Publications Mail Agreement No.:40042804 CONCORDIA'S Vol. 2 7, No. 5 pr. concordia.ca/ctr November 7, 2002 Gallery gets a $2-million 6oost $1 million endowment matched by Concordia Foundation BY BARBARA BLA CK assurance that it can pursue its now in progress for a director. multifaceted mandate to collect, This will be followed by a search riends of the Leonard & research, conserve, exhibit and for the Max Stern Curator, and a Bina Ellen Art Gallery educate, all in the name of third position will be created, that Ffound out they really had Canadian art. of art education coordinator. something to celebrate when they Collector and Concordia bene­ For four years, the Gallery has met for a 10th anniversary brunch factor Leonard Ellen, who lent his had an educational internship at the gallery last Sunday. name to the gallery when it program based on a Canada Rector Frederick Lowy made a moved into the main floor of the Council grant and offered in con­ surprise announcement that a $2- J.W. McConnell complex in 1992, junction with Concordia's million endowment fund will be was particularly moved by the Department of Art Education. established to put the gallery on a announcement. The Ann Duncan Award for the firm financial footing and under­ Helaine Kliger, who heads the Visual Arts, named in honour of a take new projects. gallery's advisory board, told Gazette art critic, is given annual­ One million dollars was raised guests at the brunch that the ly to a fine arts student to fund by the Rector's Cabinet through gallery's buzzword will no longer their tuition and give them muse­ the combined efforts of the Max be "Montreal's best-kept secret;• um experience in a gallery setting. and Iris Stern Museums Legacy, the ironic name of the current To this will be added the Bruno Abe and Harriet Gold, Avi show, but "Montreal's most hap­ J. Pateras Graduate Award in Arts Morrow and the board of the pening gallery." Administration, which will pro­ THE SECRET'S OUT . .. Professor Clarence Bayne, who heads the DIA/DSA unit Gallery, and this amount was Until now, a single person has vide a gallery internship in the in the John Molson School of Business that will house the new Bruno J. Pateras matched by the Concordia filled the dual roles of curator and John Molson School of Business. Graduate Award in Arts Administration, chats with guide Julie Boivin. In the background are Carolyn Renaud, chair of the Gallery's fundraising committee, University Foundation. director of the Gallery (currently, and Lillian Vineberg, chair of the Board of Governors. The striking artwork is As a result, the Gallery has the Lynn Bea~s). However, a search is Please see Gallery, page 11 Une reine, 700 mc'Jles et 26,426 ouvrieres, 2002, by Therese Chabot. Cynthia Hammond wins Governor-General's Gold Medal • in this Fine Arts student's graduate thesis celebrates neglected women of Bath BY CA ROL M CQ UEEN added that the town's 21st-centu­ there is going to be an artistic Hammond, "they were considered 1ssrre ry economy is very much depend­ genius, it's going to be a man and to be a social cancei' The reform ynthia Hammond will be ent upon this 18th-century prod­ not a woman. I wanted to decon­ house's inmates were held against Cawarded this year's Governor­ uct. Yet, according to Hammond, struct and critique that idea in my their will, yet contributed to the 3 Ethnomath: General's Gold Medal for the most by creating such a seamless image thesis:· institution's operating expenses by outstanding graduate student at of the past, "the practices of her­ Hammond also analyzes how working in its laundry facilities. Native lore adds a Fall Convocation. Her Humanities itage and conservation with the architecture of a 17th-century During its century of existence, twist to math PhD thesis, entitled Wings, Gender regard to architecture in Bath house was gradually transformed the reform house became more and Architecture: Remembering neglect the 19th century, which is during the 19th century in order and more prison-like in its physi­ Bath, England, adopts an exciting hugely important for women's and to accommodate its female occu­ cal attributes. "For example, its 5 Convocation: interdisciplinary approach that is working-class pants. windows were nailed shut, the Theologian, chemist guaranteed to intrigue. history:• A feminist inquiry into Taken over by a far,ade was raised, walls were built Not only does the thesis present Hammond's 19th-century philanthropic that enclosed the entire place;' to be honoured a feminist inquiry into how a thesis uncovers organization in explained Hammond. modern tourist town neglects how women architecture in Bath 1805, the dwelling "The windows were construct­ part of its architectural heritage influenced Bath's 19th-century in question became a reform ed at a great height after about 35 6 Globalization: in an attempt to selectively show­ architecture. She writes about house for prostitutes. Although years of the penitentiary's opera­ Challenge is to case the past, it also includes art Selina Hastings, Countess of its official purpose was to help tion so that the prostitutes inside distribute wealth works that Hammond created as Huntington, who built over 60 these so-called fallen women, its couldn't look out onto the streets a means to redress these omis­ buildings in England --:- one of actual goal was to intern them in and no one could look in, because sions. which was in Bath - but is not a prison. the idea was that they would 8 Learning English: "Bath is a tourist city known for recognized as an architect. "The common view of prosti­ either be tempted back to their its Georgian architecture and its "It's because of her gender that tutes at this time was that they old ways or tempt men in to their Challenges and roster of male architects;• said she is not ascribed an authorial were socially disruptive. They had doom:• options Hammond, who now teaches art role;• said Hammond, "a very old the potential to destroy the family history at Carleton University. She and persistent belief is that if and the nation;• explained Please see Bath, page 11 Stealing a degree: Student plagiarism goes digital Students now have access to more extensive and sophisticated electronic resources BY MIRJANA VRBASKI that sell custom-made and pre­ cles. While some universities may doing it:' Finally, O'Malley explained that written term paper and assign­ choose to invest in such software, Clarke also pointed out that faculty's inconsistent reaction to articipants in a faculty devel­ ments. To benefit from them, stu­ they should be aware that detec­ foreign students are often the "borrowed" work stands as an Popment workshop on plagia­ dents subscribe and pay a fee, for tion is not guaranteed. As a ones with the most difficulty, due obstacle to the prevention of pla­ rism were told Oct. 24 that stu­ which they can get various servic­ result, the workshop emphasized to language problems. Because of giarism. While some professors dent plagiarism - stealing mate­ es. They can even select a paper of prevention rather than detection. this, content is more important prosecute it, others turn a blind rial for academic credit - is the grade level that matches their Religion professor Lynda Clarke than form in her assignments. "I eye to it, seeing the detection and becoming more difficult than ever average class grade. In other has been particularly successful try to understand the students' prosecution procedure as not to detect. The workshop was words, an undergraduate student in lowering the occurrence of pla­ ideas, not focus on their gram­ worth the effort. given Oct. 24 by Concordia's who normally gets a B may choose giarism among her students. Her mar." Bram Freedman, Assistant Centre for Teaching and Learning an undergraduate B-level paper to strategy is to warn students, and Mary O'Malley, of Student Secretary-General and General Services. pass off as his or her own. to follow up the warning with the Learning Services, defended the Counsel, agreed with Clarke and As students gain access to ever While the availability custom­ assurance that she is available to students, explaining that not all O'Malley that professors need to more extensive and sophisticated made papers has grown, pre-writ­ help anyone encountering writ­ plagiarism is done intentionally. be proactive to prevent plagia­ electronic resources, plagiarism is ten assignments are decreasing in ing, documentation or time-man­ ''A lot of students think that rism, by defining it, by making growing into a major problem in popularity. They are more easily agement problems. Internet information is free, and information on it available and universities, said reference librar­ identified by Internet search "It's not an enemy-enemy situ­ doesn't need to be documented:' known, and by structuring their ian Diane Sauve, one of the ses­ engines and detection software / ation;' she said. "I know that a lot She also reminded faculty of assignments appropriately. sion organizers. services developed specifically to of students plagiarize because cultural differences: "In some cul­ The Teaching and Learning The World Wide Web is one track stolen or copied work. they feel the pressure to be some­ tures, it's an insult to document Centre offers faculty a ·number of source of plagiarized work. "However, detection software thing they aren't yet. That's why I work. The reader is assumed to workshops each semester to help Concordia students have free and services have limitations;• keep in contact with them every know whose work is referred to.