November 22, 2013 Volume 21, Issue 7
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MASK MAN Professor Dwayne Brenna uses masks to teach character development to third-year students in the Department of Drama, and to groups around the world. Masks challenge actors to remove their own idiosyncrasies, he said, and the result is that no two people wear a mask in exactly the same way. Read more about Brenna’s work with masks on Page 5.
COLLEEN MACPHERSON Gauging the climate on campus Survey asks students if they feel welcome, supported COLLEEN MACPHERSON
A survey sent to all U of S and inclusive community.” this is a welcoming environ- there’s usually an opportunity students on campuses across the Robertson-Frey said the ment or if they’re running into to provide additional comments province is designed to gauge first step in building the survey any difficulties.” after each section.” how welcome, respected and was to research various defini- The survey also explores Robertson-Frey admitted it supported they feel as members tions of campus climate. The the classroom experience of is challenging to do an objective of the university community. one chosen for the U of S survey students and their interactions analysis of subjective responses Tanya Robertson-Frey, a describes campus climate as with faculty and staff through to questions about personal research analyst in the Institu- the perceptions and attitudes questions like whether there is experiences and perceptions tional Planning and Assessment regarding issues of diversity on a staff person the student feels “but by getting a good response office, put the survey together to campus. comfortable talking to and rate, we believe we would have collect information about “the “Research has shown that whether they have seen stereo- a representative sample from overall campus climate and the the campus environment can typing in class. which to draw objective conclu- experiences and perceptions of influence learning outcomes for “We also have a section about sions. We’re hoping everyone students.” A link to the survey students,” she said, “and their their experiences with a variety takes part, which would allow us has been emailed to every attitudes about staying in school of support services on campus,” to look at the results of different student, along with a request to so it’s important to try to under- said Robertson-Frey, including subgroups of the student popu- complete it by Dec. 6. stand their experiences.” various students centres, the lation.” The project stems from a She explained the survey library and Student Central. Robertson-Frey A report will be prepared strategic goal identified in the is divided into a number “We’re looking here to determine based on the survey results, university’s third integrated of sections, the first being how helpful or unhelpful these likely by spring 2014. It will plan. That goal calls on the “questions that ask students support services are.” sity training for staff and faculty, evaluate the responses and “will U of S to provide a “safe and whether they see themselves Students are also asked how or similar training for students. highlight both the positive and welcoming environment in as part of the university the university might enhance “We’re also asking them for any negative in the campus envi- attitude, support services and community. We want to know or improve the campus climate. other recommendations they ronment.” That report, she said, infrastructure,” and to “carry if they’ve witnessed or experi- There are a number of options might have.” will be part of the development out efforts to encourage and enced harassment, exclusion or for students to choose from, The survey requiresof future strategic plans around support activities that lead to the insensitive comments or jokes,” said Robertson-Frey, including students to respond to questions student experiences at the development of a more diverse she said. “We want to know if cross-cultural dialogue, diver- on a scale of one to five “but University of Saskatchewan.
INSIDE HUNGRY PLANTS 7 MEOW MIX 8 Construction expected to start summer 2014
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TAKING THE FIELD
Scott McHenry (#18) and Ben Heenan (#65) are two of the six Saskatchewan Roughriders with connections to the U of S who will take to the field Nov. 24 in the 101st annual Grey Cup game at Mosaic Stadium in Regina. Other alumni and former Huskies include Graig Newman, Paul Woldu, Levi Steinhauer and Graeme Bell. Also at the game, two alumni will be part of the entertainment – Kurt Dahl of SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS One Bad Son and Ewan Currie of The Sheepdogs.
AWARD-WINNING DESIGN
Two U of S projects were recognized in this year’s Design Council of Saskatchewan Premier’s Awards of Excellence competition. The new Graduate House at College Quarter, designed by Stantec Architecture Ltd., received the top award in the architecture category. Stantec was also responsible for the learning commons in the College of Nursing’s Regina campus, left, which received the Award of Merit in the interior design category. Below is a photo of the pre-renovation learning commons.
STANTEC ARCHITECTURE LTD. Viterra invests in GIFS A $2-million investment from Viterra Inc. in the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the U of S will help support the institute’s mission to address the increasing global demand for safe, reliable food. Viterra will also provide the GIFS with land adjacent to its rural facilities, and will identify farmer participants for GIFS’ research field trials. The institute is focused on meeting the demand for reliable food and sustainable crop production through research and innovation. The five-year funding agreement will make Viterra the lead grain industry partner joining GIFS founding partners PotashCorp, the Province of Saskatchewan, and the U of S. The funding agreement covers a five-year period. ON CAMPUS NEWS November 22, 2013 3 The principle of mindfulness New master teacher takes intentional approach to work
WENONA PARTRIDGE “Being named a master teacher is Being really honouring and touching. It’s also very humbling,” said intentional in Debbie Pushor of the College the things we are of Education about becoming the university’s latest master doing and making teacher. conscious decisions, The award has been recog- nizing faculty who excel in is joyful, and is their profession and invest in about relationships outstanding teaching at the U of S since 1984. Pushor is and friendships. the 60th recipient, having been presented with the award at fall Debbie Pushor convocation in late October. For Pushor, the title is and refine her teaching philos- both an honour and a respon- ophy and said about the move sibility. “We all could get better to a university setting, “all at teaching all the time,” she that’s happened is the age of my said. “Being recognized brings students has changed; the prin- a humility and a weight at the ciples of teaching and learning same time because teaching is have not. There are some really such a large responsibility. It core beliefs that underpin those is complex work and it is my teaching principles and ways of Debbie Pushor of the College of Education SUBMITTED responsibility to do it well and learning. I try to live those here to continue to become better just as in any other context.” way of being in the world – it’s to promote not only their own relationships with and promote at it, and to honour the title of One of the principles affective work, communitylearning but also the learning the learning of others.” master teacher.” Pushor advocates is mind- work and relational work. It’s of others. For example, she Pushor began teaching in fulness, which she described about my students’ relationship explains that attendance is Wenona Partridge is an 1980 in the public school system as being “intentional in the to the content, to me, and to the required “because each student instructional design assistant in Alberta. In January, she will things we are doing and broader context.” matters to other students and in the Gwenna Moss Centre for celebrate 10 years of teaching making conscious decisions.” Pushor puts her principles their presence is needed to build Teaching Effectiveness at the U of S in the Depart- For Pushor, teaching is joyful, into practice while teaching by ment of Curriculum Studies. and is about relationships and asking her students to consider She has continued to develop friendships. “Teaching is a the things they are going to do Trimming back from the archives on the monthly Betatron history phone bill
The buying power of an orga- themselves, plus it would be so nization the size of the Univer- much easier if we could have just sity of Saskatchewan can yield two plans - talk and text, and the significant savings on many same but with data.” fronts, including how much the In her discussions about the organization pays for cell phone situation with SaskTel, Hoefli- and wireless service. cher was asked if the university Valerie Hoeflicher, aqualified for government rates, procurement and contracts “and when they sent them to me, specialist in Purchasing I said we have to have that.” Services, said although the The result of the negotia- U of S is one of SaskTel Mobil- tions is that the university now ity’s largest customers, its offers its employees just two plan previous corporate contract choices, said Hoeflicher, talk and was not giving the university text or an unlimited data plan. the best deals available. With “Even by switching all data users talk, text and data plans costing to the unlimited plan, that alone various amounts depending creates a savings of about $7,000 on plan features for the almost per month.” 1,000 employee cell phones and The new contract will also wireless devices, the university’s result in savings on what has been monthly bill was about $47,000. a typical monthly bill of $5,000- In an effort to streamline $10,000 for airtime overage, she PATRICK HAYES, U OF S ARCHIVES U of S Archives, A-2273. the process and find savings, said, and for a number of specific Hoeflicher said she looked services. These include long The cut line for this StarPhoenix photo from ca. 1949 reads, “Arranging patient in front of 25 million- at all U of S users with data distance rates that, in the new volt betatron in preparation for treatment are nurse Anne Churdy and Dr. Thomas A. Watson, Director plans and found about 125 contract, are reduced to $0.08 of the Saskatoon Cancer Clinic. The 67-year-old victim of cancer received a short treatment for several who consistently went over the per minute from $0.10, and U.S. days.” Everything had to line up before the university could install Canada’s first betatron (a type of data limit each month, “and roaming charges that drop to particle accelerator) in 1948. With support of the Board of Governors, President J. S. Thomson, the lots more were encroaching on $0.15 per minute compared to provincial government and two years of intensive lobbying from physics professors Harold Johns, E.L. their cap. There were also users the previous rate of $0.95. Harrington, Newman Haslam, and Leon Katz, the machine was purchased and installed in a purpose- exceeding the limit on their text Information about the cell built structure at the back of the Physics Building. The betatron gave the Department of Physics a first- plans. By switching everybody phone and wireless device plans class facility for radiation treatment and nuclear research. The betatron led to the linear accelerator and to unlimited airtime, text and can be found on the Financial eventually to the Canadian Light Source. data plans, the savings speak for Services Division website. 4 November 22, 2013
NEW TO US
John Hansen
John Hansen joined the U of S in July 2012 as an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology specializing in justice, crime and society within the context of Indigenous knowledge and non–Western models of justice. “It involves working with the criminal justice system, but it’s really a community justice process where members of the community come together and they deal with victims and offenders with traditional teachings in a way that emphasizes healing, repairing harm and restoring balance,” he explained. Hansen is a member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation of northern Manitoba, son of a Danish father and Cree mother. He grew up in Thompson, and spent summers at his grandmother’s house on the reserve. He completed a general undergraduate degree at Brandon University before pursuing a bachelor’s degree in education with the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (now the First Nations University of Canada). He completed his master’s degree at the U of S and his doctorate at the University of Regina. After working as an instructor for eight years, he was promoted to associate professor with the University College of the North at The Pas before accepting his current position at the U of S. “I knew I was interested in Indigenous issues back in the late ‘80s as an undergraduate student when I could study injustices in the world,” he said. This includes questions such as overrepresentation of Indigenous people in prisons, addictions and misunderstandings between cultures that can lead to injustice. “Some say an Indigenous researcher conducting that kind of research is totally un-objective,” Hansen said. “I agree. Objectivity is not a word that applies to my research in any way. I hope it never will. “The U of S has a very solid reputation among universities right across Canada,” he continued. “There are lots of interesting things going on in Indigenous scholarship – Indigenous studies and Indigenous issues. I think this is a much- needed field and at the U of S, it’s more than just lip service. They’re actually putting it into practice.”
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President Busch-Vishniac is As a U of S alumnus (BEd’64, is meant to comprise a universe welcoming feedback from MA’73), I’m troubled and of cultures and creeds, not any RESPONSE friends of the U of S to her perplexed as to why the Univer- one in particular. Vision 2025 draft document on sity is over-accommodating The construction of the the institution’s future. aboriginal students. A university Gordon Oakes-Red Bear Student Centre in particular is misguided U of S fulfilling and unwise—its unaffordability notwithstanding. Hiving off any one student grouping is no way its mission: president to prepare them for functioning in society at large. Far better that Mr. Eyre, I thank you for your comments on Vision 2025: From Spirit ON CAMPUS NEWS all undergrads enter the rough to Action. The draft vision intentionally raises some issues that might and tumble of the common be viewed by some as controversial, and I appreciate that we are On Campus News is published 18 times per year by University of Saskatchewan fray than be accorded such receiving comments regarding these issues that will help shape the Marketing and Communications. It is distributed to all U of S faculty, staff, graduate students and members of governing bodies, as well as to others in the university special treatment. final version of Vision 2025. community, related organizations, some Saskatchewan government officials and Especially depressing is I continue to believe that the University of Saskatchewan has a news media. that the GO-RB Student Centre moral imperative to meet the educational needs of all of the residents Subscriptions are available for $22 per year. Story and photo ideas are welcome. is being constructed between of the province, certainly including First Nations, Métis and Inuit Advertising rates are available online or on request. the Arts Building and the Main learners. We will remain committed to reaching out to Aboriginal On Campus News aims to provide a forum for the sharing of timely news, information Library—one of the last and learners, their families and communities in order to accomplish our and opinions about events and issues of interest to the U of S community. loveliest green spaces on campus. mission. We hope to make the U of S the university of choice for many The views and opinions expressed by writers of letters to My information con- First Nations, Métis and Inuit students—in part by creating an envi- the editor and viewpoints do not necessarily reflect those of the U of S or On Campus News. cerning this location is that its ronment that recognizes and values a wide variety of cultural practices centrality is meant to signify and that enhances the visibility of our Aboriginal heritage in our Editor: Colleen MacPherson Writers: Kris Foster, Michael Robin the inclusiveness of aboriginal physical and virtual spaces. We also aim to make First Nations, Métis Designers: Brian Kachur, Pierre Wilkinson students. Meaning what? That and Inuit practices better understood by non-Aboriginal learners and Editorial Advisory Board: Patrick Hayes, Sharon Scott, David York, the Education Building, for staff on our campuses. This, in my view, is far from “over-accommo- John Rigby, Sandra Ribeiro, Fiona Haynes, Steve Jimbo example, is outside the pale? dating” anyone; it is simply the University of Saskatchewan fulfilling The University’s heart may its mission and reaching its stated goals. be in the right place; but its Regarding your remarks about the Gordon Oakes-Red Bear ISSN: 1195-7654 PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40065156 policy concerning the aborig- Student Centre, you have missed a key message about this project: it Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: inal student body is count- is for all members of the campus community and as such, deserves a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS er-productive and regressive. prominent location at this university. 501–121 RESEARCH DRIVE SASKATOON, SK S7N 1K2 Wayne Eyre Ilene Busch-Vishniac Email: [email protected] Saskatoon President, University of Saskatchewan ON CAMPUS NEWS November 22, 2013 5 Behind the mask Technique teaches non-verbal communications
LANA HAIGHT
People are often encouraged to your voice to create a character. compared with people from "take off their mask," but not in Sometimes it's just a matter of India or Costa Rica, the charac- a third-year drama class at the lifting one shoulder up one inch ters themselves were very much University of Saskatchewan in and then you've got a character." a reflection of culture. which students learn to wear Once the actors come to "I've never seen anyone in masks. an understanding of neutral, Canada wear this one and take "It's a wonderful way to Brenna has them begin to use on the character of a swami,” teach the playing of character," masks with significant facial indicating a particular mask explained Prof. Dwayne Brenna, features to learn how to develop with large, round cheeks. “But who has taken this method of characters that would be suited in Hyderabad, the actor who teaching character development to the mask. It is a departure put it on created a character that to other parts of the world. from the traditional Stan- had a spiritual quality, but he "Mask acting travels well islavski approach to acting that was also very flatulent. He was because it's a physical medium. emphasizes working out the always having gas and waving it Once you put the mask on, inner emotions of a character. away from himself," said Brenna you adjust your body to it and In his office in the John laughing as he recalled his trip it doesn't really rely on spoken Mitchell Building, Brenna opens last winter to the University of word. I don't speak Spanish and a suitcase and starts pulling Hyderabad in India, where he I don't speak Hindi. You would out masks. While all are a rich led a two-week workshop on think I might have trouble medium brown colour and stop mask and the actor. in Boruca (Costa Rica) or below the nose to expose the Brenna sees benefits to Hyderabad (India) communi- mouth and the jaw, the similar- students from other disci- cating, but, in fact, these masks ities end there. Each is distinct. plines learning to use masks as do the communicating for you." Some have heavy eyebrows. a way of improving non-verbal At the U of S, 12 students Others are deeply wrinkled. communication, including are enrolled in Drama 318 that Brenna lifts out one that has few body language. When someone includes a month-long mask- lines and no eyebrows. is wearing a mask, posture is acting module. The students "The lines of this mask much more noticeable because start with studying and wearing don't suggest a roundness. It has the focus moves from the face to a neutral mask, one that is plain, no wrinkles. It has a bit of a lip the rest of the body. smooth and symmetrical. On a that causes you to pucker up a Where his masks will take person, the neutral mask chal- little. It has drooping eyelids him next Brenna is not sure, but lenges the actor to remove all of that might suggest a sleepy the suitcase is packed and ready his or her idiosyncrasies, said character. The character often to go whether the destination is Brenna. seems to be more youthful than Dwayne Brenna, U of S drama dept. COLLEEN MACPHERSON around the world or to a neigh- "If you can start from some of the other masks. On bouring college at the U of S. that sense of neutrality, you the particular actress who last very interested in boys." while Brenna hasn't noticed don't have to make a lot of big wore it, this mask became very No two people wear a mask significant differences in how Lana Haight is a Saskatoon changes in your body or even in young, very flirtatious. She was in the same way, he said. And Canadians interpret the masks freelance writer. Whispering out loud COLLEEN MACPHERSON Ilene Busch-Vishniac has joined “whisper out loud” about both the president the opportunity to enough of me interacting with a small group of Canadian her official work as president reveal herself more fully. people, or dogs, or living in the university presidents who are and her personal life outside the “As president of the univer- residence. It’s a way of showing a sharing their thoughts, ideas office. On the professional side, sity, I gave up my privacy,” she more personal side of me.” and comments with the public she may tweet after a particularly said. “I’m not complaining; it’s Although her account 140 characters at a time. interesting meeting, comment part of the job. I would never specifies it is from the office of Using the account @Usask- on an issue or call attention tweet anything personal that the president, Busch-Vishniac PresOffice, Busch-Vishniac has to the work of others. On the would embarrass the institution taken to Twitter as a way to personal front, the account gives but I think people don’t get to see See Character, Page 9 Busch-Vishniac
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A recent donation from U of S a chance to explore about a half family to figure out how the gift be able to determine and predict and early 1950s. alumnus Jack Mollard will give dozen geologically significant could be best used in the college. how the land will behave if we More recently, but much engineering students oppor- locations between Saskatoon and “Students get to see features of build (on it).” further from home, Mollard is tunities to learn more about North Battleford, said Jim Kells, the physical landscape that are Sensing how the Earth might doing work on terrain analysis of interpreting the geological land- head of the Department of Civil important to our profession, like behave, said Kells, is how Mollard Mars. “He’s looking at imagery scapes of Saskatchewan. and Geological Engineering. river valleys, glacial features and made a name for himself. of Martian landscapes, in The Dr. Jack Mollard Sensing “The number one goal is unstable slopes, and have them “Remote sensing of the particular water features,” Kells the Earth Tour, established this to get the students out of the explained to them.” landscape through aerial explained. past September with a $100,000 building and into the field,” Human interaction with photography is what Dr. Mollard “He’ll be 90 this January, gift, will give about 130 second- explained Kells, who worked the natural environment like is well-known for. He brought and still goes to the office every year civil, geological and envi- with his colleague Grant road construction or pipeline this technology to Saskatchewan day. He is so passionate about ronmental engineering students Ferguson and the Mollard development is critical to civil, and Canada and is a pioneer in the profession and loves what he geological and environmental the area. Through his work, he does so much that he admits that engineers, Kells continued, has had such a profound effect he may not have worked a day in comparing the field trip to on remotely sensing the terrain his life,” Kells said with a laugh. Who’s Who medical students getting time in for engineering purposes.” Mollard’s passion for the the operating room. Mollard graduated from the work is obvious to those who AT THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 2013-14 “The visual experience of U of S in 1945 and completed meet him too. “As part of the the site, what we can infer by his master’s and PhD at inaugural field trip, Dr. Mollard seeing the environment, how Purdue University and Cornell not only joined the students one can understand the engi- University respectively, before on the tour but also made a neering significance expressed returning to Saskatchewan presentation to the partici- in the features of the physical where he set up J.D. Mollard and pating students the day before. terrain, is an important tool,” Associates in 1956. The students were enthralled Kells said. “This one-day field Among Mollard’s more listening to his story and Dr. trip will help students interpret than 5,000 consulting projects Mollard enjoyed the opportu- Dr. Vicki Williamson Ken Ladd Dr. Marwin Britto the landscape. We’re an earth- is work he did on the Gardiner nity to share his knowledge and Dean (on admin leave) Acting Dean Associate Dean based discipline and we need to Dam project in the late 1940s passion.”
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Tim Hutchinson Jo Ann Murphy University Archives and Murray Library Visit News.usask.ca for more stories Special Collections and photos about: • a feature story in the New York Times highlighting the university’s Aborigial student achievement program; • research designed to protect tech devices from subatomic particles; • an investment by Federated Co-operatives Limited for a co-operative Susan Murphy Li Zhang Leslie and Irene Dubé Health Sciences Library Engineering Library business development initiative; and Veterinary Medicine Library Science Library • a student using a 3D printer in the battle against osteoarthritis. For more information about your University Library, visit library.usask.ca news.usask.ca ON CAMPUS NEWS November 22, 2013 7 Carnivorous plants among unique herbarium collection
MICHAEL ROBIN
Hugo Cota-Sanchez fills a small is plenty of water but it’s hard to with information like where it jar from a sink in his office and use, and there are few nutrients was gathered, what plants were sets it on his desk, then retrieves available. growing around it, in what the wizened remains of a plant “It (the water) is highly landforms it was found, and the from another jar. With its fronds acidic and plants need more collector’s number. Cota-San- tightly curled like a fist and with nutrients than what is available chez said every botanist is issued a few small dry roots, it seems there, so very few can survive,” a unique number for collecting; death has long since claimed it he said. “They are very special- some can gather 40,000 to and it could easily be crushed ized. We see many adaptations 50,000 specimens in a career. into powder. like very tough leaves.” The herbarium is home to several “This is a resurrec- lifetimes of work. tion plant,” said Cota-San- “Our collection special- chez as he places it in the I would say 80 per izes in the flora of Saskatch- water. “I use it to teach my ewan,” Cota-Sanchez said. students.” cent of our specimens are “I would say 80 per cent He explained Selagi- from Saskatchewan and of our specimens are from nella lepidophylla is from Saskatchewan and our a family of plants known our collection here has collection here has nearly as spikemosses, an ancient nearly 182,000 specimens 182,000 specimens.” evolutionary branch of life Those specimens are that pre-dates flowering Hugo Cota-Sanchez stored in rank after rank plants. Supremely adapted of two-metre-high steel to dry conditions, it can lie cabinets. More than a dormant for decades, waiting for Carnivorous plants’ adap- botanical library, Cota-San- a rare rain to unfurl its fronds tations make up for the nutri- chez explained the value of and begin growing again. ent-poor environment by luring the collection: it represents Cota-Sanchez is an associate and trapping insects. The bugs’ Saskatchewan’s past and present professor of biology—more proteins, once digested, make plant diversity and it is source specifically, botany—and curator a good source of nitrogen and material. Researchers are of the W.P. Fraser Herbarium. phosphorus. There are three constantly finding new ways to The herbarium includes plant types of these plants native to use it. For example, they have samples collected over decades Saskatchewan: sundews, blad- extracted DNA from herbarium from all over Saskatchewan. derworts and pitcher plants. specimens gathered in the 1940s, Cota-Sanchez’s love of Each has evolved a different demonstrating that genetic plants and the uses humans strategy to catch their meals, he information is also included in make of them is evident in his explained. the collection. office décor. A decorative owl Sundews grow slender leaves Hugo Cota-Sanchez demonstrates how plant specimens MICHAEL ROBIN carved from a fist-sized fibrous covered with hair-like tentacles, See Herbarium, Page 11 are pressed and prepared at the W.P. Fraser Herbarium. seed competes for shelf space each tipped with a droplet with similar monkey-head of sticky, sweet liquid loaded carvings from coconuts, a loofah with enzymes to digest insects sponge and a fishing net made once they have been lured and from willow roots. trapped. Among the collection is “Mr. Bladderworts, as their name Bioscan,” who figured prom- suggests, feature bladders that inently in the annual Bioscan literally suck in aquatic insect Science Fair for school children prey in much the same way that a hosted by the College of Arts and turkey baster sucks in fluid when University Club Science. The simple mannequin its bulb is squeezed and released. with a coconut head and straw Pitcher plants’ name also hat wears an all-natural burlap suggests their trapping strategy: suit. Cota-Sanchez sometimes a liquid-filled pitcher whose FREE FALL OFFER wears the suit in class to demon- inner surface features inward- strate plants’ versatility. pointing hairs that ensure that Join Now... Pay No Dues until January 2014! He explained the key to once prey climbs in, it can’t plants’ usefulness in everything climb out. from building houses to weaving Like most northern plants, fine linens comes down to one Saskatchewan’s carnivorous flora molecule: cellulose. Plants use are small, limited by available Membership is less than $25 per month and open it to stiffen their stems, create sunlight and growing season, to all of the University’s talented and dedicated, lightweight fibres to carry their and have restricted geographic Faculty, Staff, Alumni, and Retirees! seeds on the wind, and grow distribution. For example, the roots strong enough to penetrate largest tropical pitcher plants are soil and even cracks in rock. big enough to hold more than “Cellulose is the most a litre of liquid and catch not abundant polymer on Earth and only insects but small animals its tensile strength rivals that of like shrews. Pitchers growing in steel,” Cota-Sanchez said, as he Saskatchewan bogs are about as leads the way to the herbarium long as a man’s finger. in the College of Agriculture and There are specimens of all Bioresources. three types of carnivorous plants This visit is focused on a at the W.P. Fraser Herbarium, different marvel: carnivorous carefully collected from (Note: Under certain circumstances, Club membership dues may be eligible for deduction from plants. Typically found in bogs, locations chiefly in central and your professional expense account. Please check Financial Services website for details.) Cota-Sanchez said these plants northern Saskatchewan. survive in what is essentially a Each specimen is pressed, “wet desert,” a place where there dried and mounted on paper 8 November 22, 2013 Cats join nutrition study at WCVM KRIS FOSTER They won’t be walking around the Bowl like the pack of beagles did over the last few years, but a group of cats are joining a nutrition study similar to the one that made the dogs famous at the University of Saskatchewan. The beagles that the campus community was so fond of seeing were part of a nutrition study in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) that is growing to include 10 cats named after our favourite hot drinks: the girls are named after teas, like Chai and Earl Grey, and the boys are named after coffees, like Americano and Latte. “What we found with the beagles was so promising that we expanded the study to cats,” said Lynn Weber, associate KRIS FOSTER WCVM graduate student Jennifer Briens, left, and research associate Kyla professor in the Department Zatti flank nutrition researcher Lynn Weber. of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences. “But this time we are testing more pulse crops instead diet for both dogs and cats. with cats and dogs. “We’re also of just peas.” “We will focus on cardio, going to include aquaculture The three-year study— blood pressure and metabolism. fish like tilapia and rainbow Bram Noble, professor in the Dept. of Geography and funded by Sask. Pulse Growers, We saw benefits in the dogs, trout,” said Weber. Planning and the School of Environment and Sustain- Alliance Grain Trades and and we expect to see even more “It’s a big project and ability, has been appointed Social Sciences and Human- Horizon Pet Foods—will be benefit in the cats because they we’re just getting started, but ities Research Council (SSHRC) leader in the Office of the testing lentils and fava beans are carnivores and require more we’re excited,” she said, adding Vice-President Research. Noble will provide mentorship against corn, which is typically protein in their diets.” that the project also includes on developing grant proposals to researchers in the used in pet food, Weber said. The cats recently arrived researchers Murray Drew and social sciences, humanities and fine arts. “Most manufacturers and are getting used to their Tom Scott from the College of Nancy Turner has joined the Gwenna Moss Centre for (of pet food) use more starch new home in WCVM. “They Agriculture and Bioresources Noble instead of protein because it’s are getting more social, getting and Matt Loewen in WCVM. Teaching Effectiveness in cheaper, but corn starch has a along better with each other Kyla Zatti, research associate in the position of program director to provide strategic high glycemic index. Lots of and they are getting used to both colleges, and grad student leadership in the centre and to lead institutional starch might be a reason cats are us—they weren’t used to getting Jennifer Briens are also part of initiatives to enhance learning and teaching. She has prone to diabetes and obesity.” so much attention from people,” the project. returned to Saskatchewan after a decade working in It is Weber’s hope that said Weber. The cats, like the dogs London, England, most recently as associate dean of replacing the high-glycemic This spring, more beagles before them, will be placed in learning, teaching and enhancement at the University Turner starch with pulse starch, protein will be arriving on campus to family homes at the end of the of the Arts London. and fibre will provide a better join the study, but it doesn’t end study. Terrence J. Downey, president of St. Thomas More College, has been elected chair of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities in Canada for a two-year term. The organization represents 21 Catholic institutions across the country. Allen Ponak, special lecturer in the College of Law and adjunct professor in the Edwards School Downey of Business, has been nominated president of the National Academy of Arbitrators, the professional organization of neutral labour and employment arbitrators in Canada and the THE VERY BEST U.S. The academy includes only 60 Canadians among Ponak its membership of 650. An honorary degree is the highest honour the university can bestow. Acceptance of an honorary The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry presented its Global degree by a candidate brings recognition to both the Partners Capacity-Building Award to John Giesy, U of S professor and Canada recipient and the university. Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology, at its annual meeting in November. The honorary degree committee of the U of S Senate The award recognizes individuals or groups for their contribution toward is asking members of the university community to building capacity in the environmental sciences within countries with devel- consider nominating honorary degree recipients for oping economies. convocation ceremonies in 2015 and beyond. The Global Institute for Food Security at the U of S has Nominees should be distinguished persons who announced the appointment of Roger Beachy as a have made an eminent contribution to scholarship, senior consultant effective Jan. 1 when he completes education, the arts or public service in Canada or internationally. Nominations that are time-sensitive his current appointment as interim and founding or are related to university or college activities such executive director and CEO. On Oct. 31, the University as reunions, conferences or integrated planning of California Davis also released news of Beachy’s initiatives should be noted. appointment as founding director of that school’s new For the nomination form and guidelines, visit World Food Centre. usask.ca/university_secretary or call 306-966-4635. Beachy Dr. George Mutwiri has been appointed assistant executive director of the School of Public Health for a three-year term that extends to June 30, 2016. Kevin Lowey of Information and Communications Technology is one of 17 people named an inaugural member of the Blackboard MVP program. The program recognizes individuals who have established themselves as experts in Blackboard technologies Photo: Douglas Cardinal received his Honorary and overall educational technology. Lowey is the only Doctor of Letters on October 27, 2012. Lowey Canadian to receive the designation. ON CAMPUS NEWS November 22, 2013 9 Resource development with respect New CRC calls for early talks with Indigenous communities
MICHAEL ROBIN
From the Idle No More and all stakeholders can work sides remain. Translating recog- edge-sharing all have vital movement to anti-fracking together to create a framework nition of rights into real results contributions to make, and the protests in New Brunswick to that enables responsible resource continues to be a challenge. University of Saskatchewan’s the fledgling Saskatchewan development while respecting “Universities have a big commitment to excellence in oilsands industry, Aboriginal Indigenous rights,” he said. role to play here. Rigorous this area is something that can peoples are making their voices The matter of Indigenous research, ongoing engage- stand out and make a contri- heard both on the streets and in rights is complex, with provin- ment with communities and a bution to the province, to the the courtrooms and according cial and national jurisdictions commitment to solid knowl- country and to the world.” to law professor and the U of S’s overlapping with the interests newest Canada Research Chair of numerous First Nations Dwight Newman, it is time for and those of private industry. Financial Services Division FSD non-Aboriginal society to listen. Newman explained that Indig- “Many Indigenous rights enous communities are looking protect things we should all for greater respect for and care about,” he said, “things like Newman protection of their cultural and people being able to maintain spiritual traditions, or greater Financial analyst support their communi- participation in— ties and rebuild or protection from Financial Reporting department and are able to assist faculty and community and —resource devel- family structures, We’re trying to understand how opment within or being able to live courts, policy makers and all their territories. Procurement and contracts support - FSD has three procurement securely knowing While each with various types of purchasing and contracts processes. They work they can benefit stakeholders can work together to situation demands in the Purchasing Services department and are able to assist with from responsible create a framework that enables its own analysis, he purchases related to everything from booking external facilities, resource develop- responsible resource development said one principle merchandise programs, agricultural and lab equipment, and much ment. Things like remains the same: more. They can walk you through, and in certain circumstances people being able while respecting Indigenous rights. start early. take care of the work involved (for example, competitive bids) in to reconnect with “It will purchasing processes. What’s required depends on the cost and lands sacred to often be helpful sometimes the type of goods or services for your project or request. Dwight Newman them, or commu- to everyone if Further support is available from a project administrator who can nities being able governments and assist you with purchase-related questions regarding Canada to develop in ways corporate project Foundation for Innovation and imports, exports and claims related that further opportunities for reviews how lower courts, busi- proponents engage early on with to goods passing through national borders. everyone.” nesses, governments and indig- Aboriginal communities in a Contact information for the above individuals can be found on Newman studies Indige- enous organizations apply the manner going above bare-min- the FSD website, under Departments and Contacts - Department nous rights within the context concept. To date, his research imum legal requirements so as Information. Go to the appropriate department link. of Canadian and international has helped bolster numerous to find win-win solutions.” law, providing insights to legal arguments and has been Newman noted that while - FSD has developed an automated guide Aboriginal and non-Ab- quoted in dozens of judgments, there has been much progress email procedure to notify employees when a purchase order (PO) original peoples to mutual including three Supreme Court in law with regard to Indige- has been created. Following submission of a purchase requisition in agreement. His 2009 book, The of Canada decisions. nous rights, this progress is not UniFi, Purchasing Services will review the requirements, terms and Duty to Consult: New Relation- “We’re trying to under- always visible in people’s lives. conditions before completing a PO. Upon completion, the person who submitted the purchase requisition will receive an email with ships with Aboriginal Peoples, stand how courts, policy makers Many misunderstandings on all the PO number, supplier name, purchase requisition number for reference, and reminder information about receiving goods and Character limit can be a challenge services procedures. UniFi FAST Finance Reporting Upcoming Training 1:30 PM - 3:30 p.m. Register at training.usask.ca. Tuesday, November 26, 2013 one case, she was able to follow interest her. As of Nov. 20, she RM 281, John Mitchell Building From Page 5 “blow by blow” arguments in the had 353 followers. Supreme Court of Canada on an And like most tweeters, issue of interest to First Nations Busch-Vishniac finds that “every You can reach communities, and people’s now and again, the 140-character usask/fsd people quickly, you reactions. “I can read about limit is about seven too few.” Rob Ford in any media outlet hear about things but nowhere was I able to read you might not about this except Twitter.” In 21 MAPLE ROAD the second, she found reference Mark & Barb STRAWBERRY HILLS otherwise hear on Twitter to a book of interest about, and it’s that she might not have heard of WOW! Quality Rocy built 1953 Wouters sq ft fully developed walkout otherwise. chatty. “The only downside of 221-9975 bungalow with in floor heat, Twitter or any social media,” she [email protected] situated only 10KM East of the city on an elevated, hilly, heavily wooded 10 acre parcel offering great views. Ilene Busch-Vishniac continued, “is the raised expec- Possibly one of the best lots close to the city. Sunroom and house offer tation of being available all the over-sized windows which overlook the beautiful setting. Maple kitchen, oak is careful to differentiate her time, and I don’t have a huge hardwood flooring, 2 gas fireplaces & 24’ x 24’ workshop. Stunning home personal and office messages; amount of time.” and landscaping. EXCLUSIVE $799,900 any tweet that ends with “–IBV” Although new to Twitter, is hers while others may come the president already follows 193 50-310 KINGSMERE from staff members in her office. accounts. Many are internal – BOULEVARD Excellent market knowledge, The appeal of Twitter, she various student organizations Rare find! This 1374 sq ft fully said, is that “you can reach and academic units – but the list years of experience and developed bungalow is situated people quickly, you hear about includes government officials, quality service is what you in scenic Lakewood Village with things you might not otherwise her U15 peers, local and national can expect from Mark & Barb. lots of greenspace. 2 bedrooms hear about, and it’s chatty.” media outlets, and businesses up with a family room, 2 dens and She offered two examples. In in the city as well as causes that a workshop in the basement. Gas fireplace in the spacious living room. 3 piece ensuite, plus main floor 4 piece bath and main floor laundry. Central air and recently re-shingled. Spacious private deck. $359,900 Follow Ilene Busch-Vishniac Saskatoon’s #1 Team. @UsaskPresOffice More pictures and info www.woutersrealty.com 10 November 22, 2013 Coming Events
Workshops for U of S Employees Art Show and Sale JSGS Featured Lecture Series Veterinary Microbiology Miscellany • Crucial Conversations, Dec. 9 and 16, The Visual Arts Students’ Union is holding • Dec. 3, noon-1:30 pm, Room A226 Seminars fee $490 its 16th annual Student Art Show and Silent Health Sciences Building, Ken Coates, Lectures take place from 12:30-1:30 pm, University Club Events Auction starting Dec. 2 in the Gordon Snel- professor and Canada Research Chair in Room 2105 WCVM For information or reservations call Community Music Education grove Gallery. A closing reception will take Regional Innovation, presents • Nov. 22, Dr. Marko Kryworuchko, Dept. 306-966-7775 Program place Dec. 6 from 7-10 pm. The show offers Innovation Policy for a Digital Age: of Veterinary Microbiology, presents • Nov. 28, Dinner Theatre Evening with • Parenting with Music classes in January. students the opportunity to experience Governments, digital Media and LIFE or DEATH DECISIONS of AUTO- Greystone Theatre’s Better Living For more information contact Nicole the showing and selling of their work. The Economic Development PHAGY • Dec. 2-20, holiday lunch buffets and Wilton at 306-966-5625 or community- auction is open to the public. • Dec. 6, Rylan Bridge, MSc graduate feature entrée music.usask.ca Co-operatives Seminars student in veterinary microbiology, College Art Galleries Seminars presented by the Centre for the • Dec. 19 and 20, seafood buffet U of S Language Centre presents Investigation of the cyto- On view in the College Art Galleries until Study of Co-operatives • Dec. 8, family holiday brunch and • Multilingual conversational language protective vs. cytocidal effects of the Dec. 21 is David R. Harper: Entre le Chien • Nov. 25, 3:30-5 pm, Canada Room, cellular autophagy pathway in human children’s party featuring Santa as a classes, Jan. 14-March 25, 2014 et le Loup, an exhibition that explores the Diefenbaker Building, Rose Olfert, monocytes. special guest • French levels 1 to 8: $205 (GST exempt) form and idea of memorials using sculp- professor, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate Diefenbaker Cup • Italian level 1 and 2: $215.25 (GST tural strategies that combine taxidermy School of Public Policy and Department included) The U of S Debate Society is hosting the with ceramics and embroidery. of Bio-resource Policy, Business and • Spanish levels 1 to 6: $215.25 (GST annual Diefenbaker Cup Nov. 22-24 on Greystone Theatre Economics and scholar with the centre, campus. The event will feature debaters included) presents The Role of Co-ops and Credit Greystone Theatre presents Better Living by from across Western Canada. Anyone • Portuguese levels 1 and 2: $215.25 (GST Unions in Rural Community Vitality George F. Walker and directed by Natasha interesting in being a debater, judge included) Martina until Nov. 30. This dark comedy or spectator should contact the debate • German level 1: $215.25 (GST included) GIWS Lecture Series takes the audience into the lives of a SUBMIT society at [email protected]. • Japanese levels 1 to 3: $215.25 (GST The Global Institute for Water Security dysfunctional Toronto east-side work- included) features the following speakers in a Breakfast with the President ing-class family. For tickets and show times, series of lectures that take place at 4 pm Coming Events • Japanese for the Traveller: $236.25 visit arts.usask.ca/drama/greystone Join President Ilene Busch-Vishniac for (textbook and GST included) in Convocation Hall: breakfast at the University Club Nov. 28 • Cree level 1: $225.75 (textbook and GST The Avro Canada Story • Nov. 27, Siva Sivapalan, Civil and Next OCN: Friday, Dec. 6, 2013 starting at 7:30 am. Contact the Univer- included) The Diefenbaker Canada Centre has Environmental Engineering, University Deadline: Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013 sity Club to reserve a spot. Students who have not taken multilingual mounted an exhibition that looks beyond of Illinois, presents Socio-hydrologic Use our web submission form Medicare Book Launch classes should call 306-966-4351 or email the controversy about the Avro Arrow Modeling to Understand and Mediate at www.usask.ca/ocn or email to the accomplishments of Avro Canada. the Competition for Water between Dr. Stuart Houston and Merle Massie are [email protected] for a language [email protected] Touch the Sky: The Story of Avro Canada, Humans and Ecosystems: Murrum- the authors of 36 Steps on the Road to assessment. on view until Dec. 15, includes artifacts bidgee River Basin, Australia Medicare: How Saskatchewan Led the Way • The French Voyageur for Beginners Feb. and information about the history of the (McGill-Queen’s University Press) which 14-16, 20 hours over 2.5 days, cost $275 company and its many projects. they will launch Dec. 5 at 7 pm at McNally (materials and GST included). Robinson Booksellers. ICT Training Services Kenderdine Art Gallery Tech Venture Challenge For information or to register, email us Jillian McDonald: Valley of the Deer, a at [email protected] or visit training. three-channel high-definition video The U of S Industry Liaison Office annual usask.ca. installation shot on location in the business plan competition encourages Scottish highlands during a six-month entrepreneurs to launch technology • Adobe InDesign - Intermediate Course, artist residency, is on view in the based business ideas. In early December, Dec. 3 and 5, 1:30-4:30 pm, $125 students; $150 staff and faculty; $185 Kenderdine Art Gallery, Agriculture applicants will be reviewed and 10 final- others Building, until Dec. 21. ists chosen for mentorship, guidance Home Schedule and training. Applications can be filled • Adobe Photoshop - Introduction out online at the Industry Liaison Office Course, Nov. 26 and 28, 1:30-4:30 pm, Seminars/Lectures Volleyball website. $125 students; $150 staff and faculty; $185 others Jan. 10 and 11, 6:15 pm (women), Fredeen Memorial Seminar • Adobe Photoshop - A Photographer’s 8 pm (men) vs Winnipeg • Dec. 2, 3:30-4:30 pm, Canada Room, Courses/Workshops Workflow (Intro/Inter), Dec. 11, 1-4:00 Jan. 17 and 18, 6:15 pm (women), pm, $75 students; $100 staff and Diefenbaker Building, the Centre faculty; $125 others for the Study of Co-operatives’ 2013 8 pm (men) vs Regina Library Research Series F.J.H. Fredeen Memorial Scholarship • BbLearn / U of S Course Tools – Funda- Series takes place noon-1 pm in the Seminar features Monica Juarez Adeler, mentals Seminar, Nov. 29, 2:00-3:30 Collaborative Learning Lab, Murray winner of the 2009 Fredeen Memorial Basketball pm, OR Dec 10, 3-4:30 pm, $0 staff and Library. For information, call 306-966- Scholarship, who will present Exploring faculty Nov. 22, 6:15 pm (women), 5978 or 306-966-1913 Organizational Frameworks and Policy • MS Excel - Introduction, Dec. 9 and 12, 8 pm (men) vs TWU • Nov. 26, Indigenous Studies Research Environments to Support Co-oper- 1:30-4:30 pm, $125 students; $150 staff Resources ative Development: A Comparative Nov. 23, 6:15 pm (women), and faculty; $185 others Experience 8 pm (men) vs UFV The Gwenna Moss Centre for Faculty Workshops: contact a training@ Teaching Effectiveness usask.ca or 306-966-4866 for more infor- Ariel Sallows Lecture Nov. 29 and 30, 6:15 pm (women), To register and for more details go to mation on workshops geared to faculty. • Nov. 25, noon, Room 150 College 8 pm (men) vs Manitoba www.usask.ca/events IT4U – Tech Help for Students: of Law, Siobhán Wills, the Ariel F. • Indigenous Voices Series Sallows Chair in Human Rights from http://it4u.usask.ca Women’s Hockey • Nov. 29, 9-noon, Land Agreements the University of Ulster, presents the Enroll in many courses from off campus. Go Ariel Sallows Lecture entitled Problems Nov. 22 and 23, 7 pm vs Regina • Nov. 29, 1-4 pm, Honouring to training.usask.ca for more information. Agreements and Challenges for the Peacekeeping Jan. 10 and 11, 7 pm vs Alberta Continuing Education and Mission in Haiti: Early Stage Analysis of Goods and Services Development for Nurses Field Research Men’s Hockey • Dec. 5, 9 am – 4 pm, Room 2E25 For more information go to usask.ca/ Interprofessional Agriculture Building, Ecological Goods nursing/cedn Nov. 29 and 30, 7 pm vs Mt. Royal & Services from Native Rangelands will Health Education • Nov. 29, E-Learning, TB 101, registration The Saskatchewan Academic Health Jan. 3 and 4, 7 pm vs Manitoba include presentations from invited required researchers and stewardship experts Sciences Network is hosting two events More Huskie at Credit Union Centre • Nov. 30-Dec. 1, Physical Assessment as well as a discussion about valuing to advance interprofessional health news, features (Regina), registration required education. For more information or to carbon sequestration and species at risk and profiles at Wresting habitat on public and private rangelands. register for the forum, call 306-966-2896 The event is free and no registration is The Arts • Nov. 27, 7-9 pm, Room E1150 Health huskies.usask.ca Nov. 23, Huskie Invitational, Education Gym required. For information contact Darcy Sciences Building, free public lecture Henderson at 306-975-4291. Music Performances by artist and patient advocate Regina Holliday Centre for Continuing and • Concert Band performance Nov. 28 at 7:30 pm in Quance Theatre, Education • Nov. 28, 8:30 am-4:30 pm, The Willows Distance Education Building Golf Club, an interprofessional forum For more information, visit www.ccde. entitled At a Crossroads: Refreshing • Wind Orchestra performance Nov. 29 at usask.ca or call 966-5539 Interprofessional Health Education in 7:30 pm in Quance Theatre, Education Saskatchewan. Among the panelists Publishing Schedule Building Business and Leadership will be Dr. Lesley Bainbridge of UBC 2013-14 Programs • Greystone Singers and the University Chorus concert Dec. 1 at 3 pm in Knox • Emotional Intelligence: Another Side of Economics Seminar United Church will feature the J.S. Bach No. Issue Date Deadline Date Smart, Nov. 28 • Nov. 22, 4 pm, Arts 807, Nicole Fortin, Magnificat with orchestra as well as University of British Columbia, presents • Professional Selling: Skills for Sales other seasonal choral music. Tickets are 8 Dec. 6, 2013 Nov. 28, 2013 Success, Dec. 4-6 Leaving Boys Behind: Gender Dispari- $15 for adults and $10 for students and ties in High Academic Achievement 9 Jan. 10, 2014 Jan. 2, 2014 • Introduction to Logistics, Jan. 14-April seniors available at McNally Robinson 15, 2014 (Tues evenings) Booksellers, from choir members or Philosophy in the Community 10 Jan. 24, 2014 Jan. 16, 2014 • Effective Board Governance, Jan. 29, at the door. • Dec. 11, 7-9 pm, The Refinery, 609 2014 • Chamber Ensemble performance Dufferin Ave., William Buschert presents 11 Feb. 7, 2014 Jan. 30, 2014 • Managing Difficult Conversations, Jan. Dec. 4 at 7:30 pm in Quance Theatre, The Ethics of Biotechnological Human 30, 2014 Education Building Enhancement 12 Feb. 28, 2014 Feb. 20, 2014 ON CAMPUS NEWS November 22, 2013 11 World Food Day Calling attention to the waste of food in Canada
On Oct. 16, the U of S marked other tools that were visually World Food Day with a display illustrated in the World Food designed to draw attention Day display. In one example not only to issues of hunger of the information provided, but also to information to help Wood pointed out that the best consumers control food wastage. before date does not mean the World Food Day, estab- food is unsafe and should be lished in 1979 by the Food and thrown away. “Unfortunately, Agriculture Organization of the consumers incorrectly think the United Nations, is an opportu- food is unsafe and dump tons of nity for citizens to come together food every year,” he said. to strengthen national and inter- Best before dates on shelf- national efforts against hunger, stable foods are often just a malnutrition and poverty, said manufacturer’s estimate of Grant Wood, a professor of plant when the product will no longer sciences in the College of Agri- be at “peak quality,” he said. culture and Bioresources. It is “The Canadian Food Inspec- also a chance to draw attention tion Agency website says you to achievements in food security can buy and eat foods after the and agricultural development. ‘best before’ date has passed, Working with the univer- however, when this date has sity’s Office of Sustainability, passed, the food may lose some Wood co-ordinated a display of its freshness and flavour, or in the Agriculture Building Professor Grant Wood, left, from the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, SUBMITTED its texture may have changed. that highlighted food wastage and Manuel Chavez Ortiz from the Office of Sustainability. Understanding what best in Canada. He said Statistics before means will certainly Canada figures show that in retail and consumer levels was food wastage in the same city,” Knowledge of food storage help consumers make informed 2009, the annual per capita about 172 kg. “It’s a sad paradox said Wood, who teaches a course requirements, buying habits, decisions about what to keep and wastage of edible food at the that we have food insecurity and in urban food production. preferences and recipes are what to throw away.”
movie set in Africa, he imme- cally speaking, she made a very diately saw through the film bad mistake.” Herbarium a research resource maker’s ruse as he recognized Back at the office, the resur- the flora of California. Likewise, rection plant has already begun sive catalog of plants in Saskatch- publication in December. The in the movie Jurassic Park, a to unfurl its fronds. Cota-San- From Page 7 ewan intended to replace a books are available at the U of S character holds up a plant and chez plucks it from its jar of “We get a lot of requests similar work on Alberta flora Bookstore. declares it to be one of the first water to return it to dormancy, from different Canadian and that students must now use. It’s On the walk back to his land plants. its lesson conveyed: plants, United States herbaria for a mammoth task, so the team office, Cota-Sanchez confessed “It was actually a begonia,” with their infinite variety specimens,” Cota-Sanchez said. has split the project into four to being a bit of a “plant geek,” Cota-Sanchez said – a fairly and tenacity, are miraculous “We trade or lend specimens for sections of a single book, each which has interesting side recent species from an evolu- creatures that sustain and make scientific research.” published separately. So far, benefits. When watching a tionary standpoint. “Botani- possible life on Earth. Cota-Sanchez and his three are done: ferns and fern colleagues also have their own allies, lilies and orchids, and the project, using the herbarium as genus Carex (sedges). The final reference to create a comprehen- one, on grasses, is scheduled for reach out & learn Centre for Continuing & Distance Education CAMP S INCIDENTS University of Saskatchewan Language Centre Partner with US. Report all information about incidents to Protective Services at 306-966-5555
Nov. 4-11 Seeing where they are in comparison to their English Criminal Offenses: speaking peers is incredibly motivating for the ESL • Two thefts of personal belongings from insecure lockers in the men’s students, yet they still have the academic support to change room at the PAC. The theft of personal belongings from insecure make success a reality. lockers at the PAC is continuous. Users are highly encouraged to ensure their personal belongings are properly secured. Lisa Krol • Two youths were observed damaging the parking gate in Lot 1. ESL Instructor University of Saskatchewan Language Centre Summary Office Tickets: • Traffic Offences: 12 • Alcohol-related Offences: 1 • Medical Assistance: 4 • Traffic Accidents: 1
Nov. 12-18 Collaboration between the Language Centre and the College of Arts and Science Criminal Offenses: • Two thefts of personal belongings from insecure lockers in Men’s change has created a bridging program where international ESL students can earn room at the PAC. Users are highly encouraged to ensure their personal university credit as they test their English skills in an academic environment. belongings are properly secured. Summary Office Tickets: We provide • Traffic Offences: 11 • academic preparation, English language and intercultural education to international students, • Alcohol-related Offences: 2 • development and delivery of distance learning and off-campus degree and certificate programs, and • Medical Assistance: 1 • professional development and training to campus staff, groups and units.
Traffic Accidents: 2. Drivers are reminded to reduce speed during the winter months to avoid unnecessary collisions. ccde.usask.ca 12 November 22, 2013
Room This year’s back-page feature explores the view of campus from various office windows, and the people who enjoy them. Do you with a View have an interesting view? Let us know at [email protected]
KRIS FOSTER Behind the tinted glass
As you’re walking through the Bowl, don’t succumb to the temptation to check your hair in the tinted windows of the Geology Building because someone just might be watching from the other side.
Primping is just one of the sights Chantal Strachan- Crossman and Michelle Howe enjoy through the windows of the main office of the Department of Geological Sciences. “It’s always entertaining to see people fixing their hair or making faces in the glass,” said Howe, the department’s finance administrator. “People don’t realize we can see them.”
“What don’t we see?” responded Strachan-Crossman, graduate secretary for geological sciences, when asked what’s on view out the window. “We’ve got front-row seats for just about everything that goes on in the Bowl—frisbee, football, the powwow, people skating in the winter and kids lining up to go into the Natural Sciences Museum.”
They agree that the oddest sight they’ve seen recently is what they call the slow-moving people, a group they think might be associated with the drama program who progress across the Bowl at an intentional glacial pace. According to Strachan- Geology Crossman, “it takes them about half an hour just to make it past our windows.”