February 11, 2010 Vol. 46 No. 6
The University of Western Ontario’s newspaper of record
www.westernnews.ca
PM 41195534
New Meds facility?
Study Abroad
Research
The Schulich School of Medicine &
Dentistry is bursting at the seams and
its incoming dean includes an expanded
facility among his priorities.
Students can now broaden their educational
horizons – to France. A new initiative offers
summer classes in English and French at
the University of Tours. But the deadline is
approaching.
Thousands of former industrial and
commercial sites are contaminated and
unusable in Canada. Enter an award-winning
slow-burn solution that could open these
sites for redevelopment.
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Molecules
repel
water, oil
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aul Ragogna is sticking
by his current research or perhaps we should say
‘not sticking.’
The University of Western
Ontario Chemistry professor’s
work in synthesizing new molecules with unique repelling
qualities has earned a Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council’s (NSERC)
Strategic Project grant.
Announced Monday by Minister of State (Science and
Technology) Gary Goodyear,
Ragogna, along with a second
project led by Faculty of Engineering professor Greg Kopp,
will share $310,000, part of
$53.5 million unveiled for 122
projects across Canada.
Ragogna’s work provides
insight into the way molecules
are held together, a study that
offers potential usefulness in
developing new water-resistant surfaces. Ragogna won
the John Polanyi Prize in 2005.
“These molecules have the
very uncanny ability to repel
water and oils with great efficacy,” says Ragogna, comparing it to a highly sophisticated
version of a non-stick frying
pan.
“It has the ability to be used
in the high-tech industry in
coating electronics and coating other surfaces that would
be subject to environmental
wear.”
By identify compounds with
unusual properties, as well as
chemical processes that are
less detrimental to the environment, the research will
have a significant impact in
the area of polymer sciences
and “green” chemistry.
Ragogna’s research is targeting needs in the high-tech
electronics industry, for example the organic light-emitting
diodes used in cell phones,
Continued on page 7
Paul Mayne, Western News
Faculty of Engineering graduate student Gary Li works on a single nano-wire biosensor device as part of his ‘Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip’ technology
course being taught by Mechanical and Materials Engineering Assistant Professor Jun Yang.
Tiny labs tool for global health
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W
hen it comes to testing
bacteria, viruses and
cancers, we often picture a white-coated researcher
in an elaborate laboratory setting. Now imagine packaging
that lab into something the size
of a credit card or smaller.
Suddenly the sophistication of
advanced testing facilities and
methods becomes portable – it
can go anywhere.
That is the idea behind the
‘Microfluidics and Lab-on-aChip’ technology course being
taught to graduate Engineering students by Mechanical and
Materials Engineering Assistant
Professor Jun Yang.
The course shows students
how to design and fabricate ‘labon-a-chip’ devices for a wide variety of applications in chemistry,
biology and clinical diagnosis.
Students apply this knowledge to
develop point-of-care diagnostic
techniques that work where the
problem or patient is located.
“The concept of lab-on-a-chip
is to perform experiments on a
credit-card-size chip instead of
doing experiments traditionally
on a bench top in a lab,” says
Yang.
“Lab-on-a-chip devices integrate one or multiple laboratory
functions on a single chip of several square centimetres in size
by micro- or nano-fabrication
techniques.”
Yang’s research is to create
microfluidic chips that allow
health-care providers in poorly
equipped clinics, primarily in
Third World countries, to perform diagnostic tests with no
laboratory support.
As the name suggests, ‘point
of care’ means on-site, real-time
diagnostic testing and on-site
patient care, even disease treatment. The handheld portability
of the device makes it more costeffective, faster and ‘smarter’,
adds Yang.
This year, Yang’s course
adopts the overall theme of The
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
funding program: The Grand
Challenges in Global Health Ini-
Lab on a chip (LOC)
n LOCs place one or more laboratory functions on a chip. Potential
applications vary widely including
real-time cancer screening, testing
in space or on other planets, and
diagnosis of HIV (90 per cent of infections have not been tested).
n UCLA investigators have developed technology to perform more
than 1,000 chemical reactions
at once on a stamp-size microchip. The advance was reported in the journal Lab on a Chip.
rsc.org/publishing/journals/LC/
n Some of the earliest work was
in the 1960s on miniaturized silicon
sensors.
tiative. The objective is to apply
innovative ideas for diagnostics
in the developing world.
The foundation is making $30
million available for Phase I of
a new grant program to create
technologies and components
that can be used to assess multiple conditions and pathogens
at the point-of-care in a variety
of settings.
Yang is making this global
health initiative challenge part
of his class.
“Students will have a good
learning experience, starting
from knowledge preparation,
literature search, knowledge
exchange and discussion with
colleagues, writing a proposal,
making lab-on-a-chip devices
and conducting preliminary
experiments, and finally write
reports,” says Yang. “Such a
learning experience will be what
they will do in their job positions
in the future.”
Yang adds the strong support
from his department - along
with experimental costs covered
through an Inter-Disciplinary
Initiative grant received from
the university – will spell a solid
learning experience for his students.
“I try to link classroom teaching to problems that need to be
solved in the real world, particularly the developing countries,”
says Yang.
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T h e Ce n t re fo r E nv i ro n m e n t & S u s t a i n a b i l i t y p re s e n t s :
David
Noble
The
2
Tribute lecture
Degrees
Challenge
Climate
catastrophe
or
sustainable
Monday, February 22, 4:30 – 6 PM
Middlesex College Room 110
inspiration?
David is the founder and
principal of 2degreesC, a
global organization with a core
team in Canada, dedicated to
advancing collective action
and transformational change in
response to the global climate
crisis.
Just back from Copenhagen,
of international climate
negotiations, has visited the
Arctic and Antarctic, is a trainee
of Al Gore, a presenter with
the Climate Project, a writer, a
world-wide speaker, and recently
completed a cross-Canada 2
degrees tour to inspire and
democratize climate action.
A man with a noble cause,
David has been described by
audiences as engaging, inspiring,
motivating… all served up with
a big dash of hope.
A Feb. 25 keynote presentation
and reception will pay tribute to
Professor Emeritus William S.
Fyfe. The tribute begins with a
talk by William Shotyk, the William S. Fyfe Visiting Distinguished
Scientist in Residence. The topic
of the talk is “Looking Back at
the Garden of Eden: Reconstructing Environmental History using
Peat Bogs and Arctic Ice”. The
event will take place at the Great
Hall. The talk will be held at 4
p.m. with the reception to follow.
RSVP to Paula.Luchak@uwo.ca or
call 86642 for more information.
Calling all student
filmmakers
Aspiring filmmakers at Western have until March 10 to make
a submission to the Ivey Film Festival. The festival, which takes
place Mar. 22, is open to students
enrolled at Western and the affiliate university colleges. Organizers say it will provide an opportunity to address economic, social
and political issues in a creative
setting, which are due online by
Mar. 10. Prizes will be awarded
in the categories of Overall Film
Excellence (1st, 2nd, 3rd place),
Best Action, Best Drama, Best
Documentary, Best Comedy, and
People’s Choice Award. Check out
iveyfilmfestival.com.
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GRADUATE
STUDIES
The Mustangs women won their
second straight OUA swimming
championship on Feb. 7, while
the Mustangs men earned provincial silver. “We have a pretty
broad base of talent and we’re
pretty deep across the board,”
says Western head coach Paul
Midgley. In all, 19 female swimmers and nine male swimmers
qualified for the CIS championships later this month. For full
details visit westernmustangs.ca
In addition, Jennifer Trung was
named the female Rookie of the
Year, while Hayley Nell won her
third consecutive OUA female
swimmer of the year honour. Midgley earned his second straight
OUA women’s coach of the year
award.
V-Day Western
productions
Every year, V-Day Western
holds several events and hosts
annual benefit performances of
The Vagina Monologues and a
second play called A Memory, A
Monologue, A Rant and a Prayer.
The production is part of an international campaign to end violence
against women and girls. In the
past nine years, V-Day Western
has raised over $75,000 for local
and international causes. This
year’s productions take place Mar.
6 and 7 in the Althouse Theatre.
http://vdaywestern.com/2010-productions
undergrad business
journal launched
Undergraduate students at the
Richard Ivey School of Business
have launched the Ivey Business
Review, Canada’s first undergraduate business journal. Written
and managed by Ivey students,
Heather Travis, Western News
On the heels of her most recent trip to Sudan, Jane Roy, co-executive director
of the London Food Bank, shares her 13-year experience in helping to rebuild
the homeland of her three adopted children. Roy, aided by her husband
and London North Centre MP Glen Pearson, is helping to end slavery, build
schools and advocate for peace through her founded agency Canadian Aid
for Southern Sudan. The Feb. 5 event in the Dr. David S.H. Chu International
Student Centre was presented by Brescia University College’s International
Student Services; Huron University College’s International Office; King’s University College’s International Student Services, Western Law’s International
Program Office; and Western’s International and Exchange Student Centre.
the magazine evaluates contemporary business strategies. The
first issue, “Changing the Way
You Do Business,” discusses topics such as the globalization of
telecommunications, the ethics of
“death bonds” and how Google’s
quest for growth is hurting consumers. ivey.ca/ibr.
Attention foodies
A hot market for locally produced food has bumped up the
frequency and extended the
hours of Brescia’s Farmers’ Market. Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 23,
the market will be held weekly
until April 6 in the Library Foyer
from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. There will
be no market during Reading
Week on Feb. 16. Market fare
includes locally grown produce,
homemade baked goods and preserves.
SPREADING THE WEALTH
How do you decide how to distribute goods in a society? Political
Science professor Charles Jones
is going to discuss the merits of
distributive justice Feb. 19 at the
meeting of the Western Retired
Academics Group. His lecture,
titled “Distributive Justice: Who
Should Get What?” will be held at
Huron University College, Room
W12. The general meeting begins
at 2 p.m. for refreshments and the
talk starts at 2:30 p.m. Jones specializes in international justice,
theories of justice, international
political theory and nationalism.
uworag.com.
HUNGRY FOR CHANGE
Organized by the medical students at the Schulich School of
Medicine & Dentistry, the Hungry for Change Gala hopes to
illustrate the disparity of wealth
throughout the world and raise
money for students to travel to
resource-poor areas for placements and research. Scheduled
for Feb. 26 at the Great Hall, the
evening features speaker Dr.
Danielle Behn Smith. schulich.
uwo.ca/hfc.
BEING GREEN
Nominations for the annual
Western Green Awards are being
sought to recognize contributions
to sustainability on campus. Open
through Feb. 26, nominations can
be made at the Physical Plant
website (uwo/ppd) to acknowledge individuals or groups that
initiate or support an activity
with positive environmental outcomes and demonstrates an environmentally friendly effort/campaign. For information contact
greenawards@uwo.ca.
BEHIND THE MUSIC
Music videos sell more than an
artist’s latest song. Department
of Women’s Studies and Feminist Research professor Kim Verwaayen explores the messaging
behind the videos in the Faculty
of Arts and Humanities Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series
today (Feb. 11). Her lecture, “Intimate and Intimating Relations:
What Music Videos Suggest about
Gender, Sex, Race ... and Power,”
will be held at 7 p.m., Landon
Branch, London Public Library,
167 Wortley Rd. (Martha Bishop
Room).
Ombudsperson
report
The 2008-09 Annual Report of
the office of the Ombudsperson
has now been published online
at uwo.ca/ombuds/reports/
AR2008-09.pdf
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New medical school facility a priority
B y H e at h e r T r av i s
G
reater integration of clinical research with other
aspects of the university,
increasing community profile
and advocating for a new facility are at the top of the list for
the newly appointed dean of the
Schulich School of Medicine &
Dentistry.
Dr. Michael Strong says he
is “humbled” and “excited” by
the appointment and looks forward to building on the legacy
of Dean Carol Herbert, who will
have completed two terms and
11 years as dean when her term
expires in June.
Strong will serve as dean until
2015.
One of his priorities is to find
new space for growing programs in a school “bursting at
the seams.”
“Everybody needs space. At
Schulich, it is a critical issue ...
We need to have a new medical
school facility.”
Locally, Strong calls Schulich
“the game in town” for training
the next generation of health-care
professionals for southwestern
Ontario. The school has built an
impressive reputation, but Strong
wants to add to its international
profile.
By the time today’s students
graduate, they will be confronted
with the challenges of an aging
population. He feels there is
potential for Schulich to become
a global leader in caring for this
demographic.
“We could really be the centre for asking questions about
‘how do we deal with those social
issues?’” he says. “We have a
social responsibility in helping to
come up with new models to deal
with that.”
A personal goal is to promote
the school within the community
Heather Travis, Western News
Dr. Michael Strong will assume leadership of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry July 1.
and create “a sense of ownership”
among those who benefit from its
research and graduates.
Strong brings to the position
an extensive record in clinical
education and practice, research
and service and feels he acts as
a role model for how to integrate
science and research with clinical
practice.
While the two key disciplines
under his new portfolio may be
different, Strong sees many connections between medicine and
dentistry. The leadership provided by director of Schulich Dentistry, Dr. Harinder Sandhu, will
help Strong – as someone coming
from a medical background – in
dealing with issues related to the
school’s other half.
Schulich’s satellite campus
in Windsor will continue to be
treated as an extension of the
London location, not as a competitive institution, he notes. Recent
administrative changes are natural growing pains, he says, adding he’s confident in the program
under the leadership of Dr. Jim
Silcox, acting associate dean.
Born in Windsor and hailing
from Leamington, Strong undertook undergraduate training in
biochemistry and medicine at
Queen’s University, neurology
training at The University of
Western Ontario, and postgraduate training at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.
He is currently Chief of Neurology and Co-Chair of the Department of Clinical Neurological
Sciences at LHSC and Western,
Director of the London Motor
Neuron Diseases Clinic at the
London Health Sciences Centre,
the Arthur J. Hudson Chair in
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Research (ALS), and a scientist
at the Robarts Research Institute.
“Michael Strong will be a superb
leader for the Schulich School
of Medicine & Dentistry,” says
Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Fred Longstaffe, chair of
the selection committee.
“He has an impressive array
of experience and accomplishment in so many of the key areas
required for inspired leadership
in medical and dental education
and research. Mike has the vision
to lead the Schulich School of
Medicine & Dentistry to even
greater heights.”
“Under Dean Herbert’s leadership, the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry has become a
centerpiece of success at The
University of Western Ontario
and is a key contributor to the
present and future well-being of
London, southwestern Ontario
and beyond,” says Western President Amit Chakma. “Accordingly,
we are extremely fortunate to
have attracted such a talented and
energetic individual as Michael
Strong to be its next dean.”
Strong is a recipient of the University Students’ Council Award
for Excellence in Teaching every
year since 2004, winner of the
2005 Sheila Essay and the 2008
Forbes Norris Awards, both international recognitions of leadership in the area of ALS, editor or
co-editor of three textbooks on
ALS, and a Fellow of the Canadian
Academy of Health Sciences. Since 1990, he has also cared
for ALS patients from across
southwestern Ontario, including
an outreach clinic in Windsor
for patients from Essex County.
Strong was awarded Western’s
highest academic honour in 2009,
when he was named Distinguished
University Professor.
Western to host Special UWOFA donates $2,500 to Haiti
Olympic athletes
The University of Western
Ontario is putting its stamp on
the 2010 Special Olympics Canada
Summer Games held in London
July 11-17 as host of several events
and home of the Athletes’ Village.
Opening and closing ceremonies will be held in TD Waterhouse
Stadium, and the Western Student Recreation Centre and the
Huron Flats fields will be used for
events.
The Special Olympics has Western roots.
Frank Hayden, who developed
the concept, was a professor at the
university in the 1960s and 1970s,
when his research focused on testing modes of physical fitness for
individuals with an intellectual
disability. This research drew
attention from Eunice Kennedy
Shriver in Washington, D.C. and
became the basis for the establishment of the games.
Western alumna Deborah
Bright (BA’90, MA’92) is the presi-
dent and CEO of Special Olympics
Canada.
Many members of the Western
community are on the organizing
committee, including co-chairs
Diane Cunningham, Director of
the Lawrence National Centre for
Policy & Management, and Darwin Semotiuk, professor in the
School of Kinesiology, who share
the honour with London Police
Chief Murray Faulkner.
Bob Furlong, Executive Director of the Fowler Kennedy Sport
Medicine Clinic, will be director
of medical services for the games,
and Ruth Harland, Manager of
Conference Services for Western’s Hospitality Services, is codirector of operations.
The 2010 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games will serve as
a qualifier for the 2011 Special
Olympics World Summer Games
to be held in Athens, Greece.
Learn more at http://london2010.
ca/.
University of Western Ontario
Faculty Association (UWOFA)
has donated $2,500 to the Humanitarian Coalition to support the
relief effort in Haiti following the
earthquake on Jan. 12.
The association, representing
close to 1,500 unionized faculty
members, chose to support the
Humanitarian Coalition, a net-
work of non-government organizations that include CARE
Canada, Oxfam Canada, OxfamQuébec, and Save the Children
Canada.
“The situation in Haiti is dire
and financial assistance to relief
organizations is critical,” says
UWOFA president Regna Darnell. “UWOFA is committed to
supporting the important work of
the Humanitarian Coalition.”
UWOFA encourages individuals and organizations in the London community to continue supporting the Haiti relief effort.
Information on the Humanitarian
Coalition is available at thehumanitariancoalition.ca.
Workshop openings remain
There’s still an opportunity
to hear CBC TV’s Mark Kelley
talk about living on the street
homeless.
The annual staff and leaders’
conference runs Feb. 16-19 with
a special Go For GOLD focus
this year – Grow, Offer, Learn
and Develop. The focus is on
exposing staff and leaders to
possibilities of making a difference in their community.
While some events are full,
there are still speakers, sessions and site tours with openings available, including Kelley,
host of CBC News Network’s
Connect.
Other open spots include
learning more about Western
Heads East, Zumba dance aerobics and hidden gems on campus, such as the McIntosh Gallery or Western Archives.
Registration is free by visiting uwo.ca/humanresources.
The four-day conference,
hosted by the Staff Development Steering Team, kicks-off
Feb. 16 with the Western Award
of Excellence ceremony at the
Great Hall. The awards are the
highest campus-wide recognition for staff.
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The Way We WERE: 1971
Feature by Alan Noon (anoon@uwo.ca)
London Free Press Collection/Western Archives
A highlight of the 1971 Homecoming game held in the JW Little Memorial Stadium was the half-time appearance of the surviving members of the cup-winning senior football team of 1931.
Lining up to be recognized are from, left to right, Jack Mugan, Frank Veerion, Allan Stewart, Roy Brown, Gordon Awde, Angus McLaughlin, Lyle Mackay, Harry Rockey, Stew Ward, Jack
Quigley, Joe Breen and Bill Bryant. Coach Breen led the Western team to its first of many championships beginning in 1931, two years after the Little Stadium enabled Western to compete
in the senior football league.
RESEARCH
Can curling sustain rural communities?
Female curlers
will receive
cameras and
logbooks
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B
y examining the social lives
and health of female curlers, University of Western
Ontario research hopes to recognize how sport and recreation
differ for women in diverse rural
communities across Canada.
In determining how health,
sport and recreation can be better understood in rural areas, lead
researcher Beverly Leipert, a
professor in the School of Nursing, wants to learn how women
perceive the influence of these
activities on their well-being.
“Health is much more than
physical health, it’s social health
and it’s mental health,” says
Leipert of the multi-year study,
funded through a $134,000 grant
from Sport Canada.
“Curling is huge in rural communities and we want to know
how it facilitates mental, physical
and social health. We’re asking
the women how it affects their
health broadly. Older women
may say it gets them out of the
house, which keeps up their mental health, while younger women
may say they take part for the
physical benefits.”
With little research on rural
women’s health – and virtually
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none on curling - the dwindling
population of rural Canadian communities puts greater emphasis
on the importance of such activities.
“It is a sport open to all, from
children to grandchildren. It’s so
central to rural areas, and a sport
more accessible to women,” she
says. “Other things can close schools, elevators, grocery stores
- but the rink is still there. It does
serve an important purpose, so
how can we support this.”
The study is the first to explore
the effects of curling activities on
the social lives and health of rural
women in Canada. More than 50
women will take part in the study,
including six to eight women from
eight rural communities in Nova
Scotia, the Northwest Territories,
Manitoba, and Ontario.
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Leipert is excited about a new
research method being used
called Photo Voice. Participants,
from young teens to seniors, have
been given cameras to take photos of how curling affects their
lives, writing about this in their
logbooks and then sharing the
information during focus groups.
“It could be (about) them curling, or simply socializing with
friends,” says Leipert, adding,
“It’s going to be all things. I don’t
think it’s one or the other. It’s the
diversity and complexity of the
importance of the sport to rural
women’s health that we’re interested in. There is really rich data
there.”
Leipert has visited one community involved in the study and
will be heading into another next
week. Her early impression is the
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sport and its importance to the
well-being of women and their
community is huge.
“We want to know if it’s important to support these clubs, and
from the one group I’ve talked to,
it’s important,” she says.
Leipert adds the study has
implications for better understanding rural community development and sustainability.
“Rural communities are losing population, young people
are moving away,” says Leipert.
“The age of the people curling
is increasing, but no new blood.
How can we sustain this sport in
the rural areas? Perhaps we need
grants that small clubs can apply
for; more media attention given
to the sport; we want to move
the sport forward for girls and
women.”
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Remembering the kindness
of a teacher and colleague
By Ian M. Richmond
R
eading his obituary in the
online Western News a
couple of weeks ago, I was
prompted to reflect on the many
years that I had known Jim Sanders.
Jim was one of my professors
in my third and fourth years as
an undergraduate at Western
in 1964­–1966. His courses were
among the most rewarding of my
undergraduate years. He had a
truly encyclopaedic knowledge
of the French language that both
impressed and fascinated me.
Jim had obtained his doctorate
in France, married a French girl
and spent many of his summers
with his French in-laws. He used
these experiences in his teaching
and, for me, brought the French
language to life in the classroom.
Although not the most approachable of professors, he took a real
interest in those students he
thought showed promise. At the
end of my third year, when I told
him I would be working in Europe
that summer and would spend
a few weeks in France before
returning home, he kindly gave
me his in-laws’ address and wrote
them to expect a visit from me.
I subsequently spent a most
pleasant afternoon with his inlaws at their home outside Paris
overlooking the Seine. I got to
pick strawberries in their garden and was introduced to pastis,
the quintessential French aperitif. It was here I heard the stories of his rented car that lost
a wheel at a most inopportune
moment and how he sawed his tie
in two when closing up a wooden
crate of books for shipment back
to Canada. Here was a human
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dimension to Jim he was loath to
reveal in the classroom.
Later, when I embarked on
graduate studies, he generously
gave me introductions to some of
the French writers whose work
was published in the various collections of short stories he had
co-edited over the years. This was
a rare generosity on the part of a
faculty member and I have never
forgotten it.
Jim was a man who enjoyed
life and the good things life had
to offer. He went off-roading
in Baja, California in the days
before it became a resort centre.
He visited Easter Island before it
became a major tourist attraction.
He once vacationed in Mexico
and returned sporting a massive
silver belt buckle he often wore
when teaching. He enjoyed good
food and good wine.
In the 1970s, his love of good
wines led him to buy a dozen cases
of a young Spanish wine to age
in his already well-stocked wine
cellar. After a couple of years,
he tried a bottle. It had gone bad.
He tried a couple more. They
were also bad. When he called
the liquor store and complained,
the liquor store took them back
and refunded his money. Jim got
quite a chuckle from the fact that
liquor board policy required he
be refunded the current price,
rather the one he had paid, even
though that wine had doubled in
price since he had bought it!
All in all, I knew Jim for 30
years, as a teacher and as a colleague. As a teacher, he was one
of those most responsible for my
own decision to pursue an academic career. As a colleague, he
was invariably helpful and supportive. He was, in short, a man
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Letter to the editor
Will police warn jaywalkers?
Regarding the online Western News story in which drivers
are asked to slow down on campus, Toronto media reports also
indicate that a large part of the problem are pedestrians not
using crosswalks and “jaywalking.”
For this reason, the Toronto police are issuing warnings to
pedestrians who are violating the law. Will the campus police
be following their example in this case, too? This is a huge
problem on campus, especially at the intersection of Western
Road and Wellington Drive (beside the Services Building).
Dionne Aldcroft
University Secretariat
Announcement
Academic Development Fund - New Research
and Scholarly Initiatives Award
Small Grant Competition - Spring 2010
As approved by Senate, at least 8% of Academic Development Funds is to be awarded
through a Small Grant Competition. Approximately $160,000 will be available to the
Small Grants competition from the ADF in 2010-11. The value of individual grants will
not exceed $8,500.
The Subcommittee on Priorities in Academic Development acknowledges the importance
of providing continued funding for small projects in light of a steady decline in other
resources for research initiatives of this scale.
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Applicants are advised that significant permanent changes have been made to the
application process. ADF project proposals will be administered in electronic format
only, thus eliminating the need to submit sets in hard copy format. Application forms and
guidelines for the Spring 2010 competition can be obtained at the University Secretariat
web site: www.uwo.ca./univsec/senate, or by contacting the SUPAD Secretary at 519 6612111, extn. 84540 (email msoswald@uwo.ca). The deadline for submission of completed
electronic applications (Adobe PDF file) to the SUPAD Secretary will be Monday, March
15, 2010 at 4:30 p.m.; however, applicants are asked to submit applications to the relevant
Dean’s office for signature at least one week prior to the deadline date. Decisions for the
Spring 2010 competition will be available by mid-June for a start date of July 1, 2010.
Research Western is pleased to announce the following competition:
Western Innovation Fund (WIF) Competition
new ROI deadline
The Western Innovation Fund (WIF) awards are made from funds
provided annually by the Office of the Vice-President (Research
& International Relations). Funded Projects are intended to
move new research results forward along the path towards
commercialization and to provide incentive to validate and develop
commercial opportunities for the investigator’s research. The
competitions are for one-time projects based on existing research
initiatives and are expected to be of short duration (6-12 months).
WORLDiscoveriesTM personnel are available for consultation on
issues related to intellectual property and commercialization. ROI’s
must be submitted to WORLDiscoveriesTM one month before the
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Organizers of the study abroad
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students interested in taking
courses in Social Science, Arts
and Humanities and Music this
summer.
Students taking the courses,
which are taught in English, will
receive credit from The University of Western Ontario (subject
to departmental approval for
each student). French language
courses are also offered.
An information session was
held Jan. 20 to inform the community about the new program.
There is strong interest in the
French language courses, and
French professor Jeff Tennant
says there is still room for students to apply for courses offered
in English. Tennant is helping to
co-ordinate the new study abroad
program with Western President
Emeritus Paul Davenport, who
resides in Tours.
Courses on Shakespeare, the
Renaissance, European history,
and contemporary European
institutions are among the offerings for which Western equivalent credits have been approved
in English, Political Science, History, Visual Arts History, Music
History, and Comparative Literature and Culture.
In coming weeks, Tennant is
going to work with respective
faculties to promote the program.
The deadline for consideration
for the program and a $500 travel
bursary is Monday, Mar. 8.
“It’s a great opportunity for
a short academic experience
abroad. It’s in a region of France
that is very picturesque and very
historical, only an hour’s train
ride from Paris,” he notes. “The
courses offered are all of very
high quality.”
Students can stay off-campus
in a home for a complete immersion experience, or take a room in
residence.
“Arts and Humanities students
can really experience first-hand
the value of the analytical, linguistic, research, and aestheticinquiry and appreciation skills
they are developing here at Western when they are immersed in
travelling to and living in a culture
different from their own – even if
the language of instruction or of
the country they are studying in
is the same as the language at
home,” says Faculty of Arts and
Humanities Dean Donna Pennee.
“Studying abroad gives you a
new perspective on your home
culture when you return as well,”
she adds.
The courses taught in English,
such as the Renaissance and the
Making of Modern Europe, allow
students to get “up close and personal” with European architecture and art work, she explains.
As well, having the unique opportunity to sit at the table of European Union governance will give
students a better understanding
of political philosophy.
Immersion in a French-speaking environment will accelerate
and motivate the academic success of French Studies’ students.
Pennee hopes the experience
will spark a desire among students to continue studying French
or other languages at Western.
“The possibilities are endless
at the level of intellectual engagement and opportunity,” she says.
“The challenges are to get all of
our programs, not just in Arts and
Humanities, to realize the value
of studying abroad, even when
what is studied is not directly in
one’s discipline.
“We need to find ways to enable
kinds of learning that are not at
first glance relevant, or useful
to learning in that discipline, to
also count towards their degree,
and not simply as an unrelated
elective.”
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A keynote presentation and reception will he held to pay tribute to
Professor Emeritus William S. Fyfe. The tribute begins with a talk by
William Shotyk, the William S. Fyfe Visiting Distinguished Scientist in Residence.
The topic of the talk is
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Environmental History using Peat Bogs and Arctic Ice”.
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29,000 STUDENTS AND 10,000 EMPLOYEES – ALL WHILE UNCERTAINTIES ABOUND, INCLUDING ENROLMENTS, TUITION REVENUE AND GOVERNMENT FUNDING LEVELS.
Consider these pages a general overview of what happens when, and how the money is divided. To learn more, check out www.ipb.uwo.ca/index.php
Where does the money
come from?
Total University Revenue 2008-09 ($M)
Total: $936.0 M
Capital
$89.9 (10%)
Operating expenditures: 2008-09 (Total: $519.2 M )
*
* Individual dollar
amounts are
rounded figures.
Scholarships and Bursaries
tAbout 9% ($48 million) goes to undergraduate and graduate student
financial aid in the form of merit scholarships and needs-based bursaries.
This funding supported 4,700 undergraduate scholarships, 1,325 work-study
opportunities for students, and financial support to about 3,000 graduate students.
Budget timeline for 2009-2010
Research (Western)
$175.1 (19%)
Mid-August 2009
Research
(Hospitals/
Institutes)
tVery preliminary information on
enrolments became available.
tA preliminary revenue forecast was
developed by Western’s Office of
Institutional Planning & Budgeting (IPB).
$51.2 (5%)
Ancillary
and other
Restricted
Funds
Operating
Support Areas
tAbout 16% ($82 million)
goes to the support units – such
as the Registrar’s Office, Libraries,
Information Technology Services,
Human Resources, Physical Plant,
Research Western, and departments
in the External portfolio.
$97.1 (10%)
$522.7 (56%)
Aug. 31 - Sept. 1, 2009
tThe Provost chaired the annual
deans’ retreat – where the faculties’
academic priorities were discussed.
Sept. 28 - 29, 2009
tThe annual retreat of the Board of
Governors was held – where the board
provided advice on future priorities.
Late September 2009
tDetailed budget planning guidelines
were sent out to the faculties and support
units – the guidelines outlined the
budget parameters and the issues and
priorities coming out of the deans’ retreat
and the Board of Governors’ retreat.
Operating Revenue 2008-09 ($M)
Total: $522.7 M
Government Grants
$258.9 (49%)
October - November 2009
tFaculties and support units go through
their internal planning processes, and the
deans and support unit heads prepare
their annual planning documents.
All Other
$72.8 (14%)
November - December 2009
tFaculty planning meetings were held
– where the deans presented their
academic priorities and the budget
plan to support those priorities.
Tuition
Revenue
$191.0 (37%)
November 2009 – January 2010
Faculties
tThe university’s academic operations – including the faculties
and support units – are funded by the operating revenue.
tAll the other types of revenue are restricted revenue –
and are directed at the specific activities (i.e. research
activities, capital projects, and ancillary operations).
tAbout 65% ($338 million)
of the operating budget goes
directly to the faculties.
University-wide Costs
tAbout 10% ($50 million) goes to cover a number of university-wide
costs – such as utilities, library acquisitions, MMI (maintenance, modernization
and infrastructure), information technology infrastructure, and insurance. A
listing of the various university-wide costs can be found at: www.ipb.uwo.
ca/documents/2009_corporate_expenditures_employee_benefits.pdf
tSupport unit planning meetings were
held – where the unit heads presented
their operational and budget plans.
December 2009
tOfficial enrolments for the current year
became available, and IPB prepared
an update of the university’s operating
revenue and expenditure forecasts.
Jan. 7 - 8, 2010
tThe annual retreat of the president and
vice-presidents was held – where major
planning issues, new priorities, and budget
recommendations were discussed.
Mid-February 2010
tThe provost’s document summarizing
the preliminary recommendations
on faculty budgets will be released.
Unlike most other Ontario universities,
Western has taken this approach of
releasing the faculty recommendations
well ahead of the university budget.
February - March 2010
tThe Provost and the Vice-President
(Resources & Operations) develop
recommendations for the support units
and university-wide expenditures – and
based on the various recommendations,
IPB prepares the overall University
Operating Budget. At the same time, the
Department of Finance – in collaboration
with IPB and the Physical Plant Department
– prepares the university’s Capital Budget.
April 5, 2010
tThe university’s Operating and Capital
Budgets will be presented to the Senate
Committee on University Planning (SCUP).
April 16, 2010
tSenate will review the operating
and capital budgets and provide
advice to the Board of Governors.
April 20, 2010
tThe budget will be presented to the
Board of Governors’ Property & Finance
Committee in an in-camera session.
April 29, 2010
tWestern’s Board of Governors – which has
the final authority over the university’s
budget – will review the budget in
its public meeting and provide the
final approval as appropriate.
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News from higher education
Carleton
considering facelift Carleton University’s proposed
master plan calls for a major facelift as well as a “dramatic re-orientation” to take advantage of the
neighbouring Rideau River. The
plan, produced by a Toronto architectural firm, has been presented
to the board of governors. Other
features include bringing more
parking under cover; improved
aesthetic quality of buildings and
landscape; and giving pedestrians
precedence, followed by cyclists,
public transit and then cars and
trucks.
– Ottawa Citizen
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Toronto planners foresee York
University surrounded by office
towers, a research park and thousands of homes. Central to that
growth is a new Spadina subway
line expected to open in 2015, creating a high-density corridor for
students, workers and residents.
City council has approved a plan
for development of 56 hectares of
surplus land.
– Toronto Star
China drops Calgary
Has the second shoe dropped
at the University of Calgary,
which last year gave an honorary
degree to the Dalai Lama? China
has eliminated the university
from its accredited institutions.
The first sign came in December
when China’s education ministry
dropped Calgary from its website.
The impact on Chinese nationals
who are graduates or pursuing a
degree is unknown.
– Calgary Herald
Petter to head SFU
Former B.C. Attorney Genral Andrew Petter has been
appointed the ninth president of
Simon Fraser University. Petter,
past dean of the University of
Victoria’s Faculty of Law, held a
number of cabinet postings under
NDP Premier Mike Harcourt.
– Simon Fraser University
fee proposed to
avert layoffs
The University of Alberta’s
general faculties council has
proposed a new annual student
fee of up to $570 to help avoid
staff layoffs. If passed Alberta
would create the Common Student Space, Sustainability and
Safety Fee. The university faces a
$59-million deficit in this spring’s
budget and needs to cut services
or raise revenue. Last month, the
university offered early retirement packages.
– Edmonton Journal
New take on
tenure needed
The leader of the largest university in the United States thinks
it’s time to re-examine how professors are awarded tenure by
placing more emphasis on teaching. Ohio State University President Gordon Gee says the traditional formula that rewards publishing in scholarly journals over
excellence in teaching and other
contributions is outdated. Gee
said a new approach to tenure is
needed to ensure the university
stays relevant to students and the
outside world. “The universities
of the 21st century are going to be
the smokestacks of the century.
The notion of the large, massive
public university that can exist in
isolated splendour is dead.”
– Associated Press
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“Leadership is very much a
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“The day I die is the day I stop
learning.”
Gales spoke last week as part
of a presentation by the Richard
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for Building Sustainable Value on
directing a successful business.
“You always have to know there
is a better way because leadership is about change,” says Gales,
who took over the helm of Microsoft Canada just under a year
ago. “Think of any leader you
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drive and motivate that change
in others.”
In the technology sector, staying ahead of the competition is
key – “only the paranoid survive.”
“You need to have an inner-confidence; a willingness to challenge
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of that, you have nothing.”
In 2007 Microsoft Canada (with
more than 900 employees) was
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“You need employees that
have the capacity to look at big
problems and consider different
options and not just jump to conclusions.”
Chemistry solving mysteries
Students and faculty from the
Department of Chemistry participated last August in two segments
of the History Television program
Ancients Behaving Badly.
Those segments will be aired in
coming weeks.
The eight-part program applies
scientific analysis to the lives of
some of history’s more infamous
rules. With ancient history often
written by the victors, the program explores whether science
supports some of the claims.
An episode exploring Nero will
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Chemistry professor Mel Usselman discusses the legend of Cleopatra serving Marc Antony an
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What’s right when
you hurt others
Two cars collide at an intersection. Now the story contained in
Good to a Fault takes over.
In the latest novel from Marina
Endicott, the person responsible
for the collision is a middle-aged
insurance worker, described by
one reviewer as “affluent but
unfulfilled, she has spent years
nursing her dying parents and
now finds herself alone.”
In the other car that doubles as
a home is a poor family headed
for a new start in Fort McMurray,
Alberta. No one dies but everything changes when the driver at
fault chooses to become a Good
Samaritan.
Good to a Fault is the next book
to be debated by Londoners and
celebrity readers at the London
Reads event, being held today
(Feb. 11) at the London Public
Library.
Good to a Fault will be dis-
cussed by celebrity readers Jonathan Vance, professor and Canada
Research Chair in Conflict and
Culture in the Department of History, and Jane Roy, co-executive
director of London Food Bank.
The event begins at 7 p.m. in
the Stevenson & Hunt Room, Central Library. Ragged Company, Good to a
Fault and The Outlander are the
three books for the 2010 edition
of London Reads.
London Reads promotes Canadian authors and the importance
of literacy. The program invites
the entire London community to
read along with and engage local
celebrity panelists as they consider and debate the merits of
various works of Canadian fiction.
Reserve a spot at programs@
uwo.ca. For more information,
visit londonreads.uwo.ca.
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n The Faculty of Communications and Open Learning (FCOL),
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potential new name is the Faculty of Information and Media
Studies. The proposed Western Centre for Continuing Studies
would be removed from FCOL’s mandate – leaving the graduate schools of Library and Information Science and of Journalism. FCOL was to develop a university-wide resource, the
Instructional Technology Resource Centre whose goal would be
to develop mediated learning. Mediated learning will soon be
known as distance education.
n Included with USC elections is a $75 annual undergraduate
bus pass referendum question.
n A federal poll determined 10 per cent of businesses are not
aware of the Y2K bug. PeopleSoft Canada is providing Western
with Y2K compliant software. Western’s first PeopleSoft module
went live last month for the human resources department.
n Windermere Manor Grand Hall Luncheon Buffet, $9.99 (per
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Basketball Hall of Faculty form brass quintet
Famers announced
Five Olympians and two AllCanadians will join the Mustang’s
Men’s Basketball Hall of Fame,
with the official induction taking
place at the Mustangs Backcourt
Club Awards Dinner on April 10
at the Greek Canadian Club in
London.
“These seven former Mustangs players have made a major
impact on Western basketball,”
says Mustangs men’s basketball
head coach Bradley Campbell.
The inductees include:
Jim Grozelle
n 2-time All-Canadian ‘02 & ‘03
n 4-time OUA West All-Star
n OUA West Rookie
of the Year ‘99
n 3-time OUA Champion
n 4-time at CIS Nationals
n Ken Shields TSN
Award Winner
n Team MVP and Purple
Heart Award winner
n Western Athlete of the Year ‘03
n Scored 50 pts in
game vs. Waterloo
Marnix Heersink
n All-Canadian ‘72
n 2-time OUA West All-Star
n 3-time Team MVP
n E.C. Label Trophy (OUA
Playoff MVP) ‘68
n OUA Champion ‘68
Coulter Osbourne
n OUA All-Star
n 3-time OUA Champion
n Western Athlete of the Year
n Member of 1956
Olympic Team
Barry Howson
n 2-time OUA All-Star
n Member of the 1964 Canadian Olympic Team
n Player ‘67 Pan Games
n Player ‘71 World
Championships
n 3-time OUA Champion
n Member of Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame
Barry Ager
n OUA All-Star
n 2-time OUA Champion
n Member of 1960 Canadian Olympic team
Ray Monnot
n 2-time OUA All-Star
n 1956 OUA Scoring Leader
n 2-time OUA Champion
n Western Athlete of the Year ‘56
n Member of 1960 Canadian Olympic Team
Don McCrae
n OUA All-Star
n OUA Champion
n Member of 1952 Canadian Olympic Team
n Player ‘59 Pan-Am Games
n Member of Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame
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A new brass quintet of some
of the best players in the city is
ready to hit the stage, or meeting
hall, or classroom.
Jehanbakhsh (John) Jasavala,
trombone; Shawn Spicer and Dave
Robertson, trumpet; Ron George,
horn; and Brent Adams, tuba, are
all members of the Don Wright
Faculty of Music Brass Quintet
who maintain busy performing
careers.
They have added this new group
to their schedules to showcase
the talent at the faculty, and most
importantly, because they love to
play.
“We want to enhance the artistic life on and off campus,” says
Jasavala. “We can provide opportunities for cross-faculty interaction. We want to work closely
with the offices of recruitment
and development for educational
and community outreach.”
The repertoire will include standard brass works and explorations
of contemporary music and jazz.
“It’s important that it be artistically challenging and nourishing
for us. The beauty of brass is it’s
versatile. We want to take care of
business with the standards, but
reach out and explore what the
artistic possibilities are.”
The group also plans to commission and collaborate on works by
faculty composers and performers, and set this up as a course in
a workshop environment.
The first concert is planned for
Mar. 15 in the Paul Davenport
Theatre in Talbot College at 12:30
p.m. The repertoire reflects the
group’s philosophy: a standard by
Russian composer Victor Ewald,
a Canadian work by Gary Kulesha, John Cheetham’s contemporary Scherzo, an upbeat opener
by Wilke Renwick and a medley
from West Side Story.
It’s free and open to everyone.
The day before, the quintet has
invited secondary school students
to an open dress rehearsal, followed with a workshop for the
young players.
The Don Wright Faculty of Music Brass Quintet will be performing Mar. 15 at
the Paul Davenport Theatre.
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Senate. The term runs from July
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ballot included Tom Chrones and
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surface and we start a very local
and very small smouldering reaction,” says Gerhard, speaking at
the WORLDiscoveries Research
Showcase Feb. 5 at the London
Convention Centre.
DATE STARTED: Jan8
Paul Mayne, Western News
Faculty of Engineering professor and
co-director of RESTORE Jason Gerhard says innovative site remediation technology processes are being
created at Western.
“Once that reaction starts it proceeds and can sustain itself, and
will travel through the pathway
of the contamination, destroying
[it] as it goes.”
The process has the remarkable ability to be self-sustaining,
self-tracking and once all contamination has been removed, is
also self-terminating.
“It has some very unique properties and is a very exciting technology,” he says, noting late last
year STAR received the 15th
Lord Ezra Award for Innovation
in Combustion Engineering from
the U.K. Combustion Engineering
Association.
With more than 30,000 brownfield sites across Canada, con-
nants are highly resistant to
natural dispersion and natural
processes currently used to clean
the sites.
With $4.5 million in external
funding, RESTORE is focused on
“new and innovative technologies
to help remediate some of the
toughest, most difficult to clean
up sites.”
“In engineering we are trying
to find innovative ways to clean
up these sites without bringing
those contaminants to the surface
and exposing people to those hazards to a further degree.”
Gerhard estimates that for
every $1 spent restoring the environment, $4 will be returned to
the economy through new revenue, redevelopment, new jobs,
revitalization of urban communities and, most importantly, the
health of Canadians.
Learn more about RESTORE at
eng.uwo.ca/research/restore.
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magine starting up your charcoal barbecue underground.
Doesn’t make much sense,
does it? But it’s the inspiration
behind an innovative site remediation process created at The
University of Western Ontario.
Through a new Faculty of Engineering group called RESTORE
(Research for Subsurface Transport and Remediation), this technology was recently patented to
help clean up some of the hundreds of thousands of contaminated industrial and commercial
land across North America, also
known as brownfield sites.
Engineering associate professor Jason Gerhard, with fellow
professors Denis O’Carroll, Jose
Herrera and Clare Robinson, are
moving out of the lab for several
field trials this summer in the U.S.
and Canada using STAR (Selfsustaining Treatment for Active
Remediation).
The technique uses smouldering combustion, a slow burn similar to charcoal briquettes.
“What we do is locate where
the contaminants are in the sub-
tamination is blocking re-development. These derelict locations
hold excellent potential for redevelopment once cleaned up.
Through RESTORE, and with
the help of more than two dozen
graduate and post-doctoral students, innovative site remediation
technologies are being developed
to deal with hazardous industrial
pollutants in soil and groundwater.
By using less energy, creating
less waste, incurring less adverse
environmental impact and being
less expensive than current strategies, Gerhard is confident the
process will reduce contamination and risk to human health.
“We’ve [humans] been making a mess for 80 to 100 years
now and over the last 20 years we
have been focusing on cleaning
them up,” says Gerhard, Canada
Research Chair in Environmental
Restoration Technology.
“But for most of the major contaminants, we actually haven’t
cleaned up perfectly - back to
what the natural environment
would have been - for one single
site.”
Gerhard says many contami-
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“It has some very
unique properties
and is a very exciting
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Coming Events
February 11
Astronomy 123, 1 – 2:30 p.m.
Nominate someone for a Green Award –
Nominations are being sought for the Western
Green Awards to recognize contributions to
sustainability on campus. Nominations can be
submitted until Feb. 26. Contact greenawards@
uwo.ca or go to uwo.ca/ppd.
February 13
McIntosh Gallery New Exhibitions – Daniela
Sneppova: I think I love you but I have chosen
darkness and Fiona Kinsella: The Wilderness.
Until Feb. 27. mcintoshgallery.ca
Don Wright Faculty of Music – Apparitions: The
Wind Ensemble performs a concert featuring
Gillingham’s Concertino for Four Percussion.
Paul Davenport Theatre, 12:30 p.m.
London Reads: Edition Seven - Next
Book Event: Join celebrity readers, Jonathan Vance and Jane Roy, in a discussion
about Good To a Fault by Marina Endicott.
Stevenson & Hunt Room, Central Library, 251
Dundas St., London. 7 p.m. RSVP: programs@
uwo.ca
Psychology – Finding Your Way Lecture
Series. “Managing Stress in the Real World,”
6:30 p.m. “Collaborative Problem Solving with
Children,” 8 p.m. Central Library, Stevenson &
Hunt Room B. Free. No registration required.
2 hrs free validated parking in Citi Plaza during Library hours. Visit: psychology.uwo.ca/
inthecommunity.htm
Arts and Humanities Distinguished Faculty
Lecture Series – Kim Verwaayen, Department
of Women’s Studies and Feminist Research.
“Intimate and Intimating Relations: What Music
Videos Suggest about Gender, Sex, Race and
Power,” Landon Branch Library. 167 Wortley Rd.
7 p.m. Free. Everyone welcome. Contact Heather
Moller at hmoller@uwo.ca
Don Wright Faculty of Music – Les Choristes
and Chorale present The Wind Is My Shepherd:
Songs of the Spirit, featuring the music of Irett,
Quartel, Raminsh, Finzi, Whiteacre and more.
Paul Davenport Theatre, 8 p.m.
February 12
Don Wright Faculty of Music – For solo violin:
John Lowry, associate concertmaster of the
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Followed by a
masterclass. von Kuster Hall. 12:30 p.m.
Don Wright Faculty of Music at The D.B.
Weldon Library – New series. Student chamber
ensemble performs. 1 p.m.
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Research Day – featuring graduating student
posters from the evidence-based practice
course. Physical Therapy gym, Elborn College
or EC 1330. 1 – 4 p.m. Contact Lisa Archibald:
larchiba@uwo.ca
Physics & Astronomy and Earth Sciences
- Peter Brown, Western. “Using meteor observations to understand the origin and evolution
of small bodies in the solar system” Physics &
Psychology – Finding Your Way Lecture
Series. “How do I Look? Understanding Human
Interest in Body Image,” 10 a.m. “Obessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Understanding What it is
and How to deal with it,” 11:30 a.m. “Mindfulness
Mediation,” 1 p.m. “Helping a Friend or Family Member with Depression,” 2:30 p.m. Central
Library, Stevenson & Hunt Room A. Free. No registration required. 2 hrs free validated parking
in Citi Plaza during Library hours. psychology.
uwo.ca/inthecommunity.htm
Men’s Hockey – Laurier at Western. 7:30 p.m.
February 15
Health Care – the Evidence Behind the Politics:
A Comparison of Outcomes. Canada vs. United
States. North Campus Building, Room 295. 1:30
p.m. Everyone welcome. For more info contact
Meredith Levine: mlevine7@uwo.ca
February 19
Western Staff and Leader’s Conference – uwo.
ca/humanresources/conference.
Sociology Colloquium – Francine McKenzie, History, Western. “Winners and Losers: Global Trade
and Agriculture since 1945,” SSC 5220. 12:30 –
1:30 p.m. sociology.uwo.ca/eventscalendar.asp
Retired Academics Group – Charles Jones,
“Distribution Justice: Who Should Get What?”
Huron University College, W12. 2:00 p.m.
Family Day – Reading Week
February 20
February 16
Men’s & Women’s OUA Wrestling Championships – Alumni Hall, 10 a.m.
Western Staff and Leader’s Conference – uwo.
ca/humanresources/conference.
Senior Alumni Program – Michael Milde,
Department of Philosophy; Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Western.
“Freedom of Religion – Does it exist in Canada?”
McKellar Room, UCC. 9:30 – 11 a.m.
February 17
Western Staff and Leader’s Conference – uwo.
ca/humanresources/conference.
Toastmaster’s Campus Communicators –
Improve your public speaking. Meets every
Wednesday. Social Science 5220. 12 p.m. cctm.
freetoasthost.info/index.html.
Modern Languages and Literatures presents
“La Tertulia” Spanish Conversation Group. Anyone wishing to speak Spanish and meet people
from different Spanish-speaking countries is
welcome. Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. UC 117. Email
tertulia@uwo.ca
Faculty of Education - Shirley Steinberg, McGill
University. “Media and Islamophobia: It’s Not
OK” Faculty of Education Building, Community Room 1139. 3:30 – 5 p.m. All are welcome.
Refreshments will be served.
February 18
Western Staff and Leader’s Conference – uwo.
ca/humanresources/conference.
Western Engineering is pleased to invite a
discussion over two days on the topic of climate
change and its impact on our environment.
Slobodan Simonovic, Civil and Environmental
Engineering, “Climate change: It’s all about
feedbacks” SEB 3109. 12:30 p.m. and Christopher
Essex, Applied Math, “Why the scientific problem
of climate is not solved” (February 25th) Each
will be given one hour. SEB 3109, 12:30 p.m. All
welcome.
Faculty of Information and Media Studies,
part of Graduate course in Journalism - Gordon
Guyatt, McMaster University. “Public vs. Private
Psychology – Finding Your Way Lecture
Series. “The Road to Success: How to Promote
Healthy Brain Development in Children,” 11:30
a.m. “Kids and Stress: Understanding What
Stresses Kids Out and How to Help Them,” 1 p.m.
“How to Have a Good Night’s Sleep,” 2:30 p.m.
Central Library, Stevenson & Hunt Room A. Free.
No registration required. 2 hrs free validated
parking in Citi Plaza during Library hours. psychology.uwo.ca/inthecommunity.htm
February 22
Mechanical and Materials Engineering - Javad
Mostaghimi, Distinguished Professor in Plasma
Engineering, Director, Centre for Advanced
Coating Technologies, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto
“Thermal spray Forming of Heat Exchangers
and Combustors from Metallic Foams,” Spencer
Engineering Building Room 2100. 2:30 p.m.
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences – Graduate
Research Forum, Elborn College, 12:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Everyone welcome. Visitor parking at Faculty of
Education parking lot.
Don Wright Faculty of Music – Chamber music
and art. McIntosh Gallery. 12:30 p.m.
Psychology – Finding Your Way Lecture
Series. “Childhood Cancer: Effects on the Family,” 6:30 p.m. “Dementia: What to expect and
how to cope,” 8 p.m. Central Library, Stevenson
& Hunt Room A. Free. No registration required.
2 hrs free validated parking in Citi Plaza during
Library hours. Visit: http://psychology.uwo.ca/
inthecommunity.htm
London Concert Band – Starburst III. Jill Ball
and the Western Percussion Ensemble. A fundraiser for The Canadian Diabetes Association.
Tickets $10; students $5; under 10 free. Available
at the door. AB Lucas SS, 656 Tennet Ave. 7 p.m.
More info: londonconcertband.ca.
February 24
Centre for American Studies – Emily Abrams
Ansari, Don Wright Faculty of Music. “A Cold War
Composer-Diplomat in the Civil Rights Era: The
Case of Ulysses Kay,” SSC, 9420. 2:30 p.m.
Department of Sociology – RDC/PLCS Statistics
and Data Series – Paul Pare, “Introduction to
HLM”. SSC room 5220. 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. sociology.
uwo.ca/eventscalendar.asp.
Please send submissions to comingevents@
uwo.ca
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Museum of Ontario Archaeology Speaker
Series – “Archaeology in Ontario,” Wolf Performance Hall, Central Library. 7 p.m. free
admission.
Physiology and Pharmacology – Shirine
Usmani, PhD student. “The role of transforming
growth factor alpha in osteoarthristis and bone
development,” DSB, Room 3008. 4 p.m.
Centre for Environment & Sustainability –
David Noble, founder and principal of 2degreesC.
“The 2 Degrees Challenge: Climate catastrophe
or sustainable inspiration?” Middlesex College,
Room 110. 4:30 – 6 p.m. uwo.ca/enviro/. Contact
Catharine Leggett at cleggett@uwo.ca or x
89060.
February 23
Senior Alumni Program – Marnin Heisel,
Department of Psychiatry; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western. “Happy
Aging – Psychological resiliency factors,” McKellar Room, UCC. 9:30 – 11 a.m.
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A central Web site displays advertisements for
all vacant academic positions. The following
positions are among those advertised at uwo.
ca/pvp/facultyrelations/jobs/index-jobs.html.
Please review, or contact the faculty, school or
department directly.
Faculty of Social Science - Invited for the
position of Chair of the Department of Political
Science, effective July 1. The appointment will
normally be for a five-year term, renewable.
The Selection Committee will start reviewing
files beginning February 22, although applications/nominations will be accepted until the
position is filled.
Faculty of Social Science - Nominations and
applications are invited for the position of
Chair of the Department of Economics, effective July 1. The appointment will normally be
for a five-year term, renewable. Consideration
of applications will begin on March 1 and will
continue until the position is filled.
Faculty of Science - Applications or nominations are invited for the position of Assistant
Dean (Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies),
Faculty of Science. The position is to commence
Sept. 1. The term of the position is negotiable
and subject to possible renewal. Applicants
must hold a full-time academic appointment at
The University of Western Ontario. A detailed
description of roles and responsibilities can be
viewed at uwo.ca/sci/. Consideration of applications and nominations will commence on March
15 and continue until the position is filled.
All positions are subject to budgetary approval.
Applicants should have fluent written and oral
communication skills in English. All qualified
candidates are encouraged to apply; however,
Canadian citizens and permanent residents
will be given priority. The University of Western
Ontario is committed to employment equity and
welcomes applications from all qualified women
and men, including visible minorities, Aboriginal
people and persons with disabilities.
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Cottage For Rent
Large four-bedroom waterfront cottage near
Peterborough on very private lot with sandy
beach. Available in June, July, August and September. $1,350 per week, includes all amenities
and use of small boats. (613) 731-3873 or rocket@
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Share an artist’s home of white-washed walls
and old beams in London North, patio fireplace and internet. Within walking distance
of Western, LHSC–UC and St. Joe’s. 5 minutes
to downtown. Rates $55 - $75/day. Rates vary
depending on length of stay. Special price for
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For Classifieds, call 519-661-2045 or send email
to advertise@uwo.ca. Rates: faculty, staff and
students - $15; others and services/commercial
ads - $20. Beyond 35 words, please add 50 cents
per word. Payment must accompany ads. Submit
by 9 a.m., Thursdays to Western News, Suite 360,
Westminster College. No refunds. Visit Classifieds Online at http://communications.uwo.ca/
com/classifieds_menu/
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Opinions
Coming Events
The weekly feature outlines seminars, sporting
events, lectures and cultural events for the coming week. Send submissions at least two weeks
in advance to comingevents@uwo.ca. Events
may also be posted on the events calendar at
www.uwo.ca
Conference Calendar
A lookahead to scholarly conferences at Western or in London, this feature includes links
to the conference website to assist with early
registration and calls for registration. Contact
comingevents@uwo.ca
Faculty & Staff
Have you presented an important scientific
paper, earned a milestone appointment or published a new book? newseditor@uwo.ca
Letter to the Editor
We welcome your opinion. Offer praise, criticism
or a fresh take on the news, or any aspect of
campus life. Letters of up to 300 words should
Western News welcomes Viewpoint articles of
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and post-secondary education issues. Send
submissions or find out more at newseditor@
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Overheard
Faculty members, have you been interviewed
recently by the media? Contact Media Relations at jrenaud@uwo.ca for possible inclusion
in this Western News column. Also, guidance
provided on how to obtain media coverage for
your research.
Public Space
Tell campus neighbours about developments in
your area or department in 500 words or fewer.
newseditor@uwo.ca
Tribute
This occasional feature recognizes significant
accomplishments by faculty, staff and students
as determined by off-campus organizations.
Submit up to 200 words about the award and
the winner. newseditor@uwo.ca.
Conference Calendar
March 5-7
Justice in the Ancient Greek and Roman
World - The Department of Classical Studies
conference brings together North American
scholars to discuss law or justice in Greek or
Roman antiquity. The speakers draw upon philosophy, drama, the ancient city, and visual culture under the larger heading of law and justice.
To register: uwo.ca/classics/justice_conference
Queries: Kelly Olson, kolson2@uwo.ca
March 12
Women Making Change - The third annual
Women Making Change conference will be
held at Brescia University College. The refer-
eed conference provides undergraduate and
graduate students an opportunity to present their academic research related to the
theme women making change. brescia.uwo.ca/
iwil/events_media/conferences/women_making_change.html
April 14
Drug Therapy Day - Division of Clinical Pharmacology – Lamplighter Inn. 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. To
register visit: uwoclinpharm.ca
Send submissions to comingevents@uwo.ca.
This column features conferences based at
Western or in London for a student, staff or
academic audience.
Student Services Bulletin
Honorable G. Howard Ferguson
Award
Nominations are being accepted. The deadline
for receipt of nominations is Feb. 28.
Tax receipt information
T2202A’s (tuition tax receipts) for the 2009 tax
year will be available on-line through Student
Centre at the end of February. Watch this
column and the Registrar’s website registrar.
uwo.ca for updates. T4A’s (income tax slips for
scholarships, bursaries and monetary awards)
for the 2009 tax year will be mailed at the end
of February to eligible students.
2010 Summer Calendar
The new 2010 Summer Calendar is posted
at westerncalendar.uwo.ca. Printed copies are
available from your faculty or Student Central,
in the Western Student Services building.
Student Central
Student Central (formerly room 190) is located
in room 1120 of the Western Student Services
building attached to the UCC. January hours are
as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
between 9am-4pm and Wednesday 10am-5pm.
Visit us at studentservices.uwo.ca.