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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lakehead University Collection Description An account of the resource Photographs from Lakehead University's history: people, events, and campus. Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. 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Announcing the new IP phone system and other communications technologies at Lakehead University. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lakehead University Collection Description An account of the resource Photographs from Lakehead University's history: people, events, and campus. Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Player HTML embed code <iframe width="480" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/r79GgkBf_8g" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Imported Thumbnail If a thumbnail images was imported for an embedded video, its id is recorded here and the thumbnail is hidden on pages displaying the embedded video itself. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r79GgkBf_8g/default.jpg 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 "Achieving Convergence" IP phone network announcement with Lakehead, Nortel, and Bell Canada Description An account of the resource Video prepared for the announcement of the then-largest IP phone network in North America, with Lakehead University, Nortel Networks, and Bell Canada. The announcement was made March 20, 2001. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-12-13T20:45:44Z Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived http://youtu.be/r79GgkBf_8g Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms">Standard YouTube License</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Lakehead University<br />published via YouTube.com Subject The topic of the resource Universities Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University 2001 2001 technology A Truly Canadian Experience archival video archive Canada College higher education IP network Lakehead Lakeheadu MyLakehead network Ontario Orillia phone Post-secondary Research University school Study in Canada Thunder Bay Top University University vhs VOIP https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/563131dbe6e539025bd287009400554d.pdf 64f0001b4f40756b2d060bc157560786 PDF Text Text June 2001 A Newsletter for Faculty and Staff Convocation Messages Speak of Optimism and Change by Frances Harding Two Honorary Degree recipients shared their wisdom with about 775 members of the graduating class who attended Convocation on Saturday, May 26. In the morning, author Carol Shields (represented by her daughter Catherine) spoke about the importance of finding work that you love because work "places us inside the wheel of human experience." "You will form lifelong attachments, you will travel, perhaps have children of your own, but your future will, in very large part, be your work. Your task will be to bring creativity or excellence -- or both -- to work which may at first not open to those twin assaults. Another task will be to contribute to making the workplace more equitable, more humane, more graceful, more rewarding for everyone -- in short, a happy, productive environment. The day of the bossy boss is over. The work hierarchy is being challenged and reconstructed. The old way was too hard on everyone." In the afternoon, teacher and wildlife biologist Jack Ward Thomas, spoke about his optimism in our ability to resolve the most important challenge -- "living well on our Spaceship Earth and passing on our legacy from generation to generation intact." "We have the experience, knowledge, technology, and skilled people to make headway in heading off, mitigating, and repairing environmental problems. It comes down to focus, will, understanding, setting priorities, and caring.... "In 40 years or so, one of today's graduates, weighty in years and achievement, may address another graduating class. The speaker will acknowledge achievements made in the husbandry of the Good Earth since the century's turn. She will marvel at new understandings and knowledge and note expansion in the human mind and spirit and the extension of ethics to include the land itself." The award for outstanding citizenship given to a student who has contributed most to the welfare of the University went to Michael Poulin -- a strong advocate for the Aboriginal community and students. During his undergraduate years, Poulin worked full-time as the HIV/AIDS Coordinator of the Ontario Native Women's Association, and was appointed their representative on the Lakehead University Aboriginal Management Council (AMC). In addition, he served as AMC's representative to Senate, president of the Lakehead Social Planning Council, chair of the Aboriginal lnteragency Council, and Cultural Coordinator of the Lakehead University Native Students Association. In recent years, Poulin was instrumental in forming a partnership between Aboriginal students and LUSU to establish an Aboriginal Commissioner within LUSU, and approving a proposal to establish an Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Centre.. Poulin graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Arts (Political Science). He is shown holding the Poulin Award which was named in memory of the late Robert Poulin (no relation to Michael) in 1951. Lakehead U N I VERS I TY �Lakehead 2 UNIV E RS IT Y From the President's Desk by Dr. Frederick F. Gilbert President Convocation, despite the gloomy weather, was another wonderful day. The glowing faces of the graduates and their friends and family certainly more than compensated for the climatic conditions. Both speeches by the Honorary Degree recipients, Carol Shields and Jack Ward Thomas, were challenging and upbeat. Certainly both from the different perspectives of the arts and the sciences, showed the value of the individual in helping to bring about positive change whether in the work environment or the planetary environment. It was especially gratifying to see Jim Colquhoun and Tony Seuret receive Fellow of the University recognition. There are so many people from Thunder Bay and beyond who have volunteered their time and effort to the University as well as their community. All are appreciated and it is important to recognize their contributions at the time of Convocation. The success of our alumni/ae was represented in the Alumni Honour Award given to Peter Prior. All in all, a special day with special people involved. Our new graduates will do well if they emulate any of the awardees in their own personal careers. As can be seen elsewhere in this edition of the Agora, Lakehead University continues to receive awards for the actions of its faculty, staff and students. In addition to those mentioned in these articles is the success of our civil engineering students in the steel bridge contest at Clemson University where, as the only Canadian team, they placed leh in a field with 42 U.S. universities. Having won the mid-west competition three years straight, our students and faculty in Civil Engineering clearly demonstrate their excellence. Also, Lakehead received an award from AGORA - June 2001 Ontario Library Resources-North for the pioneering efforts of LU-Net in connecting Northwestern Ontario to the Internet by making LU-Net available in community libraries. Two publications by the University won 2nd and 3rd place awards in the annual report and fundraising categories respectively of the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education. Our Business Administration students ranked in the top six teams in Canada in this year's Intercollegiate Business Competition at Queen's University. These are but a few examples showing that Lakehead competes successfully with the best in North America and makes contributions to its region that have significant impact on people. We can be justifiably proud of our University especially considering that all this is accomplished with funding per student well below the provincial average. This inequity has been a constraint on us all but despite the unfairness of the funding situation, Lakehead has demonstrated an extraordinary ability to excel under difficult circumstances. Once we are able to complete on an equal footing from a funding perspective, our impact will be further enhanced. Well done and congratulations to all who haye made Lakehead University recognized for the quality of its efforts. There is a lot more to come! Mark Your Calendars 18th Annual Alumni Association Open Strathcona Golf Course Friday, August 24, 2001 To register, call Alumni Relations 343-8155 �Lakehead 3 U N I VERS I TY Honours, Awards & Appointments Water Resources Engineering Students Bring Honours to Lakehead University Amin Eishorbagy, who has completed a doctoral thesis entitled "Group-based Estimation of Missing Hydrological Data" under the supervision of Lakehead University Professor of Civil Engineering U. S. Panu and Professor Simonovic of The University of Western Ontario, has been awarded the prestigious NSERC Fellowship for two years (valued at $70,000). Eishorbagy will conduct his post-doctoral research investigations in water resources engineering at the University of Kentucky, Lexington Campus. In a nationwide competition conducted by the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, the undergraduate project supervised by Professor Panu and entitled "Corrosion Study of the Thunder Bay Drinking Water Supplies" by Christopher Martin (BEng 2000) has won the first place in the Environmental Engineering Division. The award will be presented at the upcoming CSCE Annual Conference in June. 2001 Alumni Entrance Award The Alumni Association is pleased to announce that Raymond Salee has been awarded the 2001 Alumni Entrance Award. Salee is a graduate of Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate and Vocational Institute where he has been the school champion for the Canadian Mathematics Competition for the last two years. He was also the first student in Northern Ontario to be one of the top three in the CA Challenge 2000 OAC Accounting Contest. Salee plans to study biology at Lakehead in preparation for medical school. Lori Chambers receives Prentice Award Dr. Lori Chambers, an assistant professor of women's studies, is the recipient of the Alison Prentice Award for 2000, granted by the Ontario Historical Society. She receives this award for the best book on Ontario history in recognition of her book Married Women and Property Law in Victorian Ontario, published in 1997 by the University of Toronto. Employer Support Award The Canadian Forces Liaison Council awarded Lakehead University a national Employer Support Award (Special Award for Support to Operation ABACUS) to recognize the University as an employer who has been particularly supportive of its employees' reservist military service. Dr. Fred Gilbert received the award at a national ceremony on Parliament Hill on June 2 from the Minister of National Defence and the Chief of the Defence Staff. Captain Robert Omeljaniuk of 736th (Thunder Bay) Communication Squadron, who made the nomination, attended the ceremony and formal military dinner in Ottawa with Dr. Gilbert. Omeljaniuk is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Lakehead University. The award recognizes Lakehead University Senate's passing of a formal motion in November 1999 granting all Reserve Force students "approval for absence from classes without academic penalty in support of Operation ABACUS." This action affected 70 Lakehead University student Reservists in the Thunder Bay Garrison (38th Brigade). The motion ensured all Lakehead University faculty would make alternate arrangements for student examinations and assignments in recognition of particular time constraints imposed by their participation in Operation ABACUS. AGORA - June 2001 Meloche Monnex Fellowship in Alumni Affairs Lakehead has secured a Meloche Monnex Fellowship in Alumni Affairs to hire a graduate, Gord McLean (BA2000), on a one-year contract to assist the University in increasing the number of its alumni chapters. McLean is now working on an alumni survey and planning a strategy for alumni chapter development that will strengthen Lakehead's fundraising and friend-raising endeavors. McLean is shown above (right) with Chris Daniel, vice-president of Meloche Monnex. Gary Locker elected to the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board Dr. J. Gary Locker, professor emeritus of civil engineering and executive director of the Native Access Program for Engineering, has been elected as a member-at-large of the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CEAB). The CEAB is responsible for the accreditation of Canadian undergraduate engineering programs. Locker has been vice-chair of accreditation visits to the University of Waterloo, Queen's University, Ryerson University, the University of Manitoba and the University of Saskatchewan. He has been the program visitor for Civil Engineering at Concordia University and the University of Costa Rica. While he was chair, National Council of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science, he helped design a new accreditation unit system for curriculum content. �Lakehead 4 UNIVE R SITY English Prof Brings Out the Best in His Students by Twyla Carolan Kristen Poluyko, a master's student in English, seems to have lost the ability to explain why Dr. Rick Holmes is such a good instructor. Not just good, but good enough to be the recipient of Lakehead University's Distinguished Instructor Award for 2000. 1 In a very short amount of time though, she recovers well and says, "He's approachable. He's not intimidating at all, and he just elicits from his students this desire to do well; you want to impress this man. If he's going to do that much for you, you want to make sure that your work comes across as extraordinary." As for Rick Holmes, he says that just getting nominated by his students was the real award -- the real honour. Holmes received his BA from the University of Winnipeg, his MA from the University of Manitoba, and his PhD from Queen's University. He began as a teaching assistant at the University of Manitoba, and has been teaching for many years since learning his trade at Queen's University, the University of Manitoba, the University of Winnipeg, the University of Calgary, and Lakehead University, where he's been since 1987. Holmes' area of expertise is Twentieth-century British literature, with special emphasis on contemporary fiction and narrative theory. He has a secondary interest in Victorian literature. Holmes' most frequently taught courses are Major British Writers, The Victorian Period, and British Literature 1900-1930 and 1930present. Holmes believes that professors have three main responsibilities: teaching, research, and administrative service, with teaching and research being the most important. He often teaches what he is researching and writing papers about, and, over the years, has noticed a connection between the two. Holmes finds the dynamic interaction between the material he presents and the students' reception and reaction to the information to be very fruitful. He says, "I get ideas from my students. There's a reciprocity there. It's very symbiotic." When working with students, Holmes believes that listening to them and trying to get them involved is a key motivator in the classroom. He's interested in where they are in their lives, what their problems are, and what their futures look like. He is enthusiastic and open with ideas, and believes it is critical to involve the students in the learning process, rather than just standing at the front of the classroom lecturing. Holmes has great respect for his students, and reciprocally, they admire and respect him as well. Twyla Carolan is one of several students taking part in SPARK, a student writing program at Lakehead funded by The Chronicle-Journal Top-Notch Chemical and Civil Engineering Students The Lakehead University Student Chapter of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) is the 2001 winner of the Student Chapters' Merit Award. The Lakehead Student Chapter is the smallest chapter of its kind in Canada, yet the group has won five national awards in the last six years. They won Merit Awards in 1995, 1996, 2000 and now in 2001 and received an honourable mention in 1997 and 1998. Lakehead's civil engineering students have consistently placed among the top-ranking teams in the Steel Bridge Competition sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineering/American Institute of Steel Construction. For the past three years, Lakehead's team has placed first in the mid-west region competition. Over the years, Holmes' teaching methods have evolved. He says, "I've probably become more focused on making students their own teachers in the sense of really making them responsible for what happens in the classroom. " He accomplishes this by This year Lakehead's team was the only Canadian team organizing the students into small structured groups, giving each to compete in the national competition at Clemson group a specific task, and then letting the group take control of University in South Carolina, where it placed 16'h overall the learning experience. He says, "It's amazing how they take competing against 42 other teams. ownership of what they are doing and really become responsible for it." AGORA - June 2001 �LAl"EHEAD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY VOYAGER NEWS Volumcz FROM THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN'S DESK W<?lcom<? to th<? last installm<?nt of VOYAGER NEWS. Wilh th<? impl<?m<?ntation of VOYAGER just around th<? corn<?r w<? hop<? that you hav<? found this n<?Wsl<?rt<?r informative?. Th<? impl<?m<?ntation of th<? VOYAGER syst<?m at Lak<?h<?ad U niv<?rsity marks an important st<?p in our ability to coll<?ct. maintain and mak<? acc<?ssibl<? th<? growing numb<?r of r<?sourc<?s available? in digital format. All Library staff arn to b<? comm<?nd<?d for th<?ir hard work and d<?dication in making this proj<?ct a succ<?ss. Watch th<? Library w<?b pag<? and oth<?r promotional mat<?rials for more? information on th<? Voyagar syst<?m. 1. lssucz J June 18, 2001 VOYAGER OPAC SEARCH SCREEN Th<? Public Acc<?ss T<?am has prototyp<? of th<? S<?arch M<?nu illustrat<?d on th<? n<?xt pag<?. This currnntly b<?ing r<?Vi<?w<?d and t<?st<?d staff. s<?l<?ct<?d faculty and stud<?nts. pr<?par<?d a Scr<?<?n as prototyp<? is by all library Th<? VOYAGER OPAC (Onlin<? Public Acc<?ss Catalogue?) syst<?m will allow you to s<?arch using any of th<?s<? thrn<? s<?arch ryp<?s: Basic S<?arch. Advanc<?d S<?arch and Cours<? R<?s<?rv<?s S<?arch. With Basic Saarch you can <?nt<?r your s<?arch words and sp<?cify wh<?r<? you would lik<? th<? syst<?m to S<?arch for that information fo.g. th<? author fi<?ld, titlcz or journal titl<? ficzld. subjczct h<?ading. call numbczr). A Kayword Ralavanca Saarch and a CommandSaarch arn also available? from th<? Basic S<?arch typ<?. Anna Daighton Univarsity Librarian Advancad Saarch off<?rs incr<?dibl<? s<?arching MILESTONES COMPLETED * * * Library staff training on th<? Cataloguing. Acquisitions and Circulation modul<?s is compl<?t<?. Th<? n<?w VOYAGER cataloguing modul<? has b<?<?n t<?st<?d and is r<?ady to go! Th<? Public Acrnss T<?am has compl<?t<?d th<? c ustomization of thcz OPAC scr<?<?ns and has pr<?parnd a prototype? for <?valuation. pot<?ntial by allowing you to combine? s<?arch t<?rms. sp<?cify th<? r<?lationship b<?tW<?<?n th<? t<?rms and furth<?r sp<?cify wh<?r<? th<?s<? words will b<? s<?archczd. Course R<ZSarvas Saarch allows stud<?nts a simplifi<?d way of finding mat<?rials on r<?s<?rvcz for th<?ir cours<?s. It is now possiblcz to link thcz studcznt dirczctly to th<? <?l<?ctronic v<?rsion of an it<?m on rczs<?rv<? (if available?). �2 THE VOYAGER SEARCH SCREEN PROTOTYPE Fie Edit View Go ii. ~ Back F01word ~ 'B Relood ~ ~ Q .:a- Home Ne~ S~ch ~ II Print • Q!jll• What'• Related __ ...,_________ ~- - - ------------- . Lakchcad University Library Online Catalogue I~ s, h • ,,., • .arc I H,•,qlr, Authnr/liub)ccr 11,undcr Bay, C•n•da Ro1.1h.Ji Mv Patton T ille 'Ra:onl Help Exit ~t More Limit~ Database Name: Lakchead University Library OPAC SEARCH FEATURES: PATRON FEATURES: * * * * * * * With thcr VOYAGER sysrcrm. it will bcr possiblcr for you ro vicrw your own patron racord through tha OPAC (Onlincr Public Acccrss Catalogucr). * Patron information is protcrctcrd through appropriatcr sign-on routincrs in rhcr VOYAGER patron rcrcord. * From your dcrsktop you will bcr ablcr to scrcr what itcrms you havcr chargcrd, rcrncrw your own matcrrial. dcrtcrrmincr wharhcrr you owa any fines or fcr<?S, and vicrw rhcr srarus of pcrnding racall and hold raqucrsrs. point and click dcrsign and pull-down mcrnus crnhanccrd kcryword and 13oolcran scrarching crnsy downloading and cr-mailing of records links ro full tcrxr crlcrcrronic journals and orhcrr rcrsourccrs ability ro click on links within caralogua racords smooth inrarfaca ro saarching a salaction of othcrr library catalogucrs CZ39.50) �J WHAT'S IN A NAME? You havcr probably scrcrn or hcrard rhcrscr rcrrms uscrd many rimcrs ovcrr rhcr past fcrw months. Hcrrcr arcr crxplanations of rhcrir mcranings: lnt(!graf(!d Library Syst(!m (/LSJ: lnrcrgrarcrd Library Sysrcrm rcrfcrrs ro any library sysrcrm that handlcrs all major library functions including Cataloguing, Acquisitions, Circulation and an Onlincr Caralogucr. VOYAGER is an inrcrgratcrd library systcrm. Boolean S(!archlng: This is a powcrrful scrarching tcrchniqucr that has nor prcrviously bcrcrn availablcr in thcr Library's Onlincr Catalogucr. With thcr ncrw library VOYAGER systcrm you will bcr ablcr to scrarch for multiplcr words and combine?: thcrscr words with "and" "or" "not". 13oolcran scrarching is availablcr on most lntcrrncrt scrarch crngincrs Ccr.g. Alta Vista). Citation S(!rver: This is anorhcrr part of thcr ncrw library sysrcrm thar will bcr implcrmcrnrcrd at Lakcrhcrad Univcrrsity Library in 2002. With Citation Scrrvcrr. thcr Library will bcr ablcr to inrcrgratcr crlcrctronic indcrxcrs and abstracts with thcr Library's catalogucr. This will allow you to scrarch multiplcr databascrs with oncr scrarch scrcren. Ciration S<trv<tr, together with VOYAGER, is a vcrry powcrrful tool for providing access to information in elcrctronic format. \ \ \ /mag(! S(!rv(!r: This is yet another part of the new library system that will ba lmplamanted following th<? implementation of Citation S<?Vcrr. Image Server is a documcrnt management system that will work with VOYAGER and Citation Scrrvcrr to providcr access to any typcr of digitally formarrcrd matcrrial. With the click of a mouscr you will bcr able to jump from the description of any item to rhcr digitized item ilscrlf. LIBRARY AUTOMATION INITIATIVES (Exc<?rptad from th<? May 14. 2001 issue of Lalwh(!ad Univ<trsity Library VOYAGER NEWS1 Although th<? immadiat<? focus of thasa (curr~ t library automation) afforts is rha impl<?m<?ntatioi of rhcr basic VOYAGERsoftwarcr. it is important ro rnmembcrr that this is only th<? first st<?p. Th<?r<? are many picrccrs to thcr sysrcrm. including a Citation Serv<?r modulcr rhat will intcrgratcr acc<?Ss to <?l<?ctronic ind<?xcrs and abstracts. Evcrnrually thcr system will interface with th(?: province-wide documcrnt d<?-livery and interlibrary loan system (Fretwcrll-Downing's VD)() and th<? alacrronic materials provided by thcr Canadian National Sire Licansing Project (CNSLP). IMPROVED EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY Implementation of the Voyagar software will allow the Library to provide accass to <Zlactronic matcrrials to all mambars of rha univ<Zrsity community authorized to rcrccriva tham. regard lass of their location. This will include dimer acc<Zss to a wide rang<? of res<?arch support materials previously unavailable. such as electronic journals. specialized databasas. and othar resources. �4 For mat<?rials nor own<?d or imm<Zdiat<Zly acC<?ssibl<!, rhey will b<? abl<! ro ord<?r th<! r<?quirnd docum<?nls through th<? docum<Znr d<?liv<Zry/int<Zrlibrary loan syst<?m. VDX Nirtual Docum<?nt <?Xchang<?) sofrwarn will crnat<? a dimer link b<?tw<?<?n s<?arch and rnqu<?st activiti<?s. This ~ will <?nabl<? th<? authoriz<?d us<?r to inifiat<? an ILL { rnqu<?st from a display<?d rnsult s<?t, with bibliographic d<?tails automatically <?nt<?rnd into an ILL form. Th<! Library also plans to d<?v<?lop int<?rfac<?s b<?tw<?<?n th<? Library and oth<Zr syst<?ms on campus Ci.<?. th<? R<Zgistration and Financial syst<?ms) in ord<?r to op<Zrar<Z <?ffici<?ntly. NEWS FLASH DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS,Jun<? 15, 2001: End<?avor Information Syst<?ms and rh<? Yal<? 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ChanC<?llor Pat<?rson Library 955 Oliv<?r Road Thund<?r Bay, Ontario Canada P7B 5E1 PROJECT WEB SITE T <!l<!phon<Z: (807) 343-8147 http://www.lakehczadu.ca/~llbrwww/ systems/voyager.html Fax: (807) 343-8007 E - mail: voyag<?r@lak<?h<?adu.ca �Lakehead 5 UNIVERSITY NSERC Awards for 2001-2002 The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) recently announced the results of their annual research and equipment grants competition. Department of Geology For the year 2001-2002, the total value of grants awarded was $922,858 for both research and equipment grants. The success rate for new research grants, as opposed to ongoing installments, was 65% compared with 48% for last year. At present, there are 38 NSERC holders at Lakehead. This represents 38% o( the total eligible faculty R.H. Mitchell, "Petrology of Kimberlites and Alkaline Rocks;' $86,625, research grant (6/6). G.J. Borradaile, "Rock Magnetism and Deformation," $62,300, research grant (2/4). Department of Mathematical Sciences A.J. Dean, "Derivations of Inductive Limit C*-algebras," $8,000, research grant (1/4). W. Huang, "Job Scheduling Problems in Modern at Lakehead. The following is a list of all NSERC recipients at Lakehead University who were successful in the 2001-2002 research and equipment grants competition. They are grouped according to the new academic structure that goes into effect on July 1, 2001. Office of Research M.L. Howe, "Development of Retention and Reasoning," $39,000, research grant (year 2 of 4 (2/4)). FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Department of Biology Manufacturing Systems and Management Science," $9,702, research grant (3/4). D. Li, "Asymptotic Behaviour in Stochastic Modelling," $15,000, research grant (2/4). L. Liu, "Reliability in the Finite Element Method for Non-Linear Problems," $9,500, research grant (2/4). L. Liu, "Reliability in the Finite Element Method for Non-Linear Problems," $16,000, equipment grant. T. Miao, "Amenability of Locally Compact Groups and Geometric Properties of Ap (G)," $13,650, research grant (3/ 4). Department of Physics S.J. Hecnar, "Species Richness and Spatial Dynamics in Amphibians," $15,750, research grant (3/4). M.W. Lankester, "Impact of Parasites and Disease on Northern Animals," $26,188, research grant (2/4). A.U. Mallik, "Induction and Release of Retrogressive Succession After Fire in Kalmia-Black Spruce Communities;· $19,000, research grant (2/4). D.W. Morris, "Habitat Selection, Patch Choice, and Spatial Dynamics of Small Mammals in Changing Environments," $51,000, research grant (1/5). Department of Chemistry C. Gottardo, "The Photochemistry of Compounds Which Contain Heteroatoms," $30,000, research grant (3/3). S.D. Kinrade, "Aqueous Chemistry of Silicon;• $38,115, research grant (4/4). Department of Computer Science X. Li, "A Multithreaded Logic Virtual Machine for Intelligent Mobile Agents," $17,000, research grant (1/4). X. Li, "A Multithreaded Logic Virtual Machine for Intelligent Mobile Agents," $22,960, equipment grant. A. Wei, "Combinatorial Methods in Threshold Crytography: Protocols, Structures and Optimizations," $14,000, research grant (1/4). M.C. Gallagher, "Atomic Structure of Ultrathin Films," $30,000, research grant (1/4). M.C. Gallagher, "Sputter Ion Gun for Sample Cleaning," $13,734, equipment grant. M.H. Hawton, "Photo-Matter Interactions," $15,000, research grant (2/4). W.J. Keeler, "Ultrafast Ti:Sapphire Laser Applications," $16,300, research grant (2/4). V.V. Paranjape, "Research in Solid State Physics," $12,000, research grant (1/3). FACULTY OF ENGINEERING Department of Chemical Engineering L.J.J. Catalan, "Studies in Stabilisation/Solidification of Industrial Waste," $19,000, research grant (2/4). L.J. Garred, "Modelling Studies of Solute and Fluid Transport in Kidney Dialysis," $21,500, research grant (1/4). A. Gilbert, "Optimizing Control of Kraft Mill Processes," $21,945, research grant (4/4). I. Nirdosh, "Solid-Liquid Mass Transfer Applications," $23,909, research grant (4/5). ... continued on page 6 AGORA - June 2001 �Lakehead 6 U NI VER SI TY NSERC Awards continued from page 5 Department of Civil Engineering D.K. Eigenbrod, "Shaft Resistance of Piles in Sand During Loading in Tension and Compression," $14,700, research grant (3/4). S.A. Mirza, "Strength and Stiffness of Slender Composite Steel-Concrete Beam-Columns," $19,520, research grant (4/ 4). U.S. Panu, "Development of Group Based Hydrologic Data Infilling Procedures," $14,000, research grant (2/4). S.K. Vanapalli, "Design of Flexible Pavements Using the Soil Mechanisms for Unsaturated Soils;' $18,000, research grant (1/4). Department of Electrical Engineering S.M.J. Alirezaie, "Three-dimensional Visualization and Segmentation of Multispectral Medical Images," $15,000, research grant (1/4). K. Natarajan, "Model Reference Adaptive Control in the Frequency Domain;' $23,310, research grant (3/4). A.T. Tayebi, "Iterative Learning Control for Uncertain Systems," $21 ,405, research grant (1/4) Department of Mechanical Engineering K. Liu, "Identification and Control of Linear Time-Varying Systems," $17,000, research grant (1/4). SSHRC 2001-2002 Competition Results Lakehead University is pleased to announce its successful applicants in this year's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council competition. The number of successful research grants applicants represents an increase over the previous year's results. This year's success rate was 22%, whereas the previous competition saw a success rate of 12%. G.A. Genosko, Department of Sociology (new scholar category) , 'The Role of Journals (Defunct) and Splinter Groups (Disbanded) in the Institutionalization of Critical and Postmodern Theory in Canada," $71 ,000 over three years, including a research time stipend worth $12,150. J.P. Jasen, Department of History (regular scholar category), "Women and Cancer: Historical Perspectives on the Concept of Risk," $50,900 over three years. H.E. Smith, Department of History/Women's Studies (regular scholar category) and P. Wakewich, Sociology/ Women's Studies "Cultural Representations and Women's Narrative of Wartime Work and Lives,"$52,850 over three years. M. Liu, 'Transformation Matrices for Finite Element Analysis of Plates and Shells With Structural Discontinuities," $13,737, research grant (4/4). In addition to the new awards, the following are Lakehead University's continuing SSHRC awards: A. Sedov, "Modeling the Ultrasonic Inspection of Complex Components," $10,300, research grant (2/3). L. Di Matteo, Department of Economics, "Late 191h and Early 20th Century Wealth and Economic Development in Ontario," third year of three-year grant (3/3), total grant value: $48,506. S.A.Q. Siddiqui, "Vibration Suppression in Systems Characterized by Interaction Between Lumped and Distributed Parameter Elements," $17,000, research grant (1/4) FACULTY OF FORESTRY AND THE FOREST ENVIRONMENT Q.L. Dang, "Interacting Effects of Soil Conditions on Ecophysiological Traits and Their Responses to Changing Aboveground Environment in Boreal Tree Species," $34,073, research grant (4/4). W.H. Parker, "Development of a GIS Methodology to Determine Breeding Zones for Second Generation Tree Programs;• $19,635, research grant (4/4). J.R. Wang, "Relationship Between Hydraulic Conductivity and Photosynthesis of Paper Birch," $18,000, research grant (1/4). T. Dufresne, Department of Philosophy, "An Introduction to Critical Freud Studies," 2/3, total grant value: $65, 170 (including research time stipend). B. O'Connor, Department of Psychology, "Interpersonal Rigidity, Hostility and Corpplementarity: Associations with Psychopathology, Relationship Quality and Attachment History," 3/3, total grant value: $36,850. Thunder Bay Regional Arts Council Business & Education Awards Congratulations to Dr. Fiona Blaikie (Faculty of Education) and Janet Clark, former curator of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, for receiving an award at the annual Mayor's Arts Luncheon honouring Business and Education. The two women developed a special kit of resource materials for the teaching of art in local elementary schools which incorporated color reproductions of art by 16 regional artists. AGORA •• June 2001 �Lakehead 7 UNIVERSITY Allen Bibby Endows Memorial Bursary and gives a gift of art to Lakehead University. by Jennifer Willianen Development Researcher and Writer It has been over 70 years since artist Joan Bibby (nee Keefer) left Northwestern Ontario; yet her legacy lives on in the region thanks to the thoughtfulness and generosity of her husband. In loving memory of his wife, Allen Bibby of Vermont, recently donated her painting - The Red Coral Bean - to Lakehead University and endowed a memorial bursary in her name. Joan, who was born in Port Arthur in 1919, is the granddaughter of Francis (Frank) Keefer after whom the local Keefer Terminal is named. The Red Coral Bean is an exquisite watercolour painting featuring a Florida wildflower sprouting pods of scarlet beans. It is prominently displayed in the reference section of The Chancellor Paterson Library. Also in her honour, Allen Bibby donated stock holdings to Lakehead worth over $15,000. The gift, in combination with matched funds from the Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund, endowed in perpetuity the Joan Keefer Bibby Memorial Bursary. Annually, two students from the Department of Visual Arts will each be awarded a bursary valued at $1000 on the basis of financial need and academic standing. Allen Bibby's motivation in creating the Development Officer Laurie Hill adjusts the watercolor painting by the late Joan Bibby now on display on the ground floor of the Chancellor Paterson Library. Bibby's husband Allen recently endowed a bursary that will benefit students in Visual Arts endowment is twofold. First, he is celebrating Joan's talent and love of art. And vitally important, he is fulfilling a desire to afford young art students an opportunity to revel in their creativity. He sincerely hopes the bursaries will "urge students to do their best, to enjoy their own work and to be receptive to the possibility that others may also find pleasure in it." Joan is described by her husband as having been "innately modest'' to the point where she was reluctant to take due credit for her work. Her artistic talent, which she discovered after the age of 50, is said to beautifully reflect her varied interests as a gardener, outdoor adventurer, world traveller, and photographer. AGORA -- June 2001 In a letter addressed to all future recipients of the Joan Keefer Bibby Memorial Bursary, Allen conveys the depth of his wife's artistic imagination by quoting one of Joan's fellow artists who said, "This gentle woman leapt joyfully into the combat between abstract forms and the demands of the thing seen. Her work doesn't just reflect the pleasure of a moment lived, but like a strong storage battery, it contains energy within it, a life of idea and impulse that will continue through time." It is a quintessential fit that Joan Bibby's artistic legacy will "continue through time" at the University of her birthplace and in a department where the lives of ideas and impulses flourish much like her work. �Lakehead 8 U N IVERS I TY Lakehead UNIVERSITY June 2001 Vol. 18, No.5 THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, CANADA ISSN D828•5225 The Agora is published by the Office of Communications and distributed monthly September through June. We welcome news and other submissions from our readers. Send them to: Meet the staff and faculty at Lakehead's new Paleo-DNA Laboratory: (back row) Dr. Ryan Parr, Curtis Hildebrandt and Dr. El Motto (front row): Renee Praymak, Jen Maki, Amy Junnila, Arlene Lahti, Dr. Wera Schmerer Editor, Agora Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1 Paleo-DNA Laboratory moves to New State-of-the-Art Facility "There is a revolution taking place in science, and DNA is at the centre of it," says Dr. Keith McKenney. The forensic scientist from George Mason University was speaking at a reception held on June 8th to celebrate the opening of the new Paleo-DNA Laboratory located on the third floor of the Northwestern Ontario Technology Centre. The new lab places Lakehead "among the leaders" in DNA research. ''This is the genesis," says Dr. El Molto who, along with Dr. Ryan Parr, is co-director of the Lab. "Ours is the best facility in Canada primarily dedicated to the extraction, amplification and analysis of ancient DNA." Since its founding in 1996, Lakehead's Paleo-DNA Lab has combined state-of-the-art equipment and staff with special skills in handling ancient DNA. In fact, the opening of the new Paleo-DNA Lab coincided with the conclusion of a two-and-a-half week internship for 20 qualified advanced undergraduate or master's level students interested in working in the growing field of DNA research. This is the third year Lakehead has offered such a course which all five of the Lab's full-time analysts have completed. Lakehead's Paleo-ONA Lab has developed special expertise in extracting and recovering DNA from bone samples. The primary research project is a world-class study arising from a large collection of skeletal remains from the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. The Lab is also involved in studies of the ancient Nubian peoples of Kerma and the ancient Chinese of Anyang. Another project that has recently attracted international attention has been a project to identify some of the "last of the lost" from the Titanic disaster at the request of surviving family members. Lakehead's new Paleo-DNA Laboratory is funded primarily by the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund, the Ontario Innovation Trust, and Lakehead University. AGORA - June 2001 Telephone: (807) 343-8193 Fax: (807) 343-8075 E-mail:frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca Canadian Postmaster: Send address changes to Office of Communications Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada P7B 5E1 Publications Mail Agreement Number 1497073 Photography: Peter Puna Printing: Lakehead Print Shop The Agora is not published in July or August. Oeadline for submissions for the next issue is Sepember 1, 2001 � 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.18 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 2001, a message from the President, and announces the Allen Bibby Endows Memorial Bursary. 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 2001-06 2001 Agora Magazine Alumni Alumni Association Alumni Association of Lakehead University Convocation 2001 Dr. Frederick F. Gilbert Lakehead Lakehead University President Frederick Gilbert President's Message https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/91e8800fdad68ee4bdf63e8b5d1a84d2.pdf 9afb269e4cab745a40dbb94a53555007 PDF Text Text January 2001 A Newsletter for Faculty and Staff Dr. Lada Malek is spearheading an innovative program to involve high school students in Lakehead's Applied Bio-Molecular Science program. > .._ He is shown here working with two of the programs mentors: Derek Demianiuk (right) and Renee Praymak (centre), both fourth-year ABMS students. l I J\t,( ·· ·; ~ The curriculum focuses on biotechnological, forensic, health-based and diagnostic applications of biomolecular research. ,--------- Applied Bio-molecular Science Students enrolled in this interdisciplinary program are gaining skills to work in bio-molecular research by Usree Bhattacharya Lakehead's Applied Bio-molecular Science program, instituted in 1998, will witness the graduation of its first batch of students in 2001. The program is interdisciplinary in nature, with the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Kinesiology and Anthropology uniting to form a cohesive curriculum. Lakehead students enrolled in the program are educated on, and equipped with practical skills for, the applications of bio-molecular research in varied fields including chemistry, biology, kinesiology and anthropology. The successful commingling of various departments to form a unique single curriculum allows students to keep their options open for future specialization, and covers a broader knowledge base than individual programs. The students also benefit from the thriving partnership with the Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, and the newly conc eived high school mentorship program being spearheaded by Dr. Lada Malek, a professor in the Department of Biology. Lakehead U NIVERSI T Y continued on page 7 �Lakehead 2 U NIV E R S ITY From the President's Desk We move into 2001 with optimism that finally we might see our unfunded student situation rectified. The Government is reviewing the funding formula and it is our hope that after a decade of severe underfunding, Lakehead will receive its fair share of provincial support. If it happens it could not come at a better time as our budget situation requires substantial movement toward support for all our students. If the University is to realize its full potential it must be funded fairly. As was announced last month, Mrs. Bev Stefureak has accepted a position at the University ofToronto and will leave Lakehead early in February. Bev will be missed by many here but her talent and work ethic will serve the University of Toronto well. Having had her assistance for my tenure at Lakehead, I fully expect that the University of Toronto will be more than satisfied with Bev's abilities and performance. I am certain we all wish her well in her move "down east." by Dr. Frederick F. Gilbert President Dr. Bill Montelpare has been appointed acting dean of graduate studies. He will provide the leadership for the advancement of graduate education at Lakehead and allow Dr. Mark Howe, who becomes dean of research, to concentrate his energy on research activities and the Centre of Excellence for Children and Adolescents with Special Needs for which he serves as a national director with Dr. Julia O'Sullivan, dean of education. The latter responsibility commands 20 per cent of each of the national directors' time as part of the University's contribution. Later this month we will announce a new partnership for the Dr. Bill Montelpare University that will see, as part of the agreement, a major upgrade in campus telephony that will place Lakehead at the forefront of communications technology. This partnership will have important implications for the Advanced Technology and Academic Centre as well as research and academic programming. In fact, 2001 should see a series of announcements that will impact the future of the University, the city and the region in a very positive way. ATAC has become a $44 million project and the contract on the foundation will be let this spring with construction to commence this summer. Fund-raising efforts are now under way to raise the $19 million in cash and equipment to allow completion of the project. I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday break and I wish all a very successful and productive New Year. LUMINA Concert Series Music in Common Peter Shackleton, clarinet, Derek Conrod, horn, Heather Morrison, piano Tuesday. January 16 at 8 p.m. at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery Plano Six Bernadene Blaha Tuesday. January 26 at 8 p.m. at St. Paul's United Church Robert SIiverman, piano Thursday, February 15 at 8 p.m. at Jean McNulty Recital Hall, Lakehead University AGORA - January 2001 �Lakehead 3 U N I V E RS I TY New Initiatives to Improve Communications EVENTS AT LAKEHEAD A New Weekly Electronic Bulletin Farewell Reception for Bev Stefureak . Bev Stefureak is leaving Lakehead University on February 2 to take up a new position as assistant secretary of the Governing Council of the University of Toronto. She has served Lakehead well for the past 17 years as executive assistant to the president and secretary to the Board of Governors, and formerly as secretary of Senate. In response to a request from the Board of Governors' Student Liaison Committee to improve campus-wide communications with students, the Office of Communications and the Lakehead University Student Union are jointly involved in an important new initiative. Together, they are producing Events at Lakehead, a weekly electronic bulletin, delivered on Friday evenings, listing events and activities happening on campus from the following Monday to Sunday. Events at Lakehead is distributed to all students via the new Web-based student email system. It also goes to all staff, faculty and media outlets. Notices of events must be received by the Office of Communications no later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday to be included in the next weekly e-bulletin. They are to be sent to: Jennifer Willianen Office of Communications Please join us for a farewell reception on E-mail: communications@lakeheadu.ca Fax: 343-8075 February 1, 2001 at4p.m. in the Faculty Lounge COMMUNICATIONS BULLETIN An Electronic Bulletin for Urgent and Important News In light of the creation of Events at Lakehead, there have been changes to the Communications Bulletin, which, for the pa_st year or so, was an electronic bulletin listing campus news and events that had been going out daily to all faculty and staff. The Communications Bulletin will still be delivered to all staff and faculty -- although not necessarily on a daily basis. It will revert back to what it was originally intended for: as a means for Lakehead University to notify staff and faculty immediately about important (and at times urgent) developments on campus. LAKEHEAD LINES A Weekly Column Highlighting Lakehead Events in The Chronicle Journal Joe Muller (right) acquaints Dr. Walter Epp with the use of a Global Positioning System as a tool for research and navigation. The demonstration was part of a brown bag lunch seminar series given in December by Dr. Bradley Wilson (Geography). In early January, the Office of Communications began publishing Lakehead Lines, a weekly column in The Chronicle-Journal featuring events taking place on and off campus. The column is written by Jennifer Willianen, analysis and communications assistant. We hope that these new initiatives will result in greater awareness of Lakehead University activities and greater attendance at Lakehead University events. If you have any questions, concerns, comments or suggestions, contact Nancy Angus, communications & public affairs coordinator, at 343-8372. AGORA - January 2001 �Lakehead 4 UN I VERSITY ENGLISH 1100: Major British Writers with Dr. Bill Heath A Glimpse Into the Classroom of one of L akehead University's Distinguished Instructors by Dr. Philip Alingham, Faculty of Education Recipients of Lakehead University's Distinguished Instructor Award were Invited to participate in the New Faculty Orientation Sessions held at the beginning of September. This initial participation is evolving into a mentorship/peer review process in which new faculty members are visiting classrooms of Distinguished Instructors. Enjoy this glimpse of Bill's classroom. It is almost as good as being there. - Dr. Walter Epp, Instructional Development Advisor The students began arriving as soon as the previous lecturer had left, at about 10:25 a.m., on Wednesday, November 15. Having e-mailed Professor Heath the night before that I would like to sit in on this class, I ensconced myself in the last row, the position of the anonymous: I was surrounded by young men. Up at the front of the class, where the activists were sitting, the class began crisply, as Professor Heath delivered a kernel lecture, interspersed with questions to check for understanding and ensure student involvement, on the rediscovery of the works of John Donne by T. S. Eliot and the New Critics in the 1920s after three centuries of obscurity. Hands shot up from among those at the front and in the middle rows whenever he called for response or input. I was impressed by Bill Heath's knowledge of his students' names, and how he called upon individual students by name to define such terms as "denotative" and "connotative." Although, he explained, New Criticism's attitude that matters of historical and biographical background should be "off the table" is now passe, the New Critics have contributed the concept of "close reading" of text. Bill began to build consensus about the nature of love poetry. Students volunteered answers to his question, "What are your expectations of a 'love' poem?" On the board he graphed the discussion as it progressed. One student anticipated his intention to review "How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count The Ways," which Bill then asked the students to look at in their big texts. r ~ ..... Dr. Bill Heath received a Distinguished Instructor Award in 1992 He read the poem in its entirety, following up with commentary about the nature of love poetry, then contrasting Donne's "The Sun Rising" by Donne with the Elizabeth Barrett Browning sonnet. Even to an outsider unacquainted with the course, the class was an interesting, even an exciting place to be because Bill worked so hard at involving and engaging the students in academic discourse. Immediately I noticed that Bill does not like to break a text up: he reads it right through without a pause or a comment. The opening mood of Donne's poem, students variously volunteered, is "cranky," "irritable," and "irritated" -- Bill was not satisfied with an approximate, colloquial answer, but drove students to make their responses more formal and precise. AGORA - January 2001 continued on page 5 �_ Lakehead 5 UNIVERSITY English 1100 with Bill Heath continued from page 4 He made the class see the motivation behind the mood and dramatic context by examining the implications of the word "busy'' as the persona applies it to the rising sun. These connotations he drew out of the students: "intrusive," "a Afterwards, he and I had a brief discussion about the class. I applauded his determination to make the students more aware of language, to make them careful readers. It was a highly stimulating class, and one that I would urge colleagues to attend. Books by Lakehead Faculty busybody." Connotatively, Bill argued, the sun is characterized as "a busy, old fool" because it cannot appreciate the experience of the lovers. One student saw the term "unruly'' as ironic, a point which Bill developed into a coherent interpretation: the sun's rising and setting usually make us think of the sun's movements as regular rather than erratic. Another student noted that the persona is not directly addressing his beloved, as in the EBB sonnet, but is chastising the sun for interrupting them. Thus, Bill revealed that the initial situation in Donne's poem , in contrast to EBB's sonnet, is highly dramatic, that a complete scene may be inferred from the persona's lines addressed to the sun. "Lovers' seasons" are governed by the motions of the sun (by implication, by time, by aging), but "Must things be this way?" the persona seems to ask. Bill introduced the term "diurnal;' but did not automatically assume that this was a part of his first-year students' vocabularies. He defined and applied it to the sun's motions, then showed how "saucy, pedantic wretch" intensified the insulting tone: impudent, disrespectful. Students seemed momentarily stunned by Bill's question as to why Donne has applied the term "pedantic" to the sun, so he backed up, using the term as a pejorative that could even be applied to the professorate in general and even to himself (he enacted a pedantic pose): the self-denigration in creating a little humour eased the discomfort of students as he urged them to look up words with which they are unfamiliar because such an activity is integral to completing assigned readings. "I expect to see more hands tomorrow." He carried the class when gaps in understanding became apparent, but did not relent when he wanted students to define words, give their associations, or explicate lines. He had an impressive delivery, never referring to notes as he annotated passages with pertinent scientific (e. g., "eclipse"), grammatical (e.g., inverted word order), and historical information to demonstrate the freshness of Donne's diction and his innovative handling of the form of the love poem. Finally, I was impressed by the fact that Bill Heath did not feel compelled to cover the entire poem in 45 minutes, that he realized students needed to be guided through the language, particularly the metaphors, if they were to be led to an understanding of Donne's style. Department of Sociology Routledge has published a book edited by Dr. Gary Genosko entitled Deleuze and Guattari: Critical Assessments in Three Volumes as part of a series of reference texts on the leading philosophers of the 2oth century. Gilles Deleuze (1925-95) was a French philosopher who collaborated with psychoanalyst Felix Guattari on three explosive and radical books of philosophy. Genosko is a specialist in cultural sociology and contemporary sociological theory. In 1999, he published another book with Routledge entitled McLuhan and Baudrillard: The Masters of Implosion. Genosko is editor of The Semiotic Review of Books. He is currently working on a book about Jean Baudrillard who came to be known as "the French McLuhan." It is entitled Uncollected Baudrillard. School of Kinesiology Oxford University Press has published a book edited by Dr. Jane Crossman entitled Coping with Sports Injuries: Psychological Strategies for Rehabilitation. The book brings together leading researchers from sports science and medicine to discuss and explain the ways in which the athlete is psychologically affected by injury. It then provides effective and proven methods for helping the athlete through this difficult period. Department of History Dr. Bruce Muirhead has received the Joseph and Faye Tanenbaum Award for Canadian Jewish History for his book, Against the Odds: The Public Life and Times of Louis Rasminsky. He was presented with the award at a ceremony in Toronto in June 2000. Public Lecture Dr. Charles Menzies, Department of Anthropology & Sociology, University of British Columbia, will give a lecture on Friday, February 2 at 2 p.m. in FB-2002 (Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research) on the topic: Making Indians and Catching Fish: Industrial Resource Extraction, Race and Colonialism on the Northwest Coast. AGORA - January 2001 �Lakehead 6 U NIV ERSIT Y Research News Community of Science: Making the Search for Funding Opportunities and Research Experts Easy The Community of Science (COS) offers researchers in all disciplines around the world a unique comprehensive online database featuring sources of grants and contracts available to fund research, collaborative activities, curriculum development, conferences, fellowships, travel, artistic endeavours, graduate scholarships, postdoctoral fellowships, and equipment. The database is updated daily and can easily be searched by sponsor, deadline, eligibility, grant type, discipline and country. The expertise database utilizes the profiles provided by researchers in a variety of ways including promotion of research capabilities, identifying peer reviewers for articles and proposals, and identifying prospective collaborators. This is an excellent opportunity for faculty to profile their basic or applied research activities and provides comprehensive, detailed information about the background, skills, and accomplishments of each faculty member. You may try these various online databases by referring to the following Web site: http://www.lakeheadu.ca/-researchwww/funding/science.html. Contact Lynn Wilson at 343-8283 if you have any questions about COS. Please note that the next issue of Research Funding Opportunities Bulletin will be e-mailed to all faculty in January 2001. New Partnership with Environment Canada Environment Canada and Lakehead University are working cooperatively to advance knowledge in atmospheric science, environmental prediction and environmental issues. In September, a new Memorandum of Understanding was signed which formally recognizes the partnership which was established last spring. Under the agreement, Dr. Fred Hopper, Environment Canada's environmental science officer in Ontario Region's Thunder Bay Regional Weather Centre, will work as an adjunct professor and teach a second-year course in meteorology. ,._ t Joint research efforts will focus on improving meteorological products, facilitating the exchange of meteorological expertise between other environmental scientists, and studying environmental issues particularly relevant to Northern Ontario. Mapping Research on Women and Health in Northern Ontario Dr. Pamela Wakewich (Sociology/Women's Studies) has been awarded a grant from the National Network on Environments and Women's Health to identify, collect and review academic and community research on women and health in Northern Ontario. The project will map the current state of published and unpublished research through the development of a working paper. The project will also work to enhance communication and networking among researchers interested in northern women's health through a community workshop. AGORA - January 2001 Anne Deighton appointed University Librarian Anne Deighton has been appointed university librarian for a five-year term commencing January 2, 2001. She has served Lakehead well as chief fibrarian over the past three years and wiff continue to provide the leadership needed to move the Chancellor Paterson Library forward in an increasingly electronic age. In 1970, Deighton completed a Bachelor of Library Science at the University of Toronto (the professional working degree at the time). She joined Lakehead University as the acquisitions librarian in 1976 and, since then, has held a number of different positions including interim chief librarian {19961997) and chief fibrarian (1997-2000). Recent accomplishments include the negotiation of a contract to purchase the Voyager information management system - an integrated information management system designed specificafly for academic and research libraries. Her priorities for the coming year are to convert more of the University's resources to electronic format and to provide access to licensed materials both on an off-campus. This wiff greatly improve access to resources for Lakehead's Distance Education students. The Library wifl also continue to develop and update content for its instruction sessions for students and faculty. "Information literacy," she says, "is a key service provided by the library." �Lakehead 7 UNIVf R SlTY Applied Bio-molecular Science continued from page 1 The Applied Bio-molecular Science (ABMS) program is bolstered by the calibre of its primary instructors including Dr. John Th'ng, a career scientist with the Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, and a number of Lakehead University faculty including Dr. El Molto and Dr. Ryan Parr of the Department of Anthropology; Dr. Kam Leung of the Department of Biology; Dr. Christine Gottardo of the Department of Chemistry; and Dr. Bill Montelpare and Dr. Robert Thayer of the School of Kinesiology. Malek sums up the advantages of the program as follows: "The students in the program are not limited in their thinking that there is only one discipline for them; they can explore all these exciting areas as well as get a good grounding in biomolecular science." The novel interdisciplinary characteristic of the program enhances the research resources for the students, as the combined resources of four departments are at their disposal. "The students are allowed to pick and choose: the program is relatively flexible," says Malek, "and they have various options within the confines of the program." Students in the program are exposed to both the technical and ethical aspects of the field. The DNA lab is comprehensively outfitted for students and faculty to undertake the analysis of proteins and DNA, for example. A fourth-year course, taught by Malek, covers biotechnology from an ethical as well as technical perspective. This is engineered to make students "think about the implications of what they are doing." The program accent is on biotechnological, forensic, healthbased and diagnostic applications of bio-molecular research. Graduating students will be eligible for employment as laboratory technicians in an academic or industrial setting, or they can pursue a master's degree in any one of many disciplines. partnership between the involved departments and the Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre" and further "efficiency in the sharing and pooling of resources." As the program develops, he says, its good reputation and credibility will likely result in a greater intake of students. As the students will attest, Lakehead's Applied Bio-molecular Science program is comprehensive, career-oriented and an excellent entrance into the dynamic field of molecular biology and biotechnology. Usree Bhattacharya is a graduate of Delhi University who is currently taking her master's degree in English at Lakehead University. She is one of several students participating in SPARK •· LAKEHEAD a student writing program sponsored by The Chronicle-Journal. Staff and Faculty Appointments Employment notices were issued by Human Resources announcing the following appointments: Dr. Michael Quinn -- Assistant Professor, School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism Kathryn Hauck -- Security Communications Officer Helen Wassegijig •• Coordinator, Native Language Instructors' Program, Faculty of Education James Davis •· Security Communications Officer Julie Wright - Library Assistant, Faculty of Education Library As well, Kristine Carey has transferred from the Office ofAlumni Services to the Departments of Geology and Physics; Karen Farrier has transferred to the Faculty of Education as administrative assistant; and Sandra Blackburn has transferred to the School of Kinesiology as administrative assistant. The innovative high school mentorship program is directed to "train senior bio-molecular science students with management skills" and acquaint high school students with this exciting program, says Malek. The project entails senior bio-molecular science students "mentoring" high school students in a specific project, by using "the high school students' technical abilities to a degree, but also giving them enough leeway so they can contribute their own ideas, and this is beneficial to everybody." The Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre has a symbiotic relationship with the program. It is a potential funding partner for the program and the partnership is based on reciprocal resource pooling. The future of the program, Malek says, would revolve around the "consolidation of the AGORA - January 2001 ARAMARK Appoints New Staff ARAMARK Canada Ltd. announced in December that Graham Marchbank (left) is Lakehead's new food service director. He replaces Adam Rhode who has accepted a new position with the company. Reg Guerin (right) is the assistant food service director. He joined the company in November. �_ Lakehead 8 U NIVE R SI TY "Fox Run" and "Eagle's Eye" Thunder Bay Branch, CIIA Lakehead invites you to attend a Public Lecture by UNIVERSITY Dr. Paul Buteux, Director, Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba "The European Security and Defence Policy: Implications for Canada" Tuesday, January 16 8p.m. Senate Chambers (UC-1001) The Agora is published by the Office of Communications and distributed monthly September through June. We welcome news and other submissions from our readers. Send them to: Editor, Agora 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1 Telephone: {807) 343-8193 Fax: {807) 343-8075 Thomas Kirkbride, Ben Bartlett, Alex Dunn and Stephane Audet completed the project last fall as part of a class assignment in Forest Soils. "We wanted to create a project that can be seen and appreciated for years to come," they said. The students are grateful to everyone who contributed to the project especially David Hare, manager of residence and conference services, Dr. Leni Meyer, Dr. K.C. Yang and Brian Moore from the Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment, Leonard Roy from The City of Thunder Bay, Sheldon Reproduction Centre, and Lakehead University's Department of Physical Plant. ISSN 0828-5225 Lakehead University Thanks to the initiative of four Forestry students, Lakehead University has two new nature trails which showcase the natural beauty of its campus. The Nature Trail runs along the McIntyre River on the north and south sides. It includes eight information stations and a large sign which can be seen from the parking lot of the C.J. Sanders Fieldhouse. January 2001 Vol. 18, No. 1 THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, CANADA E-mail:frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca .:.: C ::i .s:: ~ <tl en 0 0 .s:: a.. Canadian Postmaster: Send address changes to Office of Communications Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada P7B 5E1 Publications Mail Agreement Number 1497073 Photography: Peter Puna Grant Goltz, a Minnesota-based archaeologist, soils expert and potter, conducted a weekend workshop in October to demonstrate the pottery techniques he believes were used by Aboriginal peoples in this region from 600 to 1200 A.O. He donated three large pots to the Thunder Bay Potters' Guild collection which are currently on display in the Lakehead University Ceramics Studio. DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 20 COPIES Events on Campus www.lakeheadu.ca/-eventswww/ news.html AGORA - January 2001 Printing: Lakehead Print Shop Deadline for submissions for the next issue is February 1, 2001 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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