0 N C 0 R D I A,S SDAY ~PORT o 0 VOL. 23 · ~ NOVEMBER 19, 1998 N ° 6
The Stingers swarm to Halifax Convocation tomorrow
bout 1,700 graduates from A all four Faculties will receive their diplomas at Fall Convocation, scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow at Place des-Arts. The winner of the Gover nor-General's Gold Medal for outstanding scholastic achieve ment is Gregory Huyer, PhD, now doing postdoctoral work in chemistry at Cambridge University in England. The valedictorian will be Catherine Mattes, a Metis scholar from Wmnipeg who did her MA on Louis Riel. To read more about them, turn to page 7. Honorary doctorates will be awarded to Polish composer H .M. Gorecki and Finance Minister Paul Martin. See this page, below.
IN THIS ISSUE Gorecki, Martin to receive honours Awards of Distinctioll"' enryk Gorecki is one of the aul Martin, Canada's Minister sition, Martin served as critic for a H most renowned and respected Pof Finance and Liberal member variety of economic and social port Outstanding business people composers of our time. He was born of parliament for Lasalle-Emard, folios, including environment and to be feted. in 1933, in the town of Czernika, in was born in Windsor, Ontario, in finance. He chaired the Liberal cau Page 5 Poland. 1938 and educated at the Universi cus committee on sus tainab le It was certainly a problematic time ties of Ottawa and Toronto, where development and the Liberal task For the love and place to enter life. The unprece he graduated in honours philosophy. force on housing issues. Less than of Spanish dented violence of the First World He graduated from the University of two years after his election to the War had replaced many old values Toronto Law School, and was called House of Commons, he was a candi New programs serve growing with intolerant and combative ide to the Ontario Bar in 1966. date for his party's leadership, interest. ologies, and Poland soon became His first working experience was finishing second among the five con Page8 embroiled in the conflict of these as a merchant seaman on the tenders. two giants. As a young boy, Gorecki Mackenzie River, in the High Arctic Martin was instrumental in the People scienc e had to experience first German, then and on the Atlantic Ocean. He also formulation and development of the Russian, occupation, which left him gained some hands-on experience Liberal Party platform for the 1993 Celebrating a new look. physically so weakened that his very working as a "roustabout" in an federal election, which brought the Page& survival was at stake. Alberta oil field prior to donning a See Martin, p. 11 In artistic matters, this was also a three-piece suit. Last issue this time marked by division and intoler However, he has spent much of term: Decembe r 3 ance. The beginning of the century significant support from the Polish his business career in the boardroom, had witnessed fundamental chal institutions of musical education that first with Power Corporation, and lenges to the aesthetic and syntactic had nurtured the talents of Fredric later as chair and CEO of Canada foundations of music. The universal Chopin and Carol Szymanowski. Steamship Lines. He has also served On the 25th ity of style that had ruled Western As a young man, Gorecki surprised as a corporate director for seven music for centuries had given way to his teachers with the quality of his major Canadian companies. a multiplicity of mutually exclusive musical compositions. He became a In 1982, Martin became a mem styles. Many music lovers rejected master of complex compositional ber of Concordia University's Board this so-called modern music, and techniques and was accepted as an of Governors. In 1987, he was elect turned towards more comprehensi equal by the most prominent com ed vice-chair of the Board, a post he ble popular or historic music. posers of his time. However, gradually held until December, 1988, when he It was certainly not an auspicious and almost imperceptibly, his musical was elected. However, he continued environment for a young man to style moved towards greater simplici his association with the University as start his career, but right from the ty. His 1963 composition Three a member of the advisory board of beginning, Henryk Gorecki proved Pieces in the Old Style marked the Concordia's School of Community to be stronger than his adverse sur beginning of this evolution. and Public Affairs until 1994. CELEBRATE! roundings. Fortunately, he received See Gorecki, p. 11 As a member of the official oppo- Ching Suen presents the first Concordia Betty Goodwin wins first Research Fellow Lecture Harold Town Prize A lighthearted
BY B ARBARA BLACK look at computers ongratulations to former Fine CArts student Betty Goodwin, BY SYL VAIN COMEAU fuzzy image into a much clearer one, who last week became the first win as computers extrapolate from a few ner of the $25,000 Harold Town Q: If a train station is where a train visible features. Prize for Drawing. stops, what is a workstation? He also illustrated fingerprint Goodwin, one of Canada's most A: Where work never stops. recognition using computers, a com distinguished artists, was born in mon practice in law enforcement 1923 and has lived all her life in 'There are two ways of writing soft today. "Even identical twins don't Montreal. She exhibited with the ware. Only the third one works!" have the same fingerprints, and peo Canadian Group of Painters in the ple's prints remain the same 1950s, but her art really developed its his is "computer humour," as throughout their lives. It was a nat distinctive character in the 1960s, Tdelivered by Professor C .Y. ural area for pattern-recognition which is when she started studying Suen, part-time stand-up comic and research." at Concordia. full-time director of CENPARMI Suen and CENPARMI are pio "She was dissatisfied with what So Certain Was/, I Was a Horse, Betty Goodwin, 1984, mixed media, (Centre for Pattern Recognition and neers in the tricky field of she had been doing, and wanted to Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery Machine Intelligence). It tells Lud handwriting recognition, which is radically change it," explained Pro dites a lot about the nature of especially important to financial fe ssor Yves Gaucher, who became 1980s featuring faceless figures and the Gershon Iskowitz Prize, had computer R &D. institutions. H andwriting is scanned, her teacher and good friend. Good swimming and drowning (see photo}, her first solo exhibition at Montreal's In a humorous and informative lec digitized and then "preprocessed." win started with Gaucher in the and her scratchy, brooding images of Musee d'art contemporain in 1976. ture in the Faculty Club last Thursday, "This can include smoothing, fill printmaking program in 1966, and beds and tubs. Many critics have She currently has two exhibitions in Suen presented some of the history ing some gaps, thinning the lines, they got on so well that she worked remarked on the way these works Toronto, one at the Art Gallery of and challenges of pattern recognition eliminating noise (elements which exclusively with him over the three seem to convey depths of pain. Ontario (AGO) and the other at the and image processing, including some interfere with a clear picture) and years she was here. As Globe and Mail arts reporter Val Sable Castelli Gallery. A new book ofhis Centre's own work. normalization." Normalization The Concordia Art Gallery Ross wrote in last Saturday's two has been published by AGO director Suen said that digital cameras pro means bringing everything to the mounted a show of her work in Feb page feature article, "Betty Jessica Bradley (also a one-time vided the key turning-point in same size, to facilitate the matching ruary-March 1986 that included Goodwin's art- her wounded figure Concordia student) called The Art pattern recognition and image pro of features in the handwriting. Vests (1969 to 1974), and the larger drawings, her sombre steel structures, and Life of Betty Goodwin. cessmg. To illustrate normalization, Suen scale Tarpaulins (197 4 to 1978), her scarred tarpaulin hangings - As Yves Gaucher remarked, "These are cameras that can digi said, "In Japan, they are talking both explorations of "the aesthetic of project such powerful sorrow that Goodwin's career has followed the tize images," he said. "Once you about making use of robots to give surface," as curator Sandra strangers have been known to burst struggle of every artist, and as a have an image in a computer, you haircuts. A visitor from America Paikowsky described them. into tears in front of them." teacher, he tried to support her in can do a variety of things with it. asked, 'How can you do that? Each Goodwin's preoccupation with the However, visual arts critic Blake her self-discovery. "The most diffi You can do manipulation of images; head is of a different size and shape.' tactile has always been accompanied, Gopnik, writing in the same issue, cult thing is [figuring out] what you if you want to get even with some The researcher replied, 'It doesn't however, with a strong graphic ele brought some healthy balance to the want to say, and how," he said. "The one, you can turn their picture into matter. At the end of the assembly ment. As Gaucher said last week, "she assessment: "To fully appreciate only way is to be attentive to your something very different." He dis line, all heads will be equal!'" is an artist who draws," a quality Goodwin, it's crucial to put aside the own self. Follow your tendencies - played a computer image of a face CENPARMI will demonstrate acknowledged through this prestigious tearing of hair and gnashing of teeth listen, compare, think." being distorted into a fun-house normalization and other techniques new award, named after another long enough to appreciate the ele Gaucher, himself a much-hon mirror caricature. at an Open House tomorrow, famous graphic Canadian artist. gant design and polished eye that she oured artist, will be the subject of a Besides image manipulation, Suen November 20, from 10 a.m. - 2:30 Goodwin's draftsmanship was always brings to bear." retrospective of his 45 years of artis displayed examples of pattern recog p.m. at GM-606, 1550 de Maison especially striking in the series of Goodwin, who has also previously tic output at the Musee de <21tebec, nition technology that can turn a neuve Blvd. W. large paintings she did through the won the Prix Paul-Emile Borduas in <21tebec City, next year. Ideas for learning centres
everal people interested in the The discussion is especially applica Center, said, "I spend most of my day Sfuture shape of Concordia took ble to Concordia, as we approach the here. It's bright and big, there are quiet part recently in a teleconferencing prospect of building a new science cen study places and places to do group session on the "learner-centred envi tre on the Loyola Campus, and new discussions, I can check my e-mail, ronment," and came away filled with downtown facilities for engineering, and I can grab a bite, too." enthusiasm for the concept. computer science and the visual arts. Fortunately, the session was video The two-hour session, co-produced The panelists all stressed the taped. If you would like to borrow by the U.S. Public Broadcasting Sys importance of putting students' the tape, please call Cameron Tilson, tem and the Society for College and needs at the centre of the design Senior Planning and Policy Analyst, University Planning, took the form of process. This often involves creating in the Rector's Office, at 848-7976. a panel discussion with film clips. The facilities that serve many purposes, There is also an excellent Web site panelists were all administrators at not all of them academic. on the subject, at www.pbs.org/ An evening witlh U.S. institutions that have recently One student, intetviewed in North adultlearning/als/scup/.exemplars H.M.. Go1rec!ki anrdl !hi& M.u&ic built new facilities. ern Arizona University's new Johnson -BB Friday, November 20, 7:30 p.m. Concordia Concert Hall Franroi6e Godboi6, piano • Mariu6Z Monczak, violin Browse through the Research Fellow Lecture Series Gordon Cleland, cello • Li6elyn Adam6, blute CTR on.line! Loui6e Sam6on, piano • Special gue6t6: The Pendericki Quartet Lisa Serbin on Di6tingui6hed Poli6h compo6er Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki i6 in Montreal Growing up in Adversity: Risk and Resilience across to be pre6ented with an honorary doctorate by Concordia Univer6ity. Two Generations in the Inner City Thi6 concert will be preceded by a halb-hour public All our stories, the Back Page Thursday, November 19, 5 p.m. Faculty Club, Room 767 interview with him about hi6 mu6ic. - even our publication Henry F. Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. AdmiMion: $25, $15 tor 6tudent6. schedule - are there. For re6ervation6, pLea6e call 848-7928. Cocktail reception to follow
2 NOVEMBER 19, 1998 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT But comedy can bite, say these historians of French and English CBC Two solitudes, laughing A E
BY FRANK Kum COMPILED BY B ARBARA B LACK
n first sight, Greg Nielsen's This column welcomes the submissions ofall Concordia faculty and Oresearch project is a laughing staffto promote and encourage individual and group activities in matter. The director of Concordia's teaching and research, and to encourage work-related achievements. Centre for Broadcasting Studies is conducting a comparative study of several comedy series on the CBC Mair Verthuy (Etudes franc,:aises) organized a session titled Un Quebec pluriel dans un monde pluriel and gave a paper in July at and Radio-Canada, The Royal Cana the annual conference of the American Association of Teachers of dian Air Farce, This Hour has 22 French, (AATF) which took place in Montreal. Her paper was called M inutes and Kids in the Haff on the Le Montreal romanesque: Un Portrait tisse sur un metier a bortes English network and the annual year multiples. The other two speakers in the session were her col end revue Le Bye Bye, La Petite Fi/le leagues Lucie Lequin (Courtepointe litteraire: la filigrane de la and Moi et fAutre on the French side. pluralite) and Aime Avolonto (Multi-registres, norme linguistique et enseignement du franr;:ais) . Verthuy also gave a paper at Dalhousie The project includes an analysis of University in Ha lifax at the end of September, at the International jokes from the 20-plus years of these Colloquium on Contemporary Literature of the French-speaking radio and television shows. But for World. The title of the paper was La peinture au service du polar: Nielsen and his co-investigators, Picouly et Benacquista. John Jackson (Sociology and Anthro Latha Shanker (Finance) will soon publish "A New Approach to the pology) and Mary Vipond (History), Effect of Taxes on the Leasing Decision " in the journal Financial the study is serious business. Practice and Education. The team has been awarded a Frank Chalk (History) was a guest at the dedication of a monument $98,000 grant from the Social Sci in Montreal to the Armenian genocide of 1915. ences and Humanities Research David Ketterer (English) presented extracts from "'A Part of the . .. Council (SSHRC) to fund the pro Family (?) ': John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos as Estranged ject from now to the year 2001. A Autobiography" at the War of the Worlds Centennial 19th Interna full content and narrative analysis of tional Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in March in Fort both satirical programs up to 1996 Lauderdale. He was invited to edit a volume of selected essays from the conference for Greenwood Press. His Wyndham essay, should, by that time, shed new light which will be the last chapter of a critical biography supported by a on the different sociological perspec SSHRC grant, will be published in 1999 by the University of Liver tives from the two solitudes within pool Press. Canadian public broadcasting since Denise Roig, part-time instructor in Creative Writing, broadcast a the 1960s. three-part series called Bringing Georgia Home on CBC 's Radio As Nielsen explains, the project, One network. It was part of This Morning on October 5, 6 and 7, rather than being strictly about com from some other source, not from impossible to think about the history and addressed issues surrounding Denise's return this summer to edy, is a comparative analysis of major institutions. So the question of the CBC and Radio-Canada as the Republic of Georgia with her husband and their adopted daugh Qyebec and Canadian public cul is, How far can a publicly funded identical," he says. "It's really the his ter, Georgia. tures through the study of their broadcasting institution go in criti tory of two countries inside of one Christopher Hyde (Director of University Advancement/Associate national broadcasting corporation. cizing the norms and values of its state, and about two social imagina Vice-Rector, Institutional Relations) was recently re-elected to serve "It's about two societal cultures, own society?" tions. The one does not look to for another year as chair/president of the Montreal General Hospital Research Institute, a position he has held since 1993. Among those understand the other." Qyebec and [English-speaking] The comparative study of serving with him on the board of directors is Concordia's chancel Canada, participating in the same CBC/SRC serio-comedies fits the As an example, he quotes the lor, Eric Molson. The Research Institute has annual revenues of $22 organization, within one federal mandate of the Concordia Centre jokes both sides made about the million . state." He chose to focus on the for Broadcasting Studies, founded in 1995 referendum on sovereignty. Judith Patterson (Geology) presented an invited paper, "Positive genre of comedy because of its 1981 by Professor Howard Fink and Consistent with a trend that the Environmental Impacts of High Speed Rail : Em ission Reductions "emphasis on the critique of tradi Jackson. The Centre houses an emphasis of the comedies has shifted from Aviation" at Eurailspeed '98, the Third World Congress on tion and contemporary figures and archive of about 16,000 radio drama over the years from social commen High Speed Ra il, in Berlin in October. themes." scripts from the CBC that date back tary to caricatures of political figures, Dean of Arts and Science Martin Singer was a speaker at a recent The first step of the project to 1928, and seeks to conduct Air Farce tended to portray the sov joint conference of the Association of Universities and Colleges of addresses how two serio-comedies research into public culture. ereigntist leaders as Nazis. Le Bye Canada and the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) . (about 500 half-hour radio episodes Nielsen, who came to Concordia Bye, on the other hand, had a sketch In a networking session devoted to As ia-Pacific, he described developments in the Chinese educational system, and the continu of Air Farce and some 25 years of three years ago after 10 years as an about a plane-load of drunken ing role of Canadian universities in Asia . At the same conference, two-hour Bye Byes) handled social associate professor at York Universi Ontarians coming to the pre-refer Palmer Acheson, Acting Director of Concordia's TESL Centre and and political events, and toyed over ty, has been studying the material in endum federalist rally in Montreal to Associate Director of the UNIOWA project in South Africa, partici the years with such issues as sexuali the archive since its establishment. profess their hollow love for Qyebec. pated in the workshop on CIDA projects. Frederick Francis, ty, gender, ethnicity, and justice. He has already completed a similar Although there are times when Deputy Director of the Centre for International Academic Co-opera This will give a perspective on ways study about the 1940s and 1950s (Le Nielsen falls off his chair going tion (CIAC), was a co-presenter of a session on communications. Professor Balbir Sahni, Director of the CIAC, was re-elected for in which the CBC and Radio-Cana published through the comedy scripts, it Canada de Radio-Canada, another two-year term to the CBIE 's board of directors, and will da differ in thinking about their own in Toronto by GreO; the current doesn't happen often. chair the body's external relations committee. societies, and how far each side has project is the final phase of his "Studying comedy is not always Mary O'Malley, Learning Specialist and Coordinator of Student gone in pushing boundaries. funny," he observed. "Comedy is lib archival analysis. Learning Services (Counselling and Development). gave a presenta "We think of broadcasting, or cul A central element in Nielsen's erating, even cathartic, but it's also a tion at the annual conference of the CRLA (College Reading and tural production in general, as part of analysis is what he calls the "funda weapon. And watching people use Learning Association), held this year in Salt Lake City, Utah . Her the mainstream," Nielsen said. "And mental difference" between two sides weapons, if you think about it care presentation was called "Teaching Students to Use Graphic Orga that real critique of society comes of one organization. "It would be fully, is not always pleasant." nizers to Improve Reading Comprehension and Writing." About 500 learning specialists from across the U.S. attended, plus eight spe cialists from Canada. During the TV Ontario Telefest 98, held in October, Film Production Office of Research Services graduate student Martin Doepner won two major prizes, one for Friday, November 27 feature drama, for Two Shades of Red, for which he received Would you like to learn more about patents, copyrights, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $2,500 in Kodak stock, and another for his documentary La mem trademarks, industrial designs, integrated-circuit oire oubliee. Professor Andre Herman (Cinema) reports that there LB-922-4, J.W. McConnell Building were 200 films in competition. topographies or plant-breeders' rights? Congratulations to artist, Refus global signatory and one-time Open to fuculry, staff and students, but space is limited. choreographer Fran\:oise Sullivan, who was granted an honorary Workshop on Confirm yo ur attendance by contacting Shelley doctorate this fall by York University, in Toronto. Sullivan has taught Intellectual Property Sitahal, 848-4873 or [email protected] painting in the Faculty of Fine Arts .
CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT NOVEMBER 19, 1998 3 SE ES
CO MP ILE D BY B ARB ARA B LA CK A regular meeting of Senate, held November 4, 1998
Rector's remarks: Rector Frederick Lowy informed Senate that the long-term space plan had been accepted by the Board of ·Gover nors, and that a committee was being formed to study the addition to the plan of a humanities and social sciences college at Loyola . He said he had just returned from a highly successful series of vis its to alumni chapters on the West Coast. Curriculum changes: Changes to undergraduate programs included the following: • Applied Human Sciences: adjustments in the wake of the merger last year of the Departments of Leisure Studies and Applied Social Science. (See story, page 8) • Physics: number of programs reduced from nine to three • Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics: a new specializa ' tion in Spanish. (See story, page 6) CUFA, the Concordia University Faculty Association, signed their collective agreement with the University on Changes to graduate programs: November 12. The contract runs until May 31 , 2002. Photographed signing the document are CUFA President Morton Stelcner and Rector Frederick Lowy. Standing behind them are Jerry Tomberlin (member of the • Commerce: three new 18-credit graduate certificates in Commerce University's negotiating teaml, June Chaikelson (CUFA), Ted Stathopoulos (University), Harvey Shulman (CUFAI, (Cultural Affa irs and Event Management, Management of Health Care Genevieve Robichaud (CUFA professional officer), Joy Bennett (Director of Academic Institutional Relations! and Organizations, and Community Organizational Development) Vice-:R~or Institutional Relations/Secretary-General Marcel Danis. • English: the deletion of an option in the MA program, and ¼-.
4 NOVEMBER 19 , 1998 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT Awards of Distinction RI Jackson speaks to Commerce and Administration Faculty of Fine Alts The single shortlisted candidate for Dean of Fine Arts, the incumbent, will be presented at a meeting of the Faculty at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, November 24, in H-110. Dean Christopher Jackson, whose first five-year term began June 1, 1994, is the only name on the shortlist for the next term. Other members of the University may attend the meeting, but only members of the Faculty of Fine Arts have speak ing privileges. For more details, contact Diane Hast ings, Office of the Vice-Rector Institutional Relations and Secretary General, [email protected] Class hours affected by election day Classes on November 30 scheduled from 4 p.m. onward will be cancelled to The Hon. Judith A. Erola, P.C. lyst for change in every position he the largest manufacturer of bath and has held many senior manage allow maximum opportunity for votin g. Judith Erola is president of the Phar has held. As operating chair of room products and fixtures in ment positions. Faculty who wish to schedule a maceutical Manufacturers Assoc Abitibi-Consolidated, Ron Oberlan Canada, and the sixth largest in the A graduate of Concordia, he holds make-up class should contact Sandra iation of Canada (PMAC), which der' s portfolio includes strategic U.S. a BComm from Sir George Lafontaine , Academ ic Scheduling, represents 60 companies employing planning, finance, marketing, law, Before starting his own business, Williams University, and won the 848-2620. 17,800 Canadians. investor relations, information tech Poulin was in charge of the laborato Frosst Medal, awarded annually to Erola was elected Member of Par nology and communication. ry at Carey Canadian Mines Ltd. the highest-ranking Bachelor of liament for Nickel Belt in 1980, Abitibi-Consolidated, the result of and general manager of L.B.P. Plas Commerce student. named Minister of State for Mines, the May 1997 amalgamation of tic Ltd. In 1970, he established In 1994, Tanguay was named and became a member of the Privy Abitibi-Price Inc. and Stone-Con Modern Fibreglass Inc., which spe Man of the Year by the Ordre des Council. Two years later, she was solidated Corp., is the largest cialized in the manufacture of administrateurs agrees du Qiiebec; also named Minister for the Status manufacturer and marketer of snowmobile cabs, molded swimming he is now chair of the Ordre' s board of Women. In August 1983, Prime newsprint and value-added papers in pools and fibreglass components for of governors. He is also a member of Minister Brian Mulroney appointed the world, operating 19 mills in the transportation industry. the board and a member of the exec her Minister of Consumer and Cor North America and the United The introduction of acrylic as a utive committee of the Fonds de porate Affairs. Kingdom, and selling in more than new manufacturing material led him recherche de l'Institut de cardiologie ~l She is chair of the first national 50 countries. to establish Acrylica Inc., which spe de Montreal, as well as a member of fundraising campaign for the Canadi Since moving into the paper cialized in acrylic bathtubs and the board and president of the audit an Institute of Child Health, and a industry, Oberlander has been presi whirlpools. In 1987, all the compa committee of the Fondation Jules et fRlSH director of the Judy LaMarsh Fund. dent of Inter-City Papers Limited nies were regrouped into one Paul-Emile Leger. He is chair of the She is a life member of Science North, and Lauzier Little. He held a num holding, MAAX Inc., with a board of Canbras Communications, and a director oflnternational Nickel. ber of executive positions at Abitibi research and development centre. and sits on the boards of the Canadi IDlAS Erola served from 1990 to 1992 before being named president and Today, MAAX products are distrib an Chamber of Commerce, the on the council of the International CEO in 1990, and in 1996, was uted in Canada, the United States, Fondation de l'Hopital du Sacre Federation of Pharmaceutical Man appointed chair and CEO. Japan, Taiwan and Korea. Coeur, CGI, Le Groupe Saputo, ufacturers Associations (IFPMA), Oberlander is also on the board of Poulin has encouraged his chil Telbec and TMI Communications. headquartered in Geneva, Switzer directors of Canadian Tire Corpora dren to actively participate in the From 1993 to 1994, he was chair of - land, and was a co-chair and a tion, Augusta Newsprint Company, company, and is an active member of the board of the Chambre de com Capital Campaign member of the Board of Directors Alabama River Newsprint and the various civic organizations in the merce du Qiiebec. total to date: for the Legal Education and Action Canadian Pulp and Paper Associa Beauce region. He plays an active role in amateur Fund (LEAF) Foundation National tion, where he is vice-chair. sports, economics, education, social $47,376,513 Endowment Campaign. She has Louis. A. Tanguay and community affairs. Placide Poulin ,;,., · been a television and radio commen ,~ . Louis Tanguay_~ president and chief tator, and co-owner/manager of a Wmner of the Qyebec 1998 Entre- operating offic~r of Bell Canada 200-bay marina on Lake Panache, preneur of the Year Award/ f>facide lnternationif'(BCI), a leading Ontario. Poulin is chair of the boai; CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT NOVEMBER 19, 1998 5 Continuing Education's new course attracts Time to specialize in Spanish 204 in first session BY EUG ENIA X ENOS Taking Spanish panish-language programs at SConcordia have more students for the love of it than at any other university in O!_ie bec. That's why it was important to introduce a 60-credit Specialization BY V ERONIQUE J OUHAUD signed up for the next session. option into the department, says The Language Institute tried a Catherine Vallejo, one of two full he Centre for Continuing Edu more use r-friendly registration time professors in the Spanish T cation's first Spanish session has process with Spanish courses that section of the Department of Clas surpassed everyone's expectations. enables students to register by fax. sics, Modern Languages and "We never expected to have more The system worked well, and will be Linguistics. than 200 students," said academic applied to the English program, The Specialization will attract stu coordinator Charles Brown. "For the starting this coming January. "This dents who want a more extended first session, it's very good." kind of thing is becoming increas study of the subject than the Major, A total of 204 students registered ingly important at a time when but who don't wish to take the litera this fall in one of three levels (begin people are feeling very rushed," ture-based Honours program. They ner, elementary and intermediate) of H abib said. will learn more about translation, the Spanish language offered by the The Spanish teachers apply a effective writing, and the Spanish lan not-for-academic-credit Language methodology developed by Brown guage and Hispanic civilization, Institute. and Spanish consultant and teacher among other things. Senate approved "The most exciting thing for us Estrella Rodriguez. It is based on the the new option at its last meeting, was that students came from both philosophy of the Language Insti which means the program should be founding communities," said Mau tute, a communication-based rather accepting students by next September. reen Habib, who is Administrator of than a grammar-based approach to "All kinds of students study Span the Language Institute. "It's a real language learning. ish," Vallejo said. "There are those and Spanish is a natural alternative for languages, and how hard yo u outreach program. What helped us a "What we do is very different who are interested in Spain and for North Americans. As evidence, work at it. "If you have all three, it's lot is the very friendly profile the from the academic sector," Habib Latin America in and of themselves, the Spanish programs started out really not hard," she said. University has to both the anglo said. "Our program is very much and there are also those who think small at Concordia, but have been Courses for the Specialization will phone and francophone hands-on, very practical." it's a good idea to know Spanish for growing 10 to 15 per cent over the be drawn from those that already communities." As with other programs offered by future job prospects." last few years. exist, and the department will contin She explained that the other lan the Language Institute, teachers are In fact, studying Spanish has But is Spanish as easy to learn as ue to provide a service component for guage programs taught at the on probation for three terms, and become more and more important to many people contend? Vallejo says it other Faculties, whose students nor Institute, English and French, attract during their probation, are video North Americans as trade and other depends on three things: how many mally take Beginner Spanish courses. a different clientele. Francophones taped once a term in their ties with Latin America have other languages you speak (especially There are about 270 students and new Canadians take Englis h, classrooms. The videotape is used to become stronger. Knowing three other Romance languages like enrolled in the Honours, Minor and and anglophones and new Canadi evaluate performance in class, languages today is quite desirable, French or Portuguese), your aptitude two Major programs now offered. ans take French. improve teaching and ensure that the "French and English are learned teachers respect the methodology. to survive in the city," said Brown, Brown retrains teachers to think who is ESL (English as a second communication rather than gram Concordians help out in various ways language) Coordinator, "but students mar. "The teacher is like a take Spanish because they want to. moderator, a guide who presents the They take it for travel, business, or activities," Rodriguez explained. Sending aid to Central A111erica because of a love relationship." "The students do much of the work, The Language Institute added and in that sense, our program is Spanish to the curriculum after unique. We wanted to make sure our BY E UGENIA XE NOS duras. Even after his mother called approached her for resources, she watching it bloom in the United students had a lot of practice." to say that everyone was fin e - his was able to oblige . Physical States. The NAFT A agreement also In the classroom, students watch or students with family sister had been evacuated the week Resources, in particular Michael Di influenced the Institute, as the videotapes, listen to audiotapes and Fand friends in Central America, before the storm hit - he said it was Grappa and Christine Lavoie, locat number of O!_i ebecers vacationing gather in small groups to carry out the past month has meant more than hard to stay focused on school. ed a room on campus to store in Spani sh-speaking countries activities. They receive a grade for worrying about mid-terms and "You can't help thinking about donations, and Lussier let Shoptalk increased. the course (though no academic assignments - it has meant mobi what's going on there, but you have subscribers know that LASO was Lucie Robert, a public relations credit), and get a certificate of profi lizing to get aid to the countries to concentrate on your studies," he collecting relief items. consultant, decided to learn Spanish ciency if they complete devastated by Hurricane Mitch. said. "That's what I'm here for!" 'We went through an ice storm not out of personal intere st, and she advanced-level Spanish. Manuel Urbina, for example, is a Urbina is also involved with too long ago," Lussier said, "I think appreciates the stress-free environ The Language Institute hopes to part-time Industrial Engineering LASO, the Latin American Stu that's why some people would be ment of Continuing Education. open the first advanced section in student who has been volunteering dents' Organization, which has been sympathetic to this type of appeal." "It's refreshing to have a language Spanish this winter. Courses last 10 at the Honduran consulate here in very active in getting donations for Indeed, many organizations in the course," Robert said. "For working weeks (four hours a week) and are Montreal. He is from Honduras the area. Its president, Political Sci city have been swamped with dona people like us, it's good to know you offered in the fall, winter and spring. himself - one of the two countries, ence student Jonathan Rosemberg, tions, including Development and can easily keep up with a class." An For more information, call the Lan along with Nicaragua, most affected said that Montrealers have been very Peace. Its Communications Direc enthusiastic beginner, she has already guage Institute at 848-3609. by the deadly Atlantic storm. generous; a shipment was sent tor, Ken Whittingham, is a Loyola Reports say that Hurricane Mitch off last Sunday, and the group con graduate who was Director of Public destroyed almost 90 per cent of the tinues to collect non-perishable food, Relations here for many years. country's roads and infrastructure. water purification tablets, medicine, Whittingham, who has been If you haven't made a donation, but would still The hurricane and the landslides clothing, shoes, sheets, sleeping bags, interviewed extensively on the issue, like to, here are some organizations to contact: it set off killed more than 11 ,000 tents and plastic to make provisional told The Gazette, "It's been an people in Central America, and up shelters. avalanche, just an incredible LASO: 848-3532 Medecins sans frontieres: to 13,000 more are still missing. "No sweaters, though, unless they're response. People have been wander (2010 Mackay, Q:02) (613) 241-4944 Whole villages were wiped out, and to be used as pillows," said another ing into the office non-stop, signing Development and Peace: 257-8711 Canadian Jewish Congress: other unexpected problems surfaced, LASO volunteer, Ramiro Ruiz. "It cheques." Oxfam Canada: 1-800-466-9326 931-7531 such as land mines being unearthed. may be cold here, but people don't However, Urbina worries that aid Cornite Urgence Mile-End/ World Vision Canada: Urbina has family living in Hon need really heavy clothing there." will end once the media stop talking La Lima: 270-3182 1-800-268-1650 duras, and for a few nail-biting days, The Dean of Students Office was about the disaster, even though it is Care Canada: 1-800-267-5232 Corporation culturelle latinoameri he was worried for his sister, who also very helpful. Louyse Lussier said said that what has been pledged so far caine de l'arnitie: 748-0796 lives in Tegucigalpa, and the rest of her office often works with LASO won't be enough to rebuild all that Canadian Red Cross: his family in another part of Hon- members, and when the students was destroyed in Central America. 1-800-418-1111 8 NOVEMBER 19, 1998 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT Research has already contributed to drug screening techniques Biochemist Gregory Huyer wins Gold Medal BY BARBARA BLACK and was recently awarded a lar biology, and even some animal pathways." prestigious EMBO Fellowship. work with transgenic mice. Huyer enjoys life in England, but regory Huyer will be awarded Unfortunately, he won't be able to "I'm specifically studying the role he has happy memories of university Gthe Governor-General's Gold attend convocation in person. of a particular enzyme called SHP-2 life here. "Probably what I appreciat Medal at Fall Convocation tomorrow This isn't Huyer's first gold medal. in T cell signalling. SHP-2 is a pro ed most about my time at Concordia for being the outstanding graduate He got his BSc with an honours in tein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP), an is the flexibility of the program. I student of the past academic year. biochemistry from the University of enzyme that removes phosphate really had the best of both worlds - Huyer defended his thesis, Speci- Alberta, and won the Lieutenant molecules attached to the amino acid the academic experience as well as ficity of SH2 Domains and Protein Governor's gold medal for being top tyrosine in other proteins. Tyrosine exposure to industry and the great Tyrosine Phosphatases, in A ugust honours science graduate of 1990. phosphorylation is very important in resources at Merck. 1997, and was given the top rank of He took his Master's degree in biolo transmitting messages within cells "The Concordia Chemistry and "outstanding," graduating with his gy at Caltech (the California Institute from signals outside of a cell. Biochemistry Department was a very PhD in chemistry last fall. of Technology). After some time off "PTPs are very important supportive and friendly place, in His research, published in several for travel, he returned to his native enzymes. More than 50 mammalian spite of my relative isolation due to top journals, has had a major impact Montreal in 1994 to work at Merck PTPs are known, and they play spending almost all my time at on the phosphatase research program F rosst in Kirkland, where he had also essential roles in regulating cellular Merck. My interactions with [Pro at the Merck Frosst Centre for worked for two summers while an a government research agency responses to many different external fessor] Ann English and her lab Therapeutic Research in Montreal, undergraduate at the U of A. (specifically, the Biotechnology and signals, including growth factors, were particularly fruitful and stimu and has laid the foundation for "My boss, Mike Gresser, has an Biological Sciences Research Coun immune responses, and metabolic lating, and Ann's. unwavering Merck's new screening methodolo adjunct appointment at Concordia in cil, or BBSRC), affiliated with changes. Many disease states, such as enthusiasm always kept me excited gies that allow the mass of a the D epartment of Chemistry and Cambridge University. cancer, are associated with defects in about my work. I learned a great deal molecule to be measured accurately. Biochemistry, and he proposed that I "Our laboratory is part of the Cel signalling pathways, and as such, about being an independent Over his three years at Concordia, pursue my PhD with him at Merck lular Immunology program, and we research in thes e areas can have researcher during that time, and Huyer held the Stanley G. French through Concordia," Huyer explained study T cell signalling, how T cells in important biomedical implications. gained the confidence to tackle new G raduate Fellowship, a by e-mail from Cambridge last week. the immune system change through "The work builds nicely on my areas of research. MRC/PMAC Studentship, and an Huyer is now working in a three the development of the organism and doctoral work, which was more of a "It was a really positive experience, NSERC Fellowship. H e currently year post-doctoral position at the how they respond to fo reign anti biochemical study of PTPs and and I especially thank Ann English, holds an NSERC postdoctoral fel Babraham Institute in Cambridge, gens," Huyer wrote. "It's a good mix SH2 domains, another class of Mike Gresser, and Chidambaram lowship at Cambridge University, England. The Babraham Institute is ofbiochemistry, cell biology, molecu- proteins involved in these signalling Ramachandran, at Merck, for that." Few subjects stir public passion like statues of Louis Riel Catherine Mattes charts the M8tis identity BY BARBARA B LACK an oppressed rebel or a distinguished people interpret Metis less strictly statesman, are of central importance than others. "There's a relaxed atti atherine Mattes, a recent MA to the Metis community's sense of tude," Mattes said. "For example, my Cin Art History, is making a lit themselves. fiance, who isn't Metis, is accepted at tle history of her own tomorrow. She "The first question Metis people Metis events." will be the first Concordia valedicto ask me about my thesis is, How did For now, Mattes is taking a rian from the Art History you define us?" Mattes said in a phone breather from her studies by helping Department, and her thesis supervi interview from Winnipeg last week. her family with their business; her sor, Professor Joan Acland, couldn't It's a tough question, she admitted. father instructs operators in First be happier. In Qiiebec, "Meris" is often used to Nations communities how to operate "She's a wonderful young mean anyone of mixed aboriginal and and maintain their water and waste woman," Acland said. "Catherine is European ancestry, but in the water plants. committed to providing a revised Prairies, it tends to mean those However, she is doing intensive history of First Nations in Canada." descended from the Metis nation that research on her own genealogy. She As well as being active in flourished there in the 19th century. also hopes for a grant to create a Concordia's Native Education Cen A few facts will show how signifi multimedia exhibit based on her Riel tre, Mattes assisted Acland in a cant this group once was. In 1870, thesis at the Winnipeg Art Gallery major research project on the Web, on the Canadian Prairies, there were - an exhibit which will have the and helped organize a conference on between 10,000 and 12,000 Metis, active participation of the Metis First Nations art and architecture ~ 35,000 First Nations people, and community. 0 last spring, when Douglas Cardinal ~ fewer than 2,000 white settlers. came to receive an honorary degree. Q The year before, the Hudson's Bay In fact, in 1997, Mattes won a Company sold the Prairies (yes, the :,:~ National Aboriginal Achievement a. whole thing) to the new Canadian government. By 1883, enough Award (formerly the C anadian Concordia Student Native Arts Foundation). An impor whites had flooded in to outnumber tant part of that recognition was the the aboriginals; that and the over Safety Patrol work she was doing here - and pre hunting of the buffalo spelled the senting across Canada at conferences reactions, especially of the Metis nipeg. When lobbying by a M etis end of their nomadic way of life. Need to use the Safety - on a most controversial figure in themselves, to the growing stature of group persuaded the provincial gov The Metis, who had effectively Patrol's drop-by or Canadian history, Louis Riel. Riel as a statesman, and to the often ernment to remove it, the artist and bridged the cultures, began an ago accompaniment services? Her Master's thesis is called Whose hotly contested efforts to portray another supporter chained them nizing downward slide that ended in Call 848-7533 to reach rebellion, bloodshed and the execu Hero? Images ofLou is Riel in Contem him in works of public art. selves to the statue. a dispatcher porary Art and Mitis Nationhood. It's A modernist 1971 statue by Mar A similar statue - and a similar tion for treason in 1885 of their a determined effort to get past the cien Lemay that showed Riel as a controversy - erupted on the charismatic leader, Riel. Monday to Friday, controversy and mythology that have naked, tortured figure enflamed grounds of Saskatchewan's provincial Mattes has always considered her 6 p.m. - midnight swirled around the Metis leader for Manitobans for the entire 23 years legislature. The lesson Mattes draws self Meris. Her mother is aboriginal Or to volunteer, call 848- more than a century. that it stood on the grounds of the in her thesis is that representations on both sides, with some Metis 8600/8700 Mattes examines the complex majestic legislative building in Wm- of Riel, whether as a tortured soul, roots; her father is non-native. Some CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT NOVEMBER 19, 1998 7 Celebrating the alliance of two departments Brain development Applied Human Sciences is a complex m ix gives a party of influences BY SY LVAIN COM EAU neurons in their cortex." The process is a kind of Darwin ature or nurture? According to ian natural selection within the NBarrie J. Frost, the brains of nervous system. animals and humans do not make "There is also an enormous profu that choice in their development to sion of connections between nerve adulthood. Both genetics and physi cells - circuits that are made and cal and social stimuli work in then discarded. They are not dis concert, and you can't have one carded at random; it is as though without the other. there is a fierce competition, which is The Olieen's University professor like evolution itself. The fittest sur of psychology, biology and physiolo vive, and fitness here is measured by gy and Max Bell Fellow of the the sort of information they proc.ess. Canadian Institute for Advanced If that information is considered Research gave the annual Science important, the correspondent con College lecture on October 22 in the nection will survive." Alumni Auditorium of the Henry F. If a part of the nervous system Left to right, Marilyn Taylor (former Chair of ApSS), William Knitter (for the Dean of Arts and Science), Dick McDonald, Rector Frederick Lowy, former Rector John.O'Brien, Ed Enos, and Randy Swedburg (Chair of the new Hall Building. turns out to be little-used, it will be department). "When one looks at the total eliminated in favour of another. amount of information contained in Frost gave the example of astigma the genetic code of any species, then tism, an eye defect in which people BY BARBARA BLACK cafeteria in the H enry F. Hall build- D epartment's premises at 2085 compares it to the total amount of have trouble seeing certain kinds of ing. As well as Professors Randy Bishop St. for a potluck supper and a information required to account for lines. The D epartment of Applied Swedburg and Marilyn T aylor, who party, including dancing. an adult, competent organism of that "There is one area of the cortex Human Sciences celebrated its engineered the friendly merger, the Next day, many of the celebrants species, there is a big mis match," devoted to visual stimuli, and one inauguration with a party last week, featured speakers included the young took part in the 11th annual confer- Frost said. specific area that has to do with see and the new kid on the block is department's "grandfathers," Dick ence about social issues in the field of "In other words, a lot more infor ing lines of all kinds - vertical, looking pretty vigorous. McDonald and Ed Enos. Both men, leisure, jointly organized by the mation is required to make a horizontal, left and right. But if The D epartments of Applied now theoretically retired, were acad- department, the students' as socia- competent adult brain than is con someone is born with an astigma Social Science and Leisure Studies ernic pioneers. tion, and the City of Dorval's tained in the genome. I think that tism, and it is not caught until they joined forces last spring. Described McDonald, retired but still active, Leisure and Culture Department. most theoretical geneticists would are eight or nine, they will still not at the time as a win-win situation for is a walking history of Applied Social There were about 90 participants at agree with that. see certain lines clearly even after both units, the consolidation built on Science at Concordia. He took the event, and nine speakers, all from "The rest of the information their vision has been corrected. evident affinities and respective guests and friends back to the days Concordia: Professors Nancy Arse- comes from the environment. For "Why? Because of this competi strengths. Leisure Studies was strong when one of the hallmarks of Sir nault, Ghislaine Guerard, Raye Kass, example, we know that the visual tion in the brain. During the period in program planning and had an George Williams University was its Bluma Litner, Randy Swedburg, system is formed by the nature of of development, they haven't had excellent internship program, while close connection to the YMCA and Marilyn Taylor and Marty Thomas. light and an organism's interaction vertical lines focused very often. So ApSS's strengths lay in interpersonal the Y's own work in the field of Minor adjustments are still being with the visual world. I would make those particular neurons don't sur dynamics. human relations and self-improve- made to the curriculum to improve the case that the social environment vive, or they have been greatly Both departments had forged ment. McDonald was one of the first the fit, but everyone appears to be acts in the same way." weakened." close bonds with the non-academic professors when the ApSS Depart- delighted with the merger, and The brain integrates social stimuli Frost feels that the precise combi community, including Elderhostel, ment began in 1963. Swedburg, who is Department in a process of destruction as well as nation of genetics and environment the educational travel service for Ed Enos, inducted last year to the Chair, said that new initiatives are creation. in individuals lends itself to nearly seniors (see story, this page), and the Concordia Sports Hall of Fame, ere- being planned in research. "In brain development, there is an endless variations. Centre for Human Relations and ated the first Exercise Science Applied Human Sciences has enormous amount of sculpting away "I find it very unsatisfying to say Community Studies, a consulting Department in North America. In more than 850 students enrolled in of material, as well as the production that we are all a wonderful triumph of service. An innovative group of pro- 1973, Enos pushed for the creation of two certificate programs, two majors, of material," Frost explained. "When nature and nurture. The view that I'm grams includes the delivery of a complementary liberal arts program, three specializations and a graduate the brain of an embryo is complete presenting is that some kinds of infor distance education to First Nations and Leisure Studies began as an inter- degree. Graduates of programs in in t1:rms of the number of cells, there mation must come from the genome, communities. disciplinary studies program, under Applied Human Science find caree~. are many more neµrons than what while other kinds have a more reliable •· The celebration on Friday night the late Professor Michael Hogben. in public recreation programs, pr_i,-:: ,_ we end up with as ' c~mpetent adults. source out there in the environment. started with a wine-and-cheese After the wine-and-cheese, the vate care institutions, and m~~x, , In the first few ye:us of life, human Natural selection will develop the reception in a cozy room off the celebration moved over to the other venues. · babies lose about -; ~e-third of the most adaptive mix of the two." Coordinated this year by Applied Human Sciences Elderhostel adds academics to touris111 BY V ERONIQUE JOUHAU D first time. one-week programs were given on afternoon. The evenings were filled taught jazz. Elderhostel, an international the Loyola campus: the popular Jazz, with jam sessions and showings of "Everybody who teaches in our lderhostel has become a living movement created in 1975 by Amer Jazz, Jazz program, which coincides moVIes on Jazz. program loves Elderhostel," Ostiguy Elaboratory for professors and ican educator Marty Knowlton, with the Montreal International Jazz Most of the Elderhostel courses said. "The participants ask good students in the Department of combines low-cost tourism with Festival, two programs on Montreal were taught by Concordia professors. questions. In fact, there is so much Applied Human Sciences. informal education for people 50 and and its culture, and a session on Graeme Decarie and Jim Manson discuss ion, yo u can't always get "It gives us the chance to see older. Concordia is one of 23 Elder TV news. taught Montreal history, Iain Cook through the program!" older adult learners in action," hostel sites located in Oliebec, and "It's a really unique group of and Sharon M cCully taught the Will Ostiguy be an Elderhosteler explai ned Professor Lisa Ostiguy. has been hosting Elderhostel ses seniors, all active, all interested in news course, Sebastien Poirier and when she turns 50? "Sure," she said, She and two colleagues, her hus sions since 1984. learning new things," Ostiguy said. Ghislaine Gherard taught introduc without hesitation. "It's such a good band, Rob H opp, and Monique Di Las t summer, 167 participants In the jazz program, fo r instance, tory French, Marvin H ershorne deal - a chance to study in a Lonardo, coordinated the Concordia paid $430 for a week of room, board, participants studied in the morning taught politics, Yves Moreau taught comfortable environment and meet program last summer for the courses and related activities. Four and went to the Jazz Festival in the Qiebec folklore, and D ave Clark interesting people." 8 NOVEMBER 19 , 1998 CONCOROIA'S THURSDAY REPORT Theatre students produce their own cabaret on consumerism Veteran musical activist Norman Nawrocki gives a QPIRG workshop Joosy satire this week Singing the revolution and next at Hurley's BY PAUL SERRAL HEIRO tain and minstrels criticizing the king to a Chilean protest poet who had his BY SYLVAIN-JACQUES n Sunday afternoon, when tongue cut out to silence him. D ESJARD INS Othe front-page headlines "We've relinquished our voices to announced the imminent bombing corporate conglomerates," Nawrocki ith its heavy use of slapstick of Iraq and global corporatism declared. "It's time to reclaim our W and drag, the Concordia inched slowly forward, a group of voices - to sing out, to use our voic Theatre Department's latest produc people - musicians, writers, a es as a tool for social change. We tion is pure camp. Real]oose Flavour: dancer, some journalists, community share a basic love of music, and we've A Cabaret is also fresh and funny. It organizers and activists - gathered got the political thing. How do we opened at an unusual venue - Hur in a small room of the Henry F. Hall combine these two?" ley's Irish Pub on lower Crescent St. Building to listen to Norman The question was answered over - last Tuesday. Nawrocki. the next three hours, as Nawrocki "From the moment we started Nawrocki's creative and activist led a hands-on composition/arrang planning this show, we knew it credentials are impressive: 12 years ing/ performance exercise. It shouldn't be played in a traditional and international notice as compos emphasized speed - an important theatre space," said guest director er, singer and violinist with the element in the life of topical songs. Robert Ross Parker, a 1996 Theatre Montreal duo Rhythm Activism; Pressing issues need to be responded graduate. "Cabarets have typically publication of two volumes of criti to quickly. been performed in bars, and we cally well-received poetry, songs and Six groups were formed, each with wanted an intimate atmosphere prose; and involvement in social a guitar and an assortment of instru where people could sip a drink and issues, from his days as a journalist ments - tin whistles, recorder, interact with the actors, not just sit and organizer in Vancouver commu trumpet, violins, drums and up straight like in a theatre." nity groups to his tenacious impromptu percussion devices. The cabaret, which takes place on advertising," he said, "and drag has visit to Montreal's many McDon commitment to contemporary local Given 10 minutes to work in sepa the pub's second floor, features some always been a [staple] of cabaret." ald's restaurants. Another excellent issues of poverty, welfare rights and rate rooms on the same set of protest 20 comedy skits and musical bits Jacob Richmond sings a witty bit sketch is an ensemble piece that social housing. Rhythm Activism's lyrics by Scottish group The Dog written by the cast. Each pokes fun about his love of the CN Tower takes a sardonic look at our TV cul latest CD is titled Jesus was Gay (the faced Hermans, groups came up at excessive consumerism, which dressed in a shimmering silver ture, in which student Gage Pierre title song attacks homophobia). with distinct but equally effective explains its title, Real]oose Flavour, a sequined dress, feather boa and plays the papa of all preachers. "I don't write for political people; I results. reference to cheesy advertising slo cascading black wig. He revelled Parker said that having his "smart, write for many people," Nawrocki "You know what to do. You just gans. Many of the skits are politically playing in drag. "It's fun," he said, funny and hugely talented" students told the 30 participants at Sunday's have to go out there and involve charged and question our values. chuckling. "It's opened a whole new write their own material brought out M usic and Revolution workshop. It yourselves," Nawrocki told them. "If people aren't upset or moved world to me." the best of their talent. "Too often, was part of the Tools for Change Inspired by the experience, the par by this show, then we're doing Lelieveld-Amiro enjoyed playing a students are required to play roles Activist Workshop and Lecture ticipants agreed to meet again. something wrong," said Graidhne man, complete with bulging jock that are way beyond them," he said. series organized by Concordia's arm There are more events in this vein, Lelieveld-Amiro. She plays several strap. "I think playing in drag is a "Allowing them to perform their of the Qyebec Public Interest including an "anti-consumerist and roles, including one in which she bigger concern for men," she said. own work gives greater immediacy to Research Group (QpIRG), an orga anti-poverty Christmas carols" pro rants against the wretched way ani "For women, it's no big deal." the material, which is sure to have a nization dedicated to social and ject, and, on November 19, a mals are treated before being served Since ]oose is a variety show, Park greater impact on the audience." environmental change. screening of Beyond Mc World in up for human consumption. er said audiences are sure to enjoy Real Joose Flavour continues at Nawrocki gave an audio-illustrated QpIRG's Activist Videos series. For The cast, three women and five some skits more than others. One Hurley's Irish Pub, 1225 Crescent St., talk, which was a quick overview of more information, phone 848-7585 men, have opportunities to cross-dress, standout segment is when Joe Spicer November 19 at 7 and 9 p. m. and the history of protest music, from the or visit the Q.PIRG Web site: which Parker encouraged as an effec (who is great at accents) and Lesley Nov. 24, 25 and 26 at 8 p. m. cave-dwellers bad-mouthing a chief- http://alcor.concordia.ca/-qpirg tive vehicle for satire. "Sexual ambiguity Faulkner display excellent chemistry Call 848-4742 for tickets and more and androgyny are current themes in in a skit about an American couple's information. Candidates debate anglophones' place in Quebec BY MONICA POPESCU quotas and internship programs. The sive application. The government government should "break the shell" has placed itself above the law, and Parti Qyebecois candidate told of Qyebec City's virtually homoge language inspectors give it "a ridicu A Journalism students on Mon neous francophone public service to lous and incorrect interpretation." day night that because anglophones reflect the diversity of Qyebec. Another hot issue on which the don't get involved in provincial poli Beaulne responded that the candidates presented opposite posi tics, they shouldn't complain about PQhas demonstrated openness, tions was access to health services in being poorly represented in the Qye and integration has to be a com English. Beaulne declared that it bec civil service. bined effort. In any case, doesn't represent a problem and that Fran~ois Beaulne, a member of anglophones tend to prefer working the English community is well the National Assembly for nine years for the federal rather than the served. "I don't think that anybody and candidate for the riding of Mar provincial government. ever died in Quebec because he guerite dYouville, was one of two On language, Beaulne said at one couldn't be served in English," candidates in the November 30 point that the PQrecognizes Eng he said. Qyebec election invited to address a lish as being equal to French, but However, Mulcair read a list of class ofJournalism students. later promised that "as long as the dates to show how the PQ govern Liberal Thomas Mulcair, who is PQ is there, there is no way that ment has delayed since January 1997 running for a second mandate in Qyebec will be a bilingual province." the application of programs of access Chomedey, replied that the Qyebec Mulcair said that the problem to health and social services in Eng government should encourage visible with Bill 101 didn't come from the lish. "Action speaks louder than and linguistic minorities by setting up language law itself but from its abu- words," he concluded. CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT NOVEMBER 1 9 , 1998 9 Our response Robert Peck honoured by to pay equity Greek government alerie Gagnon, Director of the commission for review. lumnus Robert Peck was given VHuman Resources and However, Gagnon said, not every A a remarkable honour on Octo Employee Relations, would like to category of employee has been ber 21, when the government of share the following information with "JEPped." A job evaluation program Greece invested him as "Grand the university community. must therefore be developed for the Commander of the Order of the According to Qyebec's pay equity support staff in the libraries, who are Phoenix" for his work in promoting law, all predominantly female job mainly women. Greek-Canadian cultural relations. classes must be compared to pre In addition, after nearly a decade, Peck, who graduated in 1981 with dominantly male job classes, using a Gagnon said, JEP itself is probably a BA in Journalism, was from 1995 method of evaluation that is free of due for an overhaul. She would espe until earlier this year an official at the gender bias. (" Predominantly cially like to see the process made Canadian embassy in Athens, where female" means that most of the more transparent. 'When you reno he used great energy and imagina employees are women, or that the vate an old house to conform to a tion to promote Canadian culture. job is traditionally a female one.) new building code, you also use the He organized Canada's outstand The evaluation depends on four latest windows and other materials ing contribution of artists to the factors: the required qualifications to improve it." Cultural Capital of Europe 1997 fes for the job, the responsibilities A review may be done for the tivities, held in Thessaloniki, and assumed, the effort required, and the librarians to verify that the adjust steered negotiations for a Canada working conditions. If the analysis men ts of 1990 are still valid. Greece audio-visual co-production shows that women are being paid Discussions will be held with treaty, a mutual legal assistance Robert Peck, wearing his award, with parents Robert Sr. and Fleda. less fo r work of equal value, the employee representatives of other treaty, and a memorandum of employer must adjust the women's Concordia job categories that, understanding in educational co in. "He convinced the Royal Win ambassador to Canada, John compensation upwards. despite not being female-predomi operation. H e also worked closely ni peg Ballet to dance in their Alexander Thornogiou, at a The pay equity law, which went nan t, do not yet have a job with Greek officials on the successful underwear while their costumes were ceremony held at the Hellenic Com into effect November 21, 1997, gives evaluation program in place. visit of the Greek cultural minister to tied up at Greek customs," Papachris munity Centre, in Ottawa. employers one year to show what The law gives employers until Canada, which resulted in a chair for tidis said, and operated the lights and Attending the ceremony were measures they have taken to examine November 21, 2000, to introduce a Greek-Canadian Studies at McGill curtain for a Liana Boyd concert. Peck's parents, Robert and Fleda their salary scales for jobs held main program where none exists, and until University. The Order of the Phoenix carries Peck, of Pointe Claire, his wife, ly by women, and, if necessary, make November 21, 2004, to proceed with Montrealer Niki Papachristidis, great prestige in Greece, and has not, Maria Pantazi-Peck, who also works adjustments. adjustments if they are deemed nec who helped raise funds for Peck's cul to our knowledge, been given to in the foreign service, and his sister, Concordia brought in JEP, its job essary. tural projects, told The Gautte's Hazel another Canadian diplomat. The Natalie Chapman. A younger broth evaluation program, in 1989, and will The report to the pay equity com Porter just how willing he is to pitch presentation was made by the Greek er, John, was out of town. submit the program to the commis mission will be made available to all sion in order for its compatibility with staff and union representatives after the law on pay equity to be analyud. its deposit on November 20, 1998. A Measures introduced in 1990 for copy can be obtained by calling librarians (a job category where most Judith Dawson in Human Spelling bee and dictee put are women) will also be submitted to Resources, at 848-3676. language skills to the test BY M ARIE -E VE R ACETTE has succeeded in attracting some test logical and analytical thinking. attention. TVS, the French televi The text that will be used in the t began as a quick and dirty activi sion channel, has agreed to sponsor CUTA concours de dictie was com Ity to start the year. Then it the event, donating prizes and sup posed especially for this event by snowballed. plying jurors; so is the Office de la Aime Avolonto, a professor of trans The Concordia University Trans Langue Frans:aise. lation history at Concordia. lation Students' Association "We would like this to become an As for English, the main difficulty (CUTA) had planned on organizing annual event," said CUTA president lies in its spelling. Some letters are a concours de dictie to test the mettle Marie H ebert. 'We're off to a great not pronounced at all (night, knife), of its members. start. We have mountains of donated and some are pronounced at variance Then it added a spelling bee for prizes, plus the cash prizes we are with their spelling (women). Words the anglophone students in the supplying out of our budget. with similar spelling may be pro Translation unit of the Etudes "We're very excited about the nounced differently (vow, tow), frans:aises Department. And then interest this event has raised among while identical words may be pro they decided to open it to everyone. faculty. Several professors have nounced differently depending on A retirement party was held on October 29 in r~gnitlon of Helene Why limit yourself? already volunteered to correct the their meaning (bow as a verb, and Rowe's 31 years of service. Since starting here in 1967, Helene spent 19 All Concordia students are cor papers [for the concours de dictee} and bow as a noun). It is so difficult to years with Computing ServJces and 12 year~ 'in t he Faculty of dially invited to participate in the others have agreed to free up their compose a text that is orthographi Engineering and Computer Science, first in thci Deart'~ ~. and then in CUTA spelling bee/concours de dictie, students upon request to allow them cally challenging while being Student Affairs. She is in the centre, with Dean Nab! .~~ ,mail on her right. -~. ,Cc::;~:-~ to take place on November 26. Dean to participate in the spelling bee. coherent at the same time that the of Students Don Boisvert has Even though this is our first try at structure of the spelling bee, com accepted our invitation to partici this, we expect a fairly good turnout." posed of unrelated trick words, is Centre for Studies in Behavioural Neurobiology pate. "Aren't you afraid?" I asked. The spelling bee/concours de dictie most often chosen. Department of Psychology "No, I won a spelling bee when I was will be held as two separate events, The spelling bee/c oncours de dictie in university," he replied. (CUTA due to the natures of English and will take place on Thursday, Novem CSBN Fest •gs hopes that the students will put French. The difficulty of French lies ber 26, between 10 a.m. and noon on An exhibition of recent scientific activities Dean Boisvert in his place.) mainly in its grammar: complex the SGW campus. To sign up, There are other incentives to par past-participle rules, tricky please drop by the Etudes frans:aises Friday, November 27 ticipate. It's free; there are many homonyms, · strict subject-verb and office (LB-631-10) to fill out a form, Atrium, J.W. McConnell Building prizes to be won (including cash), noun-adjective agreement are but a or send an e-mail message to: 1 p.m., in the J.A. DeSeve Theatre: Jane Stewart, on and a bevy of bigwigs to meet. few of the shoals to watch out for. [email protected] "Relapse, again and again and again" There are about 350 students in It is therefore more challenging to Marie-Eve Racette is vice-president the Translation program. CUTA, write a continuous text made up of of CUTA, the Translation Students 2 - 4 p.m., in the atrium: Poster presentation which has about 50 active members, whole complex sentences in order to Association 10 NOVE M BER 19, 1998 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT Sheila Turner missed the national university championships as a player, but had a shot as coach Born too soon BY DEREK CASSOFF in the spring of 1995 with a degree in exercise science. "After coming in f Sheila Turner has one regret first in our league every year, it Iabout her rugby experience at would have been nice to have com Concordia, it was that she never had pared ourselves to the rest of the the chance to play in a national country." championship. Fast-forward nearly four years. It's not that Turner's teams The Stingers are once again champi weren't skilled enough. The Stingers ons of the Qiiebec University Rugby didn't lose a single game during her League, thanks to a hard- fought 12- three-year stint at the University 8 win over their arch-rivals, the from 1992 to 1994. But while they McGill Martlets. .... won the provincial crown each of Only, this time, the Stingers had those seasons, there was no national the chance to showcase their talents university championship for Cana in fro nt of a national audience, tal< da's top women's rugby teams. ing part in the C anadian "It was disappointing," said Turn lnteruniversity Athletic Union's er, who graduated from Concordia inaugural women's rugby champi onship, held las t weekend at McMaster University in Hamil ton. Unfortunately, assistant coach in 1996, months after lot of determination." gibility by enrolling in graduate though, the Stingers the once-proud dynasty stumbled "After the '94 season, a lot of the courses. finished fourth, losing through a one-win season. She was girls graduated, and those of us who An exercise therapist working to British Columbia named head coach the following sea were left couldn't hold the team with the physically and intellectually 27-20 in the bronze son. together," said D ia H urtubise, a handicapped, Turner satisfies her medal game. Armed with a mix of experienced fifth-year fly-half who made her rugby appetite by playing in the Turner, 25, had a veterans and young talent, the team Stingers debut during Turner's final summer with the Montreal Barbar big hand in getting won six of its seven league games, season as a player. "But since then, ians and as a member of Qiiebec's the Stingers to the including the title match against everybody has come back each year, all-star team. nationals, this time McGill. They outscored their oppo and we've been improving and learn "Playing for Concordia was one of from the sidelines as nents by a 184-28 mark. ing the game." the best experiences of my rugby the team's head coach. "We have a lot of skilled players With the team's renewed success career, but [returning to the team] After taking a year and a few experienced girls at key and the CIAU's new-found respect wouldn't be the right thing to do," away from the Univer positions," Turner said. "And these for women's rugby, Turner says she she said. "There are a lot of younger sity, Turner rejoined girls don't give up, even when they're has had a hard time turning back the girls who have worked hard for this the Stingers as an down. They come out hard with a temptation to regain her college eli- opportunity." we try to heal the wounds inflicted 3,500 fans turned out for both days of interrupted game by the violence and intolerance of our times. It will endure into the < Next stop, Halifax - Vanier Cup in sight As a committed Catholic, he next millennium and inspire other wrote many compositions based on composers. sacred texts, some in honour of the The Faculty of Fine Arts has long The .S tin;ers head t6 Hallfax this weekend !O Pope's visit to Poland, others in sup nurtured close relations with institu play the Acadia Axemen in the Atlantic 'Bowl, and you can see the game at noon on S11turda;y port of the Solidarity Movement. tions of art education in Poland. We on sportstelevision channels TSN and RDS. Public acceptance of his music consider Mr. Gorecki's acceptance of The team beat the Bishop' s Gait ers on grew steadily, first in Poland and an honorary doctorate from \I November 7. The following Saturday, they then on an international level, as a Concordia University a source of played the Laval. Rouge et Or in a game on their consequence of the 1989 perfor pride and joy for the large communi . home field. The gam e had fo be stopped mance in Germany of his Third ty of Canadians of Polish descent . because of darkness and resumed the following Symphony. His music touched the Through his work, he reflects our day - bl,lt they won 17-12 and came away with hearts and minds of music lovers at willingness not only to accept, but to Dynsmore Cup. Head coach Pat Sheahan was all levels of sophistication. embrace, our cultural and ethnic named O-QIFC Coach of the Year. The music of Henryk Gorecki diversity. The winner of next S11turday's game goes on to represents the most positive aspects · the big one, the Vanier Cup, to be playedr at of the closing years of our century, as - by Professor Wolfgang Rottenberg ' 'Toronto's' SkYJi~me on S11turday, N ber 28. . ,,,, . (;Jf yo·~~W~nM·9' send' t,lie' Sti~g;rs $ "'ln Sabjrday7 5 game at 'ffie Saint Ma Stadium, you 'can fax t bem ·a t the· Scotian Hotel, l902l 422~9465. munity and service organizations, Do you want to support them in person? Board serving on the boards of Amnesty the fans' bus to Halifa}( on ' Friday night -, the International, the Centre for more passengers, the lower the fare .and the Liberals to power. He was appointed Research and Action on Race Rela ··· louder the c.elebration. For details, call Janet Minister of Finance, and was re tions and the Canadian Centre for Corrigan right away, at-848-3857. appointed to the post in 1997. Arms Control. He is also a founding In othe.r sports news, congratulations t o the In addition to his professional director of the North-South Institute men's so,cc er team, who ~ad an excellent season. They were defeated rn the Quebec final responsibilities, Paul Martin has and the Canadian Council for by UQAM, and coach V ladimir Pavl.icik was been active in a wide range of com- Native Business. named QSSF Coach of the,. Year. Congratulations also to alumnus Otis Grant {BA Jeri Brovvn in concert ,931, who fought l ast weekend in the U .S. Jazz standards and the music of Leon Thomas with guests John Hicks and agaiQst t he man being call~d the best boxer in Curtis Lundy · Friday, November 27, 8 p.m. < the w,orld; It took light h,avyweight floy J0'!9S , v . . 3 Concordia Concert Hall (Loyola Campus) ' Jr, 10 roun.ds tci defeat Grant, now a,coun .or' at ;lir,dsa Adults $8, seniors $5, students free · Call 848-7928 or 790-1245 • ,.. ,-:-,,c:..4L,~---·"''···"=-=-,;:::::,,:Jidi.""": ,,.;.:;.:;,.,. ,..:;_,:,:;:.;:.:;::::w.:::di/I CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT NOVEMBER 19 , 1998 1 1 • f l ' I Thursday, November 19 of property. Call 848-4857 , or drop by three years of experience in East Asia. Jaggi Singh, APEC hearings, will talk 2150 Bishop, room 110. Unclassified Reasonable rates. Stan at 341-1422. about his experiences organizing against globalization. Video to be Urgently needed U.S. work permits screened: Beyond McWorld. 8:30 p.m. , Ombuds Office Temporary and permanent homes for We can help Canadian citizens H-507, 1455 de Maisonneuve W. cats/dogs . All are vaccinated , steril increase their chances of receiving U.S. Suggested donation $2-5. Info: 848- The Ombuds Office is available to all ized, clean . Info: 353-4654. work permits. Also, U.S. immigration 7585. members of the University for informa and related business matters. 8. Toben Job wanted tion, confidential advice and assis Associates (U .S. lawyers), 2B8-3896. Friday, November 20 A Japanese nurse st udying at tance with university-related prob Harvey Giesbrecht, M.D., on "Butcher Concordia is looking for a part- or full Events, notices and classified ads must reach the Boy," part of the Canadian Psychoanalytic lems. Call 848-4964, or drop by 2100 time ·job babysitting or caring for the Public Relations Department (BC-115) in writing no later Society's Themes of Love in Cinema Mackay, room 100. elderly. Call Satoko, 287-0953. Workshops than Thursday, 5 p.m. the week prior to the Thursday publication. series. H-407, 1455 de Maisonneuve W. For more information, please contact Eugenia Xenos at 848-4279, 7:30 p.m. Info: 342-7444. Rental wanted Students Against Sweatshops by fax: 848-2814 or by e-mail: [email protected]. Peer Helper Centre Looking to rent house or duplex (3 Do you have questions about the con Friday, November 20 bedrooms) in Montreal West, NDG ditions under which our clothes are J. Krishnamurti presentation on Peer Helpers are students who are area, from mid-February to July. Call made? Come to a workshop and film "Ending Disorder is the Ending of trained in active listening skills and 931 -2579 or 287-8500, ext. 8953 on sweatshops and the garment , NOV E ;\I BER I 9 • D EC E :\I BER 3 Death ." 8 p.m., H-633, 1455 de referrals. Drop by to talk or get infor industry in Canada and abroad, to be Maisonneuve W. Info: 937-8869. mation at 2090 Mackay, Ml-02, or call For sale followed by a discussion . Saturday, -...,-,. 1. Teaching Large Classes at us at 848-2859. A Whirlpool 2-speed, 5-cycle washing November 21, 7 p.m., VA-114, 1395 Tuesday, November 24 machine. Almost new. Asking $300. Alumni Concordia: Voices of Experience. Rene-Levesque W. Info: 848-7443. Helena Wulff, Social Anthropology , This workshop will address issues An Admiral industrial strength dryer. University of Stockholm , on 6th Annual Concordia Bowlathon such as class management. grading, Asking $200. Call Gabrielle at 848- Computer workshops "Representing and Creating Dance: A Special Events 3817. for Alumni, Family and Friends cheating and making use of resources. Instructional and Information Bring the whole family for this Social Organi zation of New Friday, December 4, 1D a .m. - noon. H- and Notices Technology Services (IITS) are offering fund rai se r. For $25, bowl, win great Technology and Aesthetics ." 6 p.m., For sale 771 , 1455 de Maisonneuve W. a variety of computer workshops. For a door prizes and raise money for schol- H-762, 1455 de Maisonneuve W. Free. CENPARMI Open House Player piano , working condition; can schedule of the wo rk shops and how to arsh ips to help needy Concordia stu- Info: 848-8728. The Centre for Pattern Recognition and be played as a regular pian o, too . register, please pick up a fiyer at LB- dents. Saturday, November 21, 12:30 Machine Intelligence invites you to its Comes with over 50 mu si c roll s. Tuesday, November 24 800, 1400 de Ma iso nneuve W. Info: p.m., Salon de Quille s Pare Lane s, Community Events 10th anniversary Open House on Friday, Apprai sed value $1,500, sale price Mitchell McLaughlin, chai r of the Irish 5250 Pare . RSVP at 848-3826. Novem ber 20, 1D a.m. to 2:30 p.m., $1,300 . Call 487-8164 or 848-7688 . Shalom Line republica n party, Sinn Fein, and elect with computer demonstrations of some [email protected] Support for all callers experiencing ed to the new Northern Ireland Intellectual property workshop Slow the Pace to Win the Race of the latest re search in the field. A loneliness, stress, or other personal As se mbly, will speak on the Iris h For sale Wa nt to learn more about paten ts. Janice Calnan will illu strate how reception will follow. GM-606- 1, 1550 problem s. Anonymou s and confiden pea ce proces s. 8:30 p.m., H-820, 1455 A Clearnet PCS phone and protective co pyrights, trad ema rk s, etc.? Thi s doing less and doing it wel l is key to a de Maisonneuve W. Info: 848-7952. healthy, successful lifestyle. Monday, tia l, staffed by tra ined volun teers. de Mai sonneuve W. All we lcom e. leather case with a two-year warran wo rkshop will touch on issues of inter Info: 848-7716 . ty. Brand new. Original price, $235 , November 30, 7 to 9:30 p.m., H-767, Sunday, 10:30 a.m. - 4:3 0 p.m., Heads Above Water: est to students, as well as faculty 1455 de Mai sonneuve W. $16. Info : Monday-Thursday, 4:30 - 10 p.m. Call asking $200. Call 937-7002 membe rs. Friday, November 27, 9:30 Thursday, November 26 Floor Awareness Cabaret M Alumni Affairs, 848-3817 . 343-4343 . a.m. - 12:30 p.m . LB-922-4, 1400 de Mary Robinson , UNHCR High QPIRG-Concordia co-p resents a night For sale Maisonneuve W. RSVP with Commissioner and former president of of poetry reading s, dance, and more. A Cross-country Nordic track machine. Shelley Sitahal, 848-4873, or she l Irela nd , on "Women 's Rights as Proceed s will help flood victims in Hardly used. Asking $250. Call Andrea Applied Psychology Concert Hall Human Rights." 11 a.m. , H-110, 1455 Bangladesh and China . Friday , at 848-4604 or 933-4756. leys@vax2 .concordia.ca de Maisonneuve W. Info: 848-2373 . November 20, 8 p.m . Graffiti Tango, Centre 7141 Sherbrooke W Tickets and info: Employee development workshops 4848 St-Laurent. Info: 932-2344. To sublet The Applied Psychology Centre in the 848-7928. Friday, November 27 NDG , furnished lower duplex. Clean, To register, or for inquiries, please Department of Psychology offers confi- Jane Stewart, Psychology, Centre for Theological Studies Student quiet. hardwood floors, office, laundry. contact Carmelita Swann at 848-3668, Friday, November 20 dential psychotherapy and assessment Studies in Behavioural Neurobiology, Association Sublet January - June, $900/mth , or via e-mail at cswann@ Henryk Gorecki and his music, featur for adults, couples, families, children Concordia , on "Relapse , again and The TSSA, along with the Theological heated. Call 482-1610. alcor.concordia.ca ing a conversation with the Polish again and again. " 1 p.m., J.A. DeSeve and teenagers . By appointment only. Graduate Student Association, will 1. Stress Management Series. Part composer and music from his career. Cinema, 1400 de Maisonneuve W. House rental Call 848-7550. hold their Christmas party on 3: Long-Term Stress Management 7:30 p.m. $25 general, $15 students. Info: 848-2200. NDG , furnished , 2 bedrooms . On December 4, 7 p.m., 999 de Strategies. Stress is more often a downtown/cross -town bus routes . Maisonneuve W. (Canada Trust), pent Saturday, November 21 Friday, November 27 January-July - dates negotiable . product of our perception of a situa house suite. Theological students, fac Art Daniel Shao , tenor. Compositions Jocelyne Couture , UQAM , on Reasonable rent. Info: 481-4129. tion rather than the situation itself. "Explanation and Justification in ulty members, Campus Ministry wel Learn long-term strategies for modify Until December 18 include arias , operettas, popular Moral Theory." Philosophy Colloquium come . Potluck, wine . Plea se bring For rent ing perceptions. Friday, November 27, Between Body and Soul, a two-venue songs . 8 p.m. Series . 4 p.m., H-762 , 1455 de non-perishables for Christmas Basket. Montreal We st, Westminster Ave . 12 - 1 p.m. Regi ster by November 20 . exhibition of 16 artists, taking place at Maisonneuve W. Info: 848-2500. Info: 653-7836. Upper 6-1/ 2, newly decorated, H-721 , 1455 de Maisonneuve W. the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery and Thursday, November 26 equipped , garage, heated, quiet. Good the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Jazz Combo concert, directed by Friday, December 4 Concordia Women's Centre access to all tran spo rtatio n modes. 2. EAP Lunchtime Seminar. Arts . Leonard and Bina Elle n.Art Roddy Ellias. 8 p.m., free . Kai Neilsen, Philosophy, Concordia, on The Centre is organizing the making of $725/month. Call 488-2656 . Achieving Balance: How to Handle the Gallery, 1400 de Mai sonneuve W. Friday, November 27 "On Being a Secularist All the Way a quilt for December 6, to commemo Stress of Work and Family Life. Learn Free. Info: 848-4750. Down." Philosophy Col loquium Series. Jeri Brown, renowned jazz vocal artist, rate the massacre of 14 women at For rent new tools to handle stress and build 4 p.m., H-762, 1455 de Maisonneuve with John Hicks and Curtis Lundy, 8 L'Ecole Polytechnique in 1989. Make 11 DD Docteur-Penfield, large, comfort mental toughne ss. Tue sday, W. Info: 848-2500. ably furnished one-bedroom apart p.m. $8 general, $5 seniors, free for your own 1O" x 1Q " quilt square, or November 24, 12 to 1: 15 p.m., H-769, CPR/First Aid ment. Pool , sa una, depanneur. students. drop by 2020 Mackay (downstairs) to 1455 de Maisonneuve W. Re gister by Courses pick up a pre-cut design and materials. Available December 8 to April 7. $875. November 20. Saturday, November 28 Legal Information Info: 848-7431. Info: 844-4115. Environmental Health and Safety Diploma Chamber Ensembles Student Sex Workshop offers the following courses, which Concordia 's Legal Information Cooking with Gals For rent Se x educat ion for grown -ups, with Concert, directed by Liselyn Adams . 8 Ski chalet for rent by weekend, week, are open to everyone. For information Services offers free and confidential Free vegan food . Tuesday, November Allison Carpenter, M.Ed. Friday , p.m. Free . legal information and assistance to month. December - May 1. Near North and prices, call Training Coordinator 24. Cooking begins at 4:30 p.m . at November 27, 7 - 10 p.m. 2170 Bishop the Concordia community. By appoint Hatley. Wood stove, view of moun Donna Fasciano at 848-4355. Sunday, November 29 Le Frigo Vert, 2130 Mackay; eating (basement). $20 waged , $15 students ment only. Call 848-4960. tains, near excellent XC and downhill Andree Simard, viola , Diploma begins at 7 p.m. at the Women 's and unwaged . Queer positive. November 20 - Heartsaver skiing. Info: 637-9853. Concert, 8 p.m. Free. Centre, 2020 Mackay . All women Info: 285-9155. November 21 - Baby Heartsaver Meetings welcome. Info: 848-7431. Desktop Publishing Services Page layout, web page and other November 22- Heartsave r Plus Call for submissions Lectures Concordia Council on Student Life graphic design. Visit www3.sympati Submit fiction under 2,700 words , November 25 - French Heartsaver CCSL, the governing body for Student co.ca/richard.carruthers/main.html . CPR Thursday, November 19 Services at Concordia, will hold its poetry under 1,000 words for the Info: Richard at 482-7998 , or Don't stop at the Back Page Geoffrey Adams, History, Concordia next meeting on November 27 at 1D Headlight Anthology. Drop off or send richard [email protected] November 26, 27 - CSST First Aid University, on "Religious Diversity and a.m. (AD-131, Loyola) CCSL deals two copies, typed, double-spaced , Put your event on the (English) the Democratic Dynamic ." 3:30 - 5 with issues that affect student life at with cover letter to : Concordia Tutoring Concordia Daily Events Do you need tutoring in your courses? November 28 - Ba sic Life Support p.m., Lonergan College , 7302 Concordia. All are welcome . Info : University, c/o English Department, Calendar on the A Concordia alumnus, MA economic s, Sherbrooke W. Free . Info: 848-2280. Dean of Students, 848-4242 . "Headlight," 1455 de Maisonneuve University Web site: December 1, 2 - CSST First Aid W , Montreal, H3G 1MS. Deadline: can prepare you for your exams , http://phantom. (English) Thursday, November 19 November 27. Info: 281-6643. research , and writing assignments . Call Geepu at 843-6622, e-mail : concordia.ca/Events_ December 4- Heartsaver CPR Dr. Lisa Serbin, Psychology, Concordia Office of Rights aclad@colba .net Dev/event.nclk Re sea rch Fellow, on "Growing up in and Responsibilities Ad versity." 5 p.m. , H-767 , 1455 de Theatre English angst? Contact Information Centre for Teaching Maisonneuve W. The Office of Rig hts and Proofreading/correcting for university Until November 26 Services Supervisor Re spo nsibilities is available to all papers, resum es, etc. Also tutor for and Learning Services Thursday, November 19 members of the University community Real Joose Flavour: A Cabaret direct English, written and/or conversation . Lise-Tavares by fax at Professor Marta Straznicky, English, Register for the fo llowing workshops for confidential consultations regard ed by Robert Ros s Parker, Hurl ey's Good rates. Lawrence: 279-4710. 848-3833 or come to the at 848-2495. Qu een's University, on "Women and ing any type of unacceptable behav Bar, 1225 Crescent St. $2 students, $5 info desk in the Hall Th eatre in Shakespeare." 8:30 p.m., H- iour, including discrimination and per Concordia staff and faculty, $6 alumni, Proofreading and tutoring '-.. Building. Faculty Development Workshop 937, 1455 de Maisonneuve W. Info: sonal /s exual harassment. threatening $7 se niors, $1 D general. Info: 848- Help with spoken and written English Series 848-2565. and violent conduct, theft, destruction 4742. available. I have a master's degree and