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‘Unanimous choice’
Associate vice-president (academic and student affairs) for Marine Institute appointed.
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Winter camp
Human Kinetics and Recreation students brave sub-zero temperatures to score an “A”.
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Helping hands Nursing student-led subchapter of Heart and Stroke Foundation benefits from volunteer effort.
‘Inspired and inspiring’ Memorial welcomes new chair of Board of Regents Joan Shea,
provincial minister of Advanced
An alumna of Memorial (BA, ’84, B.Voc.Ed., ’97), Ms.
Education and Skills, has announced the appointment
Petten succeeds Bob Simmonds, who stepped down as
of Iris Petten as the next chair of the Board of Regents of
chair last November, and Eleanor Swanson who has
Memorial University. The appointment is made by the
been acting chair in the interim.
provincial cabinet. The minister also announced the reappointment of several members of the board. Dr. Gary Kachanoski, president and vice-chancellor of Memorial University, welcomed the announcements.
“I want to thank Ms. Swanson for her steady leadership during the transitional period,” said the president. Ms. Swanson will now resume her position as vice-chair of the board.
“Ms. Petten has had considerable connections with
The re-appointed members of the Board of Regents
Memorial, particularly through our Marine Institute
include Sheila Ashton, Patsy Coish-Snow, Mary Cormier,
where she has served on the advisory board and on the
Brian Dalton, Michelle Daye, James Keating, William
review committee we established to develop the position
Matthews, Vinod Patel, Anthony Roche and Kathleen
of vice-president for that campus,” he said. “She has been
Roul. They are all re-appointed for a second three-year
a strong supporter of the university and of our efforts to
term.
enrich the lives and experiences of our students.
“This is also welcome news,” said Dr. Kachanoski.
Iris Petten
“For example, Ms. Petten established a scholarship
“The experience and wisdom they bring to the life of
at the Marine Institute to offer financial assistance to
Memorial is invaluable, and I look forward to continuing
students who plan to work in and improve the fishing
working with all of our regents in managing this
Seals and the Advisory Committee of the Fisheries and
sector. So this is an inspired and inspiring choice as our
university, which is so vitally important to the future of
Marine Institute of Memorial University, illustrates her
next board chair.”
the province.”
exceptional versatility and adaptability within a variety
Ms. Petten says Memorial University is a “vital link”
Ms. Petten has been a corporate board member
to the economic success of Newfoundland and Labrador.
within private, publicly traded, crown and non-profit
The Board of Regents is the governing body of
“The university is where students enhance their
corporations. She is a senior executive with more than
Memorial University. Its 30 members are representative
education, learn to network and connect with others,
20 years experience in the fishing industry. Ms. Petten
of the public and the institution. Most are appointed
listen to different opinions and eventually take their
has served as corporate director of Canship Ugland
by the provincial government, including the chair and
own place in the world,” she said. “My years at Memorial
Ltd., Penney Ugland Ltd., Canada Post Corporation
student representatives. Six members are elected by
were foundational to my success. Memorial gave me
and Oceanex. Her work and volunteer experience
Memorial’s alumni.
the tools and confidence that I needed to seize the
with many organizations, including Kids Eat Smart,
opportunities that were presented to me.”
Newfoundland and Labrador Angel Network Easter
of organizations.
Queen’s representative Arts and business alumnus appointed lieutenant-governor the Faculty of Medicine; established
By Sharon Gray
Frank Fagan
(BA’79, MBA’82)
has been appointed by Prime Minister
member of the Literacy Foundation
in 2008, the endowment provides for a
and the Newfoundland Chapter of the
$4,000 annual scholarship award, one of
Telecom Pioneers of America. He has also
the largest in the Faculty of Medicine.
been instrumental in integrating people
Stephen Harper as the next lietenant-gov-
Mr. Fagan had a successful career
with developmental disabilities into the
ernor of Newfoundland and Labrador,
in the telecommunications sector and
workforce and the community. For his
succeeding John Crosbie.
was executive vice-president and chief
dedicated service, Mr. Fagan has received
operating officer at Bell Aliant prior to his
widespread recognition, including be-
retirement
ing appointed a member of the Order of
Mr. Fagan is well known as a volunteer, philanthropist and business leader. HSIMS photo
In 2006 he received the Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award from Memorial for his leadership and pioneering role in Canada’s telecommunications industry. In 2008 he was named Philanthropist
Frank Fagan
of the Year by the Association of Fund-
in
2008.
He
is
deeply
involved in his community as a vol-
Canada in 2011.
unteer, leader and philanthropist with
Lieutenant-governors are appointed by
countless organizations, including the
the governor general on the recommen-
Health Care Foundation of St. John’s,
dation of the prime minister. They serve
Junior Achievement Newfoundland and
five-year terms, during which they act
Labrador Business Hall of Fame and the
as their provinces’ vice-regal representa-
raising Professionals; he was nominated
and Pat Fagan Family Scholarship for
Film Producers Association of Newfound-
tives. As lieutenant-governor, Mr. Fagan
by Memorial’s Faculty of Medicine and
Academic Excellence and Community
land and Labrador.
is also the official visitor to the university.
the Health Care Foundation. The Frank
Leadership is of particular importance to
In addition, Mr. Fagan is the founding
Continued growth, infrastructure renewal highlights of Memorial president’s message to Rotary Citing growth in enrolment and programming, infrastructure
renewal
and
the
long-anticipated
development of new core sciences facilities, Dr. Gary Kachanoski provided an upbeat message in an address to Rotary on Thursday, Feb. 7. Memorial University’s president and vice-chancellor used the opportunity to unveil the institution’s formal annual report, this year titled Dare or Truth. The 80page compendium highlights stories about activities in teaching, research and public engagement and many of the accomplishments of Memorial’s students, faculty, staff and alumni. “Memorial University continues to distinguish itself as a nationally competitive, flagship, teaching-research institution – a university unequivocally committed to the public good and to fulfilling our special obligation to the people of this great province,” Dr. Kachanoski told the crowd of about 150 Rotarians and guests. He outlined noteworthy happenings from the past
Dr. Gary Kachanoski
year, as well as new initiatives and the direction the university will take over the next year and in the years to come.
“We are in a competition. We are fighting with every
by members of the Faculty of Arts, the overwhelming
other jurisdiction in Canada and beyond for brain
success of the recent Dare To fundraising campaign
power. Universities everywhere are all vying for high-
and alumni reunion, and changes which saw a new
quality students, faculty and staff,” he said. “Over the
chancellor, vice-president (research) and deans of
next five to 10 years we can reasonably expect a faculty
arts and engineering and applied science added to
turnover rate at Memorial of approximately 40 per cent.
Memorial’s leadership team.
So in addition to student recruitment demands, we’ll
Dr. Kachanoski explained that overall graduate
stable. He also noted that plans are already underway
the needs for infrastructure renewal at Memorial and
to double the size of the Faculty of Engineering and
the need for “development and operation of 21st-century
Applied Science. He said these and other measures are
teaching and R&D infrastructure, which will attract the
addressing a major challenge facing the province.
best and the brightest faculty and staff, and provide students with access to the programs and education they need and deserve,” he said.
simply not now producing the number of high school
“Given our significant growth in research activity,
graduates, let alone those qualified to attend Memorial,
increased enrolment and planned growth, and the age
to keep this province running,” he said. “The province
of many of our buildings, it should come as no surprise
and the country face a shortage of skilled workers, so
that infrastructure renewal has become the number one
recruitment and retention of highly qualified people
priority at Memorial.”
must be a priority.”
In terms of facilities development, Dr. Kachanoski talked about the significance of capital projects currently underway at Memorial’s campuses in St. John’s and Corner Brook, at the Oceans Sciences Centre and the Holyrood Marine Base. But he described last year’s announcement of provincial government funding support for the development of new core sciences facilities at the university as, “perhaps the biggest infrastructure announcement to come since the creation of Memorial’s Elizabeth Avenue campus.” “Premier Dunderdale identified this as a priority project,” said Dr. Kachanoski. “I said it at the time of the announcement, and it bears repeating, this is a game changer for the university. And just as importantly, it will pay a dividend to Newfoundland and Labrador for
CHRIS HAMMOND photo
decades to come.” He also reported on the progress of the purchase of the Battery Hotel in downtown St. John’s. “We’re just concluding due diligence before we, hopefully, complete the sale, and we are developing a comprehensive usage plan for the facility.”
Operatic performance From left to right are Jessica Clark, Bethany Hynes and Jeffrey Taylor, students at the School of Music and performers in the school’s recent production of Cosi fan tutte, Mozart’s comic opera.
university.”
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takes to attract and retain the highest quality people.” Dr. Kachanoski linked the recruitment challenges to
and, of course, also for the province since we are
aspiration – it’s a core value that distinguishes your
also be looking to hire, and we need to have what it
last year, while undergraduate enrolment had remained
“All of this enrolment is great news for the university
to our communities is not just a standard university
Labrador are not unique in this regard.
Among the highlights he cited were accomplishments
student enrolment had increased by six per cent in the
obligation to the people of this province. Connecting
He indicated that Memorial and Newfoundland and
He explained that the plan would focus on using the facility to enhance Memorial’s public engagement activities, including community partnerships and for graduate student housing, among other uses. In closing, Dr. Kachanoski announced the launch of Memorial’s long-anticipated Public Engagement Framework as he reasserted what he views as the essential mandate of the university.
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‘Incredible opportunity’ Associate vice-president (academic and student affairs) for Marine Institute appointed By Naomi Osborne
The Fisheries
and Marine Institute has named
Dr. Robert Shea as its associate vice-president (academic and student affairs). Dr. Shea’s appointment was approved by Memorial University’s Board of Regents on Thursday, Feb. 7. Dr. Shea was the unanimous choice of the search on June 4, 2013. Dr. Shea recently served as Memorial University’s acting deputy provost (students) and associate vicepresident academic (undergraduate studies) as well as dean pro tempore to the department of Student Affairs and Services. Dr. Shea has taught with Memorial’s Faculty of
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committee. He will join the institute in his new position
Dr. Rob Shea is the new associate vice-president (Marine Institute) academic and student affairs.
Education, specializing in the areas of post-secondary and adult education. He was involved in the supervision of numerous doctoral, master’s and undergraduate
learning programs. He also acted as a liaison to
career development. Dr. Shea himself was awarded the
students in dissertation, thesis, internship and service
government and industry partners.
Canadian Association of College and University Student
learning placements. Dr. Shea is the founding editor
Dr. Shea has been involved in the leadership of
Services’ highest award of honour in 2011, the Queen’s
of the Canadian Journal of Career Development, with
a number of higher education and community
Jubilee Medal in 2002, the Governor General’s Caring
more than 2,800 subscribers from around the world.
organizations. These include his current role as president
Canadian Award in 1999 and he was named Citizen of
His current research project is a five-year study of
of the International Association of Student Affairs and
the Year in St. John’s in 1998.
career integrated and work integrated learning in post-
Services Association representing 687 members from
Dr. Shea holds a doctorate in higher education
secondary organizations.
more than 52 countries around the world. He has been
leadership from the University of Calgary and a master’s
“I’m delighted Dr. Shea has agreed to take on this
president of the Canadian Association of College and
in education administration from Memorial, as well as
critical position within the Marine Institute,” said
University Student Services and founding president
bachelor degrees in social work and arts, both from
Glenn Blackwood, vice-president, Memorial University
of the Canadian Education and Research Institute for
Memorial.
(Marine Institute). “His background and expertise are
Counselling.
The
associate
vice-president
(Marine
Institute)
ideally aligned with the institute’s focus on academic
“I’m extremely excited about the opportunity to
academic and student affairs is a newly created position
programs that meet the needs of our students and
be part of a world-class organization that supports
that reports directly to the vice-president, Memorial
the industries we serve. I believe Dr. Shea’s extensive
academic and student success throughout all its
University (Marine Institute). The position oversees the
experience in student affairs and experiential learning
programs and endeavours,” said Dr. Shea. “It is an
allocation and management of faculty and academic
and his strong linkages to academic programming
incredible opportunity to work with a team of faculty
resources, leads the academic planning process and
within Memorial will ensure continued growth and
and staff committed to positioning the Fisheries and
ensures the continued development and provision
success of the institute.”
Marine Institute as a strategic partner in enhancing the
of high quality industrial, technical and academic
economic and community development of this province
programming consistent with the institute’s vision
through leadership in the oceans sector.”
and long-term strategic plan. Dr. Shea will also provide
From 2001-06 Dr. Shea was the founding director of Memorial’s department of Career Development and Experiential Learning. There, he was responsible for the
The Canadian Association of Career Educators and
significant leadership in student services, registration
leadership and administration of the Centre for Career
Employers created a national award in Dr. Shea’s name
and teaching and learning support, areas that address
Development and the development of experiential
for the achievement of significant research in the field of
the needs of students and impact their success.
Le français ou une deuxième autre langue? As an arts student I have so far avoided fulfilling my second language requirement. I thought, “Maybe
about the culture, which is important in an increasingly
this will change before I graduate.” I could not, until
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recently, understand the reasoning in requiring students
Joshua Duff
to study a second language. I spoke with a few friends
diversifying workforce. My advice to students is to take advantage of having to fulfill the language requirement for a bachelor of arts, especially while your current focus is on furthering your
who are attending universities in B.C., Ontario and
two three-hour sessions each week. He recommended
education. If we aim to just pass the course, we may find
Nova Scotia and they were all baffled by it, having never
that I smarten up and learn as much as I can while at
ourselves having to learn a second language later in life,
heard of such a requirement. Nevertheless, I enrolled in
MUN. Even though I may not be aiming for a government
like my friend, and it could be much more difficult.
French 1500 last fall.
job, many other career opportunities will highly value
Furthermore, if you feel you might struggle with the
applicants who are fluent in another language.
course, consult your professor – he or she wants you to
I put the course on the back burner; it fell to last place on my priority list. I passed the course but did not do
It is beneficial in many respects. We live in a country
succeed. Take it from someone who did, and still does,
very well. I treated it as it was – an elective. I was unable
that is recognized for its cultural diversity. Canada
struggle. If you are a first-year student, I recommend
to understand its importance until the other day.
is a bilingual country and will probably one day be
not waiting until your final year of university to fulfill
I was talking with a friend who works with the federal
trilingual. By studying a second language, we will
the language requirement, but rather, start early,
government. Going on his fifth year with a healthy
graduate with a well-rounded education that provides us
and continue to pursue it beyond the university’s
salary, full benefits and three weeks of paid vacation,
with a competitive advantage over other university grads
expectations.
he has come to the realization that in order for him
and we will leave school with more knowledge. Learning
to continue moving up in the government, he needs
a second language will broaden our communication
Joshua Duff is a fourth-year student majoring in political science and
to learn French. As of this past January, he has started
skills, make us more flexible for the workforce and can
English language and literature at Memorial University. He can be reached
studying French part time while working full time.
affect our pay scale. It can also provide us with cultural
at jrd218@mun.ca.
He struggles with it and is mentally exhausted after his
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Reconstructing language of the first humans Visiting linguist to explore sophistication and complexity of hunter-gatherers at Henrietta Harvey lecture By Janet Harron
Dr.
Frederick
Newmeyer,
professor
language looked like were that it must have resembled
emeritus of linguistics at the University of Washington
the speech of people in societies that are often described
and an adjunct professor of linguistics at the University
as “primitive” – hunter-gatherers, and the like. But an
of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, will
amazing discovery was made,” said Dr. Newmeyer. “The
deliver the Henrietta Harvey Lecture at Memorial
languages spoken by hunter-gatherers are every bit as
University on Tuesday, Feb. 26.
sophisticated and complex as those spoken by those in
One of the linguists who helped to renew interest in the evolutionary origins of language, Dr. Newmeyer has
correlation at all between grammar and culture.”
published widely in theoretical and English syntax. He is
The lecture takes place Tuesday, Feb. 26, in room
probably best known for his writings on the history and
A-1046 of the Arts and Administration building and
sociology of recent linguistics, which include his books
begins at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome and free parking is
Linguistic Theory in America, The Politics of Linguistics and
available in lot 15B. Henrietta Harvey was a Nova Scotian who came to
Generative Linguistics: A Historical Perspective.
Dr. Frederick Newmeyer
advanced industrialized societies. In fact, there is no
The lecture will focus on whether it is possible to
Newfoundland in 1905 to visit her aunt, Lady Whiteway,
reconstruct the language of the first humans. According
the wife of Newfoundland’s prime minister. A year
to Dr. Newmeyer, pinning down the origins of human
later she settled in St. John’s as the wife of St. John’s
language is one of the most difficult problems for
businessman John Harvey. When she died in 1964,
evolutionary theory. However, the search for the first
her will directed a substantial portion of her estate to
human language can lead scholars to some surprising
Memorial University. The Henrietta Harvey lectureship
discoveries about the relationship between language
is possible in any year where there are funds left over
on the one hand and culture, thought, gender and
from the funding of the Henrietta Harvey research
behaviour on the other.
chair, the primary purpose of the endowment fund.
“The first ideas about what the original human
Local author and English instructor wins 2013 CBC Canada Reads By Janet Harron
when I say we are delighted for Lisa,” said Dr. Donna
Newfoundland
and Labrador author Lisa
Walsh, head, Department of English.
Moore has won the 2013 CBC Canada Reads competition
The win came on the day before the 31st anniversary
for her book February (published by House of Anansi in
of the storm that sank the Ocean Ranger oil rig,
2009).
killing 84. It went down on Feb. 15, 1982, off the coast
February, representing Atlantic Canada, beat out
of Newfoundland, after being hit by a blizzard on
Two Solitudes by Hugh MacLennan in the final vote,
Valentine’s Day. February tells the story of Helen O’Mara,
broadcast live on Thursday, Feb. 14. February was
who lost her husband Cal in the tragedy.
supported by Newfoundland and Labrador comedian Trent McClellan.
This year’s edition of Canada Reads pitted titles from the country’s different regions against each other. In
Ms. Moore has close ties to Memorial as a regular
addition to Two Solitudes (representing Quebec), the
instructor in the Department of English’s creative
books included Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese, Away
writing program. She read from February at the 2010
by Jane Urquhart and David Bergen’s The Age of Hope.
SPARKS Literary Festival and more recently participated as a moderator at the 2013 festival. “I know I speak for the entire English department
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In a live interview broadcast immediately following the decision, Ms. Moore thanked the panel for their fair
Lisa Moore is pictured at the 2013 SPARKS Literary Festival.
discussion over the four days of competition.
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Grenfell Campus is seeking your input.
Have your say: Naming the Arts and Science residence floors Pamela Gill
Grenfell Campus wants to hear from students,
Committee. “They are where many of our students live,
staff, faculty, alumni, friends and community partners
study, socialize and form friendships and associations
regarding the naming process for the campus’s residence
that have the potential to last a lifetime.”
floors adjoining the Arts and Science building.
Science building. Suggestions can be submitted through a short survey at http://fluidsurveys.com/s/NameTheGrenfellResFloors/ .
Interested individuals are asked to help enhance
The committee will consider any and all suggestions
“At Grenfell Campus, residences are an important
Grenfell Campus’s identity and the residence life
to help arrive at a set of names that will go forward
part of student life,” said Mary Secord, chair of the
experience by providing suggestions for names for
to university authorities for approval. Deadline for
Vice-President (Grenfell Campus)’s Advisory Naming
the six residence floors that form part of the Arts and
responses is March 5.
New reporting structure for legal office Changing
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university, she said. In the fall, the Board of Regents approved a change that now sees the general
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counsel report administratively directly to the president rather than the vicepresident (finance and administration), and functionally report jointly to the president and the chair of the Board of Regents.
This is a study using Adacel® vaccine, which helps protect against tetanus (lockjaw), diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough disease).
“This change will see our General Counsel Karen Hollett involved at an appropriate level in the continued development and success of our institution,” noted Dr. Gary Kachanoski, president and vice-chancellor. “I am pleased to be working even more closely with her during this time of unprecedented growth.”
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The board’s decision comes following a review of the Office of General Counsel conducted by the general counsels for the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary, and the acting deputy provost (students) at Memorial University.
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report. Joint reporting reflects the role of the Office of General Counsel in advising both the university administration and the Board of Regents through the board chair. The Board of Regents created the Office of General Counsel in 2007. Since that time, the office has evolved and resources have been added in the areas of policy and education, and research. Since February 2009, the general counsel has been attending all meetings of the
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Board of Regents. In addition to the general counsel, there are two permanent positions of associate general counsel which includes one position focused on the research enterprise. As well, there is a contractual education and policy officer who takes primary responsibility for these important areas.
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Vital information The science behind successful investigative interviews By Kelly Foss
Interviewing suspects
or a witness to
a crime is a key skill for police officers. Knowing how to extract information – the practices, principles and techniques that work best to get people to provide detailed information – is vital. Dr. Brent Snook, an associate professor of psychology, Faculty of Science, has made a career out of improving the administration of justice and policing. He has recently released a paper with two of his students, Kirk Luther and Heather Quinlan, and Becky Milne, a colleague in the United Kingdom, which outlines findings from a review of 80 transcripts of police interviews with individuals who have been accused or suspected to have committed a crime.
Dr. Brent Snook teaches interviewing skills to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary and officers from other Canadian and international policing organizations.
“Interviewing is one of the core skills of an
open-ended questions and they interrupted suspects
investigator,” said Dr. Snook. “There is a science behind
when they did talk. Investigators also talked more than
interviewing and a lot of experimental research being
they allowed the suspect.
done on strategies and persuasion, but what we were mainly interested in were questioning practices.” Dr. Snook says officers sometimes say, “Bad guys don’t talk to us.” But in reality, he feels that by thinking that way, officers may be creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. “You might assume they’re not going to talk to you,
but primarily a lack of training, feedback and practice. “People call it interrogation and it isn’t really. It’s an investigative interview with a purpose of trying to solve
“They were not listening actively,” said Dr. Snook.
a crime. Most intelligent police officers will say that
“[The investigator] may feel that a suspect is not going
anything I find in my research is useful to them. So this
to talk, but provide the right atmosphere first, because
research is giving us some insight into what’s going on
you might be the reason they aren’t talking.”
inside of Canadian interrogation rooms with the goal of
This finding isn’t unique to Canada, says Dr. Snook,
improving what they are doing.”
and the solution comes back to training.
but do you use practices that help them talk to you?
“Interviewing is a very difficult skill and getting
Are you using open-ended questions where the person
feedback is very important,” he said. “These studies
has to think about the issue and draw upon free recall
become information we can bring into training sessions
memory to provide an answer?”
to show officers what they should and shouldn’t do.
Previously,
Dr.
Snook
has
researched
witness
interviewing and is hoping to move into child interviewing practices soon. “If similar problems exist with child interviews, we may need to devise programs to alter problems we see
Dr. Snook also looked at how often officers talked
“The police officers might think they aren’t doing this,
there. In that case you have different issues as you may
during an interview. For example, interrupting someone
but we can show them evidence that similar officers in
be dealing with more vulnerable people with different
who is talking can break their train of thought and
their position are doing it, and since they haven’t been
levels of comprehension. So certainly interviewing
prevent good information from coming out, he says.
trained otherwise, they are probably making the same
styles and strategies have to change. Assessing the type
Upon examination of transcripts, Dr. Snook and the
mistakes.”
of individual that is providing information and taking
team found that investigators weren’t always asking
Dr. Snook feels these errors aren’t malicious in nature,
that into account is hard.”
Evolution of non-violent revolution By Janet Harron
Memorial alumnus,
author, historian and
WHO U O Y L L I W ? E T A N I M NO
independent journalist Dr. Gwynne Dyer will discuss The Triumph of Non-Violence on Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation, room IIC-2001. Dr. Dyer’s talk will begin with the Arab Spring, and expand into a discussion of how non-violence works and why it has accomplished so much in the past 30 years. Moderated by Kerry Hann, managing editor of The Telegram, the lecture will explore the revolutions of the Arab Spring and what they will mean for the region and the rest of the world, and how non-violent revolution has evolved and why it produces much better results than
Gwynne Dyer
rival revolutionary techniques. Dr. Gwynne Dyer has worked as a freelance journalist, columnist, broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs for more than 20 years, but he was originally trained as an historian. Born in Newfoundland, he received degrees from Canadian, American and
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Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Oxford University before launching his twiceweekly column on international affairs, which is published by more than 175 papers in 45 countries. In the spring of 2012, Dr. Dyer was made an officer of the Order of Canada. The Triumph of Non-Violence takes place at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for alumni and friends and $5 for students and can be purchased in advance by contacting Alumni Affairs and Development at (709) 864-2313 or emailing rsvpalumni@mun.ca. This event is presented by Alumni Affairs and Development in partnership with the Faculty of Arts. It is co-sponsored by Johnson Insurance, The Telegram and
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Matchmaking Code-a-thon helps connect families and therapists By Kelly Foss
The Computer Science Society at Memorial launched a new community initiative recently that they hope will be a great benefit to parents of children with autism. The group held a 48-hour code-a-thon Feb. 1719 to design, develop and test a web-based software application to connect families and therapists. “One of the things that came up in our society meetings was a desire to do something that could truly benefit society,” said Mark Gauci, a computer science undergraduate student and project manager for the challenge. The endeavour is near and dear to Mr. Gauci’s heart. As the parent of a young child with autism, he knows “We’re on our fourth therapist now and finding a therapist is a chore,” he explained. “There are only a few ways to find them – posting on a bulletin board in the Autism Society office or on the bulletin boards at Memorial University where many of the ABA therapists go to school, or you can post something on Kijiji. Even then, if you find someone, your schedules may not match.” He realized that if the computer science students
Chris Hammond photo
from experience how hard it is to find a therapist.
Clockwise from front are Mark Gauci, Dr. Wolfgang Bazhaf, Tim Oram, Ryan Martin, Regina Edwards, Lesley Chard and Whymarrh Whitby.
could join together to create online software that would allow therapists and parents to register and match them
and rank the top match for your schedule,” said Mr.
midterm break for such a great cause. He’s hoping the
by their geographic location and preferred schedule, it
Gauci. “So not only have you have found someone, but
project gave something back to them as well.
could be of great use.
you already have the scheduling issue out of the way.
“We have some super computer science students with
Now you just have to contact them and meet them to
little job experience,” he said. “I believe this project has
see if you are a good fit for their family.”
helped create that experience, developed leadership
Mr. Gauci believes the software’s schedule matching ability will have the biggest value. “If you are a therapist looking for work, the algorithm
As a mature student, Mr. Gauci was impressed with
will search through all the parents that have registered
the willingness of his fellow students to give up their
Field trip
Classroom by day, snow shelter by night By Michelle Osmond
Since
skills as well as show the community what computer science can do.”
1960s), physical education students have been spending
This year Dr. TA Loeffler, who has taught the course
the night outside in the dead of winter. Why? For
for the past 17 years, will take a total of 54 students to
students in the Winter Outdoor Activities course, it’s
experience 24 hours existing and sleeping outside on a
mandatory – not to mention a sort of rite of passage.
February night in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Ms. James, a Halifax native with not much camping
The location of the field trips has moved around
experience, had a few things going against her. She’s
based on weather patterns and camping restrictions. Dr.
Kelly James started her university career at
scared of the dark, hates the cold, doesn’t like enclosed
Loeffler often takes her groups to the Three Pond Barrens
Memorial, she’s been terrified of taking Human Kinetics
spaces (including sleeping bags), has a fear of being
area of Pippy Park, which she describes as “an amazing
and Recreation (HKR) 4210.
suffocated by snow and is petrified of wild animals.
teaching resource” and “a mini wild place.” They haul in
When her turn came, she didn’t expect it to go well.
sleeping bags, stoves, sleds, shovels, a change of clothes,
For more than half a century (yes, since the mid-
pots and pans, a first aid kit, an emergency beacon and some ground cloths. They make their own shelter called a quinzhee, which involves mounding snow and hollowing it out to make a low-ceilinged living space. “It invites them to put all their learning for the course together; a “lived” final exam of sorts. It also brings the class much closer together and enables me to get to know them better,” noted Dr. Loeffler. She says the students do surprisingly well. “They are often surprised that it is warmer than they expected. They enjoy the social time we have in the evening; getting to spend time with their classmates outside the classroom. They like putting everything they learned to good use.” Happily, Ms. James survived the most recent trip. “This trip has been my greatest accomplishment Marian Wissink photo
during my time at Memorial as it isn’t something I ever
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thought I’d do. Looking back at how scared I was on the first day of the course seems foolish now, but I am so proud of myself for what I’ve accomplished . . . I’ve been able to step outside my comfort zone and enjoy new experiences. The overnight trip and this course have really opened my eyes to the experiences people can have through outdoor activity.”
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Freedom of choice
Blending online and on-campus coursework allows students flexibility By Courtenay Alcock
Karleena Squires is completing a bachelor of technology at Memorial and, like other students, her typical day is spent on campus. But instead of spending her time in class, most of her time is spent with friends in the QEII Library completing coursework, readings and assignments. This semester, Ms. Squires is taking three online courses in addition to two courses that she attends on campus. “Spending the day on campus makes doing school work much easier,” she said. “There is usually work for online courses that needs to be completed on a weekly have to myself.” Ms. Squires is one of almost 3,000 students at Memorial’s St. John’s campus who take at least one online course in addition to their on-campus schedule. In fact, online courses comprise 15 per cent of Memorial’s annual registrations. In fall 2012, more than 33 per cent
KARLEENA SQUIRES photo
basis, so the faster I get the work done, the more time I
of undergraduates at the St. John’s campus registered for
Karleena Squires is one of almost 3,000 students at the St. John’s campus who take at least one online course in addition to on-campus courses.
at least one online course. Many students choose to take an online course so they can better juggle busy lifestyles. Sam March fits into that category. A fifth-year student studying
world, from all across Canada to as far as China. It’s a
physical education in the School of Human Kinetics and
very diverse portal right at your fingertips.”
Recreation, she’s also a varsity athlete and works a parttime job. “My typical day includes attending class, physiotherapy, volleyball practice and hitting the gym,” said
“Many of the students I teach use online courses to augment their schedule. They appreciate the flexibility
Dr. Basil Kavanagh, associate professor in the School
online courses provide, enabling them to work part time,
of Human Kinetics and Recreation, teaches courses
study part time or just free up their academic schedule
both on campus and online and explains some of the
to allow them to graduate in a timely manner.”
similarities and differences between the two formats.
For students interested in trying the online route,
Ms. March, “so on-campus classes are a little more
“Sometimes the courses may be structured a little
challenging to schedule. Right now I’m taking one
differently. As online courses can have a larger number
“You get to meet new people in a manner that most
online course as well as three courses on-campus, so it
of students, the evaluation scheme may differ. For
don’t get the opportunity to do. I have discussions with
gives me a bit more flexibility.”
instance, there may not be many assignments,” he
people around the world on a daily basis, I get to learn
said. “But the content and course material do not differ
parts of their culture and they in turn get to learn parts
whatsoever. In online courses, communication occurs
of ours.”
In addition to the convenience of the online course format, Ms. Squires sees other benefits.
Ms. Squires encourages them to go for it.
“Having all the notes and coursework in one place
regularly through email and discussion lists, and all
To discover the online courses and programs
online helps keep me organized. You get to meet new
the material and information students need is at their
Memorial offers, visit www.delts.mun.ca/fs/programs
people – there are people in my classes from all over the
disposal on the website.
andcourses.php.
Healing hearts
important to Memorial University.” Proceeds from the special event go towards the Heart
Lending a hand to heart and stroke fundraiser
Truth education campaign that educates women about heart heath. Prof. Manuel’s course focuses on the management of chronic illnesses, such as cardiovascular disease. She integrates the annual Heart Truth event into her course,
By Marcia Porter
because people organizing and attending the event have
When the
Heart and Stroke Foundation held
a vested interest in the management of cardiovascular
their annual Heart Truth fundraiser recently, nursing of success for An Evening with Heart. “I loved being a part of the event and it was a positive learning experience for me as well as the rest of the students,” said Jessica Dawe, a second-year student at the School of Nursing, and president of the student-led subchapter of the Heart and Stroke Foundation. “It was an amazing event and a great cause.”
“Cardiovascular disease is so prevalent here,” she said,
Donna McMullin photo
students from Memorial pitched in to ensure an evening
disease. “so it is important for our students learn about managing cardiovascular disease, and to be part of a team.” Mary Ann Butt, chief executive officer, Heart and Stroke Foundation – Newfoundland and Labrador chapter, says she values the School of Nursing as a partner of the
Nursing students at the Heart Truth fundraiser.
Nursing students dressed up in their finest outfits and
foundation and a key supporter of the campaign. “Their participation each year demonstrates their commitment to building healthy communities and
pitched in to decorate the venue, usher guests to their
Professor April Manuel’s fourth-year course on complex
helping people live longer, healthier lives, free of heart
seats, register models and clean up at the end of the
care.
disease and stroke,” she said. “We look forward to many
night. It’s the fourth year that nursing students have been
“They become part of a multi-disciplinary team, and
years of working together to reach common goals.”
learn about community engagement,” said Prof. Manuel,
Heart disease and stroke are the leading cause of death
who promotes public engagement in her classroom.
for women in Canada. The School of Nursing’s Heart
The volunteers are members of the student-led
“Getting involved and giving back to the community
and Stroke Foundation subchapter has been active in
subchapter and also students in School of Nursing
is very important to the school, and of course very
the community since it was launched in 2011.
involved in the event.
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Poor grades in high school? Relax. By John Fraser Special to the Gazette
This article originally appeared in the 2013 Macleans
years to a BA or a B.Sc. or a B.Ed. or a B.Whatever, you
By failing those Ontario senior matric exams, I had
University Rankings. Re-printed with permission.
will encounter – at a minimum – one truly outstanding
ensured that the “better” universities of the day – like
teacher, a majority of good teachers and – for sure – a few
the University of Toronto or Queen’s or McGill – would
The agony of “getting
duds for comparison’s sake. There will also be friends
not even accept an application, but in any event I didn’t
it right” when choosing
made for life. There will be crises confronted and dealt
want to linger around Toronto any longer. I made
a university to kick off
with (or not) and learned from. There will be a leap in
some brutal calculations about earning power, since it
the
academic
maturity. Most of all, there will be a mind opened up
was I myself who was going to pay for this academic
experience in life is one I
to possibilities never quite imagined before, with big
exercise, and this led straight to $400-per-year Memorial
never had the privilege of
decisions to be made. All this and more is precisely the
University of Newfoundland, which also had the
experiencing. I had only
same offering you would get at the greatest universities
advantage of being on the other side of the Straits of
three humble criteria: (1)
in the world, and it is available today at every Canadian
Labrador, separating me from the disasters of Toronto.
is there a university that
university, without exception.
higher
How lucky was all this. I got at least four outstanding
would actually take me,
Facilities vary, of course, but I would say to any
teachers. I learned that there was an Anglo culture
(2) could I afford it, and (3)
high school student on the university prowl (and their
in Canada of outstanding breadth and richness and
please, dear God, can there
pushy parents) that a far more important criterion for a
uniqueness to match the French culture of Quebec. I
be enough distance between
decision than “facilities” or figuring out if a particular
made friends for a lifetime. I learned one of the great
my home in Toronto and
institution can provide “a good degree” is to find a
secrets of life: that all things and all people are connected
this mythical, inexpensive place of higher learning –
place that seems a bit of a chance, that offers a different
if you make the effort to connect. No place on Earth
preferably with water in between?
lifestyle or setting than the one you are used to, that
could have given me a greater academic education. No
John Fraser
Those are not generally the concerns of either parents
speaks to your sense of adventure and curiosity rather
place on Earth could have set me up better for the rest
or students, but variations on those themes are actually
than your search for security. Leave security concerns to
of my life. No place on Earth was better. At least that
not a bad way to figure out where to go. The endless
middle age, or at least till graduate school.
was what I felt, and in feeling that, I also felt that I was
searching for exactly the right high-profile place, the
And from that experience at the undergraduate level,
relentless reliance on university evaluation guides
a student with ambition can then begin to narrow down
(including the highly popular one [Macleans] puts out
the next steps. With a bit of industry, he or she will have
But I expect the same claim could be made by a
every year), the phone calls to well-connected friends,
a pretty good average and can decide whether to enter
Newfoundlander who wanted to get away from the
the trauma visited on the victim-students, the over-the-
the current challenging job market or head for graduate
“almighty Rock” to what he or she might think was a less
top ambitions of concerned parents: all these ingredients
school, where, for sure, there are more refined choices
claustrophobic place like Concordia in Montreal or Simon
can add up to a roiling broth whose only parallel seems
to be made.
Fraser in Burnaby, B.C. Truly, it’s what you make of the
to be the hysteria of a bride’s mother the day before the wedding.
armoured against adversity and setbacks for the rest of my life. And so, I feel to this day, it has been.
My own academic career may not have been typical,
choices in life that count far more than the actual choices.
but it was nevertheless instructive. I grew up in the old
I love the University of Toronto, for example, where
It’s all so unnecessary. This is a very hard reality for
Ontario school system where everything was geared
I have both administered a residential interdisciplinary
many Canadian parents and students to comprehend,
to the almighty senior matriculation examinations
college and taught for nearly two decades, but I don’t fool
but there is actually not a bad university in Canada. We
– an all-or-nothing roulette game where your final
myself by thinking I missed out on something because
could argue that there is a standardizing process that
exam mark, and nothing else, determined your future
my spotty high school record barred me from the place.
prevents some universities from getting up there with
direction. I failed Latin composition and physics, and
Instead I thank my lucky stars Memorial University
Harvard or Cambridge or one of the grandes écoles in
so my direction was to repeat a year at Jarvis Collegiate
of Newfoundland nurtured my curiosity and thirst to
Paris at the graduate degree level. But that’s another
night school in Toronto and find a job to justify my
understand, and I have my best professors’ names carved
issue and not what we are talking about here.
existence.
in my psyche and gold-embossed in gratitude.
Here, what we are talking about is the undergraduate
In a strange way, my dysfunctional family – famous
So when I get called by friends and relations to offer
experience. We are talking about going from high
locally in its day – was a help. My mother had been carted
advice on undergraduate education and the best locales,
school to a more advanced high school. We are talking
off, under dramatic protest, to a private hospital for the
I am prepared to absorb some referred irritation after
about three or four years to decide, truly, how life is
mentally ill in Guelph, Ont., before my 17-year-old eyes,
I deliver my humble oration to the parents to back off
to be understood, lived and enjoyed. The good news
the same year my father’s business had gone bankrupt
and let their kids try to figure out where they themselves
then is that we live in a country where first-degree
and he began a dangerous friendship with Johnny
would like to spend what for many will be the most
education is largely standardized and largely solid and
Walker. When I failed exams, therefore, there was no one
formative adventure of their lives.
reliable, whether you end up at institutions in Toronto
to take exception or get angry with me, and I was astute
or Brandon or Fredericton or the Okanagan Valley.
enough not to blame myself or fate for the pickle I found
The inherent promise is that somewhere along the four
John Fraser is master of Massey College at the University of Toronto.
myself in. Survival was the goal: then as now.
New director appointed for Bonne Bay Marine Station By Pamela Gill
its doors in 2002), Dr. Hooper
Before coming to Grenfell, Dr. Scott was an assistant
has been engaged in teaching
professor in Western University’s Department of Biology
has come across a lot of
and research in Norris Point
for seven years. He holds a PhD from Clark University in
research stations, but he says Memorial University’s
for nearly 35 years. And while
Worcester, Massachusetts, a master’s from the University
Bonne Bay Marine Station is unique.
the Bonne Bay Marine Station
of Guelph in Ontario and an undergraduate degree from Western.
Dr. Robert Scott
“There are larger stations, but the Bonne Bay Marine
is part of Memorial’s Faculty of
Station is unique in that it’s located within a community
Science, Dr. Mark Abrahams,
Dr. Scott has taught and conducted research at a
– in a national park – as opposed to being remote. It’s a
dean of the faculty, notes
number of research stations ranging from the Bay of
fantastic facility for conducting research and offers an
the unique location provides
Fundy in Nova Scotia to Alaska. He said he is particularly
excellent opportunity to engage with the community,”
opportunities
excited about the opportunity to work at the Bonne Bay
he said.
Memorial University.
Dr. Robert Scott, an associate professor of resource
Robert Scott
throughout
Marine Station.
“Under Dr. Scott’s leader-
“It’s such a beautiful place to work. It’s a beautiful
management and environmental science at Grenfell
ship we expect to build upon
facility,” he said. “Of all the field stations I’ve worked
Campus, was appointed as director of the marine station
our existing strengths established by Dr. Hooper and
at, this is a full-service facility so it’s one of the best
at the Feb. 7 Board of Regents meeting. The marine
create new opportunities,” he said.
field stations I’ve come across. I’m looking forward to
station is located in Norris Point, Bonne Bay, in the middle of Gros Morne National Park.
“Grenfell has had ties to the marine station because
continuing to support the wonderful teaching, research
of our proximity as well as through interdisciplinary
and engagement that is currently being done there and
Dr. Scott succeeds Dr. Bob Hooper who was the
initiatives and research partnerships; now Dr. Scott can
to expand those aspects of programming to develop a
founding director of the Bonne Bay Marine Station. Even
build on those relationships,” said Dr. Mary Bluechardt,
national and international reputation for the facility.”
though the station itself is relatively new (it first opened
vice-president, Grenfell Campus.
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‘Economical and sustainable’
Process engineering program meeting academic standards and industry needs By Jackey Locke
In 2010
Memorial’s Faculty of Engineering and
Applied Science introduced a new undergraduate program in process engineering. The program is unique in Canada in that it focuses on the processing of natural resources to value-added products. The diverse program encompasses new development, design, optimization and operation of sustainable processes for societal needs. Graduates of the program use biological, chemical and physical processing of substances to modify their nature, properties and/ or composition to produce useful products, such as petrochemicals, gasoline, diesel, metals and alloys. The program is currently undergoing its first accreditation process and the first group of students in the program will graduate in April of this year. “We are extremely pleased with the successful development of the process engineering program,” said Dr. Faisal Khan, the program’s chair. “The accreditation would confirm that this program meets very high standards and graduates of the program will, undoubtedly, meet the growing needs of the process and allied industries.” Accreditation
is
conducted
by
the
Canadian
Engineering Accreditation Board. It is a process whereby post-secondary undergraduate programs are evaluated according to national standards, such as curriculum requirements, faculty, resources and outcomes of the education.
Graduate students in the hydrometallurgy laboratory at Memorial University.
During Memorial’s spring 2013 convocation, 38 process engineering students will receive their bachelor
“The graduates will be safety- and environmentally-
of engineering degrees in process engineering. Dr. Khan
conscious engineers, who will be very capable to meet
mathematics and an ability to apply this knowledge
is excited about the opportunities that this program will
the needs of industry for sustainable engineering
in an economical and sustainable way to society and
open up for the graduates.
development. They have a thorough knowledge of
industry.”
Listed below is a selection of the funding opportunities for
• NSERC Ideas to Innovation (I2I)
Tel Aviv University
which information has recently been received by the Office
• NSERC Strategic Project Grants
of Research Services. For links to further information on these
• The Research Data Centres (RDC) Program
items, visit Grant Funding Opportunities on the research web-
• NLCAHR -- Enhancing Health Care in N.L. LOI
March 20
site at www.mun.ca/research/overview/grant_opp.php .
• ISER Master’s Fellowship
Human Frontier Science Program
• ISER Conference Grant
&
materials,
chemical
and
physical
sciences,
and
News notes
• CIHR Operating Grant– Methodological Innovations for
• ISER Research Grant
Neuroimaging Datasets
• ISER Annual Student Essay Prize
• CIHR Training Grant – Randomized Controlled Trials:
– Dan David Prize Scholarships
– Research Grants (Compulsory registration)
March 27 Human Frontier Science Program
IMMINENT DEADLINES
• CIHR Other – International COEN Initiative in Neurodegen
March 1
March 31
eration
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Canadian Nurses Foundation
• CIHR Other – China-Canada Joint Health Research Initiative
Mentoring (2013-14)
– Research Grants (Letter of Intent)
• CIHR Prize – CIHR Health Researcher of the Year (2013)
– Translational Research Program (Letter of Intent)
– Scholarships
(2013) • CIHR Partnerships for Health System Improvement –
March 15
April 1
2012-13
The Kidney Foundation of Canada
Cancer Research Institute (New York)
• CIHR Other – Institute Community Support Grants and
– Allied Health Scholarships
Awards (2012-13)
– Allied Health Doctoral Fellowships
• CIHR Other -- Best Brains Exchange Travel Awards (2012-13)
– Irvington Institute Fellowship Program
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• CIHR Operating Grant– Canada-China Human Vaccines
Atlantic Salmon Federation
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Science and Engineering
– Olin Fellowships
• CIHR Master’s Award– HIV/AIDS Community-Based
Research (2013)
The Banting Research Foundation
• CIHR Other – Health Research Communications Award
– Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in (Call for nominations) – Herzberg Medal (Call for nominations)
– Research Grants
April 2
(2012-13) • CIHR Catalyst Grant – Environments, Genes and Chronic
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
Canadian Liver Foundation
Disease
– Summer Studentship Program
– Operating Grants
– Professional Project Grants Program
• CIHR Knowledge Synthesis Grant – Spring 2013 Competition • Brain Canada Multi-Investigator Research Initiative LOI
Memorial University, Office of Research
• H.L. Holmes Awards for Post-doctoral Studies
– Publications Subvention Program
• NSERC and CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Diabetes Funding Initiative for Sodium Reduction in the
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Canadian Food Supply
– Science for Peace and Security Projects
– Translational Research Program (Application)
• NSERC Chairs in Design Engineering
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OUTANDABOUT For more on these events and other news at Memo-
of Human Resources
rial, please visit www.today.mun.ca. Bachelor of Social Work Information Sessions,
Monday, Feb. 18
12:30-1:30 p.m., St. John’s College, J-3008,
Neuroscience Journal Club Presentations, 1-2
Sponsor: School of Social Work
p.m., Health Sciences Centre, room 2860, Sponsor: Division of BioMedical Sciences
Lecture and Poetry Recital: Silenced Voices and the Representation of Violence, 4-6 p.m., The
Tuesday, Feb. 19
Landing, University Centre, Sponsor: Depart-
RBC Royal Bank Speak with Employees About
ment of French and Spanish
main lobby, Engineering building, Sponsor:
The Genetic Characterization of Mendelian
Vice-President, Administration and Finance
Ocular Disorders in the Population of Newfoundland and Labrador, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., IIC-
Bachelor of Social Work Information Sessions,
2014, Bruneau Centre for Research and Inno-
12:30-1:30 p.m., St. John’s College, J-2008,
vation, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies
Sponsor: School of Social Work
Michelle Gosse photo
Group Banking Rates, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.,
Saturday, Feb. 23 The Quest for Contented Sobriety: A Drama-
15th Annual Curling Bonspiel for Alumni and
turgical Analysis of Recovery in Alcoholics
Friends, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., St. John’s Curling
Anonymous, 2-4 p.m., IIC-2014, Bruneau
Club, Sponsor: Alumni Affairs and Develop-
Centre for Research and Innovation, Sponsor:
ment
Hoopla! The Grenfell Winter Carnival Hoopsfest ran Feb. 14-17 at Corner Brook Regional High. Eighteen basketball teams from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador participated –the most teams Grenfell has ever hosted. Here, Mark Strickland, left, and Justin King are captured during play against the Corner Brook Regional High Titans on opening night.
School of Graduate Studies Art of the Ages: Islamic Calligraphy Workshop,
Wednesday, Feb. 20
1-5 p.m., EN-1054, Sponsor: Muslim Students’
Retirement Planning Seminar, 9:30 a.m.-4:30
Association
p.m., EN-2006, Sponsor: Department of Human Resources
CFUW Book Collection Blitz, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Arts and Culture Centre Parking Lot, Sponsor: ACTIVE-8 Campaign: You Can Make a Differ-
Monday, March 4
ence, 12:30-1:30 p.m., ED-5004-05, Sponsor:
D.I.Y Fat Activism: Exploring Fat Activisms and
Monday, Feb. 25
International Centre, Atlantic Council for
Fat Community in Toronto, 12:30-1:30 p.m.,
Wine Before Breakfast, 8-9 a.m., St. John’s Col-
Study Abroad Information Session, 12-12:30
International Co-operation
SN-4087, Sponsor: Department of Gender
lege Chapel, Sponsor: Chaplaincy
p.m., The Loft, University Centre, Sponsor:
Faculty Bible Study, 12-12:50 p.m., HH-2005,
Canadian Federation of University Women
Sponsor: Philip Heath
Studies Speakers’ Series Introduction to a Teaching Dossier, 3-4:30
International Centre and Go Abroad Office HIV, CMV and Aging: Immune Senescence for
p.m., ED-2030B, Sponsor: Distance Education,
Thursday, March 7
Learning and Teaching Support (DELTS)
Blood Donor Clinic, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., main
Everyone, 5-6 p.m., Health Sciences Centre
Tuesday, Feb. 26
auditorium, Sponsor: Division of BioMedical
REEL Justice Film Festival: Concrete, Steel and
Sciences
Paint, 7-9 p.m., University Centre, The Land-
A Human Factors Approach to Understand-
ing, Sponsor: RJNL, Faculty of Education, CJI-
ing the Influence of Wave Motions on Work-
NL, MCC
ing in Offshore Industries, 3-4:30 p.m., New-
The Complex System as a Novel Mode of
Universal Design for Learning: An Introduction
lobby, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation, Sponsor: Canadian Blood Services
foundland and Labrador Centre for Applied
Explanation, 12-1 p.m., SN-2098, Sponsor:
p.m., ED-2030B, Sponsor: Distance Education,
Henrietta Harvey Lecture: Can We Reconstruct
Health Research, Sponsor: SafetyNet Centre for
Wolfgang Banzhaf, Arthur Sullivan, Roger
Learning and Teaching Support (DELTS)
the Language of the First Humans?, 7:30-9 p.m.,
Occupational Health and Safety Research
White
to UDL in Post-Secondary Education, 2-3:30
A-1046, Sponsor: Department of Linguistics
Thursday, Feb. 21
Thursday, Feb. 28
Let’s Talk Teaching with Technology, 12-1:30
Plato and the Indeterminate Dyad, 2-3:20 p.m.,
Making Sense of Canada’s Volunteer Cen-
Speaker Session with Dr. Gwynne Dyer: The
p.m., ED-230B, Sponsor: Distance Education,
C-4036, Sponsor: Department of Philosophy
sus: What Happened and What It Means for
Triumph of Non-Violence, 7-9 p.m., IIC-2001,
Learning and Teaching Support (DELTS)
You, 7-9 p.m., IIC- 2001, Bruneau Centre for
Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation,
MUN Cinema Series: A Royal Affair, 7-9 p.m.,
Research and Innovation, Sponsor: Depart-
Sponsor: Alumni Affairs, Faculty of Arts
Empire Theatres, Avalon Mall, Sponsor: MUN
ment of Sociology
Known Knowns, Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns: CS for Analysis of Mul-
MUN Cinema Series: The Deep Blue Sea, 7-9
tidimensional DNA Matrices in Evolution-
Film screening: Switch – Discover the Future
p.m., Empire Theatres, Avalon Mall, Sponsor:
ary Genomics, 1-2 p.m., EN-2022, Sponsor:
An Exploratory Study of the Emotional Fallout
of Energy, 7-9:30 p.m., EN-2006, Sponsor:
MUN Cinema
Department of Computer Science
From Physical Abuse Victimization, 12-1 p.m.,
Sustainability Office
Cinema
St. John’s College chapel, Sponsor: School of
Hierarchical
Systems:
Complex
Assembly,
Friday, March 8
Does Anyone Still Believe in God? Exploring
Complex Structure, 12-1 p.m., SN-2098, Spon-
Irish Studies Research Symposium: Talamh en
Linguistic Frameworks and Eschatology in Pro-
sor: Wolfgang Banzhaf, Arthur Sullivan, Roger
Eisc, 9:30 a.m.-3:10 p.m., SN-4087, Sponsor:
Information Booth for International Moth-
gressive Christianity, 12-12:50 p.m., A-1045,
White
Faculty of Arts
er Language Day Celebration 2013, 11 a.m.-3
Sponsor: Department of Religious Studies
Social Work
Friday, March 1
Monday, March 11
A Soldier or Sailor in the Family: Getting into
Population Connectivity and its Applica-
Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity
the Primary Evidence, 7:30-9 p.m., Hamp-
tion to Marine Protected Area Effectiveness
of Amine-phenolate Complexes Towards the
Are We Ready for an Oil Spill in Newofund-
ton Hall Lecture Theatre, Marine Institute,
in a Sub-Arctic Coastal Ecosystem, 1-3 p.m.,
Prepartation of Aliphatic Polyesters, 1:30-3:30
land and Labradors Offshore?, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,
Sponsor: Department of History
IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for Research and
p.m., IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for Research
Innovation, Sponsor: School of Graduate
and Innovation, Sponsor: School of Graduate
Studies
Studies
p.m., University Centre, The Loft, Sponsor: Global Engagement Grant
The Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland, St. John’s, Sponsor: Harris Centre
What Can We Say About Being?, 2-3:20 p.m., C-4036, Sponsor: Department of Philosophy
Friday, Feb. 22
MUCEP 2013-14 Proposal Deadline, 8 a.m.-5
Japanese Cinema Night: Departures, 6-10 p.m.,
Wednesday, Feb. 27
p.m., UC-4002, Sponsor: Career Development
IIC-2001, Bruneau Centre for Research and In-
Wine Before Breakfast, 8-9 a.m., St. John’s
and Experiential Learning
novation, Sponsor: Department of Lingusitics,
Chapel, Sponsor: Chaplaincy
Saturday, March 2
Japan Foundation, Compusult Limited Global
Maude
International Mother Language Day Celebra-
Retirement Planning Seminar, 9:30 a.m.-4:30
Barlow, 7-9 p.m., Arts and Culture Centre,
tion 2013, 7-10 p.m., University Centre, The
p.m., Grenfell Campus, Sponsor: Department
Sponsor: Memorial University Students’ Union
Landing, Sponsor: Global Engagement Grant
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Tread safely
Slips, trips and falls identified as major source of injury at Memorial By Carolyn Duncan Special to the Gazette
On the St. John’s campus, the Marine Institute and
themselves and others, the TreadSafe campaign was
wearing proper footwear for the weather conditions,
Grenfell Campus, 29 per cent of all reported incidents
recently launched. This campaign is designed to target
wiping off your feet when entering buildings and
are categorized as a slip, trip or fall.
students, faculty, staff and visitors of Memorial. The
holding handrails while on stairs.
To address this issue, Memorial’s Department of
TreadSafe campaign can currently be seen on digital
TreadSafe also provides information on what to do
Health and Safety has taken on the task of developing
displays throughout campus, on Memorial’s various
if you see a slip, trip and fall hazard so that it can be
a comprehensive slip, trip and fall prevention program.
social media outlets, on posters throughout campus
taken care of before an injury occurs. If you see a hazard,
The program will identify potential slip, trip and fall
buildings, in various Memorial publications and email
contact Facilities Management at (709) 864-7600 or email
hazards and offer effective interventions to eliminate
lists, and through various information sessions.
facman@mun.ca. If you do have a slip, trip or fall, please
or minimize their risk, while using input from the Memorial community.
fill out an accident/incident report located at www.mun.
TreadSafe offers various slip, trip and fall prevention
ca/health_safety/accidents .
tips, such as slowing down, paying attention to your
To bring awareness to potential hazards, and what
surroundings (e.g. don’t text and walk), avoiding
members of the Memorial community can do to safeguard
shortcuts and staying in designated walking areas,
By working together as a community we can help stay a step ahead of slips, trips and falls on campus.
Budgeting on the go Enactus Memorial launches new finance app in high schools By Susan White-MacPherson
mobile web application that will help high
Free and customizable, the app can be found at www.
school students develop financial literacy skills was
fyiexpensetracker.ca. The website also includes lesson
launched recently at Holy Heart High School in St. John’s.
plans and support materials for teachers to help implement
The FYI Expense Tracker is a financial planning
the app into classrooms.
smartphone application that allows users to track
Education Minister Clyde Jackman, who attended
and review their expenses on the go. It was created by
the launch, praised the dedicated volunteers of Enactus
Enactus Memorial, formerly known as Students in Free
Memorial as well as its use of technology.
Enterprise (SIFE), and is being introduced into high
“I just came from a global forum . . . with 101 countries
schools provincewide this year as part of the career
represented,” he said, “and one of the things that was
development curriculum.
very clear was those countries that are going to be leaders
The FYI project was developed in 2010, in partnership
in education are those that embrace technology sooner.”
with the Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union,
Ms. Fleming also acknowledged the longtime support
to increase financial and entrepreneurial education for
of the Faculty of Business Administration during the
secondary students in Newfoundland and Labrador.
event.
Twelve classroom sessions were developed but during the
“We are proud of our long association with Enactus
budgeting session in particular, the Enactus team realized
and of its national and international success,” said Dr.
that the traditional pen-and-paper methods being taught
Larry Bauer, associate dean (academic programs), Faculty
weren’t relevant to today’s high school students.
of Business Administration, during the event. “But more
“We’re always around technology and that’s something we would use, to take five seconds to put it into our phones,” said Jessica Fleming, FYI project manager, during the launch on Feb. 4. “This app makes budgeting not only more relevant but also a little exciting to use in the classroom.”
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importantly, we’re proud of the impact that Enactus has here in the province and in our communities.” Enactus is an international non-profit organization that mobilizes university students to develop outreach projects that improve the quality of life and standard of
Enactus Memorial photo
A new
Education Minister Clyde Jackman took part in the launch of Enactus Memorial’s FYI Expense Tracker app at Holy Heart High School in St. John’s.
living for people in need.
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