1 10 6 https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/8de66df98dc3f3c61026732851501496.pdf caca09ae57e2941cca04884f3e0e03ae PDF Text Text Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada May 1996, Vol.. 13, No.5 Convocation '96 Saturday, May 25, 1996 Thunder Bay Community Auditorium Lenore Untinen Doctor ofSocial Work honoris causa Lome G. Everett Doctor of Science honoris causa Convocation will have a distinctly northern flavour this year with five out of six honorary degree recipients having strong connections with Northwestern Ontario. They include women's advocate Leni Untinen, scientist Lome Everett, as well as three locally-born businessmen who have gone on to pursue successful careers in engineering and transportation: Mel Pervais, Robert Paterson and Ronald Ristimaki. Mae Katt, a Lakehead graduate and former employee, will be awarded the title Fellow of the University, while Joe Logozzo, a long-time supporter of Lakehead University, will be presented with the prestigious Alumni Honour Award. Melvin Pervais Doctor of Engineering honoris causa Robert Paterson Doctor of Laws honoris causa Poet and literary critic Louis Dudek will address the morning Convocation which begins at 9:00 a.m. Melvin Pervais, an engineer, entrepreneur and member of the Fort William Indian Band, will address the afternoon Convocation beginning at 2:30 p.m. Celebrate Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Week June 3-9, 1996. The number ofdegrees being granted this year should come close to last year's record-breaking total of 2,105. Assistant Registrar Brenda Nelson says she is expecting the University will confer at least 1,903 degrees -- a number which may climb as high as 1,953 when all the late additions are tallied. Ronald Ristimaki Doctor of Commerce honoris causa Louis Dudek Doctor of Letters honoris causa For more information contact the Office of the Registrar at 343-8269. -- FH �CONVOCATION'96 Leni Untinen For the past 20 years Leni Untinen has been working to advance women's access to safety, health services, education, training and employment Untinen is Co-ordinator for the Northwestern Ontario Women's Decade Council, a non-partisan advocacy organization dedicated to improving the status of women. She has served as a Board Member of the Thunder Bay District Board of Health; Board Member of Thunder Bay Ventures; Member of the Thunder Bay Police Employment Equity Committee; Member of Lakehead University's Women's Studies Advisory Committee and as an Appointee to numerous joint provincial government/ community working committees. She has worked extensively to eliminate violence against women and children. Her commitment to the prevention offamily violence includes being past chair and I0-year Board Member ofCrisis Homes Inc., sponsors of Faye Peterson Transition House; serving five years at the provincial level as an Executive Member of the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses; being staffand board trainer for Transition Houses and Family Resource Centres throughout Northern Ontario and Instructor in Family Violence Education at Confederation College. In 1992 Leni Untinen received the Canada 125 Commemorative Medal for volunteer service. Lorne G. Everett Dr. Lorne G. Everett is Chief Research Hydrogeologist and Vice-President of Geraghty & Miller, Inc., a company in California that provides a wide spectrum ofenvironmental consulting and engineering services, specializing in solving groundwater contamination problems and in remedial engineering. Everett has over 25 years experience in site characterization and remediation of soils and ground water. He is a nationally-recognized expert on groundwater and vadoze zone monitoring techniques and has developed state-of-the-art methods including soil core monitoring, soil pore-liquid monitoring, matrix potential measurement, neutron moderation, soil gas monitoring, and soil moisture measurement. 2 Lorne Everett is a graduate of Lakehead University (HBSc'68) and recipient of the prestigious Alumni Honour Award in 1989. He received his Master's and PhD from the University of Arizona and in 1995 became an elected member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. His many accomplishments include being co-editor of the World Groundwater Map developed for UNESCO; editor of a professional journal entitled Remediation Management; member ofthe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Terrorist Response Team in Washington, D.C.; and member of the Science Advisory Panel to the United States Navy National Test Site Program. Louis Dudek Louis Dudek is a poet, professor, critic and literary activist. He was born and educated in Montreal and then went on to McGill University to earn his B.A. During this time he wrote for the McGill Daily and his first published poems began to appear. In 1944 he moved to New York to attend graduate school at Columbia University and his doctoral dissertation was published as Literature and the Press. In 1952, together with Irving Layton and Raymond Souster, he established Contact Press which published the work of important Canadian poets of the fifties and sixties. In 1954, with Layton and Aileen Collins (whom he later married), he founded CIV/ n, an avant-garde magazine. In 1956 he established the McGill Poetry Series, launching the careers of Leonard Cohen and Daryl Hine. Then, in 1957, Dudek founded his own magazine, Delta (195766), which served not only as a vehicle for his own poetry and ideas, but a means of showcasing new and upcoming poets. He has many published poems, including East ofthe City (1946),Europe (1954), The Transparent Sea (1956), and En Mexico (1958). He also has several collections of poetry published, such as Cross Section: Poems from 1940 - 1980 ( 1981 ). Dudek is a noted anthologist and a frequent speaker. He is a professor emeritus of McGill University and is a Member of the Order of Canada. Melvin F. Pervais Melvin Pervais, a member of the Fort William Indian Band, is a licensed professional engineer and successful businessman living in Montana. At age 15 he left high school to apprentice as an Instrument Technician with Noranda Mines Chemical Plant in Ontario. By the late 1960s he had positioned himself on a career path in control systems engineering. In 1976 he founded Cataract, Inc., a specialized company for servicing the start-up of nuclear power plants and other highly automated industries. With an initial investment of $10,000, the firm expanded rapidly into a multi-million dollar company. After selling Cataract in 1984, Pervais retired at age 45 to the 14,000 acre Chief Joseph Ranch in Darby, Montana, to operate a horse breeding and cattle operation. Since September, 1991, he has been president and CEO of Rhodium 2001, a company with a patent on a system which Pervais believes will be key to the future of the catalytic converter recycling and PGM recovery industry world-wide. Pervais is the recipient of the "Soar Like an Eagle" award from UNITY, an Indian youth group in Oklahoma City. The award was given to him for his "successful utilization of the principals of free enterprise and a commitment to excellence." Robert Paterson Over the years Robert Paterson has been a strong advocate of Thunder Bay's ability to be a centre ofcommerce and trade. He is currently a director of N.M. Paterson & Sons Limited and Chief Executive Officer of the company's Marine Division. From 1983 to 1994, Paterson served on the Board of Governors of Lakehead University including a term as Chair from 1990 to 1992. Paterson has a deep respect for knowledge and education and is described by his colleagues as being enthusiastic, hard-working, honest and fair in his business relations. Agora, May, 1996 �Robert Paterson is currently President and Director of Paterson Investments Limited; Tallwood Holdings Limited. Directorships include: Goderich Elevators Limited, Canadian Shipowners Association; Lloyds Register of Shipping -- Canadian Committee, Thunder Bay St. John Ambulance Brigade; Order of St. Lazarus, Thunder Bay Commandery; and the Senator Norman M. Paterson Foundation. Grad '96 Party Ronald Ristimaki Ronald Allan Ristimaki was born in Port Arthur in 1934 and received his education at St. James Public School and Port Arthur Collegiate. He emigrated to Michigan in 1961 to go into the tourism business. Upon returning to Canada, he joined Auto Haul away Ltd., an automobile transportation company. In 1981, Ristimaki and John Bruchal purchased the company and in 1986 Ristimaki became Chairman of the Board and majority shareholder. Under his leadership, Auto Haulaway Inc. grew to become North America's fourth largest car transporter with 960 trucks, trailers and 1800 employees, 22 terminals across Canada handling in excess of 2 million automobiles annually. During his years in business, Ristimaki was a director of the Motor Transport Industrial Relations Board and responsible for all union negotiations across Canada involving auto transport. His hobbies are boating and fishing. In 1993 the International Billfish Foundation awarded him the Top Angler in the Blue Marlin category. in the Outpost Friday, May 24, 1996 Mae V. Katt FeJlowof Lakehead University Mae Katt will be familiar to many staffand faculty at Lakehead as both an alumna and a former employee. She completed two degrees at Lakehead: a Master's degree in Curriculum Studies from the Faculty of Education and a HBScN degree from the School of Nursing. From 1986-1990 she worked as Program Co-ordinator of the Native Nurses Entry Program where she was responsible for curriculum development and liaison with First Nations and organizations. Students and guests, alumni, University faculty and staff are invited to come out and celebrate the 1996 Grad Class with entertainer MIKE WOODS 7-8 pm: Complimentary Beefon-a-Bun 8-9 pm: Remarks 9-1 pm: Entertainment Sponsored by Thunder Bay Travel Limited Airlane Hotel and Katt is currently Health Director of the Nishnawbe-aski Nation responsible for the development of community-based programs, training and political strategies to address youth suicide crisis in NAN First Nations. InterAd International She is a member of Teme-Augama Anishnabai (Temagami First Nation) and from 1994 to 1995, served as Second Chief of the Tribal Government during which she was successful in negotiating an Agreement-In-Principle with Ontario over a land claim settlement. Joe Logozzo to receive 1996 Alumni Honour Award ~ foe Logozzo, the President and General Manager of Iron Range Bus Lines Inc., has been chosen by the Lakehead University Alumni Association to receive their most prestigious award -- the Alumni Honour Award. Over the years, Logozzo has demontrated outstanding commitment to Lakehead University and to the City of Thunder Bay. Consistently a strong supporter of the Alumni Annual Fund, he has made provision for two scholarship endowments at Lakehead. From 1993 on, he has been the Chair of the University's Italian Studies Fund-raising Campaign, and has supported the Kinesiology Department by providing much needed dollars for equipment. Agora, May, 1996 3 �l,i34•);ilid•folh1iM;i=@1•13b 1111111111---------------------Recommendation Re-Appointment of Dean of Arts and Science I have received a unanimous recommendation from the Decanal Review Committee that Dr. Jim Gellert, Dean of Arts and Science, be recommended to the Board of Governors for a second term as Dean of Arts and Science. Distinguished Toastmaster at Lakehead University Dr. Yves Prevost, of the Faculty of Forestry, has just been elected as Lieutenant Governor of Marketing for Toastmasters International District 6 (NWO and Minnesota). Special congratulations, and keep up the good work. Dr. Prevost has been a key member of the team that initiated the development of a Toastmaster Chapter on the Lakehead University campus. Dr. Whitfield a Vice-Chair! by Dr. Robert Rosehart President Lakehead University Budget 1996 Report, Volume 1, Issue 8 (Final) To save the printing budget, this will incorporate the final issue of Budget '96 Report. On April 29, 1996, the Board of Governors approved the 1996/97 Operating Budget that was outlined in Budget '96 Report, Vol. I, Issue 7. This budget, which is really a three-year budget plan, sees the University return to a balanced budget position by Year 3 after the final payment of the cost of the various voluntary exit programs. The discussion by the Board was extensive and reflected on the key budget assumptions related to enrolment projections, student fees, and expenditure management. While it is generally recognized as desirable to have such high fee increases, it was also acknowledged that Lakehead University was in no better or worse situation with respect to fees than any of the Ontario universities. In fact, our fees will continue to be less than most other institutions. There was a lot of input to this budget process over an extensive period of time, and I feel that all involved need to be congratulated in that we have maintained our academic programs, not had to resort to involuntary downsizing, and have presented a model that preserves our financial integrity. Lakehead University Faculty Member Wins Prestigious OCUFA Teaching Award A special congratulations to Dr. Inderjit Nirdosh of the Department of Chemical Engineering on being selected as one of seven faculty from the Ontario universities to win an OCUFA Teaching Award for 1996. Dr. Nirdosh was recently honoured in Toronto at a special ceremony on Friday, May I 0, 1996. It's a Small World I received a donation to the Zimmermann Scholarship Fund in the mail recently from the President of the University of Waterloo, Dr. James Downey. It seems that Jim Downey and our Dr. Zimmermann were graduate students together in England in the '60s and Downey says he remembers Zimmermann with "affection" and "regard." 4 Over the years, Lakehead University has been an active participant in the Ontario/Baden-Wurttemberg University Student Exchange Program. Recently, Dr. John Whitfield, Vice-President (Academic), has been selected as the new Vice-Chair of the Ontario Program Committee. John's role will help to continue to encourage the participation of Lakehead University students in the BW Program and, as well, to encourage the BW students to spend an academic year at Lakehead University. New Wheels Those of you who visited the Trade Show noticed that the centrepiece of the Lakehead University display was Dr. Tsang's High Mileage Car from 1993. This was a very popular attraction, and it generated detailed questions which were hard to answer. Incidentally, a special thank you to all of the Lakehead University staff who volunteered in our both at the Trade Show. Once again, it was a great success. Personally, this year, I only visited the Beatrice Ice Cream Booth twice in support of the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital. A new vehicle fabricated by engineering students will be unveiled to the media in the next few weeks. It is aptly named the "Environmental Vehicle" and will be electrically powered. Watch for it! Underground at Lakehead University Last Monday, I spent the day observing our electrical and mechanical trades' staff during a typical work day. Most of the real action occurs in the service tunnels and underground rooms that most ofus are oblivious to.during our working day. The environment in these areas is not always friendly and requires the expert work of our skilled staff. They work, I observed, in a mixture of routine and emergency and really reinforce how much campus we have to care for with such a small complement of skilled staff. Again, a special thanks to Jack Drewes, Alex Bohler and Fraser Clarke for their patience in explaining our various air, heating/ cooling, and electrical systems to me and for shepherding me through the day safely and successfully. Convocation '96 A special time for special people -- our Convocation '96, and I would encourage all of you to participate and share in the day of celebration with the Class of 1996. Agora, May, 1996 �AROUND CAMPUS "Leaner not Meaner" Budget approved by Board of Governors by Frances Harding Lakehead University has cut approximately 10 per cent ofits budget without layoffs and without cutting any academic programs. But in doing so, the University will carry $ 1 million deficit that will be amortized over a three-year period until a balanced budget is achieved in 1998-99. "You don't pull $5.37 million out of an institution without some downsides," said President of Lakehead University Bob Rosehart at an Open Budget Meeting on Thursday, April 25, 1996. "We've tried to have as minimal an impact as possible on the classroom." Various groups on campus have been meeting regularly to plan the budget since last November when Ontario Minister of Finance Ernie Eves announced a $400 million cut to post-secondary education. The final version -- model 18 -- was endorsed by The Task Force on Funding, which includes the members of the Senate Budget Committee, as well as the University's Labour Management Committee. It was approved by the Board of Governors on Monday, April 29, 1996. The three-year budget is based on the following assumptions: -- annual enrolment will remain at 5,600 for the three-year period. This figure is down slightly from 5,700 achieved in 199596, and down even further from the all-time high of6,045 in 199495. -- tuition for undergraduates will increase by 19.7 per cent in 199697, and approximately 2 per cent in each of the following two years. Graduate student fees have been increasing steadily over the last three years as Lakehead tries to place these fees on the same basis as the undergraduate fee structure at Lakehead. They will increase by 29.4 per cent in 1996-97. Fees for international students, now deregulated across the province, are being reduced significantly at Lakehead, as well as most Ontario universities, to allow us to compete for these students with other jurisdictions. A significant factor in preparing the new budget was the response to the Voluntary Exit Program which resulted in 60 people leaving Lakehead University (15 faculty and 45 staff). The cost of the program -- $4.12 million -- will be spread out over a three-year period. The savings achieved from voluntary exits, normal retirements, postponed retirements, previously-arranged voluntary exits and previous vacancies combined with savings associated with reductions in part-time positions (including sessionals), meant that Lakehead did not have to resort to involuntary layoffs. In fact, 29.5 out of a total of 94 vacated positions will be replaced Agora, May, 1996 ( 13 of which will be new faculty hires), meaning that starting May 1, 1996, Lakehead University will operate with 64.5 fewer positions than it had a year ago. Special effort was made to avoid involuntary layoffs and to preserve academic programs. "One of the downsides of the rejected option of shutting down some of our smaller programs," said Rosehart, "is that they also tend to be the ones that relate significantly to our northern mission ... those programs are an important reason as to why there is a university here in Northwestern Ontario." In his presentation at the Open Budget Meeting, Vice-President (Academic) John Whitfield praised the deans and directors who worked together to rationalize the delivery ofacademic programs. "It has not been an easy process," said Whitfield. "Not all courses will be taught, but the integrity of programs will be preserved." Vice-President (Administration) Fred Poulter, who is retiring this year, was careful to point out this budget includes no salary increases or decreases. Lakehead has been able to maintain the status quo. Since the University is losing its Vice.:President (Administration), some re-structuring will be order, said Whitfield. While details have yet to be worked out, in future, three administrative directors (Executive Director, University Services; Director ofFinance; Director of Human Resources) will report to the President and three academic directors (Registrar; Director of Leaming Systems; and Director of Student and Alumni Services) will report to the Vice-President (Academic). One bright spot on the horizon is that applications for first-year enrolment at Lakehead are up by 2.5 per cent over last year. It remains to be seen whether increased applications this year will lead to an actual increase in student registrations. One thing is for certain: competition for students is bound to increase as tuition dollars become more and more the "bread and butter" of Ontario universities. What are the characteristics of an organization that is able to plan and achieve high-quality outcomes even during tough times? The two most crucial characteristics are: 1) a core of well-placed members who are able to work effectively with others even under difficult conditions/ and 2) an organizational culture that supports significant learning and change -- Ken Brown Professor of Forestry and Instructional Development Advisor 5 �RESEARCH NEWS NSERC and SSHRC Results Announced for 1996-97 Competitions by Anne Klymenko The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) have announced the results of their 199697 annual research grants competitions. Total NSERC funding to Lakehead University this year is down by about 3 per cent, but our success rate increased to 75 per cent this year from 60 per cent last year (national success rate for 1996-97 is 76 per cent). In total Lakehead researchers received 41 awards valued at $730,000. Following is a list of recipients at Lakehead who were successful in NSERC's 1996-97 annual research grants competition: Department of Biology Dr. R. Freitag, "History of the North American Cicindelidae," $11,100, Renewal (2-4) Dr. M. W. Lankester, "Parasite and diseases of northern animals," $20,000, New (1-4) Dr. A. U. Mallik, "Retrogressive succession and biodiversity in nutrient poor cool-temperature forests after disturbance," $10,000, New (1-4) Dr. D. W. Morris, "Habitat selection across ecological scales," $48,300, New (1-1) Department of Chemical Engineering Dr. L. J. Garred, "Urea sensor for urea kinetic modelling and erythropoietin studies," $15,000, Renewal (3-3) Dr. I. Nirdosh, "Removal of radionuclide and heavy metal contaminants from low-level radioactive waste," $20,000, Renewal (3-4) Dr. V. R. Puttagunta, "Viscosity prediction and radiation assisted upgrading of heavy oils," $19,600, New (1-4) Department of Civil Engineering Dr. S. M. Easa, "Highway geometric design for safety," $18,700, Renewal (3-4) Dr. K. D. Eigenbrod, "Effects of freezing and thawing on the hydraulic-conductivity of fine grained soils," $11,200, Renewal (2-4) Dr. S. A. Mi17.a, "Strength and stiffness of slender composite steel-concrete beam-columns," $16,700, Renewal (3-4) Dr. U.S. Panu, "Extension of pattern recognition based methodology for infilling of missing values in streamflow records," $17,700, Renewal (3-4) Department of Electrical Engineering Dr. F. Karray, "Hierarchical control structure for flexible manipulators systems," $11,400, Renewal (2-4) Dr. D. Makrakis, "Transceiver and medium access technology for multimedia personal/mobile communications," $22,750, New (1-4) Dr. R. J. Omeljaniuk, "Neurochemical receptors, actions, and mechanisms in fish brain: pituitary axis," $20,000, Renewal (34) Dr. K. Natarajan, "Controller design for some discrete time periodic systems," $16,000, New (1-3) Department of Chemistry Dr. M. Lui, "Finite element analysis of nonlinear shell structures; random vibration analysis of general nonlinear structures," $10,000, Renewal (3-4) Dr. T. M. Garver, "The structure and reactivity of wood macromolecules," $15,000, New (1-1) Dr. A. N. Hughes, "Reactions of transition metal-phosphine systems with hydro-borate and other reducing agents in the presence of carbon monoxide and isonitriles." With: Dr. D. G. Holah, $28,000, Renewal (3-5) Dr. S. D. Kinrade, "Aqueous chemistry of silicon," $22,000, New (1-2) Dr. N. A. Weir, "Studies ofphotodegradation of polymers," $20,000 Renewal (3-4) Department of Geology Dr. G. J. Borradaile, "Rock magnetism," $60,600, Renewal (25) Dr. P. W. Fralick, "Paleogeographical interpretation of Archean sedimentary sequences in Northwestern Ontario," $16,500, Renewal (4-4) Dr. R. H. Mitchell, "Petrology of kimberlites and alkaline rocks," $75,000, New ( 1-5) 6 Department of Mechanical Engineering Dr. H. T. Saliba, "Experimental and theoretical free vibration analysis of thin plates with various shapes, boundary conditions and complicating factors," $15,000, Renewal (4-4) Dr. A. Sedov, "Ultrasonic beam models for NDE applications," $6,780, New (1-3) Dr. B. Singh, "Analytical, numerical and experimental studies in jet cutting of oil sands," $13,300, Renewal (2-4) Department of Mathematical Sciences Dr. M. W. Benson, "Parallel iterative methods," $8,000, Renewal (4-5) Dr. S. Di, "Optimality conditions for nonsmooth optimization problems differentiable at one point and numerical methods," $6,000, New (1-4) Dr. C. T. Hoang, "Algorithmic graph theory with emphasis on perfect graphs," $13,000, Renewal (2-4) Agora, May, 1996 �June 3 - 7, 1996. Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Week at Lakehead Universit Health & Safety Week Theme: ''Training - Target Zero'' Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Week [COHSW], an initiative of the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering, will be celebrated nationally from June 3rd to 9th, 1996. This year' s theme of COHSW, "Training - Target Zero ", recognizes that training in health and safety is crucial if we want to achieve a goal of zero accidents and deaths in the workplace. Last year, Canadian workers lost more than 15 million days from injuries, ten times the number from strikes and lockouts. On average, there' s an accident every 38 seconds (830,000 in 1995) and two workers die every day (more than 700 a year). Direct and indirect costs are more than $10 billion. We can do much better by actively training all of our staff. Knowing about and practicing health and safety at work can help to eliminate on-the-job fatalities, reduce pain and suffering, and save dollars for everyone. Here, at Lakehead University, we are celebrating COHSW by providing training opportunities for employees during the week of June 3rd to 7th, 1996, and by exhibiting University and community-based health and safety resources in the Agora on June 4th and 5th. In addition, we are using COHSW to launch a number of new safety initiatives and promotions. This guide will provide you with a schedule of events planned during the week. We look forward to meeting with you during the week, and to establishing a health and safety dialogue which will carry us through the year. "Working Together to Create a Safe and Healthy Place for Work & Study" The Thunder Bay Community Health & Safety Project The Thunder Bay Community Health & Safety Project is a group of individuals representing government, labour, business, education, health care, utilities and other organizations. Jts goal is to raise the health and safety awareness of the Thunder Bay community, inside and outside the workplace, by encouraging participation in Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Week. We are grateful for the support of the Community Health & Safety Project in helping us to bring health and safety training to the community on June 4th and 5th through "Community Partnerships in Health & Safety". We are also pleased to host the 3rd Annual Health & Safety Awards Luncheon on June 5th. Sponsored by the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering, the luncheon is supported by the Thunder Bay Community Health & Safety Project. �Page 2 COHSW Monday, June 3rd, 1996 Safety Incentive Program Launch COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS IN HEALTH & SAFETY: JUNE 4TH & 5TH, 1996 Launch the new Safe and Sound Health Presentations Presentations are available at no cost to participants. Please call 343-8022 to reserve a seat. & Safety lncetttive Program with the Joint Health & Safety Committee in the Faculty Lounge from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Monday, June 3rd, I 996. Safe and Sound distinguishes itself from other "statistics-bound" safety incentive programs by· recognizing safe and healthy behaviours. Awards will be made in the following categories: Safety Time -All the Time: Personal Achievement in Safety. Join with us in recognizing the first recipient of this award. The award is presented to individuals who have distinguished themselves through their commitment to making Lakehead University a safe and healthy place for work and study. Fit - 5: Personal Achievement in Fitness. Fit-5 is a five level fitness program which recognizes individuals as they achieve personal fitness goals. Participants work their way through the five levels of Fit-5 by participating in their choice of fitness activities ... from gardening, to walking, to swimming and beyond! Awards are given for each level of achievement. Individuals are encouraged to collect all five awards, and to make fitness a part of their daily routine. Great Ideas: Innovation in Health & Safety. What better place than a University to generate great ideas in the fields of health and safety? Through the Great Ideas forum, individuals will be encouraged to share their ideas for making Lakehead a safer and healthier workplace. We will recognize the first winner on Monday, June 3rd, 1996. The following sessions are presented courtesy of the Thunder Bay Community Health & Safety Projects on both Tuesday, June 4th and Wednesday, June 5th, 1996. Three Sessions Each Day in RB-2025: The following events will be open both to the University community and to representatives from workplaces in the City of Thunder Bay and area. 9:00 AM- 10:00 AM 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Exhibits and Displays "Health & Safety Basics for Workers" 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in the Agora: Four Sessions Each Day in RB-2024: Representatives from the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering, the Ministry of Labour, the Transportation Safety Association, the Municipal Safety Association, the Workers' Compensation Board, the Thunder Bay Fire Department, the Resource Centre for Occupational Health & Safety, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers, Inc. , the Workers' Health & Safety Centre, the College, University, and School Safety Council of Ontario, the LU Employee Assistance Program, the LU Joint Health & Safety Committee, and the LU Emergency First Response Team will be in the Agora to help with your health & safety questions. Health and Safety Video Festival. 9:00 AM-10:00 AM 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM I :45 PM - 2:45 PM 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM "Health & Safety Basics for Supervisors, Employers and Owners" One Session Each Day in RB-2025: 10:30 AM-11:30 AM "Young Worker Awareness" One Session Each Day, Conference Room C, Bartley Hall Residence: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon, and 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Room RB-2047: "Due Diligence for Senior Managers" Come out and preview potential training materials for your workplace or classroom. (This is a video / workbook presentation. Workbooks can be purchased at a cost of $20.00.) �Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Week at Lakehead University Page 3 Tuesday, June 4, 1996 1:30 PM- 2:30 PM Lower Lecture Theatre 10:00 AM - 11 :00 AM Room #RB-2026 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Room #RB-2026 Bonnie Lindberg, Canadian Cancer Society Patricia Hope, Workers' Compensation Board Barb Churchill, Transportation Safety Association "Sunsense. " "Office Ergonomics: Hands-On Solutions" "Due Diligence I Due Diligence in ·1he Transportation ofDangerous Goods" 3:00 PM- 4:00 PM Lower Lecture Theatre 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Lower Lecture Theatre Walter Martin, Employee Assistance Program "Change and Stress" Connie Lake, Thunder Bay District Health Unit 10:30 AM-11:30 AM Lower Lecture Theatre Ina Chomyshyn Resource Centre for Occupational Health & Safety "Workplace Air Contaminants" "Adult Immunization" 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Room #BB-1051 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Lower Lecture Theatre John Petherick, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers Diana Smith, Thunder Bay District Health Unit "Health & Safety Resources · on the Internet" 12:00 Noon - 1:30 PM Residence Cafeteria Canadian Society of Safety Engineering "Health & Safety Awards luncheon" (See Page 4 for details.) "Hepatitis Bin the Workplace" Wednesday, June 5, 1996 12:00 Noon - 1 :00 PM Room #RB-2026 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Room #RB-2026 Patricia Hope, Workers' Compensation Board John Petherick, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers "Office Ergonomics: Hands-On Solutions" 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Room #RB-2026 "The Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers" 9:00 AM - 10: 15 AM Lower Lecture Theatre John Petherick, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers. Brad Fraser, Workers' Compensation Board "The Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers" "Helpful Hints in Understanding WCB and Return to Work Programs" 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Room #BB-1051 John Petherick, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers "Health & Safety Resources on the Internet " 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Lower Lecture Theatre Diana Smith, Thunder Bay District Health Unit "Hepatitis Bin the Workplace" �Page4 COHSW Health & Safety Awards Luncheon. Sponsored by the Canadian Society ofSafety Engineering. Date: Wednesday, June 5, 1996. Location: Residence Cafeteria. Time: Noon - l :30 PM This is a community event. Individua ls & groups will be recognized in • the following categories: Lifetime Achievement Award, Outstanding Individual,. Community Health & Safety Award, Outstanding Health & Safety Committee and Outstanding Safety Innovation. $ /0.00 per person (payable at the door). Special Courses for University Employees "WHMIS Train-the-Trainer" UPCOMING EVENTS: June 6th & 7th 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon, and Look for the following events coming up this summer ... 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM RC-1003 A two day course to train staff as Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System [WHMIS] trainers. This is a follow-up to the Thunder Bay District Health Unit presentations, "Adult Immunization ", and "Hepatitis Bin the Workplace". This course will help supervisors whose employees work with hazardous materials to meet their legal obligations under the Occupational Health & Safety Act, and WHMIS Regulations. Immunizations will be coordinated for University employees through the Lakehead University Health Services Department. The course will also help faculty, technicians, and laboratory instructors whose students work with hazardous materials. What are your legal obligations under WHMJS? How can you demonstrate "due diligence" with respect to programs involving hazardous materials and students? Find the answers in this class. Call 343-8022 to book a class. Special Events: June 6th & 7th "Red Cross Standard First Aid with CPR" "Blood Pressure Clinic" Four Courses: June 4th & 5th, June 6th & 7th, June 10th & 11th and June 17th & 18th June 7th, 1996 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon, and 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Health Services Department Each course is 16 hours long: 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon, and I :00 PM - 5:00 PM Drop by the Health Services Department to have your blood pressure checked. No appointment necessary. Location: RC-1001: June 4th & 5th, and June 6th & 7th Avila Room E: June 10th & 11th, and June 17th & 18th A two day standard first aid course with CPR certification included. This course is at no-cost to designated first aiders. "Immunization Clinic" Health Services Department "Student Safety in tire Classroom, Laboratory & Field" A seminar presented by the Insurers' Advisory Organization [IAO], and the Canadian Universities Reciprocal Insurance Exchange [CURIE]. This course will be of interest to faculty, technicians, instructors, and administrators who have ever asked the question: "What is my liability/ the University's liability with respect to student safety?" Some practical information in developing safety policies, programs & procedures which address student safety will be offered. "Tire Lake/read University Employee Walking Club" "Hazardous Waste Removal'' June 6th & 7th Join us in launching the club just for University employees! Staff will be available to help you with inventory & labelling requirements for hazardous wastes. Waste removal will occur during June for items declared by June 7th. Do you enjoy walking already? Do you need a walking partner? Have you meant to start a walking program & just haven't got around to it? Call 8022 for information. This is the club for you! �Mrs. W. Huang, "Numerical algorithms for linear constrained convex programming problems," $8,400, Renewal (2-4) Dr. X. Li, "Distributed logic programming language design and implementation," $5,000, Renewal (2-4) Dr. T. Miao, "Geometric properties of Bp (G) and the exposed points of the set of invariant means," $11,200, Renewal (2-4) Dr. Y. Yao, "Multistrategy information retrieval," $14,300, Renewal (2-4) Dr. J. Zhou, "Robust experimental designs for linear models with correlated errors,"$ I 5,400, New (l-4) Dr. J. Zhou, "Robust experimental designs for linear models with correlated errors," $14,364, Equipment (1-1) Department of Social Work: J.R. Graham (new faculty member) "Window into a Profession in Crisis: A History of the University of Toronto School of Social Work, 1914-1970" $59,000 over 3 years (New Grant) Faculty of Education Hope Fennell, Co-investigator: Ti King, School of Nursing "Women in Leadership: Experiences of School Administrators and Nurse Managers" $19,700, Renewal (3-3) Making Science Come Alive by Yves Prevost Department of Physics Dr. M. C. Gallagher, "Scanning tunneling microscopy and surface physics of metal oxides," $12,000, New (l-1) Dr. M. H. Hawton, "Photon-matter interactions/physics of abdsorbed water," $13,000, New (l-4) Dr. W. J. Keeler, "Optical spectroscopy of semiconductor heterostructures and heterogeneous materials," $14,500, Renewal (3-4) Dr. V. V. Paranjape, "Research in solid state physics," $8,000, New (1-4) Dr. W. M. Sears, "The electrical properties of the surface-gas interface of wide band gap semiconductors," $11,000, Renewal (3-3) Department of Psychology Dr. C. A. G. Hayman, "Separating episodic and semantic contributions to memory performance," $15,000, Renewal (3-3) SSHRC funding to Lakehead University increased by 44 per cent, and the number of applications submitted to the Council also increased by 27 per cent Although our success rate this year (16 per cent) is well below the national average (30 per cent), the results are still promising for SSHRC researchers at Lakehead, given the budget cuts at SSHRC and the increased competition for limited research dollars nationally. Following is a list of the 1996-97 successful SSHRC research grant recipients: Faculty of Arts and Science Department of Anthropology: Dr. El Molto "The Bioarchaeology of Las Palmas Culture of the Cape Region of the Baja California" $93,425 Renewal (2-3) Department of History: Dr. Bruce Muirhead, "Development of Canada's Foreign Economic Policy" $17,000 over 2 years (New Grant) Department of Geography: Harun Rasid, Co-investigator: Wolfgang Haider, CNFER "Participatory Rural Appraisal and Discrete Choice Experiments for Improving Floodplain Management in Bangladesh" $40,000 over 3 years (new grant) Agora, May, 1996 The Regional Science Fair has come and gone once again. In early April more than 200 students in grades 5 to OAC presented the best science projects in Lakehead's C.J. Sanders Fieldhouse. Topics cover everything from edib_le insects to protecting computer discs from data scrambling. This annual event encourages young people to think about the scientific method and to apply it to a problem of interest to them. The focus is participation and judges interact with the students to give them some critical discussions. Every year many Lakehead University faculty participate in the judging. The top projects go on to the next level of competition and the Canada-wide Science Fair in North Bay. This year the top projects for Juniors (grades 5& 6) were: Life-- Sarah Tinkler-Josephi from Kakabeka Falls "Nature Own"; Physical -- Erin Parker, Kakabeka Falls "Hook, Line and Sinker"; Engineering -- Sarah Ferguson, Bishop Gallagher "Fingerprints." Best Junior overall was Kyle Moore from Sacred Heart with "The Mind's Eye." Top Intermediate was Melanie Breukelman with "Photosynthesis and Oil Spills" and the top Senior was Avery Pennarun and Dave Coombs from St. Patrick's High School with "Vision Audio." The best of the Fair was Kyle Moore with 'The Mind's Eye" who will be going to the Canada-wide Science Fair along with Erin Parker and the duo of Avery Pennarun and Dave Coombs. Congratulations to all the participants, students and judges for making science come alive. If any faculty or staff members wish to judge next year, contact me at ext. 8342 and I will get in touch with you in February 1997. 7 �■ ;JJ1¥id9=Ei~••i•¥i9:jj~(c-l--------------------Chemical Engineering Dr. I. Nirdosh has published the following papers: "Low-Cost Experiments in Chemical Engineering" (co-author: Dr. M.H.I. Baird) in Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 30(1); and "An Experience in Problem Base Leaming" and "Some Suggestions for Achieving Better Grades," both in Canadian Chemical News, vol. 48(3). English Jennifer Hunter CIAU Champion Lakehead University sent its largest contingent of 13 athletes to the OUANOWlAA Indoor Track & Field Championships at York University in March and two of those athletes progressed to the CIAU Indoor Track & Field Championship held at the University of Windsor. When all was said and done, the Lakehead University Track and Field team had its first CIAU champion and All-Canadian in long jumper, Jennifer Hunter. Hunter jumped a personal best distance of 5.99 metres in the long jump to win gold and 12.17 metres for a fourth place finish in the triple jump. These results seemed to fit a season filled with hard work and progressive successes for this Thunder Bay native. Throughout the season, Hunter was undefeated in her speciality oflongjump which is quite an impressive feat when you consider she faced top jumpers from the U.S. Midwest and Canada in a meet schedule which a lso included competitions in Minneapolis and Winnipeg. Hunter will be missed next year as she will receive her honours degree in Kinesiology at Convocation in May. Her future plans include training for and competing in the Olympic trials to be held in Montreal in June. --Stu Julius 8 Dr. Jeanette Lynes presented a paper entitled "We're His Fan: Packaging Leonard Cohen" at the Northeast Modem Language Association's annual conference held at McGill University, Montreal, from April 19-21, 1996. Forestry Dr. Willard H. Carmean recently had the following published: "Forest site-quality estimation using forest ecosystem classification in Northwestern Ontario" in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 39: 493-508. This same article also was published on pp. 493-508 in the Proceedings of the "Global to Local Ecological Land Classification" conference held in Thunder Bay on August 14-17, 1994. The book containing conference proceedings is: R.A. Sims, I.G.W. Corns and K. Klinka, 1996, Global to Local Ecological Land C/assification, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 610 pp. Education Dr. John O'Meara and J. Randolph Valentine of the University of Wisconsin-Madison organised a conference entitled "Algonquian Reference Materials Guidelines Conference" which was held at the Prince Arthur Hotel March 8-9, 1996. Sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training, the conference brought together approximately 20 individuals involved in preparing reference grammars and dictionaries for the Algonquian languages of Ontario: Ojibwe, Cree, Potawatomi, and Delaware. In October, 1995, the executive committee of the Ontario Society for Education through Art (OSEA) elected Dr. Fiona Blaikie to be the editor of the Journal of the Ontario Society for Education through Art. This is a refereed journal and it is an official publication of the Canadian Society for Education through Art (CSEA), and of course the OSEA. This editorial position puts her on the executive committees of both the OSEA and the CSEA. She will be travelling to Toronto in late May, 1996, for the next OSEA executive meeting, and shortly thereafter presenting with Dr. Tom Puk a paper entitled, "A study of grace as a form of nurturing in teaching" at the Leameds Conference at Brock University. Two papers are in press: "Qualitative Assessment of Senior Secondary Studio Art: Definitions, Problems and Solutions," and "Art Education in South Africa in the Midst of Transition: Township and private Schools." These papers will both be published in the Canadian Review ofArt Education. The first paper originally was prepared for a keynote address at the Nova Scotia Teachers' Union Conference, The Summer Institute on Assessment and Accountability in August, 1994. Sociology Dr. Gary M. O'Bireck has published the book, Not a Kid Anymore: Canadian Youth, Crime, and Subcultures, Toronto, Nelson Canada, 1996. The edited volume includes contributions by such well-known sociologists as Robert Prus, L. A. Visano, Daniel Glenday, R. S. Ratner, Ann Duffy, and W. Gordon West. O'Bireck's own contributions include " Preppies and Heavies in Bigtown: Secondary School Experiences," and "You Gotta Walk That Walk and Talk That Talk: Youth Subcultures and Gang Violence." Fourteen original articles are contributed by 13 authors with the entire book edited by O 'Bireck. Sociology Dr. Anita Chen has been invited to write a group entry on Filipinos and her manuscript has been accepted for inclusion in the major reference work entitled, The Peoples of Canada: An Encyclopedia for the Country, being prepared by the Multicultural History Society of Ontario and published by the University of Toronto Press. It will be a "definitive, comprehensive and eminently readable guide to the history, heritage, unique features and common characteristics of all the peoples who presently live and have ever lived in Canada." Chen has also completed another major work. Her latest book, From Sunbelt to Snowbelt: Filipinos in Canada, has been Agora, May, 1996 �accepted for publication by the Research Centre for Canadian Ethnic Studies, University of Calgary. It contains a collection of her published articles and conference papers on Filipino-Canadians, an ongoing research project which she has been working on for the past 20 years or more. A section taken from the Foreward written by Dr. Wsevolod Isajiw, Director, Robert F. Hamey Professorship and Program in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies and Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto, highlights her work: " ... The book thatfollows is a result ofdetailed work over the years that has attempted to assess the status of one ofthe most interesting Asian groups in Canada, the Filipinos. Up to now there has been no major. systematic sociological work in the English language on the Filipinos in Canada and Anita Chen s essays go a long way to fill this gap. Her work not only throws light on the sociological character of the Filipino community, Chen also wants to see the Filipinos alongside other Asian communities and in comparison with the sociological features of Canadian society as a whole... . " Civil Engineering Dr. Said Easa and his graduate students presented the following papers at the annual conference of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), held in Washington, D.C., January 7-11, 1996: "Thermal Stress and Fractural Analysis of Asphalt Overlays" with Shalaby, A. and Abd El Halim, A. and "Analytical Model for Sight Distance Analysis on 3-D Highway Alignments" with Hassan, Y. and Abd El Halim, A. Both papers have been accepted for publication in the TRB Journal. Business Administration Assistant Professor Jack Christy (on leave) has received funding from the Society of Management Accountants of Canada in support of his doctoral research. The Canadian Society awards doctoral funding to select CMAs on the basis of a variety of academic and professional criteria. "The Society views this program as a significant contribution to management education in Canada," according to Bill Langdon, the Society's Vice-President. Christy is pursuing his PhD at the Management Centre of the University of Bradford in England. He is currently in Canada to conduct his re- Agora, May, 1996 search field work with CEOs across Canada. His research concentrates on "strategic aspects of management control systems: the role of values in the control of business strategy." Geography Volume 5 of Progress in Rural Policy and Planning edited by Dr. Robert Dilley has been published by Wiley. This is an annual survey of developments in Europe, North America and Australia. . The Canadian section includes the regular Annual Review, compiled by Dilley from government publications,journals and submissions from correspondents across Canada. There is also a major article on the crisis in the East Coast fishery and its effects on rural Newfoundland. Dilley has been Canadian editor for all five volumes of Progress in Rural Policy and Planning, as well as for its predecessor, the International Yearbook ofRural Planning. Music Dr. Glen Carruthers has been elected to the national board of directors and vicechair of the Ontario Regional Council of the Canadian Music Centre. His article "Percy Grainger and Louise McDowell" has appeared in The Grainger Society Journal (XIII/I), pp. 17-31. Economics Dr. Witold Jankowski and Dr. B. Moazzami have published their book entitled Northern Ontario at the Crossroads: New Challenges and Realities. It is on sale at the LU Alumni Bookstore for $49.95. Political Science Dr. Laure Paquette has agreed to serve as expert advisor to the Universite du Quebec a Montreal, one of the largest universities in Quebec, in its attempt to develop its research potential and programs on Asia and the Pacific. These initiatives will be built on the Princeton model of mixed private and public sector funding and participation. Paquette's article on "The Republic of China's Strategy in Post-Cold War" has recently appeared in the March 1996 issue ofIssues and Studies, Taiwan's leading journal of political science. Articles published in Issues and Studies are regularly reported in International Political Science Abstracts, the most authoritative and prestigious abstracts in the discipline. Inderjit Nirdosh receives OCUFAAward A professor in Lakehead's Department of Chemical Engineering is among the seven chosen from across the province to receive teaching awards this year from the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations. The OCUFA teaching awards annually honour those academics who have shown exceptional teaching skills as supported by statements from students, colleagues, administration and alumni. Course development, instruction and outreach are all documented in the nomination dossiers. Receiving the 1995 OCUFA Teaching awards are: Murray Bryant, Faculty of Management University of Toronto; Michael Connelly, Department ofCurriculum, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education; Alan Filewod, Department of Drama, U of Guelph; Rosemary Fisher, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University; Ron Klingspon, Department of English, Nipissing University; Christine Overall, Department of Philosophy, Queen's University, and lnderjit Nirdosh, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lakehead University. Dr. Nirdosh is the recipient of both the Lakehead University Distinguished Instructor Award and the Lakehead University Distinguished Researcher Award. He was featured in a profile entitled "Dual Winners" in the February, 1996, issue of the Agora. 9 �AROUND CAMPUS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE LIBRARY by Gisella Scalese Try this Website for finding Journal Articles UnCover http://www.carl.org/uncover Uncover is a multi-disciplinary database and article delivery service containing references to over 4 million journal articles. These 4 million journal articles come from the collections of UnCover contributor libraries in Colorado, California, Wyoming, Hawaii, Iowa and Maryland. Approximately 53 per cent of UnCover's titles are in the area of science, technology and medicine, Social sciences titles make up 33 per cent, with a significant number of business-related titles, and 14 per cent of titles are in the humanities. Individuals can search the contents of the Uncover database to identify journal titles in a subject area. UnCover also provides a document delivery service, however, individuals may wish to check the holdings of Lakehead University Library or use the Library's Interlibrary Loan Service to obtain articles. UnCover also offers an electronic mail alert service called UnCover Reveal. An individual can select a list ofjournals for which they would like to receive tables of contents. When the next issue of any of those journals is entered into the UnCover system, a copy of the table ofcontents is sent to the individual's e-mail address. Tables of contents from up to 50 journals may be received for an annual fee of$20. If you would like more information or require assistance in using the Uncover system, please contact the Information Desk on the Main Floor of The Chancellor Paterson Library (ext. 8302). On their way to Gifu Four students from Lakehead University will spend three months on a social and cultural exchange in Gifu, Japan. They are Tricia McClelland (Business Admin.), Lisa Nicol (Bachelor of Education, J/1 French), Kathleen Plumridge (Bachelor of Education, History), and Meghan Southwell (Bachelor of Arts/Education, Political Science). They left on April 30, for Gifu University in Japan, where they will be staying with host families and attending university studying basic Japanese and learning about the Japanese culture through lectures, class discussions and field trips. Depending on the availability of some professors, the students will also take Japanese arts and crafts lessons. As Canadian ambassadors, these students will be requested on different occasions to make presentations to introduce general topics on Canada and Thunder Bay. This is the sixth year that Lakehead University has had students go to Japan on a three-month social and cultural exchange. LU On May 24, twenty-seven students will arrive in Thunder Bay and from the Gifu University of Education and Languages to live on campus for three months to learn about Canadian culture. RBC Continuing Education is looking for families to host one or two Dominion students for a weekend throughout the summer months in order that these students can experience how a typical Canadian family Securities lives. Those interested are invited to contact Susan Burton at 343-8068. host Seminar on Planned Giving Earlier this month, Lakehead University hosted a seminar on Planned Giving for charitable and not-for-profit agencies in Thunder Bay The seminar, given by Bill O'Hara ofRBC Dominion Securities and Jim Lackner, Wee President of RBC Dominion Securities Financial Services (Insurance Subsidiary), focussed on the many ways that we can benefit from a reduction in income tax while supporting our favorite charity through bequests, life insurance policies, gift annuities, and charitable remainder trusts. For more information, contact Vonnie Cheng at 343-8913. 10 Agora, May, 1996 �!44,,nm@M 1995/96 vacation entitlement must be taken before June 30, 1996 for most staff. The vacation year for IUOE, SEIU and USWA employees is calculated by their anniversary date. Quote ofthe Month: The trouble with raising children is that your foot is still on the brake long after they're behind the steering wheel. The 1996 Federal Budget: Implications for the Pension Industry 3. Reduction in Age Limit for RPPs, RRSPs and DPSPs - Effective January 1, 1997 the age limit of 71 for maturing RPPs, RRSPs and DPSPs will be reduced to 69. 4. Deduction for RRSP and RRIF Administration Fees Eliminated - Administrative fees paid outside the plan are no longer deductible. 5. Transfer from DB Plan to RRIF - After 1995, lump sum amounts will be transferable from a defined benefit RRP to a RRIF after age 72. This was previously not allowed after age 71. 6. Limiting relief from withholding tax for non-residents - Currently, non-residents are subject to a 25% withholding· tax rate on pension income from Canada or they can elect to file a Canadian tax return and pay tax at the normal rate. The Budget proposes to limit the extent of tax relief by basing the ordinary tax rate on world wide income. 7. OAS Benefits will be replaced by new Senior's Benefit - The budget proposed to replace the Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIC) by a single tax-free Seniors Benefit beginning in 200 I that will be fully indexed. The age credit for people over 65 and the pension income credit of $1 ,000 will also be eliminated at that time. Source: Benefits and Pension Monitor -April 1996 Finance Minister Paul Martin's Federal Budget of March 6, 1996, though generally thought to be uneventful, does contain some significant implications for pension plans which are worth noting. The following is a round-up of the changes. 1. Contribution Limits - RRSP contributions will be frozen at $ 13,500 through 2004, and are scheduled to increase to $ 14,500 in 2004 and $ 15,500 in 2005, and then will be indexed to the average wage beginning in 2006. - Contributions to defined contribution Registered Pension Plans (RRPs) will be frozen at equivalent levels, increasing to $14,500 in 2003 and $15,500 in 2004, and indexed from 2005. - The DPSP dollar limit remains set at one half of the dollar limit for money purchase pension plans in each year. - The defined benefit annual maximum pension limit of $1 ,722.22 per year of service is frozen until the end of 2004, and will then be indexed from 2005. 2. RRSP Carry Forward Room Increased - Seven-year limit on the carry-forward of unused RRSP room accumulated since 1991 has been eliminated, so that all RRSP room can be carried forward indefinitely. • / ~ ---- --~ I ( , i_ ~ iJ -; Going South on your Summer Vacation? Be sure to pick up a coupon for $4 to $6 savings at Canada's Wonder~and and more at participatmg hotels. ~-~ ~ Canada's WonderlandIt's Bigger, Better, Wilder 'n Wetter this year!! Holiday Schedule 1996: Monday 20 May 1996 Victoria Day Monday l July 1996 Canada Day Monday 5 August 1996 Civic Holiday Monday 2 September 1996 Labour Day Monday 14 October 1996 Thanksgiving Day [I H aNfl NA1 0 a I I Human Resources Telephone 343-8334 _Fax nu_mbe r -34-6-7701 Agora, May 1996 11 �CALENDAR Wall of Fame Induction Dinner June 1, 1996 A dinner will be held on SaturdaY✓ June 1, 1996 at the Victoria Inn. Tickets are $25 and are available at the Athletics Office. For Information call 343-8213. Seniors Day on Campus June 14, 1996 Northern Educational Centre for Aging and Health in conjunction with the Office of the Registrar is sponsoring the 5th annual ''Seniors Day on Campus." Each year the University honours its senior students and particularly its senior graduates by giving them the opportunity to share their learning experiences with other who may be interested in being students at Lakehead University. On FridaY✓ June 14, 1996 from 12 noon to 4:30 pm seniors, their professors, students ofgerontologY✓ and dignitaries from the University and community will gather in the Agora. The seniors will have the chance to hear keynote speakers and attend mini--lectures and discussion groups. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. "Artist as Educator, Educator as Artist" Annual Western Lecture by Dr. Roger Clark at The University of Western Ontario July 5, 1996 Brain Gym Science Club Summer Science Camps in Plant Biotechnology and Fungal Biotechnology for students in Grades 6 to 13 during the months ofJuly and August. Cost $400/person (additional child from the family $300). For information contact Dr. Lada Malek, 344-0230 (home) and 343-8709 (work) PUBLIC LECTURE "Forensic Application of DNA Technology" presented by the Centre of Forensic Science Tuesday, May 28, 1996 Braun Building, Room 0017 7:30 pm All welcome For more information, call 343-8372 12 We still need team-mates! Our Lakehead team must have 10 -20 members and each member must raise a minimum of$100 in pledges. For more information or to sign yourself aboard contact Denise Bruley at ext 8372. Agora Agora is published by the lnfonnation Office of the Department of External Relations. The newsletter is distributed monthly (except for July and August) to faculty, staff and friends of lakehead University. Director of External Relations: Joy Hirnmelman Publications Officer. Frances Harding Communications/Special Events Officer: Denise Bruley Secretary: Betty Hygaard Photography: Peter Puna and Staff Graphics: Ben Kaminski Printing: LU Print Shop 8th Annual Maintenance Choice Golf Tournament June 21, 1996 at2:00pm Centennial Golf Course $35 per person 4-person best ball shot-gun start return to Faculty Lounge after golfing for steak supper and awards The Annual Western Lecture, cosponsored by Lakehead UniversitY✓ Thunder Bay Art Gallery and the Ontario Society for Education Major Sponsor: Versa Food Services through Art (OSEA) will be presented at the Gallery on July 5th For further information.contact: 1996 at 5:00 pm. Dr. Clark has Brian, Don or Wayne at ext. 8920 numerous publications in the field Deadline: June 17, 1996 ofart education, including a book on elementary art education from a Canadian perspective. He is a prominent figure in the field both in C. Trojan Ontario and nationally. Exte rn a l Relatio n s The Agora will not be published in July and August. Deadline for submissions to the June issue: June 12, 1996 Shelter House Corporate Relay June 1-2, 1996 Submissions of interest to the University community are welcome. Send them to: Editor, Agora lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1 Telephone: (807) 343-8193 Fax: (807) 343-8999 E-mail: frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca .. __, 0 O:!! oa tn tn -.. '8'8n ::.::.§ ~ 0_..., "O a'Q.. ~3 '80'8 0 CD m ii! • coCD Agora, May, 1996 � 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.13 No.5 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This issue of the Agora contains an article on convocation '96, a report from the President, and an article on the Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Week at Lakehead University. 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 1996-05 1996 Agora Agora Magazine Alumni Alumni Association Alumni Association of Lakehead University COHSW Convocation 1996 Dr. R. Rosehart Lakehead Lakehead University President's Message https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/b9c7dc30aa6a48c26bba35c7407bdb8a.pdf 79d9f0e5a037dad380ce5c9c3d0e0d0e PDF Text Text ora Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada June 1996, Vol. 13, No.6 ISSN 0828-5225 The youngster who shouted "Way to go Grandma!" when Bernice Clarke crossed the stage appears to have struck a chord with Chancellor Lois Wilson and the rest of the platform guests. Approximately 960 students took part in Lakehead's 32nd Convocation. Congratulations Class of '96 Those who attended Convocation this year had ample evidence to support the President's statement that Lakehead is indeed "an institution of great spirit and character." INSIDE Lakehead launches the Ronald Ristimaki Chair in Finnish Studies ...3 For the first time in the University's history, a Lakehead graduate receiving a honorary degree gave an address to the graduating class. Scientist Lome Everett spoke about the choices he made in becoming an expert on hazardous waste and groundwater monitoring. "Stay with your convictions," he said. "Stay with the heat and when it all comes out, you will rise to the top." Another honorary degree recipient spoke about the role of the unexpected. "The unforeseen is the area of freedom and creativity," said poet Louis Dudek. "You must be open to every opportunity to get the best of it." Other highlights of the day were: -- the graduation of the first students in the Master of Forestry program (Edith Abruquah and Frederick Pinto); -- the graduation of the first Honours Bachelor of Arts students with majors and minors in Indigenous Leaming; ... continued on page 2 �CONVOCATION '96 Congratulations, Class of '96 (continued from page 1) -- the graduation of the first two Master's students (Edith Abruquah, Henry Sulley) taking part in the LU-CIDA Ghana Graduate Student Scholarship in Forestry; -- the attendance of Mr. Veijo Sampovaara, Finnish Ambassador to Canada, who had come to Thunder Bay in time for the launching of the Lakehead University Chair in Finnish Studies; -- the participation of special guests -- Satomi Niwa and Yuko Takemoto of Gifu University of Education and Languages; and Khairuddi Yahya from the Consulate of Malaysia in Toronto; -- the conferring of the title "Professor Emeritus" to 22 faculty and the title "Chief Librarian Emeritus" to Fred McIntosh; -- the presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Honour Award to Joe Logozzo; -- the presentation of the title "Fellow of the University" to Mae Katt, Health Director of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation; -- the attendance of Chancellor Emeritus Bernard Weiler who, along with his son Joe (a Jaw professor a~ UBC), watched as Bernard Weiler's grandson, John Guerard, received his Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting. The audience broke into spontaneous applause when it was announced that Adam Molai's family had travelled all the way from Zimbabwe to attend their son's graduation. Molai is the recipient of this year's Poulin Award and a President's Award. Something new this year was the singing of O Canada by Communications/Special Events OHicer Denise Bruley at the close of each session. The rest of the music was provided by Sessional Lecturer Allan Bevan {organ) and, on trumpet, student Terry Wood and Sessional Lecturer Brenda Sitko. PROFESSORS EMERITII Convocation is a family affair for faculty and staffas well as students. Above: LUChaplain Alice Greer was on hand to see her sister Patricia Ambrose graduate with a Master of Education degree in Curriculum Studies. Below: NHHRRU Research Associate Connie Hartviksen is joined by her husband Ken and their children Kellen and Keely to celebrate her graduation from the Master of Education program in Educational Administration. 2 Twenty-two faculty received the title Professor Emeritus including: Henry Akervall, Professor Emeritus of Outdoor Recreation, Parks & Tourism; Paul BarclayEstrup, Professor Emeritus of Biology; Anita Chen, Professor Emeritus of Sociology; Andre Cloutier, Professor Emeritus of French; Richard Freitag, Professor Emeritus of Biology; Ian Mark Hoodless, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry; Alan Noel Hughes, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry; Fred McIntosh, Chief Librarian Emeritus; George W.. Ozburn, Professor Emeritus of Biology; Lisle A. Thomson, Professor Emeritus of Outdoor Recreation, Parks & Tourism; Ernst Robert Zimmermann, Professor Emeritus of History; Douglas Hamilton Alexander, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration; Emil J. David, Professor Emeritus of Forestry; Robert J. Day, Professor Emeritus of Forestry; Gerrit Hazenberg, Professor Emeritus of Forestry; A.C. Hensel, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration; William C. Honey, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration; Henry North, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering; Martin Oosterveld, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering; Murray Patterson, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering; Dennis Roddy, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering; Peter J. Rutherford, Professor Emeritus of Education; Thomas M.K. Song, Professor Emeritus of Kinesiology. Agora, June, 1996 �CHAIR IN FINNISH STUDIES LAUNCHED Friday, May 24, 1996 was a historic day for Lakehead University. ANITA CHEN HONOURED FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO LAKEHEAD Thanks to the fund-raising efforts of the local Finnish community and a leadership gift by locally-born businessman Ronald Ristimaki, Lakehead University announced that it had passed the half-way mark toward its $1 million fund-raising goal for the establishment of a Chair in Finnish Studies. Friends and colleagues gathered in the Faculty Lounge last May to celebrate the career of a pioneer in the field of Sociology at Lakehead -- Dr. Anita Chen. A total of $530,000 has been raised towards the endowment -enough money, said Dr.John Whitfield, Vice-President (Academic), to announce the first appointment would be made in early January, 1997. The dinner was organized by the Department of Sociology to raise funds for the Anita Chen--LU 30th Anniversary Bursary in Sociology. The award is one of many established by Anita Chen and her husband, Dr. Min-Sun Chen, Professor Emeritus of History, during their respective careers at Lakehead. The Chair in Finnish Studies at Lakehead will be different from the traditional academic chairs established in a number of North American Universities. Normally, academic chairs are occupied by one individual for long periods of time and are usually associated with the language of the country concerned. The Chair in Finnish Studies as conceived by Lakehead will have a language component, however, the Chair's position will be occupied each year or so by a different professor from a different Finnish University, in a different academic discipline. The Chair's position would thus rotate among the various academic units at the University, and during his or her tenure at Lakehead, the individual occupying the Chair's position would normally be attached to an appropriate academic department. Attending the press conference to announce the establishment of the Chair in Finnish Studies was His Excellency, Mr. Veijo Sampovaara, Ambassador of Finland to Canada. A week earlier Kalervo Siikala, Director, International Affairs, Ministry of Education, Finland, was in Thunder Bay to visit the campus and to meet with members of the Canadian Suomi Foundation. The Canadian Suomi Foundation, along with other Thunder Bay community groups, has been working closely with Lakehead Registrar Pentti Paularinne to raise the necessary funds for Lakehead University's Chair in Finnish Studies. Lakehead currently has exchange agreements with a number of Finnish Universities including the Universities of Lapland and Oulu and the Espoo-Vantaa Institute of Technology. Lakehead has also been offering a variety of Finnish courses for more than 17 years and has probably done more than any other Canadian University in this field. As well, Thunder Bay and region has a large number of Finnish Canadians. It is as large, if not larger, than any other city in Canada. Agora, June, 1996 Anita Chen will be remembered as the founding chair of Lakehead's Department of Sociology who joined the University in 1964 as a recent graduate of the University of Chicago and a Fulbright scholar. At the time, she was the only full-time sociologist on staff and promised to stay for only one year. As it turned out, her career at Lakehead lasted over 32 years. Chen has contributed significantly to the department's scholarly reputation with characteristic charm, generosity, calmness and insight. Dr. Terry Hill, the Acting Director of the Northern Educational Centre for Aging and Health (NECAH), praised her for her contributions to Sociology at Lakehead. As well, he thanked Chen for believing in the vision of NECAH and in the undergraduate program in Gerontology. In his remarks, colleague and friend Dr. Bruce Minore said Chen will be remembered for her leadership. "Anita shouldered her share of the often onerous administrative tasks, such as serving a threeyear stint as Graduate Studies Coordinator. She also contributed significantly to the department's scholarly reputation as she pursued and published her studies in the areas of aging and health, and ethnicity and migration. Of particular note is her research on recruitment into the profession of nursing and the various social and demographic academic work in the field of nursing, aging and health, and the Filipino cultural life in Canada." Ifyou wish to make a contribution to the Anita Chen-LU 30th Anniversary Bursary in Sociology, contact Jo-Anne Silverman at 343-8910. 3 �■;J44•hii4d•Vil•UIWd¥h•j4h -----------------------Government Update Lots of rumours on a variety offronts, but nothing definitive. With the demise ofOCUA, COU has started to conceptualize some alternative self-regulating mechanisms that could replace at least some of the OCUA functions. The competitive market for new enrolment continues, and it has been suggested that some institutions did not pay strict attention to the June 15 admission date. Confirmations are still coming in, and it is too early to predict our situation. Ken Brown Seminar "Lives On" I heard so much positive feedback from the seminar sessions that Ken Brown Jed on "Creating a Leaming Environment" that I asked Ken to repeat the effort for the senior administrative group. The session went well, and we are going to follow up with some specific initiatives. Special thanks to Ken Brown for this effort. For those who missed Ken's sessions, you can get an overview by reading his article "Reinventing the University: Creating Our Own Bright Future" on page 6 of this issue. by Dr. Robert Rosehart President Lakehead University A Proud Lakehead Graduate: Anna MariaBarsanti I recently received a note from Anna Maria who is a Lakehead BEd graduate of 1977. Anna Maria teaches at Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School in Sudbury, Ontario, and has recently been selected as one of 55 teachers from 25 states and 11 countries who have been named to the ASTC (Association of Science and Technology Centres) Honor Roll of Teachers in recognition of her work between Lo-Ellen Park School and Science North. Special congratulations on this award, and keep up the outstanding work. Lakehead wins CCAE Award for Best Program: Student Recruitment The Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education annually presents their Prix d'Excellence, which recognizes excellence in promoting a greater understanding and support of post-secondary education in Ontario. This year, I am pleased to report that Lakehead University has been awarded a Silver Medal for its entry in the category, Best Program, Student Recruitment. Congratulations to Sarena Knapik. Angela Lockhart, Darlene Althoff and all the rest of the staff in the Office of the Registrar who help with student recruitment. News from SSHRC We often hear how tough it is to get a research grant from SSHRC, and it is difficult. However, it is not impossible. In an analysis shared with the Presidents recently, Lynn Penrod, SSHRC President, notes that the success rate is 29.8 percent of the applicants. That means about I in 3 receive awards, not a good statistic but, in a global sense, a I in 3 odds. On the other hand, if you don't apply, you don't have any odds. In our case, only about 20 of the 130 or so eligible SSHRC faculty make the yearly applications. Although encouragement and support have increased the number of applicants from I or 2 a few years ago, we have a long way to go. Think about developing a proposal over the summer for the fall deadline! 4 Restructuring Slowly, and with input from the transition groups, we will move, over the next year, to a more decentralized and empowered organization. With this subtle shift will come enhanced budget flexibility for our budget centre managers but, as well, more accountability and responsibility. We are moving slowly to ensure that we create the most effective and efficient organizational structure that we can. I expect that, by mid-July, we will circulate a new organization chart. LU Student Opportunity Trust Fund On the following page, you will read more about this special project under the Northern Vision Campaign that will be co-chaired by Al Becker and Fred Poulter. Our future students need enhanced student aid programs, and this matching fund initiative announced by the Harris government is a very attractive offer to potential donors. If you are interested, please get in touch. We have until March 31, 1997 to secure the donations and/or pledges. Fred Poulter Retires After nearly nine years of service to Lakehead University, Fred Poulter has officially retired as our Vice-President (Administration). Fred has served Lakehead extremely well in this position and has put his untiring efforts behind a number of our important initiatives. Fred will be doing limited work for Lakehead on a project basis in the future.as well as being one of the volunteer cochairs of the Student Opportunity Trust Fund. On behalf of all of us at Lakehead University, I would like to thank Fred Poulter for all of his efforts and to wish him and his family happiness in retirement. Summer '96 At last, even the weather seems to have acknowledged that the summer of 1996 is upon us. Whatever you do over the summer, be it work or play, do it safely as we look forward to the challenges of September. Agora, June, 1996 �Changing Times at Lakehead Lakehead University re-organizes in light ofbudget reductions and a changing environment by Dr. John Whitfield, Vice-President (Academic) Lakehead has undergone considerable change in the past few months. This is driven in a large part by budget reductions and changing environment. Change will continue. Indeed, it has been said, "When you're through changing, you're through." Stress, uncertainty, and dislocation are by-products of this process. Efforts continue to minimize these. The patience, support, and input from the units involved in the entire University community have been appreciated. Chief Librarian will be appointed; and the Coordinators of Distance Education and Leaming Assistance Centre and the Acting Chief Librarian will report directly to the Vice-President (Academic). A committee will be struck to develop a vision and structure for the Department as well as a job description for the Director who will be appointed by July 1, 1997 at the latest. Effective July l, 1996, the following restructuring and decentralization of responsibilities have occurred: Each Faculty will assume responsibility for part-time studies and continuing education. The Continuing Studies Office has been transferred to the Faculty of Arts and Science. The Faculty of Education has an Office ofContinuing Teacher Education. In the other Faculties, questions concerning part-time studies can be directed to the Dean's office. Vice-President (Administration) Retires Upon the retirement of Fred Poulter, the position of Vice-President (Administration) will be unfilled for the next few years. During this period, the Administrative Directors of Finance, Human Resources, and University Services will report directly to the President. Student Services and Community Relations A new Department of Student Services and Community Relations has been formed by amalgamating External Relations, Student Placement and Cooperative Education, and Student Services (except for the Leaming Assistance Centre). Joy Himmelman will be the Director of this Department. A Transition Team is in place to develop a vision and operational structure and plan for the new Department. Learning Systems The Department of Leaming Systems will comprise Distance Education, Leaming Assistance Centre and the Library. A Director will not be appointed immediately. In the meantime, an Acting Part-time Studies and Continuing Education Graduate Studies This will involve a division of responsibility between the Office of Graduate Studies and the Faculties. In general terms, the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research will have an advocacy and planning role for Graduate studies as well as dealing with external bodies. The Faculties will deal with the day-to-day operation of their graduate programs, including working with the Registrar's Office to recruit, admit and register graduate students. In addition, Faculties will be responsible for advising and monitoring the progress of their graduate students. Centre for Northern Studies The Centre for Northern Studies is being scaled back and moved from the Biloski House. Full-time faculty members cross-appointed to the Centre have been reassigned to their departments. The ongoing activities of the Centre will be directed by a commitee and supported by a part-time secretary. EASING THE BURDEN OF TUITION Lakehead launches a Campaign lo raise Money for Bursaries Shortly after the recent budget was brought down by the Ontario Government, Premier Mike Harris announced a brand new program in favour of Ontario universities. This new initiative, The Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund, will match 'dollar for dollar' funds raised toward bursary endowments at both colleges and universities. This will help offset tuition increases and the cost ofliving for deserving students who want to attend post-secondary educational institutions. Fred Poulter, recently retired from his post as Vice President (Administration) at Lakehead University, and Allen Becker of the Royal Bank, Toronto, and member of the Board of Governors, are heading up this campaign along with Committee Cabinet members: Richard Buset, Bob Edwards, Tom Jones, Moe Ktytor, Joe Logozzo, LaRea Moody, Tony Seuret, and Bev Stefureak. We are pleased that leadership gifts to date total over $200,000 toward our objective. Lakehead is now launching a 'mini campaign' of$ ! million to be matched by the Provincial government and this window of opportunity remains open until March 31, 1997. While firm guidelines have not as yet been issued, there may be a component of academic merit attached to the criteria and the pledge period is anticipated to be up to three years. Anyone wishing to obtain additional information on how to establish such a fund may do so by calling Senior Development Officer, Jo-Anne Silverman at 343-8910. All contributions are tax receiptable. Agora, June, 1996 5 �FORUM Reinventing the University: Creating Our Own Bright Future By Kenneth M Brown Professor of Forestry and Instructional Development Advisor The Chaotic Present Spirits are down on many Ontario university campuses as the result of budget cutbacks and all that has followed. Although here at Lakehead no departments have closed and no one has lost a job, morale is quite low. Many ofus are wondering, "What will be the impact on my own job / program / academic unit? What will be the impact on the whole institution? How is the university going to cover its obligations to students and others when we have fewer resources to do the job?" Most of the answers now being heard reflect our uncertainty attd pessimism about the future. The 47 Million Dollar Question Instead of expecting the worst, however, why don't we ask, "How can Lakehead University come out of this crisis stronger and more competitive?" That may be a naive question. After all, ifwe lose IO per cent of our resources to cutbacks, then we might expect output to go down by at least IO per cent too -- more if we damage ourselves by fighting over the remaining 90 per cent. But this doesn't have to be the case as the following story suggests. The Story There once was a university much like Lakehead in a town much like Thunder Bay. But this university campus was empty and the 600 people who once worked there were all unemployed. s One day a rich benefactor invited the 600 former workers to attend a meeting on the front lawn ofthe vacant campus. When the group had assembled, the benefactor said, "I know that you are 600 creative, intelligent people who know much about the business ofrunning a university. I also know that the campus before us is available for new ventures. My question to you is this: If I promise to give you an annual grant of $47 million, can you convince me that you will use the money and your own talents to tum this campus into an exceptionally fine university?" 6 Surely if we were among the unemployed in the story above, the rich benefactor's offer would fill us with excitement and enthusiasm. No doubt, we would have no trouble crafting a proposal to develop a truly fabulous $47 million university. What would this $47 million dream university be like? And, since we have the 600 creative, intelligent people, and we have the fine campus, and we have the $47 million, what is keeping us from realizing that dream now? The Trouble with Taking a Narrow View ofthe World One feature of the story above is that the 600 unemployed university workers would, in effect, be starting from scratch. As a result, it would be relatively easy for them to imagine pooling their talents to create something really good. In an up-and-running organization, it is harder to think in this way. The problem stems not from how much money we have but from how well we work together as we spend it. At present, each individual, each department, and each faculty sees itself operating in an environment comprised of other individuals, other departments, and other faculties. When a problem is perceived at, say, the department level, the natural response of department members is to solve the problem in such a way that their own department's interests are most nearly satisfied. Individuals and faculties do the same thing. When we construe our interests narrowly, we create an organizational world in which any significant problematic event can trigger a whole cascade of negative effects. This isn't an abstract theory; we can see it happening in our own individual and institutional responses to the recent budget cutbacks. ... continued on page 7 Agora, June, 1996 �14TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ADDED TO THE Music LIBRARY Three Steps Along the Road to a Bright Future It is possible for a community of intelligent people who are full of good intentions to create their own bright future. It doesn't happen very often because the dynamics of most communities throws efforts at productive problem solving off track, but it is possible. To make it work, at least three conditions must be in place. First, the whole community must develop a shared vision of the future that is both practical and exciting to all members. The vision must be concrete and it must be achievable; not pie-in-thesky. For this to happen, the creativity of the whole community must be released and synthesized. Usually, participants in this process discover that they are far more imaginative and resourceful than they knew. A generous donation by the Buset family in honor of the late William H. Buset has made it possible for Lakehead University to acquire a facsimile ofan exquisite manuscript anthology of Italian music compiled in Florence during the first two decades of the Quattrocento. Second, the whole community must identify the blocks that prevent us from implementing our dream right away. For this step to succeed, the diverse perspectives of the whole community must be tapped and integrated. Usually, participants realize that the problems they most object to are problems of their own creation. In other words, we keep ourselves from achieving our very best. Third, each block must be analyzed so that we can map the specific interpersonal and organizational conditions that lead to its creation and maintenance. To implement this step, it is necessary to create an organizational culture that supports learning about difficult issues -- even those that are normally undiscussable. If this work is successful, participants learn how their own habits of reasoning and acting contribute to the very organizational conditions that are blocking progress towards the dream. Such learning is apt to be painful for a lot of people and as a result this stage is hard to implement in practice. Where ls Lakehead University on This Road? Since April 30, 1996, Lakehead University has sponsored four workshops on topics related to the problem of creating a grass roots shared vision of the future, the problem of identifying the blocks that stand in the way of achieving that vision, and the problem of analyzing the interpersonal and organizational conditions that make it difficult to bypass or overcome the blocks. To date, about 60 faculty and staff and 30 senior administrators, directors and department chairs have participated in at least one of these sessions. During the course of these workshops, two separate groups have produced both a shared vision of the future and a list of the blocks that are standing in the way of realizing that vision. One of these groups was composed primarily of faculty and staff; the other primarily of senior administrators, directors, and department chairs. It is clear from the results of these sessions that administrators, faculty and staff agree on both the kind of university we would like to become and the systemic blocks that keep us from moving in that direction. 1 This is exciting news. The next step is to begin analyzing the blocks and changing the interpersonal and cultural conditions that created them in the first place. If we can do that, then we really can come out of this crisis stronger and more competitive as an organization than we were going in. 1 Details regarding both the shared vision and the list of blocks will be communicated in a separate report in the near future. Contact Ken Brown, Faculty of Forestry, ifyou would like an advance copy of the unprocessed results. Agora,June, 1996 ...-. ... __ e' ,. I '·\:.'.: " :•:~:.,,: . • .. , , '._,,.,J!l I l • •' .•v: ,::: •,:•, '-, •• ➔'f The Squarcialupi Codex - which belonged to the celebrated organist Antonio Squarcialupi before coming into the hands of Giuliano de Medici -contains more than 300 pieces, almost half of which are known only through this source. The accompanying volume includes the largest body of historical and critical studies ever devoted to the Squarcialupi Codex examining the workfrom all angles: musicological, pae/eographic, literary and art-historical. "The manuscript will be used in conjunction with several music history courses, especially a course on the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and will be an invaluable resource for all students," says Dr. Carruthers, the Chair ofLakehead's Department of Music. "It is one thing to see a poor black-and-white reproduction of a page or two in a textbook, and quite another to have a full-colour facsimile of the complete manuscript. Since the Squarcialupi Codex is available only in a limited edition -- and a very expensive one at that! - our students are extremely fortunate to have access to this monument of western music. The manuscript, valued at $1,980 (U.S.). will be housed in the Pete Musselman Music Library of the William H. Buset Music and Visual Arts Building. Photo: Glen Carruthers and Richard Buset page through the Squarcialupi Codex. Buset is the nephew of the late William H. Buset in whose memory the manuscript was purchased. 7 �■ ;J=i-1¥idi=i3~••i•=i&i=ii~(~--------------------NECAH From July 1, 1996 to January 1, 1997, Professor Terry Hill, will serve as Acting Director of the Northern Educational Centre for Aging and Health (NECAH) while Or. Jane Taylor is on sabbatical. Klneslology Dr. Thomas M. K. Song presented two papers at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 28-June 1, 1996. The first was entitled "Metabolic and Perceptual Responses during Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation of Various Frequencies and Intensities• which was collaborated with Ron Wilson, Lakehead University. The second was "Television Viewing, Physical Activity and Fitness in Youth" which was collaborated with Dr. C. Bouchard, Physical Activity Science Laboratory, Laval University, Quebec, and Dr. R. M. Malina and Mr. P. T. Katzmarzyk, Institute for the Study of Youth Sports, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Political Science Dr. Douglas Alan West has published the following articles and books: 1) ''The Limits of Northern Identity: An Assessment of W. L. Morton's Northern Vision" in The Northern Review, Volume 14. This article was re-written from a paper that was first presented at the Meetings of the Canadian Political Science Association in Charlottetown, 1992. The Northern Review is an interdisciplinary refereed journal which is published in the North. 2) From Our Eyes: Leaming from Indigenous Peoples Toronto: Garamond Press, 1996. Co-edited with Sylvia O'Meara (Indigenous Leaming). This volume is comprised of eight original papers that were selected and edited by West and O'Meara for Garamond Press, one of the few remaining independent academic presses in Canada. West wrote the Prologue and O'Meara contributed the Epilogue which contains some of her original stories and poems. The papers in the collection represent a new direction for understanding the place of indigenous knowledge in academic disciplines. The contributors to the volume include Dr. Viola Cordova (University of Oregon), Tony Ramirez and Leroy Meyer (University of South Dakota-Vermillion), Dr. Lola Hill (University of Minnesota-Duluth), Lena White (formerly of Lakehead University), Dr. Jace Weaver (union Theological Seminary, NYC), Dr. Michael Hart (University of Manitoba), Dr. John Snider (Northern Montana College) and Michael Holliman (University of Seattle). 3) Indigenous Leaming: Proceedings From the First Biennial Aboriginal Peoples' Conference Thunder Bay: ARRC, 1996. Coedited with Sylvia O'Meara. This volume represents the multidisciplinary nature of the First Biennial Aboriginal Peoples' Con- 8 ference that was held in October, 1994. The refereed papers were edited by West and O'Meara. The volume is separated into five chapters: Art, Education, History, Literature and Philosophy, each of which is introduced by the editors, who also contribute original stories and poetry. They will be co-ordinating the next Aboriginal Peoples' Conference in October, 1996. Dr. West recently presented the results of a research project entitled "The Representation of Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Government and Politics Textbooks: 19751995" with Corinne Fox and Bobby Narcisse at the North American Native Studies Conference, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in April, the largest and oldest conference of its kind in the United States. English Associate Professor Dr. Kim Fedderson has been elected an officer of the OCUFA Board of Directors. Serving on the Board beginning July 1, 1996 are President Michael Piva (Ottawa) Vice-President Deborah Flynn (Nipissing), Treasurer Frank Reynolds (Waterloo), Members-at large - Annette Burfoot (Queen's), Kim Fedderson (Lakehead), and John Meyer (Windsor). Civil Engineering Dr. Said Easa, Professor and Chair of the Civil Engineering Department, was the editor of the first Transportation Specialty Conference proceedings: Volume Illa (587 pages), devoted to planning and operations, and Volume lllb (539 pages), devoted to design and management. The conference was held in Edmonton, Alberta, May 29-June 1, 1996 and consisted of 26 sessions, involving 96 papers. The proceedings were published by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Montreal, Quebec. At the conference, CSCE President Jules Houde presented Easa with a certificate of appreciation "in recognition of his many contributions as Chair of the 1st Transportation Specialty Conference.• Easa and his graduate students presented the following papers at the above mentioned conference, which were also published in the conference proceedings (the first three papers in Volume Illa and the remainder in Volume lllb): "Achieving Sustainable Transportation Systems: Opportunities and Challenges• (Easa);. "Toward New Disaggregate Gap-Acceptance Methodology• (Hamed, Easa, and Batayneh); "Disaggregate Mode Choice Model for Freight Transportation in Egypt• (Abutaleb, Easa, and EI-Dimeery); "Toward 3-0 Design Standards for Highway Alignments• (Hassan, Easa, and Abd El Halim); "Computer Model for Establishing No-Passing Zones on 3-D Highway Alignments" (Hassan, Easa, and Abd El Halim); "Transverse Cracking of Curved Asphalt Pave- ment Highways" (Abdel Nabi, Abdelalim, Shalaby, and Easa); and "Thermal Induced Cracks in Asphalt Pavements: Analytical and Experimental Studies" (Shalaby, Abd El Halim, and Easa). Dr. Hamed is professor and Batayneh is a graduate student at Jordan University of Science and Technology. Abo-Taleb has just completed his PhD dissertation under the co-supervision of Easa and Dr. EI-Dimeery of Ain Shms University in Cairo. Hassan and Shalaby are PhD students co-supervised by Easa and Dr. Abd El Halim of Carleton University. Dr. Abdel Nabi (a former graduate student at Carleton) and Dr. Abdelalim teach at Zagazig University in Cairo. Forestry Dr. Willard H. Carmean will be in Haiti for most of September and October. He will be teaching forest soils at a newly-established School of Forestry associated with the Universite Jacques Theodore Holly located in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. This will be a return visit for Dr. Carmean as he was in Haiti in 1982 on a U. S. Agency for International Development assignment. Music Or. Glen Carruthers is co-editor, with Dr. Gordana Lazarevich (Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Victoria), of A Celebration ofCanada's Arts 1930-1970, an anthology of 18 studies of various aspects of Canadian art and culture. Included are • essays on film, broadcasting, theatre, music, visual arts, dancing and literature. The book was published in May by Canadian Scholars' Press (Toronto). Contributors include Mavor Moore, Eli Bornstein, John Weinzweig, Victor Feldbrill, Pierre Juneau, Max Wyman and John P. L. Roberts. Carruthers' own contribution to the anthology is "Percy Grainger in Winnipeg," a detailed account of Grainger's many concerts in that city and, in particular, his close association with the Winnipeg Male Voice Choir. Carruthers also participated in a roundtable at the Learned Societies' Conference in St. Catharines entitled "Teaching· Music History and Music Appreciation: Aims, Issues and Resource Materials.• Other participants were Ors. Patricia Debly (Brock), Paul F. Rice (Memorial) and Mary Cyr (Guelph). CONGRATULATIONS Doug Stone, Industrial Research Assistance Program, has received an !RAP/Ontario Merit Award for 1995. Awards are given to individuals or groups of individuals who, in the opinion of the Committee, have made a positive, measurable contribution to IRAP in Ontario which was considered to be beyond normal job expectations. Agora, June, 1996 �FACULTY PROMOTIONS The following faculty members were approved for promotion effective July 1, 1996 at the Board of Governors' Meeting held April 29, 1996: AWARD-WINNING GRADUATE STUDENTS Congratulations to the following students who have been offered scholarships to further their education at Lakehead and elsewhere: NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships: (2-year awards at $15,600 per year) Dr. L. Malek (Biology), Professor Masters Level: Dr. 8. Moazzaml (Economics), Professor Jerome Capricci - Biology (Lakehead) Gordon Keeler - Physics Allyson Miscampbell - Biology Ronald Petrick - Computer Science Ryan Plummer - Renewable Resources Or. F. Holmes (English), Professor Dr. P. Fralick (Geology), Professor Dr. K. Roy (Math Sciences), Professor Dr. J. Gellert (English), Professor Prof. V. Smith (History), Associate Professor Dr. V. Schonberger (Languages), Associate Professor Dr. T. Miao (Math Sciences), Associate Professor Dr. Y. Yao (Math Sciences), Associate Professor Dr. G. Hayman (Psychology), Associate Professor Dr. M. Wesner (Psychology), Associate Professor Prof. A. Clarke (Visual Arts), Associate Professor Prof. R. Glew (Business Admin.), Associate Professor Dr. D. Twynam (ORPT), Associate Professor The following were ratified as Adjunct Professors for a period of three years commencing July 1, 1996: Dr. Karen R. Adams, Dept. of Anthropology Dr. Margaret Johnston, Dept. of Social Work Dr. Michael Maclean, Dept. of Social Work Dr. Ross Mallick, Dept. of Indigenous Leaming Dr. Scott Sellick, Dept of Social Work Dr. Jane Taylor, Dept. of Social Work Agora, June, 1996 PhD Level: Pier Pufahl - Geological Sciences SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship: (2-year award renewable at $14,400 per year) Stephannie Roy - Sociology Ontario Graduate Scholarshlps 1996-97: (1-year awards at $11,859 per year) Suzanne Barker-Callo - PhD, Psychology (Lakehead) Philip Elkie - MSc, Forestry (Lakehead) Andrea Kohn - MA, Psychology (Lakehead) Randi O'Hare - MA, Psychology (Lakehead) Sandra Owston - MEd, Education (Lakehead) Lisa Puchalski Ritchie - MA, Psychology (Lakehead) Tina Pylvainen - PhD, English Katharine Sodek - MSc, Kinesiology (Lakehead) Ontario Graduate Scholarships Institutional Awards (1-year LU awards at $11 ,859 per year) Trisha Gavin, Kinesiology Mary Kenny, Forestry Mary Graham, History Dwayne Fuchs, Kinesiology Leah Fraser, Psychology Connie Dalton, Psychology Heather McNeeley, Psychology Beth Merkley, Psychology Lucille A. Rossiter, Psychology Lori St. Amand, Social Work STUDENT CHAPTER WINS AGAIN For the second consecutive year, Lakehead University's student chapter of The Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering has won First Prize in the 1996 competition for the CSChE Student Chapters' Merit award. The award recognizes initiative and originality in student chapter programming. Congratulations to all the students and to their faculty advisor, Dr. I. Nirdosh. COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP A new partnership between Ontario's universities and community colleges announced on June 18, 1996, by Education and Training Minister John Snobelen will improve opportunities for students and strengthen the province's post-secondary educational system, say the program's cochairs. The College-University Advanced Training Consortium is a joint effort of the Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario and the Council of Ontario Universities. The Ministry of Eduction and Training is also a partner, and will support the program with a$ I million grant in the next two years. The money will allow colleges and universities to work together to plan, coordinate and set up new joint academic programs. The focus will be on projects that can work both in the institutions that create them and that can serve as models for others. The funding does not cover operating costs once the programs have started. Private companies can also support the program -- for example, by identifying what skills the market will require, in what parts of the province and when. The consortium will ask for proposals in July. It plans to have the first projects running by September 1997. AROUND THE PROVINCE Sometime next year the University of Toronto will launch its largest fundraising effort ever. In an interview with Alfred Holden published in the June 3, 1996 issue ofThe Bulletin, Jon Dellandrea, vice-president and chiefdevelopment officer, explains that U ofT hopes to raise "a good deal more than the working number of$300 million." Says Dellandrea: "... I hold the view that faculty members are ultimately the custodians, the craflers of the academic vision of the University. The students are what we're all about; the faculty, the key players in making that happen... It's not so much marketing, rather it's having faculty members who are prepared to talk with enthusiasm and pride about what they're doing, explain their research to industry or individuals - to people who are interested. " 9 �CAMPUS NEWS LAKEHEAD SPORTS WALL OF FAME Saturday, June I, 1996 was the date of the inaugural Lakehead University Wall of Fame Induction Dinner. The Wall of Fame was started to honour those who have made outstanding contributions to Lakehead University Athletics. The first inductees included Gord Garvie (posthumously) - builder, Elvin Martin and Vince Friyia -- athletes and the 1984-85 Women's Basketball team. Joan Garvie and her daughter Carla attended to accept Gord 's award while Elvin Martin, Vince Friyia and all but two of the 1984-85 Women's Basketball team were present to accept their awards. The evening proved to be a great success with 100 people attending the affair. Dr. Jim Widdop did an excellent job as Master of Ceremonies with his humorous quips about the presenters and the inductees. It is hoped that the induction dinner will be held the first weekend in June each year and it will become bigger and better each time. A big "thank you" to all those who attended and to our generous sponsors -- the Lakehead University Booster Club, the Victoria Inn and Dr. Norm and Tish LaVoie who graciously donated the plaque that will distinguish the Wall of Fame in the C. J. Sanders Fieldhouse. Thanks also to those who could not attend but sent generous donations. Information about who can be nominated and the nomination process can be obtained by contacting Sharon Kozak in the Lakehead University Kinesiology Department at (807) 343-8213. Nominations will be accepted until November 30 each year. Those wishing to make donations to the "Wall" may do so either through the Alumni Office (please indicate that you wish your donation to go to the Wall of Fame) or directly to the "Wall of Fame" c/o Darlene Yakimoski, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5 E 1. (Cheques should be made payable to Lakehead University Athletics.) Thanks again to all those who attended and we hope to see everyone there next year! - Darlene Yakimoski NANABIJOU LAUNCHES NEW CHILDCARE PROGRAMS Nanabijou Childcare Centre, our campus childcare facility, has recently begun several pilot projects in an attempt to accommodate the ever-changing needs in childcare on campus. Students identified a need for evening care during the Spring Session. This was offered as a pilot project and as it draws to an end, it has been deemed a necessity and a success!As a result, Evening Care will be offered again during the Summer Session. If you are aware of any students, staff or faculty who could utilize this service, have them call Nanabijou Childcare Centre at 3438369 for details. Also, to compliment the Summer Day Camp at the Field House, Nanabijou Childcare Centre is offering as a pilot project, a School Age Summer Program for those children (perhaps siblings of those registered at the Field House) aged six to nine years. This program will run with a nature/environmental theme and devote time and talent to exploring the many aspects of Lakehead University Campus which relate to this theme. It will be geared toward those children who are, perhaps, less physically inclined and who may do best in a quieter, more nurturing type of program. Again, call Nanabijou for details. 10 Last but not least... watch for our Before and After School pilot project which is destined to take off in September! Nanabijou Childcare Centre is committed to providing quality care which meets the needs of the entire Lakehead University community. Your suggestions are always welcome. Perhaps there is a way that we could assist you? When planning your child's care, remember Nanabijou's pilots which are lined up and ready for take-off: - Evening Care for the Summer Session - Summer Day Camp Alternative for six- to nine-year-olds - Before and After School Program for September Nanabijou Childcare Centre would like to wish all ofyou and your children a safe and happy summer! - Sheila Wilhelm PARENTS 11 Buv-A-BooK A SUCCESS 11 CAMPAIGN A fundraising campaign directed to parents of Lakehead students has raised a total of $28,960 from 245 donors this year for the purchase of books and periodicals for the Chance11or Paterson Library. This is an increase over last year's total of $20,500. Fundraising is only one aspect of the Lakehead University parents program, aimed at involving parents in University life. This year the parents program committee succeeded in launching a biannual newsletter. As wel1, a social program for parents is planned for the Headstart Program, August 7-8, and during Registration, September 1-4. If you have suggestions or would like to get involved, contact Vonnie Cheng at 343-8913. HOUSE FIRE PROMPTS A H EARTFELT "THANK You " Cheryl Balacko, a Textbook Supervisor with the LU Bookstore, and her husband Ken suffered a house fire on Monday, May 13, 1996. She writes: "I would like to thank the many people at Lakehead who expressed their concern following our recent fire. I have always felt that Lakehead was a great place to work because ofthe sense ofcommunity and the friendship which we have here. The many calls I received after the fire again confirmed my beliefabout Lakehead staff. Ken and I will begin re-construction soon and hope to have everything completed later in the summer. Again, thank you. Your support is appreciated. " 11 ELECTRONIC 11 STUDY CARRELS A $100,000 contribution by the Royal Bank of Canada has made life a little easier for graduate students at Lakehead.Thanks to the company's leadership gift to the Share Our Northern Vision Campaign, Lakehead has been able to purchase 80 new study carrels for the third and fourth floors of the Library. Half of the carrels have been wired to enable students to plug in their laptop computer and, if they wish, to access the University's computer system including the Internet. Royal Bank executives Marv Detweiler and Len Scramstead were on campus in May to unveil the plaque on the fourth floor of the Library acknowledging the Royal Bank's generous contribution. Agora, June, 1996 �Lakehead University Health & Safety Incentive Program Lakehead University is taking an innovative approach to health and safety incentive programs. Unlike many industrial settings which use accident frequencies, such as "2 million hours worked without a lost time accident," as the basis for their programs, Lakehead's Safe and Sound incentive program recognizes the individual safe and healthy behaviours which are the building blocks of a safe workplace and a healthy workforce. Safe and Sound emphasizes changes to unsaf~ and unhealthy behaviours, and rewards individuals in both health and safety categories. The program is distinguished by the partnerships which it establishes with employee groups, and the Joint Health & Safety Committee. Safe and Sound partners learn to recognize and encourage positive behaviours in the workplace. way through the five levels of Fit-5 by participating in their choice of fitness activities ... from gardening, to walking, to swimming and beyond! Awards are given for each level of achievement. Individuals are encouraged to collect all five awards, and to make fitness a part of their daily routines. Program brochures are available through the Human Resources Department. Safe and Sound is a year-round program, open to all University employees. Look for promotional material on all three components of the program,Fit-5, Safety Time --All the Time, and Great Ideas, in your department. For more information, contact the Human Resources Department - Health and Safety, or your Joint Health • and Safety Committee representative. •· Marla Peuramaki Safe and Sound is comprised of three distinct program areas: Fit5 (Personal Achievement in Fitness); Safety Time •· All the Time (Personal Achievement in Safety); and Great Ideas (Innovation in Health & Safety). At the June 3rd launch of Safe and Sound, the University presented awards in Safety Time •• All the Time and Great Ideas, and introduced the University to Fit-5. The Joint Health & Safety Committee's quest for an award winner in the Safety Time •·· All the Time program led us to Dave Corbett of the Department of Chemistry. Nominees were to be individuals who worked safely, encouraged others to work safely and were committed to making Lakehead University a safe and healthy place for work and study. The search committee was particularly impressed by the fact that the kind words for Dave came not only from his home department but from two other departments on campus! Dave was, we believe, thrilled by his prize -- a Velo Sport Niagara mountain bike and bicycle helmet. In the Great Ideas program, the winner, Ray Hurd, of the Department of Residence and Conference Services. proved that our employees have terrific solutions to the health and safety problems which they encounter on the job. In many locations on campus, housekeepers have had to deal with the dilemma of lifting and emptying heavy, awkward scrub buckets into high scrub sinks. The task has presented a significant risk of back injury to the custodial staff. While the Joint Health & Safety Committee suggested lowering the sinks at a cost of $60,000, Ray came up with an efficient, cost-effective way to handle the problem. Using $3 of hardware, Ray installed a spigot on the bucket which allowed the water to be emptied into a floor drain, thus eliminating the need to lift and handle the filled bucket. For his creative resolution to a troublesome problem, Ray was awarded a cash prize of $ 100. Dave Corbett, Department of Chemistry, first winner of the Safety Time -- All the Time award, with his prize: a Velo Sport Niagara mountain bike and bicycle helmet. Fit-5, a five level fitness program which recognizes individual employees as they achieve personal fitness goals, has already gathered some enthusiastic supporters. Participants work their Agora, June, 1996 11 �CALENDAR 1sTANNUAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Running Laps for a Worthy Cause Lakehead University's Shelter House 24-hour Corporate Relay Team raised close to $2,000 last month for the local charity. Among those pounding the track were Lome McDougall, Dave Parsons, Sarena Knapik & David Picard, Nicole & Malcolm Sutherland, Cheryl Balacko, Norma Gibson, Sutha Vinayagamoorthy, Darlene Althoff, Bill Bragnalo, Susan Viitala, Fred & Jeanette Poulter, Betty Hygaard, Frances Harding, and Denise Bruley. BoccE BALL TOURNAMENT Friday, July 26, 1996 at 2:30 pm Alumni House (Avila Centre) Grounds $15 per person includes delicious Beef-on-a-Kaiser roasted on the Versa open"pit" Barbecue Call 343-8155 or fax 343-8999 Organizers hope this will be an annual event. If you would like to take part in next's year's race contact Denise Bruley at 343- 8372. Register Early, Limited Space! Proceeds in support of LU Residence Athletic Facilities and Alumni Services CHANCELLOR PATERSON LIBRARY HOURS June 17 to July 1, 1996 Monday to Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Weekends Closed Monday July 1 (Canada Day Holiday) the library will be closed. Summer Session July 2 to August 16 13TH ANNUAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OPEN Monday to Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to - 10 p.m. Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday: 11: 00 a.m. to 5:00 p. m. Sunday: 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Friday,August16,1996 all alumni, students, staff, faculty and friends welcome Centennial Golf Course $40 per golfer $160 per team 2:00 pm shotgun start A fun time for non-golfers too! Barbecue Steak Dinner at Alumni House (Avila Centre) Cafeteria To register, call Alumni Services at 343-8155 or fax 343-8999 Monday. August 5 (Civic Holiday) the library will be closed August 17- September 8, 1996 Monday to Friday: 8:00 am. to 5:00 p.m. Weekends Closed ALISON KENDALL Summer Survey 1996 Thunder Bay Art Gallery August 9-September 8 Meet the Artist:August 9 6:30 - 8:00 pm Tues - Friday 12-8 Sat-Sun 12-5 pm HEADSTART PROGRAM FOR PARENTS August 7 & 8 Parent orientation, campus tours, evening socials and city bus tour are all part of the Headstart Program for parents. For information contact Norma Smith 343-8522 12 Monday. September 2 (Labour Day), the library will be closed. Regular library hours will resume on Monday, September 9, 1996 Agora June, 1996 Vol. 13, No.6 Agora is published by the Information Office of the Department of Student Services and Community Relations. The newsletter is distributed monthly (except for July and August) to faculty, staff and friends of Lakehead University. Director of Student Services and Community Relations: Joy Himmelman Publications Officer: Frances Harding Communications/Special Events Officer: Denise Bruley Secretary: Betty Hygaard Photography: Peter Puna and Staff Graphics: Ben Kaminski Printing: LU Print Shop Submissions of interest to the University community are welcome. Send them to: Editor, Agora Lakehead University 9_55 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1 Telephone: (807) 343-8193 Fax: (807) 343-8999 E-mail: frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca 'I c. T r ojan External Re l ati on s • (l) ;![ j ,. " E~Q) .., 2.u2. ~J u2.2. <DO a:u "R V) ... 0. N V> t;O + ~o Agora, June, 1996 � 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.13 No.6 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This issue of the Agora contains articles and pictures of the 1996 convocation, an article on reinventing Lakehead, and updates and research from 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 1996-06 1996 Agora Magazine Alumni Alumni Association Alumni Association of Lakehead University Convocation 1996 Dr. R. Rosehart Lakehead Lakehead University President's Perspective https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/0c95e4160829a01ee93ea7db83584e2a.pdf 09dfac40a6702b1df9ff0a97d667a3c0 PDF Text Text Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada February 1996, Vol. 13, No. 2 -- 60 Faculty and Staff take Voluntary Exit Packages by Frances Harding - Dr. Hank Akervall is leaving - the sports enthusiast and Director of Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism who helped to establish the Physical Education and Outdoor Recreation programs during the course of his 30-year career at Lakehead. Fred McIntosh is leaving - the soft-spoken Chief Librarian who joined the University as a faculty member in the early '70s and, since 1985, has overseen major renovations and automation at the Chancellor Paterson Library. Nurse Jessie Sutherland, Coordinator of Health Services, has left Lakehead University after 27 years of service. Others leaving include: Bonny Wigrnore is leaving - the alwayshelpful Paymaster who, during her 16 years at Lakehead, was the first staff representative to serve on the Board of Governors. Also leaving is Dr. Alan Hughes of the department of Chemistry who helped to build a strong science research base at Lakehead University and who will continue his NSERC-sponsored research at Lakehead after retirement. FAREWELL PARTY MARCH Dr. George Ozburn, Biology Don Watson, Re-engineering 7 In all, 60 people are taking advantage of the voluntary exit packages which were available to faculty and staff up until Friday, February 9, 1996at4:00pm. 3:00 • 5:00 P.M. IN THE FACULTY LOUNGE Join us as we bid farewell to facuityandstaff leaving Lakehead University Another leaving is Kathleen Gazey who completed an undergraduate degree while working as a technician in the Faculty of Forestry and who has accepted a position with a forestry company in British Columbia. Ralph Birston, Forestry Pam Kozak, Office Services No doubt these individuals will be missed for each has brought a unique perspective and a particular set of skills, knowledge and experience that has enriched academic and social life here at Lakehead University. continued on page 2 �COVER STORY 60 Take Voluntary Exit Packages (continued from page 1) When the Voluntary Exit programs were announced on December 22, 1995, Lakehead University was anticipating that participation could be in the 3-7 percent range. In fact, 9.1 percent ofLakehead University's full-time faculty and staff have accepted the programs. The total of 60 individuals consists of 45 staff (11.3 percent) and 15 faculty (5.8 percent). In addition, one faculty member has accepted a three-year leave of absence. Of the administrative departments, Campus Development is experiencing the greatest loss of personnel with nine people leaving including Helen Coutts, Nick Gallo, Norman Galloway, Mary Harris, Frank Heney, Ruth Legacy, Don Mehagan, Daniel Piksiades and Mike Turek. Next is Finance with four people leaving: Aline Bresele, Ralph Mauro, Bryan Townson and Bonny Wigmore, and the Library with four people leaving: Barbara Barber, Evelyn Desruisseaux, Mary Garbutt and Fred McIntosh. Of the academic units, the Faculty of Engineering will see the greatest exodus with a total of six people leaving including four technicians: Scott Connell, Bill Maki, Eric Powell and Edith Ramanathan, and two faculty: Dr. Martin Oosterveld and Dr. Murray Patterson. Next is the department of Chemistry where four people have taken the package: Dr. Ian Hoodless, Dr. Alan Hughes, Bill Morgan and Verna Petrovich. Also the Faculty of Forestry bids farewell to four people: Dr.EmilDavid,Dr.TomHazenberg,KathleenGazeyandRalphBirston. 'Toe offer of a voluntary exit program was received in different ways by different people," says Director of Human Resources Bill Bragnalo. "Some who were emotionally and financially in a position to take advantage of the exit package, jumped at the opportunity. For others the decision was more difficult. Many commented on how helpful the financial/tax/retirement planning ~ssions and the pension information were in reaching their final decisions." "Individuals left for various reasons," says Bragnalo. "The most common ones being the opportunity to make a career move to something new, and early retirement Without doubt, the current provincial funding cuts and the concern of further cuts in the future had a direct impact on some people's decisions to leave Lakehead University." "There is no question we have a money problem," says Poulter, "and that we need to restructure and downsize. Voluntary exits are by far the easiest way to at least partially accomplish this task." Both Vice President (Administration) Fred Poulter and Vice-President (Academic) Dr. John Whitfield, are confident the long-term savings achieved through these programs will, in part, assist the University in dealing with the current government cutbacks. Some positions will be replaced, and this will contribute to the renewal of the institution. Says Whitfield: "There are many people who have provided excellent service to the University and they will certainly be missed. At the same time, the voluntary exiting of our staff does provide some opportunity for rebuilding and redirection -- a renewal of some of our programs. This process of rebuilding will take some time, and this is our challenge in the next few months." 2 FACULTY Henry Akervall Andre Cloutier Emil David Maria Fine Richard Freitag Gerrit (Tom) Hazenberg Arthur Hensel William Honey Ian Hoodless Alan Hughes Martin Oosterveld George Ozburn Murray N. Patterson Peter Rutherford Usie A. Thomson LUFA LUFA LUFA LUFA LUFA LUFA LUFA LUFA LUFA LUFA LUFA LUFA LUFA LUFA LUFA Outdoor Recreation Languages Forestry BusinessAdministration Biology Forestry Business Administration Business Administration Chemistry Chemistry Engineering (Civil) Biology Engineering (Mech.) Education Outdoor Recreation STAFF Marianne Arvelin OPEIU StudentServices Barbara Barber OPEIU Library (Education) Ralph Birston Tech. Forestry Aline Bresele OPEIU Finance(Accounts) Maureen Charban OPEIU VisualArts/Music Scott Connell Tech. Engineering (Chemical) Helen Coutts SEIU Campus Development Ellen Curran SEIU Residence (Housekeeping) Evelyn Desruisseaux OPEIU Library NickGallo IUOE CampusDevelopment Nonnan Galloway SEIU CampusDevelopment Mary Garbutt OPEIU Library KathleenGazey Tech. Forestry Joan Gerow OPEIU Office Services (Switchboard) Mary Harris Schedule I Campus Development Frank Heney SEIU CampusDevelopment Gwen Henry OPEIU Geography LeslieJames Schedule I CTRC Lori Kapush OPEIU Nursing Pam Kozak OPEIU Office Services Karen Kuoppa-aho OPEIU PrintingServices Ruth Legacy SEIU Campus Development Bill Maki Tech. Engineering (Electrical) Ralph Mauro Schedule 2Finance Rocco Mazzaferro Tech. Science Workshop Fred McIntosh Sr. Adrnin. Library Don Mehagan SEIU CampusDevelopment Rhonda Meservier OPEIU OfficeServices Bill Morgan Tech. Chemistry Verna Petrovich OPEIU Chemistry Daniel Piksiades SEIU Campus Development Eric Powell Tech. Engineering (Civil) Edith Ramanathan Tech. Engineering (Civil) Lorraine Scarcello OPEIU Biology Hennie Schuurhuis-SchonbergerOPEI ULanguages Donna St. James Schedule 2Registrar's Office Jessie Sutherland Schedule2Student Services Bryan Townson Schedule 2Finance Mike Turek Schedule 2Campus Development Nick Van Eeden Tech. Anthropology Reino Viitala Tech. Geology Don Watson Sr. Admin. Re-engineering RonWhistle SEIU Residence LC. Bonny Wigmore Schedule 2 Finance (Payroll) Darlene Yahn Schedule II CTRC Agora, February 1996 �■;J9g•1 ;i•e;t•Mlli!IP; 1 ¥1 1 •'9~ii-.1-----------------------The so-called "window" of special programs bas closed, but I would remind the Faculty that the VER Program in the LUFA Collective Agreement is still available until June 30, 1996. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FUNDED The Office of Graduate Studies and Research has just been awarded a three-year University-Industry Project Grant totalling $150,000 in order to establish an Intellectual Property Management Program at Lakehead University. This program will, in part, try to get more of the innovations/Inventions' development at Lakehead University into the commercial marketplace. MET ANNOUNCES LU OPERATING GRANT by Dr. Robert Rosehart President Lakehead University MORE STUDENTS ro APPLY TO LU IN 1996 The preliminary application data has been made available to Lakehead University, and our applications are up 3.9 percent while the system total has declined by 1.3 percent. While the system variation is rather small, the institution to institution spread is, again this year, quite dramatic. Program increases of note at Lakehead University are Science, Concurrent Education, Outdoor Recreation and Kinesiology (+54 percent). W1NTER OF SURVIVAL•· A SPECIAL THANK-You I would like to thank all of our staff and faculty who have put in the extra effort to help Lakehead University and our students survive the snow and cold of 1996. Your dedication is appreciated. This past week, we received the formal funding announcement for the year starting May 1, 1996. There were no great surprises, and our year-to-year grant reduction (including the !percent announced in the Summer of 1995) is to be $5.37 million. Our 1996-97 budget process continues and, over the next few weeks, the Task Force on Funding and the Senate Budget Committee will be examining our options in more detail. Les Miller is preparing a three-year budget model which will form the basis forournext round of discussions with the Deans and Directors. CONGRATULATIONS TO LUSU A special congratulations to LUSU (and outgoing President, Adele Ritchie) on a very successful Day of Action Panel on Febmary 7. Unlike the unmly Toronto Program, the LUSU initiative was firstrate, well attended., and focussed on the issues. Congratulations go, as well, to the newly-electedLUSUExecutive for next year. I look forward to working with you in these most challenging times. VOLUNTARY Exrrs/ RETIREMENTS The cover story in this issue deals with the Voluntary Exit Plans, but I would like to thank all of the participants for their service to Lakehead University over the years and wish them all the best either in retirement or in their new career options. The program has been successful from the perspective of assisting Lakehead University, in part, in dealing with our Harris Government cutbacks and, at the same time, the program will allow for selective renewal of some of our program areas. INFORMATION ON REGULAR RETIREMENTS FOR 1995-96 WILL BE FEATURED IN FUTURE ISSUES OF THE AGORA It has been an interesting personal experience being involved with several of the individuals who considered the program, and it does point out a generic need for all of us to do retirement planning in advance. Agora, February 1996 3 �ON CAMPUS CTRC Synergy LU-NET SITE MAP • in Action by Frances Harding There is a map in the new CTRC annual report that looks as if it belongs in Bearskin Airline's in-flight magazine. K.apausktSing adgc Rainy Rivrr ync apluu But the lines connecting remote communities in Northern Ontario are charting connections to the Internet. not flight paths. For the last year, CTRC Director Bob Angell and the staff ofLakehead University's Communications Technology Resource Centre have been guiding people onto the infonnation highway. Why? Because it compliments the mission of Lakehead University as a University "in and for the North." And. as Executive Director, University Services, Grant Walsh points out, "It is a way of providing badly needed revenues at a time of government cutbacks." In addition to owning its own campus-wide telephone system, Lakehead University leases telephone lines from Bell Canada which service the outlying regions. This enables Lakehead to install a "stand alone" server in communities such as Marathon and provide Internet connections to hospitals, municipal offices, libraries, police stations, schools, and industries, as well as hundreds of individual households. (In January, the Lakehead University Alumni Association began offering Internet connections to its members in the 807 area code for a rate of $ .30per hour, plus a $20 start-up fee -- the same hourly rate given to Lakehead students.) With the University becoming a major service provider in the field of computers and telecommunications, a number of opportunities have arisen. These include: -- enhanced educational opportunities through distance education and a greater ability for people in the North to communicate directly with Lakehead University. 4 .,,. __ LU-Net Locations: O Existing sites • Pending sites By the end of April, 1996, thirteen northern communities from Kenora to Kapuskasing will be connected to the Internet via the Lakehead University's computer network -- LU Net. -- increased demand for computer hardware and software, something Lakehead's Campus Tech Store would gladly meet, given that profits from the retail outlet go towards funding Lakehead University scholarships and bursaries. - increased demand for computer training as scores of people in the region look to Lakehead University for assistance in becoming computer literate. But with the increased opportunities come increased pressures -- the most significant one being Lakehead's need to maintain adequate staffing to provide quality service. This is especially difficult at a time when government grants to universities are being reduced. Nevertheless, Angell speaks proudly of the "synergy'' that exists among the staff of CTRC. He describes the department's structure as being a "circle" where technical problems are solved as a group with each person of the team having something of value to contribute. This management style is essential, he says, given the pioneering nature of the work being done. As to what the future holds, Walsh is not certain. Market pressures may be the biggest threat to Lakehead's continued presence in the region. Therefore Lakehead is keeping its options open and, if necessary, will consider selling a portion of its Network or working in partnership with a community which may prefer to retain control. In the meantime, CTRC's forays into the region to install Internet connections have been enthusiastically received. According to Walsh, community leaders are thrilled when they learn that Lakehead University is coming to town. He says individuals like Bob Gregor, the President of James-River Marathon, are already planning for a time when the company will have video conferencing technology made available to them through the University. According to Angell, that time is not far off. Agora, February 1996 �YOUR GUIDE TO THE Communications Technology Resource Centre COMPUTER SERVICES MICRO MAINTENANCE All academic and administration computing including University Registration and Finance Services all computers on campus Bob Angell GeoffHill Timo Miettenen Carol Perry Carol Otte Michelle Colquhoun Paullnkila Christine Nielsen TELECOMMUNICATIONS In-house campus telephone service Frank Christen Vali-MarttiRautio Derrik Patola Jerry Crichlow Operation of the TV studio, manufacture of CD-ROMs, Home Page creation, coordination of distance education courses and video conferencing, graduation and academic video production Subby Szterszky RichardGlew Christine Nielsen Training was provided at Lalcehead University thanks to a partnership arrangement with organizations in the private and public sectors. Another Novell Engineering course will be offered this year. Anew Unix based DEC Alpha Server was added last October to service the needs of academics and researchers looking for a high speed, high calibre system. AuD10V1suAL Set-up and booking of audio visual equipment including multimedia presentations, video, film, and slide projectors You may purchase a computer from Campus Tech through payroll deductions through the Glenda Squier John Bonofiglio A/V MAINTENANCE Connecting computers to computers through telephone lines Maintenance of audio-visual equipment on campus including slide projectors, television, sound systems, etc. TomAustin CAMPUS TECH STORE OPERATIONS Retail sales office with a mandate to increase computer literacy on campus Functional, day-to-day computer operations including the production of lists, cheques, reports, tape backups, and student printing services Debbie Kuchel Lyne Patterson Agora, February 1996 Michelle Colquhoun Public Libraries in communities connected to LU-Net get a free Internet connection. NETWORKING Azhar Ladlin Lakehead will soon have three accredited Novell Engineers: MULTI MEDIA DanSymons ManfredPlank DID You KNOw? Employee Purchase Plan (EPP). Introductory classes for popular topics such as Microsoft Windows, Windows applications for Pegasus Mail, Internet access, WordPerfect, Lotus and Corel Draw are taught by CTRC staff to both students and staff. During the school year you can access the HELP Desk by phoning 7777. It is staffed by student advisors and is open: MondaytoThursday: 8:30amto 10:00pm Friday: 8:30 am to 8:00 pm Saturday and Sunday: 10 am-5:00 pm 5 �RESEARCH NEWS Dual Winners Dr. Sher Ali Mirza 1995-96 Distinguished Researcher and Dr. lnderjit Nirdosh 1995-96 Distinguished Instructor by Sara Hatherly There is no doubt about the interconnectedness of teaching and research at Lakehead University. Dr. Sher Ali Mirza, this year's recipient of the Distinguished Researcher Award, received the honour of being Lakehead's Distinguished Instructor in 1991 and Dr. Inderjit Nirdosh, this year's recipient of the Distinguished Instructor Award, was previously presented with the Distinguished Researcher Award in 1989. Congratulations to these "dual" winners for receiving Lakehead's highest honours for teaching and research. 'screams' excellence in every line. At a time when government ministries and related groups such as OCUA are attempting to isolate teaching from research, Dr. Mirza stands out as a very solid barrier to that line of thought." The desire to excel and to create knowledge are, according to Dr. Mirza, the two keys to being a good researcher. Dr. Mirza further remarks, "Having done research in your area you feel good about your work. That is what creates the spark inside you and without that spark you cannot be a university professor." Distinguished Instructor Dr. lnderjit Nirdosh of the Department of Chemical Engineering completed his BSc and MSc in Chemical Engineering atPunjabe University. In 1971 Dr. Nirdosh travelled to Birmingham University in England to begin work on his PhD. Arriving in Canada in 1974, he accepted a teaching position with McMaster University and in 1981 came to teach at Lakehead. Dr. Mirza, a professor of Civil Engineering with a specialty in Structural Engineering, received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. He then completed postdoctoral work at the University of Alberta in 1980 before coming to Lakehead. Throughout his career Dr. Mirza has been actively involved in teaching, research and consulting. Travel across the Kennedale River Bridge in Edmonton, visit Dr. Sher Ali Mirza Dallas City Hall or the terminal of the Dallas-Fort Worth Intemational Airport and you will see just a small sample of Dr. Mina's work. One of the most profound impacts of Dr. Mina's research has been on the safety clauses of the Canadian Code for Design of Concrete Structures for Buildings as well as on those of the American Concrete Institute Building Code. Dr. Mina's most recent research also includes a study of the behaviour and design of high performance concrete. High performance concrete, a far more dense and durable type of concrete, not only increases the strength of structures, but holds promise for increased economic revenue for property developers since it allows for a decrease in column size and an increase in rental space. In 1990, Dr. Mirza and two co-authors received the American Concrete Institute's Raymond C. Reese Structural Research Award for their work on bridge bentcap girders. Complementing his busy research and teaching schedule, Dr. Mirza acts as a reviewer for NSERC and the U.S. National Science Foundation as well as a number of civil engineering journals. He also serves as the chair of the Joint ACIASCE Committee on Reinforced Concrete Columns. InhisnominationofDr. MirzaforDistinguishedResearcher,Dr.J.G. Locker, DeanoftheFacultyofEngineering, stated, "HisC.V. literally 6 One of Dr. Nirdosh 's most satisfying accomplishments has been serving as faculty advisor to Lakehead's Student Chapter of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering. The chapter, which has won numerous awards, recently received the 1995 National Merit Award of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering. Given to the best student chapter in the country, the award is a tremendous achievement for the Lakehead Chapter, especially given the fact that the chapter represents the smallest chemical engineering school in Canada. Dr. /nderjit Nirdosh In addition to his teaching and research on topics such as the development of hydrometallurgical processes for the leaching of uranium ores for obtaining environmentally acceptable mill tailings, Dr. Nirdosh is currently actively involved in preparations for the Fourth Annual Chemical Engineering conference to be held at Lakehead in March of this year. One of the best things about teaching according to Dr. Nirdosh is being of assistance to his students. As a teacher one must play many roles. 'Toe role of a parent when it is needed, the role of a friend when it is needed, and of course the role of the instructor." His work is largely motivated by interactions with students. "New visions keep on motivating you and that keeps on working every Agora, February 1996 �time. Every day there is a new thing to think about, a new aspect. There's no shonage of ideas." Hailing from a family of teachers (including his grandfather, uncles and sister), Dr. Nirdosh knew that he always wanted to go into teaching. He does, however, acknowledge that a strong interest in research is crucial to being a good instructor. "When you take up this profession you know you are interested in both. You are not just interested in one because otherwise you are doing half the job, you are forfeiting half your aims and you will only be half satisfied." Furthermore, according to Dr. Nirdosh, "Research improves your perception and so does teaching and both help each other." Dr. Mirza also agrees that teaching and research are interconnected. "In my view teaching and research are one and the same. They go hand in hand. I always bring my research into the lectures. ...If you are doing research in a certain area, you have to be current. You have to be on top of your work so your knowledge is very up to date and that's what I try to give to my students." Dr. Mirza concludes, "I don't think you can separate teaching and research...Toey are synergistic to each other. You cannot take research out of university teaching or university teaching out of research." 1996 MORRIS LECTURE The Department of Philosophy and The Dean's Committee on Religious Studies through the William S. Morris Memorial Fund present Dr. John S. Kloppenborg PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF ST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE "The Lost Gospel Q and the Quest for the Historical Jesus" Friday,March8, 1996 8:00pm BraunBuilding,Room 1021 ONTARIO HYDRO'S Sara Hatherly (HBSc'94)isenrolledin the Master'sprogram in Experimental Psychology. She is one ofseveral students participating in S.P.A.R.K.Lakehead, a student writing program sponsored by The ChronicleJournaV'fhe Times-News. CONffilBUllON MAKES PUBLICATION A REALITY The Reading Edge The Learning Assistance Centre and the Chancellor Paterson Library invite you to attend a demonstration of a new reading machine that assists people with disabilities. Toe Reading Edge is easy to use and is a completely integrated single unit that incorporates a bookedge scanner, a speech synthesizer and speaker, a moveable keypad and software that can recognize virtually any typeface. This reading technology can read a variety of printed materials including books, magazines, photocopies, and documents with multiple columns. Scanned documents can be recorded on a tape recorder or sent to a personal computer. Come to the Library's 4th floor, room 4001 to learn more about this wonderful technology: Thursday, February 29, 1996 10:00am-1 l:OOam or 2:00pm-3:00pm If you have any questions, contact Donna at 343-8087. Agora, February 1996 Biology professor Walter Momot indicates the extent of his research on cataloguing fish distribution in the western ·part of Lake Superior to Ontario Hydro's Gary Whitney. Whitney, who is Plant Manager with Ontario Hydro's Northwest Hydroelectric Production Division, was on campus in January to present a cheque for $4,000 to Lakehead University. Toe funds will be used to publish Dr. Momot's extensive research which encompasses 60,000 square kilometres including 650 lakes and 120 streams. His book. co-authored with Sam Stephenson, will be published by the Lakehead University Centre for Northern Studies in May, 1996. The book will be of value to Ontario Hydro as well as to other groups including anglers, consulting engineers and environmental organizations concerned with the watershed in Northwestern Ontario. 7 �••tM=iiUii~i;J¥hb1;@:-1----------------------KlNEs10LoGv Dr. Thomas M. K. Song has published a paper entitled " Relationships of physical fimess, and lifestyle indicators with blood iron in children and adults" in the American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 7, pp. 631-641, 1995. The study was done in collaboration with Drs. C. Bouchard, G. Theriault, D. Prud'home, Physical Activity Science Laboratory, Laval University, Quebec, and Dr. R. Malina,DepartmentofPbysical Education and Exercise Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Dr. Tony Bauer recently was accepted for publication to the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, National Strength and Conditioning Association. T. Bauer, C. Zerpa. The Design of a Test Ergometer for Leg Strength and Power Measurement in Skiers. A Technical Report. The device has been developed in the Biomechanics Laboratory in the School of Kinesiology over the last four years and has been adopted for use by Freestyle and Alpine skiers. The specific design of the ergometer also lends itself to a variety of research applications in the area of lower extremity rehabilitation of joint and muscle injuries. Special acknowledgments must go toMr.EdDrotarandMr.RoccoMazzaferro in the Science Workshop, for their ~upport and design expertise during the construction of the device. The ergometer is currently being used on a joint research project "Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Related to Fatigue" in conjunction with the University of Staffordshire, England. Dr. Johnston has also had published a coedited book titled Polar Tourism: Tourism in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions by John Wiley and Sons. Her co-editor is Dr. C. Michael Hall, who is with the Tourism Program, University ofCanberra, Australia Drs. Hall and Johnston co-authored two chapters. Johnston also authored a chapter entitled "Patterns and issues in Arctic and Subarctic tourism," and co-authored with Diana Madunic, a former student, a chapter on "Waste disposal and the wilderness in the Yukon Territory." Johnston continues her research on tourism management strategies in the Arctic with colleagues from Britain and Norway. OUTDOOR RECREATION PARKS & TOURISM Dr. Tom G. Potter presented two papers, "Seeds to Trees: Towards an Understanding of Human Growth in Wtlderness"and "A Vision for Change: Sowing Seeds from the Heart," in November (1995) at the Association for Experiential Education 23rd International Conference in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Potter also co-authored an article with Teresa L. Socha that appeared in the fall edition of Kanawa Magazine, titled "Horton Hears a Canoe." Dr. Bob Payne delivered an invited paper entitled "The Role of Social Science in National Park Establishment: A Canadian Case Study," at the New England Conference on Nature Conservation, Reserve Selection and Park Boundary Issues at the University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia on January24, 1996. Soc1OLOGY GEOGRAPHY Dr. Robert Dilleyand Dr. Margaret Johnston, Centre for Northern Studies and the Department of Geography, both recently had papers appear in a collection published by the Institute for Geography at the University of Salzburg, Austria The volume is titled Themes and Issues of Canadian Geography I. Dr. Dilley' s paper was coauthored by Eric Strand, a former student, and is titled "Rivalry and harmony in an amalgamated city." Dr. Johnston's paper is titled " Communities and the resource economy of northwestern Ontario." 8 Dr. David A. Nock had his article "Lessons From Davis: The Sociology of Arthur Kent Davis, published in The Canadian Journal of Sociology, Volume 20, No. 3, Summer 1995,pp.387-407. Dr. Terry L. Hill was anonymously nominated and was successful in appearing in the 1995-1999edition of Who' sWho in Ontario, R. W. McLeod, ed., (p. 520). As stated in the Preface, "The aim of this publication is to pay tribute to the men and women in this province who have contributed to the growth and development of their communities, and to the province as a whole." POLITICAL STUDIES Dr. Laure Paquette has recently been invited to publish an abstract of her article 'Toe Importance of a Strategic Concept," published in the International Journal last year, in the International Political Science Abstracts. Founded in 1951 by the International Political Science Association, the Abstracts is the major scholarly reference journal in the discipline. It publishes noncritical abstracts of articles in the field of political science, drawn from major journals and yearbooks. Its circulation will assure her article world-wide attention. Dr.LaurePaquettewaselectedtotheBoard of Directors of the Canadian Consortium on Asia-Pacific Security (CANCAPS) at its annual conference in Vancouver Dec. 8-10, 1995. Membership on CANCAPS is limited to those individuals with expertise on security matters in Asia and the Pacific, making it a small but influential professional association with ties so close to the Departtnent of Foreign Affairs and International Trade that academic members regularly serve on diplomatic missions to the region and serve as alternatives to traditional diplomatic contact. NURSING Dr. Darlene Steven and Professor Rhonda Kirk-Gardner recently published a chapter on cardiovascular health in Luekenotte, A. (1996). Gerontologic Nursing. Toronto: Mosby Book Company. Dr. Darlene Steven, a contributor to the text Leading and Managing (1995), Mosby Book Company, was recently informed by the edit9r Patricia Yoder Wise that the book received the "Book of the Year" Award by the American Journal ofNursing. This is a highly prestigious award. Steven's chapter was titled, "Strategic Planning, Goal Setting, and Marketing," The second edition of the text is in the planning stages. I I -Agora, February 1996 �FORESTRY Lakehead University Business Students among the top six teams in Canada at the Queen's Intercollegiate Business Competition January 11-14, 1996 Dr. Peter Duinker has several papers just out or in press. An article on "Clearcut" has appeared in Conservation and Environmentalism: An Encyclopedia {pp. 128-129), edited by R. Paehlke and published by Garland. Dr. Duinker co-authored a paper with former graduate student Ian McCallum on ''Long-term effects of timber management on marten habitat potential in an Ontario boreal forest," which Mr. McCallum presented at the Second North American Martes Conference in Edmonton in August 1995. The paper has been submitted for publication in peer-reviewed proceedings. Dr. Duinker presented a paper entitled " Managing Ontario's Forests as Natural Landscapes: Opportunities and ChalJenges" at two OMNR workshops on''Emulating Natural Disturbances in Forested Landscapes," in Kapuskasing in September and Thunder Bay in November. With colleagues Gary Bull and Jeremy Williams of Toronto, Dr. Duinker recently coauthored a report entitled "Sustainable Paper Cycle Study: Northern Temperate and Boreal Forests," a work completed for the International Institute for Environment and Development in London, UK. Dr. Duinker will have the folJowing papers appear soon as chapters in books: Whatateam/ Lakeheadbusiness students competing in the annualQueen's Intercollegiate Business Competition (ICBC) include: Back Row(l-r): Chris Fernyc, Bill Honey (Supervisor), Stephen Tapajna, Jeff Horwath, Catherine McMahon. Front Row (l-r) Jari Sallasvaara, J.R. Pierman, Harley Young, Adam Molai, John Bonn, Darcy Tuomi, Rose Norback. Missing: Terry McKay, Jeffrey Zweep, Rob Mulder. Lakehead University may not have the largest business school, but when it comes to quality, there is no question it ranks among the top six in Canada. Four student teams made it to the final round of the Queen's Intercollegiate Business Competitition this year and when it was all over, Lakehead had placed first in the Management Information Systems (MIS) category, beating out Calgary, Wilfred Laurier, Carleton, Memorial and Queen's. In addition to Management Information Systems, Lakehead competed in the categories of Marketing, Labour Arbitration, and Debating. Agora, February 1996 During the final phase of the competition, students presented solutions to case studies before a panel of judges made up of top executives in their respective fields. Lakehead's results, which have been consistently good over the last several years, are a testament to the excelJence of its business program. They also have enhanced Lakehead University's visibility within the Canadian business community. Professor Bill Honey, who took over from Professor Gabriella Sacchetti as ICBC coordinator this year, credits the team's sponsors: KPMG Peat Marwick Thome, CMA, Honeywell, Cheadle Johnson Shanks Macivor, and Lakehead University. --FH (a) "Managing Biodiversity in Canada's Public Forests," which will be Chapter 28 (pp. 324-340) in the forthcoming volume from CAB International on Biodiversity, Science and Development edited by F. di Castri and T. Younes; and (b) "People and Forests in Canada: Fitting CarbonintoaComplexFuture"(pp.375-386) and "WG4 Summary: Human Dimensions of the Forest Carbon Issue" (pp. 401-412), both chapters in the forthcoming SpringerVerlagNATO ASI volume40entitledForest Ecosystems, Forest Management and the Global Carbon Cycle, edited by M. Apps and D.T. Price. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Dr. Bahram Dadgostar and Prof~or Bob Isotalo have recently had their research paper entitled, "Content of City Destination Image for Near-Home Tourists" accepted for publication in the Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing. It is scheduled to appear in V3, N2 in 1995. 9 �AROUND CAMPUS LUSU Day of Action WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1996 \ Approximately 500 students, staff and faculty at Lakehead attended a panel discussion organized by LUSU in support of The Canadian Federation of Students' National Day ofAction to protest cutbacks to social programs. • • The staff in Campus Development, Security, and the Power House get full marks for keeping the main roads open and the engineering functions running during Thunder Bay's two-day Snow Emergency in January. Director of Campus Development Jirn Podd says LU staff had to ''break trail" on Reaume Street to permit an ambulance to respond to an emergency in one of the campus residences. They also had to dig out a few visitors who were stuck in the parking lot at Health Sciences North. According to Administrator Jim Kraemer, they were medical students who were in Thunder Bay to be interviewed for the Northern Ontario Medical Residency program. Oh, and the Volleyball game scheduled for Friday night at the CJ. Sanders Fieldhouse? No problem. Although the University was closed for two days, Lakehead staff had the parking lot cleared so the out-of-town players wouldn't be inconvenienced and the game could go on as planned. 10 Diane Maltby-Brown, Women's Studies, holds a carved mask from Tibet -- one of the items on sale in the Silent Auction during International Days January 22-27, 1996. Agora, February 1996 �CHECK Our THE LIBRARY's HOME PAGE .•• For exciting and informative links The Chancellor Paterson Library invites you to connect to useful Internet library resources through its Web Page. Some of these links include: LU Library's Online Catalogue:type Lakehead as Usemame World Wide Library Catalogues:The National Librarylink provides a complete list of Canadian library catalogues and gophers to access. The Library of Congress link lets you search its holdings Clearinghouse oflnternet Resource Guides through Internet information University or Michigan: A great starting point for finding All-in-One Search Page: 1bis page connects you to many Web search interfaces INTERCAT: 1bis catalog of Internet resources prepared by OCLC, provides access to over 6,000 academic sources. YAHOO: Another great starting point for Internet information. UNCOVER: 1bis searchable index lets you search through academic journals in many different subject areas. If you need assistance with searching any of these links, please ask at the Information Desk on the Main A oor of The Chancellor Paterson Library. The Library's Home Page is undergoing constant revision. Check this page frequently for new links and announcements. SELECTED NEW REFERENCE Tl1LES These titles can be found in the Reference Collection on the Main Aoor of The Chancellor Paterson Library. For assistance, please ask at the Information Desk. Cardiovascular Drug Therapy REFRM345C37531995 A Dictionary orScientific Quotations REFQ 173H36 1991 An Historical Dictionary ofForestry and Woodland Terms REF SD 17913491991 Moody'sHandbookofDividend Achievers 199S REFHG4050M66 l 995 Pequeno LarousseDustrado REFPC4625L33P 1992 Profi.le of Ontario's Provincial Electoral Districts. Based on 1991 Census Data. REFJL278.505P71995 The World's Women 1995 Trends and Statistics REF HQ 11 54 W951995 Agora, February 1996 WORKERS' COMPENSATION 1995 REVIEW-1996 OUTLOOK The first Claim Cost Statement under the Workers' Compensation Board's New Experimental Experience Rating (SEER) arrived with good news for the University for the 1995 calendar year. With hard data to September 30, extrapolated to year-end, the University was sitting in a rebatepositionofapproximately$14,000. 1bisnumberwill remain fluid for another three years, as actual costs for injuries incurred during 1995 are tracked and projected. In reality, we will not begin to see any money coming in as a rebate or leaving as a surcharge until fall, 1996. Needless to say, the rebate/surcharge calculation is not simple, and the final tally - whether rebate or surcharge - will not be known wttil the end of 1998. The $14,000 may seem significant today, given the present strain in funding; however, it should be seen in the context of the total cost of Workers' Compensation for the University. In 1995, the University paid in excess of$163,000 in premiums (assessments). At the same time, costs covered by the Board on behalf of University employees injured during 1995 totalled approximately $5,400. Actual costs for 1995 can continue to accrue over the next three years, if any 1995 claim remains active, or is reactivated. If a claim which was originally denied by the Board is accepted as a valid claim, those costs, too, will be added to the '95 actual cost base. When plugged into the rebate/ surcharge equation at the end of 1998, that cost base, combined with the estimated future costs of each claim, and with Board overhead (applied at a rate of34%), could spell out a maximum surcharge of $42,000 for the 1995 calendar year, or a rebate of something less than $21,000. And that is j ust 1995. Under NEER, rebates or surcharges apply in every calendar year. While it may sound like we're trapped into a workers' compensation lottery, we're not. Toe keys to cost containment remain fixed and predictable: accident prevention, early return to work, and effective claims management. It 'sa fonnulathat we are all involved in. As members of the University community, we have a responsibility to strive to create safe and healthy environment for work and study and to support injured co-workers in their timely return to the workplace. a Even more importantly, as a community, we need to . believe that we can eliminate all workplace injuries at the University, and we need to commit to achievement of that goal. - Marla Peuramaki, Human Resources Officer -- Health & Safety 11 �CALENDAR 0 Dr. Fram;ois Messier of the Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, will give two lectures: "Spacial Organization of Polar Bears in the High Arctic" on February 28, 1996 at 3:30pm in UC0050, and "Trophic Interactions in Two Northern Wolf-Ungulate Systems" on February 29, 1996 at 11 :30 am in RC0005. Both lectures are part of the Northern Studies Lecture series and co-sponsored by the Centre for Northern Studies and the Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystems Research. 0 Donors Reception: LU's annual reception for scholars and donors is being held Thursday, March 21, at 4:30 pm in the Faculty LoWJge. 0 Alumni Mixed Curling Bonspiel for alumni, staff, faculty and friends is scheduled for Friday, March 22, 1996 from 6:00 - IO pm at the Port Arthur Curling Club. $30/person $120 /team. Register by calling343-8155 orby Faxat 343-8999. Deadline: March 15, 1996. Cash, Cheque, Visa or Mastercard accepted. 0 "Rite of Passage" for Dr. Ernst Zimmermann. Staff and faculty are invited to join Dr. and Mrs. Zimmermann for dinner in the Faculty LoWJge on Saturday, March 23. For tickets and information contact Jo-Anne Silverman at 343-8910. IN SEARCH OF A VOICE March 1 - 17 THE ART OF CouRAGE Thunder Bay ArtGaUery Thunder Bay Art Gallery An exciting and dynamic exhibition featuring works produced since May 1995 by students currently enrolled in the Visual Arts program. May 11-May 24, 1996 This annual exhibition of LU student work hosted by the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, is a special celebration, as the Gallery celebrates its twentieth anniversary. The ongoing nature of this endeavour underscores the cooperative relationship between the Gallery and the Visual Arts Department, and provides visitors with an intriguing opportunity to view the art of promising new artists. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CONFERENCE SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1996 The 4th Annual Chemical Engineering Conference with its theme "Changing Faces of Chemical Engineering" with LU president Dr. Bob Rosehart as the keynote speaker. For information contact Dr.l.Nirdoshat(807) 343-8343. CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT 0 Regional Dialogue'96 is being hosted SEMINAR by Lakehead University on Friday, April 26, 1996, for regional secondary school guidance counsellors and Ontario university liaison personnel. "Applied Analytical Chemistry in the Oil Sands Industry" by Dr. Jean Cooley, Research Associate, Syncrude Canada Ltd., will be held on Friday, March 8, 1996 at I :30pm in RB 2026. LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY CONCERT SERIES All concerts, WJless otherwise noted, are held in the Jean McNulty Recital Hall, William H. Buset Centre for Music and Visual Arts Tuesdays, 12:30 pm For tickets and information caU: 343-8787 March 5: The Music of Martin Arnold March 19: Mary Fahrenbruck, piano 12 SURVIVORS, LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY A NNUAL JURIED STUDENT ExH1emON All interested persons are invited to attend. Sponsored by Syncrude Canada, Industrial Research Institute, NY, and LU Chemistry Department. The Woodlawn Arts Foundation created Survivors, In Search ofa Voice: The Art of Courage to raise both awareness and money for the fight against cancer, specifically breast cancer. For more information call 344-1690 or 3447978. Agora The Agora is published by the Information Office of the Department of External Relations. The newsletter is distributed monthly (except torJuly and August) to faculty, staff and friends ofLakehead University. Director of External Relations: Joy Himmelman Publications Officer: Frances Harding Communications/Special Events Officer: Denise Bruley Secretary: Betty Hygaard Photography: Peter Puna and Staff Graphics: Ben Kaminski Printing: LU Print Shop Submissions of interest to the University community are welcome. Send them to: The Editor, Agora Lakehead Universffy 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B5E1 Telephone: (807) 343-8300 FAX: (807) 343-8999 E-mail: frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca I C. Troj an Extern al Relatio ns .. 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