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Extraordinary support shown for computational fluid dynamics team by industry and the University Habashi team_gets $612,880 for nevv computer lab design could be improved. BY BARBARA BLACK An airplane wing's performance is echanical Engineering Profes­ surprisingly delicate. Ice buildup can Msor Wagdi (Fred) Habashi's be rough enough to mar a flight's team has received a $612,880 major smoothness, and has caused major installation grant from NSERC that air crashes. Habashi has done con­ will significantly boost Concordia's_ siderable work ~th a consortium of computational simulation capabili­ 10 industries and Gary Wagner (an ties and improve its ability to help its Air Canada pilot) and Grant industrial partners achieve better and Guevremont (Pratt & Whitney) to safer design. tackle the problem. The grant, complemented by As another example, take a heli­ $75,000 from Concordia, will buy a copter pilot trying to land on the state-of-the-art facility in Habashi's 5 deck of a ship at sea, facing the dan­ specialty, computational fluid I! gerous possibility that the wind will d}'.Jlafnics (CFD), and the infrastruc- " create a vortex that will crash or ture to secure and maintain it. The sideslip the craft. Simulating the current equipment in Concordia's problem in a wind tunnel introduces CFD lab, located on Guy St., is tigative efforts further. The grant When you look out the window of computer screen, as well as values problems of scale, but simulating the what Research Associate Yves Bour­ from the Natural Sciences and Engi­ a flying airplane and see the wing calculated for the flow of air around landing on a computer comes gault calls a "medium-sized" four­ neering Research Council of Canada oscillating, or ice forming on it, it, the temperature it is subject to, remarkably close to the real thing. processor computer, with half a will allow the team to do large-scale you' re seeing the kind of problem the the speed it travels, and other condi­ Habashi's team is working with gigabyte of memory. computations to replace testing that Habashi team is trying to solve. tions. Bringing all these numbers CAE, the flight-simulator pioneers, The team of more than a dozen is often too static, too expensive, or In CFD, a model of the wing can together can build a picture of how to do just that. scientists wants to push their inves- too imprecise. be generated numerically on the efficient the wing is, and how its See Habashi, p. 9

Bedard vvill be Dean of Graduate Studies and Research He succeeds Martin Kusy, who has design that has enjoyed continuous interaction with the larger commu­ BY DONNA VARRICA held the post since 1991. funding from the Natural Sciences nity, Bedard has been active in orga­ laude Bedard will take over the Bedard began his career at and Engineering Research Council nizing public lectures and activities Concordia in 1983, teaching in the since 1985. He also supervised the Cpost of Dean of the School of to promote the role of science, such Graduate Studies and Research, Centre for Building Studies (CBS). development of the User's Room as a as Science Exploration Week, Sci­ starting a five-year term on June 1. He has a BScA {science appliquee) in unique computer teaching laboratory civil engineering from Universite in the Faculty of Engineering and ence Summer Camps (REACH), Laval (1978) and completed his MSc Computer Science. and the Engineering Explorations (1979) and PhD (1983) in concrete Ever _mindful of the importance of event for aboriginal students. structures and technology at the Imperial College in London (U.K.). Since 1995, he has been the Asso­ ciate Dean, Student Affairs and Open meetings today and Mon~ay Curriculum, at the School of Gradu­ ate Studies and Research. He has Meetings of faculty and staff with the senior administration will be held today and Monday at noon in the Alumni Auditorium (H-110). served as an adviser and director of Rector Frederick Lowy issued the following invitation to employees: the co-op prograin in Building "I know that many of you are very concerned about the general state Engineering and has been the official of Concordia, and have particular concerns about several i~sues that representative of the Ordre des directly impact on your careers at the University. ingenieurs to Concordia since 1991. "I would like to provide a forum where these concerns can be Bedard has been an active recruiter shared with your colleagues and where any questions or comments for CBS, especially in the francoph­ you may have can be made directly to the senior administration. I one milieu. would also like to explain briefly some of the work that the senior He is a member of the Canadian administration has undertaken to deal with the difficult budget situa­ Society for Civil Engineering and a tion and some interesting initiatives that we are implementing." member of its Computer Applica­ Senior administrators at the meetings will be Lowy and Vice-Rec­ tors Jack Lightstone, Marcel Danis and Charles Emond, Secretary­ > a: tions Division, as well as a member ::, General Berengere Gaudet and CFO Larry English. w of the American Society of Civil ~ Today's meeting is on faculty-related issues, and Monday's is on ti Engineers. He was a founding mem- issues primarily affecting staff. Any member of the Concordia com­ ""z § . ber of the Canadian Society for munity, including students, is welcome at either meeting. They begin 'ill Building Engineering, which was at noon, and are expected to last until 1:30 p.m. Q. ti established in 1993. - Extra shuttle buses will run between campuses, and managers and ::i Bedard developed a research pro­ unit heads are requested to be flexible in allowing their staff to attend. Claude Bedard gram in computer-aided building Three researcher-artists exhibit projects linked by gender and the creative impulse Wo111en use art - and 111ath - to express the111selves tural identities. she is preparing herself, so she can BY EU G E N IA XENOS Professor Lipke said the women go on and develop herself." portrait of an Indian woman in in the exhibition "stand out within Interestingly, in Hughes' presenta­ A a sari shows her smiling warmly their groups, in that they are willing tion, culture is explored through var­ from a street in Delhi. She studies to take the extra step to push for ious aspects of mathematics. A part computational fluid dynamics. something they believe in. But more of the display consists of entries in a Nearby, a photo shows an immi­ than that, they represent the average book by Dr. Surja Kumari, Status of grant woman in Montreal with her of that particular group." Women Through Teaching of Mathe­ collection of figurines. In the caption, Mullen's project involved pho­ matics: A Teacher's Handbook (1984). tographing immigrant women in Here is an example from a section she says, "This one here, this man Montreal, who compare their lives in on the growing role of women in who is pulling his load, that is [like] Canada and in their birthplace. One business: "Sushma got a loan from when I just came to Montreal. I woman, Olga, says, "In my country, the bank and opened a wool shop. wasn't pulling a load, but you know, almost everybody, they do some­ She invested 0.5 part of that amount when you leave back home and you thing. In Jamaica, is not like here, in the purchase of sweaters, 0.4 part come up to 11)-ake a better future for when you run and buy everything. in the purchase of wool, and 0.25 yourself - when I bought it, I said, My mother, she usually make the part of the remaining amount in the 'It will remind me of this thing."' tablecloth for her table, and my aunt, purchase of a knitting machine. The Just a little further, the brilliant she usually make her tablecloth." remaining amount was spent in the Shy teacher 111akes colours of the traje, the traditional Lipke's project was a video, direct~ decoration of the shop. If her loan woven Mayan dress, stand out behind ed with John McKay, on Mayan was 22,000 rupees, find the amount the deep black hair and strong faces women and textile weaving. It is a invested in each item." students feel valued of Guatemala's indigenous people. fascinating look at what the traje Hughes said that as the project On April 11, the Concordia Council confidence in me." These portraits were taken by means to identity in Mayan culture, continues to develop, she may paint on Student Lift presented its awards for "His style harks back to a bygone three Concordians in an effort to and how women aim to preserve that visual equivalents to the mathematical the year, including four for Teaching era," Byrnes said. "He's very simple "re-present" the complexity and rich­ culture through painting and dress. equations. A painter with a graduate Excellence. This instalment of the and straightforward. He packs his ness of women's experiences around Maria Dominga, a Mayan, degree in the history of mathematics, SpellBinders series prefiles one of them. lectures with a lot of information, the world. recounted in the film, "We are she said, "Interdisciplinarity is becom­ but he breaks it down in easy enough The three Fine Arts researcher­ indigenous people, but now I am ing the norm in Fine Arts." BY ALISON RAMSEY terms for students to understand." artists - Cathy Mullen (Art Educa­ sending my girl to school. I am not Re-Presenting Women was on dis­ Pare is also meticulous. "I correct tion and Art Therapy), Kathryn changing her to become a Ladina play until last month at Trinity College "\ ]{ fnen longtime Etudes their homework very carefully," he Lipke (Fibres) and Lynn Hughes [non-Mayan]. She has her wardrobe in Burlington, Vermont, where it was V V frans:aises Professor Pierre said. (Painting and Drawing) - have to go to school and her ~ardrobe well received. It can be seen until May Pare said a simple and humble "He expects a lot," agreed Byrnes, mounted an exhibition called Re­ when she comes back home .. .. I 5 in the ground-floor gallery of the "Merci" after receiving his CCSL who came to Canada from Massa­ Presenting Women, which uses art want her to continue to be identified Visual Arts Building, 1395 Rene­ award, the student who nominated chusetts. He was eager to pursue a to explore and explain women's cul- with her indigenous tradition, but Levesque Blvd. W him wasn't a bit surprised. French degree in a francophone "He's a very humble person," milieu, but timid about speaking the James Byrnes said. "He's not much language. Pare made a point of talk­ on ceremony. There's a frank realism ing to Byrnes between classes, telling about him that I appreciate. Qyietly, him when he'd done well, and that patiently, he works with people and simple action helped Byrnes relax helps writers and prospective writers enough to begin participating. bloom. When he came up to the podium, I had a hunch he might not say an awful lot." ind rs Even Byrnes couldn't guess that seconds before Byrnes said he appreciated getting rising to accept his award, Pare had to know Pare outside the classroom. turned to one of his daughters and "I was feeling particularly blue one asked her to go up in his stead. day, and he asked about me. That Pare has taught French composi­ was enough for him to notice and be C5t("llfl{JJ/; ami GufQuebec) students away from the abstract and mental adviser since Lequin joined 12:30 - 2 p.m. Lunch break into topics where "they can speak of 20 years ago, and she estimates that 2 -4:30p.m. things they know," such as the dan­ hundreds of students consult him "Balancing Act:Juggling Career and Personal Life" gers of modern social life, travelling, each year. and love. He strives to give students Speakers: Gretta Chambers (Chancellor, McGill University), Susan Marshall-Kasner (Director, Professional Services, Though Parc's moment at the confidence in themselves. podium accepting the Student Life Fuller Landau CAs), Mairuth Hodge Sarsfield (writer/broadcaster), Rosemary Neville (Apprentice, Marketing and In the literature classes, he said, - Development, I Musici de Montreal), Cheryl Hayes (President, Cheryl Hayes Communications), Liberata Infisino Award was brief, Byrnes was satis­ "I'm a different person. I feel more fied. "There he was, finally visible for (Financial Advisor, Aynsley La Vergne and Associates) responsible. I monitor my speech." those few minutes. He was no longer 7 - 8 p.m. In those classes, he added, "students behind the scenes and invisible to Keynote Address, Room 110 Henry E Hall Building: Michele Cyr, Presidente, Les Editions Telemedia are not required to have confidence people. It was a chance for people to 8 - 9 p.m. Reception, Hall Building lobby in themselves, but they must have thank him."

2 APRIL 24, 1997 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT Senior Volunteer Involvement Project is nearing completion Helping others keeps seniors young E BY SYLVAIN DESJARDINS

COMPILED BY BARBARA BLACK 'l ~ Then Lorraine Levinson spot­ V V ted a newspaper ad recruiting people over 55 to participate in a This column welcomes the submissions of all Concordia faculty and study on volunteering conducted by staffto promote and encourage individual and group activities in Concordia University's Psychology teaching and research, and to encourage work-related achievements. Department, the timing couldn't have been better. She had just recov­ Congratulations to Suong Van Hoa (Mechanical Engineering), who ered from a car accident, which has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical forced her to be homebound for five Engineers International. The honour is conferred for at least 10 years, and she desperately needed to years' active engineering practice and significant contributions to be active again. the field. Hoa is an expert in composite materials. Since August, the former travel agent and cake decorator has volun­ Congratulations to Ching Suen (Computer Science, CENPARMI), teered from five to 25 hours a week who has been selected by the Canadian Image Processing and Pat­ at Open City Productions 2002, a tern Recognition Society for their Distinguished Service Award, to non-profit organization that provides be presented in May in Kelowna, B.C. art education to the disadvantaged and to school children. She helps Rick Molz (Management) had his paper, "Industry Dynamics of Co­ with fundraising, speaks at public ~ operative Strategy: Dominant and Peripheral Games," included in Cooperative Strategies, North American Perspectives, edited by events and will soon teach sculpting ffi Paul Beamish and J. Peter Killing. The paper was co-authored by in stone to homeless women. ~ Christiane Demers and Taieb Hafsi of the Hautes Etudes Commer­ "If it wasn't for the Concordia ciales and Jan Jorgensen of McGill University. The research was study," Levinson said in an inter­ supported by a SSH RC grant. view, "there's no way I could have found this fascinating place. Volun­ In the 1995-96 academic year, Tonya De Agostinis and Bruce teering gave me back my life." Last through a three-month waiting peri­ Thirty of the seniors recruited MacMillan, two students in Nikos Metallinos's Advanced Televi­ week, she told her success story on od before they could actually give of worked as "expert volunteers," which sion course, completed a public-service video for the Salvation the radio, to CBC Home Run's their time, to ensure they were com­ meant they were already giving their Army, which was shown locally over the Christmas holidays. They Augusta Lapaix. mitted to the project: Researchers time to organizations and could help have just learned that it won first prize in the Broadcast Education Association's Faculty Production Competition. Levinson, 69, was one of about also routinely called participants to researchers interview and place par­ 100 retirees who took part in ensure they were satisfied and had ticipants in compatible jobs. Congratulations to Music student Yves Gigon, a member of the Concordia's Senior Volunteer no problems at the places they were "There's a gold mine of talented Paulo Ramos Group, whose album, Africa Do Brasil, won a Juno in Involvement Project, as the study is volunteering. senior people out there," said the Best Global category. Kudos, too, to Eleonora and Vuli Tur­ called. Dolores Pushkar, director of Meribah Aikens, one of the expert ovsky, who teach in the Music Department. Their fine string Concordia's Centre for Research and volunteers who gives her time at ensemble, I Musici de Montreal, won the Juno for Best Classical Human Development and Myrna McGill's library and with Dans la Album: Large Ensemble, for GinasteraNilla-Lobos/Evangelista. Reis, a Psychology research associ­ Rue, a refuge for homeless youth. ate, launched the project in May I could become a After retirement and the subsequent The Gemini Awards, presented in early March for outstanding 1994. About 14 Psychology staff bitter old lady or death of her husband, she said she Canadian television, included a number of Communication Studies members are assisting in the study, had two choices of what to do with graduates. Robert Wertheimer (BA '77), executive producer of which is almost completed and her life. "I could become a bitter old Due South, won for Best Dramatic Series. North of 60 was nomi­ become busy. And r)ated in the same category; Barbara Samuels (BA '79) is execu­ should be wrapped up by November. lady or become busy. And boy, am I tive producer, and Doug Mcleod (BA '76) is a producer. Director Sponsored by Health Canada, the boy, am I busy! busy!" she said, chuckling. Henry Sarwer-Foner (BA '80) was thanked by the cast of This study aims to study the health bene­ Through the Concordia study, Hour Has 22 Minutes, which won Best Comedy Series. fits of volunteering on seniors, how - Meribah Aikens Shirley Katz, 72, was able to volun­ volunteering can be increased among teer at a school for deaf children and John Harrison (Diploma '72) directed a Hallmark Hall of Fame spe­ this age group, and what motivates as a math and English tutor at cial that was an adaptation of William Faulkner's The Old Man; he people to volunteer. Participants of another school, fulfilling a lifelong taught in Communication Studies from 1975-79. the study had a choice of about 300 dream to be a teacher. "To be doing jobs in about 180 organizations, About 80 per cent of the volun­ this at my age is great for my Jean Chateauvert (Communication Studies) has published a book, where they were required to volun­ teers remained in the study for their morale," she said. "It was either this Des Mots a /'Image: La Voix over au Cinema (Paris: Meridiens teer a minimum of three hours a six-month terms and most have con­ or sitting in front of the TV watch­ Klincksiech Publishers). week for six months. tinued to volunteer beyond their ing soaps all day, and this is much To measure their degree of moti­ required time. "The theory was, if better!" Frederick Bird (Religion) has published The Muted Conscience: vation and collect data for the pro­ people 55 and over hadn't volun­ Reis said she plans to co-author a Moral Silence and the Practice of Ethics in Business (Greenwood). In it, he argues that ethics is a form of communication in which ject, volunteers were interviewed and teered by that age, chances were they book based on the volunteer study many business people choose not to participate. asked to fill out 70-page question­ wouldn't commit," said Reis. "But that will serve as a guidebook, or naires at the beginning, mid-way this study shows that under the right how-to manual, for people who wish Bravo to Building Engineering student Jari Tuominiemi, who came and at the end of their six-month conditions and circumstances, people to volunteer, or organizations wanting first in the Editorial Communication category of the 13th annual terms. Volunteers also had to go will do it." to recruit help. Quebec Engineering Competition. He went on to the Canadian finals in Moncton, and took the Merlan Scientific Award. Tuominie­ mi came third in the same category of the Quebec contest in the previous two years. His presentation this year was on a sustainable future in the context of our living space .

University financing report released Nicola Nixon (English) has had articles accepted for publication in REPUQ,_ the organization rep­ mendations aimed at stabilizing the tions' enrolment can vary without two of the most prestigious journals in the field: "The Reading Gaol Cresenting the rectors of Qyebec budget-creating process in a climate significantly affecting their funding. of Henry James's In the Cage" will appear in The Journal of English Literary History, and "Compromising Politics and Herman Melville's universities, has welcomed the report in which cuts· in funding continue to It also picked up on another sug­ Pierre will be published in American Literature. of the province's Groupe de travail sur whittle away at operating revenues gestion by Concordia. Instead of le financement des universites to the and enrolment figures vary from penalizing students for finishing Pierre L'Herault (Etudes franc;:aises) a signe la preface de Trilogia Minister of Education. The organi­ semester to semester. their degrees late, as the Ministry de Marco Micone. Publie a l'automne 1996 chez VLB editeur, cet zation says that the portrait it paints Taking its cue from the several of had hinted it might do, the report ouvrage rassemble les trois pieces connues de Micone. L'Herault a of current problems conforms to the universities, including Concordia, recommends that students be given a egalement donne une conference sur Jacques Ferron au Departe­ CREPUQ'..s own assessment. the working group suggests a 2-per­ financial incentive to graduate in a ment d' etudes franc;:aises de l'Universite de Montreal. The report makes several recom- cent "corridor" within which institu- timely fashion. - BB

CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT APRIL 24, 1997 3 New early retirement packages approved

most efficient or even desirable way he said, and save money, since new BY LAURIE ZACK to deal with the University's financial faculty start from the lower end of Concordia's Thursday Report is interested in your letters, opinions and r-rwo new early retirement pack- problems, although he understood the salary scale. comments. Letters to the Editor must be signed, include a phone number, and 1 ages called ERIP 1997 and why it was being done. He cautioned Approval was given for several be delivered to the CTR office (BC-117/1463 Bishop St.) in person, by fax FALRIP 1997 were approved at the against replacing too many faculty small student fee increases to cover retirees and so defeating the purpose (514-848-2814), by e-mail ([email protected]) or mail by 9 a.m. on Board of Governors meeting on student health and dental insurance, of the plan. the Friday prior to publication. Limit your letter to 500 words. The Editor April 16, with the proviso that the and there was some discussion about Rector Frederick Lowy agreed, -cost to the pension fund no_t _exceed a proposed 5-cent-per-credit charge reserves the right to edit farspace considerations, although the utmost care will but explained that Concordia had no $12 million and that the Board to support the "greening of Mackay." be taken to preserve the core of the writer's argument. choice, given the financial situation. approve in principle pension plan This fee increase, which was To avoid a downward spiral of lost enhancements of $5 million to $8 approved by a student referendum, Job security Students pay an orientation fee professors and lost FTEs (full-time automatically, yet none of this million. would come to about $60,000 over a equivalents), the University would The letter from the CUSSU Exec­ money is allocated specifically Vice-Rector Institutional Rela­ three-year period. Discussi~n cen­ utive outlining the fate of three towards a residence orientation. have to maintain a teaching contin­ tions Marcel Danis explained that tered on the feasibility of such a pro­ employees who were "re-orga­ This continues the trend where gent of between 640 and 680 faculty nized" out of their jobs in the Studio Concordia's residence is placed at 183 faculty members and 160 staff members (down from 805 three ject, details of the plan, its value to Arts Department is a clear illustra­ the margin of the University. members are eligible for the new years ago). students, and whether the precedent tion of why all Concordia employees As a former resident and resi­ package. With an acceptance rate of Lowy also recommended moving of allowing a fee increase in order to need a job security clause. dence assistant, I can speak from 15 to 20 per cent, the University accumulate a fund would be desir­ How innovative or productive will personal experience when saying from a 60-to-40 ratio of part-time to employees be if they know that they that the first week of being in resi­ would save $6.5 million annually. full-time teachers to a 60-to-40 ratio able. The motion was passed. only hold their positions due to the dence is the most crucial to getting Board member Brian Neysmith of full-time to part-time. Hiring Charles Emond announced that a whims of administrators, especially students comfortable with their warned that using the pension fund some replacements for the retirees report on real estate would be made academic administrators, who, at new environment. Residence Ori­ to reduce· operating costs was not the would invigorate the teaching core, at the May 21 meeting of the Board. any time, could reorganize them out entation schedules that first week the door? w ith activities inside the building There is a clear contradiction and out in the community. Students between the University's public can rela x and adjust to their new CORRECTION endorsement of COi principles and home before classes begin. As we certain "in-house " practices with all know, university education Due to insufficient information sup­ respect to its staff. On one hand, extends far beyond papers and plied, Patricia Demers' name was left we attend COi orientation sessions, labs. off the list of winners of Concordia which present calming statements I urge members of the University Council on Student Life Awards for Out­ like "Drive Out Fear From the Work­ community to become aware of the standing Contribution (CTR, April 10). place" and "Don't Fire People to important contributions residence Cut Costs," while at the same time, makes to life at Concordia, and to Patricia was a five-year veteran of the the University drives up fear and make room for it as the shape of our splendid women's basketball team, puts into place mechanisms to be University changes. which this year won the Quebec cham­ able to fire people at will. Kate Carder pionship. She is a Master's of Business David Gabby, President, Administration student. Congratula­ Concordia University Professional Accreditation blues tions, Patricia. Employees Union Accreditation is not a one-sided matter, as it was presented in the lead article of Concordia's Thursday Residence Report on April 10. There is much ambiguity in what orientation we read ; perhaps it can be clarified. not funded "Concordia's business school is the first in the Montreal area to earn I was disappointed to learn accreditation .... Only two other Cana­ recently that Concordia Residence's dian institutions have been chosen." request for funding through the Uni­ What should be examined is not versity's Orientation Program was how many "have been chosen." refused. Many members of the Uni­ [This] has little significance without FALRIP and ERIP plans revisited versity obviously fail to understand knowing how many have applied. ERIP 97, for staff, is similar to ERIP Haigh, Benefits Officer, Human that although the Residence's orien­ Again, this applies to: "Of more than 95, and includes a lump-sum payment Resources. tation is autonomous from other 1,250 business schools in N'Orth and extra pension benefits. Employees The program will be implemented in school-wide orientation activities, it America, only 332 have successfully aged 52 and 53 on Dec. 31, 1997, would two phases, beginning with the staff 54 is nonetheless an essential part of completed accreditation." How residence life. many have applied? retire at 55. Those aged 54 and over on and over and the faculty 58 and over. New students, particularly those Being accredited, for some, is not Dec. 31, 1997 (but less than 65 on July 1, The younger retirees will be addressed from out of province, are made to a totally positive measure. It means 1997) were eligible for ERIP 95. If they next fall, subjectto the rate of participa­ feel welcome and comfortable· in that one is constrained by conform­ accept this offer, they would suffer a tion in the first phase. what would' otherwise be an alien ing to a framework provided by out­ 25-per-cent reduction in the lump-sum One hundred and sixty people are environment. Residence Orientation siders. It may make it more difficult builds positive feelings towards the payment. eligible for ERIP 97, and 183 are eligible to make changes in programs. students' new home, and as a con­ FALRIP 97, for faculty and librarians, for FALRIP 97. If all of those eligible In Computer Science, there is an sequence, the University at large. is similar to FALRIP 96, and is offered to accepted the offer, the savings in accreditation program, and we have Positive attitudes towards the employees 56 or over on Dec. 31, 1997. salary realized by the University would discussed accreditation within the school encourage students to com­ department. It is by no means clear For more details, employees should be $21 .6 million, minus $7.6 million in the plete their degrees here. that it is advantageous to submit to consult their association or Ernest cost of the lump-sum benefits. - BB Residence students receive an accreditation. We should ask why introduction not only to other stu­ some apply for accreditation, while dents who are in the same boat, but others, equally meritorious, do not. also to members of the University Dental plan, fee changes for students These remarks relate to my under­ community and the city of Montreal. A separate residence orientation standing of the accreditation process. tudents voting in the recent ommendation of the Concordia gives them the chance to form a It may very well be that in the Faculty SConcordia Student Union elec­ Council on Student Life (CCSL). network of support within the con­ of Commerce and Administration tion approved by a two-to-one mar­ Effective with the summer 1997 text of their new home. The infor­ there are no negative aspects to it; for others this may not be so. gin a referendum that will introduce term, the new fee will be $8.83 per mation they receive from Student a dental care plan. The plan will start credit for both undergraduate and Services staff is specifically geared John McKay to residence life. Computer Science September 1 of this year, at a maxi­ graduate students. mum cost of $87 per student. Donald Boisvert, Dean of Students Last year, a student health plan and chair of the CCSL, said the new (not Alison). In addition, only Margaret CORRECTION was introduced, also as the result of a fee level will ensure continued quality MacPherson was given an Honorary successful referendum. services for students as well as greater In the article in the last issue about the Member Certificate; retiring staff mem­ In other news, the Board of Gov­ financial autonomy and accountability new Garnet Key (CTR, April 10), one of ber Shirley Maynes was thanked for her ernors recently approved an increase for the Department of Recreation and the names is incorrect; it is Ahsan Alam past service. CTR regrets the errors. in the student services fee on the rec- Athletics. - BB

4 APRIL 24, 1997 CONCORDIA'S Y.HURSDAY REPORT SENATE NOTES

COMPILED BY DONNA VARRICA

A special meeting of Senate, held April 17, to discuss the budget and the space plan. >­ a:: Ch ief Financi al Officer Larry of Facu lties and academic un its Charles Giguere (Eng ineering ii] u' English told a special meetin g of on each of the tw o campuses , and Computer Science), himself cj Se nate la st week th at another con solidation of rented or ow ned a former Vice-Rector, Services, z.. 5 $20 mil lion cut in Con cordia's space downtow n, revitalization of and the author of the incendiary § budget is com ing. Instead of the the Loyola Campus, upgradi ng 1991 spa ce pl an, cautioned -w C. anticipated $ 15 million cut in po or t ea chi ng and research agai nst jumping in too qu ickly by cj 1997-98 an d $5 million in 1998- spaces, and disposing of or ren o­ buying building s not meant for " 1999, the spread w ill be $8 mi l­ vating inefficient buildings. academic pu rposes, particularly lion next yea r and $12 mill ion the Funding would be made pos­ the Faubourg To w er. " If you follow ing year. sible through a Quebec govern­ intend to use it for administra­ Concordia has been subjected ment commitment to turn rental tive purposes, then it is a matter to a $22-million decrease (or 14 subsidies into capital to pur­ for the Board of Governors to AACSB ceremony draws per cent) of its budget over the chase existing properties, reno­ discuss, and none of the $37 last three years. By 1998-99, vations or the building of new million from the Ministry of Edu­ congratulations for •audacity' Concordia's budget will be 26 per fa ci lities. In Concordia 's case, cation should be used to buy it," cent smaller than it was in 1994- · he said. The AACSB accreditation, he that amount would be approxi­ BY B A RB A RA BLA CK 95. Much of the decrease has mately $37 million. Donat Taddeo, Dean of Engi­ said, was an index of "how we mea­ neering and Computer Science, been absorbed by the early Two reasonably priced build­ n epresentatives from all three lev­ sure up" to world standards. It opens retirement programs, which w ill ings the plan considers for pur­ took a positive approach to the the door to more international acad­ have saved Concordia some chase are the Faubourg Tower plan, saying other Montreal-area .I\..els of government were on hand emic exchanges at a time when $6.25 million by the end of the on Ste. Ca.therine St. and the universities had realized grand in the J.A. DeSeve Cinema on April forecast budget-reduction period. Guy Metro Building (1550 de building projects in these times 11, when the American Association everyone seeks to join the global The Board of Governors Maisonneuve Blvd. W .), of of fiscal restraint, citing McGill's of Collegiate Schools of Business economy. Even the process of apply­ approved a follow-up early retire­ which 66 per cent is already new Wong Building, the new (AACSB) officially accredited ing for the accreditation was valu­ ment program last week with occupied by Concordia (Com­ Hautes Etudes Commerciales able> Anvari said, bringing members building and the refurbished Concordia's Faculty of Commerce FALRIP and ERIP 1997. merce and Administration, of the Faculty together to work hard Still, English 's worst-case sce­ Economics, Engineering and Ecole de Technologie Superieure and Administration. nario for the future of Concordia Computer Science, Financial building. Lucienne Robillard, MP for St­ on a common project. is grim. Some measures to cope Services, Physical Resources, "At Concordia, inadequate Henri-Westmount and Minister of Carl H. Stem of Texas Tech Uni­ with the cuts include salary roll­ Services, Purc_hasing, Institution­ space in Engineering, for exam­ Citizenship and Immigration, versity represented the AACSB and backs, closing vacant positions, al Research). ple, means that in some cases, presented an accreditation document expressed warm congratulations reducing work hours,- consolida­ According to the report, three researchers cannot do their work, to Anvari. He paid tribute to the tion of services and larger class­ can't use their NSERC equipment from the federal government. "We vacant lots around the Sir Faculty, which he found in "an es . However, both English and George Williams Campus have grants because there is no place are proud of you," she said simply, extremely high state of preparation" Rector Frederick Lowy assured been identified as possible new to put the equipment to carry out adding that the recognition of the the research," he said. when he made his examination in Senate that every effort would building sites, one for a "smart large U.S. body is "good for the busi­ be made to safeguard salaries building " for the Centre for the fall: Provost's term ness community of Montreal and the and the quality of education. Building Studies, although any At the end of the meeting, Stem said that as well as having whole of Qyebec." June Chaikelson (Arts and Sci­ building plans are premature at Lowy informed Senate that he curricula that meet a high standard, ence/ad hoc finance committee) Noting that within Canada only this stage. had asked the Board of Gover­ AACSB examiners look for a com­ called for an examination of the The Loyola Campus will the Universities of Alberta and Cal­ nors to extend the term of the mitment to continue to improve. It University's recruitment efforts, remain a residential campus and Provost and Vice-Rector, gary, Universite Laval and as well as the implementation of the main site for Recreation and was particularly appropriate that the Research, by one year. (Jack Concordia have sought and received a plan to benefit from the huge Athletics. Academic units there Lightstone's term was to have latest addition to the AACSB family potential of the francophone w ill likely be the performing arts ended on May 31, 1998.) "I had AACSB accreditation, she asked, is in "one of the most diverse metro­ market. within the Faculty of Fine Arts originally asked the Board for a 'Where are the rest?" politan areas in the world." Chaikelson also pointed to the and "a number of interdepen­ two-year extension to the term," Camille Laurin, MNA for Bour­ The AACSB was created in 1916 strain the University suffers as a dent and closely related depart­ Lowy said, "but that would mean get, represented Serge Menard, the result of graduate students who ments in the Faculty of Arts and and is involved in a wide range of the two terms, mine and the Qyebec minister for the region of take longer than the Quebec­ Science. " Provost's, would end on the activities in business education, of funded period to graduate. The report's suggestion that same day. The Board preferred a Montreal. He paid tribute to the which the most visible is its accredi­ "Grant time is limited by semes­ re-locating several Arts and Sci­ period of overlap, to which I "innovative and audacious" accredi­ tation process. There are 873 mem­ ter and although we do receive a ence departments to Loyola agreed." tation project, saying that it would ber organizations, of which only 322 grant upon their graduation, dur­ would help re1uvenate the cam­ Lowy explained that he had provide "an enviable calling-card for ing the hiatus, it's Concordia that are accredited, .and only four of those pus drew reaction from Dean­ requested a three-year term for graduates." With Laurin on the foots the bill," she said. " A elect Martin Singer. the post in 1995 when he was are in Canada. deterrent may be to raise the "Arts and Science accounts for appointed rector because he did podium were Jacques Chagnon, "We would have been proud at cost of study during the unfund­ 50 or 60 per cent of the entire not know any of the candidates MNA for Westmount-St-Louis, any time," said Rector Frederick ed period." University population," he said. and wanted to ensure he and the and Jean-Guy Deschamps, repre­ Lowy, noting that three of the politi­ Abolhassan Jalilvand (Com­ "This document is asking the new appointee would work well senting the City of Montreal. cians on the platform have been edu­ merce and Administration) said Faculty to take on the burden of together. Lightstone has said he Dean Mohsen Anvari got the cation ministers (Robillard, Laurin the public has to be made to feel making Loyola a lively and pro­ will not be a candidate in the like a stakeholder in the future of ductive place, but we are not next search for Provost and Vice­ biggest hand from the audience, in and Chagnon), "but especially now, university education . Martin being reassured tha't we will have Rector, Research. recognition of his efforts in the past as we struggle mightily" with finan­ Kusy, outgoing Dean of Graduate the space or the flexibility we will Some members of Senate two years to fulfil the exacting cial constraints. Studies and Research, pointed to need to make that happen. This expressed dismay that the Uni­ requirements for the accreditation. Chancellor Eric Molson and recent media coverage of Univer­ plan is not being academically dri­ versity's highest academic body He noted that Concordia, in its pre­ Provost Jack Lightstone were also site Laval Rector Michel Ger­ ven, it is opportunity-driven." had not been consulted. William vais's comments about· cuts to Emond admitted there were Gilsdorf (Arts and Science) gave vious incarnations, has offered busi­ among the official party. The hour­ education being catastrophic as a fears som.e of the properties a notice of motion of protest ness courses for a century, with about long ceremony was capped with a way to sensitize the public to the being looked at for purchase against the move as a dangerous 25,000 alumni over those many standing ovation and a reception in threats to quality of education (one in particular) might be precedent. years. the atrium. that universities are facing . snatched up before the Universi­ This special mid-month Senate Space plan ty could move forward, but he meeting marked the first time in Concordia's chronic shortage stood by the principles contained Senate's history that its secre­ RI of space set the stage for a lively in the plan . tary, John Noonan, has missed a debate in the context of the Vice­ Harvey Shulman (Arts and meeting. Noonan took ill sudden­ lowed by a position in Treasury as Sec­ Rector, Services, document, Science) went so far as to call ly last month, but is recuperating Appointment Meeting the Challenge, Seizing Loyola "a financial albatross." at a steady pace. William Byers retary to the Treasurer. She has been Jackie Chegrinec has been appoint­ the Opportunity: The 1997 Space Emond conceded that the issue (Arts and Science) made a Executive Secretary to the Vice-Rector, ed Assistant to the Vice-Rector, Ser­ Plan for Concordia. of Loyola will have to wrestled motion to·send thanks to Noonan Services, since 1989. Vice-Rector Cha rles Emond with and the University will for his many years of diligent ser­ vices, effective April 1, replacing Charles Emond, Vice-Rector, Ser­ outlined a plan to give the Univer­ have to deal with renovation vice and best wishes for a Shirley Maynes. sity "a more visible and coherent costs to make space there suit­ speedy recovery, a sentiment Chegrinec joined the University in vices, announced the appointment and physical identity," which would able for teaching and research echoed lo udly throughout the 1986, working in the Office of the Vice­ welcomed Jackie to her new post. She chamber. include the further consolidation purposes. Rector, Institutional Relations and is located at GM-110, and may be Finance. This appointment was fol- reached at 848-4816.

CONCORDI A 'S THURSDAY REP OR T APRIL 24 , 1997 5 Campaign will support computational fluid dynamics Soaring to new heights affects aircraft performance." Supercomputer Gigaflop Award, BY K E LLY WILTO N' The Distinguished Professorship beating out 28 other aerospace ow can Concordia's Campaign will be an endowed position to pro­ research teams, including NASA. H for a New M illennium make vide support for research assistance H abashi, who is also a consultant air travel safer? By allocating in developing new projects and to Pratt & Whitney (Canada), said $500,000 toward a Dis tinguished funds for post-graduate students and the Distinguished Professorship will Professorship in one of the Universi­ support staff, for travel to interna­ help facilitate his work in the lab. ~ ty's most successful research initia­ tional meetings or fo r hosting "When we receive a grant from ~ experts in the fi eld who visit the tives: computational fluid dynamics NSERC (Natural Sciences and ~ University. Engineering Research Council) we ~ (CFD), or the study of fluids in Fittingly, the lab's work on icing h ave to use a11 t h e money on .;;§ motion. has already attracted significant research," he said. 'We can't use any ~ Under the direction of Professor worldwide attention. In for support, promotion, or "' Wagdi (Fred) Habashi, the CFD lab January, a BBC prime­ the exchange of ideas." at Concordia uses powerful comput­ time program, Tomo 1Tow's Habashi added that the ers to solve design problems of gas World and Science, filmed funds will give him more turbine engines and aircraft. H abashi their work. A 10-minute focus. "It is likely that a is studying how air passing over the segment was aired across company in our industry Habashi's worries. Just last week, he H abashi is in the process of wings and other surfaces of an air­ Europe in April. will donate money to the received notice that an NSERC requesting a renewal for two of his craft can cause ice buildup, which In 1990, Habashi and Capital Campaign and grant for more than $600,000 had NSERC grants and no fewer than can lead to air disasters. ~A scientists from Pratt & then we can work closely been approved to purchase a state­ 25 companies have sent letters to the "There is no reason in 1997 that Whitney produced the with the firm toward a of-the-art computer that can simu­ council pledging their support. airplanes should be falling from the fastest computer codes to common goal that will late de-icing. 'We have one of the best mechanical sky," Habashi said. He estimates solve the N avier-Stokes fRlSH make advances in our This will be the largest such engineering departments in the coun­ that ice has been a factor in at least equations, which describe field," he said. "It will also computer in any Canadian univer­ 11 aircraft accidents in the past 18 the flow in gas turbine · give the lab more credibility sity, and will result in more accu­ try," Habashi said. "I feel happy and years. "We are building the first and engines in electrical gen­ IDlAS and make it easier for us to rate and cost-effective research blessed because I work with a team of only computer codes that will deter­ erators, helicopters and jet get grants." because tests can be run on the young, enthusiastic people who might mine where ice hits, how it builds aircraft. This research Some might say success computer instead of on aircraft. not see the merit of their work right up, how to get rid of it and how it won Concordia the Cray - in that area is the least of (See story, page 1.} away but are very dedicated." Successful alumni show hospitality, willingness to promote Concordia Trip to Hong Kong long overdue, says Rector

they set up appointments and met Chris Hyde reported that the BY B A RB A RA BLACK leading members of the bustling alumni chapters of Canadian univer­ ector Frederick Lowy and his metropolis. About 50 people attend­ sities in H ong Kong "tend to be R wife, M ary Kay Lowy, ed the Concordia high tea for alum­ dominated by the younger grads. Advancement Director Chris Hyde ni, who expressed eagerness to help Everyone has deals on the go which and Board of Governors member give the University more clout in the are served by alumni gatherings. The Hazel Mah went to Hong Kong and region. ones that really prosper are those Singapore in late March on a fact­ William Yip (BA '67, SGW) that are given support by their uni­ finding, friend-raising trip. Their hosted a dinner party at the Hong versity, but they then become self­ efforts should result in more student Kong Club for several senior alumni generating." Consensus leading up to and faculty exchanges, a higher pro­ and Canadian officials. Roger Yuen the July 1 turnover of the Crown file for Concordia in Asia, and closer (BComm '78, MBA '84) gave a colony to the Chinese government relations with alumni in the region. lunch for 18 at the Hong Kong appears to be cautiously sanguine, or It was an eight-day trip, including Bankers Club, and Kimmy Chan "business as usual." There are a 28-and-a-half-hour flight, con­ (BEng '75) and Windy C han 150,000 Canadians in Hong Kong. ducted as economically as possible, admissions procedure for Asian stu­ recent addition to Concordia's Board (BComm '76) invited the visitors Much remains to be done, the and was funded by the Capital Cam­ dents is cumbersome compared to of Governors, was an invaluable and several alumni to dinner at the delegation concluded. W hile Concordia has about 1,000 alumni paign budget. The group toured four that of the United Kingdom and guide to the Lowys and Hyde as Jockey Club. schools, visited Canadian education . Australia, and can be streamlined there, our address list is still incom­ experts on site, met with Concordia relatively easily. An hour-long visit plete. Henceforth, Concordia will faculty who are currently in the with the Canadian commissioner, participate in several educational region, gave a tea for alumni, and Garrett Lambert, confirmed that fairs aimed at recruitment. were in turn entertained by gradu­ Canadian universities, even in ates, many of whom are highly suc­ British Columbia, are losing ground cessful business people. to other English-speaking countries Concordia has decided to act on because of such poorly adapted red Hong Kong's potential very late, tape. All hockey, all the time Lowy admitted. "The University of Our publicity could emphasize Toronto has an office there. Their such things as good air connections You can play hockey in the summer­ head of advancement goes four times from Hong Kong to Montreal. Even time , tha nks to the Co nco rdia Ball a year, and their president two or Real Education far the Real World, the Hockey League and th e Con cord ia three times. There's a constant flow University's promotional video, Roller Hockey League. Both are open to of information." He didn't add that whose irreverent spirit and jazzy pace anyone over 18, including non-students. McGill University recently was given goes down well with lo<:~ CEGEP The season starts May 26, and games an $8-million bequest by a grateful students, made Lowy wince when he are once a wee k at the Loyola rink. Hong Kong alumnus to help fund a watched it with Asians. "It's not Men's ball hockey games will be on new facility called the Wong Build­ appropriate for them," he said. A number of Concordia faculty are teaching and doing research in Hong Tuesday and Thu rsday nights, and Fri­ ing. "They expect higher education to be Kong. In _tile back row, Ali Farhoomapnd( fomterly in Decision Sciences day will be women's night. Being on the spot showed the treated with more dignity." and M IS)i Michael Hui .(Marketing!, Mohamed Ibrahim (Accountancy!, Reg istration starts April 24. For more Rector painful shortcomings he Montreal restaurateur Hazel Mah, Jeong Kim (Ac:countancy), and Mohammed.Khalifa IDS/MIS). In from are details, call the Loyola Athletic Complex, Chris Hyd,, Annamma Joy (Marketing! and Rei:tor Lowy. wouldn't otherwise have seen. Our an Executive MBA alumna and a 8483858, or the Victo ria Guy, 848-3860.

6 APRIL 24, 1 99 7 C ONCOR D IA'S THU R SDA Y R E P OR T Athletic Awards 1997 A night to celebrate all kinds of sports

BY P HOE BE D EY

he sports year ended with a cel­ Tebration on A pril 11, when individual achievements were hon­ oured at the Athletics Banquet, held in St. Laurent. Alpine-skier Leigh Jason Qyil­ liams took home the Dr. Robert J. Brodrick Award for Male Athlete of the Year. A former member of the C anadian national development team, 01ulliams served as head coach of the alpine team and won his third consecutive individual over-all gold medal on the circuit this season. Cor_inne Swirsky was named _Female Athlete of the Year after a spectacular season with the women's hockey team. A second-year for­ ward, Swirsky led her team in scor­ ing with 58 goals and 28 assists in 41 games. Swirsky and the Stingers captured the league championship for the third time in four years. She scored all seven goals in a 7-3 victory over Toronto in the championship game of the Theresa Humes Invita­ tional Tournament. excellence off the court as well. Soc­ in Nagano, Japan. Patrick Groleau of the men's cer player Cindy Goldszmidt was Each team awarded individual hockey team won the Rookie of the Female Academic Athlete of the female and male Most Valuable Year, while volleyball player Johanne Year; she had a 4.06 grade-point Players awards. In basketball, for­ Ascoli won the award on the female average in Chemistry and was also wards Guylaine Blanchette and J.P. side. named to the conference's second Reimer took home the honours. Jen­ Isabelle Bernier of the women's nifer Casimir and Marc Nesbit were all-star team. Vince Labossiere of basketball team was the recipient of named MVPs for cross-country run­ the men's hockey team earned a 3.93 the Denise Beaudet Award, which is ning, while Dominik Goulet won grade-point average and was named given to a graduating female athlete the award for the football team. Male Academic Athlete of the Year. for outstanding leadership, unselfish­ Cammi Granato and goalie Benoit Two hockey ·players earned the ness and commitment. Bernier Richard were the winners from the title Fittest Athletes of the Year: helped lead her team to a first-place hockey team, while Anne Coyle and finish in the Oliebec conference and Catherine Bertrand from the Paul Van Wyck captured the awards a berth at the nationals in Thunder women's team and Mark Babony from the rugby team. Wyck helped Bay, Ont. The Stingers finished from the men's team. Cammi lead the men's rugby team to an sixth in the country. Granato, a centre with the women's undefeated season and the provincial Fifth-year basketball forward J.P. hockey team who is graduating this championship title. Reimer, also of the basketball team, year, was honoured with the Direc­ Christine Cogger and Leigh field MVPs went to Penny Paris and in Windsor, Ont., which made won the Ron Lapointe Award for tor's Shield for her contribution to Jason Qyilliams won MVPs for the Lenroy Henry. Henry, who is also a Henry an all-Canadian. The leadership and commitment to Concordia's athletic life. Granato is alpine ski team, while Elaine Millar cornerback on the football team, women's volleyball MVP was Cindy excellence. now with T earn USA, and is prepar­ and Louis Touchette won the won the gold medal in the 60-metre Moy, while the wrestling team hon­ Many of the athletes showed ing for next year's winter Olympics awards for soccer. The track and race at the national championships our went to David Chodat. Track star Rosey Edeh is graduate student Concordia does. It worked out well al marathon with a PhD in art histo­ tralia, and believes she can improve BY PHOEBE DEY for me." ry. Teaching and research appeal to her honourable performance at the ou may have an Olympian in Edeh usually spends part of the Edeh, but she is critical of the way Atlanta G ames last summer. Yyour classroom without knowing winter training in Houston, but this grants are disbursed to artists. "I'd In Atlanta, she set a personal best it. Track star Rosey Edeh has been a year, because of her studies, she like to get a hand in there and make and new Canadian record of 54.39 full-time M as ter's student in Art opted to stay and train in Montreal. a few changes. seconds in the 400-metre hurdles, History at Concordia since January. Besides her studies and her training, "A lot of artists out there don't finishing sixth. She broke her own Edeh is a record-holder in the she is a single mother, so her sched­ have a say and aren't being recog­ Canadian record twice - in the hurdles and has competed in three ule is hectic at best. nized," she said. "There are too semi-finals, and then again in the editions of the Olympic Games. "It has definitely not been easy, many bureaucrats who dictate who final race. Now 30, she has held an undergrad­ but I'm enjoying school so much," gets what in terms of bursaries and "Going to the Olympics in uate degree in art history from Rice she said. "I try not to complain ~ grants." Atlanta was so much more than I 5 University in Houston, Texas, for because I'm doing exac_J:ly what I > In the meantime, Edeh lives in thought it would be," she said. "It Q several years, but always knew she want. Some days are harder than ~ LaSalle with her two-year-old was an absolute thrill because I went would go on to graduate work. others and it's definitely a balancing daughter, Micha, and is training for in with certain expectations and "Concordia had a good program act, but school is so important to me the World Championships, to be ended up exceeding them. Breaking and offered exactly what I wanted," that I make myselfdo it." next year, and hopes to have her the­ held in Greece this August. She is the Canadian record and ending up she said. "Not a lot of universities If things go as scheduled, Edeh sis written by December 1999. She counting on being at the 2000 in the finals was an absolutely allow you to enrol in January as will finish her courses by this time plans on rounding off her education- Olympic Games in Sydney, Aus- euphoric feeling."

CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT APRIL 24, 1997 7 ISO guides a nervous student to where he belongs: Concordia's Science College Tarek finds his niche The fallowing letter appeared recently in the International Students Office COMPILED BY BARBARA BLACK newsletter, Cross Roads.

Concordia faculty, staffand alumnilte pop up BY T AREK ZGHOUL in the media more often than you might think! 'l ]{ Then I arrived in Montreal, I V V was more or less a jigsaw puz­ zle whose pieces were displaced, if Alex Schwartzman and Lisa Serbin (CRDH Psychology) were >- interviewed on CFCF Pulse about their mammoth 20-year-plus not lost altogether. I was a wreck. § ~ study of poor children. The project was also featured on As classes progressed, the pieces 0 Newswatch, Home Run, CFCF's On-Line Montreal and on the front were slowly coming back together, ~ 5 page of The Gazette. but they were still miles apart. I was § more or less feeling miserable, and -~ Steven Appelbaum (Management) was interviewed on CBC's that was especially due to not meet- "' Home Run about downsizing - from ttie perspective of the "termi­ ing the right people. I am the type of nated." person who is serious about his stud- Daniel Salee (SCPA) was on CBC Newswatch, talking about how ies and enjoys talking about intellec­ Lucien Bouchard's aides got federal premiums before leaving to tual issues, whatever they may be. place i_s amazing. It has its own other than, or in addition to, what join him in provincial politics. Guy Lachapelle (Political Science) I directed myself to the Interna­ kitchen, living room, two floors for you 'watched on TV the night before. has been virtually a regular on CBC Newsworld's coast-to-coast tional Students Office, and talked to studying, including desks and com­ I love it, and I think I have finally Politics, and was on Face-Off, debating whether Quebec history Pat Hardt, who has been burdening puters for the students. It also has a found my niche. Ever since I joined books are biased. herself with my problems ever since I library, and provides 24-hour access the College, I have become a more landed in the city (and there have for all its students! relaxed and contented person. I am Michel Deloire (Psychology) was interviewed about false memory been quite a lot!). syndrome on CJRC (Gatineau) and Radio-Canada, and colleague I was speechless, not just because swamped with work, but I really Jean-Roch Laurence was interviewed by a Hull station about the Pat suggested I should go and see of the building, but because of the don't mind. It's exactly the way I same subject. the Science College. I was hesitant at program of study. In addition to the like it. first, but Pat wouldn't hear any of it, normal curriculum at Concordia, If it weren't for the ISO, I Andrew McAusland, director of Academic Technology for _Arts and and booked me an appointment. I every student has to complete three wouldn't have achieved and become Science, was interviewed by Daybreak's Dave Bronstetter (CBC) was perplexed to see that Concordia research projects and take courses in what I am today, a jigsaw puzzle about offering courses on the Internet. actually had a unit such as this. the Philosophy of Science. with the pieces in all their right I introduced myself to the secre­ The Science College may not be places. Bala Ashtakala (Civil Engineering), always a popular interviewee tary of the College, Mrs. Lillian to everybody's liking, but it's a great Tarek is doing an Honours in Cellu­ during pothole season, told the CBC's Dave Branstetter about a Jackson, who was kind enough to place for students intending to pur­ special concrete being installed on Highway 40. Marie-France lar and Molecular Biology, and work­ Pinard (CBS) was interviewed on CINQ-FM's Les Informations. show me around and tell me about sue a serious career in the sciences, ing on a research project. He has the Science College, which is the and it's a great place to meet intelli­ received a Science College Scholarship Fred Krantz (History, retired) was interviewed on CJAD's Avril only one of its kind in Canada. This. gent students interested in subjects and been on the Dean's List. Benoit Show about Swiss _banks and their Jewish assets.

Margaret Shaw (Sociology and Anthropology) was ·on CJAD, talk­ ing about the judicial recommendation that women who have killed Library staff get career counselling their abusive husbands be freed. The program comprises group talk pants have already had a couple of BY ALISON RAMSEY sessions, written tests to pinpoint lunch-hour group discussions aimed Marthe Catry-Verron (French Translation Co-op Director) was interests and abilities, and individual at assessing their current situations. quoted in a La Presse article that highlighted translation careers, o-operative planning between counselling by trained counsellors on including that of Co-op graduate Suzanne Lapointe, who was hired Cunion, staff and administration She recently completed the writ­ by Caron Belanger Ernst & Young right after graduation. has produced a pilot project whereby staff. ten tests, and is now waiting for the five full-time library employees are Just over 10 per cent of library results. "I'm curious to see if they're J. Pierre Brunet (Management) is one of 18 prominent Canadians receiving career counselling. union members expressed interest. what I expect," Corbin said. "If and the only academic invited by the Financial Post to choose "The Career counselling, normally Five were chosen at random from they're not, I'll give thought to Top 40 Under 40" rising young stars of in the business world. A reserved for students, helps guide that group of 14, after it had been changing careers entirely - though I feature article on them appears in the current issue of the Post. people unsure if they are on the right divided into sectors to avoid having doubt that will happen." Brunet was a guest on CJAD recently, telling Tommy Schnurmach­ everyone from one department er what went wrong with Eaton's. career path. Brenda Fewster - who Corbin said the group comprises works at the downtown Webster absent at once. people in their 30s and 40s. "Some Harold Chorney (Political Science) was interviewed on CBC's Library and is president of its union, are thinking: I want to find a new Newswatch about whether there would be anything left in the decided that counselling is just as job," Arsenault said. "Some are won­ Canada and Quebec Pension Funds for today's young people. · necessary for employees as it is for dering: Am I doing what makes me students. happy?" Graeme Decarie (History) was interviewed on CFCF's On-Line "It's important for us to assess The six-week program costs $200 Counsellors help set long-term Montreal about Toronto's controversial plans for a "mega-city" - and upgrade our skills," Fewster per person and is shared three ways: 50 goals in one-on-one interviews, and and whether Montreal would be far behind. He was also on CFCF's said in an interview. "It's_necessary per cent is paid by the union, 30 per the group meets one last time at the Pulse, talking about Montrealers' unfortunate predilection for jay­ cent is paid by the university, and the walking. · to augment our skills to prepare end to discuss how to reach those ourselves for lateral and upward employee contributes the remaining 20 goals. "My hope is that members percent. Vanier Library employees Norman Segalowitz (Psychology) and Philip Cohen (Music) were movement, both inside and outside may want to continue upgrading on CBF's Bonjour, talking about the mystery of music interpretation, the University." were invited to join, but didn't. their skills," said Fewster, "and that and their benefit concert series for the Leonardo Project, which She and the rest of the library staff None of the participating employ­ the university will participate." explores that mystery. training committee approached ees is slated for early retirement. ''The pilot is to see if this is fulfill­ Training and Development Manager Faye Corbin put her name in ing the expectations of the union, Jack Lightstone (Provost/Research), Morton Stelcner (CUFA) and Elaine Arsenault. They were in luck; because she has been chipping away the administration and the employ­ Ira Robinson (Religion) appeared on the same edition of she had already drafted a career­ for 10 years at a degree in human ees," Arsenault said. "So far, the Newswatch on an item about academic tenure. counselling program for employees resources management and wanted feedback is good." to know if she was on the right path. A. Bakr Ibrahim (Management) was on CFCF Pulse, talking about based on one at the University of She hopes the program will be the merger between pulp and paper giants Stone Consolidated and Ottawa. Together, the training com­ '1 knew I was interested in the sub­ expanded throughout the University Abitibi Price. James McIntosh (Economics) was on Newswatch mittee and Arsenault forged a link ject," she said, "but I don't know if it and will include personal financial about the same subject. Ibrahim also talked to Newswatch about with yet another departme_nt, Coun­ suited me. I'm so close to finishing planning for those who wish to cut Eaton's suppliers, and their anxiety over nonpayment. selling and Development, to finalize that I thought, Tve got to be sure."' back on work hours so as to upgrade a six-step program. Corbin and the other four partici- their skills.

8 APRIL 24, 1997 CONCORDIA'S THURSDAY REPORT Lonergan's conference Lonergan course focuses on theme, not thinker capped by Peter Harcourt, film stud­ encourages self-expression BY SYLVAIN DESJARDINS ies professor at Carleton University eeds is the second annual publica­ everal students, professors and and visiting lecturer at Lonergan, Stion of short stories published by film-makers dropped by Loner­ S who presented several short films, students in a Lonergan College gan College last week for a two-day followed by discussions. course, Global Cultures: Cross-Cul­ symposium called Canadian Cine­ On Friday, researcher Kirwan Cox tural Experiences from Around the ma: Modes of Address. This year, and Charles Acland (University of World and in Canadian Literature. the annual event consisted of eight Calgary), held discussions on the The course is given by Journalism sessions that centred on a theme Professor Sheila Arnopoulos, who rather than a thinker. production and exhibition of film in has an abiding interest in the subject. Lonergan students Kenneth Canada. Mike Gasher (Communi­ The students read several novels Hemmerick and Stefan Verna cation Studies) and Barry Cameron (Tales from the Gardens and Beyond, kicked off the discussions with the (University of New Brunswick), held by Hazelle Palmer, and The Jade screenings of two short videos. talks on regional film initiatives in Peony, by Wayson Choy), to inspire Blaine Allen of Qyeen's University Canada. them to write about their own expe­ and Rick Hancox of Concordia's Laura Marx (Carleton University), rience. Since the students themselves Communication Studies Depart­ and David Eley (Lonergan College) ment, were the featured speakers for come from a wide variety of back­ gave talks on representations in a talk, called The NFB and the grounds, the result is a bright patch­ Canadian film and video. Janine Canadian Documentary Tradition. work of Canadiana. Marchessault, McGill University, Lonergan students of the Global This is an excerpt from Sacred There are no whispers ofguidance what is meant, and what is not. Cultures class launched Seeds, a book and Fillipo Salvatore, professor at Love, by Valery J. Lavergne, a song­ on the wind tonight. Embraced with insecurity, containing their poetry and short Concordia and Lonergan, held pre­ writer and actress with aboriginal Only the smoke we Jumble to find the right path, stories during a potluck dinner. (See sentations on the reconfiguration of roots, who is doing her BFA in Jazz that carries our prayers the one that will lead us excerpt, this page.) The day was Canadian cinema. Studies: of right and wrong, into the echoes of our ancestors.

Get Kissed while you can ynn Stopkewich was the wun­ director. There would have been no The Leonardo Project is an investiga­ derkind of her class when she turning back to being art director if Housing awards As good as L tion by the Music and Psychology graduated in 1988. 'We never had she had failed, H erman said, since The Canada Mortgage and Housing Departments into the nature of musical a hockey game any doubts about her," said Cinema other directors would have been Corporation has mounted a program of performance excellence. Professor Andre Herman, who still Congratulations to the Commerce loath to work with her. awards for providing housing and The concert will be held at 8 p.m. on gets enthusiastic e-mail messages students who topped the heap in a Kissed is based on 'We So Seldom improvements in living conditions for Tuesday, April 29, in the Concordia Con­ from the rising director. competitive national stock simulation Look on Love," a short story by the youth (ages 15 to 30). It is open to indi­ cert Hall, 7141 Sherbrooke St W Tick­ Stopkewich is now based in Van­ held during three weeks in March, celebrated Toronto writer Barbara viduals and groups, private and public, ets are $15 and $8, with a reduced rate couver. Her latest feature, Kissed, is when the market, especially in Canada, Gowdy in a collection by the same professional and volunteer. for this concert and the third in the playing in Montreal, and distribution was a roller-coaster. name. Stopkewich appears, from the The categories are Process and series. You may order tickets by calling politics being what they are, film The competition is called the 1997 critical acclaim, to have caught the Management, Financ ing and Tenure, 848-4084, or buy them at the door. Green Line Investment Challenge . buffs should catch it before it's sexy humour and weird pathos of the Technology and Production, Planning Concordia's team ended up with the snatched away. It won the Best First and Regulation, and Concept and original without alienating even such Interns for Rooftops biggest stake, $486,159, beating their Feature award at the Toronto Film Design. The solutions and projects mainstream critics as Siskel and nearest rival, the University of Manito­ Festival, and has just been selected Rooftops Canada, an international must have been implemented between ba, by a $3,000 margin. for the Directors' Fortnight, a series Ebert, who gave it "two thumbs up." January 1, 1987, and May 5, 1997. development program, invites recent Here's a little play-by-play from the at this spring's 50th Cannes Film Some have balked at the theme - For more information, phone 1-800- graduates to apply for six-month intern­ necrophilia - but those viewers just Green Line newsletter: Festival. The movie even has its own 668-2642 or contact sfortier@cmhc .e­ ships in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, "There was a great run to the finish don't get it, Herman maintains. Web site, atwww.kissed.com. mail.com. South Africa, Senegal, India and the for the final three spots in the top five. "Lynn is just pulling the collective Herman h ails Stopkewich's Philippines. At one point, only $10,000 separated courage for giving up a lucrative leg of audience. Anyone can see she Tribute to Polish laureate Working with partners in one of third from fifth. But in the final day of career as an art director in the movie is having a ball with this film." by Leonardo those countries, interns will develop the competition, Maria Vlasseros, from industry to take the riskier route of -BB housing co -ops, provide affordable Concordia University, came out of This year's second benefit concert housing for poor families , and help nowhere to clinch third place. for the Leonardo Project will take the women acquire more property rights. "E arly in the competition, Maria form of a musical tribute to Wislawa Candidates should be between 19 showed interest in the mining and ener­ Szymborska, the winner of last year's and 30 , have graduated in the past gy companies. She shorted Bre-X at Nobel Prize for Literature. three years, and have so me back­ $20 per share on March 21. She can Polish actress Agata Pilitowska and ground in housing and/or adult educa­ credit the huge short position to a gain musician Dariusz Kr6I will present, for tion. of over $140,000. Great move, Maria, the first time anywhere, a celebration in Contact David Onyango Oloo, c/o you finish with an impressive 31 per Po li sh , Englis h and French of Szym­ Rooftops Canada, 2 Berkeley St., Suite cent return." And $500 in prize money, borska's penetrating and witty insights 207 , Toronto, Ont. , M5A 2W3, or we might add. Classmate Robert Soifer­ into the human condition. [email protected]. man came fifth, winning $150.

>­ a: prepared by eight research associates l'Universite de Montreal attended :, ~ and numerous graduate students. despite a flood affecting his home. (j The guests included not only the After the site visit was over and ""z ... § Research Grants Officer Nanette visitors from NSERC, Habashi's the grant went through, Habashi ,w Q. Plant helped organize an extraordi­ team and the senior administration, sent a grateful message to his sup­ (j nary show of support when NSERC but many leading supporters from porters. "This is a watershed event " made its on-site visit on December the industry, researchers and gradu­ (no pun intended) for the CFD 20. Normally, an on-site visit by a ate students who are working with or Lab," he wrote. "It gives us a unique granting agency involves a handful of had worked with Habashi in the past. opportunity on which we must capi­ people, but with only two weeks' One Pratt & Whitney engineer flew talize to become the premier centre notice, Plant recounted, the Univer­ to Montreal from Toronto for the for flow computational simulation in sity was able to mount a tour de event; and the director of the Centre the country, as many believe we can force, with a series of presentations de Recherches Mathematiques de now be with this award."

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r-rwenty-two South African stu- border of Orange Free State. and seminars by Concordia faculty E E ... 1 dents will soon be working Stevens developed the idea in 1991, members, and professional develop­ toward degrees from Concordia - when contacts there told her they ment workshops for 450 teachers, without leaving their home country. wanted to improve the education they principals and consultants. The stu­ Thanks to a project started by provide to prospective schoolteachers. dents will be charged full $200-a­ COMPILED BY PHILIP FINE Professor Florence Stevens when she Twenty Master's and two doctoral credit international fees for the was Vice-Dea_n of Arts and Science, students, many of them education program, but these will be covered by AUCC (Association of Universities This column highlights newsworthy events at universities students at the O!vaO!va branch of faculty members at Uniqwa, are the University of the North, or expected to enrol. Their programs and Colleges of Canada), together across Canada and abroad. Ify ou have any interesting bits Uniqwa, will have an opportunity to will be administered by Concordia's with CIDA (the Canadian Interna­ of information to pass on, please send them to take advanced degrees in education. School of Graduate Studies as special tional Development Agency) through Concordia's Thursday Report, BC-117. Uniqwa is in Phuthaditijhaba, in individualired programs. a University Partnerships in Co-oper­ what was a black homeland near the The program will include lectures ation and Development grant. - BB The strike at Toronto's York University that began March 20 seems far from a settlement now that the administration has reject­ ed binding arbitration. More than 1,000 full-time professors and librarians are involved. Administrators say that Canada's third­ largest university cannot afford the teachers' demands. They blame their financial situation on the Ontario government, which last year cut 15 per cent of funding to universities. At this point, some exams have been cancelled.

A study at Universite du Quebec a Montreal reveals that more than one in four students have thought of committing suicide. The study of 3 per cent of UQAM students conducted by Professor Brian L. Mishara found that 26 per cent of students at the university have thought about ending their lives, while 4 per cent have actual­ ly made an attempt. Mishara believes these results are fairly repre­ sentative of the post-secondary student population at large.

The University of Guelph is looking for blood donors, but they must be of the canine and feline variety. The Ontario Veterinary Col­ lege, housed at the university, uses about 250 units of blood a year for everything from accidents to poisonings that cause animals to bleed. Any owner that can bring in his or her pet to give blood will receive a free bag of pet food.

The board of Trent University, in Peterborough, has accepted the recommendations of a recent external review of its beleaguered administration. The inquiry had been set up following the resigna­ tions of the president, two vice-presidents and an acting dean . The report was based on the reviewers' conviction that Trent needs more open, accountable and clea r governance, search procedures and bud­ get planning; better communications among staff, students, faculty OFFICE OF RESEARCH SERVICES • GRANT DEADLINES and governing bodies; and, generally, a more civil environment.

McMaster University's medical faculty has been singled out by Please note that the deadlines below may change upon receipt of new agency information. Newsweek magazine as the "grand-daddy of alternative medical schools." The Hamilton-based university was one of six North MAY American medical schools cited for innovative approaches in train­ Agency / Grant Deadline ing new doctors. McMaster, which tries to emphasize humanity Association of Commonwealth Universities / over technology, does not believe in marks (too competitive) and General, Titular, and Administrative Fellowships May 30 often groups students to develop team diagnosis and treatment. Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences / Request for Proposal May 9 Franklin Institute/ Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science May 8 Students looking for a very quick degree can log on to a British International Society for Arboriculture / Hyland R. Johns Grant Program May ·1 Internet service. For $150, a group is providing fake undergraduate Ministere de !' Education / Stages de courte duree May 31 and graduate degrees. Police are investigating the matter. NATO/ Expert Visits - Priority Areas May 15 NATO/ Linkage Grants May 8 A University of Waterloo computer science professor is the co­ NSERC-lndustrial Research Fellowships/ Industrial Research Fellowships May 10 winner of an Oscar. The scientific and technical award from the University-Industry-Synergy / R & D Partnerships Awards May 24 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was awarded to Marceli Weinwon for his work on "key-frame animation." The JUNE award was presented March 1 in Beverly Hills. Association of Commonwealth Universities/ T.H.B. Symons Fellowship in Commonwealth Studies June 30 The University of Iceland is helping to bail out a department at the Canada Council/ Killam Research Fellowships June 21 University of Manitoba. The Department of Icelandic Studies has Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research/ Research Project Funds June 14 faced the possibility of closing, but two years of funding amounting Charles A. Lindbergh Fund Inc./ General research grants June 4 to $14,000 should sustain the only independent program in Ice­ Cooperation Quebec-France/ Secteur Sante-recherche medicale June 9 landic studies ou.tside of Iceland. Cooperation Quebec-France/ Secteur technologies de !' information June 9 Corporate-Higher Education Forum/ Awards June 2 A left-leaning think-tank has been established at Edmonton's Univer­ Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade / Canada/ sity of Alberta. Members hope to challenge the viewpoint of the Mexico Creative Artists Program June 7 right-of-centre think-tanks that have played a powerful role in shaping lchikizaki Fund for Young Chemists June 23 public opinion and policy in Canada over the past decade. The Park­ Markle Foundation/ Grants June 1 land Institute sees itself as an alternative to such groups as the Fras­ NSERC-lndustrial Research Fellowships/ Industrial Research Fellowships June 19 er and C.D. Howe Institutes. Economic research topics will include NSERC / Steacie Memorial Fellowship June 23 the minimum wage, CEOs' salaries and privatized health care. Rikkyo University/ Fellowship June 23 Shastri Inda-Canadian Institute / Grants and Fellowships - general June 30 Queen's University, in Kingston, is offering its faculty and staff Sugar Association/ Contract June 1 some media training sessions designed to enhance interview skills. An experienced journalist will walk Queen 's experts through mock JULY interviews in print and broadcast. No sign yet on whether it will American Philosophical Society/ Research Grants July 1 require profs to throw out those tweed jackets and Foucault quotes. CGAT I Research Grants July 2 Matsumae International Foundation/ Fellowships July 31 Sources: Trent Fortnightly, Times Higher Education Supplement, Ministere de l' lndustrie, du Commerce, de la Science et de la Technologie / The Globe & Mail, University of Waterloo Web site, the University Prog. de soutien a la comm. sc. et tech. - Congres, Audio-Vis., Revues July 11 of Calgary's Gauntlet and the university newspapers of Manitoba, Partnerships-MRC-National Cancer Institute of Canada/ Research grant July 2 Guelph and UOAM. Rhodes University - Grahamstown / Hugh Le May Fellowship July 24

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• LAC student \Nill go to Tunisia the way they live. We have been told BY EUGENIA XENOS already that we won't be allowed out iberal Arts College student to cafes at night and things like that, LMichele Mendelssohn is one of and that we'll have to be fully 80 young Qiiebecers to participate in clothed all the time. But from what the 1997-98 Canada World Youth I've been reading, Tunisia is one of program. the most relaxed. Muslim countries. Canada World Youth allows Past Canada World Youth partici­ people aged 17 to 23 the chance to pants have observed Ramaddan, and visit a developing country and work I'm looking forward to things like on projects there. Along with a that." Music studies, work on Volute, even studentgovernment taught "brother" or "sister" from the host Because thousands and thousands country, the participants spend Heather McLeod how to be a producer of participants have a very positive some time in a Canadian location experience in their host countries, before heading to the host country Gutsy graduate is addicted to music for stints of up to seven months. Mendelssohn said she is not put off The experiences are often intense, by the single glaring example of a as the participants learn first-hand tragedy abroad, that of a Regina par­ BY EUGENIA XENOS ti ci pant who contracted malaria about another culture. eather McLeod decided she while in Senegal and stabbed and Mendelssohn, who is also doing a Hwould rather spend a few years major in English literature and is killed his host. The April issue of "losing money every month" to share now in the thick of exams, has been Saturday Night magazine outlined her music. The 1994 Music graduate trying for three years to get into the the story of how, curiously, the has just produced her own CD, program. youth's family then sued Canada Funny Thing, a collection of original "I was motivated by this whole World Youth. songs. idea of a work project - going to Mendelssohn will be back at She said the hardest thing was another country to learn about a Concordia in March 1998, when she giving herself permission to spend different culture and also helping will resume the last year of her stud­ $30,000. Half was spent for produc­ people and learning from them at ies. She is considering medicine as a tion and half for promotion, and the same time," she said. "I thought career, and says her liberal arts back­ most of the money came from it was a fair exchange, because peo­ ground will be a plus. investors she found. It could have ple from another country come here· "Doctors aren't always well cho­ cost as much as $50,000 had she not and see how we live, and they work researched the project and not sen," she said. "They need a better in Canada, too. We're not just worked with friends. grounding in liberal studies and a investing over there - there's a "I love performing," Mcu;od said better understanding of the whole give-and-take." in an interview. 'Tve been an addict Mendelssohn will visit Granby or human being, not just the ability to since I was bopped onto the stage at out about copyright, what manufac­ missed performing. "The only reason St. Hyacinthe before heading to get 100 per cent in math." age nine. You get this energy from turing companies exist in the Mon­ to be a musician is because you can't Tunisia, and thinks that even the She plans to share her Canada the audience that you can't get any­ treal area, how they're related to one help yourself," she said. "It's like a • time to be spent at a local location World Youth experience when she where else, and find out things about another, the potential costs, legal gambling addiction or something, will be beneficial. "I'm actually excit­ returns by writing articles. "Canada your life philosophy." considerations, all kinds of things. but it makes you feel good." ed about it because my mother is World Youth is a great opportunity McLeod said Concordia taught "You can be the best musician in McLeod said her songs focus on French-Canadian, but I've never to learn about yourself, especially at her many useful things, particularly the whole world and not be able to the quest to "understand enigmatic been fully in touch with my French­ the Liberal Arts College, where how to translate music that's in her make a living from it unless you moments" in life. Funny Thing is Canadian roots. We never had a head onto paper. Her performances learn to be your own salesperson." we're rushing through so many great actually her tenth album, but the first French-Canadian Christmas, didn't improved, too. "Now, when I listen McLeod said a musician can never texts that sometimes I feel like I that was done professionally - and go sugaring-off, and I didn't listen to to someone else, I can figure out concentrate enough on business mat­ don't have time to sit back and see the first for which she had to go into Felix Leclerc." what they're doing and imitate it - ters. "There's always something you how all these reflect on me and how debt. Her previous demo tapes and One of the things she will try do or decide not to - much more decide not to do - something that they apply to day-to-day life. I feel albums were all financed from sales this summer is begin to learn Arabic; quickly." can be described as essential. When I like this is a way of putting into one of her biggest worries is that it Her extracurricular activities in left Concordia, I had enough sense of the ones that came before. action everything I've learned at the will be too hard to pick up if she student associations and her involve­ of what that balance was, and how The guitarist and vocalist plays at doesn't get a head start. She is also College." ment in the Fine Arts publication, harsh the odds are for making a liv­ various venues around the city, anxious to learn more about her host Canada World Youth, now 26 Volute, taught her organizational ing at this." including Cafe Sarajevo. She has a country and the role of women in years old, organizes exchanges with skills, too. Instead of pursuing a career in small following in Boston, and will the Muslim world. countries in Asia, Africa, Latin "Producing the compilation CDs music, she worked at Head and soon tour southern Ontario and "I am looking forward to seeing America, the Caribbean and Eastern for Volute turned into a huge Hands, a social services organization. British Columbia to promote Funny their interpretations of Canada, and Europe. research project," she said. "I found But after a year and a half, McLeod Thing. ,,

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