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From the Only Girl on the Base to the Top of Her Field by GAIL SJUBERG Ostapowich Engineering Services Ltd r cat I.J I • Art, Spirituality • entertainment Robert Bateman lifestyles talk a hit B4 • What's On Your entertainment calendar B8 SIMS' Body biographies, • TV Listings B5 see pg. B10 a weekly supplement to the gulf islands driftwood WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2000 •*\jkj by DW.:Y tundy From the only girl on the base to the top of her field By GAIL SJUBERG Ostapowich Engineering Services Ltd. and ination and was not made to feel uncomfort­ "You have to tailor technology to the pub­ Driftwood Staff does consulting work in the forest sector, able, even as the only woman in a bunkhouse lic, not just the company you work for," says t was May of 1972 and Glynnis Horel mainly in terrain stability, road reactivation in the bush. Horel. Iwas being cleared for security at her and deactivation, watershed assessment and "We don't want your long hair in our sink" That means gathering opinions and infor­ first summer job as an engineering assistant restoration. was about the harshest remark she heard. mation from public interest groups such as at the Esquimalt naval base. In 1999 she received a joint Association of The trick, she says, was to just do your job local canoe clubs and incorporating them With the paperwork complete, she was set B.C. Professional Foresters and Association well to gain their respect, and not walk onto into designs. to begin work. The clerk telephoned of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists a site with a feminist agenda — such as t creates an interesting dynamic — engi­ Lieutenant-Commander Baker and said, of B.C. award for "excellence in forest engi­ demanding your own toilet. Ineers can't get involved emotionally in "Your summer student has arrived. She'll be neering." The year before she was granted a While Horel was only one of two women their projects, but they have to respect peo­ down in two minutes." He quickly hung up watershed restoration award by the Coastal among 289 first-year engineering students at ple's emotions in coming up with solutions. before Baker could say "she?" Forest Site Rehabilitation Workshop. UBC in 1971, Canadian university engineer­ The process can be frustrating, draining When Horel walked into Baker's office, he has worked for both governments ing departments now average about 30 per and stressful, she says, "but it feels really she recalls, "the place was dead quiet" — Sand corporations. As director of the cent women. good when you make it all work out." and there were these strange patches on the transportation main­ These days, she One might assume that public pressure otherwise bare, green-painted walls. tenance branch for — . says, the young men has a unified, environmentally-concerned "Why are you here?" he barked. the Yukon govern­ and women in camps face. Yet one thing Horel has learned is that "I'm an engineering student and I'm here ment, she managed The process can be even share bathroom "you have to be careful about identifying to learn everything you can teach me," she 23 camps and a head frustrating, draining facilities at the same 'the public.' There are many different replied. office unit, and even time. 'publics'." With females being an absolute rarity in took an assignment and stressful . "but But changes in her The most vocal one may be urban the field of engineering, Horel could have as assistant deputy it feels really good field over the past 30 dwellers who want to see the forest around been treated with disdain or worse. But the minister of the trans­ years have gone far them remain intact, but there is another opposite was true. She learned so much and portation division. when you make it all beyond the realm of vociferous group Horel has met in the more was treated so well that it left no doubt about Horel did not personal hygiene remote areas of B.C. and the Yukon: its work out." practices. members want unlimited access to the the career she would pursue. expect to return to ike most pro­ wilderness for hunting and fishing to the She describes it as one of the "key experi­ Salt Spring or to spe­ ences you have early that really set your fessionals, point that they will bring out heavy equip­ cialize in the forest industry, but in both L vision of the world and what it's like." chief among them is dealing with an ment to re-open old logging roads de-acti­ ways she has come "full circle" — several Oh — those patches on the walls? She informed and concerned public, whose vated by forest companies. family members were historically involved later learned that's where the "girlie posters" members don't necessarily trust you. Having Horel has also learned that one must be in logging. were plastered right up until she walked in a solid technical background and using it in "completely transparent" in dealing with the the door. When Horel graduated from Gulf She and Ostapowich arc settled for now isolation is no longer enough — although public. Islands Secondary School in 1970, girls on Salt Spring, allowing son Kevin to finish some engineers are able to specialize solely "You have to give them the bad with the wanting a career were still being funnelled his schooling in one place. Geological engi­ in technical aspects. good. Give them the bad news first," she into nursing and teaching, just as their moth­ neers often move regularly, says Horel, fol­ "The biggest change has been the need for says. "If you're not completely transparent ers were. But having spent so much time lowing infrastructure development. professionals to interact with many other with the public they won't trust you." outdoors while growing up on Salt Spring, She even knows some female colleagues people, other disciplines, to understand At the same time, Horel says, you can't Horel knew she wanted to work outside. The who felt they could not combine their career social concerns in a lot more depth and to be expect everyone to be happy with what you brother of a classmate suggested she might with a family. sensitive to them," says Horel. say or come up with. "If you can achieve want to try geological engineering. But Horel states with confidence that Bringing technical solutions to the table is their grudging respect, grudging acceptance, Almost 30 years later, Horel is a principal engineering is a wonderful career for still the engineer's basic role, but it has with her husband Dale Ostapowich in women. Even years ago she felt no discrim- become more complex. GLYNNIS HOREL B2 1->V • /""(Gulf Islands • PUBLISHED BY Driftwoods •llltl^l.'.IAlllJUt'JJUVLHJJ-JJ;! B2 * WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2000 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD A path to discover the inner self IN CONCERT two rivers at spirit-based, island school <ne source Salt Spring's Tamu Miles is Workshops are held once a classes, held at Beaver Point Hall inviting the world to her school. month at Mhora Hepburn's Pan-La every other Wednesday, helps peo­ ||fcL jazz gospel Last summer Miles created the Maat Light Centre, each with a ple learn a sacred dance "that is the Living Language School of different theme. Dance and the liv­ living signal of the body." Becoming, "a spirit-based school ing language of the body, the art of Miles says, "It represents itself that facilitates the learning of one's play and the soul, inner visioning as woven patterns and self-discov­ inner self." and soul mates are some themes ery designs that promote prayer Miles has created three different already explored. and intent." T, learning environments for people The next one, called February 16 and March 1 are the to choose from: gateway ceremony Relationships with next two sacred dance days. workshops, online gateway cere­ Interdimensionality, is set for Miles says she sees everyone mony courses and the sacred dance Saturday, February 19. On March around her "reflecting the need to company. 18, the workshop is Moving With know themselves deeper, to be with "Each individual has deep mes­ Inner Vision. more of who they truly are and to r sages woven inside them, each In the three-month gateway bring more joy into their lives." SATURDAY FEB. 19 person has their own way of see­ courses, people go through a "self- She also feels that like-minded ing. So I have listened inside as to discovery process so that the inner people around the world can be All Saints By-the-Sea / 8pm the best way to promote a learning dreams can be examined, the brain linked through the Internet, and environment where each individ­ can learn to see that the self is she invites people to become part Tickets $12 or $20/pair ual is given the means to hear their already knowing and seeing, and of the site. Available at All Saints By-The-Sea, Acoustic Planet or phone 537-5607 own soul." she explains. "In this the whole being can walk it in Miles' e-mail address is way, inner truth permeates through everyday life," says Miles. [email protected] and she can the cells and echos out into the life More details are available on the also be reached by phone at 653- with joy. A person can be safe to Living Language website — 4573. be who they really are without http://www.spacesbetweenthings.c Event details will also be posted having to follow a program of oiri/living/l anguagc.html. in the Driftwood's What's On cal­ should or shouldn't." The sacred dance company endar.
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