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Volume 38 Issue 14 MARCH 23, 2001

http://www.ualberta.ca/folio University receives record support AHFMR funds research in strokes, diabetes, health economics By Phoebe Dey Phoebe Dey s baby Erika prepares to leave the hos- ceutical companies aren’t coming forward Apital after her miraculous recovery to offer financing for the trials, said from severe hypothermia, a University of Colbourne. Alberta researcher has received funding Clinical testing is vital to the research, to further investigate the role hypother- because if hypothermia is not induced mia may play in helping cure some properly, it can be harmful, he said. patients. Colbourne’s research is part of a long Dr. Fred Colbourne is one of 33 list of university projects funded by researchers at the AHFMR. Dr. Roger Smith, vice-president University of Alberta who (research) at the U of A, will share in a $25 million highlighted the range of pot awarded by the Alberta “The breadth of support provid areas that will be sup- Heritage Foundation for ed by the foundation is very ported by the announce- Medical Research ment. (AHFMR). The funding important.AHFMR has laid the “This is not only was part of a $53-million going to the Faculty of announcement given to a foundation to attracting some of Medicine and Dentistry total of 235 Alberta investi- but to people like Dr. gators. the best and brightest to this Colbourne in psychology, Colbourne, from the U university.” others in phys. ed and of A’s Department of recreation, law and Psychology, will receive —Dr.Roger Smith,vice-president rehab,” said Smith. approximately $200,000 (research) “The breadth of sup- over the next two years to port provided by the study how inducing hypothermia might foundation is very important. AHFMR be used to reduce cell and brain damage has laid the foundation to attracting some to stroke victims. During a campus press of the best and brightest to this universi- conference, Colbourne cited the now- ty.” famous case of little Erika Nordby, the AHFMR senior personnel awards are Edmonton toddler who received world- presented to researchers in annual com- wide attention after a miraculous recov- petitions. Applications are peer- ery from extreme hypothermia, as an reviewed by scientists from around the example of how his work can be applied. world and the highest international “Many of you will remember the standards of excellence must be met in case of Erika—she was basically saved order to be funded. because of hypothermia,” Colbourne The new funding announcement rep- said. “That’s why this funding is so resents the most money ever awarded important to stroke research. We want to for research in a competition year in be able to get a better understanding of AHFMR’s 21-year history, said Dr. why hypothermia is so essential to Matthew Spence, AHFMR president and reducing cell damage.” CEO. Colbourne has learned that, in “This is your money we are trying to rodents, a decrease in body temperature invest in support of bright, young Dr. Fred Colbourne has discovered that rodents who have had induced strokes, followed by hypothermia, persistently decreases the size of lesions researchers in Alberta and from around suffer decreased brain damage, including memory loss. New funding will help investigate the ways in the brain following a stroke. Although the world so you and your children’s hypothermia might help human stroke victims. evidence supports inducing hypothermia health will improve,” said Spence. in stroke patients, researchers are having “Fred Colbourne is an example of the include research in diabetes, cancer, heart, difficulty securing funding for clinical tri- bright ideas we like to invest in and this young Erika. This funding announcement population health and health economics. als. Unlike drug therapies, hypothermia work on hypothermia is very much in our is a harbinger of more to come.” The money will be awarded July 1. can’t be patented, which means pharma- minds with the miraculous recovery of Other projects funded at the U of A Study on healthy aging earns hefty support SSHRC funding to trigger extensive survey of public policy and aging By Terese Brasen By Terese Brasen he University of Alberta’s Department you for” Fast explained. “It is common Fast added that departments like Tof Human Ecology has won $338,218 in sense, yet when it comes to public policy human ecology have difficulty competing Social Sciences and Humanities Research we don’t value those things.” for industry sponsors. “Our natural part- Council (SSHRC) funding. Fast said three of her human ecology ners are community agencies and policy “The competition is pretty stiff,” said a colleagues, Dr. Donna Dawsman and assis- shops that don’t have any money. It is dif- beaming Dr. Janet Fast, a U of A human tants Jacquie Eales and Sherry Anne ficult to find an industry partner to sup- ecology professor whose project Chapman, will use the SSHRC funding to port research on family violence, for exam- Productive Activity in Later Life was one conduct a three-year study of how produc- ple.” of just five Canadian university projects to tive activity changes as one ages and In this case, the human ecology depart- receive funding under SSHRC’s new approaches retirement. ment is partnering with Human Resources Rethinking Productivity program. The project will decipher time-use and Development Canada, the National “SSHRC challenged the research com- diary data from 1981 to the most recently Advisory Council on Aging and the munity to think differently about produc- available (1998) statistics. In one year, Pembina Institute, an independent, citizen- tivity,” Fast said. “In traditional econom- Statistics Canada contacts between 10,000 based think tank interested in the value of ics, productive activity is anything that and 12,000 Canadians, gathering detailed unpaid work. one gets paid for; and yet, people partici- information on our daily activities, health “We want to inform policy and prac- pate in a lot of unpaid activities that are and quality of life. “We have at least three, tice,” explained Fast. “Our partners will valuable to themselves and society. possibly four waves of Statistics Canada use the information to develop programs Traditionally, these unpaid activities aren’t data, so we can do comparisons over for seniors or policy that facilitates suc- counted as productive.” time,” Fast said. cessful aging.” Fast’s project will study how produc- The U of A human ecology team will While SSHRC dollars allow Fast and tivity is tied to health and successful collaborate with Dr. Anne Gauthier, from her colleagues to engage in research that Dr. Janet Fast is studying the ways public policy aging. Recent literature on aging suggests the University of Calgary’s Department of may change federal policy and shift atti- affects our productivity as we age. staying productive is key to staying Sociology and with researchers from tudes towards aging and unpaid work, healthy. “It is feeling needed, doing some- Syracuse University to access similar time- Fast believes the research dollars also thing that other people value and look to use data from 25 to 30 countries. Russia, make the classroom more relevant. Out of the five SSHRC rethinking pro- for example, has been collecting such “One of the major advantages of an ductivity grants, two went to the U of A.. information for more than a century, education at a research institution is pro- Dr. Alice Nakamura of the U of A School longer than any other country has. The fessors teach and do research. I bring the of Business Department of Finance and team will compare, cross-tabulate and look most recent research results into the class- Management Science will receive $411,782 for patterns that explain the link between room and show how policy may change as from SSHRC to develop new ways to Volume 38 Number 14 public policy and productivity in later life. a result of some of the work I do.” measure labour productivity. 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r. Mervyn J. Huston, who served as tude of boo-boos in his life hasn’t been aim- Science. He wrote a text on pharmaceutical Ddean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and ing high enough.” arithmetic but also wrote for sheer pleas- Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University Huston went on to describe his own ure. In 1982 he received the Leacock of Alberta from 1946 – 1978, passed away failed efforts to change the university’s Award for Humour for his book Gophers March 4 at the age of 88. Huston will be motto from Quaecumque Vera— Don’t Pay Taxes. He authored a series of remembered as a pioneer in his field, dedi- Whatsoever Things are True, to Quae Erebe humorous books: The Great Canadian cated to teaching and improving his pro- Vera—What the Hell is True? The latter, he Lover (1964), Toasts to the Bride (1969), The University of Alberta maintains a database fession. He will also be remembered as a reasoned, “was more in keeping with a Canada Eh to Zed (1973) Great Golf of all alumni. This database is used to send you news about the U of A, including Folio man of exquisite humour. questing, questioning, dynamic university.” Humour (1977) and Golf and Murphy’s and New Trail, invitations to special events Few members of the University of He graduated from the University of Law (1981). He also wrote several radio and requests for support. On Sept. 1, 1999, Alberta’s Class of 88 will forget the convo- Alberta in 1937 and returned as a lecturer plays and a musical drama, The Chicken post-secondary institutions were required to comply with the Freedom of Information cation address delivered by Dr. Huston. at the School of Pharmacy two years later. with the Big Eye. and Protection of Privacy legislation of the “The first bit of advice I would offer He became acting director in 1946 and province of Alberta. In accordance with this legislation, please respond to one of the you is: don’t pay any attention to the director in 1947. Under his leadership for following options: advice you get at convocations. You’ve the next three decades, the school expand- done just fine so far ignoring professional ed into the Faculty of Pharmacy and

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The demise of Canadian studies: the end of an era?

By Geoff McMaster Richard Cairney “Some people think what n taking stock Iof gains and we’re doing is giving up losses made in Canadian stud- the study of Canada— ies programs across the coun- but emphatically not! Our try over the past mission is to be the best 25 years, T.H.B. Symons conclud- place in the world to study ed in an article last year that Canada,and we’re well Canada is “dying of igno- along that way,and will rance.” be better.” The noted scholar and —Dean of Arts Ken Norrie founding presi- dent of Trent University wrote in the Journal of Canadian Studies that, while a few pro- grams remained healthy, Canadian studies had for the most part failed to capture the “imagination of most of the academic com- munity or of the wider public.” In many universities where the field of study exist- ed, he argued, it was accorded marginal status, struggling to stay alive. He called this state of affairs a “tragedy in the mak- ing.” “The country is facing all the great issues of economic change, regionalism, Canadian studies students Andrea Bell and Kate Hume are fighting to save their program. and cultural and geographic diversity, while Americanization proceeds apace. Studies Students’ Association. “But we’re Central European studies at the University gram afloat when programs at the Canadians are involved in a race against doing everything we can to make the pub- of Alberta, and we can’t even have a centre Universities of British Columbia and time to preserve their heritage and to lic aware of this. Who knows, maybe it for Canadian studies. This is an absurd sit- Calgary seem to be thriving. (The acquire the knowledge needed to follow will embarrass the university enough to uation.” University of Calgary, for example, has their own path. It is not a race we are win- reconsider.” Bell says she was somewhat However Norrie stresses that while “a recently launched an M.A. in Canadian ning.” blindsided by the recommendation. While particular institutional set of courses in a studies.) Earlier this month it came to light the there has been talk of degree program” may fall “Dean Norrie told us the new focus of U of A’s Faculty of Arts is now recom- closing the program for at by the wayside, opportu- the university and the Faculty of Arts is nities to study Canadian globalization and internationalization, and mending the closure of its 28-year-old least a year, Bell says she “The excuse that in an era of global Canadian studies program, following in was led to believe it issues elsewhere in the of course that’s a really trendy thing the footsteps of McMaster University and would not happen soon. ization,Canadian studies has a faculty could not be more everywhere, so that’s no surprise, but the University of Guelph in Ontario. The New courses were added abundant. “Some people Canadian studies is one of the only pro- reason is simple, said Dean of Arts Ken this year, along with new lower priority is extraordinarily think what we’re doing is grams that is interdisciplinary and where Norrie: there simply isn’t enough money calendars, posters and a giving up the study of arts students really get an opportunity to to keep the program running. display at Preview faulty logic.” Canada—but emphatical- study all the disciplines and how they tie ly not! Our mission is to into their own country.” She adds that, in “It’s an under-funded program any- Days—all of which con- —Mel Hurtig way and, because of circumstances which tributed to a general air of be the best place in the her view, looking at Canada from a global can’t be discussed because of confidentiali- optimism. “I’m pretty shocked,” she says. world to study Canada, perspective is what Canadian studies ty, the under-funding is even more serious “It came out of nowhere. There were indi- and we’re well along that way, and will be courses did anyway. than ever,” he says. “The only reason it cations last year the program might be better.” Susan Minsos, co-ordinator of the U of succeeded for as long as it has is because cancelled, but we thought it was in remis- Norrie argues many Canadian studies A’s Canadian studies program, agrees that of super-human efforts by people involved sion and we thought we were secure with programs, including the U of A’s, were what makes Canadian studies valuable is in the program. People have been teaching this year-to-year funding.” established during the early 1970s when its unique, focused approach. “I’m sad to and student advising well above the nor- Hurtig says he has a “game plan” to there was an urgent need to introduce think students can’t major in the study of mal expectation.” resist the program’s closure, which he will Canadian content in university curricula. Canada. There are Canadian courses to As much as he values the program and reveal any day now. He has already held Now that Canadian content permeates take, but you can’t major in the study of considers the closure regrettable (pointing meetings with Norrie, Vice-President most other disciplines in the arts, however, Canada…it makes me very sad.” out that he is, himself, a scholar of (Academic) and Provost Doug Owram and the institution of Canadian studies has, in When the dust settles from this debate, Canadian economics), Norrie says he real- faculty members in Canadian studies and a sense, done its job. He says there are however, the arts faculty will still face the ly has no choice. To keep running the pro- political science (the program’s home more than 200 courses in the arts faculty same stubborn obstacle—a lack of gram—which is now allotted 2.6 faculty department) and is unswayed by the designated as Canadian content, in disci- resources, says Norrie. “Are we losing positions to teach 12 majors, nine minors, administration’s rationale. plines such as political science, economics, something? Inevitably. There’s no question two honours students, as well as a number “After all these discussions, I remain history, English and comparative litera- we are. And here the students are right, of students from other programs—would 100-per-cent convinced the decision made ture. “We have some of the country’s and because the Canadian studies courses do require at least two to three new positions. by the university is wrong, wrong, wrong, world’s top political science experts and provide an opportunity to bring interdisci- And with “drastic shortages” in areas such and will diminish the university’s image economic policy experts, as well as in the- plinary stuff together.” as modern languages, psychology and lin- both in the community and elsewhere atre and Francophone literature of the The recommendation for closure still guistics, areas where there are higher num- across Canada,” he says. “The excuse that West.” If students want to focus their stud- has a long way to go before it’s adopted. bers of students, he can’t justify taking in an era of globalization Canadian studies ies on Canada, he argues, there is no short- But short of a major donation, Norrie says positions from elsewhere in the faculty. has a lower priority is extraordinarily age of ways to do it. And the faculty’s new the program will likely begin bringing Despite the fiscal argument, however, a faulty logic. In fact, in an era of globaliza- push to become a centre for the study of down the curtain next September when, number of people, including the program’s tion it’s all the more imperative to ensure globalization will only put Canada at the for the first time in almost three decades, students and celebrated nationalist Mel our students come away from university forefront. the introductory course in Canadian stud- Hurtig, are refusing to take the recommen- with a better understanding of Canadian Proponents of Canadian studies say ies may not be offered (although students dation lying down. They’re preparing history and its current economic, social examining Canada in a global context, or currently enrolled in the program will be statements, talking to the media and plan- and cultural facets and problems. in courses offered by other departments, is allowed to finish). ning to garner support as the decision “Here we are in the wealthiest per- by no means the same as a Canada-first, So the word is officially out—the arts works its way through the various levels capita province in Canada, with a bur- interdisciplinary approach to issues as cru- faculty is looking for a benefactor. Says of committee debate. geoning surplus of over $7 billion, and we cial and complex as national identity. Kate Norrie: “If Canadian Pacific came to me “Unfortunately, the dean hit us when somehow manage to have a chair in Hume, last year’s association president and said, ‘we’re going to give you $12 mil- we have a lot of school work to do,” says American studies at the University of and a graduate of the program, says she’s lion to endow four chairs in Canadian Andrea Bell, president of the Canadian Calgary, and a Centre of Austrian and dismayed the U of A can’t keep the pro- studies,’ I’d say, ‘Sure buddy, you’re on.’”

University of Alberta 3 folio March 23, 2000 Turning a spark into a flame It’s our job to teach students to learn very fall, when our new recruits arrive technical abilities and, most assuredly, lar. He says students are comfortable and “they will end up practicing medicine or Eon campus, I have the opportunity to beyond the memorization-regurgitation familiar with what he calls the “bulimia dentistry that is increasingly outdated.” speak with them about the university’s cycle? approach to education” of regurgitation. In a research-intensive environment, our aspirations for our students. We talk about William Butler Yeats once said educa- But getting them involved in small group students have an additional advantage. No critical thinking, developing communica- tion is about “lighting a fire, not filling a learning, role playing, and interaction with matter what the discussion, there are always tion skills and independent judgement, but pail.” I firmly believe that students who working professionals encourages self- unanswered questions. By bringing the at the core lies their personal spark—their choose the University of Alberta experi- reliance without need for spoon-feeding. frontiers of knowledge right into the class- inherent curiosity to know “why.” Our ence have the spark to learn. We need to An example of the success of this type room from the first year onwards, our facul- challenge is to nurture this personal excite- transform that spark into a fire through of engagement with learning at the ty can mentor students on to the next level ment about learning and to work with innovative delivery of course material, University of Alberta was awarded the of discovery, or to find a new application for each of our students towards the success- experimentation, and mentoring. national Alan Blizzard Award last year for the knowledge they have. And I know it has ful development of their “agility to learn.” Our campus is a model among innovation in course delivery. The interdis- been the experience of many of our out- This “agility” extends beyond mere Canadian universities, with our indis- ciplinary course required students from standing teachers to be approached by ability as a technical skill. Certainly, we putable slate of outstanding teachers. different health sciences programs to work inspired students to assist them in taking want to ensure our students have the abili- With 22 3M Fellowship winners since together, improving their understanding of their experience to the next level. ty to locate knowledge in a library or on 1986, our faculty have fanned many a the team process and other disciplines As a university with the motto the web, to talk to the right person, to spark to a blaze. while making learning come alive through “Quaecumque Vera,” or, “Whatsoever recall a certain set of facts, and demon- 3M Fellow and Professor of research, debate, and hands-on project Things are Ttrue,” there couldn’t be a strate adherence to good grammar or the Pharmacology David Cook says the key is work. As Professor Cook pointed out, our more noble pursuit than helping unleash scientific method. But, how does a univer- to make sure curriculum engages students, students need to learn how to learn from and develop in each student a life-long sity education move learning beyond the even if the approach is not initially popu- the beginning of their training, otherwise agility to learn. Prof recognized for commitment to aboriginal law Aboriginal Justice Award goes to U of A prof By Richard Cairney

Richard Cairney University of Victoria’s Akitsiraq Law School “Laws as they are don’t take into account at Iqualuit, Nunavut. Bell will be teaching a either indigenous concepts of property or the course in property law at the northern development of aboriginal rights laws,” she school, which opens in September. For 3-1/2 said. “For example, there is legislation that months, she’ll teach students about Inuit delays the selling of cultural property outside customary law—despite the fact that those of the country, and most of the property that laws aren’t necessarily written down any- gets stopped at the border is indigenous cul- where. “Some of it is written down,” Bell tural property. There is a legal obligation to said. “But I will be working with the elders let museums know about these artifacts so to weave it into the curriculum.” they can try to buy the property and keep it It’s that kind of commitment to aborig- in Canada, so they have an opportunity to inal justice that earned Bell the 2001 buy it—but there is no obligation to let First Aboriginal Justice Award, says Leslie Sax, Nations know about it. head of the U of A’s Aboriginal Law “So they find out by guess and by Students Association. Bell is the first mem- golly. Someone at Simon Fraser University ber of the U of A Faculty of Law to receive realizes ‘hey, this is from the Nuxalk the honour. Nation and maybe it shouldn’t have been “We thought, ‘Let’s give it to one of our sold in the first place.’ The legislative Cathrine Bell is the first U of A professor to earn the Aboriginal Justice Award. own,’ ” said Sax. Of course, there’s more to regime is not up to date with aboriginal it than that. “She is completely committed rights developments or with how niversity of Alberta law professor in the themes of aboriginal justice. Along to aboriginal justice issues,” Sax added. “I Aboriginal People view their property.” UCatherine Bell knows you can sell a with U of A philosophy professor Dr. think she really believes that people need Bell is humbled by the honour her stu- house and still keep the memories of your David Kahane, she is currently assembling help and, because of her degree and her dents have bestowed upon her. family growing up there. She also knows a collection of essays on resolving legal education, she can give them that help. She “One of the things I do in my research that in aboriginal cultures, material posses- disputes between cultures. The book, to be is absolutely amazing.” is to not only try to change the legal land- sions aren’t as easily separated from emo- published by UBC Press, was inspired by a The Aboriginal Justice Award was ini- scape and law as an institution that affects tional, communal and spiritual history. conference on intercultural dispute resolu- tiated in 1994 to mark the first graduating Aboriginal People, but to do it in a way “If a community loses a sacred mask, tion held at the U of A in 1999. class from the Indigenous Law program, that there is a direct benefit in the commu- and there are songs that are associated Another project she’s working on, with established to help address the under rep- nity,” she said. “In order to do that I often with that mask, the community loses those University of British Columbia law profes- resentation of aboriginal lawyers in will work with aboriginal communities to songs too,” Bell explains. sor Bob Patterson, is examining cultural Canada. The award recognizes persons define the issues to explore solutions. So I As a founding member of the U of A’s appropriation and the repatriation of sacred who contribute to the development of abo- think one of the reasons why the students Indigenous Law Program and an active and ceremonially significant objects to riginal justice initiatives and cross-cultural wanted to recognize my work is that it is member of the university’s School Council Native communities. This fall, she becomes justice initiatives in education and institu- informed by the community—and I take for Native Studies, Bell immerses herself the first full-time faculty member at the tional reform. Bell focuses on both areas. my research back into the classroom.” University will move to new four-point grading scale By Geoff McMaster

he General Faculties Council has voted ties in the U.S., are on a four-point stan- Now that the U of A has agreed upon “I certainly approve of moving away Tto adopt a four-point grading scale to be dard. the former, it will be taken through the from the nine-point system...but we are implemented in the fall of 2003. Over the past year, Alberta’s four uni- approval process at the Universities of creating a situation where someone with “The four-point system was the logical versities have agreed on a common four- Calgary and Lethbridge, said Decore. better grades would actually have a lower direction to go because it’s the most com- point system that would be easier to Augustana, Concordia and King’s GPA,” said Jerry Varsava of the mon system in Canada and North understand and would make transferring University College all use the U of A’s Department of Comparative Literature, America,” Associate Vice-President between schools more efficient. However, nine-point system but will now likely Religion and Film/Media Studies. (Academic) Anne-Marie Decore said dur- they were unable to agree on how to dis- adopt the new scale. Decore responded that showing alpha ing the March 20 meeting. tinguish between an A+ and an A grade Student representatives said they sup- grades on transcripts should be sufficient Universities in Lethbridge and Calgary and so offered two variations—a 4.0 port the decision. However, some council to indicate outstanding performance in a already use a four-point scale, although scale (which translates both A and A+ to members expressed concern that assigning course. not the same one, and Athabasca 4, but also indicates alpha grades on A and A+ grades the same numerical The recommendation to adopt the new University uses percentages. Many other transcripts) and a 4.3 scale (which trans- value might compromise the grade point scale will now go to the Board of Canadian universities, and most universi- lates an A+ to 4.3). averages of some students. Governors for final approval.

University of Alberta 4 folio March 23, 2000 The Kuchma-Gate Scandal and implications for Ukraine A headless body, a vindictive leader and a state of chaos leaves the nation in a shambles By David R. Marples

hen Ukraine gained its independence was discovered in a wood outside Kyiv sev- the barter system of trade in Ukraine— Labour Union Party of Serhiy Tyhypko Win 1991, many analysts regarded this eral weeks later. Intrigue followed. Mykola which ensured large profits for oligarchs— and Andriy Derkach. On March 15, a large central European nation as pivotal for Melnychenko, a 34-year old bodyguard of to one based on cash transactions. Lesser Communist Party-led demonstration in international stability. By 1994, with Russia President Kuchma, became disillusioned figures have been removed or eliminated. Kyiv, which attracted 3,000 protesters from embroiled in its first war in Chechnya, the with his employer’s corruption, and had Anti-government protests began on many parts of Ukraine, demanded the West looked to Ukraine as a balance decided to tape secretly Kuchma’s conversa- February 25. On March 9, a demonstration ouster of both Kuchma and Yushchenko. between an expanding NATO and an tions with his inner circle. (Melnychenko of 10,000 in Kyiv supporting a “Ukraine Ukraine has lost the confidence of increasingly belligerent Commonwealth of reportedly learned the techniques of elec- Without Kuchma” resulted in violent clash- Western political and business circles. On Independent States. Thus, recent events in tronic surveillance while in the army.) He es with police and the detention of 217 peo- February 27, American President George W. Kyiv—with the president accused of com- handed over 1,000 hours of recordings to ple. Kuchma referred to demonstrators as a Bush regretted the break-up of protests and plicity in the murder of an independent former Speaker Oleksander Moroz, leader “brown plague” of neo-Nazis and claimed warned Kuchma that future support from journalist, and brutal police crackdowns on of the Socialist Party on November 26 and that many were being paid for their partici- the US will depend on adherence to the rule demonstrators—have shocked the West. fled the country two days before the details pation. In response, he ordered pro- of law. Writing in the March 2 edition of the How can one explain the present troubles? of the first tape—regarding conversations Kuchma demonstrations of students and Financial Times, George Soros, who has pro- For eight years a power struggle devel- between the president and his security advi- workers, with the threat of expulsion or dis- vided more than $100 million in aid to oped between the president and sors about Gongadze—were published. missal for those who refused to participate. Ukraine in various programs, urged Parliament. Last April President Leonid Only on February 26, 2001, did Ukraine’s The same day police and protestors Kuchma to step down from his post, pend- Kuchma expanded his authority in a care- State prosecutor identify the body found in clashed, a new group—The All-Ukrainian ing the results of an inquiry into the fully manipulated referendum—the results September as Gongadze. Public Resistance Committee “For the Gongadze case. The president is completely have not yet been implemented. Ukraine is The tapes reveal Kuchma to be an Truth” was formed. Its goal is the recon- distracted from the affairs of state and is also widely regarded as one of the most uncouth and vindictive man, a typical struction of the entire political, social, and seeking help from Vladimir Putin’s Russia. corrupt nations of the world, with a ruling Soviet apparatchik, a man accustomed to economic system of Ukraine. He has lost his hard-won majority in oligarchy that has exploited its control power and intolerant of criticism, and a There is an overt campaign by the oli- Parliament. In the meantime, he will use the over profitable sectors of the economy man skilled at using a system to eliminate garchs to remove Yushchenko, the only militia, the secret police and all the forces at such as weapons and energy. In 1999, the or silence those with whom he disagrees. remaining reformer in the cabinet. On his disposal to retain power by force. But Committee for the Protect of Journalists The tapes stun the listener with their sheer April 10, the Prime Minister must deliver a Ukraine is not isolated. It is very much part listed President Kuchma as one of the top banality, demanding that Gongadze be report to Parliament on the Cabinet’s ful- of the world community. Its actions are 10 enemies of a free press, and it has been “fed to the Chechens, castrated” etc. The fillment of its mandate. First Parliamentary judged under a sharply focused microscope the crackdown in this area that may prove president has been ruthless with his oppo- Speaker Viktor Medvedchuk has already and Kuchma’s time may soon run out. his undoing. nents. Yulia Tymoshenko, former first hinted that Yushchenko will be replaced. (David Marples is a professor of history and clas- On September 16, Georgii Gongadze, deputy minister for energy, is in jail, osten- Other groups that wish to remove sics and director of the Stasiuk Program, studying con- editor of Ukrainska Pravda, a native sibly because along with current Prime Yushchenko include the Democratic temporary Ukrainian issues, with the University of Georgian, disappeared. A headless corpse Minister Viktor Yushchenko, she changed Union, led by Oleksander Volkos and the Alberta’s Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies.) folio

AIS report Special AIS report missed a helps readers understand couple of important matters complex issue olio should be congratulated for publish- new systems: a system can be delivered i) ment some of the functionality which was Fing a reasonably balanced and forthright quickly ii) with quality and iii) cheaply— claimed to exist in the system has yet to be ongratulations on an important achieve- report on the state of the university’s pick two of the three. delivered, for example, web enablement Cment (the March 13 special report on Administrative Information Systems The acknowledged cost of this project and electronic grade books. So rather than Administrative Information Systems). This (Special Report, March 13). This is a refresh- is $35 million compared to the originally our disappointment being “fuelled by the issue addressed a vital topic with thor- ing change from some of the previous com- proposed $7 million. It needs to be pointed expectation that you could match what oughly researched, insightful analysis. munications on this subject. However, there out that this figure does not include any of you were doing with a home grown sys- It is a good example of the type of are a few things which were missed or the time expended by staff in faculty, tem that was built by the U of A,” it was investigative journalism that could make require additional comment. departmental and administrative offices fuelled by unfulfilled vendor promises. Folio a much greater force on campus. First, the decision to proceed with the around campus during the implementa- This university will survive not Keep up the good work and don’t lis- financial, human resource, and academic tion. In addition, many of these people because of but despite the new administra- ten to the nay-sayers who will be urging records systems simultaneously should have had to spend numerous extra hours tive systems. you not to rock the boat. This sort of cov- never have been made. This comment is not to make the systems serve the needs in K. C. Porteous, Associate erage can play a vital role in seeing that made in hindsight. Any senior administra- their particular area. Therefore the true Dean(Student and Co-op Services) people better understand exactly what is cost is much higher than $35 million. Faculty of Engineering going on in an important campus issue. tor responsible for implementing new sys- In the original financial justification for It’s much more useful in that regard than tems should have realized this. The imple- speeches by university administrators who mentation of any one of these systems rep- these systems, considerable cost savings cannot help but be part of the process. resented a very major undertaking. Other were identified. These were related to the Stuart McFadyen , Faculty of Business jurisdictions, such as the Alberta govern- fact that staff would be much more produc- folio ment, recognized this and implemented the tive once these new systems were avail- financial system first and followed it with able, and translate into fewer people in a PeopleSoft story is the human resource (system) once the first number of administrative areas. This has one was installed and running properly. The proven to be anything but true. It is time Folio welcomes letters to the edi- common excuses for the university doing that the university acknowledged that the a solid case study tor. Send your thoughts and opinions everything at once are “we had no choice” hard-dollar savings, which were claimed to n excellent special report on the via e-mail to richard.cairney@ualber- PeopleSoft story! Thank you very and Y2K. I do not believe either of these is exist, are unlikely to be realized. A ta.ca, fax at 492-2997, or by mail to much. I hope you can put it up on the valid. If a phased-implementation approach Finally, I take issue with some of the web so I can share it with some of my had been adopted, the life of specific legacy comments made by Mr. Derraugh from Folio, Office of Public Affairs, 400 clients. It is hard to get an unbiased “case systems could have been extended. There PeopleSoft. In May of 1997, I was part of a Athabasca Hall, Edmonton, Alberta study” of the real risks faced in the move would have been a cost associated with this five-person team, which went to California T6G 2E8. Letters may be edited for to big software. but the cost of implementing the new sys- to listen to PeopleSoft’s pitch about their grammar, style, accuracy and length. William Nichols, management con- tems would likely have been less. There is academic record system. While it is true sultant,Edmonton an old adage related to the development of that the system was still under develop-

University of Alberta 5 folio March 23, 2000 The legend continues University of Alberta honours its most outstanding athletes

he University of Alberta’s tradition of excellence in athletics has been evident in recent years. The Golden Bears and Pandas’ teams have been taking on all comers in all sports, with the TGolden Bears hockey team closing in on its third consecutive CIAU championship. Today’s athletes are continuing a legacy of excellence established by their predecessors. On April 3, the university looks upon its past with pride, inducting five athletes to the Sports Wall of Fame during a special ceremony at the Shaw Conference Centre. The U of A will also look to the future during the event, announcing the name of the new University of Alberta South Campus Athletics Facility as well. This year’s inductees to the Sports Wall of Fame are:

Development. He proved to be a superb judge of player talent and his reports influ- Bill Moores enced college player selection among all of the professional teams in Canada. In 1981 he was awarded an honorary lifetime membership in the Canadian College BILL MOORES [B.Ed.1972] Football Association. Bill Moores starred at the University of Alberta as an athlete and a builder. During WENDY (CLARKSON) CARTER [B.Ed.1989] the 1971-1972 season he led the Golden The Western Canada Interuniversity Bears Hockey team in scoring, to first Athletic Union (WCIAU) and the place in the WCIAU, and to a third-place University of Alberta no longer provide finish. It is, however, as a coach of the Wendy (Clarkson) Carter athletes the opportunity to compete at Golden Bears that Bill’s mark has been championship levels in the sport of bad- most indelibly made. From 1976 to 1994 minton. This was unfortunate for the U of he served as an assistant coach with Clare school sports, produced championship A for, in 1975, one of its entering students Drake or as the team’s head coach. During teams in football, basketball, and athletics. was already a junior Canadian champion his seven years as head coach, the Golden Dalton found time to serve as the offensive in this sport and this student would go on Bears represented the WCIAU on five co-ordinator of the Golden Bears in 1985 to be Canada’s dominant female bad- occasions and won the University Cup – and as assistant coach (three years) then minton player for the next decade. Wendy symbolic of Canadian University hockey head coach (two years) of the Edmonton Clarkson (now Carter) competed in every supremacy – twice. His teams never fin- Wildcats. As the Wildcats’ head coach, he major badminton event around the world ished lower than second place in WCIAU led the team to a Canadian championship winning numerous gold, silver and bronze league play. After leaving the University, in 1983. medals in most. In 1977, representing Bill coached for two highly successful sea- Canada at the Pan Am Games, Wendy Frank Morris FRANK MORRIS sons in Japan and then returned to Canada won gold in women’s singles and in the Frank Morris was an all-star athlete in to accept an assistant coaching position team championships. The next year, as a hockey, fastball, baseball and football but it with the New York Rangers. Bill is cur- member of Canada’s Commonwealth was as a football player that he is best rently an assistant coach with Craig the league named him to its all-star team Games team, she won the silver and the known. He participated as a player and as MacTavish and the Edmonton Oilers and in 1974 he was selected as a CIAU All- bronze medal in the team competition and a Director of Player Development in 19 Canadian. In his rookie year he helped the in the ladies’ singles respectively. In 1978 DALTON SMARSH [B.Ed.1976] Grey Cup games – and was on the win- Bears win the CIAU championship. she was ranked as the third-best female Dalton Smarsh was one of the most ning team 13 times. After retiring from the Drafted by the Saskatchewan Roughriders, badminton player in the world. As outstanding running backs in the history professional ranks, Frank joined the coach- Dalton elected instead a career in the Wendy’s international career ended, she of Golden Bear football. In five years ing staff of the University of Alberta world of education. Edmonton sport pro- went on to participate in senior’s champi- (1972-1976) he established team, confer- Golden Bears football team in 1959 and grams and Edmonton Public Schools bene- onships where she won Manitoba and ence and CIAU rushing records that have served as offensive and defensive line co- fited from that decision. He has served as Canadian titles. During this phase of her stood for decades, and was captain in four ordinator. During his tenure, the Bears a department head in physical education life in sport she has moved into the coach- of those five seasons. On four occasions made two Bowl appearances. The first was for 15 years, coached a wide range of ing ranks and her influence continues to in the Churchill Bowl in 1962, which the be evident throughout Canada’s bad- Bears lost to the McGill Redmen, and the minton programs. second in 1963 when the University of Alberta hosted the Golden Bowl defeating, JUNE (JAMISON) MCDONALD [B.PE.1961] in that precursor to Canadian university The University of Alberta Bakewell football championship play, the Queen’s Trophy symbolizes outstanding athletic University Golden Gaels. From 1970 to excellence among all participants on 1988, Morris re-joined the Edmonton Panda programs. It was appropriate that Eskimos and served as Director of Player June Jamison (now McDonald) won this premiere award in 1962. June had starred on Western Canada Interuniversity Athletic Union championship teams in golf, curling and volleyball during the course of her university career. This out- standing inductee won city, provincial and national titles in golf and curling (two national titles in 1966 and 1968). June (Jamison) McDonald went on in the world of sports to build the Junior Achievement organization of Northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories into the second largest of such programs in Canada. She served for years as a fundraiser for groups such as the Winnifred Stewart School, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Multiple Dalton Smarch Sclerosis Society, the Heart Fund and the Salvation Army. She has left her mark on June (Jamison) McDonald our university and on our city. University of Alberta 6 folio March 23, 2000 Northern peatlands show effects of global warming Sensitive area indicates what lies ahead as climate changes By Ryan Smith

ccording to Environment Canada statis- how vegetation reacts. But because peat- Atics, northern Alberta is in the midst of lands are really sensitive to drying, they a 15-year warming trend. change almost as the cli- Although no one can be cer- mate changes, and they tain why it’s happening, Dr. ”Already we’re seeing some of are precursors to what Dennis Gignac believes will happen to the rest of ‘greenhouse gases’ are the the peatlands drying up in the boreal forests they cause. northern Alberta…there is are found in.” Gignac, a biology profes- The drying of the sor at the Faculté Saint-Jean, generally a lag time of a few Peace River area is par- believes the greenhouse ticularly severe because effect—global warming years between climate changes declining precipitation caused by an increase in the in the region combined production of gases such as and how vegetation reacts.But with warmer weather carbon dioxide, methane and because peatlands are really means any moisture that nitrous oxide—is “definitely does reach the land happening” and it is affect- sensitive to drying,they change evaporates more quick- ing the weather patterns in ly. Gignac, an expert in northern Alberta. As evi- almost as the climate changes, climate changes and how they affect ecosys- dence, he points to the Peace and they are precursors to what River area peatlands. tems, says that if current Peatlands in northern Alberta react quickly to changes in weather patterns. Dr. Dennis Gignac (inset) is “Already we’re seeing will happen to the rest of the greenhouse gas emis- studying the peatlands in order to predict the effects global warming will have across the continent. some of the peatlands drying sions continue unabat- up in northern Alberta,” said boreal forests they are found in.” ed, in “50 to 100 years many trees,” said Gignac, referring to research around North America, in order Gignac, who has been we’ll see average tem- Alberta’s boreal forest area, which begins to create a comprehensive database. He’ll —Dr.Dennis Gignac researching boreal forests in peratures rise five at about Edmonton’s latitude and contin- be free to pursue this project full time Alberta for more than 15 degrees Celsius, and ues north. thanks to the McCalla professorship he years. that will mean dramatic changes to our Gignac’s goal now is to monitor recently won at the U of A, which allows This is significant, Gignac said, landscape.” changes to peatlands and boreal forests in him to concentrate solely on his research because “there is generally a lag time of a “For one, there is a northward migra- Western Canada and then compile infor- for nine months, beginning in September few years between climate changes and tion of boreal forests, so we won’t have as mation from colleagues conducting similar this year. Grad students win 94 NSERC scholarships Total dips slightly from last year, but U of A ranks near top of list By Geoff McMaster

niversity of Alberta graduate students toral fellowships worth about $35,000 each. realistic, or maybe it’s a bit of a down blip In announcing the awards on Uhave won 94 scholarships in the latest Peter Steffler, associate dean of gradu- and we’ll bounce back again next year.” International Women’s Day, NSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering ate studies and research, says while the He said the university’s application suc- President Tom Brzustowski said the num- Research Council of Canada (NSERC) results are a positive indication of the cess rate was approximately 67 per cent ber of successful women applicants has competition. Worth about $1,740,000 in quality of U of A students, he is “disap- this year, down from about 80 per cent last risen steadily to 43 per cent from 31 per total, the awards place the U of A fourth in pointed” in the drop from last year. In year. cent in 1992. the country behind the University of 2000, U of A graduate students in engi- The awards were part of $62 million in “This is a very satisfying national Toronto with 173, Waterloo University neering and sciences received 101 awards funds handed out by NSERC to 1,924 trend indeed and reflects a significant with 108 and the University of British worth $1,865,000. young researchers across the country: improvement in women’s participation in Columbia with 104. “We did extremely well last year,” he 1,689 at the postgraduate level and 235 at the fields of science and engineering,” said The U of A also brought in 12 post-doc- said. “Maybe this year’s results are more the postdoctoral level. Brzustowski. Computing team crunches competitors Students win bronze at world programming finals By Ryan Smith

onathan Backer and his teammates over- ”We came away a little people and give Jcame a “serious case of nerves” to earn a them an award,” bronze medal at the 25th Annual ACM disappointed.We were he said. “It’s International Collegiate Programming nothing special, Contest 2001 World Finals held recently in hoping for a top-10 fin- but it’s nice.” Vancouver. Backer and fellow University of ish,but a bronze is better Of his team’s Alberta computing science students Patrick performance, Earl and Gilbert Lee finished ahead of such than a kick in the pants.” Rudnicki said, perennial favourites as teams from Carnegie “They did rea- Mellon, California Institute of Technology —Computing sciences sonably well. I and University of California, Berkeley. student Jonathan Backer think nerves got With medals awarded based on the to them a bit, but number of problems solved, the U of A I’m proud of them.” answered four of eight problems correctly Rudnicki noted that the team got hung and tied for 14th place overall, out of an up on one problem that could have been international field of 64. St. Petersburg answered simply, “but they got over-ambi- State University won the competition, tious and spent an inordinate amount of while the University of Waterloo team, time on it.” The question required the which answered six of eight questions cor- team to transform notes from one major rectly, was the highest-finishing Canadian musical scale to another. team winning fourth place overall. The U “The questions were nothing they had- of A team tied the University of Toronto n’t seen before,” Rudnicki said. “But next team, which also came 14th overall, to fin- year we’ll have more experience and I ish second out of all Canadian universities. hope we can improve on this finish.” “We came away a little disappointed,” Aside from improving in the standings, Backer said. “We were hoping for a top-10 Dr. Piotr Rudnicki and his computer science team earned a bronze medal at the world finals but warn they’ll there are two more things on Rudnicki’s finish, but a bronze is better than a kick in be stronger next year. wish list. “I’d love to see a girl on the team the pants.” some day. And I’d like more students to During the qualifying round in early hours a week, to prepare for [the finals],” also a lot of fun.” take honours math, because it teaches them November in Lethbridge, the U of A team Backer said. “But when the final competi- The U of A team coach, computing sci- how to think—not that the other courses defeated about 50 other schools in the tion starts and you’re actually sitting in ence professor Dr. Piotr Rudnicki, was hon- don’t teach them how to think, but honours Rocky Mountain Region. “We’ve been front of the computer and the clock is run- oured with an award for his dedication and math teaches them to think in a way that is training since we qualified, for about 15 ning, it’s a little nerve-wracking, but it’s achievement. “Every year they pick four useful to me,” he added, laughing.

University of Alberta 7 folio March 23, 2000 Students design their way to gold medal Senior-friendly oven wins North American competition By Phoebe Dey

or most people, bending over a hot stove Fand pulling out a heavy dish isn’t much of a challenge. But for the frail and elderly, such simple tasks can be difficult. Four students at the University of Alberta have designed a product that will reduce the chance of seniors—or anybody for that matter—burning or injuring themselves in the kitchen. They’ve developed an oven that delivers food up to the cook. “The whole element comes out and is elevated to stove-top level, so you don’t have to lean in it to get anything,” said Zsolt Kovacs, an industrial design student on the U of A team. “Once we came up with that idea, we just kept adding on fea- tures to make it better.” The Simplicity Range. The students’ so-called Simplicity Range recently won first place at the 13th At the Conference of the American annual North American-wide American Society on Aging and the National Council Society on Aging Universal Design on the Aging in New Orleans last week- Competition. end, the winners received overwhelming support and interest in their product. The creation, which was originally a Joanne Handy, chair of the American Society on Aging, presents the top award to students Cam Frith, collaborative class assignment between Sophie Wilderdijk, Zsolt Kovacs and Mary Ellen Lamont at a recent competition in New Orleans. As well as winning gold, the U of A industrial design and rehab students, was received two bronzes, three honourable planned with the aim of extending an eld- Judges praised the design for combin- Industrial Design Professor Rob mentions as well as an Award of erly person’s independence in his or her ing beauty with safety Lederer, who supervises Excellence for its consistently top-notch own home, said industrial design student features and user-friend- “This product,the design school and the the assignment every entries in the past six years. Other U of A Cam Frith. ly controls and opera- year, said regardless of product designs include a swivel/slide tub The product was created by accidental tion. “This product, the student team,which included two occu where his students place seat which eases the transfer to the bath- in the competition, the tub and protects fragile skin, the Easy Fit design. When Frith and Kovacs met with design school and the pational therapists,deserve special rehab students Sophie Wilderdijk and student team, which collaborative working Shoe, which uses a pulley system for lac- Mary Ellen Lamont, the group initially included two occupa- commendation.This team effort pro experience is invaluable. ing, and a Hand-Iron that eases the strain decided to work on building a pill dis- tional therapists, deserve “As designers you have on the wrist. One U of A winner from last penser. “We looked through their cata- special commendation,” duced new solutions for ranges and to work with people in year’s competition is in negotiations with logues and found there were already a mil- said Margaret other fields, and this a company to market an invention that lion dispensers on the market,” said Frith. Christenson, a design addressed a serious safety need for works well for rehab stu- allows a golfer to put a ball on a tee with- out bending over. “But while we were looking one of the girls competition judge and cooks of all ages.” dents as well,” said pointed to a stick in the catalogue that was president of Lifease Inc. Lederer. “Rehab students “This has been a great experience, cre- used to pull out a stove rack and we decid- “This team effort pro- —Margaret Christenson,design competi- learn there are designers ating something like this,” Kovacs said of ed it wasn’t long enough. We then decided duced new solutions for tion judge and president of Lifease Inc. who can come up with the Simplicity Range. “I don’t think it real- to try to make a better version and we ranges and addressed a good solutions for their ly mattered whether we were in the com- came up with the ‘Simplicity Range.’” serious safety need for cooks of all ages.” quality input, so it’s a win-win situation.” petition or not.” What good is a liberal arts education? Broadus lectures defend the liberal arts By Geoff McMaster

ne day early in the winter term, a president of the Social Sciences and this is not a big vision for education; it is a Oyoung man dressed in denim walked Humanities Federation of Canada, is that destructive, no-win politics of knowledge. It into Dr. Patricia Clements’ first-year Malcolm’s perspective had begun to hurts students; it hurts our society.” English class at the University of Alberta. widen, as it has for so many others trained Clements said the reputation of liberal He was “about three weeks and 15 min- in the arts, through the study of literature. arts training has been under siege in recent utes late” while she was “in full flight on His education had helped him mature into years, particularly since about 1994 when the subject of the prologue to Geoffrey his vision of the world, which is at least as the provincial government introduced Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.” valuable, if not more so, than any “trans- “highly political performance indicators,” It was the day essays were being ferable skills” he learned in the process. which forced universities to justify their assigned, and the new student, who had The nature of this maturation, and of contributions to the wider community. It “folded himself into a chair” at the back of others like it across a vast array of disci- was also when “the issue of the broad use- the class, accepted the assignment without plines in the social sciences and humani- fulness of a liberal education—of educat- any consultation. When the essay was due, ties, was the subject of Clements’ Broadus ing not only for work but for life, of edu- he turned in a piece of work that was Lecture series, The Politics of Knowledge: cating for democracy—disappeared from unequivocally “dreadful.” It was bad Liberal Arts in a Science Society. The three- the screen,” Clements said. enough, in fact, that Clements suggested part series assesses the impact of the liber- Along with the cult of performance he consider dropping the course. al arts on students and on contemporary indicators came the erroneous assumption Dr. Patricia Clements It turns out the student, named society in general. arts grads weren’t getting jobs, a myth diffi- Malcolm, had received word of his accept- Clements argued an arts education has cult to resist considering arts students and who are self-critical thinkers able to ance to the arts program late, after having a life-transforming power impossible to weren’t trained for specific occupations in assess and revise their own attitudes.” served time in jail for drug offences. quantify and therefore easy for some to dis- the work force. And it didn’t help matters Clements suggested that while a Obviously, he had a few things to learn miss. When the mind wrestles with a text that politicians such as Ontario Premiere defence of arts grads on the grounds of about surviving in university. But he was by Samuel Beckett, Plato or Franz Kafka, or Mike Harris bemoaned the glut of unskilled employability is necessary in the current determined to stay and was convinced when a musician masters a difficult concer- “great thinkers” on the job market. political climate, it should not become the Clements could teach him. to, “the market will not rise or fall, relations It has taken a few years, but that stub- driving principle of arts training. No one “The distance between him and a pass- between nations will not be affected in the born misconception has now begun to crum- would dispute the importance of jobs, but ing grade in the course was as great as I’ve short term, there will be no immediate ble in the face of numerous studies showing the raison d’être of the liberal arts is the seen, but I agreed,” she explains. “It impact on consumer confidence.” But the it to be false, says Clements. In fact, the stud- same as it’s always been: “the training of dawned on me soon that he was one of the impact of these transaction is no less real, ies demonstrate, arts grads have precisely the the intellect for its own sake.” brightest students I had taught...At the end says Clements, and no less significant. skills highly valued in contexts as diverse as “Is this still our business in the com- of the year, he passed the course—he real- The problem, she says, is that the Alberta banking, politics and communications. mercialized, technologized, globalized uni- ly passed the course—with a grade of 7. It government, in its determination to “When we do our job right here in the versity of the 21st century? Absolutely. For was an astounding achievement.” strengthen science and technology in the core of the university, we are helping not the King Lear actor who was in my class a In a drama course the following year province, has done so at the expense of the only to develop creative people, the inven- long while back, and who was one of very the student went on to take the lead role in liberal arts. “Government funding policies in tors of ideas, processes, things that will few aboriginal students in the university Shakespeare’s King Lear, one of the works relation to liberal education are out of touch have impact on our lives as a community, that year, and for me, in a time and place that he’d struggled so painfully to write an with the needs of students, with the desires but also critical thinkers—‘resistant read- in which higher education was thought essay about in Clements’ English class. of parents for the children and the communi- ers’ who are unlikely to consume without largely wasted on women, it opened a The point in this story, says Clements, ty…and to allow the years of accumulated question what is fed to them as truth in whole range of new possibilities amount- former dean of arts at the U of A and now damage in these areas to go unaddressed— this culture of hype and hyper-marketing, ing, in the long run to a new life.”

University of Alberta 8 folio March 23, 2000 I’ll take ‘Name That Plant’ for $1,000 U of A students knock off Mexican dynasty in Hawaii By Gilbert A. Bouchard

or those of us who can’t immediately the nerve-racking contest. “It’s a long time “You have to concentrate pretty hard years by a non-Mexican school. Antonnio Fidentify the common grain-bearing plant per plant, and while it’s tempting, you and through the different reasons why Narro University has won Plant emblazoned on the University of Alberta can’t think back to other specimens—you something would or would not be some- Identification for nine out of the past 10 crest, never mind the species of tree in have to think about the plant you’re look- thing,” says Elsinger, who was raised on a years. your front yard, Mae Elsinger’s accom- ing at. Double guessing can really mess small hobby farm south of Whitecourt, AB. As for the future, Elsinger’s identifica- plishment seems almost surreal. you up,” she said. Preparation for the competition is tion skills won’t lay dormant long. Come The 23-year-old land reclamation stu- Another wrinkle in the competition extensive, starting in September with a May, the graduating student is going to be dent won first place in a North American was the fact that not all the specimens were senior plant identification course then an working for the Prairie Farm range plant identification competition of the same age, making analysis of charac- intensive month and a half of cramming Rehabilitation Administration (a division organized by the Society for Range teristics difficult. “So many were so easy, using the Range Team’s own collection of of Agriculture Canada) putting her award- Management at its annual meeting last the characteristics are right there, but some samples—an effort well spent as far as winning identification skills to good use in month in Hawaii. Elsinger bested students are so hard, you have to look at them and Elsinger is concerned. a range inventory studying greenhouse from 19 other universities and helped the think about them again and again. One “It felt pretty good to win, especially gas sequestering. “It’s a pretty new thing. U of A rack up eight of a possible 17 specimen I missed—Chrysoth viscidiflorus, given that I did better than last year where We’re going to be looking at the role range awards, including two other first place fin- a shrub from the aster species (sunflower I placed third on plant identification and lands can have in taking greenhouse gases ishes: team result for the Range family)—looked different somehow from fifth on the written test.” out of the air and putting them back into Management written exam and Team Plant all the other specimens I’d seen. It was one Her victory was the first win in 10 organic material.” Identification. The U of A’s 13-student of the four or five I got wrong—three com- Range Team, lead by Barry Irving, pletely wrong, two partly wrong.” improved its standing from the 2000 com- petition, where they finished third on the written exam and second on the plant identification. This year, they played giant- slayers, winning a competition dominated by Mexican students for the past nine years. “You have to identify 100 range plants from Northern Mexico to the aspen park lands of Alberta,” Elsinger says of the detail-oriented plant identification exam and the hurdles the U of A team— Canada’s only representative at the meet- ing—had to overcome. “Mostly the plants are from the American mid-west and west- ern states—you’d think that the American students had more of an advantage than we did. We might never see any of these plants again.” How many plants could you identify during a walk through the Hawaiian countryside? A team of Other complications included the fact University of Alberta students identified local and exotic plants during a range plant identification that identification had to be made by competition in Hawaii last month. The team ended a Mexican university’s nine-year winning streak. examining pressed, dried sample mounted on herbarium (plant mounting) paper in a timed environment: 100 stations, 101 com- petitors, and one minute for each plant in

University of Alberta 9 folio March 23, 2000 Ratt bartender pours his heart out for U of A athletes Mark McQuitty’s the best Bear supporter by a “country mile” By Ryan Smith

ore than 100 former and current toward the $10,000 needed to support an Ryan Smith MUniversity of Alberta athletes call cam- annual $500 Mark McQuitty scholarship, pus bartender Mark McQuitty ‘Dad.’ The which he hopes will go to a Golden Bear “thirty-something” McQuitty has earned hockey player each year, though the the term of endearment by “adopting” 128 details of who may be eligible for the athletes since 1990. scholarship are still to “Of all our ‘adopt- be worked out. an-athlete’ supporters ”But the stuff Mark does goes beyond “What he’s done over the years, Mark’s over the years is amaz- been our champion by monetary support.He convinces his friends ing,” said Derek a country mile,” said Shybunka, a Golden Chuck Moser, the U of to donate to the program,he comes to all Bear all-star goalie dur- A’s athletic director of ing the mid-90s and alumni and develop- the games,and he brings 10 or 12 people one of McQuitty’s ment. with him.He’s always holding promotions, adopted children, along The total amount with his two hockey- McQuitty has donated and he organized things so players’parents playing brothers, Brad is hard to quantify and current Golden because the cost to can get half-price lunches at Ratt on game Bear Tyler. adopt a U of A Golden “I think most peo- Bear or Panda athlete days,and other things like that.Speaking ple who donate to the varies from team to as a player,I can say he’s definitely appreci program are already team. “But we can more established, and safely say Mark’s been ated for all he does,and he does contribute the money they give is extremely generous,” a smaller portion of the Moser said. to the winning tradition at the U of A.” money they have, com- The adopt-an-ath- —Derek Shybunka,former Golden Bear all- pared to the amount lete program started at Mark gives,” Shybunka star goalie and ‘adopted’athlete the U of A in 1985, to said of McQuitty, who Mark McQuitty (left) with friends in Ratt. provide support has worked two and beyond the regular budgets of the U of A sometimes three jobs to support himself Golden Bear and Panda teams. The money since he started working at Room At The For his part, McQuitty is reticent when the Golden Bears hockey team at the CIAU doesn’t go to the athletes themselves, but Top (Ratt) in 1988. asked why he adopts so many athletes. “It national playoffs. The event is special to it helps their teams buy special equipment, “But the stuff Mark does goes beyond started in ‘89 when [former Golden Bear McQuitty not only because the Bears will upgrade uniforms and provide per-diems monetary support. He convinces his friends football player] Brian [Forrest] asked if I’d be competing for their third straight nation- for players on road trips, said Moser, who to donate to the program, he comes to all sponsor him. So I did and it grew from al title, but also because the finals, sched- was so impressed by McQuitty’s consis- the games, and he brings 10 or 12 people there,” he said with a shrug. uled for Sunday, March 23, coincide with tent and generous giving that he suggested with him. He’s always holding promotions, There is no formula to how McQuitty the fifth anniversary of the day Golden McQuitty create an endowment fund. and he organized things so players’ parents chooses which Bears or Pandas he will Bear defenceman Mark Goodkey, another Moser said the fund would allow for can get half-price lunches at Ratt on game sponsor. “Some ask me, others I just get to of McQuitty’s adopted ‘children’, died sud- the creation of a scholarship in McQuitty’s days, and other things like that. know through work, and some I think are denly on the ice while playing in a game. name. “This way the interest from Mark’s “Speaking as a player, I can say he’s exceptional players and so I want to spon- “I’ve been to three other finals,” generosity would allow him to support U definitely appreciated for all he does, and sor them,” he said. McQuitty said. “But I’m really looking for- of A athletes in perpetuity,” Moser said. he does contribute to the winning tradition This week, McQuitty and a group of ward to this one. It’s going to be a lot of McQuitty has already donated $1,000 at the U of A,” Shybunka added. friends will be in Kitchener, Ont. to cheer fun.” University hosts round table on learning Prof to report group’s findings to Ottawa By Richard Cairney

national round table on learning held at and every one of us can make,” she said. to need all their lives right away. And that is the right balance between public and Athe University of Alberta could pave the “For me, it is the recognition that a coun- takes you into addressing issues of child private responsibility here—it may be that way for more co-operation between educa- try, in modern times, is only as strong as poverty and that is where economic and in some areas there are serious skills short- tors, government and employ- its citizens.” social policy are totally connected: if this is ages and there needs to be public invest- ers when it comes to educating Stewart said that edu- going to create competitive economy you ments so that an entire sector can benefit.” Canadians. “ This is an area where there must cation levels are now, more realize conditions in early childhood are The forum was one of three planned The forum, hosted by the than ever, tied to economic absolutely critical.” by the federal government. Canadian Policy Research be co-operation not only between successes. And she The forum also touched on providing The first, held earlier this year, exam- Networks at the request of the implored participants to incentives to employers, to encourage ined labour market issues; in April, the federal government, examined the federal government and the make every effort to see to workers to further their own education. Conference Board of Canada hosts a round table on the economy. Lowe, who is on ways to improve access to learn- provinces,but all stakeholder it Canadians are better Lowe admits some employers may actual- ing for all Canadians. And the educated. That process ly discourage workers from improving leave from the university and working man who directed the forum, groups.” starts with early childhood their level of education, because that will with CPRN, will file a report of the sociology professor Graham development and reaching ultimately mean those workers move on to forum’s findings to Human Resources. Lowe, feels confident that this —Sociology Professor Graham the 70 per cent of new better positions, elsewhere. (The document will be available on the goal can be accomplished. Lowe workers in the labour mar- “That is a barrier,” Lowe said. “That is CPRN Web site, www.cprn.org, by the end “My sense is that if we look ket who are new where it is really crucial to talk about what of April). at it from the context of Alberta, with Canadians, she said. It also means helping newly elected governments at the federal Canada’s one-parent families. and provincial level, this is a very oppor- “Canada is a wonderful place to learn tune time to develop a shared agenda and grow, but there are some things that assessing the learning and skills needs of need to change,” she said, suggesting the citizens,” Lowe said. “This is an area federal government itself should consider NOTICE where there must be co-operation not only developing “individual learning accounts” between the federal government and the for all Canadians. APRIL 2, 2001 GENERAL FACULTIES COUNCIL AGENDA provinces, but all stakeholder groups.” Held at the posh, $11-million Telus Participants at the forum included repre- Centre, the forum was only a short LRT Agenda items include: sentatives from industry, post-secondary ride from the squalor of the inner city and institutions, labour organizations and gov- those people who could benefit most from Advisory Selection Committee Composition: Proposal from ernment. They were charged with identifying further education, yet can least afford it. the Students’ Union Effective for the 2001-2002 Academic Year obstacles to learning, finding areas of agree- Lowe says the forum considered helping Faculties of Graduate Studies and Research and Arts/Proposal ment and disagreement among themselves. impoverished Canadians. for the Formal Establishment of a Master of Arts (MA) in Human Resources Minister Jane “One of the very clear points that was Stewart attended the forum’s opening and raised … is that you need to provide the Humanities Computing: Recommendation of the GFC Academic stressed the importance of the discussion foundations very early in a person’s life,” Planning Committee (APC) to delegates. The success of a nation lies in he said. Code of Student Behavior: Proposal from the Vice-President its people, she said. “That means looking at early child- “This is about people. It is about citi- hood and ensuring all kids have the basis (Academic) and Provost for a New Code zens and it is about the contributions each to develop the literacy skills they are going

University of Alberta 10 folio March 23, 2000 AWA BANQUET STANDARD FIRST AID/HEARTSAVER COURSES ACADEMIC WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION The Office of Environmental Health & Safety has Tuesday, April 24, 2001, 7:00 p.m. arranged for Standard First Aid/Heartsaver courses to Annual General Meeting of the Academic be held on campus once again this year.The training is Women’s Association/Woman of the Year Award comprised of two full-day sessions (8:00 a.m.to 4:00 Dinner. Papaschase Room, Faculty Club. Please contact p.m.) with morning, lunch and afternoon breaks.The Patricia Valentine, [email protected], to cost is $80.00 per person.The first course will be held join AWA and attend the AWA banquet. in early April and the last at the end of October. Registration is limited due to classroom size.For further BRUCE PEEL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS information and registration forms please call Cindy Ferris at 492-1810 or e-mail [email protected] GRAPHIC DESIGN AND FINE PRINTING:FIVE C March 12 to April 30 From the shelves of the Bruce Peel Special OBSERVATORY Collections, selected examples of fine printing and Campus Astronomical Observatory is open to the graphic design spanning the years 1500-2000. campus community and the general public every Rutherford South. Thursday evening (except exam and holiday periods) beginning at 8 p.m. Entrance to the Physics Building EXHIBITION is via the northeast door or via the V-wing. For infor- mation call 492-5286. MCMULLEN GALLERY,U OF A HOSPITAL February 3 to March 31, 2001 MUSIC Painters Dick Der, Robert von Eschen, Bernie Hippel, Julian Brezdan, and Ruby Mah create a visual DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC feast for the eyes and soul in “Miscellaneous March 23, 8:00 p.m. Connections.”Gallery hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. Music at Convocation Hall featuring visiting artist to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 8 p.m. 8440 – 112 Donna Brown, soprano with Stéphane Lemelin, piano. Street. For more information, contact Michelle March 24, 7:00 p.m. Casavant or Susan Pointe. Phone 407-7152 or email: Northern Alberta Honor Band, Fordyce Pier, direc- [email protected] tor. Free admission. March 26, 12:00 p.m. FINE ARTS BUILDING (FAB) GALLERY Noon-Hour Organ Recital. Free admission. March 20 – April 1 March 29, 8:00 p.m. Evidence Solo Exhibition of Etchings by Fuki Doctor of Music Recital, Ayako Tsuruta, piano. Hamada, Foreign Guest Artist-in-Residence, Free admission. Department of Art and Design, Printmaking Division. March 30, 8:00 p.m. Also “Traces,”senior and first year graduate student Music at Convocation Hall. Martin Riseley, violin, print exhibition. Gallery Hours:Tuesday – Friday, 10 Andrew Dawes, violin, Aaron Au, viola,Tanya a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Prochazka, cello, and Raphael Wallfisch, cello. Mondays, Saturday and Statutory Holidays. 1-1 Fine March 31, 8:00 p.m. Arts Building, 112 Street and 89 Avenue. For further University of Alberta Mixed Chorus, Robert de information, contact Gallery Manager, Blair Brennan Frece, Musical Director, 57th Annual Concert. Francis at 492-2081 or email: [email protected] Winspear Centre for Music. For further information, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN ECOLOGY & THE CLOTHING AND call 492-9606. TEXTILE COLLECTION April 1, 3:00 p.m. The University of Alberta Concert Band,William February 1 to March 31, 2001 H. Street, Director. Exhibit “Who Wears the Pants? Gender Roles and April 1, 8:00 p.m. Clothing Communication.”The exhibit explores how The University of Alberta Madrigal Singers Spring clothing, throughout the twentieth century, reflects Concert. Leonard Ratzlaff, conductor. McDougall changing gender roles in Canadian society. Exhibit United Church, 10025 – 101 Street. hours: Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, 8 April 2, 12:10 p.m. a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Human Music at Noon, Convocation Hall Student Recital Ecology Building. For more information, please con- Series. Free admission. tact: Shawna Lemiski, (780) 492-2528. April 6, 8:00 p.m. The University of Alberta Concert Choir. Debra LECTURE AND EXHIBIT Cairns, conductor. Unless otherwise indicated: Admission $5/stu- EXHIBIT OF CASTLE BOOKS AND DRAWINGS, dent/senior, $10/adult. Convocation Hall, Arts Building. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH To confirm concert information, please call 492-0601. March 23, 3:00 to 3:30 p.m. Screening of video documentary,“Dreamhouse: LANGUAGE CAFÉS The Art & Life of James Castle.” L-3 Humanities Centre. FRENCH CAFÉ March 23, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. March 24, March 31, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Presentation:“James Castle & the Icehouse A drop-in program for people of all ages and back- Books.”L-3 Humanities Centre. grounds who are eager to practice their conversation Foyer of Rutherford Library South. skills.Café Amandine, 8711 Whyte Avenue.Language coach: Jean-Cristophe Paccoud, Faculté Saint-Jean. UPCOMING LUNCH & LEARN PRESENTATIONS SPANISH CAFÉ March 24, March 31, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. PRESENTED BY THE HEALTH RECOVERY SUPPORT UNIT, Upper Crust Café, 10909 – 86 Avenue. Language HUMAN RESOURCES. coach: Constanza Rojas. March 27, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Coping Effectively With Change PHILOSOPHERS’ CAFÉ April 3, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Exercise: It can be Fun – Believe It! UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA PHILOSOPHERS’CAFE April 9, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. March 24, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Humor. Snacks and cold beverages will be pro- Topic:Will Canada’s Policies on the Death Penalty vided! Seating is limited.To register or for more infor- and Extradition make us a Haven for Murderers? mation contact: Sarah Treby, 492-0659 or email: Guest Scholar: Gerald Gall, Professor of Law. [email protected] or visit our website Moderator: Bernard Linsky, Chair of Philosophy. Nina’s www.hrs.ualberta.ca/efap/news for an updated list of Restaurant, 10139 – 124 Street. all workshops and other offerings. THEATRE FILM SERIES STUDIO THEATRE DEPARTMENT OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES March 29 to April 7 March 27-30 (Tuesday to Friday), 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Studio Theatre proudly presents “Three Sisters” Women in East Asian Societies, 2nd Annual East by Anton Chekhov and translated by Michael Frayn. Asian Film Series.March 27: Minbo no Onna (The Gentle Preview performance on March 28. All evening per- Art of Japanese Extortion).March 28: Hai-tan de Yi-tian formances are at 8 p.m. with a matinee on Thursday, (That Day, On the Beach).March 29, Ermo (Ermo).March April 5 at 12:30 p.m.Tickets are available at the Timms 30:Wind Horse.Place:Tory Lecture Theatre B-1. Centre Box Office from 12 noon to 5 p.m.,Tuesday Admission: Free.Everyone is welcome.Before each through Friday, or by calling 492-2495 after March show, there will be a 10-minute introduction by profes- 20th.“Three Sisters”is sponsored by The Edmonton sors and graduate student from East Asian Studies. Journal, Gourmet Goodies, and Global Television. NATIVE STUDIES AND ABORIGINAL CAREER FAIR SATELLITE EVENT Friday April 6, 2001 An excellent opportunity to meet employers CENTRE FOR EXECUTIVE AND MANAGEMENT who are recruiting students and alumni from the DEVELOPMENT School of Native Studies, as well as Aboriginal stu- March 28, 8:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. dents from other academic programs. Dr. Ken Blanchard:“Creating High Five Teams.”Dr. This event is being co-organized by the School of Ken Blanchard’s latest strategies based on his new Native Studies Alumni and the department of Career book “High Five!”can help you create team power, a and Placement Services (CaPS). sense of purpose, shared values, and goals.Visit For more information call CaPS at 492-4291 or www.bus.ualberta.ca/cemd or call (780) 492-3860 for visit www.ualberta.ca/caps more information.Telus Centre Auditorium.

University of Alberta 11 folio March 23, 2000 Submit talks and events to Cora Doucette by 9 a.m. one week prior to publication. Fax 492-2997 or e-mail at [email protected] .

AGRICULTURAL,FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE AND DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE Dr.Yasuo Wakatsuki, Chief Scientist and Director March 28, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. of Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory of The The Nutrition and Metabolism Research Group Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), presents Dr. Amy Halseth, Senior Research Scientist, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan, will deliver the following Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease, Pharmacia lectures.These events are made possible by funding Corporation,“Interaction of glucose delivery, transport from the EFF Distinguished Visitor program. and phosphorylation in the control of skeletal muscle March 27, 7:00 p.m. in V-107 glucose uptake.”Classroom D (2F1.04) Walter Topic:“Chemistry at RIKEN, Japan’s Largest Mackenzie Centre. Research Institute that Covers a Wide Range of April 18, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Science.” The Nutrition and Metabolism Research Group March 29, 11:00 a.m. in V-107 presents Dr. Carla Taylor, Associate Professor, Topic:“Dendrimers and Complexes with Visible University of Manitoba,“Dietary zinc and signal trans- Light-Harvesting Functionality.” duction: potential roles in immune function and April 3, 3:30 p.m. in CME-343 insulin resistance.”Classroom D (2F1.04) Walter Topic:“Unusual Polymerization of Olefins Mackenzie Centre. Catalyzed by Group 3 and Group 4 Metal Complexes.” April 5, 11:00 a.m. in Chem E3-25 DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Topic:“Ruthenium Catalyzed Addition of Water to March 23, 12:00 noon Terminal Alkynes; Effective Synthesis of Aldehydes.” Elizabeth Crone,“Movement behaviour and metapopulation dynamics in voles, butterflies and DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY models.”Room M-149, Biological Sciences Building. April 6, 2:00 p.m. March 26, 2:30 p.m. Professor William Lubell, visiting speaker from Jennifer Steinbachs,“Flies, Genes, and Trees: the University of Montreal, speaking on “Synthesis, Comparative Mitochondrial Genomics in Drosophila.” Analysis and Application of Peptide Mimics that Room M-149, Biological Sciences Building. Control Conformation by Steric and Structural March 28, 12:00 noon Constraints.”Room V-107 Physics Wing.. Robert Dores,“Are lungish “living fossils”: Analyses of the Opioid Gene Family.”Room M-141, DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING SCIENCE April 9, 3:30 p.m. Biological Sciences Building. Guang R. Gao, University of Delaware, speaking March 29, 4:00 p.m. on “Can HOT Compilers Cool Chips?”Room B-02 Nik Tartanic,“Crouching Tiger Beetle, Hidden Computing Science Centre. Dragonfly: Entomology in South East.”Room TBW1, Tory Breezeway. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH March 30, 12:00 noon March 27, 3:30 p.m. Bryan Manley,“Estimation of brood and nest sur- Distinguished visitor Daniel Boyarin from the vival in the presence of heterogeneity.”Room M-149, University of California, Berkeley, speaking on “Where Biological Sciences Building. Judaism Deferred:The Invention of Rabbinic Judaism March 28, 4:00 p.m. in Late Antiquity.”Room L-1 Humanities Centre. Raffi Aroian,“The birth (anterior/posterior axis March 27, 2:00 p.m. formation) and death (the mechanism of action of Bt- Reading by novelist and playwright Richard Van toxins) of a worm (Caenorhabditis elegans.”Room M- Camp. Room L-3 Humanities Centre. 149, Biological Sciences Building. March 29, 2:00 p.m. April 4, 12:00 noon Daniel Boyarin speaking on “‘Heresiology’ and Suraj Unniappan,“Identification of novels forms the Formation of Group Boundaries.”Room 2-58,Tory of neuropeptide galanin in goldfish.”Room M-141, Building. Biological Sciences Building. April 5, 4:00 p.m. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND STUDIES CENTRE Alice Graham,“One Rainy Summer in Alberta’s March 29, 4:30 p.m. Prairie Potholes: Dynamics of Ground and Aeronautic Dr. Jim Butler,“Return to Nature:The allure, Spider Diversity at Natural and Restored Wetlands.” romanticism, search for joy.”Students’ Union Building, Room TBW1,Tory Breezeway. Alumni Room. April 5, 4:00 p.m. Larry Flanagan,“Ecosystem physiology: scaling FACULTY OF EXTENSION physiological processes from organelles to the March 24, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. ecosystem.”Room M-149, Biological Sciences Dr. Johannes Greten, Germany, presents medical Building. acupuncture public lecture.Topic:“Tradition in April 6, 12:00 noon Chinese Medicine… Science or Junk?”Room 2-36, Robert B.Wielgus,“Minimum viable population University Extension Centre. and reserve sizes for naturally regulated grizzly bears in British Columbia.”M-149, Biological Sciences HISTORY AND CLASSICS Building. March 28, 12:00 noon April 6, 4:00 p.m. HCGSA lunchtime colloquium. Robynne Healey, Nick Hardin,“Signaling by the rho family of doctoral candidate in Canadian History,“Keeping the GTPases during Drosophila embryonic development.” Faith: Quaker Women and Community in the Yonge Room M-149, Biological Sciences Building. Street Meeting, Upper Canada.”Room 2-58,Tory Building. RU LEMIEUX LECTURE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY April 3, 3:30 p.m. April 5, 4:00 p.m. Elena Kosmach,Tompkins Fellow,“The Role of James A Wells, Sunesis Pharmaceuticals,“Binding National Ideologies in the Disintegration of and Drug Discovery at Molecular Interfaces.”Room 2- Yugoslavia: Historical Aspects.”Room 1-9, Business 115 Education North. Building. April 5, 3:30 p.m. CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF UKRAINIAN STUDIES Rebecca Nagel,“Interventions by the Narrator in April 10, 3:30 p.m. Latin Epic.”Room 2-58,Tory Building. Dr. Andreas Kappeler, University of Vienna,“Great April 10, 3:30 p.m. Russians and Little Russians: Russian-Ukrainian Robin S. Gendron, Ph.D. candidate in history, Interrelations and Perceptions in Historical University of Calgary,“The French African Connection: Perspective.”Heritage Lounge, Athabasca Hall. French Africa and the Origins of the Canada-Quebec Dispute Over La Francophonie, 1960-1966.” CENTRE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION STUDIES (Transportation kindly donated by Greyhound March 29, 12:00 to 1:00 Canada). Room 1-9, Business Building. Research Symposia Series. Dr. Noreen Willows, “Ethics and Research in Aboriginal Communities.” MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY Room 6-10, University Extension Centre. March 29, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Dr. Sandra Weller, Department of Microbiology, CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES University of Connecticut Health Center,“DNA April 10, 3:30 p.m. Replication and Genome Maturation of Herpes Dr. Carter Tseng, US-China entrepreneur, and Simplex Virus.”Classroom F (2J4.02) Walter Mackenzie researcher with a specialty in e-commerce and inter- Centre. net security, will speak on “The future of the Internet March 30, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. World.”Call John Doyle, 492-9108, or visit CIBS’s page: Allan Ma, Ph.D.Thesis Seminar,“Characterization www.bus.ualberta.ca/CIBS-WCER of Holliday Resolvase Activity in Herpes Simplex Virus CENTRE FOR RESEARCH FOR TEACHER EDUCATION AND Type 1 Alkaline Nuclease.”Room 652, Heritage Medical Research Centre. DEVELOPMENT March 27, 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. MODERN LANGUAGES Dr. Paula Gunn Allen, distinguished visitor, March 29, 3:00 p.m. “Glyphic Narrative: the Pedagogy of Whole-Brain Richard Young,“Paris in Buenos Aires: Sex,Tango Information Systems.”Room 2-115, Education North. and Toulouse-Lautrec.”Room 103, Arts Building. March 28, 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. April 5, 3:00 p.m. Dr. Paula Gunn Allen, distinguished visitor, Diana Spokiene,“Representations of the Aging “Thinking about Teacher Education and Issues for Body in Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice and The Black Teachers of Aboriginal Students in Urban Settings.” Swan.”Senate Chamber, Room 326 Arts Building. Room 633, Education South.

University of Alberta 12 folio March 23, 2000 DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE April 5, 12:30 to 1:50 p.m. Display advertisements: Camera-ready artwork is required to size, complete with halftones if necessary. March 29, 3:30 p.m. Dr. Steve Cumming, Boreal Ecosystems Research Call 492-0444 for sizes, rates and other particulars. Song and the Nation. Regula Qureshi, Music, Limited, Edmonton,“Spatial ecology of fire in the Michael Frishkopf, Music, Nadia Habib, Social and boreal mixed wood: patterns of vegetation and pat- Political Thought,York University. Room 10-4,Tory terns of burning.”Room 2-36, Earth Sciences Building. Building. April 5, 3:30 p.m. UNIVERSITY TEACHING SERVICES Liz Philipose, Political Science, University of March 27, 12:05 to 1:00 p.m. Victoria,“Feminist Identity and Sovereign Presence.” Norma Nocente, Secondary Education, on “Better Room 10-4,Tory Building. Teaching:Technology is not the Answer.”Room 219, Central Academic Building. PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES,EPIDEMIOLOGY SEMINAR March 27, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. SERIES David Wangler, Educational Policy Studies, on March 29, 12:00 noon “Using Humour in the Classroom.”Room 281, Central Ross Tsuyuki,“Logistical Methodological Issues.” Academic Building. Classroom F,2J4.02 Walter Mackenzie Centre. March 28, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. Katy Campbell, Academic Technologies for DEPARTMENT OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES Learning, on “Resistance is Futile: Get Control of the March 29, 12:30 to 1:50 p.m. Technology.”Room 281, Central Academic Building. Dr.Yongsheng Feng,“Modelling soil organic C March 29, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. and N turnover: Is there life beyond pools?”Room 2- Peter Robertson, Industry Liaison Office, on 36, Earth Sciences Building. “Industry-Sponsored Research: A Guide to the Process.”Room 281, Central Academic Building.

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ACCOMMODATIONS FOR SALE VICTORIA PROPERTIES – knowledgeable, trust- worthy, realtor with Edmonton references.Will answer all queries, send information, no cost/obligation. “Hassle-free”property management provided. (250) 383-7100, Lois Dutton, Duttons & Co. Ltd. #101 – 364 Moss Street,Victoria, B.C.V8V 4N1 GULF ISLANDS! To find your vacation or retire- ment home in B.C.’s breathtakingly beautiful Gulf Islands, visit us online at www.gulfislandproperties.com McKERNAN BUNGALOW. Extremely well-main- tained. Numerous upgrades. Some hardwood. Double detached garage on pie lot, 2+2 bedrooms. $159,900. Call to view, 483-7170, Karen Russell, Prudential.

University of Alberta 13 folio March 23, 2000 The records arising from this competition will be managed in accordance with provisions of the Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPP). The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit.We are committed to the principle of equity of employment. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons.

FACULTY OF MEDICINE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA AND DENTISTRY DIRECTOR,INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATION- ALBERTA CENTRE FOR INJURY CONTROL AL EFFECTIVENESS Are you ready to assume a senior leadership & RESEARCH ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - position in Organizational Effectiveness, where all OPERATIONS your innovative and creative skills will be tested? Are The University of Alberta, Department of Public you an inventive thinker prepared to revitalize and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry is redefine the position and role of an Individual and seeking applications for an Associate Director - Organizational Effectiveness unit in a large, decentral- Operations for the Alberta Centre for Injury Control & ized, complex organization? Research (ACICR).This is a full-time term (contingent This exciting opportunity will suit an individual upon continuous Trust funding) Academic staff posi- who has demonstrated success in consulting with tion.The position will be housed within the ACICR in clients in large, complex work environments. Who is Edmonton, whose mandate is to strengthen and help an independent and creative thinker and who co-ordinate injury control in Alberta. In consultation believes in the value of helping others to solve their with the centre director, you will operationalize the problems? If you are someone who can help our aca- business plan of the centre and manage business demic and non-academic departments meet the operations including fiscal management.You will net- challenge of change head-on and who has the ability work within the injury control community to develop to listen to our needs and help us improve we would linkages with key stakeholders throughout Alberta. like to talk with you. You and your small professional Ideal candidates will have a graduate degree or team will provide the necessary expertise to assist in suitable equivalent experience, injury-related content addressing workplace issues and developing top or minimally health-related content with an injury con- human resource strategies that make a positive con- trol perspective and management training and proven tribution to workplace wellness. We are evolving and experience in an organization with a budget in excess you will help shape our organization to prepare for of $1 million.Starting date is April 15, 2001.For more our future academic and human resource challenges. information about this position and the ACICR, visit the If this sounds like the challenge you are looking centre’s website at www.med.ualberta.ca/acicr. for and you wish to find out more about us, check out The salary range is $45,500 - 61,500 negotiable www.ualberta.ca We offer a competitive salary and based on previous experience plus benefits. benefits package with the additional advantages of Interested applicants are invited to submit a résumé working in a University environment. The salary with covering letter by March 26, 2001 to: range for this position is $47,254 to $74,820 per Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti, ACICR Director annum. Candidates are encouraged to submit a University of Alberta résumé, no later than April 12, 2001 to: ACICR, 4075 RTF,Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G3 Laraine Whitmore, Human Resource Services fax: 780-492-0364 2-10 University Hall [email protected] University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2J9 In accordance with Canadian Immigration Tel: (403) 492-1918 requirements, this advertisement is directed to Fax: (403) 492-9671 Canadian citizens and permanent residents. If suitable e-mail: [email protected] Canadian citizens and permanent residents cannot be found, other individuals will be considered. UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MANAGER,PENSION POLICY CIHR INSTITUTE OF GENDER A challenging administrative and professional AND HEALTH officer position exists at the University of Alberta for a ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Manager, Pension Policy. You will be responsible for developing and implementing internal pension poli- Reporting to the Scientific Director of the CIHR cies; evaluating and/or recommending plan design Institute of Gender and Health, the assistant director changes. will work collaboratively as a key member of the Duties include providing technical pension Institute team, will supervise staff, and will liaise with expertise to all levels within the organization and the CIHR secretariat located in Ottawa.The assistant interpreting provincial and federal legislation; acting director will provide administrative leadership and as the primary liaison with outside agencies on tech- assist the Scientific Director and the CIHR Institute nical, legislative, administrative and policy issues; Advisory Board to develop and carry out a strategic pro- leading or participating on various pension commit- gram of research, communication, and evaluation. tees; ensuring effective operation of various pension She/he will help develop short term and long term information and accounting systems; supervising the plans and strategies for the Institute in accordance with pension unit staff; and providing cross-functional its mandate.The Assistant Director will be an employee direction on pension related policies and processes to of the University of Alberta and will have responsibility other operational units. for management of the local CIHR-IGH office facilities Candidates should have a university degree in a and the staff at the University of Alberta. related field, CEBS and/or a professional accounting The assistant director will have a doctoral degree designation recognized in Canada, and several years in a relevant field. He/she will also have related of experience in pension administration. Public sec- research experience including project management tor or defined benefit plan experience is a definite within health-related research networks, or collabora- asset. Equivalencies may be considered. The success- tively funded grants programs, involving complex ful candidate will demonstrate excellent program relationships with diverse stakeholders. She/he must management and organizational skills both at the possess superlative written and oral communication strategic and operational levels along with superior skills, including experience in preparation of health- verbal and written communication abilities; should related reports and publications. Fluency in both offi- also demonstrate proven supervisory skills. cial languages is strongly preferred. Excellent inter- We offer a comprehensive salary and benefits personal, organizational, presentation, synthesis, and package in an environment that recognizes and research skills are essential. rewards excellence. The salary range for this position The salary range is $54,000 - $77,000 per annum. is $42,583 to $67,419 per annum. This is a term person until June 2004,with possibility of Please submit your résumé no later than April renewal.We invite you to forward your CV by March 27, 6th, 2001 to: 2001.Additional information is available at the Canadian Laraine Whitmore Institutes of Health Research website www.cihr.ca. Human Resource Services Dr. Miriam Stewart, Scientific Director 2-10 University Hall CIHR Institute of Gender and Health University of Alberta 5-22 University Extension Centre Edmonton, Alberta 8303 – 112 Street Edmonton, AB T6G 2T4 T6G 2J9 Phone: (780) 492-8031 Tel: (403) 492-1918 Fax: (780) 492-8045 Fax: (403) 492-9671 E-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

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funding provided they are not supported by any An open public forum with Dr. Brodie has been EFF-FSIDA is 4 p.m., April 16, 2001. The next competi- JALISCO PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AWARD scheduled for Monday, March 26 at 3 p.m. at 10-4 Tory tion deadline dates are October 15, 2001 and January The Jalisco Partnership Development Award was other source.The competition is open to University of Building. Dr. Brodie will discuss her vision for the 15, 2002. established to support continuing relationships with Alberta Faculty and Staff. Department of Political Science. This Fund exists to enable staff and graduate stu- our priority partnerships in the State of Jalisco, For more information, including application forms The Review Committee invites comments from dents (normally PhD candidates) of the University of Mexico.These are: the Universidad Autonoma de and terms of reference, please contact University of members of the university community on the Alberta to participate in research and in the interna- Guadalajara, Universidad de Guadalajara, and Alberta International, 1204 College Plaza, Department of Political Science under the leadership tional transfer of knowledge and expertise through Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Tel: 492-5840/e-mail: [email protected] of the current chair. Comments should be addressed partnerships in developing countries. Monterrey (ITESM-Guadalajara campus).The award Application deadline: May 1, 2001 to Kenneth Norrie, Dean of Arts, 6-33 Humanities, and Applications and guidelines are available on the supports innovative practices that strengthen these Chair Review Committee: Faculty of Arts Dr. Janine Brodie’s first term as Chair of the reach the Dean’s Office by April 13. University of Alberta International website priority partnerships by providing start-up funds for www.international.ualberta.ca under Overseas new initiatives such as student and faculty exchange, Political Science Department will end on December 31, 2001 and, in accordance with University regula- EFF-FSIDA (FUND FOR SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL Projects and Programs or from the FSIDA Secretary at research and co-operative teaching. DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES) University of Alberta International, 1204 College The fund allocates a maximum of $10,000.00 per tions, a review committee has been established. Dr. Application Deadline Plaza, 8215-112 Street, phone 492-3094. year. Single or multiple-year proposals are acceptable, Brodie has indicated that she intends to seek a sec- The deadline for receipt of applications to the and all reasonable expenses can be considered for ond term in office.

University of Alberta 15 folio March 23, 2000 F I N E P R I N T

By Terese Brasen

here is no touching here. But the penned Les Tres Riches Heures, there books, encased behind glass in the was no known way to reproduce any T basement of Rutherford South, book. Bookmaking technology had clearly deserve to be held, touched and surged past the clay tablets of 3,500 BC, adored. the thin leather of the Dead Sea Scrolls Today, paperbacks and videos rule. and the first paper, a mixture of plant We dog-ear books, scar them with yellow bark, discarded cotton and old fish nets. highlighter and read in our bathrooms. But until 1454 when German engraver Exhibit chronicles But once upon a time, just 700 years ago, and businessman Johann Gutenberg every book was one of a kind. “They are brought moveable type and printing to great treasures now,” special collections Europe, bookmaking amounted to paper, the printed wo rd ’s role in society librarian John Charles says of 15th pen and ink.

Two hundred years after Gutenberg, printers like Baskerville had mastered the technology.A mass-produced book could now look and feel like a one-of-a-kind treasure. Along with the original Paradise Lost and Baskerville's version, the Bruce Peel display shows us an original 1792 French printing using coloured stipple engrav- ings, a 1931 release using woodcuts and a modern 1991 design illustrated by London's Ian Pollock. Graphic Design and Fine Printing: Five Centuries includes early Bibles, first edition Shakespeare, Raymond Chandler, D.H. Lawrence and others, then closes with modern art books that explore the visual possibilities of print. The exhibit is aimed at graphic design students from the University’s Art and Design program and the Faculty of Century illuminated medieval manu- In 1482, England's first printer, But Paradise Lost should be a stand-alone. Extension. scripts, facsimiles of which are on display William Caxton, printed Polycronicon, Since its release in 1669, printers and But anyone interested in words, paper in the University of Alberta’s Bruce Peel followed two years later by his own book designers have returned to the and pictures can learn a lot from these Special Collections Library. The current translation of Aesop’s History and Fables. poem for inspiration. In 1759, John facsimiles, first editions and modern display, entitled Graphic Design and Fine Original Caxtons are rare and expen- Baskerville printed an oversized version, designs. Don’t touch—but take a moment Printing: Five Centuries, is made up of 32 sive—$80,000 to $90,000 a copy. The U of using rich heavy paper and dramatic line to breathe in the visuals and the history. books that take you through time, from A has an original leaf from Polycronicon drawings. Graphic Design and Fine Printing: medieval manuscripts to 20th century and a facsimile of Aesop’s Fables. The Who is Baskerville? Check your com- Five Centuries will be on display in the pulp fiction. Caxton facsimile shares the shelf with a puter’s font list for the Baskerville font, University of Alberta's Bruce Peel Special Today, money might buy you a Lexus 1546 edition of the Fables printed in the one of his many contributions to printing. Collections Library until April 30. or big-screen TV. In 15th century France, original Greek by one of France’s early however, conspicuous consumption printers. meant hiring the best and most expensive Jump ahead 123 years. John Milton artists to create your own prayer bookæa had completed his epic poem, Paradise book of hours with personal prayers for Lost. No one would have imagined every hour and season. The original Les Chapters or Amazon.com, but books Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, a were becoming business. Six London French book of hours, is in the Musee booksellers were competing for sales, Conde in Chantilly, France. The universi- so S. Simmons printed unique title pages ty has a facsimile, not to be confused with for each store. The Bruce Peel first edition the blurry, black and white electronic fax. contains the title page from the sixth and These facsimiles are valuable in them- last store. selves: the most expensive one in the Most literature students encounter Bruce Peel collection cost $18,000 U.S. Paradise Lost as a few pages in the In 1413, when the Limbourg brothers massive Norton Anthology of Literature.