September 6 2007 Bulletin

The Bulletin

One University.Many Futures.

U of M cultureEvery university has a unique culture. President Emőke Szathmáry explores ours.

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Forest friendlyU of M researchers are learning how a forest works from the roots up.

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Downtown ArtSchool of Art students will showcase their work on Portage Avenue.

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Photo by Dale Barbour

University 1 student Stephanie Reimer received some directions on the way to orientation from Meeter/Greeter Sandra Jezik. About 100 University of Manitoba staff members turned out on Sept. 4 to help this year’s new students find their way.

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Funding cancer research

Open House Sept. 15

The University of Manitoba was front and centre when nearly $3 million in new cancer research funding was announced on Aug. 24.

Two Manitoba teams – both with an interest in population-based cancer research – met with success in the Access to Quality Cancer Care New Emerging Team Grants program supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), CancerCare Manitoba and Cancer Care Nova Scotia. The funding will have a direct impact on people in Manitoba.

“This research is going to improve cancer services across the spectrum from prevention and screening to treatment and follow-up,” said Donna Turner, epidemiologist at CancerCare Manitoba and associate professor of community health sciences at the University of Manitoba. “Our data will enable us to better understand access issues and will result in evidence-driven decision making. This is an exciting opportunity in which we are connecting research to practice.”

Turner, a co-principal investigator on two Manitoba-based teams as well as a co-applicant on another $1.4 million project funded by CIHR based in Alberta, is working with University of Manitoba principal investigators Brenda Elias,

community health sciences, and Alan Katz, a family physician and associate professor of family medicine and community health sciences.

Elias and Turner head a multidisciplinary team, which will receive a total of $1.5 million over the next five years, to investigate access to quality cancer care and control for Manitoba’s First Nations. The research involves working with the province’s First Nations population to identify issues, reduce risk and ensure equitable access.

“Currently, there is no effective system for disseminating cancer-related information that addresses the specific needs of First Nations communities,” Elias said. “This project is designed to improve knowledge translation related to cancer prevention, screening, treatment and care, and to develop best practices that can inform decision-making at the community, provincial and national levels.”

Katz is leading another multidisciplinary team that has come together to understand the role of primary care providers in improving outcomes and quality of care for patients with colorectal cancer.

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You’re on your way!

Join us for a day of discovery as the University of Manitoba Fort Garry campus opens its doors to the community!

As part of our annual Alumni Homecoming Weekend the Fort Garry campus will come alive on Saturday, Sept. 15 with displays at University Centre, tours and fun events.

For staff and students already familiar with the campus, it’s a good opportunity to invite family and friends to see where you work or study.

Some of the highlights include:• Tour the Fort Garry campus

and see our world-class research and learning facilities.

• Enjoy live music and theatre. Sit back and relax as some of our top performing arts students entertain you!

• Learn about our storm chasers. Meet our severe weather experts and watch them demo their tornado generator!

• Get up close and personal with our dinosaurs. Learn about our dinosaurs, and check out the mineral exhibit.

• Meet our award-winning robots. Our robotics experts will share the secrets of bringing robots to life.

• Bring a rock and have it identified. Mineralogists will solve the mystery of that strange rock you’ve been wondering about.

• Meet our Bison athletes. Challenge our athletes to a shoot/throw contest and win tickets to the football game.

• Learn how to throw a pot. Learn some pottery wheel tips from our ceramics experts.

• See award-winning race cars. See and learn about the work of our student engineers.

• Play Smartpark’s ‘carnival’ game. Arm yourself with a supersoaker and win prizes by hitting targets on a moisture-sensing board.

And, of course, don’t miss the Bison Football Homecoming Game, which takes place at University Stadium at 1 p.m., gates open at 11:30 a.m.!

To learn more about the event go to umanitoba.ca

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Province supports research

In The NewsUniversity of Manitoba members are always

making news – demonstrating the university’s impact on the community. Here’s a look at the stories and headlines that show how U of M faculty and staff impact the world around them.

Our waterways whet LisbonJune, 2007Canadian Architect

Herbert Enns, professor and director of Experimental Media Centre in the Faculty of Architecture, was the subject of a large feature for his recent multimedia installation at the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, a two-month festival celebrating architecture in Portugal. The article, written by University of Manitoba graduate Rodney LaTourelle, who now lives in Berlin, details how video footage, soundscapes and aerial photos commissioned and curated by Enns explore five of Canada’s urban waterways. The installation was entitled Alien Spaces/Strange Spaces: Canada’s Urban Rivers.

Bamboo is coolAug. 6, 2007BharatTextile.com, Canada.com

Professor Wen Zhong of the department of textile sciences was quoted in two online stories on new synthetic-natural fibre blends. Zhong was quoted as saying sheets made from bamboo and beech wood fibres could offer a cooler option for hot weather.

Naimark chairs national panelAug. 14, 2007 The Ottawa Citizen

The University of Manitoba’s ninth president, Arnold Naimark, was named chair of a newly-created independent expert panel on federal laboratories. The Ottawa Citizen covered the government an-nouncement. The panel, comprised of national experts in science and technology, will set out to strengthen collaboration and advance research. Considering different arrangements for managing laboratories will bring the views of government, academia and the private sector together to find innovative ways to further advance our common research goals, said Naimark.

A cuppa researchAug. 26, 2007The Winnipeg Free Press

Assistant professor Sonia Bookman, sociology, and research assistant Sheryl Peters were featured in a story and colour photograph for their research on how Canada’s coffee shops are becoming platforms for social activity.

Headline NewsWhere else has the U of M been making news?

• “Four months of holidays? Not Quite!,” by Raymond Lee, business administration professor, InsideHigherEd.com, Aug. 9, 2007

• “Canadians make splash at Bangkok Universiade,” Canada.com, Aug. 12, 2007


Science, Technology, Energy and Mines Minister Jim Rondeau, at right, was at the University of Maniotba to an-nounce $2.9 million in research funding. He was joined by president Emőke Szathmáry and associate vice-presi-dent (research) Peter Cattini.

More than $2.9 million will be provided to the University of Manitoba to support research projects in the areas of areas of environment, health and agriculture, Science, Technology, Energy and Mines Minister Jim Rondeau announced last month.

“From researching the health of our environment to providing high performance computing and networking capabilities for research institutions, Manitoba scientists are contributing to a better future for people living in this province,” said Rondeau. “The funding we are providing shows this government’s commitment to science and research, innovation and technology.”

“The researchers whose projects are receiving this new funding are among the very best in the country,” said Emőke Szathmáry, University of Manitoba president. “The continued support of the Province of Manitoba is vital to ensuring that these scientists and scholars have the tools and equipment they need to carry out their innovative research programs.”

Manitoba’s investment leverages matching

funding from the federal government, universities and international research granting agencies.

Part of the funding will go to the University of Manitoba’s Frank Hawthorne for research into the safe storage of nuclear waste and analysis of pollutants in rock formations. Rondeau noted that Hawthorne, recently named by Thomson Scientific as the world’s most-cited geoscientist, has dedicated his life to understanding more about the health of the earth’s environment.

The Manitoba Research and Innovation Fund was created to help the province’s universities, colleges, hospitals and other institutions to carry out important, world-class research and development.

Since program inception in 2003/04 the MRIF has provided funding of some $50 million for research and development projects and research infrastructure and innovative support activities in areas such as health and agriculture, technology and aerospace, cultural and new media industries, and alternative energy developments.

From Page 1.The team will receive a total of $1.4 million over

the next five years.“Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of

cancer death in Canada, and this project is ultimately aimed at improving patient survival,” Katz said. “Our team is made up of family physicians, nurses, cancer specialists, epidemiologists, cancer survivors and others, and we will be focusing on a number of aspects of this disease related to primary care, including screening and diagnosis, as well as follow-up care. Early diagnosis of colorectal cancer is critical to good outcomes, and our team will be studying how to build new relationships between the cancer care community and primary care providers that support screening and

early diagnosis.” “CancerCare Manitoba is proud to support these

teams of multiple experts right across the country, including teams from Manitoba. Together, they are in a unique position to tackle complex questions very germane to the delivery of care in Manitoba,” said Dhali Dhaliwal, president & CEO, CancerCare Manitoba.

“Only seven projects in Canada were chosen for funding under this program, and the fact that two are being led by researchers from the University of Manitoba says a great deal about the quality of their work,” said university president Emõke Szathmáry. “We congratulate Drs. Katz, Elias and Turner, and each and every one of the researchers who will be involved in these important new projects.”

Focus on prevention and survival

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Now you can ask the audienceiClickers give professors instant feedback from students

Photos by Dale Barbour

Physics and astronomy professor Kumar Sharma will be one of a number of professors at the university using iClickers this fall. The audience response system lets professors quiz students during class.

The University of Manitoba will receive funding for further research to enhance the value of livestock feed uses for distiller’s dried grain, a high protein by-product of ethanol production. The Canada-Manitoba Economic Partnership Agreement is contributing $202,820 towards the project.

The announcement was made today by Rod Bruinooge, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, and Marilyn Brick, Member of the Legislative Assembly for St. Norbert.

“Canada’s New Government is working in partnership with the Province of Manitoba to ensure a prosperous future for Manitobans by fostering growth in the ethanol and grain industries,” said Bruinooge. “This joint funding investment of over $200,000, through the Canada-Manitoba Economic Partnership Agreement, will enable the University of Manitoba to conduct research that will help place Manitoba at the forefront of developing practical and economic uses for wheat-derived distillers dried grain.”

“Our government is committed to investing in new economic opportunities for Manitoba’s rural communities,” said Brick. “Research into adding value to ethanol by-products follows Manitoba’s strong commitment to investment in biofuel production.”

The Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences will research different

processing technologies and techniques to determine the impact on the yield of ethanol as well as the quality of the by-products. Increasing the value of the by-product will contribute to the

long-term success of both the ethanol industry and the livestock feed industry in Manitoba. The emerging ethanol industry also provides an alternative market opportunity for Manitoba grain

producers. “This project builds on a foundation

of outstanding research at the University of Manitoba related to new wheat cultivars, eff icient fermentation strategies, and value-added co-product development,” said University of Manitoba president Emőke Szathmáry. “The support announced today is great news, not just for the researchers involved, but also for the Manitoba grain producers, livestock producers and biofuels industries that will directly benefit from their innovative work.”

Previous funding of $134,000 was also provided for this project through the Canada-Manitoba Agri-Food Research and Development Initiative. The new project is one component of a comprehensive biofuels research program at the University of Manitoba that was established in 2005 with significant support from Husky Energy Inc.

Under the Canada-Manitoba Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the governments of Canada and Manitoba are working together and in partnership with community stakeholders to build the economy and strengthen communities. These priorities promote economic growth and diversification in the province. For more information on this and other projects funded under EPA, visit: www.epa.gov.mb.ca.


From left, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences dean Michael Trevan joined Win-nipeg South MP Rod Bruinooge, St. Norbert MLA Marilyn Brick and associate vice-president (research) Digvir Jayas, not pictured, to announce a new research project that will enhance the value of ethanol production.

Ethanol production just got greenerFunding enhances value of high-protien by-product of ethanol production

BY DALE BARBOURThe Bulletin

We’re about to become an iClicker kind of campus.

The iClicker is an audience response system that allows students to electronically answer questions in the classroom. It’s the academic equivalent of the ask the audience option in the game Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? with the answers being tallied up and displayed for the professor at the front of the room.

The upside of the system is that it allows students to answer questions without fear of criticism.

Come this fal l , some 2,500 students will be using them as part of their required coursework, with others tapping out their answers on a voluntary basis.

And every one of those clicks will tell the professor at the front of the room how the class is going.

“When you have a class of 300 students they can be shy about putting up their hands for a vote,” physics and astronomy professor Kumar Sharma said. Or everyone waits to see how the vote is going to go and then tries to hop on the bandwagon. “These systems allow you to test their responses to a question without them having to worry about their classmates knowing their answers.”

What the class does see is a histogram of the various answers. Ideally, the correct answer will be the most popular one, but there’s no guarantee the vote will go that way and indeed that’s part of the point of the system. It helps the professor

understand instantly how the work is being understood by the students. If they’re not getting the right answer, then the professor knows that he or she has to come at the material from a different approach.

“If an audience response system can get the students to respond in the class it tells me where they are

with the material and that makes it an important tool when I’m teaching,” Sharma said.

But the question Sharma helped the university tackle this fall, was which audience response system it should go with.

“There are many systems that have been appearing in North America to

assess student responses,” Sharma said. The University of Manitoba has tried the systems in the past, but with the growing popularity them it made sense to pick one design that could service the entire university, rather than having students juggle different designs depending on what class they were in.

“I thought it would be a good idea if the university endorsed one system,” Sharma said. To that end, he headed up a team in the Faculty of Science to investigate some of the audience response brands on the market. They looked over five systems, considering everything from how easy they were to use to how well they could take a fall.

“The iClicker’s are economical, they have a simple design with little room for confusion and they’re easy to use from a technical standpoint – you don’t have to load any software, it’s all included in the controller,” Sharma said. “Plus they have a good recording response so you can track how the students have been voting.”

The iClickers are being sold at the University BookStore. Most textbooks requiring the iClickers include a coupon for a discount on the audience response systems themselves. Add to that the option of selling the unit back to the BookStore at the end of the year and Sharma said students might even come out financially ahead.

Meanwhile the information services and technology unit has been gearing up rooms in the faculties of Arts and Science to be iClicker combatable. Training sessions are also set this fall to cover the use of the iClickers.


Considering the university’s characterImmigration, labour and Isbister have all shaped the U of M

By the time I came to Manitoba I was convinced that the differences among the research universities I knew were cultural, and that each institution reflected the culture of the city in which it is embedded.

President’sPerspectiveby Emőke Szathmáry

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One University. Many Futures.

Terry Sargeant, Chair, Board of Governors

and

Emőke J.E. Szathmáry, President and Vice-Chancellor

cordially invite you to attend the

University of Manitoba Annual General Meetingon Tuesday, September 18, 2007, at 10:30 a.m.

in Room E3-262, Engineering and Information Technology Complex75 Chancellors Circle, Fort Garry Campus

The meeting will be preceded by refreshments in the Engineering and Information Technology Complex (EITC) atrium beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Public parking is available in the University Parkade, adjacent to the Helen Glass Centre for Nursing.

For those unable to attend the meeting in person, it will be webcast live on the University of Manitoba’s website at umanitoba.ca beginning at 10:30 a.m.

For further information, please call 474-9022 or e-mail [email protected].

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Celebrating130 years

The onset of September is accompanied by orientation sessions at the University of Manitoba, among them those for new professors and students. I speak at these sessions, including those for support staff, and I have tried to tailor my messages to fit the interests of each group. This year, however, my thoughts kept returning to one theme – the importance of knowing the character of one’s own university.

At one time I was unaware that every university has its own culture and character. As a new student at my own alma mater, for example, I thought universities were teaching institutions only. The discovery that research was also undertaken gave research a mysterious and privileged aura, for only the rare senior student was ever asked to assist with a professor’s research. That privilege seemed reserved for graduate students, and I certainly did not know that undertaking research was not optional but a professor’s job requirement.

In spite of this naiveté, I was captured by my university experience, went on to graduate school and eventually secured a probationary position at a university that socialized me into the ways of the academy. I achieved the professorial milestones of tenure and promotion, and yet, I still did not appreciate that the culture of my institution differed from those of other universities with which it nevertheless had much in common. It required my moving to yet another university to notice an attitudinal shift. By the time I came to Manitoba I was convinced that the differences among the research universities I knew were cultural, and that each institution reflected the culture of the city in which it is embedded. What are some commonalities of the University of Manitoba and the city of Winnipeg?

Perspectives may vary, but in my view, the cultural orientation of this city was deeply shaped by the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. To this day, nothing divides the community more quickly than labour issues, and they retain their potent ability to divide colleagues within the university also. Ethnic diversity, in association with language and religion, has also shaped the nature of Winnipeg. Manitoba’s settlement history, for example, is rife with conflicted attitudes, encompassing indigenous, francophone and anglophone divides as well as later-arriving settlers, and

the expectations of newcomers often clashed with the expectations of the native-born. Perhaps in reaction to this history, one now finds an extraordinary focus on human dignity and equity throughout the city and the university as well.

It is within the cultural context of Winnipeg that the University of Manitoba has always done what it was created to do, namely to preserve, to advance and to disseminate knowledge, and thus facilitate the cultural, social and economic well-being of the people of this province, our nation and the world. It is fair to say that the university has executed its mission extraordinarily well over the years, and its achievements have inspired many.

I was among those inspired, though I was educated in another province. I first heard of the University of Manitoba in a 4th year class in human genetics, where our professor told us that the Globe & Mail had just carried a report that scientists there had demonstrated that they could prevent Rh disease of the newborn. The news was electrifying! In those days, human geneticists knew a lot about disease causation, but they could do little to prevent it. Rh disease of the newborn, the classic case of maternal-foetal blood group incompatibility, was responsible for approximately 10 per cent of neonatal deaths in Canada in the 1960s, and the story seemed too good to be true. That it was true, gave hope not only to couples who wanted to become

parents, but it also inspired an entire generation of undergraduates – including me – to believe that advancement of knowledge within universities makes a real difference.

It is fact that the University of Manitoba is indispensable to its province culturally, scientifically and economically. Its culture reflects Winnipeg, but its presence also influences the character of the city, because the university changes attitudes inexorably. Consider, for example what I have sometimes described as the guiding compass of the University of Manitoba.

It began with the gift of Alexander Kennedy Isbister. Métis in ancestry, Isbister never studied here because his father sent him to the “old country” to earn his degrees. Isbister completed his studies at the University of Edinburgh, earned another degree at the University of London, and lived out his life in England, rising in responsibility and acquiring influence and wealth. When he died, his 1883 will specified the gift of his personal library of over 4,000 books to the University of Manitoba, and $83,000 to be used for admission scholarships and prizes. Furthermore his will stipulated that these awards were to be based on merit, without regard to the applicant’s sex, race, creed, language or nationality – and the university agreed. That this was revolutionary is illustrated by my own experience: When I first graduated, even if I had merited a Rhodes scholarship – that sine qua non of undergraduate achievement – I would not have been granted one, because in 1968 women were ineligible to apply. It took the Rhodes Trust almost 90 years to catch up to the notion that good minds are present in all sectors of humanity, but that view was alive and well at the University of Manitoba more than 15 years before the advent of the 20th century!

A fundamental faith that intellectual ability abides in all peoples of the world is also characteristic of the University of Manitoba – a cultural attribute that has long defined its character, and set it apart from others. I hope that the new professors, the new students and new support staff will take pride in knowing that they have joined a great university whose culture differs from the rest. Everyone’s actions matter here because each is like a thrown stone, generating ripples on our society’s pond, spreading to shoreline and changing what was there.

As the 2007 Summer Universiade (World University Games) in Bangkok, Thailand (Aug. 8 to 18) wrapped up, three Manitoba Bisons athletes came home to Canada as medal winners. Bisons Josh Klassen, Toon van Lankvelt and Nathan Toews competed for Team Canada men’s volleyball, which earned a silver medal on the last day of competition.

On Aug. 18, Turkey captured the gold after posting a 3-1 (25-21, 25-11, 23-25, 25-16) win against Canada with Toews tying for team lead in blocks with four in the final. All three Bisons had major contribution throughout the eight games played at the Games.

Prior to the 2007 Games in Bangkok, the Team Canada Men’s best ever finish at the World University Games was a sil-ver medal at the 1983 Universiade in Ed-

monton, AB when Cuba defeated Cana-da in the gold medal final. The Canadian men finished tenth at the 2005 Games in Izmir, Turkey.

Other Bisons at the Universiade were women’s volleyball Ashley Voth. Canada finished 11th in women’s volleyball and Voth contributed by being the top scorer with 11 points against South African in a 3-0 victory. Desiree Scott played for Can-ada in women’s soccer and helped the team to tenth place.

Bisons track and field head coach Claude Berube was Team Canada T&F head coach during the Universiade. Also in Bangkok was Bison sports athletic di-rector Coleen Dufresne as a member of the CIC (International Control Commis-sion) within FISU (International Univer-sity Sports Federation).

Summer Universiade success


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Hawthorne is most-cited geoscientist in the world

Thomson Scientific, a leading information company, has analyzed data from 224 journals and 150,000 scientific papers published during the last decade and found that Frank C. Hawthorne, Canada Research Chair in crystallography and mineralogy, is the most-cited geoscientist in the world with 2,204 citations.

“I hadn’t realized it was so high,” he says modestly.

Out of the 25 most-cited geologists in the world, the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources mineralogist took top honors, Thomson Scientific announced in a press release. The company also noted that one particular Hawthorne paper had been cited more than 260 times. Hawthorne is also the only researcher to have been ranked in Science Watch’s previous report in 2001 and in this current survey. Science Watch is the online version of Thomson Scientific.

Thomson Scientific also included its top 10 list of institutions ranked according to number of citations. During the same time period, from 1996 to 2007, the U.S. Geological Survey had 23,172, NASA had 20,303, and the University of Colorado 15,365. Comparatively, Hawthorne had about one-tenth the total citations of the first place institution.

Hawthorne and his wife, Elena Sokolova both teach and conduct research in the geological science department at the University of Manitoba.

As if that wasn’t remarkable enough, they both share another distinction: they both have had minerals named for them by the International Mineralogical Association. Sokolovaite is a rare mineral found in remote regions of Tajikistan, and Frank hawthorneite is a greenish crystal found in Utah.

“We’re not the only husband and wife team with minerals named after us,” Hawthorne notes. “Marie Curie and her husband Pierre also had minerals named after them, honouring them for their research.”

In 2006, Hawthorne was elected as a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in recognition of his outstanding research contributions and named as an Officer of the Order of Canada. Among other projects, Hawthorne and Sokolova are currently working with Russian scientists examining rocks recovered from the Kola Superdeep Borehole in northwestern Russia, the world’s deepest drill-hole, extending down 12.2 kilometres.

Marks of Achievement

AUBREY KEHLERThe security services department

has hired Aubrey Kehler as its new assistant director. He replaces Linda Lavallee who filled the position of director after the retirement of Jim Raftis.

Kehler brings with him over 30 years of experience as a member of the Winnipeg Police Service. He has experience in areas such as criminal investigations, general patrol operations, training, human resources and emergency response. This experience will be an asset not only to the security services department but also to the university as a whole.

His police assignments have included working in the Fort Garry and downtown areas where he became familiar with the University of Manitoba

campus and the u n i q u e i s s u e s and chal lenges facing a university environment. In addition to his extensive police t r a i n i n g , h i s knowledge and related education h a s b e e n s u p p l e m e n t e d t h r o u g h t h e Canadian Police College, Dalhousie University and Red River College.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding any security matters on campus, feel free to contact Kehler at 474 9103 or by email: [email protected].

Appointments

MARETTA EMERYThe department of development

is pleased to welcome a University of Manitoba alumna as its new director. Maretta Emery, BA/73, CA/77, CFRE, was appointed to the position of director of development effective Aug. 13.

Emery recently returned to Canada from Singapore where she was head of philanthropy services for Fortis Private Bank Asia from October 2004 to April 2007. Her career includes a strong financial background as a chartered accountant and former tax specialist, and she served as director of finance and gift planning at The Winnipeg Foundation from 1998 to 2004.

Emery also has widespread professional experience with the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) , through which she has

helped raise the p r o f e s s i o n a l s t a n d a r d s o f fundraisers across North America. Her diverse roles w i t h t h e A F P have inc luded board member a n d t r e a s u r e r for International Association Board of AFP; national chair and chair of the Leadership Society for AFP Foundation for Philanthropy Canada.


“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

It’s a familiar quote by anthropologist Margaret Mead, and it’s one that masters of education student Rose Woodard has taken to heart.

During August she spent a week volunteering at the Grade 6 to 12 Louverture Cleary School in Port au Prince, Haiti and for the fall she’s busy helping plan the Winnipeg Run for Darfur set for Sunday, Oct. 7 in Assiniboine Park.

“I really believe that it’s up to individuals to make a difference,” Woodard said. Haiti and the Louverture Cleary School was a natural fit to test out that theory. Her husband, Randy Woodard, also a MEd student at the U of M, volunteered in Haiti a few years earlier and the two are contemplating an extended trip there after they graduate. For Rose Woodard this was an ideal opportunity to get her feet wet in the country, do some good and see just how applicable the material she was learning at the U of M could be.

The Louverture Cleary School is a unique experience in Haiti. Generally, the cost of education in Haiti, including the cost of books and school uniforms, can be a barrier for many students looking to attend school.

The Louverture Cleary School draws its students from among the brightest but most impoverished in Haiti and gives them a leg up when it comes to their education. In exchange, students are expected to volunteer both in the school and in their community and spend at least some of their free time tutoring elementary school students.

The motto of the school is, “What you receive as a gift, you must give as a gift,” and the students take that lesson to heart, Woodard said.

Woodard worked directly with the Louverture Cleary School teachers during her stay at the school. The students don’t have textbooks for every class, so teachers – deliver their lessons by writing notes on the board, which the students typically memorize for the tests.

“This type of exposure to learning leaves students on a basic level of understanding,” Woodard said. “The goal of the workshop this year on classroom discussion and questioning techniques was to move students beyond the basic level of memorizing facts to applying, synthesizing, and evaluating the information.”

Woodard and Cathy Melanson, a volunteer from Bishop Ireton High School in Virginia, were working on explaining different learning techniques to the Haitian faculty, focusing on the idea of creating a shared language between student and teacher. It’s a skill that’s transferable from her own graduate students at the University of Manitoba where she’s focusing on

language and learning with education professor Karen Smith as her advisor.

“Because of the classes I’ve taken here, I was able to help,” Woodard said. “But of course, we were doing all this through an interpreter, I was speaking English and it was being interpreted into Haitian Creole,” Woodard said. But despite that challenged the teachers picked up on the lessons and were engaged in the process.

“What I learned is that this shared language is actually very transferable, even into a language that I didn’t speak,” Woodard said. Woodard and Melanson also covered adolescent sexuality and intervention strategies.

Now back in Canada, she is focusing on her studies and her next project – the Winnipeg Run for Darfur set for Oct. 7 in Assiniboine Park.

Conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan has killed thousands – and perhaps hundreds of thousands – of people and displaced millions. Woodard said she wants the run to be both a political statement against the conflict and a fundraising effort to help people displaced and now living in refuge camps. Funds from the run will go towards Save Darfur Canada and Oxfam.

“I choose a run because it’s something I love to do and because we needed to have something we could be excited about,” Woodard said.

Of course, all of this has been a new experience for Woodard.

“It has not been easy putting together all the details but it’s been a great experience learning about all the different facets that go into making an event like this run smoothly.”

For more information about the run, go online to www.walk4darfur.ca.

On the ground in HaitiGe�ing people on the move for DarfurMaking a Difference

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Master of education student Rose Woodard spent time in Haiti this summer at the Louverture Cleary School where she met Brianna. This fall she’s helping organize the Oct. 7 Winnipeg Run for Darfur.

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Faculty of Medicine research associate Keith Lewis has worked for biotechnology companies and now the University of Manitoba attempting to understand cancer, what makes it work and what can be used to treat it.

But with his new book Cancer?? What you need to know: Causes, Treatments and Concerns, Lewis isn’t offering a synopsis of the latest research in the field, he’s helping people understand what cancer is.

“I’ve worked in cancer research for 12 years and I’ve had a lot of people ask various questions about cancer,” Lewis said. “I’ve come to realize that they didn’t have a fundamental understanding of the disease.”

Existing books didn’t help either because most of them tend to gloss over the biology behind the disease. The problem is if people can’t understand the biology behind the disease, then they can’t understand how the various treatments aimed at stopping it work either. And Lewis said that’s critical for people wanting to make informed decisions about their treatment options and for understanding what’s happening to them while they’re being treated.

“Once you do understand the biology then you can talk about the drugs that are used and how they work,” Lewis said.

It’s an ideal book for someone who is fighting cancer and wants to know everything they can about

the enemy. Lewis also walks readers through the causes of cancer, prevention, how it spreads and the mechanics behind each method of treatment. Reading the book can help patients know what their physician is telling them and it could be of use to nurses fielding questions about the biology of cancer.

The book goes on to cover some of the myths and conspiracy theories around cancer such as the notion that a cure exists but is being covered up. Not even remotely possible, Lewis argues. From a pure commercial point of view, biotechnology companies would love to be on the ground floor of a cure for cancer. Even simpler, the researchers trying to find a cure for cancer have lost loved ones to the disease – in fact Lewis’s dedication at the start of the book is to friends and family of his own that have succumbed to the disease. There’s no incentive for them to withhold a cure for the disease.

Lewis’s own research involves looking at the impact of antibodies on cancer cells. He has contributed over 30 scientific articles to international journals, but this is the first time he’s sat down to write a book. More significantly, it’s the first time he’s written something intended for the general public.

“I’ve always had an interest in teaching,” Lewis said, and his background has included working as a lecturer. “And I realized there was a place for a book like this.”

While the subject matter is weighty, Lewis said he enjoyed being able to step outside academic writing.

“This was much more enjoyable. I’ve written scientific papers and entries for textbooks but it’s not the same experience,” Lewis said.

Lewis helps patients know the enemy


Research Associate Keith Lewis’s new book Cancer?? What you need to know: Causes, Treatments and Con-cerns is something patients and people in the health care field can use.

Books by University Staff

The University of Manitoba 7th Annual All Staff Golf Tournament was held at the neighbouring Southwood Golf and Country Club on Aug. 20.

Despite the cloudy skies, tournament participants managed to avoid the rain for the majority of the day. There were 112 people registered from many university departments at the Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses. Due to the immense popularity of the event, many teams had to be placed on a waiting list.

The tournament was endorsed and supported by vice-president (administration) Debbie McCallum and associate vice-president (administration) Alan Simms.

The tournament provided an opportunity for staff to get together and supported the fundraising initiative of the University of Manitoba Student Food Bank. The donations of dry goods and cash exceeded $500. Jane Lastra, director of financial aids and awards, received the donations to supplement the expenses many students have throughout the year.

The grand prize draw consisted of an i-pod shuffle, his and hers University of Manitoba matching watches and a radio carrying bag.

This year’s winning team with a score of -7 under par, was Team UMSU, with Darryl Smith, Ron Davey, Jared McKetiak and Jack Hoplock. The second place team with a score of -5 under par was Team Pooh, with Sean Vint, Bob Barth, Allan Borsboom and Bert Requeima.

The women’s longest drive was won by Carol Ploen-Hosegood. The men’s longest drive was won by Ron Pluchinski and the closest to the hole was won by James Lund. Unfortunately, there were no winners for the $10,000 hole-in-one prize which was sponsored by the organizers of the tournament.

Tournament organizers Ed Matias, Chris Bohonis and Linda Lavallee did an excellent job organizing the event and their efforts were greatly appreciated. Although entries for next year’s tournament will not be accepted until an E-memo has been sent out by the organizers, staff are encouraged to plan for next year’s All Staff Golf Tournament.

Donations of both food and money to the University of Manitoba Student Food Bank can be made by attending the financial aid and awards office, 422 University Centre.

Golf tourney benefits student food bank


From left, Karen Woloschuk, Julie Mikuska, and Siobhan Kari look on as Carol Ploen-Hosegood putts out at the University of Manitoba’s 7th Annual All Staff Golf Tournament.

The Manitoba Bisons football team is ranked fourth prior to the start of the 2007 season in the first CIS Top 10 poll of the season.

This is the highest the Bisons have been ranked starting a season since 2002 (ranked second).

The defending CIS football cham-pion Laval Rouge et Or are ranked number one with Canada West cham-pion and Vanier Cup finalist Saskatch-ewan Huskies ranked second, Ottawa Gee-Gees (Mitchell Bowl finalist) in third and rounding out the top five is the Montreal Carabins (QUFL semi-fi-nalist).

Bison football head coach Brian

Dobie commented, “This is where we thought we would be ranked but now begins the business of earning the rank-ing as this is a new season.”

Voting is based on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 point system, with a first-place vote worth 10 points. Laval took 140 points, Saskatchewan 115, Ottawa 112, Manitoba 105 and Montreal well back with 55 points.

The CIS football top ten committee is made up of 15 media members from across Canada. A total of 10 national rankings will be released for the 2007 season, with the final Top 10 being re-leased once all teams have completed the regular season.

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We a r e o n e g o o d l o o k i n g university.

Don’t believe it? Consider this: the University of Manitoba took home first place in the 2007 Winnipeg in Bloom contest for best business/industrial flower display in southern Winnipeg (areas 11,12, and 13.)

The Take Pride Winnipeg award recognizes the university’s spectacular display at the Chancellor Matheson Drive entrance to the university.

General services manager Michele Rogalsky says full credit for the award goes to the university’s grounds keeping staff.

“The staff have been doing an excellent job this year. We have five people that are trained greens keepers and arborists,” Rogalsky said. University staff divide the Fort Garry campus into zones, but when it came to the front gates, everyone teamed up and worked collectively on the project.

It turned out to be the capper on what has turned out to be a great year for the university’s grounds. Several of the seasonal greens keepers were

Keeping 210 landscaped acres of land at the oldest university in western Canada is no easy undertaking. And, maintaining the grounds in line with the University of Manitoba’s environmental sustainability goals adds an additional challenge. But Lyle Morin, assistant manager of grounds and general services, is up for the task.

“One of the initiatives we’ve committed to this year in order to minimize the environmental impact of grounds management is using a phosphorus-free fertilizer for all our turf areas” said Morin.

Morin says he and the grounds staff understand the consequences of nutrient runoff and made eliminating the use of phosphorus containing

U of M is a Winnipeg in Bloom winner


The University of Manitoba’s award winning grounds crew includes, front from left, Colin Kaluznick, Samantha Tomchuk, Christine LaBossiere, middle row from left, Danielle Vanbeselaere, Neil Stevenson, and back row from left, Lyle Morin, Chris Ens, Ally Leenhouts, Les Wellwood, Nick Pawlak. Missing from the picture are Stu Reid, Tara van Loon, and Darlene Turski.

brought on earlier this year and the results have been showing themselves.

“We’ve been receiving a lot of compliments this year from people stopping and looking at the flowers,” Rogalsky said. The extra attention has paid off in a number of ways. Staff have been able to give extra attention to shrubs and trees around campus, which has helped strengthen the plants and make them more resistant to insects – something which has also helped the university reduce its reliance on pesticides.

Rogalsky said they’ve also tweaked the way they water plants on campus – breaking the campus into zones and watering plants with smaller vehicles instead of periodically deluging them from a water truck.

Finally, Rogalsky said the greens keepers took a hands approach this spring when it came to selecting and placing plants. It meant they could match plants to planters based on light conditions and mapped out how the plants should be planted to grow best together.

fertilizer, in addition to using some of the compost produced on campus, a priority this year. He added “Our goal for next season is to be completely phosphorus free by switching our flower fertilizer to a no phosphorus blend”.

Morin said that the proximity to the Red River is also something that the department is especially mindful of when maintaining campus grounds. Of all the rivers entering Lake Winnipeg, the Red River contributes a relatively

large proportion of the nutrient load, despite the fact that it contributes a relatively small volume of the total flow to the lake. Studies conducted by the Province of Manitoba have determined that over the past three decades, phosphorus loading to Lake Winnipeg has increased by about 10 per cent significantly contributing to eutrophication of Lake Winnipeg. Some of that phosphorus comes from lawn and garden fertilizers where excess phosphorus can run-off into the storm drains when not taken up by the grass and other plants. The result is increased frequency, intensity, and duration of algal blooms on Lake Winnipeg.

Restricting the use of cosmetic phosphorus-based fertilizers is among

many of the recommendations from the Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Board’s final report, released in February of this year. Other jurisdictions, including St. Paul and Minneapolis, are also restricting the use of lawn fertilizers. Since 2004, fertilizers in the metropolitan area in Minnesota may not contain phosphorus, and in Greater Minneapolis, the phosphorus content is restricted to no more than three per cent.

Additional grounds greening activities include leaving the grass clippings on the lawn after mowing and composting leaves. Grounds and General Services of Physical Plant are also developing an integrated pest management plan.

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Bison brand is ready to take on new roleBY DALE BARBOUR

The BulletinSummer camps. Dance programs.

Intramural sports. Athletic therapy. Recreation facilities that cover everything from a weight room, to a pool, to tennis courts and a hockey arena. It’s a wide range of activities but you can find them all under the newly christened University of Manitoba Bison Sport and Active Living.

The diversity of programs available at the University of Manitoba Bison Sport and Active Living are offered by the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, which is sporting a new name itself and encompass five distinct groups: Bison Recreation Services, Bison Children’s Programs, Bison Sport, and Bison Athletic Therapy and Bison Athletic Facilities.

By bringing all the groups together under one name, Bison recreation services director Gary Thompson said they’re hoping to make it easier for people to pick and choose the activities that might be useful to them.

“We’ve never really, as a collective entity, put ourselves out there, but when you look at all the things we do there is no other group in the province that can do what we do. So we thought we’d try to find a unifying brand that would link everything together and it needed to be something everyone could relate too,”

Thompson said.Using the Bison brand was a natural

choice. The name is already familiar to the community and whether it’s through their success in sports, as community volunteers or in the classroom, Bisons are always in the news. Of course it was critical to include the University of Manitoba in the new title.

“You hear about commercial gyms opening and closing but people know the University of Manitoba is not going to go any where and it has a great reputation it the community,” Bison Sports and Active Living marketing coordinator Shane Ray said.

Ultimately by creating one brand for all the programs, Thompson said they’re hoping that they can create more opportunities for cross pollination.

“One of the things we found was that people were coming here for their children’s programs and going elsewhere to work out or vica versa,” Thompson said. “They didn’t know everything we have to offer. This lets them know that there are all these other options.

“If parents are dropping their teenager off for martial arts on Monday night, they can look at what else they might want to do while they’re here and contribute to their won wellness”

Here’s two of the exciting courses being offered by University of Manitoba Bison Sport and Active Living.

WOMEN AND WEIGHTSThis course focuses on educating and instructing women on how to use free weights and the resistance machines. In as little as 10 classes you will gain confidence on how to use the equipment properly, learn how to develop a plan to help you meet your goals, and have an opportunity to gain friendships with others who are new to resistance training.

DEEP WATER AQUAFITUsing various flotation devices, aquafitness in the deep water is an effective way to get a total body work-out without the jarring impact of dry land classes. No experience is necessary, however the opportunity to work hard and have fun are endless!

To learn more, head to www.bisonactiveliving.ca or check out the Bison Sport and Active Living Guide.

Thompson said. “They might be able to catch a Bison game or take part in some programs of their own.”

It’s a change that’s immediately apparent in the Bison Sport and Active Living guide, which brings together recreation and children’s programs.

“We’re dedicated in the future to continue to enhance people’s opportunity to be physically active for life “Thompson said. “We’re really pumped about this. We’re hoping that people will open the new guide and say, ‘Hey, that’s new. I want to try that.’”

Of course there will be some growing pains. For people used to dealing with one wing of Bison Sport and Active Living, it will mean adjusting to finding that program under a new name.

“It’s a new logo but it’s still the same skilled, quality people you’re dealing with,” Ray said. The other challenge for Bison Sports and Active Living is ensuring people know that their programs aren’t just intended for athletes.

“We have something for everyone and when you go down to the Grotto (in the Frank Kennedy Centre) for your workout you see people of all kinds of different fitness levels,” Thompson said. “It’s a comfortable, relaxed environment. Plus we have facilities at the Bannatyne campus, so people have flexibility when it comes to where they want to work out or take in a program.”

Find a program that works for you


FootballSept. 15 – Calgary at Manitoba, University Stadium, 1 p.m.Sept. 15 – Saskatchewan at Manitoba, University Stadium, 2 p.m.

Men’s HockeySept. 26 – Manitoba Moose vs. Manitoba, Steinbach, 7:30 p.m. Non-conference game.

Women’s HockeySept. 21 to 23 – Bison Invitational Tournament, Time TBA, Max Bell Centre.

Women’s SoccerSept. 8 – Victoria at Manitoba, 12 p.m., soccer pitch, east of University Stadium.Sept. 9 – UBC at Manitoba, 12 p.m., soccer pitch, east of University Stadium.Sept. 22 – Lethbridge at Manitoba, 10 a.m., soccer pitch, east of University Stadium.Sept. 23 – Calgary at Manitoba, 12 p.m., soccer pitch, east of University Stadium.

Women’s VolleyballSept. 21-23 – University of Winnipeg Invitational Tournament, non-conference game, Time TBA.

Ticket informationSingle Game

Adults: $8Students: $5

12 and under: free

Season passPackages available

Tickets available at all Bison home games, Frank Kennedy, Max Bell Equipment Desk.

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Events ListingUniversity of Manitoba

Homecoming excitement!Bisons ba�le Calgary Dinos on Sept. 15

Bison Sports

The department of anthropology invites you to a free screening of nine ethnographic films on Friday, Sept. 21, and Saturday, Sept. 22. These films include the traveling version of the American Museum of Natural History’s Margaret Mead Traveling Film and Video Festival, a showcase of cultural documentaries which give insight into other ways of life and important contemporary issues. Representatives of community organizations will also be present to highlight the connections between anthropological documentaries and local activism. For descriptions of the seven Margaret Mead films, please

Bison Sports, in conjunction with Campus Radio 101.5 UMFM, is pleased to announce the return of Bison Football to the radio airwaves for the full 2007 season. UMFM will be the exclusive location to listen to Bison Football during the upcom-ing year.

This will be the eighth consecu-tive season for Bison Football on 101.5 FM. For the upcoming cam-paign, the radio broadcast team re-turns from last season with Derek Taylor handing play-by-play and former Bison Matt Rollason per-forming colour commentary for the second consecutive season.

“We are thrilled to have Bison Football return to UMFM for an eighth season. We are pleased to offer all games on the airwaves and through the Internet and will cover the team throughout their run to a Vanier Cup,” stated Jared McKetiak, UMFM Station Manager.

The 2007 Manitoba Bison Foot-ball season kicked off on Saturday, Sept. 1. For all road games, there will be a 15 minute pre-game show while there is a 30 minute pre-game show for all home games.

Bison football back on UMFM

Films focus on cultural experiencego to: www.amnh.org/programs/mead/mead2006/php/traveling_program_2007.php.

Two other films by anthropology students will also be shown: Mangrove Music and a film called Sinai Sun, which focuses on the tensions between demands on the nomadic Bedouin to maintain a tradition of timelessness, yet also work within a modern tourist industry in Egypt.

Admission is free and viewers are encouraged to come to whichever films interest them. Films will be screened at Cinematheque (at the corner of Arthur and Bannatyne).

Showtimes are as follows:Friday, September 216:30 – Opening Reception7:00 – China Blue8:30 – Q & A about China Blue

with Dr.Ellen Judd, specialist in the ethnography of China

9:20 – El InmigranteSaturday, September 222:00 – Mangrove Music3:00 – Sinai Sun3:40 – A Map with Gaps4:15 – Today’s Man5:20 – Flock of Dodos7:00 – Sisters in Law9:30 – Shooting Under Fire

The Prairies in 3-D: Disorientations, Dispersals, Diversities is set to run at St. John’s College, Sept. 27 to 29.

The fourth multidisciplinary prairies conference brings together researchers from around the world and from many disciplines to discuss issues of importance to the Prairies. We are especially interested in work that reflects upon multiplicity, difference, flux and movement in the Prairies. The “3-D” Prairies might be approached through examinations of current cultural patterns, historical events, literature, fine arts, natural processes, landscapes, business practices, science, politics, education and many other fields. We encourage scholars and graduate students from all scholarly

fields to contribute their expertise to this event that promises to expand our understanding of Prairie place. Individual papers are welcome.

Len Findlay and Valerie Korinek, both of the University of Saskachewan, will be keynote speakers at the conference.

Findlay is professor of English and director of the Humanities Research Unit at the University of Saskatchewan and he has worked for that province as a senior policy analyst on education. He is the author of countless articles on Victorian culture, critical theory, Canadian politics, Aboriginal cultures, and the role of the public intellectual. He published a new translation of The Communist Manifesto in 2004 and is now working

on two books: a polemic entitled Intent for a Nation (with echoes of George Grant’s Lament for a Nation) and an intellectual biography of Alexander Morris. Findlay’s address is entitled “The Prairies in 3-D: Decolonizing, Diasporic, Dialectical.”

Valerie Korinek is professor of history at the University of Saskatchewan. She is the author of the book, Roughing It In The Suburbs: Reading Chatelaine Magazine in the 1950s and 60s, and of the forthcoming book, Prairie Fairies: The History of Lesbian and Gay Communities in Western Canada, 1945-1990. Korinek’s address is entitled “RE-oriented, Diverse & Modern: Queerying the Prairies.”

Conference website: umanitoba.ca/conferences/prairie/

A considered look at the Prairies

The Bison will play their home-opener against the University of Cal-gary Dinos.

In the 2006 Homecoming Game, Manitoba dumped Calgary 33-10 in front of 2,500 spectators as the Bison defence intercepted Calgary twice and sacked them five times.

The Dinos will be out to even the score this year.

The University Stadium Gates open at 11:30 a.m. with kick off at 1 p.m.

In keeping with the excitement of Homecoming Week there will be a BBQ, clowns, face painters, bouncers, music, contests and great give aways.

Individual game day tickets $10 each and are available at Frank Kennedy Customer Service Desk (Children 12 and under are free).

And of course there is plenty of other things to see and do during Homecoming, which runs Sept. 12 to 16.

The Faculty of Arts will host its annual Arts Celebrating Arts on Friday, Sept. 14 with an awards luncheon at 11:30 a.m. in the Great Hall, University College. Arts alumni can also drop in on a classroom and see what today’s students are learning about. For more information on that program check out umanitoba.ca/arts/alumni and for more information about Homecoming head to umanitoba.ca/alumni.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7Plant Science PhD Oral Examination, Development Of Molecular Markers For Marker Assisted Selection For Seed Quality Traits In Oilseed Rape by Mukhlesur Rahman, 218 Plant Science Building, 8:30 a.m., Friday, Sept. 7.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10Architecture, Ab Pre-Fab: Conserving Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion House, by James Ashby, conservation architect, Centre Space, John A. Russell Building, 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 10.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12Education Homecoming 2007 , Finding the Brilliance of Children by Penny Milton, CEO, Canadian Education Association, 200 Education Building, 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12. Please RSVP to Terry Cooke at 474-9170 or [email protected].

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14Smartpark’s INTERACTIVE Speaker Series, Building Better Bridges by Aftab Mufti, program leader and president, ISIS Canada, and Doug Stewart, vice-president and general manager, Wardrop, 135 Innovation Drive Lobby, 8 a.m., Friday, Sept. 14. Includes a continent breakfast catered by Salisbury House Free admission. Please e-mail [email protected] or call 480-1434 to reserve your seat.

Mathematics, Products & Co-Products in the Category of Topological Abelian Groups by Clint Enns, graduate student, 418 Machray Hall, 2:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6Biochemistry and Medical Genetics Masters of Science Oral Defense, Histone deacetylase inhibitors: mode of inhibition and histone deacetylase phosphorylation by Anoushe Sekhavat, 341 Basic Medical Sciences Building, 2 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 6.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12Obste t r i c s , Gyneco logy and Reproductive Sciences, Feedback That Works by Joanne Hamilton, director faculty development, Faculty of Medicine, Theatre A Basic Medical Sciences Building, 7:45 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12. Available via webcast at umanitoba.ca/womens_health/

EntertainmentArts&Dr. Paul H.T. Thorlakson Gallery The Iceland Reading Room, Elizabeth Dafoe Library, University of ManitobaGallery hours: Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Sagasby Inga Torfadottir

June 28 to September 21

Faculty of MusicThe Faculty of Music hosts recitals and performances at Eva Clare Hall, located within the Faculty of Music building on Dafoe Road. Recitals and events are free unless otherwise noted.

Music events• U of M Women’s Chorus Opening Rehearsal, 226 Education Building, 2:30 p.m. This ensemble is open to all Interested singers. Contact director Elroy Friesen at 474 6016 for more information.

Elizabeth Dafoe Library Elizabeth Dafoe Library is hosting a traveling exhibit of prize-winning books, selected for the 2006 Alcuin Society Book Design Awards.

Gallery One One One Gallery One One One is located on the main floor of the FitzGerald Building. It is open Monday to Friday, noon to 4 p.m.

Orange Corner: A Ken Lochhead tribute exhibition with works by the artist and his circle

August 11 to September 28Initiated by Mimi Paige, Suzanne Gillies, and committee members, this tribute exhibition includes work by Kenneth Lochhead as well as his devoted students and associates, including Ron Gabe, Don Reichert, Mimi Paige, Joe Fafard, Bryan Nemish, E.J. (Ted) Howorth, Celia Rabinovitch, Don Proch, Pierre Arpin, Bill Lobchuk, Louis Bako, Wayne Brueckner, Kelvin Adair Free, John King and others. Kenneth Lochhead was born in 1926. He became Director of the University of Saskatchewan School of Art in Regina in 1950. In 1955, he began the Emma Lake Professional Artists’ Workshops, which attracted artists such as Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Jack Shadbolt and the critic Clement Greenberg to Saskatchewan. Lochhead was one of the “Regina Five” painters who first exhibited together at the National Gallery in 1961. After Regina, Lochhead continued to teach painting and drawing at the University of Manitoba, York University and the University of Ottawa. A painter’s painter, Lochhead’s work is known for its compositional finesse and often exuberant use of colour. Lochhead was an Officer of the Order of Canada, a recipient of an Honorary Doctors of Laws, University of Regina, and a 2006 recipient of the Governor-General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts. He died in 2006.

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Physics and Astronomy, Electro-magnetics Beyond Maturity by Lotfollah Shafai, distinguished professor, Canada Research Chair in Applied Electromagnetics, 330 Allen Building, 3:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19Agricultural and Food Sciences, Root maggots: the unseen enemies of canola by Neil Holliday, department of entomology, Carolyn Sifton Lecture Theatre, 130 Agriculture Building, 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 19.

On Retirement, an event in honour of retiring landscape architecture professor Charlie Thomsen. The ticket sales will go towards the Charles H. Thomsen Scholarship. It is being set up to honour a student in Landscape Architecture or in the Environmental Design Landscape Option who has made a significant contribution to the greater community. Fort Whyte Alive, 1961 McCreary Road, 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 19. Tickets are on sale for $60 ($40 for students).

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21Physics and Astronomy, Title TBA by Dominic Ryan, McGill University, 330 Allen Building, Friday, Sept. 21.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27Nursing, The Lack of Vision in Vision Care of Long Term Care Residents by Pamela Hawranik, associate professor, Faculty of Nursing, and Sandy Bell RN MN, Director for Education, Research & Quality, Misericordia Health Centre, 340 Helen Glass Centre, 12 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 27.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19Obste t r i c s , Gyneco logy and Reproduc t i ve Sc iences , The Management Of Overactive Bladder by Gary Kay, Ph.D., Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology Specialty Program, Memphis State University, Tennessee, Theatre A Basic Medical Sciences Building, 7:45 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 19.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20Dr J.M. Bowman Lecture In Neonatal Research, Collaborative controlled clinical trials: What makes the difference between success and failure? by Barbara Schmidt, neonatologist / epidemiologist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Theatre A Basic Medical Sciences Building, 8 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 20.Neonatal Research Symposium Lectures run all morning in Theatre A Basic Medical Sciences Building.

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UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA RESEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAMS

To encourage the development of research, the University offers a number of research support programs. These programs are administered by the Office of the Vice-President (Research) on behalf of the University. For further information on these programs (i.e., program priorities and guidelines, application procedures, etc.), contact the appropriate person listed below; or access the forms via the Web at: http://umanitoba.ca/research/ors/internalfunding_deadlines_forms.html

NAME OF PROGRAM PURPOSE DEADLINES

FOR INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAMS BELOW, CONTACT KATHRYN BARTMANOVICH 480-1409 - Office of Research Services

University Research Grants Program (URGP) To support the growth of research at the University -- highest priority is the provision of grants to new faculty members (those in the first 3 years of their appointment)

October 15 (New Staff)

March 1

(Established Staff)

UM/SSHRC Research Grants Program (UM/SSHRC RGP) To provide support for small-scale research projects in the social sciences and humanities -- open to researchers in disciplines supported by SSHRC

October 15 March 1

UM/SSHRC International Conference Travel Grants Program (UM/SSHRC TGP)

To provide support for researchers to take part in international conferences of major scholarly significance -- open to researchers in disciplines supported by SSHRC

October 15 March 1

FOR INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM BELOW, CONTACT TERRY HNATIUK 474-7860 - Office of Research Services

University Creative Works Grants Program To provide support for highly creative works at the University of Manitoba Bhighest priority is the provision of grants to new faculty members (those in the first 3 years of their appointment)

May 1

FOR INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAMS BELOW, CONTACT EVELINE SAURETTE 474-8418 - Office of Research Services

Leave Research Grant Program To designate part of applicant's salary as a grant-in-aid of research conducted while on research/study leave

2 months prior to leave

Self-funded Research Grant Program To designate part of an applicant's salary as a grant-in-aid of research conducted while not on leave from the University (within one calendar year)

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May 31

FOR INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM BELOW, CONTACT SANDY PEREIRA 474-7952 - Office of the VP (Research)

The Dr. Paul H.T. Thorlakson Foundation Fund To provide support for basic or applied research in the health sciences -- highest priority is provision of support to new independent researchers who are first-time applicants to the Fund

April 15

FOR INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM BELOW, CONTACT LAURA GALAN 474-7316 - Office of the VP (Research)

Samuel Weiner Distinguished Visitor Award To bring distinguished scholars who are making outstanding contributions to their field(s) of research to the University for visits of up to one month

May 1

A full listing of employment oppor-tunities at the University of Manitoba can be found at www.umanitoba.ca

The University of Manitoba encour-ages applications from qualified women and men, including members of visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples, and per-sons with disabilities. All qualified candi-dates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Please include the posi-tion number when applying for openings at the university.

FACULTY OF SCIENCEDepartment of ChemistryPosition: Assistant professor in biochemistryStart date: July 1, 2008Application deadline: Nov. 15Position number: 06655For information: Dr. Norman R. Hunter, chair of the search committee, department of chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, phone 474 9321, fax 474-7608, e-mail [email protected].

Department of Chemistry Position: Instructor II position in organic chemistryStart date: July 1, 2008Application deadline: Nov. 15Position number: GP518For information: Dr. Norman R. Hunter, chair of the search committee, department of chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, phone 474 9321, fax 474-7608, e-mail [email protected].

Academic Job OpportunitiesDepartment of ChemistryPosition: Instructor II position in physical chemistryStart date: July 1, 2008Application deadline: Nov. 15Position number: 06660For information: Dr. Norman R. Hunter, Chair of the Search Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada R3T 2N2, phone 474 9321, fax 474-7608, e-mail [email protected].

FACULTY OF MEDICINEDepartment of Internal MedicineSection of EndocrinologyP o s i t i o n s : Tw o a c a d e m i c endocrinologistsStart date: Nov. 1Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualificationsApplication deadline: Oct. 15, however, positions will remain open until filledPosition numbers: 06499 & 06498For information: Dr. G. Nyomba, chair, section of endocrinology & metabolism, Room 834A, John Buhler Research Centre, 715 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB, R3E 3P4, e-mail [email protected].

Department of Internal MedicineSection of Respiratory MedicineWinnipeg Regional Health Authority Medicine ProgramPositions: Full time academic positions in the Section of Respiratory Medicine. We would preferentially consider respirologists with a major interest in clinical investigation or those with particular expertise in any of the areas of tuberculosis, sleep medicine, cystic fibrosis and interventional bronchoscopy.Start date: Oct. 15Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualificationsApplication deadline: Sept. 30, however position will remain open until filledPosition numbers: 06467, 06497, ABT 346For information: Dr. Dan Roberts, professor and head, department of internal medicine, Room GC430, Health Sciences Centre, 820 Sherbrook St., Winnipeg, MB, R3A 1R9.

Department of Internal MedicineW i n n i p e g R e g i o n a l H e a l t h AuthorityPositions: Three general internists for geographical full time, contingent positions at the rank of assistant professorStart date: Nov. 1Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualificationsApplication deadline: Oct. 15, however positions will remain open until filledPosition numbers: 06470, 06468, 06469For information: Dr. Dan Roberts, professor and head, department of internal medicine, Room GC430, Health Sciences Centre, 820 Sherbrook St., Winnipeg, MB, R3A 1R9.

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households have at least one obese person inside, for Russia it’s three-quarters of all homes; and more than a fifth of urban Chinese children between the ages of seven and 17 are overweight.

Research News

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Mizuno puts focus on obesity hormones

BY FRANK NOLANResearch Promotion

Since the early 1990s, University of Manitoba researchers have been part of the Manitoba Model Forest, one of 11 in Canada focused on developing sustainable forest management practices. Located near Pine Falls, the one million hectare research site brought together scientists, industries, local communities and others to find better ways to manage forest resources.

The Model Forest Program was officially ended earlier this year, but the Pine Falls site is now part of a new program announced by the federal government in May 2007. The Forest Communities Program will provide funding to 11 organizations across the country for the next five years, including the one in Manitoba.

University of Manitoba researchers Rick Baydack and David Walker, environment and geography, were both involved in the Manitoba Model Forest, and they helped develop the successful application for the Forest Communities Program. Walker will represent the university on the new organization’s board of directors, with Baydack acting as his alternate.

“The focus is on communities, which is something Manitoba has been doing for a long time,” Walker said. “The model forest included the participation of local residents, particularly First Nations communities. That will be

continued and expanded with the new project, which is really designed to include everyone who depends on forest resources, whether it’s wood from the trees, wildlife, or the area as a whole, which is important for things like recreation and tourism.”

As with the previous project, the forest communities program will include a significant research component.

“The goal is to establish a

strong, science-based, research-driven program, which is something we were involved in from the start,” Baydack said. “Beginning with John Sinclair from the Natural Resources Institute, then me, and now David, there has always been strong representation from the U of M.”

Baydack and Walker expect that many of the long-term research projects that began with the Model Forest Program will continue under the

Photo by Frank NolanDavid Walker (left) and Rick Baydack, environment and geography, are a part of the new Forest Communities Program.

Forest Communities Program. Much of this work is done in collaboration with local First Nations communities, and it incorporates traditional knowledge of the area.

“We have a student finishing up a study on porcupines that not only incorporates Aboriginal knowledge, but was also initiated in partnership with the Aboriginal community,” Walker said. “This study has a strong science component, looking at wildlife habitat and so forth, but it also depends on things that local elders can tell us. So it has all of the parts, and I think it’s a great example of the kind of research that will be undertaken as this new program moves forward.”

Many of the ongoing research projects are focused on solving practical problems faced by forest-dependent communities. For example, one study is examining the effects of human activity on the woodland caribou. Another is investigating whether forests can be cut in ways that emulate forest fires, which are common, natural occurrences in boreal forests.

“The forestry industry and the other stakeholder groups are very aware that both human needs and the needs of other species need to be taken into account,” Baydack said. “That’s what this program has done from the beginning, and that’s the philosophy that the Forest Communities Program will continue to bring forward.”

BY SEAN MOORE Research Promotion

Tackling the problems that come with obesity isn’t always as simple as eating less and moving more, although that’s a fine place to start.

Hormones, obesity researchers are learning, play vital roles in determining a person’s fat levels and his or her metabolic rates. This is why Tooru Mizuno, Canada Research Chair in molecular endocrinology of diabetes and metabolic control, is focusing on the relationship these chemicals have with waistlines and fatty livers.

He’s investigating ways the brain regulates metabolism, and a major focus of his research is Proopiomelanocortin (POMC), a gene produced by neurons in the hypothalamus, which plays a role in suppressing appetite and regulating metabolism. POMC was discovered almost 30 years ago and has attracted the interest of many over the past ten years. But 20 years ago xenin, a hormone produced by the stomach, was discovered and ignored soon after. Mizuno, however, has been experimenting with it.

“Many hormones produced in the stomach or intestine also regulate metabolism partly through acting in the brain function,” Mizuno said. “A hypothesis of ours was that xenin regulates metabolism by acting through the POMC system. We found that wasn’t right. Xenin seems to work through the brain but clearly not through the POMC system – it’s independent of it.”

Mizuno recently found xenin, like some other hormones produced in the gut, reduces food intake by signaling the stomach to retard its food processing powers. This is important because the slower your stomach empties, the slower you are to get hungry again and eat again. But what surprised Mizuno was what xenin was doing.

His lab would inject some mice with certain levels of POMC and others with xenin. The subjects were then put into a special chamber that records oxygen intake and carbon dioxide output – a good indirect indicator of metabolic rates. POMC increased it, but xenin had no effect.

“We were kind of disappointed when we measured the metabolic

parameters because there was no difference. But we looked a little deeper and saw what was going on and we felt great,” Mizuno said.

Non-obese mice injected with xenin were burning more fat than usual. Rather than reach for the usual carbohydrate or protein to burn for energy, the mice were using fat as their primary fuel.

This holds implications for the battle against fatty liver disease, which, according to the Canadian Liver Foundation, 75 per cent of Canada’s 11 million obese people risk developing.

What’s more, in studying obesity, Mizuno has noticed a previously overlooked relationship. His lab found that when they inhibited the POMC system they stimulated an enzyme in the liver that synthesizes lipids. And conversely, when they stimulated POMC in the brain they saw the opposite effect.

This is good news for the globe’s ever-plumping population especially when previously slim nations are joining the weight-watching ranks of the western world: half of all Brazilian

Photo by Sean Moore

Tooru Mizuno, physiology, holds a Canada Research Chair in molecular endocr ino logy o f d iabetes and metabolic control.

Researchers see the forest AND the trees



Above, Cullen Bingeman’s Hear Trumpet and, below, Curtis Wiebe’s The Pigeon King are two of the School of Art student projects that will be going up on Portage Avenue this month.

Back on the AvenueStudents design sculptures for downtown


University of Manitoba art students are back for a return engagement on Portage Avenue.

The Downtown Winnipeg Biz project is following in the footsteps of last year’s Art on the Avenue installation, which saw 10 student-produced works go up on Portage Avenue between Memorial Boulevard and Main Street. This year nine new projects will be going up on the avenue, with some of last year’s favourites – such as The Right Stuff, a giant police man, and ELRT – Elephant Light Rail Transit, coming back for a return engagement. The projects will be on display next to the Ceramic/Sculpture Building this week before heading up to their new homes on Portage Avenue.

“The goal is to bring people back downtown and to rediscover the downtown area,” School of art professor Gordon Reeve said. Reeve has been guiding the project for the School of Art, picking the students from among the schools brightest and helping them shepherd their projects to reality.

“Normally they would never have a chance to do stuff like this until five years after they have graduated,” Reeve said. “I sure wish I had had an opportunity like this when I was a student.”

Downtown Biz is providing more than just a place for the statues to hang out. It’s also funding their construction and providing an $800 scholarship to each participating student. The project also counts as a six hour credit course for the students.

The students were told upfront where their sculptures would be going. Cul len Bingeman took his Graham Street and Portage Avenue location into account when he was designing the Hear Trumpet, which, as the name implies, funnels sound from one end of the sculpture to the other.

“ I t ’ s someth ing tha t actually grew out of the space downtown. I wanted something that reflected the excitement of the area and that could interact with the public,” Bingeman said.

Jackie Traverse’s work Rez Dawg stemmed from a class project. Reeve loved the design so much that he wanted it to be part of the Art on the Avenue display.

Traverse has always been afraid of dogs and the original

project mirrored that fear with a snarl etched on the dog’s face. But for the follow up, Traverse took a different tact.

“I wanted to find a way to represent who I am as a First Nation person and I wanted to make kind of fun of Rez dogs,” Traverse said. The result is a playful looking mutt. Dogs are a bit of staple in many First Nation communities. They’re generally an indistinct breed and often strays and often roaming in packs.

“They usually roam in packs and only go home to eat and sleep,” Traverse said. Ownership is often a fluid affair – the dogs really belong to the entire community.

“Someone can have a dog for a month and then he’s off to live with another family,” Traverse said.

All of the sculptures are meant to be used and abused by the public. Reeve said the students considered the public location of the sculptures when they were being built – that meant ensuring that all of them are built around a solid metal frame to ensure the sculpture is stable. It also meant taking into account that they might be climbed on and roughed up a little.

Last year Jon Armistead’s ELRT – Elephant Light Rail Transit took a bat to the trunk.

“It kind of sucks. You spend a good deal of time trying to design something that is strong and durable but then someone comes along and tries so hard to prove you wrong,” Armistead. But ELRT is getting patched up for a return engagement and the experience just adds to the lesson.

“You can’t take it personally. It’s just the sort of things that can happen when you put something up outside.”

OpenHouse

on Homecoming Weekend

Bring your family and tour the campus, learn about our programs, enjoy musical performances, meet our Bison athletes, and more!Some other highlights include:

∙ Learn about our storm chasers and see a tornado model∙ Enjoy free day passes to our recreation facilities∙ Get up close and personal with our dinosaur exhibit∙ Meet our award-winning robots and see our Formula race car∙ Play Smartpark's 'carnival' games for a chance to win prizes

Location: University Centre, Fort Garry CampusTime: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Join us for a day of discovery as the University of Manitoba Fort Garry campus opens its doors to the community!

Free parking on campus. Shuttle Bus transportation between U Lot, University Centre and University Stadium

For more information visit umanitoba.ca

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Celebrating130 years

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