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The Calgary April 2013 Journal FREE The Calgary APRIL 2013 JOURNAL FREE NO TIME TO GRIEVE ALPOCALYPSE OLYMPIAN GOLD Alberta does not Brace yourselves — Special Olympics has require employers to Weird Al Yankovic is noticeably positive effect offer bereavement leave coming to Calgary for many competitors PAGE 4 PAGE 26 PAGE 30 THIS ISSUE APRIL 2013 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF PRINT Special Rachael Frey Olympics bowling EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ONLINE siblings Devon Jolie Page 30 STORY DEVELOPMENT & BOOKS EDITOR/COPY CHIEF Karry Taylor PHOTO & GRAPHICS EDITORS James Wilt Arthritis and Roxana Secara yoga LAYOUT & DESIGN EDITOR Page 9 Jordan Simpson OUR CITY & POLITICS EDITOR Connor Bell OUR CITY & Anya CALGARY VOICES EDITOR Ayoung Tanis Brown HEALTHY LIVING & Chee TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Page 24 Todd Colin Vaughan Left photo by Lisa Hallet/CJ FAMILY LIFE & Middle photo courtesy of Barbara Nitke/Lifetime networks OUR MONEY EDITOR Right photo by Ian Epslen/CJ Christie Herchak THINGS TO DO, ENVIRONMENT & LIVING IN STYLE EDITOR Fashion spotlight Rachel Kane OUR CITY ENVIRONMENT Page 24 | Q & A with Project Runway winner about her jour- CALGARY ARTS EDITOR Bereavement Leave Climate change futures ney to success Conor Mahoney Page 4 | Why Alberta is the only Page 16 | David Suzuki and Jeff province without mandated Rubin talk about the connection SPORTS EDITOR time-off between economy and environ- C ALGARY ARTS Alyssa Fischer ment Infant Memorialization SUPERVISING EDITORS Page 5 | Our city’s resources for Chron Goblin Page The cost of going green Page 26 | Calgary’s Goblins head Shauna Snow-Capparelli those grieving after a miscar- Page 17 | Will LED streetlights to the U.K. Sally Haney riage light the future of Calgary by Sean Holman night? Q & A Page Meaningful Ink Page 27 | A Conversation with PRODUCTION & Page 6 | Why tattoos can be more ADVERTISING Weird Al Yankovic than just body art FA MILY LIFE Brad Simm SPORTS ph: 403-440-6946 HEA LTHY LIVING Beauty: In all forms Page 18 | A family’s journey On the mats Earl Grey, hot Page 28 | High school wrestler Page 11 | The Calgary Journal fights through loss of father provides you with the facts on THINGS TO DO the health benefits of many dif- Gold medal champion As the winner of the ferent teas Turn clutter into cash Page 29 | National bobsleigh 2010 Pacemaker award for Page 21 | How to effectively sell athlete represents her city North American newspaper excellence from the Associated your unwanted extras online Collegiate Press, the Calgary C ALGARY VOICES Journal reports on the people, Escape to the country issues and events that shape our A Musical Connection Page 22 | Small-town museums: city. It is produced by journalism Page 12 | Cameron Perrier’s love why they’re worth the drive students at Mount Royal University. letter to his violin Contact the Journal: Cold hands LIVING IN STYLE [email protected] Page 13 | How one reporter is 403-440-6991 dealing with a rare-diagnosis Shoe crazy Page 23 | Calgary collector Waiver Wings estimates sneaker collection at This month’s cover: Page 14 | Tanis Brown dares to $30,000 Photo by Karry Taylor beat the heat Label by Jordan Simpson 2 APR C 2013ALGARY JOURNAL.CA OUR CITY YoUNG GUN Ahead of his time 16-year-old conducts stem cell research in U of C lab KARRY TAYLOR [email protected] e doesn’t have his driver’s license yet and isn’t old enough to vote, but 16-year-old Sarthak Sinha has spent the past two years doing research in Jeff Biernaskie’s experimen- Htal medicine and stem cell biology lab at the Uni- versity of Calgary. Sinha, currently a Grade 11 student at Henry Wise Wood Senior High School, says he became intrigued with the idea of scientific research after leaning about the Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Chal- lenge — a program designed to introduce high school students to possible careers in science. He was in Grade 9 at the time. “The requirement was to design a research ques- tion and write a research proposal about some- thing that you have been curious about,” Sinha says. “I thought to myself ‘Research question? I don’t even have high school biology started yet.’” Undeterred, Sinha put together a proposal about stem cells and HIV and contacted a number of re- searchers at the University of Calgary. Most didn’t return his phone messages or emails. But Sinha caught the attention of Biernaskie, an assistant professor with the faculty of veterinary medicine. Sarthak Sinha’s research in the field of neuroscience has encouraged him to volunteer with Biernaskie told Sinha — then 14 years old — that the Calgary chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. PHOTO BY KARRY TAYLOR/CALGARY JOURNAL although his lab didn’t work with HIV, he would help him find an alternative project to work on. Sinha took full advantage of the opportunity and only do students benefit, but scientists can as well. studying alongside undergraduates — one of only has successfully taken on increasingly complex du- “Until I started training Sarthak, I never realized two high school students accepted into the course. ties in the lab over the past two years. how curious high school students are,” Kumar says. Born in India, Sinha moved to Calgary with his “The questions scientists ask are very complex. The family six years ago. He says his family has been A ‘QUICK LEARNER,’ SAYS MENTOR ones he asked were very simple — and sometimes very encouraging of his academic and research Sinha works closely with Ranjan Kumar, a PhD can- we had never thought from that angle.” endeavours — whether it has been offering moral didate in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, support or practical support, such as ensuring he who has played the role of both supervisor and OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY, TRAVEL has a ride to the lab. mentor to Sinha. Kumar says that while he initially Sinha’s work has given him the opportunity to Monty Slim, the former principal of Henry Wise thought that Sinha was “very young” to be involved compete in national and international science fairs. Wood, says that Sinha is “an amazing young man.” in the type of research undertaken in Biernaskie’s Presenting a project about nerve re-myelination In addition to maintaining a high academic stand- lab, those concerns quickly vanished. that was based on his lab work, Sinha won a silver ing, Sinha is involved in other activities at Henry “When I heard that there would be a high school medal at the 2011 Canada-Wide Science fair. The Wise Wood, including the debate team and serving student working in the lab, I wondered what he event’s 500 student finalists must qualify from ap- as member of the Principal’s Advisory Committee. would be able to do,” says Kumar, who was assigned proximately 25,000 competitors who take part in He also represents Henry Wise Wood students as the task of instructing the young student in basic 100 regional science fairs throughout Canada. a member of the Chief Superintendent’s Student laboratory techniques His second-place showing earned him a trip to Advisory Council — a leadership program where Although Sinha had no prior lab experience, his Pittsburgh and a spot on Team Canada for the 2012 student representatives from other Calgary high enthusiasm and curiosity quickly won over Kumar. Intel International Science and Engineering Fair — schools meet once a month with Calgary Board of “He was really quite curious and wanted to know the largest international science competition of its Education chief superintendent Naomi Johnson. the science behind everything that we do. He asked kind. At this event, he received a third place prize in “Sarthak is there to contribute, and I know that his a lot of questions,” Kumar says. “He is very smart and the medicine and health sciences category. opinions are highly valued,” Slim says. picked up things very fast.” In the summer of 2012, Sinha received an “I am not sure where he finds time to sleep,” Slim Kumar says encouraging young students to bec- acceptance to take a biology course at the Universi- says. “He has already accomplished more in his life- me involved in science early is important — not ty of Pennsylvania. He spent six weeks at the school time so far, maybe, than I have.” C ALGARYJOURNAL.CA APR 2013 3 OUR CITY NO TIME TO GRIEVE When mourning dawns secretary-treasurer Nancy Furlong says such Alberta only province in leave is a completely reasonable thing to put into Canada without mandated employment standards. “People who have lost loved ones have “It is very important bereavement leave challenges in being able to attend to work in the immediate aftermath and so they should have a that Alberta and sub-standard that employers should apply.” PAULINA LIWSKI But not everyone feels that way. Brett Watson, employers provide [email protected] the manager of South Calgary Funeral Services eath is a natural and sometimes says, “Most companies offer bereavement leave and some type of healing unexpected part of life. it doesn’t really make a difference if it’s legislated But a review conducted by the Calgary or not.” space for anyone Journal has found Alberta is the only Cloutier, from McInnis and Holloway is of a who is going through province that doesn’t give employees similar view, since most people are able to take Dthe legal right to have time to grieve and make time off from work. a major health funeral arrangements. As for the government, Alberta Human Services In other provinces, bereavement leave — which public affairs officer Jay Fisher confirmed there are concern like grief.” can be paid or unpaid —­­ can be offered for up no plans to change the situation.
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