28 10 591 https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/b4c70596e0a6997bb34cb652ace5ad07.pdf 36e3a9bdedf37f8a79a4f1b49357a66d PDF Text Text Inside: Chancellor stays on .................. 2 Temagami ........................ 3 & 10 New Faces ................................ 4 R.A.P. Wrap Up ........................ 6 THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO VOL. 7. NO. 4 APRIL 1990 Pt/ tli1ttliJa11 . tzttt Jean Chretien, our 1988 honorary degree recipient, dropped by the final Silver Jubilee Birthday Party on March 22 and was delighted with his "red" LU gifts. Greg "Louis Armstrong" Beckford belts out his rendition of "A Wonderful World" to a cheering crowd (guitarist Gus Pappas may leave his fourth year Outdoor Recreation studies to go on the road with him). Party organizer Lorraine Harris and Denise Bruley, Information Office, chat with Chretien prior to his speech on Canadian nationalism and the French-English language issues. �The local economic impact is estimated Chancellor Selection to be three to five million dollars. Some I am pleased to announce that the months ago, Lakehead University Electoral Board has invited Chancellor officially inquired of the Royal Society Report B. Weiler to remain in his position for a the possibility that Thunder Bay (and further term of one From the Lakehead University) might host a year and that a future conference. A positive response President Chancellor-elect has has been shown to that request and, on been designated. A March 26 and 27, a two-person public delegation inspected Thunder Bay as a announcement on possible contender for the 1993 Dr. Bob Rosehart the Chancellor-elect conference. With the support from the will be made in midCity, the Chamber of Commerce, and Ontario University Funding Levels 1990 to be effective Confederation College, Lakehead Concern continues to be expressed in 1991. I University was able to present a strong around the system with respect to the congratulate and case for Thunder Bay. One negative level of funding to be provided to the thank Chancellor factor raised by the visiting delegation Ontario university system for next year. Weiler for agreeing to serve Lakehead It is felt that if the province is reasonable University in this role for this year and I was the recent City resolution. A decision on the 1993 site will be and truly interested in the future look forward to Convocation '90. made by this fall, and I will keep you development of the youth of this Building Projects Update posted. Having Thunder Bay and province, additional considerations will At long (and late) last, it appears as if Lakehead host this prestigious event be forthcoming in the spring provincial the detailed design drawings for the would be a significant milestone in our budget. I would encourage each and Student Centre and the Regional future development as a major corridor every one of you to use every Education Project are to be completed post-secondary institution. opportunity to present the case of the by April 15, 1990 at which time the needs of the university system. Silver Jubilee Ball project will be tendered. The tender The Silver Jubilee Ball will be held Concern with Campus Safety price will be known three to four weeks on Friday, May 11 at the Airlane Motor Over the past few years on this after that date, and about all we can do Hotel. Tickets may be reserved by campus (as at almost all Ontario at this stage is pray! Both projects look contacting my Secretary, Linda Phillips, university campuses), concerns have very promising, and we will have to at 343-8200. Response to date has been been raised with respect to campus safety wait and see what May brings. good, and participants are encouraged and possible crime and assaults. Over Learned Societies' Meeting to bring friends. the years, a number of very deliberate Each year, over approximately a oneand concrete steps have been taken to End of Classes month period, the Learned Societies minimize the opportunity for such With the end of classes comes the Conference is held in Canada. This incidents. Special lighting and the conference brings to a community some annual examination ritual. I must cut Beverly-Balmoral entrance construction this article short, as I am under threat to 6,000 to 8,000 delegates in total and were projects significantly considered for get my examination submitted! approximately 1,800 at any one time. safety considerations. The current concerns with respect to campus safety are valid, and further progressive action needs to be taken in Archie Colosimo concert with L.U.S.U. to establish programs and policies to ensure Appointed Ombudsperson maximum safety for our students on campus. I am particularly encouraged that serious consideration is being given Armand "Archie" Colosimo has been apto an escort-type model. pointed Lakehead University's second OmbudTo place the issue of Lakehead sperson. Archie brings a wealth of experience campus safety in relative context, from to the position. For a number of years he was what I know of incidents at several other Attendance Counsellor at the Lakehead Ontario university campuses, Lakehead District Separate School Board and until is about as safe a campus as you can get recently, was the Executive Director working in today's society. This does not mean with young offenders at the Creighton Centre. that we should not continue to improve Archie has been involved with community our position, and this is a position that I organizations such as the VON and Big strongly support. Brothers as well as volunteer activities like little league baseball, hockey and youth emRegional Science Fair ===========:.. ployment. "I have always been involved with In early April, Lakehead University youth, their families and community based programs. The experience has given held the Northwestern Ontario Regional me a broad range in almost all areas of community service and wide experience Science Fair in the C. J. Sanders Fieldin knowing how community programs operate". Archie looks forward to house. Over the years, many of our meeting and advising the members of the university community. For office faculty have participated as judges. This hours and further information contact Archie at 343-8061. year's Chief Judge was Dr. Alastair Macdonald of the Department of Biology. Page 2 AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Aprll 1990 �Around Campus calls "outrageous ignorance from forest rangers", referring to the Ministry of The Horrors In El Salvador Natural Resources, and the systematic Lutheran missionary Brian Rude, process of "land taken by design from spoke to an audience of students, staff us by an alien government". The Temeand faculty about his experiences in El Augama Anishnabai, according to Potts, Salvador in the Agora on March 14. has been struggling for 113 years to Rude served as a pastor at Fe y resolve the issue of ownership of the Esperanza (Faith and Hope) orphanage land with the government of Ontario. in San Salvador. According to Rude, "We have to explain to an uninformed threats to church workers by the El public that its our land, when the Salvadoran police were common. In government has no document to say it November, following a rebel offensive in owns it either''. The solution for Potts the capital, at great risk to themselves, would be an offer of a treaty and a orphanage workers went into the streets reserve in the Temagami area. Potts to help the injured. On November 17 and the Teme-Augama Anishnabai have soldiers entered the orphanage and spent the past 16 years with their case in arrested Rude along with I 1 others the courts. The band which has inhabdoctors, a nurse, pastor and lay workers. ited the area for 6000 years, lays claim to In a world where attending university about 10,000 square kilometres of land. and studying Marxist doctrines are This land includes all disputed parconsidered subversive actions, Rude is klands and most of the forestry areas as lucky. He was not beaten or tortured well. Their case is now before the during his night in prison - rather Supreme Court of Canada. interrogated and deprived of sleep. "We were treated royally in comparison". According to Rude, torture at the government's hand is sophisticated. ''They do not visibly injure or mark the body. They try to destroy internal organs which are not as obvious". A technique commonly used is called "la capucha" (the hood). A rubber hood filled with lime is placed over the head of the victim who eventually must inhale the lime until he loses consciousness. He is then revived and the process is repeated continuously. Rude is travelling across Canada to make people aware of the terror El Chief Gary Potts Salvadorans must face each day and he In December 1989 Gary Potts was is asking for help. He hopes that Canada one of I 7 people arrested and charged will strengthen its foreign policy with mischief for setting up a blockade regarding El Salvador. Food and of the Red Squirrel logging road. The monetary aid from Canada has been . suspended since November and Rude 1s new road accesses a stand of centuryold White Pine, one of few of its kind in asking that new aid be rechannelled via Ontario, and will connect with existing non-political agencies like Oxfam and lumber roads. Although the TemeCUSO or churches. Augama is not opposed to logging per The Native View of Temagami se, Potts believes that the Ontario On Wednesday, March 7, Gary Potts, government has opened too many areas Chief of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai, to logging companies, and in fact presented two lectures. His presentation sustainable development is no longer drew attention to Native concerns about feasible. ''Major areas of land need to land use in the Temagami area. The be left alone - to steady the soil, the lectures were part of the School of elements of nature". Directing Forestry's seminar series. Greeting the statements to forestry students Chief audience in the languages of various Potts asked them to be aware of the native bands, Chief Potts mapped out impact of clear cutting and to not see the boundaries of his presentation. "I'm the tree merely in terms of dollars. "We here to explain what clear cutting and need foresters and biologists to teach roads being built have done to our society that there is an interdependence lands. I'm not a forestry technician - you of life and land". The opportunity for could explain a tree scientifically. I want change lies with the youth, according to to explain what that tree means to my Potts and he hopes that some will take people". Potts is angry about what he up the challenge. LUSU Elections On March 6 and 7 Lakehead University students went to the polls to vote for their Student Union executive. The election signified a new era of student politics at Lakehead. In previous years there were 5 executive positions. The current board of directors voted earlier this year to modify the number of executive positions to only three President, Vice-President Finance and Vice-President Student Issu~s - and these positions will be full-time for the year. Congratulations to Ian Middleton LUSU's new President, Dwayne Hunking, the new VP Student Issues, and Tony LeBlanc, VP Finance. The election of the Student Union's Board of Directors took place on March 20. 16 students were elected to the 1990/91 Board. They are: Paul Caccamo and George Pardalis for the Faculty of Science, Greg Beckford, Victor Brandonisio, Doug Plumb, Michael Miller, Lisa Sinnicks, Wendy Snelgrove and Robin Squires representing University Schools, and Liana Decorso, Cassandra Koenen, Roland Laybolt, Roch Letourneau, Dianne Mills, Paul Moniz and Tara Salavich for the Faculty of Arts. Fall by-elections will be held for student representation from the Faculty of Education and Graduate Studies. Brian Walmark -Best Delegate Lakehead University student Brian Walmark was chosen best delegate at the North American Model United Nations Assembly (NAMUN) held February 23 to 27 in Toronto. Approximately 450 students from North America and Europe participated in the event. Lakehead's participation has been growing each year and this year the team boasted a record number of delegation members. The team, representing Denmark, included head delegate Anne Fisher, Kyle Brink, Sean Penney, Brian Walmark, Bill Salminen, Nancy Ewachow and advisor Dr. Ernst Zimmerman.Brian says, "I look upon the award as a team award. We did a lot of research. The Danish embassy was really helpful. They sent us speeches and press releases and explained how they voted on particular . issues". Convocation Marshalls Needed The Alumni Association needs 21 volunteers to act as Marshalls for Convocation on Saturday, May 26, 1990 at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium. You must be an LU graduate to perform this task. For information contact the Office of Alumni Services at 343-8155. Aprll 1990 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page3 �New Faces John Petherick is an Industrial Hygienist and can be found at the new home of the Resource Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, the previous site of the Thunder Bay Symphony. Originally from London, Ontario, John received an honours degree in Human Biology from the University of Guelph in 1985. John is also a graduate Qanuary 1990) of Sarnia' s Lambton College in the Industrial Technology Program. Lakehead University is not new to John however. He spent his co-op placement here during the summer of '89. Part of the reason why he returned to Lakehead is because of special projects the centre is undertaking such as the development of health and safety training programs for Northern Ontario. John is presently working towards receiving professional accreditation as an Industrial Hygienist. Away from the workplace John keeps busy hunting, fishing and weight training. Llnda Moffat, a new addition to the Security Office, moved with her husband and five children to Thunder Bay in July and hasn't stopped to catch her breath since. When she came to Thunder Bay Llnda enrolled in the Law and Security course through Confederation College which she continues to study as a Distance Education program. She has lived in every region in Ontario and the provinces of Manitoba, Alberta and British ========---' Columbia. The reason for all the travel? Linda's husband works for the Canadian Coast Guard. His present post is the Samuel Risley where he is chief cook. "He cooks and I guard", she laughs. Llnda's hobbies include writing "humorous pieces mostly'' and playing broomball. Marlene Orr Edward Lyons, a new security attendant at the university, worked in security with the City of Thunder Bay for a number of years before taking a position here. He finds his present position slightly less unnerving. "Working in those huge grain elevators at night could sometimes be frightening". Edward has travelled across Canada and has been to many of the native reserves where he is treated with great respect. Edward is a traditional =-_;_;=:.i native healer and has helped people across Canada upon the request of native leaders and sometimes the clergy. "The Great Spirit directs me to herbs that are used to help people with sickness and disease". Edward's 12 year old son Mark has taken an interest in his father's heritage and is now training as an apprentice. When Edward retires, his goal is to travel to all the reserves across Canada. Marlene Orr is the secretary in Native Support Services. Although working for a large organization was a big change for Marlene, she has found that she "enjoys meeting the students and they've accepted me quite well. They're what keeps me going". Besides the time she spends with her husband and daughter, Marlene has taken a few basic computer courses and continues to learn more about computers. "In the future I would like to be able to show and teach others instead of having people teach me". Marlene is very sports active. In the summer she can be found on the baseball diamond and in the colder months she plays ringette out at Stanley for the NorWest Women's League. Marlene takes part in the Royal LePage Run for Women every year and is especially looking forward to running with the Lakehead University women this year. . . . ·• /i/ ·::e:=tt:c-:: :} t·•SUMMEi:i99P)'.•· • •. /: ;JAJ>~.ESJ;~'JJUDENTSTOFOLtOWENGLISH ]MMERSlON PROGRAM AT.LAI<EHEAD UNIVERSITY .Thirty stiiderit~ft§1frGi(u, J~pan on campus :: iHl.i>e ~itt~!~-i~~i~i,tl!~;lm;~•i; • .~it~~~t«1,!1t~:e:~t7Adr\~m~re~~:~~rs • ·si.nnmer two is asked to contact: • Jane Li.yingston, . .. . . :': "--Deparfu:1~9t of Continuing Ed.iication :· At.:,~_ 068'<>r s13~ •• • -- Page4 Edward Lyons Bill Maki Bill Maki is the new electical technologist in the Engineering Department. Bill completed his electrical engineering degree in May 1989, Bill rejoined the department in January 1990. He says, "I would like to get a solid background in engineering and besides, it's good experience to work at LU". When Bill is not at work he likes to tinker with his own electronics projects and his home computer. Llke a true northerner, Bill likes skiing and ========= skidooing in the winter and camping and fishing in the summer. AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - April 1990 �Wrestling MVP: Mark Tarantini and Mike I<irlew Rookie: Tony Gallo Most Improved: Steve Roslinsky wrap-UP The varsity competitive season has concluded and by all standards the season was a successful and rewarding one. For the athletes, coaches and supporters of the Nor'Westers, the season of ''The Climb to Excellence" will be one for the history books. The four major varsity programs, men's basketball, women's basketball, volleyball and wrestling, did well during the competitive season with the three team sports (basketball and volleyball) advancing to the playoffs. The wrestling team qualified two athletes for the national CIAU final. The men's basketball team finished the season with a record of 18 and 13 and hooked a berth in the OUAA West playoffs. In the quarter-finals they lost to the University of Brock. The team won tournaments in Winnipeg and Saskatoon and made the national rankings twice. The phenomenal guarding duo of Jeff Byerley and John Laplante were named to the OUAA All-Star team. Player for the month of February was starting centre Mike Lalonde. He averaged 12.5 points and 7.5 rebounds a game. Women's basketball completed their outstanding season in top place in the OWIAA West Division with a record of 12-2. With the first place berth they hit the Ontario championships reaching the semi-finals where the team lost to Toronto. Sharon Knowles finished the season as the leader in scoring in the Ontario league and gained a place on the All Star team. Kathy Harrison led the league in assists and was named to the All Star team in the West. Ontario Coach of the Year honours went to Stu Julius. Player for the month of February was Kelly Fitzgerald who finished the season on a high note. She scored 15 points and made 10 rebounds against the University of Toronto. The Lady Nor'wester Volleyball team's exciting season was capped by taking 5th place in Ontario at the OWIAA championships. The team had a record of 35 and 9. Player of the month honours went to Kelly Breutigam who concluded her season with a dominating performance at the OWIAA championships (46% of team kills). Kelly's entire season had similar successes and resulted in well-deserved recognition. She received Ontario's Rookie of the Year honours and was the only player from the West Division to make the All Ontario team. The LU wrestling team also had a successful season. Mike Kirlew was 2nd at the OUAA's (All Star) and 4th in the CIAU's while freshman Tony Gallo placed 3rd at the OUAA's and 5th at the CIAU's. Overall the team placed 6th at the OUAA and 11th at the CIAU championships. Player of the month for wrestling is Tony Gallo. His finishes at the two championships were a direct reflection of his hard training and effort throughout the year. Lakehead University Athletes of the year were named at the athletic banquet held on March 25. Men's basketball player Jeff Byerley and women's basketball player Sharon Knowles were selected the 1989-90 male and female athletes of the year. Both were instrumental factors in the success of their varsity teams and were selected to the league's all-star team. The following is a list of recipients of awards: Varsity Teams Men's basketball MVP: Jeff Byerley Best defensive player: Leslie Ragguette Most improved: Ray Foster Rookie of the year: Chris Grace Women's basketball MVP: Sharon Knowles Defensive: Sharon Knowles Rookie: Jenny Burgess Most improved: Kelly Fitzgerald Women's volleyball MVP: Kelly Breutigam Defensive: Deanne Geisler Rookie: Kelly Breutigam Corinne Kollman received a plaque for outstanding contribution to the team. CLUB TEAMS ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Indoor soccer: Colleen Deboer Indoor track: Steve McKague Cross-country running: Manuel Salvati Nordic skiing: Mark Puuinala Rugby: Kathryn Boyd Alpine skiing: Jodi Powell Mark Puumala Sibley Ski Tour The Sibley Ski Tour, held March 3, saw the birth of a new era in crosscoun try skiing-one with Lakehead University's name on it. Lakehead University skied away with the crown for the organization with the greatest number of kilometres collected during the tour, thus pushing the Lappe team into second for the first time in the history of the event. The category was open to ski clubs, corporations and schools. Top finishers for Lakehead University include 1st place winner in the men's SOK, Mark Puumala and 7th place winner Dennis Paradine. In the women's 40K the 1st place winner was Terri Gibbons and 2nd place winner, Moira McPherson. LU's Kevin Paradis placed 3rd in the men's 20K. Other successful finishers from Lakehead included Claude Liman, Fred McIntosh and John Whitfield. April 1990 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page 5 �Health Symposium Develops Network Between University Health Researchers And Community Agencies Who Provide Health Services The recent Health Research symposium was considered useful and successful by the 60-70 people who attended. Organizer Anne Fiorenza said "there was an excellent response from faculty, community health providers and health policy makers". Dr. Connie Nelson, Director of Research and Graduate Studies, described highlights: "Participants felt they had a much better understanding of the capacity of the university to undertake health research projects. It also provided them with the opportunity to learn about interdisciplinary health research. They could see from the presentations we're not just about individual research projects. We all benefit from partnership research". Nelson felt that the opportunity for delegates to make contacts was another important purpose for the symposium. The Department of Research and Graduate Studies has been asked to organize an extensive workshop highlighting university health research on an annual basis. Faculty presenters: A. Bowd and C. Loos (Alzheimers); J. Jamieson and N. Lavoie (Type A Personality and Fitness); J. Crossman and R. Kirk-Gardner (Mortality Rates in TB due to Heart Disease); B. Minore and M. Katt (Nishnawbe-Aski Nation Health Director) (Native Suicide Prevention). 3-Year Commitment from MNDM To School Of Science And Technology The School of Science and Technology for Northern Ontario secondary school students will continue for another three years at Lakehead and Laurentian Universities, Taras Kozyra, Port Arthur MPP and Parliamentary Assistant to Minister of Northern Development Rene Fontaine announced at a media conference at Lakehead University. Over the past three years, the school has proven popular with students, parents and educators", Kozyra said. "It has helped students become aware of career opportunities in science and technology that exist in Northern Ontario."This year, the program will be expanded by 50 percent to accommodate 270 students. The school will also be changed to a four-week format.The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines will provide approximately $1 million to fund the school at the two Northern Ontario universities. Each student who completes the four-week course of study will receive a $1,000 stipend." The summer studies provide enriched learning for secondary school students from across the North who show special aptitude in science and technology," noted Fort William MPP and Minister of Natural Resources Lyn McLeod. "The classroom activity is combined with field trips designed to demonstrate industrial applications of science in the northern economy. Lakehead University will accept 90 students for this innovative program Page6 which helps stimulate our young people's desire to enhance skills which will be in great demand in the 21st century," Kozyra added. Sudbury's Laurentian University will run two programs of 90 students each, one in English and the other in French. Application forms will be forwarded from the universities to all secondary schools in Northern Ontario. To be eligible, students must intend to enroll in grades 12 or 13 in September, 1990, have parental consent, and be recommended by their principal as having demonstrated ability and aptitude in science. Room and board will be provided for students participating in the program. For further information contact: Doug Melville, MNDM Thunder Bay, (807) 475-1585; or Dr. John Whitfield Dean of Arts and Science Lakehead University Roger Zavagnin, an engineering student at LU,said that his experiences with the 1987 Science and Technology Program had helped him look at science in a new way, "to see how everything was interdependent". MPP Taras Kozyras, centre, and Dr. Alisatair MacDonald, biology professor, fielded other questions about the program. AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Aprll 1990 �R.A.P. Making A Great Lake Superior (Complete conference proceedings will be available through the Centre for Northern Studies which hosted and co-sponsored the conference. With the assistance of conference journalist Larry Saunders and Dr. Harunur Rasid, who provided the Conference Summary, a few conference highlights are noted.) When a university is situated on the largest fresh water lake in the world, there appears to be an inherent responsibility to be part of the decision-making process about its future. An international conference called ''MAKING A GREAT LAKE SUPERIOR brought together more than 150 delegates representing government, business, environmental groups and university researchers providing the opportunity to share ideas and strategies on solving international water pollution problems. One journalist commented that the delegate mixture could have been volatile and divisive, but cooperation and consensus prevailed. The focus of the gathering was on the seven so-called "pollution hot spots" around lake Superior which were identified by the International Joint Commission (IJC) five years ago. Four of the seven are on the north shore of the Lake, including Thunder Bay harbour. Jake Vander Wal, with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, and one of the conference organizers, says that the IJC has identified 42 "hot spots" known as Areas of Concern, around the Great Lake Lakes and public advisory committees have been established to draw up what are called Remedial Action Plans (RAPs). These public advisory committees include representatives from municipalities, industry and the general public. The conference heard distressing news about how difficult it will be to dean up Lake Superior. Even if all seven hot spots were cleaned up, there would still be a big pollution problem - one that is well beyond the scope of local dean-up plans. William Strachan, a research scientist with Environment Canada, told the conference about a computer model he's developing with other scientists about air pollution. Although under development, their model indicates that up to 90% of toxic chemicals like PCB's come from the atmosphere - falling into Lake Superior in the form of toxic rain and snow. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, signed by Canada and the United States, calls for "zero discharges" of toxic substances into the Great Lakes. The concept of zero discharge, however, has always been tempered by economic realities, as governments at all levels have set limits which allow pulp and paper mills, mines, or municipalities to continue sending toxic substances into the lake. Gordon Durnhill, the American CoChairman of the IJC announced that the Commission will soon know about the fate of their recommendation to designate Lake Superior as "pollution free" - a model for the rest of the Great Lakes. Bruce Hyer, an environmental activist from Thunder Bay, first suggested the idea to the IJC last October. "Lake Superior, as an entity, should become a model for seeing whether we can achieve zero discharge". Hyer says it won't be cheap to inplement the recommendation even though Lake Superior is the cleanest of the Great Lakes but he believes it will be money well spent. "It's the top of the watershed, and we send water downstream, so its a good test study as well as philosophically being a good place to do it. Also, the retention time in Lake Superior is a couple of hundred years - meaning that if we pollute Lake Superior heavily, it will not dean itself up in a decade ... if we mess it up, it's messed up relatively permanently''. Bruce Hyer Joan Skelton, a Thunder Bay author, is a member of the Thunder Bay Public Advisory Committee, which is helping the Ontario government prepare a Remedial Action Plan (RAP) to clean up Thunder Bay habour. In an interview after the conference, Skelton pointed out that as far as she is concerned there is no great polarity between industry and the public demanding a dean up. Everyone on the committee wants to find solutions, through consensus, because of the urgent need for environmental action. ''The nuclear bomb [of environmental destruction] is hanging over the heads of everybody, industry and public. And if industry polluter doesn't realize this, and if we the public don't change our lifestyle and demand less, then we might as well forget it. I'm optimistic. The industry people are human too, and want their genes to survive, their families to survive." The conference was the first of its kind for RAPs on Lake Superior. Say organizers, "This year we talked about what we're going to do. Next year, we'll talk about what we've done." Aprll 1990 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page7 �People, Papers/Publications Dr. I. Nirdosh, Professor of & Special Projects Chemical Engineering, has published a Alain Nabarra, Associate Professor, ~□ Languages Department, @iiiii~f'=!i~· contributed a chapter to the ~!!15~!iii' book "La Revolution du journal", 1788-1794, edited by Pierre Retat, Professor at the University of Lyon, France, and published by .-==e~~,r' the CNRS (France National Council for Scientific Research). Entitled "La Presse coloniale devant la Revolution", it deals with the nature and the role of the press in the French Colonial Territories during the Revolution of 1789. Prof. Nabarra also presented a paper entitled ''Un enseignant de francais aux Etats-Unis en 1789: Joseph Nancrede", to the annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of French which was held in Paris in conjunction with the celebration of the bicentenary of the French Revolution. The research for both projects was funded in part by grants from the SSHRC fund through the Senate Research Committee. 0 ~ -- paper entitled "Free Convection Mass Transfer in Hemispherical Cavities", in the journal of Chemical Engineering Research and Design. Dr. G. H. Sedahmed of the University of Alexandria, Egypt, is the co-author of this paper. Professor de Cangas has been elected chairperson of a committee to incorporate consumers in the board of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Thunder Bay. This is the first time that such a step is being taken by a Mental Health Association. Prof. de Cangas published "Exploring Expressed Emotion: Does It Contribute To Chronic Mental Illness? in the referee journal: Journal Of Psychosocial Nursing 2nd Mental Health Services, 28 (2) 31-34, 1990. Ken Hartviksen delivered a paper, March 29 at the Heritage & Tourism ICOMOS European Conference Canterbury- University of Kent (United Kingdom) entitled, "Tourism Development of Heritage Sites through Cooperating Associations". Dr. V. V. Paranjape, Department of Physics, announced that Solid state physicists from the North American continent meet every year in the month of March to discuss their work. The meeting, arranged by the American Physical Society, took place this year in Anaheim, California and was attended by approximately 5000 physicists. Four members of the Department of Physics presented papers at this meeting. The titles of the papers and their authorships were as follows: Dr. M. W. Hawton, Dr. W. J. Keeler and Mr. X. Le, "Fractal Models of Charge Transport on Low-dimensional Water Layers in Phospholipids and Proteins; Dr. W. J. Keeler, Dr. M. Hawton and Dr. J. J. Dubowski (NRC, Ottawa), "Resonant Raman Scattering in Epitaxial Cd 1-x MnxTe Films"; Dr. V. V. Paranjape, "Quantum Bound States in a Classically Unbound System of Wires"; Dr. W. Sears, "Fractal Formation of Silver Aggregates on Tin Oxide Surfaces. Dr. Sears was also elected to chair one session at the conference. Donation The Map Library in the Department of Geography is pleased to announce a donation of thirty-nine topographic maps of this region to its collection from former student and now private environmental consultant, Mr. Terry Noble, of Thunder Bay, whom we would like to thank publicly. In the photo below, Doug Bruce from Marathon gets ready for a teleconference for his Environmental Assessment course. Distance Education Program Co-ordinator, Susan Cole, hosted Silver Jubilee Birthday parties with a difference. In February and March, members of the "Distance Education Road Team" travelled to Nipigon, Marathon, Fort Frances, Dryden and Ignace. Cole said it was "great to get out into the region and talk to people, to listen to what they have to say about our programs and services and how we can help them meet their educational goals". Team members talked about what it's like to take university classes in a school without walls, and the type of commitment necessary to succeed. In Marathon, team members are ready to share cake and information. One new piece of information is that the term Signal North will be dropped and replaced by Distance Education. From left to right, Vonnie Cheng, Susan Burton, Phyllis Bosnick, Susan Cole and Eva Couchie, Marathon Site Coordinator. Pages AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - April 1990 �Boundary Conditions and Complicating Factors" Research News FROM THE OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH Research Officer: Anne Fiorenza RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES For further information on any of these Research Programs, please contact Anne Fiorenza, Research Officer, at ext. 8223. NSERC RESEARCH AWARDS The recipients of the 1990 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Operating and Equipment Research Grants Competition have been announced. In total Lakehead University's 1990 NSERC awards amounted to $816,897, as compared to $705,093 in 1989 (excludes strategic grants). This is an increase of 16% over last year. In spite of this increase, due to the increasing competition for limited federal research dollars, many deserving research proposals were not funded. I would like to take this opportunity to commend all researchers for their efforts in this year's competition. In the operating grants competition, 31 % of all NSERC eligible faculty applied with a success rate of 36%. Several of Lakehead University's new researchers were successful in obtaining operating grants. They are: Dr. C.C. Graham (Mathematics), Dr. C.A.G. Hayman (Psychology) and Dr. S.D. Kinrade (Chemistry). As a result of NSERC's decision to increase the allocation for equipment and the high calibre of proposals, several of Lakehead University faculty were successful in receiving equipment grants. The average equipment grant was $21,193 with a success rate of 25%. The successful candidates and research topics in this year's operating and equipment grants competition include: BIOLOGY Dr. P.H. Knowles - "Effects of Environmental Stress as a Selective Force on Genetic Structure of Forest Trees" Dr. L. Malek - Superspeed Refrigerated Centrifuge with Rotors (Equipment) CHEMISTRY Dr. S.D. Kinrade - "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of the Chemistry of Aluminosilicate Solutions" ENGINEERING Dr. L.J. Garred (Chemical)- "Hardware and Software Development and Dr s D Kinrade Simulation Studies to Exploit Spent Dialysate • • • for Urea Kinetic Modelling in Hemodialysis" Dr. M.H. Khan (Electrical) ''Hand-off control for Microcellular Communication System" Dr. M.H. Khan (Electrical) - Workstation (Equipment) Dr. J.B. Kiszka (Electrical) - "Fuzzy Logic Knowledge-Based Systems. The Pulp and Paper Industry, Computers and Controls of the Pulp and Paper Industry'' Dr. U.S. Panu (Civil) - "Development of Pattern Recognition Based Procedures for Streamflow Data Augmentation and Streamflow Forecasting" Dr. H.T. Saliba (Mechanical)- "Experimental and Theoretical Free Vibration Analysis of Thin Plates with Various Shapes, GEOLOGY Dr. P.W. Fralick - "Paleogeographical Interpretation of Archean Sedimentary Sequences in Northwestern Ontario" Dr. R.G. Platt - "Petrogenesis of Alkaline and Carbonatitic Magmas" Dr. G.J. Borradaile - Demagnetiser (Equipment) MATHEMATICS Dr. C.C. Graham - ''Topics in Harmonic and Functional Analysis" Dr. C.C. Graham - Computer (Equipment) Dr. G.J. Borradaile Dr. M.W. Benson - "Parallel Iterative Methods" PHYSICS Dr. M.H. Hawton - "Physics of Membranes and Absorbed Water" PSYCHOLOGY Dr. C.A.G. Hayman - ''Modality Effects in Human Performance" INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS Dr. Fentey Scott (School of Education) has been awarded a Micro-Fund (Planning Mission) by the Association of Universities and Colleges Canada (AUCC) to determine the feasibility of an institutional linkage between Lakehead University and the University of the West Indies, Barbados. The proposed project is entitled, "School Management and Supervision for Head Teachers and Senior Personnel in the Eastern Carribean States." RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA Travel Grants for International Representation Grants under this program are to assist Canadian scholars who hold office in international scholarly organizations in the social sciences and humanities to attend business meetings of these organizations. (Please note: The presentation of papers at international meetings held abroad falls under the General Research Grants (GRG) Program administered by the Senate Research Committee). Deadlines: June 30, and October 30. Aid to Occasional Scholarly Conferences in Canada Conference grants are awarded to encourage and facilitate the communication of research results among Canadian scholars, through scholarly conferences, workshops, symposia and colloquia held in Canada. The SSHRC offers limited support to conference organizers to help defray travel and subsistence costs of presenters and formal respondents at a conference, as well as some administrative expenses. Deadlines: June 30 and October 30. JAMES MCKEEN CATIELL FUND Sabbatical Awards for Psychologists The James McKeen Cattell Fund is offering one or more supplemental sabbatical awards in psychology. These awards designed to supplement sabbatical allowances provided by universities, so that each awardee may be able to take enough time to complete the objectives of the sabbatical period (1 year). The objective of the awards is to encourage research and scholarly endeavour on the part of psychol?gists at universities. The maximum value of the award 1s $22,000. Deadline: December 1, prior to the September in which sabbatical is to commence. Aprll 1990 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page9 �LS.B. LEAKEY FOUNDATION The foundation was formed to further research into human origins, behaviour, and survival. Recent priorities have included research into the environments, archaeology, and human paleontology of the Miocene, Pliocene and Pleistocene; into the behaviour of the Great Apes and other Old World primate species; and into the ecology and adaptation of living hunter-gatherer peoples. The foundation is offering the following two fellowships: The Fellowship for Great Ape Research and Conservation ($20,000) and the Fellowship for the Study of Foraging Peoples ($20,000). Deadline: May 1, 1990. UPCOMING DEADLINE DATES Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada -Strategic Grants (April 17, 1990). World Wildlife Fund - Endangered Species Recovery Fund (April 1, July 1, October 1, January 1), Wildlife Toxicology Fund (anytime). Laidlaw Foundation Program - Children and Families at Risk Program (May 1, September 1, November 1), Laidlaw Scholar Progr~ (any~me), Laidla~ <;onserva?on Program (July 1). Canadian Institute of Ukrairuan Studies - Doctoral Thesis Fellowship in Ukrainian History (May 1, 1990). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada -Strategic Grants (May 1, 1990). The G. Alan Roeher Institute - Research programs (April 30, 1990) University Research Incentive Fund (URIF) -May 31, 1990 Association of Universities and Colleges (AUCC) -Microfunds (May 1, 1990) Social Science Federation of Canada -Aid to Scholarly Publications Program (Open). The American Foundation for Aids Research - Research Grants Program and Small Grants Program (April 10, 1990). Department of Energy, Mines and Resources Environmental Studies Revolving Funds (Anytime). Canadian Department of Communications - International Cooperation Assistance Fund on New Information Technologies (Open). National Geographic Society - Research Grants (Open). North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - Advanced Research Workshops (Open). }roJfiNForuvrAnbi'-t:Aoour FOUNDAT1ONs PLEASE : ~Q~ACTJQ,;!ANN'~SILVERMAN,FOUNDATIONS ;;QJfJCER/ AT-343~910 OR DROP: BY ALUMNI HOUSE. ·:•:•.·. :-·-·-:---:-· • ., FIRST CONFERENCE The Department of Research and Graduate Studies and the Graduate Students of Lakehead University jointly presented their first annual conference on March 16. Approximately 75 people attended. A main focus of the conference was regional development and northern research. Graduate students were invited to present papers at the conference and 11 submissions were received. Topic areas included Psychology, Biology, Physical Education and Athletics, Forestry, Sociology and History. A major purpose of the conference according to VicePresident Internal of the Graduate Student Association, Gary Warwick, was "to raise the profile of the Graduate Student Association at the university and within the community. It was a fantastic success for our first year and we hope it will continue as a grad student tradition". Forum Dr. Bob Day School of Forestry ''If all the world were apple pie" Dr. Bob Day, School of Forestry, presented his paper Old Growth Forests Toronto in January, 1990. In the paper's conclusion, he borrows from a previously published article which he wrote in 1971 and is shared now with a more general audience. ''What balance has there been since glaciation? Ten thousand years ago the ice rolled back a curtain on unparalleled re-invasion and ecological change. Catastrophe of fire, flood and windstorms on every hand induced and maintained forests of quasi-even-age and fitted them into a mosaic of time and space and species. Against this backdrop stone age man, a creature of 200 millenia gone by, struggled from aboriginal to civilized stage. First firing forest to drive his game, he found his quarry multiplied in the clearings so created. Finding edible plants he burned again, and later planted in crude shifting cultivation until at last he balanced nature and brought order, patterning the landscape with his chequered fields. Copse and hedgerow, field and farm testified to his harmonious order. Here, Charles Elton says, is found true balance between man and life enabling him, the master of his modem world, to live free from the fear of invasion, epidemic plagues and pests like those that forced Pharaoh's hand and freed the Israelites from bondage. What balance is there now with phosphate, pesticide and pollution's pall? Must we return to harder days of supposed natural balance? I think not, for Homo has always been as much a gambler as a sapient sage more likely to stake his fortune on the wheel of chance and trust that he will strive for better balance still, than grunt and cringe and club as did his skin clad forebears. We shall go on, we must with faith, hope, skill and reason, challenging the mass media doom seers as others did before us. If man, as Malthu :~ said, will overcrowd the earth ... If man filthies all the _ water fit to drink. .. If ... If all the world were apple pie, And all the sea was ink, And all the trees were bread and cheese, What should we do for drink? (from Witt's Recreations 1641) Page 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Aprll 1990 �FORUM continued from page 10 A FINAL POEM - FOOD FOR ARGUMENT AND THOUGHT Verses 1 and 2 of this epic poem were written by Boulding in 'Man's role in changing the face of the earth' (Thomas et al. 1955,) Verse 3 was written by the author, with sincere apologies to Boulding. A Conservationist's Lament The world is finite, resources are scarce, Things are bad and will be worse. Coal is burned and gas exploded, Forests are cut and soil eroded. Wells are dry and air's polluted, Dust is blowing, trees uprooted. Oil is going, ores depleted, Drains receive what is excreted. Land is sinking, seas are rising, Man is far too enterprising. Fire will rage with Man to fan it, Soon we'll have a plundered planet. People breed like fertile rabbits, People have disgusting habits. Moral: The evolutionary plan, Went astray by evolving Man. The Technologist's Reply Man's potential is quite terrific, You can't go back to the Neolithic. The cream is there for us to skim it, Knowledge is power and the sky's the limit. Every mouth has hands to feed it, Food is found when people need it. All we need is found in granite, Once we have the men to plan it. Yeast and algae give us meat, Soil is almost obsolete. Man can grow to pastures greener, Till all the earth is Pasadena. Moral: Man's a nuisance, Man's a crackpot, But only man can hit the jack pot. A Foresters Plea for Silviculture Forests are composed of trees; That grow then bum and shed their seeds. Fires are started by lightning and men, And bum large patches now and again. Ecologists write poems and wax prosaic On the diversity of this fire 'mosaic'. Thus 'young' and 'old-growth' are mixed With many-aged stands in betwixt. Tottering 'old-growth' is diverse, so its said, A 'mosaic' is more so, and the trees aren't dead. Fire protection since 1910. Has completely stopped the new regen.' Moral: Silvicultural work is now urgently needed, So future forests get planted and seeded. Professor Day was quoted on the topic of Temagami in an excellent article entitled "Loggerheads" by David Lees in the December '89 issue of Toronto Life (copies available in the Information Office) Last Writes Katherine Shedden, Editor "Did I ever tell you my Theory of Universities? Like most institutions, each one is similar to a vat of molasses - slow and sluggish. If something goes wrong in one part, it spreads out and covers it up; if you try to make a dent in it, it oozes into the mark you think you've made. If you try to wade through it too quickly, you collapse from exhaustion; and if you try to beat it by plunging in and flailing away, you drown. But if you heat molasses it gets thin and moves quickly." That wonderful description was written by Jqdith Krantz in her book Deceptions. It felt like an appropriate lead in to this month's column about two vitally important parts of this institution - Senate and the Board of Governors. Slow and sluggish? Well, we often hear the comment that something "is before Senate" or "at a Senate sub-committee". But is it not the Senate committee where the real trench work, the careful and methodical investigations and scrutinies are carried out? Is is not Senate who bears the responsibility for ensuring that our institution maintains quality programs and ultimately offers a post-secondary education with high standards? Do not be slighted with the molasses reference dear members of senate. Your work is critical and appreciated and you always have the option to turn up the heat in the Senate Chambers. Hi-Lites from the last Senate meeting: Dwayne Hunking, Bill Salminen and Katja Huitikka were approved as student senators from April 1, '90 - March 31, '91 The Masters of Social Work program and MA (Political Studies) were approved by Senate to be sent on to OCGS for appraisal. The Graduate Diploma in Business Administration was suspended for study. (Full report next month) The Nominations Committee is looking for tenured faculty interested in serving on the Judicial Panel for 1990-91 (3 positions). The panel is the appeal body for students sanctioned under the Code of Student Behavior of Disciplinary Procedures. If interested call Dr. Brian Lorch at 8514. Hi-Lites from The Board of Governors' Meeting The Board accepted in principle the recommendation of the Labour Management Committee that an Employee Assistance Program be established at Lakehead University. In recognition of long and outstanding service to the University, Mr. David Jones, Technician in the Department of Chemistry, is to be honoured by having one of the Board of Governors Silver Jubilee Scholarships renamed the David Jones Scholarship. The Board accepted revised By-Laws which designate a scat on the Board of Governors for a member of the nonteaching staff. Elections will be conducted within the next few months. As a result of the resignation of Ron Nelson as the Director of Business Administration there were two new appointments to the Board. On March 1, 90 M1rgaret Boone was appointed to the Board Executive Committee and Duncan Bradly was appointed to the Financial Planning Committee. The great news in the fund-raising area is the announcement that with the sponsorship of Confederation College we now have 49 Silver Jubilee Scholarships! The Chairman of the Board thanked the City of Thunder Bay for their $25,000 donation to scholarships and bursaries. How's that for hot molasses? Aprll 1990 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P a g e 11 �Campus Calendar To include your Department's event or activity in the Campus Calendar, please call Flo Sherren at 8300 or mail your information to SN1002. Deadline for the May Agora is April 15, 1990. Howard Cable, Conductor Diane Garrett, T.B.S.Y.O. Conductor Selected winners of the Lakehead Music Festivalperforrn, along with the T.B.S.O. Youth Orchestra, with the T.B.S.O. FRIDAY, 13 & MONDAY, 16 EASTER WEEKEND LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY CLOSED FRIDAY,20 'I LIBRARY EXTENDED HOURS Monday to Friday 8 am - 11 :30 pm Saturday 9 am - 11:30 pm Sunday 11 am -11:30 pm LIBRARY HOURS FOR EASTER WEEKEND Final date for late registration in Spring term Distance Education course SATURDAY,21 Final Examinations end THURSDAY, 26 SENATE INTERNATIONAL FILMS 9:30A.M. Final date for submission of all marks/ grades for courses, projects, theses, and practica scheduled over the full year or in the second term - due 4:30 PM Braun Bldg. 1021- 8 pm For information call 343-8260 Free - Everyone Welcome February Session classes end GOOD FRIDAY, 13 - CLOSED SATURDAY, 14 -9am-11:30pm EASTER SUNDAY, 15 -11 am -11:30 pm EASTER MONDAY, 16 - 9 am -11:30 pm FRIDAY,27 SATURDAY, 28 & MONDAY 30 February Session Examinations MAY TUESDAY, 1 THURSDAY,5 THUNDER BAY ART GALLERY and the VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT cordially invite you to attend the opening of the LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION 8 - 10 PM Thunder Bay Art Gallery Exhibition continues through April 25 Final Examinations Begin FRIDAY,6 Final date to register for Spring Term Distance Education courses without late fee Final Examinations Begin Final date for applications for the Spring Session Spring Session full-courses and halfcourses commence FRIDAY,4 Silver Jubilee Computer Contest N.W.O. High Schools Agora Silver Jubilee Math Awards Presentation 1-3PM Final date for registration and changes in Spring Session full courses and halfcourses which commenced May 1 Final date for withdrawal without academic penalty from Spring Session half-courses which commenced May 1, except Distance Education Final date for refunds on withdrawal from Spring Session full-courses and half-courses which commenced May 1 except Distance Education MONDAY,9 SATURDAY,5 ROYAL LePAGE RUN FOR WOMEN Boulevard Lake :r::~:i• rt:!lfi~ti~i . . :,·• :•$'i1Jt THE SO~IET UNJoir. THE 'NEW REALITIES .Lakeh~ad • UniversityStd;rit Sefvices presents: {' ...·.· . IGOR LOBANov<. Counsellor of the.U$S~.• Embassy for Press and I.rif9fpation In the Upper Lectur~ Theatre University Centre Tuesday, April.IO, 1990 7:30PM Free Admission . .,,,.::::. -------- ~Agor~ The AGORA is produced by the Information Office, Department of External Relations, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is published monthly (except August), and is distributed free of charge to the University's faculty and staff, local government, media, business and friends of the University. Credit is appreciated when material is reproduced or quoted. Director of External Relations: John Russell, Editor: Katherine Shedden Assistant: Denise Bruley Calendar: Ao Sherren Photography: Peter Puna Graphics: Ben Kaminski, Linda Siczkar, Debbie Tew Printing: Rainbow Address correspondence to: Editor/ Agora Information Office SN1002 Lakehead University Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B SEl (807) 343-8631 or 343-8300 FAX 807-343-8023 RUDOLF NUREYEV and Friends Thunder Bay Community Auditorium $100, $45, $37.50 - 8 PM Lakehead University Vocal Ensemble St. Paul's United Church 8 PM $5.00/ $7.00 TUESDAY, 10 Silver Jubilee Symphony Series Community Auditorium Stars of the Future N f l.AVOIE PHYS EDUCATION Q) ~t .Q2.... Q) £ E~ Q) 0 0 ~ '" g' ~ V) V) ... ~o I ... ..__ a..o 0. 1n0 N � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lakehead University Alumni Collection Description An account of the resource Material kept by the Lakehead University Alumni Association, or donated by Alumni to the Association. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Agora Magazine Vol.7 No.4 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This issue of the Agora contains an article on the health symposium, "Making a Great Lake Superior" conference, and other research news. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 1990 Agora Magazine https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/e711258bad255a231e91769522473d41.pdf 6251bb95a72b87093d995f4f29f54d40 PDF Text Text Inside: Rosehart re-appointed ............ 3 Kehlenbeck- Distinguished Instructor .................................. 3 High school students say "yes'r"to LU ...................... 4 RAP conference ........................ 5 Can crushing campus ............ 11 �Report From the President Dr. Bob Rosehart FEDERAL BUDGET The recent federal budget of Mr. Wilson is just a further reflection of the desperate financial shape of Canada. For years, governments have lived . beyond their means, and now Canadians must face the music. What is more disturbing than this bad planning by previous governments are the "targets" of the Mulroney machine. Health care and post-,secondary education are very significant programs that will feel the brunt of the transfer payment cuts. It has been estimated by Treasurer Nixon that, for next year, this represents about $500 million for Ontario alone. Approximately 70% of the transfers are directed at health care, and it is clear that the public will not tolerate reduced access. On the college and university fronts, any reductions here would seriously cripple the future of the country in the coming decade when we are going to see fewer and fewer people enter our work force. The budget has financial vision, but it is sadly lacking in an overall long-term strategy for the nation. Initial comments from the Ontario government seem to indicate that they will maintain their commitments and support to post-secondary education and its importance to the future development of this Province. It is clear, once again, that accessibility will become an issue. It may be in the future that university entrance is limited and more students will involuntarily be directed to a renewed college system. As well, the university system will have to deal collectively with significant tuition fee increases. Obviously, the fallout from the transfer payments reduction will have some imnacts on Lakehead University. It is far too early to predict what specific impacts these will be, but the approval of the 1990/~1 Operating Budget is being delayed until May ~ that we will knm·1 the impact of the Ontario budget expected in early May. In the interim the Vice-President will be reviewing all planned budgeting expenditures for the 1990/91 year. Page2 APPLICATIONS FOR 1990/91 In whatever type of future funding scenarios that Lakehead University may face, student enrolment and student retention will be critical parameters. It looks as if, provincially, the system is close to peaking next year with only a modest 0.6% increase in high school applicants for the Fall of 1990. However, Lakehead is, at this stage, showing a 10.7% increase in applications, the highest of any provincial university. Several of our programs are continuing to show very significant increases in student interest. Particularly encouraging are Arts, Co-op Computer Science, Education, Physical Education, Engineering and ursing. A recent study of the Lakehead Board of Education has shown that 63% of their graduates who pursue a university degree do so at Lakehead University. LAKEHEAD GRAD HIRED BY NASA I just heard about how a professor's interest in keeping track of his students paid big dividends. Ulf Runesson, School of Forestry, went to a conference in Georgia last year and got on a mailing list for the Stennis Space Centre in Mississippi. When he discovered they were looking for a forester with remote sensing background he immediately thought of Robert Zakulak an '89 grad from Winnipeg. Ulf contacted the parents, put the parties in touch with each other and the result was a successful match. Robert's background in forestry with CARIS experience was unique and perfect for the position of developing the forestry application side of the operation. Stennis is an affiliate of NASA mandated to commercialize space and maintain the major software package for remote sensing. Looks like we are now an established contact with NASA thanks to Ulf's efforts. Ulf Runnesson Robert Zakulak SILVER JUBILEE ACTIVITIES A special celebration was held in Atikokan on Friday, February 23, to recognize the contributions made to Atikokan by Lakehead University during the first 25 years of L.U.'s existence. Presentations were made to Lakehead University on behalf of the local member of government, the school boards, and the Township of Atikokan. A display of Visual Arts was complimented by a series of selections by the Music Program's vocal ensemble. A good time was had by the approximately 150 participants including a special guest of the Atikokan students, Dr. E. Zimmermann of the History Department. Other guests included home-town faculty member, Professor Margaret Boone. NOR'WESTERS WIND-UP As the season ends, I must congratulate our student athletes, coaches, and programs for their excellent showing in the Ontario Leagues. Without wanting to single out particular students, special attention is deserved by John Laplante, Sharon Knowles and Kelly Breutigam as well as the first place finish by our Ladies' Nor'Wester Basketball Team. I have been very impressed by the sportsmanship demonstrated by our teams often under very difficult circumstances. Students, faculty and community participation at the C. J. Sanders building is on the increase, and L.U. crowds are becoming notorious in the rest of the leagues. On recent weekends, the Field House has hosted approximately 1,000 participants per game. L.U./CONFEDERATION COLLEGE FITNESS EXPERIMENT Have you taken advantage of the experimental access to t~e Colle~e's facilities yet? If not, you still have time. At the end of the project, I would be interested in your input as to what your experiences were. SHARON MCKAY APPOINTED DEAN AT U. OF REGINA I would like to congratulate Professor Sharon McKay who has accepted the position of Dean of the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Regina beginning July 1990. This speaks well of Sharon personally and professionally and the experience she has gained during her 15 years at Lakehead University. AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - March 1990 �Around Campus DR. BOB ROSEHART RE-APPOINTED FOR 5-YEAR TERM The recommendation of the Presidential Review Committee to re-appoint Dr. Rosehart was unanimously approved by the Board of Governors. Chairman of the Board, Dr. James Colqugoun, said, "the Presidential Review revealed overwhelming support of Dr. Roseharfs administration". Rosehart has been on faculty at LU since 1970. DISTINGUISHED INSTRUCTOR DR. MANFRED KEHLENBECK Dr. Manfred Kehlenbeck, Professor of Geology, has been awarded the prestigious Distinguished Instructor Award for 1989-90. Professor Kehlenbeck has been teaching at LU since 1971. DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC ON TOUR Student and faculty ensembles from the Department of Music recently completed a four-day tour of Northwestern Ontario. Funding for the tour was provided by the Centre for Northern Studies and the co-ordinator was Jeff Gibson, a sessional lecturer in the Department of Music. The tour, which took place February 15 to 18, consisted of six concerts - two each in Fort Frances, Dryden and Kenora. Daytime performances by student and faculty instrumental ensembles took place at Fort Frances and Dryden High Schools and at Beaverbrae High School in Kenora. A total of 1500 high school students attended the performances. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings (Feb.16 to 18) the Lakehead University Vocal Ensemble, Faculty Woodwind Quintet and Student Ensembles gave evening concerts at Fort Frances High School, Knox United Church (Kenora) and Dryden High School. Repertoire ranged from works by Bach, Mendelssohn and VaughnWilliams to jazz standards by Duke Ellington and George Gershwin. Media coverage of several of these events was extensive and the Department of Music wishes to thank the Dryden High School Drama Club and the Lake of the Woods Concert Group for their assistance in organizing the tour. A run-out to Marathon by faculty and student instrumental ensembles is planned or the end of March. ADRIENNE CLARKSON'S PLEA TO CITY COUNCIL In May 1989 I accepted_ an honorary doctorate from Lakehead University. Part of the pleasure of my acceptance was the knowledge that the Lakehead was a historic community with links to the opening of the west and with its key position in the centre of our beloved country. I am now deeply distressed to learn of the motion before your city council, giving vent to ignorance, mean-mindness and lack of understanding of the historic deal which forged our country and which has made it unique. I strongly urge you as a Canadian whom your community has honoured to embrace the spirit of moderation and decency upon which this country was built and reject this motion. EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS Alumni Annual Fund close to reaching $100,000 Goal Opening the mail at Alumni House is one of the more Phonathon that raised $30,000 toward the Association's sixpleasant task because every cheque received puts the staff a figure goal. In February the Alumni Association will have little closer to reaching its goal. By March 1 the Alumni tried something new - using paid student callers to telephone Association had raised $92,652 from 1578 donors and saw the alumni living in Northwestern Ontario.The efforts of six average gift increase to $58. energetic students (most of whom live in LU residence) will Money is used to fund scholarships and bursaries, to very likely push the Association over the top. If you have not purchase books and journals for the library, and to fund a already contributed to the Alumni Annual Fund, why not variety of department and faculty projects. The need for more take a moment now to do so? Your generosity will benefit endowed scholarships is particularly acute because Lakehead everyone connected with LU --especially its future students. University is a comparatively young University. We need to attract students to our northern campus and scholarships are a major incentive. During the past year alone, the Alumni Association established three endowed scholarships valued at $10,000 each - all from money raised through its Alumni Annual Fund. Designating money to library acquisitions is another popular choice among the alumni.Last year the Alumni Association directed over $3,000 to the Chancellor Paterson Library which was used in the purchase of two new subscriptions to CD ROM data bases that the Library would not otherwise have been able to afford. Chief Librarian Fred McIntosh estimates that the average cost of a book for the University collection is $46 and says that the support provided by the Annual Fund is important in helping the library purchase the materials needed to meet the many demands of its users. This year, close to $8,000 has already been designated to the Library and is sure to be a welcome addition to the Library's budget. None of these projects could be possible without the generosity of our 14,000 alumni living in all parts of Canada, the United States and overseas. Last fall, Anne Deighton, Jo Baratta and Fred McIntosh look on as Leila Wallenius demover 90 alumni volunteers participated in a onstrates the CD ROM data base in the Chancellor Paterson Library. March 1990 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pages �IS SMALL FINALLY BIG? LAKEHEAD TOPS THE CHARTS!! NEW CAMERA INSTALLED Graphics manager Ben Kaminiski oversees the operation of the new graphics camera with operator Debbie Tew. "The computerized programming component will reduce operator time but the big advantage is the elimination of many steps for the high volume, repetitive jobs" says the manager. The old camera was donated to the Visual Arts Department. Approximately 900 requests for graphic support are received annually (including camera work for half-tones, PMT's and negatives). Categories of work include research, teaching aids, student promotion, administration, and offcampus requests. POWER OUTAGE The entire university campus was without power for an extended period when the main feeder line shut down. According to the Director of Campus Development Jim Podd, "It took 6 hours to isolate the problem and we were able to restore power to the residence area first. The crew worked from 4 pm on Sunday, February 25 until nearly noon on Monday when the Bora Laskin building was finally brought on line". TWO GREAT CONCERTS RUDOLF NUREYEV and Friends will dance at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium on Monday, April 9at8pm. Tickets arc $100, $45, $37.50. Call the Box Office. The Lakehead University Vocal Ensemble will perform Choral Music of the 20th Century under Director Allan Beavan on Monday, April 9. The concern will be at St. Paul's United Church at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at the door ($5.00/$7.00). Page4 Application figures recently received from the Ontario Universities. Application Centre in Guelph suggest an increase of .6% in applications for admission to Ontario universities from Ontario high school students for 19901991. Applications to Lakehead University have increased by a 10.7% percentage, well above the provincial average. Lakehead University has experienced the largest increase in applications of the provinces 17 universities. The increase may reflect a trend wherein larger numbers of students are applying to the province's smaller universities. According to Registrar Pentti Paularinne, "students say they want to attend a smaller university-a place where they can experience that personal touch. To date, Lakehead University has received a total of 2,319 applications compared to 2,094 at this time last year. Lakehead has in fact already received 100 more applications than were received to the end of the admission cycle last year and the University will continue to accept applications until September for the 1990/91 fall term. The 2,319 applications is the largest number of applications which Lakehead University has received from high school applicants in the past five years. Here are some highlights and trends concerning applications from the high school sector: - Applications to Arts programs have increased by over 20% (563 this year and 466 last year). - Applications to Science Programs have increased 2.8% largely due to the introduction of a new computer science co-op program. . - Applications to the concurrent 4-year Education degree program have increased by 41 % (564 this year and 399 last). - Applications to the Physical Education degree program are also up by 19% (231 this year and 193 last year). . - Engineering applications are up by 21 % (117 this year and 96 last year). . . .. - Nursing experienced a 6% mcrease, s1gmf1cant because nursing applications were down 20% last year over the previous year. . . The only areas which have experienced declines~ application are Business, Forestry and Outd?or_Recreation. The decline in business and forestry applications parallels a provincial trend wherein applications to business programs are down -5% and to forestry by -23%. This is despite the fact that employers indicate there is a big demand for graduates of both business and forestry. Lakehead continues to attract more students from northwestern Ontario (55% in the current year). This is reflected in the recent survey 'Where do They Go' conducted by the Lakehead Board of Education indicating that 63% of the students pursuing university studies are enrolled at Lakehead University. We have no reason to believe statistics would not be similar for the Lakehead Catholic Board. AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - March 1990 �~ Northern Studies ~ i i i A Pre-feasibility Investigation • ·-___~ of the Quetico Research Centre In early December, a contract between the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines and the Centre for Northern Studies was signed awarding the Centre $12,000 to conduct a pre-feasibility study on the viability of a research centre associated with Quetico Park. Quetico Provincial Park is a rich storehouse of archaeological, historical, and biological resources. It already has a reputation as a world-class wilderness resource. The objectives of the study are to determine the most likely fields of research that would occur; to make a preliminary determination of market demands for research support; to prepare a general outline of the facilities that could be included in the research centre; to discuss management options for the facility; and ultimately, to make recommendations on the optimal approach and future considerations for a feasibilty study. The goal of the study is to determine if the concept of a wilderness research centre has enough merit to be pursued at this time.This service contract is important to the Centre because it has direct application to the development of the community of Atikokan and because it has an interdisciplinary focus. The Centre's linkages with the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines are an integral function of the Centre's mandate. It is expected that the study will be completed in early May. The Lakehead University Norwesters are victorious in more ways than one. All varsity teams have done well so far this season and they are expected to do even better as they move into the crunch for top spot. The Lady Norwester Basketball squad has earned a trip to Ottawa for the Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship, March 3 and 4. The Lady Norwesters clinched top spot to win the West Division of the OWIAA after defeating the University of Waterloo 61-46. The team finished the season with an unbeatable 12-2 record and are currently ranked 8th nationwide. The Lakehead Norwesters Men's Basketball team locked in a playoff spot after a 86-74 victory over the McMaster Marauders. The win earned the team sixth place in the Ontario Universities Athletic rankings and a berth in the Ontario Universities Athletic Association playoffs. The Norwesters headed to St. Catherines to play Brock in one of two sudden death games. There they lost to Brock 78-66. The winner there will play in the final four at Western. The Lakehead University Women's Volleyball team defeated Waterloo to sweep their final regular-season OWIAA series and advance to the provincial championship. The Norwesters finished the season with a 10-4 record and third place in the West Division of the Ontario Women's Intercollegiated Athletic Association. The championship tournament was held February 23 to 25 in Waterloo and Lakehead University defeated Windsor for the consolation title and fifth place overall. Lakehead University wrestlers Mike Kirlew and Tony Gallo finished in the top three at the Ontario Universities Athletic Association championship. Kirlew, competing in the heavyweight division, finished second in his category and Gallo won a bronze in the 61 kg. class. They compete at the national championship held March 2 - 3 at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. MAKIN GA ... _ GREAT LAKE SUPERIOR: Remedial Action Plarts ln The Basin March 22-24 1990 Lakehead Centre fcfrNorthem -Studies at Lakehead University and The Canada and United States Lake Superior RAP teams are. hosts for thisconference to be held at Valhalla Inn, Thunder Bay. Remedial Action Plans, or RAPs, are part of a joint U$./ Canada initiative to clean up water pollution in the Great Lakes. The task can only be accomplished through cooperation at many community levels. This conference is our opportunity to work together to make a Great Lake Superior! Be an active contributor to the discussion. Meet others in government, business and environmental groups who are interested in solving international water pollution problems. For more information, please contactBetty Salo, Conference Coordinator, Centre for Northern Studies, Lakehead Uriiversity:at~3-8377. Spotlight On Cross -Country Skier Mark Puumala Mark Puumala, a Geology graduate student, is not only a scholar but a successful athlete. Mark graduated in May 1989 with a BSc. from LU and received a NSERC scholarship to come back and do his Masters degree. This is Mark's third season as a member of the Lakehead University ski team and his most successful. "The season has been going well. I've been improving all the way through. I skied in Sudbury a few weekends ago and made 11th place with 80 skiers in the race". He has been training especially hard this year because this is his next to last season skiing for the university and he wants to do the best he can for the team. "I've been racing since I was 8 years old. It's my 15th or 16th year of racing." Mark recently returned from Ottawa and the Ontario University Championships where he came 15th in the race. "I hoped to finish in the top 10 in this race but I skied my best. I was very pleased with my performance". Mark has set goals for himself. 'This year I want to finish in the top 10 in Ontario. It's within reach. This summer I'll devote myself to training as well as working on my thesis at the university. I hope to be in the top 5 or even top 3 next season because it will be my last year with the university". March 1990 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pages �Northern Insights At spring training camp for the New York Mets, a reporter once asked Casey Stengel what the prospects were for two twenty year old try-outs. "In ten years, one guy has a chance of being a star. In ten years the other guy has a chance to be thirty.'' The laconic Stengel was well placed to make his prediction come true. Academics, on the other hand, usually lack Stengel's ability to pull strings, yet they often gaze into a crystal ball. Making predictions is now one of the academic's everyday responsibilities as an intellectual resource for society. At an economic developer's conference held recently in Thunder Bay, forecasts by academics took centre stage, even though crystal balls were long ago cut out of academic budgets. Instead, the academics relied on analyzing the past and present, then projected those trends into the future. The conference, called "Preparing for the 90's,'' presented the academics with a rare opportunity to influence the future direction of northern Ontario. The academics did not have Casey Stengel's authority to choose future players, but the academics did have the opportunity to inspire the thinking of other managers. The conference was organized by the "Northwestern Ontario Economic Development Association" - a looselywoven coalition of municipal economic development officers, industrial training specialists, economists, and civil servants. The Association has spent years breaking down "my town first" parochialism in the field of economic development. Ideas and business opportunities are shared, except where commercial confidentiality may be violated. Scarce resources, both human and financial, are pooled rather than jealously guarded. The Association also recognized the need to break down the parochialism of being only "the northwest'', and extended invitations to the conference to their counterparts in the northeast. The combined effect of all these initiatives brought nearly 200 delegates to the Airlane Hotel January 10-12, and created a framework to make the conference an annual evc:-.t. The academics given centre stage included Dr. Willia~ Fyfe, the Dean of Science at the University of Western Ontario, Dr. David Foot, a demographer from the economics department at the University of Toronto, and economics Pages by Larry Sanders Professor Norman Bonsor from Lakehcad. They were each asked to apply their expertise to paint their own portrait of the 90's, to equip the economic development workers with ammunition to "make it" in the turbulent times ahead. Dr. Fyfe, an internationally respected environmental expert, frightened and challenged delegates with his graphic pictures of global pollution and overpopulation. He said the combined effects of soil depletion and global warming would transform northern Ontario into a "semi-arctic desert'' within 20 to 30 years. He bluntly told the delegates, "Canada has no moral right to talk to anyone about the environment. We are now the biggest energy users in the world, and also hold the record for per capita methane gas •'Demographics is the fundamental basis on which you must build your economic development strategies. Yes, you have to worry about lots of other things. But if you get the demographics wrong, you've got a very, very cracked foundation on which everything else is to be built". production. We are, per capita, the dirtiest people in the world."He encouraged the economic developers to recognize the new "green" context for their work. 'There is a new word in the vocabulary of world management. It's that word 'sustainable'. Is what we are doing sustainable, even if we are making occasionally some money?" Dr. Foot added demography to the economic devclopers'toolbox. "Demographics is the fundamental basis on which you must build your economic development strategies. Yes, you have to worry about lots of other things. But if you get the demographics wrong, you've got a very, very cracked foundation on which everything else is to be built." Like Casey Stengel, he based his analysis on the assumption "every year, we all get one year older," and showed how Canada's population is expected to peak within the next two to three decades, then start to decline, unless Ottawa changes the nation's immigration policies, or there's an unexpected reversal in the declining fertility rate of Canadian women. Northern Ontario, according to Foot, will have an even greater concentration of older people, and a further decline in the 16-25 age group. ''The percentage of younger people is declining dramatically. That's why schools have had to be dosed ." For those planning economic development, that's distressing news, because "if you're looking for young, inexperienced workers, or young cheap workers to plan your economic development patterns around, they simply are not going to be there." Professor Bonsor spoke the morning after Fyfe and Foot. Bonsor upset many delegates with his statement "When you look at development and diversification, I think anybody who believes that that is easy, or that every community represented in this room is going to do it, has been eating funny mushrooms. Not all small, or even some of the larger communities, will succeed in attracting new ventures to replace existing declining employment bases. We have spent, as a society, a lot of money, and a lot of time, attempting to attract ventures, firms, to northwestern Ontario. The success of that over the years has been very limited. And I don't think this is at all surprising." Delegates such as the executive director of Thunder Bay's Economic Development Corporation, Dick Charbonneau, challenged Bonsor. Charbonneau said that communities could diversify, if they took advantage of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States, and redefined their market as the North American midwest. Reluctantly, Bonsor agreed. If the predictions of Fyfe, Foot and Bonsor are accurate, northern Ontario's future is one where the integrity of the environment is supreme, the market orientations are north-south rather than cast-west, the labour force is smaller, older, and highly specialized, and only some communities now on the map will be there in 30 years. On top of that, the north, like the rest of Canada, will be under pressure from an overpopulated globe to fill in some of our "wide open spaces" with new immigrants. That may not be a team that can win the World Series, but at least we'll all be ten years older, and we might have a good shot at making the playoffs. AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - March 1990 �New Faces Doug Stone has been appointed industrial technology advisor at Innovation North. He has a BSc and is a registered professional mechanical engineer. Doug brings to the university 18 years experience with the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. "I hope to bring a good connection between the university and industry". Doug seems to enjoy wearing many hats at once. He is a lecturer in the first year technology program in the school of engineering which he refers to as "lots of work and a lot of fun". He also manages to continue work on his Graduate Business Diploma Program, hack away on his computer and fit in the odd camping, canoing or skiing excursions with his family. You can meet this buzy man in his office on the fourth floor of the Centennial Building or by calling 343-8124. Tracy O'Neill works in Photocopy Services in the Library. Most of her work experience has been in the hotel industry but finds her job in the Library "totally different, definitely enjoyable". Tracy likes the pace on the second floor. "It's always busy. I like working with lots of people. Everyone is really friendly and I like the environment". Born and raised in Thunder Bay, Tracy spends some of her spare time doing crosstitch and various crafts. With the spirit of a true Northerner often she can be found "roughing it" in the great outdoors. Tracy's favourite fishing hole is Kab Lake where she and fellow outdoorspersons pitch their tents in the most isolated spot they can find. Meeting Dr. Dan Weeks in his The minute Emily Scott speaks, sparkle and enthusiasm are evident. office is a memorable experience. Mrs. Scott was hired as the Special While the newly-appointed asistant professor in the School of needs assistant in the Leaming Centre. She is currently going dePhysical Education discusses partment by department talking cognitive psychology and how that about the Centre's services. She relates to athletics one cannot help feels strongly that it is critical to but notice the drums, weight lifting work together to ensure a unified poster, an album with Charlie approach to meeting the needs of Watts and a kilt. students. She discusses problems in Originally from Sault Ste. Marie, the classrooms and resources availDan began his education at Humable to faculty and students. Anber College in music but quickly ~~~~~=!!= :::::!~d other component of her job is to be a decided that the life of a musician liaison for the students and outside agencies that may be rewas not for him. He earned a BA from the University of quired. Emily describes herself as "one of the unfortunates Windsor and his MSc from McMaster in 1985. A PhD at who lives and sleeps her job. I admit the job becomes quite Auburn followed and a post-doctoral fellowship with the consuming." It's her passion for justice and equaltiy, comUnited States Air Force. Dan was at Purdue University in bined with her teaching background and a 12-year interest in Wisconsin for over a year doing research and some teaching and looks forward to his future at Lakehead. 'The potential is reading and reading disorders that gives her insight into the special problems that some students face. "It surprises many great. This university seems to be on the upswing compared people to discover that there are so many students who know to other Canadian universities. That was one of the reasons that they have a learning problem and don't know where to why I came here". Music is still a big part of Dan's life and he's already joined tum for help." Scott believes that we always face the unknown factor but really the sky's the limit for all learners. the Thunder Bay Police Pipe Band. "I started in a pipe band "We cannot foresee what we are capable of. I believe that in at the age of 10 but at that time I wanted to be a rock star the past, people just dropped out. That's why I'm so conmaybe I'm just returning to my roots" he laughed. cerned that people come forward and seek help. It behoves the university to take a leadership role. and use our creativity to make it more possible for people with special needs to succeed." March 1990 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page 7 �People, Papers/Publications & Special Projects Dr. Doug Thom, School of Education, is currently ~~=~ researching aspects of public education financing in Ontario. He will be presenting a major paper on his research findings at the Learned Societies Canadian Association for the Study of ~=t;!;~[!iir' 1 Educational Administration (CASEA) Conference in June in Victoria. :Si;t:.t;Q Dr. A. H. Mamoojee, Department of Lans~====~ guages, presented a paper t~{!~~J:iY entitled "The Asian proconsulship of Q. Cicero: an appraisal" at the annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Canadian West, held at the University of Winnipeg on the 16th and 17th of February 1990. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Students, Faculty, and Alumni are encouraged to respond to the call for nominations for the Distinguished Instructor Award for 1990-91. The $3,500 award is to be used to further the academic development of the faculty member. The award was given last year for the first time to Dr. Penny Petrone, School of Education. Nominations may be made by faculty members, Department Heads or Chairs, Deans, groups of at least five students or Alumni, with each group submitting a supporting letter. The nominating letter must be submitted to the Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning by May 30, 1990. A list of supporting documentation and the criteria for selection will be published by April 30, 1990. Candidates are expected to submit a full dossier by September 30, 1990. A faculty member may receive only one award every ten years. Awards In recognition of scholarly activity, research and publications, or service and outstanding contribution to their university and Department /School, the Deans of Arts and Science and professional Studies announce the 1989/90 MERIT AWARDS PROFESSIONAL STUDIES Dr. K. Brown, Forestry; Dr. M. C. Courtland, Education; Dr. T. Song, Physical Education; Professor C. Loos, Nursing; Dr. S. A. Mirza, Engineering; Dr. V. R. Puttagunta, Engineering; Prof. R. Nelson, Business; Prof. M. Boone, Nursing; Dr. R. Lappage, Physical Education. 1989/90 MERIT AWARDS ARTS AND SCIENCE Dr. J.E. Molto, Anthropology; Dr. M. Knowles, Biology; Dr. N. Weir, Chemistry; Dr. S. R. MacGillivray, English; Dr. J.M. Richardson, English; Dr. H. Rasid, Geography; Dr. G. Borradailc, Geology; Dr. R. Mitchell, Geology; Dr. J. D. Rabb, Philosophy; Dr. R. Delaney, Social Work; Dr. D. Nock, Sociology. CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEACHING AWARDS The Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce that the following have been voted recipients of the Contributions to Teaching Awards for 1989-90: Faculty of Arts and Science - Dr. B. O'Connor - Dr. M. Sellick -Mrs. P. Warywoda Faculty of Professional Studies - Mr. D. H. Alexander - Dr. M. H. Khan - Mr. M. Zettek Three Faculty members, Dr. S. R. Goldstein, from the Arts and Sciences, and Mrs. M. Maclean and Dr. D. Klassen from Professional Studies were nominated but since they received the award two years ago were ineligible for this competition (the award can only be given to a Faculty member once in three years). Nominations were also received for Mrs. D. Wawia and Mr. S. Chase from Professional Studies. All are to be congratulated for the fine support they received from their students. The time and effort given by the students to write the letters and obtain signatures is very much appreciated by the Committee. TBSO IMPLEMENTS RUSH SEATING FOR STUDENTS In order to make concerts more accessible to students, the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra has implemented Rush Seats for it's Auditorium concerts. The rush seating policy takes effect immediately and will continue into next season. At any Symphony concert held at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, students can purchase rush scats at a cost of $9.00 each. The tickets must be bought in person between 6:30 and 7 pm on the evening of the concert. Pages John Russell, Director of External Relations, happily recei.ves the last installment of a five year $20,000 pledge from Labatt's Ontario Breweries. District Manager Gord Kyle presents the cheque. AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - March 1990 �Research News FROM THE OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH Research Officer: Anne Fiorenza RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES For further information on any of these Research Programs, please contact Anne Fiorenza, Research Officer, at ext. 8223 GRANTS AWARDED Dr. Alan Gilbert (Chemical Engineering) in conjunction with Canadian Pacific Forest Products Ltd., has been awarded a research grant through the Ministry of Colleges and Universities' University Research Incentive Fund (URIF). This research will use a new high consistency mixer/ reactor to bleach kraft pulp with chlorine dioxide in a search for conditions which minimize the formation of chlorate. The URIF program encourages university-industry research partnerships by matching dollar for dollar, eligible investmen ts by the private sector in university-based contract research. Dr. Moira McPherson (Physical Education) in collaboration with Digi-Laser Inc. has been awarded a URIF research grant to study the "Feasibility of a Customized Approach to Computer Assisted Leaming.'' The proposed feasibility study is designed to evaluate the user acceptability and costs associated with the implementation of a dynamic interactive course medium using a combination of hypertext, graphics, animation and artificial intelligence software techniques. Dr. Muzibul H. Khan (Electrical Engineering) has been awarded a Science and Technology Agency Fellowship by NSERC and the Japan International Science and Technology Exchange Center (JISTEC). Dr. Khan will spend 6 months in Japan working with the Communications Research Laboratory on a research project entitled, "Hand-off Control for Microcellular Communication Systems." NEWS FROM SSHRC 1990 Strategic Grants Many changes have occurred in the SSHRC Strategic Grants program this year. These changes were made in accordance with recommendations made by the Paquet Task Force. The principal conclusions from this review were that greater attention be given to promoting interdisciplinary and intersectoral approaches to pressing research issues. Therefore, support will be given in the following areas: (a) Strategic Research Grants ($100,000 per year up to $250,000 over three years); (b) Research Networks ($40,000 maximum per year); (c) Research Workshops ($15,000 maximum per year); and (d) Partnership Development Grants (up to $5,000). The new themes introduced by SSHRC will provide Lakehead University researchers the opportunity of participating in exciting areas of research of national importance. The new themes for 1990 are: Women and Work; Education and Work in a Changing Society; Managing for Global Competitiveness; Science and Technology Policy in Canada; and Applied Ethics. Deadlines: April 17, 1990 and October 15, 1990. Canadian Studies Research Tools (CSRT) Program The purpose of the CSRT program is to further the develop- ment of Canadian studies by making accessible primary and secondary print and non-print, documentary materials of importance for advanced research in Canadian studies areas. The program supports bibliographic projects and archival projects, with awards reaching a maximum of $75,000. This program particularly encourages the preparation and dissemination of research tools which will ensure broadly based intellectual access to materials in areas inadequately covered by existing research tools. Deadline: April 1, 1990. Learned Society Conference For all SSHRC Eligible faculty attending the Learned Societies Conference, SSHRC invites all researchers to attend information sessions concerning changes in the Council's research grants and strategic grants resulting from the report of the second task force on priorities (Paquet Report) and the report of the research grants review committee (Courtney Report). For dates and times please refer to the Conference Agenda. SOCIAL SCIENCE FEDERATION OF CANADA Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme The program is designed to assist the publication of works of advanced scholarship which make an important contribution to the advancement of knowledge, but which are unlikely to be self-supporting. The programme helps defray the publisher's deficit on the production and marketing of the book. Deadline: Open. NEWS FROM NSERC 1990 Strategic Grants For the past few years, the Strategic Grants Program has been subject to evaluation, review and analysis by NSERC. The result has been the establishment of mission statements for each of the following ten strategic themes: (a) Advanced Technologies (Information Systems; Biotechnology; Industrial Materials, Products, and Processes; Manufacturing Systems; Energy), (b) Natural Resources (Food, Agriculture and Aquaculture; Forestry; Mineral Resources; Oceans and Inland Waters), (c) Environmental Quality, and (d) Open. NSERC Strategic Grant Representatives will be on campus on March 29, 1990 to discuss the strategic themes and changes. Deadline: May 1, 1990. THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH Request for Proposals The American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) invites researchers to submit a pre,application Letter of Intent for projects in biomedical, humanistic, and social sciences research relevant to AIDS. This RFP is issued for their Research Grants Program ($50,000 per year) and Small Grants Program ($5,000 for travel). Deadline: April 10, 1990 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MINES AND RESOURCES Environmental Studies Revolving Funds The Environmental Studies Revolving Funds are intended to address only issues directly related to oil and gas exploration and development needs. Issues associated with offshore activities in southern Canada are funded by the EMR. Issues associated with offshore activities in Canada's north are funded by Indian and Northern Affairs In Northern Development. Deadline: Open. CANADA: DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS International Cooperation Assistance Fund on New Information Technologies March 1990 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page9 �The International Cooperation Assistance Fund's purpose is to encourage the private and public sectors to acquire from aborad the know-how necessary to strengthen the development of competitive Canadian Industry in new information technologies. The fund is intended to increase participation by Canadian organizations in cooperative international research projects. The maximum value of the award is $200,000 per year. Deadline: Open. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Research Grants The purpose of the National Geographic Society Research Grants is to support research projects relevant to the field of geography as interpreted broadly. Grants normally are made only for field research. The areas of study supported are Anthropology, Archaeology, Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Ecology, Geography, Geology, Oceanography, Paleontology and Zoology. Deadline: Open. NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) Advanced Research Workshops The purpose of the Advanced Research Workshops programme is to contribute to the critical assessment of existing knowledge on new, important topics, to identify directions for future research and to promotes close working relations between scientists from different countries and different professional experiences. The areas of study supported are Applied Sciences, Social Sciences, Chemistry, Geosciences, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Mathematics. Deadline: Open. RESEARCH CORPORATION Cottrell Grants Cottrell Research Grants are given to assist scientists to conduct basic research in the natural sciences. Research Corporation seeks to place Cottrell Research Grants in situations of genuine opportunity where well-timed support can lead to significant contributions to scientific knowledge and to the development of the investigator, his students and institution. Deadline: Open. UPCOMING DEADLINE DATES World Wildlife Fund - Endangered Species Recovery Fund (April 1, July 1, October 1, January 1), Wildlife Toxicology Fund (anytime). Laidlaw Foundation Program - Children and Families at Risk Program (May 1, September 1, November 1), Laidlaw Scholar Program (anytime), Laidlaw Conservation Program (July 1). Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies - Research Grants (April 1), Doctoral Thesis Fellowship in Ukrainian History (May 1, 1990). Ontario Ministry of Health - Research Program (April 1, 1990) The G. Alan Roeber Institute - Research programs (April 30, 1990) University Research Incentive Fund (URIF)- May 31, 1990 Association of Universities and Colleges (AUCC) - Microfunds (May 1, 1990) We've been cut!!! Michael Wilson's budget has created a crisis for Native commmunications societies. Rumours of impending slashes and, in some cases, total cuts to these government-funded programs in the February 20 budget have become a reality. No longer will Native newspapers be supported through the federal government. All money flowing to the Native Communications Program (NCP) has been cut as of April 1. The Northern Native Broadcast Access Program (NNBAP) has been cut by 16 per cent. Twenty-one Native communication societies are in trouble! Budget cuts to these programs will create severe financial problems for most of these societies, which will ultimately reflect in the programming and delivery of communication services to Native people Using Wawatay as an example, a total cut of the NCP may mean no more community radio maintenance, higher rental fees for trail radios and no translation in Wawatay News. Cuts to NNBAP will result in lower quality Native-language television and radio programming, as well as fewer on-air hours for both media. As many as 20 jobs held mostly by Native people may be cut in Wawatay's Sioux Lookout and Moose Factory offices. Our readers and listeners in the North will suffer great losses, including a major thrust in language retention, literacy, cultural preservation and the right to be informed through Native-language media. So what can be done to fight these cuts? First of all, we need as many supporters of Native communications programs as possible to make lots of noise. Supporters have to yell loud enough for the Secretary of State to hear a united chorus of "no cuts" to these programs. It is important that people write letters to their members of parliament, the Secretary of State, and anyone else who will listen. If we don't start shouting now, we may be too late. We must prevent the presses from being stopped, the airways from being silenced, and a valuable tool in preserving and retaining Native language and culture from being lost. Native communication services are too important to be thrown away so wantonly. We must fight, and fight hard, to survive. We need your help, now. Please write the Secretary of State and your member of parliament today. Native communication programs affected r r 16% cut to the Northern Native Broadcast Access Program which funds: • Native radio and televlslon programming 100% cut to the Native Communications Program which funds: • Native newspapers • • Translation services • Community radio maintenance • HF and trail radio maintenance and rental Reprinted with permission from Megan Williams, Editor Wawatay Page 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - March 1990 �DESPITE GAINS, WOMEN STILL UNDER-REPRESENTED IN ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES - AUCC Women still account for only one in eight full-time students in engineering and applied sciences in Canada, according to statistics published today by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)."Obviously, there are serious barriers to equitable representation of women in engineering," said AUCC President Claude Lajeunesse." In fields like education and the humanities, our figures show that half or more of the students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels are women. A rate of only one in eight in engineering raises questions that need to be answered."The AUCC is among five participants in an 18-month study, announced today by federal Science and Technology Minister William ~inegard, to propose ways of attractmg and keeping women in engineering. Other participants are the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers, the Congress of Canadian Engineering Students, Employment and Immigration Canada, and Industry, Science and Technology Canada. "A Shipwrecked Miami Couple Owe Their Lives To A Clever Gadget That Makes Seawater Drinkable" says a catchy title. According to shipwreck survivors who endured 66 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean, they would have died where it not for a seven pound device with an appropriate name Survivor. The couple subsisted for more than two months on raw fish and the precious three litres of potable water squeezed out of the Survivor each day. The inventor is Dick Hembree an LU Engineering graduate. He is a design engineer at Recovery Engineering in Minneapolis. Lets hope he brings his amazing invention to Homecoming '90. Last Writes Katherine Shedden, Editor Ingolf Richter, my fellow editor at the Chronicle Journal, pressed a nerve when he recently made comments about sexism, university students and our stud~nt newspaper. It is paternalistic and condescending to dismiss the engineenng students' efforts to investigate the appropriateness of their Godiva logo as "silly". I believe strongly that university students are full members of the "th_inking adult community'' and just as adults must take responsibility for their actions, so ~ust ~tuden~s, whethe~ 18, 28 or 48. His statement that university students thmk with their crotches 1s totally offensive. I am constantly impressed with the calibre of student at Lakehead, whether it's the one who turned in a reporter's lost lens, the grad student who devotes countless (unpaid) hours to environmental concerns (see photo below), the head of a student club who organizes events for the community or one of the many who hold down part-time jobs in addition to full-time studies. We have 3,500 full-time students and another 2,500 part-time: does he really believe his comments apply to the majority. I do not. . I am infori:ned ~hat the Argus is the only weekly student newpaper published by a umvers1ty the size of Lakehead. The staff does not deserve the whitewashing Richter offered. They cope well with limited resources, both human and financial. They tum out a weekly product that informs, challenges, educates_an~ supports s_tudents. I'm trying to imagine the campus without this commumcahon tool. Mistakes and weaknesses? Sure. I also see them in my publication and in the local newspapers. . Come on, Ingolf. What if your cynicism rubs off on the next generation of Journalists or environmentalists? Projects like this tin-can recycling project and the plastic mug program exist because of caring and dedicated students like ECHO President Lucie Lavoie. There are more 50 clubs on campus that serve to improve the quality of student life on campus and have a positive impact on the greater Thunder Bay community. ANOTHER SALTY STORY Lisa Riseling, a member of the Mackenzie expedition and 1989 Honours Bachelor of Outdoor Recreation graduate, will spend the next six months sailing around the world. Riseling was hired as a midshipmen aboard the Pogoria, a 47-metre tall ship from Poland that will serve as a floating classroom for about 20 students from West Island College in Pointe Claire Quebec. Her journey will include travelling up the Amazon River, up the western coast of Africa and into Polands Gdansk. Dream come true? Call Jim Smithers who made the trip himself and recommended Riseling. March 1990 AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P a g e 11 �Campus Calendar To include your Department's event or activity in the Campus Calendar, please call Flo Sherren at 8300 or mail your information to SN1002. Deadline for the April Agora is March 15, 1990. MARCH FREE CORNWALL CONCERTS Recital Hall - 12:30 pm Mar. 20 - Denis Brott, Cello (Toronto) Heather Morrison, piano - $3.00 Mar. 25 - Lakehead University Wind Ensemble, Bora Laskin Auditorium - 8 p.m. $3.50 April 9 -Lakehead University Vocal Ensemble - St. Paul's United Church 8 p.m. -$5.00/$7.00 INTERNATIONAL FILMS Braun Bldg. 1021- 8 pm For information call 343-8260 Free- Everyone Welcome CAMBRIAN PLAYERS PRESENTS SAILING ON THE AGE WAVE" Life Doesn't Stop - till you let it" University Centre Theatre -8 PM TUESDAY, 13 & THURSDAY, 15 SILVER JUBILEE SLIDE PRESENTATION" The Beauty and Magnificence of the Mediaeval Churches in Europe Dr. Walter Crowe, Bus. Administration Ryan Building 20247 - 9 PM FREE ADMISSION FRIDAY,9 FREE PUBLIC LECTURE Speaker: MIKE KAULBARS Founder of "Friends of the Rainforest'' (Canadian Chapter) Topic: TROPICAL RAINFOREST SUSTAINABLE USE AND TOURISM Hosted by the Outdoor Recreation Student's Society and ECHO SN-1015 - 7 PM SATURDAY, 10 Ninth Annual Women's Celebration Potluck Supper and Entertainment Jennifer Garrett, the Women's Choir The Raging Grannies & International Dances - Strathcona Golf Course BRING A DISH 6:30 PM - 1 AM MONDAY,12 University of Manitoba Topic: DETERMINATION OF CATION ORDER IN ROCK-FORMING MINERALS BY RIETVELDT ANALYSIS CB-3031 - 4 PM FRIDAY,30 End of Classes Social Main Cafeteria - 3:30 - 6:30 pm APRIL FREE PUBLIC LECTURE Speaker: DR. ROB KERRICH University of Saskatchewan Topic: THE GEODYNAMIC SETTING OF GOLD DEPOSITS CB-3031-4 PM Hosted by the Geology Department ST. PATRICK'S DAY SOCIAL MAIN CAFETERIA LU Spring Invitational Ski Series Place: Big Thunder Event: Slalom and Giant Slalom Races 10 am-4pm Everyone Welcome!! TUESDAY,20 CORNWALL CONCERT SERIES Denis Brott, cello (Toronto) _ Heather Morrison, piano - $3.00 WEDNESDAY, 21 CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR CENTRE Speaker: FRANK SCARCELLO Royal Trust Topic: MUTUAL FUND INVESTING 7-9pm FREE OF CHARGE THURSDAY, 22 SILVER JUBILEE FREE PUBLIC LECTURE BIRTHDAYPARTY#6 Speaker: DR. JOHN PERCIVAL Geological Survey of Canada Topic: ARCHEAN EVOLUTION FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL CRUST AL EXPOSURES OF THE SUPERIOR PROVINCE CB-3031- 4 PM AGORA -11:30-1:30 PM SUNDAY,25 Lakehead University Wind Ensemble Bora Laskin Auditorium 8 p.m. $3.50 ·ruESDAY, 13 TUESDAY,3 CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR CENTRE Speaker: GINO L. ARNONE, Lawyer When developing a Business concept, this seminar will assist in your decisions on how to approach the ideas of whether to incorporate, develop a Partnership, or decide on Sole Propietorship - 7 - 9 PM - $10 per person ~ -- ---- ---- ~ Agorl\~ The AGORA is produced by the Information Office, Department of External Relations, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is published monthly (except August), and is distributed free of charge to the University's faculty and staff, local government, media, business and friends of the University. Credit is appreciated when material is reproduced or quoted. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 1990 Agora Magazine https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/548c398a242b076660be0e993ad482ff.pdf 00ca1ac1becadba3c85595b49c31e4d2 PDF Text Text Inside: 3 5 6 8 10 Host family program Sports medicine clinic Dr. Weir's back! New on campus Research news SUPPORT THE UNITED WAY The Way to Help The Most ~~i:v Lakehead fi)university _Agor~ TIIUNDER BAY, ONTARIO VOL.5 NO.10 NOVEMBER 1988 Early Carl Ray originals donated to University by Jordon family A generous gift by Marjorie and Justin Jordon of Iroquois Falls was made public in early October. Three original paintings by the late Sandy Lake artist Carl Ray have found a permanent and welcome home at Lakehead University. The family said "Lakehead University was chosen because of family ties." Six family members are alumni and Justin Jordon served on the Board of Governorsfrom 1969 to 1972 and helped establish the paper technology course. Joy Lawson, Director of Student Services, received the collection on behalf of the students ofLakehead University from Pat Saltarelli, daughter of the Jordon's. The three early works of Ray's include "Guy-an-way", which is reported to have been the artist's favourite. "The Lonely Man" illustrates for children the fate of a man who committed evil in life and could not ascend to heaven. It clearly portrays the man's agony. "Iyas and the Serpent" is one of Ray's earliest works, and completes the collection. Carl Ray's work was "full with imagination and natural power." That description came from James Stevens, who collaborated with Ray on a book titled Sacred Legends of the Sandy Lake Cree, published in 1971. Ray translated the legends of his people and illustrated the stories. His illustrations and paintings accurately captured the mood or theme of the legends. The appeal of his work was tremendous. "The colourful paintings I saw emanated a mystic, supernatural quality that tried to possess the beholder," wrote Stevens in the introduction to the book of legends. John Russell, Director of Community Relations, said the art pieces will be on display in the Chancellor Patterson library but may rotate locations to ensure that the university community and the public has easy access to viewing. Students march The power of Carl Ray's work is evident in the painting "Iyas and the Serpent", being held in the photograph above by Pat Saltarelli, left, and Joy Lawson, Director of Student Services. The piece to the left is "Lonely Man" and the dramatic scence on the right was the favoured "Guy-an-way". On Monday, October 31, the Ontario Federation of Students marched on Queen's Park to protest what they termed "chronic underfunding of the post secondary education system in Ontario". Lakehead University students staged a concurrent march from the Minister ofColleges and Universities' office at Victoriaville to Mini Queen's park. Students packed four buses and an estimated 300, people, including President Rosehart, LUFA Presi- • dent Ernst Zimmermann, mem- , bcrs of faculty, and administra- • tion expressed concern over possible deregulation of tuition ' fees next spring and underfunding issues in general. The students' press release mentioned leaking buildings, portables, old equipment, lack of teaching assistants and lack oflibrary acquisitions. President Rose hart said, "this is tl1e wrong time to start talking about tuition fee increases for Northern stu• dents." �Report From the President Dr. Bob Rosehart New Agora Fonnat Survey Comments to date favour the new format. So much for my opinion! Election •ss (a) Federal Approximately 95 cents of every dollar of government support to Lakehead University comes from the Federal Government via Ontario by means of the EPF (Established Program Funding) transfer payments for post-secondary education and health. In recent years, the federal payments have been capped in their ability to meet the total cost of inflation, and this, along with the ultimate use of the EPF funds by the Province, have been longterm contributors to underfunding. The Treasurer of Ontario, Mr. Nixon, has already indicated concern over the level of next year's EPF transfer to Ontario. In the 1984 election campaign, the Prime Minister indicated that he would double, on a per capita basis, Canada's Research and Development expenditures. This has not happened, and the granting councils important to Lakehead University, N.S.E.RC. and S.S.H.RC., continue to operate under very constraining budgets. The end result is lower success rates for applicants in peer reviewed competitions. During the coming weeks of the federal campaign, if you get the opportunity, ask the candidates for their views on post• secondary funding. On the local scene, one of the federalcandidates is supporting the establishment of an ecology orientated science centre for Thunder Bay. Tuition Fees Pressure continues to mount on both the magnitude and the mechanism of determining tuition fees in Ontario. Two distinct issues currently under discussion include: a) Deregulation of Fees This is the U.S. model in that universities would be allowed to charge what the market could bear. This would be a major blow of equal access to publicly funded universities of quality in this Province. This "rich get richer" approach is argued by some institutions as the only way to generate the revenue necessary to deliver the "world class" quality of education experience which these particular institutions strive for. I don't buy the argument. (b)Level of Fees In a Regulated System Currently, our students pay about 18% of the cost of their post-secondary education. In 1965, the percentage was about 24%. Opinions exist in the University i.-ystem that would argue for a one-time adjustment back to the 24% level. For the average Lakehead University student, this would mean an increase of about $400 per year. Because of our interest in improving accessibility for Northwestern Ontario students, to date, Lakehead University has favoured leaving the tuition fees at their currer.•-elative levels (other very progressive industrial nations have, in fact, zero tuition fees). Page 2 Universities, and Dr. Colquhoun, Chair• man of the Board of Governors, at the site of the clearing for the new resl• dences. Tidbits Unkages Recently, Lakehead University signed a protocol of co-operation with the University of Minnesota in Duluth. This formalizes many interactions that have and continue to take place with the University of Minnesota in Duluth. Once again this year, the jointly funded research grants program will be sponsored by Lakehead University and UMD. Shortly, Vice-President Weller will be providing information to the academic units. Near the end of November, a group of senior Soviet officials (including the Deputy Minister of Advanced Education) interested in northern post-secondary education will pay a formal visit to Lakehead University. (b) Municipal Elections Lakehead University is big business for the City of Thunder Bay with a payroll of the orderofS25 million. What more can theCitydotoenhancetheworkoftheUniversity and the "experiences" that our students have when they choose to live in Thunder Bay for their post-secondary education? What about special student "term long" bus passes? Lyn Mcleod, Minister of Colleges and Residence Sod Turning After an absence of some 17 years, a major construction project is underway on the Lakehead University campus • our new townhouse residences. Hopefully by next Spring, Lakehead University will have made progress on the Regional Education Centre Project as classrooms are increasingly in short supply. Archbishop Scott of the Scott, McBain, McKay Health Inquiry Panel told me that the presentation to the panel by our Native Nursing students was one of the best presentations to date. He was very pleased by the initiative undertaken by the Lakehead University students. . M.C.U. sponsored confc.1ence on the College/University Interface was quite good and demonstrated the need to enhance "cross over" and "ladder" programs between the colleges and univer• sities. In today's world of lifelong learning, the original college mandate of "terminal education" is a no sale. . Received an interesting letter from Derek Apple (L. U. '88) who is undertaking graduate studies at the University of Oregon in Eugene. He notes that a parking sticker at the University of Oregon does not guarantee you a parking place but rather is more like a licence to hunt for one. . I thought I smelled smoke on the second floor the other day. AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - continued page 3 November 1988 �President continued from page 2 President Rosehart and a senior student at Hammarskjold High School discuss Issues raised at the October 13 forum on post-secondary education. University and College representatives met with students to discuss their concerns about tuition fees, accessibility, grades, program options and university life in general. Positive Input ,Increasingly, I feel that the Lakehead University community should take pride in the accomplishments of the institution's programs and graduates. In Windsor recently for the C.O. U. tour(theM.P.P.'swife is an L. U. grad.), in Toronto for the M.C. U. conference, and in some direct interactions with high school students at Hammarskjold, the comments are extremely positive. HOST FAMILY PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Students who leave home to attend university often feel lost and confused. The problem is compounded when students come from other countries. International students must not only adapt to university life, they must also adjust to living in a different culture. Lakehead University is taking part in a new program to help international students adjust to their new lives in Canada. The Host Family Program is being run under the auspices of Student Services and the International Christi:m Fellowship Group. Hedi Kogel, program co-ordinator, said "our hope is to link up (international) students with a number of Canadian families in Thunder Bay in order to build up cross-cultural friendships between international students studying here and families in Thunder Bay." During a typical get-together the family and student could have dinner, go to a movie or just sit and talk. Kogel believes the program will benefit both students and host families. '' Families could help with adjustment to a new culture," she said. For the families who become involved, close contact with an international student would promote an understanding how people live in other cultures. The program is new at Lakehead University, although it has been operating at other campuses for a few years. So far, about 65 families have expressed an interest in the program. Kogel said the challenge is to make contact with the students who could benefit most from the Host Family Program. Through contact with a family, the students would have someone to tum to if they are confused about different aspects of living in their new environment. Things we take for granted, such as going to pubs, shopping malls or slang expressions, could be confusing to some people. Kogel noted that the definition of family has changed and includes single parents or an individual. For more information, or to become involved in the program, please contact Hedi Kogel, 344-9172. · Faculty Club Study I have looked over the preliminary study co-ordinated by JohnJamieson on the feasibility ofa faculty club at Lakehead University, and I have been encouraged by the response to date. Although much work has yet to be done, an excellent start has been made. A.U.C.C. Meeting Recently, the Canadian university presidents met in Winnipeg for a one-day session on the topic of"Teaching and Learning". A considerable focus was placed on the learner and the need to create an environment that maximizes the creative and intellectual abilities of our students. . Presidential Trivia What Ontario university president drives a vehicle the same age as the university? Telephone your answer to Linda Phillips at Ext. 8200. L. U. glasses will be awarded as prizes for the first correct answer. M I would like to speak with any regular readers of the cartoon "For Better, For Worse." November 1988 Holly Mathias, 2nd year Outdoor Recreation student, solos on Lake Tamblyn as part of a practical elective which includes six weeks each of canoe and kayak instruction. Scant but recent snow flurries remind us that this tranquil late October scene will soon be replaced with the crunchy sound of skates on ice. AGORA Page 3 �LU Site of CASIT Conference Lakehead University 1 was selected by the Canadian Association of Single Industry Towns as the site for one of their national regional con- L---Dr.-._C_o_n_n..::t=e=M=e:..._ls.:....o-=n=-., ferences to discuss economic and social policy changes in resource-based communities. Last spring, a similar conference was held in Saskatoon and this September in Vancouver. Several faculty participated in the three day conference held October 14, 15, and 16. Fifty-four students currently enrolled in Social Work 3313, a course that focuses on community development issues in resource-based towns, were also in attendence. Dr. Robert Rosehart, President, welcomed all those in attendance and provided some background on how Lakehead University is currently instituting its Northern mandate. Invited conference papers were presented by Dr. Connie Nelson on "Leadership, Understanding, and Commitment in Northern Communities" and Dr. Chris Southcott on "Northern Development: An International Perspective". Visibility for the new Centre for Northem Studies was provided through the active participation ofthe Centre's Director, Dr. Paul Watts, and by his chairing the Sunday morning session entitled, "The Community Role in Resource Development Issues". Dr. Nelson commented that the students were very pleased with their active role in the conference and with the opportunitytotakelearningoutoftheclassroom and into a very dynamic real world setting. The conference focused on exploring potential roles for the federal and provincial governments as well as communities in securing sustaining and stable futures for resource-based areas. The interdependence and the linkages between all the players was emphasized. Policies must be contextual in nature so that they meet the real needs of communities; while government bodies can provide supportive and facilitative roles. Silver Jubilee Countdown fi) ~v...,,$' "l°R\\J~~ Preparations for the 25th Anniversary Year are taking shape and the countdown to the Silver Jubilee has begun. Our Silver Jubilee will be launched with a special ceremony on Convocation Day, May 29, 1989. Activities and celebrations will culminate with the Alumni ReunionJuly 1-2, 1990. One highlight of the Jubilee will be a special section in the April/May edition of Thunder Bay Magazine featuring Lakehead University and a calendar of Silver Jubilee events. Watch this column for details about special events such as the distinguished public lecture series in the Fall and Wmter terms and an open house as part of National Universities Week in October 1989. Details will also be made available about the sponsorship of a Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra series and co-production with the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium of a series of programs. We need help to bring all our plans to fruition. Call George Merrill, John Whitlfield or Linda Phillips with department or school histories, photographs or ideas for activities. This is our Silver Anniversary •· please get involved. Continuing Education: Growth in Numbers and Options The personal touch Is an Important component In the succes.sful operation of off-campus courses. Dan Pakulak provides Information about courses to a group In Atlkokan. All centres have offcampus representatives to maintain a vital link between students and the University. Enrolment at Lakehead University is growing •· and not just in full-time day courses on Campus. Dan Pakulak, Director of Continuing Education, said there is "a record number of courses in continuing education." Although final figures are not available, Pakulak said it looks as if enrolment will surpass last year's total of602 students. At present there are about 226 enroled in the Distance Education programs alone. This year Distance Education offers 12.5 credits, compared with seven credits available last year. Pakulak said Continuing Education is operating off-campus in 21 centres in the fall/winter session. This means 56 full course equivalents are available in the region. The largest centre is Kenora, which has 11 off-campus courses. "There has been tremendous support from the community," he said. Page4 - ~ - - - -- -- - - - -- Continuing Education operates from Sociology to Fine Arts. Sault Ste. Marie to the southeast, and as Thunder Bay also has off-campus far as Kenora to the west. The courses are courses. This year Lakehead University is offering Administrative Principles I and also available on such Northern reserves as Pikangikum, Weagamon, and Sandy II, Gerontology and Acting I. Last year there were 53.5 continuing Lake. Apilot project is underway in Sandy education courses offered, but this year Lake with Introduction to Anthropology, taught by Dr. Paul Driben, as part of a BA there are 61. "It's been an increase right general program. Atikokan has five across the board," Pakulak said. courses ranging from Introduction to - - - - - - AGORA - - - - -- - -- - - - - - November 1988 �NEW DIRECTOR & EQUIPMENT FOR SPORTS MEDICINE CLINIC Lakehead University's Sports Medicine Clinic will be operating under the guidance of Dr. John Porter. Porter, who signed a three-year agreement with the University, will be working to "elevate the awareness of sports medicine across the community and at the university." Porter works out of the Intercity Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Clinic. The University's Clinic will not be a part of the Intercity Clinic, but the University will benefit from access to both equipment and personnel at Intercity. Although Porter will be the chief physician, the day-to-day operations of the Clinic will be run by physiotherapist Markus Walser. The Clinic will operate on a walk-in basis for anyone with a sports related injury. A total of five physicians •• including three orthopedic surgeons •• will work in the Sports Medicine Clinic. continued page 6 ■ ~ ~~ ~ ·r ~ Student Mike Dolcetti is tested on new equipment in the Sports Medicine Clinic by kinesiologist TarjaAla-Korpi as Dr. John Porter looks on. AUTOMATED CATALOGUE SYSTEM INCREASES LIBRARY'S CAPABILI1Y The Chancellor Paterson library has taken another step on the road to automation. A ribbon and cake cutting ceremony marked the official opening of the newonline catalog system. Fred McIntosh, Chief librarian, is optimistic about the system and its acceptance on campus. "Once they've had it (the system) shown to them the response is quite good," he said. "On the whole, they're away to the races." The new system means anyone looking fora particular item would use a computer terminal rather than the old-fashioned card catalog. The system has the potential to do a lot more than it does now, he said. However, it will probably take up to two years before the system is operating at full capacity. For example, library users could check their circulation records and see what materials have been signed out without having to go through the circulation desk. "The heart of the system is the data base," McIntosh said. "Circulation is in the same data base. Eventually people (searching for a book) will be able to put a reserve on that book." McIntosh said some people have questioned spending money on a new computer system for the library. He has heard comments that money would be better spent on obtaining more materials for the library. "That's a false economy," he said. ''Unlessyoucan control and access what you've got, there's no point getting any additional material." Having an automated system "allows us to make better use of what we already have." One other aspect of the new on-line system is that the data base can be divided into two parts. One section would list all the main library holdings, while the other section would list everything relating to Northern and Regional studies. This would increase the sharing of resources between the main campus and the programs offered in the region. McIntosh said there are plans to expand the Northern and Regional Studies collection in the library. John Neilson, head of that collection, and new technician,Jane Reeves, will see increased promotion of the collection with the opening of the Centre for Northern Studies. (Photo left) The new on-line catalogue system is up and running•· with a lot of help from our friends at the Computer Centre. Left to right, Paul Inkila, Phil Kempe and Geoff Hill, make sure everything is working properly. November 1988 AGORA page 5 �Clinic conttnued from page 5 The Clinic, which sees an average of 45 people per day, will be involved in such projects as muscle strengthening, rehabilitation of injured muscles and pre-season screening of athletes. To help with both treatment and study, the Clinic has obtained the Genucom, a computerized machine for assessing the stability of knee ligaments and knee joints. "Thunder Bay has facilities that are second to none," Porter said. "We are the second clinic in Canada to have this piece of equipment (the Genucom)." Although research will be a large part of the Clinic's operations, the priority remains "giving care to musculoskeletal injuries sustained by athletes," he said. The Sports Medicine Clinic is located in the basement of the C.J. Sanders Fieldhouse and operates 12:30 to 8:30 p.m. Co-author of "Frozen in Time" on campus Owen Beatty, co-author of the amazing book that attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding the Franklin Arctic Expedition will give a public lecture at Lakehead University on Thursday, November 10, at 8 pm in the Ryan Building. The book, Frozen in Time, and Beatty's talk, shed light on the mysterious fate of the expedition. In light of recent findin~ on bacteriology and immunology, this address, sponsored by the Anthropology Club, should be most interesting Ask Dr. Weir Q The plastic webbing on my lawn chairs deteriorated during the summer. What happened? A the "plastic" material is made principally from polypropylene fibres. Polypropylene, as produced in the plant, is not in the form offibres, and it must therefore be melted and then extracted through small holes (spinarettes) to produce the fibres. This process has to take place at about 150 degrees celcius, and since oxygen is inevitably present, a small amount of oxidation occurs; i.e. polypropylene, which is really a hydrocarbon, reacts with oxygen at the relatively high temperature, producing eventually, a hydroperoxide. The extent of oxidation is very small and barely detectable. If we represent the polymer as a string of beads, we would find a hydroperoxide joined to one bead in about one thousand. The hydroperoxide ' is harmless until the fiber is exposed to sunlight. Absorption of the small ultra-violet component (which, incidentally causes sun-tanning) of sunlight causes decomposition of the hydroperoxide and this rapidly leads to a breaking of the chain; i.e. the long string of beads is broken at random into smaller pieces. Since the strength of a fiber is strongly dependent on this length of the chain, the light induced chain break- ing leads to a naked absence in strength, the effect being out of all proportion to the concentration of hydroperoxide. Thus when a stress is subsequently applied (e.g. one sitting on the chair) the polypropylene disintegrates, the small strin~ of beads separating from each other. The deterioration rate is not greatly reduced in winter in a place like Thunder Bay, where a high intensity of ultraviolet radiation is still present, even when the temperature is very low; so don't leave the lawn chairs out in the winter. Update: Centre for Northern Studies by Dr. Paul Watts As an initial introduction to the academic activities on campus I have met with most of the department heads and directors of professional schools. These discussions have given me a basic understanding of Lakehead's scope of activity and it is now time to develop a directory of Northern efforts, ideas and researchers. Sara Burke is now in the Centre's office 9343-83 79) and will be assisting me in this task. Sara was hired to take over from our interim secretary, Marion Karam, who has gone back to school to train as a chef. Marion played a significant role in establishing the office and we wish her the best ofluck in her new endeavour. We would also like to thank Mr. DaleAshbeewho was the interim Director, on secondment from the Ministry ofN orthem Development and Mines. Mr. Ashbee was to return to his full time work earlier in the year but agreed to continue as Acting Director during the startup phase. It is difficult to imagine where we would be without his efforts, and he continues to play a significant role through the Advisory Committee. I am pleased to say that I have now been invited to several department and professional school faculty meetin~ to outline the developing role of the Centre. Our mandate is clearly across campus, within the region and throughout the North. It is an exciting time to be involved in the Centre. The input that we receive now will do much to determine both the activities of the Centre and Lakehead's future role in the North. United Way is an umbrella organization that provides funding for 14 Member agencies in the City of Thunder Bay. These agencies include Big Brothers/ Big Sisters. The Red Cross Society and the Volunteer Action Centre, just to name a few. The agencies cover a wide variety of organizations. In fact the Member agencies are so diverse that one in three individuals in Thunder Bay use their services. In today's society, it is difficult to decide what organization needs your money the most. The greatest thing about the United Way, is that you do not have to decide on one because you are not just giving once, but rather fourteen times. Remember, United Way is the way to help the most. This year's goal is $700,000, and with of Middletown and any County your help, we can do it. Page6 - -- -- - -- -- - - - - - - - AGO RA - - - - -- - - -- -- - - Unitedway • November 1988 �Wh.o? Last month's pair of mystery • people were recognized immediately by Jolene Bohonis, secretary in the School of Forestry. We don't know how much money they offered, but according to Jolene, Professor Dick MacGillivray and Linda Phillips "haven't changed a bit". This month's pair were apparently not shipped off to the war together but they have both done "considerable time" at Lakehead University. a) Rita Hayworth and a jet pilot ready for his first mission b) Lana Turner and a drill sergeant waiting for his first recruit c) LU's 1965 wrestling champ with his first brush cut and Miss HMCS Griffin d) I have no idea who that beauty is but the guy's definitely not Bill Melnyk Wh.y? Baby Faces Miriam Waddington thrilled a large audience at a poetry reading and then participated at the Friday evening and Saturday events. Reading her early works and new pieces she worked on this past summer in the Rockies, Waddington defined her poetry as "a way of life, or perhaps, my response to being alive". Ms. Waddington has read her poetry in most universities across Canada and enjoys speaking with the students about her work and often their work. Ms. Waddington received an honorary degree from Lakehead University in 1975. Professor Waddington recently retired from the English Department at York University. Her poetry has expressed itself in 11 volumes. Some of her scholarly and teaching activities have included editing, a critical study of A.M. Klein and performing the duties of writer-in-residence at city libraries and universities. Co-ordinator Bill Heath, said the symposium is a gathering of English professors from the Laurentian system who are able to meet with their colleagues to share papers and ideas in a formal and informal setting. Three LU professors presented papers: J. M. Richardson, Joan Dolphin, and Frederick Holmes. "Discovery/The Discoverer In Literature" was the theme of papers pre'--- - - -- - - - - - - -- -- - - - - sented by Laurence Steven, Shannon Hengen and Roger Nash, all of Laurentian, Joyce Forbes also prepared an exhibit in the library on the theme. A "great lady" and well-respected poet All reports indicate the Sixth Northern was at Lakehead University in mid-OctoLiterary Symposium was considered to be ber as the keynote speaker at the Sixth a success. Northern Literary Symposium sponsored by the English Department. November 1988 - - -- - - - - - -- -- - - - AGORA Bursting at the seams and loaded down with photos and smiles, pretty well describes how Mark Nisenholt feels about having a new son. Isaac Maguire Nlsenholt bounced in at 6 pounds 10 ounces on October 3, 1988. Equally proud mom is Mariana. Visitors on campus What better way to celebrate National Students' Day than to stuff hamburgers and chocolate pudding down the hatch, break balloons with body hugs, dance the light fantastic up and down stairs, make tin can castles and dress up in garbage bags. To show their basically good nature, the team from administration did it all and smiled all the way to last place. Try to spot Rhonda Kelly, Ute Hickins or John Russell. Page 7 �New Faces on Campus r---------------------~ I I BARBARA TOYE-WELSH Barbara Toye-Welsh is the new Co-ordinator of Native language Programs. She has come to LU from Nassau in the Bahamas •· and is re-adjusting to Canada quite well. Barbara is excited about her position at LU. "The challenge is to have as many teachers as possible taking a Native language," she said. Barbara understands Cree and is learning Ojibwe. She also speaks Norwegian, Chinese, French, German and Spanish.Barbara has a BA/B.Ed. from the University of Saskatchewan, a masters degree from Dalhousie University. Barabara has a Ph.Din progress at the University of Alberta. Her area of study has been curriculum development and multicultural education. Dr. Brian O'Connor is not only new to Lakehead University, he is new to Thunder Bay. O'Connorhasbeenhiredbythe psychology department as an assistant professor. He comes to LU from the University of Quebec in Montreal where he was a Post Doctoral Fellow. O'Connor has a B.Sc. from St. Francis Xavier University and a 1 M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University ofVictoria. His three main areas of scholastic interest are interpersonal communication, personality and social aspects of aging and he is pursuing research in all areas. O'Connor enjoys the outdoors and hopes to find some spare time to get out and enjoy Thunder Bay's wide open spaces. ' JEFF DOCKERAY JeffDockeray, known as 'Doc', is the new Manager and Program Supervisor of the Study. His home town is Wmdsor, but LUSU drafted (pardon the pun) the energetic new manager from Brock University, where he was supervisor in liquor services. Dockeray has a background in recreational ad..,. ministration by virtue ofhis Bachelor of Recreation and Leisure Studies. Jeff says he likes the vibrant atmosphere at Lakehead. Many changes have already taken place in the Study with new furniture, a new sound system, paint job and new dance floor. But this self-confessed armchair quarterback, camper, golfer and curler has a lot of ideas for the future. Drop in and say hi to the new Study Manager. Linda Siczkar, the newest addition to the graphics department, is a busy person. Aside from putting in full days working with computers, typesetters and cameras, Linda is an avid dog-person. She is heavily involved in showing and training dogs--she even has five ofherown. One geriatric collie, three Pekinese and a rare Belgian Tervuren puppy ~~~~~~~~~ grace her home. Contending with five 4-footed friends on a daily basis means she can cope with any situation and remain reasonably calm. Linda is also a traveller and has been as far away as Australia. "I like to travel," she said. "I hope to do more of that." In the meantime, Linda will travel the halls of Lakehead University in search of challenges. RANDY HOLMER IJNDA MICKELSON Linda Mickelson is the latest addition to the audio-visual department. She is the one who takes bookings for equipment and then provides friendly pick-up and delivery service. Linda is convinced that, since joining the A-V department, she has found every nook and cranny on campus. Linda is enjoying her work because it keeps her busy. "I like being busy," she said. Since the A-V deparment makes an average of 1,700 pickups and deliveries per month, Linda logs quite a few miles in the LU halls. By the way, Linda is a published writer. Her work can be seen in Novermber's Reader's Digest in the Life's Like That section. To protect Linda's privacy, (Barbara Walters phoned four times), we have been cautioned by her lawyers not to publish her photograph. Anyone who recognizes her, should call out, "Are you Linda, the famous writer?". Page8 Most days one can find Randy in the machine shop (CB1015) but when he's not there, you may find him running his own framing and art gallery business. A 1988 graduate ofthe engineering tech course, Randy plans to continue his education part-time heading toward a degree in mechanical engineering. Randy likes the variety in the lab and says he likes being busy. Originally from Cornwall, Both Randy and his wife came to Thunder Bay to go to Lakehead. The new business is a year old partnership and "so far, so good" accordingly to Randy. AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- November 1988 �Papers /Publications & Special Projects Dr. Ann Osbom-Seyffert presented papers concerning her computer-aided analysis of children's traditional songs at the Folklore Studies Association of Canada Conference at Windsor, May 29-30, 1988, and at the International Conference on Ballads and Folksongs of the SIEF (Soclete International d'ethnologle et de folklore) at Laval University, August 15-20, 1988. Dr. Blrbal Singh, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering presented a paper titled "A Generalized Viscosity Correlation for Alberta Heavy Oil and Bitumens" at the UNITAR International Conference on Heavy Crudes and Tar Sands held in Edmonton,August 7-12, 1988. The paper was co-authored by Dr. V. R. Puttagunta, Professor of Chemical EngineerIng and Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper, Research Associate, Chemical Engineering Department. Dr. Stephen A. Klssln, Department of Geology, presented a paper "Nickel-Cobalt-Native Silver (Five-Element) Veins: A Rift-Related Ore Type" at the NorthAmerlcanConference on Tectonic Control of Ore Deposits and the Vertical and Horizontal Extent of Ore Systems, at the University of Missouri - Rolla, October (HJ, 1987. The paper was published in full in the Proceedings Volume (Geza Kisivarsanyl and Sheldon K. Grant, editors, University of Missouri -Rolla, 1988). A paper on a related topic "The Five-Element Suite: An Indicolorof non-Magmatic Ore Types Related to Rifting and Basin Development" was presented at the V.M. Goldshmidt Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, May 11-13. The paper has been accepted for publication in Explore, a newsletter of the Association of Exploration GeochemistsThese papers are the outgrowth of many years of research on silver deposits in the Thunder Bay area. Research has been funded by the Ontario Geological Research Fund (Ministry of Northern Development and Mines). Dr. J. E. Molto, professor and Chainnan of the Department of Anthropology, gave the keynote address to the 1st annual Spina Bifida Association of Canada Conference held in Edmonton Alberta, September 15-18. His address was titled, "The Natural Ilistory of Spina Bifida and Related Neural Tube Defects". On September 23 Dr. Molto gave an invitational lecture in the SSEA Public Lecture Scarles, Royal Ontario Museum, "Palaeoepidcmiology of the Ancient Egyptians in the Dakhleh Oasis". Professors Cynthia Loos, Nursing, and Alan Dowd, Education, had their paper "Nursing students' knowledge and opinions concerning AIDS" published in Nursing Papers 1987, November 1988 . , H.. •• 11 111,,.:H.. ,,i 1111111,:H,., •• •• ,u,,, a.,. 1 River Basin", "Northeast Pond River IHD Bench Mark Research Basin''. From May 29 -June 3, 1988, Professor Panu attended the 6th World Congress on Water Resources held in Ottawa, Canada and presented the following paper: "Estimating Flood Flows at Ungauged sites In Newfoudland" and from A year long study on Issues related to being June6-10, 1988 he attended the International a single mom has now been released by Dr. Symposium on the Hydrology of Wetlands in C.H. Nelson and Is available from the Temperate and Cold Regions, held atJoensuu, l.akehead Social Planning Council as a two Finland and presented the following paper: part series. Part I Is entitled Single Mom "Environmental Assessment of Peatland DeFamilies: A Participant Obseroatton Study velopment Projects on Receiving Waters." Dr. and Part II Single Mom Families: A Survey of Panu was an Invited participant in the NATO Moms and Human Serolce Programs. Advanced Study Institute on Modeling of Hydrologic Systems, held at Sintra, Portugal Dr. Said M. llasa, Professor, Department of from July 10 - July 24, 1988 His paper was Civil Engineering, presented the paper entitled, "Storm Runoff Investigations Related "Earthmoving Logistics With Unear Unit to Effects in Urban Watersheds". Costs" at the International Conference on Operational Research, Management Science Susan Cole, Co-ordinator of Distance Educaand New Technologies, held In Paris, France, tion, recently represented l.akehead univerJuly (HJ, 1988. He also attended the Leadersity and the provincial Contact North project ship Conference of the Urban Transportation Division (UID) of the American Society of at the First International Forum on Computer Mediated Communications. Universities in Civil Engineers, held in Toronto, August 1-2, 1988. The goals of the conference, which was Denmark, Norway, France, Australia, United attended by members of the division's comStates and Canada have been involved in testmittees, were to develop a better understanding conferencing systems for the delivery of Ing of the UID's mission and activities and to distance education courses. The CoSy conferidentify future issues of major concern. Reencing system, developed by the University of cently, Dr. Easa was appointed a member of Guelph is currently In use at l.akehead in the the executive committee of the Transportaadministration of the Signal North program. tion Division of the Canadian Society for Civil Applications in course delivery are proposed Engineering and a Uaison Officer (for Egypt) for the coming academic year. of its International Affairs Committee. C.H. Nelson and D.H. McPherson presented a paper entitled "The Provision of Indian Child Welfare Services In the Province of Ontario: A Missed Opportunity for the Realization oflndian Self-Government" In Detroit on October (HJ at the Midwest Association for Canadian Studies. Dr. K. D. Elgenbrod, Professor of Civil Engineering, attended the 3rd Canadian Symposium on geosynthetics associated with the 4th Canadian Geotechnical Conference that took place in Waterloo from 4 to 7 October of 1988. Dr. Eigenbrod was an active participant. He presented a paper entitled "Differential Shear Movements at Soil Geosynthetic Interfaces." The paper was co-authored with Mr.J. P. Burak and Dr. J. G. Locker. Dr. Douglas Thom, Associate Professor, School of Education recently had his book (with Dr. Daniel Klassen) "Education and Its Management: Science, Arts, and Spirit" published by Ginn Press (Simon and Schuster Publishing), Needham Heights, Mass., 1988, 3 73 pages. The book is presently on sale in the l.akehead University Bookstore. Dr. U. S. Pama, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, attended the Canadian Hydrology Symposium held at Banff, Alberta, May 9 May 11, 1988, and presented the following papers: "Waterford River Basin as an Urban Hydrology Research Basin", "Urbanization effcts on Streamflow Characteristics in Waterford AGORA Appointments Dr. J. G. Locker was made a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC) at a Canadian Society for Geotechnical Engineering Meeting Banquet on Wednesday, October 5, 1988. The award follows 30 years of EiC activity and contributions to Engineering Education. Dr. Locker was recently appointed a member of a Council of Ontario Universities Committee on the Relationships Between Universities and Community Colleges and a member of the Advisory Board for the Marine Institute in St.John's, Newfoundland. He is also serving as Secretary and ViceChairman to the National Committee of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science for 1988/89. At the local level he Is Chairman of the Utkehead Chapter of the Association of Professional Engineers and the Engineering Institute of Canada. Pcnul Paularinne has been appointed to the Ontario Universities' Application Centre Board ofManagaement for a further one-year term. Page9 �Research News FROM THE OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIESAND RESEARCH Research Offecer: Trish McGowan Introduction by Dr. Murray Lank.ester In the areas of research and graduate studies, do you know who represents your interests outside the University? Do you regularly express to them your views on issues? Do you make an effort to find out what information and experiences they bring back from their meetings? Do you think on occasion to thank them for the many hours of work and travelling time they volunteer on our behalf? I'd like to remind you who some of these individuals are. Dr. John Jamieson, Psychology, has beguq a 3-year term as a member of the Appraisals Committee of the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies. The Committee is comprised of 3 groups or panels which are randomly assigned graduate disciplines up for review on a 7-year cycle. Dr. Bill Melnyk and Prof. Norman Bonsor have served previously on the Appraisals Committee and know very well the mounds of reports that have to be read by John before carting them off to Toronto for monthly meetings. Dr. Alan Day, Mathematics, is in the 2nd of a 3-year term serving on NSERC's Grant Selection Committee for the Mathematical Sciences. The Committee will soon be conducting site visits at selected universities across the country, and in February will adjudicate research operating grant and equipment grant applications in the field. Dr. Connie Nelson, Social Work, continues for the 3rd year on the Board of the University Research Incentive Fund. Appointed for a 3-year term by the Premier's Council, Connie reviews applications submitted in 3 competitions per year and awards up to 25 million dollars over the three year period. Two Lakehead faculty have received awards totalling about $20,000 since the inception of the URIF program. Dr.Jane Crossman was appointed last year by the Minister of Colleges and Universities to the Board_ of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship program. The Board sets policy governing award criteria and allocation mechanisms for the 1200 OGS awards given annually across the Page 10 Province. Students considering graduate studies at Lakehead compete successfully in the "open" competition for OGSs. But those who may narrowly miss getting a scholarship valued at about $10,000 are later considered for one of 10 "Institutional" OGSs of the same value available only to students registered at LU. Dr. Crossman is in a position to" remind the Board, when necessary, of the importance of the Institutional awards to the five smaller Universities in the Ontario system. Several Lakehead faculty volunteer each year to adjudicate the several thousand OGS applications submitted. The difficult task of each panelist in judging over 100 applications is usually done over the "Christmas break". There are few perks with this job and we shouldn't forget to extend our thanks regularly. I can publicize the names of those serving for 1988-89 after the competition is concluded and the winners are announced in March. Professor Rick Anderson, Economics, has served for the past two years on the blue ribbon Polanyi Prize Committee. The Committee selects up to 6 winners of Sl5,000prizes given to recent Ph.D.s who have distinguished themselves in any of the traditional Nobel Prize disciplines. Ms. Julia Walsh, President of the Lakehead University Graduate Student Association, will accompany me to Ottawa in early November where she will represent the concerns of members at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Graduate Schools. To all of these individuals I extend personal thanks. I'm sure the rest of the University community joins me and will take the opportunity to discuss issues with them so they may more accurately and completely represent us on these very important Provincial and National bodies.. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS AWARDED Dr. Inderjit Nirdosh (Chemical Engineering) has been awarded a second consecutive NSERC Strategic Grant. This grant, valued at $38,600 for each of two years, is a prestigious one and recognizes Dr. Nirdosh's considerable contribution to his field. NSERC's Strategic Grants Program is highly competitive; this year, only 26.4% AGORA of applications were successful.His research will centre on reducing the radioactive species present in the mill tailings from processing Saskatchewan uranium ores. The research proposal is aimed at optimizing the leaching conditions for the Saskatchewan uranium ores, thus rrunimizing the presence of radioactive byproducts through leaching while maintaining high uranium recovery. Dr. Jeremy Rayner (Political Studies) was awarded a SSHRC Strategic Theme grant for a two-year research project entitled "Power, Knowledge and Communication: Environmental Constraints on Public Involvement in Canadian Forest Management." The research will seek to test the hypothesis that, the greater the scientific and technical complexity of a planning decision in resource management, the less opportunity is available for public involvement. Dr. Robert Sweet (Education) was awarded a SSHRC Strategic Theme Seed Grant for a project entitled "Canadian Private Sector Distance Education: An Analysis of Trends". SSHRC's Strategic Seed grants allow researchers to test the feasibility of their hypotheses, for such research usually occurs in new fields of research endeavour. Professor Richard Clarke (Forestry) has been awarded a University Research Incentive Fund (URIF) grant for a research project that he will be undertaking with KBM Forestry Consultants and the Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada. The URIF grant matches dollarfor-dollar the contribution to the research made by the private sector collaborators. Professor Clarke and his graduate research assistant, John McNutt, will be studying the influence ofground speed on direct seeding with the Bracke Scarifier, in order to determine the relationship of site difficulty and ground speed to the successful deposit of seeds on the prepared microsite. The research project will make a major contribution in the area of regeneration by enabling industry to improve their success rates. NEWS ABOUT SSHRC I am pleased to announce that there was a marked increase in the number of applications submitted to SSHRC's Research Grants Program. Nine applications were submitted (this represents an 80% increase over previous years), requesting a total of $182,300 over 3 years. While this increase is encouraging, it nevertheless represents a participation rate of only 6% of SSHRC - eligible faculty. We are very November 1988 �concerned about increasing our participation and success rates in SSHRC's research programs for, as you know, our General Research Grant is calculated on the basis of our success over the preceding three years.The next SSHRC competition is the Strategic Themes Research Grants Program, held in the Spring. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES UTHOPROBE: Phase 2 The administrators of LITIIOPROBE, Canada's National Geoscience Project, have issued a call for applications for 1989/90 Geoscience Studies. Approximately $650,000 will be available this year for geoscientific investigations that will complement the Project's seismic programs and contribute in a significant way to the scientific objectives of the following transect corridors: Kapuskasing, Llthoprobe East, Southern Cordillera and Abitibi - Grenville. The deadline for applications: December 16, 1988. The Ontario Mental Health Foundation • Fellowships Program The Foundation offers a number of fellowships to enable health care practitioners and researchers to dedicate more time to original research. The Senior Research Fellowship and the New Faculty Research Fellowship provide release time for research. The Travelling Fellowships assist researchers to acquire new skills and learn techniques which are not available in Ontario. At our suggestion, the Travelling Fellowship has recently been modified to allow people from Northern Ontario to take certain types of training in other parts of Ontario, if such training is not available locally. The deadline for all Fellowship applications is November 30, 1988. Canadian Fitness and Ufestyle Research Institute - Research Contributions Program 1989/90 The Institute supports basic and applied research which furthers the understanding of the inter-relationships between physical activity, fitness, lifestyle and health in order to enhance the wellbeing of Canadians. The deadline for submissions: December 31. 1988. Ontario Geological Survey • Ontario Geoscience Research Grant Program The Geoscience Research Grant Program helps to finance research that will improve and stimulate mineral explora- tion in Ontario. Such research complements the activities of the Ontario Geological Survey by such means as: defining the characteristics of potentially significant geological environments and devising ways to predict areas of valuable mineral resources; and providing geological information to assist the Ministry's earth resources initiatives. deadline: November lS. 1988. Department of Fisheries and Oceans • Science Subvention Program The Science Subvention Program supports research and graduate studies in fisheries, marine and aquatic research. Priority will be.given to research in these areas: the husbandry and development of fisheries resources in the preservation and improvement of fish habitats; the understanding of the ocean environment and all aquatic eco-systems; the social and economic conditions and prospects of those people and communities dependent on the fishing resources. Deadline for applications: December 31. 1988. Squibb Canada - Biomedical Research Program Squibb has announced a new program to support biomedical research at Canadian universities. Research priorities include the fields of molecular genetics, developmental biology ch'1mmunology. Proposals are due: December 31. 1988. Ontario Ministry of Health: Health System • Unked Research Units Pro- gram The Ontario Ministry of Health recently announced a new grants program to support health services research in Ontario. The program will facilitate research leading to changes in the provision of health care services, particularly those aimed at improving the health status of target populations. Grants will be provided to multidisciplinary teams of investigators engaged in a focused research program, studying aspects of the organization and performance of the health care system, in cooperation with a partner agency that is active in the delivery of health services. The first competition deadline: December 1, 1988. Health and Welfare Canada National Health Research and Development Program This program provides support for health service research, public health research and health care delivery research. Current priorities are: organization and deliv November 1988 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGORA · ery of health care, risk assessment, health promo~n, habilitation and rehabilitation, pqpulation immune status and communicable disease control, and native health. The deadline for submissions is December 1, 1988. The National Research Council: Canada/France Science and Technology Cooperation Program The objective of this program is to promote, through collaborative projects or exploratory missions, activities intended to result in scientific and technological advances of potential industrial or economic benefit to Canada. Priority sectors include marine sciences, biotechnology, new materials, information technologies, environment, transportation, and research related to problems of cold regions. The grant provides travel and subsistence costs. The application deadline is November 30, 1988. Canadian Northern Studies Trust Awards The Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) offers a number of special awards for Northern Studies. The Special Awards for Northern Residents enables individuals from the Canadian North who have broad northern experience to devote a period of study in academic fields relevant to their concerns. The Studentships in Northern Studies, valued at $10,000 each, are designed to support students enrolled in educational programs having special relevance to Canada's northern territories and adjacent regions. All subject areas will be considered, providing that the proposed inquiry is applicable to northern themes, problems or issues. The Research Support Opportunity in Arctic Environmental Studies Program offers high arctic accommodation, facilities and services to support graduate students who are undertaking environmental research in the physical and/or biological sciences for which location at the High Arctic Weather Stations (Eureka/Mould Bay) would be advantageous.Applications for all these Awards are due January lS, 1989. In the 1988/89 Research Grants competition, the 14 disciplinary committees considered 1,455 projects with a total dollar demand of $42.6 million. Of these applications 726 were funded, for an overall success rate of alrn~ 50% for projects and 3796 for funds. As a result of the visit of Louise McDonald, Research Grants Officer, a brief guideline for preparing successful research applications will be send to each d artment. Page 11 �CAMPUS CALE~DAR . . MONDAY, 14 MUNICIPAL ELECTION . Senate Chambers 8:30am - 10:30 pm To include your Department's event or activity in the Campus calendar, please call Flo Sherren at 8300 or mail your information to SN1002 FREE PUBUC LECTURE Speaker: Mrs. Pat Barclay Topic: "The Great Canadian Diary and How Charles Ritchie Wrote It" 7:30 pm RB 1021 NOVEMBER , ,. ,, MONDAY, 7 , ... ••• SPECIAL EVENT ••• THEATRE COMPANY "11le Working People's Picture Show" 7 :30 pm Bora Laskin Theatre SB adults, S5 students/seniors WEDNESDAY, 23 SENATE MEETING 2:30pm Senate Chambers ,, 7:30 pm little Dining Room - WEDNESDAY, 16 FREE Public Lecture Speaker: Prof. Ken Allan FREE PUBUC LECTURE Speaker: Mr. Francois Bregha Topic:•TBA 2:30 pm Room SN 1015 ALUMNI BOARD MEETING Topic: The Canadian Arctic: On the Threshold of the 21st Century 8:00 pm RB 2024 Co-sponsored by Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Thunder Bay Branch THURSDAY, 17 BOARD OF GOVERNORS 4:00pm FRIDAY, 18 ••• SPECIAL EVENT••• INAUGURAL PROFESSORIAL LECTURE SERIES Presenter: Dr. David Nock TUESDAY, 8 FREE PUBUC LECTURE Speaker: Kevin McNamee Conservation Director of Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Slide presentation - question period BpmRB 2047 Professor of Sociology Topic: E. F. Wilson of Algoma: A Victorian Missionary's look at Canadian Indian Polley 3-4pm WEDNESDAY, 9 RB 1044 Reception to follow in the Faculty Lounge Dr. Nock's book on E.F. Wilson has recently been released and will be on display FREE PUBUC LECTURE Speaker: Dr. John Jamieson Topic: "The Law of Initial Values" 2:30 pm Room SN 1015 SATURDAY, 19 & SUNDAY, 20 LUSU FILM NIGHT Three Men & A Baby FRIDAY, 11 Cast: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson 8:00 pm RB 1042 $1 .50 Students, S2.00 Others REMEMBRANCE DAY Service in the Agora 10:45 am MICROMEDIA SESSION 12:00 - 2:30 Careers in information 2:30 - 3:30 Tips & tricks "training" session 3:30 - 5:00 Micromedia products & services, interested people may attend Library 5022 MONDAY, 21 FEDERAL ELECTION Conference RoomA/Conference Room B Conference and Seminar.Centre Lakehead University TELEVISION NEWS LIVE FROM JAPAN & CHINA In Japanese & Mandarin Chinese 12:30 pm Japanese News 1:00 pm Chinese News BB 2007 To be aired every Friday FRIDAY, 25 Final date for registration in Wmter Term Distance Education courses without late fee SATURDAY, 26 & SUNDAY, 27 LUSU FILM NIGHT The Graduate Starring Dustin Hoffman 8:00 pm RB 1042 Sl.50 Students, S2.00 Others -~ ~------ __ Agorl\ The AGORA is produced by the Information Office, Department of Community Relations, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 1988 Agora Magazine https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/78007b4b5f47446d5c879f6ff1b25a95.pdf 824009ab49d8fb0346ef51591105d87c PDF Text Text Inside: Around campus ........................ 3 New Faces ................................ 4 '"Su.rvey says...'' ........................ 6 Language rights...................... 10 THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO VOL. 7. NO. 2 FEBRUARY 1990 1965 This Registrar recruits them young. Pentti Paularinne looks amazingly at home with the five Neilson quintuplets. With universities struggling with enrolment and funding issues, it was comforting to know that by the time Regan, Spencer, Nicole, Mitchell and Lucas get to university, their Silver Jubilee Entrance Scholarships will be a welcome relief for their parents Karen and Tom. �Report From the President Dr. Bob Rosehart Commonwealth Games Gold Congratulations go to Mary De Piero for her gold medal in diving at the Commonwealth Games. Mary is a Year 1, B.A. Geography student at Lakehead University and is a member of the Thunder Bay Diving Club. .-----==----:-:, White Pine Award Doug Maki of Year 4, H.B.Sc. Forestry program has been selected this year's winner of the prestigious White Pine Award. Engineering Logo Putting all the debate aside, the current E.S.S. logo debate has, hopefully, run its course. The logo is unacceptable by today's societal values, rules and legislation. The committee process established by L.U.S.U. needs to be given every opportunity to deal with this matter, and I trust that the Engineering Students' Society, through their consultative process, realize that they need to be assuming a leadership role in this area. I will be closely monitoring these activities for signs of progress. L.UJConfederation College Fitness Experiment The "fitness" experiment is underway, and all full-time faculty and staff should have received an Athletic Facility Pass in the mail. I encourage your participation and look forward to enhanced co-operation between the two institutions. B.C. Visitors The Honourable Bruce Strachan, British Columbia Minister of Advanced Education, Training and Technology and Minister Responsible for Universities, visited Lakehead University on Wednesday, January 31 with two of his senior officials. With all the serious academic business that goes on at a university, it was great fun to see five darling babies, their parents, assistants, car seats and snowsuits take over the President's office. Some of the babies ended up on the unlikely shoulders of John Russell, Greg Beckford and Chancellor Weiler (who told the parents it took him Page 2 As you may know, British Columbia has announced an intention to establish a fourth provincial university in the north (most likely Prince George). Minister Strachan is paying his second visit to Lakehead University in order to gain insight into the opportunities that exist for a university to develop in a northern environment. Quintuplets Visit Lakehead University As part of our Silver Jubilee activities, the board of Governors has granted entrance scholarships for the Neilson quintuplets. A brief ceremony with the five potential BIU's was held in the President's office on February 1, 1990. and his wife 7 years to have 5). The 9-month olds also wore their caps with great distinction, ate their certificates, cried when the registrar tried to enroll them all in forestry and basically made it a very special day for Lakehead University. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - February 1990 �Around Campus SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERY Professor Scott Hamilton, Department of Anthropology, was recently awarded two Ontario Heritage Foundation research grants. The first one involves dating radiocarbon prehistoric human remains from the Wapekeka Indian Reserve. His research will determine the age of human burials encountered on the reserve during the construction of an airstrip. Two human skeletons were first discovered in 1988 directly adjacent to the airstrip during the process of clearing the runoff edges. While they were trying to stabilize the area, three more were uncovered. The reserve is 15 kilometres east of Big Trout Lake. The recoveries are of great scientific interest since they represent the first archaeological data from that region of Northwestern Ontario. Professor Hamilton says, "the band is to be commended for recognizing the significance of the find and allowing Lakehead University to investigate it further on their behalf". The second grant is for a pilot field study on the Black Sturgeon River system. It involves follow-up on the work of the Smacks, amateur archeologists from Minnesota, who have devoted more than 20 years collecting artifacts in the Black Sturgeon system. According to Professor Hamilton some artifacts imply non-local influences. Some of the stone artifacts are made from raw materials which originate as far away as Wyoming, North Dakota and Southern Wisconsin. "Some of the ceramics stylistically look Iroquoian from southern Ontario. They are definitely not what we would expect in this region and we want to know whyys Hamilton. "I suspect the Black Sturgeon is far more important transportation link than previous! y believed". LUFA PENSION COMMITTEE Members of the new LUFA Pension Committee are: Agha Akram, Robert Archibald, John Griffith, William Melnyk, Rao Puttagunta and Jim Stafford. UNIVERSITY BOARD CHAIRMEN DEPLORE FUNDING LEVELS Ontario university board chairmen expressed their deep and growing concern with the level of university funding in Ontario when they met with the Hon. Sean Conway, Minister of Colleges and Universities. The chair- men were most upset with what they see as the inconsistencies between the government's priorities for research, development and world-class industrial competitiveness and its financial policies on higher education.The chairmen used as an example the government's announcement in November of an 8% increase in operating grants for 1990-91 and the harsh reality that the increase is less than 2%, when the costs of recent enrolment growth and of other government initiatives, such as the employer health tax, are met. Prior to the next provincial budget, members of the Council of Chairmen of Ontario Universities will work vigorously within their own boards to demonstrate: the government's failure to deliver on what the chairmen felt were earlier commitments; the misstatement of real funding increases; the damage being done to the province by the current funding practices JAPANESE STUDENTS The Department of Continuing Education and Department of Languages conducted a very successful English Immersion Program last summer for thirty Japanese students from Gifu College of Education, Japan. The program ran from July 31 to August 31 and consisted of morning classes, afternoon field trips and weekend "homestays" with Thunder Bay families. A number of Lakehead University faculty and staff participated in the homestay program by hosting two students for one or more weekends. The "homestays" were rated by the Japanese students as "the best part of their stay in Thunder Bay". Because of the program's effectiveness Gifu College will be sending another thirty students to Lakehead University this summer. The students will be on campus from July 25 to August 25, 1990. The Department of Continuing Education has commenced planning for their arrival. Once again, the hospitality of Lakehead University faculty and staff is required. Anyone interested in hosting two Japanese students for one or more weekends in August is asked to contact Jane Livingston, Department of Continuing Education at 8068. FORESTRY SYMPOSIUM Recently a symposium entitled "Resource Rich/Development Poor" was held at Lakehead University. Organized by the forestry students, the weekend lecture series addressed current forestry issues. The theme of discussions reflected the concern of foresters that secondary forest products industries are not being developed to full potential in Canada. Lectures also addressed the issues of recycling in the pulp and paper industry and pollution in the forest products industries - two issues vitally important to Northwestern Ontario. Doug Maki, a fourth year forestry student and the student chairman of the symposium committee, says that the issues of recycling paper and pollution created by the pulp and paper industry were well-addressed during the weekend symposium. The key theme of the symposium was to find out why secondary forest products industries are not being developed as they should in Canada. "What we were trying to get at was the importance of "value-added" in forestry products industries. Pulp is a commodity subject to market demands but if you produce a speciality product the demand increases dramatically". There was an excellent tum-out for the symposium and lectures were successful in bringing forestry issues into the public view. NATIVE LANGUAGE TRAINING Native education instructors from Minneapolis, Duluth and Grand Marais met with native education representatives from Lakehead University and Northwestern Ontario at Lakehead University on January 17, 18, and 19. The Minnesotans' key purpose was to get an indepth look at the university's Native Language Programs. There are approximately 700 native children in Minneapolis public schools and during the past several years major funding has been allocated for research and curriculum development in Ojibwe as a second language. In December, legislation was approved in Minneapolis that sets out a program to teach all children in the city's school system Ojibwe. The educators behind this are trying to develop a solid curriculum to introduce into the schools by September 1, 1990. The unique program in Minneapolis parallels similiar native language programs on reserves in Northwestern Ontario such as the one at Pie Mobert. Lakehead University's Native Language Programs, held in the summer, in part train native educators to develop effective native language teaching curricula. The purpose of these programs is to enhance the study of culture and language for all native children. The continued page 11 February 1990 A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page3 �New Faces Quebec lifts freeze on tuition fees Anne Fiorenza Anne Fiorenza has been appointed Research Officer in the Department of Research and Graduate Studies. The 1989 graduate of the Business Administration program, is no stranger to the university having worked as the marketing researcher for Innovation North for a year and a half. Anne was born in the Bahamas but has lived in Thunder Bay most of her life. "I still yearn for the sun and palm trees though". Her academic interests include econoics and entrepreneurship. "I do plan to return to school for my MBA eventually. I' intrigued about the entrepenurial process - researchers go through experiences similiar to entrepeneurs. Finding funds for research is like findings funds to start a business. I might even do research on that topic". Norma Jean Newbold Norma Jean Newbold is a new clerk in the Registrar's Office. Known to her fellow co-workers as the ''lady in black", Norma Jean worked at York University for a number of years in various departments on the campus. Norma Jean's interests include picture framing and curling and although she was reluctant to admit it, island hopping through the Caribbean (she has been to seven!). Norma Jean is also beginning a course in Ojibway. "So far I can say ..___ _ _ _ _ _ ____, "Hi! How are you? Where do you live?" Good luck with your lessons Norma Jean. Debbie Poulin Debbie came to the university through a unique program sponsored by the provincial government and is working in the Registrar's Office. As Debbie says, ''It's a program that helps people re-enter the workforce by training them in the classroom and on the pl>". The re-entry program through Employment and Immi~tion includes five months of in~ss training and eight weeks of OZ1--the-job training. Debbie says ~t working at the university has qefinitely filled a void. " Five years ago, I would never think of-myself working. Now I could never think of anything else". Page4 For the first time in more than 20 years, the Government of Quebec has decided to raise tuition fees. Frozen at 1969 levels, an average of $540 a year, tuition fees will rise beginning in September 1990, by an average of $350 a year in each of two academic years, 1990-1991 and 1991-1992. Even with the increase just announced, Quebec will still have the lowest tuition fees in Canada. Funding Announced for Ontario Universities Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities Sean Conway has announced that his government will increase operating grants to Ontario's postsecondary educational institutions by eight percent. The province will allocate $1.8 billion in operating grants to university-level institutions. Tuition fees will also rise by eight percent. According to the Minister, the increase should enable universities to properly respond to expected increases in enrolment, promote access for the disabled and increase the number of French-language and bilingual programs. However, in a press release issued shortly after Mr. Conway's announcement, the Ontario Council of Universities stated that the province's universities need an 11.7 percent increase just to maintain services at current levels. Appointment Dr. Geraldine Kenney-Wallace, current chairman of the Science Council of Canada, will become president of McMaster University on 1 July 1990. Dr. Kenney-Wallace is the first woman to be appointed president of an Ontario University. Cold climates: a hot topic for universitiesThe Science Council of Canada has called on governments in universities and industry to begin Harnessing Science and Technology for Cold Regions, in a recent statement. By making recommendations designed to help Canada become an international leader, in the field, the council add that Canada should take up the challenge and special responsibility provided by its geography. Canadians can use their science and technology to serve global interests," the council says. Some of the council's major recommendations would have an immediate impact on the university research community. The council recommends, for example, that the National Committee of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science review existing courses and programs to strengthen their northern content. It also recommends that the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, in partnership with industrial or government sponsors, establish five professorial chairs in cold climate engineering. For information: Science Council of Canada, 100 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa, Ontario KlP 5Ml. Tel.: (613) 992.1142. A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - February 1990 �Celebration 1990 Update: Alumni Reunion Weekend June 28 - July 1, 1990 Volunteers Needed The Alumni Association will need volunteers to help out during Celebration 1990, Alumni Reunion Weekend, June 28 - July 1, 1990. If you are interested in working on any of the committees listed below, please contact Alumni House at 343-8155. Registration Co-chairs: Jeff Crocco and Bruce Sauder Hospitality Chair: Bob Thompson Communications Chair: Carmela Foresta Gala Evening Co-chairs: Allan and Linda Bauld Golf Tournament Chair: Eric Wilson President's Luncheon/Farewell Brunch Chair: Anita Muncaster Don Sutton, Treasurer of the Alumni Association and Co-Chair of the Reunion Planning Committee Dwight Gessie, 2nd Vice President of the Alumni Association and Co-Chair of the Reunion Planning Committee For more than a year, alumni volunCupples will be the keynote speaker at teers have been working behind the the Gala Dinner/Dance at the Valhalla scenes to organize the culminating event Inn on Saturday night. The 1967 graduof Silver Jubilee festivities - Celebration ate has been all over the world with the 1990, the Alumni Reunion Weekend Department of External Affairs, and is planned for this summer. It's a great op- now based in Ottawa in charge of Latin portunity to invite friends for the weekAmerican and Caribbean affairs. end, to play golf, to share memories, and Other special events include a Golf to see the changes going on at L.U. Tournament on Friday (can anyone beat According to Dwight Gessie close to Claude Liman?), a President's Lunch400 responses have been received. eon, Campus Tours and Open Houses "We're had responses from most on Saturday, and an Ecumenical Service provinces in Canada, a few from the US and "send-off" Brunch on Sunday and even one from France! Basically, the morning. response has been really good. Alumni Don stressed the need for Alumni to want to come and see old friends. The register early to help the Reunion university has been very supportive and Planning Committee to get a handle on individuals have already come forward numbers and facilities required. Applito help with registration and tours." He cations forms were published in the hastily added, "but we need more". winter issue of the Nor'Wester MagaDon Sutton highlighted events that zine and are available from the Informaare already planned. The Opening tion Office and the Alumni House. Call Ceremonies and B.B.Q. on Friday night Frances Harding at 343-8193 for further will include performances by Tom Kelly, information. Ian Tamblyn, and the Ramblers. Colleen Ecumenical Service Chair: Brother Glenn Doughty Opening Ceremonies/B.B.Q. Chair: Pat O'Brien Homecoming Reception/Open Houses Chair: Sheralee Beebe Celebrate! l.akehc-Jd t.:nivcrsity"s 2;th Annh·crsary Alumni Reunion Weekend June 28 •July 1, 1990 Be an Early Bird ... Register today for Celebration 1990 Faculty, Staff and Alumni are all invited to attend. February 1990 A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page 5 �HARASSMENT IT IS OFFENSIVE! IT IS UNACCEPTABLE! Survey says ... In 1986, the Board of Governors adopted a Personal Harassment Policy Statement which prohibited harassment based on the grounds covered in the Ontario Human Rights Code (which includes sexual harassment). A survey, funded by • the Secretary of State, was conducted last spring by the Status of Women Com- ·-, mittee. The survey was intended to determine the extent of sexual harassment on campus, how people deal with it and if they have confidence in the policy and procedures,. A positive side effect would be to raise the awareness level of staff, faculty and students and to encourage them to take a stand on the issue. The survey used was designed by the University of Manitoba and the Committee gratefully acknowledge permission to use the survey without a copyright fee. ' Page6 women consider sexist comments to be a form of sexual harassment. Valid responses to the question asking the authority level of the harasser indicate that 48% of the offenders have "greater'' authority than the victims, 35% have "similar'' and 12% have "lesser'' authority. 25% of the offenders at Lakehead University are between the ages of 31 and 50. 11 % are under 21 years of age. 49% of the offenders identified in the survey are male and 25% are female (valid responses). Comments from the respondents helped identify the reticence to report incidents of harassment. "Asked "If someone were to complain about sexual harassment, what would happen", the biggest majority of people answering this question indicated that they believed "the complainant would suffer in some way". The next most popular response was the, "Complainant would be embarrassed/humiliated". Many of the female respondents indicate that reports of sexual harassment incidents "would be ignored". In response to the question, "What would encourage more people to report sexual harassment?" the largest percentage of people indicated "Won't be tolerated". This indicates that there is work to be done before people will believe that their complaint will be taken seriously. The University has commited itself to education and awareness initiatives in order to get the message across that harassment will not be tolerated. , _ .,; I I THE SURVEY Of the 3610 surveys which were randomly distributed, there was a 32% response rate (1147 were returned). The respondents were 27% faculty, 32% students. 23% staff and 18% unknown. 13% of the respondents reported that they had been sexually harassed on campus (134 people). The majority did not officially report the incident to anyone who might address the issue in an official capacity. Of the 134 victims, only 10% indicated that if harassed again they would report the incident. Eighty-seven percent of the victims were female and 13% were male. Another 27% of the respondents (287 people) knew of someone who had been sexually harassed (71 % were women) on campus and 75% of these victims had never reported the incident. The perception of what constitutes harassment varied between men and women. Only 28% of the male respondents considered sexist comments from a person of "greater'' authority, sexual harassment. This compares to 48% of the females who felt that this type of behaviour did constitute harassment. The wide gap between male and female perceptions of harassment narrows markedly with the increased blatancy of the behaviour. The survey determined what types of behaviour would most likely be reported. Far more women than men would report "verbalsexual advances", "explicit sexual propositions" and "sexual bribery''. Only 6% of both male and female respondents would report "sexist comments", even though 48% of . ? • ARE YOU? for confidential help call: Myrna Holman Human Resourcu Officer )4.).8556 Conclusions According to Myrna Holman, The Personal Harassment Contact Person, the survey results reveal that at Lakehead University, like any other workplace, people may be subject to sexual harassment. In the past, the issue was largely a silent one because the majority of people did not officially report it. Many believed that they would expect to be embarrassed or humiliated as a result of reporting. During the last year the number of reported complaints has drastically increased, indicating faith in the new reporting structure. The educational program on campus has increased awareness of of the policy, reporting structure and an administrative commitment to address issues sof harassment.Educational efforts have been stepped up. Presentations to student, faculty and senate committees have been undertaken. New posters and brochures are being designed. Ms. Holman reports that a centralized approach to complaint resolution and education has increased the effectiveness of the policy. Anyone wishing to discuss a concern about harassment should contact Myrna Holman at extension 8356. She is also available to do presentations and workshops for any interested groups. AGORA------------- February 1990 �''ROADIES'' with a Message Perhaps Willie Nelson's song,"On the road again" should be proclaimed the theme song of the Secondary School Liaison Officers. H you're wandering through the halls near the Liaison Office you might have heard that tune from the "L" Team - Lakehead University's "roadies with a message". The team consists of Andrea Duckert, Sarena Knapik and Donna Piovesana: three energetic individuals with "packsacks on their backs" and strong arms to carry the load of publications they must tote to high schools across Canada. Liaison officers are the flesh and blood of the University and often the only contact with the university that high school students have before making their choice about which university to attend. LU' s new officers have varied backgrounds. Donna Piovesana is a 1989Lakehead graduate with an honours degree in English. She worked summers at Ontario Place honing her public relations skills. Donna's job focuses on travel co-ordination for the team. "I enjoy travelling, meeting different people. It's a fast paced - an adventure". Travel is a large part of the job and includes reaching students at high schools colleges and through career fairs. The team has travelled as far east as New Brunswick and as far west as Alberta. According to Donna, ''Western recruits in Bermuda. We're working on that one", she laughs. All three liaison officers enjoy the camraderie of life with the "travelling road show", also known as the University Information Program. Each year 10 weeks are blocked out and university UIP teams visit high schools Athletes of the Month were congratulated by Presentor Jack Moro of J.B. Evans Ltd. February 1990 ....----'1-;. ! -Z-'!!'-C l - ~- =- ~- -- -. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -_- _- _- _- _- r-,_- _- - - - - - , The Willie Nelson Trio gets ready for the road. Left to right, Andrea Duckert, Donna Piovesana and Sarena Knapik. They are on the road more than 4 months of the year. across Ontario. They travel in a pack from school to school, city to city. Donna fondly remembers an incident a few months ago when a convoy of cars carrying members of UPI was travelling on the highway. ''The leader of the pack realized she was heading in the wrong direction and did a ''U" turn. Seven cars followed!" Andrea Duckert is a graduate (and survivor) of the Graduate Business Diploma Program. Originally from Kenora, Andrea worked as supervisor of the Canada Employment Centre for Students. She finds the liaison officer position "very rewarding". She marvels at the questions students ask: ''Where are you? Isn't it really cold there? Do you guys have a pub?" Andrea enjoys Athlete of the Month for Women's Volleyball isRobyn Plett. Jack Moro of J.B. Evans Ltd. Plett's season has been very successful so far, scoring 299 kills to this point. This breaks her old personal record of 280 that she hit last season. Men's Basketball Athlete of the Month is Ray Foster. Foster, in his second season at Lakehead, has shown steady improvement this season. He average 13 points and eight boards a game during January and reached a career high of 25 points against Western. talking with students and believes that the one-to-one contact is the most important aspect of presenting the university to the students. Sarena Knapik is also an alumna of Lakehead University with a degree in geography. Sarena comes to Lakehead from Hogarth-Westmount hospital where she was the Community Relations Director. Most of her work experience has been community service oriented. Sarena focuses on publications as well as meeting with students for academic counselling. She believes that the liaison officers are a solid team. ''We all pull together in a crunch and try to help each other." Sharon Knowles, Athlete of the Month for Women's Basketball leads the LU team in scoring, rebounds and assists and is currently ranked seventh in scoring nationally. According to Stu Julius, Lady Nor'Wester coach, Knowles deserves AllCanadian honours. Wrestling Athlete of the Month, Steve Roslinsky, had an impressive showing this month. He had a big win over fourth ranked Frank Wurr of Manitoba and that could put him in medal contention at the college nationals. A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page7 �Papers/Publications & Special Projects Dr. I. Nirdosh, Professor D "' ---- of Chemical Engineering . _ O has published the following c • refereed journal papers: -~~~ "Ferric chloride leaching of Saskatchewan uranium ores" Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Vol. •e~iir' 67, 1989 (co-authors Dr. S. 1 V. Muthuswami and Mr_ Chundang A. K. Achong); =S;].:,i;p "Simultaneous leaching of uranium, 230Th and 226Ra from Saskatchewan ores by nitric and hydrochloric acids" Minerals and Metallurgical Processing, Vol. 6 (4), 1989. (coauthors Dr. S. V. Muthuswami and Mr. M. Selamat); "Adsorption-desorption studies on the radium-hydrated metal oxide systems" Hydrometallurgy, Vol. 24, 1989 (coauthors Mr. w_ R Tremblay and Mr. C.R. Johnson); "Coextraction of uranium, thorium and radium with ferric nitratenitric acid solutions" Metall, Vol. 43 (5), 1989. (co-authors Dr. S. V. Muthuswami and Mr. N. S. Man). Dr. Alan Bowd, School of Education had his paper entitled "A decade of debate on animal research in psychology: Room for consensus" published in Canadian Psychology, 1990, 31, 74-82. Dr. H. T. Saliba, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, has had the following papers in the field of plate vibration reviewed and accepted for publication: ''Transverse free vibration of simply supported right triangular thin plates: a highly accurate simplified solution", which is provisionally scheduled for Volume 138, Number 3, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 8 May 1990; "A modified Levy type solution for the free vibration analysis of simply supported isosceles triangular plates", which will be presented in the 10th Symposium on Engineering Applications of Mechanics which will take place at Queen's University in May of 1990. The paper is to be published in the conference proceedings. Dr. B. Kronberg, Geology attended the International Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry and presented a paper entitled "Moose as Indicators of Cadmium BioAvailibility in NW Ontario". Dr. Yves H. Prevost, Forestry Department, presented the following: "Are black spruce cone and seed insects !~t~;:ji~ Pages threatening forest regeneration?" Forestry Marketplace presentation Nov. 23, 1989, Toronto; "Dealing with organisms feeding on cones and seeds in spruce seed orchards?" Forestry Marketplace poster Nov. 21-23, 1989, Toronto; "How pests affect crown architecture of black spruce which may decrease the viable seeds per cone." Northern Pest Review presentation Nov. 4, Thunder Bay. INTO THE NEW CENTURY: Thunder Bay 1900-1914, recently published by the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, has a definite Lakehead University flavour to it. The project was co-ordinated by the chairman of the Society's Publications Committee, David Kemp, of the Department of Geography. Members of the committee included Bruce Muirhead of the Department of History and Tory Dr. Thomas M. =-.,,...-==----==--= Tronrud, Curator at the Museum and currently sessional lecturer in the DepartK Song, Professor ment of History. Elinor Barr, noted local of the School of author, and lain Hastie, formerly cartogPhysical Education and Athletics, Corapher in the Department of Geography, ordinator of both graduates of L.U. also served on the Human Performcommittee. Partial funding for the publiance Laboratory, cation was provided in a grant from the was made a ~ University's ''Vast and Magnificent Land' research Fellow of research fund.The book consists of a sethe American ries of photo-essays which show what College of Sports Medicine (FACSM) on December, 1989. conditions were like at the head of Lake Superior in the first decade of the 20th The Fellow was made in recognition of century, a time of great growth and change professional achievement, a high level of competence and ethical conduct with in the region. They can provide no more acceptable knowledge of principles and than a glimpse into the past, but a glimpse practices in the related discipline on which the Thunder Bay Historical Musports medicine. seum hopes will educate, inform and entertain, and encourage the reader to find out more about the history of the Dr.John region. Cost: $9.95, available at the Jamieson, DepartLakehead University Bookstore or from ment of Psychology the Thunder Bay Museum. was selected as CALL FOR PAPERS recipient of the 1990 on the theme SOSIP (Section on REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND Students in PsyNORTHERN RESEARCH chology) Stein for the award. Each year FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE the Stein Award is LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE presented to an STUDENT ASSOCIATION Ontario psycholoMarch 17, 1990 gist who makes an outstanding contriLakehead University bution to the advancement and concerns of graduate psychology students in this The Graduate Student Association has chosen the theme of Regional Development and province. The recipient is both nomiNorthern Research for the first graduate nated and selected by students. In particular, Dr. Jamieson's work as conference. We are hoping that graduate students who are involved in course or thean enthusiastic research supervisor sis-related research that pertains to regional (both of his students, others and development and northern research will Lakehead graduates at other universisubmit an abstract. The following topics ties), his initiation of a study group to giveanideaoftherangeofresearchinterests prepare students to write graduate that can be included in the conference: record exams, his assistance in informReforestation, Resource Sustainability, ing students about various graduate Health Delivery, Environmental Assessschools, and his social and emotional ments, Pulp and Paper Research, Distance support of students were cited as Education, Human Service Needs reflective of his contribution. University Role in Regional Development, Autonomy in Regional Development, Dr. James T. Angus was recently Impact of Free Trade appointed as a Community Board Member of the National Parole Board in Contact Kris DeLorey in the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, Phone 343the Ontario Region for a period of two 8785. Submitanabstractof300wordsorless years effective immediately. by February 13, 1990. Appointments A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - February 1990 �chemicals on estuarine marine environments, terrestrial species, and ecosystems, including the Arctic; effects of pulp mill effluents and pesticides; comparative toxicology examining the effects of toxic chemicals on a wide range of organisms; and inter-university studies. Proposals can be submitted at any time. Research News FROM THE OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH Research Officer: Anne Fiorenza RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES For further information on any of these Research Programs, please contact Anne Fiorenza, Research Officer, at ext. 8223. NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL University-Industry Cooperative R&D Programs NSERC's University-Industry Programs are designed to encourage industry to take advantage of the special knowledge and expertise resident in Canadian universities for the benefit of the Canadian economy. The broad mandate of the program enables support for a variety of research initiatives. Proposals for cooperative R&D activities under the University-Industry program generally fall into one of three categories, Collaborative Research and Development (CRD), Industrially Oriented Research (IOR), or Shared Equipment and Facilities (SEF). NSERC will equally match Industry investments in research and development conducted at a university. Proposals can be submitted at any time. If you have an innovative research project, which would be of interest to the industrial community, the Office of Research can be of assistance in putting you in contact with potential industrial partners. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) Innovation North has information available on the National Research Council's "Industrial Research Assistance Program" (IRAP). The IRAP-H program is of particular interest to small and medium size firms employing science or engineering students. On short term projects for product or process development, assistance of 60% of salary is available for 18 weeks. Support for project counsellors is also available. Interested faculty or students should contact Doug Stone, CB 4106 (ext. 8124) for further information. WORLD wnDLIFE FUND The World Wildlife Fund is currently administering two grant programs in cooperation with Environment Canada. The Endangered Species Recovery Fund is designed to sponsor high-priority conservation projects to assist the recovery of endangered wildlife and their natural habitats in Canada. Wildlife is considered by the program to be any nondomestic, plant or animal native to Canada. They are particularly encouraging proposals to conserve the fish and plants on the Endangered Species list (available at the Office of Research). The program supports proposals to a maximum of two-thirds of the cost of the project; the initial one-third of the project may be sponsored by any source, private or public. Deadline for submitting proposals: April 1, July 1, October 1, and January 1. The Wildlife Toxicology Fund supports high-calibre research on the effects of toxic chemicals on Canadian wildlife. This fund is particularly interested in receiving applications for research in the following areas: effects of toxic February 1990 SOUTH ASIA ONTARIO Research Grants South Asia Ontario is a consortium of scholars in the area of South Asian Studies teaching in Ontario Universities. The programme's research mandate concerns Canada-South Asia Relations. The area is broadly interpreted to include political, strategic, economic, social and cultural aspects, as well as issues concerning the South Asia Diaspora in Canada. Applications for research grants must be relevant to this mandate. The programme is scheduled to end on July 1, 1990. However, grant applications will be considered at any time during the next four months. SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF TORONTO Research Fellowship in Gerontology The Soroptimist International of Toronto is a service club of business and professional women who raise funds to assist wherever there is a special need. This group is offering a fellowship with a maximum value of $7,500 to persons enrolled as full-time students in a post graduate degree program (Masters, Ph.D) or in a program of study related to gerontology (eg. health care, social services, housing, legal services, psychological services, recreational services). Deadline for applications: March 31, 1990. CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF HIGHER EDUCATION Research Award As part of its objective to encourage and promote high standards in the study and delivery of post-secondary education, the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) is awarding a research award to recognize distinguished contributions to research in Canadian post-secondary education. One award will be given each year. The award is meant to be conferred on a practising scholar in mid-career with an established reputation for publishing outstanding research on any aspect of Canadian post-secondary education. Nominations must be forwarded by March 1, 1990. LAIDLAW FOUNDATION PROGRAMS Children and Families at Risk Programme Through this programme, the Foundation intends to focus resources on experimental and pilot research projects, studies and activities which contribute to a better understanding of the structure of life quality and life outcomes for children. The programme focuses on children as the central figures, from pre-natal conditions through childhood and adolescence to transition to adulthood. The programme supports research projects, demonstration projects/primary prevention projects, intervention projects, and impact generating projects. Deadline: March 1, May 1, September 1, and November 1. Laidlaw Scholar Programme The Laidlaw Scholar Programme was established to support distinguished scholars and practitioners who have made significant contributions to the advancement of child and family studies and social welfare policy in Canada or abroad. As well, the scholar, by virtue of the interdisciplinary nature A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page9 �of his/her work and general critical perspectives will stimulate innovative research and advanced c~ncepts of professional practice. Proposals may be submitted at any time. Laidlaw Conservation Programme There is an enormous gap between what is known about environmental problems affecting the Great Lakes and the efficacy of regulating policy to address those problems at the provincial and federal levels. There is a progression towards an ecosystem perspective, consistent with the theme of sustainable development. In consideration of the overwhelming importance of the Great Lakes to current and future generations, the Laidlaw Foundation's Conservation Programme will support the following activities which would decontaminate and rehabilitate the Great Lakes ecosystem: 1. Seed Funding, 2. Innovative Basic Scientific Research of a transdisciplinary nature, 3. Cooperative Ventures protecting ecologically valuable near shore/coastal areas, and 4. Educational Projects and initiatives. Deadlines: January 1 and July 1. THE BANTING RESEARCH FOUNDATION The Banting Research Foundation provides grants to individuals for the support of specific medical research. The term "medical research" is interpreted broadly to include research in the biological sciences which may have potential importance for medicine. The foundation's programs have been known to help initiate the research careers of new investigators who have not yet developed the necessary track record to apply successfully to senior funding agencies or established investigators who wish to initiate research in new areas. The maximum value of these grants is $20,000. Deadline: March 1, 1990. CANADIAN PROGRAM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT The objective of this program is to ensure timely, yet comprehensive equipment research, development, testing, evaluation and standards development in response to identified needs from the Canadian police community. In the past, proposals have been primarily submitted by members of the Canadian police community, with some collaboration with universities. The National Research Council is anticipating that there will be more projects allocated to the university community as the program becomes better known. The categories used to prioritize projects are: 1) projects that are universally applicable to the Canadian Law enforcement community and that impacts life/health threatening matters. Proposals may be submitted at any time. UPCOMING DEADLINE DATES NSERC International Collaborative Research Grants - March 1, 1990 NSERC International Scientific Exchange Awards - March 1, 1990 Noranda/Bradfield Graduate Fellowship Program -March 1, 1990 SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Conferences- March 30, 1990. Canada: Industry, Science and Technology - Strategic Technologies Program-March 31, 1990 Ontario Ministry of Health Research Program -April 1, 1990 The G. Allan Roeher Institute Research Programs - April 30, 1990 University Research Incentive Fund (URIF) - May 31, 1990 Forum Tax Dollars and Linguistic Rights by Andre Cloutier, Chairman, Department of Languages For many years, francophones had no visibility in Thunder Bay or in the area. They were not organized; they had no institutions to represent them or to serve their interests. Today, they have slightly more, but so little. But the little recognition obtained appears to be too much for an resentful few. The experience seems to show that rights are spelled out in years of generosity. When there is abundance, minds and hearts open up and flourish in a willingness to recognize others the rights to be different from the crowd and the majority. Minorities flourish in the years of good fortune. They are dangerously menaced in days of misery and greed, when the almighty criteria of $$$ is used to evaluate their feasibility. For then, even constitutional protection seems to fall short of protecting minoorities."Tax money'' is one of the criteria invoked by the Thunder Bay Public School Board to deny access to French parents who claim the right to a French education for their 17 children from this Board. According to the Ontario Education Act, the Board is required to respond positively to such a req:,1est. yYh~t brings the parents to make such a move besides wishing to have their children educated in French is irrelevant to the matter. It must be noted here that if Francophones had the governance of their own schools, as their Anglophone counter parts have had for over a century in Quebec, no permission or begging would be required. They would simply create their own school of the "official minority". By requesting a positive response, the Education Act only acts in conformity with the rights of the "official minority language group" in this province, as they are defined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms - of Canada, 1981, which states that: "Citizens of Canada a) whose first language learned and still understood is that of the English or French linguistic minority of the province in which they reside [... ] have the right to have their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in that language in that province."(Art. 23, la). This right applies "where numbers justify"; also, "minority language instruction" is to be provided "out of public funds" and this right of parents also "includes[ ... ] the right to have [their children] receive that instruction in minority language educational facilities provided out of public funds."(Art. 23, 3).It might be worth noting that this article which was primarily devised as a reply to the Quebec Bill 101 and was meant to "remedy'' an unwanted situation in Quebec, has been already invoked several time by the Supreme Court of Canada to force Quebec to modify it rules of acceptance of English Speaking children into its school system. Quebec has had to abide and live by this new criteria. This same "criteria" of justice seem to create much displeasure with the members of the Thunder Bay Public continued... Page 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - February 1990 �FORUM continued from page 10 School Board. But the rule was established through many prior negotiations of which, unfortunately, they were not part. But should the social contract be respelled out every decade. Our present Canadian constitution, like all other constitutional endeavour in the past have derived from a perpetual, painful need to bargain and compromise. From the Quebec Act of 1774, through the Constitutional Agreement of 1791, the Union Act of 1840, the BNA Act of 1867, and the Canada Act of 1981, not to mention the present Meech Lake attempt ... agreements have always come about from a . necessary give and take which has hardly eve7~eft pa~es . involved fully happy. From the first day of British rule m this land, the French were there and, for many different reasons, had to be dealt with, bargained with, negotiated with, and included as a necessary contitutive part of the Canada deal. There has always been tremendous frustrations, and still are, but the need to govern our huge country and keep it together have been the determining f?rce in sh~ping our social contract. This present pact, which found its latest official expression in the Canada Act of 1981, and_ also ~onfers to Canada its fragile harmony, is based on the affirmatio1:' of a rapport of reciprocity: do unto me what I do unto you. En 9lish Canada, on one side, French Quebec on the other agreeing to treat their "official language minority'' on equal footing. But what now? The present Language crisis in Thunder . Bay has far reaching implications: the intention of the Pubhc Board of Education to have the Ontario Education Act modified to accommodate its views implies a complete reevaluation of the social contract upon which the very foundation of this nation has been based. And whether the city of Thunder Bay decides to shun out its multilingual character and symbolically, or symptomatically, opt for monolingualism is of little help. The game which is being played, for public of personal interests, implies 1:1ore than the reformulation of a law. It actually reqmres a new deal. And the risk of such a deal is that any new substantial modification brought to the agreement, as major as the one sought here, is not readily conceivable within the frame of our present Canadian social understanding. AROUND CAMPUS continued from page 3 native education programs in Minnesota are not working as effectively as those at Lakehead University. The vist~rs' key purpose according to Barbara Toye-Welsh, the CO?,rdi1:1ator of the Native Language Instructors Program, was to review curriculum documents that we have here and to seek assistance with developmentprograms in Ojibwe". At the present time Minneapolis native educators do not have a training program for their teachers or for curriculum development. ''Ultimately," dsays Ms. Toye-Welsh, "they want to plan an Ojibwe immersion program with ~eh_e~d University. Th~y are considering whether to set up a similiar program to LU s or to send teachers to our university in the summer". ToyeWelsh is pleased that educators have recognized the success of lakehead's Native language Programs and looks forward to a greater information exchange that is certain to come in the future. Last Writes Katherine Shedden, Editor In one 7-hour period in the Information Office we may receive 30, 40 or 50 calls.. a stack of mail 6 inches high, a dozen "drop ins" in addition to an assortment of on-going projects and events that are part of our daily routine. In the past one week period, I enjoyed Cambrian's fine production of Jubilulu, a musical review of LU history through the comic view of satirist Evadne Benson, shared news of the five year re-appointment of President Bob Rosehart (more details next issue), experienced a deeper understanding of the culture of Native Canadians through Native Awareness Day, smiled when the quints took over the President's office, caught a couple of those fabulous volleyball and basketball games, sent a strongly-~orded letter !o Ingolf Richter ahout his insensitive and fallaoous remarks m the Chronicle Journal, discovered that ECHO is very much aliye and active thanks in part to the superhuman effo~ts of Luce Lavoie (tin-can re-cycling bins now out and plastic cups ordered) listened to Colin Isaacs on environmental issues, gave Norm Lavoie hearty congratulations for his Corps d'Elite Award and watched in dumbfounded horror as elected members of our city council voted on the uni-language issue without so much as a thought about what more than 100,000 citizens think and feel. The litany is not intended to evoke sympathy for our busy schedule but to let people know what an amazing lifeforce is present on this university campus. Some days I want to run wh;n the ph~>ne rings_or ~hen I see the mail lady coming. I don t. She might be brmgmg an envelope with new findings from Scott Hamilton's research. And I was born curious. All part of the lifeforce at Lakehead Algonquin elder William Commanda displayed his collection of rare wampum belts, some dating to the 15th century. The heart and soul of ]ubilulu, Evadne Benson, played a few excerpts from the show during LUSU's Birthday Party No. 4. Dinner and Theatre? The Silver Jubilee Committee is sponsoring opening night of the next Magnus play, Tally's Folly, on February 23. We would like to see friends of LU attend that night (10% discount for early ticket requests). If interested in dinner and theatre, we have reserved 24 spots at Giorg's restaurant, then off to the play and meet the cast reception to follow. Call 8631 if interested. February 1990 AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P a g e 11 �Campus Calendar To include your Department's event or activity in the Campus Calendar, please call Flo Sherren at 8300 or mail your information to SN1002. Deadline for the March Agora is Febraary 15, 1990. IIJI ■S:mt':~r-11 FREE CORNWALL CONCERTS Recital Hall -12:30 pm Feb. 20 Bruce Vogt, piano (Victoria) -$3.00 March 6 Chloe Harrison, soprano (New York) Heather Morrison, piano AT THE FIELDHOUSE Feb. 16/17 Men's Basketball vs Waterloo Feb. 23/24 Men's Basketball vs McMaster - 8:30 pm INTERNATIONAL FILMS Braun Bldg. 1021 - 8 pm For information call 343-8260 Free- Everyone Welcome Feb.18 - Russian, Come and See Feb.23 - La Voie Lactee Feb.25 -The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne MONDAY 12 - SATURDAY 17 STUDYWEEK (Except Education and February Session Students) MONDAY,12 CONFERENCE & SEMINAR CENTRE "PLANNING YOUR CONFERENCE" Speaker: RON SPINA Director, Residence & Conference Services A step by step guide on how to organize your conference. The program will also include information on how to prepare your proposal for hosting a conference. FREE OF CHARGE TUESDAY,20 CSME STUDENT LECTURE 1990 The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Speaker: MR. JAMES C. SMITH Manager, Nuclear Products Marketing Babcock & Wilcox Canada Topic NUCLEAR COMPONENT DESIGN AND FABRICATION FOR CA NADIAN AND FOREIGN REACTORS UC 2011 - 2:30 pm CONFERENCE & SEMINAR CENTR "POSITIVE THINKING SEMINAR" Speaker: IRBY STEWART Positive Communications Inc. We will offer some techniques to assist your personal development in order to attain a strong positive attitude in your personal and career dealings. $20 per person WEDNESDAY, 21 FREE PUBLIC LECTURE Speaker: DR. RICHARD WES1WOOD Chief of Forest Protection and Dutch Elm Disease in Manitoba Topic DUTCH ELM DISEASE IN MANITOBA Room BB-1021 lpm THURSDAY, 22 FREE PUBLIC LECTURE Speaker: DR. MARGARET HAWTON Department of Physics, LU Topic: FRACTAL MODELS OF IMPEDANCE Room RB 2025 - 3pm MONDAY,26 CONFERENCE & SEMINAR CENTRE "DEALING WITH DIFFICULT CHILDREN" Speaker: DR. DAN KLASSEN Counsellor and Professor, LU An opportunity to acquire methods of parenting children who are quite challenging. $20 per person FREE PUBLIC LECTURE Speaker: DR. J.M. RICHARDSON Topic: "Groping, Groaning, Grasping: Courtly Love Peters Out'' B 1022 - 7:30 pm TUESDAY,27 THUNDER BAY 1WINS HOCKEY CLUB vs THUNDER BAY POLICE ASSOCIATION HOCKEY CLUB "FAMILY NIGHT" Fort William Gardens 7:30 pm Free Prizes General Admission WEDNESDAY, 28 FREE PUBLIC LECTURE Speaker: DR. RICHARD WES1WOOD Chief of Forest Protection and Dutch Elm Disease in Manitoba Topic: DUTCH ELM DISEASE IN MANITOBA Room BB-1021 lpm MARCH I THURSDAY,8 FREE PUBLIC LECTURE Speaker: PROFESSOR BRIAN LUCKMAN Co-Chair Canadian Global Change Committee Title:"GWBAL CHANGE AND THE RECORD OF THE PAST" RB 1042 - 4:30 pm CONFERENCE & SEMINAR CENTRE "WE'LL MAKE YOU FEEL INCREDIBLE" Ministry of Tourism and Recreation This workshop is designed for all front line staff or staff from smaller establishments. 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