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Arthurs report indicates serious problems in research controls ture." Research, especially in the BY LAURIE ZACK physical sciences and engineering, has become both "highly specialized NTEGRITY IN SCHOLARSHIP: A Report to Concordia University, and very expensive." Pushed by fed­ I eral policy adopted in the late 1970s, requested by the University's Board of Governors in September 1993, "this policy, in effect, treated univer­ was finally released by the University sity researchers only as contractors of this week. last resort, and forced them to com­ It was written by former Ecole pete by incorporating themselves in Polytechnique Dean of Research private companies through which Robert Parker Roger A. Blais, mathematician and they could hold themselves out as Canadian faculty union leader Jon private sector bidders." (p.5) Sheinin, Cohen now on leave H. Thompson and law professor and former York University President Inadequate control Parker appointed V-R, Academic Harry Arthurs, who chaired the How to effect proper monitoring and enhancement of the Faculty's inquiry. The report is a sobering and control over outside professional BY BARBARA BLACK already considerable reputation. He examination of the original accusa­ activities (i.e., consulting and joined Concordia in 1977 as an tions levelled against the University research) is a problem shared by ORMER DEAN OF FINE ARTS Assistant Professor in the Depart­ by Valery Fabrikant and later for­ institutions across Canada. The Robert Parker has been ap­ F ment of Art Education, and was warded to the Natural Sciences and report, however, "comments nega­ pointed to succeed Rose Sheinin as director of the Faculty's Visual Arts Engineering Research Council tively upon the development of cer­ Vice-Rector, Academic on an inter­ Division from 1978 to 1981. He (NSERC). tain values and behaviours within im basis, effective immediately. became Assistant Dean in 1981. The first half of the report pro­ Concordia's research community, Reginald Groome, Chairman of Before coming to Concordia, vides a broad context to describe the specifically the Faculty of Engineer­ Concordia's Board of Governors, Parker taught at several institutions conditions that gave rise to the alle­ ing and Computer Science" (p.3), made the announcement Tuesday gations, as well as an understanding which the report characterizes as "an night at the end of a four-hour in Iowa (including his alma mater, of the policies and pracbces in place aggressive Faculty with weak colle­ closed meeting of the Board. He also the University of Iowa), and at at Concordia University·at the time. gial structures, in a young, under­ announced that Interim Rector Frostburg State College in Mary­ The second half is a detailed inquiry financed university with inadequate Charles Bertrand's appointment had land. into Fabrikant's allegations. formal and informal control been fully ratified by the Board, and A researcher in Art Education, he The report begins by looking at systems." (p.70) later confirmed that Sheinin and has presented and published a num­ the evaluation of scientific and acad­ The report criticizes an ethos that Vice-Rector, Institutional Relations ber of papers, and in 1987 was emic integrity at the University with­ permeated the Faculty which placed and Finance, Maurice Cohen had instrumental in securing an academic in the context of similar issues faced exaggerated value on obtaining out­ both resigned their posts last week to and cultural exchange agreement in the physical sciences and engi­ side contracts and authorship. "Those go on administrative leave. (For between the Faculty of Fine Arts neering research communities across with copious credits and large con­ more on Cohen, Sheinin and former and Poland's Ministry of Culture. Canada. tracts generally enjoyed research fund­ Rector Patrick Kenniff, see page 5.) The Tuesday Board meeting went It identifies what the report calls ing, presti_ge and influence." (p.13). Parker was Dean of Fine Arts for into brief open session before adjourn- "the production-driven research cul- See Arthurs, p. 10 a decade which saw steady growth See Parker,p. 11 Carol Foster's team organizes ceremonies for thousands IN BRIEF ... Putting Convocation together: Never too late to graduate A special celebration will be held on June 20 in the downtown Faculty Club dignity triuanphs in the end Lounge for recent graduates who are over 60 years old. There are 38 in the "You're dealing with the faculty, the opera, ballet, symphony and group. The valedictorian, who was BY LUCY NIRO you're dealing with the administra­ other big events at Place des Arts, born in 1916, will be Oswald Elliot Bowie. tion, the Chancellor, the students, Concordia is competing with S CHIEF ORGANIZER OF Dean of Arts and Science Gail the students' parents and with the A Concordia's Convocation ce­ McGill for time, which means she's Valaskakis will extend congratulations remonies for the past 15 years, Assis­ people who have to get the grades in. offered dates that may not be suit­ to the senior scholars. The reception And we can't do anything until the tant Registrar Carol Foster has come able. is jointly sponsored by the Centre for close to performing magic tricks. final list of grads has been approved But Foster's main concern is to Mature Students and The Sparklers, a Foster recalls what she describes as by Senate at the end of May." make sure students are handed a Concordia association for students who are 55-plus. her worst organizing nightmare She added that because the Rec­ degree with their name on it and not about three years ago, when she was tor's Office prefers an early June cer­ someone else's. forced to issue students makeshift emony, there is little lead time to "My secretary, Julie Blumer, Advising video wins send out invitations, churn out tickets for nonexistent seats. ensures that every student gets the award 'We ran out of tickets on a Friday degrees, inform students that they've degree in his or her hand in front of graduated, distribute gowns and afternoon, and Convocation was on the whole audience. She deals with A student advising video developed tickets, hand a potential list of grads Monday morning. We had the the students." Bill Raso, Manager of and produced by the Faculty of Arts weekend to figure out how we were to faculty members to practice read­ Student Services, directs them to the and Science has won one of six pro­ going to solve this dilemma so we ing out names, tend to prizes and stage. gramming awards in the "creative wouldn't have parents standing in medals and their donors, and make "Bill gets them out of their seats in and innovative advising programs" up a programme booklet for the the aisles," she recalled. the right order and feeds them to category from the National Academic audience and scripts for participating Advising Association in the United "We reached the [Place des Arts] Julie. This takes a lot of direction faculty members. States. stagehand at his home to try to fig­ and co-ordination. If something goes "Before I start all this, I go around Sylvia Carter, who is Vice-Dean, ure out if we could put 500 students wrong there, you could end up with in April and visit each Dean. I go Student Affairs, said that the award on stage. And I called a table and quite an embarrassing situation." will be presented at the NAAA's con­ over the last year's ceremony with chair rental company." Even though This year, there was a new twist: ference in October. them and ask, What are the changes the extra folding chairs materialized Concordia's ground-breaking change that you'd like to discuss?'" only 20 minutes before the start of in degree nomenclature. Foster had Phannaceutical giant proce~dings, the ceremony began as There may be special requests, to alter the computer programmes scheduled, at 10 a.m. sharp. such as a musical performance at the offers awards which print out transcripts and But Foster says the behind-the­ Fine Arts Convocation, or some­ degrees to accomodate the new The Burroughs Wellcome Fund, an scenes preparations for five cere­ thing else out of the ordinary. For names. Out of a total of about 3,000 offshoot of the international pharma­ monies in June and one in example, last year, historian and graduating students, 242 undergrad­ ceutical company, is extending four of November - which begin more columnist Edgar Andrew Collard, uates and eight graduate students its competitive award programmes to than one year in advance - rarely who can't leave his Ottawa apart­ researchers launching their careers have opted for the gender-neutral call for yanking a rabbit out of a hat. ment for health reasons, was award­ in the basic medical sciences, for a "A lot of it comes down to timing. ed his honorary doctorate there, and alternatives Baccalaureate and Mag­ total of $9 million. When you have experience, it's not slides accompanied by his taped isteriate. The new awards will provide up to really that difficult. It's just trying to remarks were presented at Convoca­ And then there was another mam­ six years of salary and research sup­ get it all co-ordinated, because you tion. At the Fine Arts ceremony this moth last-minute job. The 3,000- port to scientists during postdoctoral are dealing with so many different year, an excerpt of music by honorary odd diplomas, which must bear the tenure and the beginning of faculty positions. The awards will each be people." doctorate recipient Otto Joachim signature of the presiding officer of Grad Finale '94- a more than $500,000 (US) and up to 12 will be played. the Senate meeting which approves Each year, Foster and her small chance to celebrate! Canadian and U.S . awards will be the graduating list, all had to be staff have put smiles on the faces of Foster said that this year's convo­ made each year. Applications are due about 3,500 graduating students and cation dates are viable enough, but resigned, reprinted and hand-sealed, on October 1, 1994. 10,000 guests, numbers which have she is already wrangling with Place because Charles Bertrand had just HE SECOND ANNUAL GRAD remained consistent over the past des Arts officials to move next year's taken over the post on an interim T Finale, a cocktail party for grad­ Concordians on decade. ceremonies up from June 28. After basis from Patrick Kenniff. uating students, their families and close friends, plus faculty,_staff and The Fringe alumni, will be held on the mezza­ A shoestring children's theatre made nine of the Henry F. Hall Building up of Concordians will take their tal­ from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, ents to Montreal's Fringe Festival next June 15. week. Over 900 attended last year's cele­ Oafus, described as "a blend of Gilbert and Sullivan, Laurel and Hardy bration. This year, the crowd is and Dr. Seuss," is a 50-minute play expected to spill over into the Mezz about a shoemaker, a fortune-teller, Cafe, and, weather permitting, onto a Mrs. Meanie and three unlikely the adjoining terrace. heroes. Pink Bread is a 35-minute Guests who forget to bring their romp in rhyme about greed and Carole Brazeau Algonquin Bachelor of Arts (Women's Studies) cameras can take advantage of roving friendship gone sour. The actors are Rebecca Allsopp, Polaroid photographers with low, Nellie Coonishish Cree Bachelor of Arts (Applied Social Science) Su Bertolo, Mike Clancy, Aengus Tricia Fra.gnito Mohawk Diploma in Institutional Administration low rates, and the bookstore will Finnan, Leah Lewis and Brian Tardiff, (Specialization in the Arts) operate a booth especially for the all in the Department of Theatre's new graduates. Drama in Education programme. The Featured speakers will include director is Cheryl Neill, who divides her time between teaching Theatre at Concordia University Alumni Asso­ Concordia and shepherding her R.R. 1 ciation president Nicole Faure and Players around eastern Ontario and outgoing Engineering and Com­ the West Island to delight young (and puter Science Student Association not-so-young) audiences. president Stanley Yee. Performances of Oafus and Pink Tickets are complimentary for Bread will be in the Theatre la Chapelle, 3700 St. Dominique St., on graduating students and $10 for each June 12, 15, 16, 17 and 19. For more guest. For more information, please information, call Aengus Finnan at call 848-3815. 525-8121.

2 JUNE 9, 1994 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT CON VOCATION I 9 9 4

Approximately 3,000 students will graduate at five convocation ceremonies this month, and every one of them has a story to tell. Great grads Here are just a few. Profiles by Sara lwaasa.

Laura Leslie Cheryl Mahoney and Robby Fadzai Muputisi Jennifer Ferguson Rob Pinker Hockey pioneer was an Mature student took Female engineer one of High goals and true grit Learning disability early riser her baby to class first in Zimbabwe ennifer Ferguson is on her way to fulfilling didn't deter health a dream. oncordia hockey player Laura Leslie or most of her five years at Concordia, Cheryl y now, Fadzai Muputisi might just have recovered JThe 22-year-old graduate of the School of Commu­ specialist Cis a contender. FMahoney, 35, split her energies three ways: school, Bfrom all the praise. nity and Public Affairs will be studying law at McGill During her six years at Concordia, Leslie often got work and raising her son, Robby. Muputisi, an international student from Zimbabwe, next fall. "It's something I've always wanted," she said. or Rob Pinker, hospitals are "hubs of the commu­ up before daybreak to study so she could have time to Ahigh school dropout from a small town in Ontario, returned home last month to face the fanfare for hav­ Damage caused by an overactive blood vessel in her Fnity." Their complex internal workings and net­ train several hours a day as well as work part-time. Mahoney worked with horses until she went back to ing earned a mechanical engineering degree. The first brain when she was an infant left Jennifer with limited works of relationships with governments and "You do what you have to do to stay at a certain level," school, entering Concordia as a mature student. She in her family to receive a university degree, Muputisi, vision. She depends on her family and the Montreal communities fascinate him. "It's like a microcosm," he she said. commuted every week to Montreal, balancing work 28, will almost certainly be one of the first female en­ Urban Community's adapted-transit service to get said. The bard work paid off. Leslie was part of the team and classes. Then, in her second year, she got pregnant gineers in her country. around. Concordia's Office ofDisabled Students helps Pinker, 27, who graduates with a Bachelor of Arts that won the gold for Canada at the world champi­ with Robby. Fortunately, she's been through this kind of thing by arranging for her to write exams on a computer and from Concordia's School of Community and Public onships in April. She bas also earned two Concordia "Knowing he was coming only encouraged me to before. In 1988, Muputisi was one of the first women providing some orientation services. Affairs this month, developed his interest in health degrees: a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Therapy in stay and keep going," she said. in Zimbabwe to qualify as a motor mechanic. The "Anything I've asked for in services, they've pro­ policy through his part-time work at the Jewish Gen­ 1992-she's a certified athletic therapist-and now, a Staying focused despite constant interruptions was ensuing media attention was pleasant, if embarrass­ vided," she said. eral Hospital. Bachelor of Arts in Etudes fran¢ses. the toughest part. "It was hard when I was trying to ing, she said. While Ferguson is looking forward to law school, she Government intervention, shrinking resources and Leslie, now 24, began playing hockey when she was write a paper and he'd want to write it too," she re­ Only a year later, the Canadian International De­ has nothing but praise for Concordia. "I've learned so social change, said Pinker, are forcing hospitals to re­ seven. She continued to compete as an adult, playing called. Then there was the time she took Robby to a car­ velopment Agency gave her a scholarship to study en­ much in my three years here," she said. assess their mandate. The complexity of the problem with the men in the elite leagues in her area. "I was tography lab and he set off a fire-door alarm. "Everyone gineering abroad. The award surprised her, since she The School of Community and Public Affairs at­ is part of the attraction. "Ifitwas simple, it wouldn't in­ kind of an exception to the rule," she said. "Only now thought it was kind of funny, so that was fortunate." hadn't applied for it. She had one month to find a tracted her because of its bilingual character and em­ terest me," he said. are girls' leagues starting to develop." Her English and Geography degree finally com­ school and get herself there. phasis on hands-on experience. She also treasures her Pinker's own education has had a few complica­ She tries to promote women's hockey both through pleted, Mahoney is looking for a job. She'd like to con­ Once at Concordia, adjusting to all the changes involvement with Concordia's Debating Society, call­ tions. He suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity her own example and by speaking at schools and tinue her education when Robby is older, possibly to proved difficult Without the International Students ing it "good preparation" for her career. disorder which affects his ability to concentrate and to CEGEPs whenever invited. prepare for a career in teaching. Office, she said, "I wouldn't have survived my first "I've always been fascinated by what the law can do organize. "Unless you experience it, you can't know Leslie plans to continue playing for as long as she "I just always wanted to reach kids who didn't know month." for people and what the law can do to people." She'd what it is," he said simply. can. She's looking forward to the next world champi­ what they wanted." For the moment, however, she's Packing to go home after five years' hard work, like to be a crown prosecutor. With a strong interest in The Office for Disabled Students arranged for extra onships in 1996. After that, "I want to be in the proud of graduating. "It's such a morale booster." Muputisi was anxious, but smiling. "For me, getting a women's issues and victims' rights, she hopes to make time and a quiet room for exam-writing, but otherwise, Olympics in '98." degree was just a dream come true," she said. "I feel it's a difference some day. "I've looked at the justice sys­ Pinker just managed. "If there's any reason that I do a blessing from God." tem, and some changes are definitely needed," she said. well, it's because I'm motivated." Pinker is spending his summer in Washington, D.C., working for a health-care reform "think tank," a job he lined up when the SCPA went on a field trip to the U.S. capital. He has been accepted into Con­ cordia's Master's in Public Policy and Public Adminis­ tration programme.

Chad Rice at The Shack Stanley Vee Engineer's CV says Politics and studies "restaurateur" meant a prettyfull life

wild cheer went up as Chad Rice's name was an­ or Stanley Yee, one career is coming to an end as Anounced at the First Nations Graduates dinner Fanother one begins. Although officially at dance last month. Rice is one of a handful of native Concordia to study building engineering, he is proba­ students in Canada to earn an engineering degree. bly best known as a student politician. Closer to borne, Rice, 28, may be the first native stu­ Yee, 22, is the outgoing president of the Engineering dent to graduate from Concordia with an electronic and Computer Science Students' Association, and sits engineering specialization. on the Board of Governors. He also worked hard to All the attention bas somewhat embarrassed Rice. promote engineers' professional image at Concordia While he's pleased with bis accomplishment, be through "diplomacy and openmindedness." doesn't see it as remarkable. "I think if! can do it, any­ Building Engineering allowed him to study every­ one can," be said. He took a three-year programme in thing from acoustics to structural design, and he would electro-technology at Dawson College, and worked as like to work in the developing area of "advanced a technical writer for a videographics firm before houses." These state-of-the-art, energy-efficient build­ coming here. ings are designed to avoid problems that plague con­ Rice is also an entrepreneur. For the past few years, ventional ones. "I'd like to be at the cutting edge," he he's run his own business in Kahnawake, a summer­ said. only takeout restaurant called The Shack. For Yee, combining a demanding academic pro­ With his restaurant open for the season, Rice is al­ gramme with political life gave him virtually no free most too busy to think much about the future. A stint time. "Don't ask me how ldidit," hesaysnow. "!twas tutoring high school math has him thinking about a miracle. I'm not sure I'd repeat i~ but I wouldn't trade teaching. He'd like to try writing for local publications; it for anything else." a management career is another possibility. For now, though, he's concentrating on getting those burgers and fries out.

CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT JUNE 9, 1994 3 Concordia's Thursday Report is interested in your letters, opinions and comments. Letters to the Editor are published at the Editor's discretion. They must be signed, include a phone number, and be delivered to the CTR office (BC-117/1463 Bishop St.) in person, by fax (514-848-2814) or mail by 9 a.m. on the Friday prior topu blication. Ifat all possible, please submit the text on computer diskette. Limit your letter to 500 words. The Editor reserves the right to edit far space considerations, although the utmost care will be taken to preserve the core of the writer's argument. The following is a letter to The There is a f undamental problem and Vice-Chancellor. ·cor;e~t1on·· ·················· CUFA Executive Gazette: with arguments an d inferences made While it is not our client's intention in that article, specifica lly the ones to inqu ire into the merit of this deci­ In an open letter by Professor June Committee Macphersons cynicism claiming that teach ing is not a priority sion, their concern lies in the Board Cha ike lson to Board of Governors at Concordia and that this institution delegating some of its principal func­ Chairman Reginald Groome in last The following members of the is somehow li ttered with non-quali­ notfunny tions to a sub-group of the full Board, week's CTR, a line of text was Concordia University Faculty Associ­ fied academicians: th ey ignore facts. and this contrary to the bylaws of the dropped. The paragraph should have ation were elected to the executive We read with outrage and shock Don According to my experience as a Unive rsity. PhD student studying at Concordia's read: "Therefore , we demand the committee in May: Macpherson's article, " Nutty Profes­ Add itiona lly, it would appea r that release of the Arthurs and Cowan sor Would Fit Right in at Concordia" Centre for Stud ies in Behavioral Neu­ the alleged decision and sub-delega­ President: William Knitter robiology, the vast majority of the reports with the least possible delay (June 3, 1994, p. B3). Macpherson's tion took place in a closed session of Vice-President: faculty are hard-working, conscien­ to avoid unnecessary adverse public­ piece represents unbridled, malicious the Board where not al l of the mem­ tious individuals w it h a long track ity and furthe r embarrassment. At Harvey Shulman cynicism parading as humour. We fail bers were invited nor had an oppor­ record of excellence in teaching, that point, we can move ahead with Members at large: Gerald to see what positive social va lue as tunity to participate. achievement and recognition by the the necessary search tor new leader­ an op-ed "comment" was served by In this regard, I call your attention, Auch inachie, Frances Shaver scientific community at large. The sh ip so that we can dedicate our­ the article's publication . inter alia, to articles 13 and 14 of the and Stephen Sc heinberg Macpherson 's article gratuitously high quality of teaching and research selves to making Concordia the bylaws of the University, which are Secretary (continuing): ma ligns approximately 800 full-time at Concordia and the Centre is ex­ cited as examples but not exhaustive university that the faculty and the faculty at Concordia University and actly what prompted me to come David Sheps on the subject. general public expect it to be ." several hundred part-time faculty, from Greece and pursue my under­ Treasurer (continuing): graduate and graduate education at Our cli ent's concern is that the who have offered and continue to David Frost offer high-quality courses informed this in stitution . I felt that my decision Board, an d/or some of its members, by first-rate research . Were Mac­ was validated when I was awarded ·may cons ider this extraordinary pherson interested, he could report my country's most prestigious schol­ action to be precedent-setting and ., .. and comment upon the Con cordia arship, the Alexander S. Onassis may attempt to avai l itself of this Concordians win facu lty who have w on the pres­ Scholarship, in support of my grad­ type of "illegal" action at a future tigious 3M Award for outstanding uate studies at Concordia. time when events might more direct­ SSHRC awards university teaching . Or he might con­ Perhaps worst of all, M r. Mac­ ly concern our client and/or any of its sider the many researchers at pherson, writing purportedly in the members. Five Concordia graduate students are Concordia who have won national public interest, questions the value of To this end, the undersigned has among the winners of 1994-95 doctor­ the degrees co nferred by Concordia. been instructed to most strenuously and international recognition for their al fellowships announced last month achievements, and among whom are With respect to the Centre's gradu­ protest the manner in which the Ken­ Steacie and Killam Fellows. Equally ates, the fact is that most of them go niff decision was taken and to further by the Social Sciences and Human i­ important, Macpherson's malicious on to highly respectable careers, advise that while our client does not ties Research Counc il of Canada. humour ignores and devalues the many of them in academia. Have intend legal action at this time, the They are Richard Ashby (Communi­ positive and significant educational you, Mr. Macpherson, done any absence of legal action on their part research to find out about the career cations), Jacob Bakan (Communica­ experience of tens of thousands of shou ld not be deemed to constitute advancement of Concordia's gradu­ tions), Carrie Hamilton (History), Xijia students and alumnae of Concordia. a tacit consent or renunciation to ates before stating your idiosyncratic Yes, Concordia has been having their right to contest similar action Su (Accounting), and Louise Tourigny views about the values of difficulties. Lapses, whether ethical taken by t he Board at any future (Management). -88. or managerial, whether at the level of Concordia's degrees? The cru x of the time. the senior administration or among matter is that university education is In fact, our client cal ls upon the the ranks of researchers, must be far too important in today's economy University and its Board of Governors revea led, analyzed and rectified. They to lightly make polemical statements to refrai n from any similar kind of will be, because the facu lty, staff and that jeopardize the reputations of action which may lead to an appre­ students, in addition to members of thousands of students who have Concordia's Board of Governors and received rigourous academic training. hension of bias or clandestine deci­ administration, will insist upon it. I personally do not agree with sev­ sion-making. We are all aware of the While the problems identified are era I of the actions taken by the need for a university of Concordia's being set right, high-quality courses administration of the University, but stature to cond uct itself not on ly in continue to be taught and rigorou s in my view, there are fa r better crite­ accordance with law and its govern­ research continues to be undertaken. ria than administrative decision-ma k­ ing bylaws, but in addition, to con­ ing for judging [the] academic merit duct its decision-making in a manner Jack N. Lightstone (Religion), Peter of a university. Trusting in the sinceri­ which w ill not allow any member of Shizgal (Psychology), Dorothy ty of Mr. Macpherson's intention to the University popu lation or a mem­ Markiewicz (Applied Social Science tru ly inform the public, I would be be r of the public to perceive that any and Psychology), Marguerite Mendell willing to assist him uncover a sma ll wrongdoing has taken place. Ou r (School of Community and Public part of Concordia 's worth by fam il iar­ client trusts that their concerns will Affairs), Ellen Jacobs (Education) and izing him with the work carried out be taken into consideration in any Anna-Beth Doyle (Psychology) by individuals in the Centre to which I future decision-making of the Boa rd, belong. whether major or minor, and that all parties concerned will first be given Andreas Arvanitogiannis The following is a letter to The an opportunity to present their views CSBN Gazette: and participate in the process in a manner in which no doubt can be left The following is a letter to Reginald Macphersons ridicule that the principles of natural justice, Groome dated June 2nd, 1994: affects thousands in its broadest sense, have been res pected . CUFA lawyer warns Additionally, should any deviation In the June 3 comment column writ­ be contemplated from the past prac­ ten by [Don ] Macpherson, discussing Board t ice of the Boa rd, whether with recent controversial decisions taken respect to the manner which deci­ by Concordia University's leadership, Subject: Concordia Un iversity sion-making takes place or with one basic tenet of journalism is con­ Faculty Association respect to a particular subject matter, spicuous for its rarity: fairness. This On beha lf of my above-noted article provides a most astonishing client, the undersigned has been our client wishes to be assured that display of cynical, unconstructive, instructed to advise of t heir most such an intention be clearly popu list writing. Sadly, Mr. Macpher­ serious concern regarding the events expressed before the fact and not son sidetracks the discussion on the surrounding the Kenniff matter. after. Only in this way can CU FA ad ministrative problems facing More particularly, their concern make its view known in an effective Concordia and makes comments that deals w ith the manner in which the and timely manner. Trusting same can be read to reflect negatively on Board of Governors allegedly man­ meets with your approva l, I remain, the Concordia community as a dated four (4) of its members to act whole, which is grossly unfair. in the alleged removal of the Rector Harold C. Lehrer

4 JUNE 9 , 1994 CONCORDIA'S THURSDA Y REPORT Three eav1ng•

Rector made many Nationally, Cohen was an execu­ friends for Concordia tive member of CAUBO (the Cana­ dian Association of University Business Officers) and was slated to Patrick become president later this month. Kenniff spent His local community service included membership on the boards of a dramatic ACFAS (the Association canadi­ enne-fram;:aise pour l'avancement des decade here sciences) and, most recently, the Boards of Vanier College and BY BARBARA BLACK Portage, the drug rehabilitation centre. RONICALLY, HIS SMOOTH, A graduate of the University of articulate personality, one of the I California at Berkeley (PhD in principal reasons Patrick Kenniff was Mathematics, 1968) and McGill chosen Rector, ultimately seemed to University (BSc, Mathematics, be his undoing at Concordia. 1964), Cohen came to Sir George Chosen in 1984 to bring a higher Williams University as an assistant profile to the office of rector, Kenniff professor in 1970, and was named an proved highly adept at winning Loyola High School) and the totally beginning in 1989. Department. associate professor in 197 4. He friends for the University through his renovated Georges P. Vanier Library. She immediately set about institut­ chaired the Department of Mathe­ involvement in the community Kenniff also led Concordia's first ing an academic self-appraisal process ma tics from 1975-77, and was a beyond the University. Capital Campaign, a complex, five­ which is likely to be one of her most Eight years at Dean (Division III) of the Faculty of Nevertheless, his rather aloof man­ year venture which ultimately gar­ lasting contributions to the Universi­ financial helm put agement style earned detractors, Arts and Science from 1977-82. nered $25 million in financial ty. Under the process, academic units Concordia in the black especially among faculty, and friends contributions beyond normal govern­ conduct searching self-examination Cohen was named Associate Vice­ of the University cringed when his ment funding. which becomes the basis for develop­ Rector, Academic (Research) in personal life and his conflict with the ment and reform. It was a hard sell, Maurice 1984, an appointment which was Vice-Rector, Academic were dis­ V-R Academic in some cases, but the process has so sandwiched between two administra­ cussed in the media. He left the Uni­ far been conducted by several units. Cohen tenders tive posts with the Qyebec govern­ versity on May 26, by mutual promoted diversity, An activist for academic excellence resignation ment's Conseil des universites: chair agreement with the Board of Gov­ equity and inclusion and empowerment, she was instru­ of its finance committee (1982-84) ernors. mental in the upgrading of Graduate · and chair of its research commission BY KEN WHITTINGHAM Kenniff had worked in the Studies to the status of School, which (1985-86). His first term as Vice­ Department of Municipal Affairs in has thrown the spotlight on a grow­ Rector, Institutional Relations and Sheinin leaves AURICE COHEN HAS RESIGNED Qyebec City for the six years prior to ing and prestigious aspect of the Uni­ as Vice-Rector, Institutional Finance, which as its name implies coming to Concordia, rising to sooner than versity. M Relations and Finance, effective June embraces two portfolios, began Deputy Minister. Throughout his Other Sheinin initiatives include 2, 1994. Following an administrative November 10, 1986. decade here, he continued to accept planned the day-long Future of Concordia leave, he will return to teaching in It was a time when the great invitations to head such projects as conference, now in its fifth year. the Department of Mathematics. He expansion of the 1970s had not only Montreal's 350th birthday celebra­ BY BARBARA BLACK Aimed at bringing faculty, students cited personal reasons as the cause of ended, but had been replaced by a tion and, currently, a committee and staff together in an egalitarian his departure. sense of financial crisis at Canadian looking for ways to implement lin­ ICE-RECTOR ACADEMIC spirit of co-operation and self-analy­ Cohen, who was set to enter the universities. To add to the problem, guistic school boards. V Rose Sheinin has resigned from sis, it has had uneven attendance but final year of his second five-year an unfair funding formula in Qyebec He was a strong and articulate her administrative duties. thoughtful participation. The Chairs' term, leaves a legacy of solid achieve­ advocate for universities in general, The embattled senior administra­ Caucus, an increasingly influential City had contributed to the accumu­ leading a forceful campaign to tor had sought a renewal of her term, forum across the University, grew ment, notably Concordia's improved lation of a debt at Concordia that change Qyebec's funding policies in but this was rejected by Concordia's from one of the first Future confer­ financial situation. After first obtain­ had reached a high point of $43 the mid-1980s. Proud of his bilingual Board of Governors in April, and she ences. ing corrections to the University's million. and bicultural heritage, Kenniff, now was to have finished out her five-year Sheinin is a proud and joyful femi­ base funding, he turned a $10 million Under Cohen's management, 50, was a popular and leading mem­ term on August 31, 1994. nist, and encouraged the growth of annual deficit in 1985-1986 into a $6 Concordia began turning a slim prof­ ber of the Conference des recteurs et Her departure follows that of Rec­ various administrative instruments to million surplus in 1991-1992. it in 1991, and he predicted that bar­ principaux des universites du Qyebec tor Patrick Kenniff, her much-publi­ promote diversity, equity and inclu­ During his tenure, Concordia ring major surprises, the debt would (CREPUQ2. cized nemesis; Kenniff staffers sion in University life. completed its first Capital Campaign, be wiped out by 2001. Kenniff was born in Minnesota, Maureen Habib and Hugh Brodie However, she was not without established the Office of University This year, he announced a five­ Advancement and introduced a very but spent most of his childhood in (who are believed to be awaiting re­ critics. Some colleagues and members year (1994-99) financial framework successful Annual Giving Pro­ Montreal, attending Loyola College, assignment); and Vice-Rector Insti­ of the Board of Governors cited her aimed at annually increasing revenue tutional Relations and Finance gramme. Cohen was also responsible Universite Laval and the London somewhat erratic approach to day-to­ by $1.6 million, and setting aside School of Economics and Political Maurice Cohen, who has also for an enhanced Alumni Affairs unit, day administrative tasks as a major 1.2-1.5 per cent of the budget for Science. A member of the Qyebec resigned. for developing the University's irritant. A period of finger-pointing academic development. This year's Bar and the Canadian Bar since Defiant to the end, the outgoing following the Fabrikant shootings award-winning institutional market­ budget calls for roughly $1.85 million 1970, he was a partner in a Qyebec Vice-Rector, Academic had just fired exacerbated the personality conflict ing campaign and for establishing the in savings, which, in the case of the City law firm from 1974 to 1978, law off a lengthy riposte to Lessons from between her and her immediate Institutional Planning Office, the administrative and service sectors, professor at Universite Laval from the Fabrikant File, the commissioned superior, Rector Patrick Kenniff By Office of Employment Equity and will be effected through an organiza­ 1973 to 1978, and Associate Dean of report by John Scott Cowan, which the time their acrimony had spilled the Sexual Harassment Office. Laval's Law Faculty (Research). was published along with the report onto the front pages of Montreal Also active on the Qyebec univer- , tional review now in progress. During his decade at the helm, and other replies to it in last week's newspapers, Concordians were either sity scene, he chaired numerous com­ Cohen says he is looking forward Concordia University greatly expand­ CTR taking sides or just wishing the whole mittees over the years at CREPUQ to a summer vacation "to get reac­ ed its facilities, including the new Sheinin, an internationally respect­ problem would go away. (La Conference des· tecteurs et des quainted with his family" after a par­ Concert Hall, the multi-storey ed University of Toronto specialist in Dr. Sheinin plans to continue with principaux des universii:es du Qyebec) ticularly hectic period . downtown complex opened in 1993 cancer research, had been chosen by her research work; after taking an and was always a welcome addition to as the J.W. McConnell Building, the an advisory search committee to fill administrative leave, she will return joint university-ministry committees. Additional reporting new Psychology Building (formerly the post of Vice-Rector, Academic, as a faculty member in the Biology by Barbara Black

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The Governor General's Silver The Celanese Canada Ltd. the most outstanding contribution The Eric O'Connor The Jaan Saber Medal Medal, Awarded to the highest-rank­ Prize for Chemistry to the internal university community Mathematics Medal for Industrial Engineering ing student graduating from Awarded to the most outstanding through commitment (al to improve Awarded to the most outstanding Awarded to the most outstanding Concordia University graduating student in Chemistry the quality of student life OR (b) to graduating student in Mathematics graduating student in Industrial Engi­ Ian Rozon Angela Saraullo pursue a cause and achieve a goal Lucie Uhlir neering Genevieve Sauve which brings distinction to the Rosilda D'Arienzo University The W.R. Fraser Medal The Classics Book Prize Emily Paradis for Philosophy The Mechanical Engineering Medal Awarded to the most outstanding Awarded to the most outstanding Awarded to the most outstanding FINE ARTS AWARDS graduating student in Classics The Walter Raudorf Medal graduating student in Philosophy graduating student in Mechanical Hratch Papazian for Physics Andrew David Auerbach Engineering The Alfred Pinsky Medal Awarded to the most outstanding Koushika Patel Awarded to the most outstanding The John E. O'Brien, S.J. Medal graduating student in Physics The Vince Sirois Prize student graduating w ith the degree for Communication Studies Angelo Miele Awarded to the most outstanding The F.A. Gerard Prize of Bachelor of Fine Arts Awarded to the most outstanding graduating student in the School of (Graduate Award} Lisa Lapointe graduating student in Communi­ The Renee Vautelet Prize Community and Public Affairs Awarded annually, when merited, cation Studies for Political Science Jennifer Lynn Ferguson to the most deserving graduate of The Art Education Prize Ziad Touma Awarded to the most outstanding the Master's of Engineering pro­ Awarded to the most outstanding graduating student in Political The Julius and Ilka Ekler Book Prize grammes graduating student in Art Education The Sun Life Prize in Economics Science in Judaic Studies (Graduate Award} Michael Stashin Wendy Ann Castles Awarded to the most outstanding Deborah Creamer Awarded to a graduate student in recognition of his/her outstanding graduating student in Economics The Concordia Medal The Art History Prize achievement in the area of Judaic w ith either the Bachelor of Arts The J.W. Bridges Medal Presented by the Alumni Association Awarded to the most outstanding Studies degree or the Bachelor of Com­ for Psychology to a graduating student who has dis­ graduating student in Art History Not awarded merce degree Awarded to the most outstanding played distinctive leadership ability Mary Margaret Miller Robert Azzam graduating student in Psychology through both academic and non-aca­ Lucie Filteau The Herbert F. Quinn Medal demic achievements and has won The Cinema Prize The Education Book Prize for Political Science the outstanding commendation of Awarded to the most outstanding Awarded to the most outstanding The Boyd Sinyard Prize for Religion Awarded to a graduating MA student his/her fellows and of the faculty graduating student in Cinema graduating student in Education Awarded to the most outstanding with the highest standing in the Stanley Yee Timothy H. Savage Carol Muriel Fielders graduating student in Religion Master of Public Policy and Pu blic Jennifer Tobenstein Administration programme The Contemporary Dance Prize The Celanese Canada Ltd. Anton Van Heusden COMMERCE AND Awarded to the most outstanding Prize for English The Everett C. Hughes Medal for graduating student in Contemporary Awarded to the most outstanding . ·sociology and Anthropology The Anne Stokes Medal ADMINISTRATION Dance graduating student in English Awarded to the most outstanding Awarded to the highest-ranking AWARDS Susan M. Ramsay Catherine M. Kidd graduating student in Sociology and student graduating with the degree Anthropology of Bachelor of Education in Teaching The Frosst Medal The Design Art Prize Le Prix Paul D'Hollander pour Avis Anderson English as a Second Language Presented by Charles E. Frosst & Co., Awarded to the most outstanding les Etudes fran\:aises Caroline Elizabeth Orton and awarded to the highest-ranking graduating student in Design Art Awarded to the most outstanding The Theological Studies Medal student graduating with the degree Rosaura Guzman Clunes graduating student in French Presented by the Most Reverend The Nishith Mukerji Medal of Bachelor of Commerce Lise Marie Juliette Paquin Leonard J. Crowley, and awarded to Awarded annually, when warranted, Irena Piorkowski The Music Prize the most outstanding graduating stu­ to the Physics thesis student with the Awarded to the most outstanding The Martin Lewis Memorial dent in Theological S_tudies highest standing in the programme The Ross Medal for Accountancy graduating student in Music Book Prize in History , Bonnie Jan Buttress Not awarded Awarded to the most outstanding Lisa Lapointe Awarded to the most outstanding graduating student in Accountancy graduating student in History The Therese F. Casgrain Medal The Lonergan University The Painting and Drawing Prize Irena Piorkowski Samuel Adam De Sola Kalman for Women's Studies College Prize Awarded to the most outstanding Kyla Suhr Henriksen Awarded to the most outstanding Awarded to the most outstanding graduating student in Painting and The Decision Sciences and Man­ graduating student in Women's graduating student in Lonergan Drawing agement Information Systems Medal The Gordon Fisher Prize for Studies University College Antonietta Grassi Awarded to the most outstanding Journalism (Undergraduate Studies} Alison Carpenter Robert Ian Costello graduating student in Decision Sci­ Awarded to the most outstanding The Printmaking and ences and Management Information graduating student in Journalism The Liberal Arts College Prize The Science College Prize Photography Prize Systems Tanya Shereen Athar Awarded to the most outstanding Awarded to the most outstanding Awarded to the most outstanding Chiu Wah Geoffrey Cheng graduating student in the Liberal graduating student in the Science graduating student in Printmaking The Michael Hogben Medal Arts College College and Photography The Finance Medal for Ecotoxicology Ariela Freedman Lucie Filteau John David Graham Awarded to the most outstanding Awarded to the most outstanding graduating student in Finance graduating student in the Ecotoxicol­ The Bogdan Zaborski Medal The Sculpture, Ceramics ENG !NEERING AND Qin Kang ogy Diploma Programme and Fibres Prize in Geography Alain Carriere COMPUTER SCIENCE Awarded to the most outstanding Awarded to the most outstanding The International Business Medal graduating student in Sculpture, graduating student in Geography AWARDS Awarded, when merited, to the most Ceramics and Fibres The Gordon Fisher Prize for Aaron Leslie Herter outstanding student graduating with Journalism (Graduate Diploma Patrick Meagher The Computer Science Medal a Bachelor of Commerce, Major in Programme} The Andre Deland Medal Awarded to the highest-ranking stu­ International Business Awarded to the most outstanding for Geology The Theatre Prize dent graduating with the degree of Nadia Tucci Awarded to the most outstanding graduating student in the Journalism Awarded to the most outstanding Bachelor of Computer Science Diploma Programme graduating student in Geology graduating student in Theatre Wing Yeung Mok The Management Medal Elizabeth Warwick Stephen Richard Gordon Warner Heidi Ellen Wachtin Hoang Uyen Trang Nguyen Awarded to the most outstanding graduating student in Management The Edward Eastman McCullough The Interdisciplinary Studies Medal The Chait Medal Jennifer Anne Claire Kelly ARTS& MA History Award Awarded to the most outstanding Awarded to the highest-ranking Awarded annually, when merited, graduating student in Interdis­ student graduating with the degree SCIENCE AWARDS The Marketing Medal to a graduating MA in History in con­ ciplinary Studies of Bachelor of Engineering Awarded to the most outstanding The Birks Medal sideration of a research essay judged Soukwan Chan Joseph Jean Fran\:ois Gagnon graduating student in Marketing Presented by Henry Birks & Sons to be of exceptional merit Anna Papadakos (Montreal) Ltd., and awarded to the Alexander Allen Robertson The Leisure Studies Medal The Building Engineering Medal highest-ranking student graduating Awarded to the most outstanding Awarded to the most outstanding The Administration Medal with the degree of Bachelor of Arts The O'Brien Medal graduating student in Leisure graduating student in Building Presented by Y.W. Kan in memory of Miroslav Misina Presented in honour of Dr. J.W. Studies Engineering O'Brien and awarded to the graduat­ Michele Telio Tang Hung Nguyen P. Grogan, S.J., and awarded to the The Mappin Medal ing student whose efforts and dedi­ highest-ranking student graduating Presented by Mappin's Ltd. and cation best exemplify the values of The Exercise Science Plaque The Matthew Douglass Medal with the degree of Bachelor of awarded to the highest-ranking stu­ the University within the larger ex­ Awarded to the most outstanding for Civil Engineering Administration dent graduating with the degree of ternal community graduating student in Exercise Awarded to the most outstanding Dominique Cofsky Bachelor of Science Laura Anne Leslie Science graduating student in Civil Ian Rozon Louis C. Martineau Engineering The Royal Bank of Canada The First Graduating Class Award Waleed Jacques Zaarour MBA Medal The Robert C. Rae Book Prize in Presented on behalf of the first grad­ The Library Studies Plaque Awarded to the most outstanding Applied Social Science uating class of the Faculty of Arts, Awarded to the most outstanding The Computer Engineering Medal MBA graduate Awarded to the most outstanding Science and Commerce of Sir graduating student in Library Studies Awarded to the most outstanding Sylvain Allard graduating student in Applied Social George Williams College (known as Not awarded graduating student in Computer Science the Guinea Pigs}, for the most innov­ Engineering The Howard B. Ripstein Chartered Dawna Ettie Neippert ative contribution, either academic or The Modern Languages & Joseph Jean Fran\:ois Gagnon Accountancy Medal extra-curricular, to university life Linguistics Plaque Awarded annually to the most highly The Avenor Inc. Prize in Biology Carolyn Cecilia Firth Gammon Awarded to the most outstanding The Phoivos Ziogas Medal ranked candidate in the Uniform Awarded to the most outstanding graduating student in Modern for Electrical Engineering Final Examination of the Canadian graduating student in Biology The Malone Medal Languages & Linguistics Awarded to the most outstanding Institute of Chartered Accountants Amalia Maria Martinez Perez Presented in honour of Rev. Patrick Mary Howatt graduating student in Electrical having a Concordia University Diplo­ G. Malone, S.J., and awarded to the Engineering ma in Accountancy graduating student who has made Tan Khai Nguyen Simonetta Vendittelli

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ARTS AND SCIENCE through the valuable advice and encourage­ Montreal. Here she launched the Atelier man, boasts 145 countries as members. became a Canadian citizen in 1957, where he ment that she provided to members of d' Artisanat du Centre Ville Inc., and later the As a community service, Weider's com­ began to work in early-music practice 15 years Concordia's then-fledgling Centre for Centre Artisanal des femmes, a women's pany regularly donates the equipment for pub­ before it became a popular area of study and Research in Human Development. cooperative craft centre, of which she is lic, community-based and non-profit concern. At the same time, he was working in Director. gymnasiums in Montreal, across Canada and contemporary music as well as being a member SR. MARGARET POWER in many countries throughout the world. Mr. of and later principal violist for the Montreal Weider also donated complete training gyms Symphony Orchestra and the McGill Cham­ COMMERCE AND ADMINISTRATION to assist institutions involved in sports ber Orchestra. In the mid-1950s, he began research and training. teaching at McGill University and at the Con­ Canada has recognized Ben Weider's servatoire de Musique du ~ebec, where he achievements by making him a Member of was in charge of chamber music, violin and the Order of Canada. He also received the viola classes. In 1955, he founded the Mon­ ~een's Silver Jubilee Medal and an Hon­ treal String ~artet. THOMAS R. BERGER, Q.C. orary Doctorate of Philosophy in the Sport In the mid-1960s, he gave up most of his Sciences from the United States Sports Acad­ performing activities to concentrate on com­ homas Berger has long been a champion emy. posing and teaching. He was the founder and T of human rights in Canada. Weider is an expert on Napoleonic history director of the Montreal Consort of Ancient Born in 1933 in Victoria, British Colum­ and the author of The Murder of Napoleon, Instruments, as well as Canada's first priv~tY• .., bia, he studied law at the University of British which has been published in eleven languages. owned electroacoustic music studio. Columbia, receiving his LL.B. in 1956. orn and educated in Montreal, Sister He is currently President of the Napoleonic No stranger to Concordia, Joachim assisted For the next 14 years, he actively practiced B Margaret Power was Mother Superior at Society of Canada. in the initial supplying of equipment for the law in Vancouver. During that time, he was Sacred Heart School for six years and Head Concordia Electroacoustic Studios in 1971. JEAN E. PIGOTT ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE involved in a leading aboriginal rights case in Mistress for 18 years. Prior to that, she taught Throughout the '70s, he made his services and Canada as counsel for the plaintiffs in Calder in various schools and convents in Halifax, ean Pigott was the ninth Chairman of the advice freely available to· the developing elec­ vs. the Attorney General of British Columbia. Vancouver, Philadelphia and Montreal. National Capital Commission (NCC) and troacoustic area. He also served as NDP Member of Parlia­ She was educated at the Sacred Heart Jthe first woman to be appointed to that posi­ Among his acclaimed compositions are ment for Vancouver-Burrard, and later as Convent, received her BA from McGill Uni­ tion. During her eight years as NCC Chair­ Katimavik, commissioned by the Canadian Member of the Legislative Assembly for the versity and her MA in History from Fordham man, Pigott was at the helm of a team Pavilion at Expo 6 7; Contrastes, commissioned same riding. University in New York. responsible for transforming the somewhat for Canada's Centennial; and Illumination L In 1971, he became the youngest judge In 1973, at 65, Sister Power moved to Lit­ sleepy city of Ottawa into an outstanding, Illumination II and Mankind, three works appointed to the Supreme Court of British tle Burgundy, where she has lived and worked well-designed city environment. She came out commissioned by the CBC. Columbia, and served on the bench until as a people's advocate in the Association for of retirement to become the Chairman of the Joachim's works have been internationally 1983. the Defense of the Rights of People on Wel­ Ottawa Congress Centre. recognized. In addition to the many works Berger has headed royal commissions of fare. By organizing community gatherings, Her distinguished career in the public sec­ recorded by individuals and in an anthology inquiry for Liberal, Conservative and NDP speaking to various social groups and by using tor began in 1976, when she was elected to the JOHN MCCARTHY for Radio-Canada International, he has governments. As Commissioner of the the media to get her message of social justice House of Commons and served as a Member received for Illumination II (1969) the Grand Prix Paul-Gilson from la Communaute radio­ Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry to deter­ across, Sister Power has been able to give a of Parliament for Ottawa-Carleton. In 1979, ohn McCarthy has made fundamental con­ mine the social, environmental and economic voice to the voiceless and bring to them a she was appointed Senior Advisor for Human tributions to both the theory and practice of phonique des programmes de langue fran~aise, impact of the proposed Arctic Gas Pipeline, sense of pride and dignity. She is deeply com­ J the Prix Calixa-Lavallee from la Societe Saint­ Resources for Prime Minister Joe Clark. Prior computer science. More than any single Jean Baptiste (1990) and the Chevalier de he recommended that the government reject mitted to seeing that the people fully take to becoming NCC Chairman in 1984, she was researcher since British mathematician Alan the plan, which it eventually did. charge of their own lives and has therefore part of the Right Honourable Brian Mul­ Turing, his work has shaped ideas about sym­ l'Ordre national du ~ebec (1992). In 1986, to mark the founding of the Canadian Elec­ He also headed a royal commission on taken on a role as a resource person for the roney's governmental transition team, playing bolic computation. He coined the term artifi­ Inuit and Inuit health care consultation, and group. an important role in co-ordinating events dur­ cial intelligence in 1955, and is widely troacoustics Community, he was made an was instrumental in persuading the Trudeau For her outstanding contributions and ing the Papal and Royal Tours of 1984. recognized as the prime shaper of that field . Honorary Member for his outstanding achievements. government to include aboriginal rights in the dedication to social justice affairs, Sr. Power Before entering politics, Pigott enjoyed a Born in 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, he new Canadian Constitution. has received the Monsignor Charbonneau successful career in the private sector as Presi­ received his Bachelor's degree from the Cali­ Honoured by 12 universities, he was made award; the Bishop Crowley Award, given to dent and Chair of Morrison Lamothe Inc. fornia Institute of Technology and his Doc­ an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1990. persons outstanding for their contribution to Under her direction, it became a substantial torate in Mathematics from Princeton After a short return to the classroom as the archdiocese of Montreal; a Rotary Club food-processing company. University. After teaching at a number of uni­ professor of law and civil procedure at the Citizenship award; and an Honorary Doctor During her many years of community ser­ versities, he moved to his present position as University of British Columbia, he returned to of Divinity degree from the United Church. vice in the nation's capital, she has been Chair­ professor of computer science at Stanford his first love, practicing law in Vancouver. She is a past president of Organization man of the Ottawa Regional Hospital University. He is also Charles M. Pigott d'aide aux assistes sociaux (ODAS). Planning Council and first woman Director of Professor in the School of Engineering. Ontario Hydro. She is currently Chairman of In 1958, McCarthy developed the LISP the Board of Directors of the Canadian Centre programming language and the Advice Taker for Studies on Children at Risk (McMaster programme. For over 30 years, LISP has been Chedoke Medical School) and Honorary the principle programming language in artifi­ member of the Ontario Association of cial intelligence. He was also a leading mem­ HUGUETTE TOURANGEAU Architects. ber of the teams that developed ALGOL 58 Her achievements have been recognized and ALGOL 60. n internationally renowned opera singer with an Honorary Doctorate from the Univer­ Not content with developing two of the A and teacher, Tourangeau began her career when she won the coveted first prize of sity of Ottawa and Waterloo, an Honorary most important high-level programming lan­ the Metropolitan Opera Competition in 1964. Fellowship from the Royal Architectural Insti­ guages, McCarthy also did pioneering work in tute of Canada, the ~een Elizabeth Silver the mathematical theory of computation and In that same year, she appeared in The Mar­ riage Figaro at the Stratford Festival. During Jubilee Medal, the Centennial Medal, Out­ the formal semantics of programming of the 1965-66 season, she performed the title THERESE GOUIN DECARIE standing Citizen of Ottawa and the Province languages. of Ontario Award, and the food industry's For more than 30 years, McCarthy has role of Carmen with the Metropolitan National MILDRED HELFAND RYERSON Company and reprised the role with the New herese Gouin Decarie is one of the few prestigious Golden Pencil Award, among been pursuing, and has been urging others to York City Opera. During Expo 67, she T Canadian developmental psychologists others. pursue, the goal of a large, publicly accessible, appeared in Faust. who has achieved an international reputation. ildred Helfand Ryerson is a dedicated Throughout her respected career, Pigott common-sense knowledge base. His work has Her contributions to the field of child devel­ M social and peace activist and a pioneer has been a strong advocate for the disabled, earned him the National Medal of Science for A native of Montreal, Tourangeau,.,.$5, opment are numerous, the most significant in occupational therapy. In her years of work, his contribution to computer science and arti­ went on to have a career of international being the clarification of the relationships she has developed successful methods for the ficial intelligence. He received the Association stature. A mezw-soprano, she sang opposite between socio-emotional and cognitive devel­ rehabilitation of psychiatric patients. of Computing Machinery's A.M. Turing Joan Sutherland in Maria Stuarda as well as opment in infancy. Born and raised in Toronto in 1913, she Award in 1971 and the Kyoto Prize in sharing the stage with opera virtuosi Luciano Born in Montreal in 1923, Dr. Gouin first studied and taught dance, then went on Advanced Technology in 1988. In 1985, he Pavarotti and Placido Domingo. Decarie has dedicated most of her life to the to the University of Toronto, graduating in was presented with the Research Excellence She has sung in the most renowned opera study of early development. She received her 1931 with a degree in occupational therapy. Award at the International Joint Conference houses, including the Metropolitan, Chicago doctorate in Psychology from Universite de In 1932, she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, on Artificial Intelligence. Lyric, San Francisco, Covent Garden, Ham­ Montreal, and was appointed Professor where she started an occupational therapy burg, Sydney, Mexico and Prague. In 1977, Emerita in 1991. She still teaches at the department at Shaker Sanitarium. Upset by F N E A R T Tourangeau became the first recipient of the graduate level. the living condition of non-whites, she started .Canada Music Council's Artist of the Year During her long and distinguished career, an interracial dance troupe of men and women Award. Since 1984, Tourangeau has been teaching Gouin Decarie has published numerous arti­ - the first of its kind in the country. and championed employment equity. cles and books, and has received some of the Her next stop was New York City, where in Montreal. She has encouraged many of her BEN WEIDER most prestigious awards given to social scien­ she worked at Post-Graduate Hospital as the students who wish to pursue their musical studies to enroll in Concordia's Music Depart­ tists. She was the first woman to receive the only occupational therapist on the adult and en Weider's name is virtually synonymous ment. She continues, through her teaching, to Marcel-Vincent award given by !'Association children's wards. Other hospitals were enthu­ Bwith physical fitness. A highly successful canadienne fran~aise pour l'avancement des siastic about her groundbreaking work, send­ entrepreneur and businessman, he is the pio­ make a major contribution to the singing world and the music industry. sciences (ACFAS), the first woman to receive ing her psychiatric patients but unwilling to neer of weight training and bodybuilding as the Prix du ~ebec Leon-Gerin for outstand­ set up their own units. _ conditioning for all sports. ing contribution to research in social sciences Undaunted, Ryerson borrowed $500 and Since 1945, Ben Weider and his brother, and was one of the first women to be on the set up her own centre in a rented shop in Joe, have operated Weider Sports Equipment OTTO JOACHIM National Research Council of Canada. In Greenwich Village. She helped the patients Company Limited and Weider Health and 1977, she was named an Officer of the Order referred to her by teaching them crafts, which Fitness in both Canada and the United States, erhaps no other composer has had a of Canada, and in 1994, an Officer ofl'Ordre helped them earn money and dignity. She manufacturing and selling its products greater influence on Canadian electro­ Nationale du ~ebec. believed this would help arrest the cycles of throughout the world. The Weider organiza­ P acoustics in Canada than Otto Joachim. For Gouin Decarie has shown exemplary dedi­ depression so ofren experienced by psychiatric tion has also been instrumental in developing more than 30 years, this prominent composer, cation to the improvement of scientific patients and the unemployed. the sports nutrition industry. teacher, violist and violinist has been a strong research and training through participation in This investment from the heart was the In 1946, Ben Weider formed the Interna­ and continuous advocate for the exploration of a number of committees and task forces of .first of many. Upon returning to her native tional Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB) in Photographs not provided by the the potential and development of electrq­ government granting agencies. Concordia Toronto after the war, she started "The Arti­ Montreal. This strong worldwide internation­ subjects were taken for CTR by Jonas acoustics in Canada. University has directly benefited from her sans" in Toronto's Old Village. al sports federation, of which he is the chair- Papaurelis, Carolyn Caddes and active involvement in the scientific community In 1969, her travels finally brought her to Joachim, 83, born and raised in Germany, Rosamond Norbury.

CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT JUNE 9, 1994 7 Harold Entwistle A long list of briefs, studies, articles and other pub­ tellectual development of faculty. He has helped many many which was published in The Canadian Forum lications is the best evidence of the dedication that students to grow as teachers and to find their own and anthologized in a collection of readings for Calvin Potter, a gifted researcher, has always brought voices. These students have initiated programmes in German students. arold Entwistle joined to his search for truth and for the solutions to so many art and art education throughout Canada. In 1991 , upon the publication of his book, The Solil­ Hthe Education De­ problems. His book, Finance and Business Adminis­ Professor Horner is an inspired artist and super­ oquies in Hamlet: The Strudural Design, he was in­ partment at Sir George tration in Canada, first published in 1966 and in a re­ lative teacher, and his theoretical work, his art and the vited by the International Shakespeare Association to Williams University in lead a research seminar on "Hamlet and Hamletism " Mark Doughty vised edition in 1970, is considered a classic, and integration of his ideas have made important contri­ 1969 with extensive expe­ is often quoted in university classrooms across butions to art education. at the World Shakespeare Congress, held in Tokyo. rience in the United King­ the nation. Dr. Newell has published essays on Shakespeare dom, both as a schoolteacher and in teacher education. Calvin Potter will long be remembered for his com­ and other topics, and serves as a reviewer of plays for Leah Sherman He had previously taught at Manchester University, the Shakespeare Bulletin: AJournal ofPerformance ark Doughty has had munity activities and for his efficiency as a member of and earned his doctorate at the University of London. a long and dis­ the executive of the Concordia University Faculty As­ Criticism and Scholarship. He has written a play M He was also long active in the British Labour Party. tinguished career at Con­ sociation (CUFA) and as its President during the aca­ about racial conflict, White Clouds, Black Dreams, In the course of a career spanning some 45 years, he demic term of 1981-1982. which has had a number of productions in the cordia. He came to Loyola eah Sherman joined has secured a reputation as one among a few leading His desire to help humanity and improve education United States. College as Assistant Pro­ Sir George Williams contributors to the advancement of educational theory not only at Concordia but throughout Q!iebec has al­ L At Concordia, Dr. Newell has taught courses in fessor in 1963 from Mount St. Mary's College (UK), University in 1960 as an as a multi-disciplinary field with the philosophy of ed­ ways been an inspiration and the source of praise from Shakespeare, American literature, modern drama, where he was Head of the Chemistry Department. Assistant Professor, hav­ ucation at its core. He has sought to unite the relation the men and women who were his colleagues on so and American drama. He conceived and taught an in­ Before that, he was a Lecturer at Stafford College of ing taught part-time in the between theory and practice in education with the many committees. He is admired for his determina­ terdisciplinary programme on Elizabethan culture Technology. He earned the respect of his colleagues, Faculty of Arts since 1950. She was promoted to multi-faceted character of the discipline of education tion that there be progress and fairness for all, partic­ which combined drama, art and architecture, music and in 1970, he was elected Chair of the Department Associate Professor in 1965, and to Full Professor itself. Among his many publications, live books indi­ ularly in matters pertaining to language and culture. and social history. for seven years. in 1969. She retired from the University on cate the directions his contribution has taken: Child­ He has served the English Department and the Uni­ Under his guidance, the Department grew, and May 31, 1994. Centred Education, Political Education in a versity in various capacities, most recently as a novel programmes were developed, such as Biochem­ Democracy, Class Culture and Education, Education, Professor Sherman is one of the founding members istry with a Medicinal Chemistry option. He was member of Senate. Work and Leisure, and Antonio Gramsd: Conserva­ of the Faculty of Fine Arts, and her steadfast com­ Chair of the Loyola department at the time of the tive Education For Radical Politics. mitment to teaching, grounded in the arts, has en­ merger with Sir George Williams University, and his Daphne Fairbairn Often referring to himself as an" old-style theorist," riched and strengthened the Faculty. She has, through work was essential to the smooth transition that Biology he continues to be persuaded by the commonsense tra­ her vision of art education, made an outstanding im­ took place. dition -and the rich pedagogy-with which that label pact upon the education of many students in this Dr. Doughty is a devoted teacher. He inspires aphne Fairbairn joi­ has been widely identified. In the spirit of that tradi­ Cedric Marsh province and country. Professor Sherman, along with students in courses that many take only because they ned the Biology De­ tion, he played a major role in founding Concordia's Douglas Clarke and Alfred Pinsky, helped to found D are required; the word soon spreads that his course is partment in 1982 at the Department of Education, and the graduate pro­ the Department of Fine Arts at Sir George Williams the most enjoyable. gramme in Educational Studies. University. With Alfred Pinsky and Stanley Horner, rank of Assistant Professor Throughout his career, he has always been re­ following six years in sev­ He has long been active in the Canadian Philo­ she conceptualized and implemented the original Fine ceptive to various administrative tasks. One task that sophy ofEducation Society, of which he is currently edric Marsh came to Arts curriculum. Her excellent understanding of the eral post-doctoral research, proved to be particularly rewarding for Concordia was teaching and editorial positions. She was promoted to president and reviews editor for the society's journal, Cthe Department of internal and external educational environment helped his membership on the planning committee that re­ Associate Professor in 1987 on the basis of her sub­ Paideusis. Civil Engineering of Sir her to put into place the BFA in Art Education (1965), sulted in the establishment of Lonergan College. He stantial research, teaching and service contributions. Full Professor for the past 20 years, he is still active George Williams Univer­ the MA in Art Education (one of the first two graduate has been afliliated with the College since its inception as teacher and scholar, with a strong interest in liberal sity in 1969 after extensive experience in industry. He programmes offered by SGW-U), the PhD in Art Edu­ Since joining the Department, Dr. Fairbairn has de­ as a member and as an active leader in the tutorials; he veloped four highly successful courses, supervised nu­ education and Citizenship, Politics and Education, the was promoted to the rank of Full Professor in 1975, cation (196 7) and the Diploma in Art Education for has conducted seminars, and served as Principal from merous undergraduate and graduate thesis projects provisional title of an edited collection on which he is and played an essential role, as a founding member, in Certification (1969). These programmes have helped 1984 to 1987. Although he has retired from full-time now at work. the creation of the Centre for Building Studies. to establish the Faculty of Fine Arts as a highly re­ and contributed most effectively to a broad range of employment at Concordia, he continues to be active in A recognized international expert in the area of garded North American institution of higher learning committees at departmental, faculty and university Lonergan, and he teaches in the Department of Chem­ aluminum structures, Dr. Marsh has also gained in the arts. levels. Her teaching accomplishments were recog­ istry and Biochemistry on a part-time basis. MiroslavF. Malik renown for his knowledge of the theoretical aspects of In addition to these important and long-lasting ini­ nized by the Concordia Council on Student Life, Dr. Doughty has an integrated knowledge and un­ structural mechanics as well as devices for dissipating tiatives, Professor Sherman has given generously of which presented her with a Teaching Excellence derstanding of diverse fields. He is deeply interested seismic energy. her energy and effort as a spokesperson and advocate Award this year. in the interface of science and theology, and the rela­ This expertise has been recognized by the support for the fine arts within the university community and She has developed a highly successful research pro­ tion of science and faith, issues which deeply concern iroslav Malik was he has received over the years from the federal and beyond it. Within Concordia, Professor Sherman has gramme which involves both field studies and labora­ many eminent scholars today. Mborn in 1931 in provincial governments, as well as industry, in the served on many University Task Forces and commit­ tory experimentation in the area of evolutionary Czechoslovakia. He grad- form of research grants and contracts. Dr. Marsh has tees. In recognition of her expertise in children's artis­ biology and ecology of insects. Her work on environ­ mental and genetic factors affecting evolution of size Richardo. uated from F~ ., -~ ulilished extensively. He has taught a variety of tic development, she has been a member of the Centre dimorphism and migration, primarily in insects, has M cDonald Prague, in the field of film courses at both the graduate and undergraduate lev- for Research in Human Development since! 981. Pro­ sciences, and did postgraduate studies in Germany, els, and has successfully supervised MA and PhD stu- fessor Sherman is involved in funded research in the received enthusiastic attention from colleagues in her Britain, and France. dents. In addition, Dr. Marsh has served generously history of art education and regularly publishes in this field and made substantial contribution to general evo­ Professor Malik taught communication analysis, re- on a wide number of important bodies in the Centre area. Her work in the history of Q!iebec art education, lutionary theory. ichard McDonald ser­ search and programming from 1967 until 1988 in the for Building Studies, the Faculty ofEngineering and particularly the work and legacy of Anne Savage, has Dr. Fairbairn has been very active in publishing and Rved from 1942-46 in Department of Communication Studies. He founded Computer Science and the University in general. provided an important source of archival information presenting the results of her research work since com­ the YMCA War Services and operated the Learning Centre, where self-instruc- for teachers and researchers. She is highly regarded ing to Concordia. Since 1983, she has published 19 pa­ pers in refereed journals and made a similar number with the RCAF Bomber tional, programmed courses have been taught since by her colleagues in art education across Canada. For Command in Yorkshire, England. He received his 1970, as well as the Myer Pollock Communication Re­ this reason, she was recently named an Honorary Life of conference presentations. During the past six years, MSW in 1952 from the University ofToronto, and search Laboratory, from 1974 until 1988. Member of the Canadian Society for Education she has been invited to present research seminars at was Director of Programme Services and Research for Dr. Malik is the author of eight books and 57 major through Art. She is currently acting as a consultant in 12 Canadian and American universities. The quality the Toronto YMCA (1949-1959) and National Direc­ articles; he co-operated on 34 international exhibi- museum education and continues her own studio and impact of her research are further confirmed by tions, including Expo '67, Bruxelles '58 and Osaka '70. practice. her continuous funding from NSERC, her extensive tor of Programme Services and Research for the Stanley Horner N ti~'lal Council ofYMCAs of Canada (1959-1964). He is internationally known for his definition of involvement in reviewing manuscripts and grant ap­ During his years with the YMCA, Professor information and for discoveries in the field ofbiocy­ plications and her appointment to the editorial boards McDonald developed a unique approach to com­ bernetics, related to the communication media. of two journals, one of which (Evolution) is the lead­ tanley Horner joined ing journal in her field. munity consultation which led to an invitation in 1968 SSir George Williams by Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University's Department University) to join its new Department of Applied So­ of Fine Arts in 1963 as a M . Judith Kornblatt cial Science and Centre for Human Relations and lecturer, and was promoted Chemistry and Community Studies. to Assistant Professor in Biochemistry He served as Department Chair from 1973-79, 1965, Associate Professor in 1970 and Full Professor Alex Newell presiding over significant expansion, and helped to es­ Calvin C. Potter in 1989. He retired from the University in 1993. udith Kornblatt joined tablish the Certificate in Family Life Education and English the Department of Professor Horner joined the University in the early (Effective Certificate in Community Service. stages of the development of the Faculty ofFine Arts, Jhemistry and Biochem­ June 1, 19921 With Dr. Hedley Dimock, Professor McDonald and he has had an important influence on the plan­ istry on a full-time basis in developed the Centre's Trainer Development ning and organization of the Faculty's programmes 1975, and was at that Programme, the first of its kind in Canada. alvin Potter was born lex Newell earned his time one of only two full-time appointments in and structures. His knowledge and sensitivity were in­ undergraduate and He has consulted with well over 200 organizations Cin Montreal in 1919. strumental in the development of the departments of A Biochemistry. I - and communities, including a study of the Cree of the He obtained a BSc in graduate degrees at the The enrollment of students in the Biochemistry pro­ the performing arts (Music, Drama and Dance). His University of Pittsburgh. Mistassini-Chibougamau region of Q!iebec. Commerce at Sir George pioneering work in multi-media made an important gramme was already high, comprising about half of Professor McDonald helped to revive the Notre­ Williams University in 1948, followed by a Master's After coming to teach courses in Shakespeare at the total enrollment for the Department. In addition contribution to the development of open media as a Loyola College in 1966, Dr. Newell committed him­ Dame-de-Grace Community Council, whose vibrant in Business Administration from McGill Unive,rsity in field. Professor Homer's work has also supported the to being required to carry out an active research pro­ existence is a living testament to his work, and contin­ 1950,followed by his PhD in 1954. self to acquiring first-hand knowledge of the theatre as gramme, she was also expected to administer and de­ introduction of liltn and photography into the Faculty. actor, director and playwright, undertaking dramatic ues to support the family life educators and social Dr. Potter started his distinguished teaching career From the beginning, it was evident that his abilities velop the undergraduate programme with little agencies of Montreal. In 1977, he was-awarded the as Assistant Professor of Finance at McMaster Uni­ productions with his classes. For a staging of The Win­ assistance, and because of the shortage of qualified fac­ spanned the studio arts and their theoretical founda­ ter's Tale, he converted wh at had been the Jesuit re­ Q!ieen's Jubilee Medal for exemplary service to his versity. Three years later he became an Associate Pro­ tions. Stanley Homer's ideas also played an important ulty, was also required to assume a very heavy teach­ profession and community. fessor, and in 1960, with the rank of Professor, he was fectory at Loyola (now occupied by the Music ing load. This situation continii.ed virtually unchanged • role in the development of line arts in Canada, inas­ Department) into a facsimile of an Elizabethan private Deeply committed to assisting adults learn through­ invited to organize and chair the Department of much as Concordia University was the first to develop throughout the first 15 years of her appointment out their lives, he was an Associate Fellow of the Cen­ Finance and Accounting, a post he held until 196 7, playhouse like Blackfriars' Theatre, where the play Despite these handicaps, Dr. Kornblatt started a the following Canadian graduate programmes: the was first performed. tre-,:.,. Mature Students at Concordia (1980-87), and when he became the Supervisor of Graduate Studies. MA in Art Education, the MF A in Studio Art and the flourishing NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineer­ active in the Canadian Association of Adult Educa­ In 1967, Dr. Potter was a visiting professor at the Uni­ Dr. Newell has for many years been an active mem­ ing Research Council) funded research programme in PhD in Art Education. ber of the Shakespeare Association of America and tion. He was a founding member of the Q!iebec Asso­ versity ofBritish Columbia. Above and beyond Professor Homer's generative enzymology. This research has been continually sup­ ciation for Adult Learning, and a member of its first In 1968, he returned to Sir George Williams to or­ other professional organizations. In 1986, he was in­ ported since its inception and.has resulted in a steady role in helping to shape fine arts and art education in vited to participate in a seminar at the World Shake­ board of directors. ganize and chair the Department of Finance. This was Canada, he has been a substantial and inspiring pre­ flow of high-quality research papers. She has been He is thought to be one of the most skilled and a post he was to keep until 1978, when he returned to speare Congress held in Germany, where some ofhis praised by her peers for her ability to go to the heart of sence. As a role model in theory building, innovation work had been published in translation. He wrote a experienced human relations trainers ill Canada, and the teaching he loved and to the research in which he in art and teaching, he has been instrumental in the in- a problem, her meticulously structured experiments, is greatly valued by his colleagues. excelled. long personal essay based on his experience in Ger- and her'commitment to research.

8 JUNE 9, 1994 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT In recent years, Dr. Kornblatt has assumed the Di­ S. RobertAiken visor of graduate students, and has assisted in curricu­ to her field, both nationally and internationally. With rectorship of the Joint Committee on Biochemistry Geography lum development Loren Lerner, she edited the Visual Arts Reference and Molecular Biology. Under her guidance, Bio­ Dr. Vatistas is also a very active researcher, as and Research Guide for Artists, Educators, Curators, chemistry has grown to include five new full-time fac­ obert Aiken was a evidenced by the numerous grants he has obtained as Historians and Therapists (1983). This tool is widely ulty appointments to the Department The quality of RLecturer in the De­ well as !tis publicat1on record; he has more than 70 used by researchers in Canada and elsewhere. She es­ the Biochemistry group is of the highest order, with all partment of Geography at publications in refereed journals and conference pro­ tablished and served as editor of the Canadian Review its members having active and well-funded NSERC the University of Malaya ceedings to his credit In his current position as Asso­ ofArt Education Research. research programmes. It is in no small measure due to in Kuala Lumpur before ciate Dean at the School of Graduate Studies in charge Professor Sacca has published articles and or­ her example, dedication, persistence and foresight that joining Concordia as an of Student Affairs, Dr. Vatistas is continuing his tradi­ ganized conferences relating to the issues of cross-cul­ the programme has now reached its present high sta­ Assistant Professor in 1975. He was promoted to the tionally extensive involvement in the life of the tural and gender stereotypes in the arts, Native voice tus within the Department rank of Associate Professor in 1977. University. and research and teaching methodologies in art edu­ Educated in the United Kingdom, Canada and the cation. Her 1992 research project, Na tive Voice in United States, Dr. Aiken is a cultural and historical Video: Personal and Traditional Stories ofKanehs Mary Vipond geographer whose research interests include tropical Concordia University in take promoted exchange between the University and History deforestation, European colonialism and environ­ 1981, was promoted early to the rank of Associate the native communities and was supported by a grant mental change in the tropics, and tropical hill stations. Professor in 1985 and received his tenure in 1986. He from the Seagram Fund for Academic Innovation. ary Vipond joined He has been especially interested in the changing holds a PhD in finance from the University of North These research endeavours have resulted in innova­ Mthe Loyola College landscape and life of Malaysia. Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MBA from Oklahoma Wolfgang tive teaching practices and in publication; for example, faculty in 1970 as a lecturer Dr. Aiken is the author or co-author of numerous State University and a BA from the Iranian Institute Botten berg "Art, Native Voice and Political Crisis: Reflections on in the Department of His­ papers and of three books: Environment and Devel­ ofBanking. His research and teaching interests are in Music Art Education and the Survival of Culture at Kanehsa­ tory. In 1973, she was pro­ opment in Peninsular Malaysia, New York, McGraw­ the areas of corporate debt policy decisions, manage­ take" appeared in the Fall 1993 issue of the journal moted to Assistant Pro­ Hill, 1982 (co-author); Vanishing Rain Forests, ment of financial risk, econometric models of firm Visual Arts Research. fessor on the basis of her fine teaching and dedication Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1992 (co-author); and Im­ behaviour, international capital flows, regulation and olfgang Bottenberg In her teaching practice, Dr. Sacca has focused on is­ to research. A year later, she earned her doctorate perial Belvederes, Singapore, Oxford University corporate restructuring and default. . Wjoined Concordia's sues of the inclusion of women and cultural minorities, from the University ofT oronto. Her promotion to As­ Press, 1994. Over the past 13 years, he has actively participated Department of Music in as well as research methodologies and qualitative de­ sociate Professor foll owed in 1977. During her early in the academic and administrative life of the Depart­ 1972 as an Assistant Pro­ scription, at both the undergraduate and graduate years at Loyola, she also served as Vice-Chair (from Marilyn Taylor ment. the Faculty and the University in various capac­ fessor. He was promoted to Associate Professor in levels. 1974to 1975). Applied Social ities. His work has been published in reputable 1982. He has been a Teaching Fellow with Lonergan Professor Sacca has a strong commitment to con­ After the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Science national and international journals, has been pre­ University College since 1983. He received his BMus cerns of inclusivity in art education, manifested in an Williams University, Dr. Vipond served on a series of sented at more than 30 conferences and universities in 1961 from the University of Alberta, his MMus in impressive record of publication, conference organiz­ key committees: Arts and Science Faculty Curriculum arilyn Taylor joined in North America and has been the recipient of several 1962 from the College Conservatory of Music in ing and speaking, editorial work and research fund­ Committee, Faculty Personnel Committee and the MConcordia's Depart­ academic awards from the U.S. and Canadian schol­ Cincinnati, Ohio, his Professional Certification in Ed­ ing. At the same time, she has continued to produce Faculty Tenure Committee. From 1982 to 1985 she ment of Applied Social arly associations. In 1987, he was invited to spend a ucation in 1963 from the University of Alberta, and his and exhibit her own installations and visual works. was a member of Senate. At present, she is serving on Science in 1979 as an As­ year as the Visiting Professor of Finance at the Faculte DMA in 1970 from the University of Cincinnati. the Joint Grievance Committee. sistant Professor. A lead­ des sciences de ]'administration, Universite Laval, Professor Bottenberg's record of research and cre­ Thomas Waugh Dr. Vipond's contribution to research in the field of ing researcher in the qualitative study of health Qyebec. He has actively pursued and obtained major ative endeavours spans over 30 years of activity as a Cinema English Canadian cultural history is impressive. In ad­ promotion, her work spans 23 years as a practi­ external grants from FCAR, SSHRC, and the Fin­ musician, composer and scholar. He has written mu­ dition to a large number of articles, she published her tioner/researcher. Her research collaborations include ancial Research Foundation of Canada, sic in almost every major compositional idiom and homas Waugh joi.\~d first book in 1989, The Mass Media in Canada. Re­ some of Canada's outstanding investigators in behav­ Professionally, he has founded the PhD Visiting form. The published works such as Trio for Recorders, Concordia's De)llrt­ vised in 1992, it is now widely used as a main text in ioural medicine and the treatment of cardiovascular Speaker Series at the Faculty of Commerce and Ad­ Moods ofthe Modes for piano and his two-act opera, T ment of Cinema as ;lJ As­ universities across the country. Her second book, Lis­ disease. ministration and has co-ordinated it for six years. As !nook, are very accessible to both listener and_eer­ sistant Professor in,'-976, tening In: The First Decade ofCanadian Broadcasting Dr. Taylor's model of learning from the learner's the Director of the International Exchange Pro­ former. An accomplished pianist, he has been actively and was promoted toAsso­ 1922-1932, may very well become the standard book perspective has become an integral part of the litera­ gramme, 1989-1990, he developed two exchange involved in the performance of his own works (over 40 ciate Professor in l 9l l. He on the subject. She is currently working on Volume II. ture in adult educatio n, and her pioneering works on agreements for the Faculty with the Gothenburg since his tenure at Concordia). He has been the dri­ obtained his BA from the University ofWesteri. On­ Dr. Vipond is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for learning and longitudinal qualitative research have School ofEconomics and Commercial Law, Gothen­ ving force and the artistic director of many New tario in 1970, an MFA from Columbia University in Broadcasting Studies at Concordia, where she is pur­ been used in health promotion. burg, Sweden, and The Group Hautes Etudes Com­ Music concerts involving guest composers from 1974, an MPhil from Columbia in 1976anda PhD in suing research on CBC radio drama. Her current research is directed toward a better un­ merciales (HEC), Paris, France. In 1990, he was also around the world. Most recently, his artistic direction Film Studies from Columbia in 1981. derstanding of barriers to preventive health behaviour the Finance Division Programme Chair for the Ad­ of the Friedrich Nietzsche dual-CD recording project Professor Waugh is a scholar of international stand­ and the development of more effective social inter­ ministrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC). Ann English has made a significant contribution to interdiscipli­ ing. He has pursued research in several areas: sexual ventions. Her most recent project, a study of cardio­ He is now in his second term as the Chair of the Fi­ nary scholarship on this renowned philosopher. In Chemistry and representation, documentary film and video, Indian vascular risk reduction from the perspective ofbypass nance Dejlalltlllent. 4.ffltll·,. · -.. ~.._,;, , Biochemistry -~l!,!laiie recipient of an FCAC grant which re­ film, English-Canadian/Quebecois film and video and surgery patients, is being conducted with the McMas­ Dr. Jalilvand's industry experience includes the po­ sulted in the publication of Reading Early Music in interdisciplinary cultural studies. His Hard to Imag­ ter Behavioural Medicine Clinic and the University of sition of a Visiting Research Associate at the Depart­ nn English joined the Original Notation. This book prepares a wide range of in e: Gay Male Erotidsm in Photography and Film Ottawa Heart Institute. ment of Finance, Bell Canada Inc., 1987-1988. In ADepartment of Chem­ musicians for the reading of medieval mensural no­ from their Origins to Stonewall will be published by In Dr. Taylor's view, the learning process begins addition, he has advised Bell Canada in its 1987 and tation directly from original sources, and is used by istry and Biochemistry in Columbia University Press in 1995. with an appreciation of its social context She designs 1993 rate-of-return hearings before the Canadian Ra­ 1981. She immediately be­ music educators in a variety of settings. In 1984, he edited an anthology of 25 articles (in­ classroom activities to foster relationships among stu­ dio-I elevision and Telecommunications Commission gan to build a research pro­ Professor Bottenberg has taught courses in many cluding two of his own essays), "Show Us Life": To­ dents for collaborative learning. She acknowledges the (CRTC). He has also advised the Canadian Gas In­ gramme in physical biochemistry which has grown cognate areas, including music theory, composition, wards a History and Aesthetics of the Committed emotional challenge oflearning, and incorporates a dustry on Incentive Regulatory Regime before the Na­ and performance, both within and outside the Faculty steadily to achieve international recognition. Documentary. A recipient of both the Shastri and methodology that respects and supports the learner's tional Energy Board of Canada. Of particular note are Dr. English's NSERC operat­ of Fine Arts. He brings considerable interdisciplinary SSHRC fellowships, Professor Waugh travelled to capabilities at different points in the learning cycle. Dr. ing grants, which have increased steadily over the interests and expertise to this teaching, both in the De­ India in 1988, and made a second visit in 1992, with Taylor is an inspirational teacher who challenges both years. In an era of cutbacks, this must be viewed as a partment of Music and the Lonergan University ensuing publications. Professor Waugh is in demand colleagues and students to aspire to "lifelong major achievement and an endorsement by her peers College. as a public lecturer and for programming and cu­ learning." of the high quality of her work. Her collaborative re­ In the past. he has served as Department Chair and ratorial work. Her contributions to Concordia include co-found­ search with Concordia's Dr. Susan Mikkelsen has re­ has been the Graduate Programme Director of the De­ His contributions to curriculum include the dev;l,.. ing the Lacolle Centre the initiation in the 1970s of a cently been funded by NSERC with a strategic partment of Music since 1992. In addition, he has opment of basic courses in Film Studies, Inter­ programme development dimension to Student Ser­ Subhash Rakheja opening grant of $286,000. This year Dr. English has served for a number of years as Fine Arts representa­ disciplinary Studies and the supervision of many vices, practical initiatives and publications on gender Mechanical also been awarded a capital equipment grant of tive on the University Library Committee. independent study and graduate students. In addition, equity in higher education and the co-establishment Engineering and $300,000 and has been selected to chair the NSERC Professor Waugh has developed specialized courses, of Concordia's Inclusive Teaching Team. CONCAVE Grants' Selection Committee (Chemistry 024). such as in the field of Lesbian and Gay Studies. As Dr. Taylor served as Director of the Centre for Hu­ Elizabeth Sacca Her research, which applies spectroscopic methods head of the academic sub-committee of the Concordia man Relations and Community Studies from 1985-89, graduate of Con­ Art Education and to biochemical systems, has resulted in over 50 publi­ HIV/ AIDS Advisory Committee, he has been instru­ and in 1993 chaired the Centre's Directorate. She has cordia's Mechanical Art Therapy cations, four review articles and 29 invitations to lec­ A mental in obtaining financial support from Burroughs­ ture. Moreover, Dr. English is a respected teacher and been largely responsible for the development of the Engineering programme, lizabeth Sacca joined Wellcome to underwrite a pilot course on HIV/AIDS. is heavily involved in the Department's activities. In Centre and the clarification of its policies and proce­ Dr. Rakheja received his Concordia's Depart­ Professor Waugh has been very active in depart­ particular, she has devoted considerable time and ef­ dures. PhD in 1983, and began teaching at the University in E ment of Art Education in mental, Faculty and University committees as well as fort to promoting the Department's graduate pro­ Her contributions to gender equity are reflected 1985. Dr. Rakheja is highly regarded, as both a teacher 1975 as an Assistant Pro­ numerous activities in the community. In 1993, as As­ gramme. She has been respo nsible for developing a through membership and leadersh ip of Concordia's and a researcher, with 30 reputable publications to his fessor, and was promoted sociate Dean, Academic Programmes, he was respon­ comprehensive new brochure which provides details Committee on Gender Equity in Matters Academic credit in the past five years alone. to Associate Professor in 1976. She has served as sible for the implementation of the newly approved of the Department's research activities and will be (GEMA) and the CAUTs Committee on the Status of The diversity of grants he has received attests to not Graduate Programme Advisor (from 1975-1981) and Major in Interdisciplinary Studies programme. He has used for recruiting graduate students. Women. only his theoretical skills, but also to the industrial relevance of his research. Dr. Rakheja has also Department Chair (from 1986 to the present). From also served on the Faculty's Permanent Review Com­ actively contributed to the University through his par­ 1983-85, she was Principal of the Simone de Beauvoir mittee on the Status ofWomen, the Simone de Beau­ Jacinthe Baribeau Donna White ticipation in numerous committees, conferences and Institute. Educated at Pennsylvania State University, voir Institute as well as Concordia's Task Force on Psychology Psychology thesis defences. she received her BSc in Art Education in 1965, her Lesbian and Gay Life. He excels in the organization of MEdinArtEducation in 1967 and her PhD in Art Ed­ special conferences and lecture series, among them acinthe Baribeau's re­ onna White has been ucation in 1970. "La Ville en rose," the first Quebec Lesbian and Gay search work has ob­ Dactively engaged in Professor Sacca has contributed significantly to the Studies Conference, held jointly at Concordia and Jtained international rec­ Universite du Qyebec Montreal in 1992, a major research on eating dis­ George Vatistas governance of the University. In ad dition to the ad­ a ognition. She has made orders and on early lecture series on Canadian culture in 1986-87 and the Mechanical ministrative duties listed above, she is a fou nding significant contributions on series of six monthly lectures," AIDS and the Univer­ childhood education and Engineering member and Chair of the University Chairs' Caucus, the neuropsychological daycare. a founding member of the Faculty of Fine Arts Status sity," in 1993-94. and psychophysiological basis of schizophrenia. In her many publications and research conference of Women Committee and has served as Fine Arts Her particular interest has been in auditory percep­ graduate of Con­ presentations, she has made important contributions Acordia's Mechanical representative to University Senate from 1992- I994. tion, attention and thought processes, using multi­ regarding the relation of esteem and overweight in She has also taken on many other important respon­ •••••••••••••••••••••• variate brain-wave analysis. She has also examined Engineering programme, children and adolescents, and on the relationship of Dr. Vatistas received his sibilities, including serving as Chair of the Academic CTRthanksthefourDeans'Officesfor cognitive processing in various normal and abnormal providing the biographical sketches on daycare experience to development in young children. PhD in 1984 and began Women's Caucus and participating as a member of adult populations. Her work has been recognized by a record of con­ the Committee for Gender Equity, an advisory com­ these pages. Photographs not provided Her work has been consistently funded by federal teaching at the University the following year. He has tinuous research funding from federal and provincial been a consistently good teacher, a successful super- mittee to the Vice-Rector, Academic. by the subjects wera taken for CTR by and provincial research grant agencies. research agencies. Professor Sacca has made significant contributions Jonas Papauralis and Charles Belanger.

CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT JUNE 9, 1994 9 tractor on outside professional work done by his company, the report states; "As director, Professor Sankar had a particular obligation to Although the report finds Concordia gener­ advance CONCAVE 's financial reputation and ally in conformity with policies and procedures other interests .... Instead, without prior con­ Former Vice-Rector Academic and has failed to take into consideration all the established in other Canadian universities, sultation or subsequent disclosure, he chose to Rose Sheinin evidence presented before it." Seshadri Sankar Arthurs finds that rules set out by the appropriate the benefits of the contract for The work of Arthurs, Blais and Thompson vows to contest "each and every allegation and Concordia-CUFA collective agreement over­ himself and his company." (p.47) "will have major import for many other univer­ conclusions drawn thereof with respect to sec­ look some important issues being addressed at Other "significant irregularities" are found in sities, the collectivity of university faculty associ­ tions 4.1 and 5.4.4" of the report. He feels the other Canadian universities, including the the work done by T.S. Sankar as principal ations in Canada and elsewhere, federal and committee is contradictory in the passage refer­ development of guidelines regarding eligibility researcher under a subcontract with Seshadri provincial granting agencies and government ring to the Liquid Tanker contract, and, departments . .. It should be equally of interest for grants. Sankar Inc. regarding the number of days he spent working to industry and business which [deal with] sci­ The report clearly raises issues of non-com­ outside the University, charges that the com­ Lack of records entists and scholars." The report, and a number pliance with University policy on contracting mittee "has overlooked my detailed submission The report also finds a general lack of respect of background documents which she lists, "will policies, as well as excessive, unregulated con­ which clearly indicates that I was in conformity for and adherence to university procedures that clarify the adverse climate of the period, sulting and contracting work on the part of with the collective agreement." emanate from the collective agreement with which ... made it virtually impossible to carry Seshadri Sankar in violation of the CUFA '"£ UFA, the policies contained in the Contract out the required in-depth inquiry." collective agreement. Research Handbook of the Office of Research Engineering and Computer Science Services (ORS), the accounting procedures of Electrical and Computer Professor T.S. (Tom) Sankar Authorship allegations the University's Treasury, and various universi­ Engineering Professor M.N.S. Sankar calls the report "grossly unfair" and its In his letters to both NSERC and the Board of ty-wide faculty and departmental policies and Swamy, former Dean of the Faculty conclusions "damaging and flawed." Regarding Governors, Fabrikant made allegations of practices. The report points out a lack of sys­ of Engineering and Computer his co-authorship of work with Fabrikant, "I scholarly misconduct against Seshadri Sankar, tematic records kept for the use of facilities, Science: had explained in detail that this activity was T.S. Sankar and former Dean M.N.S. Swamy, equipment or support personnel for research Swamy criticizes the committee for not inter­ only a part of a larger set of mechanical engi­ specifically, that they improperly acquired funded by grants or contracts, and inadequate viewing a number of his colleagues and for neering contract problems that were researched authorship credit for scientific articles, books or financial records kept even to permit verifica­ repeating the general suspicion that no one with by me at that time. Obviously, each co-investi­ reports to which they had made no substantive tion. his administrative responsibilities and commu­ gator will make different proportion of contri­ contribution. Although the report clearly absolves the Fac­ nity interests could be as active in research as his butions at different stages of the research The report tends to validate some of these ulty of any charge of falsification or scientific publication claims would suggest. He feels program. This was overlooked by the commit­ fraud, it underlines the lack of policies and pro­ claims, although it takes care to explain the deeply wronged by the report. "I have done tee." He insists that the committee came to the cedures dealing specifically with professional context and prevailing ethos in the Faculty at nothing wrong; in fact, I have dedicated my wrong conclusion about Liquid Tanker, and ethics and standards of scientific and academic the time. whole life to academic pursuits. I was just an concludes, "I feel strongly that I have been integrity. The report finds that the final report written innocent victim of a fraud committed by Mr. rather callously treated for a person who had This first section of the report concludes for a particular contract "closely resembles" a Fabrikant; whereby he was using my good made dedicated contributions during the past with several positive steps that Concordia has PhD thesis submitted by a student being nature and nai:Vete in making me believe that I 26 years to engineering at Concordia, Qyebec, taken to deal with these issues, including a supervised by Seshadri Sankar and Professor was contributing to [two academic papers], Canada and at [the] international level." comprehensive code of ethics developed by a Subhash Rakheja. Although a member of the because I did spend a lot of time in discussion, Attached to his two-page, handwritten letter sp~al task force set up under the leadership of CONCAVE staff, the student was neither an and in fact, proposed the idea of generalization is a six-and-a-half-page handwritten letter sent Retgion Professor Frederick Bird, a detailed employee of Seshadri Sankar Inc., nor a mem­ for the second paper, not knowing that some of audit- undertaken by the Faculty and other ini­ ber of the team which performed the subcon­ the results had already been published by him in to committee member Jon Thompson on Feb­ tiatives taken by the Faculty, CUFA and tract work on behalf of Concordia. The report 1971." ruary 23, 1994, describing the contents of sever­ CAUT. concludes that the student's work was paid for al papers co-authored with Fabrikant, and a by the University and submitted as a report for Professor of Mechanical two-page handwritten letter dated October 7, Feeble reports a private contract without attribution or credit. Engineering and Director of 1987 to Cooper Langford, who was then Asso­ Fabrikant's initial allegations concerning acade­ Other allegations against Seshadri Sankar, CONCAVE Seshadri Sankar ciate Vice-Rector (Academic Research), direct­ mic and scientific integrity against his col­ including extortion of co-authorship, are found "It appears ... that the committee has not con­ ing where some of his consulting funds were to leagues date back to early 1992. They were to be unfounded. ducted an unbiased and non-prejudicial inquiry, be deposited. made by letter to the University's Board of The report finds most allegations against Governors in February 1992. The Board T.S. Sankar unfounded, but criticizes his co­ referred them to Rector Patrick Kenniff, who authorship with Fabrikant of publications asked Vice-Rector Academic Rose Sheinin to which "virtually reproduce earlier work by Fab­ Concordia celebrates look into them. rikant," thus "acquiring a reputation as an Sheinin's investigation and subsequent expert in a field where he had, in fact, made no 20th birthday in 1994-95 report of March 17, 1992, as well as her inves­ substantive contribution." (pp. 65, 66). tigation of a second, more elaborate set of alle­ Former Dean Swamy is cleared of allega­ n Open House on october 15 will things have grown and flourished over g,ations made by Fabrikant in April, come in tions of improper behaviour in the nomination f or criticism. "The two administrative reports mark the 20th anniversary of the the University's 20-year history. of Dr. Krishnaiyan Thulasiraman to a faculty A were clearly and seriously deficient," (p.39) founding of the Concordia's his­ position, but he is criticized as not being the states the report. co-author of the two articles he published with University. tory goes back a "Dr. Sheinin ought to have realized that her Dr. Fabrikant and others." (p.69). (This was an "The idea came lot further than report might expose herself, Dr. Kenniff, the apparent "sting" operation conducted by out of the huge that, of course. It Board and the University to justifiable criti­ Fabrikant.) cism. And, for his part, Dr. Kenniff ought to success of the was formed in The report examines Fabrikant's own schol­ have realized that the report he had received open house held 1974 from a merg­ arly contributions, finding many of his scholar­ from Dr. Sheinin and forwarded to the Board during the open­ er of Sir George ly articles to be extensions of the research he was not based on a proper inquiry." (p.39) had begun_in the Soviet Union, indeed, re­ ing of the J .W. Williams Universi­ Fabrikant subsequently pursued his com­ McConnell Build­ ty and Loyola Col- plaints elsewhere, including NSERC and two writes of basically the same material. Qyebec governing agencies. The report concludes with a warning that ing in the fall of 1eg e, both of The report examines in detail the outside Concordia "lags behind" other universities in 1992," said Beth which had d'eep< contracts upon which Fabrikant based his alle­ its ability to monitor and regulate research con­ Morey, Director of roots in the 19th gations of conflict of interest against Professors duct, and that it must rally support for change Special Projects. Century. within its academic culture. It is encouraged, Seshadri Sankar and T.S. (Tom) Sankar. "We want good­ Submissions for The report identifies serious weaknesses in however, by the University's commitment to the reporting of outside contractual activities. achieving high standards of scientific and acad­ wi 11 and fun to activities, such as _ ~ot all contracts were processed through nor­ emic honesty and integrity in both the Faculty inspire the day." exhibits, perfor­ mal university channels and some actions taken of Engineering and Computer Science and Saturday, Octo­ mances and dem­ in contractual agreements are open to sugges­ across the University. ber 15 falls in the onstrations, are tions of conflict of interest. Full text of the Arthurs report (and French middle of the annual Homecoming still being received, and all ideas are In reference to Seshadri Sankar's role as both translation}, plus responses, may be obtained from head of CONCAVE (Concordia Computer­ the Public Relations Department, or on Usenet, in weekend, giving alumni as well as the welcome. Contact Open House event Aided Vehicle Engineering) and as a con- the concordia.general newsgroup. general public a chance to see how co-ordinator Javier Alonso-Lee, at

10 JUNE 9, 1994 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT Former Vice-Rector, Services

Giguere replies to Cowan ment to allow Professor Tannis Arbuckle-Maag to read a short statement on behalf of 13 Board The fallowing is a response to the Cowan report, basis of the following considerations: must be preceded by a delegation of authority members, most of them internal. It read, in part: Lessons from the Fabrikant File. It was received • That Dr. Fabrikant's behaviour at the and the systematic institution of information­ There is a perception in the media, and too late to print in last week's CTR: time, although bizarre, was not unique or sharing and accountability for decision-mak­ presumably in the general public, that the alarming; there had been other not dissimi­ ing. Senior administrators cannot be expected University is in difficulties. That is not true. WISH FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD to state lar cases before concerning relations to provide a high level of leadership while The business of a university is conducted at I the following. between faculty and support staff. (Dr. being obliged to deal with an unending the interface between its students and its fac­ I never was invited nor did I ask to meet Cowan is right on the mark with his com­ sequence of"printer incidents." ulty. Conflict at the level of the upper admin­ with Dr. Cowan. I submitted no written mate­ ments on the evolution of the interpretation c) The November 1, 1991 Senate Meeting istration, while not helpful, does not affect rial to him. of academic freedom.) (page 24): that interaction between faculty and students Despite the fact that I am mentioned by • That expensive and time-consuming court By this time, many were aware in one fash­ in any fundamental sense. In particular, the name in the report, I was given no advance proceedings should be avoided, if possible. ion or another that Dr. Fabrikant was a poten­ excellence of the teaching and learning that copy, let alone the opportunity to comment in • That Dr. Fabrikant should be allowed to takes place in the classrooms and research tial threat of some sort. Dr. MacKenzie, as the order that my response could be included as save face while being forced to pay for the laboratories of Concordia has not been Associate Vice-Rector, Services, who was in part of the overall package to be released to the printer which he had ordered. (It is usually diminished in any way by the adminis~)le charge of security (among other responsibili­ public. I obtained my copy of the report from good management practice to allow people conflicts. The students who are graduating Concordia's Public Relations office at 4:55 to feel that they have won something if they ties) maintained a watching brief. She acted from this university next week, like past and p.m. today [May 31]. are obliged to accept an unpleasant with resolve and courage at the meeting of the future generations of our students, are well I wish to respond to: a) the direct reference decision.) Senate. Her decision to bring in the police, of educated and responsible individuals who on pages 17 and 18 to my handling of the Dr. Fabrikant was obliged to pay for the which she informed me at the time, was will go on to contribute in important ways to "printer incident," b) the indirect reference to printer from his grant. For this purpose, he was undoubtedly correct. the future of this province and this country. the same incident contained in recommenda­ allowed a temporary overrun of about $2,000 Finally, in view of Dr. Cowan's statements The Board cannot undo the bad publicity of tion 6 on page 34, and finally, c) the police on his own research account. I agreed that the concerning university administrators in general the past few weeks. However, through our intervention mentioned on page 24 in conjunc­ University would pay to have the printer fixed and Concordia administrators in particular, I actions on the various items on tonight's tion with the November 1, 1991, meeting of if it broke down within the year, a most un­ do feel obliged to advance my own credentials. agenda, we can put an end to the conflict and Senate. likely eventuality. I have had considerable experience as a deci­ take the first steps in the process of healing Needless to say, I am also prepared to com­ b) Recommendation 6 (page 34): sion-maker. Outside of my Concordia experi­ and renewal. ment on other aspects of the report, and would Dr. Cowan is correct in that a dean should ence as Vice-Rector, Services, 1986-91, I have The statement was supported by Stanley Yee, most certainly wish to do so with respect to have the authority and responsibility for resolv­ acted and continue to act as chairman of the Jean-Franc;:ois Plamandon, Michael Brian, Peter some of Dr. Cowan's recommendations. You ing, at the very least, such apparently trivial Pitsiladis, M.O.M . Osman, Susan O'Connell, board of a number of organizations and have will note that I could not resist making a cou­ issues as the printer incident, and be account­ T annis Arbuckle-Maag, Gerald Gross, Henry served as chief executive officer of one. I have ple of comments. able for his or her decision. The fact of the Habib, Philip Dalton, Andre Gervais, Peter acquired inside and outside of Concordia a rep­ a) The "Printer Incident" - 1988 (page 18): matter is that the office of a dean has a great Howlett and Lana Grimes. The decision on how to handle this matter deal of responsibility and very little authority in utation of dealing promptly and effectively Groome and other senior officers of the Board was made before meeting Dr. Fabrikant. I did a number of crucial areas. Dr. Cowan's pro­ with incompetence. were scheduled to attend a closed information not "cave in" to his demands, but acted on the posed slimming of institutional bureaucracy Charles Giguere meeting ofthe University Senate yesterday, and to present a plan to implement recommendations and reforms in the light of the Cowan and Arthurs reports to the press yesterday afternoon.

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