The Amazing Comeback of TV Western

October 26, 2006 Vol. 42 No. 28 The University of Western Ontario’s newspaper of record www.westernnews.ca PM 41195534

ANYTHING TO DECLARE? GROWING PAINS When Stephen Lomber agreed to come to Western Western’s youngest faculty is already growing out from Texas as a hearing researcher, his graduate of its brand new home. This week’s faculty proﬁle students had a decision to make. touches down with Information & Media Studies.

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Milton Goes Digital

Paul Mayne, Western News Western English Professor Mark McDayter sits amongst centuries-old works by celebrated poet John Milton (1608-1674). McDayter plans to bring Milton to the masses with his Digital Milton Archive Project (D-MAP) of the more than 800 Milton works housed in Western Libraries Archives and Research Collections Centre. A major gathering of Milton scholars is taking place on campus this weekend. See stories on Page 3. The amazing comeback of TV Western

B Y B OB K LANAC program on the local Rogers Tele- station so we can pump some of ern,” Stein says. “The volunteers commitment to produce the 30- vision station. that video onto the website.” will decide which videos can go minute program on Rogers. Stein Although it teetered on the brink “We’re starting from ground Imminent for the web are sub- up with or without editing. That’s admits it’s a lot of work for him, of extinction less than a year ago, zero again at TV Western,” Stein missions of video to the site, as going to be important because the production director and the TV Western is not only back but says. “We’ve got new volun- happens with YouTube. Stein notes with these kinds of submissions volunteers but the effort is paying has taken on an entirely new life. teers and they’re really excited you never know what you’re going dividends. The campus TV station which about the website and the Rogers to get.” “In as much as the web is the produced and broadcast campus- show.” As for the Rogers show, it has big thing now, there is still some- related programming in the UCC The website boasts an array of “It’s good and going to been a calling card for recruit- thing about ‘real TV’ that excites has turned to the web and the com- segments and clips produced by get better.” ing volunteers. Stein has found people,” says Stein. munity for its future. current TV Western volunteers that several volunteers are gradu- TV Western’s re-emergence is A few months ago TV West- focusing around topics such as O- Grant Stein ates of Fanshawe’s TV production proving to be an experiment that CHRW/TV Western Station Manager ern was reinvented by CHRW/ Week, students’ council meetings course, now at Western. will likely make it more vital as a TV Western Station Manager and campus activities. “In one case we had one girl chronicler of campus life. Grant Stein as a web-based entity, According to Stein, ambitions who was a TV co-op student at “It’s going well,” Stein says. “We focusing on the Internet to broad- for the site’s content are only that this effort will be launched TV Western when she was in high are busy but it’s exciting and it’s a cast productions, both new and restricted by the ﬂedgling opera- soon by a contest soliciting school,” Stein says. “She went to good busy. It’s good for the volun- archived. tion’s technical limitations. user-produced video in the near Fanshawe for TV Production and teers and good for students. The Since then, it has extended its “We have a lot of video shot but future. now she’s back at Western as a volunteers are developing a new reach to full-fledged television only one workstation to edit it on,” “After the contest, we’ll make student.” set of skills. It’s good and going to production by way of a half-hour he says. “We’d like to get another it a standard feature of TV West- TV Western has a 13-week get better.”

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Solution on page 14 WESTERN NEWS O C T O B E R 2 6 , 2 0 0 6 3 Spreading the word about Milton

B Y P AUL M AYNE

A centuries-old copy of Para- dise Lost, an epic work by the 17th-century English poet John Milton, sits inexplicably on a table Seminar draws top in Archives and Research Collections Centre. Surrounding it are similar rare Milton works, all making Miltonists up Western’s G. William Stuart Jr. Collection of Milton and Mil- toniana, an anthology of more than 800 volumes originally pur- B Y P AUL M AYNE Harvard, Princeton and chased in 1969. other major universities Together, this is considered by It should be like kids in a will be attending. many to be one of the top five Mil- candy store this Friday and “Bringing the North East ton collections in the world and Saturday as more than two Milton Seminar here to one of only six worldwide to hold dozen John Milton schol- Western will not only give more than one-third of all books ars, known as Miltonists, our faculty and students a printed before 1801. enjoy a rare glimpse of one rare opportunity to engage For English Professor Mark of the finest Milton collec- in scholarly conversation McDayter, this rich and impor- tions in the world. with some of the finest Mil- tant collection of rare 17th- and Western is host to the tonists in the world, it will 18th-century volumes will be North East Milton Seminar, also give us a unique chance borne into the digital age over whose members meet twice to display the Milton col- the next several years with his yearly to discuss works of lection in the Weldon, the Digital Milton Archive Project, the celebrated 17th cen- fourth or fifth best in the dubbed D-MAP. tury poet. The collection world,” says Leonard. The objective of the project is The Milton collection in Weldon Library will become accessible through a of more than 800 Milton The seminar, which is to produce high-quality digital project to develop an online digital archive of the rare works. volumes housed in West- open to the campus com- images of Milton’s work alongside ern Libraries Archives and munity, begins at Wind- an edited electronic transcrip- Research Collections Cen- ermere Manor Friday (5 tion of scholarly notes. The latter needs,” he says. “We’ll have the and spark the interest of other tre (Weldon Library) will p.m.), with a lecture by is being made possible through high-quality photographic equip- universities for similar projects. be front and centre as part Canada Research Chair a sophisticated new hypertext ment, special software and other McDayter says he has discussed of the seminar, which also and University of Toronto interface for the use of special- equipment needed. These are not possibilities with McMaster and includes guest speakers. Professor Paul Stevens. ists and non-specialists alike. books to be placing on just any the University of Michigan. Western English Profes- The following day, “This is great. It’s going to be scanner.” “What we have here is a won- sor John Leonard, who is with meetings held in the work – but fun work. You couldn’t McDayter says the uniqueness derful collection that, in a sense, coordinating the seminar, Archives and Research have English literature without of D-MAP may lie in the interac- is not accessible to all,” he says. anticipates a marvelous Collections Centre, fea- Milton,” says McDayter, who has tive aspect of the project. Indi- “This will put us on the map learning experience and tures seminar papers received financial support for his vidual works, in fact individual regarding the resources we have an opportunity for the spot- from Rutgers University’s project through Western’s Aca- pages, can be broken down into here and the cutting-edge tech- light to be on the universi- Ann Coiro (9:30 a.m.) and demic Development Fund. He is details such as the size of the let- nology we are using.” ty’s archives. Western alumnus Anthony hopeful of a future grant from ters and the type of paper it was While the target audience will “At first I was terrified, Welch (1:15 p.m.) of the the Canada Foundation for Inno- written on. be Miltonists, those with an inter- but I’m optimistic this is University of Tennessee. vation, an application currently “While the actual words are est in 17th century literature will going to be a feather in Western’s Mark McDay- under review. important, once complete, this also find the D-MAP a useful and the cap for Western,” says ter will wrap up weekend Facilities for the digitization project will give you the experi- informative source of informa- Leonard. “I think our Mil- activities at 3:30 p.m. by of the fragile volumes will be ence of interacting with the work tion. ton collection is one of the discussing his plans to put put into place in late spring, says itself,” says McDayter. “It will be “And the information is never best-kept secrets and it’s a Western’s Milton collection McDayter, adding the painstak- the next best thing to having the ending,” says McDayter. “As great time to showcase it.” online with the Digital Mil- ing task of scanning and editing book right in front of you.” more becomes known we can Academics from Yale, ton Archives Project. will begin shortly afterwards. McDayter is hopeful the D- also add to the project. I’m truly “We’re talking rare 300- to MAP will continue to fuel the fire looking forward to getting this 400-year-old books with special of discussion of Milton’s works going full steam.”

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Nov. 1 & 2 well as Western’s own gradu- Online voting took place for fac- For undergraduates, the fol- lege: Matthew Wilson and Marie 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., UCC Atrium ate programs and professional ulty and administrative staff on lowing students were elected for Oliva and Centre Spot schools. Different exhibitors and Oct. 12 and 13, and for undergrad- one-year terms (Nov. 1, 2006, to ■ At Large: Stephen Lecce, www.career.uwo.ca/gradfair universities each day. Meet edu- uate students on Oct. 18 and 19. Oct. 31, 2007): Sabrina Sdao, Sandy Clark, Tom All students and alumni wel- cational recruiters and discuss Successful candidates include: ■ Arts and Humanities and Stevenson, Chad Callander, Paulo come - no registration needed. post-graduate opportunities. Music: Kate Graham Senra, Zachary Armstrong and BOARD OF GOVERNORS ■ Science: Clement Yung Natalie Turrin. FEATURES Organizers: Career Services, ■ Business, Education, Engi- Detailed results are posted at: University Students’ Council, Susan Grindrod, administra- neering and Law: Jared Gordon www.uwo.ca/univsec/election More than 100 exhibits from Faculty of Graduate Studies, and tive staff representative for a ■ Affiliated university col- Canada, the U.S. and abroad as Ofﬁce of the Registrar. four-year term (Nov. 15, 2006, to Nov. 14, 2010) Matthew Reid, undergraduate Try our refreshing Bubble Tea London on us... student representative for a two- �� year term (Nov. 15, 2006, to Nov. 14, 2008). Buy 2 Bubble Teas, & get 1 FREE! �� SENATE Valid at 1030 Adelaide St. London only. Not valid with any other offers. One coupon per visit. Valid Dine-In or Take-Out before 9pm, Take-Out only after 9pm. Expires Serving London since 1957 Christopher Ellis, represent- �� • Streetside patio Dec 31/06 ing faculty in the Graduate Stud- �� • 120-seat dining room ies - At Large constituency for a �� • Private parties welcome two-year term (Nov. 1, 2006, to Always open late! Oct. 31, 2008). 1pm-1am Sun-Thurs 1pm-2am Fri-Sat �� Melissa Broadfoot, adminis- �� trative staff for a two-year term 1030 Adelaide St. (between Oxford & Huron, next to A&P) 519.907.0175 �� (Nov. 1, 2006, to Oct. 31, 2008). 4 O C T O B E R 2 6 , 2 0 0 6 WESTERN NEWS VIEWPOINT THE WAY WE WERE: 1956 More to future than abyss of demography

Stephen Poloz is Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Economist for Export Development Canada and a University of Western Ontario graduate

B Y S TEPHEN P OLOZ domestic oases of comfort and blowing housing forecasts out of conomists are always the water. worried about some- But it is boomers’ impact on thing, it’s fair to say. labour markets that attracts EBut demographers the most attention. Today there surely take the cake when it are five working-age people for comes to sounding the alarm. every retiree, whereas in 20 The problem relates to the years there will be only three. baby boom. During 1945-65 That sounds like a big problem, there was a boom in births, but of course things will change. creating a 20-year bulge in When people are in short sup- the demand for diapers, then ply, the price of their time rises. bicycles, then primary school, Full-time retirement loses its secondary school and univer- appeal when one can command sity. Then the bulge moved into a high premium by remaining in houses, then stocks, vacation the workforce. Part-time career properties and so on. Demo- extensions will become increas- graphics have been cited as ingly the norm. an underlying cause of almost This trend will only increase every big event in our times. as our life expectancy length- ens, as the experts all agree it will. A modest increase in working years and higher immigra- Demographics have tion rates will go a long way to building a bridge across the been cited as an coming demographic abyss. underlying cause of Even so, the doomsayers are discounting yet another impor- Contributed by Alan Noon ([email protected]) London Free Press Collection/Western Archives almost every big event tant compensating force: tech- At a conference of business leaders held at the university in 1948 it was suggested that Western, with 28 years of in our times. nological progress. New tech- experience operating a successful undergraduate department of Business Administration, would be the ideal site for nology means that the workers a national business school offering graduate degrees. In 1956 a generous lead gift from Mr. R. G Ivey enabled ten- of tomorrow will produce more ders to be called for a new building. Construction of the Richard G. Ivey School of Business Administration Building And then there is the down- for themselves and for their was not without controversy. The site was covered by remnants of the original forest and many large trees, despite side. As these boomers retire, retiring parents. opposition from local conservationists, were removed to accommodate construction. one imagines mobs of people Consider that during 1955- trying to sell their homes to an 2005, productivity in manufac- unwilling younger generation, turing in Canada increased by selling their stock portfolios into a factor of five. Suppose that melting market fundamentals during the next 20 years we get for ten cents on the dollar, and a further doubling in productiv- �� bankrupting our medical and ity per manufacturing worker, pension systems. All of these and that average productivity �� analyses contain some truth, but across the entire economy rises many of them also share a com- by around two per cent per � mon problem, which is that they year, which is not unrealistic. �� assume that all other things will There could be 50 per cent more �� be equal, in one form or another. income per person in 2025 – in Fact is, demographic forces effect, our pensions will be paid �� affect prices, which affect not by workers, who will be less �� tastes, and changes in tastes in numerous, but by machines. �� turn moderate the outcome. To The bottom line? �� illustrate, boomers are identified The world is evolving in many as having a taste for water-front ways, not just demographically. �� properties and are forecast to Many of those other evolving �� abandon their homes; prices of forces will work naturally to �� vacation properties skyrocket moderate the scary implications as they all try to buy one, so of the downside of the baby �� tastes shift; and the next thing boom. A bit of foresight could �� we hear is that boomers prefer turn an abyss into a gentle �� to feather their nests, creating valley. �� Western News welcomes submissions from faculty, staff and students. Submissions must be no �� more than 650 words and should deal with issues concerning the university and higher education. Submissions must be delivered via e-mail. The editor reserves the right to edit or reject any sub- �� mission that does not comply with policy. Opinions expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of Western News or The University of Western Ontario. WESTERN NEWS O C T O B E R 2 6 , 2 0 0 6 5

COMMENTARY Pay equity at Western: a critical look

B Y S TEVE L UPKER AND women are paid equitably com- mine whether a male-female gender would be seriously com- C LIVE S ELIGMAN pared to men. Is it likely that salary difference exists among promised. The writers during this time Western’s deans newer faculty. Analyze those data Importantly, inclusion of these This past May, 78 per cent of Steve Lupker and Clive Seligman are have been allowing women fac- directly, including doing multiple very highly paid individuals in female faculty received incre- faculty members in the Department of ulty to be shortchanged in starting regression analyses only on assis- the analysis may be the reason ments to their annual salary, Psychology. salaries? Indeed, in our faculty, tant professors. We have been that the committees came to the ranging from $50 to over $10,000. starting salaries are negotiated told that these analyses have not conclusion that men make signifi- These raises followed from the by the dean himself. According to been done. cantly more than women. That Faculty Pay Equity Committee reports. the multiple regression analyses, Another noteworthy aspect of is, these highly paid male faculty Report (August, 2005) and from One is that the committees con- the estimated male-female start- the reports is that there are about (and not the other 700 male fac- the Implementation Committee cluded that assistant professors ing salary difference in Social a dozen or more male faculty ulty) may be the source of the Report (March, 2006) that exam- and, more specifically, those most Science for a new PhD is $5,535. members making more than the significant gender effect found ined gender-based differences recently hired were suffering If this estimated discrepancy highest paid female faculty mem- in the analyses. This hypothesis in salary at Western. The wide- the most from gender-based pay reflects bias, rather than a flaw ber. More importantly, accord- could also be addressed. We could spread presumption underlying inequity. This is a rather surpris- in the regression analyses, then ing to the multiple regression include some of the missing vari- these reports is that Western ing, and disturbing, conclusion. analysis, they are all making sub- ables, e.g., market adjustment, in has been discriminating against However, it also seems implau- stantially more than predicted another analysis. We could also women in terms of compensa- sible for a couple of reasons. by the equation (see Figure 3 in remove any salaries over some tion. Neither committee was 1) if the presumption about ...improbable results the August, 2005 report). Why? large value (e.g., $150,000) and mandated to examine unfairness Western discriminating against and the omission of Merit was included as a factor redo the analyses. We have been in men’s salaries. women is correct, it would be in the analysis, although the only told that none of these analyses To examine the question of gen- senior female faculty who would important variables merit indicator used was the have been done. der-based differences, the com- show the strongest impact; over make the regression most recently available PAI rat- In conclusion, we have sug- mittees carried out a multiple time, their salaries would have analyses and the ing (used for yearly pay raises), gested that improbable results regression analysis in an attempt fallen increasingly further behind rather than any career-based and the omission of important to determine what factors explain their male counterparts. subsequent pay raises measure. (Male and female fac- variables make the regression individuals’ actual salaries. Fac- 2) the committees’ conclusion suspect. ulty received virtually identical analyses and the subsequent pay tors like number of years at implies that the main source of PAI ratings, relative to others in raises suspect. We have pointed Western, faculty membership, male-female salary discrepan- their departments.) out that data either exist in the years since highest degree, gen- cies is due to starting salary dif- our dean must be a misogynist. Could these large salaries be current data base or could be der, and so on were used in the ferences. That is, those women We don’t believe that. Nor does explained by merit factors that gathered without too much trou- analysis and the result was an who have been hired very it seem likely that the deans in weren’t included in the regres- ble to test some of the hypotheses equation that tried to explain why recently must have received the two faculties in which the sion analyses, for example, career we outlined. Unfortunately there different people make different much smaller salaries than their estimate of the discrepancy was achievement, competitive market is no will in the university admin- salaries (e.g., people in Faculty male counterparts. Could this more than $10,000 (Law and Den- adjustments used to retain these istration to do so. X make more than people in Fac- possibly be true? Interestingly, tistry) could have acted so egre- individuals or CRC status? Or, One of us was told directly by ulty Y which partially explains starting salary was not included giously. are the salaries a result of having a senior official who is ultimately why Chris, who is a member of as a factor in the analysis and, Second, and equally impor- served in a high administrative responsible for pay equity that no X, makes more than Pat, who is a thus, it was not investigated as an tantly, the data in Figure 3 of the office (e.g., dean or above). Or, further analyses would be done member of Y). Both committees explanation. However, there are August, 2005 report suggest that are they due to genuine sex-based on the data reported in the two concluded that gender is a factor at least two arguments suggest- there is virtually no male-female discrimination? It’s impossible to equity reports. A private appeal in Western salaries; even when ing that starting salaries is not salary difference among faculty know from the reported analyses. to the university administration’s the other factors were taken into the reason for the male-female making up to about $80,000, which However, if these salaries are publicly stated commitment to account, men earned, on average, differences. presumably includes the assis- due to legitimate merit factors transparent and accountable about $2,200 more than women. First, there has been a public tant professors who were hired omitted from the regression anal- decision-making was not persua- We would like to comment on commitment by this university recently. There is, of course, a yses, both those analyses and any sive in changing this official’s some interesting aspects of these for over 10 years to ensure that straightforward way to deter- conclusions about the effect of mind. Will you stay in London after you graduate?

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Peter Kelly Amanda Dean Jaimie Walker Chris Harrington Melissa Bera BMOS I Criminology I Psych II History V English/History V “Probably not. I like Ottawa, the city that I come “No. I want to be a lawyer but I don’t feel “No. I enjoy London and going to school here “I’m from Dorchester so I’d stay around London. “Yes. It’s better than my hometown, Brant- from, better than London.” that there is an opportunity to practice law because it’s a fun environment. I want to live in I’m terriﬁed of big cities.” ford. There are better opportunities in London in London.” a bigger city with more opportunities.” because it’s bigger and there’s more stuff to do.”

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FACULTY PROFILES

This article is the fourth in a series about how Western faculties are remaking themselves. Youngest faculty experiencing explosive growth

The MIT Faculty Facts program has gone Faculty: 45 Staff: 21 Undergrads: 728 from zero to 700 Grad Students: 329 Operating Budget: $6.6 million undergraduates Research Expenditures: $598,582 How Old: Founded 1996 in under a decade Bragging Items: Library and Information Science PhD program graduates teach at universities in Canada and abroad. Many MA in Journalism program graduates are B Y A LAN J OHNSTON in positions of prominence in media out- lets across Canada and the United States. ven a new home can’t quite Did You Know? FIMS includes production handle the youngest facul- areas – Broadcast Journalism, Broadcast Ety’s growth spurt. Radio, TV Broadcasting and Multimedia. The Faculty of Information & Source: Western Facts, 2006, Acting Dean Media Studies (FIMS) and the Biol- ogy department share the North Campus Building, one of Western’s ate program in Media, Informa- newer buildings. Expansion by tion and Technoculture, begun FIMS in enrolment, faculty, staff in 1997, already has reached “a and research has created a space steady-state enrolment” of about crunch that is being solved in the 700 students “surpassing all expec- short term by relocating some stu- tations regarding growth and student, research and teaching facili- dent demand.” The media studies ties next door to the Staging Build- program with a cultural studies ing. focus was the first of five new pro- “We’re kind of maxed out in most grams FIMS has introduced and areas in terms of instructors and something new for Canada. space,” says Associate Dean and This past June, FIMS celebrated Graduate Chair Gloria Leckie, Act- the first graduating class in the ing Dean while Catherine Ross was undergraduate Degree/Diploma in on leave. “Space is a huge issue Media Theory and Production. The for us, even with the new building. program offered jointly with Fan- We really can’t shawe College admits 40 students a expand much year for four years of study, two at beyond where Western and two at the college. Paul Mayne, Western News we are now A master’s program in Media simply because Studies, also begun in 2002, admits One of the university’s newest structures, the North Campus Building is home we don’t have 10 students annually. Media and to Western’s youngest faculty. the resources the Public Interest - a more spe- or the space to cialized undergraduate program do it.” focusing on social justice and alter- One of the faculty members at F o r m e r l y native media and developed in 2004 FIMS since its creation is Lynne based in Mid- to complement the MIT program McKechnie, who teaches in the “Space is a huge issue dlesex Col - - welcomes a maximum of 20 stu- MLIS program, PhD program for us, even with the new Leckie lege, FIMS has dents each year. The new PhD pro- and undergraduate MIT program. building. We really can’t more than 800 gram in Media Studies enrolled the Her core research area, currently undergraduate students for 2006- first cohort in the fall of 2005, with funded by a Social Sciences and expand much beyond 07. “That’s a huge undertaking the expectation of adding about Humanities Research Council where we are now simply from having none in 1997,” Leckie five new students each fall. grant, focuses on the role of the says. “We do have some room for Driven by increased student public library in the development because we don’t have the expansion in the graduate area, demand for the new academic pro- of children as readers. resources or the space to and that probably is where we will grams, FIMS recruited and contin- McKechnie holds the Cleary expand.” ues to hire professors “with teach- Chair at the University of Wash- do it.” FIMS was created in 1996 by a ing and research specializations ington, a visiting professorship Gloria Leckie merger of the graduate schools that complement, but significantly that began March 1, 2006 and runs Associate Dean and Graduate Chair of Library and Information Sci- extend, the range possessed by the through September 2007. She will ence (LIS) and Journalism together founding faculty.” be teaching a children’s literature with the Faculty of Part-Time and Faculty size has gone from 18 in course there this winter and also “develop a basic proficiency in Rapid growth within Information & Media Studies is evident as students easily fill the 800-seat William and Anne McKenzie Amphitheatre in the North Campus Building. Continuing Education, later incor- 1997 to 45 and probably will climb giving a distance course, both print, radio, television and multi- porated into a new unit called The to just under 50. Currently, there designed to look at children’s out- media, with specialization deferred Centre for Continuing Studies. The are 21 staff members, and several of-school reading and learning in until the final term.” Other pro- Interdisciplinary initiatives with Identified areas of FIMS Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Department of Visual Arts, Fac- to know each other and what every- taking on more graduate students, three well-established graduate more full-time appointments are the context of public libraries. gram contributions include a pub- other units include the creation of research strength include: cultural Interdisciplinary Studies: Technol- ulty of Music and partners in FIMS one else does so that we can work thesis students, doctoral students programs at that time were the expected. LIS has more than 200 master’s lic presence and a television studio joint appointments with Law, Soci- industries and institutions; com- ogy, Culture and Risk is seen as through her interest in finding new collaboratively, because that is the – so the faculty is kind of flower- Master of Arts in Journalism, the “All the programs are so differ- students and 25 doctoral students, that facilitates media interviews ology, Computer Science, Visual munications, consumption and cul- “a natural outgrowth of FIMS’s ways to present historical evidence idea,” Leckie adds. “Some of that ing the way that it should,” says Master in Library and Information ent and they are all strong in their and McKechnie plans to help FIMS for faculty from across campus. Arts, Music and Women’s Studies. ture; the social construction and commitment to multidisciplinar- that combines text, sound and visu- is starting to happen, but it takes a Leckie. Science and the doctoral program own respects and getting noticed “do some more aggressive recruit- Central to the FIMS four-year FIMS recently passed a motion to use of the media and information; ity and interdisciplinarity.” Parr’s alization. lot of effort to get people to see how The strategic direction has been in LIS. nationally and internationally,” ing.” Developing new youth ser- academic plan are the principles go forward with a new MA in Popu- information and media policy; the research on communities under “Our faculty is very multidisci- they might work with somebody “to get our faculty members ten- Building on existing academic says Leckie. “We have a co-op pro- vices librarians and mentoring new that guide teaching and research: lar Music, to be offered jointly with organization and management of the stress of engineering mega- plinary,” Leckie says. “There are who is not in their area.” ured, achieve stability, have good strengths, FIMS introduced inno- gram in the LIS master’s program scholars are two of the things she interdisciplinarity; concerned with the Faculty of Music. The program information; computer-based sys- projects contributes to research probably 15 different disciplines Like all new faculties, FIMS solid programs and support the vative undergraduate and graduate and employers are clamoring to enjoys the most about teaching. technology; commitment to the would take in about four or five stu- tems and environments. Internal in the graduate History program, represented.” hired many faculty members who faculty so they can do what they programs that “examined informa- have our students. We also have Like LIS master’s and doctoral integration of theory and practice; dents each year, with courses being competitions will continue to offer Institute for Catastrophic Loss Because FIMS is so interdisci- were just starting out, so for a time need to do in terms of research tion and media industries, cultures an MIT internship and we have no programs, the MA in Journalism critical approaches; interest in offered by both FIMS and Music. faculty the opportunity to get seed Reduction in the Faculty of Engi- plinary and people routinely teach it had more untenured than ten- and teaching,” she says. “FIMS and technologies from a number of problems finding places. Increas- program continues to be an impor- interrelationships rather than in a A brief for the Ontario Council on money to get their research going neering, and Media Studies and in different programs, it is hard to ured professors. “Now our success has accomplished a huge amount disciplinary perspectives.” ingly, the faculty itself is the selling tant part of what FIMS does. The single element; collaboration; ori- Graduate Studies will be submitted and obtain bigger grants. LIS graduate programs. She also “have the kind of working atmo- has been that all of those people in the short period of time since its For example, the undergradu- point.” 45 students admitted each year entation to the public sphere. this fall. Appointment of Joy Parr to a is linked collaboratively to the sphere where all the faculty can get are getting tenure and grants, and inception.” 10 O C T O B E R 2 6 , 2 0 0 6 WESTERN NEWS

AUTUMN CONVOCATION Passion, responsibility duty of graduates

B Y B OB K LANAC

Keeping passion and living up to the responsibility of an education were predominant themes of Western’s Autumn Convocation last week. During the two-day event, economist and research advocate Robert Lacroix, disabled persons activist David Lepofsky and economist and poverty expert Francois Bourguignon received honorary Doctor of Laws degrees. Almost 1,800 students received their degrees at Alumni Hall during Western’s 287th Convocation on October 19–20. Lepofsky has been influential in raising awareness of barrier free access issues and motivating people with disabilities to fi ght for equal rights. He has lent his voice to this cause by lobbying Queen’s Park, acting as a spokesperson, organizing community initiatives, and by placing the issue on the agenda during municipal and pro- vincial elections. In his citation, Craig Brown, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law, spoke of Lepofsky’s ability Paul Mayne, Western News to “inspire us all to overcome the While parents are usually the proud ones at Convocation, it was a role-reversal for six-year-old Dariush Yazdanfar who proudly watched his mom Katy pick obstacles that confront us, what- up her Science degree Oct. 20. ever they are.” Lepofsky reminded the gradu- not had the same opportunities of technology and innovation in graduates to remember the pas- Washington. Under Bourguignon’s ating classes that their degrees you have enjoyed in life,” he noted. society. sion they developed at Western. direction, 2005’s World Devel- were “a precious gift” and that “Your behaviour and actions In his citation, Western Presi- “The most important thing that opment Report looked at equity they were a “unique elite”. In qual- should be directed toward the dent Paul Davenport praised I got from Western is the passion,” and development, observing that ifying his use of the term ‘elite’ development Lacroix as h e n o t e d . equity is complementary to the he reminded them that they are of a more “a leader, “The passion pursuit of long-term prosperity. the few who have been given the just, equitable advocate, and for knowl- In his citation, Clark Leith, Profes- precious gift of their skills. He and humane champion of e d g e , t h e sor Emeritus, Faculty of Social cautioned them however, with a world.” higher educa- passion for Science, praised Bourguignon lesson from a Spiderman fi lm that Lacroix’s tion in Canada, research.” in that “He has employed both “with great power comes great w o r k i n whose voice B o u r g u i - his Gallic charm and intellectual responsibility.” books, schol- has had a pro- gnon’s inter- rigour in advocating the interests The responsibility of the edu- arly articles found effect est in poverty of the poor, in an environment cated was also a theme for Robert and research in infl uencing and income where those interests have all too Lacroix. The Canadian research reports, has government distribution often been forgotten.” advocate noted that with the ben- been valu- investment in questions are In closing, Bourguignon told efi ts and privileges of an educa- Lepofsky able to under- Lacroix the future of Bourguignon refl ected in his graduates that “I am certain that tion comes responsibilities. standing the this country current role Western continues to keep up the “The best way to do this is to economics of labour and human through university research.” as Senior Vice President and Chief passion that I speak of today.” fi nd ways to help those who have resources, and of the importance Francois Bourguignon advised Economist of the World Bank in

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IN PROFILE:NEW FACULTY Have spouse, grad students, cats…will travel

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He came with a brand-new wife, Stephen Lomber a handful of grad students, truck- Home department: Physiology and load of lab equipment and cages pharmacology of research animals. They all trav- Birthplace: Lowville, N.Y. elled more than 2,000 kilometres Education: so Stephen Lomber could take ■ BSc neuroscience (1988), University up a position as a researcher and of Rochester ■ associate professor at the Univer- PhD anatomy and neurobiology (1994), Boston University School of Med- sity of Western Ontario. icine Lomber, 40, is a new member of ■ Postdoctoral fellow (1994-1996), the Department of Physiology and Pennsylvania State University Pharmacology. Before coming to Recent publications: Western, he spent five years at the ■ Cooling produces minimal neuropa- University of Dallas in a similar thology in neocortex and hippocampus. position. Neurobiology of Disease. Part of Lomber’s research is ■ Functional circuitry underlying visual neglect. Brain. focused on the auditory cortex, Cheers for: Philadelphia Eagles (foot- the area of the brain responsible ball), Syracuse Orangemen (basketball) for processing sound. His labs How family/friends would describe at Western will test cochlear him? Funny; loves to work; kind; gregari- implants, a special type of hearing ous; meticulous. device. While a traditional hearing aid amplifies sound so that a dam- aged ear can hear it, a cochlear live long-term outside the United implant is placed deep within the States. ear where it triggers the audi- For Diana, born and raised in tory nerve, sending its message Texas, the move meant leaving directly to the brain. behind family and friends. “It Lomber hopes to learn the age at was the biggest move she’s ever Paul Mayne, Western News which a deaf child should receive made,” says Lomber. A specialist in how the brain processes sound, Stephen Lomber is testing how cochlear implants can help a deaf a cochlear implant. The couple married on May 11 child to hear. “If you get it right they can be this year and moved to London on fully operational like any other June 1. Lomber telling her to give it six tle different than anywhere else, will be followed by basketball in person in society,” he says. “It’s The decision was further com- months to see whether she would especially since he can still follow November. really neat because it’s the most plicated by the fact Lomber was like it or not. If she didn’t, he his beloved Philadelphia Eagles “Oh, it’s a happy time of the clinically significant work I’ve supervising four graduate stu- would send her back to Dallas. and Syracuse Orangemen on net- year,” he says. ever done.” dents at the University of Dallas. She appreciates the support from work television. Regular football The writer is a graduate student Despite the opportunity to fur- He had to make sure the move the man she calls her adviser and season has already kicked off and in the Journalism program ther his research at Western, the would not compromise their mentor. decision to move required a long course of study and research. “He cares about his graduate discussion between Lomber and “The student makes a commit- students,” she says. “He’s gone his then girlfriend and now wife, ment to work in your lab and you out of his way to make sure all of Diana. They became engaged just also have to make a commitment us feel comfortable here.” before he accepted Western’s job to that student,” he says. Once Diana and the students offer. In the end, they all signed on were on board, it was just a matter In fact, when Lomber first for the opportunity to be visit- of dismantling and packing up the asked Diana about moving across ing students at Western. One of laboratory equipment for trans- Western Film the border, she thought he meant them, Shveta Malhotra, has known port to London. Along for the ride Mexico. He had to clarify that it Lomber for five years and is 18 were 20 cats, subjects of Lomber’s was the other border he was refer- months away from completing research in audiology. ring to – the Canadian one. her doctorate degree. With his wife, students, equip- 2 x 28 Although Lomber was used to She admits she hesitated to ment and cats in place, Lomber moving around for academia, this make the move to London, hav- is happily settling into life in Lon- would be the first time he would ing never left Texas. She recalls don. He finds living in London lit-

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October 26 Huron University College – Principal’s Recep- Lecture, 3 – 4:45 p.m. Reception – 4:45 – 5:30 Modern Languages and Literatures - Laurence of Cancer at LHSC-UC, Auditorium A, 8:50 am- tion. For friends, alumni and supporters of the p.m. Contact Andrea Dean, [email protected] or de Looze: “The Renaissance Letter, Meso-ameri- 3:30 pm. Featuring Mark Greene (Winner of the McIntosh Gallery presents “In Good Company” College. This year’s reception will feature and 519-661-2111 ext 22109. can Pictographic Writing, and the Importation of 22nd Annual J. Allyn Taylor International Prize a city-wide festival organized by Gerald and celebrate Huron students’ volunteer community New World Culture into 16th-Century Europe” UC in Medicine). Talks from world-renowned cancer Louise Fagan, recognizes the contributions of service. Contact Jacqueline Fraser, 519-438-7224 The Haunt 2006 – Sponsored by Continuing 142. 4:30 – 6 p.m. researchers including Eliav Barr, Claude Per- women artists to London’s arts scenes with ext. 237 or email [email protected]. Kings- Studies. Delta Armouries will be transformed reault, Nicholas Lydon and Tom Hudson. Free music and performance events, and visual art mill Room. 5:30 p.m. into a wicked playground for London’s movers Autumn Writes 2006 – Wayne Johnston, Cus- symposium, visit www.robarts.ca/symposium or exhibitions. Features 24 women who play a role and shakers, saints and sinners, ghosts and todian of Paradise; Anita Rau Badami, Can contact Cathy Ferrie at [email protected], 519- in the city’s visual arts community. Runs to Faculty Artist Series – Triofus presents Cool ghouls - proceeds support Grand Theatre. Tick- you Hear the Nightbird?; Timothy Taylor, Story 663-5777 x34247. October 29. www.mcintoshgallery.ca Steps. Works from their latest CD. Composers ets $50 in advance, $65 at door. Gets underway House. Wolf Performance Hall, Central Library. include alumni Patrick Cardy and Jeff Small- at 8 p.m. - includes cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, Tickets $5 at The Book Store at Western, Books Cancer Prevention and Treatment: New Fron- Microbiology & Immunology Seminar – P. man and professor emeritus Arsenio Giron. von silent auction, costume contests and cash bar. Plus and the Central Library. Proceeds to A Book tiers in Medical Research. Led by renowned Ritvo, University of Toronto. “Vaccine Accep- Kuster Hall, free admission. 8 p.m. Advance tickets through Grand Theatre box For Every Child. 7:30 p.m. cancer researchers and designed for a general tance and Dissemination: How long will it take office at 519-672-8800. Evening will be broad- audience, this forum provides insights into the before HPV vaccines save lives in Africa?” DSB October 27 cast live to air on tNew Fresh FM 103.1 with DJ October 31 latest discoveries in cancer treatment and - Rm. 3008. 11:30 a.m. Andy Kapp. prevention – from a new cervical cancer vaccine Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology semi- Senior Alumni Program – Honourable James to targeted breast cancer drugs. A free public Guided Tour of Your Pension Plan – decisions nar by J. J. Battista, Chair, Medical Biophysics, October 28 K. Bartleman, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, forum. LHSC – UC, Auditorium A. 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. plan members are required to make, contribu- Western, entitled “X-ray Computed Tomogra- speaking on Aboriginal Literacy. Members only For more information contact Linda Quattrin at tions, payment choices, using the web to access phy (CT): Seeing What’s Inside You, a Mouse, Welcome to London – Students are invited to and sold out. McKellar Room, UCC. 9:30 – 11 a.m. 519-663-3021 or [email protected] information. Somerville House, Room 3315. 12:30 and a Mummy”. DSB 1002 - 12:30 p.m. All are venture downtown for LOLA – London, Ontario – 1:30 p.m. welcome! Live Arts Festival. Large free outdoor concert Blood Donor Clinic, UCC lower level. 12 – 4 p.m. Toastmaster’s Campus Communicators downtown on Dundas Street between Richmond – Improving all your public speaking needs. Faculty of Education Seminar Series – Ellen 12:30 Fridays – Songs of Beethoven, Mozart and and Wellington. 12 noon to 11 p.m. For more infor- Modern Languages and Literatures - German Meets every Wednesday. For more info contact Singleton & Aniko Varpalotai, Faculty of Educa- Haydn performed by Kevin McMillan, baritone, mation on LOLA, please contact Andrew Francis Film Series. The Promise (1994) Director: Marga- Brett Tomlinson, [email protected] SLB 330,12:05 tion. “Why Stones in the sneaker? The impor- with Frédéric Lacroix, fortepiano at [email protected] rethe von Trotta. UC 142, 6:30 – 9 p.m. Film shown – 12:55 p.m. tance of issues in secondary school health and in German with English subtitles. physical education” Faculty of Education, Room Philosophy Colloquium Series – Murray Miles, Men’s Hockey – Laurier @ Western. 7 p.m. Modern Languages and Literatures presents 1010, 1:30 p.m. Brock University. “The End of Metaphysics” November 1 “La Tertulia” – Spanish Conversation Group. Any- Talbot College, Rm. 340. 3:30 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – McMaster @ Western. 7 p.m. one wishing to speak Spanish and meet people Physics & Astronomy Colloquium – Trevor Take Our Kids to Work Day – Lots of activities to choose from. Visit the website at: http:// from different Spanish-speaking countries is Carey-Smith, Air Quality Research Division, Women’s Volleyball – Guelph @ Western. 6 p.m. Department of English fall production is Ber- welcome. UC 117, 3:30 p.m. Environment Canada. “Stratosphere-tropo- nard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Talbot communications.uwo.ca/facultyandstaff/stories/TakeKidstowork.htm sphere exchange: Results from investigations Men’s Volleyball – Guelph @ Western. 8 p.m. Theatre, 8:00 p.m. Runs October 27, 28 and Women’s Basketball – McMaster @ Western. 7 p.m. using wind-profiling radars, balloon-borne in- November 2-4. Tickets $10 at the door. For more For any questions please contact Scott May, situ measurements and a Lagrangian particle Department of English fall production is information contact the Director, Jo Devereux Campus Communications Consultant at [email protected] 9:30 – 3:30 p.m. Infertility Information Evening – Modern infer- dispersion model” Physics & Astronomy 123, Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession. 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Auditorium A, 3rd Cancer Unit Seminar Series - Hartmut Neu- Coronation Mass, Britten’s Ballad of Little Mus- floor. 7 – 9 p.m. mann, Medical University Centre - Department Health Policy Initiative at Western announces October 30 grove and Lady Barnard, Philips’ Odysseus and of Nephrology - Freiburg, Germany. “Molecular its third guest speaker Roy Romanow at a Blood Donor Clinic, UCC lower level. 12 – 4 p.m. the Sirens and Clausen’s Eternity Alone. von Men’s Basketball – Fanshawe College @ Western. 9 p.m. genetics and Preventive Medicine: The Para- public lecture. Romanow will address the broad Kuster Hall, free. 12:30 p.m. ganglioma Complex.” London Regional Cancer question “What Kind of Society Do We Want? Physiology and Pharmacology Seminar – Mor- Please send submissions to [email protected] Program at LHSC, VH Room A3-924. 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A central Web site displays advertisements for appointments for the Winter 2007 period must all vacant academic positions. The following apply using the application form available positions are among those advertised at www. at www.uwo.ca/pvp/facultyrelations/forms/ uwo.ca/pvp/facultyrelations/jobs/index-jobs. index-forms-guides.html or from the Depart- Everyday heroes. html. Please review, or contact the faculty, ment or Faculty Offi ce. Calendar description school or department directly. of the courses offered can be viewed at www.westerncalendar.uwo.ca/western/web/ Nominate yours by November 10, 2006 FULL-TIME ACADEMIC 2006(new)/UNDERGRADUATE_COURSE_INFOR- APPOINTMENTS MATION_304986.html or at websites specifi ed in the complete postings available at www.uwo. Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Faculty ca/pvp/facultyrelations/jobs/index-jobs.html. of Social Science, Department of Women’s Studies and Feminist Research – nominations and applications are invited for an appointment as Chair of the Department of Women’s Studies Don Wright Faculty of Music, Department of and Feminist Research at the rank of Associate Music Theory and Composition Music 302b: Chromatic Harmony Professor or full Professor with tenure. This Music 319 (second half): 18th-Century Coun- appointment will be effective July 1, 2007 for terpoint a fi ve-year term, renewable. The committee Closing date: November 16, 2006 will commence its review of nominations and applications after November 24, 2006 and will continue until the position is fi lled. Faculty of Science, Department of Earth Sciences - Earth Sciences 220B: Environmental and Exploration Geophysics I. Closing date: Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Occu- November 9, 2006 pational Therapy – nominations and applications are invited for an appointment as Now is your opportunity to nominate Ivan Celic and Sherri Moore were among Director, School of Occupational Therapy. The Positions are subject to budgetary approv- selected candidate must qualify for Associate al. Applicants should have fl uent written individuals and teams of Western staff for the five other individuals and teams and oral communication skills in English. Professor or Professor rank with tenure. This the 2007 Western Award of Excellence. appointment is for a period of up to fi ve years All qualifi ed candidates are encouraged recognized as the first recipients of to apply; however, Canadian citizens and effective July 1, 2007. Please quote number Your nomination will help to recognize staff The Western Award of Excellence. HS 067 on all correspondence. Closing Date: permanent residents will be given priority. December 30, 2006 The University of Western Ontario is com- who make a difference at Western through mitted to employment equity and welcomes their exemplary service. PART-TIME ACADEMIC applications from all qualifi ed women and APPOINTMENTS (Unanticipated) men, including visible minorities, Aboriginal people and persons with disabilities. Candidates for the following unanticipated Anyone can nominate. Deadline for nominations is November 10, 2006. Download a nomination form at: www.uwo.ca/pvp/recognition/nomination.htm CLASSIFIEDS Have questions about completing the nomination form? We can help. Call ext. 82727 or email us at [email protected]

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B Y B OB K LANAC of the London Public Library (time we’ve learned is that a lot of the TBA); Feb. 7 at 12 noon at The Cen- books we’ve used for the series Western Reads, the popular pro- trespot Lounge, UCC; and March 7 in the past are the ﬁ rst time many gram launched in 2003 as part of in the Labatt Lounge, TD Water- readers have discovered that the University’s 125th anniversary house Stadium (time TBA). author.” celebrations, has been expanded The public is encouraged to par- A full list of the books and and re-launched as London Reads ticipate by reading the featured celebrity authors can be found at to create a stronger connection books along with the panelists, and londonreads.uwo.ca. with the local community. by attending book clubs featur- The final debate will take Modeled after CBC Radio’s ing a team of panelists and their place in March. The winning Canada Reads program, London book. The gatherings take place book will be announced on Reads invites students, staff, fac- monthly from November to March World Book Day, April 23, and ulty, alumni and the community throughout the city. the author will be invited to visit to read along with and engage “We talk about it being a com- the Wolf Performance Hall at local celebrity panelists as they petition but it’s really more about the Central Library to read from deliberate the merits of Canadian discovery,” notes Young. “What and discuss the novel in May. authors. �� “At the end of last year we felt we had maximized our ability to grow using Western Reads as the �� name,” says Carolyn Young of How To The Book Store at Western, one of the sponsors of the series. “We felt that our outreach would be Become a more successful if we changed it �� to London Reads.” The ﬁ rst London Reads session Monster with Ian Gillespie and Anne Lan- gille takes place on Wed., Nov. 1 at WIL Employment Connections, by Jean Barbe 141 Dundas Street at 5 p.m. Gil- lespie is a columnist with the Lon- The book cal quest, How To Become a �� don Free Press and Langille is past A prisoner known as the Monster reads like a detective president of Western’s Alumni Monster refuses to speak and, novel in which each person is �� Association and General Manager behind prison bars, awaits trial. both guilty and innocent. of WIL (Women Immigrants of A foreign lawyer who came to The author �� London) Counselling and Train- assist him seeks to uncover the Jean Barbe was born in ing for Employment. They will reasons behind his mutism and Montreal in 1962. First and �� discuss the book How to Become the circumstances surround- foremost a cultural journal- a Monster by Jean Barbe. ing his crimes. A tale of adven- ist, he now devotes his time to �� The other sessions take place: ture, a love story, a philosophi- writing. Dec. 6 at 5 p.m. at Conron Hall, UC; Jan. 10 at the Landon Branch ��

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