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by Debora Sweeney cated Radio Frequency (RF) technology for use in medical and space research, and for radar Technology spinoffs from a proposed KAON systems. factory at TRIUMF will total $436 million per year, a Cryogenics. Producing extremely low tempera­ report prepared for the provincial government says. tures necessary for superconductor research and TRIUMF and provincial government officials are application. seeking that amount from the federal government Anticipating business opportunities, a TRIUMF/ to construct the facility. KAON Ventures Office has been established, The project has a price tag of $571 million. So headed by Dr. Richard Johnson. Johnson said far, the provincial government has committed $87 there are several industries across the country million, but plans to go ahead are on hold until the which wiH be targeted for technology transfer. federal government assesses the economic impact. "Technology transfer in the last several years Support for a KAON factory at TRIUMF from has been recognized as a national need," he said. Japan, Europe and the U.S. is expected to reach "A lot of what we do involves scientists and King Carl XVI Gustaf ot Sweden, seen here with UBC President David Strangway, toured the campus engineers at UBC, cooperating with companies like March 18. He was accompanied by Queen Silvia on his visit $150 - $200 million, more than twice the $75 million recommended by a federal review committee. MacDonald Dettwiler, Microtel and Canadian Astronautics." With the economic impact report in hand, TRIUMF Director Dr. Erich Vogt believes the case The report says in eight years, paybacks to Siddon at ceremony for a KAON factory is indisputable. governments will be in excess of $120 million per The questions put to us by the federal year by combining potential sales with $161 million government have now been answered very in production from the direct operations of a KAON positively — even more positively than we factory. thought," said Vogt. Kaons are tiny sub-atomic particles made up of quarks, which are thought to be the most funda­ Fisheries lab mental building blocks of matter. With a KAON Advanced factory, physicists could study quarks in a new way, probing more deeply into the nature of matter. The report states aggressive exploitation of placement TRIUMF/KAON technology, once up and running, would result in sales of $243 million, in these areas: report to Senate given to UBC Microelectronics. Electronic circuitry 100- 1,000 times faster than the silicon circuits used by A report examining UBC's policy on 90% of the world's electronic companies. advanced placement and advanced credit for by Jo Moss technology to the food industry, including the fish Nuclear Physics and Chemistry. Developing high school students taking enriched academic processing sector. The Centre will also provide the pharmaceuticals for use in hospitals. programs will go before Senate April 13. Tom Siddon, the federal minister of Fisheries public and private sectors with a number of Measurement Systems. A new generation of The report, prepared by the Senate and Oceans, will visit the campus Friday, March 25 services including assistance in business PET (Positron Emission Tomograph) scanners, Admissions Committee, contains feedback to give the keys of a former government fisheries management and marketing. currently used to provide pictures of the human from UBC faculties on recommendations made technology laboratory to UBC. brain at work. to Senate last November by a presidential In a brief ceremony, Siddon will unveil a plaque With the establishment of the Centre, and increased laboratory space in the new building, the Control Systems. Advanced robotic and Task Force on Liaison, Recruiting and at the 30-year-old Vancouver Laboratory on the artificial intelligence systems which can measure Admissions. west side of campus, officially turning over the Food Science department will be able to expand its the condition of high tech machinery in one ten- UBC President David Strangway said he 22,000 square feet of laboratory and office space research program in seafood science and other millionth of a second. to the university. areas. welcomes discussion and comment about the Software. Converting information gathered at task force recommendations (see insert this Siddon said he was pleased to be able to "Up to now we have been hindered by lack of extreme speed into pictures. issue). support seafood research at a major western laboratory facilities," Powrie explained. "The Electromagnetic systems. Developing sophisti­ university. Vancouver Laboratory is perfect for our needs as it "Technological advancement is the key to was designed and built specifically for food keeping the Canadian fishing industry competitive,'' research, with an emphasis on seafood." he said. The building offers walk-in freezers, a small The Fisheries and Oceans research unit has New policy comittee cannery, a chemical analysis laboratory, and a moved to new facilities In West Vancouver. food analysis laboratory for flavor and texture The Department of Food Science, which profiling. currently operates out of three separate locations on campus, will take over the building. "We'll be able to undertake more innovative research that addresses some of the major approved by Senate "For the first time, we will all be under one roof," problems in the seafood product industry," Powrie by Gavin Wilson said William Powrie, said. advisory body with no more power than other Senate committees. department head. Current research activities in seafood science Faculty members in indude developing simulated scallops from Despite strenuous opposition, the Senate has "It's only power would be to report to Senate," Food Science are underutilized fish, and investigating the storability of established an advisory standing committee on he said. "It would give Senate a tool to do its job academic policy. currently conducting frozen aquacultured salmon under modified better, tt wouldn't be an alternative to Senate." research in cramped atmosphere packaging. Critics of the proposal said the committee was Spencer recommended that the committee on facilities under crowded neither necessary nor wanted, however the Senate The new facility will allow expansion of this academic policy report to Senate "at least annually" and unsafe conditions. gave its approval at its March 16 meeting. and meet with other committees on an ongoing The new building will research and provide for new initiative. One proposed study is to investigate polyunsaturated Dr. Richard Spencer, who proposed the new provide more laboratory "As it stands, I dont believe Senate is well- fatty acids in B.C. fish products and determine their committee, said Senate needs such a body to draw space, Powrie said. prepared to make decisions on the establishment or relationship to the prevention of heart disease. up long-term academic goals and give guidance to Part of the Vancouver members who often get bogged down in the details discontinuance of new programs. We have no Laboratory building, about POWRIE "The building will help foster our collaboration of day-to-day decision-making. framework to work with, no coherent policy, no plan, 1,500 square feet of non-laboratory space, is no guidelines to use as references," he said. with B.C. Research in the development of all He suggested the committee could took at such occupied by the International North Pacific aspects of food technology," Powrie said. issues as enrolment, levels of research funding, Dr. Luis De Sobrino agreed, saying that Senate Fisheries Commission which has had tenancy liaison with other institutions and the long-term members are often left with their own instincts when since the 1950s. Under the university's ownership, Seafood science research is just one part of the implications of curriculum. making committee decisions. They could use more INPFC will remain for at least the next ten years. department's broad spectrum of food research, some of which is undertaken in collaboration with Critics such as Dr. Paul Tennant dubbed the information about the university's long-term objectives, he said. The acquisition of the Vancouver Laboratory industry partners. Food Science researchers have new body a "super committee" that would duplicate follows closely on the heels of the formation of the developed new foods from milk by-products, a the work of existing committees and fundamentally Commerce and Business Administration Dean new B.C. Food Technology Centre—a collaborative dairy-free ice cream; and investigated new change the way Senate operates. Dr. Peter Lusztig suggested that the new committee venture between the Food Science Department methods of assessing the nutritional quality of would conflict with the powers of faculties to and the Fisheries and Food Products Branch of processed food products. "I'm worried about the duplication of work and establish academic policy. Faculty recommenda­ the denigration of existing committees," said Law tions on academic matters are taken to Senate for B.C. Research, a non-profit research organization Still in developmental stages is an innovative which promotes industry research and develop­ Dean Peter Bums. "I don't see how this committee approval. process for preserving fresh fruits and fish with would function any better than what we have now." ment. non-toxic inert gases, increasing their shelf life. Spencer said the work of the committee would Sliced mangoes, for example, can be stored up to Science Dean Dr. Robert Miller asked: "What not interfere with the academic leadership of the (B.C. Research is located on the UBC campus, special information or wisdom would this committee President's office or the autonomy of faculties and but is not affiliated with the university.) 24 weeks. The process wiH offer enormous economic benefits to Canadian fruit farmers have to allow it to usurp the power of existing departments. The partnership provides for cooperative allowing high quality fruit to be shipped to foreign committees?" He recommended that the committee's first task research and development, and transfer of markets. But Spencer said the intent is to create an be to produce detailed terms of reference for itself. Use of oxygen by Natives in Andes subject of study by Gavin Wilson. that other factors, such as the work rate of the heart, may be mor^ important in making the shift. UBC researchers are off to the Andes The study may also shed some light on the Mountains next month in a quest to understand ability of the human body to adapt to life at high how the human body manages to adapt to low altitudes. Much is already known about this, but levels of oxygen. there are theories yet to be tested, Matheson said. High in the mountains of Peru, the researchers "Very few of the studies have been done on will examine six volunteer Quechua Indians. Their individuals whose genetics and upbringing are exercise performance capacities and metabolisms altitude-adapted for generation after generation — will be tested both in the Andes and then later at and who are then brought down to a low altitude," lower elevations in Canada. he said. The Quechua are able to perform strenuous The study is supported by a Natural Sciences work at 16,000 feet. At that altitude there is almost and Engineering Research Council grant to Photo by Warren Schmidt fifty per cent less oxygen than at sea level and low- zoologist Dr. Peter Hochachka, whose earlier work Heather Campbell's game is in tip top shape and so is her leg after laser treatment cleared an artery landers gasp for breath with the slightest exertion. on similar problems in high altitude adopted The research could have a number of applica­ animals — llamas, alpacas, and deer — set the tions, said Dr. Gordon Matheson, a member of the stage for these experiments. research team. Some tests will provide hard The interdisciplinary study also involves other /:II^III s,§ evidence on whether electrical stimulation of sub-programs and a collaborative group of muscles is beneficial for rehabilitation. It is a scientists which include Dr. Don McKenzie, Sports popular therapy, although controversy surrounds Medicine, Dr. Wade Parkhouse, a post-doctoral its effectiveness. fellow, and Dr. Peter Allen, head of clinical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance unit at the University of arteries in leg The research could also offer a model for the study of muscle diseases, such as muscular Alberta. The NMR unit will be used to test the Quechua' muscle metabolism. by Debora Sweeney Teaching elementary school added to dystrophy, Matheson said. Campbell's problems. "I was on my feet a lot. I But the focus of study is to find the trigger that More tests will also be done as the Peruvians For the first time in Canada two UBC used to swallow an aspirin or two and continue shifts the gears of the human body from an aerobic adapt to tower elevations. surgeons are using a laser to dissolve block­ on with the pain." metabolism, in which oxygen is used to create "Every week we're going to repeat a number of ages in clogged leg arteries, reducing the need Dr. Fry performed the laser treatment on energy, to the anaerobic metabolism, which doesn't tests: heart function, aerobic and anaerobic for arterial bypass surgery. Campbell, zapping two large blockages from her require oxygen to create energy but leads to rapid capacities, hemoglobin counts, lung function," said Since June, Dr. Peter Fry and Dr. Lynn thigh. muscle fatigue. Matheson. Doyle have performed the laser procedure on 25 By inserting a tube in the artery, he passed patients at UBC Hearth Sciences Centre the laser through until it reached the blockage. The differences in the metabolisms can be Regional blood flow will be examined to see if Hospital. The success rate is between 60 and illustrated by looking at two types of runners. A they have a greater surface area in their lungs for Then, he activated the hot laser tip, generating 70 per cent heat of 400 degrees centigrade to dissolve the marathoner needs a steady supply of energy over the exchange of oxygen. The Peruvians may also "Our policy is to tell patients they have a a long distance; a sprinter uses energy stored in have hearts that pump greater volumes of blood build-up of calcium, cholesterol and tissue blockage in their arteries where we would clogging the artery. the body in a quick burst that canl be maintained per contraction than other people, he said. normally advocate bypass," said Fry, "but in After cutting through the blockage, he intro­ overtime. some cases, we can do it with the laser, without duced a balloon catheter to stretch out the surgery, cutting their hospital stay and the risk Researchers wiil compare the Quechua's use artery, widening the passage. of oxygen, glucose and fatty acids to provide factors associated with surgery." energy with endurance athletes such as marathon Chair funded Arterial disease is common in middle aged "From the minute he did the procedure, my runners, short-burst power performers such as and elderly people, especially among heavy leg hasn't hurt," said Campbell, who is enjoying hockey players and unfit, sedentary people. smokers, said Fry. Often, people discover they her tennis game once again. Fry, too, is delighted with the results. But, "The study wiH try to determine whether or not for research can no longer enjoy exercise or walking because he added the treatment is still in its infancy — oxygen limitation is the prime stimulus for the onset of tightness and cramping in their legs. Heather Campbell, a Vancouver teacher, so far his is the first hospital to perform it in of anaerobic metabolism," Matheson said. Canada. "Everyone has always assumed it has been, but suffered more than a year of agonizing pain in nickel alloy before she underwent the laser treatment. ~ "This is not going to replace vascular our early data suggests that it is not the case." "I got a cramp I thought was a tennis cramp, by Jo Moss surgeons and ifs not going to replace the need It is commonly thought that the anaerobic but it never got better," said Campbell. "In '86,1 for bypasses," he said, "but for some patients, it metabolism takes over from its aerobic counterpart walked for miles at Expo, but in the last year, I offers an alternative form of treatment. From when the demands for energy is greater than that The Natural Sciences and Engineering couldn't walk more than two blocks without the patient's point of view, it saves the amount which can be supplied by inhaled oxygen. Research Council and the Nickel Development severe pain." of time he or she has to spend in hospital." Institute are funding a research chair at UBC to •Matheson says some recent experiments show explore new market applications for nickel alloys. "We'll be investigating non-traditional applica­ tions of nickel alloys, in high temperature environ­ ments, for example," said Alec Mitchell, a professor Urinary tract in the Department of Metals and Materials $965,000 to support Engineering who will be filling the research position. disease studied The NSERC/lndustrial Research Chair in Nickel Altoy Development is the second such chair fish technology research in the Metals and Materials department. in women The department has played a large part in by Jo Moss automation and robotics, to develop specialized developing Canadian nickel alloy technology, said industrial processes and machines designed to Mitchell, who joined UBC in 1966. B.C. Packers, the largest fish processor in the meet the requirements of local industry. at UBC "We've been responsible for a lot of changes in province, is supporting a $965,000 research chair Such a group would not only be the first of its at UBC to help upgrade fish processing technology. by Debora Sweeney the nickel industry. Every aircraft engine flying kind in Canada, it would also provide a much- today has parts that were made by processes Two new university positions—a senior and needed source of graduates with an expertise in developed at UBC." junior researcher—will operate the program. the mechanical aspects of fish processing. UBC's Division of Infectious Diseases has Canada is one of the world's major producers The Natural Sciences and Engineering begun an examination of recent evidence that links of nickel and UBC's research under the new chair Research Council (NSERC) Industrial Research "Even small improvements in some of the urinary tract infection in women with the use of will help to broaden the global market for Canadian Chair in Industrial Automation in the Fish Process­ processing operations could lead to very major contraceptives. products, Mitchell said. ing Industry has been approved in principle by savings and increased revenues," said Axel According to previous studies, women who use The Nickel Development Institute is an NSERC, subject to the hiring of a suitable Meisen, Dean of Applied Science. the diaphragm might be more likely to have a international association of nickel-producing candidate to fill the senior research position. Upgrading the technology used in the mechani­ history of bladder infections. companies, including Canadian companies such as B.C. Packers is contributing $375,000 over 5 cal processing of B.C.'s fishing industry would also "if you mention urinary tract infection to any Falconbridge, INCO Alloys International and years to support the research chair. The company reduce wastage and improve efficiency. That group of young women, most can relate because Sherritt Gordon Mines, which sponsors research is also making its facilities available for testing new could lead to increased gains against other food they or their friends have been exposed to the and development in the nickel industry. technology developed under the program. products on the international market. problem," said Dr. Anthony Chow, who heads the Under terms of the research agreement, NDI NSERC is providing $590,000 for the chair in "Increased industrial efficiency could mean a division. "The majority of women develop this as will contribute $45,000 annually in cash and in-kind the Department of Mechanical Engineering. gain not only in the fish export market, but also in an acute problem with severe symptoms and it has contributions. NSERC will $41,100 annually for The establishment of the research chair reflects the larger food export market," Meisen said. the potential of developing into a more serious five years to support the chair. a need among Canadian fish processors to remain The machinery commonly used in fish infection of the kidneys." Nickel alloys are characterized by resistance to competitive with the United States, Japan and the processing plants does not deal effectively with a Several factors have prompted researchers to' corrosion as well as strength. Conventionally used U.S.S.R., countries that dominate the world market in pipe manufacturing and other construction raw product that varies in size, shape and texture. look more closely at devices women use including: and are introducing high technology into their During the process of butchering, skinning, the discovery of pelvic inflammatory disease; the materials, they are also found in electronics , processing factories. devices as magnetic shielding films—metal layers cleaning and filling cans, a substantial amount of banning of certain intrauterine devices like the The creation of this expert group at UBC will the fish is damaged and rendered unusable. Dalkon Shield; and the association of tampon use thinner than a credit card that prevent stray have very positive effects on the future well-being with toxic shock syndrome. magnetic fields from interfering with the circuit of the fisheries industry," said federal Minister of One of the solutions would be to design processes. Fisheries and Oceans Tom Siddon. "It will be the equipment that can adapt its functions to each fish Collaborating with UBC Student Health product it deals with, and complete the process at In the aerospace industry, nickel alloys are centre of research for the development of special­ Services, Chow's research team is looking for higher speeds, Meisen said. volunteers to take part in the study, funded by used for engine parts, such as turbines, that are ized industrial processes and equipment and infuse subjected to high temperatures and high stress. Health and Welfare Canada. the latest methods into our local industry." It's estimated that a one-per cent improvement Mitchell said his research will improve and in product recovery at B.C. Packers could increase The team will analyze four comparison groups develop the manufacturing processes used in There is a shortage of university-based revenue by as much as $1 million annually. — women who use the diaphragm, the cervical nickel alloy technology. The techniques he programs dealing with the problem of application of cap, oral contraceptives, and those who have had - develops will be tested in industrial settings in five high technology to the fish processing industry, not The research group could also address other tubal ligations — to link a particular type of countries: Canada, U.S., Japan, France and the only in Canada but world-wide. problems in the fishing industry including fishboat contraceptive practice to urinary tract infection. U.K. About $500 million worth of seafood products, stability and design, fishboat fuel economics, Chow is particularly interested in volunteers A graduate of Oxford University where he did primarily salmon, is produced in B.C. annually and product freezing and transportation, and unloading who are starting a new method of contraception or his MA in chemistry and D.Phil, in metallurgy, the industry accounts for about 25,000 jobs nation­ and sorting procedures. who recently have had a tubal ligation. Mitchell is one of the world's leading researchers in wide. The Faculty of Applied Science has a year in Volunteers can contact Carole Cole at 875- nickel alloys. He has served as consultant to a The two new researchers will provide a focus which to find an engineer qualified to fill the senior 4588. number of companies including INCO Alloys for the expertise of a number of UBC researchers, research chair. B.C. Packers and NSERC must 2 UBC REPORTS Match 24,1988 International. in areas such as computer-aided design, industrial approve the final candidate. I-it UBC Canada plays Chile to release in Davis Cup tennis 3 new types at War Memorial by Jo Moss On the Canadian team of plants is Grant Connell, 22, from Canada's Davis Cup team will try to stave off North Vancouver, and by Lorie Chortyk demotion from the championship group when it Glenn Michibata, 27, of meets Chile in Davis Cup action at UBC, Friday, Toronto, who will team up Three new or largely unknown plant varieties April 8 to Sunday, April 10. against Chile's best in the will be released to Canadian gardeners in April Canada and Chile are both strong contenders doubles showdown April 9. through UBC's Plant Introduction Scheme. in the playoffs and the best-of-five weekend series Quarter-finalists at the I988 The Plant Introduction Scheme, the most will determine which team remains eligible to play Australian Open in successful program of its kind anywhere in the in the championship group of the American Zone. Melbourne, Connell and world, provides new plant material to gardeners The losing team will be demoted to Group II and Michibata were winners at through participating B.C. garden centres. The will have to emerge champions in that division to the Smirnoff Challengers program is operated by the UBC Botanical Garden, regain entry to the championship group. last fail. Connell was in cooperation with the B.C. Nursery Trades The American Zone is widely acknowledged as recently named Tennis Association, the B.C. Society of Landscape the toughest of the four zones in the international Canada's Player of the CONNELL Year for I987. Architects, and research institutions in Canada and MACDONALD Davis Cup competition. the United States. Also named to the team were Andrew Sznajder, Macdonald says, 26 nurseries are involved, and The weekend promises to be a very emotional Botanical Garden director Bruce Macdonald 21, from Toronto, twice the Canadian men's singles plants are exported to Holland, Denmark, Britain, affair, said Canadian team manager Robert said the program "has succeeded beyond our champion; Chris Pridham, 22, from Oakville, Ont. Germany, France, New Zealand, the United States Bettauer, since Canada also has a score to settle. wildest expectations." who is ranked No. 80 in the world; Martin Lauren- and Japan, in addition to Canadian markets. The last time the two teams met in Davis Cup play, "We are now one of the acknowledged world in Santiago in I986, Chile defeated Canada 3-2. deau, 23, from Mount Royal, Que., quarter-finalist Since the program's inception eight years ago, in the Stockholm Open; and Hubert Karrasch, 19, leaders in plant introductions, and five research nine new plants have been introduced. In April, institutions in Britain, the United States and eastern from London, Ont., a former national under-18 three plant varieties — White Icicle (Ribes champion. Canada are currently modelling plant introduction sanguineaum). a white flowering selection of a schemes after our program." shrub native to B.C., Bride's Saddle (Diascia Bettauer said the team is both experienced and Research expertise at the university is used to Index of B.C. versatile. He noted that Karrasch has joined the rigescens). a South African perennial with rose- identify and develop existing plant varieties from pink flowers, and Crispy Wood Sage (Teucrium team as a developmental player and will not UBC's own garden collections and from collections scorodonia). a perennial known for its unique "frilly" compete in this Davis Cup play. around the world that will have widespread appeal foliage, — were released to the public. newspapers "It's unique to the Davis Cup that one of the two to both professional and home gardeners. John Schroeder, president of Valleybrook countries competing is always playing on home "We look for plants that have good color, long Gardens Ltd. in Abbotsford, B.C., and head of the turf," Bettauer said. "Because the playoff is over flowering periods, are easy to propagate arid B.C. Nursery Trades Association, said the program three days, the crowds get to know the players well completed and the excitement gathers momentum. We tolerant to diseases, and will have strong commer­ has given the industry outstanding international expect spectators to wave cial value," said Macdonald. exposure. by Gavin Wilson A careful screening-and evaluation process is flags and stamp their feet, "It's really put us on the map in the world like at a hockey game." used to select the varieties that will be released to market, and it's given us new and superior plants to Historical research in B.C. will never be quite He said hometown the public each year. After,a final choice has been offer local gardeners." the same now that an index of more than 1,500 made by industry participants, 500 to 1,000 plants support has often For Macdonald, the biggest reward is seeing newspapers published in the province has been are propagated at UBC and sent to participating the garden's collections move from UBC into the generated surprising nurseries for large-scale propagation and completed. upsets in Davis Cup community. The B.C. Newspaper Project, directed by UBC distribution to gardeners across Canada and "As a gardener, I know there's nothing more matches. around the world. In 1987, sale of the new plants librarian Margaret Friesen, is the most comprehen­ Unlike other tennis frustrating than visiting a Botanical Garden and sive listing of provincial newspapers yet compiled. It earned B.C. nursery operators an estimated $1.9 seeing wonderful, unique plants that aren't competition, team million. will serve as a model for a national database. members do not receive a available through local nurseries. I'm pleased that The index includes everything from obscure The program started out with 10 nurseries our collections are being used by gardeners and special appearance fee, specialty publications to today's major metropolitan producing plants for the B.C. market Today, nurseries around the world." Bettauer said. They dailies. A browse through the index reveals ethnic receive a nominal and underground journals, editions read by payment to cover MICHIBATA goldpanners in the heyday of Barkerville and the expenses. paper you are now holding in your hands. Professor battles clock The index lists the newspaper holdings of 169 The upcoming event, which will be held at the libraries and archives — from those in small B.C. War Memorial Gym, is the first Davis Cup playoff to towns to collections in New York and London, be held in Vancouver in more than 15 years, and England. only the third in more than 75 years. to save native languages It should prove invaluable for historians, Series tickets for all three days cost $38 and genealogists and other researchers, said Friesen. are available now through VTC/CBO outlets. Daily by Lorie Chortyk Powell said linguists from around the world "Often the only information on a specific subject tickets are $15 and will go on sale Friday, March come to B.C. to study Northwest Coast languages. appears in newspapers published outside the major 25. A UBC anthropologist is racing against time to "Our native languages have some of the most cities. And ethnic papers offer different points of help save B.C. native languages from extinction. interesting and complex sound systems found view as well," she said. Dr. James Powell, an anthropological linguist, anywhere in the world," he said. "Some of the The print version index will be become dated, said native languages may go the way of the dodo languages, for instance, have 12 different types of but the electronic version on-line at the library Is "a UN appoints bird. K sounds." living database," said Friesen. "As information "Of the more than 20 native languages that The complexity of the sounds sometimes make comes in, we'll try to keep it on-line." existed in B.C. before the arrival of the Europeans, it difficult to convert them into an alphabet that can The job took more than a year to complete. Oberlander four have already vanished," he said. "Only three be typed on a conventional keyboard, Powell said. Many of the newspapers listed no longer exist. Dr. Peter Oberlander, a UBC professor of languages — Chilcotin, Nass-Gitksan and Carrier "Although an international phonetic alphabet is "The format of newspapers almost guarantees regional planning, has been appointed to the — are in relatively good health. The others are available for writing these languages, community that, over time, the paper they are printed on will Canadian delegation for the 11th session of the disappearing quickly." members often find the characters strange and eventually disintegrate. Some of our printed United Nations Commission on Human Settle­ Along with other linguists and teachers, Powell cumbersome to use," said Powell. "Instead, we set heritage is already gone," said Friesen. ments. The session, which will be held in New and his research team are working to preserve up what we call a 'practical' writing system and The project was funded by a $75,000 grant Delhi on April 6, will focus on activities earned out native B.C. languages by creating written versions allow the community itself to decide how their given to the B.C. Library Association by the Social during the International Year of Shelter for the of languages which until now have been passed language should be written." Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Homeless, and participants will recommend further down orally. The team also creates dictionaries Powell recommends combining language The co-investigator of the project was freelance international action. and curriculum materials so the languages can be teaching with traditional activities such as librarian Linda Hale. Brian Owen, formerly with Dr. Oberlander will report on a two-year study taught in schools. potJatches, dancing, hide-tanning and canoe- UBC, was project consultant. earned out on homelessness in Canada. "If a language is to be preserved, communities making. must make an effort to use it in everyday life," said "In Alert Bay, for instance, the students put on a Powell. "Native languages are dying out because it play potlatch every year completely in their native is becoming more and more the norm for native language." children to have English as their first, and usually Powell said the success of efforts to save only, language. native languages from extinction depends on the "If knowledge and regular use of a language is level of commitment from the native communities skipped by even one generation, ifs almost themselves, funding agencies, researchers and Impossible to revitalize it." teachers. $500,000 donated for real estate research by Jo Moss involved in research of real estate policies and issues," said Stanley Hamilton, Associate Dean of The Real Estate Foundation has donated Commerce. "It will fill a much-needed research gap $500,000 to UBC's Faculty of Commerce to help in the field of Canadian and North American real finance real estate research and given a further estate." $100,000 to establish a teaching fellowship. Not only will the new bureau boost research on The income from the $500,000 capital grant will some of the more pressing issues in the industry, it help fund the newly established Canadian Real will offer a number of services to both the private Estate Research Bureau, an integral part of the and public sectors including a computerized data Management Research Centre and Library to be base of up-to-date real estate information and a located on the UBC campus. bibliography reference service.. Currently still in the planning stages, the centre The bureau will be supported by endowments will house five or six research bureaus each from the real estate industry. An initial $1 million in specializing in a different area, as well as the David capital is being sought. Photo by Warren Schmidt S.C. Lam Management Library. Construction is George Gau, Chairman of the Urban Land A team of second and third-year UBC law students were winners of an annual Moot Competition against expected to begin in 1990. Economics Division noted that the additional the University of Victoria in Vancouver, Feb. 6. Pictured with faculty advisor John Horn are team members "The real estate bureau will make more $100,000 donated by The Real Estate Foundation Will Westeringh, Rick Mullau, Wolfgang Rao, Nuala Cavelti, Christiana Hile, Peter Roberts, Simmi Dhami, effective use of faculty members in Urban Land will establish a Real Estate Foundation, Scholars Bev Elingson, Lena Del Santo, Stuart Rennie, Geoff Dabbs and David Christian. Economics and other UBC departments who are and Fellows Fund. UBC REPORTS March 24, 1988 3 n

PRESIDENTS TASK FORCE ON LIAISON, RECRUITING AND ADMISSIONS « Subcommittee report on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs Ayr u inoo & March, 1988 INTRODUCTION grant advanced placement (exemption) for grant credit under conditions specified more likely to have the time to properly a student who achieved a high level of 5 Wo benefit from their program. The subcom­ In May, 1987, on behalf of the performance provided that an equivalent mittee believes it is important for UBC to President's Task Force on Liaison, course was deemed to exist. grant placement & monitor granting credit be able to recognize outstanding perform­ Recruiting and Admissions, 21 depart­ 2 9% ance in these enriched programs through ments were surveyed. The purpose of the In the IB program, a grade of 6 or 7 on the granting of credit. A high percentage survey was: the seven-point scale achieved on the * endorse concept of granting credit of other outstanding institutions in North Higher Level (HL) course would satisfy 2 9% America do grant credit, and in a sense - to obtain from each department its all departments with the caveat that this can be regarded as a form of "entrance evaluation of AP and/or IB course sylla­ English would require the student to write *(These departments had no equivalent scholarship" recognition for the best- bus, examination, and examination process the exemption examination held during courses at present in either AP or IB.) prepared incoming students. The granting within the context of existing policy registration week. Music and Latin would of credit requires a change in present UBC whereby departments may grant advanced determine the appropriate placement on an An additional eight departments practice. placement only. individual basis, whereas an evaluation of responded with combinations of at least the laboratory component on an individual two of the following responses: There remains the question as to the - to obtain from each department a basis seems desirable in some laboratory level of achievement that should be similar evaluation, but within a hypotheti­ sciences. Finally, several departments - Re-evaluate before granting credit accorded credit. Departments have, for cal context in which an enabling policy would be willing to accept grades of 4 or - Grant credit under conditions as the most part, indicated a willingness to allowed departments the option of grant­ 5. specified grant credit for the same level as they ing advanced placement, advanced credit - Grant placement and monitor before would require for advanced placement. or neither. Similar responses were given for the granting credit. The grade distributions for the May 1987 AP program where a grade of 4 or 5 on a Advanced Placement Program Examina­ - to obtain the information in a manner five-point scale was considered the Further, there was one department tions are attached and it may be seen that that ensured that the data obtained were appropriate level of achievement. Again which responded negatively to both the mean grade was 3.08 with 13.8% of comparable, comprehensive, and could be English would require students to write placement and credit in part because the the students achieving a grade of 5 and summarized: 1) to inform students; and 2) their exemption examination. specific course evaluated was not consid­ 21.7% achieving a grade of 4 in an to inform Senate committees and Senate ered equivalent to the 100 level course examination. Thus the granting of which is ultimately responsible for devel­ Recommendation 1: The subcommit­ offered within the department. However, advanced credit for a 4 or above would oping academic policies. tee wishes to recommend that the Task the comments from the department select the top 35.5% of the students who Force endorse the principle that depart­ respondent also indicated that: have been allowed to participate in this In August and September, 1987, mental policies with regard to exemptions select program. individual members of the Task Force and advanced placement for IB/AP - the material submitted was difficult to attended the IB conference in Victoria and courses be publicized to the schools and assess Recommendation 2: The subcommit­ the AP conference in Kelowna. These included in the Admissions Guide. It is - the course seemed to lack depth tee recommends that the Task Force conferences afforded direct input regard­ our understanding that this in no way - the department was not familiar with endorse the concept of credit for an ing the programs from both the adminis­ violates current University policy. text used appropriate level of achievement in IB/AP trators and the teachers involved. Consid­ courses taken prior to high school gradu­ erable dedication was evident in the Discussion and Recommendation In interpreting the results with the ation. development of curricula and consistent (Credit) intent of informing the discussions related standards and thoroughness of the grading to the development of policy options it is Accordingly the subcommittee recom­ practices. Graduates of these programs Here it is important to note that the possible to state that of the 21 departments mends that the Task Force submit this are held in high esteem by many of the questionnaire did not force departments to responding only four indicated by single recommendation to Senate through the outstanding institutions in North America. choose between existing policy and an response, or by negative response plus appropriate channels. In the event that Aggressive recruitment is particularly enabling policy. Rather, departments were comments, that they were opposed to Senate approves this recommendation, evident throughout the University of provided with a number of options and granting credit in their discipline. Two of departments would be again canvassed for California where, in addition to advanced allowed to choose a single response or a these departments, including the depart­ their decisions, which should then be placement and credit, additional grade combination of responses. For example, a ment whose response was outlined in the disseminated along with the placement points for such courses are added to the department by its responses might indicate preceding paragraph, indicated a more information. student record to determine admissibility. that, if policy allowed, it would choose to generalized disagreement with the concept Berkeley alone received 7,600 AP tran­ grant credit, but only after re-evaluating of granting university credit for work CONCLUDING COMMENT scripts for applicants for admission in the material with the purpose of defining completed in high school. 1986. specific conditions under which credit It is important to emphasize that would be granted. A large majority of students who consultation with one or more departmen­ Discussion and Recommendation receive advanced credit at other institu­ tal advisors should be encouraged before a (Placement) tions do not use these units to reduce their student opts for advanced placement and/ 12 departments indicated their prefer­ load, but rather seek to enrich their or credit. It is also understood that Attached are two data summaries, one ence by a single response: program. There is, however, another departments are expected to monitor the for AP and the other for IB listing the group who will really benefit from the progress of students receiving advanced departmental responses in a form which opportunity, namely those students for placement in order to refine their policy in could be considered appropriate for Response # % whom a part-time job is an economic the light of experience. students. Responses were received from necessity to continue their education. each of the 21 departments surveyed and it Some students, if they are motivated to Respectfully submitted, will be seen that departments were advanced placement indefinitely obtain advanced credit, are both more Members of the subcommittee virtually unanimous in their willingness to 3 14% likely to afford a higher education and on AP and IB Programs UBC SPECIAL REPORT - March 24,1988 MEMORANDUM more than half a century as a means of British Columbia. This year, approxi­ Advanced Level (G.C.E.), Principal Level Nov. 5,1987 challenging the academically able and mately 800 British Columbia secondary (H.S.C.) or Higher Level (I.B.). highly motivated high school student. The school students are writing AP and IB Except in special circumstances no program is governed by the participating examinations. student under the age of sixteen is admit­ TO: Dr. David W. Strangway, President universities including many of the more ted. and Chairman of Senate prestigious state and independent universi­ The success of students enrolled in ties. The course content and the exams FROM: Daniel R. Birch, Chairman these programs is exemplified by the fact are set by representatives of those institu­ As a result of a review of policies in President's Task Force on Liaison, that twelve students in either AP or IB tions. Exams are also graded by university other universities and extensive discussion Recruiting and Admissions programs in one British Columbia school and school representatives under the aegis within the Task Force, we are forwarding of ETS, the Educational Testing Service of district (S.D. 23, Central Okanagan) the attached recommendation for consid­ RE: ADVANCED CREDIT FOR Princeton, New Jersey. Each participating received scholarships totalling $169,000 to eration by Senate. I will move its adop­ ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND university (including Berkeley, Harvard attend McGill, Carleton, S.F.U., U. of tion with the expectation that Senate will INTERNATIONAL BACCALAURE­ and Michigan, for example) chooses the Victoria, U.B.C. and Harvard. refer it to the Senate Admissions Commit­ ATE COURSES courses and the level of achievement for tee for consultation with the Faculties. which it will grant advanced standing. University of British Columbia We would hope that it could be placed As a result of extensive study within Harvard allows a high school student with before Senate for action early enough for the Task Force and the canvassing of a grade of 4 on three AP courses to enter inclusion in the 1988/89 Calendar In the past, as the number of students departments, we have moved to collate directly into the sophomore year of its writing AP of IB examinations was information on existing departmental B.A. and B.Sc. programs. policies with regard to exemptions and limited, it was possible to respond indi­ It is our expectation that the recom­ advanced placement for IB/AP courses vidually to students requesting either mendation will be referred to the Senate and to ensure that it be publicized to the International Baccalaureate advanced placement or advanced credit for Admissions Committee and the Senate schools and included in the Admissions AP and/or IB courses. It was also reason­ Admissions Committee may consult with Guide. This falls within current Univer­ The International Baccalaureate able to assume that the majority of these Faculties. We would hope that the matter sity policy. program has been operating internationally students would remain in British Columbia can be placed before Senate for action for twenty years. Similar to the AP and would seek admission to the Univer­ early in 1988. We are forwarding the following program, it is a rigorous course of study, sity of British Columbia. recommendation for Senate consideration leading to a fixed schedule of examina­ with the expectation that it will be referred tions that is intended to challenge aca­ However, the investigations by the to the Senate Admissions Committee and demically gifted and highly motivated Task Force on Liaison, Recruiting and Recommendation: that the Senate Admissions Committee high school students. The program is Admissions reveal that: will consult with Faculties. It is our" hope governed and administered by a Council That limited numbers of gifted students that the matter can be placed before of Foundation headquartered in Geneva. (1) The IB and AP students, in British who are enrolled in grade eleven or twelve Senate for action early in the new year. The Council includes representatives of Columbia and across Canada, are being in a B.C. secondary school be admitted to national governments, heads of IB schools, actively and successfully recruited by the University to pursue "Concurrent Recommendation: and ad personam representatives of several class one research universities both in Studies" as unclassified students. Such countries. The Examination Office, Canada and in the U.S. (U. of T., McGill, students will be given the opportunity to located at the University of Bath, admini­ U. California - Berkeley, U. California - complete a course or courses prior to That Senate approve the granting of secondary school graduation. Credit credit for an appropriate level of achieve­ sters setting and assessing of all examina­ Los Angeles, U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor, earned may later be applied towards an ment in Advanced Placement and Interna­ tions by a Board of Chief Examiners Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Stanford, Prince­ appropriate degree at the University of tional Baccalaureate courses taken prior to working in committees comprised of ton, Duke, M.I.T.). British Columbia. high school graduation and that responsi­ experts in each discipline from the many bility for the assessment of the appropri­ nations who participate in the IB pro­ (2) The ability of the University of ateness of a course and the level of grams. The acceptance of the IB program British Columbia to continue to attract The following conditions will apply: achieVerheni required for credit be and the IB Diploma as a recognized these students is, in part, dependent on a determined by the department concerned. credential for university entrance, ad­ clearly stated and consistently applied The applicant must have a superior vanced placement and advanced credit is policy which informs prospective students, academic record. preferably before they apply to the NOTE: The Task Force obtained firmly established. For example, students University of British Columbia, how their information and material about AP and IB who complete the IB Diploma and obtain AP and IB achievement will be evaluated The applicant must be enrolled in a from the organizations concerned, sur­ 6 or 7 on three higher level subjects are with respect to advanced placement and/or B.C. secondary school at the grade eleven veyed departments, consulted other eligible for sophomore standing at advanced credit. or twelve level, in a programme that meets institutions and sent representatives to a Harvard. Similarly, Yale awards two regular U.B.C. entry requirements. regional conference. Documentation is acceleration credits (equivalent to two available for review by members of Senate Yale courses) to students who receive 6 or and other interested parties. 7 on the higher level examinations. The applicant must have the written recommendation of the secondary school Principal. ADVANCED PLACEMENT PRO­ THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT MEMORANDUM GRAM (AP) Nov. 5,1987 The applicant must have the written AND INTERNATIONAL BACCALAU­ Provincially consent of the parent or legal guardian if REATE (IB) TO: Dr. David W. Strangway .President under the legal age of majority on the In recent years the British Columbia opening day of classes. Ministry of Education has provided FROM: Daniel R. Birch, Chairman PROGRAM DESCRHTION designated funding to school districts for President's Task Force on Liaison, The applicant must have the support of special education programs including Recruiting and Admissions Advanced Placement those for the gifted and academically the Dean of the Faculty for the courses in which he/she plans to enroll. motivated. This is no doubt a factor in the RE: Concurrent Enrolment Policy for The Advanced Placement program has rapid growth of Advanced Placement and UBC been operating in the United States for International Baccalaureate programs in Admission will generally be limited to Occasionally a department allows a one academic session, however, this may student to enrol in a specific university be renewable with the continued support course while still enrolled in secondary of the school Principal and the faculty THE school. Such a request is handled on an Dean. COLLEGE THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM individual basis and the degree of formal­ BOARD ity varies. However, students permitted to Students in Concurrent Studies will be take UBC courses are not granted credit treated as regular students in most respects except that they may not register in a full MAY 1987 GRADE DISTRIBUTIONS - ALL SUBJECTS on successful completion, nor are they range of courses and their eligibility to ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATIONS granted advanced credit at the time of admission to UBC as undergraduate register is valid for one academic session A.P. Grade No. of Cases tt<& at Each Grade students. only (unless renewed as per above). 5 50,953 13.8 Standard transcripts will be issued and 4 80,149 21.7 The governing policy statement is fees and deadlines will be as for regular 3 118,760 32.2 found on page 14 ofthe 1987/88 Calendar students. 2 86,583 23.5 (Senate Minutes, May 23, 1979, p. 7197): 1 32,611 8.8 The above policy will also apply to Total 369,056 Advanced credit is not given for students who have enrolled in Concurrent subjects taken by an applicant prior to the Studies at recognized post-secondary 1987 Mean Grade - 3.08 applicant's graduation from secondary institutions prior to secondary school 1986 3.1 1978 3.16 school. However, advanced placement graduation. Such students may be consid­ 1984 3.12 1976 3.11 may be give where appropriate. These ered for recognized transfer credit towards 1982 3.12 1974 2.99 provisions apply to appropriate subjects a degree programme subject to degree 1980 3.12 1972 2.98 with high academic achievement on the requirements within the Faculties. UBC SPECIAL REPORT • March 24,1988 —— '•?«*• ; ;.- Helping Korea, cultural UBC sign groups research to sell pact by Jo Moss by Jo Moss The recent folding of the Vancouver Symphony UBC's Faculty of Commerce and Korea's most Orchestra illustrates a problem all cultural powerful business group have signed a unique institutions face—how to sell what they do best to research agreement which may provide the basis the public while preserving their artistic integrity. for improved trade between Korea and Canada. Commerce professor Robert Kelly is in the The three-year pact with the Korean Economic business of helping cultural institutions marry Research Institute (KERI), the research arm of the marketing with artistic integrity. He's currently Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), provides for working with the Director of the new Canadian the mutual exchange of research ideas, experts, Museum of Civilization in Ottawa—a $200 million information and data. project scheduled to open in the spring next year— "It was undertaken with a view to promote joint to do just that. research and collaborate on research topics of Kelly said museums must shed their elitist mutual interest," said Han Vertinsky, director of image and work to attract a much wider variety of UBC's Centre for International Business Studies. potential visitors, not just the small number who "It's an important agreement because we need are already knowledgeable about art or artifacts. to understand each other's business culture, According to Kelly, many people enjoy going to economic structure, industry and markets to museums to socialize: to see and be seen. reduce future conflict in the trade arena," said "You have to make people feel it's legitimate to Korean-bom Commerce professor Tae Oum who do that," he said. "At the same time you want to will be one of the first researchers to take help them understand and appreciate what makes advantage of the agreement. our national treasures important, and what is Oum and Vertinsky visited Seoul last October unique about a museum." to meet with representatives of government, Kelly advocates bringing art and artifacts to life research and industry organizations, including by staging events like ethnic theatre, dance, or Vice-Chairman of FKI and other business leaders. totem pole raising ceremonies. Restaurants and FKI encompasses virtually all the major multi­ shops right in the museum can also play a large national businesses in Korea, Vertinsky said. part in attracting visitors and making the visit Products range from textiles, toys and footwear to enjoyable and meaningful, he said. automobiles, ship building and electronics. Photo by Stuart Greene Collaborative research will put Canada and Dr. David Walker is using an electron microscope at St. Paul's hospital to study the structure of single Korea in a better position to determine what their "Many people initially just want to experience cells. The B.C. Lung Association is supporting lung disease research at UBC with a $241,000 grant to help future roles will be in the Pacific Rim market, Oum the ambience of a place," he said. "Eventually, Dr. Walker's work. said. they may come to appreciate the content as well "Up until recently, Canada hasn't been able to as the context of the art; but they first have to be compete with Korean products because their attracted if that is ever to happen. You don't want labour costs have been much lower than ours," he to make art 'showbiz', but there is much wis can Bible edges Tolkien as explained. learn from places like Disneyland and Expo." But Korean wages have risen steadily reducing Kelly's methods may seem radical to tradition­ the gap of production costs in some manufactured alists, but he's convinced cultural institutions must goods. And Korea's exports now include cars and use them to survive. He admits they are difficult to consumer electronics—computers, video record­ put in place. as campus favorite ers, televisions and radios—products which Director of the Museum of Anthropology compete directly with Canadian exports in a market Michael Ames agreed. He said popularizing art By Gavin Wilson Three books in this genre made the top ten, and four more received multiple votes, including the dominated by Japan, the U.S.A. and the European creates a dilemma for art administrators. Economic Community. "It's a delicate balancing act,"he said. "How do What's the best-loved book on campus? improbable Tom Swift and his Electric Speedboat. According to a survey conducted by the UBC "But I guess it's not all that surprising, really, "Given that there will be increased competition you stage public events to get the occasional in the future, we must adapt to a new market," Oum visitors to come more often, without losing your bookstore — it's the Bible. when you consider the loyalty there is for books The Bible narrowly edged out J.R.R. Tolkien's such as Lord of the Rings," said Pike. said. Oum predicts it will take six months to regular supporters who like the peace and quiet of develop a mutual research project list KERI, a traditional museum?" Lord of the Rings for top spot in a survey con­ Following is a partial list of titles which recived ducted by the bookstore to mark Literacy Day in more than one nomination. A total of 161 other which has about 50 full-time researchers, will The MOA is aggressive in its public program­ incorporate Korean university scientists as needed ming to keep its visitor numbers high. Canada. books received single votes. The Bible to carry out the studies. UBC will draw on faculty "We have probably done more of these kinds of More than 200 people nominated their favorite books, and their opinions reflect a broad cross- Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien experts in different departments. events more systematically than most institutions," One of the projects UBC has proposed is a Ames said. section of the campus community, said bookstore The Razor's Edge - W. Somerset Maugham employee Jennifer Pike. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen comparative productivity analysis of various Canadian and Korean industry sectors. Kelly's initial studies of museum visitors began "Staff members said that all different types of Women in Love - D.H. Lawrence "Korea could become a major market for at the MOA five years ago. He was surprised to people stopped to put their votes in — they were all Dune Trilogy - Frank Herbert find that one third of the people who arrived on bus ages," she said. Canadian-forest products and mining products," Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky tours never set foot in the museum galleries at all. Jane Austen proved to be the most popular Oum said. "They went right into the gift shop, looked . author, placing two novels, Pride and Prejudice and The Bone People - Keri Hulme around, maybe bought something, but never went Emma, high on the list. The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway farther than the lobby," Kelly said. Anne of Green Gables was the Canadian Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams favorite. Timothy Findley's Not Wanted on the To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee CIAA Voyage was the only other Canadian work to Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis receive more than one vote. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck In all, 34 books received more than one Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery membership nomination. Many were classics by Melville, Joyce, Emma - Jane Austen Letters Conrad, Hemingway, Forster and Dostoyevsky. Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov Other works were baby-boomer favorites such as House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende recommended Catcher in the Rye, On the Road and Catch 22. Editor, Hunger - Knut Hamsun by Lorie Chortyk But what caught Pike by surprise is the number Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean Auel of science fiction/fantasy novels that pepper the I was surprised to see in your February Book of Laughter and Forgetting - Milan Kundera 25 article "Commitment made to Equity list. Plan" several references to 'handicapped' If you've ever wanted a better understanding of people. events happening around the world than you get from the evening news, geological sciences The term preferred by the target group Work study program benefits professor Harry Warren recommends a member­ and recommended by the Federal Govern­ ship in the Canadian Institute for International ment is 'disabled persons' or better still, Affairs. 'persons with disabilities.' both students and faculty The national organization, formed in 1928, brings together members of the business commu­ As former Communications Chairman of by Lorie Chortyk "With work study students we're able to offer nity, government, universities, media and the public the Federal Government's Year of Disabled better programs for the public." who want to know more about Canada's role in Persons Organizing Committee, my fellow international events. The institute sponsors talks Most evenings you'll find Marielle Geoffroy, a For Marielle, the placement provides valuable members and I worked hard to educate with top Canadian civil sen/ants and ambassadors student in the Faculty of Education's French hands-on training in her chosen field. Canadians about the difference between the Immersion Program, in the Buchanan Building from others nations, study trips to countries where two terms. The first is concerned with "There's a lot of creativity and freedom in the international news is breaking, on-going research developing new materials for continuing education work and I'm learning to take responsibility for barriers, - attitudinal, systemic, architectural language programs. and publications programs and regular confer­ and environmental; the second describes projects and make decisions based on my ences. Her salary is paid through the Work Study training." physical, mental or other conditions which Warren, a long-time member of the CIIA, said Program, a component of the provincial Bryon Hender, director of UBC's Awards Office, bring about a dysfunction. government's student aid package. This year, the that in recent years membership has been largely said the number of students participating in work- university received more than $900,000 from the from the private sector, with only nine members study has grown astronomically since the program I am certain that the intention of the government and added an additional $125,000 to from UBC. He would like to see more interest was introduced on campus in 1978. Federal Government's Equity Program provide jobs for 750 students. from the university community. which the University is now embracing, is - The jobs range from clerical work to the rather "It's the kind of program that benefits everyone," among other things, to provide increased specialized position of "starfish morphogenesis he said. "Students who have a demonstrated "Current affairs touch everyone," he said. employment opportunities for disabled technician", as one application read. financial need are able to earn money and build up "Whether it's famine in Ethiopia, civil strife in persons, which will lead to the overcoming Judith Plessis, coordinator of Language career experience, and faculty are able to carry out Central America or arms control talks between the of several handicaps. One of the first Programs and Services for the Centre for new projects." superpowers, Canadians are affected and I think moves in the right direction, would be to get Continuing Education, has been using work study Students work an average of six hours per we should try and understand the issues as best the terminology right. students for the past two years. In addition to week, with an average overall salary of $1,350. we can." Marielle, she is supervising nine other students this When students apply for the program they're given Warren said the organization also provides Very truly yours, year. authorization to earn up to a specified limit, ranging opportunities for students and faculty to develop The program allows us to develop new from $500 to $2,000, depending on financial need. contacts with representatives from business and curriculum and promotional materials that we just Hender said both faculty and students seem government. Paul E. Thiele, wouldn't otherwise have the resources for," she pleased with the program, and in several cases More information on the CIIA is available from Librarian and Head said. "Our language instructors are part-time staff he's heard from students who gained full-time Dr. Warren at 228-3139. For a membership who come in in the evenings to teach, so they don't employment as a result of the work-study experi­ application, write to Elizabeth Murchie, #5-5565 UBC REPORTS March 24,1988 have time for special projects. ence. Oak Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6M 2V5. • Sr*K» S/rass sfadV Women coping better by Lorie Chortyk Doctors Kahn and Long are studying three sets of 100 women executives in their two-year study. For women in executive and management The researchers first measure and record factors positions the pressure to work longer and harder such as personality traits, gender role attitudes, than their male counterparts is Still a reality of the marital and parental status and age of the women, workplace. and then conduct monthly interviews for six months But surprisingly, female executives are still less to identify events the women found stressful and likely to suffer from coronary disease and other how they dealt with them. stress-related illnesses than men. "We're looking for links between certain "I think women tend to deal with stress more personality traits or environmental factors and openly and effectively than men," said Dr. Bonnie methods of coping with stress," said Kahn. "We Long of UBC's Counselling Psychology Depart­ can then use this information to help women either ment. "They share their concerns and problems change stressful situations or modify their reaction with others rather than keeping them inside, so the to them." physical effects of tension are reduced." Kahn said that despite being in good physical She and colleague Dr. Sharon Kahn are health, women in general report higher levels of studying how executive women in traditionally male depression and anxiety than men. occupations experience and cope with stress. "But we don't know whether this is because "It's an interesting group to study because their men experience stress differently or if they're just experience in the workplace is unique," said Long. not as willing to admit it." "These women are a minority group — only 13 per Kahn and Long are looking for 100 women cent of all top managers in Canada are female. In executives to take part in phase three of their study addition to the usual pressures of the job they often which begins in the summer. The study is open to face discrimination, harrassment, and conflicts women of any age who hold management positions between the demands of family and work." in fields other than teaching or nursing. Participa­ Janet Fraser, executive assistant to Vancouver tion involves six one-hour interviews and a follow- Photo by Warren Schmidt Mayor Gordon Campbell, agrees that women up after one year. If you'd like to volunteer, contact Victor Lo has found a new way to treat pig waste that is efficient, reliable and cheap experience more pressure than their male Sandi McLuckie at 734-8258. counterparts. "Women are still regarded as the primary caregivers in society in addition to their position in First translated Discovered: The answer the workplace. Even if a woman's been at work for 14 hours, she's still the one responsible for the Christmas thank-you note to Aunt Sarah or book available knowing which of the kids hasn't had their teeth The first UBC Press book to be translated into a to pig farmers' prayers checked for six months." foreign language will soon be available in book Fraser adds that women, still somewhat of a stores in Japan. by Jo Moss already expressed interest in the reactor treatment. novelty in upper management positions, often feel Journeys to the Japanese 1952-1979 by Morton The treatment process removes 98 per cent of the pressure of being a role model. and Lucia White, published by the University of Canadian pig farmers can thank a UBC bio- the environmental pollutants. That makes the end "There's always the feeling of being observed, British Columbia Press in 1986, is being brought resource engineering professor for solving one of product almost pure water, Lo said. of having to be your absolute best 100 per cent of out by Shisaku Sha Publishers. their biggest headaches—what to do with the "It can be sprayed directly on agricultural land the time," she said. "I don't think men necessarily And the Japanese firm may purchase the waste 2,000 pigs produce. or discharged directly into an ocean or river." experience that pressure." translation rights to three more books published by At least 100 times stronger than domestic More than 100,000 Canadian swine producers UBC Press — Kewa Tales and Fabricated World: sewage, pig waste is difficult to dispose of because stand to benefit from the new process, and Lo said An Interpretation of Kewa Tales by anthropologist current agricultural treatment processes don't it can easily be applied to dairy or poultry opera­ Dr. John LeRoy, and The Righteous Demon: A remove all the pollutants. Some farmers release tions. It's currently being tested on a swine UBC to pay Study of Bali by Dr. Clifford Hospital. As well, an the waste on their land, but most don't have operation in Aktergrove and a Langley dairy farm. editor/translator from Beijing recently visited UBC to enough land to handle it. The Aldergrove reactor treatment processes explore the possibility of translating UBC Press An average swine operation in B.C. has 200 about 8,000 litres of waste at one time. It's made for insurance books into Chinese. sows from farrow to finish which turn out 4,000 pigs up of a manure holding tank and a second-stage UBC Press Director Jim Anderson said he's a year. That's about 12,000 litres of waste process of three sequencing batch reactors which UBC employees who require additional delighted at the attention the Press is attracting in produced daily. operate in a series. Each reactor stands 16 feet insurance to use their own vehicles on university the international publishing world. Victor Lo hastlevetoped an agricultural waste tall and six feet wide. Lo estimates the system business will be reimbursed to a limit of $125. "We've been working to extend our market for treatment process that's the answer to a pig cost $20,000. As a result of changes to ICBC regulations, several years now," he said. "When UBC Press farmer's prayers. Easy to install, and relatively The entire integrated treatment cycle takes faculty and staff who drive their own vehicles more started up 17 years ago it focused almost exclu­ cheap, it's more efficient and reliable than any other between four and eight days, a far cry from other than 1,600 kilometres a year or four days each sively on Canadian studies and regional history. treatment process in use. treatments processes which may take up to 20 month must have business coverage. Recently we've expanded the range of our books to "It's an integrated system that has proved very days—and don't generate a pollution-free product. Business coverage is required even for driving appeal to a much wider audience." successful in our pilot plant operations," Lo said. Because the system is efficient, a small waste between university buildings on public roads. Anderson has also received letters of interest "As far as we know, we are the first in North treatment reactor can handle a large amount of Failure to have the proper coverage will from European publishers. Guilio Einaudi Editor, a America to use this kind of reactor treatment for waste. That makes it adaptable to any size of invalidate your policy in the event of an accident prestigious Italian publisher, recently approached agricultural waste." swine operation. The reactor design could be while on university business. Anderson about translation rights for a book by China, Puerto Rico and a number of other available on a limited commercial basis by the end Employees should check with their supervisor, UBC Germanic Studies professor Marketa Goetz- countries in Europe and Southeast Asia have of 1988, Lo said. then arrange appropriate coverage. Stankiewicz. People Smith awarded honorary science degree

The University of Guelph has awarded Dr. and Agricultural Organization's forestry commis­ the promotion of the field of Canadian Studies. He Three U.S. cigarette manufacturers are Michael Smith an honorary Doctor of Science sion and the Economic Commission for Europe's is also well known for his work in Canadian history being sued for damages in a New Jersey degree, in recognition of his outstanding contri­ timber committee. Representatives from about 30 and urban affairs. federal district court and Commerce professor butions through research and teaching in the countries were present. Artibise is currently president of the Interna­ Richard Pollay was one of the expert wit­ field of biochemistry. tional Council for Canadian Studies, which includes nesses for the prosecution. Smith, the director of UBC's biotechnology 14 member-associations representing 21 countries Pollay, an advertising historian, recently laboratory, accepted the degree earlier this The FAO/ECE working party deals with around the world. gave testimony in a case that is being closely month. questions of global forest economics and statistics He is also past-president of the Association for watched by the American media. It is the con­ Next month, he will fly to the University of and is currently collating information for an Canadian Studies, a non-profit organization which tribution and relevance of cigarette advertising Kansas Medical Centre to be the Culpeper international statistical data base.The Department seeks to promote a knowledge of Canada at the that is the key issue in this civil suit. Visiting Professor. The lecturer is sponsored by of Geophysics and Astronomy will welcome three post-secondary level through teaching, research the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation of New visiting lecturers, funded by a grant from the and publications. To date, cigarette manufacturers have won York for visiting professorships to medical Amoco Canada Petroleum Company. The awards will be presented in Ottawa on April every case brought against them by survivors schools. Dr. Drummond Mathews of Cambridge 21. of cancer victims. One of the consistent argu­ University is credited with publishing the first paper ments for defense has been that smokers bear which calculates the rate of continental drift. all the risks of their choice to smoke. There Dr. David Hardwick, Head of Pathology at Professor Syun-ichi Akasofu of the University Oceanographer Dr. Tim are currently more than 100 suits pending in UBC, has been elected vice-president of the of Alaska studies the behavior of aurora. He has Parsons will receive the the U.S. U.S. and Canadian Academy of Pathology. been acclaimed for his model of magnetic prestigious Oceanographical The 5,000-member Academy is the North substorms. Society of Japan Prize for Cipollone vs. Liggett involves the recent American arm of the International Academy of And, professor Don Anderson of the California 1988, the first time the award death of Rose Cipollone from lung cancer. A Pathology. Institute of Technology is recognized for his has been given to a smoker for more than 40 years, she vide­ contributions to our knowledge of the earth, ranging foreigner. otaped her court testimony before she died. from the surface to the inner core, and the structure The award, which Relatives and lawyers are suing the manufac­ The Physiotherapy Association of B.C. has of the planets. Parsons will receive in a turers of the brands she smoked: Liggett presented Dr. Elizabeth Dean with its 1988 ceremony in Tokyo April 4, Groups Inc. (Chesterfield and L & M); Philip Research Award. recognizes the UBC Morris Inc. (Virginia Slims and Parliament); Dr. Dean is an assistant professor in the The Secretary of State oceanographer's studies of and P. Lorillard Inc., (True). School of Rehabilitation Medicine at UBC. has awarded a Citation for plankton and its role in PARSONS Four and a half years in preparation, and Currently, she is studying patients with post- Citizenship to Alan marine ecology. His work is Artibise, director of UBC's with millions of dollars invested by both sides, polio syndrome. well known in Japan, where he was once invited to Cipollone vs. Liggett began February 4. The award recognizes physiotherapists who Community and Regional lecture in the Imperial Palace for Emperor Hirohito, have made outstanding contributions to the Planning Centre. who studies marine biology. profession. The citations, awarded Parsons is also being acknowledged for this year for the first time, another, perhaps related, honor. are also going out to 24 The Institute for Scientific Information has found Commerce professor Michael Tretheway other individuals, busi­ that one of his papers, published in the Journal of was invited to Geneva last month to present a nesses and community or­ the Oceanographical Society of Japan in 1967, is Theatre professor Norman Young has ganizations which embody paper to the UN on productivity in the Canadian ARTIBISE one of the most frequently cited works in its field. been reappointed as chairman of the Vancou­ pulp and paper industry. the best characteristics of ver Civic Theatres Board, which operates the Tretheway recently completed the first Canadian citizenship. Four hundred groups and in­ He has been invited to write a brief commentary Orpheum, Queen Elizabeth and Playhouse phase of the productivity study. He was invited dividuals were nominated. on this work for publication in the Citation Classics Theatres. Young is also a member of the to Geneva by a joint working party of the Food The citation recognizes Artibise for his work in section of Current Contents. Museum Board and Archives Commission.

UBCREPORTS March 24, 1988 UBC Calendar

Chemical Engineering Seminar SUNDAY, MAR. 27 f * •*» < UBC Community Concert Band • v Coated Wired Glucose Sensor and Its Applications. Ms. S. M Sharareh, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering. For IJI^I^I^I^I^I^I^I^I^I^I^I^I^I^H* Sponsored by the Centre for Continuing Education and School of information call 228-3238. Room 206, Chemical Engineering Music. Directed by Martin Berinbaum. Free. For information call Building. 3:30 p.m. 222-5254. Old Auditorium. 3:30-4:30 p.m. 1 i Economics Seminar ^,«^M MONDAY, MAR. 28 Edgeworth Equilibrium and the Ramsey Optimum in the Theory of Biochemical Discussion Group Seminar Contestable Markets. Hajime Miyazaki, Ohio S.U. For information call 228-4505. Room 351, Brock Hall. 4:00-5:30 p.m. Nitrogen-regulated Transcription in Enteric Bacteria: A Procaryotic .* -' 1 Regulatory System with Eucaryotlc Features. Dr. Sidny Kustu, Beer Garden Bacteriology and immunology, University of California, Berkeley. HI For information call 228-2376. Lecture Hall #4, IRC. 12:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Graduate Student Society. For information call -)•», -jjlBJ* ,*» ^& 228-3203. Ballroom, Graduate Centre. 4:30-7:30 p.m. Chemistry Seminar DJ Night Computational Methods in Spin Dynamics. Professor J.S. P Waugh, Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For s»w With Mary McAlister. Sponsored by the Graduate Student information call 228-3266. Room 225, Chemistry Building. 2:30 Society. Free. For information call 228-3203. Fireside Lounge. p.m. il"- ~&&%v%w Graduate Centre. 7:00 p.m.-12:00 midnight. Mechanical Engineering Seminar SATURDAY, APR. 9 Isothermal Dendritic Crystal Growth - A Space Flight Experiment. UBC Rugby Professor M.E. Glicksman, John Todd Horton. Materials iJi^i^Mfe/*** . UBC vs. Loners. For information call 228-2531. Thunderbird Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic institute. Troy, New York. IfflPP^ Stadium. 2:30 p.m. For information call 228-4350 Room 1215, Civil & Mechanical Engineering Building. 3:30 p.m. t iff • * *' 1 Asian Studies Workshop Biochemical Discussion Group Seminar fc -~ ***w«fi ^ Sikh Literature: Language, Text and Transmission. For 4§f • information call 228-3881. Room 604, Asian Centre. Regulation of Crystalline Gene Expression in the Eye Lens. Dr. Martin Breitman, Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, % 1 Toronto. For information call 228-3027. Lecture Hall #4, IRC. Hi' ri fc¥*4 NOTICES 3:45 p.m. Astronomy Lecture r Astronomy Seminar #: % The Lamps of Atlantis: An Astronomical Detective Story. •*j&h" """ Vpik %;, A Professor Archie Roy, Physics 4 Astronomy, University of WIMPS. Dr. J. Faulkner, Lick Observatory, University of Glasgow. Thursday, March 24th, 8:15 p.m.. Lecture Hall #2, IRC. California, Santa Cruz. Coffee at 3:30 p.m. For information call mL 228-4134. Room 260, Geophysics & Astronomy Building. 4:00 Photo by WaiTen Schmidt Faculty & Staff Golf Tournament p.m. Musqueam weaver Barbara Cayou offered demonstrations of traditional Coast Salish weaving at the April 28 at McLeery Golf Course to be followed by dinner at the Division of Preventive Medicine & Health Museum of Anthropology March 8 and 15. The technique dates back 3,000 years. Faculty Club. For registration forms and information call Norm Watt at 228-2581. Promotion Forestry Seminar Economics Seminar Female Wage Growth in the United States: 1968-1983. Thomas AIDS Education Programs in the Workplace. Jan Kotaska, The Development of Kiln Schedules for Hem-Fir 4"X4" Baby- UBC/Tennis Canada A. Mroz, Hoover Institute & University of Chicago. For information Director, Nursing & Health, C.E., V.C.C. Free. For information Squares. Dr. S. Avramktis, Forestry. For information call 228- call 228-3320. Room 351, Brock Hall. 4:00-5:30 p.m. April8(1:00p.m.),9(12:00Noon), 10(11:00a.m.). DavisCup call 228-2258. Room 253, James Mather Building. 4:00-5:30 2507 or 228-4166. Room 166, MacMillan Building. 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tennis Tournament. American Zone Group 1 Playoffs: Canada p.m. Beer Garden vs. Chile. First Davis Cup playoff in Vancouver in 16 years. $38 Video Night Religious Studies Graduate Seminar Sponsored by the Graduate Student Society. For information call Series tickets; $15 daily tickets. Available at all VTC/CBO outlets. 228-3203. Ballroom, Graduate Centre. 4:30-7:30 p.m. For information call 280-4400. War Memorial Gymnasium Sponsored by the Graduate Student Society. Midnight Cowboy & A Controversy between the Madhyamikas and the Yogacaras. DJ Night 2001 - a Space Odyssey. Free. For information call 228-3203. Lama (Geshe) Lobsang Gyatso. Principal, Dalai Lama's Dharma Final Exams for Disabled Students Fireside Lounge, Graduate Centre. 6:00 & 8:00 p.m. With Mary McAlister. Sponsored by the Graduate Student College, India. For information call 228-3357 or 224-6094. Room Disabled students requiring assistance with access to final exams Society. Free. For information call 228-3203. Fireside Lounge, E266, Buchanan. 2:30-5:00 p.m. or anticipating specialized problems, contact Jan del Valle, Co­ Graduate Centre. 7:00 p.m.-12:00 midnight. TUESDAY, MAR. 29 ordinator of Services Disabled Students, at 228-4858. Room 200.""' Botany Seminar Faculty Concert Series Brock Hall. Evidence of Dark Avoidance by Phototrophic Periphytic Diatoms Guitar Duo Concert Sponsored by the School of Music. Roger Cole, oboe; Linda Lee Arts Review '88 in Lotic Systems. Dr. Max Bothwell, Limnological Research Thomas, piano. Lecture at 730 p.m. $7 adults, $3 students/ Division, National Hydrology Research Centre, Saskatoon, Sponsored by Hispanic & Italian Studies. Music by Chueca, seniors. For information call 228-3113. Recital Hall, Music Sponsored by the Arts Undergrad Society. Accepting applications Saskatchewan. For information call 228-2133. Room 2000. Mendelssohn, Stravinsky, Villa-Lobos, Chapi. Guillem Perez- Building. 8:00 p.m. now at the A.U.S. Office, Buchanan A107. No hand written Biological Sciences Building. 12:30 p.m. Quer, Barcelona; Danielle Kassner, Toronto. For information call submissions. Include S.A.S.E. Deadline is May 1st. Prizes are 228-6884. C362. Buchanan Building. 3:00-5:00 p.m. for best poetry and fiction. For information call 228-4403. Biomembranes Discussion Group Seminar Live Band Applied Mathematics Seminar UBC Cricket Club Calcium Regulation of Pancreatic Secretion. Dr. Bob Dormer, Featuring the FREE RADICALS. Sponsored by the Graduate College of Medicine, University of Wales. For information call Land-Use Change and Climate: Modelling and Monitoring Student Society. Free. Everyone Welcome. For information call Sponsored by the Athletic Department. First practices of new 228-3027. Lecture Hall #5, IRC. 12:30-1:30 p.m. Techniques. Dr. Graham Thomas, Geography. For information 228-3203. Fireside Lounge, Graduate Centre. 8:00 p.m.-12:00 season. For information call 266-0683 or 666-8059. call 228-4584. Room 229, Mathematics Building. 3:45 p.m. midnight. Chemistry Seminar UBC Bookstore NMR Spectroscopy Below 1K. Professor J.S. Waugh, Chemistry, The last day for departmental requisitions (prior to inventory Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Coffee at 12:30 p.m. For closure) at the University Central Supplies Department will be information call 228-3266. Room 250, Chemistry Building. 1:00 Holiday Calendar Deadlines March 28,1988. The Bookstore will be closed March 30 - April 4. p.m. The Bookstore will reopen 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 5. Oceanography Seminar For events in the period April 10 to April 23, notices must be submitted on proper Calendar forms UBC Fine Arts Gallery no later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30 to the Community Relations Office, 6328 Memorial Productivity Studies in the Mackenzie River/Beaufort Sea Estuary. Now until March 31. Chinatown Interiors: 48 photographs by Pok- Dr. T.R. Parsons, Oceanography. For information call 228-5210. Road, Room 207, Old Administration Building. For more information, call 228-3131. Chi Lau. Tuesday - Friday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Saturday, noon- ( Room 1465, Biological Sciences Building. 3:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Main Library. Statistics & Commerce Business Administra­ Ecology/Resource Ecology Seminar Copying in the Libraries? tion Seminar SATURDAY, APR. 2 Designing Implementable Natural Resource Management. Dr. Save time and money with a UBC Library copy card. $5 cards B.C. Volleyball Association Jr. Championships sold in most libraries; $10, $20 or higher cards in Copy Service, Two Moments Suffice for Poisson Approximation: The Chen-Stein Gordon Baskerville, Forestry, University of New Brunswick. For Main or Woodward. Cash/Cheque/Departmental Requisition. For Method. Larry Goldstein, University of Southern California. information call 228-4329. Room 2449, Biological Sciences Sponsored by Athletics. For information call 228-2531. Osborne information call 228-2854. Coffee at 3:45 p.m. For information call 228-3410. Room C102, Building. 4:30 p.m. Gymnasium. 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Ponderosa Annex C. 4:00 p.m. Jazz Live UBC Rugby Badminton Club Economics Seminar Sponsored by the Graduate Student Society. Cameron Chu, UBC vs. Vancouver Rowing Club. For Information call 228-2531. Faculty, Staff & Graduate Student Badminton Club meets ' Tuesdays 8:30-10:30 p.m. and Fridays 7:30-9:30 p.m. Gym A, <_ Vector-Autoregressive Encompassing Tests. Eric Ghysels, piano. Free. For information call 228-3203. Fireside Lounge, Thunderbird Stadium. 2:30 p.m. Montreal. For information call 228-4608. Room 351, Brock Hall. Graduate Centre. 5:30-8:00 p.m. Robert Osborne Sports Centre. For information call 228-4025 or 4:00-5:30 p.m. 731-9966. Bridge TUESDAY, APR. 5 Our Common Future Chemistry Seminar Psychology Research Study Sponsored by the Graduate Student Society. Beginners Couples, aged 30-60, needed for research on effects of Sponsored by the Environmental Interest Group. Towards Welcome. For information call 228-3203. Fireside Lounge, Biomedically Related Coordination Chemistry of Trivafent Non- communication on bodily responses. Experiment conducted in Common Action - Proposals for Institutional and Legal Change. Graduate Centre. 6:00 p.m. TransKion Metals. Professor Chris Orvig, Chemistry. Coffee at UBC Psychology Department. Personal feedback and stress Mr. Andrew Thompson, Law. For information call 224-0299. 12:30 p.m. For information call 228-3266. Room 250, Chemistry management information provided. For information call James Lecture Hall #2, IRC. 7:30-9:30 p.m. UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble Building. 1:00 p.m. y Frankish at 734-2979. Kenny Building. Sponsored by the School of Music. Martin Berinbaum, director. Oceanography Seminar Humanities Lecture Benefit Concert tor the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Music Psychology Research Project by Vaughn-Williams, Creston, Bach and Strauss. $5 adults, $3 The Density Tide. Dr. David Griffin, Oceanography. For Sponsored by the Centre tor Continuing Education. Making Families wanted for child development study. Mothers and their students/seniors. For information call 228-3113. Old Auditorium. information call 228-5210. Room 1465, Biological Sciences Peace Within: An Evening wfth Virginia Satir. Virginia Satir. 3-6 yr. old children (2 boys or 2 girls) are urgently needed for a 8:00 p.m. Building. 3:30 p.m. Family Therapist. $10 adults, $5 students. For information call project studying sibling interaction. Approx. 1 hour. For 222-5261. Ballroom, SUB. 8:00 p.m. THURSDAY, MAR. 31 WEDNESDAY, APR. 6 information call Cindy Hardy at 228-6771 or 684-2142. Fitness Appraisal Medical Grand Rounds UBC Medical and Scientific Equipment Show Physical Education & Recreation, through the John M. Buchanan WEDNESDAY, MAR. 30 Cholesterol - Canadian Consensus Report Update. Dr. J. Sponsored by the AMS in cooperation with the UBC Purchasing Fitness and Research Centre, is administering a physical fitness " Religious Studies Lecture Frohlich, Director, Lipid Clinic, Shaugnessy Hospital. For Department. Free. For information call 228-3456. SUB Ballroom assessment program to students, faculty, staff and the general information call 228-7737. Lecture Theatre Room G279, .Acute and Partyroom. 10:00 a.m.-4:00p.m. public. Approx. 1 hour. $25, students $20. For information call A Christian - Buddhist (Tibetan) Dialogue. Lama (Geshe) Care Unit, HSCH. 12:00 noon. Lobsang Gyatso, Principal, Dalai Lama's Dharma College, India. Geophysics Seminar UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble Statistical Consulting and Research Laboratory For information call 228-3357 or 224-6094. Room D348, Brave New Tomography. Dr. Robert Stewart Chair in Exploration Buchanan. 10:30-1120 a.m. Sponsored by the School of Music. Martin Berinbaum director. Geophysics, Geology and Geophysics, University of Calgary. For SCARL is operated by the Department of Statistics to provide Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Benefit Concert for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Music information call 228-5406. Room 260, Geophysics and statistical advice to faculty and graduate students working on by Vaughn-Williams, Creston, Bach and Strauss. $5 adults, $3 Astronomy Building. 4:00 p.m. research problems. For information call 228-4037. Forms for Potassium Currents in Sensory Neurons. Igor Spigelman, students/seniors. For information call 228-3113. Old Auditorium. appointments available in Room 210, Ponderosa Annex C. Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Medicine. For information call 12:30 p.m. 228-2575. Room 317, Basic Medical Sciences Building, Block Language Exchange Program •C". 12:00 noon. Chemical Engineering Seminar THURSDAY, APR. 7 Exchanging Languages on a One-to-One Basis. For information UBC Medical and Scientific Equipment Show The Use of Variational Techniques in Spouted Bed Analysis. Dr. call 228-5021. International House. Office Hours 9:30 a.m.-430 Noon-Hour Series p.m. H. Littmann, Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Sponsored by the AMS in cooperation with the UBC Purchasing Sponsored by the School of Music. Philip Dent-Candelaria, guitar. Institute, Troy, New York. For information call 228-3238. Room Department. Free. For information call 228-3456. SUB Ballroom Walter Gage Toastmasters Admission by donation. For information call 228-3113. Recital 206, Chemical Engineering Building. 3:30 p.m. and Partyroom. 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Hall, Music Building. 12:30 p.m. Public speaking and leadership meeting, Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30 GSS Annual General Meeting Biotechnology Laboratory Seminar p.m. Guests are welcome to attend, ask questions, and , participate. For information call Geoff Lowe at 261-7065. Room All Graduate Student Society members are cordially invited to Application of Surface Thermodynamics to the Development of an 215, SUB. , meet the new executive. For information call 228-3203. Dining Implantable Bioartificial Organ. Francis Lamberti, Chemical UBC Reports is published every second Thursday Room, Graduate Centre. 4:00 p.m. Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto. For by UBC Community Relations information call 228-4838. Lecture Hall #3, IRC, Woodward M.Y. Williams Geological Museum Biomedical Library. 4:00 p.m. 6238 Memorial Road, Vancouver, B.C. Psychology Colloquium Open Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.. The Collectors Shop V6T 1W5, Telephone 228-3131 is open Wednesdays 1:30-4:30 pm. or by appointment. For Family Interactions in Attention Deficit and Hyperactive Children. information call 228-5586. Editor-in-chief: Don Whiteley Dr. Russell Barkley, University of Massachusettes Medical FRIDAY, APR. 8 Editor: Howard Fluxgold Center. For information call 228-2755. Room 2510, Kenny Nitobe Memorial Garden Building. 4:00 p.m. Medical Genetics Seminar Contributors: Jo Moss, Lorie Chortyk, Debora Open Monday to Friday, 10.00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Free. Closed Sweeney, Gavin Wilson. Physics Colloquium Clinical Case Presentations. Clinical Geneticists, Clinical weekends. Genetics Unit, Grace Hospital. For information can 228-5311. Botanical Garden Strange Matter. Dr. E. Farhi, MIT. For information call 228-3853. Parentcraft Room, Main Floor, Grace Hospital, 4490 Oak Street, UBC REPORTS March 24,1988 Room 201, Hennings Building. 4:00 p.m. Vancouver. 1:00 p.m. Open daily 10.-00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Free.