U of A, Africa Society Welcome a Literary Giant Wole Soyinka Stresses the Need for Restitution in Africa and Around the World

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Volume 37 Number 13 MARCH 3, 2000

http://www.ualberta.ca/folio U of A, Africa Society welcome a literary giant Wole Soyinka stresses the need for restitution in Africa and around the world

By Dan Rubinstein

r. Stephen Arnold has seen Nigerian DNobel laureate Wole Soyinka speak The following is an excerpt from Soyinka’s lecture, about half a dozen times. But Soyinka’s Chang Tina “Scars of Memory, Prospects for Reconciliation”: speech at the Jubilee Auditorium Feb. 25 f course Europe is also part of the human race will forever stand out in his mind. Oat least, so we would like to believe – and “Every time I see him, every time I thus it is incumbent on Europe to tread the same read him, every time I hear him – he gets path in seeking a closure with its ignominious better and better and better,” said the past where it denied an entire race its humanity, professor of comparative literature min- invoking even divine authority simply in order to utes after the man considered by many to pursue its own economic prosperity in the be Africa’s finest writer stepped off the mundane world. The mass displacement and stage to a standing ovation. “He’s a world enslavement of the African peoples is an albatross treasure, and we on the neck of European claim to civilization that are very fortunate needs to be exorcised, and the keyword yet again “Every time I see him, to have him here.” is restitution, also known as reparations. It is not At one point our business to propose how this is done – let the every time I read him, during his talk, slaving nations – European or Arab – seek their entitled “Scars of own path to closure. The language here is not one every time I hear him Memory, Pros- of vulgar material payment, no! But the pects for Recon- imagination is not bereft of symbolic concepts – he gets better and ciliation,” Soyinka that are both dignified and eloquent – let the referred to the search for these be part of their own act of better and better. He’s concept of saints penance and expiation. passing among us. a world treasure, and That’s one of the Wole Soyinka called South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission a bold, humane, original feelings that arose and troubling model to which the rest of the world should pay attention. we are very fortunate in Arnold’s mind as he listened to “What was really great about it was I present day Nigeria, the Balkans and and coordinator of the Africa Society – and to have him here.” someone he calls a felt the whole address was a piece of art,” even western Europe, which still must it’s at the forefront of Soyinka’s thinking, “supreme figure” said Salima Bandali of the International come to terms with its historical role in writing and lecturing these days. – Dr. Stephen Arnold, in world literature. Centre. “It was so poetic and poignant. I the slave trade. He called South Africa’s “Poetry and drama are his tools,” said comparative literature Soyinka, who expected him to be very fluid and pas- Truth and Reconciliation Commission a Smith, who considers Soyinka an impor- was awarded the sionate – and he was.” bold, humane, original and troubling tant figure for two reasons: “One is Nobel Prize for literature in 1986, was in Carolyn Helgeland, a fourth-year po- model to which the rest of the world Soyinka as a person and what his life Edmonton to deliver the keynote address litical science student who’s studying should pay attention. represents. He sets an outstanding exam- at this year’s Africa Society conference, Nigeria in class, was impressed by “The South African experience has ple as an African intellectual, a role model dubbed Prospects for an African Renais- Soyinka’s sheer speaking ability and his unquestionably blazed a vital trail to- to look up to. But his life also symbolizes sance: Culture, Development, Reconcilia- wonderful voice. “He was very compel- wards healing,” he said. “Humans need the belief in democracy, human rights tion. ling,” she said, “and he has a very unique closure. It is a deep, urgent need. It is not and justice and the struggle for them The mezzanine of the Jubilee was perspective.” yet time to write off the past. It has a vital against incredible odds. To many people, packed by people eager to immerse them- “I thought he was really eloquent in correlation to the present.” Soyinka is a symbol. But he’s also an ac- selves in words of wisdom from this poet, bringing forward the main issues of truth After years of exile from Nigeria, tivist.” playwright, director, novelist, essayist, and reconciliation,” added soil sciences Soyinka was welcomed back recently to The purpose of the Friday and Satur- scholar and political activist. He is per- graduate student and Amnesty Interna- lend his support to the democratization day conference, explained Smith, was to haps best known for The Man Died: Prison tional volunteer Shampa Chakraborty. and anti-corruption efforts that have been foster a local dialogue about Africa and Notebooks of Wole Soyinka, an account of “It is something that has to be addressed. slowly emerging since the death of Gen- provide an opportunity for constructive the two years he spent in jail in the late You can’t start to heal until the perpetra- eral Sani Abacha in 1998 (under whose thought. 1960s, much of it in solitary confinement. tors understand what their wrongs were.” rule writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa Too often, she said, all we see in the That work is not only a personal memoir Soyinka spent the bulk of his time was executed in 1995). west are constant depictions of African war but also an indictment of a corrupt system talking about the need for truth or full This, of course, is a very fragile transi- and hunger: “There are 53 countries and we of government by a defiant, outspoken disclosure as a necessary exorcism en tion, says Dr. Malinda Smith, a political tend to only hear about a handful. That’s and profound critic. route to rebirth – a notion relevant in science professor at Athabasca University one of the things we’re trying to change.” Pandas hockey team wins first national championship Squad will be honoured at Golden Bears game in special ceremony Friday night By Dan Rubinstein

ast year, when the Concordia University “We always felt that we had the ability LStingers beat the University of Alberta to win it, although perhaps Concordia is a

Pandas 2-0 to capture the CIAU women’s more consistent team. They’ve been Dugas Derek hockey championship, the game, unfortu- national champions for a number of years nately, was not as close as the score indicated. and their program has been around a lot Pandas coach Howie Draper feels longer than ours. But I think we all knew Concordia dominated that game, adding if we put together a strong game, we’d be to its long pedigree of nation- able to win.” al titles. After that 3-2 semi-final But this year, his U of A “It’s absolutely amazing… victory, however, McGill was squad returned to the cham- no second-rate opponent – pionship tournament at I knew we were going to do especially with Kim St-Pierre Montreal’s Concordia it – but now that we’ve of the national team between University with redemption the pipes for the Martlets. on their minds. And when done it,wow!” The Pandas peppered St- they beat the Stingers in a Pierre with shots, 30 over the shootout to advance to the — Danielle Bourgeois first two periods and a total of finals on Sunday, Feb. 27, they 43 in the game. But it wasn’t knew how much they had matured. until nearly seven minutes into the second, “Concordia has kind of been the on a power play, that they finally broke benchmark for us,” said Draper, whose through. crew went on to shut out the McGill Lori Shupak was playing point, Martlets 2-0 to win the Canadian champi- stepped around a pick and lifted a shot Pandas squad basking in the glory of victory, after defeating the McGill Martlets and the Concordia onship in just their third year in existence. towards the net with Shelley Reynolds pro- University Stingers, the defending champions. viding a perfect screen in front of St-Pierre. “I knew she couldn’t see the puck,” finals was a motivating factor. “It added finals in its first season last fall. Shupak said about the until-then unbeatable fuel to our fire,” she said. “We weren’t “They kind of showed us that any- goalie. “It was just a matter of hitting the going to let them beat us again.” thing is possible,” he said. net. I was a huge relief to get that one goal.” Shupak, who was there last year, says After the victory over McGill, the “I knew we’d get it even- even a second place finish in Pandas returned to their Montreal hotel to Volume 37 Number 13 tually,” added Draper. “St- 1999 didn’t convince many celebrate, and then the women on the team OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, Pierre was outstanding. She "We wanted to prove how 400 ATHABASCA HALL observers that the young went out for a night on the town. Draper, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, moves so well and she really Pandas program really thinking he’d only hold back their cele- EDMONTON, ALBERTA T6G 2E8 fills up the net. So it was like good we are,to leave no deserved to contend for the brating, remained behind. LEE ELLIOTT: Associate Director, a huge weight being lifted title so quickly. The buzz They flew back to Edmonton late Office of Public Affairs questions in anybody’s mind." off our shoulders when we around the rink was that Monday night, celebrated some more, and BRAD HESTBAK: Associate Director, scored.” — Lori Shupak Office of Public Affairs maybe the University of will be honoured on the ice at a Golden LUCIANNA CICCOCIOPPO: Editor CIAU rookie of the year Toronto was better. Bears home playoff game tonight. ■ GEOFF MCMASTER: Assistant Editor Danielle Bourgeois cemented “We were aware of that,” CONTRIBUTORS: away the victory with an empty-net goal said Shupak. “We wanted to prove how …AND IN VOLLEYBAL Roger Armstrong, Phoebe Dey, Gilbert with just 50 seconds remaining. Bouchard, Dr. Jim Robertson, Dan Rubinstein, good we are, to leave no questions in any- Randy Pavelich “It’s absolutely amazing,” she said. “I body’s mind.” Panda volleyball player Jenny Cartmell,who helped her GRAPHIC DESIGN: knew we were going to do it – but now That the U of A had only been compet- team win five national titles,was named the most outstand- Susan Hunter, Aidan Rowe, Annie Schroeder, that we’ve done it, wow!” ing for CIAU glory for three years didn’t ing volleyball player in the Canadian Inter-University Athletic Jennifer Windsor Although she wasn’t around last sea- deter Draper from thinking about the Union for a second straight year.Her coach,Lorne Sawula, Folio’s mandate is to serve as a credible news was named CIAU women’s volleyball coach of the year. source for the University community by son, Bourgeois says the fact that they had championship either. 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Web Watch The University of Alberta maintains a database of all alumni. This database is used to send By Randy Pavelich you news about the U of A, including Folio and New Trail, invitations to special events and requests for support. On Sept. 1, 1999, post- Birding British Columbia Campus Construction Projects Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and secondary institutions were required to comply http://birding.bc.ca/ http://www.ualberta.ca/projects/ with the Freedom of Information and Home Economics Protection of Privacy legislation of the This is a timely topic as the spring Have you ever wondered what exact- http://www.afhe.ualberta.ca province of Alberta. In accordance with this migrations of hundreds of bird species legislation, please respond ly that big construction site is supposed The site for this faculty covers a lot of will soon be under way. Birding has some- to one of the following options: to be once it's finished? Curious to know ground in a pretty successful manner. It times been described as an obsession, and when your faculty's new building will be places many of the key student and visitor the annual bird counts organized by dedi- resources near the top of the page and has ❏ Please keep my name, or ready for move-in? This site gives you all ❏ cated amateurs provide a valuable service current content links given good promi- Remove my name from the Folio list. the important details of major campus by helping monitor species' health and nence below the main image. Throw in a construction projects along with extras Signature ______numbers. This site features some excellent decent navigation system and you have like webcams, all in one convenient site. ■ No response means the University of Alberta photographs, rare bird alerts and news quite a fine site. assumes an individual wishes to remain on the items. Each of the three subsections of the Some of the smaller projects are listed For a special web-only WebWatch site, mailing list. site provide an extensive glimpse of bird- here as well. please visit our online version at http:// ing activities in the area. www.ualberta.ca/folio/9900/03.03/.

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Net generation getting hip to funding game as tuition rises Today’s students search in every nook and cranny to finance their post-secondary education By Ryan Smith

n a wave of baseball caps and baby-tees, Isome with world-weary gazes and some clutching the hand of a parent, they came to the University of Alberta during reading week. About 7,000 high school students were on campus for “Preview Days,” a recruiting initiative to introduce them to Schroeder Annie and Chang Tina the university’s facilities and programs. They represent a new generation coming to the U of A. Having witnessed a decade of education funding cuts and steep increases in tuition, they also feel the social pressure to have a post-secondary degree. And they know the stakes have been raised in their pursuit of one. Many are looking for every possible way to pay the increasingly daunting costs of higher education. Take Marc Sylvestre, a grade-12 student at Eaglesham High School in Northwest Alberta. He travelled seven hours with some of his classmates to tour the campus where he intends to study science. Sylvestre plans to work throughout his undergraduate career but still expects to be deep in debt when he graduates. “I've applied for every scholarship I can,” he says. “There's a bursary that gets put to your student loan if you come back to work in Northern Alberta after you graduate—my sister got that one, and I'll probably go for it, too.” Cathaleen Regan of Salisbury Composite High School in Sherwood Park also knows that affording her planned arts degree will take some effort and ingenuity. “My parents have put aside money for my college fund, but I'll still need to get a job. ... My [high school] counsellor is helping me apply for scholarships. I've already applied for the Rutherford [scholarship for Alberta high school honours students].” About 7,000 high school students were all eyes and ears at Preview Days, a chance to find out more about the university. At Harry Ainlay High School in Edmonton, the department head of stu- Canada. The company's director of busi- simply because tuition costs keep going out of the 558 students who applied. She dent services, Allen Melnychuk, said stu- ness development, Stewart Stein, said stu- up,” he said. said the fund was created in 1995 in a cul- dent interest in scholarship dents can sign on for Staff in the U of A's Student Awards ture of fear after the provincial education information has increased free, enter personal office have also been kept busy. In the cuts and steep tuition fee increases forced in recent years. “We have a information, and the 1997-98 academic year (the most recent students to look at new ways to deal with scholarship seminar night "I think interest in our site is high databases will match statistics available) the U of A parcelled student financing. The Students' Union them up with all the out 6,533 awards for a wanted “to demonstrate every year that keeps get- simply because tuition costs ting bigger. This year we scholarships and awards total of $8.2 million, up [to the government and for which they’re eligi- from 3,282 awards for $4 administrators] that stu- had about six hundred stu- keep going up," he said." "We have a scholarship seminar dents and parents; I mean, ble. He said his company million in 1985-86. dents aren't just whining our gym was packed.” —StudentAwards.com Director of has grown since its According to the night every year that keeps getting about the cost of tuition— inception in 1998 to the Council of Alberta we're doing something Melnychuk said the Business Development Stewart Stein bigger.This year we had about six Internet is one new source point where it now has University Students, about it,” she said. students are using to find scholarships, over 127,000 registered members, or ten undergraduate arts tuition hundred students and parents; With all the financial bursaries and grants. StudentAwards.com per cent of all post-secondary students in fees in Alberta have risen services and support now is the pioneer website in this field in Canada. “I think interest in our site is high 194 per cent since 1990- I mean,our gym was packed." available for students— 91—the highest rate of and the provincial govern- increase in Canada. The — Allen Melnychuk,head of student ment's recent announce- SCHOLARSHIPS AT THE U OF A: U of A undergraduate students,including entrance average net student loan services at Harry Ainlay High School ment of a $1.9 billion students,transfer students and continuing students. debt after remission for increase for spending on university undergraduates post-secondary education • The U of A administers $8.4 Million in undergradu- • The scholarship competitions are Academic ate scholarships each year.$3.8M comes from dona- has increased to $17,360 in 1998-99 from institutions—students may finally be able Excellence Scholarships, Scholastic Distinction $8,777 in 1986-87, well above the standard to enjoy a bit of financial relief after nearly tions,grants and endowments.$3.7M comes from Scholarships, Entrance Leadership Scholarships, external agencies and $812,050 comes from rate of inflation. a decade of bad news. However it appears Eldon Foote Track and Field Scholarships, “This is definitely a difficult time for this generation of students is not about to university operating funds International Baccalaureate Diploma Scholarships, students,” said Zoe Kolbuc, acting director relax. • The minimum GPA required to be eligible to receive Advanced Placement Scholarships, Entrance of the U of A's Student Financial Aid and Sitting in SUB with some new found a U of A scholarship is 7.5 for undergraduate stu- Academic Scholarships, Universiade ’83 Information Centre. “We opened our office friends during Preview Days, Wetaskiwin dents and 80% for student entering the U of A from Scholarships, Undergraduate Leadership in 1994 after the provincial funding cuts High School senior Amanda Campbell high school. Scholarships, Rhodes Scholarships, Natural Science and tuition increases created a need for it. said she’s well on her way to securing sup- and Engineering Research Council of Canada We were a volunteer service then, but now port for her education. • Distribution of Funds:$3.8M awarded to students Student Research Awards, Undergraduate Academic we support eight part-time paid staff and “I'm very conscious of finances. The U entering the U of A from high school or transferring Scholarships, Louise McKinney Post-Secondary one full-time director.” She said this year of A has provided a lot of info, and I from a post-secondary institution,$4.6M awarded Scholarships, Faculty/Department Selected Awards almost 2,400 students, three times more already knew a lot from my own research. than the year before, applied for the sup- ... I've already got $5,000 in scholarships to continuing and convocating U of A undergraduate and Travel Scholarships. students. plementary bursaries distributed through for my first year, and I'm hoping to get at her office to financially strapped students. least $10,000 for each year. ... I want to be a • There are several scholarship competitions (groups Fiona Ragan, administrator of the doctor, so I know I'll need a lot.” ■ of scholarships with similar application criteria) for Students' Union's Access Fund, said last year the fund provided $220, 470 to 265 Ryan Smith is a news editor for the Gateway.

University of Alberta 3 folio March 3, 2000 Little relief expected for university in provincial budget Grants won’t keep university ahead of the game—VP (Research) By Geoff McMaster

hile the Alberta government is spending grants for post-secondary institutions There was also some good news for he’d have preferred to see “something Wing more on education than it has in in Alberta will rise to $858 from $824 mil- students in the budget, says Students’ beyond tinkering…I’d like to see a little years, it’s not enough to keep the lion, an increase of four per cent. Union President Michael Chalk, with $125 more wholesale change with the program University of Alberta in a competitive Smith also says the budget doesn’t rec- million available for student financial itself,” such as considering more students position, says Vice-President (Research ognize the need for space to accommodate assistance, representing an increase of $23 financially independent of their parents and External Affairs ) expanded research activity in million. Loan limits for students will be when they apply for loans. ■ Roger Smith. the province. The $47.4 mil- increased by $300 to help meet rising One of the university’s “We’re very pleased to see the lion announced as part of tuition costs, and the amount of scholar- biggest challenges is Alberta Infrastructure’s ship funding allowed students on assis- ON THE NATIONAL FRONT: attracting and retaining scholarship program.It’s some- budget for 2000/01 won’t tance has been doubled to $1,600. • The Canada Foundation for Innovation will receive faculty, he says. “This begin to cover projects The loan remission program for stu- thing Alberta university students another $900 million to help post-secondary institutions budget doesn’t really already in the works, he said. dents will increase by $5 million in address that issue. We’re have been pushing for all year, “That’s very modest 2000/01, and by $16 million over the next modernize research infrastructure and buy new,state- simply not going to be able when one considers health three years. That means a student complet- of-the art equipment.The government set up the foun- to respond as we need on and to see it actually happen is sciences proposals for building a degree in four years will only have to dation in 1977 with $800 million and added an addi- the salary side.” ings at the Universities of repay $20,000. Loans above that amount tional $200 million last year. He adds the U of A very gratifying.” Calgary and Alberta com- will be paid by the government. A scholar- • Over the next five years,$900 million will be available to needs salary settlements —Students’Union President bined are in the $225 to $250 ship fund worth $3 million has also been establish and sustain 2,000 research chairs in natural sci- that will allow it to be “at Michael Chalk million range.” established for second-year students. least in the top half nation- However he says the “We’re very pleased to see the scholar- ences and engineering,health and the social sciences ally.” It also needs enough already announced $500 mil- ship program,” says Chalk. “It’s some- and humanities.About half the positions will be allocat- core operating funds to keep lion fund for the Alberta Heritage thing Alberta university students have ed to attract world class researchers,the other half to instructor/student ratios attractive, “ Foundation for Science and Engineering been pushing for all year, and to see it support those who have demonstrated the potential to so that class sizes are under control.” Research is an encouraging sign, “high- actually happen is very gratifying.” achieve world-class standing. According to figures released in the lighting the importance of a strong However while he welcomes the provincial budget last week, base operat- research community in Alberta.” increases in student assistance, he says New man at helm of Alberta’s medical research foundation Believes private sector should become more involved in health care By Geoff McMaster

e’s barely had time to let his new posi- foundation’s next twenty years. ous corporate and community boards, he’s has since contributed more than $600 mil- Htion sink in as point-man for the Alberta “This has been a real Alberta success also the governor of the Calgary Flames and lion to Alberta’s medical research commu- Heritage Foundation for Medical Research story,” said the newly appointed chair of has been chairman of the NHL Board of nity. About half of that has supported (AHFMR). But Harley Hotchkiss is eager to AHFMR’s Board of Trustees last week dur- Governors three times since 1995. some 3,000 researchers at the U of A who begin laying down the game plan for the ing a tour of the U of A campus. “The ini- The Calgary businessman is well- have done internationally acclaimed, pio- tiative taken back in 1980 has made acquainted with health-care issues, having neering work on, among other things, Alberta one of the top research areas in the served on the Foothills Hospital board for stroke and brain injuries, perinatal world, and I think all Albertans benefit about seven years in the ‘90s, five of them as research, the ethics of genetic commercial- from that…I’m just really excited to be a chair. He says he guided the hospital ization and harmful levels of blue-green Richard Siemens Richard part of it.” “through a rather stressful period of change, algae in food supplements. Having served on the board for less than culminating in the regionalizing of health Hotchkiss says the creation last month a year, Hotchkiss takes over the chair from care in Calgary.” He was also responsible of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Alvin Libin, who led the foundation for 10 for leading a fundraising campaign that Science and Engineering Research has years. Born and raised in rural southern brought in more than $50 million. The expe- much to do with the success of AHFMR Ontario, Hotchkiss completed a science rience convinced him “the private sector over the past two decades: “They certainly degree in geology at Michigan State should become more aware and more have a very good model to build on with University. He moved to Alberta in 1951 involved in supporting health care.” our own foundation.” And since many after graduating and has since managed his AHFMR was created 20 years ago with research areas overlap, he says he’ll work own businesses in oil, gas, real estate and a $300 million endowment to support hard to ensure collaboration between the AHFMR board chair, Harley Hotchkiss. agriculture. In addition to serving on numer- health-related research in the province and two foundations. ■ Forestry workshop explores remote sensing technology Satellite images and high-altitude photography reveal how landscapes change over time By Gilbert Bouchard

s George Orwell’s “Big Brother” working of the two technologies…This workshop GIS are computer software applica- the gap between researchers and practi- Iin Alberta’s forestry sector? Well, in a was an excellent opportunity to develop tions that allow researchers to analyze, dis- tioners. manner of speaking, yes. partnerships between the different players play, overlay and manipulate spatial data “We’re receiving an increasing arsenal Satellite images and high-altitude pho- in the field.” taken from satellites, aerial photography of information from this technology,” says tographs, associated in most people’s The workshop was conceived as a and other remote sensing devices to Hall. “Previously, satellite photos were minds with Cold War spy forum to discuss the practi- underline relationships and patterns. In very coarse, but as we increase the resolu- work, are rapidly becoming cal applications of GIS and particular this technology allows users to tion of the sensors we also have to deter- the information backbone in "This workshop was an excel- remote sensing technology see how a landscape is mine the extent to which the conservation of Alberta’s lent opportunity to develop to sustainable forest manage- changing over time. GIS and data from these sensors can boreal forests, say organizers ment, particularly in the remote sensing technologies “We’re receiving an increas- be used to generate informa- of a cutting-edge workshop partnerships between the areas of land use cover play key roles during the tion for accessing and moni- called Geographic change, biodiversity, spatial planning, implementation, ing arsenal of information toring the effects of natural Information Systems (GIS) different players in the field." data integration and man- verification and certification and human disturbances on and Remote Sensing for agement, technological tools phases of projects aimed at from this technology.” the sustainability of our for- —Dr.Ron Hall Sustainable Forest for supporting forest man- supporting the conservation —Dr.Ron Hall est resources.” Management: Challenge and agement decisions and and sustainable use of forest The two-day workshop Innovation for the 21st Century, held Feb. forestry applications of remote sensing resources by members of dealt with everything from 23 to 25 in downtown Edmonton. and GIS. It was organized by Hall, Dr. industry, academia, and governments. estimating biodiversity and assessing griz- “GIS and Remote Sensing technology Arturo Sanchez, Dr. Ben Rivard, Leo Wien, principal investigator with zly bear habitats to characterizing stands developed separately and weren’t always Storrier of the University of Alberta Earth EOSL, says billions are spent by various of forest in the Northwest Territories and used in concert,” says Dr. Ron Hall Observation Systems Lab (EOSL), Dr. Ross players on remote sensing, utilizing a tech- mapping land use and land cover in (Adjunct Professor and Research Scientist Wein, Christine Brodie of the Network nology that is evolving so fast it’s hard for Alberta and Costa Rica. The variety of ses- with the Canadian Forest Service) of the Centres of Excellence - Sustainable Forest practitioners to keep abreast – hence the sions only underlines the growth and Department of Renewable Resources. Management (NCE-SFM) group and Jack need for a workshop to highlight the prac- health of this field of study, says Hall. ■ “What we’re looking for is an integration Henry of Brydun Geomatics. tical uses of the technology and to close

University of Alberta 4 folio March 3, 2000 Making the most of a living library–the Breton Plots By Dr. Jim Robertson, professor emeritus of soil science

he University of Alberta has a library in plant nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, Tknown to only a few. It’s not in a build- sulphur) but with their addition the soil is ing; it’s not on the campus; and it would- Chang Tina quite productive. Without the addition of n’t be recognized as a library. Yet it is more phosphate fertilizer, for example, the soil than 70 years since it was established. We phosphorus content has been reduced 30 are referring to the Breton Plots, experi- to 40 per cent. None of these changes mental plots of the Faculty of Agriculture, would have been identified in short-term Forestry, and Home Economics. experiments and yet they constitute a con- It is disappointing that society, through tribution to knowledge. its institutions, is not willing to support People usually think the Breton Plots this long-term library, the Breton Plots. are important to farmers only. Not so! The level of funding from the University Society is very concerned about its envi- of Alberta has been greatly reduced from ronment and soil is an integral part of it. what it was in the past. The information is Soil exerts control over the quality of air available to instruct each new generation and water, as well as food. Soil, directly or about the lessons already learned, and will through organisms, absorbs atmospheric be available to answer questions that no gases such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen, one has yet asked. and sulphur compounds. There is much Two early members of the Department interest in reducing atmospheric carbon of Soil Science, Dr. F. A. Wyatt and Dr. J. D. dioxide by tying it up in soil organic mat- Newton, did preliminary work at the site ter. What do the Breton Plots tell us about of the Breton Plots in 1929 and then devel- that possibility? Sometimes soil con- oped a more complex design in 1930. The tributes greenhouse gases to the atmos- plots were originally designed to find “a phere. What have we learned about this Dr. Jim Robertson with a soil sample from the Breton Plots, a wealth of information for each new system of farming suitable for the wooded from the Breton Plots? Plant nutrients can generation of students. belt” of Alberta. Soils found in forested leach from soil into ground water. Is there areas, now called Luvisolic soils, were gen- living library? Well, management practices a few examples: Soil organic content is evidence of that from these plots, and does erally more difficult to manage than those change the biological, chemical and physi- nearly twice as great in some plots as in the amount vary among practices? of the prairie region. Sixty-six plots devot- cal properties of the soil. In the short term, others, and along with the greater organic Thus like any library, the Breton Plots ed to two crop rotations and a number of these alterations are usually small and not matter, the soil tilth (workability) is much are an accumulation of information avail- soil amendments were laid out. Some dra- measurable, but they accumulate over improved. Some of the plots are considerable for our use. The plots differ from matic differences were observed between time. Thus today each of the plots has ably more acidic than others, to the extent other libraries in being one-of-a-kind; there plots right from the beginning. recorded in its soil the results of 70 years that alfalfa growth is severely restricted. are no similar plots on Gray Luvisols in How can you call the Breton Plots a of a set of management practices. Here are The soil at the Breton Plots is naturally low Canada and very few on any kind of soil. ■ Business student to help set global protocol on biotechnology Harvard team will design teaching module for high-school and post-secondary science and ethics teachers By Dan Rubinstein

ast summer, while completing his sec- role in what seems like a predominantly Lond co-op stint at Industry Canada’s scientific field. “You need people from sci- Office of Consumer Affairs in Ottawa, ence, from business and from the arts. You Dustin Bateyko took a road trip to Boston can’t just look at it from one point of Dan Rubinstein with a few friends. They checked out the view.” city’s celebrated harbour, ate its world- Admittedly, Bateyko says he might be famous clam chowder and reverently a bit lost amid all the talk of genes and walked around the ivy-tinged campus of transplanting that’s sure to take place at Harvard University. Harvard. After all, stocks and bonds are In a few months, the 22-year-old, more his specialty. But he looks at the fourth-year University of Alberta business four-month project as another opportunity student is heading back to Harvard, to learn—and he plans to soak it all up although this time he won’t be going as a “like a big sponge.” tourist. Bateyko first heard about the bioethics Bateyko is one of just five Canadians project in Ottawa last August. He was selected to be part of a youth team that’ll working as a financial analyst/communi- help an international working group cations assistant when one of his fellow co- devise a global protocol addressing the op students told him about Dr. Elizabeth ethical, medical and legal implications of McGregor, who worked for both Industry new biotechnological developments. Canada and Harvard. Bateyko: ready to soak up his experience on the bioethics committee at Harvard "like a big sponge." The group will explore the potential Not content to wait and set up a meet- impact of procedures such as xenotrans- ing, Bateyko spotted McGregor one day the U of A—and he planned to go to either wanted me to finish this. She would have plantation—the controver- and threw himself into the France or Germany for a work term from never let me quit.” sial, futuristic practice of cre- elevator about to whisk her January until April, giving him just Bateyko still intends to go to Boston— ating transgenic pigs as a "Dustin from U of A at away. He introduced him- enough time to assist in this year’s spring but he’s going to wait until after the seed- source for human organs. self, gave her a résumé, seeding before going to Boston. ing is finished in early May. He’ll return The youth team, which will Harvard Medical School shared a few conversations Then tragedy struck. Bateyko’s mother, for a few weeks in the autumn to help also include two University and within a couple of Ruth, was killed in a car accident last with the harvest, even if the project gets of Victoria students and two doing leading-edge stuff? weeks, she offered him a November, a single-vehicle rollover on an extended for another four months. more from Ontario, will It was like something out of spot on the team. icy rural road. It hit the family hard. “With the smell of harvest in the air … focus on the development of “I was excited, but I was Dustin’s older brother, Darwin, who it’s not work,” he says. “I’m coming back a teaching module for high the X-Files." hesitant. Dustin from U of A was doing research in Alaska, moved back not because I have to, but because I want school and post-secondary at Harvard Medical School to Two Hills to help their father, Peter, on to. It’s a family tradition.” ■ science and ethics teachers, —Dustin Bateyko, doing leading-edge stuff? It the farm. And Dustin decided to defer his to encourage young people business student was like something out of trip to Europe. He also considered forego- To help cover his expenses and travel costs, to think more about this the X-Files.” ing the work at Harvard. But then he Bateyko is seeking various scholarships and increasingly pertinent issue. Despite his touch of trep- thought about what his mother would sponsorships in Edmonton. Anybody interested “With biotechnology, you really need idation, Bateyko decided to accept. But have wanted. in offering assistance or information can email to look at things from many different per- first he had to go back to the family grain “She always pushed me,” he says. “I him at [email protected] or visit his spectives,” Bateyko says, explaining how a farm outside Two Hills, Alta. and help thought about dropping out of school and Web site at www.ualberta.ca/~dbateyko. finance and marketing major can play a with the harvest, complete a semester at moving home. But my mom would have

University of Alberta 5 folio March 3, 2000 Medical faculty’s first aboriginal graduate shares experience Mohawk physician discusses problems of geographic and environmental isolation in Bolivia and Northern Ontario By Gilbert A. Bouchard

irst Nations communities across North Fand South America benefit from native health specialists in the field, says the first credit photo aboriginal Canadian to graduate in medicine from the University of Alberta. “The need for aboriginals in health care, both in the field and in research, is great,” says Dr. John Brisebois, a Mohawk physician from Kahnawake who came out west to study medicine and participate in the U of A’s Aboriginal Health Care Careers program. “It’s a great program that’s really focused on getting aboriginals in the health field—if we didn’t have this program, we would not have nearly the number of aboriginals as we have.” Brisebois, who graduated from the U of A medical program in 1993, was back in Edmonton on Feb. 28 to deliver the first Aboriginal Health Care/Syncrude Canada lecture on Aboriginal Health (“Adventures in Indigenous Health: From Lake Titicaca to Moose Factory”), organized by the Aboriginal Health Care Careers Committee in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. John Brisebois (right) with aboriginal medical students (left to right) Christine Jackson, Robert Fox and Jinette Leroux. In his address, Brisebois outlined his thoughts on the work he did as a health Ontario he had to “learn by the seat of first graduate from the Aboriginal Health treaty areas in Alberta.” professional serving the Aymara Indians in his pants.” Care Careers program, he certainly wasn’t Funding for the program over the Bolivia and in Cree communities in Moose “The medicine is easy, but it’s the the last. years has been provided from the Medical Factory, Northern Ontario, and the health logistics of snow storms and such that Dr. Malcolm King, the program’s chair, Services Branch of Health Canada, the concerns aboriginals face make the job difficult,” is proud the program has Muttart Foundation, and across the continents. He Brisebois says, noting that in “graduated 16 aboriginal doc- recently from Syncrude noted that many First Nations “The medicine is easy,but Moose Factory it was a com- tors” with Brisebois serving “The need for aboriginals in Canada. communities, be they on the mon occurrence to transport as “a pioneer, a role-model Brisebois is currently a shores of Titicaca or in it’s the logistics of snow pregnant women to the hos- and a tireless ambassador” health care,both in the field staff physician at the Northern Ontario, are often storms and such that make pital at 38 weeks to guaran- both for the program and the and in research,is great.” Bridlewood Medical Centre far from large centres and suf- tee they wouldn’t start students who have come in Kanata and at the fer from geographic and envi- the job difficult.” labour in an isolated coastal along in his footsteps. —Dr.John Brisebois Carleton Place Hospital in ronmental isolation. community and be cut off King says the program is Ottawa, but continues to do —Dr.John Brisebois Both areas, for example, from medical assistance. in its 12th year, having “grown and evolved short-term placements at Moose Factory face the results of dietary In both cases, Brisebois from medicine and lab medicine, to include and participate in many activities related shortfalls: in Bolivia, a lack of decent food said the local First Nations took great dentistry and dental hygiene, and graduate to First Nations health, especially when it produces chronic vitamin A deficiency and pride in having a fellow aboriginal as a training in public health sciences.” comes to inspiring aboriginal students to blindness; and in Moose Factory, a lack of doctor. “I wouldn’t want to go back as a “Now we are working at extending the continue their studies in the sciences. good quality food and a surplus of junk doctor to my own community – people Aboriginal Health Care Careers program “Science programs in native communi- food combine with a sedentary lifestyle to remember you and that’s not always a throughout the health professions covered ties aren’t very strong, so it’s all that more create a high rate of diabetes and its asso- good thing – but it does help so much to by the Coordinating Council, which repre- important to provide role models to make ciated medical problems. have a health professional who’s culturally sents all the health faculties at this univer- sure the children continue their educa- “I had good training, but was not pre- sensitive. A lot of people came to me sity,” he adds. “We have also been vigor- tion,” he concludes. “If I can contribute pared for Moose Factory,” he explains, because I was native.” ously supported by our community repre- with my talks to students, then I’m happy adding that in Bolivia and Northern While Brisebois may have been the sentatives, which now include all three to do so.” ■ Honorary ’Future is in good hands’: Mazankowski Outgoing board member impressed with student leadership Degrees By Lucianna Ciccocioppo ayne Gretzky and Archbishop WDesmond Tutu will be among six t certainly wasn’t the first board to which Mazankowski. The search was on for a and student outstanding individuals to receive hon- IDon Mazankowski, former deputy prime chancellor, president and board chair at registration orary degrees at spring convocation in minister under Brian Mulroney, was the same time. “The fact we were able to systems Jubilee Auditorium. Gretzky will be con- appointed. But it was the first one govern- withstand those pressures says a lot about upgrading ferred with an Honorary Doctor of Laws ing an educational institution. the strength of the institution itself,” said which escalat- degree June 5. Tutu will receive his “I was taken by the friendliness, the Mazankowski. And when Dr. Rod Fraser ed to more Honorary Doctorate of Laws June 13. good intentions and dedication to the stepped in after Davenport, “the universi- than $26 mil- institution,” he said. Mazankowksi joined ty has never looked back since.” lion in costs Also receiving degrees: the University of Alberta’s Board of Mazankowski credits Fraser’s perform- after a project- • Dr. Thomas Brzustowski, presi- Governors in 1994. In the first month of ance and leadership with “striking up the ed budget of dent of the Natural Sciences and 2000, he attended his last meeting. bandwagon” to make the U of A “indis- $15 million. Engineering Research Council of With the books in the black, and riding putably recognized” (you know when and “I hope Canada, an aknowledged on the crest of one of Canada’s most suc- where). someone Canadian leader in academic cessful fundraising campaigns, The tremendous success of the capital reminds [the research policy and funding. Mazankowski says he was most impressed campaign, of which he was one of three board] from Mazankowski says he was “taken (June 8) by the friendliness.” with the commitment of student leaders co-chairs, also lent the U of A “a degree of time to time of sitting around the board table. maturity.” this,” said Mazankowski. He described it • Louis Hyndman, former chancel- “I met a lot of tremendous people…but “We were now in the big leagues in as a “difficult situation” given the addition- lor of the U of A and former throughout my six-year term, I was always terms of fundraising.” When asked why al pressing need of adapting to Y2K issues. provincial minister of education. impressed with the group of students at the he thought the campaign was so success- And with the ongoing challenge of ris- (June 10) board level, with their articulate and well- ful, he replied, “The U of A is a pretty easy ing tuition fees, “some people might sug- • James Stanford, chairman of defined views and contributions to the institution to sell.” gest [the university] doesn’t do as good a Petro-Canada and former chair- process. The future really is in good hands.” However, he said there are some job as it should.” The U of A, therefore, man of the Calgary Philharmonic The future, however, didn’t look so things the university needs to work on. has to focus on finding improved ways to Society Board. (June 6) good when he started. Times were tough “We need to have a built-in process for enhance revenues. for a university reeling from government capital upgrades and projects, a process for After all, the bottom line is not only to • Dr. Joseph Straus, co-chairman, cutbacks that had to be implemented. But achieving capital effectiveness. Most com- attract the best and brightest—but all stu- president and chief operating U of A’ers were not defeated. People knew, panies do this…to ensure the investment dents. And so far, he said, the U of A has officer of JDS Uniphase Corp., as said Mazankowksi, that “everyone had to will produce an adequate level of return.” been doing a good job: “I have full confi- well as an alumnus (physics) of put up their pound of flesh.” Mazankowski is referring to the dence in the future of our nation when I the University of Alberta. (June 7) At the same time, the university was administrative systems renewal project see the young people attending this uni- working through a leadership void, said (ASRP), the financial, human resources versity.” ■

University of Alberta 6 folio March 3, 2000 An angry Senator Roche outlines plan for world peace Bread Not Bombs a scathing indictment of military power and disregard for the poor By Geoff McMaster

he statistics, and there are many in weapons of mass destruction. Roche has devoted his career to resist- TSenator Douglas Roche’s call for social For Roche, the disparity reflected in ing this manipulation. He’s seen much of justice, are bracing. Three-fifths these numbers has never the world’s poverty first hand, working as of the 4.4 billion people who been more stark than now. a journalist half a century ago and then live in developing nations lack “There is too much suffer- And it’s fair to say he’s serving as a politician in the 1970s and basic sanitation. One billion hopping mad about the ‘80s. He’s worked as an ambassador for people don’t have access to ing,too many disparities, developed world’s flagrant disarmament at the United Nations and in clean water. Every minute, 27 too much political duplicity, disregard for the poor, as 1988 was elected chair of the U.N. children in the world die from he tells us in the introduc- Disarmament Committee. lack of clean water, malnutri- too much danger in the tion to Bread not Bombs: In the early ‘90s Roche accepted an tion and poor health care. In “There is an anger appointment at the University of Alberta Canada alone, the number of world for me to be silent.” inside me as I see what as a visiting professor, teaching a 400-level those living below the poverty exists and what ought to political science seminar on war and line has risen to 5 million (or 18 be. We fight wars that peace. He was per cent of the population) from 3.7 mil- should not be fought. We maintain nuclear once voted one lion in the past decade, and more than one weapons that constantly endanger human- of the best “The way in which the in five children live in poverty. ity. We spend money on excessive mili- instructors in Meanwhile the United States spends tarism at the expense of the poor. The way the university public is manipulated into $100 million every day on its nuclear arse- in which the public is manipulated into by the student believing that militarism Douglas Roche: “There is an anger inside of me…” nals. And since 1945, the nuclear powers believing that militarism buys peace is the body and says have spent $8 trillion on developing their greatest intellectual insult of all.” their passion for buys peace is the greatest discussion of the “shameful disregard of peace gave him the poor” by the Canadian government faith in the intellectual insult of all.” and the developed world in general over SENATOR DOUG ROCHE’S 40-YEAR PLAN FOR UNIVER- • Phase three:Encourage commitment by nations younger gener- the past ten years, and after exposing SAL HUMAN SECURITY,FROM BREADS NOT BOMBS : (including major powers) not to deploy armed forces ation. largely hollow and hypocritical interna- beyond national borders except multilateral actions Last year Roche accepted Prime tional efforts at disarmament, Roche lays • Phase one:Give a strengthened U.N.and regional out his 40-year agenda for human security under the mandate of the Security Council. Minister Jean Chrétien’s invitation to join security organizations improved capabilities for con- the senate as an independent member. He in the 21st century. flict resolution,peacekeeping and defence against • Phase four:Complete the process of making war rare simply couldn’t turn down an opportunity The bottom line, however, is that in the aggression and genocide. and brief by permanently transferring to the U.N. to “speak, write and teach my view of the race towards globalization, the whole and regional organizations the authority and capa- human security agenda, unencumbered by notion of ‘development’ must be redefined • Phase two:Make substantial cuts in armed forces party discipline and government policy,” if social justice is to become a reality. It’s bility for armed intervention to prevent or end war and military spending,and in arms production and he writes. “There is too much suffering, not just about exploitation of the world’s and genocide. trade. too many disparities, too much political resources by the powerful. “Development, duplicity, too much danger in the world properly understood, cannot be separated for me to be silent.” from human rights,” he argues, in every Bread not Bombs is the senator’s plan corner of the globe and in every activity of for action. After beginning his book with a our lives. ■ Colloquium advises partnership with Athabasca University Some faculty worried on-line courses will increase workload at U of A By David DiCenzo

istance education through on-line teaching takes a lot of time, energy, and In such a partnership, said Davis, U of grams,” she said. “I don’t see us going into Dcourses may eventually be a large part thought. If staff members take on the new A students, particularly in years one and distance learning in every course, in every of the University of Alberta’s future, but at challenges of [on-line] instruction, their two, might take one or two courses from program. If we do, we’re making a big least one faculty member warns the insti- teaching labours must increase.” Athabasca U per semester as part of their mistake…A partnership would probably tution should proceed with caution. Dr. Given the potential problems of pur- full-time U of A load. The U of A would work better for both [Athabasca U and the Wayne Renke of the Association for suing a greater distance education pres- avoid duplication of services, allowing it U of A].” Academic Staff foresees an increased ence at the U of A (including funding), to focus attention on other areas. Students In a recent faculty-wide survey, workload for an already overworked staff one alternative for staff is to join in part- would also develop lifelong learning skills approximately 75 per cent of U of A staff as the university takes on more distance nership with Athabasca University, a pri- applicable both in other courses and in the claimed to work between 50 and 70-plus education courses. marily on-line institution. Athabasca U workplace. hours per week. They also indicated more “We are all doing more with less,” Vice-President Academic Dr. Alan Davis, Dr. Dianne Oberg, professor of Library distance education courses might ease Renke explained at the second installment the keynote speaker of the colloquium, and Information Studies at the U of A, also workloads and provide an environment to of the Pathways Colloquia, a forum for fac- said continued partnerships with other argued pursuing distance education does- reward those who undertake distance and ulty and staff to discuss crucial issues affect- institutions will not only make his insti- n’t mean an overhaul of the institution’s distributed initiatives. ing the university in the information age. tution a success in the future, they will curriculum is necessary. “We just have to maintain a flexible “Whether critics of the university also provide more choice and flexibility “I really do see us working towards attitude and not expect too much from our accept it or not, traditional face-to-face to students. developing some quite specific niche pro- staff, too quickly,” said Renke. ■ Gearing up for the social sciences and humanities congress By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

t’s the congress to top all congresses, and Federation of Canada (HSSFC), which is will be the patron. The event has a second proud of is how upcoming work is high- Iit’s coming to the University of Alberta organizing the event. site in Ottawa and will be run jointly with lighted.” Added Ledwell: “It’s a great in May. It’s an opportunity to showcase the the National Research Council of Canada opportunity for U of A grad students— The Congress of the Social Sciences University of Alberta, its faculty and stu- and the Social Sciences and Humanities they don’t have to travel far to speak on and Humanities is a meeting of more than dents to the international scholarly com- Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC). their research.” 70 associations spanning 90 disciplines set munity. Between May 24-31, “This symposium will bring together The U of A’s Graduate Students’ to spur intellectual and social exchange Edmontonians will have world experts, people who recognize creativity manifests Association has organized a colloquium over an eight-day period. More than 6,000 special events, publications, publishers, itself in a whole set of disciplines, that a looking at the future of graduate students people from across Canada and speakers and a book fair with more than 150 press- creative mind stems from a dynamic and in the arts. For updated information, view from around the world will descend on es, represented right at their doorstep. prepared mind,” said Forsyth. The event the congress’ Web site at: www.hssfc.ca/ Edmonton for this unique and annual “Like most annual meetings, there is ties into the applied, natural and biomed- cong/CongressInfoEng.html. event, the largest of its kind in North much new research discussed. By bringing ical fields and encourages faculty and grad Forsyth and Ledwell, along with America. all these societies together in one place, a students from these areas to participate. HSSFC public affairs director Garth “In addition to the annual meetings synergy develops that causes new and excit- Other congress topics include: the Williams, were on campus recently to help of these associations, there are symposia, ing stuff to happen,” said Paul Ledwell, North; law, culture and society; globaliza- promote the event. The U of A coordinator keynote speakers and high-profile events associate executive director of the HSSFC. tion, societies, cultures. for the congress is Dr. Tim Burton. This of interest to the university and the gener- A highlight of the 70-year-old event is “This is not just a meeting of the the second time the University of Alberta al public,” said Dr. Louise Forsyth, presi- a symposium on creativity and innovation, ‘cream of the academic crop,’” said has hosted the Congress. The first time dent of the Humanities and Social Sciences for which Gov. Gen. Adrienne Clarkson Forsyth. “One thing the congress is most was in 1975. ■

University of Alberta 7 folio March 3, 2000 Killam Annual Professor leader in silviculture research Spends much of his time collaborating with industry and government By Geoff McMaster

In order to give the Izaak Walton and Dorothy Killam Bequest to the University of Alberta appropriate recognition and publicity, Chang Tina the Killam Annual Professorships were established in July 1991. The Killam Annual Professorship award is based on scholarly activities such as teaching, research, publications, creative activities, presented papers, supervision of graduate students and courses taught, as well as service to the community beyond the university.

ooking out at the faces in his classroom, LDr. Victor Lieffers is struck by a certain irony—he may soon be asking some of his students for funding. “That has happened,” he says with a laugh. “In fact, it happens a lot.” That’s because most of his forestry students end up either working with the government or with logging and forestry management companies in Alberta and B.C. The forestry community is a small one, but it means Lieffers’ influence as a teacher and researcher is all the more profound. “We have tremendous impact on [students’] thinking and the way they manage the forests. It’s quite a responsibility, because we know exactly where they’re going. I see many of them on a weekly basis.” It’s no wonder he sees his former students so often. The Killam Annual Professor is in high gear these days, collaborating with government and industry as well as teaching and conducting his own research. He’s just received a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Dr. Victor Lieffers (left): Lobbying the government to change its policy on mixed wood management. Council (NSERC), sponsored by Weldwood of Canada and Weyerhaeuser Canada, and towards forestry, and an NSERC grant culture research.” Dang says if he had to rate forest productivity. If we can understand worth about $100,000 over five years to set made the switch possible. all Canadian scientists doing research in this it, we can manage it to reduce it.” Lieffers up a chair in forestry management. And if Most of Lieffers’ research now focuses area, “Dr. Lieffers would be at the top one is also working on the effect of cold soils all that weren’t enough, he’s editor of the on silviculture, or the sci- per cent in intelligence, on trees and how it inhibits their ability to Canadian Journal of Forest Research, a ence of tending and scientific creativity and draw water, a big problem for aspens. demanding job which lately has been eating growing trees. “I try to “I try to take apart forest systems, innovation.” He cites On many days, however, Lieffers can up about 50 per cent of his time. take apart forest systems, Lieffers’ pioneering be found taking the results of his research Lieffers’ passion for the natural world particularly at the tree particularly at the tree level,to look research on peatlands to provincial corridors of power, lobbying began when he was a child, hiking and level, to look at things at things such as photosynthesis and vegetation manage- the government to change its policy on fishing with his family in northern such as photosynthesis ment and on boreal mixed wood management. At the moment, Saskatchewan. He credits his forestry and water relations. I try and water relations.I try to figure mixed-species forests. regulations require that forested land be instincts to growing up on a farm, where to figure out what trees One project Lieffers designated as either coniferous (aspen) or “you learn this management ethic,” he says. do under different cir- out what trees do under different now has on the go exam- deciduous (spruce) and don’t allow for a However he came to forestry relatively cumstances,” he says. ines the effect of wind mixture of the two. late in his academic career. His doctoral One of Lieffers’ former circumstances.” dynamics on trees. He’s “And when you do grow them togeth- work in the early ’80s was in botany, and doctoral students, Dr. —Dr.Victor Lieffers interested in how they er, they are more productive,” he says. he spent some time studying ducks and Quinglay Dang of crash into each other in “We’ve got a blanket policy that’s causing water plants. It was his father-in-law, a Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont., cold weather, breaking off branches. “We us some grief here.” fisheries biologist, who pushed him credits him for having “revolutionized silvi- think this is one of the main difficulties in Let’s hope his former students are listening. ■ Faculty, staff and students pull together to fight meningitis By Roger Armstrong

ne can only imagine what Dr. faculty, then enlisted a graduate stu- Gordon McInroy, director of the dent to contact undergraduates as soon

Tina Chang Tina O University Health Centre, felt when he as she heard about the immunization heard on a Tuesday that more than effort. Day was part of the crew in the 6,500 students had to be immunized Myer Horowitz Theatre giving the for meningitis by the end of the week. inoculations. “Our students did us He knew he’d need a lot of help to proud,” she says. Capital Health was make it happen. And that’s just what also impressed with the students asked he got. to do immunizations on a larger scale The Students’ Union offered staff in the city during Reading Week. and space in the Myer Horowitz The crisis provided a unique learn- Theatre. The Faculty of Nursing, nursing environment for nursing students. ing students and the health centre Ten tables were set up on the stage at immediately joined forces, and Myer Horowitz, each staffed with two Campus Security and Computing nurses, says Day. The goal was to Network Services were also called on immunize 6,587 students between the to help out. The pieces all fell into ages of 15 and 19. The effort resulted place quickly because of genuine con- in 4,873 students immunized in two cern for the students, says McInroy. days, or 74 per cent of the goal. “The team spirit throughout the uni- “It’s the quickest I’ve seen the university and the help from all the areas of versity community mobilized to that the university was absolutely amazing,” extent in the 18 years I’ve been here,” says McInroy. “Each person who did a says Dr. Bill Connor, dean of students. little thing will never know whether it He said a review of the event will help saved a life, but perhaps it did.” the university establish guidelines for Dr. Rene Day, a professor of nurs- future inoculations. ■ ing, started calling faculty and retired

University of Alberta 8 folio March 3, 2000 In Memoriam By Geoff McMaster Violet Balestreri Archer (1913-2000) iolet Archer, the renowned Canadian Vcomposer who spent 16 years teaching at the University of Alberta, died Feb. 21 at the age of 86. Archer was one of the country’s most prolific and performed composers, according to Fordyce Pier, chair of the Department of Music. She turned out more than 330 pieces of all kinds during her long career, including symphonies, operas, choral pieces, songs, concertos, sonatas Aleksandar Kostov (1958-2000) and chamber music. Her music has been performed in 32 countries. r. Aleksandar Kostov, the professor of through the use of computers. Archer also distinguished herself as a Drehabilitation medicine who traveled to "He will be sorely missed in the inter- composer with a keen interest in writing Boston last fall for a rare bone marrow national research community, but his for children. In fact some of her earliest transplant, died Feb. 25 after suffering a accomplishments will continue to benefit work is still hugely popular among piano stroke. He was 42. individuals with disabilities and to con- teachers today. Kostov was admitted to the Dana- tribute to the advancement of his chosen In addition to garnering international Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for a field of endeavour." acclaim as a composer, however, Archer is In 1942 Archer went on to earn a mas- bone marrow transplant last September Kostov completed BSc and MSc also remembered for her brilliant teaching ter’s degree at Yale University, studying after contracting a rare blood disease degrees in engineering in his native at the U of A between 1962 and 1978. Dr. with two giants of 20th-century music— called myelodysplastic syndrome, a condi- Yugoslavia. He moved to Canada in 1990 Brian Harris once wrote: "She was a strict Bela Bartok and Paul Hindemith. She was tion in which bone marrow doesn’t pro- to continue graduate studies in physiology disciplinarian, and fools, particularly lazy profoundly influenced by both composers, duce enough red and white blood cells and neuroscience, obtaining his doctorate ones, were not tolerated gladly…I don’t and began incorporating their styles into and platelets. Although the bone marrow in 1995. In 1996 he was appointed to assis- know of any student from the ‘Archer her own work. She turned to native procedure was successful, and he was tant professor in the Faculty of years’ who is not professionally active in Canadian music for inspiration, in much declared cancer free in October, Kostov Rehabilitation Medicine, a position jointly music in some form today." the same way Bartok used Hungarian folk developed a sinus infection a few weeks sponsored by the Glenrose Rehabilitation Archer began playing piano at the age music in his own compositions. ago. His stroke was unrelated to either his Hospital and the University of Alberta. His of eight and supported herself by accom- After teaching, composing and pro- disease or subsequent infection. work was recognized by the Canadian panying voice teachers from the age of 17. moting Canadian music in the U.S. for a "Dr. Kostov was an accomplished sci- Information Processing Society and he was She entered McGill University to study number of years, she moved to Alberta in entist and biomedical engineer," said Dr. selected the 1998 winner of the Canadian music in the late 1930s and produced her 1962. While in Edmonton she worked tire- Albert Cook, dean of the Faculty of Information Technology Innovation first orchestral piece, the Scherzo lessly on behalf of local talent through the Rehabilitation Medicine. "The significance Award. Sinfonica, for the Montreal Symphony Edmonton Composers Concert Society and of his work was that it offered the promise A memorial service will be held at the Orchestra in 1940. She also played percus- the Society of Canadian Folk Music. She of productive employment and education Connelly-McKinley Funeral Home, 10011 sion for the Montreal Women’s Symphony left the city for Ottawa two years ago to be for individuals with severe disabilities 114 St. on Friday, March 3 at 7 p.m. Orchestra. closer to her family. A night of celebration for five exceptional athletes

Barry Mitchelson Dennis Kadatz Bill Price Sandra (Smith) Harris Audrey Carson-Ackroyd

The following outstanding athletes and A native of Edmonton, Dennis Kadatz and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Both teams Edmonton Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. She coaches will be honoured at the physical educa- (BPE ’60; MA ’65; PhD ’80 UO starred in offered him contracts but Bill elected to also coached the Pandas swim teams from tion and recreation faculty’s Sport Wall of football, baseball and hockey early in life, pursue a career in engineering. In 1956 1973-1977 and has coached club swim teams Fame Dinner at the Shaw Conference Centre, but by the time he attended the University Price took up the sport of curling. Matt in Edmonton, Regina and Swift Current. Tuesday, April 4. For ticket information, con- of Alberta he had made a decision to focus Baldwin recruited him as lead for his team tact Nadine Badry at 492-3893. on football. He co-captained the Golden and in 1957 and 1958 Baldwin’s team, with Audrey Carson-Ackroyd (Bed ’58; MA ‘ Bears football team and helped to lead Price as lead, won two Briers. At the 1958 63 UNC) joined the faculty of the School of Barry Mitchelson (BA ’64 UWO; BPE them to a WCIAU championship in 1960. Brier, Bill Price was selected as the all-star Physical Education in 1956, assumed coach- ’64; MA ’68; PhD ’73 OSU) came to the On graduation in 1961, Kadatz joined the lead. Price is now a retired former President ing responsibilities for coaching the Pandas University of Alberta in 1964 and became Edmonton Huskies as the head coach, and of Pan Ocean Oil Ltd.. volleyball team and the management of the a star member of the Golden Bears bas- after leading them to three provincial and Women’s Intramural Program. Over the ketball team and later a coach of that two national titles, he moved on to the Sandra (Smith) Harris (BPE ’75) is a next 12 years she built the Pandas into a team (1967-1976). As deputy minister of University of Calgary where he served as member of the famous Edmonton WCIAU powerhouse and established a new Alberta Recreation and Parks (1981) , the first head coach of the Dinosaurs foot- "Swimming Smiths" family. She began her level of excellence for campus intramurals. Mitchelson helped to forge new legisla- ball team. As director of athletics at U of C, competitive career at the age of eight and Audrey was one of the founding members tion and create an enhanced funding base Kadatz was primarily responsible for their continued her involvement in the sport as of the Alberta High Schools Athletic for sport and recreation through the intercollegiate program emerging as a an athlete and builder for the next 39 years. Association and was a major contributor to establishment of two crown corporations. national power. When the Calgary Olympic She came to the University of Alberta in the development of new curricula for school He oversaw the Government of Alberta’s Development Association was formed in 1969, joined the swim team and was named physical education in Alberta. From 1973 to Calgary Olympic capital and operational 1985, Katatz was named to head it. From the WCIAU Swimmer of the Year for the 1978, Carson-Ackroyd served as chair of the initiatives and he served as a member of 1990 – 1999 he served as CODA’s president 1969-1970 and 1971-1972 seasons. She repre- Edmonton Commonwealth Games the board of directors of the Calgary and as a member of their board of directors. sented Canada at two Pan American Games, Education Committee. The curricular mate- Olympics. Mitchelson returned to the the 1970 Commonwealth Games and the rials created by her committee produced a University in 1988 and was instrumental After his all-star years with the Golden 1970 World University Games. In 1972 she world-class teaching and learning environ- in the development of the new MBA pro- Bears basketball team, Bill Price (BSc ‘ 49) narrowly missed winning a berth on ment for Alberta schools. In 1977 she was gram with specialization in leisure and went on to play for the Edmonton Town Canada’s Olympic team. Harris held senior named Commonwealth Games Woman of sport management. Until his retirement Hallers and the Magrath Rockets. He Canadian records in the 200 and 400 metre the Year and in 1978 she was awarded a he was a key contributor in sustaining played on three teams vying for the right to freestyle and set CIAU records in the 100, Government of Alberta Achievement nationally recognized sport/recreation represent Canada at three Olympic Games 200, 400 metre freestyle as well as the 100 Award. Carson-Ackroyd has also served on administration programs in the Faculty of (1948, 1952, 1956). His baseball talents were metre backstroke. She was named to the the Governing Council of Athabasca Physical Education and Recreation. recognized by both the New York Giants Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1978 and the University for six years. ■

University of Alberta 9 folio March 3, 2000 J. Gordin K 2000 for Excell

The J.Gordin Kaplan Award Bob Hining for Excellence in Research was established as the university’s Bob Hinings is a professor in the Faculty of 1963 until 1982, spending two years in the Business’ Department of Strategic Management late 1960s on a leave of absence doing and Organization. research at the University of Alberta. It was most prestigious research prize in that experience that brought Hinings back Background: Hinings was born in the to Edmonton in 1982, and he’s remained town of Grantham in the English east mid- here ever since. lands (which was also the birthplace of for- The research: Hinings says his research 1982 by J.Gordin Kaplan, the first mer Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher) and is rooted in two key questions: “Why are grew up in the same county. He was con- organizations designed, structured, man- scripted and served in the Royal Air Force aged and organized the way they are?” vice-president (research) at the for two years, never seeing any combat, and, secondly and more importantly, “how although he was put on 12-hour standby do they manage to change as the environ- notice during the Suez Crisis. He studied ment they’re operating within changes?” sociology and anthropology at the This work can range from a comparison of University of Alberta.The award University of Leeds and then got a research car manufacturers, software companies and assistantship at the Birmingham College of school boards to his recent focus on large- Advanced Technology’s School of scale professional service firms, like was renamed in Kaplan’s honor in Industrial Administration. Eventually, he accounting and law companies, which moved on to the University of Birmingham nobody else really examined until Hinings 1988.Two awards are presented as a professor and remained there from and his U of A colleagues started their stud- annually for outstanding research in humanities, social sciences, law, education and fine arts, and “I have a very strong feeling we’ve got to sciences or engineering.Award beyond seeing organizational change as a recipients Bob Hinings exercise and understand it’s also a and Nicole Tomczak- political exercise. We’ve got to Jaegermann will better job of understanding t speak at the annual and political process in the o celebration reception to ensure change can ta tion Monday, March 6 at 4 p.m.in the Timms Centre.

University of Alberta 108 folio March 3, 2000 Kaplan Awards lence in Research gs “[Mathematics] is about abstract patterns and not really about numbers at all. It’s an abstract activity like ies. This is the work that led to a pair of international honours for Hinings in the last 12 months and, now, the Kaplan music, but it’s also a base for many award. The teacher: Although he enjoys teaching, Hinings says he’s been fortunate to modern technologies.” spend most of his classroom time with graduate students, enabling him to concen- trate on more advanced material. Still, he attempts to make his courses interactive, talking about real world examples as often as possible and bringing in business execu- tives to handle questions from students. Vision for the future: Hinings feels change is becoming increasingly important these days, and so is his field, which didn’t really exist until the 1970s. He sees it becoming more inter-disciplinary as researchers realize they can’t proceed rely- ing on a single school of thought.

get Nicole Tomczak- technical social and Jaegermann o do a much

that social Dr. Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann is a professor spaces. These are relatively simple mathe- Vision for the future: There is a in the Department of Mathematics. matical objects that form the roots of basic curious duality to mathematics, she says. formulas used by physicists and engineers. On one hand, it is a fundamental discipline organiza- Background: Tomczak-Jaegermann What is fascinating about them, she says, is of intrinsic beauty that plays a role in the was born in France and grew up in Poland. that many are intimately connected to the development of human civilization. On the She earned her master’s degree and PhD geometry of solid-like objects in dimensions other hand, in modern times mathematics ake place.” at Warsaw University and taught for a few much higher than three. This work – in a has been widely acclaimed as a gateway years at her alma mater before moving to field known as functional analysis – has led discipline for sciences, technology and the United States. She was a visiting profes- to much international acclaim and was the engineering, providing them with highly sor at Texas A & M University in the early subject of considerable interest at the sophisticated tools. These two roles are 1980s and then moved north, coming to International Congress of Mathematicians intimately connected and will be more so the U of A in 1983. held in Berlin in 1998. in the future. Nevertheless, mathematics The research: Mathematics can be The teacher: While learning about math and indeed all sciences cannot develop described as the search for structures and isn’t difficult, teaching it can be, according without curiosity-driven research. In the patterns that reveal deeper connections and to Tomczak-Jaegermann. “If students are present, fast-changing world, one of the common themes, says Tomczak-Jaegermann. ready for some adventure and start think- important missions of the university is It develops a universal language which ing differently, it’s not too difficult to teach to maintain the atmosphere and sustain serves as a unifying basis for our under- math,” she says. “The problem is, most of the basis for curiosity-driven research to standing of the world. Specifically, her the time people expect recipes. They want continue to thrive. research concentrates on the intrinsic prop- you to tell them what to do, not how to do Stories by Dan Rubinstein erties and structure of so-called Banach it. Otherwise, they are lost.”

University of Alberta 11 folio March 3, 2000 WORKPLACE RECOGNITION INITIATIVE LAUNCH University Extension Centre, 8303 – 112 Street. Info: March 7, 9:00 – 9:30 am 492-3034. The Workplace Recognition Subcommittee would like to invite all staff to attend the official GENERAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGE- launch of the Workplace Recognition Initiative at the MENT PROGRAMS Jubilee Auditorium Banquet Room. Refreshments will be served. Special guest: Lois Hole. For more in- BANFF CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT formation: 492-7125 or March 19 – 25; May 7 – 13 [email protected] “Team Leadership and Facilitation.” March 26 – 31 APO SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS “Leading in the Middle.” APO Learning Implementation Committee March 26 – April 1 “Performance Management.” March 7, 8:30 am – 12:00 pm March 26 – April 1 Margo McCune, Gail Bamber, Sydney Bowers, “Leadership Challenge.” Cathy Anne Pachnowski, and Christopher Michell- Info: Phone 1-800-590-9799 or website Viret, “Let’s make it BRIEF (Benefit Enrollment, Re- www.banffmanagement.com. cruitment, Immigration, Employment Equity and FOIPP) – Recruitment/Retention of Academics.” Fac- ulty Club. No charge. Lunch provided. Info: 492-7126 MUSIC or [email protected]. March 9, 2:00 – 3:30 pm DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC Ellen Schoeck, “Governance 101: Understanding March 5, 1:00 pm Collegial Management at the University of Alberta.” Piano Masterclass, with visiting artist Jacques Council Chamber, University Hall. No charge. Info: Després. Free admission. Convocation Hall, Arts 492-7126 or [email protected]. Building. March 14 and 16, 8:30 am – 12:00 pm March 6, 12:10 pm Ashley Daniel, “Resolving Disputes in the Music at Noon, Convocation Hall Student Recital Workplace.” CAB 219. Info: 492-7126 or Series: students from Dept of Music. Free admission. [email protected]. Convocation Hall, Arts Building. March 21, 8:30 am – 12:00 pm March 6, 8:00 pm Marianne McLennan, “Healthy Leadership: The GMCC and U of A Jazz Bands concert. Bringing out the Best in Yourself and Others.” 219 Raymond Baril and Tom Dust, directors. “Salute to the CAB. Info: 492-7126 or [email protected]. Bands – a tribute to the great swing bands of the March 22, 8:30 – 11:30 am 1930s and 1940s.” Featuring music of Dorsey, Melanie Goroniuk and Brian C. Forbes, “Health Ellington, Goodman, Shaw, many more. Admission: Recovery Support – Making the best use of EFAP and $5/student/senior, $10/adult. Convocation Hall, Arts Disability Management Resources.” CAB 219. Info: Building. 492-7126 or [email protected]. March 8, 8:00 pm Opera Night at the Faculty Club. Presented by EXHIBITION the Edmonton Opera Guild, featuring assorted opera arias sung by U of A music students, opera division. EXTENSION CENTRE GALLERY Admission: $8/adult, $5/student. Info: Carole-Anne Brown, 438-7000. Everyone welcome! March 6 to 23 March 10, 8:00 pm “My Extended Family.” Paintings and drawings Music at Convocation Hall Series: Stéphane of Katherine Fraser. Reception: March 11, 2:00 – 4:00 Lemelin, piano; Martin Riseley and David Colwell, vio- pm, artist in attendance. Gallery hours: Monday – lin; Aaron Au, viola; Tanya Prochazka, violoncello. Thursday, 8:30 am – 8:00 pm; Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 Featuring Johannes Brahms complete chamber music pm, Saturday, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon. Second floor,

University of Alberta 12 folio March 3, 2000 for piano and strings. Admission: $5/student/senior, University of Alberta (AAS:UA) invite members of the $10/adult. Convocation Hall, Arts Building. AAS:UA and their spouses to attend a free two-day March 12, 8:00 pm retirement planning seminar, facilitated by Rein The University of Alberta Academy of Strings Selles, President of Retirement/Life Challenge Ltd., Concert. Tanya Prochazka, conductor. Admission: $5/ “Planning for Personal Freedom.” The workshop will student/senior, $10/adult. Convocation Hall, Arts provide participants with an opportunity to: identify Building. and address any immediate issues with respect to March 13, 12:00 pm retirement plans; develop a strategy for planning Noon-Hour Organ Recital. Featuring students long-term goals; and provide specific information in from The King’s College University College. Free ad- the areas of lifestyle, financial and estate planning. In mission. Convocation Hall, Arts Building. the Map Room, Lister Hall. Coffee and lunches pro- March 14, 8:00 pm vided. Enrollment is limited and will be on a first- Doctor of Music Recital. Francis Yang, piano. come, first-serve basis. If you are interested in at- Free admission. Convocation Hall, Arts Building. tending, please call Janice Forgues at 492-5321 or e- March 15, 2:00 pm mail: [email protected]. Deadline for regis- Viola Masterclass. Visiting artist Rivka Golani. tration is March 31. Admission at the door: $10/auditor. Room 3-46 Fine Arts Building. THEATRE March 15, 8:00 pm Chamber Music for Winds. Malcolm Forsyth, STUDIO THEATRE conductor. Admission: $5/student/senior, $10/adult. March 29 – April 8 Convocation Hall, Arts Building. March 16, 8:00 pm William Shakespeare’s “Pericles, Prince of Tyre.” Box Office: 492-2495. Timms Centre for the Arts. Master of Music Recital. Hoon-Young Lee. Free admission. Convocation Hall, Arts Building. VISITING COMMITTEES SEMINARS FACULTY OF SCIENCE RETIREMENT PLANNING SEMINAR FOR ACADEMIC March 9 – 10 Dr. Richard Peter, Dean of Science, is hosting the STAFF tenth annual “Visiting Committee.” Program starts at May 5 – 6, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm 5:30 pm on March 9th in the Faculty Club. March 10th The Office of the Vice-President (Academic) and program: “Science in the 21st Century.” For informa- Provost and the Association of Academic Staff of the tion, please contact Linda at 492-1679 or 492-4757.

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University of Alberta 13 folio March 3, 2000 Submit talks to Brenda Briggs by 9 a.m. one week prior March 15, 12:00 noon to publication. Fax 492-2997 or e-mail at Peter Smith, “Good drugs and bad pain – the [email protected] . electrophysiology of peripheral nerve injury.” Room G-114 Biological Sciences Building. CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF UKRAINIAN STUDIES Plant Biology Seminar Series (part of the Biology 600 March 17, 7:30 pm seminar series) Ivan Svarnyk, Central State Historical Archive of March 10, 10:00 am Ukraine in Lviv, “The Development of Heraldry in Victor Lieffers, “What factors control the crown Ukraine.” In Ukrainian. Heritage Lounge, Athabasca size of lodgepole pine trees?” Room M-141 Biological Hall. Info: 492-2972. Sciences Building. CAREER AND PLACEMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING March 8, 4:30 pm March 15, 5:30 pm “Careers in the Cultural Sector.” L-1 Humanities. Videoconference seminar from University of March 8, 5:30 pm Calgary: Henk ter Keurs, Physiology & Biophysics, title “Human Ecology” Career Forum. Room 4-02 SUB. TBA. Room 231 CEB. March 9, 5:00 pm “Physical Education” Career Forum. Room 1-13 DEPARTMENT OF CELL BIOLOGY Education. March 6, 9:30 am March 9, 5:30 pm Dr. Philip Barker, McGill University, “The p75 “Starting Your Own Business” Career Forum. Neurotrophin Receptor – New Twists on an Old Tale.” 2-43 CAB. Seminar room 5-10 Medical Sciences Building. March 15, 5:30 pm March 13, 9:30 – 10:30 am “Environmental and Conservation Sciences” Guest speaker, Dr. Michel Bellini, Carnegie Insti- Career Forum. Room 2-3 Mechanical Engineering tution of Washington, “Cajal (coiled) bodies, coilin Building. and RNA processing.” Seminar room 5-10 Medical Tickets for all forums: students $4.00 at CaPS, Sciences Building. $5.00 at the door – non-students $8.00 at CaPS, $10.00 at the door. Info: 492-4291 or DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY www.ualberta.ca/caps Edward Herbert Boomer Memorial Lecturesa March 20 - 22, 11:00 am – 12:00 noon CENTRE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION STUDIES Featuring Ruedi Aebersold, Depart of Biotech- March 8, 12:00 – 1:00 pm nology, University of Washington Tara Rankin, “The Cost of Healthy Eating in Ed- March 20: “The evolution of technologies for the monton.” Focus Room, International Institute for analysis of proteins and proteomes.” Qualitative Methodology, 6-10 University Extension March 21: “The analysis of intracellular regula- Centre. tory pathways by mass spectrometry.” March 15, 12:00 – 1:00 pm March 22: “Quantitative proteome analysis using Dr. Karin Olson, “Healthy Dying: Health Promo- isotope coded affinity tags and mass spectrometry.” tion in the Context of Advanced Cancer and Pallia- All lectures are in room V1-07, V-Wing Lecture tive Care.” Focus Room, International Institute for Theatres. Info: 492-9560. Qualitative Methodology, 6-10 University Extension Centre. DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING SCIENCE March 13, 3:30 pm DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND Distinguished lecture: Eric Horvitz, senior re- NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE searcher, Microsoft Research, “Uncertainty, Action, Nutrition and Metabolism Research Group and Interaction: Harnessing Probabilistic Representa- March 15, 12:00 – 1:00 pm tions and Reasoning in Human-Computer Interac- Dr. Robert Ledeen, New Jersey Medical School, tion.” Room 128, V-Wing. “Axons, Dendrites, and the Gangloside Enigma: The March 17, 12:00 noon Crucial Role of Calcium and GM1 Gangliside in Neuro- Artificial Intelligence Series Seminar: John E. nal Differentiation.” Room 227 Medical Sciences Laird, “Building Intelligent Synthetic Characters for Building. Computer Games.” Room 6-19 GSB. DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES Research Presentations: Candidates March 28, 12:00 – 1:30 pm Pierrette Tremblay, GAC Ward Neale Medallist, for the Sociocultural Position “From the Safe Use of Asbestos to Mercury in the En- March 6, 3:00 pm vironment to Pollutants in Breastmilk – Contributions Dr. Ronald Niezen, “Indigenous Peoples in a Glo- of Earth Sciences to Health Issues.” Hosted by Edmon- bal Era.” Room 14-28 Tory. ton Geological Society and Dept of EAS. Room 3-37 March 10, 3:00 pm Tory. Dr. Anne Brydon, “The Predicament of Nature: Cultural Identities, Environmental Discourse, and the DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Politics of Whaling.” Room 14-28 Tory. March 6, 12:00 noon The F.M. Salter Lecture: John Considine, “Making DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Dictionaries, Making Heritage.” Lecture Theatre 3 Hu- Departmental Seminar Series manities. March 24, 3:30 pm O.R. Taylor, “Monarch Butterflies: Orientation DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND CLASSICS and navigation during the fall migration.” Room March 9, 3:30 pm TL-12, Tory Lecture Theatres. Nick Gardner, “The limits to military authority: Ecology Seminar Series (part of the Biology 631 Discipline and indiscipline in the Indian Army on the western front in 1914.” Room 2-58 Tory. seminar series) March 16, 3:30 pm March 10, 12:00 noon Amy von Heyking, Concordia University College, Corina Brdr, “Limits to butterfly movement “The Myth of Good Citizenship in Alberta Schools.” through secessional landscapes.” Room M-137 Bio- Room 2-58 Tory. logical Sciences Building. Entomology Seminar Series (Entomology 602) DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN ECOLOGY March 9, 3:35 pm March 7, 12:30 – 1:30 pm Chris Buddle, “Extraordinary diversity: the spider Peggy Mann, MA candidate, “Sew Many Threads: fauna of fallen logs and telephone poles.” TB-W1 Quilts as Portraits” and Linda Bonifacio, MSc candi- Tory Breezeway. date, “Conflicts & Research.” Room 3-05 Human Ecol- March 16, 3:35 pm ogy Building. Reuben Kaufman, “Pathogen and vector: some factors influencing the transmission of viruses by DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL GENETICS ticks.” TB-W1 Tory Breezeway. Medical Genetics Rounds Molecular Biology and Genetics Research Group (part March 8, 12:00 – 1:00 pm of the Genetics 605 seminar series) Dr. Richard John, RCMP, “General DNA forensic March 10, 4:00 pm analysis.” Room 2-07 HMRC. Mike Walter, “The genetics of developmental March 15, 12:00 – 1:00 pm glaucoma: transcription factors and more transcription Dr. Rhada Chari, Dept of Obstetrics and factors.” Room M-149 Biological Sciences Building. Gynecology, “Case Reviews in Prenatal Diagnosis.” March 27, 4:00 pm Room 2-07 HMRC. Dieter Söll, “Specificity in Protein Biosynthesis: March 22, 12:00 – 1:00 pm the adaptor hypothesis revisited.” Room M-149 Bio- Dr. Murray Robertson, Div of Pediatric Cardiol- logical Sciences Building. ogy, “Of mice and men: the genetics of congenital heart disease.” Room 2-07 HMRC. Physiology, Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar Series (part of the Biology 642 seminar series) DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND March 10, 12:00 noon CULTURAL STUDIES DeMar Taylor, “Arthropod immunity: search for March 8, 3:00 pm antibacterial peptides in the hemolymph of ticks.” Mikhail Dmitriev, Moscow Lomonossov Univer- Room M-149 Biological Sciences Building. sity, “Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Popular Culture: Prospects for Comparative Studies.” Room 4-36 Arts Building.

University of Alberta 14 folio March 3, 2000 March 15, 3:30 pm FACULTY OF EDUCATION John-Paul Himka, “Eschatology in the Traditional Centre for Research on Literacy Ukrainian Culture.” Room 2-32 Tory. March 3, 3:00 pm Information: 492-0733 or [email protected] Drs. Gay and Jeff Bisanz, Psychology, “Science at or 492-0853 or [email protected] the Supermarket: Comparing What Appears in Print, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY Experts’ Advice to Readers, and What Students Want March 10, 3:30 pm to Know.” Education South 651a. Colloquium: Andrew Gow, “Scepticism, Science, Department of Secondary Education Miracles and Marvels. The Criteria of Truth in Medi- March 7, 5:00 – 8:00 pm eval Europe: Historical Complications.” Room 4-29 Dr. David Blades, Dr. Margaret Iveson, Dr. Norma Humanities. Nocente, Dr. George Richardson, Dr. Elaine Simmt, “The Curriculum Symposium on Regional and Na- DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY tional Curriculum Protocols: Whose Vision? Whose March 3, 3:30 pm Voice?” Room 122 Education South. Dr. Diane W. Cox, “Copper Transport and Stor- March 17, 2:00 – 3:00 pm age: The Role of P-type ATPases.” Room 2-07 HMRC. Dr. George Richardson, “The Ghost in the Ma- March 10, 3:30 pm chine: Civic Education and the Obscene Persistence Deborah Sterling, “Regulation of Anion Ex- of the Other.” Room 122 Education South. change Proteins: Getting to the Heart of the Matter.” Room 2-07 HMRC. INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR QUALITATIVE March 17, 3:30 pm METHODOLOGY Brent Bany, University of Calgary, “Control of March 9, 12:00 – 1:00 pm Prostaglandin and MMP/TIMP Production in the En- Dr. Max van Manen, Faculty of Education, “Issues dometrium During Early Pregnancy.” Room 2-07 in Phenomenological Research.” Room 6-10 Univer- HMRC. sity Extension Centre, 8303 – 112 Street. Everyone welcome! Info: 492-8778 DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE March 23, 3:30 pm PERINATAL RESEARCH CENTRE The Shifting Geographies of Democratic Govern- March 7, 12:00 – 1:00 pm ance speakers series: Susan Clarke, “Reinventing Clinical Research Seminar: Beverley O’Brien, Cascadia.” Room 10-4 Tory. DNSc, Professor, Faculty of Nursing and Marilyn Evans, graduate student, Faculty of Nursing, “The DEPARTMENT OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES experience of women hospitalized with symptoms of March 9, 12:30 – 1:50 pm severe nausea and vomiting of pregnancy.” Room Dr. Jens Roland, “Effect of landscape and popu- B762 Women’s Centre, Royal Alex Hospital. Light lation size on dispersal of alpine butterflies.” Room 2- lunch provided. 36 Earth Sciences Building. March 16, 12:30 – 1:50 pm RU LEMIEUX LECTURE Mr. Dave Price, Natural Resources Canada, “Mod- March 13, 4:00 – 5:00 pm elling the interactions of Canada’s forests and cli- RU Lemieux Lecture on Biotechnology: Dr. mate: Some potential successes and possible fail- Christopher Somerville, Dept of Plant Biology, ures.” Room 2-36 Earth Sciences Building. Stanford University, CA, “The Impact of Genomics on March 23, 3:00 pm Plant Genetic Engineering.” Timms Centre for the Forest Industry lecture series, lecture #44: Dr. Arts. Shin Nagata, University of Tokyo, “Japanese Forest to Make Japanese Houses.” Room P-126 Physics Build- TEACHING SUPPORT & RESOURCE OFFICE ing. March 24, 12:00 – 1:00 pm Teaching Matters Series: Rene Day, Faculty of DEPARTMENT OF RURAL ECONOMY Nursing, “Teaching Dossiers.” Room 6-107 Clinical March 6, 3:15 pm Sciences Building. Larry Hegan, graduate student, “Is the Tragedy of the Commons Really Possible?” Room 550 GSB. UNIVERSITY TEACHING SERVICES March 6, 3:00 – 4:30 pm DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY Lewis Cardinal, “Indigenous Worldview.” CAB March 15, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm 281. Garry Smith, “Gambling and Crime in Western March 13, 7:45 – 8:45 am Canada.” 5-15 Tory. Robert de Frece, Drop-In Breakfast, “Student Ratings of Instruction.” CAB 219. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND STUDIES CENTRE March 13, 4:00 – 5:30 pm March 9, 4:30 pm Katy Campbell, “Technology and Inclusivity.” Dr. Mark Boyce, Fisheries and Wildlife, “Antici- CAB 243. pating Extinctions: How to Know What the Future March 14, 3:30 – 5:00 pm Portends for Biodiversity.” Alumni Room, Students’ Stanley Varnhagen, “Hitting a Moving Target: Union Building. Issues in Assessing Innovative Instruction.” CAB 281. March 16, 4:30 pm March 20, 2:00 – 4:00 pm Dr. Robert Costanza, Chesapeake Biological Lab, Ashley Daniel and Janet Smith, “Diversity and “Ecological Economics: Reintegrating the Study of Inclusions in the Classroom.” CAB 281. Humans and the Rest of Nature.” Alumni Room, Stu- dents’ Union Building.

NOMINATIONS FOR 3M TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS SOUGHT

he University of Alberta has received discipline or level of appointment) is T22 awards during the 14-year exist- eligible. An exclusive three-day (No- ence of the national 3M Teaching Fel- vember 5-7, 2000), all-expenses-paid lowships Program. In conjunction retreat at the Chateau Montebello is with the start of the 2000 competition, the main component of the award. Bente Roed, director, University Up to 10 awards are given annu- Teaching Services (UTS), says, “We ally. Nomination forms are available have many other outstanding instruc- from UTS, 215 Central Academic tors who warrant identification and Building, 492-2826. Dossiers are to nominations.” reach the Society for Teaching and The fellowships are awarded by Learning in Higher Education by May the Society for Teaching and Learning 5, 2000, but if a letter from the Vice- in Higher Education and 3M Canada President (Academic) is required, the Inc. Any individual currently teaching nomination package must reach UTS at a Canadian university (regardless of by April 18, 2000.

University of Alberta 15 folio March 3, 2000 The records arising from this competition will be managed in accordance with provisions of the Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPP). The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are committed to the principle of equity of employment. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons. Qualifications: ABORIGINAL STUDENT ADVISOR • grade 12 education supplemented by office ad- OFFICE OF NATIVE STUDENT SERVICES ministration/accounting training and 4-5 years The Office of Native Student Services (NSS) in- of related office experience vites applications for candidates for the position of • computer proficiency in a Windows environment Aboriginal Student Advisor. NSS is responsible for using MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook and Netscape providing services to approximately 1000 Aboriginal • excellent secretarial and office management skills students registered at the University of Alberta. This • knowledge of university PeopleSoft (EPIC and number is expected to continue to increase as a re- PISCES) preferable, or a willingness to train sult of the university’s Aboriginal Student Policy, • familiarity with university policies and systems, which calls for all Faculties to increase their enrol- including Code of Student Behaviour, GFC Policy ment of Aboriginal students. Manual, ASRP, FOIPP, and University Student RESPONSIBILITIES: Reporting to the Director of Services very advantageous Native Student Services, the incumbent will initiate, The salary range for this position is $2,324 – develop and provide academic, personal, and cul- $2,914 per month (pay grade 7). tural support services to prospective and current Please send applications to Employment, Human Aboriginal students at the University of Alberta, as Resource Services, 2-40 Assiniboia Hall, T6G 2E7 (fax well as, providing leadership and coordination for 492-0371). Deadline for submissions is March10, 2000. several programs and services in NSS’s Retention Services and Strategies program that include: ADMINISTRATIVE • Aboriginal Student Housing, • “n’totemtik” Peer Support program, PROFESSIONAL OFFICER • Scholarships and Bursaries, academic and career advising, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS • Tutor Bank, ENGINEERING, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING • 2 annual convocation ceremonies, The Department of Chemical and Materials Engi- • Personal, professional, and agency referrals, neering at the University of Alberta invites applicants for • Aboriginal student advocacy, the position of administrative professional officer (APO). • Administrative Coordinator for the University of Reporting to the department chair, this new APO Alberta Aboriginal Advisory Council, position is responsible for providing a wide range of • A weekly E-Newsletter for Aboriginal students support in administrative duties. Particular duties and the Aboriginal community on campus, include supervision of eight office staff, human-re- • And maintaining an Aboriginal “major-domo” sources management, management of departmental list for campus wide communication. accounts, involvement with teaching assistantships QUALIFICATIONS: The successful candidate will and course assignments, and coordination of various possess a Bachelor’s degree; proven experience departmental activities. working with Aboriginal people, preferably students Applicants for this challenging and rewarding within post-secondary setting; knowledge of the Uni- position should have: versity’s admission procedures and support systems; • a university degree, preferably in engineering excellent inter-personal and communication skills; an • at least five years of relevant experience ability to work as a team leader; knowledge of Abo- • an understanding of university policies and pro- riginal community and agencies with sensitivity cedures (academic, financial and human re- about Aboriginal history and cultures. Applicants sources) should be prepared to be a self-starter and initiator • strong interpersonal, organizational, and man- and one who is able to take on, coordinate, and del- agement skills egate responsibilities for services and programs as • demonstrated competence in written and oral they develop. communications The position will be of interest to individuals Additional desirable attributes include: with proven administrative expertise, knowledge of • knowledge of the engineering program at the Aboriginal education including cultural and lan- University of Alberta guage issues, empathy for students, belief in strong • experience as an APO or equivalent position. links to the community and considerable related ex- This administrative professional officer position perience. Successful fund-raising experience will be a has a salary range from $39,559 to $59,335 commen- definite asset. The possibility may exist for the suc- surate with qualifications and experience. The appli- cessful applicant to do some teaching. cation deadline for this competition is March 24, 2000. SALARY: This is an Administrative/Professional Of- Applications including a résumé and names of three ficer position with a salary range of $35,113 - $52,669 references should be sent in confidence to: Dr. S.E. commensurate with qualifications and experience. Wanke, chair, Department of Chemical and Materials DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: March 17, 2000 Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Al- If you possess the qualities and vision we are berta CANADA, T6G 2G6 seeking, please forward your application, curriculum vitae, and the names of three referees to: Lewis Cardi- nal, Coordinator, Office of Native Student Services, 2- ADMINISTRATIVE 400 SUB, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2J7 PROFESSIONAL OFFICER Office: (780) 492-5677 Fax: (780) 492-1674 DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta invites applicants for the ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT position of Administrative Professional Officer (APO). OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF STUDENTS Reporting to the department chair, this new APO The Office of the Dean of Students at the Univer- position is responsible for providing a wide range of sity of Alberta invites applications for the full-time support in administrative matters, including budget continuing position of administrative assistant. planning. Particular duties include assistance and DUTIES: preparation of new initiatives and funding proposals, • provides administrative/secretarial support to advisement of undergraduate and graduate students, the dean, executive assistant, special projects involvement with teaching assistants and course as- and funding officer, and LAN administrator signments, in addition to co-ordination of various • provides information on student related matters student activities. on behalf of the Office of the Dean of Students Applicants for this challenging and rewarding to students, staff and parents position should have: • provides basic accounting support and main- • a university degree, preferably in engineering or tains daily accounting records; reconciles and science maintains monthly reports; processes • several years of relevant experience PeopleSoft journal vouchers and daily billings; • strong interpersonal and organizational skills prepares and submits travel claims, purchase • demonstrated competence in written and oral and work requisitions, and daily supply requisi- communication tions; manages petty cash funds and corporate Additional desirable attributes include: VISA accounts • knowledge of the engineering program at the • provides support in project and special event University of Alberta planning activities; assists in strategic planning • an understanding of university policies and pro- and policy development cedures (academic, financial and human re- • reviews and prioritizes mail and responds to sources) routine correspondence, phone calls, and office • experience as an APO or equivalent position drop-ins This Administrative Professional Officer position • manages University Student Services (USS) re- has a salary range from $39,559 - $59,335, commen- source materials, AV equipment, and conference surate with qualifications and experience. The appli- room facilities cation deadline for this competition is March 17, 2000, • maintains FOIPP Inventory and filing system and applications including a résumé and names of within the office three references should be sent in confidence to Dr. • maintains and orders office supplies as required M.G. Faulkner, acting chair, Department of Mechani- for the office and USS cal Engineering, University of Alberta Edmonton, Al- • performs other duties as required berta CANADA,T6G 2G8.

University of Alberta 16 folio March 3, 2000 ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE RESEARCH ADMINISTRATOR PROFESSOR (CLINICAL TRACK) PARKLAND INSTITUTE’S GLOBALISM PROJECT The Parkland Institute, an Alberta-wide research DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH PATHOLOGY AND network on political economy and based in the Fac- AUDIOLOGY ulty of Arts at the University of Alberta, is hiring a A joint appointment position is available, with research administrator. The position is to administer exciting possibilities for research at an innovative a large grant of the Social Sciences and Humanities clinical facility, the Craniofacial Osseointegration and Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The research Maxillofacial Prosthetic Rehabilitation Unit (COMPRU) project, entitled “Neo-liberal globalism and its chal- at the Misericordia Hospital in Edmonton, combined lengers. Sustainability in the semi-periphery,” in- with an academic appointment at the University of volves 19 researchers in Canada, Mexico, Australia Alberta. COMPRU’s work in head and neck recon- and Norway. The position, based in Edmonton, is full struction is unique in Canada; it is one of few such time (35 hours per week) starting April or May 2000 centres in the world. The full-time renewable term and subject to the terms of the Non-Academic Staff appointment will be in the Department of Speech Association (NASA) collective agreement. Monthly Pathology and Audiology at the University of Al- salary is $2,700 - $3,400 plus benefits. The position is berta; responsibilities will be divided between the for a possible five years and is subject to review after Department and COMPRU. The position requires a six months. doctorate in speech-language pathology or related DUTIES: discipline with specific interest in voice and reso- • organize and plan meetings, conferences and nance, evidence of research and teaching potential, symposia and eligibility for certification by the Canadian Asso- • support networking, communicate with popular ciation of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audi- sector partners and correspond with researchers ologists. Primary duties include development and • manage research budget and finances implementation of research program at COMPRU, • prepare applications for and pursue comple- graduate teaching in the Dept. of Speech Pathology mentary sources of funding and Audiology, supervision of masters and doctoral • coordinate publications and editorial work student research, and clinical responsibilities at • recruit post-doctoral fellows and graduate re- COMPRU. search assistants Rank and salary is commensurate with qualifica- • perform research work tions and experience. Applications will be accepted • manage web site and list serve until position is filled. The position is available July 1, • disseminate results of research 2000, or as soon as a suitable candidate is found. Send QUALIFICATIONS: CV, reprints of representative publications, names of • bachelor’s degree required, master’s degree in a three referees and statement of research, teaching, social science and/or considerable experience and clinical interests to: Dr. Albert Cook, Dean, Faculty preferred of Rehabilitation Medicine, 3-48 Corbett Hall, Univer- • strong computer skills including word process- sity of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G4. ing and electronic mail Phone: 780-492-5991, Fax: 780-492-1626. • experience with financial management • understanding of, and experience with, university research and globalism issues DIRECTOR • can work independently and under stress FACILITIES MANAGEMENT • desk top publishing and web page design skills The director, facilities management, is responsi- are an asset ble for the operation, maintenance, integration and • willing to travel upkeep of university buildings, vehicle pool, parking • fluency in Spanish an asset structures and grounds. This administrative profes- Please submit résumé and three reference letters sional officer position is charged with directing de- by March 31, 2000 to: Gordon Laxer, Director, Parkland partmental resources towards timely, efficient and Institute, 11044-90 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1. cost-justified in-house solutions to general service Tel: (780) 492-8558 requests. Principal functions and services provided Fax: (780) 492-8738 throughout the department are user demand driven, email: [email protected] and generally require constant evaluation of, and flexible response to, rapidly shifting and often con- TEMPORARY STAFF flicting business priorities. Salary range for this position is currently under review. SERVICES MANAGER MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES • Ensures the cost-effective operation and maintenance of the university’s buildings, parkades Human Resource Services has a unique and chal- and sports facilities. lenging career opportunity for an individual who is • Ensures cost-effective provision of building interested in becoming part of the employment team trades services for both capital projects and the within Employee Relations and Employment Services. continued maintenance of the physical plant As the temporary staff services (TSS) manager, you will infrastructure. be accountable for ensuring the effective administra- • Ensures the cost-effective provision and mainte- tion and coordination of the TSS program—providing nance of the university’s vehicle pool. university departments with competent, skilled tem- • Continuously reviews and recommends cost- porary staff from junior clerical to senior administra- effective and viable operating and materials tive assistants, for leave replacements, special projects, standards and labour utilization to optimize and seasonal or increased workloads. functionality and cost effectiveness. The manager provides placement assistance on • Contributes to planning activities for developing campus by recruiting and coordinating a temporary new facilities and ensuring implementation of staff complement of between 90 and 120 employees, design guidelines and smooth transition of new ensuring that they have current marketable skills facility developments to maintenance/operation through training and development, and administer- stage. ing their pay and benefits program. The manager • Participates on committees relating to manage- provides leadership and motivational support to TSS ment of the physical facilities, transportation, staff, designing useful strategies and implementing and ancillary operations of the department on effective actions to respond with excellence to client planning, maintenance, operations, finances, needs in a quickly changing environment. The man- safety, personnel, and work control. ager liaises with campus administrators regarding BASIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: their provisional needs and the best way of meeting • Education equivalent to a bachelor’s degree those needs within departmental budgets. To ensure from an accredited college or university in engi- the program is competitive, the manager will keep neering. abreast of new business technology through surveys, • Minimum of 10 years professional experience in networking and professional development—and will progressively more responsible roles in engi- market the TSS program knowledgeably and enthusi- neering, and/or facilities management opera- astically to ensure the program maintains its cost- tions. effectiveness. In addition, the manager will directly • Has private sector experience, and a background supervise a TSS assistant. or understanding of public sector operations. Ideal candidates will be professionally compe- • Shows evidence of initiative in professional de- tent in areas related to recruitment and selection, velopment and continuous learning. will demonstrate excellent customer service, inter- • Possesses effective interpersonal, written and personal and organizational skills and have the abil- verbal communication skills. ity to both contribute effectively and work within a • Demonstrates ability to foster a healthy, effec- team environment. tive and efficient work environment. We offer a comprehensive salary and benefits Apply by March 9, 2000 to: Rose Mary Holland, package in an environment that recognizes and re- Director, Executive Search, PricewaterhouseCoopers wards excellence. The salary range for this administra- LLP, 10088 102 Avenue, Suite 1501, Edmonton, AB tive and professional officer (APO) position as of July 1, T5J 2Z1 1999 is $37,128 to $55,692 per annum. Phone: (780) 441-6842 Candidates are asked to submit a résumé no Fax: (780) 441-6776 later than March 17, 2000 to: Cynthia Caskey, Employ- E-mail: [email protected] ment Unit, Employee Relations & Employment Serv- ices, 2-40 Assiniboia Hall, University of Alberta, Ed- monton, Alberta T6G 2E7

University of Alberta 17 folio March 3, 2000 Please send notices attention Folio 400 Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, T6G 2E8 or e-mail [email protected]. Notices should be received by 3 p.m. one week prior to publication.

APPOINTMENT TO BOARD OF GOVERNORS This program is free and open to the public. All Dr. Fordyce Pier, Chair of the Department of Mu- children must be accompanied by an adult. For further sic at the University of Alberta, has been appointed information, please call Museums and Collections to the Board of Governors effective January 24, 2000 Services at 492-5834. to 2003. Pier represents the Academic staff on the Board of Governors and replaces Dr. Franco Pasutto. CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN Pier has been Professor of Trumpet and Wind EDMONTON Band Conducting at the University of Alberta since The CFUW Edmonton chapter is offering the 1973. Since arriving in Alberta, he has continued his 2000 Margaret Brine Scholarship for Women, worth professional activity, appearing frequently as soloist $1,000 to $2,000 in value. Applications are available and chamber musician throughout Canada on CBC in Room 105, Administration Building, Faculty of and in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Japan. Graduate Studies and Research. Application deadline He is past President of the Alberta Band Association is March 17, 2000. and a member of the International Trumpet Guild, the World Association of Symphonic Band Ensembles CARTO 2000 and the College Directors National Band Association. INTO THE MILLENNIUM: CARTOGRAPHY AND MAP He is the 1999 recipient of the Peterkin Award, given COLLECTIONS FOR A NEW CENTURY by the honourary band fraternity Phi Mu Alpha for The University of Alberta Libraries’ William C. outstanding service to the profession of wind band Wonders Map Collection is hosting an international conducting. conference of cartographers and map librarians from Pier has been Chair of the Department of Music May 31-June 4, 2000. This conference brings together since 1995. He has served on the Arts Representative for the first time 300 associations including: the Asso- Council, the Arts Teaching Committee, the Arts Ma- ciation of Canadian Map Libraries & Archives triculation and Admissions Committee, the Arts Ten- (ACMLA), the Canadian Cartographic Association ure Standards Sub-Committee of the FEC, the univer- (CCA) and the Western Association of Map Libraries sity’s Campaign Launch Committee, and the depart- (WAML). For CCA, this conference celebrates its 25th ment’s curriculum, graduate, scholarship and library anniversary. Please view the conference Web site for committees. further details: http://www.library.ualberta.ca/ maps2000/ ECHOES IN THE HALLS: AN UNOFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA INTERNATIONAL MYELOMA WORKSHOP This book is now available for examination and Sponsored by the University of Alberta, Alberta purchase from the following sources: Cancer Board and the National Research Council, the (1) The Association of Professors Emeriti, Emeri- eighth International Myeloma Workshop will be held tus House, 11034 – 89 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6G in Banff, Alberta, from May 4–8, 2001. This is a major 2G1, phone 492-2914. Price: $26.70 total, payable to event bringing together leading researchers in the the Association of Professors Emeriti. oncology field to discuss their latest findings. Please (2) The University of Alberta Press, Ring House 2, check the Web site for details: www.nrc.ca/confserv/ U of A campus, phone 492-3662. Price: $32.05 includ- myeloma. ing GST. (3) Duval House Publishing, 18120 – 102 REUNION: GRADUATE PROGRAM—PSYCHOLOGY Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5S 1S7, phone 488-1390. DEPARTMENT Price: $32.05 including GST. A reunion is planned for May 26-27, 2000 for (4) The University of Alberta Students’ Union alumni and students, faculty and staff of the psychol- Bookstores – SUB, Extension, Health Sciences at ogy department’s graduate program. For details and 1J1.01 WMC, and HUB. Price: $32.05 including GST. reservations contact: Perry Kinkaide, KPMG Consult- For orders from any of the above sources, please ing LP at [email protected] or 429-5860 or Jan add $5.00 for regular mail order destinations within Zielinski at [email protected] or 492-0964 or Tracy Canada. There is no charge for orders shipped within Salmon at 492-0866. the campus mail system. The event coincides with the 40th anniversary of the department’s graduate program. Festivities will STANDARD FIRST AID/HEARTSAVER COURSES commence with a reception at the Faculty Club (7 p.m.) The Office of Environmental Health & Safety has on May 26 and resume at Fort Edmonton Park on May arranged for Standard First Aid/Heartsaver courses to 27 concluding with entertainment and a barbecue. (A be held on campus once again this year. The training brunch on the 28th is under consideration.) is comprised of two full-day sessions (8:00 am to 4:00 pm) with morning, lunch and afternoon breaks. The OXFORD ENGLISH CHAIR TO VISIT THIS MONTH cost is $80.00 per person. The first course will be held Dr. Kate Flint, a reader in English language and in early April and the last at the end of October. Reg- literature at the University of Oxford and chair of istration is limited due to classroom size. For further Oxford’s English department, will be visiting the information and registration forms, please call Cindy University of Alberta from March 8th to 19th. She has Ferris at 492-1810 or e-mail [email protected] published extensively in the area of Victorian literature and she has specialized in the study of wom- TROWELS, TRILOBITES AND TREASURES en’s writing of the period. Books she has written Become a junior archeologist!! Discover more and edited include Elizabeth Gaskell (1995), The about dinosaurs!! Explore the wonders of rocks and Woman Reader, 1836 – 1914 (1993), The Victorian minerals!! Enjoy Science Sunday at the University of Novelist Social Problems and Social Change (1987), Alberta Museums, Sunday, March 5, 1:00 – 4:00 pm, and Victorian Love Stories (1996). Dr. Flint will Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta. present a series of lectures entitled “The Old World Families are invited to participate in a special and the New: the Place of the Americas in the Victo- afternoon of science-based activities and experi- rian Cultural Imagination.” The seminars start March ments – guaranteed to be fun for kids of all ages! Dis- 10th and there will be a “Town and Gown” event on cover how fossils are made or engage your super- March 14th at the Provincial Museum. Info: 492-3258 sleuthing skills to become a dinosaur detective. or [email protected]

University of Alberta 18 folio March 3, 2000 ENGINEERING PROFESSOR INDUCTED teams from regional competitions held in INTO NATIONAL INSTITUTE central Canada, Quebec and Atlantic Dr. Witold A. Krzymien has been se- Canada. The competition is a major na- lected by the Engineering Institute of tional competition sponsored by the Canada (EIC) to be designated a Fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers. the Institute. He will be recognized at an awards ceremony in Ottawa at the Na- LAW PROFESSOR WINS TEACHING AWARD tional Arts Centre, March 6, 2000. Only a Dr. David R. Percy, QC, has received maximum of 20 Fellows may be recog- the 1999 Honourable Tevie H. Miller nized each year amongst 35,000 members Teaching Excellence Award. The award of the Canadian engineering technical will be presented to Dr. Percy on March societies associated with the EIC. Fellows 21, 2000, by the Honourable Allan are identified for their excellence in engi- Wachowich, associate chief justice, at the neering and their service to the profession Law School. This award was instituted by and Canada. They are nominated by at the Friends of the Faculty of Law to annu- least three referees and their candidacy is ally recognize excellence in teaching by a reviewed by our honours and awards full-time member of the Faculty of Law at committee and by the board of directors of the University of Alberta. Previous recipi- the EIC. Recognition of excellence in this ents have been Professor Richard Bauman manner is a tradition of the EIC that has (1997) and Professor Bruce Elman (1998). endured for almost forty years. 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES VOLUNTEER FACULTY OF LAW TEAM FINISHES SECOND ANNOUNCED IN NATIONAL COMPETITION Dr. Albert Cook, dean of the Faculty of The University of Alberta Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, would like to Law team has finished second in the West- congratulate Associate Professor Sandy ern Canada Trial Moot Competition, held Rennie for being selected to one of only a in Victoria, BC this past weekend. This is few volunteer positions at the 2000 Olym- the second national or regional moot com- pic Games, which are to be held in Syd- petition in a row in which the U of A has ney, Australia from September 2 to Octo- finished in second place. The team member 2. Official notice was sent to Dr. Cook bers, coached by Professor Ron Hopp, are from Sue Hylland, Team Captain, Sydney Glenn Taylor and Lauren Zaychuk. The 2000, Canadian Olympic Association, ad- top two teams – UBC and U of A – will vising that “Sandy is among a very dis- now compete in Ottawa in the National tinct few selectees – a testament to the Sopinka Cup Competition against winning qualifications which he possesses.”

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University of Alberta 19 folio March 3, 2000 Tracking the Great Ball of Fire Decades of digging produces second largest meteorite collection in Canada By Phoebe Dey

hey tiptoed over British Columbia “So they kept picking up pieces and Chang Tina Tglaciers, trekked through Mexican we kept buying them at two dollars a deserts and combed through Alberta’s pound. My wife asked me to make her a farmland to find their spectacular treas- pair of earrings out of Bruderheim, and ures. And today the U of A’s earth and when I said no, she was miffed. But it was atmospheric sciences department boasts a matter of scientific principle. The intent a meteorite collection second only to the for buying them was to take them to the national one in Ottawa. university.” At its debut display at the Canadian One pig farmer in the area wouldn’t Space Agency’s annual meeting of the sell his findings, and Folinsbee estimates Meteorites and Impacts Advisory Committee that decision would net the farmer about in October, scientists were wowed by the $1,000 a pound today. size and diversity of the university collec- A few years later, Folinsbee and tion. From a modest beginning in 1915, Dr. Lou Bayrock next headed north after a when geology professor Dr. W.F. Ferrier fall in Peace River. Using descriptions bought a piece of the Brenham, Kansas from rural residents, and one farmer in pallasite for 75 cents, the collection particular who watched the fireball out of now contains 130 mete- his small bedroom win- orites representing dow, the U of A team more than 1,000 rock ”Sure enough, he had this was able to plot a precise Dr. Pat Cavell, Collections Coordinator for the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department. specimens. Dr. Dorian line to find the meteor’s Smith, who took over fairly rare type. And the fragments. Later that After seeing several of the department’s The staff receives its share of the role of curator in spring when a nearby specimens, a former student mentioned “meteorwrongs.” The number was growing 1978 and still manages father had been using it as slough dried up, a his father might have two meteorites at so much the department’s curator trained the collection today, a doorstop for the pigsty for farmer, angry to find his farm near Mayerthorpe. “Sure enough, the front receptionist to recognize the real made it his mandate to rocks on his property, he had this fairly rare type,” said Folinsbee. thing from the phony, much to the dismay preserve, conserve and years.”— cursed the remains and “And the father had been using it as a of the people who think they’ve found add pieces. threw them over the doorstop for the pigsty for more than a dirty old rock. Dr. Robert Dr. Robert Folinsbee fence. When he heard years.” Recently, the department also cata- Folinsbee, professor about the falling me- Good old- logued the entire collection in a emeritus and former teor, he collected the fashioned database on the Internet chair of the geology pieces and received bartering and is building a vault department, also played a large role in $200 for the lot. should to hold the items. expanding the collection. In the winter of The next crucial discovery was the also be If they can 1960, after a Bruderheim farmer reported Allende meteorite in Mexico, where given provide seeing a falling fireball and pieces of unusual Folinsbee bought numerous specimens of partial enough secu- rock on his land, Folinsbee combed for the rare chondrite directly from the peasants credit for rity for these fragments to add to the university’s lone in whose fields they had fallen. building valuable item. He took other scientists, his children “They spent two months walking this up the items, they’ll and his dog to scour the two-feet deep length of land, and we ended up with 150 collection someday snow covering the Alberta prairie. pounds of meteorite,” he said, adding the over the create a “We went out every weekend to see Allende collection at the U of A is the best last several display for what we could find, and when the snow in the world. “We bought a Mexican blanket decades. the public, melted, farmers kept finding more pieces and wrapped the pieces in it and put it in “We said and asking what they should do with a pack sack for when we were crossing might say, Cavell. them,” said Folinsbee. He told them they the border. If we hadn’t done it, all the ‘I’ll give you a little bit “We haven’t could do whatever they wanted with the fragments would have been sold [by the of our Bruderheim if you made a big thing of rocks since they were on private land. peasants] as curials.” give me a slice of what you have this collection so far there,’” said Dr. Pat Cavell, collections because once people know it’s here it coordinator for the earth and atmospheric becomes insecure,” said Cavell, adding sciences department. “These are so impor- pieces have ‘walked away’ from the”

Tina Chang Tina tant because these are free samples of department before. “Only with effective extra-terrestrial materials, and they can security will we put it on display.” tell us a lot about the origins of the earth In the meantime, visit the database on with the aim of being able to control our the Internet at environment and utilize everything we http://129.128.116.48/meteorites/ have on earth.”

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The university displayed its meteorite collection for the first time last October. One hundred and thirty meteorites are represented by over 1,000 specimens.