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Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MG8_D14Ci152 scan#200113-008 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG dog snow tent trapline https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/46911ed7c424f4ba3cbf908723b4b862.pdf 91b57fdb284b0547fb90cb5e0936525c PDF Text Text Inside: Board approves budget .......... 2 LU alumnus named Dean ...... 3 Mackenzie Expedition rings glory to Lakehead ........ 3 Convocation highlights ............ .................................... centerfold Research News ................ 11 & 12 Promotions .............................. 13 flB Lakehead ~. THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO un1vers1 . ·ty_ VOL. 8. NO.6 JUNE 1991 �Report From the President Dr. Bob Rosehart Last year, you may remember that I had, over the summer, established a special Task Force on Future Funding. This Committee was co-chaired by the Vice-Presidents with input from the Deans, Senate Budget, L.U.S.U., etc. It did an excellent job and helped to facilitate the budget process. I feel that that effort was well worth repeating, and I have asked the Vice-Presidents to carry out a similar Task Force initiative this year and have the completed report to me by October /November, 1991. EDITOR IN CONTROL A warning to all those other Agora contributors who flirt with deadlines you may have missed my article last month as I missed the deadline. It goes to show the power of the position of Agora Editor. (Katherine, I am here on a hot Sunday afternoon to meet this deadline. The energy conservation program is a little tough on a hot day.) DEAN OF ARTS AND SCIENCE I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Dr. Jim Gellert on being named Dean of Arts and Science. Jim has done an excellent job in a variety of roles during his time at Lakehead University, and I wish him every success as Dean. It was very impressive to see the depth of support for his appointment within the faculty. As well, the Search Committee communicated to me an encouraging message with respect to the current state of the Faculty of Arts and Science. BUDGETS Well, most of the ink has been reserved for the recent provincial budget, but at the April meeting of the Board of Governors, our 91 /92 Operating Budget was approved. Similar to the provincial budget, we are also forecasting a deficit. Our deficit is in the order of $500,000 versus the $10 billion for the province. Our budget is tight but manageable. We have a couple of pressure points (one being the Library) and further reflections may occur once we see the September student enrolment. On the provincial scene, the N.D.P. government had very little choice but to deliver anything but the budget proposed. With tax revenues down and welfare costs very high, to balance (or come close) would have meant major cuts to health care and all levels of education. This would have not been a good long-term investment strategy and the government opted to ride out the storm. We should all hope to see an early end to the recession. Page2 MINISTER ANNOUNCES M.C.U. NATIVE EDUCATION STRATEGY Recently, Richard Allen announced major new funding for colleges and universities to enhance Native postsecondary initiatives. As you may realize, Lakehead University has already several unique initiatives underway which represent over 300 full-time post-secondary students. As well, Lakehead University has had, for the past two years, a Native Canadian on our Board of Governors, and I will be encouraging L.U.S.U. to nominate a Native student for the Senate of the University. The philosophy behind the new initiatives reflects the Native communities' interest in identifying post-secondary needs. It is clear that if Lakehead University is to further develop our special initiatives, it will only be with the strong support and participation of the Native peoples of this region. Recently, Lakehead University has received an award of $100,000 to develop an"Aboriginal Entry into CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT All current projects are either on time or ahead of time. The Health Sciences Building is to be occupied by mid-July, the four new Townhouse units by mid-August, and the Student Centre/Regional Education Centre by the third week of August. New - Visual Arts and Music The site services (photo below) are currently being installed and tenders will be opened for the building con- Engineering" program using the same conceptual philosophies as with the very successful Native nursing program. SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ON THE UNDERGRADUATE LEARNING EXPERIENCE After working closely with the Senate Committee on Teaching and Leaming and, after extensive consultation, I have decided to establish a special Presidential Committee to review the "Undergraduate Leaming Experience" at Lakehead University. This will be a comprehensive review which will seek input from all sections of the Lakehead University community both within our walls and external (alumni, community, etc.). This initiative originates with some of the work done by the S.C.O.T.L. over the past two years and, as well, relates to the issues identified, to date, by Dr. S. Smith in the work of his A.U.C.C. Commission. I am pleased to announce that the group will be chaired by Dr. Alastair Macdonald of the Department of Biology and will have two additional members. One will be Ms. Cassandra Koenen, the Vice-President of Student Affairs of L.U.S.U., and the third member to be confirmed will be a member of the alumni of Lakehead University. I expect this group to seek out widespread input and to report back with a "report card" on our learning environment as well as concrete suggestions for improvement. struction on June 24, 1991. It is expected that construction will commence in early July, 1991 with completion for Spring, 1992. Residences It is anticipated that we will move ahead with two additional townhouse buildings (48 beds) in order to complete Phase II. Both additional buildings are being targeted for completion by September 2, 1991! AGORA----------------Junel991 �Around Campus LU ALUMNUS BECOMES DEAN Dr. James H. Gellert has put on a few miles since his school days and hockey Mames in Schreiber. Born in Montreal 9Jld raised in Schreiber, Professor Jim Gellert was recently appointed the Dean of Arts and Science at the University where he received his HBA and Masters in English in 1968 and 1975. He earned his doctorate from the University of Birmingham, England specializing in Shakespearean literature. His five year term comes at a time of tremendous growth at the university but when colleague and fellow northerner, John Whitfield, was promoted to Vice-President, Gellert became acting Dean and says, "I knew what I was getting into and welcome the opportunity to meet the challenge from a different perspective." He said there is pressure to have academic programs that are interdisciplinary and stresses that programming must involve the process not merely the product. Gellert believes programs will be viable if they meet regional needs and are adaptable. Professor Gellert has published extenstively in the field of children's literature and is currently working on a critical biography. Dean Gellert hopes to keep his hand in teaching, "perhaps supervising a master's student". Dr. James H. Gellert JOURNAL NOTES FROM A VOYAGEUR Bonjour! My name is Joseph Landry and I am one of the voyageurs with Lakehead University's "Canada Sea-to-Sea" Mackenzie Expeditions. I have been transported 200 years into the 20th century to guide these modern day voyageurs and help Canadians rediscover their common heritage, recognize Alexander Mackenzie as a true Canadian hero and stress the importance of staying in school! The original Mackenzie expeditions included a team of French, English and Native people working together for a common goal. We recently embarked upon the second phase of the odern expeditions. On May 20 we departed from Lachine, Quebec and will travel 3400 km (that's about 2 million paddle strokes per voyageur!) to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Along the way we have been honoured guests everywhere we have landed. In the Ottawa/Hull region we were hosted by the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Our ceremonial arrival was very exciting as we paddled directly in front of the Parliament Hill. The historical encampment was set up on the grounds of the Museum where we stayed for five days. We were also featured in the Multicultural Parade in Pembroke, Ontario. The cities and towns along the route are anxiously awaiting our arrival and have welcoming events planned. We cannot linger too long as there are a lot of "pipes" to paddle before we reach Old Fort William for the Great Rendezvous on July 20. It is certain to be a grand celebration! We will continue on to Winnipeg where we are scheduled for our final arrival on August 23. In exchange for a place to set up our encampment we perform authentic historical pageants at communities along the route, as part of Employment and Immigration Canada and the Minister of State for Youth's Stay-in-School initiative. It is wonderful to see the number of people that have come out to listen and be entertained by our message. The expedition has even made national news - on television's CBC Newsworld and Canada AM as well as in newspapers across the country. I must complete this report and take my position in the canoe now. The expedition leader, Dr. Jim Smithers, is giving the order and we must push off for our next destination. A bientot! We look forward to seeing everyone in Thunder Bay on July 20 at Le Grand Rendezvous! With Parliament Hill standing watch in the background the voyageurs meet with school children at their historical encampment on the grounds of the Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec. The group has performe.d for over 10 ,000 people to date . J u n e l 9 9 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .AGORA------------------ Page3 �WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE LIBRARY! Milestones: BullcllngtheLibrarySystem 1991 will mark two significant milestones in the development of Lakehead University Library and its database: the completion of the conversion of the library's card catalogue and the addition of the records of a major research collection now held by the Library, the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (CIHM). With the conversion of the Library's card catalogue, the library holdings will be accessible using the Library's computer system. This Conversion Project, which has been underway since May of 1987, has a target completion date of December 1991. This has been the Library's largest single project in recent years and has involved staff from all over the library. The Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions Collection (CIHM) is an important resource for historians, students and other researchers. This microfiche collection consists of over 50,000 works of Canadiana published over three and a half centuries prior to 1900. The addition of the CIHM Collection to the library's database will permit better access to the Collection. Business Students Putting Knowledge to Practice Students from the School of Business Administration are putting their classroom knowledge to practicial use through the Small Business Consulting Service and in the Canada-wide Levi's 501 Campus Public Relations Challenge. The Small Business Consulting Service, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology and Lakehead University, has begun its 19th year of operations this summer. Four senior student consultants, led by manager Kristine Peterson and faculty advisor Ken Hartviksen, will provide low cost management advice to businesses in Northwestern Ontario. Business clients who have used the low-cost service, praise the quality of the work provided and the skills of the students. Students from the School of Business have also won the Canada-wide Levi's 501 Campus Public Relations Challenge. Team members Anita Garner, Michele Larkin, Kelly Mallon, Kristine Peterson and Kelly Porter won an allexpenses paid three-day trip to Toronto and $2000 in prize money. "We were really impressed with the creativity and high-level of commitment demonstrated by the Lakehead University team," said Bernard Gorecki, marketing services manager for the company. The Lakehead team publicized Levi's 501 jeans through three events - a fashion show, a party on Lake Tamblyn and a competition in high schools that asked students to write two paragraphs on what they thought was the secret of success. New! Print Enlarger! The Chancellor Paterson Library has recently acquired from The Learning Assistance Centre a Print Enlarger for use by visually impaired students. This powerful reading tool can magnify all types of documents up to 60 times their original size. The purchase of the Print Enlarger was made possible through Provincial Special Needs Funding allocated to increase accessibility for students with special needs. The Print Enlarger is located on the Main Floor of the Chancellor Paterson Library. Assistance is available at the Information Desk. Levi's team advisor Bob Isotalo and student member Kelly Mallon present their winning entry in the Canada-wide Levi's 501 Campus Public Relations Challenge. French Award Winners The Deparbnent of Languages held the Helena Raitt Modem Language Contest for Thunder Bay high school OAC students. The contest was sponsored in 1960 by Mr. Macgillivray honouring his high school teacher Helena G. Raitt. This year five schools participated: Fort William Collegiate, Hillcrest, Hammarskjold, Port Arthur Collegiate and Westgate. Contestants were judged on vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation, grammatical accuracy and fluency. According to a Hammarskjold teacher, Dianne Donstall, the contest was based on the students' language ability achieved through the high school program, not French Immersion. Soraya Mamoojee feels that "it was an experience in itself to understand and communicate ideas" . Page4 Back Row: Left to Right, Soraya Mamoojee, Neal Maarchuk, Andrew Prodanyk, Vincent Schonberger. Front; Marie-Noelle Rinne, Anneli McCutheon, Arlys Watkinson, Rama Agarwal AGORA - - - -- - -- - -- - -- --Junel991 �Faces Lynn Gollat recently joined the ffice of Research and Graduate tudies as the Research secretary. New in the position, Lynn is no stranger to the university. She worked for the university 10 years ago and returned last year, working contract positions until her recent appointment. ''The first thing I had to do when I made my decision to return to work was to re-educate myself in computers. I left my IBM typewriter to come back to something that was IBM compatible," she chuckled. In the past, Lynn has worked with the hearing impaired community and as Youth Co-ordinator for the Roman Catholic Diocese of the Thunder Bay. Although she is busy with her large family four children and husband, Rick - she also has time to "clown" around. Lynn has been a professional clown for 8 years and has attended "Oown School" at the Universities of Wisconsin and Maryland. Dan Symons is a technical '' • assistant in Audio Visual Services. He has been at the university since 1989 and has recently been employed full-time in the department. "Our office is busy all the time, so you have the opportunity to meet a lot of interesting people." Dan may not be a hunter, fisherman or be interested in needlepoint but he is still a real doer. A/V makes an .___ _, amazing number of deliveries each year at over 12,000! In total the staff has over 24,000 runs to make and Dan is tremendously dedicated to tracking down equipment. He seems to have his own system of knowing where the equipment is at all times and follows the "bring 'em back alive" philosophy. After a brief career as "video spokesperson" for the department, Dan decided to settle down and take the technical assistant position. A grad of Selkirk High School, Dan looks forward to taking a few university courses in the future. ________ WUSC STUDENT TO BOTSWANA Karen Molly, Masters student in Psychology, will join a contingent of 30 Canadian students who are heading to Botswana for five weeks this summer. The seminar is sponsored by the World University Service of Canada (WUSC). Molly is a member of the WUSC committee on the Lakehead University campus. She was chosen from a group of highly motivated and qualified Lakehead University students by the campus committee. "I've been interested in developing countries for quite awhile and now I have the opportunity to see one first hand," she said. The students and three faculty advisors will prepare for the experience at a 3-day orientation in Ottawa. The students were asked to read a number of books and articles on Botswana as part of their preparation and will continue to learn about the culture and language of the country during the Ottawa orientation. On June 16, the group will leave Ottawa for Gaborone, Botswana. Each student, as part of their application procedure, was asked to identify a research topic related to development in Botswana. Molly will look at mental health care issues and conduct research in the area. "I'm going to look at the types of mental health care problems, the factors contributing to them; accessibility, availability, and quality of service providers and the role the traditional healer plays in the region." Molly hopes to interview government officials from the Ministry of Health, Psychologists, psychiatric nurses, family welfare workers and traditional healers as she travels across the country. Students were responsible for raising $2200 each to cover a portion of their seminar costs. This represents approximately 40% of the total cost the balance is provided by a grant from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), donations from former seminar participants and other sources. Scholarship Award Winner Ms. Anne Villeneuve who started her M.Sc.F. this past January, was awarded a scholarship of $17,000/year from the Quebec Government under the "Fonds pour le developpement des ,_hercheurs" program. Anne will be '9tudying the avian natural enemies okf white pine weevil in jack pine plantations. Anne will be assisted by two forestry students, Mr. Dennis Paradine and Mr. Sean Kurtola, which is possible through a grant received from the Ministry of Natural Resources under the Environmental Youth Corps Program. Forestry Canada s Forest Pest Management Institute in Sault Ste. Marie through Ms. Rhonda Millikin is also collaborating and has contributed a research grant to the project. Anne will be working under Dr. Yves Prevost. Molly received sponsorship from the offices of the President, Vice-President Academic, Registrar, Research and Graduate Studies, the Alumni Association and the Port Arthur and Fort William Rotary Clubs. Eleanora Bailey Bids Thanks What a wonderful suJJ>rise to see so many faculty, staff and friends at my "surprise retirement party'' May 29 in the Faculty Lounge. Believe it or not I was surprised. All the wonderful comments and lovely gifts are deeply appreciated. I'll miss you all. J u n e l 9 9 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page 5 �There's More Than Chemical and Electrical Attraction Between These Engineers Martti and Nathalie Kajorinne have more in common than their last name. The married couple also graduated with Lakehead University engineering degrees this spring. Martti, 23, a native of Thunder Bay and graduate of Port Arthur Collegiate Institute, earned his electrical engineering degree and Nathalie, 24, originally from Kapuskasing, Ont., graduated from chemical engineering. ''Throughout high school, I always wanted to be an engineer," says Martti. "As a kid, I was always taking things apart and putting them back together again." Nathalie says her interest in engineering sterned from a desire to work for a cosmetic company and create perfumes with exotic scents. "I wanted to call a perfume St. Amour, after my maiden name," laughs Nathalie. "I didn't have a clue what engineering was really about when I graduated from high school." Even after Nathalie discovered that engineering and perfume-making are two very different things, she still decided to pursue a career as a chemical engineer. She says she was attracted to the good reputation of Lakehead University's school of engineering. Despite the fact that Nathalie was one of only four women who graduated from engineering this year, she says she never really felt like a minority. "I fit right in," says Nathalie. "I was like one of the guys most of the time." The happy graduates on Convocation Day with Chancellor Lois Wilson Although Martti and Nathalie only shared one mathematics class each year, they were able to participate in events together through the Engineering Students' Society. 'We were involved in everything the society did," says Nathalie. 'We played a lot of extra-curricular sports together." Last August the two students were married and then it was back to the books for Martti, who took a summer class, and back to work for Nathalie, who worked at Canadian Pacific Forest Products. The new graduates say they want to take some time off before settling down to full-time employment. They plan to travel through the United States and eventually settle down in a small town.''The problem is that some places will only hire an electrical or a chemical engineer," says Martti. 'We're going as a package. It's harder to find jobs that way, but the advantage is that we, as a couple, are seen as more stable employees because we're more likely to stay in one place longer." 'We have a thousand dreams," says Martti. "But we'll just have to take it one day at a time." Forestry Graduate Returns to Her Roots Peggy Smith calls herseU an environmentalist/forester. Smith, 39, says '1 think you have to be an environmentalist to be a good forester, and you have to understand that what you do to the forest has implications for everything else," says Smith. 'We're at a crossroads when it comes to forest management. Things are changing, and we are now in a crisis situation" and Smith says Lakehead University's School of Forestry is changing its curriculum to better suit the demands of new forestry philosophies. "But, there are still pressures to conform to the status-quo methods of teaching," says Smith. "As a result, forestry students are in a conflict when they graduate because they have to learn to tow the company line and always remember to do their best for forest management." It was largely due to Smith's insight into the forestry industry that she received honourable mention for the Ontario Forestry Association's 1991 White Pine Awards which recognized her many contributions to forestry education in Thunder Bay. Smith chaired this year's annual Forestry Association Symposium, which dealt with commu- Pages nity forestry. She also tried to raise public awareness about aboriginal culture and issues by inviting Chief Gary Potts of Temagami to speak on, ''The Native View of Temagami." "I found that a lot of people on campus didn't have a clue about aboriginal issues," says Smith. Smith says she chose Lakehead University's school of forestry for several reasons. "Going into forestry was a way to go back to my roots, because my father was a bushworker," explains Smith. "I think it's also a very exciting and challenging time to be involved in the forestry profession." Smith is presently working as a community project forester at KBM Forest Consultants, Inc., where she conducts research and writes reports on forestry issues dealing with the Ontario Round Table on the Environment and Economy. She will soon also be working with Lakehead University's President Rosehart on the sell-government negotiations of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN). Smith says she is not certain of where her future in ..-'i forestry will take her, but she says she plans on combining ~ both policy work and field work in her new career. AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - June 1991 �Nat!1veSPihroidw~ n12 People are always mistaking Ste. Marie He, specialty was sisters Bernice Matthews and . ~ ~ intensive care nursing and in Helen Cromarty for twins. It's not so much their ::;;, 1975 she did outpost nursing in Big similar looks, but the fact that what happens to Trout Lake, Ont. one of them, usually happens to the other. Cromarty later worked in the intensive care units at St. The sisters, both registered nurses, are the first graduates Joseph's Hospital and McKellar Hospital. She has worked from Lakehead University's two-year-long Post-basic Native with the Native Nurses Entry Program at Lakehead Nursing Program. The oddity is that they were unaware of University since 1985 as past chairman of the advisory each other's decision to enter the program in 1989. "We committee, program assistant and liaison with Native basically bumped into each other in Thunder Bay," says organizations. Matthews. Helen Cromarty and Matthews and her husband, Dennis, Cromarty were raised in President of the a family of 14 children at Nishnawbe-Aski Nation Sachigo Lake on a First Fund, have five children Nations reserve in the between the ages of 1940's. The sisters later attended residential eight and 19. She says schools at Pelican Lake, attending university near Sioux Lookout and full-time and raising a Shingwaulk in Sault Ste. large family at the same Marie. The time spent at time was not an easy the residential schools task. probably helped ''There were some Matthews and Cromarty hard spells," says cultivate their almost Cromarty. ''Whenmy telepathic relationship. youngest son was six, "We were in the he kept asking me to same schools together, but we would get stay home with him. punished if we spoke But, I had to go to my our language, which is classes, so it was hard.;, Oji-Cree, and we didn't Both Matthews and know how to speak Cromarty agree that English, so we really being in the program couldn't communicate," together made them explains Matthews. closer as sisters After high school in agreeing it was good to Sault Ste. Marie the have mutual support sisters went their throughout the program separate ways. Matthews later went on The sisters are often to become a registered asked why they wanted nursing assistant in to take courses in Sudbury, an operating Five very proud_ graduates c~axed a charming smile out of <:;hief Richard Lyons nursing when they had room technician in as they joked with Convocatwn photographer Frank Commisso. From left to already worked several London, Ont., and in right, standing, Karen Brascoupe and Sandra Cornell, members of the first years in the field. 1978, she began working Native Nursing Degree Program, Chief Lyons and forestry graduate Peggy "I just wanted to get as a registered nurse in Smith. (story on page 6) Sisters Bernice Matthews and Helen Cromarty a university degree in Bathurst, N.B. She complete this wonderful photograph of native pride and accomplishment. nursing," replies worked in the operating Matthews. room, her clinical specialty, at various "Schooling for nurses has changed a lot hospitals including Chaleur Regional, Bathurst, N .B., Moose Factory General, over the years," says Cromarty. ''When I Stanton Hospital in Yellowknife, and went to school, it was more disease-oriented McKellar Hospital in Thunder Bay. and we worked in the hospitals. Today, the Even while raising five children with her programs are more health-oriented. They're husband, William, she managed to take based more on preventative treatment." several courses through distant education. ''There were a lot of things we learned She says her family, especially her husband, Q. • through the program that we didn't learn in has been very supportive of her attending the hospitals,'' explains Matthews. To keep (&university. ''We always agreed that it would '9 be my turn for university once all the kids graduated." up their sisterly tradition of following in each other's In 1968, Helen Cromarty graduated from the nursing footsteps, both Matthews and Cromarty plan on working in program at the Plummer Memorial Public Hospital in Sault the public health field. <la-J'a.V' ~PU:>CJ• ila-•<I v d) <J J u n e 1 9 9 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page7 ��1. The Very Reverend Lois Wilson was installed as the sixth Chancellor in front of the university's largest graduating class - 1460 new graduates and the issuing of the 25,000th degree. 2. Eileen Isbester began her university career at age 65 at the urging of her friend Martha Dickinson. She looks pretty relaxed outside the Auditorium but she amfessed "that walking across the stage felt like the hardest thing I had ever done in my life". 3. Arthur Black, the CBC treasure currently being considered as the "Loon" symbol of the North, quipped he was "too young" to be given the honour expecially with only grade nine gym to his credit, smiles meekly as he gets ready to receive his doctorate. President Rosehart assured him the swelling in the head area would eventually return to normal. 4. A serene Chief Richard Lyons studies the program prior to changing his headdress for the honorary cap. 5. Outgoing Chancellor Bernard Wetler takes a final bow after five years as University Chancellor; 6. Arn Westlake was made a Fellow of the University and is shown being gowned by the Registrar Pentti Paularinne, 7. Mom, Linda Santa, is flanked by her two daughters Corinne and Lorri, all 1991 graduates! Linda graduated (•m the general bachelor of arts program, Corinne mjaored in English and also received a bachelor of education degree with first class ~anding and Lorri graduated with a BA in psychology. Corinne also received two prestigious awards: the Poulin Award for outstanding contribution to the university and the President's Award. 8. Tim Dedekker (B. Admin.) was willing to interrupt a kiss from his girlfriend Jennifer Smith to smile for the photographer. 9. Dr. Roberta Bondar signs an autograph for Emily Shandruk and later describes her upcoming mission promising to return and share her space experience. 10. Phyllis Dorothy Kadzielawa is surrounded by friends and family after receiving her BA. 11. Dr. Kenneth Armson gave the afternoon address after receiving the degree of Honorary Doctor of Science. �NATIVE TEACHERS STRIVE ''TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE'' Art and Mida Sinclair are about to embark on a challengraised on the Couchiching Reserve and later graduated from ing yet promising journey. They are two of the first six graduated from Thunder Bay's former Lakehead Teacher's Iii:\ graduates of Lakehead University's four-year Native College in 1969. He taught on northern reserves for severalw; years and then returned to Thunder Bay where he organized ~ Teacher Education Program. The program, established in 1974, was originally two the Native Teacher Education Program. years in length. It was changed in 1987 to a combined The Sinclairs say Linklater was the "driving force" of the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education program. The program and was a great influence for many students, program is designed to produce qualified Native teachers including themselves. through specific classes designed to prepare students to "I think it was Harold Linklater who kept us in the meet the needs of Native communities. Special cultural and course," explains Art. "Even after he was gone, his sense of social factors are taken into account, such as language and caring and will for us to succeed kept us going. We couldn't heritage. Graduating students become eligible for an let him down. He was our inspiration." Ontario Teacher's Certificate at the primary-junior level. Art says the program has helped him fulfill a dream which Mida Sinclair, 42, says she feels the Native Education he never thought attainable. "I've always in my heart wanted program is necessary in Canadian society. "I think there's a to be a teacher," explains Art. "If there was ever an opportuneed for a program like this because most of the reserves are nity before this program, I didn't know how to take advanlooking for Native teachers to teach Native children." tage of it. I was told by teachers that I would never amount to Husband Art Sinclair, 43, agrees. "It's taken society a anything." long time to recognize that Natives learn differently and "His (Linklater's) vision for the course was to see many perceive things differently because of their culture and lanNative students take the course and become role models for guages," explains Art. "Now, institutions like universities other Native students and teachers." and colleges are reaching out to gather information to begin Part of the program requires that students spend teaching courses for Native people." placements in Native schools. Art and Mida Sinclair spent Mida, originally from Sandy Lake, Ont., had a late start in three weeks at Mine Centre, Ont., a small village where the school. She entered grade one at the age of nine at a residenpublic school services two Indian reserves; the Seine River tial school in Kenora. Mida soon graduated from high school Reserve and the Red Gut Bay Reserve. At the school, the and later went to work as a kitchen helper. She was 21 when Sinclairs combined traditional Native teaching with methods she met Art Sinclair in Kenora where he was working at the designed by the Ontario Ministry of Education. Native fellowship centre. Art was born in Fort Frances and "It was a very good experience," says Art. "We learned grew up as what he calls, "an urban Indian." how to teach because we were forced to. If you're going to be "I never quite belonged anywhere when I was growing a good teacher of Native students, it is important to incorpoup," recalls Art. "Because I was non-status, I didn't quite fit rate real-life experiences in a class-room setting." into either the Indian or the white groups. But, I was lucky. Although the Sinclairs do not yet have teaching jobs the My parents instilled in me a work ethic. I was confused as a future looks promising. "We want to go to a community that teenager, but I managed to work through it all." truly wants us," says Art with a hopeful smile. "Somewhere The couple moved to Toronto in 1972 where they raised where we can make a difference. Wherever we go, we want their three children. Art got a job working for the Canadian to go there as a team." Indian Centre of Toronto and took classes ,---------------------------------, part-time at the University of Toronto. Mida worked as a kitchen helper in a local hospital. Within a year, Art was offered a managerial position with Canada Post where he remained un ti1 1985. Although the Sinclairs were financially stable, they soon began to feel that there was something missing in their lives. "We were tired of being in Toronto because we felt so alone," says Art. ''We felt we wanted to do something more with our lives." In 1986, the Sinclairs moved to Peterborough where Art enrolled in a Native Economic Development and Small Business Management program at the local college. It was at this time that Art heard about the Native Teacher Education Program at Lakehead University. The Sinclairs both applied for the program and, once accepted, made their way to Thunder Bay. At that time, Harold Angus "Blackie" Linklater was the 14-year coordinator of the program. Linklater died in the sumArt and Mlda Sinclair share the joy of their achievement with one of their instructors mer of 1989 following a lengthy illness. Barbara Toye-Welsh. Linklater, born in Fort Frances, Ont., was Page 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGORA----------------Junel991 �RESEARCH NEWS John Andrew McLaughlin BScF (hons) MScF received the Governor-General's Gold Medal from Chancellor Wilson. The award is to the highest ranking student in the graduating class of the Master's degree. John and his family are leaving for Latvia where he has taken a position with the forestry institute. CONTRACTS AWARDED Dr. Anthony G. Gillies, Department of Civil Engineering, has been awarded a research contract by V.B. Cook Ltd. of Thunder Bay, entitled "Dynamic Modelling of Mine Hoist Ropes". The National Research Council is also supporting this project through an IRAP-L grant, which assists small and medium-size firms in solving short-term engineering and technological problems, improving production opera- 1-,:;...._...;_~ ...;_= = = : : : . . . __....1 tions, and expanding or enhancing their effective technology base through the use of pecialized external services. NSERCNEWS Research Reorientation Program NSERC has introduced a new program called Research Reorientation Associateships. This program is intended for persons who hold a doctoral degree in one of the natural sciences or in engineering but who have interrupted their research careers for reasons of family responsibilities for a period of five or more years. The objective is to assist such persons to re-enter the research workforce. These associateships provide eligible candidates with support for a period of postdoctoral training, under the supervision of an NSERC grantee, which will allow them to work towards establishing a research reputation or to update themselves in their field. The goal of the program is to tap the pool of highly trained individuals who previously abandoned scientific or engineering research for family reasons but who are interested in resuming research careers. The program is a further mechanism to address the problem of the anticipated shortage in Canada of highly-qualified researchers during the 1990's and into the next century. Research Reorientation Associateships are being introduced in the 1991-92 fiscal year. A limited number of awards tenable in Canadian Universities for two years will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to applicants meeting the required eligibility and selection criteria. The current value of the award is $29,000 per year. Please contact Anne Fiorenza, Research officer for additional _,formation. PUBLICATIONS Dr. Azim Mallik, Department of Biology published a paper entitled, "Cutting, burning, and mulching to control I<almia: results of a greenhouse experiment'', in the Canadian Journal of Forestry Research, Volume 21, Number 3, 1991, pp. 417 - 420. The paper has also been reprinted by the National Research Council. GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP NEWS A number of changes were recently announced by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities for the Ontario Graduate Scholarships: 1) The number of scholarships has increased to 1300 effective immediately. The Ministry will be consulting the reversion list to allocate the extra 100 awards. 2) The value of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship has been increased to $3,953 per term effective for the 1991-92 year. 3) The $2,500 limit on other awards has been increased to $5,000 effective immediately. Application forms for the 1992-93 OGS scholarships are presently being modified (and simplified for the students' convenience) by the Ministry and should be available in the Office of Research and Graduate Studies by mid-August. COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIP PLAN Application packages are now available for the 1992/93 Commonwealth Awards, which are available to Canadians for graduate study abroad. Scholarships are offered by the countries of New Zealand, Australia, Ghana, Hong Kong and India to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada for graduate studies (or, in some countries, for research toward a Canadian graduate degree). For further information and application forms, contact Kris Delorey, Office of Research and Graduate Studies. PH.D STUDENT JOINS SCHOOL OF FORESTRY Lakehead University is pleased to have Gary Bull, a Ph.D. student at the University of Toronto, at Lakehead University for several terms during the next three years to work on a study comparing multiple use vs. zoned approaches to management of public forest lands. Dr. Peter Duinker, School of Forestry, and adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, is guiding the project and supervises Mr. Bull while at Lakehead University. Dr. Rod Carrow, Dean of Forestry at the University of Toronto, supervises Mr. Bull's work while he serves his Ph.D. residency requirement in Toronto. June 1991 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RESEARCH NEWS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P a g e 11 �SPRING 1991 THESIS TITLES FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE Master of Arts DEP~lf!ER, Alida Catherine (Ena) (M.A. English) Thesis Title: The Dutch Canadian Experience: A Study of Perspectives. Supervisor;, Dr. S.R. MacGillivray PIETI<IEWICZ, Karen Judith (M.A. English) Thesis Title: !heodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie: A Study of Transformation and Change in the Artistic Feminine Psyche. Supervisor: Dr. C. Liman Master of Science MASTENBROOK, Brian (M.Sc. Forestry) Thesis Title: Use of Residual Strips of Timber by Moose Within Oearcuts in Northwestern Ontario. Supervisor: Dr. H. Cumming MCLAUGHLIN, John Andrew (M.Sc.Forestry) Thesis Title: A Study of Chondrostereum purpureum and its Role in the Decline of White Birch in Thunder Bay. Supervisor: Dr. E. Setliff Master of Education MCCUAIG, Marilyn Gail (M.Ed. Educational Administration) Thesis Title: The Language Learning Environment of the Senior Kindergarten Child. Supervisor: Dr. M. Courtland NIC~L,_David Lawrence CM.Sc.Geology) Thesis Title: The Deformation of Layered Rocks Near the Wawa-Quetico Subprovince Boundary. Supervisor: Dr. M. Kehlenbeck P~LA, Mar~ Allan CM.Sc. Geology) Thesis ~itle: Electrical Resistivity Anisotropy of Pyrrhotite. Supervisor: Dr. G. Borradaile STE~~SON, ~'-:el CM.Sc. Biology) Thesis Title: The Distribution of Fishes in the Thunder Bay Area of Northwestern Ontario Since Deglaciation With Special Reference to the Darters (Genus £theosto,,;a) and the Sibley Peninsula. Supervisor: Dr. W. Momot ZHANG, Taichu (M.Sc. Mathematical Science) Thesis Title: Topological and Order Properties of Buchholz's T. Supervisor: Dr. C. Kent FACULTY OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES Upcoming Deadline Dates Educational Centre for Aging and Health; Fellowships/ Bursaries - January 1, April 1, July 1, October 1 NSERC Forestry Postdoctoral Assistantships - January 15, April 15, July 15, October 15 NSERC Operating Grants Program -October 15, 1991 (First-time applicants) and November 1, 1991 for applicants who have applied to NSERC before. SSHRC Operating and Strategic Grants Program - Master of Science. Theory of Coaching _October 15, 1991 for New and Regular Scholars. World Health Organization; Fellowships - June 30, 1991. BE~~INO, Michael (M.Sc. Theory of Coaching) Thesis T1~le;_ Plas~a Ammonia and Lactate Response to Anaerobic Exerose, and Their Relationship to Muscle Fiber Type. Supervisor: Dr. R. Thayer January 1, April 1, July 1, October 1 World Wildlife Endangered Species Recovery Fund - Gt.n:HR!E, Bart Ma~ew CM.Sc. Theory of Coaching) Thesis Title: The Efficacy of a Customized Approach to Computer Assisted Instruction. Supervisor: Dr. M. McPherson Master of Science. Forestry BO~~- Robert Charles (M.Sc.F.) Thesis Title: The Shigometer and Electrical Resistance Studies of Paper Birch. Supervisor: Dr. E. Setliff LAV_AL~EY, ~ch?t'd CM.Sc. Forestry) Thesis Title: Soil-site Relationships for Young White Spruce Plantations in North Central Ontario. Supervisor: Dr. W. Carmean Page 12 - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - RESEARCH NEWS - - - -- - - -- - - - - J u n e 1991 �People, Papers/Publications Special Projects/Awards ~blications • Dr. Thomas M. K. Song, Professor of the School of Physical Education and Athletics, Coordinator of Human Performance Laboratory, presented a paper entitled "Familial resemblance for somatotype components after adjustment for activity level and dietary intake" at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Orlando, Florida, May 29 June 1, 1991. The study was collaborated with Dr. C. Bouchard, Laval University, Quebec and Dr. R. Malina, University of Texas, Austin, T~xas. Dr. _Song ":ill be carrying out a joint research work on 1 Anaerobic exerase on metabolism" and "Genetic differences between highly trained endurance athlete and sedentary controls" at Laval University in Quebec City as a visiting research professor during the summer. Dr. Song has received the OntarioQuebec exchange program grant and research grants from Laval and Lakehead University for his research work. Robert S. Dilley of the Department of Geography has just had a paper published entitled "Livestock in Cumberland, 1660-1870". The paper, which uses original documents and contemporary accounts to trace changes in n~be7s of domestic farm animals over a two-century period m an area of northern England, is part of a ~k com~iled to hon~ur Dr. Gordon Mingay, Professor Emeritus of A~cultur~ ~s,tory at the University of Kent, England. Dr. Mmgay, Britain s ading agricultural historian, twice taught summer courses LU in the 1970s, and Mr. Dilley was pleased as both a end and an academic colleague to be asked to contribute to his "Festschrift''. Of the fourteen contributors, only two come from outside Britain; the other is an historian from Concordia. Dr. Laurie J. Garred, Professor and Chairman, ~partment of Chemical Engineering presented a paper entitled "Mathematical Modeling of Erythropoietic Therapy'' at the 37th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Artifi?al Organs held in April in Chi~ago. A p~per of the same title with co-author R. Pretlac will appear m the July /September, 1991 issues of the Transactions of the Society. f Sabbatical Updates Emil Dolphin, Assistant Professor in the Department o~ Languages who is on Sabbatical this year in Neuchatel, Switzerland, presented a paper entitled "Applications of the Television News to Second-Language Teaching" at the Annual Conference of University Language Centres at the University of Jyvaskyla, in Finland in April. He was also invited to address faculty of the Language Centres of the University of Tampere and the University of Turku ~n ~e subject of ''The Use of Satellite Television Programmmg m the Teaching of Foreign Languages". Appointments Daniel J. Weeks was appointed an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology. . Dr. Said Easa, Professor in Civil Engineering, has been invited to serve on the Committee on Transportation Earthworks of the Transportation Research Board, U.S. National Research Council (NRC), for a period of three years commencing February 1, 1991. The purpose of this committ~ is to enhance the art of design and construction of transportation earthwork. The NRC is the principal operating agency of the National Academy of Sciences and Engineering to serve the federal government and other organizations. Travels/Conferences In May, B.I. Kronberg (Chair, Natural Resources Studies Group) attended the first international BOREAS (Boreal Ecosystems -Atmosphere Study) workshop at Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan. This location has been selected as one of two sites for intensive field experiments scheduled for 1993-1994. BOREAS is the first phase of a long-term research initiative with the aim of increasing our understanding of interactions between boreal forest ecosystems and the atmosphere. BOREAS activities will focus on three components of the boreal forest - atmosphere system: land surface climate, tropospheric chemistry and terrestrial ecology: R~mote . sensing will be used as the vehicle fo: integrating information provided by investigators from the different resear~ groups. The major sponsors of BOREAS are NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and CCRS (Canada Centre for Remote Sensing). Canadian investigators, may apply to NSERC for funding. Joan Dolphin, Sessional Lecturer in the Department of English, spoke last December at the University of Neu<:11atel, Switzerland on the work of Patrick White, the Australian novelist "The Importance of Being Rhet?rical: ~ Investi~ation of Patrick White's Use of Language m Voss . In April she read a paper at the University of Jyvaskyla in Finl~d entitled "Canadian Literature into the Post-Modem, with an Emphasis on Michael Ondaatje' s 'In the Skin of a Lion111 • Faculty Promotions Promoted to Rank of Professor Promoted to Rank of Associate Professor Dr. J.E. Molto Department of Anthropology Dr. G. Schroeter Department of Sociology Dr. U.S. Panu School of Engineering . K.C. Yang School of Forestry Dr. B. Moazzami Department of Economics Dr. B. Lorch Department of Geography Dr. J.M. Haines School of Education Dr. R. Sweet School of Education Professor J.C. Thatcher School of Business Administration Professor R.M. Isotalo School of Business Administration Professor R. Kirk-Gardner School of Nursing Dr. M.H. Khan School of Engineering Promoted to Rank of Assistant Professor Professor M. Forbes School of Business Administration Professor G. Sacchetti School of Business Administration J u n e l 9 9 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page 13 �First in Ontario The fifteenth annual Shell Canada Fuelathon was held May 21-23 in Oakville Ontario. A group of engineers from l.akehead University entered a vehicle called the Nor'Wester that clocked 1144.5 miles per Imperial gallon (405.1 km per litre). The Nor'Wester placed fourth among 22 universities and colleges entered and first among the Ontario competitors. The winning student entry was the University of California with 1952.5 miles per Imperial gallon. The Nor' Wester is powered by the new Honda GlO0 76 c.c. engine with custom made overhead valves. The frame and body consists of aluminum pipes and plywood hoops with pine \balsa stripping running lengthwise, covered in heat shrunk plastic. The light weight body of the car weighs only 91 pounds and carries a driver no more than 100 pounds. Driver Kelly Lockwood, a Physical Education student states, "it feels like you are lying back in a lawn chair." The rest of the team included Dr. Seimer Tsang, faculty advisor, David Craig, manager and Masayuki Nakamura, the mechanic, all from the School of Engineering. The team posed outside the Agora at their media conference prior to the competition. New Coordinator of Athletics John Garland has been appointed Coordinator of Athletics effective July 1, 1991. In making the announcement, Dr. LaVoie said, "John brings a wealth of experience that will enable l.akehead University Athletics to continue to flourish and also to make some new initiatives". " A native of Thunder • Bay, Mr. Garland received an Honours Bachelor o~hysical and Health Education degree from Lakehead University in 1974. In 1976 he obtained his Master of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario in sport administration. Garland has been employed at the Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology for the past thirteen years. The Thunder Bay community and region has been well served by Garland's wide range of interest and expertise including being President of the Ontario Traclc and Field Association, Northwestern Region, Co-founder and President of the Thunder Bay Squash Association, Co-founder of the Thunder Bay Striders Running Club, Treasurer of the Thunder Bay Basketball Officials Association, Vice-President of the Northwestern Ontario Sports Council, and the list goes on. Currently he is chair of the Legion Branch 6 l.akehead University 10 Mile Road Race Committee. Garland has excelled as an athlete in traclc and squash He has received several awards throughout the years including a Special Achievement Award presented to him by Squash Ontario in 1983. He also belongs to a number of professional associations such as the Canadian Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, the Ontario fitness Council, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the Canadian Association of Sports Sciences, and the Coaching Association of Canada. Donations The uranium mining and milling company Rio Algom Limited of Elliot Lake, Ontario, has donated a WEMCO Flotation Cell with accessories to Lakehead University. The equipment is partially seen in the photo and will be used by Drs. S.V. Muthuswami (right) and I. Nirdosh (left) of the Department of Chemical Engineering in their research on orebenefication by flotation. ~e 1 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGORA----------------June1991 �Last Writes by Katherine Shedden I love Convocation. You can pump up the pomp for me and probably a few other maudlin types. I als~ thrive on generous portions of irony espectally_ they ar~ rrre~erently blended any with serious business - like a uruversity graduation. Take this year's Convocation. The n~w Ch~cellor is a woman who emits so much energy that JUSt being near her seems to recharge the batteries. I feel like I'm in the presence of Mighty Mouse and yet she comes with a ~e-long title commencing The Very Reverend. Arthur Blaqc is undoubtedly still wearing his new cap to work but thankfully th~ phone calls for copies of his speech have started to subside. I can't help it, I love the kids who call out, "way to go dad or you made it grandma!" There's even a smidgeon of respect for the soul brave enough to wear Bermuda shorts under his gown. Wish we could put the stage on a giant turntable so we could have a closer look at the faces of the graduates as they receive congrats from the Chancello~. . Pentti's annual pilgrimage to Ben's o:fice to have his_ . fountain pen cleaned prior to hand sig~g all_1460 certificates is my reliable signal that Convocation will occur . despite any panic in the print shop, dark room, Information, Booster Club gets big Boost Registrar or Alumni office. I like the way everyone pu~s Call it an honorary membership from the Lakehead Un_i~ersity together backstage to organize the graduands and special Booster Club, says Norm Lavoie, who presented the official guests_ especially Lucy who logged most of her travels on Nor'Wester Booster Club sweater to Dave Broadfoot, the enterthree flights of stairs! tainer at the first annual Celebrity Night: Cof!sidered a success _by The advice is always good, don't you think? Kenneth organizers Larry Hebert and Norm Lavoie, Director of th~ Physical Armson, pardon the pun, rekindled my love of trees and Education and Athletics School, the event was meant to highlight their management, while Black urged us not to eat more the booster club and raise funds for the athletic programs. The Club than we can lift. I see a connection - greed is always bad. hopes to make it an annual event geared at brinK!ng the arts and Yes, 1 liked it all. The shiny eyes, the joy and pride, the A,rts community closer together. From the audience response, feeling of hope. I was touched when several pr~fs stood up •ey've made a great beginning. for one of their very special students who had fmally made .---------------------:-::-=-----:--:-:---7 it. I was thinking about the handful of 11 Annual Report" from Board of Governors Staff Representative graduates who were sitting in their canoes Bonnie Wigmore: "It's a new way of thinking" having forgone graduation to paddle the route of an early explorer who was searching A year ago, Bonnie Wigmore was with this year included early retire- for a passage across this great land 200 years elected by her peers to serve as the ment, pay equity, the deferred leave ago. I liked what the Chancellor said about first staff representative to the Board plan and employee assistance. 'Tm the common task of a University community. of Governors. Our calm, cool and proud to serve on this Board and "We must all take possession of tradition in ever-thoughtful paymaster chose her want the staff to know that they such a way that freedom and creativity words carefully: "I have to admit matter and have a voice. become the hallmarks not only of our own being a member of the Board inpersonal lives but of this institution. volves a new way of thinking. I feel It was great to see President Weller back like after one year I'm starting to see in town, this time the business was seeing the whole picture. I was surprised at another offspring graduate. He's enthusiastic how much there was to learn." about the progress being made at Canada's Bonnie had high praise for the newest University in Prince George. openness, the Board's support for the I have a confession. I'm one course away staff position and the hard work from becoming a Paularinne-approved committee members put into the job. alumna of Lakehead University. I better Bonnie has been at LU for 11 years hurry, my parents have already planne~ to and admitted she felt nervous at the point their hood ornament north and witness first meeting. She is a voting memanother one of their seven kids graduate. ber of the Board and describes her Lucy, would you call me when the ink's first year as a "real learning experidry on the new letters after my name. ence". She decided to read, listen and learn the ropes the first year, "not bite off more than I could chew'' and Bonnie Wigmore in her Board of he now feels ready to serve on one Governors gown backstage at the Conf the working committees. "I vocation ceremonies. "You should see quickly realized that the committee the faces.of the grads. It makes everylevel is where all the work gets thing we're doing worthwhile." done. Special areas of concern dealt Junel991--------------- AGORA---------------Pagel5 �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 July Agora is June 25, 1991. THE CHANCELLOR PATERSON LIBRARY Saturday, June 15 11:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, June 16 Oosed June 17 to July 1: Weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Weekends Oosed Monday, July 1 Oosed Summer Session: July 2 to August 16: Monday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. '-- Thunder Bay Art Gallery Friday, June 14 and Saturday, June 15 8:00p.m. "African Market Women" Three films co-produced by Morag Production & the National Film Board of Canada African musical interlude performed by Andrew Proctor from the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. Discussion on "Women and Credit in Africa" with Moffat Makuto, Executive Director, Thunder Bay Multicultural Centre Fireworks Weekend on Saturday, June 15 and Sunday, June 16 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. See demonstrations and displays by local and regional potters. Learn about the amazing variety of techniques in construction, firing and glazes. Special kids' activities! Mizinatik: The Painting Stick June 27 - July 28 An exhibition of approximately 20 recent paintings by the Mizinatik Native Artists Group! Fieldhouse Summer Programs Aquatics Programs: Learn to Swim- starting July 2 Bronze Medallion - starting July 2 Semi or Private Lessons - may be arranged any time Ladies Aquabics - starting July 3 Fun Camp: Features learn to swim lessons, team games, variety of activities such as games, arts, crafts, hikes, tours, movies and plenty more. For more information regarding aquatic programs and the fun camp call 343-8656 CHILDREN PROGRAMS Native as a Second Language for Children Non-credit course for children July 4 - July 24, 1991 Monday to Friday 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Ryan Building - 2032 For further information, please call or write: The Coordinator, Native LanguagePrograms,Schoolof Education, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 5El; phone (807) 343-8542 or toll free 1800-465-3959 Acrylic Painting Workshops with Roy Kakegamic For children (ages 9 - 13) on Saturday, July 13 from 1:30 to 3:00 For adults on Sunday, July 14 from 1:00 to4:00 For more information on fees and registration, please call the Thunder Bay Art Gallery at 577-6427. Lakehead University Summer Session Oasses First Term Half Courses - July 2 to July 22 Second Term Half Courses - July 24 to August 14 Examination August 15/16 Full Courses - July 2 to August 14 To register (without being charged $15 late registration) - June 21 To register, change or add: First Term Half courses - July 8 Second Term Half Courses- July 30 Full Courses - July 8 To drop without academic penalty: First Term Half Courses - July 8 Second Term Half Courses - July 30 Full Courses - July 10 To drop for tuition fee refund: First Term Half Courses - July 8 Second Term Half Courses- July 30 Full Courses- July 8 Thunder Bay Art Gallery: Summer Sensation! Summer Art Classes and Workshops for Children and Adults! Art classes and workshops are led by local, working artists. For more information on times, ages, fees and classes, please phone the Education Department at the Gallery at 5776427. Lakehead University Summer Athletic Programs New Information Hotline 343-8173 Basketball Camp: & Boys Camp: August 12 - 16 W Girls Camp: August 19- 23 Girls Volleyball Camp: August 26 - 30 Hockey Camp: Power skating/skill development August 12 -17 Current River Arena Defencemen's Oinic - August 18 - 23 Port Arthur Arena Advanced Skills - August 18 - 29 Port Arthur Arena Wrestling Camp: C.J. Sanders Fieldhouse Elementary School Division August 19 - 23 High School Division - August 19 - 23 For more information regarding any of these programs call 343-8213. - - ----- - - - - --- _Agorl\ The AGORA is produced by the Information Office, Department of External Relations, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is published monthly (except August), and is distributed free of charge to the University's faculty and staff, local government, media, business and friends of the University. Credit is appreciated when material is reproduced or quoted. 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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.8 No.6 Subject The topic of the resource Universities 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 1991-06 Description An account of the resource This issue of the Agora contains a report on budget approval, convocation highlights, and an article on LU alumnus named Dean (Dr. Gellert). https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/78b25833238ddccd9e26e5590e592936.pdf a23fb9342716c3a54ca44907aee21485 PDF Text Text Inside: Have we done it again? Enrolment stats ........................ 2 & 3 "She Stoops To Conquer'' ....... 4 Research News ................ Blue Pages A Day in the Ufe of a University President ........... _. 8 & 9 Announcing ... He could be heralding the arrival of fall or simply serenading the workers or students passing by, but in fact, the top moody sillouette was captured during a promotional shoot on the second floor of the steel skeleton which will become the home of the Music and Visual Arts departments. Other rites of autumn include perusal of the calendar by a parent attending an orientation workshop, friendly students welcoming newcomers with a campus map and windshield wash and personal assistance during registration. �Report From the President Dr. Bob Rosehart Customer Service A considerable number of articles have been written recently on TQM or Total Quality Management which is an approach to excellence in whatever you do by carefully ensuring that_all components of a given syste~ f~ction_ together in a supportive interactive fashion. Over the past few weeks, I have had occasion to observe a few areas where our collective performance would not have received high TQM ratings. Be it an abruptly cancelled class, lack of supplies, a timetable error, or a student stuck in the parking lot, each and every part of the University should see themselves as pro-active members of an integrated team of problem solvers. This does not mean that you personally have to deal with a particular situation but, rather, that you take charge, make the necessary contacts, and ensure that our system works. Lakehead University is an excellent university on its way to greatness, but we must start to think and practise a lot more of the TQM philosophy. Student Centre to Open I would like to wish L.U.S.U. all the best with the opening of the new Student Events Hall. It is a facility that rates at the top of similar facilities in the Ontario university system. New Faculty/Staff Surprise Event A surprise variation of the "new faculty/ staff" get-together will be tried this year. Look for your invitation in the mail shortly. It should be a fun event. Ontario Public Sector Restraint On Friday the 13th (~pt':mbe: ~3), the Presidents of Ontano universities were called to Toronto to meet personally with M.C.U. Minister Richard Allen and the Chairman of Management Board, Tony Silipo (the governmen~s banker) to hear first-hand the poor £~seal state of the Ontario Government. It 1s . clear that, after taking much h~at on this year's deficit, the government is determined to meet the $9.7 billion deficit figure and selective cuts to.the current year's provincial budget will be anPage 2 nmmced in the next few weeks. We were told that next year's funding would be at "below'' historically low levels of transfers and that public sector wage settlements will have to reflect this new reality. The government . would clearly like to see the co~ective bargaining process work but did not rule out any options. As well, i~ is clear that, in the coming mon~s, th~ issue of increasing tuition fees will again ~ the subject of public policy debate. This will not be a popular or desirable option but, at this stage, seems almost inevitable. Up to now, for the most part, our system at Lakehead University has escaped the major impact of the recession that we see has ravaged not only the Ontario economy but has, in the long term, cost the permanent loss of . several hundred thousand jobs. Ontario is going through more than the effects of a recession. We are going through a major industrial restructuring in order to be competitive in the global marketplace. Although Lakehead University's position is about as good as one can be to prepare for a storm, we cannot escape the impact of the current Ontario and Canadian economic realities. The N.D.P. Government is asking all sectors for co-operation and, over_ the ne~t few weeks, will meet with various umon and student groups. Enrolment '91 Our enrolment objective this year was to move into the 4,500 full-time students' level, and this has been achieved. It is still too early to accurately estimate our peak enrolment this year, but I suspect that it will be close to 4 700. As well, part-time, on-campus e~rolments are also up significantly. All departments are doing a good job in dealing with the increases and, as well, the various moves into our newly- Never to be caught up the creek without a paddle, Bob Rosehart discusses race strategies with Bob Armstrong from Confederation College. The first annual canoe race, won by a couple of strokes by Dr. Bob et al., (photo finish on cover) was set in Lake Tamblyn with the teams paddling 900-pound Voyageur canoes. opened facilities. Our residences are full and we still have over 500 on the waiting list. Off-campus housing seems to have gone very smoothly this year, and this has helped. The Thunder Bay community has really responded to our call for help. More and more, I hear local business talk of the impact of the University and College on the community. In fact, a few have been heard to call Thunder Bay a college town. I anticipate that our enrolment has peaked in this current growth phase and that over the next few years, we will stabilize the fulltime enrolment at or near the 4,500 students' level. We hope to add more residences this year and, as well, we will see the formal kick-off in late November of the "Share our Northern Vision Campaign". The Student Centre is now open and expected to become the hub of the university. AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - October 1991 �Around Campus We're nearly there! The Faculty and Staff Campaign is almost complete and the response to date has been very positive. $180,000 towards our goal of $200,000 has been realized in gifts and pledges. To all who have participated, the University community thanks you. If you have not yet contributed there is still time to do so. Pledges can be made through the philanthropy fund, or if you desire, a one-time donation can be sent to the Campaign care of the Development Office. International students get warm Canadian Welcome It began with more than 25 volunteers from Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, the Chinese Christian Youth Fellowship and the Host Family Program giving of their time, their homes and themselves to help arriving international students. Their efforts helped ease the transition for more than 40 new international students. Thirteen volunteers looked after the international information table in the Agora during registration week. Volunteers also took time to explain the academic time tables, direct students to various appointments, provide transportation to and from the immigration office and answer any of the students' questions. Another fourteen volunteers provided temporary accommodation and assisted students in locating permanent housing. Still others met students at the airport and bus depots and brought them to the university. The Liaison Office arranged for special campus tours. Two spontaneous field trips included a great visit to the Hymers Fall Fair and the Harvest Festival at Old Fort William. Special thanks go to the Evangel Church who offered the use of their van with all expenses paid. A welcoming BBQ was held on September 19 in the Faculty Lounge. It included a "collect the signature" icebreaker which served to initiate a lot of conversation and cultural exchange. Hedi Kogel, the International Student Coordinator, was delighted with the volunteer support and resulting services that Student Services could provide. Hedi asked the AgorA to extend "warmest appreciation to all who made registration week a great success for the International Students." Help to Stop Smoking Effective September 1, LU is smoke free. Lakehead University is initiating an innovative program for smoking cessation. This program is a joint effort of the Department of Psychology and the Office of the Vice-President (Administration). With a serious commitment and active support from Fred Poulter, V.P. Administration, the program will be run under the direction of Dr. K. Paul Satinder, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Psychology. This smoking cessation program will be available to all members of the University community (faculty, staff, and students). As soon as the infrastructure is in place, the mem~ers of the {!niversity will be accepted into the Program on a first come, first serve basis. Many systems and programs have been devised to help people to give up smoking. The majority of these programs treat all smokers alike, whereas scientific research has shown that different people have different motives for smoking. In the context, for a successful smoking cessation to occur, the program must be personalized to the particular needs of a smoker. An assessment is needed as to why does a particular person smoke? What factors in the immediate environment mainta~ this practice? How can the smoker modify his or her environment to reduce smoking and eventually eliminate it? The program at LU will provide personalized assessments and programs for people planning to quit smoking. Look for the announcement for the start up of the Program and get ready to break the smoking habit Profs in the Limelight Awarded CMC Designation Professor Jack Christy has been awarded the designation of Certified Management Consultant (CMC) by the Institute of Certified Management Consultants of Ontario and has been placed on the honour roll of the Institute. His mark on the Institute's comprehensive examination was 82%, placing him third highest overall in Canada. Professor Christy is the fh:st fulltime faculty member of any university in Canada to hold the designation. In addition, he is the only Certified Management Consultant in all of Northern Ontario. There are over 2,500 members and prospective members of the Institute of Certified Management Consultants of Canada. The Institute was established in 1966 and is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Earlier this spring Professor Christy was appointed to the Examination of the Institute of Certified Management Consultants of Canada. This committee, made up of six CMC's from across Canada, will conduct a comprehensive review of the approach and design of the Institute's seminar program and examination materials. They will also be considering potential provisions to allow university professors who have not consulted on a full-time basis to obtain the designation, depending on their education and the extent and quality of their cumulative consulting experience, and upon successful completion of particular examinations. Polar Commisssion Appointment Professor Marg Boone, Director of the School of Nursing, has been apppointed to the Canadian Polar Commission's Board of Directors. Tom Siddon, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, announced the members of the 12-member Board calling them"prominent individuals in the humanities and sciences who have experience in Canada's polar regions." The Canadian Polar Commission is mandated to promote the development and dissemination of knowledge about the polar regions in Canada and internationally. Chairman of the board is Whit Fraser, the host of CBC Newsworld's program ''This Country" which has sensitized and educated Canadians about changes occurring in the North. Marg Boone has been the Director of the School of Nursing since 1986 and has been involved in native studies and circumpolar affairs. She is also the Chairperson of the President's Advisory Committee on Northern Studies. October 1991 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGORA �NEW ON THE SHELVES WHAT'S HAPPENING The successor to the International Yearbook on Rural Planning has been published. The annual review is entitled Progress in Rural Policy and Planning edited by Andrew W. IN THE LIBRARY! Northern Studies Resource Centre Did you know that the Northern Studies Resource Centre in the Library houses two special collections which focus on the north? The "Regional" Collection This collection is comprised of material on northern Ontario with a particular emphasis on the northwestern portion. Special features include many rare publications from the early days of Port Arthur and Fort William as well as extensive holdings of local newspapers on microfilm. The "North" Collection This collection is comprised of material on Canada's provincial norths (except northern Ontario), the Yukon and Northwest Territories, and similar circumpolar regions world wide. Tours of the Centre's collections as well as demonstrations on the Northern and Regional Studies (NRS) database may be arranged by contacting the Centre at ext. 8728. In addition to local newspapers on microfilm, the Centre also receives the paper copy of many of Northwestern Ontario community newspapers. Regional Newspapers Algoma News Review Atikokan Progress Dryden Observer Fort Frances and Rainy Lake Herald Geraldton - Longlac Times Star Ignace Driftwood Thunder Bay Post Marathon Mercury Northern Times (Kapuskasing) Magnus Theatre on Campus Tuesday, October 22 & Wednesday, October 23 Gilg. Professor Robert Dilley, Department of Geography, is the regional editor responsible for the four chapters on Canada in Section IV . Dilley wrote the introduction and a provincial encapsulation of what's going on in the rural scene. Another chapter gives a critical review of the CanadaUS Free Trade Agreement and Agriculture. It's a wonderful sourcebook for planners in universities and government and consultants. Volume I PROGR~SS IN RURAl POllCY AND PlANNING . . - '. . .I . _, ~ ' . \ :. . . Ed i I • d b y . • •• . , •. ~ Andrew W, Gilg SHEl-);. STOOPS_ Health Sciences Resource Centre Opens rol~ OONQUER. University Centre Theatre, 8:00 pm $14.00 reg. $10.00 student Tickets available at the University Information Desk, LUSU, the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium and Ticket Express at Keskus Mall Page4 The official opening of the building which houses five separate health education programs took place on Friday, September 13. Some programs are relatively new, like the residency program, and others, like the Northwestern Ontario Medical Programme, under the steely direction of Dr. Peter Neelands, have been around for decades. But what they will all share is space in the wonderful new building on campus visible from Balmoral Street. Sixteen doctors have joined the Family Medicine North program and will train in the North for the next two years. The Occupational Therapy program has students in class in the new facility this term with physiotherapy students coming in the new year. A detailed report on the programs, the facility and the new administrator, Jim Kraemer, will appear in the November Agora. AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - October 1991 �Faces Gordon Bruyere was recently appointed the new Co-ordinator of Native Support Services. Bruyere does not really qualify as a "new" face to the campus . He graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and in 1990 with an Honours Bachelor of Social Work. He was also Captain of the Norwester Basketball team during the 1986/87 season and Co-Captain during the 1989/90 season. Bruyere most recently worked as a Probation /Parole Officer for the Ministry of Correctional Services serving the communities of the Northshore of Lake Superior to as far East as Mobert. Bruyere looks forward to his new position. "I like the university environment for its promotion of new ideas. Native students have their own objectives, their own agenda of what they want to get out of a university environment. It's a challenge." Bruyere's passion is studying the classics in literature and he is pursuing that interest by taking a course at the university in the History of Literary Criticism. Away from work, Bruyere stays active by running and enjoys camping and hiking. David Hare is the new Manager of Residence and Conference Services. He comes to Lakehead from York University where he was the Manager of Housing Services. Hare has a strong facilities background. Following his 1982 graduation from Guelph University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History, Hare worked as the Supervisor of Physical Resources and then ~ - - ~ . . . . . . ; ; ~ = = ~ as Manager of Residence for his alma mater. He then joined York University and stayed for three years but commuting from Pickering each day (11/2 hours one way) took its toll and he thought it was time for a change. "There are going to be a lot of challenges but I enjoy what I do. I consider my position as one of an educator. As an educator it is my job to provide a healthy, safe enviroment in which these students live - not just bricks and mortar." Now that Hare has a few more leisure hours in the day he looks forward to reading and camping and cross-country skiing with his wife and two sons. Patricia Redhead Patricia Redhead is the new Librarian responsible for Government Documents in the university main library. Redhead and family moved to Thunder Bay in June from Richmond, British Columbia. Originally from Ottawa, Redhead received her undergraduate degree in Economics from Carleton University. She continued her academic pursuits at the University of Western where she received her Masters in Library Science. -==== = With two young boys aged 2 and 5, Redhead and husband Jim Burchert, newsman for 94 FM Radio, spend most of their time doing "family things". "Since we've been here only a few months we haven't seen everything yet but we look forward to exploring". Her spare time Redhead likes to take walks and enjoys reading British mysteries. OUR NORTHERN VISION October 1991 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGORA PagelS �Canadian Universities Undertake Large-scale Fundraising Campaigns ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL LITERATURE PROGRAM EXPANDED FOR WRITERS Ontario Arts Council's (OAC) Works-In-Program for professional; writers has been expanded to include more nonfiction categories such as biography, history, social issues and travel. The yearly budget has been increased from $300,000 to $470,000 for four adjudication periods. Deadlines are: October 1, 1991, January 1, April 1 and July 1, 1992. Professional writers can apply for up to $20,000 primarily for living expenses. ''This program is intended to assist professional writers in completing book-length works of distinguished literary merit in poetry and prose. The program will still be open to works-in-progress in fiction; literacy criticism; poetry; visual or performing arts criticism; and essays, commentary or analysis in the literary tradition. Other new nonfiction categories include: health/psychology, environment/science/nature, philosophy, business, politics and media. Manuals, "how-to books, refer~nc~ . materials, calendars and cookbooks are among the ineligible projects. Literature officer Lorraine Filyer stressed that the program will continue to maintain its high standards of excellence. "Juries will assess entries by literary merit and quality," she said. ''The program affords the professional writer an uninterrupted period of time to work on a draft suitable for presentation to a publisher." Applicants must be professional writers. Individuals who are employed full time are ineligible, unless they are planning to take unpaid leave for the duration of the funding period. Poetry award applicants must submi~ five copies of 40 . manuscript pages and prose award applicants must submit five copies of 60 manuscript pages of the work-in-progress. For further information and application fonns, please contact OAC's Literature Office at 151 Bloor St. W. 5th floor, Toronto, MSS 1T6 or call (416) 961-1660 or toll free in Ontario 1-800-387-0058. Calling All Churchill Grads 25TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS Thursday, October 10, 1991 Football Reunion Stag Da Vinci Centre - 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Saturday,November23,1991 Cabaret Dance Churchill Gymnasium - 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Friday, January 17, 1992 Exhibition Alumni Basketball and Casino Night Churchill Gymnasium - 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Thursday, February 20, 1992 Family Fun At Churchill - Winter B.B.Q. and activities for the entire family - 5:00 p.m. to 9 pm Saturday, May 23, 1992 Mixed Golf Social Centennial Golf Course - 3:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Monday, June 1, 1992 Birthday Party at Churchill - 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 29, 1992 Dinner Dance - Da Vinci Centre Symposium 6:30 p.m. The 40th annual survey of university fundraising campaigns, released July 8, reveals that Canadian universities are looking for $1.5 billion mainly from business, foundations, alumni and the general public. According to Oaude Lajeunesse, president of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, ''The money raised through fundraising campaigns is crucial to the needs of the universities. Public funding is no longer sufficient. We cannot hope to be competitive in an ever-shrinking world without the highlyqualified and resourceful men and women needed for the task. If our universities are to continue playing their part in contributing to Canada's future by both providing these qualified people and undertaking a high level of research, they have to ensure adequate financing from a variety of sources." As funding from transfer payments by the federal government to the provinces via Established Programs Financing shrinks, fundraising campaigns assume increasing significance for the mission of the university. Cross Campus Computer Network Lakehead University now has a Cross Campus Network to connect computers and microcomputers in the Braun Building, Ryan Building. University Centre, Centemnial Building, Regional Education Centre, the Library and Bora Laskin Building. Several existing networks have been joined inexpensively by state-of-the-art technology to form the new network. In time, it Will be expanded to all other university buildings. Once connected to the network, anyone can reach all network services from an office microcomputer at a transmission speed of 10 megabits (1,000,000 characters) per second. Current FREE services include: - Access to information, such as the Library's catalogues, student records (including transcripts). financial records, library catalogues at other universities, external databases. expert/colleague computer conferences /news. etc. - Fast electronic mail (messages, documents) to worldWide academic institutions, on campus colleagues, central storage for students to collect, articles to the AgorA. etc. - Use of other computers on any university campus (including high speed connection to VMS, Unix, CARIS and the Novell IBM/PC network at Lakehead). - Downloading free microcomputer software. - Back up of local (hard disk) data. - Submission of data (ie. part-time timecard hours can be sent through the network rather than by mailing a disk). With a cross campus network, there is also the opportunity for a new development, CWIS (campus Wide information system). CWIS allows departments or businesses to provide information that is of value to the University community - calendars, events, student acitvlties, plane/bus timetables, the phone book, weather forecasts, announcements, up to the minute information, handbooks, course/ curriculum infonnation, menus from local restaurants, seminars and special lectures. career information, safety infonnation. University policies/procedures, etc. FOR TICKET AND EVENT INFORMATION CONTACT SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL C. & V.I. AT473-8100 Pages AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - October 1991 �RESEARCH NEWS OCTOBER 1991 MIGRAINE RESEARCH ~p-0personality differeru:es. Addition- Deborah Anderson, a second-year Masters student in Oinical Psychology is currently addressing the question "How Migraine Sufferers Differ from Headache Sufferers" for her thesis research. The study is being conducted under the supervision of Dr. Bill Melnyk, Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, and Mr. Martyn Thomas, Di.rector, Bio-behavioural Treatment and Research Unit, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto. Very few studies have focused on this area and those that have produced conflicting findings. Two studies comparing migraine sufferers and nonheadache controls found differences in performance on a number of tests assessing memory, attention and visual-motor skills. A more recent study found no differences in performance. Differences in personality were also noted, such as higher levels of anxiety and depression in migraine sufferers. The purpose of the current study is to determine if there is evidence to indicate long-term effects of migraines, or, whether the conflicting fmdings in the previous studies were related to other factors, such as differences in subject selection, type of test and administration used, fatigue or ally, the study would like to determine if there are differences in performance on tasks which are left versus right brain hemisphereoriented, in comparison to the side in which the migraine headache usually appears. Community volunteers who suffer from migraine headaches as well as those who have never had a migraine, are being recruited for testing in both Thunder Bay and Toronto. Volunteers participate in a two-hour testing session which includes tests of memory, attention and motor skills, as well as a number of questionnaires assessing moods and feelings. Data collection for the study has just begun, so no preliminary findings are available as of yet. The study should be completed by the spring of 1992. Results of the study will be made available to anyone who participated. To volunteer c:all: 343-8476 or 623-7892. SCHOOL OF FORESTRY HOSTS ONTARJOJIA.NGSU SCHOLAR Lakehead University's School of Forestry is pleased to announce the arrival of Prof. Fuliang Cao, OntarioJiangsu Scholar from Nanjing University in China. Prof. Cao hopes that his stay at Lakehead University will allow him to master and understand the basic principles, methods, and analytic techniques regarding cross breeding and tree improvement. His interests mainly lie in resistance breeding and intensive culture of trees for industrial timber. Prof. Cao will be taking several advanced forestry courses and collaborating on a research project with Dr. ~ob Farmer. His eleven month visit in Canada is supported jointly by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities' Ontario-Jiangsu Educational Exchange (OJEE) and Lakehead University. Currently, Dr. Robert Farmer and Dr. I<.C. Yang are in Jiangsu, as reciprocal Ontario-Jiangsu Scholars. With OJEE support, this three-year pilot project will enhance existing linkages between 1.akehead's School of Forestry and Nanjing University and perhaps create a few more. The deadline for submitting applications to this exchange is October 25, 1991. Faculty members and students from any discipline are eligible to apply. �CONTRACTS AWARDED Dr. Yves Prevost, School of Forestry was awarded a contract by the Ministry of Natural Resources, Environmental Youth Corps Program. A Technical Assistant will be hired through EYCP to assist Dr. Prevost explore the dietary relationship of spruce budworm (SBW) with its host trees (balsam fir, white spruce, black spruce). Recent research has shown that host trees actively defend against SBW feeding by increasing levels of foliar indigestible fibre (cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin). Dr. Prevost aims to determine if there is a threshold fibre level above which SBW populations decline. Knowledge of natural tree defences will assist in developing alternative strategies to the chemical control of the spruce budworm. Dr. Tony Thompson, Department of Psychology has been awarded a contract by the Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services to undertake an "Investigation of Native and Non-Native Young Offender Characteristics". This research investigation will provide baseline data on approximately 420 native and non-native offenders across northern Ontario. RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES CANADA-UNITED STATES FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM The aim of the Fulbright Scholar Program is to enhance the study of Canada and the United States in all fields at universities in the two countries and to encourage and broaden research efforts in subjects pertaining to the relationship between Canada and the United States. Proposals are welcomed in a wide range of subject areas in Canadian Studies, American Studies, and in the study of the relationship between the two countries. Eligible applicants must be a Canadian citizen at the time of application. The following types of awards are available: 1) Faculty Applicants - LECTURING/RESEARCH, for those scholars who want to combine research with a lighter teaching load; LECTURING, for those who can teach undergraduate courses, graduate courses, or a combination of the two, and perhaps act as an advisor for thesis or dissertations; RESEARCH, for those who want to do research at an institution where the resources available are particularly relevant to the research project. 2) Graduate Student Applicants - DEGREE PROGRAM, for those who want to begin a doctoral program at a university in the host country; and RESEARCH awards, for those who want to spend an academic year of research at an institution in the host country, but who are enroled in a doctoral program at their home institution. All Fulbright grants are for a minimum of three months and a maximum of nine months. For faculty recipients, the Page2 award consists of a fixed sum grant of approximately $2700 per month (travel inclusive). The maximum amount of the grant for a full academic year is $25,000. For Graduate Students, the fixed sum grant is approximately $1667 per month (travel inclusive). The maximum amount of the grant for a full academic year is $15,000. The deadline for submitting applications is November 30, 1991. CANADIAN FITNESS AND LIFESTYLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE Research Contributions Program The mission of the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute pertains to the well-being of Canadians. The Institute encourages investigations concerning physical activity, fitness, the inter-relationships between physical activity, fitness, lifestyle and health, and the use of this knowledge in the development of programs and services. Since the Research Contribution Program was initiated in early 1986, an average of $300,000 per year has been awarded to conduct fitness research. The studies are being carried out over a one to three year period and are addressing questions of interest to scientists in the biological and social sciences as well as to professionals in education, recreation, and public health. Applicants should be aware that funded studies do not normally exceed $25,000 per year. Applications for research awards may be submitted by any qualified researcher or group of researchers within Canada, provided the project does not constitute the doctoral or master's thesis of the principal investigator. Deadline: December 1, 1991. FORESTRY CANADA/NSERC Research Partnership Program The Forestry Canada/NSERC Research Partnership Program enters its third year in 1992-93. This program supports the federal government's objective of encouraging industry to participate in funding research. Forestry Canada and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) will each match industry's cash contributions under a Research Partnership agreement. This creates, in effect, a double matching fund that has the potential to triple the funds available to researchers. Grant support requested from Forestry Canada and from NSERC must not exceed the cash amount to be provided by industry. The maximum grant from Forestry Canada and NSERC is $50,000 per year each or a total project budget of $150,000 per year, when taking into account the contributions by the industrial partner . . The main purpose of the program is to support graduate students and post-doctoral fellows working in disciplines and on projects consistent with the priority research needs of Canada's Forests. Forestry Canada's strategic science and technology priorities are focused on the following: 1) Forest Management Systems; 2) Forest Product Development; 3) Improved Pest Management Techniques; and 4) Atmospheric Change. Environmental impact studies related to forestry are becoming an increasingly important aspect of Forestry Canada's research priorities. Deadline: December 1, 1991. IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED University Research Grants (URG) The purpose of Imperial Oil's URG Program is to encourage research at Canadian universities in areas of interest to Imperial Oil Limited's petroleum, petrochemical and energy resource development businesses. These areas include the fields of engineering, environmental, earth, chemical, physical and computing sciences. The grants are also to encourage - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RESEARCH N E W S - - - - - - - - - - - - October 1991 �research in the social sciences pertaining to relationships INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF between the above businesses and their employees, customARBORICULTURE ers and the commercial and social environment in which they Grants for Shade Tree Research and Educational Projects operate. The grants for specific research projects are made to Each year since 1975, the International Society of full-time faculty members, for support of research work Arboriculture has awarded grants to encourage scientific carried out by university students under their direction. and educational research on shade trees. Horticulturists, Individual grants will be awarded in units up to a maximum plant pathologists, entomologists, soil specialists and of $10,000 each and more than one unit may be awarded others are invited to submit brief outlines of proposed depending on the research budget, the availability of funds projects where a grant might help buy supplies or equipand the judged potential significance to Imperial Oil Limited. ment, hire technical or student help, or otherwise aid the Grants are made on a competitive basis. Last year, Imperial work. Although the size of grants for 1992-93 have not yet Oil granted 75 awards to 22 Canadian Universities for a total been determined, in the past grants awarded were valued of $800,791. Deadline: December 1, 1991. at approximately $2,000 each. Grants are not expected to L.S.B. LEAKEY FOUNDATION GRANTS cover all research costs but to aid, stimulate and encourage The Foundation was formed to further research into scientific studies of shade trees. Most importantly, it is human origins, behaviour, and survival. Recent priorities expected that th e results of your research will help every . . arborist do daily tree-care work. A two-page proposal have included research about the ~vll'onm~nt, archaeology, must be submitted by December 1 1991. and human paleontology of the Miocene, Pliocene, and the ' ,.._ Pleistocene; into the behaviour, morphology, and conserva- __, >----tion ?f the great apes and other o~d worl~ ~rimate species; and into the ecology and adaptations of living huntergatherer peoples. Other areas of study related to human ~ evolution have be_en funded occasionally. ~e following @~::::---,,; programs are available through the Foundation: . . . ~-~ Local Heroes know that when the need is there 1) General Research Grants ($3,000 -$5,000) - Prionty 1s ,,, ~ . . h1 ' given to the exploratory phase of promising new projects. • ~....- ~ -" _ even the busiest people have time to e p. Deadline for submitting a Letter of Intent: August 1, Novem- ~ ~ They know that volunteering is one of life's ber 1, February 1. , ~ ~ t d• •ences ,_ · ~. ---. 2) Fellowship for Great Ape Research and Cons,rvaticm ~ mos rewar mg expen • ($40,000)- Deadline for Letter of Intent: May 1, 1992. - / ~ ~ }, Be a Local Hero. ,, ~ 3) Fell?wship for the Study of Foraging Peoples ($20,000) ~.1 A New Spirit of Giving Deadline for Letter of In tent: Ma Y1, 1992. ~ A national program to encourage g,v,ng and volunteenng. • HOW TO BE A IJOCAL HERO BE A BUSY BODY a• ==§?; GRADUATE STUDIES AND SCHOLARSHIP NEWS Dr. Maurice Yeates, Executive ViceChair of the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies, will be visiting Lakehead University on Thursday, 3 October 1991. Dr. Yeates will be meeting with various faculty groups who are currently involved with graduate developments and providing them with advice and consultation. According to recent figures communicated by the Registrar's Office, the present full-time graduate enrolment is 173, as compared to 167 last year. We are pleased to see several international graduate students from the countries of Indonesia, Ghana, Fmland, China, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Iran, Nigeria, and Poland. RECENTLY AWARDED CENTRE FOR NORTHERN STUDIES GRADUATE AWARDS 1991-92 Continuing Graduate Awards ($3,000) CARRENO, Ramon (Biology) (Supervisor: Dr. M. Lankester) FANG, Xilin (Forestry) October 1991 (Supervisor: Dr. G. Murchison) HACQUOIL, Andrew (History) (Supervisor: Dr. B. Muirhead) KNIGHT, Tom (Biology) (Supervisor: Dr. D. Morris) KONG, Xianhua (Forestry) (Supervisor: Prof. C. Benson) KOOPER, Ken (History) (Supervisor: Dr. P. Jasen) VESCIO, Shelley (Forestry) (Supervisor: Dr. Y. Prevost) WATI, Murray (Geology) (Supervisor: Dr. B. Kronberg) 1991-92 Graduate Entrance Awards ($5,000) BAXTER, Tom (Biology) (Supervisor: Dr. J. Ryder) GRAHAM, Amanda (History) (Supervisor: Dr. W. Morrison) PURDON, Robert (Geology) (Supervisor: Dr. B. Kronberg) RUSAK, Jim (Biology) (Supervisor: Dr. D.Morris) WHITLAW, Heather (Biology) (Supervisor: Dr. M. Lankester) He Huang and his son enjoyed the graduate students family barbeque. Currently enrolled in the graduate mathematical science program, Mr. Huang previously completed his Masters in Physics at LU. - - - - - - - - - - - RESEARCH N E W S - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Page3 �UPCOMING DEADLINE DATES NSERC Programs Conference Grants - November 1, 1991 Energy, Mines and Resources Canada/NSERC Research Program - November 1, 1991 Equipment Grants - November 1, 1991 Forestry Canada/NSERC Research Partnership Program December 1, 1991 Forestry Postdoctoral Assistantships - January 15, April 15, July 15, October 15 Infrastructure Grants - November 1, 1991 International Fellowships- December 1, 1991 Operating Grants - First-time applicants - October 15, 1991 Operating Grants - Regular applicants• November 1, 1991 Research Partnerships Program - Open Scientific Publicaticms - October 1 and April 15 Strategic Grants - May 1, 1992 Women's Faculty Awards-October 15, 1991 SSHRC Programs Aid to Occasional Scholarly Conferences in Canada - July 1, November 1, April 1 Bora Laskin National Fellowship - October 1, 1991 Doctoral Fellowships-November 15, 1991 Jules and Gabrielle Leger Fellowship - October 1, 1991 Major Research Grants - October 15, 1991 Post-doctoral Fellowships - October 1, 1991 Standard Research Grants - November 1, 1991 Strategic Research Grants - November 1, 1991 Strategic Partnership Development Grants - November 1, January 15, April 15 Strategic Research Networks-November 1, 1991 Strategic Research Workshops- October 15, 1991 NSERC/SSHRC Master's Scholarships in Science Policy December 1, 1991 SENATE RESEARCH COMMITTEE Internal Research Grants SSHRC/NSERC Research Project Grants Program - October 10, 1991 SSHRC/NSERC Visiting Scholars Program - October 10, 1991 Ontario-Jiangsu Education Exchange - October 25, 1991 Ontario Mental Health Foundation; Fellowships (November 29, 1991). Projects Research Grants and Major Equipment (September 27, 1991) Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; ORRRGP - November 15, 1991 Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines; Geoscience Research Grant - November 15, 1991 Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation; Recreation Research Grants - September 20, 1991 and December 31, 1991 Risk Research Institute - October 19, 1991 St. John's College, Cambridge, Benians Fellowship - November 1, 1991 University Research Incentive Fund - October 15, 1991 and January 31, 1991 World Wildlife Endangered Species Recovery Fund - January 1, April 1, July 1, October 1 GRADUATE SCHOLARSlilP OPPORTUNITIES Canada - United States Fulbright Scholar Program November 30, 1991 Government of Canada Awards - Deadlines vary by country Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarships February 1, 1991 1992-93 Ontario Graduate Scholarship - October 25, 1991 1992-93 NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship Applications: November 15, 1991 1992 Rhodes Scholarships, Oxford University- November 15, 1991. Medical Research Council; Studentships - December 1, 1991 Ontario-Jiangsu Educational Exchange - October 25, 1991 OTHER RESEARCH PROGRAMS Alzheimer Society of Canada - November 15, 1991 Association for Canadian Studies; Intercultural/ Interregional Exchange Program (September 15, 1991 and December 15, 1991); Canadian Studies Writing Program (November 15, 1991). Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan; Visiting and Research Fellowships-October 31, 1991 Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute - December 1, 1991 Canada- United States Fulbright Scholar Program - November 30, 1991 Canadian Lung Association - November 1, 1991 Educational Centre for Aging and Health; Fellowships/ Bursaries- January 1, April 1, July 1, October 1. Environment Canada/NSERC; Great Lakes University Research Fund - October 4, 1991 Germany/Canada Research Award - October 15, 1991 Going Global 92; Travel Grants - October 15, 1991 Imperial Oil Ltd., University Research Grants - December l, 1991 International Society of Arboriculture - December 1, 1991 L.S.B. Leakey Foundation - November 1 and February I Page4 Don't get c.aught with your head in the bucket b~use you forgot a deadline - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RESEARCH N E W S - - - - - - - - - - - October 1991 �People/Papers/Publications Special Projects/Awards ~.f'==~ Dr. Said Easa, Professor of Civil Engineering, authored the following articles: ''Maximizing Accuracy in Stadia Surveying" and Modified Prismoidal Method for Nonlinear Ground Profiles", both in the Journal of Surveying and Land Information Systems, Vol. 51, No. 3, 1991. Dr. Easa also presented a paper entitled "Nonlinear Programming Applications in Construction" at the Fourth International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, held in Tokyo, Japan, July 29-31, 1991. Dr. Easa attended the leadership Conference of the Urban Transportation Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, held in Minneapolis August 17 and 18, 1991. The purpose of the conference was to discuss future issues and to identify the goals to be pursued by the Division officers over the next several years. Topics discussed in workshops included education, research, technical activities, transportation policies, and publications. Dr. Stephen McBride, Department of Political Studies, is co-editor of a recently published book Regulating Labour: The State, Neo-Conservatism and Industrial Relations (Toronto: Garamond Press). Together with the other editors he contributed an introductory chapter (pp. 1-13) and is sole author of a chapter on "Authoritarianism Without Hegemony? The Politics of Industrial Relations in Britain" (pp. 118-48). Another article, '"'The New Right's Political Economy: Ideology and Political Practice in Britain, Canada and the United States,"was published in the Journal of History and Politics, v. 8 (1990), pp. 175-98. ~ =::::::..._ _ _....;.;__-= Dr. Darlene Steven, Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Professor Rhonda Kirk-Gardener will present a paper titled, "Job Satisfaction and Stress of Nurses" at the Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses, Scientific Sessions to be held in Calgary, October 1991 (refereed). The study was completed November 1990 at the General Hospital of Port Arthur. Funding for this project was received from SSHRC (Internal). Dr. S.A. Naimpally, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, delivered the following papers: 1) "Metric and g-metric spaces via annihilators" at the Short Conference on Uniform Mathematics, Bern, Switzerland on August 14 -16, 1991. 2) "Characteristics of generalized metric spaces in terms of real valued functions" at the International Topology Symposium at Prague, Czechoslovakia on August 19- 23, 1991. The above work which has appeared in Q and A in Gen. Top was done jointly with Dr. C.M. Pareek in Kuwait in 1988-1990. Dr. Naimpally began a two-year appointment at Kuwait University on September 25, 1991. Professor Patricia Vervoort, Department of Visual Arts, has published "Industrial Building in the West: The Dominion Government Elevators in Saskatoon, Moose Jaw and Calgary'' in the September 1991 issue of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada Bulletin, vol. 16, pp. 60-71. Dr. K.N. Pathak, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Physics, Lakehead University during the summer of 1991. During his visit he was involved in collaborative research with Dr. V.V. Paranjape. While at Lakehead, Dr. Pathak received the news that he was awarded the National Fellowship offered by the University Grants Commission of India. The honour is in recognition of research contributions, and is restricted to two or three faculty members per year in an all India competition. Dr. Pathak has recently returned to India. Dr. H.T. Saliba, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, has had a paper entitled ''Transverse free vibration of simply supported right triangular thin plates: a highly accurate simplified solution" published in the refereed Journal of Sound and Vibration Vol. 139 (2) pp.289-297. He also presented two refereed conference papers. The first . entitled "A modified Levy type & , solution for the free vibration analysis Ga0.I I of simply supported isosceles triangular plates" was presented at Queen's University in the 10th Symposium on Engineering Applications of Mechanics. The second, entitled "A simplified analytically exact solution to the free vibration problem of S.C.S. right triangular thin plates" was presented at the University of Toronto in the CSME mechanical Engineering Forum. The full papers were published in the refereed conference proceedings. The Accidental Tourist turned Coach Dr. Ian Newhouse, School of Physical Education, had a pleasant diversion while vacationing in Malaysia with his wife last August. The National Track and Field team invited him to conduct a clinic which he happily did. Discussions with sport administrators, coaches, athletes and academics from Malaysia revealed that the exchange of information is mutually beneficial and further exchanges would be welcome. The AgorA Ap_ologi,zes People's Choice Award Winner Barbara Baird In the May issue of the AgorA the Lakehead University Juried Student Exhibition People's Choice Award Winner was incorrectly identified. Local artist Barbara Baird won the award for her piece ''Barb's Grocery Store". We apologize for the error. October 1991 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGORA Page7 �A F~~~:!:1ho~!~b!:1!!~~~A••=~~~-~=~!~glwas view about the Job of being a university president. Into the being _set up with some r~a,rd-breaking d~ of aPP!'mtments and sea,nd year of his second 5-year term, he acquiesced and functions to attend. I quickly learned that it was 1ust an average gave his husky consent: "September 9th is good. Meet me day in the life of this university president. by Katherine Shedden 7 am Where can he be? His maroon station wagon with the LU stickers is in the lot but he is definitely not with the Board of Directors of Ontario Hydro, the breakfast meeting I had just crashed. With a little more digging I discover that Dr. Bob, Gary Locker and another 8 people are having a private meeting. With a wry smile I sit down and begin my day of shadowing the "man at the top". The conversation (contents private at this point) is businesslike but friendly and long-term strategic planning is discussed with a most efficient Chair drawing comments from all attendees. There is a sense that when Bob Rosehart gives an opinion it's worthy of serious consideration. 8:30 am It was coming out of his first meeting that I started to understand that Bob Rosehart conducts a lot of business in the halls, parking lots and stairwells. He had a quick chat with Pat O'Brien, Thunder Bay Hydro, Pat Forest, City of Thunder Bay, and then announced that we should get to LU for his "morning ritual". 8:40 am The morning ritual is to check in at the office with his secretary Linda Phillips (secretary, in fact, to all four presidents and Dr. Braun before them) and then "go down stairs and check the enrolment stats". A quick walk to the Registrar's Office reveals that today's totals are not quite ready. He checks the day's appointments on his computer, glances at his mail, has a brief personal conversation with Linda, mutters he's catchinlfa cold, probably from so many dunkings at the Jaycette's fundraiser in Westfort on Sunday ("next time John Russell can go"), returns two telephone calls and doesn't reach anyone. 8:55 am Linda comes back in and says the father of a student wants to meet with him. They agree on a time and he asks her to get the student's transcript. He continues with his mail, laughs out loud, jumps up and heads down the hall. Oue: follow this man. He gives a form to his new assistant Martha Gingerich and discusses the room change for the senate executive meeting. 9:00 am Catches someone in the office, consults his calendar, and his impressive memory goes to work as names and figures fall off his tongue. The conversation is quite long and obviously about fundraising strategies. Suddenly, without notice, he's out wandering the halls again. As I make my second mistake of the day by not following him, I deduce that a more dedicated journalist would ask his mother if he was hyperactive as a child. 9:15 am He's back and on the phone again. "What's new?" This side of the conversation is about Japan, Russian students, cheaps fares, an Esso station that sells ice-cream and evening courses. Dan Pakulak would be a good guess. 9:28 am Phones the Registrar and a litany of exclamations follows: "Holy", "Today will be heavy'', "A price on your head", "The starter works like a charm", "That would be up300!" 9:31 am We're in the Senate Chambers at the Senate executive meeting. He introduced Martha, who is charged Pages with all minutes, and quickly the 14 or so faculty, students and administrators are reporting from their committees with Rosehart making summaries and talking about space pressures and timetable changes, and students in the halls and a lack of chalk and "the inevitable chaos" for a few days. There was more exchange about the upcoming OCUA hearings, transfer programs, budget reductions, the undergraduate learning experiences, registration stats and promotional materials. The meeting is adjourned and he goes over to a slightly overwhelmed Martha and fills in a few of the blanks. 10:28 -11 am I discover where he went earlier in the morning: the Regional Education Centre. I shall always refer to the next scene as the Chalk Fiasco. When we look back on the presidential annals, some will roll their eyes upward and argue that Rosehart got too involved in the day to day operations of Lakehead University and others will defend his actions as a true sign of his dedication to the small and big problems of being at the helm of a university. The record will always show, however, that on the first day of class in 1991, Dr. Bob Rosehart had discovered a brand new building overflowing with students and no chalk! He spotted the problem at 9:23 am and was returning to the scene of the crime only to discover that the crime was still in progress. It is also true that witnesses now included Peter Kerr, Jim Podd, Gonzo, Jimmy, Ian Middleton, who just happened to be walking by, and an unidentified secretary. The next half-hour resembles a Hercule Poirot investigation: up the elevator, into the classrooms, search for chalk, down the elevators, up the stairs, into classrooms, over to Campus Development, back to the classroom a few conversations and finally a case of chalk. He never raised his voice but like a badger, he never let go. 11 am Back in his office for a meeting with The Honourable John Gogo, Minister of Advanced Education for Alberta, Deputy Minister Lynne Duncan and Assistant Dr. Bill Workman, about transfer programs between colleges and universities and challenges unique to smaller, isolated northern universities. Next is a tour of the campus including many of the engineering laboratories followed by lunch. 1:30 pm A meeting begins with members from various schools that offer transfer programs. 1:30 - 2:30 pm We part company while I check into my office and I later discover he had returned to the new building and chewed the fat with a tradesman about some alumimum problem, talked to the VP Administration about the specs, wandered in the halls a bit and saw the baby of one of his staff. 2:45 pm checked in with Linda about how the Ontario Work Study Program worked and how he really needed help with his "research files". He's at his desk going through the mound of mail and suddenly is out in the halls again. 2:46 pm The Dean and a Director arrive for their appointment about a potential problem with a student and parent. They discuss "attitude" and "the bottom line" and leave. 2:50 pm The SAIT and NAIT 5th year engineering students arrive for their meeting with the Alberta Ministers and Dr. Bob goes back to the Registrar's Office and bumps into Jim Smithers whom he invites upstairs to the meeting. 3:15 pm Back in the office and a great conversation is in full swing. Smithers gives his impromptu Mackenzie presen- AGORA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - October 1991 �tation and Syd Halter, a Board of Governors representative (and engineer) wrap up the meeting. He signs a few letters and then invites Mr. Halter for a tour of the new buildings. Enroute he has information exchanges with two Directors and goes back to the trades people about the earlier problem. He spots a student about to use the wheelchair ramp and asks her how it's been working. 4 pm Back in the office, rifles through Llnda's papers, returns another call and looks ready to bolt again. 4:10 pm After another short call I seize the opportunity to ask him a few questions about his life outside the office. He quickly identifies camp as his only real retreat. Says he's a Blue Jays fan but doesn't watch much TV. Reads a couple of newspapers daily and the odd mag, skis in the winter and will only go fishing if the fish bite within 20 minutes. He's currently restoring a sports car which is a challenge he enjoys. Bob and Rita, his wife of 24 years, share their home with two dogs and two cats and their 15 year old daughter Karen, who is at least partly responsible for the growing menagerie. Two older sons are away at university which was the signal for Rita to return to university and complete her degree. She's in the general Arts program and "enjoying it tremendously''. Rita Rosehart likes to stay in the background and "just go along with things". She agrees that her husband is completely dedicated to the University and his community organizations. "When we came to Thunder Bay 20 years ago we thought we would stay five years. Things just happened and now this is our home and we love it here." 4:20 pm He updates Fred Poulter on the aluminum situation . He announces that he's going home to shower and change and to meet him in one hour at the Valhalla Ballroom. I ask him how many receptions and dinners he usually goes to. "2 or 3 a week where I usually get to meet and talk to the same people who were at the previous function" he chuckles. 1 1:11111::1: 1:1111:1:1111111:1'1:111111111111:1:1:11111111:11111:1:111:111:1:1:1: :1: :1:1:1: 1 : 111:1111:1 11~11:1 111~1 Sharing a laugh with the Alberta Minister. :lilil li:11:: : 11:11:1:111:11:1~ 5:30 pm Miraculously we arrive together. Dr. Rosehart is a very well-known figure and his friendships and acquaintances are wide and far reaching. At one time he sat on a great many Boards "but found it necessary to drastically reduce that commitment". He travels out of town once a month as a member of the Premier's Council on Economic Recovery. Much of his work as the Chief Negotiator for Ontario with the Nishnawbe Aski First Nations is in town. He's an invited speaker once or twice a month and will be doing more travelling with the Share Our Northern Vision Campaign. He seems a little nostalgic that he won't teach a course in chemical engineering this year - the first time in 15 years. Back mingling at the Ontario Hydro Reception and laughing about staying away from high calorie hors d'oeuvres. As I return with my cauliflower, I think of the Newfoundland expression, ''Tiiere he was, gone." It's 7:14 pm. The next day Exercising his sometimes-style of brevity, his answer to what did you do the rest of the day was: ''Went home, went grocery shopping with my wife to Safeway, helped my daughter with her science homework, watched five minutes of the Dallas Cowboys, five minutes of the Jays' game and went to bed." He probably dreamed about chalk. While on a tour he actually bumps into his wife who is talking with Peter Levis. October1991 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AGORA Page9 �Mark the English Lecture Series on your Calendar The Department of English is again sponsoring its annual series of free public lectures. These onehour presentations, designed for a general audience interested in literature, will be held in the Ryan Building, Room 1022 and will begin at 7:30p.m. Monday, November 25 Multiple Voices, Multiple Truths? An Exploration of Michael Ondaatje's in the Skin of the Lion Professor Joan Dolphin Monday, January 27 A View from the Roof: A Song from the Window Noreen Ivancic, Confederation College Wednesday, October 16 Sleeping with the Giants: Bringing Oassical Theatre To Northwestern Ontario Michael McLaughlin, Artistic Director, Magnus Theatre Monday, March 2 Thoreau's Water Music: Reflections on Cape Cod Dr. William Heath Monday, October 28 Turkish Delight English Daily in Turkey -1990 Dr. George Merrill For further information about the series, please contact Kim Fedderson at 343-8292. Ontario colleges and universities hold hearings in Thunder Bay Lakehead University and Confederation College hosted the OCUA hearings entitled "Permeable Boundaries, the CAAT-University interface" on September 20, 1991. Above, Dr. George Segal, President of the Council of Ontario Universities, and Dr. John Whitfield, Vice-President (Academic) share a story between sessions. In anticipation of the final report by the Commission of Inquiry on University Education, senior administrators from many universities and colleges across Ontario met in Thunder Bay to discuss existing and proposed changes at colleges and universities which give students more mobility and greater options. From the presentations, it was clear that administrators recognize the changing makeup of the student population, the importance of transfer programs, recognition of each other's courses and the increased need for joint university-college programs. Of great interest to all members of post-secondary institutions is the release of the Smith Report in October and an upcoming feature in MacLeans magazine. Enter your Group of Seven runners, classmates, co-workers (or somewhat mobile human beings) for the 3rd Annual Group of Seven Relay. Each team will cover a 10.7 km route in and around Lakehead Campus with individual segments ranging from 0.7 to 2.7 km. Prizes will be awarded the Magnificent Seven who are first to cross the line in the following categories: ,.Open male ,. Open female ,. Co-ed (2 or more runners must be women) ,. Masters (combined ages must be over 277) ,. High School ,.Corporate - The first 7 teams to register will receive free "Polo" shirts or T-shirts -1st place team in Open Women receives "Gucci" watches while 1st Place Open Men receives "Rolex" watches - The group with the most teams entered will take home the Intramural Participation Trophy - The team with the best uniforms will win the fashion statement award - Free lunch with Seven-up and additional draw prizes at the awards ceremony For further information call: Intramural Office 343-8808 Page 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A G O R A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - October 1991 �Last Writes Letterbag by Katherine Shedden Thanks for your help Dear Mr. Kerr: Our family was very impressed by your cooperation when we arrived at Lakehead University on August 30, and had a problem with moving our daughter into residence. . You immediately took it upon yourself to help us out with our dilemma, and we were able to move Karla's possessions into residence. We would like to thank you and all of the administration members that we met on that Friday. All of the staff were very friendly and helpful. Karla has called and she loves the new residences and has said too, that the staff is very friendly and helpful. Good luck in the new school year, and thank you again. Irene and Gene Woodsit Greetings from Singapore It's everything you said it was, but not quite as cheap as you remember. What a place. We are really enjoying ourselves. There is a desperate demand for ESL teachers. Seems the whole world wants to learn English or Japanese - of which I speak neither, according to a cabbie this week. He admired our good English - explained that was our native language and said "No, you speak Canadian". Informed us that USA speaks American, evidenced by Nite and Center and no one was changing his mind! Cheers! Bev (Stefureak) who is on a 1-year travel leave And from Siberia . . Greetings from the Palace of Trade Umons m Irkutsk. Lake Baikal is beyond my wildest expectations. Siberia is so beautiful, not at all what you think it's like. Also hot and sunny. Sean Isaac (LU student and member of the Superior-Baikal kayak exchange) Thanks Alumni Dear Frances, I would appreciate it very much if you could express my sincere thanks to the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association for the equipment for two new library listening posts which are now up and running for the fall term. Thanks to that generous assistance, the listening library is a particularly well-equipped part of our facility; students have access to topdrawer recording and playback equipment, and we are able to · avoid the long line-ups for equipment which are a feature of so many university music libraries. Dr. Glen Carruthers Chairman, Department of Music (Photo below shows a few music students in front of the "on budget, on schedule" Music and Visual Arts Building which is scheduled for spring occupancy by faculty and students.) =--- October 1991 Incessantly, persistently, relentlessly, the information/media age bombards us with pictures and data from groups and organizations across the country, across the world; environmentalists, political lobbyists, bureaucrats, politicians, war correspondents, cultural groups, protesters, combatants, newscasters, refugees, disc jockeys and veejays. That's the opening paragraph of a news _release about the return of Distant Voices, a Canadian television series which promises an alternative - "a soft and quiet voice; a voice of storytellers, of hunters and trappers, of swimmers and biologists, of social activists and teachers and entrepreneurs, the voice of distant Canadians, the people of the North". As a fed up and then put up or shut up member of the disenchanted-with-television group, I went so far as to remove the television set from my house for one year. Perhaps it was the incessant, persistant, relentless and often mindless smorgasbord on my screen - and I didn't even have cable or a satellite dish! Sure, there were some good programs but the will to carefully select seemed to have turned to pablum. When a fancy television was presented as a family gift, the deal we worked out gave the set to the kids but the remote to me. And so, it was during the early days of careful monitoring of quality and quantity that I fell in love with TVOntario. I loved the lack of commercials, the mouldy oldies on Fridays, the magnificent nature, music and history shows and those somewhat erotic films in romantic foreign languages. What is especially endearing about the upcoming segments is the strong tie to Lakehead University and people we know and respect. ~e show is hosted by Sist~r Eva Solomon who gives the senes strength and compassion. LU alumna and historian Elinor Barr is the associate producer. The fall series is listed below with a reminder not to miss upcoming interviews with Robert Paterson, Heather Anderson and Bruce Hyer. DISTANT VOICES airs Thursdays at 7:30 pm on TVOntario. October 3 - Ari Lahdekorpi, Finnish-Gmadian jazz guitarist October 10 - Robert Paterson, the family business and tradition October 17 -Steve Gresham, full-time trapper tries to make a living October 24 - Claire Trahan, North Bay crusader for the handicapped October 31 - Jim Tester, labour leader and retired miner November 7 - Tami Saj, Thunder Bay Olympic athlete with spina bifida November 14 - Steve Mantis, log house builder and spokesperson for the Injured Workers Support Group November 21 - Kelly Roy, lawyer from Manitoulin Island and advocate of a non-adversarial justice system November 28 - Art Solomon, Ojibway spiritual leader and elder who has worked extensively with native inmates December 5 - Heather Anderson, Lakehead University staff, shares her experiences getting established as a business entrepreneur (computerized mapping) and the obstacles encountered as a disabled person. Left to right: Rob Hole, Owen Duncliffe, Kellie, Hotson, Glen Ca"uthers, Ron Scott, Matt Klassen, Paul Acree AGORA Page 11 �Campus Calendar To include your Department's event or activity in the Campus Calendar, please call the Information Office at 8300 or mail your information to SN1002. Deadline for the November Agora is October 21, 1991. The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce presents CDC's Patrick Watson Chamber Fall Meeting Thursday,October17,1991 Stel Red Oak Inn Reception: 5:00 pm Dinner: 6:00 pm Ticket Prices: Members - $35.00 Non-Members - $40.00 Special Student Rate - $25.00 Register before October 11, 1991 at 622-9642 Thunder Bay Art Gallery September 6 - October 13 Allen Smutylo: Works on Paper Organized by the Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery September 6 - October 6 Judy Martin Regional Artists Series September 13 - October 13 Christopher Columbus: The Genoese Italian Cultural Institute and the Consulate General of Italy October 1 - November 3 4 Hours and 38 Minutes: Videotapes b) Steel and Tomczak Art Gallery of Ontario October 18 - November 17 Recent Acquisitions TBAG October 11-November 10 Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture and Works on Paper Art Gallery of Ontario October 11-November 6 and Nov. 21December 15 Benjamin Chee Chee TBAG Monday, 7 to Friday, 11 INTERNATIONAL CRAFT SALE Concourse Confederation College 9:00 am - 9:00 pm Monday, 7 FREE PUBLIC LECTURE Speaker: Katherine Dunbabin, Professor of Oassical Art and Archaeology, McMaster University Topic: The Evil Eye in Antiquity: Amulets, Symbols, Methods of Protection Senate Chambers - 8:00 pm Wednesday, 16 FREE PUBLIC LECTURE Speaker: Michael McLaughlin, Artistic Director, Magnus Theatre Topic: Sleeping with the Giants: Bringing Classical Theatre to Northwestern Ontario Ryan Building, Rm 1022 - 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 17 FREE PUBLIC LECTURE Speaker: Dr. Larry Black Director, Centre for Canadian-Soviet Studies Carleton University Topic: The Soviet Union Today: The Danger of Inter-Ethnic Conflict Lecture Theatre (UC-0050) - 8:00 pm Tuesday, 22 Senate Meeting - 9:30 a.m. Monday, 28 FREE PUBLIC LECTURE Speaker: Dr. George Merrill Topic: Turkish Delight The English Daily in Turkey-1990 Ryan Building, Rm 1022 - 7:30 p.m. AT THE FIELDHOUSE October 11/12 Pizza Hut High School Girls Basketball Tournament October19 John Zanatta Alumni Basketball - Women 6:00 pm, Men 8:00 pm October 25-27 Pizza Hut Women's Basketball Tournament, Men's Basketball vs. Laurentian Cornwall Concert Series 199V92 All Concerts are held in the Recital Hall, 210 S. Algoma St. and are on Tuesdays at 12:30 PM unless otherwise noted. Tickets are available at the door. October 8/91 Krista Buckland, violin (winner of the 1991 Eckhardt-Gramatte Competition); Lydia Wong, piano $5.00 October 22/91 Doris Dungan, flute; Sean Mundy, guitar; Heather Morrison, piano Free November 5/91 Mary Whicher, soprano; Marcella Smithers, piano. Free ---~- ~Agorl\ The AGORA is produced by the Information Office, Department of External Relations, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is published monthly (except August), and is distributed free of charge to the University's faculty and staff, local government, media, business and friends of the University. Credit is appreciated when material is reproduced or quoted. Director of External Relations: John Russell, Editor: Katherine Shedden Assistant: Denise Bruley Calendar: Lynn Spenceley Photography: Peter Puna Graphics: B. 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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.8 No.9 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This issue of the Agora contains a report from the President, research news (blue pages), and updates from around the 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 1991-10 Agora Agora Magazine https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/f24ce8397cd8000b77281e17998bf951.pdf 97659e910268a10a3da2aadce2eda86f PDF Text Text Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada June 1998, Vol.15, No. 6 ISSN 0828-6225 Dr. John Whitfield presided over an historic moment when Suzanne Barker-Collo, Lakehead's first student to graduate from the PhD program in Clinical Psychology, crossed the stage, greeted Chancellor Lois Wilson and accepted her diploma. Photo: Peter Puna CONVOCATION '98 Margaret Atwood began her Convocation address by listing several things she learned during her formative years on the shores of Lake Superior. INSIDE In Memoriam: Dr. Gerry Vervoort ... 5 Meeting the CFI Challenge ... 6 Dr. Thomas Dunk and Dr. Randle Nelsen ... 7 She said: "The reason these things were instrumental in my becoming a writer is that if I hadn't learned them reasonably well, I wouldn't have grown up to become anything at all. In addition, they do have some application to success in socalled real life. For instance, "Do not feed the bears, they are not tame animals" is a good thing to remember when dealing with journalists, and "Don't swim out so far that you can't get back" is handy when investing in the stock market; while "Don't stand under falling trees" is applicable to lawsuits, politicians in an election year, and business dealings in general " The entire text of her address will be published in the fall issue of the Nor 'Wester. �2 1998 CONVOCATION MARSHALL$ /.!~-~· Convocation is A Family Affair Pentti Paularinne has organized 19 Convocations as part of his job as Registrar; but never one where a one of his childran has graduated. This year his daughter Sarah graduated with a BA (Geography) - the same degree that Pentti received 30 years ago in 1968! Nancy Luckai Therese Lim Josephine Boucher Diane Thompson Marie Keeler Susan Lester John DeGiacomo Brian Whitfield Charisse Whitfield Linda Harkonen Susan Dubeau Rob Reukl Karen Poole Sandi Covino Marilee Nowgesic Brian Holm Petra Holm Patricia Sevean Lee Tracz Evadne Benson Lindsay A. Menard Dr. Gary Murchison Susan Childs Florence Johnston, a teacher and a community leader in Thunder Bay, was made a Fellow of Lakehead University this year. Surrounding her are (l-r) Mary Jane Irving, Unda Johnston, Charlie Johnston, Joanna Oreziak, Paul Johnston, Tim Johnston, Gordon Johnston, and Wayne Irving. (Charlie, Tim, Gordon and Paul are Florence Johnston's sons). A very pregnant Constance Danielson attended Convocation with her father Frederick Nowagesic and her best friend Shelly Poluchowicz by her side. Her graatest fear; she said, was having her water break on stage! Danielson credits her husband and parents for helping her through the degree program. This family photo begins with a Fellow of Lakehead University, The Honourable Mr. Justice John F. McCartney (left), and ends with the 1998 recipient of the prestigious Alumni Honour Award, John Valley (right). Between them ara Susan McCartney, Kirsten Addison, Neil McCartney, Barb Viehbeck, Donalds Murray, Dr. Gavin Cameron, Maureen McCartney-Cameron, Cathy Pickard, John McCartney, and Myra Valley. Lalcehtad Univenity, June, 1998 Bob Ange/l's sister Leslee Hegge, who lives and works in Geraldton, completed the requirements for her Master's degree in Social Worl< by Distance Education. Chair of the Board of Governors Maureen Doig with her son Michael. �3 ----------------------------tN•k§-1 A Message To Dr. John Whitfield I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Dr. John Whitfield for stepping in on short notice and guiding us through this past year. Front Row (1-r) Roberta Jamieson, Dr. John Whitfield, Rev. Lois Wilson, Maureen Doig, Margaret Atwood; Middle Row (1-r) Florence Johnston, T. Sher Singh, James MacGregor, Dr. Henri Saliba, Joy Himmelman, Dr. George Merrill; Back Row (1-r) Pentti Paularinne, The Honourable Mr. Justice John McCartney, Dr. David Kemp, John Valley, Dr. Connie Nelson, Dr. Bahram Dadgostar, Dr. Fentey Scott, Dr. Jim Gellert, Dr. David Euler "You have the power to shape your lives and surroundings. You have the power to determine how you are going to treat other people. You have the power to create change in your communities. You have the power to determine how you spend your time. You have the power to generate a vision for the future, to share it with others, to work towards making your vision a reality." John has worked very hard on behalf of Lakehead University. He has done an excellent job of representing Lakehead on the provincial scene and has lobbied effectively to address the funding inequities that exist within the system. I know that all my fellow Board members, and indeed the entire University community, join me in expressing our gratitude for your tireless effort and commitment. Thanks John! £ . ~ 7--::.:.__ ~1~LLJ) Chair, Board of Governors - Roberta Jamieson, May, 1998 -$ Corinne Fox (left) and Shawna Hickey were presented with The Poulin Award by Steve Hessian, first vicechair of the Board of Governors. The Poulin Award is given to the student selected by her fellows, the faculty and administration as contributing most to the welfare of the University through her student activities. Please Note The Agora will not be published during the months of July and August. The next issue will be published September 15, 1998. Lauluad Unn,erm,, Jruu, 1998 �4 In Memoriam An Update from the President Dr. Gerry Vervoort, Professor of Education and Mathematics, died unexpectedly on May 19, 1998. Our deepest condolences are extended to his wife, Professor Patricia Vervoort, and his two daughters. Also, two retirees recently passed away. Dr. Agha Akram died in Pakistan. Dr. Akram was a long-time member of the Department of Psychology and was active in the affairs of the University. Mr. George Takahashi died on May 27, 1998. He worked for Campus Development until his retirement 14 years ago. Our sympathy is extended to their families. Dr. John Whitfield Convocation Survey of Non-Returning Students Convocation '98 was a success. Nearly 2,000 degrees and diplomas were awarded. The graduates, parents, and families were all positive and congratulatory about the ceremony. In February, Enrolment Management conducted a survey of undergraduate students who were enrolled in the 1996-97 academic year and did not return this academic year. The objective was to determine the reasons why the students did not return. In particular, the students were asked to indicate their level of satisfaction with various services offered by the University. Although the response indicated a high level of satisfaction with these services, there is room, as always, for improvement. A special thank you to: D our honorary graduates and university fellows for distinguishing us with their presence and participation; D Chancellor Lois Wilson for her unfailing attentiveness and cheery greetings to graduates; D the Registrar and his staff for arranging and co-ordinating the event; and Finally, this is my last "Update" I would like to thank the University community for its support and encouragement during this past year. It is a privilege to serve in this capacity. A copy of a summary of the survey is available from the Director of Enrolment Management, Mrs. Kerrie-Lee Clarke. D the Alumni volunteers who assisted as marshals. This year was Dr. George Merrill's 33rd Convocation and, once again, he led the graduating class into the auditorium carrying the 42-lb. Mace - a traditional symbol of the University's authority. Helping him with his robes are Luci Andreacchi, secretary to the registrar. and Dr. Jim Gellert, acting vice-president (academic). Lakehead Unil'emty, June, 1998 Kristine Carey; alumni assistant, puts the finishing touches on the Alumni Association display. By the end of the day the Office of Alumni Services had taken in more than $11,000, mainly from the sale of diploma frames. Proud employees and now graduates: Bill Keeler, athletic facilities supervisor. and Madge Chan, liaison secretary. �5 ---------------------------,-,fi•l;&I LAKEHEAD TEAM RAISES $1300 FOR SHELTER House and secondary school students. Competent mathematics teachers were of concern to Gerry. He was also proud of the accomplishments of his students. IN MEMORIAM by Cheryl Balacko Dr. Vervoort published 12 books and numerous articles, and delivered several papers in many countries. He was particularly proud of three series of texts: Calculator Activities for the Classroom, Calculator Mathematics, andMathways Seven and Eight. Many thanks to the Lakehead University Shelter House Relay Team for braving the cold damp weather, walking for 24 hours and raising almost $ 1300 for the Shelter House during the last weekend in May. A big "Thank You" goes to all of those who sponsored team members and especially to Bill and Tom Bragnalo for bringing the tent and pennants, and to Nonna Gibson who not only stayed for 24 hours, but was there for Friday night set-up and Sunday take-down. Relay Team members were: Shirley Richter (Residence), Gail Everall (Print Shop), Geraldine White (Leaming Assistance Center), Kathy Webb (Intersection), Becky Hurley (Bookstore), Bill Bragnalo (Human Resources), Betty Hygaard (Community Relations), Maggie Bragnalo (Tom's mother), Denise Bndey (Community Relations), Marie Ferguson (Switchboard), Susan Vlitala (Human Resources), Heather Williams (Payroll), Nonna Gibson (Switchboard-Emeritus), Cheryl Balacko (Bookstore). Helping out the team members were family and friends who walked and visited. Thanks also should go to Jody GrahamShelter House Fundraiser (Daughter-inlaw to Ann Graham-Payroll) who kept us all 'on track' and always makes the Lakehead Team feel special. Thanks to Community Relations for providing T-Shirts and sponsoring the team for the registration. If anyone is interested in being on next year's team, contact Denise Bruley or Cheryl Balacko (we are looking for a Team Captain). A great time was had by all and we look forward to doing the 24 Hour Shelter House Relay next year. Thanks to all who contributed time and money to a worthy cause. Dr. Gerardus (Gerry) Vervoort Professor of Mathematics and Education On May 19, 1998, Lakehead University and Northwestern Ontario communities lost a valued educator and friend, Dr. Gerry Vervoort. Born in Utrecht, Netherlands, in 1933, Gerry moved to Canada in 1955. Following the completion of his PhD. in Mathematics at the University of Iowa in 1970, Gerry accepted a joint appointment in Education and Mathematics in 1970 at Lakehead University. In 1981, he was promoted to the rank of professor. He was active in university affairs through participation in committees and was president of the Lakehead University Faculty Association from 19901991. Gerry's passion and commitment to mathematics education was reflected in his work not only at Lakehead University but also throughout Northwestern Ontario. His willingness to conduct and participate in workshops was unending. One of his primary commitments was quality mathematics instruction for elementary All Gerry needed was a scrap piece of paper to present a math problem. Such challenges were often typical of first and subsequent encounters. Whether or not a successful solution was obtained, one was hesitant to inquire about the problem. It might have been at a grade 5 level! Gerry also enjoyed coffee breaks with friends and colleagues. Mathematics was not his entire life. Gerry valued his wife, Pat, and daughters, Marike and Amy. He proudly anticipated reunions with his eight brothers and sisters. Gerry will be missed by many but his efforts will carry on through the lives he touched. - Dr. Jim Haines, Faculty of Education Those who wish to celebrate Gerry's contributions to education, both at Lakehead University and in Northwestem Ontario, are invited to make a contribution to the Gerry Vervoort Memorial Bursary. Cheques should be made payable to "Lakehead University" and sent to the Development Office, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 5£1. Tax receipts will be issued. Headstart August 6-7, 1998 City Bus Tour - Thursday Aug.6 at 10 a.m. Check-in/Registration at Bartley Residence 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Headstart Parent Orlentaton Session - Thursday Aug. 6th at 2 p.m. Reception in Faculty Lounge for Parents - 4 p.m. BBQ for Parents in Faculty Lounge - 5:30 p.m. Campus Tour - Friday, Aug. 7 at 11 a.m. Farewell Luncheon (with the students) - Friday Aug. 7 - Main Cafeteria at 1 p.m. Lahh«lll Uniffniq, Jun•, 1998 �6 Lakehead Prepares to Meet the CFI Challenge by Kris Ketonen Lakehead University has the opportunity to launch a significant upgrade to its research infrastructure thanks to the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and its mandate to increase the research capability of institutions across the country. Some 18 initiatives within the University have been targeted says Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Dr. Connie Nelson. Lakehead has the chance to access $1.79 million (which is 40 per cent of the total needed) through the Research Development Fund of CFI. The remaining funds can be matched through a variety of private sector and provincial and federal government programs. The provincial government has recently announced that they will commit $135 million to provide 40 per cent matching dollars for initial CFI applications. Lakehead' s proposals involve many departments and a broad spectrum of research. The Department of Anthropology, for example, is proposing an Applied Archeology Unit and a Paleo-DNA Laboratory. The Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment, the School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks & Tourism, and the Departments of Geography and Anthropology are actively supporting an Interdisciplinary Modular Geographic Information Systems Research Training Laboratory. Also included on the list are initiatives such as a Scanning Electron Microscope, a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Instrument, a Field Research Laboratory in Conservation Ecology, Pulp and Paper Laboratory Equipment, a Research Centre for Materials for Process Control, and Advanced Materials for Applied Optics Research. "Industrial support for Lakehead's CFI initiatives can result in a win-win situation for both the particular industry and Lakehead University," says Nelson. Lauhtad Univ1nily, Jwu, 1998 "When corporations or companies come to Lakehead to seek expertise for research and development work, we'll have state-of-theart equipment for addressing their needs. "This is an excellent opportunity to renew and refocus our research capacities in ways that address Lakehead' s research strengths." "Another benefit is the fact that students being trained with the new infrastructure will be trained on the most up-to-date and advanced equipment. And they'll be better prepared to enter the workforce." Due to the persistent and chronic underfunding of universities in the last few years, the CFI represents the first new real opportunity to renew Lakehead's research infrastructure. "The renewal of research infrastructure must be accompanied by a commitment from the university for enhanced technical support staff and available funding for ongoing maintenance." - Dr. Connie Nelson Dean of Graduate Studies and Research �7 With universities all across Canada facing large cuts in funding, and Ontario universities talcing the biggest bit of all with grant reductions in excess of 15 per cent over two years, the Canada Foundation for Innovation becomes a significant entity. The Canada Foundation for Innovation emphasizes areas such as health, environment and energy. It lists not only universities, but also colleges, hospitals and notfor-profit organizations which have demonstrated their capability to conduct research as eligible for funding to increase research infrastructure. Infrastructure, in turn, is defined as equipment, specimens, scientific collections, computer software, information databases, communication linkages, or other researchoriented properties. In accordance with its mandate, the CFI is designed to address institutional research infrastructure that focuses on areas of special research strengths and expertise. To determine eligibility for funding, all proposals are evaluated according to three criteria: ABOUT THE CFI "The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is an independent corporation established by the federal government to strengthen Canadian capability for research.... "The CFI's mandate is to increase the capability of Canadian universities, colleges, hospitals, and other not-for-profit institutions to carry out important world-class scientific research and technology development. ... "The CFI was established by the federal government with an up-front investment of $800 million. This principal amount and accrued interest will enable the Foundation to contribute, on average, about $180 million annually over five years to research infrastructure projects. The CFI will target its investment at key needs in the areas of health, environment, science, and engineering.... "The Foundation's contributions are expected to average 40 per cent of total eligible project costs, but will not exceed 50 per cent for an individual project. On this basis, funding for the total investment by the Foundation and its partners should exceed $2 billion." www.innovation.ca -- the quality of research and suitability of the infrastructure (including the track record of the researchers and the originality and innovation of the research itself); -- the contribution to strengthening the capacity for innovation within the institution, -- the potential benefits of the research to Canada. Each initiative was first approved by Lakehead's Senate Research Committee for scientific meriL Nelson adds a note of caution when she emphasizes that, ''The renewal of research infrastructure must be accompanied by a commitment from the University for enhanced technical support staff and available funding for ongoing maintenance." Success in the CFI opportunities, she says, demands a team approach. "We have a lot of energy, time and commitment being directed right now to meeting the CFI challenge." This article was written by Kris Ketonen, one of several Lakehead students taking part in a student writing program sponsored by The Chronicle-Journal. Lauluad Univermy, June, 1998 �8 The Training Trap Ideology, Training and the Labour Market In the early 1990s two Lakehead sociology professors, Dr. Thomas Dunk and Dr. Randle Nelsen, were discussing the plight of a neighbour who had been laid off from a local paper mill. Both men understood the dilemma of the unemployed worker who had little or no experience outside the mill, Nelsen having lived in Thunder Bay since 1976 and Dunk having grown up in Thunder Bay and himself a former grain elevator and paper mill worker. What emerged from their discussion was a coauthored article titled "After the Mill Closed: Retraining for What?" (1993). In the article, the two professors examined the logic of re-training as a solution to the problem of under/unemployment and they explored why and how this logic has become a dominant ideological force in the 1990s. Re-training, they concluded, was insufficient as a solution because structural, economic and geographical influences also strongly impact on under/unemployment and the possibility of re-training. At the same time, Dunk and Nelsen began a broader examination of approaches to dealing with under and unemployment. Together with Dr. Stephen McBride, formerly of Lalcehead and now Chair and Professor in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University, they applied for and received a SSHRCC Strategic Initiatives grant to examine the emergence of training as the reigning orthodoxy in labour market policy. The first product of this project was a book coedited by the threesome entitled The Training Trap: Ideology, Training and the Labour Market. The essays in the book seek to understand and criticize the current vogue for training as the primary component of state labour market policy. They situate it in the context of a diminishing welfare state and extensive deregulation which places more onus for employment and income onto individuals. In the wake of the high unemployment rates of the Great Depression, between the 1940s and the late 1970s unemployment, underemployment, and low wages were viewed by many policy makers as problems inherent in market driven capitalist economies. Welfare and relatively generous unemployment insurance schemes were seen as necessary to protect individuals against forces and events that were largely beyond their control, and various government initiatives aimed to promote full employment. But with the high inflation, low growth rates, and growing government deficits of the 1970s and 1980s, critics began to argue that welfare, unemployment insurance and government efforts to maintain full employment were themselves problems, especially insofar as they protected individuals from having to adjust to labour market "realities." In Canada and many other Western nations non-market sources of income have been curtailed to various degrees. State policies with regard to unemployment and underemployment have increasingly emphasized "active" measures such as workfare, education and training, all of which are aimed at "adjusting" individual workers, rather than direct state efforts to increase employment levels. Dr. Thomas Dunk Dr. Randle Nelsen What they find contentious is the claim that more and more training is the solution to a growing range of disturbing economic and social maladies None of the authors in the collection question the value of education and training per se. What they find contentious is the claim that more and more training is the solution to a growing range of disturbing economic and social maladies, and that this is all the state should be doing to help unemployed, underemployed and low-waged workers. The success of training schemes in industrial adjustment situations is contested and seems to be related to factors other than the training itself, especially local or regional rates of unemployment. Moreover, a significant portion of the workforce is already overeducated for the jobs they have. Sociologists and anthropologists have convincingly demonstrated that skill and knowledge are not straightforward terms. What counts as skill depends on whose definition is used and in actual societies ideas about who is and who is not skilled and how much their labour is worth are connected to societal-wide prejudices based on gender, race, ethnicity, and age. Workers, labour organizations and community groups often have very different ideas about what skills are necessary to create a better society than do employers whose vision of education and skill is very often rather narrow, being concerned as they naturally are with the corporate bottom-line. Furthermore, at least some of the current corporate concern with educational reform and state promotion of training and workfare may be an attempt to shift the cost of learning workplace specific skills from the private sector, where much firmspecific training used to happen, on to the public. The power of what Dunk and Nelsen call the ideology of the market to define educational and training needs has implications beyond the training debates. In 1997, Nelson edited a reader entitled Inside Canadian Universities: Another Day at the Plant which examines the impact of economics and economic ideology on one of the supposed last bastions of free thinking -- universities. Dunk and McBride are currently working on a text tentatively entitled Remaking the Working Class which analyses the effect of the training and industrial adjustment process on working-class culture and consciousness. ... continued on page 9 Lalcehead University, June, 1998 �9 DR. PETER DUINKER named Professor and Director of the School for Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University The Training Trap continued from p. 8 When Dr. Peter Duinker reflects on the last decade of his life at Lakehead, he remembers the "scholarly joy" he's had combining "the theoretical stuff with the very practical policy work." It would appear that the welfare state, the working class, and the university system are all losing ground to the dominant ideology of the market. And it is through the work of scholars like Dunk, McBride and Nelsen that the dominance of the markets' logic becomes more visible. Their work reminds us how global and structural forces work on, through and around us, and how we, in turn, participate in and, at times, resist these influences. Two examples which quickly come to mind are his work as co-chair of the Ontario Forest Policy Panel from 1992-93, and his work, beginning in 1993, as facilitator of the Wabikimi Park Boundary Committee -- a 20-month assignment which resulted in the creation of a 900,000 hectare protected area in Northwestern Ontario. This article was written with the help of 1im Mignault, one ofseveral Lakehead students taking part in a student writing program sponsored by The Chronicle-Journal. effective July 1, 1998 "I see myself as interdisciplinary. I try to ignore disciplinary boundaries. If there is a problem let's solve the problem with sharp, conceptual thinking - and sometimes quantitative thinking, if it requires that." - Dr. Peter Duinker, Chair, Forest Management and Policy, Lakehead University "Lakehead University has been an absolutely fabulous growing ground for me," he says, "The University has extended me incredible opportunities ... and it's with strong and very positive feelings that I leave the Faculty." Duinker is leaving to take up a new challenge at his old alma mater. As professor and director of the School for Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax, he'll be a "junior" administrator of a small academic group with about 40 master's students. He'll also be expected to find new research money -- a skill he has honed during his time at Lakehead. In the last 10 years Duinker proudly reports on having secured between $600,000 and $800,000 for projects in biodiversity assessment and sustainable forest management. Peter Duinker holds a BSc in Agriculture from the University of Guelph, a Master's degree in Environmental Studies from Dalhousie University and a PhD in Forestry from the University of New Brunswick. Lakehead University has not yet decided how to replace Dr. Peter Duinker, says the Dean of the Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment, Dr. David Euler. Currently the Faculty is considering ways to fund the chair with an endowment and, in the meantime, has advertised for a possible replacement to commence August 1. -- F. Harding EARTH DAY Over 50 volunteers participated in the first ever campus-wide Earth Day Clean-Up on April 22. The Clean Beautiful Campus Committee (CBC) has been formed to oversee and coordinate such environmental initiatives on campus. If you have any suggestions or would like to get involved please call Dr. Jim Haines, chair of CBC at 343-8715. -- Norma Jean Newbold Each year Lakehead University Residence spends $1,000 to $2,000 on tree planting. This is part of the on-going tree planting program carried out by Campus Development on the main campus. Stan Kolodziejczak (left) and Daryl Dubois are seen here planting several ash, spruce, and cherry trees. The International Association of Astacology held their eleventh symposium at Lakehead in August, 1996. The Proceedings of this conference have now been published by Louisiana State University Press. The editor was Dr. Walter Momot, Department of Biology, who was also the Chief Organizer for this event. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Association and officially represents Canada in this international body, who will be holding their twelfth symposium in Augsburg, Germany, this summer and their thirteenth symposium in Perth, Australia, in 2000. Momot is also one of nine lifetime honorary members of this organization comprising 400 crayfish biologists throughout the world. LIIMhead ~ . June, 1998 �k t i • U G - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 ANTHROPOLOGY PROFESSOR INVITED TO WORK IN CHINA This past year, Dr. El Molto of the Department of Anthropology was invited to conduct a feasibility study of the skeletal remains of an important site in China as part of the Anyang Project: Co-Evolution of Human Societies and Landscapes -- A Collaborative Archaeological Project of Regional Survey by the Archaeometry Laboratory (University of Minnesota) and the Institute of Archaeology (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.) "To date over 5,000 skeletons have been excavated and curated and no western scientist has been given the opportunity to study this population," says Molto. Anyang is a huge urban centre that was the capital city of the Shang Dynasty in the Bronze Age (circa 1300 B.C.) It is the most important archaeological site in Asia as it defines the origin of Chinese civilization. "Key archaeological finds at the site include thousands of oracle bones which represent the earliest evidence of writing in China, as well as chariots that were buried along with soldiers and horses as offerings to the royal family at Anyang," says Molto. As part of this season's field work, El Molto will be studying the pathologies associated with the royal burials and will be collecting bone and tooth samples for mtDNA research. The latter is funded by the project (approximately $25,000 U.S.) and the research will be conducted at Lakehead University's Paleo-DNA Laboratory. Molto will be in China from May 31 to June 23, 1998. HONOURS AND AWARDS FAREWELL, Jo-ANNE "Philanthropy is not about asking for money. lt'saboutcreatingarelationshipwherepeople see the benefit of giving." - Jo-Anne Silverman When Jo-Anne Silverman closes her office door on June 26, she will leave the campus knowing that Lakehead University has benefited from many of the relationships she has helped to develop since coming to Thunder Bay 22 years ago. Her connection to Lakehead dates back to 1985 when she was hired as the Coordinator of Alumni Services. After twoand a-half-years she left to work for the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, but was back within a year to work on Lakehead's largest fundraising campaign, Share Our Northam Vision. Since then Jo-Anne Silverman has been at the heart of Lakehead's most impressive fund raising initiatives, all of which have exceeded their goals. The most recent was the Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund (OSOTF) campaign for bursary endowments which raised an astonishing $3.1 million (in just nine months) that will be matched by the Government of Ontario for a grand total of $6.2 million. Dusty Miller, Chair of the Board of Governors' Fund-raising Committee and a close friend, praises Silverman for her warmth, sensitivity, and her ability to motivate volunteers. When asked what she will remember most about her time at Lakehead, Silverman answers: "The incredible number of generous people there are in Thunder Bay." And she especially wants to express her appreciation to Lakehead's faculty and staff who understand the importance of giving to Lakehead. Chief Librarian Anne Deighton and Dr. Murray Lankester Dr. Murray Lankester of the Department of Biology was presented with the Wardle Medal from the Canadian Society of Zoologists in May at their annual general meeting. The Wardle Medal is the Society's most prestigious award named in honour of Dr. Wardle who is considered to be the "grandfather" of parasitology in Canada. Lankester's recently published book Ecology and Management of the North American Moose, published by The Smithsonian Institute, is now available both in the Alumni Bookstore and in the Chancellor Paterson Library. Lalrehead Univenily, Jun., 1998 She thinks the University's biggest challenge now is to adapt to the way public funding is forcing us to change. "We have to become even more vocal and insist on government support," she says. 'We can't rely on the corporate sector completely." Her parting words of advice to Lakehead are: "Don't be reactive, be proactive. Be innovative. Be in the vanguard. Don't just follow suit, because if we do, we'll be left behind." Jo-Anne Silverman takes up her new position as Director of Advancement and Admissions at Glen/yon-Norfolk School in Victoria, B. C. on July 6. �11 ---------------------------1-tti•h&I Changes at Campus Tech Campus Tech Manager Azhar Laldin left Lakehead at the end of May to take a position with Cargill (Wmnipeg) in PC and Network Support. In the interim, Campus Tech is being managed by Jo Quaresima, a fourth-year commerce student (MIS), who had been working with Laldin prior to his departure. Congratulations Dusty In May it was announced that Dusty Miller has been awarded the Maggie Bassett Award for lifetime achievement in Theatre. Miller is chair of the city's Arts and Heritage Advisory Committee and a member of the Lakehead University Board of Governors. LUFA President Dr. Robert Dilley will serve as president of the Lakehead University Faculty Association (LUFA) for another year. LUFA vice-president Juanita Epp is going on Sabbatical leave and is not available to take over as president. Special guests from the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) who attended the LUFA Annual General Meeting held on May 14, 1998 were Deborah Flynn, president, and Henry Mandelbaum, acting executive director. While in Thunder Bay, Flynn and Mandelbaum, along with Dilley, met with The Chronicle-Journal to discuss OCUFA's perspectives on tuition increases and university funding in general. The Cbrichlows Lakehead will miss the fine work provided by the husband and wife team of JoAnn and Gerry Crichlow. Gerry, who worked with CTRC most recently as Senior Technician, left Lakehead at the end of February to take up a new position as Network Application Specialist with Telexis Inc. in Ottawa. JoAnn has been working with Dr. John Naysmith for the past five years as administrative officer on several projects (including two international ones -- Ghana, West Africa, and Nepal, Southeast Asia) as well as the Ontario Forestry Futures Trust Com- mittee. She completed her master's degree in sociology while working full-time at Lakehead and is planning to pursue her career interests in Ottawa when she joins Gerry later in the year. Upgrades to the Outdoor Courts At the Alumni Association's Annual General Meeting held on June 11, a cheque for $3200 was presented to Residence Council for the upgrade of the campus outdoor basketball courts. The money was raised through the sale of Exam Crisis Kits. Sessionals Making a Difference Two adjunct professors in the Department of Mathematical Sciences are gaining recognition for their contributions to the department for their innovative research and teaching: Dr. Anne-Marie Filip, who holds a PhD from Duke University, has been teaching a first-year course in statistics and has been successful at Lakehead in introducing a new way of teaching Calculus called "Reformed Calculus." Dr. Ann Kajander is organizing a set of field trips for high school students to bring them on campus starting in the fall of '98. She is also gaining recognition for a program called "Kindermath" which she developed to help elementary students learn mathematics. Kajander holds a PhD in Mathematics Education from the University of Toronto. An article she wrote about Kindermath has recently been accepted for publication by the American journal, Teaching Children Mathematics. Sports Wall of Fame "No other pursuit contributes so richly to University life than athletics," said Nick Cipriano (HBPHE'78, MSc'79). The former wrestling champ who is now a wrestling coach and a member of the faculty of McMaster University, was speaking at the third annual Sports Wall of Fame Induction dinner held on June 6 to honour the 1998 inductees. They included Cipriano, former basketball player Kathy Harrison (BA/HBO'93) and the 1973-74 Nor'Wester Wrestling Team. Nominations for the 1999 Inductions are open until November 30, 1998. Dr. David D. Kemp's new book The Environment Dictionary was published simultaneously in London and New York by Routledge last month. The entries cover a broad spectrum of environmental issues and incorporate material from a broad range of disciplines. "The book is pitched at a level which should make it accessible to a variety of users from high school or university students to members of the public interested in environmental issues," says Kemp. "To allow this, it includes abundant cross-references and reading lists through which readers can develop particular interests and pursue specific topics to the level of complexity they require." Kemp is acting dean of Arts and Science and a professor in the Department of Geography. His book will be available at the Alumni Bookstore in July. You're Invited to a Farewell Reception for Jo-Anne Silverman Wednesday, June 17 in the Faculty Lounge at 3 p.m. Coffee and Refreshments will be served (See article on Page 10) Lala/uad Univenity, June, 1998 �12 University Holiday Closure Schedule - 1998 Monday 21 Dec. '98 ----- OPEN 28 Dec. '98 4 Tuesday 22 - Dec. '98 OPEN Wednesday 23 - Dec. '98 Thursday 24 Dec. '98 ,...._ OPEN OPEN Friday 25 Dec. '98 ,_ CLOSED CLOSED 29 CLOSED ~ Dec. '98 CLOSED 30 ---- Dec. '98 31 CLOSED Dec. '98 CLOSED 1 ---- Jan. '99 CLOSED Jan. '99 Canadian Red Cross Donor Recruiter Sheleigh McMillan extends her appreciation to Lakehead University faculty and students who participated in the 1997-98 Masonic Plasma Challenge. She writes: "Overall, your members made 48 donations during the challenge. This event doubles the number of donations from the previous year and was an overwhelming success .... Thank you for sharing your good health." OPEN- CLASSES RESUME The general University (Library, Bookstore, academic departments, etc.) December holiday closure (exduding SEIU, IUOE, and USWA employees) for 1998 will be from noon on Thursday, December 24, 1998 until Friday, January 1, 1999 indusive. The University will re-open at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, January 4, 1999. THE CHANCELLOR PATERSON LIBRARY NOTICE TO ALL FACULTY & STAFF Beginning Monday, May 25, 1998, entrance to The Chancellor Paterson Library will be through the Library Shipping Doors. These doors are located on the north side of the Library (facing the Ryan Building). During this temporary relocation of the entrance, regular library hours and all services will continue as usual. Thank you for your patience during our library renovations. INTERSESSION May 4- June 18, 1998 Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. June 19 - July 5, 1998 GOLF TOURNAMENTS Maintenance Choice - June 19 Lakehead's annual Maintenance Choice Golf Tournament will be held at Centennial Golf Course on June 19 starting at 1:30 p.m. with a steak supper served In the Faculty Lounge at 6 p.m. Tickets are $35/person and cheques should be made payable to "Brian Baraskewich" or 'Wayne Hainrich". Please register before June 15. For information call 343-8208. Booster Club - June 21 Lakehead's Booster Club is holding its annual Golf Tournament at Centennial Golf Course on Sunday, June 21 starting at 2 p.m. (shotgun start). Tickets are $30/person which includes green fees and a meal at Centennial. Participants may register individually or by team. Each team must have five people including two females. To Register call Sharon Kozak at 343-8213. (Payment may be made at the Course on the day of the event.) Alumni Assoclation/Atikokan - June 27 There is a Golf Tournament in Atikokan on Saturday, June 27, 1998 at the Little Falls Golf Club starting at 12 noon (Central TI me). The cost is $45/person. For information call 343-8155. Alumni Association/Thunder Bay -August 21 For information call 343-8155 Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekends Closed July 1, 1998 (Canada Day) Closed Lalceh.ad UniY1rsUJ, ]UM, 1998 c. Tro jan C o ■■ un i1y Relatio ns Agora June 1998 Vol.15, No. 6 Agora is published by the Information Office of the Department of Student Services and Community Relations. The newsletter is distributed monthly (except for July and August) to faculty, staff and friends of Lakehead University. Director of Student Services and Community Relations: Joy Himmelman Publications Officer: Frances Harding Communications/Special Events Officer: Denise Bruley Administrative Assistant: Betty Hygaard Photography: Peter Puna and Staff Graphics: Ben Kaminski & Nicole Sutherland Printing: LU Print Shop Submissions of interest to the University community are welcome. Send them to: Editor, Agora Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1 Telephone: (807) 343-8193 Fax: (807) 343-8999 E-mail: frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca � 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.15 No.6 Subject The topic of the resource Universities 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 1998-06 Description An account of the resource This issue of the Agora contains highlights from convocation, a message from the President, and information about the CFI Challenge. Agora Agora Magazine https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/ec232aeb6b0de2c3dc9ea7289b5c198b.pdf 528b0300bf026e3fd37eee9f9dcf61d6 PDF Text Text A NEWSLETTER FoR LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY STAFF & FACULTY Lakehead Team is # I in Marketing The preliminary round in November involved the preparation of case studies in Accounting, Finance, Labour Arbitration, Management Information Systems, Marketing and Policy. The top six universities in each discipline area were selected to ~ompete in the final round. This year, four teams from Lakehead's Faculty of Business were successful in moving on to the finals. "Given the quality and number of universities competing in the preliminary round, it was a real achievement to have a team selected to attend the finals," said Derek Hassay, assistant professor of Business Administration and Lakehead's ICBC faculty advisor. "By placing in the top six of universities in the preliminary round, it enabled us to send a debating team as well." The final competition required student teams to prepare case studies in which they were given five hours to complete their analysis and prepare Aaron Grant, Derek Hassay and Jennifer Koiranen a formal presentation. Inside CFI Awards ... 3 Distinguished Instructor Award .. .4 HSSFC Report by Livia Di Matteo ...9 Celebrating Gerontology ... 10 The Marketing Team of Aaron Grant and Jennifer Koiranen, representing Lakehead University, placed first in the final round of the Marketing component of the 1999 Intercollegiate Business Competition held at Queen's University on January 16-17, 1999. In the process, Lakehead trumped teams from the University of Calgary (2nd), and Queen's (3rd). The complete Lakehead team also won the President's Cup, an award given annually by the event organizers to the school that best exemplifies the spirit of the competition. ICBC is a national competition, sponsored by Queen's University, celebrating its 21st anniversary this year. Twenty-three business schools across Canada, from Memorial to UBC, competed in the preliminary and final rounds of competition. -- Denise Bruley, Communications Officer See the best in varsity women's basketball when Lakehead University hosts the CIAU National Women's Basketball Championship March 11-13, 1999. Ticket prices are listed on page 12. �-----------------. ;W«••;■; . - 1 - - - -- - - -- - - - - - -- enhancement from several sources including ATOP, a potential student technology fee and a capital request for an Advanced Technology Centre on campus. Our deficiencies in the number of work stations available, quality of hardware and software and facilities are all too apparent. From the President's Desk by Dr. Frederick F. Gilbert As demonstrated elsewhere in this issue of the Agora, there are many "good news" stories at Lakehead. The success of the Business students at the Queen's University competition and of our researchers in securing CFI funding are examples of a number of positive circumstances at the University. Meetings with Health Canada Minister Allan Rock, Education and Training Minister David Johnson and a delegation from Northern Development and Mines (Feb. 16) are signs of our efforts to further the development of the University's potential. We continue to seek support for technological Lakehead to Publish an Annual Report by Jennifer Willianen Analysis and Communications Assistant This September, Lakehead University will distribute an Annual Report highlighting significant accomplishments that have occurred during the 1998-99 academic year. The report will be a colour publication and will be mailed to approximately 5,000 people across Canada and around the world including selected alumni, friends and donors; media; businesses and industry; government; aboriginal organizations, and schools, colleges and universities. The project is being coordinated by Frances Harding, publications officer with the Office of Communications. "In a memo issued to selected staff and faculty in early January, I asked them to reflect on the significant accomplishments that have occurred in the last 12 months and to submit a report to the Office of Communications by mid February." Once these reports have been studied, the Office of Communications, working with an advisory committee, will be in a position to decide which areas and activities of campus life may be highlighted and what kind of further consultation with deans, directors, faculty, staff, and students may be necessary. "To my knowledge Lakehead University has never published this kind of annual report before," says Harding, "and I expect we will learn a great deal this year about gathering information and coordinating such a comprehensive publication." The advisory committee for this year's Annual Report is comprised of Dr. Fred Gilbert, president; Kerrie-Lee Clarke, director of institutional analysis; Denise Bruley, communications officer; and Laurie Hill, development officer. The Office of Commuf}ications is now compiling a mailing list for the Annual Report. If you have suggestions as to individual or company names to add to the list, please contact Frances Harding at 343-8193. Lakehead University- February, 1999 2 The issue of tuition fee increase for 1999-2000 has been in the press. In the interest of clarifying the proposal going to the Board of Governors, the following information is provided: -- the intent was to provide, to the maximum extent possible, a reduction from the 10% increase already approved for the next academic year; -- the competitive market position of Lakehead was reviewed on a program and sector basis to hold increases where we were above average and raise tuition more in areas where we were substantially below the provincial average; -- reducing tuition fees to an average of 7.6% overall would effect a $400,000 decrease in revenue to the University, anything lower would potentially jeopardize elimination of the deficit in 2000-2001 as required by the Board of Governors; and -- the intent of the proposal is to reduce the increase for the majority of our students, have a higher percentage increase only in those areas where we were well below provincial average and yet maintain a differential fee that would remain below the likely provincial average in 1999. No one likes to see continued increases in tuition fees but the University is acting in a fiscally responsible manner while trying to minimize the impact on individual students. Consideration is being given to providing financial support from the bursary monies generated by the 30% portion of the new increase to all students who qualify for OSAP funding. Currently we are looking at an award that would be applied to tuition to help offset a part of the increase. �-.s•••••z---------------- 9 Lakehead University Receives $2.96 Million For World-Class Research Innovation by Denise Bruley, Communications Officer Awarded January, 1999: The Development of Lakehead University's Paleo-DNA Laboratory Research Team: Dr. El Molto and Dr. Ryan Parr Lakehead Engineering Research Centre Research Team: Dr. K. Dieter Eigenbrod, Dr. Kefu Liu, Dr. Meilan Liu, Dr. S. Ali Mirza, Dr. Greg Naterer Expansion of Lakehead University's Pulp and Paper Facilities Research Team: Dr Allan Gilbert, Dr. Geoffrey Hill, Dr. Krishnamoorthy Natarajan Field Research Laboratory in Conservation Ecology (FRL) Researcher: Dr. Douglas Morris Computerized Environmental Simulation System New Opportunities Grant: Dr. Qing-Lai Dang Awarded October, 1998: Renewal of Lakehead University's Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Facility Research Team: Dr. Jeffrey Banks, Dr. Christine Gottardo, Dr. Geoffrey Hill, Dr. David Holah, Dr. Stephen Kinrade, Dr. Neil Weir Renewal of Lakehead University's Scanning Electron Microscope Facilities Research Team: Dr. Graham Borradaile, Dr. Geoffrey Hill, Dr. Stephen Kissin, Dr. Roger Mitchell, Dr. K.C. Yang Atomic Resolution Surface Facility New Opportunities Grant: Dr. Mark Gallagher Numerical and Experimental Studies of Industrial and Environmental Flows with Phase Change New Opportunities Grant: Dr. Greg Naterer Coherence in Semiconductor Nanostructures / Long-Haul Fibre-Optic Communications New Opportunities Grant: Dr. Marc Dignam Lakehead University- February, 1999 3 Lakehead has received a number of significant awards from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to help strengthen the University's capability for world class research and technology development. The value of CFI support for these Lakehead University awards is $1 .3 million. With the partner support, this equates to a total investment of $2.96 million in new money for research at Lakehead. The CFI is an independent, not-forprofit corporation established in May, 1997, with a contribution of $800 million from the Government of Canada. The Foundation's mandate is to invest in infrastructure for research and development in Canadian universities, colleges, hospitals, and other not-for-profit research institutions. The CFl's investments are made in partnership with the private and voluntary sectors, as well as with all levels of government. Through these partnerships, the CFI has the potential to trigger about $2 billion in investment in research infrastructure. All projects are funded according to a formula where the CFI supports 40 percent of the costs, while industry partners from the public, private and voluntary sectors support the remaining 60 percent. Included in Lakehead University's partners were Kennecot Inc., Foxboro Canada Ltd., the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, Manitoba Hydro, Fisher Scientific Ltd., and the Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund. "This is the type of partnership that will become the norm for most future research endeavours. It also speaks well of Lakehead's current strength and developing capacity in research and development activities," says Lakehead University President Dr. Fred Gilbert. �-----------------;•••-•;---1----------- -----Fedderson Receives Distinguished Instructor Award by Jennifer Willianen, Analysis and Communications Assistant uFor me, Kim Fedderson has always set a standard of what a truly outstanding teacher can be, and I have strived to live up to that standard in my own way .... Every department needs that kind of teacher. Every student needs that kind of teacher. Every university needs that kind of teacher." -- Dr. Jeanette Lynes, Associate Professor of English and Recipient of the 1997 Distinguished Instructor Award For the second year in a row, Lakehead's highest award for teaching and learning has been awarded to a professor in the Department of English. Dr. Kim Fedderson, associate professor and chair of the Department of English, came to Lakehead in 1990 from Seneca College in Toronto where he had spent nine years working as a teaching master, program co-ordinator and academic chair. He has contributed to the academic community i~ Thunder Bay in a variety of ways -- improving student writing being one of his chief interests. Over the years, Fedderson has been instrumental in encouraging instructors to integrate writing into their curricula so that their courses complement student needs and reflect academic excellence. As well, he has championed a university-wide Writing Across the Curriculum r,NAC) initiative that includes the establishment of a Writing Centre at Lakehead. He strongly feels that "recognition of Lakehead as a school which graduates strong writers is a realistic goal." In 1994, Fedderson coauthored A Case for Writing: A Business Writing Casebook, with his colleague Professor David Parsons. He has also written several refereed articles on rhetoric, supervised master's students, delivered many conference papers and contributed to a host of other publications. Fedderson's impact upon students is outstanding. In a letter supporting his nomination for the 1998 Distinguished Instructor Award, a group of first-year students stated: 'With his quick wit, enthusiasm and professionalism, Dr. Fedderson is a professor par excellence ... No one ever watches the clock in his class. His classes are far too inspiring and interesting and over too quickly ... He gives first-year students the opportunity and welcoming confidence to get involved not only in classroom activities but in greater academic endeavours as well." Kim Fedderson's innovative teaching methods include the use of Internet tools such as distribution lists and Usenet groups to spark further learning and discussion. Dr. Fedderson is a true believer in empowerment through writing. He completed his PhD at York University in 1985 specializing in Renaissance and Reformation Literature and Linguistics and Stylistics. (His doctoral dissertation was entitled The Rhetoric of the Elizabethan Sermon.) In 1993, he was one of four professors to receive a Lakehead University Contribution to Teaching Award. During the 1994-95 academic year, Kim and his wife Anne and their two children moved to Japan whe.re he taught English composition and conversation at Gifu University for Education and Foreign Languages. From 1995 to 1997, he served as an executive member of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA), and from 1993 to 1995, he was a member of the negotiating committee of the Lakehead University Faculty Association (LUFA). Lakehead University- February, 1999 4 Dr. Kim Fedderson Department of English The Distinguished Instructor Award is given annually to a Lakehead University teacher who has made a distinguished contribution to teaching. All faculty members (full-time and sessionals) are eligible to participate except for members currently on the Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning. Written criteria is available by contacting Patti Merriman at 343-8207. May 31, 1999 is the deadline for submitting nominations for the 1999award. �Lakehead University Parents' Newsletter Winter 1999 Tell Us Your Thoughts Lakehead University is presently immersed in a comprehensive strategic planning process that will result in a document to guide us five years into the next millennium. Nine task forces comprised of faculty, students, staff, administration, and members of the community are reviewing issues deemed to be of utmost importance in setting our direction for the coming years. The task forces will report in the areas of Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education and Research, Student Life, Campus Environment, Communications and Marketing, Evaluation and Accountability, External Funding, Management Environment and Governance, and Outreach. Come March, the Strategic Planning Committee will review task force reports and recommendations and set priorities for Lakehead's future. We would like to hear from YOU! If you have comments about what Lakehead does well and/or what we could improve on, please let us know. Send your comments to: E-mail: Joy.Himmelman@Lakeheadu.ca Mail: Student Services Looking for a Job? The Student Placement & Co-operative Education Centre (UC 2024) can help. It is Lakehead's on-line career search lab with state-of-the-art computers and the central location on campus that connects students with employment and career opportunities. Check out the On-line Web Site http://iobs.lakeheadu.ca and the Job Bank where great summer, co-op, career and international opportunities may be found. Our friendly, helpful staff will review your resume and cover letter to help you prepare for your job search. And, if you are looking for a specific job, we can guide you through the many resources linked to the web site and suggest additional resources located in the Centre. Call us today at (807) 343-8264. Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, Ontario Fax: (807) 343-8679 We look forward to hearing from you. Important D ates P7B 5E1 Final date for course withdrawal without academic penalty: fall/winter full courses ..... February 8 winter half courses.... March 1 Mid-year study week (Except Education) Winter term exams: February 15-19 April 12-24 Final date for registration in Spring Session course~ beginning May 3: May 6 Final date for registration in SummerSession courses beginning July 5: July 8 �Bowater - Lakehead University Technical Partnership Campus Notes Ann Clarke, a professor in the Department of Visual Arts, has received a $34,000 grant from The Canada Council to produce a body of work in the form of abstract paintings on canvas and large mixed media drawings on paper. Dr. Geoff Hill (centre), a Lakehead University graduate who is now a senior research scientist with Bowater's Thunder Bay Mill, joined Bowater Vice President and Resident Manager Don Campbell (right) and Lakehead University President Dr. Fred Gilbert (left) to announce the formation of a technical partnership between Bowater and Lakehead. The partnership forms a unique framework that will allow for cutting-edge pulp and paper-related research to be performed by Lakehead researchers from many disciplines either independently or in collaboration with Bowater staff. The agreement will also see a continuation in the development of opportunities for co-op and summer students to be hired at Bowater. The good news came while Clarke was spending part of her sabbatical year in England working in a studio and attending lectures at The Slade School of Art, University College, London, where she had been given an Honorary Research Fellowship from October to June. A collection of Clarke's recent work is currently on display at Definitely Superior Artist-Run Centre and Gallery in Thunder Bay until March 5, 1999. Did You Know? The Lakehead University Foot Patrol is comprised of a group of student employees who complement full-time Security Services staff by providing escorts to students, staff and visitors on campus. They work September through April, Monday to Saturday, from 8 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Foot patrol can expect to provide approximately 2,000 escorts per year, which represent over 300 hours of service to the campus community. Two new paintings by Lakehead visual arts students Stephanie Siemieniuk (loft) and Sally Karman (right) now hang in the Office of the President thanks to the coordinating efforts of Sessional Lecturer Mavourneen Trainor (centre). �The Parent Fund Starting in February, Lakehead students will be contacting parents to ask them to make a $100 pledge to the 1999 Parent Fund in support of one of two projects: Electronic Access for the Chancellor Paterson Library or The Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund. Electronic Access for the Chancellor Paterson Library is an initiative that will enable the University to continue to serve the information needs of the Lakehead University community into the 21st century. New "wired" study carrels and computer work stations will allow access to the University's computer system as well as to the Internet. Exam Booster Kit Is your child stressed out over their upcoming final exams? Do they need a boost? Well, Lakehead University Residence Council and the Alumni Association have the perfect solution! Send them an EXAM BOOSTER KIT! You can purchase the kit for a mere $20 plus tax. The Booster Kit contains a healthy assortment of fruit (oranges, bananas, apples), power snacks (chocolate bars, chips, cookies, candies and gum) and beverages (pop, coffee, and hot chocolate) to provide your child with plenty of energy for those late nights of studying! To place your order, please call the Office of Alumni Services at (807) 343-8155 or Toll-Free at 1-800-832-8076. The Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund is a program whereby the provincial government will match funds targeted toward student financial aid. Presently, Lakehead University has raised over $3 million in support of this program. Every donation that is designated toward student financial aid before March 31, 1999 will be matched by the Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund. The opportunity to make a gift and have it matched will end on March 31, 1999. If you have already made a pledge in support of OSOTF, please don't miss this tremendous opportunity to double your gift to Lakehead University. Deadline date for orde rs is Wednesday, March, 17, 1999 Booster Kits will be delivered both on and off-campus on Saturday, March 27, 1999 For information contact: Rob Zuback, Manager, Alumni Services Lakehead University Thank you for your support this past Christmas. Over 450 "Good Luck Care Packages" were prepared and delivered to students in December. Residence Council and the Alumni Association were successful in raising approximately $6,000 which was dedicated to on-campus programs for students and much needed bursaries. Once again, all proceeds from the sale of the Exam Booster Kits will be used to enhance campus life and to provide much needed bursaries for Lakehead University students. 955 Oliver Rd. Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1 (807) 343-8916 E-mail: rob.zuback@lakeheadu.ca �Special Offer From World of Vacations Visit Thunder Bay and Lakehead University From$300* $350 - $50 (Coupon) = $300 *per person, based on double occupancy With: World of Vacations (Formerly Canadian Holidays) www.worldofvacations.com Valid From Janua,y 18-March JO, 1999 March 25 - May 15, 1999 October 16 -December 31, 1999 Co-op Student Receives Circle ofExcellence Award Congratulations to Lesley Stefureak for receiving a "Circle of Excellence Award" for the work she completed at the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada during her eight-month co-op placement in 1998. Stefureak is enrolled in the master's program in economics and is planning to graduate in December, 1999. She is interested in working in the field of international policy development. Package includes ... Round-trip Airfare from Toronto or Winnipeg and 2 Nights Hotel Come Visit Us for March Break March 10-25, 1999 Packages available at a slightly higher cost Call your travel agent for details This Coupon is valid with this offer or for any flights offered by World of Vacations destined to Thunder Bay and booked with a hotel or car rental in Thunder Bay. Minimum 1 night hotel or 1 day car rental is required in Thunder Bay. -~---- ----------- - - ----- Attention Parents, Students, Alumni, Staff, Faculty and Friends of Lakehead University present this $50 Discount Coupon to your travel agent and save $50 per person (single); $100 per couple (double) on Adult pricing; or $25 per child when sharing with 2 Adults. Coupon must be presented at the time of making reservations and must accompany your deposit or final payment for your booking. Note: Coupon is valid from November 1, 1998 to December 21, 1999. Promoting Health and Wellness Lakehead is working hard to ensure that all students have access to health education, says Karen Chan, a registered nurse/health educator with the University's Health Services. "We are participating in national education campaigns such as Planned Parenthood, No Smoking, AIDS, Stress/ Safe Break, Breast Health, Nutrition, Drug and STD Awareness. As well, student participation on Lakehead's Wellness Committee has provided students with the opportunity to identify and plan for issues that are of concern, such as stress and bar safety." Health Services at Lakehead provides education through its newsletter "Wellness Notes," student newspaper inserts, health fairs, small group seminars, and displays. Health Services works collaboratively with community committees, such as the Drug Awareness Committee of Thunder Bay, to address alcohol and drug use. Liaison with other Lakehead University departments, student groups and community agencies has resulted in a strong health and wellness program on campus. For further information contact Karen Chan at (807) 343-8397. �Humanities and Social Science Federation Report by Dr. Uvio Di Matteo, VP External Communications, HSSFC The Annual Meetings and General Assembly of the Humanities and Social Science Federation of Canada {HSSFC) were held at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa over the weekend of November 28-29, 1998. The HSSFC is an organization representing the interests of humanities and social science researchers at the national level and supports their activities via the annual Congress of Learned Societies and the Aid to Scholarly Publications Program. As a grass roots representative organization and with its lobbying efforts and research policy initiatives, the HSSFC is an important partner with and complement to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the government agency which actually funds research in the humanities and social sciences. Last year, the advocacy of the HSSFC was partly responsible for the increase last year of SSHRC's budget by 13 million dollars. As well, the on-going Breakfast on the Hill Series conducted by the HSSFC, which links university researchers to politicians and policy makers in Ottawa, is an excellent and high profile speakers program that continues to demonstrate the tangible policy importance of humanities and social science research. A number of important issues and initiatives were discussed at the annual meetings which are of interest and concern to the Lakehead community. First, the HSSFC has put together an initiative called Challenge 98 which has compiled an extensive dossier of current research projects in the humanities and social sciences with the ultimate view of communicating them to the media and public. Well over 180 reports have been compiled and three of the profiles are from Lakehead University. Over the coming months, a strategy to ensure effective use of these reports will be developed. This strategy is one that emphasizes the "go public, or perish" nature of the current academic funding environment for humanities and social science researchers. Second, a number of policy initiatives are underway. SSHRC has approved funding for two HSSFC policy research proposals. The first, titled Measuring the Impact of Research in the Human Sciences, will deal with the study of performance indicators in human science research. The second, titled National Electronic Archive of Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences, will deal with electronic publishing. Also, work is progressing on an initiative known as Data Liberation II (DU II). The original Data Liberation Initiative, from which researchers at our university have benefited immensely, made large amounts of Statistics Canada data available in an affordable manner to university based researchers. At present, 51 universities participate in this initiative paying subscription rates based on institutional size and social science research profile. The DU II proposal is the next step to advance research in social statistics and will try to provide resources to researchers using social statistics. Finally, SSHRC will be implementing a program of Community University Research Alliance (CURA) centers which are based on the policy proposal originally put together and developed by the HSSFC. Up to 8 CURA centers will be funded in 1999-2000 and another 8 in 2000-2001 . Application forms for the competition and additional information can be obtained from SSHRC. Third, the results of the Canadian Foundation for Innovation program were Lakehead University- February, 1999 9 discussed and concerns were expressed about the dearth of opportunities and infrastructure renewal for social scientists. The failure to sponsor additional humanities and social science research to deal with the impact of technological change on health, society and the economy appears to indicate that these impacts are not fully appreciated. There is a real concern that the CFI, as well as health research initiatives, are literally vacuuming up resources. This lack of balance is also troubling given that approximately half of enrolment at Canadian universities is in the humanities and social sciences and such a resource shift threatens to turn these students into second class citizens within the university system, even though their tuition is a significant financial resource for universities. This under investment in the social sciences and humanities is further compounded by the fact that SSH RC receives the smallest investment of the three funding councils. Finally, the future sites for the Congress of the Learned Societies were announced. Many universities are bidding to host the Congress, as the presence of upwards of 8,000 academics on one's campus is a very prestigious event. Moreover, there are significant economic spill-overs to the host community. The sites are: 2000 Alberta 2001 Laval 2002 Toronto-Ryerson Everyone is urged to make their plans to attend the 1999 Congress which will be held at Sherbrooke-Bishop's in early June. If you have any questions about the HSSFC and its role, please do not hesitate to contact me at ldimatte@sleet.lakeheadu.ca or 3438545. As well, feel free to visit the HSSFC web site at http://www.hssfc.ca. �"I GET IT" Intergenerational Growth in Education Through Information Technology ECAH by Connie Hartviksen, Senior Researcher, Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research Northern &luatiooal Cmt fir Aging and Health "Celebrating Gerontology" A Research Symposium March 22-23, 1999 Public Lecture Monday, March 22, 1999 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Senate Chambers Dr. John Hirdes, Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo "Integrated Health Assessment, Revolutionary Implications for Policy, Practice, and Research" Tuesday, March 23, 1999 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Poster Presentations and Displays in the Agora 10 a.m. -10:15 a.m. Welcome in the Agora: Dr. Fred Gilbert, President, Lakehead University Ryan Bliznikas of Port Arthur Collegiate Institute gives advice to "senior learner" Mamie Tuominen. She along with the other senior learners said they appreciated the opportunity to learn from students. In evaluating the 14-week program, one senior noted that she learned "how to walk into a 'clump' of teenagers with a real smfle on my face." 10:15 a.m. -10:50 a.m. Keynote Address: Agora Dr. Michael Stones, Director of the Northern Educational Centre for Aging and Health "Aging in an Electronic Age" Together with its partners, The Centre for Aural and Northern Health Research (CAaNHA) and The Northern 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Paper Presentations in the Senate Chambers Educational Centre for Aging and Health (NECAH) are involved in a unique opportunity for life-long learning. 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. in the Senate Chambers Workshop: Dr. John Hirdes "Integrated Health Assessment: Will it Revolutionize our Policy, Practice, and Research? Members of the Thunder Bay and Lakehead University community, and especially seniors, are encouraged to participate. Registration will take place in the Agora between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. There is no registration fee for students with a card, and seniors. The fee for all others is $5 per person. We look forward to your participation in Lakehead University's celebration of the International Year of the Older Person. Please contact Joanie Sims Gould at 343-2126 for more information. Lakehead University- February, 1999 10 Approximately 24 participants are involved in a 14-week program called "I GET IT' (Intergenerational Growth in Education Through Information Technology) where secondary students and senior learners learn from each other in an environment where technology is utilized as one of the vehicles for program delivery. continued on page 11 �During the course of the program, secondary school students help seniors to learn about computer mediated information technology, especially the Internet (including several sessions about how and where to access health related information). In the process, the high school students learn about the aging process, life span development, basic research skills, postsecondary education choices and potential career opportunities in Gerontology. While the computer training aspect of the course is offered at Port Arthur Collegiate Institute, some sessions are offered at Health Sciences North, Lakehead University, and other off-site locations such as the 55+Centre and St. Joseph's Heritage. February 11th, 1999, marked the start of the second offering of "I GET IT'. Last year, "I GET IT' was launched as a pilot program. The Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research conducted two levels of evaluation: a pre-and posttest evaluation measuring attitude change regarding typical stereotypes held by seniors about teens and vice versa; the other was a much more detailed evaluation of the actual program. Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Pilot Project As of January 4, 1999, document delivery service will be available to offer quick access to articles from journals we have had to cancel as well as from journals to which we have not subscribed in the past. The first phase of this project will run for six months, until June, 1999. Lakehead University Library will use two document delivery suppliers: • CISTI (Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information) supplies articles from science, engineering and medical journals. They guarantee a turnaround time of 48 hours. • An arrangement has been established whereby the University of Toronto will supply articles from social sciences, business and arts and humanities journals. The difference between this and regular interlibrary loan is that they too will guarantee a turnaround time of 48 hours for an extra fee. CHARGES All Faculty members and Graduate Students will be eligible to receive 20 free articles. Thereafter, individuals requiring 48 hour delivery of science related articles are advised to consult Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery staff as to the most cost-effective means of obtaining their material; those requiring 48hour delivery of social sciences and humanities related articles will need to pay $5 per article for the next 20 ordered, and $7 per article after that. At any point, any individual affiliated with Lakehead University may order articles through our traditional interlibrary loan service at a charge of $2 per article. Please note that these fees represent only a portion of the costs; the Library will continue to subsidize $3 per request. For more information contact Joan Seeley at extension 8211 or e-mail: jlseeley@lib.lakeheadu.ca. Evaluation results were very encouraging and indicated that there is considerable merit in continuing this unique venture. Minor curriculum and program adjustments are presently underway in preparation for the 1999 program. Port Arthur Collegiate Institute and the Council on Positive Aging are partners with The Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research and The Northern Educational Centre for Aging and Health on the 'I Get It" program. For a 'virtual tour' of the project, visit the following web site http://paci.lhbe.edu.on.ca (under "partnerships") For more information, calf Connie Hartviksen at (807) 343-2135. The Department of Geology presents a Public Lecture by Dr. Brian Skinner Department of Geology & Geophysics Yale University "Geological Challenges Facing Mineral Exploration in the 21st Century" Friday, February 19, 1999 4 p.m. in CB-3031 Dr. Skinner is the 1999 Geological Association of Canada (GAC) medallist. He has been a professor at Yale University since 1966 and has been the president of the Society of Economic Geologists (1995), the Geological Society of America (1985) and the Geochemical Society(1973). Lakehead University- February, 1999 11 �Calendar of Events Alumni Curling Fundspiel Department of Music Friday, March 26, 1999 Lumina Concert Series at the Port Arthur Curling Club 1998-99 $35 per person $140 per team curling from 6-10 pm New Music for percussion and friends Chinese Food Buffet March 16, 1999 Cash Bar Prizes Open to all Alumni, Friends, Faculty and Staff. Space is limited. To register call Alumni Services at 343-8155. Registration Deadline: March 19, 1999. All Funds raised in support of Lakehead University Student Opportunity Trust Fund. National Engineering Week February 27 - March 7, 1999 In celebration of National Engineering Week, Lakehead University's Faculty of Engineering is inviting Grade 7 and 8 students in the Thunder Bay District to participate in two competitions -- the Spaghetti Bridge and Egg Drop Competiton and the Electromagnet and Bristle Board Boat Competitions. The competitions are being sponsored by Professional Engineers Ontario, Lakehead Chapter, supported by the Ontario Steering Committee of National Engineering Week. Four separate competitions will be held on campus on Thursday, March 4 and Friday, March 5. They will be run by Student Chapters of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE), Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), and Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME). The Engineering Student Society (ESS) will coordinate the event. The entry deadline is Monday, March 1, 1999 at 12 noon. For information contact Dr. Seimer Tsang in the Faculty of Engineering at 343-8761 . FEBRUARY 1999 VOL. 16, No. 2 THUNOER BAY, ONTARIO, CANAOA February 23, 1999 ISSN 0828·5225 Agora is published by the Communications Office and distributed monthly September through June. Dominique Corbeil, violin; Colin Mathews, cello; Joy Fahrenbruck, piano Publications Officer Concerts are held in the Jean McNulty Recital Hall, William H. Buset Centre for Music and Visual Arts at 12:30 p.m. Frances Harding Communications Officer Denise Bruley Analysis and Communications Assistant Nor'Westers' Home Games Jennifer Willianen February 19-20 Photography Basketball vs Brock Women: 6:30 pm Men: 8:30 pm Peter Puna & Staff Printing: LU Print Shop March 2 OUA Men's & Women's Basketball Playoffs CIAU National Women's Basketball Championships Send us your news. March 12, 13, & 14 Deadline for submissions for the next issue is March 1, 1999. Tickets are available at the Equipment Room C.J. 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Title A name given to the resource Agora Magazine Vol.16 No.2 Subject The topic of the resource Universities Description An account of the resource This issue of the Agora contains an article on the Distinguished Instructor award received by Fedderson, a report by the HSSFC (Humanities and Social Science Federation of Canada), and an article on the "I GET IT" program (Intergenerational Growth in Education Through Information Technology). 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 1999-02 Agora Agora Magazine https://digitalcollections.lakeheadu.ca/files/original/26b15c84aaa23398fc8654b2978362ff.pdf 6d7705fe3ab70fb72b573373c41e657f PDF Text Text A NEWSLETTER FOR LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY STAFF & FACULTY Well Done! Lakehead Salutes the Class of '99 Kinesiofogy students take a bow after graduation ceremonies held on May 29, 1999, at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium. Lakehead University celebrated its 35th Convocation under sunny skies. Evans wins Poulin Award Inside Tom Warden Appointed Athletics Director ... 3 Dr. Margaret Johnston ... 4 Laser Technology and the Fight Against Cancer ...8 NSERC Awards ... 10 Brent Evans, the newly-elected president of the Lakehead University Student Union, collected the Poulin Award for outstanding citizenship as well as a President's Award at Convocation in May. While working as residence programmer during 1998-99, he established a student wellness committee in conjunction with Health Services. He also coordinated "The Late Show" -- a week of student orientation activities based on a theme inspired by the popular TV talk show hosted by David Letterman . Evans has two degrees from Lakehead: a Bachelor of Education and an Honours Bachelor of Kinesiology. �Agora July/August 1999 Vol. 16, No. 6 THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, CANADA ISSN 0828-5225 The Agora is published by the Office of Communications and distributed monthly September through June. We welcome news and other submissions from our readers. Send them to: Editor, Agora Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1 Telephone: (807) 343-8193 Fax: (807) 343-8999 E-mail:frances.harding@lakeheadu.ca Deadline for submissions for the next issue is September 1, 1999. Publications Officer: Frances Harding Communications Officer: Denise Bruley Analysis and Communications Assistant: Jennifer Willianen Photography: Peter Puna & Staff Printing: Lakehead University Print Shop Canadian Postmaster: Send address changes to Agora, Offic e of Communications Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Rd, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada PlB 5E1 Publications Mail Agreement Number 1497073 Find out more about Lakehead University on our website: www.lakeheadu.ca Click on "New and Events" Lakehead UN IVERS ITY From the President's Desk by Dr. Frederick F Gilbert Well, summer, such as it is this year, is upon us, and the pace has slowed a bit on campus. It is a nice respite after the Strategic Plan development of the past academic year and before we start to implement the Plan which was approved in June by both Senate and the Board of Governors. The re-election of the Tories strongly suggests that there will be increased emphasis on accountability in the postsecondary education sector, and the creation of the new Ministry of Training, Universities and Colleges tends to confirm that possibility. I doubt that there will be much to report prior to September as the new Minister, Dianne Cunningham, and Deputy Minister, Bob Christie, get fully acquainted with what has been going on in postsecondary education. We will continue to make the case for corridor adjustment and the need for capital funding to ease our space difficulties, especially by demonstrating how important the Advanced Technology Centre project is to the University. CTRC is having considerable difficulty finding the space to expand the computer teaching labs. With pressure for additional classrooms, research laboratories and graduate student offices among other needs, we have a strong case to make for new capital construction. Deferred maintenance issues continue to be our other capital requirement, and the failure of the major cooling coil this summer exemplifies how perilous the situation is as our mechanical, electrical. communications and other systems are extended well beyond their life expectancy. Lakehead University-- June, 1999 2 It appears that our 1999-2000 target intake of new students will be achieved despite the increase in academic standards that have taken effect. It appears that some other Ontario universities have decreased their standards to sustain or increase enrolment, a pattern all too familiar at Lakehead as recent as last year. As we continue to raise standards to a minimum of 70 per cent in the next couple of years, we expect Lakehead to become an even more attractive choice for Ontario high school students. Lakehead continues to receive more recognition for its researchers as the latest Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) competition resulted in four awards. Construction on the Paleo-DNA lab is well under way, and we are pursuing funding for Forensic-DNA capacity. The 0MB Hearing has allowed the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital to start work on the new acute-care h?spital and the transfer of 60 acres of university land for this development has occurred. There is an opportunity for a Health Sciences Research and Technology complex that would be a combined initiative of the Hospital, Confederation College and Lakehead. Plans are being developed for submission to the Ministry. Let me wish everyone a relaxing and productive summer. I look forward to an exciting and very busy academic year for us all in 1999-2000. �-.;;1••-•4---------------- Tom Warden Appointed Athletic Director Tom Warden, a prominent sports figure in Thunder Bay, has been appointed athletic director at Lakehead University. He has over eight years of sports administration, business management, marketing and coaching experience at the professional level, as well as a strong background in personnel management, facility operations and sports promotion. having an overall professional regular season coaching record of 126 wins, 69 losses and 27 ties and overall playoff record of 21 wins in the past three years. In Warden's first year as head coach and assistant general manager of the Thunder Bay Senators in 1995-96, he led the club to the UHL finals and was selected 2nd in Coach of the Year balloting. Bob Main has been appointed coach of the Lakehead University women's basketball team for the 19992000 season. Warden received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1990, a Master's in Athletic Administration from Ohio University in 1991, and a Bachelor of Education from Lakehead University in 1993. Main has been the assistant coach of the team since 1991. He holds a Master's of Science degree in Kinesiology (Coaching) from Lakehead. He is a Level 3 NCCP coach, and has a great deal of experience coaching basketball at the high school level. While attending the University of Toronto, Warden was team captain of the Varsity Blues Hockey Team and in 1984 was drafted in the NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders. He has played professional hockey throughout North America and Europe. Tom Warden, Lakehead's new athletic director, is fitted out in Lakehead gear by Dr. Fred Gilbert. ''I'm pleased to have Tom on board to start a new era in Lakehead athletics. His vision and management experience should produce some exciting changes and opportunities for our student athletes," says Lakehead University President Dr. Fred Gilbert. As the head coach and director of business and hockey operations of the Thunder Bay Thunder Cats Hockey Club, Warden's career highlights have included Bob Main Appointed Interim Women's Basketball Coach Warden replaces Stu Julius who was athletics co-ordinator in addition to being coach of the women's varsity basketball team. When Julius announced he would be leaving Lakehead in August, to take on a coaching position at Wilfrid Laurier, the position of athletic director was created on a full-time basis. One of Warden's first tasks will be to find a new coach for the women's basketball team. In the meantime, Bob Main has been appointed coach for the 1999-2000 season. Farewell Reception and Roast for Stu Julius details on page 7 Lakehead University- June, 1999 3 Main says "I look forward to my new role with the team and challenges it brings." Hrkacjoins 1999 World University Games team Lakehead University's Angela Hrkac has been chosen to join the 1999 World University Games team, and will compete at the FISU Games in July in Palma de Maflorca, Spain. Following the FISU games, the team will compete for Canada at the Jones Cup in Taiwan from July 24 to August 2, 1999. Angela Hrkac was the leader in the country in scoring and rebounding last season. She was also the winner of the Tracy McLeod Award (CIAU), and named 1999 Player of the Year (Ontario) and Al/Canadian Athlete. Hrkac will return to Lakehead in the fall to complete her final year in business administration. �-----------------;w■,■■;-1----------------- An Experience of a Lifetime Earlier this year. 12 Lakehead students travelled to the Antarctic Peninsula to study tourism managment strategies and their effectiveness in maintaining wilderness areas By Tiina Ahokas By the end of three or four years, any Geography student at Lakehead has become quite comfortable with the map library and has gotten a feel for the hard plastic chairs in room RC2003. This past November, however, the cartography of the map library was replaced with the navigational charts of the MS Explorer and the chairs in the classroom were replaced with islands in the Antarctic Peninsula, when the Department of Geography sent 12 students, under the direction of Dr. Margaret Johnston, to the Antarctic Peninsula. The group was well versed in the language of the Antarctic before embarking on the voyage. Before the ship set sail, background reports and essays were prepared. And students researched topics to be presented as lectures to the 70 other passengers on board the Explorer. Once in the Antarctic, the students travelled as tourists. Over 1O days, they made daily landings to islands and to the continent. They photographed penguins and watched whales and seals. But, they also kept a keen eye on the other tourists and recorded these behavioural observations in daily journals. Dr. Margaret Johnston (back row, fourth in from the left) led an "expedition " of Lakehead students to the Antarctic this year. In December 1999 she will take another group of Lakehead students on a field trip to the Antarctic Peninsula as part of a fourth year Geography course. continued on page 5 Lakehead University-- June, 1999 4 �-.siirii•■•z----------------Experience continued from page 4 In the Antarctic, tourism regulations help to maintain the natural wilderness. These regulations are carried out through guidelines of the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO) and under a broader umbrella, through the auspices of the Antarctic Treaty. And at a personal level, tourists are expected to act according to their own national legislation. Tourists respect wildlife by maintaining the safe distances that are outlined in the guidelines. Fragile vegetation is not to be trampled and fossils are not to be removed from the continent. In this way, through_ the same codes of behaviour and conduct that are used by many national parks, Antarctic tourism is managed. These regulations are just some of the policies that are an integral part of the tourism management strategy in the Antarctic. They are also the focus of study for Margaret Johnston. Dr. Johnston studies the regulation of both Arctic and Antarctic tourism by looking at the strategies that companies, governments and interest groups have in place to try to appropriately manage tourism in these pristine environments. She hopes to further this course of study at Arctowski Station on the Antarctic Peninsula. This Polish station is the site of the first tourist information kiosk in the Antarctic. Here, Dr. Johnston and Dr. Bernard Stonehouse, of the Scott Polar Research Institute, plan to carry out research on management planning and tourist behaviour during the coming tourist season. With the numbers of tourists visiting Antarctica increasing to 10,000 per year, these management strategies and their effectiveness in maintaining wilderness areas are fundamental to the preservation of this fragile ecosystem. For the group of 12 students from Lakehead, the Antarctic classroom was the learning experience of a lifetime; it was truly an experience in geography. Among the many memories they now hold are the beauty of the natural landscape, the sounds of nesting penguins and the clanging of ice against the portholes of the ship. For these Antarctic tourists, however, a more important benefit is their increased understanding and respect for the world's last untouched wilderness. Tiina Ahokas is one of several Lakehead students taking part in a student writing program sponsored by The Chronicle-Journal. Campus Notes Congratulations to the newly-elected LUSU executive who began their one-year term on May 1, 1999: LUSU President: Brent Evans has completed the Honours Bachelor of Kinesiology program and a BEd.; LUSU Vice-President Student Issues: Greg Seiveright has completed an Honours Bachelor of Outdoor Recreation program and a BA. LUSU Vice-President Finance: Vanessa Kleinhaar is in fourth year of an Honours Bachelor of Outdoor Recreation program. Negotiations are under way with Gifu University of Education and Languages to expand their summer programs at Lakehead. Director of International Activities Dan Pakulak says that the Japanese institution wants to create a two-year program that will encompass language training related to business practise and communications. Dr. Ult Runesson, a professor in the Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment, is the recipient of an award from ESRI Canada Limited, the leading G/S software company in the world serving over 3,000 organizations in Canada with ESRI G/S software products. The award plaque was presented by Alex Miller, president of ESRI Canada Limited, at a recent Ontario users group meeting held in Thunder Bay. The award was for outstanding innovation in the field of Geographic Information Systems and was given as recognition for over a decade's worth of excellence in academic teaching, technology transfer to industry and government as well as international GIS-related activities. Congratulations to Dr. K.C. Yang and Lynn Sevean. They are recipients of the Lakehead University Forestry Class of 1999 Educator's Award, an award which recognizes excellence in teaching through the period 1995 to 1999. As well, Yang was made an honorary member of the Diploma in Integrated Forest Resources Management class. ... Lakehead University was well represented at the American College of Sports Medicine Meeting held at St. Cloud University in St. Cloud, Minnesota last March. Faculty from the School of Kinesiology included Dr. Bob Thayer, Dr. Norm LaVoie, and Dr. Ian Newhouse. Graduate student presenters were Steve Mcilwaine and Neil Purves and other graduate students in attendance were Christy Cunningham, Matt Light, Maryse Larocque and Marc Poirier. ••• Dr. S.A. Mirza, a professor of Civil Engineering, has coauthored the 482-page American Concrete Institute (AC/) Design Handbook. This fully-refereed volume published recently was prepared in accordance with the new AC/ Building Code (318-95) and is the result of five years of work by the AC/ Committee on Design Aids, of which Dr. Mirza is a full voting member and the chair of one of its subcommittees. The AC/ Design Handbook is the most widely used reference in the world for design of reinforced concrete structures. It is used by both practising engineers and engineering students and is a required textbook for reinforced concrete design courses at scores of universities internationally. Lakehead University- June, 1999 5 �----------------••·-►-i-1------------------ A Report on the Annual Graduate Students in Education Conference held on March 6, 1999 The following article by Jane Fraser was submitted to the Agora in March. Following an introduction by Dr. Fentey Scott, the acting dean of education, students in the Master's of Education program were informed and entertained by a keynote address delivered by Dr. Connie Nelson, the dean of graduate studies and research. Nelson spoke on Graduate Research at Lakehead University: Retrospect and Prospects noting that graduate studies has moved steadily from an "add on" to a significant component of our University's program offerings. Focusing on graduate studies in education. Nelson stressed the importance of faculty and students building a strong, healthy research culture, and noted that other degree programs benefit from this development. With the aid of selected cartoons, she explored a number of issues graduate students face in establishing themselves as part of this milieu. Program highlights included Research Using the Internet, demonstrated by Arlene Glavish, library assistant, Education Library, and Writing Proposals for Research Funding, presented by Lynn Gollat, graduate studies assistant. Both informative workshops were well received by the participants. Graduate students experienced modelling of thesis and project journeys in two panels with graduates who returned to share their research . Michelle Symanyk-Mace reported on her thesis entitled Adoption of a co-operative learning teaching strategy in a Bachelor of Nursing course. On the same panel, Richard Turcotte, described his proj ect journey in the Development and implementation of a student code of behaviour for a secondary school. The question and answer part of the panel allowed the presenters and participants to discuss the transition of moving from being knowledge consumers to becoming knowledge generators. Above {l-r): Teresina Lombardo-Tassone, Barbara Morrison, Richard Turcotte, Jane Fraser (conference co-coordinator), and Michelle Symanyk-Mace. Lakehead University - June, 1999 6 Evelyn Gillson and Virginia Stead share recollections of graduate research. In the afternoon panel, Virginia Stead represented her thesis journey with School Council implementation: Women principals' experiences with a policy of improving school leadership. The project journey described by Evelyn Gillson, focused on The effectiveness of the team problem solving and decision making approach. Each of the panellists noted the need to concentrate on the precision of research report writing, and the value of following through on the expert advice provided by faculty on their supervisory committees. When asked about the experience of sharing their research journeys, all panellists agreed that it was a worthwhile endeavour. They encouraged the graduate students that although the research journey is demanding and time intensive, there is a great sense of accomplishment when one graduates. The conference was organized for the graduate students in education by Kristin Main representing the 1998 - 99 MEd Class and Jane Fraser, representing the 1999 - 2000 MEd Class. They were assisted by Dr. Rod McLeod, acting chair, graduate studies in education. �-.siiM•■ •z-1---------------- Dr. Gerd Schroeter Memorial Bursary The Dr. Gerd Schroeter Memorial Bursary has been named by the Department of Sociology in honour of their colleague, Dr. Gerd Schroeter, who passed away unexpectedly in February. Staff Appointments During the months of March, April, May and June employment notices were issued by Human Resources announcing the following appointments: The Alumni Association of Lakehead University elected a new slate of officers to the Board of Directors at their Carlos Faria Annual General Meeting Charlene Livingstone in June Shawna Hickey Secondary School Liaison Officers President: Registrar's Office David Heald Joanna Aegard (Griffith) Vice-President: Administrative Assistant Barb Eccles NECAH Treasurer: Bob Main Mark Tilbury Interim Women's Varsity Basketball Coach John Ongaro Coordinator of Community & Professional Development Health Sciences North Trevor Digby Security Communications Officer Alison Graver Senior DNA Analyst Anthropology Department (Paleo-DNA Laboratory) Christopher Miller Mechanic Campus Development Dr. Mary Louise Hill Vice-President (Academic) Tom Warden Athletic Director Secretary: Virginia Stead Immediate Past-President: John Friday During his career at Lakehead, Gerd displayed commitment to ensuring access to education for financially burdened students; he was an active member of the undergraduate scholarships and bursaries committee. Anyone wishing to make a donation to the bursary fund can send their contribution to: The Dr. Gerd Schroeter Memorial Bursary Fund c/o The Development Office Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, ON PlB 5E1 Cheques or money orders should be made payable to Lakehead University. All donations are tax deductible. For further information, contact Pam Wakewich, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology/Women's Studies at 343-8353. Directors Ben Kaminski Greg Beckford Janice Kalyta Tiffany Meady Terry Robinson Gil Vanson Mark Piovesana Lakehead's former athletics coordinator and coach of the women's basketball team is leaving Lakehead after 18 years. Jennifer Eccles You are invited to a Board of Governors Rep: Farewell Reception and Roast Bill Bartley Thursday, August 12, 1999 LUSU President: at the Victoria Inn at 7 p.m. Brent Evans Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the Switchboard, Athletics, Health Services, the Counselling and Career Centre, and the Financial Aid Office Brian Holm Gary Funk Athletics Lakehead University- June, 1999 7 �------------------••·-►-i-1----------------- Laser Technology links Lakehead with Cancer Centre Researchers at Lakehead are working in conjunction with the Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre to investigate the possibilities for treatment of cancer using state-of-the-art laser technology. Additionally, the laser light may be effective as a treatment modality. Coupled with an existing treatment, known as photodynamic therapy, deeper seated tissues may be more accurately targeted and treated using the laser. A new Millennia "pump" laser (multi-photon laser excitation imaging system) has been purchased by the Northern Cancer Research Foundation (NCRF) to support the investigation. The new venture will strengthen the existing close relationship between the University and the Regional Cancer Centre. "This level of collaboration between the two Physics departments is really a first," says Dr. Werden Keeler. "As a result of this initial project, we can now move forward with the implementation of serval other high technology collaborations of this nature." The ultimate goal of the study is to find new diagnostic and treatment breakthroughs. "Using a high intensity laser, very short pulses of extremely concentrated laser light can be produced," says Dr. Peter McGhee, director of medical physics at the Cancer Centre. "These pulses hold significant prospects for the development of new methods for identifying and treating cancerous tissues. By exposing tissue samples to these laser pulses, specific cancer cells may be identified as being present. This may support the development of new diagnostic procedures." Several cancer specialists working at the Cancer Centre hold faculty appointments at the University and teach both undergraduate and graduate curricula. Additionally, the Supportive Care department at the Cancer Centre holds a close affiliation with the departments of Psychology and Social Work. Back Row {l-r) Dr. Peter McGhee is director of medical physics of the Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre. Standing beside him is Brian McKinnon, president of the Northern Cancer Research Foundation. Both men were on campus in early May to announce a new collaborative research venture involving Dr. Christine Gottardo (centre), a professor in the Department of Chemistry, and Dr. Werden Keeler (right), a professor in the Department of Physics. Dr. Margaret Hawton, chair of the Department of Physics, is also part of the team. Photo: Peter Puna Lakehead University- June, 1999 8 �--- - - - - ------- --,-z•••••zMeasuring Graduation, Employment and OSAP Default Rates at Lakehead 97. 1 per cent of Lakehead graduates have jobs two years after graduation University graduates are doing exceptionally well in today's job market according to the results of a recent survey conducted by Ontario universities. Lakehead University's performance indicators compare favourably when measured against the Ontario university average. "Lakehead has demonstrated that it doesn't need to take a back seat to any of the Ontario universities when it comes to employment opportunities for our grads. Lakehead is above the provincial average in placement rates after two years, has a lower OSAP default rate than the provincial average and a graduation rate only marginally below the provincial average. This indicates that Lakehead attracts good students and positions them well in the competitive job marketplace," says Dr. Fred Gilbert, president of Lakehead University. To determine employment rates of recent graduates, Ontario universities conducted a survey of all 1996 graduates of undergraduate degree programs. The survey was conducted TWO YEARS AF.ER G R ADUATION 97.1 % O NTARIO SYSTEM 96.7% ...•---------------., I ~-~-- GRADUATION RATE 19 90 I 1!:NTl!:RINl!I CCHCRT LAK E H EAD 70 .2% ONT A R IO SYS T E M 70.8% 97.1 per cent two years after graduation. This compares well against the provincial average rates of 90.8 per cent and 96.7 per cent. EMPLOYMENT RATE 1996 GRADUATES LAKEHEAD last winter through mailed surveys and follow-up telephone contact. Over 25,000 surveys were completed, which represents 54 per cent of the Class of 1996. Graduates were asked about their employment situation six months and two years after graduation. Lakehead University's employment rates for 1996 graduates were found to be 87.0 per cent six months after graduation and ' Graduation rates were calculated by selecting all full -time Year One undergraduate students from Fall 1990 who were seeking either a Bachelor's or First Professional Degree and determining whether or not they graduated within seven years. The subset was matched against the records for students who received a degree from the same institution during the period 1991 -97. The graduation rate for Lakehead University is 70.2 per cent Lakehead University- June, 1999 9 and the rate for all programs at Ontario universities is only marginally higher at 70.8 per cent. The 1998 OSAP (Ontario Student Assistance Program) default rate was also measured. The 1998 default rates reflect the repayment status of both undergraduate and graduate students who received Ontario Student Loans in the 1995-96 academic year and did not receive an Ontario Student Loan in 1996-97, and who subsequently defaulted on their repayment obligations approximately two years after graduation. Lakehead University's 1998 default rate for all programs is 11.5 per cent, slightly lower than 12.3 per cent for all programs at Ontario universities, which is an indication that Lakehead graduates have the ability to pay back their loans because of their employment status. For further information about graduation, employment and OSAP loan default rates please refer to Lakehead University's website at www.lakeheadu.ca/-analysisl indicators.html. - OSAP LOAN DEFAULT RATE 1998 L A KEHEAO 1 l .!!>% oNTARI D SYSTEM 1 2.3% I �- ------------- - - ; • • • - • ; - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- Photodegradation of Polymers," $23,100, Renewal (2-3) NSERC Awards for 1999-2000 Department of Civil Engineering Dr. S.M. Easa, "3-D Highway Geometric Design Consistency," $28,875, Renewal (2-4) Dr. D.K. Eigenbrod, "Shaft Resistance of Piles in Sand During Loading in Tension and Compression," $14,700, New {1-4) The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council {NSERC) recently announced the results of their annual research grants competition. Shortly after, they announced a 5 per cent increase for all new and existing research grants. Dr. S.A. Mirza, "Strength and Stiffness of Slender Composite Steel-Concrete Beam-Columns;· $19,520, Renewal (2-4) Department of Computer Science Dr. X. Li, "An Abstract Machine for High Performance Logic Programming," $16,170, Renewal (3-4) Total NSERC funding to Lakehead University continues to show an increase. During the 1998-99 research and equipment grants competition, $832,544 worth of grants were received by researchers at Lakehead University. For this past competition, the total was $880,971. This represents an increase of $48,427, or 5.8 per cent. Department of Electrical Engineering Dr. X. Chen, "Robust and Optimal Control of Nonlinear Systems with Bifurcations," $21 ,000, New (1-4) Dr. K. Natarajan, "Model Reference Adaptive Control in the Frequency Domain," $23,310, New (1-4) Currently, there are 35 NSERC holders at Lakehead. This figure represents 35 per cent of the total NSERC eligible faculty at Lakehead. Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment The following is a list of all NSERC recipients at Lakehead University who were successful in the 1999-2000 research and equipment grants competition. Dr. Q.L. Dang, "Interacting Effects of Soil Conditions on Ecophysiological Traits and their Responses to Changing Aboveground Environment in Boreal Tree Species," $34,073, Renewal (2-4) Department of Biology Dr. W.H. Parker, "Development of a GIS Methodology to Determine Breeding Zones for Second Generation Tree Programs," $19,635, Renewal {2-4) Dr. S.J. Hecnar, "Species Richness and Spatial Dynamics in Amphibians,"$15,750, New (1-4) Department of Geology Dr. M.W. Lankester, "Parasite and Diseases of Northern Animals," $23,100, Renewal (4-4) Dr. G.J. Borradaile, "Rock Magnetism," $69,993, Renewal (5-5) Dr. P.W. Fralick, "Paleogeographic Reconstruction of Mesoarchean Terrains in Western Superior Province," $17,556, Renewal (3-4) Dr. A.U. Mallik, "Retrogressive Succession and Biodiversity in Nutrient Poor Cool - Temperature Forests After Disturbance," $11 ,550, Renewal (4-4) Dr. R.H. Mitchell, "Petrology of Kimberlites and Alkaline Rocks," $86,625, Renewal (4-6) Dr. D.W. Morris, 'The Evolution and Importance of Habitat Selection," $47,355, Renewal {3-4) Department of Mathematical Sciences Dr. D.W. Morris, "Field Research Vehicle;· $34,288, New (1-1) Dr. C.T. Hoang, "Graph Colouring and Visibility Graphs;• $14,700, New (1-4) Department of Chemical Engineering Dr. L.J. Garred, "Mathematical Modelling Studies in Renal Failure Patients," $17,903, Renewal (3-4) Dr. W. Huang, "Job Scheduling Problems in Modern Manufacturing Systems and Management Science;' $9,702, New (1-4) Dr. A. Gilbert, "Optimizing Control of Kraft Mill Processes," $21 ,945, Renewal (2-4) Dr. T. Miao, "Amenability of Locally Compact Groups and Geometric Properties of Ap {G)," $ 13,650, New (1-4) Dr. I. Nirdosh, "Solid-Liquid Mass Transfer Applications," $23,909, Renewal {2-5) Department of Mechanical Engineering Dr. V.R. Puttagunta, "Viscosity Prediction and Radiation Assisted Upgrading of Heavy Oils," $22,638, Renewal (4-4) Dr. K. Liu, "Identification of Linear Time-Varying Systems: Dynamic Behaviour, Algorithms and Applications;' $16,170, Renewal (3-4) Department of Chemistry Dr. S.D. Kinrade, "Aqueous Chemistry of Silicon," $38,115, Renewal (2-4) Dr. K. Liu, "Experimental Facility for Identification and Control of Linear Time-Varying Systems," $22,396, New (1-1) Dr. N.A. Weir, "Studies of Photochemistry and Dr. M. Liu, 'Transformation Matrices for Finite Element Lakehead University - June, 1999 10 �-VCM••¥Z . . . Indemnification Policy approved by Board of Governors Analysis of Plates and Shells with Structural Discontinuities," $13,737, Renewal (2-4) Dr. G.F. Naterer, "Binary Constituent Solid-Liquid Phase Transition in Materials Processing;' $16,170, Renewal (3-4) Dr. H.T. Saliba, ''Theoretical and Experimental Stability and Vibration Analysis of Plates and Structures," $18,480, Renewal (3-4) Department of Physics Dr. M.M. Dignam, "Coherence in Semiconductor Nanostructures/Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers," $26,565, Renewal (3-4) Dr. M.C. Gallagher, "Heteroepitaxy of Ultrathin Films of Metals and Metal Oxides," $28,875, Renewal (3-4) Dr. M.H. Hawton, "Photon-Matter Interactions/Physics of Absorbed Water," $15,015, Renewal (4-4) Dr. W. J. Keeler, "Optical Investigations of Semiconductors and Bio-Samples," $10,973, Renewal (2-2) Dr. V.V. Paranjape, "Research in Solid State Physics," $9,240, Renewal (4-4) Dr. W.M. Sears, ''The Electrical Properties of the Surface-Gas Interface of Wide Band Gap Semiconductors," $13,398, Renewal (3-4) Department of Psychology At their meeting on June 17, 1999, the Board of Governors approved an amended version of Lakehead University's policy on Indemnification. The policy can be found on the Lakehead University website: www. lakeheadu.ca (Click on "University Secretariat" then "Policies"). The following text, taken from the policy, explains its rationale: "There is an increasing occurrence of legal claims and actions against organizations and their employees, with significant costs of defending against such claims and actions. This has given rise to Lakehead University establishing a policy to assist its employees in understanding the extent of the University's indemnification for legal costs incurred by its employees as a result of claims and actions brought against the University and/ or its employees, and arising out of employees'lemployment duties." Student Viewbook is Best in Canada Dr. C.A.G. Hayman, "Episodic Memory as a Source of Cognitive Binding," $20,790, Renewal (3-4) Four More CF/ Projects Funded In June, Lakehead was informed that four more projects had received funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation program, bringing the total number of awards to 14. "A remarkable achievement for a University the size of Lakehead," says Dr. Connie Nelson who was dean of graduate studies and research at the time the proposals were submitted. "Over the next few years, Lakehead will see an infusion of more than $4.33 million to upgrade and enhance its research infrastructure." The four projects are: Dr. Jeffrey Banks: 1. New Polymers for the Pulp and Paper Industry: Retention Aids as Carriers for Photoyellowing Inhibitors 2. High Intensity Photochemistry of Organic Molecules in Solution Lakehead University's student recruitment viewbook earned a gold standing in the Prix D'Excellence' 99, the annual awards program of the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education which recognizes outstanding achievements in alumni affairs, public affairs, development, student recruitment and overall institutional advancement. Congratulations to Registrar Pentti Paularinne, Assistant Registrar Sarena Knapik and all the other staff in the Office of the Registrar who were involved in the production. See You in September Dr. Qing-Lai Dang: Lakehead Forest Ecology Research Complex The next issue of the Agora will appear in September. Dr. Scott Hamilton: Geospatial Analysis Research Centre Dr. Peter Lee: Bioremediation of Boreal Forest Resource-based Deadline for Submissions: September 1, 1999 Industrial Sites Lakehead University-- June, 1999 11 �--·•••;■;----1---------------Second World Congress on Allelopathy: Critical Analysis & Future Prospects August 9-13, 1999 Lakehead University 16th Annual Alumni Association Open Do plants communicate? Ask that question of any one of the 200 international delegates coming to Lakehead in August to attend the Second World Congress on Allelopathy and you will get some interesting answers. Allelopathy can be defined as chemical interactions among plants and microorganisms through the release of chemical compounds into the environment. Friday, August 27, 1999 1 p.m. shotgun start Strathcona Golf Course Barbecue Dinner at Lakehead University Faculty Lounge $55 per person $220 per team All participants to be at the Golf Course by 12: 30 p.m. Sponsored by Financial Concept Group Contest Winner The field has received growing attention from botanists, weed scientists, ecologists, physiologists, agronomists, soil scientists, natural product chemists, plant breeders and microbiologists. Dr. Azim Mallik, a professor in the Department of Biology, is the chair of the conference organizing committee. Interest in Allelopathy is growing, he says, because more people are looking for biological ways to control plant growth, such as crop rotation, instead of chemical ways such as herbicides. For more information check the Congress Website: http://www.Lakeheadu.ca/~allelo99/ or contact Azim Mallik at 343-8927. RNDON Reunion Alumni Association president David Heald presents Microcomputer Services Supervisor Carol Otte with a gift certificate to the White Fox Inn courtesy of the Alumni Association's group life insurer, Campbell & Company Insurance Consultants. Carol Otte was the lucky winner of an alumni insurance contest held in the spring for faculty and staff. For more information on this group home and auto insurance program, or for a quote, contact Campbell & Company at 1-888-918-5056. Honorary Degrees Call for Nominations The Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees invites all members of the University community to submit nominations for honorary degree(s) to be awarded at the Convocation in May 2000. Please provide as complete information as possible about the person being nominated plus a brief rationale for the nomination. All nominations will be considered by the Committee which will then make its recommendations to Senate. Please send the nominations to Mrs. L. 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