Western Takes Proactive Stance on Sexual Violence

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Western takes proactive stance on sexual violence

BY JASON WINDERS postsecondary institutions, a recent Toronto That last fact should be an eye-opener to extent – addressed by both the Code of Student Star investigation into sexual assault policies on every university, said Susan Grindrod, Western’s Conduct and Non-Discrimination/Harassment EDUCATING STUDENTS ABOUT sexual vio- Canadian campuses has drawn particular atten- associate vice-president (Housing and Ancillary Policy. lence is a topic Western refuses to shy away from tion to the ways universities are confronting the Services). A standalone university policy, however, ele- – instead, university officials said, they confront issue and assisting victims. “I have been asked many times why we need vates the issue within the community, Mandich the topic from Day One. At Western, the subject of sexual assault has a specific policy on this. My answer is because of said. “We start right away. Our demographics received intense attention for the last year. For our demographic. Universities are the statistics,” “A policy draws everyone’s attention to the are such that we feel we need to provide a lot many university officials, the issue gets to the she continued. “This is a special policy around an magnitude and importance of the issue,” she of education and awareness about issues like core of who universities serve. issue that impacts young people. And that’s who continued. “We take sexual assault and preven- consent,” said Angie Mandich, Western’s acting According to Statistics Canada, there are we have here – young people making decisions tion very seriously, to the point where we are one associate vice-president (Student Experience). about 512,000 incidents of sexual assault annu- on these things. So, we need to be prepared to of the few universities who have a specific policy “We try to bring all students into the ‘culture of ally, representing a rate of 1,977 incidents per deal with this. addressing this issue. We’re not only reacting, but caring’ we have here through initial awareness 100,000 in a population aged 15 and older. “Having a strong message from the top, along being proactive, in terms educating and raising and ongoing education that sexual assault is not Given approximately nine in 10 sexual assaults with a strong policy and set of guidelines about awareness among all our students so we create a acceptable under any circumstances.” go unreported, police-reported sexual assault how we’re going to handle this, lets everybody respective climate for all.” In the wake of a series of high-profile cases, counts are notably lower, with about 24,200 know this is an important issue here.” According to the Star’s findings, only nine which have dominated headlines on both sides sexual offences recorded by police. In September, Western adopted its first of 78 Canadian universities, and zero of 24 of the border, the public’s attention has been Victimization rates are dramatically higher standalone Policy on Sexual Violence. Prior to focused on sexual violence in recent weeks. For among those aged 15-24. that, sexual violence was – and still is to some SEXUAL VIOLENCE // CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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THE SECOND ANNUAL World’s Challenge right across our global village.” Student groups Challenge took place during Western Inter- Students are encouraged to form diverse national Week earlier this month. This com- teams and together identify both a problem petition stems from President Amit Chakma’s the world is facing, and a proposed solution answer world’s honorary doctorate address at the University to the problem, to a panel of judges. The of Waterloo (2010) in which he stated: first prize is a $1,000 scholarship per team “If you embrace a global vision, your talents member to be used on an international challenges and creative minds hold the potential and learning opportunity (study abroad, service the power to solve enormous world chal- learning, exchange or other experiences). PHOTOS AND STORY BY ADELA TALBOT lenges and improve the human condition The top three winning teams this year were:

Financing for Community- Driven Development Projects Monique Tuin, Lilian Tsai and Flora Jung FIRST PLACE An inclusive and financially sustainable model for community-driven development is the way to go when assisting developing nations, according to this group. Cur- rent development projects are filtered into developing communities, and, by the time aid arrives, it is already decided where funds and resources will be allocated. This means the aid that communities get doesn’t always address actual needs. If, however, communities were able to identify their needs, and had access to financing through a private company or government structure, they would have access to capital to tackle self-identified areas of need. The group’s model works like a microloan program, only expanded to a community in which groups would collectively apply for funding. Once a community built whatever it deemed necessary – a well, irrigation system, farmlands, etc. – it could make a profit. When it makes its money back, the community can pay back the loan and apply for a bigger one. The country the group gave as an example was Haiti, though the model is transferable to other developing countries.

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This group tackled global waste sanitation in developing countries, where the lack of proper waste ‘Water walks’ in African nations would become more efficient as a result of this group’s proposal. sanitation is a large contributor to disease and mortality. Given developing countries don’t necessarily Many people in Africa don’t have access to water, and water walks, undertaken by women, are usually have the infrastructure to build sewage systems, the group proposed a simple, low-cost sustainable challenging journeys on foot. system for waste disposal. The idea is to implement portable hygienic toilets made of a compostable While Canada has invested millions in the building of 250 dams in Africa, the problem isn’t entirely bucket, including a cover made of sugar cane to absorb foul smells, which attract pests. The portable the availability of water – it was its accessibility. toilets would be collected every week and taken to a central processing facility where its contents This group proposed the creation of the A Bike for a Bike program. would be made into fertilizer and sold to local farmers, creating a sustainable cycle. The proposed Here’s how it works: Someone in North America or Europe donates an old bicycle to United Scrap, nation for the group’s project was Ethiopia, where there is a strong agricultural sector. an existing scrap metal company in the United States working in humanitarian aid. From those dona- tions, 60 per cent of the funds would go to ZamBikes, a Zambian company that creates modified bicycles to hold two jerry cans (which carry water). As a result, the water walk becomes more efficient, making what would have been a two-hour journey into a 20-minute ride. 4 Western News | November 27, 2014

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EDITOR Jason Winders Exhibition marks alumnus’ 40th anniversary [email protected], 519 661-2111 Ext. 85465 BY JASON WINDERS ship that has continued to this day.” ment of Ontario Art Collection. He REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER Schweitzer, HBA’74, LLD’11, was was inducted into the Royal Canadian Paul Mayne DON’T EXPECT JOHN Schweitzer born in Simcoe, Ont., in 1952, the Academy of Arts in 2003, followed by [email protected], to get teary at the thought of yesterday. middle child of three, and the only the Ontario Society of Artists. 519 661-2111 Ext. 85463 “I detest nostalgia. I never look son. “I maintained a very solitary child- His current exhibition traces his REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER back,” he said with a laugh from his hood which allowed me to amble into creative process in the realization of Adela Talbot Montreal home this week. “You will wheat fields and explore. It was truly a series. McGill University professor [email protected], not see me ruminating through photo the halcyon days. 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By studying art history, I was dition of the flâneur, or stroller, and 519 434-9990 seen as a celebration of a long-time also studying politics, history, advances the promenade, in his investigation of one of five original collages from connection between the alumnus and in science and sociology, as well as nineteenth-century French art and the the Benjamin’s Alphabet series on POSTAL RECOVERY his alma mater. architecture. I have always maintained genesis of modernism. display in the Schweitzer Gallery. It $50 Canada, $65 United “Western has always represented an interest in those layers of cultural “Western Archives is pleased to is on loan from a private collection. States, $85 Other to me the notion of what was pos- archeology.” host this exhibit celebrating the 40th sible,” Schweitzer said. “It opened - POST OFFICE His undergraduate studies with leg anniversary of John’s graduation from Please do not forward. those doors to a bigger world. At the endary Canadian painter, and Western Western in 1974, as well as the 10th several takeaways. Return to Western News, time, London was in its prime; there professor Paterson Ewen, led to an anniversary of the 2004 official opening “I would like to instill, or arouse, in Western University, London, was a shining moment in the 1970s MFA in painting under multidisciplinary of the John A. Schweitzer Gallery,” said fact, an intellectual curiosity or motiva- Ontario N6A 3K7 with new when one only spoke of the ‘London artists Vera Frenkel and Tim Whiten at Robin Keirstead, university archivist. tion to perhaps research the artist or address when possible. School.’ For me, Western will always York University. “We are particularly appreciative of the maybe the writings of Walter Benjamin, represent knowing this is ‘a moment,’ Today, the collagist’s work is rep- opportunity to exhibit several originals the case of the current exhibition, as “Our objective is to report events and having some sense of doing some- resented in private, corporate and from the Benjamin’s Alphabet series, well as sharpen and heighten visual as objectively as possible, without thing about it. public collections around the world, which are on loan from the artist and literacy,” Schweitzer said. “One speaks bias or editorial comment. “I do speak of my ‘Western family’ – and acquired, in depth, by Western, from private collectors in Montreal and of verbal literacy, but I would say one We hope you will read it and they are truly an extension of my own as well as the Université de Montréal, Toronto.” of the lacuna in today’s world is visual contribute to it.” family. There is a marvelous relation- University of Toronto and Govern- For viewers, Schweitzer hopes for literacy.” – L.T. Moore, University Relations and Information director, Nov. 16, 1972 Opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of or receive endorsement from Western News or Western University. Western News | November 27, 2014 5

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ADELA TALBOT // WESTERN NEWS David Saint-Jacques, a Canadian Space Agency astronaut, joined Western’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) this summer on a geological exploration mission of an impact structure, at West Clearwater Lake in northern Quebec. While a lot of training for astronauts is simulated, Saint-Jacques said this one is the best because it simulates the environment in which he would work in space.

BY ADELA TALBOT scent of your equipment, what keeps you alive and well, just like what keeps you alive in space. And when you’re DAVID SAINT-JACQUES calls it the perfect training doing real research in that uncomfortable context, that’s scenario. very similar to life on board a space station.” This year was the fourth consecutive year Western’s Cen- The crater Saint-Jacques visited with Osinski’s team tre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) worked formed approximately 290 million years ago and had not with the Canadian Space Agency to provide training in been studied in detail since the 1970s. The team looked field geology – not only to students, but astronauts as well. at various aspects of the West Clearwater Lake impact A research team, led by Earth Sciences professor Gordon structure and what clues it gives about the impact crater Osinski, explored an impact structure this summer at West process. Clearwater Lake in northern Quebec. It’s important to be organized and rigorous while in the “You can’t replace training like that. It’s the best, because field, Saint-Jacques said. This is something he is taking it’s real,” said Saint-Jacques, a Canadian Space Agency away from this last expedition. astronaut who accompanied Osinksi’s team. “With the amount of effort, time and energy required to Saint-Jacques was on campus last week to follow up on bring back one of those rocks, it’s worth thinking a few more the field research he did with the CPSX team, to meet with minutes when you are there, deciding which one you’re graduate students and deliver a lecture. going to pick and which is most useful,” he said. “I’m probably never going to go to the moon or Mars “That highlights the importance of having a good sys- myself, but I’ll probably be involved in designing those mis- tem and having a good hypothesis, thinking about it before sions or training the crews who will go. All astronauts get you go. When astronauts do this on another planet, on basic geology training, and we understand the language, behalf of geologists on the ground, they’ll need to under- requirements and the logic,” he continued, noting the geol- stand the critical element of using your judgment. And your ogy training CPSX provides is an enhancement to his train- judgment is only as useful as your knowledge.” ing, precisely because it is not geared toward astronauts. And he learned from watching the students, too, he Space exploration is an ongoing, ambitious and col- added. laborative effort, Saint-Jacques noted. In order to prepare “We join these expeditions not so much because they for future missions, including human and robotic explora- are geology expeditions, but it’s to learn the attitude of a tions of space, astronauts need training in field science world-class academic expedition in the wild. It could be any and geology. subject but impact craters is one the best subject for us,” “As part of continuation training, we work a lot on expe- said Saint-Jacques. ditionary behaviour and expeditionary skills. There are “Osinski’s group has done the program with astronauts many ways to do this. Most of them are staged, tabletop for four years and it’s real geology exploration mission. simulations. But the best way is to go out into the field and We just tag along. It wasn’t designed for us – that’s why join a real expedition, and that’s why we joined Oz (Osinski) it’s good.” and his mapping and discovery campaigns – because it is CPSX and the Canadian Space Agency hope to continue exactly the right environment, the right attitude and the this collaboration. Osinski is planning another expedition right spirit that we need to develop as astronauts,” he next year and Saint-Jacques hopes to return. explained. “It is really invaluable. There’s even talks of inviting astro- “It’s perfect training for us. There’s the remoteness. And nauts from other countries,” he said. then there’s the camp life. You have to be always cogno- 6 Western News | November 27, 2014

SEXUAL VIOLENCE // CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Ontario colleges, have created a special sexual assault policy. The nine universities include Western, along with GET THE HELP YOU NEED Acadia, Brock, Guelph, Lakehead, Mount Allison, St. Fran- Sexual Assault is any form any form of sexual activity with another cis Xavier, St. Mary’s and St. Thomas. person without his/her consent. It includes touching, grabbing, Western’s policy defines sexual violence as “any violence, physical or psychological, carried out through sexual kissing, and/or attempted or completed oral, anal and/or vaginal means or by targeting sexuality. This includes sexual abuse, intercourse. Don’t assume consent. Anything other than a freely sexual assault or rape. It also includes sexual harassment, stated ‘yes’ is a ‘no’. stalking, indecent or sexualized exposure, degrading Sexual assault can happen to anyone at any time. If you have sexual imagery, voyeurism, cyber harassment, trafficking experienced a sexual assault, please know you are not to blame. and sexual exploitation.” Western has resources and people that can help you get the support It further reiterates the university’s commitment to “pro- you need. viding and maintaining an environment in which sexual violence is not tolerated” among students, staff and faculty Visit the Health and Wellness website, health.uwo.ca, and click on alike. Sexual Assault in the menu bar. There you will find information on The policy further reads: the following: Visit the GET HELP website, health.uwo.ca/sexual_assault/help. The University recognizes that the prevention html, if you have been sexually assaulted. of, and response to, sexual violence is of particular Visit the HELP SOMEONE website if you know of someone who has importance in the university environment. Sexual violence will not be tolerated. Any and all acts of been assaulted. sexual violence will be addressed and individuals Visit the RESOURCES website for a list of additional assistance, who have committed an act of sexual violence will including campus and community resources, help lines, police/legal be held accountable. and women’s shelters. The University will ensure that appropriate proce- dures are in place to respond to incidents of sexual violence and to provide support for members of the need to talk to professionals. We have lots of professionals University community who are victims/survivors of on campus, all with experience dealing with sexual assault. sexual violence, regardless of where such incidents They can connect students to the help they need.” may occur. Beyond the professionals, Grindrod stressed help for The University is committed to on-going educa- victims is a shared responsibility. She cited the university’s tion and awareness initiatives about sexual vio- See Something, Do Something campaign, presented in lence, including issues of consent, drug and alcohol residence, which stresses there are no bystanders when it use, sexual harassment and cyber harassment. The comes to sexual violence. University will support these initiatives through a “If someone has been assaulted at Western, they can dedicated Education and Awareness web page find help through many doors,” Grindrod said. “The goal and existing committees such as the Safe Campus is to have lots of people at the university who feel they Advisory Partners and the Women’s Safety Commit- have the skill, and the information they need, to doing tee. The University will ensure that these initiatives something to help. People seek help from the university in are broadly communicated to all members of the all kinds of ways. We all should be ready to help.” University community. While few sexual assault victims filed formal reports with police, Statistics Canada reported that most confided in Western is in the final stages of approving the guidelines friends (72 per cent) and many turned to family (41 per cent) that will allow this policy to be fully implemented across and other informal sources of support. campus. “We know that happens,” Grindrod continued. “Victims Beyond the policy, the university continues to educate, might not feel comfortable coming forward, but they might support and provide services. tell someone, and then it comes forward. It is about provid- Education and awareness programs come at students ing a safe place, offering emotional support.” from numerous areas – residence, Student Health Services, Sexual violence will continue to be discussed at Western, University Students’ Council, just to name a few. And help Mandich assured. for victims, Mandich stressed, should be just as accessible. Last year, the university formed a committee to bring Under the Health and Wellness website, health.uwo. together leaders across campus, including students, to ca, the university has established a GET HELP website for unify and simplify efforts. The goal was to eliminate dupli- anyone who has been sexually assaulted as well as a HELP cation and mixed messages in where victims could seek SOMEONE website for anyone who knows someone who help, and drive information from a single authoritative voice has been assaulted. A RESOURCES website lists additional on the issue. assistance, including campus and community resources, “We are going to continue to proactively discuss this,” help lines, police/legal and women’s shelters. Mandich concluded. “Now that it is in the media in many But help is more than a website. ways, and people are talking about it more and more, this “There are supports – many supports,” Mandich said. “In is another opportunity for us to again address this very these situations, individuals who experience sexual assault important, and serious issue.”

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FROM TRADE SHOWS TO WEDDINGS BY HEATHER HUGHES The incorporation of the 3D printing laboratory into the Western Engineering curriculum is aligned with the TO CULTURAL FESTIVALS, THIS IF YOU DREAM it, you can build it. This is not just a changing demands in mechanical engineering education. mantra; it has become a reality for Mechanical and Materi- For example, the University of Pennsylvania announced an PROGRAM OFFERS THE UNIQUE als Engineering students, thanks to a new 3D printing lab. upgrade to its 3D printing facility this summer, while Car- SKILLS YOU WILL NEED TO Featuring eight 3D printers, the Spencer Engineering leton University launched its Discovery Centre in the spring Building lab was integrated into the department’s under- featuring 3D printers. Similarly, Ryerson University recently LAUNCH YOUR CAREER AS AN graduate curriculum this fall. While the primary users of established its own Advanced Manufacturing, Design and the lab will be the Mechanical and Materials Engineering 3D Printing Lab. EVENT COORDINATOR, SPECIAL students enrolled in design and manufacturing-oriented While Western Engineering may not be the first to set EVENTS ORGANIZER, ACCOUNT courses, the 3D printers will serve a broader variety of activi- up such a lab, this facility gives students the opportunity to ties ranging from outreach events to student megaprojects. explore and use the 3D printers for their own design proj- REPRESENTATIVE, CORPORATE Students can now take designs from “inside their heads ects, in addition to the structured curriculum applications, to inside their hands,” said Mechanical and Materials Engi- said J. Maciej Floryan, chair of Mechanical and Materials MEETING PLANNER AND MANY neering professor O. Remus Tutunea-Fatan. Engineering. OTHER EXCITING CAREER OPTIONS. “With additive manufacturing, you can produce almost “We are working hard to build this equipment into the anything you can think of,” he continued. “You can pro- curriculum,” he continued. “I think we are likely the first to duce almost any shape, which was, and still is, never the bring this technology to the level where students just go business.humber.ca/postgrad case with conventional subtractive manufacturing tech- to the lab and make parts – sort of like going to library and nologies.” taking books out.” The use of 3D printers is similar to traditional printers, The 3D printers will help students have a better under- except they rely on spools of plastics – rather than paper, standing of the challenges of moving from design to ink and toner – to ‘print,’ ‘build’ or ‘make’ the design. manufacturing. Smaller objects can take only a few minutes; larger-size “When you make several parts and try to put them objects can take up to few days. together, you will see immediately, if they fit together or 3D printing technology has been around for decades. not,” Tutunea-Fatan said. “For students, this new opportu- Within the last few years, however, the printer prices have nity will give them a totally new perspective on the fabrica- dropped significantly leading to their widespread adoption tion and assembly of a mechanical system comprised of by ‘do-it-yourself’ enthusiasts and hobbyists. multiple components.” “3D printing is a true instance of lights-out manufactur- The use of 3D printers as part of the academic cur- ing,” Tutunea-Fatan said. riculum is expected to help students develop skills that will This means the user does not have to be present to directly benefit them in the workforce, especially because monitor the building process – far from a reality for most companies have started to use additive manufacturing on conventional fabrication processes. a growing scale either for their prototyping or even serial “I have been teaching the CNC (Computer Numerically production needs. Controlled) machining course for several years now. The “3D printers will help our students to better experience one question that often comes from students, who are not and employ hands-on skills,” Tutunea-Fatan said. “At the familiar enough with this technology, is ‘Where is the make- end of the day, this is what additive manufacturing means: it-now button?’ Unfortunately, machining is not yet there one starts with nothing on the 3D printer’s platform and a and – who knows – it might never be,” Tutunea-Fatan said. continuous deposit of material slowly turns an initial design “Because of this, anyone looking for a way to quickly idea into a physical component that can be then better materialize a design should be seriously looking into 3D understood and analyzed.” printing – that is already a ‘one-push button’ technology.” 8 Western News | November 27, 2014 Western News | November 27, 2014 9

How to create a strategic cartoon junkie

BY ELLE TING endeavour must have seemed an absurd experiment: Fox was Admittedly, the show has joked openly about running out then a new and insignificant network; it had decided to gamble of steam since its 9th or 10th season, and it’s not that I haven’t ello Simpsons, my old friend. on a comedian whom virtually no one in North America knew; noticed. It’s simply I consider these lapses forgivable, even Mention 1989 and cleverer people will talk about and Groening’s animated skits were meant to act merely as filler expected, in an otherwise strong 560-episode run, especially when tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square, or when material between sketches on Ullman’s show. given the winking, meta way in which the writing feels free to Hthe Exxon Valdez ran aground, or when the Berlin Wall Given its inauspicious beginnings, The Simpsons should wallow in its own crapulence. Considering that in 1989 it was started coming down. I remember these monumental events, never have worked. So the spinoff of this feature into a stand- doubtful that The Simpsons could hold viewers’ attention for a but all seemed to be abstract and impossibly far away from my alone animated series two years later was serendipity of the single half-hour block, the few mediocre jokes that found their CelebratingCelebrating aa quarterquarter centurycentury small life in the suburbs of metro Vancouver 25 years ago. most cromulent order. way into the total 280 hours produced seem negligible. I was 13 years old. In the tumult of a lateral move from one From the very start, the Simpsons writers knew what they Soon, the series will be 25 years old; that’s a full quarter- ofof viewingviewing thethe worldworld throughthrough nondescript suburb to another that year, a new school and didn’t want the show to be – kiddie programming. To this century of free comic entertainment that’s paralleled the trajec- the low-intensity bullying that came with relocating, I was just end, Groening and his team produced storylines that would tory of my life from adolescence to early middle age. Due to Simpsons-colouredSimpsons-coloured glassesglasses another weird, socially awkward kid trying to escape. A reliable speak to grown-up observations and sensibilities. The writing my long-term attachment to the show, it’s quite impossible for distraction was the animated fare that aired after school and clearly aimed to invest viewers emotionally in outwardly ‘weird me to separate its cultural significance from the influence it has on Saturday mornings, a program mix that consisted mainly of and grotesque’ characters – the opening episode, Simpsons had on me directly. formulaic, brainwashing dreck like He-Man, Jem and G. I. Joe. Roasting on an Open Fire, set this standard early by focusing The Simpsons will always be my show. It is the program Before long, though, I was bored of commercial taglines and on the Simpsons’ financial hardships and following Homer on that defines my social generation and gives a language to its public service announcements. I became a strategic cartoon his yuletide odyssey through Springfield to find gifts for his wife peculiar psychic cocktail of hope, snark and lowered expecta- Ay caramba! junkie; I searched out reruns of classics like Looney Tunes and and children after his Christmas bonus is clawed back by his tions. And because life imitates art more than art imitates life, Tom and Jerry in all their uncensored glory and watched boot- heartless boss, Mr. Burns. we live in a world where ‘D’oh’ appears in the Oxford English On Dec. 17, 1989, The Simpsons debuted as its own half-hour show, beginning with a legged copies of My Neighbor Totoro and Fritz the Cat. Simultaneously, however, the show makes a point of push- Dictionary, Glasgow and Aberdeen both continue to claim Christmas special episode, Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire. In the 25 seasons since, The overall terribleness and banality of what was readily avail- ing the boundaries of televised propriety. Impertinence, too, Groundskeeper Willie as a native son, and the audience that able on TV motivated me quite early to be a more active and became an early hallmark of The Simpsons when Fox network the series built and nurtured for itself still watches the one show the program has aired 560 episodes during its run as both the longest-running prime- discriminating animated cartoon viewer. I wanted to watch some- censors expressed concern over the use of the word ‘groin’ in it can count on to reward it for paying attention. thing new that made me feel smart and adult. And I wasn’t alone. Open Fire, and the writers fired back with the line that launched Keep coming up Milhouse, old friend. time animated series and longest-running sitcom in television history. Beyond longevity, I don’t think it’s an understatement to say The Simpsons a thousand school dress code violations: the program has become a cultural touchstone, offering television’s sharpest satire of changed everything in terms of what the animated TV series was “I’m Bart Simpson. Who the hell are you?” Hi, I’m Elle Ting. You may remember me from such educa- – or was expected to be. I know that I’m far from the first person When I bring up The Simpsons now, someone will invariably point tional articles as ‘Unbending the Wookie’ and ‘A Connoisseur’s politics, religion, society and beyond – all while generating millions of laughs. to notice how its creator, Matt Groening and his creative cadre out that the show has ‘jumped the shark.’ I’ve come to expect the Guide to Squishees.’ I completed my Media Studies PhD at This week, Western News asked two Western academics to reflect on the series and its permanently altered the cartoon landscape. However, when bored sniff followed by “Oh, you still watch that? I gave up following Western in 2009 and currently chair the Humanities Department Groening developed The Simpsons in 1987 as a collection of The Simpsons after Principal Skinner turned out not to be Skinner/ at Vancouver Community College. meaning a quarter of a century after it burst onto the scene. animated shorts featured on Fox’s The Tracey Ullman Show, the the fifth clip show/Homer became ‘too stupid.’”

Proudly wearing a badge of Generation Bart POSTGRADUATE BY BILL CAMERON ture, edited by John Alberti; bestselling author Simon a little before their time (Hill Street Blues being an “a casino?” If any of this makes sense to you, then If you think that’s overstating the case a bit, consider CERTIFICATE Singh takes on The Simpsons’ mathematical intrigues important example), but The Simpsons was the first you know that I could go on for hours, days even, and for a moment how we talk about the other genera- f there’s one thing you’re not likely to learn from in The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets; and to find outrageous success this way. So, if you don’t never run out of fodder. tions of the 20th century and the events or attitudes me about The Simpsons, it’s there’s a lot you can the list truly goes on. have Homer Simpson, you don’t have Tony Soprano, What’s more, if this does indeed ring true to you, that defined them. There’s the Lost Generation of the learn from The Simpsons. So, if you want to learn about how much you can Walter White, Jax Teller, Jimmy McNulty or the other then you probably have spent hours, perhaps even First World War, the Greatest Generation of the Sec- With the obvious exception of Shakespeare, learn from The Simpsons, start with some of that stuff icons of great TV that author Brett Martin details in days, of your life doing just that, perhaps even with ond World War, the Baby Boomers of the Cold War, FROM MEDIA PLANNING AND I it’s hard to think of anything else in popular culture and above and go from there. You certainly need not rely Difficult Men. someone you didn’t even know that well. This was even Generation X, with its existential crises and ovw entertainment that has received the kind of intellectual on me. What I do want to talk about is the secret language, possible because you share the secret language of erblown search for meaning. In opposition, The Simp- MANAGEMENT TO ACCOUNT attention and scrutiny lavished upon The Simpsons, I also have little to add about how much The Simp- the argot connection that is The Simpsons. This gen- The Simpsons, allowing you to immediately have sons, even if it might not be quite as momentous or COORDINATION AND SALES, THIS almost since its very beginning. Indeed, the series’ sons changed (improved, honestly) the television erational cypher is so special and indecipherable to something in common, some shared experience, earthshaking as all of that, is compellingly intelligent, appeal to intellectuals is rather obvious in the high- landscape through its successes and innovations. Some outsiders that just talking about it would probably be some point of conversation, with someone you may uproariously funny, infinitely rewatchable and, as I’ve PROGRAM OFFERS THE UNIQUE brow, almost New Yorker-esque humour of its origins is obvious, of course: both treasured animated series taboo if it weren’t so ubiquitous. If you are anywhere have just met. It affords entry to a not-so-secret soci- suggested here, something that often brings people on The Tracey Ullman Show. of the past (Futurama, King of the Hill) and the most near my generation (say, between 20-40 years old for ety, not unlike the Stonecutters, but whose member- together, but rarely tears them apart. SKILLS YOU WILL NEED TO LAUNCH As a philosopher, my first exposure to this way of cutting-edge and entertaining contemporary shows the highest rates of fluency, but you’ll definitely find ship is open to all and where the Rule of No Homers If my generation is to be defined by that, instead YOUR CAREER AS ACCOUNT examining The Simpsons was through the enormously (Archer, Family Guy) owe everything to trails blazed by devotees across every age group) and were raised (one is okay) definitely does not apply. of by alienation and war, then I’ll happily tattoo ‘742 popular The Simpsons and Philosophy, edited by Wil- The Simpsons. with even minimal exposure to contemporary Western Of course, the question remains: What are we to Evergreen Terrace’ over my heart and wear with pride COORDINATOR, MEDIA SALES liam Irwin, an approach to introducing a range of phil- Perhaps, more importantly, the current Golden media, then you know the code I’m talking about, make of this great unifier? the badge of Generation Bart. osophical concepts through the world of the Simpson Age of carefully written and intelligent TV dramas is even if you don’t yet know you know it. The real answer would also require a book. Indeed, REPRESENTATIVE, MEDIA BUYER, family, which has since spawned at least one under- the next step in a tradition centred squarely on The For example, if I yell out, with a particular accent Chris Turner’s Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Mas- Bill Cameron is a PhD candidate in Philosophy and MEDIA PLANNER, AND MANY graduate course, Berkeley’s regular The Simpsons Simpsons. It might seem obvious now, but producing on the first syllable, “Dental plan,” do you think terpiece Defined a Generation only begins to scratch often writes about philosophy and pop culture. and Philosophy. But beyond this, religious themes are scripted TV by putting a bunch of smart people in a that I might have just lapsed into gibberish, or did the surface of what all of this means, and it’s larger than OTHER EXCITING CAREER OPTIONS. investigated in Mark Pinsky’s The Gospel According to room and asking them to respect the intelligence of your mind subconsciously respond with “Lisa needs any of the works I listed earlier. But in any case, I think Bart; critical theory is explored in Leaving Springfield: the audience while entertaining them was not always braces?” What about if I were to ask if you are “from it can at least be taken as a sign of some progress, and business.humber.ca/postgrad The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Cul- uncontroversial. Other shows might have done this the casino?” Would you know to answer you are from a reason to hope for the future. ILLUSTRATION BY FRANK NEUFELD ILLUSTRATION 10 Western News | November 27, 2014

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In the Community Study looks to score a healthier lifestyle for men

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SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS Family Medicine professor Rob Petrella, and his colleagues from the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and Faculty of Health Sciences, have launched a pilot project called Hockey Fit to motivate sports fans to get into shape and live healthier lifestyles. FROM PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO BY PAUL MAYNE intervention for a number of years. cises. PUBLIC FINANCE, THIS PROGRAM While studies have done very well A randomized trial with 120 par- ONE WESTERN RESEARCHER in getting women involved, they’ve ticipants – 60 in each community – will OFFERS THE UNIQUE SKILLS YOU is enticing overweight males to get done a lousy job at getting men come together as a group, beginning WILL NEED TO LAUNCH YOUR healthy with something he feels is part involved. March 1, for the 12-month program. of their everyday DNA – hockey. “Men tend not to congregate Once a week, for 12 straight weeks, CAREER AS A COMMUNICATIONS With 40 per cent tipping the scales around this healthy living things for a the men will take part in a 90-minute a tad too high, the risk factors for number of reasons. There’s the mas- session. OFFICER, PROGRAM OFFICER, chronic diseases – like heart disease culine framework of guys thinking big “We’ll be giving them more and POLICY ANALYST, BUSINESS and diabetes – are at their highest and is strong and exercise is kind of femi- more skills as we go through the final the sedentary lifestyle of these sports- nine, or they’re busy and out in the part of the program in order for them ANALYST AND MANY OTHER loving males is not helping. workforce,” Petrella said. “But they to continue to do this once we’ve Family Medicine professor Rob need to know they are double the risk stopped the program,” Petrella said. EXCITING CAREER OPTIONS. Petrella, and his colleagues from the of chronic disease than women as they “We will then continue to follow them Schulich School of Medicine & Den- get older.” to find out how well they are doing business.humber.ca/postgrad tistry and Faculty of Health Sciences, Men want to do things together after 12 months.” have launched a pilot project called where they feel they are having fun Once this pilot has been imple- Hockey Fit to motivate sports fans and don’t have to worry about what mented, Petrella aims to expand this to get into shape and live healthier they look like, where they can bug model across Canada in partnership lifestyles. each other with jokes about how with other junior and professional By using team sports as the motiva- they’re doing and just simply feel hockey teams and university-based tion, Hockey Fit, one of 15 Canada- comfortable, Petrella added. sports. wide projects funded through a Men’s “One place that was happening “It’s a change for life,” Petrella said. Health & Wellbeing Challenge Grant was around hockey. So, why not get “They’re going to identify with these from the Movember Foundation, will something going with a local hockey teams, and perhaps will want to join recruit men at the greatest risk for club?” he said, noting a colleague in a club or start their own group to play poor health and provide them with Scotland ran a similar program around sports. It’s really up to them; we’re the skills and tools to lose weight. soccer. giving them all the skills they need “Our goal is to create momentum Getting the London Knights and to do it. and excitement around men’s health Sarnia Sting involved was not a hard “Being in this environment, where and associate it with club-based sell. The training staff with the two they want to be and are having fun, sports,” said Petrella, medical direc- teams, made up of kinesiologists, is enough to get them going in a tor of the Canadian Centre for Activ- physical therapists and athletic train- positive direction. Most of them will ity and Aging at Western.“We know ers, are at the top of their game in how need long-term support, but maybe hockey is the bread and butter of the to get people active and healthy. they’ll start internally motivating those male psyche in Canada, so we are Petrella will work with the team’s around them, like friends and fam- looking forward to partnering with training staff who will provide the men ily. It’s a behavioural change. It’s not Ontario Hockey League teams here with ways to improve their lifestyles, simple or quick; they’ll really have to in southwestern Ontario.” including creating personalized health work at it.” Petrella has been conducting and nutrition plans and leading them research in exercise and healthy living through sports-based training exer- 12 Western News | November 27, 2014 Sun Life gets BOG nod as preferred RIF provider

BY JASON WINDERS proposal, for their lifetime. Despite the change, Western investors will see a replica- CHANGES ARE COMING for members of Western’s tion of the existing investment funds, and will also be able Retirement Income Fund (RIF), as the Board of Governors to choose from funds currently only available to University approved Sun Life Financial as the university’s preferred Pension Plan members and some new selections as well. external provider. The move to discontinue the Western Western will soon be contacting members and begin RIF, in favour of a group RIF program with an external providing more information. provider, comes after months of consultation between Sun “We know some of our members are anxious to take Life, Western and stakeholders, including 380 Western advantage of this opportunity. We anticipate people may RIF members, mainly comprised of retirees and former begin enrolling as early as May 1, with more opportunities employees. before the end of 2015. We want to support people as they “This is great news for current Western RIF members and consider their options and give them ample time to make future retirees,” said Jane O’Brien, associate vice-president decisions,” O’Brien said. (Human Resources). “This decision means we can offer an Members will continue to have the option to move their outstanding option to those who are seeking an income funds to another provider of their choice at any time. flow from their Western pension savings. Sun Life’s plan “The Western RIF was a great service to our retirees offers the best value – high-quality investment manage- when it was established, but the quality of products now ment, and an excellent client-service model.” available to retirees has changed dramatically,” O’Brien The 10-year agreement includes two additional five- continued. year renewals at the university’s option. Western receives Western exits the RIF after its ability to offer services no payment from the agreement, but used its size and and investments to retiring faculty and staff became more bargaining power to strike a deal that would be difficult for limited over the years. an individual to negotiate on their own in the retail market. “We’re not a financial institution, and so we face limita- The agreement will allow Western investment staff to tions that other providers don’t face,” O’Brien continued, maintain a strong voice with Sun Life on investment funds citing the university being limited in the investments and and fund managers, and also have a seat during discus- advice it could offer members. sions on client services. The university will also work with Western was the first – and only – Ontario university to the company on on-campus education programs. offer a RIF program using the same investment structure as Based in Toronto, Sun Life Financial is a Canada-based their pension plan. financial services company that manages nearly $698 billion “We know some members expressed concern that in investment assets around the globe. the RIF would no longer be fully controlled by Western. The negotiated fees are the same or lower than those We want to assure them that, in choosing Sun Life as a currently paid by Western RIF members, and dramatically preferred provider, we believe our retirees will have access lower than ones offered to ‘walk-in’ customers, O’Brien to high-quality of investments and services,” O’Brien con- said. Those joining during the 10-year agreement will be cluded. guaranteed the same fee structure as quoted in the 2014

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SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS Western Biology professor Charles Trick will be honoured next week with the Faculty of Science’s inaugural Fallona Interdisciplinary Science Award, which recognizes innovative interdisciplinary research that positively impacts the planet.

BY JASON WINDERS passion for interdisciplinary work and desire to recognize it broadly. CHARLES TRICK HAD only one question on his young “We have always been interested in the interconnections mind: ‘What would it be like to live under the sea?’ that occur in all the different branches of science,” James Assigned an annual English composition from Grade Fallona said last week. “When you are doing research, it’s 5 through Grade 9, Trick never strayed from that single very easy to concentrate on one narrow field. That’s under- notion, although he also never repeated himself. standable. But having a mechanism for researchers, from all “The twist was I took a different perspective each year sorts of disciplines, to get together and exchange ideas is – what are the design and technical problems? Where do so important. Ideas come from all different fields. I get my food and air?” the Western Biology professor “As we have gone along in our careers, in teaching and explained of his earliest exposure to interdisciplinary think- in research, we have lived the value of keeping in touch with ing. “I was a bit obsessed. It wasn’t a plan – just the way my more than just our own particular field. It should be that; brain worked (much to the worry of my parents no doubt). people should have a broader opportunity to experience But in retrospect, I embraced many approaches.” ideas from many fields.” Next week, Trick’s career interest in those “many Trick’s selection recognizes a lifetime of work crossing approaches” will be honoured with the Faculty of Sci- borders. His training and primary research area is in ocean- ence’s inaugural Fallona Interdisciplinary Science Award, ography. However, with a focus on the physical aquatic which recognizes innovative interdisciplinary research that world, he has crossed numerous disciplines. Chemical, bio- positively impacts the planet. As part of the celebration, logical, physical and geological approaches have shaped Trick will deliver a public lecture on Dec. 2 at the Western his background and continue Science Interdisciplinary Showcase. “One cannot solve a problem within one sub-discipline,” “Obviously, no one ever chooses their research path to he said. “It requires multiple perspectives.” accumulate an award,” he continued. “But when one works Prior to Western, Trick was a student and academic on interdisciplinary projects, there is a concern the evalu- in microbiology, botany, marine sciences, biochemistry, ators might not appreciate the breadth of your work and environmental studies and environmental engineering. passion and, thus, look poorly on your choices. It is a joy the Once at Western, he has been a member of Biology (and interdisciplinary aspect of work is recognized as a positive its predecessor, Plant Sciences), as well as Microbiology & contribution to the Faculty of Science.” Immunology and Pathology, spanning both the Faculty of Alumni siblings James Philip Fallona, BSc’58, MSc’62, Science and Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. He and Mary Catherine Fallona, BSc’61, MSc’65, sponsored is also a member of interdisciplinary programs such as the the award in the name of their family. Starting with their Centre for the Environment and Sustainability and Masters father, Philip, who graduated with degrees in Math and of Public Health. Physics in 1927, the Fallona family now boasts nine mem- “No wonder my brain is twisted,” he said. bers who hold a total of 14 Western degrees. (Among the Today, Trick finds himself in his career’s “most reward- family connections to the university, James worked in the ing” combination of disciplines – teaching in the Masters same lab under the same professor, Physics professor R.L. of Public Health program. Allen, as his father, only three decades later.) “At the foundation of the program is the diversity of The idea for this award sparked out of a Homecoming exceptional individuals (students and colleagues) who are 2011 encounter with current Science dean Charmaine always sharing their perspective – and pushing me a bit to Dean. There, James and Mary Catherine laid out their learn more, actually, pushing me a lot,” he said. western news 14 Western News | November 27, 2014

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Campus Digest Board of Governors OK’s PMA, UWOFA deals

contribute to the well-being of the com- have been developed with BY JASON WINDERS munities in which they are situated. The Brescia’s renowned Food event, scheduled for 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, is & Nutrition program. PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGERIAL Asso- open to faculty, staff and students as well as Each message, approved ciation (PMA)-eligible and University of Western community partners in London and Middle- by registered dietitian Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) members sex County. Register at the event website, and Brescia professor will receive 1.25 per cent salary increase this year, engagewestern2014.eventbrite.ca. Colleen O’Connor, is also followed by 1 per cent increases each of the next linked with information SmartAPPetite, a new smartphone app three years, according to terms of new contracts about local food provid- developed by Western researchers and their recently finalized. ers whose ingredients are partners, provides southwestern Ontarians On Nov. 12, Western and PMA reached a four- directly tied to the recipes. year agreement. More than 63 per cent of mem- with the motivation and information to buy bership ratified the deal last Tuesday, with a vote local, eat smart and get healthy. Download the SmartAP- Petite app at www.smart- of nearly 97 per cent in favour. Western’s Board As part of an effort to connect the region to appetite.ca. of Governors ratified the deal last Thursday. healthy, local food options, the app’s cre- PMA represents about 1,200 full-time employ- ators aim to give a boost to the local food The estate of the late Dr. ees engaged in managerial and professional economy while helping people improve their Jane Bowles, of West- roles. The association’s last contract expired diets through customized tips about local ern’s Biology Department, SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS Oct. 31. food, healthy eating, recipes and information donated her Meade 20cm. On Nov. 12, Western and UWOFA reached a about local farmers and food providers. telescope to the Hume Cronyn Memorial he was a professional athletic performance four-year agreement after five days of negotia- Observatory. Brian Dalrymple of the Physics The app was developed collaboratively by coach at the University of California Los tions with Ministry of Labour-appointed concili- and Astronomy machine shop designed, Western’s Human Environments Analysis Angeles from 2004-8, where he coached ator Greg Long. The agreement was ratified by crafted, and mounted a commemorative Laboratory (HEAL), the London Training multiple national, world and Olympic 93 per cent of UWOFA members during voting, plaque onto the tube of the telescope. Last Centre, Brescia University College, Wilfrid champions in several different sports. In his which ended Monday. week, the telescope arrived at its new home, Laurier University and the Old East Village research, he makes use of his knowledge UWOFA represents about 1,627 faculty mem- and will be used in the public programs Business Improvement Area. and expertise in kinesiology and competi- bers of whom 1,032 are full-time probationary which are hosted by Physics and Astronomy. tive athletics in order to better understand or tenured, 202 are full-time limited-term, and “The goal of our app is to remove barriers Western Classics professor Charles Stock- the science and sociology of ancient sport. 393 are part-time. The association’s last contract to finding local and healthy foods, which ing will deliver the 2014 Ioannides Address, expired June 30. will help drive the local food economy,” Currently, he is preparing a translation and How to Kill an Athlete: The Use and Abuse said Jason Gilliland, a Western Geography commentary of an obscure but extremely of Training Science in Antiquity, at 4:30 p.m. professor and HEAL director. “Many people valuable text – Philostratus’ Gymnasticus, our NEWS AND NOTES Thursday in HSB 236. The event is spon- experience or perceive barriers to accessing only complete, extant text on athletic training sored by Western’s International Centre for For the second year, Engage Western brings local foods, which can prevent local food from the ancient Mediterranean world. Olympic Studies. together scholars, community members and networks from expanding their capacity.” Western Classical Studies professor Nigel special guests to share perspectives and Stocking’s research and teaching focus pri- App users are provided with daily, custom- Crowther delivered the initial Ioannides stories about the ways academic institu- marily on ritual, politics and the body in ized messages containing information on Address in 1986; Rutgers Classics professor tions partner with community organizations Archaic and Classical Greek literature and seasonality and nutritional content of local T. Cory Brennan delivered the last address to share resources, create knowledge and culture. In addition to his work in Classics, foods, as well as recipes and dietary tips that in 2010.

In Memoriam Garth R. Lambert Nelson Heapy SUMMER JOB 2015 BY PAUL O’LEARY BY MARK COLE Professor emeritus, Faculty of Education Psychology, Huron University College Become a Parliamentary Guide

Garth Lambert, professor emeritus in the Faculty of It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Education, died on Nov. 15 after a prolonged illness. He Dr. Nelson Heapy, who died peacefully in the company was in his 86th year. of close friends, on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 15, in While at the faculty, he taught a number of courses, London. He will be remembered fondly by his many friends including the history and philosophy of education. For from all over the world and in all walks of life. several years, he also held a cross-appointment with the An associate professor of psychology at Huron Univer- Department of Classics in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. sity College for more than 30 years, Nelson will be fondly But it was in the curriculum and instruction area where he remembered by generations of Huron students for his taught prospective teachers of Latin, that he had his most unique lecture style and, in particular, his now famous social lasting effect. Not only did he help maintain Latin instruc- psychology stories, such as The Runner, and his show- tion within the secondary school curriculum, his enthusiasm piece lecture on the beauty of birds. He is remembered for the subject and imaginative approach contributed, in and respected by his many colleagues as the epitome no small way, to one of his former students receiving the of a scholar and academic – intellectually curious, warm Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching. and modest. He touched everyone with his kindness and In 1975, Garth received his doctorate in Greek Philoso- thoughtfulness. phy and Education from the University of Toronto. In addi- A celebration of his life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, tion to articles and reviews, he wrote Rhetoric Rampant: Dec. 6 in the Great Hall at Huron. A light luncheon will be Give guided tours The Family under Siege in the Early Western Tradition and served. All are welcome to attend. Further details of the co-authored the Dolphin Latin Reader. After he retired event will be posted on Huron’s website, huronuc.ca. of the Parliament from the Faculty of Education in 1991, two more books In lieu of flowers, a fund in memory of Nelson’s great love appeared: Dethroning Classics and Inventing English: Lib- of reading and literature will be created in his name. Dona- of Canada eral Education and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Ontario, tions should be made to Huron University College, 1349 Interviews across Canada followed by a small book of his own poems, Blossoms and Western Road, London, ON, N6G1H3, or online at alumni- in a city near you Shadows. friends.huronuc.ca/donate. Please indicate ‘In Memory of This brief outline does little to reveal the witty and imagi- Nelson Heapy’ or select ‘Nelson Heapy Memorial Fund’ Travel costs covered native nature of someone who has been a close friend for from the drop-down menu. Competitive hourly wage some 49 years. One can catch a glimpse of his character and living allowance by reading some of his poetry which ranges from the seri- Editor’s Note: Western News publishes submitted In ous to the playful. In addition to being a teacher, scholar Memoriam pieces on members of the Western community. and poet, Garth was also an excellent photographer and For information, or to submit and article, contact Jason Apply online! passionate bird-watcher. Moreover, he and his wife of 53 Winders, Western News editor, at [email protected]. Deadline: Thursday, years, Wilma, were inveterate travelers journeying to Aus- January 15, 2015 tralia, Greece, Portugal, England, New Zealand as well as exploring Canada coast to coast. But, most of all, there was France, where they developed many friendships. Sadly, in the last years of Garth’s life, the pleasures of travel had to www.parl.gc.ca/guides be curtailed. 16 Western News | November 27, 2014

WindEEE tour highlights Prime Minister’s whirlwind trip to London

PAUL MAYNE // WESTERN NEWS Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper chose Western’s Collider Centre for Technology Commercialization in the Advanced Manufacturing Park Monday afternoon as a backdrop for a $5.8 billion announcement of new infrastructure spending across the country, including projects here in London. After the announcement, the Prime Minister also took the opportunity to tour the WindEEE Research Institute, joined by, from left, Ed Holder, London West MP; Horia Hangan, Engineering professor and WindEEE director; Joe Preston, Elgin-Middlesex- London MP; Susan Truppe, London North Centre MP; and Amit Chakma, Western president.

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