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Jan 8,1997—Then UBC President Strangway announces March, 1997—Board of Governors (BoG) rejects a motion, pro­ UBC will play host to the APEC Economic Leaders posed by the two BoG student reps, to not hold APEC at UBC. Career a^sseemente 'If you don t Meeting (AELM) on November 25. The announcement is j know where you are goingyou may made at a UBC Museum of Anthropology reception dur­ Jan, 1997—Students at UBC | end up somewhere else" Vocational ing the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF). The form APEC Alert, a grassroots \ testing will assess your "career self reception is disrupted when activist Jaggi Singh is campaign against APEC and May, 1997—Work begins on renovations ! (Interests, Needs, Aptitudes and forcibly removed after attempting to present an the use of UBC as a venue for May 21, 1997— to the atrium of Norman MacKenzie i Personality) and give you direction Indonesian delegate with an East Timorese flag. a portion of the conference. AMS motion to House, the official residence of the \ and information about educational The group stages several oppose UBC's deci­ President of UBC. The $400,000 project is j programs. If you are planning to protests throughout the Spring sion to host AELM paid for by the federal government. ! enter college or a training program Sept-Oct, 1997—AMS sponsored Student Summit on the as well as a series of public fails to get the two \ a career assesment will benefit you. Asia Pacific. The summit features weeks devoted to human forums and debates. thirds majority it I MaximunfeeisS 160.00 536-4277 rights, the environment as well as economic issues. needs to pass. ! fax 536-7133 Sept 22,1997—Two UBC students, also May 22, 1997—The Graduate Student Society (GSS) miimm members of APEC Alert, are arrested for Council passes a motion opposing UBC's unilateral deci­ Oct 31, 1997—Three more student members painting an 'APEC Free Zone' around the i EIJ5CTROLYSIS (permanent hair! sion to host the AELM. !removal) $25 /hr. 307-8348 (leave) of APEC Alert are arrested for writing anti- Goddess of Democracy. The students are \ message). 17th and Burrard j APEC slogans on the atrium of Norman released later the same day after being MacKenzie House. The protesters are charged charged with mischief. APEC Alert mem­ with mischief and forced to agree not to bers continue to expand the zone into Nov 17,1997—APEC Alert are joined by students from protest at the President's residence as a con­ October and no further arrests are made campuses as far away as Washington in a tent city SOCLU. WORK STUDENT, FEMINIST dition of bail. It is four nights before the last of for painting. (called Demoville) outside the SUB. SEEKING INPUT ON THE NEED FOR the students agrees to the conditions. POST-i*BORTION SUPPORT. If you have experienced emotions (grief, loss,etc.) after having an abortion, Nov 14,1997—GSS agrees to vacate the Graduate Student Centre for the AELM after the RCMP provides them with and feel that you could have ben­ evidence that the building can be legally appropriated. The RCMP will not be using the building, but argue that it efited from post-abortion coun­ needs to be shut down for security reasons. selling or support, I am interest­ ed in your story. Our conversa­ Nov 25,1997—AELM to be held in the Museum tion will be anonymous, confiden­ Nov 19,1997—APEC conference begins. THE UBC of Anthropology and leaders invited for a lunch tial & sympathetic, since I have in Norman MacKenzie House-the official resi­ come to this project through per- HUMANISTS' tTSW» dence of the UBC President. APEC-Alert plan to j sonal experience. Beth, 9am-9pm Nov 24, 1997—APEC Alert T-.-wi>B*aJW5t-.Sl««aAf^= continue the student walk-out and 'crash the \ 687-0859, or e-mail summit' by walking from the Goddess of plans a student walk-out and \ [email protected] Wnat is Democracy to as close as they are able to the alternative APEC teach-in. Museum of Anthropology. MATURE NON-SMOKER NEEDS Humanism? Definitions and Descriptions ROOM OR BACHELOR, inside of Modern Humanism gates of U.B.C. Preferably in base- by Then Meijer (President, BC ! ment with fenced yard. Anytime Humanist Association)- l-'ree Donuts! everyone welqom 871-1553. •12:30. Nov 25. Scarfe 206. tuesday Save up to 40% SPONSORED BY: m^ ^p Inau.g~u.ral GrisslieS Cu.jp - SFU vs. TJBC OFF *-*-** UBC Friday, December 12th 5) 3:00 pm Post-game party at The Rage (Plaza of Nations) first 500 fans get in tree with their ticket stub. FOLLOWED BY: Grisslies vs. Canucks vs. San Jose Sharks ^ GREAl 6M*» Golden State 7:00 pm Thursday, December 4th a) 7:00 pm "/_ > Houston Rockets HAKEEM Sunday, December 14th a) 6:00 pm 0LA3UVW Canucks vs. LA Kings H^W^J J® Portland Trail Blazers. RASttEEO Monday, December ^^ Sunday, December 21sf o> 6:00 pm •WM-IACE 15th 5) 7:00 pm Purchase tickets at any Ticket Master outlet by presenting your Student ID. Call 899-RUSH for more info.

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November 21, 1997 • volume 79 issue 21 Editorial Board

Special Coordinators Douglas Quan and Todd Silver

Coordinating Editor Joe Clark News Sarah Galashan and Chris Nuttall-Smith Culture Richelle Rae Sports Wolf Depner National/Features Jamie Woods Photo Richard Lam Production Federico Barahona APEC. what you see is all you get The Ubyssey is the official student newspa­ Late next Tuesday afternoon, sion, and everything to do with dispute, landmines... that CNN's Bernard Shaw can per of the University of British Columbia. It is published every Tuesday and Friday by Prime Minister Jean Chretien and schmoozing over Canadian They will not want to acknowl­ give his newscast from a loca­ The Ubyssey Publications Society. his buddies from the .Asia Pacific spring water. edge the precedence financial tion other than Atlanta or We are an autonomous, democratically will emerge from the great hall in We put this special issue gain is taking over human rights Baghdad. run student organisation, and all students the Museum of /Anthropology. No together to provide a forum for and the need to deal with an And even if it wasn't just are encouraged to participate. doubt they'll be smiling. the news and opinion that haven't Asian neighbour that now looks about appearances, even if Editorials are chosen and written by the Ubyssey staff. They are the expressed opin­ They'll liiely read off a series made it into Vancouver's main­ more like 18th Century Europe. APEC leaders sat down and— ion of the staff, and do not necessarily of declarations to broaden invest­ stream media diet. We've tried to They will not want to discuss God forbid—talked about sub­ reflect the views of The Ubyssey ment opportunities and areas of cover the issues that haven't the Tiananmen Square Massacre, stantive issues, all they'd be Publications Society or the University of cooperation—all in keeping with made it to the aAPEC table. We the Dili Massacre or the occupa­ concerned about is how to British Columbia. want our readers to think about tion of Tibet. improve their own respective The Ubyssey is a founding member of the goals set out in 1994 to elimi­ Canadian University Press (CUP) and firmly nate trade barriers by the year what's really happening on cam­ But in. fact none of these issues positions in the world. adheres to CUP's guiding principles. 2010 (for developed countries) pus next week: there's more to will be discussed because the Next Tuesday, throngs of All editorial content appearing in The and 2020 (for developing coun­ APEC than photo ops and trade Museum of Anthropology is not UBC students will be implicated Ubyssey is the property of The Ubyssey tries). deals. the place for contentious debate. in APEC. Unfortunately many Publications Society. Stories, opinions, pho­ tographs and artwork contained herein Then they'll pose for the We hope you'll look beyond the It is not a debate. It is not a nego­ will skip their classes and head cannot be reproduced without the media, who really wants to get immediacy of the conference—the tiation. It's an exclusive club con­ down to the Museum of expressed, written permission of The back to the downtown Media motorcades, the extravagant din­ sisting of some of the most pow­ Anthropology just to see if they Ubyssey Publications Society. Centre and throw back a comple­ ners and the traffic jams—and erful people on Earth. can catch a glimpse of one of Letters to the editor must be under 300 words. Please include your phone mentary brewskie. But who take a look at what and who aAPEC Leaders use this time to weigh the leaders, to see "history in number, student number and signature knows, maybe Chretien and really does or doesn't represent each other out, to get to know the the making." They will all be (not for publication) as well as your year China's President, Jiang Zemin, Sure, almost everyone will guy who is dropping fishing nets victims of the hype that has sur­ and faculty with all submissions. ID will be will give each other a bearhug. want to discuss the currency cri­ in your water, or running military rounded this event, caught up checked when submissions are dropped off in the celebrity atmosphere of at the editorial office of The Ubyssey, oth­ Don't be fooled by the smiles sis in southeast Asia that sent exercises just off your shores. erwise verification will be done by phone. and handshakes you'll see on the Shockwaves around the world. Sure, allowing these guys—and APEC. "Perspectives" are opinion pieces over 300 evening news. And don't think the Sure, Jiang Zemin would love currently they are all guys—to get What would change if APEC words but under 750 words and are run world leaders spent the whole day nothing better than to ring the to know each other is practical, was not held on campus? Would according to space. labouring over those declarations, neck of Taiwan's (oops, that's after all, you wouldn't want to it really be a victory? Would stu­ "Freestyles" are opinion pieces written by Ubyssey staff members. Priority will be given because they didn't. The details Chinese Taipei's) representative. miscommunicate during some dents be given any voice at all? to letters and perspectives over freestyles got hammered out in advance of Not that it will be Taiwan's delicate arms reduction treaty. If nothing else APEC is giv­ unless the latter is time senstitive. Opinion the leaders meeting. leader—he's not coming. But this is really just an orga­ ing UBC students a voice—one pieces will not be run until the identity of the The APEC leaders meeting has Sure, Chile just wants to talk nized media blitz. A bunch of that the world might listen to. writer has been verified nothing to do with nose-to-nose, logistics about joining NAFTA. suits getting together to pose in So consider what you want to fist-on-the-table formal discus­ Global warming, the salmon front of a spectacualar view so say and make yourself heard. Editorial Office Room 241K, Student Union Building, 6138 Student Union Boulevard, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1 tel: (604) 822-2301 fax: (604) 822-9279

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Friday, November 21

• 4 12:30 pm in the Work Experience, Co-op and Internship Speakyourmilld... we're listening SUB Conversation Pit TJ-rtMJRYSSJtY_ • I Rl fh.,4... •J9/- / Toronto, was one of a small group of peo­ the UBC APEC Legacy Initiatives. Brown believes it is important that the But Burnham questions the role such art is playing ple who got involved in opposing the Coke monopoly at UBC, starting a small group school gets as much out of the event as possible and has been working in the context of aAPEC. called Culture Jammers. The group staged rallies outside the UBC McDonald's and plas­ to ensure it will happen. "I mean, will they even know it's any different tered campus Coke machines with unfriendly slickers. They deflated an enormous "UBC's real strength lies in Asia Pacific affairs and it goes right from what they mini would be there anyway!,..And ,; blow-up Ronald McDonald stationed outside SUB during Storm the Wall. They stormed across every faculty. Every department from anthropology to zoology that's exactly the kind of function that that kuidbPart'-' • the towering plywood walls and 'redesigned' the walls' corporate logos with spray-paint. has some kind of Asia Pacific interest, some kind of connection." plays in that kind of high class world, and has playeij % Singh helped found the Ogoni Solidarity Network to protest the hanging of Nigerian University professors and researchers have provided important environmental activist Ken Saro Wiwa and seven other activists. "The Ogoni Eight" *#• background information to APEC organisers on transportation, energy were hanged for their protests of Shell oil's operations, and the company's environmen­ and environmental issues. It's been just one of the opportunities the tal and social impact on the region. The Ogoni Solidarity Network started picketing Shell On November 25 controversial conference has provided UBC. service stations (Shell has been widely blamed for supporting the military regime that killed APEC has also provided UBC with more protest and media attention APEC is all about culture Saro Wiwa) and distributing literature on Nigeria and the Ogoni region. 18 big names will be on than ever before. Activism both on and off campus has become a regu­ He's also involved in the East Timor Alert Network, APEC-Alert, the No to APEC lar occurrence and anyone with a bone to pick knows that on November 25, UBC is the Coalition, Food not Bombs, anti-racist groups, a squatters rights group. our campus. But there are place to be. While Burnham may not feel that globalisation has to, by for the past few hundred years as just being a trophy... That's This week he's spoken on a panel discussion, at forums and rallies and as a panellist on Whether the campus protests have upped the stakes for APEC security on campus is nature, be a negative force, he does refute claims that it is a what really the role of art for aAPEC is in terms of the event a Vancouver chat show. He was in good form Tuesday at a UBC panel on APEC. The panel personalities on ail sides of the not for certain, says Brown, but it is for certain that the federal government has a large naturally occurring process. Instead he blames the leaders of happening here." was made up of faculty experts in economics, development, political science and labour, a APEC debate who have been here responsibility to ensure the safety of the Internationally Protected People who will be the aAPEC countries for perpetuating it for their own agendas. In response to everything being said about the "economic politician, and James Cooney, of Placer Dome, the international gold mining firm. in Vancouver for the economic conference. "They present it as being natural, it's inevitable, it's com­ only" agenda of the aAPEC conference, Burnham offers a con­ Cooney, speaking in support of APEC, argued that issues like the environment and for a while. Jaggi Singh and The campus has been a hotbed for student protests since the announcement that the ing, get ready, get used to it," says Burnham. "But they help vincing counter argument. .APEC isn't really about econom­ human rights would eventually be drawn into the APEC agenda. But business, being .,. Museum of a-Vnfhropology (MOA) would be the venue for the APEC Economic Leaders it... Why can't it just sort of, like a wave or something, just ics. It's about appearances. universal, was fheplace to start, he said. Chris Brown are a couple of Meeting (aAELM). There have been several arrests made and there could be more to come in and cover us all with cheap imports or jobs or what­ The leaders summit, to Burnham, is in a sense a com­ Singh, in a tattered Gap pullover and unhemmed corduroys, stripped Cooney of his environ­ come. Three students were arrested earlier this month for graffiti on the residence of ever it's supposed to cover us with!" pletely cultural event where the national leaders appear on mentalist cred by mentioning Placer Dome's role in the biggest mining tailings spill in the the names you can expect ,' UBC President Martha Piper. They have also played ball hockey on her driveway. According to Burnham, the effects of globalisation have stage so as appear to be in control when, in fact they do not. Philippine history, atCalancanBay. "When spills happen, whencate'-.l.iophehappr'n-T-'.vhen ihe-, ,-*.k Brown says targeting Martha Piper is unjustified. "Martha Piper inherited this file. created a Jrind of cultural schism. On the one hand, the world "That's the irony, they have to pretend to lead."* for compensation—Placer Dome takes its money and pulls out" Singh rallied "The people in ('alan. .in to hear a lot of in the Whether or not the university was consulted is no longer the issue." Bay are still waiting for compensation." He also defends the choice of location and says ultimately it benefits the students who And Singh slammed the much-bandied assertion that next few days* want their issues heard. "I believe that their concerns can be more effectively high­ people in Asia have a different standard for human rights lighted...by holding the meeting on the university campus and using that as a venue and democracy than Westerners do. It's the military, the not only for the meeting but for an expression for these concerns, than it could be if More than two sides to APEC governments and the business leaders who say human this meeting took place in a hotel downtown." by Cynthia Lee and Jill Thielmann was little doubt as to what some professors she will not be discussing APEC with her class rights is a Western instrument that doesn't apply to Asia. The site was chosen from among many possible Vancouver sites because of its spec­ thought about APEC. because there is already enough public infor­ Workers in Asia, aboriginal people in Asia, a majority, tacular location and for the security options it provided. But he believes that the loca­ If APEC has had any effect on UBC campus, it "I am offended that the university, a place mation on the organisation. Singh said, want human rights, but no one's hstening to tion choice also emphasises the government's interest in youth and in education. has stirred a flurry of debate about trade poli­ of academic freedom, would be welcoming Neither will Brian Copeland. The Inter­ them because they're not at the APEC table. He is not surprised but impressed by the amount of commitrnent students have cy, human rights and representation. But, something contrary to this idea of academic national Economics Professor said APEC will For all his activism, Singh doesn't want to be profiled in shown in their cause. "You hear all this stuff these days about students being apathe­ while some professors who teach subjects freedom," said Frank Tester, an assistant pro­ receive mention in his class but it won't be his the media as a leader. He was reluctant to cooperate for this tic. And I don't think that's true. I think that UBC students are passionately concerned." directly related to APEC have downplayed the fessor in the School of Social Work. He invited focus. "I won't be focusing on the controver­ profile. The reason people tixink he's the leader is that he's And he attributes growing awareness of the issue of human rights across issue, others have taken the opportunity to UBC President Martha Piper, to "think about sial issues because that's not what my class is the one who makes the six o'clock newscast and writes the Canadian campuses to the protests at UBC. The recent arrests of protesting UBC stu­ speak up on it. it," adopting the university's pro-research really about." press releases, he says. dents have generated national attention in both the mainstream and campus press. Xavier Furtado, an international relations buzzword. Ironically, one professor who is raising Step into a lush, manicured backyard with a multi-mil­ "[The Government] has made it very clear to the leaders that there will be graduate who has participated in several Valerie Raoul, director of the Centre for Re­ APEC in his class is not in the social sciences lion dollar view of the Straight of Georgia. It's the UBC demonstrations, that there will be protests, that there will be strong and visi­ APEC forums at UBC, says it's easier to artic­ search in Women's Studies and Gender Rela­ at all. English Professor Clint Burnham has President's official residence and Singh and a dozen other ble expressions of sentiment against certain APEC leaders on certain issues. ulate an anti-APEC position than a pro-APEC tions was also firm in her stance against APEC. incorporated APEC into his two essay writing protesters weren't invited to play road hockey. See Singh But that these will go ahead without fear of reprisal or retribution as long as position. And he says it's hard to pigeon-hole "I find it alarming that an organisation classes and his novel class will discuss cut in front of the television lights and cameras and micro­ they take place in a reasonable manner." the debate into a pro-APEC and anti-APEC that is not elected, representative of govern­ APEC's "controversial issues." phones scrumming in Piper's backyard to deliver an elo­ APEC-Alert has received national media attention for many of their protests. dichotomy. ments, or accountable, and whose debates Burnham plans to bring the issues to the quent media clip on why APEC-Alert is reclaiming space What concerns organisers ofthe event is avoiding an international incident. "The division is artificial. It is easy to por­ are kept secret, can have so much influence classroom November 24, the day before the that will provide a retreat for dictators. "Protests will continue. I think they will be come more active and frequent tray the anti-APEC side because someone can on the fives of such a large number of peo­ conference. He said professors should be dis­ Road hockey against APEC didn't make much of a media and I mink that's quite reasonable given the level of concerns it seems the stu­ be aligned with righteous causes—for human ple," said Raoul. cussing the controversial issues in order to splash, though. The media came for arrests, and there dent body has on this," says Brown. But he stresses that providing some reason­ rights, against the presence of murderous And she spoke from some first-hand educate students. weren't any. But the APEC-Alert press release promised noth­ able alternatives to APEC is more constructive . leaders," said Furtado. "It's harder if you knowledge of conditions in Asia, where she "It's our job to educate as professors, and au^%jvii JIIIWII MLnHKU uwi rnuivj ing short of Oka. "UBC students to risk arrest three times this W-hr!:£#''''''' *...K.-s'S*^%... He expects protests along the fenced off RCMP protected zone, but hopes that UBC aren't against APEC. No one's position is worked in Thailand with the International what goes on outside the classroom affects week as opposition to aAPEC grows" it yowled. students in general will also show an interest this Tuesday. He's helped ensure that quite that simplistic. No one is going to say, Voluntary Service, and with the World what goes on inside the classroom." The media were only extras tiiough, in a bigger picture. students will have access to information on the proceedings in the Museum of 'I'm pro-APEC and against human rights,'" he University Service of Canada. Burnham said instructors should at least "I really don't like stunts. The vibe I got at the hockey game for example, I hated that And it was more a reflection on the media than any aAnthropology; televisions carrying AELM coverage are being installed in many campus explained. She added that many faculty members have acknowledge the presence of APEC on cam­ one else." Singh adds for every protest action he does, he evaluates whether it's worth doing even if there's no media there to record it. The buildings. Law Professor, Pitman Potter, agreed. "I serious reservations about aAPEC, but are hesi­ pus, and ensure students understand what is importance of an action is the action itself, he says, not the attention it might get. As for the meeting itself, he won't be in attendence, but from what this man with the would like to suggest that the classification of tating to speak aloud. "They may be afraid of going on and the implications it will have, He complains that the anti-.APEC groups are known only for their civil disobedience because the media won't go to panel discussions, or federal conecblons says, it wiE see some broadening of the agenda with more sustainable either 'for' or 'against' is sort of a false being labelled as part of a knee-jerk protest especially those classes whose curriculum is forums or speeches, or teach-ins. The other side to the groups—discussing the issues—is shunted from the headlines. development issues being discussed than ever before. And no matter what. Brown is confi­ dichotomy, and I would hesitate to charac­ groups with questionable tactics," she said. directly related to fhe APEC conference. "A good case study of this is what's going to happen on the twenty-fourth [of November] and twenty-fifth. Because on the twen­ dent that APEC is a good idea. It's good because engaging people in dialogue is more con­ terise myself as someone who is 'for' APEC in That might explain why many UBC classes Whatever opinions professors may hold, ty-fourth we're having a teach-in. We're bringing in speakers from New Zealand, Native speakers from here, from East Timor, structive than cutting them off with sanctions. any sort of unqualified sense. I think it has that deal with Asia Pacific issues, have not dis­ Michael Wallace, a professor of Political Tibet, Maude Barlow [of the Council of Canadians] and Tony Clarke [author of Silent Coup]." "I personally believe that it is important to be holding the AELM at a democratic institution in some tilings to offer, but I flunk it also has cussed the upcoming APEC conference, nor Science, warned "professors should not use On the twenty-fifth, they'll try to arrest Indonesian President Suharto. a democratic country," said Brown. some potential problems," Potter said. will they. their position to coerce or browbeat their stu­ "One thing I have learned is that to be an activist is not somefriing to be ashamed of—to be called an activist It's a term What the future after UBC holds for the man with the longest title is still up in the ais*. For now he's But at an APEC-Alert forum on October Diane Mauzy, a political science professor dents into accepting their views. Academic that's thrown around to disparage people and I think it's quite an honourable thing...to be called an activist"* got to focus on APEC* 24—Professors Speak Out on APEC—there of South Asian government and politics, said freedom applies to students as well."-* V

OaV^Qyi- aT. I. *»i 1 11*7 APEC ignores environmental concerns by Andy Barham tion and trade liberalisation is that the role of the state is being ask the government to ease off on environmental standards and dramatically redefined. That instead of serving public or human reduce the size of the labour force so that they can have a chance In Indonesia, residents are forced to put on gas masks because interest it's being redifined to serve corporate interests, facilitat­ to compete. [Effectively, they are asking Canada to make changes the smoke from slash and burn forestry is thick enough to cause ing the creation of new markets. That's what its primary role is," in its economy so that the nation can compete in an internatonal severe resperatory damage. The wood is then used to produce she said. market which Canadian companies helped create.] cheap pulp in Canadian- built mills. The explanation that eco­ Canada has played a leading role in this deforestation with Environmentalists in BC are concerned. According to Ken nomics is separate from envi- Canadian engineering companies Woo of the People's Action for Threatened Habitat (PATH), the romental concerns would building many of Indonesia's huge provincial government is buckling to the pressure, and has seem strange to a woman APEC ENVIRONMENTAL HOTSPOTS new pulp mills, in at least one case, already shown a preference for economic interests over the envi­ unable to breathe the air. with hefty subsidies from the ronment The Forest Practices Code was changed to place eco­ But economics is all that will Chretien government nomic concerns on par with environmental interests. Previously, be talked about when the lead­ CANADA According to Communication, enviromental concerns came first The government is really pan­ dering to the forest industry, big companies, right now," said Woo. ers of the 18 APEC "econ­ High rates of air pollution are destroying the ozone layer Energy and Paperworkers' Union omies" meet at UBC next week. over the high arctic. representative Fred Wilson, Indo­ A rommitment to loosening up environmental protection leg­ APEC is not about the environ­ Only about 25 per cent of British Columbia's coastal Old nesia's pulp mills operate with the islation, such as the Forest Practices Code, is being requested by ment It is not about human Growth rainforest remains unlogged. lowest costs in the world, making B.C.'s forestry sector to make it competitive with the forestry rights, or fair and safe labour them profitable, even during down­ industry in Indonesia practices, or equal treatment of CHII-4A turns in the pulp market Rationalising BC's forestry practices in order to achieve com­ women and aboriginal people, Canada has also sold two CANDU petitive parity with other APEC countries doesn't just affect our or child exploitation, or, in fact, The Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest dam, currently reactors to China, bringing in with it forests. It also has a major impact on the rest ofthe ecosystem and any ofthe issues and concerns under construction on the Yangtze River, will divert water legislation exempting any 'mega- - those who depend on it for something other than fibre produc­ of the ordinary citizens of any 200 km from the river to supply many cities. However, this project' from enviromental legisla­ tion will result in the probable extiction ofthe River Dolphin. ofthe countries participating in tion which was originally brought in Woo points out that one ofthe ways that the forestry industry the summit by the Chretien government MALAYSIA would like to see the Forest Practices Code streamlined is through Instead, APEC will concern According to Wilson, Canadian the elimination of the proviso for riparian leave strips along itself entirely with a discussion The wholesale clearcutting and burning of Malaysian engineering firms like HR Simons stream banks. of trade liberalisation in an forests displaces the indigenous inhabitants who depend on have played a leading role in build­ The Forest Practices Code in BC is being so-called streamlined emerging global context focus­ the rainforest for survival. ing new pulp mills in Indonesia. because the BC companies are complaining that they're not com­ ing in particular on removing These new pulp mills are then used petitive because of increased costs associated with the regula­ barriers to trade between par­ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA by the Canadian government as tions. This is an increasing result of globalisation. APEC is just ticipating nations. Issues, such examples of the nation's success in going topus h it farther along those lines. Right now, major forest as environmental degradation, National Forests and Parks are under threat from the global market The government companies are drafting a plan to make it no longer necessary to pollution, and deforestation are Congressmen who feel they should be opened up to mining does not however, address the alle­ leave riparian strips, strips of trees along streams that protect and logging as supplies elsewhere run out. not on the agenda gations that these mills, which run salmon," says Woo. The Military Industrial Complex has created huge quan­ libby Davies, NDP MP for tities of nuclear waste from the byproducts of weapons on the barest expense, rely on a Innumerable scientific studies demonstrate that leaving 10 Vancouver East argued that manufacture. labor force making two dollars a day metre buffer zones of woodland along streambanks, or "riparian -Sources: and forbidden to form unions. In unfettered trading arrange­ David Cadman chair o[ Ihe Board of Directors of SPEC, lhe Society Promoting strips," mitigates many of the destructive effects of clearcutting. ments among APEC countries Environmental Conservation fact, trade union activist Muktar Removal of these strips results in greater siltation of gravel Dr. Aprodicio Loquian, Director of Human Settlements for the UBC School of Community means that there are no rules and Regional Planning Pakpahat was imprisoned for spawning beds, for example, through upsetting the natural regu­ governing the behaviour of ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ demanding a doubling of the mini­ lation of stream discharge interfering with the salmon using the transnational corporations oper­ mum wage. lakebed to spawn. "It's almost impossible for them not to make money, regard­ ating within the Asia Pacific sphere. She described it as a region But on November 2 5,18 of the world's leaders will meet at the less," said Wilson. Their costs are so low that they can make without rules. Museum of Anthropology and talk economics, and not the envi- money even at the lowest end ofthe cycle, and they are saturating Their whole idea is trade liberalisation and getting away from roment while outside, the Fraser River spills into the ocean below the world with cheap pulp. That's directly related to the lack of any rules whatsoever. So, from that point of view, I think we the North Shore Mountains. There will not be a gas mask in human rights and labour rights in that country." should be very concerned about APEC and its relationship to glob­ sight • alisation and its relationship to the role of government One ofthe Wilson says when these companies flood the world market ArufyBarnarn is a Mrdyear science student things I see happening with this sort of whole issue of globalisa- with inexpensive pulp, Canadian companies have no choice but cmd ajfequent contributor CAN YOU AFFORD TO GET SICK DURING EXAMS?

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lldlUtt uci r rt n r m a Phytotherapy... natural solutions 2291 W. Broadway (at Vine)* 733-2821 for your everyday health problems. 7 nights a week starting at 7pm Available only in drug stores The case against APEC I Caught by the fuzz... by Aiyanas Ormond Considering that all parties con­ cerned have stated their comniit- APEC Alert has never pretended to ment to peaceful protest, what exact­ represent all UBC students. There is ly is being protected here? In fact, no membership, no party line, no what's happening is that certain dress code. APEC Alert is an open leaders are being protected from forum wherein students can express "embarrassment" and the whole their many strong concerns about process is being shielded from pub­ the November 25th Leaders lic scrutiny and debate. Surnniit on Campus and the broader While APEC stresses some agenda that APEC represents in a aspects of economics and trade the creative and collected way. In doing main players don't even want to see so we've been challenged for poster­ the negative impacts of capital ing, painting the "APEC Free Zone" mobility, slashed social spending and also for our arguments, ideas and fiscal austerity. In Manila last and alternatives. This dialogue, so year 60,000 homes were demol­ long as it is honest and mutually ished in building a highway between respectful, is more than welcome, hi the Manila airport and the secluded fact an atmosphere in which stu­ resort setting of the summit with no dents challenge each other on their compensation to the hundreds of ideas, debate vital social and political thousands of people they sheltered. questions and at least discuss (if not Moreover, the conference organis­ push) the boundaries of expression, ers erected walls along the highway public versus private property and so that delegates would not have to collective action is exactly the kind of be exposed to the massive poverty environment that should prevail on they were passing through. a University campus. I hope that We've seen a continuation of this these issues continue to be process this year in Vancouver's addressed after APEC has come and Downtown Eastside, Canada's low­ Ah, those so-called Asian values indude human rights gone. But in the last few days leading est income community. Police pres­ up to the summit I would like to ence in the area has vastly increased by Nicole Capler got out. focus the debate on APEC itself. and residents are being driven off Concerned and outraged students, under the aus­ The concerns that I and others in the streets through increased crack­ A couple of weeks ago in the Globe and Mail there was pices of APEC Alert, tried to help the AMS use their APEC Alert have with the APEC downs and arrests for minor offens­ an article, in the news section, about President Suharto power properly. They gave the AMS executive and coun­ world view and the summit itself es and ticketing for things like jay­ of Indonesia and what a great leader he is. The news cil members information, explained the problems with have been fairly well documented in walking, laws the police admit aren't article neglected to mention the genocide in East Timor the undemocratic process of APEC, and with having these pages and elsewhere. They enforced in the rest of the city. The and other such nastiness that is to the credit of Suharto. leaders such as Suharto and Zemin come to campus. begin with a rejection of trade and parallels between Manila and Even more offensive than that blatant omission was the They reminded the AMS of their role to represent stu­ investment liberalisation as a way to Vancouver aren't accidental. Rather worst statement I have yet seen printed by our country's dents' concerns. Members of APEC Alert bored them­ promote a future which is sustain­ than look at the serious problems newspapers: the article stated that Suharto had an selves to tears at the AMS council meetings and as a able, democratic, egalitarian and created by increased unemployment unwritten social contract with the people of his country result a motion was passed to uphold values of human empowering, the kind of world we and underem- _ _ who were willing to give up their human rights and rights (something vague and mushy). A majority also would like to live in. Our criticisms p 1 oy m e n t, "*J democracy for the sake of economic growth. Ah, those voted in favor of a motion to oppose APEC on campus, extend to APEC extension of a mass honourable so-called Asian Values. however to pass it needed two-thirds. Jenny and Shirin forced urbanisa- argument consumerist model where every­ tion through the ° The scary thing about this is that Canada is buying [Foroutan], also an AMS executive, gave speeches in thing including people, lifestyles and favour of APEC coming to campus and of its "great degradation of IS basically into and promoting this racist crap in order to trade culture have to be marketed, bought the natural envi- *.|_—* *nrr opportunities" and "constructive engagement" and with these countries so that we can be one of the big and sold to be recognised as valu­ ronment and that APEC boys. In Nazi Germany, new values were adopted for the voted against the motion. APEC Alert tried to bring able. We've even pointed out how sake of the economy too. Maybe as our freedoms are another motion to council this fall after Shirin stated in traditional ways SUDDreSSGS APEC refuses to address human of life, and the ,. ^., taken away from us, such as our freedom to peacefully a public forum that she would be opposed to APEC com­ rights or environmental concerns resulting cycle of QlSSCnung protest and strike, and we are told to accept the notion ing to campus if there would be riot police and snipers and excludes and undermines alter­ poverty and VOJCeS that people don't mind being tortured and killed, there around, but somehow it was not put on the agenda for native economic and social models. hopelessness, will be a rhetoric of New Canadian Values. council. We've come to these conclusions APEC focuses on macro-economic Taken down to the level of UBC, we can see some The Faculty Association also decided not to take a based on a very close examination of factors, growth indicators and pri­ very ugly behaviours being engaged in to be part of this stand, with the reasoning that it was not a campus issue. APEC's history, policies and players. vate profits; logical, tidy, unambigu­ big APEC thing about which so very few people know Perhaps they were unaware that their students would be All the evidence can't be laid out in ous—nothing like the real world. anything (the Sun tried to call it an economic festival- arrested. Perhaps they were unaware that APEC's agen­ this short article but I would suggest Give these attitudes, what kind of thanks for the info). Here's an example: At an exhibit on da in regards to education calls for the privatisation of that as litmus test we take a look at world can we expect APEC to pro­ Tibet last winter at the Museum of Anthropology, staff public institutions and the end of liberal arts educa­ exactly how APEC operates as an mote? It's an important question were dismayed that while the display included a state­ tion—or they don't believe in the value of what they organisation, the assumption being given that eleven ofthe most power­ ment by Ziang Zemin, President of China (the country teach and research. Did they think it would just go away that this should give us some ful players in the region are involved that is occupying Tibet and destroying its inhabitants), if they didn't deal with it? insights into the fundamental in an promoting this organisation. the director ofthe museum would not allow a statement Although the rest of campus, including all the unions motives and agendas of the partici­ Well, it's a world where things are sent in by the Dalai Lama (leader of the Tibetan govern­ and the GSS, voted against APEC coming to campus, pants. only valued in terms of economics ment in exile) to be displayed, on the grounds that it without the support ofthe AMS and Faculty Association, My argument is basically that and profitability; where business would be too political. it was impossible to get the meeting relocated. So APEC APEC suppresses dissenting voices interests are synonymous with The first questionable action regarding APEC on Alert was faced with the "opportunity* of taking on the and pretends that people margin­ national interests; where margin­ campus was taken by past-president Strangway, a.k.a. monumental task of educating the campus body about alised and negatively impacted by its alised people are ignored or blamed Corporate Dick, who invited the Leaders' Meeting to APEC through leaflets, posters, panel discussions, open policies don't exist At both the last for their situation; where a few peo­ campus, with all its major, major repercussions, with­ forums, and acts of protest Support for APEC-Alert has APEC summit in Manila and this ple maintain control of rapidly out consulting anyone. And now the rights of students to come from the GSS and other universities, such as SFU, year in Canada visitors wishing to depleting world resources through protests and their freedoms are being taken away by the Langara and UVIC, and the Canadian Federation of attend counter-conferences have the use of coercive media and adver­ RCMP and the justice system under the complicit Students, and from universities all over Canada, all been denies visas. This year in par­ tising, ideology and brute force. administration's watchful eyes. shocked that the AMS did not use its power to counter ticular a number of student leaders This is addressed to people with This is just the time for enacting the checks and bal­ the administration, nor even make a statement in sup­ from the Philippines and other dele­ other visions. These visions might ances we have on the misguided and greedy adminis­ port of the students who got arrested for protesting. gates to the conference organised by be quite diverse but share certain tration. One of these takes the form ofthe students elect­ By not taking a stand, the AMS and Faculty NO! to APEC have been denied entry fundamental concerns for the com­ ed to sit on the Board of Governors (BoG). And when the Association are supporting the adniinistration, and not to the country without any justificar mon good, for some kind of equality issue of APEC was brought there (after the deal was representing those whom they are supposed to. They tion. Moreover, critics of APEC have and social justice, for the environ­ already made), the two student representatives voted are abusing their power. By not taking a stand, they have been met with arrests, intimidation ment and the future of the planet If against having it on campus. The other check is the allowed students to be put in jail for peaceful protest and threats both at UBC and else­ these are things that we value then AMS, which has independent status for the adniinistra­ They did not use their power while they still could, to where. The arrests of students has we need to push for structures and tion, which basically means they have a lot of power to prevent such things, but now at the very least, even if been fairly widely discussed; less organisations that take those values keep the aclministration in line when it comes to issues just to save face, they should support students who are, well known is the fact that activists as the premise for trade. APEC takes that affect students. and will be, exercising their freedoms. If the AMS and planning peaceful political protest the opposite view. Trade is seen as the Faculty Association, who exist to represent us, refuse But the AMS did not back up the reps to the BoG by have been called, questioned and good in and of itself rather than in to do so, our unwritten contract to respect them will be swiitiy and strongly taking a stand against hosting APEC. threatened by police in both publicly terms of who gains and who loses. null and void. This is a scandal. How could this be? Well, the APEC peo­ and privately. One prominent east As far as I am concerned this is just ple thrive on greed and ignorance (especially in people At the level of the university, APEC has brought out Vancouver activist was taken for a plain backwards. APEC cannot be with power), and know how to play it They got Jenny the abuse of power...Think About It-»> ride by secret service agents and told reformed. Refuse it-*> Chen, an executive on the AMS, to work for them as a that people like himself could be coordinator of student volunteers. Jenny finally fessed Nicole Capler is a detained without charges during Aiyanas Ormond is a third up to council about her role with APEC after the secret UBC alumni and a member of APEC Alert conferences like this one. year Economics and a member of APEC Alert AEEC Corporate agenda theory smacks of socjaism APEC, shrimp and capitafism by Jerome Yau words of Milton Friedman, a renowned econo­ simply unrealistic and naive to think by Victoria Scott mist and Nobel Prize winner: "Underlying most isolating China would bring any The controversies surrounding the upcoming arguments against the free market is a lack of improvements to the Chinese people. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) belief in freedom itself." From a historical perspective, it is clear will come to the peak when leaders of the 18 Free trade means a prudent economic policy. that China is improving and she begins member economies will come to UBC to attend The many economic problems that we have seen to play by the international rules. For the APEC leader's meeting on November 25. or experienced are not due to trade liberalisation example, China has recently signed the Since September, students have been bombard­ but rather excessive government interference International Convent on Economic, ed with anti-APEC messages in and around cam­ and trade protectionism. In a leading article Social and Cultural Rights which is a pus. LInfortunately, those Anti-APEC messages appeared on the August 23 issue of The step forward in bringing China closer to are often ill conceived and misleading. As a sup­ Economist the leaders rightly pointed out that international human rights standards. porter of free trade and believer in pragmatism, I "the biggest economic-policy mistake of the past Critics of APEC have been charging felt compelled to refute the myths perpetuated by 50 years, in rich and poor countries alike, has that human rights issues are ignored in APEC Alert and to examine the issue from a been and still is toexpec t too much government" the APEC agenda. Unfortunately, these broader perspective. Apart from such a resounding comment crit­ people must have forgotten that APEC Before arguing my case, I would like to take a ics ofthe free trade ideology have tried to mislead is an economic organisation You are moment to criticise the action taken by APEC- the public by daiming job looses and factories not going to discuss human rights Alert in protesting APEC in campus. While I sup­ close down since the implementation of FTA and issues in the meeting of World Trade Organisation, World Bank or IMF, are port their rights to express their opinions, I findi t NAFTA. However, they conveniently forgot that Q A11 ftdiaJafly Evil CapUvb disgusting that members ofthe APEC Alert tried there are new opportunities in the export sector you? It is not a matter of deliberately to promote their agenda by engaging in acts of and that consumers have benefited from cheaper divorcing trade from human rights Carton QA Pe**%&rfert9limni . vandalism and tried to justify their actions in the goods. The reason why some people oppose free issues but rather a practical way todea l name of free speech. trade and in particular APEC is that they feared with the complex realities. Yes, they have the right to free speech but that competition and their self-serving interests would With respect to human rights, does not mean they can break the law. For exam­ be diminished. APEC Alert has been arguing that the ple, free speech does not give anybody the right to The accusation of corporate greed or corpo­ Chinese President, Jiang Zemin is m- spray-paint the pavements of the Koerner Plaza rate agenda is so absurd lhat does not warrant responsible for the Mlings in the -Victoria Scott is an APEC Alert member nor trespass on private property and vandalise any serious consideration. Perhaps these people Tiananment Square. However, this is and a grad student the windows ofthe Norman Mackenzie House. are still obsessed with communism or socialism. simply unfair to Mr. Jiang. During the The reason I support APEC is very simple: If this is the case, my advice to them is torea d the incident Mr. Jiang was not in Beijing Madeleine Albright, the US Secretary of State APEC promotes free trade. Critics charged that works of Sir Winston Churchill: "The virtue of and he was the major of Shanghai. There was no pointed out that "engagement is not the same as the free trade agenda is "anti-people." Well, have Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." killing in Shanghai and he should not be held endorsement" While Ms. Albright was talking these critics ever provided a compelling case that Politically, APEC is a good way toengag e lead­ responsible for the killings in Beijing. Moreover, about the Sino-US relationship, her words are there is a cause and effect relationship between ers ofthe Asia-Pacific region in spite the fact there Mr. Jiang like Mikhail Gorbachev, is a reformer equally valid in terms of our relationship with free trade and exploitation? No. They could not are human rights violations in some Asia-Pacific and there is simply no reason to isolate a China or other member economies ofthe APEC. because there is no such relationship. Conversely, countries. Although human rights values are uni­ reformer. Human rights and democracy take time to free trade has always been a source of prosperity. versal, they have tob e applied in a practical man­ Furthermore, engagement has been proved develop and the best way to achieve these goals is Free trade is worth our support because it ner to achieve the best possible results. In an effective strategy in terms of global security. through stability and cooperation. Isolating coun­ allows trade, investment and other business activ­ "Outrage Is Not a Policy" that appeared in the Larry Eagleburger, the former US Secretary of tries like China will do nobody good and it wiE ities to be conducted without undue government November 10 issue of aVevvsweel:, Henry State has recently commented in a CNN program: work against the interests of Canada and interference. Many economists have long identi­ Kissinger, the former US Secretary of State argued "In China, a long history of engagement starting Canadians. In short, I would like to borrow the fied that excessive government regulations would eloquently that "[a] deliberately policy of isolating with the Shanghai Communique, has, in fact, I words of former British Prime Minister Margaret you hurt the economy and hence affect the liveli­ and weakening China-which is what the protest­ would argue, substantially changed China already Thatcher to sum up this article: "Free enterprise hood of ordinary citizens. Moreover, free trade ers and much of the TV media seems to be and it will continue to change." and competition are the engines of prosperity." means free exchange of ideas which is something demandingwould be a fateful enterprise.' On the other hand, engagement does not -Jexowe Yau is a Sjunhyear arts student that trade protectionism cannot achieve. In the The words of Mr. Kissinger are profound. It is mean we have to agree to human rights abuses. and a legator contributor to theUbysBey

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During this sequence about twen­ By Jaime Tong Nov. 15-22 ty cast members begin to stomp and slap their bodies in rhythm to the druniming, using their own body as a per­ You could call it ironic, a movie theatre as the venue for a two by Mito Tadano cussive instrument. This scene turns out to be a commu­ hour screening of TV conamerdals. Yes, irony is a good word ! Dancing, Taiko drumming, nity celebration of a local wed­ to describe the screening of the Television Gommercials of movement based performance, ding. This somewhat reminded Asia Pacific. and acting. These are some of me of Stomp. Some of the best TV commercials from twelve Asian Pacific the ingredients that went into a The set was really simple, countries were selected as a part ofthe cultural events organ­ special performance on the majority of which was creat­ ised in association with the aAPEC conference. The result was a Saturday night by Japan's X. ed using props carried by the humourous, thought provoking, and sometimes shocking Furano Natural Studio. actors or the bodies of the compilation, which acted as a window to Asia's pop culture. Furano is a multi-talented actors themselves. The effect Many of the commeipals were reflective of the role and theater group currently on tour worked well because it forced position women occupy in. these countries. Not surprisingly, in Canada. The passionate act­ the audience to use their imagi­ many of the women were depicted as working in the home ing and unique production nation and keep their focus on ironing the laundiy, as passive observers, cheering on their earned them a standing ova­ the actors themselves. man, or as mere objects wearing tight shirts and holding a gas tion at the end of their perfor­ This is not a dialogue driven station pump. mance of Ninguls and a place play. Hong Kong was one country which placed women in active in many Vancouverites memo-' Although Ninguls was per­ roles in the real world; they were the 'natural born shoppers* ries. formed in Japanese, most ofthe ctatehing fists full of gold cards. The play explores environ­ story is relayed through move­ There were also several blunt public service announce­ mental issues about forestry ment and music. ments; many of them were Australian productions. Drunk dri­ and commercialisation that A translation board was ving was a popular topic, but others such as child prostitution face a small farming commu­ hung at the front of the stage to and one or two environmental ones were just as powerfully nity. The story is easily transfer­ the audience in understanding rendered. Whereas the co*o*irnercials selling a product incor­ able to a Canadian setting. Ninguls hen the actors spoke in Japanese, porated music, swaniy characters, and humour, the public showed us how greed makes people metimes, the translation seemed service announcements were painfully simple, sometimes blind to nature and questioned the be too abstract for the non- foregoing sound completehv so that the image could speak for rush to modernise and make a profit at anese speaking audience. Where itself. all costs. occurred the actors compensated by The mmmercials 60m India were most entertaining and, A community elder suggests looking back to the old repeating the same idea several times. because ofthe contradictions wMc» this grouping, were quite ways to solve current problems, "why don't we go back to While watching the play I wondered whether the thought provoking. Each commettM was like a mini action the past a little bit," he says "it will be a little inconve­ Canadian audiences recognised that the farmers were musical: there was a hero, who was always male, his antagt* nient, but we were happy enough." hanging a mosquito coil from their waists to drive rust a love interest lots of fighting, singing, and impossible The play is about a farming community that is facing away annoying mosquitoes while they were scattering stunts while the women watched from the sidelines. poverty, so the community reluctantly decides to cut rice seeds. I worried that elements specific to There were also two refreshing commercials that depicted down the old forest surrounding them so that they can Japanese culture may have been lost to the Canadian independent women. One was an ad for a new women's mag­ extend their farming land and feed and clothe their fam­ audience. azine which opens with a letter from a boyfriend to his fiance ilies. The play ended with the entire cast drumming on logs. telling her that his parents do not approve of their marriage The title of the play is taken from an old legend; The noise of this effect was incredible, and I wondered if plans. The ad then cuts to the present and the couple is happi­ Ninguls, according to the legend, are small six inch-size the audience left the theater hard of hearing. The drum­ ly married and has had & child. Another commercial bad a humans hving in the forest. It is the Ninguls who provide ming sounded to me as if the voices ofthe trees were say­ woman in her twenties knocking on her male neighbour's the villagers with the warning of the dangers in cutting ing, "we are speaking this loudly, you humans just go door, mtrodudrig herseff/and theiastog if he has any Pepsi down the forest. ahead and try not to listen." Skampo, a mute girl in the farming community, unex­ The Furano Natural Studio has produced a play that • WevM«ComB»raA pectedly meets Ninguls and finds that she is the only one addresses environmental issues as well as moral ones diffbfeat cutoffes and smreA'tepmdaA as that despite the tan­ who can communicate with them. without sounding preachy or condescending. The pow­ go-age barriers, we ail can ne awaipidated or brainwsehed by The Ninguls tell her, "If you cut the trees, your village erful acting, dancing and drumming must have attract­ advertisements and me consaawasm fiiey stem from. • will be punished." ed and entertained many across Canada. •

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laven't ^ Normally theatre schools you teen numhed \ seem to require a lot of hy civilisation? money, but at the Furano Winch is more important, Natural Studio the only thing oil or-water? lick is more important, your his students need is talent. ' car or your feet? Kuramoto respects this basic Which is more important, Knowledge principle, which is often or wisdorn? ignored in modern soci­ Which is more important, words or action? eties. Which is more important, criticism or Sound too good to be creativity? true? It isn't. Kuramoto's Haven't you forj-|otten what it. s like to school has done something he deeply moved? that most theatre compa­ After all, aren't you basking in good life? nies only dream of: he has SOH KURAMOTO laughs with his students at the Furano Natural Studio. successfully created a total­ Fuirano Natural Studio Creed "Canada is closely related to Pacific Rim because of ly autonomous and self-sustaining forestry issues and we [Japan] have mining communities By Mi to Tadano institution. The school is located in the that are losing jobs and so does Canada," said Kuramoto. rural countryside of Hokkaido, where The two plays that will be performed in Vancouver, Soh Kuramoto is a man who believes that it is not too late to Ninguls and Kanashibetsu, are,especially suitable for West return to a simpler life. He believes that people can still be most of Japan's dairy products are pro- Coast audiences. touched by simple things. This seems odd coming from a man Ninguls is a story about the cutting down "of a forest. And who has spent the majority of his life chasing fame and for­ tune. t ':£-':ifbne in ®veti$ thirty apfpttonfe gate neato Kuramoto is a well-known screenwriter and playwright from Japan, who has written over 1000 scripts for TV dramas 'tlie school.. But 0 dtent dsk fcm to Mong and film and won several awards, most recently the Montblanc Cultural Award for his international artistic contri­ j./jpity -m>ney.:Ther@ is EH® appfai®Gi] fe, mi® butions. He is also the founder and artistic director of the 'enffdh&'fee and n@ toaitaf7 Furano Natural Studio. The Furano Natural Studio has been invited by APEC to rep­ resent Japanese contemporary theatre. The Furano Natural FOUNDER OF FURANO NATURAL 3TUOI© Studio has come to Canada to showcase two of the theatre school's most recent productions: Ninguls and Kanashibetsu. Kanashibetsu is about a Japanese inining community and Kuramoto founded the studio in 1984 after a very success­ the people who are lose their jobs when a mine is shut down. ful career as a screenwriter and playwright. He found that he "..It's just a drama. We are not doing a propaganda play, but had lost sight of what theatre is all about Kuramoto wanted to yes the environment is our focus," explained Kuramoto. give actors an opportunity to obtain classical theatre training, The transportation and funding were a bit of a crisis for produce professional quality shows, and maintain fiscal and the group, "It was huge expense to bring 41 people to artistic autonomy. Canada," said Kuramoto. Though the group was invited by He wanted all this and he wanted his students to contribute APEC, they are not getting paid for their performances, nor to the farming community that he hoped would financially are they accepting any funding from the organisation. support the school. Despite difficulties with transportation, language, and "After a few shows of Kita no Kuni Kara [From the North duced. Furano, the town the school is finances, the group has performed so far in Edmonton, Country] a lot of people wrote me letters saying 'Can I come to Toronto, and Halifax. The audience has varied from venue to Hokkaido?' or 'Is it possible to live over there and study to named after, is especially famous for venue and from city to city. Most of the audience were become an actor or a writer?' So I thought I should do some- lavender farming. seniors in Edmonton and Halifax, and in Toronto it was mainly young people who went to the shows. So far there haven't been many Japanese Canadians going to the shows but Kuramoto is hoping that in Vancouver this will change. "This is [the dramas are] for everybody...We are more interested in how foreigners respond than the Japanese a twmfale iu since we are doing this in a foreign country," said Kuramoto.^ thing for those people," said Kuromoto. And he did. He started a revolution in Japan's theatre com­ "They [the students] are encouraged to munity. The school is demanding both mentally and physical­ support their lives by doing agriculture ly. During the two years that they train, the students are expect­ ed to till the land, grow their own crops, build their own home work...Students help farming people in and rehearsal studio and, of course, create professional the­ our community when it's a busy season. atrical productions on a very tight budget A very tight budget. We work in cooperation with NOKYO (an Kuramoto has to find a way to feed every person involved with the school on about four dollars per person a day. He has done Agricultural Co-operative Organisation)." that and managed to create successful elaborate stage produc­ tions. Kuramoto has been to Canada before. However, Kuramoto is humble about the school he found­ In fact, he comes every year to visit ed. friends on an Indian reserve in the "It's just a school. I myself own this school. Every year, applicants from all over Japan compete to get into this school. Queen Charlottes. It was after his first One in every thirty applicants gets into the school. But, I don't visit to Canada that Kuramoto realised ask them to bring any money. There is no application fee, no entrance fee and no tuition." how much the two countries have in common.

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