June 19, 2008 Vol. 44 No. 19 The University of Western Ontario’s newspaper of record www.westernnews.ca PM 41195534
VOLUNTEERS HENLEY REGATTA DRAMATIC CHANGE
The volunteering bug caught A gold medal year in Canada has earned the The Talbot Theatre will undergo a $5-million Suzanne McDonald Aziz early in men’s eight rowing team a place in Britain’s renovation to completely overhaul the life – in elementary school. celebrated Henley regatta. workhorse performance facility.
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Fear Factor – Butterfly wrangling the grad version
B Y PAUL MAYNE career is not for him – he wants to focus on research. o, you’re a graduate student But while fear of leaving is not wrapping up your PhD and a problem for him, other fears Sthinking about leaving aca- exist. demia. Sounds easy. But think “I sure have fear to fi t myself in again. an industrial environment where Among discoveries from a money is valued more than sci- recent campus workshop was ence,” he says. the grad student fear that if they What surprised Patel after tak- leave academia they are selling ing the workshop was the culture out on the whole idea of being a difference between academe and graduate student. Many fear their workplace. Having had an indus- faculty supervisor’s reaction. trial job experience, he knows “Not only were they unsure of there’s a difference. what if anything they could do, but many were worried that their supervisor would not give them “Many did not even tell a good reference if it were for their supervisor they a non-academic position,” says Clare Tattersall, Coordinator of were participating in Graduate Student Recruitment the workshop for fear and Retention. Tattersall helped organize a of being marginalized week-long non-academic research or viewed as ‘selling training workshop, part of West- ern’s 360° Professional Develop- out’ because they were ment Initiative, along with the considering leaving Career Centre. “Many did not even tell their academia,” supervisor they were participat- – Clare Tattersall, Coordinator, ing in the workshop for fear of Graduate Student Recruitment and being marginalized or viewed as Retention ‘selling out’ because they were considering leaving academia,” “My knowledge and the out- says Tattersall. put from my knowledge is only The workshop included a dozen valued at the professional level,” participants from programs rang- says Patel. “Whereas, in this (aca- ing from Astronomy and Chemical demic) culture, my personal val- Engineering to Music and English ues or skills that I have gained Literature. The group included through the past four years of two post-doctoral students. PhD are important, too, and I can Among the pressures is a belief use them in terms of transferable many faculty members want skills.” their students to remain within Avisekh Banerjee, post-doc- academia. If students leave, fac- toral fellow in Mechanical and ulty express betrayal. The num- Material Engineering, says job ber of students pursuing an aca- searching strategies for PhDs demic position is linked to tenure differ from those of master’s or appointment. bachelor students. Many graduate students believe He learned it’s tough to get a an academic supervisor will not job at this level without network- write a positive letter of refer- ing. Paul Mayne, Western News ence for PhD students wanting to As for the ‘fear factor’, Baner- An Eastern Tiger swallowtail butterfl y rests on grass while University of Western Ontario researchers prepare go on to professional school. jee says the initial concern is that Tuesday for the fi rst day of ‘butterfl y wrangling’ in the Long Point area. Butterfl ies are being captured and Alpesh Patel (Chemical & academics have been his entire assessed by PhD student Caroline Williams and post-doctoral fellow Daria Koscinski (above) for a number of Biochemical Engineering) has research projects. See story and photo Page 8. already decided an academic Continued on page 2
INSIDE: Academe 14 | Careers 13 | Classifi eds 15 | Coming Events 14 | Letters to the Editor 6 | Commentary 4, 5 2 JUNE 19, 2008 WESTERN NEWS CAMPUS DIGEST “My bags are packed Retire With with treasures from BILL ON THE HILL their name and the name of their professor of Family Medicine at your little store.”* Dignity William Shakespeare will make co-worker in a lottery to win one the Schulich School of Medicine i'FFCBTFEJOWFTUNFOUDPOTVMUJOH an appearance on University Hill of several cash prizes. Each par- & Dentistry. Contact Lise Goettl, beginning next week when the ticipant has a 1 in 20 chance of study nurse, for further assess- BOEBTTFUNBOBHFNFOUGPS Department of English presents winning a prize. To participate ment at 519-685-4292, ext. 44024. MARKET QPSUGPMJPTJOFYDFTTPG w A Midsummer Night’s Dream. or get more information, staff The 28th annual Summer Shake- members are invited to go to CHARITY BENEFICIARY speare will be staged June 24-28 http://www.surveymonkey.com/ SOUGHT CRAFTS at 7:30 p.m. in front of University uwostudyself or contact the University Students’ Council College. Bring a deck chair (cush- researcher to obtain a paper-and- is looking for a new local char- ions provided). Tickets, available pencil copy of the survey (npar- ity to be on the receiving end of Perfect travel gifts at the door, will cost $10 for non- [email protected]; (519) 614-7691). proceeds from the 2009 Charity that send you students and $7 for students and The survey closes on July 20. Ball. Last year the ball raised seniors. Contact: vlavers@uwo. more than $24,000 for the Go on your way ca or [email protected]. Visit the STUDY: WOUNDS IN Girls! Program at Big Sisters website at www.uwo.ca/english/ DIABETICS of London. The program helps site/new.html The wound care research encourage positive body image Inside Covent Garden Market group at Parkwood Hospital is and healthy lifestyles for teen- Mitch Orr, STAFF OPINIONS recruiting patients to participate age girls. A new organization is King and Talbot Streets HBA, CMA, CFP, CIMA WANTED in a clinical research project aim- picked each year. An application 519-438-9224 Senior Investment Executive Western PhD student ing to demonstrate the effi cacy can be obtained at www.usc.uwo. Natalya Parfyonova is invit- and safety of an experimental ca/charityballaps. 519-660-3230 ing members of Western’s wound dressing in treatment of staff (faculty excluded) to par- diabetic foot ulcers. Diabetic PRESIDENT’S OFFICE *Our customers say it best! ticipate in a study of employees’ patients must have an ulcer Gayle Finlay has assumed the 4- 4RADEMARK USED UNDER AUTHORIZATION AND CONTROL OF 4HE "ANK OF .OVA 3COTIA work attitudes and impressions meeting the following criteria: at role of assistant to the president, 3COTIA-C,EOD IS A DIVISION OF 3COTIA #APITAL )NC -EMBER #)0& of managers. The study involves least 1 cm x 1 cm; located on the succeeding Lucyanne Davison completing an online survey (that plantar foot surface including who has taken on the position will take about 25 minutes) and the toes; and present for at least of coordinator for the offi ce of forwarding a link to a similar four weeks, but no longer than the provost. Finlay, a member of survey to a co-worker. Employ- two years. The work will be led Human Resources Professional ees should have at least one year by David Keast, medical director of London and District, most of work experience at Western. of the Outpatient Chronic Wound recently served as a consultant In appreciation of participants’ Management Clinic at Parkwood for the Salvation Army in Lon- effort, the researcher will enter Hospital and a clinical adjunct don. Western helps close 36-year-old case
B Y PAUL MAYNE opened and contact was made supplying samples of their DNA with Western. Campus Police to compare to the body. ts Campus Police and other uni- Staff Sergeant Michael Mics As a result, a positive identifi ca- men uire versity offi ces have helped solve assigned Special Constable Lee tion was made, allowing the par- req a 36-year-old cold case fi le. Pressey. With the assistance of ents to bring closure to this 36-old Cu o your 2008/09 In January 2008, Stephen Fon- the Saugeen residence manager, mystery. At the family’s request stom-made t cut-off dates seca, Manager of the Identifi ca- Registrar’s Offi ce and a Weldon for privacy, no further informa- tion & Disaster Response Unit Library archivist, records were tion is being released. fall term: last week in july (British Columbia Offi ce of the located leading to a possible iden- “This remarkable case has Chief Coroner) contacted West- tity of the victim. fi nally brought closure to a caring winter term: first week in november ern’s campus police requesting “Campus Police would like to family who unfortunately are now assistance in identifying a male thank our community partners left to cope with the confi rmation We accept orders year round! who had died Jan. 10, 1972. that assisted with retrieving that they indeed have lost a loved At the time of the initial inves- archived information helping one,” says Fonseca. tigation, the deceased male had solve this mystery,” says Mics, For Mics, solving the case is a 2OOM 5## "UILDING s 0HONE OR &AX no identifi cation and the only clue adding it’s the fi rst time in his 21 double-edged sword. % MAIL INPRINTCOURSEPACKS UWOCA s 7EBSITE WWWCOURSEPACKORG was a slip of paper with a sur- years at Western campus police “I can’t imagine what it would name and words “Saugeen Hall have assisted in a cold case fi le. be like not knowing what hap- Western.” Further investigation located pened to a family member that Vancouver investigators fol- the victim’s parents who had not has disappeared,” says Mics. “We lowed up with colleges and uni- heard from their son since 1972. are all relieved that, albeit sad FACULTY AND STAFF ARE INVITED TO JOIN versities on the west coast but The B.C. Coroner’s Office news the missing family member gave up when the search yielded applied for an exhumation order to died so many years ago, the sur- DESJARDINS CREDIT UNION no results. obtain a DNA sample. The parents viving family can bring closure Open an account or upgrade your services The B.C. case was recently re- of the missing male consented to to the mystery.” and receive a gift Graduate workshops to be expanded We can offer you: t Financial and Investment Planning Continued from page 1 says. “It was only normal to feel likely greater confi dence. t Retirement Planning that you are unprepared to work “Most moved from a complete life and, like most job search- in the industry or any other busi- lack of confi dence to feeling pre- t Full Range of Products and Services ing, fi nding the right fi t may be ness areas.” pared and excited about opportu- t Personalized Services tough. Bute says the workshop gave nities,” says Tattersall, who plans “It’s a matter of getting an her a new perspective on career to expand the workshop over the opportunity to apply our trans- options and greater confi dence to next few years. ferable skills into non-academic pursue them. “This sort of program is of Make an appointment with our onsite jobs,” he says. “I started to meet people out- great value as we increase our Financial Advisor, Des Dutrizac, to learn Daniela Bute (Music) says the side academia and to talk to them graduate population. We want to more: academic/non-academic debate as to what is out there that might ensure that we are not only doing is real. fi t my skills, knowledge and edu- all we can for those who intend Conveniently located: “It is a realistic fear as the uni- cation.” to stay in academia, but that we University of Western Ontario versity really prepares you to Identifying transferable skills, are providing those that choose Community Centre, Room 73 teach or to do research in one personality profiles, network- to leave academia with the nec- 519-850-2550 www.desjardins.com Money Working for People domain, that is to say, education ing, interview strategies and job essary skills and knowledge to becomes very technical and par- negotiation were also discussed effectively transition into busi- ticularly specialty-oriented,” she but the major ‘take-away’ was ness and industry.” WESTERN NEWS june 19, 2008 3 Talbot Theatre rehearsing for new look
B y Pa u l Ma y n e
hile Talbot Theatre may have been perfect for Wthe opening curtain of The Mikado in January 1966, the 370-seat theatre will undergo a $5-million facelift this year to regain some of its old magic. Initially home to plays, musicals and film festivals, Talbot Theatre continues to be the main venue for UWOpera, Theatre Western and other theatre groups. Close to 200 performances per year are attended by more than 32,000 people. As well, the theatre has hosted London schools, Canadian the- atre groups and international per- formers including the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Rus- sian dance companies and Royal Winnipeg Ballet. For current students, the the- atre is a special place that comes alive with drama, music and dancing. However, the struc- ture is in need of a renovation to improve acoustic quality and update equipment and structural A $5-million renovation of Talbot Theatre will include removing the ceiling and a second-floor classroom to open the available space for larger orchestras. components. The goal is to convert the the- atre into a modern-day perfor- Project details mance facility. The university has committed n Increase height by removing current ceiling and second-floor n Adjustable acoustic banners on all three sides of the house n New seats and improved selection will allow more leg room $2.5 million towards the project, classroom above to make space more reverberant and allow for with walkway access. and accessibility. with the remaining $2.5 million to larger orchestra. n An isolated ceiling with 2” plaster for improved sound separa- n Mechanical systems will mitigate heating, ventilating and air come through fundraising. Fund- n To improve the shape and volume of the house the proscenium tion and new heavier, textured wooden wall finishes will increase conditioning noise. raising recently received a sig- arch and its structure will be deleted. The current two rooms acoustic warmth. n Improved lighting. nificant boost with a $250,000 gift (stage and house) will be converted into one. n Sidewalls will be simplified to decrease the fan shape of the n New stage and fire curtains as well as new lobby finishes and from Chancellor Arthur Labatt n A new orchestra shell will improve balance. house, repairing sound traps. and wife Sonia. expanded box office and theatre signage. United Way offers volunteer opportunity
B y Pa u l Ma y n e start their assignment in late “This is an opportunity for tional skills, time management To apply August and work with the United someone who wants to build some skills, problem solving skills, pre- isualize a professional Way until mid-December. They of their skills, get to know the com- sentation skills, are just some of development opportunity Interested in participating in the United undertake a comprehensive munity better, represent Western the things that will be enhanced Vwhere the work will help Way Sponsored Employee program? training program and have the and meet some truly incredible through this experience.” thousands in London and the sur- Submit a resume to Human Resources. opportunity to work with several people,” says Ted Garrard, West- The United Way of Middlesex rounding areas. Would you like to View the job description at www.uwo. employers, assisting with their ern Vice-President (External) and is the largest non-government make this a reality? ca/humanresources - just click ‘Career campaigns. member of the United Way Board funder of social services in the Opportunities’. Western is looking for a staff In addition, they will be of Directors. community, supporting more volunteer to take part in the Spon- assigned to the Western employee “I think past sponsored employ- than 80 programs at 40 commu- sored Employee program for the campaign and work with the 2008 ees would testify as to the amaz- nity agencies. 2008 United Way of London & Western United Way campaign ing experience that is possible Middlesex campaign, which kicks says McInerney, adding the will- chair(s). through this program. Organiza- off in the fall. ingness to leave a familiar routine Several organizations and busi- can change one’s life. nesses lend one or more employ- “For someone who is early in ees to the United Way to work on their career at Western, it pro- Committee reviews debit, credit payments the campaign. Last year Charlotte vides exposure to work in the non- Sikatori and Catherine McIner- profit sector and allows you to B y Pa u l Ma y n e says Logan. “This means no mat- n Ensure bank card users on ney helped lead Western to its begin to build a list of contacts in ter where a bank card is used on campus and externally have con- largest contribution ever, raising the London community,” she says. The use of credit and debit campus it is considered a West- fidence the university is employ- $516,819. “For someone further along in cards for payment continues to ern transaction.” ing best practices to protect “You don’t have space enough their career, the experience pro- grow on the campus community. n Implement a campus-wide transaction information. in this article for me to praise all vides you with a break from your With that, a Bank Card Com- audit of bank card processes. As well, the payment card of the people I met and worked role at Western… or just time to mittee was created in 2007 to n Provide support to bank card industry requires universities to with,” says McInerney. “There consider how you can become a support campus members and processors on campus by pro- meet compliance requirements was a lot of work, but many hands more valuable employee at the promote standards in the pro- viding easy-to-use and effective by January 2010. Logan says made it light, and we always took university.” cessing of transactions. tools and educational opportuni- Western is “well-positioned” to time to enjoy the moment.” In the seconded full-time posi- Lynn Logan, Associate Vice- ties. “This one-stop shopping for meet that goal ahead of the dead- Part of a team of sponsored tion, paid by the university, duties President Financial Services, information on bank card usage line. employees from across the area include working with community says the committee has five main will assist areas in reducing time “An external audit will be that worked with more than 750 partners, building donor relation- objectives: and energy required to manage conducted in the spring of 2009 organizations on workplace fund- ships, understanding community n Assist departments, faculties their bank card transactions.” to validate compliance with the raising campaigns, Sikatori and needs, raising funds and man- and services using cards to meet n Improve the level of under- standards and allow Western the McInerney helped raise $7.2 mil- aging associated administrative and exceed industry standards standing among Western’s lead- time to remedy any concerns lion for the London & Middlesex and database requirements. The for these transactions and to ers about their responsibili- raised,” says Logan. community. employee’s unit is reimbursed ensure consistency across cam- ties and the audit procedures For more information, visit “Being a sponsored employee salary costs to a specified level. pus. “The payment card industry required for bank card transac- Western’s Commerce website at is a career building experience,” The sponsored employee will considers Western as one entity,” tions in their areas. www.commerce.uwo.ca. 4 june 19, 2008 WESTERN NEWS
The Way We Were: 1972
Contributed by Alan Noon ([email protected]) London Free Press Collection/Western Archives At age 23, Jessica Anne Hill became the first woman from the Oneida settlement to graduate from The University of Western Ontario. The only other student from Oneida, Irwin Anton, had graduated a year earlier and was then enrolled in the medical school. Jessica was to assume a position at the native centre in Westminster College where she was to develop a fea- sibility study to explore native programs on campus. Helping to celebrate at convocation are her proud parents Mr. and Mrs. George Hill.
COMMENTARY Who should address urban social issues?
B y An d r e w Sa n c t o n authority for what is sometimes them a range of taxing authority ing a lot, but these are the tough But Canadians are also justified called “urban disorder.” that even most mayors are not decisions provincial governments in expecting that, when programs hich level of govern- Canadians justifiably pride our- asking for. Otherwise, there will have to make. are in place to provide housing ment is responsible for selves in being less concerned be “a race to the bottom,” with But what about the selling of and community support for peo- Whomeless, drug-addicted with disorder and more concerned all but the richest municipalities sexual services by someone who ple who are indigent, mentally prostitutes? This sounds like the with attacking the so-called “root trying to export their social prob- is not mentally-disturbed, home- ill, or drug addicted, then munici- opening for a sick version of one causes” of social problems. Some lems to their neighbours. less, or drug-addicted? Right now pal government should be able of those lame jokes about the advocate a larger role for the What municipalities are good at the Criminal Code makes it illegal to enforce by-laws preventing Canadian obsession for intergov- federal government in attacking (or should be good at) is regulating to engage in public solicitation people from sleeping in streets or ernmental correctness. root causes, especially in social the use of public spaces (within for such services and to operate accosting passers-by for money. But, in fact, it is a very real housing. But the reality is that the context of the Canadian Char- a brothel. Meanwhile, munici- Better root cause social policies conundrum, especially for pol- our provinces are the levels of ter of Rights and Freedoms) and pal governments are licensing will mean that we will have far icy-makers concerned with the government best equipped for providing an appropriate array massage parlours and escort ser- fewer drug-addicted homeless vitality of our inner-city neigh- social policy. Some already have of collective services to support vices, whose advertisements are prostitutes than we have now. But bourhoods. The debate about sophisticated programs in place. a high quality of urban life. quite legal. municipalities are likely to still Vancouver’s safe injection site Of course, these programs need Streets populated by drug- Why shouldn’t municipalities need more authority to control is a case in point. just why is it more resources and they need to addicted, homeless prostitutes be making the rules about what what happens on public streets that its future is to be determined be better coordinated with each are evidence that the quality of happens on their streets and why and sidewalks, places that are so solely by the federal government other. But the solution here is not urban life in that area is pretty shouldn’t they be able to regu- important for the quality of urban in Ottawa? to bring in the federal govern- low. What is to be done and which late and license brothels and safe life for everybody. The answer, of course, is that ment. It is to insist that the federal level of government is to do it? injection sites so that they can act the federal government has government provide more tax Let’s acknowledge that our to try to prevent the obvious dete- This article is drawn from a jurisdiction over criminal law room for provinces to cope with provincial governments need to rioration of some of their most discussion paper prepared for the and harmful drugs. Such laws the enormity of the problems for go after the root causes of the sensitive neighbourhoods? Canada West Foundation’s Core probably are more relevant to which they are responsible. problem. They need to provide American responses to prob- Challenges Initiative. The writer what happens on the streets of Is there a role for municipali- integrated services that probably lems of urban disorder have often is a professor in the Department many of our inner-city neighbour- ties in attacking the root causes of start with drug rehabilitation pro- involved harsh police crack- of Political Science and Direc- hoods than many municipal by- social problems? Not really. If we grams, subsidized housing, and downs with few, if any, attempts tor of the Local Government Pro- laws that are explicitly concerned want municipalities to be respon- community-based services that to attack root causes. We need gram at the University of Western with streets. In short, it is the sible for social programs we shall are closely connected with the provincial action on root causes, Ontario. federal government that seems have to make them bigger than housing. Given other demands on not more debates about who is to hold much of the jurisdictional they are already are and give provincial resources, this is ask- responsible. WESTERN NEWS june 19, 2008 5
Commentary Two views: Israel and the Jewish National Fund
ith utter dismay we read Dr. to argue … [the soldiers] had opened fire uring his tenure as president, Israel was founded within the general Paul Davenport’s speech at the and after some 30 people were killed, had Paul Davenport has shown strong frame of what is now described as a two- WJewish National Fund (JNF) din- begun to lead the rest [towards Lebanon] Dvision and leadership which state model: one state for Israel and one ner held at the Best Western Lamplighter … In Saliha, where a white flag had been was reinforced, celebrated and extended for Arabs. Inn on June 1. raised [,] …they had killed about 60-70 when he accepted the invitation to stand But as a consequence of the unprovoked Earlier, faculty, students and commu- men and women. … Is there no more as the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Negev attack, that solution is still unattainable nity members, including Muslims, Jews humane way of expelling the inhabitants dinner honouree for 2008. some 60 years later due to the refusal of and Christians had presented Davenport than such methods …?” Davenport was recognized by the JNF, the enemies of Israel to acknowledge her with very strong evidence on the role of Davenport said: “[W]e toured the Birya and by 400 guests who attended the gala right to exist. the JNF in the expulsion of Palestinians Forest outside of Tsfat … With a JNF dinner earlier this month, for preserving Davenport has it right when he noted and the usurpation of their land. His guide, we also toured the Hula Valley and promoting a campus community that in remarks at the Negev dinner, “We are claims to diversity, equality and justice nature reserve and admired the dazzling values diversity, tolerance and respectful all of us in this room committed to an are undermined by accepting an award variety ... of birds and other wildlife. We debate. We can all be proud of Western, of Israel that is secure and lives in harmony for “tolerance” from an organization that left ... with a profound admiration for Davenport and of the JNF for their exem- with its neighbours, in an environment of allocates confiscated land to “Jews only,” what the people of Israel have achieved plary commitment to these values. peace and justice for all in the region.” described even by prominent Israeli under extraordinarily difficult condi- Some at Western have chosen to seize This is all Israel wanted when it was scholars and human rights organizations tions.” upon the honour to criticize Davenport founded and continues to be an important as a racist policy. Biriyya, the original Arabic name for and to launch a campaign of misinforma- aspiration for the Jewish people today. Davenport’s blindness to Palestinian Birya, was occupied by the Zionist elite tion using revisionist history and outright Davenport continued: “Our goal of suffering is disgraceful: in Jerusalem, unit, the Palmach, which expelled the falsehood about the fund and the role it peace requires that Israel’s neighbours he visits Yad Vashem, but says noth- population and ordered the burning of the plays within the state of Israel. accept her right to exist as an indepen- ing of the ongoing ethnic cleansing of village houses. Concealed under Birya This attack would be unremarkable dent democracy, and alas that condition is Forest, marketed by the JNF as one of simply not met at this time.” This brings its most successful “green projects,” us back to the critics of Davenport and lie the ruins of homes and lands of six the JNF. Speech Palestinian villages: Alma, Amqa, Ayn Promote Those who object to Davenport accept- al-Zaytun, Dishon, Biriyya (Birya) and ing the honour understand, but decline to Qaddita. Davenport was “dazzled” by acknowledge, that their ability to protest obscures Hula’s wildlife, but said nothing of the reform in non- against Israel and the JNF is a right they suffocation of Palestinian life. would not enjoy in the states that neigh- In these illegally occupied territo- bour Israel. Palestinian ries, Israel warped Palestinian life into democratic Those who object to the honour are also a daily nightmare, and there also the aware that citizens of Israel can organize JNF stamped its signature in the form political parties, vigorous anti-govern- suffering of the infamous Canada Park, burying countries ment protests and successful appeals to the traces of three demolished villages. an independent judiciary, also options These JNF “green zones” entwine with unavailable in the other states in this the city’s Palestinian inhabitants. He Israeli “security zones” and expanding were it not for the morally sanctimonious region. attends a “Negev” dinner but says noth- Jewish settlements rendering any refer- terms in which it has been framed: under One can only wonder about the choice ing about the Negev’s (al-Naqab) Pal- ence to an independent Palestinian state a the guise of protesting against the per- to selectively attack the sole democracy estinian Bedouin and the JNF’s role in hollow slogan for Western consumption. ceived injustice of JNF policies, these in a region notorious for human rights past and ongoing displacement of the Although the Palestinian anti-colonial critics have been attempting to demonize abuses. indigenous nomadic population and the struggle has straddled two centuries, and the state of Israel and delegitimize its Protest might more productively be seizure of their lands. Palestinian voices emerge from Pales- right to exist. channeled in promoting democratic In the Galilee, Davenport celebrated tine, squalid refugee camps and places of It is time these critics abandoned a pos- reform in non-democratic societies so Israel’s rehabilitation of the En Ro’im exile, Davenport’s speech echoes Israel’s ture of concern with justice and minority that the fruits of democracy can be Spring, an area haunted by the destruc- attempts to erase from Western con- rights, and stepped forward to acknowl- enjoyed by all inhabitants of the Middle tion of Palestinian villages and the grue- sciousness the presence, dispossession edge that they do not support the exis- East. Perhaps then we would see a world some massacres of Palestinian villagers and suffering of Palestinians. tence of the democratic state of Israel in in which Israel could live in harmony with in Safsaf, Jish, Sa’sa’, Saliha, Eilabun, As members of the Western commu- the Middle East. her neighbours who might just abandon Majd al-Kurum, Deir al-Asad, Nasr al- nity, we feel ashamed of our president Attacks against Israel are nothing new; their aggressive and hostile posture. Din, ‘Ayn Zaytun, Khisas, Kabri, al-Bi’na, – and more determined than ever to con- indeed, unprovoked attack is the birth- We celebrate the commitment of Dav- Nahf and Hula. tinue to speak out for justice for Pales- right of the state. We all know how Israel enport to building a culture at Western In Hula alone, a village to which Dav- tine. was created as a result of a partition where democratic values, respectful enport refers, on Oct. 31, 1948, Jewish agreement, proposed by the UN, to create debate, tolerance and diversity are impor- forces killed more than 80 Palestinian The diary portion is cited in: Nahmani a Jewish state and a Palestinian state. tant values that define our engagement villagers. Such massacres are thoroughly diary, Nov. 6, 1948 in Benny Morris, “Fal- The local Arabs and neighbouring Arab with our colleagues. And we congratulate documented. Here is just one quote from sifying the Record: A Fresh Look at Zion- countries rejected this proposition and the Jewish National Fund for its impor- the diary of Yosef Nahmani, director of ist Documentation of 1948, Journal of within hours of the creation of Israel, tant environmental work in the Middle the JNF office in Eastern Galilee between Palestine Studies, Vol. 24, No. 3. launched an all-out attack to annihilate East — innovative work which is freely 1935 and 1965: the fledglingJ ewish state. Israel’s popula- shared with Arab countries — and for “In Safsas, after … the inhabitants had The writers tion was outnumbered 50 to 1, yet Israel recognizing the leadership of our presi- raised a white flag, the [soldiers] col- This article was presented by faculty had the temerity to survive, and contin- dent. lected and separated the men and women, members Randa Farah, David Heap, ues to exist today as the only democracy tied the hands of 50-60 fellahin [peasants] Rebecca Coulter, Chet Creider, Sasha in the Middle East. The writers and shot and killed them and buried them Torres, Wael Haddara, Paul Handford, The six-hour-old country of Israel had This article was presented by Fred- in a pit. Also, they raped several women Douglass St. Christian, Peter Chidiac, war thrust upon it. Responsibility for the erick Ball, Bessie Borwein, David Bor- … At Eilabun and Farradiya the soldiers Marjorie Ratcliffe, Matthew Rowlinson, consequences of this war lies squarely on wein, Steven Dain, Randi Fisher, William had been greeted with white flags, and Sahza Hatibovic–Kofman, Roger Khayat, the invading countries who refused the Fisher, Manfred Friedman, William Fryd- rich food, and afterwards had ordered the Abhijit Gopal, Tozun Bahcheli, Mireya UN partition agreement. Many remain man, Salim Mansur, John Palmer, Jacob villagers to leave, with their women and Folch-Serra, Lesley Short, Muhammad N. unwilling to sign a peace treaty. Peretz, Alan Perlmutter, Eva Ryten, Clive children. When the [villagers] had begun Saad, Mahmoud El-Sakka It is a curious twist of history that Seligman, Ben Singer and Gerald Wright
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Where Are the ciated with the transportation and a farce. ing been honoured by the Jew- his decision to accept this honour, fountains? storage of those bottles, and recy- I’m proud to be a graduate of ish National Fund of Canada at in spite of all the pressure brought cling plastic means an increase in the Faculty of Medicine, a tra- its recent London Negev Dinner. to bear by “anti-Zionists”, both on Summer is here, and people waste management costs – when dition of over 100 years (now Davenport embodies exceptional and off campus, to reject it only are getting thirsty. But where are the bottles are recycled and don’t ended), not the Schulich School humanitarian and leadership proves what a singularly great the water fountains? How come end up in landfills. of Medicine & Dentistry. attributes, having ensured during individual he is. the new buildings on campus The bottom line is: we need I noticed it only cost Arthur his tenure as president a campus We can only hope that his suc- are built without any fountains? more drinking fountains. These Labatt $10 million to have the that truly values tolerance and cessor as president fills his shoes Is that because we now have to fountains should be designed to nursing school named after him inclusion and diversity. with an equal degree of decency, buy Dasani bottles from vending easily fill up our reusable mugs or -- the nurses should be ticked. He was an excellent choice by honesty and integrity. Bravo to machines at $2 a litre? bottles, for free. What’s all this recent the JNF to be so honoured. The Dr. Davenport! Western boasts of its new green Valérie Prat, trend about renaming faculties fact that he remained steadfast in Frederick R. Ball, PhD (1975) building, but I’m afraid this image French Studies (linguistics) based on big money contribu- will amount to nothing more than tions? It smacks of capitalism and greenwashing if the administra- egomania and ends many years of tion does not take the opportunity Money talks proud tradition. Well, I guess we to show environmental leadership all have our price. Blood drive begins across campus. Regarding your article about Philip J. Stuart, Meds’82 Dasani is tap water to start Seymour Schulich getting an Campus Community Police Ser- plate – or the needle – and looking with, so it is not healthier than honorary degree, well isn’t this vice wants a few good arms. for assistance. water from the fountain. Making great! Not only does $26 million Bravo to Davenport In conjunction with other local The campus community can plastic bottles takes crude oil, and get a medical school named after emergency services, the Sirens donate blood at the UCC clinic more plastic will keep pushing up you, it also gets you an honor- As an alumnus of Western I for Life blood donor campaign Mondays and Tuesdays, 11 a.m. - 3 oil prices. There are unnecessary ary degree (although the article have no small interest in the issue runs during July and August with p.m., signing their name to track greenhouse gases emissions asso- failed to say in or for what). What of President Paul Davenport hav- campus police stepping up to Emergency Service donations.
Taste our fusion of fresh Japanese - Korean Cuisine in an Intimate Setting steps from Richmond Row. Principal 208 Central Ave. (at Richmond) Telephone: 519-642-2558 King’s University College at The University of and works co-operatively with the Board of www.gozen.ca Western Ontario is conducting an extensive Directors, King’s Foundation, Western’s international search for a Principal, to take Senate and all members of the community to office in the summer of 2009, and invites advance the mission and spirit of the College expressions of interest, applications and and to raise its profile locally, provincially and nominations. nationally.
Established in 1954, King’s is a Catholic, The successful candidate will be a creative co-educational, liberal arts university college. thinker and strategic leader with outstanding Located in London on a picturesque campus organizational and interpersonal skills, a next to The University of Western Ontario, dedication to excellence in teaching and with which it is affiliated, the more than 220 research, a commitment to enhancing the full and part-time faculty and 3300 students Catholic mission of the College, and the of King’s enjoy the activity and resources of a leadership ability to guide the affairs of the large university and the sense of community overall institution. Candidates must have a that is found on a small campus. King’s offers thorough grasp of contemporary issues in undergraduate degree programs in arts, social post-secondary education and Catholic sciences, theology, management, and social higher education, experience or interest in work, either independently or in conjunction advancement, a collegial working style and with Western and other affiliates, as well as a the ability to represent the interests of the Master of Social Work degree. institution effectively with both internal and external constituencies. In Honour of
Sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese å å å å of London, King’s welcomes students of all The search committee will begin considering Wendy Waldie’s nationalities and religious faiths. The resulting potential candidates now until the early fall of exchange of ideas and perspectives fosters 2008 and will continue until the role is Retirement community, mutual respect and understanding. successfully filled. Correspondence should By emphasizing the value of each individual include a curriculum vitae and a letter of and the importance of social justice, King’s introduction including specific achievements provides students with an unparalleled learning and relevant experience. All documentation will You’re Invited.... environment. For further information, please be treated confidentially and should be directed visit www.kings.uwo.ca to King’s executive search consultants: On June 27, 2008 The Principal is the chief executive officer of Laverne Smith & Associates Inc. 9:30 to 11:30am King’s and is responsible to the Board of 1 Yonge Street, Suite 1801 Directors of King’s University College for its Toronto, ON M5E 1W7 Michaels’ Gardens – 3320 Somerville entire academic and administrative operation. [email protected] The Principal provides leadership in the College Join us for cake and coffee as we wish Wendy all the best in her Retirement from Western after 37 years! WESTERN NEWS june 19, 2008 7 Royal Henley on course for men’s eights
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anadian university and college national champi- Cons in 2007, the Western Mustangs men’s 8+ crew will compete at the Royal Henley Regatta in England July 2-6. The regatta is one of the biggest international rowing events. The Western team, which will depart in late June for a training session in Hannover, Germany, Andy Watson, for Western News before competing in a regatta in Essen, Germany, is still raising The Mustang rowing team practices on Fanshawe Lake in advance of European competitions over the next few weeks. funds for the trip. The team includes rowers Mustangs must adhere to a spe- Sean Addison, Nick Chisholm, cial Henley dress-code. Specially Mike Huurman, Andrew Jago, tailored white blazers and purple TRIBUTE David Lamb, Matt Lunt, Danny ties will be part of the exclu- Matthews, Peter McClelland, sive, original Mustangs attire A feature recognizing excellence on campus Christopher Morris and Aubrey designed by a local tailor. Oldham, and cox Genna Wood. More information on the Royal Bancroft receives companies such as Esso and 6 by OCUFA, which represents The coaching staff includes Henley Regatta can be found at: honorary degree Chevron to help develop better more than 15,000 university fac- head coach Volker Nolte and http://www.hrr.co.uk/. anti-wear coatings for engine oil ulty and academic librarians in assistant coaches Dan Bechard The Mustangs will first train Professor Emeritus Michael additives. Ontario. and Chris McCully. in Hannover, Germany, arriving Bancroft, a pioneer in the use Bancroft received his BSc Pearce is described as a strong Nolte said the cost is excep- on June 24. of synchrotron radiation and (Hons) and MSc from the Uni- classroom teacher able to con- tionally high as the team cannot “The rowing community director of the Canadian Light versity of Manitoba before nect with students and who has affordably ship its boat or oars to around the very famous and tra- Source Project, received an hon- moving on to the University of been involved with leading-edge Europe. The cost for each athlete ditional club Deutscher Ruder orary Doctor of Science degree Cambridge for his doctorate. At doctoral theses. He is regarded is about $2,500. Club Hannover is excited to host May 27 from the University of Western, he has been on staff for as an outstanding developer of Donations to offset costs can us,” said Nolte. “We will row Manitoba. almost 40 years with research curriculum, an innovator, a pro- be made through Nolte by phone from their boathouse and use Bancroft had a decades- activities spanned the fields of lific developer of case materials at 519-661-2111 ext. 88385, or by two boats there available to us.” long dream of establishing chemistry, physics, geology and and texts and a leader in chart- email at [email protected]. German coaches are “doing the nation’s first synchrotron tribology. ing educational direction. The regatta was first held in their best to get oars from Con- – a light source that probes the Bancroft was named an Offi- Other 2007 teaching award 1839 and has been held annu- cept2 for us to Hannover, so structure of matter and is a bil- cer of the Order of Canada in recipients include: ally ever since, except during we can get used to them early. lion times brighter than the sun 2004, Canada’s highest honour n Ken Cramer, Psychology, the two World Wars. The first C2 Germany will prepare (cut – and was a leader creation of a for lifetime achievement. University of Windsor regatta took place on a single down) a special set of oars for synchrotron at the University n Donna-Marie Eansor, Law, afternoon but has since grown us.” of Saskatchewan. The Cana- University of Windsor to five days. “We received some private dian Light Source Project (CLS) Ivey’s Pearce OCUFA n Carolyn Kay, History, Trent Since 1928 entries have invitations from club members opened in 2004. Bancroft was teaching award University exceeded the permitted num- who are very excited to have us the facility’s first director. winner n Herb Kunze, Mathemat- bers in several events, so quali- rowing from their club,” Nolte The CLS is one of the largest ics & Statistics, University of fying races are now held before added. “In addition, we received scientific projects in Canada and Richard Ivey School of Busi- Guelph the regatta. a special invitation from the one of the most sophisticated ness professor Michael Pearce n Simon Power, Economics, Western has been given one of Mayor of Hannover... we will synchrotron facilities in the is one of seven faculty and aca- Carleton University 20 exemptions from qualifying have lunch at City Hall.” world. Every year, thousands demic librarians recognized for The 2007 Academic Librari- for winning the 2007 Canadian The Essen Regatta, June 28-29, of researchers from Canada excellence by the Ontario Con- anship award recipient is Faye University and Colleges Rowing is the German qualifying regatta and around the world visit the federation of University Faculty Abrams, Projects Officer at the Championship, along with the for the European University CLS. In his own synchrotron Associations. Ontario Council of University OUA title. Championships. Western will research, Bancroft works with Awards were presented June Libraries. Like other competitors, the compete as an exhibition team.
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PORT ROWAN, Ont. -- With a cool breeze coming off Lake Erie, Caroline Williams and Daria Koscinski are strolling through fi elds of fl owers near Long Point. While it sounds like the per- fect day away from the offi ce, the biologists are actually on the hunt – for butterfl ies. Williams, a PhD student, is looking for female swallowtails (Eastern Tiger, Spicebush, Giant or Black) for her work on the effects of warming winters on the insect’s energy use over the winter. She’s looking at species at their northern range limit or the middle of their range. small wing sample - which does She’ll bring the butterfl ies back Chasing butterfl ies not harm the butterfl y – before to Western, where they’ll lay eggs releasing it. For a true test sam- and will be exposed to differ- Want to help capture butterfl ies? Vol- ple, she expects to have to wran- ent wintering temperatures to unteers should contact Caroline Wil- gle a few hundred butterfl ies. Wil- liams at [email protected]. measure lipid and carbohydrate liams wants 40 female butterfl ies stores. for her work. “My hypothesis is that warmer The pair will return to the Long winters will have a negative Point area and venture to Skunk’s effect, for example less energy of the range. Misery near Bothwell, Ont. for stores left, which means less Koscinski, a post-doctoral samples. energy to turn into a butterfly fellow, is looking at population After day one of what will due to the raised metabolic rate genetics for the swallowtails. become a daily summer endeav- and ectotherm experiences at “I want to see if the various our for the pair and their volun- warmer temperatures.” habitats have affected their teers, Williams returned home Paul Mayne, Western News Williams will use different spe- movement,” she says. “Why is the with just one female. But she’s cies and locations to make com- population strong here, but a few quick to put things in perspec- Caroline Williams, left, and Daria Koscinski prepare to check an Eastern Tiger parisons, with the west coast of kilometres away it’s not?” tive. swallowtail they have just caught. The biologists are capturing butterfl ies as Vancouver Island as the northern Koscinski gets a DNA sample “I’m out with a net catching part of their ongoing research. At left, a Spicebush swallowtail. range and Oregon as the middle from the butterflies through a butterfl ies; it’s never a bad day.” Sports reporter Research Western is pleased to announce the following competitions: SSHRC Research and Travel Programs also sport supporter - Deadline Extension for Upcoming Competition
SSHRC Internal Research Program B Y ANDY WATSON Gage often wrote about These awards, made from funds provided annually by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, are to Former London Free Press the gradual support the cost of research initiatives in disciplines normally supported by SSHRC and are intended for research projects sports reporter Bob Gage has changes of of modest scope. The competitions are for seed money, one-time requests, and projects of short duration. Applications may donated $57,000 to help complete the student- be made for new research initiatives. Requests for funds to supplement existing operating or research grants, to augment construction of the Michael Kirk- athlete demo- funds for larger projects (funded or applied for), or to attend conferences generally will not be accepted. ley Training Centre at TD Water- graphic. He house Stadium. authored Grant Amount: Up to $7,000 The Bob Gage Weight Room Mustang Deadline: will be named for him in the cen- Tales, a 157- tre. page chroni- Dean’s Deadline: August 1 RD&S Deadline: August 22 “Scoop” met thousands of stu- cle of the his- dent-athletes and coaches in his tory of men’s SSHRC Conference Travel Program more than 30-year career, and athletics. Gage *These awards, made from funds provided annually by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, are touched many lives through his “I felt an stories and the friendships he impetus to to enable faculty and post-doctoral fellows to take part in research-rated meetings of major scholarly significance in developed through his career. record the history of Western disciplines normally supported by SSHRC. The program will fund participation in both regular international congresses Gage championed amateur and share my knowledge of the and more narrowly focused conferences and seminars which take place more than (500 kilometers) from London, Ontario; sport in the region as a reporter Mustangs.” applicants must be presenting a paper. and advocate of student-athletes Gage said he would love to be Grant Amount: Up to $7000 for Travel and Subsistence and their accomplishments. It’s able to continue to help university become a lifelong mission to act athletics. Deadline: in their interest. “I owe a lot to Western,” Gage Dean’s Deadline: August 1 RD&S Deadline: August 22 “I feel very honoured,” Gage said. “I owe a lot to every athlete, said. “It’s very rewarding for me every coach, all they did for me. *The submission deadline date has been extended to August 22nd to accommodate any inconveniences due to the RD&S to be able to give back.” I made so many friends through department move to the Support Services Building effective August 18, 2008. Gage, who also has several my career.” Western athlete awards in his Western has also become name, would have it no other Gage’s home in his retired life. See “What’s Happening in RD&S” for more program information: way. “I guess I always felt home http://www.uwo.ca/research/rds.html “Western, that’s where my at Western. Sports have never heart is,” Gage said. dwindled here. Western sport is Contact: Florence Lourdes, Internal Grants Coordinator It’s said Gage never missed a always at the top.” Research Development & Services Research Mustangs men’s home basketball Gage said he believes sport [email protected] game – fi ttingly, he was honoured makes people more complete and 519.661.2111 x84500 as an inaugural member of the more likely to succeed in life. Mustangs Backcourt Club men’s “I believe in athletics and what basketball Hall of Fame. it can do for people,” Gage said. WESTERN NEWS june 19, 2008 9 Master builder retires
Paul Mayne, Western News Dave Riddell, Associate Vice-President (Physical Plant and Capital Planning), has guided the university through the largest construction boom in its history. There have been 26 new buildings and many major renovations undertaken under his 18-year watch which ends with retirement on June 26. Here, Riddell stands near the showpiece Western Student Recreation Centre, scheduled to open Jan. 1, 2009.
B y Pa u l Ma y n e ing more than three weeks at the but any success I have had has 17,000 kilometres away visiting gerial, personnel, financial… but cottage at one time,” laughs Rid- been because of the folks we have his son in Australia – supports without challenges you really ith a quick glance out dell. working here.” his point. don’t get anything back. the window of Dave Rid- But those who know him have Riddell brings up the incident “I felt guilty not being there, “It’s a different phase of my life Wdell’s office you can see a hard time imagining the former in December 2007 when a major but at the same time I felt proud now and a chance for new oppor- the fruits of his labour. Canadian Forces colonel slowing snowstorm crippled the campus, of how it was handled.” tunities and new interests.” There’s the Arthur and Sonia down anytime soon. In fact, when cutting power and heat to a large Riddell plans on keeping his A retirement reception is being Labatt Health Sciences Building, asked if he’s counting down the portion of the university. hands in construction with some held for Riddell on Monday, June and behind that construction is days to retirement, he quips, “It’s The fact the potential emer- consulting work north of Toronto. 23 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Room underway on the new Western too busy around here to know gency was dealt with efficiently “There have been a lot of chal- 3320, Somerville House. RSVP to Student Recreation Centre. Off to when I’m supposed to leave. I’m – despite the fact Riddell was lenges along the way, be it mana- 519-661-3747 or [email protected]. the right is the Thompson Engi- sure someone will tell me.” neering Building and right beside When Riddell arrived at West- it the new Claudette MacKay-Las- ern in 1990, three buildings were sonde Pavilion is emerging from under construction (Lambton What’s new? the ground. Hall, Western Science Centre During 18 years at Western, Dave Riddell has overseen construction of more than one new building per year. The list does not include almost And this is just what you can and the Betty and Allan Taylor 30 major renovations. see from his office. Library). The rest of Riddell’s ‘build- To say the campus has grown Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Thompson Engineering ing resume’ makes up close to since then would be an under- (Three Little Pigs) London Hall University Child Care one-third of all the buildings on statement. Just as understated is 3M Centre North Campus John Labatt Visual Arts Centre the university campus – 26 to be Riddell when it comes to discuss- Avian Research Perth Hall Welcome Centres exact. And that doesn’t include ing his accomplishments. Talk Biotron close to 30 buildings that have immediately turns to his staff. Student Services Western Science Centre Don Rix Clinical Skills been renovated over the years. “The support and dedication Research Park expansion West Valley After 18 years at the helm of of the staff has been so good, let Continuing Studies (Galleria Mall) Western Student Recreation Centre Winter Tennis Club Western’s Physical Plant Depart- me tell you,” says Riddell. “Each Elgin Hall Support Services Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavilion ment, Riddell will retire at the end one, and I mean everyone, have Essex Hall TD Waterhouse (Green Building) of the month. made an impact here. I may be Graphics Building “I’m looking forward to spend- the one who is seen as in charge, Discoveries heating up Mars interest
B y Br a n d o n Hi c k s can be analyzed. Mercury and Venus. He teaches tler said. it gives regular Martian weather And that includes the mysteri- about space exploration and plan- But don’t get your hopes up reports on the Phoenix mission’s id you know that the Mars ous glossy substance that cur- etary science and cartography as about life on Mars just yet — website. Phoenix lander has an rently sits underneath the lander, an associate Geography profes- though many scientists believe And, Stooke brought pictures Doven? uncovered when the Phoenix’s sor cross appointed with Physics the glossy substance is ice, it of Mars. Lots of them. You would have if you dropped thrusters moved loose dirt when and Astronomy. hasn’t been confirmed yet. “I figure, if you can’t take pic- by the Phoenix mission seminar touching down on Mars. “It would be incredible, it would “There are other possibilities tures then the project’s not worth on Monday at the Physics and “The evidence that it might be be just such a fascinating discov- to consider,” said Stooke. “I have doing,” Stooke said. Among these Astronomy Building. It was pre- ice is pretty good,” Stooke said. ery,” said Melissa Battler, event to be a bit cautious about calling were various photos of the land- sented by Philip J. Stooke, who The possible discovery has been co-ordinator for the Space Soci- it that.” ing site and of the Phoenix mak- teaches planetary science at making headlines across the ety of London, the group that put He also noted Canada’s con- ing its descent to the Martian Western. globe, and it was the major talk- the seminar together. In Septem- tribution to the project—the surface. “The oven’s small, about a few ing point at Stooke’s seminar. ber she’s entering the first year of “meteorology package,” more The seminar attracted around millimetres across,” he said. Stooke is author of the recently her Western doctorate program commonly known as the Phoe- 50 people, including professors, After Phoenix scoops up Martian released International Atlas of in planetary studies. nix lander’s weather station. It’s students, and others just curious soil, the oven bakes it, breaking it Lunar Exploration and is working “Everywhere on Earth, where the first Canadian instrument to about the red planet. down to its component parts so it on a series of books about Mars, you find water, you find life,” Bat- touch down on the red planet, and 10 june 19, 2008 WESTERN NEWS
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Suzanne McDonald Aziz, Executive Director, Brescia University College Foundation
Where do you volunteer? Why is giving back to the community important I am on the board of the Ontario Heritage Founda- to you? Research Western is pleased to announce the following competitions: tion, I serve on the executive and chair the Outreach This is my community and I feel a strong respon- Committee of the Alumni Board, I serve on the Cam- sibility to participate in all aspects of my commu- Western Innovation Fund (WIF) paign Committee for the RCR Museum and I am a nity. I am also attracted to working for causes that I senator for the Stratford Festival. I am also very strongly believe in. Competition active in local political campaigns. Memorable volunteer moments… - Deadline Dates Changed for How many hours a month do you volunteer? When I was a student at Western I was involved I volunteer approximately 15 hours per month. in student politics and it enabled me to connect with Upcoming Competition many community people. I felt that my volunteer What or who inspires you to volunteer? work provided great experiences and connections The Western Innovation Fund (WIF) awards are made from funds I have been a volunteer since I was in elementary and it still does to this day. provided annually by the Office of the Vice-President (Research & school. International Relations). Funded Projects are intended to move new research results forward along the path towards commercialization and to provide incentive to validate and develop commercial opportunities for the investigator’s research. The competitions are for one-time projects based on existing research initiatives and are expected to be of short duration (6-12 months). Industry Liaison personnel are available for consultation on issues related to intellectual property and commercialization. LOIs should indicate the general scope of the proposed project and must be submitted with the ROI to RD&S one month prior to submitting the full application. Day and Boarding School Grant Amount: Up to $50,000 Inspiring: Deadline: Academic Excellence Letter of Intent August 12 Moral Leadership Application Deadline September 16 Unity in Diversity See “What’s Happening in RD&S” for more program information: Community Service http://www.uwo.ca/research/rds.html Personal Growth Preschool to Grade 12 and Advanced Contact: Florence Lourdes Placement ® courses. Internal Grants Coordinator Research Development & Services [email protected] 451 Ridout Street North, London, Ontario N6A 2P6 Tel: 519-641-6224 519.661.2111 x84500 Research www.nancycampbell.net Empowering Youth Leadership in Our Community WESTERN NEWS june 19, 2008 11
STUDENT SUPPORT MADD volunteer earns community service award
B y Kr i s t a Ha b e r m e h l at Western. The $4,500 award, feels that advice from Western established by Ed (BA’76) and “I wanted to get students resonate very well with For David van Staalduinen Judite Holder, is awarded based high school students and helps (BA’08), a political science major on leadership qualities, commu- involved, to make a them to better understand the and soon-to-be law student at the nity involvement and financial difference, and tell my issues at hand. University of Ottawa, a key part need. In addition to his work with of his Western experience has “I was ecstatic when I learned story.” MADD, van Staalduinen has vol- been the opportunity to become that I was the first to receive this - Graduating student unteered extensively at West- involved in community service. award,” said van Staalduinen. “I David van Staalduinen ern as an off-campus ‘soph,’ as “Western offered me an amaz- really want to thank the donor. He a member of the USC’s external ing chance to get involved,” said is a wonderful individual and had affairs committee, and as a mem- van Staalduinen. “I’ve found that great advice for me.” ber of the Rotaract Club, among I really love to volunteer and give Currently, van Staalduinen is “It’s been really rough on my others. van Staalduinen went to everything that I can. Western Director of Youth Services with family,” said van Staalduinen. “I New Orleans with the Rotaract cultivates that volunteerism spirit the London Chapter of Mothers wanted to get involved, to make a Club last year and is planning on and I don’t know if I would have Against Drunk Driving (MADD), difference, and tell my story.” going to Tanzania this summer to found that at another school.” an organization he became van Staalduinen With MADD, van Staalduinen help with relief efforts. This year, thanks to his exten- involved with shortly after arriv- developed an initiative called The This fall, van Staalduinen is sive community involvement, ing at Western. After dealing with driver in 2003, van Staalduinen Youth Impact Team, which brings off to the University of Ottawa van Staalduinen was named the his own personal tragedy related felt that MADD was an organiza- Western students to high schools to pursue a law degree in public first recipient of the Bruno Da to drinking and driving, when his tion where he could make a dif- to educate young people on the policy. Silva Community Service Award father was killed by an impaired ference. risks of impaired driving. He
Dean, Faculty of Engineering
Applications and nominations are invited for distinguished in scholarship and teaching at the the position of Dean, Faculty of Engineering, undergraduate and graduate levels. Candidates The University of Western Ontario. should possess both a strong record of research and scholarly achievement in areas relevant to The University of Western Ontario has a total the academic mission and directions of the enrolment of over 33,000 full-time equivalent Faculty, and a record of achievement in students in graduate, undergraduate and administration that demonstrates the ability professional programs. The Faculty of both to balance fairly the demands of a multi- Engineering encompasses Departments of departmental Faculty and to capitalize on Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Civil opportunities for synergy. A commitment to and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and interdisciplinary scholarship and to the value Computer Engineering, and Mechanical and of research in and across the multiple areas Materials Engineering, with additional represented in the Faculty is essential. This undergraduate programs in Integrated challenging position demands superb Engineering and Software Engineering. interpersonal and communication skills and Western provides the highest quality of sound judgment to provide leadership for the professional undergraduate and graduate continuing development of the academic education in Engineering, with a vigorous and programs, research, and creative life within innovative curriculum. Western Engineering is the Faculty and within the University. particularly known for a strong commitment to interdisciplinarity, offering combined degree The Selection Committee expects to begin programs with Medicine, Law, and Business, its review of candidates in late September. and concurrent programs with the Faculties of To receive consideration, applications or SUMMER HOURS Science, Social Science, and Arts and nominations should be received by mid Humanities. Research funding in the Faculty September. The University of Western 11am to 2pm exceeds $17 million annually, averaging over Ontario is committed to employment equity $200,000 per eligible faculty member, one of and welcomes applications from all qualified Monday to Friday the highest in the country. In 2007-08, the full- women and men, including visible minorities, time professoriate in Engineering totaled 89; aboriginal people and persons with disabilities. program enrolments stood at over 1,200 undergraduates and 238 Masters and 254 Nominations and applications including an up Doctoral students. A dedicated non-academic to date curriculum vitae and the names of at Daily and weekly specials staff provides strong administrative, technical, least three referees (who will not be contacted and student counseling support for the Faculty without the consent of the candidate), should mission. Further information may be found at be submitted in confidence to: www.eng.uwo.ca.
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In Memoriam Reaney, poet and playwright, dies at 81
rofessor Emeritus James edly regional, celebrating the his- called ‘the iconography of the Crerar Reaney, a nationally tory and culture of Southwestern imagination’ was hugely inspiring P acclaimed poet and play- Ontario where he chose to live to his fellow academics and cre- wright, died June 11 at the age and create throughout most of ative writers, not least because of 81. his life. he was a brilliantly original and With a career that spanned Among his best-known dra- effective teacher.” more than 50 years, Reaney was matic works was a trilogy of Several years ago, speaking an English professor, poet and plays about the 1880 massacre to the Western Alumni Gazette, playwright with artistic breadth of the Donnelly family in Lucan, Reaney said his favourite work that also included turns as direc- north of London. was probably his first children’s tor, opera librettist, editor, pub- The work is among a handful novel – The Boy With the R In lisher, critic, children’s writer, of Canadian works listed among His Hand, first published by Mac- teacher and painter. the 1,000 most significant plays of millan in 1965. This past spring a collection all time by the Oxford Dictionary “I had a lot of fun with it. of Reaney’s sketches and water- of Plays. I entered it in a contest and colours was on exhibit at the Reaney completed his doctor- although it didn’t win, it was pub- McMichael Gallery near Toronto. ate at the University of Toronto lished.” The gallery described his land- where his supervisor was distin- Reaney, married in 1951 to poet scapes as “charming vignettes guished literary critic and theo- Colleen Thibaudeau, is also sur- that reveal his deep-rooted pre- rist Northrop Frye. vived by two children, including occupation with small-town and He lectured at the University son James of London, a journalist farm life and have both personal of Manitoba prior to teaching at at The London Free Press, daugh- meaning and collective appeal.” Western from 1960 to 1992, where ter Susan living in Vancouver, Reaney won three Governor- he shared his passion for Cana- two grand-daughters and two sib- General’s Awards for poetry and dian literature with a generation lings. drama, The Red Heart in 1949; A of students and inspired future Son James shared his farewell Suit of Nettles in 1958; and two great playwrights such as alum- in a blog published online by The works, Twelve Letters to a Small nus Tomson Highway. Free Press. “Memories? I have 55 Town and The Killdeer and Other English professor David Bent- years of them … & they all seem Plays, garnered the award in 1962. ley described Reaney as “a shap- to be rushing through my heart & St. Nicholas Hotel, won a 1974 ing force in our department from mind at once.” Chalmers Award for best Cana- 1960 until his retirement – and, http://lfpress.ca/perl-bin/pub- dian play. In addition, he received indeed, well beyond that.” lish.cgi?x=blogs&s=blogs&p=11 the Order of Canada. “He was a pioneer of the region- A memorial service was held James Crerar Reaney was a nationally recognized artist who quietly earned Born on a Stratford-area farm alist movement in Southwestern June 14 at Robinson Memorial the description of “gentleman” from faculty colleagues in the Department in 1926, his art was often unabash- Ontario whose work on what he United Church in London. of English and elsewhere at Western.
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June 19 one wishing to speak Spanish and meet people students $10. Students/Seniors $7. 7:30 nightly. heavenly skies and the Department of Physics Campus Communicators is a Toastmasters from different Spanish-speaking countries is Contact 519-661-3403, email [email protected] or and Astronomy offers an opportunity to further club. Develop and improve communications McIntosh Gallery Exhibition – the river proj- welcome. Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. UC 117. [email protected] Visit uwo.ca/english/site/new. the experience by presenting weekly open skills, in a supportive and learning environ- ect: 19 London artists turn to the Thames. This html houses on Saturday nights this summer at the ment. SLB 330, 12 noon every Wednesday. Megan exhibition is the result of over two years of the Department of English – 28th Annual Summer Hume Cronyn Observatory. Stargazers are also Popovic [email protected]. website cctm.freeto- artists looking at, thinking about, and “making Shakespeare. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” June 28 encouraged to engage the resident astronomy asthost.info friends with” a part of the Thames River and Outdoors at Western on the hill in front of experts, who often include members of the Department of English – 28th Annual Summer its impact on this community. Commemorative University College. Bring a chair; cushions will Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, with Shakespeare. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” August 14 - 31 book of the project available for sale. For more be provided. Tickets available at the door. Non- questions. The open houses run through to Outdoors at Western on the hill in front of McIntosh Gallery – Visual Arts Masters of Fine info contact 519-661-3181, or visit mcintoshgal- students $10. Students/Seniors $7. 7:30 nightly. University College. Bring a chair; cushions will Saturday, August 30. 8:30 p.m. Arts Graduation Exhibition. One component of lery.ca. Until June 22, 2008. Contact 519-661-3403, email [email protected] or be provided. Tickets available at the door. Non- the MFA program is the public exhibition of the [email protected] Visit uwo.ca/english/site/new. students $10. Students/Seniors $7. 7:30 nightly. July 2 graduate student’s body of work, an opportunity June 21 html Contact 519-661-3403, email [email protected] or Modern Languages and Literatures presents to see the culmination of studies prior to gradu- Summer stargazing at the Cronyn Observa- [email protected] Visit uwo.ca/english/site/new. “La Tertulia” - Spanish Conversation Group. Any- ation. For more info contact 519-661-3181 or visit tory… Summer nights are perfect to view the June 26 html one wishing to speak Spanish and meet people mcintoshgallery.ca. heavenly skies and Western’s Department of McIntosh Gallery – FACETS: New Acquisitions from different Spanish-speaking countries is Physics and Astronomy offers an opportunity in Context. The McIntosh Gallery Collection Summer stargazing at the Cronyn Observa- welcome. 3:30 p.m. every Wednesday. UC 117. Please send submissions to comingevents@ to further the experience by presenting weekly now numbers over 3,300 art objects of local, tory. Summer nights are perfect to view the uwo.ca. open houses on Saturday nights this summer national and international significance. This at the Hume Cronyn Observatory. Stargazers past year many exciting artworks have been are also encouraged to engage the resident added to develop the Collection as a database Academe astronomy experts, who often include members for research into the careers and contributions of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, of artists to Canadian visual history. Some with questions. The open houses run through acquisitions introduce established artists for PhD Lectures Struggles on the Knowledge Commons, June 26, behaviours in youth” (co-authored with Patri- to Saturday, August 30. 8:30 p.m. the first time while others address gaps in the 2:30 p.m. Room 117 NCB cia Tucker, Health Sciences, Jason Gilliland, representation of an artist’s career and will be Christy R. Bressette - Education, Education, Geography, doctoral student Kristian Larsen, June 24 presented in the context of previous holding. For Understanding Success in Community First Niki Abolhassani – Electrical and Computer Geography, Meizi He, Brescia University, and Oncology Grand Rounds – Department of more info contact 519-661-3181 or visit mcintosh- Nation Education Through Anishinabe Meno- Engineering, Trajectory Planning and Control of Paul Hess, University of Toronto); and the Oncology and London Regional Cancer Program. gallery.ca. Until August 10, 2008. Bimaadziwin Action Research, June 23, 10 a.m., Needle Insertion in Robotics-Assisted Prostate second entitled, “Adolescents’ perspectives of Andrew Leung, Western. “Vertebroplasty for Room 1010, FEB Brachytherapy, June 27, 1 p.m. Room 234 TEB neighbourhood environmental influences on Pathologic Vertebral Compression Fractures” Department of English – 28th Annual Summer physical activity and dietary behaviours” (co- Rm. A3-924 a/b, 12 – 1 p.m. Shakespeare. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Lindsey Forbes – Psychology, Expressions of Lauren Beck – Hispanics Studies, 16th Century authored with Tucker, Gilliland and He). Morrow Outdoors at Western on the hill in front of Disorganized Attachment Beyond the Strange Religious Signs and Symbols Throughout the presented in two poster sessions: the first, Department of English – 28th Annual Summer University College. Bring a chair; cushions will Situation: Precursors and Correlates in Natural- Lands of Spain, June 30, 9:30 a.m., Room 224UC “Co-active coaching as an intervention for obe- Shakespeare. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” be provided. Tickets available at the door. Non- istic and Experimental Contexts, June 23, 9 a.m. sity among female university students” (with Outdoors at Western on the hill in front of students $10. Students/Seniors $7. 7:30 nightly. Room 9420 SSC Lana J. 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Department of English – 28th Annual Summer Katherine Davies – Statistics, Investigating a Jennifer D. Irwin and Don Morrow (Health Shakespeare. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Sciences) attended the International Society Two-Dimensional Renewal Process, June 24, 1 (Health Sciences) and doctoral June 25 Outdoors at Western on the hill in front of for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity Don Morrow p.m., Room 248 WSC student Megan Popovic (Health Sciences) deliv- Modern Languages and Literatures presents University College. Bring a chair; cushions will symposium held in Banff, Alberta, May 21-25. ered a paper entitled, “Stomping the Shadow: “La Tertulia” - Spanish Conversation Group. Any- be provided. Tickets available at the door. 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rom a television broadcaster and cardiac surgeon to a Flawyer and social activist, The University of Western Ontar- io’s Class of 2008 was offered a mix of humorous anecdotes and pearls of wisdom during the 291st convocation ceremonies. Spring convocation saw more than 6,600 graduates receive diplomas and be transformed from students to alumni, a body numbering 225,000 around the world. Maintaining the drive to con- tinually learn was a thread woven into the words of most of the 10 honorary degree recipients. “Embrace the continuous learn- ing that such a path will offer,” says Anne Golden, President & CEO of The Conference Board of Canada. “Seek out and stay connected to exceptional people doing important work, people from diverse backgrounds who care and who are committed.” Golden received a Doctor of Laws for her career in social jus- tice. “I cannot wish more for you than the joy that I have been Photos by Paul Mayne, Western News privileged to have - the sense that in some way, every day, you are Above: Social Science graduate Monica Rotar making a contribution.” shares her accomplishment with her newborn CBC broadcaster Peter Mans- nephew Tudor. bridge, who received a Doctor of Laws, told students Canada needs Above right: Social Sciences grads Kari Dumesnil more “quiet heroes” and urged and Jeff Lawson soak up the convocation atmo- them to take this responsibility sphere after graduating June 11. to heart. “You’re a university-educated Right: Health Sciences graduate Kalyn Stephen- person and now you’re going to son poses with her mom Darlene Rieger following reap the rewards by enjoying life the June 10 ceremony. to the fullest,” says Mansbridge. “Earning that degree makes you among the luckiest people on the planet.” Peter Fowler, who spent nearly 50 years at the university as a stu- dent, athlete and surgeon, says he finds himself learning something new every day. He received a Doctor of Science. “You may feel it’s time to stop Words of advice from honorary degree recipients learning. Well, learning never stops,” says Fowler, Chief Medi- Daphne Odjig Allan Lansing Sir David Williams cal Officer at the Qatar Orthopae- dic and Sports Medicine Clinic “You will have to “… (I) incurred “Those graduating and Hospital in the Middle East. make compromises plenty of bumps today will face one “You continue to learn on the job, in your career. along the way. Never certainty – they socially, traveling and, most of all, Consider them be defeated by these will face more when teaching others.” carefully. Don’t give bumps and continue uncertainty than Chancellor Arthur Labatt pre- away your soul.” to explore new ever before.” sided over his final convocation opportunities. Enjoy ceremonies after a four-year the bumps.” term. Ceremonies in October will feature John Thompson as the new chancellor. Peter Fowler Anne Golden Peter Mansbridge “Being honest with “We cannot assume “Every one of you your friends, family our plans will work who has graduated and colleagues out as we predict today has it within is a precious – life is too full of you to become a commodity.” variables beyond our Canadian hero. control – but what is Believe in your within our control is country and give it the ability to prepare something.” for the moment when plans get thrown off course.”