Queen’s University newspaper of record since 1969 May 11, 2009 Vol. XL No. 9 QUEEN’S GAZETTE Finance system It’s never too late to launch this fall P4 to re-convocate P9 Board unhappy with deficit budget

By CELIA RUSSELL and we must take the tough steps plan to get expenses to meet rev- The projected deficit in 2010- summer to adjust the deficit pro- Queen’s Board of Trustees has re- to address this,” said Board Chair enues. The budget includes the first 2011 is $14.6-million; in 2011- jections for Years 2 and 3. luctantly approved a 2009-2010 Bill Young. round of cuts towards a three-year, 2012, it is $8.4-million. The “I think we need to ask the ad- deficit budget. Steep declines in university in- 15-per-cent budget cut to academic accumulated deficit by 2011-2012 ministration to go back to the After extensive debate at its May vestments due to the global eco- and administrative units. is projected to be $33-million, drawing board,” said Mr. Young. 2 meeting, the board authorized a nomic crisis, reduced government “This is the first time in recent which Mr. Young calls “unaccept- “We’ve got a lot of work ahead of $360-million operating budget, funding as a proportion of the op- memory that the university is actu- able.” us.” which carries a $8.3-million deficit. erating budget, and increasing ally budgeting for a deficit,” said The board’s finance committee Several trustees voiced distress “It’s bad financial management compensation pressures led the Bruce Mitchell, board finance com- will be meeting intensely with about the financial situation, say- for us to live beyond our means, university to create a three-year mittee member. university management over the ing that the university needs to See DEFICIT BUDGET: Page 2 Be a Where old student and new for a traditions weekend meet

By STEPHANIE EARP By NANCY DORRANCE For staff and faculty who work on What may well become a new tra- campus regularly, MiniU is an op- dition at Queen’s will be launched portunity to rediscover Queen’s, QUEEN’S MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS later this month when alumni re- says organizer Melanie McEwen. Alumnus Andrew Feustel will take this banner, designed by Queen’s Creative Services, into space on Tuesday, May 12. turn to campus for Spring Reunion “It allows us to open our eyes to ’09. what’s happening here, to immerse Scheduled for the weekend of ourselves in the excitement of May 22 to 24, the event will be a re- learning, and discover the hidden Alumnus vaults into space, union in every sense of the word – treasures at Queen’s,” she says. with all the reconnecting, remi- The idea for MiniU was born in niscing and camaraderie that in the 2004 after an alumni survey re- past has been associated with Fall vealed a hunger for an educational fulfilling lifelong dream Homecoming, says Alumni Associ- element to campus visits. From ation president Sarah Renaud there, Ms. McEwen, manager of (ArtSci ’96). But it will also intro- Alumni Education and Outreach, By NANCY DORRANCE “When I arrived in Kingston to duce some intriguing new elements started the research that led to the After a grueling selection process, do my PhD at Queen’s, I still was- for returning graduates. development of MiniU. nine years of training, numerous n’t sure how I was going to pursue “There are a number of unique One school that Ms. McEwen delays and a nerve-wracking, last- this astronaut thing – but it turned offerings, including a ‘re-convoca- and her team visited was Princeton, minute cancellation last fall, all sys- out to be the Canadian connection tion’ ceremony, all-alumni smoker for its alumni weekend. There, re- tems are “go” for alumnus Andrew that got me there,” he said with a and campus tours that showcase union, convocation and educa- Feustel (PhD ’95) to realize his life- laugh. new developments at Queen’s,” tional panels are combined. And long dream of blasting into orbit After completing his PhD in notes Ms Renaud, who along with this year, with MiniU coinciding Tuesday, on the space shuttle At- Mining Seismology under the su- other volunteers has been working with Spring Reunion on May 22 to lantis. pervision of Geological Sciences with Alumni Relations to help pro- 24, the Queen’s campus will be just Safely stowed away in the shut- and Geological Engineering profes- mote and build awareness of the as lively. tle’s storage bay will be a specially- sors Herb Helmstaedt and Paul event. But where Princeton keeps its designed banner depicting Queen’s Young, Dr. Feustel worked for the “Plus, it’s a perfect time of year weekend activities limited to landmark street sign at the corner Kingston-based Engineering Seis- for grads to return and see campus alumni, Queen’s MiniU is open to of University and Union, as viewed mology Group. It was that experi- in full bloom – something they anyone. And with the MiniU a-la- from outside the Earth’s atmos- ence, installing and operating may not have experienced during carte option, where single sessions phere. The banner proclaims: “En- monitoring equipment in a variety their student years.” cost only $20, it’s accessible to gaging the world … and beyond!” of mines, which he now credits as Incoming Alumni Association being critical to his success at NASA everyone. Although he won’t be able to NASA.GOV president Heather Black whole- unfurl the banner during the mis- Andrew Feustel as an astronaut. heartedly agrees with this assess- “MiniU is a great sion, Dr. Feustel notes that it will “Learning how to adapt to con- ment. have spent 11 days in space, along all seven crew members and put fu- fined spaces and claustrophobic en- See SPRING REUNION: Page 9 opportunity to open with the crew. “And after we return ture flights on hold, due to safety vironments, and understanding to Earth, I intend to deliver it to the concerns. Owned by the National your safety and survival needs up Queen’s to the university,” he adds. On a flight in Aeronautics and Space Administra- there, proved to be a great benefit community.” 1999, Canadian astronaut and tion (NASA), the Hubble was in my training for the space pro- Index Queen’s honorary graduate Julie launched into the Earth’s orbit in gram,” says the Michigan native, Forum...... 6 Melanie McEwen Payette carried a silkscreen image of 1990. The planned repairs and up- whose wife is from Kingston. In the newly-established Chancellor’s grades on this mission should allow 1997, they moved with their two Discovery @ Queen’s ...... 5 “MiniU is a great opportunity to Research Award aboard the Shuttle the telescope to function until sons to Houston, where he had ac- For The Record ...... 12 open up Queen’s to the community Discovery. It now hangs in the 2014. cepted a position as exploration Calendar...... 15 – and the Queen’s-Kingston rela- John Reid Bain Periodicals Room in In a recent telephone interview geophysicist with Exxon Mobil Ex- tionship can always benefit from Douglas Library. from his office at NASA’s Johnson ploration Company. Three years For news updates more open doors. Sometimes I A geophysicist, Dr. Feustel will Space Center in Houston, prior to later, he was selected from more visit us online @ think there’s a little bit of fear help install and repair equipment “lockdown” for the scheduled May than 3,000 applicants to train as a www.queensu.ca/newscentre of crossing over into the land of on the Hubble Space Telescope – 12 launch, Dr. Feustel acknowl- mission specialist at NASA. students. But MiniU allows anyone the first such mission since the edged that he always wanted to be From exploring the under- Queen’s News Centre to get a sampling of what it’s like to 2003 Columbia disaster that killed an astronaut. ground depths of North American See MINI U: Page 8 See SPACE: Page 4 IN THE NEWS Page 2 Queen’s Gazette May 11, 2009

Deficit budget IN BRIEF continued from page 1 address spiraling compensation “I’m concerned by statements of the university’s financial situation, costs that comprise more than 70 the faculty association that they as well as posting information on New software per cent of the operating budget, don’t understand the nature of the his financial update website. and that the university can’t wait problem,” said Principal Williams. “All you have to do is ask a ques- for Queen’s until union contracts expire. “It worries me because the clock tion and we will respond,” he said. “We need to throw traditional continues to tick.” “I would just like to make that plea Centre principles about pay out the door, There is a high level of distrust again.” because the options are so brutal,” in the community because of a per- For more information on the Queen’s has chosen Spectrum NG said Trustee David Pattenden. ceived lack of transparency about university’s budget, visit by CSI Software as its new facility Principal Tom Williams told the the budget, Trustee Bev Baines said. www.queensu.ca/principal and recreation software solution for board that discussions about a pro- “I don’t know what we can do to be /financialupdate the Queen’s Centre. posed early retirement program are more transparent. The argument is For information on how to Scheduled to open this fall, the continuing with the Queen’s Uni- being made and I don’t know how apply to the principal’s new Inno- three-storey, 47,000-square-metre versity Faculty Association (QUFA). you unpack it.” vation Fund for projects supporting QUEEN S multi-purpose facility includes five QUFA has rejected a proposal to Principal Williams said he has revenue generation or cost reduc- ’ floors of fitness space, a 2,000-seat close down the university for a few provided detailed information tions, visit www.queensu.ca/princi- GAZETTE spectator gym, a 38 x 25-metre unpaid days over the year, which through three updates and reports pal/funding/innovationfund.html pool, four dance studios, two com- could save $400,000 each day. to the community over the year on or email [email protected] bative rooms as well as squash and Editor racquetball courts as well as other Celia Russell multi-purpose workout areas. 613-533-6000 ext. 74498 The Athletics and Recreation [email protected] Department will implement the Editorial Assistant software for Member Management, Kate Archibald-Cross Front Desk Check In, Point of Sale, 613-533-6000 ext. 77513 Locker Management, Series Sales, [email protected] Inventory Management, Contract Management, Equipment Check- Senior Communications Officer Nancy Dorrance out, Event Management, League 613-533-2869 Scheduler, Program Registration, [email protected] Scheduler and Online Services. The new system will optimize Advertising Coordinator the IT systems, resulting in lower Jennifer Barbosa costs and risk, while improving cus- 613-533-6000 ext. 75464 [email protected] tomer service and subsequent rev- enue growth, says Andy Production Wigderson, vice-president of sales Wilma van Wyngaarden and marketing, CSI Software. 613-533-6000 ext. 79089 “Spectrum NG will assist us in [email protected] reaching our vision to be an in- dustry leader in the athletics and recreation field,” says Athletics Queen’s Gazette Online: qnc.queensu.ca/gaz_online.php and Recreation director Leslie Dal Cin. Queen’s News Centre: www.queensu.ca/newscentre Correction Subscriptions are $30 per year. In the last issue of the Gazette, the

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By KATE ARCHIBALD-CROSS 1977. She was a paediatric nurse chaired the Consultative Group on and culture in the conception, im- Queen’s will pay tribute to eight highly distinguished individuals at the 2009 until she moved to Accra, Ghana Canadian Archives for the Social plementation, and use of new spring convocation. These people have made their mark in many ways: working with her family. Sciences and Humanities Research products, services and technolo- with marginalized communities and children, striving for social justice, walking A project began in her garden in Council. Its report, generally gies. and working in space, improving the Kingston community, representing Cana- 1990, with a basket of books and known as the Wilson Report, was William (Bill) Buxton will receive an dians in Parliament, researching and designing innovative products and tech- six neighbourhood children. That published in 1980 and is described honorary LLD on Tuesday, June 9 at nologies, and cataloguing and preserving Canada’s history. modest initiative became the Osu as “a milestone in the history of 9:30 am. Grant Hall will play host to 20 convocation ceremonies between May 13 and Children’s Library Fund, which archival development in Canada.” June 12. Each ceremony will have a guest speaker, either an honorary degree re- raised funds to build, furnish and He was appointed Archivist of Patricia Anne Monture cipient or an outstanding student, faculty member, alumnus or alumna. Speak- stock six large community libraries Ontario in 1986, and for several Patricia Anne Monture is a tireless ers at this year’s ceremonies include Queen’s alumnus and MPP John Gerretsen, and went on to develop 200 years he was also responsible for supporter of the pursuit of justice former Queen’s and CFL football player Jock Climie and Limestone District smaller libraries in Ghana. These fa- the Ontario public library system. for Aboriginal peoples. School Board Director of Education Brenda Hunter. cilities give thousands of children Mr. Wilson was appointed National A citizen of their only exposure to books, and Archivist in 1999, and he and Roch the Mohawk For a complete list of speakers, dates and times, please see the announcement also act as community centres, of- Carrier, National Librarian, devel- Nation, Grand in the For The Record section on page 13. fering free adult literacy classes, oped and led the process to create a River Territory, theatre and cultural activities, new knowledge institution for Professor Mon- Ruth Wright sity of Toronto, medical director of meals for hungry members and lay Canada in the 21st century: the in- ture has a BA in Almost 14 years to the day after the Westmount Urgent Care Clinic, librarian training. tegrated Library and Archives of Sociology from Ruth Wright graduated from and director of Department of Ms. Knowles has published 25 Canada. the University Queen’s Theological College with a Emergency Services at the Sunny- books reflecting African culture, Ian Wilson will receive an honorary of Western On- Master of Divinity, she returns to brook Health Science Centre. eight of which are in African lan- LLD on Monday, June 8 at 2:30 pm. Monture tario, an LLB Grant Hall on May 13 to accept an He is cur- guages. from Queen’s, a Honorary Doctorate of Divinity at rently the direc- Kathryn M. Knowles will receive an William Buxton LLM from Osgoode Hall Law the Theological College’s spring tor of the honorary LLD on Thursday, June 4 at William (Bill) Buxton began his ca- School and an honorary LLD from convocation. McMaster Cen- 2:30 pm. reer as a composer and performer. Athabasca University. Rev. Dr. Wright is being recog- tre for Medical He completed a Bachelor of Music From 1989 to 1994, she taught nized for her deep commitment to Robotics at St. Ian E. Wilson degree at Queen’s, then studied and in Canadian law schools, and in affirming the worth of individuals Joseph’s Health- After a long and noteworthy career, taught at Holland’s Institute of 1994 joined the Native Studies de- and empowering communities to care Hamilton Ian Wilson recently retired as the Sonology before shifting gears to partment at the University of work for social justice. and a professor first Librarian and Archivist of do graduate work in Computer Sci- Saskatchewan, where she was also In 1997, Rev. Williams in the Depart- Canada. He began his career in ence at the University of Toronto. special advisor to the dean of the Dr. Wright was ment of Surgery archives in the Douglas Library in He has been a senior researcher College of Arts and Science on In- appointed Exec- of the Michael G. DeGroote School the summer of 1966, after graduat- at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Cen- digenous Initiatives. She is now a utive Director of of Medicine. In 1992, Dr. Williams ing with a BA and MA from ter, a professor at the University of professor in the Sociology depart- First United Mis- was selected by the Canadian Space Queen’s. Toronto, and is currently principal ment, chair of Graduate Studies sion in Vancou- Agency to begin astronaut training. In 1970, he researcher at Microsoft Research in and academic coordinator of the ver, a position In 1998, he was one of seven astro- was named head Redmond, Washington. Aboriginal Justice and Criminology she held until nauts aboard the Space Shuttle Co- of Queen’s Uni- In 2003, he Program. She has worked exten- retiring in 2007. lumbia. He also served as a mission versity Archives was co-recipient sively in the area of federal correc- Wright She led a specialist in 2007 aboard the Space and led an ac- of an Academy tions and recently received the fundraising Shuttle Endeavour. In 2001, he be- tive program of Award for Scien- Human Rights in Action Award strategy to address the needs of the came an aquanaut, taking part in a acquisitions, na- tific and Techni- from the Canadian Association of homeless, hungry and addicted. training exercise held in Aquarius, tionally and re- cal Achievement Elizabeth Fry Societies. She raised national awareness of the world’s only underwater re- gionally, adding for his contribu- Her contributions to the ad- the plight of victims of the sex search laboratory. He is the first Wilson considerably to tion to the ani- vancement of women at the uni- trade in Vancouver’s downtown Canadian to have lived and worked the strength of mation package versity were recognized last year corridor and successfully advocated both in space and in the ocean. the university archives as a research Buxton Maya. with an award from the Canadian for the creation of Canada’s first su- Dafydd (Dave) Rhys Williams will re- centre for Canadian politics, litera- He is a re- Association of University Teachers. pervised needle injection and ex- ceive an honorary DSc on Wednesday, ture, business and labour. Mr. Wil- lentless advocate for innovation, Patricia Anne Monture will receive an change program. May 27 at 2:30 pm. son became Saskatchewan’s design, and the appropriate consid- honorary LLD on Tuesday, June 9 at Ruth Wright will receive an honorary provincial archivist in 1976, and eration of human values, capacity, 2:30 pm. DD on Wednesday, May 13 at 8 pm. John Edward Broadbent Oshawa, Ont. native Ed Broadbent Arthur Britton Smith has had a lengthy career in Cana- Kingstonian Arthur Britton (Britt) dian politics. Smith has spent a lifetime making He graduated first in his class in his community a better place. He philosophy at the University of A master’s degree – at long last graduated from the Royal Military Toronto, studied at the London College (RMC) in 1940. After being School of Economics and obtained SUPERVISOR’S Two years ago, he was invited to Computing, and both men are wounded in Normandy, he re- his doctorate in political science an event introducing the new di- looking forward to celebrating the turned to Canada in 1944. from the University of Toronto. He ENCOURAGEMENT rector of the school, Selim Akl. A school and Mr. Franklin’s achieve- A graduate of taught at York University until his few months later, Dr. Akl was visit- ment. Osgoode Hall election to Parliament in 1968. HELPS DAVID FRANKLIN ing Ottawa and met Mr. Franklin “This is a wonderful accom- Law School, he Mr. Broad- for coffee. plishment and underscores the practiced law in bent was a REALIZE HIS DREAM It was then, says Dr. Akl, that unique spirit of our school,” says Kingston until member for 21 Mr. Franklin idly mentioned his re- Dr. Akl. 1998, when he years, and leader By KATE ARCHIBALD-CROSS gret at never having completed his “I am really thrilled,” says Mr. was given hon- of the New When David Franklin registered in Master’s degree. Dr. Akl suggested Franklin. “I always wanted to get orary life mem- Democratic the one-year-old Department of that perhaps he could find a proj- the degree, and had just given up – bership in the Party from 1975 Computing and Information Sci- ect for Mr. Franklin to work on, if this is really nice closure.” Smith Law Society of to 1989. A mem- ence at Queen’s in 1970 as a mas- he was interested in returning to www.cs.queensu.ca/40th Upper Canada. ber of Queen’s ter’s student, he certainly didn’t school – he had very little work left He started constructing apartment Broadbent School of Policy picture his convocation taking to do to finish the program. Dr. Akl buildings as a hobby from the time Studies, he has place in 2009. On June 9, Mr. did some investigating and deter- he was in law school. This is now supported the struggle for demo- Franklin will receive his graduate mined that the only requirements his full-time occupation as execu- cratic rights in developing coun- degree – 39 years after he started for Mr. Franklin to finish his Mas- tive chairman of Homestead Land tries and has published a book and the program. ter’s were one course and one proj- Holdings. many articles on human rights Mr. Franklin came to Queen’s as ect. Mr. Smith served on city council matters. In 1993, he was one of an undergraduate in the fall of and commanded a company in the four international judges on the 1965, graduating with a degree in Princess of Wales Own Regiment. Tribunal on Violations of Women’s Chemistry in 1970. He liked the “Selim made it He has been active with Branch 560 Human Rights at the United Na- university and the city so much sound possible of the Royal Canadian Legion and tions Conference on Human Rights that he chose to stay to do his grad- has chaired several fundraising in Vienna. He served as chair of a uate work. He began the first year and I thought, campaigns. He has compiled two national inquiry on Governance the Computing Science depart- what the heck? books on local history, Kingston! Oh and Accountability in Canada’s ment offered an MSc and spent Kingston! and Legend of the Lake: The Voluntary Sector and co-chair of a about four years in the program, It’s worth a try.” 22-Gun Brig-Sloop Ontario, 1780. His commission on corporate social re- until a lack of research funds and honours include the Military Cross, sponsibility. family obligations made it too hard David Franklin the Canadian Forces Decoration, Ed Broadbent will receive an honorary to continue. the Canada 125 medal, Queen’s LLD on Tuesday, June 2 at 2:30 pm. The fact that he didn’t finish his Counsel and an honorary doctorate master’s did not deter Mr. Franklin. “Selim made it sound possible,” from RMC. Kathryn M. Knowles He got a job as a computer pro- says Mr. Franklin, “and I thought, Britt Smith will receive an honorary Kathryn M. Knowles has spent grammer with the federal govern- what the heck? It’s worth a try.” LLD on Tuesday, May 26 at 2:30 pm. decades enrich- ment, and then moved into With Dr. Akl as his supervisor ing the lives of consulting, and has had a long and and staunch supporter, Mr. Dafydd (Dave) Rhys Williams children around successful career as a computer Franklin completed the require- Dafydd (Dave) Rhys Williams has the world. The consultant ever since. ments. “I can’t thank Selim worn many hats over the years in- Toronto native Mr. Franklin always remem- enough; without him, this never cluding doctor, lecturer, astronaut completed her bered his time at Queen’s fondly, would have happened,” says Mr. Alumnus and long-time Queen’s sup- and aquanaut. Bachelor of and remained a faithful supporter Franklin. porter David Franklin will graduate A graduate of McGill University, Nursing Science of his alma mater, donating regu- This spring’s convocation is an this spring with a master’s in com- he has worked as an emergency degree at larly to the department, now called exciting one as this year marks the puting – 39 years after he first regis- physician, a lecturer at the Univer- Knowles Queen’s in the School of Computing. 40th anniversary of the School of tered in the program. IN THE NEWS Page 4 Queen’s Gazette May 11, 2009 New finance system to launch in November By ALLISON MIGNEAULT sive training strategy for all staff Queen’s is poised to replace its gen- and faculty affected by the change. eral ledger, procurement and ac- Training will take place in the 90 counts payable finance systems. days before implementation. The November launch is the first The implementation of the new major milestone for the Queen’s finance system this fall will create University Administrative Systems process efficiencies. However, Ms Replacement (QUASR) team. Matheson notes that there will be The merging of the three sys- further improvements to the system tems into one will mean significant and users will still need to do some improvements to the university’s manual entries after the November current system, which features launch. Additionally, travel and ex- technology that is more than 30 pense reporting and online pro- years old. curement, both part of the finance “The new system will reduce administrative system, are not time wasted on manual entries and scheduled to launch until 2010. make working on the finance sys- Ms Matheson calls the Novem- tem less cumbersome. It supports ber finance implementation “foun- the university’s academic mission dational work for future releases.” by providing the base for sound op- QUASR is a multi-year project erations,” says Finance Project aimed at replacing more than 30 NASA Manager Karen Matheson. aged systems with Oracle People- Andrew Feustel (bottom, left) and other mission specialists from the Atlantis shuttle crew practice repairs they will per- The chart of accounts – the list Soft, a software solution that will form on the Hubble Space Telescope. of about 12,000 account codes used provide integrated and web-based at the university – will see substan- functionalities for the administra- Space tial updates. All the account codes tive systems used in human re- continued from page 1 will change, and this will affect sources, finance, research mines, Dr. Feustel moved to a “neu- ating a weightless environment excited and fully mentally engaged hundreds of staff and faculty who administration and student admis- tral buoyancy lab” (a huge pool) in within the cabin. This lasts only 20 again. His sons, aged 13 and 15, are work with them regularly. sion, financial aid, records and fi- the Johnson Space Center, where seconds, however, while space also “pumped” for the mission and The improvements to the chart nancials. astronauts-in-training wear pres- walks can take six hours or longer, the whole family has provided of accounts will allow for more The new software platform will surized suits to practice the ma- notes Dr. Feustel, who is scheduled valuable support, he says. consistency in reporting and better increase system functionality, noeuvres they will execute in space. to participate in three of five walks At 43, he’s a little older than quality of information. The report- improve administrative processes, Using lead weights and styrofoam on this mission. “Water is defi- many others on their first flight, ing tools will be more robust and integrate solutions across depart- blocks on their space suits, plus an nitely the best environment to in- but the Queen’s astronaut takes this offer automated reporting. It will ments, build ongoing support ca- underwater mock-up of the tele- crease our skills and stamina,” he factor in stride. “People can have also move the system off the main- pacities, and help manage risks to scope with all its associated hard- says. valuable and contributing space ca- frame and onto a web-based plat- the university. ware, they perform the same tasks The scrubbing of last October’s reers well into their sixties,” he form that is much more intuitive For more information about required to repair the Hubble. launch due to a hardware failure notes. “So I’ve still got some time! and easier to use. QUASR visit www.queensu.ca Another training vehicle, the was a huge disappointment to the The job is an extremely nice one to Recognizing the potential im- /quasr and watch for updates in aptly-named “vomit comet,” is an crew. But the delay has been bene- have, and it’s a real privilege to pact of these changes, the QUASR subsequent issues of the Queen’s airplane that dives and climbs sud- ficial in providing them extra train- have this opportunity.” team has developed a comprehen- Gazette. denly away from the Earth, gener- ing time, and now Dr. Feustel is www.nasa.gov

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By JEFF DRAKE Queen’s vies After a tsunami ravaged Sri Lanka in 2004, a team from Queen’s for new reached out to offer meaningful, long-term support that would help research chair the island beyond the outpouring of immediate aid from around the Queen’s has won a place in the first world. Led by Queen’s professor phase of a nationwide competition Malcolm Peat, a multi-disciplinary in a new federal research program. team of experts established a series The university’s proposal to of social care centres along the af- nominate a Chair in Nuclear Mate- fected coastline. rials is one of 40 now competing The Queen’s International Cen- for 20 Canada Excellence Research tre for the Advancement of Com- Chairs, each of whom will be munity Based Rehabilitation granted up to $10 million over (ICACBR) project ended last seven years to establish research month, but the self-sufficient social programs. care centres are such a success “This is a tremendous opportu- they’re being implemented across nity for Queen’s to recruit one of Sri Lanka. the world’s leading researchers in “The Sri Lankan government this very important field for had the idea for the centres, but Canada,” says Vice-Principal (Re- they needed support in organizing search) Kerry Rowe. and implementing this new initia- “Investment in nuclear power is tive,” says Dr. Peat. “Canada was rising worldwide, because of the committed to help the country re- need to keep reactors running and build after the tsunami, and as part provide green power to the of that commitment, we used our growing population. We will be ag- DARKO KRZNARIC gressively seeking an interna- expertise and experience to get the The multi-disciplinary team outside the social care centre in Kalutara, Sri Lanka. centres up and running.” tional expert, who could work with The centres are built in the com- ment departments together under Once the centres were established, for senior staff to produce a cadre our outstanding existing re- munity, staffed by the community one roof, they became a central re- the team worked on developing the of leaders. Queen’s supported the searchers to make Queen’s and and designed for the community. source for refugees, orphans, the capacity of more than 270 govern- program by providing faculty to Canada an international leader in The project involved Sinhala and disabled and the elderly. In fact, ment service providers and 40 non- teach courses, as well as equip- this exciting area.” Tamil personnel and promoted the anyone left vulnerable by the ca- governmental organizations active ment, books and learning re- www.cerc.gc.ca use of both Tamil and Sinhala lan- tastrophe could get support regard- in these communities. sources, including access to guages in all elements of education less of their sex, age or ethnicity. As an enhancement to the cen- electronic resources through the and service delivery. Instead of equipment, Queen’s tres, the ICACBR team introduced university’s health sciences library. History game Bringing a number of govern- transferred knowledge and skills. a master’s of social work program wins media prize Welcoming, sustainable communities focus of study Tom Axworthy of the Queen’s Cen- tre for the Study of Democracy By NANCY DORRANCE Kingston team (CSD) has been named one of 19 Two Queen’s researchers are con- will work closely winners – and the only one from tributing to a $1-million province- with commu- Canada – in the 2009 HASTAC wide study to improve services for nity partners /MacArthur Digital Media and new immigrants and to promote that include the Learning Competition. CSD re- positive, inclusive communities in City of Kingston ceived the prestigious award for its small and medium-sized cities and and the development of the History Game towns across Ontario. Kingston Com- Canada, an interactive educational Geography professor Audrey munity Health game based on the popular plat- Kobayashi is a co-Principal Investi- Levine-Rasky Centre, which form “Civilizations” in which par- gator and Sociology professor has recently ticipants create and control the Cynthia Levine-Rasky is a co-inves- been awarded a Local Initiatives growth of their own civilization. tigator in the Welcoming Commu- Program grant to address the chal- It is designed to encourage 12- nities Initiative, which partners 16 lenges of service provision for re- to 18-year-olds to consider histori- Ontario universities with local lead- cent immigrants. cal events from multiple perspec- ers and community organizations, Led jointly by Western, Queen’s tives and also to imagine what municipal governments, school and the University of Ottawa, the today’s Canada might be like if his- boards, and provincial and federal project also includes researchers tory had taken different paths. The leaders. from Brock, Carleton, Huron Uni- game also includes an encyclopedia “This initiative is especially im- versity College, Lakehead, Laurent- with detailed accounts of historical portant in a city such as Kingston, ian, McMaster, Trent, Université du events and an online discussion where we are working on the serv- Québec en Outaouais, Guelph, forum where players can discuss ices and cultural competency to University of Ontario Institute of their game experience. deal with population change as a Technology, University of Water- Designed to find, inspire and re- result of immigration,” says Dr. loo, University of Windsor, and ward the most novel uses of new Kobayashi, whose research focuses Wilfrid Laurier. media in support of learning world- on the process of human differen- It is funded by the Community- wide, the competition received tiation through race, class, gender, University Research Alliance pro- more than 700 applications in STEPHANIE EARP ability and national identity. gram from the Social Sciences and 2009. Audrey Kobayashi’s research focuses on the process of human differentiation In addition to organizing re- Humanities Research Council through race, class, gender, ability and national identity. search across the province, the (SSHRC). Professor wins international Professors awarded NSERC Discovery Grants research award Sixty-eight Queen’s professors in- versity-based research and has re- and next year even more radical Seamless service delivery in next Daniel Chamberlain (Spanish and volved in research ranging from cently been subject to two external changes will be made to the sys- generation wireless networks. Italian) has been invited to conduct understanding our galaxy structure reviews. As a result, this year tem. We will work with researchers Steven Blostein (Electrical and research as part of the Erasmus to next-generation wireless net- marked the introduction of an en- across campus to help them adjust Computer Engineering): High rate Mundus Masters Crossways in Eu- works to audiovisual speech per- hanced, two-step peer review to the new system to ensure wireless communications with co- ropean Humanities program. ception are receiving $2.8 million process. Scientific merit is assessed Queen’s maximizes the opportuni- operation. The selection committee re- through the Discovery Grants pro- first, and then a funding level is ties available for funding research Kurt Kyser (Geological Sciences ceives proposals from around the gram of the Natural Sciences and recommended in a second step of excellence.” and Geological Engineering): Trac- world and invites outstanding aca- Engineering Research Council of the process. Recipients include: ing element migration in the near- demics from non-European coun- Canada (NSERC). “The reviews and the resulting Martin Guay (Chemical Engineer- surface environment. tries to work with research teams at “These awards reflect the con- changes to the process are giving ing): Adaptive optimization and es- Fady Alajaji (Mathematics and Sta- seven universities associated with tinued breadth, depth and excel- excellent researchers the opportu- timation of complex dynamical tistics): Joint source-channel cod- the program. lence of the research being nity to receive funding commensu- systems. ing theory with applications to Dr. Chamberlain directs a re- conducted at Queen’s,” says Vice- rate with their stature and quality Tucker Carrington (Chemistry): wireless communication networks. search project on oral literature in- Principal (Research) Kerry Rowe. of research as assessed by the peer New computational methods for Mark Daymond (Mechanical En- volving both new and Eighty per cent of the Queen’s review panels, and in many cases studying the quantum dynamics gineering): Influence of local crys- well-established scholars from a va- applications submitted were ac- this has significantly increased of systems with five and more tallographic anisotropy on failure riety of cultural settings. It seeks to cepted this year, compared to 63 their funding,” says Dr. Rowe. atoms. of metals. bring together literary, linguistic, per cent nationwide, and total “However, this is a zero-sum Mark Green (Civil Engineering): Stephane Courteau (Physics): To- cognitive, musical, anthropologi- funding to Queen’s researchers is process,” he adds. “While many Fire resistance of concrete struc- wards an understanding of galaxy cal, historical, and performative up $200,000. have gained at Queen’s, there are tures containing advanced materi- structure. perspectives regarding the interac- The NSERC Discovery Grants also some who have had reduced als. Kevin Munhall (Psychology): Au- tion of orality, literature, history, program supports long-term uni- funding under this new system – Hossam Hassanein (Computing): diovisual speech perception. and culture. FORUM Page 6 Queen’s Gazette May 11, 2009

VIEWPOINT QUEEN’S FLASHBACK: MAY 1958 LORNE CARMICHAEL

How to tell if the budget crunch is real

These are interesting times indeed for economists, with the worldwide fi- nancial crisis and all the attempts to solve it. Each day brings a new test of our understanding of the world economy and how it works, or doesn’t work. Closer to home, the situation at Queen’s is providing a similar oppor- tunity. In economics, the standard model of a labour dispute relies on a concept that we call “asymmetric information,” which in normal lan- guage just means mistrust. Presumably our administrators know (Certainly they ought to know!) whether Queen’s is facing a budgetary crisis or not. The rest of us don’t. Can we trust managers to tell us the truth? In a normal company, the answer is almost always no. During a real cri- sis, most people will understand that their organization needs to reduce costs and/or increase output by asking people to work harder, by cutting staff or by reducing wages. But these actions also increase profits. So if a company can increase profits just by announcing that hard times have ar- rived, it will do so even when times are good. Workers simply can’t trust management to tell the truth. The “solution” to this problem is written into labour agreements every- where. Whenever the company implements a policy that hurts workers, they have to hurt themselves as well. So, for example, if the firm wants to reduce staff they may have to do so by reverse seniority, which means that the first to go are the ones earning the least money. Twenty convocation ceremonies will take place over the next several weeks, beginning this Wednesday, May 13 If they try to fire workers by saying they are “incompetent,” they face with the Queen’s Theological College ceremony in Grant Hall, and ending Friday, June 12. This picture from legal challenges. If they try to reduce wages, they may face strike action. spring convocation 1958 appeared in the 1959 Tricolor yearbook. Helen Alexiade is on the far right. Those who These things still happen, of course, but when they do, one has some rea- know more about the photo are encouraged to email [email protected] son to be confident that the company really is in trouble, the worker re- ally is incompetent, and so on. Many aspects of this can be seen here at Queen’s. Perhaps most obvi- ous, teaching staff reductions are limited to adjuncts who do their jobs well and earn very little relative to regular faculty. This policy saves the least money, yet causes the most disruption to our teaching programs. But Promoting innovation do our administrators really have to start damaging the quality of a Queen’s degree in order to convince us that this crisis is real? Is there no better way? There is reason for optimism. We all know that Queen’s is not a profit- in the here and now seeking institution. None of our regular teaching programs “make money” in the normal sense. This means, first, that cuts to academic programs are For many people, the term “inno- science (PITTCONN), in Chicago. not a particularly credible signal that times are tough. How do we know vation” implies “futuristic,” and Within days of launching the that administrators care? Maybe they wanted to get rid of a few programs from time to time this may be true: product, we received purchase and anyway, and the “crisis” is just an excuse to make it happen. some discoveries can be so far online orders for research samples On the other hand, when administrators offer to cut their own salaries, ahead of current thinking that they through Flintbox™, followed by perhaps we should take notice. The proposal that we all take a week of outpace the market for them. positive feedback from users. Cus- unpaid “Queen’s Days,” I assume, affects administrators as well as the rest But innovation can also be tomers appreciated that the spray of us. (If not, then all bets are off!) Given that administrators have agreed about solving a problem that is from the MCN Emitter™ initiated not to take a raise in nominal salaries next year while faculty are slated for right here and now, and that is ex- easily and was very resistant to one, the proposal gives administrators more of a cut than the rest of us. actly what Richard Oleschuk did. clogging. Equally importantly, its It’s hard for me to imagine why they would be offering to do this if the cri- The result, a Multi-Channel Nano- consistent performance meant that sis were not real. I suppose we can’t rule out complete incompetence, but electrospray Emitter (MCN Emit- HASSAN JAFERI lab personnel could plug in the would they be offering to cut their own salaries if all they really needed to ter™), is a tiny, elegant device that emitter, begin their measurements, do was mortgage a few buildings or dip into the endowment? is starting to be used in research ‘TEQ Talk and walk away from the spectrom- Like most of us here at Queen’s, I care about the quality of what we do. labs around the world. eter to do other tasks. I understand completely that the current situation is not “my fault.” The MCN Emitter™ is a minus- With the help of Dr. Oleschuk’s Nonetheless I want to see us through, and I’m happy to be part of what- cule “shower head” that splits flu- customers and emailing them a de- lab, PARTEQ Innovations has ever collective solution best makes that happen. The proposal that we all ids into small, separate channels. tailed, one-page description of the shipped more than 200 of these take a week of “Queen’s Days” is a credible signal to me that the crisis is These channels create a spray that, technology. I also cold-called target emitters all over the world, in a pe- real, and if these days are taken in the summer when there is no scheduled when used with mass spectrometry, companies, and in March took riod of just three months. Future teaching we may get through with minimal damage to our academic pro- is extremely useful for characteriz- samples to the 2009 Pittsburgh plans include the possibility of cre- grams, and very little impact on students or on those of us who are paid ing chemical compounds. Conference for analytical and life ating a startup company around only for our teaching. These are good things, especially when the alter- Dr. Oleschuk’s innovation was the MCN Emitter™ and other mass natives seem so much worse. conceived when he realized that he spectrometry-related technologies was frequently having to replace from Dr. Oleschuk’s lab, or licens- Lorne Carmichael is a professor in the Department of Economics. the tiny, expensive emitter tips in ing the MCN Emitter™ technology his mass spectrometry work be- to an existing company or compa- cause of clogging. In some cases, nies. Viewpoint Policy lab staff were having to closely It has been exciting to watch monitor the spectrometer as their this new technology evolve from The Queen’s Gazette welcomes submissions for Viewpoint from members of experiments ran, replacing clogged idea to product. It’s also been a the university community. Unless otherwise discussed in advance with the ed- emitters every few minutes. It was a helpful case study in identifying itor, articles should normally range between 600 and 700 words and should waste of valuable time and money. key factors that contribute to a suc- address issues related to the university or higher education in general. Speeches related to issues of interest to the university community are also wel- By early 2007 he had developed cessful technology. These factors come. Email submissions to [email protected]. The editor reserves the right a solution that eliminated the clog- include: to edit or reject any submission that does not comply with policy. Opinions ex- ging problem and was easy to • Solving a significant problem for pressed are those of the writer. make. But now he faced a different researchers and industry kind of problem: was anyone inter- • Simplicity in manufacturing ested in it, and how was he going • Effective marketing strategy lever- to tell them about it? aging resources such as Flintbox™ Letters Policy He brought his new emitter, • Strong partnership between the which is about the size of a sewing inventor and PARTEQ Innovations The Queen’s Gazette welcomes letters to the editor from members of the uni- needle, to PARTEQ Innovations, It’s very possible that there are versity community and other readers about matters related to content in the Gazette, the university or higher education in general. Letters must be origi- where we filed a patent application other ideas percolating in labs nal and addressed to the editor. Opinions expressed are those of the writer. and drafted a marketing strategy. around Queen’s that display these The Gazette does not publish anonymous letters. Please include your name, We started by posting the technol- same features. Give us a call – we’re affiliation and phone number. Email is preferable. Letters should be submitted ogy on Flintbox™, a university- here to help! to [email protected] by noon on the Monday before publication. Letters are technology marketing portal. normally about 300 words maximum. The Gazette reserves the right to edit Meanwhile, I was charged with ac- Hassan Jaferi is an analyst, Engineering letters to address style, length and legal considerations. The editor reserves tively marketing the emitter, which and Information Technology, at PARTEQ the right to edit or reject any submission that does not comply with policy. I did mainly by targeting specific Richard Oleschuk Innovations. FORUM May 11, 2009 Queen’s Gazette Page 7 Developing intercultural UNIVERSITY ROUNDUP and diversity competence Few institutions today can afford to concern articulated repeatedly was Lakehead faculty fight shutdown ignore the need to offer students the absence of a cohesive, univer- Lakehead University’s decision to implement a four-day shutdown curricula, teaching practices and sity-wide strategy for operationaliz- before Christmas is being criticized by their faculty association, who learning environments to help ing the vision of engaging the say they will fight the decision. A memo sent to Lakehead employ- them develop the knowledge, skills world. ees in April said the shutdown is intended to “generate bottom-line and attitudes necessary for personal Participants and facilitators alike savings,” and that the university regrets that its financial situation and professional success in what said that the current vision is too requires such action. The shutdown will result in a loss of pay for has truly become a global village. broad. An implementation plan is most Lakehead employees, says Gerald Phillips of the faculty asso- Here at Queen’s, we have made needed to give more specific direc- ciation, and the association has vowed to take the decision to the “engaging the world” our core mis- tions, while still allowing depart- provincial labour relations board. sion. We are committed to helping ments the autonomy to customize our students develop the capacity JOY MIGHTY it to suit their unique context. Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, April 25 to engage in responsible citizenship Many pointed to overlaps, redun- locally, nationally and internation- Diversity dancies, and sometimes contradic- ally. tions in policies established and Schools drop trays and save In support of this mission, the programs offered by different de- Many American colleges and universities are eliminating cafeteria Centre for Teaching and Learning, emphasized this relationship. He partments as evidence of the need trays in an effort to save water and money, as well as reducing food partnered with the Office of the identified intercultural competence for more integration. Some felt that waste. When cafeterias don’t have to wash the trays, they conserve Vice-Principal (Academic), Queen’s as the primary learning outcome of the absence of institutional recog- water. At Williams College in Massachusetts, one campus dining University International Centre, In- a curriculum that incorporates in- nition and rewards for those indi- hall has removed trays in a move estimated to save 14,000 gallons formation Technology Services and ternationalization. Intercultural viduals and departments that of water a year. Other schools report seeing a drop in wasted food. the Queen’s University Library, to competence is the ability to under- actively promote internationaliza- Some have found that the absence of a tray can reduce the amount host the 2009 Cross-Faculty Teach- stand the impact of culture on tion and diversity made resistance of food people eat. One manager who eats often at her cafeteria has ing Forum in April. The theme was human behaviour and social iden- and inaction attractive and easy for lost 10 pounds since the removal of the trays. “With the trays… Global Perspectives: Practical Ap- tity, as well as the ability to interact others. your eyes are bigger than your stomach,” says Janet Olivieri, man- proaches to Internationalizing the and communicate effectively across Efforts to develop students’ in- ager of the Grace Watson Dining Hall at the Rochester Institute of Curriculum, which is consistent cultures, at home and abroad. tercultural and diversity compe- Technology. with our goal to “deepen Queen’s These are some of the very skills re- tence are uneven across the international engagement” by in- quired for diversity competence. university and are only pursued by New York Times, April 28 corporating internationalization Both intercultural and diversity a passionate few, resulting in in- into every aspect of the student’s competence begin with an under- equity, as not every student gets the educational experience, within and standing of oneself and one’s own opportunity to develop such com- Union fears cutbacks at Mac outside the classroom. culture. Both also involve learning petence. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is worried that The goal of internationalization about the elements of culture in Since there has been little sys- McMaster could be getting ready to drastically reduce its use of ses- is in turn consistent with our prin- general, several phenomena that tematic assessment of the degree of sional instructors in an effort to save money. These instructors are ciple of valuing diversity. Diversity occur when people from different progress that Queen’s has made to- hired one course at a time, and can be responsible for as much as 40 is a global phenomenon, partly as cultures meet, and how to respond ward the achievement of its inter- to 50 per cent of undergraduate instruction. The university says it a result of increased changes in ge- to such differences in culturally nationalization and diversity goals, doesn’t plan to completely eliminate sessional instructors, although ographic borders, large-scale migra- sensitive and appropriate ways. it was suggested that a useful fol- some will be displaced as they hire more full-time faculty as part of tions, international trade, political Both intercultural and diversity low-up to the discussion and shar- an effort to absorb costs wherever possible. Normally at this time of collaborations, and cultural and ed- competence also include acquiring ing begun at the Cross-Faculty year there would be at least 200 postings for fall and winter, but this ucational exchanges. Because inter- strategies and tools for ongoing Teaching Forum would be to de- year there have been only a few, says Jesse Payne, CUPE Local 3906 nationalization and diversity are so learning about culture. velop a centralized, interactive staff representative. A reduction in sessional instructors could mean intricately related, one cannot be At the forum, there were lively database to capture the variety of an increase in class size, since full-time faculty cannot replace the achieved without intentionally fo- discussions about the strategies in- initiatives that are being under- sheer volume of teaching that sessional instructors do, says Juliette cusing on the other at the same dividuals and departments use and taken across the university. Merritt, the sessionals’ chief steward. time. the challenges they have faced in Cross-Faculty Teaching Forum seeking to develop intercultural Joy Mighty is director of the Centre for Hamilton Spectator, April 30 keynote speaker Michael Paige and diversity competence. One Teaching and Learning. Funding cuts concern Canadians Two-thirds of Canadians are concerned about cuts to research fund- ing, says an April poll conducted by Harris Decima. Of the respon- Refresh your perspective dents (67 per cent) who expressed concern, half said they were “very concerned.” A question about who should set research priorities showed that 66 per cent of respondents felt that the scientific com- on academic quality munity should steer research, while 34 per cent said it should be up to the federal government. When asked who they trust most with regard to research funding, 44 per cent of respondents selected uni- Conversations abound across the making teaching a public rather versity and college researchers, while only nine per cent said the university about the need to main- than a private activity. Share your Canadian government. tain academic quality in this age of syllabus and discuss your teaching Canadian Association of University Teachers, April 28 fiscal crisis. Ensuring academic methods and approaches with a quality is both an institutional and colleague or consult with a CTL ed- an individual priority. ucational developer who can work To maintain academic quality, a with you on your syllabus based on Oxford losing £8,000 per student re-examination of the big picture is their knowledge of research in the Oxford University is debating an increase in tuition fees in order to often undertaken wherein depart- area of course design (email compensate for the roughly £8,000 it is losing per student. The gov- ments review their course offerings. [email protected]). ernment has agreed to review fees this year, but some ministers are This includes reviewing what From May 21 to May 27, the reluctant to move on this issue before an election, as an increase is courses are currently offered or DENISE STOCKLEY CTL is offering a five-day course re- likely to lose middle-class votes. Academics at the school are in should be offered, seeing if courses design workshop to help create or Teaching and Learning Issues favour of an increase only if aid was available to those who come align, and ensuring that students revise your syllabus and rethink from low-income families to encourage them to apply, says vice- are graduating with the require- how you teach. Participants will chancellor John Hood. At this time, he says, Oxford compensates for ments of their chosen discipline. learn about the principles of course the short-fall with endowment funds, public research funding and Individual faculty members are Another strategy is to read schol- design, hear from experienced more work with less support for its academics. also engaging in course design or arly works about course design. For Queen’s professors who have used The Guardian, April 27 redesign efforts. A typical course example, the Centre for Teaching these principles, apply these ideas design consists of three basic ele- and Learning (CTL) Library offers to one of their courses, teach brief ments: learning objectives, or out- The Map to Curriculum Alignment segments of their courses and re- comes, refer to what the students and Improvement by Kopera-Frye, ceive peer feedback. Green space makes merchants mad should know at the end of the Mahaffy, and Svare; Forever Better: By the end of the workshop, An initiative to “green” some space around Concordia University course; a series of strategies or Continuous Quality Improvement in participants will complete or revise has some local business people and residents seeing red. The proj- methods to teach the content; and Higher Education by Knight, Aitken, a course syllabus that includes a ect approved by the neighbourhood council would narrow Mackay informal and/or formal assessment and Rogerson; Curriculum Develop- course description, learning out- Street to one vehicle lane from May to October, to create a green tools. These three items must be ment in Higher Education: Faculty- comes, instructional strategies, and space with a stage for use by university students. The council also aligned to ensure that academic Driven Processes and Practices edited an assessment plan. agreed to allow the project a variance from noise bylaws. However, quality is maintained. by Wolff and Christensen Hughes; Previous participants report that local residents and merchants are upset that this project would elim- Often, due to time constraints, and Course Design by Wilcox, Knap- the discussions and feedback often inate 45 parking spots, and are concerned about students spending instructors focus on content with- per, and Weisberg. lead to new insights about teaching the summer partying on the street. So far more than 250 people out giving due attention to the nu- A third strategy is to review web- and student learning. For details, have signed a petition trying to stop the project. “The plan is still ances of course design. Faculty sites on course alignment such as visit www.queensu.ca/ctl/programs very flexible,” says Concordia spokesperson Chris Mota, who is con- members can undertake several this one on Ontario University Un- /programsworkshops fident that the project can go ahead without losing the parking strategies to ensure that a course is dergraduate Degree Level Expecta- /course_design spaces, if that is what residents want. aligned. First, re-examine your ex- tions: degree-expectations.apps01 Montreal Gazette, April 24 pectations of the students, how .yorku.ca/wordpress/instructional- Denise Stockley is the associate director much content you are trying to implications or the Curriculum and an educational developer at the cover, how you are planning to Mapping Template: ocav.uwaterloo Centre for Teaching and Learning and cover it, and of course how you will .ca/curriculum-mapping- an associate professor in the Faculty of Compiled by Kate Archibald-Cross determine whether the students template Education. have met your expectations. Other strategies focus on QUEEN’S MINI U Page 8 Queen’s Gazette May 11, 2009 Scope out the night skies atop Ellis Hall

EXPERIENCE THE THRILL galaxies, she enjoys introducing ful questions, such as, ‘What was limited and registration is required. able individually for $20 a session. people to the world of astronomy. there before the Big Bang?’” Call Alumni Relations at 613-533- The Last Lecture on Earth is free, OF DISCOVERY AT She regularly conducts tours of the What’s the Matter with Our 2060 or email [email protected] but registration is required. observatory for school outings. Universe? takes place Friday, May to reserve a seat. QUEEN’S OBSERVATORY “Kids will ask the most insight- 22 from 9 to 10:30 pm. Spaces are Most MiniU sessions are avail- alumni.queensu.ca/miniU

By ANDREA GUNN About 400 years ago, Galileo Galilei turned his new telescope to the sky and discovered the craters on the moon, as well as sunspots and the satellites of Jupiter. On May 22, MiniU participants will be able to experience the same thrill of discovery at the session, What’s the Matter with Our Uni- verse? Using the Queen’s Observa- tory telescope on the roof of Ellis Hall, participants will also be able to view the rings of Saturn, as well as less familiar objects, such as star clusters. Stéphane Courteau, professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, will take registrants on the night-time tour. A visitor’s first glimpse through any telescope can be very emo- tional, he says. “It touches people; they get a sense of what is out there.” Professor Courteau, who studies the formation, structure and evolution of galaxies, will dis- cuss the history and importance of astronomy, from Galileo’s inven- tion to the discovery of the exis- tence of dark matter. Participants will learn about the research being conducted at the university in the quest to further understand the cosmos. Melanie Hall, a graduate student in Astrophysics, will operate the telescope for MiniU participants. While her research work involves GREG BLACK studying the rotation curves of Melanie Hall and Stéphane Courteau will guide MiniU participants on a tour of the night sky.

The insider’s guide to Queen’s MiniU: top picks

Need help choosing your schedule Tour of Queen’s Archives with formal training in the area, so this experiencing cardiac pain, talked to products are developed so that a for MiniU 2009? Ask the experts. In Gillian Barlow (Friday afternoon) open house has a special attraction session attendees, answered ques- majority of people can use them. the Gazette’s insider’s guide to “The Archives are full of fascinating for me.” tions, reacted to the various stimuli This type of design is important for MiniU, the people who help to put things. The guide did an excellent – Principal-Elect Daniel Woolf in the room, etc. Watching the par- making a product accessible to together the weekend tell us where job of leading us through it. We “I have a quiet fascination with as- ticipants learn how to do chest the majority, and these principles they’d like to be Friday, May 22 could have spent the whole day on tronomy and telescopes and am compressions and ask relevant are especially applicable as our pop- through Sunday, May 24. the tour.” eager to learn on the topic so I can questions of their ‘patient’ and wit- ulation ages. Also, I am hoping – Bob Pritchard, director, Queen’s Uni- share it with my children.” nessing their fascinated expressions some of the design theory I learn Agnes Etherington Art Centre versity Alumni Association (QUAA) – QUAA President Sarah Renaud made me wish I could stay for the can be applied in my work life to tour (Friday afternoon) What’s the Matter with our Uni- Patient simulation lab session entire session and take part.” help design more user-friendly “Because of the pressures associated verse? Queen’s observatory open with Bob McGraw (Saturday – Alumni Officer Carey Morrison websites and printed materials.” with my job I haven’t had suffi- house, with Stéphane Courteau morning) Designing for abilities (Saturday – MiniU Co-VP Jess Joss cient time to keep up with current (Friday evening) “I had the opportunity to pop into morning) Creating a world without bully- exhibits in this jewel of Queen’s “I’ve always been quite fascinated one of the simulation sessions last “This hands-on session help us to ing, with Wendy Craig (Saturday and Kingston.” with astronomy and the physics of year and it was absolutely amazing! understand the concept of Univer- morning) – Principal Tom Williams the universe despite my lack of any The ‘patient’ (a simulator) who was sal Design, in which common “I would like the opportunity to See INSIDER’S GUIDE: Page 9 MiniU The secrets of monarch continued from page 1 be a university student for just one weekend, without the pressure and butterfly migration panic of exams,” she says. MiniU has grown since its debut Have you show that last year. ever monarchs “We’ve got more programming, wondered use the even more sessions and more how smell of timeslots for sessions,” Ms. monarch volatile sub- McEwen says. Last year, MiniU butterflies stances they ended with a whimper as attendees navigate the have deposited simply wandered away after the last 3,500 km migra- in previous years Sunday sessions. This time, it ends tory journey be- to find their tradi- with a bang – a closing luncheon tween Canada tional over-win- (featuring celebrity chef and and specific tering sites in alumna Trish Magwood.) “It’s a places in the Mexico. final coming together, as a group. mountains of cen- This session will We’re also having an all-alumni tral Mexico? examine how animals in general, smoker at the Queen’s Pub.” Neuroscientist and psychologist and birds in particular, find their This year, more faculty are in- Barrie Frost will discuss one of the way over the very long distances volved. Finding them was one of Ms secrets behind the amazing migra- they travel on their migrations. McEwen’s favourite parts of her job. tion of these delicate creatures at For more information on how “I talk to my contacts, ask ques- MiniU. to sign up for this or other MiniU tions and watch the news to see Novel research using an insect lectures and workshops, visit www what neat things are going on, flight simulator shows how mon- .queensu.ca/alumni/programs what findings are being an- archs use the sun as a compass, /events/miniu.html nounced. And for the faculty, it’s a wisely compensating for time MiniU takes place Friday May 22 great opportunity to showcase JEFF DRAKE changes as they go. to Sunday May 24 at various loca- what they do in an adult learning MiniU lets people experience what it’s like to be a university student for a week- In addition, preliminary data tions across campus. environment.” end without the pressure of exams, says organizer Melanie McEwen. SPRING REUNION May 11, 2009 Queen’s Gazette Page 9 “A whole bunch of handshakes and hugs”

SCIENCE’59 BOASTS class, and is very excited to be ence’59 Entrance Bursary Fund. It’s reunion. “Science’59 has often blazed trails coming back to Queen’s to aimed at young engineers who While in Kingston for Spring Re- – some good, some questionable – RECORD NUMBER OF celebrate their 50th reunion. have the academic ability, but not union, the class has many plans. like the grease pole… Now we’ll “It’s been an exceptional class, the financial means, to enter the Following registration on Friday, blaze another, to be among the first RETURNEES TO SPRING right from the word go,” he says, Faculty of Applied Science at May 22, they will head to Fort to show how wonderful a spring re- and they remain in constant com- Queen’s. Henry for a banquet and tour. union can be,” says David Scott, REUNION munication. “We’re hoping for 59 Fundraising for the entrance “Saturday is reserved for president of the class. classmates with their partners in at- bursary has been exceptionally suc- Queen’s,” says Mr. Hallworth, with “We have a great camaraderie, By KATE ARCHIBALD-CROSS tendance” cessful, and this year the class will re-convocation in the morning, and because we’re all active and The Science’59 class has always One initiative the class is partic- present a cheque for the class photos, tours and the Tri- busy, we don’t get to see each other been an enthusiastic one, and 50 ularly proud of, he says, is a symbolic amount of $590,000 to colour Guard Reception and Din- often,” says Mr. Hallworth, who is years later, that hasn’t changed. fundraising effort they started 20 Dean of Applied Science ner on Saturday night. Sunday looking forward to seeing one of This class has the largest number of years ago at their 30th reunion. Kimberly Woodhouse. morning the class will meet for his closest friends who is coming alumni registered to take part in Originally called the Science ’59 Mr. Hallworth credits the work brunch and present their bursary from Victoria. Spring Reunion – 52 to date. Memorial Fund in honour of de- the class has done on the bursary fund cheque to the dean. Spring Reunion for him will Alan Hallworth is a member of ceased classmates, it evolved into a with keeping them in touch, and There is no doubt that the class mean “a whole bunch of hand- the coordinating committee for his more tangible project called the Sci- ensuring the success of this year’s is looking forward to the reunion. shakes and hugs.” A golden chance to relive one of life’s big moments

RE-CONVOCATION this August. The Kingstonian was class president of Arts’34, but never CEREMONY A HIGHLIGHT graduated. The Depression hit his family’s firm badly, forcing him to OF SPRING REUNION withdraw from school in his final year and look for full-time work. By ANDREA GUNN However, he remained actively in- Retired professor Stewart Fyfe (Po- volved in Queen’s over the years. In litical Studies) has often acted as a the 1960s, he was instrumental in marshal for Queen’s convocation helping Queen’s acquire land for its ceremonies, leading processions of new physics building, Stirling Hall. graduands. On May 23, he will At the re-convocation ceremony, marshal a unique re-convocation Mr. Thomson will receive a certifi- ceremony of returning alumni, in- cate of attendance from Principal cluding his own class, Arts’49. Tom Williams. More than 200 returning After the brief ceremony, stu- alumni from 1939 to 2004 have dent volunteers will present alumni signed up to re-experience their with either a medal (for those cele- Queen’s convocation on Saturday, brating their 50th reunion), or a May 23, as part of Spring Reunion lapel pin (for all other alumni.) activities. The event has some of Class photos of reunion classes will the same trappings as a traditional take place after re-convocation. convocation ceremony. Partici- Faculty members who wish to pants will follow an academic pro- take part in the academic proces- cession with the principal, sion can contact Judy Griffiths in chancellor, rector and faculty mem- Alumni Relations at ext. 74922, bers. Before entering Grant Hall, [email protected] participants will be supplied with There are still volunteer oppor- robes and faculty hoods by Queen’s tunities available for staff and stu- staff. Chancellor David Dodge will dents who wish to meet alumni at deliver a keynote address. the Saturday event. SEAN SPRINGER A special guest at Saturday’s To sign up as a volunteer, con- Wasn’t convocation fun? Want to do it all over again? Alumni from the classes of 1939 to 2004 will attend a short re- event will be Graham Thomson, tact Carey Morrison at ext. 74599, convocation ceremony in Grant Hall on May 23. Pictured above are a couple of newly minted graduates at spring con- who celebrates his 100th birthday [email protected] vocation in 1999.

Insider’s guide Spring Reunion continued from page 8 continued from page 1 learn how to help my children deal “This is one of my favourite songs – Associate Vice-Principal, Alumni “I’ve thought for a long time that in less than six months they with bullying!” of all time. I’d be interested in Relations Judith Brown that offering a Spring Reunion for have accomplished what often – Alumni Officer – Reunions Penny hearing Robb’s insights as a musi- Crazy math problem with Peter our Queen’s alumni could be im- takes as long as two years. Bagnell cian and musicologist, about the Taylor (Sunday morning) portant to extending our reach, es- “The Queen’s University Alumni Solar observing at the Queen’s song and its history. I was able to “With logic and number games pecially to those alumni who may Association has been invaluable; Observatory – Where Queen’s As- catch the beginning of his talk at such as Sudoku and Ken Ken in never before have ‘come home’ in Sarah Renaud and her board have tronomers go to Observe, with last year’s MiniU – it was all about abundance, I am looking forward the fall time-frame,” she says. “Of- been true partners in every way James Silvester (Saturday after- the social history of rock and punk to what Professor Taylor has in fering an official Spring Reunion in possible.” noon) music – I wish I could have stayed store from his ‘crazy bag’ of math 2009, while borne out of circum- “What an opportunity!! A close-up ‘til the end.” and statistics. I look forward to stance, will be an excellent oppor- view of the sun.” Marketing and Communications Offi- being surprised.” tunity to further test the alumni “Spring is an – Committee member at large Valerie cer Andrea Gunn – Alumni Officer, Branches Chauncey appetite, especially in conjunction inspiring choice, Voight “I pick this because I love auda- Kennedy with the second MiniU.” Field Trip to Queen’s University cious claims, and this is surely When the decision was made to since it’s a time Biological Station with Bruce one!” Compiled by Stephanie Earp cancel fall Homecoming for two Tufts (Saturday afternoon) years, there was a desire to offer of year when “This is an adventurous and great alumni an alternative opportunity the campus experiential option. We have a real to get together, says Principal Tom gem at Lake Opinicon, and unless Williams. is lovely.” you were scooping fish or reptiles “Spring is an inspiring choice, out of the water or up at the crack since it’s a time of year when Tom Williams of dawn waiting for the birds, you the campus is lovely, the City would never know it.” of Kingston is kicking off Members of the Kingston com- – Manager, Reunions & Events Judy its tourism season, and accommo- munity will also be contributing to Griffiths dation is plentiful.” the Reunion Weekend. In partner- Links BBQ luncheon (Saturday Holding Spring Reunion at the ship with university organizers, morning) same time as MiniU – with its local hotels are offering special “The BBQ is a true link between many novel and entertaining learn- prices on rooms, while local busi- MiniU, Spring Reunion, and the ing experiences – provides added nesses are sponsoring events. community. Queen’s Bands, the value for returning alumni, says The mayor will participate in the Boys and Girls Club choir, the Fort Principal Williams. Saturday lunch barbecue, where Henry Guard fife and drum band The fact that more than 500 the Boys and Girls Club choir will will all be there. There’s a kids area alumni from 35 classes will be re- perform and their Links catering with face painting, a clown and a turning for the weekend is a testa- service is preparing dessert. Local Fort Henry Muster parade, and ment to the hard work and high school students also have vol- there will be feature presentations enthusiasm of a number of unteered to help. by both the principal and the volunteers, reports Associate Vice- “We’ll be gathering feedback mayor.” Principal (Alumni Relations) Judith from other alumni so that we can – Alumni Officer Terri Flindall Brown. best position program components Why Sympathy for the Devil is Alumni have risen to the chal- for Spring Reunion in 2010,” says the greatest rock’n’roll song ever, lenge of organizing themselves Ms. Renaud. “Hopefully, this will with Robb MacKay (Sunday very quickly to take advantage of lay the foundation for many years morning) MiniU participants from last year work with “patients” in the simulation lab. the opportunity, she adds, noting to come.” IN THE NEWS Page 10 Queen’s Gazette May 11, 2009 SENATE IN BRIEF Keep us in the loop, Notes from tuition policy framework, expected soon, with the exception of a per- the April 23 course fee for the Masters of Indus- university councillors say trial Relations and the Bader International Study Centre pro- meeting gram fee. By CELIA RUSSELL year-round and not just once a University Alumni Association; a In his Chair’s report, Principal Tom Vice-Principal (Academic) University Council members have year, said Councillor and Board of panel discussion with Chancellor Williams reported back on a state- Patrick Deane responded to a ques- made it clear they want more dia- Trustee member David Pattenden. Dodge, Principal Williams, Board ment presented to Senate last tion tabled by Senator Jeff Welsh logue and input over the coming “We need to draw more on the Chair Young and University Rector month calling on him to sign the asking how the university intends years about the university’s activi- council as a resource,” he said, not- Leora Jackson on their vision of the University Presidents’ Climate to reconcile Queen’s mission state- ties. ing the flow of information from university in 2020 – and changes in Commitment, developed in British ment to engage the world and en- University governance reform the university to the council. “We teaching, fundraising and demo- Columbia. The principal said the courage social diversity with will be a priority in the coming need to encourage the flow of in- graphics. Council of Ontario Universities is budget cuts to programs “that con- months, said Chancellor David formation the other way.” In opening remarks, Principal- working on an initiative “better fit- tribute to the practice and philoso- Dodge, who opened the annual Board Chair Bill Young said he Elect Daniel Woolf, who takes over ting to Ontario universities” and phy of diversity.” Dr. Deane said meeting to a full house in Ellis Au- supported a more efficient relation- from Principal Williams Sept. 1, will table a report to executive Mr. Welsh’s concern is “echoed by ditorium on May 1. ship among the university’s three said that Queen’s should be proud heads in June. The principal plans many of us and we have worked “Council has a central role to governing bodies. For example, of its traditions, but should also to circulate the report to the very hard to make progress on is- play in the governance of the uni- Senate, which is responsible for ac- embrace change. Queen’s community for review and sues of diversity and drive a con- versity,” said Dr. Dodge. “In the ademics, can sometimes make de- “Let history be our teacher – let’s comment in early fall when stu- cern for diversity more deeply into next few years, we are going to cisions that have a financial not let it become our jailer.” dents return. our activities.” While the financial have to pay close attention to the impact, and university finances are He built on the theme in a wrap- He also alerted senators to the climate will likely hamper the uni- governance structure and ensure the responsibility of the board. “At up speech at the end of the day, availability of data from the Na- versity’s goals on almost all fronts that it is appropriate to lead us present, there is not a sufficient saying that universities have been tional Student Engagement Survey and all decisions will be weighed through the 21st century.” mechanism to deal with that.” around for hundreds of years and (NSSE) that he called “of critical im- against competing issues, these Consisting of trustees, senators Dr. Dodge cautioned that gover- adapted to changing times, and portance to the academic commu- goals will be preserved wherever and an equal number of elected nance reform should be done in a 2009 is no exception. His top pri- nity.” It can be broken down by possible, he said. Senator Welsh graduates, council serves as an ad- holistic way with all three bodies orities include dealing with the faculty or department so Queen’s asked that these two specific goals visory board to the university and involved – and that it should take university’s financial issues, the can compare itself to peer institu- be explicitly and directly discussed is responsible for the election of the place after Principal-Elect Daniel need for curriculum reform, a ho- tions, provincially, nationally and as part of the budget process. Dr. chancellor. Woolf assumes his duties in Sep- listic governance review, alumni internationally. The principal urged Deane agreed. An unprecedented 187 mem- tember. mobilization in support of the uni- senators to contact Director of In- In presenting the Annual Report bers from as far away as England at- The day also included an update versity, and internationalizing the stitutional Research and Planning of the Centre for Teaching and tended the meeting, which and question-and-answer session curriculum, faculty and student Chris Conway at conwayc Learning, Director Joy Mighty considered planning issues for led by Principal Tom Williams on body. @queensu.ca for more information. alerted senators to two events that Queen’s in 2020. university business, including sus- The principal also announced could support those on campus Councillors possess a wealth of tainability initiatives; a report from www.queensu.ca/secretariat that Les Monkman, professor emer- who are undertaking curriculum re- expertise that should be tapped Sarah Renaud, president of Queen’s /ucouncil itus of English and former assistant views. On Monday, April 27, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sci- centre hosted a workshop on inter- ence, will chair a new ad-hoc Prin- nationalizing curriculum, and in weeks. The new VPs are expected to New fees range from $5,737 (up cipal’s Committee that will draft a May, a five-day workshop on BOARD be in place this fall. from $5,516 for 09/10) for a first- Safe Disclosure Policy. The rest of course design and redesign will be Queen’s has maintained its AA- year room in Jean Royce Hall on the committee membership has yet offered (see page 7). Dr. Mighty says IN BRIEF plus standing from last year in the west campus to $10,360 (up from to be decided. that within the university’s current Standard and Poor’s Credit Rating $9,962 for 09/10) for an upper-year Recommendations on tuition financial crisis, there is an opportu- Notes from the May 2 meeting Report. However, the agency is pro- single plus on main campus. fees have been delayed, pending nity to be seized. “We are excited to Chair Bill Young congratulated viding a cautionary outlook, as the • residence society fees for 09/10 of the release of a new government help the Queen’s community Principal Tom Williams on his im- rating is contingent on the univer- $89.28 (Main Campus Residence) through this time as people look pending “second retirement” on sity bringing its operating deficit and $84.87 (Jean Royce Hall Soci- more closely at their curricula. We Aug. 31 and thanked him for his under control, said Mr. Young. ety). have expertise and we welcome the enormous impact over the year he Ontario universities and the • a tuition fee report of an institu- opportunity.” More information is has held the office. “Your princi- Council of Ontario Universities are tion-wide average 09-10 increase of available at http://www.queensu palship has been characterized by developing a “made in Ontario” so- 4.8 per cent (.2 per cent below the .ca/ctl/indexIE.php?reloaded=true rigour, outreach, fairness and a no- lution with regard to a climate current government maximum of Senate also passed motions es- nonsense attitude.” change statement of action, Princi- five per cent), representing addi- To inform us of your latest tablishing a Certificate Program in He said the university will be pal Williams said. (For details, see tional revenue of $890,000 to the research findings or up- Geographic Information Science, a choosing a search firm and adver- Senate in Brief, this page.) university. The province has not set Drug Development and Human tising the positions of Vice-Princi- The board approved: the tuition fee framework beyond coming journal publica- Toxicology stream in Life Sciences, pal (Operations and Finance) and • residence fees for 2010-11, a four- 09/10 and has said that a decision is tions, call Jeff Drake, 613- a new program in Cancer Research Vice-Principal (Advancement) in per-cent increase for all categories unlikely before the fall. Tuition fees 533-2877, or Stephanie Earp, in Life Sciences, and a new Collab- the national press, and the mem- of accommodations, and one-time for the International Study Centre, 613-533-6000, ext. 79173. orative Program in Cancer Research bership of the two search commit- fee adjustments for some categories School of Policy Studies and inter- in the School of Graduate Studies. tees will be finalized in the next few (redeveloped suites, singles, etc.). national students are not regulated.

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Over 25,000 DVD & Blu-ray CAMPUS COMPUTER STORE movies available to rent. SALES SERVICE Dupuis Hall, Rm. G25 Stauffer Library, Lwr. Level 613-533-2058 613-533-2054 40 Clarence Street 613-542-3900 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES classicvideo.ca IN THE NEWS May 11, 2009 Queen’s Gazette Page 11 Experts address H1N1 virus, federal IN BRIEF citizenship law, violence in the workplace Former premier to speak QUEEN’S IN William (Bill) Davis, former Minis- ter of Education and Premier of On- tario, will deliver an address at the THE NEWS spring 2009 Education Alumni Dinner. Highlights of Queen’s experts in the The Queen’s Education Alumni media Outstanding Service Award will also be presented at the dinner to ■ April 22 – May 4 Baines Barling Brock Dacin Handelman Lyon Tanis Fairley, a former principal with the Frontenac County Board International National Post Broadcast Sharryn Aiken (Law) – Tamil con- Meredith Chivers (Psychology) – of Education and the Limestone Gerald Evans (Infectious Diseases) District School Board. – H1N1 virus on CNN.com, CBC flict in Sri Lanka; also federal citi- Female sexuality on TVO’s The zenship law on CBC national Agenda. The event takes place at the Uni- Newsworld, CTV Newsnet, in the versity Club on Friday, May 22. A National Post, Toronto Star, Ottawa radio’s The House; and multicul- Louise Winn (Pharmacology and turalism and newcomer integration Toxicology) – Folic acid and child- reception with cash bar starts at 6 Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Calgary pm and dinner is at 7 pm. $35 per Herald, Edmonton Journal, Victo- on TVO’s The Agenda. hood cancers on Global TV’s News Erik Knutsen (Law) – Class action Hour at 6. person, business attire. For more in- ria Times Colonist, Vancouver Sun, formation, contact Carole Morri- and on CKNW Radio Vancouver, litigation; also the Apology Act in Dick Zoutman (Pathology and the Toronto Star and Hamilton Molecular Medicine) – H1N1 virus son, 613-533-6222. CKGL Radio Kitchener, CHQR Smol Wong Radio Calgary and CFRA Radio Ot- Spectator. in Kingston on CKWS TV and in tawa. John Curtis (Law) – Negotiation the Kingston Whig-Standard. David McDonald (Development law and reducing business costs. Stewart Fyfe (Political Studies) – UNESCO Chair Studies) – Segregation in Cape Receiving the Padre Laverty Award Gregor W. Smith (Economics) – Town in the Daily News, South Toronto Star on CKWS TV. Cost-of-living inflation rates in the renewed Africa. Thomas Axworthy (Centre for the John Smol (Biology) – Chironomid Vancouver Sun. The United Nations Educational, John Berry (Psychology) – How the Study of Democracy) – The global flies on CHUM radio Kingston. David Lyon (Sociology) – En- Scientific and Cultural Organiza- public culture is the culture of the public health gap; also inspiring croachment of surveillance and tion (UNESCO) announced in April dominant group in the Irish Times. youth to learn about Canadian his- Kingston Whig-Standard closed circuit television in the Van- that it will renew the UNESCO tory in the Hill Times. Kathy Brock (Political Studies) – couver Sun. Chair in Arts and Learning, estab- Globe and Mail Tina Dacin (Business) – The im- Crowning Michael Ignatieff the Vincent Sacco (Sociology) – Sever- lished at the Faculty of Education, Ken Wong (Business) – H1N1 virus portance of water coolers in the Liberal leader, also in the Toronto ity of crime in Canada in the Saska- for a second two-year term. Educa- affecting Mexican tourism; also workplace. Sun, Edmonton Sun, London Free toon StarPhoenix. tion professor Larry O’Farrell has government-funded marketing Jay Handelman (Business) – Illegal Press, Ottawa Sun and Winnipeg Beverley Baines (Law) – The con- held the chair since its inception at campaigns aimed at boosting the downloading of movies and music. Sun. stitutional challenge of polygamy Queen’s in 2007. ailing seafood industry in the New Dianne Groll (Psychology) – Ship- in Lawyer’s Weekly. It is the only one of its kind Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. wreck survey in Kingston. Other Print Chris Pickles (Mining Engineer- worldwide, and its renewal until Udo Schuklenk (Philosophy) – In- Ken LeClair (Psychiatry) – Depres- Robert Hickey (Policy Studies) – ing) – Training a new generation of September 2011 is based on the ex- cest taboo; also UN religious sion in seniors. The future of manufacturing in La people to work in the mineral in- cellent results achieved by the chair defamation law in The Economist. Louis Gagnon (Business) – Bear Presse. dustry in the Canadian Mining over the past two years, according Julian Barling (Business) – Vio- markets and recessions. Robert Reid (Obstetrics and Gy- Journal. to UNESCO. lence in the workplace. naecology) – Evolution of the birth The Chair was created in re- Marvin Baer (Law) – The Kaylee Ottawa Citizen control pill in the Regina Leader- Compiled by Jeff Drake, drakej sponse to a global call for enhanced Wallace case. Anne Croy (Anatomy and Cell Bi- Post; also new hormone therapy @queensu.ca, and Stephanie Earp, teacher training in the arts, espe- ology) – Using cows in lab studies. guidelines on Canada.com. [email protected] cially in the southern hemisphere.

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Welcome back the 2009 reunion REUNION 1939 2004 classes from to

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Registered Practical Nurse the afternoon convocation on Tues- the membership of the committee to (Academic) at [email protected]. For the Record Family Medicine, 2009-022 day, June 9; Mr. Gekas, during the advise him on the present state and Respondents should state if they Lisa O’Halloran morning convocation on Tuesday, future prospects of the Faculty of wish to have their letters shown, in Submission information June 2. Ms. Dorren, during the Health Sciences and its leadership. confidence, to the members of the Employee Relations Assistant morning convocation on Wednes- Members are: Cynthia Baker, Associ- advisory committee. Submissions will be edited to Human Resources, 2009-021 day, May 27 and Ms. Samji during ate Dean & Director, School of Nurs- address style considerations and Withdrawn the afternoon convocation on Thurs- ing; Kris Bowes, Assistant to the Principal’s Advisory length and should be less than day, June 11. Dean; Justin Brooks, MSc Physical Committee – Dean of Faculty 200 words. Trades Helper (CUPE Local 229) Therapy student; Irène Bujara, Uni- of Education Physical Plant Services, 2009-023 versity Advisor on Equity and Direc- Principal Tom Williams announces Keith Harper (Physical Plant Services) Committees tor, Human Rights Office; Sean the membership of the committee to Appointments Advisory Committee – Human Conway, Acting Vice-Principal (Ad- advise him on the present state and Pharmacology and Human Resources Officer Mobility Research Centre vancement); Elsie Culham, Associate future prospects of the Faculty of Ed- Toxicology Queen’s University Library, 2009-046 Dean & Director, School of Rehabili- ucation and its leadership. Commit- In accordance with Queen’s Univer- Shannon Tureski tation Therapy; Patrick Deane, Vice- tee members are: Principal Tom Williams announces sity Senate Policy on “Procedures Principal (Academic) and chair; Ken Cal Bowry, Manager, Continuing that Michael Adams has been ap- Governing the Establishment, Re- April 30 Edwards, Clinical Teachers’ Associa- Teacher Education; Irène Bujara, Di- pointed Acting Head of the Depart- porting and Review of Research Cen- Web Developer tion of Queen’s University; John rector of the Human Rights Office ment of Pharmacology and tres, Institutes and Other Entities at Medical Education Technology Unit, Fisher, Head, Department of Physiol- and University Advisor on Equity; Toxicology from July 1 to June 30, Queen’s University,” Vice-Principal 2008-069 ogy; Yaser Habeeb, Aesculapian Soci- Anita Davies, graduate student; Jan- 2010 while Thomas Massey is on ad- (Research) Kerry Rowe announces James Ellis ety (medical student); Paul Huras, ice Deakin, Associate Vice-Principal ministrative leave. Detailed an- the membership of the Advisory Chief Executive Officer, South East and Dean, School of Graduate Stud- nouncement: healthsci.queensu.ca Committee for the review of the Financial Assistant Local Health Integration Network; ies and Research; Patrick Deane, or meds.queensu.ca Human Mobility Research Centre School of Business, 2009-043 John Jeffrey, Associate Dean, Clini- Vice-Principal (Academic) – chair; (HMRC): Ashleigh Messenger (Chemical Engi- cal; Dale Kenney, President and Chris DeLuca, President, Education Civil Engineering Elsie Culham, School of Rehabilita- neering) Chief Executive Officer, Providence Graduate Student Society; Principal Tom Williams announces tion Therapy; John Drover, Critical Care; Etien Leichner, Student Sena- William Flanagan, Dean, Faculty of that Kent Novakowski has been ap- Care Program, KGH; Gabor tor, Queen’s Nursing Science Society; Law; John Freeman, Director, Social pointed head of the Department of Fichtinger, School of Computing; Awards and Grants David Lillicrap, professor, Depart- Program Evaluation Group; George Civil Engineering effective Jan. 1, Bruce Hutchinson, Chair of Commit- ment of Pathology & Molecular C. (Skip) Hills, associate professor, 2009. Detailed announcement : app- The Baillie Award for tee; Doug Munoz, Centre for Neuro- Medicine; Susan Marlin, Associate Philosophy and Vice-Chair, Faculty sci.queensu.ca/news/2008-2009/civil- Excellence in Secondary science Studies; Leila Notash, School Teaching Vice-Principal (Research); John Mc- Board; Amanda Leonard, President, HeadAppt/index.php Mechanical and Materials Engineer- Cans, SEAMO Representative; Kathy Education Students’ Society; Rebecca Established by Chancellor Emeritus ing; Sonja Verbeek, Office of the O’Brien, Assistant Director, Office of Luce-Kapler, professor, Graduate Fac- Staff Appointments Charles Baillie, this award enables stu- Vice-Principal (Research), Secretary the Vice-Principal (Academic) and ulty and Coordinator, Graduate dents graduating from Queen’s to ho- of the Committee. Posted at www.hr.queensu.ca secretary; David Pichora, Interim Studies and Bureau of Research; nour educators who had a positive Members of the university commu- Chief Executive Officer, Hotel Dieu Kathy O’Brien, Assistant Director, Of- influence on them during their high nity are invited to submit their com- April 24 Hospital; Leslee Thompson, Presi- fice of the Vice-Principal (Academic) school careers. This year’s recipients ments on the present state and Senior Functional Analyst dent and Chief Executive Officer, and Secretary to the Committee; are Gerald Fussell (Ecole Mark R. Is- future prospects of the HMRC to Dr. Queen’s University Administrative Kingston General Hospital; Lewis Sandra McCance, Executive Assistant feld Secondary School, Courtenay, Bruce Hutchinson c/o the Office of Systems Replacement Team, 2009- Tomalty, Vice-Dean, Medical Educa- to the Dean; Ruth Rees, professor, B.C.); Andrew Gekas (St. Thomas of the Vice-Principal (Research), by 019 tion; Kim Woodhouse, Dean, Faculty Education; LeRoy Whitehead, associ- Villanova College, King City, On- Mon., May 25. Details: Susan Okura of Applied Science. ate professor, Education; Alan tario); Lisa Dorren (CBe Learn Cal- http://me.queensu.ca/hmrc/ University community members Wilkinson, term adjunct lecturer. gary, Calgary, Alberta); Shabebina Director, Student Services Division who wish to comment on the pres- University community members Samji (Langstaff Secondary School, Principal’s Advisory Faculty of Arts and Science, 2009-018 ent state and future prospects of the who wish to comment on the pres- Richmond Hill, Ontario); Michael Committee – Dean, Faculty of Judith Sakell (Dean of Student Af- faculty and on its leadership may do ent state and future prospects of the Gentile (St. Joseph Secondary School, Health Sciences and Director, fairs) so by May 29. Submit letters to Faculty of Education and on its lead- Mississauga, Ontario). Mr. Fussell and School of Medicine Patrick Deane, Vice-Principal ership may do so by May 29. 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Guest speaker: Robert Wardrop LLD Faculty of Arts and Science (Bio- reached the following milestones 2:30 pm chemistry, Kinesiology and Health in April: Search Committee, Oncology Faculty of Health Sciences Tuesday, June 9 Studies) 30 years: Susan Anderson Steele, In- Anne Smith’s second term as head of Honorary graduand: 9:30 am Guest speaker: Kim Nossal ternational Centre. Oncology ends June 30. In accor- Dafydd Williams (DSc) Faculty of Arts and Science (Art, 2:30 pm 25 years: Bethany McDonald, Ap- dance with the Senate document Classics, Computing, French Studies, Faculty of Law plied Science. governing the Appointment of Clini- Tuesday, June 2 German, Jewish Studies, Linguistics, Guest speaker: Jock Climie 20 years: Cheryl Hamilton, Psychol- ogy; Jamie Kimmett, PPS. cal/Academic Department Heads a 9:30 am Philosophy, Religious Studies, Span- 15 years: Brian Lewis, Institutional search committee is being estab- Faculty of Applied Science (Chemical ish and Italian) Assembly: The academic procession Research and Planning. lished to consider the current state Engineering, Engineering Chemistry, Honorary graduand: assembles 30 minutes before convo- 10 years: Peter Auchincloss, Mining and future prospects of the depart- Electrical and Computer Engineer- William Buxton, LLD cation times in the Red Room in Engineering; Mandy Daniel, School ment and to make a recommenda- ing) 2:30 pm Kingston Hall (second level). Those of Business; Larry Deir, Education; tion to the board chairs of Guest speaker: John Gerretsen Faculty of Arts and Science (Cana- joining the procession should com- Louisa Jennings, Financial Services; participating hospitals and the Prin- 2:30 pm dian Studies, Economics, Political plete the online form prior to May Kirsty Milne, Alumni Relations and cipal on its future leadership. Faculty of Applied Science (Design Studies, Women’s Studies) 26 at www.queensu.ca/secretariat Annual Giving; Kelly Moore, Neuro- Members of the hospital and univer- and Manufacturing, Mathematics Honorary graduand: /convocation/RSVPform.html so that science Studies; Judith Pang, Phar- sity communities can nominate fac- and Engineering and Mechanical Patricia Monture, LLD sufficient seats may be reserved. Call macology and Toxicology; Nancy ulty and staff from Oncology or and Materials Engineering) ext. 77927 or email cowperth Petri, Stauffer Library; April Vuletich, faculty and heads from closely-re- Honorary graduand: Wednesday, June 10 @queensu.ca Geological Sciences and Geological lated clinical departments to serve John Edward Broadbent, LLD 9:30 am Academic regalia for procession: Engineering; Scott Whetstone, ITS. on the search committee. Nomina- 6:30 pm Faculty of Arts and Science (Global Queen’s graduates who require a Five years: Pamela Barron, School of tions due Friday, May 22, to Dean Faculty of Applied Science (Civil En- Development Studies, Psychology, hood or gown should make arrange- Nursing; Barbara De Haas, Advance- David Walker, c/o Gail Knutson, Fac- gineering, Engineering Physics, Geo- Sociology) ments 30 minutes before each cere- ment Technology Services; Charlotte ulty of Health Sciences, Macklem logical Engineering, Mining Guest speaker: Ingrid Johnsrude mony with Lee Tierney (in 210 MacDonald, Medicine; Sherri Nicol, House, 18 Barrie Street, or to Engineering) 2:30 pm Kingston Hall). Members of the aca- Cancer Research Labs; Maha Oth- [email protected] Guest speaker: Faculty of Arts and Science (Biology) demic procession who are not gradu- man, Pathology and Molecular Medi- John Gerretsen Guest speaker: Troy Day ates of Queen’s will need to make their own arrangements; however, cine; John Sakell, ITS; Troy Stevens, Residences; Melinda Vanzanten, Ki- Convocation Thursday, June 4 Thursday, June 11 they can borrow a black gown from Lee Tierney. nesiology and Health Studies. Faculty invitation to spring 9:30 am 9:30 am Receptions: All receptions are the re- convocation ceremonies in Faculty of Education Faculty of Arts and Science (Chem- sponsibility of the faculty or school Employee Assistance Program Grant Hall Guest speaker: Brenda Hunter istry, Environmental Studies, Geogra- concerned. You are encouraged to at- For off-campus professional coun- 2:30 pm phy, Geological Sciences, tend these functions and meet with selling, call toll free, 24 hours a day, Tuesday, May 26 Faculty of Education Mathematics and Statistics, Physics) the graduands and their families. seven days a week: 1-800-387-4765 Honorary graduand: Guest speaker: Audrey Kobayashi 9:30 am (français 1-800-361-5676). Details: Kathryn Knowles, LLD 2:30 pm School of Business (EMBA) www.queensu.ca/eap Guest Speaker: Andrew Dunin Faculty of Arts and Science Human Resources Monday, June 8 (Anatomy and Cell Biology, Commu- 2:30 pm Staff job postings Milestones Industrial Relations, Policy Studies, 9:30 am nity Health and Epidemiology, Life For staff job postings, visit Urban and Regional Planning, Busi- Faculty of Health Sciences (Nursing, Sciences, Microbiology and Im- Compiled by Faye Baudoux www.hr.queensu.ca. The site is ness (PhD, MSc, MIR, MPA, MPL, Rehabilitation Therapy) and Faculty munology, Neuroscience, Pathology If you have a milestone of 5, 10, 15, updated weekly on Fridays. of Arts and Science (Drama, Film and and Molecular Medicine, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 years or more of MBA) Continued on page 14

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Sunday, May 24 Galleries and Museums A Footnote on Health Shape Shifting. Kingston artist Rebecca Cowan ex- Agnes Etherington Art Centre plores how artists shift shapes, taking inspiration from Care for an aging parent the exhibition Bright Colours, Big Canvas: Jack Bush. University Avenue at Bader Lane. 1:30 and 3 pm. The realization that an aging family mem- Adults $4, seniors $2.50, Gallery Association members, www.aeac.ca ber requires some level of assistance can students and children free. Free admission Thursdays raise many questions and concerns. Most and holiday Mondays. Union Gallery Employee can be answered once you and your fam- Exhibition tour ily understand the available options and 45-minute tours covering highlights of our current ex- Stauffer library, first floor. Main space: Without Per- the different levels of care and services Assistance hibitions. Tours are free and admission is free for all sons, a large-scale video installation by Toronto’s Luis offered. Information is the first step in every Thursday, 12:15 pm. Jacob. Project Room: Ecological Citizen and Growing Program determining the solutions that will best On view: Hungry, documentation of two off-site projects by art 1-800-387-4765 suit you, as the primary caregiver, and students Lisa Figge and Patricia Mader. To June 20. your older family member. Bright Colours, Big Canvas: Jack Bush, Historical www.queensu.ca/eap Feature and R. Fraser Elliot Galleries, to Oct. 25. uniongallery.queensu.ca The options available: Ere ibeji: Twin Figures of the Yoruba, African Gallery, Home and community-based care. If to Feb. 14, 2010. Museum of Health Care the family member’s health allows, there are a Yves Gaucher: Transitions, Frances K. Smith Gallery, Ann Baillie Building, 32 George St. number of services available to help older adults continue liv- to June 21. Thursday, May 14 ing in their own homes or with relatives. Such services can include: Poet, Priest, Dauber: The Painter in the Renaissance Bedpans to Breakthroughs – Adventures in Artefacts. A • Skilled nursing and Baroque Eras, Bader Gallery, to May 9, 2010. one-hour program and tour. 8:30–9:30 am. Confirm • Physical and occupational therapy Solo Studio-Watch Series: Lisa Visser, Study, Ether- attendance: [email protected] or 613-549-6666 • Household help ington House, to May 31. ext. 3915 • Adult day care Thursday, May 14 Thursday, May 21 • Meals-on-wheels Art Matters. Alicia Boutilier, Curator of Canadian His- Bedpans to Breakthroughs – Adventures in Artefacts. A • Transportation assistance torical Art, for a tour of Bright Colours, Big Canvas: one-hour program and tour. 4:30–5:30 pm. Confirm • Visitor programs attendance: [email protected] or 613-549-6666 • Social centres Jack Bush. 12:15 pm ext. 3915 • Emergency response systems Saturday, May 23 Options may be free, offered at reduced cost, or provided by private Queen’s Alumni Tour. All Queen’s alumni attending Friday, May 22 agencies. Spring Reunion are welcome for an in-gallery tour. Special MiniU museum tours by executive director James Low and curator Paul Robertson. 1:30 and 3 pm. Respite care. Often a valuable addition to a home-based care plan, 10:15 am. Saturday, May 23 – Sunday, May 24 respite care gives the caregiver a break by providing occasional, alter- Opening reception. Joint opening of Michael Camp- native assistance. Respite care can range from in-home solutions to bell: Field Recordings of Icebergs Melting and Tobey C. Spring Reunion extended hours. The museum will be temporary residential support. Anderson: Works from the New American Century open from 10 am to 4 pm this weekend in recognition Project. 7 pm. of Spring Reunion. All are welcome. Nursing homes. These cater both to older adults who need full-time www.museumofhealthcare.ca skilled nursing services, and those who do not require hospitalization, but who do need extended healthcare. Retirement homes. Varying levels of care are offered by different fa- cilities to meet specific needs. Generally speaking, these residential Notices complexes are not institutional, but still provide supportive services in- cluding skilled nursing. Rate change, JDUC meeting rooms Seniors’ housing. These are usually apartment style homes and pro- vide independent living with some level of support available on an as- The JDUC has several multi-purpose needed basis. meeting rooms that can be booked When you’re considering the various options available, it’s important by Queen’s departments and student to involve other people who will have roles in the care of your elder groups, and the rental fees have re- family member. These may include: cently changed. In the past, there • Other family members has been an administrative fee for • Healthcare providers room bookings; now groups can • Extended family and friends book a room at no charge if room set-up is not required. Rental fees are Where possible, discussion should involve the elder concerned, unless Queen’s Alumni Review and Queen’s Gazette PHOTO CONTEST he or she is critically ill or suffering from cognitive confusion. Early in- online at www.queensu.ca/jduc volvement also allows your loved one to retain some feeling of control /JDUCFacilityRentalFees01May09 over the process, which can be critical for emotional wellbeing. .pdf. To book rooms at JDUC, visit Your Employee Assistance Program is available to help you understand www.queensu.ca/jduc Snap Judgments the importance of your elder’s preferences in this decision and ad- dressing his or her concerns. Renewal, tenure and promotion applications SUBMISSION ’09 Under the terms of the collective The Queen’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a confidential off-site DEADLINE Deadline for Entries: support service available to faculty and staff. agreement between Queen’s and EXTENDED 11:59 pm (EDT), Friday, May 29, 2009

WIN a Grand Luxury Cruise Prize for Two! Passage for 2 on the Ancient Wonders of the Mediterranean (September 11-21, 2009). Value of this package (with air from Toronto) is approximately $14,000.

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People’s Choice Award Vote for your favourite photograph! Review and Gazette readers are invited to help us choose their favourite photo. Voting will take place June 1 to 19, 2009. Visit alumnireview.queensu.dollco.ca for full details.

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The competition is open to all Queen’s alumni, faculty, staff, retirees, and new grads (May or October 2009). Restricted to amateur photographers. Categories: ● People ● Flora & Fauna ● Places ● Digital Illustration Contestants are limited to one entry each per category. For full details and to submit your entry, visit the Review digital magazine at alumnireview.queensu.dollco.ca Winners will be announced and the winning photos published in the August 2009 issue of the Review and the September 14, 2009 Gazette.

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Queen’s University Faculty reception, $50; field trip to the Association for faculty, librarians and Calendar Queen’s University Biological Sta- Calendar Submission archivists, Aug. 15 is the deadline for tion, $10; School of Music Concert Information HELP LINES regular faculty to apply for renewal, Unless specified, all events are free $20. For details and to register, visit tenure or promotion; librarians and and open to the public. For a com- www.alumni.queensu.ca/miniU or The deadline for the Monday, May 25 issue is at noon on Friday, archivists to apply for renewal, con- prehensive listing of campus events, call 1-800-267-7837. Campus Security May 15 (due to the Victoria Day tinuing appointment or promotion; visit eventscalendar.queensu.ca Emergency Report Centre holiday on Monday, May 18). term adjuncts to apply for promo- Friday, May 22 Email submissions to gazette tion and a continuing appointment; Education and continuing adjuncts to apply for Lectures and Events @queensu.ca in the following 613-533-6111 Educational Reform, Spring 2009 Ed- format: Date, department, speaker’s promotion. Members must notify Wednesday, May 13 – Sunday, ucation Alumni Dinner. Alumni ad- name, affiliation, title of talk, loca- their unit head of their intent to May 17 dress by William (Bill) Davis. tion, time. Contact for special Human Rights Office apply for renewal, tenure, continu- Blue Canoe Productions University Club, 6 pm reception needs. Please spell out acronyms. 613-533-6886 ing appointment, or promotion by School edition of Rent. 8 pm, with 2 (cash bar), 7 pm dinner. Details: 613- Those with information about Irène Bujara, Director July 1. pm matinees on Saturday and Sun- 533-6222. accessibility needs for disabled Members are referred to the follow- day. Octave Theatre. Tickets: 613- Sexual Harassment persons should include details ing articles that refer to these proce- 530-2050 or www.kingstongrand.ca Saturday, May 23 Complainant Advisors dures: Article 24 – Employment when they submit an event for Ban Righ Centre Margot Coulter, Coordinator Equity; Article 30 – Renewal, Tenure publication. For information Wednesday, May 20 Fundraiser featuring musician 613-533-6629 and Promotion for Tenure-Track and about planning accessible events Business Heather Bishop. Tickets $25 at Ban Chuck Vetere – Student Counselling Tenured Faculty Members; Article 31 at Queen’s, visit www.queensu.ca Mark Nissen, U.S. Naval Postgraduate Righ Centre and Brian’s Record Op- 613-533-2893 ext. 77978 – Renewal, Continuing Appointment /equity/accessibility.php School, Research Centres and Knowl- tion. Octave Theatre, 8 pm. Details: and Promotion for Librarian and For news and information between Anti-Racism Complainant Advisors edge: The Good, the Bad and the 613-533-2976. Archivist Members; Article 32 – issues, visit www.queensu.ca Ugly. 411 Goodes Hall, 12 – 1 pm. Stephanie Simpson, Coordinator Reappointment and Promotion of /newscentre. 613-533-6886 RSVP to monieson@business Adjunct Members. .queensu.ca by Wednesday, May 13. Audrey Kobayashi – Geography, 613-533-3035 Honorary degree nominations Friday, May 22 – Sunday, May 24 Anti-Heterosexism/Transphobia The Senate Committee on Honorary Complainant Advisors Spring Reunion Degrees invites nominations for the Jean Pfleiderer, Coordinator The inaugural weekend will include Summer 613-533-6886 2010 convocations. Deadline: Aug. class reunions, faculty receptions, 14. Faculties should coordinate their Camps Eleanor MacDonald, Politics MiniU, and the Tricolour Guard din- nominations by asking department 613-533-6631 ner. For details, visit queensu.ca heads to submit nominations di- /alumni/programs/events/ Each spring, the Gazette runs an article about rectly to the dean of their faculty. Coordinator of Dispute springreunions.html or call 1-800- Details: www.queensu.ca/secre- the different camps taking place on campus Resolution Mechanisms 267-7837. tariat/HonDegre.html Please contact Harry Smith, in the summer. Coordinator of Dispute Resolution Friday, May 22 – Sunday, Snap Judgments photo Mechanisms, at 613-533-6495 for May 24 assistance or referral to an advisor. contest deadline extended To ensure your camp is listed, please email the Queen’s MiniU There is still time to give it your best details – contact information, dates, cost and Sexual Harassment From robots to rock’n’roll, astron- shot – the deadline for this Queen’s Respondent Advisors omy to zoology, this weekend of- website if available – to Gazette-Alumni Review photo con- Paul Banfield – Archives fers more than 60 fun learning test has been extended until Friday, [email protected] ext. 74460 opportunities. Weekend package: May 29. Details: alumnireview $199 or select from the à la carte by Friday, May 15. Greg Wanless – Drama .queensu.dollco.ca menu: Individual workshop or ses- ext. 74330 sion, $20; welcome dinner and Anti-Racism Respondent Advisor Ellie Deir – Education ext. 77673

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By KATE ARCHIBALD-CROSS thought, they chose Rent as Blue Grad students Performing in the musical Rent is a Canoe’s sixth production. dream come true for many in the When Blue Canoe started, says awarded theatre world. Thanks to Blue Mr. Sheppard, the group really Canoe Productions, a talented wanted to make connections be- inaugural group of high school and Queen’s tween high school and university students have the opportunity to students, and that focus hasn’t Vanier put together a production of this changed. But their connections at major Broadway hit. Queen’s have become much scholarships “Rent is a risky and difficult stronger, which means they have show,” says Mike Sheppard, a access to more people and expert- ise, and can take on more ambi- Three Queen’s students are among third-year Drama student and tious projects. 166 recipients of the inaugural artistic director of Blue Canoe. It’s The student version of Rent re- Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar- the first time it’s come to quires that the cast be made up of ships. Recipients will receive Kingston. It runs from Wednesday, high school students, but there are $50,000 each year for up to three May 13 to Sunday, May 17 at the no restrictions on the production years. The program will support up Octave Theatre. team, which is made up of Queen’s to 500 new students annually Blue Canoe was born in late A local high school teacher At first the project seemed drama and voice students. when it is at full capacity. 2006, the brainchild of some high familiar with Blue Canoe found out daunting, says Mr. Sheppard. The Tickets are available through Administered by the federal re- school and university students who that there was a version of the mu- group’s recent ratification as an the Grand Theatre Box Office, search granting agencies, the Cana- wanted to give teens a chance to sical available for performances by Alma Mater Society club, though, 613-530-2050 or visit www dian Institutes of Health Research take part in stage productions out- young people, and pitched the idea has opened up many doors, and .kingstongrand.ca (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and side of their own schools. to the group. after giving the matter some Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Student recognized (SSHRC), the program supports stu- dents who demonstrate a high standard of scholarly achievement for volunteer work in graduate studies. Anne-Claire Larochette, Psy- Bronwyn Loucks has been hon- workshops to young people ages 13 chology, has received a CIHR grant oured by Queen’s Park for her com- to 19. for research on “bullying and im- mitment to helping others. Her studies in art have really migrant children: interpersonal The second-year Fine Arts stu- helped her with this project, she and regional effects on physical dent is one of eight people to re- says. and mental health outcomes.” ceive the Ontario Medal for Young “I love developing artistic skills Nathaniel M. Lewis, Geography, Volunteers. Presented annually by that I can pass on to others, and has received a SSHRC grant for re- the Lieutenant Governor of On- thereby encouraging others to search on “moving out, moving tario, the medal emphasizes the im- speak out about mental health on: the role of mental and emo- portance of volunteering in through artistic creation.” tional health in the migration deci- building strong communities Ms. Loucks serves on the board sions of gay men living in Ottawa across the province. of directors of Children’s Mental and Washington, DC.” Ms. Loucks tapped her personal Health Ontario, and is a member of Shai Sabbah, Biology, has re- experience of mental illness in her the New Mentality, a youth-driven ceived a NSERC grant for research effort to eliminate stigma around pilot project that aims to create and on “the visual performance of cich- mental health issues, particularly as support an Ontario-wide network lid fishes under dynamic photic it affects young people. She helped to promote mental health and ad- conditions.” launch a new campaign in south- vocate for a system that meets the eastern Ontario offering art needs of young people. Bronwyn Loucks aims to eliminate stigma around mental health issues.