81 10 13233 https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/7872d9788cc1cf20efa1ae1b0185bde9.pdf 58a8d595ba294a5a9fc8af4e274c6c63 PDF Text Text March/April 2002 A Newsletter for Faculty and Staff All-Female Bridge Building Team places First in Mid-West Competition by Nancy Angus, Coordinator, Communications and Public Affairs The Lakehead University civil engineering team took first place in the American Institute of Steel Construction/American Society for Civil Engineering Mid-West Regional Student Steel Bridge Competition at North Dakota State University, held March 1 to 2 in Fargo. This year's team, the first all-women team from Lakehead and possibly in the history of the competition, is comprised of fourth-year civil engineering students Susanne Cousineau, Pamela De Paulo, Carla McGregor, and Lisa Pickering. Dr. Tony Gillies and Dr. Timo Tikka assisted as faculty advisors to the team. The Lakehead students came out winners in a tough competition, beating out seven other teams. It was reported in the Fargo Forum newspaper that Lakehead's boisterous cheering section waved a Canadian flag attached to a hockey stick after their bridge was assembled. Lakehead University has a proud tradition at this event as this is the fourth year in a row that the Lakehead civil engineering students have placed first at the mid-west regional level. From here, the team is in training for the U.S. National Student Steel Bridge competition, which will be held at the University of Wisconsin - Madison from June 21 to 24. The Madison competition will be a memorable one as 2002 marks the 150th anniversary of the American Society for Civil Engineering. The competition challenges civil engineering students to design, fabricate and construct a steel bridge based on a problem statement. Criteria for excellence are represented by the award categories of stiffness, lightness, construction speed, di aesthetics, efficiency and economy. Standards for strength, durability, constructability, usability, functionality and safety reflect the volumes of regulations that govern the design and construction of full-scale bridges. Lakehead U NI VERSITY �2 AGORA March/April 2002 From the President's Desk During the week of March 18 candidates for the position of dean of the Northern Medical School will be on campus as part of their interview process. The three candidates, Dr. Carl Robbins, Dr. Sheila Harding and Dr. Roger Strasser will be on campus March 18, 19 and 20 respectively and a copy of the itinerary follows. by Dr. Frederick F. Gilbert President I hope that the University community comes out to assess the candidates and then provides input to the Lakehead University Review Committee who will be making recommendations to the joint Lakehead/Laurentian Dean's Search Committee. The Lakehead committee is chaired by Vice-President (Academic) and Provost Dr. M.L. Hill, and has as its members Ruth Baxter (Board of Governors), Dr. Michael Stones (Department of Psychology and Director of NECAH), Dr. Alastair Macdonald (Acting Dean of Science and Environmental Studies), Dr. Moira McPherson (Director of the School of Kinesiology), Dr. Lorne McDougall (Director of the School of Nursing), Dr. Kam Leung (Department of Biology), Teegan Trochimchuk (Student) and Bev Bicknell (Secretary to the Committee). It is expected that selection of the dean will be finalized in early April. The Implementation Management Committee (IMC) for the Northern Medical School has added Dr. Arnie Aberman as a member as consulting dean. Or. Aberman addressed Senate at its February meeting and talked about the accreditation process. The IMC has drafted a governance model that includes Lakehead and Laurentian as equal partners but the model and the 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast at Valhalla Inn business plan under development have 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Public Presentation: yet to be approved by the provincial Vision for the Northern Medical School government. Nonetheless, it appears University Community and interested groups that the medical school is tracking in a Senate Chambers manner that will have a full four-year undergraduate commitment at 10:15 a.m. -11 :15 a.m. Meeting with Review Committee in the Lakehead. Vice-Presidents' Conference Room Itinerary 11 :15 a.m. - 11 :45 a.m. Meeting with Dr. Gilbert at President's office 12:00 p.m. -1 :15 p.m. Lunch hosted by NOMP at Health Sciences North 1 :30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Tour of new hospital and meetings 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Tour of Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre and meetings 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Candidate's option 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Dinner with representatives of the University Candidates will visit Sioux Lookout the following day. Lakehead UH I YI l: Slf'r Dr. Buell, vice-president (research and development), is on extended sick leave and his responsibilities have been transferred to me for the most part. The Offices of Research and Development are helping to shoulder the work load but both will be reporting directly to me for the time being. The latest information from OUAC shows that high school first choice applicants to Lakehead are up 27.1 % compared to the provincial average of 15.8%. The academic units are working hard to contact these students and invite them to follow through on their interest in Lakehead. �3 AGORA March/April 2002 Coaches' Corner by Francis Clayton Coach of Men's and Women's Wrestling Teams Lakehead " ' ~ THUHDHWOLVD It was a very successful year for the wrestling program, which finished with the Canadian lnteruniversity Sports (CIS) Championships held in the C.J. Sanders Fieldhouse on March 1 to 2. With both the men's and women's team comprised of mainly first- and second-year students, this season was viewed upon as a rebuilding year. ff this is the case, the future looks bright! .~··. ' ,· >, ~ n, :c Q) > n, 0 0 0 .c a.. "Individually, they all were superb, wrestling to their personal best every time oul " Thirteen of a possible 17 qualified for the Nationals (nine men and four women) and all of these 13 improved upon the pre-tournament rankings, moving up at least one position. As a team, the men placed in the silver medal position only one point behind Brock University and two points ahead of the University of Guelph. On the women's side, Lakehead's team placed fourth, improving on their position last season of 13th . Individually, they all were superb, wrestling to their personal best every time out. Q) -"' C: :.:::; Throughout the championships, Lakehead wrestlers were showing people what they are about. In a first round match, Brent Fryia upset defending champion Kyle Sweezey from Brock via a fall, while Alex Jeffrey easily handled his opponent, the current Canada West Champion, also with a fall. These matches set the stage for many strong matches to come, with a highlight being the final in a match in which we lost. Four Lakehead wrestlers made it to the gold medal matches, with the first setting the tone. At 68 kilograms, Brock Curtis was taking on defending champ and last season's Most Valuable Player Ryan Wieker from Brock. Their match at the OUA's ended up in a 10-0 technical superiority by Weiker over Curtis. At the start of this one, it seemed to be going in that same direction with the score 7-0. Brock kept to his game plan and a steady pace, and finally put some points at the end of the first round. With it 11-4 and three minutes to go against the defending national champion, it had to be an all out effort if Brock was to challenge for the win. Brock's efforts brought him to 11-9 with a chance to score and tied it at the end, only to run out of time. And, that in the end is what happened to our Lakehead wrestling teams. We didn't lose, we just ran out of time. It was a tremendous effort by a group of exceptional people working at achieving their best performance, and that is what this season was about. Watch out next year! .D 0 a: Highlights of the Year QUA Individual champions: Katie Patroch at 61 ; Steve Raine at 76; Devin Kirk at 82 MVP and OUA player of the week Steve Raine Finalists winning silver. Brock Curtis at 68; Brent Fryia at 65; Alex Jeffery at 61 Bronze Winners: Trevor Manchester at 72; Matt Lawrence at 54 Nick Zuback at 57: Jake Gallinger at 90 CIS Individual Gold: Trish Lebel at 77; Devin Kirk at 82 Silver. Brock Curtis at 68; Steve Rain at 76 Bronze: Katie Patroch at 61; Brent Fryia at 65 Other CIS Fair Play Award: Brock Curtis CIS Men's Coach of the Year: Francis Clayton Lakehead U N I VElS I TY �4 AGORA March/April 2002 accustomed to linguistic quality. It was imperative for the actors to strive for such quality, as the essence of the play, with its many nuances of language, its puns and comments, simply had to be conveyed. Dramatically Wonderful La Troupe des Etudiants Extraordinaires by Marie-Noelle Rinne In the spring of 1999, a group of thirdyear students approached Professor Alain Nabarra, chair of the Department of Languages, to discuss which course would best suit their needs. Most of them were about to enter their last year of studies at the Faculty of Education and wished to continue to learn and practice their French, a language they were preparing themselves to teach. The Department was pleased to have student input in the matter, and in an effort to accommodate their needs, proposed, after much research and discussion, French 3811 Oral Expression through Drama. This course would allow students to feel more at ease in their use of French. Having been approved by the Senate, it was offered for the first time in September 2000. Using dramatization and group dynamics, the course was designed to improve oral communication skills (fluency, enunciation, rhythm of speech), and creative expression and selfconfidence in the use of the target language. Our first class was small, but the students eager. During the first half of the course, they worked on their diction, reciting poetry and stumbling through tongue-twisters. They worked on skits, taking turns acting and directing. Most skits were improvised and many French language skills had to be summoned in order to achieve a coherent, and often hilarious, performance. In January came the task to choose a play that was to be presented by the end of the academic year. We settled on Eugene Ionesco's "Exercices de conversation et de diction pour etudiants americains." Ionesco had written this nonsensical play about the meanders of life and language as a possible textbook for American students of French. It seemed to be appropriate for our first performance. Thus began eight weeks of rehearsal and language acquisition. The hard work paid off in many ways and there was a noticeable improvement in French diction. The "final exam" was not to be spent facing a blank, but indifferent, page, or a teacher too often immune to language violations. The public was to be the arbiter. Among the French-speaking audience, some came from France, some were Franco-Ontarians, most were Lakehead UNIV(ltS I IY As the students worked on Ionesco's work, focusing on stage directions and memorizing lines, their syntactic and grammatical performance improved steadily during the many and lively spontaneous exchanges that took place in class. Klassen, the author of the Monitor theory, would have explained the phenomenon by suggesting that their "monitor," that little voice that prevents many students from speaking a foreign language for fear of making mistakes, was silenced. They were relaxed, attentive to a different form of language production and, naturally, they acquired higher skills in French. As far as the audience was concerned, we believe it was an enjoyable experience. First-year students who attended were able to witness work done by graduating students, something that the Department would like to encourage. Faculty members obtained further proof that drama is indeed a very efficient teaching tool in the context of language learning. All in all, we feel that Oral Expression through Drama, was a successful first attempt. How does one define success when it comes to teaching, learning and implementing new courses? We could have attempted to "measure" oral and grammatical improvements, but let's simply say that we all enjoyed it. Marie-Noelle Rinne is a lecturer in the Department of Languages. She says French 3811 will be offered again in the fall of2002. �5 AGORA March/April 2002 Chair in Finnish Studies Dr. Lassi Heininen is enjoying his work as Lakehead's Chair in Finnish Studies. 'This position is more than just teaching and researching," he says, "It's about meeting people and having access to see another kind of community." Heininen is a political scientist from the University of Lapland in northern Finland. He is spending the winter term of 2002 at Lakehead and is leaving in April. Throughout his stay, he has been associated with the Department of Sociology where he is teaching the course, Sociology of the North, and is working on his current research topic of northern issues and regional studies. He is also doing research in security issues, European studies, Russian studies and environmental studies. The Chair in Finnish Studies at Lakehead University differs from traditional academic chairs which are occupied by one individual for long periods of time. This position is occupied by different professors from different academic disciplines. Dr. Heininen is Lakehead's third Chair of Finnish Studies, following Dr. Kari Hakapaa, (Department of Political Science) who held the position in 1998, and Dr. Tatu Leinonen (Department of Mechanical Engineering) in 2000. "I find the Finnish Studies Chair is an interesting and challenging position," says Heininen. "I am pleased to have had the opportunity to come here for this term to teach and research, as well as meet people and community groups in Thunder Bay." -- Marla Tomlinson Scholarship and Bursary Recipients say 'Thanks' - --, ' .. ,,' ' -I.ii ·i ~ Two award recipients expressed their appreciation "face-to-face "at the annual Donor Reception held on February 12 at the Northwestern Ontario Technology Centre. Chris Miller (left), recipient of a 2001/02 President's Award, told donors their generosity allowed him to "focus on academics" while at University. Leigh Anne Watterworth (right), a master's student in biology, described the excitement she felt about being part of an expanding microbiology research team at Lakehead. Watterworth is the recipient of the George Ozburn Bursary in Biology. Later she posed for a photograph with the man who established the bursary -- Professor Emeritus George Ozburn. Lakehead UNI Vf RS IJY Residence Phones Representatives from Nortel Networks and Bell Canada were back on campus on February 12 to meet with Residence students to answer questions concerning the ongoing problems they have had with the Internet Protocol (IP) phones that were installed last summer. In November, Lakehead students were promised that the telephone system would be stable by the beginning of January and if not, a new switching system would be installed. That is, in fact, what is happening. Nortel is currently installing "Option 81" a more "robusr system that is expected to be operational by the end of March. In the meantime, says CTRC Director Bob Angell, Lakehead will continue to deploy the new IP phone system across campus, as planned, with the offices in Residence, the Avila Centre, and the Centennial Building being next on the list. "The truth is, it's been a very disruptive installation for Residence students," says Executive Director of University Services, Grant Walsh. "We didn't anticipate these problems, nor have we been able to resolve them to our satisfaction." Nevertheless, both he and Bob Angell are optimistic the situation will be resolved. In the meantime, Lakehead continues to work with its partners and with the students to make the best of the situation: the students' telecommunications charges (approximately $25 per month) have been refunded; their questions and concerns are being fielded by staff working around the clock in Rez Net, and a student subcommittee (led by incoming LUSU Vice-President of Student Issues Billi-Jo Cox) is working with a representative from Bell Canada to revise the training manual that will be used by the students next fall. �6 AGORA March/April 2002 ......... .......... ................ .... ...... ........ .... ..... . . . . ·.·.·.·.·.·~··.·.· :: . .. .. ....:-........ . .... ... . . . . . . ............ ....... In Search of an 'Intelligent' Robotic System :· :· : · o;: Aiirieihamid Tayebi has secured more than half-a-million dollars in research funding that will go towards equipping a new Automatic Control Laboratory to be housed in the Advanced Technology and Academic Centre (ATAC) by Daniel Hansen When Dr. Abdelhamid Tayebi drives to Lakehead University in the morning, he's thinking about control. As an assistant professor in Lakehead University's Department of Electrical Engineering, control means something a little different to Tayebi than to the general population. Control in electrical engineering terms is the device which manages a system. Your brain, for example, is the control for the system of your body. 'When you drive to work in the morning," Tayebi says, "your brain is a control mechanism, responding to input from your eyes, and then making your hands and feet respond accordingly." Educated in Algeria and France, Tayebi came to Lakehead University in 1999 where he felt he would have the freedom and flexibility to start and direct research in control theory with applications to robotic systems. "I've always been fascinated by robots, ever since I was very young," Tayebi admits. Now, Tayebi develops control algorithms that would be used in industrial robotic applications. ''The use of robotic systems performing certain production tasks such as material handling, spot welding, spray painting and assembling is taking a significant place in manufacturing industries and the design of efficient robots is still a challenging problem:' Tayebi's main areas of research are in nonlinear control theory, adaptive control, robust control, and iterative learning control - a relatively recent development in a more than 100-year-long history of control theories. ILC techniques is to take advantage of the previous operations in order to adjust the control input to be applied to the system in the upcoming operations. In fact, the longer the robot performs the task, the smaller the margin of error will be." ' "Iterative learning control (ILC) is a relatively new addition to the control engineer's tool kit when it comes to dealing with the tracking problem for a control system that operates repeatedly," says Tayebi. "It is designed in such a way to be able to learn from the tracking errors at the previous operations in order to perform progressively better with every new operation to achieve 'almost perfect' tracking as the number of operations increase." "ILC allows robotic systems to be more 'intelligent'; in the sense that robots can learn from their mistakes to avoid them and perform better in the future. For instance, a robot operating repeatedly under the same control input will produce the same tracking error over and over again. The main idea behind So far, Tayebi has only designed and tested ILC algorithms in simulation, but not in real-time. That will change thanks to his recent award from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), which in turn has been matched by the Ontario Innovation Trust (OIT) and generously supplemented by other corporate partners for a total exceeding $500,000. This money will go toward equipping the Automatic Control Laboratory, which is to be located in the new Advanced Technology and Academic Centre (ATAC), currently under construction. The Automatic Control Laboratory will have "a very significant impact on the research capabilities at Lakehead University and training of highly qualified professionals in control engineering," Tayebi says, and will "lead to innovative industrial technologies in Canada. The publication of research and results will be very beneficial to the University." An interesting example of the potential value of modern control techniques exists in the hydroelectric industry. Pointing to an outlet on the wall, Tayebi explains that even though that outlet is supposed to supply 11 O volts (V), if you were to actually measure the voltage it would rarely be exactly 11 OV. It would more often hover around this value. If the hydroelectric industry were to adopt ... continued on page 7 Lakehead UN I Yt.11:Sll 'I' �7 AGORA March/April 2002 Q&A with Syd Halter, Honorary Chair of Advanced Technology & Academic Centre (ATAC) Capital Campaign Q. Why is it important for you to volunteer your time for Lakehead University? A. Well it seems as though I have been raising funds for the University forever! In fact, my first involvement with Lakehead began in the late sixties when I was the chair of a volunteer group of engineers raising money for the engineering program. Personally, it is gratifying to be associated with Lakehead University and its faculty, staff and students. higher education opportunities to our community and surrounding areas. I believe ATAC will draw more students and faculty from other centres to our region where they will study, live and make contributions to our great community. It is also my hope that ATAC will stimulate the growth of high-tech start-up companies in the region and that these companies will provide benefits to Lakehead University in terms of graduate employment opportunities. Q. As honorary chair of the Advanced Technology and Academic Centre fundraising campaign, how do you see your role in this campaign? Syd Halter is a consulting engineer who, before entering private practice in 1989, was the president and chief engineer of G.D. Howe Central Ltd. and senior vice president and director of the Howe Group of Companies including its overseas branches. Syd was recently appointed the honorary chair of the Advanced Technology and Academic Centre (ATAC) Capital Campaign. Jennifer Willianen, development researcher and writer, caught up with Syd and posed a few questions on his involvement with Lakehead University. a. What have been some highlights of your long-standing record of volunteer involvement with Lakehead University? A. The time I spent as chair of the Board of Governors from 1984 to 1986 was certainly a memorable experience. The University was growing and we were in the midst of hiring a new president. My greatest individual highlight occurred when I was named Fellow of the University only one year after I finished my term with the Board. I was surprised and honored at the time and I remain proud to this day to place LUF after my name. A. I hope to be a catalyst for the other volunteers. We have a great team assembled who give generously of their time to Lakehead. My role is to encourage their involvement and to lead the group towards achieving our goal. a. How will ATAC benefit Lakehead University students? A. I think it is important to stress that ATAC will be a benefit to students in all faculties in addition to those enrolled in engineering and computer science. The smart classrooms will be open to the general classroom scheduling pool and will allow for more opportunities to make connections with guest experts through videoconferencing. ATAC will also provide Lakehead students with more access to computer labs outfitted with the latest state-of-the-art technology equivalent to, if not better than, any university in Canada. a. What is your personal vision for Lakehead University as it relates to the ATAC project? A. Lakehead University is an important part of the business community in Thunder Bay and it has a huge economic impact on the region, amounting to over $170 million yearly. ATAC will allow Lakehead University to do an even better job of providing more Lakehead UNIVf l i l f Y In Search ofan 'Intelligent' Robotic System continued from page 6 more sophisticated control techniques in its systems, the voltage output at the outlet would be much closer to 11 OV all of the time. This increased efficiency would save both the industry and its consumers a great deal of money in the long term. The significance of modern control techniques is clearly enormous, both for industry and military/space systems, especially where safety is of prime concern. Unfortunately, much of the manufacturing industry is still using classical control techniques from as far back as the 1940s, which the industries see as being 'good enough' for the intended task. Tayebi hopes the research coming out of the Automatic Control Laboratory and the ATAC will convince industries still using classical control techniques of the benefits of modern control theory, as well as continue to establish Lakehead as leader in technological research and innovation. Daniel Hansen is one of several students taking part in SPARK, a student writing program sponsored by The ChronicleJournaf. �8 AGORA March/April 2002 New Faculty Profiles The third in a series of articles introducing Lakehed's newest fa,culty members by Marla Tomlinson Kevin Ride Lecturer, Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment Courses: Forest Harvesting; Forest Regulation and Scheduling; Forest Management I & II; Landscape Ecology and Modelling Background: HBScFfrom Lakehead University and a MScF from Lakehead University Why Lakehead? "I've been here for a while now as a sessional lecturer and have recently worked for both the forest industry and government. I find great enjoyment in developing and delivering courses as well as working on various collaborative projects with my contacts in industry and government. Teaching/Research Goals: "My main goal is to bring knowledge of contemporary forestry practices and concepts to my students. I teach thirdyear and fourth-year classes and, as such, I have a last opportunity to ensure that all of my students have the knowledge and tools necessary for their future careers. I try to bring concepts from across the curriculum into Forest Management I & II and demonstrate their interconnectedness and application in forest management. I am currently pursuing a PhD opportunity at the University of Guelph on the topic of ecosystem responses to intensive forest management practices. I am most interested in the areas of forest management including intensive forest management, ecosystem management and landscape ecology and modeling." Professor Karen Maddox Assistant Professor, School of Nursing Courses: Caring Across the Lifespan; Life-span Wellness Assessment; also provides clinical supervision to students \ Background: BSc in Nursing from the University of Alberta, MA in Nursing from the College of Saint Scholastica in Minnesota Why Lakehead? "I've taught at Lakehead before in the 1980s as a lecturer. When an opportunity became available, I thought it would be an exciting challenge to come back to the new program." Teaching/Research Goals: "I am working on a research project with colleagues from The University of Western Ontario in the area of outpatient mental health. I'm also interested in women's health and gerontological nursing with a focus on helping people to maintain wellness in older adulthood." Dr. Xiaoping Liu Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Why Lakehead: "I taught previously at Northeastern University in China. I like teaching and doing research very much. I came here because Lakehead is the first Canadian university which offered me both opportunities. Lakehead provides an excellent research environment." Teaching/Research Goals: "My goal for teaching is to let students master more of the discipline while developing skills to analyse and solve the real problems. My research goal is to develop some novel control methods and to solve some benchmark problems in control engineering." Dr. Wa Gao Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Courses: Environmental Control; Statics; Water Supply and Waste System; Solid Waste Management Background: PhD in Environmental E11gineering from the University of Alberta Background: Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering and PhD from Northeastern University, China Why Lakehead: ''The opportunities were offered at Lakehead to carry out interdisciplinary research work." Courses: Electric Control Devices and Applications; Linear Control Theory; Electric Machines: Electronics II; Degree Projects Teaching/Research Goals: "My goals are to continue research work related to water/waste water treatment and cold regions environmental engineering:' Lakehead UN I VERSI T Y �9 AGORA March/April 2002 S. Ali Mirza Honored , 1 Day of Action Lakehead students joined thousands of other students across the country on February 6, 2002, for the Canadian Federation of Students' annual day of action to protest rising tuition fees. After a rally held in the Agora, about 25 Lakehead students occupied a portion of Dean's Row for close to 20 hours, leaving after President Fred Gilbert agreed to co-sign a letter with LUSU President Jeremy Salter to Dianne Cunningham, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, supporting a fully-funded tuition freeze. Organizers say tuition fee levels have jumped an average of 126 percent over the past decade, putting higher education out of reach for many students from low- and middle-income families. In their letter to the Minister, Salter and Gilbert stated: " ... Ontario students receive the lowest amount of government funding per student per capita in Canada and the situation is especially critical at Lakehead University where we deal with a significant under funding of our Basic Income Units (BIUs) and where tuition fees currently constitute 40% of the revenue base. A fully funded tuition freeze would be an important first step in addressing these issues." lnderjit Nirdosh awarded Strategic Project Research Grant Dr. lnderjit Nirdosh, professor of chemical engineering, has been awarded a Strategic Project Research grant by NSERC. His award is for $145,000 for two years with $100,000 in-kind support from five major Canadian mineral processing industries: Noranda, Cominco, INCO, TECK Corporation and Imperial Metals. The research work will be on synthesis and testing of new mineral collectors for utilization of vast Canadian resources of low-grade ores. This is Nirdosh's third strategic grant. In 1985, he was responsible for winning the very first NSERC strategic grant award for Lakehead University. A Lakehead University civil engineering professor has been honoured for his achievements in engineering. Dr. S. Ali Mirza has been elected a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EiC). He was recognized at the EIC's annual awards banquet in Ottawa on Saturday, March 2, 2002. Receiving this honour is rare, as each year only 20 of among approximately 35,000 EiC members are elected to the grade of Fellow with the EiC. Becoming a Fellow with EiC recognizes the individual's excellence in the practice of engineering and service to the profession and to society. "One does not expect this kind of honour, but it is nice to be recognized for one's work;' Mirza says of the fellowship. Mirza is a fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), and the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), and is recipient of the ACl's Raymond C. Reese Structural Research Award. During his career, he has authored and co-authored more than 11 O research publications and four design handbooks, and he has held a NSERC research grant since 1982. He has served the structural engineering profession through his committee work for the ACI, the ASCE, and the CSCE. He has acted as reviewer for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the U.S. National Science Foundation, the ACI Structural Journal, the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, and the International Journal of Computers and Structures. He has served on editorial boards of several conferences and is a past chair of the Joint ACI-ASCE Committee on Reinforced Concrete Columns. The safety clauses in the Canadian Code for the Design of Concrete Structures are based on Dr. Mirza's research. A similar criterion included in an appendix of the ACI Building Code makes use of his work in this area. He is a co-inventor of the patented Confined Capping System for compressive strength testing of high strength, high performance concrete and, also, has used the results of his research on inverted Tgirders to develop methods that are now widely in use in North America for structural design of bridges and parkades utilizing such girders. -- Marla Tomlinson Lakehead U N IV [R.$1f'I' �10 AGORA March/April 2002 Dr. Laurie Garred receives Distinguished Researcher Award by Daniel Hansen When Dr. Laurie Garred learned that he had been awarded the 2001/2002 Lakehead University Distinguished Researcher Award, he was, in his words,"surprised." However, when one looks at his contributions to his field of study and to Lakehead University over the past 26 years, it immediately becomes apparent how modest Garred really is: 24 years of NSERC funding, 79 government and institutional research grants, and several corporate grants and contracts totalling more than $600,000; over 130 research publications and conference papers; and invited research presentations in eight countries on three continents. But perhaps even more important than the quantity of valuable research Garred has produced, is the quality and impact of his research. Chemical engineering students Marianne Ariganello (left) and Adrienne Law (right) are working on Bachelor of Engineering projects with Dr. Laurie Garred (centre). Their research involves the use of hemodialysis machines like the one pictured above which was donated to Lakehead University by Gambro, a multinational manufacturer of dialysis equipment. A professor of chemical engineering at Lakehead University since 1975, Garred's research for the past 20 years has almost exclusively dealt with the application of chemical engineering concepts to optimize dialysis treatments received by kidney failure patients. When someone's kidneys fail, dialysis machines can do the work of the kidneys; however, the dialysis process can be very long and very demanding on the patient. Where kidneys filter the body's liquids continuously, kidney failure patients must store their excess water and wastes, such as urea and creatinine. These fluids and wastes must be drained and filtered by a dialysis machine usually three times a week. Often lasting four or more hours, a single dialysis session may see a patient being drained of as much as six kilograms or more of retained fluid. If proper precautions are not taken, the patient can have what is called a hypotensive episode, marked by nausea, dizziness, and a sudden drop in blood pressure. The ultimate aim of Garred's research is to optimize this treatment process so as to make it as comfortable as possible for the patient, as well as make it as efficient as possible. The process currently requires a good deal of time and money, and with the number of patients needing dialysis treatment growing about 8 to 10 percent every year, the load on the health care system will only increase. More efficient treatment will translate into less in-hospital and treatment time for the patient and less load for the hospitals. To help him reach this goal, Garred has fully employed Emmanuel Merliere, a recent Lakehead University chemical engineering graduate. As well, Garred also enlists senior chemical engineering students as research assistants. These assistants are engaged in research work that is going toward developing mathematical models for studying the effectiveness of dialysis treatments. One student, Adrienne Law, worked over the past summer at the McKellar site of the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital gathering data from 44 hemodialysis sessions with 14 patients. Garred expects to present the results of this study to Canadian nephrologists (kidney specialists) at a Toronto symposium in April as well as at the annual conference of the European Dialysis and Transplant Lakehead UNIVf"SI T Y ... continued on page 11 �11 AGORA March/April 2002 Garred continued from page 10 Juried Student Exhibition Association annual meeting to be held this July in Copenhagen, Denmark. When Garred began doctoral studies at the University of Minnesota in 1967, he assumed his research would remain purely theoretical. However, the influence of an eminent biomedical engineer altered this thinking. "I don't think I'd have been as happy doing strictly mathematical or theoretical research," Garred says. "I also enjoy work in a more clinical setting because I can see its direct impact on individuals". Always moving forward, Garred will be taking a six-month sabbatical in Italy, where he will work with researchers at the University of Bologna's Department of Biomedical Engineering, with nephrologists at the University hospital, and with the research and development group of a nearby multinational dialysis company. It will come as no surprise to us if we hear more from this most distinguished researcher in the future. Daniel Hansen is one of several Lakehead students taking part in SPARK -- a student writing program sponsored by The Chronicle-Journal. Lakehead signs Agreement with IBM Lakehead signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IBM Canada Ltd. on February 28 that will benefit undergraduate and graduate students, faculty engaged in research and the teaching and learning process at Lakehead University. 'This agreement marks an important step forward in our relationship with IBM ," said President Fred Gilbert. "Following on our initial involvement during the Provincial Government's .. . continued on page 12 James Woodbeck (centre) picked up four awards from the Lakehead University Student Juried Exhibition including the Mr. and Mrs. James Maccallum Munro Memorial Prize in Visual Arts and the Dean's Award for Ceramics. Julie Cosgrove (left) won the President's Award as well as the Dean's Award in Painting. With the students is Ceramics Instructor Sarah Link (right). It was standing room only during the awards presentation for the Annual Student Juried Exhibition on Friday March 8 at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery. This year's exhibition, sponsored by Philpot & Delgaty Insurance (for the eight consecutive year), featured 150 artworks by 66 students from all year levels. During the reception, more than $5,000 in cash, prizes and gift certificates were given out. According to Visual Arts Professor Roly Martin (and this year's exhibition coordinator), the Student Exhibition serves two functions: it's a way for the faculty to celebrate what the students do, and it gives the students the opportunity of seeing their work in a gallery setting as opposed to a studio setting. "The jurers all come from outside of the university community," he says. "It's a way of involving, and to some extent educating, the community in the activities of the Department." Five Lakehead University Dean's Awards were presented: Painting: Julie Cosgrove; Printmaking: Dave Mancuso; Ceramics: James Woodbeck; Drawing: Lana McGregor; Sculpture: Cara Colburn Whiting. The LUSU Purchase Prize went to Lauren Rigato; the Lakehead University Alumni Purchase Prize went to Joe Mikulinski; The Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre Purchase Prize combined with the William Trainor Memorial Award went to Leslie Shaw; and a new award this year, The Gilbert Award, went to Chris Bobinski. Cast your vote for the People's Choice Award by visiting the Thunder Bay Art Gallery before the Student Exhibition closes on March 31st. Lakehead U N I VERSI TY �12 AGORA March/April 2002 IBM continued from page 11 Access to Opportunities Program (ATOP) initiative, this agreement will allow the University to advance its hardware and software capacities with a world leader in technology. While the Advanced Technology and Academic Centre (ATAC) building will be the focus of our enhanced technology relationship, there will be positive impact across the entire campus." IBM is providing its NetVista desktops, lntelliStation workstations and e-server XSeries servers, WebSphere, MO Series and DB2 software, IBM Learning Services Curriculum, faculty training and technical support. In addition, IBM is contributing about $100,000 to the University's Advanced Technology and Academic Centre. Lakehead is providing skills initiatives, research collaboration, development cooperation and a reference site. "IBM is proud to supply its industry leading hardware and software solutions to Lakehead University's new and exciting Advanced Technology and Academic Centre," said Ed Kilroy, President, IBM Canada. "IBM is committed to developing a techologically-advanced, highlyeducated and competitive professional workforce by providing our expertise and product offerings to post-secondary educational institutions, and by developing unique, powerful and mutually beneficial relationships like this one with Lakehead University." This agreement also offers a possible opportunity for Lakehead to become an IBM Scholar's Program Partner. IBM would provide Lakehead students and faculty with a wide range of software applications and training for studies and applied research. As well, Lakehead is considering the possibility of the University's Advanced Technology and Academic Centre being used to promote and offer IBM PC Institute Training to IBM Business Partners and customers. •· Nancy Angus Call for Nominations Distinguished Instructor Award Deadline: May 30th Nominations for the Distinguished Instructor Award must be submitted to the Chair, Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning, c/o Janice Pellizzari, Office of the Vice-President (Academic) and Provost by May 30, 2002. 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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 2002-03 Agora Magazine Alumni Alumni Association Alumni Association of Lakehead University Lakehead Lakehead University Mid-West Bridge Building Competition President Frederick Gilbert President's Message https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/39ec97af6be97cbb3d1b04d2011553cf.pdf 067a881413befd41d5a9daf4bd865c67 PDF Text Text May/June 2002 A Newsletter for Faculty and Staff Founding Dean Appointed Premier Ernie Eves speaking in front of the construction site of the Advanced Technology and Academic Centre Dual Campus Medical School Confirmed by Frances Harding, Coordinator, Pubfications Ontario Premier Ernie Eves confirmed that Lakehead and Laurentian would have equal status in the development of the new Northern Medical School. He made the announcement on May 14, under sunny skies, at a media conference near the construction site of the University's new Advanced Technology and Academic Centre. "I made a commitment to the people of Thunder Bay - and indeed to all people in the north - that there would be two full medical school campuses in northern Ontario to help address the shortage of doctors,n said Eves. "We believe that we need to tackle physician supply issues head-on by training our doctors right here in the north.n The new medical school will include a full campus at Lakehead University and another at Laurentian University in Sudbury. Plans are for the first class of medical students to start in September 2004. Eves, who was joined at Lakehead by Tony Clement, minister of health and long-term care, as well as Jim Wilson, minister of northern development and mines, also announced an increase of $29.15 million in capital funding for the new Thunder Bay Regional Hospital. The new funding is on top of the $98.5 million in capital funding that the Ontario government already committed to the hospital's restructuring project in February 2000. Dr. Roger Strasser, a family practitioner and professor of rural health who helped establish the Monash University Centre for Ruial Health in Australia, has been appointed founding dean of the Northern Medical School, effective July 1, 2002. His appointment was based on a recommendation from a search committee that included a cross-section of experts and leaders from Northeastern and Northwestern Ontario, and was approved by the Board of Governors at both Lakehead University and Laurentian University. In a videoconference with Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities Dianne Cunningham, held on May 6, Dr. Strasser said he was excited by the opportunity of establishing a centre of excellence of intellectual endeavour in rural health, grounded in Northern Ontario, and focusing on northern and rural issues, Aboriginal issues and francophone issues. continued on page 3 Lakehead UNIVERSITY �2 AGORA May/June 2002 From the President's Desk situation ever since. In terms of "losr funding, this amounts to about $65M over this period of time. With severe budget cuts in 1993 and 1996 totaling about $7.5M, the University was forced to cut positions, and since 1993 about 85 FTE positions (47 faculty and 38 nonacademic staff) have been eliminated. Enrolment began to deadline in 1995 undoubtedly for a host of reasons entailing population demographics, reputation and capacity. This decline by meant that tuition revenues could not Dr. Frederick F. Gilbert compensate for the drop-off in the government grant. In tact, tuition President revenues have only increased about 7% from 1998-99 to 2001-02. With about To fully understand Lakehead's current half of our students coming from outside fiscal dilemma requires an Northwestern Ontario, we are very understanding of the Ontario university vulnerable to actions taken by the other system and the dynamic drivers related universities. When the accessibility fund to student demand and choice and to meet the growth projections in student institutional funding. Until the last two numbers was implemented last year years the system was funded, with the without the constraint of corridors, a exception of special funding packages number of universities deviated for education, nursing and technology substantially from their institutional plans (ATOP), based on a corridor assigned to to indeed "access" the new money. Most each university. The corridors were notable in this regard was the University established in 1988 and at that time ofToronto which took in over 2,000 Lakehead requested a substantially additional students. Such an action had higher corridor than it received. The an impact on us and, in fact, a number universities were funded to their corridor of smaller universities dependent on this midpoint and allowed to have source of students. A few other enrolments fluctuate 3% above or below universities, e.g. Waterloo and Laurier, the midpoint without an impact on also had substantive increases beyond funding. Needless to say any student enrolments above the corridor midpoint original projections. In effect, the market had opened and some universities took were not funded any more than those advantage of this to increase their above the corridor itself. If an institution funding as there no longer was the dropped below its corridor it would, in constraint imposed by the corridors. theory, be required to return funding for Lakehead competes in the southern the nonexistent students to the government. So the most effective Ontario marketplace but is at a distinct strategy was to stay in the 3% below the disadvantage because of location, and thus to be effective we must attract corridor midpoint as this maximized the students based on our quality, our government grant on a per student uniqueness and our location. Despite basis. our inherent disadvantages we have Lakehead University exceeded its done reasonably well in this environment corridor in 1990 and has been in this Lakehead U tH YtlSITY but are subject to the vagaries of any "sucking sounds" made by the large southern Ontario universities. Our high school and mature student first choice applications are well above the provincial average for the 2002-03 academic year. We must convert these applicants to registered students though, and there is little question we would be assisted in that regard if there was a new corridor system in place that would regulate competition to some degree. This would give Lakehead the opportunity to make the case for a much higher corridor and one that it would grow into within a reasonable period of time (2-3 years) and if there was evidence that this or any institution had been overly optimistic in the establishment of its new funding corridor, there would be adjustments made at that time. This would moderate the predatory practices that occur when the funding cap is open and some universities scramble to admit as many students as possible to secure more funding without the restriction of a corridor. Although every Ontario university has a case to make regarding funding, none is as compelling as ours; yet, as a small institution, too often our situation is hidden by the larger picture and we must pitch our case in a political world where the Council of Ontario Universities is dealing with system issues and the southern universities have easier and more ready access to the decisionmakers. The chronic debilitation of years of inequitable funding has taken its toll on Lakehead, yet the will remains to be one of the best institutions in the system. It is a remarkable achievement that we have managed to sustain so high a quality of education with such limited resources, ... continued on page 3 �3 AGORA May/June 2002 President continued from page 2 and that in turn speaks to the quality of Lakehead's people. I have never encountered an operation as lean as Lakehead's, a university that delivers so much on so little, or one that remains convinced that its sacrifice and its accomplishments will one day be recognized and justly rewarded. As a university we have reached a critical crossroads. Lakehead can go forward equitably funded and accelerate its trajectory of accomplishment or it will be forced to irrevocably change itself in ways that will blunt its potential as a major contributor to social and economic advancement in this economically-challenged part of the province. We can no longer sustain the current nature of the University without government recognition that we require additional base funding. The case has been made. We will either grow and flourish and embrace the opportunities that the Northern Medical School and other initiatives of the past few years and indeed that the future can bring, or we will retrench to become a vestige of our current self. I remain optimistic that the former scenario will guide our future and Lakehead's role and influence will grow in importance, both regionally and provincially, but it·is vital that everyone knows what would be lost if the latter scenario were to prevail. Let me say that I, the Board of Governors, the other volunteers who work so hard for this university, all envision a future where Lakehead is the leader in a-education thanks to ATAC, where our research productivity and entrepreneurial spirit helps drive the province's and Canada's innovation agendas and where Lakehead continues to be recognized as perhaps the best place in the country to get an education. You have my commitment that with your help I intend to ensure that we will achieve these objectives. Genosko named Canada Research Chair Dr. Gary Genosko, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, has been named a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Technoculture Studies. His research -and the work that will be carried out in his new laboratory to be located in the Ryan Building -- will increase our understanding of new technologies that involve surveillance and privacy "The digital revolution is producing a universe of unprecedented fusion between hitherto separate media, social sectors, institutions, and nations, "says Genosko. "I want to understand our 'society of surveillance' in a historical framework and investigate recent phenomena that will shed light on the very thing that so many claim today -that privacy is a thing of the past and we should get used to it." Genosko joined the Department of Sociology at Lakehead in 1999. He currently holds a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Standard Research Grant and a Canada Foundation for Innovation Infrastructure Grant in support of his Canada Research Chair. Genosko received his PhD in Social and Political Thought from York University in 1992. His doctoral dissertation on French social theorist Jean Baudrillard was published shortly thereafter in London, England, during his tenure as a visiting research fellow at the University of London. Lakehead UNIV ER S I TY Genosko is best known for his many books and articles in the area of social and political theory published with prestigious international presses. Since coming to Lakehead, he has received invitations to lecture at Auckland University, Harvard University, and University College Cork. He is the editor of The Semiotic Review of Books. His book Felix Guattari: An Aberrant Introduction, the first book on this important activist-intellectual published in English, is in press for a spring release with Continuum Books in New York and London. -- FH Founding Dean continued from page 1 Speaking from Australia, he-outlined his vision of the school saying it would be "a comprehensive medical school with a full range of programs, intensive research activities, and education and training programs which cover the complete life cycle of a rural practitioner." "By that I mean programs that promote the health professions, particularly medicine, in rural high schools; pre-med programs at both Lakehead and Laurentian which lead into the undergraduate medical program of the Medical School; postgraduate training in the specialities and in family practice; and continuing education and professional development for those physicians in practice." Dr. Roger Strasser was trained in medicine at Monash University, Australia, and studied at the University of Western Ontario, where he received his Master's of Clinical Science in Family Medicine. In August 1992, he became the first professor of rural health in Australia. Under his guidance, the Centre evolved to become the School of Rural Health, the first school of this type in the world. -- FH �4 AGORA May/June 2002 NSERC and SSHRC Awards 2002-2003 NSERC Research Grants: New Awards and Installments The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) recently announced the results of their annual research grants competition. For this year (2002-2003), the total value of grants awarded to Lakehead faculty (for new and ongoing installments) was $1,131,101. This represents an increase of 27% over last year's figure of $890,622. The success rate for new research grants (as opposed to ongoing installments) was 71 % (compared with 65% for last year and 48% the year before that). New applicants received a total of $450, 109 in the first year of their awards. This is an increase of 73% over last year's total of $259,905. The following is a list of all NSERC recipients at Lakehead University who were successful in the 2002-2003 research grants competition. S.K. Vanapalli, "Design of Flexible Pavements Using the Soil Mechanisms for Unsaturated Soils," $18,000, research grant (2/4). Department of Electrical Engineering X.P. Liu, "Robust Control of Nonlinear Differential-Algabraic Systems," $28,080, research grant (1/4). K. Natarajan, "Model Reference Adaptive Control in the Frequency Domain,• $23,310, research grant (4/4). A.T. Tayebi, "Iterative Learning Control for Uncertain Systems," $21,405, research grant (2/4). Department of Mechanical Engineering M. Ferchichi, "Turbulent Scalar Mixing and Fine Structure," $20,000, research grant (1/3). K. Liu, "Identification and Control of Linear Time-Varying Systems," $17,000, research grant (2/4). A. Sedov, "Modeling the Ultrasonic Inspection of Complex Components," $10,300, research grant (3/3). Faculty of Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering S.A.Q. Siddiqui, "Vibration Suppression in Systems Characterized by Interaction Between Lumped and Distributed Parameter Elements," $17,000, research grant (2/4). L.J.J. Catalan, "Studies in Stabilisation/Solidification of Industrial Waste,• $19,000, research grant, year three of a four year grant (3/4). Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment L.J. Garred, "Modelling Studies of Solute and Fluid Transport in Kidney Dialysis," $21 ,500, research grant (2/4). Q.L. Dang, "Acclimation of Boreal Trees to Carbon Dioxide and Soil Temperature," $37,205, research grant (1/4). A. Gilbert, "Optimizing Control of Pulp Mill Processes," $24,750, research grant (1/4). S.H. Ferguson, "Climate Change and Caribou Conservation," $23,000, research grant (1/4). I. Nirdosh, "Solid-Liquid Mass Transfer Applications," $23,909, research grant (5/5). W.H. Parker, "Modelling Future Seed Zones with Elevated CO2 Atmosphere," $18,000, research grant (1/4). Department of Civil Engineering E.E. Prepas, "Integrated Resource Management - A Case for Hardwater Lakes on the Boreal Plain," $66,500, research grant (3/4). D.K. Eigenbrod, "Shatt Resistance of Piles in Sand During Loading in Tension and Compression," $14,700, research grant (4/4). W. Gao, "Study of Partial Freezing by Spraying for Wastewater Treatment," $18,000, research grant (1/4). S.A. Mirza, "Strength and Stiffness of Slender Composite Steel-Concrete Beam-Columns,• $19,520, research grant (4/ 4). J.R. Wang, "Relationship Between Hydraulic Conductivity and Photosynthesis of Paper Birch," $18,000, research grant (2/4). Faculty of p rofessional Schools Department of Kinesiology E. McAuliffe, "The Role of the Object Inhibition of Return (IOR)," $14,000, research grant (1/4). U.S. Panu, "Development of Group Based Hydrologic Data Infilling Procedures," $14,000, research grant (3/4). Lakehead U H IV E tSltY �5 AGORA May/June 2002 Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies Department of Biology D. Li, "Asymptotic Behaviour in Stochastic Modelling," $15,000, research grant (3/4). S.J. Hecnar, "Species Richness and Spatial Dynamics in Amphibians," $15,750, research grant (4/4). L. Liu, "Reliability in the Finite Element Method for Non-Linear Problems," $9,500, research grant (3/4). J.M. Hughes, "Molecular Systematics, Phylogeography, and Behaviour of New World Cuckoos," $20,024, research grant (1/4) T. Miao, "Amenability of Locally Compact Groups and Geometric Properties of Ap (G)," $13,650, research grant (4/ 4). M.W. Lankester, "Impact of Parasites and Disease on Northern Animals," $26,188, research grant (3/4). A.L. Van Tuyl, "Problems About Points in Multi-Projective Spaces," $6,000, research grant (1/2). KT. Leung, "Molecular Regulation of Survival and Activity of Pollutant-Degradation Microorganisms in the Environment," $20,458, research grant (2/4) Department of Physics A.U. Mallik, "Induction and Release of Retrogressive Succession After Fire in Kalmia-Black Spruce Communities," $19,000, research grant (3/4). D.W. Morris, "Habitat Selection, Patch Choice, and Spatial Dynamics of Small Mammals in Changing Environments," $51 ,000, research grant (2/5). H. De Guise, "Application of Non-Compact Lie Groups in Physics," $16,000, research grant (1/4). M.C. Gallagher, "Atomic Structure of Ultrathin Films," $30,000, research grant (2/4). M.H. Hawton, "Photo-Matter Interactions," $15,000, research grant (3/4). W.J. Keeler, "Ultrafast Ti:sapphire Laser Applications," $16,300, research grant (3/4). Department of Chemistry C. Gottardo, "The Chemistry of Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions," $22,000, research grant (1/2). V.V. Paranjape, "Research in Solid State Physics," $12,000, research grant (2/3). Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities S.D. Kinrade, "Aqueous Silicon Chemistry," $59,580, research grant (1/4). Department of Psychology Department of Computer Science M.L Howe, "Development of Retention and Reasoning," $39,000, research grant (3/4). H. E Ocla, "Radar Detection Systems of Targets in Random Media Using ATM Network-Based Communication System," $28,350, research grant (1/4). R. Wei, "Combinatorial Methods in Threshold Crytography: Protocols, Structures and Optimizations," $14,000, research grant (2/4). NSERC Equipment Grants P. Fralick, "Depositional Systems Developed in the Mesoarchean Terrains of Western Superior Province," $16,560, research grant (1/4). NSERC has also announced the results of their annual equipment grants competition. For this year (2002-2003), the total value of grants awarded was $209,756. This represents an increase of 197% over last year's figure of $70,694. The success rate for equipment grant applicants was 33% (compared with 31 % for last year and 17% the year before that). The following is a list of NSERC recipients at Lakehead University who were successful in the 2002-2003 equipment grants competition. R.H. Mitchell, "Petrology of Kimberlites and Alkaline Rocks," $87,560, research grant (1/5). Faculty of Engineering Department of Mathematical Sciences Department of Mechanical Engineering Y. Chen, "Analytic Multifunctions and Spectral Theory," $11,000, research grant (1/4). M. Ferchichi," Experimental Fluid Dynamics Facility for the Study of Turbulent Scalar Mixing," $55,446, equipment grant. A.J. Dean, "Derivations of Inductive Limit C*-algebras," $8,000, research grant (2/4) Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment Department of Geology G.J. Borradaile, "Rock Magnetism and Deformation," $62,300, research grant (3/4). W. Huang, "Job Scheduling Problems in Modern Manufacturing Systems and Management Science," $9,702, research grant (4/4). E.E. Prepas, "Autoanalyzer for Detection of Low-Level Inorganic Nitrogen and Silicate Concentrations in Water, Soil and Vegetation in Boreal, in Particular Northwestern Ontario, Ecosystems," $94, 145, equipment grant. Lakehead UN I V f RS I J Y �6 AGORA May/June 2002 Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies Department of Biology K.T. Leung, "Chemiluminescence and Fluorescence Imaging System for Molecular Analysis," $44,060, equipment grant. Department of Geology R.H. Mitchell, "Top Hat Electric Furnace for Mineral Synthesis," $16,105, equipment grant. J.P. Jasen, Department of History {regular scholar category), "Women and Cancer: Historical Perspectives on the Concept of Risk," 2/3, total grant value: $50,900. H.E. Smith, Department of History/Women's Studies (regular scholar category) and P. Wakewich, Sociology/ Women's Studies "Cultural Representations and Women's Narrative of Wartime Work and Lives," 2/3, total grant value: $52,850. T. Dufresne, Department of Philosophy, "An Introduction to Critical Freud Studies," 3/3, total grant value: $65,170. SSHRC Research Grants: New and Existing Awards Lakehead University is pleased to announce its successful applicants in this year's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council {SSHRC) competition. The number of successful research grant applicants represents an increase over the previous year's results. This year's success rate was 40%, whereas the previous competition saw a success rate of 21 % {and 13% the year before that). New applicants {not including installments for existing grants) received a total of $435, 133. This represents an increase of 149% over last year's total of $174,750. NSERC President Visits Lakehead I' L. Chambers, Women's Studies Program {new scholar category), "From Meretricious Unions to Equivalent to Marriage: A History of Cohabitation in Canada," $74,850 over three years. ~.: '"W . R r;. . _,• E. Molto, C. Matheson, $.Hamilton and J. Stewart, Department of Anthropology {regular scholar category), "The Bioarchaeology of Kellis 2," $200,000 over three years. - J. ' J. M. Spraggon, Department of Economics {new scholar category), "Exogenous Targeting Instrument for the Enforcement of Tradable Emission Permit Markets," $82,458 over three years. S. D. Stone, Department of Sociology (new scholar category), "Women Survivors of Hemorrhagic Stroke: Experiences of Living With Invisible Disabilities," $77,825 over three years. Dr. Tom Brzustowski, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), visited the campus in April and met with faculty and students including Shannon Hay (above), a graduate student in geology. In addition to the new awards, the following are Lakehead University's continuing SSHRC awards: During a presentation in the Faculty Lounge, he said Canada must spend more if it is to meet its goal of being among the top five countries in the world for spending per capita on research and development. G.A. Genosko, Department of Sociology {new scholar category), "The Role of Journals (Defunct) and Splinter Groups {Disbanded) in the Institutionalization of Critical and Postmodern Theory in Canada," (2/3), total grant value: $71,000 over three years. "Having Dr. Brzustowski visit Lakehead University gave us the opportunity to showcase NSERC-supported research being carried out on campus, and to describe the unique regional issues, with regards to research, that we have in Northwestern Ontario, 11 said Dr. Christine Gottardo. Lakehead UNIVf R S I T Y �7 AGORA May/June 2002 Understanding the Beliefs and Language of the Past Dr. Patricia Jasen is hoping her historial research will provide a broader understanding of the subject of cancer risk by Twyla Carolan 'Women and Cancer: Historical Perspectives on the Concept of Risk" is the name of Dr. Patricia Jasen's research project. You may be asking, "What is the concept of risk?" Consider that a smoker is at greater risk of developing cancer. Then consider that "factors that increase risk" (such as lifestyle factors) are words well understood in our society, even though we still may confuse risk and cause. (Smoking increases the risk of cancer, but cannot be said to cause cancer, in the sense that not every smoker develops it.) This language of risk is common today, but was the language the same in the past? Jasen, professor and chair of the Department of History, received a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant of $51,000 in April, 2001, to study this very question. Her research encompasses the period from 1750 to 1970, and focuses on Great Britain, the United States and Canada -- countries which all spoke the same language of risk. Jasen became interested in medical history several years ago, when she began to study such topics as childbirth and the history of alternative medical practices. She was drawn to the - .. ~- subject of women and cancer when she "began to notice that this was an area that was almost completely missing in historical writing." She narrowed her topic to the concept of risk when she realized, "I didn't just want to understand the diagnosis or treatment of cancer through history. I wanted to understand the experience of it. And part of the experience which was shared even by people who never developed cancer was the knowledge of being at risk, or the feeling of being at risk." Jasen says that, historically, the language of risk was different from that which we use today. People occasionally used the term "risk" (even 200 years ago), but more often they referred to "liability" -- which women were more liable to develop cancer? While studying the language used in various historical periods, Jasen also uncovers the belief systems underlying concepts of risk. Why were physical injury, childbearing, racial differences, and the experience of unhappy emotions all associated with a greater cancer risk? As Jasen seeks to understand the beliefs and language of the past, she emphasizes that her research does not permit her to reach medical conclusions regarding the concept of risk. "It's not for an historian to say whether there is an association between emotions and cancer or not. I'm just looking at what people thought. But I'm also interested in the effects of what people thought:' Her research grant permits her to travel to archives and medical libraries to conduct research, and also enables her to employ research assistants -- not only in history but in fields related to her project, such as psychology. This summer, she will be working with history and women's studies graduate student Mandy Hadenko, whose own research focuses on the history of cervical cancer screening in Canada. Patricia Jasen's research has the potential to be useful to a broad range of people. The history of medicine is a subject included in the training of many health professionals, and she hopes that her work will help to provide a broader understanding of the subject of cancer risk and its implications today -- including the fact that cultural assumptions influence medical beliefs and help to guide the direction of scientific research. "Overall, I think the thing that keeps impressing me is the extent to which medical theories are rooted in the culture in which they evolve." Twyla Carolan is one of several students taking part in SPARK -- a student writing program sponsored by The ChronicleJournal. ,. ...---:-,...;- , Mandy Hadenko (left) and Dr. Patricia Jasen Lakehead UN IV llSIJ Y �8 AGORA May/June 2002 Not Knowing the Enemy Distorted perceptions of probability and luck breeds compulsive gamblers, a Lskehead study aims to show by Robert Lewis A grizzled old gambler once crooned that the game is all about a good sense of judgment: "You gotta know when to hold •em, know when to fold •em," he observed. Dr. Dwight Mazmanian couldn't agree more. The Lakehead University psychologist is willing to bet that it's a good sense of reasoning and judgment that separates recreational gamblers from those who don't know when to walkaway. In a study this spring, Mazmanian tests the theory that problem gamblers have a distorted perception of odds and probabilities that leads them to believe they have the upper hand against Lady Luck. "Everyone knows the reality, of course, is that the advantage is with the house," Mazmanian said. "Casinos wouldn't be in business, lotteries wouldn't be running if the statistical advantage was with the patron." Dr. Dwight Mazmanian is a clinical psychologist studying the behaviour of gamblers because you know your win's coming up," Mazmanian said. "And of course if doesn't work like that." Frequent gamblers are also known for boasting about being up in winnings. While this belief may encourage someone to keep putting money down, it often isn't the truth. The study, which will also form the theses of graduate students Carmen Wheeler and Cheryl Everall, will examine the thought processes of casual and pathological gamblers in a mock casino equipped with computerized slot machines. "People are more likely to remember their wins and forget their losses," Mazmanian said. While Mazmanian can't describe the experiments without risking flaws in testing, he points to common casino scenes for evidence of costly errors in judgment. The realm of gambling psychology is actually new to Mazmanian, a clinical psychologist by day. He traces his new interest to the opening of the Thunder Bay Charity Casino in August 2000. An example is the person who sits faithfully at one slot machine, thinking the more they lose means the closer they're getting to a win. Though specialized treatment programs for problem gamblers are available in the city and region, Mazmanian is concerned about the lack of research into how gambling affects local residents. "So if you've already lost money you'-ve got to make sure you're back the very next night at the very same machine "Because of the geographical remoteness of this area, it is important Lakehead U N IYfR511'Y that there is a local capacity to look at gambling issues that might be directly relevant to Thunder Bay and remote northern regions," he said. He hopes his study will fill the void. "There are some people who get in serious trouble, whose lives are basically wrecked," Mazmanian said. "If we can understand what it is that makes them more vulnerable to that common problem ...you can get to them a li~le earlier and start trying to help." And with any luck, Mazmanian said, the research will lead to a larger grant and increased scope. "If things look really promising ... it could mean expanding the study to the entire Northwest and the creation of a regional research centre," he said. Robert Lewis is one of several Lakehead students taking part in SPARK, a student writing program sponsored by The Chronicle-Journal. �9 AGORA May/June 2002 Coaches' Corner of the team, attend team practices and two home games, and talk with our Academic Advising staff. I run them through a small group practice, have one-on-one meetings, and observe each athlete in a natural environment outside of the gym. The goal is to have each one leave with the ability to see herself at Lakehead University as a student-athlete. Student-Athlete Recruiting by Lee Anderson, Coach, Women's Volleyball The Women's Volleyball team had a very successful year on the court. First and foremost was the vast improvement of the team over the past two years. Lakehead progressed from a winless season, to this past season where the team won 16 out of 33games. Other season highlights included winning a gold medal at the Queen's Invitational Tournament, being ranked in the top 15 in the nation, and winning an absolute "thriller" over the University of Toronto right here at the Thunderdome. The year was topped off when Lakehead University recognized fifth-year OUA Second Team All-Star, left side hitter, Barb Lehenbauer (photo right), as Female Athlete of the Year. In order to keep the Women's Volleyball program moving in the right direction, recruiting top young student-athletes is a high priority. But it is easier said than done. The key is not just recruiting the best players, but recruiting athletes that have something special -- something others may not see. It is critical to find athletes who will enjoy the many benefits Lakehead University has to offer: smaller class sizes, a sense of family, quality programs, the opportunity to play in front of large crowds, and the recognition that Lakehead athletes receive in the community. When recruiting players from Northwestern Ontario, the trick here is trying to keep them in Thunder Bay. But, essentially I use the same strategy. I include "home grown" athletes in the recruiting trip for all top recruits; the focus is just a little different. After the visit, the process is far from over. Many phone calls are made to each athlete (once every week or so) just to keep in touch. As this relationship builds, it is my hope the athlete will begin to feel a sense of attachment to Lakehead. I then turn to the parents, to try and "win" them over. Encouraging them to send their 19-year-old daughters 1,800 km away from home is not an easy task, especially if they have opportunities at other universities around the province. But once they understand the wonderful opportunities their children will have here, many parents realize this is a unique opportunity. When it comes right down to it, the decision of where to attend university is the largest decision the athlete will have to make. Above all, I want them to make the choice that is in their best interests. It is my hope that over the entire process, the athlete has a built sense of trust, believes in you as a coach and where your program is going, and realizes that Lakehead University is a great place to be a varsity athlete. Once I have determined which athletes I want to be a part of my program, the fun really begins. First, I start with the athlete's educational needs. I find out each person's academic interests and determine whether Lakehead has a program that fits her goals. One of the largest stumbling blocks is the distance she will have to travel away from home. I address this by bringing a select few (three or four at a time) to Lakehead University in order for them to experience what university life is like.They get an opportunity to meet and mix with the current members If and when that athlete commits to coming to Lakehead, it gives me a sense of accomplishment and joy. It shows that all the work and personal attention I give my recruits was worth it. Sport Photography: Rob Linke Lakehead UN I VE RS I T Y �10 AGORA May/June 2002 ATAC FUTURE OF THE NORTH Q&A with John Richardson, Chair of the Toronto Team ATAC - Future of the North Capital Campaign John Richardson recently retired as the Senior Executive Vice President (Office of the President) for Manulife Financial. He was responsible for the execution of the company's corporate strategic planning, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and management of the Reinsurance Division and Corporate Services. John's daughter Beth graduated from Lakehead University's Faculty of Business Administration in 1997. a. What role does the Toronto Team play in the ATAC - Future of the North capital campaign? A. The Toronto Team was formed to connect Lakehead University to metropolitan centres in Southern Ontario where many corporations with vested interests in Northwestern Ontario are headquartered. With a team assembled in Toronto, we are able to make fundraising calls on behalf of Lakehead that in effect save the University valuable time and resources. All of us on this team have a special affinity to Lakehead University; some of us are graduates, others are from Thunder Bay or have connections to the region as I do through my daughter's experience at Lakehead. a. Conducting meetings from Toronto for a university in Northwestern Ontario must be challenging. How have you overcome this obstacle? A. Actually, thanks to the assistance of Manulife Financial and Lakehead's existing videoconferencing capacity, it hasn't been a problem at all. Manulife A. Dr. Gilbert recruited me for the Lakehead University Foundation as a former Lakehead parent and because the University had a vision to increase its "southern exposure" in the business market. I was given the opportunity to review the strategic plan and I was quite impressed by the University's view towards the future. I feel strongly that Lakehead University deserves the support of volunteers based in Toronto and elsewhere as both the mandate of the University and its enrolment draw are widespread. a. What is your personal vision for Lakehead University as it relates to the ATAC project? A. I think my vision for this project is consistent with all of the volunteers. I undertook this project because I believe it is important for Lakehead to make space for the double cohort and other enrolment growth, to maximize the efficiency of delivering lectures over distance and in the classroom and to offer the best in technological training. -- Jennifer Willianen, Development Researcher and Writer People We Count On a. Although it has been a few years since your daughter graduated from Lakehead, you have continued to be an active participant in the Lakehead University community. Why do you still volunteer? has generously covered the cost of videoconference meetings between the Toronto Team and the Pacesetting Team. These meetings are important as they allow us to connect with our Thunder Bay counterparts and ensure that we are conducting a strategic and efficient fundraising campaign. The fact that Manulife has continued to support these meetings even after my recent retirement from the company reveals the depth of their support to Lakehead University. Maria and Jack (BA' 77) Hudolin not only entrusted the education of their daughter, Marissa, to Lakehead University they also agreed to show their belief in Lakehead as co-chairs of this year's Parents' Campaign. "We have enjoyed participating in the Parents' Campaign as well as other activities at Lakehead. It is gratifying to know that our daughter is important to this institution and that, as parents,· we are also valued members of the Lakehead community," say Maria and Jack. "The Hudolins bring energy and spirit to all that they do for Lakeheadt says Dr. Gilbert. "They are a wonderful pair who have shown that parents play an integral part in the development and sustainability of the University community." To date, the Parents' Campaign has raised approximately $5,000 in support of various initiatives including ATAC, Scholarships and Bursaries, and Library Technology. -- Trish Nagorski, Development Officer (Annual Giving) Lakehead UN I VERSI T Y �11 AGORA May/June 2002 Employee Service Recognition Reception Employees who have served Lakehead for 20, 30 and 40 years and those who are retiring in 2002 were honoured at a reception in the Faculty Lounge on April 30th. They included: 20 Years of Service Paularinne • receives Staff Award Pentti Paularinne is the first recipient of a new Staff Award created to recognize and reward outstanding performance or contribution to the University by a nonfaculty employee. The Award comes with a framed certificate and a monetary award of $2,000. Paularinne, a Lakehead graduate, has been Registrar at Lakehead since 1979 and has demonstrated outstanding leadership skills, ability, and loyalty. His commitment has been expressed in his volunteer and community work: working to establish Lakehead's Alumni Association; serving as chair of the Lakehead University Chair in Finnish Studies Advisory Committee; and his involvement in CJ '97, the Canadian Scout Jamboree that attracted more than 10,000 young people to Thunder Bay. Five other staff members were nominated for the Award including: Kailash Bhatia, technician, Mechanical Engineering; Kris Gorrell, secretary, School of Nursing; Lana Rizzuto, administrative assistant, Athletics; Lynn Ruxton, technician, Biology; and Frank Sebesta, supervisor, administration/ circulation, Library. Ina Chomyshyn Director, Resource Centre for Occupational Health & Safety Jane Crossman Professor, Kinesiology Lori Kapush Secretary, English Lorne McDougall Associate Professor, Nursing Ian Munro Caretaker, Physical Plant Linda Robinson Secretary. Social Work Diane Stankey Document Transmission/Bindery Preparation, Library Lyette Wirtz Accounts Officer, Finance 30 Years of Service Paul Driben Professor, Anthropology Ben Kaminski Manager, Graphics & Photography Murray Lankester Professor, Biology Ron Lappage Associate Professor, Kinesiology • Norm LaVoie Professor, Kinesiology • Roger Mitchell Professor, Geology • Gary Murchison Professor, Forestry Janice Pellizzari Secretary to the Vice President, Research & Development Lynne Sevean Technologist, Forestry Arlene Smith Secretary, Faculty of Business Grant Walsh Executive Director, University Services • also retiring Retirees Bert Harding Technician, Chemistry (retired June 30, 2001) Linda Phillips Secretary to the President (retired December 31 , 2001) Chris Wreszczak Secretary, Kinesiology (retired January 2001) June 30, 2002: Rob Cameron Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Marg Hawton Professor, Physics Dick MacGillivray Professor, English Vivian Sharp Librarian Bob Thayer Associate Professor, Kinesiology Geraldine White Coordinator, Learning Assistance Centre December 30, 2002: Shirley Boneca Librarian Norm Bonsor Professor, Economics Ian Dew Librarian Ken Inaba Electrician Lead Hand, Physical Plant Norm LaVoie Professor, Kinesiology Roger Mitchell Professor, Geology Gary Murchison Professor, Forestry Sam Spivak Technician, Geology ... continued on page 12 Lakehead UN I V t li: SI T Y �12 AGORA May/June 2002 Staff Award continued from page 10 They all received a Certificate of Appreciation from the president at the Employee Service Recognition Reception held on April 30. Says Paularinne: "I am very much humbled by the award and the fact that the members of the selection committee have seen my contributions as worthy of their support. I certainly recognize the significance of this award and I am very honoured to be its first recipient... "To my nominators and to the members of the selection committee I offer my sincere thanks for their support and to my fellow nominees my congratulations for being recognized for their many contributions to the welfare of Lakehead University. "I want to pay particular tribute to and recognize the support that I have enjoyed from all members of the Office of the Registrar past and present, other members of the University's staff, faculty and administration.... "lncidently, the $2,000 stipend associated with this award I will be directing in an appropriate manner to the benefit of current and future Lakehead students." -- Frances Harding Research Director Appointed Dr. Vanessa Catalan has been appointed as the first research director of The Centre of Excellence for Children and Adolescents with Special Needs. Catalan holds a PhD in Epidemiology from McGill University and has expertise in the analysis of large-scale health databases. Convocation 2002 Two distinguished Canadians will receive honorary degrees from Lakehead on Saturday, May25 at the Community Auditorium. The Honourable Madam Justice Louise Arbour, a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and a lifelong defender of the rights of the accused, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree in the afternoon Convocation ceremony which begins at 2:30 p.m. Journalist Pierre Berton, author ofThe National Dream, The Last Spike, and many other books will receive an Honorary Doctor of Letters during the morning ceremony beginning at9a.m. The title of "Fellow of Lakehead University" will be conferred on alumnus Larry Hebert, General Manager and Secretary of Thunder Bay Hydro. The Alumni Honour Award will be given posthumously to Joseph Baratta, former president of The Alumni Association of Lakehead University. Lakehead UNIVERSITY May/June 2002 Vol. 19, No.3 THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, CANADA ISSN 0828-5225 The Agora is published by the Office of Communications. We welcome news and other submissions from our readers. Send them to: Editor, Agora Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1 Telephone: (807) 343-8193 Fax: (807) 346-7770 E-mail:frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca Canadian Postmaster: Send address changes to Office of Communications Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada P7B 5E1 Publications Mail Agreement Number 40062450 Photography: Peter Puna Printing: Lakehead Print Shop The Agora will not be published over the summer. The next issue will be September/October. Deadline for copy is Photo Credits: Top: Munn Photography Bottom: Robert Amaral Devel . & Alumni Affairs CD Trojan She is based in Thunder Bay at the Centre's National Office in Biloski House on the Lakehead campus. Lakehead UNI Vf lit SI T Y September 9, 2002. � 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/. 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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 2002-05 Alumni Alumni Association Alumni Association of Lakehead University ATAC Lakehead Lakehead University Northern Ontario School of Medicine President Frederick Gilbert President's Message https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/85d165afe048ecdf7448cc6891be042e.pdf e166eb5f051c97038dd0492205084846 PDF Text Text September 2002 A Newsletter for Faculty and Staff est ~ [ Atikokan • Quetico Provincial Park Dog RiYe:r Matawin Forest Thunde r Lakehead Receives $1.3 Million from Living Legacy Trust by Marla Tomlinson "We plan to be a leader in forest management model development incorporating state-of-the-art forest management planning methods. These two grants from the Living Legacy Trust will go a long way towards helping us achieve this goal." •• Dr. Reino Pulkki, Dean, Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment Agreement Signed On September 5th an agreement was signed between Lakehead University's Paleo-DNA Laboratory and Vita-Tech Laboratories Canada Inc., which will allow vital services to be shared by both labs. Under this agreement, the Paleo-DNA Laboratory will provide ancient DNA, and genealogy (family tree) testing services for Vita-Tech. In return, the Paleo-DNA Laboratory has the ability to accept and refer to Vita-Tech paternity testing cases that require a laboratory to be ISO 9002 registered or accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks {AABB). ''This is an agreement that will be symbiotic for both laboratories," says Dr. El Molto, Academic Director of the Paleo-DNA Laboratory. "It has the potential to capture larger markets for both laboratories by avoiding a duplication of resources and at the same time market both Canadian biotech companies." For more information about the multiplicity of research projects and forensic, paternity and molecular services being conducted at the PaleoDNA Laboratory visit www.ancientdna.com or call {807) 343-8877 or toll free 1-866-DNAIn August, the Executive Director of the Living Legacy Trust, Karan Aquino, LABS. presented Dr. Reino Pulkki {Forestry and the Forest Environment) and Dr. Michael Yuan {Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism) with two cheques totalling over $1.3 News Releases million. ''The Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment has been awarded You can find out the latest news $933,170 to study how Intensive Forest Management (IFM) affects sustainable fotesFi' • about Lakehead University by management and forest health," said Aquino. "Living Legacy Trust has committed an reading media releases posted additional $452,490 to the Akervall Centre for Outdoor Recreation for the online at: development of a Comprehensive Recreation Planning Framework to examine how http://www.lakeheadu.ca/ IFM will impact recreation in the region." ... continued on page 3 -eventswww/media_cur.html Lakehead U NIV E R S I TY �2 AGORA September 2002 From the President's Desk by Dr. Frederick F. Gilbert President As the fall semester gets underway, there are lots of things happening besides the new students and new faculty on campus. For example, we are exploring the possibility of building new residences in time for next fall 's double cohort influx. Even with the conversion of space in the Avila Centre to 25 new residence rooms, we had a waiting list that could not be filled this year. The RPF we put out allows the private sector to propose design and build solutions. If it appears to you that construction has slowed down on ATAC, it had a bit so that we could retain the option of adding a sixth floor for the Medical School. This, combined with an adjacent sixstorey addition, appears to be the best solution to quickly accommodate the needs of the School. A temporary roof has been put in place to allow construction to proceed both on the interior and exterior of the building. With that in place the pace will quicken. The Lakehead Project Development Officer for the Medical School, Dorothy Wright, has taken up her position in the temporary quarters assigned to the Dean and his staff in the Braun Building. Interviews for the Lakehead Campus Dean will take place soon. Enrolment should meet our budget target this year and as we market the university for next year following the recommendations of the Western Management Consultants' report, look for an exciting new image for Lakehead. The students, faculty and staff who participated in this important exercise are enthusiastic about what will be happening over the next few months. LUSU's new President, Glendon Tremblay, has some wonderful ideas to foster an understanding of Lakehead's history and build esprit de corps in the student body. I hope the entire Lakehead UNIV fR:SI T'I' Lakehead community embraces the initiatives that he will foster over this coming academic year. Welcome to all of you who are new to Lakehead. This is a wonderful institution as you will certainly discover. It has been a great experience informing people throughout Canada, and especially in southern Ontario, about all the fine things going on here as I raise funds for ATAC. This fall a new strategic planning exercise will get underway. The current plan has served us well but it is time to reconsider its objectives and look forward another five years. Details regarding the process will be forthcoming but if you were part of the previous exercise and have any suggestions regarding what you liked or disliked about the process, please let me know. Finally, as noted elsewhere in this edition of the Agora, this publication will be going online. What that means is considerable savings in production costs and thus the ability to generate news about the university more frequently. I hope everyone adjusts to the change easily, and remember - a hard copy can always be downloaded if wanted. The Canadian Institute of International Affairs invites you to attend a Public Lecture by Dr. John Hilliker Head, Historical Division Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade "Pirouette or Revolution? Trudeau's early Foreign Policy revisited" Thursday, September 26th at 8 p.m. in RB 1023 �3 Living Legacy continued from page 1 Both projects will operate with the cooperation of Bowater Forest Products Inc. and other partners on the new Legacy Forest research site, a 400,000 hectare area in the southern half of the Dog River-Matawin Forest. This is an area of Crown Land under license to Bowater Forest Products Inc. The Legacy Forest is adjacent to and east of Quetico Provincial Park, a protected area with no forest industry activity. The combined area will be a "living field research laboratory" that will help researchers understand and measure how intensive forestry operations impact forest ecosystems at the "landscape level." These operations include a wide variety of silvicultural practices, such as planting, thinning, fertilization, harvesting, and genetic improvement, to increase the capability of the forest to produce fiber. "The Legacy Forest projects were funded through its science-related programs in forestry and ecology, which were established to fund strategic data collection and research that increase our understanding of intensive forest management, while at the same time supporting an ecological approach to resource management," said Aquino. "The projects will attract further researchers and projects, manage information, and ensure that knowledge is transferred to all stakeholders. Broad acceptance of intensive forest management practices will only result if it can be demonstrated that biodiversity, forest health, and non-timber forest values such as recreation, can be maintained or enhanced in the process." "The Legacy Forest Project will place the Lakehead University Forestry and Outdoor Recreation programs at the forefront of research in landscape ecology and management, and the impacts of intensive forest management and silviculture on all aspects of forest AGORA September 2002 sustainability;' said Dr. Reino Pulkki, Dean of the Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment. 'We plan to be a leader in forest management model development incorporating state-of-the art forest management planning methods. These two grants from the Living Legacy Trust will go a long way towards helping us achieve this goal." Changes in Communications Agora Online Starting in October, Lakehead will cease production of the Agora newsletter for faculty and staff and instead produce a one-page tip sheet alerting readers to the Lakehead stories they can find online at www.lakeheadu.ca/-publications/ agora/ The change is part of an overall move to make better use of the Internet in communicating with the Lakehead University community. The new publication, called Agora Online, will be distributed September through June and will come out in the middle of the month. (Deadline for submissions will be the first of every month.) Office Move The Office of Communications has moved to a new location in the Avila Centre -- Suite 133 (next to the chapel). Telephone and fax numbers for staff members Nancy Angus, Frances Harding and Marla Tomlinson remain the same. Lakehead U NIVER51 fV Sony Partnership enhances Teaching and Learning Lakehead University and Sony of Canada Ltd. have formed a partnership that will enhance teaching and learning processes through the development of smart classrooms and a distributed learning model termed ''e-education" in Lakehead's new Advanced Technology and Academic Centre (ATAC). The new alliance will enable Lakehead and Sony to explore the most effective model to unite the student, faculty and technology in order to support new learning opportunities at Lakehead. The new smart classrooms will house Sony's data projection equipment, audio enhancement, videoconferencing, Web casting and Web storage technology in a system that can be easily managed by the educator. With Sony's equipment and support services, Lakehead is equipped with the tools to maximize technology in the teaching and learning environment. The e-Education model for ATAC will also serve to enhance the delivery of information to students on and off campus. ''Sony fully supports the adoption of new and emerging technologies by schools and.classrooms,'' said Anil Sethi, Senior Vice-President, Sony of Canada Ltd. "In providing Lakehead with access to more information and resources, Sony hopes to enhance students' learning experience and help them achieve more in their academic career." "Lakehead University and Sony see a tremendous future in the development of this comprehensive teaching model, which will serve as a guideline for many others to follow," says Bob Angell, Director of the Communications Technology Resource Centre. -- Marla Tomlinson �4 AGORA September 2002 New Masters Program in Public Health by Mark Kwabia This fall, Lakehead University will offer a new interdisciplinary masters degree program in public health. It is a unique program in that it gives students the option of studying within one of two streams -- health studies or a specialization in nursing. The program will be geared to issues of public health in northern, rural and remote communities, and many of the courses will be delivered online using the distance education and online learning capabilities of Lakehead University and Contact North. The new Masters in Public Health (MPH) program is being delivered through the Faculty of Professional Schools and will draw on the expertise of individuals working in the School of Nursing, the School of Social Work, the School of Kinesiology, and the Departments of Psychology, Sociology, Economics, Biology, and Women's Studies. "Public Health in its entirety does not only deal with diseases, although there is the tendency to see it as such," says Interim Dean of Professional Schools Dr. Ian Newhouse. "It is a wide area, which is comprised of the promotion of health, prolonging of life, and identifying health needs." The new program will provide tremendous opportunities for graduate students to develop skills in public health related research that are especially relevant to Northwestern Ontario. Public health workers are generally concerned with a broad set of issues affecting personal and environmental health, including the development of municipal, provincial and federal health Professor Pat Sevean (above) is one of the instructors in the School of Nursing. She, along with three other colleagues who participated in the proposal development, believe that the program will have a "broad appeal" and will meet the needs of managers, nursing professionals, dieticians, and others interested in opportunities for graduate study. programs; pollution control; programs and policies related to chronic and infectious diseases; the development of a smoke-free society; and continuing education to enhance the professional development of public health. Dr. Bill Montelpare, Lakehead's Acting Dean of Graduate Studies, says the program will provide individuals working in the field of public health with technical skill enhancement, critical enquiry and a research focus that is central to typical daily duties. Such opportunities, he says, will be attractive to residents of Northwestern Ontario as well as individuals living across Canada. Dr. Lorne McDougall, Past Director of the School of Nursing, says the approval of the MPH program with a specialization in nursing is the realization of a long-standing goal of the School of Nursing to have a graduate program for nurses in Northwestern Ontario. Students will be accepted into the program in September 2002, on a fulltime or part-time basis. For more information contact Dr. John Jamieson at (807) 343-8738 or visit: http://www.lakeheadu.ca/-calendar/ Mark Kwabia is one of several Lakehead students taking part in SPARK, a student writing program sponsored by The Chronicle-Journal. Lakehead UN I V f RSlf Y �5 Welcome New Faculty and Staff FACULTY Dr. Aicheng Chen, Assistant Professor, Chemistry AGORA September 2002 Patricia Lundstrom, Coordinator, Continuing Professional Development, Health Sciences North Sheila Noyes, Special Needs/Academic Skills Advisor, Learning Assistance Centre Michael Pawlowski, Acting Vice-President, Administration and Finance Debra Grant, Lecturer, Nursing Sean Verescak, Security Communications Officer Philippe Gregoire, Assistant Professor, Business Administration Dorothy Wright, Project Development Officer, Northern Ontario Medical School Ruth Hagglund, Lecturer, Nursing Dr. Leonard Hutchison, Assistant Profes_sor, Forestry and the Forest Environment Dr. Baoqiang Liao, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Dr. Mary Lindsay, Assistant Professor, Education Dr. Apichart Linhananta, Assistant Professor, Physics Professor Sayed Naqi, Lecturer, Business Administration Dr. Carmen C. Mihai, Assistant Professor, Business Administration Dr. Ghada Mohamed, Lecturer, Economics Kirsten Oinonen, Lecturer, Psychology Dr. Michael Pungente, Assistant Professor, Chemistry Dr. Todd A. Randall, Assistant Professor, Geography Dr. Heidi Schraft, Assistant Professor, Biology, and Canada Research Chair Dr. Kam Yu, Assistant Professor, Economics STAFF Roma Brown, Technician/Administrative Assistant, Paleo-DNA Lab Maureen Bould, Shelver, library Rob Chivers-Wilson, Security Communications Officer Mathew Clark, Forest Watershed Ecology Technician, Forestry and the Forest Environment Kimberly Ferris, Coordinator, Community & Professional Development in Health Sciences North Lynda Kitzan, Learning Strategist/Assistive Technologist, Learning Assistance Centre Miriam Lappala, Admissions Officer, Office of Admissions and Recruitment Brandi LaRochelle, Admissions Officer, Admissions and Recruitment Campus News Maintenance Choice Brian Baraskewich says the annual Maintenance Choice Golf Tournament organized by his co-workers in Physical Plant was a resounding success again this summer, attracting more than 50 participants and raising over $500 for scholarships and bursaries. He extends a special 'Thank You' to Aramark for providing the meal and to all the generous donors who provided prizes (coordinated by Karen Anderson). To date, the Tournament has raised over $5,000 for Lakehead University. Translating Adversity into Triumph Dr. Jane Crossman {Kinesiology) was featured in the May 24, 2002 issue of the National Post in a story written by Lakehead graduate Michael Friscolanti {BA'99) about the effects of adversity on the performance of an athletic team. The story was published during the hockey play-offs when head coach of the Maple Leafs, Pat Quinn, temporarily stepped down due to a health concern. Friscolanti writes: "Since the inception of sport, or at least sports writing, people have been titillated by tales of athletes translating adversity -- such as the loss of a coach -- into triumph. Consequently, Lakehead U N I Vf l51 fY while Mr. Quinn's illness is causing an obvious strain on his players, it could also end up being the motivating factor necessary to carry the Leafs into the Stanley Cup final." He then goes on to quote Crossman as saying, "It's situation-specific," said Jane Crossman, a Lakehead University professor who studies the sociological dimensions of sport. "In other words, some teams may rise to the occasion and some teams may falter." Crossman was later quoted: "The focus in your mind should be on the plays and the things you've practised." In Memoriam Dr. Raul Ruiperez Dr. Raul Ruiperez, a Professor Emeritus of Sociology who taught at Lakehead from 1975 to 1997, passed away on June 21, 2002 leaving behind his wife and daughter. At a memorial service held on campus, Professor Emeritus of Psychology Bill Melnyk said, "Like many scholars his greatest contribution was in influencing the minds of his students to challenge them. He will be missed, and fondly remembered, by the Lakehead community." Dr. George Merrill Dr. George Merrill, Professor Emeritus of English, passed away on May 30, 2002. Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, he completed an undergraduate degree at Boston University and a PhD at the University of Birmingham in England. In 1963, he joined the faculty at Lakehead, retiring in 1997. For many years, Merrill participated in Convocation ceremonies, leading the academic procession and carrying the ceremonial mace. Merrill took pride in his four children and was active in the community, volunteering much of his time as a member of the Cambrian Players Theatre Group, and as president of the Port Arthur Continental Little League. �6 AGORA September 2002 ATAC ,_,_ Future of the North Capital Campaign Update by Jennifer Willianen, Development Researcher and Writer Backed by a large group of volunteer ambassadors (see listing on page 7), the ATAC - Future of the North Capital Campaign is on track and moving forward. With gifts secured from members of the Board of Governors and the Foundation Board, as well as several local and national corporations and foundations, the Campaign is nearing a full public launch. This launch will occur after a few more key gifts from government and industry partners are confirmed. At such time, we will begin celebrating and recognizing our ATAC donors in a more public manner. Look tor exciting announcements in the near future via the Communications Bulletin. The next phase of the Campaign is the "Family Campaign" where faculty and staff will be given the opportunity to join the growing list of corporations, foundations and individuals who have chosen ATAC among their charitable priorities this year. Watch tor your annual Philanthropy Fund package in early October. The Annual Alumni Fund drive is also set to begin this tall. This year, the Alumni Association Board of Directors has made ATAC their number one tundraising priority with a pledge to raise $500,000 tor the project. 'The Alumni Association feels that it is important to support the expansion of our university," says Lakehead University Alumni Association President Mark Tilbury, HBComm '94. "It is our hope that alumni, tar and wide, will give generously to this project that will ensure Lakehead University has the capacity tor continued growth." I ~ Lakehead UNIV E RSIT Y �7 AGORA September 2002 Volunteer Support is helping Lakehead Reach Goals Alumni Golf/Curling Committee Jack Cleverdon Ivan Cocks Volunteers are making a huge difference at Lakehead University. In fact, over 50 volunteers are working in conjunction with the Office of the President, the Office of Development and the Office of Alumni Relations to advance the mission of the Diane Thompson Alf Potvin Tullio Provenzano Regional Teams Mark Tilbury Al Law Glendon Tremblay Dave McGowan Lakehead University Foundation California Lorne Everett Calgary John Lagadin Northwestern Ontario Syd Halter, Chair Bill Bartley Dwight Gessie Ruth Kajander Harold Bruyere Pat Meredith individuals are at the heart of Bob Gregor Peter Prior many alumni and David Jennings Robert Paterson development programs; please join us in recognizing Tim O'Donnovan A TAC ~ Future of the North Capital Campaign Volunteers • ATAC Campaign Cabinet Member Toronto Team John Richardson, Chair* George Davies· John Twigg Ron Dysievick Cliff Friesen Robert Paterson· Local Team Jack Hudolin Joe Logozzo 2001 Philanthropy Fund Chairs Stephen Hessian Tom Jones· Norm LaVoie Joe Logozzo Neil McLeod Mark Piovesana John Zahn Pentti Paularinne Convocation Marshals Phyllis Bosnick Josephine Boucher Vonnie Cheng Sandi Covino Mike Hoepting Therese Lim Nancy Luckai Gord McLean Andrea Mannila LaRea Moody Maureen Praire Robert Reukl Pat Sevean Lynn Stokaluk Diane Thompson Toby Turner David Heald Bruce Labelle Mark Tilbury Alumni Association Board of Directors Donna Marie Baratta Michael Blower Don Caron* Mark Piovesana Vico Rocco David Heald John Atwood Vonnie Cheng Glenn Brassard Lois Nuttall 2002 Alumni Annual Fund Advisory Committee Russell York, Vice Chair* Bill Bartley· Bob Katajamaki Moe Ktytor Bill McCracken, Chair* Syd Halter, Campaign Honorary Chair* Laurie Hill Maria Hudolin Peter Prior* Harvey Cardwell Carol Hallinen Richard Andison Vic Smith Don Campbell, Co-Chair Brian Campbell 2002 Parents' Campaign Chairs Patti Merriman Pacesetting Team Ken Boshcoff Winnipeg Pat Meredith" Doug Robson* 1970s Alumni Reunion Committee Dan Reinhold Chris Maurik Alumni Awards Committee John Richardson, Vice Chair university. The following them: Bill Keeler Steve Colquhoun Debbie Douglas Patty Hahl-Gregory David Heald Brian Holm Jim Kalyta Ben Kaminski Kim Karioja Gord McLean Janeen Mann Ken Owen Volunteers (l-r) Dave McGowan, Al Law, Chris Maurik and Ivan Cocks (in front), give Alumni Relations staff members, Lauren Rigatto {Alumni Officer) and Jennifer McKee {Alumni Assistant), a helping hand at the 2002 Alumni Golf Tournament. Lakehead U N I Vf a S t TY �8 AGORA September 2002 Call for Nominations for Honorary Degrees The Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees invites all members of the Lakehead community to submit nominations for honorary degrees to be awarded at the Convocation in May 2003. Please provide as complete information as possible about the person being nominated plus a brief rationale for the nomination. All nominations will be considered by the Committee, which will then make its recommendations to the Senate. Send the nominations to Dr. Jane Crossman, Chair, Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees, c/o the School of Kinesiology. Please note that the nominations must be received on or before September 20, 2002, to be placed on the agenda for the September meeting of the committee. Lakehead UNIVERSITY September 2002 Vol. 19, No. 5 THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, CANADA ISSN 0828-5225 Change Agents Dr. Fentey Scott (Education) was a guest speaker at a two-day training workshop for educational administrators put on by the Caribbean Society for Educational Administration St. Vincent and the Grenadines (CARSEA SVG) titled: "Enhancing Leadership and School Management in a Climate of Change." In an article published in The News, the President of the organization, Dr. Veronica Marks, was quoted as saying, "The job description of an educational administrator has expanded to a point where today's school leader is expected to perform in the role of 'Chief Learning Officer' with the ultimate responsibility for the success or failure of the enterprise." In reality, she said, schools must now change fundamentally and leaders must be both change agents and change managers. The workshop Scott facilitated was so successful that he has been invited to return at a future date. Banana Split Dr. Ronald Harpelle (History) and local filmmaker Kelly Saxberg have just completed "Banana Split," a one-hour documentary film on Canada's favourite tropical fruit. The film looks at globalization by offering a social analysis of the banana. The film was made with support from CIDA, the IDRC and the Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund. It will premier on Canadian Learning Television this fall and has been accepted for showing in Ottawa's "One World Film Festival" and Vancouver's "Amnesty International Film Festival." Harpelle produced and co-directed the film which was shot in Canada, the United States, Honduras and France. In addition to the film, Harpelle has also been awarded a grant from the IDRC to produce an educational package on International Development. The package is an extension of the film project and will be distributed by Oxfam, the IDRC and the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain. Although a historian by profession, Harpelle has a background in Development Economics and has worked on several film projects over the years. Weather Watch Dr. David Kemp (Geography) accepted an award of merit given to Lakehead University staff to recognize their contribution to Environment Canada's Volunteer Weather Observer Network. Says Kemp: "Measurements of Jennifer Willianep temperature, rainfall and snowfall were Development Office collected at a site next to the Oliver Road entrance to the university, and had to be taken twice per day -- morning and evening -- every day of the year, holidays, Christmas and New Year's Day included." Lakehead UNIVfltSITY The Agora is published by the Office of Communications. We welcome news and other submissions from our readers. Send them to: Editor, Agora Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1 Telephone: (807) 343-8193 Fax: (807) 346-7770 E-mail:frances.harding @lakeheadu.ca Caoadian Postmaster: Send address changes to Office of Communications Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada P7B 5E1 Publications Mail Agreement Number 40062450 Photography: Peter Puna Printing: Lakehead Print Shop Deadline for copy for the October issue is October 1, 2002 � 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.19 No.5 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This issue of the Agora contains an announcement of Lakehead receiving $1.3 Million from the Living Legacy Trust, a message from the President, and an annoucement of a new masters program in Public Health. 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 2002-09 Agora Agora Magazine Alumni Alumni Association Alumni Association of Lakehead University Dr. Frederick F. Gilbert Lakehead Lakehead University President Frederick Gilbert President's Message https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/ce20ccc9a8b37bcb574fbf738dc8000d.pdf 3128937354664fbd0a744b31d36e5310 PDF Text Text Online -- November 2002 A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff and Friends of Lakehead University www.Iakeheadu.ca/-publications/agora/ Welcome to Agora Online, a monthly tip sheet of the news and information you may read online at: http://www.lakeheadu.ca/ -publicatlonslagora/ Agora Online is produced by the Office of Communications and distributed to staff and faculty and friends of Lakehead University. We're interested in hearing from you. To share your news and information, or to add your name to our mailing list, contact us by phone, fax or e-mail: Office of Communications Photo: The Public Service Commission of Canada is sponsoring a part-time oncampus Student Ambassador as well as a computer workstation. This sponsorship will ensure students, upcoming graduates and recent alumni have an increased awareness of employment opportunities with the Public Service Commission of Canada. Photo: {l-r) John DeGiacomo, Manager, Student Placement & Co-op Centre, Nicole Leclair, Regional Student Programs Officer, Public ~rvice Commission of Wanada and Michelle Quinn, HBCommerce Marketing Coop Student, Year 5. Table of Contents Lakehead University 955 Oliver Rd Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada P7B 5E1 1. Business Program Receives Special Accreditation The Certified Management Accountants of Canada has given Lakehead an accreditation exempting Honours Bachelor of Commerce accounting graduates from the first part of the CMA's rigorous. two-part national entrance examination. 2. Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Investment Enhances Molecular Microbial Ecology Program Dr. Kam Leung of the Department of Biology has received a CFI New Opportunities Grant to help develop a vibrant molecular microbial ecology program. 3. Successful Aging Web Site Launched A new Web site to help people maximize their health is just a mouse-click away: www.successfulaging.ca Lakehead UNIVERSITY Frances Harding Coordinator, Publications E-mail: frances.harding@fakeheadu.ca Phone: 807-343-8193 Fax: 807-346-7770 Marla Tomlinson Writer/Researcher E-mail: marla.tomlinson@fakeheadu.ca Phone: 807-343-8177 Fax:807-346-7770 �Agora Online www.lakeheadu.ca/-publications/agora/ Contents (continued) 4. Awards and Honours Dr. Azim Mallik, Dr. Penny Petrone, Dr. Lorne Everett 5. Two New Masters Programs in Business Starting next September, Lakehead will offer a Master of Science in Management and a Master of Management program. News from the Claude Garton Herbarium 6. Campus News Burning Issues in Education, LUSU's Living Legacy Project, Career Day Events @Lakehead A little known resource at Lakehead University, that is tucked away on the third floor of the Centennial Building, is still functioning after 35 years from its inception. Recently the Claude Garton Herbarium (with the universal herbarium code letters of lkhd) became an educational partner of the Northern Ontario Plant Database project. Events@Lakehead is a weekly e-bulletln sent to all students, staff and faculty every Friday from September through May. To receive Events@Lakehead, contact Marla Tomlinson by e-mail: The initial proposal was put forward by Susan Meades of Algoma University College and a twoyear grant was received from the Living Legacy Trust. communications@lakeheadu.ca Funding was made available to hire students, both in Sault Ste. Marie and here at Lakehead, to help with establishing a plant database for northern Ontario and creating a Web site from which this information will be accessed. The Web site will be hosted by the Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault Ste. Marie. Existing computerized records from the Claude Garton Herbarium are being shared with this planned, larger database. 7. Agora Online Share your comments, news and information. To have an event listed, please send the notice to Marla Tomlinson at least a week in advance of the event. Community Leadership Dinner and Workshop Thursday, November 6 & 7, 2002 The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce, Thunder Bay Ventures and Fast Forward Thunder Bay invites members of the university community to attend a presentation and workshop on ucommunity Leadership" by Doug Henton, President of Collaborative Economics. Doug and his team have been internationally recognized for their work in bringing industry, government, education, research and community leaders together around specific collaborative projects. More information can be found at: http://www.coecon.com There will be an evening dinner on Wednesday, November 6, 2002, and a morning workshop on Thursday, November 7, 2002. For information, contact Lisa Beckwick, Fast Forward Thunder Bay, at 768-6650 or e-mail: fastforward@notc.on Lakehead UNIVERSITY A summer student has started to make additions to our records that have not been computerized yet. An additional two students will be working during the academic year. The Claude Garton Herbarium is a regional herbarium and will be making a significant contribution to this Northern Ontario Plant Database. Plant specimens are still being added to our herbarium from more remote regions of Northwestern Ontario. The herbarium is grateful for donations of these specimens, notably from Susan Bryan, Al Harris and Rob Foster. The collection numbers have recently surpassed 105,000. -- Erika North, Curator � 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.19 No.7 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This Agora online newsletter contains a table of contents that features stories about: 2 new masters programs in Business, CFI investments in the molecular microbial ecology program, and campus 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 2002-11 Agora Agora Magazine https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/fa703f655b5e0e946ddbea07dc29199e.pdf da95e20cbcdca12cd1b8360c07d16ff6 PDF Text Text Online -- December 2002 A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff and Friends of Lakehead University http://agora.lakeheadu.ca ,-----------~ Welcome to Agora Online, a monthly tip sheet of the news and information you may read online at: http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Agora Online is produced by the Office of Communications and distributed to staff, faculty and friends of Lakehead University. We're interested in hearing from you. To share your news and information, or to add your name to our mailing list, contact us by phone, fax or e-mail: Office of Communications Lakehead University 955 Oliver Rd Thunder Bay, Ontario Photo: Dianne Cunningham, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, was on campus in November to see the Advanced Technology & Academic Centre (ATAC). Lakehead University has proposed that the Medical School be located on a 6th floor of ATAC and in an adjacent six-story building. Table of Contents Canada P7B 5E1 Frances Harding Coordinator, Publications 1. Titantic's "Unknown Child" Identified Researchers working in conjunction with Lakehead's Paleo-DNA Lab have ascertained the identity of a child buried in a Halifax cemetery as being Eino Viljami Panula of Finland. Their work was featured in a documentary that aired on PBS on November 20, 2002. 2. Third in "Value-Added" - Maclean's Magazine Lakehead continues to be a leader in student-centred learning, having placed third in the Value-Added category of Maclean's 12th annual university rankings. 3. A New Partnership with Old Fort William The Faculty of Education and other areas of the university are poised to develop a variety of exciting new programs and projects now that a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with the Province of Ontario. Lakehead UNIVERSITY E-mail: frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca Phone: 807-343-8193 Fax: 807-346-7770 Marla Tomlinson Writer/Researcher E-mail: marta.tomlinson@lakeheadu.ca Phone: 807-343-8177 Fax: 807-346-7770 Publications Mail Agreement Number 40062450 �Agora Online http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Contents (continued) 4. Implementing a Practical e-Learning System Dr. Jinan Fiaidhi of the Department of Computer Science is developing an electronic learning system that has the potential to enhance teaching and learning at Lakehead. 5. Riparian Zone Management Can forest management safely emulate natural disturbances and landscape patterns in shoreline forests? In this article, Twyla Carolan profiles the work of Dr. Azim Mallik. 6. LUCAS Year in Review A contract to perform Total Reduced Sulphur (TRS) analysis for Bowater was one of the items highlighted during the Centre's Annual General Meeting in November. 7. Campus News Partnership with Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education and Training Institute; President appointed to Nuclear Waste Management Organization's Advisory Council; In Memoriam -- Margaret Braun 8. Honors, Awards, Appointments, Publications Prof. Michel Morton (Nursing); Dr. Gary Genosko (Sociology) 9. Letter to the Editor About 75 members of the Lakehead University community took part in an evening event on November 21st to raise awareness on the subject of violence against women. The evening began with a speakers panel including students Steph Goodwin, Joelle Perras, Stephanie Ross and Billi Jo Cox, Vice-President, Student Issues, with the Lakehead University Student Union (LUSU). Later, approximately 50 women took to the streets for a march to "take back the night," while about 15 men took part in the White Ribbon Campaign, geared towards men to end the violence against women. Dr. Walter Crowe, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration 10. Agora Online nit was amazing to see so many people out that had a Share your comments, news and information. common understanding and concern for those who are affected on many different levels by violence against women," said Billi Jo Cox. "Standing together united for a cause strengthens our bond and helps others understand that we care." Events @Lakehead Events@Lakehead is a weekly e-bulletin sent to all students, staff and faculty every Friday from September through May. To receive Events@Lakehead, contact Marla Tomlinson by e-mail: communicatlons@lakeheadu.ca To have an event listed, please send the notice to Marla Tomlinson at least a week In advance of the event. The event was organized by Colleen Shaver, Coordinator of Lakehead University's Gender Issues Centre, while the White Ribbon Campaign was organized by Mark Solomon, Chair of the LUSU Board of Directors. After the march, about 100 people attended a concert and celebration coordinated by Lakehead University graduate Jen Metcalfe (BA '94) featuring her band Outside the Lines and Ember Swift, a female activist from Toronto. Lakehead UNIVERSITY as C: ~ 0.. lii ~ 0 � 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.19 No.8 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This Agora online newsletter has a table of contents that features articles on: implementing a practical e-Learning system, riparian zone management, and Maclean's magazine university rankings. 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 2002-12 Agora Agora Magazine Agora online https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/2d20b42b41c96c82349fd3b9c9196605.pdf f013dc1e521a69bcca6621e2825ba3a7 PDF Text Text CD Trojan Devel. & Alumni Affairs Online -- January 2003 Vol. 20, No.1 A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff and Friends of Lakehead University http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Welcome to Agora Online, a monthly tip sheet of the news and information you may read online at: http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Agora Online is produced by the Office of Communications and distributed to staff, faculty and friends of Lakehead University. We're interested in hearing from you. To share your news and information, or to add your name to our mailing list, contact us by phone, fax or e-mail: 111 C: :::, Office of Communications a. Lakehead University I 955 Oliver Rd 0 0 .r: Thunder Bay, Ontario a. Canada P7B 5E1 Photo: Eight business administration students are competing in the final rounds of the 2003 Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC), at Queen's University, on January 10th and 11th. Back Row (l-r): Camillo Lento, Christian Otte, Brad Buset, David Lod, Jay Dilley. Front Row (l-r): Angelina Scalzo, Melanie Peterson, Anita Radochonski. Contents 1. From the President's Desk A message from the President of Lakehead University, Dr. Fred Gilbert. Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration Dr. Bahram Dadgostar (front row right). E-mail: trances. harding@lakeheadu.ca Phone: 807-343-8193 Fax: 807-346-7770 2. Two Campus Deans appointed by the Northern Ontario Medical School Dr. Louis Francescutti has been appointed Campus Dean - Northwest and Dr. Tim Allen has been appointed Campus Dean - Northeast. Marla Tomlinson Writer/Researcher E-mail: marla.tomlinson@lakeheadu.ca Phone: 807-343-8177 Fax: 807-346-7770 With them are the ICBC Faculty Advisor Dr. David Smith (front row left) and the Frances Harding Coordinator, Publications 3. Canada Foundation for Innovation recognizes Four Lakehead Researchers In December, Dr. Lionel Catalan, Dr. Abdelhamid Tayebi, Dr. Kam Leung and Dr. Carney Matheson were singled out for special recognition by the CFI. Lakehead U N I VERSITY Publications Mail Agreement Number 40062450 �Agora Online http://agora.Iakeheadu.ca Contents Alumni Profile: Irmo Marini 4. New Degree Program in Water Resource Science "When you apply yourself, miracles can happen." Graduates of this new, multi-disciplinary bachelor of science degree program will be well positioned to work in the water resource sector, says Program Director Dr. Philip Fralick. 5. Towards Effective Medical Image Segmentation Research by Dr. Sabah Mohammed into the development of new segmentation techniques for medical images will play an increasingly prominent role in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. 6. Alumni Profile: The Irmo Marini Story Dr. Irmo Marini (BA'82, HBA'84, MA'85) has distinguished himself both personally and professionally since his student days at Lakehead in the early 1980s. as C: 7. ::, Campus News a. Business administration students compete with the best; I ATAC Hard Hat Reception slated for January 23rd. ~ .c a. 8. Honours, Awards, Appointments and Publications Genesis Genomics places third in a national competition; Dr. Azim Mallik receives Grodzinski Award. 9. Lakehead University graduate and former varsity hockey player Irmo Marini was honoured at the Fort William Gardens on Saturday January 4, 2003, in a pre-game ceremony during which his No. 7 jersey was officially retired. Marini, now a Professor at the University of Texas-Pan American, suffered a serious injury in 1981 while playing hockey. The accident left him paralysed. Welcome New Faculty and Staff A listing of the new hires since September 2002. The support of his then girlfriend, now wife, Darlene (nee Bragnalo), has been the key to his recovery and all the success he has achieved in his life so far. 1O. Agora Online Share your comments, news and information. Events@Lakehead Events@Lakehead Is a weekly e-bul/etln sent to all students, staff and faculty every Friday from September through May. To receive Events@Lakehead, contact Marla Tomlinson byemail: communlcations@lakeheadu.ca "She inspired me to give life a shot again, especially since I thought it was over," says Marini. "I felt that if she wasn't going to give up on us, then I had no right to, as well. All my accomplishments since the accident have more or less been to prove that she was right. Every time I win an award, publish an article, or do well in my private practice, I do it more for her than for me. n Read the full story online - http://agora.lakeheadu.ca To have an event listed, please send the notice to Marla Tomlinson at least a week In advance of the event. Lakehead U N I VERSITY � 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.20 No.1 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This online Agora newsletter (table of contents) features articles on the water resource science program, effective medical image segmentation, and an alumni profile on Dr. Irmo Marini. 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 2003-01 https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/3f273905de47d117cc46d386ae62dfec.pdf b2bcc8779363625092de1683e28014a6 PDF Text Text Online -- February 2003 Vol.20, No.2 A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff and Friends of Lakehead University http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Welcome to Agora Online, a monthly tip sheet of the news and information you may read online at: http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Agora Online is produced by the Office of Communications and distributed to staff, faculty and friends of Lakehead University. We're interested in hearing from you. To share your news and information, or to add your name to our mailing list, contact us by phone, fax or e-mail: Office of Communications Lakehead University 955 Oliver Rd Thunder Bay, Ontario Photo: (l-r) Bill Long, Sales Manager, Precision Camera, Stosh Durbacz, Accounts Manager, Sony Canada, and Keith Ruddy, Sales Manager Central Region, Sony Canada, view floor plans set up in the rotunda of the Advanced Technology & Academic Centre (ATAC) during the Hard Hat Reception held on January 23, 2003. Precision Camera and Sony Canada are two of the technology corporations partnering with Lakehead in the development of ATAC. A listing of technology partners, .-_overnment supporters and •onors may be found online at www.lakeheadu.ca/ -eventswwwlatacsupport.html Table of Contents 1. Lakehead Launches ATAC - Future of the North Capital Campaign A Hard Hat Reception marks the public launch of the ATAC - Future of the North Capital Campaign. FedNor announces $2-million contribution to fund special equipment for the Advanced Technology & Academic Centre. 2. Hogarth Plantations Donated to Lakehead University Foundation Forestry students and faculty benefit from a generous donation by Dr. Walter Hogarth. 3. Campus News Ontario Innovation Trust; Distinguished Instructor Award; Contribution to Teaching Awards; Kyoto Accord; InterCollegiate Business Competition; Registrar to Retire; Director of Communications Arrives. Lakehead UNIVERSITY Canada P7B 5E1 Phone: 807-343-8177 Fax: 807-346-7770 E-mail: communications@lakeheadu.ca Eleanor Abaya Director of Communications eleanor.abaya@lakeheadu.ca Frances Harding Coordinator, Publications frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca Marla Tomlinson Writer/Researcher maria.tomlinson@lakeheadu.ca Publications Mall Agreement Number 40062450 �Agora Online http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Dr. Tom Potter: Distinguished Instructor In his public lecture entitled, ''Teaching for Learning: The Critical Link between Content and Process," Potter expressed concern that universities are often "content rich and experience poor:' Dr. Tom G. Potter is an enthusiastic professor of outdoor leadership who asks himself every day: How can I heighten my students' motivation to learn? This year he was presented with the Distinguished Instructor Award, the most prestigious award given by Lakehead to recognize excellence in teaching. Tom Potter studied at McGill University and completed his PhD at the University of Alberta in 1993. He spent 1O years teaching at the primary, secondary, college and university levels before joining Lakehead in 1994 as a faculty member in the School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks & Tourism. In 1997 he became an Associate Professor. Potter teaches a wide variety of courses and spends over 30 teaching days in the field per year. "In teaching Outdoor Skills and Theory II, it is not unusual for me to place between 60 to 80 students (and staff) in the field in a day, many of whom are engaging in remote activities with a relatively high degree of inherent risk," he says. At a reception and public lecture held in his honour on January 30, Vice-President (Academic) and Provost Dr. Mary Louise Hill congratulated Potter on his achievements and praised him for his consistent record of eliciting strong, positive evaluations from his students. One former student writing in support of Tom Potter's nomination for the Distinguished Instructor Award said: "Dr. Potter is a very gifted and intuitive facilitator, one who is committed to the reciprocal nature of learning alongside and from his students. I sense that his natural. talent has been finetuned through his dedication to diverse student populations along with his dedication to his own personal reflection and growth. Dr. Potter constantly challenges himself and pushes his comfort zone, consistently demonstrating his versatility as an instructor:' The classroom experience is often overlooked, he says, and often we treat our students as vessels to be filled instead of candles to be ignited. Professors need to use a variety of teaching styles (not just the lecture) and they need to embrace risk, he says. 'We need to relax our need for total control in the classroom. Learning is a social process, and I believe we should welcome the unpredictability of humans learning and growing together. We need to be creative and find new ways of reaching students. ''Teaching students well is the raison d'etre of universities. It is the core contract between universities and society. Students are the reason we are here and, in my opinion, greater emphasis needs to be placed on teaching them well:' Table of Contents (Continued) 4. Stepping to the Forefront Graduate students Michel Beaulieu (History) and Andrea Collins (English) are on the frontier of success. 5. Honours, Awards, Appointments & Publications New composition by Dr. Aris Carastathis (Music); Superior Science wins Actua Award; Publications by Dr. Azim Mallik (Biology), Dr. Jane Crossman (Kinesiology), and Dr. Ron Lappage (Kinesiology). 6. Agora Online Share your comments, news and information. 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Title A name given to the resource Agora Magazine Vol.20 No.2 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This online Agora newsletter (table of contents) contains updates on ATAC, Hogarth plantations, and campus 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 2003-02 Agora Agora Magazine Agora online https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/cbeefb7a00c00528f9514f32ab8e04ec.pdf c283faf4a355eb7303418802e06ab4aa PDF Text Text Online -- May 2003 Vol.20, No.3 A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff and Friends of Lakehead University http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Welcome to Agars Onllne, a monthly tip sheet of the news and information you may read online at: http://agors.lakeheadu.ca Agars Onllne is produced by the Office of Communications and distributed to staff, faculty, and friends of Lakehead University. We're interested in hearing from you. To share your news and information, or to add your name to our mailing list, contact us by phone, fax or e-mail: Office of Communications Lakehead University 955 O1/ver Rd Thunder Bay, Ontario Table of Contents A Shining Streak Floors get special treatment during the month of May as staff -- including Emille Jean (Gonzo) -- take advantage of a low-traffic time period to strip, clean and re-apply protective sealants. According to Jim Podd, Director of Physical Plant, staff will also undertake special projects such as cleaning windows that have been neglected in recent years because of budget cuts. Four new staff members are being hired this summer to A,ndle the increased workload ~ought about by ATAC and the two new Residences. 1. 2. Convocation 2003 Fax: 807-346-7770 This year's graduating class will be addressed by two honorary degree recipients: Lloyd Axworthy and Tom Jackson. Denis Turcotte (BEng'85) will receive the Alumni Honour Award. Email: communlcations@lakeheadu.ca Northern Ontario Medical School Receives Funding Premier Ernie Eves visited the campus to announce that his government would be investing $95.3 million in NOMS. 4. Eleanor Abaya Director of Communications Message from the President With exams over, Convocation nearing, and the budget set for next year, it is time to assess the progress Lakehead has made in the past year. 3. Canada P7B 5E1 Phone:807-343-8177 eleanor.abaya@lakeheadu.ca Frances Harding Coordinator, Publications frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca Marla Tomlinson Dr. Michel Bedard named Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Aging and Health Communications Officer Lakehead's fifth Canada Research Chair is an Assistant Professor of Psychology whose research is focused on quality of life for older adults. Publications Mail Agreement Number ... continued Lakehead UH1Vfl$1TY maria.tom/inson@lakeheadu.ca 40062450 �Agora Online http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Table of Contents CONVOCATION 2003 Honorary Degree Recipients 5. Nutrient Ecology Lab Opens A new laboratory supporting research for the Forest Watershed and Riparian Disturbance (FORWARD) project has opened in the Braun Building. 6. Director of Corporate Relations Receives Staff Award Fund raiser, student advocate, employment counsellor, alumni organizer: Moe Ktytor (BA'68) has played all of these roles and more during his 35-year career. 7. Campus News First Annual Nursing Scholarship Forum; Geology Department partners with Ontario Prospectors Association; Office of Development Earns National Award, Maintenance Choice Classic Open, News from Athletics. 8. Honours, Awards, Appointments and Publications Dr. Laure Paquette (Political Science), Dr. John Naysmith (Forestry and the Forest Environment), Dr. Norm Lavoie (Kinesiology), Dr. Michel Bedard (NECAH), Dr. Gary Genosko (Sociology), Dr. Ronald Harpelle (History), Dr. Roger Mitchell (Geology). 9. Employee Service Recognition Reception LLOYD AXWORTHY Doctor of Laws First elected to Parliament in 1979, Lloyd Axworthy served as Minister of Employment and Immigration, Minister of Transport, Minister of Human Resources Development, and Minister of Western Economic Diversification. In his Foreign Affairs portfolio, he became internationally known for his advancement of the Ottawa 7i'eaty- a landmark global treaty banning anti-personnel land mines. And for his leadership, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Since leaving public life in the fall of 2000, Axworthy has been the recipient of several prestigious awards and honours. He currently Director and CEO of the Liu Centre for the Study 019 Global Issues at the University of British Columbia. a TOM JACKSON Doctor of Humane Letters Lakehead celebrates the achievements of its staff and faculty including the 2003 nominees for the annual Staff Award, those retiring in June and September, and the current staff and faculty marking 20 and 30 years of service. 1o. Welcome New Faculty and Staff A listing of new hires since January 2003. 11. Agora Online Share your comments, news and information. Events @Lakehead Events@Lakehead Is a weekly e-bulletln sent to all students, staff, and faculty every Friday from September through May. To receive Events@Lakehead, contact Marla Tomlinson byemail: communicatlons@lakeheadu.ca To have an event listed, please send the notice to Marla Tomlinson at least a week In advance of the event. Tom Jackson is an actor, director, recording artist, and humanitarian who is widely known for his role in the longrunning CBC series "North of 60." Born on the One Arrow Reserve near Batoche, Saskatchewan, Jackson moved to Winnipeg with his family at age 15, dropped out of school, and for the next seven years lived on the street. In the early 1970s he was invited to sing on a local radio program, which led to a stint as a radio host. By the mid1980s he had moved to Toronto and had carved out a career as a theatre and television actor. Jackson's philanthropic activities include The Huron Carol, a CD and annual concert series where he raises money for Canadian food banks. Jackson devotes about six months of the year to charitable causes - an investment of time he does not begrudge. People think this is a sacrifice, he says. "It's noJ.. This is what I want to do - and it is a blast!" • Lakehead UNIVERSITY � 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.20 No.3 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This online Agora newsletter (table of contents) features articles on the 2003 convocation, nutrient ecology lab opening, and a message from the President. 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 2003-05 Agora Agora Magazine Agora online https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/9ab15f6d96d832d836ad8f80d9e13c5b.pdf cf60d433c1d3de31a5ac15da63b04b3a PDF Text Text Online -- June 2003 Vol.20, No.4 A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff and Friends of Lakehead University http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Welcome to Agora Online, a monthly tip sheet of the news and information you may read online at: http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Agora Online is produced by the Office of Communications and distributed to staff, faculty, and friends of Lakehead University. Office of Communications Lakehead University 955 Oliver Rd Thunder Bay, Ontario Ill C :::, Canada P7B 5E1 ... Phone: 807-343-8177 a.. i Fax: 807-346-7770 ~ Email: communlcatlons@lakeheadu.ca .c a.. The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, James K. Bartleman, was on campus in early June to meet with representatives of the Native Language Instructors' Program, the Native Teacher Education Program, and the Centre of Excellence for Children with Special Needs. Bartleman is Ontario's first Aboriginal Lieutenant Governor. Since taking office in March 2002, he has spoken out on issues he cares deeply about, particularly mental -Ith, anti-racism, and education. Table of Contents Eleanor Abaya Director of Communications eleanor.abaya@lakeheadu.ca 1. A Day to Remember Lakehead celebrated its 39th Convocation on Saturday, May 31, by granting approximately 1,600 degrees and diplomas. 2. Message from the President Dr. Fred Gilbert reflects on Convocation and reports on the the progress of the Strategic Planning Committee, ATAC, and NOMS. 3. Excellence in Research Lakehead faculty members secure $883,024 in new funding from NSERC and SSHRC. 4. Frances Harding Coordinator, Publications frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca Marla Tomlinson Communications Officer maria.tomlinson@lakeheadu.ca Tove Tronslien Webmaster tove.tronslien@lakeheadu.ca A Proud Graduate Algoma Steel CEO Denis Turcotte -- Lakehead's 2003 Alumni Honour Award Recipient -- shared his perspectives at the Alumni Recognition Dinner. ... continued Lakehead UNIVERSITY Publications Mall Agreement Number 40062450 �Agora Online http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Table of Contents Poulin Award Winner Billi Jo Cox, BSc'03 5. Missing in Action Dr. Carney Matheson and the staff of the Paleo-DNA Lab are establishing a database to help identify soldiers who fought in World War One. 6. Leading the Way to Learning Superior Science gears up for its fifth year of operation under the direction of Lakehead students Tim Bernardi and Becky Richardson. 7. Steel Bridge Building Team reaches its Goal Lakehead placed fifth at the annual U.S. Steel Bridge Building Competition held in San Diego in May, assembling their newly designed bridge in 1 minute, 24 seconds. 8. Lakehead Grad appointed Director of Development Bonnie Moore says faculty, staff, and alumni will play a key role in the final phase of the ATAC~Future of the North capital campaign. 9. News from the Northern Ontario Medical School September 2005 confirmed as first NOMS student intake; Jill Konkin named Associate Dean of Admissions and Student Affairs; Aboriginal Workshop. 10. Campus News Fatal Flower Project; Gwen Wojda appointed Acting ViceProvost (Student Affairs); Brian Holm elected President of Alumni Association. 11. Honours, Awards, Appointments, and Publications John Naysmith and Peggy Smith (Forestry and the Forest Environment); Ali Mirza (Civil Engineering). Billi Jo Cox says the past six years at Lakehead have been her best. The 2003 Poulin Award recipient is heading into her second year as LUSU Vice-President of Student Issues and has spent a total of four years serving on the LUSU Board of Directors. During that time, she has coordinated scores of events and raised thousands of dollars for Cystic Fibrosis and AIDS research. She says her greatest motivation comes from helping people because it makes her want to push harder and achieve higher goals. Cox's first taste of leadership came during a bout of homesickness in her first year when she organized a mass trip to Toronto for students to visit their families. From there, she went on to become House President and subsequently Chair of Residence Council. Her involvement in the on-campus committee of Students United for Drinking Sensibly (SUDS) lasted for six years and has earned Lakehead national recognition. As well, she has been a National Coordinator of Shinerama, a Residence Programmer, and the creator of a Residence Fall and Spring Festival to alleviate exam stress. 12. Welcome New Faculty and Staff A listing of new hires since May 2003. 13. Agora Online Share your comments, news and information. Events @Lakehead Events@Lakehead Is a weekly e-bulletin sent to all students, staff, and faculty every Friday from September through May. To receive Events@Lakehead, contact Marla Tomlinson by email: communlcatlons@lakeheadu.ca. To have an event listed, please send the notice to Marla Tomlinson at least a week In advance of the event. The Poulin Award, presented at Convocation, is an award for outstanding citizenship given to the student selected by his/ her fellows, the faculty, and administration as contributing most to the welfare of the University through student activities. Lakehead UNIVERSITY -- Daniel Johnson � 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.20 No.4 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This online Agora newsletter (table of contents) features articles on Lakehead's 39th convocation, excellence in research, and an article on Dr. Matheson's Paleo-DNA lab. 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 2003-06 Agora Agora Magazine Agora online https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/e282c518aea7e3e8f565819b61919bce.pdf 788fe4ec53f3371475a9dc064abf5639 PDF Text Text Vol. 20, No. 5 A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff and Friends of Lakehead University 'f -- September J. Nowhere Else I'd Rather Be - Orientation activities, such as the President's BBQ featured above, attracted capacity crowds this year. New events such as the Boat Cruise of Lake Superior were sold out and Shinerama, the annual fund raiser for Cystic Fibrosis, raised over $6,980. Welcome to Agora Online, a monthly tip sheet of the news and information you may read online at: http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Top Stories You May Read Online Agora Online is produced by the Office of Communications and distributed to staff, faculty. and friends of Lakehead University. http://agora.lakeheadu.ca We welcome your news and information. Send it to: 1. Urned S. Panu Receives Distinguished Researcher Office of Communications Lakehead University 955 Oliver Rd Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1 Phone: 807-343-81n Fax: 807-346-7770 Email: communications@lakeheadu.ca Award Lakehead's most prestigious award for research has been given to Dr. Urned S. Panu, a Professor of Civil Engineering. 2. Lakehead Opens Doors to New Residences Two new residences have opened, adding a total of 288 beds to the campus. They contain 36 units each, including a number of units designed for barrier-free accommodation. Continued on page 3 Lakehead UNIVERSITY �3 AGORA ONLINE September 2003 ,rare stories you may read online ••• 3. Lakehead's new Webmaster has a lofty goal -- to make Lakehead University's website the best university website in Canada. SportWeb - The Online Learning Project Wrestling Coach Francis Clayton is managing the development of a new website to help coaches improve their skills. 4. Roger Mitchell Honoured by The Royal Society of Canada Dr. Roger Mitchell, Professor Emeritus of Geology, has been awarded the Willet G. Miller Medal for geology. 5. Three Civil Engineering Students win National Award Kerrie Fabius, Mike Vogrig, and Adam MacDonald have been recognized by the Canadian Geotechnical Society. 6. News from the Northern Ontario Medical School (NOMS) Despite the summer setbacks of power outages and computer viruses, NOMS is right on track with its accreditation process. - Lakehead X-C Positioned for Excellence A new three-way partnership will boost Lakehead's Nordic Cross-Country Skiing Program 8. Cones or Cylinders? K.C.Yang's new theory on juvenile wood formation is featured in the latest edition of a textbook that is being widely used in the teaching of Forestry. 9. Tove Tronslien: Lakehead University Webmaster Lakehead Researchers Receive CFI Grants Dr. Gao (Civil Engineering), Dr. Chen (Chemistry), and Dr. Hollings (Geology) have each received a New Opportunities Grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. 1O. Student Radio Hits the Airwaves Starting September 29, Lakehead University Radio will be broadcast on the FM band as well as on the Internet. 11. Welcome New Faculty and Staff Since joining the Office of Communications four months ago, Tove Tronslien has made visible improvements to the University's main page as well as significant progress in the development of a new template for subsidiary sites. The template is being developed in conjunction with individual departments (Human Resources, Aboriginal Initiatives, English, History, and Communications) and will be rolled out in the coming weeks. "The challenge," she says, "is working with so many people who have so many different ideas and concepts. But it's also an opportunity to make the website more user-friendly, more effective, and more vibrant." "The challenge is working with so many people who have so many different ideas and concepts. But it's also an opportunity to make the website more user-friendly, more effective, and more vibrant." Tronslien has a masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Technology and Science in Trondheim, Norway, as well as an undergraduate degree in History and Political Science. Originally she wanted to be a teacher, but then became interested in computer science when she realized that very few women were entering the field. A listing of new hires since May 2003. 12. Campus News A Time of Change; Alumni Open Raises Funds for Student Aid; Call for Nominations, Honorary Degree Recipients; TBSO Noon Hour Concert; National Emerging Composers' Workshop; Athletics Gears up for 2003-04. It is the human interaction with technology that fascinates her. In fact, she did her masters thesis on that very topic using Statoil, a large Norwegian oil company, as a case study. "The computer is just a tool. Without people, it is nothing." -- Frances Harding Lakehead U N I YflSITY �2 AGORA ONLINE September 2003 President's Message by Fred Gilbert President, Lakehead University Another academic year is under way at Lakehead University, and we welcome new students, faculty and staff to the University. The Advanced Technology and Academic Centre (ATAC) is open, the new residences complete and, we have fully accommodated our Double Cohort demand with some room to spare for next year. A summer of negotiation has resulted in a tentative agreement with the Faculty Association, and all parties are to be commended for what have proven to be constructive and fruitful discussions. The deal is as fair and equitable as possible given the University's current fiscal situation that, while improving, is still very vulnerable. Ratification by members and Board of Governors' approval are still required, and hopefully that will occur by the end of the month. Construction of the Northern Ontario Medical School (NOMS) Phase I - sixth floor of ATAC, should be complete early next year. A three-storey building between the School of Nursing and ATAC will follow, with construction beginning next spring. Staffing at NOMS West is growing substantially and is occupying space at the Northwestern Ontario Technology Centre as well as in the Braun Building. Work on the curriculum and other steps toward accreditation are progressing well. The new NOMS Board will meet at Lakehead University for its inaugural meeting next month. Congratulations to Dr. Roger Mitchell of the Geology Department on receiving the Willett G. Miller Medal for geology. ATAC Officially Opens its Doors The paint is dry, the technology is in place, and students and faculty are learning and teaching in a state-of-the-art facility. For more information visit http://atac.lakeheadu.ca History Happenings Book Launch - Sept. 18-. Congratulations to Dr. Bruce Strang on the launch of his book, On the Fiery March: Mussolini Prepares for War. Film Presentation and Discussion - Sept. 30 The Strategic Planning Committee is active, and the University community can check in on its meetings which are reported on the Lakehead website via the Communications link or at http://www.lakeheadu.ca/-lusedstra.htm. The Committee will soon be engaging the community directly with open meetings. I hope everyone who is able to participate takes the opportunity to do so. Join Dr. Ron Harpelle for a public screening of "Banana Split" and the launch of Banana stories/Histoire de Bananas at 7 p.m. at the Waverley Resource Library. Conference Presentation - Oct. 8-9-. Dr. Bruce Muirhead will be presenting "Missing the Boat: North American Economic Integration" at the 4th International INHA-Le Harve Conference on Globalization and Economic Integration. Lakehead UNIVERSITY �4 AGORA ONLINE September 2003 Lakehead University: Nowhere Else I'd Rather Be Scenes from Orientation 2003 Digital Photography by Peter Puna, Department of Graphics and Photography SN-1009 (807) 343-8661 Agora Online http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Lakehead U N IV f l\llY � 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.20 No.5 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This online Agora newsletter (table of contents) features updates on the Northern Ontario Medical School, Lakehead opening two new residences, and an article on Dr. Roger Mitchell receiving the Willet G. Miller Medal for geology. 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 2003-09 Agora Agora Magazine Agora online