Faculty honoured with research awards Professor Ursina :S::::::C::::. c .f.... 1,,..*1...,· ta. Brock University researchers Dr. animals. She is widely recognized for opens President's Miriam Richards and Dr. Art van der her meticulous fieldwork and for Est each received a prestigious several publications that have Lecture Series on Premier's Research Excellence Award overturned widely accepted paradigms during a recent reception in Toronto. in the field of social insect biology. Her January 30 The Brock faculty members were scientific approaches, based on among 62 researchers from 10 behavioural studies of populations Ontario universities who were and genetic studies of relationship chosen to receive the awards from within colonies, including recent forays the Ministry of Energy, Science and into molecular population genetics and Technology. Dr. Art van der Est, left, and Dr. Miriam phylogenetics, place her at the cutting Richards "The Premier's Research Excellence edge of research intended to identify Awards recognize and pay tribute to Graduate Studies at Brock. "These the environmental, social, and genetic the best and brightest young awards serve to confirm Brock factors that shape this fascinating researchers in the province," said University's position as a leader in behaviour. Ernie Eves, Deputy Premier and scientific and technological research." Van der Est was cited for his Finance Minister in Ontario. "Our The Premier's Research Excellence research in photosynthesis. He is government is determined to make Awards were created in 1998 to help investigating how photosynthetic Ontario a place where new ideas and Ontario's world-class researchers reaction centres function. The key step in the process of photosynthesis innovation are encouraged, where attract talented people to their Professor Don Ursino creative thinkers are valued." research teams and to encourage is a light-induced electron transfer that occurs in the reaction centre. The inaugural lecture of the Richards and van der Est will innovation among the province's President's Lecture Series on This reaction converts the sun's receive up to $100,000 each from the brightest young thinkers at Teaching and Learning will Province of Ontario and $50,000 universities, colleges, hospitals and energy into an electrical and feature an address by retired from the University. The awards research institutes. The 10-year, chemical potential and is ultimately Brock Professor Don Ursino, provide the faculty researchers with $127.5-million awards program the energy source for all living titled "Meaningful Learning and funding for salary and benefits to includes an $85-million organisms. It is also the source of the the Scholarship of Teaching." attract talented graduate students, investment from the province, with energy in fossil fuels and is .intimately The lecture will be held on post-doctoral fellows and research $42.5 million coming from research connected to the oxygen and carbon Tuesday, January 30, at 7:30 p.m., associates to their research teams. institutions or private-sector partners. dioxide levels in the atmosphere. All in the Playhouse Theatre, at the "We are certainly very proud of this Richards was cited for her research life forms depend on this process and Brock campus. A reception will significant achievement by Dr. in evolutionary biology. She is among it will be vital in meeting our future follow the presentation. Richards and Dr. van der Est," said a handful of scientists studying one of energy needs and in solving Ursino is an award-winning Dr. Jack Miller, Associate Vice the great puzzles of evolutionary environmental problems such as the faculty member of the President of Research and Dean of biology - altruistic behaviour in greenhouse effect. Department of Biological Sciences. Drawing upon his experiences of 42 years in both WED N E S 0 A Y A N U A R Y 1 0 200 secondary and university education, he will focus on the scholarship of teaching and the difficulties of facilitating meaningful learning in a society that misunderstands and undervalues teaching. All members of the community are invited to attend this free lecture. To reserve a n ticket, please call the Centre for A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario the Arts Box Office, 905-688- 5550, ext. 3257. For more information about the event, contact Ji!1 Grose, Centre for Teaching, Learning and English professor wins prestigious Educational Technologies, at Milton Society award ext. 3933. Brock Professor Elizabeth Sauer, of of America meeting, the Department of English Language held at the Modern and Literature, was recently honoured Language Association with the Milton Society of America's Convention in Irene Samuel Memorial Award for most Washington, D.C. distinguished book of essays. Sauer BUSU agreement signed Sauer is a contributor and co-editor co-edited the 376- The University and the Brock University of Milton and the Imperial Vision, a page book with Students' Union (BUSU) recently signed an collection of 1 6 essays by major Bafachandra Rajan, a agreement stemming from the November literary scholars and cultural historians. Professor Professor Emeritus of 1999 student referendum to support student Sauer's book covers new ground in the Elizabeth Sauer EnSlish at the contributions to the capital costs of the University of Western Student/Community Health and Fitness studies of 17th-century author John Centre, renovations to the Alumni Student Milton's poetry and prose. The essays Ontario in London. Duquesne Centre and improvements to campus compare and contrast early modern University Press of Pittsburgh, Pa., recreation and related programs. At the and postmodern pers~ctives on issues published Milton and the Imperial signing ceremony on December 18, were, such as the interplay of religion and Vision in 1999. front from left, Duncan Small, BUSU Vice politics in imperialism, imperial The Milton Society of America President University Affairs, Brock President Intolerance and the multiple visions promotes Milton scholarship by David Atkinson, Rob Gilmour, BUSU for a British Empire. encouraging research and the ~~~!~!~~!re?o~e~~o~~~~t~~,left, tries on a vibrating wristband device President, and Ron Gourlay, BUSU Business Sauer, who worked on the project exchange of ideas and by providing Manager; back from left, Darren Fox, BUSU which alerts drivers wilen they are about Vice-President Finance and Chris Brewer, for four years, received her award on opportunities for its members to share to fall asleep. Psychology professor Dr. BUSU Vice-President Student Services. December 28, at the Milton Society their scholarly findings. Bob Ogilvie, centre, and Dr. Kimberly Cote, his co-(firector in the Brock Sleep Research speaking student Derek Kontkanen initiative hosted by Brock for the media; Lab, are testing the prototype for an Israel Campus clips... . about tlie Cool Climate Oenology and • Hilary Findlay, Chair of the based company. The demonstration was Viticulture Institute for a three-part Department of Sport Management and part of a Research Day program for the Brock continues to enhance its television series on the wine industry in founding member of The Centre for media that was organized by the Office of reputation and to promote faculty, staff Ontario; Sport ana Law, appeared in newspapers External Relations. The program also and student accomplishments through • ONtv interviewed Political Science across Canada for commentary on included presentations liy Dr. David increased eXp
Wrestlers tops in Brock President reappointed for second tenn Canada again! David Edwards, Chair of the Brock President from the entire Directors of Rodman Hall Art Gallery The Brock University men's University Board of Trustees, is pleased Brock community, in Sl Catharines and the St. Catharines wrestling team car>tured their third to announce that David Atkinson has including the Senate, YMCA. He also holds an academic straight ClAU wrestling championship been reappointed as President and students, faculty, staff and appointment as Professor of English in Tnunder Bay, Ont., last weekend Vice-Chancellor of the University for a alumni," said George Language and Literature at Brock. while the Brock women finished Barkwell, Chair of the "It is very gratifying to receive this second five-year term beginning in june support from the Board and the second. Individually, the men 2002. The Board unanimously approved Committee on the collected three gold, three bronze, and University community," said Atkinson. the recommendation from the Committee Presidency and Past one silver medal while the women "I look forward to pursuing new on the Presidency on March 1. Chair of the Board of won two gold and three bronze. David Atkinson Trustees. "It's clear from initiatives within the University and "We had an outstanding "The President has shown with the Niagara communi!}' as Brock exceptional leadership and has our consultations that the University performance by both our men's and community supports the momentum continues to securely establish its women's teams and showed positioned the University well for a reputation for excellence." great future," said Edwards. "The for change taking place at Brock." everyone why both our teams are at Atkinson was first appointed as the top of the ClAU," said head unanimous support of the Board shows its confidence in David Atkinson and President and Vice-Chancellor in june coach Richard DesChatelets. 1997 for a term of five years. Pursuant Brock honours Both the men and women went his ability to continue moving Brock forward to meet the challenges of a to Brock's procedures for the into the ClAU finals as the top appointment and reappointment of Ontario university team. competitive environment." gold-medal swimmer Brock's Ryan Weicker was named Under Atkinson's leadership, Presidents, a Committee on the the ClAU's Most Valuable Wrestler enrolment continues to climb, more Presidency must be struck 18 months as he captured his first CIAU title. undergraduate, graduate and prior to the expiration of the President's Also winning gold medals were professional programs are being term of office to advise the Board of Saeed Azeroaygani and Kyle offered, more government funding is Trustees. Along with Barkwell, the Sweezey. Steve Snyders won a silver being receivea, the University has a Committee consisted of faculty, staff, medal while Clint Kingsbury, jamie higher profile and the campus is students and Board members. Porteous and jay Allin won bronze. undergoing an unprecedented $51- Members of the University community Brock's Tonya Verbeek retained million development. Upon his arrival were invited to make individual her ClAU title and was awarded the at Brock, Atkinson initiated an submissions in writing and/or to appear Bob Hugh Fairplay Athlete Award. extensive consultation process within before the Committee if they wished. Laura jones was the other gold medal the University and the community to Atkinson has also shown leadership winner for the Brock women with develop Brock's Planning and Priorities outside the University and in the Megan Dolan, Heather Sweezey and document. That document was Niagara community. He currently Mary Kleinendorst winning bronze. approved in 1999 and outlines Brock's chairs the Ontario College University Coaches Richard DesChatelets Consortium Council ana is on the and Marty Calder were selected the strategic plan for the future. "The Committee on the Presidency Executive of the Association of ClAU Coaches of the Year for Universities and Colleges of Canada. women's wrestfing. followed a vigorous process and Brock's Head Swimming Coach Herb de received outstanding support for the He is a member of the Board of Bray presents flowers to Elisabeth Walker. Brock swimmer Lis Walker describes E D N E 5 D A y M A R c H 7 2 o o 1 her success at the 2000 Paralymp'ic Iw Games, in Sydney, Australia, as the "experience of a lifetime." The University recently honoured Walker for her triple gold-medal fJerformance at t1ie Games, held last October. The fifth-year Brock athlete won gold in the women's S7 category of the 200 Individual Medley, the 50m Butterfly and was part of the gold medal 4xl OO-medley relay team. She also set four world records in the A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Sydney pool. "I want to thank everyone for being here today - it's amazing for me to relive my experience in Sydney," she Brock receives said at the noon-hour reception, held at Isaac's, on February 15. Walker, who stayed on in Australia $1.79 million in to travel following the Games, returned to Brock in january to resume her new funding studies in Physical Education. The provincial government "In the 19 years that I have been at announced recenlly that Brock Brock, this is the most outstanding University would receive $1.791 million accomplishment and personal in additional operating funds for providing more students with access to fJerformance by an athlete," said Chris high-quality post-secondary programs Critelli, acting Athletic Director at the over tlie past year. The funaing 5egins time of last month's reception. this fiscal year and will be incrudeCi in Brock President David Atkinson the University's base budget. presented Walker with a special "With this funding, the provincial citation on behalf of the University. govern.ment has recognized ol!r "Every once in a while, there comes commitment to meetlhe growing along a person who does as well as she demand for a Brock education by can and does better than anyone in the accepting more students into oLJr world," said Atkinson. programs," said Brock President David Rob Gilmour and Chris Brewer, of Atkinson. "We thank the government the Brock University Students' Union, for delivering on its commitment to extended congratulations to Walker on prOVide additional funding to assist universities in meeting the demand of behalf of all Brock students. Brewer higher enrolments." also announced that Walker will be the Tn March 2000, the government first inductee of the new BUSU Student announced an increase of $51.8 Hall of Fame. million for Ontario universities in Brock's Head Swimming Coach operating funding for 2000-2001. This Herb de Bray, who was a coach with His Excellency John Ralston Saul, Canadian essayist and novelist, visited Brock on includecfthe $16:5 million in new the Paralympic team, said Walker March 1, to tour InniskilIin Hall, home of the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture funding to ensure that universities provided leadership and motivation in Institute (CCOVI). Mr. Saul, right, and Brock Professor Debbie Inglis, centre, watch as wouldbe able to accommodate all and out of the water as one of three Brock student Natalie Hein oemonstrates some of the research bein6 conducted in willing and qualified students who had cap,tains for Canada's swim team. CCOVI. In a presentation after the tour, Mr. Saul said he was extremely Impressed with ap.glieo for aamission in September the CCOVI facilities and noted how important it is for Brock to be located in the wine 'Lis's success line is very simple," 20 o. To qualify for this Accessibility said de Bray. "When she first came to region of Niagara. Mr. Saul's visit to Brock was part of a tour of the Niagara Region in Fund, admission to first-year entry-level wliich he was leading a delegation from Ottawa, including foreign am6assadors. Mr. Brock, she said to me, 'I can do programs in the fall of 2000 had to be anything.' I believe that is absolutely Saul, who has taken a leading role in promoting excellence in Canadian wines, is married equal to or greater than those for fall to the Right Honourable Governor General Adrienne Clarkson. 1999. true." Standard and Poor's reports solid financial management for Brock A history o(carefyl financial Universi1)"s outlook, ?ccording to . The Standard and Poor's ratings "We are impressed by Terry Varcoe ma~age!T1en~ IS paying off for Br~ck Stand~rd and ~OOr'S,.I~ staple, meaning reflect Brock's following credit strengths: and his group at Brock, who University With two A mln.us.ratl.ngs Brock.s fil"!anCial position IS expected to • Capable and prudent financial consistently demonstrate a high from. Stan~ard and Poo(s In Its. flrs1 . be maintained. . . management as shown by its history ~uality of financial management and public r?tlng of. a ~anadla.n. university. B.rock recently borrowed $43. million of balanced budgets· leadership" said Paul Carder an An A minus rating IS claSSified as a to finance the current construction of a • S f· . I d'· I· d . ' . h d d d' ,. sound investmen[ new 255-room student residence and trong Inal"!cla an Imp .Ie. support assoCiate ,~It Stan ar an Poor s In MFP Financial Services Ltd., which to refinance bank debt incurred for by the Province of Onta~lo, Toronto. T~e stable outloo.k ref!ects is based in Mississauga and o~rates existing residences. The University has • Expected robus! growth 1':1 the expectation. that th~ University's throughout North America and Europe, no operating deficit. enrolmenthpartlcularly With the management will continue to post requested the credit review of Brock in "We are Obviously vel)' pleased to double c~ ort of Grade 12 andOAC esse~tlally balanced budgets through conjunction with its underwriting of a receive such positive ratings for our students In 2003; continued careful management of $43-million loan. financial p'erformance " said Terry • Manageable debt burden and both operating and capital spending." Standard and Poor's which is the Varcoe Vice-Presiden't, Administration, absence of refinancing risk Although Brock is its first public world's leading provider of credit at Brock. "It is particularly gratifying to because of the structure of the rating of a Canadian university, an?lysis, assigned si.ngle A !T1inys have Standard ilnd P.oor's applaud us loaf"!; Standard and Poor's has rated more ratings t9 Brock for Its credit r~.tl.ng as for our sOLJ.nd ~lnanclal management • EnViable labour relations record than 320 public colleges and well as ItS proposed $43-mdhon and show Its high level of confidence in with no strikes in the University's universities in the Umted States and unsecured deoentures. The the future of Brock." 36-year history. around the world. Brock News, March 7, 2001. Published by Brock University .... page 2 FACULTY AND STAFF EDUCATION Dr. Rodger Beatty, Pre-Service Department, collaborated with jayne Evans, music consultant, Niagara Catholic District School Board and Liz Medwin, teacher, Ross School, District School Board of Niagara, in presenting a weekend workshop for music teachers from across Niagara on january 27 and 28, entitled "Making Music Meaningful: A Symphon ic Toolkit for the K-8 Classroom." The in-service workshop was co-sponsored by the Niagara Symphony, Brock University Faculty of Education, District School Board of Niagara and Niagara Catholic District School Board. Beatty was a guest lecturer at the Faculty of Music, University of Western Ontario, on February 8, where he presented two papers: "Becoming an Eclectic Music Educator" for undergraduate students and a seminar "Case Study Research" for graduate students. Beatty also conducted the Niagara Children's Chorus in two recent performances at st. Alfred's Church, st. Catharines, on Sunday, February 11, and for the Rotary Club of st. Catharines, on Wednesday, February 14. FRENCH Professor Leonard Rosmarin has been appointed Visiting Professor at the Ecole d'etudes a group of Brock students, from left, Monique Bronson, Kristine Donato, Williams doctorales of the Universite de Perpignan for a six-month period beginning january 2002. and Christina French, at the recent information fair held as part of disABILITIES His responsibilities will include advising graduate students, participating in symposia and Awareness Week last month. presenting a public lecture under the auspices of the university. Volunteers needed POLITICAL SCIENCE Brock Brieft ... A study is being conducted to assess Professor Emeritus Pat Sewell is President of the St Catharines Torch Club. the impact of sleepiness on cognitive PSYCHOLOGY AND THE CENTRE FOR TEACHING, LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL Faculty honoured performance. This study will look at TECHNOLOGY Services for Students with the effect of 20 to 22 hours of Professor John Mitterer, from the Psychology Department, and Graham Passmore, from disABILITIES hosted an awards dinner wakefulness on some basic cognitive the Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Educational Technology, delivered a multimedia on February 15, as a closing event to tasks. Participants should be healthy, presentation, entitled "Using technology to realize large-class pseudo-journals," at the disABILITIES Awareness Week. The non-smokers, free from head injury, Educ@tional Technology Conference, Carleton University, February 21. evening also included a presentation not taking medication and be regular sleepers (In bed about 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., SOCIOLOGY of a play for voices entitled Professor Michelle Webber presented, "Men in Women's Studies: Issues of risk/safety for "Equability." get up about 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.) and oetween 25 and 40 years of age (others feminists," atthe Sixth Annual Interdisciplinary Women's Studies Conference, at Valdosta Four faculty members, nominated may be considered on an individual State University, Valdosta, Georgia, March 1 to 3. by the student population, received basis). awards to recognize their significant Participants will visit the Brock EVENTS contributions to the successful Cognitive Electroph)lsiology Laboratory academic life of students with three times, once to become Women's Studies lectures: All are welcome to attend the following lectures sponsored by disabilities. The award recipients familiarized with the tests (30 to 45 the Centre for Women's Studies. On Thursday, March 8, " 'Scoring, scripting, scarring, were: Ray Chodzinski, Associate minutes) and twice for testing sessions. stitching': Gender Roles in Post-apartheid South Africa," Dr. Susan Spearey, English, Brock Dean, Faculty of Education Hamilton This study wishes to assess tFie effects University, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., A241. On Monday, March 12, "Women, Wage Labour Campus, Maureen Connolly, of sleepiness so one session will be and the Household in Peri-Urban Nepal," Dr. Tom O'Neill, Child and Youth Studies, Department of Physical Education, done during an "alert" time of day (9 Brock University, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., A241. Dorothy Levay, Department of a.m. to 12 noon) and the other during a Film festival: You are invited to celebrate International Women's Day at Brock University Mathematics, and Glenys McQueen "sleepy" time of day (2 a.m. to 5 a.m.). by attending "Cinema Women" A Women's Film Festival, on Friday, March 9, in The Fuentes, Fine Arts. Participants will be picked up and Playhouse. There is free admission and the festival will feature When Night is Falling, at The campus-wide disABILITIES driven home for the "sleepy' session. 7 p.m., and The Tango Lesson, at 9 p.m. The event is organized by the Centre for Women's Awareness Week was held from This study will continue through March and April and test sessions can be Studies, Department of Communications, Popular Culture and Film, and the Canadian February 12 to 15. Other events Women's Studies Association. included an information fair, movie scheduled (even weekends) to avoid other conflicts or commitments. Earth Sciences lecture: On Friday, March 9, at 1:30 p.m., in 0319, Terry Joubert of BP night and a comedy night with Amoco, Alberta, will speak on "Superstition, Baseball and Drilling Wells." joubert(Brock, comedian Alan Shain. Participants must also keep a sleep log for approximately two weeks. This 1980 BSc, mathlphys) is the winner of the Link Award Tour sponsored by the Canadian Calling all graduating students requires approximately three to five Society of Petroleum Geologists. Dr. Stan Saaava and Dr. Nancy minutes work each day to fill out. BUFS, Brock University FUm Sodety (BUFS) p"""nts, March 11, DeCourville, of Brock's Department of An honourarium of $50 will be paid !!Ill. State and Main (David Mamet, U.S. 2000) Pulitzer Prize winning Psychology, are conducting a unique to participants. If you are interested, ••• playwright David Mamet's (Winslow Boy) seventh film, this is perhaps study to understand the life of Brock please call Tim Murphy, at 688-5550, • • Mamet's most entertaining, memorable film to date. It is wickedly students both before and after students ext. 4639, or e-mail: [email protected] funny and bringsa fresh scathingvitalitytothefamiliar story of Hollywood graduate. movie comes to town. March 18: Afterlife (Kore-Eda Hirokazu, japan, 1998) This exquisite The objective of the study is to gain a Thesis defense fj 1m explores the profound need to discover meani ng in everyday life. Afterl ife investigates greater understanding of issues relevant There will be a Thesis Defense for the intricate lives of the japanese - their pleasures and horrors in the broader history of to students as they face graduation and Wendy Campbell, MEd student, on postwar japan. life after Brock. Thursday, March 22, at 2 p.m., in All BUFSfilms are shown on Sunday, at 7 p.m., in the Playhouse Theatre, Brock University. Graduating students are invited to Room ED 305. The defense title is "The Ticket prices: members $5i non-members $7; Winter membership (january to April) $10; participate in this study by completing Self-Mana&ement Approach of Health a questionnaire now and again next Education In the Treatment of Chronic two memberships for $17.50. year at this time. Study participants will Illnesses." All are welcome. Free parking is available for members in lot B1 across from Robert S. K. Welch Hall (Faculty of Education). be paid for their time. Host families needed For more information, or to sign up for Tuesday's "Music on the Half-hour": March 13, a recital featuring instrumental students Brock's Intensive English Language from the Department of Musici and March 20, a recital featuring piano students from the the study, please contact Danielle Sirianni Program needs host families for or Chris Heikoop, at ext. 4107, B303. international and French Canadian Department of Music. These recitals begin at 12:30 p.m., in the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre. students coming to learn English at the Free and open to the public. Biology conference University this spring and summer. The Department of French, Italian and Spanish: On Wednesday, March 14, Carole Frechette, Marcl1-10 and 11 program dates are: April 30 to August 10, a Quebec-based playwright and recipient of a Governor General's Award for theatre, will On Saturday, March 10 and Sunday, ancfJuly 9 to August 10, August 5 to present a reading, "Une incroyable impression de solitude," at 7 p.m., in Taro 204. March 11, the Department of September 2. Discussion and refreshments will follow. This reading is sponsored by the Canadian Families must be willing and able to Biological Sciences will host the 14th Council for the Arts. Annual Ontario Undergraduate provide: • a room for the student eqUipped with Senior Student Recital: Featuring third-and fourth-year voice and piano students from the Biology Conference. About 80 to 100 Department of Music, on Sunday, March 18, at 3 p.m., in the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre. Free Honours students from across the a desk; • three meals per day (includes a and open to the public. province are expected to attend. For packed lunch for school); more information, contact Dr. Miriam Department of Physical Education Colloquium Series Winter 2001: On Monday, March • a warm and friendly atmosphere 19, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., in PEC 213A, james Mandigo will deliver a seminar on Richards in Biology or see the Biology conducive to studYIng. Department web page at: In return, families would receive "Constructing developmentally appropriate instruments for children: an illustrative www.brocku.ca/biofogy/ financial compensation. example." For more information, please contact Dr. Sandra Peters, at ext. 4788 or If you are interested, please contact [email protected] Study in Rome Jean Faddies, Housing Coordinator, The Department of Political Science Winter Speakers Series 2001 : For information on this The Department of French, Italian Intensive English Language Program, at series, please contact Professor james Kelly, at (905) 688-5550, ext. 4474, or e-mail: and SpanJsh and the Department of 688-5550, ext. 4021. [email protected] Classics at Brock University are offering a course in Rome titled, Guitar Masterclass with Kassner All presentations are scheduled at 12:30 p.m., in j404 unless othelWise indicated. Thursday, "Monumental Rome: from Romulus After the highly successful Guitar March 22, Professor james Kelly, Department of Political Science, Brock University, to the Renaissance." This is a full Masterclass WIth Eli Kassner last year, 'Framers' Intent and the just SOCiety: In Defence of an Activist Canadian High Court." course which runs from May 12 to the Department of Music is pleased to Department of Psychology Colloquium Series 2000-2001: On Wednesday, March 21, present another Classical Guitar Dr. Charlene Senn, from the University of Windsor, will speak on, "Predicting coercive june 9, 2001 and includes lectures Masterclass with the internationally and site visits. The course is given in renowned Eli Kassner, on Friday, sexual behaviour in a random sample of Canadian men." The talk will be held in H313, English and is open to students from March 9, from 2 to 5 p.m., in Thistle at 2:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Dr. john Mitterer, at ext. 3459, or any discipline. For details, visit: 147. Auditors: $10. [email protected]. The 2000-2001 colloquium series is posted on the www.brocku.calfrenitalspan/italian/ Internationally renowned as a Department of Psychology Web site, under Coming Events. rome.htm classical guitarist, both as a performer History colloquium March 23: Karen Dubinsky, who teaches women's studies and gender Applications forms are due by and as a teacher, Kassner founded the history at Queen's UniverSity, will address the Brock Honours History Colloquium on guitar programs at the University of March 15. Friday, March 23 on "Practicing Heterosexuality at Niagara Falls," at 2:30 p.m., in TARO For more information, please contact Toronto as well as the Royal Professor Corrado Federici, at 688- Conservatory of Music. His long and 307. Dubinsky has written on contemporary anti-feminism, and on the history of sexuality 5550, ext. 3309, (e-mail: successful career as a teacher is and sexual crime in turn-of-the-century Ontario. She is the author of Improper reflected in his students who perform Advances: Rape and Heterosexual Conflict in Ontario, 7880-7929(1993) and The Second [email protected] and teach worldwide. For further [email protected]); information, please contact the Greatest Disappointment: Honeymooners, Heterosexuality and the Tourist Industry at Professor Michael Carter, at ext. 3796, Department of Music, at ext. 3817, or Niagara Falls (1999). The talk is free and open to the public. For more details, please (e-mail: [email protected]). bye-mail: [email protected] contact Don Wright, [email protected] Brock News, March 7, 2001. Published by Brock University ....page 3 Yorkton Chairman and CEO Mark your calendar The Spring Open House, to be March 25 date. If you have any to deliver Willmot lecture held on Sunday, March 25, from questions about your role in the operation of Canada's leading 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., is fast Open House, or how you can be technology investment bank. Yorkton approaching. This event is held for involved, please contact Michelle Securities Inc., also ranks as one of the all prospective students, parents Lea, at ext. 3368, or bye-mail: leading underwriters of Internetle and the general public. The Spring [email protected] commerce, technology, health care Open House is especially important For more details, click on the Open and film and television companies in because students will receive offers House link of the Brock Home page Canada. of admission shortly after the under news and events. D.G. "Bud" Willmot served on the committee which established Brock University in 1964, as well as on the ACE Brock wins consecutive national University's Board of Trustees. He third received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Brock University in 1989. award for best awareness program Willmot, who died in 1994, The Association of Collegiate "ACE Brock deserves this recognition established the lecture series with a Entrepreneurs (ACE) chapter of Brock through the hard work and dedication generous gift in 1989. University won a national award for that was put forth by all its members." The lecture is hosted by the Faculty the third year in a row for best In the five years since ACE Brock of Business. Admission is free, tickets awareness program. was formed, the chapter has won more required. Call the Centre for the Arts The student-led group of than six awards, including Most Box Office, 688-5550, ext. 3257. entrepreneurs at Brock received the Enterprising Chapter of the Year in both award at the annual Edge of 1999 and 2000. Career Fair 2001 Opportunity ACE national conference Business leaders from CISC, Career Fair 2001 will be hosted in Toronto on February 21. bizsmart.com and the Fair Enterprise by Niagara College in partnership ACE Brock was nominated for six Institute attended the conference as with Brock University, on national awards and was one of five sponsors and supporters of ACE Thursday, March 15, at the schools across the country competing Canada, a national not-for-profit G. Scott Paterson Niagara College Glendale Campus. for each award. The Entrepreneurship organization dedicated to inspiring Career Fair 2001 is a networking Awareness Award recognizes the ACE young Canadians to succeed in today's G. Scott Paterson, Chairman and event for all Brock University and chapter that has created the most new economy. Chief Executive Officer of Yorkton Niagara College students, those in community and student awareness for ACE Brock's membership for the Securities Inc., will be the guest first year right through to its events while at the same time 2000-2001 year has topped 148 speaker as part of the D.G. Willmot graduating students and alumni. promoting entrepreneurial values and students, a 61 per cent increase over Distinguished Lecture Series sponsored Over 50 ousinesses and human by Brock University, on Monday, service agencies across the region self employment as a viable career the year before. Students bring with March 26, at 7:30 p.m., in the Sean and beyond will be on hand to option. In all, students from 46 them the dedication and diversity of O'Sullivan Theatre. informally meet students and university and college ACE chapters almost every faculty at the University. Paterson, who is a St. Catharines discuss careers and employment from across Canada competed for ACE Brock members donate their ideas native, will speak on, "Does Canada opportunities from a variety of eight awards. and time to co-ordinate events, with have what it takes to succeed in the industries and professions. The "It was a great honour to receive this the proceeds generated donated to Global New Economy?" event is being held from 11 a.m. to year's Entrepreneurship Awareness charities in Niagara. More than 40 6 p.m. For further information, Award and I'm very proud of our events and ventures were held this Described bl Peter C. Newman of contact Career Services, at ext. Maclean's as 'one of the high-tech 3242, or visit our Web site at: accomplishments," said Ida Berlingieri, academic year, raising $101,084, revolution's leading-edge www.brocku.calcareer a fourth-year Business Administration double last year's $47,000 in generated entrepreneurs," Paterson oversees the student and President of ACE Brock. proceeds and gifts in kind.
Brock News, March 7, 2001. Published by Brock University ....page 4 Harpweaver Reading Series features Sheldon Currie The Harpweaver Reading Series My Valley, with the additional finishes its 2000-01 season with seasoning of Currie's black, bleak Canadian novelist and poet, Sheldon humour. Recently, his novel The Currie, on Thursday, March 8, at Company Store was adapted for stage 7:30 p.m., in the Senate Chamber. performance, and was produced across Born and raised in Reserve Mines, Canada. Cape Breton, Sheldon Currie is a Currie was formerly a professor of compassionate and moving chronicler English at St. Francis Xavier University, of the harshness of miners' lives. His in Antigonish, N.5. 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The next issue of Brock News is Wednesday, Somervi lie, co-editor, the March 21,2001, with a firm copy deadline of Friday, March 9, 2001 at 4:30 p.m. Harpweaver at: CLASSIFIED 905-688-5550, ext. 3572; fax: 905- PUBLICATION IS EVERY TWO WEEKS For sale: 1997 Ford Explorer XL alc Auto trans, with four wheel drive, Canada Posl Agreement;: 1-16,305 688-4461, e-mail: power door locks and windows, tilt, cruise, AMlFMlCassette one owner [email protected] 82,000 kilometers, four new tires. Excellent condition. $15,700. Call 892-4949. Eight students Brock University elects Dr. Raymond Moriyama as its new Chancellor Internationally university, embodies." Moriyam? and.Teshima Archit~, with receive NSERC , renowned architect Dr Moriyama has had a long Ted Teshlma, In ~ 970. Now wl~h five Dr. Raymond relationship with Br~ck University partners/.he continues to b~ aCtively grants Moriyama has and the Niagara region. At t~e. request Inv~lveo In o~e of the world s pre- Eight Brock University students will . been elected as of the Niagara ParKs Commission, he eminent ar~hltectural firms: . receive a total of $142,000 in Chancellor of completed, in 1987, a 1 OO-year vision Dr. MOriyama ha.s recelyed eight scholarship funding to pursue master's Brock University. and a 20-year plan for a 56-kilometre Honorary degrees, including an and doctoral studies in the natural Dr. Moriyama, stretch along the Niagara Riverfrom Lake HonorarY.Doqor.of Letters fro.m sciences. whose involvement · Erie to Lake Ontario. Dr. Moriyama's Brock University In 1973: He IS a ·th h U· . . fI B k h bee • d Fellow of the ROy'al Architectural The Brock students who will receive Dr Raymond WI t e nlverslty In uem;:e on roc as ~ proloun . Institute of Canaaa, an Officer of the $17,300 over two years to pursue M~riyama goes b?ck 30 He deSigned the .Mackenzle Chown Order of Canada and a recipient of graduate studies at the master's level , years, IS one of Complex, the SClen<;e Complex, Taro the Order of Ontario. In 1999, Dr. are Michael Janzen in the Department Canad~ s most r~spected and Hall and the ~lum.nI Stud~nts Centre. Moriyama was named to Maclean's of Physics, Anjali Kundi in Biological recognized archlte~. As. Currently, he IS ~hlef architect for the Honour Roll for Achieving Excellence, Sciences, Stanley Lazic in Psychology, Chancellor, Dr. M~rlyam? will Bro~k 2000 Project and for the Earp as he was recognized as an . Joshua Lessard in Computer Science, assume a leadership role In Residence. outstanding Canadian who made a Karen Mathewson in Psychology and advanci!1g the ~niversity, am;! will Dr. Moriyama's work is found a~ross difference.l-Ie is an Honorary Fellow Aaron VanVliet in Chemistry. The playa vital role In the educational Ca':lada a':ld arDavid Bergen, His Excellency John Ralston Saul, Canadian Wine Library Director Peter Sport Organization and its Sponsors, at 4:45 p.m.; and Corporate Sponsorship and Brock Gamble, and Industry Liaison for CCOVI Linda Bramble. University Athletics: A Corporate Perspective, at 5:15 p.m. For more information, please contact julie Stevens, Department of Sport Management, ext. 4668, e-mail: [email protected]
Brock News, March 21,2001. Published by Brock University .... page 4 PUBLICATIONS FACULTY AND STAFF Baxter-Moore, Nick. Making a Noise in This World: New Sounds From Canada's First CLASSICS Peoples," London Journal of Canadian Studies (Special Issue on Continuities and Changing The Brock University Archaeological Society (BUAS) presented its 12th annual Scholarly Realities: Meanings and Identities Among Canadian Aboriginal Peoples), Vo1.16, 2000- Symposium on Saturday, March 10. The symposium, titled ''The Gulf of Mirabello, Eastem 2001, pp. 22-47. Crete: A Century of Archaeological Research," featured several international experts including Fast, L. (2001). Investigating the use of children'S artwork as an observation tool in early Professor Donald C. Haggis, Department of Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel reading programs. Visual Arts Research: Educational, Historical, Philosophical, and Hill, Professor Maria C. Shaw, Department of Fine Art, University of Toronto, Dr. Metaxia Psychological Perspectives, 26 (1), 1-12. Tsipopoulou, 24th Ephoreia of Prehistoric and Classical AntiqUities, Greek Archaeological Grant, Barry K. "Strange Days: Gender and Ideology in New Genre Films," in Ladies and Service and Professor Livingston V. Watrous, Department of Art History, University at Buffalo Gentlemen, Boys and Girls: Gender in Film at the End of the 20th Century, ed. Murray SU NY. Paper topics highlighted recent scholarship concern ing the architecture, art, economic organization and ethnic makeup of the Minoan and Early Iron Age populations of Eastem Pomerance (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001): 185-199. Crete. Haynes, S.J. (2000). Geology and Wine 2. A geological foundation for terroirs and potential This symposium was organized by the students in the Classics department with assistance from sub-appellations of Niagara Peninsula wines, Ontario, Canada. Geoscience Canada, 27 (2), faculty. Proceeds from the symposium help to support scholarships for Classics students. p.67-87. EARTH SCIENCES Haynes, S.J. and Steele, K.G. (2000). Mines and wines: industrial minerals and rocks, Professor Simon Haynes was invited by the Minister of Northern Development and Mines for geology and wineries of the Niagara Region. Canadian Institute ofMining, Metallurgy and Ontario, the Co-Chair of the 57th Annual (September 2000) Canadian Energy and Mines Petroleum, Industrial Minerals Division and Toronto Branch, Field Trip Guidebook, 25p. Ministers Conference, Toronto, to participate in the formal program of the conference by: 1.) Lakshmi, Jhansi L., Ihasz, Nancy J., Miller, Jack M. Synthesis, characterization and ethanol Presentation of a lecture, "Mines and Wines" to the Provincial Deputy and Assistant Deputy partial oxidation studies ofV205 catalysts supported on Ti02-Si02 and Ti02-Zr02 sol-gel Ministers of Mines at the Carriage House, Vineland Estates; 2.) Presentation of field-guided mixed oxides. J Molecular Catalysis, A, 165, 199-209 (2001). lectures, on "Geology and Wine Terroirs," to the Provincial Chief Geologists at Marynissen Miller, Mary Jane. "Shehaweh through Anglophone Eyes," in Canadart VII/ Revista do Estates and Queenston Heights Restaurant; and 3.) Co-guiding a field trip, "Industrial minerals, nucleo de Estudos CanadensesVolume VIII, 2000, p. 51-74. geology and wineries of the Niagara Region," for the Resident and District Geologists of the Ritchie, L. (2001). "Empowerment and Australian Community Health Nurses' Work with Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Aboriginal Clients: The Sociopolitical Context" Qualitative Health Research, 11 (2), 190-205. In the fall, Haynes led two invited field excursions across Niagara: 1.) "Niagara's Bounty" for the Smith, Murray E.G. "Political Economy and the Canadian Working Class," in Royal Ontario Museum Volunteers; and 2.) Co-leader of "Mines and Wines" for the Industrial Labour/Le Travail, 46 (Fall 2000), pp. 343-368. Minerals Division and Toronto Branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Steele, K.G. and Haynes, S.J. (2000). Mines and wines: industrial minerals, geology and At the 29th Annual meeting, 2000, of the Eastern Section of the American Association of wineries of the Niagara Region Field Trip Guidebook. Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Petroleum Geologists (MPG), hosted by the Ontario Petroleum Institute in London, Ontario, Report 6029, 23p. Haynes chaired Technical Session 6, "MPG General Session II." He also presented a paper Walker, Klentrou et al. (2000), "Longitudinal evaluation of supervised versus unsupervised at this session, entitled "Changes of Salina A and B lithofacies from the Michigan to exercise programs for the treatment of osteoporosis," European J. of Applied Physiology Appalachian basins: salt solution or non-deposition in the Salina Group?" EDUCATION 83(4/5), pp. 349-355. On February 23 and 24, Professor Debra Mclauchlan presented research on drama education for Wei, J., Chen, J., and Miller, Jack M., leamingdisabledteenagersatthe Arizona Symposium forLeaming in theArts, Universityof Arizona. "Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry FRENCH, ITALIAN AND SPANISH Brock University of Organogermanium Compounds" Rapid At the invitation of the Department of French Studies at York University and the Journal Communications in MassSpedrometry", 15, LitteRealite, Professor Alexandre Amprimoz gave a poetry reading on Friday, March 2. He Careers begin here! 169-181, (2001). was introduced by Professor Sergio Villani, Editor-in-Chief of LitteRealite. The reading Zhuang, Q., Miller, J.M. ZrOiSi0 Mixed consisted of new unpublished texts. E-mail submissions to: 2 Professor Leslie Boldt-Irons gave a paper, entitled "Playing with Death in Hitchcock's Vertigo [email protected] Oxides as Catalysts for Alcohol Dehydration. University Web site: www.brocku.ca Applied Catalysis A: General, 209, Ll-L6, and Branagh's Dead Again," at the 20th Century Literature Conference, held at the University Brock News is a rublication of the (2001). of Louisville, Kentucky, from February 22 to 24. Office of Externa Relations. PHYSICAL EDUCATION (905) 688-5550, ext. 3245 Professor Danny Rosenberg presented a paper, entitled "Early Zion ism, Physical Culture and FAX (905) 641-5216 the Formation of Canadian jewry," at an intemational conference, called "joining the Club: Editor: Heather lunke; Production: MI Turner; CLASSIFIED Communications Director: Mike Farrell jews, Sports and the Rites of Citizenship," sponsored bythejewish Studies Program at Arizona Free: One large paper drill for drilling State University, Phoenix, February 12. The next issue of Brock News is Wednesday, Single or multiple holes in paper or card, POLITICAL SCIENCE April 4, 2001, with a firm copy deadline of Friday, March 23, 2001 at 4:30 p.m. free to any Brock department. Can be Two graduate students presented papers at scholarly conferences in March: Michael Boland, ''The seen in the Printing Services department, Paradox of Being Canadian," Canadian Studies Graduate Student Conference, McGill PUBLIC I\TIO.\i IS E\ Eln TWO \HEKS MC G210. University, on March 9; Leonard Ferry, "Nussbaum and the Interdependence of Ethics and Canada 1'0'( I\grecmcnl = l~(j;BIJ; Call Ray Birmingham, at ext. 3208. Literature: Two Theses," Northeast Modem Languages Association, Hartford, CT, on March 31. Yorkton CEO optimistic about Canada's Lecture will success in the global new economy feature Canada is in a perfect position to collaborative with respect to private, Brock sleep succeed in the global new economy, public and academic institutions all a fact university students should being involved." consider when planning their careers, Paterson - described by Maclean's expert says G. Scott Paterson, Chairman and magazine as "one of the high-tech Dr. Robert CEO of Yorkton Securities Inc. revolution's leading-edge Ogilvie, of the Speaking at the 2000-2001 D.G. entrepreneurs" - joined Yorkton five Department of Willmot Distinguished Lecture Series years ago. Since 1995, the employee Psychology, at Brock University on March 26, owned company has financed 299 will give the Paterson said that only the Silicon technology-based companies for a inaugural Valley in California is in a better total of $12 billion. Yorkton ranks lecture of the position than Canada to initiate and first in technology, Internet/e President's grow technology ventures. commerce, health care and Lecture Series "What's important .. . is to compare entertainment underwriting in for Brock ourselves to the rest of the world," Canada. WMkI:...... : .. University the st. Catharines native and Ridley G. Scott Paterson In his opening remarks, Paterson Dr. RobertOgdvle Distinguished College graduate told a crowd of about said he has a great affinity for St. Research and Creative Activity, on For Canada to succeed, he said Tuesday, April 10, from 4:30 p.m. 200 at the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre. public policy needs to motivate the Catharines and Niagara. To be given In his speech, Does Canada Have an opportunity to speak at Willmot, to 6:30 p.m., in Pond Inlet private sector to partner with Refectory. What it Takes to Succeed in the academic institutions. he said, is "something very Global New Economy, Paterson said flattering." Ogilvie, who is Director of the Paterson cited the management and Brock Sleep Research Laboratory, Canada's access to the United States accounting programs in Brock's D.G. "Bud" Willmot established the lecture series with a generous gift was the recipient of the 2000 Brock gives it an advantage over other Faculty of Business as well as the University Distinguished Research countries that don't share the same Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture in 1989. Willmot, who died in 1994, served on the committee which and Creative Activity Award. language, culture or time zone. Institute (CCOVI) as examples of that The topic of this lecture will be Barely a week goes by, he said, success. CCOVI, he said, "makes established Brock University in 1964, "Falling Asleep - Lessons learned without a U.S. company buying a enormous instinctive sense. as well as on the University's Board from Sleep Research at Brock." Canadian technology company for a "These are the kind of things that of Trustees. He received an Honorary Studies begun in the early 19805 huge premium. need to be done," Paterson said. "To Doctor of Laws degree from Brock continue today at Brock in an effort make it work, it has to be completely University in 1989. to shed light on the wake/sleep transition where, often in a few Iw E o N E 5 DAY A P R L 4 2 o 0 1 moments, profound changes in behaviour, contact with the outside world and consciousness take place. A reception will follow the event. For more information about the lecture, please contact Deborah Vanoosten, ext. 431 5, e-mail: [email protected] ne In memoriam . A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, 5t. Catharines, Ontario It is with great sadness that Student Health Services and _i:. 1a_~ the Athleti<=- Therapy .l Clinic says goodbye BranscornDeFam-ily -Foundatlond-onates to Dr. Don Lorimer ~- If!. ~ . who died suddenly on :(.~ II Sunday, March 25. $250,000 to 'Good, Better, Brock!' .I , 'I (J ' ._ Don Lorimer was The Branscombe Family Foundation the Brock experience for many more Norris Walker, President of Walker Dr. Donald Lorimer an "original." He was of Niagara Falls has donated $250,000 · students through our expansion. The Bros. Quarries Ltd. and a Trustee of the drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, to "Good, Better, Brock! The Campaign Foundation has set an important University, donated $1 million to the played oboe in a professional orchestra for Brock University." The campaign example." "Good, Better, Brock!" campaign and and was an avid runner, sailor and will complete financing for the largest The campaign will complete funding chairs the Niagara division of the cycliSt. He was renowned for his expansion in the University's history, for the Student/Community Health and campaign. "We were inspired by dedication to Brock University for now under way. Fitness Centre as well as a major new Norris as well as Brock's performance more than 30 years. He helped "Dr. Frank Branscombe and the academic building and a large and plans for the future." establish the Student Health Services directors of The Branscombe Family computer commons. The economic The Branscombe Family Foundation's and was the co-founder of the Athletic Foundation have always been leaders impact of the $51-million development generosity will be recognized in the Therapy Clinic, in 1983. He served as in supporting our students with is $83 million or 2,000 year-long jobs. naming of a lecture hall in the new Brock's first "Jock Doc" (and actually bursaries and scholarships," according "I was very impressed with the . academic complex. Brock's "Good, liked the title). to Brock President David Atkinson. leadership Norris Walker has given to the Better, Brock!" campaign is more than As Medical Director of Student "They recognize that we can provide Brock campaign," said Dr. Branscombe. halfway to its goal of $29.62 million. Health Services for over 20 years, Dr. --~------~--~~~~~~ Lorimer inspired affection and dedication amongst the team of nurses, 'Saying Goodbye' physicians and administrative staff who service today worked together to deliver health care Campus Ministries invites the to Brock University students. He Brock community to the closing thrived on educating students and was service for this year. This annual genuinely interested in their lives. His "Say'ing Goodbye" service will be wonderful sense of humour was a joy held toaay, in.the Rita Welch to both students and staff, but there was Meditation Room, at 12:30 p.m. All more to Don than just a sense of are welcome. humour - he was an astute and caring physician with a vision for student Results of Senate elections health that went beyond the simple Congratulations to the following medical encounter. He will live on in faculty who have been elected to the influences he has had on the lives Senate for the terms indicated: of generations of students. Dr. Lorimer For a Three-Year Term (10) (ending had a real passion for athletics and Spring Convocation, 2004): Michael immensely enjoyed working with Ashton (Psychology), Jeffrey Atkinson university athletes. Behind the scenes (Chemistry), Jean Bridge (Fine Arts), and on the sidelines, Dr. Lorimer was Maureen Connolly (Physical always busy cheering for Brock or Education), Paulette Cote-Laurence skilfully tending to a wounded athlete. (Physical Education), Patricia Debly The varsity athletes admired him for his (Music), Harris Loewen (Music), ability to relate to the challenges and Marilyn Rose (English), John Sivell frustrations athletes endured during (Applied Language Studies), Murray their quest for excellence. Dr. Lorimer Wickett (History). Brock celebrates appointment served as a sports medicine mentor for For a Two-Year Term (1) (ending . On March 20, Hamilton Mayor Robert Wade, centre, joined Brock University President trainers, therapiSts and local Spring Convocation 2003): Fereidoon David Atkinson, right, to officially announce the appointment of George H. Grant, left, physicians. He was always eager to Razavi (Physics). Hamilton Tiger-Cats Vice-President and owner, as the Co-chair for "Good, Better, Brock! share his wealth of knowledge. For a One-Year Term (3) (ending The Campaign for Brock University." The announcement was made during a reception Our thoughts at this time go to his Spring Convocation 2002): John Hay at Dundurn Castle, in Hamilton. In this role, Grant will take the Brock campaign beyond Niagara and raise the visibility of the University. The campaign will complete fUnding for family, Mary, Donna, Michael and (Community Health Sciences), Peter the Student/Community Health and Fitness Centre, as well as a major new academic Andrea. He will be sadly missed ... our Landey (Music), Gary Pickering building and a large computer commons. The "·Good Better Brock!" campaign is more "big buddy" left the arena too soon! (Biological Sciences). than halfway to its goal of $29.62 million. FACULTY AND STAFF APPLIED LANGUAGE STUDIES H.M. McGarrell and B. Schram presented their paper, "The use of peer feedback by 10- 14 year old EFL writers," at the annual conference of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, February 24 to 27, in St. Louis, Missouri. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES The 14th Annual Ontario Undergraduate Biology Research Conference was held at Brock on March 10 to 11. Oral and poster presentations were made by 65 students from Brock, McMaster, Trent, Western, Wilfrid Laurier, Waterloo, Carleton, and Laurentian. Overall the conference was a great success. Two Brock students won prizes for excellent talks. Anjali Kundi, who has been working with Joffre Mercier and Ken Storey, gave a talk, entitled "Cardiac modulation in aestivating land snails." Kevin Woodward, whose supervisor is Miriam Richards, gave a talk, entitled "Sexual selection and parental investment: Does the parental investment model drive human mating?" Other Brock students who presented their research results were Kofi Boateng, Stefanie Jean Martin, Felix Willmund, Jennifer Blahut, Jennifer Brockman, Jody Crossingham, Derek Hogan, Michael Lowe, Alison Savoy, Amanda Bartel, Jo-Anne Hillier and Martin Little. Thousands visit Spring Open House CHEMISTRY During Reading Week, Professor Ian Brindle presented invited talks, "Taste and odour in Thousands of high school students and their families visited Brock during the Spring Open House, on March 25, to find out why more and more students are choosing a Brock drinking water: A detective story," to the Department of Biology, University of Victoria and education. From left, Professors Patricia Debly and Brian Power, and Adria Jackson, a to the Boulder Dam Section of the American Chemical Society, at the University of third-year music major, spoke with visitors at the Department of Music's display booth Nevada, Las Vegas. during the Information Fair. PerkinElmer recently renewed the long-term loan to Brindle of the Optima 3300 DV Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer for four years. The value of this Brock Brieft... extended loan, which includes ongoing maintenance, is $323,184. ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Students present research today Klay Dyer delivered a multimedia presentation, entitled "Flogging Time: Disciplining The Department of Sport Memory in Bowering's Burning Water," at a conference on "Time, Memory, Text," Management presents the second convened at Binghamton University, on March 23 and 24. As part of the same gathering, annual Honours Research Colloquium, he chaired a session on "Memory as Topography of Writing," comprised of papers today, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., in discussing Proust, Kafka, and Benjamin. Taro 203. The Brock community is FILM STUDIES invited to attend the student In early March, Professor B.K. Grant gave an invited lecture to the Film and Video Studies presentations. Each presentation is 20 Program, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His topic was the politics of minutes with a five-minute question and answer period to follow. The representation in contemporary genre films. sessions indude: FRENCH, ITALIAN AND SPANISH • 3:30 p.m., Adam Borton, Sky Professor Leslie Boldt-Irons was recently invited to give a lecture under the auspices of Gonsalves, Alissa Overend and Todd the 2000-2001 Visiting Lecturer Series at the University of Western Ontario's Centre for Smith present "Playing with Physical The fine art of posing the Study of Theory and Criticism. The title of her presentation was: "Georges Bataille's Pain and Injury: Perception of Athletes, The Ping Pong Hotties, a group of Last Man and the Problem of Community." Trainers and Coaches in Women's Brock students, have turned being Professor Leonard Rosmarin was invited by the Department of Comparative Literature at University Rugby." poseurs into an art form. They were the University of Toronto to present a lecture to its graduate students on the relationship • 4 p.m., Barb Kort, Laura Lee, part of the opening reception on Chiara Salvatore and Elijah Tupling between literature and opera. He focused on the French composer, jules Massenet'slyric March 21, for the Department of present "Women in Ontario University drama "Thais" inspired by the novel of Anatole France. The title of his lecture was: "From Fine Arts 2001 Spring Arts Festival Athletics (OUA) Management: Whore to Saint: Jules Massenet reworks Anatole France's novel Thais." Faculty and "Under the Skin". All about style Organizational Conditions Hindering students from the Departments of English, Music and French also attended Rosmarin's and no substance, the Hotties were their Advancement." lecture given as part of a series of guest speakers sponsored by the Department of created as part of a third-year visual • 4:45 p.m., joel Cote, josh Noyand arts project to celebrate the Comparative Literature. Mark Shouldice present "Benefits hollowness of popular culture. The HISTORY Sought from Sponsorship Partnerships Hotties include students Mike Reich, Professor Murray Wickett delivered a public lecture, on March 8, to the "Friends of Fort Between a Provincial Sport Jeff Rees, Samantha Morris, Roslyn Organization and its Sponsors." George," in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The title of his lecture was "New Perspectives on Pivarnyik , Mike Costanzo and • 5:15 p.m., Mark Catling and Karl Iroquois participation in the War of 1812." Assistant Professor Jean Bridge. Kokkonen present "Corporate INTENSIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE "Under the Skin", a month-long Sponsorship and Brock University Deborah Yeager, Co-ordinator of the Listening Program, Intensive English Language cultural and artistic extravaganza Athletics: A Corporate Perspective." coninues with "Festival Plus", April 5 Program, chaired a session, entitled "Literacy for Women: A Means for Empowerment," Special guest to 7. For more information, please call and presented a paper, entitled "Cross-Cultural Literacy Experiences: Three ESL Women Dr. john Service, President of the the Department of Fine Arts, at 688- Students Tell Their Stories," at the Comparative and International Education Society Canadian Psychological Association, 5550, ext. 3214. Conference (ClES), in Washington, D.C., on March 14. will be visiting BrocK on April 5. He POLITICAL SCIENCE will be meeting with faculty members, Professor Charles Burton spoke on "Civil Society and the Impactof Multilateral Institutions community-based psychologists, The Howes work as a team on their on Contemporary China," at the Faculty Club, University of Toronto, on March 22. graduate students, and undergraduate presentations and take great care to SOCIOLOGY students to share information about the find just the right music to enhance Professor Michelle Webber was invited by the Centre for the Study of Education and Work Canadian Psychological Association, their visual images. (University of Toronto), along with Professor Sandra Acker (OISElUD, to present their visions for the future, and the The last time they did a show for the paper, titled "Pleasure and Danger in the Work Lives of Academics," on March 22. importance of membership. If you Brock community, they shared their would like to attend one of these adventures in Southern Africa. Now meetings, please call the Psychology they invite you to join them on a trip to PUBLICATIONS Department Co-ordinator, at ext. 4444, Newfoundland. Their presentation, for further information. Anderson, Mark C. and Earle, Rebecca. "Latin America," in Keith Laybourn and Richard Vignettes of Newfoundland, is a Mackenney, eds., Anuual Bulletin of Historical Literature 84, Critical Review of New Healthstyles 2001 photographic essay of slides and music Publications, 1998 (London: Blackwell, 2000) 195-205. Healthstyles 2001 presents: Vignettes that will make Newfoundland come Overduin, Sarah D. and Brindle, Ian D. "Determination of Hydride-Forming Elements in alive for you. Come see the of Newfoundland, by Anne and Tom High Purity Copper by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry." landscapes, flora and fauna of one of Howe, on Wednesday, April 11, at journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 2001, 16, 289-292. noon, in Thistle 325. the most beautiful areas in all of The Howes are members of the Canada. Visit the capital of St. johns Niagara Falls Nature Club, the Niagara and small fishing villages; see Falls Camera Club and the Niagara incredible icebergs and go hiking in Parkway Photographers Guild. They Gros Morne National Park. are outdoors enthusiasts who enjoy Come take a 40-minute escape in combining their love of photography Newfoundland! with adventure travel, seeking those Students help feed needy special places which others often For the second time this year, Brock overlook. students have missed out on dinner and donated these meals to local soup kitchens. Almost 400 students participated in the Winter Term edition Brock University of Meal Exchange, a program based on Careers begin here! finding student solutions to hunger. The Brock Food Services staff E-mail submissions to: prepared meals and student volunteers [email protected] University Web site: www.brocku.ca delivered the meals earlier this month Brock News is a publication of the to local services that include Out of the Office of External Relations. Cold and the Community Resource (905) 688-5550, ext. 3245 and Action Centre. FAX (905) 641-5216 Brock students will also be taking Editor: Heather Junke; Production: MJ Turner; part in the "Clean the Shelves" Championship banners Communications Director: Mike Farrell campaign. At the end of the semester, Brock's men and women wrestlers added three more banners to the rafters of the gymnasium. The men celebrated their sixth CIAU title and seventh OUA title while the The next issue of Brock News is Wednesday, students are being asked to donate April 18, 2001, with a firm copy deadline of women marked their second OUA title. Front row, from left, Laura Jones, Mary Friday, April 6, at 4:30 p.m. non-perishable food items rather than Kleinendorst, Tonya Verbeek, Meagan Dolan, Heather Sweezey and Alissa Overend. pack them up to take back to their Back row, from left, Coach Richard DesChatelets, Clint Kingsbury, Kyle Sweezey, PUBLICATION IS EVERY TWO WEEKS permanent residences. The food will be Canada Post Agreement:: 1-l65!l05 Athletic trainer Ian Childs, Joel Landry, Jamie Porteous, Steve Snyders, Bruno Azevedo, donated to local food banks. Ryan Weicker, Andrew Adamyk, Saeed Azarbayjani, Jay Allin and Coach Marty Calder. Brock News, April 4, 2001. Published by Brock University .... page 3 Map Library acquires digital EVENTS Student Art Exhibit: "Three Girls and a Boy," from April 1 to May 13, at Rodman Hall, featuring the work of Brock Honours students. For more information, please orthophotos for Niagara contact the Department of Fine Arts, ext. 3214. The Regional Municipality of mapping can be performed. Department of Music presents: The University Women's Chorus and University Niagara lias very generously donated Other digital databases held in the Mixed Choral, conducted by Dr. Paul Jessen, on Friday, April 6, at 8 p.m., St. Paul a complete set of C1igital airphotos Map Library can be overlayed with Street United Church, st. Catharines. Tickets: $10 adults; $8 seniors and students. covering the entire Region to the the images, such as the topographic "Sunday's at 3 p.m." features the Department of Music Senior Student Recital, UniverSIty Map Library. The maps of Niagara; soils; and the street Angela 1-Ting Lin (voice), Stephanie Barta (piano), John Force (voice), on April 8, airphotos are valued at $26,000. The network files. In an uncompressed 350 black and white images, taken in format, the images total 28 gigabytes at the Sean O'Sullivan l'heatre. Free and open to the public. April 2000, represent the 1irst photos in size. This signifies the largest BUFS: Brock University Film Society (BUFS) presents of the area that have been digItally digital spatial cartographic database April 8: In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, China, 2000) produced at such a high accuracy of for the Niagara RegIon to date. • Premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival, this film 50 centimetres. This means that Another significant recent donation /J~, ••• marks the return of one of Hong Kong's hottest young features as small as 50 cm in size are is the DigitafCartographic Reference • • directors, Wong Kar-wai (Chunking Express). Wong Kar-Wai recognizable from the images when Base (DCRB) from the Ontario brings an exquisite sophistication and rich imagination to this viewed on screen. Ministry of Transportation. This is beautifully shot and masterful drama. A licence agreement between the considered to be the framework to All BUFS films are shown on Sunday, at 7 p.m., in the Playhouse Theatre, Brock Map Library and the Region allows which additional MTO map students, faculty and staff the use of information will be added. The first University. Ticket prices: members $5; non-members $7. Free parking is available the images for educational purposes product to emerge from the DCRB is for members in lot B1 across from Robert S. K. Welch Hall (Faculty of Education). in teadimg and research. the 1999/2000 Ontario Road Map, Canadian Federation of University Women - st. Catharines: All women university Traditionally, airphotos for the which is undergoing revision. A graduates are invited to the CFUW meeting, on April 10, in the Mills Room, collection have been acquired for the licence agreement was negotiated Centennial Library, at 7:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Dr. Roberta Robb, Niagara Region as small scale 9"x 9" with simifar terms to the Niagara Director, Centre for Women's Studies, Brock University. Her topic will be "New contact prints dating back to 1921 . A ortho images - free access for Directions in Women's Studies." digital format allows for many educational use. Also viewed and Niagara Indie FilmFest Fundraiser: An all-star veteran blues band, including computer-based analyses other than used in a GIS, this database members of the Downchild Blues Band, will be featured on Friday, April 20, at just Interpretation. Once imported into represents much needed current land Arizonas Bar and Grill, at 8 p.m. Door prizes and much fun . Get your ticket today. Geographic Information System based information for Ontario. softWare, it provides a current land Interested users should contact Buy one for a friend. Cost: $15 in advance. Tickets available from Ann Howe, base from which vegetation, hydrology, Colleen Beard or Sharon Barnes, in the ext. 3553, TH 146F. agricultural land use analyses and Map Library, 905-688-5550, ext.3468. Badgers celebrate athletic achievements Brock honoured the achievements of including his second straight OUA Star and first team All-Canadian in the nation. its athletes at the annual Athletic championship and first ClAD title at 65 honours. In 18 games this season, Brooks led Banquet, held March 26. kg weight class. He was both a first-team At the ClAU's she posted a perfect the team with 19 goals and 1 6 assists Top honours went to Kyle Sweezey, OUA All-star and ClAU All-Canadian. 4-0 record with a 10-0 win in the for 35 points whicn ranked 5th in the who was named the Male Athlete of Finalists for Male Athlete of the Year championship final. OUA and 8th in the CIAU in scoring. the Year, while Tonya Verbeek and were Ryan Dudley, of Guelph, Ont., a For her outstanding team leadership She also ranked among the nation Sarah Brooks shared the award for third-year student on the men's and sportsmanship sne was awarded leaders in goals. For her performance, Female Athlete of the Year. The basketball team, and Ian Young, of st. with the prestigious ClAU Bob Pugh she was selected as an OUA first team women's volleyball team was selected Mary's, Ont., a fourth-year student on Fair Play Awara. All-star and also earned Most Valuable Team of the Year. After a winless season the men's swim team. This is Verbeek's second straight Player on her team. in 1999-2000, the women went 7 -11 this Team captain and local Beamsville Brock Female Athlete of the Year honour. Brooks ended her university career as season before losing to the University native Tonya Verbeek, a fourth-year Senior captain and local St. Catharines the Badgers all-time leader in goals, of Western in the OUA quarterfinals. student, continued her dominance on native Sarah Brooks, a fourth-xear assists, points and career games played. Sweezey, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., the wrestling mat during the 2000-01 student, had the best season of her FinalIst for Female Athlete of the had an outstanding third year for the season as she captured her second university hockey career as a Badger, Year was Christina Giannini, of Brock University men's wrestling team straight ClAU Crown and third straight showing the rest of the ClAU why she Hamilton, Ont., a fifth-year student as he captured gold four times OUA title earning first-team OUA A11- ranks among the most talented players on the women's soccer team. Provincial funding makes online Madar's book nursing program possible shortlisted for Brock University is one of eight . Brock's online program will help to OMNI Media Productions and prestigious project partners in the lVOntario meet the educationar needs of nurses Tangent Scientific, both of St. Catharines, Lifelong Learning Challenge Fund. A throughout the province. Many nurses are corporate partners for the project. $508,000 investment from the cannot further their education because To assist nurses in adjusting to an Donner Prize provincial government will be matched of the demands of work and family, online learning environment, a Heavy by the University and its community and their geographic location. This technology skills development course Traffic: partners to offer distance education new online program will also benefit will be available via the Internet this Deregulation, programs that will allow registered employers who want to provide fall. Over the next 24 months, Trade, and nurses across Ontario to complete their professional development opportunities interactive curriculum for the 12- Transformation Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree for their nursing staff regardless of course program will be designed for in North (BScN) via the Internet. where they live. online learning, with three courses American "This project is a pioneering effort for At Brock, the new distance introduced each term beginning in Trucking, the University," said John Hay, Acting education initiative is being developed January 2002. The first step in written by Dean, Faculty of Applied Health to support the University's on campus developing each online course is to Professor Sciences. "As a result of this Nursing Degree Completion program assist faculty members to enhance their Daniel Madar, tremendous support from the first offered at the St. Catharines skills using new learning technologies. of the provincial government and lVOntario, campus last September. The onsite and Department of we will be able to establish a template When faculty training is complete, online program options offer the instructors will work with designers, Political that can become a model for other opportunity for registered nurses to animators, and digital video Professor Daniel Madar Science, is on online initiatives at Brock." complete a BScN over four terms of the shortlist for Eight distance education projects will full-time study. Both programs also technicians to develop the online version of their courses. this year's Donner Prize for best book receive almost $10 million in funding permit students to continue working as on Canadian public policy. This from the lVOntario Lifelong Learning they study. "We want to design the curriculum to be very interactive, to include many prestigious award is the only one of Challenge Fund (LLCF) and its partners, Brock's onsite and online programs its kind in Canada. Isabel Bassett, Chair and CEO of are offered as a direct response to the animations and simulations, and to be as real as possible so that it replicates Canada and the United States lVOntario announced April 3. The needs of nurses, who graduated with a exchange the world's highest level of fund was created in July 2000 by the diploma in Nursing, to enhance their what happens in the lab, the classroom and clinical practice," says Mike bilateral trade, valued at $1.4 billion Ministry of Training, Colleges and qualifications in order to meet the a day. Two-thirds of this trade travels Universities to provide Ontarians with increasin~ demands of the profession. Laurence, Director, Web Course Development in the Faculty of Applied on trucks. Heavy Traffic examines the a flexible source of learning and Beginning in 2005, the College of way in which free trade and the training that they can use in their Nurses of Ontario will require a BScN Health Sciences and project manager homes, workplaces and communities. for all graduating nurses. for the initiative. regulatory reform of American and Canadian trucking have transformed E D N E s D A y A p R L 8 2 o o the industry. Iw "It is an incredible honour to have Heavy Traffic shortlisted for such a prestigious national' award in the company of so many other great publications," said Madar. "In order to write this book, I had to get up to my elbows in data to understand the regulations, economics, international trade and even high-speed logistics of n the trucking industry." A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Bilateral aisputes over truck trade between Canada and the u.s. in the early 1980s sparked Madar's interest in in ---:~:::~~-~~k%:;:~~~~i~ ~:;~:~~ and- Brock professor a pioneer sleep oOset research complete due to the complexity of the I~ 1.993, Psychology Pr~fessor Bob significantly until Ogilvie and others ind.ustry and th.e ~o~stant changes OgilVie was asked to provide a came on the scene 20 years ago. taking place Within It. definition of sleep onset for The Ogilvie began his story in 1981, Heavy Traffic is one of seven books Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreaming. when h~ t0C!K a sabbaticalle~vE7 to shortlisted for the 2000-2001 Donner Ogilvie describes this as a defining work WI~ his me!"tor ~ob Wllkln~on, Prize. The shortlisted books were moment in his career as a sleep at Camb~ldge Unlve~sl!y. A~ that time, chosen from a field of 59 entries and researcher. he explamea, the e~lstlng view was examine policy issues ranging from "The battle to establish sleep onset as that sleep occurred In a moment - native rights to the Conservative a distinct entity was won," said the one second you are awake, t~e next transition in Ontario. The purpose of recipient of the 2000 Brock University you were asleep. The <;:am~ndge the Prize is to acknowledge, encourage Distinguished Research and Creative r~search challenged thiS ~Idely held and reward excellence in public policy Activity Award. view and offerea supporting data that writing in Canada. '1' h ed h' d h showed sleep onset as a gradual event "Th D P" f h . O g.1 vie s ar .t ,~s an ot er that involved a variety ofexperiences. . e onner nz~ IS one 0 ~, e . hlghllph~ from hiS 20-year r~searc~ "Sleep onset represents one of the major book awards I!" Canada, said quest' With the Brock community dUring most dramatic shifts in consciousness and Leah Bradshaw, Chair of the the inaugur~llecture of the P~esid~nt's related psychological and physiological Depart~ent of P~liti~al Science at Lecture Series for Brock University processes seen in normal individuals" Brock. The nomination of Professor Dis~i~guished Rese~rch a.nd Creative explained Ogilvie. 'Professor Bob Ogilvie discussed his Madar's book is a great.hon?ur to our ActiVity,. held?n April 1 0, In Pond Inlet. He said Brock faculty, students and research into the sleep onset transition. department ~nd the U~lverslty as a Working With colla~o~ators f~?m , staff involved in the University's Sleep "It is gratifying to know that our wh~le, and IS a reflec~lon of t~e around the world, OgilVie and Brock s Research Lab deserve considerable collective work has contributed calibre of research being carned out sleep gang" have helped develop a credit for their contributions to toward significantly to understanding the by our faculty." "mini field" around sleep onset - an expanding the science of the sleep complex activity of falling asleep," said Heavy Traffic was published in 1999 area that had not been studied onset transition. Ogilvie. by UBC Press in Canada and by Michigan University State Press in the United States. The 240-page book is a valuable contribution to the public's Brock to get new telephone system understanding of the policy processes Brock University is updating its the University," said Terry Varcoe, the service, Williams Communications and economic conditions that led to telephone technology with a rarger, Vice-President, Administration, at Canada, based in Markham, Ont., is a trucking deregulation. It will be of state-of-the-art and more versatire Brock. "The need to expand the leading provider of advanced data, special interest to students and scholars system that will make it easier for capacity of our telephone system will voice, Video and multimedia solutions of political economy, international callers from both outside and inside the be crucial once the construction on to some of Canada's leading relations and transportation. University to reach faculty, staff and campus is completed. We will need at companies and organizations. At The Donner Canadian Foundation students riving in residence. least 500 new extensions just to Brock, the equipment will be supplied created the Donner Prize, the largest of The new system will cost $1 .7 accommodate the new residence, by Nortel Networks. its kind in Canada, in 1998. The million and will be installed this Student/Community Health and Fitness "Williams Communications is very winner of the $25,000 Donner Prize summer. It will be equipped with Centre and two academic buildings." excited about the opportunity to various new technologies, such as Brock's current system reached Its provide next-generation and two runners-up, who will receive enhanced voicemail and speech capacity last year, and the University communications technology to faculty, $10,000 each, will be announced at an recognition. With speech recognition, has been planning an upgrade for some staff and students at Brock University," awards dinner at the Art Gallery of all callers may simply say the name of time. The current system was first said Ken Harrison, Vice President Sales Ontario on May 8. the person with whom they wish to installed in 1981 and updated several for Williams Communications Canada. speak and the system will connect the times by integrating used systems into "Our experience in delivering high-end Meet the Chancellor call. Another benefit to the new system one large system with more than 3,000 solutions combined with Nortel's is that it is capable of handling more extensions. The University regrets the product functionality will support All faculty and staff are invited to than 10,000 extensions to recent telephone system failures emerging technologies such as Voice The President's Annual End of Term accommodate future growth at the experienced by callers. Such over rnternet Protocol at the University. Mixer, to be held in the Pond Inlet, University. breakdowns will be eliminated with We are committed to providing on Tuesday, May 8, from 3:30 p.m. "This much-needed upgrade in the new system. leading-edge services and technical to 5 p.m. telephone technology will greatly Six companies submitted proposals expertise to ensure Brock's new Come to the mixer and welcome improve Brock University's service last year to proVide Brock with a new network operates at optimum our new Chancellor Dr. Raymond externally to the community and within service. The company chosen to supply efficiency." Moriyama. Faculty of Business IAthletic Corporate breakfast appoints two Executives The Brock Athletics 2001 Inaugural Corporate Breakfast was a big success on March 29 as over 250 people from in Residence corporate Niagara were in attendance at the Ramada Parkway Inn. Two business executives with a presently serves on the Board of This was an opportunity for the wealth of knowledge of the Directors of the Canadian company members of Corporate Niagara to international and Niagara economies Barefoot Sciences Inc. meet some of the outstanding will be sharing their management "I am delighted to be offered the student-athletes of Brock University expertise, business knowleage and opportunity to interact with some of I and listen to Brock graduate and experience with Brock University the region's brightest students in such a former NHL star Dennis Hull. students while Executives in Residence dynamic program," said Harrison. All proceeds from the event will go in the Faculty of Business. "Brock's students and the University's towaras athletidacademic John Walker is Director and past business program represent the future scholarships and bursaries. CEO of Walker Industries Holdings of our business community in Niagara." As Brock University continues to Limited in Thorold. John and his Walker and Harrison will participate grow into the new century, Brock brother Norris are the fourth generation in the Faculty of Business in a variety of Athletics looks to become highly of Walkers to own and operate Walker ways. The areas where they may be involved in the community and the Brock graduate and former NHL star Industries, a diversified corporation in involved include: providing strategic corporate sector of Niagara region. Dennis Hull the Niagara Region as well as in the support for the Management Burlington and Collingwood areas. Development Centre, delivering guest "As an entrepreneur who has lectures, helping to explore sources of FACULTY AND STAFF headed a large family business for revenue for Industry/university research CHEMISTRY many years, T look forward to sharing initiatives, assisting in finding some of my business experiences placements for co-op students, assisting Aaron van Vliet and Amie Sergas presented talks about their honours undergraduate with the hard-working students of Intercollegiate Business Schools research projects at the 29th Southwestern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Brock University," sala John Walker. competition coaches and consulting Conference, held on March 24, at the University of Toronto at Scarborough. Aaron van Vliet's presentation was entitled "Investigation of the interactions in a chiral1 ,3 sulfinyl "I hope this will be an opportunity for with students in the Small Business alcohol produced by Helminthosporium sp. NRRL 4671." Amie Sergas received an both the students and myself to grow Consulting Service. honourable mention for her talk, entitled "Quantifying the flexibility of antibody 8F5 CDR further through exchanging "We are extremely pleased to have challenging and inspirea iaeas." business executives of this calibre loop L1 via Metropolis Monte Carlo simulation in order to examine its explored conformational space." Van Vliet is an honours biochemistry student working with Frank Harrison has held senior share their knowled~e within the positions in the automotive and Faculty of Business, said Martin Professor H.L. Holland in the Department of Chemistry. Sergas is an honours biotechnology student working with Dr. H.L. Gordon in the Department of Chemistry. nuclear industries as well as Kusy, Dean, Faculty of Business. "The government and most recently as presence of Mr. Walker and Mr. CLASSICS Senior Vice-President of Bristol-Myers Harrison will offer both faculty and Michael Carter presented a paper, entitled "Gladiatorial Munera and Roman Military Squibb, a position that has taken him students the opportunity to draw on Ideology," at the University of New Brunswick Ancient History Colloquium, on to the many countries of the world their broad business experience and March 31. where the company has interests. He managerial expertise." Anton jansen presented a paper, entitled "Hellenistic generals and the 'Big Push,' " at the University of New Brunswick Ancient History Colloquium, in Fredericton, N.B., on March 31. EDUCATION Professor Rodger Beatty, Preservice Department, guest conducted and was choral Brock Briefs ... clinician with the Niagara Catholic District School Board jubilee Singers, on Saturday, March 24, at Our Lady of Fatima School, St. Catharines. Election results Success Club ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE The results of the Employee and Family George Kodatsky, Telegrad, Kim Klay Dyer delivered a multimedia talk, entitled "Out ofthe Unchanging Silence: Shooting Assistance Plan (EFAP) Staff Election are Pelchat, IRC, and Pat Hodgson, Faculty from the Hip in the Canadian West," at the joint meeting ofthe Popular Culture/American in and the successful nominees are Geeta of Education became the first group of Culture Associations, April 11 to 14, in Philadelphia. Powell, of International Services, and Brock Supervisors to receive their Silver Elizabeth Sauer presented "Noli me tangere: Colonial fmperatives and Enclosure Acts in Dorothy Witte, of Financial Services. Brock Success Club pins. The Early Modern England," at the Renaissance Society of America, Chicago, USA. Many thanks to everyone who agreed to presentations were made at the FINE ARTS participate in the recent election. The Supervisors' Video/Discussion workshop Professor Merijean Morrissey, Visual Arts, has recently learned that her work has been committee will commence meeting in on Friday, April 6. installed in the Ottawa office of the Honourable Paul Martin, Minister of Finance for Canada. SOCIOLOGY early May with the goal to implement an Campus Police help promote EFAP program by September 1. Watch Professor Michelle Webber and Sandra Acker, of OISElUniversity of Toronto, presented, "Emotions in the Ivory Tower," atthe Gender and Education Third International Conference, for further updates. drug-free lifestyle Brock University Campus Police are University of London, Institute of Education, London, England, April 4 to 6. Upcoming Learning working with police enforcement Workshops agencies and community partners across The following is a list of upcoming Niagara in organizingthesecondannual PUBLICATIONS learning workshops. For further Racing Against Drugs. McCarthy, Dan P. and K. Zaniewski. 2001. Digital analysis of lichen cover: a technique information, please contact Nina Slack, A Community Open House, will be for use in lichenometry and lichenology. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 33:107-113. Human Resources, ext. 3186 , or held on Wednesday, May 2, from 6 to Patrick, Donna. 2001. "Languages of state and social categorization in an Arctic Quebec [email protected] 8 p.m., at the Optimist Recreation Park community," in Voices of Authority: Education and linguistic difference, eds. Monica Focus on Learning Brochure and the HR on Dorchester Road in Niagara Falls, as Heller and Marilyn Martin-jones. (Westport CT: Ablex Publishing): 297-314. Web site: www.brocku.calhr part of the events being held to promote Sauer, Elizabeth. "Milton and the 'Stage-work' of Charles 1," Prose Studies: History, Theory, Prior registration is required. a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. Criticism, UK 23, 1 (2000): 121-46. • Becoming an Effective Team Member: The Open House features 12 pit stops Spearey, Susan. "Shifting Continents! Colliding Cultures: Spatial Odysseys in Diaspora An action-based workshop for Brock that offer children, youth, teachers and Writing," in Perspectives on Post-Colonial Literature, ed. D.CR.A. Goonetilleke. London: supervisors including hands-on activities parents an opportunity to learn about the Skoob Books, 2001. 89-103. led by Claudia Valle, CATI, on April 25, effects of drugs, alcohol and tobacco. 9 a.m. to noon; The activity booths range from a Canada • Staff video series: View and discuss the Customs demonstration of their X-ray EVENTS video "The Pressure's On." Facilitators unit to an RCMP display that features a Niagara Indie FilmFest Fundraiser: An all-star veteran blues band, including members of Les McCurdy Myers, Student children'svideogameonriskbehaviours. the Downchild Blues Band, will be featured on Friday, April 20, at Arizonas Bar and Grill, Development Centre, and Nina Slack, The Open House will also feature the at 8 p.m. Door prizes and much fun. Get your ticket today. Buy one for a friend. Cost: $15 Human Resources. Choose either session: Niagara Falls Fire Department burning in advance. Tickets available from Ann Howe, ext. 3553, TH 146F. May 7, 9:30to 11 :30a.m.orMay7, 1 :30 house, tours of the Niagara Regional The Niagara Symphony: Masterworks: Triumph ofthe Human Spirit, on Sunday, April 22, to 3:30 p.m.; Police Canine Command post and a 2:30 to 4:30 p. m., with guest artist Shane Kim, violin, perform i ng Mendel ssoh n' s Concerto • Principles of Time Management and helicopter landing and take-off for Violin in Eminor Op. 64. Also on the program: Beethoven Symphony No.5 in C minor ManagingYourWorkload: Includes time demonstration by Niagara Helicopter. Op. 67 Glick Suite Hebraique. Tickets are available through the Brock Centre for the Arts management tips and strategies. Led by For more information, please contact Box Office by calling 905-688-5550, ext. 3257. Prices range from $8 for children to $10 Fran Young, Student Development Insp. M. Parrent, at ext. 4300, or e-mail: for students, to $30 for seniors and $35 for adults. Ticket requests can be e-mailed to: Centre, May 8, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. [email protected] [email protected] For more information, vis it the Niagara Symphony Web site at: www.niagarasymphony.org Grad success Centre for the Arts: Wrapping up the 31 st Season of Professional Michael DiSanto(BAin English, Brock, Entertainment at Centre for the Arts are singer/songwriter Amy Sky with Brock University '99) has won a Killam Scholarship at opening act Kim Stockwood, on Wednesday, April 25; japanese Taiko Dalhousie University. DiSanto completed Drumming group Fubuki Diako, on Thursday, April 26; and Hard- Careers begin here! his MA in English at Dalhousie in 2000. -~ Knocks Troubadour Fred Eaglesmith. on Friday, April 27 . All performances His MA supervisor was Professor John ., ~ are at 8 p.m., in the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre. Tickets are available at the E-mail submissions to: Baxter, who is Graduate Director of [email protected] ~ Box Office, ext. 3257. English. DiSanto attributes his recent • University Web site: www.brocku.ca House tour: Canadian Federation of University Women will hold success to Baxter's strong support of his Brock News is a publication of the its Annual House Tour on Sunday, May 6, from 1 to 5 p.m. Six distinctive houses Office of External Relations. application. (905) 688-5550, ext. 3245 In pursuingdoctoral work at Dalhousie, are featured. Tickets are $12. They are being sold at McNamara & Reynolds, FAX (905) 641-5216 DiSanto will be working with Professor Beatties, Forget-Me-Not Cards & Gifts, Highland House Collectibles (Fonthill) or Editor: Heather Junke; Production: MJ Turner; Rohan Maitzen on a study of 19th century call 688-0150. Communications Director: Mike Farrell I iterature and philosophy. Along with the The Status of Women in Science Committee announces: MRC Distinguished Scientist, The next issue of Brock News is Wednesday, Killam, which is worth $118,000, he has janet Rossant, formally of the Biology Department of Brock University, will visit Brock on M~y 2, 200J, with a firm copy deadline of Monday, April 30. Rossant's research employs powerful new techniques to genetically Friday, April 20, at 4:30 p.m. been offered a teaching assistantship. DiSanto is currently living in St. manipulate the early mouse embryo in an attempt to understand genetic control of normal PUIlLICATION IS EVERY TWO WEEKS Catharines, and will be returning to and abnormal development. At 1:30 p.m. she will present a research seminar in H313 Canada Posl Agreement:: 1465!l05 Halifax this fall. titled "Signaling pathways in early mouse development." Brock News, April 18, 2001. Published by Brock University.... page 3 Faculty of Business celebrates student success A national award-winning group of recognizes the ACE chapter that students from Brock University's created the most community and Faculty of Business raised more than student awareness for its events. In the $100,000 in contributions for the five years since ACE Brock was formed, community, including cash donations, the chapter has won more than six gifts in kind and volunteer time. Two awards, including Most Enterprising other groups of business students were Chapter of the Year in 1999 and 2000. among the top six teams in a recent More than 40 events and ventures were Canada-wide competition. held this academic year, including a Brock's Faculty of Business weekend food drive in which more celebrated these students' than $30,000 worth of non-perishable accomplishments, and the successes of goods was collected for Community many others, on March 28, with a Care of St. Catharines and Thorold. Celebration of Student Success Also celebrating their success were reception. Mayor Tim Rigby of St. Brock's five Inter-Collegiate Business Catharines, Betty Lou Souter, Chief Competition (ICBC) teams. Two of the Executive Officer of Community Care ICBC teams - Finance and Accounting of St. Catharines and Thorold, and - finished among the top six in a recent Martin Kusy, Dean of the Faculty of Canada-wide competition in which Business, participated in the each team completed a business case study and made oral presentations. Yet celebration in the Pond Inlet. another success story is the Brock Students celebrating their success Business Ambassadors, a group of included members of the Association about 50 students who visit high of Collegiate Entrepreneurs chapter of schools in Niagara and other regions in Brock (ACE Brock), a student-led group Ontario to share their interest in the of entrepreneurs who recently won a University's Business program. The national award for the third year in a student ambassadors also host tours for row for best awareness program. The prospective students during University st. Catharines Mayor Tim Rigby congratulates Ida Berlingieri, a fourth-year Business Entrepreneurship Awareness Award Administration student and President of ACE Brock, on the chapter's success. Open Houses. Remember to dial 905 for local calls Effective june 9, 2001 the 905 area Bell is advising all phone users in the 905 alarm/security systems. Also, update an extra area code beginning june 9. code will begin mandatory 10-digit area code to begin using 1O-digit dialing appropriate print and electronic files! This will be area code 289. Those who dialing. This means that you must dial now. Bell is accessible to the new dialing databases with 1O-digitnumbers. Remind now have 905 will remain the same, 905 before any local number that you are system now and we at Brock are ready to your colleagues, fami Iy and friends of the however anyone getting a new phone call i ng. For example, shou Id you wantto go. This is called the "transition period." move to local 1O-digit dialing in the 905 number after this date, will have a new call Brock from your home, you must dial Equipment, features and systems area code. area code of 289. It will not be a long 905-688-5550. The 905 area code must requiring programming for 1O-digitdialing If a local call is made using only seven distance call if the party lives within be used even if you are calling your includes: fax machines, dial-up Internet digits on or after june 9, a recorded your local calling area. neighbour, ordering a pizza or calling connections, cellular phones, announcement will remind you to dial What stays the same? Dialing 9-1-1 for your local merchants. To call long distance speed and auto-dialers, call forwarding! the 1O-digit number. The call will not be emergency services, 4-1-1 for directory within the 905 area code just add the 1 blocking, paging, software, customer completed. assistance, 0 for operator assistance, and before the 1 O-digit number. As of April 7, programmable Centrex features, and The905 areacodewill also begetting 6-1-1 for repair.
Brock News, April 18, 2001. Published by Brock University.... page 4 -_. .-.- Assistants honoured Nitsopoulos families donate $50,000 to 'Good, Better, Brock!' The Nits0poulos families of Heart Health and Fitness Centre as well as of Niagara Hospitality and the a major new academic building and owners of the Ramada Parkway Inn a large computer commons. The and Convention Centre, Howard economic impact of the $51-million johnson and Holiday Inn in St. development is $83 million or 2,000 Catharines have donated $50,000 to year-long jobs. "Good, Better, Brock! The "This donation is a way for us to Campaign for Brock University." The give back to the community while campaign will complete financing ensuring the future of education in for the largest expansion in the Niagara remains strong," Angelo University's history, now under way. Nitsopoulos said on behalf of the "We have always valued the five families. "Brock is a great Nitsopoulos families' longstanding partner in our community, and we relationship with the University," are very honoured to be supporting said President David Atkinson. ''This the goals of the University." Brock's Teaching Assistants were honoured for their contributions to the University generous donation will greatly The Nitsopoulos families' generosity during a reception held on April 6. enhance the Brock experience for will be recognized in the naming of a The University celebrated the analytical instrumentation. Vukmanic our students and for the gymnasium landing in the new achievements of Teaching Assistants has had a significant impact on a community." athletic complex. Brock's "Good, during a recent end-of-term large number of Brock students, haVing The campaign will complete Better, Brock!" campaign is more than reception. Co-sponsored by Terry been a member of the Chem istry funding for the Student/Community halfway to its goal of $29.62 million. Boak, Vice-President, Academic, and department at Brock for 16 years. the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Marsha Salmon, Psycho fogy, Educational Technologies, the received the TA Award. Salmon has reception honoured TAs from across been a seminar leader for a number the University who have completed of courses within the Psychology CTLET to hold Spring Institute either the Basic or the Advanced Department for the last two years and The Centre for Teaching, Learning Inn, Niagara-on-the-Lake, will be an Certificate in Teaching and Learning has also acted as peer mentor and as and Educational Technologies will opportunity to relax, enjoy collegial in Higher Education. A total of 66 the departmental liaison at Brock's hold its Spring Institute: Reflections company and discuss effective classroom certificates were awarded. In Open Houses. Salmon will be on Teaching and Learning, june 27 to practices. For more information, contact addition, the recipients of the graduating in the spring of this year 28. The two-day retreat, at the Oban the CTLET, at ext. 3933. Teaching Assistant's Award and the with a BA Honours in Psychology Senior TA Award were recognized. and will be attending teacher's Donna Vukmanic, Chemistry, college in the fall. CLASSIFIED received the Senior Teaching The Centre for Teaching, Learning schools, close to major bus route, Assistant's Award for 2000-2001. She and Educational Technologies wishes Sabbatical house for rent: August 1, is a senior demonstrator for second to acknowledge the contri5utions and 2001 to July 31, 2002, fully furnished, $l,OOO/month plus utilities, 687-9032. year undergraduate labs in analytical, commitment of all the T As who four bedroom, two bathroom, pool, For Sale: Slate full-size Snooker Table, phYSical and inorganic chemistry, participated in the TA professional large backyard, quiet neighbourhood, with balls and cues, $900 or best offer, physical biotechnology and third year aevelopment program. within walking dbtance to Brock and call 905-329-6700. Researchers awarded Invest in Quality back as an annual giving program million in The University is building on the donors, such as corporations, Donations through the Invest in $1.7 grants tremendous success of last year's foundations, and individuals outside Quality campaign can be directed Researchers at Brock University have Invest in Quality campaign, chaired of the University, the value of a Brock by the donor to support a variety won $1.7 million to examine by Professor Barry joe and Chris investment than of approved projects everything from the impact of birth order on sexual orientation in men and Critelli, of Athletics, to introduce an through the ~- such as academic annual giving program for faculty, scholarships and women to the effect of a high-fat diet ~~~:- . on muscle metabolism. staff and retirees. . I • ' . ' awards, new facilities, , l,.; -. . \~~ and new The Natural Sciences and library and teaching Engineering Research Council of ~ ··"T - ~ technology, to name a Canada (NSERC) recently announced II' 'i1 i ~ few. grants totalling $1,186,491, of which f . Many faculty and staff $346,700 are for new projects. NSERC <4t!:1 prefer the convenience also awarded three equipment grants of month Iy payments totalling almost $130,000. through payroll In addition, the Social Sciences and deduction. A small Humanities Research Council of Last year, through the generous continued amount each month Canada (SSHRC) awarded grants totalling $488,459, of which $78,816 donations of over 50 per cent of support by the Invest in Quality Co-chairs Chris can add up to a very faculty and staff, past and present, Brock family. Critelli, left, and Barry Joe. meaningful donation are for new studies. Brock raised more than $350,000 At the over the year. Flexible "Brock's increasing role as a leader through the Invest in Quality suggestion of the Invest in payment options include, cash, in research and development is evident campaign and set an all-time record Quality volunteer cabinet, the cheque, Visa or MasterCard. Every by our faculty's success in winning for internal fundraising. The campaign is back in the form of gift qualifies for a tax credit. Gifts awards from Canada's major funding participation rate of the campaign an annual giving program. Similar of any size will make a big agencies," said jack Miller, Associate was also the highest in Brock's history to the annual giving programs impact. Vice-President, Research and Dean of and exceeded other family campaigns now in place for graduates, Brock has a bright future ahead Graduate Studies. of larger Ontario universities. parents and friends through thanks to the support and The NSERC grants will fund 47 research projects at the University in The University takes great pride in TeleGrad, t~is campaign provides generosity of the Brock family. the leadership shown by Brock's an opportunity to make a difference, For more information on the the fields of biology, chemistry, faculty, staff and retirees. There is no each and every year, in the quality Invest in Quality campaign, computer science, earth sciences, better way for the University to of our students, our facilities and our please contact the Development mathematics, physical education, demonstrate to other potential learning environment. Office, at ext. 4074. physics and psychology. One example of an NSERC-funded project at Brock is y y research by Professor Gaynor Spencer, Iw E D N E 5 D A M A 2 2 o o 1 who joined the Department of Biological Sciences in january, into how brain cell connections form during development and later change during learning and memory. Professor Spencer received an equipment grant of $1 01 ,876 to provide a sterile environment in which n she can isolate the nerve cells of pond snails as well as purchase specialized A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, S1. Catharines, Ontario equipment to examine those cells. Biological Sciences Professor Doug Bruce and Chemistry Professor Art van Recognized authority on Canadian crime fiction der Est were awarded $10,500 to acquire a computer system they will donates private collections to Brock use for calculations and simulations of photosynthesis for their joint research An authority on Canadian crime and publishing consultant, spent 10 Skene-Melvin's donation to Brock project on photosynthesis. Biological fiction and former Executive Director of years compiling Canadian Crime also includes about 200 First and Sciences Professor Miriam Richards, Crime Writers of Canada has donated Fiction, the first comprehensive Second World War boys' adventure who is conducting a study of social his extensive collection of Canadian bibliography of Canadian crime novels written by British and American bees, received $16,166 to purchase crime fiction to Brock University, along writing. It covers virtually all crime authors. Skene-Melvin collected the equipment to store her specimens. with his collection of critical and fiction published in English and French novels as a hobby in memory of his reference material. The SSHRC grants will fund 18 between 1817 and 1996. Skene childhood reading during the Second One of David Skene-Melvin's studies at Brock in teaching, learning, Melvin's collection of crime fiction was World War. collections consists of approximately amassed for that bibliography. The politics, children, family, sustainable "We are delighted to add these 1,200 items relating to crime fiction collection of critical and reference agriculture and other areas. wonderful materials to the Library and film, including critical studies, material was compiled for an earlier An example of a SSHRC-funded biographies, reference works af)d bibliography Skene-Melvin published collection," said University Librarian project at Brock is research by magazines. The material is written with his wife Ann in 1980. It is entitled Margaret Grove. 'Mr. Skene-Melvin Professor Tony Bogaert of the primarily in English, but also includes Crime, Detective, Espionage, Mystery, approached Brock because he knew Department of Community Health some publications in German, French, and Thriller Fiction & Film. his collection would be a good fit Sciences. Professor Bogaert has spent Dutch and other languages. The "I cherish my collections and wanted with the University's Popular Culture two years studying the impact of birth second collection ofCanadian crime to make sure they found a good home program. He recognized the library'S order on a person's sexual orientation. fiction consists of about 600 novels. in Canada," said David Skene-Melvin. abi lity to protect and preserve these His latest SSHRC grant will fund a third They are written mostly in English, with "I know the University will look after items, and at the same time make and final year of research, beginning in some French titles. Most of the books them properly, and students will make them accessible to students, faculty September. are first editions, printed in hard cover good use of them." and other researchers." and with dust jackets. The Skene-Melvin donation is one of Get in the action and the largest the Brock University Library has received. The donated materials support our students have an appraised value of more than The Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Brock $40,000. They will be catalogued and University continue to build on their housed in the University Library. partnership of more than 25 years with "We were beside ourselves when we a special offer to Brock students, were approached by Mr. Skene-Melvin faculty, staff, graduates and friends of about this incredible donation," said the University. Professor jeannette Sloniowski of the When you purchase Ticat season Department of Communications, tickets, 10 per cent of the proceeds will Popular Culture and Film. "These support student bursaries. Get your collections will be a tremendous tickets now, enjoy the excitement of resource for our graduate students to CFL football and support our students. have for their research." For ticket information, please contact: Brock will begin offering a new ROARRR Stores located in Hamilton Master of Arts program in Popular at jackson Square: 905-527-1508 and Culture this fall. One of the courses Centre Mall: 905-312-0574: Stadium will be in Detective Fiction and will be Ticket Office, 75 Balsam Ave., N, co-taught by Sloniowski and Professor Hamilton: 905-547-2287 or 1-800- Marilyn Rose, who is also Chair of the 714-7627. Department of English Language and This srecial offer is valid Literature. Brock also hopes to develop hr.U-,.' unti july 12, 2001, on a Centre for the study of Crime, new sales only. When ordering your season Mystery and Detective fiction at the From left, Professor Jeannette Sloniowski, English honours-plus graduate and Research tickets, please University. Assistant Elise Ristau, and Professor Marilyn Rose sort through the extensive collection of mention this special Skene-Melvin, who lives in Toronto Canadian crime fiction donated to the University by David Skene-Melvin, a recognized partnership offer. and is also a literary historian, editor authority on Canadian crime fiction and former Executive Director of Crime Writers of Canada. www.tigercats.on.ca FACULTY AND STAFF EDUCATION Professor Ralph Connelly presented a session, "Teaching Centers: Changing Mathematics Education One School at Time," at the' 33rd Annual Conference of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, in Orlando, Florida, in April. He also presented a minicourse, "Problem Solving for Primary Pupils," at the 79th Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, in Orlando. On April 6 in Toronto, Dr. Lynette Fast presented a paper, "Investigating the use of children's artwork as an observation tool in early reading programs," atthe Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) annual conference. FILM STUDIES Professors Barry Keith Grant and Jeannette Sioniowski are pleased to announce their appointment as co-editors of a new series, TV MILESTONES, which they conceived and developed for Wayne State University Press. The series will consist of monographs on classic and contemporary television shows of every genre. Each monograph will be written by a major scholar in the fields of film, television or cultural studies. Professor Barry K. Grant chaired a session on horror and genre at the annual Conference ofthe Popular Culture Association in Philadelphia, on April 11 to 14, and gave a paper entitled "Disorder in the Universe: John Carpenter and the Question of Genre." MATHEMATICS Professor H.E. Bell attended the MAA Seaway Section meeting at SU NY Binghampton, on April 6 to 7. He gave a paper entitled "Some setwise conditions for finiteness or Commemorating construction progress commutativity of rings." Brock is building for the future with a new StudenUCommunity Health and Fitness PHILOSOPHY Centre, two academic buildings and a student residence. The University recently took a Professor Wing-cheuk Chan presented the following papers: "The Debate between commemorative photo to celebrate the progress of construction. Onsite workers and Chu Hsi and Lu Hsiang-shan: A New Solution," in Tapei, Taiwan, held from December officials from the manycontracted companies gathered to mark the event as Brock 24 to 25, 2000; "From No-mind to Nothingness: Zen Buddhism and Heidegger," in President David Atkinson, at lower left, steps forward to lay a cement block. Standing to San Francisco, held from March 28 to April 1. the left of Atkinson is Brock University Students' Union President Rob Gilmour. The $51- PHYSICAL EDUCATION million capital expansion now under way is the largest in Brock's history. Professor D.A. Gabriel gave a research presentation: "Effects of the reversal of antagon ists on the peak rate of tension development," to the Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, College Park, PA, in March. Brock Briefs ... POLITICAL SCIENCE Election of a Staff representative Topics include: In March and April, Professor Carl Baar spent three weeks in Pakistan as a court delay to the Board of Trustees • Strategically planning your publication; reduction consultant for a judicial reform project funded by the Asian Development Effective June 30, 2001, there will be • Targetting your audience; Bank. He helped design and set up a survey of cases in Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan's one permanent staff vacancy on Brock's • Content as the most important element; two largest cities. Board of Trustees. In accordance with the • Understanding the design process; Professor Nicholas Baxter-Moore delivered a public lecture, entitled "Sounds Political: General Bylaws of the Board of Trustees, • Satisfying the demands of printing An Introduction to Politics and Popular Music," at Huron University College, London, permanent staff members who are production; Ontario, on March 21; and presented a paper, "Stan Rogers' 'Tiny Fish for Japan': A Managers reporting directly to the • Measuring your success. personal odyssey in search of the story behind the song," to the Annual Conference President or to a Vice-President are not Register for this free seminar by of the British Association for Canadian Studies, April 5 to 8, in York, England. eligible to serve. May 11. Contact Maxine Maw, Office Nominations for one representative of External Relations, ext. 3245. from the permanent staff to fill this Refreshments will be provided. PUBLICATIONS vacancy for a three-year term Aboriginal issues discussed Baar, Carl and Solomon, Freda F. "The Role of Courts: The Two Faces of Justice," The commencing July 1, 2001, are now at conference Court Manager, v. 15/3 (2000), pp. 19-27. Carter, Michael"Artemidorus and the Arbelas Gladiator" in: Zeitschriftfur Papyrologie invited. On Saturday, March 24, Brock Nomination forms may be obtained University's Aboriginal Student und Epigraphik 134, 2001: 109-115. from the University Secretariat Services hosted a conference on Gabriel, D.A., Basford, J., and An, K.-N. (2001). The reversal of antagonists facilitates (ST1200) and must be signed by at Aboriginal Issues in Post Secondary the peak rate oftension development. Archives ofPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation, least three members of the permanent Education (AIPSE). This was the first 82, 342-346. staff and the nominee, and submitted year of the AIPSE conference which Gabriel, D.A., Basford, J., and An, K.-N. (2001). Training-related changes in the to the Secretary to the Board of aimed to bring the Aboriginal maximal rate of torque development and EMG activity. Journal of Electromyography Trustees no later than 4:30 p.m., on educators, service providers and and Kinesiology, 11, 123-129. Wednesday, May 2. post-secondary students together Hann, Robert G. and Hann and Baar, Carl. Evaluation of the Ontario Mandatory Ballots will be distributed to all into one forum to share Mediation Program (Rule 24. 7): Final Report - The First 23 Months, submitted to the members of the permanent staff on or experiences. Workshops were Evaluation Committee of the Ontario Civil Rules Committee, March 12,2001, 195 pp. before Monday, May 7. Completed conducted discussing such topics as Shome, Anamitra. 2001. "Three things e-business leaders do to stay on top." Business ballots are to be returned to the healing and learning, time Niagara, Winter 2001. Secretary to the Board by the close of management, community the poll at 4:30 p.m., on Wednesday, involvement, models for balancing May 16. culture within education, student Please call Evelyn Janke, ext. 3335, if networking, legal rights of Native you have any questions. education on both sides of the Publications seminar boarders, and historical Native The Office of External Relations and research. Printing Services will present a The keynote address was seminar, entitled "Producing effective delivered by Dr. Gerald Alfred, who University marketing publications," on is regarded as one of Native Tuesday, May 15, from 9:30 a.m. to America's leading experts. Alfred 11 :30 a.m., in the Senate Chamber. also goes by his Mohawk name This seminar is for faculty and staff Taiaiake (Die yeah a gay). Alfred is who are responsible for producing currently an Associate Professor in University marketing publications. The the Faculty of Human and Social seminar is designed to take participants Development at the University of through the publication process and to Victoria, B.C., as well as an Adjunct help them develop more effective Professor of Political Science and marketing publications. the founding director of the University of Victoria Indigenous Governance programs. Alfred, author of Heeding the Brock University Voice of Our Ancestor and Peace, Careers begin here! Power, Righteousness: an indigenous manifesto, discussed his E-mail submissions to: personal experiences, both positive [email protected] University Web site: www.brocku.ca and negative, within post-secondary Brock News is a rublication of the institutions. Office of Externa Relations. His overall message was that (905) 688-5550, ext. 3245 Native people must challenge the FAX (905) 641-5216 educational opportunity in order to Editor: Heather Junkei Production: MJ Turner; Communications Director: Mike Farrell achieve an education that is both The diversity of movement demonstrated through dance desired and deserved. Alfred told The Department of Physical Education recently presented "4 the Spirit of Dance," a The next issue of Brock News is Wednesday, the conference that education is the performance by fourth year Physical Education students. M~y 16, 2001, with a firm copy deadline of Friday, May 4, at 4:30 p.m. route to the return and longevity of Seven original dances, performed and choreographed by students, depicted themes of our strong nations. humanity and nature and demonstrating the diversity of movement. The dances are a PUIlLICATION IS EVERY TWO WEEKS Faye Doxtator movement component of their academic course work. 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Supervisor Video sessions will resume Brock Briefs... in the fall. Grimsby company donates $25,000 to • Staff Video Series, Monday, June 4, Healthstyles 2001 9:30 to 11 :30 a.m., Senate Chamber. Videos include "Facing Anger," "If 'Good, Better, Brock!'. The Perennial Plant Exchange, will Looks Could Kill," ana "Boay Handling Specialty Manufacturing demanding applications. Products be held today, from noon to 1 :30 p.m., Language Over the Phone," to be Limited in Grrmsby has donated include SCISSor lifts, multi-post lifts, at "A" Block near the Senate followea by discussion. The Staff Video $25,000 to "Good, Better, Brock! The mast lifts, rotators, tilters, up enders, Chambers. Exchange will take place sessions will resume in the fall. Campaign for Brock University." The mechanical lifts and robotic indexing from noon to 12:30 p.m. and the sale • Managing Multiple Priorities, campaign, which is more than halfway tables. will take place from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. facilitated by Patricia McCully, has to its goal of $29.62 million, will "The University takes pride in The following Healthstyles events are been re-scheduled to Monday, May complete financing for the largest recognizing the loyalty and also scheduled for this month: 28, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Senate Chamber. expansion in the University's history. commitment Handling Specialty has • The Brock Community Food Drive Space is still available. "Education is a key factor in the shown with this generous gift," said continues to May 25 Brock President David Atkinson. • Becoming an Effective Team economic health and success of not Bins for depositing your donations Leader, (for Supervisors of Permanent, only the Niagara Region butof the "Dennis Parass brings a unique have been placed near the parkin!?: Full-time Brock employees), facilitated entire country," said Dennis Parass, business perspective to the Board table. kiosks in parking lot "A" and "B1'>-' and by Claudia Valle, Director, CATI, has President of Handling Specialty and a He shares our vision of progress and also at various convenient locations been re-scheduled to Tuesday, June 5, member of the University's Board of success, and we look forward to his within buildings. Cheque donations continu~d involvement with the 9 a.m. to noon, Senate Chamber. Trustees. "I am pleased to contribute to will also be accepted by Healthstyles at University and our students." Space is still available. Brock University's success and to assist Campus Recreation. Please make The "Good, Better, Brock!" For further information or to register it as it continues to grow and evolve." cheques payable to "Community Care" for any of these workshops, e-mail campaign will complete funding for Handling Specialty's corporate two new academic buildings and the and Include your complete address. Nina Slack, Human Resources, at Tax receipts are available for headquarters are located in Grimsby, Student/Community Health and Fitness [email protected] contributions of $1 0 or more. Please having a second manufacturing Centre. The economic impact of the contact Pat Miller, at ext. 3123, for Brock Student Ambassadors operation in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The $51-million development is $83 more information. private company has evolved from a million or 2,000 year-long jobs. walk in support of MS small fabricator of floor cranes in the • Let's Help the Successfully Suited On Sunday, April 22, in keeping Handling SpeCialty's generous gift Program of the Business Education 1960s to a North American leader in will be recognized in the naming of a with their ongoing community service, the design and manufacture of Council, Wednesday, May 23, in front a team of Brock Student Ambassadors multi-purpose studio in the renovated customized lifting equipment for of the Tower joined approximately 1,000 participants Physical Education Complex. Please bring career-appropriate in a 10K walk in support of the Multiple clothing whicn may also include Sclerosis Society of Canada. The jewelry, unopened cosmetics (Le. Ambassador team raised $1,000. promotion samples), shoes, belts, "It was a perfect day for the walk," scarves, handbags, outerwear, said Alumnr Relations Co-ordinator, umbrellas, attacne or portfolio cases for Lynne Irion. "Everyone had a great both men and women. For more time and have already committed to information, please call Georgann walking for MS next year." Watson, at ext. 4809. The Ambassadors support a number • How About a Golf Lesson?, May of community efforts throughout the 29, Soccer field by the tennis courts }lear including projects such as Out of Come and let Chris Critelli, Brock's the Cold, anathe Rotary TV Auction. Women's Basketball Coach, assist you The group is also dedicated to in some basics of the game. Please call supporting their fellow students and Georgann Watson, at ext. 4809, to over the past year have generously register. Space is limited. Special note: donated $4,000 to the Brock TV Healthstyles has a video available for project and $25,000 to "Good Better The Centre for Women's Studies recently honoured this year's reciJlients of the your use entitled, "The Etiquette of Brock! The Campaign for Brock Rosalind Blauer Award. Dr. Marvin Blauer, husband of the late Rosalinif Blauer, and Golf." University." Dr. Roberta Robb, Director, Centre for Women's Studies, right, congratulate the For more information, contact award winners, from left, Beatrix Prinsen, Jill MacDonald, Tracy Kennedy and [email protected] Volunteer award Elizabeth Groeneveld. Brock University Campus Recreation LYL summer courses under way received a volunteer award at the Armchair travellers can learn about recent St. CatharineslThorold FACULTY AND STAFF the wonders and cultures of other Community Care annual Volunteer APPLIED LANGUAGE STUDIES countries, music lovers can celebrate Dinner. The plaque presentation Dr. Hedy McGarrell presented a paper "The Internet in the English Grammar Classroom: the importance of music in their lives recognized Brock students, who are What does it offer beyond 'tech appeal'?" and chaired a special session on "Language, and history buffs can tour Niagara's invorved in the intramural program, for Knowledge, and the Digital Divide," during the 36th RELC International Seminar in forts as part of the University's new organizing food drives for the past six Singapore, April 22 to 25. non-credit Continuing Education years. The intramural program co Donna Patrick presented a paper on April 19, entitled "Inuktitut language maintenance program. ordinates the food drives three times in Arctic Quebec," at the Tniralnternational Symposium on Bilingualism, University of These are some of the latest non each year, resulting in hundreds of the West of England, Bristol, UK. credit courses Brock is offering through pounds of non-perishable food donations. CLASSICS its Live Younger Longer (LYL) spring Anton Jansen presented his paper, "Hellenistic Warfare and the 'Big Push,'" at the 2001 summer program for adults, that began Thank you Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Mid-West and South, in Provo, Utah, May 7 and continues until June 27. LYL A sincere thank you to all my Brock on April 19. courses and seminars are designed to colleagues and friends who made my Carol Merriam presented a paper, entitled "God (dess) Save the princeps: Propertius 3.4," be informative, focusing on new recent reti rement/"graduation" reception at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Mid-West and South in experiential learning in a fun, informal such an enjoyable experience. Provo, Utah, April 18 to 21 . atmosphere. Pat Dirks, Department of History FACILITIES AND AQUATICS For further information, please call The department is pleased to announce the addition of Katrina Bennie to the Facilities staff in Marion Hansen, LYL Program Co Date changed The Open House in the Student the position of Assistant Supervisor effective immediately. Katrina has been working at the ordinator, at 905-688-5550, ext. 3444; equipment room as a student supervisor and we are very excited to have her join our team. [email protected] Awards and Financial Aid Office has been changed to Wednesday, May 30, GEOGRAPHY Human Resources update from 1 to 4 p.m. Professors David Butz, Hugh Gayler and Debby Leslie presented papers at the Association At the Supervisors' video/discussion of American Geographers Annual Conference, held In New YorK Ci~, February 27 to March 3. Their papers were respectively: "Bearing the White Man s Burden: Porter workshop, held on May 4, Rahul PUBLICATIONS Transport in Northern Pakistan;" "Fightin?,Success: Rurar-Urban Conflict and the Development Kumar, Faculty of Education recieved of Canada's Greenhouse Industry;" and 'Gender, Modern Design and Home Consumption." his Bronze Brock Success Club pin. As Bell, H.E. Higher derivatives and fi niteness FRENCH, ITALIAN AND SPANISH well, Catherine Foreman, Library, and in rings, Math. J. Okayama Univ. 41 (1999), 21-25. Sandra Beckett attended the board meeting of the IRSCL in Kristiansand, Norway, from Susan Mifsud, Human Resources April 18 to 24. The board meeting was hostea by Agder University College and wh i1e there received their Silver Brock Success Bradshaw, Leah. Acting Out the Intimate the members were also the guests of Stavanger University College and the Norwegian Club pins. Self, Review ofPolitics, VoI.63/1, Winter, Institute for Children's Literature in Oslo. BeCKett also gave a papertitled, Intertextual Play The following Learning sessions are 2001. pp. 206-210. with Alice in International Contemporary Children's Literature" at a symposium on "Different planned for May and June: Butz, David and MacDonald, Kenneth J. Settings and Different Voices" Retelling Classics of Children's Literature, on April 18. • Supervisor Video Series, Friday, 2001. "Serving sahibs with pony and HISTORY June 1, 9:30 to 11 :30 a.m., Senate pen: the discursive uses of native Professor David Schimrnelpenninck made a presentation or.! the state of Imperial Russian Chamber. Videos include "Facing authenticity." Environment and Planning history at the first National Russian History Workshop, at the University of Toronto, on Anger," "If Looks Could Kill," ana 0: Society and Space 19(2): 179-201. Saturday, April21. He also presented a paper, on "Diplomacy, Civil Society and the Third "Body Language Over the Phone," to Duma,' at the 10th annual Great War Workshop, in Philadelphia, on Saturday, April 28. Grant, Barry K. "John Ford and James be followea by discussion. The PHYSICAL EDUCATION Fenimore Cooper: Two Rode Together." Professor Maureen Connolly, placed second in Masters and third in the Open Middleweight InJohn Ford Made Westerns: Filming The class at the Can/Am Bodybuilding Championships, in Buffalo, N.Y., on April 28. She Legend in the Sound Era, ed. Gaylyn placed first in the Open Middleweight Class at the Northeast Natural Championships, in Brock University Studlar and Matthew Bernstein Rochester, N.Y., on April 7. Careers begin here! (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, Professor Diane Stevens shared in a $69,812 srant from the Social Sciences and Humanities 2001): 193-219. Research Council of Canada for a research project, "CopinS with social physique anxie!y in E-mail submissions to: adolescent females." Stevens is working in collaboration with Kent Kowalski, of the [email protected] University of Saskatchewan, and Peter Crocker, of the University of British Columbia. University Web site: www.brocku.ca CLASSIFIED POLITICAL SCIENCE Brock News is a rublication of the Office of Externa Relations. Muskoka cottage for rent: Skeleton Lake. 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Published by Brock University .... page 3 Humanities Research Institute welcomes spring with celebration of scholarship Brock's Humanities Research "Narrative Knowledge and the Human Confessional Age, and emphasized its Carolingian Central Europe, 400-750, Institute (HRI) recently held its first Sciences." exploration of the relationship between which deals with archeological and annual Spring Symposium in the The symposium's second session religious non-conformity and political artistic artifacts from Early Medieval Senate Chamber. Dean Rosemary Hale featured a roundtable discussion called conformity within this community. Central Europe. Finally, Professor described the event as "bearing witness "Scholarly Glimpses: Eight Projects in As well, Professor Merijean Steven Scott, English Language and to the rigorous scholarship and overall Brief." Seven Humanities scholars, Morrissey displayed images from her Literature, introduced the notion of vitality that characterize the work of recent recipients of HRI research ongoing multimedia project, The "Angels and Cyborgs" as imaginative researchers in the Humanities at Brock funding, spoke of their current Navigator, and discussed the way that creatures that inhabit literature, film, at this time." research. Professor Sandra Beckett, of tools, both ancient and modern, allow and other forms of popular culture and need to be studied together as a Designed to showcase recent the French, Italian and Spanish sentient creatures to negotiate and way of helping to define the transcend cultural limitations. Professor research in the Faculty of Humanities, department, displayed illustrations from "human." as well as to explore the role of the her current book project, Recycling Donna Patrick, Applied Language The symposium was organized by Humanities in the modern world, the Red Riding Hood, demonstrating the Studies, spoke of her work on Professor Marilyn Rose, Chair of afternoon began with a panel of ways in which the treatment of this tale Language, Power, and Ethnicity in the English Language and Literature and scholars from other Faculties at Brock, has evolved and changed over time. Arctic, with its focus on the successful Director of the Humanities Research addressing the theme "The Humanities Professor Jean Bridge, Fine Arts, maintenance of the Inuktitut language Institute, with the assistance of Beyond 'The Humanities."' Professor projected images from her digitally in Arctic Quebec and the contribution ExperiencePlus! student assistant, Leah Bradshaw, of the Political Science generated exhibition, Bower, an of this language to cultural solidarity in Erica Kelly. The Advisory Board for department, spoke on "Social Science exploration in laterally repeatable the northern Inuit communities. the HRI consists of Professors David and Anxiety," Professor Francine design. Professor Michael Driedger, Professor Herb Schutz, Germanic and Goicoechea, Philosophy, Derek McCarthy, Earth Sciences, on History, discussed his book, Obedient Slavic Studies, described his book Knight, Fine Arts, Elizabeth Sauer, "Humanity: The Fossil Record," and Heretics: Mennonite Identities in project Tools, Weapons and Omaments, English Language and Literature, and Professor John Mitterer, Psychology, on Lutheran Hamburg and Altona in the Germanic Material Culture in Pre- David Schimmelpenninck, History. Brock to host national symposium on sport history The Department of Physical has been held every four or five conference to the Niagara region Sport, Sport and the Canadian Education is hosting the 8th Canadian years. The last Symposium was this year. Media, the Construction of Gender Symposium on the History of Sport, hosted by the University of Calgary, "With three department faculty and Canadian Sport, and a special to be held May 30 and 31, at the in 1994. The Brock event will draw working in the area of sport history, panel discussion in tribute to the Brock campus. participants and speakers who will be this was a wonderful opportunity to late Sandy Young, a noted Maritime The two-day conference will bring attending the annual conference of highlight the strengths of our sport historian. together sport historians from across the North American Society of Sport department and to showcase Brock Presentation sessions are free to the country to speak on and discuss History (NASSH) at the University of University," says Professor Susan the public. Full participation in the the theme: "Canadian Spaces, Western Ontario, between May 25 Forbes who is organizing the program, which includes Canadian Landscapes: A Sport and 29. conference with Professors Anna refreshments, lunches and a Heritage in Transition." At last year's NASSH meeting in Lathrop and Danny Rosenberg. banquet, will require a registration The Symposium began in the early Banff, Alta., a call went out by Session themes at the Symposium fee. 1970s when Canadian sport history Canadian sport historians to revive will include: Two Centuries of Sport For further information, please emerged as a scholarly area of the Symposium and two Brock and the Canadian Imagination, contact Forbes, at ext. 4726, or research. Since then, the conference faculty volunteered to bring the Rethinking Canadian Aboriginal [email protected] Convocation Scotiabank donates $650,000 to celebrates 'Good, Better, Brock!' campaign academic "Scotiabank is pleased to support In this role, Grant will take the Brock excellence The "Good, Better, Brock!" The best of the Class of 2001 will be capital fundraising campaign beyond campaign is $650,000 closer to its goal "Good, Better, Brock!" said Wendy recognized as part of Brock University's thanks to a generous donation from Hannam, Senior Vice-President, Niagara and raise the visibility of the Spring Convocation, June 11 to 15. Scotiabank announced on May 29 Ontario Regional Office. "Scotiabank University in Hamilton and the Greater On Wednesday, June 13, Sarah during a special presentation on the has a long history of supporting our Toronto Area. Farrar, of Grimsby, will receive the Brock campus. This campaign will local communities, particularly in the "George Grant's enthusiasm for Brock, Govemor-General's Silver Medal, complete funding for the largest area of education. We have worked on along with his wealth of business which is awarded to the student with expansion in the University's history, a variety of projects with Brock and experience, is just what the 'Good, the highest standing of all graduates in which is now under way. continue to be impressed by the Better, Brock!' campaign needs," said a first Bachelor's degree. Sarah is a "Scotiabank's generosity sends a very commitment of faculty and staff Brock President David Atkinson. "His student in the joint Bachelor of Science! important message to other potential towards the education that students varied background will serve the Bachelor of Education program. donors as we continue to move receive here and by the efficient, University well over the course of this The Governor-General's Gold forward with our campaign," said effective way the University uses its vital fundraising campaign." Medal, for the highest standing in a Brock President David Atkinson. resources to achieve its goals." Grant joins Norris Walker as Co Master's degree, will be awarded to "'Good, Better, Brock!' will provide The Scotiabank donation will be chairs of the "Good, Better, Brock!" Miroslan Hornik of Slovakia. Miroslan funding to expand the University at a recognized in the naming of the new campaign. Walker is responsible for studied Physics at Brock and returned time when enrolments are increasing Academic North Complex as well as a the Niagara division of the campaign. to his home in Slovakia after completing his studies. dramatically. This fundraising is case study room. The Academic North He is also Director of Walker Industries Holdings Limited in Thorold and Vice Ten stuaents will receive Dean's important to allow us to grow our Complex includes a 130-seat computer Medals for academic excellence. They campus to accommodate a rapidly commons, two video editing suites, chair of the University's Board of Trustees. are: increasing student population." several faculty offices, and meeting and • Monday, June 11: Gretta Parrotta Brock's "Good, Better, Brock!" study space for students. The facilities "It is extremely gratifying to be (Education) of Wei land, Ontario campaign is more than half way to its will be available to the Brock helping the University buird for its • Tuesday, June 12: Christian goal of $29.62 million. Included in the community and the general public. future by taking a leadership role in the Kraeker (Applied Health Sciences) of expansion are the Student/Community Brock University also announced the 'Good, Better, Brock!' campaign," said Vineland, Ontario and Bryan Health and Fitness Centre as well as a appointment of George H. Grant, a Grant. "I look forward to being part of Grimwood (Applied Health Sciences) major new academic building and a member of the University's Board of the Brock team as it continues to of Sarnia Ontario large computer commons. Tne Trustees and Vice-Chairman and introduce progressive and innovative • Wednesday, June 13: Sarah Farrar economic impact of the $51-million owner of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, as ways to respond to unprecedented (Mathematics and Science) of Grimsby, development is $83 million or 2,000 Co-chair of "Good, Better, Brock! The growth and other challenges facing Ontario; and Lindsay Franklin (Business) of Lindsay, Ontario year-long jobs. Campaign for Brock University." the University." • Thursday, June 14: Clarence Blokhuis (Humanities) of London, W E o N E 5 DAY MAY 3 o 2 o O~ Ontario; Robin Hallam (Social Sciences) of London, Ontario • Friday, June 15: Sean Lafferty (Humanities) of St. Catharines, Ontario; Michael Janzen (Mathematics and Science) of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario; and Darcey McVanel (Social Sciences) of St. Catliarines, Ontario. In addition, 38 graduates will receive Distinguished Graduating Student Awards, with 26 of the recipients from the Niagara area. A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario BrOCK University will confer 1,245 undergraduate degrees, 72 graduate degrees, 625 education degrees and 33 certificates during its Spring Convocation ceremOnies, to be held Chair of Physical Education department June 11 to 15, 2001. During this year's Spring Convocation ceremonies, intemationalfy renowned architect Dr. Raymond Moriyama will receives provincial teaching award be installed as Brock's sixth Chancellor The Chair of the Department of the under-recognition of Canadian on Monday, June 11, at 2 p.m. Also this year, Brock takes pride in Physical Education at Brock female athletes. awarding honorary degrees to five University will receive a provincial "Through my teaching, I strive to distingUished Canadians. They are John teaching award for making a challenge the way in which students Walker, Director of Walker Industries difference to her profession and in might be conditioned to see and Holdings Limited in Thorold, and his the lives of her students. understand the world around them," brother Norris, Director of Walker Professor Anna Lathrop, a Brock said Lathrop. "It is quite a thrill to Industries and Vice-Chair of the graduate who began teaching full receive such a prestigious teaching University's Board of Trustees. John time at the University in 1989, is one award for doing something that I love Walker will receive his honorary of only seven recipients of this year's so much." doctorate on June 15, while Norris Ontario Confederation of University Lathrop was also the recipient of Walker will receive his honorary degree during the Fall Convocation ceremonies Faculty Associations (OCUFA) the 2000 Brock University Award for this October. The University will also be teaching awards. OCUFA presents Distinguished Teaching. awarding honorary degrees to The the annual awards to faculty at "Professor Lathrop's enthusiasm Honourable Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Ontario universities who have and creativity in teaching have Secretary of State for Children and demonstrated outstanding achievement earned her the widespread respect Youth, Government of Canada Uune in their respective disciplines. and admiration of colleagues and 12); Dr. David Schindler, an Ecology "Professor Lathrop is an inspired students," said Acting Dean John Hay Professor and award-winning research and talented university educator," of the Faculty of Applied Health scientist at the University of Alberta according to OCUFA. "She brings to Sciences. "The University continues Uune 13); and Dr. Laurier LaPierre, her students not only her to be extremely proud of her acclaimed author, historian and distinguished background in athletic outstanding achievements and broadcaster Uune 14). For more information about Spring performance and achievement but leadersh ip." Convocation, visit the Brock Web site: innovative research that occupies the The OCUFA awards ceremony www.brocku.caand click on "News cutting edge in terms of its relevance takes place on June 8, in Toronto. and Events." to social issues and child education." OCUFA represents 11,000 university Lathrop's work examines professors and academic librarians in phenomena such as girl power in the Ontario. sport marketplace, teaching games to Leslie Boldt-Irons, Chair of the Mark August 30 youth and teaching Canadian sport Department of French, Italian and on your calendar history through genealogical Spanish at Brock, won the same Professor Anna Lathrop investigations that attempt to reverse award two years ago. All Brock faculty and staff and their guests are invited to celebrate the new academic ~ear at the Opening of Term Dinner on Thursday, August JO, in the Residence Dining Hall. Convocation parking update This is an opp'ortunity to welcome new members of the Brock community. Just a reminder that parking on From Monday, June 11, to Friday, Traffic signs will be placed in key Doors open at 6 p.m. for a 7 p.m. campus will be temporarily affected June 15, all of parking Lot A will be areas across the campus and staff will dinner. Lorne Adams, Director of beginning this week, when Regal Tents closed for the convocation be on hand to direct traffic before, Athletics, will be the MC for the event. Productions Ltd. begins erecting the ceremonies. All permit holders during and after the convocation The cost is $28 per ticket. Tickets are Convocation tents in parking Lot A. (including faculty, staff and students) ceremonies. on a first-comehfirst-served basis from The reserved parking area in Lot A the Centre for t e Arts Box Office, will be directed to Lots B1 and S for Everyone's co-operation is greatly beginning June 1 . and the section immediately east in Lot the week. Lot B will remain open for appreciated as we prepare for Spring Complimentary tickets will be A is closed. The remainder of parking cash parking only. Convocation. prOVided to all new faculty and staff Lot A is open. members and their guests. March 1,2002: Steve Koven Trio. "The Steve Koven trio has an uncanny Student exchange agreement renewed Brock Briefs... ability to connect with an audience in a way the others do not." With three . ,?r. Wolfgang J~ger, .Rektor of Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, in Germany, Get in the action and support CDs, the magnetism of this jazz trio of VISited Brock earher thiS month along with Frau Hildegard Mader, the Director of our students Koven-piano, Rob Clutton-bass and International Co-operation. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats Anthony Michelli-drums is unrivalled. Brock's Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies has participated in a and Brock University Their repertoire includes both student exchange program with Freiburg for over 20 years. While the Rektor was continue to build on standards and original material in a here, a ceremony took place to renew the official Agreement of Collaboration their partnership of more style which is animated, adventurous between Freiburg and Brock (now known as the Canadian Year in Freiburg, than 25 years with a and swings hard. and recently expanded to include three other Canadian partner institutions - special offer to Brock students, March 22, 2002: Benjamin Acadia, Trent and UBC. faculty, staff, graduates and friends of Butterfield. " ... a master of [Bach] The visitors met with President David Atkinson, faculty from Germanic and the University. literature ... " One of Canada's most Slavic Studies, exchange students from Germany, the Dean of Humanities, and When you purchase Ticat season successful and sought-after artists, tenor tickets, 10 per cent of the proceeds will Butterfield has performed with major representatives from International Services, Recruitment and Liaison and Brock support student bursaries. Get your orchestras and opera companies International. tickets now, enjoy the excitement of internationally, and has recorded CFL football and support our students. numerous CDs embracing 300 years of For ticket information, please music. Come and find out why he was contact: ROARRR Stores located in named, "best debuting artist" In the Ham ilton at Jackson Square: 905-527- 1996 Carmel Bach Festival by The San 1508 and Centre Mall: 905-312-0574: Francisco Chronicle. Stadium Ticket Office, 75 Balsam Ave., Tickets for these concerts went on N, Hamilton: 905-547-2287 or 1-800- sale May 22! Call the Box Office, at 714-7627. ext. 3257. This special offer is valid until July 12, 2001, on new sales only. When Volunteers wanted ordering your season tickets, please for sleep research mention this special partnership offer. The Brock Sleep Research Lab, a The Tiger-Cats will open their 2001 national centre for sleep research, training camp at the Brock campus, on continues its search for healthy, good Saturday, June 9. Eighty players, sleepers to participate in a study coaches and team staff will be on examining the effects of sleep campus until June 24 as the team interruptions on daytime functioning. repares for its new Canadian Football The volunteers must be between 25 Eeague season. This is the 27th year to 45 years old and healthy. They must that the Ticats have used Brock's have no sleep problems or be on any facilities for their pre-season camp. medications. They must also be right For information on the Tiger-Cats, handed, non-smokers, and Englisn visit: www.tigercats.on.ca must be their first language. Participants would be r~uired to In the news live in the lab for four nights and days. Brock's Association of Collegiate Their sleep would be recorded each Entrepreneurs (ACE Brock) was the focus From left, Freiburg program exchange students Julia Wanke and Anja Bernhardt, Brock night with special equipment and President David AtI Canadian Sleep Society meeting, in Ottawa recently, where they presented several FACULTY AND STAFF posters. A special symposium on "Sleep Onset" took place in Iionour of Ogilvie's ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE contributions to the field. In addition to Ogilvie's presentation, entitled, "Behavioural and Professor Anamitra Shome and Dr. Hema Rao, ofSU NY, Oswego, presented, "Experience, EEG evidence for a sleep onset period and process." Dr. Barbara jones (Montreal Machiavellianism, Decision Aid Use and ~oing Concern Assessment: An Empirical Neurological Institute) spoke on brain mechanism at sleep onset, and Dr. Tore Neilsen Study," at the American Accounting Association Northeast Regional Annual Meeting, (Dream and Nightmare laboratory, Montreal) spoke on mentation at sleep onset. South Portland, ME, May 3 to 5. The papers presented were: CHILD AND YOUTH STUDIES Baxter, K.D., Cote,K.A., Carll, DJ, and Powles, A.C.P. An investigation of spontaneous k Jane Helleinerpresented a paper, entitled ''The Cultural Politics of Irish TravellerChi Idhood and complexes in high and low sleep-efficiency nights. Work," at the American Etlinological Society Meetings, in Montreal, on May 4. Campbell, K.B., Cote, K.A., Prichard, A., and Matos, P. The all-or-none law revisited: COOL CLIMATE OENOLOGY AND VITICULTURE INSTITUTE Stimulus parameters affeCt the amplitude of the K-complex. Professor Gary Pickering has won a $14,000 research grant from Materials and Lazic, S. and Ogilvie, R.D. Music, tones and sleep: An EEG analysis. Manufacturing Ontario, through their Interact program, for nis project "Manipulating Lazic, S.E., Williams, B.R., and Ogilvie, R.D. Horifs 9 sleep onset stages: FFT and quality variabTes in Canadian red wine." coherence analyses. ECONOMICS Murphy, T.I., Takeuchi, T., Ferrelli, A., and Ogilvie, R. Higher arousal levels (Alpha Diane Dupont participated in a two-day workshop, entitled "Plan Formulation and Attenuation Test Scores) prior to Sleep Onset are related to NREM dream recall more than Evaluation Workshop," on March 20 to 21, for tlie International joint Commission, SOREMP dream recall. International Lake Ontario-St Lawrence River Study Board. She presented a report written with Massicotte, c., Ogilvie, R.D., and Takeuchi, T. Psychophysiological analysis of the sleep Peter Boxall (Rural Economy, University of Alberta), entitled "Economic Concepts and Values." onset period: The Dream Properties Scale and Alpha wave EEG. Dupont presented a paper, entitled "An Examination of the Impact of Individual Vessel Ogilvie, R.D. Behavioural and EEG evidence for a sleep onset period and process. Quotas Using the Index-Number Profit Decomposition Approach," at the North American Association of Fisheries Economists meetIng, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1 to 4. PUBLICATIONS ECONOMICS/POLITICAL SCIENCE Barnes, Sharon. "Howto 'Cookie Cut' in Maplnfo." Association ofCanadian Map Libraries and Archives Bulletin (ACMLA Help!! column), Winter 2001, 110,22-25. Joe Kushner and David Siegel prepared a paper, "Measurin& Citizen Satisfaction in an Beard, Colleen. "The Three 'Old' Lock Ones: A History in Maps." Association ofCanadian Amalgamated Municipality: The Case of Chatham-Kent, Ontarro," which Siegel presented Map Libraries and Archives Bulletin, Winter 2001, 110, 3-6. at the annual conference of the Urban Affairs Association in Detroit, April 26. Dupont, Diane P. and Renzetti, Steven. 2001 "The Role Of Water In Manufacturing" FINE ARTS Environmental & Resource Economics 18(4): 411-432. Andy Fabo, Visiting Artist in the Visual Arts program, curated an exhibition titled "Tom Fast, L. (2001). Narrative Stories in Elementary School Visual Arts. Journal of the Ontario Dean: The Whole Catastrophe," for the Niagara Artists' Company, in St. Catharines, April Society for Education Through Art, 27, 39-51. 1 to May 12. The work reviSits the installation that Dean installed as Canada's representative Wheeler, Alan E. (2000) Taking 'S.T.O.C.K.' of pedagogical content knowledge in science to the 1999 Venice Biennale. Dean is a recent recipient of the Governor General's Award education. School Science Review, December, 82 (299), pp 81-86. in Visual and Media Arts. Derek Knight curated a complementary exhibition, titled: "Tom Dean: Culture's Fool," focusing on paper works, photographs, video and objects, for Rodman Hall Arts Centre, CLASSIFIED April 1 to May 12. Knight was also invited February 26 to 28 as part of an academic review For re~t: Fully renovated two-bedroom character home on quiet downtown street in St. team to evaluate the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Waterloo. Cathannes, August 15 or September 1. Fenced yard and parking. $625 plus utilities. FRENCH, ITALIAN AND SPANISH Contact Rachel, at 905-684-0635. For rent: Apartment in central St. Catharines, 2,200 sq. ft, with three-bedrooms, three Sandra Beckett has been named a fellow at the International Institute for Children's fireplaces, and parking for two cars, $1,200 per month. Call Ginny Rigby, 905-685-8080. Literature, Osaka for 2002. For sale: Roomy family home on cuI de sac; large living-room, dining room, three bedrooms, PHYSICS study, main floor playroom, built-in greenhouse, 2112 oath rooms, 2/J acre ravine lot, mature John Black expresses his gratitude to all those in the Brock community who contributed trees, above-ground pool. Five minutes drive to Brock or Pen Centre. To view, call towards making his retirement party such a meaningful and memorable event. 905-227-1581. PSYCHOLOGY Housing required: New faculty member seeks a sabbatical sublet or small house/apt/ granny suite for fall/winter term. I have a superbly trained non-shedding dog who will Dr. Stefan M. Brudzynski presented an invited talk, entitled: "Pharmacological and accompany meon occasion. For sabbatical sublet: Iwill care for your house, garden, plants, and behavioural characteristics of 22 kHz alarm calls in rats," to participants of the IBNS possibly animals. For small house/apt/granny suite: a small yard is greatly preferred. Mid Satellite Symposium, Defensive Behavior and Biology of Emotion. Brudzynski also August move date, if possible. Contact [email protected] or call 519-272-0281. presented recent results from his laboratory, co-authored by his student Alison Savoy, at Housing required: Couple with toddler, two cats wants two- to three-bedroom house. the 10th Annual Meeting of International Behavioral Neuroscience Society in Cancun, Two-year rental while on contract with Brock. Fenced backyard preferable. ContactTony Quintana Roo, Mexico, at the end of April, 2001. Fairfield at 1-416-461-3826 or [email protected]. Professors Kimberly Cote and Bob Ogilvie, and students Tim Murphy, Cory Martin, Karen Muskoka cottage for rent: Skeleton Lake. Spectacular view, private, fully furnished. Baxter, Stan Lazic, Caroline Emmott, Laura Ray, and Stephanie Osip attended the Available june, July, August. Please contact Dr. Sandra Beckett, at 905-687-7315. Brock News, May 30, 2001. Published by Brock University .... page 4 Smoking prevention program Brock University hosts national conference on Disability and Physical Activity receives provincial grant About 70 youth with disabilities and which offers sessions in cultural, A successful smoking prevention Information collected from eight more than 250 researchers, political, body image, and diversity program, initiated by Brock University campuses during one recent school practitioners, administrators, and awareness, computers, creative ancfthe Regional Niagara Public semester shows that 6,000 students advocates from across Canada will be movement, and an innovative on Health Department and serving a received face-to-face education about at Brock University, from June 14 to and off-campus activity program. The growing number of other university smoking through the Leave The Pack 17, for the 12th Annual Forum on program is co-sponsored by the and conege campuses in Ontario, will Behind program, while another 1,300 Disability and Physical Activity Canadian Heritage Foundation and be extended for one year following a self-help bOoklets were distributed. The presented by the Active Living Alliance YMCA Exchange Program. third grant from the provincial program offers services to help students for Canadians. A newly designed Universal Ropes government. quit or reduce their smoking as well as This year's theme is "Fostering Course will be In place with The Student Health Services and encourage others not to start. Communities for Well Being Across the programming by Brock's Corporate Community Health Sciences The Leave The Pack Behind project Lifespan." The forum will feature 42 Adventure Training Institute (CATI) departments at Brock and the Public has been developing programs for paper presentations in addition to plenary group offered as one of the many Health Department have been allotted students on eight campuses: Brock, panels that will focus on active living, alternative active leisure options for $350,000 for nine campuses to offer Guelph, McMaster, Queen's, Toronto rehabilitation, workplace, opportunity, youth attending the conference. the Leave The Pack Behind program and Windsor universities as well as education, invisible disabilities, and the Professor Maureen Connolly, of the from April 2001 to March 2002. This Niagara and Mohawk colleges. The psychology of success. Department of Physical Education, is unique program, which first began in program will now expand to include The conference, which will be open Program Chair for the Forum and the March 2000, offers assistance to Centennial College in Toronto. Each to the public, will be of particular Excnange. She is working with a students who smoke and provides campus hires a team of students to deliver interest to seniors and agency dynamic committee comprised of researchers with valuable data about the program under the guidance of administrators seeking innovative campus, community, provincial and young adults' smokin& behaviours. health-care professionals in Student approaches to service delivery and national partners. FundIng for this initiative comes from Health Services, various faculty and a community alliances. Volunteers from St. Catharines and the Ministry of Health and Long Term Project Manager at Brock University. Among the keynote speakers will be the Niagara Region, and over 50 Care as part of the Ontario Tobacco The funding was awarded to Dr. Laurie White, an RCMP officer and Brock students are also involved in Strategy. Kelli-an Lawrance and John Cairney in Brock graduate who lost her lower the organization and administration Statistics gathered through the Leave the Community Health Sciences right leg after being shot by a suspected of the conference and exchange The Pack Behind project show a Department, Brock University, Melodie sexual offender in Kitimat, B.C. White program and activities. tremendous need for this initiative on Shick-Porter, Manager of Student will discuss her experiences, her decision For more information, please post-secondary campuses. Health Services, Brock University, and to return to active duty and her views on contact Maureen Con no fly, at 905- ApprOXimately 40 per cent of students Sharon Lawler, Project Manager and surviving a significant life change. 688-5550, ext. 3381, or Kristen smoke at least occasionally and about Health Promoter, Niagara Regional For the first time, the forum will Smith, in Conference Services, at 20 per cent of them smoke regularly. Public Health Department. present a Youth Exchange Program, ext. 3845. Humanity and The Cosmos Symposium begins June 21 Scientists and philosophers, from The symposium opens on June 21, at reflect on the challenge of a keynote address titled "The Mirror's across Canada and the United States, 9 a.m., with all sessions held in the responsible personhood from the Reflections and the Clockwork will meet at Brock on Thursday, June Senate Chamber. In addition to daily perspective of the Buddhist No Self. Behind our Smiles: Human Nature, 21 to Saturday, June 23, for the Sixth workshops, the symposium features Hale will discuss the meaning of Agency, Spirit and Mechanism." He Annual Humanity and The Cosmos two keynote presentations. spirituality by conSidering wnat Will share his reflections about Symposium. On Thursday, June 21, the spirituality meant to medieval women science, spiritual ity and the acting Tlie theme of the symposium is symposium features a panel mystics. Brindle will speak on the person. "Spirituality - Science - Person." presentation involving Brock President SCientific method in tlie context of For more information, contact Participants will be involved in an David Atkinson, Rosemary Hale, Dean spirituality and responsible persons. Professor David Goicoechea, of interdisciplinary exploration of the of Humanities at Brock, and Ian On Friday, June 22, Peter Loptson, Brock's Department of Philosophy, at relations between religion, science and Brindle, Chair of Brock's Department Chair of the Philosophy Department 905-688-5550, ext. 3315, or e-mail: the challenges of today's world. of Chemistry. Atkinson will at the University of Guelph, will give [email protected] Moriyama installed as Brock's six1h Chancellor As the new Chancellor of Brock 1958, then established the partnership , -- "'-' - -' _. University, Dr. Raymond Moriyama's of Moriyama and Teshima Architects, greatest commitment is to students and with Tea Teshima, in 1970. Now with ~-- ne made that perfectly clear during his five partners, he continues to be installation Monday at Spring actively involved in one of the world's Convocation. pre-eminent architectural firms. Dr. Moriyama, truly humbled by Dr. Moriyama has received eight his election as Chancellor, said Honorarx degr~ including an Honorary during the installation ceremony: Doctor of letters rrom BrOCK University "This IS a day for the graduates, the in 1973. He is a Fellow of the Royal families and the loved ones, and I Architectural Institute of Canada, an think we should proceed with that Officer of the Order of Canada and a part of the program." recipient of the Order of Ontario. Dr. Moriyama briefly told a crowd of Dr. Moriyama succeeds Dr. Robert S. about 2,000 the reasons why' he chose K. Welch, who was Chancellor from to accept the great honour of 1985 until his death in 2000. becoming Brock's sixth Chancellor. The installation of the Chancellor Those reasons included his 30-year began a week of Convocation ceremonies affiliation with the University and his during which the University is awarding support of Brock's plans for the future. honorary degrees to several distinguished During his address, Brock President Canadians. The Honourable Ethel David Atkinson sp'oke of the major Blondin-Andrew, Secretary of State for achievements of the University and its Children and Youth, was lionoured graduates. yesterday and Dr. David Schindler, an In welcoming Dr. Moriyama to the Ecology Professor and award-winning Brock community, President Atkinson research scientist at the University or said, 'We look forward to a terrific Alberta, will receive his honorary future together." degree today. Dr. Moriyama is one of Canada's Other reclp'ients are: Dr. laurier most respected and recognized laPierre, acclaimed author, historian architects. He was born In and broadcaster, (June 14) and John Vancouver, B.C., in 1929. He Walker, Director of Walker Industries received his B.Arch. from the Holdings limited, in Thorold (June 15). University of Toronto and an His brother Norris Walker, Director of M .Arch. from McGill University. He Walker Industries and Vice-Chair of the Dr. Raymond Moriyama, right, acknowledges the applause of the Spring Convocation is married to Sachi, and has five University's Board ofTrustees, will audience upon his installation as Chancellor of the University. To the left of the children, and nine grandchildren. receive an honorary degree at the Fall Chancellor is David Edwards, Chair of the Brock University Board of Trustees. Dr. Moriyama began practice in Convocation ceremonies this October. WED N E S 0 A Y J U N E 1 3 2 0 0 1 I Back for a second season! Brock's Employee Well ness Conference, "Good for U" will be held Friday, June 22, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Podium Theatre and Thistle North. Blue conference brochures were n mailed to all eligible participants last week. Some workshops have limited A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario enrolment and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Completed registration forms indicating workshops selections Ti-Cats train at Brock should be directed to Human On June 1, the University hosted Resources by this Friday - June 15. the Hamilton For further information, please Tiger-Cats pre contact Pat Miller, at ext. 3123, or camp press joyce Samuels, at ext. 3995. conference to provide the New Trustee media with an Congratulations to Beulah opportunity to meet the Alexander, Biological Sciences, on her election as a representative of the players, team officials and permanent staff to the Board of Coach Ron Trustees. Alexander will serve a 8('Oei t/fJ(;,.e"Clt/l Ron Lancaster three-year term, effective july 1, Lancaster. 2001, and joins continuing staff $a ~d.,J41', t.... , .. • "There is no better way to kick-off representatives Patti Froese and .: 80002 .ooz a season than to come to Brock john Bird. University," said lancaster. "This is a great partnership that has lasted a A special thanks to all who very long time." This is the 27th allowed their names to stand for "Good, Better, Brock! The Campaign for Brock University" is $650,000 closer to its election. goal thanks to a generous donation from Scotiabank announced May 29 during a season that Brock University has There will be an opportunity each special presentation at the University. Holdin~ the che~ue are, from left, Wendy been the home of the Tiger-Cats year for the election of a permanent Hannam, Senior Vice-President, Ontario Region, Scotlabank; George Grant, a training camp. Training camp member of the Universi9"s Board of Trustees, Vice-Chairman and owner of the continues until june 24. staff representative to fill one of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and the new Co-chair of "Good, Better, Brock!"; University staggered, three-year terms. President David Atkinson; and Norris Walker, Co-chair of "Good, Better, Brock!" and Vice-chair of the University's Board of Trustees Storytellers of the Americas at Brock Get in the action and support our students The Brock community is invited to The interdiSciplinary approach of the attend the "Storytelling In the conference encompasses a wide The Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Brock This s~ial offer is Americas" conference, to be held on variety of themes, Including: aboriginal University continue to build on their valid until july 12, 2001, campus, August 30 to September 1. studies, literary studies, chiTdren's partnership of more than 25 years with on new sales only. More than 90 English, French, Spanish narratives, audience and reader's a s~ial offer to Brock students, When ordering your and Portuguese-speaking scholars, res]? season tickets, please graduate students, artists, writers, and language, semiotics/. testimonial the University. mention this special performers and audience members narratives, gender, and rilm. When you purchase Ticat season partnership offer. from around the world will participate Conference performances will tickets, 10 r.er cent of the p-roceeds will The Tiger-Cats o~ned their 2001 in the conference. include Theatre Beyond Words, support stuaent bursaries. Get your training camp at the Brock campus, on The conference, presented by Toronto's Indigenous Theatre Comedy tickets now, enjoy the excitement of Saturday, june 9. Eighty players, Brock's Department of History and the Troupe, and a production of the play CFl football ana support our students. coaches and team slaff will be on Department of French, Italian and Canadian Gotliic by Dr. Gary Balfantz For ticket information, please campus until june 24 as the team Spanish, will also feature theatrical and colleagues from lake Superior contact: ROARRR Stores located in prepares for its new Canadian Football performances fine dining, and State University, U.S. Hamilton at Jackson Square: 905-527- League season. This is the 27th year Interesting talks delivered by the 1508 and Centre Mall: 905-312-0574: that the Ticats have used Brock's "This event not only gives us an Stadium Ticket Office, 75 Balsam Ave., facilities for their pre-season camp. delegates. opportunity to p'ublish two N, Hamilton: 905-547-2287 or 1-800- . ~or infor~ation on the Tiger-Cats, "One of the reasons we decided to independent volumes of essays, but 714-7627. VISIt: www.tlgercats.on.ca launch this conference is because also offers a wonderful opportunity to stories - and storytellers - weave cultivate dialogue between delegates Mark August 30 on your calendar cohesion into our existence," says and audience members of varied All Brock faculty and staff and their dinner. lorne Adams, Director of Professor Irene Blayer, one of the two national and international guests are invited to celebrate the new Athletics, will be the MC for the event. members of the conference organizing backgrounds," adds Professor Mark academic year at the Opening of Term The cost is $28 per ticket. Tickets are committee. 'We need to investigate Anderson, the other conference co Dinner on Thursday', August 30, in the on a first-comehfirst-served basis from how, why, when and where stones are organizer. Residence Dining Hall. the Centre for t e Arts Box Office. fashioned and how these stories are For further information, please This is an opP.Ortunity to welcome Complimentary tickets will be preserved culturally and then later contact [email protected] or visit new members of the Brock community. provided to all new faculty and staff retrieved, because they provide our the conference Web site at: Doors open at 6 p.m. for a 7 p.m. members and their guests. link to our past, present, and future." www.brocku.calstorytelling Brock Briefs... FACULTY AND STAFF APPLIED LANGUAGE STUDIESIINTENSIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE H:i::ti\ iI!'i"iIilli':'N'1Ii!n_11I m ~fi lll lml4l ·. ill IUIIIi1IUlbliillllllll.11 1l 11iiI111i .iIl llil~ l ml i ijl.t,» 1111 l.IUlJllt.I Professor john Sivell and Deborah Yeager presented a paperon "ESL Teachers' Perceptions of the Cultural Variables that Impact on Teaching and Learning in the Classroom," on May 25, attheannual meeting of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics, in the context of the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Quebec City. COOL CLIMATE OENOLOGY AND VITICULTURE Professor Gary Pickering has just secured an $ 8,000 research grant from Lallemand Inc. for his project (in collaboration with Mr Ramon Mira de Ordufia from Massey University, New Zealand) on the effect of malolactic strain and timing of malolactic fermentation on the physiochemical parameters and sensory characteristics of Chardonnay wine. EDUCATION Dr. Rodger Beatty, Pre-Service Department, conducted the Niagara Children's Chorus (NCq in a number of concerts recently during the spring season. NCC presented their "Swing into Spring" concerts, on April 28 and April 29, at Calvary Church, St. Catharines; sang on May 1 for the St. Catharines Chamber of Commerce Business After Five at Four Points Sheraton Hotel, Thorold; and presented aschool tour on May 11 performingforthe students at Prince of Wales School, Thorold, Ross School, Weiland and Our Lady of Fatima School, St. Catharines. Beatty toured with NCC to our nation's capital, Ottawa, from May 17 to 21, to perform in the Canadian Tulip Music Festival. NCC presented concerts in the Rotunda of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill, at Travelodge Ottawa West Hotel, two services at Rideau Park United Church, and on the Main Stage of the Canadian Tulip Festival, Major's Hill Park. Beatty was also guest conductor of the 750-voice massed choir of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board held on May 7 at The Centre in the Square, Kitchener. The concert, Music Collection donated to the University Library entitled "Let's Hear itfor MusiC!," launched Catholic Education Week in Waterloo region. Donald McKellar, Professor Emeritus, University of Western Ontario, has donated his ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE extensive collection of music books and scores to the University Library. McKellar identified Brock as a worthy recipient of his collection because two graduates from the john Lye recently served as an external reviewerforthe Department of English at Lakehead Western music program, Professor Patricia Debly, Music, and Professor Rodger Beatty, University Education, are faculty members here. From [eft are, Margaret Grove, University FINE ARTS Librarian, Anne Adams, Sound and Video SUl!ervisor, Professor Patricia Debly, Andrew Professor Marlene Moser presented a paper to the Association for Canadian Theatre Smith, Music graduate, Professor Don McKellar and Professor Rodger Beatty. Research at the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, at Laval University, Quebec City. Her paper was entitled "Ideology as Behaviour: Identity and Realism in The Brock volunteer named Research participants needed Drawer Boy." Citizen of the Year Researchers in the Brock FRENCH, ITALIAN AND SPANISH Professor Alexandre L. Amprimoz gave an invited paper at the "Colloque International Don Wiley, a campaign volunteer Neuropsychology Lab are using EEG Guillevic: Lectures de Guillevic, Approches Critiques," that took place from May 17 to 19, with "Good, Better, Brock! The methodology to study the sometimes subtle changes in information processing at both The University of Toronto and York University. The title of the paper was Campaign for Brock University," was "Mathematiques profondes dans la poesie de Guillevic." that can occur after a head injury. recently named Citizen of the Year by the Professor Leonard Rosmarin presented three public lectures in France during the first two The study requires the participation St. Catharines Chamber of Commerce. weeks of May. The first, titled "Marxismeetmessianismedans Ie Testamentd'un poetejuif of non-injured individuals to serve as Wiley was honoured for his many assassine d'Elie Wiesel" was given at the Cercle d'etudes juives in Paris. The two others, volunteer contributions to the controls - specifically non-injured on the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, were presented under the auspices of the community. He is past president of the men and women between the ages of Universite de Caen in Normandy. They were titled: "L'Autre dans la trace de I'infini," and Gyro Club of St. Catharines, past 22 and 60 who have had a few years of "Metaphysique et ethique dans la pensee d'Emmanuel Levinas." president of the Niagara District Airport high school education, and others who MUSIC Commission, a former member of the have had four or more years of Brian Power delivered a paper, entitled" Loquebar de testimoniis tuis: Veneration of the board of the Distress Centre of Niagara university education. Virgin Martyr in a 15th-century musical manuscript," at the 36th International Congress and an organizer of an annual golf The study will require a time on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 6. He also gave an fundraising tournament for the commitment of about three hours, on invited presentation, entitled "Experiences and Challenges: Making the Transition from Alzheimer Society of Niagara. two or three occasions. A schedule will Graduate Student to Professor," to the Canadian University Music Society at the Congress Wiley also plays saxophone for be arranged at the participant's of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Universite Laval, Quebec, May 25. patients in Niagara's hospitals and convenience. Participants will be paid PHYSICAL EDUCATION residents in the region's seniors' homes. an honorarium for each session. Anna H. Lathrop presented a paper, "Staunch and rugged: Challenging traditional gender In addition to his work on the This research is funded by the definitions in a wilderness setting," atthe 29th Annual Convention ofthe North American Society for Sport History, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, May 25-28. "Good, Better, Brock!" campaign, Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation and Presentations to the North American Society of Sport Management Annual Conference, Wiley has also been involved with approved by the Brock University Virginia Beach, VA, May 29 - june 2, 2001: Regional Marketing in Sport: A Renewed the University's Faculty of Business Research Ethics Board. This study will Strategy- Cheri Bradish, Julie Stevens, and Anna Lathrop; and The Labour Market of Sport support an ongoing research program and the Aging and Mobility Disorders Management Ph.D. Programs - Cheri Bradish. in our community and also provides Centre. POLITICAL SCIENCE the opportunity for the training of Winner of the Chamber's Youth of Dr. james Gibson, President Emeritus, shared in a symposium at Carleton University, May the Year is 19-year-old Timothy graduate students as specialists in the 18 and 19, to honour Professor Kenneth McRae, now Emeritus. The subject was "The Trussell, who begins his studies at area of head injury. Challenge of Cultural Pluralism." In some post-banquet remarks, Dr. Gibson recalled how Brock in the fall. To find out more, please call, Sheila he had interviewed Professor McRae at Nuffield College, Oxford, on a day 45 years ago Special dedication Lawson, at the Brock Neuropsychology when, because of a rail strike in England, he had reached Oxford by hitchhiking. Lab, 905-688-5550, ext. 3451. If you PSYCHOLOGY On May 24, a special tree dedication get the answering machine, leave your Professor jane Dywan gave an invited talk at the Rotman Research Centre, Toronto, on was held to honour Chetan R. Parikh, a name and phone number and your call Monday May 7,2001. The title of the talk was "Aging and attentional control: ERPs and Brock student who died on January 11, will be returned. attentional allocation in the remembering brain." 2001. SOCIOLOGY The dedication took place at the Suggest a question, win a prize! June Corman presented "Pragmatic Visions: Challenging Discourses of Despair" with Meg south end of campus and included the A committee has been established Luxton, attheCanadian Women's Studies Association, Congress meetingsatthe University installation of a plaque. The plaque through the Human Resources of Laval, May 15 to 27. reads: department to put together an Michelle Webber presented "Feminist Pedagogy and Anti-Feminism in the Academy," at Om Gayatri Maa orientation booklet and program for the Canadian Women's Studies Association Annual Meeting, at Laval University, Quebec, In The Loving Memory of new staff members. Committee May 25-27. Also presenting at the conference was student Amy McGrath. The title of her Chetan R. Parikh members Nina Slack, Jo Stewart, Les paper was "The Women of Women's Studies." February 24, 1980 - January 11, 2001 McCurdy-Myers, Cathy DeVuono, Your strength, determination, and Bruce Stewart, and Linda Landry need Women of unconditional love are sadly missed, your input about questions that new but will remain in our hearts forever. employees ask. Please call Jo Stewart at Distincton Love: Mom, Dad and Sonal ext 4444, or e-mail: [email protected]. From left, Professor Om Shanti The booklet will include information on Mei Ling Huang, of the the dress code, job evaluation process, Department of Thesis defense parking at BroCK, the Day Care Centre, Mathematics, Professor There will be a Thesis Defense for fire alarm procedures, the role of Sybil Wilson, of the Catherine Slaney on Monday, June 18, Campus Police, and even where to find Faculty of Education, and Debbie Slade, at 10 a.m., in TH307. The defense title the best cup of coffee on campus. If Managing Director, is "Exploring MultiraciaVcultural you contribute a question that has not Centre for the Arts, Identities through Mothers' Voices." All been thought of yet, you'll get a free were recently named are welcome. refreshment voucher! 2001 YWCA of St. Catharines Women of Distinction in EVENTS recognition of their personal achievement, Brock University Book fair: The first annual "It's In The social commitment and Book" Book Fairwill held in front of the St. contributions to the Careers begin here! CatharinesCentennial Library, from 10a.m. advancement of women. to 5 p.m., on Saturday, june 16. The event E-mail submissions to: [email protected] features local booksellers, authors, and University Web site: www.brocku.ca publishers. PUBLICATIONS Brock News is a rublication of the Dupont, Diane. P. and Grafton, R. Quentin. 2000 "Multi-Species Individual Transferable Office of Externa Relations. (90S) 688-5550, ext. 3245 CLASSIFIED Quotas: The Scotia-Fundy Mobile Gear Groundfishery" Marine Resource Economics. FAX (90S) 641-5216 15(3): 205-220. For rent: Two bedroom condo and Editor: Heather Junke; Production: MJ Turner; Pickering, G.J. (2001). Low-alcohol grape and fruit wine. IN Dris, R., Niskanen, R. and Communications Director: Mike Farrell sunroom, downtown, laundry, parking, jain, S. (eds.) Crop Management and Postharvest Handling ofHorticultural Crops. Volume $600 plus phone. Mature, quiet couple or 7 Quality Management. Science Publishers, Inic., Plymouth, UK., 111-131. The next issue of Brock News is Wednesday, female(s) preferred. Available September Lathrop, A. "From elegance and expression to sweat and strength: Canadian women enter June 27,2001, with a firm copy deadline of Friday, June 15, 2001 at 4:30 p.m. to June. Call 905 684-5838 evenings. the profession of physical education in the twentieth century." In Lorna McLean, Sharon For sale: Callaway Big Bertha Driver. Cook and Kate O'Rourke, eds., Framing Our Past: Women's History in the Twentieth I'UDUCATION IS EVERY TWO WEEKS Regular Shaft - 8 degree loft. Price: $125. Century. Montreal and Kingston: McGill and Queens University Press, 2001. ClIloda Post Agreement:: 1-165305 Call 905-641-2686. Bradish,C. ElectronicCommerice: The Strategic Perspective. SportMarketingQuarterly, 10(2). Brock graduates In Memoriam lead province in Dr. G. Ron Brown, Dean, Faculty and his obvious pride at what his of Mathematics and Science, died Faculty's students had achieved." employment suddenly at his home on Tuesday, In closing, Atkinson said: "We June 19. also, however, remember a warm rates Dr. Brown was appointed Dean human being, with his own interest of the Faculty of Mathematics and ing sense of humour, an excellent Graduates from Brock Science on August 1, 1999. He also colleague, and quite simply, a University's Class of 2001 are in held an appointment in the remarkable person." good company when it comes to Department of Chemistry. Prior to coming to Brock, Dr. finding work. Provincial perfor As Dean, Dr. Brown provided Brown was the Dean of the College mance indicators show that Brock strong academic leadership based of Science and Management at the graduates boast the highest University of Northern British on an appreciation of all sciences. employment rates among Ontario Columbia (UNBC). From 1996-98, He also provided strong universities. Dr. Brown was the Chair of administrative leadership to the Two years after graduation, 98.3 Chemistry at UNBC. Prior to UNBC, per cent of Brock graduates are faculty. He will be remembered by he was an Associate Professor in the employed, tied with Nipissing faculty, students and staff for his Department of Chemistry at McGill University in North Bay. Brock encouragement and support of their University, in Montreal. University is also ranked among the achievements as well as his dedica Dr. Brown received his PhD in top five in the province for employ tion to furthering the University's Physical Chemistry from McGill ment rates six months after strong reputation for academic University and completed post doc graduation, at 95.2 per cent. excellence in mathematics and toral work at the Illinois Institute of "These impressive employment science. Technology, Institute of Gas rates show the success of our "In the two years that Ron Brown Technology. His success as an graduates in the workforce and are was at Brock, he repeatedly Dr. G. Ron Brown academic was reflected by almost extremely encouraging for current reminded us about what was 100 refereed publications in and future Brock students," said important, what was possible and "He had a vision of where the scholarly journals and by substantial Brock President David Atkinson. what was necessary," said Brock Faculty of Mathematics and Science research funding, including above "The figures reflect the quality of President David Atkinson during a should go, and the Faculty was well average NSERC grants. our programs and the greater memorial service held on Saturday, on its way. He is survived by his wife Louise emphasis Brock is placing on June 23, at Calvary Gospel Church, "When he spoke to students, one and four children, Michelle, Carl, preparing students for life and in Weiland. recognized his commitment to them Jennifer and Amanda. work." The University is particularly pleased that its performance indicators from the latest proVincial WED N E S DAY u N E 2 7 2 0 0 1 survey topped last year's results, which showed 94.4 per cent of Brock graduates were employed within six months and 97.8 per cent were working after two years. The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities and the Council of Ontario Universities co-sponsored the survey, which was conducted ne by the Ontario Universities' A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Application Centre (OUAC). The survey examined the employment experiences of 1998 graduates of undergraduate degree programs in ties unknown to previous genera Ontario, six months and two years lathrop wins national tions. Canada needs you to bring us after graduation. Convocation to that next level." teaching fellowship Dr. David Schindler, an Ecology Across the province, graduates leaves Professor and award-winning who have been out of university for The chair of the research scientist at the University two years are posting employment Department of of Alberta Uune 13): "Leave the next rates of 97.2 per cent, while those Physical Education at wonderful generation of graduates a legacy six months out of university are Brock University is the • that my generation has failed to employed at a rate of 94.6 per cent. recipient of a memorIes leave to you: a legacy of good, Not only do university graduates get prestigious national clean, fresh water." jobs, most agree that the skills 3M Teaching Dr. Laurier LaPierre, newly required in their jobs are related to Fellowship for teaching excellence appointed senator and acclaimed their university education. and outstanding educational author, historian and broadcaster, leadership. Uune 14): "The quality of one's life Anna Lathrop, a Brock graduate is measured by the largeness of who began teaching full-time at the one's dreams." University in 1989, is one of 10 John Walker, Director of Walker recipients of the 2001 3M Teaching Industries Holdings Limited, in Fellowships from 3M Canada and Thorold Uune 15): "It's important to the Society for Teaching and be true to yourself ... Don't be Learning in Higher Education pushed into something that isn't (STLHE). This is the only national Guy Bridgstock gives the thumbs you." teaching award of its kind in up during Spring Convocation cere John Walker's brother Norris, Canada. monies held at Brock June 11 to 15. Director of Walker Industries and In his nomination letter, Brock The 80-year-old Brock graduate Vice-Chair of the University's Board Professor Barry Joe, recipient of a received a Bachelor of Arts degree of Trustees, will receive an honorary 3M Teaching Fellowship in 2000, in Political Science. degree at the Fall Convocation cere noted that Lathrop's record of monies this October. Brock University conferred 1,245 teaching performance and ongoing The Spring Convocation tent undergraduate degrees, 72 graduate contributions to educational leader may be gone, but memories of a degrees, 625 education degrees and ship is so exceptional that she has wonderful week of ceremonies will 33 certificates at Spring been recognized with two other nevertheless remain alive within the Convocation, bringing the total distinguished teaching awards in Brock community for some time. number of graduates to almost the last year. Dr. Raymond Moriyama, one of 42,000. "Educational leadership and Canada's most respected and consistent superior performance in recognized architects, was installed Brock grad inspires audience classroom teaching have been hall as the new Chancellor of Brock Laurie White, an RCMP officer marks of Professor Lathrop's career," University on the first day of and Brock Physical Education grad stated Joe, a Professor of German ceremonies June 11. Between then Buy your ticket today! uate who lost her lower right leg and Director of the Centre for and June 15, almost 2,000 after being shot by a suspected sex Teaching, Learning and Educational graduates received degrees and Tickets are still available for ual offender in Kitimat, B.C., deliv Technologies. certificates in recognition of their the Opening of Term Dinner on ers an inspirational presentation at Lathrop is also one of seven hard work and commitment, and Thursday, August 30, in the the University on June 14. White recipients of this year's Ontario they were treated to inspiring Residence Dining Hall. shared her experiences, her decision Confederation of University Faculty advice from four distinguished Doors open at 6 p.m. for a to return to active duty and her Associations (OCUFA) teaching Canadians. Here is a sampling of 7 p.m. dinner. The cost is $28 per views on surviving a significant life awards. She received the provincial the messages the honorary degree ticket. Tickets are on a first-come, change as a keynote speaker of the teaching award for making a differ recipients shared with graduates in first-served basis from the Centre 12th Annual Forum on Disability ence to her profession and in the their Convocation addresses: for the Arts Box Office. and PhYSical Activity. More than lives of her students. She was also The Honourable Ethel Blondin Complimentary tickets will be 200 adult and youth participants the recipient of the 2000 Brock Andrew, Secretary of State for provided to all new faculty and from across Canada attended the Children and Youth Uune 12): "You University Award for Distinguished staff members and their guests. three-day national conference held all face challenges and opportuni- Teaching. at Brock. More Invest in Quality FACULTY AND STAFF COMMUNICATIONS, POPULAR CULTURE AND FILM Professor Russell Johnston was the keynote speaker at the annual general Campaign Winners meeting of Advertising Standards Canada, held in Toronto, on May 16. He ____ Participants in this year's Invest in Quality delivered a talk, entitled "From Barnum to Believable," on the development of self-regulation in the advertising industry in the 191 Os. He also gave two In,(T,est me campaign and those participants from last year's . V campaign, who have ongoing pledges, qualify papers at the recent Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities at Laval I. University: "The Murray Scheme: Advertisers, The Press, and Media-buying for special campaign incentives. alztiI.JJ in 1920," before the Canadian Historical Association, and" Advertising Qu 'J ~ The second prize draw was held on Friday, June 1, and campaign co-chair Barry Joe drew Agencies, the Press, and Media-buying," before the Canadian the lucky winners. Kathy Belicki, of Psychology, was the winner of an eight Communication Association. month parking pass, compliments of Brock's Parking Services. Michael COOL CLIMATE OENOLOGY AND VITICULTURE INSTITUTE Owen, of Research Services, and Ralph Connelly, of the Faculty of Education, Linda Bramble, in conjunction with the Wine Council of Ontario, offered The won gift certificates generously provided by the University Club. A one-week Wine Regions of Ontario - An Introduction to Ontario Wines. The course ran session for Summer Computer Camp for Kids was won by Roseann Conte, of from May 30 through June 20 and brought 40 industry professionals to External Relations and the Conference Services briefcase went to John Levay, Brock's Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute. The course is of Information Technology Services. Christine Dyck, of Human Resources, deSigned after Bramble's recently completed second edition of The Wine was the winner of a gift certificate, compliments of the Brock University Regions of Ontario. Bookstore. Brock Centre for the Arts tickets were won by Nancy DeCourville, ECONOMICS of Psychology. Steven Renzetti presented a paper, co-written with Diane Dupont, entitled The participation rate in this campaign for faculty and staff remains high "Privatization of Water Utilities: Wave of the Future?" at the 54th annual for the second year in a row at 51 per cent. More than half of this year's conference of the Canadian Water Resources Association, at the University donors made gifts last year while one quarter of the new gifts came from new of Guelph, on June 8. full-time employees. FINE ARTS Thank you to all who participated in the campus campaign; your support Professor Marlene Moser received the Robert Lawrence prize for best paper is greatly appreciated. The strong commitment from our Brock family by an emerging scholar from the Association for Canadian Theatre Research continues to inspire others to support the University. for her recent paper presented at the Congress of the Social Sciences and While the Invest in Quality campaign on campus has officially closed, Humanities at Laval University, Quebec City. Her paper was entitled pledges can still be made or increased by contacting the Development "Ideology as Behaviour: Identity and Realism in The Drawer Boy." Office, at ext. 4074. PHYSICAL EDUCATION All donors to the Invest in Quality campaign will be formally recognized T. J. Cieslak, Michael Plyley, M. MacNeil, Micheal DeSouza, Panagiota later this year at a special reception in their honour. Watch for further details Klentrou, presented, "Effect of moderate exercise on the resistance to upper in Brock News and look for your invitation later this summer. respiratory tract infections," at the American College of Sports Medicine. David Gabriel also presented at the conference, with J. Basford, and K. -N Get in the action and An. Their paper was entitled, "Training-related changes in the peak rate of Brock Briefs... support our students torque development and SEMG spike activity." The Hamilton Tiger- Several papers were presented at the recent North American Society for the Summer hours ~ Cats and Brock University Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. The presentations included: Brock University Bookstore ... continue to build on their Diane E. Stevens: "Are your eggs in one basket? A test of self-complexity in summer hours went into effect on Ij~. partnership of more than sport;" June 18. The Bookstore will be open 25 years with a special Phillip J. Sullivan and Aubrey Kent: "The relationships between coaching Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to offer to Brock students, faculty, staff, efficacy and organizational commitment in university coaches;" graduates and friends of the 4:30 p.m., until August 31. Phillip J. Sullivan and Sandra. E. Short: "Furthering the construct of effective University. communication: A second version of the scale for effective communication When you purchase Ticat season Research participants needed tickets, 10 per cent of the proceeds in team sports." Researchers in the Brock wi II support student bursaries. Get PSYCHOLOGY Neuropsychology Lab are using EEG your tickets now, enjoy the excite Professor John Mitterer presented a paper, entitled Education and technolo methodology to study the some ment of CFL football and support gy: processes and commodities, as a part of a symposium, entitled "Who times subtle changes in information our students. owns what of what owns whom? The commodification of university knowl processing that can occur after a For ticket information, please edge," at the 29th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study head injury. contact: ROARRR Stores located of Higher Education, Quebec City, Quebec, May 23 to 26. Mitterer also The study is in need of non in Hamilton at Jackson Square: delivered an invited multimedia presentation, entitled Using the new media 905-527-1508 and Centre Mall: injured men and women between to foster excellence in teaching, at the Innovation, Technology, Teaching 905-312-0574: Stadium Ticket Conference. Seneca@York and York University, Toronto, Ontario, on June 5. the ages of 22 and 60 who have Office, 75 Balsam Ave., N, had just a few years of high school Hamilton: 905-547-2287 or Professors Kimberly Cote and Robert Ogilvie, post-doctoral scientist Tomoka right through to four or more years 1-800-714-7627. Takeuchi, students Tim Murphy, Cory Martin, Karen Baxter, Laura Ray, Colin of university to serve as controls for This special offer is valid until this and other ongoing studies. July 12, 2001, on new sales only. Massicotte, Catherine Milner, and Danielle Sirianni, and Brock Mentorship The study will require a time When ordering your season tickets, Program students Nikki Beaulieu and Leah McNulty attended the annual commitment of about three hours, please mention this speCial meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, in Chicago, June 5 to on two or three occasions. partnership offer. 10. Faculty and students presented eight posters at the conference. Poster presentations focused on sleep disorders, phYSiology and instrumentation. A schedule will be arranged at the For information on the Tiger-Cats, visit: www.tigercats.on.ca The presentations were: participant's convenience. Kimberly Cote, Kenneth Campbell, Nikki Beaulieu, and Leah McNulty Participants will be paid an Orientation events presented, "Predicting the occurrence of the auditory evoked k-complex in honorarium for each session. The Orientation Coordinating non-REM sleep." This research is funded by the Committee would like to make sure Stan Lazic, Ben Williams, and Robert Ogilvie presented, "FFT and coherence Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation that all department and faculty ori analysis of the sleep onset period as a function of Hori's 9 stages." and approved by the Brock entation activities receive special Stan Lazic and Robert Ogilvie presented, "Effects of music and tones on sleep mention in the mail-outs to our new University Research Ethics Board. neurophysiology." This study will support an ongoing students. If departments are plan ning activities before, after or during Colin Massicotte, Robert Ogilvie and Tomoka Takeuchi presented, research program in our community "Psychophysiological comparison of dream property scale ratings of sleep and also provides the opportunity Orientation Week, and would like to see the event included in the onset mentation and laterality index of EEG alpha wave power." for the training of graduate students Orientation booklet which is sent to Danielle Sirianni, Alyssa McManus, Diana Mahony, Robert Ogilvie, David as specialists in the area of head all students, please send information Carll, and Peter Powles presented, "Distinguishing sleep apnea from injury. to [email protected] narcolepsy during the sleep onset period (SOP)." To find out more, please call, by June, 29. Craig Stewart, Stan Lazic, and Robert Ogilvie presented, "Sleep inertia: Sheila Lawson, at the Brock Please specify if the event is for Subjective, behavioural and electrophysiological measurements." Neuropsychology Lab, a specific group of people (e.g. Tomoka Takeuchi, Robert Ogilvie, Tim Murphy, Anthony Ferrelli, Rajeev 905-688-5550, ext. 3451. If you get Accounting Co-op students only), Agarwal, and Jacqueline Dingman presented, "The relationship between REM the answering machine, leave your the name of the event, day, time, sleep and intensive piano learning." and location. We will do our best, name and phone number and your Esther Werth, Kimberly Cote, Eva Gallmann, Alexander Borbely and Peter on a first-come first-served basis, to call will be returned. Achermann give your event free promotion in the Calendar of Events. Presented, "Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep regulation in humans: Selective REM sleep deprivation during daytime sleep." Fi~eworks will light up the SOCIOLOGY Brock University skies Professor Jane Helleiner has been re-appointed as an Associate Editor for the Careers begin here! Brock University will be the site Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology. for this years' Sullivan Park E-Mail submissions to: Association Fireworks presentation [email protected] on Saturday, June 30. The festivities PUBLICATIONS University Web site: www.brocku.ca get under way at 7 p.m. at Brock Dywan, J., Segalowitz, s. J., Webster, L., Hendry, K., and Harding, J. (2001). Brock News is a publication of the baseball diamonds (South end of ERP evidence for age-related differences in attentional allocation during a Office of External Relations. T-Lot/Free Parking.) Admission is source monitoring task. Developmental Neuropsychology, 19, 99-120. (905) 688-5550, ext. 3245 FAX (905) 641-5216 free and everyone is welcome to Laywine, C. A derivation of an affine plane order 4 from a triangle-free 3- attend this community event! colored K16, Discrete Math Vol. 235 (2001), pp. 165-171. Editor: Heather Junke Production: MJ Turner Laywine, C. and Mullen, G. L. Lower bounds for the number of mutually Communications Director: Mike Farrell orthogonal frequency squares, Ars Combinatoria Vol. 59 (2001), pp. 85-96. CLASSIFIED Silva, J. M., and Stevens, D. E. (2001). Psychological Foundations of Sport. The next issue of Brock News is Wednesday, For sale: Kenmore electric stove, Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon. July 11, 2001, with a firm copy white with black accents. Kenmore deadline of Friday, June 29, 2001, Sullivan, P. J., and Feltz, D. L. (2001). The relationship between intrateam at 4:30 pm. heavy duty electric dryer, white. Both in excellent condition. conflict and cohesion within hockey teams. Small Group Research, 32, PUBlICATlO.'J IS EVERY 2 WEEKS Moving, must sell, please call Peg, 342-355. Can.1d.l Pm{ .. \gn·t'llll'nl = l..Jh , UO:; at 905-295-6457. Brock Professor Emeritus receives award for work in the area of mental health The Canadian Psychology He has been a source of leadership Pomeroy has also made substantial Association (CPA) recently recognized to the CMHA's National Mental Health contributions to the literature on Professor Emeritus Dr. Ed Pomeroy for Services Work Group, which provides community mental health. In 1999- providing leadership and support to support and funding for communities 2000, he published a co-edited book community initiatives that assist people to set up program models that assist Building A Framework For Support - A with serious mental health illness. people with mental illness to lead Community Development Approach to Pomeroy received the 2001 Award active and productive lives. The Work Mental Health Policy, which for Distinguished Contributions to Group also catalogues each project to chronicled 18 years of work on mental Public or Community Service, at the provide a network of information health policy. As Senior Editor of the CPA's Annual Convention, held in Ste. sharing across Canada. Pomeroy has Canadian Journal of Mental Health, he Foy, Quebec, June 21 to 23. played a lead role in many of the has made an enormous contribution to The award recognizes Pomeroy for association's most innovative projects, scholarship and to the dissemination of more than three decades of work in the one of the most recent being Supports knowledge. area of mental health. As a Registered to People with Mental Illness in Higher Pomeroy is an elected Fellow of the Clinical Psychologist, and Professor at Education. This work has led to Canadian Psychological Association Brock since 1970, Pomeroy chose partnerships with universities and and in 1996 received the Outstanding community mental health as the focus colleges, employment opportun ities for Volunteer Award from the Canadian of his scholarly efforts. His people with mental illness and the Mental Health Association. contributions have had a significant production of numerous resource impact, both locally and nationally, on materials. the role of psychology in the greater Dr. Ed Pomeroy In Niagara, Pomeroy was community. assist those who struggle with mental instrumental in the establishment of the Canadian Tire "I see myself as receiving this award illness if there is to be equity." Oak Centre, in Weiland, Ontario, a on behalf of the large cohort of As a longstanding volunteer member community-based support service for consumer/survivors, family members, of the Canadian Mental Health people with mental illness. donates service providers and concerned Association (CMHA), Pomeroy has "Ed Pomeroy's work has had, and community members who have been instrumental in the development undoubtedly will continue to have, a worked so hard to humanize the of new communi!y-based approaches considerable impact on the lives of $100,000 to mental health system in Canada and that involve building partnerships with those who are dealing with mental am deeply honoured," said Pomeroy. practitioners, patients and their illness," says Brock Professor Nancy 'Good, Better, "Some thmgs have been accomplished families, and survivors of mental DeCourville, former Chair of the but there is much more to be done to health. Department of Psychology. Brock!' I~W~E ~D~N~E ~S~D~A ~Y~' --'J ~UIIL ,yr-11 -'1 ~, --22 -o0 coID1 1 ownprugn "Good, Better, Brock! The Campaign for Brock University" is $100,000 closer to its goal thanks to a donation from Canadian Tire Acceptance Limited (CT AL) and Canadian Tire Corporation Limited (CTC). n "Canadian Tire Acceptance and A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, 5t. Catharines, Ontario Canadian Tire Corporation believe in community partnerships, and we are very proud to lend our support to the 'Good, Better, Brock!' campaign,l' said Mary Turner, Vice-President, Brock unveils universal ropes course Customer Services and Operations at CT AL in Weiland. "It is a privilege to make a difference in Niagara and beyond by helping Brock grow and build upon its excellent reputation." In recognition of Canadian Tire's generosity, the Applied Health Studies Assessment Suite in Robert S.K. Welch Hall will be permanently named for Canadian Tire. "There is much to feel confident about as Brock continues to build a University that is set to meet the challenges of the future," said Brock President David Atkinson. "This generous gift from Canadian Tire demonstrates the company's commitment to the University, its Brock Universi~ recently unveiled a new universally accessible ropes course students, and to Niagara." that offers Jleople with disabilities the opJlortunity to climb 35 feet on to a The "Good, Better, Brock!" platform and cross a suspended bridge in a wheelchair. Above, Chris Bourne, tri campaign is more than halfway to its athlete and an employee of Active riving Alliance (ALA) is followed across the bridge by Linda Hancock, Chair of ALA. goal of $29.62 million and will The new course, unveiled in June, will complement the existing course on complete financing for the largest campus, which offers high- and low-rope challenges and a climbing wall. Both expansion in the University's history. courses will be operated by Community Adventure Training Initiatives (CA TI) at The economic impact of the $51- Brock. CATI runs programs for school and youth groups, companies and other million development, which includes members of the community. Brock graduate Fred Clark, owner/operator of The Canadian Ropes Course Companr, Inc., designed and constructed both courses. two academic buildings and the The course was made possibfe With the financial assistance of ALA and Niagara health and fitness centre, is $83 Support Services. million or 2,000 year-long jobs. ,JlUfIT'W,..,., Get ready for Brock Days! ~~t ll;~ Join us for Brock Days 2001: A Check out the Brock Days Web site ~ ,_I\ • O'Sullivan Theatre. Community and Homecoming at www.brocku.calbrockdays for ~ ' '' . ' .~ Plan to make it a family event Celebration, to be held on the Brock news about all of the great events. BROCK DAYS! because Brock Days also includes campus, September 28, 29 and 30. These include alumni reunions, AVommlnity and Homecoming Velebration many fun and exciting activities for There's something for everyone family programs, wine events, --- September 28, 29, 30, 2001 --- children! during Brock Days with exciting campus tours, the opening of Brock's For more information about on-campus activities scheduled new student residence, Athletics Hall Or, you can root for your favourite Brock Days, please contact: Tom throughout the weekend. Faculty of Fame luncheon, guest speakers, Brock team as the Badgers rugby, Arkell, Director of Community and staff are invited to join in the varsity athletics events, outdoor volleyball, soccer, lacrosse and Services and Chair of Brock Days at fun with Brock graduates, students, musical entertainment and the baseball teams will be in action. 905-688-5550, ext. 3749, e-mail: and the community. It's also a great World's Largest Grape Stomp. There is a wide range of live [email protected] or contact time to take part in the annual If there's an athlete in you, you can entertainment events planned, from a Lynne Irion, Alumni Relations Co Niagara Grape and Wine Festival, choose to participate in recreational showcase of talented Brock grads to a ordinator, 905-688-5550, ext. one of North America's premiere sports such as volleyball, swimming concert featuring Canadian recording 3251, e-mail: festivals. or basketball. artist LUBA, to be held in the Sean [email protected] FACULTY AND STAFF COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES Linda Ritchie gave a poster presentation, "Adult Day Care: Northern Perspectives," at the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association Conference, June 6 to 9, in Cornerbrook, Nfld. ECONOMICS Steven Renzetti has been appointed by the International Joint Commission for a five-year term to the Study Board of the Commissions Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Regulation Study. The Board will conduct a comprehensive review and assessment of the criteria governing water levels and flow regulation in the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River system. GEOGRAPHY Professors David Butz, Hugh Gayler and Michael Ripmee~ter presented papers at the 50th Ann iversary Conference ofthe Canadian Association of Geographers, at McG ill University, May 29 to June 3. Their papers were respectively: "In Favour of a Musical Theory of Socio Spatial Relationships;" "Urban Containment and the Preservation of Agricultural Land: Fifty Years of Confl icti ng Discourse in Ontario's Niagara Region;" and" Negoti ati ng Native Identities: The Model Village at Coldwater, 1825-1840." PHILOSOPHY David Goicoechea recently read papers at and participated in four conferences: Warm welcome for Indonesian "From the Critique of the Exemplar and the Exemplar of the Critique to Critiques of Institutions and Institutions of Critique," at the International Association for Philosophy MEd students and Literature, an invited symposium on Nietzsche and Foucault, at Spellman College, Atlanta, Georgia, on May 1 to 5; Dr. Rosemary E. Young, Chair, Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Education and Director, Joint PhD in Educational Studies, second from right, speaks with "Enlightenment Reason/Postmodern Faith (Aski ng with Stackhouse: Can God be Trusted?)," a group of Indonesian MEd students during a June 26 reception at the University at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Canada, the Canadian Society Club. The reception provided an opportunity for Brock President David Atkinson, for the Study of Religion, held at Laval University, Quebec City, May 23 to 25; Dr. Michael Manley-Casimir, Dean, Faculty of Education and faculty and staff to "Kierkegaard's Leap Out of the Hermeneutic Circle," atthe Fourth International Kierkegaard welcome the 12 students who will complete their MEd degree at Brock over the Conference 2001 on Hermeneutics and Communication, at St. Olaf's College, Northfield, next 18 months. Minnesota, June 9 to 13; From left are Tri Prasetya Krasna, Ucu Suhermina, Purna Wardhani, Dr. "Kierkegaard's Spirit as Person: A Space for the Meeting of Father Coyne's Sacred Rosemary E. Young and Dyah Kartiningdyah. Cows," at the Sixth Humanity and Cosmos Conference on Spirituality-Science Representing the Indonesian Consulate at the event were Freddy Panggabean, Person, at Brock University, June 21 to 23. Vice-Consul Administration, and Medy Djufrie, Minister Counsellor and Head of MODERN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES the Economic Department. Also attending the event was Damien Dunne, Professor Dennis F. Essar has returned from his th ird semester of volunteer teaching in the Manager of Corporate Development for the Canadian Bureau of International Faculte des sciences de I' education Regina Assumpta, Cap-Haiti en, Haiti, where he taught Education, who assisted the University with the arrangements for the students. a course in African and Caribbean literature in French. While in Haiti, he presented talks to the Club des professeurs d' anglais du Cap on Canadian government and institutions and on formal and informal language in English-speaking Canada. On June 3, Essar was Brock Brieft... interviewed on Radio Providence (Cap-Haitien) on African cultures and their links with Good for Haitian literature and culture. New tour times PHYSICAL EDUCATION Recruitment and Liaison Services Anna H. Lathrop and Nancy R. Murray presented, "Do actions speak louder than words? will be changing the times it offers YOU & "U" A movement analysis of expert teachers in large class contexts," at the recent 21 st annual tours for prospective students. conference of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Memorial Beginning in September 2001, To Brock staff and faculty: University, Newfoundland. campus tours will be offered at 10 a.m. Thank you to everyone for their PSYCHOLOGY AND THE CENTRE FORTEACHING, LEARNING AND EDUCATIONA L and 2 p.m. Monday to Friday, as individual contribution to the success TECHNOLOGIES well as select Saturdays at 12 of our second employee well ness John Mitterer, from Psychology, and Graham Passmore, from The Centre for Teaching, noon. Tours can be arranged by conference on June 22. It was "Good Learning, and Educational Technologies, delivered a multimedia presentation entitled calling Cindy, at 905-688-5550, ext. for You" and we couldn't have done it "Using technology to realize large-class student pseudojournals," at the Annual Meeting 4293. without those of you who participated and those of you who stayed behind so ofthe Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. St. John's, Newfoundland, Thank you that others could attend. June 14 to 16. I would like to thank everyone who Our attendance increased more than SOCIOLOGY 20 per cent over last year (that contributed and attended my bridal June Corman presented a paper, "Regulating and Supporting the Country Teacher: The shower. I truly appreciated the translated into more than 300 employees participating this year), and Contradictory Position of the Superintendent," at the One-Room School Conference, at thoughtfulness and kind wishes from the University of Northern Illinois, June 21 to 23. everyone. I will think of all of you everyone went away happier, healthier SPORT MANAGEMENT when I am relaxing in my backyard and in some way revitalized. There on the patio furniture that you was still a distinct hum in the air about Sally Shaw presented, "But is she pretty? The construction of gender relations in sport the events and prizes a week later. generously gave Ken and I. A special organizations," at Loughborough University, UK, on June 22. A fun and informative plenary, 20 thank you to Virginia Wagg and her very different workshop opportunities, helpers for arranging such a an outdoor lunch plus lots of goodies, PUBLICATIONS wonderful meal and event. games and activities, and prizes to Amprimoz, Alexandre L. "Solitudes", "Equations de nos douleurs," "Morte - Barb Pugh boot, all added up to a really great day Memoire," LitteRealite, Vol. XIII, No 1 (PrintempslEte 2001), pp 72-73. Thesis defense for participants, and for the University. Hartman, J. Stephen and Shoemaker, James A .W. "Chelated fluoroboron cations. III. In addition to providing educational There will be a Thesis Defense for Spectroscopic Evidence for Ring Size and Steric Limitations to Chelate Formation by opportunities, new perspective and Amine Chelating Donors," Canadian Journal of Chemistry, volume 79, issue No.2, pp. MEd student Katarzyna Siedlaczek on some personal control to benefit each Tuesday, July 24, at 10 a.m. This will 426-436 (2001 ). employee participant, the value of the Hayes, Calvin. Fallibilism, Democracy and the Market: The Meta- Theoretical take place in STl126. The defense conference is realized by the mixing title is "Perceptions of Some Teachers Foundations of Popper's Political Philosophy. The University Press of America, and networking, and subsequent Lanham. MD. June, 2001. About The Similarities And/Or organizational growth, that results from Olson, J. M., Hafer, C. L., Couzens, A., and Kramins, I. (2000). You're OK, I'm OK: Differences In Teaching Online new or renewed connections. Let's try The self-presentation of affective reactions to deprivation. Social Justice Research, Vo. Versus In A Classroom Environment." to keep some of the energy and stay 13,361-374. All are welcome. connected throughout the year. The feedback forms are still coming Patrick, Donna and Armitage, Peter. 2001. Media contestation of the James Bay and in and the response is very enthusiastic. Northern Quebec Agreement: The social construction of the "Cree problem." In Colin Congratulations to Catherine Scott, Ed., Aboriginal Autonomy and Development in Northern Quebec and Labrador. Picheniuk, of External Relations, who is Vancouver: UBC Press. Pp. 206-232. Brock University the·winner of the final doorprize, a Segalowitz, S.J., Bernstein, D.M., and Lawson, S. (2001). P300 event-related potential folding camp chair. Keep the forms decrements in well-functioning university students with mild head injury. 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[email protected] Brock Board approves record Brock plans $100-million draft budget for future The Brock University Board of "Brock's ability to balance its budget 2002 academic year show a 12.7 per • Trustees recently approved a $100- is an impressive accomplishment. cent increase in students making million draft budget, the largest in the Through sound financial planning, Brock their first choice. This is the expansion University's history, for the 2001- Brock is able to do that year after highest percentage increase for 2002 fiscal year. Final approval is year without compromising the high universities in Ontario and is six Brock University is developing a expected in November. quality education our students expect times higher than the system average. master plan for campus expansion Brock's annual economic impact to and receive. In total, 2,694 secondary school that will provide a clear and structured framework for future the Niagara Re~ion is currently $1 ~O "Despite these successes, we students made Brock their first million. This will rise to $240 million continue to be concerned with the choice, while 10,095 students growth. by 2003. current inadequate funding situation applied to Brock, for a total Urban Strategies Inc., an As has been the case for a number facing Brock and other Ontario increase of 15.1 per cent over last internationally recognized planning of years, the draft budget for 2001- universities," Atkinson said. "We are year, which is also the highest and urban design firm, will develop 2002 offers little flexibility. The thrilled to see our student numbers percentage increase in the the campus plan. The Toronto-based Government of Ontario announced continue to increase as Brock's province. firm has prepared campus master new funding of $222 million over the popularity grows, but that increase With the double cohort of Grade plans for a large number of Canadian only heightens our need to hire more 12 and 13 students attending and American universities and has next three years for Ontario university in Ontario in 2003-2004, universities, but Brock still faces faculty and to provide additional won awards for its innovative work enrolment at Brock is expected to and commitment to excellence. some Significant financial challenges. space without corresponding jump by approximately 2,000. While Brock will finish the 2000- increases in provincial funding." Urban Strategies was retained by Brock also anticipates hiring up to Brock through a competitive 2001 fiscal year with a balanced In September 2000, Brock 60 additional faculty members over budget, this has only been achieved University experienced a record selection process. the next three years. "It is paramount to the future due to a $1.66-million grant from the annual increase in students, with Recently, the provincial province for providing a greater 11,416 enrolled for the 2000-2001 success of the University to have in government-appointed Investing in place a clear framework of campus number of students with access to academic year. This was an increase Students Task Force concluded quality post-secondary programs. of 975 students, or more than nine Ontario universities are responsibly development in relation to our vision "The tremendous growth in per cent, over the same time last managed and cost-efficient as a centre of academic excellence," students and programming makes it year, when 10,441 students were compared to other jurisdictions. It says Brock President David Atkinson. even more vital for the University to enrolled at the University, making the also acknowledged the need for "The master plan is a major step in continue to manage its finances 2000-2001 academic year one of system-wide investment to support the evolution of the University. It will effectively and efficiently," said Brock's highest enrolments. the surging enrolments projected for emphasize our commitment to being Brock President David Atkinson. Application figures for the 2001- this decade and beyond. the best University for our students, faculty and staff, and the people of Niagara." WED N E 5 DAY J U L Y 2 5 2 0 0 1 A campus master plan is a physical blueprint that identifies a framework of building sites, open spaces and supporting infrastructure. The plan will be a practical, flexible guide while projecting a coherent image of the essential qualities of the campus. The highly consultative process will involve groups and individuals from across tne campus, as well as A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, 5t. Catharines, Ontario stakeholders in the Niagara community such as the local municipalities, regional government and the-Niagara Escarpment Brock installing new Commission. Over the next year and a half, telephone system there will be many opportunities to The University is in the process of participate in the planning process. installing a larger, state-of-the-art The consultation process will involve telephone system. Outside callers interviews with members of Brock's may experience periodiC disruptions senior administration, students, faculty and staff, and a range of other until the installation, which is being carried out in phases, is completed at groups. the end of July. Urban Strategies will also hold Once installed, the system will planning workshops and open houses make it easier for callers from both during the consultation period. outside and inside the University to The planning process will identify reach faculty, staff and students living development issues currently facing in residence. Brock, for example, the growing The system costs $1.7 million and enrolment and the need to expand will be equipped with various new residence space, the challenges technologies, such as enhanced around parking and services, and the voicemail and speech recognition. need for new office space to With speech recognition, all callers accommodate an increase in faculty. may simply say the name of the New students get a SmartSTART George Dark, the Urban Strategies person with whom they wish to speak partner overseeing the Brock project, Jenna Gazzola, of Guelph, left, talks with SmartST ART student staff members Edward emphasizes that the process will also and the system will connect the call. Ludwig and Marnie McWhinnie, during a SmartST ART morning orientation session, The system is is also capable of focus on developing an held at Pond Inlet, for new Brock students and their parents. Gazzola will begin her understanding of the indigenous handling more than 10,000 first year of history studies at Brock in September. Standing with her, from left, are extensions to accommodate future conditions, culture and cnaracter of her parents, Marino and Laurie Gazzola, and, at right, Rob Tiffin, Brock University Brock University and its site, growth at the University. Registrar. SMARTStart (Students Making a Realistic Transition) is Brock's very Brock's current system reached its particularly its setting on the Niagara successful summer academic orientation program for first-year students. The escarpment. capacity last year, and the University program runs from July 3 to August 3. has been planning an upgrade for "Brock University has arguably the Ludwig and McWhinnie are part of this year's group of 13 senior students, representing most dramatic natural setting of any some time. The current system was all faculties, who are helping incoming students to get to know their new community first installed in 1981 and was Canadian university," says Mr. Dark. and assisting them in registering for their courses. SmartST ART also includes a special "This quality of place is a key asset updated several times by integrating session to provide parents with information about support services available at Brock. used systems into one large system for Brock and sets it apart from other with more than 3,000 extensions. more urban or suburban campuses." Community partnership leads to opening of nursing clinic Brock University has formed a hassle-free. It has been a very was an unexpected opportunity that Health Centre since it is closed partnership with Community Care positive experience for the nurses and is a win-win situation for everyone during the summer. A modest fee Access Niagara (ACCESS Niagara) to their clients." involved." covers additional costs to run the operate a health clinic on campus The clinic, located in Harrison ACCESS Niagara is responsible for centre in the summer and will also during the summer for home care Hall, is open seven days a week until co-ordinating community health care contribute to student health clients who are mobile and require the end of August. Also involved in and long-term care placement programming. basic nursing care. the pilot project are the Victorian services for about 8,000 people. Tne clinic Improves the quality of "We are extremely grateful to the Order of Nurses, SEN Community Aware of Brock President David life for clients since they can book University for its co-operation and Health Care and the Red Cross. Atkinson's commitment to their own appointments rather than quick action with respect to this "The University is pleased to be community involvement, ACCESS wait at home for a nurse to deliver successful venture," said Maria able to help meet the needs of those Niagara approached the University in care. Nurses can use their valuable McMillan, Manager of Contract in the community," said Melodie May about a partnership in time, normally spent travelling to and Services with ACCESS Niagara. "The Shick-Porter, Manager of Health anticipation of a nursing shortage, from home visits, to care for a greater transition for us and all of the Services at Brock, and a key especially during the summer. Brock number of patients. Medical supply provider agencies was smooth and facilitat9r of the partnership. "This was able to offer use of its Student costs are also reduced. Into The Physical And Psychological The Harpweaver Reading Series announces Stress Factors That Elementary Teacners Brock Brieft ... Experience: Recommendations To Boards exciting lineup And Personal Calming Strategies." All The Harpweaver announces its third Weekend Man and The Age of Longing Thesis defense are welcome. exciting Reading Series, which will which was nominated for both the There will be a Thesis Defense for open on Thurscfay, September 27, with Giller and the Governor General's MEd student Patricia Crawford, on Volunteer opportunity Judy Rebick, a longtime social activist award. Wright received an honourary Wednesday, August 1, at 10 a.m. The Canadian Red Cross has a in the women's movement and the degree from Brock in 2000. His latest This will take place in ST11 03. The unique prevention program that is pro-choice movement. novel appears this autumn. defense title is "Job Satisfaction community based and volunteer Probably best known to Canadians January 10: Janice Kulyk Keefer Among Nurses And Its Relationship driven: RespectEd. It seeks to educate as the President of the National Action teaches at the University of Guelph To Reflective Practice." All are youth on all types of maltreatment - Committee on the Status of Women and is currently working on a series of welcome. emotional, physical and sexual abuse from 1990 to 1993, Rebick is publisher texts exploring her relation to her There will be a Thesis Defense for and neglect. This is a volunteer of rabble.ca, a new online interactive "other country," Ukraine. MEd student Lisa De Angelis on opportunity for those who have a magazine. She also writes columns in She has won the CBC Radio Literary Wednesday, August 1, 2001. This flexible schedule. For more Elm Street Magazine and on CBC Competition, for fiction, for Mrs. will take place, at 2 p.m., in ST11 03. information, please call Maria or Online and regular commentaries in Putnam at the Planetarium, and for The The thesis title is: 'An Investigation Nancy at 905-680-5001. the Ottawa Citizen. Judy is a popular Wind, the National Magazine Award speaker on issues of concern to women for poetry, for Fields, and the Malahat and politics in general. Long Poem Prize for, Isle of Demons. FACULTY AND STAFF She is currently working on an Also, she has been shortlisted for the BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES anecdotal history of feminism in Governor General's Award for non In June, Laura Wyman and Ross Beattie, MSc students in the department, travelled to Canada. fiction, for Under Eastern Eyes, and for Knoxville, Tennessee for the 2001 Evolution conference at which they gave poster All readings take place in Pond Inlet fiction, for The Green Library. presentations of their research. Wyman's poster was entitled "Inferring the evolution of at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments will be January 24: Stephanie Bolster won social behaviour in halictine sweat bees: Multivariate and phylogenetic approaches." available. Tickets are available at the the Norma Epstein Award for Creative Beattie's poster was a "Comparison of evolutionary rates in haplodiploid and diploid insects." Box Office at the following prices: Writing, in 1993. The Bronwen CHEMISTRY single tickets, $5 students/seniors, $8 Wallace Award came her way in 1996. In May, Professor Ian Brindle, Chair of the Chemistry Department, presented a workshop, regular; series (9), $55 and $27; half In 1998, she won the Governor sponsored by the Canadian Society for Applied Spectroscopy, entitled: "Hydride Generation: series (5), $27 and $14. General's Award for Poetry. Also in A Crash Course," in Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver. FromJune22 t028, he attended The other featured guests are: 1998, she published her first collection, the 5th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference and presented a paper with October 11: Novelist Joan Barfoot, a White Stone:The Alice Poems with Ellyn Beary of the National Institute for Standards and Technology (Gaithersburg, MD) former reporter and editor for various Signal Editions (Vehicule Press). Her entitled: "Analytical Chemistry for Green Chemistry." newspapers including: The Owen latest collection, Two Bowls of Milk COMMUNICATIONS, POPULAR CULTURE AND FILM Sound Sun-Times, Tne Windsor Star, (McClelland & Stewart, 1999) was Professor Jeannette Sioniowski presented a paper, titled "Performing the Master The Toronto Sun, and The London Free reviewed in the Harpweaver, vol. 8: Narratives: Michael Rubbo's Waiting for Fidel," at the Film Studies Association of Press. Barfoot won the Marian Engel Winter, 2001. Canada, on May 25. Award, 1992, and the WH Smith! February 14: Dean of Canadian COMPUTER SCIENCE Books in Canada First Novel Award, mystery writers, Eric Wright is best Brian Ross and Cameron Wellock attended the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation for Abra, 1978. Her most recent novel known for his Charlie Salter stories, Conference (GECCO-2001) in San Francisco, California, held from July 7-11. Ross is Getting Over Edgar. Toronto: Key which have been published in Canada, presented a paper entitled, "The Evaluation of a Stochastic Regular Motif Language for Porter, 1999. She releases a new novel the U.s., and the UK. Most recently, he Protei n Sequences." Wellock presented a paper entitled, "An Exami nation of Lamarckian this autumn. was nominated for the Charles Taylor Genetic Algorithms." October 25: Anna Porter is the Prize for Literary Non-Fiction for his COOL CLIMATE OENOLOGY AND VITICULTURE winner of the 2001 Canadian Authors memoir, Always Give a Penny to a Professor Gary Pickering has secured an $8,000 research grant from Lallemand Inc. for Association! Birks Family Foundation his project (in collaboration with Ramon Mira de Orduiia from Massey University, New Award for Biography, "to recognize Blind Man (Key Porter, 1999). Zealand) on the effect of malolactic strain and timing of malolactic fermentation on the excellence in the writing of Canadian February 28: Erika Ritter is a Biography." Porter received the award playwright, radio dramatist, novelist, physiochemical parameters and sensory characteristics of Chardonnay wine. for The Stotyteller (Doubleday Canada). humorist, writer of short fiction and ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Porter is the publisher of Key Porter radio broadcaster/interviewer/host. Her Klay Dyer presented a paper, entitled "Turning Over a New Leaf: The Literary Ecologies Books, and is one of Canada's most publications include: The Hidden Life of Susan FenimoreCooper and Catharine Parr Traill," as part ofthe InternationalJames Fenimore respected publishing professionals. She of Humans. Toronto: Key Porter Books, Cooper Seminar, convened at Cooperstown and SUNY College Oneonta, July 8 to 12. is the author of three crime novels, 1997; Ritter in Residence. Toronto: Marilyn Rose presented a paper, "Charlotte on Fleet Street," atthe "Bronte Disseminations" Hidden Agenda, Mortal Sins, and The McClelland and Stewart, 1987; Urban session during the meeting of the Association for Canadian College and University Bookfair Murders. Scrawl. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, Teachers of English (ACCUTE) at the Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities, at Laval November 22: St. Catharines novelist 1984. Automatic Pilot Toronto: University, on May 26. She also chaired a session for ACCUTE on "Gendered Space! Richard B. Wright is the author of eight Playwrights Union of Canada, 1980. Gendered Bodies," and another for the Association for Canadian Studies on the work of acclaimed novels, including The Marcl114 or 18: To be announced. Canadian poets Pauline Johnson and Claire Harris. MATHEMATICS Charles Laywine attended the 18th British Combinatorial Conference at the University of Here are some examples of recent Sussex, July 2 to 6, and presented a paper titled, "From orthogonal latin squares to (t,m.s) Brock in the news coverage involving the University: nets: a hierarchy of complete orthogonal structures. The University continues to see a • Biological Sciences Associate MODERN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES Professor Fiona Hunter appeared on significant increase in its local and Leslie Boldt-Irons recently observed French classes at Srinakharinwirot University in Radio Canada Television for a segment national media coverage, and reporters Bangkok, Thailand, where she also presented a paper entitled "Oriental ism and Andre are relying more and more on Brock's on the spreading of the West Nile Virus; • Hilary Findlay, Chair of the Malraux's La Tentation de I'Occident." Media Source Directory to find the PHYSICAL EDUCATION experts they require. Department of S~rt Management, was interviewed for a Globe ana Mail Diane Stevens in collaboration with Kent Kowalski, of the University of Saskatchewan, Faculty members, current and new, and Peter Crocker, of the University of British Columbia, were awarded $56,364 over two are reminded to participate in an annual report about the significance of pregnant women lJeing banned from years from the Health Services Utilization and Research Commission to study "Coping update of the directory now under way with Social Physique Anxiety in Adolescence." by the Office of External Relations. comReting in Netball In Australia; magazine POLITICAL SCIENCE All faculty members who are in the • Cana(Jian Business featured the ACE Brock award-winning James B. Kelly presented a paper, entitled "Framers' Intent and the Just Society: In defence current directory should review their team of student entrepreneurs in its of an Activist Canadian High Court," at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political entry to ensure they are listed under the May 14 issue; Science Association, Laval University, Quebec City, May 31 to June 2. He also presented appropriate areas of interest and • The appointment and installation a paper, entitled "Legal Services and the Role of Government Lawyers in Canada," at the expertise. Please also ensure that of Brock's new Chancellor, Raymond Joint Meetings of the Law and Society Association and the Research Committee on the telephone extensions and e-mail Moriyama, received prominent Sociology of Law, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, July 4 to 7. addresses are accurate. Chanses should coverage in Niagara's daily be made on the green form distributed newspapers. Stuaent awara winners recently througn interoffice mail. also received significant attention in EVENTS: New faculty members interested in regional Convocation coverage; Ribfest: The first annual Rotary Ribfest will be held, from Thursday, August 9 to Sunday, adding their names and areas of • Frances Tuer, the new director of August 12, noon to 11 p.m., in Montebello Park, downtown St. Catharines. Try ribs from expertise to the directory should fill out Brock's Management Development all over North America and enjoy entertainment by Downchild Blues Band, Crowbar, the blue form also distributed internally Centre, was featured in a St. Catharines Personics, and more. Admission is free. You only pay for your ribs, beer, wine, and other through External Relations. Standard business p'rofile; goodies. The Rotary Club of St. Catharines hopes to make this a major annual fund-raiser. All changes and/or additions should be • Child and Youth Studies Associate All proceeds help support community projects. submitted to Caroline Bourque Wiley, Professor Zopito Marini was Media Relations Officer in the Office of interviewed by Taday's Parent for a PUBLICATIONS External Relations, by August 31 . The story about kids and boredom as well Fuks, H. and Boccara, N. "Convergence to equilibrium in a class of interacting particle directory is distributed to media outlets as by Niagara's three daily newspapers systems evolving in discrete time," E 64, 016117 (2001). across the country. It is also accessible about a variety of child and youth ISSUes; Physical Review from the Media link on the Brock • Physics Professor John Black's Davies, P.L., Segalowitz, S.J., Dywan, J., and Pailing, P.E. (2001). Error-related negativity home page. research on bird migration using and positivity as they relate to other ERP indices of attentional control and stimulus weather radar was featured in tne St. processing. Biological Psychology, 56, 191-206. Catharines Standard and various other Hollick, Thomas R. and Siegel, David. Evolution, Revolution, Amalgamation: Restructuring newspapers across Canada; in Three Ontario Municipalities (London, Ont.: Local Government Program, University of Brock University • Brock's Centre for the Arts Western Ontario, 2001). Careers begin here! continues to receive prominent Kelly, James B. (with Christopher P. Manfredi), "Dialogue, Deference and Restraint: Judicial attention from Niagara's print media; Independence and Trial Procedures," Saskatchewan Law Review 64 (2001), pp. 323-346. • Fan590 in Toronto interviewed Kelly, James B. 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I-i ---.----.--.------.-.-.-.----.-.----:=- ---i Members of Brock community I elected to national association I Two members of the Brock economic, social, political and cultural University community will play an life - key factors in our country's I integral role in the leadership and prosperity." I 0rerations of the National Association From a modest start in 1987, NAUBCS i 0 University Board Chairs and has developed into a valuable adjunct to I Secretaries (NAUBCS). George Board Chairs and Secretaries. It serves Barkwell, Immediate Past-Oiair of the as a means of mobilizing the Board of Trustees of Brock University, leadership of university Boards to is the newly elected Vice-Chair of support and develop policies and NAUBCS. Barkwell is a Weiland programs and offers a forum for the resident and a Partner with BOO exchange of ideas and dialogue on Dunwoody, LLP, Chartered issues oT mutual concern. Brock has Accountants and Management been a member since its inception. Consultants in their Hamilton office. Among the tasks ahead for Barkwell Evelyn Janke, Secretary to the and Janke will be hosting the annual Paddleheads show their enthusiasm as they return to the dock. University and to Brock's Board of NAUBCS Conference at Brock in 2003 Trustees, was elected a Director of for approximately 100 delegates from NAUBCS. post-secondary institutions across Paddleheads make a splash "Financial sustainability is the Canada. The Brock Paddleheads being part of Brock's team. paramount challenge faCing Canadian ------participated in the Second Annual The Paddlehead crew members universities," said Barkwell. "NAUBCS Dragon Boat Festival on the Henley included Alicia Arcangeletti, Brock recognizes the support universities Bursary is a course, on Saturday, July 28. The President David Atkinson, Christine receive from the provincial and federal Paddleheads raised $1,050 in Barron, Lisa Buckland, Shannon governments, but it also recognizes the pledges for the Evangelista/Adams Butters, Darin Chartrand, Terry E>enefits of collectively communicating tribute to Breast Screening Clinic at the St. Cockerline, Melissa Coleman, Jon our concerns to provincial and federar Catharines General Hospital. The Faber, Mike Farrell, Ian Freeman, levels of government as well as to the event was also a fund raiser for the Mark Griffin, Michelle Griffore- Canadian public." Dean Brown St. Catharines Museum Discovery Kempe, Glenys Jenkyns, Michelle "Universities are in the business of The Faculty of Mathematics and Park. Thank you to the Paddleheads Lea, Trisha McLaren, Lindsay preparing the leaders of t~morrow an~, Science is establishing the Dean Ron and to those who came out to cheer McLean, Julia Pemberton, Leanne In the process, have a major economic Brown Memorial Bursary for Graduate us on, it really was a great event! Perry, Bruce Petrie, Leigh-Anne impact on their communities," added Students. Next year's race is scneduled for Purvis, Janeen Scott, Kristen Smith i Janke. "University graduates make a Dean Brown died suddenly at his significant contribution to Canada's home on Tuesday, June 19. He will __ ~Iy 27~~ for ~~:~ intereste~~ _____ and Erin Whi ~ ______J long be remembered as a man of compassion and caring which was w E o N E 5 o A y A u G u 5 T 8 2 o o 1 reflected in his concern and interest in faculty, staff and especially students. The bursary is a tribute to Dean Brown's commitment to helping students and is also a way of continUing his strong interest in ensunng that the graduate studies experience is a good one for Brock students. The Bursary will be made available to graduate students in the Faculty of Matnematics and n Science who have a demonstrated financial need. A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Any'one'interested in making a contribution to the bursary fund is asked to contact Teanna Brown, in the Development Office, at 905::688-5550, Tuition Waiver ext. 4074; e-mail: [email protected] Forms for Fall/ When used in conjunction with the Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program Winter Registration every $1 from Brock is matcned by $2 from the Province. Correction: A letter sent to faculty due August 31 and staff in the Faculty of Mathematics and Science incorrectly mentioned that FalllWinter registration begins the donations would be matched by Wednesday, September 5. the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. Educational Assistance and Tuition Waiver forms for eligible employees Fine Arts research should be completed and submitted to Human Resources for approval by needs volunteers Friday, August 31 (prior to registration). Professors Jean Bridge and Marlene Approved forms may be picked up Moser, of the Department of Fine Arts, or returned through the inter-office are looking for volunteers to participate in their research project, Situ: mail. Performing Narrative Images. As in the past, the cost of tuition During a fun-filled two-hour period, only is covered, not ancillary fees. participants will "work" with other Should eligible employees or their volunteers on games that involve dependents not successfully complete CCOVI Director part of South American state visit drama and narrative and the creation a course or withdraw from a course, it Dr. Ron Subden, Director of the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute, right, of tableaux or living pictures. will be necessary to pay the tuition or is shown with the Right Honourable Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, centre, and All are welcome: staff, students, withdrawal fees in order to re His Excellency John Ralston Saul during a recent state visit to Argentina and Chile. They community members, conference establish the privilege of free tuition. were among the Canadian representatives who met with South American counterparts delegates. It's a great way to get to Any account balance must be paid to discuss topics such as student exchange programs, New World Wine Producer relax, get to know people and learn more about drama. No experience in prior to registration and/or graduation. alliances and agreements on oenological practices. theatre required! If you have any questions or would To sign up for one of the sessions like applications forms mailed to you, listed below, please contact Monika pleas~ contact Christine Dyck, at Lederich, at ext. 3214, or e-mail: ext. 3274, or Rosemary Molnar, at LYL courses hit the road m [email protected] ext. 3286. Session A: Wednesday, August 8, 4:30- LYL - Coming soon to a location the exciting line-up of short, fun and 6:30p.m. near you! Brock is now partnering unique fall courses like Government: Session B: Thursday, August 9, 12-2 p.m. with community organizations to How it does (and doesn't) work, by Session C: Thursday, August 9, 4:30- Buy your ticket hold LYL courses at off-campus instructor Bill Matheson; The 6:30p.m. locations around Niagara in addition Metamorphosis of Port Dalhousie, by Session 0: Monday, August 13, 12- to on-campus settings. Patrick Little; Here's to Hops, by 2 p.m. today! Session E: Monday, August 13, 6:30- Tickets are still available for the LYL, which stands for Live Younger Mary Frances Richardson and the 8:30p.m. Opening of Term Dinner on Longer, was introduced earlier this folks at Taylor & Bate Brewery; just to Session F: Tuesday, August 14, 4:30- Thursday, August 30, in the year with the object of enabling name a few. 6:30p.m. Residence Dining Hall. active adults to learn new things, to Courses will be held on campus Doors open at 6 p.m. for a 7 p.m. try novel experiences, and to meet as well as in community locations dinner. The cost is $28 per ticket. new friends. Short, non-credit, such as area libraries, art galleries, New appointments Tickets are on a first-come, first informal and fun courses range in museums and community centres. served basis from the Centre for length from a three-hour seminar, to To find out about these courses and Dr. Terry Boak, Vice-President, Academic recently announced the the Arts Box Office. a multi-week program, to full-day others, watch for your copy of the Complimentary tickets will be appointment of Dr. Lewis Soroka as field trips and "edutravel." fall LYL brochure coming soon, tlie Interim Dean of the Faculty of provided to all new faculty and Experienced and accomplished check out our Web site at Social Sciences and Dr. Ian Brindle staff members and their guests. instructors from Brock's community www.brocku.ca/lyl or call 905-688- as the Interim Dean of the Faculty of guide the learning process. Check out 5550, ext. 3444. Mathematics and Sciences. International MAcc students celebrate success Brock in the news The Faculty of Business is pleased to Brock Assistant Professor Sandra congratulate the inaugural International News in Toronto and Report on Radio Bosacki recently attracted national (CJCA 780) in Edmonton. The story was Master of Accountancy (MAcc) class media coverage regarding a research also picked up by the Canadian Press on the completion of their degree study in the area of emotional bullying wire service and run in newspapers requirements. A special celebration and self-esteem in girls and boys. across the country, including was held on Thursday, July 19, at the The The flurry of media interviews and and home of Dr. and Mrs. Martin Kusy. Weiland Tribune Calgary Herald. requests began immediately after a Another positive outcome of the The Faculty of Business welcomed its Toronto Star article was published media attention was a request from first group of Master of Accountancy Thursday, July 19, about the study Concerned Children's Advertisers for students from Shan&hai in October Bosacki conducted related to her Bosacki to help collaborate on its new 2000. The students In this special current research with Associate anti-bullying campaign aimed at cohort are all professionals with Professor Zopito Marini, in the Child children in Grades 3, 4 and 5. previous work experience in and Youth Studies Department, on Other Brock faculty members, staff, accounting firms and businesses in The Faculty of Business recently celebrated children's perceptions of bullying in programs and conferences were also China. Over the past nine months, the success of the inaugural International grade school. featured in news coverage over the these highly motivated students have Master of Accountancy (MAcc) class. Within hours, a Canada AM past month: worked extremely hard to adjust to Seated from left are students Weiyin Shen, producer had arranged for a chauffeur • John Hodson, aboriginal co North American customs and practices Junqing Qiu, Yonghui Shen, Lili Sun; to pick up Bosacki at home at 5:30 ordinator in the Centre of Adult Studies while remaining focused on their standing from left, Zhizhong Ye, Zhengmin a.m. the next day. Bosacki was taken to and Distance Learning in the Faculty of accounting studies at Brock. Zhou, Xiaoyue Pan, Yuhong Qian, Wei the CTV news studios in Scarborough Education, figured prominently in a Congratulations Class of 2001! Chen, Limin Xing, Fanxi Kong, Jun Qian. for a live interview at 8:10a.m. witn full-page feature story about the Jennifer Ward. program in The Hamilton Spectator; About a dozen other media outlets • Economics Professor Mohammed BUFS season opens with The Dish approached the Education faculty Dore shared his views on the Kyoto The Brock University Film Society is no exc!'!Ption. Starring Jeremy Northam, member for interviews that day or over Accord in an interview with The (BUFS) begins its exciting new season of Kate Becklnsale, Uma Thurman and Nick the course of the next few days, Weiland Tribune. The article also ran international films on Sunday, September Nolte. including CKTB 610 AM News in St. in The St. Catharines Standard. 16, with The Dish (Rob Sitch, Australia, October 21: Calle 54 (Fernando Catharines, CBC Radio, CHML Radio • Associate Professor Kathy Belicki 2000). All films are on Sunday, at 7 p.m., Trueba, SpainlFranceJItaly, 2000). A in Hamilton, CH News Television, of Psychology appeared on CH in the David S. Howes Theatre (formerly concert movie for everyone who loved CFRB Radio in Toronto, CJAD Radio in Television'slive morning show to share The Playhouse), Brock University. The Buena Vista Social Club. Tracing the Montreal, 1350 AM in Oshawa, 680 her expertise on dreams. BUFS will also hold two special events. history of Latin Jazz set in a variety of On Sunday, September 30, the screening locations from New York to Europe, Calle of Lost and Denrious (Lea Poole, Canada, 54 brought audiences to their feet at its will give an address entitled "Takaaki's 2001) will be followed by a reception to premier at the 2000 Toronto International Brock Briefs ... Aestnetics and Hegel," in the Senate celebrate BUFS 7th anniversary. On Film Festival. Chamber, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, November 11, the screening of October 28: Bread and Tulips (Silvio Japanese philosophy To register for the workshop and for the classic silent film, The Big Parade, will Soldini, Italy, 2000). A joyous comedy The Brock Philosophy Department the lunch, please contact 905-688- feature the live piano accompaniment by that delighted audiences at film festivals will feature Dr. Leith Morton, of the 5550, ext. 3315. Phillip Carli, intemationally renowned in Toronto and Cannes in 2000. Rosalba University of New Castle, Australia, as silent film accompanist. (Licia Maglietta) is a housewife who longs part of its two-day presentation on Thesis defense There will be a Thesis Defense for TIcket price; are: to escape family routine. When she is Japanese philosophy, August 13 and 14. t!I!II: aCcidentally forgotten while on a bus tour MEd student Michelle Caron on IIP'_ Members, $5; Non- A Workshop on Japanese Philosophy ••- members, $7 at the door; with her family, she spontaneously will be held on Monday, August 13, Thursday, August 9, at 10 a.m., in Membership (Sept. to April), decides to go off and fulfill her desire to beginning with lunch at noon and STl126. The thesis title is "The $22; Two Memberships, $39 (tax is see Venice, the city of her dreams. Co followed by the workshop, from 2 to Impact of Education on the Use of included). Tickets are available from sponsored by the Dante Alighieri Society. 4 p.m., in ST 1126. Breast Self-Examination Among Brock's Centre for the Arts Box Office, November 4: Under the Sand (Franc;ois On Tuesday, August 14, Morton Canadian Women." All are welcome. 905-688-5550, ext. 3257. Ozon, France, 2000). A moving, deeply Free parking is available in Lot T. Pay personal film exploring the experience of parking ($3) is available in Lot B1. human loss. On one or their regular visits ROSALIND BLAUt:K Golfers support Films may be subject to change at short to their summer house, Marie (Charlotte CENTRE FOR notice. For program updates or Rampling) finds her husband has day care centre information abOut BUFS, please contact mysteriously vanished, and Marie must Anne Howe, ext. 3553, or e-mail: leam to find herself and life again. CHILD CARE The Alphie's 16th Invitational [email protected] November 11: The Big Parade (King Golf Tournament, held on July September 16: The Dish (Rob Sitch, Vidor, USA, 1925). John Gilbert and 6, raised $1079.40 for the Renee Adoree star in this classic silent Australia, 2000). The comic but true tale Rosalind Blauer Centre for film about the First World War, one of the of a small town in the outback of Child Care. Paul Dwyer, greatest war fi Ims ever made. Live piano Australia that takes "one giant leap for organizer of the tournament, mankind" when its state-of-the-art accompaniment by Phillip Carli, recently presented a cheque telecommunications dish, located in the intemationally renowned silent film middle of a sheep pasture, is utilized by accompanist! Co-sponsored by the for that amount to Leah NASA. The People's Choice Award Departments of Music and History. Lautenbach, Director of the runner-up at the 2000 Toronto November 18: Yi Yi (Edward Yang, day care centre. International Film Festival. Taiwan, 2000). Set in contemporary The tournament, held at Brock September 23: The Man Who Cried Taipei, Yang's new film follows the Golfland, involved 87 golfers (Sally Potter, UKJFrance, 2000). From the fortunes of the Jians, a middle-class family and guests. Dwyer would like director of Orlando, a sumptuous epic struggling to keep an even keel in the face to announce that the date for stretching from 1920's Russia to 1940's of mOdem urban pressures. next year's tournament is Hollywood following the fortunes of November 25: Monsoon Wedding Friday, July 12, 2002. Fegele, a young Jewish girl who flees the (Mira Nair, India, 2001). New Delhi's all pogroms as a child and loses herself in engulfing Punjabi culture forms the the turmoil of Europe. backdrop for this new film by Nair FACULTY AND STAFF September 30: Lost and Delirious (Lea (Salaam Bombay) about an upper-middle APPLIED HEALTH SCIENCES Poole, Canada, 2001). One of Canada's class wedding that brings together family pre-eminent directors, Poole (Emporte members from Toronto, Houston, Mike Laurence, Director, Web Course Development, was guest of the Singapore moi) has skillfully fashioned a poignant California's Silicon Valley, Australia and Government in early July to conduct a day-long workshop on Design for e-Learning, portrait of the sexual awakening and Dubai, all bringing their own lifestyles delivered to 40 department heads and technology officers at the Singapore Ministry of Education Headquarters. Subsequent department head meetings were held with discussion romantic tragedy experienced by three and values to the occasion. aimed at potential collaborations between the Singapore MOT, Brock University and the young women at an all-girl's school. December 2: Innocence (Paul Cox, Australia, 2000). The new film by the Ontario Ministry of Education. Singapore is actively pursuing the development of online Reception after the screening to celebrate additional qualifications courses for all Singaporean K - 13 teachers. BUFS 7th year! inexplicably overlooked master of October 14: The Golden Bowl Oames Australian cinema. A brave new work As guest ofthe Hong Kong Polytechnic University Educational Technology Service Unit, Ivory, UK, 2000). Ismail Merchant and that explores the notion of true love, the Laurence conducted a half-day colloquium in Hong Kong for 35 faculty members from three tertiary institutions: Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chinese University, and James Ivory (Howards End, The Remains story involves a couple who pick up their Hong Kong University. The presentation (and related activities) was entitled, "Review and of the Day) are the acknowledged relationship where they left off 40 years Analysis of Assessment and Evaluation Strategies for Online Learning." Interest is keen as before. masters of the literate period film. This Hong Kong Polytechnic'S president has committed to the online (WebCT) availability of adaptation of Henry james's classic novel 25 per cent of all HKPU courses by the end of 2003. about female desire and social decorum Laurence was also recently an invited guest of Singapore's Nanyang Technological University where he took part in a series of meetings with the heads of IT (Information Technology), CEO (Centre for Educational Development), and the University Library. Brock University Discussion topics were primarily IT infrastructure in "emergent" institutions, e-Learning, and potential for international collaboration. The president of NTU has committed to have Careers begin here! available an online component to all NTU courses by the end of 2003. COOL CLIMATE OENOLOGY AND VITICULTURE INSTITUTE E-mail submissions to: [email protected] Dr. Linda Bramble has been awarded a $1 0,000 research grant from the Ontario Hostelry University Web sile: www.brocku.ca Institute in order to conduct research on Winery Tourism. Brock News is a rublication of the Office of Externa Relations. MATHEMATICS 905-688-5550, ext. 3245 Professor H.E. Bell attended the Workshop on General Algebra, held at the Johannes FAX 905-641-5216 Happy retirement! Kepler Universitat Linz, June 14 to 17. He gave a paper entitled "Some rings related to Editor: Heather Junke; Production: MJ Turner; periodic rings." Communications Director: Mike Farrell Campus Police Chief Don Delaney, second The next issue of Brock News is Wednesday, from left, presents Eric Anderson with a PUBLICATIONS August 22,2001, with a firm copy deadline of plaque to recognize his seven-plus years of Friday, August 10, at 4:30 p.m. service to the campus community. With J. Donihee, Terriplan Consultants Ltd., Gartner Lee Ltd., Transformation Solutions Ltd. and them are Inspector Mayla Parrent, left, Renzetti, S. (2001 ), A Framework for Managing and Pricing Water on Inuit Owned Lands, PUBLICA TlO~ IS EVERY TWO WEEKS and Inspector Mike Terpak, right. Good a report produced for Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (S. Renzetti is lead author of Canada I'osl Agreernl'nl ~ -lOOC'J7C,7 luck, Eric. Have a long and happy retirement! chapter 4 of the report, entitled "Valuing and Pricing Water.") SMARTStart Orientation week will be In the News a success Reporters from across the province lined up recently to inter Between July 3 and August 3, a 'Big Top' carnival view Biological Sciences Professor SMARTStart (Students Making a Fiona Hunter regarding her involve Realistic Transition) welcomed The Brock University Students' port community organizations. ment in a study about the West Nile 1,600 first-year students and 1,652 Union begins its Orientation Week The BUSU Budget Friendly Auction virus. parents to the Brock campus for 2001 celebrations on Monday, (thanks to all who donated goods for it) In one day, Hunter received day-long orientation and registra September 3, with "Big Top BUSU," a will be held at Isaacs, at 1 p.m., on tion sessions. carnival of craziness to welcome stu Tuesday, September 4, with proceeds almost a dozen interview requests SMARTS tart is a summer acade dents to campus. going to Big Brothers Big Sisters. from radio, newspaper and televi mic orientation session offered by In keeping with the carnival theme, On Friday, September 7, students sion reporters. The media attention senior Brock students, Academic BUSU has hired the Toronto School of will be hard at work raising money as was due to the launch of a study Advisers, Career Services and Circus Arts to entertain with their part of the 5th Annual Helpfest. This designed to monitor the potential Student Development staff to all Flying Trapeze. Ever wondered what it year the charities receiving proceeds for the virus in Ontario. first-year students and parents. would be like to be a part of a circus? include Niagara Against Dnmk Driving Hunter's role in the study, a pilot The emphasis of this day-long Well, here is your opportunity to find (NADD), AIDS Niagara and Meals on project by the provincial Ministry of program is on preparing students to out. Not only will the members of the Wheels in St. Catharines and Thorold. Health and Long-Term Care, is to get involved with all aspects of uni acrobatic show Cirque Sublime enter More than 700 Brock students are examine mosquitoes captured in versity life and becoming active, tain, but they will also be here to teach expected to participate in the event traps at six sites, including Niagara engaged learners. students and other members of the and volunteer their services to help out and Toronto, to identify those from A group of 13 senior students, Brock community the art of the Flying with odd jobs at local businesses and the species known to carry the representing all Faculties, helped Trapeze. Challenge your friends and organizations throughout the day. The potentially deadly virus. The data incoming students get to know their co-workers to a fun-filled afternoon on Brock community can also order a car will help track the West Nile virus, new community and the services the Flying Trapeze! wash as part of Helpfest. For informa and allow scientists and health that are available to them including Other events to be held during the tion about Helpfest and other commu authorities to be better prepared if programs such as ExperiencePlus!. week include a psychic, a hypnotist, nity events, contact Mark Griffin, the virus spreads to Ontilrio. The senior students also assisted comedians, buskers and much more. Director of Brock Off-Campus and Among the interviews Hunter new first-year students in preparing Also, don't miss the annual Student Community Outreach, at: conducted: Radio Canada Services Exhibition and Vendor Fair [email protected] individual timetables. Television, CBC Windsor, CBC taking place between the Alumni For information about Orientation SMARTStart also included a spe Sudbury, The St. Catharines Student Centre and Taro Hall. Week or to sponsor an event, contact cial session to provide parents with Standard, CBC Toronto, The Orientation Week will include a Jaye Oliver, Director of Orientation, at: information about support services Hamilton Spectator and The available at Brock. number of fund-raising events to sup- [email protected] Weiland Tribune. Stories also ran in The Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, and Niagara Falls Review. Other examples of Brock faculty Iw EON E 5 0 A Y AUG U 5 T 2 2 2 0 0 1 members making the news over the last month include Associate Professor Charles Burton of the Department of Political Science. BUl10n's testimony at an Immigration and Refugee hearing in Vancouver, B.C., for Chinese fugi tive Lai Changxing and his wife Tsang Mingna appeared in newspa n per articles across Canada. A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, S1. Catharines, Ontario Media Source Directory Faculty members, current and new, are reminded to pal1icipate in Students complete an annual update of the Brock Media Source Directory by the summer English studies Office of External Relations. Students in the Intensive English All faculty members who are in Language (IELP) and Summer the current directory should review Language Bursary (SLBP) programs their entry to ensure they are listed at Brock enjoy some of the little under the appropriate areas of inter time they have left together before est and expertise. Please also ensure the closing ceremonies held on that telephone extensions and e August 10. Hundreds of students mail addresses are accurate. participated in a wide variety of Changes should be made on the programs the University offers green form distributed recently throughout the year for French through interoffice mail. Canadian and international students New faculty members interested who want to learn English. Pictured in adding their names and areas of here, from left, are Miharu expertise to the directory should fill Sakamoto of Japan, Yookyung Seo out the blue form also distributed of Korea, Jean Thomas of Quebec City, IELP/SLBP Instructor Jim internally through External Papple, Benoit Laroche of Danville, Relations. Que., Chaelin Ra of Korea and For more forms, please contact Diana Saade of Mexico. Caroline Bourque Wiley, Media Relations Officer in the Office of External Relations. All changes and/or additions should be submitted to Bourque Wiley by August 31. The directory is printed and dis Be part of Brock Days! tributed to media outlets across the Make sure that you have marked Special Section in the upcoming issue country. It is also accessible from your calendar to be part of the fun at of Surgite!, which will be distributed the Media link on the Brock home Brock Days 2001: A Community and at the end of August. page. Homecoming Celebration, to be held For more information about Brock on the Brock campus, September 28, Days, please contact: Tom Arkell, 29 and 30. Faculty and staff are invit Director of Community Services and In memoriam ed to join in the fun with Brock grad Chair of Brock Days at 905-688- ---Septanber 28,29,30,2001--- The campus commu uates, students, and the community. 5550, ext. 3749, e-mail: brock nity was very saddened There's something for everyone [email protected] or contact Lynne ~_ I by the sudden passing during Brock Days with exciting on Irion, Alumni Relations Co-ordinator, 12:30 to 1 p.m. of Sgt. Ernie Holder of campus activities scheduled through 905-688-5550, ext. 3251, e-mail: Tickets are $150 per person and the Campus Pol ice out the weekend. And, there are also [email protected] include 18 holes of golf, a golf cart, a Service on Monday, some great events scheduled the Alumni Association great dinner, silent auction, give August 13. He joined week before. Golf Tournament aways, raffle, door prizes, and as a the Canadian Corps of It's also a great time to take part in special feature, "The Foursome" com Commissionaires on April 13, 1999, the annual Niagara Grape and Wine As a lead up to Brock Days, the edy show. For more information on and was posted to our campus as a Festival, one of North America's pre Brock University Alumni Association the tournament, please contact Scott Security Officer on June 30 of that miere festivals. is holding its 6th Annual Golf Maxwell, at 905-988-6085 or e-mail: year. Check out the Brock Days Web Tournament, on Saturday, September [email protected] He worked in the Patrol Section site at www.brocku.calbrockdays for 22, at Royal Niagara Golf Club, For updates, visit the Alumni of Campus Police Service. His news about all of the great events. Niagara's newest premier golf course. Association Web site at: friendly manner, helpful attitude and Also, look for the Brock Days A shotgun tee-off will be held from www.brocku.calalumniassoclgolf.htm smiling face will be greatly missed. Brock Briefs ... FACULTY AND STAFF New membership fees Tuition Waiver Forms COOL CLIMATE OENOLOGY AND VITICULTURE INSTITUTE The Department of Recreation due August 31 Professor Gary Pickering has returned from the 4th Pangborn Sensory Science Services announces its 200112002 FalllWinter registration begins Symposium in Dijon, France, where he presented a paper on the effects of viti Physical Education Centre/Aquatic Wednesday, September 5. cultural practises on the astringency and chemical composition of red wines. Centre Memberships for Brock facul Educational Assistance and Tuition Pickering also delivered an invited paper to the Amateur Wine Makers of ty and staff. Waiver forms for eligible employees Ontario annual meeting at Niagara College last month, entitled "Wine Faults There will be two types of mem should be completed and submitted - Which, Why, and What to do." berships for this year, in addition to to Human Resources for approval by ECONOMICS optional fees. Friday, August 31 (prior to registra Professor Steven Renzetti attended the American Water Resources Building Access Membership: tion). Association's "Globalization and Water Management: The Changing Value of Faculty, Staff or Spouse: $120 per Approved forms may be picked up Water," conference in Dundee, Scotland, August 6 to 8. He presented the fol person a year or returned through the inter-office lowing papers: "Under-pricing Water and Sewage Treatment" (J. Kushner co This membership includes use of mail. author), "Environmental Conditions and the Cost of Municipal Water Supply" the locker/shower rooms, sauna, As in the past, the cost of tuition and "The Value of Water in Canadian Manufacturing" (D. Dupont co-author). squash/racquetball/tennis courts, only is covered, not ancillary fees. gyms, and studios. Should eligible employees or their MATHEMATICS Aquatic and Building Access dependents not successfully com Professor H.E. Bell attended the International Conference on Nearrings and membership: plete a course or withdraw from a Nearfields at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, July 23 to 27. Faculty, Staff or Spouse: $190 per course, it will be nef:essary to pay He gave a talk entitled "Some commutativity results for near-rings." person a year the tuition or withdrawal fees in This membership includes the order to re-establish the privilege of POLITICAL SCIENCE facilities listed above as well as the free tuition. Professor Charles Burton has given several presentations in the past few pool, whirlpool and a towel service. Any account balance must be months, which include the following: "Nea-Liberalism and the Decline of Area Extra Fees (Optional): paid prior to registration and/or grad Studies in Western Universities," at the International Symposium on Rowing Centre Weight Room: $46 uation. Historiography of the 20th Century, on May 17, at Mandarin Garden Hotel, per person for four months If you have any questions or Nanjing, China; "Cultural Issues in Simultaneous Interpretation of English to Tote Box/Lock: $30 per person a would like applications forms mailed Chinese," on May 22, at Beijing Foreign Studies University; "Canada's Human year to you, please contact Christine Rights Doctrine," at the International Conference on Human Rights and Clothing Roll (towel, T-shirt, Dyck, at ext. 3274, or Rosemary Foreign Policy (jointly organized with Zhou Qi of the Chinese Academy of socks): $30 per person a year Molnar, at ext. 3286. Social Sciences), on May 23, Peace Hotel, Beijing; "The War of 1812: a When construction on the new Comparison of the Political Cultures of Canada and China," on May 29, at Student/Community Health and Eric McCormack added to The Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang (lecture given in Chinese); "Chinese Fitness Centre is completed, access Harpweaver Reading Series Nationalism: past, present and future," to diplomatic staff at the Canadian to the track and the new gymnasium The Harpweaver begins its third Embassy in Beijing, on June 1; "Issues in Canada-China Relations," on June 12, to S1. Catharines Kiwanis Club; "Canada and China," to International will automatically be added to your Reading Series on Thursday, Association of Torch Clubs Conference, on June 24, at the White Oaks Inn. membership. September 27, with Judy Rebick, a Four-month and eight-month longtime social activist in the memberships are also available. women's movement and the pro PUBLICATIONS Payment can be made by payroll choice movement. deduction, cash, cheque, Visa, Probably best known to Canadians Arga~, N. and Bell, H.E. Some results on derivations in nearrings, Near-rings MasterCard or debit card. as the President of the National and Near-fields. Proceedings of the Conference on Near-Rings and Near Fields, For more information, please call Action COlllmittee on the Status of Stellenbosch, South Africa, July 9 to 16, 1997, pp. 42 to 46. ext. 3387. Women from 1990 to 1993, Rebick is publisher of rabble.ca, a new Findlay, Hilary A. and Corbett, Rachel. The Rights of Athletes, Coaches and Send us your questions online interactive magazine. She Participants in Sport. Sport, Fitness and the Law North American Perspectives, The committee that is developing also writes columns in Elm Street 2nd Edition. Canadian Scholars Press. pp.101 to 119. an orientation program for Brock Magazine and on CBC Online and staff is still hard at work. The booklet regular commentaries in the Ottawa Pickering, G.J., Heatherbell, D.A., and Barnes, M.F. (2001). GC-MS analysis of that will be used to provide new staff Citizen. Rebick is a popular speaker reduced-alcohol MOller-Thurgau wine produced using glucose oxidase-treated members with information about on issues of concern to women and juice. Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft und Technologie, 34 (2), 89-94. Brock is almost finished. To ensure politics in general. that we have answered all questions The series has also announced Wheeler, Alan E. (2001). Bridging the North-South Divide in Teacher Education, Canada Education, Vol 41 No 2, pp 12 -15. that new staff members Illay have, that the final reading will be held on we are putting out one final call for March 14, 2002, and will feature existing staff members to think of Eric McCormack. Born in Scotland, EVENTS any questions that the Orientation McCormack later emigrated to Booklet should answer. If you can Canada. In addition to his collection CFUW meeting: All university graduate women are invited to the first meeting think of a question that we haven't of short stories, Inspecting the Vaults of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) - St. Catharines, to included in the book yet, we'll send (1987), McCormack is the author of be held on Tuesday, September 11, at 7 p.m., at Rodman Hall, 109 S1. Paul you a voucher for a free refreshment. three novels: Paradise Motel (1989), Crescent, St. Catharines. Come to the meeting for information about our group, If you haven't done so already, The Mysterium (1992) and First Blast sign up for an Interest Group, and enjoy delicious refreshments. please e-mail your suggestions to Jo of the Trumpet Against the Stewart at: Monstrous Regiment of Women [email protected] and (1997) which was nominated for the Teachers participate in unique she'll send you a voucher. Governor General's Award. The series also includes: October Volunteers needed to host 11, Joan Barfoot; October 25, Anna dramatic arts program Porter; November 22, Richard B. international students This summer, as part of a unique group's insights by hosting a series of The Office of International Wright; January 10, Janice Kulyk partnership with Shaw Festival, workshops at the Festival. Services is looking for volunteers to Keefer; January 24, Stephanie Brock's Faculty of Education offered "We were welcomed to Shaw host incoming international students Bolster; February 14, Eric Wright; an additional qualification drama with open arms, and led on a jour for a maximum of three nights while and February 28, Erika Ritter. course for teachers that combined ney of depth and discovery," says they look for permanent housing. All readings take place in Pond class work at the University with Carrie Schurig, a Grade 7 teacher Hosting a visa student would make Inlet at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments will hands-on exposure to the world of from St. Thomas Acquinas School their introduction to Canada more be available. Tickets are available at professional theatre at Shaw. in Toronto. friendly than staying in a hotel. the Centre for the Arts Box Office at The course, Dramatic Arts Part I, As Sherry Prouty, of Grand Avenue Please contact Geeta, at ext. 431 8, the following prices: single tickets, was developed by Professor Debra Elementary School, recalls, "From or John, at ext. 3732. $5 students/seniors, $8 regular; McLauchlan, of the Faculty of warm-up exercises for voice and series (9), $55 and $27; half series Education, and Carolyn Mackenzie, body with professional actors and (5), $27 and $14. Education Officer for Shaw. trainers, to seeing behind the scenes, Brock University Teachers of all grade and experi the Shaw experience really showed Careers begin here! ence levels were invited to explore teachers how to fly." CLASSIFIED drama-based classroom strategies Dramatic Arts Part 2 will be E-Mai l submissions to: House for sale: New construction in related to three plays offered at Shaw offered this fall. For more informa [email protected] prime Niagara Falls location. 1,465 in the 2001 season: Peter Pan, The tion, please contact 905-688-5550, University Web site: www.brocku.ca ext. 3342, or e-mail Debra Brock News is a publication of the sq. f1. finished; 450 sq. ft. unfin Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Six Ofiice of External Relations. ished. Open concept, sunken family Characters in Search of an Author. Mclauchlan at: (905) 688-5550, ex!. 3245 room; breakfast nook; gas fireplace; Shaw personnel greatly enriched the [email protected] FAX (905) 641-5216 double garage; and extras. Still time to pick out your colours. $189,900. Editor: Heather Junke Produclion: MJ Turner Communications Director: Mike Farrell Call Cindy Curtis, 905-938-0914. Opening of Term Dinner on Aug. ~!\ The next issue of I3rock News is Wednesday, Accommodation required: Tickets are still available for the OPll~\ii n inner on Thursday, September 5,2001, with a film copy Furnished two-bedroom or bedroom August 30, in the Resicll~i~ H . pu err at 6 p.m. for a deadline of Friday, August 24, 2001, and office apartment or small house 7 p.m. dinner. The t s p cke. ICKets are on a first-come, first- at 4:30 pm. is sought, from January 1, 2002 to served basis from t e Arts Box Office. Complimentary tick- PUBLICATION IS EVERY 2 WEEKS May 31, 2002. Please contact ets will be prOVideS. new faculty and staff members and their guests. Canada I'osl Agrcemenl ;I 4006S767 416-322-1460. Wine events a Brock Days has something for everyone! Brock Days highlight \.til II I "[", represent the best of our past, present Inlet Refectory. join our athletes and and future. It will be about seeing old coaches, from past and present, for A number of fine wine events are ~;"~I . J ;~ friends and meeting new friends. We Brock's 3rd year of inducting athletes planned as part of the Brock Days g i L .~ invite everyone to come out, bring into our Athletics Hall of Fame. For celebrations. Tickets for the events ~ ., their families and join in the fun." further information, contact Marilou that are listed below are available . through Brock Centre for the Arts at Here are a few events that you won't lusi at: 905-688-5550, ext. 3384. BROdKDAYS~ want to miss: • Get stompin' on Saturday, September 905-688-5550, ext. 3257. ACo_unity and Homecoming Celebration • Saturday, September 22, the 6th 29, at 3 p.m., in jubilee Courtyard, during • Come & Taste the Stars, Tuesday, the World's Largest Gra~ Stomp. Be a September 25, at 7 p.m., Pond Inlet ---September 28, 29, 30, 2001 --- Annual Alumni Association Golf Tournament, at Royal Niagara Golf part of history as you JOIn hundreds of Refectory, Brock University. Cost: Brock Days 2001: A Community and Club, Niagara-on-the-Lake, shotgun people stomping grapes. $30. Spend an evening tasting Homecoming Celebration is less than a tee-off will be held from 12:30 to 1 Brock Days coincides with the annual sparkling wines with Linda Bramble Niagara Grape and Wine Festival, one of in a range of styles from dry to sweet, month away and the campus is gearing p.m. For more information on the North America's premiere festivals, up to make September 28, 29 and 30 a tournament, please contact Scott classic to innovative. Top it all off great time for everyone. Maxwell, at 905-988-6085 or e-mail: making it a great opportunity to with a spectacular sparkling Icewine! particif)?te in Niagara's celebrations. • Tutored Wine Tasting, Ihursday, To add to the excitement, there are a [email protected] Thank you to Cogeco 10 Community number of Brock Days warm-up events • Friday, September 28, at 11 a.m., September 27, at 7 p.m. Inniskillin beginning on September 22 that will will be the offIcial opening of the Alan Television for their support of Brock Hall - Cellar Tasting Room, Brock Days. University. Cost: $20. A tutored leaa into the weekend's activities. Earp Residence, Brock's newest student For more information about Brock Check out all of the exciting on reSIdence. The event will be held in the varietal tasting exploring some of Days, please contact: Tom Arkell, Niagara's best. Enjoy a guided campus activities that are listed in the main entrance of the building. join Dr. Director of Community Services and Brock Days Special Pullout Section Alan Earp, the University's second and tasting by a graduate of tne Cool Chair of Brock Days at 905-688-5550, Climate Oenology and Viticulture included In your copy of the Fall 2001 longest serving President, and other ext. 3749, e-mail: [email protected] issue of Surgite! - to name a few, special guests at the dedication (CCOVI) program in the Cellar or contact Lynne Irion, Alumni Relations Tasting Room at Brock University. alumni reunions, family programs, ceremony. After the ceremony, there Co-ordinator, 905-688-5550, ext. 3251, wine events, live entertaInment, will be a reception in the main level • Fine Food, Fine Wine, Fine Arts! e-mail: [email protected] Friday, September 28, from 7:30 to campus tours, recreational and varsity lounge and tours of the 255-room i athletic events. For news and updates building from 11 :30 a.m. to 3 p.m. 10 p.m., Pond Inlet Refectory, Brock regarding Brock Days, you can go to • Friday, September 28, at noon, will LUBA in concert Unrversity. Cost: $65. A performance the Web site at: be the official Brock Days Kick Off juno Award winning singer LUBA in six acts! join Brock President www.brocku.calbrockdays Party in jubilee Courtyard. The ~ets Brock Days rockin', on Saturday, David Atkinson and members of the "This is a wonderful opportunity for barbecue luncheon features great food ~tember 29, 7:30 .m., in Sean University and Niagara communities faculty, staff and students to join with along with Niagara wines ana beer, as o Sullivan Theatre. tickets are $35.50 to celebrate the best of Niagara. graduates and the community in well as a host cif live entertainers and $39.50 and can be purchased at Enjoy the creative work of celebrating Brock," says Tom Arkell, throughout the event. the Centre for the Arts bOx office, by Niagara's finest chefs and Director of CommuniD; Services and • Saturday, September 29, - 1 p.m., phone 905-688-5550, ext. 3257, or by winemakers as they showcase their Chair of Brock Days. ' Brock Days will Athletics Hall of Fame Luncheon, Pond Web: www.arts.brocku.ca arts. Guests will also be entertained by the best from Brock's fine arts community and Theatre Beyond Iw E D N E S DAY S E PTE ~ B E R 5 2 0 0 1 Words. The event will feature a sparkling wine reception followed by an evening pairing Niagara's fine wines witn regional cuisine prepared by the following chefs: Rob Fracchioni, Inn On the Twenty; Mark Hand, Niagara Culinary Institute; Alain Levesque, Terroir La Cachette; Eric PeacocK, Wellington Court Cafe; jan-Willem Stulp, The Vineland n Estates Winery Restaurant; Mark A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Walpole and Marianne Wallace, EastDell Estates Winery. Explore Niagara Search for Dean The annual Niagara Gra~ & Wine Festival- one ofCanada's longest running festivals - marks its 50lh of Social Sciences anniversary September 21 to 30. In On behalf of the Advisory celebration of the annual grape harvest Committee, Terry Boak, Vice from the region's award-Winning vineyards, the Festival offers something President, Academic, is writing to all for everyone. Montebello Park (in members of the Brock community to downtown St. Catharines) is the main encourage internal applications and venue on the weekends with upwards nominations for the position of Dean of 20,000 people passing through. of the Faculty of Social Sciences. All For updates, please contact tne applications and nominations for the Festival office, at 905-688-0212, or position should be submitted in visit the Web site at www.grapeandwine.com confidence to the VP's office by Here are some highlights: Monday, September 17, 2001. • Saturday, September 22 and Sunday, The following individuals have September 23, from 1 to 7 p.m., Blues in agreed to serve on the Advisory Montebello Park, Montebello Park, St Committee: Catharines. Free concerts feature jack De Terry Boak, VP Academic, Chair; Keyzer, Chuck jackson and juno Award Rosamund Battye, Staff representative; Winners, Fathead. • Monday, September 24 to Friday, Carman Cullen, from outside Faculty of September 28, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., New Social Sciences; David DiBattista, Wine and Lunch Series in New Market Psychology; Dan Glenday, Labour Square, St. Catharines. Studies; jane Helleiner, Child and • Saturday, September 29, 11 a.m., Youth Studies; Felice Martinello, Sneak Preview 50th Annual Pen Centre Grande Parade Economics; Roberta Robb, Women's - "50 Years of Celebrations." Parade Brock President David Atkinson addresses a group of donors and "Good, Better, starts at Lake Street and Weiland Avenue, Studies; Tony Shaw, Geography; Brock!" campaign volunteers during the Sneak Preview of the Brock 2000 Project, St. Catharines. Head back to Montebello jeannette Sioniowski, held on August 29. Approximately 75 guests attended a reception held in the lobby Park for live entertainment featuring Communications, Popular Culture and of the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre. The guests were also taken on guided tours to see the Brighton Rock. Film Studies; john Middleton, Centre construction progress of the new academic complex and the Walker Family Student/ • Sunday, September 30, 1 to 2 p.m., for the Environment; Murray Smith, Community Health and Fitness Centre. Casino Niagara presents the Canadian Sociology; Ingrid Makus, Political Snowbirds Airshow, Port Dalhousie's Science; Klemen Zumer, student Lakeside Park, 51. Catharines. Brock showcases research activities • Sunday, September 30, 10 a.m. to representative in Politics. 8 p.m., Tim Horton's Day, Montebello If you have any questions about the Brock hosted a Research Day for investigator with the Climate Change the media on August 22, to showcase Laboratory at Brock, who researches Park, St. Catharines. Free admission to position, please contact Terry Boak, at its research actiVIties and to provide the cost of adaptation to climate the Festival Finale featuring live ext. 4121. an overview of the millions of dollars change in Canada and Niagara. entertainment with the closing Subway currently invested at the University. WorKIng in conjunction with other "Vineyard Laser Lights" music Announcements The event was organized by the federally funded climate agencies, adventure and a clOsing concert Effective September 1, 2001, the Offices of External Relations and Dore examines the predicted changes featuring Lighthouse. Department of Athletics will report Research Services. in rainfall and temperature patterns directly to Terry Boak, Vice Participating in the event were: over the next 100 years and estimates Reader Sunrey • Dr. Peter Lan dey of the the cost of adaptatIon on Canada's Watch for the Reader Survey to be President, Academic. The Athletic Department of Music, who will begin public infrastructure. included with the September 19 issue of Therapy Clinic that has been a part of teaching students in September about • Dr. jeffrey Atkinson of the Brock News. The survey will only take a the Department of Athletics, will composIng orchestral scores by Department of Chemistry, who is few minutes to complete but will provide separate from the Department and accessing up to 500 instrumental researching the antioxidant properties us with valuable information on how to report directly to the Dean of the sounds using leading-edge computer of Vitamin 1:. Antioxidants are tieing better serve your information needs. Your Faculty of Applied Health Sciences. technology.lhis new teaching tool, hailed as a key to slowing or stopping input will be greatly appreciated. Karen McAllister-Kenny was which has several applications, can the body's aging process. Atkinson is The results of the survey will be create a digital orchestra simulating reviewing the role Vitamin E could published in a later edition of Brock recently appointed Director of the true quality of live music. play in maintaining health, and looking News. All surveys will remain Recreation Services and will report to • Dr. Mohammed Dore, an at proteins that bina this vitamin and confidential and no individual comments the Vice-President, Administration. Economics Professor and principal deliver it to the body's tissue. will be published. have a special walk-on role. The Brock Briefs... December show dates are: Saturday, Brock 2000 updates qecember 8, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, December 9, 2 p.m. The following is an update on campus occupied in early September; Get your car washed during Tickets can be purchased at the construction: • the new Applied Health Sciences Helpfest Brock's Centre for the Arts Box • the renovations in the Physical labs in Robert S.K. Welch Hall will be On Friday, September 7, the Brock Office, 905-688-5550, ext. 3257, or Education Complex (PEe) will be completed in October. University Students' Union (BUSU) by calling Theatre Beyond Words at complete in early September and There are also a number of changes to presents the 5th annual Helpfest. This 1-800-268-5774. include a new control desk, family campus parking and roads: event, one of the largest of O-Week, change room, expanded women's • safety modifications have been made has Brock students performing Happy retirement change room; to the traffic circle off Glenridge Ave.; charitable acts in return for donations. John Burtniak • students have moved into the Earp • to alleviate congestion, the entrance In the past, the event has raised over A farewell retirement reception is Residence with the official opening to parking lot B has been relocated south near the Rosalind Blauer Centre for Child $1,000 each year for various charities. being held in honour of john Burtniak, scheduled for Friday, September 28; • the link between Thistle and PEC Care; This year the charities will be Niagara Head, Special Collections, james A. was opened September 4 for pedestrian • the free parking lot has been Against Drunk Driving, AIDS Niagara Gibson Library, on Tuesday, September use although construction on the link expanded to include an overflow area, and Meals on Wheels St. Catharines 25, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., in the Pond will continue through September and and the entrance has been revised to and Thorold. Inlet. Burtniak has been with the the second level offices will be include a one-way in and out. As part of this event, faculty and staff University Library since 1965. In can have their cars washed by student addition to managing Special volunteers. Minimum donation is $2. Collections, he served as Head of Exciting destinations for Edutravel To sign up in advance for Friday's Technical Services for many years. He car wash, please contact Mark Griffin, is a well-known speaker, and a courses Director of Campus and Off mainstay of many heritage Brock University will begin offering on September 18 for the Zihua Community Outreach, at ext. 4193, or organizations and activities in the educational travel programs in Mexico, Adventure (Mexican Cuisine and e-mail: [email protected]. Please Niagara community. Tuscany, New Mexico and northern Culture) and Pleasures of Tuscany (A include the make, model, colour, Please contact Mary Little, ext. 4648, Ontario for adults who want to learn Food, Wine and Cultural Adventure) license plate number, and what lot you if you wish to attend the reception. about the culture and characteristics of sessions and on September 24 for the will be parked in. There is a $15 contribution towards a these destinations while accompanied New Mexico Skies Tour (Stargazing at Students will stop by your gift and refreshments. If you are unable by experts from Brock. 7,300 Feet) and Canadian Shield Field department sometime September 7 to to attend, you may still contribute The four programs are some of the Trip (A Unique Perspective of the collect your donation. towards a gift. latest non-credit courses and seminars North) sessions. If you do not sign up in advance, you being offered through Brock's Fall Details of the travel arrangements, can still arrange a car wash on Friday 2001 non-credit Continuing Education costs and accommodations, as well as by informing one of the students LYL program. Live Younger Longer the educational component, will be collecting donations and providing sessions offer experiential learning provided. Both information sessions them with the same information. Or, oppqrtunities in a fun, informal will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., stop by the car wash and direct them to atmosphere. at the St. Catharines Museum at Lock 3. your vehicle. The eight- to 10-day Edutravel For further information, please call New issue of the Harpweaver sessions will include pre-departure Wendy Laslo, LYL Marketing on sale soon lectures by Brock Professors, followed Co-ordinator, at 905-688-5550, ext. The Harpweaver, Brock University's by travel to the location in February, 4775; e-mail: [email protected]. Calendars journal of Literature and the Arts, has june and july 2002. Travel dates differ with full course listings are available at released its Autumn 2001 issue. depending on the destination. all public libraries or on Brock's Web A not-for-profit publication, Volume 9 Free information nights will be held site at www.brocku.callyl of the journal will be available shortly for $7 at all branches of Chapters, other FACULTY AND STAFF fine bookstores, or from Brock's All the best Department of English Language and Campus Police Chief Don Delaney, left, ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Literature. and Inspector Mike Terpak, right, present Professor Elizabeth Sauer recently received congratulations from Ontario Premier Mike A two-subscription offer is available Warrant Officer (W.O.) Hank Borgatti, Harris on being recognized by the Milton Society of America with the Irene Samuel for $12, a savings of $1 per issue. who retired on August 16, with a plaque to Memorial Award for most distinguished book of essays of 1999. The Harpweaver also offers the recognize his 15 years and two months of following sponsorship opportunities: a service to the campus community, the last 13 years as the Office Administrator. We Patron for a donation of $25 or more, a PUBLICATIONS will all miss Hank's firm hand, extensive Friend for a donation of $50 or more, knowledge and helpful manner. The Cho, Danny I., "An Approximation to a Dynamic Inventory Model for Repairable Items." or a Donor for a donation of $100 or campus community joins in wishing him International journal of Systems Science, Vol. 32, 7, pp. 879-888, (2001). more. All sponsors receive two issues many happy years of retirement. Cho, Danny I., "Optimal Stationary Policy for A Repairable Item Inventory Problem." of the Harpweaver. Friends and Canadian journal of Administrative Sciences, Vol. 18,2, pp. 130-143, (2001). Donors will also receive two CCOVI welcomes Big Apple Corman, Juneand Luxton, Meg. Getting By in Hard Times: Gendered Labour at Home and complimentary tickets to one event in on the job. Toronto: University ofToronto Press 2001. the Harpweaver Reading Series 2001- sommeliers Di Petta, Tony and Woloshyn, Vera. Voice Recognition for Online Literacy: Continuous The Export Committee of the Wine 2002. voice recognition technology in Adult LiteracyTraining.lnternational journal ofEducation Council of Ontario, in partnership Subscriptions, sponsorships, and and Information Technologies, Vol. 6/4, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001. with CCOVI, hosted 19 sommeliers, inquiries should be directed to: The Di Petta, Tony, Novak, John and Marini, Zopito. Too Dazed by I.T.: Gadgets Glitches & from New York City and some of Harpweaver, Department of English Growth. Newsletter for Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Vol. 32, Manhattan's top restaurants, for a Language and Literature, Brock September, 2001. two-day visit to Niagara. On August University, St. Catharines, ON L2S Fowler, Edmund P. (Glendon College, York University) and Siegel, David editors, 13, CCOVI presented a tasting of 23 3A 1. Or, for more information, please Urban Policy Issues: Canadian Perspectives, 2nd ed. (Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford selected wines from Ontario in the contact Angus Somerville, co-editor, University Press, 2002). tasting room of Inniskillin Hall's the Harpweaver at: 905-688-5550, Fowler, Edmund P. and Siegel, David. "Introduction: Urban Public Policy at the Turn of cellar. ext. 3572, fax: 905-688-446, e-mail: the Century," in Edmund P. Fowler and David Siegel, editors, Urban Policy Issues: The sommeliers said they were very [email protected] Canadian Perspectives, 2nd ed. (Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, 2002), pp. 1-16. impressed by what they discovered McCarthy, D. 2001 : Crustose lichens: chronometers of environmental change. Research Theatre Beyond Words stages on this, their first tour to Ontario. A Links, vol.9, no.2, p. 4, 12,13. "Tourists" follow-up seminar will be presented Olson, J. M. and Hafer, C. L. (2001). Tolerance of personal deprivation. In J. T. Jost and Theatre Beyond Words, Brock in New York City next spring. B. Major (Eds.), The PsychologyofLegitimacy: Emerging perspectives on ideology, justice, University's theatre-in-residence, is OEVI ONOl - Wine and intergroup relations. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press. staging "Tourists," a mask/mime show Shaw, S. and Amis, J. (2001). Image and investment: Sponsorship and women's sports. at David S. Howes Theatre (formerly Appreciation Travel the vineyards of Canada and journal of Sport Management, 15, 3,219-247. The Playhouse), in September and the world with wine educator Linda Siegel, David. "Urban Finance atthe Turn ofthe Century: Be Careful What You Ask For," December. Bramble. Improve your skills of wine in Edmund P. Fowler and David Siegel, editors, Urban Policy Issues: Canadian Perspectives, The September dates are: Saturday, tasting. Be able to distinguish (by 2nd ed. (Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, 2002), pp. 36-53 September 15, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, appearance and taste) different major September 16, at 2 p.m. The show will varietal wines (e.g. Riesling, feature a walk-on role by Niagara-on EVENTS Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Noir, the-Lake businessman Ward Simpson. BUFS: Sunday, September 16, at 7 p.m., The Dish (Rob Sitch, Australia, 2000). Cabernet, etc.). Explore the factors that During the December production, The DIsh I, a comk but true tale of a ,mall town In the outback of Au"'aIIa affect a wine's quality. Enjoy the a Brock President David Atkinson will I~"'. that takes "one giant leap for mankind" when its state-of-the-art conviviality of wine. ..- telecommunications dish, located in the middle of a sheep pasture, is utilized Course to run Wednesday evenings, by NASA. The People's Choice Award runner-up at the 2000 Toronto from September 12 to November 28, International Film Festival. All films are on Sunday, at 7 p.m., in the David S. Howes 7 to 10 p.m., at Inniskillin Hall, Brock Brock University Theatre (formerly The Playhouse), Brock University. Ticket prices are: Members, $5; Non Careers begin here! University. The cost is $300. Enrolment members, $7 at the door; Membership (Sept. to April), $22; Two Memberships, $39 (tax is limited. is included). Tickets are available from Brock's Centre for the Arts Box Office, 905-688- For further information, or a E-mail submissions to: 5550, ext. 3257. For information aboutthe BU FS Fall 2 001 schedu Ie, p lease contact Anne registration form, contact Barb [email protected] Howe, ext. 3553, or e-mail: [email protected] University Web site: www.brocku.ca Tatarnic, Administrative Co-ordinator, Free concert: The Niagara Symphony's 54th season opens with a free concert Sunday, Brock News is a publication of the CCOVI, 905-688-5550, ext. 3652. Office of Externa Relations. September 23, at 1 p.m., in Montebello Park as part of the Grape and Wine 50th 905-688-5550, ext. 3245 Thesis defense Anniversary Season. "From Broadway to Hollywood" features the 52-piece orchestra, FAX 905-641-5216 There will be a Thesis Defense for with Music Director Daniel Swift and popular Guest Conductor, Laura Thomas. For more Editor: Heather Junke; Production: MJ Turner; information, please visit the Niagara Symphony Web site: www.niagarasymphony.orgor Communications Director: Mike Farrell MEd student Heather Chalmers on Thursday, September 6, at 10 a.m. This the Grape and Wine Web site: www.grapeandwine.com The next issue of Brock News is Wednesday, will take place in ST1215. The title of CFUW meeting: All university graduate women are invited to the first meeting of the September 19, 2001, with a firm copy Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) - Niagara Falls, to be held on deadline of Friday, September 7, at 4:30 p.m. the thesis is "An Examination of Learning Resulting from a Transition Tuesday, September 18, at 7 p.m., at Niagara Falls Public Library. Come to the meeting PUIlLICATION IS EVERY TWO WEEKS from a Directed to Self-Directed Work for information about our group, sign up for an Interest Group, and enjoy delicious Canada Post Agreement;: 40065767 Environment." All are welcome. refreshments. Hall of Fame celebration Join thousands at Brock Days celebration Six former Brock athletes and two Plan now to join in the celebration • September 25, 7 p.m., Inniskillin builders will be inducted into the on Friday, September 28, at 11 a.m., Hall, Come and Taste the Stars. Brock Badgers Sports Hall of Fame, with the official opening of the Alan Spend an evening tasting sparkling during the Athletics Hall of Fame Earp Residence, Brock's newest wines with Linda Bramble. Cost: $30. Luncheon, on Saturday, September student residence. Then at noon, • September 27, 7 p.m., Inniskillin 29, 1 p.m., Pond Inlet Refectory. The head over to jubilee Courtyard for the Hall, Tutored Tasting of Niagara cost is $50; $75 with a tax receipt official Brock Days Kick Off Party. Wines. Enjoy a guided tasting of and tickets are available through the The barbecue luncheon features great Niagara's best by a Brock Oenology Centre for the Arts, ext. 3257. food along with Niagara wines and ---September 28, 29, 30, 2001 --- and Viticulture graduate. Cost: $20 The eight inductees are: beer, as well as live entertainment • September 28, 7:30 p.m. - Pond • Dr. Don Lorimer (posthumously), The end of September will bring throughout the event. Inlet Refectory, Fine Food, Fine co-founder of the Athletic Therapy thousands of people to Brock On Saturday, September 29, at 3 p.m., Wine, Fine Arts! Celebrate with get stompin' in jubilee Courtyard, Clinic; University to celebrate the first-ever Niagara's finest chefs, winemakers, Brock Days Community and during the World's Largest Grape • Paul jackson, Former Brock Brock's fine arts community and Homecoming Celebration September Stomp. Be a part of history as you Hockey Coach; Theatre Beyond Words. The event 28 to 30. join hundreds of people stomping • Bryan Stride (1973-77), Men's With more than 60 exciting on grapes. will feature a sparkling wine Track and Field/Cross Country; campus activities planned for reception followed by an evening • Diane Hilko (1978-84), Women's graduates, students, staff, faculty and Get in the swing pairing Niagara's fine wines with Basketball; the Niagara community, there will be As a warm-up event for Brock regional cuisine prepared by the • joe Domarchuk (1983-87), Men's something for everyone to enjoy at Days, Saturday, September 22, the following chefs: Wrestling; Brock Days 2001. 6th Annual Alumni Association Golf • Rob Fracchioni, Inn On the • Tammy Balkwill (Eboral) (1983- To add to the excitement, there are Tournament will be held at Royal Twenty; 86), Women's Swimming; a number of Brock Days warm-up Niagara Golf Club, Niagara-on-the • Mar~ Hand, Niagara Culinary • Brian Wasylowich (1983-88), events beginning on September 22 Lake, with a shotgun tee-off from Institute; Men's Swimming; that will lead into the weekend's 12:30 to 1 p.m. For more • Alain Levesque, Terroir La • Dave Picton (1991-96), Men's activities. information, please contact Scott Cachette; Basketball. Maxwell, at 905-988-6085 or e-mail: Check out all of the exciting on • Eric Peacock, Wellington Court campus activities that are listed in the [email protected] Cafe; Brock Days Special Pullout Section Hail the mighty grape that you recently received with your Fine wine events • jan-Willem Stulp, The Vineland For 50 years the time to party in St. copy of the Fall 2001 issue of Surgite! Tickets for the fine wine events Estates Winery Restaurant; Catharines has been September, as For news and updates regarding listed below are available through the • Mark Walpole and Marianne we hail the harvest. Brock Days, you can go to the Web Brock Centre for the Arts, at 905-688- Wallace, EastDell Estates Winery. join the Niagara Grape & Wine site at: www.brocku.ca/brockdays 5550, ext. 3257. Cost: $65. Festival in Montebello Park, located on the corner of Lake and Ontario Iw EON E S 0 A Y SEPTEMBER 9 2 0 0 1 Streets in Downtown St. Catharines where most of the action takes place. For a complete list of events, please call 905-688-0212, or visit: www.grapeandwine.com Bramble is ne Business Citizen A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario of the Year Dr. Linda Bramble, of Brock's Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture President to Institute (CCOVI), is the first woman to win the Royal Bank Ontario ~ Awards 2001 Business reflect on Indian Citizen of the Year, presented in Philosophy in conjunction with the Niagara Grape and Modem University Wine Festival. Bramble received Brock University President David her award yesterday at Atkinson will reflect upon Indian . a ceremony sponsored Philosophy in the Modern University Lmda Bramble by the Royal Bank. in a presentation on Friday, The award is presented to individuals September 21, at 7:30 p.m., in Sean who have supported the growth of O'Sullivan Theatre. Atkinson will the Ontario wine industry in 1999, 2000 and 2001. discuss the place of Indian philosophy "I'm thrilled, surprised and in the Humanities and how it might humbled by this honour," she said proVide direction for how universities recently. "I accept this award on respond to the needs of students living behalf of so many women in the in the 21st century. Allotment being used for infrastructure upgrades industry who are making valuable The public is welcome to attend. Brock University is updating its air conditioning system and carrying out other contributions as winemakers and leaders in retail and marketing. I also Admission is free. infrastructure upgrades across campus thanks to a $2.4-million allotment from the Ontario government's SuperBuild Facilities Renewal Program. Among those attending share this with many other people Atkinson lectures on Buddhism and who deserve to be recognized for has written extensively on Indian the September 7 funding announcement at Brock were, from left, Bart Maves, Niagara Falls MPP, Tim Hudak, Minister ofTourism, Culture and Recreation and Erie-Lincoln their hard work behind the scenes literature and philosophy. He is one MPP, Duncan Small, BUSU President and David Atkinson, Brock President. and their dedication to the industry." of the few university Presidents who Bramble is the second member of continues to teach. His address is Brock faculty to be recognized for presented by the Brock Philosophical this honour. Bill Cade, a former Dean of Brock's Faculty of Mathematics Society. President and CEO of RBC and Science, received the award in 1999. "Linda Bramble was selected for Financial Group to speak at Brock this award because of the diversity of Reader Sunrey Gordon Nixon, will talk about where Canada is her commitment to the Ontario wine In this issue of Brock News, you President and CEO, heading, and the issues we need to industry - she is acclaimed as an will find a Reader Survey. Please RBC Financial Group, address as a nation to realize our full educator, broadcaster, writer and take a few minutes to complete will be the guest potential as one of the world's great author and wine reviewer who has the questionnaire and then return speaker for the D.G. places to work and live. prioritized Canadian wines," says it to the Office of External Willmot Distinguished A reception will follow the Gerry Ginsberg, General Manager, presentation. Niagara Grape and Wine Festival. Relations. Lecture Series D.G. "Bud" Willmot served on the Bramble is CCOVI's Industry Your input will be greatly sponsored by the Gordon Nixon Faculty of Business, on committee which established Brock Liaison and also teaches Wine appreciated as the survey will University in 1964, as well as on the Thursday, November 8, Appreciation and Wine Sales and provide us with valuable University's Board of Trustees. He at 7:30 p.m., in the David S. Howes Service Training at CCOVI. She has information on how to better serve received an Honorary Doctor of Laws been writing aoout the Ontario wine your information needs. Theatre (formerly The Playhouse). degree from Brock University in industry since the early 1980s. She is The results of the survey will be The title of the address is "Canada's 1989. Willmot, who died in 1994, the author of several books, including published in a later edition of Place in the Global Economy." With established the lecture series with a Undiscovered Niagara, Discovering Brock News. All surveys will the free trade agreement now into its generous gift in 1989. Ontario's Wine Country (with S. remain confidential and no second decade and globalization a All members of the community are Darling). individual comments will be reality, it's important to ask where invited to attend. Admission is free, Bramble has a Masters of Education published. Canada stands in this new global but tickets are required. For tickets, degree and PhD in Philosophy and economy, and what it means for our please call the Centre for the Arts Box Education from the University of future prosperity. In his address, Nixon Office, at 905-688-5550, ext. 3257. Buffalo. es~cially important because it is often Mark Your Calendar the first opportunity for students to see VP receives AUe The Fall Preview Day, to be held on our beautiful campus and to meet with Sunday, October 21, from 1 p.m. to faculty, staff and upper-year students. 4:30 p.m., is fast approaching. This Michelle Lea in Recruitment and Senate Award event is held for all prospective Liaison Services will be sending out an students, parents and the general information package shortly, so watch The Senate of Algoma University Among other responsibilities, the public. Tlie Fall Preview Day is for it in the mail. College, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Board of Governors makes important recently recognized Terry Varcoe, decisions that determine the path for Vice-President, Administration, as the the institution, particularly its fiscal "Honorary Member of Algoma and physical development. Varcoe's FACULTY AND STAFF University College." expertise in finance, administration EDUCATION The Senate Award was instituted and policy issues has come to the aid Dr. Rodger Beatty, Pre-Service Department, has been elected president of Choirs Ontario recently to honour significant of Algoma University College for 2001 -2002. Choirs Ontario is the arts service organization dedicated to the promotion contributions to the growth and throughout the years, and has helped of choral music activities and standards of excellence in Ontario communities. development of Algoma University to produce the university as seen Beatty was choral clinician for the Niagara International Music Festival held on July 5 and College. today. 6, at Ridley College, St. Catharines. Varcoe served on the Algoma In presenting the award, Algoma ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE University College's Board of thanked Varcoe for his active Elizabeth Sauer was appointed to the Program Committee for the Seventh International Governors from 1987 to 1998 and involvement and interest in AUC and Milton Symposium (2001-2002). continues today as a member of the his continued commitment to the HISTORY Finance Committee. growth of Algoma. Professor David Schimmelpenninck presented a paper, "What Is Russian Oriental ism?" at a conference on "Selective Memory and National Identity," hosted by Helsinki University's Renvall Institute for International Relations, on August 31. ITS unveils new Web site PHYSICAL EDUCATION Brock Briefs... Information Technology Services Paulette Cote-Laurence recently delivered two keynote papers in Korea: "The movement (ITS) invites the Brock community to sciences and dance research: Past, Present, and Future," at the 2001 Asia-Pacific Rim Reading today visit its new Web site at: Conference on Exercise and Sport Science, july 7, Seoul National University, Seoul, and The Department of English invites www.brocku.calits. "Contribution of Motor learning to Research in Dance," at the Satellite International all members of the Brock community The site was developed to be more Conference, july 10, Chosun University, Gwang-ju. to attend a reading by acclaimed usable and easier to navigate, and to Cote-Laurence also conducted four workshops to several groups of pre-service teachers South African novelist Henrietta keep the user community informed of on the topic of teaching dance in elementary and secondary education: two at the Hong activities and new developments in ITS. Rose-Innes, today at 10 a.m., in Kong Institute of Education, one at Nanyang Technological University, National Institute The site includes a "Projects in of Education, Singapore, and the fourth at Maktab Perguruan Batu Lintang College, Thistle 245. The reading will be Progress" section outlining projects Kuching, Malaysia. Concurrently, Cote-Laurence was able to collect data for a study on followed by a book signing. All are that ITS is working on, an "ITS News rhythm perception. welcome. and Events" section, and a new and PSYCHOLOGY A former student of two-ti me improved helpdesk, one for students Carolyn Hafer recently gave an invited talk at a meeting in honour of Dr. Melvin Lerner, Booker Prize winner J.M. Coetzee, and another for faculty and staff. at the University of Waterloo. The talk was entitled "Social justice Research: Present and Rose-Innes captured international For comments or suggestions about Predicted Trends." the new site, see the comments link STUDENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE attention with her debut novel at the bottom of the page. Shark's Egg (2000). The new page was programmed Les McCurdy-Myers the Manager of Personal Counselling and Leadership Development, and designed oy the BrOCK University's was invited to be on the faculty of the first Ontario Association of College and University Niagara's history Web Development Team. Faculty and Housing Officers (OACUHO) Training Institute at Guelph University this past july. Les The 23rd Annual Niagara Peninsula staff members can hire the team at a developed and delivered half day training modules on Interpersonal Communications and History Conference took place at cost recovery based price of $1 3 per Designing Group Training Programs. Brock on Saturday, September 15 and hour. For more information, please Sunday, September 16. The Saturday go to http://www.brocku.calwebdev PUBLICATIONS or dial ext. 4714. program featured seven invited Beatty, R. J. (2001 ). The State of the Art of Music Education in Ontario Elementary Schools. papers on a variety of topics, Rebick opens reading series The Recorder, 43(4), 38-42. including Chapin's private army in The Harpweaver Reading Series will Bogaert, A. F. (2001). Handedness, criminality, and sexual offending. Neuropsychologia, the War of 1812, Buffalo and the open on Thursday, September 27 with 39, 465-469. Pan-American Exposition of 1901, Judy Rebick, a long time social activist Bogaert, A. F. (2001). Personality, individual differences, preferences for the sexual in the women's movement and the clergymen brothers William and media. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 30, 29-53. Ralph Leeming, and the bicycle pro-choice movement. All readings take place in Pond Inlet Forbes, Susan L. "Gendering Corporate Welfare Practices: Female Sports and Recreation mania of the 1890s in Thorold. Dr. at 7:30 p.m. Refresliments will be at Eaton's During the Depression." Rethinking History,S: 1 (2001), pp. 59-74. James A. Gibson, President Emeritus, availabre. Tickets are available at the Hughes, Alun. "Augustus jones: the Life and Loves of a Pioneer Surveyor." Bulletin, was guest speaker at the evening Box Office at the following prices: Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives, 111, 3-12. banquet. single tickets, $5 students/seniors, $8 Kelly, James B. "Confronting judicial Supremacy: A Defence of judicial Activism and the The Sunday program was devoted regular; series (9), $55 and $27; half Supreme Court of Canada's Legal Rightsjurisprudence." (with Michael Murphy) Canadian to an all-day bus tour of sites relevant series (5), $27 and $14. Journal of Law and Society Volume 16, No.1 (2001), pp. 3-27. to the previous day's papers. Visit the Web site at: Mclauchlan, Debra. (2001). Collaborative creativity in a high school drama class. Youth www.brocku.ca.lenglish/harpweaver/ Theatre Journal, 15,42-58. readings 3.html Mitchell, c., DiPetta, T., and Kerr, J. (2001). The frontier of web-based instruction. Coming soon from Campus Rec. Essay contest Education and Information Technologies, 6 (2), 1 05-121 . The following are start-up dates for The Centre for International Studies Mitchell, c., and Kerr, J. (2001). Comparing virtual and face-to-face instruction. Brock Campus Recreation classes: would like to bring to the attention of Education, 10(2), 14-25. • Regular Fitness Schedule and faculty an essay contest that is open to Mitchell, c., and Kumar, R. (2001). The development of administrative moral discourse Regular Spin Schedule - Monday, undergraduate students. The essay in a pluralistic society. journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, 15 (2),47-67. September 24 topic is: "How do you envision the Mitchell,C.,andSackney, L.(2001, February). Buildingcapacityfora learning community. • CPR Basic Rescuer - Monday, contribution the Dialogue among Canadian Journal ofEducational Administration and Policy, 19. [Online). Available: http:/ October 1 Civilizations can make to better /www.umanitoba.ca/publications/cjeap/issues19.html . prepare the peoples of the world, Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, David, Toward the Rising Sun: Russian Ideologies of • Yoga - Tuesday, October 9 especially the youth, for the challenges • T'ai Chi - Wednesday, October 10 Empire and the Path to War with Japan. DeKalb, IL: Northem Illinois University Press, 2001 . of tomorrow?" Due date is October 3. Shaw, Tony B. (2001) Pelee Island and Lake Erie North Shore, Ontario: A Climatic Analysis • Chi Kung - Thursday, October 11 For more information visit: of Canada's Warmest Wine Region, Journal of Wine Research, Vol 12. No.1, pp.19-37. www.brocku.calhumanitieslinternational • Red Cross Emergency First Aid - Tinkler, K. J. (2001 ). "The case of the missing flood: the unrecorded flood of 1935 on the Sunday, October 14 Reminder james River, Mason County, Texas." Geomorphology 39: 239-250. • jazz and Ballet Together and jazz A farewell retirement reception is and Hip Hop Together - Monday, being held in honour of jolin October 15 Burtniak, Head, Special Collections, EVENTS • Ballroom, Latin, and Swing Dance James A. Gibson Library, on Tuesday, • Centre for the Arts: Top 10 ,econHng artist 5"ah Hann ... will perlonn on - Wednesday, October 17 September 25, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., - , Thursday, September 20, 7:30 p.m., Sean O'Sullivan Theatre. Opening for For more information, check the in the Pond Inlet. " Harmer is another acclaimed up-and-comer, Sarah Slean. Call the Box Please contact Mary Little, ext. 4648, _ Office, 905-688-5550, ext. 3257 fo, tickets. In conjunction with the N iaga,. Campus Recreation Fall Brochure. If if you wish to attend the reception. you would like a copy, contact Brian Grape and Wine Festival, Centre for the Arts presents Lighthouse, in a free There is a $15 contribution towards a concert, on Sunday, September 30, at 7 p.m., at Montebello Park (downtown St. Ker, at ext. 4359. gift and refreshments. If you are unable to attend, you may still contribute Catharines). towards a gift. ~ BUFS presents: 5eptembe< 23: The Man Who C,ied (Sally POIIe" UK! 11"'_ France, 2000) From the director of Orlando, a sumptuous epic stretching Brock University ••- from 1920's Russia to 1940's Hollywood following the fortunes of Fegele, a Careers begin here! CLASSIFIED you n g Jewish girl who flees the pogroms as a child and loses herself in the turmoil of For sale: Kitchen/dining room set, almost Europe. September 30: Special Event! Lost and Delirious (Lea Poole, Canada, 2001) One E-mail submissions to: new, four black and white comfortable of Canada's pre-eminentdirectors, Poole (Emporte-moi) has skillfully fashioned a poignant [email protected] chairs, glass top round table with black portrait of the sexual awakening and romantic tragedy experienced by three young women University Web site: www.brocku.ca base. $350 or best offer. Contact Karen at an all-girl's school. Reception after the screening to celebrate BUFS 7th year! Brock News is a rublication of the Office of Externa Relations. Millar, at 905-685-1780. All films are on Sunday, at 7 p.m., in the David S. Howes Theatre (formerly The Playhouse), 905-688-5550, ext. 3245 Lookingfor: Used kitchen cabinets. Please Brock University. Films may be subject to change. Ticket prices are: Members, $5; Non FAX 905-641-5216 call Scott, at 905-329-6700. members, $7 at the door; Membership (Sept. to April), $22; Two Memberships, $39 (tax Editor: Heather Junke; Production: MJ Turner; For Sale: Electric Stove $100, Garage is included). Tickets are available from Brock's Centre for the Arts Box Office, 905-688- Communications Director: Mike Farrell DoorOpener $75, Gas Lawnmower $30, 5550, ext. 3257. For information, please contact Anne Howe, ext. 3553, or e-mail: The next issue of Brock News is Wednesday, Electric Broom Vacuum $60. Please call Scott, at 905-329-6700. [email protected] October 3,2001, with a firm copy deadline of CFUW meeting: All university graduate women are invited to the Tuesday, October 9 Friday, September 21, at 4:30 p.m. Horse boarding: Need a good home for your horse? Full board or "do it yourself." meeting of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) - st. Catharines, to be PUBLICA liON IS EVERY TWO WEEKS held at 7:30 p.m., at the Holiday Inn, St. Catharines. The program, titled "Humour for the Canada 1'0,1 Agr<'('rnenl :: -10065767 North Pelham. Call Ross Drabble, at905- 892-6635. Health of It," will be presented by Connie Jasinskas, an international trainer and speaker. Brock Days was a stompin' good time Fall Convocation Brock University will hold its Fall Convocation on Saturday, October 20. There will be two ceremonies, at 10 a.m. and at 3 p.m., in the Physical Education complex. Fall Preview Day is fast approaching As a reminder, the Fall Preview Day will be held on Sunday, October 21 , from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Prospective students, their parents, as well as the general public will be attending. All will be looking to find information on programs, athletics, student services, residences and many other aspects of the University. If you have any questions about your role in the Fall Preview Day, or how you can be involved, please contact Brock hosted the World's Largest Grape Michelle Lea, at ext. 3368, or e-mail: Stomp on campus September 29 as [email protected] hundreds of people held hands, danced and laughed as they stomped a total of 50 bushels of grapes during Brock United Way campaign Days, A Community and Homecoming Celebration. Getting in on the action in under way soon Jubilee Courtyard were, from left, Mark your calendar for Thursday, Devin Braun, Hannah Vesterback and October 11 to attend the kick-off of the Megan Braun. For highlights of Brock Brock University 2001 United Way of Days, please see page 4. St. Catharines and District campaign. Plans are under way for a barbecue lunch, at noon, in Jubilee Courtyard to launch the campaign. Further details about the kick-off event will be E o N E s o A y o c T o B E R 3 200 announced in an upcoming Campaign Bulletin to be distributed across the campus. Brock's target is $62,000, up over last year's goal of $60,000. Campaign Co-chairs Lorne Adams and Debbie Slade also hope to raise the participation level this year. Search for Dean of A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Mathematics and Science On behalf of the Advisory Committee, Terry Boak, Vice-President, Academic, Student Theatre dedication is writing to all members or the Brock David Howes, President of Lincoln Fabrics community to encourage internal and a member of Brock University's Board applications and nominations for the enrolment hits of Trustees, and Debbie Slade, Managing position of Dean of the Faculty of Director, Brock's Centre for the Arts, Mathematics and Science. All recordhigh celebrated the recent dedication of the applications and nominations for the David S. Howes Theatre, formerly the position should be submitted in Brock University is boasting a record Playhouse Theatre. The dedication was held confidence to the VP's office by enrolment for the second year in a row. on September 19 to reco~nize a $250,000 January 14, 2002. Preliminary figures show 12,025 full donation by Lincoln FabrICS of St. and part-time students are enrolled for Catharines to the "Good, Better, Brock!" The following individuals have agreed campaign which will complete funding for to serve on the Advisory Committee: the 2001-2002 academic year. That's the largest expansion in the University's an increase of 609 students, or almost Terry Boak, VP, Academic, Chair; history. The "Good, Better, Brock!" Doug Bruce, Biological Sciences; Alan 5.3 per cent over the same time last campaign has raised more than $21 million year, when 11,416 students were towards its goal of $29.62 million. Castle, Biochemistry; Mary Frances Richardson, Chemistry; David Hughes, enrolled at the University. More students were expected before the end of Computer Science; Francine McCarthy, Earth Sciences; Mei Ling Huang, registration on Friday, September 21 , President and CEO of RBC Financial making the 2001 -2002 academic year Mathematics; Joffre Mercier, the University's highest enrolment in its Group to speak at Brock Neuroscience; Andrew Reynolds, 37-year history. Oenology and Viticulture; Fereidoon Gordon Nixon, to realize our full potential as one of Student admission averages also Razavi, Physics; Jane Dywan, President and CEO, the world's great places to work and live. continue to climb at Brock - 79.5 per Psychology; Tom McDonald, RBC Financial Group, A reception will follow the cent th is year. Electronics, Staff; and Mike Spironello, will be the guest presentation. "Word continues to spread about our Biology Grad., Student Rep. speaker for the D.G. D.G. "Bud" Willmot served on the If you have any questions about the University's superb professors, Willmot Distinguished committee which established Brock innovative programming and overall position, please contact Terry Soak, at Lecture Series University in 1964, as well as on the ext. 4121 or commitment to a well-rounded University's Board of Trustees. He sponsored by the [email protected] educational experience," said Robert Gordon Nixon Faculty of Business at received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Tiffin, Registrar at Brock University. Brock University, degree from Brock University in "With each year of enrolment growth, Thursday, November 8, at 7:30 p.m., 1989. Willmot, who died in 1994, the annual economic impact of the in the David S. Howes Theatre established the lecture series with a Brock 2000 update University on Niagara also continues to (formerly The Playhouse). generous gift in 1989. grow and is expected to reach $240 The title of the address is "Canada's All members of the community are Several offices and departments have million by 2003." Place in the Global Economy." invited to attend. Admission is free, recently relocated to the Academic For more information, please check In his address, Nixon will talk about but tickets are required. For tickets, North Building, Level Three. out News and Events on the Brock where Canada is heading, and the please call the Centre for the Arts Box Telephone extensions remain the same. home page: www.brocku.ca issues we need to address as a nation Office, at 905-688-5550, ext. 3257. The moves include: • Office of the Dean of Social Sciences - AN 325 • Office of Graduate Studies - AN 341 Register now for Parenting conference • Office of Research Services - AN 331; The Fifth Annual Niagara Parenting dealing with bullying, parenting in Pre-registration for the conference National Research Council - AN 338 Conference presents a day with times of loss, and creating a positive and chilaren's programs is reqUired • Department of Communications, Barbara Coloroso on Saturday, home climate. and is on a first-come, first-served Popular Culture and Film Studies - November 3, at Brock University. Another feature of the conference is basis. To obtain more information on AN 308 (Administrative Assistant) Coloroso, who is an internationally The Marketplace with exhibits by the conference, including registration recognized speaker in the area of commercial and non-profit and costs, please contact the In early October, the following parenting, diScipline and non-violent organizations of products and services Department of Child and Youth programs will move to C Block, level conflict resolution, will give morning that are of special interest to parents. Studies, at 905-688-5550, ext. 4070 or Three: and afternoon Pnresentatlons that focus Parents can register their school-age visit the Web site at: www.brocku.cal on the theme' Respectful Parents, children for A Day with the Rainbow childandyouthstudiesl • Women's Studies Responsible Kids.' Artists. The RosalInd Blauer Centre for parentingconference.htm • Labour Studies She will discuss the keys to good Child Care offers a stimulating and fun The conference is organized by a • Liberal Studies parenting and will inclUde sucn topics child care program for toddlers and group of parent volunteers in association Telephone extensions will remain as power struggles, keeping your cool pre-schoolers.rhere is limited with Brock University and the Regional the same. without putting your feelings on ice, enrolment for these programs. Niagara Public Health Department. Brock News, October 3, 2001. Published by Brock University.... page 2 ----,--, designed for individuals age 40 and over and is open to employees who Brock Brieft ... have not previously been invited to a Thank you Brock Retirement Program. Each Words can not express the care and participant is entitled to bring a guest. concern from the Brock community For more information and registration, extended to myself and my family please contact Pat Miller at during the sudden death of my [email protected] husband, Ernie Holder, Campus Police, Upcoming conference on August 13. The Department of Economics will Numerous cards, floral tributes, be the host of the 11 th Annual Meeting donations to the St. Catharines Junior A for Canadian Resource and Athletics from administration, staff, Environmental Economics (CREE) Study unions, Campus Police, departments, Group, from October 12 to 14 at the students and several friends at Brock, BroCK campus. For more information Mayla Parrent, Campus Police, Dr. about the conference, visit the Web David Atkinson, Human Resources and site at: www.Brocku.calcree2001/ my home department ITS, index.html or contact Diane Dupont, Communications and Networking ext. 3129, or Steven Renzetti, ext. Services and Computing Services, have 3121. been very supportive and understanding during this most difficult BBCS marks 15 years of service time in my life. Over the past 15 years, many To all who stood in endless lines out Niagara businesses, budding to the street to pay their respects and to entrepreneurs and not-for-profit groups those who had to stand in the hallways have turned to the Brock Business of the funeral home and listen to the Consulting Service (BBCS) for new service on a speaker system because all information, new ideas and affordable the seating was taken, I thank you. hands-on help in solving business 2001 Business Citizen of the Year To the Honour Guard of Campus problems or faunching new ventures. Dr. Linda Bramble, centre, of Brock's Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute Police, combined with Ernie's former According to Frances Tuer, Director (CCOVI), was recently presented with the Royal Bank Ontario Awards 2001 Business employer, Niagara Detention Centre, it of the BroCK Management Citizen of the Year. Making the presentation was Robert Wagner, Regional Manager was an honour. Development Centre, the BBCS is a of Royal Bank, left, and Gay Mitchell, Executive Vice-Presl(lent of "Royal Bank Tor It was a wonderful tribute to a co win-win proposition for clients and top Ontario. Bramble, who is the first woman to receive this award, was recognized for worker, friend, loving husband and business students. Clients get high her support to the growth of the Ontario wine industry. The awards are held in father. Thank you to everyone. value research and analYSIS while conjunction with the Niagara Grape and Wine Festival. Sincerely, consultants and associates get the - Linda Holder, Switchboard opportunity to be part of a "real" On November 23, Nancy Mandell, Wine Research and Extension Program, business and apply their education for of the Department of Sociology, York Cornell University, N.Y., "Wine Campus pride the benefit of "real world" University, will speak on "Male Microbiology And Wine Flavor." Brock has one of the most beautiful organizations. For more information, Underachievement In Schooling: A • Thursday, November 29, 3 p.m., campuses in Ontario and we should all please contact Phil Salmon, Manager Crisis?" MC H313, Dr. David DiBattista, be very proud of it. Our recruitment of the BBCS, at ext. 3720, or bye-mail: For more information, please contact Department of Psychology, Brock research shows that our campus is one [email protected] Professor Jane Helleiner, at ext. 3711, University, "Alcohol Consumption in of the key factors that finalizes or e-mail: Mesocricetus auratus: Raising a Toast students' decisions to choose Brock as [email protected] to the Golden Hamster." their university. Farewell to all • Thursday, December 6, 11 :30 a.m., And the beautiful setting certainly It is both with a heavy heart and Seminar series MC H313, Dr. Terry E. Acree, makes it a wonderful JJlace to come to deep-felt gratitude that I wish Brock U The Department of Biological DeJJartment of Food Science and work every day for our faculty and staff. adieu! Sciences announces its Fall Seminar Technology, Cornell University, However, of late, some of that Many thanks to colleagues, retirees Series: Geneva, N.Y., "From Flavorants to beauty is being jeopardized by the and friends who attended my (early) • Thursday, October 4, 11 :30 a.m., Perception: The Challenge in Wine improper disposal of litter. We are retirement celebration. I appreciate all MC H313, Dr. Mark Gijzen, Flavor Chemistry." having a particular problem with your kind wishes. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, "An garbage being left in Jubilee Courtyard A special thank you to all who were Asthma-Causing Protein from Soybean What is OPIRG? and in front of Schmon Tower. involved in the organizing and Seed Dust: A Case of Naturally Ontario Public Interest Research We need the help of faculty, staff and JJlanning of such a wonderful gift and Occurring Gene Amplification." Group (OPIRG) Brock is a student students to keep our JJublic areas, halls, the many cards of best wishes. To Dr. • Thursday, October 11, TBA volunteer organization whose primary classrooms and grounds clear of garbage. Atkinson, Dr. Gibson and Terry • Thursday, October 18, 3 p.m., pU!1X?se is to inform and educate I'd like to offer my own message tnat Varcoe, my thanks for your kind words. Th 256, Dr. Rudy Boonstra Centre for individuals on environment and social I hope every member of our campus I wish all of you continued success, the Neurobiology of Stress, University justice issues. OPIRG encourages those community will take the extra moment health and prosperity both personally ofToronto at Scarborough "The who are interested in the issues to use of attention, time and pride in our and professionally. Snowshoe Hare Cycle in the Canada's its Resource Centre to better inform campus to tidy up after themselves in After 38 years I leave with many' Boreal Forest: The Sublethal Effects of themselves on the issues. For those pubric areas. You can help by picking beautiful and fond memories. I will High Predation Risk." who want to get more involved, Action up a piece of litter and putting it in the miss you all. • Thursday, October 25, 11 :30 a.m., Groups meet regularly to discuss social nearest receptacle and also by using - Jenny Gurski MC H313, Dr. Christopher S. Cohan, factors and to organize informative the cigarette disposals at exits. Department of Anatomy, SUNY at events. Everyone is welcome! For more Let's demonstrate to others our pride Canada Savings Bonds Buffalo, NY, "Steering Nerve Fibers to information, please contact 905-688- in our campus. The paid-up 2000/2001 series of their Destinations: Links to the 5550, ext. 3499; fax: 905-641-7581 or My apJJreciation and thanks, Canada Savings Bonds are now in the Cytoskeleton." e-mail: [email protected] - Bonnie Neuman, Associate Vice Human Resources Office. Please • Thursday, November 1, 11 :30 a.m., Everyone IS also welcome to attend President, Student Services arrange to pick them up at your earliest MC H313, Dr. Ann E. Hajek, the Annual General Meeting, on convenience. Department of Entomology, Cornell Wednesday, October 3, at noon, in the E-mail reminder Effective November 2001, we will be University, Ithaca, N.Y., Title of OPIRG Resource Centre, Student A recent situation involving an e offering the New Canada Payroll Presentation TBA. Centre, Room 306. mail hoax has made it necessary to Savings Program through payroll • Thursday, November 8, 11 :30 a.m., remind the Brock community of their deductions rather than the Canada MC H313, Dr. W. Zerges Department Campus Rec. classes responsibility in using campus e-mail Savings Bonds. Literature and of Biology, Concordia University, Sign up now for: Yoga - Tuesday, accounts. E-mail has become an applications regarding the New "Translatlon in Plastids and limits to October 9; T'ai Chi - Wednesday, essential tool in doing our work. The Canada Payrolr Savings Program will Downsizing Organelle Genomes October 10; Chi Kung - Thursday, University makes it available to do be distributed in October. during Evorution." October 11; Red Cross Emergency First University business and that is all it • Thursday, November 15, 3 p.m., Aid - Sunday, October 14; Jazz and should be used for. Speaker series Ballet Together and Jazz and Hip Hop The Department of Child and Youth MC H313, Dr. Danton H. O'Day, I hesitate to try to control personal Department of Cell and Molecufar Together - Monday, October 15; use of e-mail, however, I hope that Studies is pleased to announce a Banroom, Latin, and Swing Dance - speaker series in celebration of its new Developmental Biology, University of people will accept their responsibility Toronto at Mississauga, "Calmodulin Wednesday, October 17. and not use Brock accounts to forward MA in Child and Youth Studies. All For more information, check the talks are on Fridays, from 2:30 p.m. to Binding Proteins, Chemotaxis and personal items that they receive. Please Mouldy Green Genes." Campus Recreation Web site: be aware that your name and the 4 JJ.m., in the Robert S.K. Welch Hall www.brocku.calcampusred or contact (Education Building), Room 209. All • Thursday, November 22, 11 :30 a.m., University's may circulate in MC H313, Dr. Henick-Kling, Brian Ker, at ext. 4359. cyberspace for years attached to are welcome inappropriate or incorrect information. On October 5, Teena Willoughby, of I appreciate everyone's co-operation Brock's Department of Child and Youth on this matter. Studies/Psychology, will speak on Thank you, "Researching Childhood and Youth in Dinner and lecture celebrate - Harold Leece, Associate Vice the School System: Lessons," from the President, Administration YLC-CURA Project. On October 26, George J. Sefa Dei, detective fiction Financial Strategies for a of the Department of Sociology and Successful Retirement Equity Studies, Ontario Institute For Canadian detective novelist Peter Robinson will officially launch his new Three evening workshops are being Studies in Education of the University Robinson will deliver Brock's first novel, Aftermath. held, October 18, 25 and November 1, ofToronto (OISElUn, will speak on annual Distinguished Lecture in Prior to the lecture, the University "Removing the Margins: The Politics of 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., in the Senate Popular Culture, on Friday, October 5. is holding a gala dinner to mark the Race and Difference in Canadian Chamber, to help individuals create a Robinson's address "Half Imagined, arrival of the Skene-Melvin Detective Schooling." retirement plan that takes into account Half Perceived," will be held in the Fiction Collection at the James A. taxation, pensions, RRSP's, On November 16, Daiva Stasiulis, of Senate Chamber, at 8 p.m. Admission Gibson Library. Donors David and investments, estate planning, the Department of Sociology, Carleton is free and all are welcome. Anne Skene-Melvin will be the government benefits and personal University and Radha Jhappan, of the honoured guests. The dinner begins preferences and goals. Peter Long is an Department of Political Science, Robinson is the award-winning with a reception at 5 p.m., in Pond experienced investment counselor who Carleton University, will speak on author of 11 Inspector Banks mysteries will present the information in "Sexualization of Children and including Cold is the Grave, which was Inlet. Tickets are $23 and they are conjunction with Pauline McCormack Mimicry of Adult Sexuality in recently nominated for the L.A. Times available by calling ext. 4290 or of Human Resources. The program is Hollywood Films." Book Award. As part of the event, 3469. Brock News, October 3, 2001. Published by Brock University .... page 3 EVENTS Students win alumni awards for Music series: The Department of Music's "Music @ Noon" series will open with a harpsichord recital by Visiting Artist-in-Residence Cecile Desrosiers, on Tuesday, outstanding achievements October 9. The following week, October 16, guest soprano, Maria Fortuna will be Activity Program). Mertens has an accompanied by Cecile Desrosiers, piano in a vocal recital. Both events begin at noon Honours degree in Physical Education in the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre. Free and open to the public. and is currently completing her Faculty Book sale: The Brock University Philosophical Society will hold a book sale, October of Education Pre-Service degree at 10 to 11, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., in the Book Store corridor. Brock in the junior/intermediate level. Science and Faith Lecture: Campus Ministries presents the following lectures on Silver Badger Alumni Award Thursday, October 11: "Variational Principles in Physics," at 1 :30 p.m. with the As President of the Politics Club at Physics Department, in H313; and "Do The Laws of Physics Teach Us the Character Brock, Rhonda Sutton was instrumental in giving the club new energy and an of the Natural World?" by Dr. David VanBaak, Calvin College, at 7:30 p.m., identity as a centre of student life in the University Club. All are welcome. For information, phone 905-688-5550, ext. 3134. department. She organized a number ..BUFS presents, Octob., 14, The Golden Bowl U.mes IvO'y, UK, Scott Maxwell, President, Brock University of successful events, including a 2000) Ismail Merchant and James Ivory (Howards End, The Alumni Association, congratulates award Christmas food drive to benefit local . ••• Remains of the Day) are the acknowledged masters of the literate winners, from left, Rhonoa Sutton, Melissa charities and a trip to Ottawa for a • period film, and this adaptation of Henry James' classic novel about O'Neil and Laurie Mertens. group of 20 students. In 2000, Sutton female desire and social decorum is no exception. Starring Jeremy Northam, Kate The Brock University Alumni represented Brock at the Canadian Beckinsale, Uma Thurman and Nick Nolte. All films are on Sunday, at 7 p.m., in the Association recognized three Brock Political Science Students' Association David S. Howes Theatre (formerly The Playhouse), Brock University. Films may be students on September 29 for their Forum in Vancouver. Last year, she subjectto change. For more information, including ticket prices, see: www.brocku.ca/ achievements and contributions to the was among Niagara's young leaders to be profiled in the Progress issue of the cpcflbufs.html University and to the community. Laurie Mertens, of St. Catharines, is Niagara Falls Review. Sutton, who is The Harpweaver Reading Series presents: Thursday, October 11, Pond Inlet at the recipient of the Alumni Association on the Dean's Honours list, is 7:30 p.m., novelistJoan Barfoot, a former reporter and editor for various newspapers Student Award, Rhonda Sutton, of St. completing her degree in Political including: The Owen Sound Sun-Times, The Windsor Star, The Toronto Sun, and The Catharines, is the recipient of the Si Iver Science and plans on pursuing a London Free Press. Barfoot won the Marian Engel Award, 1992, and the WH Smith/ Badger Alumni Award, and Melissa Masters degree in international Books in Canada First Novel Award, for Abra, 1978. Her most recent novel is Getting O'Neil, of Lakefield, Ont., is the relations with a focus on Western recipient of the Badger Award. Over Edgar. Toronto: Key Porter, 1999. For information, including ticket prices see: European Politics. www.brocku.ca.lenglish/harpweaver/readings_3.htm I Students are nominated for the awards by their peers based on their Badger Award CFUW meeting: All university graduate women are invited to the Tuesday, extracurricular activities and must Melissa O'Neil's five-year student October 16 meeting of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) maintain a minimum B average. career was marked by her dedication Niagara Falls, to be held at 7 p.m., at Niagara Falls Public Library. The program, titled Alumni Association Student Award to the Children's Movement Program "Feng Shui - Enlighten Your Chi," will be presented by Pauline Raby. For more From 1997 to 2001, Laurie Mertens (CMP). O !Neil began as a volunteer in information, contact Nancy, at 905-358-5524. served on the Residence Action her first year and continued on as a Book sale: The Canadian Federation of University Women, Weiland and District Council (RAC) in a number of program instructor and, in her final Branch, will hold its 31 st Annual Book Sale, on Saturday, October 27, from 9 a.m. to executive positions, most recently as year, as the Curriculum Co-ordinator President of RAe. She contributed to 3 p.m., in the cafeteria of Centennial Secondary School, 240 Thorold Rd., Weiland. for the program. She also found time to RAC's outstanding success, over be a volunteer for SNAP (Special Books, games, CDs, videos, puzzles and special collections will be available. All several years, in winning the proceeds go to university scholarships for local female secondary school graduates in Needs Activity Program), the Heart and international Most Spirited School Stroke Association, Habitat for Fonthill, Weiland and Port Col borne. For information, please call Joyce Noren, Award and the Small School of the Humanity and Lincoln Centennial Year award from the Great Lakes 905-732-6531. school in St. Catharines. O'Neil played Affiliation of Colleges and University on the women's field hockey team for Residence Halls (GLACURH). Mertens PUBLICATIONS played intramural sports and was also a five years, including two years as novice rower at Brock in 1997-98. She captain of the team. She was also a Adams-Webber, J. (2001). "Fixed role therapy." In R. Corsini (Ed.), Handbook of was a volunteer and instructor with the residence Don in her third year. O'Neil Innovative Therapy (pp. 255-262). New York: John Wiley & Sons. Children's Movement Program.(CMP) graduated from Brock's concurrent Bond, W. Richard. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: A Postmodern from 1998 to 2001 and is currently the Physical Education/Education program Catalyst for Change in Educational Administrative Practices, Interchange, Vol. Curriculum and Administrative Co and is a junior and senior kindergarten 32/1, pp. 59-77. 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers. ordinator with a fellow Faculty of teacher at Havelock-Belmont Public Brown, K. M., Erwin, R. M., Richmond, M. E., Buckley, P. A., Tanacredi, J.T. and Education student. She also School, of the Kawartha Pine Ridge Avrin, D. 2001. Managing birds and controlling aircraft in the Kennedy airport volunteered with SNAP (Special Needs District School Board. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge complex: the need for hard data and soft opinions. Environmental Management, 28, 207-224. Forster, David C. and Webster, William G. (2001). Speech-motor control and FACULTY AND STAFF interhemispheric relations in recovered and persistent stuttering. Developmental GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY AND LIBRARY Neuropsychology, 19(2), 125-145. The following papers were presented by present and former members of the University at Gabriel, D.A., Basford, J., and An, K. N. (2001). Neural adaptations to fatigue: the 23rd Annual Niagara Peninsula History Conference, held recently at Brock: Implications for muscle strength and training. Medicine and Science in Sport and John Burtniak, James A. Gibson Library, "Reverends William and Ralph Leeming, Exercise, 33, 1354-1360. clergymen brothers and early missionaries in Niagara." Huang, M. L. "On a Distribution-Free Quantile Estimator," Computational James Gibson, President Emeritus, "Industry and humanity: the case of Mackenzie King." Alun Hughes and Sheldon Armstrong, Department of Geography, "The Cannon Ball Statistics & Data Analysis, Volume 37, Number 4, pp. 477-486, 2001. Booms - jeweller Thomas Jones and the bicycle craze in Thorold in the 1890s." Huang, M. L. and Brill, P. H. "On Estimation of MlGIc/c Queues," Journal of John Jackson, Department of Geography, "The Niagara Frontier: the challenge of International Transactions in Operational Research, Volume 8, pp. 1-11, 2001. alternatives in the evolution of settlement in Niagara." Huang, M. L. and Brill, P. H. "A Nonparametric Regression Method," Nonlinear Wes Turner, Department of History, "Niagara's forts in peace and war; keeping the Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications, Volume 47, Number 3, pp.1467- Americans out?" 1475,2001. In addition, conference organizers John Burtniak and Alun Hughes led a full-day field trip Huang, M. L. "A Nonparametric Predictor," American Statistical Association 2000 to historical sites in Thorold, Niagara Falls, Chippawa and Weiland. Proceedings of the Statistical Computing Section, pp. 38-41, 2000. MATHEMATICS Kompf, Michael and Hodson, John. "Keeping the Seventh Fire: Developing an M. L. Huang gave an invited lecture, "Some Variations of MlG/l Queues and Their Undergraduate Degree Program for Aboriginal Adult Educators." Canadian Journal Applications," at the INFORMS International Conference in Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A., June17t021 . of Native Education, Volume 24, 2000, Number 2, pp 185 to 202, Department of She also gave a presentation "Steady State Analysis of OIJ + ... + ONJ/MII Queues,", at the Educational Policy. Canadian Queueing 2001 Conference, Waterloo, Canada, August 24 to 25. Mitchell, Coral, Di Petta, Tony and Kerr, James. "The Frontier of Web-based Huang attended the ICSA 2001 Applied Statistics Symposium, Chicago, IL, U.s.A., Instruction." Education and Information Technologies 6:2, pp 105-121, Kluwer June 7 to 9. Academic Publishers 2001. Professor Ron Kerman gave a talk on Optimal Sobolev Imbeddings at the International Mitchell, c., and Kerr, J. (2001). Comparing virtual and face-to-face instruction. Conference on Function Spaces, Differential Operators and Nonlinear Analysis, held near Brock Education, 10(2), 14-25. G6ttingen, Germany, June 28 to July 4. He spoke on the same topic to a joint seminar of Richards, Merle, Elliott, Anne, Woloshyn, Vera and Mitchell, Coral. Editors. the Mathematical Institute of the University of Potsdam and the Max Planck Institute for Collaboration Uncovered The Forgotten, the Assumed, and the Unexamined in Gravitational Studies, on July 13. Earlier, on June 27, he presented recent work of his on Weighted Norm Convergence of Eigenfunction Expansions to the Mathematics Section of Collaborative Education. Bergin & Garvey. the Centre for Biological and Health Studies in Munich. Soroka, Lewis. (2001 ). Male/Female Thomas Wolf gave a talk, entitled "Classification of integrable polynomial vector Urban Income Inequality: The Soaring evolution equations," at the International Conference on Dynamics of Continuous, Brock University Nineties. Canadian Journal of Regional Discrete and Impulsive Systems, held in London, Ont., July 27 to 31 . PHYSICAL EDUCATION Careers begin here! Science, XXIII:3, 489 - 506. Anna H. Lathrop, Chair of the Department of Physical Education, participated atthe recent Zhuang, Quan and Miller, Jack M. E-mail submissions to: Faculty Development Summer Institute on Active Teachi ng and Learning in University and [email protected] One-pot sol-gel synthesis of sulfated College, at the University of PEl, on July 30 to August 3. University Web site: www.brocku.ca PSYCHOLOGY Zr02-Si02 catalysts for alcohol Brock News is a rublication of the dehydration. Canadian Journal of Jane Dywan recently gave a talk at a Geriatric Mental Health Conference sponsored by Office of Externa Relations. the Alzheimer Society and the Geriatric Mental Health Outreach Team of the Niagara (905) 688-5550, ext. 3245 Chemistry, Vol 79, No 8, August 2001, FAX (905) 641-5216 Region. The talk was entitled "What Does Normal Aging Look Like? Memory and the pp 1220-1223. Control of Attention in Healthy Older Adults." Editor: Heather Junke; Production: MJ Turner; Zhuang, Quan and Miller, Jack M. Sol- Communications Director: Mike Farrell SOCIOLOGY gel syntheSis of ternary phosphate- Michelle Webber recently presented a co-authored paper, titled "Institutionalized The next issue of Brock News is Wednesday, Economies of Educational Restructuring in Women Teacher Educators' Work in Britain, October 17, 2001, with a firm copy deadline Zr02-Si02 catalysts for alcohol of Friday, October 5, 2001 at 4:30 p.m. dehydration. Canadian Journal of Canada and Scotland: Regulation, Reproduction or Both?", at the European Conference on Educational Research, European Educational Research Association, in Lille, France, Chemistry, Vol 79, No 8, August 2001, I'UIlLlCATIO~ IS E'vERY T\\O \\EEKS September 5 to 8. Webber co-authored the paper with Jo-Anne Di lIabough, Sandra Acker (anada !'(ht Agreement:: -lOOf.57fJ7 pp 1224-1228. and Liz Smyth, of OISElUniversity of Toronto. Brock News, October 3,2001. Published by Brock University... .page 4 Showcasing the best of Brock tudents, faculty, staff, graduates Lorimer dedication Hall of Fame luncheon and the community came to During the dedication ceremony Six former Brock athletes and two Scampus to celebrate the best of after lunch for the newly named Don builders were inducted into the Brock Brock during the first-ever Brock Days, Lorimer Athletic Therapy Clinic, Brock Badgers Sports Hall of Fame, on held September 28 to 30. Director of Athletics Lome Adams September 29. During a luncheon and Hundreds of people participated in spoke of Lorimer's gift for relating to plaque unveiling, Brock recognized: more than 60 on-campus activities - athletes. Adams said Lorimer was also Dr. Don Lorimer (posthumously), co to name a few, graduate reunions, well known for his sense of humour, founder of the Athletic Therapy Clinic; wine events, interest seminars, live ._-- September 28, 29, 30, 2001 --- love of life and commitment to Brock. Paul Jackson, Former Brock Hockey entertainment, family programs, Lorimer, who died in March, helped Coach; Bryan Stride (1973-77), Men's recreational and varsity athletic events. Official kick-off to establish Student Health Services Track and Field/Cross Country; Diane Here are just some of the highlights A short time later at Jubilee and was its Medical Director for more Hilko (1978-84), Women's Basketball; from Brock Days: Courtyard, Brock President David than 20 years. He co-founded the Joe Domarchuk (1983-87), Men's Earp dedication Atkinson officially opened Brock Days Athletic Therapy Clinic in 1983 and Wrestling; Tammy Balkwill (Eboral) More than 120 people attended the 2001. He urged the 150 people served as a team physician and mentor (1983-86), Women's Swimming; Brian official opening of the Alan Earp gathered for the kick-off barbecue to of varsity athletes and staff. Wasylowich (1983-88), Men's Residence held on September 28. celebrate the University's past, present "Now ... nobody can ever forget the Swimming; and Dave Picton (1991- Joining students, staff, faculty and and future. tremendous contributions of this 96), Men's Basketball. community members at a ceremony "Thanks to all of those who were wonderful man to this institution," "The people being inducted today just outside the main entrance to the part of the Brock Days Committee who Adams said. have made a major contribution to this new building were Brock Chancellor spent an incredible amount of time, institution," said Terry Boak, Vice Dr. Raymond Moriyama and Dr. James energy and effort to make Brock Days President, Academic. Gibson, the University's first President. happen," Atkinson sa id. Earp told the crowd how he lived in a residence at the University of Toronto 60 years earlier. He said he never dreamed that he would spend his working life in universities or that "in 2001 my name would be attached to as handsome a building as this." He congratulated Brock's current President, David Atkinson, for the unparalleled advances the University has taken on so many fronts during the course of his tenure. Earp also congratulated the many people who have contributed to Brock's success. "You have all developed Brock to a point far beyond what we could have imagined," said Earp, Brock's longest serving President. Sarah Veihbeck, head resident at the Alan Earp Residence, told the crowd the building is "no longer just bricks and mortar. Life and spirit have been infused into it by the 250 students who now call Earp home." Brock graduates Erin White and Terry Cocker line perform on the Brock float during the The Snowbirds fly over the Brock campus Niagara Grape and Wine parade on September 29. on Friday afternoon. At the official dedication of the Don Lorimer Athletic Therapy Clinic, from left, Joe Students join with Dr. Alan Earp to celebrate the official dedication of the Alan Earp Kenny, Head Athletic Therapist and clinic Manager, Andrea Lorimer, Michael Lorimer, Residence, front row centre from left, Jeanette Earp, Dr. Earp, Sarah Veihbeck, Brock Mary Lorimer, Brock President David Atkinson, Athletics Director Lorne Adams and Chancellor Dr. Raymond Moriyama and Brock President David Atkinson. BUSU President Duncan Small. Brock grad Travis Watford-Morrison, of Honoured for their contributions to athletics at Brock, from left, Bryan Cindy Nogradi, Director, Career Servics, second from left, Toronto, and his nine-month-old son Stride, Diane Hilko, Chuck Shafley, accepting on behalf of Brian greets some of the many Brock graduates who attended the Carson enjoy the live entertainment in Wasylowich, Tammy Balkwill (Eboral), Dave Picton, Mary Lorimer, Career Assistants reunion on September 29, from left, Tony Jubilee Courtyard. accepting of behalf of her late husband Dr. Don Lorimer, and Paul Catallo, Natalie Quesnelle, Mike Cameron and Chris Jackson. Also honoured was Joe Domarchuk who was not present when Robertson. the photo was taken. Campaign passes $21-rnillion mark Fall Preview Day Brock University's $29-million We need them to heed Isaac Brock's year, due to this campaign; this weekend campaign has raised $21,841,500, or final words: "Surgite! - Press on!" • Inspired by our students who Brock will hold its Fall Preview 74 per cent of its goal. This final Other highlights of Brock's voted through a referendum to tax Day, on Sunday, October 21, from phase of the "Good, Better, Brock!" campaign: themselves $5 million for our 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. This event is campaign will complete financing for • Fully two-thirds of our campaign campaign, faculty and staff held for all prospective students, the $51 million in construction under volunteers are Brock graduates, a participation increased to an parents and the general public. The way on the campus. number of whom have made unprecedented 53 per cent, which Fall Preview Day is especially "Clearly we have come a long leadership gifts; certainly compares favourably with important because it is often the way, but we still have a long way to • This campaign has realized a 21 other Canadian institutions; first opportunity for students to see reach $29 million," according to per cent increase in the total value of • We continue to broaden the base our beautiful campus and to meet Brock President David Atkinson, who graduate gifts through TeleGrad, our of our support, attracting to date 314 with faculty, staff and upper-year has been actively involved with the annual phone-mail campaign; new donors; campaign. flOur co-chairs Norris • The graduate participation rate • Past donors have provided students. Walker and George Grant have done through TeleGrad has increased from generous new levels of support, great work with their volunteer team. 14.9 per cent to 21.9 per cent year to averaging 2.5 times their last gift. Recruiting success Volunteers for continues Brock's United Way Brock continues to have success Campaign gathered recruiting more high achieving during the October students to the University. 1 0 canvassers' The Student Awards Office reports meeting at Pond that from September 1998 to Inlet. September 2001, Brock's overall award Get your pledge winners (80 per cent and over on their cards in now! There OACs) rose from 536 to 853 - a 59 per are lots of great cent increase. prizes to be won. The students coming in with 85 per The Brock Campaign cent or more increasea from 228 in continues until the 1998 to 297 this fall - a 30 per cent end of October with increase. And within that, the 90 per a goal of raising cent and over group increased from 64 $62,000. in 1998 to 89 this year - up 39 per cent. "A lot of initiatives have contributed to this success," says Bonnie Neuman, Associate Vice-President, Student Services. "The addition of more co-op programs, new programs such as the French Teaching.Speoialization in Modern Languages, increased places in high demand programs such as Child and Youth Studies and Applied Health Sciences, new recruitment and awards programs, and other initiatives such as ne Experience Plus and Med Plus are A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, 51. Catharines, Ontario producing great results for the whole university." President and CEO Honorary degrees for Niagara business leader, of RBC Financial Order of Canada recipient Group to speak Brock University will confer 338 Diane Dupuy, a recipient of the community leadership continues to be undergraduate degrees, 94 graduate Order of Canada, will be recognized demonstrated throughout Niagara with at Brock degrees and 27 education degrees for her outstanding contribution to the support of many recreational, Gordon Nixon, President and CEO, during its Fall 2001 Convocation, to be public service. Dupuy is the President cultural, charitable, environmental and RBC Financial held Saturday, October 20. Fifteen and Founder of the internationally educational organizations. Group, certificates will also be awarded in renowned Contributions include the Canada's .,r Famous endowment of the Walker Industries various areas of study, including , f largest Scholarship for Brock University, a Professional Writing, Adult Education, PEOPLE financial Players, a large commitment to the Taro Hall and Oenology and Viticulture. The institution, will professional Campaign at the University and the be the guest convocation black-light contribution of a lead gift to Brock's speaker for the ceremonies will be ~~~ l~ theatre troupe current capital campaign, "Good, D.G. Willmot held in Gym One of ~~~ consisting Better, Brock!" Norris Walker serves as Distinguished the Physical mainly of co-chair of the Brock campaign. Lecture Series Education Complex, people who Dupuy founded the Toronto-based sponsored by beginning at 10 a.m. Diane Dupuy are Famous PEOPLE Players in 1974 with Gordon Nixon the Faculty of for the morning developmentally challenged. the belief that the disabled must be Business at Brock University, Thursday, ceremony and 3 p.m. Norris and his brother John are the integrated into society. Since then, she November 8, at 7:30 p.m., in the for the afternoon fourth generation of Walkers to own has received numerous prestigious David S. Howes Theatre (formerly The ceremony. and operate Walker Industries, one of awards and honorary degrees for her Playhouse). This year, Brock Niagara's largest and most successful extraordinary work. She was appointed The title of the address is "Canada's Norris Walker takes pride in companies. John Walker received his to the Order of Canada in 1982 and was Place in the Global Economy." With awarding honorary honorary degree from Brock at the named Woman of the Year by B'Nai the free trade agreement now into its degrees to two distinguished Spring Convocation ceremonies in Brith women in 1981. She was the first second decade and globalization a Canadians. Norris Walker, Director of June. Canadian to receive the United States reality, it's important to ask where Walker Industries Holdings Limited in Norris Walker is a graduate of Ridley Library of Congress Award along with Canada stands in this new global Thorold, and Vice-Chair of the College in St. Catharines and the actress Helen Hayes. Dupuy is also the economy, and what it means for our University's Board of Trustees, will be University of Toronto, where he earned author of two best-sellers, Dare to Dream future prosperity. In his address, Nixon recognized for his impressive record of a Bachelor degree in Engineering and and Throw Your Heart Over the Fence. will talk about where Canada is community leadership in Ontario and Business and a Master of Commerce. For more information, go to News heading, and the issues we need to especially in the Niagara region. The Walker brothers' generosity and and Events at: www.brocku.ca address as a nation to realize our full potential as one of the world's great places to work and live. MEd cohort program unique experience for teaching professionals A reception will follow the Fifteen teaching professionals, Resource Centre in Brantford. techniques to become better teachers." presentation. through a unique program offered by Dr. Michael Manley-Casimir, Dean In order to complete their degree, D.G. "Bud" Will mot served on the Brock University to train leaders in of Brock's Faculty of Education, says students were required to present an committee which established Brock education, will receive their Masters the program effectively served the action research paper that focused on University in 1964, as well as on the of Education at the Fall Convocation needs of both the board and the an area of best teaching practices. University's Board of Trustees. He ceremony on Saturday, October 20. individual students. "The cohort became my received an Honorary Doctor of Laws . The teachers spent the past two "The program enabled the board to professional touchstone," says Robert degree from Brock University in 1989 . years pursuing their degree as part of advance the qualifications of their Ogilvie, one of the graduating Wmmot, who died in 1994, a learning program that brings professionals at a time when new students who is now working in established the lecture series with a individuals together in groups. The leaders in education will be needed Brock's Pre-Service Education generous gift in 1989. program was delivered in co due to a large number of retiring program at the Hamilton Campus. All members of the community are operation with Brock's Faculty of administrators," he says. "For the "The group experience allowed me to invited to attend. Admission is free, but Education and the Grand Erie District students, the group learning allowed be more truly a student, teacher and tickets are required. For tickets, please School Board and was held off them to share their passion for teaching reflective professional than I would call the Centre for the Arts Box Office, campus on Saturdays at the Teachers and to collaborate on new ideas and ever be on my own." at 905-688-5550, ext. 3257. Graduate Education Fair The Annual Graduate Education Fair and application procedures/requirements. is to be held on Thursday, November 1, The fair is a must for senior students in Thistle Corridor, from 10:30 a.m. to considering graduate school, and a 2:30 p.m. great opportunity for undergraduate Graduate schools from across students to get ~ ~~ad start on planning Canada and the United States will be courses and activities. participating in the fair. This year, for Informal workshop sessions on how the first time, the event will also include to prepare applications to graduate International Graduate Schools. schools and how to apply for scholarships The fair features display booths will be held prior to the event. where students can meet and speak For more information on these with Deans, admissions officers and workshops and the fair, please contact alumni about programs, institutions Career Services at ext. 3242. FACULTY AND STAFF FILM STUDIES In September, Professor Barry K. Grant gave an invited lecture for the Department of On September 28, 32 riders from Brock, led by Boomer and Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Media Studies and Production at the University of Regina on "The Two Frederick Wisemans." He also programmed an evening of documentary films at the Film Theatre, Brock, participated in the Mighty Bike ride through downtown St. Catharines, Regina Public Library and gave a talk entitled "Lonely Boys and Street Fighting Men: Rock in support of the Shaver Hospital. Stars and Representation in Documentary Film." LIBRARY The new idea of a university A successful grant application by Lynne Prunskus, Special Collections and Archives Brock Briefs... On October 19, Brock's Great Librarian, to the Canadian Archival Information Network, has resulted in a $5,000 grant Books/Liberal Studies invites for the james A. Gibson Library. These funds will support the description of some of the Dorothy Korchok Colloquium members of the community to attend library'S significant archival collections and their entry into ARCHEION, a provincial November 2 and 3 a symposium on liberal education. archival database. The Brock University Philosophical The symposium focuses on a recent PHILOSOPHY Society and the Humanities Research book by British writers Ian Robinson Professor Wing-cheuk Chan presented a paper entitled, "Phenomenology and Chinese Institute will present the Dorothy and Duke Maskell. Maskell and Philosophy," in Ottawa, May 18 to 20; "Tang Chun-I on Modernization," in Nanjing, Korchok Colloquium, "Bataille's Robinson charge that the modern China, May 30 to june 2; and "Leibniz and Mou Tsung-san on Chu Hsi," in Berlin, Ascension to Glory," on November 2 university has betrayed the very idea Germany, September 10 to 14. and 3. Experts will discuss post-modern of liberal education that justifies its ethics during sessions to be held in the existence by perpetuating a PUBLICATIONS Senate Chamber, beginning at 9:15 a.m., fraudulent promise that universities Boldt-Irons, Leslie. "Bataille and Baudri liard: From a General Economy to the Transparency on Thursday, November 2 and should be seen as engines of of Evil," Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities, Volume 6, Number 2, August 2001, continuing throughout the two-day economic progress, and university pp. 79 - 89. conference. education as a means of personal and Chan, Wing-cheuk (2000). Leibniz and the Chinese Philosophy of Nature. Studia The first day of speakers will include professional advancement. Leibnitiana, Supplementa 33: 210-223. a keynote address by Peter Tracey The symposium begins at 9 a.m. in Chan, Wing-cheuk (2001), Wang Bi und Xiang. Eine philosophische Gegebueberstellung. Connor, of the French Department of the Senate Chamber with a panel Trans. By Hans-Georg Moeller. Minima Sinica 13, Nr. 1: 26-56. Helleiner, Jane. 2001 Constructing Racialized Childhoods in Canadian Political Discourse. Barnard College, Columbia University, discussion in which Brock's President New York, at 7:30 p.m., in the Senate In Helen B. Schwartzman Ed. Children and Anthropology: Perspectives for the 21st David Atkinson and Alan Arthur Century. pp. 187-204. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey Chamber. His topic will be: "From discuss this argument with one of its Li, Yuanhn and Pannenter, M.M. Hypercentral units in integral group rings. Proc. Amer. Sartre's Humanism to Simone Weil's authors. Subsequent sessions Math. Seo. 2001, 129, 2235-2238. Rational Revolution to the Morality of throughout the day, also to be held in Li, Yuan lin. Some results on bicyclic units in an integral group ring. Comm. Alg. 2001,29, Bataille's Mysticism of Sin." the Senate Chamber, will debate the 1339-1345. For more information on the Vrbik, Jan. "Quaternionic Processor" Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy" 80 idea of the university and liberal colloquium, please contact David #2 (2001) 111-118. education through a discussion of Goicoechea, at 905-688-5550, ext. 3316. Joseph Conrad, D.H.Lawrence, Janes Financial strategies for a Austen, literary criticism, Newman, EVENTS successful retirement Shakespeare, the modern novel and Department of Biological Sciences: Fall Seminar Series, unless indicated otherwise all Three evening workshops are being post modernism. seminars begin at 11 :30 a.m., in MC H313: Thursday, October 18, 3 p.m., Th 256, Dr. Rudy Boonstra Centreforthe Neurobiology of Stress, UniversityofToronto at Scarborough held, October 18, 25 and November 1, Participants in the symposium "The Snowshoe Hare Cycle in the Canada's Boreal Forest: The Sublethal Effects of High 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., in the Senate include Brock faculty and students, Predation Risk." Thursday, October 25, Dr. Christopher S. Cohan, Department of Chamber, to help individuals create a visitors from the U.K., Dalhousie and retirement plan that takes into account Anatomy, SUNY at Buffalo, NY, "Steering Nerve Fibers to their Destinations: Links to the Trent, and David Cayley of CBC Cytoskeleton." taxation, pensions, RRSPs, investments, Ideas. The symposium has been estate planning, government benefits Concert series: The inaugural concert ofthe Department of Music's "ENCORE" professional funded through the generosity of the concert series will feature Visiting Artist-in-Residence Cecile Desrosiers on harpsichord and personal preferences and goals. President, the Deans of Humanities, Peter Long is an experienced and piano, in combination with fellow faculty members: Douglas Miller, flute; Zoltan Mathematics and Science, and Social investment counselor who will present Kalman, clarinet; Timothy White, trumpet; and Gordon Cleland, cello. This "Chamber Sciences and the Department of the information in conjunction with Music" concert will be held on Friday, October 19, at 7:30 p.m., in the Sean O'Sullivan Pauline McCormack of Human English Language and Literature. For Theatre. Tickets: $24 adults!$19 seniors and students. Please call the Centre for the Arts Resources. The program is designed for more information call 4752. ~ Box Office, at ext. 3257. individuals age 40 and over and is Book launch BUFS presents: October 21: Calle 54 (Fernando Trueba, S ain/ open to emproyees who have not • France/Italy, 2000). A concert movie for everyone who lovedThe The Department of Sociology , . .... Buena Vista Social Club. The film traces the history of Latin jazz set in previously been invited to a Brock invites the Brock community to a Retirement Program. Each participant is • a variety of locations from New York to Europe. October 28: Bread and book launch celebration, on Monday, !!!!flTulips (SilVio Soldini, Italy, 2000) A joyous comedy that delighted audiences at film entitled to bring a guest. For more October 29, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., in festivals in Toronto and Cannes in 2000. Rosalba (Licia Magi ietta) is a housewife who longs information ana registration, please Pond Inlet, Mezzanine Level. contact Pat Miller at to escape family routine. When she is accidentally forgotten while on a bus tour with her A wine and cheese reception will family, she spontaneously decides to go off and fulfill her desire to see Venice, the city of pm i [email protected] be held to recognize the following her dreams. Co-sponsored by the Dante Alighieri Society. Get your flu shot research accomplishments: All films are on Sunday, at 7 p.m., in the David S. Howes Theatre (formerly The Playhouse), The Regional Municipality of • Dan Glenday and Ann Duffy et Brock University. Films may be subject to change. For more information, including ticket Niagara Public Health Department has aI., Sociology: A Down to Earth prices, see: www.brocku.calcpdlbufs.html again chosen the University as a site for Approach, Pearson Educational; Recital to benefit United Way: The Department of Music's "Music @ Noon" series will influenza vaccination clinics. They are • Jane Helleiner, Irish Travellers: continue with an United Way Fundraising Recital featuring Department of Music Voice, open to all members of the community Racism and the Politics of Culture, Piano and Instrumental students on Tuesday, October 23. Freewill donation at the door at no charge. These clinics will be held Universitr of Toronto Press; for the United Way. On Tuesday, October 30, the series will present a faculty recital, with on Monday, November 5, in the • Meg uxton and June Corman, Department of Music's guitar instructor jonathan Earp. Both events begin at noon in the Senate Chamber and Tuesday, Getting By in Hard Times: Gendered Sean O'Sullivan Theatre. The series is free and open to the public. November 27, in Pond Inlet, 9:30 Labour at Home and on the Job, Campus Ministries presents: Dr. Andrew Basden, of University of Salford Information a.m. to 3 p.m. These are walk-in University of Toronto Press; Systems Institute, wi II be speaking on Tuesday, October 23,2 p.m., in the Senate Chamber, clinics and you are expected to wait • Atsuko Matsuoka and John on the topic of "Getting the Best From Information Systems: A Philosophical Sorenson, for 15 minutes after your injection. Ghosts and Shadows: Approach." of Please wear short sleeves. Hosted by Construction Identity and , Centre for the Arts presents: The Classics - the unique, world Brock University Human Resources. Community in an African Diaspora, renowned, classical string quartet Kronos Quartet will perform on University of Toronto Press. • Wedn.way, Octobe, 24, at 7,30 ;n the Sean O'Sumvan Theatre. For more information, please contact p.m., ~ On Thursday, November 1, in the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre, 7:30 p.m., ext. 3711 or e-mail: • ~ enj' oy the lively and dramatic rhythms of Angele Dubeau and La Pieta. For [email protected] Brock University fami ies with chi Idren ages 8 and up, Tomas Kubinek is not to be missed on Careers begin here! Windjammers benefit concert Sunday, October 28, at 2:30 p.m., in the David S. Howes Theatre. Tickets for these Join us on Saturday, November 3, as performances can be purchased at The Box Office, ext. 3257. E-mail submissions to: the Office of International Cooperation The Harpweaver Reading Series presents: October 25, Pond Inlet at 7:30 p.m.: Anna [email protected] presents Windjammers Around the Porter, the winner of the 2001 Canadian Authors Association/ Birks Family Foundation University Web site: www.brocku.ca World, featuring conductor Harry Award for Biography. Porter received the award for The Storyteller (Doubleday Canada). Brock News is a publication of the Tickets are available at the Centre for the Arts Box Office: single tickets, $5 students! Office of External Relations. Currie and lyrical guests Christine seniors, $8 regular; series (9), $55 and $27; half series (5), $27 and $14. For information (905) 688-5550, ext. 3245 Komatsu and Dinah Christie! on upcoming speakers, please visitthe Web site at: www.brocku.ca.lenglishlharpweaver/ FAX (905) 641-5216 Proceeds from this benefit concert readings_3.html Editor: Heather Junke; Production: MJ Turner; are in aid of the BrocklWUSC Student Communications Director: Mike Farrell Speaker series: The Department of Child and Youth Studies Speaker Series continues on Refugee Fund and a new International Friday, October 26, with George j. Sefa Dei, of the Department of Sociology and Equity The next issue of Brock News is Wednesday, Student Scholarship. Tickets are $25/ Studies, Ontario Institute For Studies in EdUcation of the University ofToronto (OISE/Un. October 31,2001, with a firm copy deadline $23 for students and seniors and are of Friday, October 19, 2001 at 4:30 p.m. The topic will be "Removing the Margins: The Politics of Race and Difference in Canadian available through the Centre for the Schooling." The presentation will be held from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., in Room 209, Robert I'UIlI.ICATION IS EVEIlY TWO WEEKS Arts Box Office at 905-688-5550, ext. S.K. Welch Hall (Education Building). All are welcome. For more information, please Canada Post Agreement =400657f,7 3257. contact Professor jane Helleiner, at ext. 3711, or e-mail: [email protected] Convomtion celebrates student achievement accomplish great things." "Perhaps in your lifetime, this She asked each graduate to stand, giving experience will mean more." raise their hand and take an oath: "1 Also during the afternoon have a dream and I'm going to make ceremony, Amy Joy McGrath, a my dream come true. No matter how sociology student from Crystal Beach, difficult, I will promise to myself that I Ontario, was honoured with the will never give up." President's Medal. The award "Congratulations, you are now recognizes the student who has the dream makers." highest overall average in a first Norris Walker impressed upon the honours degree and who is graduating at the Fall Convocation students who received their degrees ceremony. during the afternoon ceremony the Brock also congratulated its first important philanthropic role they will group of nursing students to graduate have in their lifetime. with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Norris and his brother John are the honours degree. The 25 students fourth generation of Walkers to own began their full-time studies in 2000 Dr. Norris Walker Dr. Diane Dupuy and operate Walker Industries, one of and completed the degree in August. Niagara's largest and most successful More photos on page 4 ... companies. John Walker received his Brock confered 338 undergraduate recognized for her outstanding degrees, 94 graduate degrees, 27 honorary degree from Brock at Spring contribution to public service. Dupuy is Convocation in June. education degrees and 15 certificates the President and Founder of the Faculty recognized at Fall 2001 Convocation, held The Walker brothers' generosity and internationally renowned Famous community leadership continues to be October 20. PEOPLE Players, a professional black for teaching and demonstrated throughout Niagara with The University also presented light theatre troupe consisting mainly of honourary degrees to two the support of many recreational, research people who are developmentally cultural, charitable, environmental distinguished Canadians. Norris challenged. Walker, Director of Walker Industries and educational organizations, As part of Fall convocation In the morning ceremony, Dr. ceremonies on October 20, Brock Holdings Limited in Thorold and Vice Dupuy encouraged the new graduates induding Brock. Chair of the University's Board of to pursue their dreams. "The number of opportunities to University honoured two faculty Trustees, was recognized for his "With the power of the human spirit make a contribution outside of your members for their contributions to impressive record of community we can overcome any obstacle and careers is limitless," said Dr. Walker. teaching and research. Professor leadership in Ontario and especially in achieve the greatest of dreams," she "The philanthropy of our students is Sandra Beckett, of the Department of the Niagara region. Diane Dupuy, a said. "All of us are born with a very outstanding. I hope you will show Modern Languages, Literatures and recipient of the Order of Canada, was special core and if we unlock it, we can this much generosity after graduation. Cultures, received the 2001 Brock University Award for Distinguished EON E S 0 A y OCT 0 BE R 3 1 2 0 0 1 Iw Research and Creative Activity. This award recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates outstanding research achievements, contributions toward the training of future researchers and consistency in news scholarly or creative performance. A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, S1. Catharines, Ontario David Stewart-Patterson coming to Brock The Brock Admission is free and the event is sector, but also within governments University Faculty of open to the public. Tickets are and within the shared enterprise of Education and the required and can be obtained by education. Institute for calling the Centre for the Arts Box Stewart-Patterson joined the BCNI Enterprise Education Office, 905-688-5550, ext. 3257. in 1996 after 15 years in the media as present an address Stewart-Patterson will speak about a reporter, editor and senior manager. by David Stewart the critical role of education in driving Among other positions, he has been Dr. Stefan Brudzynski, right, accepts his Patterson, Senior Canada's growth in the global economy. Parliamentary Correspondent for the award from Dr. Terry Boak, Vice-President, Vice President of Drawing on his recently published book, Globe and Mail's Report on Business Academic. David Stewart- Policy an~ . Northern Edge: How Canadians Can in Ottawa; Editor-in-Chief of the Professor Stefan Brudzynski, of the Patterson CommunIcatIons Triumph in the Global Economy, he Robinson-Blackmore newspaper chain with the Business will suggest that Canada's diverse and in Newfoundland and Labrador; and Department of Psychology, received Council on National Issues (BCNI), on tolerant society could make our country a Business Editor for CTV's Canada AM. the 2001 Brock University Award for Thursday, November 15, at 7:30 p.m., home base of choice for the multicultural The BCN) is a not-for-profit, non Distinguished Teaching. This award in the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre, Brock enterprises of tomorrow. But to enable partisan organization composed of the recognizes a significant commitment campus. Canadians to take full advantage of chief executive officers of Canada's to providing and developing quality His address is titled, "The Enterprise these emerging global opportunities, leading enterprises and is the senior learning experiences for students in of Education: Honing Canada's Edge in Canada will have to foster a culture of voice of Canadian business on national addition to valuable contributions in the Global Economy." innovation not just within the private and global issues. curriculum development and mentoring of colleagues. Parenting conference on Saturday Brock to host --... Beckett, who There is still time to register for the commercial and non-profit joined Brock in Fifth Annual Niagara Parenting organizations of products and services community health fair ".., '.,. 1990, is known Conference to be held at Brock, on that are of special interest to parents. Brock University Health Services around the world Saturday, November 3. Parents can register their school-age will be hosting its annual Health ~:. ' ~j.~~ ' as an expert on The conference presents a day with children for A Day with the Rainbow Fair on Monday, November 5, to Henri Bosco, Barbara Coloroso, an internationally Artists. The Rosalind Blauer Centre for provide health information, help ,~ ' , '/.\.~.r, ~.. having published recognized speaker in the area of Child Care offers a stimulating and fun participants evaluate their health more critical parenting, discipline and non-violent child care program for toddlers and ~"-" ' \ <';",: and encourage a healthy lifestyle. 'V ., •• studies on the conflict resolution. Coloroso will give pre-schoolers. There is limited Health Fair 2001 is a free event morning and afternoon presentations enrolment for these programs. 20th-century and is open to all members of the Dr. Sandra Beckett French novelist that focus on the theme "Respectful To obtain more information on the community. The health fair will be Parents, Responsible Kids." conference, including registration and held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Gym than any other She will discuss the keys to good costs, please contact the Department of One of the PhYSical Education person in her field. Beckett has also parenting and will include such topics Child and Youth Studies, at 905-688- Complex. brought a much-needed international as power struggles, keeping your cool 5550, ext. 4070, or visit the Web site at: Groups from within the perspective to the study of children's without putting your feelings on ice, www.brocku.calchildandyouthstudiesl University, faculty and students, as dealing with bullying, parenting in parentingconference.htm well as professionals and literature and is on the cutting-edge times of loss, and creating a positive The conference is organized by a representatives from area of research in this domain. home climate. group of parent volunteers in association organizations, will provide more Brudzynski has earned a well Another feature of the conference is with Brock University and the Regional than 65 interactive displays on deserved reputation in the The Marketplace with exhibits by Niagara Public Health Department. current health issues. TopICS will Department of Psychology as an include exercise, physical fitness testing, stress management, exceptionally talented and dedicated TIckets still available for Willmot lecture massage therapy, nutrition, teacher who has made many smoking, sports injuries, personal invaluable contributions to the Tickets are still available for the D.G. RBC Financial Group, Canada's largest safety and general health issues. intellectual development of his Willmot Distinguished Lecture Series, financial institution, will give the For more information, please sponsored by the Faculty of Business, address, titled "Canada's Place in the contact Melodie Shick-Porter, students. His areas of expertise on Thursday, November 8, at 7:30 p.m., Global Economy." Admission is free, Manager of Student Health Services, are neuroscience and in the David S. Howes Theatre but tickets are required. For tickets, at 905-688-5550, ext. 4136; e-mail: neuropsychopharmacology (the (formerly The Playhouse), Brock campus. please call the Centre for the Arts Box [email protected] scientific study of medicinal drugs Gordon Nixon, President and CEO, Office, at 905-688-5550, ext. 3257. and their effects on the brain). FACULTY AND STAFF FILM STUDIES On October 16, Professor Barry K. Grant delivered the annual john R. Adams Lecture in the Humanities, sponsored by the Departments of Classics and Humanities, San Diego State University. The title of his talk was "Genre Films and Cultural Myths." Grant also led a workshop seminar earlier in the day for select faculty and students across the University on "Science Fiction and Feminism." INTENSIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM Deborah Yeager, TESL Instructor/lELP Listening Co-ordinator, gave a paper, entitled "Connecting Lived Experiences to Second Language Teacher Educator's Knowledge: A Methodological Perspective," at the 10th Biennial Conference of the International Study Association of Teachers and Teaching, from September 21 to 25, at the University of Algarve, Campus Gambelas, Faro, Portugal. INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED LANGUAGE STUDIES Dr. john Sivell, Director of International Studies and Chair of the Department of Applied Language Studies, and Deborah Yeager, TESL Instructor/lELP Listening Coordinator, jointly gave a paper, entitled "Novice Teachers Navigating the Socio-Cultural Terrain of Prospective Brock students Celeste Tucker, right, and Tracey Borland, centre, both of the ESL Classroom," atthe 10th Biennial Conference of the International Study Association Toronto, talk with Michelle Lea, Manager of Recruitment and Liaison Services, during ofTeachers and Teaching, from September 21 to 25, atthe University of Algarve, Campus Fall Preview Day, held on October 21. Hundreds of secondary school students and their Gambelas, Faro, Portugal. families came to the campus for the afternoon to learn about the Brock experience. MODERN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND CULTURES Professor Leonard Rosmarin was invited by the Salon du livre francais de Toronto to Mark your calendar present his seventh book, En attendant I'impossible Messie: etude sur I'oeuvre d'Elie Brock Brieft ... Healthstyles 2001 presents the Wiesel, in a special session when itwasofficially launched atthe Metro Convention Centre following: on October 14. Before the lecture, he was interviewed by the new francophone radio Student award in memory of • Winter Coat and Boot Drive, station 106.7FM about his research on Franco-jewish literature. CIBC official November 5 to 9, Welcome Desk, PSYCHOLOGY The C1BC and other Niagara business Tower Lobby Professors Sid Segalowitz and Jane Dywan recently attended the annual meeting of the leaders are working to establish the Please bring clean and mended articles Society for Psychophysiological Research, October 10 to 14, in Montreal, with students, Kim Willoughby Memorial Student to the Welcome Desk in the Tower where they presented a series of papers: Karen Mathewson, jane Dywan, and Sid Award at Brock University. A longtime Lobby from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday, Segalowitz, "Heart rate variability, event-related potentials, and attentional control in official with C1BC in Niagara, Kim November 5 to Friday; November 9. older and younger adults"; Sid Segalowitz and Patricia Davies, "Separating vigilance and Willoughby had a deep interest in These articles will be forwarded to motor preparation in the CNV"; Sid Segalowitz and james Desjardins, "Gamma band EEG education and had been involved with Communi1:Y Care of St. Catharines. and the P300." Sid Segalowitz was also discussant for a sympOSium on "Theoretical and the Burgoyne Centre for • Paper Ribbon Angel, by Hope Bauer, methodological issues in EEG research with infants and young children." Entrepreneurship and Faculty of Tuesday, November 27, noon to 1 p.m., Alumni Lounge, Cost: $4. RECREATION AND LEISURE STUDIES Business. He is survived by Professor Professor Susan Arai presented a paper, entitled "Moving Beyond Individualism in Leisure Teena Willoughby, Child and Youth Hope Bauer, of Accounts Payable, has Studies, and tlleir children. researched and designed yet Theory: A Critical Analysis of Concepts of Community and Social Engagement," with Members of the Brock University another delightful "noliday ornament" to Alison Pedlar, University of Waterloo, in Denver, CO, October 3 to 7. community who wish to contribute decorate your home for the season. Professor David Fennell is part of a research team which recently received a three-year may forward donations to The Office of Register early for this popular session by $350,000 SSHRClDFO Strategic Grant to pursue an investigation titled, "Integrated External Relations. Cheques should be calling Georgann Watson, of Recreation Management, Complexity and Diversity of Use: Responding and Adapting to Change." made payable to Brock University, Services, at ext. 4809, by November 20. Fikret Berkes (Manitoba) is the principal investigator on the project while Fennell and Rob noting the Kim Willoughby Memorial Please bring a glue gun and scissors. Heubert (Calgary) are co-investigators. Student Award. Professor Paula Johnson Tew presented a paper, entitled "Improving OurCommunication: November management A Comparison of Four Promotional Techniques," in Denver, CO, October 3 to 7. She also Staff Distinguished Service seminars at Brock presented a paper, entitled "Rethinking the Role of Recreation in the Process of Urban Awards Brock's Management Development Renewal: Recreation as Stimulus versus Recreation as Response," with Ronald johnson, The last day for submitting a Centre (MDC) presents a variety of University of Waterloo. nomination for the DistingUished seminars that cover a full range of Professor Susan Arai presented a paper, entitled "Moving Beyond Individualism in Leisure Service Awards is Monday, topics such as strategic p'lannlng, Theory: A Critical Analysis of Concepts of Community and Social Engagement," with November 5. Please forward your finance for non-financial managers, Alison Pedlar, University of Waterloo, in Denver, CO, October 3 to 7. nomination, along with two aaditional leadership, the basics of IT, ana SOCIOLOGY letters of sup~rt In a sealed envelo~ marketing for financial institutions. Professor Kate Bezanson gave an invited lecture, "Re-embedding the Social Economy: marked "Confidential- DistinAuished Below IS a list of seminars being offered in November. Neo-Iiberalism, the State and the Family/Household within the OECD," at Trent University's Service Awards Nomination,' to Comparative International Development Studies Conference, held on October 12 -14. The Human Resources, in ST 1240. For more information on these seminars or to obtain a copy of the conference, entitled "Globalization and Its Discontents: Re-embedding the Economy in Register today! MDC full seminar catalogue, please the 21 st Century," marked the 25th anniversary of Comparative International Development Human Resources is holding a contact: 905-688-5550, ext. 3897, e Studies at Trent. Bezanson is a graduate of the program. number of learning sessions and mail: [email protected] or visit their workshops in November and Web site: www.bus.brocku.calmgmtdev EVENTS December. These learning Unless indicated otherwise, tile Deparbnent of Biological Sciences: Fall Seminar Series, all seminars are at 11 :30 a.m. in opportunities are open to all University following are full-day seminars: MC H313: Thursday, November 1, Dr. Ann E. Hajek, Department of Entomology, Cornell staff who receive benefits. Prior Powerful Seminars to Help You University, Ithaca, N.Y., "Safe use of biological control: Exploring host specificity of the registration is required. Meet Today's Challenges: gypsy moth pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga." Thursday, November 8, Dr. W. Zerges, For further information (see on November 7: Fostering Entrepreneurship Department of Biology, Concordia University, "Translation in Plastids and Limits to Focus in Organizations Learning brochure) or to register, e Downsizin& Or~anelle Genomes during Evolution." November 14: Understanding Classical gUItarIst: On Friday, November 2, the Department of Music will present world mail hrfearn@spartan or can Nina Financial Statements Slack, ext. 3186. renownecfGerman classical guitarist, Hubert Kappel, at 7:30 p.m., in the Martin Luther Chapel, November 15: Awaken the Genius Concordia Seminary, Brock University. Admission is $15, adults and $1 0, students and seniors. • Managing Chaos and Change in the Within: Three Methods of Creative Workplace, facilitator Shawn Baylis, Thinking (evening seminar) • Benefit concert: .",ek', Office of lntemational Cooperation presen~ November 1, 1 :30-3:00 p.m. Windjammers Around the World, on Saturday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m., in Novem6er 16: Effective Employee _ Sean O'Sullivan Theatre. Maestro Harry Currie is planning the concert • Staff video/discussion series, Discipline tfs1f'l repertoire with the unique and versatile 40-piece ensemble, which consists facilitator, Nina Slack, November 5, November 21: IT for Non-IT Managers ~ of a full jazz orchestra surrounded by orchestral winds and percussion. 10-11 :30 a.m., Video "E-Mail November 22: Information Overload: Entertainer Dinah Christie and lyric soprano Christine Komatsu will be essentials-legal and appropriate Managing Communication to Increase performing, and Brock's own Kay Palpallatoc and Maria Figueredo will also be featured use of e-mail"; December 3, lO- ProductiVity (evening seminar) In the line-up. Proceeds from this benefit concert are in aia of the BrocklWUSC Student 11 :30 a.m.,Video "Loretta Laroche NEW! Management In the Volunteer Refugee Fund and a new International Student Scholarship. Tickets are $25 ($23 students! in ... Stressbusters." Sector: seniors) and are available through the Centre for the Arts Box Office, 905-688-5550, ext 3257. • Horizons Money Management November 8: Effective Leadership Skills I BUFS p Brock News, November 14, 2001. Published by Brock University. . .. page 4 Authority on human rights to speak at Brock The Department of Political Science authority on human rights issues. presents an address by Senator Lois Currently, she sits as an Independent Wilson, on Monday, November 19, at Senator, having been appointed in 7 p.m., in Room 209, Robert S.K. 1998. She is also Vice-President of the Welch Hall. Civil Liberties Association of Canada, The title of the address is "Human Vice President of the World Federalist Rights in Troubled Times: terrorism and Movement (international) and Board Canada's response." The event is co member of both the Public Review sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Board of the Canadian Automobile Social Sciences. Workers and the Centre for the Study Dr. Wilson, who was the first woman of Religions and Society at the Moderator of the United Church of University of Victoria, British Canada, is an internationally known Columbia. PUBLICATIONS Abu-Khuzam, H., Bell, H.E., and Yaqub, A. Structure of rings with a condition on zero divisors, Scientiae Mathematicae Japonicae 54 (2001), 219-224. Adams-Webber, J. (2001). Prototypicality of self and evaluating others in terms of 'fuzzy' constructs. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 14, 315-324. Brock welcomes the world Brown, K. M., Tims, J. L., Erwin, R. M., Richmond, M. E. 2001. Changes in Brock International held a reception, on October 30, to formally recognize the participants the nesting populations of colonial waterbirds in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, New York, of this term's Visiting International Professor (VIP), Visiting International Scholar (VIS) 1974-1998. Northeastern Naturalist, 8, 275-292. and University Mentorship (UM) programs. Front row from left, Dr. Kiwamu Yasuda, Cote, K.A., Etienne, L. and Campbell, K.B. (2001). Neurophysiological evidence for the from the Department of Psychiatry at Kitayama Hospital in Kyoto, Japan; Professor Hao detection of external stimuli during sleep. Sleep. 24 (7), 791-803. Xiaojing, from the Department of Foreign Languages in the Teachers' College of Shanxi Ogilvie, Robert D. (2001). The process of falling asleep. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 5 (3), University, Shanxi, China; and Parviz Kameli, from the Department of Physics at Isfahan 247-270. University in Isfahan, Iran. Back row from left, Professor Gongyi Xie, from Beijing Mclauchlan, D. (2001). Brock University and Shaw Festival: A partnership for teachers. Foreign Studies University in Hebei Province of China; Sheila Young, Assistant Director, The Artspaper, 77 (1), 9. Brock International; Rachakorn Potawee, from the President's Office at Mae Fah Luang Miller, M.J. "Where the Spirit Lives: An Influential and Contentious Television drama University in Chiang Rai, Thailand; Dr. David Brown, Director, Brock International; about Residential Schools," of Spring/Summer Phattar Burarak, from the Public Relations Office at Mae Fah Luang University in Chiang The American Journal Canadian Studies, Rai, Thailand; and Li Yan, from the Institute of International Technology and Economy, 2001,71-84. ofthe Development Research Centre ofthe State Council, in Beijing, China. Notavailable Sauer, Elizabeth. "Engendering Metamorphoses: Milton and the Ovid ian Corpus." Ovid for the photograph was Stephane Partel, from the English Department at l'Universite des and the Renaissance Body. Ed. Goran Stanivukovic. Toronto: University ofToronto Press, Antilles et de la Guyane in Martinique, French West Indies. 2001. pp. 207-223. Moeller, Hans-Georg. In der Mitte des Kreises. Daoistisches Denken. (At the Center of the Circle, Daoist Thought.) (Frankfurt/Main, Germany: Suhrkamp/lnsel, 2001.) Brock rowers win Moeller, Hans-Georg. "Altchinesische Philosophie und Wiedergeburtsglaube" (Early CLASSIFIED silver at nationals Chinese Philosophy and the Belief in Rebirth) in W. Schweidler, ed. Wiedergeburt und kulturelles Erbe (Reincarnation and Cultural Heritage), pp. 49-59. (Sankt Augustin, For sale: Yamaha 49-key standard Brock's men and women rowers won size keyboard with midi setup. Stereo silver medals at the 2001 Canadian Germany: Academia, 2001). grand piano sample. Education suite. University Rowing Championships held Moeller, Hans-Georg. "Individualitatand Menschenrechte. ZurTheorie Niklas Luhmanns." (Individuality and Human Rights. The Theory of Niklas Luhmann) in Gregor Paul, Thomas LCD display. 100 songs. 100 AWM last weekend in St. Catharines. This was the best finish in school Goller, Hans Lenk and Guido Rappe, eds. Humanitat, Interkulturalitat und Menschenrecht. voices. 100 styles. 100 one-touch (Humanity, 'Interculturality' and Human Rights) pp. 256-276. (Frankfurt/Main, Germany: settings. Also a bonus song book. history for the Brock women's team. Earner this month, the men's team Lang, 2001). Valued at $250. Brand new - will sell captured their third gold in the past Singh, R. Raj. "Bhakti as the Essence and Measure of Art" in G. Marchiano and R. Milani, for $175. Call Patricia at 227-7597. four years at the 20m QUA Rowing ed. Frontiers of Transculturality in Contemporary Aesthetics, pp. 187-196. (Turin, Italy: Championships. Trauben, 2001) Enterprise and education will help Holiday closings The University will be closed for the Holiday Season effective 4:30 p.m. drive Canada's global success Friday, December 21. The University David Stewart-Patterson had two key of a generation of children who need will reopen at 7 a.m., Wednesday, words for the audience in the Sean to "know more and do more." To meet january 2, 2002. During the period the University is O'Sullivan Theatre on November 15 that challenge, he said educators and closed, Campus Police will unlock the - "enterprise and education." school administrators must become Schmon Tower main doors daily from The Senior Vice President of Policy role models of an entrepreneurial attitude. He highlighted the need for 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 1 :30 p.m. to and Communications with the 2 p.m. for anyone who does not Business Council on National Issues change in four areas of the school system - improving ways to assess possess an exterior door key and has a (BCNI) said that a growing relationship legitimate reason to enter the between enterprise and education will student success; ensuring that teachers are accountable for student success University. Anyone requiring entry have a huge impact on the future must produce a pass which can be success and wealth of Canada as a and making sure the best teachers are rewarded; increasing the autonomy of obtained in advance from the nation. Describing entreprenuers as Department Secretaries. They should "agents of change within our society," individual schools, and providing greater choice in public school education. also have with them their Brock Stewart-Patterson said teachers have University I.D. card. For safety and an important role in helping to create a "The real change starts with those who teach the next generation and welfare reasons, anyone entering the culture that fosters a shared enterprise University during this period should of education. particularly those who teach teachers," David Stewart-Patterson he said. "I salute your dedication and sign in and out in the register which "Many of the people in this room Will be located at the Welcome Centre importance of Canada developing an entrepreneurial spirit and I looked have a vital entrepreneurial role to in the Schmon Tower lobby. play," he said as he opened the environment, in the both the public forward to working closely with all the inaugural lecture of Brock University's and private sectors, that encourages wild and crazy people in this room." Faculty of Education and The Institute creativity and risk-taking. In doing that, Stewart-Patterson joined the BCNI in for Enterprise Education. "The he said business and government must 1996 after 15 years in the media as a relationship of enterprise and make sure that people who have the reporter, editor and senior manager. education is critical to the process of skills to drive growth remain in Canada. Among other positions, he has been innovation ... innovation is the way we Multinational organizations look to Parliamentary Correspondent for the move forward." locate in a country in which they can Globe and Mail's Report on Business in Referring to his recently published invest in a resource of talented and Ottawa; Editor-in-Chief of the book, Northern Edge: How Canadians creative people, he said. Robinson-Blackmore newspaper chain Can Triumph in the Global Economy, He said the education sector is faced in Newfoundland and Labrador; and Stewart-Patterson emphasized the with the challenge of meeting the needs Business Editor for CTV's Canada AM. Iw E D N E 5 DAY NOVEMBER 2 8 200 The Wright stuff Dr. Richard Wright, the recipient of the 2001 Giller Prize and the 2001 Governor A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario General's award for literature, read from his award-winning novel Clara Callan, as part of the HarpweaverReading Series. Aoout 250 people attended the event on Presentations by Brock grateful' for -InVest in Quality support November 22, in the Pond Inlet. The St. Catharines writer received an candidates for Dean honorary degree from Brock in 2000. His winning novel, Ilublished by ofSocial Sciences HarperFlamingoCanada, is the story of a The 2001-2002 Advisory Committee spinster school teacher whose diary Re: The Appointment of Dean, Faculty outlines the joys and sorrows of her life. of Social Sciences is pleased to announce presentations by candidates on: "What are the main challenges and Voluntary Work Reduction opportunities of facu Ities of Social . for Pennanent Staff Sciences in Canadian universities and Voluntary unpaid time off will how would you address them here at again be offered in 2002 to Brock University." . permanent staff employees. The leave Here is a schedule of the period (and corresponding salary presentations, to be held in the Senate reduction) wi II coincide with the next Chamber, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.: calendar year, january 1 to Tuesday, December 11, Dr. Michael December 31, 2002 and is normally Ru~hton.' Depart~ent of Economics, up to the equivalent of 20 days for University of Regina; full-time staff. Wednesday, December 12, Dr. Nicolas From left, Karen Merritt, Barry Joe and Debbie Inglis at last week's Invest in Quality celebration. . Permanent staff should initially Baxter-Moore, Department of Political submit their proposals to their Science and Department of The Brock community was $21 million or 74 per cent of its supervisor. Proposals should address Communications, Popular Culture and . congratulated for !ts le?dersh.ip and $29-million goal. the needs of the work unit and support of the University durtng a "When we talk with others about Film, Brock University; recognize that service must be ~ecent r~ception t? celebrate the Invest making a donation to the University, Thursday, December 13, Dr. john C. maintained in all service areas. Everitt, Department of Geography, In Quality Campaign. one ofthe first things they want to Faculty and staff, both past and know is that people who live and work Please forward approved proposals Brandon University; (signed by supervisor(s) and Deanl Friday, December 14, Dr. David present who h.av~ made donations to at Brock are Just as committed to the Brock, were inVited t_o the . . University," said Atkinson. "I thank the Division Head) to Margo Carter in Siegel, Department of Political Human Resources (mcarter@spartan Science, Brock University. November 21 receptl.on that w Brock News, November 28,2001 . Published by Brock University ....page 4 .--... -...... _... _..... _...... _...... _...... --...... _._ ...... __ ..._ ...... -...... _..... __ ._ ...... _.... -.... _. __ .. _... __ ._-_ ... _.-_ .. -_._ ..... _.... _.... _._ ..... __ ..... _.. _...... _... __ .... _...... _.-.. -.._. _.-.. _.-.... _-_. __ ._ .. _.. _-_ ... -_ .. _._-_ ...... _-.- ...... _...... -.. --_...... _...... _... _._. __ ...... PHYSICAL EDUCATION FACULTY AND STAFF Anna H. Lathrop participated atthe recent3 M Teach ing Fellowsh ip Sem inar at Montebello, BUSINESS Quebec, November 3 to 6. The community of 3M Fellows includes 160 educators from H.B.W. Metcalfe delivered a keynote address, titled "Canada's Position in the Global universities across Canada. Economy, Can Canada Compete?", at the Academy of Business and Administrative Professor Kelly L. Lockwood recently attended the first "Putting It On Ice Conference," Sciences, International Conference, in Quebec City, July 12 to 14. He also presented a hosted by Gorsebrook Research Institute, St. Mary's University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia paper atthe conference, titled "Foreign Banking in Canada, Challenges and Opportunities." where she presented two papers entitled: Geometric Profiles of Selected Ice Hockey Boots, At the Academy of Business and Administrative Sciences, International Conference, held Bladeholders and Blades and Perception of Performance & Blade contouring in Female in Brussels, Belgium, July 23 to 25, he presented a paper titled "Change in the South African Varsity Ice Hockey Players. She was also invited to moderate the session entitled, Hockey Banking Industry." Injuries and Sports Medic;,ine. COOL CLIMATE OENOLOGY AND VITICULTURE INSTITUTE Lockwood recently received a research grant from PflzerllOC Olympic Research Program on Two research grants were awarded this month to Professor Gary Pickering: a Sport Sciences to pursue research at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games hosted in Salt Lake City $25,000 grantlrom Manufacturing and Materials Ontario for a project investigating the in February. The title for the proposed research project is Evaluation of Success in Competitive use of lysozyme and glucose oxidase enzymes in Canadian winemaking; and a $40,000 Figure Skaters or more blatantly, Do the best jumpers win? grant from Manufacturing and Materials Ontario for a Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dr Ramon Lockwood presented a poster, "An Int~rated Analysisof Job Tasks in Public Works Employees," Mira de Orduna, who started in Pickering's lab on November 26. at the Canadian Society of Exercise Pnysiology Conference, in Montreal, November 1 to 4. EDUCATION POLITICAL SCIENCE Ralph Connelly gave a workshop and the closing session presentation at the California lames B. Kelly presented a paper, entitled "The Supreme Court and the Charter: Advancing Mathematics Council-Southern Section meeting in Palm Sprin&s, California, November Federal Diversity," atthe Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, School of Policy Studies, 1 to 3. The closing session presentation was "School Starters: QUick Activities to Enhance Queen's University, Kingston, Novem6er 2 to 3. He also presented a paper, entitled Mathematical Reasoning and Problem Solving." "Legislative Precision as an emerging principle of Charter Review: Challenging the EXTERNAL RELATIONS- Guardian Myth," atthe Association of Canadian Studies in the United States, San Antonio, Communications Director Mike Farrell recently received a President's Citation from the Texas, November 14 to 18. Canadian Association of Communicators in Education for his outstanding contribution to SPORT MANAGEMENT the Association. The award was presented at the Association's annual conference in Sally Shaw presented a paper, entitled "Creating gender equity policies in sport Waterloo, Ontario. This month, Farrell completed five years on the national executive organizations," at the Nortli American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference, San holdng several positions, including two years as President. Antonio, Texas, November 1 to 4. MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING Dr. Teresa Menzies is the writer and co-author of several papers recently presented at conferences around the world. Menzies presented, along with co-authors, a paper titled PUBLICATIONS "From conception to inception: In itial findings from the Canadian study on entrepreneurial Andersen, Jenn ifer and Sauer, Elizabeth, eds. Books and Readers in Early Modern England: emergence," at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Entrepreneurship Material Studies. Afterword by Stephen Orgel. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania DiviSion, in London, Ontario, May 2001 . She presented a paper, titled "Succession/ Press,200l. Transition Success in 16 Canadian Family Businesses: What can we leam from the Victors?", Baker, K., Segalowitz, S.l., and Ferlisi, M-C (2001 ). The effect of differing scoring methods atthe European GroupforOrganizational Studies, 17th Colloquium, July, 2001 in Lyon, France. for the Tower of London Task on developmental patterns of performance. The Clinical Menzies was also a co-autnor of the following papers: Neuropsychologist, 15, 309-313. • "Engineering students and entrepreneurship education: Satisfaction, career path and Baker, K., ~alowitz, S.l., and Ferlisi, M-C (2001). The relation between performance on propensity to venture," presented at the 2001 Canadian Conference on Engineering the WisconSin Card Sorting Test and working memory, inhibition and complex attention Education (C2E2), VictOria, B.C, August 2001. in children and adults. Brain and Cognition, 47, 186-189. • "Characteristics and features of Chinese and Italian ethnic entrepreneurship in Canada: Husain, Martha. Ontology and the Art of Tragedy. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press, 2001. Implications for the businesses, research and government policies," presented at the Lathrop, A. (2001 )." 'Strap an axe to your belt' Camp counselor training and the socialization Babson College/Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Jonkoping, of women at the Margaret Eaton School, 1925-1942." Sport History Review, 32: 110-125. Sweden, June 2001. Mclaughlin, Roger and Brindle, Ian D. "Investigations into the use of powdered iron for • "Chinese, Italian and Sikh ethnic entr~reneurship in Canada: Implications for the research in situ removal of phosphorus from treated sewage effluent with constructed wetlands." agenda, education programs and public policy," presented at the McGiII/Strathclyde Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 2001, JQ, 759-779. International Entrepreneurship Conference, Strathclyde, Scotland, September 2001. McNeely, H.E., Dywan, l., and Segalowitz, S.l. (2001). ERP evidence for age differences Most recently, at tile 18th Annual Conference of the Canadian Council for Small Business in susceptibility to emotional distraction in a source monitoring task. Brain and Cognition, and Entrepreneurship, Quebec City, October 2001, Menzies chaired two Symposiums on 47, 165-169. "Strategies and Best Practices of Entrepreneurship Centres." She also organized a dinner, Olson, J. M., Hafer, C. L., and Taylor, L. (2001). I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take sponsored by The John Dobson Foundation, for Directors of Entrepreneurship Centres it anY'!10re: Reports of negative emotions as a self-presentation tactic. Journal orApp/ied from across Canada. The dinnerwas held as a CCSBE-CCPME pre-conference activity. She Social Psychology, 31, 981-999. also co-presented at a workshop titled"A Canadian study of nascent entrepreneurs: Profile Segalowitz, S.l., Wintink, A.J., and Cudmore, L.J. (2001). P300 topographical change with of Operating Businesses." Menzies also presented, along with co-authors, the following task familiarization and task complexity. Cognitive Brain Researcn, 12, 451-457. paper "Les entre(lreneurs chinois, italiens et Sikhs de Montreal, Toronto et Vancouver: Webber, Michelle. "Oh the Feminists, They're Just Blame, Blame, Blame": Feminist differences liees a I'ethnicite et a la localisation." Pedagogy and Content in Cross-Listed Courses. Atlantis, Vol 26, No 1, Fall 2001, pp 83-86. Biological Sciences Professor awarded $1.5 minion Brock University will receive an De Luca joined Brock in August. additional $1.4 million from the His background includes research Government of Canada to create its with the National Research Council first Canada Research Chair on of Canada Plant Biotechnology, and campus. research and teaching in the Biology Biological Sciences Professor department at the Universite de Vincenzo De Luca will use the award Montreal. Most recently, De Luca to conduct groundbreaking research was a Principal Scientist at Syngenta into plant biochemistry ana Biotechnology Inc., a leading global biotechnology. The Tier 1 Canada provider of innovative agribusiness Research Chair is targeted at products and solutions in North experienced researdiers who are Carolina. acknowledged by their peers as world "Brock seems to have a very leaders in tneir fields. precise vision" with respect to The University will receive research, De Luca said, adding that $200,000 annually for seven years in he has visited a number of wineries support of the Canada Research Chairs since arriving in Niagara and hopes Program as well as an infrastructure to develop partnerships with experts grant worth $156,000 from the Canada in the industry. Foundation for Innovation (CFI). De About 50 people attended the news Luca's research could ultimately define conference, including Walter the most appropriate time to harvest Lastewka, Member of Parliament for grapes for making wine. The technology may also be applicable to St. Catharines, and Rene Durocher, Executive Director of the Canada other crops. Brock University Professor Vincenzo De Luca signs his name on a poster during a special At a recent news conference, Brock Research Chairs Program. event to recogmze him as the University's first Canada Research Chair. On the far right For more information, please see President David Atkinson said the is Dr. Rene Durocher, Executive Director of the Canada Research Chairs Program With Chair reflects the University's St. Catharines MP Walt Lastewka. the Brock Web site under News and transformation into a more com~titive Events. and comprehensive institution offering what has been going on for some time most outstanding. De Luca's innovative excellence in teaching and a greater at Brock," Atkinson said. "It is a great program will involve the collaborative focus on research. It is anticipated the moment for Brock University." efforts of molecular biologists, plant Faculty University will be awarded several more Nominations for the Chairs are physiologists, pathologists and Research Chairs in the next few years. submitted by universities to the Chairs analytical chemists. His research will ''This Research Chair is in some Program and are reviewed by a team of attract students and researchers from changes ways an expression or an extension of acaaemic peers who choose only the Canada and abroad. The Brock University Board of E D N E 5 DAY DECEMBER 2 200 Trustees recently approved the Iw establishment of a Department of Nursing and the renaming of the Department of Physical Education. The former Nursing Program is now the new Department of Nursing, within the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences. The Department of Physical Education is now the Department of A newsletter for faculty and staff at Brock U.niversity, 5t. Catharines, Ontario Physical Education and Kinesiology. Executives appointed to ------_._, Board of Trustees Three new corporate members responsibi Iities have joined the University's Board of the pOSition of Trustees, Tim S. 0001, President and Vice-Chairman Chief Executive Officer of Algoma and Director of Central Corporation, H.-Rudi Zhejiang Kroeker, President and Chief NAMAG Executive Officer of Whiting Equipment Equipment Canada Inc., and Mark C. Manufacturing Steinman, Executive Vice President Co. Ltd., located and Chief Financial Officer of Stelco in Tongxiang, Inc. The appointments are for a three China. year term ending June 30, 2004. Mr. Kroeker is Tim S. Dool H.-Rudi Kroeker recognized as has held a one of the number of senior leading industrialists in the Niagara management region. He is also the Vice-Chairman Distinguished Service Awards positions with of the Weiland Development Brock University recently honoured Heidi Klose, Administrative Assistant in the Algoma Central Commission and a Director of the Department of History, and Barb Anderson, Associate Registrar, Admissions, Niagara Economic and Tourism Registrar's Office, with 2001 Distinguished Service Awards. The presentations were Corporation over made during the President's Annual Eggnog, held in Pond Inlet, on December 5. From the past 24 Corporation. left, Brock Chancellor Dr. Raymond Moriyama, Heidi Klose, Barb Anderson, Susan years. He was Mr. Kroeker Mifsud, Human Resources, and Brock President David Atkinson. appointed has a BASc and President and P.Eng. from the Chief Executive University of Officer in May Waterloo. Holiday closings Upcoming Tim S. Dool 2001. Mark C. The University will be closed for Algoma Steinman was the Holiday Season effective 4:30 Central Corporation, a public appointed p.m. Friday, December 21. The Brock News company trading on the Toronto Stock Executive Vice University will reopen at 7 a.m., This is the last issue of Brock Exchange, is the largest Canadian President and Wednesday, January 2, 2002. News for 2001. We will resume shipowner on the Great Lakes/St. Chief Financial During the period the University is publishing on Wednesday, January 9. Lawrence Waterway, with a fleet of Officer of Stelco closed, Campus Police will unlock The deadline for that issue will be 28 vessels. Inc. in July 1999. Schmon Tower main doors daily from extended to Friday, December 21 . Mr. Dool graduated from the 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 1 :30 p.m. to Brock News is published every Mark C. Steinman He has over 30 2 p.m. for anyone who does not University of Wisconsin with a years of corporate second Wednesday. The deadline possess an exterior door key and has for submissions to coming issues is business degree and later became a finance experience. He has also held a legitimate reason to enter the the Friday following the Wednesday Chartered Accountant. the positions of Chief Financial H.-Rudi Kroeker has been the University. Anyone requiring entry publication. Officer of Spar Aerospace and Chief must produce a pass which can be Here is a list of Brock News President and CEO of Whiting Financial Officer of Rogers Cablesystems. Equipment Canada Inc., a diversified obtained in advance from the publication dates and deadlines for Mr. Steinman is a member of the Department Secretaries. They should deSigner and manufacturer of heavy January and February 2002: Financial Executive's Institute and also have with them their Brock Publication Submission industrial eqUipment, based in serves as a Director on the Board of University I.D. card. For safety and date deadline Weiland, Ontario, since 1993. He Diversinet Corp. (NASDAQ). welfare reasons, anyone entering the January 9 ...... December 21 also oversees Whiting Transportation Mr. Steinman has a Bachelor of University during this period should January 23 ...... January 11 Corp., of Niagara Falls, New York, and Commerce from McGill University, sign in and out in the register which February 6 ...... January 25 Whiting Equipment Services Co. Ltd. and an MBA (Finance) from the WIll be located at the Welcome February 20 ...... February 8 In 1997, he added to his University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Centre in the Schmon Tower lobby. .___ .. _ .. _ .. ____ """""" "" """ ""'" ...... , ...... ,...... ~ ,~~~~.. ~~~~,.... ~ ,~,~,~, ~ ,I:>er 12, 2001. Published by Brock U ~ iversity .... page 2 Update of Media Business professor elected President of Source Directory national entrepreneurship association Revisions to the Brock Media Teresa Menzies, of the Department government Source Directory are nearly developing entrepreneurs. She has also of Management, Marketing and policy makers, acted as faculty advisor to the complete. Human Resources, is the newly elected university Association for Collegiate Faculty members can still President of the Canadian Council for and college Entrepreneurs (ACE Brock), a national participate in the annual update Small Business and Entrepreneurship researchers, and award-winning student organization at of the guide used by journalists (CCSBElCCPME) for 2001-02. others to nurture Brock. across Canada to locate experts. As President of the CCSBElCCPME, research and Menzies was elected Ontario Any late changes must be she will playa leading role in training in the Director of the CCSBElCCPME in 1998 submitted before December 21. promoting and advancing the areas of and served as VP Research and For forms, please contact development of small business and entrepreneurship Communications the following year. Media Relations Officer entrepreneurship in Canada through and small She took over as President last month Caroline Bourque Wiley in the research, education and training, Teresa Menzies business." during the national organization's 18th Office of External Relations at networking and dissemination of Menzies, who joined Brock in 1996, annual conference in Quebec City. ext. 4687 or bye-mail at: scholarly and policy-oriented has conducted significant research on CCSBElCCPME members belong to a cwiley@spartan information. university entrepreneurship centres in broad range of organizations across The directory is printed and "Canada's economic success relies Canada as well as on ethnic minority Canada, such as universities, colleges, distributed to media outlets heavily on entrepreneurship and small entrepreneurs and various schools, federal, provincial and across the country. It is also business development," said Menzies. organizational behaviour topics, municipal governments, business accessible from the Media link "The CCSBElCCPME will continue to including work commitment and associations, small business support on the Brock home page. make significant contributions to that burnout. She is currently involved in organizations, and private and pUblic success by bringing together research on entrepreneurial teams and research groups. Reading Series Lathrop shares 3M insights continues Dr. Anna Lathrop, Chair of the Department of Physical Education and Kinesiology, spoke to the Brock January 10 community about her recent The Harpweaver Reading Series participation in the 3M Think Tank continues in the new year on Thursday, on educational policies and January 10, with Janice Kulyk Keefer of innovative teaching strategies at the University of Guelph, who is Canadian universities. The address, currently working on a series of texts "Higher Education at the Crossroads," exploring her relation to her "other was part of the Brock University country," Ukraine. Distinguished Scholar Series presented She has won the CBC Radio Literary by the Centre for Teaching, Learning Competition for fiction, for Mrs. and Educational Technologies. Putnam at the Planetarium, and for The Lathrop, recipient of a 2001 3M Wind, the National Magazine Award Teaching Fellowship Award, shared for poetry for Fields, and the Malahat the discussions and insights from the Long Poem Prize for Isle of Demons. 3M conference and focused her Also, she has been shortlisted for the address on what can be learned from Governor General's Award for non these perspectives to enhance fiction, for Under Eastern Eyes, and for teaching at Brock. She also discussed fiction, for The Green Library. these perspectives in relation to Brock's All readings take place in Pond Inlet planning for the double cohort, the at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments will be University'S Planning and Priorities available. Tickets are available at the document, and issues of student Box Office at the following prices: attraction, retention and transition. single tickets, $5 students/seniors, $8 Anna Lathrop regular; series (9), $55 and $27; half series (5), $27 and $14. Holiday reading supports Guest speaker The series guests will also include: Brock Briefs... Community Care As part of its 2001-2002 speaker January 24: Stephanie Bolster was Once again the Centre for the Arts, series, the Youth Research Institute at the winner of the Norma Epstein Brock is a partner in new in partnership with the CBC, will be Brock University will present a talk by Award for Creative Writing, in 1993. research data centre presenting Charles Dickens' classic Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale, PhD, on The Bronwen Wallace Award came Thursday, January 10, 2002, from 11 As one of several university partners, tale, A Christmas Carol. Join local her way in 1996. In 1998, she won the Brock recently celebrated the opening a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Senate personalities as they perform a Chamber. The title of her presentation Governor General's Award for Poetry. of the Southwestern Ontario Research Also in 1998, she published her first dramatic reading of the traditional is "Sex and Canadian Youth in a Post Data Centre (SWORDC), located at the Christmas story. Host Terry Modern Global Arena." collection, White Stone:The Alice University of Waterloo. poems with Signal Editions (Vehicule Cockerline of Henry of Pelham Estate Maticka-Tyndale is a newly Press). Her latest collection, Two Bowls The SWORDC is one of nine Winery welcomes CBC Radio's designated Canada Research Chair in of Milk (McClelland & Stewart, 1999) Statistics Canada outlets to be Bernie McNamee, a St. Catharines the Department of SOciology and was reviewed in the Harpweaver, vol. 8: established across Canada. The centres native, and community members Anthropology at the University of Windsor. In her talk, she will locate Winter, 2001 . are designed to function as a national George Bailey, Betty Lou Souter, network integrating and co-ordinating Glen McCann and Brock President contemporary youth sexuality within February 14: Dean of Canadian historical (past 30 to 50 years) and mystery writers, Eric Wright is best the work of university, other public David Atkinson to the Sean agencies, and private researchers cross-cultural (comparing to other known for his Charlie Salter stories, O'Sullivan Theatre for this very developed nations) contexts. She will which have been published in Canada, toward a quantum leap in the analysis special presentation on Tuesday, discuss contemporary trends, how the U.s., and the UK. Most recently, he of Statistics Canada data to better December 18, at 7 p.m. these compare with other countries, was nominated for the Charles Taylor inform policy-making for Canada. The proceeds from A Christmas and areas for concern. Prize for Literary Non-Fiction for his The SWORDC is a collaborative Carol will go towards Community Maticka-Tyndale also will address memoir, Always Give a Penny to a project involving Brock, the University Care of S1. Catharines and Thorold. the questions: "What's missing in what Blind Man (Key Porter, 1999). of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, As an extension of these proceeds, we know? And what are we, as February 28: Erika Ritter is a the University of Guelph, the we ask that you bring a non researchers, educators and health service playwright, radio dramatist, novelist, University of Windsor and the perishable food item with you to the deliverers, missing by not knowing?" humorist, writer of short fiction and University of Western Ontario. performance. Parking fees will be Voluntary Work Reduction radio broadcaster/interviewer/host. Her Each institution is contributing waived when you drop your food Voluntary unpaid time off will again publications include: The Hidden Life toward the operating costs of the be offered in 2002 to permanent staff of Humans. Toronto: Key Porter Books, centre and has representation on the item off at the entrance to the employees. The leave period (and 1997; Ritter in Residence. Toronto: government committees of the parking lot. corresponding salary reduction) will McClelland and Stewart, 1987; Urban SWORDC. Initial construction and Tickets are $10 each and can be coincide with the next calendar year, Scrawl. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, set-up costs for the SWORDC are ordered by calling the Centre for the January 1 to December 31, 2002, and 1984. Automatic Pilot. Toronto: funded by the Canada Foundation for Arts Box Office at 905-688-5550, is normally up to the equivalent of 20 Playwrights Union of Canada, 1980. Innovation. The Social Sciences and ext. 3257. days for full-time staff. March 14: Eric McCormack has Humanities Research Council of Holiday giving Permanent staff should initially submit published short stories in many Canada (SSHRC) is contributing to The Brock University Bookstore is their proposals to their supervisor. magazines, including Prism Intemational, operating costs. happy to announce that its annual Proposals should address the needs of the West Coast Review, Malahat Review, and Community Care Tree is up in the work unit and recognize that service must The New Quarterly. McCormack has Family free skate Start off the new year with some store. Come by and pick up the name be maintained in an service areas. published a collection of short stories, Please forward approved flroposals Inspecting the Vaults (1987), and three exercise and come out to Healthstyles of a child in need this holiday season. Gifts purchased should be (signed by supervisor(s) and Dean/ novels: Paradise Motel (1989), The family free skate, on Thursday, January Division Head) to Margo Carter in Mysterium (1992) and First Blast of the 3,2002,4:30 to 5:30 p.m., at Bill brought, unwrapped, to the Human Resources (mcarter@spartan or Trumpet Against the Monstrous Burgoyne Arena, 129 Linwell Rd., St. Bookstore by Tuesday, December 18. at ext. 3279) by Monday, December Regiment of Women (1997), which Catharines. Light refreshments will be We thank the Brock community in 17, 2001. Human Resources will then was nominated for the Governor served. Please respect that this is a advance for their support of this confirm in writing approval of General's Award. family skate (i .e., no hockey sticks). tradition. voluntary reduction request. Brock News, December 12, 2001. Published by Brock University .... page 3 Industry Education Committee, held November 1 to 3, in Waterloo. Beatty'S sessions FACULTY AND STAFF were entitled "Creative Journeys: Practical Music Makin~ Strategies for J/I Students" ATHLETICS, ATHLETIC THERAPY CLINIC and "MusicQuest2001: Energize your p-J Music Program.' Beatty was also adjudicator Jim Bilotta and Joe Kenny presented a workshop' to coaches and government sport leaders of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Choral Music Festival, held on about the new sports first aid program available to community coaches at the National November 20, in Hamilton. Coaching Symposium, held in Toronto, in October. Lynette Fast presented"At the Intersection of Language Arts and Visual Arts: Narrative BIOLOG1CAL SCIENCES Plcture-makmg," at the Canadian Society for EducatIon Through Art (CSEA) National Since retiring last December, Professor Don Ursino has been an invited s~ker on seven Conference, in November. occasions. In addition to his Brock presentations in January on the scholarship of teaching and Alan Wheeler presented a paper, entitled "Achieving Critical Mass in International in June atthe Spring InstiMe, he has spoken at st. Peter's Seminary, provided the keynote acfdress Teacher Education: A Commutative Lesson from Pakistan," and participated in a Panel at two education conferences In Ontario, spoken on the biology of cancer at a p'ublic forum in on Current Trends and Outlooks on Basic Education, at the Annual Conference of the St. Catharines, and provided a feature presentation, "Problems Associated with Student Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), held in Banff, November 16 Misconceptions About the Nature of ScIence," at the Annual Conference of the Science to 19. Teachers' Association of Ontario (STAO). At this conference, Ursino was presented with the HISTORY 2001 STAO Emeritus Award ('in recognition of leadership and excellence in the teaching of David Schimmelpenninck presented a paper, "From Shimonoseki to Port Arthur," on science and for contributions to Science education over a career." November 15 at the annual convention of the American Association for the CHEMISTRY Advancement of Slavic Studies in Crystal City, Virginia. Professor Bert Holland is the author of Plodder Lane for Farnworth, published by Triangle PSYCHOLOGY Publications in the UK. The book is a historical survey from the 1830s to the late 1960s Joan Preston recently presented papers atthe International Communication Association of a railway facility called Plodder Lane in the town of Bolton in the north-west of England. Meeting in Washington DC: Preston. J., Effects of Image Sizeon Viewers' Interpretations Holland has spent about30 years on and offcompletingthe book, including trackin& down of Emotional Content in Music Videos, and Qian, J. and Preston. J., Reality Sense in collections of archaic maps, photographs, and documents. A copy has been submItted to Narrative Mediated Messages. Preston also attended the Canadian Psychological Brock Library Acquisitions. Association Meeting in Quebec City, moderating a session on Attitudes and Social ECONOMICS Cognition: Applied and presenting a paper: Preston. J. and Evans, J., Moving Pictures: RobertDimand presented a paper, "Patinkin on Fisher's Moneta'),' Economics," to a conference Music's Effect on Viewers. on "Patinkin and the Development of Modem Economic Theory, , at the University of Lausanne, September 21, and a paper on "American Traditions in Business Cycle Theory," to a conference on business cycle theory at the University of Nice, September 24. 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