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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991-02 Agora Agora Magazine Alumni Alumni Association Alumni Association of Lakehead University Lakehead Lakehead University President Rosehart President's Perspective Regional Centre Regional Education Centre Student Centre https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/fdbde9f6e0a9905f29d6a349e238cb66.pdf f90987a74e6e413cc7b757abbffb7225 PDF Text Text (_ Inside: Political dust settles Another book for Petrone Friendly faces then and now 8/9 10/11 Feature - TEACHERS Who's new? 12 14/15 Research news 3 7 TIIUNDERBAY,ONTARIO Rob Foster awarded prestigious Rhodes Scholarship VOL. 6 NO. 1 JANUARY A 23-year-old, fourth year biology student from Lakehead University is one of only eleven Canadians selected to receive a Rhodes Scholarship. Rob Foster will pursue graduate studies in zoology for two years at Oxford University. Foster is a keen environmentalist, aJl-round athlete and active community volunteer. Two winners are selected annually from each of Ontario, Quebec, the Maritime provinces, three from the Prairie provinces and one each from Newfoundland and British Columbia. Rob was selected from 48 Ontario applicants. In the photograph lo the left, Rob receives congratulations fro m the Honourable Lyn McLeod In the background arc Eric Wilson, Chairman of the Alumni Board, and proud mother, Joan Foster. In the summer of 1988, Foster went to Africa to attend a World University Services Seminar. He says he's determined to get back toAfrica (see story page 4) and this is a man who fulfils his dreams. Soviets sign agreements with Lakehead Lakehead University entered into a five- fiiiiiirimiiiiiiiiiiiiiii year agreement with three universities in Northern regions of the USSR late last year. A four member delegation from the Soviet Union visited Lakehead to work out an agreement to foster understanding between Canada and lhe USSR. To this end, there may be student and/or faculty exchanges, joint workshops and information exchanges. The four-man Soviet delegation spent one day touring the University's facilities. The photo (left) shows the signing of the agreements. Left to right are Evgeny I. Kazantsev, First Deputy Minister of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of RSFSR; LU President Bob Rose( -i.rt; Geoffrey Weller, Vice-president (aca-.;mic); Alexei E. Grishchenko, Rector of Syktyvkar University; Yuri A. Zakharov, Rector of Kemerovo University; and Alexei I. Ivandaev, Rector of Tyumen University. 1989 �Capital Request Report From the President Dr. Bob Rosehart Focus on Campus Nick Shevchenko p layed a very important role as translator-diplomat during the recent visit of three university presidents and the Deputy Minister ofAdvanced Education at the northern-most republic o f the U.S. S. R Since the visit, three Lakehead University students have come forward who are inte rested in spending an acade mic year .in the U.S.S.R. Government Funding Announcement M.C.U. Minister McLeod recently announced the increases in transfer payments to the universities for the next fiscal year. The 7.5% increase includes a basic 4% increase plus several targeted funds, the largest of which is the accessibility fund. Lakehead should do well this year from the accessibility fund, and we will move from the 97.2% level to approximately 98.5% of our funding corridor (range 97-103%). The government did not state its intention with respect to the future funding of students taken into first-year under the accessibility fund (flow-through funding to use own jargon). The flow-through funding issue will be important to Lakchead University in the 90/91 budget process. Within the next few weeks, the Ministry of Colleges and Universities will make the ir cap.ital allocations known for the 1989/90 year. Lakehead University really needs the classroom building proposed, and I would e ncourage you to lobby on our behalf. The Ryan Building is not only overloaded, but its size and shape of rooms make it a "pain". Lakchcad Unive rsity has not had a new acade mic space project funded for 18 years. It's time! Centre for Northern Studies The Northern Studies Committee continues to oversee this i.nitiativc and recommendations will be going forward soon with respect to the six academic appoint• ments. It is not too late for your department to get involved. If inte rested, please get in touch with Vice-President Weller. It is interesting to see how creative some departments arc in the identification of their northern themes. Senate Research Committee Dr. J. Crossman Dr. S. A Mirza Dr. J. E. Molto Senate Graduate Studies Committ< Dr. A. Bowd Dr. W. Momot Dr. N. Weir Your input (suggestions/nominations, etc) would be appreciated. .J Rhodes Scholarship • Robert Foster , L.U.'89 Elsewhere in this issue, you will read more about Lakchead University's first Rhodes Scholarship winner, Rob Foster, a year 4 Biology student. All of Thunder ilay should feel a sense of pride in Rob's accomplishments, with particular recognition due to his family, P.A.C.I. and LU. Now that 1988 has brought a Rhodes Scholarship, I wonder if out there somewhere in the research bowels of the University is a potential Nobel Prize for 1989! Children's Christmas Party Search Committee for Director of Graduate Studies and Research The above group has been formed as follows: Chairman • Geoffrey R. Weller, Vice-President (Academic) Deans - Dr. J. H. M. Whitfield, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science, Dr. D. Common, Dean, Faculty of Professional Studies Graduate Students' Association • Ms. Julia Walsh Congratula tions to the organizers and helpers for this year's second annual e vent. Over 180 children participated and "Santa" was very impressive. The Year Ahead• 1989 J Lakehead University e nters the beginning of its Silver Jubilee Year with the confidence that has been achieved by the Lakehead University community during its first 25 years. This bodes we ll for the future. C.O.U. has condemned the government's funding level. In an unrelated event, Dr. Paul Fox has resigned as Chairman of O.C.U.A. and has been replaced on an interim basis by Professor V. Nelles of York University. Professor Nelles has an interest in Swedish universities and has followed Lakehead's recent initiatives with respect to Northern Studies. For students, theM.C.U. a nnouncement is a good news/bad news scenario. The good news is that tuition fees were not deregulated - the bad news is that the 7 1/2 per cent increase for next year is a signal from government to place some furthe r emphasis on user pay. Page 2 Nick Shevchenko (third from the left) was a very busy man d uring the recent visit ofSoviet dignitaries. He is shown above in one ofthe chemical engineering laboratories with the Soviet g uests and Professor A F. Gilbert (right). AGORA - - - - - -- -- - -- - - - - January 1989 �At last! Another access road A new access road to Lakehead Univer- ty has been officially opened. The road :,..tuns offBalmoral as an extension of Beverly Street. Art Davies, Director of Campus Development, said three main factors contributed to the construction of the road, which cost the University $150,000. First, LU has had a steady increase in student enrolment in the last few years. The congestion problem is related to staffworking hours coinciding with peak class schedules. Staff work 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; classes begins at 8:30 a.m. Monday to Friday. Another heavy congestion period occurs late afternoon with part-time stu- 2 20 new grads dents arriving for classes just as staff are finishing for the day. The final issue is related to city engineers rejecting the placement of traffic lights at the main entrance off Oliver Road. A decision last spring stated the traffic flow did not warrant lights. The Parkway is primarily for students, staff, faculty and service vehicles. The new access road has three speed bumps and directs traffic into the east end parking lots. People needing parking permits should enter via Oliver Road, where they can obtain parking stickers at the Kiosk. The Office of the Registrar has announced that 220 graduates of Lakehead University were confirmed at Senate on November 23, 1988. The numbe r of students graduating in the Fall has increased by 20% over the last few years. Jn the Faculty of Arts and Science there were 114 undergraduate degrees awarded and 99 students graduated from programs in the Faculty of Professional Studies. 'Ibere were also 17 masters degrees awarded. There is no official ceremony for fall graduates, however, they can r eceive their degrees at the Spring Convocation to be held on Saturday, May 27, 1989. Political friends • the Lakehead connection The campaign trail for the recent federal election brought candidates to Lakchead University for a debate sponsored by LUSU. Candidates from the Thunder Bay-Nipigon riding, shown in the photograph from right to left: Fred Stille (PC), Joe Comuzzi (Lib.) and incumbent Ernie Epp (NOP), a history professor at LU. Ian Middleton, (standing) the arts representative to the LUSU board of t'{-:ctors, was the moderator. ~ . he election saw Epp defeated by Comuzzi by a margin of 2,345 votes. Epp returned to teaching in the history department at the beginning of this term. The riding of Thunde r Bay-Atikokan remained in the hands of NDP lain Angus. Stan Dromisky, professor emeritus, made a strong showing for the Liberals losing to Angus by only 1,152 votes. Former alderman Ken IloshcoCf, who ran for the Progressive Conservatives, was about 500 votes behind Dromisky. In the municipal election, Tony Cappello, scheduling and examination officer, returned to his seat as a trustee on the Lakehead District Catholic School Boa.rd. Pamela Christie, a second-year poHtical studies student ran unsuccessfully for a scat on the Lakehead Board of Education. She is the daughter of David Christie, assistant director of finance. Former student David Rawlings challengedAlderman Betty Kennedy for the Mc Kellar ward and lost. In Current River Helmut Scheller, a recent business graduate was unsuccessful in his bid to become alderman. The back-to-back elections provided op,l;"'rtunities for the politically active to get in\..\.. ,ved with di.Cferent levels of government - we salute you one and all! J:mu:iry 1989 Good news and bad news: More$$ hut tuition fees up 'The Ontario government announced last month that funding for colleges and universities would rise by 7.5 per cent, or $116.2 million. However, tuition would also increase by 7.5 per cent. Lyn McLeod, Minister of Colleges and Universities, said in her new release, that the money would go to such areas as accessibility funding a nd French-language anc.l bilingual programs. President Bob Rosehart said that although funding was said to be 7. 5 pe r cent" the real increase in terms of ongoing income (core funding) will probably be closer to four per cent." That amount is less than the rate of infla tion. Part of the inc rease relates to accessibility funding or enrolment growth. "Because of the enrolment growth, Lakehead University should get more than four per cent," Rosehart said. He cautioned that the government has not made any commitments over accessibility funding in the future. FuU funding details will not be available until March. As for tuition, the only good news is that the idea of deregulation appears to have been abandoned, Rosehart said. "However, increasing tuition by a rate of7.5 per cent is higher than I would have expested." AGORA - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - P~gc 3 �Experience in third world changes LU's WUSC participant bzjrme andJuly of1988, Rob Foster, a biology student from Lakehead Univeristy, attended an intensive 6-week program in Mali in 11orthwestem1 Africa with 30 other Canadian students. As the first LU participam be fell compelled to share bis experience and encourage st11de111s and professors to apply for the 1989 lntem alion al seminar in the Leeward and Windward Islands in the Caribbean . Applications midfurther i11for111ation a re available from Rob Fosterc/o the Biology Department orfrom Margaret Page c/o the School ofNursing. WUSC is the World University Service ofCanada, a non-profit, ,io11-goven1111ental organization which involves Ca11adia11s in intenzatio 11al development tri Canada a nd overseas. When I was just a tiny child I read in a book by Dr. Seuss about a c ity called Timbuktu. It seemed very far away, even mythical. Well, th is summe r myth b ecame r eality and Timbuktu was at my doorstep. /Is one of th irty participants on the World University Service of Canada Seminar to Mali I went co the land I dreamed of and it surely wasn't child's play. I was there to study desertification b ut my education reached far beyond that. \Vhat I learned in six weeks of living I wouldn't be able to match w ith a lifetime of reading articles and watching televisio n broadcasts. Over the re you hear It, you taste it, you sme ll ii and you see it. It's overwhelming. It's a world of contrasts: a $300 a night Sofitcl hotel sun-oundcd by mud houses and open sewers. A preside nt whose motorcade drives through the capical at 120 km/hr through cordonedoff street'>. Bamako, Lhe capita l, is a c ity of 500,000 people and o n e n on-functional traffic light. It is a country where the official language is French b ut 9 0% of the p eople ar c illiterate. There arc sights th at no one wants to sec but everyone sh ould see. The re was a man, who because of a genetic malformatio n of his kneecaps, was reduced to crawling all his life. In North America there would be some sort ofsocial assistance. In Mali there is n ot. The "have" countries spend millions o f dollars to mow the lawn between freeways; In Mali the civil servants haven't been paid in three months. I was forced to re-evaluate whac really counts in life . Is it that second car and the VCR? Or is it having enough food to eat today? The haves versus the h ave nots. What if I had been unlucky enough to have been born in Mali, where I would have to wash my clothes in a river where someone Is urinacing ten feet upstream and where to ilet paper is a luxury no one can afford. Where I might lose my best friend to s1a1vation. And what if I had been born a girl, to be "circumcised " at age H, perhaps to be man-led off at the same age aga insc my will. To rise with the sun in the morning to search for firewood and fe tch water before preparing breakfast, off to the fields to h oc aU day long in the 55 degree C h eat before returning to prepare supper and take care of my 7 kids. And wonderi ng why at age 25, I look like a grand moth e r. It made me grateful forwhat I have: more than 1 pair of pants, a home larger than a 10 by 10 hut, a balanced diet and clean water, an education - a future. Everything I take for granted. We takeforgranted. Andwhatdowe do to help those in Mali o r, for that matte r, for a third o f humanity who Jive in comparable conditions? We export o ur occidental consumerism. We export Michae l Jackson. We ex- J by Rob Foster Rob Foster purchased two blankets from a str eet vendor In Mopti. Bartering is a way oflif<'' "'\I Foster h ad vendors try to sell everything from mangoes to live sheep and dried monkey h'erJ:5 w hich are for chasing away evil spirits to Michael Jackson cassettes. Another thing that s urprised Lhc WUSC delegate was the fact that some o f his belongings were also up for trade, especially sh oes and t-shirts. port Christianity to an Islamic country. And what about our Christian condu ct? We g ive wh en its convenie nt ifwe don't have to make a sacrifice. I found, too, that there is much to learn from Malians. Altho ugh living in inhuman conditions the people are in someways more humanistic than we arc. They know the mean in g o f the word generosity. I would be offered food in a viUagcwh c re obviously there was none to g ive. I would be invited to jo in communal o n e pot lunch es in the fields with fanners. They were quick to smile, to laugh and 10 celebrate where there is little to celebrate. And the cities are alive. Not the impersonal skeletons that we live in where people move about like little automatons as iftheyare e nclosed in little capsules. In Mali you know you·re n ot alone. People greet you, shake your hand, talk to you . Both socie ties can learn a lot from e ach other. Help each o the r. But we need co ntact. The WUSC seminar provided suc h a vehicle. Working with volunteers already ac tive in Lhe country, we could explore the possible avenues of aid. I was fort·unatc. Not only did I h ave my horizons expanded but I also enjoyed myself immensely. In spite o f the flies crawling in my n ose and ears, in spite of the op en sewers and filth, in spite of all the quotid ien hon-ors that o ne must overco me, I wo uld go Page 4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ AGORA back. lam going back. A.nd anyone who has the luck to participate o n such a seminar will agree. Its the experience of a lifetime. So powerful, so intense, it may change you,· life . If you can, seize the opportunity. ........................ Reco gnition of Teaching Recommendation 7.5 of the Academic Plan reads that "awards (additional to the Distinguished TcachingAward) with a m onetary or non-mone tary component sh o uld be developed by the Senate Commlttee on Teaching 10 encourage high levels ofteachingpcrfo nnance." The Senate Committee on Teaching establish ed a process for selection and recomme nded to Vice President (Academic) Geoff WeUe r that the following persons be recognized fortheir contribution to teaching in the acade mic year 1987/88. Faculty of Arts and Science Professors P. Vcrvoort, P. Barclay, K. Allan, 0. Parsons, S. Nalmpally, D. Aurandt, Prorcssor E. R. Fr eitag, S. Golds tein, C. Southcou, I. Hoodlcss F:tculty of Professional Studies Professors S. Petrone, I. Nlrdos h , Mlrz.a, R. Fanner, M. Maclean, J. Smithe n., D. Klassen, B. Singh, E. Setliff, K. C. Yang, G. Knutson, M. Bouffard _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ January 1989 �New Chairman of Board of Governors appointed Lakehead University announced the tion, including four years on the executive and pointment of Dr. James Thompson one year as President and four years on the ..))quhoun as Chairman of the Board of Board of Directors of the Canadian Medical Governors of Lakehead University eliec- Association. Dr. Colquhoun has served as ditiveJuly 1988. Dr. Colquhoun has served visional surgeon of St. John Ambulance Brion the Board of Governors at Lakehead gade; was President of the Medical StalI of St. University for the last eight years. Al- Joseph's Hospital and Director of the though born in Windsor, he was raised in Lakehead Mental Health Association; Director Port Arthur where he has had a family of the Lakehead Social Planning Council; and practice at the Port Arthur Clinic since was a Director of the Thunder Bay District 1953. Dr. Colquhoun has served as Secre- Health Council. He has also been Director of tary and President of the 'Thunder Day the Port Arthur Clinic and a member of the Medical Society; he was on the Board of Advisory Committee to the Resource Centre Directo rs of the Ontario Medical Associa- fo r Occupational Health and Safety. Dr.James 1'. Colquhoun Dr. J. M. Richardson of the English Department, and Anne Deighton, head ofcollections development at t be library, ponder the state of the world and a portion ofLU'speriodical collection in the priceless photo to the left. "We get by with a little help from our friends" "Over the past few years, the English Department has become increasingly concerned about the deleterious effects that chronic underfunding of the province's university system has on Lakehe ad's ability to maintain a library with sufficient holdings to permit high-leve l researc h by both studentsand faculty," Richardson said. "Particularly distressing is the fact that the library not only cannot substantially increase its periodical subscriptions, but must even cancel subscriptions because of budgetary constraints. As one small measure to minimize this damage, full-time members of the English Department have volunteered to subscribe to a journal, using mo nies from their Professional Allowance, and to donate this journal to the library. Journals being donated include 'Children's Literature An· nual', 'Critical Quarterly', 'Prairie Fire', 'Raritan', and 'Spense r Newslette r' ." What's an 'alidade' you ask? Dr. Bob Rosehart (left) and Jim Podd, assistant directo r of campus development, unveil a piece of rare e quipme nt once used in forestry. The alidadc was used in fire towers from the early 20s to the late 1970s, but is now a collector's item. The alidade was do nated to the School of Forestry by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in memory of G.D. "George" MacAdam, who dedicated his life to development and training in forest fire fighting strategies, tac tics (?' :l techniques. MacAdam was also a \ ~ell-known figure at Lake head University. The alidade is on display in the forestry lounge in the Braun Building. January 198,~- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - , AGORA .. - - - -- -- -- -- -- - -- -- Page 5 �Visitors on campus ~ Photo left: Lakehead University was the sight of a seminar for guidance counsellors fro m Thunder Bay and a cross the Northwestern Ontario region. The seminar gave counseUors the opportunity to cLiscuss new d "\ 1opments at Lakehead University. Infm,{ia. tlon was exchanged during formal discussions as weU as during informal talks during breaks. Shown in the photo are, left to right, Roger Hamilton (with back to camera), from Mara thon; Bill LeMay from Nipigon-Red Rock; Gary Rhyno from Hammarskjold High School in Thunder Day; and Linda Boivin of Lakehead University's Liaison department. Organizers were p leased with both the turnout and the response from participating counseUors. Photo below: High school students from Atikokan toured the University campus and got a sneak preview of what varsity life is all about. Grade 12 and 13 students were given a general campus tour, including residence, cafeterias, lecture haUs, labs and library. Specialized tours were also offered. Students w ho visited the School of Nursing received a "hands-on" experie nce with a Life-like baby doll. Nursing professor Karen Poole was on hand to answer their questions. Who? This is embarassing. After several frantic calls to a certain e ngineering lab, bribes and envelopes passed in the dark - the Information Office has been unable to find out who is last month's mystery man. An unnamed info rmant insists it's Peter Levis. Please help us with this mystery. This month's duo are well-known professors who did time: a) at a remote military base in the North? b) as instructors at an Arthur Murray Dance Studio? c) at a commune specializing in moustache growing (or re moval - hint hint)? d) A Bill Melnyk look-a-like and Pe te r Pan? Page 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - January 1989 �II Books II Inuit literature focus of Petrone's new book 11 With those few words Penny Petrone, a professor in the School o f Education, e ncouraged her frie nds and colleagues to jo in the celebration over her new book. Northern Voices, a collection o flnuit literature, was officially launched last month. Petrone said the book took about five years to complete. The idea for the book came while doing her previous best-seller First People, Firsi Voices. While researching her first book, she came across Inuit work and was enraptured by what she found. " I began reading and realized I sho uld be doing Canadian Inuit literature," she said. "Ilut I told myself no. I had to finish what I was doing first." Petrone described the Arctic as "remarkable, but terrible and te rrifying, too." She said it is this landscape that helped to shape the way Inuit live, what they think, and how they feel. "I hope that it (the book) will get oplc to recognize the value and orth of the Inuit," Petrone said. "They're human be in~, just like us." The book is aimed at the general reader rathe r than the scholar studying Native lite rature, she said. However the book would certainly be a valuable resource for suc h studies. The availability of material in the area of Inuit literature is scarce and a great deal of research was required. Pe trone (C Let joy be unrestrained!" Penny Petrone of the School ofEducation, offically launched her new book last month. ''Northern Voices" is expected to do as well as herfirst book, "Ffrst People, First Voices," which was well received internationally. Marie Ferguson from the Bookstore lends a band during brisk sales. visited museums and archives as far away said. " I hope people will sec their huas Cambridge, England, to find informamanity in all its variety." tion for her book. Petrone feels a strong bond with the Petrone, who has been teaching for people in her book. "I've known them more than 45 years, said there is an educafor so long, they've become friends tio nal value in the book. She expressed and colleagues." hope that the colJection will he lp dispel Northern Voices is published by the some of the "obnoxious stereotypes" University of Toronto Press and is people have about the Inuit. " I hope they available in the Lakehead University (readers) will see Arctic peoples as human Book Store and at Sweet Thursday be ings rather than as stereotypes," she Book Store. Lakehead University-Finland exchange has begun Lakehcad Unive rsity had a distinguished visitor last month in the form of a professor from Finland. Esko Mikko nen , a professor at the University o fHclsinki, arrived for a two-week stay at the forestry department, with Reino Pulkki as his host. Mikkonen said the joint [isko Mikkonen agreement will benefit both parties. "This university is re presentative o f Northe rn Canada," he said. "By the same toke n, there are universities in ((:inland that be long to the same category. " He cites the impor.ance of the forestry ir.dustry to both countries as a motivator for co-operation. "I would like to see some sort of researc h co-operation in January 1989 AGORA particular problems that are common here and back in Finlan d," he said. He would like the effort to concentrate on the "application o f technology to these problems." An exchange o f informatio n would be beneficia l to both countries since forestry is vital to both Finland and Northwestern Ontario. Mikkonen a lso suggested setting up a research exchange program or a student exchange fo r practical experience. Lake head University is an ideal place fo r an exchange with Finland because of the large Finnish population in 'Ibunder Day, he said. During his visit, Mikko nen addressed some forestry classes and ventured into the community. He addressed me mbe rs of the Finnish community at the Finlandia Ha ll, sharing information about Finland with the local community. " It is (bagging) two bucks with one shot," he said of his two-fold visit to Thunde r Bay. page 7 �--- --- 196: ] ' �IAKEHEAD UNIVER �Need for specialized teachers steadily increasing ... Education in Ontario is undergoing massive changes. Curriculum is coming under review, policies a rc being revised and staffing is of growing concern. Jim Head, president of the 34,000-member Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation alerted a provincial education comminec to the worsening teacher shortage in Ontario. At a meeting last Se ptember, he said the federation expe cts a turnover of abo ut 6,000 high school teachers between now and the year 2001. The full impact of the shortage will probably be fe lt by 1991. Rode rick McLeod, De an of the School of Education, spe culates a major increase in the number ofavailable positions within high schools will occur within a year. "This next year (1989) marks the closing of the early retirement window," he said. "I anticipate a significant numbe r ofe ducators will take advantage of it witho ut penalty to pe nsions." Jim McCuaig, Director ofEducation with the Lakehead Board of Education, said that while there are some shortages now, they will increase in the 1990s. French teachers are needed because of the growth of French immersion. Other areas experiencing shortages are high school math and science, particularly at the senior levels and special education. Retireme nts arc a major contributor to the increasing need fo r teachers, Mccuaig said. He referred to the government's retirement incentive plan and noted that "more (teachers) are retiring but there are fewer coming in." "There is still no general shortage in Thunder Bay," he said. "The shortage is in specialized areas." He sees the possibility of a general teacher shortage in the 1990s. Another possible reason for an increased need for teachers at the secondary level is the expansion within the Catholic school system to include programs up to the Grade 12/OAC level, McLeod said. At the provincial level, Premier David Peterson has promised to reduce the pupil/teacher ratio at the primary school level, thus creating more teaching positions. Lakehead University offers two routes by which students can become teachers: the concurrent program and the consecutive Are there any teaching jobs? ''There is an extreme market out there right now," says Keith Muncaster, student placement officer. "The greatest need for teachers is in southern Ontario and smaller northern Ontario communities. Jobs are not plentiful in Thunder Bay at the moment." ~-- - - -- - - - -- - -- ---, The population boom in southern Ontario bas meant more schools are being opened. "There are eight or nine boards who are willing to hire by the hundreds," ~ ~!:::== :...!'.... ......:~--==-- ~!'!'!!!'!'!!!'!'!!~ Muncaster said. For example, Durham Region will be opening four new schools this fall because of the population increase. (Photo shows Muncaster at job board with inter• ested students.) Page 10 - -- - - - - -- -- - - - - -- - AGORA --- Wendy Wa,pula, in the third year of the concun-ent program, worked with Grade 4 students at Sherbmoke Scbool. program. The concurrent program allows students to earn both a Bachelor of Education degree and an arts or scie nce degree at the same time. The consecutive program is a oneyear program offered after the student has completed a degree. "Both programs have more applicants than we can admit," McLeod said. He noted a trend whereby students wishing to teach at the primary/junior level embark on the concurrent program. Those who plan to teach at the se nio r level generalJy specialize and obtain an honours degree before entering the consecutive program. Beginning September 1988, the School of Education created 100 new places in the consecutive program and made five term appointments to meet the program's growing ne eds. There were more than 2,600 applications to the Schoo l of Education last fall, including first, second and third choices on the application form. "This translates into about 900 actual students," McLeod said. "We took in 264." The student breakdown is as follows: 112 students are studying in the primary/ junior education area; 76 w ill specialize in junior/inte rmediate; and another 76 preferred the intermediate/senior level. There are some in the general public who question th<'~ quality of teachers coming from the intensive consecutivL..)I program. McLeod said people must realize the process of January 1989 �... Lakehead University grads meet growing needs ecoming a teache r is part ofa continuum. "Becoming a teacher does not start with entry into an education program," he said. "It starts well before that-- probably while still in high school -- and extends througho ut their professional careers." David Bates, Chairman of Pre-Service Teacher education, said criticism "reflects the whole society's views that educational learning is one o f the most impo rtant things we can do for each other." He added that teaching is "a difficult _task (since) a lot ofpoeple have their own idea of what proper teaching is. In an effort to improve the training of teachers, the provincial government has conducted a three-year study of one-year teaching programs across the province. McLeod said it is possible that one-year programs may be combined with a period of apprenticeship. his/her educational career. This allows more time to make that final decision. Once entered in one of the two programs, stude nts select courses designed to he lp them manage a classroom, understand children and effective ly teach curriculum material. Courses include educational psychology, counselling, and curriculum and instructio n in various s ubjects, such as mathematics and language arts. Lakehead University has a program that may be unique in Ontario. The Native Teache r Education program is a four-year concurrent degree program that has grown o ut of the diploma program. The university is in the second year of tha t program. McLeod said there are about 25 students enrolled. "Each stude nt is of Native ancestry and is required to include in his or her Tradition and unique programs At LU, Pre -Service Teacher Education ts as the bridge "from the academic xld of being a student to the profesional world of being teachers ofstudents," Bates said. Bates said a longer program is not necessarily a beuer program. "There is a limit to what can be done to prepare to be a teacher -- they have to get out and get experience," he said of the consecutive program. Gaining practical experience is important in both the consecutive and concurrent programs. "All students are required by law to spend a minimum of 40 days of field placements in the classrooms," McLeod said. "We have required 42 days for all students." The one year programs have their roots in teachers' colleges, which were in existence for more than two decades. The concurrent po rgram did not get underway until the early 70s. "The re's a lo ng traditio n of one-year teacher education programs in Ontario," McLeod said. "That's quite different fro m Western provinces w here four-year Bache lor of Educa tion programs are their traditio n ." Although the one-year program is very i!l.tensive, it could also be be neficial to stu( .1ts, Bates said. A person who works on a degree and then decides to go into education does not have to add four years to C January 1989 11 program a number ofcourses which fo. cus on Native studies," he said. Although the students are qualified to teach anywhere, "the hope is they will return to the ir communities to be role models for the children." Students entering the work force will often find they must deal with topics not covered during training. For example, it is only in the last year or two that teachers have been asked to include AIDS education as part of the curriculum. Bates is confident in the ability of graduates to handle these situations. "These demands come and go," he said. "If they've got basic intelligence and know how to use it, they can continue to learn (and adapt)." What makes a good teacher? In an article published in the November 1988 edition of University A//airs, Kenneth Eble, an English professor at the University of Utah, decried the inability of professionals to define what makes a good teacher. He suggested that there are basicaUy "three major dimensions: a command ofsubject matter, a concern for students and mastery ofsome skills basic to one's own and another's learning." Commenting on the qualities of good teachers, Bates expressed confidence the courses at the School of Education go a long way to produce first-rate teachers. Graduates from the program have found work around the world. McLeod said "a number (of graduates) are in southe rn Ontario and a fe w are in Thunder Bay. Some have gone to Native communities and there are even a few overseas." The increasing need for specialized teachers means some difficulties for school boards, but it is a blessing for graduates seeking employment. Third-year student \Vendy Wa,pula said she enjoyed her time working at Sherbrooke School because she enjoys helping children to learn. Upon graduation, Warpula, like other graduates, willfind that a large job market exists if she is willing to relocate. AGORA - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - --1age 11 �~========= New Faces on Campus=========~ ~---;-------:::--S_t_e_p_h_e_n-:-:-C_h--;::a=s=e=====::!.' Stephen Chase considers Lakehead University to be a home away from home. A bright, cheery face in the School of Education, Chase is involved in the Pre-Service Teacher Education program. Aside from work, he is connected to the university through his wife, who is an LU graduate. "This is like a second home to us," he said. Chase has done some teaching in the Sandy Lake area with Indian Affairs -- something he hopes to do again in the future. 1be North came as a revelation to Chase, who had been living in St. Catharines, Ont. At some ...__ _ __ . . . . ; : : = = = ~ point in the future Chase would like to "go and do a doctorate, specializing in curriculum theory." At the moment, Chase is an expectant father. ~Iiiiii~;;;:====M ===a=,rt_a_ B_Ie_n_ka_r_n_ _ __ _ fij Marta Blenkam, has travelled south to Lakehead University af1er spending some time in the Northwest Territories. She is in charge of French Pre-Service Teacher Education. In the Territories she helped to develop the French program at the e le mentary level. "I have taught in many settings," she said of her 19 years in teaching. "As a language teacher it is a n achievement to successfully teach in a number ofcountries." She has taught kindergarten ...__ _ _ _.....;;;== = = . i to university level courses. Original1y from Colombia, where she was involved in French teacher education, she earned a degree in French and did graduate level studies in Canada and the United States. Laird Van Damme I =======ru::-·-ta_Irwi __ ·n _ __ _ __ _ J :=I Laird Van Damme, an LU graduate, Rita. Irwin joined the School of returned to the university this year as Education in August and has made an instructor. Van Damme received herself right at home. Her main inhis BSc in Forestry in 1982 and his volvement is in the area of art educaMasters degree three years later. He tion. Rita enjoys travel and taught one joined KBM Forestry Consultants Inc. summer in Africa through Project in 1984. 'There was no awkwardness Overseas, which sends teachers to returning as an instructor since he Third World countries. "It was a pretty maintained a "good liaison" with the powerful experience for me," she faculty while doing graduate work said. Rita is involved in different levels and consulting with KBM. "It's almost of a.rt education. "I seem to be pretty like I never left the place in some involved provincially in art educarespects," Van Damme said. His expetion," she said, "and to a certain ext~. riences in the work world have given i..;;;...;;.;;;;;;=======~ national1y." She wants to "get bai:-l him a collection of anecdotes to illus- - - - -- - - - - - - ' into painting and doing my own art" at some point in the future. trate the classes being taught. Van Damme is filling in for Bob At the moment, however, teaching at LU is keeping her very busy. Day, who is on sabbatical in Australia. Page 12 - -- - - -- -- - - - -- AGORA - - -- - -- -- -- -- - -January 1989 �= = = = - ~ Papers / PubJica tiODS anceyouth volleyball players: Effects on affect, Professor Geoffrey R Weller, Vice-President & Special Proiects .. r. I. Nlrdosh, Pro fessor o f Chemical Engineering has been awarded the following two Canadian patents: 1. "Processes for Extraction of Uranium and Radium from Uranium Conta.inlng Ores Using Fen-le Nitrate", Canadian Patent #1 241 544. This patent was awarded on September 61988. 2. "Processes for Extractl.ng Radium from Uranium Mill Tallings", Canadian Patent #1 241 543. This patent was also awarded on September 6, 1988. Ors. S. V. Muthuswami of l~kehead University and M.H.I. Baird of McMastcr University arc the co-inve ntors. Dr. I. Nlrdosh h as published a paper entitled "Removal of Small Amounts of Sulphate Ions from Chloride Uranium-Bearing Solutions Using an Anion-Exchange Resin". The paper is published in the Journal Uranium Vo. 4 (pp. 395-409). 'fllc co-authors, Messrs. A. Sirignano, C. R. Johnson and S. Lakhani, have worked with Dr. Nirdosh for their undergraduate degree projects. Dr. Peter Crocker, Assistant Professor, School of Physical Education and Alhlctics, recently published "Cognilive-affectlvc stress c anagcment training with high pcrfonn- Ask Dr. Weir Why is it so difficult to repair bro- Q ken plastic spectacle frames? And which adhesive would you recommend to effect a successful repair? Spectacle frames, made of plastics such as cellulose acetate, tend to break in places which are subjected to relatively high (and often cyclical) stresses. It is therefore essential that the two parts be firmly bonded to the adhesive; otherwise the failure is repeated. The question now becomes: how do adhesives and glues work? 1he short answer is by secondary interactions, but let me explain how these occur. When carbon atoms are joined toothers, like nitrogen and oxygen, electrical charge differences are built up across the bonds, the carbon becoming slightly more positive, and the oxygen and nitrogen becoming slightly more negative. (This arrangement is called a dipole). If two dipoles approach, such that the positive end of one is close to the negative end of the A ( cognition, and perfonnance" In the ''Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology", 1988, Vol 10, 448-460. He also published a paper entitled, "A coping skills approach to e motioncontrol training for athletes" in F.A. Carre (Ed), ICHPER/CAHPHER World Conference: Towards the 21st Century. University o f British Columbia Press, 1988. David A. Nock, Professor of Sociology, publish ed his article "John Porter: the Unknown Functionalist" In Socicty-Socicte In Vol. 12, No. 3, October 1988, pp. 12-22. Recent work by the Physics and Geology departments has lead to a paper being accepted for publication by the International Journal "Physics of the Earth and Planetary lntcriors".ln this work Dr. Hawton (Physics) and Dr. Borradallc (Geology) have been able to show that the dielectric propenics of slates vary with direction and that this relates to the ancient d cfonnation history of these rocks. Further work is planned with experimentally defonncd synthetic mineral aggregates to understand better the ways in which directio nally controlled physical properties d evelop during movements in the Earth. This work h as implications for stress stud ics of the canh and car-chquakc research. other, an attractive force is set up. These so-called dipolar forces are one type of secondary interaction that operates between the molecules of the plastic and between the molecules in adhesives, such as epoxies. In addition there are weaker, attractive interactions, which are caused by fluctuating electrical charge differences. (These are called dispersion forces.) The important point to remember is that both of these interactions are highly dependent on the distance between molecules; e.g. if the distance is halved, the dispersion force is reduced by a factor of 64! This fact leads to the most important requirement for an adhesive: there must be intimate molecular contact between it and the substrate, and in order to get this, the secondary forces operating between molecules in the substrate (the plastic) should be very similar in magnitude to these operating between the molecules in the adhesive. Any mismatch of these forces leads to a weaker bond between the adhesive and the substrate, and this eventually leads to an unsuccessful repair of your frames. Thus the choice of adhesive is critical. Other factors, such as trapped air Page 13- -- - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - (Academic) has recently published the followIng: "The Canadian Security lnte lJigence Service Under Stress", Canadian Public Administration, Vol. 31, No. 2, Summer 1988, pp. 279-302; "Universities, Pol.itics and Dcvelopment: TI1e Case ofNmthern Ontario" in Fred l..azin, Samuel Aroni and Yehuda Gradus, The Policy Impact o f Universities in Developing Regions, New York: MacMillan, 1988 pp. 210222; "The Feasibility of Developing an Integrated I teal th Care Delivery System in the North: llle Case of Nortl1western Ontario" in David Young (ed), Health Care Issues in the Canadian North, Edmonton: Boreal Institute for Northern Studies, 1988, pp. H0-150. (with Dr. P. Manga); " The Politics of Health in the Circumpolar North" Arctic Medical Research, Vol. 46, No. 2, October 1987, pp. 52-03. (with Dr. P. Manga); "The Politics of Government Intervention in Highe r Education: A Case for the North", in Cecily Watson (ed), Readings in Canadian Higher Education, Toronto: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1988, pp. 140-150. (wi th Dr. R. G. Rosehart) Appointments Professor Ron Nelson was reappointed to the position of Director o f the School of BusincssAdminlstration fora threeyeartc nn, Dr. Neil iVeir, Professor, Department of Chemistry spaces, cracks and other defects inevitably form during adhesion, and these also contribute to the failure. As to the best adhesives to use, I would recommend an "epoxy" or "Joctite" or "crazy" glue, but sufficient time must be allowed for the adhesive to set. (P. S. This question was posed by Dr. John Hart of Victoria, B.C. (Professor Emeritus, Physics) Sorry I can't be more optimistic John!) AGORA - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - January 1989 �Research News of applications from graduate students is May lS, 1989, with decisions to be announced by May 31. FROM THE OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH Research Officer. /\wards are for one year only, but may be granted for a second year upon re-application. Winners of the awards will be detcnnined by the Presidential Advisory Committee on Northern Studies, with Input from the Director of Graduate Studies and Research. Trish McGowan NEWS FROM NSERC NORTIIERN STUDIES GRADUATE AWARDS A new Graduate Awards competition has been developed by the Lakehcad University Ccmre For Northern Studies. The Centre annuallywill provide up to SS0,000 in the form ofstipend awards to full-time graduate students whose current or proposed research focuses on regional development or problems and issues of particular importance to northwestern Ontario or the broader Canadian and circumpolar north. All research proposals with a northern orientation are eligible and will be considered. Examples of research relevant to regional development which have been described by the Centre arc: program Implementation In the non-consumptive tourism industry; sustainable utilization and population continuity of wildlife in developing areas; development of social service d elivery in remote communities; analytical regional geography; development of an economic base in isolated communities; resolution of labour-management Issues; technological development in the pulp and paper industry; and development of a primary health care program for isolated regions. Three competitions have been announced: 1. The 1988/&9 Awards (valued at S3,000) are for graduate students already enrolled in the first or second year of their program. The deadline for receipt of completed applications from students is January 16, 1989. Winners will be announced by January 31. 2. The second competition (1989/90 Entrance Awards) is intended forstudeniswho maybe recruited to begin graduate training in the spring or fall of 1989. Decisions will be based largely on research proposals submlned by faculty members, and will be conditional upon anracting a student of high academic standing to do the study. Awards will have a value of SS,000. Application deadline is March 13, 19891 with decisions to be announced by March 31. 3. A third competition (1989/90 Continuing Awards) will be held for graduate students proceeding to the second year of the program and expecting to complete their degree in time for the 1990 spring graduation. These awards will have a value of S3,000. The deadline for receipt Page 14 eligible contributions; an incentive o f 10%, similarly prorated, will be paid to our General Research Grant (GRG). 2. A bonus amounting to 30% of elig'· cash contributions under two of NS ERC's L versity-lndustry programs, Cooperat ive Research and Development (GRD) Grants and Shared Equipment and Facilities, will be paid to the GRG's ofparticipating universities. This bonus will apply to industrial cash connibutions actually received by the university with respect to new or existing activity, and will be in e ffect for the duration of the existing matching policy, which ends in 1990/91. The 1989/90 Grants Competition The staff at NSERC are currently preparing proposals for the allocation of next year's budget. Council hopes to be able to provide a decent success rate of30-35% in the equipment competition, and to award more postgraduate scholarships and fellowships, If the quality of the demand warrants It. More funds will be put into the Operating Grants Program but, once again, the total increase maybe absorbed by the need to provide adequate funding to new applicants. In order to provide the most talented researchers with sufficient funding to remain competitive and ensure that the research force keeps ilS head above water, the grant selection committees will have to be more selective. As a result, the Operating Grants competition will be even more severe than in recent years. The Matching Fund Policy At !IS June meeting, Council decided to abandon the Incentive scheme (whereby 10% ofrcportcd contrlbutlonswould be returned to each University's General Research Grant in the first year, 20% In the second year and 30% in the third year) adopted two years ago underthe matching fund policy. In IIS place, Council has initiated two measures aimed at increasing university-Industry Joint activities. 1. There will be a payment for eligible contributions reported to encourage universities to submit reports required under the matching fund policy as follows: 5% on the first U00,000 reported; 2% on the next S200,000 (S5,000 + 2% on contributions between SlOOK and S300K); 1% on the next S700,000 ($9,000 + 1% on contributions between S300 K and $1 M); 0.5% on the next S2,000,000 (S16,000 + 0.5% on contributions between UM and S3M); 0.25% on anything over S3M (S26,000 + 0.25% on contributions In excess of S3M). This new policy wilJ result in an increased incentive payment for Lakchead when It is Implemented in 1989 (based on rcpons for 1988/89). We reported Sl26,440 In eligible private sector contributions for 1986/87 and received S4,718 as an incentive payment. (The 10% Incentive was prorated to 3.4% due to the large number of eligible contributions reported to NSERC from all Canadian universities). For 1987/88 we reported Sl99,841 in AGORA Under the program of University-Industry CRD Grants, NSERC will now accept research proposals that Involve more general research activities that are not tied specifically to a single project. This added flexibility will alJow Council to considerproposalswhich do not fit the rather restrictive criteria of the current CRD projects. lbcy are now prepared to consider proposals in which a company or a group of companies arc interested in supporting longer-tem1 research programs of one or several researchers. Council has adopted these measm·es in order and to e ncourage joint activities and to raise industry cash contributions, which are currently relatively small unde r these two programs. This bonus will not result in any increase to Lake head University's GRG, as we have no grants under NSERC's UnivcrJ Industry programs. Dr. Alan Frosst, Assist • Vice-President of Research at McMaster University and a consultant for NSERC on these programs, has offered to come to Lakehead University. If there is sufficient Interest among our faculty, I will extend the invitation to him. NSERC's Senior Industrial Fellowships Senior Industrial Fellowships arc d esigned to encourage a mutually produc tive interchange between universities and indusny. The fellowships arc intended for staff members of Canadian universities who arc eligible to apply for NSERC grants. Normally, fellows may spend a minimum period of one year with Industrial organizations in Canada or with certain quasi-industrial federal corporations or provincial utilities. No restrictions will be placed on the kind of work to be carried out during tenure of the fellowship. NSERC will top-up the leave salary of the fellows as a supplement to the university contribution to ensure that the fellows receive a total amount equal to their normal university salary. In addition, NSERC will provide, if required, a travel grant equivalent to economy class return air fare for the fellows and me mbers of their Immediate family. (Sec i'""'tgraphs 117 and 118 of the NSERC AMs Guide for further Information.) January 1989 �Dr. David Holah (Ch emistry) has been awarded a Senr Industrial Fellowhip for the colfabor:uive research be is undertaking during his sabbatical leave with the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada (PAPRIO\N). lbevalue of the award is$45,000 plusa$10,000 allowance for research and travel costs. TI1e Council awards one Bora Laskin Fellov,,ship each year. C INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEWS c __ _ ___;;:=-:..c:...--"---- - ' NEWS FROM SSHRC Therese F. Casgraln Fellowship TI1e TI1crcse F.-Casgrain Fellowship for Research on Women and Social Change In Canada was initiated In 1986-87 to perpetuate the memory of women's rights activist Therese F.Casgrain by encouraging others to carry on her work in promoting the human rights, as well as the economic and social Interests, of Canadian women. The Fellowship, which has been awarded annually at a value of $25,000, will be increased to $40,000 and awarded every two years rather than annually. Consequently, the deadline for the next competition will be June 15, 1990. The CUITCnt award holder Is Dr. Micheline Labelle, Head of the Department ofSociology at the University of Quebec at Montreal. Dr. La('-lle will use the award to conduct a study on I;.. ,migrant women and re fugee claimants In Montreal. Thestudy will involve In-depth Interviews with immigrant women who have risen to key positions In society and who have a high profile In their respective ethnic communities. She plans to create a demographic and socioeconomic profile of Immigrant women within established ethnic groups and to analyze the views of successful e thnic women on cultural and ethnic pluralism in Quebec society. TI1e Bora l.askln National Fellowship In Human Rights Research The 1988/89 Bora Laskin Fellowship has been awarded to Dr. Jerome E. Bickenbach, a professor o f philosophy at Queen's University, for a study entillcd, "Equality Rights and Physical Disability". Dr. Blckcnbach will Investigate the philosophical and legal issues pertaining to the rights and special e ntitle me nt of the physically disabled. The three main issues to be studied arc: the definition of disability, the consequences of a social commitme n t to equality, and the range and scope of legal rights and other practical entitlements that are owed to individuals with disabilities. 1lte Bora Laskin Fellowship in Human t.,...- ·hts Research was established to encourage \ .Jlti-disciplinary research and the development of expertise in the field of human rights. January 1989 A recent federal government aid policy is putting pressure on the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to contract out some of Its programs. Sharing Our Future, the fed e ral government's new action plan designed to guide Canada's foreign aid program, calls for a decentralization of Canada's a id program a nd a focus on "fostering partnerships". This plan, together with the federal government's attempt to downsize Its operations, has prompted C IDA to contract out the administration of its programs. Earlier this year, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) signed a seven-year $13. 7 million agreement with CIDA to coordinate the Canada-China University Linkage Program, designed to promote linkages between Canadian universities and their counterparts in China. In the past, linkages between Canadian and Chinese universities had been managed by CIDA and funded on an individual basis. However, a dramatic increase in the number of such agreements led to the develo pment of the new program mechanism. In 1986/87, three-quarters of Canada's $2.5 billion official development assistance budget was channeled through CIDA. Since 1984/85, C IDA has been the second fastest-growing government department, surpassed only by National Defe nce. AUCC • h1tematlonal Division The Institutional Cooperation and Development Services ( ICDS) Division o f CIDA and AUCC's International Division ratified a new agreement on June 30, 1988 to cover the latter's program of activities from July 1, 1988 to March 31, 1991. CIDA's contribution will be $2.4 milJion, with a further contribution coming from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and AUCC. The planned activities will be a continuation of those carried out during the previous threeyear period. lbe International Division will be responsible for Information and communications, publications, liaison, and the annual meeting of International Liaison Officers. The " microfund" program, which supports International d evelopment initiatives by Canadian universities, will be maint.ained and will receive $200,000 annually. 1be n ewest element in the agreement provides for the creation of a second "micro-fund" program. It will a!Jow institutions to maintain international links once projects have reached the end of allowable funding by CIDA. Funds for the program will total $30,000 In 1988/89, $75,000 In 1989/90 and $125,000 In 1990/91. Canadian universities will be e ntitled to receive up to $5,000 per project. AGORA FUNDING OPPORTUN111ES Ontario Mlnlstry of Transportation and Communications • High way Sakty Research Grants TheMinistryofTransportation and Communication has established a new research grants program designed to promote interest in the human - social, behavioral, and economic - aspects of highway safety. Of further relevance to th is p1·ogram arc methods used to record and analyze traffic acc iden ts and other aspects of traffic safety. llte deadline for proposals is January 3 1, 1989, for awards starting April 1, 1989. Approximately five awards will be made, valued at up to $20,000. Ontario Ministry of the En vironme nt • Environmental Research Program The Ministry of the Environment has issued a report entitled, "Environmental Research Program: Research Needs 1989/90" which presents a summary of its 1989/90 scientific research priorities. The repo rt Includes a list of current research issues and needs, classified into five research areas: Air Quality, Water Quality, Liquid and Solid Waste, Analytical Method Development :md Socio-Economic Research. 'fbe deadline for applications: January 15, 1989. 'll1e G. Allan Rocher Institute Scottis h Rite Charitabl e Foundation Grants TI1c G. Allan Rocher Institute is a research and policy d evelopment organization which offers research grants for studies in the b road range of fi elds relating to human services and mental handicap. The lnstitutc's current research priorities include: 1) Issues affecting people who have severe mental handicaps and multiple handicaps; 2) Integration of people who have mental handicaps; 3) Prevention; and 4) Stntegies for Social Change. Grants a.re worth up to $8,000 each. 171c application deadline Is April 29, 1989. TI1e Department of National Defence announced awards in the following programs: 1) Military and Strategic Studies (MSS) Language program; 2) MSS Scholars hip program 3)MSS Internship Program: /4) MSS Sabbatical and Research Awards; 5) MSS l'ostdoct0ral fellowships Program; 6) Postdoctoral Fellowships in Milita1y Histo1y and t he Canadian lnstit1.1te fo r International Peace and Security Awa.r ds Program, all administered by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. Deadline: Febrnary 1 1 1989. Forfurther infomrntion aboutthesc and othe r research funding opportunities, please contact this office (8223). Page 15 �Campus Calendar Professional Pension Plan Update WEDNESDAY, 25 INFORMATION MEETING To include your Department's event or activity in the Campus Calendar, please call Flo Sherren at 8300 or mail your information to SN1002 Deadline for the February Agora is January 18, 1989 JANUARY Members of the Pension Plan were advised in December that they would rece· "' a monthly update on the status of Plan ad mendments. Draft copies of the proposed Plan, as ammended, Trust Agreeme nt, and other relevent information were mailed to the Pension Commission of Ontario and Revenue Canada on Dec. 28. Members must now await for comment back from both organizations. Texts have been sent to EckJe r Partners Ltd. and Dr. Donovan Waters for further actuarial and legal comment, respectively. In the meantime work is progressing on the manner ofcrediting inte rest to members' accounts. January is "Alzheimer Awareness Month" and as part of its ongoing public awareness pr ogram, the Altzheimer Society oflbunder Bay is presenting an information session for any interested students, faculty, staff, members of the general public. 7pm Room 2047 Ryan Building FRIDAY, 27 FREE PUBLIC LECTURE MONDAY, 9 MEETING Alumni Board 7:30 pm Little Dining Room THURSDAY, 12 Speaker: Professor Robert O'Kell, University of Manitoba Topic: "Robert Browning's Other Duchess" 3 pm Se nate Chambers Gordon McLeod Lecture Series S-T-0-R-M-Y W-E-A-T-H-E-R In the event that inclement weather should warrant closure of the University campus, all radio stations will be notified and frequent public service announcements will kee p students, faculty and staff informed. SATURDAY, 28 & SUNDAY, 29 ACADEMIC SCHEDULE LUSU FILM NIGHT Final date for registration, changes and additions to second term half-courses Rocky Horror Picture Show 8 p.m. RB 1042 $1.50 Students, $2.00 Others Agorl\ SATURDAY, 14 & SUNDAY, 15 FEBRUARY LUSU FILM NIGHT Young Guns 8 p.m. RB 1042 $1.50 Students, $2.00 Othe rs The AGORA is produced by the Information Office, Department of Community R<:;lations, Lakehcad Universi ty, Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is published monthly (excepr Augu st), and is distributed free of charge to the University's faculty and staff, local government , media, business and friends of the University. Credit is appreciated when material is reproduced or quoted. SATURDAY, 4 & SUNDAY, 5 I.USU FILM NIGHT MONDAY, 16 FREE PUBLIC LECTURE Speaker: Dr. Joyce Forbes Topic: "Social Responsibility Through Teaching, Learning, and Researching" 7:30 pm RB1021 THURSDAY, 19 Big Business 8 p.m. RB 1042 $1.50 Students, $2.00 Others Director of Community Relations: John Russell, Editor: Katherine Shedden Assistant: Maureen Martin Calendar: Flo Sherren Photography: Peter Puna Graphics: Ben Kaminski, Debby Tew Printing: Rainbow THE CHANCELLOR PATERSON LIBRARY HOURS *NEW regular hours will begin January 3, 1989 Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 11:30 pm• Friday - 8:00 am - 9:00 pm Saturday - 9:00 am - 9:00 pm• Sunday 11:00 am - 10:00 pm• MEETING Board of Governors 4:00 pm Senate Chambe rs Address correspondence to: Editor/ Agoro Infomrntion Office SN1002 Lakehead Un iversity Oliver Road, n,under Bay, Ontario, P713 5E I (807) 343-8631 or 3,i3.8300 SATURDAY, 21 & SUNDAY, 22 LUSU FILM N IGHT Redlleat 8p.m. RB 1042 Sl.50 Students, $2.00 Others MONDAY, 23 ~ celebrating our Silver Jubilee f/)~ ~ Senate 2:30 pm Senate Chambers Ul\flt, '< .:_• . < ...J . ::0 MEETING \) -n' '!If~\I> • tl ll!l nt', -._ ~ ~ ~ ~ ;p . i ' ..... ~f,, • "l:R \\.ly,\ 0 ~ ~ "'0 o. Uo. 'O ·.; ~ -<. ~ ~~~ Q. "' "O <D .... (I) -~ E (I) en <I> en ~ .... a.. u Cl ~ <ii ~ .... en en «> 0 0 -• Uo.o. ~ ii: co u 0) .,... N- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lakehead University Alumni Collection Description An account of the resource Material kept by the Lakehead University Alumni Association, or donated by Alumni to the Association. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Agora Magazine Vol.6 No.1 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This issue of the Agora contains an article on Rob Foster, a report from the President, and has pictures from around campus. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1989-01 Agora Agora Magazine Alumni Alumni Association Alumni Association of Lakehead University Lakehead Lakehead University President Rosehart President's Perspective Rob Foster https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/5aa718685ee2b1925000de2be7766757.pdf 88577d75489ee4ab58fb092e59706b05 PDF Text Text ~ '-inside: ~ Bill McNeil eats crickets ...~ 'Forgotten war' remembered .. New Faces ................................ Research N ews ........................ 2 4 5 6 THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO VOL. 7. NO. 7 JULY 1990 Homecoming 190: More than 400 alumni share memories And they do it in style with song, dance, golf and good food Jan Tamblyn, folk-singer and son of LU's first President, and a Thunder Bay favourite son, Tom Kelly (HBA'67) perform in front of large appreciative audiences. Keynote speaker Colleen Cupples (BA'67) with a print of the Sleeping Giant by local artist Doris Kramer. School of Forestry announces new co-op program - first in Canada "Come on everybody let's do that Conga"! Dancers are lead by the effervescent Frank Mitchell (Grad Dip'69,Bl1'67). Dr. John Naysmith, Director of the School of Forestry and John DeGiacomo, Co-operative Education Co-ordinator at Lakehead Un iversity have announced that Canada's first university level co-op forestry program will be offered beginning this fall. The program is designed to respond to increasing demands by industry for graduates with more practical experience. It will combine the school' s four year program with five four month work terms. Student placements will primarily be centred with p rivate industry and government agencies. Nancy Luckai has been appointed the Forestry Co-op advisor. She says, "men and women from across Canada now have access to a unique educational package which addresses the many challenges facing forest resource managers". It is anticipated that enrolment in the forestry program will increase as a result of the introduction of the first Canada-wide co-op option. �wisdom of the Alumni Association in choosing Dusty as the 1990 Alumni Award winner. As with all events, suggestions for next time were freely given, an I would encourage the Association to work on the success of this event and plan for perhaps the 30th! Report From the President Dr. Bob Rosehart CELEBRATION 1990 The Silver Jubilee celebrations came to a fitting end with the Canada Day weekend reunion. This was the first major reunion of l..akehead University graduates planned by the Alumni Association, and the weekend was very successful. Over 400 participants registered for the many events, and it was impressive to see the many early graduates take part from all across Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. The "Fresh Air" radio show was a highlight, and I am sure that if the audience didn't know about Lakehead University before the show, they do now. The duo of Tom and Dusty M iller were particularly entertaining on the show and, once again, point out the CENTRE FOR NORTHERN STUDIES Geoff Weller, Vice-President (Academic), has recently announced some changes in the CenlTe for Northern Studies. Firstly, Margaret Boone has assumed the Chair of the Advisory Committee to the Centre and the membership of this group will be expanded to include the two Deans. Professor Norm Bonsor has assumed the role of Interim Director of the Cen tre and a process will be put into place to see a Director selected in a p rocess similar to an academic department. Dr. Paul Watts has accepted a position with the Depar tment of Biology and will continue his northern studies research. SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FUTURE FUNDING As you know, with the changes in Federal Government funding the prov- Lakehead University was given a breath of "Fresh Air" at the Reunion. Hosted by CBC Radio veteran Bill McNeil, listeners were treated to yams spun by the 'Miller duo of Dusty and Professor Emeritus Tom. Professor of Social Work ► Mary Lou Kelley discussed her involvement in the Council for Positive Aging (COPA). Ruth Robinson spoke about her graduation from high school two days before (after 52 years away from school). She will attend LU in the fall. Compliments of Dr. Yves Prevost, Bill snacked on the infamous "bug fudge" while on the air. Page2 inccs to cover the costs of post-secondary education, as well as the recent Ontari0 corridor funding decisions, it is impor _) tant that Lakehead University look seriously at our future fiscal well being. The audited statements of this past fiscal year (89 /90) are just now available and, for the first time since the early 80's, we had an operating deficit of slightly more than $100,000. In order to prepare the University for dealing with the regular 1991 /92 budget preparation cycle, I have established a special Presidential Committee on Future Funding that will meet over the summer and table a report in the early fall. This Committee, co-chaired by Professor G. Weller and Mr. F. Poulter, will have membership drawn from various groups including two faculty from the Senate Budget Committee and one of the Executive members of L.U.S.U. Their challenge is to predict, over a multi-year period, the likely external income to Lakehcad University in the form of operating grants and tuition fees as well as to examine various models of expenditure distribution within the University. HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE SUMMER! J AGORA---- - - - - - - - - - -- - July 1990 �(Around Campus First non-teaching staff member elected to Board of Gove rnors Bonnie Wigmore, paymaster in the Department of Finance, has been elected as representative to the Board of Governors for a three year term. She has worked for the university for 10 years and is the first full-time non-teaching staff member to serve on the Board. Convocation '90 videos available Videos of the morning and afternoon 1990 convocation ceremony proceedings are available by phone or mail from the Department of Audio Visual (343 8267). These 2 hour VHS or BETA tapes cost S20.00 (including tax). European/ Asian conversions arc also available for an additional $30.00. This video yearbook includes opening ceremonies and the conferring of degrees on all graduands. Who's onfirst? And who's on second. The construction of the new Student Centre and Regional Education Centre has caused the recent disappearance of a few LU fixtures. LUSIJ President fan Middleton and the entire LUSU crew insist they have moved liJeir offices to the Aesthetics Lounge UC2014 for the next 12 months. The photographic evidence reveals a different story. First, they took his door, then the office furniture and finally the building but an intrepid photographer finally /racked him lo his new office. That /ea11es the Learning Assistance Centre 011 second, or rather on the 4th floor of the Chancellor Paterson Library. They are now open for business in Room 4016 at the same phone number. The Understudy has closed but will reopen in mid-August at its new location in the Games Room. LU grad appointed ,uperintendent of Education Mr. Kevin Debnam (BEd '87, MEd '82, BA '76, DipEd '71) has been appointed Superintendent of Education effective August 1990. Mr. Debnam is currently the Coordinator of Elementary programs and has been with the Board since 1971. He replaces Gerry Blake who accepted a position as Superintendent of Curriculum with the Durham Region Roman Catholic School Board in Oshawa. Labatt's Assists Campus Alcohol Awareness Program Dave Vaillant, Labatt's Sales Representative, presented a $2500 cheque to Jeff Dockeray, (LUSU) Pub Manager and Programmer on behalf of Labatt's Breweries for the Lakehead University Student Union's new Alcohol Awareness Program. The program is designed to map out alcohol-related problems on campus and to find ways of dealing with them. The influx of younger students to university is changing the face of campuses across Ontario and student leaders are looking to new group activities with the focu s away from alcohol. July 1990 AGORA - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- Page 3 �Korean War Vets Commemorate 40th Anniversary with a Donation to LU The Korean Veterans Association, Unit 30 Thunder Bay donated a number of valuable books to Lakehead University recently, in commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the end of the Ko rean War. The set of seven books deal with Korean history, culture and art. President of the Veteran's Association, Ken Himes, says "we want more people to realize that Canadians did serve in Korea - in fact, more than 26, 000! There were 560 fatali ties and more than 1000 wounded". Veterans from across the region formed a colour party and proceeded to the President's Office where Dr. Rosehar t was presented with the donation. The Korean Veterans Association's colour party trooped the Canadian and Korean flags through the University Centre as part of /he commemorative ceremony. In Remembrance r,,:;,...._, Ken Bums, a maintenance worker with Campus Development died unexpectedly on June 27, 1990. Ken worked at Lakchead University for the past 20 years. He was deeply devoted to his family and to his church. Ken will be remembered by co-workers as a hard-worker and for his obliging and friendly manner. Our deepest sympathies arc extended to the Bums family. Winners of the LU Oral Modern Language Contest From left to right, Dr. Abdul Mamoojee, a contest judge, Charmane Moore, FWCI, Andrea Onchulenko, Hillcrest, Bill Blomstrom, Lakeview, Lise-Anne Terpstra, Hammarskjold and Professor Andre Cloutier, Chairman of the Department of Languages. This oral competition, sponsored since 1960 by Mr. George B. Macgillivray, Pae;e 4 ) longtime Thunder Bay resident, was originally established to honour Mr. Macgillivray's high school French teacher, Helena C. Raitt. The contestants must demonstrate conversational ability in French, Spanish or German and are judged on their vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation, grammatical accuracy and fluency. AGORA-- - - -- - - - - -- - - - - July 1990 �New Faces I_ __ T _h_o_m_a_s_G_e_b_ur_e_k_ _ __,I .__I_ __ _ K_a_t_h_y_M_a_t_i_c_ _ ____, ( Dr. Thomas Geburek has joined the School of Forestry as a visiting scholar. Originally from West Germany, Dr. Geburek studied forestry science at the University of Gocttingen in Hamburg. He will be conducting research at Lakehead University, primarily in the area of forest conservation. "This is important research in Gem1any because of the massive decline of the forests there", says Dr. Geburek. Part of Geburek's reason for coming to Canada was for the "gain in personal experience". He finds the "Canadian attitude" largely different from the European but enjoys the challenge of learning the ropes in a foreign country. Geburek and wife, Sabine spend their leisure time exploring the region's Provincial Parks and enjoy hunting, fishing and canoeing. The Gebureks are expecting a very special Christmas gift this year - the first Canadian Geburek will be born in December. Robert Zuback Robert Zuback has been appointed to the newly created 1 "1osition of Development Officer in i.. 11e External Relations department. Rob will be working with area residents, organizations and businesses to maintain and improve LU's competitive role nationally in the areas of teaching, research and development. Apart from getting settled in his new position, new duties lie ahead for Rob. At press time the Agora staff received the happy news that Rob and his wife Debbie delivered a baby boy, John David Adam Zuback, on Monday, July 9. Kathy Matic is a new face at the circulation desk in the Library. Born in Yugoslavia, Kathy moved to Timnder Bay when she was four and has spent most of her life in the city. She attended Port Arthur Collegiate Institute and recently graduated from the Business/ Marketing Program at Confcderation College. A volleyball fanatic, Kathy and her family have set up a net in their backyard. She also enjoys reading fiction novels and is ' - - - - - - - - - -- ' a true horror story fanatic - Stephen King being her favorite author. Kathy bought a small boat, which she made seaworthy over the winter months, and is looking forward to testing the waters with it over the summer. Stephen Albanese Stephen Albanese is the new Micro Computer Technician in Audio-Visual Services. He is replacing Cathy Rhind who will be pursuing full-time engineering in the fall. Stephen comes to Lakehead University from working three years for a local firm, Hi-Tech Computer. He is a graduate of Hillcrest High School. Stephen has been married for six years to Susan. Stephen enjoys listening to what he terms "non-commercial" music and L...__ __ _ _ __ _ __, is a fan of PBS television. He likes to travel and hopes to get more opportunities to do so in the future. He has been all through the eastern states in the U.S. visiting the cities of Washington, Pittsburg and Philadelphia. In the future Stephen would like to start his own computer business. People, Papers/Publications munity Health Nurses to Link Theory & Special Projects with Practice" on May 29 at the UniverProfessor J.P. C. de Cangas, School of Nursing ~ □ presented the following par • pers; "Innovative Programs -=~$..;:, in Rural Practice: Northern Ontario Mental Health Network Bulletin Board, ~~~~;:~~~ and "Rural Psycho-Social Rehabilitation: Social Rein' sertion Program: - A step beyond case management" ~tn:-=f~~ at the 2nd International Rural Mental Health Conference, North Bay, Ontario June 11-15, 1990. Michel Morton, School of Nursing, presented a paper entitled "Assisting Student Com- 4 ° -=- .Tnlv HlAO sity of Guelph's Third Annual Instructional Show and Tell. This conference was attended by post-secondary educators interested in examining effective teaching-learning strategies. Dr. A. H. Mamoojee, Department of Languages, presented a paper entitled "The legateship of Q. Cicero in Gaul" at the annual meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, held in conjunction with the Learned Societies Conference at the University of Victoria, B.C. on 2022 May 1990. Patricia Vervoort, Department of Visual Arts, presented a paper entitled "Re-Constructing Van Gogh: Paintings as Sculptures" at the Fifth American Association for Netherlandic Studies interdisciplinary Conference at the University of California, Los Angeles, June 19-22, 1990. Dr. Seimer H. L. Tsang, professor and Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, presented a paper entitled "An Experiment of Natural Convection on a Vertical Hot Plate" at the 1990 Annual Conference on Engineering Education sponsored by the American Society for Engineering Education at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto, June 24-28. The refereed paper is on an experiment developed by Dr. Tsang for a Heat Transfer course taken by fourth year students in Mechanical and Chemical Engineering. The conference was attended by about 2,500 engineering educators from around the world. AGORA-- - -- -- - - -- - - - -- - Page 5 �FROM THE OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH enforcement and other) used in resource management. There arc specific areas of high priority for wildlife, fisheries, forestry, and for parks and protected areas research. This _,, . information is included in the application packages that arc in the Research Office. The deadline for receipt of gran t applications for the fiscal year 1991-92 is November 15, 1990. Interim Research Officer: Connie Hartviksen M IN ISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT Research News Research Opportunities For further information on any of these Research Programs, please contact Connie Hartviksen, Interim Research Officer at extension 8223. ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES Ontario Renewable Resources Research Grant Program (ORRRGP) The p urpose of this research grant program is to finance renewable resource research at Ontario un iversities and comparable institutions that will: 1. Develop knowledge which will assist in maintaining and increasing the stock of fisheries, forestry and wildlife resources that in Ontario contribute directly and indirectly to economic and social benefits; 2. Enhance research capability related to the development, management, protection and rehabilitation of these renewable resources; 3. Stimulate collaboration and communications in this research between the ministry, university and other scientific communities; 4. Increase the amount of funding from the industTial, private non-profit and public sectors being devoted to this type of research. This program supports studies of up to five years duration that offer promise of assisting ministry managers to deal more effectively with short-term operational or longer-term strategic issues. To ensure relevance, applicants should acquaint themselves with current program concerns of ministry managers in the particular field or area proposed for the research project. In addition to applied research, this program may support or supplement basic research of the type normally eligible for support by national councils, provided that relevance to ministry management problems is clearly demonstrated . Proposals to develop knowledge in the following general areas will be considered: 1. Methods for better and more cost effective sampling and estimation of available resources. 2. Genetics, physiology and behaviour, leading to an improved understanding of the resource as well as the limits to its productivity potential. 3. Structure, interactions and dynamic changes of ecosystems, leading to new insights into their responses to natural and man-made environmental factors . 4. Development and validation of indices, models or causeeffect relationships to predict changes in resource productivity over time under various management regimes and external stresses. 5. Rcstor.ition and rehabilitation of degraded environments and depleted resources. 6. Evaluation of effects of changing consumer demands and preferences on resources and their utilization. 7. Development of methodologies to evalua te the efficiency and effectiveness of compliance mechanisms (legislative, Page 6 Environmental Technologies Program The spring deadline (June 15, 1990) is now past. There may be a fa ll deadline if all of the present funds arc not allocated. You will be informed if there is another submission date for this year. This is a 5-year program and the next definite deadline is February 1991. Please refer to the June 1990 edition of the AGORA or myself for additional infom1ation on this program . ONTARIO M INISTRY OF THE ATTORNEY GEI\TERAL Fund for Dispute Resolution The Attorney General Ian Scott announced March 17, 1990 that through the cooperation of government and private donors "The Fund for Dispute Resolution", a pool of more than one million dollars, has been created to finance research into alternatives to the traditional litigation process." Alternative d ispute resolution" (also known as /\DR) includes a variety of techniques like negotiation, conciliation, mediation, and arbitration which can operate either as an adjunct or as an alternative to the court system. ) This fund wi!J allow the citizens of Ontario to evaluate whether alternative dispute resolution can reduce the delays and expenses of the litigation system. This four year project represents an extraordinary opportunity for cooperation between government and the private sector, and for blending the experience of judges and lawyers with that of mediators, arbilTators, academics and community justice advocates. The "Fund for Dispute Resolution" is the first of its kind in Canada. The type of projects to be supported include training, education, and evaluation as well as a variety of pilot .ind demonstration projects. The Fund has been established through the collaborative efforts and funding contributions of three different bodies the MinistTy of the Attorney General for Ontario ($500,000); the Donner Canadian Foundation, a private, n.itional foundation with a record of making grants in the ADR field (S320,000 to support infrastructure costs of the Fund's fou r year existence); and the Law Foundation of Ontario, a public foundation which is fin anced through the interest on lawyers' trnst accounts (S300,000) for a total of $1 .125 million dollars. Although the Ministry of the Attorney General is providing the largest share of the support, all donors have agreed that the Fund will be administered by a national, nonprofit organization, "The Network: Interaction for Conflict Resolution", located in Kitchener, Ontario. Formed in 1985, it is an association of organizations and individuals dedicated to promoting better conflict resolution in criminal, civil and community disputes throughout Canada. Decisions on the ) allocation of funds will be made by a funding council appointed by the Attorney General, the Donner Canadian Foundation and The Network. ADR techniques have long been used effectively in Canada to resolve labour disputes. Family mediation has been available AGORA - - - - - -- - -- -- -- - - - April 1 990 �for fifteen years in Ontario. Other examples of ADR techniques currently in use include mediation by the Workers' C :Jmpcnsation Board and by the Freedom of Information and ,-rivacy Commission. The Fund will provide the capacity to determine through rigorous evaluation and research whether new and untried techniques offer solutions to the problems of delay, excessive costs, and lack of access to the justice system. At the end of four years, all participants will have the benefit of this research to guide them in the development of future policy and programs. ONTARIO MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES The Child, Youth and Family Policy Research Centre The Child, Youth and Family Policy Research Centre is an independent, multi-disciplinary policy research institute whose objectives are to stimulate support, and produce high_quality, objective research and analysis in the arcs of public policy related to children, youth and families. The Centre seeks to influence and achieve social policies which reflect a strategic investment in children, youth and families based on solid, Canadian research. The Centre works with all groups concerned with child, youth and family policy issues, including social agencies corporations, foundations, governments, researchers and advocacy organizations. Initial funding for the Centre has been provided by the Government of Ontario, through the Ministry of Community and Social Services. Additional project funding has been obtained from foundation and corporate sources. ( ,:instituted as a charitable, independent corporation, incorporated in June 1988, the Centre has links to major research universities in Ontario. The Centre is governed by a Board of Directors representing multi-disciplinary interests. The Board of Directors has a Research Council to advise on research programs and review and evaluate the centre's research projects. Members of the Research Council include experts in the areas of economics, law, social welfare, sociology, health, psychology and education. The research is carried out by researchers who arc recruited for projects by the Centre, but work within the agencies or universities where they are based. One part of the Centre's current research program involves policy research and analysis in two theme areas: • Child, Family and State · Work and Family The Ccn trc is interested in funding project proposals i.n these two areas that will help to inform decision makers (e.g. government officials; employers) on policy issues that have implications for children, youth and families across Ontario. Although some of the suggested projects focus on Ontario, the Centre welcomes proposals that have a national focus or involve a comparison of Ontario with other jurisdictions. For a list of topics that could be addressed under the two theme areas, please call me at Ext. 8223. INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARBORICULTURE REr ~ARCH TRUST: Grants For Shade Tree Research and Educational Projects" Each year since 1975, the International Society of Arboriculture has awarded grants to encourage scientific and educational research on shade trees. Horticulturists, plant pathologists, entomologists, soil specialists and others arc invited to submit brief outlines of proposed projects where grants might help buy supplies or equipment, hire technical or student help, or otherwise aid the work. For 1988, 1989 and 1990. (deadlines of Dec. 1 of 1987, 1988, and 1989) the Trustees voted 10 grants at $2,000 each year. Number and size of 1991 grants (deadline December 1, 1990) have not yet been determined. Individuals self-supported or privately or publicly employed are eligible. There is no restriction by religion, race, sex, age, nationality or residence of applicant. The grants are not expected to cover all research costs but to aid, stimulate and encourage scientific studies of shade trees. ISA requires that administrative overhead not be deducted from grants it awards. Recipients will be asked to publish their results in ISA's "Journal of Arboriculture" (Editor: Dr. Dan Neely, Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 East Peabody, Champaign, fl. 61820, phone 217-244-2168). For application procedures please call me at Extension 8223. To be considered, proposals must arrive at the University of Massachusetts by December 1, 1990. CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION Grants for Housing Research CMHC is interested in supporting research on housing and residential and community planning and development. Any housing topic may be investigated including those which cover social, cultural, economic, technical, environmental, legal, industry related, policy, program and administrative aspects of housing. Proposals must have a clearly stated objective and a well defined plan for reaching that objective. They must demonstrate an understanding of existing work on the same topic, and provide the possibility of expanding knowledge in the subject area. The audience and potential users of the proposed research results must be identified. The research proposal must include a viable and rigorous methodology which holds promise of accurate and useful results. A proposal must be able to stand on its own and not form part of a series. New idea's and innovative approaches with merit are welcome. The maximum value of an External Research grant is $20,000. An application may be made for any amount up to this value, but the amount requested must be commensurate with the scope of the research to be undertaken. Twenty-one researchers (out of 90 eligible applicants) from across Canada were awarded research contracts by CMHC this January. The research funded this year covered a range of subject areas including residential area planning, condominiums, cooperative housing, energy conservation, environmental pollution and housing, housing older Canadians, housing technology and building science, mortgage debt, real property assessment, the regulatory environment for housing, immigrants and rental housing, and residential waste disposal. The next deadline for application to CMHC is October 2, 1990. I have the new guidelines, application forms and a list of 240 examples of research program reports resulting from CMHC funding. The topics are extremely diverse and I encourage you to explore this program for potential research funding. April 1990 - - - - -- -- - - - - - -- - AGORA - - - - - - - - - -- - -- -- - - Page 7 �Campus Calendar To include your Deparhnent's event or activity in the Campus Calendar, please call Flo Sherren at 8300 or mail your information to SN1002. Deadline for the September Agora is August 15, 1990. THE CHANCELLOR PATERSON LIBRARY HOURS JULY 3 -AUGUST 17, 1990 Monday - Thursday - 8 AM - 10:30 PM Friday-8AM-5PM Saturday 11 AM - 5 PM Sunday 1 PM - 9 PM THUNDER BAY ART GALLERY June 8 - July 15 Artists Respond: A People In Peril June 8 - July 15 Muzinihbeegey: Recent Paintings by Sandy Lake Artists June 15 - July 29 George Littled1ild: Red Horse/Red Indian June 22 - July 22 Blues In The Night: Photographs by Barbara Isherwood Workshops for children in August Workshops for adults in August For more information call 577-6427 SUMMER IN THE PARKS CONCERTS Rotary Thundershell Waverley Park JULY18, WEDl\1ESOAY 6:45 - 9:00 PM BLUES NIGHT Slap Johnson & The Trowellcrs The Blue Shadows, The Untouchables JULY 25, WEDNESDAY JULY FUN CAMP FOR AGES 7-12 JULY & AUGUST For more infom1ation call: Peter Dika Lakehead University Pool 343-8656 MONDAY,23 Summer Session half-courses terminate TUESDAY,24 Summer Session full-courses which commenced July 3 resume Summer Session half-courses terminate FRIDAY27 TUESDAY, 31 AUGUST MONDAY.6 CIVIC HOLTDA Y-UNlVERSTTY CLOSED TUESDAY,7 Final date for application to graduate in the fall FRIDAY, 10 Final date to register in fall term Distance Education courses without late fee Final date for submission of supplemental examination marks from July 24/26 VARIETY CONCERT Thunder Bay Bluegrass Jammers Club The Critikat Dans(e) Band Shirley Pollard & Company Wayne Faulconer Band AUGUST 8, WEDNESDAY 6:45 - 9:00 PM SEPTEMBER MONDAY,3 LABOUR DAY UNIVERSITY CLOSED TUESDAY/SATURDAY, 4/15 ForcstTy Field Sd1ool for all ForcslTy degree and diploma students WEDNESDA~SUNDA~~9 MONDAY, 10 Final date for refunds on withdrawal from CLASSES START Summer Session half-courses which commenced on July 25 VARIETY CONCERT 6:45 - 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY, 15 Summer Term classes end THURSDAY 16, FRIDAY 17 Summer Session examinations THURSDAY, 23 Final date for submission of Summer Session examination results FRIDAY,24 Final date for late registration in Fall term Distance Education courses Agorl\ The /\CORA is produced by the Information Office, Department of External Relations, Lakchead University, Thu.nder 13ay, Ontario. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lakehead University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1990-07 1990 Agora Agora Magazine Alumni Alumni Association Alumni Association of Lakehead University Homecoming 1990 Lakehead Lakehead University President Rosehart President's Perspective https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/c9d77dbef9717d4169cbf5704bab2869.pdf a99d456cc68c40b39a61770a6367b213 PDF Text Text Inside: 3 '- 4 4 5 11 Exploring Davey Jones' Locker Canadian philosophy re-discovered Student Centre proposal Meet Lakehead's first Ombudsperson Food Service changes THUND~K BAY. ONTAJUO VOL. 6 NO. 3 MARCH Sarbadhikari appointed to Centres of Excellence Dr. Pradip Sarbadhikari, a professor of political science, has been appointe d to the Canadian Centres of Excellence Committee. He has attended a few meetings in Ottawa, but "things are in the early stages," , he said. The committee is busy setting out crite ria for selection. "The panel will assess proposals made by universities for funding under this program." Sarbadhikari estimates that e ight to 10 Centres of Excellence ~ ;·~ will be created with the help of the Canadian International Development Agency. "CIDA will -====----= ..., = ---' make available $10 millio n to aid in their creation," he said. These centres will be established at universities with "world class standing in teaching, training and research in international developme nt." This type of project could "strengthe n Canada's capacity to respond imaginatively to the opportunities and challenges in this respect," he said. Areas ofinter est include geography, agriculture, environment, educatio n, and development studies. His interest in international develo pment is keen, in part because he spent his early years in India. "On the questio n of development in the Third World, c ritical questions have been raised as to whethe r the types o f developme nt pursued in the 50's, 60's and 70's s ho uld be c hanged ," Sarbadhikari said. CIDA has become involved with "self-sustaining growth as a strategy of development projects." "Human resources are the most valuable r esources in those countries," he said, commenting that " material goods are not the most important thing; re lationships, families and people arc (the) most important." "Development has to be very carefully done because of (possible) social and cultural costs," he said. "At the same time there is no denying the need for technology." I le noted that it's a matter of prio rities since one must weigh ecological a ~-• environme ntal concerns, econo mics, and human and l ...__.al costs. Sarbadhikari is a graduate of the London School of Economics and has served on the board ofCanadian Association of Asian Studies. 1989 Research, teaching awards given Three professors have bee n accorded distinguished awards by Lakehead University Senate committees. Dr. Pe nny Petrone has bee n give n the Distinguished Instructor Award for 1988/89 by the Senate Committee o n Teaching. Dr Roger Mitchell and Dr. Inderjit Nirdosh share the Distinguished Researcher Award for 1988/89, as decided by the Senate Research Committee. Professor Geoffrey Weller, Vice-President (Academic), announced the awards last month after accepting the recommendations of the two committees. Iloth awards come with grants of$3,500 to help the recipie nts in their work. Weller has issue d an invitation to each of the winners to give a public lecture on a topic of their choice. Dr. Penny Petrone, professor in School of Education: "I'm delighted," she said of her award. She said it means a great deal because she has spent "a lifetime trying to be the best teacher I can be." She has been a p art of the School of Education since 1969. Petrone rece ntly published a book, Northern Voices, which is a collection oflnuit literature. This follows her successful First People, First Voices. Dr. Inde rjit Nlrdosh, professor of Chemical Engineering: "This is a very big e ncourageme n t," he said. "13ut this is a recognition of all of us, not just myself." Nirdosh said "research is n ever a one-man show·-- it's a lways teamwork. " I-le jo ined the Unive rsity in 1981 and has been involved in researching the processing of ura nium ores to separate and monitor radioactive substances. Dr. Roger Mitchell, professor of Geology: ""This is a useful recognition of o ne's work," he said. "In a university environme nt there should be some form o f recognition." Mitche ll has been with Lakehead since 1972. His area of research is the pe trology and geochemistry of kimbe rlitcs and alkaine roc ks. His researc h has both scie ntific and economic implications. �Group that would report to me by the end of the summer with specific recomme ndations. If you are interested in serving, please give llnda Phillips a call. Report from The President Campus Development Dr. Bob Rosehart 1' fany thanks to readers who identified a critical "not" word processed out of my last month's article. To repeat: "The shortcomings of the American (or Connell) system ofsocial inequality ofaccessibility and highly variable academic standards are aspects that I would not wish on any future generation in this province." Lakehead's MinakJ Some ofyou wiJI realize that Lake head University is in possession of a "research facility" located at Black Sturgeon Lake about 90 miles from the campus. About IO years ago, the facility was mothballed and has seen very limited and specialized use since then. Most people who visit the facility (including myself6 or 7years ago) feel that it has potential but distance and priorities have always placed the facility on the back burner. If Black Sturgeon is to have a future, the institution is going to have to become pro-active in terms of dealing with the place, and specific uses will need to be identified that relate to our various academic programs. I propose to set up a Black Sturgeon Study (a) Residence The first floors are completed on most of the units, and I expect that by the time you read this article, the second floors will be visible. Work has progressed well in spite of the cold weather. (b) Forest/Biology Building Tenders for the much simplified re-designed building are currently out for tender. A decision on this project is expected by the end of March. (c) Student Centre Complex 1be proposal l mentioned in this column last month is currently under discussion as a referendum question for this year's L.U.S.U. elections. The concept under consideration is shown below. Academic Undergraduate Review It is encouraging to see many schools and departments reviewing and updatin~ their curricula. In some programs, this has created a tremendous amount of good, healthy academic debate. In the end, our future generations of students will benefit from your long and exhaustive meetings. Passings During this past month, John Spence Below left: , JA_keh~~ Univer_sity 's own Minaki. The search is on for a study group to look at 'Mznakz s potential. Below right: The proposed structure for the new Student Centre. r, ,f - and Eleanor Hrynyk, two valued employees of Lakehcad University passed away. The sadness and grief that accompanies death is difficult to express and influences eachoneofusinadiffercntway. One ) c strengths of this institution is its family1°n. vironment which, at times like these includes the sharing of grief. ' Northern Studies: Logo design contest The Centre for Northern Studies would like to announce a logo compctition.111c competition is open to individuals and agencies both on and off campus. The Centre's activities will focus on the following areas: Northwestern Ontario, Northern Ontario, the No11h of other Canadian Provinces, the Circumpolar No11h and the liigh Arctic. Themes that would be applicable for the logo include the northern perspective, interdisciplinary studies and research. Northern research streams that are being developed by the centre arc environmental studies, service delivery and economic development. The research program will emphasize regional applicability within Northwestern Ontario. The anist who submits the winnin logo will be awarded a prize of $500. Submissions must arrive at the Centre by 4 p.m. on March 22, 1989. The proposed logo should be submitted on a standard sheet of paper or card, 8 1/2 x 11. Applicants may submit more than one design for consideration. All submissions will become the property of the University to use at its discretion. further infonnation on the Centre's activities can be obtained by calling 343. 8360. I ....v ,4iiilih041 Fage 2 AOORA March 1989 �Hidden treasures .. . down in Davey Jones' Locker Deep in the recesses of Lakehead University is Davey Jones' Locker •• a place where a dying art is practised. Davey Jones is the University's resident glass blower. With slow, but sure, movements he works with fire to bend glass to his will. "I didn't come here to do this, you know," he said . "I came to be chief technician in chemistry." Howe ver, when Ken Sumpter, the original glass-blower, . retired, Jones' talents were called on. Jones has been the University's maste r of glass for the past 11 years. He hesitates to call himself a glassblower. "Glass-blowing is a bit of a misnomer," he said. One can work with glass without necessarily blowing-glass. "I started doing after doing this after I went to serve his late Majesty," he said. After serving in the Navy he joined a glass factory in Birmingham, England and became an appre ntice. "They had three chaps the re ... who were born, I think, with a piece o f glass in their mouth and they taught us." (fr1e process of learning this art too k \ -LJout five years, but "you neve r fi.rtish learning any job," Jones said. "I (was) 22 when I started and I'm 64 now. That's about 40 years." Glass-blowing is not the easiest of crafts to learn. He noted that if there were 20 students in a class, perhaps 10 would return after a coffee break. If even one person returned the next day, that was considered a good turnout. "People were afraid of the fire," he said. Jones sports several fine w hite scars on his arms •· souvenirs of incautious movements near the flame. "It's tedious to start a nd you have to stick with it," he said. One must repeat a particular procedure for weeks before mo ving on to something else. "But I tell you, Master ofglass: "You have to let y our left band know what you right band is doing, " you never forgot that step." said Davey Jones, Lakebead's glass-blower. /-le said the largest pieces one can As with any precision work, "you've got comfortably do by band is two-inches; anything larger must bedoneonaspecial lathe. to have a lot of patience," Jones said. in flight, and fragile swans. Carefully unwas one of the cheapest man-made mate"You've got to have a particular frame of wrapping one of his treasures, he reveals rials," he said. Costs today are sky-rocketmind: it if breaks, it breaks." Jones jokes a small boat in a glass bottle. "'I1Jjs is a that, when glass is brought in to be reing. little something I did," he said. "To do this ''You'll find a fe w specialty workshops paired, he te lls people TH e ithe r fix it or you need a growing boat •· not a rowing but outside of those, it's only in places break it worse." boat but a little growing boat. You drop like this where you find it's still being ~ ones has done custom work for the it into the bo ttle and wait 'til it grows to done by hand," he said. "Unfortunately, \... entific community at Lake head, creatthe right size." ing everything from tubes to jars. Howit's a dying art." Truly, the magician of Davey Jones' Jones' talents are not restricted to ever, much of what was once hand-crafted Locke r is in a glass by himself. mee ting scientific needs. In just a few can now be found in sets sold by such minutes, he can create ducks and geese companies as Co ming. "Glass at one time March 1989 - - -- - -- - - -- -- - - -- AGORA Page 3 �Books New series to fill gap in access to Canadian philosophy Canadian unive rsities have bee n "ignoring o ur intellectual heritage," said Dr. Douglas Rabb, Chairman of the Philosophy Department at Lake head University. "Early Canadian philosophy has been largely ignored by contemporary philosophy departments," he said. Rabb noted p art of the problem may be that works of Canadian philosophers are not readily accessible. To counter this lack of information Rabb is writing and e diting a series of books for the Frye Library ofCanadian Philosophy. Theseries, undenhegene ral editorship of Rabb, conta ins an introductory volume and subsequent volumes focusing on the writings of particular philosophe rs. "There are uniquely Canadian philosophical theories on the r elationship between science and religion," he said. It is this unique ness that may have contributed to the view of Canadians as peacemakers. Volume 1, Religion and Science in Early Canada, is now available. According to the write-up on the book: "This . work is intended, in part, as a general in- Douglas Rabb, ~ Northern Canadian troduction to the Frye Library of Cana- philosopher - his book, snow and all. d ian Philosophy. This volume presents selections from th~ works of a_number ofearly Canadian thinkers centred around a commo n the me, the unpact o f science on the r eligious beliefs of the day. The introduc tory essays in this volume locate the selected work in relation to the philosophe. ) thought as a whole, and present a preliminary analysis of that thought." Rabb said his original idea was for only one book, not a 10-volumc series. "Several years ago I approached a publis her with a particular volume in mind," he said. "The publisher suggested a series might be mo re useful." They devised a series on early Canadian philosophy (1850 to 1950). "The book I actually proposed will be volume 2, which is now at press," Rabb said. The book centres o n William Albert Crawford-Frost (18631936). Rabb will also write volume 6 on Herbert Leslie Stewart (1882-1954). "I'm trying to republish the works of these early Canadian thinkers," he said. "Their books arc not available at all." Rabb hopes his work will help spark a renewed interest in the works of early Canadian philosophers. The series is a reference for those wishing to study Canadian philosophy. "LU is one of four universities in all of Canada that offers courses in Canadi:m Philosophy," Rabb said. "The other three (universities) are Ottawa, Acadi~ and Carleton." J Referendum to decide fate of Student Centre: LUSU president Lakehead University's student union has decided that the proposed Student Centre has been under discussion long e nough -- it is time to decide the Centre's fate. Roch Letourneau, LUSU president, said the general election on Marc h 7 and 8 will include a refe rendum question on whe ther to go ahead with the construction. He expressed confidence that the students will " respond with a resounding 'yes,' " he said. According to a feasibility study conducted by Fraser Browne Architects and revisions by the Student Centre Committee, the project has been divided into two phases and will cost abo ut S3 million. Phase one will sec the construction of a Licensed Main Events Hall with a capacity of more than 500 people, a new office for the Argus, construction of an Atrium between the existing Study and Main Events Hall and installation of an elevator in the stairwell adjacent to the Study. Phase two includes renovating the Page 4 Study to a quiet bar and study area, conversion of the Games Room to a music liste ning and TV lounge, and the conversion of the Bookstore to LUSU offices, Resource Centre and Information Centre. To he lp finance this project Student Centre fees would be increased by $5 per course in 1989-90 and an additional $5 p er course in 1990-91, up to a maximum offive courses per year. This could sec the fee jump from the present $25 to $75 in two years. Letourneau said this would yield the funds neede d to finance a mort• gage towards the Centre. If approved, construction could begin as early as the fall of 1989. If the proposal is turned down, the n it is possible the project will ne ver be completed. "If it doesn't fly this year, the n we could kiss it goodbye," he said. Pres ident Bob Rosehart said if the Centre is not started soon, students may never be able to keep on top of the rising construction costs. Le tourneau said the fate of the Student AOORA - - - -- Centre rests with the students who vote Marc h 7 and 8. - - -- Nock' s book gets publication boost The Executive Committee of the Canadian Federation for the .Humanities has approved a subvention o f $3,243 to assist the publication o f A Victorian Missionary and Canadian Indian Policy, Cultural Synthesis vs. Cultural R eplacement by Lakehead University professor David Nock. Nock's book was publishe d late last year by Wilfrid Lauricr Press. A Victorian Missionary covers the life of E.F. Wilson, who was a fore runner in Canadian Indian policy. - - - -- -- March 1989 �Lakehead appoints University's first Ombudsperson _iakchead University graduate Mary Jane ~ter is the first ombudsperson appointed at the University. Slater found help in setting up Lakehead's office at a recent eastern division meeting of ombudspersons. "It was t ([ Mary Jane Slater just excellent," she said. "It (the meeting) was exactly what was needed for setting up a new office." At the conference she found a wide dis- parity in the handling of various situations but feels that "what is being done here is the best way for Lakehead University to approach putting this office in." The two-day conference "solidified my view of what this office would and should do for this University," Slater said. "It solidified my belief that the office must work with what is in place at Lakehead University." "Having the ombudsperson responsible to a committee is the most effective way," she said. The committee has representatives from different groups on campus. In this way the ombudsperson is not identified with only one particular group, which "helps with perceived neutrality," Slater said. "lbe office is able to help anybody but is not an advocate of one particular group." Slater sees neutrality as one of the most important aspects of the office because complaints and requests for help can come from any person within the University. Slater has owned several businesses and was a photographer. While living in Victoria, B.C., she owned a business before deciding to return to Thunder Bay. Once here, she made the decision to attend university. Slater graduated last year with an HBCommerce and was appointed to her position January 1989. Slater is enthusiastic about the office. "Initiation ofthe Ombudsperson's office indicates a desire ofthe university to ensure fair treatment of its members and to recognize their unique problems," she said. The office of the ombudsperson will mean "fewer fonnal expensive grievance procedures because of informal resolution through the ombudsperson's office," she said. "Ilecause people are more likely to complain to an ombudsperson sooner and in greater numbers he/she may be able to prevent situations getting out of hand." 'The ombudsperson helps co-ordinate the efforts of the complainant to resolve his complaint. Often problems arise because the person complaining is new to the university and is not familiar with the rules and regulations, Slate r said. It is also possible that the staff of one area of the university may not be familiar with rules and regulations in another area. She noted that few students arc aware of grievance procedures. "The ombudsperson office will 611 a need for neutral, confidential, impartial infonnation," Slater said. Mary Jane Slater is temporarily located in the Black Shack and can be reached at 343-8061. Office hours are as follows: Monday 2:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday 8:30 a.m. to noon; Wednesday 2:30 to 7 p.m.; Thursday 8:30 a.m. to noon; and Friday 2:30 to 4 p.m. Obituaries Mr. John Leo Spence, age 56, died unexpectedly on Monday, Fe bruary 13, 1989. John had been at Lake head Unive rsity in the Purchasing Departme nt for the past 4 1/2 years. Prior to that he had been employed with A & P for 28 years. A native of Sexsmith, Albe rta, John moved to Timmins in 1945 and the Lake headin 1956. 'Ibe University community sends condole nces to his entire family, especially wife, Catherine, daughters Debbie, Kathleen, Susan, Nancy, Corinne, Collee n and Maureen. l\·l rs. Eleanor Hrynyk, age 60, died Saturday, Fe bruary 18, 1989 after a long illness. Dorn and raised in Fort William, she had been a bookkeeper prior to 1970 when she began her career at Lakehead University. She was e mployed as an accounts payable clerk and oved up the ranks to accounts analyst. - d eanor will be reme mbered for her helpfulness and beautiful handcrafts. Heartfelt sympathy is extended to her family. f March 1989 Three young women auending the career symposium took advantage ofGregory Sorbara 's attendance Jo obtain an autograph. It was a rather special signature forJoan Post, right, who was a legislative page last year and was missing only bis name. Cailin Nelson is on thefar left and behind her is Kathryn Grace, a Rotary Club Exchange student from South Africa. Agor A Page 6 �Career Options for Women What's a Woman To Do? ... Anything She Wants! A 2-day career information fair ) , held in the Agora on February 8th and 9th. The Status ofWomen Committee secured funding to carry out Employment Equity Action Strategies for female students. According to the project coordinator, Jane Livingston, the primary goal was to develop awareness and support for increased contribution of women in professions presently dominated by men. More than 60 women from the community, representing more than 25 career options, participated in the event. Keynote speakers included, Gregory Sorbara, Minister of Labour and Sister Eva Solomon,SJ and Llz Poulin, special assistant to Lyn Mcleod, Minister of Colleges and Universities. Nursing Professor Uz Diem (photo right) changed bats and took time to talk to students about herpart-time occupation with the anny reseroe. She bolds the rank oflieutenant-colonel and ts the Commanding Officer of18 (Thunder Bay) Medical Company. Anotherpopular booth (photo left) was 'Women and the [Aw'. Who? The 16-year old lad in last month's column fooled a good many people but not Linda Phillips. For recognizing Don Lough, she has won a month's holiday in Hawaii. Don's our master technician in the machine shop - note the curls and friendly twinkle in his eyes. This month's mystery couple are well-known figures around Lakehead University but here are a few hints: a) b) c) d) Florence Nightingale and Prince Charming, eh? A romance novel writer and the perfect hero (inc) A debutante and her "athlete of the year" escort Neil Sedaka and a famous country and western singer Page 6 AGOR A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - March 1989 �~=~W= Papers / Publications & Special Projects :c Dr. Yves Prevost, School of Forestry was invited to address the Faculty of Forestry at the University of Toronto to give a talk on the Chemical Interactions between Trees and Insects on O ct. 3, 1988. He was invited to address the Entomological Society of Manitoba annual meeting in Winnipeg on Nov. 4, 1988. The title of his talk was ''Environmental Architecture-Planning for Spruce Budwomf'. Recently a pape r was accepted for publication in "'The Canadian Entomologist" and its title is "Seasonal damage of insects an d squirrels to female reproductive struc tures of black spruce, Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P. ". Dr. Prevost is the senior author and the co-authors are Dr. J. E. Laing for the Department of Environmental Biology University of Guelph in Guelph and Mr. V. F. Haavisto from Forestry Canada in Sault Ste. Marie. Alain Nabarra, Departme nt of Languages presented an invited paper to the international collo quium on "The Press .rnd the Revolution", held in Vizille, •.\ rance,June 26 •July 3, 1988. This colloquium was organized by the Universities of Lyon and Gren oble, under the sponsorship of the French National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS), and was part of the official celebrations to mark the bicentenary o f the 1789 French Revolution. It was held at the "Chateau d e Vizille", an:XVIIth Century castle which has bee n converted into a museum dedicated to the French Revolution. Entitled, "La Presse coloniale devant la Revolution", my paper dealt with the role of the press in the revolutionary struggle in the French colonial territories. The main pape rs presented at the colloquium are in the process of being pubHshed in book form. I have also been asked to serve as Canadian Correspondent for the "Societe francaise d'etude du XVIIIe siecle", replacing Professor J.M. Moureaux, from the University of Montreal, who is re tiring this year. Dr. Neil Weir, Chemistry, was one of the main invited speakers at the Polymer Degradation Symposium held at the Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York (January 26-28). His topic was "Long-wave Photo-reactions of styrene polymers" . Dr. K. J. Charles, Professor of Economics, presented a paper entitled "The World Economic Crisis and the New International Order" at the annual conference of the Indian Economics Association held in Calcutta, December 29 - 31, 1988. It is published in the Confe rence Volume of the association. In a two-volume book entitled, "Indian Economic Issues", Dr. Charles has contributed one chapter in Vol 1, entitled, "NorthSouth Relations: The Pe rsisting Unequal Exchange". The book has just been released and is published by Pointer Publishers, Jaipur, India. Visitors on campus Dr. H. Rasid,Associate Professor, Geography, has pubHshed the following: 1987 "Geomorphi.:: effects of flood-control channel works", Bulletin of the Association of North Dakota Geographers, Vo. 37 (in press); 1988 "Urban floodplain management in Thunde r Bay: protecting or preventing floodplain occupancy?", Canadian Wate r Resources Journal, Vol. 13, pp 26-42; 1988 " Morphologic response of floodcontrol c hannel works: Can it be predicted?, Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences, Vol. 11 pp. 105-117; 1988 D. Baker and H. Rasid 1988 "Coping with high lake levels and erosion in Park Point", Superior Advisory Note No. 26, pp. l-4;H. Rasid, R.S. Dilley, D. Baker, P. Otterson, 1989 "Coping with the effects of high water levels on property hazards: north shore of Lake Superio r", Journal of Great Lakes Research, Vol. 15 (in press); H. RasidandJ. Hufferd, 1989"Hazards of living on the edge of water: the case of Minnesota Point, Duluth", Human Ecology, Vol. 17 (in press). Fond Farewell mnner in honour of Marg and Don Lough at the Airlane Motor Hotel April 6, 1989 at6:30p.m. Buffet dinner/Cash Bar $25/person; $45/couple Tickets available March 15 from: Susan Unger, Biology secretary 8460; Dr. Ozburn; Gerry Hashiguchi. Co11ti11ui11g Education received some help last monthfrom two workers/ram the Employment Training Centre. Seated a re helpers Belva Conway and Bn,ce Sandbergfrom the training centre. Standi11g are Dan Palwlak, director of Co11ti1111ing Education, Wendy B011s, secretary, a nd David Heald of the Training Ce111re. Ma rc h 1989 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGOR A Fage 7 �New faces on Campus Linda McKay Cindy frattolin Llnda McKay is an assistant professor in the School of Nursing. She graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a basic degree, and received her Masters of Nursing from the University of Calgary. Part o f that degree was done at the University of California at San Francisco. Llnda's special area of interest is in pediatric o ncology, in which she has a special studies diploma. Llnda is doing research with a colleague into adolescent risk taking and health promoting behavior in Northwestern Ontario. She noted that this is the furthest cast she has ever lived. " I've always been a westerner," she said. Now that she is here, Llnda said she is looking forward to exploring other eastern areas, such as Ottawa and Quebec. ....._______B_o_b_W_e _l_s_h________ Lr=.~1~,;;:,~iji~iiii~------------__,J Cindy Frattolin has been on ......}.: campus since May but in the School of Education since September. She is the secretary for the Co-ordinator of Field ExperiI ence. In this job, Cindy assists in placing s tudents in schools for practice teaching. Away from work she has a number of interests to hold her attention. She is married and " if you consider pets kids, then I have two of them," she said. " I like camping, skil. dooing and all that good stuff" '-'-'-- - ----'- - - - . . . : : ; ; . J Cindy said she enjoys working with computers and meeting new people; " I guess that's why llikc it here so much." " I'm a pos itive person," Cindy said. "I like to help people think positive and be happy." She firmly believes "there's always a way." _.l ;:I====::::::::::::::======D=a::._v_id_w_ri_g_h_t_______, Dob Welsh is not exactly a new face in the School of Education. Since 1976 he has been involved in extension programs and, although he has taken a day job, he still teaches extension programs in Marathon on weekends. " It's a learning experience 10 be here," he said, " in every sense o f the word." Dob is a product of Lakehcad University's Teachers' College. Ile has two degrees from the Unive rsity and did graduate work in Nashville, Tenn. " I've spent 26 Septembers in front of classrooms," he said. "There's only nine left until I retire." Dobis excited at the prospect ofretirement. " I can hardJy wait because then I can stan a new career," he said. David Wright is the Academic Advisor in Computer Services. He offe rs assistance, and does some analysis and development assistance. This means "when you come to a part in a program where you don't know what it's doing, even though you wrote the program, I sort of nudge you in the right direction." David came to us from Melbourne, Australia. He graduated from Waterloo last May, joined SWAP and touredAus traUa. he stopped in Melbourne when the money ran out and got a job. "1 spent four months playing games." Actually, his job was to test computer games. David is an aspiring writer who hopes to be published o ne day. Patricia Jasen has joined the I listory Department on a Canadian Research Fellowship. She arrived last July after a one-year stay in Calgary. l ler three-year term combines teaching and research. Pat is studying the historic preservation movement in Ontario. Although she is doing some rese arch at O ld Fort William, she will be doing some travelling thjs summer to other pans of the province. " As with anyone who docs le ngthy research, you hope to write a book," she said. At the University she will teach both Canadian and British history. Away from work Pat keeps very busy with he r son, family events a nd "a little bit of cross-country skiing." Wendy Bourke returned 10 Lakehead Unjversity last August, first in the Mathematics Department and now in Engineering. Wendy is a graduate of Lake head Uruversity in English and the Faculty of Education. Outside of work she is kept very busy with her four children. "If I have one extra-curricular activity that J try to apply myself to, it's writing," she said of her short stories and articles. Wendy would like to own her own business one day. "The business would do word processing for small agencies that don't have the processing back-up they need." Howe ver, that is far into the future and Wendy is very happy where she is. Page 8 - - - - - - -- - - -- - -- - - - - A GOR A - - - - - - -- - -- -- -- - Ma rc h 1989 J �Research News :OM THE f'flCE Of' GRADUATE STUDIES Arm RESEARCH Research Officer. Trish McGowan O ntario Graduate Scholarship 1989/90 Selection Panel Mem bers A number o f our facully me mbers have been selected lO serve on lhe Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) 1989/90 Sclcclion Panels. TI1c foUowing faculty have agreed to serve: Ken Allan (Psychology), Bill Eames (Mathematical Sciences), Alan Hughes (Chemistry), Bob lsolalo (Business Administration), Wcrden Keeler (Physics), Peggy Knowles (Biology/Forestry), George Kondor (Economics), Norm LaVoie (Physical Education & Athlclics), Gerd SchroclCr (Sociology), and Ed Setliff (Forestry). A great deal of wor k and dedicalio n is involved in the OGS selectio n process, and we appreciate lhe contributio n which these faculty make. Their presence on the seleclion r:r minces e nsures lhat applications from ~l Jcr universilies are reviewed equitably. Northern Studies Graduate Awards The first Northern Sludies Graduate Awards competition has been he ld, and sixteen stipends, valued at S3,000 each , have been awarded to fi rst-and second-year students. Thcwinnersand their thesis t itles a re: Seth Agbo (Education), "A Sludy of Satisfactio n of Teachers: A Comparati ve Analysis of Teachers in Nalive School Settings and Rural NonNative School Senings in Northwestern Ontario"; David Ip (Forestry), w ho is conducting a study of Annillaria root rot disease; DeWei Li (forestry), for a study of the use of fibrous pulp waste as a " mycomulch" medium that would serve both as the inoculum forthe standard peat-vc1miculile mix and asa pa11ial substitute for these expensive ingrcdicnL~; Thomas Mulja (Geology), "Platinum Group Metals of lhe Geordie Lake Intmsion, Coldwell Complex, Northweste rn Omario"; Glen Niznowski (Forestry), "Sile Qualily Evaluatio n for J ack Pinc in Northern Ontario"; Victoria Reid (Psycho logy), for an evaluation o f lhe potential of a new paradigm for identifying individuals who are exhibiting sigi_is of impaired cardiovascular func tio ning i( ·nns o f the ir inability tO recover from cv..ryday stressful situations; Robe rt Spark (Geology), "Boundary Structure and Meta- March 1989 morphism between lhe Shcbandowan Greenstone Belt and Quetico Gneiss Bell"; Douglas Thur (Sociology), for a study of t he h istory o f the Lumber and SawmilJ Workers Unio n from its beginning in lhc 1920's to the present; Gary Warwick (History), "A Study Into the Impact of lhc Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Seaway o n lhe Tirnndc r Bay Harbo•Jr"; Rob Bowen (Forestry), "An Evalualion o f lhc Shigomctcr o n Paper Birc h"; Allan Harris (Biology), for a study of aspects o f the vegetation, chemistry and hydrology ofa bog-fen northwest o fThund e r Bay; Mainul Haque (Economics), for an examination of the availability of natural resources and a dctc1mlnatlon of the demand for natural resources o n lhc world market; Tak-Shing Liu (Physics), for a theoretical study of some o f the propcnics of metals, particula.rly nicke l, using positrons as a probe; John McNutt ( f orestry), "Ground Speed: ltS Influence on Direct Seeding with the Bracke Scarifier"; Allan Vinni (Economics), "Modelling Short-Run Bulk Carrier Rates for the Movement of Grains"; and Stephen Warrington (forestry), "Effect of Post Bud Set Fertilizalion on Bud, Root and Cold Hardiness Development in Second Crop Black Spruce Container SlOck". We would like to congratulate these students o n the ir success, and wish them well in the conduct of their research. Elig ible applicants are full-time graduate students whose thesis research foc uses on regional development o r problems and issues of particular importance to nonhweslcrn Ontario o n the broader Canadian and cir cumpolar north. The next competition, for the 1989/90 Emrancc Awards, Is d irected at students who may be recruited to begin graduate training in thcspringorfa1Jof1989. Decisions wiU be based largely on research proposals described by faculty members and wiU be conditional upon a ttracting a student of high academic standing to d o the study. These awards wiU have a value of S5,000. Application d eadline Is: March 13, 1989. NEWS FROM SSHRC TI1c Canada Research Fellowships Program The Social Scie nces and I Iumanities Research Council o f Canada has just completed a review of the Canada Research f e llowships Program. A founh and last compe titio n will be held in 1989; a maximum o f 40 fellowships will be awarded. Council amicipatcs that, by the time this cohort has completed its period of tenure, the program will have me t its o bjective. T o date, 193 fcUowships have been awarded. Th e CRF Program was initiated in 1986 in re:,-ponse to the federal government's matching funds po licy. It was d esigned t o promote excellence in research, to Improve career opponunitics for promising research ers in AOORA the social sciences and humanities, and to ensure an adequate supply of highly qualified personnel for facully and research appointments in Canada in the next SSH RC pays h alf o f the Fellow's salary and research allowance; this is matched by private sector contr ibutions lO the university. This is an excelle nt opponunlry for departments lo supplement lhcir faculty resources wilh talented young researchers, :11 minimal cost to the University. Recent docloral graduates arc nominated by universities which will be ne fit fro m the fellow's proposed research. The d eadline for the submission of nominatio ns is: October l, 1989. SSJIRC Strategic Grants SSI-IRC funds Strategic Research Grnnts in the following five lhematic areas: The family and the Socialization of Children; The Human Context of Science and Technology; Managing the Organizalion in Canada; Women and Work; and Education a nd Work in a Changing Society. TI1rcc types of grants arc available: seed money grants, strategic research grants, and 1·csearch workshop grants. The application d eadline for these grants Is: April 3, 1989. SSIIRC: The Past, the Present and the Future On January 12, 1989, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) hosted a one-day natio nal confe rence in Ottawa entitled "Taking the Pulse: Human Science Research for the Third Mi!Jcnnium." T he conference was a celebration of the Council's fi rsl decade of existe nce and an opportunity f01· a critical assessme nt of its accomplishme nts and its future role in Canadian socicly. lnvilcd 10 the conference were researchers, users of research, supporters and d isscminators of research. Dr. Connie Nelson, Chain nan of t he Senate Research Committee, and I attended. ll1e conference was launched by Marcel Cote, President of SECOR, a Montreal consulting company and Dr. William Eliot, President o f the University of Prince Edward Island, who both addressed the issue: ""i11c llu man Scien ces: Stre ngths, Wcakncs.~s, Priorities." The speakers pondered the achievements of Canadian huma n scientists and 1-cflcctcd o n lhc social ulility of these academic accomplishments. TI1cy focused lhc pa11icipan ts' aucmion on the human sciences as se1vants of society. Participants {Research News continued on page 10} l"age 9 �... More Research News were then divided into seven worksh ops to discuss in de tall both sides of the metaphor: the ability ofsocial sciences and humanities research in Canada to respond to society's demands; and the role of the human sciences (as critic and counsellor) In measuring the health of Canadian society. The d iscussions centred on a number of key issues: 1) Is Canadian research In the human sciences "world class"? What are its relative strengths and weaknesses? 2) How well have we managed the dialectic between human science research and society? 3) What arc the recent trends in research and research policies, and what do they portend? and 4) What are the priorities for research in the human sciences over the next decade, and how should the social challenge be taken up? No attempt was made at the conference to draw any formal conclusions; the conference was Intended simply as a forum fort he discussion of a broad range of issues, in order to provide Council with "grass roots" feedback, which Council can then use In establishing its direction for the n ext decade. TI1e discussions ranged over many topics and demonstrated a great diversity o f thinking. Highlights of these discussions include: TI1c International Nature of Current Issues Many of the Issues with which our scholars in the human sciences are grappling a rc global issues. The problems of technology, ethics, the degradation of the environment and the preservation of internal cohesion vis-a-vis continental Integration ar c not specific to Canada. Canadian human science scholars are operating in the international marketplace of ideas, as arc Canadian policy makers, who often look to Europe and the U.S. for new policy initiatives. Constraints To The Contri bution Canadian Scholars or Canadian scholars produce approximately 3--i96 of international ideas. This figure must be viewed in the light of our relatively small population. There are, ind eed, intellectual "giants" in Canada, but our great schola.r s are isolated from one another. A further problem we experience is one ofscale: there are fields in which there is insufficient critical mass. TI1e Centre Of Excellence .Model As A Solution The Centre of Excellence model, whether the centre is created by networking or by the physical proximity of scholars, is gaining prominence nationally as a solution to {continued from page 9} the problems of Isolation and scale. This trend is threatening to smaller universities, which often do not have the critical mass required for such a centre, and which fear that, because they do not have a Centre of Excellence, they will be perceived as being "Centres of Mediocrity''. Another concern Is that there are many types of research which do not require large bureaucracies; such bureaucracies may, In fact, impede the c reative and flexible e nvironment that Is needed to sustain quality work. Ways To Stimulate Research SSHRC could provide c hallenges to Canadian researchers by encouraging exchanges with the public and private sector. I-luman science research might also be stimulated In universities across Canada bysending teams of top-notch researchers around the universities to encourage and motivate their colleagues, much as NSERC Grant Selection Committees do on their site visits. In addition, universities should be encouraged to place Increased emphasis on the value of research as a complement to teaching. TI1e Provision Of lnten1atlonal Opportunities Delegates felt that the role o f Council must be to sponsor the development of world-class research. Council, therefore, must be more aggressive in funding research of International calibre. In addition, it was argued that Canadian scholars often lack opportunity or challenge. As a solution to these problems, Council should provide more opportunities to graduate students and scholars 10 work, study or conduct research abroad, for, to be world-class, Canadian researchers must work In the international environment. The Impact Of The DccentraI17,atlon Of The lnten1atlonal Travel Program Conference delegates expressed the concern that the decentralization of Council's inte rnational travel program has been harmful, having had a n egative impact on the quality of research performed at universities. By givi ng universities block grants for international travel, it was argued, Council Is encouraging mediocrity, for internal committees may make decisions on funding distribution based on local political concerns. Furthe r, In some institutions it was felt that aU faculty get a share o f the pot if they apply, regardless of the quality of their work. The underfunding o f International travel has also decreased the amount of collaboration and cross-fcrtiJization of ideas In the Canadian human science community. Faculty Renewal One of the greatest problems faced by the human sciences Is the aging of its academic population. As researchers age, their energy for and Interest In research maydccline. Before the year 2000, Canada will experience a talcntdcficlt, as insufficie nt numbersofn scholars arc coming through the systt.J There arc fears that the research enterprise will fail. O ne of the reasons for this talent deficit Is that the number of graduate scholarships offered by Council Is " ridiculously low"; students In the human sciences, one delegate claimed, " must agree to be poor". We cannot progress, it was argued, unless we integrate graduate students into our research programs, encourage greater scholarship funding by government, and encourage collaboration. '01e Emerging Importance Of Inter-Disciplinary Research It Is becoming Increasingly important to move away from the traditional research mode l of a theoretical professor assisted by several graduate students, and move towards a more collaborative, inter-disciplinary approach. With the complexity of the global issues which challenge human science scholars, it Is becoming necessary to break out of the more narrow discipline-based research to further understanding of these issues and to discover new strategies for the ir solution. Such an approach would no doubt require internal Institutional change, to assist in the breaking-down ofdisciplin:u1:,_ boundaries. _j Interference Of Govcnuncnt Concern was expressed by workshop participants about the direct interference of government in research funding. The increasing emphasis on the applied sciences puts a great deal of pressure on the SSH RC disciplines. Government p ressure, It was argued, has distorted the research effort to applied areas. The focus now is on political, economic and social utility. Govc1nmcnt is notoriously short-sighted; it de-values education in its ins istence on relevance. The nature of our institutions has changed as a result of the obsession with technology trapsfer and the financial incentives to increase research collaboration with industry. Universities arc, in fact, losing their autonomy as they scramble to meet government's d emands. Government can impose Its direction by allocating funding among agencies, but it should not Impose direction on funding decisions made within these agenc ies. The government has signalled its priorities through Its level of funding to the national councils. Currently, SSHRC's budget is less than 10% of 1% of Canada's gross domestic product. In order for SSHRC to sew-, increased funding, the human sciences m J {Research News continued on page 11) Page 10 - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - AOORA - -- - - - - - - - -- - -- - - March 1989 �... More Research News win recognition from the public and the policy kers byconfinning their role openly and urntly. lbcy must encourage government to increase the proportion of the national researc h e ffort dedicated lo hu man science research. C Strategic vs Curiosity-Driven Research The job of SSHRC, then, is lo resist this distortion, for the lo ng-tenn stability and health of our society depend significantly on the mainte nance of the values out o f which our social organization evolved. In making decisions about the future allocations of its budget to its various initiatives, therefore, Council's fundamental priority must remain curiosity-drive n research. Strategic research ought to be done in order lo understand the fundamental problems that assail our society and, to be sure, the human sciences should maintain certain strategic priorities in ordcrto fulfil their mandate as servants of the people. Furthennore, strategic research maintains a certain degree of credibility and an outward appearance of utility and relevance in order to quiet the critics. Nevertheless, Council should not increase the proportion of its budget dedicated lO strategic research. Alten1atlve Means of Funding Strategic Research r {continued from page 10} could establish a special fund for Its support; Health and Welfare Canada, for instance, has funded special research competitions on high-priority issues such as AIDS. ll was suggested that the government could ask SSH RC to administer such funds Judiciously; Counc il would then act as an arm's-le ngth contracting-out agency for government-targeted research needs Qust as the Association of Universities and CoUeges of Canada administers some of CIDA's programs). Yet, the h uman sciences must be determined not to aUow the shackles of relevance and scale to hobble them. "Ir', as Dr. Eliot claimed, ''we must justify the existence and experience o f education in terms o f economic development, then God help our country!" The value of the humanities and social sciences are threefold: they contribute a sense of value and heritage to the world in which we live; they contribute to th e development of a free conscience; and they p romote the role of independent thought and the usefulness of inte Uigent curiosity. The most fundamental task of Counc il, then, is lo add value to the lives of Canadians. And the value of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Cou ncil is, in Dr. Eliot's words, "not to be measured by t he con tribution to public policy but to the degree that it awakens each o ne of us to the wonders of being human". DAILY F OREIGN TEL6V!SION NEWS There arc already mechanisms within government which identify priorities and respond to social pressures. If there is a need for research in a particular field, then government A Ask Dr. Weir Dr. Neil Weir Professor. Department of Chemistry Q The baucry in my car is just nine months o ld, and has given no trouble, until, ,..<luring this cold speU it behaved as if it was ( Jcad". Docs the voltage decrease all that much when the temperature drops lO minus 27dcg. celcius; or is there something else wrong? March 1989 Direct from Tokyo, London, Moscow, Jerusalem, Paris and other cen tres. 9 a. m. lo 5 p.m. Monday to Friday BB2011 The bauery In your car is the so-called lead-acid type, w hich consists of six cells Joined togethe r. Each cell consists of a lead (or lead-calcium aUoy-to reduce damage due to vibration ) anode and a lead oxide cathode. Both electrodes arc immersed in the electrolyk, which is sulphuric acid. (about 40% by weight). When the ba ttery Is fully charged, each cell produces 2 volts, and the specific gravity o f tl1e e lectrolyte Is 1.2 gm/cm3. TI1e acid is consumed when the ba1tcry delivers power, and this figure will decrease. The specific gravity, as indicated by a hydrome te r, is thus a good indication of the condition of your battery. It is known from thennodynan1ics that the voltage (or more correctly, the e.m.f.) of a cell decreases with decreasing temperature. However, the e.m.f. of a lead-acid battery decreases by 0.00015 volts pe r Celciusdcgrce. Thus, a temperature drop of 50 Cclcius degrees reduces the e.m.f. by only 0.0075 volts, which is Insignificant, and which cannot be measured, unless a sensitive voltmeter is used. To understand why the baucry docs not food service changes hands; Beaver replaced Beaver Foods has been replaced as the body responsible for the food services contract on campus. Lakehead University President Bob Rose hart announced last month that Versa Services Limited will be taking over from Beaver Foods as of May 1, 1989. The decision was made by the University Food Services Committee, which represents a cross section of the University community. In a written statement, Rosehart noted there was a great deal of interest in the competitve bidding processes. "The accepted recommendation is for change," he said. "In announcing the successful firm, I would like to acknowledge the service given to Lakehead University for the past 14 years by Beaver Foods," Rosehart said. "During the next few months, Versa Food will be working with Beaver Foods in order to ensure an orderly transition, giving due consideration to the employees and the quality of service during the change-over." Free Concert Tuesday, April 4 ComwaU School Recital Hall CS 1006 Penny Clarke - Flute Elizabeth Ganiatsos - Virginal function well at low temperatures, we must look at its operation in a bit more detail. When the ignitio n circuit is activated , a curre nt nows from the anode through the c ircuit, and back to the cathode. However, to complete the c ircuit, current must now through the electrolyte. This current is carried, not by electrons (as in the external circuit) but by ions, positively and negatively charged particles, (e.g. hydrogen, sulphate and lead). At nonnal temperatures, e.g. above 0 degrees eelcius, these ions move rapidly and the conductivity of the electrolyte is very high. However, as the temperature decreases, two things happen. Firstly, the ionic mobilities arc decreased, but more importantly, the viscosity of the electrolyte increases; i.e. it becomes more syrupy. It is this increased viscosity which leads to a muc h more dramatic decrease rate of movement of ions in the electrolyte; and this is reflected in a lower conduetlvityand in a decrease in power output of the battery. AOORA - - - - -- - - -- - - - - -- - -- Fage 11 �Campus Calendar To include your Department's event or activity in the Campus Calendar, please call Flo Sherre n at 8300 or mail your information to SN 1002. Deadline for the April Agora is March 15, 1989 . March TUESDAY, 21 CONFERENCE & SEMINAR CENTRE Motivation Seminar Seminar Leader: Dr. Daniel Klassen, M.Ed., PhD - LU Conference & Seminar Centre 7:00 pm - 8:30 p m $19.95 per person CONFERENCE & SEMINAR CENTRE "How to Plan Your Association's Conference Successfully" '\ Se minar Leader: Mr. Ron Spina, M.EdJ Director of Residence & Conferences • LU CORNWALL SCHOOL CONCERTS Conference & Seminar Ce ntre 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm FREE Heathe r Morrison • Plano Cornwall School Recital Hall - CS 1006 12:30 pm FREE ADMISSION WEDNESDAY, 8 WEDNESDAY, 22 FREE PUBLIC LECfURE Spe aker: Dr. John Naysmith, Director, School of Forestry, LU To pic: "Nepal: Conservation Pe rce ived From A Hima.layan Se tting" 1 - 2:30 pm 1313 1021 SATURDAY, 11 & SUNDAY 12 LUSU FILM NI GHT Wbo Fra med Roger Rabbit 8:00 pm Rl3 1042 $2:00 Stude nts $2:50 Others SUNDAY, 12 CONFERENCE & SEMINAR CENTRE Women a nd Stress Se minar Leader: Mr. lnno Marini, MA Senior Counsellor, LU Conference & Seminar Centre 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm $15.00 per pe rson TUESDAY, 14 CO NFERENCE & SEM I NAR C ENTRE Making a Car eer Change Seminar Leader: Mr. Irmo Marini , MA Senio r Counsello r, LU 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm • Confe re nce & Seminar Centre $15.00 per person CORNWALL CO N ERTS Student Lectu re/Recital (Can adia n Music for Flute) Cornwall School - Recita l lla U CS 1006 8:00 pm FREE ADMISSIO N WEDNESDAY, 15 FREE PU BLIC LEC fURE Speaker: D r. Paul Watts, Directo r, Centre for Northe rn Studies, LU Topic: ''Circumpolar Po lar 13ear Manageme nt" 1 - 2:30 pm 1313 l 021 LU STATUS OF WOMEN COMMITTEE Noon I lo u r 13ring-Your-Own-Lu nch Series Rl3 1047 11 :45 - 1:00 pm Wome n In Art THURSDAY, 16 SATU RDAY, 18 & SUNDAY 19 LUSU FILM NIGHT Tbe Dead Pool 8:00 pm Rl3 104 2 $2:00 Students $2:50 Othe rs April SATURDAY, 1 & SUNDAY 2 I.USU MOVIES Am'mal House RB 1042 Stud e nts, $2.00 • Others $2.50 SUNDAY, 2 FREE PUBLIC LECfURE Spe ake r: Dr. 'Winifred Sidle, National Wildlife Ecologist, U.S. Fo rest Service, Logan, ULah. To pic: "The Ecosyste m Approac h To Fo rest Manage me nt" 1 - 2:30 pm rm 1021 THURSDAY23 CORNWALL CONCERTS Senio r Student Recital ( Pian o ) Cornwall School - Recital lla ll CS 1006 3:00 pm FREE ADMISSION TIIURSDAY, 30 MEETI NG 0oard of Govcn1ors CONCERT Lakchcad University Wind Ensemble Bora Laskin Theatre 8:00 pm $2.50 Agorl\ J 4 p.m. WEDNESDAY, 29 FREE PU BLIC LEC fURE Speake r: Or. M. 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L tside: CTV's Dian Cohen .............. 3 Prof's African Adventure .. 4 Forum Fu ture Considerations .. 7 Lakehead ~~ !:' University _AgOrl\ THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO VOL. 8. NO. 3 MARCH 1991 Good News for LU, the College - and Thunder B a y Ontario colleges and universities arc getting a piece of the province's $700 million anti-recession pie. A total of 65 shortterm labour intensive projects in 27 municipalities have been approved totalling $94 million. According to MCU Minister Richard Allen, the projects are expected to create a total of 42,515 person-weeks of employment which includes $54 million for specific major projects and S40 million for maintenance and renovation projects. "Colleges and universities play a significant role in the economic well-being of their communities. This funding will make a difference in the Jives of many workers and the communities they live in, while providing long-term benefits to our postsecondary system." LU had two projects approved including a $1.6 million renovation to Cornwall Campus and deferred maintenance r~ojccts totalling $550,000. In the case of Cornwall, rcnova\.._.·1s for the 84-ycar old structure include: upgrading to meet code deficiencies, handicap accessibility and reconditioning the outside of the building. The approved deferred maintenance grant will help but falls far short of the University's original proposal which included a 5-ycar maintenance plan totalling $4 million. According to Peter Kerr, Coordinator of Construction Projects on Campus, "we'll need to priorize the shopping list". Confederation College received $4,830,000 for major renovations to the Shuniah Building. Perhaps President Bob Rosehart was planting subliminal messages with MCU Minister Richard Allen when they toured the campus in "Maintenance Choice", a vehicle which may come in handy for the upcoming maintenance projects. ~on\act ~tm\ac\ ltor\h Nnrrl Harper Addresses Conference Manitoba MLA Elijah Harper was at Lakehead University on Thursday, February 21 to speak at Contact North's conference on Distance Education for Natives. "I've been very busy in the last while" -an understatement by the 41-year old Cree Indian who gained instant fame and a busy schedule last summer when he blocked the Meech Lake Accord in the Manitoba legislature. Without a doubt the history books will show that it was Harper's action that led to the defeat of the Constitutional ammendment. Receiving a standing ovation, Harper addressed a crowd of about 100 people, at the closing lecture of the conference. He called for natives to have the right to govern themselves. "It is important that we educate and teach our young people. It is important too that we take charge of our lives through selfgovernmcnt. Self-government lies within the people themselves. The real power is at the comm unity level with the young people. (Through education) you have capability and confidence and then you have self-government." Harper talked about the need for governments to allow natives to determine their own educational programs and to u se transfer payments the way people will benefit most. Pouring government money on to the reserves is not the answer, says Harper. "Some control must be given back to the Indian people and a system developed where transfer payments can be given directly to Indian governments. The aborginal people have to become accountable for their actions." r �r - - - -- --;::::=:=:=:=:=:~ PASSING OF A LEGEND The recent passing of Mickey Report Hennessy closes yet From the another chapter on the political legends President of Northwestern Ontario. Mickey was a character at Dr. Bob Rosehart times, but you ~ - - -- -- - -- -- - - ~ always knew that his heart and soul were with the interests of the people of Thunder Bay and the North. On another front, Mickey was extremely proud and dedicated to his fami ly. 1 knew Mickey during most of my time here in Thunder Bay, but it was during his term as MPP for Fort William that his interactions with LU were the greatest. He often interjected on our behalf. I remember one difficult situation where we could not seem to attract the attention of the appropriate Minister through the regular channels and Mickey showed up in front of the Minister's legislature desk with the corres pondence and refused to leave until he read the material. The matter was resolved. One of his expressions towards LU in that era was that the only way to keep us happy was "a cheque a day". COUNTER CYCLICAL MONIES LU was pleased to receive over $2.1 M from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities as part of the Province's $700M anti-recession fund . This m oney will be put to good use in job creation initiatives. On behalf of the University Community, I extend thanks to MPP Shelley Wark-Martyn for her efforts on our behalf. APPLICATIONS FOR FALL 1991 Although over the years I have learned to be somewhat conservative with application data, an increasing number of students continue to opt for Lakchead University from all parts of Ontario and Canada. Our program and faculty's reputation continues to grow and this, even in the difficult years forecasted for the future, should give us a firm foundation. Coupled with the application statistics optimism arc the mounting cuts in federal transfer payments to Ontario. To date, the Ontario NDP government is showing leadership for the long-term investments needed in public sector education and we obviously encourage these policies to be continued. SHARE OUR NORTHERN VISION CAMPAIGN The internal campaign is going very well and I wish to thank all of you who have participated to date. If any of you would like to privately discuss the campaign ·with me, please do not be bashful. I started the first corporate calls this past week in Toronto and memories of the "partners" campaign resurfaced. I was ably assisted in the current Toronto calls by cx-LU's Bill McDermott, a partner at Price Waterhouse, and Norene Macl.,eod of the Royal Bank of Canada. GEORGE DAWOSYR We note with sadness the death of George Uarian Dawosyr, age 76, who retired from Lakehead University in 1981. Born and educated in Austria, Mr. Dawosyr came to Canada in 1948 moving to Port Arthur in 1959, where he began work at the Library of Lakehead College. He was known and admired for his humanity, sense of humour and expert knowledge about Slavic languages. The George I. Dawosyr Memorial Scholarship has been established by colleagues and family. ACADEMIC VICE PRESIDENT I would like to congratulate Dr. John Whitfield on his newest appointment at LU. John has served LU well in man ~ varied capacities over the years and his new position will provide additional opportunities and challenges. John is a born Northern Ontarian and you can be assured that the "northern vision" is alive and well. The 1990-91 Alumni Annual \ is charging towards its goal of S125,000 for scholarships, library books, the Nor'Wcstcr Magazine and other worthy projects on campus. The Fund stands at over S100,000 pledged with over a month to go before the campaign ends on April 30, 1991. So, if you haven't sent in your tax-deductible donation that will assist in the provision of quality academic programming at Lakchcad University, now is the time! This year students and alumni volunteers, faculty and staff made 14,000 calls over the course of 33 days. Alumni participation was high. Out of 4,604 completed calls, 1,298 p ledges were received which amounts to a participation rate of 28 percent. Way to go, LU! Many of the donations received were from alumni who work for companies that participate in the Matching Gift Program including: Boise Cascade, IBM, Northern Telecom, C-I-l, MacMillan Bloedel, James River Corp., Inco Limited, Dow Chemical, A lean Aluminum, Falconbridge and Bell Canada. My sincere thanks to ail. In true Northern style, the Vice-President is shown with his victorious curling team at th Larry Hebert, Coordinator recent Alumni Bonspiel. From left to right: Skip Whitfield, his wife Diane, Fred ~nd Karen Alumni Annual Fund McIntosh. A full interview with Vice-President Whitfield will appear in the Apnl Agora. BA'69, BusDip'70, HBComm'78 -f Page 2 AGORA - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - March 1991 J �Around Campus PAPER TREASURES DISPLAY A "Paper Treasures" display was mounted by the Northwestcm Ontario Archivists Association at Intercity Mall on aturday, February 16, 1991. The "treasures", consisting of archival and museum items depicting the history and development of Northwestern Ontario, were on view from 9:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Groups represented in the display were the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, City of Thunder Bay Archives, Paipoongc Museum, Thunder Bay Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society and Lakchcad University's Chancellor Paterson Library. Representatives from Lakchcad University were Louise Wuorincn from the Northern Studies Resource Centre, and Vivian Sharp from the Library's Archives. A wide variety of unique archival and museum holdings were featured, from old Finnish Chrish11as cards to an antique printing press. A large aIJd appreciative crowd of shoppers stopped briefly and examined mementoes of Thunder Bay's rich heritage. (C WORLD PREMIERE - A GIANT'S DREAM "Empty piers Winding frozen streams Crain elevators Images of prehistoric mammals Monuments sculptured in the path of time Forgotten survivors of a relentless latitude Remote land In shades of white, green and blue, Silent, unpretentious, yet so elusive..." The World Premiere of Dr. Aris Carastathis' new work"/\ GI/\NT'S ORE/\M (Northern Landscape)" was presented by the ,,,_Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Wednesday, ll larch 13 at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium. Dr. Carastathis, an Assistant Professor with the Department of Music at Lakchcad University, was commissioned to create this work by his Dcparhncnt and the Centre for Northern Studies in 1989. The piece is approximately 20 minutes long nnd employs the full orchestra and chorus. The text elaborates on the unique northern landscape surrounding Thunder Bay. Dr. Carastathis says, "the lyrics personify the Sleeping Giant dreaming of this land of his." Dr. Carastathis has extensive background in composition and instruction with the Saskatoon Conservatory of Music, Louisiana State University, the University of Northern Iowa and Wartburg College. He lists nearly 40 compositions to his credit. SALVATION ARMY FOOD DRIVE The Salvation Army of Thunder Bay has once again asked Lakehcad University students for their help. Before Christmas break residence students, led by Residence Council orgnnizcrs, knocked on doors around the city, collecting nonperishable items for the Salvation Army Food Bank. The amount collected filled the Norwcstcr's team van to brimming with food items for the needy. Unfortunately, the Food Bank is now empty and the Salvation Army needs help. The s tudents have organized another food d rive for Saturday, March 23 and arc asking university dcparhncnts for help ns well. Next week boxes will be dropped off in offices across the campus and the students arc asking facu lty and staff to r ,ntributc non-perishables. The boxes wiU be picked up on .,farch 25. One student organizer says "this is a perfect way for students to help out people that are in desperate need and to give something back to the community." CTV'S Dian Cohen Speaks CTV's financial wizard, Dian Cohen, spoke to a capacity audience in the Senate Chambers on March 7. Students, faculty and staff came to listen to Cohen speak on present government policy and its effect on the business climate. "Canada has been on an agenda for change all of my professional life," says Cohen. "The question that we must deal with is how is this country going to get back on track. Canada was designed on short production runs and exploitation of resources. This doesn't work anymore because its too easy to ship the goods in." Cohen told the audience that Canada began as an country based mostly on agriculture but after World War II was the country the world looked to for the resources to rebuild. This period was the biggest boom-time in history for the country. Institutions were created - the way health care is delivered for example - that don't work well anymore. "Of course they don't," says Cohen, "the whole economy has changed. Don't wait for the grain to come back to Thunder Bay because it won't happen. The world has shifted away from the resource base toward computerization of communication, services, information. That's progress." Cohen calls for Canadians to be "daring" in tern1s of helping communities out of marginal industries instead of prolonging the inevitability of the loss of the resource base. "We must get people out of the substandard jobs and get them into ones where they can make a living. The trick is to make Canada an attractive place for capital. Is it a new building that we need or a new idea? I believe that ideas arc the key to a successful new Canada". Or. Dianne Common, Dean of Professional Studies and Prof. jerry Phillips, Director of the School of Business, introduce Dian Cohen to a capacity crowd in /he Senate Chambers. March 1991 - - - - - - -- - -- - - -- - - AGORA - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - - - Page 3 �OUT OF AFRICA Business Students Rate Top Five Lakehead University's School of Business placed in the top five universities during the preliminary round of the national business school competition, the Q ueen's lntercollegiate Business Competition. Nine students travelled to Kingston in January 1991 to compete in the fi nal round of competition. Only the first and second place finalists were announced after the finals were completed. Lakehead did not place first or second, but we arc sure we came a dose third! Our stud en ts competed superb! y; something everyone at Lakchcad can be proud of. The students who competed in the finals arc: Greg Brockman - Debating Rene Cadene - Computer Simulation Game Joel Feldman - Accounting Don Galloway - Marke ting Andrew Hotchkics - Debating Brian Ktytor - Marketing Todd La Haye - Computer Simulation Game Kerri Law - Accounting Leigh Mork - Computer Simula tion Game The School and competitors owe a special thanks to outside donors who helped make the trip to Kingston possible; Dunwoody Chartered Accountants, Mayor and Mrs. Jack Masters, Pea t Marwick Thorne Chartered Accoun tants and Jan Thatcher. -submitted by 1991 ICBC FacuJty Coordinator, Gabriella Sacd1etti What's Happening in the Library ... TOURS Throughout the year, The Chancellor Paterson Library offers tours and sessions in searching the OnlineCa talogue for individuals. Contact the Oricntation/Off--Campus Services Librarian at 343-8147 to make arrangements. THE 1986 CANADA CENSUS ON THE UN IVERSITY VAX S YSTEM The Chancellor Paterson Library has purchased the 1986 Census on computer-readable data tapes. Access is available through the Academic Microvax (VMS) system in Computer Services with a special Census account. Users should be familiar with SPSSx (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). The Census data consists of Summary Tables (Prepackaged Cross-Tabulations) which can be narrowed down to enumeration area and Microdata (raw data from long questionnaires) from which users can generate their own cross-tabulations of desired variables. To find ou t more, contact the Search Services Librarian at 343-8129. NEW CD -ROMS Our newest CD-ROMS (Compact Disc - Read Only Memory) make searching the periodical literature in the sciences much faster and easier. BIOLOGICAL & AGRICULTURA L INDEX covers forestry, biology, environmental sciences, zoology and more. For engineering, chemistry, physics, energy resources and mathematics, we have APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LNDEX. Contact the Computerized Search Services Office for more informa tion . The story could be titled "Val versus the Volcano" or "Geology Prof Loses Field Assistant in Volcano". Intriguing titles aside, the true story of Roger Mitchell's February field trip to South Africa has enough adven ture for a full-length movie. Dr. Mitchell and his intrepid assistant, Val Denison, began their 3-week field trip to Namibia (fonnerly Southwest Africa) to further stu dy the evolution of an extinct volcano of unknown origin. The volcano is 1500 feet high and fil led with box canyons and extremely dangerous terrain. Daytime temperature highs were over 100 degrees, with overnight temperatures in the 40's. Separate the 3pcrson geology team, throw in a thunderstorm, a seard1 party complete w ith helicopters, Nama goat herders and you have a field trip leader's worst n ightmare come true. Val Denison was lost in a volcano, in a thunderstorm at night, without food or shelter. "I stayed on the moun tain overnight in order to begin the search at first light", Mitchell recounted. The search party now included most of the 100 or so people living in the nearby village and the helicopter and police. They searched, echoes resounded off every rock, but they found nothing. Perhaps because the "white woman" had walked out on the farsidc of the volcano and been spotted by a goat herder who loaded the bruised and dehydrated woman on his donkey cart and took her to his hu t. This was cause for a great celebra tion; the fa mily washed their feet, put on their best dothes and hosted her prior to taking her back to the road which lead to the volcano. Val managed to hitch a ride part way up the m ountain and actually walked up to a group of seard1crs. There was a trip to the hos;:iital where she was kept over night, but basically, it was back to work soon after. With a wry grin, Roger M itchell said, "Yes, earth scientists get around a lot. Last year diamond mines in Siberia and this year I lost my field assistant, who also happens to be my wife, in a volcano in Sou th Africa." y ~)' {, z )_, _'1;~ / t· ~~ ~', kl • • 'j~ _J rI I ·y • ~, ·J / "'--..,'✓ \ .>•''l , .. • 1r :}: ' , ~ ' r ;4ft.., , ' :k '_ ~ ~~~.l "a ~ ~ A more relaxed Roger Mitchell home from Africa. Page 4 AGORA - - -- -- - - - -- - - - - - - March 1991 �RESEARCH NEWS ! INTERNATIONAL PROFILE Forestry in Czechoslovakia By Willard H . Carmean, Professor Emeritus, School of Forestry, Lakehead University Czechoslovakia, Well managed production forests and beautiful forest • • formerly one of the nature reserves are in striking contrast to areas where forindustrial leaders of ests have been heavily damaged by air pollution. TI1ese Europe, is now destroyed forests are usually in northern Czechoslovakia Dr. Carmean beside Sequioa pla11ted 100 emerging from downwind from heavily industrialized cities. The damaged decades of commuarea I observed was the Beskydy Mountains of northern years ago in [3rno, Czechoslovakia. . . ~ - - ~ - - - -- - -- - - - - ~ 111st suppression. Moravia that is located downwind from the city of Ostrava. The first stirrings were expressed in the 1968 "Prague Spring" I was told that damage was even greater in the Orr Mounled by Alexander Dubcek, and in 1989 the Civic Forum movetains on the northwestern border of Bohemia. Forests in this ment replaced the Socialist government with the democratic area arc damaged by air pollution from factories in Chemgovernment of President Vaclav Havel. Czechoslovakia, as nitz and Dresden located in eastern Germany. well as the other countries of eastern Europe, is now confronted Many of these industrial plants have high <;oncentrations by a host of political and economic problems as they struggle of sulphur dioxide emissions resulting from burning soft coal through the transition from communism to a democratic govfor energy. These large emissions of sulphur dioxide then r mcnt. combine with atmospheric moisture to form sulphuric acid; l visited southern Moravia, located in central Czechoslova- add bearing clouds then blow southward into low mountain kia, in October and November 1990 to give a 4-weck series of passes where tree crowns screen acid rain as well as dry invited lectures at the Brno Faculty of Forestry. The Brno acidic particles. Acid deposition first of all results in slow faculty members were outstanding hosts and escorted me on growth and sparse foliage, then complete tree mortality field trips to observe forest conditions throughout Moravia. occurs. Presently foresters can only salvage the killed trees These trips included a 4-day visit to the Faculty of Forestry in and then replant with tree species that arc less susceptible to Zvolen. Thus, I also had an opportunity to observe some of pollution damage. the forestry conditions of Slovakia, the eastern part of CzechoSolutions to this pollution damage are difficult for ecoslovakia. nomically depressed countries that are suffering from decades Czechoslovakia is about 36% forested; about 63% of these of political mismanagement. Obsolete factories need to be forests arc conifers (Norway spruce and Scots pine), with modernized using pollution control measures, and alternative hardwoods (beech and ook) fom1ing the remaining 37% of the energy sources need to be found as a replacement for sulphur forest area. Extensive areas of productive forests produce bearing soft coal and petroleum. Economic recovery in wood volume surplus for internal needs. Thus, CzechoslovaCzechoslovakia means further industrial expansion and nukia is one of the few wood exporting countries of Europe. clear energy is being suggested as an alternative energy While Czechoslovakia's size is somewhat smaller than the source. State of New York, they intensively manage their forests Many observations and impressions were gained from my through a large staff of foresters and three forestry schools. brief visit to Czechoslovakia. First of all we in Canada might The Brno Faculty of Forestry has about 750 to 800 forestry learn from the intensive forest management and the conservastudents and a faculty of about 100. The Zvolen Faculty of tion ethics practised in this small country. Secondly, CzechoForestry is larger in size with about 600 forestry students, and slovakia has serious air pollution problems that require about 800 to 900 students in wood processing. A Third western economic and scientific assistance. And finally the Faculty of Forestry located in Prague just opened in 1990. people of Czechoslovakia are struggling to recover from Czechoslovakia has a vast infrastructure for supporting decades of communist repression and mismanagement, and this intense management of their forests. I visited forest they are reaching out to the w est for scientific and economic research stations, intensively managed production forests, assistance as well as for understanding during this difficult forest nature reserves. Production forests of Norway spruce transition period. The Lakehead University School of Forand beech are intensively managed with frequent thinning; estry Faculty Council recently voted to support student and £"'nifer plantations and natural beech regeneration must be faculty exchanges with the Brno and Zvolen Faculties of For. iced to avoid destruction by very numerous red deer, roe estry. Thus, we hope that these exchanges will aid forestry deer, and wild boar.Czechoslovakia still has a few carefully education in this valiant country during their difficult transiprotected old growth forests that apparently were never tion period leading to economic and political recovery. disturbed by cutting. These arc generally in mountainous areas where 200 to 300 year old large silver fir and Norway spruce can be seen. �NSERC NEWS A summary of the contents of a letter written by NSERC's new President, Peter Morand, informing the university communi ty of decisions taken by NSERC at a recent meeting. Although NSERC has not yet received formal approval from the government, they are confident that Council's budget for its programs and administration will be at least $436 million for 1991-92, compared with $423 million in 1990-91. This means that the $90 million available through the Matching Fund Policy in 1990-91 will continue to be available. No decision has yet been made regarding whether or no t the $90 million will be rolled into the Council's base research budget. Despite the budget increase the situation will continue to be somewhat difficult, as the demand on the largest program, Operating Grants, continues to grow. This year again, over 800 new applicants requested grants. Council decided to inject an additional $10 million into the program, w hich will grow from $184 million to $194 million. This funding will mainly cover funding for new applicants and small special adjustments to the budgets of selected disciplines. The funding rate for the upcoming equipment competition will be 32% ($38.3 million of 1990-91 ani:11991-92 funds available to respond to requests totalling $119.3 million). The equipment budget will represen t 8% of Council's 1991 -92 program budget although Council still feels strongly that this must be increased to 10%. The total amount budgeted for Research Partnerships in 1991-92 is $41.6 million, compared with $36.3 million this ye,r 1 In the research personnel area, the number of new Under- _ graduate Student Research Awards, Postgraduate Scholarships, and Fellowships will remain constant. Please note that for 1991-92, the maximum stipends payable from research grants will be $14,500 for graduate students and $27,500 for postdoctoral fellows. Last year, NSERC appointed a Program Policy Committee to recommend a plan of action that would result in improved grants programs. The Committee members have begun their study of Council's funding system by taking a hard look at the Operating Grants Program. Council was briefed on the preliminary findings of the Committee and endorsed its conclusions in principle. The input of the university community will be sought later this year. Council also approved the creation of a new element within the Research Partnerships program that will support the recruitment and the establishment of new faculty members into junior level positions. The program will be restricted to persons coming from outside the Canadian university system and who are active in research areas of strategic interest to industry. Financial participation of the private sector will be man~atory. Th~ Office Resean:~ and Graduate Studies will provide further mformatrnn on this new program as we receive the final details from NSERC. o! SSHRC Releases New Five Year Strategic Plan Paule Leduc, President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, recently released a new five-year strategic plan to focus Council's activities and to strengthen Canada's research capacity in the social sciences and humanitics. ,, A Vision for the Future", recognizes that there are a number of complex problems and opportunities facing Canada and the Canadian research community in the next decade. The plan sets out the Council's priorities for ensuring that researchers in the social sciences and humanities can continue to play a strong and effective role in helping Canada meet these challenges in the 1990's and beyond . Dr. Leduc sta tes, "Our world is experiencing profound change on many fronts and we find ourselves struggling to cope with a whole host of political, economic, technological, social and environmental developments that are taking place at almost breakneck speed. To deal with them wisely, we desperatcly need a better understa.nding of our own social and economic structures, of our decision-making processes and of how to approach underlying problems in new ways." "At the same tinw, researchers in the social sciences and humanities - the very people whose work is vital to developing solutions and policies for dealing with these issues - are caught between increasing research costs on the one hand and decreasing resources on the other." As set out in the strategic plan, the Council's three priorities over the next five years are: to increase investment in the training of the next generation of researchers; develop and promote research structures to enhance quality, productivity and relevance; and ensure that research results are more widely disseminated so that they may be used to maximum benefit within all sectors of Canadian society. Concerning the first priority, the plan stresses that demand for advanced skills in the social sciences and humanities is expected to rise dramatically in Canada in the next ten years. To keep pace in today's increasingly knowledge-intensive economy, Canada must be able to count on a highly trained workforce. Expertise from a wide range of the human sci- ) ences will be needed to chart new paths and will be a key ingredient for improving national productivity and competitiveness. Under the second priority, the plan stresses a renewed focus on excellence and an emphasis on collaboration as keys to enhancing research quality, productivity and relevance. Complex, contemporary issues often do not fit within the boundaries of a single discipline, thus the Council will encourage multidisciplinary research to devise new approaches to specific problems of national concern. The third priority addresses the need to ensure that research results are communicated more effectively - both within and beyond the academic community. Proposed measures include placing greater stress on dissemination activities to be carried out by researchers; expanding the communications activities carried out by the Council itself; and providing support for research into new communications technologies. As"A Vision for the Future" notes, however, the Council's ability to put the full range of proposed measures into effect will depend directly on funding. As Paule Leduc points out, "we are now in a critical situation with regard to resources. Since 1979, the total yearly demand for our grants has increased approximately 339 per cent. Council's budget allocation for 1990, in real terms, barely exceeds the level it received in 1979. Unless we can turn this situation around, several of the plans and initiatives we have outlined in our strategy will have to stay on the drawing board". A copy of "A Vision for the Future" can be obtained by calling the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at 3438223. ) Page 2 - -- - - - - - - - -- - -- - RESEARCH NEWS - - - - - - - - - -- - - - March 1991 �RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES NSERC Strategic Grants GRADUATE STUDIES SCHOLARSffiPS For all NSERC eligible Faculty who arc interested in ubmitting an application to the Strategic Grants Program, the • guidelines and application forms have arrived! They can be picked up at the office of Research and Graduate Studies. The deadline this year for submitting applications is May 1, 1991. The objective of the Strategic Grants Program is to promote and accelera te targeted research in selected fields of national importance. The program enables university researchers to increase their contributions towards the understanding and solution of problems in these fields and to train highly qualified personnel. The identifica tion of areas of national importance has been accomplished with the assistance of advisors from the university, industry and government rese<1rch sectors, and through a study conducted by the Science Council of Canada. Areas of research were identified that emphasize the particular importance of Canada's na tural resources, intellectual strength, and socio-economic needs and opportunities, and which have potential to enhance Canada's economic prosperity, industrial competitiveness and environmental quality. Major areas targeted for support include: Advanced Technologies (information systems; biotechnology; industrial materials, prod ucts and processes; manufacturing systems; energy), Natural Resources (food, agriculture and aquaculture; forestry; mineral resources; oceans and inland waters), Environmental Quality and New Directions. Detailed mission statements for each of these areas can be found in the 1991 Stra tegic Grants Guidelines. As mul tidisciplinary research and cooperation with industry and/or government is encouraged through the Strategic ( -:;rants Program, the Office of Research and Graduate Studies would be pleased to facilitate this interaction by sponsoring university-industry luncheons: Contact Anne Fiorenza, Research Officer (ext. 8223). C GRADUATE THESES RECENTLY COMPLETED The Senate Graduate Studies Committee has asked that acknowledgement be given to a student and supervisor when a thesis is completed. The following graduate students arc to be commended for their outstanding scholarly efforts: DOUGLAS, Robert (M.A. Sociology) Supervisor: Dr. Jim Stafford Thesis Title: The History of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union . MCCUAIG, Marilyn Gail (M.Ed.) Supervisor: Dr. M.C. Courtland Thesis Title: The Language Learning Environment of the Senior Kindergarten Child. STRAW, Geoffrey (M.A. Psychology) Supervisor: Dr. Marg Sellick Thesis Title: Relaxation and Guided Imagery for the Quality of Life of Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemothcra py. March 1991 - - - - -- - -- - - - -- Ministry of Community and Social Services Northern Bursary Program Applications available in the Office of Research and Graduate Studies. The Northern Bursary Program with the Ontario Government offers financial assistance to post-secondary students pursuing careers in specialized social services. The program is designed to help students in psychology, social work, speech pathology, and persons of native ancestry interested in workine; in Northern Ontario. Deadline: 7 June 1991 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation CMHC University Scholarship for Graduate Studies The Government of Canada provides funds to CMHC to conduct research in the social, legal, administrative, physical, economic and technical aspects of housing, and to award graduate scholarships for the study of housing and community planning issues. Students in psychology, engineering, economics, sociology, social work, and business are eligible. Scholarship entitlement is up to $13,200 per year. Deadlin e: 5 April 1991 1991-92 Lakehead University Internal Graduate Scholarships Deadline: 30 March 1991 Applications are now available in the Office of Research and Graduate Studies for three categories of internal scholarships: - Abitibi-Price Inc. Graduate Fellowship/CJ. Sanders Graduate Scholarship (Entering Students Only): One award of $1800 is made to a student entering the first year of a full-time master's degree program at Lakehead University who has the highest standing of those admitted in that particular year as determined by the Senate Graduate Scholarships and Bursaries Committee. -Lakehead University Graduate Scholarships (Entering Students Only) - Eight graduate scholarships valued at $1200 each are available to students entering the first year of a fulltime graduate degree program at Lakehead University. The scholarships are prim_a rily intended for students with first class standing. -Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program "Institutional" Competition (Entering and Continuing Students) Ten graduate awards tenable only at Lakehead University provides $3766 per term ($11,298 per year). Candidates must have at least a B+ average or the equivalent during each of their last two years of study. Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada Norman Barwin Scholarship: 1991-92 This scholarship is open to Canadian citizens or landed immigrants who are graduates of any recognized university, possess an Honours degree or equivalent and intend to work for a higher degree in the field of reproductive health. This could include disciplines such as: biology; Canadian studies; education; history; medicine; political science; psychology; social work, sociology; and women's studies. The value of the award is $2,500 and applications must be submitted no later than May 1, 1991. RESEARCH NEWS - - - - - - -- - -- -- - -- Page 3 �Upcoming Deadline Dates Quick Reference Research Opportunities American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR): Letter of Intent- May 1, 1991. Canadian Cancer Society's Stephen Fonyo Fellowship Award - anyhme, but 2 months prior to when training begins. Canadian Department of Communications; International Cooperation Assistance fund on New Information Technologies - Open CIDA International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Open, allow 3 months for a full response. Easter Seal Research Institute of Ontario: Research Grants (April 15 and October 15). Educational Centre for Aging and Health; Fellowships/ Bmsaries - January 1, April 1, July 1, October 1 Energy, Mines and Resources; Environmental Studies Revolving Funds - Open Health and Welfare Canada; National Health Research and Development Program (NHRDP) - deadline postponed to June 1, 1991 Health and Welfare Canada (NHRDP); Aids Research Program - March 15 and September 15, 1991 Heritage Canada Foundation Awards Program - June 1, 1991 Japanese Science and Technology Agency Fellowships STA/NSERC - Open, but allow 6 months for processing Japan Science and Teclrnology Fund - EAITC/JSTC/NSERC Open, but a!Jow 3 months for processing. Killam Program of the Canada Council; Research Fellowships - June 30, 1991 . Laidlaw Scholar Program - Open Lake head University Senate Research Fw1ds; NSERC and SSHRC General Research Grants Competition - March 10, 1991 National Geographic Society; Research Grants - Open North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - Advanced Research Workshops - Open National Science Foundation (NSF) - Open, but must allow 6 months for review and processing. Norfhem Ontario Heritage Fw1d - Open NSERC Forestry Postdoctoral Assistantships - January 15, April 15,July 15, October 15 NSERC Scientific Publications - April 15, 1991 NSERC Strategic Program - May 1, 1991 NSERC Workshops and Seminars - Open Ontario Ministry of Health; Research Projects Program, Health Care Systems Research - May 1, 1991, Feasibility/ Formula hon Studies - Open, Information - May 1, 1991, Workshop/Conferences - Open Ontario Ministry of Health - Ontario Nmsing Innovation Fund, Group projects - January 1, May 1, and September 1; Professional Development for RNs and RNAs - Open Social Science Federation of Canada - Aid to Scholarly Publications Program - Open SSHRC Special Awards: The Queen's Fellowships, Canadian Law Scholarship Foun dation, SSHRC Legal Research Scholarship, Doctoral Fellowships i n Management Studies Open University Research Incentive Fund (URIF) - January 31, May 31, October 15 World Health Organization; Fellowships - June 30, 1991. World Wildlife Toxicology Fund - Open World Wildlife Endangered Species Recovery Fund - January 1, April 1, July 1, October 1 .) GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES CMHC University Scholarship for Graduate Studies 1991-92 - March 18, 1991. 1991-92 Lakehead University Internal Graduate Scholarships (see this issue) - March 30, 1991. Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services: Northern Bursary Program - June 7, 1991. Planned Paren thood Federation of Canada: Norman Barwin Scholarship - May 1, 1991. UPCOMING CONFERENCES Call for Papers: Association for Canadian Studies Conference - September 24- 27, 1992. The purpose of this conference is to provide an account of the state of theoretical discourse in Canada circa 1992, the intent being to examine the cognitive structures of our scientific and disciplinary prachce. Scholars are invited to address key components of the knowledge they produce and disseminate. Major fields of interest include social space, ethics (empirical/ normahve/ critical theory), social differences, personality/ indi vid uahon, insh tutions/insti tutionalisahon. Deadline to submit papers is May 15, 1991. Asian Development Business Seminar Society - April 21 to 22, 1991. Vancouver, British Columbia is hoshng two important events for people interested in Asian Development: The Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors, hosted by the Government of Canada, and the Asian Development Business Seminar. The seminar will focus on financing development and evolving development strategies through a series of plenary sessions, concurrent workshops and discussion groups. Fostering Scientific Integrity in Biomedical Research April 25 to 26, 1991, St. Louis, Missouri. This seminar will provide a forum to develop guidelines on the issue of scientific integrity in biomedical research. The Office of Research a:nd Graduate Studies, in conjunction With the Ofnce of Information Services, is asking all faculty to share with usinteresting research stories td feature in the RESEARCH NEWS; We would. like to hear from you if you are currently involved in innovative research, have attended an interesting conference, are collaborating with industry or the community or if you would just like to profile your r~search expertise. RESEARCH NEWS enjoys an audience of approximately 2000 and can be a valuable vehide for communicating your research endeavours to the community at large. For information and application forms on any of the above research programs, please call Anne Fiorenza at ext. 8223 or drop by the Office of Research and Graduate ~~- For information about Foundations; please call Jo-Anne Silverman, Foundations Officer at ext. 8910 or drop by the Alumni House. Page 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RESEARCH NEWS - - - - - - - - - - -- - March 1991 ) �==========~- New Faces .________T_i_K_i_n _g_ __ _ ____JIJ.__ __ Professor Ti King has joined the '100I of Nursing. King's specialty -!a is Nursing Education and Administration. She presently teaches first year courses. Originally from Thunder Bay, King left the area for ten years, working as a Registered Nurse in Montreal and Toronto. She returned to Thunder Bay and attended Lakchcad University for two years in the streamli.ne nursing program, receiving her HBSc in 1986. Followi.ng that she worked as a Nursing Supervisor in Homes for the Aged. King decided to pursue a Masters degree in Nursing and received it from the University of British Columbia in 1990. Now tha t she is settled at Lakehcad University "1 look forwa rd to getting on board with research again". King is presently conducting research into informal care-giving with regards to family care. She is involved with the Council for Positive Aging, the Alzheimer Family Support Committee and the Gerontology Studies Group. In her spare time, King enjoys travelling - she has been to Mexico, the Bahamas and Europe - and reading. Her au thors of choice arc Alastair Maclean, Ellen Mcinnis and "nursing texts, of course". C __ J_ul_1_·a_n_Wi_e_s_t_ _ _ _-----' Dr. Julian West teaches in the Department of Mathematics. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) in 1984 and recently received his PhD from MIT. At CALTECH he pursued a double major in math and.literature but had to give up the latter when he had the opportunity to spend two i..========== semesters at Budapest University in Hungary. Following his graduation from MIT, West taught courses at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, settling at Lakehead University in July. Although he was born in England and his post-secondary schooling was in the U.S., West grew up in Vancouver and became a Canadian citizen in 1982. West's main research interest is Enumerative Combinatorics "which means I like to count things." During his time away from work West's main hobbies are solving as well as creating cryptic crossword puzzles. These arc not your garden variety puzzles. Completing one often takes 10 hours, with many trips to the library. West enjoys creating them even more than solving them. "I just finished creating one on a Mozart theme and hope it will be published soon." Robert Omeljaniuk Dr. Robert Omcljaniuk is an as(-~tan t professor in the Depart_.,cnt of Biology. He received his Bachelor's and Master's of Science degrees in Zoology from the University of Manitoba and his PhD from the University of Alberta. Orncljaniuk did postdoctoral research at the National Institute of Health in Washi11gton, D.C. where he still maintains collaborative research tics. Omcljaniuk is an cndrincologist. "lam looking into the interaction of the brain and the pituary gland and how the brain regulates the gland." Orncljaniuk and wi.fe Catherine enjoy general mountaineering activities, a hobby discovered while living in Alberta. "We got used to living in the Rockies so we try to get back at least once a year to do some climbing." Omcljaniuk's interest in climbing may lead him to Nepal next year. Other leisure pursuits include canoeing and woodworking. The Office of the Regis trar has a New Look A new lnformation/Reccption area has been established '-'iat serves the Office of the Registrar. The central informa, m phone number is 343-8500. All inquiries for the office ·should be directed to that line. (Of course you can still call senior staff directly if you have a specific question for them). The purpose for the change is to better provide service to Dr. Douglas Thom and Professor Marta B/enkarn, School of Education, display the soapstone carving "Images of the North" by Siku which was presented to them by the Canadian Society For the Study of Education (CSSE) in appreciation of their scholarly editorship of the CSSE News over the past three years. Professor Blenkarn was French editor of this SSHRC-frmded publicatum which serves educator professionals across Canada. Dr. D. Klassen, School of Education, also contributed. Currently Professors Thom and Blenkarn are conducting funded research and publishing in educational administration and second language teacher education, respectively. students, faculty and staff in one central location. Included in the space is a processing centre where staff can work in a quieter environment to ensure timely processing of applications and registrations. The Office of the Registrar would like to invite the university community to an Open House Monday, March 25, between 3:00 and 4:30 pm. March 199 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGORA - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - Page 5 �People, Papers/Publications S Special Projects/Awards sity, China is here on a six-month appointment from October 28, 1990 to April 30, 1991. His specification is lumber drying = --dlecking, splitting problems of lumber and how to minimize 0 the problems. He is working wi th Dr. K.C. Yang of the School -;::-- , Dr. S.Y. Mansour, Associate Professor of Elccof Forestry. _) "5:=e~~ trical Engineering, published a paper entitled Dr. J.E. Mollo, Chairman and Professor of Anthropology, "Large Power Systems Economic Dispatd1 by published "Differential Diagnosis of Rib Lesion: A Case Study Network Loss Modelling", in JASTED lntem afrom Middle Woodland Southern Ontario Circa 230 A.O. in ~~~;:j~~ tional Journal of Energy Systems, Vol. 11, No. 1, the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 83:439-447. • 1991. The paper was co-authored by Drs. D.H . December 1990. He also made a joint-presentation with B. V. ~~==~ , Kelly and D.O. Koval of the Department of Kennedy entitled "The Reconstruction of the Dietary Habits Electrical Engineering, University of Alberta. of the 'Las Palmas Culture' of the Cape Region of Baja, CaliDr. I. Nirdosh, Professor of Chemical Engineer- fornia", at the 18th Annual meeting of the Canadian Associaing, has published the paper, "Calculation of Mass tion for Physical Anthropology in Banff, Alberta. Transfer Coefficients in the System Sulphate in Professor Patricia Vervoort, Chair of the Department of ~~,=~ Chloride Solution/ Anion Exchanger in the ChloVisual Arts, presented a paper at the annual Brock University - ~□ ride Form", in the Journal Chemic lngenieur Tech- "Two Days of Canada Interdisciplinary Conference" in nik. The paper is co-authored by Mr. S. Lakhani of EnvironFebruary. With the theme of "Water, Water, Everywhere", ment Canada (Toronto) and Dr. M,H.T. Baird of McMaster Professor Vervoort's presentation on "The Awesome SaUniversity (Hamilton). Mr. Lakhani is an L.U. Engineering guenay" explored 19th century tourism as expressed in art graduate. and literature. The paper will be published in the proceedDr. Frederick Holmes, Department of English, presented a ings. paper titled, "History, Fiction and the Dialogic lmagination: APPOINTMENTS John Fowles's A Maggot", at the University of Louisville's Dr. Seimer H. L. Tsang, Chairn1an of the Department of annual Twentieth Century Literature Conference. The paper Mechanical Engineering has been appointed by the Lieutenwill be published in the spring in "Contemporary Literature" ant-Governor of Ontario to serve on the Ontario Fire Code 32:2. Commission for a two-year tenn. Dr. V. V. Paranjape was appointed Chairman of the Professor Pat Jasen, Department of History, has published Department of Physics for a two and one-half year tenn her article "Jmagining Fort William: Romanticism, Tourism and the Old Fort, 1821 to 1971", in the Thunder Bay Historical effective January 1, 1991 Professor J. David Bates will continue as Chairman of the Museum Society Papers and Records, Vol. XVIII (1990). Pre-service Teacher Education Program in the School of EduProfessor B.W. M uirhead, Department of History, pubcation effective July 1, 1991 to June 30, 1994. lished an article entitled, "Harry Bryan, A Man of Fanatical Professor Patricia Vervoort has been appointed the ) Conviction", in the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society representative for Central Canada to the editorial board of the Papers and Records, Vol. XVII (1989). Society for the Study of Ardlitecture in Canada. Dr. Thorold J. Tronrud, Department of History, sessional CONGRATULATIONS lecturer, has published "Buying Prosperity. The Bon using of To Dr. Kung-Chi Yang who completed his PH.D program Factories at the Lakehead, 1885-191 4", in Urban History from the University of British Columbia and was granted his Review, June 1990. doctorate at the Fall 1990 Convocation. Professor Sun Ling-Kun, from Nanjing Forestry Univer- Lakehead University Recognizes Scholars' Achievements and Generosity of Donors On Friday, March 1, approximately 400 guests attended a dinner to honour the University's 1990/91 sdlolars, as well as pay tribute to the donors who fund many of the scholarships and bursaries. Dr. Jim Colquhoun, Past Chair of the Board of Governors, gave the toast to the donors and Miss Evelyn Halliday, a long-time friend of the University, replied Dr. John Whitfield, Vice-President (Academic) of Lakehead University toasted the Scholars with the studen t reply given by Geoff Hill, Lloyd Mack and Karen Molly. Both Geoff and Lloyd are recipients of the prestigious LU Presidential Scholarships, as well as the LU Enrrance Awards of Academic Excellence. Karen Molly is a graduate student, and is the recipient of a Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Scholarship. 460 undergraduate students were awarded approximately $500,000 in sdlolarships and awards this year. As well, more than 60 graduate students have received approximately $520,000. An additional 120 students benefit from more than $52,000 in bursary funds. The City of Thunder Bay again contributed $25,000 in scholarships to 90 local students. The Honourable Shelley Wark-Martyn, MPP and Minister of Revenue, was the guest speaker. Page 6 The Minister of Revenue, She/ley Wark-Martyn, shares a moment with her high school mathematics teacher Pete Musselman, a long-time university supporter. AGORA - - - - -- - - - -- - -- - - March 1991 �Forum Future Considerations 1 John K. Naysmith, Director, School of Forestry A decade from now we will be ushering in a new millennium -- something a little special in that we get to do it only once every forty generations or so. . If you recall, around the time we last closed out a m1ll~nnium, Eric the Red was busy regaling the folks at home with descriptions of a new! y found land of fish and forests that he had discovered a three-month sail away. It would be another 200 years or so before King John would reluctantly sign the Magna Carta and Marco Polo would discover on his eastern travels the art of mnking and using paper money. North America's original inhabitants were still several centuries away from being bothered by EuroP.can settlers movin_g in on their best fishing holes, hunting spots and forest doma111. One docs not have to go back a thousand years, however, to be struck by the extent to which changes have occurred. Children who, at the tum of the 20th Century, watched to sec if the Wright brothers could get a little daylight under the wheels of their flying machine later, as grandparent, watched in awe as astronauts safely landed on their return from the moon. When, in ten years, we exit the current decade, century and millennium you, 1990's graduating foresters, will have become seasoned professionals, in many cases participants _in decisions having significant implications for your community and society as a whole. . Adding to the exciting challenges that lie before you will be the need to practise forestry and make decisions in the context of socigJy's enlightened concern regarding the relationship ( - tween the world's human population and the earth's lifc.pport systems of air, water and land. The connectcdncss_of the diverse components comprising these natural systems 1s a fundamental element of this relationship. 1n the process of being educated as a forester you have gained some understanding of the concepts of connectedness and interdependency -- that is the need to depend on each other. You have learned that forestry which is an art as well as a science, recognizes and takes into account a wide spectrum of economic, social, cultural and ccologirnl values. These values include, for example, the forest's capacity to cycle water, oxygen and nitrogen, stabilize hydrological sy~tcms and soil, maintain water quality and act as a carbon smk. At the same time, forests provide timber, wildlife habitat, livestock fodder, minor forest products such as medicinal plants, recreational amenities and intangible acsth~tic ~uali-_ tics. You have also learned the importance of cons1dcnng this wide array of inherent values and qualities ~ro~ t~c perspective of the whole forest ecosystem and of ma111ta1rnng the biological diversity of the entire forest comn:unity. . Connectedness ;ind in tcrdcpcndcncy arc JUSt as relevant m social, economic and political as they arc in the natural environment. Your professional training should help you to appreciate the importance of these principles in the larger context and from the local to the global level. Garry B. Trudeau, the syndicated_cartoonis~ and Pulitzer Prize winner, said: "Our understanding of the mtcrdepcndcncics of the human experience is the only force which keeps a society from fragmenting" . In a similar vein, a president of \l,,lc University once put it this way: "The whole purpose of .Jr education has been to urge you to sec and feel the connectedness among things and how that connectedness must be fostered so that civilization is sustained". March 1991 - - - - - - - -- Dr. John Naysmith discusses the new forestry program at a recent Counsellor's Seminar. To Sissela Bok, the daughter of two Nobel Prize winners, who teaches ethics at Harvard University, the underlying needs of the next century are developing trust among individuals and nations and then creating the actual institutions for resolving problems and negotiating difficulties. To_Bok, trust is something built up among individuals and nations by repeated actions -- a basis for relations tha_t arc ?~cp e~ough to permit negotiated settlements of outstanding d1ff1culttes. She states, "there are a great many problems in our society and we absolutely have to work together at them so long as there !s distrust". Implicit in this approach is the need to systemallcall y think through "what kind of actions increase trust and what kind of actions decrease it" . You as future practising foresters will have the opportunity, on an individual basis, to help build that trust by cultivating a capacity for objective dialogue with non-foresters . concerning the management and u~c of forests and by bem_g prepared to give your employer, client or the general pubhc the benefit of your best possible professional knowledge and opinions. In doing so it is important to remember that ~s decision makers or ad visors our body of knowledge will always be imperfect -- there is always something we as individuals do not know. As individual forestry practitioners you can also help engender the concept of connectedness by d~vcloping a sensitivity for the values, and an understanding for the goals, of the other participants in the decision-making process and striving to make the process of public involvement more effective. By the time you usher in the 21st Century, the vast majority of the world's then six billion inhabitants will not have had, nor expect to have, your opportunities. You will be among those who will be helping to lead the way in achieving a global balance between human needs and nature's capacity to meet them. The degree to which you successfully meet this exciting challenge will, in part, depend upon how well you sense the connectedness among things and understand the interdependencies of the human experience. 1 Excerpts from an address to the 1990 graduating class of Foresters, Lakehead University. - - - - - - - AGORA--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page 7 �Campus Calendar To include your Department's event or activity in the Campus Calendar, please call Patricia Trainor at 8300 or mail your information to SN1002. Deadline for the April Agora is March 15, 1991. /' THE CHANCELLOR PATERSON LIBRARY EXTENDED HOURS March 8 lo April 22 Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. -11:30 p.m . Friday: 8 a.m . - 9 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m. - 11 :30 p.m. Sunday: 11 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. Eas ter Weekend - March 29 to April 1 Good Friday - Closed Saturday - 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Easter Sunday - 11 :00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Easter Monday- 9:00 a .m. - 9:00 p.m. SPRING MUS IC CONCERTS Cornwall Recital Hall 210 S. Algoma Street MARCH 26 Peter Shackelton, clarinet Heather Morrison, piano 12:30 pm FREE APRIL4 Instrumental Ensembles Class Recital 12:30 pm FREE LU Wind Ensemble Bora Laskin Auditorium - 8 pm $2 LU Vocal Ensemble St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church - 8 pm $5/S7 March 4 -12 Department of Vis ual Arts An Exhibition of Drawings At DEFINITELY SUPERIOR 12A S. Court Street 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. March 27 to April 24 The Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery Awards Reception Wednesday, March 27 8pm Everyone welcome MARCH Canadian Institute of International Affairs Public Lecture: Spy Wars: Espionage and Canada From Gouzenko to Glasnost Speaker: Dr. David Stafford, Executive Director, CITA UC 0050 - 8:00 pm Friday, 15 Applied Sport Science and Coaching Seminar Series Speaker: Dr. Doug Clement, University of British Columbia 11:30 am: Overuse Running Injuries 8:00 pm: Drugs in Sport UC 2011 Monday, 18 Ice in the Environment Speaker: Dr. Peter Adams, Dept. of Geography, Trent University Library 5005, 2:30 pm :.~- .. A CARING LADY Miss Evelyn Halliday (centre) with her scholarship recipients, John Kornichuk, HBA English, and Fernanda Mira, HBSc (Biology) who received the Evelyn Halliday Silver Jubilee Scholarship, an entrance award to a high-ranking student from Northwestern Ontario on the basis of humanitarian services performed for the disadvantaged. Wednesday, 20 Senate Meeting - 2:30 p.m. Monday 25 - Thursday 28 Environmental Awareness Week Activities include: infom1ation booths, guest speakers, workshops and an open forum . For further information contact Echo at ext. 8259. Friday, 29 Closing date for entTants in Royal/ LePage Run for Women UNIVERSITY CLOSED Good Friday, March 29 Easter Sunday, March 31 Easter Monday, April 1 I APRIL Friday, April 5 Classes End Saturday 6 to Tuesday 9 Agorl\ The AGORA is produced by the Information Office, Department of External Relations, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario. 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