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Vol. 29, No. 2 http://ctr.concordia.ca September 23, 2004 Our building's a winner

F RANK KU I N Energy Code for Buildings;' explained Yves Gilbert, Director of Customer Service and Concordia's sparkling new Richard J. Operation Development in Facilities Renaud Science Complex has been drawing Management. rave reviews lately from various corners for The MNECB is a building code that takes its academic, structural and environmental into account variations in regional climate qualities. conditions and energy costs. The science building at Loyola, which has In addition, a trade publication in engineer­ been operational for one year this month, ing wrote a glowing review this summer of will celebrate its birthday with an award the Science Complex's state-of-the art ven­ from Natural Resources Canada for its ener­ tilation system, which preserves good air gy efficiency. quality in a complex full oflabs and poten­ Under the federal department's tially hazardous fumes. Commercial Building Incentive Program Construction Canada noted that despite {CBIP), a subsidy program aimed at stimu­ different air quality requirements for labs lating energy-efficient building design, the and offices, the building has an integrated f science complex has been recognized as a ventilation system that "provides occu­ winner for helping to keep energy costs pants with more fresh air than is required down and reducing greenhouse gas emis­ by recognized standards:• sions. At the same time, this so-called variable Fries with that? CFO Larry English (left) and Michael Di Grappa, Vice-President Services, were among several senior administrators who helped cook and serve hot dogs and ham­ "To qualify for the incentive, a building air volume (VAV) ventilation system is an burgers at an orientation event organized by the Concordia Student Union. Brent must be at least 25 per cent more energy­ energy saver because it is more efficient Farrington, president of the CSU, said about 16,000 hot dogs and burgers were served to efficient than if it were constructed to meet than two separate systems, one for offices students over a two-day period. "It's the second year we've done it;' Di Grappa said. "We the requirements of the Model National invite the administrators to come and there's a great response. The CSU should be con­ gratulated for events like this that add to the vibrant student life of the university:• continued on page 8 Sex workers, aca demi cs work together on street smarts JESSICA B LOCK The study showed that a variety of factors affect the health and safety of sex worker: whether the transactions Health and safety are important in are done on or off-street, on an in-call or out-call basis, any work environment, and the sex and whether the sex worker is self-employed or works for industry is no different. That's why a club, parlour or agency. information flyers aimed to help sex The flyers cover everything from how to stay healthy workers work safer will be released this and dress warmly to strategies for when a client turns month in Montreal and Toronto. violent. In Security Matters there is information about The flyers are part of a project called how to screen a potential client over the telephone or on STAR, fo r Sex Trade Advocacy and the street. Research. There are five flyers, in "You're getting all that information laid out before English and French: Health Matters, you're finalizing the deal," Shaver said. "You're checking Security Matters, Dancing Matters, Law the back seat of the car when the car light comes on. Matters and Financial Matters. You're looking to see where the lock buttons are, which Funding for the project was provided may be useful if you want to get out of the car." by SSHRC and the National Network on When it comes to dealing with fear and stigma, Shaver Environments and Women's Health, sees the flyers as not only being educational for sex work­ one of four Centres of Excellence fund­ ers but also for the public. ed by the Women's Bureau of Health Fran Shaver with the STAR pamphlets. After SepL 30, they will be available on "When they read these flyers, people will realize that the website www. uwindsor.ca/star . STAR is also releasing two reports, one on Canada. law, security and the wellbeing of sex workers, and another on exotic dancing. sex workers are already taking safe sex into account." The principal investigator on the Shaver says her intention has always been to get better project was Jackie Lewis, of the University of Windsor. ers in Montreal and Toronto. Their results were used by information about the sex industry out to the public so Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale and Concordia's Fran Shaver advocacy groups like Stella and by individual sex workers that debate can be grounded in real understanding. were co-investigators. to develop the content for the-flyers. "What happens in the street is just a small part of the Shaver, who headed the Montreal study, says this proj­ For the_study , 120 escorts, exotic dancers, masseuses whole sex industry. We need to take a step back and look ect was a team effort between academics and the com­ and street workers in Montreal and Toronto were inter­ at the bigger picture if we're going to come up with plans munity. "We pulled together as a partnership. These fly­ viewed, as well as city councillors and sex worker advoca­ and programs to make a difference." ers represent sex workers educating other sex workers." cy organizations. In some cases, sex workers trained as The researchers studied conditions faced by sex work- researchers conducted the interviews. IN THIS ISSUE 2 City of Light 3 Creepy crawlies 6 Scholarly books 7 Engineering values EMBA is a hit in Paris Biologist on tent caterpillars Concordians publish Professionals share stories Business profs analyze leaky condo dispute

PATRICK LAVERY the condos. "We want to get their view as they look The leaky B.C. condo affair cost millions back on it," Martens said. "How has it of dollars, infuriated homeowners, and changed?" severely affected the west coast housing The study is not looking to assign market. blame to any one group involved in the Management professors Martin L. scandal. Martens and Kai Lamertz have a $58,178 "There were many factors that led to grant from the Social Sciences and the leaky condos," said Martens. "Shoddy Humanities Research Council to study construction, lack of oversight, inappro­ the social factors in a scandal that rocked priate design, lack of inspections, hiring British Columbia. of inexperienced people all played a part, Martens said, "We're looking at how but you also had o.wners doing a 'patch the builders, the owners, the unions, the and run.' They would patch up the most workers, the government made sense of visible problems, like water stains, and the issue." then sell the condo." Just as pressure is exerted on a physical Martens himself owned a leaky condo structure, pressure can be exerted on a when he lived B.C. By coincidence, some­ social structure, he explained. one on the committee [of SSHRC] knew I "What happens when more pressure is Martin L. Martens (left) and Kai Lamertz was a leaky condo owner and I would be exerted on the structure than it can bear? very vigorous in my research. At first, no one had any idea who was He admits that for the homeowners affected by the crisis, but when it's 10,000 Martens added, "What these people Laniertz likened the issue to the cur­ who :were stung, "it's a very emotional people affected, you have to pay atten­ said is how the battlefield was shaped. rent NHL labour dispute, in which each issue. In some cases, they are ashamed:' tion:• "We look over the last 15 years of state­ side, owners and players, constructs a This is not the first study sparked by Eighty thousand condos have been ments made by stakeholders and how different version of what happened and the billion-dollar B.C. condos issue by identified as leaky, with repairs costing they changed to adapt to pressure placed lays blame on the other. Concordia researchers. homeowners an average of $30,000 each. on them by another stakeholder. Were "There are more people involved [in Last February, CTR brought you news The professors have gathered docu­ they successful in redefining the meaning the hockey lockout] than just the players of a huge, $2-million research project ments from the early 1990s, when the of the crisis?" and owners. Fans, bar owners, TV broad­ involving three universities and 10 indus­ problem began to appear, to the present. "It's reputation management," Lamertz casters, merchandisers are all affected, trial partners. "We've collected print reports, press said "If people construct what has hap­ and they have their opinions on what is Led by Professor Paul Fazio, it is look­ releases; and statements made by various pened as partially your ·responsibility, happening." ing into the wetting and drying charac­ people involved, like the builders, unions your ongoing role will be viewed in a neg­ As well as the text and language data teristics of walls. Assistant Professor and home owners:• Lamertz said. ative light. All these players had to deal they have compiled, Martens and Dominique Derome is also involved in "We're looking to identify specific with the problem of the leaky condos and Lamertz plan to interview some of the the project. Both are in the Department rhetorical and conversational patterns in not risk ruining their reputation at the people involved in the scandal, including of Building, Civil and Environmental these documents:· same time:• the architects and contractors who built Engineering.

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programs of 80 or more students, allowed "These students value the organized, us to develop a close relationship with disciplined and rigorous approach to our professors:'The 14::month program, teaching used by the teachers in our pro­ taught entirely in English, gives execu­ gram;• Barbieri said. "They see North tives intense exposure to global and, par­ American business as very proactive, and . ticularly, North American-style business they want to pick up that style." methods and skills. Combining work, travel and classes is Class size, while still at an intimate not easy. For the students, it means level, has grown from H in 2002 to 18. arranging to take time off work, since Studies include statistics, economics, classes are held every other Friday and accounting, finance, management, mar­ Saturday. keting, human resources, organizational For the faculty members, who teach behavior, business communications, classes in rotation, it means flying into operations management, MIS, industrial Paris once monthly on Wednesday night relations and courses in strategy and for preparation on Thursday, ·teaching entrepreneurship. Friday and Saturday, and flying back All of the curriculum and 90 per cent of Sunday, often to teach on Monday in the faculty are provided by Concordia. All Montreal. expenses are picked up by the Institut The main issue is time management, JMSB Dean Jerry Tomberlin with Birame Gueye, a member of the first graduating class Franc;:ais de Gestion {IFG), which hosts explained student Philippe Benchimol. of the Paris EMBA program, at Fall Convocation last year. Gueye, Director of Primus the program at its campus near the Eiffel "Balancing the family activities with the Knowledge .Solutions France, flew from Paris to Montreal for the ceremony. Tower. big workload is a real challenge:• The Paris EMBA program is accredited The intensity of the program seems to MAX H ARROLD ness student Boubacar Coulibaly. He by the Association to Advance Collegiate fit the students' notions of the way people decided to get another degree when the Schools of Business {AACSB), the gold do business here. Since the students The John Molson School of Business Internet bubble collapsed two years ago standard of quality assurance recogni­ come to Montreal for three weeks during EMBA in Paris is showing steady growth and he lost his job as chief financial offi­ tion. The JMSB EMBA program as a July and August to take several courses, as it enters its fourth year. cer with a web agency. He considers whole was ranked 40th among EMBA they get to see our style up close. This November, 15 students expect to Concordia's EMBA unparalleled in Paris programs around the world by the Student Gildas Duchesne, 35, said, the graduate in a class that is unique among "in terms of quality of output, financial Financial Times of London. EMBA Paris program offers "the occasion business educational programs for execu- and time investments, international The Concordia/IFG arrangement has to travel to another country in an aca­ tives in Europe. · recognition, length and overall quality. proved to be a good draw. Business pro­ demic framework, and to have a very "I have always wanted my career to "I must also add that the limited num­ fessor Bryan Barbieri is acting director of international approach. It is not only a become more international, especially ber in our class, as opposed to the facto­ the EMBA in Paris while the director, Bill North American diploma that we receive more North American," said French busi- · ry-like [atmosphere of the] competitors' Taylor, is on sabbatical. - it is also a new culture:•

2 \ Concordia ' s Thursday Report \ September 23 : 2004 Stop, look and marvel Concordiafacul up in theme at the lowly caterpillar think!

Philip Abrami, director of the Centre for the Study of Leaming and Performance, was quoted in an article in The Gazette about the impact of computers on learning. He said they can improve the learning process: "Time on task, motivation and engagement are dramatically higher:• He added that schools have found ways to share computers effi­ ciently in the classroom.

The CBC national news interviewed Marika Pruska-Carroll (Political Science) about the Russian oil giant Yukos. She said it's a purely political crisis, and Russians seem to Biologist Emma Despland and, at right, one of their subjects. approve nationalizing industries seized by the post-Soyiet oligarchs. Pruska-Carroll was also interviewed widely about the Beslan mass murder and th~ Chechyan issue, includ­ ARMEN TAM Z AR I A N ing CJAD, Global TV, CTV and a CBC radio phone-in.

Caterpillars forage through life one tree at a time. Emma Despland finds this Andrew Mambo, a political scirnce graduate, was featured in The Gazette·recently. He fascinating. She wants everyone to know that there's more to these creatures will be working in Zambia as part of the Kicking AIDS Out! Program, an international than just their fuzzy good looks. alliance of organizations that includes Commonwealth Games Canada and has as its "Forest tent caterpillars are common and we've all seen them, but nobody mandate the promotion of sport as a way of addressing AIDS. really looks at them twice;' she said. "When people do think about them, it's how to kill them:• Pierre Gauthier and his geography students' project on Griffintown got star treatment Despland's interest in the species began when she was completing her PhD at in The Gazette this summer. The students in his Advanced Urban Laboratory worked all Oxford University in England. While writing her thesis on the desert locust, year on ideas to revitalize a section of the old neighborhood near the Lachine Canal. she began to feel a pull back to Canada. She joined the Department of Biology in 2002. A show by Trevor Gould (Studio Arts) called Notes After Jean De La Hire at the Galerie "In locusts, there is this individual change that is really important, and Lilian Rodriguez was given a favourable review by The Gazette's Henry Lehman. Gould, nobody has really looked at that in Canadian pest insects;• she said. "When I who grew up in South Africa, has an international reputation. His work often deals with came back to Canada, I began looking at the same kinds of ideas, using the the late colonial period, when big-game hunters sought to subjugate nature. forest tent caterpillars as a local insect:• James Pfaus (CSBN) does research on sex impulses, and it has been reported widely. A Behaviour mention even made its way into a satirical piece on Jon Stewart's popular U.S. programThe Daily Show. Two years later, Despland is based at the Renaud Science Complex. Her research looks at the feeding patterns and social behaviour of the individual Karl Raudsepp (Music) was featured in The Gazette in an article on the fine art of tun­ forest tent caterpillar in a group context. Her ultimate goal is to understand ing pipe organs. individual behaviour and what role a change in this behaviour plays in gener­ ating outbreaks. Bill Reimer (Sociology/Anthropology) was the studio guest on Nancy Wood's Radio Forest tent caterpillars prefer hardwoods such as aspen, oak, and maple. The Noon Phone-In (CBC) on the subject of the changing rural economy. moths lay the eggs in early summer but they only hatch the following spring when the quality of the leaves they feed on is higher. Global Television interviewed Lome Switzer (Finance) about a Royal Bank computer If they hatch too early, there is nothing to eat and many will die. If they hatch glitch that disrupted customer service. He also appeared on CFCF-TV news to discuss the too late, the quality of the food will not be at its prime and the caterpillars will economic platforms of the political parties before the June federal election, and said a not survive for long. minority government would not be well received by the financial markets. "If the timing is exactly right, then the population can explode:• Despland believes there are cyclic and environmental factors involved in out­ Jordan Le Bel (Marketing) is everywhere. Among other things, he was interviewed about breaks. "When that happens, the amount of foliage they consume will cause the mistakes made by retailer Les Ailes de la Mode, and recent extension of shopping harm to a tree, and if you get very bad defoliation for more than a year, it can mall hours. He has talked about the way advertisers seduce us, and speculated on the lead to whole forests dying:• challenge of updating Charlie Chaplin's image.

Infestation Jean McGuire and Zied Guedri (Management) and Sandra Dow (Finance, UQAM) wrote an essay in La Presse that took issue with an editorial on the effectiveness of stock option A serious case of infestation hit the Abitibi region of Northern Quebec two programs. years ago. Swarms of forest tent caterpillars clustered on trees, causing mas­ sive devastation. According to Despland, it was nothing short of dramatic. Lawrence Kryzanowski was interviewed on CBC Newsworld Today and Canada Now "If you looked at the forest in Abitibi, you would think it was winter;• she said. regarding the early retirement package offered to the employees of Bell Canada. ''.All the spruce, the fir and so on were fine, but the broadleaved trees had no leaves:· Suresh Goyal (Decision Sciences) often writes letters to The Gazette. Recent missives "You would go for a walk in the forest and there would be caterpillar drop­ have addressed offshore outsourcing of IT, and the desirability of giving tax breaks to pings literally raining down on you because there were so many of them:• blood donors. There are many explanations behind these types of outbreaks. Trying to come up with the answers is all in a day's work for the young professor. Genocide scholar Frank Chalk (History) was interviewed by Jeff Sallot for an article in "My day involves sitting ii). front of the computer doing background readings, the Globe and Mail on the situation in Darfur, Sudan. designing experiments and analyzing data;· Despland said. She teaches Techniques in Ecology (BIOL450) and Invertebrate Diversity (BIOL398). "My In The Mirror, Harold Simpkins (Marketing) discussed eConcordia's new online course, students do the fun stuff in the lab." Marketing Yourself, which applies traditional marketing theories to create a personal "It's proven to be a good field. The more things we find out, the more ques­ marketing strategy. You can learn more by going to www.marketingyourself.ca. Simpkins tions we have. also popped up in The Gazette, talking about how he teaches marketing by assigning real "It's exciting, because it means there is plenty to keep me busy for quite some clients to his students, and he was on the CTV National News in mid-August, talking time:• about the retail giant Target taking over the Hudson's Bay Company.

Conco rd i a's Thu rs day Rep ort I Se t emb er 23 , 2004 I 3 Research. There will be a third post, Vice­ in 1991; the number of scholarships to Provost, International Relations. these students had increased, and much Graduate Studies: Dean Elizabeth Sacca of the tuition was clawed back by the gov­ reported that a restructuring of admis­ ernment, not kept by the university. sions is underway. She offered congratu­ Asked by another student to approach lations to Stephanie Fulton, whose doc­ the government on this issue, Dr. Lowy toral thesis won her the Great Montrealer said that lobbying is constant. Despite designation (CTR, Sept. 9). the Charest government's vaunted priori­ International tuition: Katherine Childs ty for education, he had not seen any evi­ (CSU) asked what the university was dence of it, so every student and faculty doing to counteract the government's member must µse whatever leverage they movement toward deregulating fees of have, and he was prepared to make a joint international students. representation with the students. Dr. Lowy referred to the government­ Academic code of conduct: The annual imposed tuition freeze, and said it is dis­ report indicates a 30 per cent increase in A regular meeting of University Senate, held Sept. 10, 2004-. tressing that no compensating mecha­ incidence reports in two years. Alison nisms have been provided as in some Best asked why. University General Deputy Speaker: Speaker John O'Brien institutions, Loyola College and Sir other provinces. There is a direct rela­ Counsel Pierre Fregeau explained that introduced former professor R.O. Wills, George Williams University, as a gesture tionship between university finances and the report reflects increased emphasis on who holds this new post. of inclusiveness. the quality of education. International plagiarism. Faculty had been made more President: Dr. Lowy said a report on a Provost: Martin Singer reported that for students cost the university more than is aware of the problem, and it is no longer recent senior administrators' retreat the first time in several years, it appears apparent, and taxpayers are underwriting left to the discretion of the professor, but would be presented to a future Senate enrolment is up only slightly, 1.66 per these costs. They include recruiting and has to be reported. meeting that would include enrolment, cent. He said that 19 Canada Research admissions, for which painstaking hiring, teaching, research, physical plant, Chairs (50 research chairs in all] have searches must often be undertaken to Next meeting: Oct. 22. real estate and alumni relations. He been filled or nominated; a few are left ensure eligibility. Fees are lower than appealed to student senators to encour­ still to fill. He announced that he is many -other universities, and the number age participation in the Shuffle restoring the post of associate vice­ of international students,, continues to walkathon on Oct. 1, as it raises funds for provost, and has appointed Danielle climb; there are now a record 4,000. scholarships. He also said that there are Morin as Vice-Provost, Academic Dean Jerry Tomberlin added that inter­ plans to give retroactive Concordia Programs. She was congratulated by national fees in the JMSB, while higher degrees to alumni of the two founding Senate. Truong Vo-Van is Vice-Provost, than last year, are the same as they were

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4 1 Co nco rdia 's Thur sday Report I September 23 , 2004 Two more research chairs 1n• Fine Arts The Faculty of Fine Arts has bridges feminism and post­ announced two Concordia structuralism, psychoanalysis Research Chairs: Lynn Hughes, and social history. in Studio Arts, . and Kristina She will establish a visual Huneault, in Art History. database of art by historical Concordia Research Chairs are Canadian women, and create an funded by the university to archive of primary sources. She encourage faculty members to is also organizing a series of remain at Concordia and contin­ seminars over the next five ue to be productive in their years. respective areas of study. The first speaker in the series Lynn Hughes develops collab­ was Mieke Bal, founder of the orative, interactive works using Amsterdam School for Cultural adapted or custom wireless Theory. Forthcoming seminars interfaces. She is currently work­ will be run by Anthea Callen, ing on a large-scale immersive Ruth Phillips, David -Peters play environment with a team of Corbett and Michael Fried. programmers, artists, artist/pro­ This brings to three the num­ grammers, an interface designer, ber of Concordia Research and an electronic-music com­ Chairs in Fine Arts, the other poser. being Martin Lefebvre, in Film She was one of the founders of Studies. Hexagram, the Montreal Inst­ According to the Office of itute for Research / Creation in Research website, there are now Media Arts and Technologies. Kristina Huneault Lynn Hughes · -11 Concordia Research Chairs in She also served on the commit- Arts and Science, 14 in tee that lobbied for and planned the new Humanities Research Council of Canada. on women's art in Canada in the 19th cen­ Engineering and Computer Science, and pilot program to fund research and cre­ As Concordia Research Chair, Kristina tury and pursue her research on feminist two in the John Molson School of ation through the Social Sciences and Huneault will complete her monograph· methodology in art history. Her approach Business.

Academic Hearing Panel Report New faculty get oriented Sept. 1, 2003 - Aug. 3.. ) ,,2004

There were a total 340 Incident Reports filed during the time period covered by this report ·

Of the 248 charges that were upheld at theJacultylevel.a totafof 23 , Academic Hearing Panels (AHPs) were requested by the student and an, additional 13 cases were sent directly to a hearing by the Dean'~ delegate.

Of these 36 requests, 15 hearings were held between March and June 2004, an additional seven are scheduled for the month ofSepteqiber 2004 and 14 hear­ ings remain to be scheduled in the ~ 2004 semester.

"Please note that hearing requests ~nding or resulting from cases in the previous academic year (26 in total) were held between September 2003- February 2004.

There were eight requests for ~ion to ap~al decisions ofari AHP filed· dtq:ing the period of this report. Permission for an M>Peals Panel was grant­ ed in one case, however, the appeal itself was denied. Concordia welcomed many new faculty members this year. Seen above at a reception that wound up their day of orientation are the-four new professors in the John Molson School of Business. From the left, Tracy Hecht (Management), a Montrealer who came back via the The specific breakdown,.by faculty, may be found in Table A a1( CTR online, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba; Joosep Lim (Marketing), who studied in http:J/ctr.concordia.ca. Korea and the University of California, Irvine, Sandra Ho (Accountancy), from Hong Kong Polytechnic University; and Garen Markarian (Accountancy), a prizewinning doctoral can­ didate who says he's an avid tennis player and a future fan of Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

JMSB will deliver Aviation MBA to major aviation university in Beijing Concordia University's John Molson School of Business is Research, said in his announcement, "Deregulation, priva­ Since then, the curriculum has evolved to integrate avia­ striking a partnership with Beijing University of tization and intense global competition in the aviation tion management training relevant to a broad range of avi­ Aeronautics and Astronautics, School of Economics and industry have led to a critical ·need for aviation manage­ ation companies and organizations such as airports, civil Management (BUAA-SEM), the leading aviation university ment training. aviation authorities and, manufacturers and suppliers. in China, to offer aviation management training. "More and more companies are realizing that in order to The MBA program is offered in two formats: the resident The JMSB will deliver a minimum of five courses per year remain viable entities in this volatile industry, managers format, which requires full-time studies in Montreal, or the in China. It will also supply a portion of its Aviation MBA and decision-makers must have advanced training in avia­ global executive format, which allows students to maintain Program to BUAA·SEM students via the Global Executive tion management:' their full-time careers. In response to market demands the format. This is a combination of on-campus sessions in The John Molson School of Business was a pioneer in the JMSB will offer a graduate diploma and a graduate certifi­ Montreal and distance training using communications field, offering the Aviation MBA in 1992 in partnership cate in aviation management as of September 2005. technology developed by the JMSB. with IATA, the Montreal-based International Air Transport BUAA, founded in 1952, was one of the first 22 universi­ Dale Doreen, Executive Director of the JMSB's Association, to provide graduate-level training in aviation ties in China and is considered one of the country's key International Centre fo r Aviation Management and management. universities.

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LI NA SHOUMAROVA SilverCities or the AMCs, many of these smaller venues have closed down. Communication Studies professor Charles Acland "Montreal is fortunate to have something has won an award for his latest book, Screen Traffic: like Ex-Centris and Cinema du Pare, among Movies, Multipexes and Global Culture. others, but only a few years ago, there were The Robinson Book Prize is given annually by the more;' Acland said. Canadian Communication Association for the best In his view, the real diversity of film cul­ Canadian scholarly work in the field. ture is not to be found in the theaters, but "It's quite a wonderful honour;• Acland said in an on videotape and DVD. This is particularly interview for Concordia's Thursday Report. "It true in the case of Canadian popular cine­ means recognition for this kirid of cultural analysis. ma. It also means that there is recognition for the work It is in alternative locations like specialty that has been done in Concordia and the video stores, film societies and especially Department of Communication Studies:• film festivals, where "you'll find Canadian It took him six years from the conception to pub­ artists and Canadian cinema culture really lication last year by Duke University Press, but for thriving:• Acland, it was time well spent. Charles Acland holds a PhD in cultural "On some level, I think I have always been a studies from the University of Illinois, cinephile;• he revealed. "Some of my earliest memo­ Charles Acland, winner of the Robinson Book Prize in Commnnications Champaign-Urbana, and a post-doctorate ries are either television or film memories." in media studies from Concordia. Although it was intended for a primarily academic business had to find ways to "reconstruct what is special Much loved by his students for his engaging teaching. audience, Screen Traffic speaks equally to cinema fans. about movie-going. to make it a little bit more like an he is also the author of Youth, Murder, Spectacle: The "The idea came out of a certain frustration of having event:' Cultural Politics of "Youth in ·Crisis" and co-editor of questions about global culture and not knowing where to A key result of this development is the rise of the Harold Innis in the New Century: Reflections and , go for the answers;• Acland explained. megaplexes, the gargantuan theaters offering a wide ,, Refractions. · In Screen Traffic, Acland uses data from trade publica­ range of screens and frequent start times in addition to As an extension of Screen Traffic, he is currently doing tions, promotional materials, the popular press and eco­ all kinds of entertainment activities. Thus the question research on the so-called e-cinema, "the digital delivery nomic statistics to examine the changes that have of location - where do pf:!ople find the movies they want of motion pictures to movie theatres;• which is likely to occurred since the mid-'80s in the way people watch to see? - becomes a central issue for contemporary cine­ bring the next big wave of change to commercial the­ movies. ma and media studies. atres. Forced by economic imperatives and the quick popu­ The alternative to the megaplex would be the rural Acland has just begun a position as Concordia larity of such technological innqvations as the V~R. movie theatres or the repertory cinemas in the cities, but University Research Chair in Communication Studies for home theatres and·theDVD, the major players in the film not being able to . compete with the Colossuses, the 2004-2009.

Murray Cl _a.rke on evolutionary psychology, published by MIT Press

Philosophy professor Murray Clarke has tivescience:• tion, i.e., how it is possible for humans to written a book called Reconstructing He went to explain. "The book clarifies make reasoning errors. The prevalence of Reason and Representation that looks at the contribution of the key figures in the reasoning errors has been made famous the philosophical implications of evolu­ field, Leda Cosmides and John Tooby, and due to the Wason Selection Task, the tionary psychology. evaluates that contribution in light of the most heavily studied reasoning experi­ The publisher, MIT Press, describes it scathing criticisms of Jerry Fodor (a leg­ ment in the last 30 years in psychology. as "a study of the philosophical implica­ endary figure in cognitive science) in his "Later, I provide a new account of tions of evolutionary psychology, sug­ book, The Mind Doesn't Work That Way knowledge by arguing that knowledge gesting that knowledge is a set of natural (MIT, 2000). consists of a set of natural kinds housed kinds housed in the modules of a mas­ "I show that Fodor gets Cosmides and in the modules of a massively modular sively modular mind:' Tooby wrong by attacking a mistaken mind. I also argue that evolution has The core idea, that the mind consists conception of their work:' equipped us with generally reliable infer­ of hundreds or thousands of functionally Clarke said that in his bestseller How ential systems even if they do not always dedicated computers, promises to trans­ The Mind Works, Montrealer Steven produce true beliefs." form our understanding of the mind, Pinker provided a popularization of Clarke says he is one of about 10 Clarke said enthusiastically. Cosmides and Tooby's seminal work in Canadian philosophers to have ever pub­ "Evolutionary psychology is, perhaps, the field, but the true innovators in the lished through MIT. He dedicated his the hottest area in cognitive science field are Cosmides and Tooby. book to his black Labrador retriever, today, and this book is published by the "My book then goes on to defend a new Duchess, "who (I think) possesses all the number one press in the world for cogni- account of what causes misrepresenta- best modules!" Murray Clarke and Duchess Irish writer Colm T6ibf n speaks More scholarly books Franyoise Naudillon, an assistant Balzac, Malraux and Aime Cesaire, The English Department is bringing in undergraduate creative writing students. professor in Etudes franyaises, has and some of what Metellus learned world-class writers to inspire writing stu­ This year's events also involve collabora­ written a biography of a Haitian about the French language through dents and entertain the general public. tors to a greater extent than in the past, she expatriate writer titled Entretiens his other career as a neurologist. The Writers Read at Concordia series added. T6ibin's visit is co-sponsored with the avec Jean Metellus, des maux du lan­ - Eliane Dandjinou starts Oct. 15 with Irish novelist Colm T6ibin, Concordia Centre for Canadian Irish Studies, guage a l'art des mots. whose latest book, The Master, based on the while the Strand and Redhill events are pro­ Metellus is a prolific writer. From *** life of Henry James, has just been shortlisted duced in collabm:ation with the Blue 1978 to 2002, he wrote 20 books, Historian Robert Tittler has co­ for the Booker Prize. It continues with Nova Metropolis Foundation. All three writers will including poetry, romance, drama edited, with Norman Jones, A Scotia writer George Elliott Clarke (Oct. 29), also visit Lower Canada College while they and essays. Forced to leave Haiti for Companion to Tudor Britain, pub­ PEI poet Mark Strand (Nov. 12), noted up­ are in Montreal. Paris in 1997 by the Duvallier dicta­ lished by Blackwells and the and-comer Ibi Kaslik (Skinny), and Michael Next March 18, the Department plans a torship, he nevertheless maintained Historical Association (UK). Redhill, co-editor of Brick. day based on visits by successful alumni. a strong link with his country This 600-page volume of 28 essays Series organizer Stephanie Bolster reports Nino Ricci, - Catherine Kidd, Carmine through his writing. attempts to draw a comprehensive that as part of the series' increased profes­ Starnino and Mansel Robinson take part in a Naudillon's interviews include "Jes picture of British history and culture sional development focus, three of this year's panel in the morning, and give readings in maux du language," an overview of in the 16th century. It is the only vol­ guests - T6ibin, Strand and Redhill - will the evening. The day will also include presen­ Metellus's reflections on his passion ume in its series to be contracted to give master classes to graduate and senior tations by editors and agents. for the great French authors, such as editors working outside the UK

6 I Co ncordia •s Thursday Report I September 23, 2004 Future engineers urged to give back t·o .society

MAX HARROLD no stress;• he joked. Ibrahim urged students to join groups His hands blackened with car grease, like Engineers Without Borders and to Dave Morgan, a graduate of the 2004 class consider altruism as an integral part of of engineers, proudly pointed to the Mini their mission as engineers. Baja all-terrain vehicle he helped build. Dominique Anglade is also an engineer "There's what you learn in class:• he . and director of Government Relations explained, "and then there's what you do and External Affairs with Nortel outside:• Networks. The vehicle, part of a competition She told the audience in Room H-110 entered into by members of the Society of that her Haitian parents had been Automotive Engineers, was on display in reminders of how privileged Canadians the Hall Building this week during a are to enjoy a high degree of educational three-day conference, Engineering: A accessibility and political stability. Profession, A Passion! For Morgan, this The conference coincided with the scruffy-looking joy ride was the clearly opening Sept. 20 of the new offices of the the product of both. Ordre des ingEnieurs du Quebec in the Students were encouraged to fortify assume (engineers) are intelligent;' Walsh Terence J. Kerwin, president of Galvacor, Windsor Station Building. their future careers by networking among said, "or else you wouldn't be here. But and Alain Saladzius, co-ordinating engi­ Anglade and others urged students to themselves, reaching out to professionals what makes me want to hire someone is if neer for wastewater and drinking water join the OIQ as student members and fos­ in the field and considering the broader they have good inter-personal skills and if infrastructures with Quebec's Depart­ ter professional relationships .. implications of their work in society. they are good team players: ment of Municipal Affairs. The conference, well attended, seemed Robert A. Walsh, an engineer with 40 Themes of the conference included "It's not just about hunting [an iron] to be influencing young engineers years of experience, is known for his pio­ competence, responsibility, social com­ ring for four years;• said Karim Ibrahim, already. neering work, helping solve crimes by mitment and ethical conduct. Besides Jr., an engineer with Bombardier Malika Daoud, of the OIQ, said, "In the matching empty shell cases to the Walsh, other principal speakers included Aeronautics and himself a Concordia past year students have been writing e­ firearms that discharged them. Jacques Lyrette, VP, Technology graduate from 2001. mails to speakers of last year's confer­ He told students qualities like integrity, Direction, and CEO of ADGA Group "Engineers never stop learning. They ence. They have lots of ideas and many perseverance and humility would give Consultants, Rejean M. Breton, president study their entire lives, and their deci­ questions:• them an edge in the market. "I always and CEO of Breton, Banville & Associates, sions impact many people ~very day. But Disabled get free wireless phones

ing students with disabilities) feels the pro­ gram will prove useful in situations such as building evacuati(?nS. Feelings of anxiety, she said, are a normal reaction when wheelchair-bound students are forced to wait at special exits for an evacuation chair, hoping Security will locate them. "Now I feel very secure knowing I have this phone and that Security can locate me in case of emergency:• Bissonnette echoed the benefits of improved communication with Security. "Sometimes a student in a wheeelchair needs Security to open a door, or assist Leo Bissonnette them with an access lift, especially at Loyola Also, if shuttle buses are delayed, ANNE-MARIE CURATOLO, IITS students will have, ready access to the hand­ set to call while w'aiting for the bus:• Chris Godziuk, Jessica Dupras, Marjorie Gregoire, Emily Gualtieri, Teama Naccarato, Hannah Naiman in a promotional photo for Contemporary Dance. Students with disabilities will be given new Bissonnette feels the phones are · also wireless phones this semester as part of an important for parents, guardians, spouses initiative of the Office of the Vice-President, and others, including OSD staff, to get in Services. touch with the students. Dancing in the Black Box The program, administered through the "It's a great way for them to keep in con­ Michael Montanaro, chair of corner of West Broadway and Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD), tact with us when they need support. With Contemporary Dance, is not only a Terrebonne Sts. on the Loyola will give about 100 students with mobility, the OSD office closed after 5 p.m. and class­ superb choreographer and dance Campus. The doors open at 7 and the visual and health-related conditions the es still going on, it's an added level of com­ teacher, he's an excellent photogra­ show starts at 8. Admission is free, ability to make local and other toll-free calls munication:• The phones provided by HTS pher (see above). and beer is a $1 a bottle. from within campus. will also feature free voice-mail for all users. He's excited about the success of Michael Montanaro adds, "If any­ "I am pleased and excited that Michael Di Students will retain their Cisco wireless the Black Box Theatre Cabarets. one wants to show finished work or Grappa has taken the initiative to imple­ internet protocol (IP) phones throughout Once a month, the Department of works in progress, they can contact ment this fabulous program. It is a wonder­ their stay at Concordia, renewing each year. Contemporary Dance jumps into the Depart-ment, or they can just ful example of collaboration between the The phones are functional on campus wher­ production mode, transforming one show up ready to perform. Office of the Vice-President, Services and ever wireless coverage exists. Currently, this of its studios into a fully equipped "The Black Box performing space OSD;' said Leo Bissonnette, the OSD co­ includes most common areas on both cam­ theatre space. is fully equipped with lighting, sound, ordinator. puses, with coverage being constantly The Black Box series started last video and 16 mm film projection For Teri-Lee Walters, a mobility-impaired expanded upon. Walters said she would be year, and provided a popular interdis­ equipment."We are holding several Human Relations student at Concordia first in line for her free wireless phone. 'Tm ciplinary performing venue for stu­ other cabarets this year - Oct. 29, University, the free wireless phones provide very proud of Concordia University for tak­ dents from Concordia's departments Nov. 20, Feb. 18 and March 18:' a much-needed sense of security. ing this initiative. It's the first of its of dance, theatre, music, film and the This year's productions will be "It's a way of keeping in touch. If my kind:'Eligible students may apply for a wire­ visual and electronic arts. broadcast over the Internet, making . wheelchair breaks down, I can call some­ less handset at the OSD Web site: Black Box cabarets will be held it possible to watch from anywhere in one:• http://advocacy.concordia.ca/ disabilities. tonight and tomorrow night on the the world! Walters, president and founder of Access Inquiries to [email protected] or third floor of the TJ building, on the Concordia (a student association represent- 848-2424, ext. 3525.

Concordia 's Thur sda y Report I Se t embe r 23 , 2004 I 7 National Depression Screening Day· at Concordia Maybe you simply want more information on DALE$. ROBINSON, M.ED. C.O., COUNSELLOR depression or anxiety because you've heard so much about them in the news and media and you Thursday, Oct. 7, will mark Concordia's fifth con­ want to separate the myths from the facts. In secutive year participating in National that case, you will find reams of information in Depression Screening Day. As always, the form of handouts and pamphlets. Counselling and Development and Health What else is available at National Depression Services will host this event on both campuses. Screening Day? You will find information on This event is really a mental health awareness many topics which affect mental health in gener­ day, a friendly and welcoming event swhere the al, such as stress, anger, addictions, relationships, emphasis is placed on encouraging a healthy communication, trauma, crisis, self-image, sea­ lifestyle as a preventative measure. sonal affective disorder and many others. Students, staff and faculty can get information The positive feedback from attendees in previ­ on depression, anxiety, stress or any number of ous years suggests that you should attend. symptoms that affect their lives or those of fam­ National Depression Screening Day will take ilies or friends. place Thursday Oct. 7, from 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at Do you suspect that you might have symptoms . SGW library atrium and at Loyola in AD-103. of depression or anxiety? To find out, you can Related workshops which you might want to complete a short screening questionnaire and attend at Counselling and Development are: get feedback from the counsellors and nurses on · Looking at Depression, a five-session workshop hand. beginning Oct. 12, from 1 - 2:30; Understanding The questionnaire will tell you if your symp­ Depression, Sept. 29; 1- 2; and Understanding toms are numerous or severe enough to warrant Panic and Anxiety, Nov. 10; 1- 2. You can get further investigation. If this is the case, you will more information on these workshops and oth­ Cartoonist Frederic Serre is a Journalism graduate, and a former editor of the be referred for follow-up with a health care pro­ West Island Chronicle. You may have seen his quirky cartoons in the Concordia ers at http://cdev.concordia.ca. fessional. University magazine, where he is a regular contributor.

Journalism Department teaches traits for success Science building me in:• doing and I know what I want to do; and Lindsay let me in:• continued from 1 Pfeffer said that it was the tenacity that she showed in that meeting that proved she would make a good journal­ and one for labs, would have been. ist. Her refusal to give up also served her well once she Last but not least, the Science Complex has so far became a professional. proved to be a hit from an academic perspective, said When she left Concordia, Pfeffer started at the CBC in Bob Roy, Vice-Dean for Planning. Having toiled for an entry-level position. Her boss at the time told her that years in the outmoded Henry F. Hall Building, the sci­ she should give up her dreams of being a reporter ences now have a "world-class" facility at their dis­ because there were no jobs available. But Pfeffer ·refused posal, he said. to take her boss's advice. "One year later, I was a reporter;' "The building has good facilities that allow people she said. to do things they couldn't do before, or do them a lot ''.A lot of people will tell you that there are no jobs right better;' said Roy, a biologist by trade. now - you shouldn't be a reporter, you're not good But more than that, the complex offers a 'greatly enough. You have to ignore it. You have to let it make you enhanced learning environment;' he said It is a place CBC Montreal's Amanda Pfeffer angry," she advised. where people want to stay around. In his role as program director and professor, Gasher Unlike in the Hall Building, there is never a sense of CATHERINE CULLEN teaches his students to r~sist the idea that there aren't crowding in the new, 33,000 square-meter complex. any jobs available. Graduate students all have office spaces outside of While some students are memonzmg Shakespearean "I don't think it's true;• he said. "There may not be any the labs, putting an end to student meetings at lab sonnets or learning the periodic table, students at full-time permanent jobs hanging on trees but there are benches. Concordia's journalism department are trying to lea'rn opportunities which lead to jobs all over the place. I've "It's so much safer, so much more efficient to have the importance of character traits like tenacity and seen too many of oui grads walk out of here and find people in labs doing experiments and people who are curiosity. opportunities with the biggest news organizations to buy doing paperwork out of the labs;' said Roy. According to many professionals, a large part of being into that." "It's much more orderly, much more professional. a successful journalist comes from having the drive and CFCF-TV legal affairs reporter Stephane Giroux said he Students are being exposed more to the way it should determination to chase down stories and withstand crit­ learned many important things at Concordia like the be and the way they'll likely encounter in industry or icism and rejection. value of ethical behaviour during his studies. However, he out in other institutions in the future:• "A lot of it is attitude;• said Mike Gasher, who is acting also added that some of the most important traits for One element of the construction project at Loyola chair and graduate program director of the Journalism journalists are things that can't be conveyed in a class­ is still ongoing: the old Drummond Science Building Department. room. is being converted into the new facilities for "The kind of teaching we do is different. It's not just "News judgment is very important. Either you have it Communication Studies and Journalism. Once that about being open-minded to ideas, because most people or you don't. You can't teach that. Also, a natural curiosi­ project is finished, the quadrangle courtyard at the are. We're trying to teach students that the fundamentals ty to read newspapers, to watch newscasts. If you don't heart of the campus will be completed are important: accuracy, reliability." have that, you fail." Roy, who oversaw the planning process for the The department tries to teach the value of these traits Gasher believes this is only partly true. While most Science Complex, looks back on the multi-year exer­ by giving students as much practical experience as possi­ things in journalism can be taught, some students "get it" cise with satisfaction. From his office in the historic ble by sending students out in the field to cover real sto­ more readily than others. Administration Building, he looks out onto the new ries. Learning in the classroom and taking part in intern­ quadrangle. A hardhat labeled 'Roy' sits on top of a "It's learning by really doing: no pretending, no mock ships gives students the chance to cultivate the right atti­ bookcase. assignments;• Gasher said. tudes to be successful journalists. Gasher acknowledged "We had a great sense of adventure, of something CBC television reporter and journalism grad Amanda that there will always be more that students can learn that was going to have an impact;' he said of the co­ Pfeffer said that one of the most important lessons she when they become professionals, but he believes that the operative effort in the construction project. was taught at Concordia was to never take no for an teaching methods at Concordia give students a firm "I have to admit that at the early stages, I never answer. It was something she learned the hard way. foundation for success. dreamed it would actually happen. Sometimes I still "I learned that because they didn't let me in;• she said, "Every student who leaves here is still a work in have to pinch myself and look out the window and laughing. " I went to see [then-department director] progress. Experience is how we practice." say: it's actually out there!" Lindsay Crysler and I begged. I said, 'I know what Catherine Cullen is in the Graduate Diploma in I'mdoing and I know what I want to do; and Lindsay let Journalism program. + New cafe opens, but it's not without·its critics

JASON GONDZIOLA something sees Starbucks and Chartwells right there:• Concordia students now have yet another Howard also takes issue with the use of choice when the urge for caffeine hits. The public space by the new cafe. International Cafe, situated in the lobby of "Why is there all of a sudden room for a the Hall Building, is open for business, serv­ corporate entity on campus when there ing students coffee with breakfast and wasn't room for student space anywhere lunch options. on the main floor of the Hall Building?" "We know that there is a lack of food For her part, Howard hopes to raise services on campus, especially in the morn­ awareness among students about the cafe ing;' said Myriam Champagne, communi­ and the corporate interests behind it. cations co-ordinator for the Vice-President, Similar efforts have met with success at Services. "From the student perspective, McGill, she says. there is a lack in the variety of food that we Las~ Friday, the CSU held a general offer." assembly on this and other issues, but did­ The new cafe will also offer newspapers n't satisfy the attendance requirements to and food from around the world. Sushi, meet quorum. Nonetheless, Champagne

waffles and Mediterranean fare will be Eric Ostroff pours a coffee in the International Cafe, newly opened in the lobby of the says she takes these issues seriously. served alongside the New York Times and Henry F. Hall Building. "We listened to the comment from the The Independent. The cafe will also be exclu­ general assembly. We had feedback from that, sively serving fair-trade Starbucks coffee, largely because tives;' she said. "If you're supporting larger corporations and we took this matter to Chartwells - they have this of pressure from students on campus. on campus, you're not really supporting your local com­ contract with Starbucks. We collected the information, "It's good to listen to the concerns of the student pop­ munity:• we'll look into it, but we haven't make a decision yet:' ulation;' Ch~mpagne said. "We have a lot of activist stu­ Her group also takes issue with the fact that the cafe is While she can't get into specifics, Champagne said the dents, and they do bring these issues forward:' But some operated by Chartwells, the company that handles most university doesn't collect rent from any of the Chartwells of those same activists aren't happy with the new cafe. of Concordia's catering needs. A subsidiary of Compass restaurants, but instead takes a commission on the sales. Laura Howard, who spearheaded the iiberculture collec­ Group PLC, a UK-based corporation that is the world's Champagne also said that the cafeteria on the seventh tive's fair-trade information campaign last year, tenth-largest employer, Chartwells is often criticized for floor will re-open its doors on Monday, Sept. 27. In addi­ explained. being one of the US military's biggest food and service tion to restoring this eating space, this will mean anoth­ "Finally Java U has gone 100 per cent fair trade, and providers. er Chartwells-run food provider on campus, offering there is big support on campus to support local initia- "Anyone coming into the building to inquire about breakfast and hot meals to students.

The Peace & Conflict Resolution series enters its second year This year's program of the Concordia University Peace ment of post-colonial India. under the leadership of Communication Studies and Conflict Resolution Academic Series includes 16 Entitled Globalization and Secularism: A Historian's professor Lorna Roth. events, ranging from film screenings to panel discussions Perspective on These Challenges of the Contemporary Bonjour! Shalom!, Promises, and Route 181 will be and lectures. World, the lectures will take place on Oct. 6, from 1:15 to shown on Jan. 18, Feb. 15 and March 20, respectively. The series opened on Sept. 17 with Creating Social 2:30 p.m. at FB-060, SGW Campus, and on Oct. 7, from 7 Each screening will be followed by an open discussion Change: Obstacles and Strategies, a panel (see below). to 9 p. m. at the D.B. Clarke Theatre. For the titles, please with the audience. The series continues with two lectures by Sumit see the Back Page, this issue of CTR. For more details and a complete list of events, log on Sarkar, a leading scholar on modern Indian history. He Starting in January 2005, the series will present three the series' website at http://peace.concordia.ca or consult will talk about the political, economic and social develop- documentary films exploring the theme of reconciliation, the CTR Back Page. Activism is where your friends are, say veterans of struggle

School of Community and Public Affairs professor Eric They saw increasing poverty. In acts of solidarity, they cre­ "The outsider's job is to apply pressure that escapes the Shragge provided an insider's history of the Quebec com­ ated new services like food banks, so that people could sur­ established channels of change and complaint - of due munity movement, including a blunt assessment of its vive; And with some exceptions, the organizing and mobi­ process - when they're not working. The insider's job is to recent travails, at a panel discussion on Sept. 17. lizing agenda of the community :,ector started to disap­ open a space for the voice of the constituency [making The 1960s saw the emergence of a grass roots communi­ pear:• demands] and to defend that constituency. The insider ty movement in Quebec, including a vital English-speaking Shragge is been encouraged by signs of a return to more provides information to the outsiders:• anti-poverty movement, which Shragge joined as a young activism, and he called for an increasingly oppositional Concordia Communication Studies professor Yasmin social worker. approach to complement the service model "ifwe do polit­ Jiwani agreed. "Institutions are not monolithic, but they "That was when poor people began to take and demand ical education, if we mobilize and try to touch people's are full of individuals with different alliances. How did control of their own lives, and mobilize and organize, lives, and not give up the idea of making demands on the feminism ever get off the ground with so little power? It occupy welfare offices and struggle for social justice:• system. was through alliances with 'femocrats' in institutions:• By the late 1970s and early '80s, however, countervailing "We shouldn't say, 'We're in a neo-liberal system and a One institution that activists need to cultivate is the forces began to erode and strain this community-level globalized world and the market is all we've got: If we say media. In Canada, according to Jiwani, subtle censorship social safety net. that, it will be realized for sure. If we make demands, then due to media concentration means that views outside the "A combination of massive inflation and unemployment, maybe we'll win some victories along the way." mainstream are often left out. a redefinition of economic production away from blue-col­ The next speaker, New York-based social activist and She proposes that outsider activists to write for the lar towns and neighborhoods, closing of factories in author Rinku Sen, said that a similar disengagement of the alternative media. Montreal. state from social services occurred in the U.S. in the 1990s. "The mainstream media ofteri look to the alternative "Instead of the state saying, 'This is a crisis, we really "The right wing ran a tremendous 30-year campaign to media for something new. It's a way of galvanizing main­ have to do something about it,' they created an enemy out undo welfare, and they won. In 19%, with the Welfare stream interest in a subject." of the poor and the working class, engaging in union-bash­ Reform Act, we essentially lost our welfare system. During question-and-answer period, the speakers were ing, wage freezes and cutbacks." "You can no longer get income support because you are asked how to deal with fear. The response of the community sector was surprisingly poor and you need it; now you can only get that kind of Jiwani responded that even in a democracy, where there passive. "You would think that people would get really support if you work for it. There are a lot of inequities; if is no fear of a secret police breaking down your door, "soci­ pissed off and mobilize. No, they became junior service you're working 30 hours a week for your $200 welfare ety does cultivate an internalized, paralyzing fear which providers. There was a shift from a highly politicized sec­ cheque, that's less than minimum wage:• says that if you do certain things, then you won't belong, tor to an innovative, creative, service sector:• Sen said the key to battling such setbacks is an "inside­ but we can find belonging within our own communities:• Shragge allows that community ·groups had little choice outside" strategy in which a sympathetic insider within an As an activist acquaintance of Shragge's succinctly put for this defensive posture. institution provides key support and information to it, "I guess do this because this is where my friends are:• "They were stuck; the state was withdrawing services. activists. The panel was the first event in this year's Peace and

C·oncord i a•s Thurs.da y Repo r r I Senmber 23 , 20114 I 9 Busy summer of construction and renovation

A lot of hammering and drilling was heard on both cam­ With more students attending the Loyola Campus, a support these major renovations. 1 puses over the summer: The most spectacular work was new 70-seat classroom, SP-265-7, has been made avail­ In the lobby, a new "cafe international" is being con- on the Integrated Engineering, Computer Science and able in the Science Complex. It is a classroom on a flat structed in the lobby, and the security offices have been Visual Arts Complex at the corner of Guy and Ste. floor, with standard AV equipment, under the Registrar's relocated ' Catherine Sts. jurisdiction. The Guy Metro Building has undergone extensive The huge, translucent art installation by Nicholas Renovations to the former Jesuit residence, on the work, including renovation of the heating and cooling Baier is being installed on the complex's east wall, and north west side of the Loyola Campus, have been post­ systems, and it will continue this winter. will be unveiled in late September: The 17-storey building poned because Vice-President Services Michael Di In the J.W. McConnell Building, the library has got a is scheduled for completion in 2005. Grappa is waiting for 11 business plan for residence serv­ new information desk on the second floor. However, that's not all the work that has gone on. The ices. However, Lehoux is targeting summer 2005 for And if it seems to you that Concordia is bursting at the team at Facilities Planning and Development provided a delivery of this project. seams, you could be right. list of recent projects. Substantial work has been done on the Henry F. Hall The university is renting SGW classroom space at St. The Drummond complex on the Loyola Campus is Building. A large amphitheatre has been created on the James the Apostle Church, 1439 St. Catherine St. W., gar­ being renovated to house the Journalism and fifth and sixth floors. Floors eight to 12 are being reno­ den entrance (building code SJ) and at the Grey Nuns, Communication Studies Departments, and is expected vated for the social science departments, and the 1185 St. Mathieu (building code GN). to be ready in summer 2005. mechanical penthouse on the roof has been replaced to

University faces labour challenge.s, as unions negotiate

BARBARA BLACK ended in 2002. Could it be that there are just too many ability. Like all public employers, it faces . a tight and unions? restrictive financial situation:• Despite Concordia's blue-collar image, the university has Suzanne Downs, president of CUSSU, said no, because had only one strike - by library staff in the early 1980s, each one has members with common interests. Job security so long ago that some of its participants have trouble However, Gilles Bourgeois, Director of Human remembering it. Co-operation and accommodation have Resources and Employee Relations, said that having 10 For the university, a key issue is the generous job secu­ generally prevailed, and continue to do so. bargaining units (seven certified unions and three asso­ rity enjoyed by employees. In theory at least, permanent CUFA, which represents 665 full-time faculty and ciations) incurs substantial costs, hampers the organiza­ employees have jobs for life. librarians, has a collective agreement that will last until tion of work, and restricts mobility for employees. If a position is abolished, the employee goes on avail­ May 31, 2007. "No other university in Quebec has the number and ability; that is, the university tries to provide suitable However, negotiations are in progress with several bar­ fragmentation of units we have;• he said. "It adds a sub­ alternative work and the employee continues to receive gaining units, and others wait their turn. stantial cost in union liberation time that could be better salary. Since Quebec has no mandatory retirement, this The contract with the part-time faculty association directed to employees. could continue until the employee dies of old age. ended in April 2002. CUPFA represents 1,200 part-time "Mergers and consolidation by the unions themselves More than 20 employees are on availability now. teachers, of whom 85 per cent are active voting mem­ would be a welcome development and when one looks at Naturally, this incurs a cost that management would like bers. sectors where this has happened it has served to reduce to cut back. However, Geoff Selig, president of CUPEU, "We have progressed very little in our negotiations;• conflict and improve relations. says that job security is a benefit that employees were said CUPFA president Maria Peluso. "While we were "Traditionally, one of the few things labour and man­ given when they were hired, and it shouldn't be cut back ready to sit down to negotiate as early as the fall of 2001, agement have been able to agree on in all sectors is to without substantial compensation. the universi!}' were not prepared We started to fopnally have larger bargaining units." Bourgeois refused to comment, saying that "negotiat­ negotiate in February 2003." ing through the press and is a bad and counter-produc­ She said the main issues for her members are job secu­ Common concerns tive practice and the university is committed to ensuring rity and stability; improved benefits, office space and that issues raised at the negotiating table continue to be representation on university bodies are also concerns. CTR asked union leaders about their common con­ addressed at the table:• ACUMAE represents all the permanent non-unionized cerns. They said they perceived an increasingly con­ employees, mainly managers. It has about 200 active frontational attitude on the part of Employee Relations. Disputes members out of 235 eligible, and the expiry date of their This includes the department's insistence on education­ current contract is up. al qualifications, which restricts some employees from In general, Lalonde said, Employee Relations seems .r President Miriam Posner said negotiations started last changing jobs. increasingly to interpose itself between the manager and May and continued through the summer: The outstanq­ Downs said that many Concordia employees have the employee when a dispute arises. Downs agreed, and ing issues are "compensation practices, pay equity, pro­ worked for the universi_ty a long time, and would like to said that this often turns a low-key situation that could fessional development, lack of recognition for perform­ think they have mobility within the organization. have been amicably resolved into a confrontation. ance, work-loads, lack of clarity as to hiring and reclassi­ Insistence on specific qualifications that might not be Bourgeois bridled at the suggestion that Employee fication practices, and the communication of such; there directly relevant to their jobs disappoints and threatens Relations should not be involved in the resolution of appears to be little written procedure." employees who feel their years of experience now count issues. She also identified "the protracted nature of the nego­ for nothing. "The fact remains that in a resolution there is a union tiating process" as an irritant, and "the fact that negoti­ Rene Lalonde, president of the technicians' union, interest, not just an employee interest, and there is an ations only begin once a contract ends and not prior to CUSSU-TS, said that some managers know how to work employer interest, as there is a supervisory interest. The the end date." the system, and change an employee's job title to avoid sooner there is a recognition and respect by all parties, CUPEU represents about 300 professional employees, permanency and the job security that goes with it. A the sooner will there be an effort to reduce conflict defined as those who are not managers of other perma­ newly created job these days is unlikely to be designated rather than artificially escalate it:' nent employees but are engaged in varied, primarily as permanent. For her part, Peluso called labour relations at intellectual work. They have been without a contract for Maria Peluso, president of CUPFA, said the increasing Concordia "primitive;• and management's attitude "hos­ over two years. Bargaining was slow getting started, but number of part-time and casual employees at the univer­ tile." has been going on for over a year: sity is leading to "dwindling loyalty" in an institution "There are few labour-management committee meet­ The issues for CUPEU members are salaries, improved that has had a strong sense of community. ings to resolve conflicts. The situation has gotten pro­ benefits for the temporary (i.e. contract) employees who Eugenia Xenos, a negotiator for CUPEU, said, "Many gressively worse. The number of grievances and arbitra­ make up one-quarter of the membership, dental and more temporary employees are being hired for what are tions speak to the negative attitude towards unions and vision benefits, educational requirements for job post­ in effect permanent jobs. It's a disturbing trend that labour associations at Concordia:• ings, professional development and job security. tends to abuse the goodwill of the employees and leaves On this as on many things, however, opinions diverge. The trades union, SCOMM, is negotiating, but presi­ staff, and often their managers, frustrated and embit­ Brenda Grant, president of the part-time teachers in dent Eddy Ginocchi said that his 96 members feel their tered. It also means we lose excellent employees who can Continuing Education (CUCEPTFU), signed a six-year talks are "almost at a standstill:' Their contract expired get permanent jobs elsewhere:• contract in April that extends to 2007. She raves about March 31, 2002. The technicians (CUSSU-TS) and the · Asked to comment, Bourgeois said, "The university the interest-based negotiation process that was used to librarians are also negotiating. faces the same challenges of all employers in Quebec. It reach an agreement. Negotiations with CUSSU, the 500-member support has an aging work force and a dynamic environment "It was very successful. There was a lot of goodwill on staff union, have not yet begun, although their contract requiring continuous improvement in knowledge and both sides, and we developed a great deal of trust:•

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Grid Stingers wake up in time Stingers roundup

JOHN AUSTEN The Stingers have lost a few key veterans from - JOHN AUSTEN last year and the news didn't get any better when Things were looking rather bleak as the Concordia Patrick Donovan blew out his knee two weeks Buzz steals the show Stingers left the football field at halftime last ago against Universite de Montreal. He will be Saturday afternoon with their tails between their out for the season. More than 3,000 fans were on hand for the legs. The Stingers have a good young nucleus, but it Stingers vs. Sherbrooke football game last After losing their first two games of the regular may take them a while to get adjusted to univer- Saturday afternoon at Concordia Stadium. season, Gerry McGrath's Stingers found themselves sity football. , To mark the occasion, 1000 Buzz Rocks trailing the second-year Sherbrooke Vert et Or 10-8 McGrath, the former Montreal Aloue.ttes kick­ bobbleheads, modeled after the Stingers' after two quarters of play at Concordia Stadium. er who is now in his fifth season at the helm, beloved mascot, were given away. The popu­ A loss in this game would have seen the winless thinks there may be a couple of bumps in the lar limited edition collector's items were dis- Stingers face the real possibility of starting the sea­ road, but that it will all come together nicely. tributed at halftime. Every ticket holder had a random chance of son losing their first four matches, since their next 'Tm not surprised we have had a bit of a slow winning a bobblehead. opponent is the St. Mary's Huskies, one of the pre­ start," he said. "We are in a very challenging part "I got one!," said a delighted Lucas St. Claire, 9, from N.D.G. "I mier teams in the country. of the schedule. But I expect a strong second got to punch Buzz in the stomach, too. That was cool!" Concordia dug deep, however, in the second half half, and we will be ready for the playoffs." Buzz Rocks is the second bobblehead promotion launched by and pulled out a 36-16 win over the Vert et Or: Concordia's defensive line is formidable with the Stingers. The first Buzz figurines were handed out at the "We have a tough schedule this year but we cer­ the likes of All-Canadian end Troy Cunningham launch of Concordia's new fields and stadium in September 2003. tainly couldn't. afford to lose our first three games," and Sam Taulealea. said Coach McGrath. "We can't make excuses. We Taulealea has transferred from University of Stinger athletes lauded have to look forward and this was a good comeback Colorado, where he spent three seasons with the win for us." powerhouse Buffaloes. At six foot one, 330 William Miller of the football team and Melanie Poirier of the Quarterback Scott Syvret of Kirkland threw for pounds, the native of Hawaii has already drawn woinen's soccer team were named the Sir Winston Churchill Pub 286 yards and a touchdown. That was a 71-yard comparisons . to Junior Ah You, the Montreal athletes of the w~ek for the first week of September: pass and run play to Scott Scissons in the fourth Alouettes Hall of Fame defensive end, also from Miller, a rookie defensive end with the Concordia Stingers, col­ quarter: Mark Kang led the way for the Stingers Hawaii.Defensive back Kerry Clahaneis leading lected four solo tackles, five assisted tackles and two sacks in the with two touchdowns as he rushed for 76 yards on an improved secondary. Clahane, who also Stingers' 17-5 opening-game loss to the Laval Rouge et Or. After 17 carries. returns punts, is an early all-Canadian candi­ the first week of play, he led the Quebec football conference in The Stinger~ also got 13- and 35-yard field goals date. sacks and tackles for losses. The six-foot~three, 245-pound native from Warren Kean. "He is the best man-to-man cover&ge guy in of Chteauguay is a political zcience major: The Stingers, who were 7-1 last regular season the country," said McGrath. The offensive unit is Poirier, a second-year mid-fielder with the Stingers, scored one before losing to Laval in the playoffs, now must very raw, with nine starters gone. goal and added two assists in five exhibition games last week. She travel to Halifax to play undefeated St. Mary's thi~ "I think this team will be OK," said Reg played all but 15 minutes of the five games and was dangerous weekend. Then it's back to Concordia for the annu­ Arngrave, a fan who rarely misses a Stinger home every time she was on the field. She was also named Player of the al homecoming game the following weekend. game. "I think the coach is right. Look out for Game on two occasions. The Laval native is studying athletic ther­ this team in the second half of the season. apy at Concordia. Troy Cunningham of the football team was named the Sir Winston Churchill Pub athlete of the week for the period ending Sept.12. Cunningham, a fifth-year defensive end with the Concordia Stingers, collected six solo tackles and seven assisted tackles in counterparts in Canada. The ing Concordia faculty, and _ Concordia's tough 18-15 loss to the Montreal Carabins two weeks In brief scholars came from 14 institu­ sources of information, ago. Five of his tackles were for losses. He also recovered two fum­ tions all over China, plus one including internet search bles. from Mongolia. techniques. The all-Canadian is the leading tackler on the Stingers. He was He explained in an e-mail: "This August, for the first selected by the B.C. Lions in the fifth round of the 2004 CFL col­ ✓ Mature students "Our role at Concordia is to time, Concordia hosted the lege draft. He was also named the Quebec university football con­ .provide orientation, logistic whole event. We welcomed an ference defensive player of the.week. The six-foot-four, 270-pound About 50 students turned out · help and advice on meeting especially young group of fac­ native of Mallorytown, Ont., is an exercise science major. for a "Septemberfest" for with Canadian academics. ulty, several still working on mature students on Saturday, When they were here, I had the doctoral theses. And as usual Cagers, pucksters prep Sept.18. visitors meet about 20 this event proved not only Over the course of the day, Concordia faculty working in intellectually stimulating but Concordia's varsity basketball and ho·ckey teams are gearing for they took one-hour workshops related fields over lunch. great fun as well!" what promises to be strong 2004-2005 campaigns. on effective learning skills pro­ ''For 10 years or so the Joint The men's hockey team will open the season Oct. 24 at the vided by Counselling and Centre for Asia Pacific Japanese visitors University of Ottawa. The Stingers' first home game is Oct. 29, also Development. Communications Research against Ottawa. Concordia has about 3,200 (Concordia/UQAM) has con­ On Sept. 21, a dozen represen­ The women's hockey squad will play a tournament at Wilfred mature students, who are ducted an orientation program tatives of Japanese universi­ Laurier University from Oct. 8-10 before opening the regular sea­ defined as undergraduate stu­ for Chinese (and occasionally ties visited Concordia with a son Oct. 15 at home against the McGill Martlets. dents over 21 who have been Mongolian) scholars who arrive representative of the Quebec The men's basketball team will host the Concordia Nike tourna­ out of school for at least two in Montreal at the start of a Ministry of International ment Oct. 8-9. They will also play tournaments in Ottawa and years and laJ::k a CEGEP DEC. month-long visit. Relations. They met Provost Alberta before opening league play Nov. 5 at UQAM. The Centre for Mature "Every year the Association Martin Singer for tea on the The women's team will play tournaments in Manitoba and Students, headed by Professor for Canadian Studies, based in Loyola Campus. Alberta before they also start the season at UQAM on Nov. 5. Robert Oppenheimer, provides · Montreal, organizes a research The visitors were from inv:aluable support. The staff competition for Foreign Affairs Kyoto Education University, have the assistance of about 10 Canada through the Beijing Akita Interniftional University, Grudge match tomorrow student mentors who can help Embassy. Hiroshima Municipal, Keio Kai Lamertz, in Marketing, clear victory over the other. new students from their own "Scholars submit proposals Gijyuku, Meiji University and writes about a popular new "The graduate students post­ recent experience at the uni­ to study our expertise in areas Tokyo University of Agriculture JMSB community event: a soc­ ed a decisive victory in the inau­ versity. as diverse as women in media, & Technology. cer match between the faculty gural game, while the faculty free trade or food safety. The The previous day, Vice­ and the graduate students. team won last year's match con­ Chinese visitors winners get to visit their coun­ Provost Vo Van attended a "This year, the game is sched­ vincingly. As a result, even the terparts at universities and meeting organized by CREPUQ uled to take place on Friday, aggregate score is tied at six Dennis Dicks played host in research units across Canada, at which the Japanese presi­ Sept. 24, at 11 a.m. in the Loyola goals apiece:• August to a group of Chinese expenses paid. · dents met officials of other Stadium. He looks forward to seeing scholars who won Canadian "Our part here involves brief­ Quebec universities. "This year's event promises to fans and players on the field or Studies Association ing them on tips on life in be particularly exciting, as each in the stands. Fellowships to collaborate -with Canada, new contacts, includ- team has so far registered one

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