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Managing Editor Wesmen basketball player raises funds for kids with cancer Aaron Epp » [email protected] Business Manager Buzz Off Cancer event Geoffrey Brown » [email protected] inspired by the death PRODUCTION MANAGER Ayame Ulrich » [email protected] of a friend copy and style editor Britt Embry » [email protected] Aaron Epp Photo editor Cindy Titus [email protected] Managing editor » news assignment editor Andrew McMonagle » [email protected] Amy Ogidan recalls feeling helpless when her news production editor friend died of cancer last year. Kristy Rydz » [email protected] “I remember feeling almost victimized in a sense,” said Ogidan, who got to know 14-year- arts and culture editor old Chanel Duncan just as she was becoming Matt Preprost » [email protected] ill with the disease. “It didn’t seem fair that I be- comments editor came so close to her … and I wasn’t really able Andrew Tod » [email protected] to get to know her before she was diagnosed and listings co-ordinator before she was sick.” J.P. Perron [email protected] To combat her feelings of helplessness, » Ogidan has organized a cancer fundraiser for Campus beat reporter Saturday, Nov. 6. Karlene Ooto-Stubbs » [email protected] The 21-year-old education student is in beat reporter her fourth year of playing basketball for the Ethan Cabel » [email protected] University of Winnipeg Wesmen. After the Wesmen women play their home Jordan Janisse Beat reporter opener on Saturday against the University of Wesmen basketball player Amy Ogidan is cutting her hair on Saturday so it can be used to make wigs for cancer Sonya Howard » [email protected] Calgary Dinos, Ogidan and a handful of her patients. beat reporter teammates will cut their hair and donate it to Lauren Parsons » [email protected] the CancerCare Manitoba Foundation. awareness to something that is probably largely Ogidan got to know Chanel through culture reporter The hair will be used to make wigs for chil- ignored in terms of donation dollars.” Winnipeg’s basketball community. The two be- Robin Dudgeon [email protected] dren who have lost their hair during cancer According to the Childhood Cancer came fast friends as Chanel’s illness progressed. » treatment. Foundation, there are about 10,000 children liv- “She was an amazing person,” Ogidan said. Ogidan is inviting anyone who is interested ing with cancer in Canada today. “I only got to know her very well when she CONTRIBUTORS: to do the same. If donating hair isn’t a possibil- More than 70 per cent of children diagnosed was sick but it was just crazy how inspiring she ity, people can donate money that will go toward with cancer become long-term survivors and the always was. Any time I left being with her, I al- Aranda Adams, Matt Austman, cancer research. Fifty per cent of admission to majority of them are considered cured. ways felt uplifted and optimistic and happy and Bethany Berard, Kathleen Cerrer, the games is being donated to CancerCare, as But that wasn’t the case for Chanel, who died joyful. Justin Charette, Anna Currie, well as some of the money made from conces- just over a year ago after being diagnosed in “That was just the kind of person she was. Mike Duerksen, Ellie Einarson, sion and t-shirt sales. November 2008. Even when she was fighting and battling, she Leah Erenberg, Will Gibson, Chris For Ogidan, it’s important that the money Opal Duncan, her mother, describes Chanel managed to evoke those emotions out of you.” Henderson, Dylan Hewlett, Robert J. goes to help children. as a loving, conscientious girl who had aspi- Holt, Jordan Janisse, Alex Krosney, Charmaine Mallari, Devin Morrow, “That’s something that I feel is almost hidden rations of some day playing in the Women’s The Wesmen women play at 6 p.m. on Nov. 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After a long and arduous civic campaign, defeated mayoral challenger Judy Wasylycia- Leis has finally pencilled in some “me-time.” “The first thing I’m going to do isun- pack my boxes from Ottawa,” the former NDP MP said. “Then I’m going to get my house together and pull my carrots out of the garden.” The relative calm of domestic chores may be just what the doctor ordered after mayor Sam Katz was decisively re-elected on Wednesday, Oct. 27, winning 55 per cent of the popular vote compared to the 43 per cent garnered by Wasylycia Leis. “I made the decision to come back to Winnipeg to rebuild this community and I'll be active no matter what on that front,” Wasylycia-Leis said, adding that her disap- pointment and frustration over Katz's re- Cindy Titus election has been augmented by the results of Even after losing the mayoral race, former MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis has pledged to keep bettering her North End community. individual ward races. “We haven't been able to consolidate pro- him on council, but can count on the votes council. Loney, council candidates like Jenny gressive forces,” she said. With all 11 incum- of two other like-minded councillors needed “We weren't able to connect to citizens Motkaluk, a centrist in Mynarski who lost to bents returning to city council and three of for a majority on the civic body. with a progressive agenda,” said Shaun Loney, NDP-backed Ross Eadie, find ideological af- the four wide-open wards won by right lean- With the election of all 11 incumbents co-chair of the Winnipeg Citizens Coalition, filiations and party politics stifling. ing or centrist candidates, the mayor will be as well as right-leaning councillors Paula an organization centred on left-leaning polit- “I didn't try and develop an image of my- working with a council that continues to be Havixbreck in Charleswood-Tuxedo and ical engagement. self as a right-wing candidate even though divisively split along left/right ideological Thomas Steen in Elmwood-East Kildonan, The only unpredictable element that could that's how I was portrayed,” she said, adding lines. swing council to the left or right is Devi that business development and police pres- “I don't think the policy direction will “I made the decision to Sharma in Old Kildonan, who has publicly ence are quite simply desperately needed to change (with this council),” said Chris come back to Winnipeg to voiced her political independence. aid the problems of poverty and crime in the Adams, vice-president at Probe Research However, Sharma ultimately represents ward. and an adjunct professor at the University of rebuild this community and a traditionally conservative ward and was “I was very surprised at how polarized city Winnipeg. I'll be active no matter what the executive assistant to former councillor politics are in Winnipeg.” “I think the opposition (to the mayor’s on that front.” Mike O'Shaughnessy, a strong conservative policies) was weak before and a weak opposi- incumbent. For an interview discussing civic politics with tion on council will remain.” – Judy Wasylycia-Leis “We have a mayor and council that will former mayor Glenn Murray, log on to Ethan A weak opposition signifies that the mayor feel that they have another mandate to sign Cabel's blog at www.uniter.ca/blog. can not only rely on the six members of the Katz will likely have all the votes needed (on to bad deals like Veolia),” Loney said. Executive Policy Committee to vote with to pass all bylaws and initiatives through Unlike the highly socially-democratic Province’s condominium act under review

Housing advocates hope “The City of Winnipeg says they can’t regulate the conversion of apartments to condos changes will address without provincial legislation, so this is the apartments converted ideal time to ask that,” said Brownlee. Brownlee points to regulations in place in into condos cities like Regina and Ottawa. Condo conversions are only approved in Regina if the current vacancy rate is three per cent or higher. In Ottawa, this approval is granted only if the Sonya Howard vacancy rate has been three per cent or higher Beat Reporter for the past two years. The Province of Manitoba welcomed comments on all parts of the Act, notes Anderson, Oct. 29 marked the last day for public and not just those issues listed in the discus- comment on the Province of Manitoba’s sion paper posted on the department of fam- Condominium Act and housing advocates ily services and consumer affairs website. made sure they had their say. “If people have comments on other issues The current Act lays out the process for not covered in the discussion paper or the turning existing apartment buildings into Act, we’d like to hear about those as well,” condominiums and tenants’ tenure rights said Anderson. under this process.

However, it does not set any limits on the Dylan Hewlett number or rate of these conversions in rela- Housing activist Clarke Brownlee is fighting for amendments to the provincial condo act that would ensure more tion to existing rental housing stock. affordable housing for Winnipeggers. Condominium Act review and revision overview “The City of Winnipeg says giving condo buyers seven days as opposed “If Winnipeg did not have a low vacancy to 48 hours to review the details of a condo rate and there was an adequate supply of they can’t regulate the Manitoba’s Condominium Act first came into ef- purchase, as well as requiring that all plans rental units, this would not be an issue,” fect 42 years ago. It has been amended since conversion of apartments to to change existing buildings into condomini- Mackinnon said. “Without replacing the then on specific issues, but the current review condos without provincial ums be certified by a structural engineer. supply of rentals, however, converting ex- process covers the entire Act. Doug Forbes, president of the Manitoba isting rental stock into condominiums is legislation, so this is the Chapter of the Canadian Condominium irresponsible.” Once all public feedback has been received ideal time to ask that” Institute, is uncertain how regulations deter- Winnipeg’s vacancy rate is one per cent and the new Act developed, it will be up to the mining cut-offs for apartment conversions as of April 2010, according to the Canadian Manitoba legislature to determine if and when – Clark Brownlee, director, Right to Housing into condos would fit under the current Act. Mortgage and Housing Corporation, while the act will be amended. “I’m not opposed to the concept, but it the national average is 2.9 per cent. It is uncertain how long this process will take. “That issue is different from what we just hasn’t come up,” Forbes said. Housing advocates like Clark Brownlee Public feedback was received only through are looking at in the Condo Act,” said Ian Shauna Mackinnon, director of the agree that condo conversions should be in- the departmental website, by fax or by email. At Anderson, director of research and planning Manitoba office of the Centre for Public cluded in the review. He is the coordinator of this stage, there are no public forums planned. with the provincial department of family ser- Policy Alternatives, believes the rate at which Right to Housing, a coalition of individuals Source: Ian Anderson, department of family services and consumer affairs. apartments are converted into condos should and 40 organizations that lobby for afford- vices and consumer affairs Some possible changes to the act include be addressed in this review. able housing. 04 News The Uniter November 4, 2010 www.Uniter.ca Manitoba Justice announces more crown prosecutors added by 2016 Local Additions to reduce News Briefs mistakes, lighten Compiled by Jon Sorokowski caseloads may strain other areas City wants your help to talk trash The City of Winnipeg wants to hear Sonya Howard what you think about garbage and waste- Beat Reporter management at an exposition planned for Saturday, Nov. 13. The forum, which will be held at the Winnipeg Convention Centre, is open to the public. The city Manitoba’s attorney general will add 53 pro- wants the public’s help to develop a vincial prosecutors and 29 paralegal and cleri- waste-management strategy to be cal staff by 2016 in order to make caseloads presented to council in November 2011, manageable. Some wonder, however, if this the Winnipeg Free Press reports. A city will put more pressure on other segments of manager told the Free Press that the city Manitoba’s justice system. hopes to divert more waste away from landfills, as Winnipeg’s waste-diversion “We want to make sure that rate is 17 per cent and one of the lowest we give our crown attorneys in Canada. The day-long exposition will feature roundtable discussions and the tools they need to presentations from waste-management operate at the highest level experts. The public can register by calling possible.” 311 or by visiting speakupwinnipeg.com. Leah Erenberg – Andrew Swan, Manitoba Attorney General With the announcement of hiring more crown attorneys, some critics wonder if the decision will complicate Many fresh faces elected other areas of the Manitoba justice system. in rural elections Elections throughout Manitoba last “We want to make sure that we give our week brought plenty of change. Larry crown attorneys the tools they need to op- ing that MACA hopes to address benefits and ministration of justice. Johannson, a grocery store manager, erate at the highest level possible,” said salaries in the future, which should further “This announcement comes at the same won the mayor’s seat from incumbent Manitoba Attorney General Andrew Swan. help with retention. time that legal aid is being constrained,” David Bell in Selkirk last Wednesday, Oct. “More crown attorneys will help move cases Progressive Conservative justice critic Asper said. “A rise in unrepresented persons 27. Selkirk residents expected a close along more quickly.” Kelvin Goertzen wonders if the decision was who can’t get lawyers may mean an increase race, but Johannson’s win over Bell with The announcement is in response to a made in haste. in total prosecutions.” more than 2,500 votes caught many grievance about unmanageable caseloads “The province hasn’t indicated what the More prosecutions could require more residents by surprise, the Winnipeg filed against the province by the Manitoba total cost will be, which speaks to how hur- judges, notes Asper, and possibly more jails Free Press reports. Johannson first Association of Crown Attorneys (MACA) in ried they were in making this decision,” said and parole officers. won a city councillor seat four years 2006. Goertzen. Swan notes, however, that there have ago and then became a development “Some cases were dismissed or delayed be- Carson notes that the decision is a result been investments in other areas of the justice committee chairperson. He is credited cause the Crown attorneys were just too busy of a two-year working group discussion be- system. with spearheading the creation of a to work on all of them,” said Lisa Carson, tween MACA and the justice department. “We’ve given extra money for police offi- major hotel in Selkirk, as a company president of MACA. “The recommended number of additional cers, as well as increased jail capacity,” Swan has purchased land in order to open “Further, because Crown attorneys were prosecutors wasn’t plucked out of thin air,” said. “We’ve also expanded programs to help accommodations. Elsewhere in Manitoba, unable to meet their professional obligations, said Carson. “It was based on statistical infor- reduce the chances of people returning to jail Morden’s incumbent mayor lost to Ken some were starting to suffer from stress-re- mation on caseloads.” once they get involved with the system.” Wiebe. In La Broquerie, Claude Lussier lated conditions.” Costs were not mentioned in this an- Despite these ongoing investments, won the spot of reeve over Marielle While Carson notes that MACA strug- nouncement, adds Swan, because those will Carson notes that MACA has historically Wiebe. As reeve and council did not run gles with the retention of experienced senior depend on the range of Crown attorneys to found otherwise. again in the RM of Gimli or in West St. council, this Oct. 21 announcement should be added, from senior prosecutors to articling “Manitoba’s justice system has been woe- Paul, Bruce Henry is West St. Paul’s new help to recruit new lawyers for careers with students and junior council. fully underfunded,” said Carson. “While reeve, while Lynn Greenberg is the new the Crown. David Asper, assistant professor of law at adding prosecutors is a cost, it’s just a catch- mayor of the RM of Gimli. “It will be better for morale if they know the University of Manitoba, notes that while up to make up for the shortfall that’s been they won’t be coming into a position with an this is a positive development, it is only a par- there for years.” Gimli declares disaster overwhelming workload,” said Carson, add- tial response to a series of problems in the ad- Last Thursday, Oct. 28, the newly elected Gimli council was sworn in and officially declared a disaster in order to get government aid. The town and rural U of W alumnus creates educational board game municipality were pummeled with water cause it is disguised as a game. from Lake Winnipeg driven inshore ‘Mathopoly’ designed to The game itself is loosely based on the by strong winds. Manitoba MLA Peter property-owning board game Monopoly, but Bjornson, who represents the riding, engage young students in instead of solely paying for spaces, players said last Thursday that he would try his math have to answer math questions from various best to get the aid necessary for the RM. strands of the subject to own them. The municipal emergency coordinator “I use it in my classroom and when kids described the situation as a “lake that Karlene Ooto-Stubbs have played it, it goes over well,” Penner said. was charged up on steroids,” the CBC Campus Beat Reporter “Kids need variation in the classroom to get reports. “Waves (were) coming right over them interested.”. and breaching all of the flood prevention After spending eight years on the game, measures that were in place,” he said. Penner began the process of getting it pat- The region is now recovering, with crews Eight years ago, University of Winnipeg grad ented. Last month, he appeared on an epi- pumping water from roadways and Willi Penner’s education class was assigned a sode of the CBC’s popular TV show Dragons’ repairing dikes and shorelines. Residents project to encourage different modes of in- Den, seeking investors. of Willow Island, an area just south of the struction for kids in Grades 5 to 8. He came The experts on the show were less than town of Gimli, evacuated voluntarily last up with Mathopoly, an educational board positive. Wednesday in response to the weather game based on mathematical questions. “I’m just thinking, I could become the hero Courtesy Willi Penner conditions. Since then, he has been promoting the of all kids in Grade 7 if I gave you $150,000 Created by a U of W alumnus, Mathopoly is a new Reward for shooting tips game as an educational tool to engage chil- to burn that thing,” said Kevin O’Leary from board game that gives students the opportunity to For each tip leading to an arrest in dren in learning. the show. “I see the game as detention ... I learn mathematical concepts and formulas in a fun the three shootings that occurred last “I was a terrible math student growing think they should call it math hell.” way. weekend, the Winnipeg Police will offer up, so I took that assignment to heart when The cold reception didn’t discourage a $2,000 reward. A 13-year-old girl was it was given,” Penner said. After graduating Penner. are meant to be there to facilitate the class injured and two men were killed during from the U of W, he moved to Brandon to “I have no issues with anybody saying no and to put a game in front of them is a lack the shootings that occurred in just over get his education degree before relocating to an investment, I just feel they attacked an of motivation.” half an hour last Saturday in the North to Calgary, where the married father of one educational tool,” he said. “It’s kind of odd to Penner doesn’t think so, and hopes to End. The investigation has yielded few teaches at a junior high school. really slam an educational tool because those tap into a niche market of teachers, schools, results – police are unsure whether five dragons are not teachers. If they were school divisions and learning centres. there are one or more suspects or “Kids need variation in teachers, it’s a totally different story.” “I presented the game at a (Manitoba whether the shootings were random After the show, Penner managed to find Teacher’s Society) SAG meeting here in or linked. Tommy Beardy, 35, and Ian the classroom to get them private investors through Calgary connec- Winnipeg, and if all the feedback I had re- Layton MacDonald, 52, both died in the interested.” tions to help fund his endeavour. ceived from that was negative I would have shootings. Samantha Stevenson, 13, Some education students agree with the stopped a long time ago,” he said. – Willi Penner, teacher and CREATOR of was struck in her abdomen by a bullet Dragons and think that the game may not be fired by a man dressed in black. She is Mathopoly effective for all students. Mathopoly is in production now and will be recovering in hospital, the CBC reports. “Teachers in math classes are there to available early December. For more informa- Call Crime Stoppers at 786-8477 with any An advocate of non-textbook teaching, the guide and facilitate – if the kids are left alone tion, visit www.mathopoly.ca. information. 34-year-old says kids learn from Mathopoly (a they can easily lose track, especially in middle name derived from the words “Mathematical years,” said Ronna Joudan, a third-year U of Opportunities Using Poly-Numerals”) be- W education student. “At that age, teachers News 05 www.uniter.ca November 4, 2010 The Uniter Exploring the meaning of Remembrance Day International News Briefs Compiled by Aaron Snider

Jailed editor wins newspaper award ERITREA: Eritrean-born newspaper editor Dawit Isaak received the Golden Pen of Freedom Award for 2011 last week for an enduring commitment to the press and human rights, reported the BBC. Isaak remains in an Eritrean prison where he has been since 2001 without charges after publishing demands for democratic reforms in that country. The government of Eritrea closed down all private press in 2001, citing risks to national security. Isaak returned to Eritrea in the 1990s from Sweden, where he also holds citizenship, to start Eritrea’s first independent newspaper. The World Association of Newspapers called Isaak an inspiration to journalists everywhere. Khadr apologizes Josh Walker CUBA: Omar Khadr apologized last Lauren Parsons Brookside Cemetery, the final resting place for 12,000 Canadian soldiers, is home to interactive tours with week to the widow of the soldier Beat Reporter surviving veterans this Nov. 11 in an attempt to curb Remembrance Day apathy. he pleaded guilty to killing, the CBC reported. In an unsworn statement has been using an assignment he created to take the time to give the day the respect it before the military court, Khadr Nov. 10 is well-known as being one of the help educate his journalism students about deserves. spoke of the things he had thought of biggest bar nights of the year. Remembrance Day. “It can be a sombre day, but it is one desig- while in prison and his hopes of one However, after an evening of partying, get- The assignment requires students to at- nated day out of the year,” she noted. “I don’t day becoming a doctor. Meanwhile, a ting up to go to a Remembrance Day service tend a Remembrance Day service and report think we need to mourn, but to go out and special United Nations representative is not always on the partygoer’s mind. on the event, as well as speak to a veteran party is another thing.” for child soldiers urged the U.S. to “I think ‘does this day get the respect it de- about their personal experiences for a sepa- allow Khadr to return to Canada serves?’ is a question each individual needs rate article. to serve his sentence and receive to ask themselves,” said Jane Saxby, cemeter- “I think it opens them up to the realization Embracing family rehabilitation. Others have criticized ies administrator for the City of Winnipeg. that armed conflict affects a lot more of us connections to Nov. 11 how the U.S. dealt with Khadr, noting “I don’t think there is an apathy – I think than many have realized,” McMonagle said. that his charges did not amount to they don’t understand the meaning of “And, it puts personal faces on the news that international war crimes and calling Remembrance Day.” we hear everyday – ‘another Canadian soldier As part of his Remembrance Day assignment, Red his plea deal disgraceful. River College instructor Duncan McMonagle en- Brookside Cemetery in Winnipeg, dead in Afghanistan,’ it puts personal faces on Indonesia suffers home to the graves of 12,000 Canadian sol- stories like that.” courages his students to talk to older members of their family about their experiences with war. double disasters diers, is holding interactive tours during That’s what Shelley Cook, a second-year INDONESIA: The death toll reached Remembrance week, Nov. 5 to Nov. 10, dur- journalism student in the program experi- “What our students discover with this as- 377 last week in a pair of disasters that ing which people can view the graves as well enced when she did the project last year. signment is that they often have a much more struck different regions of Indonesia, as meet surviving veterans. She and a group of fellow students joined personal connection to war than they realize,” he Reuters reported. A tsunami struck Saxby is excited that, during Remembrance a group of veterans for a round of beers after said. “They often learn that family members have western islands on Monday, killing week, 250 school-aged children will be visit- the service for a more comfortable atmo- fascinating and horrifying stories to tell about 343 people, before a volcano on the ing Brookside for a tour. She believes that it is sphere of storytelling and conversation. wars. Often it’s the first time that a family mem- island of Java erupted Tuesday, killing especially important for them to interact with Cook reminisced about one veteran who ber has talked about these events.” another 34. The volcano erupted again the veterans who are still alive today to learn gave her a European sovereign coin and told McMonagle believes that it is important for on Thursday as some of the 40,000 firsthand experiences of war. her his story. students to find these personal connections to evacuees began to return home, Duncan McMonagle, journalism instruc- “It just really humanized it – talking to learn not only the history of their families, but but no additional casualties were tor for the Creative Communications pro- these old men who were so willing to share how their families have contributed to the history reported. The tsunami was triggered gram at Red River College, agrees. their stories with us,” she said. “Actually talk- of the country. by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and “I think it’s very important for people, ing to people who have gone through this, it For more about finding the personal connec- debate is ongoing as to whether an starting as children, to make a distinction opens your eyes that we should be extremely tion in the stories of family members, read beat early warning system installed after between glorifying war, which is not what thankful.” reporter Lauren Parsons’s Nov. 7 blog at www. the 2004 tsunami was effective. Remembrance Day is about, and honouring Cook said before doing the assignment she uniter.ca/blog wherein she speaks to her grand- the people who’ve fought and suffered in wars had never been to a Remembrance Day ser- $2 billion for biodiversity father about his experience in the Second World JAPAN: Japan’s prime minister – and I think that’s a distinction that even vice outside of the public school system, but War. announced last week that his country kids can understand,” he said. now plans to make it an annual tradition. would provide $2 billion over the For the past eight years, McMonagle She believes that young people should next three years to assist developing nations to preserve their ecosystems Combating psychological harassment in the workplace and prevent loss of biodiversity, according to Al-Jazeera. The news came at the tail end of a 12-day United Employers and employees must formal complaint, how it will be investigated “I thought I was going to get fired ... be- Nations summit on biodiversity in the and how both the accuser and the accused cause he made me feel like a bad employee,” now have a clear policy on Japanese city of Nagoya. Delegates will be informed of the grievance. she said. “I know I am a good employee, it from more than 190 countries attended prevention Employers are now also required to post was the first mistake I ever made.” the summit, which sought to create a a copy of the policy where it can be viewed According to Wendy Josephson, psychol- plan to prevent species extinction by all staff. ogy professor at the University of Winnipeg, over the next decade. Scientists at Lauren Parsons Businesses will have until Feb. 1, 2011 to instances like Bruyere’s are clear cases of psy- the summit estimated that roughly become familiar with the new regulations chological harassment. Beat Reporter one-fifth of the world’s vertebrates and discuss harassment policy with their “(Being) repeatedly mistreated, intimi- are threatened with extinction, also employees. dated or humiliated by someone at work who noting that biodiversity is important “Ultimately we want everyone to have a re- seemingly had more power than you ... meets for human survival. New changes are now in effect to protect em- spectful environment, to feel safe at work,” the definition that most people use as bully- ployees from psychological harassment in Howard said. “We also want to be really clear ing,” she said. Burning ship seeks assist Manitoba workplaces. (about) what psychological harassment is.” Josephson said that in the workplace it is ENGLAND: A mysterious fire aboard a The Workplace, Safety and Health Sheyanne Bruyere, a downtown restaurant more common for harassment to be directed fishing ship off the coast of Britain and Regulation was recently amended after the employee, understands first-hand what the at how well a person does their job, rather France last week led to an emergency Advisory Council on Workplace Safety and term means. than attacks on personal attributes. rescue operation to evacuate the 98 Health, made up of employee and labour After a table she was serving walked out, She also noted that the harassment will crew members on board, according to representatives, reviewed a study showing she had to pay the over $100 bill out of her usually continue until either the harasser or CNN. The ship, called Athena, was more that close to 40 per cent of employees in own pocket. the victim leaves the workplace – and more than 200 miles from land when the Manitoba have experienced harassment or “I never had a walk-out before so I didn’t often than not, it is the victim who leaves. fire occurred, leading to difficulties bullying. know,” she said, not wanting to name the res- “A lot of people don’t know it’s their right as Royal Navy helicopters attempted “The changes are needed,” said Hon. taurant as she is still employed there. “I paid to be protected from harassment,” she said, to reach the location without running Jennifer Howard, Manitoba’s minister of la- for it because the supervisor told me I had hoping that the changes to the regulations out of fuel. All crew were safely bour and immigration. “This is something to.” will change that. transferred to a passing cargo ship that is in place and works in other provinces. A few days later, Bruyere attempted to “One of the things that is becoming clear that is now accompanying the limping We looked over Saskatchewan’s model and confront the manager to regain her losses. is that anyone could be (psychologically ha- vessel back to port in Britain, where are using that as a guideline.” During this conversation her manager belit- rassed). One thing that makes you more vul- the fire that continues to burn will be The updated regulation includes details re- tled her and said things like, “Why should I nerable is if you’re ‘new’,” Josephson said. extinguished and investigated. quiring workplaces to have a harassment pre- have you working here if you are not going to vention policy that explains how to make a follow directions?” 06 Campus News The Uniter November 4, 2010 www.Uniter.ca Campus News Wesmen women’s volleyball falls to Bisons herd Bisons win in four sets on the second set and led 8-5 at the first timeout, Wesmen home court but the Bisons battled back. The third and fourth sets were similar to the second – the score stayed close until the Bisons took over at the end to win three back Sarah Reilly to back sets and claim the match. Staff writer Second-year, left-side Sonia Rossy said the Wesmen’s mistakes cost them the match. “We were inconsistent,” she noted. Saturday, Oct. 30 saw the Wesmen women’s “Volleyball is all about consistency and at this volleyball team host cross-town rivals, the Manitoba Bisons. “We allowed the Bisons to While they put up a good fight, the home stay in the match and then team Wesmen couldn’t conquer the visiting Bisons and lost three sets to one. take it away from our side. It was the opening match for the 2010-2011 We have to be less generous season and the Wesmen started out strong. In to our opponents.” Dylan Hewlett the first set, the score was close. The Bisons Wesmen #6 Sonia Rossy and # 9 Miranda Grayson dug deep in the season opener against rivals the Manitoba led 8-6 going into the first timeout, but the – Diane Scott, head coach, Wesmen women’s Bison yet still couldn't pull off a win. Wesmen remained composed and capitalized volleyball on Manitoba’s errors to take over the lead match and then take it away from our side,” are looking to build on the positives from with 25-23. level you can’t just give free points to your Scott said. “We have to be less generous to last weekend to beat Calgary in their home Second-year Wesmen player Alicia Perry opponent.” our opponents.” gym, according to second-year player Kaelyn thought the team’s strong first set was a posi- Head coach Diane Scott had similar ob- Now the Wesmen are turning their at- Gauthier. tive note in the loss. servations. While she thought that there were tention to preparing for their games next “We came out strong (against Manitoba), “We had a positive start to the game,” she moments when the Wesmen played very well, weekend when they will take on the Calgary and we plan to come out the same way in said. “We’re still learning and we always see she also commented on allowing the opposi- Dinos in Alberta. Calgary, but (this time we will) stay strong improvements in how we play.” tion to take control. With the season now underway, games throughout the match,” she said. The Wesmen continued to play well into “We allowed the Bisons to stay in the count toward playoff standings. The Wesmen Bisons take the ‘W’ on Wesmen home court Wesmen men’s volleyball They came out strong and took the first “We played well enough to win the first Head coach Larry McKay agreed and re- set, but in the second set the energy shifted set,” he said. “But in the end our lack of ex- marked that the Wesmen need to continue team lose season opener to in the Bisons’ favour. Manitoba took the lead perience showed.” to work hard in practices to see results in up- early and were up 16-9 at the second time- In the third and fourth sets, the Bisons coming matches. cross-town rivals out. Refusing to give up, the Wesmen battled took over. They stole a strong lead after the McKay noted that the young team is still back to 24-23, but were unable to answer a first timeout of the third set and the Wesmen learning and improving with every practice kill from Bison Dane Pischke, which ended were unable to recover. The fourth set was and every match. Sarah Reilly the set 25-23. similar and the Bisons won the match 3-1. “We showed improved play since our last Staff writer Fourth-year, left-side Marc Ross noted that Some players are taking the loss as an op- match versus Brandon and since our previous the Wesmen were missing key veterans, Matt portunity for the team to become better. match versus Manitoba,” he said. Schriemer and Dan Lother, in their line-up “We are going to have to learn from this The Wesmen travel to Calgary next week- The Wesmen men’s volleyball team fell to the on Saturday night. Both athletes are out due and use it to help us beat U of Calgary this end to play against the Calgary Dinos at the Manitoba Bisons in four sets last weekend as to injuries, which means that younger players weekend,” Wesmen second-year, left-side University of Calgary. they kicked off their season with a loss. need to step up early in their careers. Matt Stubler said, reflecting on the defeat.

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Here’s what’s up at the UWSA in the next few weeks: Free Yoga: It’s yoga month at the UWSA, and classes are taking place every Wednesday at 12:30. The classes are free, and will be held in Gallery 1C03 on November 10th, and in the Bulman Students’ Centre MPR on November 17th and 24th. Bring your own mat or purchase one at cost at the Petrified Sole. Library Survey: Want to win $500? Fill out the Library Quality Survey between now and Novem- ber 26th. The results of this survey are used to guide improvements to the library, and students who complete the survey will be entered in a draw for a $500 cash prize. For more information, and to complete the survey, go to http://library.uwinnipeg.ca/libqual. Homohop 17: The UWSA LGBT* Centre’s 17th annual Homohop is taking place on November 10th at 9pm in the Bulman Students’ Centre. It’s an all-ages event and costs $10 in advance (tickets are available at Info Booth). This year’s theme is ‘On Duty, In Uniform’, so get your costume ready!

YOUR UWSA! MISSION STATEMENT (Left To Right) The UWSA democratically unites the students of the Lana Hastings University of Winnipeg in order to advance student Vice President Student Services interests. Our efforts include promoting the exchange of Ava Jerao ideas and information among students, and within the Vice President Internal greater University community. In aid of this, we support Jason Syvixay and encourage the development of student groups and President societies on campus. As well as promoting communication Katie Haig-Anderson within the University, the UWSA advocates on behalf of Vice President Advocate students to administrative bodies.

OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday | 10AM - 4PM 0R30 BULMAN STUDENTS’ CENTRE | 515 PORTAGE AVENUE | 786-9792 | THEUWSA.CA Campus News 07 www.uniter.ca November 4, 2010 The Uniter U of W prepared to battle bed bugs Campus Rumours of bed bugs on tial to rapidly spread the pests, who thrive on human blood. If there was an outbreak in res- campus untrue idences, the university would be prepared. News Briefs “We would work very closely with a health Compiled by Justin Charette and safety officer to treat an outbreak and and Kristy Rydz have good relationships with local pest con- Karlene Ooto-Stubbs U of W student wins trol agencies,” Pchajek said. “We use a com- silver in archery Campus Beat Reporter pany that is certified for cleaning linen for On Oct. 10 University of Winnipeg bed bugs, if it does happen we’ll take neces- kinesiology student Jay Lyon won the sary steps to treat infected rooms.” silver medal in the recurve bow archery A rumour has spread that Winnipeg’s bed The university has no specific budget set competition at the Commonwealth Games bug epidemic has reached University of aside for pest control, so treatment would have in New Delhi, according to a U of W media Winnipeg’s campus, infecting everything to come out of the maintenance budget. release. After entering the 2008 Olympic from the couches in the Bulman Centre to McFeetors Hall resident Jordan Nickel is Games in Beijing ranked at number 48, residences in McFeetors Hall. confident that his bed won’t be infected. he finished ranked at number 10 in men’s The good thing is that the rumours are “I’m not worried about bed bugs in my archery. The year before in the 2007 Pan untrue, and there is no reason to be scared room because I keep it clean,” he said. American Games in Rio De Janeiro, he “We check quite regularly. helped win the silver medal for Canada, and finishing the competition in fourth … There are no bed bugs Bed bug tidbits place, overall. After graduation, he plans at McFeetors or (the to compete and win the gold for Canada residences at) Balmoral.” A recent resurgence of bed bugs has hit the in the 2012 Summer Olympics. David Seburn global community hard, spreading easily Manitoba student film – Sherri Pchajek, manager of campus living With bedbugs taking the city by storm, U of W says through luggage, clothing and furniture. their mattresses and couches are safe from the at Banff Festival and housing, U of W’s Community Renewal Here are some important facts about the crawlers. The Winnipeg Free Press reports Corporation pests: that local Red River College Creative strictions as to what kind of furnishings can – Bed bugs are persistent. Eradicating, ex- Communications student Christopher of lounging at school, according to the be brought into university residences and terminating or just killing an entire infesta- Paetkau had his film screened at the Banff University of Winnipeg’s Community checks for evidence of pests during dorm tion requires equal persistence. Mountain Film Festival on Nov. 1. The film Renewal Corporation. inspections. – Bed bugs can hide in extremely small in question, titled “Wagiiwing” (A Place of Campus couches were inspected last “The onus would be on the student to cracks and crevices making it difficult to Refuge) is based on his experience in the month, and residences are inspected twice a report any kind of rodent in the unit,” said locate breeding sites. Canada’s Greatest Summer Job program, term. Pchajek. in which 32 university students were – Bedbugs are rarely seen in daylight. They tasked with making films aboutC anada’s “We check quite regularly (for bed bugs),” Although bed bugs are not a serious health emerge from their hiding spots at night. said Sherri Pchajek, manager of campus living concern, they can be annoying says Kelly national parks. This film is about Riding and housing for the U of W’s Community Keith, health communications coordinator at – Bed bugs can live a year or longer with- Mountain National Park near Dauphin, Renewal Corporation. “We have a mainte- Communications Services Manitoba. out food (blood) and, thus, stay in their Manitoba, and explores the eviction of nance guy who does inspections on all the “Bed bugs are not considered a significant hiding places. the local Aboriginal population in 1936, units about twice a term ... There are no public health risk as they are not known to – Bed bug females lay about 300 eggs. and the current relationship between the First Nations and the park. bed bugs at McFeetors or (the residences at) carry or transmit infectious disease of any – Bed bugs hatch from eggs in 10 days. Balmoral.” sort,” Keith said. “There is some risk of al- U of W one of Canada’s Top 10 “Lions Manor is odd, we haven’t had bed lergic reaction or infection due to scratching, Source: Pest Control Canada, pestcontrolca- nada.com in Globe and Mail survey bugs in our units but they’re adjacent to some however. There is also the potential emotional The University of Winnipeg retains its seniors’ apartments who have been infected.” distress to be considered.” status as one of the top undergraduate Pchajek added that the U of W has re- High traffic seating areas have the poten- universities in Canada, according to a recent Globe and Mail Survey. The U of W was particularly outstanding in class Selinger checks in on size and environmental commitment, newest U of W facilities ranking first in Canada in both categories, according to a media release. Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger was on campus Other categories in which the U of W Monday, Nov. 1 to tour the University of Winnipeg’s Science Complex and Richardson College for the placed highly (second in Canada) include Environment, slated to be completed March 31, course availability, libraries, and quality 2011 and McFeetors Hall: Great-West Life Student of education. In addition to this study, Residence. a survey was also given to the students In November 2006 the provincial government of the universities who answered six announced a $25-million capital investment to aid in ‘personality’ questions, which tracked constructing the Science Complex. topics such as student diversity and Both buildings are constructed to LEED Silver innovation. Standards to achieve the highest energy efficiency. U of W and First Nations “These are outstanding facilities that are going to Partnership provide a couple of generations of educational opportunity for anybody that wants to come study and The Future Starts Now, recently or live at the University of Winnipeg,” Selinger said. announced by the University of Winnipeg, The tour was hosted by Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, is an investment partnership between the president and vice-chancellor of the University of University of Winnipeg’s Post-Secondary Winnipeg, and facilitated by Manshield Construction. Education Community Outreach Program -Lauren Parsons (PSECOP) and the Sagkeeng First Nation Economic Development Department.

Josh Walker This partnership will utilize the federal government’s Canada Education listings Saving Grant and the National Learning Bond in order to help Sagkeeng First Virtuosi Concerts in Eckhardt-Grammaté Hall. THE HUMANITARIAN ISSUES PROGRAM of the offer your skills. Nation families pay for their children’s COMMUNITY EVENTS education, according to a U of W media The University of Winnipeg presents two solo Canadian Red Cross seeks youth volunteers ages FRAIL AND ELDERLY SENIOR SOCIAL CLUB in FROM OUTRAGE TO ACTION, a Human Rights exhibitions on campus by photographer Gerry 15 to 25 to work on campaigns and events around Windsor Park that meets on Wednesdays and release. In addition to helping ease the Workshop Series, will take place at the University Kopelow: WHERE THE BUDDHA WALKED (Gallery themes such as children in conflict, refugee and Thursdays 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. needs volunteers. strain of funding a university education of Winnipeg on Tuesdays from Nov. 9 until Dec. 7. 1C03) and FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY (Hamilton migrant issues and international development. Help the seniors by preparing, serving and For more information, email mb.volunteer@red- PSECOP exists to provide information to Participate in a FREE YOGA CLASS every Monday Galleria & University Archives) in Gallery 1C03. cleaning up after lunch and snacks, playing card First Nation, Metis and immigrant families The exhibition runs until Nov. 20. cross.ca or call 982-6731. games and/or bocce ball, shuffleboard, bean from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the West End Cultural regarding RESPs and government savings Centre until Dec. 20. No experience is necessary THE UNITER, the weekly rag you are holding right bag toss, singing old time songs, and enjoying – all skill levels are welcome. Child minding is VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES now, is looking for contributors. See your words conversations with them. Phone Jay Spicer at incentives to make post-secondary in print or your photos and drawings on the page. 256-8712. education more accessible. available. Volunteer positions at the University of Winnipeg: Email Aaron at [email protected]. THE MANITOBA CHAPTER OF OSTEOPOROSIS THE WINNIPEG LABOUR CHOIR is looking for new – PEER SUPPORT – email uofwpeersupport@ International Wesmen members to join a small core of like-minded, Volunteers are needed for the after-school CANADA is looking for volunteers to assist in the gmail.com, or grab an application from their of- HOMEWORK CLUBS held at the MILLENIUM following areas: Volunteers are needed to join Classic set for seventh enthusiastic singers. Their goal is to educate fice (ORM13), or from the UWSA. others about working conditions, labour history LIBRARY. The clubs are drop-in programs where the Speakers’ Bureau to make presentations on consecutive year and social justice through music and drama. – UWSA FOODBANK – email foodbank@theuwsa. children and youth receive help with homework Osteoporosis and/or host displays at Health and For the seventh straight year the There are no auditions or tryouts. Meet every ca, or grab an application from the UWSA. and play literacy-based activities and games. To Wellness Fairs. Treasurer – this individual would Junior Wesmen and Manitoba Magic are get involved, please call Frontier College at 253- become a member of the Board and be respon- Wednesday at Sargent Park School from 7:30 p.m. – THE U of W GLOBAL WELCOME CENTRE FOR 7993 and ask for Megan. sible for submitting an annual budget, monthly joining forces to host the International to 9:30 p.m. in the music room. For further details IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEES – call 258-2946, or email financial statements and monitoring the financial Wesmen Classic weekend from Friday contact Lynn McLean at 772-2072. [email protected]. 'Tis the season to volunteer and nothing’s better than good karma right before Christmas. Get into accounts. Please call Janet at 772-2664 or email Dec. 3 to Sunday Dec. 5. The 2010 edition The Graffiti Gallery is seeking a ARD KROOM – CRIMINAL JUSTICE TUTOR – email uwcjsa@ the holiday spirit and put a smile on stranger’s [email protected]. held at the Duckworth Centre will see PHOTOGRAPHY INSTRUCTOR to manage the live.ca. drop-in darkroom and Intro to Photography face this season by supporting St. Amant and AFRICAN COMMUNITIES OF MANITOBA needs a boys and girls club basketball teams workshops. THE WOMEN’S HEALTH CLINIC is looking for joining the VOLUNTEER GIFT WRAPPING TEAM at RESOURCE CENTRE ASSISTANT for general office from various divisions ranging from women interested in providing feminist, body St. Vital Mall. Volunteers are needed for Dec. 1 to duties, maintaining the resource centre and re- A FREE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CLASS will be positive presentations to youth and adults on Dec. 24, please e-mail [email protected]. ceiving visitors and drop-ins. Please call Maggie ages 8-17 go head-to-head on the court held on Sundays from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Elim body image and weight preoccupation. Please in three guaranteed games per squad. CKUW 95.9 FM is seeking volunteers for the music at 294-6160 or email [email protected]. Chapel, 546 Portage Ave. It will be an opportunity email [email protected]. Registration is $275 per team and ends to meet with other students and make Canadian and news departments, and hosts for programs. PLUG IN INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART is friends while improving your English by learning The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) is in- Email [email protected]. looking for enthusiastic volunteers to assist with on Nov. 23. For more details including troducing a new and improved SOUNDCHECK pro- the Bible. For more information contact Val and THE WEST BROADWAY YOUTH OUTREACH CENTRE various aspects of their programs and opera- online registration, rules and regulations gram, an easy and affordable way to take in WSO Veda Chacko at 257-1670 or [email protected]. is always looking for more volunteers to help tions at 460 Portage Ave. Volunteer positions in- and hotel information check out www. concerts throughout the season for students and with a variety of programs including sports, clude opportunities in special events, programs, those aged 15 to 30. visit www.wso.ca for more wesmen.ca or call Doran Reid at 786- ON CAMPUS tutoring and other programs to benefit inner-city research centre and marketing. Email info@ information. 9817. youth. Call 774-0451 or stop by 222 Furby St. to plugin.org or call Michell at 942-1043. The HOEBIG/MOROZ DUO will perform as part of 8 Comments The Uniter November 4, 2010 www.Uniter.ca Comments Treaty Land Entitlement a slow process Promises from two was signed between Canada, Manitoba and the Treaty Land Entitlement Committee of successive premiers Manitoba Inc. on behalf of 21 Entitlement First Nations at Opaskwayak Cree Nation, remain unfulfilled for near The Pas. The Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Manitoba’s First Nations Agreement outlines how the parties have agreed to fulfill the outstanding treaty land obligations in Manitoba arising from the numbered treaties. It sets out the principles, Chris Henderson responsibilities and dispute resolution pro- Volunteer cesses associated with the land selection and acquisition process to be undertaken by the Entitlement First Nations. The English word “reconcile” essentially The Treaty Land Entitlement Framework means to settle, harmonize and/or make Agreement provides for up to a total of compatible. 1,100,626 acres of land and $76 million to- In this current era of First Nations-Crown Ayame Ulrich relations, there can be no greater example of The settling of outstanding Nations have signed individual agreements “reconciling” than Manitoba’s assumed juris- Treaty Land Entitlement under the umbrella Treaty Land Entitlement subjected to bureaucratic indifference and diction and control over lands and natural Framework Agreement, and are currently en- misguided interpretations. resources within the province in relation to claims is not only in the best gaged in the land selection and acquisition Anything less would be unfortunate and outstanding First Nations treaty land claims. interests of First Nations, process. As of August 2010, Canada has set disappointing. One case in point is the recent Treaty Land it is in the best interests of aside a total of 426,893 acres of land as reserve The settling of outstanding Treaty Land Entitlement (TLE) land selections made by for these 15 Entitlement First Nations. Entitlement claims is not only in the best in- the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation within the Manitoba and Canada as a In recognition of the slow pace of the treaty terests of First Nations, it is in the best inter- Whiteshell Provincial Park. whole land conversion process, former Premier Gary ests of Manitoba and Canada as a whole. TLE refers to land owed to certain First Doer boldly announced Manitoba’s commit- This would only strengthen and enhance Nations under the numbered treaties in ward the process of selecting and acquir- ment to expedite the transfer of 1.1 million First Nations-Crown relations, as well as fur- Manitoba that were signed by the First ing lands to be set apart as reserves for the acres of Crown land over four years under ther the reconciliation process between First Nations and the British Crown between 1871 Entitlement First Nations. the Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Nations and the Manitoba Government. and 1910. Of the 1,100,626 acres, 985,949 is the Agreement on June 28, 2007. Ultimately, what’s at stake here is main- Treaties One to 10 provided that the Crown land amount to be selected and Since that time Greg Selinger has become taining the “honour of the Crown.” Crown would set aside a certain amount of 114,677 is the acreage amount to be pur- premier. This past July, after meeting with This legal and constitutional duty obli- land as reserve land based upon the popu- chased, or acquired, for those Entitlement the Treaty Land Entitlement Committee, gates all Canadian governments, including lations of the “Indian bands” at the time of First Nations who do not have sufficient Selinger committed to honouring and fulfill- Manitoba, to act with integrity and honour the original surveys for reserve lands. Not all amounts of Crown Land to select from ing his predecessor’s “bold” promise. in all its dealings. This includes settling TLE Indian bands received their land entitlement within their traditional territory (such as the While the Treaty Land Entitlement claims with the First Nations. as promised in the numbered treaties. This Brokenhead Ojibway Nation). Committee and its Member First Nations outstanding, guaranteed land is referred to as On May 29, 2010, the 13th anniversary of welcome and embrace Selinger’s commit- Chris Henderson is the executive director of Treaty Land Entitlement. the signing of the Treaty Land Entitlement ment, what’s needed now is action. This ac- the Treaty Land Entitlement Committee of On May 29, 1997, the Manitoba Treaty Framework Agreement occurred. tion must match the political commitments Manitoba, Inc. Land Entitlement Framework Agreement Since that time, 15 Entitlement First made by both premiers, and it must not be The Security Council isn’t the only way Fiscal conservatism is Africa are all clear examples of Canada's will- pecially so over the past decade. ing on prisons while generating a record defi- ingness and ability to lead. It is well known that in most of its in- cit. If our government can spend this kind of Canada’s real problem Moreover, Canada has strong national ternational commitments (aside from money on these unnecessary services, it can standards that can ensure it will continue Afghanistan), Canada doesn't commit the surely find the money to take an actual global to work hard for human rights internation- big bucks until it knows for sure the endea- leadership role on issues like human rights. ally. For example, Canada has created and vour is feasible, will see quantifiable positive Secondly, this slow-moving conservative Matt Austman chairs a group of 43 nations called the Group feedback and can be afforded. approach is allowing Canada to limit itself Staff Writer of Friends, which is a multilateral body that Due to this, Canadian development and to an orthodox framework that constrains operates outside the Security Council but human rights agencies take their time in the government motivation to lead, and relies in- consultation process before implementation, stead on status-quo politics. A few weeks ago, Canada was defeated in its Consultation is great, but making sure they hear from a wide variety of Consultation is great, but if the final bid for a two-year rotating seat on the United the wait means nothing interest groups so they can create a reason- policy strategy is to be successful, the wait Nations Security Council. Many are saying able and balanced approach on the interest means nothing if the government is continu- the Security Council defeat was a sign that if the government is of Canadians. ally weakening the capacity of human rights Canada has lost its reputation as a nation al- continually weakening the The reality is that this approach is easily agencies. ways on the forefront for human rights. capacity of human rights bogged down in consultation. It is also use- Canada should be advancing its own However, a number of Canadian diplo- less if the government isn’t initially ready to agenda and doesn't require a Security Council mats and officials have said that this isn't an agencies spend the money. seat to do so. Norway is a prime example of “end-all” for Canada's positive international Nine-figure initiatives are noteworthy, but what middle powers can do. influence. They argue that Canada is still a utilizes its collective influence to pass resolu- they are very rare. Recent Canadian govern- Our diplomats are correct when they say global leader on a lot of issues. tions on human rights issues. ments have been extremely cautious about Canada can still be a global political leader They argue that initiatives like the re- However, congratulating Canada for these spending money because it deters from their without a Security Council seat. cent $2 million to Haiti for disease preven- initiatives only tells half the story. In reality, obsession with balancing the budget. However, the next government will need tion, leading funding for UN programs in Canada's foreign policy is less indicative of This is evident with the Harper govern- to scrap fiscal conservatism and orthodoxy the Congo, committing $100 million to the leadership than ever. Although these initia- ment’s large cutbacks to its development if it is to make Canada a leader on human World Bank for the use of small states and tives are noteworthy, Canada is increasingly agencies, NGOs and women’s groups. These rights and development. the $120 million donation for maternal aid to regressive on the international scene, and es- cuts are always justified for, amongst other reasons, budgetary constraints. Matt Austman is a politics student at the Though seemingly understandable, these University of Winnipeg. He recently returned justifications often don’t make sense. from a trip to New York City and the United Consider that the Harper government just Nations along with other students and staff agreed to spend $16 billion on new fighter jets affiliated with the U of W's Global College. and pledged a 43 per cent increase in spend-

CORRECTION: The campus news brief "Randy Kobes leaves legacy to U of W undergrads" in the Sept. 30 issue of The Uniter (page 6) contained incorrect information. The poster session has always been open to undergraduate students, and there were seven winners, not three: First place went to Michael Lang (Physics Department), second place went to Ian Taylor (Physics Department), third place went to Dylan Buhr (Physics Department) and four Honourable Mention prizes were awarded to Tim Chau (Physics Department), Shanleigh MacKenzie (Psychology Department), Sam Voth (Chemistry Department) and Wan Wang (Psychology Department). Also, the story "Endorsements liven up civic campaign" in the Oct. 21 issue of The Uniter (page 5) contained incorrect information. We stated that Ross Eadie had not received a formal party endorsement. The Manitoba NDP did in fact endorse four candidates in the civic election: Ross Eadie, Jenny Gerbasi, Shaneen Robinson and Keith Bellamy. We regret the errors. Comments 9 www.uniter.ca November 4, 2010 The Uniter Splitting the vote

Left-liberals ran was an old joke that you could have a dog run for the NDP in Elmwood and it would themselves out of city win. council This time around, there were two left-leaning candidates running against each other (the NDP-endorsed Shaneen Robinson), and they split the vote. Nick Ternette This allowed Thomas Steen – a federal Volunteer Staff Conservative candidate in 2008 – to take the ward seat. The situation was similar in Daniel McIntyre, except that Harvey Smith – who In spite of Calgary’s turn to the left with lost the NDP endorsement to Keith Bellamy the election of Mayor Naheed Nenshi and – managed to win after the other left candi- Toronto’s move to the far right with the elec- dates split their votes. tion of Mayor Rob Ford, Winnipeg main- Interestingly, the same scenario occurred tained the status quo on Wednesday, Oct. in 1992 when the WIN (Winnipeg into the 27. Nineties) slate was in the position of winning Change was simply not in the air in spite the majority of council seats. of an increase in voter turnout from the mu- However, because of two left-of-centre nicipal election of 2006. No doubt Judy candidates running against each other in Wasylycia-Leis’s energetic, grassroots cam- many wards, the right-wing wound up dom- paign increased the voter turnout to 48 per inating city council. cent, but the last time an incumbent mayor The most disturbing aspect of this past was defeated was in 1956. civic election was the Winnipeg Citizens’ Change in Winnipeg is hard to come by. Coalition (WCC) and NDP’s inability to Sam Katz’s focus on crime – an issue on come together in some form of an alliance every citizen’s mind these days – probably that would have ensured only one left-wing played a role in Wasylycia-Leis’s defeat. Another reason why she didn’t win is that Left-liberals are simply she started working on her campaign too late. unable to learn the lesson In order to overcome an incumbent, prepara- tion for a campaign is needed at least one year that you can’t run two left- in advance of the election. Wasylycia-Leis de- wing candidates against one clared her candidacy in May and didn’t really right-of-centre candidate start her campaign until after Labour Day. The ideological outlook of city council in and expect to win 2010 remains the same as before – one loss for the left by the liberal coalition in Elmwood- candidate ran in each of the wards against Aranda Adams East Kildonan (won by Thomas Steen) and right-of-centre candidates. who receives the endorsement of the party, business. one gain for that coalition in the Mynarski Instead, the WCC, determined not to en- which led once again to two left-wing can- Significant social issues, such as poverty, Ward (won by Ross Eadie). dorse any left-liberal candidates, decided to didates running against each other in many violence, transparency and accountability, There is one major reason why this hap- educate the public by issuing a “Candidate constituencies. will again remain inadequately addressed pened. Left-liberals are simply unable to Report Card.” These report cards assessed the The one positive outlook for the left-liber- over the next four years. learn the lesson that you can’t run two left- performance of all the incumbent councillors als is that their candidates would have nearly wing candidates against one right-of-centre – as well as Katz – over the past term. formed the majority on city council, if not Nick Ternette is a community and political candidate and expect to win. On the other hand, the NDP has had sig- the mayoralty, had it not been for vote split- activist, freelance writer and broadcaster who For example, take Elmwood-East nificant difficulty functioning as a civic party. ting. Because of their inability to ensure that lives with his wife in McFeetors Hall at the Kildonan, which has traditionally been the Democracy has been significantly eroded to only one left-liberal candidate ran in each University of Winnipeg. strongest municipal NDP seat. In fact, there the point where NDP officials can decide ward, the city will continue to run like a Rehabilitation, not punishment Khadr’s confession aside, who is Convention of the Rights of the Child (which both the prosecution’s psychiatrists and right-wing Canadian colum- United States and Canada, incidentally, have signed and rati- nists who are trying to make out him out as a bloodthirsty really guilty? fied) due to the fact that he was an underage recruitment. terrorist. The second option was that he be tried as a warcrimi- Khadr, like all child soldiers, deserves rehabilitation. His nal under the domestic U.S. Military Commissions Act be- punishment at the hands of the American government, and cause he was not an enlisted soldier at the time he threw the his complete abandonment by the Canadian government, is Devin Morrow grenade. so heartbreakingly shameful – and a blatant violation of inter- Volunteer It seems obvious that there was only one real option. national law – that we owe him not only his repatriation and That’s why it is baffling that eight years later, Khadr is still rehabilitation, but an apology. in Guantanamo Bay and the international community has The real crime here is not the action that killed Speer. It is In 2008, the Global Report on Child Soldiers (produced by failed to see that they set a dangerous precedent in the future the disgusting action of governments whose job it is to up- the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers) identified treatment of tens of thousands of other child soldiers who are hold human rights and the law. 197 countries in which child soldiers were used from 2004 participating in conflict around the world. And they are the ones who should be investigated, not a to 2007. Child soldiers should not be held responsible for their ac- former child soldier. Who are child soldiers? The Optional Protocol to the tions. They are among the most highly vulnerable victims of Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement conflict. Devin Morrow is a University of Winnipeg graduate. She of Children in Armed Conflict states that 18 is the minimum Without rehabilitation, they can be trapped in a circle of spent five months this year working with WUSC-Sri Lanka age of participation in armed conflict. Countries can accept violence. It was hardly fair in recent weeks to hear Khadr re- and UNICEF on a rehabilitation project for former child sol- volunteers as young as 16 but certain safeguards for recruit- ferred to as a “radical jihadist” or “Al-Qaeda royalty” by the diers in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. ment apply. Canadian citizen Omar Khadr was a child soldier. He has spent eight years in Guantanamo Bay vehemently protesting his innocence and stubbornly attempting to boycott his own trial. Heal mind, The real crime here is not the action that killed Speer. It is the disgusting body, and spirit action of governments whose job it is to uphold human rights and the law The first program of its kind in western Canada to receive full government approval, Grant MacEwan University’s Khadr pleaded guilty last week to all five charges against Acupuncture program reflects the highest standards him, including that he threw the grenade that killed American of competency and practice. Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer in 2002. Khadr was 15 years old at the time. This program provides three years of The confession is irrelevant to the real issues at stake in the comprehensive study in acupuncture and case. Omar Khadr is just the latest victim in an imperfect system of international law that gives states a monopoly on vio- Traditional Chinese Medicine, preparing lence and allows outsiders with complicated histories to fall you to become a Registered Acupuncturist. through the cracks. Khadr was recruited to a listed terrorist organization based on family ties and was put into action at the age of 15. This Find out more, means the American military had two choices in how to pro- visit www.MacEwan.ca/acupuncture ceed after his capture. The first was to assist in the rehabilitation of Khadr, who is entitled to that under the internationally recognized 10 Comments The Uniter November 4, 2010 www.Uniter.ca Probing U of M’s PhD controversy

Decision regarding then. Exam anxiety is a legitimate im- built into his genius brain. pairment: both the U of W and U of So, in September, Lukács applied candidate was a M offer accommodations for students to the Court of Queen’s Bench for a who declare they suffer from it. judicial review of the case. He wants The Uniter Fashion Streeter is an ongoing documentation of creative fashion in Winnipeg inspired by the Helsinki fashion blog www. mistake hel-looks.com. Each issue will feature a new look from our city’s streets and bars in an attempt to encourage individual expression and But the candidate in question never to obtain an injunction, which would celebrate that you are really, really good looking. declared such impairment prior to their prevent the PhD candidate from re- second failed PhD candidacy exam. ceiving their degree until they ful- Robert J. Holt Over the course of their entire aca- fill the degree requirements, and to Volunteer Staff demic career, not once did this student clarify the jurisdiction of the dean of claim to suffer from exam anxiety. graduate studies to prevent Doering Doering didn’t exactly call bullshit from handing out incomplete degrees Let me assure you: this is not another and send the student away with a in the future. article about Vic Toews. That story has “good luck” and a handshake. In response to Lukács’s actions, the been done to death now, and we’ve Instead, over the protests of the U of M has suspended him, without learned some things from it. mathematics department’s graduate pay, for three months. Clearly, he has Like, that a university should studies committee, Doering reinstated become a dangerous man in chal- not hand out doctorates like they’re the candidate into the PhD pro- lenging the inscrutable power of the Halloween candy. When it does, it gram, waiving the exam requirement school’s administration. It seems there damages the reputation of not only the altogether. is no place at the university for some- university’s administration, but that of Just like that. one with such dedication to ethics in the students who attend it. A member of the graduate studies education. Honouring Vic Toews with a de- committee resigned, reportedly in pro- Lukács’s future with the U of M gree was as absurd as, say, awarding a test of Doering’s actions. That board is unclear, but he expects to be fired. PhD to a student who not only failed member was replaced in October 2009 He has injured the reputation of the their PhD candidacy exam (twice), but by Gábor Lukács, a child prodigy who school by making public the absur- didn’t even finish all of the coursework began university at age 12 and earned dity of its administration, and, ap- necessary to complete the program. his PhD from York University before parently, it is easier to remove one That is, of course, unless your name he was old enough to drink in the professor than have the dean of grad- is John Doering, dean of graduate stud- United States. uate studies admit he made a foolish ies at the University of Manitoba. Lukács believes that Doering grossly decision. Here’s the story: In March of 2009, overstepped his authority in awarding Perhaps the U of W should offer a PhD candidate in the department of a PhD without examination. So, he Lukács a position in its department of mathematics at the U of M failed their began going through several university mathematics and statistics. candidacy exam for the second time. channels to have Doering’s decision We could sure use the integrity Thus, he or she (their identity is reversed. boost after that whole Vic Toews being protected) was required to with- Each time he was told either to go debacle. draw from the program. Three months somewhere else, or assured that noth- later, the student appealed to Doering, ing was wrong and he should stop Rob Holt is a third-year student at claiming that (s)he suffers from exam making such a big stink. Lukács, be- the University of Winnipeg. He does Katerina anxiety. sides being a man of integrity, appar- not expect an invitation to Dean "I’m inspired by the Alarm bells should have sounded ently has a fool-proof bullshit detector Doering’s next family barbeque. ‘80s, heavy metal, and heavy metal Letters from the ‘80s."

Send your letters to the Re: “Israeli Apartheid Week to come to breaching human rights codes. It is especially University of Winnipeg” (Oct. 28, page 7) curious that such an accusation comes from editor to: people dedicated to shutting down IAW – [email protected] I would like to thank The Uniter for writ- surely, if IAW or SAIA were in violation of Charmaine Mallari ing about Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) and human rights codes, they would be the first Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA). to file a complaint. Given that we live in a country that offers Of course, that would require them to put massive material and diplomatic support to their money where their mouth is and actu- the Israeli state, it is important that the reali- ally prove their accusations instead of relying ties of Israeli Apartheid are discussed openly on vicious smears. – especially given the close ties between Furthermore, differential treatment of our Manitoba and Israel, including Premier group (such as banning our group or events, Greg Selinger’s recent trade mission. which Meyerson is advocating) because of However, I would like to make a couple our political beliefs (that Israeli is an apart- brief corrections. Paul Meyerson stated that heid state) and activities actually would be SAIA “put up anti-Semitic posters which is a violation of the Manitoba Human Rights a breach of human rights codes.” This is not Code. true – neither SAIA nor the ad-hoc IAW or- Finally, a quick search for “Israeli ganizing committee have ever put up any Apartheid” (with quotation marks) on the posters which could be considered anti- University of Manitoba’s library system re- Semitic. trieves 83 results from scholarly sources. A The accusation that SAIA is “turning U search at the University of Winnipeg’s li- of M into a hate-filled campus” is simply brary system retrieves 10 results, including a absurd. University of Manitoba President book written by a former U.S. President. David Barnard even said in an official re- If people like Paul Meyerson want to keep port to the Board of Governors that “the 6th discussion of Israeli Apartheid out of univer- International Israeli Apartheid Week took sities, they’ve already lost that battle. place on campus without any major inci- Yours for peace and justice, dents” and “the events proceeded as antici- pated and were orderly.” Brian Latour There have been a total of zero complaints Students Against Israeli Apartheid, against SAIA or the organizers of IAW for University of Manitoba

Re: “Religion no basis for morality” (Oct. tionship with himself that is based on love, 28, page 9) not on fear. In fact, our scriptures say that “God is love” and that “perfect love drives One of the many glaring problems with out all fear.” Katerina Tefft`s opinion piece entitled Furthermore, these faith-communities “Religion no basis for morality” has to do take the Bible seriously when it says that with her classification of all “religious” peo- “all scripture is God-breathed” (emphasis ple into one of two categories: medieval mine). Therefore, we adhere toall of its doc- drones motivated by “fear and superstition” trines – even the ones that offend modern and “liberal” devotees who pick and choose sensibilities. their beliefs based on what they find agree- However, what I find most interesting able in any given holy scripture. about Tefft’s article is the way in which her This is an example of blatantly untrue pi- arguments are so roundly self-refuting. geon-holing (not to mention misguided ste- After all, if a moral law does exist for hu- reotyping) at its finest. manity (as she implies, and I certainly agree), I, for one, am privileged to say that the from where does it originate? Science and Christian faith-communities that I have rationality may describe morality, but they the joy of belonging to are full of gracious, cannot create it. compassionate, socially conscious individu- In other words, the existence of a moral law als who serve and obey Jesus out of the deep requires the existence of a moral lawgiver. passion for him in their hearts. He is a god who transcends human-made Jon Kornelsen religious systems and calls people into a rela- Arts & Culture 11 www.uniter.ca November 4, 2010 The Uniter

Arts & Culture The Life Aquatic

PHOTOS BY JORDAN JANISSE From rabid obsession The staff at J.W. Bird Shop & Aquariums at 1034 Main St. try to give customers sound advice when it comes to buying fish. to profitable business, Kozak, a local sound technician, adding that his tank. he jumped into the “lifestyle” of aquariums At some point in 2007, Worthington fish lovers are swimming in 1998 with a 40-gallon freshwater tank and had accumulated a $12,000 running tab at a hand-full of basic fish. Saltwater Connection, a Henderson Highway through Winnipeg in A pattern of fanaticism emerges with a aquarium store. Money from a student loan growing numbers close examination of the fish hobby, however, was also being funneled into the hobby, he and what began for Kozak as a benign inter- said. est eventually ballooned into a full-blown ob- “It all become very elaborate,” he added, Ethan Cabel session in 2004. explaining that malfunctions in this elabo- Beat Reporter rate system caused his tank to leak profusely “There’s a lot of people into on three occasions, each time resulting in fish tanks. Some people roughly $4,000 in damage to his mother’s Everywhere you look there are stunning home. aquatic ecosystems, contained in glass and have 40 or 50 tanks in With the final leak, in 2007, Worthington housed in living rooms, dental offices and their home. They’ll spend up was forced to call it quits. businesses throughout Winnipeg. to $1,000 to $2,000 on a “I took all my live stuff (coral and fish), You may not be aware that behind nearly went to the store and got what I could,” he every single one, there exists a dedicated fish single fish.” said, adding that he was forced to pay off a fanatic, like 40-year-old David Kozak, able – Yew Wing Lam, owner, Fish Gallery $2,000 debt at Saltwater Connection with a to carefully manipulate these complex slices line of credit from his bank. of life. “I would eat, sleep and breath fish,” he Although Worthington and his girl- “I’ve always been interested in fish,” said said, explaining that at “the height of (his) friend now maintain a mild 40-gallon salt- madness” he was maintaining 50 aquariums water aquarium in their Wolseley home, he ranging from 10 gallons to 360 gallons each. is forthright about his on-going relationship The Big Kahuna After a fruitless search for other aquarium with local pet stores: addicts during the summer of 2004, Kozak “It’s kind of a drug dealer-like relation- Transcona aquarium is among the largest created the Winnipeg fish forum; a place for ship,” he said, with a smirk. hobbyists to swap stories, trade fish and sell tanks in Western Canada The fish dealers equipment over the Internet. The forum now Beyond the expansive sea of slot machines has nearly 1,500 members. Along a five block stretch of Main Street, and bingo tables at Transcona’s Club Regent Twelve years into the hobby, Kozak has sig- there are two unlikely but thriving aquatic Casino, there is a real and vibrant section nificantly cut back on the 50 tanks that once hotspots, J.W. Bird Shop & Aquariums, of beautiful marine life that, according to overwhelmed his house and now has a more each catering to a dedicated community of Manitoba Lotteries communications officer “manageable” six freshwater aquariums. Winnipeg fish lovers. Lorne Kletke, was conceived of as “the largest “I just found that at that time (in 2004) I “With this place ... we try not to just make massive salt water tank found at the Courts (aquarium) of its kind in the entire Midwest.” had way too many fish,” he said. a sale but to give sound advice and help of St. James shopping mall. “The aquarium has delighted visitors Derek Worthington is a 31-year-old au- out our customers,” said fish expert Roger During a brief stint working at Saltwater since its opening in 2000,” Kletke wrote in an tomotive technician. Like Kozak, his inter- Karel, sitting on a bucket and surrounded Connection, Worthington did the same kind email. “(It) continues to be a successful visitor est in fish started innocently enough when, by row upon row of the over 200 aquariums of maintenance. attraction.” at 23, he purchased of a modest freshwater found within the local J.W. Bird Shop & “Your main (constituent) is wealthy and aquarium. Aquariums. doesn’t have time to sustain the hobby,” he The 33,000-gallon saltwater exhibit, which In the ensuing years, that aquarium be- “It’s constant maintenance here,” Karel said. functions as an arched tunnel between the came a 40-gallon saltwater tank, before finally said of the shop, which keeps 4,000 gallons Yew Wing Lam, 38, is the owner of Main bingo area and slot machines in the casino, evolving into a massive 120 gallon seascape in worth of saltwater and 8,000 gallons worth Street’s Fish Gallery. maintains the theme of “a shipwreck in a his upstairs bedroom. of freshwater fish. Lam no longer does maintenance work tropical reef,” complete with portions of a “There’s more room for intensity in saltwa- Karel has worked at J.W., which was after finding what he views as a concrete ships hull, artificial coral and over 40 species ter tanks,” he said, explaining that a saltwater started by his uncle and grandfather in 1988, niche in the market. of fish taken straight from the Coral Reef of system requires costly investments in lighting for over 15 years. “We like to collect very exotic fish to keep the ocean and the Red Sea. and filtration in order to maintain the unique The business survives by attracting regu- our selection different than other people,” he “The aquarium is part of a tropical jungle species of coral and fish, not to mention the lar clientele, buying from local breeders and said, adding that his 200 aquariums house atmosphere,” said Kletke. wide array of live rock (the beneficial calcium contracting out Karel’s expertise to local rare varieties of fish, like Arowana, a species He added that there are 15 different fami- of coral skeletons). businesses. with a life-span of up to 60 years. lies of fish represented in the aquarium. “I was totally obsessed,” he said, adding “It’s better than being stuck in the shop “There’s a lot of people into fish tanks,” These species include Clown Fish, Triggers, that he was caring for expensive and difficult all day,” he said of the regular maintenance said Lam. “Some people have 40 or 50 tanks Butterfly Fish, Angels, Puffers and Eels. fish like the large and majestic Moorish Idol he does for aquariums at local dental offices, in their home ... they’ll spend up to $1,000 to while preparing for a possible expansion of like Children's Dental World, along with the $2,000 on a single fish.” 12 Arts & Culture The Uniter November 4, 2010 www.Uniter.ca

MUSIC LISTINGS Big Dancing with RIC HARD & THE HOSERS at at the Burton Cummings theatre. COUGARS FOR CHRISTMAS performs at FLYING FOX & THE HUNTER-GATHERERS are Ozzy's. DON AMERO is performing as part of Shannon's Irish Pub. playing at the Park Theatre. The Second Art City/Graffiti FRIDAY, NOV. 5 Aboriginal Music Week with guests SONIA THE MAGICIAN plays at the King's Head. SLOW MOTION WALTER is at the Royal George Gallery Talent Show EIDSE and CRIS DREKSEN at the Pyramid Hotel. TUESDAY, NOV. 9 THE BUSHTITS and THE BLOWHOLES play rock Cabaret. The FAST FLYING VIRGINIAN JAM NIGHT at the The Graffiti Gallery and Art City are holding and frickin' roll at the Standard. SHANE YELLOWBEARD takes the stage at GARY GACH AND THE BANNED play at the Royal Standard. their second annual talent show at the Royal McPhillips Street Casino. George. Albert Arms on Wednesday, Nov. 10. Both pro- SUBCITY, HIGH FIVE DRIVE, THE BOKONONISTS The RETRO RHYTHM REVIEW and ROB VILAR grams assist inner-city youth by offering cre- and QUAGMIRE bring a diverse crowd to the LAIKA, BOTH LEGS BROKEN, RAPTURE and Mardi Jazz goes down at Le Foyer in the entertain at the Pyramid Cabaret. Royal Albert Arms. ative outlets and artistic endeavours in their DEMIGOD are playing down at the Zoo. Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre. Blues Jam with MIDNIGHT TRAIN at the respective neighbourhoods. Both have staff A BROKEN SUMMER, TAKE ME TO THE PILOT, BEAN is sprouting at Le Garage Café. Blues Jam with the DEBRA LYN BAND at Le Windsor Hotel. and volunteers that are among Winnipeg's FINAL AVENUE and FOREVER GOLD play at the Garage Café. most talented and creative. Both are in need Gas Station Theatre. THE INSIDE OUT GROOVE BAND performs at There is a JAM NIGHT at the Belgian Club. Shannon's Irish Pub. DEFLATED EGOS play at Shannon's Irish Pub. of funds to keep their programs operating. TALL DARK & HAMMERED, POINTLESS ESCAPE MAXIMUM 60 plays on KHL! at Aqua Books. Be warned, this is a highly competitive event. and MARK NABESS hit the stage at the SUBCITY is playing an acoustic show at Times When creative people who work with kids WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10 DELTA MOON shines over the crowd at the Osborne Village Zoo. Change(d) High and Lonesome Club. King's Head Pub. square off in a tavern to show off their freaky GARTH GERMAN releases an album and talents, spittle flies, laughs rollick out of you Aboriginal Music Week's Friday Night 49er SUNDAY, NOV. 7. whacks balls at the Winnipeg Squash Club NATCHR plays at Shannon's Irish Pub. features TAGAQ, WINNIPEG'S MOST, BURNT- and hopefully plenty of money is raised to with DOUG EDMOND. Thursday is Jam Night with ROUTE 59 at the keep these good people going. PROJECT 1, and COLETTE TRUDEAU. CANZONA opens its season with J.S. Bach's Magnificat at Westminster United Church at RETROSPECS, BASS CADET and THE SHAKE DJs Cavern. The DADDY MACK BLUES BAND groove at 7 p.m. perform at the Pyramid Cabaret. THURSDAY, NOV. 4 Riverview Community Centre. Big Dancing with RIC HARD & THE HOSERS at SING FOR PEACE at the Crescent Fort Rouge Tom Petty's 60th Birthday Tribute show at Ozzy's. KINNIE STARR is featured during Aboriginal CLEAR VOX will perform at the West End Music Week at the West End Cultural Centre United Church. the Times Change(d) features THE EMPTY Cultural Centre following a film from The STANDARDS, CHRIS CARMICHAEL, DAMON UPCOMING EVENTS with CRIS DERKSEN, GABRIEL AYALA and JASON Global Justice Film Festival. CRIS DERKSEN plays a gig at Gio's. TUESDAY. MITCHELL and HOLLIS BROWN. The CREEPSHOW at the Royal Albert Arms. 3OH!3 are performing at the Burton Folk group BOG RIVER plays at McNally ANDREW NEVILLE AND THE POOR CHOICES play Saturday, Nov. 13. DEL BARBER is at the Times Change(d) High Robinson. Cummings Theatre. and Lonesome Club. at the Standard. HOLLERADO at the Pyramid. Wednesday, Nov. JASON GORDON plays on KHL! at Aqua Books. LOREENA MCKENNITT performs at the Eat, 17. The Winnipeg Folk Festival is holding a Love, Shop Luncheon at the Winnipeg SASSY JACK plays at the Royal George. Manitoba Independent Songwriter's Circle at DEL BARBER is at the Times Change(d) High & Convention Centre. BCUZ is performing at Gio's. OZZY OSBOURNE at the MTS Centre. Saturday, the Folk Exchange. Lonesome Club. Nov. 20. ALL THE KING'S MEN play weekly at The King's MOCCIO plays in the Manitoba Museum. REINSTATE performs at Shannon's Irish Pub. WINTERSLEEP and RA RA RIOT at the Garrick TWILIGHT HOTEL plays at the Gas Station Head. TIM BUTLER plays weekly at the Bella Vista. Theatre's inaugural indoor music series. Centre. Saturday, Nov. 20. SATURDAY, NOV. 6 Blues Jam with BIG DAVE MCLEAN at the Times Dance Down Tha Wall 6 at the Lo Pub features PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS at Club Regent. Aboriginal Music Week's ELECTRIC POW WOW Change(d) High and Lonesome Club. COOKS & CLASH DJs CO-OP, HUNNICUTT and features sets by DJ SHUB, BEAR WITNESS, DEE THE CAR STEALERS release their album Monday, Nov. 22. at the Rudolph Rocker with openers the BAD COUNTRY is back to their old tricks at the MAMA CUTSWORTH. JAY NDN and DEEJAY FRAME. The D. RANGERS at the West End Cultural KNUCKLEDRAGGERS. Standard. The Windsor Hotel is holding a JIMI HENDRIX MICHELLE GREGOIRE is releasing an album at Centre. Thursday, Nov. 25. THE BOTTLE ROCKETS play at J. Fox's. TRIBUTE NIGHT. the Park Theatre, JIMMY GREENE opens. MONDAY, NOV. 8 BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH at the Burton KENNY SHIELDS & STREETHEART are back in SLOW MOTION WALTER is at the Royal George LUKE DOUCET and the SUNPARLOUR PLAYERS The Winnipeg Folk Festival presents JUDY Cummings Theatre. Thursday, Nov. 25. perform at the West End Cultural Centre. ‘Peg to play at Cowboys. Hotel. COLLINS at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. RUFUS WAINWRIGHT at the Burton Cummings Jazz is on the menu at THE HANG at the Orbit The FAST FLYING VIRGINIAN JAM NIGHT at the TWO HOURS TRAFFIC are joined by the XZIBIT spits 'em out at the Pyramid Cabaret. Theatre. Thursday, Dec. 1. JEZEBELS at The Royal Albert Arms. Room. Standard. BIZARRE and GLOBAL SYNDICATE open. LESLEY GORE and THE CHIFFONS at McPhillips BIG DANCING at Ozzy's. The WSO teams up with GUY MADDIN to show The HOEBIG/MOROZ DUO will perform as SIERRA NOBLE performs at the Centennial Street Station. Monday, Dec. 6. you how classical music is used in film at the part of Virtuosi Concerts in the Eckhardt- Concert Hall. BROKEN ROADIE plays at Shannon's Irish Pub. Centennial Concert Hall. Grammaté Hall. The MACLEAN BROTHERS do their weekly gig PIERRE FREYNET and JEREMY RUSU are play- Blues Jam with MIDNIGHT TRAIN at the TRIO BEMBE plays at the Folk Exchange. at the Royal George Hotel. ing at Le Garage Café. Windsor Hotel. JOSH COCKERILL BAND is at the Standard The Blues Jam with TIM BUTLER is at the THE MAGICIAN plays at the King's Head. WIN TICKETS There is a JAM NIGHT at the Belgian Club. Tavern. Academy. THURSDAY, NOV. 11 SCOOTS MCTAVISH performs at Shannon's MARCEL DESILETS releases a double album at Sift through record crates filled with K-Tel Go to the top of page 2 Irish Pub. the Park Theatre with LINDSAY JANE at the gold at the VINYL DRIP at the Cavern. B.B. KING performs at the Centennial Concert Park Theatre. Hall. Thursday is Jam Night with ROUTE 59 at the Join the open mic at Le Garage Café hosted to find out how. Cavern. APTN will be taping performances by by MELISSA PLETT. THE CANNON BROTHERS, LES JUPES and BRONSON PELLETIER and CRYSTLE LIGHTNING MORE MUSIC THIS week

THE JEZABELS MARCEL DESILETS MICHELLE GREGOIRE “A combination of nerves and excitement gets the adrenalin pumping and we start jumping around and making strange Having played and written songs for the past 37 years, and been The Ottawa Citizen has called her “one of Canada’s most noises,” said Nik Kaloper, drummer for Sydney, Australia’s compared by critics to Bruce Cockburn, anticipation for Marcel intriguing jazz composers.” four-piece indie pop-rock band The Jezabels, describing Desilets’ upcoming CD release is twice as high this time. Ask Michelle Gregoire about how such an accolade their pre-show behaviour. Not only is Desilets keeping up with the pace he set of releas- makes her feel, she’s humble, but doesn’t say too much. Strange noises are something this band from Down ing an album every two years since 2004, this time, for his 2010 “I’m glad to hear someone thinks that,” the 44-year-old Under has been experimenting with on their latest EP, the release, he’s dropping two albums. Winnipeg musician said over the telephone. “We’re part of final release of a trilogy started in 2009. Pump organs, Leslie There’s a Story to Tell is Desilets song-album, which he will be a generation that was allowed to be whoever you wanted speakers, a ‘70s Wurlitzer organ and bongo drums are just a playing through at the Park Theatre, more or less as the songs ap- and never held you back. So what’s coming out is music few of the new sounds heard on Dark Storm. pear on the album. that people are finding intriguing.” “We definitely wanted to step up our game, both in song “I’m basically going to be playing from number one to number The critique in question comes from theCitizen ’s review writing and instrumentation,” Kaloper wrote in an email last eleven,” Desilets said. of Gregoire’s sophomore album, Diversity, borrowing its week. The other release is an all-instrumental album of short tracks, name from the opening track of the disc. The band, formed just over three years ago, decided to composed by Desilets. “I was in Toronto hanging out with my band, and the release their songs as they wrote them, which came out in “They’re all very short songs, under two minutes, so the album tune came out at me when I was stopped and waiting for the form of a trilogy. is called 2 Minute Warning”, Desilets said of the instrumental the light to change, and counting all the different languages “I'd like them to be regarded as a coherent evolution of album. and people around me,” she said. “That’s the day I wrote thought, rather than three stepping stones, hopefully con- “It was a project that arose because of all the ideas I got that the tune and dedicated it to my experience out there. I veying something about us as people or as a band,” explained didn’t go anywhere,” Desilets said. “The oldest ones on there started thinking of the idea that everybody has a voice, a Kaloper. would probably be about four or five years old… that’s when I necessary freedom that we always have to maintain and I The Jezabels are currently on their first international tour started getting the idea.” really believe in that.” and are enjoying the opportunity to play in many different The music on both albums is roots-oriented, making use of It’s a theme that carries into jazz as a form of music it- cities they’ve never before visited. acoustic guitars, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, assorted lap-slide gui- self, she added. But the band is quickly learning that touring has its share tars and more. “Everybody has a voice that needs to be heard. Jazz is a of problems as well as perks, Kaloper admitted. Lindsay Jane will be the opening act for the album release show, very democratic thing. It’s celebrating that everyone (in the “Flying is pretty bad. I'm 6'5" and they don't cater to and some other local musicians will be accompanying Desilets band) has their own voice, and everyone gets a solo to tell people with my legs in economy class. But it's well worth on stage for his performance, including his son Jed (drum- their own story,” she said. it.” mer) and Johnny Calderon (bassist), both from Winnipeg’s The Gregoire releases her new album Diversity on Thursday, The Jezabels will be performing with Two Hours Traffic Bokononists. Nov. 4 at the Park Theatre. Tickets are $10 at the door. Visit on Saturday, Nov. 6 at The Royal Albert Arms. Visit www. Desilets’s double release will be Saturday, Nov. 6 at the Park www.myspace.com/michellegregoire. myspace.com/jezabelsband. Theatre. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Visit www. —Matt Preprost —Catherine van Reenen myspace.com/marceldesilets. —Samuel Swanson

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CD REVIEWS Don Amero’s long road home

JESS REIMER Sweet Darling and Sorrow Independent Jess Reimer, of local bluegrass outfit the Doug and Jess Band, steps out from behind her upright bass and into the spotlight. Her debut album, which includes harmony vocals from Nathan’s Keri Latimer, and guitars from Corb Lund’s Grant Siemens (who also produced the record), Stream the song Pontiac is a testament to Reimer’s excellent songwriting ability. at www.uniter.ca The core of the album, what really brings it to life, is Re- imer’s husky alto voice paired with Jer Hamm’s harmonies, mandolin and fiddle. There are many gems: the melancholicSpring Columbine, the desir- ous Sweet Darling & Sorrow, the hopeful Endless Blue and the endlessly catchy Pontiac. All in all it feels like a bluegrass kitchen party. — Robin Dudgeon

JAMES STRUTHERS Nadia Independent Playful melodies abound on this six-song offering from Winnipeg pop singer James Struthers. Lighthearted with a dash of melancholy, Struthers navigates through the album with the smooth, jazz-inspired ease of Norah Jones and the pop energy of Colbie Caillat. Unfortunately, Stream the song Baby Blues this doesn’t bode well for the originality category. Songs at www.uniter.ca address love and loss from childhood affection all the way to alcohol-sodden regret and nostalgia, but always with a tone of innocence that remains charming. That is, until it gets annoying. The combination of drums, guitars and pianos never gets heavy; the songs are catchy, but not memorable in the way that will make people crave another listen. That being said, put Only for the Night and You, Me and Optimus Prime in your mellow party mix and you won’t be disappointed. Struthers provides a solid record but shows the potential for so much more. — Aaron Snider

LUKE DOUCET Steel City Trawler Six Shooter Records Alt-country no more, Winnipeg ex-pat Luke Doucet deliv- ers a certifiably rock ‘n’ roll bombshell on his fourth outing. Written as a tribute to his new hometown of Hamilton, Steel City Trawler navigates themes of place and love, but also self-examination and suicide. Partly The Who, partly Neil Young circa Broken Arrow and a whole lot of Tom Petty steer Doucet away from previ- Courtesy Don Amero ous country-tinged releases while still boasting the riffs that first put the exceptional Local singer-songwriter Don Amero has found out that being a decorated and celebrated musician doesn't come guitar-slinger on the scene. With Sloan’s Andrew Scott at the production helm, Doucet’s easy, a theme found throughout his new album. hook-laden rock tunes drift from loud sneer (Dusted) to quiet confessional (Hey Now) effortlessly. Highlights include The Ballad of Ian Curtis – an homage to the late Joy Home Division frontman – and a near-faithful rendition of Gordon Lightfoot’s Sundown. This is The singer-songwriter has more of a country flavour, which Amero explains to be partly accidental and Canadian rock at its finest. Don’t miss Doucet when he performs Saturday, Nov. 6 at The talks Keith Urban, his new partly influenced by the music he’s listening to Park Theatre. these days. — Mike Duerksen album, and balancing life “I've been listening to a lot of Keith Urban this year,” said Amero, adding Mayer, Blue on the road with his family Rodeo, and Martin Sexton to the list. “I think MODERN SUPERSTITIONS my likes in music have been swinging a little All The Things We’ve Been Told more country and so that's obviously influ- Last Gang Robin Dudgeon enced my writing and playing.” This four-piece from Toronto puts little stock in embel- Culture Reporter The album also features song collaborations lishment. Their music is straightforward indie-rock with from some of Winnipeg’s best songwriters, crashing cymbals, throbbing bass and gritty guitar. Their including Arun Chaturvedi, Chris Burke- lyrics are equally as honest, with vocalist Nyssa Rosa- Don Amero has to be one of the hardest work- Gaffney, Sandy Taronno and Jay Tooke. leen demanding “the truth about love” right through ing musicians on the local scene. “It's been great. I think with co-writing you their six-track debut. While the band may not have love But with the release of his new album, The can get a more focused song,” Amero said. completely figured out, they sure as hell know it’s not Long Way Home, he’s learning to spend less “With co-writers we're always making sure the the flowery stuff the other guys are singing about. Tracks likeV isions of You and Love time working and more time with family and song makes sense to everyone in the room.” That Beats My Heart quash that romantic nonsense with every kick of the bass drum. friends. Although he will be on the road promoting Lines like, “I tried to make a dream come true, but now I know you are only you,” and “I’m “I think because I am a torn man between the new album for most of November, he has like you and you’re like me, that’s how I know you’ll break my heart,” have this young the love of my friends and family and also my something special planned for the Christmas band turning all the things we’ve been told about love upside down. love for the road, I feel like I'm always tak- season. — Alex Krosney ing the long way home,” said Amero via email “This Christmas I am doing a little show from Calgary. called Amero Little Christmas,” he said. “It's “A lot of the songs on the album are about a bunch of traditional carols sung in our own love, being lost in love and even being too far way. THE DETAILS from love. I spent so much, probably too much, “My hope is to get people to slow down and The Original Mark time working and this year I've really tried to relax for an evening and just enjoy some of their Independent balance my workload with some downtime.” favourite songs while sipping on some apple The Original Mark is the title track off this Winnipeg- The road to becoming an award-winning cider and eating a few homemade goodies.” based quartet’s newest EP, set to be released Nov. 16. musician started when Amero was 15, with an While the five-song disc is mostly a smattering of unre- old Gibson and a few basic chords. leased tracks and a remix, The Original Mark is one of Since then Amero has released three al- – Don Amero will release his new CD at the Pyramid the band’s newest songs, and evidence of their musical bums, including 2006’s Change Your Life and Cabaret on Saturday, Nov. 6 progression. Produced by Stephen Carroll (of The Weak- 2009’s Deepening, and won an exhausting list – Sonia Eidse and Cris Derksen will also perform erthans) and Brandon Reid (The National), The Original of awards. He won Male Artist of the Year – Tickets $10 at the door Mark doesn’t get by on flash and bravado. Built around a at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards – Visit www.donamero.com mellow snare brush shuffle and jazzy guitar strums, the and Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year at the song tells the tale of a war veteran struggling to come to grips with his experiences. The Canadian Folk Music Awards. song is subtle in its pacing, carried along by the smooth vocals of Jon Plett, and brings This time around, Amero is nominated More music coverage in this issue with it an oddly fitting feel as Remembrance Day approaches. If this is a taste of what’s to for Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year, Best come from The Details on their upcoming full-length, it’ll be nothing short of incredible. Album Cover Design and Best Pop CD at the Go to page 17 to read an interview with Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards hap- Download the track at: www.killbeatmusic.com/thedetails. Henry Alcock-White from Vancouver pop- — Matt Preprost pening Nov. 5. Although he has garnered comparisons to rock band Henry and the Nightcrawlers. John Mayer and Jack Johnson, The Long Way 14 Arts & Culture The Uniter November 4, 2010 www.Uniter.ca FILM Winnipeg, meet post-apocalyptic Winnipeg

Filmmaker JOHN WATERS will speak at the Garrick Centre on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. The WSO teams up with GUY MADDIN to show you how classical music is used in film. 8 p.m. at theC entennial Concert Hall on Thursday, Nov. 4. The short films ofRIC K HANCOX will screen for free at Cinematheque on Friday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. The Global Justice Film Festival will be showing YOUSSOU N’DOUR: I BRING WHAT I LOVE at the West End Cultural Centre on Friday, Nov. 5. Author and former Sundance film program- mer ROBERTA MUNROE is bringing her one- day short film workshop toW innipeg on Saturday, Nov. 6. The venue for the workshop will be the NSI Aboriginal Training Room, 141 Bannatyne Ave. This week Cinematheque is playing MID AUGUST LUNCH and INUIT KNOWLEDGE AND CLIMATE CHANGE. Visit www.winnipegfilm- group.com for showtimes. CANADA’S NATIONAL SCREEN INSTITUTE is accepting applications from emerging filmmak- ers for its 2011 NSI DRAMA PRIZE TRAINING PROGRAM. Writers, directors and producers receive training in the production of a short film using mentoring and intensive filmmak- ing workshops delivered by leading industry experts. Apply by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17. Full details available at www.nsi- canada.ca. Photo by Jordan Janisse LITERATURE Our dystopian future looks Part of "MAINTENANCE / REPAIR (We Keep Clean)" by local artist Kevin Fawley. This week Kelly Hughes Live! at Aqua Books will feature illusionist BRIAN GLOW, comedian amazing. And frightening images of Winnipeg’s past to create its ominous The Remix City lies in a temporal grey zone. BIG DADDY TAZZ and music by THE ABSENT future. A girl from the 1960s sits on an insectoid street- SOUND. Friday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. Mashed up pictures of the city from the early car beside an elderly couple clearly pulled from Turnstone Press presents FALL HOMECOMING Aaron Snider 20th century immediately seem wrong. The rea- before the turn of the century. This black and with DAVID ARNASON, PATTI GRAYSON and Staff Writer son quickly becomes obvious: the old-fashioned white future has something to say about prog- KEN KOWAL on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. streetcars don’t have wheels. They have grass- ress, both historical and artistic. Are you curious about the lives of people hopper legs. Fawley has created a consistent and believable on board a moving train, or the steam era? The world has run out of oil. Planes cannot fly The blurry historical images also catch the world with deep and terrifying landscapes fa- Editor BARBARA LANGE and contributors and cars are obsolete. Manitoba exports almost eye in an uncanny way by playing with planes miliar enough to be uncomfortable and strange present readings and images from their all the electricity it produces to desperate for- of reference. Changing focus from one object to enough to be beautiful. book, THROUGH THE WINDOW OF A TRAIN. Free and open to all Saturday, Nov. 13 at 2 eign markets. But humanity refuses to admit another causes the dystopian cityscapes to shift p.m. at the Millennium Library. defeat and these new problems are met with uneasily. The Remix City is on display until Monday, unexpected answers. Looking beyond the photographs reveals a Nov. 15 at the RAW Gallery, located in the base- On Friday, Nov. 12 Prairie Fire Press celebrates Manitoba writing with the launch This is the world ofThe Remix City, a new ex- further layer. Acetone transfers, charcoal and ment at 290 McDermot Ave. A closing party will of HOME PLACE: WRITING FROM AROUND hibit from local artist, architect and DJ, Kevin graphite faintly show the memory residue of city be held on Friday, Nov. 12 at 8 p.m. with free MANITOBA at McNally Robinson. 7 p.m. Fawley. skylines behind the collage of crookedly jutting admission before 11 p.m. Admission is $4 after Prairie Fire Press in conjunction with McNally In a series of nine intricate pieces based construction. Ghosts of cowboys are almost in- that. Kevin Fawley will DJ. Visit tinyurl.com/ Robinson Booksellers is hosting its ANNUAL around hand-cut Xerox prints of old black and visible as they ride alongside Fawley’s post-auto- remixcity for RAW Gallery hours and kevinfaw- POETRY, FICTION AND CREATIVE NON-FICTION white photographs, Fawley patches together mobile Trans-Canada high-speed corridor. ley.com for an artist bio. CONTESTS with a deadline of Nov. 30. Visit www.prairiefire.ca for details. Entries are now being accepted for the Manitoba Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, Dec. 7. Go to www.mani- tobabookawards.com for more details. JUICE, the University of Winnipeg's Creative Writing Journal, is looking for student and alumni submissions of poetry, prose, short stories, screenplays and experimental creative works for its 11th issue in September 2011. For updated submission guidelines, POSTGRADUATE please visit http://juice.uwinnipeg.ca or email [email protected]. Submissions are due Jan. 15, 2011. CERTIFICATES GALLERIES & MUSEUMS The Graffiti Gallery and Bike To The Future present PUSH, PEDAL, STRIDE: An Art Show Financial Planning Inspired By Active Transportation. The art- work will be on display at the Graffiti Gallery Global Business Management until Thursday, Nov. 4. Human Resources Management The Cre8ery celebrates First Fridays in the International Development exchange with the opening reception for Tony Spears's A PEDESTRIAN IDEA on Nov. 5. International Marketing The exhibition closes on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Marketing Management The PLUG IN GALLERY will hold its grand opening in the new Portage Avenue location Public Administration on Saturday, Nov. 6 with an exhibition opening by ADRIAM STIMSON and LORI BLONDEAU entitled PUTTING THE WILD BACK IN THE WEST: BUFFALO BOY AND BELLE SAUVAGE. The exhibition will run until Sunday, Dec. 19. The Wayne Arthur Gallery presents CONNECTEDNESS with new works by KATHLEEN HAMANN-BUCKOSKI and JUDITH PANSON until Wednesday, Dec. 1. There will be an opening reception on Sunday, Nov. 7 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Winnipeg Art Gallery is holding a exhibition of Canadian painter WANDA KOOP until Sunday, Nov. 21. There will be an artist talk with WANDA KOOP and JOLENE BAILIE at the WAG on Sunday, Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. The Wayne Arthur Gallery presents HERSTORY Paintings and Stories by NAOMI business.humber.ca GERRARD and LORI ZÉBIÈRE. The exhibit will visit www.uniter.ca be on display until Tuesday, Nov. 7. Arts & Culture 15 www.uniter.ca November 4, 2010 The Uniter

GALLERIES & MUSEUMS The breath of a city PHANTASMAGORIA is a pilot project at the Dalnavert Museum that will explore the history of film, photography, video and in- terdisciplinary media art practice and engage audiences through art installation in the context of a historical, Victorian home. The exhibit runs until Nov. 7. From Nov. 12 to Nov. 29, Outworks gallery proudly presents DOPPLEGANGER, an art exhibition featuring Outworks members and friends. The University of Winnipeg presents two solo exhibitions on campus by photographer Gerry Kopelow: WHERE THE BUDDHA WALKED (Gallery 1C03) and FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY (Hamilton Galleria & University Archives) in Gallery 1C03. The exhibition runs until Nov. 20. A shared interest in DJ culture brings together the distinct art practices of JACKSON 2BEARS and BEAR WITNESS in REMIX THEORY at the Urban Shaman Gallery until Saturday, Nov. 20. IN THE GLOW: THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE ART OF NEON lights up Alloway Hall in the Manitoba Museum until Jan. 3, 2011. The Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Program invites applications from Winnipeg artists of all disciplines and Winnipeg community groups for the community-based WITH ART program. Deadline for receipt of applications is Jan. 12, 2011. Visit www.winnipegarts.ca for details. The Manitoba Crafts Museum will have the WORKED IN WOOD display up until early LEIF NORMAN January 2011. Weakerthans frontman John K. Samson is taking part in My City's Still Breathing, an arts symposium that Winnipeg’s artists converge takes its name from one of his songs. BODIES... THE EXHIBITION is on display at at weekend symposium to the MTS Centre Exhibition Hall. “The idea is to bring people who have expe- Agapito joins a line of distinguished artists FIRST FRIDAYS in the Exchange has the rience, interest and thoughts about incorporat- who breathe life into our city. Wanda Koop, one galleries, cafés and small businesses open talk about the future of art their doors to visitors the first Friday of ing the world of art into the very making of our of Canada’s most prominent artists, perforates every month from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. in Winnipeg cities.” the life of Winnipeg. The symposium takes its name from lyrics for “I feel like I couldn’t have done what I did The PLUG IN INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART is seeking up to six energetic, or- the Weakerthans song Left and Leaving, a song anywhere else,” said Koop. “I find the city to be ganized and professional Gallery/Shop Ellie Einarson illustrating the intrinsic connection between arts raw and wide open. I see how people from all Attendants. Plug In ICA has recently made Volunteer Staff and the city. walks of life live and that becomes a constant in the move to new facilities at 460 Portage “The art of the city and the tone of our cul- how I see the world.” Ave. A job description is available to down- ture is really what gives the city life, what makes Guy Maddin is another such profound indi- load at www.plugin.org. Imagine a city without arts and culture. We it alive,” said Sobler. “The idea that the city vidual who brings our city to life. He believes THEATRE, DANCE & COMEDY would be left with the bleak and bare skeleton of breathes and is alive is really inherent to the art that through arts and culture we reap an under- our city, a concrete and glass jungle of buildings that is created here.” standing of our cities and ourselves. JOHN WATERS will be doing a public and roads. Arts and culture breathe vivacity into The symposium has drawn a wide array of “How citizens understand their city is quite address as part of the My City is Still the skeleton of our city, rendering it vibrant and speakers and contributors, including local and often through art, architecture, film and stories,” Breathing symposium at the Garrick Centre pulsing with life. international artists and experts. Internationally said Maddin. “Long before movie cameras were on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. Winnipeg, named the Cultural Capital of acclaimed filmmaker John Waters will be giving invented, there were myths and folktales that Theatre Projects Manitoba will be open Canada for 2010, has a vibrant arts and cul- a keynote address on Thursday evening, Nov. 4. helped people understand themselves, and the its season by performing ALMIGHTY VOICE AND HIS WIFE at the Rachel Brown Theatre tural community. The “My City’s Still Breathing Life from 95, a locally produced documentary, same goes for a city. From Nov. 4 to Nov. 14. Symposium,” running from Thursday, Nov. 4 to will by shown on Saturday followed by an assess- “Myth gives you an emotional or ecstatic Sunday, Nov. 7, explores the symbiotic relation- ment by the film’s producers, Jim Agapito and truth about a place, rather than just the popula- The Manitoba Theatre Centre has received ship between the arts, artists and the city. Ervin Chartrand. tion or average temperature or humidity.” a royal honour. Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II has designated MTC the Royal “The main idea of the symposium is to talk Agapito firmly believes that Winnipeg has Manitoba Theatre Centre. about the current and future relationship be- been a major influence on his work. My City's Still Breathing takes place Nov. 4-7, tween art, artists and city planning,” said Alix “I think my approach to film is very much For more information and to register, visit www. The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centry (RMTC) kicks off its theatre season with a produc- Sobler, the marketing and communications Winnipeg” said Agapito. “I think that people tinyurl.com/Uniter-Breathing, or email info@ tion of ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S coordinator for Winnipeg Cultural Capital of feel the vibe that the artists give off when they winnipegarts.ca or call 943-7668. NEST. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey Canada 2010. come to Winnipeg.” that follows life inside a medical institution, this production stars Shaun Smyth as McMurphy. Performances run until and effect real change. Saturday, Nov. 6. The unseen scene Although the festival provides a centralized The Shoestring Players are doing a produc- annual venue for established troupes, there are tion of Shakespeare's romantic comedy A constantly smaller groups seeking an audience MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM on Thursday, Winnipeg improv festival Nov. 4 and Friday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. and the opportunity to perform. Saturday, Nov. 6 and Sunday, Nov. 7 at a good experience for the Micro Theatre Company is a small local im- 2:30 p.m. All performances will be at the prov company set on uniting and expanding Manitoba Centre for the Deaf. uninitiated Winnipeg's improv community, hosting more The Micro Theatre Company Presents than 20 shows and several workshops since its TALES FROM THE SCRYPT on Saturday, Nov. beginnings in 2009. 6 at the Exchange Community Church. Anna Currie Lukas Conway, founder and member of local Doors at 7:30 p.m. Janet Shum Volunteer troupe RPG, has a particular goal in mind. The CLARENCE TWO TOES Indian Comedy Winnipeg if... Improv isn't just for Drew Carey and his "Currently the community is scattered with cast of cohorts on Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Stephen Sim Party is at the Edge Gallery on Sunday, everyone doing their own thing,” he said. “For Nov. 7. 8 p.m. "The WIF is coming up!" (pictured above), one half of Winnipeg improv duo Crumbs, the community to grow, the more experienced has toured to Europe and New Zealand with his improv act. The COMEDY FOR HOPE Festival is at the "The what?" improvisers need to guide the younger ones.” West End Cultural Centre from Monday, "The Winnipeg Improv Festival!" Yet this lack of coddling has also resulted in Nov. 8 until Wednesday, Nov. 10. "Sorry, what's improv?" New York. strength. The WINNIPEG IMPROV FESTIVAL runs from They'll also be hosting workshops where local "Winnipeg is a community of self-starters," Tuesday, Nov. 9 until Sunday, Nov. 14 at the Sadly, this reaction is widespread. Winnipeg is improvisers can hone their skills and pick up tips said Pfeiffer. “There are lots of young people Gas Station Theatre. home to a vibrant and dynamic improvisational from gurus of the Big Apple. who are excited by improvisation and they're all The Prairie Theatre Exchange is putting on community, but the majority is unaware that What makes the WIF such a great place both into starting small groups and projects." a production on the life of St. Boniface's this theatrical art form even exists in our city. to watch and perform? ‘60s country singing sensation Lucille Those aware of the Canadian improv scene "I love that the festival is not just about show- The Winnipeg if… Improv Festival runs at the Starr entitled BACK TO YOU from Thursday, may connect it with troupes like Vancouver’s casing individual companies, but also combining Gas Station Arts Centre from Tuesday, Nov. 9 to Nov. 11 until Sunday, Nov. 28. Instant Theatre or Edmonton’s Rapid Fire improvisers from different cities and allowing Sunday, Nov. 14. For schedule and ticket infor- RON JAMES tells jokes at Pantages Theatre. them to collaborate," said Jayden Pfeiffer, a re- mation, visit www. improvfestival.blogspot.com. Playhouse on Friday, Nov. 12. But there is considerable and renowned tal- turning performer from Regina's General Fools. Sunday night open mic comedy at the ent in Winnipeg, including Crumbs (who have Theatrical improvisation is any unscripted CORRECTION: Cavern featuring JOHN B. DUFF. toured from Europe to New Zealand and all the performance, generally based on a suggestion way back to Winnipeg), and the Outside Joke from the audience. Most people's knowledge of The review of the Matthew Barber CD True Believer Every Tuesday night head down to the in the Oct. 28 issue of The Uniter (page 13) was writ- King's Head Pub for a free comedy (known for their brilliant anti-musicals). improv is based on comic shows such as Whose performance. Many performers, from these troupes among Line is it Anyway?. ten by Alex Krosney. Also in that issue, the Fashion others, travel to Winnipeg especially to perform Often confused with stand up, improv is Streeter (page 20) was photographed by Brittany The open mic comedy night at the Hildebrandt. Incorrect bylines appeared in both cases. Standard is hosted by JON DORE every at our Improv Festival, which started in 2000. much more than comedy. It can convey not only Thursday at 8 p.m. Performing this year are members of 4Track, humor, but heartbreak, happiness and horror. It We regret the errors. George Basil and Christain Capozzoli, from has even been used to make political statements Comedy night with SCOOTS MCTAVISH every Thursday at Shannon's Irish Pub. 16 Arts & Culture The Uniter November 4, 2010 www.Uniter.ca

Book Reviews

Sara Shyiak and the gods can rain down with heaven, He challenges our moral compass, letting us Volunteer Staff hell and creation. The distinction between enjoy the malice his words create: “The au- audience and actors is blurred. dience wants. Refuses the same thing twice. The book is comprised of abrupt depic- Demands something greater. More.” tions of each play. Ball, a sessional instructor Ball’s writing is anything but bland. It’s Clockfire at the University of Winnipeg, has mastered for those who wish to look outside the re- Jonathan Ball the art of crafting each show in two pages strictions of scientific possibility into the 104 pages or less. sphere of originality and dreams. Couch House Books, 2010 There is no reality in this book. Ball re- The horror of this book is intoxicating. fuses to write within the confines of physics, You are absolutely compelled to finish read- The twisted words of Jonathan Ball are going society’s expectations and even the law. ing once you have started. Just like the spec- to give you nightmares, and you’re going to In Hostages, he allows the actors to im- tators of his envisaged performances there is love it. prison the audience and slaughter many of no turning back for the reader. Ball’s grue- some words will creep up your spine and Ball places you inside a grotesque world and satisfies the haunt you, showing you a world of drama human need to express the cruelty and viciousness locked you could not envision on your own. The book is a short 104 pages, but will ter- up inside us. He challenges your moral compass, letting rorize you long after you’re done. you enjoy the malice his words create You He weighs the reader down with que- ries: How does the play end? Will the audi- In his book of poetry, Clockfire, Ball mani- them. In Wormwood, he lets absinthe’s toxic ence ever be free? When will it stop? fests plays that are entirely impossible to pro- substance and key ingredient destroy the “Consider possible endings, pray.” duce. The audience is surgically transformed world while the audience claps politely. into animals, the actors slit their own throats Ball places you inside a grotesque world Jonathan Ball will launch Clockfire Friday, and stab the audience. In Jonathan Ball’s and satisfies the human need to express the Nov. 5 at McNally Robinson on Grant theatre, the world may end at any moment cruelty and viciousness locked up inside us. Avenue. Visit www.jonathanball.com.

Britt Embry another.” pronunciation and grammar were “market- Copy and style editor For example, I frequently disparage the able assets.” She explores the way prescrip- effect that texting and instant messaging has tivism and its dichotomous “good” or “bad” on our language. However, these new spell- evaluations of language are often rooted in Grammar Matters To put it simply: why should anybody strive for correctness Jila Ghomeshi in a language whose rules often defy explanation? 104 pages Arbeiter Ring Publishing, 2010 ings and pronunciations are examples of the race and socio-economic judgments. way language has evolved for 30,000 years. Ultimately, Ghomeshi does defend the Around the age of 11, I became aware of my English’s imprecision also makes pre- need for a standard language. However, aptitude for spelling. I only needed to see scriptive grammar questionable. To put it she doesn’t believe that the English stan- a word once, and I could spell it correctly simply: why should anybody strive for cor- dard should be synonymous with “good” thereafter. rectness in a language whose rules often defy English. My knack for spelling developed into a explanation? I’m hesitant to recommend Grammar similar penchant for grammar, which devel- Ghomeshi looks beyond English to ex- Matters – it could be used as ammuni- oped into a healthy, holier-than-thou atti- plain the language’s lack of logic. Most inter- tion against my frequent grammar-related tude regarding the rules of language. estingly, she uses examples from American admonishing. So, I was excited to read Grammar Sign Language, Blackfoot and Ebonics. However, I am whole-heartedly in favour Matters, the forthcoming book by University She then uses these different languages to of Ghomeshi’s fascinating, accessible and of Manitoba linguistics professor Jila explain how a society’s politics are linked (or well-organized argument. Her book is a call Ghomeshi. I was even more excited that her are not linked) to its language. for liberation from the inherent judgments text has a word to describe me: a prescriptive The book’s highlight is Ghomeshi’s exam- of prescriptivism; such self-reflection should grammarian. pects of a sentence (such as the pronuncia- ination of why many of us subscribe to pre- be encouraged. Generally, I like words that describe me. tion of the words and what they mean) and scriptivism, tracing its rise back to when good However, Ghomeshi argues that a prescrip- prescriptive grammar, which is used to judge tive grammarian is not necessarily a good the correctness of a sentence. thing. Ghomeshi argues against prescriptive Ghomeshi’s quick, 104-page book defines grammar and the way it considers “one form descriptive grammar, which describes all as- of language to be inherently better than

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Respected Uniter beat reporter Ethan Cabel and a handful of his colleagues will attend the annual Canadian University Press national conference (a.k.a. Nash). It's happening in January in Montreal, and it's a chance for Ethan and his Uniter friends to attend workshops related to journalism so that they can better their craft and give you, the reader, a better newspaper each week. But Ethan and his friends need your help! Attending Nash isn't cheap, so The Uniter is planning a number of fundraising initiatives for the coming month. Things kick off Monday, Nov. 8 in the atrium outside of Riddell Hall at the U of W with a pizza sale from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. They continue Wednesday, Nov. 10 at that same location with a bake sale from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. All of the money raised will go directly toward sending Uniter staff and contributors to Nash. You like pizza. You like cookies. You like Ethan. You like good journalism. Support The Uniter and everybody wins. See you Monday! Arts & Culture 17 www.uniter.ca November 4, 2010 The Uniter Henry and the Nightcrawlers do The Fucking

Henry Alcock-White (centre) left his role as one of the guitarists in progressive pop-rock band Bend Sinister to concentrate on his solo project, Henry and the Nightcrawlers. Jonathon Taggart

Aaron Epp “The rest of the set was just terrible, ‘cause that was the of, some more directly than others, had to do with her being Managing Editor first song she’d ever heard from my band,” he continued with in my life, in good ways and in some not-so-good ways,” he a laugh. “Not only did it have the word ‘fuck’ (in it) a dozen said. times at least, it was about her daughter. It was terrible, just The Fucking was written during one of the not-so-good It’s important to make a good first impression on your girl- terrible.” times. Keeping the song on the record was a difficult deci- friend’s mom. Henry Alcock-White’s involved repeated use Winnipeggers might get to hear The Fucking when Henry sion, but ultimately, Alcock-White felt it was integral to the of the F word. and the Nightcrawlers perform at The Park Theatre on couple’s relationship. Alcock-White was playing with his band Henry and the Saturday, Nov. 13. “I thought when I wrote that song it was definitely the Nightcrawlers in his hometown of Vancouver when they Alcock-White and his band, which features members of end,” he said with a laugh. launched into The Fucking, one of the nine songs on the We Are the City, The Zolas and Said the Whale, are touring “But it turns out I was wrong.” group’s otherwise swear-word-free debut album, 100 Blows. in support of the recently-released 100 Blows. Just at that moment, Alcock-White’s girlfriend’s mother ChippedHip.com describes the bouncy pop-rock album as See Henry and the Nightcrawlers at The Park Theatre on Saturday, walked into the venue. “something everyone should be waiting for. It's like some- Nov. 13 “We’re in the middle of the set and we start playing that one asked Elvis Costello to write the soundtrack to a Wes Local pop-rockers The Liptonians and Edmonton’s Wool on Wolves song, and I feel like my girlfriend’s mom knows that a lot of Anderson movie.” will also perform these songs are about her daughter, and she’s not the kind of It features songs Alcock-White wrote and recorded over the The show is a fundraiser for The Liptonians’ next album, Let's All March woman to use a lot of swear words,” Alcock-White, 27, said past two years about his sometimes tumultuous relationship Back Into The Sea, due out in February by phone last week. with his girlfriend, who is pictured on the cover of the disc. Tickets are $10 in advance at The Park, Into the Music and Music Trader, “So just as we start playing that song, she walks through “I didn’t write these songs with the intention of them all or $15 at the door the door and I just completely lost my composure.” being about her, but I noticed after the fact that they all kind Visit www.henryandthenightcrawlers.ca Dreaming of fashion

Local designer looks to and having one or two accessories that stand out. I feel as though my personal style Aboriginal culture and changes from day to day,” she said. animals for inspiration for If you’re looking for some pieces to add excitement to your wardrobe, do opt for fur, her pieces leather vests and boot covers that are available at Ruby Feathers. The array of headdresses in interesting de- Kathleen Cerrer signs and vibrant colours are sure to make a Volunteer Staff statement. Interested in seeing how these pieces are This year, fall fashion has brought many made? Appointments are available to enter animalistic trends including leopard print, the world of the Ruby Feathers workshop for various furs and feathers. Winnipeg-based a studio visit. Email [email protected] accessory line Ruby Feathers has got you or visit www.tinyurl.com/rubyfeathers. covered with pieces that will bring out your inner animal. Owner and creator Sigourney Burrell began creating her pieces after experimenting with making patches, silk screening shoes and creating birthday and seasonal cards. After picking up a macaw feather from Montreal, she began making a few earrings and realized her work was in popular Len Peterson demand. Sigourney Burrell creates head-turning creations with feather and leather to help bring out your Ruby Feathers doesn't just carry earrings, inner animal. but also features a variety of accessories to add a unique and creative twist to your wardrobe. she said. “I love the raw nature of the mate- her designs on currents fads. The trained oil "(It) has evolved into a product line that rials I am working with, so it's my hope to painter and fine arts graduate began mak- carries vests, belts, earrings, headdresses, capture some of that in every piece I create.” ing her creations a year before they hit the necklaces and foot/arm fringe,” said Burrell. Aboriginal culture in Winnipeg also mainstream. The creation of each piece involves a played a role in her current line of head- "I don't feel like I'm making things to co- different approach, which results in truly dresses. Artist Darryl Murdock was able to incide with the times. Rather, in these times unique pieces of art. help Burrell recreate these magnificent works this is my medium,” she said. "I usually create new pieces from dreams I've had. Once it's in my head, I have to "I usually create new pieces from dreams I've had. Once make it." it's in my head, I have to make it." The inspiration behind each creation lies – Sigourney Burrell, fashion designer, Ruby Feathers in the materials themselves. Burrell aims to keep the natural beauty of the materials she of art in a contemporary design. Burrell’s personal style can be defined in uses. Although trends involving animals are one word: attitude. "I like to let the materials speak to me,” all the rage right now, Burrell doesn’t base "I am all about wearing neutral clothes 18 Arts & Culture The Uniter November 4, 2010 www.Uniter.ca

AWARDS & FINANCIAL AID The Awards and Financial Aid staff of the University of Winnipeg provides the student body with current information on award opportunities. This information is updated weekly.

AWARDS OFFERED BY EXTERNAL AGENCIES Holstein Canada Awards to Harvard must secure additional sources of funding to 60 per cent of the maximum course load required for your AND ORGANIZATIONS: support their families. Knox Fellowship funding is guaranteed study period: Six bursaries of $750 will be awarded as such: Western for up to two years of study at Harvard for students in 1. Fall or Winter Term only – 9 credit hours minimum Mr. & Mrs. Ong Hoo Hong Memorial Bursary in Canada (1), Ontario (2), Quebec (2) and Atlantic Canada (1). degree programs requiring more than one year of study. Consideration will be given to each category as follows: Religion & Culture The Committee on General Scholarships will consider Knox 2. Fall/Winter Session – 18 credit hours minimum 1. 20 points, farm involvement Fellowship renewals after the second year on a case-by- Established in 2003 by Gim Ong, this bursary fund honours case basis. Please note: All applications and supporting You must maintain the appropriate minimum course load for the memory of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ong Hoo Hong. 2. 30 points, youth program involvement documents must be submitted in English only. your study period in order to retain your student assistance Bursaries will be awarded at the discretion of the Awards eligibility. 3. 30 points, career choice For more information and the application form, please visit & Financial Aid Office to full-time students who have a Registration at Another Post-Secondary minimum 2.5 GPA and are facing unique financial hardships, 4. 20 points, points scholastic record Harvard University's website: www.frankknox.harvard.edu/ welcome.html or contact [email protected]. Institution such as students with dependents or with disabilities, who Other accomplishments may influence the Selection register for at least one Biblical Studies course in the Depart- Committee in the event of a close decision. Winners will Deadline: Nov. 30, 2010 If, in addition to University of Winnipeg courses, you are ment of Religion & Culture during the academic year. The be notified immediately upon the Committee's decision in registered and taking courses elsewhere during the academic value is $2,000. Application forms are available from Student December. A general announcement will be made through the MANITOBA STUDENT AID PROGRAM (MSAP): year for credit towards your University of Winnipeg degree, Services (1st Floor – Graham Hall) or online: www.uwinnipeg. Info Holstein publication at a later date. The deadline to apply for Manitoba Student Aid for the 2010 you must present proof of registration to the Awards & ca/index/services-awd-bursaries. Financial Aid Office before your student assistance document To be eligible to apply you must: Fall Term only is Oct. 31. Applications for 2010-11 Fall/Winter Deadline: November 12, 2010 or 2011 Winter Session is open until Feb. 21, 2011. Students can can be authorized and released to you. 1) be a regular or junior member of Holstein Canada, or a son/ apply online at www.manitobastudentaid.ca . Fee Payment AWARDS OFFERED BY EXTERNAL AGENCIES daughter of a member, AND ORGANIZATIONS: *New to the Student Aid program this year are a series of Your fees will be deducted from the student assistance docu- 2) have completed at least one year of university/college (or grants and bursaries: ment when it is electronically approved by the university. Cégep in Québec), The Gill Purcell Memorial Scholarship 1. Canada Student Grant for Students from Low-income Government Student Aid is used first to meet educational The Gillis Purcell Memorial Journalism Scholarship for 3) submit an official, original transcript (faxed and Families costs. All overdue fees and emergency loans as well as photocopied submissions will not be accepted) and a copy of fees for the current study period will be deducted from the Native Canadians is offered annually by The Canadian Press. 2. Canada Student Grant for Students from Middle-income Scholarship recipients, who must be pursuing a career in your resumé, student aid document. If your student assistance does not Families cover your required fee payment, you will have to make journalism through studies at a post-secondary institution, 4) be returning to school within the calendar year. receive $4,000 and an offer of summer employment at The 3. Canada Student Grant for Students with Dependents payment on your own by the fee payment deadline. Credits Submissions may be typed or made via Holstein Canada's for scholarships you may be receiving will be will to reduce Canadian Press or one of its affiliated companies. Application 4. Rural/Northern Bursary forms are available from the Awards & Financial Aid office website: www.holstein.ca. For more information, contact: the amount of fees deducted from the student aid document. (Room 0GM05, Mezzanine of Graham Hall). [email protected]. These grants are the first money students will receive in their financial aid packages, before any loans are awarded. Many Fee Deferral Deadline: Nov. 15, 2010 Deadline: Nov. 30, 2010 students may, in fact, receive the majority of their financial The Awards & Financial Aid Office can defer your fees if The Ukrainian Resource and Development Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship assistance in the form of grants. Be sure to apply early and you have applied for Government Student Aid but have not Centre Awards to submit all requested documentation as soon as possible received your confirmed assistance document by the fee Up to three Frank Knox Memorial Fellowships will be awarded to ensure that you receive all the grant funds for which you payment deadline. The Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre (URDC) to students from Canada for graduate study at Harvard are eligible. is offering five award opportunities to students this year University in the academic year 2011-12. The Frank Knox · Fee deferral means that your registration will not be briefly described below. Application forms and guidelines are Memorial Fellowship program was established by Annie Reid PROCEDURES cancelled because of your failure to pay by the deadline. Knox who sought to honour her late husband and his lifelong available from URDC. Confirmation of Enrolment & Release of Government If your name is on the Awards & Financial Office fee commitment to America. Mrs. Knox expressed the hope that deferral list but you withdraw from university courses, 1. The Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts (ACUA) the holders of the fellowships return to their homes and Student Aid Documents Award ($500) is offered annually for a project that fosters you will be responsible for the fees you owe until your become leaders in their chosen field once they had gained Approximately 3 weeks before classes began, the Manitoba actual date of withdrawal. a greater awareness of Ukrainian art in Alberta. This project knowledge and experience from their study away from Student Aid Program (MSAP) started printing official as- may be in the form of an exhibit, festival, educational Canada. sistance documents for students whose MSAP documentation DID YOU KNOW... That Manitoba Student Aid staff can be on program, or special project. campus on Fridays from 1 p.m. too 4 p.m. To meet with them, Eligibility: and University course registration are in order. MSAP mailed 2. The Roger Charest Sr. Award for Broadcast & Media the documents to students at the addresses they provided on you need to set up an appointment time. Come to student Arts ($500) is offered annually to applicants (individual or 1. Open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents of their MSAP applications. The document you received will have services and book an appointment, or phone 786-9458 or group) for an initiative to create a special program or series Canada who are normally residing in Canada. been electronically approved by the Awards & Financial Aid 789-1420. which may later be suitable for broadcast and may further 2. Have graduated no earlier than 2009 or will graduate Office. It will indicate the fees you owe to the University of DID YOU KNOW... You can check the status of your student the cause of multiculturalism in Canada. before September 2011 from an institution in Canada, which Winnipeg. These fees will be deducted from your student aid. aid application, find out what documentation is still 3. The Roman Soltykewych Music Scholarship ($500) is of- is a member or affiliated to a member of the Association of 1. If the document is a Canada Student Financial Assistance outstanding, update your address information and much fered annually to applicants (individual or group) determined Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). document, you should take it to an approved Canada Post more online? Go to www.manitobastudentaid.ca and then to MySAO to log into your existing account. to pursue further studies in the field of Ukrainian choral or 3. Applicants to the Harvard Law School should have outlet for forwarding to the National Student Loan Centre. vocal music. completed their resident university education and hold a 2. If the document is a Manitoba Student Aid document, DID YOU KNOW… If you are a student who has had past 4. The Anna Pidruchney Award for New Writers ($1,000) basic degree in Law before applying for an advanced degree you should forward it to the MSAP Loan Administration Government Student Loans and are currently a full-time is available annually to a novice writer for a work on a program such as the Master of Laws (LLM). Department. student but do not have a student loan this year, please fill out a Schedule 2 document to remain in non-payment status. Ukrainian-Canadian theme. Submissions for this year's award 4. Candidates are responsible for gaining admission The National Student Loan Centre of the MSAP Loan must be in Ukrainian. Previous award recipients of this award Please come to Student Services in Graham Hall, where front to Harvard University by the deadline set by the various Administration Department will process the document, counter staff can help you with this form. are not eligible. faculties. transferring the fee payment portion directly to the 5. The Wm. & Mary Kostash Award for Film & Video Arts 5. Applications from students presently studying in the University and depositing any additional balance to your OTHER AWARD WEBSITES: ($1,000) is available to a novice writer for a work promoting United States will not be considered. account. Instructions on these processes will be included in your student aid document package. Canada Student Loan program & other important information Ukrainian-Canadian identity through the medium of film, on finances and budgeting: www.canlearn.ca video or new media. Value: A Knox Fellowship pays full Harvard tuition and mandatory health insurance fees and provides a stipend Course Load Surfing for dollars? Try www.studentawards.com and www. For application forms and guidelines, contact the URDC: sufficient to cover the living expenses of a single Fellow The minimum course load for which you must register to be scholarshipscanada.com. [email protected]. for a 10-month academic year. Knox Fellows who plan to eligible for any form of government student assistance is Deadline: Nov. 30, 2010 bring spouses, partners or other family members with them

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with J.Williamez Propaganda and a lack of funny: a losing combination

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I fucking hate The Family Circus. I firmly believe that this seemingly inoffensive little circle at the back of the comics section of countless newspapers across North

bestcrosswords.com America is one of the main things wrong with the world today. Across 41 – Hire; 2 – Fellas; 33 – New Hampshire city; It’s the comic equivalent of a 1 – Pearl Mosque city; 42 – 1996 Tony-winning musical; 3 – Cincinnati club; 34 – Four-door; huge tumour growing out of your 5 – Ribbons; 43 – Bambi's aunt; 4 – Still; 36 – It's attractive; friend’s dog’s ass: You don’t want 10 – Rumple; 44 – Beer mug; 5 – Sugar amt.; 37 – Fungal infection; to look at it because you know it’s 14 – Hard fatty tissue; 45 – Peter Fonda title role; 6 – Exclamation of relief; 39 – Engine attachment; going to upset you, but you can’t 15 – Mother of Isaac; 46 – Mideast gulf; 7 – Ask invasive questions; 40 – Bruce ___ was a famous kung-fu help but put yourself through the 16 – Arguing; 47 – Inclines; 8 – Diner; movie star; misery of staring at it for hours at 17 – Aquatic; 49 – Boxer Laila; 9 – Clip wool; 42 – "Treasure Island" monogram; a time. There’s just something about 19 – London gallery; 51 – Enticed; 10 – Bed; 45 – Brought to ruin; 54 – Marshal; 11 – D-Day beach; 46 – In a gay manner; human nature that won’t allow you 20 – Ruhr city; to look away. 58 – Sewing case; 12 – Locale; 48 – Lofty nest; 21 – Made of baked clay; To my dismay, I recently read 23 – RR stop; 59 – Boisterous; 13 – Type of gun; 50 – Back muscle, briefly; that the creator of The Family 25 – Diamond flaw?; 63 – On; 18 – Thunder Bay's prov.; 51 – Drop of water expelled by the eye; Circus, Bil Keane, has sold the 26 – Tirade; 64 – Not proper; 22 – Gnawing animal; 52 – Kitchen addition; rights for a Family Circus movie. 29 – ___-bitty; 65 – Decoy; 24 – Bridget Fonda, to Jane; 53 – Unstable lepton; Add to this the fact that there 31 – Student tables; 66 – Actor Auberjonois; 25 – Biblical verb ending; 55 – Libertine; actually is a Jeffy, who happens to 35 – Egg head?; 67 – Causing goose bumps; 26 – Judges' garments; 56 – Ambience; be Bil’s son, and he plans to take 36 – Interlock; 68 – 365 days; 27 – ___-garde; 57 – Belgian river; over and produce the cartoon 37 – Exam taker; 28 – Norwegian name of Norway; 60 – Ingot; when Keane, now 88, finally kicks 38 – Series of short stitches; Down 30 – Disapproving sound; 61 – News letters; the bucket. 40 – Paint oil; 1 – 1975 Wimbledon winner; 32 – Spirited horse; 62 – ___-Foy, Quebec; I begin to get the feeling that we might never get rid of this horrible blight on our society. and then increase your speed to whatever is Solutions to puzzles from October 28. My main problem with The Screw you Mother normal for you when you do your regular out- Family Circus is the fact that it is door exercise. blatant right-wing Christian pro- Nature, I’m bringing my When you are walking on a treadmill, you paganda and not funny in the can really crank up that incline. Increase it to slightest. workout indoors level eight and work your way up over time as I might be able to forgive it for your legs and glutes get stronger. one of these flaws, but not both. Walking on a high incline – provided that The last thing I want printed you’re walking at a decent pace (think speed in the same place I get my news is walking or walking when you’re late to a meet- some preachy little bullshit penned ing) – will leave you sweating and out of breath. by a guy who served as, in my It can give you just as much of a calorie burn as opinion, a racist propagandist in running on a flat surface does. Walking is not a the Second World War. wimpy exercise. That’s right; one of Keane’s early Once you have mastered the art of walking comic endeavours was called “At forward on the inclined treadmill, it’s time to Ease with the Japanese,” and it was Sagan Morrow try mixing it up with some fancier moves. even more offensive than the shitty volunteer staff This first step is very important: hold onto little comic he’s grown into in his the treadmill rail. Next, turn your body so that old age. you are facing the treadmill next to you (this Now, I know Keane isn’t the If you’re a fair-weather exerciser (like me), you may be awkward if you don’t know the person only illustrator or animator to have will likely be bringing your fitness routine in- on that treadmill). The object with this exercise been a racist propagandist during doors around this time of year. Goodbye grassy is to walk in a side-step so that one foot is in the war, but the total lack of funny trails, hello boring treadmill. front of the other. in his comic, mixed with his ob- Luckily for you, there are plenty of ways to Switch by turning to face the other way to vious self-righteousness, makes me spice up treadmill running or walking so that it get a good workout for both of your legs. want to hold him underwater and is somewhat more enticing. Before you do any Another fun way to incorporate agility train- beat him with a rubber hose. of the fun spiced-up variations, remember that ing into your regular treadmill routine is to try I get it, OK? Jeffy has ADD and normal outdoor terrain is a little bit more dif- walking, or jogging very lightly, backwards. can’t walk in straight lines. And, ficult to run or walk on than a treadmill. Even Begin by facing forwards on the treadmill little kids pronounce things wrong sidewalks have uneven surfaces. and then, holding onto the rail, turn yourself and often misunderstand adult around so that you are facing the opposite way. concepts. Choose an incline level of one Keep holding onto the rail the entire time while Oh, and what’s that? There’s ac- you “backpedal.” tually a ghost named “Not Me” or two, and then increase your All of these exercises can be adapted for any who’s been responsible for the speed to whatever is normal speed and any level of incline. Start slower until household’s mischief this whole for you when you do your you get used to the movements to prevent from time? falling off and injuring yourself. I say Keane should go back to regular outdoor exercise. Don’t let the coming winter months be an ex- writing the racist stuff because cuse to quit exercising – just move it indoors! then people wouldn’t get so of- However slight the difference might be, And maybe wear a helmet the first time you Check us out on fended when I tell them that I’m the uneven surface makes a surprising impact try walking backwards on a treadmill – just in planning a party when he dies. on the quality of your workout. Therefore the case. Facebook: In case you’re wondering, you’re first thing you need to do when you bring your all invited. workout indoors is to make sure that the tread- Sagan Morrow is a freelance writer and editor. mill is as challenging as exercising outdoors. Check out her health and wellness blog at www. www.tinyurl.com/ J. Williamez is all for hilarious pro- Increasing the incline of your treadmill helps livingintherealworld.net/healthy. paganda, though. with this. Choose an incline level of one or two, TheUniter Thank YOU Students!

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