How to Know Who Owns What IP War of Words Takes Centre Stage Between Universities

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November 17, 2011 / Vol. 47 No. 32 PM 41195534 How to know who owns what IP war of words takes centre stage between universities

By Heather Travis

It’s a game of good cop, bad cop. Paul Paolatto knows how to coach a hesitant researcher through the process of bringing an invention to market. But when it comes to the business- end of things, he isn’t afraid to roll up his sleeves and do the dirty work to get it off the ground. “We serve as agents or advocates on behalf of the researcher, that way the researcher can maintain a positive and healthy relationship with the commercial partner and we get to be the bad guys,” the WORLDiscoveries executive director says. “I’m not an academic, I’m a business guy. My job is to protect the interests of the researchers and try to extract as much value on behalf of the researchers and institution as possible. “So, I’m the Mean Business Guy.” Behind the scenes Developed out of a partnership between The University of Western Ontario, Robarts Research Institute and Lawson Health Research Institute, WORLDiscoveries draws upon a mix of industry of South Pacific connections, sector-specific market knowledge and business development expertise, to help researchers and local inventors commercialize their discoveries through licensing and new company spin-offs. It is a key organization in Western’s Intellectual Property (IP) approach, an area that has been in the spotlight across Canada for months. The University of Waterloo brought IP policy to the forefront when it recently launched a redesign of its main homepage. Calling up the site, uwater- loo.ca, visitors are immediately hit with the phrase, ‘Everything you discover at Waterloo belongs to you.’ The words are bigger than anything else on the page, including the name of the university. It’s quite a bold pronouncement, a stake in the ground other Canadian universities have been responding to since. And Western is no different, trying to get its message out that everything you discover at Western belongs to you, too. And, as Paolatto points out, they’ll help you along the way as well. Western’s IP policy is best described as the ‘inventor-choice’ option. When researchers come up with a new invention, they are obligated – through the faculty association’s collective bargaining agreement – to disclose the discovery to the university. This allows the university to evaluate the commercial potential for the invention. Researchers are sometimes quick to publish, but this can compromise their ability to protect their IP. “Once they’ve published it’s simply too late,” Paolatto says. The invention is evaluated on a series of crite- ria: product attributes; value proposition; prior art review (ensuring it is a novel idea); market prospects by partner; and a life-cycle return on investment analysis. From there, the inventor has three options – story // page 8–9 either a university-led, inventor-led or inventor-alone option – each with a different revenue-sharing model.

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Huron University College Fall Preview Day 23 // wednesday Upon registration in one of our PhD programs you will receive the Future students have the opportunity to meet with faculty, staff and students and Toastmaster’s Campus Achievers in Medical Science Recruitment Award of $25,000. find out what Huron has to offer. The Communicators Graduate students receive a guaranteed stipend. day’s agenda will include a faculty and Build your confidence in public speak- department roam, admissions, scholar- ing. Meets every Wednesday 12 -1 p.m. Have an event? ship, and international opportunities in the UCC – check the website for spe- Let us know. information sessions, as well as tours of cific room: 9119.toastmastersclubs.org. residences and the campus. For more Contact Donna Moore, dmoore@uwo. E-mail: [email protected] information please contact the Office of ca or 85159. Western News • November 17, 2011 3

Events Star journalist brings the world to Western

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Award-winning Toronto Star national security reporter Michelle Shephard delivers the 2011 annual Clissold Lecture in Journalism at 5 p.m. tonight in University College, Room 224.

provided by Michelle Shephard

By Adela Talbot last 16 years and, at 39, she has filed stories from says. they travel frequently and enjoy camping trips across the world, from places like Norway, vil- “If everyone could see (what was going on), in Algonquin Park and vacations in Costa Rica. In a government compound in Moga- lages in Somalia, Yemen and refugee camps in they certainly would care.” After that summer with the Star, Shephard dishu, Somalia, Michelle Shephard fought back Kenya and Pakistan – just to name a few. Originally from Toronto, Shephard grew up studied journalism at Ryerson University and in tears as she readied her camera. She is the author of two books – Guanta- in Thornhill. She studied political science and 1997, she returned to the paper full-time. On the other side of the lens, with a child- namo’s Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr English at the University of Toronto and following In 2002, she was on a team of fiveS tar report- like expression of supplication on his face, was (2008) and Decade of Fear: Reporting from Ter- her graduation in 1995, she worked as a summer ers that helped shed light on an overlooked 17-year-old Ismail Khalif Abdulle. He was show- rorism’s Grey Zone (2011). The latter, taking a intern at the Toronto Star. subject at home. ing Shephard stumps where his right hand and close look at the impact of “the War on Terror,” It wasn’t long until she met fellow journalist The team wrote an investigative series left foot used to be – a consequence of refusing recently made the longlist for British Columbia’s and future husband, Jim Rankin. addressing racial profiling, showing that in cer- to join the ranks of al Shabab, a Somali-based National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, one “We met at the gates to the Star parking lot tain circumstances, blacks were treated more insurgency and self-declared proxy of al Qaeda. of Canada’s largest literary non-fiction prizes. in 1995. Michelle was probably in her first week harshly than whites by the Toronto police force. Shephard, a national security reporter with the Shephard is also the recipient of two National as an intern summer reporter and was in one The series led to a $2.7 billion class-action libel Toronto Star, still remembers everything about Newspaper Awards and the Governor General’s of our pool cars and couldn’t figure out how to suit against the paper, which the courts dis- that day. That first meeting with Ismail, nearly two Michener Award for Public Service Journalism. open the gate. Stuck behind her, I came to the missed on three levels, including the Supreme years ago, broke Shephard’s heart. Stories like Ismail’s, or that of a hospitalized, rescue,” Rankin explains. Court of Canada. “It was really hard leaving Mogadishu … I was malnourished 3-year-old Somali boy, are all too The two started dating in the months that fol- The series changed the way police across so impressed by (Ismail) and his strength. He was common, Shephard says, and often overlooked. lowed and were married three years later. the country think of racial profiling, saysR ankin, begging for help and to get out,” she explains. These are the stories she wants to tell. Rankin admires Shephard’s genuine dedica- who still works as a reporter and photographer The story she wrote after interviewing him in “Most recently, I’ve been to Somalia and tion and care, both personally and professionally. for the Star. January 2010 also resonated with readers whose Yemen … (those) regions are not as covered as “I definitely married up … (Michelle) is generous Despite the frustrations and obstacles of the widespread efforts ensured that within a year, the rest of the world. Both countries have some with her time and energy, caring, has a terrific ear crime and national security beats, Shephard has Ismail had a sponsor, a safe home in Norway of the most beautiful, hospitable people. Both and is just naturally a good person. She is pas- loved every minute of her job. “It doesn’t feel like and a new life. are so tragic. It’s a challenge to get people to sionate about stories and the people involved.” work. It’s an amazing license to meet interesting Shephard has worked as a journalist for the understand and care about (them),” Shephard Though the two don’t work together often, people and do interesting work,” she says.

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Penn State offers lessons for us all

Western News (ISSNO316-8654), a publication of the institution. They were the sort of plot twists ball team profits.A dd to that, the team brought The University of Western Ontario Department of which, if inserted into the first draft of a script, in $42.1 million from merchandising. That’s not Communications and Public Affairs, is published every Thursday throughout the school year and operates under Jason Winders would eventually be rewritten because of their to mention the millions brought into the com- a reduced schedule during December, May, June, July weak believability. munity on game days. and August. Associate Director, Editorial Services So, how do you explain not only the sexual Those involved in the Penn State affair are An award-winning weekly newspaper and electronic news abuse, which seems almost too weak a phrase familiar characters to anyone who has ever service, Western News serves as the university’s newspaper of record. The publication traces its roots to The University for systematic child rape, but a decade’s worth worked in a university town – out-of-control ath- of Western Ontario Newsletter, a one-page leaflet-style publication which debuted on Sept. 23, 1965. The first of organization-wide conspiracy and personal letic programs, paranoid university administra- issue of the Western News, under founding editor Alan moral indifference? tors, short-armed police investigators, crooked Johnston, was published on Nov. 16, 1972 replacing the UWO Times and Western Times. Today, Western News In recent days, Penn State has been backped- judges – all bound by the same influencing continues to provide timely news, information and a forum There are weeks when I am glad she is aling faster than a Russian bear circus act. Some- force. Greed. for discussion of postsecondary issues in the campus and broader community. too young to understand. This was one of them. how, a week’s worth of faux sympathy for the Certainly, I never saw anything on this scale. I consider myself lucky my daughter does not victims rings a bit empty after a decade-plus of No one has. But it’s amazing what kind of sins require explanations from me on the horrors of indifference and a campuswide riot in defense of get covered up. WESTERN NEWS the world. Not yet anyway. For now, I am happy a head coach who chose to shield a child rapist. I do wonder, if a university turns its back on WesternNews.ca to let her watch Elmo and play in the fall leaves, Well, they always told me college football was the most vulnerable, then don’t parents have Westminster Hall, Suite 360 as I have no idea how I would have explained the a religion. So no surprise Penn State would fol- the right to question a university’s commitment The University of Western Ontario happenings at Penn State University last week. low the Catholic Church’s blueprint for cover-up. to the thousands of young men and women who London, ON N6A 3K7 Understand, I am not one of these people who But such is the culture of big-time college are turned over to their campuses every year. Telephone 519 661-2045 Fax 519 661-3921 think every ill of the world needs to be broken sports in the United States. What says they would not be sacrificed for the VICE PRESIDENT EXTERNAL down into child-sized portions for consumption. I worked in one of these towns, the university ‘good of the organization’ if they got in the way. Kevin Goldthorp It can be a dirty place, and not everything needs equivalent of a company town where everyone Every university president should sit down [email protected], 519 661-3108 Ext. 83108 an explanation for the youngest among us. conspires to protect the sacred or, should I say, with the 23-page grand jury report. Find all the PUBLISHER But when the victims of a particular event are cash cow. I wrote about players, coaches and missed opportunities, all the places where cover- Helen Connell children, then I think we own them fair warning. boosters who were allowed to exist above the up compromised truth. Then look at their orga- [email protected], 519 661-2111 Ext. 85469 Last week, Penn State football defensive co- law, protected by a powerful machine and cor- nizations and ask, ‘What would my people do?’ EDITORIAL ordinator Jerry Sandusky was arrested after a rupt officials willing to turn their backs on all Universities are entrusted with the greatest [email protected] grand jury indicted him on multiple sexual abuse sorts of crimes. possessions of many families. And last week ON-CAMPUS ADVERTISING SERVICES charges. In the days that followed, the sicken- But we’re talking about billions of dollars here. showed some of them are not up to the task. [email protected] ing charges were almost eclipsed by the depth Penn State’s football program brought in $72.7 Just happy I don’t have to explain it. 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“Our objective is to report events as objectively as possible, London Free Press Collection of Negatives // Western Archives without bias or editorial Contributed by Alan Noon comment. We hope ([email protected]) you will read it and contribute to it.” Beginning in 1948, anatomy professor Murray Barr and graduate student Ewart George Bertram began to study changes in the structure of cells – L.T. Moore, University Relations following increased nerve activity. Their work led to the discovery of the sex chromatin body, later to be renamed the Barr Body. Professor Barr (1908- and Information director, 95) received numerous honours during his lifetime, including a nomination for a Nobel Prize. Bertram (left) is photographed with Barr conferring in Nov. 16, 1972 the lab at the South Street Medical School shortly before the announcement of their discovery. Western News • November 17, 2011 5

Commentary Don’t shrug off the power of the Occupy movement

Bernie evermore, this admoni- Hammond tion will be understood to mean we should focus on the 1 per cent, whose concentration of economic and political power is such they have the ability to construct and implement social London Mayor Joe Fontana’s policies favouring their own interests, rush to be the first Canadian mayor and in an unregulated capitalist envi- to trash and shut down an Occupy ronment, they do so with callous and encampment betrays not only a failure unlimited greed. In doing so, they also to understand the message of the shape the life chances of the other 99 movement, but also demonstrates per cent, you and me, but especially an apparent failure to understand its the life chances of the poor. impact on his own political future. For a variety of reasons, this simple Repression of this movement on equation is difficult to get across in behalf of the wealthy 1 per cent holds the classroom and to the general pub- no long-term political rewards. In fact, lic. People experience themselves he may have just dug his own political first and foremost on a psychological grave as his already spiraling public plane and as individuals. It takes some career comes to a close. effort to place oneself in the larger Beginning in September 2011, the social and economic context of one’s protest movement that began on Wall particular period in history. Street in New York City quickly spread In addition, there are active forces to other cities in the United States, in popular culture masking this larger Canada and around the globe. Parks reality. This would include the corpo- and public spaces were occupied in rately owned mainstream media, and an expression of mounting anger at a other social institutions beholden to criminal financial system that permit- and rewarded by the status quo. ted uncontrolled bankers to steer the One important, if not the most global economy into its worst crash important, accomplishment of the since the Great Depression. Occupy movement has been to The state then stepped in to bail make transparent this most important unsympathetic towards public out the bankers with billions of tax fact: unregulated capitalism results intervention in the markets” as a dollars, even while they shamelessly in wealth trickling up to the already major source of the current crisis rewarded themselves with outrageous wealthy, and not down to the masses in the global economy and espe- bonuses. Having rescued the 1 per as ‘free market’ ideology would have cially in its impact on the poor. cent, governments around the world us believe. The statement continues, then called for ‘austerity’ and cutbacks In the United States, where the “After the Second Vatican Coun- in social programs that mainly benefit Occupy movement began, the rich- cil in his Encyclical Letter Popu- the poor, in effect requiring the poor est 1 per cent of Americans – we are lorum Progressio of 1967, Paul VI to subsidize the rich. all now aware – accounted for an already clearly and prophetically This renders democracy less than incredible 65 per cent of total income denounced the dangers of an meaningless for the 99 per cent. growth between 2002-07. According economic development con- Elected governments serve the rich, to Armine Yalnizyan, a senior econo- ceived in liberalist terms because not the majority of the electorate. mist at the Canadian Centre for Policy of its harmful consequences for The fact is Fontana’s actions do Alternatives, the comparable figure world equilibrium and peace.” nothing to change – or even acknowl- in Canada was 32 percent, still an The document calls for more edge – the fundamental reality that outrageous level of inequality. By the stringent regulation of global has generated the moral outrage end of 2009, 3.8 per cent of Canadian financial markets, a tax on finan- behind the Occupy movement. Shut- households controlled $1.78 trillion, cial transactions and a global ting down occupied sites, especially or 67 per cent, of financial wealth. authority to regulate capital with the insensitive destruction to (Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre in defense of the least power- property characterizing the London for Policy Alternatives). ful victims of an unregulated action, will not make the movement This growing gap between rich and market. go away. It will re-emerge in other poor that occurred over the past gen- No doubt this unsolicited forms and continue to re-emerge eration began with the neoliberal poli- vote of confidence from the until something meaningful is done cies of former British Prime Minister Vatican would have taken to address the egregious and scandal- Margaret Thatcher and former U.S. the Occupy movement ous conditions that inspired it in the President Ronald Regan in the early by surprise. Nevertheless, first place. 1980s. These saw the dismantling of the statement should be A famous American sociologist regulations on capital imposed after accepted with gratitude. It once counseled that if we wish to the 1930s depression, coupled with powerfully echoes – and gives understand the poor, it is best to study corporate tax cuts and lowering the legitimacy to – many of the the rich. marginal tax rate for the wealthy. complaints heard in the Occupy Those of us who teach about This resulted in not just an eco- movement in cities around the inequality and social justice recognize nomic gap, but a moral one, as the world, including here in Fontana’s this as an admonition to focus on the Occupy movement eloquently attests. London. power structure in any given society This was reinforced with the release to see how the powerful elite shapes on Oct. 24 of a statement from the Bernie Hammond, an asso- policies affecting the well-being of Vatican’s Pontifical Council on Social ciate professor of sociology, is all citizens. This influence is espe- Justice and Peace entitled, Towards coordinator for Social Justice and cially salient, however, with respect Reforming The International Finan- Peace Studies and director, Cen- to conditions that affect the poor, the cial And Monetary Systems In The tre for Social Concern at King’s marginalized and the least powerful. Context Of Global Public Author- University College at The Univer- Since September 2011, and for- ity. It names “a liberalist approach, sity of Western Ontario. Illustration by Jennifer Wilson // Western News 6 Western News • November 17, 2011

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By Zara McAlister Pieterson juggles her nursing pro- “It’s easy to be negative in this gram, a rigorous daily training sched- sport,” she said. In Grade 11, Becky Pieterson ule and a job she’s had throughout Talking with her teammates is decided to take up long-distance run- university at the grocery store No the best way to overcome her anxi- ning at Regina Mundi High School in Frills. ety about not being fit enough, or London because her friend said it was When she’s not competing at week- over-thinking strategy during a race, a safe way to skip classes without get- end meets, she works a long shift because they share the same fears. ting detention. at the store on Sundays. Then she She hopes to overcome them as She was an average runner, prefer- changes into her running gear and she considers running with a team ring to play soccer with her friends heads out for a 45-minute run back professionally in the future, while also over training for running. But over home. Rather than looking tired, her nursing in rural areas. time, she favoured running. “It face is glowing when she sits down on Pieterson believes she and her became more fun running for the ball a park bench to take a break. friends can make it to the 2016 Olym- in soccer than kicking it,” she jokes. Pieterson explaines she’s used to pics. This year, she’ll settle for medal- After she qualified with her cross- having a lot of energy. ling at the CIS nationals, individually country team for the Ontario Fed- “When I was younger, both of my and with her team. eration of School Athletic Associations parents really encouraged me to be meet in her final year of high school, athletic in general,” she says. “In her coach told her she had the poten- public school, they would give us $5 tial to go far. If only she kept running. for every sports team my sister and I And so she did. joined.” Now, the 21-year-old Londoner is She said her parents, John and Did you Know? a key member of the women’s cross- Susan, were happy with the sport she country team at The University of chose to stick with after high school, Western Ontario. Pieterson helped and they’ve supported her ever since • When she’s not running, lead the team to a fifth-place finish by coming to all of her meets. Becky Pieterson plays at the Ontario University Athletics While Pieterson is proud of her soccer, tennis and Mario provincial meet, after she placed individual accomplishments, what she Kart; ninth individually. That qualified her treasures most is sharing her triumphs • Her favourite song to hum for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport with her team. “Team is actually a very while she runs is Carry Nationals, where she finished 19th. important part of running, and not a on My Wayward Son by When not running, Pieterson is a lot of people get that. They think run- Kansas; fourth-year nursing student, her sec- ning is more of an individual sport, but ond passion. In fact, it’s the only thing it isn’t,” she explains. • She watches the films she sees herself doing outside of run- After the provincial meet last year, Without Limits and ning. Pieterson says her fondest memory, Remember the Titans the She dedicates equal time to nurs- besides beating some women who night before a race; ing and running, working her nursing had always done better than she did, placements on Thursdays and Fridays, was her celebration with the team • Her favourite runner is Rob and then hopping on a bus to com- afterward. Watson, who’s originally pete in meets on the weekends. She Although she’s a dedicated runner, from London; and credits multitasking as a way to remain Pieterson says she has insecurities like • Her favourite meal is dedicated and focused to running all athletes. One of her biggest is let- pancakes for dinner. and everyday life. ting her team down. Western News • November 17, 2011 7

Service Western professor leaves lifetime collection to Museum of Nature

By Paul Mayne “It’s very rare for us to get such a large number of specimens so well curated. Each was labeled and While it was simply a hobby for Frank Cook, everything was categorized according to its family,” the Canadian Museum of Nature has cashed in with says Doubt, adding it is the largest single donation the amateur naturalist’s donation of more than 1,500 the museum has received in her five years there. plant specimens including rare and endangered “Bryologists aren’t really a dime a dozen, so to have species of mosses. someone who was so knowledgeable, and work for The University of such a long time, donate such a large number of Western Ontario pro- well-identified specimens is fantastic.” fessor emeritus (bot- For Cook, bryology was always in his blood. any/biology) amassed “I had a general interest in natural history, par- his collection over more ticularly birds and plants, from childhood,” he says. than 35 years of field- “One of my undergrad biology profs at the Univer- work, starting around sity of Toronto introduced me to bryophytes in a 1970. The 90-year-old general botany course. I was particularly intrigued Cook, who now lives by their interesting and unusual reproductive cycle.” in Barrie, taught plant Bryology would end up being an all-encompass- physiology at Western ing hobby for Cook, who was always eager to intro- for 35 years prior to duce colleagues and students to these interesting Cook retiring in 1987. plants in the hopes “some of my enthusiasm would The new additions to rub off.” Canada’s national plant collection include mosses Cook’s collection has a good representation from and liverworts, both part of a distinctive group of Middlesex and Simcoe counties. In fact, some of small plants known as bryophytes. The specimens the specimens came from Western’s campus, where are mostly from locales in southern Ontario, with Cook adds the Thames River valley is an excellent some from British Columbia as well as Australia and habitat for mosses and ferns. New Zealand. The dried specimens in the collection range in “A lot of them are especially valuable as they size from a dime-sized nodule to a fist-sized clump. represent unusual or rare species, and all of them Each is delicately stored in an acid-free envelope add new information to our collections,” says Jen- and labelled with identifying information such as nifer Doubt, manager for the National Herbarium of species name, location found and date collected. Canada (plant collection). “The specimens are also While Cook had donated specimens in the past, in amazing shape, all meticulously packaged and the bulk of these new tiny treasures remained stored provided by Dan Smythe // identified. For a donation of this size, it’s fantastic to in his basement, carefully recorded and organized in Canadian Museum of Nature have all that information already in place.” dozens of shoeboxes. No, the Canadian Museum of Bryophytes are abundant throughout Canada, “Retirement from active collecting and downsiz- Nature is not in the shoe business. having more than a thousand Canadian species, ing prompted me to look for a permanent home for Western professor emeritus Frank dominating some iconic northern and alpine wild my collection. I wanted a place where they could be Cook used the shoe boxes to habitats. Many are pioneer plants that grow on rock studied by others and where they would be properly deliver more than 1,500 plant and contribute to soil development. They can form preserved,” says Cook, noting the herbarium at specimens to the museum, which a thick carpet, helping to reduce erosion, and pro- the Canadian Museum of Nature was the perfect are now permanently stored in 24 vide habitat for small animals and microorganisms. choice. black container boxes, shelved in Cook’s collection encompasses rare species Cook also left Western a smaller representative secure cabinets in the museum’s such as pale cord moss and spoon-leaved moss, for sample of his collection upon his retirement. climate-controlled herbarium. At which southern Ontario is the only known Canadian “Under the microscope, they have all these beau- left, Jennifer Doubt, collections home. Many species in this ‘Carolinian’ region of tiful details that you might not initially appreciate manager for the herbarium, Canada have declined in abundance because of when you find them in nature,” Doubt says, noting examines one of Frank Cook’s urban and agricultural development, and Cook’s these and other specimens will be used for public specimens help to document these changes. viewing as well as research. specimens. The samples will now be incorporated into the “Each specimen has a date and location associ- museum’s national collection of bryophytes, the ated with them, so those concerned with preserving largest in Canada with 255,000 specimens. species can use this information. Each one is unique While it will still take anywhere from four to six and valuable in its own way and will, quite signifi- months to go through each specimen, Doubt says cantly, add to our knowledge of the distribution of the meticulous work of Cook has cut that time such plants. These are going to very valuable to us substantially. for a long time.” WN

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By Janis Wallace Cavanaugh and Payne have worked together. “We both came from a similar perspective of what we wanted to If you go: get out of the show,” Payne says. “It’s been a really easy collabora- What: UWOpera’s South Pacific utside the sun is tion. Michael doesn’t waste time. He’s When: 8 p.m. Nov. 18, 19; 2 p.m. Nov. 19, 20 shining, and many perfect for an educational setting Western students – nurturing but efficient. We have a Where: The Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot College are enjoying the fall week before opening and it’s in pretty Tickets: $35 adults; $25 seniors and students. Available dayO either at the football game or good shape.” in advance from the Grand Theatre at 519-672-8800 or with friends around campus. But the To experience how well prepared tickets.grandtheatre.com or cash at the door. cast members of the UWOpera everyone was, here is an inside look production of South Pacific are in at that first dress rehearsal on Sat- the Paul Davenport Theatre urday. asks for clarification about blocking in carries on as if he was invisible. Later, preparing for the first dress-rehearsal one scene. Bryan Hart, technical spe- there is a short wait for a lead who of the show. 1:15 p.m. cialist, walks through with an armload wrote an exam elsewhere on campus. They rehearsed until late Friday Payne is running excerpts with of prop guns. In the pit, the players Shannon Halliwell, one of the night and returned for a call time of some of the members of the pit check stand lights and mark instruc- Bloody Marys, tells Bunnell it’s a noon Saturday to go through the orchestra. “Make the accents at 54 tions from Payne in their scores. scramble to get upstage to grab a very short.” show twice, once with each cast, not grass skirt in time. He makes it quicker Above them, two Seabees practice finishing until 10 or 11 p.m. 1:50 p.m. to retrieve with a hook on the side of “It’s fun. It’s fantastic,” director leap-frogging across the stage, while The orchestra takes a quick break Alex Baerg does mic checks with a ladder. Michael Cavanaugh says. while the cast gathers in the house, A side stage door opens and One of Canada’s leading directors, the two Bloody Marys, a Tonkinese much like the team talk before a female charachter who emigrated to closes as cast members and techni- Cavanaugh says the enthusiasm of game. Cavanaugh tells them they’ll cal crew come and go continuously. the students is infectious. It’s clear the island as part of a wave of migrant have these before each run rather he is enjoying himself as much as workers to the plantations. than staying for notes after. He also 4 p.m. the cast. “We are pretty much on Stage manager Kelsey Gordon tells them no bare feet for safety rea- schedule. Today, we add wardrobe,” flips through her script marking sons, and that there will be no flying Intermission in the run means a he says. “For me, it’s giving them a pages with stickies. Blue, red and pieces (of set) today. quick snack of raw carrots and celery comfort level so they can relax into white lights flash on and off. Everyone Each day will have new elements in or bananas, costume changes and the roles.” is focused on their own activity. the lead-up to opening night. conferences between directors, crew Also new during this run-through Then it’s “Places everyone” as the and cast. It’s over in no time, and are lights, microphones and the 1:30 p.m. stage manager gets the go-ahead everyone launches into Act II. orchestra. The night before was a Backstage, Cavanaugh leans on from the technical crew. The house While not on stage, cast members sitzprobe – sing through the songs the piano as he gives notes to the goes dark. watch the action and listen to a televi- with the orchestra, but unstaged. Bloody Marys. “Get down almost sion monitor. Now they add the blocking, or move- like a gunslinger there. When you 2 p.m. “Are we on next?” one chorus ment around stage, and costumes. hit the wing, stop and wait – they’re Downlight on Payne, followed by a member queries another. Some of the lead roles are dou- two separate moves.” He checks the spot on centre stage where a conch “No, there is still another scene.” ble cast, so each cast will have three ‘aging’ makeup of Emile de Becque, player will prelude the overture. Cho- They try on the new costumes. complete runs before opening night and substititues a roll of tape for a rus members stroll out and take seats One texts. Two assistant stage man- Friday, Nov. 18. The others have six boar’s tooth bracelet. on the stage floor.A t the end of the agers dash about solving problems. chances to hone their parts. Members of the chorus flit through overture, they quickly reset for Scene It’s also a chance to vent about The orchestra of student musi- the greenroom in various stages of 1 and the show begins. small annoyances: props not being in cians is also getting a taste of profes- dress. The females get shorts pinned During the run, Cavanaugh com- the right places, costumes not com- sional scheduling. They had only two to fit, mics taped in place, hair curled. ments to the technical crew and plete. “I’m not having a good night,” rehearsals before the sitzprobe. It’s The males roll their T-shirt sleeves, members of the second cast. At one admits one. Someone else replies, jean cuffs and tuck battery packs into a reduced pit of 11 players: two vio- point, set designer Eric Bunnell yells “That’s always the way for a first dress lins, cello, double bass, flute, clarinet, waitbands. “Stop!” He and Hart quickly bolt rehearsal. Another replies, “We’ve horn, trumpet, percussion and two down a swaying pole with speakers. got six more to go before opening.” keyboards. 1:40 p.m. It’s a first for Bunnell who has a long “No, you have six, I only have three,” “It all comes together,” says music A small dressing room is packed history of theatre design. He hated director Mark Payne. “It’s a minor with young women in tied shirts, hal- to stop the action, but safety is para- says a double-cast lead. miracle. It’s Rogers and Hammer- ter tops and short shorts adding fin- mount. While the pole is secured, One of those times is just two hours stein, so it’s not difficult playing. But ishing touches to makeup and hair. Cavanaugh goes over the ‘whistling away. All the chorus and orchestra (as it’s not about a single line’s technical Cavanaugh tells Billis, the ultimate line’ with the Seabees. well as some of the leads) will repeat difficulty, but putting it together with war-time opportunist with a heart of this whole process for the second what’s going on onstage. … It’s like gold, to wait for the audience reac- 3:10 p.m. cast. nothing else they’ll get in their under- tion after a certain line. “Don’t be The run resumes. During the song The greenroom is littered with grad, and they have fun doing it. afraid to give me too much silence.” Bali Ha’i, Cavanaugh sprints onto the backpacks, grass skirts and guns, but “If you’re going to work in this One of the Nellies, a small-town stage to move a box, returns to the the air of excitement is palpable as business, this is what you’ll be doing.” nurse who signed up to serve her audience to check sightlines, then the young cast revs up for opening South Pacific is the first time country and seek some adventure, goes back up to readjust it. The cast night. 10 Western News • November 17, 2011

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Paul Mayne // Western News PhD students Janet Loebach and Sarah McCans are ‘greening’ a local elementary school with the input of its students to create a healthier environment to play.

ways to By Paul Mayne of trees and other plants on school will be embedded into the curriculum grounds can also reduce site levels of and used as a way introduce students Janet Loebach and Sarah air pollution.” to air-quality issues and principles of McCans hope clean air around one With Loebach’s environmental environmental planning through fun, schoolyard will be child’s play. design background and McCans’ hands-on activities. As PhD students working out of the landscape design talents, it could be “Naturalized school grounds also 8 Human Environments Analysis Lab a project the two could handle alone. provide inspiring places to teach launch (Geography) at Western, Loebach However, they are planning to involve in, about and for the environment,” YOUR CAREER and McCans are adding a community the most important clients in the proj- McCans says. ‘greening’ project for a London ele- ect – the school children. For Loebach, it’s a very empower- mentary school to their already busy “We believe children have a lot a ing process to participate in a project academic schedules. And through a capacity to help change the commu- that “creates change in the commu- recent $25,000 grant from the Lon- nities they are part of,” Loebach says. nity.” POSTGRADUATE don Community Foundation, the duo “Children should be involved and “The process is as important as CERTIFICATES IN: have a great head start in making one have the ability to be involved in the the product,” she says. “Since kids, schoolyard a healthier place to play. designs that are made. Plus, they have in general, don’t often get much say Event Management “We want to find a way the students a lot of great design ideas.” with such things, when they can have can reclaim this area and start using it Over the winter, Loebach and some ownership in something like this Financial Planning again,” Loebach says. “We want to try McCans will hold a series of work- it becomes a space of pride for all. It Global Business Management and create a natural play space.” shops at the school to receive input also gives us the chance to re-enforce Located in a high-traffic area from students, teachers and parents. some of the ideas about how impor- Human Resources Management on busy Oxford Street, one of the The process positions citizens as co- tant nature and habitats are.” school’s play areas is considered ‘out- researchers and decision-makers, Air quality measurements and heat International Development of-bounds’ for the children over safety instilling a sense of pride and owner- imaging tests – along with student concerns. Testing the area has also ship, McCans says. and teacher surveys – will be admin- International Marketing shown high levels of pollutants from “As adults we tend to think we istered after the project to test the idling vehicles as well as the exhaust know what kids want,” she adds. impact of greening on air quality on Marketing Management of nearby vehicles. “They know their own environment the children’s activities taking place on Public Administration “Greening or ‘naturalizing’ school and are able to point out issues we the school grounds. grounds, for example adding trees, may overlook.” While it may be a year until the shrubs, sand and mulch, can help Along with improving air quality, project is actually complete and kids reduce exposure to airborne pol- the pair hope to generate evidence of are once again playing in front of the lutants in several ways,” McCans the impact of school grounds green- school, McCans loves the opportunity says. “Removing asphalt and plant- ing, raise community awareness about to be involved in such a project. ing shade trees help to reduce the air-quality issues and build capacity “We know we’ll be getting to that amount of heat given off by imper- among the children and stakeholders point of completion eventually, but meable surfaces which contributes in their school. it’s the journey along the way as well,” to smog formation as well as severe All of which will possibly lead to she says. “We get so much in working heat exposure for students and staff. additional greening projects. with the kids; that’s where you get your business.humber.ca As vegetation captures airborne con- In working with the principal and energy from to make it such a reward- taminants, increasing the amount teachers, McCans hopes the process ing experience.” WN Western News • November 17, 2011 11

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Tay lOR Eckert came to The Bringing together more than 80 high University of Western Ontario on the back of a 120-pound robot. Now, the schools across the country and given six first-year engineering student wants to offer today’s high school students weeks to build a 120-pound robot using the same ride. Eckert is a member of the WE FIRST common parts and software, you can’t (Western Engineering For Inspiration a C onversation w i t h and Recognition of Science and Tech- help but get hooked. nology) Robotics Mentorship Club. In partnership with FIRST Canada, the LaWRENCE group offers Western students the opportunity to provide their expertise academically and in their careers plus “I miss the competition so I knew SUMMERS – and moral support – to area high inspire high school students to pursue I wanted to continue with it in some school students exploring the world engineering,” he says. way,” says the Ivey business student. p r e s i d e n t e M e r i t u s of robotics. Last year, through an existing robot- “There’s also the business aspect to h a r v a r d u n i v e r s i t y Eckert was part of the Laurier Sec- ics club, WE Bots, Porter mentored this, so if I’m able to help other stu- ondary School team assisted by West- Eckert and his Laurier team with their dents, it’s a great feeling to give back and ern last year. FIRST competition entry. to whenever you can.” F o r M e r d i r e C t o r M o d e r a t e d b y “When I did FIRST it cemented the FIRST competitions bring together Eckert knows first-hand the com- idea that this was what I wanted to more than 80 high schools across the mitment that’s involved. For him, o F t h e n a t i o n a l C h r y s t i a C o n o M i C o u n C i l do for a living,” he says. “I knew I was country each year. In January, schools nothing beats the excitement of the e C F r e e l a n d coming to Western anyway, but it was are sent instructions for a robot (the actual competitions, held in Waterloo F o r t h e o b a M a a dMinistration taking part in it, that I knew I wanted tasks are secret until that moment) and Toronto. Global editor-at-larGe to do engineering.” and given six weeks to build a 120- “This is actually a big deal. It’s over- oF reuters news The Western group was the brain- pound robot using common parts and whelming,” he says. “I played sports child of Eugen Porter, Faculty of Engi- software. In the past, competitions all through high school, and the first t u e s d ay , n o v e M b e r 2 2 neering technology specialist. In it, he have included a soccer game and regionals and championship of (FIRST) a t 5 : 0 0 p . M . saw an opportunity for his students to stacking inner tubes. were more exciting than any basket- a l l a r e w e l C o M e r M . 3 8 , F a C u l t y o F l a w get much-needed mentoring experi- Like Eckert, WE FIRST vice-presi- ball tournament or volleyball game t o a t t e n d t h i s ence through robotics. dent Susan Dang, who in high school I’ve played in. You look around and F r e e p u b l i C e v e n t “Western believes mentoring high participated in the FIRST challenge, it’s amazing. school students helps our undergrad- couldn’t shake the spirit of competi- “When you’re part of it, you can’t uates acquire skills that will assist them tion either. help but get hooked.” WN 12 Western News • November 17, 2011

Staff Profile Spending her time walkin’ the line

By Leslie Kostal Despite never having danced in participated in line dance competi- school, and with no musical back- tions in Fort Wayne, Ind. “But rather While living with her young ground, her feel-good repetitive step than straight dance,” she says, “we daughter in Huddersfield, U.K., Mar- sequences caught the attention of did more like a little bit of a skit, a garet Moulton was crushed over a her fellow club-goers. “When they comedy sort of thing.” broken relationship. Fortunately, she saw me dance they asked if I would Moulton incorporates a little bit of discovered a way to relieve her stress be interested in instructing and I kind everything – waltzes and cha chas, and peel back layers of her naturally of laughed at them,” she says. “And tangos and night club two-steps. “All shy character. then I thought, ‘OK, I’ll try.’” the rhythms that you have anywhere How did she do it? She simply Weekend courses on dance instruc- else, we do that in line dance,” she stepped in line. tion gave her the confidence to take says. “Oh, it’s a stress releaser,” Moulton the challenge. Two years ago, the University of says of her passion for line dancing. “There is a lot of preparation to it,” Western Ontario Staff Association “When you’re there you have to pay Moulton adds. “When people say that hired Moulton for its annual retreat. attention, otherwise you’re messing looks easy being up there for an hour, As an exercise, it’s whatever you up. So you concentrate and it just the hour is the fun hour. You’ve got to put into it: bigger steps, bigger kicks, melts the stress away. I can’t believe find the music, get the dances, learn bigger profit. If you concentrate on how good it is at that. the dances, tweak the dances and upright positions and hold those The financial assistant and health/ learn how to call them.” muscles in tight, it’s going to do great safety administrator, Department of Her terrific timing with dance was for you, she says. For every session, Earth Sciences, explains how in many outdone by an astonishing coinci- Moulton tries to teach 10 dances small working men’s clubs in England, dence in life. for each level. At the beginner level, line dancing is all the rage. After five years of teaching, and you’ve got basic steps – a vine, step “On every corner there’s a little club while preparing for her return home quarter turn, step touches. which is a social club,” she says. “You to London in 2000, she met a multiple “It’s something that I think I can Paul Mayne // Western News go there, even as kids while your par- award-winning and world-famous carry with me all my life,” she says. “It’s Several years ago, Margaret Moulton (left), financial assistant and health/ ents are there, and they’ll have enter- line dance choreographer/instructor, something when I retire that I can still safety administrator, Department of Earth Sciences, turned to line dancing for tainment and spend the afternoon.” Peter Metelnick, also from London. He be in. It’s good for the heart, good for a creative outlet. And she hasn’t stopped ever since. Electric Slide. Stroll Away Cha Cha. was not planning a return home, but the rhythm and good for the mind.” boot scootin’ boogin’ Boot Scootin’ Boogie. “It goes on and was looking for an instructor. on,” she says. “Names get really silly “We had a little bit of a teaching Leslie Kostal, web administrative after a while.” interview,” she says. “And then away assistant, Department of Econom- Moulton says one of the best I went.” ics, writes periodic pieces profiling aspects about line dancing is your Upon her return home, Moulton Western staff members. E-mail Leslie. partner; that is, you don’t need one. had 17 classes. From 2000-05 she also [email protected].

IP // continued from page 1 option – each with a different reve- inventors to assign the technology GLOBAL nue-sharing model. to Western. In the university-led option, In the inventor-led option, either WOLRDiscoveries will ask the inventor chooses not to assign to BUSINESS researcher to assign the invention Western the IP or WORLDiscoveries How does Western (legally transfer ownership of the chooses not to invest in it. At that compare? IP) to the university. The net income point, the university is entitled to MANAGEMENT derived from the invention, after 12.5-25 per cent of the inventor’s net paying third-party expenses (such income depending on the nature of See how Western’s intellectual POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE as legal expenses), will be divided in the invention. property ownership policy measures half between the university and the against other comparative Canadian In the inventor-alone option, they institutions. inventors. are just that, on their own to pursue From marketing to finance; WORLDiscoveries will find seed the IP’s commercialization in any University of Western Ontario: from advertising to international trade; money, spin off a company, find way they wish with no compensation “Intellectual Property not arising management support and market owed to Western. from Contract Arrangements, unless this program offers the unique skills you the company to outside parties, “If an inventor discloses some- otherwise assigned, shall be owned need to launch your career in: Paolatto says. thing to us and then subsequently by the IP Creator(s).” “The university is willing to bear says that they would like to advance the risk associated with technolo- the invention on their own or inde- University of Waterloo: “It is • Marketing gies that may or may not ultimately pendent of the university, we give University policy that ownership of • Finance generate a return to the university,” rights in IP created in the course of them that choice and we will assign teaching and research activities belong • Advertising he says. it back to them,” Paolatto says. “No This option worked well for Hanif to the creator(s).” Exception made for questions asked.” • International Trade Ladak, Department of Medical Bio- contract research. WORLDiscoveries generates physics, Department of Electrical • Retail between $5-6 million annually in and Computer Engineering and University of Toronto: “The inventor • Wholesale income (in returns to the univer- and the University will normally share Otolaryngology. the rights to an invention, unless a • Supply Chain With the help of WOLRDiscover- sity and researchers), while costing the university about $2 million each third party, such as a corporate sponsor, Management ies, he developed a spin-off com- is granted rights in a preexisting pany, ENT Simulation Technologies, year to operate. And while not all of the inventions are going to be contractual agreement. offering medical students the ability An inventor may choose to assume full to practice disease diagnosis and successful, many offer significant responsibility for the legal protection surgery using a virtual, 3-D anatomi- social value, such as providing green and commercialization of the invention. cal model with realistic graphics and technologies. In this case, the University will assign touch feedback. “Those types of initiatives are its rights to the inventor in return for “WORLDiscoveries has essentially more important than the return 25 per cent of future net revenues.” handled all business aspects of our itself because you are putting the spin-off company and allowed me researcher’s life work into the mar- Queen’s University: “Ownership and my team to focus on product ketplace where it can do some good of all types of intellectual property and for all members of the University development and testing, which for people,” he says. Nevertheless, Western ranks third should rest with the creators, unless is our strength,” Ladak says. “Had other arrangements have been agreed in Canada for commercial income WORLDiscoveries not assisted us, to in advance for certain categories it would not have been possible and tops the list in the number of of employment, for certain types of to balance academic work with spin-off companies. funding, or by individual contract.” business development and bring a “Sometimes you hit a home run Exceptions made for contract research product to market in a reasonable and, when you hit a home run, it can and work for hire. business.humber.ca amount of time.” be very lucrative,” Paolatto says. But zero obligation exists for WN Western News • November 17, 2011 13

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Services director. // Testing of emergency Google offers hundreds of thousands of titles ranging from new releases and best sellers in app ‘impressive’ every category to classics in the public domain Emergency Management regularly checks frequently used on courses throughout North the various technologies used for emergency America. communications at the university. A new iPhone For customers of The Book Store, the part- app, recently developed by Information Tech- nership brings eBooks to the same platform nology Services, provides the ability to send an they are already using for academic texts. In alert from the Campus Police Communications the future, look for offerings from smaller and Centre to the iPhones of approximately 50 academic publishing houses to expand, even to leaders on the Emergency Response Team and the point of offering students the opportunity to Emergency Operations Control Group. buy textbooks multiple formats. One leader on university business in Germany Integration of the platform to approximately received this week’s emergency test at 7:45:16 200 individual campus store websites is under- a.m. His reply was in the Communications Cen- way. Integration and affiliation for other campus tre less than one minute later at 7:46:11 a.m. stores will begin soon. Participating stores earn “While it is recognized that he would not a percentage of every order placed through its be of much help in an emergency,” says Elgin link. paul mayne // western news Austen, Campus Community Police Services Canadian Campus Retail Associates Inc. and director, “the speed with which the transmis- lecture in the Faculty of Information and Media the Independent College Bookstores Associa- sions occurred was quite impressive.” // Fall Preview Day set Studies; a virtual lab in the biology department; tion Inc. own and operate Campus eBookstore and a demonstration of the 3-D anatorium labo- in Canada and the United States. It will be one of the first opportunities for more ratory in the Faculty of Health Sciences. // Put those skills into practice than 10,000 visitors this weekend to check out For a complete schedule or to register, visit // Info session set for what has been deemed Canada’s most beauti- welcome.uwo.ca/preview/visitus/fall. The Student Success Centre invites Western’s ful campus. Rwanda course graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to This weekend, The University of Western // The Book Store, Google After the Defense, Put It Into Practice, a profes- Ontario’s annual Fall Preview Day will see thou- All students are invited to an information ses- sional development summit to assist in the sands of prospective students, accompanied by partner on eBooks sion on the Rwanda: Culture, Society and Recon- transition from academia to industry. The event families and friends, exploring campus, checking struction course at 5:30 p.m. today in University is scheduled for 3:45-7 p.m. today in the Great out faculties and talking with professors. Through an affiliation with Campus eBook- Community Centre, room 147A. Applications Hall, Somerville House. Along with the opportunity to meet with fac- store, The Book Store at Western has reached would be due Nov. 24. The session will feature In the keynote address, From PhD to Presi- ulty and staff, students will also be on hand to an agreement with Google eBooks to distribute first-hand accounts from organizers and former dent, Bonnie Schmidt, Let’s Talk Science presi- discuss academic programs and extra-curricular public domain and commercial eBooks. students about this unique community service dent and founder, shares career strategies and opportunities, as well as offer a tour residences Google eBooks is a new form of cloud-based learning experience. recalls her own transition. Participants can also and university facilities. The faculties of Educa- digital book allowing readers to access their The Department of French Studies course, attend concurrent workshops on one of the fol- tion, Law, Schulich School of Medicine & Den- libraries on almost any device from one single which started three years ago, involves a four- lowing: making the transition from academia to tistry, Richard Ivey School of Business as well repository regardless of where the books were week international community service learning industry; turning your research into dollars; or as the university’s Indigenous Services will hold purchased. experience in Rwanda. Professor Henri Boyi is communicating your research without confusing special presentations throughout the day. “This aligns perfectly with our goal to provide the lead instructor. your audience. Among the activities across campus are an more choice in the materials we deliver, and For details, contact Boyi at [email protected] or A networking forum will follow. open rehearsal of the UWO Chamber Orchestra positions us to remain competitive in the chang- Mirela Parau at [email protected]. Admission is free. Register at careercentral. in the Don Wright Faculty of Music; a mini- ing marketplace,” says Steve Alb, Western Retail uwo.ca.

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