Fiscal Restraint Leads to Budget Cuts

~~ Fiscal restraint leads to budget cuts By GAVIN WILSON As well, expectations of additional access clouded financial picture that is be- funding to boost enrolment at UBC -at both the ing compared to the restraint era of undergraduate and graduate level -were dashed the 1980s has led to campus-wide when the provincial government retracted its A cuts in the 1992/93 budget. commitment to increase the number of funded More than $4.1 million has been trimmed student places, said Strangway. from the recumng budgets of university depart- The last increase in access funding came in ments, offices and faculties - an averageof 1.6 April, allowing an additional 200 undergraduate per cent. and 84 graduate positions. Some areas have On top of the pro- received deeper cuts, vincialoperating including areduction ‘GF~~~an income point of view, grant, the university of more than eight per had an income of $47 million from credit cent in the operating this is the most difficult year we budget oftheFaculty have faced in several years.” course fees, $1 mil- of Agricultural Sci- lion from miscellane- ences. and ous fees, $4.8 The cuts were made to help balance the $320- million from interest and other income. million general purpose operating budget ap- More than 80 per cent of the university’s proved by the university’s Board of Governorsin expenses are fromsalaries and benefits. A further July. $6.3 million goes toward utilities, $6.4 million to “From an income point of view, this is the library acquisitions, $6.8 million to student aid, most difficult year we have faced in several and $35 million to other non-salary expenses. years,” President David Strangway told board The recently negotiated salary increases for members. “It bears a great deal of similarity to the faculty added a one-time, retroactive $1.3 mil- restraint years of the early 1980s.” lion to the fiscal year cost of 1991/92. Theaca- The university’s major source of income, the demic contingency fund was used to offset this provincial government’s annual operating grant, expense and balance the budget. was up two per cent this year, for a total of $267 Salary settlements for most university em- million. ployees in have199 1/92 now been reached, with But this follows a year in which inflation the exception of teaching assistants belonging to topmpercent, Strangway said. The univer- the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local sity also faces many costincreases which are 2278 and day care workers. fixed, imposed by regulation, or stem from ap- For 1992/93, salary adjustments arealso out-

proved agreements. ’ standing for management and professional staff, Theseincreases are not recognized in the non-union technical staff and excluded staff. provincial government’s operating grant and must The entire budget narrative will be published be absorbed this fiscal year, he said. and distributed this fall.

photo by Charles KeI Task force poised to Native carverKen McNeildancesunder ule watchfuleyesof a totem pole he helped createfor the First Nations Longhouse, a project fundedby UBC’s WorId of Opportunity campaign. tackle global gridlock N&be artists celebrated By CHARLES KER TaskForce on Non-Motorized Transport, Feet first, pedal next, motor maybe. Pendakur isn’t big on bumpers. Still, that doesn’t as Longhouse posts unveiled ‘That would make a good bumper sticker,” stop him from thinking up catchy phrases for the An enthusiastic audience of close to 100 chanting by FirstNations graduate Ron Setty Pendakur’s guest blurts out. Not surpris- two primary alternatives to cars - cycling and Native students, elders,architects, administra- Hamilton. ingly, the suggestion draws no response. walking. tors andfaculty applauded the unveiling of four Thetwo-hour ceremony, convened As recently appointed chair of the Global “People have an emotional love affair with carved house posts at UBC’s First Nations on the construction site of the magnifi- their motor vehicles in this country and the di- Longhouse last month. cent 106-metre-long structure, paid trib- vorce isn’t going to come easy,” he said. Two,19-metre red cedar roof beams, ute to the artists who shaped the giant Pendakur, who has taught transportation is- carved in the shape of a sea lion and killer cedar posts and beams which will frame sues in UBC’s School of Community and Re- whale by Haida artist Don Yeomans, were the Great Hall of the Longhouse. gional Planning for 26 years, hopes the 29-mem- Inside also hoisted into placeamidst ceremonial See CEDAR on Page 2 ber task force helps hasten the divorce. The world’s cities, he says, runningare out of room to OLYMPICGOLD: UBC Olympians participating in the Barcelona games move and clean air to breath largely because of an followed in the footsteps 35of former overabundance of moving metal on roads. Computer porn ordered UBC students in bringing home Ob The task force will seek to change people’s ympic medals in rowing. Page2. attitudes towards daily travel by highlighting how other countries have successfully tackled HELPING HAND: More than2,000 in- deleted from UBC computers ternational studentsfrom close to 90 their inner-city traffic problems. countries were enrolled at UBCLast Some examples: UBCPresident David Strangway has in- access to, create, or storesuch pornographic year.Staff at International House, - In January, Amsterdam citizens voted by structed University Computing Services (UCS) material on university computingequipment, along with 400 volunteers, are ready referendum to prohibit cars from coming into the to delete all pornographic material from the UCS noting that some of thematerial sent to his office to greet the newest batchof arrivals. central business district without a special pass. Aroand & About, page 3. computer files. was not found in UCS computer files. - Singapore drivers, who currently shell out “Several colleagues have written to me Bernard Sheehan,associate vice-president, SAY WHAT? :Misleading metaphors, $100 a month for theprivilege of driving down- regarding the availability of pornographic Information and Computing Systems, is in the hflwed language, weasel wordsand town, may soon have to pay by the kilometre material on UBCNet. I wish to assure you process of establishing a task force to examine gobbledygook are some of the tools under a new concept known as electronic road used by public speakerswho abuse that neither I nor the university condone the appropriate uses of information technology at English with doublespeak. English pricing. suchvulgar and reprehensible “news” UBC and make recommendations. Professor Philip Allingham uncow - In Bangalore, India (twice the size of metro- itemson computer network bulletin “Dr. Sheehan has been workingon this issue with em the worst. Forum, page8. politan Vancouver), 25 per cent of trips are by boards,” he said. the UCSstaff for several weeks and has been collect- bicycle, while an equal percentage of Finns in Strangway has asked all UBC units to ensure ing background informationfrom other institutions See TODAY’S on Page 2 that university property is not being used to gain worldwide,” Strangway said. Hi-tech brings life to limbs By GAVIN WILSON picking up a telephone, flicking Negotiations ‘a disaster’ ona light switch, and turning the page of a bookare daily acts that most of us take for granted. Butfor people The Editor: who have lost the use of their arms, I object to the self-congratulatory toneof the statementsby the Faculty they are impossible tasks. Association President in theJuly 16 UBC Reports concerning the recent UBCresemhers Douglas Romilly faculty salary settlement for1991-1992. In fact the FacultyAssociation’s and Cecil Hershlerare developing an policy in negotiating that settlement was a disaster. The Universityus made orthoticdevice to help replacethe an acceptable offer in 1991, but the Association, as always, wantedmore, power and movement in the arms of regardless of the circumstances.As a resultof the subsequent delaywe have these people. been denied our rightful salary increase an for entire year, have lost all the Among those who could benefit interest that couldhave been earned fromit, and have finally been awarded are those suffering frompo-lio, spinal it in a year when a new income tax surtax is beingimposed. Furthermore, cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, mus- when an agreement was finally reached,the time for a 1992-93 increase was culardystrophy, strokes, and upon us, with the University facingnew fiscal restraints. The impact of a amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS, or zero increase for 92-93 was muffled by its being coupled with the long- Lou Gehrig’s Disease). delayed increase for the previousyear. If the Association had negotiatedin “There is a whole class of people a realistic andtimely fashion in 1991 that decision would have been long who have lost mobility and muscle behind us, and we could have faced thenew situation in its own terms. In function in their limbs but they can effect, the Associationplayed into the administration’shands. still feeltextureandtemperature,”said Daniel L. Overmyer Romilly, an assistant professorin the Asian Studies Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. “We’re tryingto build adevice that would give them back their mobility.” Romilly and Hershler, a clinical associate professor in the School of RehabilitationMedicine, are in the UBC athletes strike early stages of a three-year project to develop prototypes for an improved orthotic device. Many of the existing orthotics are gold at Olympics photo by Martin Dee very sophisticated, but suffer from a Graduate student Carolyn Anglin tests orthotic device. number of problems: they are too heavy, too complicated touse, and so has involvedan evaluation of an exist- being less expensive and is easier to expensive that few can afford them ingstate-of-the-art orthotic device, put on andremove than many other (unlike prostheses, orthotics are not made by theHugh MacMillan Reha- models, Romilly saidits limitations covered by the B.C. medical plan). bilitationCentre in Toronto.arefast becoming evident. The root of these problems, said Thedevice comprises a series of “Itdoesn’t allow the user to make Romilly. is that these orthotic designs aluminum braces that strap onto the two movements at once. It can’t, for try to fully mimic human movement, arm, mounted across the chest with a example, allow you to reach for and and this has proven to be too complex.pivot point under one arm to take the grab a cup at the same time - that’s Romilly and Hershlerare taking a weight. movements,”separate two he said. differentapproach. They surveyed It is poweredby a pair of battery- “We’re using it as a learning toolto people who have lost muscle function operated motors, which are operated create thenext generation of devices.” in their arms and asked them which by two electrodes placed above the The researchers plan to build five tasks they would like helpin perform- eyebrows of the user. Movement of prototypes of their new design, send- ing. the user’s foreheadmuscles turns the ing one back to the MacMillan lab. “It may notbe as important to fully motors on andoff. The orthotic allows The otherfour will be clinically evalu- mimic human movement as it is to users to rotate their forearm, reach out,ated on patients. providea certain function,” said and grasp objects with a thumb and Romilly andHershler’s work is Romilly. two fingers. funded in part by a $190,000 grant Most of the research projectto date Although it has the advantage of fromthe provincial Ministry of Health. Today’s focus on cars, not people Continued Rom Page 1 Helsinki cycle downtown to work in the dead of winter. Meanwhile, Pendakur points out that the City of Vancouver recently balkedat a suggestionit levy aparking tax which amounted to about $2 a month. “Governments have to take thelead and ask questions of the engineers and economists because right now envi- ronmentalcosts andbenefits arebeing left outof the whole spectrumof analy- sisand professional practice,” said Pendakur. Cedar posts, beams ‘Transportation priorities today re- volve around moving cars, not people.” Organizedby the 70-year-old depict kcestral figures students atop the contribu- Transportation Research Board and continued from Page 1 Harris’ tion. the U.S. National Academy of Sci- ArtistsSusan Point (Coast ences, the three-year task force will Salish), Lyle Wilson (Haisla), Ken Amongthose in attendance Bangkok’s traf& jams test the patience of the most stalwart motorist. werephilanthropists Jack Bell seek to get environmental traffic con- McNeil (Tahltan/Tlingit/Nisga’a) siderations onthe agendasof planners andStan Bevan (Tahltan/Tlingit/ and Bill Bellman, each of whom don’t have to reinvent the wheel but tional lending and aid agencies, five andeconomistsby holding yearlycon- Tsimshian) and Chief WalterHams contributed $1 milliontowards learn from the experience of others,” from developing countries (India,Ni- and his son Rodney (Gitksan) de- theproject andDouglas ferencesand special seminars. The geria,Indonesia, Thailand, Hong said Pendakur, who added that Canada scribedtheir creations after each McArthur, B.C.’s deputy minis- task force won’tbe doing researchof Kong), eight academics and profes- is 20 years behind countries in North- wasunveiled: a stylized owl for ter of aboriginal affairs. its own, but rather getting experts from sionals fromthe U.S. and 1 1 members ern Europein terms of accommodat- Point’s post; eagle and beaver fig- The $4.9-million longhouse will around the world together to talkabout fromCanada, Australia, Germany, ing cyclists in urban plans. uresfor Wilson’s; the raven for be a centre for the university’s First their innovations. The task forcemembership will France,Japan, the U.K., Norway, “In trying to retrofitNorth Ameri- McNeil and Bevan’s carving; and a Nationsstudents, staff and faculty consist of five people from interna- Sweden and the Netherlands. when it opens at the endof the year. can cities for bicyclesor walking we wolf with three figures representing UBC REPORTS August 13,1992 3 Universitv cuts ties to exclusive men’s club J By CONNIE FILLETTI members. actively lobbying the club‘s executive served to limit the advancement of Currently, there are 24 UBC fac- UBC will no longer cover expenses “This is not acceptable today, if it to admit women. Recently,he attempted women,” Birch’s letter of resignation ulty, staff and emeriti who are mem- incurred by university personnel at ever was, as women take their full to nominate two prominent women for stated. bers of the Vancouver Club. It will be clubs that bar women from member- and rightful place in all parts of .our membership without success. He said he remained a member in left up to individuals to decide if they ship, sayshesident David Strangway. society, whether business, law or ac- Birch, who became a club mem- order to vote to admit women, think- retain personal memberships in the Previously, it waspossible for fac- counting firms,” Strangway said in ber through an amalgamation of the ing that such a decision was not only club, Strangway said. ulty and staff to be reimbursed for his letter of resignation to club presi- Vancouver Club and the University “inevitable,but would be accom- Other prominent Vancouver Club work-related entertainment costs. dent Gerald McGavin. Club of Vancouver in 1972, has not plished in short order.” members to resign in recent months The policy accompanied the resig- “It is with great regret that I take patronized the club since 1974. Birch and Strangwayresigned fol- include Bill Saywell, president of nations, in July, of both Strangway this step,” he added. “I had hoped that “It became clear to me that all-male lowing a decision by the club’s execu- Simon Fraser University, Haig Farris, and Dan Birch, vice-president Aca- the necessary changes in the Vancou- clubs patronized by the men in busi- tive boardto reject the nomination of directoroftheScienceCounci1ofB.C.. demic and provost, from the prestig- ver Club would be initiated, but I see ness and community leadership posi- women, despite advice that their mem- Erich Vogt, director of TRIUMF and ious Vancouver Club. no sign that this is happening.” tions were among the mechanisms in bership wasnot prevented by the Peter Lusztig, former dean of UBC’s The club does not admit female As a member,Sttangway had been our society which, withoutillintent, club’s constitution or bylaws. Faculty of Commerce.

High school 111 health downs physics giant redwood tree Olympians It’s time to say goodbye to an old rate of decline can oniy increase friend. and deathis imminent,” Hanson The sequoiadendrongiganteum, said. win bronze the 17-metreCaliforniaRedwoodtree “The tree will become a hazard that has stood tall outside the Main and must comedown before it Two high school students coached Library since the first days of UBC, is comes down on its own, during a by Christopher Waltham, an assistant in failing health. windstorm this fall, for example.” professor in the Dept. of Physics, won Effortsby university horti- The CaliforniaRedwood, which bronze medals at the 23rd annual In- culturalists to revitalize it have been towered overthe university’s Lights ternational Physics Olympiads held unsuccessful and the tree is sched- of Learning ceremony for the past recently in Helsinki, Finland. uled to come down during the last two years, couldstill remain part of PaulTupper, of Vancouver, placed week of August. UBC’s tradition. Hanson said the 39th overall out of 177 students from “A report prepared by a profes- university is investigating the pos- 37 countries who were eniered in the sional arborist suggests the tree’s en- sibility of incorporating its wood competition.Patrick Premont, of ergy bank is nearly exhausted,” said in the new library building. Valleyfield, Que., came in 54th place. Mike Hanson, grounds trades super- Hansonsaid the university is Both earned bronze medals. visor with the Dept. of Plant Opera- exploring the possibility of plant- AdrianDunnofNorthHatley,Que., tions. ing a new sequoiadendron in the earned an honorable mention for his Hansonsaid the tree isfailing same vicinity. 70th-place showing. rapidly with only small amounts of Kresco Pavlovic, head gardener The Canadian team at the Chemis- viable leaf and aconsiderable amount at UBC, said if that is the case, the try Olympiad in Pittsburgh and Wash- of disease within the crown. This gardening crew will do its best to ington, D.C., also did well, but failed year’s drought likely had an impact ensure that the newly planted tree as well, he added. has every opportunity to grow and to win any medals. They werecoached ,~ .”” ~~~ ~... by Gordon Bates, an associate profes- The giant redwood seen in healthier days sportingthe Lights “The reportindicates the tree’s flourish. sor in the Dept. of Chemistry. of Learning, an annual Christmas event.

Welcoming hand extended to international students

By RON BURKE terprisefromtheirvariedbackgrounds tional students at UBC, the centre friendship and support. Last year, students or members of the com- At the University of B.C.’s In- and different perspectives. keeps a library of information about close to 100 Canadian students were munity. ternational House, five staff and International House plays a role in educational, work and volunteer op- exposed to international cultures and DianeLarsson, a UBC social more than 400 volunteers from on- this commitment by welcoming andportunities around the world,as a friendships through peers. workstudent and assistant co- and off-campus are quietly busy, supportingincoming international resource for all UBC students.Thelanguage services program ordinator of the 1992 summer re- offeringsupport and encourage- Communitystudents. volunteers - some offers English-as-a-Second-Lan- ception program, says that when ment to UBC students from other From humble beginnings in 1953, of whom have been associated with guage classes to both studentsand she started, she was amazed at the countries. House International who their spouses, may feel amount of time volunteers were “Our main purposepresent is to assistits opened isolated due to lack of Eng- willing to put in. international studentsto achieve home in 1959, follow- “We’re able to provide a safe environment lish skills. This also hasa “But now 1understand how much their academic ambitions at UBC,” ing a traditional UBC where international students can interact with social value, as the classes people get from volunteering here, says Shirin Theophilus, one of two tenure in an army hut. each other and with Canadians, and grow.” bring together families of whatagreatlearningexperienceitis student advisorsat International Construction fundsstudents. for them, “ she says. House. “We also promote good- were raised primarily is A translation service “Mostly,”adds Theophilus, will betweenthese students and by the Rotary Club of Vancouver and the centrefor more than a decade - offered by the language bank pro- “we’re providing the skills. resources Canadians.” the Vancouver-South (thenMarpole) are a key ingredient in International gram. People drop off material to be and environment to enable interna- During the 1991-92 academic Rotary Club, along with otheron- House’s array of programs. During translated into various languages by tional students to adapt to the UBC year, there were 2,077 international and off-campus groups. Both Rotary the spring, volunteers write personal- international students, who do so as a environment. We’re not trying to students from more than 90 coun- clubsare still active on the centre’s ized letters to all incoming interna- volunteer servicefor the university change them, just help them make a tries at UBC. board of directors. tional students. In the summer, vol- community. smooth transition to UBC, so as to In Second to None, UBC’s mis- UBCis the only university in unteers greet students at the Vancou- And there are social and recrea- supporttheir academicachieve- sion statement, PresidentDavid Canada, as far as Theophilus knows, ver airport and assist them with the tional programs to help international ment.” Strangway clearly outlines the uni- that hasa facility specifically de- search for housing. students have a well-rounded experi- ““ versity’s commitment to interna- voted to international students. The centre also offers year-round ence at UBC. Members are encour- tionalizing both UBC and the edu- “It’s wonderful that we’re able to services to supportand encourage aged to participate in fitness classes, Do you know of on unsung hero cational experience of its students, provide a safeenvironment where students.Canadian students are hiking and biking expeditions, group -faculty stafl student or member stating: international students not international students caninteract matched with internationals in the outings to local attractions and vari- ofrhe cornmuniry - at UBC? Ifso. only-benefit from what the univer- with each other and with Canadians, peer program, a buddy system de- ous social get-togethers. drop a note to The Editor, UBC sity has to offer, but make a major and grow,” she says. signedto encourage cultural ex- All of these programs are staffed Reports, Community Relutions Of- contribution to the educational en- In addition to supporting interna- changes and appreciation, along with by volunteers, whether faculty,staff, fice. Zone 2. I FRIDAY. AUGUST 28 C Drug Research Study CALENDAR DEADIJNES Male and female volunteers required for Biotechnology Lab Seminar Genital Herpes Treatment Study. Spon- For eventsin the period September 6 to September19, notices must be submittedby UBC faculty or staff on proper Calendar soringphysician: Dr. Stephen Sacks, Transferrin Receptor: Mechanism Of forms no later than noon on Tws&, August 25, to the ComityRelations mce, Room 207, 6328 Memorial Rd, Old Medicine/lnfectious Diseases. 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Task Force Bldg., Advance registration required.Call 822- rnAug. 22-31 from 1 ambpm. 1 Call Anthony lish language skills at the same time. Callsure study. Call Dr. J. Wrightin Medicine 2352Health Sciences Mall. Call 822- 4319. Chung at 266-4155. 222-5206. at 822-7134. 281 32582. Boiler efficiency key to pulp mill profitability By ABE HEFTER paper industry, with significant ben- “We will now factor in other ele- An internationalresearch effort efits for British Columbia. ments, like combustion, in order to spearheaded by the Dept. of Mechani- Investigatorsfrom Canada, the understand the complete process. Air cal Engineering could result multi- in United States, Finland, and Sweden flow is one crucial piece of the puz- million-dollar savings for the pulp and - led by department Head Martha zle.” Salcudeanand Professor Ian The $2-million project, which runs Gartshore - are looking for ways to until 1996, is being funded by the improve thedesign and operation of federal government, the U.S. Dept. of the recovery boiler, one of the vital Energy, the B.C. Science Council,the cogs in any kraftpulp and paper Natural Sciencesand Engineering mill. Research Council, and Weyerhaeuser “The recovery boiler is thekey to a Canada and the U.S. pulpmill’s productivity,” said Weyerhaeuser’scontribution in- Salcudean. “Any kraft mill that wants cludes twofully functional small scale to increase itspaper-making capacity recovery boiler models, which are lo- must overcome the limitations of its cated at UBC. boiler.” “These models enable us to visu- Salcudeansaid an increase in a alizethe entire flow,” said boiler’s efficiency and productivity of Salcudean. only a few percentage points would Last month, senior represents- UBC Engineering Professor Martha Salclrdean meets with senior result in huge savings for pulp and tives ofweyerhaeuser were on cam- representatives of Weyerhaeuser Paper Company (from hft) George paper mills. pus to meet withSalcudean and Weyerhaeuser Jr., David McZnnes and James Ferris. “We have already developed the Gartshore, along withUBC Presi- computer technology to simulate a dent DavidStrangway, othermem- opments inthe project. has led to a level of success that has boiler’s air flow and calculatethe bers of the universityadministra- “Thevisit is representative of drawnthe interest of pulp and paper amount of air necessary for effective tion, and Applied Science DeanAxel Weyerhaeuser’stremendous sup- mills and boiler makers from around operation,” she said. Meisen,to discuss the latest devel- port,” said Salcudean. “The support the world.” The University of British Columbia Development Office Telephone 6253 NW Marine Drive 604 822.8900 Vancouver, Conada Facsimile V6T 2A7 604 822.81 51 Opportunity

U B C CampaignThe UBC News AUGUST 1992 Another campaign landmark

World of Opportunity Campaign Chairman Bob Wyman announced that $220- million has been raised to date, at a major dinner to recognize Campaign donors, Chancellor’s Circle patrons and Wesbrook Society members, May 30. “Our Campaign has registered another record year thanks to men and women like you who have invested in UBC,” Wyman told the donors. The ‘Supporting Scholar- ship’ tribute dinner, held in the War Memorial Gym, celebrated the academic endowments, chairs, centres, professorships and scholarships created with funding from the Campaign. The gym was converted into a Great Hall, complete with a stained glass window constructed by the UBC Theatre Department, and life-sized portraits of UBC’s former chancellors and presidents. Broadcast journalist Joe World of Opportunity Campaign Honorary Chairman Sir Cecil Green digs in at a sod turning for western Canada’s first residental graduate college. Green College, named for UBC’s great benefactor and friend, will attract Schlesinger,graduate former diplomat students from a variety of scholarly disciplines. Joining Sir Cecil in the sod turning(I to r) arePresident David Ivan Head and geneticist Patricia Strangway, Premier Mike Harcourt, and Philip Graham. Baird were the special guest speakers who shared insights gained through the benefit of their many experiences. Wyman and UBC President David Lam Centre opens David Strangway acknowledged several donors among those in attendance who made recent UBChas officially opened the ‘We are very fomto Other major donors are contributions to UBC: first building to be constructed with have such good friends as the Edgar F. Kaiser Jr., L.O.M. . Tong Louie for funding the funds from the World of Opportu- Honourable David Lam and Western Securities and Peter M. Tong Louie Chair in nity Campaign -- the $8.2-million Dorothy Lam, whose generosity and Brown, the Real Estate Founda- Pharmacy Administration; David Lam Management Research vision were the impetus for this tion of B.C., Royal Trust Ltd., . the St. Paul’s Hospital Centre. building. The good will they have MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Lily Foundation for establishing The new building, located at bestowed on this university has and Robert H. Lee, Chevron Canada’s fist Chair in Main Mall and Agricultural Road, been unsparing,” said Strangway. See First, page 4 AIDS; adjacent to the Henry Angus . Brenda and David McLean building, will house facilities of the See Campaign, page 2 Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration. 1 The Lam building is the first of nine new buildings to be constructed over the next decade with Inside ... funds from the Campaign. “This is a very special day for UBC pays tribute to the University of British Columbia,” Hong Kong donors President David Strangway told dignitaries at the building’s opening Graduating classes leave ceremony. “I’m sure we’ll look legacy through Class Act back on this day and say, ‘this is program where it all began.”’ The building was made Japanese Prince and possible by a $1-million donation Princess turn sod for from the David and Dorothy Lam Nitobe Garden Renova- Foundation and other contributions, tion Cutting the ribbon at the David Lam Management Research Centre opening including matching funds from the are (I.~ tor) Commerce Dean MichaelGoldberg, Mrs. DorothyLam, Lieutenant provincial government. GovernorDavid Lam and Advanced €ducat& Minister Tom Perry. Page 2 The UBC Campaign News

Major Donorsto the World of Opportunity UBC welcomes Hong Kong ’92 Campaign As of May 30, 1992

TneUnivemlyofBriBhCdudkpleasedto In October, Canada will play host to recognuetheMlowingdonxstoLbeWolMc4 Festival Hong Kong ’92 -- an exchange of Oppoctuwcampajgn. culture, education and business through a Recognibm is abgratefultf extendsd to the Government or British CdUmMa which has series of events in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, expressed its commitment to higher &talion by Ottawa and Vancouver. rnatchinggntstothecamPargn,ardtolhe v~Foundationlormatdnggltstothe The theme of the event is ‘Bridge across presjdenrs FUM Oppoctunity ~ndomnent the Pacific’ and for UBC, the theme is particu- The tu// value of the donorgifts, plus matching contribubons,are grateMv larly appropriate. For more than 50 years, acknow/edgedbelow. UBC has bridged the Pacific through study and $10,000,000 or more research. Today, the university is recognized including matching funds as one of the principal North American centres Chan Foundatlonof Canada for Asian Studies. Call H Grew, Students of The Unprersq of Bntsh Columbi UBC will be taking part in the Festival, Peter Wall through several exhibits which will be featured $2,000,000 to $9,999,999 at the Museum of Anthropology and the Asian including matchrng funds Centre, through symposia, and through recog- Akan Alummium heed E C Lonev Fund nition of friends and donors to the World of Jack Bell The Morns and Helen Belkm Foundatm Opportunity Campaign who have their roots in William E and June Bellman Hong Kong. Estate of Hugh M Bmck Bntsh Columbla Telephone Company Hong Kong alumni and donors have C.K. Chos 8 Famlly (Eason Enterprises ud.) given their support to UBC for several World Fletcher Challenge Canada Lmtled Hongkong Bank of Canada and the Hwgkonsand of Opportunity Campaign projects, including: Shangha~Eanklng Corporatkm bmild IBM Canada Lmded‘ The David Lam Management Re- Japanese Businessmen’s Assoclabon (Komakai) Named in honour of business- Khren search Centre Walier C. Kcemer’ man, philanthropist and long-time friend of L.0 M Westem Sewnties Ltd S Peter M. BFom Hong Kong Support: (I to r) UBC Librarian Ruth Patrick, President David Strangway, Library donor Estate of GIa* E hrd UBC, The Honourable David Lam, Lieuten- Sultan Vicwood Chong and Dr. Anthony Cheng, Presidentof the Hong Kong Branchof the UBC Alumni TheHorouraMeDavldC ShdiyLam ant-Governor of B.C. (see story page 1) Association. MacMilhn Bloedel Mid The Real Estate Fowxlalion of British cdumbia Chan Centre for the PerformingArts Depamnent of W Secretaty d Slate ol Canada The Sauder Family The Centre, funded through a gift of $10 C.K. Choi Scholarships and Fellowships Studies. Mrs. Gmdon T. Sovmam Thanks to the HongkongBank’s contri- UBC Alumnl canwql (mtkluing) million from the Chan family, will provide an Hong Kong - Canada Business Association VarmuverFhndati exciting setting for public lectures, university Graduate Scholarship in Commerce bution toward a Chair for the Director for the Wohers Cwnpensabon Board w. Maurice Young perfomances and ceremonies, and interna- Hong Kong - Canada Business Association Institute of Asian Research, UBC has Anonymous appointed Dr. Mark Fruin. Anonymous tional performances. Tom and Caleb Chan, Graduate Scholarship Anonymous the sons of Dr. Chan Shun, have spearheaded The President’s Fund with donations from Education Abroad Program It is $1 .o00.000 to $1 .m.m the project. Hong Kong alumni, Mr. George Tso and UBC’s goal to ensure that five per cent of our including matching funds

Scholarships and Endowments The Mr. Senta Wong graduating students will have had the oppor- Allas Research Ihc Campaign continues to offer many opportuni- Institute of Asian Research The tunity to spend one of their years of study The Arthnt~sSonety - E C Hydm 8 Power Auifwnty ties for endowing innovative projects that institute will include regional centres to focus outside Canada. Likewise, UBC will wel- badanPaafic LmM Gnnmm Lld contribute to the advancement of knowledge on Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean come a similar number of international , Curragh ResourcesInc and society. Hong Kong alumni and friends Studies, South Asian Studies and Southeast students to study here. The Education Abroad The Harnber Foundatm Ridc HmenMan in Motion World Tour Scuety have contributed to the following projects: Asian Studies. Endowment funds for chairs Program enables outstanding graduate stu- j Estate of Elsle May Harvey lmpenal Oil Ltd. Hongkong Bank Chair in Asian Commerce and fellowships and capital funds for construc- dents and undergraduate students to integrate Asa Johal David Lam Management Research Library tion are being sought for each centre. A into the academic and social life of a foreign 1 E@% F Kaser. Jr Eugene W Klng Endowment benefactor in Hong Kong has donated a country, while fulfilling degree requirements I Tong Loule and London DNgS Hewlen - Packard (Canada) Lld * David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education generous gift which, with government match- of their home universities. Maclean Hunter Ltmded Dorothy Lam Chair in Special Education ing funds, will provide half of the million UBC alumni in Hong Kong have been J W McConnell Famlty Foundatkm $4 Brenda 8 Davbd McLean Dr. S. Wah bung Endowment Fund needed for the funding of a Centre for Chinese instrumental in initiating the Education Abroad Placer Dome Inc RHW Foundatlon ~- .. ~. ~ .”” Program. Hong Kong donors include Cathay Robert C Rodgers Pacific Airways, Mr. Simon K.Y. Lee, and the St Paul’s Hospdal Foundatlon C N Wwdward Chan Tat Chee Memorial Fund. Aronvmoa * The Library Through the Campaign, r\nonvmo~ Campaign reaches $500,000to $999,999 UBC is raising funds for New Library Centre a including matching funds which will address an urgent need for more B C Fnerds of SchlzophrenKs space to house the expanding collection. Enttsh Columba Lung Assonatlon Sultan Vicwood Chong, Chairman and E C Soclety for the Advancement d Kwean %dies $220=million mark Bank of Montreal Managing Director of the Vicwood Group in Bank of Nova Scotia Continued from page 1 Research; Estate of Wlnntred E Boyes Hong Kong, has made a generous donation to Canada Trust for the establishment of the Bob . the Chinese Canadian Dental Society of the Library. Canadlan lmpenal Bank of Commerce Hindmarch Scholarship, an Endowment B.C. for supporting the S. Wah Leung Cantor Cotporat~on - Campaign Leadership UBC’s Joan CarllSlelMllg for the University Singers, a Chair in Chair in Dentistry. Cathay Pachc Always Llmlted Campaign Leadership Committee and Advi- Chan Tat Chee Memorlal Fund Canadian Studies, the Brenda McLean When active fund raising for the World of sory Council is made up of many members in Mrs Amold 8. Clln Energy, Mlnes and Petroleum and the Mintsty of the Endowment in the Creative and Perform- Opportunity Campaign winds down at the end Hong Kong, including T.C. Ho, Vice Chair- Environment ing Arts and the David McLean Leader- of the year, UBC’s goal is to complete the Fsnnlng Ltd man and Chief Executive Officer of Hang Estate of Walter H Gage ship Award; Campaign with $252-million raised. Seng Bank Ltd.; Michael Y.L. Kan of Michael The Heart and Stroke FoundatIanof B&h Columbla lnternatlonal Development Resource Centre (IDRC) . Bill and June Bellman for making a “l’m sure that many of you are wondering Y.L. Kan Co. Ltd.; UBC alumnus William F. The Cmmemoratlve Asscclatlon for the Japan World major donation to the First Nations when this Campaign will end. Why didn’t it Exposition (1970) Spence, Executive Vice President Asia, Sunon K Y Lee Foundation Longhouse; end two years ago, when we reached our Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce; UBC The Law Foundatson 01 Brdlsh Columbia Munlcunurailsm and Cltlzenshlp Canada . the Man in Motion World Tour Society original goal?,” said Wyman. alumnus Joseph Yu, Executive Director of Po RBC DomlnlonSecuntles Pemberton for funding a Chair in Spinal Cord He went on to explain that in planning the Rltsumelkan Unlversty Kay Securities and Shares Co. Ltd.; UBC Royal Bank of Canada Physiology; Campaign, UBC analyzed two things: the Alumnus Dr. Anthony Cheng, President of the Shell Canada bm!ted Stelm lnc . the Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. perceived needs of the university and commu- Hong Kong branch of the Alumni Association. TeCk Corporatlon -- and the Yukon for supporting a Heart and nity response to those needs. When community Toronto-Dmmm Bank The university is also grateful for the support TRIUMF Stroke Foundation Chair in Cardiology; response overwhelmed the original expectation, of the B.C. Government Office in Hong Kong, UBC Faculty 8 Stall Campalgn (continuing) Weldwood of Canada Ltd . the B.C. Lung Association for funding a the university opened its file. headed by Dickson Hall. Westmast Energy Inc Professorship in Occupational Health; “Those needs, still pressing and still vital UBC is committed to its international Weyeheuser CanadaLtd hyroa . the Vancouver Japanese Businessmen’s to the growth and development of UBC, are still mission, linking cultures and economies $250,000 to $499,999 Association (Konwakai) and members of on the table. We haven’t closed the file. We through research and education. UBC alumni including matching funds Keidanren in Japan for funding a Centre are still short of our goal to fund many and friends are forming a network around the ~ BCGas Inc. for Japanese Research and the restoration projects,” Wyman said. world -- a bridge of learning for the 21 st Clark Bentall of Nitobe Garden; The projects include a New Library Century. ~ CanadlanNational Centre, an expanded Institute of Asian Re- i Chevron Canada Limited . the Sammi Group, the Korea Foundation, Chris Spencer Foundation Timothy Seow, Yan Jung Shin and Jin H. search, and several additional endowments, Mr. 8 Mrs. Vicwood Chong Keeling Kim for supporting a Centre for Korean chairs and professorships. , Mr. 8 Mrs. Ronald Laird Cliff Mas00 IN. U B C CampaignThe UBC News Page 3

Mrs. VioletE. Eagles Robin Endres The 8.1. Ghert Family Foundation Yoshihisa lmaio Imamhmited JanetW. Ketcham 8 WestFraser nmber Co. Ltd. Japanese garden, centre funded Cy 8 Emerald Keyes Charitable Foundation Kinsmen Clubof Vanaxrver’ Michael M. Kcerner’ Their Imperial Highnesses, Prince and Labatt Brewenes of Bnbsh Columbla Princess Takamado of Japan, paid a special Robert H. and Lily Lee visit to UBC to turn the sod for the $1-million MerckFrosst Canada Inc. The Noranda Fwndatbn 8 Noranda Forest renovation of the Nitobe Memorial Garden, Inc. May 25. Northern Telecom Northwood Pulp& Timber Ltd. The renovation has been made possible Phillips Hager8 North ud. through the fund raising efforts of the Vancou- Royal Trust Sammi Gmup ver Japanese Businessmen’s Association btt Paper Lmited (Konwakai) and corporate members of Sun Lite Assurance Companyof Canada Keidanren in Japan. An additional gift has Wavetront Canada Ltd. Western PulpLmited Partnership been made by the Commemorative Association Anonymous for the Japan World Exposition (1970). Anonymous Anonymous Japanese landscape architect Toshiaki $100,000 t0 $249,999 Masuno will start refurbishing the garden in including matching funds October and is expected to complete the job in

Mr. 8 Mrs. K. Alston the spring of 1993. Andersen Consulting Apart from replacing the existing hedge BC Sugar surrounding the garden with a more secure and Canadian Pacific Forest Products Central Capltal Corporation soundproof wall, work will also entail enhanc- Chinese Canadlan Dental Scciety ing the stonework around the perimeter of the Estate of J.V. Clyne Diachem Industries Ltd. pond, replacing and pruning plants and renova- Du Pont CanadaInc. tions to the tea garden. Ebco Industries Ltd. Opened in 1960, the Nitobe Garden has FaxOnbndge Ltd. Prince and Princess Takamadoof Japan inspect oneof the many lanterns in the Nitobe Memorial Garden Fisher Scientific Limited been described as a textbook of traditional during the ground breaking ceremonyfor the $1-million garden renovation. Ford Motor Company of Canada,Limited garden art, the finest of its kind outside Japan. General Motorsof Canada Glenayre Electronics Ltd. The refurbishment of the garden is part of paign. To date, the organizations have raised search, the first Of five CentreS Specializing in Hong Kong- Canada Business Association a $2.5-million commitment by Konwakai and $2-million toward that commitment, which will Asian affairs Planned for UBC. IC1 Canada Inc. Im Limited Keidanren to the World of Opportunity Cam- also lead to a new Centre for Japanese Re- Konwakai’s contributions to UBC were Korea Foundation recognized at a gala dinner held in Vancouver, London LifeInsurance Company MacDonald Dettwiler& Associates earlier this year. At the dinner, co-hosted by McLean Foundation Konwakai and the Canada-Japan Society, 461 The ManufacturersLife Insurance Company seats were sold. Molson Family Foundation MomantoCanada Inc. Konwakai President Seikichi Koike, Nesbttt Thm IN. who is also Vice President and General Padfic Press Limited Packard Bell Electronics Inc. Manager of Japan Airlines, said donations, Petro-Canada lnc. including matching funds from the Govern- Estate of Lyle HarveyPots Pratt 8 Whitney CanadaInc. ment of British Columbia, will be allotted as Rayrock Yellowknife ResourcesInc. follows: Rio AlgomLmited - $2 million endowment for two chairs in JC Scott Construction The Simons Foundation the Institute of Asian Research; Henry S.Skinner - $1 million endowment for faculty ex- John M. Sieburthand Louise Anderson Enc Sonner changes, fellowships and library resources: David and Alice Strangway - $1 million to construct a facility for a George Chia Chi Tso UBC Employees Society 116 Centre for Japanese Research within the Valieydene Corporation Ltd. Institute of Asian Research; James B. Wallace - $1 million for the renovation of Nitobe Senta Wong W. Robert Wyman Garden. Xerox Canada Incorporated “The Japanese Studies program has Anonymous Anonymous always been an integral part of UBC’s Asian $5O,oOo to 599,999 Studies program and continues to be one of including marching funds 1 (Pictured I to r) KonwakaiDinner Chairman Nobuo Kitsuda, Konwakai President Seikichi Koike, UBC the fastest growing in our curriculum,” Air Canada President David Strangway, Premier Mike Harcourt, Lieutenant Governor David Lam, Ambassador Michio President David Strangway told the dinner Apotex Inc. Misoguchi, CanadaJapanSociety President Jack McKeown, Consul General Yasuhide Hayashi, Konwakai guests. British Columbia Buildings Corporatlon Fund Raising Chairman Hiroyoshi Tsuchiya. Peter J. G. Bentley Dan 8 Arlene Birch Joanne V. Brown W Thomas Brown Bull Housser8 Tupper Grant D. Bumyeat Canada Life Assurance Company Class Act assists students Confederation We Insurance Company David R. Cromble Crown Life Insurance Company Students graduating from the Faculties raised $15,000 in donations to go to the project in thesethree faculties, the program Estate of Elizabeth Dickey of Dentistry, Medicine and Pharmaceutical Medical Student’s Alumni Centre, whichwill will be expandednext year to includegraduat- Domtar Inc. Arthur Fouks. 0 C Sciences are showing their class spirit, by provide a meeting place for UBC grads nearing classes in otherdisciplines. Audrey 8 Bruce Gellatly donating morethan $70,000 toUBC through Vancouver David F. Hardwlck - John Hel!iwell a student campaign called CUSS ACT. General Hospital; Talch! Kameyama The project, established this spring, and to the Medical Lafarge Canada lnc enables grads to make contributions which Outreach Elective P. Lawson Travel Klaas deLeeuw strengthen their faculties and benefit future (MORE) program, Anna S. McCann students. which will give Mmmstry of Envlronment, Lands and Parks North American Life Assurance Co. Through CLASS ACT, students choose medical students Paclfic Open Heart Soclety projects which they feel best represent their an opportunity to Princeton Minmg Cop Rogers Communlcatlons Inc faculty’s needs. Classmates organize the study abroad. Russell 8 DuMoulin campaigns and approach their fellow grads The graduat- Scotia McLeod Inc. for contributions. ing class from the K.D. Srivastava Wllllam T. Stanbury The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty of Den- Peter 8 Teresa Ufford& Famtly Class of ’92 has given its overwhelming tistry is establish- UMA Group Western Forest Products Limlted support to the project, with a phenomenal 83 ing a bursary for Anonymous per cent participation rate. In total, the class needy students and Anonymous is contributing more than $46,000, including is contributing to Other Gifts government matching funds, toward a bursary renovations to the Generous support has also been received fromthe community and alumnl, for pharmacy students in need of financial students’ lounge. including the UBC Campalgn Leadership aid. With the Committee and Advisory Council, Grads from the Faculty of Medicine SUC~SSof thepilot fharm8cygradcl8ss campaignteam. CampusLeadership, and The Wesbrook i Society. ~ ‘Gift-in-kind, or partlalgift-In-kind L Page 4 The UBC Campaign News Campaign news highlights

Canada’s Communications Minister Pemn Beatty was in Van- couver recently to present UBC benefactor Walter Koerner with the National Lescarbot Award trophy. Koerner was one of the first two recipients of the award which recognizes “outstanding and sustained contribution to the Canadian cultural sector.” Koerner has supported the Museum of Anthropology since its inception 45 years ago. Last year, he donated a 600-piece collection of European ceramics, valued at $3-million, to the museum through the World of Opportunity Campaign

UBC and St. Paul’s Hospital have created a leading national and international research program in AIQS. The Chair in AIDS is the first of its kind in Canada. It will enable UBC to recruit a leading scientist who will pioneer research into the disease, and contribute to the education of other professionals working in the field. The Chair has been established through major funding by the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation and Petro Canada Inc. Federal Communications Minister Perrin Beatty (left) and UBC benefactor Walter Koerner

Donors to UBC were served a musical treat on April 1, when they attended the UBC Symphony Orchestra and University Singers at the Orpheum. The performance of Carl Orfrs Carminu Burunu was the School of Music’s major performance of the year. One of the projects in the World of Opportunity Campaign is the funding of musical instruments. The School of Music has outlined a number of needs, including pianos; wind, brass and percussion instruments; historical and ethnic instruments; electronic instruments; recording and playback devices; and performance equipment.

Merck Frosst Canada Inc., Canada’s largest research-based pharmaceutical company, has awarded UBC with a $125,000 Merck Frosst Doctor of Pharmacy Fellowship (Pharm.D. Program) and a $125,000 commitment toward the Merck Frosst National Entrance Scholarship in the Faculties of Science and Applied Science. The Merck Frosst National Entrance Scholarship will be established with a $25,000 contribution per year from Merck over the next (I to r) Thomas Brown, Dorothy Farris, Agnes Peterson, Gerald McGavin five years. The end result will be the establishment of an endowment awarding five annual $3,000 scholarships, in perpetuity, to undergraduate students in Sciences and Applied Sciences.

Canada’s Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship, Gerry Weiner, paid a recent visit to UBC to discuss the David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education. The Chair, funded in part by Weiner’s ministry, will be established in the Faculty of Education and will focus on interracial education in Canadian public schools.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony at the site of the new $18-million Centre for Integrated Computer Systems Research (CICSR)/Computer Sciences building celebrated UBC’s collaboration with the province’s burgeoning high technology industry. The new facility, fully funded by the Government of British Columbia, will house interdisciplinary work in fields such as computer imaging and animation, robotics research for industrial application and the development of artificial intelligence. A room in the new building will be dedicated to World of Opportunity Campaign donor the British Columbia Telephone Co. in recognition of the company’s long-term commitment to supporting (I to r) Dr. Kogila Adam-Moodley, Multiculturalism and Citizenship Minister research and advancement in the fields of telecommunications and Gerry Weiner, Faculty of Education Dean Nancy Sheehan, President David Strangway, Vice President Daniel Birch high technology.

. IrJ The UBCCampaign News Students and faculty alike are benefiting from new equipment UBC Development Office purchased for the Dept. of Mining and Mineral Process Engineering with a donation made by the Cy and Emerald Keyes Foundation. Editor: The foundation contributed more than $185,000 for analytical Debora Sweeney equipment and an advanced computing laboratory for the department. Contributors: Gavin Wilson Rosemary Ogilvie Production/Design: William Jamieson First Campaign building opens Continued from page 1 with the business community first specialized graduate brary.Housed in a temporar) Canada Ltd., the Hongkong through lectures, seminars, placement service centre, location since its founding in Bank of Canada and the displays, receptions and continu- where employers can recruit 1985, the library features a Hongkong and Shanghai ing education program. students from the faculty, comprehensive collection of Banking Corp. Ltd., and an The6,243-square-metre Trekkers restaurant and the Asia Pacific business materi- anonymous donor. structure will house offices of Express snack bar. als, as well as B.C.’s largest Lam said the new build- several management research A centrepiece of the collection of annual reports ing is “a bridge between town bureaus, an executive confer- building is the David Lam and hundreds of management and gown” that will build links ence centre, the university’s Management Research Li- journals.

”~ ” -~~ ~~~ ”” ~ ~.”” .~. Group seeks animal research alternatives

News item: Edmonton, June3 - A group claiming to be from the Animal Liberation Front wrecked a University of Alberta kennel Monday and stole 29 cats. By GAVIN WILSON exploring the use’of cell and tissue Animal experimentation is an is- culture in preventative cancer re- sue that can provoke extreme reac- search. tions. Cancer research is the focus of the But there is one Canadian animal foundation’s support. Its high profile rights group devoted to working with makes it “the best place to begin,” scientists, not against them, towards Liscombe said. the abolition of animal experiments “If thesedifferent methods are -and it deals exclusively with UBC accepted in cancer research, then it researchers. will make it much easier to be ac- The Vancouver-based B.C. Foun- cepted elsewhere.” dationfor Non-Animal Research Liscombe believes researchers will funds andpromotes alternative meth- drop animalexperimentation once ods of research, such as tissue and the alternatives are proven to be eco- cell culture and computer modelling. nomically and scientifically viable. Foundation trustee Rhodri Wind- “I thinkmost scientists would sor-Liscombe, who is also a profes- agree that animal research is expen- sor in UBC’s Fine Arts Dept., says sive, laborious, often poses ethical foundationmembers condemn the problems, and doesn’t alwaysgive tactics of vandalism and intimidation good results,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s like try- employed by some in the animal rights ing to use a Ford manual to do tests on movement. a Chevy.” “We do realize this is a compli- Cell and tissue culture holds the cated issue, but closing labs and set- greatest promise as a substitute for PhMo by GamWh ting animals free is not a solution,” he animal experiments, many research- experimentson human tksue AnatomyProfessorNeUieAuerspergandgraduateshtdentHelenDyckperform” said. “The answer is to get more and ers agree. cultures grownin laboratory. more scientists using various altema- Using this process, living human tives. cells can be grown in the laboratory. fessor at the Biotechnology Labo- “We must find some serious solu- Fed a mix of nutrients and protected ratory and the Dept. of Microbi- tions that from infec- ology. ,...”””“. ,I,”*.T .v,”..#,””4* - * , >.-.-,I,”.. address tionwith Heuses celland tissue culture the needs “We do realize this is a complicated antibiotics, instead of micefor the production of of scien- issue, but closing labs and setting thecells monoclonal antibodies, used for the tistsand animals free is not a solution.” willgrow detection and treatment of cancer. and multi- “What we learn from culturing provide a .. ”....”-i.*_l -I”,-.%(.-, _~,“.”I-.”,. “. -..””“.”. real long- often ply, cells allowsus to design systemsthat term alternative to vivisection.” indefinitely. use cells, instead of animals, to test Founded in 1970 by the late Evelyn One UBC researcher, whose work drugs or produce pharmaceuticals,” Martin, a registered nurse, the foun- in cell and tissue culture is supported said Kilburn. dation grew out of discussions she by the foundation, is Nellie Auersperg, Dan Lee, agraduate student in had with Dr. Jack McCreary, then a professor in the Dept. of Anatomy. Kilburn’s lab, has developed twonew UBC’s dean of Medicine and Health Her lab was among thefirst to matrixes on which cell cultures can Sciences co-ordinator. produce human cancer cell lines with grow: a ceramic block matrix and a Most of itsmembers are UBC special properties, one of which is porouspolystyrene matrixwith a alumni - such as long-time trustee now used in a blood test to detect chemically-treated surface. The lat- Human tissue cells growing in laboratories myprovide alternatives to JulietWerts and treasurer Breck ovarian cancer. ter could be used for the large-scale animah for testing effects of substances. Milton -or are otherwise connected But sheadmits that there are still production of cells. and a professoremeritus in the ance of voluntary human testing. to the university. limitations to cell and tissue culture, Usingcumnttechnologies,cellandZoology. ofDept. a Once taboo subject, Liscombe incommon with otheranimal limitations her laboratory is trying to tissue cultures produce two million Stich developed an extremely ac- sees changing attitudes in the increas- rights groups,foundation members overcome. cells per millilitre of culture liquid. curate cancer-screening system that ing willingness of many people to believe that many animalexperi- Part of theproblem isgetting But Lee has produced cultures with combines cell and tissue culturewith donate their vital organs for research mentsinvolve needlessrepetition enough living cells from healthy hu- 200 million cells per millilitre, a hun- computer imaging. and transplants. and that animalsare not effective man ovaries. Auersperg now collects dred-fold increase. He feels that computer modelling As well, many terminally ill peo- models for drug testing because their such tissue from Vancouver-area hos- “That is approaching the density is a very promising direction for di- ple are demanding access to experi- physiologydiffers from humans. pitals. of real tissue, which makes it eco- agnostic techniques that now use ani- mental drugs -such as AZT,used to Liscombesays his opposition isOnce cultured, human cells grow nomical for production purposes and mals, especially for the detection of treat HIV infection - despite the risk basedon “moral and intellectual slowly. Derived from different indi- a better model to replace animals,” oral cancer,but also forcancer of the of unknown side-effects. grounds.” viduals, they also lack the genetic uni- said Kilburn. lung and cervix. Society’s changing attitudesare also The foundation offers support to formity of inbred laboratory rats, mak- Anotherresearcher who has ‘There is great potential. I’m ab- reflected inresearch laboratories,where researchers investigating substitutes ing it more difficult to get consistent benefitedfrom a longassocia- solutely convinced that the future is the ethics ofanimal experimentation for animaltesting, gives one-time results. tion with the foundation is Hans there,” he said. were once unquestioned. grants for the purchase of equipment, Alsoconducting foundation- Stich, former head of the Envi- Liscombebelieves that another However, researchers agree that and sponsors the $5,000 Evelyn Mar- backed research on cell and tissue ronmental Carcinogenesis of the wayof reducing animal experimen- the search for effective alternatives is tin fellowship, presented to a student culture is Douglas Kilburn, a pro- B.C.Cancer Research Institute tation may lie in the growing accept- only just beginning. Graduate x)romunin rehab 1. 0 1 meacme approved for 1993 Advertise in By CONNIE FILLETTI tional therapy and physical therapy. climatethat promotes scientific Agraduate program in Reha- “The degree program is long over-thinking and enables students to bilitationMedicine has been ap- due in British Columbia, since most further develop the skills of sci- proved by the Board of Governors. otherprovinces have had similar entificinquiry through partici- Beginning in September programs for many years,” said Dr. pationin rigorous research ac- 1993, the program will lead to a CharlesChristiansen, director of tivities,he added. Deadlineforpaidadvertisementsforthe Master of Sciencedegree and UBC’sSchool of Rehabilitation Students seeking admission to offeradvanced study in reha- Medicine. theprogram must have a bach- September 3 issue is m,August 25. bilitationtheory and practice. “It isespecially timely since elor’sdegree in occupational It isdesigned to preparestu- the need for researchers to iden- therapy,physical therapy or a dents to conductclinical re- tify new approaches to important related health discipline. At least For information searchindependently and in rehabilitationproblems and de- oneyear of clinical experience collaborationwith scientists termine the effectiveness of cur- in rehabilitation is also required. or to place an ad, from other disciplines. rent services is urgent.” Students may enrol on a part- RehabilitationMedicine in- A prime goal of the program or full-time basis. .For more in- phm822-3131 cludes the disciplines of occupa- will be to provide an educational formation,call 822-7771. 6 UBC REPORTS August 13,1992 UBCREC wins prodwctivity award By ABE HEmR campus,’’ said corporation President UBC has captured third place in Mark Betteridge. the 1991 Canadian University Pro- “Once completed, the project will ductivity Awards programfor the see a steady revenue stream of more creation and use of the UBC Real than $3 million per year, plus infla- Estate Corporation. tion, being returned to UBC through The principal project to date has ownership of rental apartments.” been Harnpton Place, situated at 16th As a separate project, the UBC Avenue and Wesbrook Mall, which Real Estate Corporation recently con- offers condominium apartments and structed 1 15 units of rental apartments townhouses as well as several hun- on campus for incoming junior tenure dred rental apartments. trackfacultyandstaff-AcadiaHouse The awards program is sponsored and Sopron House -and is planning by the Royal Bank of Canada, Xerox a second project of 147 units. Canada Ltd., Power Corporation of “This initial project required no Canadaandthecanadian Association cash from the university and the rev- of University Business Officers. enuescover all operating and debt Fifteen Canadian universities en- servicing costs,” said Betteridge. tered a total of 32 submissions. They “This was achieved by allowing arerevenue-generatingideasandcost- the corporation to utilize private mar- saving techniques for projects which ket management practices to the ben- are often intendedto improve the qual- efit of the university.” ityandeffectivenessofuniversitysup- Thecorporation is currently under port services. contnct to manage the rewhand de- The University of Ottawa captured velopment parlo at UBC, Simon Fnser first place, followed by York Univer- Universityand adjacent to the British sity. Columbia Institute of Technology. “The UBC Real Estate Corpora- More than 100 universities and tion, which was established in 1988, colleges across North America oper- has generated new capital of more ate similar ventures and co-ordinate than $20 million to date on the Hamp- their efforts through the Association The HamptonPlace housing project was developed by the UBC RealEstate Corporation, recently applauded ton Place project on the university of University Real Estate Officials. in the Canadian University Productivity Awards program. Leprosy drug may lessen Student housingproject expanded effects of Alzheimer’s By GAVIN WILSON Plansfor the project were the detaileddesign phase of the Plans for two new campus hous- based on a demographic forecast project. The board also received an up By CONNIE FILLE’ITI ing projectshave moved a little whichpredicted the age groups Adrug commonly used to treat closer to reality. andfamily status of thestudent date on plans for the second pha5e of facultyhousing from Mark leprosy may reduce the incidence of tinuous,in- The $31-millionThunderbirdstu- body of theyear 2000. It will Betteridge, president of the UBC dementia causedby Alzheimer’s dis- termittent or dent housing project has been ex- house senioror graduate students, panded and will now include 366 some with spouses. Real Estate Corp. ease, says a UBC neuroscientist. discontinued units housing 600 students,said Along with planned residences at This project will consist of two Dr. Patrick McGeer has found that over the past four-storeybuildings located be- elderly leprosy patients being treated five years. Mary Risebrough, director of Hous- GreenCollege, the Thunderbird tween Wesbrook Mall and Osoyoos with dapsone -an antibacterial drug The preva- ing and Conferences. project will bring UBC to its stated goal of providing housing for 25 per Crescent. widely used against all forms of lep- lence of de- Risebrough told a recent meet- centof the student population, The$9.7-million projectwill have rosy -have less chance of developing of the Board of Governors that about 140 units. They could be ready ingdementiathanleprosy patients who tients over 65 McGeer theproject includes shared Risebrough said. for occupancy by August, 1993. The have been off the drugfor at least five who had re- townhouses, shared two-bedroom Housing for an additional 1,400 apartmentsand private one-hed- students has been added at UBC since first phase of faculty housing, on years. ceivedanti-leprosy drugs continu- room and studio apartments. 1985, but waiting lists have continued Acadia Rd., is already occupied. “One way to explore whether ex- ously was 2.9 per cent.The figure togrow dueto the high cost of housing The second phase has yet to re- isting drugs might be of therapeutic rose to more than four per cent in the Locatedon an L-shaped site along in the city and the popularity of living ceive financing approval from the benefit in dementia would be to sur- intermittently treated group, and to Thunderbird Blvd. between East and Ministry Advanced Education, vey people on long-term drug treat- 6.25 per cent among the patients who West malls, completion is slated for on campus. of Training and Technology. ment for other diseases to determine were untreated for at least five years. August, 1994. The board gave approval to go to whetheranyreductionoccurs,”hesaid. “We do not know why this differ- McGeer andcolleagues Dr. Nabuo ence occurred,” McGeer said. “But it Haradaand Dr. Him Kimura surveyed is a good bet that Alzheimer’s disease 3,792 leprosy patients,65 years of age was the overwhelming cause ofthe and older, in Japan’s 13 national and dementia, and that dapsone was re- Interrelated sciences combined three private leprosy hospitals. sponsible for the reduction. It will be “Japanese leprosy patients live in interesting to see if it can slow the isolated communities, underclose progression of Alzheimer’s disease.” under earth andocean program medical supervision, and therefore it McGeer’s study recently appeared is possible to compare drug-free and in the international medical journal, By GAVIN WILSON The creation of theEarth and Ocean phy Professor Stephen Calvert, looks drug-treated patients underhighly Dementia. Co-authors, in addition to An increasing trend of seeing the Sciences program is part of an aca- at the role of oceans in transfemng comparableconditions,” said McGeer. HaradaKimura,and were earth’s natural systems as interrelated demic trend evident at universities carbon dioxide to and from the at- Patients were categorized accord- neuroscientist Dr. Edith McGeer and has led to a new program in the Fac- around the world as the intercon- mosphere.a topic which involves ing to age range and whether their statistician Michael Schulzer, both of ulty of Science - Earth and Ocean nected model gains acceptance as the the study of climate, biologyand treatment with dapsone, or one of its UBC. Sciences. new way of seeing the earth. oceanography. The program will bring together the This belief is found not only in LeBlond said he plans to bring new

~~ resources of departments already in- the scientific literature but in also in courses and programs for considera- volved in thestudy of earth sciences: concepts suchas the Gaiahypoth- tion to curriculum committeesthis Geological Sciences, Oceanography, esis, which views the earth as virtu- fall. for inclusion in the calendar in Get your message across! and Geophysics and Astronomy. ally a singleliving organism. said 1994-95. It will fosterinterdisciplinary LeBlond. Also planned are a seminar series teaching and research to deal with “The time is right to do this,” he and a symposium in the fall of 1992. UBC Reports the interrelated problems in all as- said. “My responsibility as director is The program may also lead to more pects of earth sciences, including to draw on people from the three de- cross-appointments between partici- I. I globalenvironmental change, said partments, with consultation and ad- pating departments. Paul LeBlond. the director of the vice from the Dept. of Geography, “There already exists extraordi- 11 CLASSIFIEDS11 new program and formerhead of the especially with those in the Atmos- nary strength in earthsciences at IL I) Dept. of Oceanography. pheric Sciences Program.” UBC,” said Leblond. “With the en- The program will complement un- LeBlond pointed out that research thusiasticparticipation of my eol- dergraduate and graduate programs that fits into the new program is leagues,this program will bridge in existing departments and stimu- already underway at the university. the various specialties and link glo- To place an ad phone 822-3131 late interest in joint programs and For example, the Joint Global Ocean bal andregional studies in earth research, he said. Flux study, headed by Oceanogra- sciences.” Wada named Officer of Order of Canada UBC neurologist Dr. Juhn Wada has been all projects and initiativesof the program, whichis Canadiantrust company with anetwork of A leadingresearcher in cross-cultural named an Officer of the Order of Canada. based in the Disability Resource Centre. international operations. health care is the new director of UBC’s Wada, who joined UBC in1956, was The program, endowed by the federal and Royal Trust operates 144 branchesacross Multicultural Liaison honored for his pioneering research and surgi- provincial governments, promotes better un- Canada, providing a wide range of financial Office. :a1 treatment of epilepsy. derstanding of and solutions to the long-stand- products, services and advice. Joan Anderson,a Hereceived his medical training at ing problems that affect people with disabilities National Health Re- Hokkaido University in Japan before continu- in Canada and abroad. searchScholar and ing with specialty studies in neurology at the Susan Harris, acting head of the Division of professor in the University of Minnesota and the Montreal Physical Therapy in the School of Rehabilita- Schoolof Nursing, Neurological Institute. Beverly Trifonidis, associate dean, profes- tion Medicine, has been honored by the Ameri- beginsher one-year Wada is the founding president of the Cana- sional programs in the Faculty of Commerce can Physical Therapy Association. termSept. 1. dian League Against Epilepsy and has served as and Business Administration, has been appointed Harris received the Marian Williams Award Anderson is a spe- president of the World Epilepsy Congress. He is to the board of directors of the Banff School of for Research in Physical Therapy at the associa- cialist in thefield of past president of the American Epilepsy Society Advanced Management. tion’s 68th annual conference held recently in cross-culturalhealth and the American Electroencephalographic So- Trifonidisjoins Commerce Dean Michael Denver, Colo. The award, established in 1965, careandchronic ill- Anderson ciety. Goldberg as a UBC representative on the board. honors physical therapists who present sustained ness management. Her Currently, he is convenor of the 1993 Inter- Trifonidis’appointment is effectivethrough and outstanding scientific studies pertaining to researchhelps health care workersbetter national Congress of Electroencephalography Dec. 3 I, 1993. physical therapy. understand andassess individuals from other and Clinical Neurophysiology to be held in The goal of the Banff School of Advanced A graduate of the University of Washington, cultures. Vancouver. Management is to prepare executives for lead- Harris joined UBC in August, 1990. She spe- She is the co-editor of Cross-Cultural Car- ership in organizations anticipating society’s cializes in early diagnosis of cerebral palsy in ing: A Handbook for Health Professionals in future needs and expectations. high-risk infants. Western Canada. ”, “.l. : Taanta Gupta has ‘ * ”” ’ The school’sprogram is collectivelyde- been appointed execu- signed and supportedby leading western Cana- tive director of the Rick dian universities and offers a unique six-week Two members of UBC’s Faculty of Medi- Kenneth Bagshaw has been reappointed Hansen National Fel- 1 learning experience in Banff, Alberta. cine are among the country’s first group of to a one-yearterm as chair of the university’s low Programme. medical geneticists to be certified by the Royal Board of Governors. Gupta joins the pro- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Bagshaw was appointed as a member of gram with extensive 1 UBC President David Strangway has been (RCPSC) as specialists in their field. the board for a three-yearterm by a provincial

projectdevelopment ~ appointed to Royal Trust’s Vancouver advisory Dr. JudithHall, head of theDept. of order-in-council in 1987. He was reappointed experience in the com- board. Paediatrics, and Dr. Margot Van Allen, a to a second three-year term as a member of municationsindustry, The board, which meets about eight times a clinicalassociate professor of Medical the board in 1990, and has served as chair includingpositions Gupta year, consists of community and business lead- Genetics,passed examinations recently since April of that year. His latest term as withRogers Broad- ers who are called upon to provide advice on conducted by theRCPSC to qualify for chair runs until Aug. 31, 1993. casting, the Hong Kong Bank of Canada and business issues that affect the Lower Mainland. admission to fellowship in the college. In Bagshaw, a partner with the Vancouver Satellite Radio Network. Royal Trustco Limited, founded in 1899, is total, 12 physiciansfrom across Canada law firm LadnerDowns, graduated from In her new positon atUBC, Guptawill oversee Canada’s largest trust company and the only receivedthis distinction. UBC’s Faculty of Law in 1964.

Job prospects good Aging boomers likely to forforestry grdimtes, fi&t for legal interests faculty survey suggests By CHARLES KER seniors when they invoke the aid of an increasingly aging population will Early in the next century, close to the legal system. be the abolition of mandatory retire- By ABE HEFTER Rising from a low of80 per cent that a quarter of Canada’s population will According to MacDougall, there ment. He saysthis development is Employmentprospects for year, more than 90 per cent of UBC be 65 or older. is a growing realization that the law inevitable asseniors become more graduates of the UBC Faculty of Forestry graduates were employed Farfromfrailandcomplacent,these providesinadequate protection to socially and politically active’ while Forestry are on the rise, according or studying for advanced degrees in aging baby-boomers will also be a the interests of the elderly. He added public and private pension schemes to the results of the faculty’s annual the past four years. vocal group which will expect the law that elder abuse, including physical become increasingly more burdened. survey of graduating students. The faculty offers a four-year de- to protect their interests. and financial abuse and neglect, has Two years ago, MacDougall and “Recent reports suggest that col- gree program inthe areas offorest “Whenboomers were kids, long been hidden or denied by soci- Professor James Thornton of the Fac- lege and university graduates are resource management, forest harvest- there was an explosive growth in ety. ulty of Education co-wrote a six-part havingdifficulty findingjobs. These ing, natural resources conservation, juvenile delinquency that was the MacDougall believes older peo- report called Law and Legal Services reports do not seem to hold true for forest science and wood science and resultof demographic change,” ple need better access to legal serv- for an Aging Population. graduates of the UBC Faculty of industry.Undergraduate registration said UBC Law professor Donald ices rather than specialized legisla- The projectfocused on current Forestry,” said Dean Clark Binkley. for the 1991-92 session totalled 285 MacDougall. tion which would only serve to stig- law and legal practices, legal educa- This year, 95 per cent of the 22 students. “Twenty yearsfrom now, their matize them. tion curricula, legal obligations of graduating students who responded Binkley said graduates obtain po- impact on society will be more perma- “When you get labelled as need- advisors to theelderly and public to the survey found employment by sitions in a wide variety of resource nent and they will seek to change the ing protection, people automatically legal education for andabout the the time theyhad graduated. The management organizations, includ- law to make it less of a barrier.” assume you are incompetent,” he said. elderly. jobs were almost split down the ing the provincial and federal min- In anticipation of this demographic “The truth is, most people over 65 are MacDougall, who has been teach- middle between permanentposi- istries of forests and environment, shift, MacDougall plans to introduce a perfectly capable of lookingafter ing child and family law at UBC tions and seasonal or contract em- private companies, educational in- seminar on law and aging at the Fac- themselves.”since 1965, expects his law and aging ployment. stitutions and consulting firms. ulty ofLaw in September. While there MacDougall predicts that amongseminar to attract about a dozen stu- A total of 43 students graduated “Although job prospects for for- are some law schools in the U.S. which the many changes brought about by dents in its first year. this spring. esters have brightened, we see some offer courses in this area, MacDougall “Each fall we also survey the significant challenges ahead,” said says there are presently no such offer- graduates from the previous spring Binkley. ings in Canada. and winter,” said Binkley. “We need toensure that this Geared to second- and third-year r “Our most recent survey indi- year’sgood performance in job law students, the seminar will cover Berkowitz & Associates cates that all of the 1991 graduates placement continues next year.We topics such as access to legal services, were either employed or pursuing need to diversify the employment age discrimination, powers of attor- Statistics and Mathematics Consulting advanced degrees. Of those em- base for UBC Forestry graduates. ney and how to protect the physical ployed, more than 82 per cent held And we need to place more first security and financial interests of eld- research design data analysis professional forestry positions and and second year students in mean- erly people. 0 sampling forecasting the rest held technical positions in ingful,forestry-related summer While he doubts that it will ever be forestry.” jobs.” a high-volume area of legal practice, Jonathan Berkowitz, Ph.D. Binkley said the faculty’s sur- Binkley said to help accomplish MacDougall’s goal is to create asmall 4160 Staulo Crescent,Vancouver, B.C., V6N 3S2 veys show a steady increase in em- these objectives, the faculty is or- group of practitioners who are sensi- ployment for foresters since 1986. ganizing a career fair for this fall. tive to and aware of problems faced by , Office: (604) 263-1508 Home: (604) 263-5394 I Doublespeak: A Tranqdhn0.0 g Oratory

By PHILIP ALLINGHAM of nerve and mustard gas as “military phors,inflated language, weasel Bill Reid (“If it is outside the guide- As theheadline suggests, assets,’’we as a nation can feel that we words, gobbledygook, jargon out of lines, then it was irregular, but that’s doublespeak is not merely linguistic need not take a media backseat to our context, devious euphemism, decep- not unusual”); and a B.C. Ministry of ineptitude, but a deliberate and devi- southern neighbors’ talk of “surgical tive titles, and so forth ... As teachers Education official who eschewed the ous deployment of words intended to strikes” and “smart bombs.” of critical reading, we should help our word teachers in favor of “on-site camouflage, confuse, or obscure. But why should public abuse of students learn how to see through facilitators of pupil learning.” While doublespeak,taken from the language be a concern of teachers of propaganda anddoublespeak.” The 1990-91 winner was Jackie ONJe1lianterm“doublethink”in 1984, Minogue of Revenue Canada, who stops short of out-and-out lying, it is attempted to explain the GST by using intended to tranquillize the hearer or peanuts as an example. reader. It is nothing less than verbal “As teachers of critical reading, we should “It (GST) will tax items like pea- slight-of-hand. help our students learn how to see through nuts as snack foods at aseven-per-cent South of the border, the phenom- propaganda and doublespeak.” rate, except unsalted peanuts which enon is so widespread that the Na- would be taxed at zero-per-cent as a tional Council of Teachers of English basic grocery because they could be (NCTE)puts out a journal devoted used in cooking.’‘ entirely to print and electronic media English in theUnited Statesand The CCTE instituted awards for This year’s winner, nominated by pronouncements by the American es- Canada, anyway?Between drugs and PlainEnglishandPublic Doublespeak national newspaper columnist Don tablishment. drop-outs, lesson-planning and essay- not so much to bring itself to the atten- McGillikwy, was the Fraser Institute Writing for the July 199 I issue of marking, don’t they have enough to tion of the Canadian media as to en- for its coercing the CBC to eliminate Quarterly Review of Doublespeak, wony about‘? courage the honest use of spoken and bias in its coverage of ‘labor disrup- William Imtz was able to cite exam- Writing in the English Quarterly in written English and to reveal official tions’ (strikes?) by employing the term ples of Pentagon doublespeak which 1986, when the Canadian Council of attempts - whether by business or “replacement workers”instead of refers to the Korean conflict as a ‘po- TeachersofEnglish(CCTE)instituted government - to seduce Canadians “scabs.” lice action’ rather than a full-blown its Public Doublespeak Task Force, into believing that bad is good, that “This is the authentic voice of po- War. Professor Rick Coe of Simon Fraser cruelty is justice, that parsimony is liticalcorrectness,” observed Canadians had to hunt for them- University, its first chair, gave this sound fiscal management, and that the McGillivray. “People who use our selves through the verbal bombard- answer: vested interest is the common good. preferred words are fair and balanced. ment on television and in the press. “We who study language and lit- Throughtheexposure of People who usethe other side’s words But when a high-ranking spokesman erature have a special expertise. The doublespeak, teachers of English in are unfair and unbalanced.” for the Canadian Armed Forces can devices abused by doublespeakers are Canada have attempted to radicalize Although the CCTE’s Task Force speakofSaddamHussein’s stockpiles rhetorical figures: misleading meta- theirstudents,makingthemmorecriti- on National Public Doublespeak is cal and reflective readers who will gone, the phenomenon it sought to help transform Canada into a more combat will undoubtedly continue to self-aware,more open, and more flourish under government and corpo- democratic society. rate sponsorship. Since my appointment as chair of the Doublespeak Task Force, nomina- Philip Allingham is a UBCprofessor tions for the doublespeakaward have of English and former chair of the included Colonels Engstad and Pepin Canadian Councilof Teachers of Eng- of the Canadian Armed Forces for lish Doublespeak Task Force. theircamouflaging ‘language ofwar’; formerSocred Provincial Secretary Illustrations by Diana Cooper.

Study unmasks rhetoric of election campaign By CHARLES KER capture the impact of campaign rheto- While pollsters may talk to more being exploited for some other pur- fromthe interviewsandquestionnaires There are generally two types of ric. Canadians during the campaign,none pose. should give a good idea of how things polls that emerge during a federal elec- For this, Johnston and his five- will talk to respondents for aslong or “We provide them with an occa- such as media and poll results influ- tion campaign: commercial polls for member research team will carefully be as consistent in their questioning. sion they would not otherwise have,” ence voters’ perceptions of leaders profit and those crafted for political monitor the media to pick out words Once the election starts, the election he said. “For most ofthese people, this and parties. gain. and phrases party strategists use in studyquestionnaire will not be will be the most engaging political Johnston added that information Richard Johnston’s survey doesn’t trying to frame the campaign in vot- changed. conversation of their life.” gathered from the coming election fit either category and promises the er’s minds. Part of this process will Said Johnston: “If we see a change Participants will be called again will eventually filter down to the tax- “truest account” of the coming elec- involve a daily content analysis of in the structure of response, we want immediately after the campaign ends payers and make them more awareof tion proceedings. prime-time television news coverage to be able to say that the change was for a follow-up interview lasting 20 vote-gettingtacticsusedincampaigns. “Political campaigns are about as well as an analysis of party adver- produced by the campaign and not by minutes. They will also be asked to Johnston has co-authored a book, manipulation,” said the UBC political tising during the campaign. us.” complete a written questionnaire of Letting the People Decide: Dynamics science professor. “We’re trying to In the case of special campaign Johnston said people who partici- issues not covered by telephone and ofaCanadianElection, whichisbased fine-tune an instrument which will events such as debates, the team’s pate in the study get a sensethat their mail it back to the research team. on the 1988 election study anddue out allow us to get behind this manipula- computer program will automatically opinions are taken seriously and not Together, analysis of data drawn in September. tion.” add questions concerning the event to As principalinvestigator fora the questionnaire after it takes place. $540,000 federalelection study, The research project will be the Johnston will use acomputer-assisted eighth such study funded by the Social $1 -billion program telephone survey to determine how Sciences and Humanities Research votersareinfluenced during thecourse Council since 1965. of a campaign. Johnston. who headed up the 1988 Dorcey to head Fraser cleanup The wide-ranging survey will in- survey, said the primary purpose of cludequestions on Canada’s social these studies is to record an important Anthony Dorcey, assistant director The Fraser Basin Management The program is, however, unique structure, attitudes towards the US.. part of Canadian political history the of the Westwater Research Centre,has Program is a long-term. comprehen- in that it will consider air, land and the union movement. the size of gov- data from which is made available to been chosen by the federal, provincial sivesustainable development pro- water rewurces: pursue environmcn- ernment and specific party policy. election researchers worldwide. andlocal government.. to head a $1- gram supported by Ottawa, Victoria tal. economic and social objectives: By analysing the response of par- Once the campaignstarts, the Institute billion program under a new agreement and local governments. Dorcey will andinvolve non-governmental ticipants, Johnston hopes to get a sense for Social Research at York University to clean up the Fraser River. head the 19-member board that will stakeholders in decision-making of what issues affect the vote, the will conductbetween70andXO telephone On behalf of thegovernments, oversee the program. through the board and new institu- effect of media use during the cam- conversationseachdayforthedurationof Tom Siddon, federal minister of ln- Its initial focus will be cleaning up tional arrangements in the basin’s paign, an evaluation of the leaders, the seven-week campaign. Usinga care- dian Affairs and Northern Develop- and preventing pollution, restoring sub-regions. expectations of a party’s chances of fully crafted questionnaire, Johnston ment,named Dorcey chair of the productivity of the natural environ- Dorceyrecently headed a major success, and voter intentions. hopes to drawresponses from 3,600 Ca- FraserBasin Management Board ment, boosting salmon stocks and Westwater project which resulted in a By varying the order and wording nadians who will eachbe interviewed for while announcing the program’s start- monitoring and reporting on the state report, book and video on the sustain- ofsuestions, the survey will also try to 40 minutes. up at a signing ceremony in May. of the river. able developmcnt of the Fraser Basin.