82 10 13233 https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/e4fabff8c8adb019f89b0564ea0ac85e.pdf 5df4ca60cb8c3a4cc49559b169b08647 PDF Text Text RZuback Alumni Vol. 20, No. 6 A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff, and Friends of Lakehead University "' C ::, - a.. ... I ~ .c a.. ~ - The Doors are Open The paint is dry, the technology is in place, and students and faculty are learning and teaching in a state-of-the-art facility. Lakehead University's Advanced Technology and Academic Centre (ATAC) officially opened its doors to the learning population on September 15. Welcome to Agora Online, a monthly tip sheet of 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. Read more online! http://agora.lakeheadu.ca 1. ATAC Officially Opens Its Doors ATAC's doors have opened for students who are now learning in Lakehead's leading-edge Smart classrooms. We welcome your contributions. Please send them to: Office of Communications Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1 Phone:807-343-8177 2. Lakehead Unveils Fall Advertising Campaign The Fall 2003 Campaign We See You' reflects a new visual identity for the University and communicates a personal approach to recognizing students as individuals, rather than as numbers. Fax: 807-346-7770 Continued on page 3 Email: communicatlons@lakeheadu.ca Lakehead UNIVERSITY �2 AGORA ONLINE November 2003 President's Message By Dr. Fred Gilbert, President, Lakehead University I am pleased to report that Lakehead University again ranks number one in Canada for "Value-Added." According to the Maclean's annual University Ranking Issue 2003, we take first spot for "Value-Added" and retain our 17th spot in the Primarily Undergraduate University category. "Value-Added" measures the entering average of students and the proportion of students entering with averages of 75 percent or higher, two measures of student achievement: the proportion who graduate and the number of students receiving national awards plus one measure of student satisfaction: the percentage of first year students who return in the second year. Our continued leadership in the "Value-Added" category helps demonstrate that Lakehead University sees and treats its students as individuals - not as numbers. Surveys of undergraduate students at Lakehead show that 9 out of 1Oare satisfied or very satisfied with the quality of their education at the University, and they indicate a higher than average level of satisfaction with the average size of classes; library facilities; study space; and personal counselling services. Not only that, but at 97%, Lakehead is above the Ontario university average of graduates employed two years after leaving the University-an indication that Lakehead attracts good students and positions them well in the competitive job market. Employers understand the quality of education we provide our students, and we can take pride in knowing that our daily efforts are being recognized where they matter most for the graduates. Our Fall 2003 Awareness Campaign emphasizes these points. Lakehead's fall advertising blitz takes off this month with a Maclean's ad as well as transit ads appearing in over 1500 buses and subway cars in the Greater Toronto Area. The campaign reflects our new visual identity and is part of a long-term strategy that anchors other advertising, marketing, and publicity activities being undertaken locally and regionally by the University. Our campaign promise"We See You"--communicates Lakehead's personal approach to recognizing each student as an individual, rather than as merely a number. This message is known here and Northwestern Ontario understands the positive impact of the University. Now the challenge is to spread this message and to raise awareness in Southern Ontario of Lakehead University and its strengths. C011fJrt1tu!atio11s/ Lakehead wins 2003 OPAS University Award Please join me in celebrating your very positive accomplishments that have made us the top "Value-Added" University in Canada for the second time in three years. Lakehead University benefits immeasurably from professors and staff who make daily contributions to the strength of the University and who allow us to deliver our "Value-Added" promise. It is because of this group effort that we are able to provide our students with high quality education and an exceptional learning experience. What we offer is directly due to the people behind these services-an excellent faculty and a dedicated staff who make our students our top priority. Congratulations to all of you! Lakehead has been recognized for Excellence in Teaching with Technology by the Office for Partnerships for Advanced Skills (OPAS) and its partners. Lakehead took home an Honourable Mention for this award in competition with more than 20 submissions. Lakehead's winning entry was the Masters in Public Health program. Lakehead's team was led by Dr. Darlene Steven and Dr. John Jamieson, Graduate Coordinators. Dr. Ian Newhouse supported the development and implementation of this program. Team members include: Gwen Wojda, Dr. Livio Di Matteo, Dr. William Montelpare, and Leanne Nalezyty. The group was also supported by core faculty from a variety of Departments. Mr. Stephan Sisko assisted in the development of the website. c:., .... Lakehead UNIVflSITY .., �3 AGORA ONLINE November 2003 fifore stories online... Fall 2003 Awareness Campaign: We See You 3. Lakehead & Hydro Join Forces Collaboration between Lakehead University and Thunder Bay Hydro has resulted in the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) project, producing Green Power for Lakehead and others in the city. 4. New Masters Program Offered A Masters of Environmental Studies in Nature-Based Recreation and Tourism is the only one of its kind in Canada-and is being offered by Lakehead this fall. 5. Shad Valley Team Wins Best Prototype Award Lakehead's team won the Best Prototype Award at the ABC/Shad Entrepreneurship Cup for 'SaniGoo' product. 6. PEO Regional Office on Campus Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) opened its Northern Regional Office at Lakehead this fall, providing chapter services and connecting professional engineers across Northwestern Ontario. 7. Lakehead Social History Institute Sponsors Project A five-year Swedes in Canada project will see the production of a comprehensive history of the Swedish people in Canada. 8. TV show filmed near Thunder Bay Alain Nabarra, professor of French Language and Literature at Lakehead, acted as researcher, consultant, and commentator for an episode of "Y parait que ... La Magie du conte" (The Magical World of Story Telling). 9. Lakehead University is travelling by transit to attract students to Northwestern Ontario. Lakehead's posters will appear in over 1,500 buses and subway cars all over the Greater Toronto Area, beginning November 10. The University's Awareness Campaign, We See You, aims to raise awareness of the University and motivate students to consider Lakehead when applying to university. The campaign reflects Lakehead's new visual identity and promotes Lakehead as the University that treats students as individuals. The "We See You" campaign promotes Lakehead University and Northwestern Ontario to the rest of the province by building on the strengths of the University: smaller class sizes, professors who care about students' success, and its idyllic location on the shores of Lake Superior. "Lakehead is well known in Northwestern Ontario, but our challenge has been to raise awareness in Southern Ontario of the University and its strengths," says Dr. Fred Gilbert, President. "The campaign message, We See You, communicates Lakehead's personal approach to recognizing each student as an individual, rather than seeing and treating students merely as numbers." Awards and Honours Read about some of this fall's achievements online. 10. campus News Lakehead Alumni Art Exhibition; 'Banana Split' Accepted into International Environmental Film Festival; Career Day 2003; Lakehead receives high marks in Globe & Mail survey; Virtual Writing Centre Opened; Charity Bus Pull raises funds for Big Brothers and Big Sisters. In addition to transit posters, Lakehead also has a full-page advertisement in the Rankings Issue of Maclean's this month. Read the full story online: http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Lakehead UNIVERSITY �4 AGORA ONLINE November 2003 Agora Profile Dr. Jane Birkholz: Vice Provost for Student Affairs One might think of Dr. Jane Birkholz as Lakehead's new 'den mother.' And she is, most definitely, a busy den mother. Birkholz was appointed as Lakehead's Vice Provost for Student Affairs in early October. Over the past month, she has embarked upon her career at Lakehead with zest. She has set the challenge in motion by overseeing the ten divisions of Student Affairs, working with managers to familiarize herself with Lakehead's operations, and sitting on a number of official committees within the University community. She is also directly involved in making sure that University policies and campus life have effective and efficient impacts on students. Birkholz comes to us from the University of Minnesota at Rochester. She has 23 years experience in higher education administration within both academic and student affairs. Bom and raised in Wisconsin, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of Wiscons_in (Madison), a Masters degree in College Student Personnel Work from the Minnesota State University at Mankato, and a PhD from the University of Nebraska {Lincoln) in Community and Human Resources. "We help students make good, Informed decisions In all areas of their university life." Here at Lakehead, she has jumped in feet first. Birkholz sees Lakehead's Student Affairs department as an advocate for individual students as well as for the student body as a whole. Primarily, Student Affairs uses a student-centred approach to help students develop into well-rounded individuals who will make positive contributions to society. Lakehead's Student Affairs looks at how University policies and University life impact students; the department then determines how best to accommodate student requirements through programs and services. Most immediately, Birkholz is working with Student Affairs to meet the needs of the double cohort. The department is taking a proactive approach to deal with enrollment growth, to efficiently and effectively support existing students as well as a whole year of students who are entering the university system earlier than in the past. Though it is still too early to tell what kind of impact the double cohort will have on students, Student Affairs is keeping its eye on residence, campus, and academic life and is ready to respond to changes in students' needs. A number of students who are entering the system now as a result of the double cohort are learning to adjust to life at Lakehead. In addition to campus life and rigorous academic requirements, students entering the system are making decisions they hadn't encountered in their life before university. Student Affairs offers students valuable tools to help them succeed. "We help students make good, informed decisions," says Birkholz, •in all areas of their university life." Birkholz is also working with Student Affairs to address longer-term issues. According to Birkholz, •student Affairs will put together a Student Services Plan to guide the growth and development of the Student Affairs department in the university community. This planning process will help us understand our students' needs more fully and help us direct the growth of our departments." Birkholz is pleased to be a part of Lakehead University; she has already noticed that ihe University plays a significant role in the Thunder Bay community at large." She looks forward to being involved in community life, both inside and outside of Lakehead. Agoro Online http://agora.lakeheadu.ca 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.6 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This online Agora newsletter (table of contents) features articles on: ATAC officially opening, a new Masters of Environmental Studies program being offered, and PEO (Professional Engineers Ontario) opening an office on campus. 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 2003-10 Agora Agora Magazine Agora online ATAC https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/45859233c9e91bdf0d3d4eecd885d781.pdf 281a465fb24b0bd017a970d937290edb PDF Text Text ra -ne A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff, and Friends of Lakehead University December 2003 Vol. 20, No. 7 al C: :) 0.. ATAC Attracts /ntemational Attention Anixter. leading global distributor of wire, cable, and communications connectivity products. donates $50,000 to ATAC, making it their first cash donation in Canada. Photo shows cheque presentation on November 24: (L·R) Michael Pawlowski, VP Admfn. & Finance, Lakehead University; John Dechaine, Sales Representative, Thunder Bay branch, Anixter; Ron Hendry. Area Vice President, Anixter; Fred Gilbert, President. Lakehead University. Read more online! Welcome to Agora Online, a monthly tip sheet of 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 welcome your contributions. Please send them to: Office of Communications Lakehead University http://agora.lakeheadu.ca 1. ATAC Update The Advanced Technology and Academic Centre (ATAC) hosts extracurricular activities, tours by major donors, and visiting universities in addition to day-to-day activities 2. Lakehead Leads International Exchange Program Lakehead University leads the Canadian Circumpolar Mobility Consortium and coordinates Canada's participation in the 'North2North' Exchange program 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, Ontario P1B 5E1 Phone: 807-343-8177 Fax: 807-346-7770 Email: communlcatlons@lakeheadu.ca 3. Student Researches Disc Numbers in Inuit Pop Culture Adam Bryx spent the summer in lqualuit researching the role of disc numbers under the direction of Dr. Gary Genosko, Canada Research Chair in Technoculture Studies ... continued on page 3 �AGORA ONLINE December 2003 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 President's Message: State-of-the-University Address By Dr. Fred Gilbert President, Lakehead University At this December's State-of-the-University address, Michael Pawlowski, Vice-President, Administration and Finance, offered some words for the future: "The only thing certain is that there will be change." We certainly have been dealing with change in terms of growth. Both full-time and part-time enrolments have increased dramatically, and we project that next year's student numbers will be at an historic high. We face many issues in responding to growth, particularly in the area of space (facilities). ATAC has helped, though it really only meets the needs of the campus prior to additional demands placed on us by the double cohort. Therefore, we will continue to look at ways of generating more facilities to accommodate students, faculty, and research needs. Strategic planning is well under way. In September 2003, we began the process with an in-depth analysis of our current state. We looked into our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for the future. Seven task forces are currently working on the directions that came out of the analysis. We anticipate the coming year to be exciting and full of opportunities. After engaging in community dialogues, we expect to formulate a draft Strategic Plan by early February, followed by presentation to the community and then the Board of Governors and Senate for approval in April 2004. Update on ATAC The Centre has significantly increased the University's capabilities-especially in distributed learning, so much so that proposals from other areas of the University are coming in to update other teaching venues to ATAC's level. Fundraising continues: to date, n% of the $44 million total project cost has been secured. We have had continued success in fundraising efforts, and it is anticipated that at least half of the remaining funding will be secured before the grand celebration on May 13, 2004. Northern Ontario Medical School The first board meeting was held in Sudbury on December 2, 2003. The board is made up of 35 women and men representing cultural, geographic, and community interests across Northern Ontario. Though producing an effective mechanism from such a large group will be a challenge, the commitment and energy of those involved bode well for its success. Policy and fiduciary responsibilities sit with the board; academic responsibilities for NOMS ultimately rest with the Senates of the two universities. Financially, NOMS is an independent unit, set up as a private corporation, with the two universities acting as the corporate members ("shareholders"). The 6th floor of ATAC will house the administrative arm of NOMS and will be ready near March 2004. In addition, the 3-storey building to be built on campus will be ready by the fall of 2005. Budget This year, we've met the budget enrolment target of 5800 full-time students. We have almost 7500 students on campus. We are basing the 2004/05 budget on an enrolment target of 6250 full-time students. We expect to provide a balanced budget, with revenues based on the enrolment target and cost-effective expenditures. We must eliminate the accumulated debt of $4. 7 million in the next three budgets. To accommodate growing needs, there will be an increase of up to 25 full-time faculty in addition to replacements for retirements. Also there will be an increase of up to 10 new staff positions. We foresee several challenges for future budgets: eliminating the debt by 2006/07; dealing with government funding; an increase in utility rates; addressing a major pension shortfall in the retirement fund; allocating funds for deferred maintenance; and enhancing safety measures on campus. Looking back on 2003, we have had a very good year, with the prospect that the University's fortunes will continue to improve. We are an institution that is indeed changing and growing, so while it is understandable that we will continue to face challenges in the future, they will be related to the costs of expansion, uncertain funding, and debt elimination. It is conceivable that our head count will be sustainable in the range of 9,000 to 10,000 students. The new Strategic Plan should provide effective guidance for the future. Best wishes for the holidays and the New Year! �. : :3_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ AGORA ONLINE December 2003 More stories online... 4. Researcher Advancing Knowledge of Food Safety Dr. Heidi Schraft is taking part in a national research project aimed at fostering collaborations between scientists and advancing knowledge in food safety 5. National Research Team for Seniors' Safety Dr. Michel Bedard is coordinating research that received major funding to review the effectiveness of driver re-training programs and vehicle design for seniors 6. Lakehead Houses Joint PhD in Educational Studies Lakehead teams with Brock, Western, and Windsor to offer collaborative Joint PhD in Educational Studies 7. Civil Engineering Dept. Receives Learning Tree A steel demonstration structure called the "Learning Tree" was dedicated to the Lakehead campus as an educational tool for civil engineering students 8. Update: Northern Ontario Medical School NOMS is busy working towards accreditation, holding its first Board meeting, and broadcasting Symposium events to healthcare sites across the province 9. Agora Profile: Registrar's Office Millo Shaw and Tim Macinnes stepped up to the plate this September as Lakehead's new team in the Registrar's Office 1O. Welcome New Faculty and Staff A listing of new hires since September 2003 11. Awards and Honours Read about some exciting achievements by Lakehead's staff, faculty, and students online While households across the country are gearing up for a busy holiday season, stocking cupboards, and planning Christmas meals, there is much more going on behind the scenes, as far as the public's food supply is concerned. Lakehead's Dr. Heidi Schraft is part of a network of researchers across Canada-a team intent on establishing interdisciplinary collaborations aimed at advancing the science behind food. Dr. Heidi Schraft was appointed Lakehead University Canada Research Chair in Molecular Food Microbiology in June 2002. She is now well into her work at Lakehead, conducting interdisciplinary research aimed at improving our basic understanding of the mechanisms involved in persistence and growth of pathogens in food and food production environments. Schraft's work is centred on molecular microbiology work; she concentrates on the study of biofilms-which are composed of bacteria that attach to a solid surface and surround themselves with a slimy protective layer-and their impact on food safety. □ 12. Campus News New Personal Hearing System for Learning Assistance Centre; Program Information Day 2003; Employee Holiday Gathering at the Outpost; Retirement Social for Betty Snow Read the full story online: http://agora.lakeheadu.ca �AGORA ONLINE December 2003 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 Agora Profile CD Tropn Development Office Mi/lo Shaw & Tim Macinnes: New Team in Registrar's Office Millo Shaw and Tim Macinnes find themselves wading through the Registrar's Office in a great sea of paper. Their task is daunting. Besides making themselves familiar with the day-to-day tasks of the Registrar's Office, they are in the midst of dealing with many other changes as well. On top of being the new Registrar's team, they answer to a newly appointed Vice-Provost of Student Affairs, and are being looked upon by the University community to transform the workings of the Office. So far they have been riding a learning curve. Tim has a few years of "Lakehead experience" which makes the job a little easier. However, they both have large shoes to fill, picking up where Lakehead's former duo in the Registrar's Office, Pentti Paularinne and Brenda Nelson, left off. "Pentti and Brenda were virtually institutions here, carrying decades of experience with them," says Dr. Shaw. Dr. Shaw holds an HBA (French/English) from the University of Manitoba, MA (Classics) and PhD (Classics) from the University of British Columbia. His studies in Classics were interrupted for a short time with a sojourn into law; Dr. Shaw also holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from UBC. His passion for Classics prevailed and he went on to teach at Augustana University College from 1992 to 2000. In June 2000 he transferred to the Registrar's Office at Augustana and in August 2003 made the move to Lakehead. "Our first goal is to reduce the level of the great ocean of paper that we find ourselves wading through." Tim Macinnes holds HBSc and HBComm degrees from Dalhousie University. He came to Lakehead in 1999 from Mount St. Vincent University, bringing extensive expertise in administrative database system and systems management - both of which are ideal for the task of maintaining records. His strengths in systems management were needed when Lakehead converted to a new method of records maintenance. Together Millo Shaw and Tim Macinnes form an impressive team. The primary function of the Registrar's Office is to maintain and preserve student records as well as to maintain objectivity and fairness of academic records. Their key challenge is to move many of the Registrar's processes online. Combined, their talents are well suited to making this happen. The team is being looked upon to implement some big changes; there are high expectations of the team from outside the Registrar's Office. "The University environment right now is one that is focused on change. We are all very goal-oriented, beginning with a proactive President who sets short-term goals to get things done, but who also has a vision of what he wants to accomplish long-term. There are people here at the University whose sole purpose is making change, to make us more competitive, and in a lot of ways, to make our system more aligned with the U.S. system to improve student service overall," says Macinnes. a Read the full story online at http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Wishing you a{{ the 6est this hofitfay season! 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.7 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This online Agora newsletter (table of contents) features updates on ATAC, the Northern Ontario Medical School, and the Joint PhD in educational studies program. 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 2003-12 Agora Agora Magazine Agora online ATAC Northern Ontario School of Medicine https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/27dc004018c9ad9585435952d1cdc057.pdf 7e3eb18feeaaeaa009f7b0b2091d60c6 PDF Text Text -ne ra A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff, and Friends of Lakehead University January 2004 Vol. 21, No. 1 Winter Wonderland Lakehead students take time to enjoy the fresh air and a game of hockey on Lake Tamblyn Read more online! http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Welcome to Agora Online, a monthly tip sheet of 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 welcome your contributions. Please send them to: Office of Communications 1. ATAC Update The ATAC- Future of the North Campaign continues in full swing 2. New Proof Discovered for Pythagorean Theorem Or. Medhat Rahim, Faculty of Education at Lakehead University, recently published new proof of the famous Pythagorean theorem using a unique method 3. President's Message Progress Report on Campus Climate Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1 Phone:807-343-8177 Fax: 801-346-7770 Email: communlcatlonsOlakeheadu.ca ... continued on page 3 CD Trojan Development Office �AGORA ONLINE January 2004 2 President's Message - Progress Report: Campus Climate By Dr. Fred Gilbert President, Lakehead University Looking back on the past year, Lakehead enjoyed many successes: Our faculty and students started benefiting from the technological capabilities of ATAC's classrooms; the NOMS Board had its inaugural meeting; and considerable progress was made in meeting the requirements of the Medical School's Fall 2005 opening; and Lakehead's Integrated Marketing Plan had us reaching out with a new visual identity. We enter the New Year with great expectations for continued success. Strategic planning is well under way and will be finalized this spring, providing us with a platform that should offer a strong focus for the future. I primarily want to report on the progress made on the Campus Climate recommendations. I am joined by other members of the Administrative Executive Committee (AEC) in providing a summary of our progress. Recommendation 1 -Workload Progress: - Part of the current budgetary process is designed to reduce workload in impacted areas on campus Recommendation 2 - Community Outreach Progress: - A State-of-the-University session was held on December 3, 2003, where Mary Louise Hill, Vice President (Academic) and Provost, and Michael Pawlowski, Vice President Administration and Finance, joined me to report to members of the University community the institution's status on a number of areas as well as progress on major initiatives. - Key points were summarized in the President's message in the December issue of Agora. Recommendation 3 - Internal Communications Progress: - As part of our commitment to be inclusive, a questionnaire was developed with employee input from the Internal Relations Committee (IRC), to elicit employee feedback on a number of internal communications issues, processes, and vehicles. The questionnaire was sent out to pertinent groups with representation on the IRC, and responses were analyzed and aggregated. A policy was developed based on the survey results.· - Both a summary of the survey results and the policy will be communicated internally via Communications Bulletin. The policy also will be posted on the website as soon as it becomes official. Recommendation 4 - Deferred Maintenance & Related Issues Progress: - A five-year deferred maintenance plan/budget has been developed to identify, priorize, and address the most pressing concerns around facilities renewal/maintenance, mechanical safety, electrical requirements, health and safety, energy efficiency, and campus beautification, among others. The plan is undergoing final review to ensure that the most critical areas are addressed despite the limitations of inadequate government funding. - A high-level summary of the priority plan will be communicated to the University community as soon as it is approved; the five-year deferred maintenance plan will be reviewed yearly. Recommendation 5 - Coaching & Training Progress: - Human Resources forwarded to AEC in early September 2003 a framework for a training plan. Human Resources has had discussions on various coaching and training groups regarding packaged or tailored seminars. Groupings of employees are currently being determined as well as identifying the specific training for each group. The review will be completed soon and training will start in February 2004. - Information is being gathered through the budget process and the review of the University overtime policy. Once a better understanding of the workload staffing issue is known, work will begin on lowering expectations and identifying related training. - Departmental reviews by staff, supervisors, and directors of services provided by their respective departments, and possible alternatives, will be done on an ongoing basis. Recommendation 6 - Having a Voice Progress: - Suggestion boxes have been put up in the Agora, the Fieldhouse, and the Bora Laskin Building to encourage feedback from students, staff, and faculty. - In addition, the Internal Relations Committee continues to encourage the groups it represents to be forthcoming with suggestions to improve the different areas that impact our status, including campus climate, operations, marketing and promotion, and community engagement. Recommendation 7 - Interpersonal Skills Progress: - The University will add effective interpersonal skills as a criterion in all job descriptions and job evaluation procedures. ... continued on page 4 �3 AGORA ONLINE January 2004 More stories online... 4. Lakehead Scientists Research Toxicity Prediction Systems Dr. Peter Lee is leading a research team of two graduate students and two technicians to research and develop novel toxicity prediction systems for the pulp and paper industry. Dr. Medhat Rahim Discovers New Proof for Pythagorean Theorem Dr. Medhat Rahim is a mathematics specialist at Lakehead's Faculty of Education. And now he has come up with a unique proof of an ancient theorem. "A new proof of the Pythagorean using a compass and unmarked straight edge," was published in the JanuaryFebruary 2003 issue of International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. 5. Wolves Join OUA All-Stars Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher, religious teacher, and mus_ician, well noted as the fi~t pure mathematician. He is . particularly remembered for his famous geometry theorem, now Ho~ey _Team w~re selected to be part of the 2003 Ontano known as the Pythagorean theorem, from approximately 532 BC. Um~~r~1ty Athletics (~UA) All-Sta~ Team that ~layed two Although the theorem was known to the Babylonians 1000 years exh1b1t1on games against Canada s World Jumor Team earlier, he may have been the first to prove it. Evidence for this exists in the form of cuneiform clay tablet text, known as Plimpton 322; part of the Plimpton collection resides at Butler library of 6. Anticipating 2005: An Update on NOMS Columbia University in New York.Pythagoras founded an influential society of disciples. Men and women in the society were treated Symposium in December equally-an unusual concept at the time-and all property was held in common. Members of the society practiced the master's teachings, a 7. 'Fatal Flower' blooms at Lakehead religion of tenets. Pythagoras was interested in the principles of . . mathematics, the concept of number, the concept of a triangle or Members of the local film community have teamed up with other mathematical figure, and the abstract idea of a proof. faculty and students from Lakehead to pay tribute to one of the most important episodes in the history of film in Of Pythagoras' actual work nothing is known. His mathematics school practised secrecy and communalism, making it hard to Canada distinguish between his own work and that of his followers. However, the school made outstanding contributions to mathematics, and it is possible to be fairly certain about some of Pythagoras's 8. Former Lakehead Director Wins Prestigious Award Dr. Claire Franklin, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Minister, mathematical contributions. Four players from the Lakehead Thunderwolves Men's Health Canada, was presented the 2003 Outstanding Achievement Award of the Public Service of Canada 9. Departmental Profile: Department of Part-Time and Distance Education profiled 1o. Welcome New Faculty and Staff A listing of new hires since December 2003 11. Awards and Honours Read about some exciting achievements by Lakehead's staff, faculty, and students online 12. Campus News Thunder Bay's education community teams together; It's About You! program day on campus; and more! Read the full stories online: http://agora.lakeheadu.ca Dr. Rahim may be one in a long line of Pythagoras' disciples. Rahim's proof is the 371 st published proof of the theorem. The 370 proofs that come before this one are published in "The Pythagorean Proposition" (1968) by E.S. Loomis. "Pythagoras is the key concept in mathematics. So many other concepts are based on that one," says Rahim. "It is a game for every mathematician to challenge, to find another proof. Mine is the 371 st proof - but at this time is the newest and most current. Other scholars have proved it before - and I expect that others will come after this one." Rahim's proof is unique in that it does not use number-oriented measurements, simply a compass and an unmarked straight edge. It can be understood by high-school as well as upper-level students. The proof came to him in the summer of 2001, while attending the Canadian Mathematics Educational Study Group (CMESG) Conference in Montreal. He was traveling by train from Toronto to Montreal, working on his laptop, when the idea came to him to try the technique without using numbers. Over the course of the threehour journey, the ideas clicked and the first draft was completed. His peers excitedly encouraged him to send it for publication, indicating that they'd never seen anything like it before. ... continued on page 4 �4 AGORA ONLINE January 2004 Dr. Medhat Rahim Discovers New Proof for Pythagorean Theorem ... continued from page 3 Beauty Is the first test Dr. Rahim's paper in the International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology begins with a quote from G.H. Hardy (1877-1947), a well-known mathematician who taught for many years at Cambridge University, and stated: A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas. The mathematician's patterns like the painter's or the poet's must be beautiful; the ideas, like the colors or the words, must fit together in a harmonious way. Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics. Rahim's life's work makes use of patterns. His work in Education uses visualization techniques that are based on models and manipulation of shapes, rather than memorization of equations. He recently presented •Dances with Polygons" in Dubai in October 2003, a presentation received with much amazement-so much so that he has been invited back next May for three weeks to train mathematics teachers in Dubai. Using PowerPoint and AutoCad software, he visually provides reasons for simple mathematical formulations, such as the area of a rectangle. He postulates that the area of a number of geometric shapes can be determined using the formula for the area of a rectangle. On screen, simple shapes such as rectangles and parallelograms, followed by more complex polygonal shapes like pentagon, hexagon, or any n-gon for n 3 3, are dissected into other simple shapes such as triangles and trapezoids. The resulting shapes then move across the screen, their 'legs' flipping up and dancing across the screen like synchronized swimmers. The patterns are an art-form - pleasing to watch and making mathematical formulas something more than just equations to be memorized. Adding another proof to the famous theorem was just another pattern, pushing the frontier of mathematics beyond its existing level, widening its base of knowledge. "Pythagoras is one of the challenges for a mathematician. Proofs are one of the ways that we contribute to the enlargement of the body of knowledge. It is the job of all mathematicians," he states. "But I feel it is the best paper I've ever written. It is more than the proof. It is also about a feeling you get from discovering something new, rather than using existing theorems. It keeps you going, so you feel as if you can live forever in the accounts of the mathematics world." □ President's Message ... Continued from Page 2 Recommendation 8 - Conflict Resolution Vis-a-vis Collective Agreements Progress: - No action needed - effective mechanisms have been in place to deal with conflict as a result of collective agreement requirements. Recommendation 9 - Communication of Recommendations & Actions Progress: - Communicating Campus Climate progress will be done on an ongoing basis; this represents the first progress report. Recommendation 10 - Implementation Progress Progress: - This report represents the first progress report to the Board of Governors following the President's response to the Board in August 2003. Administration commits to updating the Board of progress on all recommendations twice during the academic year. - The Internal Relations Committee will continue to serve as a sounding board to ensure appropriate representation from all internal stakeholder groups. Recommendation 11 - Student Surveys Progress: - No new action required. The University is engaged in a large number of student surveys annually, and the Office of Institutional Analysis/Government Relations has compiled a list of student surveys. The surveys provide data that can be used to determine students' perspectives on campus climate. We will continue to report on any actions taken with respect to Campus Climate recommendations, and will continue to work closely with the Internal Relations Committee to identify opportunities for continuous improvement. Lakehead I would like to begin the New Year by expressing the hopes that the short holiday break revitalized all of us and that 2004 has in store continued renewal for Lakehead University. □ Read more online at http://agora.lakeheadu.ca 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.21 No.1 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This online Agora newsletter (table of contents) features updates on ATAC, a message from the President, and an article on Lakehead Scientists researching toxicity prediction systems. 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 2004-01 Agora Agora Magazine Agora online https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/36d30b70b04dc8d87c3b8762052efc04.pdf 9f2055649b5b70269ddc1d8a049c2aa5 PDF Text Text ra Online A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff, and Friends of Lakehead University February 2004, Vol. 21. No.2 Stories you may read online at www.agora.lakeheadu.ca 1. 2003 Distinguished Instructor Lakehead's most prestigious award for teaching has been given to Dr. Michael Richardson, a Professor of English and a specialist in Renaissance literature. 2. President's Message Lakehead's role as a public institution is to provide high-quality education, research and creative activities, and service to the community. One way the University fulfills this mandate is by hosting conferences, public lectures, exhibits, concerts, and other special events that are open to the public. 3. Advanced Technology & Academic Centre {ATAC) -Update Communications; Grand Opening Celebration; Tours. continued on page 2 Dr. Michael Richardson 2003 Distinguished Instructor CD Trojan Development Office Lakehead UNIVERSITY �Stories you may read online at www.agora.lakeheadu.ca 4. Asking the Right Questions How do you develop public policy on nuclear waste management that will be effective 10,000 years from now? That's the topic Elizabeth Dowdeswell, President of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, addressed during a public lecture in the Advanced Technology & Academic Centre on February 5, 2004. 5. History Conference Focuses on Finnish Community An international conference on Finnish Immigrants in the Decade of Depression, 1929-1939, is being hosted by the Department of History, March 25-27, 2004. 6. Northern Ontario Medical School (NOMS) -- Update Inaugural meeting of the Board of Directors; Recruitment of Faculty; Curriculum; Construction of t he Laurentian Campus Facility. 7. Lakehead and NSERC Celebrate 25 Years of Collaboration In January, lakehead celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council by honoring 10 researchers who held NSERC grants in the late 1970s and also hold NSERC grants today. 8. Campus News Vacancies for the Board of Governors; Integrating Best Practice Guidelines into Nursing Curriculum by Utilizing Web-based Technology; International Programming Contest; LUSU Social Justice Conference. 9. Honours and Awards Dr. Rachel Warburton, Assistant Professor in t he Department of English, receives the 2003 Florence Howe Award for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship. 10. Welcome New Faculty and Staff A listing of new hires since m id-December 2003. Lakehead University Holocaust Survivor Speaks to Education Students In February, t he Holocaust Education team of the Regional Jewish Communit ies of Ontario conducted Teacher Education Seminars at the Faculty of Education. This is the third year for the seminars and the second time Holocaust survivor Max Eisen spoke to Lakehead students about his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. Along with the seminars Max Eisen and Eisen's presentation was the Janusz Korczak Holocaust exhibit. Janusz Korczak was a distinguished Warsaw-born doctor who established a 1ewish orphanage in Poland. During the Nazi occupation, he refused to abandon his charges, and later died with them at Treblinka . ■ Agoro Online - February 2004 - Page 2 �President's Message By Dr. Fred Gilbert, President, Lakehead University Lakehead's role as a public institution is to provide high-quality education, research and creative activities, and service to the community. One way in which we fulfil this mandate is by providing opportunities for exposure to new ideas through conferences, public lectures, exhibits, concerts, and other special events that are open to the public. Each year, Lakehead offers hundreds of opportunities for the local community to meet and learn from experts in a variety of fields. In the February issue of the Agora alone there are write-ups on four such events: an international programming contest hosted by the Department of Computer Science, a Holocaust exhibit and public lecture organized by the Regional Jewish Communities of Ontario, a Social Justice Conference featuring activist Maude Barlow speaking on Globalization, and an international conference on Finnish Immigrants in the Decade of Depression 1929-1939. This month it was my pleasure to launch the 2004 Lakehead University Speaker Series, which Lakehead University has undertaken in cooperation with Travelodge Hotel Airlane and The Chronicle-Journal. The first speaker in the series was Elizabeth Dowdeswell, President of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), who addressed close to 100 people on the evening of February 5 in one of the large "smart" classrooms in the Advanced Technology & Academic Centre (see article "Asking the Right Questions" in this issue). Since 2003, I have been a member of the Advisory Committee to the NWMO. This Committee has the responsibility to report independently to government on the effectiveness of the consultative process the NWMO follows and the validity of their final recommendations. In effect, it is a public watchdog Committee made up of individuals representing various aspects of appropriate public and private sector interests including academia. Elizabeth Dowdeswell brings a strong public service record at the provincial, national, and international levels to the position of President of the NWMO. Her expertise in dealing with environmental issues is a tremendous asset as she manages a most difficult issue like nuclear waste disposal with its scientific, technical, economic, environmental, and social parameters. Lectures like Ms. Dowdeswell's are publicized through the Office of Communications. And now, with the recent changes to the Lakehead University website, it has become even easier to access and post information about what is happening on campus. I encourage everyone on campus to see these events as opportunities to reach out and invite the people of Northwestern Ontario to be a part of our academic community. ■ Lakehead's University's 2004 Speaker Series had a strong start when Elizabeth Dowdeswe/1, President of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, spoke to close to 100 people in the Advanced Technology & Academic Centre on February 5, 2004. Pictured with her (l-r) is Dr. Bruce Kjartanson, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Lakehead University; Dr. Fred Gilbert, President, Lakehead University; and Colin Bruce, Publisher and General Manager, The ChronicleJournal. Agoro Online - February 2004 - Page 3 Lakehead University �Lights, Camera, Action! More than 60 students auditioned for a part in a TV commercial being developed under the auspices of the Office of Communications. The 30-second commercial will air in TSN properties in the month of March, specifically men's and women's hockey, baseball, and volleyball. The TV commercial is designed to create brand awareness and help raise the University's profile. • Agora Online The Agora Online is produced by the Office of Communications and distributed to staff, faculty, and friends of Lakehead University. We welcome your contributions. Please send them to: Office of Communications Lakehead University 955 Oliver Rd Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B SEl Phone: 807-343-8177 Fax: 807-346-7770 Email: communications@lakeheadu.ca Vacancies for the Board of Governors Lakehead University is seeking interested and qualified individuals to serve on its Board of Governors for as early as September 2004. Terms are for three years. The Board of Governors consists of up to 30 members of diverse backgrounds and has primary responsibility for fiscal and management control of Lakehead University. The Board also works in partnership with the Senate toward the realization of the University's mission. Persons wishing to be considered for an appointment to the Lakehead University Board of Governors should submit a completed nomination form* which should include a brief curriculum vitae, a brief statement of interest, and the names and contact numbers of two character references, to: Board of Governors' Nominating Committee c/o Secretary of the Board Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5El by fax to 807-343-8075, or by e-mail to bdsensec@lakeheadu.ca *Nomination forms are available from the Secretary of the Board. The Nominating Committee will be reviewing applications and nominations in early spring. Candidates to be considered may be contacted for personal interviews. ■ Eleanor Abaya Director of Communications Phone: 807-343-8372 Email: eleanor.abaya@lakeheadu.ca Frances Harding Coordinator, Publications Phone: 807-343-8193 Email: frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca Marla Tomlinson Communications Officer Phone: 807-343-8177 Email: marla.tomlinson@lakeheadu.ca Tove Tronslien Webmaster Phone: 807-343-8499 Email: tove.tronslien@lakeheadu.ca Digital Photography Peter Puna Department of Graphics & Photography SN-0009 Phone: 807-343-8661 Email: peter.puna@lakeheadu.ca 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.21 No.2 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This online Agora newsletter (table of contents) features articles on 2003's distinguished instructor, the history conference focused on the Finnish community, and updates on NOMS. 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 2004-02 Agora Agora Magazine Agora online https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/dcffcbf55070031e66682eb30c7b9d24.pdf 5bde01ea23591e3ef6579bb4bf4920a0 PDF Text Text ra Online A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff, and Friends of Lakehead University May 2004, Vol. 21. No.3 Stories you may read online at agora. lakehead u.ca 1. Convocation 2004 Lakehead is gearing up for its 40th Convocation on Saturday, May 29, 2004. Author Austin Clarke and businessman Frank Dottori will be awarded Honorary Degrees. Dusty Miller will receive the title Fellow of Lakehead University and Robert Mace (8Admin'83) will receive the Alumni Honour Award. 2. ATAC Campaign Update Fundraising efforts have helped Lakehead University reach nearly 80% of the Capital Campaign project goal; ATAC Grand Opening Celebration; and ATAC Open House on May 29. 3. University Votes to Ban Smoking on Campus Starting July 1, 2004, Lakehead will be the first smoke-free campus in Ontario. 4. FedNor Supports Lakehead Projects "ATAC is a building that marries science and technology with the Arts and Sciences." - Dr. Fred Gilbert, President, Lakehead University Classical music set the tone on the evening of May 13 when over 300 donors, friends, faculty, staff, students, and alumni gathered for the ATAC Grand Opening Celebration. R Zuback Alumni FedNor funding totaling $924,457 will help in the development of five new initiatives: to enhance programming in Lakehead's Innovation Management Office; to design a toxicity prediction system for use in the pulp and paper production industry; to obtain accreditation and expand Lakehead's DNA and Forest Soils laboratories; and to purchase specialized equipment for testing wood products. continued on page 2 Lakehead UNIVERSITY �Stories you may read online at agora.lakeheadu.ca 5. Living Legacy Trust Enhances Forestry Research Lakehead will receive an estimated $1 million in funding from the Living Legacy Trust to enhance forestry research through the Living Legacy Research Program, the Living Legacy Graduate Scholarship, and the Living Legacy Trust Document Repository. 6. Dr. Ellie Prepas and Dr. Roger Strasser receive CFI Awards Dr. Ellie Prepas of the Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment and Dr. Roger Strasser of the Northern Ontario Medical School are the recipients of two awards from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). 7. NOMS Update Northern Ontario Medical School (NOMS) is in the process ot"confirming the appointment of over 150 faculty members who will teach across a range of disciplines. 8. New Masters Program in Environmental Engineering A new Masters of Science program in the field of Environmental Engineering will be taking its first group of students in September 2004. The program will integrate three engineering areas - chemical, civil, and mechanical - with the disciplines of biology, chemistry, forestry, and geology. 9. Campus News Dr. Laurie Hayes Appointed Vice-President (Academic); Kalash Bhaktia receives Lakehead University Staff Award; Lakehead Graduates' Employment Rate; CIBC Branch &: Small Business Banking Scholarship; Alumni Association Annual General Meeting and Call for Nominations. 10. Employee Service Recognition Reception Employees serving 20 and 30 years of service were recognized in April along with those retiring this year. June 6 Athletic Department Annual Golf Classic Centennial Golf Course June 18 16th Annual Maintenance Choice Golf Classic Northern Lights Golf Complex August 27 21st Annual Alumni Open Chapples Golf Course Lakehead University Alumni Awards 2004 The Alumni Association has singled out two men for special recognition this year: Robert Mace, recipient of the Alumni Honour Award, and Todd Moore, recipient of the Young Alumni Award. Robert Mace (BAdmin'83) began his career with Thunder Bay Hydro in 1991 and was appointed President and CEO in 2003. He is currently responsible for Robert Mace 135 employees and a budget of $84 million. Under his leadership, Thunder Bay Hydro is pursing a partnership with Lakehead University to provide more efficient energy use f~r several major power users in thA city. W Todd Moore (HBScF'98) is President of Moore Resource Management Inc., a - company he established in 2001 to offer leading edge Todd Moore global positioning system (GPS)-driven fieldwork in Thunder Bay. He employs four full-time Lakehead forestry graduates who supervise up to a dozen seasonal employees. Alumni and friends are invited to celebrate the 2004 Alumni Award recipients at the Alumni Dinner in the Faculty Lounge on Thursday, May 27, following the 2004 Annual Gen~ral Meeting. For details see Campus News. ■ -- Agoro Online - May 2004 - Page 2 �Guest Editorial y Eleanor Abaya, Director of Communications, Lakehead University Marketing Lakehead Private industry often borrows from academia. After all, the role of academia is to blaze new trails in knowledge creation. Central to our role as teachers is to challenge existing paradigms and raise questions about our accepted constructs, and in so doing, generate new ways of thinking and doing. Occasionally, however, academia borrows from business and industry. One such 'borrowed' concept is institutional marketing. In Canada in the last few years, the idea of marketing universities and colleges has become an imperative due to the growing competitive environment of post-secondary education. Although most post-secondary institutions have instinctively promoted themselves in order to achieve various objectives, ahe concept of strategically marketing Wniversities and colleges - in the way that private businesses market goods and services - is not only a fairly new concept, it is also one that is not appreciated or embraced by some of us in academia. The main reason for this is the perception that the 'business of marketing' runs counter to our societal role as a not-for-profit institution. Nonetheless, any organization whose ongoing operation or growth depends on the support or patronage - financial or otherwise - of discrete groups of audiences must seriously explore ways to market itself in a fashion similar to that of businesses marketing their products. Although this may be anathema to some academics, the same marketing principles do apply to the 'business' of marketing universities. Marketing a university is paradoxically simple and complex at the same me. Part of the reason is that busi• ess success is measured fundamen- Agoro Online - May 2004 - Page 3 tally in revenues, profits, and shareholder value; in contrast institutions of higher learning exist primarily to provide students (their "customers") the kind of education and campus experience each institution promises. Implicit in the above, however, is the expectation that institutions have the expertise and financial resources to deliver their promise. And therein lies the challenge. We compete not only for students, faculty, and staff; we also compete for financial resources, public and private. And competition means we need to be seen and heard by those audiences we wish to influence and persuade, or whose hearts and minds we wish to capture. Thus the need to market ourselves - to "brand" ourselves and establish our unique difference, showcase our strengths, and give our audiences a reason to choose Lakehead University over other institutions. Marketing Lakehead University does not mean surrendering to the God of Profit. In the context of our institutional short- and long-term viability, it means establishing the best partnerships and collaborations, and packaging the best of Lakehead so that we attract the kind of students we want, and the best faculty and staff we can find. It means demonstrating to alumni that Lakehead is worthy of their ongoing financial and volunteer support. It means giving private industry, the public, and governments confidence in the institution as a progressive and innovative place. It means working with each other in an integrated fashion so that we can make our meager resources work harder. And finally, it means using the media efficiently and effectively to achieve our goals. ■ Eleanor Abaya Lakehead U Wins Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education Award The Office of Communications has won a Bronze Award in the CCAE 2004 Prix D'Excellence in the category of Best Print Ad or Ad Campaign for the Lakehead University "We See You" campaign, designed to raise awareness of the University and encourage students to consider Lakehead when applying to university. The Prix D'Excellence is the prestigious annual awards program of the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education, which recognizes outstanding achievement in alumni affairs, public affairs, development, student recruitment, and overall institutional advancement. Lakehead University �CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2004 AWARD-WINNING ATHLETES ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Female Freshman Athlete Of The Year - Tara Boyce Male Freshman Athlete Of The Year - Kris Calloway Female Athlete Of The Year - Robyn DeGray Male Athlete Of The Year - Jeff Richards Men's Hockey Rookie Of The Year - Kris Callaway Most Improved Player - Hugo Lehoux Best Work Ethic Award - Joel Scherban Most Valuable Player - Jeff Richards Women's Volleyball Men's Soccer - Troy Galvin Women's Soccer - Sarah Sitch Women's Rugby - Jen Berry Men's Rugby - Mike Murray Men's Volleyball - Craig Tronsgard Rookie Of The Year - Jennifer Duggan Most Improved Player - Sabrina White Corrinne Kollman Award - Vicki Hexter Most Valuable Player - Erin Weir VARSITY SPORTS Nordic Skiing Women's Cross Country - MVP - Rebecca Richardson Men's Cross Country - MVP - Jon Balabuck Women's - MVS - Tara Redpath Men's - MVS - Jeff Seguin Most Improved Skier - Doug Bolster Rookie Of The Year - Emily Hayman Men's Basketball Women's Wrestling Email: communications@lakeheadu.ca Rookie Of The Year - Kiraan Posey Most Improved Player - Chris Richards Best Defensive Player - Matt Koeslag Most Valuable Player - Chris Swenson Most Improved Wrestler - Emily Mccague Most Valuable Wrestler - Melody Mccague Eleanor Abaya Director of Communications Phone: (807) 343-8372 Email: eleanor.abaya@lakeheadu.ca CLUB SPORTS - MVPs Women's Basketball Rookie Of The Year - Tara Boyce Most Improved Player - Katerina Martinovic Best Defensive Player - Megan Corby Most Valuable Player - Robyn DeGray Indoor Track & Field Women's MVP - Maureen Watson Men's MVP - Tony Valente Men's Wrestling Rookie Of The Year - Doug Rector Most Valuable Wrestler - Brent Fryia Frank Schaller Memorial Award - Trevor Manchester OTHER PRESENTATIONS Argus Award - Adam Eikenberry Erron Williams Spirit Award - Jon Balabuck Hank Akervall Memorial Award - Ryan Sinninghe Agora Online The Agora Online is produced by the Office of Communications and distributed to staff, faculty, and friends of Lakehead University. We welcome your contributions. Please send them to: Office of Communications Lakehead University 955 Oliver Rd Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1 Phone: (807) 343-8177 Fax: (807) 346-7770 Frances Harding Coordinator, Publications Phone: (807) 343-8193 Email: frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca Marla Tomlinson Communications Officer Phone: (807) 343-8177 Email: marla.tomlinson@lakeheadu.ca Tove Tronslien Webmaster Phone: (807) 343-8499 Email: tove.tronslien@lakeheadu.ca Digital Photography Peter Puna Department of Graphics & Photography Phone: (807) 343-8661 Email: peter.puna@lakeheadu.ca 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.21 No.3 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This online Agora newsletter features updates on the ATAC Campaign and an article on Lakehead becoming Ontario's first university to ban smoking on campus! 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 2004-05 Agora Agora Magazine Agora online https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/cd21b3d82ac962ff3fa1d5ff9ea1ccf4.pdf f52884f44fb32f51d4dc5c794b201a52 PDF Text Text ra Online A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff, and Friends of Lakehead University October 2004, Vol. 21. No.4 Stories you may read online at agora.lakeheadu.ca 1. School of Medicine Breaks Ground Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was at Lakehead on August 26, 2004, to participate in a historic ground-breaking ceremony for a new $8-million building for the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. (I to r) Bill Mauro, Dr. Roger Strasser, Ken Boshcoff, and Premier Dalton McGuinty & e have a historic opportunity to make Ontario's health care system responsive today for the generations to come, said Premier Dalton McGuinty. ''With the same hard work and perseverance that helped create the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, I know that we can deliver the high quality health care that Northerners, and all Ontarians, want and deserve. 11 11 2. Profiles Dr. Laurie Hayes, Vice-President (Academic) and Provost Dr. Rui Wang, Vice-President (Research) Dr. Lauri Gilchrist, Associate Vice-Provost (Aboriginal Initiatives) Dr. Gary Boire, Dean of Graduate and International Studies Dr. Daniel Hunt, Campus Dean -- West, Northern Ontario School of Medicine Architectural Rendering of the new School of Medicine Building 3. Department Feature: Lakehead University Student Union Student-centred learning is central to Graham Strickert and the projects he is championing as President of the Lakehead University Student Union. 4. Campus News Construction begins on Multi-Sport Athletics Complex; In Our Shoes -- Disability Etiquette and Sensitivity: A Guide to Positive Interactions; Blue Bag Blitz; Name Changes ... continued on page 2 Ms V. Bonnie Moore Alumni/Advancement Lakehead UNIVERSITY �Stories you may read online at agora.lakeheadu.ca 5. Accreditation The Northern Ontario School of Medicine has been granted a provisional accreditation status for Year I by the Liaison Committee of Medical Education (LCME) and the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical School (CACMS). 6. Paleo-DNA Lab receives Accreditation Lakehead University's Paleo-DNA laboratory is the first university laboratory in Canada to become accredited by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) for Forensic DNA testing. 7. Dr. Walter Epp appointed to Kosovo Educator Development Project Lakehead University Associate Professor of History Education has been selected to support Kosovar Educators in advancing the educational reform process. 8. Honors & Awards Sarah Link; Kezia Pickard; Banana Split. Exchange Program Promotes North American Mobility by Frances Harding Does the idea of spending a semester in sunny Mexico appeal to you? How about in the United States? If you are concerned about issues in water resources, engineering, environmental sciences, and natural hazards, and want to benefit from the experience of studying in another country, contact Dr. Urned Panu. Panu is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Lakehead and the Project Director of a trilateral initiative that will see up to 42 students (14 each from Canada, Mexico, and the United States) studying at six different universities over a four-year period. The six universities include Lakehead University and the University of Regina in Canada, Louisiana State University and Purdue University in the United States, and the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and the University de las Americas, Puebla, in Mexico. Panu believes the Student Exchange Program will offer tremendous opportunities for everyone - the participants, Lakehead's Faculty of Engineering, and the profession at large. Lakehead University "One of the objectives of this program is for students and faculty to gain an understanding of the different cultures. How do engineers in Mexico, for example, address probe lems in the areas of environmental sciences and engineering? "Students who take part in the exchange program will have the opportunity to prepare themselves as internationally trained professionals, capable of confronting global problems with integrated and interdisciplinary perspectives. They will have the language skills, knowledge of other cultures, and understanding of global markets to be really effective." To date, Panu has held one information session on the program and has been approached by two Lakehead civil engineering students who want to spend the winter term at either Louisana State University or at Purdue University in Indiana. (The expected duration of study will vary from a minimum of one semester to a maximum of one year.) He is hop.A ing to drum up more interest amon• students by hosting another information session and submitting articles to the Argus this fall. The student exchange program is being administered collectively by International Academic Mobility (1AM), Learning and Literacy Directorate, Human Resources Skill Development Canada (HRSDC); the Fund for Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE), US Department of Education; and the Direcci6n de Desarollo Universitario, Secretaria de Educaci6n Publica (SEP) in Mexico. The Project Co-Director at the University of Regina is Dr. Gerald Fuller, Professor and Chair, Environmental Systems Engineering Program . ■ For more information, contact contact Dr. Umed Panu at 343-8678 o • by email: umed.panu@lakeheadu.t!lfll Agoro Online - October 2004 - Page 2 �President's Message Dr. Fred Gilbert, President, Lakehead University Welcome, everyone, to a new academic year. As you can see elsewhere in the Agora, we also welcome a number of new people -- faculty, staff, and administrators -- to the University. This summer has seen intensive competition for students, with the southern Ontario universities trying to maximize incoming numbers to compensate for budgets that were based on revenues promised by the former government. The only new money available is for growth, as the Quality Assurance funding did not materialize. This has meant budget reductions at many other universities in the 2-4% range. Fortunately, we based both our revenue and growth on conservative estimates, and it appears we can weather next year barring an unexpected expense. e good news is that Bob Rae is • nducting a review of the post-secondary sector, and I am convinced that he not only understands the needs of the system but also is aware of the special challenges to, and importance of, the northern universities. We still require that our unfunded Basic Income Units (BIU) situation be rectified. This alone would solve a good portion of our budgetary concerns and help assure that the remaining $3-million debt is paid off within the expected time frame. I firmly believe that Lakehead University will soon be recognized as the standard for performance in smaller comprehensive Canadian universities. Considering all the challenges we have dealt with successfully and the growing reputation of our research and teaching programs, Lakehead is a model of efficiency and productivity. We have not been satis• d with the status quo but have ~ade strides to be a leader in post- Agoro Online - October 2004 - Page 3 secondary education. We have made a commitment to more reasonable workloads and have completed our second Strategic Plan; and the second Campus Climate Survey shows us making progress on many fronts. While much remains to be done, we can take pride in our accomplishments as a community. I wish you all a successful and productive year! ■ Dr. Fred Gilbert 40th Anniversary by Heather Ives The year 2005 marks the 40th anniversary of Lakehead University, and the Alumni Association, along with the campus community, invites you to join the festivities. Currently, plans are underway to hold celebratory events throughout the year, with our "Celebration Weekend" taking place September 8-11, 2005. All alumni, students, and friends are encouraged to attend as we honor our past accomplishments and look forward to future success. Possible activities for the weekend include a golf day, campus tours, open houses, the grand opening of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, BBQs, gala dinner and much, much more. If you have an idea for an event please let us know. Class and small group reunions will also take place over the weekend. Classes from 1965 (40th), 1970 (35th), 1975 (30th), 1980 (25th), 1985 (20th), 1990 (15th), 1995 (10th), 2000 (5th) are encouraged to celebrate their own unique anniversaries. As well, other small group reunions are also welcomed as part of the Celebration Weekend. The Office of Alumni Relations will offer assistance in planning reunions by providing mailings, helping to find lost classmates, booking venues and meals, and coordinating any other special details. Of course, a weekend like this would not be possible without the help of many volunteers. Opportunities exist for volunteers to assist in various roles over the next year including participating in planning committees, organizing reunions, as well as assisting at the weekend itself. Make the "Celebration Weekend" an event you won't forget. Contact Heather Ives at (807) 346-7784 or by email: 40years@lakeheadu.ca or check out the website: www.lakeheadualumni.ca/40years ■ Lakehead University �The Perfect Warm-Up Tips from the world of competitive wrestling that have applications beyond athletics. before each and every match, you will eliminate the negative thoughts that occur when you do a random warm-up. Whether you are wrestling a novice or last year's champion, you will do the same warm-up and think the same thoughts and cue words. by Rachel Dean Do you get really nervous before your wrestling matches? Do you start thinking about all the possible things that could go wrong? If so, then you are experiencing anxiety, which is a normal response to a situation where you feel threatened. There are two kinds of anxiety: cognitive (psychological) and somatic (physiological). Too much of either kind can hinder your performance, however, you need some somatic anxiety in order to arouse your body and get you ready to compete. The key to preventing negative thoughts from hindering your performance is mental preparation. In the book, Wrestle Your Perfect Match, Coach Beasey Hendrix, a former US Olympic Greco Psychological Skills Coach, recommends designing a "perfect warmup" that you do before each and every match. This warm-up becomes a ritual for you and becomes an automatic way for you to prepare for each match. Instead of using your warm-up as a time to worry and be anxious about your upcoming match, use the time to focus on your goals, get in your zone, and get your mind and body ready to wrestle. Write down your perfect warm-up, step by step, including a detailed description of what you will be doing, what you will say to yourself, what kind of music you will be listening to, and who will accompany you. By performing the same warm-up Think of cue words that you like to use and thoughts that you would like to think before your match. Some examples of cue words include: "explode," "drive," "punish," and "power." Examples of thoughts or affirmations include: "I am unbeatable," "No one can turn me," and "I control the tempo." In order to help you implement your perfect warm-up, Coach Hendrix suggests creating a tape which has both music and dialogue on it. The dialogue could be your own voice, your coach's or the voice of someone who motivates you. Listen to the tape each time you are getting prepared to wrestle in order to to help you think positively. If outside thoughts enter your head, stop them immediately and focus back to the voice on the tape. Try to implement some of these strategies in the upcoming season as a method of controlling cognitive anxiety so that you can wrestle your best against each opponent you face. ■ "You don't have to set your sights on winning all your wrestling matches, just the next one." - Beasey Hendrix Rachel Dean is a Master's student in Kinesiology with specialization in Gerontology. She wrote this article for the Ontario Amateur Wrestling Association. Agora Online The Agora Online is produced by the Office of Communications and distributed to staff faculty, and friends of Lakehead University. ' We welcome your contributions. Please send them to: Office of Communications Lakehead University 955 Oliver Rd Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1 Phone: (807) 343-8177 Fax: (807) 346-7770 Email: communications@lakeheadu.ca Eleanor Abaya Director of Communications Phone: (807) 343-8372 Email: eleanor.abaya@lakeheadu.ca Frances Harding Coordinator, Publications Phone: (807) 343-8193 Email: frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca Marla Tomlinson Communications Officer Phone: (807) 343-8177 Email: marla.tomlinson@lakeheadu.ca Tove Tronslien Web master Phone: (807) 343-8499 Email: tove.tronslien@lakeheadu.ca Michelle Korobanik Communications Assistant Phone: (807) 766-7159 Email: michelle.korobanik@lakeheadu.ca Digital Photography Peter Puna Department of Graphics & Photography Phone: (807) 343-8661 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.21 No.4 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This online Agora newsletter features articles on the Paleo-DNA Lab receiving accreditation, Dalton McGuinty visiting Lakehead's school of medicine and profiles on various professors. 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 2004-10 Agora Agora Magazine Agora online https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/648d06b347de72bb45482e6e3069550d.pdf 63fa2056aa8a6e65c5a828f80a0b044e PDF Text Text Susan C. Wright Alumni/Advancement ra Online A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff, and Friends of Lakehead University November 2004, Vol. 21. No.S Stories you may read online at agora.lakeheadu.ca 1. Nanotechnology: The Science of the Infinitesimally Small Dr. Aicheng Chen of the Department of Chemistry is opening a whole new world of possibilities through his research into nanotechnology. 2. Faculty and Staff Profiles: lrfan Khan Senior Systems Program mer/Analyst, Technology Services Centre Take Your Child to Work Day: Nov. 3 Kaitlyn Kelly, a grade 9 student at St. Ignatius High School, began her day in the Office of Financial Services where her mother, Rita Blais, is Controller. Later, she teamed up with others her age - Erinn Zachary, Nicole Gvora, Rebecca Gillies, Laura Husiak, Alex Stevenson, Tonya Koski, Nelson Poole, and Darren Cizmar - for a tour of the campus. "No man needs sympathy because he has to work ... Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) Dr. Jill Konkin Dean of Admissions and Student Affairs, Northern Ontario School of Medicine 3. "Turning Points" Aid in the Treatment of Eating Disorders Dr. Ron Davis of the Department of Psychology is building on the success of a therapy program called Turning Points to prevent teens from developing eating disorders. 4. Campus News Dr. Mark Howe, Dr. Jean-Yves Bernard, Mun Tran Lakehead UNIVERSITY �Guest Editorial Six Degrees of Dignity: Emancipation for Canadians with Disabilities by David Shannon The following is an excerpt of a keynote address given at the North American Federation of Adapted Physical Activity Symposium held in Thunder Bay, October 29-30. estern society is founded on a classical liberal understanding of the self. This perspective regards human dignity as the primary social and personal value. Dignity is realized through an individual freedom that is brought to bear in the course of the self's participation in meaningful decision making and exercise of individual responsibility. W The right to dignity for all is explicitly recognized in Canadian law. In practice, however, socioeconomic and historical circumstance has conspired to debar a variety of individuals and groups from the concern and respect their nature as persons demands. Prominent among these excluded groups are members of the disabled community who are marginalized by a society that regularly neglects to recognize their needs, capacities, and merits as individuals. I posit that there are Six Degrees of Dignity needed to reverse social and attitudinal exclusion, currently articulated in Canadian society's construction of the disabled self. These are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Dignity Dignity Dignity Dignity Dignity Dignity in Law of Self in Public Perception in the Community in Public Policy in Future Public consciousness and discourse on disability is suffused with the Lakehead University dominant assumption that societal resources can only be effectively employed through investment in curative research programs. This supposition has become so compelling that it is now commonly regarded as a matter of "common sense," and alternative agendas of intervention are routinely discarded as undeserving of serious consideration. There are a number of problems with this approach. First, there is the purely practical difficulty of discovering a remedial solution to many categories of disability. While the benefits of medical research cannot be discounted, an exclusive emphasis on providing a cure essentially discounts the immediate, day-to-day reality of the people with disabilities. The tangible and concrete problems of everyday life cannot be deferred in anticipation of a practicable cure in the undetermined future. Second, the needs and objectives of economically driven medical research programs may not coincide with the needs and objectives of members of the disabled community. No matter how well intentioned research programs are, they frequently fail to recognize the practical priorities of disabled individuals. This state of affairs is exacerbated by the fact that the goals of research programs are, as a rule, controlled and directed by the non-disabled. To date, however, little attention has been given to the absence of the disabled from the kinds of medical decision-making processes that most immediately affect their own lives. But people with disabilities are not only excluded from the realm of medical decision making. The problem, in reality, is more insidious and reaches deep into the domain of Canadian society itself. Briefly stated, Canadian society is infused with an insidious "ableism" that sustains and accentuates a view of the disabled as individuals inherently incapable of applying themselves to either the practical tasks of everyday life or, more generally, of adhering to the standards and principles that define social worth and cultural significance in Canadian society. Physical disability is not considered for what it is: a difference in the state of the body. Rather it is viewed as a sign that the individual is not a fully functioning, autonomous self, not completely a character capable of exercising freedom of choice in the pursuit of personal responsibility and selfdetermination. In other words, a body meant to be the object of either pity or fear. The refusal to recognize the integrity of the disabled self finds concomitant expression in condescending attitudes of "pity" and "sympathy" and the belief that (like the very young and the very old) the disabled must be "looked after for their own good." This fundamental lack of respect for the self not only engenders forms of marginalization for the disabled but, moreover, in a cruel reversal, serves to internalize the message of exclusion to the disabled themselves. By minimizing its own expectations for equality and dignity, contemporary society effectively underscores the inequity and discrimination people with disabilities are trying to overcome. ■ David Shannon is a graduate of Lakehead and an activist for the rights of people with disabilities. He practices law in Thunder Bay. Agoro Online - November 2004 - Page 2 �Department Feature Office of Graduate and International Studies By Frances Harding, Publications Officer prepare the agenda, keep the minutes and the historic records, and make recommendations. As well, we look after all of the academic regulations, and provide financial aid services -the type of service the Financial Aid Office does for undergraduate students." Tracy Al-idrissi, Admissions Officer, prescreens all applications to Graduate Studies, and she makes the admissions decisions for International undergraduate students. Staff in the Office of Graduate and lntemational Studies (l-r) Cindy Campanotto, Wendy Bons, Dr. Gary Boire, Susan Burton, Tracy Al-idrissi, and Lynn Go/lat, help to meet the needs of more than 530 graduate, international and exchange students. n a Wednesday afternoon in mid-October, Lori Bradford is teaching survival skills to five new graduate students in the School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks &: Tourism. She is halfway through a Master's program in Environmental Studies at Lakehead, and she is teaching her junior classmates how to navigate life as a graduate student. O Bradford's PowerPoint presentation is loaded with tips on how to choose a thesis topic, when to source funding for conferences, what to expect as a Teaching Assistant, and where to find help on everything from bursaries to ethics boards. "Get to know Lynn Gollat," she tells the group. "Her help is invaluable." Lynn Gollat is the Graduate Studies Officer and one of six staff who works in the Office of Graduate and International Studies. She is responsible for administering graduate scholarships and grants, Agoro Online - November 2004 - Page 3 liaising with federal funding agencies, counselling students, and working with graduate coordinators to track the progress of graduate students as they complete their programs. Along with the Dean of Graduate and International Studies, Dr. Gary Boire, Gollat liaises with the regulating body that governs graduate studies in Ontario, the Ontario Council for Graduate Studies (OCGS). "Graduate and international studies are essential if Lakehead University is to flourish in the 21st century," says Boire. "Graduate studies is where innovation happens. Without graduate work, we wouldn't have insulin, or biotechnology, or new theories of culture, history, or languages." The Office is responsible for the Senate Graduate Studies Committee and the Senate Graduate Scholarships and Bursaries Committee, says Gollat. "We Wendy Bons, the International Recruitment Officer, looks after International student recruitment and liaises with international agents charged with recruiting students to Lakehead. As well, she oversees all of the exchange agreements with partner institutions in Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Mexico, and Sweden. Exchange agreements, like the recently signed trilateral initiative linking Canada, Mexico, and the United States, are drafted by Bons. Susan Burton, the International Student Coordinator, counsels the International students on academic and non-academic matters, plans social and academic activities, greets the students when they arrive in Thunder Bay, and generally helps them to adjust to life in Canada. Cindy Campanotto, Administrative Assistant, performs many different roles including reception. Together, the six staff members make a formidable team. ■ For more information on Graduate and International Studies, visit the website: www.ogis.lakeheadu.ca Lakehead University �The Grapevine Agora Online by Lori Fleming and Karen Stecky Welcome to The Grapevine, a new column about people at Lakehead and their interests and activities beyond the campus. If you have news you would like to share, send it by email: grapevine@lakeheadu.ca or call Lori Fleming 343-8589 or Karen Stecky 343-8961 Thunder Bay Party in Toronto Former LUSU President Glendon Tremblay was one of about 100 people attending the 8th Annual Thunder Bay Party in Toronto on Friday, October 15, 2004. Alumni from Lakehead and Confederation College joined with other former residents of Thunder Bay at Montana, a downtown bar. Canadian Olympian and Thunder Bay native Curt Harnett was on hand to take part in the festivities. The atmosphere was friendly and welcoming and the party went on until 2 a.m. There was much talk about the upcoming Lakehead alumni event on November 10 when the Thunderwolves Men's Hockey Team takes on the team from York University. There was also much excitement about the 40th Anniversary Celebration taking place at Lakehead University next year. Plans for next year's party are already in the works. The event will take place on October 14, 2005, at Montana. For more information, contact Rob Zuback at the Office of Alumni Relations (807) 343-8155. Leadership Thunder Bay Lisa Beckwick, Public Knowledge Transformation Coordinator in the Department of Lifelong Learning, is one of 22 graduates of the inaugural year of Leadership Thunder Bay. Beckwick is a graduate of Lakehead University and a lifelong resident of Thunder Bay. Leaders~ip Thunder Bay creates networks of diverse leaders who explore issues facing Thunder Bay. For more information visit www.leadershiptb.com In Memoriam Marianne Arvelin passed away on Friday, October 22, 2004, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. She worked in the Registrar's Office and in the Financial Aid Office of the former Student Services for 20 years and will be missed by a large network of friends and colleagues. "Marianne was a pleasure to work with," says Financial Aid Administrator Phyllis Bosnick. "She always put the students first and would go 'to bat' for them if she had to. Although she had left Financial Aid, she had remained a member of the Financial Aid family, attending as many of our social gatherings as she could, most recently at the end of August." ■ The Agora Online is produced by the Office of Communications and distributed to staff, faculty, and friends of Lakehead University. We welcome your contributions. Please send them to: Office of Communications Lakehead University 9S5 Oliver Rd Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B SE1 Phone: (807) 343-8177 Fax: (807) 346-7770 Email: communications@lakeheadu.ca Eleanor Abaya Director of Communications Phone: (807) 343-8372 Email: eleanor.abaya@lakeheadu.ca Frances Harding Coordinator, Publications Officer Phone: (807) 343-8193 Email: frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca Marla Tomlinson Communications Officer Phone: (807) 343-8177 Email: marla.tomlinson@lakeheadu.ca Tove Tronslien Webmaster Phone: (807) 343-8499 Email: tove.tronslien@lakeheadu.ca Michelle Korobanik Communications Assistant Phone: (807) 766-7159 Email: michelle.korobanik@lakeheadu.ca Peter Puna Photographer Department of Graphics & Photography Phone: (807) 343-8661 Email: peter.puna@lakeheadu.ca Ben Kaminski Senior Graphics Designer Department of Graphics & Photography Phone: (807) 343-8190 Email: ben.kaminski@lakeheadu.ca Gail Zanette Graphics Designer Department of Graphics & Photography Phone: (807) 343-8567 Email: gail.zanette@lakeheadu.ca 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.21 No.5 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This online Agora newsletter features articles on nanotechnology, faculty profiles, and a therapy program called "Turning Points" for eating disorders. 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 2004-11 Agora Agora Magazine Agora online https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/f43033431e844041f4ca11a2c6c7d814.pdf 8b7e6e2bdda255098bb86c4be493aae2 PDF Text Text ra Online A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff, and Friends of Lakehead University December 2004, Vol. 21. No. 6 Stories you may read online at agora. lakehead u.ca 1. Number One in ''Value Added" For the third time, Maclean's has ranked Lakehead the number one university in Canada in "Value Added." Department Feature: Athletics 3. ICR Discoveries A new research partnership in Thunder Bay will bring together the best cancer research talent. 4. Synergy Award for Innovation The Forest Watershed and Riparian Disturbance (FORWARD) research project has won a 2004 NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation. 5. Terry Fox provides Inspiration for International Conference Dr. Jane Taylor reports on the North American Federation of Adapted Physical Activity's 7th symposium. A Gift to Last Dr. Penny Petrone, Professor Emerita of Education, has donated her collection of papers to the Chancellor Paterson Library. This substantial collection includes material relating to Petrone's three books on Aboriginal literature in Canada, the prose and poetry of Canadian poet Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850-1887), and research material relating to education in Canada. 6. Stress and Memory Dr. Mark Howe is conducting research into the effects of maltreatment on the memory of abused children. 7. Letter from Murmansk Robin Ranger reflects upon his experience as an exchange student in Russia. At a reception held in Dr. Petrone's honor last month, University Librarian Anne Deighton said, "Dr. Petrone is considered to be a pioneer in researching and writing about the literature of Canada's Aboriginal people. The material she amassed will be an invaluable source of information, not only for students and faculty but also for visiting scholars. " 8. Campus News Lakehead U Staff Award; NSERC Award for Research Capacity Development; Bioterrorism in Healthcare; Francis Clayton; Friend Raising while Fundraising. Cathy Trojan Alumni/Advancement 9. The Grapevine Definition Quest; Marla Tomlinson; Carol Otte; Tracey Henriksson. Lakehead UNIVERSITY �President's Message The Maclean 's University Rankings and other Important Matters by Dr. Fred Gilbert President and Vice-Chancellor, Lakehead University I must admit that part of my disenchantment with the Maclean's rankings comes when my Alma Mater(s) crow about their placement in the rankings. Naturally, there is no acknowledgement that the placements carry little significance as to the actual quality of education received vis-a-vis other universities. The same caveats apply whether you are first or last and these are: • There is precious little difference in most categories and the margin of statistical error about the mean encompasses most of the data points. • The measures are primarily input in nature, e.g. does the percentage of students with an incoming average >75% really say anything about the quality of education provided? • A substantial weighting is still given to essentially a popularity poll where the vast majority of respondents across the country have no idea what goes on at Lakehead but are still willing to rate us. • At the end of the day it is really about how well our students are actually educated and how well they perform once they enter society (c.f. Shale and Liu, 2002). In fact, the best determinants of a university's performance are those related to student success and student experience. Maclean's moved somewhat in this direction this year with a survey of student satisfaction. Now if they were to replace some of the input measures with these responses and the value Lakehead University added analysis (where Lakehead placed first in Canada for the second year in a row), we might see a significant improvement over what has become a perennial 17th place ranking in a category that truly compares unlike institutions. Unfortunately, there is good evidence that the rankings influence decisions regarding which university to attend, particularly for those students who have no other reference point (Mueller and Rockerbic, 2002). institution and its primary "selling" points. The intent is to offset a 1 7th place Primarily Undergraduate ranking with real information and a positive public image. While other universities are entering this arena, we have made a commitment to be successful in an increasingly competitive marketplace and to show the comprehensive nature of our university. Finally, there is corroboration that the categories Maclean's uses compare unlike institutions. Page and Cramer (2000) contend that appropriate cluster analysis would place Lakehead University in a category with universities very different from the Maclean's Primarily Undergraduate group. Even in 2000 we were more like the Comprehensive category and our peers in the cluster analysis used to generate three groupings, the number of groupings used by Maclean's, were Calgary, Carleton, Concordia, Manitoba, Memorial, Moncton, New Brunswick, Ryerson, Saskatchewan, Sherbrooke, Wilfrid Laurier, and Windsor. we are left with how to In the final analysis, we are left with how to deal with misleading information that could negatively impact our enrolment. This is where the Office of Communications plays an important role in harmonizing our institutional websites, presenting a consistent image of Lakehead whether in print, correspondence, or visual forms, and in coordinating the awareness campaign to market the "In the final analysis, deal with misleading information that could negatively impact our enrolment." We soon will know the recommendations of Bob Rae's Review of the Post-Secondary Education Sector. The University's response, formulated by a task force representing the community of interests on campus, is at http://www.lakeheadu.ca/-analysis/lk hdresponsetoraereview.pdf on Lakehead's webpage. The message is consistent with the one we have been making to government over the past six years. And if we finally can have redress for our chronic underfunding due to the stranded students created by over a decade of public policy, which disadvantaged this university, we truly will have captured the power to build an increasingly bright future for Lakehead. Agoro Online - December 2004 - Page 2 �We came within 26 full-time students of meeting our budget target for this fall. Close enough that we can manage this year's fiscal challenges barring unforeseen catastrophes. However, until we have greater certainty around future funding we must be extremely cautious as we develop next year's budget. We must not put the University at risk by overextending ourselves fiscally so commitments to new funding will be limited, strategic, and based on sound business planning. We will continue to shore up those areas in greatest need and make policy decisions that will make economic sense, both in the short and long term. There is continued growth in research funding and graduate student numbers and great potential in international student education through distributed learning and recruitment to the campus. In fact, distributed learning and the capacity that exists with ATAC and the growing faculty engagement with the technology there, is critical to the long-term success of Lakehead. The nature of post-secondary education is undergoing a fundamental change and those institutions that understand that, and seize the opportunities presented, will survive and flourish. Finally, let me comment on the recent and continuing controversy surrounding the Coors Maxim event held at the Outpost by LUSU. This event has galvanized people in a way that bodes well for engaging in constructive dialogue. Students will decide, in a more culturally and gender-sensitive way, what events to hold on campus. We applaud these efforts and encourage that the dialogue be broadened to engage faculty and staff. Administration commends the initiatives now under way. Fundamentally, we all want a Agoro Online - December 2004 - Page 3 campus that creates a learning environment that respects individual and group interests in a direct and open manner. The University has a meaningful role and responsibility to play as a leader of societal reform, and a clear recognition of the values of diversity and cultural awareness should flow from here into the broader community. The recent controversy may aid us in this responsibility. My best wishes to all for the forthcoming holiday season. Safe passage home (and back to Lakehead) for our students and others travelling out of town, and may everyone enjoy the comforts of family and friends in this restorative time of rest and relaxation. ■ Mueller, R.E. and D. W. Rockerbic 2002. Do the Maclean 's rankings affect university cha ice?: evidence from Ontario. 36th Annual Meeting Can. Econ. Assoc., Calgary, AB. 20 pp. Page, S. and K. Cramer, 2000. Rankings of Canadian Universities, 2000: buyers beware. Can. /. Educ. 25(4): 297-309. Shale, D. and Y. Lui. 2002. Ranking the rankers of universities: Canada's Mac/eon's Magazine vs. U.S. News and World Report. 42nd Annual Forum Assoc. Inst. Res., Toronto, ON 17 pp NSERC Awards Lakehead $1.5 M for Research Capacity Development NSERC has granted Lakehead University $1.5 million dollars over five years through the NSERC Research Capacity Development in Small Universities Pilot program. The grant will be used to help overcome some of the barriers and challenges facing research productivity in the natural sciences and engineering at Lakehead University, in priority areas identified through the Lakehead University Strategic Research Plan. ■ Jennifer Becker, Andrew Maggy, and Meaghan Brinkman Friend Raising while Fund raising Creating and sustaining a personal connection with prospective donors is the priority of the Office of Development. But how can you personally reach out to 30,000 alumni? Lakehead's telefundraisers - a group of 18 student callers - do it by phone. From October through March, this dedicated group of students gather nightly in the Avila Centre to contact thousands of our alumni across Canada to support the Annual Fund. ■ Award to Staff for Outstanding Performance Nominations are now open for the Award to Staff for Outstanding Performance and/or Contributions. This award recognizes and rewards outstanding performance or contributions to the University by a non-faculty employee. For the complete policy outlining items such as the eligibility of candidates, selection criteria, and nomination guidelines, link to: http://www.lakeheadu.ca/-lusec/ award-staff.htm. To link to the Application Form: http://www.lakeheadu.ca/-humanres/ stafawrd.htm. Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2005 ■ Lakehead University �The Grapevine by Lori Fleming and Karen Stecky elcome to the Grapevine, a column about people at Lakehead and their interests and activities beyond the campus. If you have some news you would like to share through The Grapevine, send it by email: grapevine@lakeheadu.ca or speak to Lori Fleming (343-8589) or Karen Stecky (343-8961). W Definition Quest For the second year in a row, a Lakehead team earned first place standing at the annual Definition Quest, a fundraising event in support of literacy organized by the Thunder Bay Public Library, Friends of Thunder Bay Public Library, and Literacy Northwest. Team members Mike Richardson (English), Vic Smith (History), and Patricia Vervoort (Visual Arts) outpaced 20 other teams for, among other things, successfully defining the word for being slightly drunk ("squiffy") and shipworm ("teredo"). Dublin Marathon Marla Tomlinson, Communications Officer, recently returned from Dublin, Ireland, where she participated in a marathon to raise money for the Canadian Diabetes Association. This adventure enabled her to experience the beautiful sights of Ireland as well as to raise $5,600 for a worthy cause. Marla has been running for just over a year now and trained for this marathon Agora Online with an 18-week program. Her completion time was 5 hours and 51 seconds. "Running the marathon is the most challenging thing I have ever done, but I'm glad I did," she said. Marla plans to enter the Toronto Waterfront Marathon next September, and is planning to run the 10-Mile Road Race in Thunder Bay in May. Travels to China Carol Otte, Microcomputer Services Supervisor, Technology Services Centre, and her husband Peter travelled to China in October. She said Shanghai was modern and very busy and that she had to adapt to "a lack of personal space." The tour included meals held at massive restaurants with servings of a variety of authentic dishes, each meal including white rice and ending with a serving of watermelon. Two highlights of her trip to were the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an and the Great Wall that was "a thrill to walk on." Going Away on Sabbatical? A Lakehead University alumna is available to house-sit for faculty members away on sabbatical. If you would like more information, please contact Tracey Henriksson at thenriks@tbaytel.net or at 577-3900. ■ The Agora Online is produced by the Office of Communications and distributed to staff, faculty, and friends of Lakehead University. We welcome your contributions. Please send them to: Office of Communications Lakehead University 95S Oliver Rd Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B SEl Phone: (807) 343-8177 Fax: (807) 346-7770 Email: communications@lakeheadu.ca Eleanor Abaya Director of Communications Phone: (807) 343-8372 Email: eleanor.abaya@lakeheadu.ca Frances Harding Publications Officer Phone: (807) 343-8193 Email: frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca Marla Tomlinson Communications Officer Phone: (807) 343-8177 Email: marla.tomlinson@lakeheadu.ca Tove Tronslien Web master Phone: (807) 343-8499 Email: tove.tronslien@lakeheadu.ca Michelle Korobanik Communications Assistant Phone: (807) 766-7159 Email: michelle.korobanik@lakeheadu.ca Ben Kaminski Manager, Graphics & Photography Department of Graphics & Photography Phone: (807) 343-8190 Email: ben.kaminski@lakeheadu.ca Gail Zanette Computer Graphics Designer Department of Graphics & Photography Phone: (807) 343-8567 Email: gail.zanette@lakeheadu.ca Peter Puna Photographer Department of Graphics & Photography Phone: (807) 343-8661 Email: peter.puna@lakeheadu.ca .:··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.21 No.6 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This online Agora newsletter contains articles on stress and memory, Synergy award for Innovation, and a feature of the Athletics department. 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 2004-12 Agora Agora Magazine Agora online https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/7204e648d250e3bcea4246d3060a80ef.pdf c8e4dfc2def16e12ed36ef67733a1633 PDF Text Text ra Online A Newsletter for Faculty, Staff, and Friends of Lakehead University January/February 2005, Vol. 22. No. 1 Stories you may read online at www.agora.lakeheadu.ca 1. 2004 Distinguished Instructor Award A profile of Dr. Margaret McKee, Associate Professor of Social Work 2. Orillia Satellite Campus Initiative Lakehead University and the City of Orillia have agreed, in principle, to develop a satellite campus in Orillia 3. Examining the Politics of Southeast Asia A profile on the life and work of Dr. Syed Serajul Islam, Chair of the Department of Political Science 4. Staff and Faculty Profiles 2004 Distinguished Instructor Dr. Margaret McKee, recipient of the Lakehead University 2004 Distinguished Instructor Award, is an exceptional teacher who brings leading-edge research into the classroom. "I believe that adult learners benefit from hearing how their teachers think, how they struggle with ideas and assumptions, how they argue a point, says McKee. "It is not the content per se that I want them to ·get'; what I want to model is the courage to think critically and independently, and to make a reasoned argument. 11 ■ Kevin Schlyter, Project Coordinator, Physical Plant ■ Dr. Mehdi Zahaf, Assistant Professor, Business Administration S. Perspective Dr. Tony Gillies shares his perspective of the 2004 Tsunami disaster and of Canada's apparent delay in deploying its Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) 6. Department Feature Office of Admissions and Recruitment 7. Campus News TSC Director Appointed; In Memoriam: David A. Jones; Hockey Partnership; Award to Staff for Outstanding Performance and/or Contributions; Business Administration Holiday Celebration 11 Rob Zuback Alumni/Advancement Lakehead UNIVERSITY �Orillia Satellite Campus Initiative CANADA ONTARIO QUEBEC Montreal by Frances Harding, Publications Coordinator ( ~ Utto#- -• --· 401 / 1 Lakehead University and the City of Orillia announced on January 18 that an agreement in principle had been reached to develop a satellite campus of the University in Orillia. Such a collaboration would offer, initially, academic courses and programs that can be partnered with Georgian College. It would respond to the City of Orillia's interests in international studies, Aboriginal studies, and tourism, and it would be linked to the distributed learning capacity of Lakehead University's Thunder Bay campus. These courses and programs would require physical facilities in Orillia that are compatible with the learning technology of the Advanced Technology and Academic Centre (ATAC) in Thunder Bay. Together with the City of Orillia and Georgian College, Lakehead University will explore the opportunity to provide academic programming in the City. "The City of Orillia is an ideal community to partner with our institution," says Dr. Fred Gilbert, President of Lakehead University. "Over the next months we will be working with the City, Georgian College, and our own faculty and staff to develop academic and business plans for the delivery of university education in Orillia. We are very positive about the enormous potential this initiative has for the community of Orillia as well as for Lakehead University." The City of Orillia approached Lakehead after discussing the matter with Mary Anne Chambers, the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, and with Bob Rae, Lakehead University the former premier of Ontario, who is chairing a review of postsecondary education for the Government of Ontario. Ml 40l approved. ■ Buffalo / Lakehead undertook the initiative because it was consistent with its 2005-2010 -;-- .,, -,......._....o,,;;-,, Chicago Strategic Plan and with the '5 OH U.S.A. University's response to the Rae Review where, under Recommendation 8, specific mention is made to a satellite campus. The matter was discussed by the Board of Governors and "We NV 90 NJ are very positive about the Advantages to Lakehead enormous potential There are many advantages to having a satellite campus. They include: increased student enrolment; the opportunity to increase Lakehead's distributed learning capacity; improved visibility and marketing opportunities; having a physical and political presence in southern Ontario; increased numbers of faculty; and access to greater fundraising opportunities. Says Dr. Gilbert, "I sincerely believe it is in the best interests of the University to take advantage of an attractive host community's interest in a partnership with Lakehead to establish, through comprehensive joint planning, the basis for a mutually beneficial academic initiative." Currently, the proposed campus location is lakefront property that would provide plenty of expansion as the Orillia campus student numbers grow. this initiative has e for the community of Orillia as well as for Lakehead University. " Dr. Fred Gilbert Both academic and business plans recommended by the Orillia University Implementation Task Force, will be presented to the Senate and Board of Governors before the satellite campus is established. An initial target date to start the satellite campus in Orillia has been set for the fall of 2006. ■ Agoro Online - January/February 2005 - Page 2 �Arthur Mauro fihallenge In January, the Arthur Mauro Challenge was announced, in which Arthur Mauro will match any donation up to $150,000 made to the ATAC - Future of the North Capital Campaign by members of the Italian community, Arthur Mauro was born and raised in Thunder Bay and, although he has since left the community, he has never forgotten his roots. Mauro has fond memories of growing up on Secord Street in Port Arthur as well as his time at Port Arthur Collegiate Institute. He has since moved to Winnipeg, but because of his commitment to his hometown and the realization of the importance of Lakehead University to the community, he has committed up to $150,000 to the ATAC - Future of the North Capital Campaign. He is challenging the Thunder Bay Italian ~mmunity to match this •ntribution. The organization working to establish a Chair of Italian Studies at Lakehead is helping the University meet this challenge, and the president of the organization, John Bonofiglio, is excited to see Lakehead and the Italian community work together on a common goal. ■ Lakehead U President Term Extended Jackie Dojack, Chair of the Board of Governors of Lakehead University, announced on January 1 3 the renewal of the contract of Dr. Frederick Gilbert, President of Lakehead University. The unanimous vote of confidence by the Board of Governors extends Dr. Gilbert's current contract, which was due to completed on December 31, • 06, to May 31, 2010. Agoro Online - January/February 2005 - "Lakehead University has experienced many challenges over the last few years, many of which are directly attributable to inadequate funding and a declining university student population in the Northwestern region, the primary catchment area of Lakehead University," says Dojack. "Despite these challenges, Dr. Gilbert has leveraged the strengths of the University faculty and researchers, staff, and alumni to embark on a vision of academic excellence and technology-assisted learning. Some of these challenges will continue to tax the University's limited resources, passion, and creativity, but the Board, with broad support from the University community, believes Dr. Gilbert will continue to lead the University to enable it to carve a special niche among institutions of higher learning, while enhancing its economic impact on the City of Thunder Bay and Northwestern Celebrate! he campus kick-off event to mark Lakehead University's 40th Anniversary took place in the Agora on January 12 when balloons were released from the balcony, and coffee and cake were served to students, staff, and faculty. T Over 100 guests were in attendance to hear speeches from Lakehead U President Dr. Fred Gilbert, Alumni Association President Ken Owen, and LUSU President Graham Strickert. Ontario." ■ Award to Staff for Outstanding Performance Nominations are now open for the Award to Staff for Outstanding Performance and/or Contributions. This award recognizes and rewards outstanding performance or contributions to the University by a non-faculty employee. For the complete policy outlining items such as the eligibility of candidates, selection criteria, and nomination guidelines, link to: http://www.lakeheadu.ca/-lusec/ award-staff.htm. To link to the Application Form: http://www.lakeheadu.ca/-humanr es/stafawrd.htm. Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2005 ■ Executive Planning Committee Cochairs Sharon Cole-Paterson and Mark Piovesana Lakehead will be hosting special anniversary events all through 2005, including the Anniversary Celebration Weekend, September 29 to October 2, 2005 Read more about the Executive Planning Committee in the story, 40th Anniversary Update, published in this issue of Agora Online. To find a listing of 40th Anniversary Events, visit the website: lakeheadualumni.ca/40years/ Lakehead University �Guest Editorial Deliberative Democracy and Citizenship by Professor George Fallis, York University The Agora Online is produced by the Office of Communications and distributed to staff, faculty, and friends of The following is a brief excerpt from an essay entitled ''The Mission of the University'' by Professor George Fallis, Department of Economics and Division of Social Science, York University. It was written for submission to the Postsecondary Review: Higher Expectations for Higher Education, chaired by Bob Rae, former premier of the Province of Ontario. You may read the full essay online: www.thinkontario.com One strand of this current literature on citizenship is especially interested in how political participation in our liberal democracies might be increased and how the civility and public-spiritedness of citizens could be encouraged. Will Kymlicka and Wayne Norman survey this literature in their article: "Return of the Citizen: A Survey of Recent Work on Citizenship Theory." They identify several answers to the question of how the challenges to democratic citizenship might be met. One answer comes from liberal virtue theorists. They acknowledge that liberals must share blame for the current imbalance between rights and responsibilities. Liberals placed too much emphasis "on the justification of rights and the institutions to secure these rights, without attending to the responsibilities of citizens." Liberal virtue theorists articulate a list of citizenship virtues, including political virtues: a "capacity to discern and respect the rights of others, willingness to demand only what can be paid for, ability to evaluate the performance of those in office, willingness to engage in public discourse." According to Kymlicka and Norman, "it is the last two virtues - the ability to question authority and the willingness to engage in public discourse - which are the most distinctive components of liberal virtue theory." These capacities of a good citizen have clear and direct implications for undergraduate education. An undergraduate education is wellsuited to developing the capacity to question authority and the willingness to engage in public discourse. And the complementarity to the concept of a deliberative democracy is also clear. An undergraduate education should include the development of political virtues and prepare citizens for participation in a deliberative democracy. Thus, universities have a new mission, a mission because they are institutions of democracy. Great universities should be judged not just by the quality of their research, the learning of their students, and the contributions and accomplishments of their graduates, but also by their service to democratic society as critic, conscience and public intellectual and by their preparation of students for citizenship. ■ Lakehead University. We welcome your contributions. Please send them to: Office of Communications Lakehead University 955 Oliver Rd Thunder Bay, Ontario P78 5E1 Phone: (807) 343-8177 Fax: (807) 346-7770 Email: communications@lakeheadu.ca Eleanor Abaya Director of Communications Phone: (807) 343-8372 Email: eleanor.abaya@lakeheadu.ca Frances Harding Publications Officer Phone: (807) 343-8193 Email: frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca Marla Tomlinson Communications Officer Phone: (807) 343-8177 Email: marta.tomlinson@lakeheadu.ca Tove Tronslien Web master Phone: (807) 343-8499 Email: tove.tronslien@lakeheadu.ca Michelle Korobanik Communications Assistant Phone: (807) 766-7159 Email: michelle.korobanik@lakeheadu.ca Ben Kaminski Manager, Graphics & Photography Phone: (807) 343-8190 Email: ben.kaminski@lakeheadu.ca Gail Zanette Computer Graphics Designer Phone: (807) 343-8567 Email: gail.zanette@lakeheadu.ca Peter Puna Photographer Phone: (807) 343-8661 Email: peter.puna@lakeheadu.ca 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.22 No.1 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This online Agora newsletter features articles on the 2004 Distinguished Instructor Award (given to Dr. Margaret McKee), politics of Southeast Asia, and updates from around Campus. 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 2005-01 Agora Agora Magazine Agora online https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/548c398a242b076660be0e993ad482ff.pdf 00ca1ac1becadba3c85595b49c31e4d2 PDF Text Text Inside: 3 5 6 8 10 Host family program Sports medicine clinic Dr. Weir's back! New on campus Research news SUPPORT THE UNITED WAY The Way to Help The Most ~~i:v Lakehead fi)university _Agor~ TIIUNDER BAY, ONTARIO VOL.5 NO.10 NOVEMBER 1988 Early Carl Ray originals donated to University by Jordon family A generous gift by Marjorie and Justin Jordon of Iroquois Falls was made public in early October. Three original paintings by the late Sandy Lake artist Carl Ray have found a permanent and welcome home at Lakehead University. The family said "Lakehead University was chosen because of family ties." Six family members are alumni and Justin Jordon served on the Board of Governorsfrom 1969 to 1972 and helped establish the paper technology course. Joy Lawson, Director of Student Services, received the collection on behalf of the students ofLakehead University from Pat Saltarelli, daughter of the Jordon's. The three early works of Ray's include "Guy-an-way", which is reported to have been the artist's favourite. "The Lonely Man" illustrates for children the fate of a man who committed evil in life and could not ascend to heaven. It clearly portrays the man's agony. "Iyas and the Serpent" is one of Ray's earliest works, and completes the collection. Carl Ray's work was "full with imagination and natural power." That description came from James Stevens, who collaborated with Ray on a book titled Sacred Legends of the Sandy Lake Cree, published in 1971. Ray translated the legends of his people and illustrated the stories. His illustrations and paintings accurately captured the mood or theme of the legends. The appeal of his work was tremendous. "The colourful paintings I saw emanated a mystic, supernatural quality that tried to possess the beholder," wrote Stevens in the introduction to the book of legends. John Russell, Director of Community Relations, said the art pieces will be on display in the Chancellor Patterson library but may rotate locations to ensure that the university community and the public has easy access to viewing. Students march The power of Carl Ray's work is evident in the painting "Iyas and the Serpent", being held in the photograph above by Pat Saltarelli, left, and Joy Lawson, Director of Student Services. The piece to the left is "Lonely Man" and the dramatic scence on the right was the favoured "Guy-an-way". On Monday, October 31, the Ontario Federation of Students marched on Queen's Park to protest what they termed "chronic underfunding of the post secondary education system in Ontario". Lakehead University students staged a concurrent march from the Minister ofColleges and Universities' office at Victoriaville to Mini Queen's park. Students packed four buses and an estimated 300, people, including President Rosehart, LUFA Presi- • dent Ernst Zimmermann, mem- , bcrs of faculty, and administra- • tion expressed concern over possible deregulation of tuition ' fees next spring and underfunding issues in general. The students' press release mentioned leaking buildings, portables, old equipment, lack of teaching assistants and lack oflibrary acquisitions. President Rose hart said, "this is tl1e wrong time to start talking about tuition fee increases for Northern stu• dents." �Report From the President Dr. Bob Rosehart New Agora Fonnat Survey Comments to date favour the new format. So much for my opinion! Election •ss (a) Federal Approximately 95 cents of every dollar of government support to Lakehead University comes from the Federal Government via Ontario by means of the EPF (Established Program Funding) transfer payments for post-secondary education and health. In recent years, the federal payments have been capped in their ability to meet the total cost of inflation, and this, along with the ultimate use of the EPF funds by the Province, have been longterm contributors to underfunding. The Treasurer of Ontario, Mr. Nixon, has already indicated concern over the level of next year's EPF transfer to Ontario. In the 1984 election campaign, the Prime Minister indicated that he would double, on a per capita basis, Canada's Research and Development expenditures. This has not happened, and the granting councils important to Lakehead University, N.S.E.RC. and S.S.H.RC., continue to operate under very constraining budgets. The end result is lower success rates for applicants in peer reviewed competitions. During the coming weeks of the federal campaign, if you get the opportunity, ask the candidates for their views on post• secondary funding. On the local scene, one of the federalcandidates is supporting the establishment of an ecology orientated science centre for Thunder Bay. Tuition Fees Pressure continues to mount on both the magnitude and the mechanism of determining tuition fees in Ontario. Two distinct issues currently under discussion include: a) Deregulation of Fees This is the U.S. model in that universities would be allowed to charge what the market could bear. This would be a major blow of equal access to publicly funded universities of quality in this Province. This "rich get richer" approach is argued by some institutions as the only way to generate the revenue necessary to deliver the "world class" quality of education experience which these particular institutions strive for. I don't buy the argument. (b)Level of Fees In a Regulated System Currently, our students pay about 18% of the cost of their post-secondary education. In 1965, the percentage was about 24%. Opinions exist in the University i.-ystem that would argue for a one-time adjustment back to the 24% level. For the average Lakehead University student, this would mean an increase of about $400 per year. Because of our interest in improving accessibility for Northwestern Ontario students, to date, Lakehead University has favoured leaving the tuition fees at their currer.•-elative levels (other very progressive industrial nations have, in fact, zero tuition fees). Page 2 Universities, and Dr. Colquhoun, Chair• man of the Board of Governors, at the site of the clearing for the new resl• dences. Tidbits Unkages Recently, Lakehead University signed a protocol of co-operation with the University of Minnesota in Duluth. This formalizes many interactions that have and continue to take place with the University of Minnesota in Duluth. Once again this year, the jointly funded research grants program will be sponsored by Lakehead University and UMD. Shortly, Vice-President Weller will be providing information to the academic units. Near the end of November, a group of senior Soviet officials (including the Deputy Minister of Advanced Education) interested in northern post-secondary education will pay a formal visit to Lakehead University. (b) Municipal Elections Lakehead University is big business for the City of Thunder Bay with a payroll of the orderofS25 million. What more can theCitydotoenhancetheworkoftheUniversity and the "experiences" that our students have when they choose to live in Thunder Bay for their post-secondary education? What about special student "term long" bus passes? Lyn Mcleod, Minister of Colleges and Residence Sod Turning After an absence of some 17 years, a major construction project is underway on the Lakehead University campus • our new townhouse residences. Hopefully by next Spring, Lakehead University will have made progress on the Regional Education Centre Project as classrooms are increasingly in short supply. Archbishop Scott of the Scott, McBain, McKay Health Inquiry Panel told me that the presentation to the panel by our Native Nursing students was one of the best presentations to date. He was very pleased by the initiative undertaken by the Lakehead University students. . M.C.U. sponsored confc.1ence on the College/University Interface was quite good and demonstrated the need to enhance "cross over" and "ladder" programs between the colleges and univer• sities. In today's world of lifelong learning, the original college mandate of "terminal education" is a no sale. . Received an interesting letter from Derek Apple (L. U. '88) who is undertaking graduate studies at the University of Oregon in Eugene. He notes that a parking sticker at the University of Oregon does not guarantee you a parking place but rather is more like a licence to hunt for one. . I thought I smelled smoke on the second floor the other day. AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - continued page 3 November 1988 �President continued from page 2 President Rosehart and a senior student at Hammarskjold High School discuss Issues raised at the October 13 forum on post-secondary education. University and College representatives met with students to discuss their concerns about tuition fees, accessibility, grades, program options and university life in general. Positive Input ,Increasingly, I feel that the Lakehead University community should take pride in the accomplishments of the institution's programs and graduates. In Windsor recently for the C.O. U. tour(theM.P.P.'swife is an L. U. grad.), in Toronto for the M.C. U. conference, and in some direct interactions with high school students at Hammarskjold, the comments are extremely positive. HOST FAMILY PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Students who leave home to attend university often feel lost and confused. The problem is compounded when students come from other countries. International students must not only adapt to university life, they must also adjust to living in a different culture. Lakehead University is taking part in a new program to help international students adjust to their new lives in Canada. The Host Family Program is being run under the auspices of Student Services and the International Christi:m Fellowship Group. Hedi Kogel, program co-ordinator, said "our hope is to link up (international) students with a number of Canadian families in Thunder Bay in order to build up cross-cultural friendships between international students studying here and families in Thunder Bay." During a typical get-together the family and student could have dinner, go to a movie or just sit and talk. Kogel believes the program will benefit both students and host families. '' Families could help with adjustment to a new culture," she said. For the families who become involved, close contact with an international student would promote an understanding how people live in other cultures. The program is new at Lakehead University, although it has been operating at other campuses for a few years. So far, about 65 families have expressed an interest in the program. Kogel said the challenge is to make contact with the students who could benefit most from the Host Family Program. Through contact with a family, the students would have someone to tum to if they are confused about different aspects of living in their new environment. Things we take for granted, such as going to pubs, shopping malls or slang expressions, could be confusing to some people. Kogel noted that the definition of family has changed and includes single parents or an individual. For more information, or to become involved in the program, please contact Hedi Kogel, 344-9172. · Faculty Club Study I have looked over the preliminary study co-ordinated by JohnJamieson on the feasibility ofa faculty club at Lakehead University, and I have been encouraged by the response to date. Although much work has yet to be done, an excellent start has been made. A.U.C.C. Meeting Recently, the Canadian university presidents met in Winnipeg for a one-day session on the topic of"Teaching and Learning". A considerable focus was placed on the learner and the need to create an environment that maximizes the creative and intellectual abilities of our students. . Presidential Trivia What Ontario university president drives a vehicle the same age as the university? Telephone your answer to Linda Phillips at Ext. 8200. L. U. glasses will be awarded as prizes for the first correct answer. M I would like to speak with any regular readers of the cartoon "For Better, For Worse." November 1988 Holly Mathias, 2nd year Outdoor Recreation student, solos on Lake Tamblyn as part of a practical elective which includes six weeks each of canoe and kayak instruction. Scant but recent snow flurries remind us that this tranquil late October scene will soon be replaced with the crunchy sound of skates on ice. AGORA Page 3 �LU Site of CASIT Conference Lakehead University 1 was selected by the Canadian Association of Single Industry Towns as the site for one of their national regional con- L---Dr.-._C_o_n_n..::t=e=M=e:..._ls.:....o-=n=-., ferences to discuss economic and social policy changes in resource-based communities. Last spring, a similar conference was held in Saskatoon and this September in Vancouver. Several faculty participated in the three day conference held October 14, 15, and 16. Fifty-four students currently enrolled in Social Work 3313, a course that focuses on community development issues in resource-based towns, were also in attendence. Dr. Robert Rosehart, President, welcomed all those in attendance and provided some background on how Lakehead University is currently instituting its Northern mandate. Invited conference papers were presented by Dr. Connie Nelson on "Leadership, Understanding, and Commitment in Northern Communities" and Dr. Chris Southcott on "Northern Development: An International Perspective". Visibility for the new Centre for Northem Studies was provided through the active participation ofthe Centre's Director, Dr. Paul Watts, and by his chairing the Sunday morning session entitled, "The Community Role in Resource Development Issues". Dr. Nelson commented that the students were very pleased with their active role in the conference and with the opportunitytotakelearningoutoftheclassroom and into a very dynamic real world setting. The conference focused on exploring potential roles for the federal and provincial governments as well as communities in securing sustaining and stable futures for resource-based areas. The interdependence and the linkages between all the players was emphasized. Policies must be contextual in nature so that they meet the real needs of communities; while government bodies can provide supportive and facilitative roles. Silver Jubilee Countdown fi) ~v...,,$' "l°R\\J~~ Preparations for the 25th Anniversary Year are taking shape and the countdown to the Silver Jubilee has begun. Our Silver Jubilee will be launched with a special ceremony on Convocation Day, May 29, 1989. Activities and celebrations will culminate with the Alumni ReunionJuly 1-2, 1990. One highlight of the Jubilee will be a special section in the April/May edition of Thunder Bay Magazine featuring Lakehead University and a calendar of Silver Jubilee events. Watch this column for details about special events such as the distinguished public lecture series in the Fall and Wmter terms and an open house as part of National Universities Week in October 1989. Details will also be made available about the sponsorship of a Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra series and co-production with the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium of a series of programs. We need help to bring all our plans to fruition. Call George Merrill, John Whitlfield or Linda Phillips with department or school histories, photographs or ideas for activities. This is our Silver Anniversary •· please get involved. Continuing Education: Growth in Numbers and Options The personal touch Is an Important component In the succes.sful operation of off-campus courses. Dan Pakulak provides Information about courses to a group In Atlkokan. All centres have offcampus representatives to maintain a vital link between students and the University. Enrolment at Lakehead University is growing •· and not just in full-time day courses on Campus. Dan Pakulak, Director of Continuing Education, said there is "a record number of courses in continuing education." Although final figures are not available, Pakulak said it looks as if enrolment will surpass last year's total of602 students. At present there are about 226 enroled in the Distance Education programs alone. This year Distance Education offers 12.5 credits, compared with seven credits available last year. Pakulak said Continuing Education is operating off-campus in 21 centres in the fall/winter session. This means 56 full course equivalents are available in the region. The largest centre is Kenora, which has 11 off-campus courses. "There has been tremendous support from the community," he said. Page4 - ~ - - - -- -- - - - -- Continuing Education operates from Sociology to Fine Arts. Sault Ste. Marie to the southeast, and as Thunder Bay also has off-campus far as Kenora to the west. The courses are courses. This year Lakehead University is offering Administrative Principles I and also available on such Northern reserves as Pikangikum, Weagamon, and Sandy II, Gerontology and Acting I. Last year there were 53.5 continuing Lake. Apilot project is underway in Sandy education courses offered, but this year Lake with Introduction to Anthropology, taught by Dr. Paul Driben, as part of a BA there are 61. "It's been an increase right general program. Atikokan has five across the board," Pakulak said. courses ranging from Introduction to - - - - - - AGORA - - - - -- - -- - - - - - November 1988 �NEW DIRECTOR & EQUIPMENT FOR SPORTS MEDICINE CLINIC Lakehead University's Sports Medicine Clinic will be operating under the guidance of Dr. John Porter. Porter, who signed a three-year agreement with the University, will be working to "elevate the awareness of sports medicine across the community and at the university." Porter works out of the Intercity Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Clinic. The University's Clinic will not be a part of the Intercity Clinic, but the University will benefit from access to both equipment and personnel at Intercity. Although Porter will be the chief physician, the day-to-day operations of the Clinic will be run by physiotherapist Markus Walser. The Clinic will operate on a walk-in basis for anyone with a sports related injury. A total of five physicians •• including three orthopedic surgeons •• will work in the Sports Medicine Clinic. continued page 6 ■ ~ ~~ ~ ·r ~ Student Mike Dolcetti is tested on new equipment in the Sports Medicine Clinic by kinesiologist TarjaAla-Korpi as Dr. John Porter looks on. AUTOMATED CATALOGUE SYSTEM INCREASES LIBRARY'S CAPABILI1Y The Chancellor Paterson library has taken another step on the road to automation. A ribbon and cake cutting ceremony marked the official opening of the newonline catalog system. Fred McIntosh, Chief librarian, is optimistic about the system and its acceptance on campus. "Once they've had it (the system) shown to them the response is quite good," he said. "On the whole, they're away to the races." The new system means anyone looking fora particular item would use a computer terminal rather than the old-fashioned card catalog. The system has the potential to do a lot more than it does now, he said. However, it will probably take up to two years before the system is operating at full capacity. For example, library users could check their circulation records and see what materials have been signed out without having to go through the circulation desk. "The heart of the system is the data base," McIntosh said. "Circulation is in the same data base. Eventually people (searching for a book) will be able to put a reserve on that book." McIntosh said some people have questioned spending money on a new computer system for the library. He has heard comments that money would be better spent on obtaining more materials for the library. "That's a false economy," he said. ''Unlessyoucan control and access what you've got, there's no point getting any additional material." Having an automated system "allows us to make better use of what we already have." One other aspect of the new on-line system is that the data base can be divided into two parts. One section would list all the main library holdings, while the other section would list everything relating to Northern and Regional studies. This would increase the sharing of resources between the main campus and the programs offered in the region. McIntosh said there are plans to expand the Northern and Regional Studies collection in the library. John Neilson, head of that collection, and new technician,Jane Reeves, will see increased promotion of the collection with the opening of the Centre for Northern Studies. (Photo left) The new on-line catalogue system is up and running•· with a lot of help from our friends at the Computer Centre. Left to right, Paul Inkila, Phil Kempe and Geoff Hill, make sure everything is working properly. November 1988 AGORA page 5 �Clinic conttnued from page 5 The Clinic, which sees an average of 45 people per day, will be involved in such projects as muscle strengthening, rehabilitation of injured muscles and pre-season screening of athletes. To help with both treatment and study, the Clinic has obtained the Genucom, a computerized machine for assessing the stability of knee ligaments and knee joints. "Thunder Bay has facilities that are second to none," Porter said. "We are the second clinic in Canada to have this piece of equipment (the Genucom)." Although research will be a large part of the Clinic's operations, the priority remains "giving care to musculoskeletal injuries sustained by athletes," he said. The Sports Medicine Clinic is located in the basement of the C.J. Sanders Fieldhouse and operates 12:30 to 8:30 p.m. Co-author of "Frozen in Time" on campus Owen Beatty, co-author of the amazing book that attempts to unravel the mysteries surrounding the Franklin Arctic Expedition will give a public lecture at Lakehead University on Thursday, November 10, at 8 pm in the Ryan Building. The book, Frozen in Time, and Beatty's talk, shed light on the mysterious fate of the expedition. In light of recent findin~ on bacteriology and immunology, this address, sponsored by the Anthropology Club, should be most interesting Ask Dr. Weir Q The plastic webbing on my lawn chairs deteriorated during the summer. What happened? A the "plastic" material is made principally from polypropylene fibres. Polypropylene, as produced in the plant, is not in the form offibres, and it must therefore be melted and then extracted through small holes (spinarettes) to produce the fibres. This process has to take place at about 150 degrees celcius, and since oxygen is inevitably present, a small amount of oxidation occurs; i.e. polypropylene, which is really a hydrocarbon, reacts with oxygen at the relatively high temperature, producing eventually, a hydroperoxide. The extent of oxidation is very small and barely detectable. If we represent the polymer as a string of beads, we would find a hydroperoxide joined to one bead in about one thousand. The hydroperoxide ' is harmless until the fiber is exposed to sunlight. Absorption of the small ultra-violet component (which, incidentally causes sun-tanning) of sunlight causes decomposition of the hydroperoxide and this rapidly leads to a breaking of the chain; i.e. the long string of beads is broken at random into smaller pieces. Since the strength of a fiber is strongly dependent on this length of the chain, the light induced chain break- ing leads to a naked absence in strength, the effect being out of all proportion to the concentration of hydroperoxide. Thus when a stress is subsequently applied (e.g. one sitting on the chair) the polypropylene disintegrates, the small strin~ of beads separating from each other. The deterioration rate is not greatly reduced in winter in a place like Thunder Bay, where a high intensity of ultraviolet radiation is still present, even when the temperature is very low; so don't leave the lawn chairs out in the winter. Update: Centre for Northern Studies by Dr. Paul Watts As an initial introduction to the academic activities on campus I have met with most of the department heads and directors of professional schools. These discussions have given me a basic understanding of Lakehead's scope of activity and it is now time to develop a directory of Northern efforts, ideas and researchers. Sara Burke is now in the Centre's office 9343-83 79) and will be assisting me in this task. Sara was hired to take over from our interim secretary, Marion Karam, who has gone back to school to train as a chef. Marion played a significant role in establishing the office and we wish her the best ofluck in her new endeavour. We would also like to thank Mr. DaleAshbeewho was the interim Director, on secondment from the Ministry ofN orthem Development and Mines. Mr. Ashbee was to return to his full time work earlier in the year but agreed to continue as Acting Director during the startup phase. It is difficult to imagine where we would be without his efforts, and he continues to play a significant role through the Advisory Committee. I am pleased to say that I have now been invited to several department and professional school faculty meetin~ to outline the developing role of the Centre. Our mandate is clearly across campus, within the region and throughout the North. It is an exciting time to be involved in the Centre. The input that we receive now will do much to determine both the activities of the Centre and Lakehead's future role in the North. United Way is an umbrella organization that provides funding for 14 Member agencies in the City of Thunder Bay. These agencies include Big Brothers/ Big Sisters. The Red Cross Society and the Volunteer Action Centre, just to name a few. The agencies cover a wide variety of organizations. In fact the Member agencies are so diverse that one in three individuals in Thunder Bay use their services. In today's society, it is difficult to decide what organization needs your money the most. The greatest thing about the United Way, is that you do not have to decide on one because you are not just giving once, but rather fourteen times. Remember, United Way is the way to help the most. This year's goal is $700,000, and with of Middletown and any County your help, we can do it. Page6 - -- -- - -- -- - - - - - - - AGO RA - - - - -- - - -- -- - - Unitedway • November 1988 �Wh.o? Last month's pair of mystery • people were recognized immediately by Jolene Bohonis, secretary in the School of Forestry. We don't know how much money they offered, but according to Jolene, Professor Dick MacGillivray and Linda Phillips "haven't changed a bit". This month's pair were apparently not shipped off to the war together but they have both done "considerable time" at Lakehead University. a) Rita Hayworth and a jet pilot ready for his first mission b) Lana Turner and a drill sergeant waiting for his first recruit c) LU's 1965 wrestling champ with his first brush cut and Miss HMCS Griffin d) I have no idea who that beauty is but the guy's definitely not Bill Melnyk Wh.y? Baby Faces Miriam Waddington thrilled a large audience at a poetry reading and then participated at the Friday evening and Saturday events. Reading her early works and new pieces she worked on this past summer in the Rockies, Waddington defined her poetry as "a way of life, or perhaps, my response to being alive". Ms. Waddington has read her poetry in most universities across Canada and enjoys speaking with the students about her work and often their work. Ms. Waddington received an honorary degree from Lakehead University in 1975. Professor Waddington recently retired from the English Department at York University. Her poetry has expressed itself in 11 volumes. Some of her scholarly and teaching activities have included editing, a critical study of A.M. Klein and performing the duties of writer-in-residence at city libraries and universities. Co-ordinator Bill Heath, said the symposium is a gathering of English professors from the Laurentian system who are able to meet with their colleagues to share papers and ideas in a formal and informal setting. Three LU professors presented papers: J. M. Richardson, Joan Dolphin, and Frederick Holmes. "Discovery/The Discoverer In Literature" was the theme of papers pre'--- - - -- - - - - - - -- -- - - - - sented by Laurence Steven, Shannon Hengen and Roger Nash, all of Laurentian, Joyce Forbes also prepared an exhibit in the library on the theme. A "great lady" and well-respected poet All reports indicate the Sixth Northern was at Lakehead University in mid-OctoLiterary Symposium was considered to be ber as the keynote speaker at the Sixth a success. Northern Literary Symposium sponsored by the English Department. November 1988 - - -- - - - - - -- -- - - - AGORA Bursting at the seams and loaded down with photos and smiles, pretty well describes how Mark Nisenholt feels about having a new son. Isaac Maguire Nlsenholt bounced in at 6 pounds 10 ounces on October 3, 1988. Equally proud mom is Mariana. Visitors on campus What better way to celebrate National Students' Day than to stuff hamburgers and chocolate pudding down the hatch, break balloons with body hugs, dance the light fantastic up and down stairs, make tin can castles and dress up in garbage bags. To show their basically good nature, the team from administration did it all and smiled all the way to last place. Try to spot Rhonda Kelly, Ute Hickins or John Russell. Page 7 �New Faces on Campus r---------------------~ I I BARBARA TOYE-WELSH Barbara Toye-Welsh is the new Co-ordinator of Native language Programs. She has come to LU from Nassau in the Bahamas •· and is re-adjusting to Canada quite well. Barbara is excited about her position at LU. "The challenge is to have as many teachers as possible taking a Native language," she said. Barbara understands Cree and is learning Ojibwe. She also speaks Norwegian, Chinese, French, German and Spanish.Barbara has a BA/B.Ed. from the University of Saskatchewan, a masters degree from Dalhousie University. Barabara has a Ph.Din progress at the University of Alberta. Her area of study has been curriculum development and multicultural education. Dr. Brian O'Connor is not only new to Lakehead University, he is new to Thunder Bay. O'Connorhasbeenhiredbythe psychology department as an assistant professor. He comes to LU from the University of Quebec in Montreal where he was a Post Doctoral Fellow. O'Connor has a B.Sc. from St. Francis Xavier University and a 1 M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University ofVictoria. His three main areas of scholastic interest are interpersonal communication, personality and social aspects of aging and he is pursuing research in all areas. O'Connor enjoys the outdoors and hopes to find some spare time to get out and enjoy Thunder Bay's wide open spaces. ' JEFF DOCKERAY JeffDockeray, known as 'Doc', is the new Manager and Program Supervisor of the Study. His home town is Wmdsor, but LUSU drafted (pardon the pun) the energetic new manager from Brock University, where he was supervisor in liquor services. Dockeray has a background in recreational ad..,. ministration by virtue ofhis Bachelor of Recreation and Leisure Studies. Jeff says he likes the vibrant atmosphere at Lakehead. Many changes have already taken place in the Study with new furniture, a new sound system, paint job and new dance floor. But this self-confessed armchair quarterback, camper, golfer and curler has a lot of ideas for the future. Drop in and say hi to the new Study Manager. Linda Siczkar, the newest addition to the graphics department, is a busy person. Aside from putting in full days working with computers, typesetters and cameras, Linda is an avid dog-person. She is heavily involved in showing and training dogs--she even has five ofherown. One geriatric collie, three Pekinese and a rare Belgian Tervuren puppy ~~~~~~~~~ grace her home. Contending with five 4-footed friends on a daily basis means she can cope with any situation and remain reasonably calm. Linda is also a traveller and has been as far away as Australia. "I like to travel," she said. "I hope to do more of that." In the meantime, Linda will travel the halls of Lakehead University in search of challenges. RANDY HOLMER IJNDA MICKELSON Linda Mickelson is the latest addition to the audio-visual department. She is the one who takes bookings for equipment and then provides friendly pick-up and delivery service. Linda is convinced that, since joining the A-V department, she has found every nook and cranny on campus. Linda is enjoying her work because it keeps her busy. "I like being busy," she said. Since the A-V deparment makes an average of 1,700 pickups and deliveries per month, Linda logs quite a few miles in the LU halls. By the way, Linda is a published writer. Her work can be seen in Novermber's Reader's Digest in the Life's Like That section. To protect Linda's privacy, (Barbara Walters phoned four times), we have been cautioned by her lawyers not to publish her photograph. Anyone who recognizes her, should call out, "Are you Linda, the famous writer?". Page8 Most days one can find Randy in the machine shop (CB1015) but when he's not there, you may find him running his own framing and art gallery business. A 1988 graduate ofthe engineering tech course, Randy plans to continue his education part-time heading toward a degree in mechanical engineering. Randy likes the variety in the lab and says he likes being busy. Originally from Cornwall, Both Randy and his wife came to Thunder Bay to go to Lakehead. The new business is a year old partnership and "so far, so good" accordingly to Randy. AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- November 1988 �Papers /Publications & Special Projects Dr. Ann Osbom-Seyffert presented papers concerning her computer-aided analysis of children's traditional songs at the Folklore Studies Association of Canada Conference at Windsor, May 29-30, 1988, and at the International Conference on Ballads and Folksongs of the SIEF (Soclete International d'ethnologle et de folklore) at Laval University, August 15-20, 1988. Dr. Blrbal Singh, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering presented a paper titled "A Generalized Viscosity Correlation for Alberta Heavy Oil and Bitumens" at the UNITAR International Conference on Heavy Crudes and Tar Sands held in Edmonton,August 7-12, 1988. The paper was co-authored by Dr. V. R. Puttagunta, Professor of Chemical EngineerIng and Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper, Research Associate, Chemical Engineering Department. Dr. Stephen A. Klssln, Department of Geology, presented a paper "Nickel-Cobalt-Native Silver (Five-Element) Veins: A Rift-Related Ore Type" at the NorthAmerlcanConference on Tectonic Control of Ore Deposits and the Vertical and Horizontal Extent of Ore Systems, at the University of Missouri - Rolla, October (HJ, 1987. The paper was published in full in the Proceedings Volume (Geza Kisivarsanyl and Sheldon K. Grant, editors, University of Missouri -Rolla, 1988). A paper on a related topic "The Five-Element Suite: An Indicolorof non-Magmatic Ore Types Related to Rifting and Basin Development" was presented at the V.M. Goldshmidt Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, May 11-13. The paper has been accepted for publication in Explore, a newsletter of the Association of Exploration GeochemistsThese papers are the outgrowth of many years of research on silver deposits in the Thunder Bay area. Research has been funded by the Ontario Geological Research Fund (Ministry of Northern Development and Mines). Dr. J. E. Molto, professor and Chainnan of the Department of Anthropology, gave the keynote address to the 1st annual Spina Bifida Association of Canada Conference held in Edmonton Alberta, September 15-18. His address was titled, "The Natural Ilistory of Spina Bifida and Related Neural Tube Defects". On September 23 Dr. Molto gave an invitational lecture in the SSEA Public Lecture Scarles, Royal Ontario Museum, "Palaeoepidcmiology of the Ancient Egyptians in the Dakhleh Oasis". Professors Cynthia Loos, Nursing, and Alan Dowd, Education, had their paper "Nursing students' knowledge and opinions concerning AIDS" published in Nursing Papers 1987, November 1988 . , H.. •• 11 111,,.:H.. ,,i 1111111,:H,., •• •• ,u,,, a.,. 1 River Basin", "Northeast Pond River IHD Bench Mark Research Basin''. From May 29 -June 3, 1988, Professor Panu attended the 6th World Congress on Water Resources held in Ottawa, Canada and presented the following paper: "Estimating Flood Flows at Ungauged sites In Newfoudland" and from A year long study on Issues related to being June6-10, 1988 he attended the International a single mom has now been released by Dr. Symposium on the Hydrology of Wetlands in C.H. Nelson and Is available from the Temperate and Cold Regions, held atJoensuu, l.akehead Social Planning Council as a two Finland and presented the following paper: part series. Part I Is entitled Single Mom "Environmental Assessment of Peatland DeFamilies: A Participant Obseroatton Study velopment Projects on Receiving Waters." Dr. and Part II Single Mom Families: A Survey of Panu was an Invited participant in the NATO Moms and Human Serolce Programs. Advanced Study Institute on Modeling of Hydrologic Systems, held at Sintra, Portugal Dr. Said M. llasa, Professor, Department of from July 10 - July 24, 1988 His paper was Civil Engineering, presented the paper entitled, "Storm Runoff Investigations Related "Earthmoving Logistics With Unear Unit to Effects in Urban Watersheds". Costs" at the International Conference on Operational Research, Management Science Susan Cole, Co-ordinator of Distance Educaand New Technologies, held In Paris, France, tion, recently represented l.akehead univerJuly (HJ, 1988. He also attended the Leadersity and the provincial Contact North project ship Conference of the Urban Transportation Division (UID) of the American Society of at the First International Forum on Computer Mediated Communications. Universities in Civil Engineers, held in Toronto, August 1-2, 1988. The goals of the conference, which was Denmark, Norway, France, Australia, United attended by members of the division's comStates and Canada have been involved in testmittees, were to develop a better understanding conferencing systems for the delivery of Ing of the UID's mission and activities and to distance education courses. The CoSy conferidentify future issues of major concern. Reencing system, developed by the University of cently, Dr. Easa was appointed a member of Guelph is currently In use at l.akehead in the the executive committee of the Transportaadministration of the Signal North program. tion Division of the Canadian Society for Civil Applications in course delivery are proposed Engineering and a Uaison Officer (for Egypt) for the coming academic year. of its International Affairs Committee. C.H. Nelson and D.H. McPherson presented a paper entitled "The Provision of Indian Child Welfare Services In the Province of Ontario: A Missed Opportunity for the Realization oflndian Self-Government" In Detroit on October (HJ at the Midwest Association for Canadian Studies. Dr. K. D. Elgenbrod, Professor of Civil Engineering, attended the 3rd Canadian Symposium on geosynthetics associated with the 4th Canadian Geotechnical Conference that took place in Waterloo from 4 to 7 October of 1988. Dr. Eigenbrod was an active participant. He presented a paper entitled "Differential Shear Movements at Soil Geosynthetic Interfaces." The paper was co-authored with Mr.J. P. Burak and Dr. J. G. Locker. Dr. Douglas Thom, Associate Professor, School of Education recently had his book (with Dr. Daniel Klassen) "Education and Its Management: Science, Arts, and Spirit" published by Ginn Press (Simon and Schuster Publishing), Needham Heights, Mass., 1988, 3 73 pages. The book is presently on sale in the l.akehead University Bookstore. Dr. U. S. Pama, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, attended the Canadian Hydrology Symposium held at Banff, Alberta, May 9 May 11, 1988, and presented the following papers: "Waterford River Basin as an Urban Hydrology Research Basin", "Urbanization effcts on Streamflow Characteristics in Waterford AGORA Appointments Dr. J. G. Locker was made a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC) at a Canadian Society for Geotechnical Engineering Meeting Banquet on Wednesday, October 5, 1988. The award follows 30 years of EiC activity and contributions to Engineering Education. Dr. Locker was recently appointed a member of a Council of Ontario Universities Committee on the Relationships Between Universities and Community Colleges and a member of the Advisory Board for the Marine Institute in St.John's, Newfoundland. He is also serving as Secretary and ViceChairman to the National Committee of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science for 1988/89. At the local level he Is Chairman of the Utkehead Chapter of the Association of Professional Engineers and the Engineering Institute of Canada. Pcnul Paularinne has been appointed to the Ontario Universities' Application Centre Board ofManagaement for a further one-year term. Page9 �Research News FROM THE OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIESAND RESEARCH Research Offecer: Trish McGowan Introduction by Dr. Murray Lank.ester In the areas of research and graduate studies, do you know who represents your interests outside the University? Do you regularly express to them your views on issues? Do you make an effort to find out what information and experiences they bring back from their meetings? Do you think on occasion to thank them for the many hours of work and travelling time they volunteer on our behalf? I'd like to remind you who some of these individuals are. Dr. John Jamieson, Psychology, has beguq a 3-year term as a member of the Appraisals Committee of the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies. The Committee is comprised of 3 groups or panels which are randomly assigned graduate disciplines up for review on a 7-year cycle. Dr. Bill Melnyk and Prof. Norman Bonsor have served previously on the Appraisals Committee and know very well the mounds of reports that have to be read by John before carting them off to Toronto for monthly meetings. Dr. Alan Day, Mathematics, is in the 2nd of a 3-year term serving on NSERC's Grant Selection Committee for the Mathematical Sciences. The Committee will soon be conducting site visits at selected universities across the country, and in February will adjudicate research operating grant and equipment grant applications in the field. Dr. Connie Nelson, Social Work, continues for the 3rd year on the Board of the University Research Incentive Fund. Appointed for a 3-year term by the Premier's Council, Connie reviews applications submitted in 3 competitions per year and awards up to 25 million dollars over the three year period. Two Lakehead faculty have received awards totalling about $20,000 since the inception of the URIF program. Dr.Jane Crossman was appointed last year by the Minister of Colleges and Universities to the Board_ of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship program. The Board sets policy governing award criteria and allocation mechanisms for the 1200 OGS awards given annually across the Page 10 Province. Students considering graduate studies at Lakehead compete successfully in the "open" competition for OGSs. But those who may narrowly miss getting a scholarship valued at about $10,000 are later considered for one of 10 "Institutional" OGSs of the same value available only to students registered at LU. Dr. Crossman is in a position to" remind the Board, when necessary, of the importance of the Institutional awards to the five smaller Universities in the Ontario system. Several Lakehead faculty volunteer each year to adjudicate the several thousand OGS applications submitted. The difficult task of each panelist in judging over 100 applications is usually done over the "Christmas break". There are few perks with this job and we shouldn't forget to extend our thanks regularly. I can publicize the names of those serving for 1988-89 after the competition is concluded and the winners are announced in March. Professor Rick Anderson, Economics, has served for the past two years on the blue ribbon Polanyi Prize Committee. The Committee selects up to 6 winners of Sl5,000prizes given to recent Ph.D.s who have distinguished themselves in any of the traditional Nobel Prize disciplines. Ms. Julia Walsh, President of the Lakehead University Graduate Student Association, will accompany me to Ottawa in early November where she will represent the concerns of members at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Graduate Schools. To all of these individuals I extend personal thanks. I'm sure the rest of the University community joins me and will take the opportunity to discuss issues with them so they may more accurately and completely represent us on these very important Provincial and National bodies.. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS AWARDED Dr. Inderjit Nirdosh (Chemical Engineering) has been awarded a second consecutive NSERC Strategic Grant. This grant, valued at $38,600 for each of two years, is a prestigious one and recognizes Dr. Nirdosh's considerable contribution to his field. NSERC's Strategic Grants Program is highly competitive; this year, only 26.4% AGORA of applications were successful.His research will centre on reducing the radioactive species present in the mill tailings from processing Saskatchewan uranium ores. The research proposal is aimed at optimizing the leaching conditions for the Saskatchewan uranium ores, thus rrunimizing the presence of radioactive byproducts through leaching while maintaining high uranium recovery. Dr. Jeremy Rayner (Political Studies) was awarded a SSHRC Strategic Theme grant for a two-year research project entitled "Power, Knowledge and Communication: Environmental Constraints on Public Involvement in Canadian Forest Management." The research will seek to test the hypothesis that, the greater the scientific and technical complexity of a planning decision in resource management, the less opportunity is available for public involvement. Dr. Robert Sweet (Education) was awarded a SSHRC Strategic Theme Seed Grant for a project entitled "Canadian Private Sector Distance Education: An Analysis of Trends". SSHRC's Strategic Seed grants allow researchers to test the feasibility of their hypotheses, for such research usually occurs in new fields of research endeavour. Professor Richard Clarke (Forestry) has been awarded a University Research Incentive Fund (URIF) grant for a research project that he will be undertaking with KBM Forestry Consultants and the Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada. The URIF grant matches dollarfor-dollar the contribution to the research made by the private sector collaborators. Professor Clarke and his graduate research assistant, John McNutt, will be studying the influence ofground speed on direct seeding with the Bracke Scarifier, in order to determine the relationship of site difficulty and ground speed to the successful deposit of seeds on the prepared microsite. The research project will make a major contribution in the area of regeneration by enabling industry to improve their success rates. NEWS ABOUT SSHRC I am pleased to announce that there was a marked increase in the number of applications submitted to SSHRC's Research Grants Program. Nine applications were submitted (this represents an 80% increase over previous years), requesting a total of $182,300 over 3 years. While this increase is encouraging, it nevertheless represents a participation rate of only 6% of SSHRC - eligible faculty. We are very November 1988 �concerned about increasing our participation and success rates in SSHRC's research programs for, as you know, our General Research Grant is calculated on the basis of our success over the preceding three years.The next SSHRC competition is the Strategic Themes Research Grants Program, held in the Spring. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES UTHOPROBE: Phase 2 The administrators of LITIIOPROBE, Canada's National Geoscience Project, have issued a call for applications for 1989/90 Geoscience Studies. Approximately $650,000 will be available this year for geoscientific investigations that will complement the Project's seismic programs and contribute in a significant way to the scientific objectives of the following transect corridors: Kapuskasing, Llthoprobe East, Southern Cordillera and Abitibi - Grenville. The deadline for applications: December 16, 1988. The Ontario Mental Health Foundation • Fellowships Program The Foundation offers a number of fellowships to enable health care practitioners and researchers to dedicate more time to original research. The Senior Research Fellowship and the New Faculty Research Fellowship provide release time for research. The Travelling Fellowships assist researchers to acquire new skills and learn techniques which are not available in Ontario. At our suggestion, the Travelling Fellowship has recently been modified to allow people from Northern Ontario to take certain types of training in other parts of Ontario, if such training is not available locally. The deadline for all Fellowship applications is November 30, 1988. Canadian Fitness and Ufestyle Research Institute - Research Contributions Program 1989/90 The Institute supports basic and applied research which furthers the understanding of the inter-relationships between physical activity, fitness, lifestyle and health in order to enhance the wellbeing of Canadians. The deadline for submissions: December 31. 1988. Ontario Geological Survey • Ontario Geoscience Research Grant Program The Geoscience Research Grant Program helps to finance research that will improve and stimulate mineral explora- tion in Ontario. Such research complements the activities of the Ontario Geological Survey by such means as: defining the characteristics of potentially significant geological environments and devising ways to predict areas of valuable mineral resources; and providing geological information to assist the Ministry's earth resources initiatives. deadline: November lS. 1988. Department of Fisheries and Oceans • Science Subvention Program The Science Subvention Program supports research and graduate studies in fisheries, marine and aquatic research. Priority will be.given to research in these areas: the husbandry and development of fisheries resources in the preservation and improvement of fish habitats; the understanding of the ocean environment and all aquatic eco-systems; the social and economic conditions and prospects of those people and communities dependent on the fishing resources. Deadline for applications: December 31. 1988. Squibb Canada - Biomedical Research Program Squibb has announced a new program to support biomedical research at Canadian universities. Research priorities include the fields of molecular genetics, developmental biology ch'1mmunology. Proposals are due: December 31. 1988. Ontario Ministry of Health: Health System • Unked Research Units Pro- gram The Ontario Ministry of Health recently announced a new grants program to support health services research in Ontario. The program will facilitate research leading to changes in the provision of health care services, particularly those aimed at improving the health status of target populations. Grants will be provided to multidisciplinary teams of investigators engaged in a focused research program, studying aspects of the organization and performance of the health care system, in cooperation with a partner agency that is active in the delivery of health services. The first competition deadline: December 1, 1988. Health and Welfare Canada National Health Research and Development Program This program provides support for health service research, public health research and health care delivery research. Current priorities are: organization and deliv November 1988 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGORA · ery of health care, risk assessment, health promo~n, habilitation and rehabilitation, pqpulation immune status and communicable disease control, and native health. The deadline for submissions is December 1, 1988. The National Research Council: Canada/France Science and Technology Cooperation Program The objective of this program is to promote, through collaborative projects or exploratory missions, activities intended to result in scientific and technological advances of potential industrial or economic benefit to Canada. Priority sectors include marine sciences, biotechnology, new materials, information technologies, environment, transportation, and research related to problems of cold regions. The grant provides travel and subsistence costs. The application deadline is November 30, 1988. Canadian Northern Studies Trust Awards The Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) offers a number of special awards for Northern Studies. The Special Awards for Northern Residents enables individuals from the Canadian North who have broad northern experience to devote a period of study in academic fields relevant to their concerns. The Studentships in Northern Studies, valued at $10,000 each, are designed to support students enrolled in educational programs having special relevance to Canada's northern territories and adjacent regions. All subject areas will be considered, providing that the proposed inquiry is applicable to northern themes, problems or issues. The Research Support Opportunity in Arctic Environmental Studies Program offers high arctic accommodation, facilities and services to support graduate students who are undertaking environmental research in the physical and/or biological sciences for which location at the High Arctic Weather Stations (Eureka/Mould Bay) would be advantageous.Applications for all these Awards are due January lS, 1989. In the 1988/89 Research Grants competition, the 14 disciplinary committees considered 1,455 projects with a total dollar demand of $42.6 million. Of these applications 726 were funded, for an overall success rate of alrn~ 50% for projects and 3796 for funds. As a result of the visit of Louise McDonald, Research Grants Officer, a brief guideline for preparing successful research applications will be send to each d artment. Page 11 �CAMPUS CALE~DAR . . MONDAY, 14 MUNICIPAL ELECTION . Senate Chambers 8:30am - 10:30 pm To include your Department's event or activity in the Campus calendar, please call Flo Sherren at 8300 or mail your information to SN1002 FREE PUBUC LECTURE Speaker: Mrs. Pat Barclay Topic: "The Great Canadian Diary and How Charles Ritchie Wrote It" 7:30 pm RB 1021 NOVEMBER , ,. ,, MONDAY, 7 , ... ••• SPECIAL EVENT ••• THEATRE COMPANY "11le Working People's Picture Show" 7 :30 pm Bora Laskin Theatre SB adults, S5 students/seniors WEDNESDAY, 23 SENATE MEETING 2:30pm Senate Chambers ,, 7:30 pm little Dining Room - WEDNESDAY, 16 FREE Public Lecture Speaker: Prof. Ken Allan FREE PUBUC LECTURE Speaker: Mr. Francois Bregha Topic:•TBA 2:30 pm Room SN 1015 ALUMNI BOARD MEETING Topic: The Canadian Arctic: On the Threshold of the 21st Century 8:00 pm RB 2024 Co-sponsored by Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Thunder Bay Branch THURSDAY, 17 BOARD OF GOVERNORS 4:00pm FRIDAY, 18 ••• SPECIAL EVENT••• INAUGURAL PROFESSORIAL LECTURE SERIES Presenter: Dr. David Nock TUESDAY, 8 FREE PUBUC LECTURE Speaker: Kevin McNamee Conservation Director of Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Slide presentation - question period BpmRB 2047 Professor of Sociology Topic: E. F. Wilson of Algoma: A Victorian Missionary's look at Canadian Indian Polley 3-4pm WEDNESDAY, 9 RB 1044 Reception to follow in the Faculty Lounge Dr. Nock's book on E.F. Wilson has recently been released and will be on display FREE PUBUC LECTURE Speaker: Dr. John Jamieson Topic: "The Law of Initial Values" 2:30 pm Room SN 1015 SATURDAY, 19 & SUNDAY, 20 LUSU FILM NIGHT Three Men & A Baby FRIDAY, 11 Cast: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson 8:00 pm RB 1042 $1 .50 Students, S2.00 Others REMEMBRANCE DAY Service in the Agora 10:45 am MICROMEDIA SESSION 12:00 - 2:30 Careers in information 2:30 - 3:30 Tips & tricks "training" session 3:30 - 5:00 Micromedia products & services, interested people may attend Library 5022 MONDAY, 21 FEDERAL ELECTION Conference RoomA/Conference Room B Conference and Seminar.Centre Lakehead University TELEVISION NEWS LIVE FROM JAPAN & CHINA In Japanese & Mandarin Chinese 12:30 pm Japanese News 1:00 pm Chinese News BB 2007 To be aired every Friday FRIDAY, 25 Final date for registration in Wmter Term Distance Education courses without late fee SATURDAY, 26 & SUNDAY, 27 LUSU FILM NIGHT The Graduate Starring Dustin Hoffman 8:00 pm RB 1042 Sl.50 Students, S2.00 Others -~ ~------ __ Agorl\ The AGORA is produced by the Information Office, Department of Community Relations, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is published monthly (except August), and is distributed free of charge to the University's faculty and staff, local government, media, business and friends of the University. Credit is appreciated when material is reproduced or quoted. Director of Community Relations: John Russell, Editor: Katherine Shedden Assistant: Maureen Martin Calendar: Flo Sherren Photography: Peter Puna Graphics: Ben Kaminski, Lori Printing: Rainbow Address correspondence to: Editor/ Agora Information Office SN1002 Lakehead University Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 5El (807) 343-8631 or 343-8300 r ... Q) SATURDAY, 12 & SUNDAY,13 LUSU FILM NIGHT Big N f LAVOIE PHYS ICAL & HtAL TH EDUCATION Cast: Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins 8:00 pm RB 1042 Sl.50 Students, S2.00 Others -~ Q) E Q) U) U) ... as a. c3 -U) U) U) ... as u: c3 I ... a, N � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lakehead University Alumni Collection Description An account of the resource Material kept by the Lakehead University Alumni Association, or donated by Alumni to the Association. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Agora Magazine Vol.5 No.10 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This issue of the Agora contains an article on the automated Catalogue System increasing the library's capability, new director for sports medicine clinic, and an update on the centre for Northern Studies. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 1988 Agora Magazine