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“I’ve been testing myself my whole With the Professional Association TITLE of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) life. Whenever life gave me a fork in strike still ongoing, some of Vancou- the road, I took the hard way.” Nanaimo’s Acme Painting Senior B ver Island University’s international Timbermen will be heading to the students fear they will not be able President’s Cup. to attend classes this semester.
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02 Vol. 44 / Issue 1 / Sept. 04 – Sept. 17 / THE NAVIGATOR Welcome Leah Myers A Brief Editor-In-Chief The Navigator History of Olympic VIU Boycotts
While sitting in my bedroom a couple weeks Throughout the summer I heard a lot of discus- ago, I hear my roommate heave a sigh, followed Drew McLachlan sion on the upcoming Olympic Winter Games by a bang on the kitchen counter. To cut costs, Associate Editor in Sochi, Russia. Few of those discussions how- we rent a one bedroom and separate our space The Navigator ever, had anything to do with the games or ath- with a black curtain that divides the living room letes themselves. What seemed to be the core of (my room) with the kitchen, and successfully the conversation was whether or not to boycott blocks visual access — though auditory privacy is unheard of in our little space, and basically the games, and it’s not hard to understand why. Unless you’ve been distracted by the Snowden everything we do is heard by each other. fiasco, the only media attention Russia has received in the past few months has been attached Anyway, so when I draw the curtain back to see what trouble my roommate is having, I to recent laws prohibiting the spread of information on homosexuality to those under the age see her standing beside a plate of leftovers on the kitchen counter and a mess of plastic wrap of 18. In our proudly pluralistic society, singling out a certain lifestyle as immoral is without covering just about everything other than her dinner plate. Discontented, she looks at me and a doubt unacceptable (and rightly so.) exclaims something along the lines of “One day I’m going to just splurge and buy cling wrap That being said, I won’t be participating in the Olympic boycott. I agree with the senti- that sticks to something other than itself!” ment of the movement, but no matter how noble a kneejerk reaction is, it’s still ineffective The joys of student living! The quality of discount brand cling-wrap is up there with dollar at best. If you feel so passionately about international gay rights that you can’t comfortably store Q-tips that bend in the middle as soon as they make contact with your ear cartilage, and watch a televised sporting event taking place in a country whose head of state is a homo- cheap vacuums that spit up more dust than they collect. phobe, then by all means skip the games, but don’t call it a boycott. Unless you were planning But as students we hold hope in our hearts that after a degree-length time (is it four years, on travelling to Russia or at the very least subscribing to a Russian sports network, the only or six?) of living frugally, that we’ll settle comfortably into a career that makes us enough to monetary loss during the three weeks will be for CTV. It’s also important to note that Ste- pay back our “debt sentence”. phen Harper’s views on marriage equality aren’t that far off from Vladamir Putin’s, so moving During the summer, I flipped through The Maclean’s Book of Lists, the Vol. 2 edition. the Olympics to Vancouver as some people have called for won’t make a huge difference. In the midst of all sorts of Canadian fun facts, such as “Where People Are Most Likely to Others have expressed concern for the safety of gay athletes. I agree that Sochi’s population Have Had Sex in a Canoe” (British Columbia standing proud at number 2) I came across the contains a number of homophobes, racists, and misogynists, who may have a problem with “10 Most Stressful Jobs in Canada” (sourced by Careercast.com). And wedged between “Top any number of our athletes, but to be fair these kinds of people can also be found in London, Corporate Executive in Any Field” at number 5 and “Taxi Driver” at number 8 — “Photo- Vancouver, Beijing, Turin, Athens, and any number of former Olympic hosts. On top of that journalist” and “Newspaper Reporter” sit at numbers 6 and 7. I have yet to meet anybody willing to pick a fight with a world-class athlete, regardless of Journalism isn’t exactly known for being the most lucrative career choice either. In sexual orientation. a recent BuzzFeed post titled “31 Undeniable Truths That Journalism Majors Can All A personal boycott on the Winter Olympics is unlikely to make an impact, but a national Agree On” the second “truth” reads: “The horror of being asked why you decided to ma- boycott will likely do more harm than good. The boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in jor in a “dying profession.” Interestingly enough though, I was excited to discover that Moscow was observed by 65 countries, including Canada, to show disapproval of the Soviet this year VIU has implemented an optional Journalism Minor in the Creative Writing Invasion of Afghanistan. Despite the mass protest, the USSR continued the invasion until degree. In recognition of any CREW students who decide to pursue the minor (and to 1989. The USSR and their allies responded to the 1980 boycott by staging their own boycott quote the Buzzfeed article) please remember that even though “You’re not doing it for the of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, which they claimed was in protest of the anti-Soviet, money” and that “It’s more fun to gouge your own eyeballs out than transcribe an inter- anti-socialist sentiment in the United States. Once again, this had little effect on the United view” you know it’s all worth it, “Because you know you have the chance to tell stories States’ policies (Red Dawn, a strongly anti-communist film depicting a Soviet invasion of the for a living. Which is pretty cool.” U.S. was released during the Olympics.) The cost of withholding from the Olympic Games But I’m not going to ramble on about how much I love journalism and why everybody is felt most strongly by the would-be competing athletes. Some athletes miss out on the op- should contribute stories (hint), but I will say that whether you’re a new student or a return- portunity they’ve been training their whole lives for, while others are stuck with a gold medal ing student, I sincerely hope you find similar joy and motivation in the career path you’re that they may feel they did not earn. Another national boycott would only repeat history, pursuing. Whether you’re a journalism student, or a nursing student who stays awake all leaving athletes empty-handed, regardless of their political views. night studying out loud until her non-nursing student can successfully recite the details of a The 1936 Summer Olympics, which took place in Berlin, nearly saw a mass boycott human digestive system (yes,I’ve lived with a nursing student), I tip my theoretical hat off to after Germany announced the exclusion of blacks and Jews from the game. After lifting the you! You’ve made it to post-secondary in beautiful Vancouver Island University. ban, the games saw the highest international participation up to that point. The most often This edition, our News Editor Blake has written an article addressing the strike of the Pro- cited competitor of the 1936 Olympics is Jesse Owens, a black American runner who took fessional Associate of Foreign Services Offices and the struggle many foreign students wishing home four chunks of Nazi gold. The four instances in which Owens stood on the top of the to study in Canada are facing this year. The consequences of the PASFO strike are unravel- podium, in front of 100,000 people in the capital of fascism, is oft regarded as the staunchest ling as classes are starting up this September and the impact is yet to be determined — but middle finger to the Third Reich in history. A less referenced but still notable Olympian is according to an article in the Globe and Mail posted on August 26, this is potentially a very Helene Mayer, Germany’s token half-Jewish athlete, who received a silver medal in women’s serious issue for Canadian universities: “Foreign undergraduates bring important revenue fencing. Some people have been hoping that Sochi 2014 will be the year of the gay Owens-- to universities, paying an average of $18,641 in tuition and fees annually, and international a homosexual athlete who, through total victory, will show the host country and the rest of students spent an estimated $7.7-billion in 2012.” the world the error in their ways. What often goes unmentioned is the impact that people VIU boasts having 1,100 international from more than 40 countries attending university like Owens or Mayer actually made. After competing, Owens went home to America where classes and prides itself on the university’s strong ESL program and international student he couldn’t eat at the same table as a white man, and Mayer was expelled from Germany. resources, so it could be sad to see the consequences the strike may have on our university. Meanwhile, fascism continued to rise in Europe, while anti-Semitism and racial segregation The PASFO strike should serve as a reminder of why we keep fighting the good fight for continued to be practiced around the world. accessible education. Each one of us comes from a different walk of life: whether you’re an in- Historically, the Olympics have had no effect on international politics. When over 200 ternational student currently waiting for visa approval or a new university student learning to different countries come together, there are bound to be ideological differences. If you feel live on a student budget, a warm welcome to VIU from the staff of your student newspaper! strongly about Russia’s national policy, that’s perfectly normal. There are venues to express Also, a word of advice to the first-years who are coasting on student loans: Don’t wait un- your concern and there are places where you can make a difference, but for three weeks in til you’re 20 grand in debt before deciding to stop spoiling yourself with luxurious 4 ply toilet February Sochi will not be among them. February 2014 will be the time for politicians and paper. Come to terms with dollar-store brand Q-tips and learn to live with waxy ear canals. activists to step off the podium and let the Olympians have their moment. Party hard and study equally as hard (sleep can be your time sacrifice). Savour every moment of university life. I’ve been told these are the best days of our lives
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Summertime Blues Celebrates 8th Year
Photo Credit: Blake Deal Rumba Calzada playing the last day of the festival.
Haukenfrers said the turnout come once and you want to come Blake Deal was good despite the bad weather again,”said Johnson. the Navigator they faced on the second day. Victoria was just as happy to Haukenfrers said the main be there and said she likes to come goal behind the event is “to have a because it’s fun and she loves the The Nanaimo Blues Society good time and build a world class music. She also added that she was excited to host their 8th festival.” He said they did not want couldn’t wait to see Uncle Wiggly’s annual Summertime Blues it to get bigger, just better. Hot Shoes Blues Band. festival at Maffeo Sutton Park. Haukenfrers said the volunteers This year the festival was part The festival, which was from were critical in the event going of a pilot project in which the August 23-25, showcased talent smoothly, and they were excellent. venue hosted an open beer garden. from across Canada, as well as He said the planning for 2014’s The festival was held in a fenced an act from Oregon. festival would be underway as soon off area only ticket holders could Nanaimo Blues Society as this year’s event was over. access. Once in the venue, alcohol president Gerold Haukenfrers said The atmosphere was lively, could be purchased and was allowed the group is dedicated to bringing as people were dancing along to anywhere inside the venue. the blues to Nanaimo and hopes Rumba Calzada, the first band to This was the second time this to broaden the demographic the play the final day. has been done in the province. music appeals to. Attendee and blues fan One of the security guards said Haukenfrers said this year’s Vivian Johnson was enjoying the they had not had a single alcohol line up was exceptional. The line up music with her seven-year-old related issue over the weekend and consisted of many different styles of granddaughter Victoria. that everyone seemed to want to the genre and included local names Johnson, attending the festival have fun and dance. such as David Gogo, 13-year-old for her third time, said the event has Ian Perry, as well as Oregon’s Lloyd become a family tradition. She said Jones, and many more. the experience is wonderful. “You
Local Farm Contributes to Community Growth
farm on is not easy. He said that Geselbracht felt by growing Blake Deal there is land that would be good for food he could help do his part to the Navigator farming, but it is already lived on save the environment, and hopes by people who have no intention that by providing people with of farming. local food they will feel healthier Sun’ts’a Farms is a local organic With Nanaimo being founded and be more open to getting vegetable farm run by Michael on an industrial economy rather involved in their community. Geselbracht and found on over than agricultural, there is not Geselbracht said he was one third of an acre in upper much land developed for large- inspired by a program in Italy Lantzville. scale farming. Geselbracht said this called Eat Your Landscape. He Sun’ts’a Farms produces 35 is not an issue because small urban said local farming keeps personal different crops, all fertilized with farms, if there are enough, could livelihood connected to the horse manure, seaweed, or compost still do the job. community and provides a more teas. Geselbracht said compost teas The problem with small-scale authentic culture. are a great method to use weeds to farming, according to Geselbracht, Geselbracht hopes to expand your own benefit. is you don’t make much money. He his farm in a way where he Photo Credit: Blake Deal Geselbracht runs the farm said to increase his profit he has to could work with other farmers either “get better or charge more.” and share land, resources, ideas, mostly by himself, but with the Geselbracht is in his second and man power. occasional help of family and friends. farms like his will become environmental ethic that keeps year of production and said he common, and said as the you from getting too big,” said Sun’ts’a Farms sells all their He said that it is not an easy task since still has room to grow and much quality of food available Geselbracht. produce at the Lantzville Farmers he does not live on the same property to learn about farming. He said declines, people will start Geselbracht said as a child, Market on Sundays from 1:30- as the farm. This causes problems for having such a diversity of crops growing their own. working with the fruit trees his 4:30 pm at St. Phillips Church, him because there is no automated is good insurance. If one crop He said society will benefit father planted was his first taste 7113 Lantzville Rd. fails he still has another 34 crops watering system and animals can get better from ecological farming of farming. He always enjoyed to fall back on, something large- into his crop without him knowing. opposed to factory farms. being outside, and when he scale farms focusing on one crop “The lifestyle that comes was a teenager he became quite Geselbracht hopes to have his do not have the benefit of. farm grow, but said finding land to with organic farming keeps angry about the state of the Geselbracht believes more you grounded, and there is an environment.
THE NAVIGATOR / Vol. 45 / Issue 1/ Sept. 04 – Sept. 17 05 NEWS
Is That Degree Getting You a Job? University: No Sure Path to Employment
to the early 2000s) has been and less manufacturing jobs, and Jay Versepeelt called narcissistic, entitled, globalization becomes rooted deep The Lance and lacking in work ethic, yet into the collective economy. today many young workers “There’s no reason we should have these jobs, and no one else Next week marks another academic find themselves in unpaid should. Sure it’s tough for these year. Now more than ever the future internships or underemployed workers and for our economy, but for coming graduates is bleak. doing the same work they used at the same time workers get worse In March, University to push through school. but consumers are much better of Windsor president, Alan While studies have shown off,” said Trudeau. “It’s always Wildeman said, at a CBC town young people on-the-whole are been a challenge to co-ordinate the hall meeting on post-secondary inherently narcissistic, can youth formation of graduates with the education that the purpose of really be considered unrealistic needs of the economy, especially university is higher education and for wanting decent pay instead of now with everything changing so not necessarily employment. making lattes or dunking fries in a fast. Everything is dependant on the That’s unfortunate news for deep fryer? world market.” those hoping to get an edge on In July, employees at a Halifax So what are grads to do the competition, but a university Second Cup started trying to these days? The education can’t education is not the ticket to unionize, a move prompted by be negated or just tossed aside prosperity it once was. the lack of real fieldwork its staff carelessly. Instead, everyone has to “If you have more people can’t find. work harder andbe more efficient with higher qualifications, they’re “Job security is basically gone,” while working longer hours and going to raise the entry level. No said Christian Trudeau, a tenured getting paid less with no security. one is ever going to advertise a University of Windsor Professor of Although unemployment job anymore where they didn’t Economics. “There’s more risk now is currently on the decline, 8.7 throw a BA in right away,” when you start a career. The days Best wishes for a happy percent in August of 2009 at its said University of Windsor of knowing you’re going to go into highest, and now 7.1 percent and healthy year at VIU. coordinator of interdisciplinary a job and work there for 30 to 40 nationally as of June, the federal programs Larry Kulisek. years are almost gone, except for government is looking at getting Want to meet other Jewish The populace is more educated guys like me.” more skilled trades persons into the than ever before and still not Canada has faired better than students? Attend special workforce by making companies educated enough. many countries since the recession. give apprenticeship training when events? “If you do an honours in Natural resource exports from they bid for government contracts Psychology it doesn’t make you Canada play a large factor in this. or through tax credits. a psychiatrist, psychologist, or Individuals from around the globe E-mail [email protected] for “The politicians, they say we even a counsellor, because if you have gone to Alberta to make a need more mould and tool makers. more information. don’t do an MA or graduate work quick buck in the oilsands. Australia Fine, maybe in the short run,” said you’re an educated person, but faired well for the same reason with Kulisek. “The colleges tend to draw that doesn’t slot you in and most coal exports: good paying, back Shana Tova v’ Metukah from the local area, and how many professions are requiring more breaking work if one can take it, skilled tradesmen can be absorbed training,” said Kulisek. and hardly conducive to a higher into the local area?” Generation Y (the generation education. The untrained look to born between the early 1980s this employment, as there are less
Strike Threatens International Students
said that when checking online sure how they planned it or if Blake Deal it says the wait is 54 days for all anything ever came of it. the Navigator requests sent in on June 22. His Another student was supposed request, sent in on June 4, has still to receive his permit a month ago, not been answered. and when it did not arrive he was With the Professional Not only are international told that it had been lost and now Association of Foreign Service students being hindered in their he must wait for another. Officers (PAFSO) strike still ability to study at VIU this year, The PAFSO strike is over ongoing, some of Vancouver but Alluhaydan also said that it wage demands from the officers Island University’s international ruined his summer. He said he whose main job is processing students fear they will not be able was hoping to go back home to visas. With an approximate 14 to attend classes this semester. Saudi Arabia during the summer, percent of VIU students coming Third year computer science but was warned that if he did so from outside of Canada the student Muath Alluhaydan he would risk not getting a visa to strike could negatively affect the applied for his study permit return to the country due to the university as well. in early June. He still has not long waiting period. Alluhaydan said the process to received his permit and is He said his friend was not so get a visa for Canada already takes worried that he may not be lucky and returned home before a long time and can be a hassle. able to attend the classes he is the strike, and now can’t return With the strike making it harder he currently enrolled in. due to the wait to get a visa. He thinks many people may consider Alluhaydan said that the said the Saudi Embassy sent out going to other countries where it is process usually takes no longer an e-mail to students who could easier to get a visa and where they than a month, but due to the not get visas for assistance to can get through schooling without strike it has been far longer. He return to Canada, but was not having to renew it.
06 Sept. 04 – Sept. 17 / Issue 1 / Vol. 45 / THE NAVIGATOR NEWS Community Fights to Save Schools
Photo Courtesy of Stephanie Higginson Students protesting to keep their schools open.
decision to close all of these schools and the students from John Higgison said the school now is to present alternative plans Blake Deal and move the high school students Barsby, as there have already been board has not been answering any that do not negatively impact the the Navigator from Cedar to John Barsby. threats posted on Facebook. questions directly, and only through Cedar community in hopes that the Stephanie Higginson of Save Higginson said that moving the other media outlets. board will overturn their decision to Cedar Schools said that although high school students out of Cedar Cedar Secondary graduate close the schools. With School District 68 announcing the group understands the district will “decimate the community.” She Chrissy Hayes said many people Higginson said the the closing of schools as part of their needs to fill seats in operating said the students will be hindered in felt that at the public meetings the community feels as though they ten year plan, parents of the Cedar schools, the plan is greatly flawed their chances to work after school people in attendance were treated in are being targeted and hopes that community have decided to fight and closing Cedars schools will have jobs because they have to bus back a condescending manner. enough people will fight against back to save their schools. only negative impacts. to Cedar after school. Hayes said they felt like the it. She said people need to realize The plan calls for the closing Higginson is a former high Higginson said they were meetings were just for show and the that “if they do this here they can of North Oyster Elementary, school teacher with a Masters told this transition will provide board did not intend on answering do it elsewhere.” North Cedar Intermediate, and Degree in educational studies. She more opportunities for the any questions. Higginson said it has been Woodbank Primary School. Cedar is also the parent of a kindergarten students from Cedar, however She does not want to see the proven that smaller schools are Community Secondary School student at Woodbank Primary. students who need to take the schools close because her youngest more cost effective, have less drop- students are to be transferred to Higginson said that there are bus are unable to participate in sister is attending one now. outs and higher graduation rates. John Barsby High School and the far better alternatives to filling extracurricular activities. She said that her sister wants to The school board was unable to high school building renovated to schools and dealing with the Cedar The Save Cedar Schools graduate from the same school her answer any questions at this time. take on the elementary students situation. She said there is worry group felt that the school board two older sisters did. For more information on the from the schools to be closed. that students will drop out if they did not consider the well being of Save Cedar Schools started Save Cedar Schools organization The Save Cedar Schools group are forced to go to John Barsby. the Cedar community. Higginson a petition and received 1857 you can visit them on Facebook consists of concerned parents, Parents and students also said they feel they did everything signatures in the first 24 hours and at
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THE NAVIGATOR / Vol. 45 / Issue 1 / Sept. 04 – Sept. 17 07 NEWS Revenge Porn: The Price of Trust in an Online World Cyber laws lag behind online activities
panicked, and utterly distraught aspects of revenge porn is that It is unclear if they were posted Unfortunately, despite a swell in Sarah Gray when a friend informed her that anyone—including pedophiles by an ex-boyfriend, or if her hard cyber issues like revenge porn and The Link naked images of her were plastered and sex addicts—can use the drive was ransacked. Toups has online bullying that have real-life all over TeXXXan. photos for self-gratification. learned a valuable lesson about consequences, there are few laws in Hollie Toups, a 33-year-old from “I essentially felt my life was “In some cases, girls have the perils of social media. the United States and Canada to Orange, Texas, is the victim over. My dreams were to become been stalked by these men, while “It’s changed the way I adequately punish those who misuse of online "revenge porn" and a U.S. Marshal or work for the others have lost their jobs, and a communicate with people. If I virtual communication venues. currently part of a court case government. After discovering couple have even attempted or have something private to say, I By acknowledging a against the website which hosted my photos on a revenge porn site, thought about suicide,” Caroline don’t text it,” she said. humiliating situation, Toups is the images of her. which then in turn had my nude Klein Gear of Klein Investigations Toups also says that the issue bravely putting a face to what is so After the high-profile suicides photos showing up in a Google and Consulting in Nederland, has divided the community: far uncharted legal territory. She is of Amanda Todd and Rehtaeh search of my name … I knew those Texas, told The Link. “There are a lot of people who also presenting her experience with Parsons, Canadians on both coasts dreams were over,” she said. Perhaps what makes revenge victim-blame and who think it’s revenge porn as a lesson for others have learned the hard way that TeXXXan, hosted by Internet porn such a challenge for victims our fault.” who may mistakenly trust the cyber bullying is a virulent issue domain registrar GoDaddy, is that once the pictures go viral, After going through bouts of security of social media platforms, that, at its worst, can end lives. allowed users to post pertinent they can be saved to personal depression, Toups began reaching text messages, and email. In both Todd and Parsons’ information such as name, address, hard drives. A Google search years out to women who had been Perhaps because of Hollie cases, explicit pictures of the and phone number along with the from now may turn up photos, victimized by TeXXXan. Since Toups, other women and young girls were posted online, which explicit pictures, making victims making finding and erasing them coming forward with her story, girls will think more seriously led to bullying at school and easily identifiable and accessible. a perpetual task. Victims feel as Toups says that she has found about the potential consequences through social media. Now, TeXXXan has “gone though there is no way to stop the support by sharing her experience of hitting send. Toups describes revenge porn dark” according to reports, and its pictures from circulating. with others coping with the fallout as a mix of cyber bullying and 24-year-old owners Hunter Taylor In addition to feeling of revenge porn. virtual rape. In some cases, a jilted and Austin Ponthieu are embroiled humiliated by the photos, Toups What is clear is that technology ex-boyfriend or someone with an in a class-action lawsuit. has had to cope with an influx of has enabled an immediacy axe to grind posts naked pictures As one of over 20 plaintiffs online propositions from strangers of communication, but also (Photo provided courtesy Hollie of a female victim on revenge porn with claims against the site and using the posted information unprecedented privacy risks. Toups) sites, such as TeXXXan.com. The its owners, Toups was astounded to contact her. Within her pictures become available online, to find that Taylor and Ponthieu community, she is the subject of for consumption by anyone with live close to her. gossip and derogatory slurs. access to Google. “It is a small town. The fact “I felt like I was walking Though the intimate photos that there are 20 of us that are around in everyday life naked that end up on sites such as victims—it’s totally affected the and exposed. Many people were TeXXXan are usually taken town in a huge way. The guys who very judgmental and harsh about during a relationship, they are ran the website are also from here. it. I stopped going out in public,” publicized after the affair ends. … The website owners have said, she said, after explaining that In other cases, pictures are lifted ‘It’s just a job, [we’re] just giving some in her town were quick to from hacked hard drives. The people an outlet.’ But it’s almost assign blame. photos are posted to publicly become, I guess, like a form of Since launching the lawsuit, shame the female victim –- and it abuse,” Toups explained. Toups says her investigator is effective in achieving that goal. Her investigator said that knows the pictures were obtained Toups recounts being shocked, one of the most frightening through her computer and phone.
Concordia Conceded Interest-free Loan to Former President After Dismissal Woodsworth Repaid the Million-Dollar Loan Within Six Months
given as a gift, people kept reporting including two external reports own money, she claims she was Freedman, who currently serves Kalina Laframboise on all I had got,” said Woodsworth. on the university’s governance encouraged by the university’s as vice-president development CUP Bureau Chief “This was not something I got.” and an overhaul of Concordia’s administration to buy the property. and external relations, and It was not divulged as to what administrative bodies. She explained that the secretary-general, as the the cost to the university was, but It also resulted in Concordia university urged her to buy in representative of the university. MONTREAL (CUP) — Concordia university spokesperson Chris receiving a $2 million fine from Westmount since it was between Freedman acted as a creditor for University provided a $1.337 million Mota assures it was minimal. former Quebec Education Minister Concordia’s two campuses and was the interest-free advance. interest-free advance to former “Given the university's Line Beauchamp in 2012 for a “a nice neighbourhood.” The Westmount residence sold President Judith Woodsworth a very favorable borrowing rate, lack of responsibility with public “I was encouraged to buy one on May 1, 2012 for $1.34 million, year after her sudden departure the cost to the university of the funds and allowing Woodsworth that was a grand house, you know, and the advance was repaid within from the university as senior advance over the four months was to return as a professor in January large enough to entertain in,” the same month. administrator in December 2010. minimal,” said Mota. 2012 after she was dismissed as said Woodsworth. “And so when Woodsworth will continue As part of the terms of her When Woodsworth’s mandate president. I was no longer president, I had to teach translation courses in dismissal, Concordia’s administration abruptly came to an end on Dec. According to Woodsworth, the choice of whether I wanted to the études françaises department conceded an advance for Woodsworth 22, 2010, she maintained her after she stepped down she continue to live in something that at Concordia and her husband Lindsay Crysler, teaching rights as a professor and decided to purchase a home in was more than I needed and they a former director of the university’s left with a severance package of over the City of Beaconsfield, located gave me 12 months to make that journalism department, should they $700 k as part of the arrangements approximately 20 kilometres decision.” decide to move within the year. of her departure. west of downtown Montreal. The The loan was issued on Woodsworth accepted the Unlike former President advance served the purpose of Dec. 20, 2011 and repaid by concession a full 12 months after Frederick Lowy, who was appointed ensuring she wasn’t juggling two Woodsworth within a six- her resignation. as interim president in January 2011 mortgages at once and allowed month period. In an interview with Canadian and received a $1.4 million loan, time to sell her residence in the According to Mota, the University Press, Woodsworth also interest free, for his penthouse affluent City of Westmount. advance did not need the approval confirmed that the advance was condominium from the university, Woodsworth and Crysler of Concordia’s Board of Governors. directly related to the separation Woodsworth received hers after her placed an accepted offer on “This possibility was provided agreement between her and the term was cut short. the Beaconsfield property in for in her arrangements with school, and not part of her contract The high-profile resignation September 2011. They purchased the university, and no separate as president. of Woodsworth and other senior it for $569k. approval was required,” said Mota. She also stressed that the advance administrators within a five- While Woodsworth purchased The notarized document was not a parting gift but a concession. year period sparked backlash, the Westmount home with her lists senior administrator Bram “It was not something I was
08 Sept. 04 – Sept. 17 / Issue 1 /Vol. 45 / THE NAVIGATOR Farmers Appreciation Week
Alexandria Stuart Contributor
Farming is receiving the respect it deserves during the Nanaimo caps off Farmers fourth annual Farmers Apprecia- Appreciation Week with tion Week. The BC Association of Farmers’ Markets (BCAFM) has its own celebration: a mandate to support local food producers and the markets where they gather to sell their products. Harvest They seek to raise public awareness around the importance of local food producers, and to support the Festival farmers that sustain BC’s agricul- tural heritage. Between Septem- Alexandria Stuart ber 8 and 15 the Association urges Contributor consumers to make the conscious choice to visit a farm stand, a farm- ers’ market, or buy local products at The work of a farmer is done year- their grocery store. For some, it can ‘round, but the bounty is most plen- be the first step in changing buying habits in the long term. tiful during the late summer and Small-scale agriculture is an early fall. This is the time to reap important component of strong the rewards of the fields and gather communities. Being separated from the produce that will be stored and the mainland, Vancouver Island is preserved to feed families through vulnerable to breakdowns in the food the dark days of the winter. Farm- transportation network, so increased ers’ markets provide a festive atmo- self-sufficiency is particularly impor- sphere where community members tant. Supporting local farmers reduc- come together to shop and connect es this vulnerability and our reliance with one another. Harvest Festival on imported foods. provides this and more with a full According to the BCAFM, Photo by: Cheryle Harrison day of activities and entertainment farmers make up a small percent- nificant contribution to the prov- mo’s popular Bowen Road Farmers’ in the heart of downtown Nanaimo. age of BC’s population but produce ince’s economy. In November 2012 Market at Beban Park on Wednes- almost half of the food consumed the BCAFM completed an Eco- days from 4-6:30 p.m. and Down- Now in its third year, Harvest Festival here. As the farming population ages nomic and Social Benefits Assess- town Farmers’ Market on Fridays there is an urgent need to recruit ment Report in collaboration with from 10-2p.m. The Northern and takes over Wesley Street in the Old young people into the profession the University of Northern BC. Southern Gulf Islands, including City Quarter on Saturday, September th who can keep the province’s rich They found that between 2006 and Gabriola, also host busy markets 14 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A free agricultural land productive. 2012 the number of farmers’ mar- during the summer. The BCAFM event geared towards the whole fam- The District A Farmers Institute, the kets in BC increased by 62.24 per- counsels its members to continue ily, Harvest Festival aims to bring the preeminent agricultural organiza- cent, and the estimated total direct to grow and diversify, increasing public together with farmers and oth- tion in our region, represents over sales increased by 147.16 percent. the availability of markets and ers who have a stake in local agricul- 600 farm families on Vancouver In 2012 the annual economic ben- offering convenient hours to draw ture, giving them an opportunity to Island and the Gulf Islands. “Many efits of farmers’ markets amounted even more consumers. support and learn from one another. of our farmers are aging and there to $113.7 million. You can take up the challenge aren’t enough young families to Vancouver Island is an active and participate in Farmers Apprecia- The collection of vendors and exhib- replace them,” says Dave Thom- part of this industry with enough tion Week by attending a farmers’ its lining Wesley Street is a highlight son, District A President. While rich agricultural land to sup- market or looking for local produce some new farmers are moving out port numerous farmers’ markets. in your grocery store. of Harvest Festival. Local farmers will of the cities, many face challenges There are markets five days a week More information about the bring freshly harvested produce, hon- in their new lifestyle. “We’re there between the Cowichan Valley and BCAFM is available at ey, meat, and more for sale. Vendors to give them a hand and help edu- Qualicum Beach, including Nanai-
THE NAVIGATOR / Vol. 45 / Issue 1 / Sept. 04 – Sept. 17 09 Features
Classic Banana Bread with Yogurt
Erin Petereit Contributor
*Recipe yields 1 loaf
Ingredients: Directions:
2 cups all-purpose flour Pre-heat the oven to 350° F and vanilla thoroughly. ¾ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt Combine flour, baking soda, Add the dry mixture to the 1 cup sugar and salt. wet and stir until just com- ¼ cup butter, softened bined. 2 large eggs Mix the sugar and butter, in 3 mashed bananas (about 1 a separate bowl, until light Spoon the batter into a ½ cups) and fluffy. lightly greased and floured 1/3 cup yogurt loaf pan. 1 tsp vanilla Add eggs one at a time, beat- 1 cup chocolate chips ing well after each addition. Bake for 1 hour or until Mix in the banana, yogurt, toothpick comes out clean! Photo by: Erin Petereit
My Evening with a Prostitute
his job and his life. “I haven’t had happily lose the client if it meant visibly tired. 50s, and about half are openly gay. Stephen Hargreaves to pay for a dinner at [this restau- he was happy and honest with his “That was interesting,” he Those who identify as homosexual The Lance Windsor CUP rant] in ages,” said Chris. “Their family and the rest of his “real life.” said, immediately ordering another are usually “less freaky” and tip less wine selection is really great too. Though it would be a lot of money drink. “That guy for instance, nice than their closeted counterparts. I spent last Friday night with a I’ve had to learn a lot about wine to let go of, Chris told me that, on enough in person … just so angry “I keep it safe. I always meet prostitute. and the finer things in life to main- top of a free dinner, he made about at something. That’s the problem in public areas … every now and I arranged to meet Chris* at 8 tain the wealthier clients.” $700 for his after-dinner services. with those type of guys though; again someone wants to suck your p.m. in a high-end bar downtown. Chris’ dinner date was a Chris then apologizes as he when some men pay for sex they toes, or dress up, or wrap their Sitting alone at the bar I had a drink Detroit area business owner-—a answers his phone. It’s his evening are buying a window into a life that penis up with ribbon like a pres- to pass the time and thought about successful one—who enjoyed appointment. “No dinner this they are afraid to live and just for a ent,” said Chris with a laugh. “But the way we think of sex workers in meeting for dinner in Windsor, fol- time,” he laughed. We finish our short time they can let a huge part most of the time people are just western society: the myths of the lowed with ‘desert’ in a hotel room. drinks and arrange to reconvene at of themselves exist before running looking for a good lay with no back-alley sex trader in the seedier “He’s a really nice guy,” said Chris a casino bar in an hour or so. back to the life that they’ve decided strings … or ribbons.” parts of town, addicted to drugs, of his long-time customer, who, he As Chris disappeared to enter- they can’t leave. It scares the shit “When it comes down to it, it abused as a child, working the red explained, is a powerful and orga- tain his next client, I surfed the out of them.” is a job, and it’s a business like any light districts, leaning into the win- nized player in a number of fields internet on my phone, looking While working in the industry, other. Sex is a commodity, like any- dows of curb-crawling cars. of business in metro Detroit. at his competition and his online initially in Toronto, Chris devel- thing else, though people seem to Selling sex is an old business; Chris told me about his cli- persona. That’s when I realized oped a huge respect for honesty in need it more than anything, espe- most say the oldest. While percep- ent’s collection of German cars just why Chris is so successful. business, between friends and with cially if they are working in a stress- tions of prostitution have changed and Italian suits (he even had one He, unlike many other gay male himself. ful environment. I mean, Maslow little, the sex trade often is nothing made for Chris). He then told me sex workers in the region, didn’t “I’m honest with myself. I tell says that sex is more important like the perceptions many hold. about his customer’s large subur- solicit on forums and classifieds. anyone who I am … what I do,” than respect or self-actualization,” “Stephen?” a well-dressed man ban house, where he lived with He offered his escort services sub- said Chris, though he added that said Chris. asked me. It was Chris, who apolo- his wife and children. tly in-between ads for posh res- he tells his parents that he works in “I like spending time with gized for arriving late. He had just “It’s a strange situation to be taurants and classic cars, offering IT. “I came out to them and that interesting people, I like having returned from a dinner date with a in at times. I wish he could come company to American men who was hard enough so I keep them in sex, and I like making money for customer that culminated in a visit clean about his sexuality, but he want a discrete relationship con- the dark about hooking. Come to doing it. That fact that what I do is to a hotel. “I had to take a quick has decided that he has no choice veniently just across the river in think of it, that may be why I relate considered illegal is almost laugh- shower,” he said. but to live a lie,” said Chris, add- Windsor, away from the prying to these guys and the lies that they able. Come on, it’s genuinely the We took a table by the win- ing that he wouldn’t be interested eyes of acquaintances, associates tell their families.” oldest profession in history.” dow, ordered a few martinis, and in a relationship with the man if he and family. He told me that most of his cli- *Not his real name settled in to talk about his night, came out of the closet. He said he’d When Chris returned he looks ents are in their 30s through early
10 Sept. 04 – Sept. 17 / Issue 1 / Vol. 45 / THE NAVIGATOR FEATURES The Interview: Bathtub Racer
modifying the bathtub? This was about half an hour into sorts of things like that. A lot of val in general was a huge reason for Drew McLachlan BL: I don’t really like to release the race. I kind of thought that I the guys live for it, there are cir- people to come from out of town the Navigator this stuff, but we’ve got a few had a good chance, but I didn’t cuit races in Washington, Camp- and enjoy the festivities. It still is tricks here and there. Everything know for sure. You can’t really see bell River, and Victoria, and they but it has definitely died down. Brandon Leigh grew up around is by the rules of course, but basi- anybody unless they’re within 100 go out and race in those too, so it’s When my dad first started doing it, the bathtub races and found him- cally with the super-modified metres of you. I had a good feeling a big deal to some of them. there were 200 tubs in the harbour, self competing in 2012. This year class that I won in you can change once I passed the checkpoint and N: You mentioned there was one and this year I believe we only he took home the trophy in the anything on the motor. everybody on the boat was holding guy last year who was your “big had 43. It has been a slow decline “super-modified” class after fin- N: What else went into preparing up a number one on their fingers. contender.” Is there much com- between those years. ishing at one hour, 30 minutes, for the race? N: How did you feel after you munication between racers before N: With your father and uncle hav- and 42 seconds—over 15 minutes BL: Just knowing what the weath- crossed the finish line? and after the race? ing a history with the races, what ahead of the competition. er was like before and doing a cou- BL: Sore. There’s a lot of adrena- BL: Well at the loading ramp in did your friends and family think ple test runs here and there before line and maybe some mild hypo- the morning, that’s where we all of you winning the race? The Navigator: Was this your the race mostly. Making sure I had thermia, but it felt good. It’s been a are before we go mill around in BL: I definitely received a lot of first time in the bathtub races? all the equipment that was needed long time since our little team had Swy-a-lana. That’s when all the text messages from my uncle and What inspired you to compete? by the rulebooks, and some tuning won, and I think my uncle was the heckling takes place. I wouldn’t all my family members congratu- Brandon Leigh: No, this was and testing of the bathtub. last to, so it felt good. Last year I say there’s a lot of trash talking, lating me. It was really cool to be my second time. Last year was my N: What kind of skills do you need finished second. I was in first the but there’s definitely some com- able to share something like that first time, but my dad has been to pilot a bath tub? whole race, but ended up running petitive words being thrown back with them. involved in it for quite a while, and BL: You need a lot of endur- out of fuel before the finish line, and forth, and that’s the last time N: Are you going to be compet- my uncle actually won in 1988. ance—it’s really rough out there and in the end I came in second you talk to anybody. Afterwards ing again next year? I’ve been involved with our spon- and it really puts a beating on after the refuelling. you get to the shore and there’s BL: Yeah, I’ll probably be com- sor, Tom Harris Auto Group. Tom’s your body. I’d say just general N: Are there any perks to being a the trophy ceremony, so you peting for as long as I can handle son had raced and I was on the nautical knowledge. For example, bathtub champion? get to talk to everybody after— sitting in that thing. As long as it’s escort boats. I’ve been a part of it you have to be friendly with the BL: Not really, it’s a little bit of everyone who made it. still going, I’ll still be out there. since I was young. water; you can’t fear it. bragging rights between the other N: Where do you think bathtub N: Is there anything else you’d like N: What do you do when you’re N: How did you feel after winning? tubbers and friends, and you get racing fits in Nanaimo’s culture? Is to tell the kids at home? not racing tubs? Were you expecting it? some little trophies, but for most it something the city should put a BL: If you can find a sponsor and BL: I’m a first year carpentry stu- BL: Well, after I saw the guy that of the guys it’s just the aspect of a lot of pride in? you know someone with some dent at VIU and a paid on-call fire- was next to me, who was kind of my big weekend in Nanaimo. You get BL: I think it is. It’s something that good machinist skills, there’s no fighter for the city of Nanaimo. biggest contender pass the check- to go out and have fun and get used to bring a lot of people out to reason not to go out and take a kick N: What kind of work went into point, I realized he had flipped. involved with the parade and all Nanaimo. The whole marine festi- at the can. Solitude, Secret Beaches, and Exploration
or just sit and enjoy the ocean as you Sean Helmn contemplate life. Contributor Other parks where you can find a secret spot to enjoy are Neck Point Going back to school is an Park or Pipers Lagoon, both off ordeal for everyone, especially for of Hammond Bay Rd. Buttertubs people who like to re-charge in Marsh gives you a beautiful escape solitude. This season brings new in the heart of the city and is a close roommates, early classes, studying walk from VIU. A little bit further in a busy library, and class discus- out is Benson Creek Regional Park sions. Like many others, you prob- off of Biggs Rd. where you can ably need to be alone to recharge, wind through many paths under regroup, and process the change of a canopy of trees. Linley Valley season. Some attach a bad connota- Cottle Lake Park off of Rock City tion to being alone, but Theologian Rd. has amazing trails that wind Paul Tillich disagrees beautifully by around the small lake and up onto saying that “language has created a ridge. the word loneliness to express the Finding solitude in busy sea- pain of being alone, and the word sons is nice to do but can also be solitude to express the glory of really important to keep you on being alone.” track. For me, as an introvert I have In Nanaimo we are lucky to to remember to take a minute for have so many amazing places to myself to keep my head spinning escape to where you can be alone and the right way. It makes me more find peace. Our city boasts over 200 productive with homework and parks, and I’m still discovering new studying, and makes me a more ones every week. Some of my person- pleasant person to be around. I am al favourite escapes are the beaches in so excited to go out in the fall and Lantzville, where you can drive down explore Nanaimo’s parks and dis- to the water and explore the beach, cover even more new ones.
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THE NAVIGATOR / Vol. 45 / Issue 1 / Sept. 04 – Sept. 17 11 A LIFE LIVED ON THE FRINGE
of song, and even a panto- couver Fringe Festival. play embraces such unortho- role in a production of Diane ing what it’s like to come into a lot more people at the fringe Fringe Theatre Festival in show. He has toured it in all the rebel plays on the outskirts of a Drew McLachlan mime of a frightened bear. Plays like Wolf Trek dox subject matter, many are and Me at the Victoria Fringe an unfamiliar town and jump hub getting in touch with us 1982, which founder Brian great theatres and he’s a huge festival into enormous inter- the Navigator He practiced the whole way are standard fare for fringe deeply personal. Theatre Festival, which she per- up on stage and perform a and talking to artists, and these Paisley has said was directly celebrity. He’s been on Conan national events. In a province down from Whitehorse. theatre. They typically eschew “The fringe style of formed just three days before show is essential.” are all signs to me that we’re inspired by its Scottish prede- O’Brien and met with George where arts funding is seriously “I’ve been testing myself my “Nobody really no- large casts and props, and it’s theatre tends to be a lot more the premier of Fringetastic. Fringetastic ran from going in the right direction.” cessor. The Canadian fringe Lucas, so he’s doing very well lacking, new bylaws are making whole life. Whenever life tices when I leave. My kids say not uncommon for “cos- raw and intimate and paired “I arrived in Victoria, August 13–25 this year and Fringetastic repre- scene has grown to house for himself. I don’t know if that it increasingly hard for theatre gave me a fork in the road, I goodbye, but I don’t think they tumes” to consist of what- down technically,” says Chelsee met all these other artists, featured eight different acts, sents only a subset of smaller, over 17 festivals, according would have been possible with- companies to stay afloat. The took the hard way.” know what I’m heading for ever the performers threw Damen, Operations Manager and felt welcomed in their a long way from the original more focused fringe festivals. to the Canadian Association out the fringe circuit—he was public is losing touch with The Nanaimo Mu- — just dad leaving on another on in the morning (a grey for Fringetastic. “In a lot of community,” says Damen. four-day, six-play festival of The idea of fringe theatre of Fringe Festivals, including just a kid with an idea and he the craft and fringe theatre is seum where Kevin Kennedy crazy trip. My wife has a better button-up and brown kha- cases it’s one person, they’ve “A fringe festival is a mix- ‘11. Damen says the 25 ap- dates back to 1947 in Edin- three on Vancouver Island. succeeded because people liked tightening its grip, turning is performing has no stage, idea of the risks, but she doesn’t kis in Kennedy’s case). This written the show themselves, ture of people with a lot of plications they received were burgh, Scotland, an origin Proponents of fringe what he did.” enthusiasts like Kennedy into so he’s perched atop a simple try to talk me out of it. She stripped-down approach to they’re performing in it, and experience and people with literally “drawn from a hat,” that seems half legend. After theatre often cite its low cost “Many companies and stars and outsiders like Damen wooden stool, putting him knows not to interfere with my theatre makes the stage more often it’s autobiographical, no experience. A lot of local though four of the eight slots failing to secure a spot at barriers as a defining factor of theatre-makers start in fringe into torch bearers. a head above the audience. obsessions, my quest for adven- accessible to less-experienced so we get a lot of heartfelt, groups just apply for fun and were reserved for Vancouver Is- the Edinburgh International its popularity, but can such as it's a place where they can “I have nothing He’s flanked by three black ture… and then I hit the trail.” troupes and individuals, personal stories. Or perhaps perform with people who land artists. While Damen has Festival, eight separate theatre a minimalist craft hold onto develop their craft and show- against traditional theatre curtains on his right, left, Wolf Trek follows Ken- allowing them to travel the somebody really cares about a tour around the world for a a clear vision of what Fringetas- groups decided to perform in its own talent, or is the fringe case new work,” adds Rhian but there’s something excit- and back, hiding the Arctic nedy through Wood Buffalo fringe circuit, which extends particular social issue and that’s living. They all come together tic could become in the future, pubs and other venues on the stage merely a jumping-off Hughes, Media Manager of ing and fresh about how exhibition on display dur- Park, Northwest Territories, from Victoria to Halifax. A why they want to perform. and are all just part of the she says she’s waiting until the fringes of the festival. Over point for artists? Edinburgh Festival Fringe. fringe works,” says Da- ing the day. The makeshift where he spent three weeks smaller budget also means less Whatever it is, people do this same community… I think waters are warm before diving the next decade, more groups “In some cases that’s “There are artists who have men, “I think in one way venue, composed of the alone, hiking on decades- financial risk, which means because they really, really care. it’s important to have some into any long-term goals. followed suit until the forma- their goal from the outset, and in started at the Fringe but return it makes it relevant again curtains, two speakers, and neglected trails with a broken more creative freedoms. This The idea is that it’s very demo- insight into the experience “We don’t want to tion of the Festival Fringe some cases they don’t really think year after year. Much of the because anybody who sees three spotlights, is assem- arm. It’s packed with revela- can result in bizarre or surreal cratic, it’s available to anybody of the artists in the festival. present Nanaimo with a huge Society in 1958 made the that far ahead but it just ends up work presented at [Edinburgh] a show may say ‘hey I’ve bled every evening, giving tions—on Kennedy’s relation- concepts. Last year’s Fringe- and it’s easy to travel, so they My job is to make sure the elaborate festival before they’re new festival official. The most happening,” says Damen. “There Fringe goes on to tour nation- never thought about mak- Kennedy and his fellow ship with the wild, his child- tastic featured both Card- keep it simple and focus on the community is happy and that ready for it,” says Damen. “We recent Edinburgh Festival have been lots of success stories ally and internationally, some ing a play before but now artists a space to perform. hood, and his failing marriage board Robot, a comedy about art of storytelling.” the artists are happy. It’s really need to take our time and we Fringe, held for nearly the like Charlie Ross. Ten years ago to mainstream venues. There is I’m thinking that’s a possi- The barebones set matches with his wife at the time. The a scientist communicating Damen and her all the same thing but I want don’t want to have too many entirety of August, saw 2871 he had a show in fringe. He was often crossover between artists bility’ and the people most Kennedy’s minimalist act. middle-aged college instructor with his ever more intelligent partner Jeremy Banks started to be good at communicating shows going on at once. Mean- shows performed on its stag- new to the theatre world, he was working on the Fringe and in likely to have a feeling like The one-man show sees him is now taking his insight on cardboard creation, and The Fringetastic in ‘11. Although with the artists and meet- while, our crew of volunteers es—an average of 115 plays a young emerging artist and he the mainstream and the two that are the ones who have stuck to his seat for a major- the road, on a “pilot tour” at Cult of Brother XII, a musical Banks holds a technical theatre ing their needs and resolving is growing every year, and the per day. After gaining ground wanted to do a show where he aren’t mutually exclusive.” a message they really want ity of the hour, splicing his Nanaimo’s Fringetastic Theatre comedy following Cedar- diploma from VIU, Damen issues if they come up. It’s level of engagement is growing in Europe, fringe theatre saw re-enacted the entire Star Wars Regardless, fringe to get across. That’s how tales of the wilderness with Festival, the Victoria Fringe by-the-Sea’s notorious cult had little experience in the- really all about teamwork and every year, and it’s the same its North American debut at trilogy by himself. It was a huge theatre has spread across the you keep theatre relevant.” the occasional insight, burst Theatre Festival, and the Van- leader. Although not every atre—her first gig was the sole communication so experienc- with the public—we’re seeing the Edmonton International success and he is still touring that world, growing from a few FEATURES Controversial Conversation Continues Due to Cultural Art
Taylor Rocca it to me if I was going to put it [of] the freedom of information email. “I really do not know who pus, and we have a lot of things in The Omega back on the wall,” Graham said in request made by The Omega,” the staff member was.” place to ensure they do. March 2012. “They were holding it said Christopher Seguin, vice- A freedom of information “I would encourage her to hostage, I guess you could say. president advancement. request was submitted to TRU on get back to class and continue “We’re always told that our It wasn’t only on campus and October 22, 2012, requesting any the provocative art she was pur- voice is important and that we online where the issue confronted and all information and internal suing before.” can say something with our art. Graham. She recalled an incident email communication relating to While TRU states it has It is shocking when someone tries in Sahali Mall, where she said she this incident. It was received Febru- addressed the problem and imple- to silence that.” was minding her own business ary 4, 2013, much of it censored out. mented learning opportunities for Alnakeb, also a female Mus- picking up groceries, and was con- Content contained within the staff and students, Graham is not lim, left her business card on the fronted by a man who yelled at her freedom of information request and feels she cannot be in Kam- wall in place of Graham’s work. in the middle of the grocery store. would indicate that Skoglund was loops to experience that. She would eventually return the Eventually, Graham’s parents in fact aware of the situation as “TRU World views this as a work to Graham, after which it would convince her to pick up she sent and received emails found learning opportunity for all and was put back on display. TRU and leave TRU and Kamloops. within the document. has since implemented reflective also compensated Graham for Not only was she leaving behind According to Adrian Conra- discussion sessions on cultural sen- damage to the piece. her city and her university, but di, Associate Director of Interna- sitivities as well as additional train- Alnakeb would issue an apol- she was leaving behind four years tional Student Services and Study ing for all ISAP team members,” ogy to Graham via email. of studies towards her fine arts Abroad, Alnakeb left TRU World Seguin wrote via email. “Training Photo by: Sooraya Graham “As an International Student degree, which she has still been of her own will, though he does content [is] focused on the Cana- Advisor I do apologize for remov- unable to complete. Now she not believe the decision was tied to dian charter of Rights and Freedom, Unfamiliar pill bottles have become ing your picture. At that time I doesn’t even know if she wants to the altercation with Graham. working in Canadian post-second- all too familiar to Sooraya Gra- was aiming to support my female finish her degree and has come to Sultan Almajil, an internation- ary environment, academic freedom, ham. Anti-depressants and anxiety Muslim students who have found the conclusion that she certainly al student advisor at TRU World and inappropriate behaviours in [an] medication have found a home in it offensive [to] students, but now does not want to pursue a career and former colleague of Alnakeb, academic environment. her life where they were previously I see it was a mistake. Sorry for as an artist, as she once did. confirmed she has returned to “TRU World continues to offer unwelcome and unneeded. the inconvenience,” was all that “In our discussion, Graham Ottawa, where her family resides more cultural sensitivity training for Graham sits at home, won- Alnakeb wrote to Graham on had mentioned that she moved [to and where she was originally from. TRU faculty, staff and students.” dering what she ever did to Wednesday, April 11, 2012. a new location] and that things had Alnakeb’s profile on the pro- Despite all the stress, all the deserve such a fate. The two never met in person become uncomfortable for her in fessional networking site Linke- adversity, and all the change that Kamloops, the city she once after the incident. Kamloops, but there was no men- dIn indicates she is working as has come to Sooraya Graham’s life called home, is now just a mem- Alnakeb refused to comment tion of safety concerns,” Seguin the managing director at Quick as a result of one simple photo- ory. While Graham wishes it were when approached for the purposes said. “If Ms. Graham spoke to a Application Services, a VISA graph, she tries to maintain a posi- a more distant one, this memory of this story. faculty or other staff member, it application service and Canadian tive outlook on her life. remains very much at the fore- While it might have been the was not brought to the attention of university application service for “My relationship with my front of her life. Living more than end, it was only the beginning of staff in student affairs, as we would people looking to come to Cana- boyfriend has kind of come from 800 kilometres from Kamloops is the Sooraya Graham story. have taken any safety concerns very da from abroad. a weird place from that,” Graham enough to remind her on a daily A media frenzy would follow, seriously. It was our understanding According to Graham, no said. “It’s kind of where it started— basis. Citing safety reasons, Gra- with CBC and Huffington Post that the decision to move related to one from the university ever fol- in an art gallery talking about it. So ham requested her specific location just two of the media outlets bring- other unrelated issues.” lowed up with her after it seemed silver linings I try to find amongst not be revealed. ing national and international Things did not improve upon the situation had calmed. As far as the harshness.” Apart from being uprooted attention to the story. leaving Kamloops. the university was concerned, the Sooraya Graham won’t ever and reliant on medications just “You know, that 15 minutes of “When I first moved here, I issue had been dealt with and not be the same person she once was to get by, Graham is also slowly fame—I wanted it to be literally 15 didn’t leave my house for the first a soul was harmed as a result of it before she took that famous pho- giving up her religion, which minutes and done,” Graham said. 13 weeks,” Graham said. all. Things were kept so quiet that tograph back in 2012. She likely until the past year was an inte- “I wanted the injustice to be solved, “I’ve gone to mental health not even Graham’s professor, Ernie won’t ever return to TRU or Kam- gral part of her. because when Sahar did that, she tons of times. I’m on antide- Kroeger, knew she had fled Kam- loops. She might completely give All of this is a direct result of pushed so many boundaries.” pressants, which I’ve never been loops as a result. up her spiritual beliefs. Yet with all one innocent but provocative piece After the story quieted down on. I have to take anxiety pills. Conradi, who was a key liaison of this considered, she still main- of artwork. within the media, things did not It’s just over that one thing. It’s in the resolution of this situation, tains a positive outlook and ability In March 2012¸ Graham went follow suit in Graham’s life. She pretty messed up.” when asked about Graham, was to find the silver linings amongst through one of the most trying received death threats via email, As a direct result of the inci- unaware Graham had felt unsafe all the harshness. experiences any budding artist hate messages were stuck on her car dent, Graham has found herself and run off of TRU campus. More importantly, she taught can experience. windshield and the front door to slowly losing touch with her reli- “I believe there was lots of sup- the whole world just how powerful Graham—a Canadian Mus- her home, the tail light on her car gion, something that was once so port and I am dismayed to hear she art can truly be. lim—was, at the time, a fourth- was broken, and she was followed important to her. She is no longer felt she had to leave campus as a year fine arts student at Thompson around campus by other Muslim allowed to travel to places in the result of this,” Conradi said. “All Rivers University (TRU). After students who disapproved of her Muslim world like Saudi Arabia, students should feel safe on cam- composing a breath-taking pho- art. She wasn’t comfortable going Qatar, or Dubai due to the dan- tograph intended to foster a soci- to, from, or within school without ger she faces after her artwork and etal discussion about women— travelling in a group. story circulated the international particularly Muslim women and “I didn’t feel safe on campus. Muslim community. RALFS COLLECTIBLES the niqab, or face veil—Graham I went to a counsellor and told “As a Muslim, what do I do WE BUY/SELL/TRADE put her artwork on display as part her about it, and I was stressed,” about Mecca? That’s gone for me Video Games • Systems• DVDs of a class project for TRU fine Graham said. “I tried to express now. Permanently,” Graham said. arts professor Ernie Kroeger. it. But at the same time, I had no “It’s an R.E.M. song. I’m losing my “I was trying to create a dis- proof. They just said, ‘Oh, you’re religion. It’s changed me. At this Magic cussion point for Muslim wom- just being paranoid.’” time, maybe it’s a good thing.” en, for veiled women, and to According to Graham, she As for Sahar Alnakeb, she is Nintendo Pokémon kind of just show light on how relayed these concerns to Doug no longer at TRU World, though Sega • Atari Comics we are just normal women,” Buis, fine arts advisor, as well as no one in TRU administration was Graham said in a March 2012 Duane Seibel, director of judicial willing to confirm where she is or Playstation interview in The Omega. and student affairs. what she is doing. The reaction that fol- Buis was unavailable for “The employee has since left Colecovision lowed was beyond anything comment. Seibel maintains TRU,” Seguin wrote via email. Xbox 182 East Island Hwy. she had ever imagined. Graham never presented these “Due to personal privacy issues, I Parksville According to Graham, her concerns to him. can’t comment further.” Intellivision artwork was stripped down from “The office of judicial and “As I was not on campus Dreamcast (250) 937•7200 its display and taken away by student affairs has been in touch during this time, I am not able [email protected] then-TRU World International with Ms. Graham as recently as to add anything further,” Diana Student Advisor Sahar Alnakeb. January 21 in preparation for Skoglund, TRU’s media and com- “They weren’t willing to give the release of documents as part munications coordinator, wrote via
14 Sept. 04 – Sept. 17 / Issue 1 / Vol. 45 / THE NAVIGATOR CHLY Programmer Profile: Ashta Cormier
to come into the studio, be on Denisa Kraus the microphone, wear the head- the Navigator phones, work the board and controls, and know that you’re Interview with the host of The reaching so many people. It’s Sweet and Sour Variety Hour, really gratifying for me to be a multi-producer weekly radio able to host people in the stu- mosaic. dio. It’s a delight.
N: Why The Sweet and Sour Vari- N: How do you prepare for each ety Hour? episode? AC: I wanted to give an oppor- AC: I’m always in correspondence tunity to folks who can’t necessar- with the segment producers either ily commit to producing a weekly on a monthly or weekly basis. I give radio show. There’s a lot of people advice about how they can submit who come to CHLY who have real- their segment or how they go about ly great ideas for shows but can’t do presenting it on the air. There’s also one every single week. The purpose time in between in which I have to of the Variety Hour is to give them come up with my own segments. time on the radio to produce a seg- Those tend to be audio clips that I ment whenever they can. There are come across in my daily life that some segments that happen once a I keep mental note of and want to Photo by: Denisa Kraus month or once every other week, share with the 1.5 million people and there are even some that hap- who may be listening at any given Hour called “Rap News” produced in Nanaimo that I’ve found that AC: I have a sail boat, I like to scu- pen every week. time. Or, it can be music that I really by the Juice Media from Australia. can measure up to CHLY in terms ba dive, I have a great garden, and like or a TED talk that I find inter- These clips are 8-10 minutes long of where to find inspiration. This just harvested ten pounds of toma- N: Who do you hope to approach esting. So generally it’s correspon- hip hop raps which are news about place is like an inspiration soup; like toes yesterday. I have six chicken with your show? dence with the segment producers what’s going on in the world. I defi- a medley of so many different people that lay half a dozen eggs a day. I AC: The audience I have in mind and compiling the stuff that I’ve nitely think that some of the stuff I’ve and different perspectives. You can’t love hiking and all the great out- is our whole broadcast range. We come across in my own life. learned in those clips really helped walk in here and not be inspired in doors of Vancouver Island where I have lots of listeners from the Gulf me to understand the world. (laughs) some way. spend a lot of my time outside of Islands who rely on CHLY for their N: What was the most CHLY. source of media. But the audience life-altering thing you’ve N: Where in Nanaimo do you go N: If you could realize your I want to reach is basically anybody learned from hosting so far? for inspiration? dream show… who’s listening. AC: I could probably speak about AC: I go to the station. I’m real- AC: I guess I might answer for Ashta Cormier works as the Pro- N : Which parts of hosting do you the other show that I co-present on ly lucky as a CHLY programmer many CHLY broadcasters, but if I duction Coordinator at the Radio enjoy the most? CHLY, People First Radio and point because I also work here full time. So, could I would love to be paid to be Malaspina Society. AC: I love interacting with the to the segments that really altered unlike the other programmers that I on air all the time. The Sweet and Sour Variety Hour community members who are my life, but, off the top of my head, interview about their shows, I have airs 8-9AM every Wednesday on producing or presenting the there’s a segment that I feature reg- the unique perspective of being here N: When you aren’t hosting your CHLY 101.7 FM. Listen to the segments. It’s a fun experience ularly in the Sweet and Sour Variety all the time. There’s no other place show… podcast at
Bill Poppi plays bagpipes in front of the Bastion before the summer noon canon firing, which is a population attraction for Nanaimo tourism. Providing traditional Celtic culture and music, Poppi plays bagpipes as part of the Pacific Gael Pipes and Drums band of Nanaimo.
Photo by Leah Myers.
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Review: Book Launch: The World’s End The Price of Silence “Three Flavours Cornetto Tril- Mathew Snowie Denisa Kraus Contributor ogy”. Strawberry red was in the gory rom-zom-com Shaun of the the Navigator Dead, original blue is in the police- Few cult classics of the last decade centered Hot Fuzz, and alien mint Swedish-born writer Ulla Hakan- managed to be as popular as Shaun green is in The World’s End. Along son will present her debut novel, a of the Dead, and I’d say no zom- with a recurring set of actors and crime thriller The Price of Silence, at bie film has been as entertaining. a few recurring jokes, the trilogy is the book launch in Nanaimo’s har- When Hot Fuzz came along from mostly held together by Pegg and bourfront library branch on Tues- the same crazy team it managed to Wright’s quintessentially British day, September 10, and in Parks- upend the action cop genre just as humour and Wright’s love of fast ville library branch on Wednesday, well as Shaun had upended zombie editing, which is on full display in September 18. horror. Both films walk a very thin The World’s End. Having lived in Canada for 45 line between satirizing the genre I hesitate to mention, but if I years and in British Columbia for and being a part of it, and both had one complaint with the film 18, Hakanson uses the wild and succeed brilliantly. Now comes the it would be, ironically, the end. rugged west coast landscape con- sci-fi/alien/apocalypse comedy The Although the story wrapped up trasting with the harsh reality of World’s End. and climaxed in a wonderfully the Vancouver crime underworld The film’s aliens are actually entertaining way, the last few min- as settings for her stories. doppleganger robots that have utes saw a sudden tone shift that The launch will include the replaced most of the town in a I felt halted the momentum. In a author’s reading of segments from mix of Invasion of the Body Snatch- way it was the perfect way to end The Price of Silence, followed by a ers and The Stepford Wives. Party the film, and it marked a clear dif- discussion and signing copies and guy Gary (Simon Pegg) convinces ference from the other two Cornet- light refreshments. his four high school friends (Nick to films, but it still didn’t feel right. Frost, Martin Freeman, Eddie Despite the minor issues I For more information visit Marsan, and Paddy Considine) to had with the ending, or with the
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COAL MOON You Can’t Have The Blues in an Indian Summer
coal mining history. artists such as Neil Young, Townes a trombone. quer the stage and spend time in Denisa Kraus Originally a multi-instrumen- Van Zandt, Josephine Foster, or The outcome is far from being front of audiences. Unlike other the Navigator tal duo of bassist Ryan Abbot and Devendra Banhart. a monolithic soundscape. Indeed, band members such as Falvai, who guitarist, singer and songwriter You Can’t Have The Blues in the band intended the album to regularly plays on cruise ships, or Nanaimo’s new talent, five- Jesse Kennedy, Coal Moon entered an Indian Summer is the result- be, as Kennedy says, “a family of Abbott and Kent who studied jazz piece band Coal Moon, released Nanaimo’s music scene in 2011, ing fusion of different sources. cousins rather that siblings,” where at VIU, Kennedy shyly admits that their debut album You Can’t Have playing at parties and intimate It doesn’t seem to aim for a par- each song will have a different playing live is something he’s still the Blues in an Indian Summer on events. When drummer Andrew ticular bonding theme. Individual mood and origin. Coal Moon, for getting used to and that he never August 30 and will hold a release Kent, and guitarists Raven Woods tracks often condense large scales example, invited along guest musi- looks into the crowd, but his desire party at Crace Mountain on Sep- and Mat Falvai joined in fall 2012, of genres toned with a psychedelic cians such as Ed Lee on guitar and to perform overcomes any doubt. tember 14. the group began to perform at big- filter. Some songs switch moods organ, Duncan Symonds on pedal “Next show I will look at the Coal Moon offers a fresh and ger venues in Nanaimo, Duncan and paces or even merge into a steel and banjo, and singer Jen- crowd,” he adds. inspiring take on the terms “local and Victoria. whole new song as if never want- nalee Stupich whose gentle voice You Can’t Have The Blues in song-writing” or “local music.” You Kennedy believes that the ing to end. Soft strumming with complements Coal Moon’s sensi- an Indian Summer was released Can’t Have the Blues in an Indian album will help the band win atten- almost whispering vocals alternate tive, soul searching sound. by Broken Spiral Studios. Release Summer is a journal of artists eager tion of audiences on the mainland. with guitar rage and intense solos The band is also proud of the party takes place on September to experiment with mixing genres “Our goal now is simple - release or lead to moments of joyful lo- album’s unique design. In the spirit 14 at Crace Mountain in Nanai- such as folk, country and soft rock, the album and play Vancouver,” tech improvisation. of environmental consciousness, mo. For more information and along with acoustic tracks and lo- says Kennedy. For example, the swaying coun- a recyclable beer bottle with the concert dates visit
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UBC Theatre and Film Graduates Re-work Shakespeare into Modern Day Webseries How do we define greatness in our modern cul- The webseries features a team of rising stars from ture? across Canada and established voices in the Van- What would it be like if Shakespeare had not couver Theatre Community. All are introduced existed until now? in The Prologue, a short promotional episode on Who is William Shakespeare?
Interview with Blank Verse Executive Producer Amanda Konkin
although we have different writers Denisa Kraus on board for each act, we are really the Navigator working hard to maintain char- acter progression as well as plot development throughout the show. N: What inspired the idea to We are all witty, critical and ambi- rework the Shakespearean spirit tious Gen-Y’s and we will strive for into a modern-day webseries? a level of quality we have come to AK: There is a webseries called The expect from our entertainment. Lizzie Bennet Diaries, created by Hank Green and Bernie Su, that N: How much rehearsing is behind tells the story of Pride and Preju- The Prologue, which consists of a dice through a series of blogs and single long shot? online media. I was really inspired AK: The prologue was an inter- by the potential this series present- esting endeavour. Our cinematog- ed in its ability to re-imagine clas- rapher, Charlie Allison, had the sic works using the technology and amazing idea to shoot everything cultural climate of today’s world, in one shot and I thought that it while highlighting the universality fit the tone of the episode quite of great storytelling. well. We wanted a look at the cha- Since I have a background in otic, fast-paced world in which our theatre and digital media studies, Shakespeare lives, and so I think the creating Blank Verse seemed like format works quite well to accom- a logical way to introduce some plish that. A lot of the people on of the lesser known aspects of the Photo by: Amanda Konkin board for this project have a theatre greatest thespian of all time to new background, so doing things in one audiences. We get to play with take is not a new concept. When ing for our Essex, and it has been make art with amazing people, and sen career paths, and we hope that Shakespeare’s life while having an you are on stage there is no director such a pleasure to work with him. make sure you give people agency this series will lay a strong founda- amazing time inventing a rich and to yell cut - you just have to keep Audiences are in for a real treat over their product. Everyone on tion for us to step forward and con- vibrant world to contextualize this going. That being said, we had a lot during episode three, when we board has a very specific role and tinue to produce great things. We great writer’s work. of prep time with the crew before see the ramifications of Liz Tudor takes pride in what they are doing. want to keep making art. (Also, I casually mentioned filming and spent more than half usurping his lecture hall! the idea to one of our Associate N: of the shooting day just working What advice would you give Amanda Konkin has a master’s Producers before leaving on vaca- N: on rehearsal with the core actors. You have put together an ambi- to students with a similar creative degree from the University of Brit- tion for a week, and by the time I tious multi-departmental project. ambition? ish Columbia with a focus on the returned half of the creative team AK: N: Can you introduce the team of What did you learn in the process? My advice would be to cov- use of interactive online media in was in place and I was told we AK: actors, some of whom are profes- We have people involved er all of your bases and remember live theatre. She has been working needed to make this project hap- sors and respected authorities in from all around Vancouver and that every role in the project makes in British Columbia’s theatre com- pen - it just grew from there.) their field? from various campuses across the a huge difference in the end. (Also, munity for over a decade, and cur- AK: We held auditions in early city who have all spent years estab- be prepared to make lots of sand- rently works as a drama teacher, N: The Prologue promises a swift spring and did our best to find the lishing themselves in the local wiches and multi-task like crazy box office attendant, and associate pace, quick-witted dialogues and strongest personalities we could to community and have found like- when you have to fill in for crafty producer/publicist for three differ- casual humor, as well as creative fill out the cast. We were always minded artists that love what they on a long shoot day). ent companies around Vancouver use of post-production effects. Are looking to bring Deb Pickman on do and do it well. I was reluctant (in addition to her role as the Exec- the viewers to expect the same in N: board as our Liz as many of us had at the start of the project to bring What are your (and the produc- utive Producer for Blank Verse). If the series? experience with her at UBC The- so many people on board, but tion team’s) future creative plans? being a theatre nerd wasn’t enough, We hope that there is a level AK: atre, but our wildcard for the show our production manager who has I hope that the future for she is also a huge sci-fi geek and of consistency throughout all of would be Dr. Errol Durbach. Dr. many years of experience working Blank Verse is a bright one. We have often talks about geeky things as the episodes, and we have set a very Durbach is an established figure in on independent web projects, was the potential to make five seasons a producer/host for 4geeksmedia solid foundation for the tone of the the Vancouver theatre community adamant that we find a strong team with the show and after we com- (the company she co-founded in series with our prologue. We have and has always demonstrated an and utilize the amazing abilities plete season one this December we 2012) and as a co-host for Quiver: a core creative team that keeps the amazing support for emerging art- that emerging artists in this city will look for support to continue to the Green Arrow podcast, available pacing and look of the show quite ists. He did not hesitate to come on have to offer. If I have taken one tell this amazing story. We are all on iTunes. similar throughout the season, and board when he heard we were look- thing away from this project it is establishing ourselves in our cho-
18 Sept. 04 – Sept. 17 / Issue 1 / Vol. 45 / THE NAVIGATOR Yoga Helps Intramural Leagues, Tournaments Students and Events a Great Way to Experience Campus Life Relieve Stress, one of the varied and exciting intra- fun starts on Sunday, Sept. 22 when Jay Smitka mural tournaments Campus Rec students will have an opportunity to Find Balance the Navigator has organized for this fall. Tourna- go skydiving. On Friday, Sept. 27 ment action kicks off Sunday, Sept. for first year students only, Campus Every September the campuses of 29 with slo-pitch softball and con- Rec will be hosting VIU's very own Vancouver Island University see tinues Saturday, Oct. 5 with 5-A-side version of the Amazing Race, while ger period of time. There is a much Jay Smitka an influx of new students. VIU outdoor soccer. Gridiron fans can get those interested in Snorkeling with the wider range of movements, and the Navigator is a big institution with a lot to their fill of the action on Sunday, Oct. Seals should be sure to mark Saturday, the goal reaches far beyond injury offer academically, along with 13 with the 5-A-side flag football tour- Sept. 28 on their calendar. On Sunday, prevention to calming one’s mind, nament, and finally, on Wednesday, Oct. 27 students will have the oppor- With the new school year upon us, many extracurricular groups and synchronizing your breath, and Nov. 20 things get really serious with tunity to participate in a trip to Wild- students may be feeling stressed activities students may choose to even meditation. “Yoga involves the crown jewel of all sporting compe- play Adventure Park, and on Sunday, out. The shift from summer life become involved with. all three,” Kalack said, “your spirit, titions: dodgeball. Nov. 3 students can get some of their back into the academic grind can One great way for new stu- body and mind.” Also, for those looking to satisfy mid semester stress out with a round of be a difficult one, and it is extreme- dents and those continuing their Yoga is “very low impact” their competitive urges in a less ath- paintball. Campus Rec is also working ly important for students to find education at VIU this September Kalack said, and may be less letic way, Campus Rec will be host- on organizing a Canucks Road Trip to a healthy way to relax and relieve to stay active and have fun are intimidating for many people to ing a poker tournament on Thurs- a game this upcoming season, dates to some of this tension. One way that the intramural leagues, tourna- approach than other more inten- day, Nov. 7. be announced. more and more people are choos- ments, and special events hosted sive forms of exercise, like weight Athletic tournaments will cost Registration prices for these spe- ing to relax is through the practice by Campus Rec. training. One of the benefits of $60 per team of students to regis- cial events vary, but those interested of yoga. I took some time to sit For those interested in com- this type of exercise is that it devel- ter, or $10 per community member, in participating in any of the leagues, down with Dennis Kalack, a stu- mitting to league play, there will be ops a mental awareness of what is while the poker tournament will cost tournaments, or special events this dent at local yoga studio Moksha three options, as volleyball, basket- going on, as yoga activates micro $20 for students and $40 for commu- fall can find out more online at Yoga, and discuss with him the ball and indoor soccer leagues will muscles all over the body. “You can nity members. All the tournaments
THE NAVIGATOR / Vol. 45 / Issue 1 / Sept. 04 – Sept. 17 19 Sports Sr. B Timbermen Headed to National Tournament
competing in this year’s national Still, with the Timbermen set Jay Smitka tournament. The cost of the trip to play seven games in seven days the Navigator for the Timbermen is no cheap in the round robin format tourna- ticket at $35,000. ment just being strong defensively After some donations from may not be enough to see the Tim- Nanaimo’s Acme Painting Senior local businesses, a car wash, a bermen hoist the Cup. In order B Timbermen will be heading to beer and burger night, auctions, to win the President’s Cup for the the President’s Cup. After finish- and contributions by the players first time since 1969, Nanaimo ing their regular season tied for and coaches themselves the Tim- will need to light up their oppo- first place in the West Coast Senior bermen have the financial side of sition offensively as well. GM ment blind. “The first ten minutes B Lacrosse Association, with a things taken care of and are ready Swanson hopes the team’s depth of each game is a big eye opener,” ever with Nanaimo’s only Presi- record of 11-3 the Timbermen to concentrate on playing lacrosse will help them in this task. said Swanson. The Timbermen dent’s Cup wins coming in 1966 were eventually swept by the Tri- at a national level. “We're very deep,” said Swan- can at least take some comfort in and 1969 it would seem that the City Bandits in the second round When asked what the Timber- son, “just about every player can the knowledge that their competi- Timbermen are long overdue for a of the playoffs. While the Bandits men need to do to be successful at play every position, which is good tion will similarly know little about win on the national level. would go on to win the WCSLA this year’s President’s Cup, a tour- for a tournament like this.” them and their own style of play Lacrosse fans can follow the title, it is the Timbermen who will nament that will see the Timber- The Timbermen are hoping prior to the tournament. Timbermen’s quest for the cup online make the journey to Kahnawake, men facing off against six other top the recent additions of Dave Yee Nanaimo’s Timbermen have at
Doing The Best You Can For Your Athletes
therapy, athletic therapy centres change from case to case, depend- Hussey and Carlson stressed that coming back from injury, you need Shelby Blackley National Sports Editor primarily on the athlete and emer- ing on whether the injury is acute while acute injuries follow a very to know [everything],” Hussey CUP gency care at the time of the injury. or chronic. However, there is a basic rehabilitation depending on said. “My o-line man doesn’t need According to Teresa Hussey, anoth- main process every athletic thera- the nature of the injury, chronic to sprint more than five yards. er certified athletic therapist at pist follows when they are called injuries can be a lot more difficult So his perimeter for going back WLU and Sideline Therapy Clinic onto the field, court or ice. to deal with. is going to be way different than WATERLOO (CUP) — in Waterloo, there are two aspects “It’s like anything. It’s a step- “These cases, they’re a lot more a receiver who has to be able to Jamie Carlson has seen athletes to athletic therapy. wise approach,” Carlson said. complicated from the clinical side,” spring 40 yards down the field.” come back from some remark- “There’s the clinical side, and “You need to figure out exactly Hussey said. “You have to look at a “You have to root around until able injuries. “You hate to sell the then there’s the field side,” Hussey what you’re dealing with and lot more things in the whole body. you find out what all of the causes human spirit short,” he said. explained. “The clinical side would figure out what the cause of the What’s going on in the hips? Is are,” Carlson said. Carlson started at Wilfrid be very typical to your physio- problem was.” there a problem in the back or a During their tenures as athlet- Laurier University in Water- therapy clinics. We do assessment, “When you’re treating some- problem in the knees? Or is there ic therapists, Carlson and Hussey, loo, Ont. as a certified athletic rehab, taking care of injuries, and one on the field, [you are] kind something that’s contributing to alongside Jen Childs, who is also therapist nearly twenty years all types of things in a general clini- of taking a quick history, doing why they keep doing it? It is some- a certified athletic therapist* for ago. Throughout his tenure, cal setting. a quick observation [and] spe- times easier said than done.” WLU, have experienced very rare he has seen university athletes “The other side is the field cial testing. That’s kind of what To add to the factors, injuries and traumatic injuries, including at the amateur level, the pro- side. So that’s all the on-field emer- we consider our ‘quickie on field’ can vary depending on the sport, dislocated hips, serious concus- fessional level and the inter- gences, we do all the first aid, all assessment,” Hussey continued. and even the position. Hussey, who sions and possible spinal injuries. national level get hurt with the pre-game taping, post-game After finishing the quick deals only with football, can see a But despite the severity of the acute and chronic injuries. whatever needs to be done, but assessment, the therapist must variety of injuries during a game crazy occurrences in their jobs, And it always comes down you’re there mainly for all of the decide whether the athlete can be depending on which player gets both Carlson and Hussey dedicate to helping the athletes reach emerg[ency] stuff,” Hussey said. taken off the field, and if so, how hurt in which position. themselves to maximizing the ath- their full potential without suc- Athlete therapy is mainly quickly and how safely. “If you have soccer, gener- lete’s performance without burden cumbing to injury. total athlete care. The therapist As part of protocol, accord- ally soccer people all [have] the from an injury. “It’s doing the best you can for can take care of anything from a ing to Carlson, the first 72 hours same structure,” she said. “But if “At that time it doesn’t mat- your athletes,” Carlson said. “It’s a minor ankle sprain during a soc- is inflammation control of the you have an o-line, then you have ter whose team is whose, we’ve fine line between doing what’s best cer game to a major hip injury injury. Afterwards, the therapist a receiver or a quarterback, we’re got a kid that you don’t know if for them and kind of still allowing in a football game. The therapist progressively moves through tis- talking two completely different he’s going to walk or what’s going them to compete. My philosophy’s must be ready to handle the inju- sue regeneration and recondi- things. So you can break it down, to happen,” Hussey said. “It’s a always been kind of if someone gets ry on the field immediately. tioning, then the question of to each individual position almost very rewarding job.” hurt, can I fix them by the time “We’re a mish-mash of a returning to sport. has things that they are more likely they have to play again? Or can we trainer, ambulance attendant, The difference in the process to have happen to them. And that get them to play again?” physiologist, nutritionist; we’re comes when dealing with acute would be how you break it down Athletic therapy focuses on all kind of packaged up into one or chronic injuries. Acute injuries because it’s such a different sport.” the prevention and immediate care ball,” Carlson said. are one-time injuries, and chronic The position, or sport, can of injuries. Contrary to physio- Because of the various natures injuries are persisting for a long evidently affect the return-to-play of athletic injuries, protocol can time or constantly recurring. Both decision as well. “When they’re
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Photo provided by: Flickr.com/photos/viumariners Coach Kuzminski and last year’s Mariners team pose after winning the National Championship.
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paid off for the new coach and his Nationals last year. “Teams in our league have reloaded fident that the Mariners can Jay Smitka squad as the Mariners went all the Clayton Billet and some oth- with new players,” Kuzminski said, achieve success this season. the Navigator way for the first time in 19 seasons. er familiar faces will be returning confident that much of the Mari- Whether that success will come “It was great to see all our hard to the Mariners this season, and ners opposition is in the same boat. at the same high level it did last work we began in May pay off, to Kuzminski hopes that his new For the Mariners, one new year remains to be seen, but The Vancouver Island University see the guys work so hard and then squad will buy in to the same player to watch may be Seth Good- Mariners fans should be in for Mariners men's basketball team be successful,” Kuzminski said. principles that made the team so man. Kuzminski described Good- an exciting ride. ended their season last year on a When asked what made last successful last season. “It's going man as “highly athletic” and “full “We're going to build on remarkable high note when they years Mariners team so successful to be a challenge,” Kuzminski of potential,” but points out that the same principles as last year,” clinched the Canadian Collegiate on the court, Kuzminski replied said. “For the returners it wont be Goodman has been in and out of a Kuzminski said. “Exciting pace and Athletic Association (CCAA) “everyone bought into what we as much of an adjustment.” There structured basketball environment high pressure basketball. Hopefully, National Championship. For were trying to do, and obviously will be plenty of new faces on the over the past few years. “For him that translates to some success.” Head Coach Matt Kuzminski, who we were healthy at the right times.” Mariners bench and fans will be the challenge will be if he can get Fans can stay up to date with was in his first year heading up the This season Coach Kuzminski watching to see how quickly they into that structure,” said Kuzmin- the Mariners and check for upcom- squad, the big win came as some- will face a new set of challenges as adjust to Kuzminski's system. ski. Mariners fans will certainly be ing home games on their website at what of a pleasant surprise. “It all some core members of last year’s When asked if he feels like hoping that Goodman fits well into
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