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Federal funding slashed Cuts pose threat to research programs UBC researchers are bracing for bad NSERC will have a very negative impact news as Canada's largest research fund- on UBC and further erode Canada's al- ing agencies decide howto make cuts ready slim researchbase, leaving capable announced in the recent federal govern- researchers without the fundingthey need ment budget. to continue their work. Everyone from graduate students to There aresome very goodresearchers directors of prestigious research centres who will be losing their research funding willfeel the pinch as agencies funding and important programs thatwill be can- research in medicine, science, engineer- celled," she said. ing, social sciences and humanities are "On one hand, we tell our young people forced to slash their budgets by more to choose a careerin science and technol- than $200 million in the next three years. ogy. but on the otherwe are not using the John Chong phot UBC's share of those cuts is unknown. capacity we already havein our universi- Man In Motion but university researchers here stand to ties. That's a contradiction1 don't under- Rick Hansen speeds along West Mall on a hand-propelled three-wheelec losemillions of dollars, stand." Salcudean said. cycle. The 15-kilogram Varna II cycle is highly manoeuverable and has 11 threateningwell-estab The MRC will see its gears for a variety of uses. Hansen is national Fellow, Disabilitiesin the Ricl lished programsand mak- budget reduced by 10 per Hansen National Fellow Programat UBC. He is also director of the Life Skill! ing it difficult to initiate cent over thenext three Motivation Centre, which is part of UBC's Institute of Health Promotio~ new projects. years for a total loss of al- Research. Theuniversity's larg- most $60 million. estsource of research "The obvious effect is funding, the Natural Sci- that it is going to beharder ences andEngineering Re- for people to get a grant." BOG approves fee search Council (NSERC), said Dr. Bernard Bressler, will be cut 14per cent head of theDept. of over the next threeyears, Anatomy and MRC regional a total shortfall of $142 director for UBC. for new MBA program million from previously In 1994/95,246 UBC approved funding levels. researchers shared about by Abe Hefter 15-month programwill replace the tradi The Medical Kesearch $17 million in MRC fund- tional two, eight-monthsessions an1 Staff writer Council (MRC). thenext Martha Salcudean ing._ for coreprograms. - ., enable graduates to enter the busines largestfunding agency. "As of Septemberlast UBC's Board of Governors hasap- world five months earlier. Anticipatec will lose 10 per cent of its budget over year, only 20 per cent of the faculty who proved an increase in tuition fees for a earnings during this initialperiod in th threeyears, while the Social Sciences applied for new grants were successful," radically revised MBA programin the work force would more than defray th andHumanities Research Council Bressler said. "That's down five per cent Faculty of Commerce and Business Ad- $2,500-increase in tuition, said Actin (SSHRC) will suffer a 14 per cent cut. from the year before because of budget ministration. Dean Derek Atkins. UBC initiatives that rely onmajor constraints: now we have a budget cut." Tuition for the new 15-monthpro- A part-time study program, whicl grants from other sourcesmay also bein Bressler also noted that the numberof gram, which goes toSenate for approval normally requires three years of stud) jeopardy. The Centre for Human Settle- faculty receiving grant renewals may de- next month, will be $7,000 for 1995-96, will also be availablein September 199E ments mustrenegotiate $6-milliona grant crease to as low as 50 per cent from a which is still far short of full cost recov- The foundation material of busines with the Canadian International Devel- current level of 65 per cent. ery. The facultymay eventually consider education has been completely rewrittel opment Agency, whichhad its budget In addition, a special fund sponsored recommending a further increase in tui- and restructured by the Faculty of Con1 trimmed by $300 million. by the council, which supports medical tion. merce and Business Administrationto b As well, both the National Networks of students engaged in summer research The revised program means a single. See MBA Page 2 Centres of Excellence and the Canadian projects during their first two years of Institute for Advanced Research suffered study, may be in jeopardy, he said. cuts. Bressler anticipates that cuts in fed- The worst loss, however, will be from eral transfer payments to the provinces Is it real,or is it NSERC funding. UBC is a major recipient - beginning next year - will have an of NSERC grants. second among Cana- impact on the infrastructure required to dian universities this year only to the support the research effort. 1 acoustical virtual reality?University of Toronto, but often ranked Infrastructure costs arepaid out of the first in the country. university'sgeneral purpose operating by Abe Hefter ment in the departments of Occupa- UBC researchers received nearly $29 fund whichis determined by the amount tional Hygiene and Mechanical Engi- Staff writer million from NSERC thls year in research received from the province's transfer pay- neering. grants, equipment and fellowships. uni- ment allocation. It's one thing to don a pairof head- "Auralization is increasingly becom- versity-industry programs and strategic "It is important to realize that the full phones to listen to a selection of re- ing an important aspectof my research grants. impact is not yet known," Bressler cau- corded concert hall music. It's another activity. In addition,industrial applica- MarthaSalcudean, associate vice- tioned. to slipon a pair of headphones to listen tions will result in cost-saving implica- president,Research, said the cuts to to a piece of concert hall music in a tions for people who are in the business See BUDGET Page 2 concert hallthat hasn'teven been built of designing and building concert halls, yet. theatres and offices." However, as a resultof research be- Hodgson is currentlywriting the soft- ingdone by Asst. Prof. Murray Hodgson ware and assembling the computer hard- and a group of UBC master's students ware that will make auralization a vir- itwill soon be possible to experiencethe tual acoustical reality at UBC within Patent Push 3 acousticalenvironment of anarea oneyear. Although thereare opera- UBC inventors urged to act now with changes to U.S. patent law pending through computer simulation. tional systems in existenceat other labs It's called acoustical virtual reality. around the world, Hodgson said they or auralization.And as the term would are limited byvery largecalculation Looking Outward 4 suggest, it is the acoustical equivalent times and computer hardware require- A PadcRim universities agreement opens doors for graduate students of visualization. ments. 'Using a computer. it will be possi- "Auralization involves complex sig- Quality Commitment 5 ble to simulate the acoustical envi- nal processingtechniques which are ronment of a particular room in such implemented using computers andsig- Forum: Maintainingteaching quality a priority for the Faculty Association a way that the personfeels as if he or nalprocessing cards," Hodgsonex- she is in the real environment," saidplained. Mountain Man 12 Hodgson, who has a joint appoint- See NOISE Page 2 Profile: Avalanche expert Prof. David McClung likes living on the edge 2 UBC Reports . March 23,1995

LElTERS POLICY UBC Reports welcomes letters to the editor on topics relevant to the Attention university community. Letters must be signed and include an address and phone number for verification. Please limit letters, which may be edited for length, style and clarity, to 300 words. Deadline is 10 days Foreign before publication date. Submit letters in person or by mail to theUBC Public Affairs Office, 207-6328 Memorial Rd., Vancouver,BC, V6T 122, by fax to 822-2684 or by e-mail topmmartina unixg.ubc.ca. Students! Are You Considering " -0" """=-=s--Sa- 5 Greater Vancouver Regional years by the proponents of Canadian Permanent e t- - "= GVRD does not District on behalfof the I incorporation that anyone who --- Residence? province." This is untrue. It is makes an unchecked-state- You Need Help With manage UEL managed by an on-site man- ment about this area has a 30 agement directly responsible to very good chance of getting it Studenwork Editor: the minister of Municipal wrong. Extensions? Affairs. The GVRD has nothing Page 12 of the March 9, to do with it, but so much Ralph Spitzer 1995-mC Reports states "The misinformation about the UEL Prof. Emeritus, Pathology Van Reekum Veress UEL . . . is managed by the has been spread over many Vancouver, B.C. Immigration Consulting MBA Ltd. Continuedfrorn Page 1 gram. It also capitalizes on the out precedent." delivered in a single integrated faculty's pre-eminenceas the top I Six, one-week sessionsde- For All Immigration core followed bya choice of spe- researchbusiness school in votedto professionaldevelop- Concerns cialization," said Atkins. Canada. ment will form a common thread "The movement away from a After completinga 14-week throughout the entire 15-month general management degree to singleintegrated course, stu- full-time program. one that addsreal value through dents will move into one of 11 Students will have an oppor- Berkowitz & Associates a specialized course of study has areas of specialization, includ- tunity to build skills associated been greeted with keen interest ing international business. en- with leadership, career guidance Statistics and Mathematics Consulting by prospective students. trepreneurship,banking and and personal communication.In - research design - data analysis 'An increase in tuition fees international finance, and man- addition,they will beencour- sampling forecasting wasnecessary to help defiay agement information systems. aged to take part inUBC's inter- some ofthe costsassociated with Thesespecialized courses national exchange programs. Jonathan Berkowitz, Ph.D running enhanced studentserv- will be taught in six, six-week Students with limited man- 4160 Staulo Crescent, Vancouver,B.C., V6N 3S2 ices like the Career Centre and modules.The fourth module agementbackground. or who the StudyAbroad and Exchange period will feature a hands-on lack adequatepreparation in Office: (604) 263-1508 Home: (604) 263-5394 Program." internship program and work prerequisite courses, will be re- / The revised cumculum will experiencewith a Canadian quired to participate in a three- L enable students meetto the dra- company. week pre-core program consist- matically changing expectations "The entire programhas been ing of non-credit basic business r Caring For Pets and People of employers. very strongly supported by the education.Topics will include With middle levels of man- faculty's advisory council, whichaccounting, computing,and eco- agementshrinking and busi- consists of representatives from nomics. nesses taking on a flatter organi- the Canadian business commu- The implementation of this West Tenthveterinary Clinic zational structure, the program nity." said Atkins. revised program over thelast 106 - 4545 W. 10th Ave. designcommittee of faculty "Although other universities eight months hasinvolved a huge members Ron Giammarino, Ken in this country are moving to- effort on the part of the faculty," MacCrimmonandDavid ward integrated MBA core pro- said Atkins. 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Conveniently located next to the Point Grey Safeway. , Noise Continued from Page 1 the procedure involves compen- involving speech understanding The process involves digitiz- sating, electronically, for both in the elderly. ing a particularsound signal, the headphones and the listen- Throughauralization, they Wax - if such as speech or music.A com- will attempt to determine how er's ears,so that the resultof the Histology Services puter model is needed to simu- simulation is thesound that spatial characteristicsof sounds late theway a particular room or would arrive at the listener's two affect the ability of the elderly to Providing Plastic and Wax sections for the research community area would transform those sig- eardrums in the real environment. understand speech by simulat- nals and how the human ears Hodgson and his team mem- ing difficult hearing situations. would transform that sound. bers are currentlyworking with Hodgson said UBC will likely Georgc SpurnRT, RLAT(R)KevinGibbon ART FIBMS Then, you must have the ca- researchers in UBC's School of have two auralization systems Daytime 266-7359(604) Daytime 856-7370(604) pability of replaying these sounds Audiology and Speech Sciences in operationin abouta year, Evening 266-2597(604) Eveniig 856-7370(604) to a person through headphones,and the Psychology Dept. at the with both industrialand aca- E- Mail [email protected] withoutdistortion. Hodgson said University ofToronto ina project demic applications. Budget Continuedfrorn Page 1 of funding should take as big a scheduled to rise to $900.000 The MRC is scheduled tomeet cut as those with much larger by 1997. in Montreal this week to decide budgets." he said. From a national perspective, how it will distribute the cuts. ForSSHRC, federalbudget Slaymakernoted thatthe re- Results will be published in the ruts translate into immediate an moval of all funding support to UBC Reports is published twice monthly (monthly in April issue of Decisions, MKC's six percent decrease in indi- the Canadian Federation of the December, June, July and August) for the entire in-house newsletter. vidual research operatinggrants Humanities and to the Social university community by the UBC Public Affairs Office, UBC, whichtraditionally and moreextensive, but still ScienceFederation of Canada 207-6328 Memorial Rd., Vancouver B.C.,V6T 122. ranksthird after Montreal's undefined, cuts to strategic re- will have far-reachingimplications McGill University and the Uni- search grants for larger, inter- for the roughly 100 academicasso- Managing Editor: Steve Crombie versity ofToronto in funding from disciplinary projects. ciations they represent. ([email protected]) the MRC, received 10.4 per cent of Two initiatives in thelatter With no central organization Editor: Paula Martin([email protected]) the council's total budgetlast year. category are the Fraser Basin lobbying on their behalf, indi- Production: Stephen Forgacs([email protected]) Olav Slaymaker,associate Eco-systemStudy, led by vidual associationswill beforced Contributors: Connie Filletti([email protected]), Abe vice-president of Research for Michael Healeyat the Westwater to generate theirown income to run Hefter ([email protected]),Charles Ker (charleskQ Humanities,Interdisciplinary Research Centre,and the Entre- meetings and publish journals. unixg.ubc.ca),Gavin Wilson ([email protected]). Initiatives and Social Sciences, preneurship and Venture Capi- The result, said Slaymaker,is points out that the differential tal Research Centre, directedby that small academic associations Editorial and advertising enquiries: (604)822-3131 impact of a 14 per cent cutis far Commerce Prof. Raphael Amit. will either become more regional (phone), (604) 822-2684 (fax). greater on SSHRC's $100 mil- Slaymaker says income from or collapse altogetherand affili- lion budget than on NSERC's UBC's Hampton Place endow- ate with Americancounterparts. UBC Reports welcomes the submission of lettersand annual allotment of $500 mil- ment is more important than "It's a shadow of the political opinion pieces.Opinions and advertising published in lion and the 10 per cent cut on ever.The Hampton fund, di- disintegration that'soccurring UBC Reports do not necessarily reflect official university MRC's $300 million. rected to new social sciences inthe whole country."said policy. "It's reasonable thateveryone and humanities research ini- Slaymaker. "We'll have a split should take acut and share the tiatives and fundedby the pro- Canadianpersonality with no Material maybe reprinted in wholeor in part with load but unreasonable that the ceeds of landlease sales for central body of Canadian aca- appropriate credit to UBC Reports. council with the smallest amount market housing on campus,is demic effort." L UBC Reoorts . March 23.1995 3 Changes in patent law will affect researchers

The University-IndustryLiaison Office These disclosures should be submittec (UILO) is urging UBC researchers to dis- to the UILO as soon as possible, and thc close inventions to the UILO before office will attempt to fast-trackits evalu changes to U.S. patent law come into ation to make any necessary patent ap effect. plications before June 8. Beginning June 8, the U.S. patent Researchers should remember that i term for an invention will be 20 years, is important they follow correct proce measured from the filing date of the pat- dures for evidencing the dateof an inven ent application. Currently. the U.S. pat- tion. As UBC policy number 88 states, i ent termfor an invention is 17 years from a patentable device or process might arisl the dateof grant of the patent. in the course of work on any project Since it can take several years to ob- “laboratory records should be kept in i tain a patent. this change in patent law bound. not loose-leaf, notebook and bl may lead to shorter patent term protec- dated. signed and witnessed as a routinl tion. procedure.” The UILO is asking that all research- For more information on this and othe ers review their work inprogress todeter- U.S. patent changes, contact theUILO a mine if they have an invention todisclose. 822-8580. I 1995 honorarydegree recipients UBC alumnus known as top of his field

ThomasFranck. a UBC alumnus half of foreign governments. recognized world- During world- recognized career his wideas one of this he has served as a generation‘smost legaladvisor and productive and in- counsellorto the fluentialinterna- governments ofTan- Gavln Wllson photo tional legal schol- zania. Kenya, Zan- ars, will receive an zibar,Mauritius, Mechanical Engineering students Ian Colotla. (left) fourth-year computer honorarydegree Solomon Islands, El automation option, and Wendy Ho, third-year electro-mechanical option, during the univer- Salvador,Chad, with an x-y table that Colotla designed andbuilt. The table uses computer sity’s spring Con- and Bosnia controls and a linear motorto make precision movements accurate up to gregationceremo- Herzegovina. one-thousandthof a millimetre. The same principlesare used in industrial nies on June 2. The author of nu- applications from machine tooling to making circuit boards. Since 1965. merous works on in- II I m Franckhas been ternational and con- peerless as the di- stitutionallaw, tnglneerlng program rector of the Center Franck is a three- forInternational time recipient of the Studies at NewYork Certificate of Merit University. Thomas Franck awardedbythe takes novelapproach He was cited by American Society of the UBC Tributes Committee, which lntemational Law in recognition of recommends nominees for honorary his writing. by Gavin Wilson and communication skills. ‘The reasonwe ask for goodcommuni- degrees, for his significant contribu- (This is the fourth in a series of Stag writer cations and interpersonal skills is sim- tion tothe betterment of interna- articles featuring UBC’s honorary A new program is educating Applied ple.” Altintas said. “No one can make an tional law and human rights on be- degree recipients.) Science students in theinterdisciplinary aircraft on theirown: it requires a team.“ area of electrical and mechanical engi- When students are admitted to the neering design while giving them valu- program, theyimmediately spend a sum- Author places stories able industrial experience. mer working in industry,something they The five-year Electro-Mechanical En- repeat at the end of their third year of gineering Designprogram combines bach- study. in rural BCsettings elor and master of engineering degree Third- and fourth-year curricula area programs and provides for two summers mix of Mechanical Engineering courses Celebratednovelist and UBC His fiction has won the Governor working in industry. and Electrical Engineering courses in graduateJack Hodgins, author of General’s Award, the Gibson’s First As computers become more closely electronics. Spit Delaney‘s Island. TheResurrec- Novel Award, the Eaton’s B.C. Book integrated into many products andproc- At the end of year four, the graduate tion of Joseph Award, the Com- esses, mechanical engineers must have school year of 12 months begins on May Bourne and other lit- monwealth Litera- an increasing knowledge of electronics 1, with the students working in design erarytreasures of ture Prize (Canada- and computer operation and software, teams comprising two to four students, a CanadianWest Caribbean region) SaidYusufAltintas, professor ofMechani- professor and anengineer from industry. Coast regional litera- andthe Canada- cal Engineering and co-ordinator of the Eachteam takes on two parallel ture, will be awarded Australia Prize. program. projects. Thefirst involves designing and an honorary degree Several ofhis sto- ‘Thisis a bridge between the two fields,” building a piece of complex machinery, during UBC‘s spring ries and novels have Altintas said of the program, which was for example, a gear box or a hydraulic Congregationcer- been translated into developed jointly by the departments of press. The second project requires they emonies on June 1. other languages in- Mechanical Engineering and Electrical design a single-board computer to con- A resident of Vic- cludingDutch, Engineering. trol the machinery. toria, Hodgins is a Hungarian,Japa- As well as the fundamental analysis “It‘s a very hands-on approach.These professor of creative nese, Russian,Ital- and design knowledge required of all are not fundamental researchprojects.“ writing at the Uni- ian andNorwegian. mechanical engineers, students gradu- Altintas said. “We want themto be similar versity of Victoria Innominating ating from this program will have special to professional projects done inindustry. wherehe has in- him for an honorary abilitiesin integrating computers into In fact, we hope the projects will be initi- spired hundreds of degree,the UBC the design of mechanical devices and ated by the companies inwhich the stu- studentswith his su- Tributes Committee processes. dents do their co-op work terms.” “Since current technology requires an While doing these projects, students perbly crafted style Jack Hodgins saidthat Hodgins which ranges from had broughtrenown interdisciplinary knowledge of mechani- will also take related graduate courses. realism to experimental postmodem- to the university and theprovince as cal, electrical and computer systems, the At the endof their fifth year they receive ism. one of Canada’s finestfiction writers graduates from this program are expected a Bachelor ofApplied Science and a Mas- Set mostly in smalltowns and and as an innovative stylist and dis- to be in highdemand by industry,”Altintas ter’s of Engineering in Mechanical Engi- along the back roads of rural Van- tinguished academic. said. neering simultaneously. couver Island. his writing creates a (This is thejijth in a series of arti- Ten students in second-yearMechani- The program should produce its first compelling portrait of the region’s cles. featuringUBC’s honorary degree cal Engineering will be chosen to enter graduates by May, 1997. people and history. recipients.) the program according to their academic Recently approved by Senate, there are record, design aptitude andinterpersonal already students enrolled in the program. 4 UBC Reports . March 23,1995 Agreement opens Asia to UBC students by Gavin Wilson also act as ambassadors, im- with funding from aCanada- proving understanding of Ca- StaJ writer ASEAN Centre/AsiaPacific nadian forestry practices." Foundation travel grant. For one UBC graduate stu- Andrea Harris, studying for At UBC, she looks at genetic dent, an exchangeagreement her master's degrce in Agricul- variations in coho strains from with a Philippine university pro- tural Economics, went to the different B.C. river systems, to vided a chance to meet face-to- Philippines on a four-month ex- see which may be related tothe face withrural managersof rice changelast spring. There she ability to resist diseases. and livestock co-operatives. conducted research on agricul- The results of her studycould For another, it gave an oppor- tural co-operatives, which par- eventually benefit B.C.'s grow- tunity to conduct research on allels herthesis research on ing aquaculture industry. geneticdifferences in tropical Canadian co-ops. If there is a genetic compo- fish, which will strengthen her After growingup on the Cana- nent to disease resistance, then PhD thesis on the disease resist- dianprairie, with its huge, aquaculturalists could breed it ance of B.C.'s coho salmon. mechanized farms, it wasan eye- intofish stocks, reducing the This exchange program, one opener for Hams to seedraft need for antibiotics, which have of the very few focusing ongradu- animals in use and intensivethe healthand environmental im- ate students,is among the ben- labour in the rice paddies. pacts. efits that UBC has gained from Hams also foundthat co-ops Travelling to Malaysia was an membership in a consortium of have a different role in the Phil- opportunity for Balfry to work Southeast Asian universities. ippines, where they are usedas with a different fish species - Consortiumsupporters on a developmenttool and areoften one that lives in warm waterand campus say this is just the be- imposed from above by govern- is exposed to differentpatho- ginning. As links with these uni- ment. This, however, distorted gens - to see if her hypothesis versities grow, so will potential key aims of co-ops, such ascom- held true. opportunities for both students munity control, she says. "The results were perfect. They and faculty. Travelling from village to vil- fit in nicely with my coho work," Formed in 1989, the South- lage, she interviewed managers says Balfry. who will incorporate east Asian University Consor- of 10 rice and livestock co-ops in the findings into her thesis. tium for Graduate Education in the provinces of Laguna and Balfry saidshe waspleas- Agriculture andNatural Re- Batangus. She found that grass-antly surprised when shear- sources unites five universities roots,self-funded co-ops were rived at Universiti Pertanian, a to share resources and expertise doing best. beautiful, modemcampus where and enhance graduate educa- "I have always been interested graduate courses are taught in tion and research. in developmentissues, and this English. Even the librarywas UBC was invited to join in exchange gave me valuable ex- predominantly English,and fea- 1993, and officially signedon perience that would otherwise tured the latest CD-ROM data- last November as an associate be hard to get," Hams says. base systems. member, along with Australia's Gavin Wllson photo As well as broadeningher "I'd like to go back as a post- perceptions of co-operatives and University of Queensland. Shannon Balfry. whois working ona PhD in AnimalScience, doctoral fellow," she says."With The founding members are how they work in developing the world I becoming a smaller went to a Malaysian university to conduct research under an Indonesia's Universitas Gadjah countries, the exchangegave her place, to have international ex- Mada andInstitut Pertanian exchangeagreement with Southeast Asian universities. fresh insight into Canadian ag- perience puts you a littleahead Here at UBC, she at genetic variations in coho salmon Bogor, Thailand'sKasetsart looks riculture - and into her own when competing for jobs. Espe- University,Malaysia's strains from different B.C. river systems. character. cially as a graduate student,it's UniversitiPertanian and the "You learn a lot about your- an advantage." University of the Philippines, hopes that consortium members Sciences,have made visits self and how you deal with situ- Anyone interested in learn- Los Banos. will develop programs together. funded with B.C. AsiaPacific ations thatmight makeyou un- ing more about the exchange George Kennedy, who facili- "In the future, it may not be Scholars Awards. comfortable. It's areal test of program - current and pro- tated UBC's membership in the unreasonable to thinkof the con- As well as the exchanges, your character," she says. spective graduate students or consortium, is the Faculty of sortium as one university with consortium members are shar- Anotherexchange student, faculty - can find out more at AgriculturalSciences' director seven campuses, each with its ing informationon courses, re- Shannon Balfiy, who is doing aninformation session on of International Programs. own strengths, expertise and re- search expertise, faculty mem- her PhD in Animal Science, went Thursday, March 30, from 1 to He says UBC is anideal part- sources." bersand library resources, Malaysia'sto Universiti 2 p.m. in Room 158, MacMillan ner for the consortium, with its For the time being, the ex- Kennedy says. Pertanian to conduct research I Building. Pacific Rim location,pre-emi- changes are the mostvisible as- Andrew Howard, director of nencein Asian research and pect of the consortium's activi- InternationalPrograms in the strong programs in agriculture, ties. Theyallow graduate stu- Faculty of Forestry, is also ex- environmental studies,fisher- dents to carry out research or cited by the possibilities the con- ies. forestry,and resource man- take courses overseas, and get sortium opens for his faculty. Success in private practicerequires agement. credit toward their UBC degree. Although there have been no more than professional expertise...it Belonging to the consortium Among the other benefits a exchanges yet. there are several takes business knowhow! can also help strengthen exist- semesterabroad can bring, students, especially at the gradu- ing UBC programs, he adds. Kennedy says,are language ate level, who are interested in Participate in this exciting 12-hour series and learn the skills 'For example, we haveno practice, insight into other cul- international work, he says. The necessary to build and run a successful private practice. course on agricultural extensiontures, international experience, faculty is also co-sponsoringan here, but now we can offerit different expertiseand accessto internationalconference with For dates & further information, call 737-8145 through the exchange program. courses not available at UBC. Malaysia's Universiti Pertanian The consortium can strengthen Faculty exchanges have been next year. The Learning Curve Training Systems Inc. fundingopportunities. Such limited to short-term visits, al- "The consortium has great partnerships alsopromote inter- though that may change later. potential for us," Howard says. disciplinaryresearch across So far, Maureen Garland, Brent "It is consistent with our goal campus in natural resources." Skura, Murray lsman and Rick of expanding activities in Pa- UBC CONTINUINGSTUDIES Down theroad, Kennedy Barichello, allfrom Agricultural cific Rim countries. We can presents ECOLOGY, POLITICS AND Notice to UBC Staff Pension Plan Members CLEARCUTTING Patrick Moore from the Forest Allianceof British Columbia (Co-founder of Greenpeace) Douglas Hopwood Forestry Consultant Author of "Principles and Practices of New Forestry"

This two-hour session will provide current and varying perspectives on the issues confronting the forest industry in British Columbia. Audience participation with questions and comments will be encouraged. Thursday, March 30, IRC Lecture Hall #6 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. UBC Reports. March 23,19955 Forum Faculty Association strives to maintain quality of education at UBC by Tony Sheppard its purposes areto promote the Law Pro$ Tony Sheppard is welfare of its members and the President of the UBC Faculty Associa- University of British Columbia and to tion. act as bargaining agent for its members Dave Thomson photo These days, it seemsthat every Quality of teaching depends Cutting Edge aspect of university life is subject to a primarily on the quality of faculty. To Shyan Ku from UBC’s Dept. of Electrical Engineering was one of more than welter of criticism. Even the quality recruit and retain the mostqualified 100 Applied Science graduate students who showed their research wares of university teaching is being faculty, the association must ensure during the B.C. AdvancedSystems Institute Graduate Students Presentation through bargaining and, if necessary, questioned. Some also criticize Day at the RobsonSquare Conference Centre. Ku’s project involved a faculty associationsfor playing an arbitration, that the university does machine that microsurgeons to manipulate delicate tissue more obstructionist role, and frustrating not shirk its responsibilities to allows attempts to improve university provide financial rewards for good safely and efficiently. teaching. These criticisms are ill- teaching through career progress informed. The qualityof teaching at increments, merit awards, etc. Canadian universities, in general, The association has also suc- Effect of fisheries extends and atUBC, in particular, is second ceeded in obtaining rightsof bargain- to none. Of course in teaching, as in ing for part-time faculty andto every other form of human endeav- bargain not only salary and economic our, one always strives to do better. benefits, but also conditions of to phytoplankton: study The Faculty Associationhas played appointment for sessional and part- and continuesto play a pivotal and time faculty. The Faculty Association by Gavin Wilson and illegal catches anddid not take into constructive role and the univer- account the fact that some phytoplankton Staff writer in attempts to sity administra- production is recycled by the algae them- improve teach- tion are in the The world’s fisheries have a greater selves. ing at UBC. final stages of impact on oceanfood chains than previ- The researchers say thisis strong evi- The exem- bringing into ously believed, says a study by Daniel dence for the limits ofglobal fisheriesand plary quality of effect a new Pauly,a professor at UBC’s Fisheries justifies concerns for the sustainability university agreement Centre, and Villy Christensen of the In- and biodiversity of the world’s marine teaching is covering ternational Centrefor Living Aquatic Re- life. amply demon- conditions of sources Management in Manila, Philip- Pauly and his colleagues at the UBC strated by a appointment pines. Fisheries Centreare now doing a detailed Statistics and providing The study, published in the March 16 study of the global food and primary Canada survey some job issue of the science journal Nature, found production requirementsof marine mam- which found security for that a surprising percentage of organ- mals, and aglobal study of the extent of that 86 per cent these individu- isms at the most basic level of the food unreported and illegal fisheries catches. of Canadian als.Sessional chain are needed to supportglobal fisher- Their ultimate aim is to estimate the university and part-time ies. size of the catch that theworld’s fisheries graduates are faculty bear Until now. the authors say, studiesof can takewithout depletingfish stocks or either satisfied heavy teaching fisheries problems usually emphasized endangering top predators such as ma- or very satisfied loads, and thedecline of theexploited fish rine mammals and sea birds. with the teach- these new populations, which are generally on top ing quality in conditions of of the food chains. their programs. appointment It was assumed that fisherieshave At UBC, At the Tony Sheppard willto help little impact onthe lower links of the food university’s that ensure the chain:zooplankton. the small shrimp- 1994/95 Budget and Planninguniversity rewards their good teaching like animals on which many fish feed, Narrative reports that annual student with offers of continuous employment. and phytoplankton, the microscopic al- evaluations of teaching in thousands When the FacultyAssociation gae that zooplankton eat. of course sections result in only 30 to submits a denial of reappointment, Zooplankton are eaten by small fish, 40 lessthan satisfactoryteaching promotion andtenure toarbitration, which are food forlarger fish which are in assessments. Thebudget narrative a critical concern is whetheror not turn eaten by ocean-going predators at goes onto statethat there is no the quality of thecandidate’s teach- the top of the food chain, such as tuna. discernibleproblem whatever with ing has been fairly andaccurately The researchers based their calcula- the quality of teaching at UBC: evaluatedbeginning atthe depart- tions on the 90 million tonnes of fish “What was most striking was that mental level and proceeding onwards landed each yearby the world’s fisheries, teaching is overwhelmingly positively and upwards to the president of the and added another 30 million tonnes of evaluated by students and that in the university. by-catch, fish accidentally caughtin nets case of the smallproportion of Theappeal board has observed and then discardedat sea. instructors whose teaching is evalu- that candidates’ teaching records are The researchers estimated that eight ated as lessthan satisfactory, sometimes undervalued, resulting in percent of the world’s production of approximately one-third are not with an unfair loss of employment. In phytoplankton, four times the previous the university the following year, one- taking such appeals to arbitration. estimate, are required to sustain the total thirdhave taken action to improve theFaculty Association seeks to catch of 120 million tonnes. theirteaching effectiveness. Of the validateteaching as aworthy crite- This, however, is an average that com- balance,some are reassigned to rion for grantingreappointment, bines alow of two per cent in open ocean courses inwhich they are more tenureor promotion. waters with much higher figuresin areas effective leavinga very small number Defending academic freedom and where the most intensive fishing occurs. who repeat the same problems in the drawing public attention to deterio- Nearly 90 per cent of the world’s catch is followingteachingcam-ratingconditions year.” on taken in fresh water, upwellings and con- For an individualmember of pusare only two examples of how the tinentalshelves, the narrow bands of Charles Ker photo faculty to become a good teacher and Faculty Association serves to improve water less than 200 metres deep. remain so over theyears requires the quality of instruction at UBC. Onshelves, the percentage of Woman Of Words continuous dedication and effort. TheThis ongoing commitment is phytoplanktonproduction required to Vancouverauthor Joy Kogawa Faculty Association plays an impor- perhaps best exemplified by the sustain thefisheries is as high as 35 per takes a break in the courtyard of atrole in sustaining the develop- association’s founding of the Centre cent, which the authors call “a surpris- the Buchanancomplex before ment of teaching skills throughout a for Faculty Development and Instruc- ingly high figure.” reading from her acclaimed works, member’s career. The goal of improv- tional SeMces in 1987. The associa- In other words, in areas where most Obasan,and its sequel, Itsuka. ing the quality of teaching and the tion continues to be represented on fishing is done, one of every three algal Kogawa was the 5al speaker in purposes of the Faculty Association the advisory board of the centre and cells works to support the fishery. the Dept.of Creative Writing’s are completely consistent.The most of thecentre’s programs are But even these high figures could be reading series sponsored by the association’s constitution states that conducted by faculty volunteers. an underestimate, Pauly and Christensen Canada Council. said. They did notinclude unreported 6 UBC Reports . March 23,1995 Calendar March 26 through April 8

Microbiology/Immunology AndrewDawes/StephenChatman, fessor Philip Tetlock, director In- Sunday, Mar. 26 Tuesday, Mar. 28 Seminar directors. Music Bldg. Recital hall stitute of Personality/Social Re- Developmental Genes Discovered at 12:30pm. Free ad-mission. Call search, U. of Calif.,Berkeley. By Restriction Enzyme Mediated 822-5574. BuchananA-l04at3:30pm. Call Collegium Musicum MOST Workshop 822-5675. John Sawyer/Moma Edmund- The Fundamentals Of Communi- IntegrationPlasmids In son, directors.VST, chapel of the cating. Maura Da Cmz, training Dictyostelium.Dr. Bill Loomis, Psychology Lecture Epiphanyat 8pm. Call822-5574. administrator, Human Resources. Biology, U. of Calif., San Diego. How Politicized Has Political Psy- Mathematics/Institute of Brock Hall 00 17 from gam- 12pm. Wesbrook 201 from 12- 1:30pm. chology Become? Examining The Applied Mathematics Call 822-3308. Debates OverTheNew Racism And colloquium Refreshments. Call 822-9644. The End Of The Cold War. Cecil/ Monday, Mar. 27 TopicsIn SingularPerturbations/ Music Concert Ida Green Visiting Professor PhilipExponential Asymptotics.Dr. Animal Science Seminar Tetlock, director, Institute of Per- Series UBC Jazz Ensemble. Fred Stride, Michael Ward,Mathematics. Electrical Engineering director. Music Bldg. Recital hall sonality/SocialResearch. U. of Math 203 at 3:30pm. Refresh- Seminar Metabolic Responses Of Early Life at 2:30pm, Free admission. Call Calif., Berkeley.Buchanan A- 106 ments at 3: 15pm in Math Annex Stages In FishTo Salinity Change. , 822-5574. at 12:30pm. Call 822-5675. Whither Neural Networks. Prof. ErickGroot, PhD candidate. 1 1 15. Call 822-2666. [gor Aleksander.head, Electrical ~ MacMillan 256 at 12:30pm. Re- Engineering,Imperial College, Forestry Lecture Chemical Engineering freshments. Call 822-4593. Centre for Japanese BetterUtilization For Sustained LoGdon. CE-ME 1202 at 8:30am. Research Seminar Weekly Seminar Call 822-6660. Production And Profit. Dr. Robert Centre for Biodiversity Productivity InJapan. JohnPrice, Youngs, Collegeof Forestrv. Fish- Mathematical Modelling Of History.Asian Centre 604 from FluidDonExchange Following Origami Demonstration Research spring Seminars 12:30-2pm. Call 822-2629. Discover the delights of Japa- Bioindication Of Heavy Metals In nese paper folding. Joseph Wu The Fraser Valley. Ute- Pott, MSc. shows howto createamazing art candidate, Botany.Biosciences Institute of Applied 2000 at 12:30pm. Call 822-2 131. ~ Mathematics colloquium AgriculturalEconomics/ 3bjects from the special papers I Theoretical Chemistry that have been developedover TBA. Dr. Huaxiang Huang. Math- Related Information Meeting ematics, SFU.Math203 at 3:30pm. ' Seminars Pharmaceutical Sciences ~ Southeast Asian University Con- the centuries. UBC Bookstore Call 822-4584. bt/Design section from 12- Seminar ~ sortium For Graduate Education As~ctsofKineticTheo~Tolono- 1:30pm. Call 822-0587. Carvedilol: Stereoselective Analy- ~ InAgriculture And Natural Re- , spheric G- kkos. Gee- sis/Pharmacokinetics. Lilian Geography Colloquium sources. Opportunities for faculty/physics. Chemistry 402, central UBC Zen Society Clohs, grad student, Pharmaceu- Glacier Dynamics/Anomalous student exchanges. MacMillan158 ~ wing at 4pm. Call 822-3997. tical Sciences.IRC #3 at12:30pm. Post-GlacialEmergence On from 1 -2pm. Call 822-2 193. colloquium Ellesmere Island:New Perspectives Beginning Zen. Graham Good, Call 822-4645. OnPaleoclimatic Change And Multimedia Demonstrations Saturday, Apr. 1 English. Buchanan D-201 at NeotectonicsIn The High-Arctic. Presentations by Marc Broudo, 2:30pm. Call 822-4086. Lectures in Modem Chemistry John England, Geography, u. HealthSciences; Michelle Vancouver Institute Lecture Of Geography 201 at Lamberson,Geological Sciences; Biochemistry/Molecular Radical ApproachesTo Highly Re- 3:30pm.Refreshments. Call 822- Paul Hibbitts. Media Resource ProspectsFor Peace In Ireland. Prof. "" Biology duced Compounds Of The Early 4YZY. ConorCruise OBrien, essayist, TransitionMetals. Prof. John Ellis, Network. USB. southend historian, diplomat, Dublin. IRC hmour Suppressor Genes: Ex- TELEcentre from1 -2pm. Call 822- ploring TheirClinical Applica- Chemistry, U. ofMinnesota. Chem- Pharmaceutical Sciences 3062. #2 at 8: 15pm. Call 822-3131. istry 250, south wing at Ipm. Re- :ions.Dr. Stephen Friend, Mo- Seminar I lecular Genetics,Massachusetts freshments from12:40pm. Call 822-3266. Complete Androgen Block In Pros- Physics Colloquium Zeneral Hosp.,Boston. IRC #4 at tate Cancer: IS ItCost Effective Monday, Apr. 3 3:45pm. Refreshments.Call822- Quantum MechanicsInYour Face, MOST Workshop Therapy? Donna Buns. I'hxmD Sidney Coleman.Harvard U. 3871. student, Clinical Pharmacy. Van- ' Hennings 201 at 4pm. call 822- Cancer ResearchSeminar Central Agencies 11: Human Re- couverHosp/HSC G-279 from 4- 3853. Helix-Loop-Helix Protein In Asian studies colloquium sources-RecruitingStaffAt UBC. 5pm. Call 822-4645. HematolymphoidDevelopment. Kim Simms, personnel assistant, Zn Investigation Of An Early Music Concert Dr. Adam Goldfarb. Institute of ResternZhou Bronze: The Human Resources. BrockHall Pathology, Case Western Reserve, 00 17 from 1-4pm. Refreshments. Centre for Biodiversity UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Yueding.Robert Stephenson, Research spring Seminars U. of Cleveland. BC Cancer Re- Wan Centre 604 from12:30- Call 822-9644. Martin Berinbaum, director. Old search Centre lecture theatre at AmphibianPopulation Declines: ' Auditoriumat8~m.Call822-5574. L:30pm. Call 822-388 1. pharmaceutical Sciences Evidence, Cadses And Implica- 12pm. Call 877-6010. Plant Science Seminar i1Lipoprotein Lipase rn me ~~~k~~, tions: Andy Blaustein, 7~ology, Plant Science Seminar 11DavidSeversen.Dr.Rat. MRCSignal Oregon State u. Friday, Mar. 3hysiologicaJChanges Associated tional Sciences60 at 4:30pm. Call 31 Regulation The Of With Aging Potato Tuber. Rick bductionG~~~, ~.~fcdgarY. Prod- 822-2 131. ' Care/EpidemiologyHealth Phenylpropanoid Natural howles, U. ofAlberta. MacMillan IRC #5 at 4pm. Call 822-4645. uct Biosyntheses: MolecularAp- 318-D at 12:30pm.Call 822- Rounds proaches. Carl Douglas, Botany. 9646. Quality Of Life Outcomes Follow- MacMillan318-D at 12:30pm. ing Cataract Surgery. Dr. Simon Call 822-9646. Astronomy Seminar Holland,clinical instruction of Molecular Gas In Local Group Ophthalmology: Dr. Rick Mathias, Astronomy Seminar Galaxies.Christine Wilson, professor of Epidemiology; Ronnie Properties Of Invisible Galaxies. McMaster U. Geophysics/As- Sizto, systemsanalyst. Mather 253 Greg Bothun, U. of Oregon. Geo- tronomy 260 at 4pm.Refresh- from9-loam. Cal1822-2772. Park- physics/Astronomy 260 at 4pm. search, U. of Calif.",.Berkeley. mentsat3:30pm. Call 822-2696/ Distinguished Speakers ing available in B lot. Refreshments at 3:30pm.Call 2267. Kenny 25 10 Peter Suedfeld lounge 822-2696/2267. at 4pm. Call 822-5675. Series Pediatrics Grand Rounds Centre Applied Ethics Political Or Politicized Psychology: for IsThe RoadTo Scientific Hell PavedPartnerships/Opportunities: The Centre for Chinese Medical Genetics Seminar Centre For Molecular Medicine And colloquium Molecular Characterization Of WithGood Intentions? Philip Research Seminar FindingThe Lost Lawyer: Therapeutics. Dr. Michael Hayden, Human Phospholipase A2 Like Tetlock, director, Institute of Per- The Chinese Communist Party's Kronman On Practical Wisdom/ sonality/SocialResearch, of Medical Genetics. GFStrong audi- 'CaseExamination' Apparatus: Gene.Paul Kowalski, PhD stu- u. torium at gam. Call 875-2307. ProfessionalEthics.Dr. TimDare, dent, Medical Genetics. Wesbrook Calif., Berkeley. Hotel Georgia from A Secret Party OrganizationAnd Philosophy, U. of Auckland, NZ. 201 at 4:30pm. Refreshments at 7:30-9:30pm. $10. Call822- 1450. Its Operating Procedures. Prof. Angus415from4-6pm.Call822- 4: 15pm. Call 822-53 12. Political Science Seminar Michael Schoenhals, Pacific Asia 5139. Music Concert Good Judgment In World Politics: Studies, StockholmU. Asian Cen- UBC PercussionEnsemble/ Who Gets What Right, WhenAnd tre 604from 4:30-6pm. Call822- Green College Seminar Why. Cecil/IdaGreenVisitingPro- 2629. 1995 Comparative Contested SDace: The Politics Of Capilano College Percussion En- Physiology Seminar Canadian Memory. Veronica semble. John Rudolph. director. Transport of Para-amino Strong-Boag,Centre forResearch Old Auditorium at 8pm. Free ad- Hippurate And Urate By Reptil- in Women's Studies/Gender Rela- mission. Call 822-5574. ITJBC REP( Nephrons* Dr. Dantzler, tions.Green College recreation Physiology,U.ofArizona,Tucson. lounge at 5:30pm. Call 822-8660. Green College 19th Century BioSciences 2449 at 4:3011m. Call Studies Colloquium 822- 4228/822-3168. , BreakingThe Sound Barrier: A Wednesday, Mar. 29 Short History Of Noise. Peter Bai- Botanical Garden Special ley, History.U. of Manitoba. Green Lecture Centre Japanese College recreation lounge at 8pm. Discovering Exciting/Unusual for Call 822-8660. Perennials, ShrubsAnd Vines For ResearchSeminar BC Gardens.Sponsored by Japanese Labour And TheMira- Friends of the Garden.Crofton cle: The Missing Link.Dr. John HouseSchoolAddisonTheatre at Price, History. Asian Centremusic Thursday, Mar. 30 studio from 12:30-2:00pm. Call Bpm.Admission$8/$5 (available , at the Garden).Call 822-4529. , 822-2629. Continuing Studies Lecture Ecology, Politicsand Clearcutting. Orthopaedics Grand Rounds Patrick Moore, Forest Alliance of GreenCollege Seminar Cervical Spine/Rheumatoid AI- B.C.: Doug Hopwood, forestry con- Pride,Prejudice/Corruption: In thritis. Dr.MarcelDvorak, speaker; sultant. IRC Lecture Hall 6 from Search For Neurobiology's Holy Dr. Robert W. McGraw. chair. Var- 7:30-9:30pm. Call 822- 1460. Grail. Chris Shaw, Ophthalmol- , couver Hosp/HSC Eye Care Cen- om. Green College recreation tre auditorium from 7-8am. Call Music Concert lounge at 8pm. Call 822-8660. 875-4272. UBC ContemporaryPlayers. "" ~ - "" ~."" ~ -_ - "7

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Public Lecture plication. Claire Budgen. profes- Green College Science/ Chemical Engineering Of Summits,Security And sor. Okanagan U. College.Van- Society Seminar Friday, Apr. 7 Weekly Seminar Sustainability - Rio, Cairo, Co- couver HosG/HSC UBCvPavilion Greening The Campus. John T- 180 at 4:30pm. Call 822-7453. Dynamic Study Of Surfact Dur- penhagen, Beijing, Halifax:lsThe Robinson,director. Sustainable Pediatrics Grand Rounds ingcatalytic Reaction. Prof. Yoshi World A Better Place? Arthur J. Development ResearchInst. Green Amenomiya. Chemistry, Ottawa. Hanson,president/CEO Inter- MOST Workshop The Role Of Imaging In Pediatric College recreation lounge at 8pm. Oncology. Dr. Mervyn D. Cohen. ChemEngineering206 at national Inst. for Sustainable De- Conflict Resolution: An Introduc- Call 822-8660. 3:30pm. Call 822-3238. velopment. IRC #3 tion To Win/Win.Gary Harper, director of Radiology, Riley Chil- 7:30pm. Call 822-9 150. Harper & Associates. Brock Hall dren's Hosp/professor, Indiana U. GFStrong &bitonurnat gam. Call I 0017 from gam-4pm. Refresh- ments. Call 822-9644. Thursday, Apr. 6 875-2307. Tuesday, 4 Apr. I~ Saturday, Apr. 8 , Respiratory Seminar Series Computer Science Invited Role Of Alveolar Macrophage Speaker Seminars Plant Science Seminar Centre for Biodiversity Flastase In Emphysema. Dr. An Integrated System ArchitectureThe Development OfASolar Green-Vancouver Institute Lecture -.- Research Spring Seminars Steven D. Shapiro, professor, For Distributed Boundary Value house. Prof. Dov Pasternak, Agri- The Emperor's New Mind Revis- Factors Restricting Plant GrowthWashington U. at St.Louis. Taylor- Problems. Prof. HarrickVin, Com- culture/Applied Biology, Ben- ited. Prof. Roger Penrose, Rouse InTheBoreal Forest Understory: Fiddler conference room, Vancou-puter Science, U. of Texas at Aus- Gurion U. of the Negev, Israel. Ball Prof. of Mathematics., Ox- A Field Test Of The Relative Im- verHosp/HSC Laurel Pavilion fromtin,. ClCSR/CS208 from 1 1:30am- MacMillan318-Dat 11:30am. Call ford. IRC #2 at 8: 15pm. Call822- portance Of Abiotic/Biotic Fac- 5-6pm. Call 875-5653. lpm. 7th of 8. Call 822-0557. 822-2329. 3131. tors.Biosciences 2000 at 12:30pm. Call 822-2 131. Faculty Women's Club Annual General Meeting Notices Election of officers/presentation oflife memberships. Featured: UBC Zen Society International Student LPI.SummerSession: June 27- Bldg.. 2352 Health SciencesMall. July 27, Tues., Thurs., 7-10pm. Call Vince at 822-2582/Rich at Great Plant Hunter- Native BC Zazen (sitting meditation) will be Services Horticultural Species And How held this termevery Monday 1 :30- Women's Support Group. Jennie Call 822-9564. 822-28 13. To Use Them In Our Gardens. 2:30pm in the Tea Galleryof the Campbell,International Student Wilf Nicholls. Botanical Garden. Asian Centre. Beginnerswel- Advisor/ProgramCoordinator. A Study on Hearing and Age Garden Tours Cecil Green Park main floor at come, cushions provided. Meet lnternational House every Thurs. Senior (65yrs. or older) and junior Wednesdays/SaturdaysuntilOc- 1pm. at 1 :30pm outside the Asian Cen- between 4-5pm. Call 822-502 1. (20-25yrs.)volunteers are needed. tober. UBC Botanical Garden at tre Auditorium. Call 228-8955. Expectedto attend 3 one-hour lpm. Available with the price of Oceanography Seminar UBC Libraries appointments at UBC. Experi- admission. Call 822-9666. ments will examine how hearing OnCows, Fish AndMan: The Student Housing Library branchesand divisions Carrying Capacity OfThe North- are offering more than 100 train- and communication abilities dif- Psychology Study A service offered by the AMs has ferwith age. Honorarium. Call Continues to May 15. Music And east Pacific For Sockeye Salmon.been established to providea hous- ing/tutorial , sessions this term. Michael Baumann. Oceanogra- Learn how to use the online cata- 822-9474. Mood. Volunteers required for 2 inglisting service for both stu- one-hr. sessions booked 2 days phy.Biosciences 1465 at dents and landlords. This service logue/information system, or one 3:30pm. Call 822-451 1. of morethan 75 electronic Dermatology Studies apart. $20honorarium upon utilizes a computer voice completion. Call 822-2022. messaging system. Students call databases in lhe library.Check Volunteers Required Green College Seminar branches/divisions for times and Genital Herpes 822-9844, landlords call 1-900- English Language Institute Synthetic DNA AndBiology. 451-5585 (touch-tone calling) or dates. Call 822-3096. 16 yrs/older. Approx. Eight visits Michael Smith.director, 822-0888, info only. overone-yr. period. All patients Homestay BiotechnologyLab, Biochemis- Clinical Research Support will be treated with medication. Continues to Aug. 17. English- try/Molecular Biology.Green 1 Group No control group. Call 875-5296. speaking families neededto host Friday Morning Tour Skin Infection international students participat- College recreation lounge at 1 School/College Liaisontours pro- Under theauspices of Health Care/ 5:30pm. Call 822-8660. Epidemiology. Provides Methodo- 18 yrs/older. Looking for partici- ing inELI programs for periodsof vide prospectiveUBC studentswith pants with infections such as in- two to six weeks. Remuneration an overview of campus activities, logical, biostatistical, computa- tional and analyhcal support for fected wounds, bums, boils, seba- is $22 per day. Call 822- 1537. ~ facilities and services. Brock Hall health researchers.Call 822-4530. ceous cysts or impetigo. Fourvis- Wednesday, Apr. 5 204 from9:30-1 lam. Reservations its over maximum26 days. Hono- Nitobe Memorial Garden ~ one weekin advance. Call 822- rarium. Call 875-5296. Botanical Garden Orthopaedics Grand 4319. Disability Resource Centre The centre provides consultation Summer Hours effective Rounds Statistical Consulting/ March 11 - October 15. Counselling Psychology and information for faculty mem- Upper Extremity Reconstruction bers with students with disabili- Research LaboratoG~ 1995:lO:OO a.m. to 6:OO p.m. In Quadriplegia.Maura Study daily (including weekends).Call ties. Guidebooks/servicesforstu- , is operated by the Dept. of Whittaker/Liza Hart, Spinal CordMidlife Daughters/Daughters-In- Statistics toprovide statistical 822-9666forgardeninformation. Law. Daughters, who are caring dents and faculty available. call Program, speakers; Dr. Peter T. 822-5844. to advice faculty/staff/students. Shop-in-the-Garden 822-4529. Cropper, chair. Vancouver Hosp/for a parent in a care facility, are DuringTerm 2,94/95, up to three HSC Eye CareCentre audito- needed for a study on stress and Equity Office hours of free adviceis available for riumfrom7-8am. Call875-4272. coping. Involves one evening smallAddsors are available to discussselected clients. Call 822-4037. group discussion withwomen simi- NOTE questions or concerns.We are pre- Astronomy/Geophysics lar to yourself. Call Allisonat 822- Calendar entries for the I 9 199. paredto help any UBC student, or BadmintonClub Seminar member of staff or facultv who is Faculty/staff/grad students wel- period of May 7 to June ClementineAtTheMoon. Eugene 17 must be submitted Shoemaker, U.S. Geological Sur- Grad Centre ~ vey, Flagstaff. Ariz. Biosciences Dance To A Latin Beat. Every I by April 20. 2000 at 4pm. Call 822-2696/Thur. at the Graduate Centre at i 2267. 8:30pm. To find out more about 1 free Mon. movies (presently Japa- The Calendar will not nese) in the penthouse at the Grad appear in the May 18 Of Nursing Centre,free Tai Chi and other ac- , Colloquia tivitiescall the hot-line at 822- 1 issue of UBC Reports. Feminist MethodsAnd Their Ap- 0999. I, 'Wet sites' yield ancient artifacts Imagine an archeologist from ogy (MOA) will provide a unique Lower Mainland. Most of the the future trying to reconstruct glimpse into theearly history of objects in the exhibit were recov- present-day society if all mate- the Lower Mainland by looking ered from the IMusqueam North- rialmade from plastics or at objects that normally decay east site on the MusqueamRe- synthetics had disappeared. over time. serve, and theWater Hazardsite Clothing, furnishings, com- Entitled"From Under the in Tsawwassen.Other objects puters, airplanes - no trace of Delta:Wet-Site Archeology in on display came from sites in theseobjects would survive. British Columbia's Lower Main- Richmond,Delta, Crescent Archeologists facea similar prob- land," the exhibit features rare, Beach,Coquitlam, Rtt Mead- lem when looking at theremains perishable wood and bark arti- ows and the FraserValley. of ancient societies in British facts, some of which date back The exhibit was developed in Columbia without the benefit of 4,500 years. consultation withlocal First wood orplant material. Many Advances in conservation sci- Nations comnlunities that have tools and containers, as well as ence now make itpossible topre- participated in wet-site archeol- clothing, fishing nets,houses serve and show these important ogy projects and draws atten- A 4,300-year-old basket fragment from a Fraser Riversite. andcanoes, were made from collections, most of which have tion toissues relatingto the wetland archeology April 27-30. logical research andobject con- wood and other plant material never been on public display. management cvld preservation of Organized in co-operation with servation, as well as public talks thatperish unless preserved The exhibit's artifacts include First Nations cultural heritage. theMusqueam. Tsawwassen. and workshops on educationand under special conditions. tools, baskets, cordage and fish- In conjunction with the ex- Katzie and Sto:lo Nations, the cultural resource management. A new exhibit openingMarch ing gear retrieved from. 1 1 ar- hibit, MOA will be hosting an program includes scientific ses- For information and registra- 28 at the Museumof Anthropol- cheological wet sites across the internationalconference on sions on currentwet-site archeo- tion, call MOA at 822-5087. 8 UBC Reports . March 23,1995 Supplement to UBC Reports THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISHCOLUMBIA UBC TUITION POLICY

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA calculating the appropriate share of the cost of higher education which should be borne respectively by the public generally and by the student specifically.

March 23. 1995 The policy suggests that theuniversity shouldmaximize revenues from governments and from all possible sources other than studentsprovided doing so does not impose Dear Colleagues: obligations inconsistentwith its mission. Further it suggests that theuniversity must be demonstrably committed to effectiveness,efficiency and accountability in carrying Earlier drafts entitled Towards a Tuition Policy" were prepared following the Board out itsmission. Then tuition fees should be establishedin such away thatthey enable of Governor's August retreat atwhich theissue wasraised and the themesidentified. the university to maintain resources at the current level in constant dollars per The fourth draft was discussed at the December first board meeting. Subsequently weighted full time equivalent student. In so determining tuition fees, the university it was refined and reformatted following advice received from vicepresidents, deans, has an obligation to establish scholarship and bursary programs such that, taken heads and directors andfrom the Senate Budget Committee. with provincial and nationalfinancial aid programs, theyensure thatno student who would otherwise be eligible for admission to UBC is excluded merely for personal At its January 1995 meeting, the board discussed the fifth draft and approved the financial reasons. An added element in tuition fee policy will be a provision for following resolution:"That the Board requestthe Administration to proceed to student financial awards. consultation and furtherdevelopment of a strategy on the basisof the December 30, 1994 draft of the paper entitled Towards a TuitionPolicy'." In keeping with the resolution passed by the board and the board-approved policy governing consultation on tuition,following the Januaryboard meeting the admin- Uncertainty around the future of federal transfers to the provinces and provincial istration proceeded to consult with the campus community generally and with support for higher education makes it essential that the universityhave in place a students specifically in further developing a tuition policy. The attached statement. clear policy to guideits actionsin the determinationof tuition fees under the various "UBC Tuition Policy," incorporates advicefrom board members, from about a dozen scenarios which could be played out over the next few months. The position of the deans, heads and directors, from the Senate Budget Committee and from others, administration is that government grants to higher education are an investment in including students, who provided advice verbally.All letters have beenacknowledged the futureof the economy and the nation,both inthe development of Canada's human and many of the proposed revisionsand clarifications adopted.In the attachedpaper. resources through education and training and in the development of intellectual significant revisionsare identified in italics. An outline of the processof consultation propertythrough research and creativeprofessional activity. Consequently we is also attached. believe adequate funding of universities to be notonly an important investment for social reasons but a wise investment for economic reasons. I look forward to receiving further comments on the tuitionpolicy. It is also demonstrable that higher education benefits notonly society generallybut +SQ-

UBC TUITION POLICY benefits. (The resulting index has been the University provides benefits to Brit- costs arisingfrom government legislation and for sometime will continue to be one ish Columbians in many ways, e.g. the and regulation and from mandatory or L The University of British Columbiahas a or two percent higher thanCPI.) Tuition enhancement of the arts and the transferfvred costs in such areas asUnemploy- special (national and international)role fee increases will provide an additional of technology. ment Insurance, Canada Pension Plan, in a well-articulated provincial systemof allocation equal to one-thirdof the basic equity,safety, environment. Workers' higher education. To fulfill this role, it annual increaseto fund scholarships for 4. Carrying out the University's special Compensation.utility rates,insurance must be responsive to the province and the most outstanding students and bur-role requires thatwe maintain the quality rates. Freedom of Information and Pro- wmmunityofwhichitisapart. Awell- saries for those in greatestneed. of teaching, learning, research andserv- tection of Privacy. We can no longer defined visionand mission drive strategic ice at UBC. It also requires that every absorbadded fiscal demands'without planning to achieve its goals and priori- The sections whichfollow say something effort be made to provide good facilities commensurate funding. ties.The University is committedto about the University's special role and including new spaceand maintenance effectiveness, efficiency and accountabil- strategicplanning, steps taken to en- and renovation of existing space. (77~ 5. Major reengineering projectsare now ity and every avenue is explored to limit hance effectiveness, efficiency andac- latter is done withprovincialminor capital under way to seek further efficiencies, expenditures and to generate additional countability and to gain access to addi- and cyclical maintenance funds.] e.g. in the appointment andprocurement sources of revenue. tional resources. The policy on tuition processes. The principles of continuous fees is proposed in the light of the evi- 5. We planto maintain the policy in quality improvement are applied explic- Maintainingthe quality required to dence of careful planning and decision- place since1965 that the studentbody at itly in a number of departments and in achieve its mission depends on stopping making designed toensure that thepeo- UBC should be 28,000 (22,000 under- several additional projects. the erosion of operating funds, i.e. on ple of British Columbiareceive the great- graduate and 6,000 graduate students). maintaining the real valueof the provin- est possible return on the resources en- 6. We haveraised awareness of the cial grant and tuition fees. General pur- trusted to the University to carry out its 6. We recognize that the quality of the importance of stewardship and have in- pose operatingfunds derive directly frommission. We also recognize that govem- faculty is key to our mission. troduced incentivesfor fiscal responsibil- non-earmarked provincial grants andtui- ments and citizens are observing that a ity byallowing carry-forward of surpluses tion income and are allocated in terms of university education is not only an in- 7. We recognize thatthe quality and and deficits as a first credit or first charge University priorities to maintain opera- vestment for the benefit of society in efficiency of support staff are key to our against the following year's budget of a tions and implementplans. UBC will general but thatit confers a privateben- mission. faculty. continue, by all methodspossible, to efit onthe individual. An issue with achievegreatereffectivenessand efficiency which we are engaged is the determina- Commitment to Effectiveness, 7. Both efficiency andaccountability and, in doing so, will be accountable to tion of an appropriate balance between Efficiency and Accountability are served by the policy of requiring an the people of BritishColumbia. Any public and private investment for public increasing numberof self-funding ancil- continuing savings will be used to en- and private benefit. 1.Effectiveness and efficiency have laries to operate on a break-even basis hance academic activities. The Univer- improved dramatically and are reflected (including salaries and benefits, capital - sity will alsomake every effort toraise UBC's Role inthe awarding of 40% more degrees and space operating costs).Egiciency is endowment funds from private sources annually now than ten yearsago. monitored in part by benchmarking. Cur- to support chairs andprofessorships to A recenteconomic impact studyhas rent ancillary enterprises include: attract and retainexceptional facultyand shown that the universitiesof British Co- 2. The increased retention rate of un- thereby to reinforce the marginof excel- lumbia makea major contribution to dergraduate studentsis the productof an Bookstore lence. Capitalfunds can onlybe used for British Columbia's economy. It is now admission process that selects students Athletics andSports Services constructionprojects and related purposes. recognized that UBC is one of the princi- with the highestacademic standards and (complete by 95/96) lhesefunds derive fromprovincial alloca- pal job creators in the province. In an of a varietyof other strategies designed to Biomedical Communications tion.j?ommraising orfrom fmancingfor increasingly knowledge-intensive world, provide support for personal and aca- (complete by 95/96) ). self"ingpr0jects. In addition tomajor the province requires an outstandingand demic growth while students are at the EducationalMeasurement Re- capital allocations, the province provides diverse university system among the University. search Group two capital allocations: a fund forminor best in Canada and theworld, not only for Computing and Communications capital(publicworks and renovations) and economic but for social and culturallead- 3. Graduate students areequally rigor- (complete by 95/96) ajiuzd for cydical or defmed maintenanoe. ership. ously selected and faculties are working UBC Press (complete by end of 95/ to improve retention and completion rates 961 With its commitments to effectiveness, 1. A diverse and well articulated post- in graduate programs. Media Services * efficiency and accountability firmly in secondary system is now established in UniversityComputing Services place, the University will determine fu- the Province and within this systemUBC 4. Since 1981 /82 UBC has absorbed a (complete by 95/96) ture tuition fee increases in a manner can and mustplay a very special role. 27% reductionin the constant dollar TelecommunicationsServices that offsets any reduction in the provin- value of the provincial grant per weighted (complete by 95/96) cial grant in constantdollars perweighted 2. Outstandingresearch and teaching student and hasaccordingly improved its Food Services full-timeequivalent student.Constant in core academicfields and in the profes- Housing and Conferences \ efficiency (or its productivity) dramati- dollars will be calculated using aninfla- sions are essentialto the future prosper- cally. Theeffective value of the provincial tion index appropriate to the University ity of the Province. grant has been reduced even further by (note: Any minorremaining subsidies including imposed andregulatory costs, the requirement that the University ab- have been identifiedand will be removed e.g. mandated increases in the cost of 3. In addition to teaching and research, sorbwithout incremental funding the by the end of the 1995/ 1996fiscal year.) Supplement Po UBC Reports UBC Reports. March 23,1995 9

I UBC TUITIONPOLICY 8. Many units. sub-unitsor programs - Frederic Wood Theatre Commitment to Maximizing Resources 1 1. The building of faculty and staff rental not referred to as ancillaries - generate Child StudyCentre accommodation has been a significant their own revenues and do not receive Museum of Anthropology 1. With the participation of the provin- factor in enabling us to recruit outstand- support from general purpose income, Botanical Garden (moving towards cial government we have conducted the ing faculty.further rental housing for i.e. provincial operating grant or credit self-sufficiency) most successful fundraisingcampaign in this purpose can be developed if and as tuitionrevenue. They carry forward SouthCampus Farm Canadian history to support academic required since no core budget assistance 100% of any year-end deficit or surplus Faculty of Medicine(MSP revenue) enrichment through buildings and en- is required. and cover all their costs including the Chan Shun Centre for the Perform- dowments. cost of employee benefits. These princi- ing Arts (future) UBC TUITION POLICY OUTLINE OF CONSULTATION ples apply either to the entire budgetof Dental Clinic 2. We haveused wisely the Hampton the unit or to a designated portion of its Place income to develop an endowment August 5. 1994 functions and its budget. In thelatter 1 1. Continuing studies across all facul- base to support UBC's mission and to Issue raised by Board and discussed exten- case two budgets areprovided.for one the ties and units have been mandated to enhance fundraising activities for uni- sively at Board Retreat GPOF core functions and one for desig- operate on a self-sufficient basis, i.e. versity priorities by providing matching nated or non-corefunded functions [in- they carry forward year-end deficits or funds. (There will be more opportunities September cluding benefit costs). surpluses. The University and the facul- on the South Campusfor similar projects "Toward a Tuition Policy" 1st draft prepared for comment by VPs ties arereimbursed by these unitsfor the in the future). Oyster River Farm cost of services provided through them to October 11 Medical Student Alumni Centre students andto the public. Furthergrowth 3. Based on widely acceptedspace 2nd draft circulated to Ws andDeans for UBC/Ritsumeikan (academic pro- in summer, evening, diploma and certijC standards, UBC is shortof space andwe comment gram) cate programs can be expected since thiswill continue to seek all possible means to Library photocopying uses the campus more effectivelyand correct this shortfall and to dealwith October 26 Interlibrary loans does not draw oncore support. maintenance, and the refurbishment of 3rd draft prepared for comment by Deans, CPOF Heads and Directors Student Health Service (designated existing space or its replacement when portion) 12. An aggressive early retirement pro- acceptable standards cannotbe achieved October Animal Care Centre (budgeted por- gram has provided both budget reduc- through refurbishment. Discussed with Senate Budget Committee tion) tion and faculty renewal opportunities. It Campus Planning and Development has been a significant factor in ourability 4. Wewill be recommending annual November 18 (portion supported from capital funds to maintain a faculty renewal rate of at graduate student tuition fees to ensure 4th draft preparedfor consideration by Board as part of specific capital projects) least 5% per year. Thus tenure hasnot that full tuition is paid as long as gradu- November 24 University Industry Liaison Office been a major barrier to appropriatelevels ate students remain enrolled and that Discussed by Finance Committee of the Board (designated portion) of renewal and change. fees are basedon full or part-time study, University Research Forests clearly defined by the Faculty of Gradu- December 1 Green College 13. The costs of operating our physical ate Studies. Discussed furtherby the Board Academic Equipment Fund plant have been kept consistently among Cooperative Education Administra- the lowest in Canada. On the other hand 5. For some new and redeveloped gradu- December 30 tion Fund Revised and reformatted 5th draft prepared for we do have sign$cant deferred-mainte ate programs in professional fields, tui- consultation Graduate Student Awards Fund nance costs. tion fees are being established at a level Oral Medicine Clinic which willrecover all ormost of the J~~ary12. 1995 Partnership Costsof University Col- 14. UBC is one of the few universities in program operatingcosts, bothdirect and Discussed by Finance Committeeof the Board lege Programs Canada to eliminate selected academic indirect, e.g. Pharm.D. and MBA Teacher Education Expansion programs (and to sever the associated January 16. 17 Teaching and Learning Enhancement tenured faculty). 6. Endowment and operating funds are Extensively reviewed at Executive Retreat (P, Ws, AWs, Deans) Fund being sought for new programs, particu- Student Aid Fund 15. Major steps havebeen taken and larly in fields which serve specific needs January 16 Development Office (portion lundcd continue to be takento reduce the unnec-of industry and society, e.g. advanced Circulated to Deansfor Discussion within by charges against endowment) essary usageof utilities - electricity, wa- wood products .processing, fire protec- faculties and comment Pacific Educational Press , ter. gas, etc. tion engineering, vocational rehabilita- Distance Education Office (Faculty tion counseling. JMUW 23 of Education) 16. To assess their standing, effective- Discussed with Minister Miller and Deputy , Minister Wouters ness and efficiency we now review every 7. We are developing the policy frame- A number of programs operate now academic and service program periodi- work to enable faculties to plan for full J~~ary25 (or will in the near future) 4th special cally (every five to seven years) with ap- cost tuitionfor international students up Circulated to Deans, Heads and Directors for purpose budgets supported eitherwholly propriate nationaland international com- to ten percent of enrolment in under- comment or largely by endowment income. These parisons. graduate andprofessional graduate pro- programs cover their own costs including grams. This ten percent whichwould not January 25 the cost of employee benefits. Where a 17. Theyear-round usageof the campus displaceany Canadian students and Published in UBC Reports for campus com- ment portion issupported fromGPOF, two is increasing sharply. Within the next would be in addition tothe approximately budgets are presented: few years, we will have as many students five percent international studentsfacul- January 26 in thetwo terms of the summer sessionas ties arenow encouraged to include within Approved by Board as the basis for further Disability ResourceCentre (desig- in the two terms of the winter session. theirundergraduate enrolment. Re- consultation nated portion) Some programsare operating formally on search-oriented graduate programs will Life Skills Motivation Centre a trimester basis, and the rest of the be excluded from this plan. February including Rick Hansen National University is operating,in effect, on a Responses fromBoard members. deans, heads and directors Fellow Program trimester basis. 8. We are maximizing the returnto UBC Graduate Program in Occupational and to the creatorsof intellectual prop- February 15 Hygiene (designated portion) 18. In search of greater effectiveness and erty developed in theUniversity, through Request for comment from Senate Budget Peter Wall Institute for Advanced efficiency, we have embarked on a review royalties onpatents, through licences Committee Studies of academic organization, including the and through thecreation of companies in Social Science and Humanities nature andsize of departments andfac- which the University takes equity as ap- February 14. 24 Discussion with AMs re process for consulta- Research Fund ulties. Already some departments and propriate. T endowed chairs other unitshave merged and othershave tion endowed professorships been eliminated. 9. We are now recovering part of the March 2 MAGIC (designated portion) cost to UBC for a number of services 6th draftprepared incorporating results of Centre for Applied Ethics (desig- 19. The entire 1994/95provincial inno- provided on a fee-for-service basis: consultation nated portion) vation grant equal toone percent of the Institute for Asian Research operating grant has been used toimple- processing of applications March 6 (Centres for Chinese, Japanese, ment anintegrated campus plan for the issuing of transcripts Circulated to Deans, Heads and Directors for comment Korean, South Asian and South- development and useof new media tech- administration of ancillaries Y east Asian Research) nologies in teaching andlearning. We are overhead costs of conducting March 9 committed to maintaining the student/ contract research On the agendafor the Board Finance Commit- 10. Many units or sub-units have a sig- faculty ratio as a fundamental element in tee nificant part of their operation supported the quality of education andwe are seek- 10. The judicious use of campus facili- by outside revenue. As of 1995/1996, ing to enhance thequality of the learning ties for academic conferences has gener- March 16 year-end shortfalls or excesses in budg- environment through the innovative use ated sufficient revenue to facilitate the On the agenda of the Board for approval in principle eted outside revenue will be carried for- of technology. building of student residences and thereby ward to reward stewardship and enhance enabled us to exceed our goal of accom- March 22 accountability. For each such unit two modating on campus 25% of full-time, On the agenda of the SenateBudget Commit- budgets arepresented, onefor core GPOF 20. We have increased substantially the daytime, winter session students. Fur- tee and one for non-core, ie. those functions support of student aid through operating ther construction of residences will be (including salaries and related benefits) budgets, endowmentsand part-time work aimed at refurbishing or replacing some March 23 supported by othersourcesof revenue. An opportunities and this,togetherwith pro- of the older residences and addressing Published in UBC Reports for campus com- ment 'I appropriate business plan accompanies vincial and federal loan programs,means requirements for a change in themix, e.g. the budgets. that no student. otherwise admissible, is meeting the need for family housing for March 30 denied the opportunity to study at UBC older students, students with children, 3n the agendafor the Deans, Heads and Belkin Art Gallery (future) for personal financial reasons alone. single parents. Directors 10 UBC ReDorts . March 23. 1995

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Research centre namedfor People- by staff writers supporter Maurice Young wo UBC graduates and former faculty members are being honoured by the provincial government for their port andencouragement, we Entrepreneurship Research Al- by Abe Hefter I T outstanding contribution to expandingknowledge and were able toturn the liance (ERA). The ERA involves Staff writer awareness of B.C.'s past. dream of developing more than 40 researchers and Historians Philip Helen are the co-recipients TheEntrepre- the centre intoa real- graduate students from across and AMgg of the first annualB.C. Heritage Award, a $10,000 endow- neurship and Ven- ity," said RaE Amit, Canada and around the world ment which will be invested in a heritage-related, non-profit tureCapital Re- Peter Wall Distin- who are dedicated to obtaininga organization of their choice. searchCentre has guished Professor in deeper understanding of the is- Philip Akrigg received an honours BA and a master's been named the W. the Faculty of Com- sues that relate to the success degree from UBC before embarking on studiesat the Univer- Maurice Young En- merce and Business and failure of new ventures. sity of California at Berkeley and a research fellowship at the trepreneurship and Administration and Complementing a wide range Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. Venture Capital Re- director of the cen- of courses at the undergraduate He returned to UBC where he served as a professor of search Centre. tre. and graduatelevels is the Entre- English until his retirement. 'As a result of Establishedin preneurship ExperiencePro- Helen Akrigg, who also graduated from UBC with an MaurvYoung'sguid- 1992, thecentre's gram, which provides students " honours BA and a master's degree, worked in the Dept. of ance,insight, sup- Maurice YO- coreactivity isthe with hands-on experience and Geography and taught atVancouver City College. training ina wide range of entre- The Akriggs have collaborated on several books which preneurial ventures throughout The Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting preserve and present intricate details of B.C.'s history the Lower Mainland. including British Columbia Place Names, British Columbia Professorships of Green College atUBC CommerceDean Michael Chronicles and The H.M.S. Virago on the Pacific Coast. Goldberg saidYoung's financial sponsorship allowed the centre ...e PHILIP TETLOCK to commence activities and de- ancouver lawyer Meg Gaily has Director, Institute of Personality & Social Research velop both short- andlong-term V joined UBC as a Personal Secu- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY research plans and, in the proc- rity Co-ordinator in the Dept. of ess, map out a comprehensive Health, Safety and Environment. Alternative Metaphors for Judgment and Choice: approach to research,policy and Among her responsibilities are co- The Psychologist, the Economist, the Politician and the Theologian community outreach. ordinating and promoting personal Tuesday, March 28 at 4:OO PM "His strategicinsights and security programs for the university Kenny Building, Room 2510 Peter Suedfeld Lounge direction were absolutely cen- with a focus on safety awareness and tral in helping launch the cen- training; developing fact-findingand Political or Politicized Psychology: tre," Goldberg said. reporting mechanisms for personal Is the Roadto Scientific Hell Paved with Good Intentions? 'In addition, Maury's ability security issues and concerns; and Wednesday, March 29 at 7:30 PM to obtain supportfrom the busi- collecting information and data about Hotel Georgia, 801 West Georgia Co-sponsored by UBC Continuing Gailv-~-~ ness community was a key ele- Studies incidents on campus. ment in the centre'sreceiving a Gaily, whose areas of legal expertise include human rights How Politicized has PoliticalPsychology Become?: $2.125-millionMajorCollabora- law, has worked with students and other university groups Examining the Debates over the New Racism tive Research Grant from the in the area of safety issues during her tenureas a foot patrol and the End of the Cold War Social Sciencesand Humanities co-ordinator at the University of Western Ontario. Thursday, March 30 at 12:30 PM Research Council." e... Buchanan A-1 06 The centre's research is made . earl Wierenga is UBC's new Health Education Co- Good Judgment in World Politics: available through undergradu- ate and MBA entrepreneurship P ordinator. Who Gets What Right, When and Why courses,continuing education Based in the Student Resources Centre. Wierenga is Friday, March 31 at 3:30 PM responsible for identifylng critical Buchanan A-104 and training,workshops and seminars. health issues affecting university JJ I students anddesigning, implementing and delivering appropriate programsto address these issues. Put a Green Ofiice Giant to work for you! A graduate of the BScN program at the University of Alberta, her previous experience includes serving as a public health nurse for the city of Edmonton and establishing Alberta Health's sexual health program in the Jasper ULTI-LflS National Park Health Unit. Wierenga- Wierenga also served as a human laser Toner Cartrid sexuality education consultant wtn.,. 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