Research and Innovation at Camosun College

Camosun Resource Directory draft24 24 30/03/2008 4:34:17 PM Anita Ferriss Department of Human Services

n her four years as Chair of “Our vision is to include the voic- I Human Services, Anita Fer- es of children and families whose riss has led the development of experiences are sometimes lost several new programs including under the dominant viewpoint the Community, Family and Child of the mainstream child,” says Studies Diploma, Community Ferriss. “Children need traditions Mental Health Worker Certificate, of their culture and language for Interprofessional Mental Health healthy growth and development. and Addictions Post Degree Diplo- Children with diverse abilities ma and reinstatement of the sec- and children living in poverty are ond year of the Early Childhood also included in our planning.” Care and Education Diploma. A number of projects are un- Ferriss is currently the lead of derway or complete, such as an the Early Childhood Health and environmental scan of current Learning Work Group, which is research that provides a reposi- part of the Health and Learning tory of information available on Knowledge Centre based out of the Canadian Council’s website. the University of Victoria. Ferriss says a target audience There are five of these cen- project was initiated to identify “Children need tra- tres located across the country, health and learning issues and funded by the Canadian Council concerns. There was a large, ditions of their cul- on Learning. The working group enthusiastic response, with 527 partners with other post-second- people participating in consulta- ture and language ary institutions, the Canadian tions across the country, includ- Child Care Federation, Centre of ing over 400 parents. Excellence for Early Childhood for healthy growth Development, Aboriginal Health, The complete report based on and the Community Health Nurs- these consultations can be ac- and development.” es Association of Canada. cessed at www.ccl-cca.ca/health- learning. The group facilitates community-based research and capacity building, promotes health litera- cy, and disseminates information concerning children’s health and learning.

CONTACT: Department of Human Services Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3208 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft25 25 30/03/2008 4:34:18 PM Stephen Bishop Department of Nursing

tephen Bishop has a particu- Bishop says CRNBC S lar interest in conflict reso- accreditation gives lution and how it relates to the Camosun the au- field of healthcare. thority to run a nursing program “There’s a lot of conflict in and CASN accred- healthcare in general. People its the program as need to understand how we academically sound. engage in and resolve conflict,” says Bishop. “This research ap- He’ll be presenting plies to educators and nursing at the CASN’s an- students who will be working in nual general meet- a stressful healthcare environ- ing in Toronto this ment.” year on Camosun’s nursing program’s Bishop says nurses frequently en- method of working collaborative- counter conflict in the workplace. ly as a faculty. During his master’s research into this area, Bishop discovered that “Camosun is a very supportive conflict in nursing tends to more place to work,” says Bishop. commonly occur in the internal “Faculty work well together and work environment versus exter- support each other. Our philoso- nal, such as with patients. phy is based on caring.” “Camosun is a very “We have to do a better job of teaching nurses how not to en- supportive place to gage in conflict with each other,” he says. work.” Bishop and his colleagues are also working on getting Camosun’s nursing program accreditation from two different bodies, the College of Registered Nurses of BC (CRNBC) and the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN).

CONTACT: Department of Nursing Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3249 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft26 26 30/03/2008 4:34:19 PM Margo Hughes Department of Nursing

n the field of healthcare, the second year in the fall. By 2009, I fast pace of change in technol- the new curriculum will have ogy and theory means post-sec- been implemented for all three ondary institutions must con- years of the program, and Hughes stantly review and revise their will begin the ongoing process of curriculum to keep up to date. evaluation. Margo Hughes is doing just that for Camosun’s nursing program. Now that nurses require a Bach- elor of Science to write their reg- Hughes is the liaison between istration, curriculum has also had Camosun and nine other nurs- to shift to incorporate an extra ing programs across BC and the year of education. Northwest Territories (University of Victoria, Malaspina University- “These changes give students the College, Thomson Rivers Universi- theoretical and practical skills ty, UBC-Okanagan, Royal College, they need,” says Hughes. Kwantlen College, College of the Rockies, Aurora College, and Sel- Hughes also works closely with kirk College). The ten institutions the Vancouver Island Health meet regularly to establish stan- Authority, College of Registered dardized curriculum changes. Nurses, and the Canadian Asso- ciation of Nurses. Nursing students can transfer “These changes between any of the ten programs if they wish, which Hughes says is give students the very unique in the field of nursing education. theoretical and Hughes helps Camosun’s nursing faculty develop courses that re- practical skills they flect new approaches and technology, and the changing role of need.” nurses.

The revised curriculum for first year is already underway, and Hughes is helping to develop the

CONTACT: Department of Nursing Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3265 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft27 27 30/03/2008 4:34:19 PM Nan Hsieh Department of Nursing

an Hsieh is proud of a nursing students N program she and her col- empathy and how leagues Margo Hughes and Sue to work with men- Adie have developed and deliv- tally ill people. It ered to help students with men- helps them re- tal illnesses who wish to return ally understand to school. The College Prep BEST that people with (Better Employment Strategies mental illness are and Techniques) Program started people first.” as a pilot in 2006 with 14 students and based on its success, Hsieh says the continued in 2007 with 13 stu- program really dents. works because it helps remove barriers and gives In addition, third year nursing mentally ill students the support students act as coaches to the they need for long term success. students with mental illness, “It helps them re- assisting them to set goals and Hsieh collaborates with the Cana- prepare for college. Students dian Mental Health Association, ally understand in the program take assessment education coaches, Vancouver evaluations and personality tests Island Health Authority case man- that people with to determine where their inter- agers, day programs, and social ests lie. workers. She emphasizes the mental illness are importance of having the com- Students with a documented munity’s support and knowledge people first.” mental illness in stable condi- of the program, so that students tion usually enter the program will continue to be referred and through a referral from their move forward to become produc- community support person, such tive members of society. as a case manager or psychiatrist.

“People with mental illness don’t have to be a burden on society once they gain their indepen- dence and direction after going through this program,” says Hsieh. “The program also teaches

CONTACT: Department of Nursing Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3264 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft28 28 30/03/2008 4:34:20 PM Sandra Jenkins Department of Nursing

he Human ment much smoother. T Patient Simu- lation Lab proj- Computerized mannequins and ect, developed by control booths equipped with Sandra Jenkins and one-way windows, video record- her colleagues in ing and classroom equipment the nursing depart- enhance use of this new educa- ment, is putting tional technology. Camosun College at the forefront of Jenkins says the project will health profession- expand to include nursing gradu- als’ practice edu- ate education and other health cation. science disciplines, and she plans to continue to secure resources Jenkins has always for future simulation labs. Other had an interest in colleges and universities across computer technology and its use the country are also incorporat- The simulation has in education. Using a grant from ing simulation technology similar the BC Academic Health Council, to Camosun’s. made the transi- Jenkins has integrated computer hardware, software and man- The project partners with Mala- tion from the class- nequins of all sizes to simulate spina University College, Univer- real-life situations such as adult sity of Victoria School of Nursing, room to the job and pediatric emergency care Vancouver Island Health Author- and birthing scenarios. ity, and BC Nurse Educators Scholarship Project Simulation environment much Camosun’s nursing students Group. Jenkins would also like to can now acquire new skills and partner up with other programs smoother. knowledge more effectively, at Camosun, such as the Applied while practicing in a safe and Communication Program for video controlled environment that work. mimics reality.

Feedback from nursing students indicates that the simulation has helped make the transition from the classroom to the job environ-

CONTACT: Department of Nursing Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3257 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft29 29 30/03/2008 4:34:22 PM June Parnell-Parmley Department of Nursing

une Parnell-Parmley is cur- in which to collaborate about J rently completing her PhD them.” in Education at the University of London in the UK. Her research Parnell-Parmley is also involved involves exploring the use of in a research project in the UK new technologies such as the 3D where a collaborative group virtual classroom, mobile learn- of professors, researchers and ing devices, and understand- educators from many universities “Camosun is a vi- ing learner-generated contexts in the UK and North America are within eLearning environments. looking at new ways of producing brant and close- doctoral theses. She says in the In particular, Parnell-Parmley is field of e-learning and computer knit, diverse, testing a theory called “Com- science, a more non-linear and plexity Theory” or “Complexity flexible approach to presenting a intellectual com- Science” to see if this can help thesis or research may be more lead to the understanding of how suitable than traditional hard students and teachers emerge, copy text. munity.” co-evolve and interact with the use of new technologies.

She says this research will help in the creation and delivery of e-learning programs and increase opportunities for students to study in flexible learning environments.

“Camosun is a vibrant and close- knit, diverse, intellectual community which continues to adapt and transform itself to respond to the needs of its local society and our changing world,” says Parnell-Parmley. “I value the autonomy and support I receive at Camosun to foster and develop new ideas and to have a forum

CONTACT: Department of Nursing Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3267 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft30 30 30/03/2008 4:34:22 PM School of Trades & Technology

he School of Trades & Tech- and the Manufacturing Centre T nology offers a comprehen- can build a prototype for you,” sive mix of programs and courses says Roemer. “We’re doing ap- at Interurban Campus. plied research and we try to find solutions to real-world problems. There are four Technology de- It’s a very exciting new initia- partments: tive.” Roemer anticipates the Centre will be up and running by • Computer Science 2009. • Mechanical Engineering Tech- nology The School is always looking at • Civil Engineering Technology ways to incorporate “green” • Electronics & Computer Engi- training. For example, the Elec- neering Technology tronics & Computer Engineering Technology department is pur- In addition, there are 11 Trades suing the development of post- departments: Automotive Service graduate credentials in the field and Repair, Carpentry, Culinary of renewable resources/alterna- Arts, Electrical, Fine Furniture, tive energy. At the same time, Heavy Duty/Commercial Trans- the School is trying to create an port Service and Repair, Horti- eco-village on Interurban Campus culture, Plumbing & Pipe Trades, that would showcase alternative Nautical, Sheet Metal Technician technology. “One day this idea “We’re doing ap- and Welding. might turn into a living village, designed and built by students in plied research Dr. Tom Roemer, Dean of the collaboration with industry,” says School of Trades & Technology, Roemer. has a long list of the many in- and we try to find teresting initiatives and proj- Roemer thinks one of the School’s solutions to real- ects currently underway at the strengths lies in the faculty’s School. One project is the cre- industry experience. He says ation of an Advanced Manufactur- that while Trades curriculum world problems.” ing/Rapid Prototyping Centre. is mandated by the provincial government, “the instructors still “As an inventor, you could come manage to carve out a niche for to Camosun, lay out your idea, themselves. They do things well

CONTACT: School of Trades & Technology Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-3822 [email protected] • [email protected] www.camosun.ca Research and Innovation at Camosun College 31

Camosun Resource Directory draft31 31 30/03/2008 4:34:24 PM School of Trades & Technology

over and above what’s required by the province.”

On the Technology side, most engineering technology faculty boast AScT (Applied Science Technologist) or P.Eng. (Profes- sional Engineer) certifications and are still linked to industry. Roemer says it is this involvement with industry that allows them to provide students with current knowledge.

Roemer is also proud of Camo- sun’s unique blend of programs.

“It’s a very driven and success- ful institution in the sense that it has a lot of programs that are unique to Camosun,” he says. “For example, Camosun is the only college in all of Canada that hosts an Engineering Bridge to univversity program. It’s quite an accomplishment.”

Camosun Resource Directory draft32 32 30/03/2008 4:34:32 PM Peter Burrage Department of Civil Engineering Technology

eter Burrage is creating Camosun College (shown in pho- P customizable learning plans to), which creates a hydraulic for students. With Burrage’s new jump where water flows uphill. software program, if a student This project consumed the entire fails a course or has to take time Civil Engineering department in off, they can go in and figure out designing, building, costing, and when and which courses they manufacturing the parts. need to take in order to complete the program. Following on the success of the fluids channel, Burrage embarked The program will also allow stu- on building lab equipment such dents to estimate their final GPA as a beam bending apparatus. which will aid their planning if This apparatus replaces a much they intend on applying to en- smaller piece of equipment that ter into Camosun’s Engineering is used to introduce the applica- Bridge program. tion of theoretical equations. For example, in labs, students He hopes to eventually have it experimentally determine the linked to a database which will stress that the beam experiences enable him to automatically from different loads and com- check student scheduling con- pare those stresses with values flicts. Burrage will have a basic obtained from the theoretical Burrage was also version up and running by the equations. middle of the year. involved in build- Burrage is involved with the In addition, Burrage is work- Vancouver Island branch of the ing a fluids chan- ing to integrate a Leadership in Engineering Institute of Canada. Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certificate into the civil nel at Camosun engineering program, aimed at postgraduates. He’s also working College. on mounting a new building technology program focused on green buildings.

Burrage was also involved in building a fluids channel at

CONTACT: Department of Civil Engineering Technology Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4443 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft33 33 30/03/2008 4:34:34 PM Shohreh Hadian Department of Computer Science

hohreh Hadian is currently in the classroom where students S on teaching release from with visual and cognitive impair- Camosun to fulfill her role as the ment have difficulty accessing project lead to research acces- web-based course material. sibility and usability issues in web-based education funded by “Initially, one of my first reac- a grant from Canadian Council on tions to the web was ‘good, this Learning. will help people with disabilities in postsecondary education’—and Hadian is collaborating with Ca- it didn’t,” says Hadian. “I be- nAssist and other faculty at the came an advocate—now everyone University of Victoria, and com- is starting to catch up with uni- munity groups such as the Garth versal design”. Homer Society, and Queen Alex- andra Foundation for Children. Her ultimate goal would be to create customizable user inter- Hadian says she looks at acces- faces based on users’ learning sibility from a universal perspec- abilities: “Just like shopping at tive and believes anyone with a IKEA where you can pick out the computer should be able to ac- colour, size, fabric, and model cess web-based communication. of a sofa. We have the tools and technology and now we need the During her MSc thesis research will to make it happen,” says at UVic, she determined that Hadian. “We have the tools there are six important aspects to accessibility: operability, This two-year project is expected and technology and changeability, learnability, adapt- to be complete in August 2008, ability, interoperability, and fault however, Hadian hopes to contin- now we need the tolerance. Changeability is the ue it further. For the next phase area she is focused on right now. of the project, Hadian is seek- will to make it hap- Hadian is researching ways to ing collaboration with Camosun’s customize delivery of educational English and Psychology depart- pen.” material to fit diversity in web- ments. based learning styles.

As an instructor, Hadian has en- countered numerous situations

CONTACT: Department of Computer Science Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-3971 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft34 34 30/03/2008 4:34:35 PM Dr. Dale Shpak Department of Computer Science

ale Shpak’s main research izer systems D interests are in audio sig- for CDMA mo- nal processing, signal processing bile radio sys- for wireless and wireline com- tems (for more munications, optical network- efficient cellu- ing systems, communications lar telephone protocols, numerical algorithms, systems). and embedded systems (small special-purpose computer-based Other projects systems). His work has resulted included hard- in several products, publications, ware design and patents. for area-time efficient multi- As a practicing professional plier accumu- engineer, Shpak has worked on lator circuits several commercial software for digital and hardware products, some of signal process- which received industry awards. ing and for wavelet-based image compression. He currently supervises a PhD stu- Shpak has worked dent at the University of Victoria Shpak is a member of the Cana- who is working on signal process- dian Microelectronics Centre, the on several coming for musical recognition. Laboratory for Automation, Com- munication and Information Sys- mercial software With his former graduate stu- tems Research (LACIR), and the dents, Shpak developed high- Digital Signal Processing Group and hardware performance adaptive filtering at UVic. He is a senior member methods for various applications of the Institute of Electrical and including: echo cancellation, Electronics Engineers (IEEE). products, some of equalization, and crosstalk cancellation in xDSL digital com- which received in- munications circuits (for sending high-speed data over telephone dustry awards. lines); LIDAR imaging (which is like a radar but uses lasers for ocean depth measurement); and multiple-antenna multiple-equal-

CONTACT: Department of Computer Science Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 884-1455 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft35 35 30/03/2008 4:34:36 PM Dr. Gord Stuart Department of Computer Science

ord Stuart’s main interests will be to integrate all of the G lie in web-enabled data- various technologies, such as web bases, Java technology, software access from cell phones, laptops engineering, administrative data and PDAs so that they operate processing, Oracle databases and seamlessly with one another. J2EE software.

An example of a web-enabled database is an e-commerce site such as ebay.com, which has a behind the scene responsive and flexible database that allows web page content to be computed in real-time according to the user’s input. This is in contrast to the more common websites that involve simply clicking through static web pages.

Stuart teaches a second year database applications course at Camosun. He says he’s open to proposals from business and in- “Wherever your dustry groups who want to create websites that can compute and imagination can store information.

go—give me an idea “More and more things are hap- pening on the web with data- and let’s see what bases,” says Stuart. “Wherever your imagination can go—give me we can do.” an idea and let’s see what we can do.”

Stuart sees the future of comput- ers going increasingly towards handheld devices, and the trick

CONTACT: Department of Computer Science Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College 3100 Foul Bay Rd. • Victoria, BC • V8P 5J2 (250) 370-4459 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft36 36 30/03/2008 4:34:38 PM Dr. Marla Weston Department of Computer Science

arla Weston is busy creat- directed at working profession- M ing a new applied degree— als. Courses topics will range the Bachelor of Business Systems from gathering and documenting (Business Analysis Major), ex- business requirements, to quality pected to be launched in 2009. assurance and enterprise archi- “The role of the The program bridges the School tecture concepts. Soft skills such of Trades & Technology with the as communications, management business analyst is School of Business to create a and problem solving will also be unique blend of courses in the included along with practical exploding across increasingly important field of skills in the use of analysis and business analysis. design tools. Victoria and inter- Weston says that business ana- Weston is the project manager lysts have the responsibility for for the new program, and is also nationally.” identifying the business needs of working with her colleague from their clients and stakeholders, the School of Business, Ken Sek- and to determine solutions to hon. business problems. She says the program already has “The program is built on a cross a waitlist. disciplinary approach to give graduates the depth and breadth “The role of the business analyst they need to suc- is exploding across Victoria and ceed in this field,” internationally,” says Weston. says Weston. She “In virtually every organization, says this is the the pivotal leadership role of the first program of business analyst is beginning to its kind in BC, and shape the future of information that is has very technology as well as other indus- strong support tries.” from the community.

Weston says the degree will be offered on a part-time basis,

CONTACT: Department of Computer Science Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4453 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft37 37 30/03/2008 4:34:38 PM Dr. Amar Bouallouche Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology

mar Bouallouche’s main ocular movement on A research interests are in im- reading proficiency. age reconstruction, electromag- He says there’s a netic field modelling and medical relationship between electronics. what you understand (cognitive) The solution of “inverse prob- and the movement lems” is one of the approaches of the eyes (motor). used in image reconstruction. This type of work Bouallouche uses an analogy to has implications for explain what this means. “Imag- determining the best ine you are listening to a hockey format for printing game outside the arena, and you text, such as font are trying to figure out the rules size and spacing. of the game just by listening to Study may extend to the roar of the crowd,” he says. language structure effect on the cogni- Bouallouche has worked in the tive processes. field of impedance imaging using induced currents. The application Bouallouche would like to collab- The application of of his research extends to medi- orate with the Vancouver Island cal imaging as well as to indus- Health Authority and/or the Min- trial applications. For example, istry of Health to look at ways to his research ex- Bouallouche can produce a 2D contribute and improve biomedi- cross-sectional image of a pipe or cal engineering development. tends to medical detect cracks inside electric-con- ducting mediums. imaging as well as Bouallouche has also worked with to industrial appli- a medical resonance imaging (MRI) research team. One of his cations. major task was to model the gra- dient coils and the electromag- netic field generated in 3D space.

In addition, Bouallouche has an interest in studying the impact of

CONTACT: Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4440 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft38 38 30/03/2008 4:34:40 PM Ian Browning Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology

an Browning has environmental monitoring in- I created a way to strumentation. He looked at the entice students to the interaction of physical, chemi- field of electronics. As cal and biological processes of part of promotional large lakes in order to predict events that the de- the potential impacts of climate partment hosts, he change. has potential students build a “Pod-Amp”, a Browning has a wide range of miniature audio mixer hardware/software design and and amplifier for a mi- integration experience for em- crophone, guitar, and bedded and PC applications. MP3 player. “It dem- onstrates that study- In addition, he has experience ing electronics can be cool and in system-level design, testing relevant to everyday life,” says and commissioning of large-scale Browning. SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems. His Browning’s primary research industrial experience includes the “I like the applied interests are in renewable energy telecommunications, utilities, systems and multidisciplinary ap- automotive, aerospace, consumer proaches to solving environmen- and scientific sectors. nature of what we tal problems using technology. Browning has enjoyed teaching at do; it’s very hands As part of his first Master’s de- Camosun for the past five years. gree, Browning developed a novel on and very rel- rule-based software control sys- “I love the interaction with tem for a 1.2 megawatt hydraulic students and helping them under- evant to the real pump system, resulting in large stand new concepts,” he says. “I energy savings for a client in the like the applied nature of what world.” automotive industry. we do; it’s very hands on and very relevant to the real world.” During his second research Mas- ter’s degree, Browning worked with the UK Institute of Freshwa- ter Ecology to develop analysis methods for data from remote

CONTACT: Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4432 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft39 39 30/03/2008 4:34:42 PM Joyce Van de Vegte Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology

t’s pretty clear that Van de Vegte has given high I the field of elec- school students a taste of the tronics engineering power of renewable energy does not tend to at- through the Skills Canada Junior tract women. However, Wind Turbine project. Offered Joyce van de Vegte is for the first time this year, three trying to change that local high schools were involved, through her Taste of with four teams in total. The Electronics program, teens came to campus for the aimed at Grade 10 day and competed to see which girls. turbine produced the highest voltage, and which had the best The program, which design and best construction. has been running for five years, introduces Van de Vegte also has a long-term about 30 girls per year interest in working with institu- to electronics and the Electronics tions overseas and would like “What kind of cre- & Computer Engineering Technol- to work with Camosun College’s ogy department at Interurban International Education and Co- dentials should Campus. Girls that attend build operative Education departments a flashing LED project that they to develop international intern- workers in the take home. ships specific to the electronics industry. Van de Vegte has a strong inter- field of renew- est in digital signal processing; in fact she has written a textbook able energy have on the subject. She says this area can be applied to things like and what we can digital images, digital music, and sonar. do to address that She’s also exploring renewable need?” energy programs for the future. “What kind of credentials should workers in the field of renewable energy have and what we can do to address that need?” asks van de Vegte.

CONTACT: Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4438 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft40 40 30/03/2008 4:34:43 PM Imtehaze Heerah Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology

mtehaze Heerah is proud building and testing the parts. I of Camosun’s podium finish (3rd place) at last year’s Canary For example, he’s helped one Derby, a fundraiser for the BC company in Victoria in the de- Cancer Foundation. He, along sign, engineering, analysis and with his students, designed, built manufacturing of the next gener- and tested two soapbox cars that ation Frisbee golf disc, a popular were entered into the competi- local sport. tion. “We can provide the high-tech Heerah is busy trying to set up a sector with a level of service that Robotics & Automation Centre at they couldn’t otherwise have ac- Interurban Campus and is looking cess to,” says Heerah. for equipment to bring it up to speed. Through Continuing Education at Camosun, Heerah recently taught His main research interests are in a Computer Numerical Control the kinematic analysis of parallel (CNC) programming course for mechanisms, calibration of robot- VicShip, a company that retrofits ic and sensing systems, computer ships. integrated manufacturing systems and computer aided design “We can provide and manufacturing. the high-tech sec- One of his projects involves working with the University of Victoria tor with a level of to develop a rehabilitation device for people with hand movement injuries or disorders. service that they

Heerah also works with people to couldn’t otherwise help bring their inventions to life. Members of the public come to have access to.” present their ideas to Heerah and his colleague Chris Edley. Heerah works with them to create a prototype by designing, modelling,

CONTACT: Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4508 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft41 41 30/03/2008 4:34:45 PM Russ Rook Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology

uss Rook is hopes to help the industry re- R trying to math- design the rafts at a reasonable ematically model cost to prevent this from happen- the system response ing again in the future. of fluid flow through porous mediums such Russ is interested in looking at as sponges. different ways to model material systems. He’s researching a mod- Russ is co-authoring el called smooth particle hydro- a paper with a col- dynamics to see if the model can league at the Univer- be used to predict how systems sity of Victoria (UVic) evolve as they respond to pres- that will be published sure, heat transfer, and convec- in the International tive effects. Journal of Numeri- cal Methods in Engineering. Russ He’s also trying to model the says they’re trying to predict how growth of semiconductor crystals. particles will move and interact These crystals are used in elec- “We can counter- through porous mediums. tronics, and ultimately can be applied to medical imaging. act certain diseas- This research is applied to general material science and has a “Understanding how these mate- es with the medi- lot of medical applications, for rials work and how we can make instance, X-rays or all types of them better has profound im- cal tools we have.” systems incorporating the use of plications,” says Rook. “We can sensors. counteract certain diseases with the medical tools we have.” Russ is also collaborating with a colleague at the Innovation Development Corporation at UVic on a project to redesign rafts for the shellfish industry. Due to heavy winter storms on Van- couver Island, many rafts used by the industry to grow shellfish have been breaking apart and the debris washes up on shore. Russ

CONTACT: Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4520 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft42 42 30/03/2008 4:34:47 PM Will Spaulding Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology

ill Spaulding has a num- to look at their W ber of research and de- watches as they velopment projects on the go for run. PacificSport, an organization that provides support and training for Spaulding’s high performance athletes. preference is to get involved in Spaulding is finishing the final new develop- design of an environmental cham- ment that inte- ber on wheels to acclimatize grates mechani- athletes for very hot and cold cal engineering conditions. This modified recre- hardware with ational vehicle was recently used custom electron- by Canadian triathletes as prepa- ic controls that ration for a race in Mexico. operate using programmable He’s also working with the Na- microprocessors. tional Swim Team to develop a He says he likes to design it all, push cart that will take videos of including the electronic parts and “Because I’m in swimmers underwater. the software.

In addition, Spaulding is helping If that’s not enough, Spaulding such a very broad the National rowing team figure is also working with colleagues out how to get their rowing shells at Camosun to develop environ- field, I still never to Beijing by modifying a shipping mental testing facilities in order container. to construct green buildings on have to figure out campus. He’s also developed a timing de- what I want to do vice for track athletes (shown in “Because I’m in such a very broad photo). These small devices are field, I still never have to figure when I grow up.” placed around the track, and the out what I want to do when I coach holds a handheld remote grow up,” says Spaulding. “Also, control to control the opera- I get to encourage students to tion of the lights. Coaches can make good design choices that tell athletes to speed up or slow will enable their designs to con- down by communicating through tribute more positively to soci- the lights, and athletes are no ety.” longer slowed down by having

CONTACT: Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4510 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft43 43 30/03/2008 4:34:48 PM Jeff Stephen Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology

eff Stephen retical—students actually build J is the Engi- things.” neering Depart- ment’s jack-of- Students have developed a wide all-trades. He’s range of innovative designs in the interested in 11-week process, such as alter- product/con- nate energy production, a folding cept develop- wheelchair and remote underwa- ment, prototyp- ter vehicles. ing, alternate power such as Stephen says sometimes proj- wind or hydro, ects will be industry-sponsored, mechanisms, so they’ll have an outside client thermodynam- who pays for the development of ics, processors, the design. For example, one cli- and micro-manufacturing of ent wanted students to design an medical devices such as neuro- electric recumbent bike, another stimulation electrodes. client had students design water flow generators that could be put Stephen enjoys teaching one of into pipelines to generate power. the engineering students’ final “I like that it’s not courses in project planning and Stephen has worked with small design. Students have to come to medium-sized manufacturing just theoretical— up with an idea such as a new companies and disabled asso- product or a better design on an ciations, as well as the general students actually existing product. Stephen takes public for prototyping. them through design proposals, build things.” the design process, manufactur- He’s also involved in the Canary ing and then students display Derby, a fundraiser for the BC their final product in a trade Cancer Foundation, and helped show. students design the soapbox car entered into the race (shown in “I really enjoy sitting down with photo). the students and having them look at different angles to develop their idea,” says Stephen. “I like that it’s not just theo-

CONTACT: Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4514 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft44 44 30/03/2008 4:34:49 PM Ward Cartier Program Coordinator, Oceans Technology Initiative

s the Project Coordinator “It’s very exciting— A for Camosun’s Oceans Ini- there are so many tiative, Ward Cartier sees a lot of opportunities, we potential in the ocean. The first just have to go get phase of the project is underway, them. We need to which involves a large survey that be innovative,” says will provide a snapshot of the Cartier. scope and status of industries in the oceans sector. This includes One possible out- shipbuilding, manning vessels, come, Cartier ex- repair and maintenance of ships, plains, would see the the yachting industry, aquacul- oceans park be built ture, offshore oil and gas, fishing, near the Institute tourism and all the technologies of Ocean Sciences surrounding ocean exploration. in Sidney. The park would be a home for start-up Based on the results of the sur- companies, and would tie in vey, Cartier and the project seamlessly with the new Oceans steering committee will select Technology program and local re- the top three or four industries search activities at Camosun and and begin looking at train- the University of Victoria. “There are so ing Camosun students in a new Oceans and Marine Technology Cartier says the opportunities to program. partner with outside groups are many opportuni- tremendous, whether it’s with Cartier is also excited about aquaculture, Department of Fish- ties, we have to go phase two of the project which eries and Oceans, eco-tourism will start shortly and will look groups or local industry. get them. We need at the feasibility of developing an oceans technology park. to be innovative.” This would be based on a similar model to the current Vancouver Island Technology Park, except its sole focus would be the oceans sector.

CONTACT: Program Coordinator, Oceans Technology Initiative Department of Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4015 [email protected] Research and Innovation at Camosun College 45

Camosun Resource Directory draft45 45 30/03/2008 4:34:52 PM Centre for Sport & Exercise Education

The Centre for Sport & Exercise (PISE), which is Education (CSEE) is an exciting set to open in late new addition to Camosun Col- summer 2008 at lege. Established in 2006, CSEE Interurban Campus. offers unique programs that inte- Faculty and students grate sport, fitness and wellness will benefit from with management, science and this new facility leadership through its two de- which will offer high partments: Exercise Science and performance sport Sport Education. services to elite athletes and sport and Dr. Peter Rehor, Director of the wellness community CSEE, is enthusiastic about the programs. In addi- current and new programs in de- tion, the Sport Inno- velopment. vation Centre (SPIN) also based at the PISE, will focus “Our Centre’s diploma and de- on sport technology research and gree programs focus on develop- innovation. ing and changing behaviour and “Our graduates will attitudes to increase physical The CSEE offers two diploma pro- activity within our communities,” grams in Exercise & Wellness and have a direct im- says Rehor. “Our graduates will Sport Management. The Exercise have a direct impact on health & Wellness Diploma is scientifi- pact on health care care cost savings by increas- cally based and focused on en- ing participation in sport and suring graduates can implement cost savings by in- exercise.” Rehor also sees the behavioural changes as it relates potential in the CSEE becoming a to healthy lifestyle choices. The creasing participa- repository of international aca- Sport Management Diploma is demic sharing of research related aimed at “promoting sports for tion in sport and to physical activity and health life” and trains students in the and wellness. administration and promotion of sports. A third diploma, Athlete exercise.” The CSEE is part of a hub of key & Coach Education set to begin partnerships centred on active in 2009, focuses on skills and lifestyles, included in the Pacific resources to maximize athletes’ Institute for Sport Excellence performance in sport and will

CONTACT: Centre for Sport & Exercise Education Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4567 [email protected] www.camosun.ca 46 Research and Innovation at Camosun College

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provide coaches with a strong foundation of science and the art of developing the full potential of their athletes.

The CSEE is also implement- ing two new degree programs in Athletic & Exercise Therapy (September 2008), and Sport and Fitness Leadership (September 2009).

Rehor says students benefit from the diverse expertise of faculty members.

“The faculty at the Centre are an excellent mix of academics who, in addition to their subject area expertise, are interested in applied research and community interventions,” says Rehor. “They were selected because their significant experience in health and fitness industry and past success- ful professional careers in sport management.”

Camosun Resource Directory draft47 47 30/03/2008 4:35:07 PM Dr. Tim Walzak BC Regional Innovation Chair in Sport Technology

s part of the Leading Edge designed for two pur- A and Endowment Fund poses—small labs will (LEEF), nine regional innovation be attached to sport chair positions have been estab- science labs for pro- lished in colleges across the prov- totype development ince. Dr. Tim Walzak is Camosun’s and the other area will BC Regional Innovation Chair in be the “virtual side” Sport Technology, a unique po- of the space. Walzak sition where he is facilitating hopes SPIN will be a the integration of researchers, clearinghouse for all athletes, coaches, students and kinds of ideas for sport industry to create a hub of inno- innovation. vation and commercialization in sport technology. “If someone has an idea in the community “I look at all the ways to build about sport technology, whether partnerships with companies and it’s a citizen, researcher or in- bring institutions closer to the dustry, we want them to come to community,” says Walzak. “I’m us,” says Walzak. also looking at innovative ways to include students, because stu- Walzak sees the potential for dents are the ultimate form of SPIN to be a meeting place where “Whether it’s a cit- technology transfer.” individuals can link in with the capacity of PacificSport Victoria, Walzak’s primary area of research the School of Trades & Technol- izen, researcher or is in materials engineering, for ogy, the School of Health and example, he’s examining textile Human Services, and industry. industry, we want properties as they relate to sport clothing to ultimately enhance “There is a wonderful opportu- them to come to sport performance. nity for colleges to move into applied research,” says Walzak. us.” As part of the new Pacific Insti- “Here at Camosun, there’s an tute for Sport Excellence, ex- incredible desire to make that pected to be open in late sum- change, and to make these things mer 2008, Walzak will be heading happen.” up a Sport Innovation Centre (SPIN). Walzak says SPIN will be

CONTACT: BC Regional Innovation Chair in Sport Technology Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4771 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft48 48 30/03/2008 4:35:09 PM Lori Zehr Department of Exercise Science

s the Chair of the Exercise Zehr is also involved in two na- A & Wellness Diploma and tional projects, one is a steer- the proposed Athletic & Exer- ing committee that is updating cise Therapy Degree, Lori Zehr Canada’s physical activity recom- is playing an important role in mendations and guidelines. whipping the public into shape. The second project is revising the Zehr’s research interests are in Physical Activity Readiness Ques- health promotion strategies and tionnaire. Zehr says the ques- programs which increase physi- tionnaire will be streamlined to cal activity levels of the popula- reduce barriers for people wish- tion. She’s also interested in the ing to become more physically role of the exercise professional active. in promoting and changing be- haviours to prevent and manage In addition, Zehr has been in- chronic diseases. volved for the past 12 years in the certification of fitness pro- Zehr’s students have become a fessionals. She has ensured that fundamental part of her research Camosun’s sport and exercise in health promotion. Upon in- programming is aligned with the take, students undergo pre-inter- “gold standard” of certification vention health-related fitness as- in Canada. sessments and select health and fitness goals that they would like “We’ll have well educated gradu- “Students then be- to achieve. Zehr designs fitness ates who are able to get certified programs for the students and and will have an impact on the come role models, after three months, their health- population in increasing their related fitness is re-assessed. physical activity,” says Zehr. which is essential “This really enhances the curriculum and is a very effective way for the types of ca- to change their behaviour,” says Zehr. “Students then become role reers they will em- models, which is essential for the types of careers they will embark bark upon.” upon.”

CONTACT: Department of Exercise Science Interurban Campus, Camosun College 4461 Interurban Rd. • Victoria, BC • V9E 2C1 (250) 370-4573 [email protected]

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Camosun Resource Directory draft49 49 30/03/2008 4:35:09 PM Acknowledgements

The Centre for Oriented Research and Innovation would like to thank all participants for their contribution to this project.

In addition, many thanks to:

David Sovka, Associate Director, College & Community Relations, Camosun College

Innovative Development Corporation (IDC) at University of Victoria

All photos taken by Carrie Moffatt, with the exception of stock photos on pages 2, 5-8, 19, 24, 32 and 47 provided by the Audio Visual department at Camosun College and cover photos provided by istockphotos. com. Additional photos were provided by: Dr. Jim Sexton-pg. 13, Dr. James Nemec-pg. 16, Ward Cartier- pg. 16 and Lori Zehr-pg. 49.

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