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ZIMBABWEAN COHORT
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE
Evelyn Nyamandi is one
of 62 Zimbabwean students currently attending
Memorial.
The SGS is using
foreign social media sites to recruit worldwide.
Board of Regents
makes governance and
administration changes
MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY’S
Board of Regents recently
approved a number of governance and senior administrative
changes. The changes, which principally affect the Board of Regents
and the role of the vice-president (academic), are aimed at making
the university’s structures more responsive to increases in the
numbers of programs, faculty and staff, and the further evolution
of this multi-campus institution.
As part of these changes, the board also delegated some of its
authority to senior administration for a number of management
and operational functions.
After a governance review, the Board of Regents has revised its
committee structure and amended its bylaws to delegate its
authority under the Memorial University Act for some institutional management functions, which are now the responsibility of
senior administration. These changes took effect Aug. 31, 2011.
Information about the committees and the bylaws are available at
www.mun.ca/regents.
Following a recommendation by the president, and with approval
at the Sept. 8, 2011, Board of Regents meeting, Memorial’s vice-president (academic) has been re-titled as provost and vice-president
BIRD’S EYE VIEW
Memorial University photographer Chris Hammond scaled the tower crane recently at
the new residence construction site in St. John’s to capture this shot. The residence is
slated to open in fall 2012.
(academic). The role, common within many large North American
universities, has pan-university responsibilities for institutional
operations and acknowledges that the vice-president (academic) is
See REGENTS on page 2
Memorial to host 2011 cultural conference
John’s at “North Atlantic Forum, 2011: Culture, Place and
By Rebecca Cohoe
Identity at the Heart of Regional Development,” an inter-
IF YOU DON’T
like the political choices in front of
you, why not start your own party?
It might sound unlikely, but that’s just what a group of
an initiative of the North Atlantic Forum (NAF), the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF), the Small
Reykjavíkers did in 2009. Disappointed by Iceland’s devas-
Islands Cultural Research Initiative (SICRI) and Memorial
tating financial collapse, and disillusioned with a political
University. The conference will examine global trends in
system that seemed to have fallen down on the job, they
regional development, technology and demographics and
formed the Best Party.
will feature global best practices in cultural tourism and
You’d expect that a party formed to oppose the status quo
would take a different approach than the dominant system,
cultural industries.
While arts and culture are sometimes sidelined when it
but the Best Party took it a step further. Best Party General
comes to political discussions, Ms. Helgadóttir sees them as
Manager Heiða Helgadóttir said, in the wake of the “total
essential to successful governance.
disbelief and mistrust” caused by the financial crash, that the
“Politics are lacking in creativity and by bringing more
party wanted to use humour and satire to point out the
people to the table you take advantage of different directions
absurdity of what was happening. The campaign included
and different life experiences,” she explained. “Artists and
a video featuring a cover version of Tina Turner’s song,
people with a creative background can bring a whole other
“Simply the Best” and satirized common clichés and jargon
light to matters.”
traditionally used by Icelandic politicians.
Best Party General Manager Heiða Helgadóttir will present at an upcoming cultural conference at Memorial.
national conference running Oct. 13-15. The conference is
While the Best Party made it clear from the outset that it
The idea of using satire and humour in politics may be
wouldn’t necessarily follow through on all of its campaign
funny, but it’s no joke -- this year, the party came first in the
promises (their reasoning is that if the other parties aren’t
Reykjavík municipal election, putting Best Party founder, Jon
held to account by their promises, why should they?) --
Gnarr, into the mayor’s seat.
Next month, Ms. Helgadóttir will be presenting in St.
See CONFERENCE on page 3
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
cont’d from REGENTS on page 1
In the second of four spotlights on the 2011 Alumni Tribute
Award winners in this edition and upcoming editions of the
Gazette, we feature Fred Best. Mr. Best is the 2011 recipient of
also the pro vice-chancellor and a member of the
the Outstanding Community Service award. The long serving
Board of Regents.
mayor of Clarenville has worn many hats in a career as an
“The provost and vice-president (academic) posi-
educator, municipal leader and volunteer. In conversation with
tion now carries with it responsibilities for ensuring
our Gazette contributor David Penney, Fred Best reflects on his
that the university’s operations, budget, policies,
experiences and the importance of community service.
and administrative structures are aligned in support
of the academic mission and strategic priorities,”
said Dr. Gary Kachanoski, Memorial’s president
DP: I think it’s fair to say your name has become synony-
and vice-chancellor.
mous with the town of Clarenville. Would you agree with
Dr. David Wardlaw, as Memorial’s new provost
that?
and vice-president (academic), will also be the chair
FB: Well, I don’t know. I started out this way in 1977. I came
of a new Vice-Presidents Council (VPC). The VPC
to Clarenville to teach and did that for 27 years, and was
membership includes Memorial’s vice-presidents
principal of the elementary school for 25 of those. At the
and is a decision-making body designed to address
same time I got involved with municipal politics. In ’77 I
operational matters of institution-wide import.
was appointed deputy mayor and I’ve been on council ever
“This new structure is intended to be more
Fred Best
responsive to the diverse operational needs of this
since, involved in lots of different ways I suppose, mayor
since 1981. And it’s been a lot of fun. Clarenville is not a
you have to understand that at that time we were still some-
complex institution and enable greater coordina-
difficult town to be mayor of, and what I mean by that is
what of an isolated community. We used to have to take
tion and collaboration among vice-presidential
the fact that Clarenville is a very vigorous, progressive town,
what was called a passenger boat to Gambo in order to get
portfolios,” said Dr. Kachanoski said. “Memorial
the train to St. John’s. That first year at Memorial I got what
has grown over the last number of years. Our
was called a Grade 1 Teaching Certificate. I got a job teaching
budget is bigger. We have more students, more
in the United Church School in Corner Brook and saved
faculty and our priorities are evolving, so we made
DP: Tell me how you got started. You did your education
enough money after two years to go back to university to
these changes to ensure that the governance and
degree at Memorial?
do my second, third and fourth year.
administrative structure better reflects the Memo-
with very broad-minded people for the most part.
rial University that exists today.”
FB: Yes, well I’m from Wesleyville in Bonavista North. And
See ALUMNI on page 10
when I first decided to go to university in the early 1950s
in turn connected to local communities, and how so-called
natural and human-made changes in the natural resource
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Earlier, with financial support from a Harris Centre
GRAPHICS
John Andrews
Applied Research grant, Dr. Baehre was able to hire part-time
a professional website developer and a data management
Community sees a future
in resettlement past
EDITOR
Mandy Cook
specialist to begin constructing an interactive website. Most
recently, he’s been focused on Woods Island, located in the
Humber Basin, an important fishing outport till roughly
1960 before it was resettled.
TONY OXFORD is the mayor of Cox’s Cove, a small
“Many of its former residents then moved over to
community on Newfoundland and Labrador’s west coast.
communities like Benoits Cove," said Dr. Baehre. In collab-
Mr. Oxford is a jack of all trades. Along with his munic-
oration with the Town of Humber Arm South and the
ipal role, he’s a tourism operator, a contractor and a volun-
Benoit's Cove Museum, Dr. Baehre together with the
teer. Clearly, he’s a man who understands the importance
Geospatial Research Facility at the College of the North
of diversification. In fact, he’s just embarked upon a new
Atlantic, created a 3-D digital reconstruction of the main
research project with Memorial he believes has the poten-
harbour of Wood's Island prior to resettlement. Once
tial to increase the economic diversification of his commu-
completed, the site will be both accessible as an academic,
nity.
teaching and practical resource for the region.
Tourism is growing along Highway 440, the road leading
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into Cox’s Cove, and as Mr. Oxford explained, the community has a potential tourist attraction that very few towns
in the province can offer: the resettled town of Brake’s
Cove, a community that was resettled during the 1960s and
Next Gazette deadline
Oct. 5 for Oct. 12 publication.
is located just minutes from Cox’s Cove. “You can walk
there in 15 minutes,” said Mr. Oxford. “There aren’t many
places in the province where there’s an abandoned village
so close to a living community. We’ve got this abandoned
village, but if you look at it you wonder what happened
here, what was life like?”
One person who might be able to answer some of those
questions is Dr. Rainer Baehre. An associate professor in
Tony Oxford of Cox’s Cove and Dr. Rainer
Baehre of Grenfell Campus.
Grenfell’s historical studies and social/cultural studies
programs, Dr. Baehre is working on a major interdisciplinary research study.
“I’m specifically looking at the interrelationship between
“This could become a template on how to present this
region’s history, such as Bay St. George's and Brake's Cove's,
on the web,” he said.
the natural and human environments over time. That has
Mr. Oxford agrees, and can see significant tourism bene-
meant taking an interdisciplinary approach and placing
fits to the information. “What Rainer is doing has a signif-
events and developments into an historical context,” said
icant advantage to us because it helps us tell the story of our
Dr. Baehre. “We’ve been connecting the macro-history, for
community. For example, if we were fortunate enough to
example, the broad history of Western Newfoundland
be able to construct a living village in Brake’s Cove, his
including the French and American’s shores, relating them
project would be important. He’s working on finding out
to the history of the fishery and forest industries, how they
exactly what those people were doing there.”
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INBRIEF
Memorial prepares to release
research strategy
Through 2010-11, Memorial has been involved in a process
to develop a comprehensive research strategy in response
to Memorial’s 2007 Strategic Plan. One of the five pillars in
the 2007 strategic plan focuses on research, creative activity
and scholarship. Under that pillar, there are five goals
related to the advancement of research at Memorial.
The new research strategy helps address these goals and
includes the identification of strategic research themes that
represent areas of existing research strength as well as new
areas of significant research opportunity.
Extensive consultation was a cornerstone to the strategy
Memorial’s Students in Free Enterprise award-winning team.
development. The planning committee completed 110
internal and external consultation sessions throughout the
SIFE preparing for World Cup
By Jennifer Kelly
province. In total, more than 1,250 individuals provided
input into the strategy.
day. The winning team will then be announced by the
ident (research) says it is important to build a shared vision
end of the day.
SIFE MEMORIAL team members are getting ready
As a growing research institution, Dr. Loomis, vice-pres-
Ms. Seward has attended regional and national compe-
for research and to communicate the strategic direction
with internal and external stakeholders.
for one of the most exciting and challenging experi-
titions before, but never a world competition. “The
ences of their lives. In two weeks, the national champions
chance to represent your country is a huge responsi-
will be flying to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to meet student
bility and opportunity, both for the team and for me
tion and research staff, has decided to forego a research
teams from more than 40 countries to compete for the
personally,” said Ms. Seward. “I have a lot of mixed
report for 2010-11 in order to focus on the research strategy.
ultimate title of world cup champion.
emotions, but I am so excited to go.”
To that end, he, in consultation with senior administra-
The funding results usually included in the research report
will be released when final analysis has been completed.
The mandate of SIFE is to work with leaders in business
No matter what the outcome, the sense that the team
and higher education to make a difference in their
is already a winner is very prominent in the Faculty of
communities, while also developing the skills to become
Business Administration, home to the team’s faculty
socially responsible business leaders. The team has been
adviser, assistant professor communications, Lynn
busy fulfilling this mandate all year long and to winning
Morrissey. “I am so proud of the work the team continues
Memorial University is well represented on the Research &
results: at the recent national competition, the team beat
to do and of the impact they continue to make,” said
Development Corporation’s (RDC) board of directors.
out 50 other teams to win the national competition title.
Prof. Morrissey. “To represent our country on an inter-
Dr. Terry-Lynn Young, associate professor (genetics),
Two months prior, they won the regional championship,
national stage is truly an honour and we are excited and
Faculty of Medicine, has been reappointed as a director,
placing first in all three topic competitions.
ready to showcase our successes to the world.”
Despite these triumphant wins, the team makes it clear
there’s more to their work than just winning.
Like Ms. Seward, Prof. Morrissey also feels the difference the team is making in the community is the most
Faculty appointed to RDC board
while Dr. Brian Veitch, professor and associate dean of
research, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, has
been appointed as director.
“At the world cup, we will not only be competing for
important accomplishment. “We are going up against the
SIFE Memorial, the province and Canada – we will also
best teams in the world and winning would be nice, but
Jackie Sheppard, a prominent energy expert, Rhodes
be competing for the over 5,000 people who have been
knowing we are making a difference in our world is the
Scholar and leading businesswoman originally from St.
impacted by our projects,” declared Danielle Seward,
true crowning achievement for us.”
John’s, has been re-appointed as chair. Ms. Sheppard is
vice-president, SIFE. “The world cup is an opportunity to
Win or no win, right now the team is focused on
tell their story to the entire world and this is just as
preparing. The team has been meeting five to six nights
important to us competing.”
per week to develop the presentation script and design.
The announcement was made Aug. 31.
retired as executive vice-president, corporate and legal, and
corporate secretary of Talisman Energy Inc.
Alan Brown, former vice-president, East Coast Canada,
In fact, this is so important to the team that their
Following this, the team will have to memorize the lines
Suncor Energy Inc., has been re-appointed to the board
entire presentation will be comprised of individual stories
of the presentation. Even after this initial prep work is
and will serve as vice-chair.
about the people they have worked with and whose lives
completed, the team will continue to revise the presen-
RDC is governed by a board of directors, which is respon-
have been positively impacted by a SIFE project.
tation right up until they walk onto the stage in Malaysia.
sible for ensuring accountability and transparency of its
“We will continue revising it until it is the absolute best,”
programs, priority-setting and management of project
said Ms. Seward.
funding. Board members were selected based on their
The three days of competition, running Oct. 3-5, will
be intense and jam packed. The first day will be opening
ceremonies, featuring a cultural fair where each partici-
How does the team stay motivated during these long,
knowledge and sector-specific expertise in areas relevant to
pating country will showcase their unique culture at a
hard-working days? “We stay motivated by staying true
local industry and the economy of Newfoundland and
display booth. The team’s Canadian booth will be
to our goal,” shared Ms. Seward. “That goal is to create a
Labrador.
complete with hockey jerseys and a Newfoundland
better Newfoundland, a stronger Canada, and most of all,
element – a stuffed puffin for guests to kiss as part of a
a world of opportunity.”
mock Screeching-in ceremony.
SIFE Memorial will be showcasing their World Cup
The rigorous competition begins early the next day,
presentation at a special event on Sept. 24, at 4 p.m. at
Understanding the democratic
process by committee
with the winning team from that day’s competition
the Bruneau Centre, room 2001. All members from the
advancing to the semi-finals. The last competition day
public and media are welcome to attend and can RSVP
year $24,000 SSHRC grant to examine Canadian parlia-
will have the semi-finals starting early; five teams will be
to Kaitlin Smith at [email protected].
mentary committees.
chosen to compete in the final round, also held the same
Political science professor Kelly Blidook has received a one-
Dr. Blidook is attempting to answer the question of
whether “the people” affect what their representatives in
government do, and what factors change the link between
cont’d from CONFERENCE on page 1
So, could a Best-type party work outside of Iceland, say
in Canada? Ms. Helgadottir is emphatic: “Yes, absolutely!
including new polar bears at the zoo and building a
If not, we’re in trouble.”
the two.
“Committees don't always choose what they do – they
have to deal with issues that parliament and the govern-
Disneyland at the Reykjavík airport -- they’re taking their
Registrations for North Atlantic Forum, 2011: Culture,
ment assign to them,” said Dr. Blidook, who is interested in
responsibility seriously now that the party has been
Place and Identity at the Heart of Regional Develop-
whether the processes and outputs of Canada’s parliament
elected.
ment are now open. Other keynote speakers include
“substantively” represent the public interest. Committees
Zacharias Kunuk, director of Atanarjuat (The Fast
are essentially less symbolic than other comparative policy
stars and writers, an interest and respect for arts and
Runner); Zita Cobb, Shorefast Foundation; René
arenas, such as Question Period and Private Members’ Busi-
culture is, perhaps, implicit within the party.
Cormier, artistic director of Zones Théâtrales, a showcase
ness, said Dr. Blidook, but he says they do allow for direct
of professional Francophone theatre; Dr. Brendan O’Ke-
public input, which the others do not.
With a leadership made up of punk musicians, pop
“We have integrated these policies where we can,”
said Ms. Helgadóttir.
effe, of Ireland’s National Institute for Regional and
The topics dealt with by committees are not only the
For example, the city of Reykjavík is now a member of
Spatial Analysis; and Dr. Elaine Stafford, head of the
product of current legislation and instructions from parlia-
the ICORN project, an association of global cities that
School of Geography and Environmental Studies at the
ment to study particular issues, but are also the general
offer a safe haven for writers who face politically moti-
University of Tasmania. For more information, please
housekeeping functions that previous acts, codes and other
vated threats and persecution.
visit www.naf2011.com.
regulatory structures require.
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NOTABLE
Trio of new associate directors at DELTS
Dr. William (Bill) Driedzic has been named to the
By Courtenay Alcock
director of services, delivery and operations later this fall. Ms.
board of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).
Simmons holds a bachelor of commerce degree (1989) and
Dr. Driedzic is one of Canada's leading fish physiolo-
MEMORIAL’S DISTANCE Education, Learning and
a master of business administration (1997) from Memorial,
gists and is currently the Tier I Canada Research Chair
Teaching Support (DELTS) has welcomed three new asso-
and has completed the Executive Development Program
in Marine Bioscience at Memorial University of
ciate directors for the teaching and learning, client support,
through the Centre for Management Development.
Newfoundland. His primary research exploits the
and learning technology services of the unit.
Her career at Memorial began when she joined the P.J.
unique properties of marine organisms to address
“These placements once again complete our team, which
Gardiner Institute in November 1992 as a program co-ordi-
human disease issues such as diabetes and cardiac
is now more than 90 people,” said Rob Wells, acting
nator and subsequently became a program manager for
ischemia. He has also worked in applied biology in the
director. “The team here is geared up for a fast-paced and
various training and development initiatives in the educa-
area of aquaculture. Created by the Government of
exciting academic year, so it’s fantastic to have these posi-
tion system and throughout the business community. She
Canada in 1997, CFI strives to build our nation's
tions in place.”
spent 14 years at the Gardiner Institute as associate director
capacity to undertake world-class research and technology development to benefit Canadians through
investments in state-of-the-art facilities and equipment at universities, colleges, research hospitals and
non-profit research institutions.
PAPERS&
PRESENTATIONS
and director. She is also a part-time instructor with the
“These placements once
again complete our team,
which is now more than
90 people.”
Faculty of Business Administration. Most recently, she was
the manager of corporate training and continuing education at the College of the North Atlantic, Qatar.
With DELTS, Ms. Simmons will have responsibility for
finance and administration, operations and delivery, and
the Quality Management System.
Donna Ball accepted the position of associate director of
Albert Johnson began his position as associate director of
DELTS’ Learning and Teaching Support Services on Aug. 22.
Over the next year, Mr. Johnson will focus on the imple-
Technical Support Services and begins her new appointment on Sept. 6.
While holding a bachelor of arts (mathematics), a bach-
mentation of the Teaching and Learning Framework – an
elor of science (computer science, 1982), and a master of
initiative that connects learners and educators to each
business administration (1991) from Memorial, Ms. Ball also
other, our community, and our world in the service of
continues a 25-year career with the university.
Dr. Vit Bubenik (linguistics) presented a paper enti-
knowledge generation and exchange, and the advance-
tled Development of Aspect and Tense in Semitic
ment of society.
She began in 1981 in the Faculty of Engineering and
Applied Science as a programmer, and continued on in the
Languages at the 20th International Conference on
The framework has already held consultations with close
Faculty of Medicine as a program analyst, to the Faculty of
Historical Linguistics at Osaka (Japan), July 25-30,
to 1,000 participants, with 200 at the committee level. The
Business Administration as a database co-ordinator, and to
2011.
process is sponsored through the office of the Vice-President
the Office of the Registrar in enrolment services where she
Academic and led by Dr. Doreen Neville, Mr. Johnson and
was responsible for the registration of all students, for all
An invited article, Coloration and Chromatophores in
a working group. Advisory committees have been estab-
campuses, for all semesters. Most recently she was a policy
Fishes, by Dr. Derek Burton, professor emeritus in
lished to provide input on key themes including critical
analyst for the Office of the Board of Regents.
biology, has recently been published as a chapter in
thinking, student-centered learning, academic and non-
She is also arguably one of the only instructors to have
the Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to
academic support services, diversity on campus and abroad,
taught in four different subject areas – computer science,
Environment, volume 1, published by Elsevier. The
experiential learning, interdisciplinary activities, lifelong
mathematics, music and business administration. Ms. Ball
encyclopedia chapter describes the cellular physiology
learning, program quality assurance and faculty recogni-
continues a long and successful career at Memorial with the
of fish coloration and skin patterns as well as the
tion. These themes are complimentary with the research
Registrar's Office, School of Music and most recently, the
nervous and hormonal regulation of their changes in
plan and community engagement activities.
different habitats and behavioural activities.
DELTS has also hired two other associate directors to
lead the unit into the next academic year.
Dr. Christopher Kovacs, Faculty of Medicine, is
Bonnie Simmons will be assuming the role of associate
Policy Office. Ms. Ball's position will oversee learning technologies and media design, and coincides with Rob Wells'
appointment as acting director of DELTS until a permanent
director is identified.
author of the textbook chapter Fetal Mineral Homeostasis, Chapter 11, in Pediatric Bone: Biology and
Diseases, 2nd Edition, Glorieux FH, Pettifor JM,
Jüppner H (eds), published by San Diego: Academic
DELTS brightens its website complexion
Press, 2011: 247-275. He is also the technical editor on
Distance Education, Learning and Teaching Support
Vitamin D for Dummies, just published by Wiley Press.
(DELTS).
Prof. Rick Maddigan, psychology, recently presented
“The name change, and subsequently our new website,
a poster titled Digitize Your Lectures and Get with the
better reflect the various teaching and learning support
Zietgeist at the 33 Annual National Institute on the
services that we offer,” said Rob Wells, acting director of
Teaching of Psychology Conference in St. Pete Beach,
DELTS. “These services encompass relevant pedagogical
Fla. This paper summarized findings on the use of digi-
assistance to faculty, training and professional develop-
tized class lectures for on-campus (not distance )
ment on current issues, teaching dossier support, effective
students.
classroom design and support, media services, technologyenabled learning support, and a general focus on student
engagement.”
Dr. Amin Muhammad, Faculty of Medicine, is author
of Risperidone associated tardive dyskinesia – a less
The website’s new colourful appearance is part of the
common phenomenon, published in BMJ Case
scrubbed up, more youthful and contemporary persona of
Reports.
other revamped sites at Memorial, including the Faculty of
Science, the Department of Earth Sciences, and the School
of Nursing.
By Heidi Wicks
Mr. Wells added that showcasing DELTS’ video and multi-
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media capabilities was a core part of the planning process
Teaching Support (DELTS) has given its website a fresh new
for the new site.
face.
“We have state-of-the-art facilities and talent in this unit
While DELTS’ Memorial@Home brand is well known
that reflects the growing importance of online learning to
across campuses as the university’s distance and online
post-secondary and K-12 education. That provides for a
education provider, the unit also provides support for class-
creative, dynamic, collaborative work environment for
room technologies and redesigns classrooms across campus,
faculty, staff and students, and also allows us to share our
provides faculty training, graduate student professional
work and collaborate with other faculties and schools at
development and mentorship, as well as instructor and
Memorial, and also with external community organiza-
student technical support for distance courses and on-
tions, in order to reuse learning resources among educators
campus courses with an online component.
at Memorial and other educational institutions both nation-
The website’s model follows the unit’s 2011-18 Strategic
ally and internationally,” he said. “So we wanted to make
Plan, which included a unit name change – going from
sure all of that came through in our online personality and
Distance Education and Learning Technologies (DELT) to
in the face we show to the world.”
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Fictional houses and
the visual imagination
topic of Pratt Lecture
By Janet Harron
AWARD-WINNING
novelist Jane Urquhart will
deliver Memorial University’s 43rd annual Pratt
Lecture on Saturday,
Oct. 1.
Her lecture is entitled
Inner Lives: Fiction and the
Visual Imagination.
The winner of both the
Trillium and Governor
General’s Award will talk
about houses and interiors
in fiction, how they are
seen first by the writer and
then by the reader in the
Jane Urquhart
visual imagination.
The author of seven novels, a collection of short fiction and
four books of poetry, Jane Urquhart has received many awards,
among them the Trillium Award and the Governor General’s
Award; she has also been shortlisted for the Giller and Orange
Awards. Her latest novel is Sanctuary Line (McClelland & Stewart,
2010).
No stranger to Newfoundland or Memorial, Ms. Urquhart was
writer-in-residence in 1992. While here, she became interested
NEIL GRAHAM
in Rockwell Kent’s home in Brigus, remembers Professor Mary
Dalton.
“Jane Urquhart’s work, from its earliest beginnings, has
reflected her fascination with houses, both in and of themselves
and for the lives lived in them, the history they hold within.
VISITING AUTHOR
In this respect she is kin to certain of the great Victorian novel-
Recently longlisted for the 2011 Giller Prize, Newfoundland’s own Wayne Johnston will
read from his latest book, A World Elsewhere, as part of Memorial’s Visiting Authors
Reading Series on Monday, Sept. 26. The reading begins at 8 p.m. in the Reid Theatre,
Arts and Administration Building on the St. John’s campus. Admission is free and parking
will be available in lot 15B. This reading is made possible thanks to the Canada Council
for the Arts, The Faculty of Arts, Department of English, the E.J. Pratt Committee at
Memorial, the Lorenzo Reading Series and the Atlantic Universities Authors Program.
ists,” said Prof. Dalton, who believes Urquhart’s interest in
Kent’s home manifested itself in her novel The Underpainter.
These days Jane Urquhart moves among houses in St. John’s,
Ireland and southwestern Ontario, the latter a house which is
rich with her own family’s history.
The lecture begins at 8 p.m. in the Reid Theatre, Arts and
Administration Building, on the St. John’s campus. Admission
is free and parking will be available in lot 15B.
Photonic crystal phenomena topic of Laird lecture
By Kelly Foss
including all-optical information processing, solar
energy harvesting, efficient lighting, and intense laser
PHOTONICS TODAY is at the stage that semi-
light delivery in clinical medicine.
conductor electronics was at the time of the inven-
Dr. Sajeev John was educated at MIT and Harvard
tion of the transistor. It is thought that photonics
and has taught at Princeton. He is currently a univer-
technology will lead to a revolution as profound as
sity professor at the University of Toronto and a
that due to microelectronics technology, such as
Canada Research Chair. He originated the theory of
computers and cell phones.
classical wave localization and in particular the local-
Dr. Sajeev John, the upcoming Elizabeth R. Laird
ization of light in three-dimensional strongly scat-
guest lecturer, will discuss the breakthrough in solid-
tering dielectrics. He co-invented the concept of
state classical physics which lead to photonic band
photonic band gap materials, providing a systematic
gap (PBG) materials and the surprising new
route to his original conception of the localization of
phenomena that arise when light moves through a
light.
matter.
“Photonic crystals are artificial and periodic
enabling engineering of fundamental physical properties including refraction, diffraction, and sponta-
Prof. John has won numerous awards and is a fellow
of the American Physical Society, the Royal Society of
Canada and the Optical Society of America.
The Elizabeth R. Laird Lecture was established by a
neous emission of light,” said Dr. John. “Unlike
bequest from Dr. Elizabeth Laird, a prominent Cana-
traditional semiconductors that rely on moving elec-
dian physicist who held posts at Yale, Cambridge,
trons, photonic band gap materials operate by selec-
Chicago, Mount Holyoke and Western Ontario, in the
tive trapping or "localization of light," which is a
first half of the 20th century.
fundamentally new and largely unexplored property
of light.
During his lecture, he will explore the new physics
and review some of the practical applications
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Dr. John’s public lecture will take place Sept. 28, at
7:30 p.m., in the Bruneau Centre, room 2001 (Innovation Hall). Admission is free and a reception will
follow.
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Dr. Sajeev John will be the fall 2011 Elizabeth R. Laird guest
lecturer. His public lecture will take place Sept. 28 at 7:30
p.m. in Innovation Hall, room 2001 of the Bruneau Centre.
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Memorial University welcomes Zimbabwe students
campuses by working and volunteering in
By Jill Hunt
various units across the campuses, including
SHONA PERRY-MAIDMENT ,
in the Office of Student Recruitment, varsity
director, Office of Student Recruitment,
athletics, the English as a Second Language
recently travelled to Zimbabwe to partici-
office, the library, Student Affairs and Serv-
pate in recruitment fairs and a pre-departure
ices and the International Student Advising
orientation for students coming to Memo-
office (ISA), to name just a few.
rial this year. The visit also included indi-
“The Zimbabwean students have added a
vidual meetings with students and parents
great deal to student life at Memorial and
to provide academic and transitional guid-
the ISA office is always delighted to welcome
ance for those interested in studying in
new arrivals,” said Sonja Knutson, manager,
Canada and attending Memorial.
This fall, Memorial University is home to
62 Zimbabwean students.
International Student Advising and acting
director, International Centre. “They are
academically and socially prepared for the
Memorial started seeing an increase in
experience of studying overseas and
the number of Zimbabwean students when
building new friendships and networks in
the Office of Student Recruitment started
our community. We hope to continue to
working with Vee Link Consultancy in
welcome increasing numbers of Zimbab-
2004. Violet Matani, director of Vee Link
wean students to our classrooms, clubs and
Consultancy, has worked closely with the
societies and work places here on campus.”
Office of Student Recruitment to promote
Evelyn Nyamandi, a Zimbabwe student
Memorial to prospective students of
studying biochemistry, says the decision to
Zimbabwe.
come to Memorial was an easy one. Ms.
“The feedback I get from students is very
positive,” said Ms. Matani. “The students
Nyamandi first learned of Memorial University through Ms. Matani.
appreciate the amount of support from the
“One of the deciding factors for choosing
university staff. There is an immediate sense
Memorial was the fellow Zimbabwean
of belonging to the university community.”
student community that already existed
“It is extremely rewarding to see the hard
here,” said Ms. Nyamandi. “That Zimbab-
work that our office, in partnership with
wean community is my family away from
other campus partners, has done in markets
home. And that sense of family makes it
like Zimbabwe pay off,” said Ms. Perry-
easier to get involved in campus activities.
Maidment. “To stand in front of a group of
I’ve had work and volunteer opportunities
50 prospective students at the pre-depar-
with International Student Advising, the
ture orientation for Canada and know that
International Centre and the Office of
almost half of those students are coming to
Student Recruitment and these opportuni-
Memorial is gratifying. Memorial Univer-
ties have been extremely valuable to me.”
sity is clearly the university of choice among
these students.”
The Office of Student Recruitment has
Ms. Perry-Maidment continues to say that
it has been a proven success. Prospective
much of the success of these students
students get to meet Memorial representa-
coming to Memorial is largely due to the
tives firsthand to find out what Memorial
relationship it has with Ms. Mantani. She is
has to offer and get any questions they may
an enthusiastic supporter of Memorial
have answered.
University.
In 2003, Memorial had one student
Zimbabwean students have made their
mark on both the St. John’s and Grenfell
enrolled from Zimbabwe. In 2010, there
PHOTO BY DAVID PIPPY
visited Zimbabwe four times, and each time
Evelyn Nyamandi, a second-year undergraduate Zimbabwean student.
were 47 students enrolled.
A different sort of pilgrimage
She offers up the 1940 film Pinocchio as a key example of
By Janet Harron
the Disney philosophy.
GOING ON
“I want to examine how they negotiate their own meanings and their own relationships to Disney.”
a pilgrimage has long been a way to
“Pinocchio is told that if he is honest and truthful and
strengthen one’s faith. For centuries, the faithful have trav-
brave, he too can be a real boy,” explained Dr. Porter, who
elled to the Holy Land. The French town of Lourdes has
received a SSRHC standard research grant to study Disney
With theme parks in Florida, California, Paris, Japan,
been a destination for those looking for miraculous cures
and its culture. “Throughout the film, Pinocchio is given
and Hong Kong (with one opening soon in Shanghai), visi-
since the mid-1800s. Devout Muslims travel to Mecca, the
bad advice and good advice and must decide between the
tors to the parks get a physical sense of ending up in a new
centre of the Islamic world and Buddhists visit Lumbini, the
two. He becomes the arbiter of his own morality, which I
space.
birthplace of Buddha in west-central Nepal.
think is a really significant message.”
As Dr. Porter explains it, the Disney world view can
completely “suck you in.”
“You literally cross a boundary from one world to another.
And then there are those that make regular pilgrimages
Dr. Porter is interested in studying more than the
In Florida in particular, you go from cracked to pristine
to a place where they can forget their worries and be a kid
messages of Disney itself. She also focuses on its core audi-
roads, from dried out grass to manicured gardens – even the
– like the Magic Kingdom as envisioned by Walt Disney.
ence and fan communities.
road signs change colour … you know you’re not in Kansas
“Religion is more than church attendance or a belief in
“Many people are critical of media for their influence and
anymore,” said Dr. Porter, whose academic interest in reli-
God,” said Dr. Jennifer Porter, associate professor of religious
of Disney in particular for the messages they promulgate –
gion and pop culture began when she was a graduate
studies in the Faculty of Arts. “Many people would say that
such as the princess image – but no one has ever demon-
student.
religion is a system for providing definitions of what it
strated whether and how the messages impact the audience
Dr. Porter plans on visiting each theme park on days
means to be good and evil and a system for defining what
in either a negative or positive way,” Dr. Porter said, who
that coincide with online community meetings in order to
plans to utilize discussion boards and attend conventions
have one-on-one time with the fans. Since Disney also
to speak directly to Disney fans.
defines ethnicities and what it means to be American versus
it means to be a human being.”
According to Dr. Porter, who is interested in how Disney
defines these things, “virtually every Disney film” addresses
Since the Disney Corporation is notoriously controlling
European versus Asian, Dr. Porter feels that emphasizing this
questions surrounding the nature of sin and whether
of their image and how the audience sees them, Dr. Porter
global reach has added an international dimension to her
redemption is possible.
plans to engage with fans in unofficial spaces.
research.
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Wading into new waters
DR. SHERRYLYNN ROWE remembers the day the
sity in 2000 before going on to pursue his M.Sc. in biology
northern cod moratorium was announced in July 1992. As
from Dalhousie University in 2003. Dr. Fisher received his
a level III student at Bishops Collegiate in St. John’s, she had
PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007.
no idea that 19 years later she would become part of a team
Dr. Fisher’s primary research goal will be to understand and
set to play a vital role in the future of fisheries in Newfound-
quantify how human impacts and climate forcing alter the
land and Labrador.
characteristics and recovery dynamics of temperate and sub-
As one of the newly appointed research scientists with the
Arctic marine ecosystems, with a focus on Newfoundland
Marine Institute’s Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research
and Labrador waters. Dr. Fisher is also currently an editor for
(CFER), Dr. Rowe will be studying aspects of population
the scientific journal Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Drs. Rowe and Fisher are only two of a group of research
dynamics and conservation biology of marine fish popula-
scientists planned for CFER. An additional three scientists and
tions.
“Essentially, we are trying to get a better understanding of
Drs. Sherrylynn Rowe and Jonathan A. D. Fisher.
five technicians will be hired in the coming weeks. Graduate
table.”
providing new and immediate research opportunities for
and postgraduate students will also train within the centre,
what determines how many fish are in the sea and how
many we can harvest without having negative consequences,” said Dr. Rowe. “In the case of Newfoundland,
One of these team members is Dr. Jonathan A. D. Fisher.
where we have a severely depleted ground fish population,
Dr. Fisher was also recently appointed as a research scientist
we are studying why the stocks have not rebuilt to the extent
with CFER as its ecosystem and food web specialist.
one might have anticipated.”
A native of Milton, Ont., Dr. Fisher spent many summers
Dr. Rowe most recently worked as a research scientist with
on Cape Breton island fishing with his family.
young Newfoundlanders and Labradorians interested in the
fishery.
“This is my dream job,” added Dr. Fisher. “This is such a
strong group and has the potential to grow and become
much bigger as we address the most challenging and funda-
Fisheries and Oceans Canada at the Bedford Institute of
“I developed an interest in marine biology at a very young
mental questions that apply, not only to the waters off
Oceanography in Nova Scotia but is originally from St. John’s
age and always knew it was something I wanted to pursue
Newfoundland and Labrador, but to marine systems globally.
where she completed her B.Sc. (honours) and M.Sc. in
as a career,” he said. “I actually worked on a summer project
CFER is definitely the place to accomplish this goal.”
biology from Memorial University. She then went on to
here in Newfoundland during my undergraduate studies at
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, through
receive her PhD from Dalhousie University in 2004.
Queens and that propelled me towards my graduate work in
the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, and the
the field.”
Research & Development Corporation (RDC), funded the
“I’ve always wanted to come back to Newfoundland to
further my career,” said Dr. Rowe. “When I saw the job
Dr. Fisher was most recently a postdoctoral fellow in the
formation of CFER in July 2010. Research led by the Marine
posting for this position at CFER, I saw it as an amazing
Department of Biology at Queen’s University and the Ocean
Institute's newest centre will result in a better understanding
opportunity to work within a team of highly skilled, diverse
Sciences Division at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography.
of fish stocks and the productivity of Newfoundland and
individuals who bring differing levels of expertise to the
He received a B.Sc. (honours) in biology from Queen’s Univer-
Labrador's marine ecosystem.
Business student selected by prime minister and Global Vision to attend APEC 2011
By Jennifer Kelly
IT’S HARD NOT
to be impressed by
commerce student Samantha Phelan’s
much larger spectrum, as it includes repre-
Chile, People’s Republic of China, Hong
sentation from each of the 21 member
Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea,
“In November, it will mark a year from
economies involved in APEC,” said Ms.
Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New
when I first got involved with Global Vision
Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singa-
and if you had told me then that I would be
pore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, United
mingling with presidents, CEOs and prime
Phelan.
honour Ms. Phelan doesn’t take for granted.
passion and interest in the global economy.
As part of attending, Ms. Phelan needs to
It’s an interest she dedicates a lot of her
raise $5,000 from sponsors across the
States of America and Vietnam. Ms. Phelan
ministers in a year’s time, I wouldn’t have
time to and the rest of the country is starting
country. She’s confident she can recruit
was one of just three selected for Canada, an
believed you.”
to notice.
these sponsorships and already has a pitch
Directly on the heels of being selected to
developed to entice potential companies.
participate in a Junior Team Canada mission
The pitch? Since Ms. Phelan is an invited
to Indonesia and Malaysia, Ms. Phelan has
guest at these events, she can do a sponsor
been chosen by Prime Minister Stephen
company’s deal making and networking for
Harper and Global Vision to represent
them.
Canada's youth at the Asia-Pacific Economic
“The events leading up to the summit
Co-operation Voices of the Future (APEC
and the summit itself are exclusive, invita-
VOF) leadership development program. The
tion only events,” explained Ms. Phelan.
program will run parallel with the APEC
“Since I will be present, I can represent my
summit in Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 7-13.
sponsoring organizations, make connec-
Under the theme, “Engage, Discover,
Forge,” the APEC Voices of the Future 2011
tions and achieve mandates on behalf of my
sponsors.”
will provide youth with opportunities for
Aside from the enormous learning expe-
networking and interaction on APEC-
rience, Ms. Phelan also believes the experi-
related issues. The participating youth will
ence will be a stressful one, but she’s up for
have a busy schedule with events sched-
the challenge – even if she did have doubts
uled all day from Monday to Saturday. Some
at the beginning.
of the events planned include a tour of a
“I asked myself if I would be prepared for
Russian sailing training vessel and atten-
the intensity of this before I applied,”
dance at the Asia Pacific Business Sympo-
admitted Ms. Phelan. “But I quickly realized
sium. The most notable event will be
that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity
attendance at the APEC summit itself,
for me, both as a student and as a young
which will be hosted by United States Pres-
professional.”
ident Barack Obama.
Despite the hectic pace of the visit, Ms.
At the end of the exciting and intense
Phelan hopes she will have time to forge
week, Ms. Phelan and the other Canadian
new friendships and get to know the other
students will have a debriefing session with
students attending.
Prime Minister Harper. There, the chosen
“One of my favorite things about travel-
youth will discuss what they have accom-
ling is getting to discover what youth in
plished and the business contacts they
other countries are doing,” said Ms. Phelan.
made.
“I have met some incredible young people
Ms. Phelan is thrilled to be a part of these
doing amazing things in other countries. It
events, but she is also focused on the impor-
inspires you to want to do better and push
tance of representing Canada and forging
yourself to accomplish something equiva-
new business connections.
lent to what they have accomplished.”
“Like the Junior Team Canada mission,
All participating youth for the APEC VOF
this opportunity will allow me to network
program are selected from the 21 APEC
with CEOs and foreign leaders, but on a
economies: Australia, Brunei, Canada,
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Nuclear safety on campus
By Meaghan Whelan
warning signs inappropriately posted, out-of-date user lists
AFTER EXTENSIVE consultation with the university
containing nuclear substances or radiation devices.
and unauthorized personnel having access to storage areas
community, the Department of Health and Safety will be
None of these incidents involve any risk to human health.
rolling out a new a new radiation safety management system
Memorial has responded to the CNSC with an action
plan to bring the university into compliance.
this month.
rectifying this situation.”
Sheila Miller, director of the Department of Health and
Safety said the new system represents a fresh page for Memorial.
“Everyone will be trained to the new program, and there
is a clear expectation that all permit holders who use radi-
The new system is just one module of a comprehensive
Additionally, the university has conducted a complete and
suite of health and safety initiatives that will be introduced
accurate inventory of open and sealed sources, laboratories,
“At the end of the day, everyone is accountable. If the new
in the coming months. In September, the department will
users and radiation safety training, performed inspections
system isn’t followed, it can and will affect everyone’s ability
be holding sessions for permit holders to introduce them to
of all internal permits as requested by the director general,
to conduct their research. Possession of a Nuclear Substance
the new system and their responsibilities.
Directorate of Nuclear Substance Regulations, CNSC, and
and Radiation Device license is a privilege, not a right.”
The introduction of the new system, which has been
under development since 2010, is timely.
Earlier this summer, an inspection by the Canadian
ation will comply with the system,” she explained.
provided a plan of corrective actions to address the specific
The new radiation safety program includes a manual
items of non-compliance found during the CHSC inspec-
outlining direction and process, step-by-step safe work proce-
tion.
dures, guidelines around the use of different isotopes, stan-
Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) found the university to
“This is an issue that Memorial is taking very seriously,”
dardized forms and a document control process. More
be in non-compliance of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act.
said Mr. Kent Decker, vice-president (administration and
information on the program and the upcoming sessions will
The CNSC report outlined 24 incidents of non-compliance
finance) at Memorial University. “The Department of Health
be sent to all radioisotope permit holders within the coming
in the nine laboratories inspected. These incidents include
and Safety is working closely with permit holders to ensure
weeks.
items such as an out-of-date inventory system, radiation
compliance with the legislation and we are committed to
Diary translation leads to discovery
of the graves. Miertsching was a Moravian missionary in
By Janet Harron
Okak, Labrador, who accompanied the Investigator’s search
THE WORK of religious studies professor Dr. Hans Rollmann has shed some light on an iconic mystery of Canada’s
North.
An earlier translation of the diary suggested that the
men were buried “on the shore” but Mr. Cary used Dr.
In 1845 John Franklin and his crew set sail to discover the
infamous Northwest Passage. Three years later the HMS
Investigator was purchased by the British Admiralty to search
for Franklin’s lost expedition. Ultimately the Investigator
was abandoned in 1853 after being trapped for two years
in the inhospitable Arctic ice.
A Parks Canada team of scientists, archaeologists and
Rollmann’s translation which indicated the men were
buried further inland.
Dr. Rollmann says Miertsching’s qualities as a pastor and
a keen observer make his diary invaluable.
“On the ship, Miertsching’s door was always open to the
crew … during the afflictions of two long winters and
increasingly small rations, he visited and spoke comfort to
surveyors (led by archaeologist Henry Cary, who received
the sick and dying. Twice he nearly got lost himself in the
his MA in archaeology from Memorial) ultimately discov-
eternal snow,” he said.
ered the wreckage of the Investigator in 2010 and found the
Dr. Rollmann’s contributions have been recognized by
graves of three crew members who died of scurvy in April
Parks Canada Chief Executive Officer Alan Latourelle who
1853.
recently awarded him a CEO Award of Excellence for his
It was Dr. Rollmann’s translation of passages from Johann
Dr. Hans Rollmann
party as their Inukitut interpreter.
August Miertsching’s diary that contributed to the discovery
“extraordinary contribution and exemplary service” to the
project.
IMPACTing the future
This is not the first time Mr. Chatman has shown keen
By Stephanie Barrett
interest in sustainability and environmental issues. This
ACCORDING TO GLOBESCAN,
more than 50
past summer, he travelled to the Arctic as part of the
per cent of Canadians consistently identify depletion of
Students on Ice program, a program designed to motivate,
natural resources, fresh water shortages, loss of animal and
inspire and expand young people’s vision of the North and
plant species and air pollution as “very serious” issues.
the planet.
Jonathan Chatman, a marine environmental student at
Mr. Chatman joined his colleagues at the University of
the Fisheries and Marine Institute (MI) visited the Univer-
Guelph campus from Sept. 15-18 where they teamed up
sity of Guelph recently to lend his energy to address these
with experts to develop real sustainability solutions to take
serious issues.
back to their campuses, communities, and current and
Mr. Chatman is among 165 college and university
future workplaces. The participants, ages 19-25, represented
students chosen from more than 850 applicants across
70 Canadian colleges and universities, multiple back-
Canada to participate in IMPACT! The Co-operators Youth
grounds, perspectives and fields of study. The multi-disci-
Program for Sustainability Leadership program. Visit
plinary approach is intended to help spark creativity and to
www.impactyouthsustainability.ca for more information.
launch broad networks.
Memorial students Yuri Gidge, Jonathan Chatman, Riley Pollum and Perla Hernandez took part
in a recent national sustainability conference.
“This is such a great opportunity,” said Mr. Chatman.
“The Co-operators launched the program in 2009 simply
“The conference will be a great venue to share ideas about
because Canada’s young people have the most at stake in
participants will go on to lead community sustainability
sustainability and find new ways to solve problems that face
this debate and no one has more focus and energy than they
initiatives, some with the help of grants from The Co-oper-
do,” said Kathy Bardswick, president and CEO of The Co-
ators Foundation - Impact! Fund.
our world on an environmental level.”
David Suzuki, award-winning scientist, environmentalist
operators. “We wanted to give them the opportunity to
Also attending from Memorial University are Yuri Gidge,
and broadcaster, and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foun-
interact and work collaboratively to come up with plans,
a graduate student in environmental science; Perla
dation, will be the keynote speaker at the program’s key
programs and commitments to create a more sustainable
Hernandez, a political science student; and Riley Pollom, a
event.
society.”
graduate student in biology.
“This conference will give us young educated adults of
Prior to the conference, participants must complete an
IMPACT! The Co-operators Youth Program for Sustain-
Canada the chance to discuss environmental issues through
online sustainability course created by The Natural Step
ability Leadership is a partnership with the David Suzuki
workshops taught by experts in the field,” he added. “I
Canada, find a mentor within a pre-assigned system, and
Foundation, the Natural Step Canada, the University of
hope to be able to open my mind about these issues by
interview them to begin exploring the sustainability issues
Guelph, the University of Saskatchewan Centre for the
hearing how they have affected my peers and take these
within the system. During the conference, participants will
Study of Co-operatives, Wilfrid Laurier University, Lambton
ideas back to my school as well as to the people in my
apply this knowledge and work with national experts on
College, Conseil de la coopération de l’Ontario, AIESEC, and
community and province.”
systems approaches and solutions. After the conference,
the Network for Business Sustainability.
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Arts and sciences
“A completely random person
By Kelly Foss
suggested to the website that they look at
HE MAY HAVE
started with finger
my work and they liked it, so they wrote
paints, but today Ian Wilding’s art is a
about it and posted pictures. I woke up
little more elegant. His preferred canvas is
one morning and there it was and people
a computer screen and his chosen
were talking about it. It got a lot of views
medium Photoshop.
that day and since then it has gotten even
Though the fourth year physics student
more.”
has always enjoyed art, he decided to
To date the page has received more than
concentrate on science when it was time
200,000 views and numerous comments
to attend university. The creative process
and ‘Likes.’ He began making prints of
continued to be a draw for him however,
his works available for purchase and now
and he couldn’t resist creating advertising
works with online stores to sell his art on
posters for the volunteer organization,
T-shirts.
“I know I’m not going to make much
Rotaract – a university based service club
money at it. It’s just fun to get it out there
sponsored by the Rotary Club.
Earlier this year, a Rotaract member
and for people to see it and like it,” said
asked Mr. Wilding to redesign a flyer for
Mr. Wilding. “It’s rewarding to know
a business and that first taste of work as a
people like it and want to have it on their
professional graphic designer encouraged
walls.”
That isn’t to say he’s giving up physics
him to try his hand at it more seriously.
Self taught, he mainly does posters in his
for Photoshop, though he isn’t sure if he’ll
spare time on themes that interest him,
continue to design in his spare time or
primarily video game and movie posters.
make it a full time job once he graduates.
“I look at other people’s work and see
But he does see similarities between his
what I am attracted to in their art,” he
interest in science and his interest in art.
said. “There are a few sites online where
“A physics degree is basically a bach-
artists can post their work for comments
elor’s degree in problem solving. It’s
and criticism. I follow my favourite artists
looking at problems from different
on these sites so I decided to post some of
perspectives and deciding how to analyze
my work for them to review.”
information. That’s kind of how I
Mr. Wilding’s initial posts received
approach what I do with art. So as
much feedback and positive comments
different as the two are, I still approach
and one of his pictures was posted to
them the same way because both come
another blog site that received even more
from a place of creative thinking. That’s
hits. Eventually his work was noticed by
why it’s been easy to go back and forth
Kotaku, a popular website about video
between the two, because they are not as
games which features news stories,
different as other people might think they
reviews and forums.
are.”
Physics student Ian Wilding.
NEWS&NOTES
Listed below is a selection of the funding opportunities
• Metropolis Project Competition
for which information has recently been received by
• NSERC Discovery Grant Competition
music, dance\
- German studies research grant (graduates and under-
the Office of Research Services. For links to further
• NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Program
graduates)
information on these items, visit Grant Funding
• NSERC Major Resources Support Program
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Opportunities
on
the
Research
website
at
www.mun.ca/research/overview/grant_opp.php.
• NSERC Research Tools & Instruments Grants
- doctoral research award
• NSERC Ship Time Program
- research fellowship
• SSHRC Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in
• Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program
Memorial University, Office of Research Services
Canada
• CIHR Annual Partnerships for Health System Improve-
• SSHRC Insight Grants
ment
• SSHRC Partnership Development Grant: Dissemination
- northern scientific training program
• CMC Microsystems Resource Competitions
or Workshops and Conferences
• Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation: J. Edouard Samson
• SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships
- clinical research fellowship program
- clinical movement disorder fellowship program
Award
• Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre Awards
• Canadian Orthopaedic Research Legacy Grant (CORL)
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• ESRC/DFID Joint Scheme for Research on International
Fellowships in the Social Sciences and Humanities 2012-
Development (Poverty Alleviation) Phase 2- Call 3 for appli-
2013
Parkinson Society Canada
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- aid to research workshops and conferences in Canada
cations
• Fulbright Canada Opportunities for Faculty and Students
IMMINENT DEADLINES
The Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund (TREE
• Heart and Stroke Foundation Jump Start Resuscitation 3
Fund)
• Heart and Stroke Foundation Focus on Stroke 11
November 1
(Research Fellowships & Scholarships)
Associated Medical Services Inc.
• Heart and Stroke Foundation Junior Personnel Awards
- John Z. Duling grant program
- Hannah independent scholar grant
• Holistic Health Research 2011 Research Competition in
Massage Therapy
• JR Smallwood Foundation for Newfoundland and
Inc.
Burroughs Welcome Fund
- dissertation fieldwork grants
- investigators in the pathogenesis of infectious disease
Labrador Studies
• KFOC Biomedical Research Grants & Allied Health
Research Grants
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research,
- Hunt postdoctoral fellowships
- post-PhD research grants
DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service
- graduate study scholarship for fine arts, architecture,
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Social work students inspired to create awareness after Igor
By Brad Norman
THIS SEPTEMBER
marks the first anniversary since
Hurricane Igor hit Newfoundland. While the province recovered from its worst storm on record, one of Memorial’s School
of Social Work classes considered ways to help out. Led by
Dr. Delores Mullings, a group of 21 social work students
carried out two projects that raised more than $2,400 to
support the relief efforts of the Canadian Red Cross.
Dr. Mullings believes it is important for students to get
involved when a disaster occurs.
“I thought as a group of social workers we need to do something. So as part of my social justice course, I created a midterm assignment to look at projects that would elevate my
students’ consciousness to the devastation of a natural disaster
such as this. I wanted them to think about people who
perhaps were already disadvantaged and how they may be
further disadvantaged by Hurricane Igor,” she said.
(L-R) Dr. Delores Mullings, Kaitlin Shannahan, Jasmine Furlong and His Excellency the Right
Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada.
One of the projects involved 10 of the students working
together to produce a DVD showing the devastation caused
Bidgood’s and Coleman’s grocery stores.
was orchestrated almost entirely by the students, who worked
by the hurricane. The students made connections with local
“The DVDs were very well received,” Dr. Mullings said.
tirelessly to collect items and promote the sale in a relatively
musicians -- including Kilkenney Krew, The Navigators, Ron
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston,
short period of time.
and Sheilagh Harvey and Emerald’s Fleet -- who provided
Governor General of Canada, visited Memorial in June and
“They worked really hard,” Dr. Mullings said of her
music for the DVD, while photographers A.J. Smith, Bud
attended an Innovation Celebration, which highlighted inno-
students. “Because it was a mid-term assignment, they had
Vincent, and Sandra Lee supplied photographs to be used in
vative student initiatives. The Igor DVD project was the only
to finish before end of term.”
the video.
academic project chosen. The social work students were
They also received contributions from Memorial Univer-
specially invited to the celebration where a few of them had
sity’s Student Innovation Fund, Shoppers Drug Mart and
the opportunity to discuss their project with Governor
Terra Nova Overhead Doors, while Staples donated the
General Johnston.
supplies needed for producing the DVDs.
Once the DVDs were complete, they were sold through
her students to be proactive in the community.
“Education is not a spectator sport. These students really
rose to the occasion and did a great job of creating awareness
In addition to the DVD project, 11 of the students organized a garage sale which raised $552. Once again, the event
of a very large community need in the wake of a horrible
event.”
Montevecchi
receives lifetime award
PHOTO BY FRANK GALE
Dr. Bill Montevecchi
and his daughter Marina.
cont’d from ALUMNI on page 2
Dr. Mullings believes in hands-on learning and encourages
Nature Newfoundland and Labrador is celebrating Dr. Bill Montevecchi’s lifetime contributions
to the well-being of the natural history of this
province. The psychology professor received the
Tuck-Walters Award, the highest award
bestowed by the organization. It is presented
to individuals who have made outstanding and
enduring contributions toward the advancement of the appreciation and protection of the
natural history of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The event was held Sept. 15.
course the other part of that is the fact that the town hall
DP: I’d like to ask you about the range of your commu-
and the school that I was principal of are about 400 yards
nity and volunteer work. You’ve been involved at all
DP: What was it like to be at Memorial at that time?
apart. So, if there was anything going on as far as council was
levels. Why is that important?
FB: Well, my first degree I did on the Parade Street campus.
concerned, they could almost wave to me and say, ‘Look, we
FB: I think when you’re in a community and you get down
And back in those days the professors were on a first name
need you over here.’ As principal of the school with more
to the grassroots, that’s where it’s really meaningful. For me,
basis with you. At that time, George Hickman, who was dean
administrative duties and less teaching time, I could respond
it’s more important to know Mrs. So and So down the road.
of education, became a good friend of mine. Dr. Hunter
to that job as well. And here’s one better. The second year I
I’m not talking about class distinction here, but it’s about
taught French and English. Those fellows would stop and
was here I bought a house that’s only a stone’s throw from
relating to people and that’s where I’m most comfortable.
talk to you anywhere. But you know those were the kind of
the school and the council office and I still live in that same
I’m not a sophisticated person, I never have been and I
relationships that existed at MUN in those days. I mean,
house. So the council office, the school and my house – I
don’t aspire to be. I’m still a shy person when it comes to
Doug Eaton would meet you in the corridor and put his arm
could walk to all three in about two minutes.
relationships outside my common relationships. I’m an
around you and say, ‘How are you doing? Are you having
any problems?’ That was the philosophy that existed there.
avid outdoorsman – hunting, fishing, I grow my own vegetaDP: How does your early background and upbringing
bles and all that. I enjoy the common things and really that’s
play a role in your commitment to community work?
my background. It’s a big part of my philosophy that carries
DP: Your dual roles as a teacher and a municipal leader
FB: Well, coming from a rural setting like I did in Bonavista
over to volunteer work I’ve done and my work as mayor. I
in Clarenville have come together in a pretty interesting
North, you have to understand that nothing happened in
think it’s served me well.
way. Can you talk about that?
a community unless you were a part of it. If it was a garden
FB: By the time I came here, denominational education had
party or a church function you went to it. If the Orange
pretty much disappeared from Clarenville, one of the few
Lodge had a parade you went to it. That was the culture you
successful career?
places in Newfoundland where that was the case. And that
grew up in. You were part of everything that went on in a
FB: I would have to say that it is those relationships you
was part of what made me much more well known around
community, as was everyone else. The community may
develop with people over the years. I still have people who
the community, the fact that we were all together. My
have been isolated, but you weren’t isolated from each
come to me who want me to help them with their wills or
entrance into municipal politics was quite easy because I was
other.
do weddings. I’ve developed a strong, personal relationship
well known as far as being the principal of the school. Of
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DP: Is there anything that stands out over such a long and
with many people here and it means a lot to me.
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OUTANDABOUT... http://today.mun.ca
Cook Recital Hall
Thursday, Sept. 22
MUN Cinema Series, 7-9 p.m., Empire Theatres, Avalon Mall
The Pratt Lecture, 8-9 p.m., Reid Theatre
Spinoza Gambit: Takeoff at The Landing, 1-2:30 p.m., University
Centre, The Landing
Monday, Oct. 3
Creative writing workshop: Poetry - Incantations, Chants and
Spells: Using Repetition and Rhythm in Poetry, 7-9 p.m., A-3033
Year of India in Canada Film Festival, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Bruneau
Centre, room 2001
Reservoir quality and lateral variability of bioturbated shallow
marine successions, 2-4 p.m., IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for
Research and Innovation
Sociology Speakers Series, 12-1 p.m., A-4049D
Seven Learner-Centered Principles to Improve Your Teaching,
3:20-5 p.m., ED-2030B
Tuesday, Oct. 4
Public Lecture: Privacy: The 21st Century Healthcare Challenge,
7-8 p.m., Auditorium, Health Sciences Centre
The Art and Legacy of the English Tenor, 8-10 p.m., D.F. Cook
Recital Hall
Usage Control for Smartphone Data, 1-2 p.m., EN-2022
RCMP information session, 6-9 p.m., ED-3034B
You regarded me as perfectly safe in the realm of experimental
psychology: W. G. Smith, the first Newfoundland-born sociologist, 12-1:30 p.m., A-4049D
Gender and Graphic Memoir, 12:30-1:30 p.m., SN-4087
PHOTO BY LORI LEE HOLLETT
Friday, Sept. 23
Year of India in Canada Film Festival, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Bruneau
Centre, room 2001
Maintaining Patient Dignity in the Post-Privacy Era, 1-2 p.m.,
Auditorium, Health Sciences Centre
Paradigms and paradoxes in planning the past, 3-4 p.m., SN-2025
Saturday, Sept. 24
Year of India in Canada Film Festival, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Bruneau
Centre, room 2001
2011 World Cup SIFE showcase, 4-5 p.m., Bruneau Centre for
Research and Innovation
Sunday, Sept. 25
Year of India in Canada Film Festival, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Bruneau
Centre, room 2001
In The Beginning: Making Sense of the Creation and Evolution
Debate, 7-8:30 p.m., ED-2018 B
BROKEN GROUND
Wednesday, Oct. 5
Information session: Are you interested in applying to the bachelor of social work (second degree) program?, 12-12:50 p.m., J-2008
Henrietta Harvey Lecture, 7:30-9 p.m., A-1043
Study Abroad Information Sessions, 3-3:50 p.m., A-1049
Fall 2011 Go Abroad Fair, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., UC-3018
Nursing information Session, 1-1:50 p.m., SN-4068
On hand recently for the official ceremony
marking the start of construction of Grenfell
Campus’ new residence were, from left, Ron
Fougere, architect; the Honorable Tom Marshall, Minister of Finance and MHA, Humber
East; Dr. Gary Kachanoski, president and vicechancellor, Memorial University; and Dr. Mary
Bluechardt, vice-president, Grenfell Campus.
Development of larval fish: A multi-species perspective, 9:30 a.m.12 p.m., IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation
Thursday, Oct. 6
MUN Cinema Series, 7-9 p.m., Empire Theatres, Avalon Mall
Inferences in Longitudinal Multinomial Fixed and Mixed Models,
10 a.m.-12 p.m., IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation
Saturday, Oct. 8
Monday, Sept. 26
Visiting Authors Series -- Wayne Johnston, 8-9 p.m., Reid Theatre
In The Beginning: Making Sense of the Creation and Evolution
Debate. Part 2: The Life of Creatures, 7-8:30 p.m., ED-2018 B
What Moves Us, 8-10 p.m., D.F. Cook Recital Hall
room 2001
Pauline Oliveros, 8-10 p.m., D.F. Cook Recital Hall
In The Beginning: Making Sense of the Creation and Evolution
Debate. Part 4: The Flood and the Fossils: Record of a Lost World,
7-8:30 p.m., ED-2018 B
Tuesday, Oct. 11
Preparing a Teaching Dossier, 1-4 p.m., ED-2030B
Tuesday, Sept. 27
Thursday, Sept. 29
The Architect as Community Builder, 7:10-8:30 p.m., IIC-2001,
Bruneau Centre
MUN Cinema Series, 7-9 p.m., Empire Theatres, Avalon Mall
Wednesday, Oct. 12
Aecon Information Session, 5-7 p.m., EN-4000
Building a Positive Working Relationship with Your Supervisor,
1:30-2:30 p.m., SN-4087
Bring New Depth to Your Lectures with Prezi, 12:30-2:30 p.m., ED2030B
In The Beginning: Making Sense of the Creation and Evolution
Debate. Part 3: Genes and Genies: What We Know and What We
Don't, 7-8:30 p.m., ED-2018 B
A Sustainable Planning Direction for NL – the Vision, the Reality
and the Need, 12-1:30 p.m., The Fluvarium
The role of interdisciplinary teaching and learning research, 121:30 p.m., ED-5021
Torquing Back: Alternative Spins on Jitterbug Memory, Dance
Floor Democracy and the Hollywood Canteen, 7:30 -9 p.m.,
MMaP Gallery, Second Floor, Arts and Culture Centre
Computing by Moving, 1-2 p.m., EN-2022
Wednesday, Sept. 28
Nexen information session, 5-7 p.m., EN-4000
Career and Graduate School Fair 2011, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Field House
Info session: Are you interested in applying to the bachelor of
social work program?, 1-1:50 p.m., J-3008
Study Abroad Information Sessions, 1-1:50 p.m., A-1049
In The Beginning: Making Sense of the Creation and Evolution
Debate. Part 5: Father God or Mother Earth: The Problem of Evil
and a Loving God, 7-8:30 p.m., ED-2018 B
Friday, Sept. 30
Distributed Query Answering Using Property Precedence, 2-3
p.m., EN-2022
Business information Session, 1-1:50 p.m., SN-4068
Saturday, Oct. 1
Fall 2011 Elizabeth R. Laird Lecture, 7:30-9 p.m., Bruneau Centre,
Sound Symposium Presents: Room of Wonders, 8-10 p.m., D.F.
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We are an egalitarian community,
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We have a small Hebrew school
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School of Graduate Studies enlists foreign
social media sites to recruit worldwide
By Mandy Cook
RENREN. MIXI. NAVER.
Sound familiar? If not,
don’t worry – they’re all fairly new terms being thrown
around the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) lately, too.
With $20,000 in support from the Atlantic Canada
Opportunities Agency in 2010, the SGS has begun making
forays into the world of social media sites based in South
Korea, Japan and China. The countries represent the top
three source countries for international students in Canada
and are promising student markets for Memorial. The level
of Internet penetration in South Korea and Japan, as well
as the high number of users in China, makes new media an
opportune way of connecting to students there.
Enter Shin Hun Kim, Hakase Hayashida and Ray Zong.
The SGS hired the grad students to build a presence on Mixi
(a Japanese and more conservative version of Facebook),
RenRen (a Chinese version of Facebook) and Naver (a blog
based in South Korea) in order to target potential students
from around the globe.
Andrew Kim, manager of enrolment and strategic initiatives at the SGS, says branching out to foreign social media
sites from the English versions of Facebook and Twitter is
beginning to pay off.
“We are now into the second phase of this project and the
(L-R) Ray Zong and Shin Hun Kim of the School of Graduate Studies.
results are pretty good now,” he said. “We have generated
hundreds of new leads, and applications from the three
source countries we targeted are up 40 per cent over last
students have been saying that when we reach out to them
Mixi creates a distinct advantage when pitching Memorial.
year.”
it makes them feel Memorial is a very friendly university.
“Providing information in Japanese by someone who is
The graduate students all agree their work is necessary if
It is also a very cost-effective advertisement for Memorial.”
Japanese makes it easier for people to access and obtain
Memorial is to make significant inroads when it comes to
Shin Hun Kim, a PhD student in biology, says Memorial
information about Memorial,” he said. “I’ve found many
attracting the increasingly important international student
is relatively unknown in his native country of South Korea.
other university pages for fun and for people to find friends
population.
However, due to his regular interaction with people online
from Japan, but I did not find a university page that offers
on Naver during the past several months, he’s connected
information about the programs or application processes.
with approximately 30 people per day.
This is what we are trying to do, so it will be interesting to
Ray Zong, a master’s student in ocean and naval architectural engineering who hails from China, says removing
some of the time and energy it takes for a potential student
“As far as I know, Memorial is unique to do such a thing
to navigate the application process makes Memorial much
in South Korea, and I can see the increasing number of visi-
Mr. Kim says the project is expected to conclude in
more attractive.
tors,” he said. “Canada, Newfoundland, St. John’s and
December, but with the excellent results generated so far,
Memorial are hardly known in South Korea. So, if Koreans
the SGS is hopeful it can extend it into 2012. The SGS also
“It is a direct interaction between future students and the
see how it is going to turn out.”
school,” said Mr. Zong. “There are also many agencies in
are interested in studying abroad, then Memorial is the
anticipates broadening its reach by introducing other social
China doing applications for students. Our work can get rid
only university to find their questions.”
media platforms, such as Google’s orkut – one of the most
of the middleman, save students money and time and
Physical oceanography master’s student Hakase
provide them with correct information for free. Also,
Hayashida says communicating with people in Japanese via
visited websites in India and Brazil.
School of Pharmacy kicks off silver anniversary year
corner of our province and country as well
By Jenn Deon
as around the world in all aspects of phar-
A SPECIAL milestone is upon the School
maceutical practice and research.
of Pharmacy. Sept. 1 marked the 25th
The education of pharmacists in
anniversary of the school, and the event
Newfoundland and Labrador is second to
will be celebrated through Aug. 31, 2012.
none thanks to the many people who have
Flashback to September 1986. That’s
played a role in the school’s ongoing devel-
when, for the first time, 25 students began
opment.
classes on the first floor of the Health
Individuals – students, alumni, staff,
Sciences Centre under the leadership of the
faculty, preceptors -- and professional organ-
school’s first director, the late Dr. Gerald R.
izations and industry have all had a part in
Duncan.
the school’s advancement.
During the following two years, funding
The School of Pharmacy owes much to
was secured from the private and public
the outstanding leadership of its directors
sectors to allow construction of the new
and dean. Dr. Gerry Duncan, Dr. Christo-
pharmacy school.
pher Loomis and Dr. Linda Hensman have
Phase one, the student laboratories, was
each played pivotal roles in creating a tradi-
completed in January 1988, just as the
tion of excellence in pharmacy education.
second year students needed their first phar-
Celebration activities marking this
macy laboratory.
amazing milestone will be held throughout
The next two phases, which completed
the year.
the research space, were finished by April
You can stay tuned by visiting the school’s
1989. The last phase of lecture rooms and
website at www.mun.ca/pharmacy,
offices was completed in April 1990, just
almost 40 faculty and staff and has
an opportunity to reflect on all that has
following the school on Facebook at
prior to the graduation of the first class.
outgrown its original space in the Health
been accomplished.
www.facebook.com/schoolofpharmacy or
From its modest beginnings in 1986 with
one faculty member, the school now boasts
Since 1990, the school has graduated 745
Sciences Centre.
The School of Pharmacy turning 25 brings
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on Twitter twitter.com/schoolofpharm.
students – alumni who now work in every
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