..:. CONCORDIA' Publications Mail Agreement No.40042804 Adrienne Clarkson awarded honorary doctorat-e BY BARBARA BLA CK ly of artistic and cultural subjects, and including a stint on the fifth estate. Spring2004 Spring convocation at Place des From 1982 to 1987, she served as Arts will be even more splendid than the first Agent-General for Ontario in · Convocation usual on June 10, when Governor­ Paris, promoting tJiat province's busi­ General Adrienne Clarkson is given an ness and cultural interests in France, June 10, 9:30 a.m., Faculty honorary doctorate. Italy and Spain. She was also presi­ of Arts and Science: The award will be given to Canada's dent and publisher of McClelland & Governor-General Adrienne head of state at the morning convoca­ Stewart from 1987 to 1988. Clarkson, Claude Ryan tion ceremony of the Faculty of Arts During these years, she contributed (posthumous) and Science, and Clarkson is expected articles to newspapers and magazines June 10, 2:30 p.m., Faculty to address the gathering. in Canada, and wrote three books. She of Arts and Science: Alistair Born in .1939 in Hong Kong, she also continued her television career, Macleod, John O'Brien came to Canada as a three-year-old winning dozens of awards in Canada June 10, 7 p.m., Faculty of with her family, and grew up in and the U.S. Engineering and Computer Ottawa. She attended the University She became Governor-General in Science: Normand Hebert of Toronto's Trinity College, winning 1999, and immediately put her own June 11, 9:30 a.m., John the Governor-General's Gold Medal in stamp on the office, traveling widely Molson School of Business: English, and went on to do postgradu­ across Canada and abroad with a Lui Che Woo, Henri-Paul ate work at the Sorbonne, in Paris. combination of flair, enthusiasm for Rousseau, Andre Chagnon Her curiosity about the world, cou­ her job and concern for others. June 11, 3 p.m., Faculty of pled with her poise, led to a career on The award will be presented at the Fine Arts: Maryvonne CBC television, where she became morning convocation ceremony of Kendergi, Guido Molinari well known as the co-host of Take Arts and Science, beginning at 9:30 (posthumous) Thirty, a sophisticated and engaging a.m., in the Salle Wilfrid Pelletier of daytime talk show. She enjoyed a long Place des Arts. Please see page 5. Governor-General Clarkson's official portrait career as a writer and host, particular- Class project retools marketing of Co-operative Institute BY JULIE LEPSETZ field, making them attractive candidates for employers. Over 800 students are currently As Monica Golarz and her classmates in the involved in ICE, which offers 26 programs of John Molson School of Business recently dis­ study in the university's four Faculties. covered, real education f or the real world is A recent desire to increase enrolment and more than just a motto. expand its brand recognition in the communi­ That real-world education took the form of a ty led ICE to offer the marketing challenge to semester-long project in Harold Simpkins' Simpkins' class. Students were divided into six Integrated Marketing Communications course competing groups and given a hypothetical to develop a complete marketing campaign for budget of $100,000 to prepare their marketing a bona fide client: Concordia's Institute for Co­ campaign. operative Education (ICE). After 13 weeks of hard work, Golarz and four Golarz, who will graduate next month with a teammates - Nadine Lafond, Nancy Zajdler, degree in marketing, called the project an excel­ Caroline Bumueller and Han Hoang - were lent opportunity. "You accumulate so much declared the winning team. Their appropriate­ theory during your university career; this was a ly titled Integrated Solutions Group proposed great way to actually apply it in a real situation:• several suggestions, including changing ICE's Established in 1980, ICE allows students to moniker to Concordia's Co-op to better combine alternating semesters of academic embrace Concordia's brand name and reP,uta­ . study with outside work experience. In addition tion while maintaining the Co-op's separate to their degree, graduates of the program gain identity. hands-on, practical experience in their chosen Continued on page 8 The winning team of students whose dass project will affect the marketing of the Co-op: left to right, Caroline Bumueller, Nancy Zajdler, Monica Golarz, Ha n Hoang and Nadine Lafond, • in this 2 Charter stars: 3 Topwomen: 5 Hondocs: 10 Harassment: James Kelly says Conference on Ten recognized New law goes issue we're a model stalled progress at ceremonies into effect + Environmental economists meet here in July B Y JULIE LEP SETZ Economics, Ecology and Governance. Discussion topics be held July 11-14 at the Palais des Congres. The general are numerous and inchide among others biodiversity, cli­ public is welcome to attend. For more information, visit This summer, Montreal will host the one of the largest mate change policies, ecosystem health and globalization. www.iseemontreal2004.com. academic conferences of ecologically-minded individuals Conference participants will enjoy workshops and sym­ ever assembled. The event is the 8th Biennial Scientific posia, as well as plenary sessions featuring speakers from Conference of the International Society for Ecological various disciplinary backgrounds. India's Vandana Shiva is Economics {ISEE) from July 11-14. one of the many scheduled speakers, and Miiller called her Formed in 1989, the ISEE is a non-profit organization participation a "big coup:' whose goal is to advance understanding of the relation­ The conference focus is deliberately broad and encom­ ships among ecological, social, and economic systems for passing, and although many issues are up for discussion, the mutual wellbeing of nature and people. there will be no clear-cut solutions for how to achieve a Organizing the conference are two economics profes­ sustainable socio-economic society. sors, Frank Miiller of Concordia, and his colleague, Jean­ "Obviously, we will not come up with a blueprint for ulti­ Pierre Reveret from the Universite du Quebec a Montreal. mate change [in July], but hopefully, we can advance the In a recent interview, Dr. Miiller noted with pride that concept;' Miiller said. while regional chapters - namely the Canadian Society for The purpose of the conference, and the work of the ISEE Ecological Economics {CANSEE) - have met in Montreal in general, is not radical change, but rather to "encourage before, this will be the organization's first international awareness about ecological economics and to contribut~ gathering in Canada. to changes in decision-making and in academic institu­ Miiller, who has been teaching at Concordia since 1974, tions. In addition, through publications such as the ISEE was instrumental in bringing the event to Montreal. A journal, Ecological Economics, we hope to change minds founding member and former president of CANSEE, he inside and outside of academia." was a participant in 2002 at the previous international Although the fight seems like an uphill battle, Miiller is conference in Tunisia. "It must have been the Tunisian red a proponent of modifying the current socio-economic ~ys­ wine, because I volunteered to organize the [next] confer­ tem. ence;' he joked. "Change is necessary because we cannot sustain our Miiller and his colleague have been in planning mode current levels of consumption. We must begin to think ever since, and it's no wonder, given that approximately outside of conventional thought" to find solutions. one-third of the organization's 3,000 members worldwide For Muller, the actual term "ecological economics" is too are expected to take part in this event. Participants will limited. "I would prefer 'science of survival;" he said. "We come from over 40 countries, including Austria, Brazil, have to find a way to live within our ecological framework" China, France, Germany, India, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and the if we want to survive. United States. The 8th Biennial Scientific Conference of the The conference title is Challenging Boundaries: International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) will Frank MOiier James Kelly says the Charter has made Canada a leader who holds a PhD from McGill University, has researched neglecting an aspect political scientists should really be several aspects of the document, which was added to the concerned with: the responses of political actors to the Canadian constitution in 1982 at the initiative of then Charter. Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. While the courts have invalidated numerous statutes, Specifically, he has studied the issue of "judicial most of these were enacted before the Charter, disproving activism;' rejecting charges that the Charter has allowed the charge that judges are routinely challenging the con­ courts in Canada to usurp powers from Parliament. In temporary will of parliamentarians. addition, he's examined ways in which the Charter com­ More importantly from a political scientist's perspective, pares with similar documents in Britain and New Zealand. however, the legislative branch of government has under­ "In many ways, other members of the Commonwealth taken to pre-empt invalidation of its laws by carefully scru­ have been looking at the Canadian experience;' Kelly said. tinizing whether they comply with the Charter. He is heading off to New Zealand, where he is currently 'Tm looking at what I call legislative activism, which is conducting research on that country's 14-year-old Bill of the way public policy has been changed in its development Rights. to incorporate Charter values in the policy process;' Kelly "They are all looking at the Canadian Charter and adopt­ explained. ing many provisions of it, but also trying to prevent some When the government develops legislation now, it takes of the problems:' great care to ensure that it can withstand judicial review.