Oct. 14, 2015 Volume 48 | Number 4 Registration Mail No. 4006252 A M E M O R I A L U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W F O U N D L A N D P U B L I C AT I O N
Expanding vision MUC welcomes new students on Parade Street once more By Nora Daly
joined Premier Paul Davis, Lieut.-Gov. Frank Fagan and Patricia Fagan, and Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Chief of Police Bill Janes for the official opening of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Memorial Campus. The refurbished building on Parade Street in St. John’s was originally built to house Memorial University College and opened in 1925. The building will now serve as a recruiting office and includes a lecture theatre, classrooms, training facilities, a computer lab, a wellness centre, gymnasium and daycare centre. “I was delighted to participate in the grand opening which coincided almost 90 years to the day that it first opened,” said Dr. Kachanoski. “It was great to see
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PRESIDENT Kachanoski recently
A scene from the recent official opening of the RNC Memorial Campus. this building with its unique origins as an educational institution being repurposed and once again offering training that will benefit the people of Newfoundland and Labrador.” A commemorative plaque about Memorial’s origins was also unveiled at the ceremony. The plaque, featuring the provincial Coat of Arms and
the university’s formal crest, states that the building was raised in 1925 as a memorial to those who fought and died in the First World War. It all began on the evening of Jan. 22, 1919, when the Newfoundland Patriotic Association agreed “…to take into consideration the advisability of erecting in St. John’s a memorial
for our sailors and soldiers, in the form of an education building which shall raise to a higher level the whole status of education in Newfoundland, and materially assist its young people to achieve success in life.”
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Graduation day
Research excellence, graduates recognized at West Coast convocation
Dr. Robert Wells was awarded the degree of doctor of laws honoris causa in Corner Brook.
MEMORIAL awarded degrees to happy graduates — one of which was an honorary doctor of laws for Dr. Robert Wells — at fall convocation ceremonies in Corner Brook on Oct. 2. Grenfell Campus also presented Dr. Ian Warkentin with its inaugural research award. Dr. Warkentin, of Grenfell’s biology department, researches the influence that human impact has on the ability of wildlife to persist in modified environments. The scope of his research is global; his field research has taken him to urban, agricultural
and forested areas in Panama, Costa Rica, Eastern Mexico, the Southwestern United States and Eastern Canada. Dr. Warkentin has advanced Grenfell’s research portfolio significantly, securing significant grants, contracts and in-kind support since 1994. In addition, the attention his research has received in academic, public and media circles is international in scope. He has published his research in top-ranked scientific journals in the fields of ecology, biodiversity, conservation
and ornithology. His research has also garnered media attention in regional, national and international arenas. “Dr. Warkentin has also inspired the researchers of the future, having supported nine graduate students and seven honours students, involving them in 10 different major research projects over a 20-year period,” said Dr. Antony Card, associate vice-president (Grenfell Campus) research, during the ceremony.
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features
2 YA F F L E YO U R N E X T P R O J E C T
The Manuels River Interpretation Centre is looking for researchers to help capture the stories the collective community holds of its river.
5 F R A M E WO R K S I N AC T I O N
The Memorial University Award for Outstanding Self-directed Learning has been created thanks in large part to an education student’s insight.
6 S T U D E N T S U CC E S S
The Gazette brings you the individual success stories of some happy fall graduates.
12 R E A D I N G M AT E R I A L
A selection of some of the latest literary offerings by Memorial’s authors.
Alumni spotlight
JG: When did you begin volunteering with the Board of Regents? RG: When I returned home from Caltech in 1976 I sought out and served on the MUN Alumni Association. Then, when an election was held to elect six alumni to the board in 1978, I ran, was successful and served a three-year term.
Radio with the announcement. The next day, I submitted my resignation and announced I was running for the Liberal nomination in St. John’s West. Another adventure started. I was fortunate enough to win on April 20, 1989, and a few days later was back in my old department of Mines and Energy as minister, where I stayed for eight very fulfilling years.
I ran again in 2008 and got elected. I did the same in 2011. Memorial has been a big part of my life. JG: Why is volunteering at Memorial so important? RG: I believe I owe my career to the education I got at Memorial. Volunteering on the regents and various committees has been a small payback for what Memorial has done for me. I do not plan to stop volunteering just because I have been given this award. JG: How important was Memorial to your future? RG: My degrees set me up for my career in geology. When I was close to completing the master’s, my faculty advisor Dr. Steve Papezik said ‘Rex, you cannot quit yet, you have to do a doctorate degree.’ When Caltech not only accepted me, but offered a tuition scholarship and a research assistantship, he said ‘Rex, you have no choice, you are going to California’. So I did. Without my degrees from Memorial, none of this could or would have happened.
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It’s been 54 years since Dr. Rex Gibbons, B.Sc.’67, BA(Ed.)’67, M.Sc.’69, left Lumsden, N.L., at the age of 15 and headed to St. John’s for Memorial University. What happened next, he says, was transformational. He began a lifelong fascination with geology and science — later completing a PhD at the famed California Institute of Technology — while also learning the power of education and the importance of giving back. Spanning three decades, Dr. Gibbons has been a tireless Memorial volunteer, serving on alumni committees, helping organize events and, most notably, serving three terms on the Board of Regents. Contributor Jeff Green spoke with Dr. Gibbons, this year’s recipient of the J.D. Eaton Alumni Award for outstanding volunteer contributions to Memorial.
Dr. Rex Gibbons
JG: You’ve had a varied career as a scientist, bureaucrat and politician; is there a highlight? RG: On the day then-Premier Tom Rideout called the provincial election in 1989, Scott Chafe was on VOCM
JG: After politics you worked in the private sector before retiring in 2007. What have you been doing lately? RG: My wife Marge and I started enjoying our cabin at Windmill Bight (near Lumsden). We also bought a small place in Florida. Six years ago, I took training as an EMR and ambulance driver with the all-volunteer Sun City Center Emergency Squad and am a very proud member of Team Three. Dr. Gibbons will be honoured during the 34th annual Alumni Tribute Awards on Monday, Oct. 19, at the Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland in St. John’s. Tickets are on sale now. Learn more at mun.ca/mundays.
EDITOR Mandy Cook GRAPHICS John Andrews
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REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS
J.C. Seeley and family on holiday at Manuels River, circa 1880-90s.
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YOUR NEXT PROJECT By Cathy Newhook
The opportunity The Manuels River Interpretation Centre is all about history — prehistory, in fact, given the 500-million year old trilobite fossils the area is known for. But the centre has also become a place to capture the more recent history of the area with a unique exhibit of oral histories related to the river and how people have used it, enjoyed it and benefited from it over the years. “In some ways the interpretation centre has become a sort of community centre, with lots of engaged families,
programs for children and seniors, and a place for people to gather and learn more about their community,” said Laura King, science outreach manager at the centre. “Our history exhibit has a few stories already that tells about how the river once supported an eel fishery and was considered a luxurious vacation spot back in the day.” The centre would like to tell more of these stories, Ms. King explains. “Older people in the community have a very close relationship to the river — they know what the flats were used for and what they used to do at the canyon — we’d like to capture those stories and preserve them, so young people can hear them and learn about the important role the river has played in shaping their community.” The project The centre is looking to Memorial researchers to help them capture those stories.
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“We’d like to work with some interested researchers at the university and engage the community in the process of collecting the stories,” said Ms. King. “We’d like to host a day-long event where people could come in and share their stories at a Manuels River Local History Day event.” With the help of researchers, the group hopes to collect audio files and properly document and display the stories in an exhibit. The group is also interested in having a geographer help to map the stories, so people can also see exactly what point on, or near, the river the story relates to.
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If you are interested in working on this project or would like more information about the project and applied research funds available through the Harris Centre for projects such as these, please contact Bojan Fürst, manager of knowledge mobilization at the Harris Centre, at bfurst@mun.ca or at 864-2120.
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Conversation shift Learning how obese but fit individuals gain protection from adverse health conditions
THE WORDS OBESITY and fitness are not typically used together when referring to a person’s health. Despite this, a group of researchers at Memorial University is seeking to explore their connection through an upcoming project. Dr. Fabien Basset, associate professor with the School of Human Kinetics and Recreation at Memorial, and Dr. Denis Joanisse, associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Université Laval, who is visiting Memorial on sabbatical, are collaborating to look at the effect of moderate physical activity on four distinct groups. The groups will consist of an overweight fit group, an overweight sedentary group, a lean fit group and a lean sedentary group, with fit being determined by physical activity capacity and endurance. “Increasingly we understand that it’s more important to improve health and positively impact how a body works, not what it looks like,” said Dr. Joanisse. “We want to help shift the conversation from a focus on weight to one about fitness and health. Understanding how fitness can control the metabolic profile of obesity is an important step in developing better strategies to improve the health of patients.” The novelty of the researchers’ project resides in its experimental design that shows how, as the result of being physically active, obese but fit individuals are protected from many adverse health conditions. “We want to understand the metabolic activity in play when we challenge bodies in the same way, but they react differently,” said Dr. Basset. “Metabolic challenge induced by physical activity involves the transformation of energy and matter in the body and these reactions maintain life. Therefore, if we have an
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By Sandy Woolfrey-Fahey
Dr. Fabien Basset (right) and Dr. Denis Joanisse (left) are exploring the question what is the impact of fitness on metabolic health of obese individuals. Graduate students Sana’a Alsubheen (middle right), Alicia Baker (middle left) and Mohammad Ismail (back) will be working on the project. understanding of how to positively influence metabolic activity, we can potentially improve quality of life.” This project, which has received funding from the Mitacs Accelerate Program, will provide evidence on the actual contribution of fitness to metabolic health and how this happens in the body. It will provide objective measures to more effectively evaluate the risk to patients and guide clinicians and researchers to provide targets for lifestyle objectives. “This high-quality applied health research aligns well with key research themes in Newfoundland and Labrador,” explained Dr. Basset. “The findings could contribute to
the effectiveness of the healthcare system in the province and beyond to address important health issues related to obesity.” Dr. Basset has an interest in metabolic disorders induced by environmental factors. Dr. Joanisse is interested in the area of metabolic health in humans, particularly insulin resistance. Together, they are bringing together professors from exercise physiology to biochemistry in order to increase their capacity to answer the question: What is the impact of fitness on metabolic health of obese individuals? In addition to Drs. Basset and Joanisse, members of the team from
Memorial include Dr. Sukhinder Cheema and Dr. Vikram Chandurkar. Dr. Cheema is an associate professor with the Department of Biochemistry. She will be providing analyses and assist in the interpretation of the data. Dr. Chandurkar is an assistant professor with the Faculty of Medicine. He will assess the medical condition of the participants in addition to assisting in understanding and interpreting the data related to metabolic health and endocrinology. For more information, please contact fbasset@mun.ca. The Research & Development Corporation is a proud sponsor of Mitacs.
Why the disparity in co-op programs? THERE ARE currently 199 students enrolled in the communications studies degree program at Memorial. While some students enter this program with the hope of pursuing more schooling in journalism or public relations, others want to be employable in these fields upon graduation. However, the lack of a co-op placement in communication studies creates a gap where students have the formal education but no job experience. This sets up graduates of the communications studies program to have no practical experience when applying for jobs. As an English and communication studies major, I hope to enter the job market in communications upon graduation. While I certainly do not have a co-op under my belt, I do have relevant volunteer and job experience. However, I wanted to find out why the co-op opportunity does not exist for students like me. In an interview with Dr. Erwin Warkentin, co-ordinator of the communication studies program, he explains the challenges during the program’s launch in 2009. “There was some discussion [of creating a co-op program but there were] a lot of challenges . . . We weren’t sure what the
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Maria Browne
uptake on the program was going to be.” Dr. Warkentin says one of those challenges was the small number of staff in the department. “Essentially in those early days it was just me. I had some people that taught on a sessional basis and then Jennifer Dyer came along. But it was simply too much for us to handle initially.” Six years later, there is still no co-op program for students enrolled in communication studies. Meanwhile, across the street, the Engineering and Applied Sciences and Business Administration faculties offer extensive co-op programs that prepare their students for the workforce. Recently, the Department of Political Science created a competitive co-op program that offers three paid work-terms for students. Certainly, there is a disparity. Engineering, Business, and Political Science offer guidance, assistance and support in securing co-op placements,
while students in communication studies are left to their own resources. But Memorial still offers plenty of opportunities for all students, even if this means seeking them out independently. Volunteering for the university newspaper The Muse or hosting a radio show at CHMR radio station can help build a resumé. Many times volunteering experience can lead to actual job experience when students land a MUCEP, ISWEP, or GRADSWEP position. Suddenly, volunteer and job experience on a resumé can look favourable upon graduation. While the disparity between faculties in offering co-op programs at Memorial remains unfair, even with co-op placements many engineering, business and political science students still face the stress of finding a good job upon graduation. Ultimately, it is up to individual students to seek opportunities both within the university and in the wider community, to discover what they are passionate about and to use this experience to find future success. Maria Browne is a fourth-year English and communications studies major. She can be reached at mariakbrowne@gmail.com.
Thus the germ of the idea for Memorial College began, a living memorial to those who fought and died in the Great War, so “that in freedom of learning their sacrifice might not be forgotten” — as is inscribed on a dedication plaque located on the university’s subsequent Elizabeth Avenue campus that opened in 1961. Dr. Kachanoski noted that from its very beginning, Memorial has had a special relationship with veterans, the military and later with law enforcement. “During the Second World War, the students shared their college with the Canadian Forces. Wounded sailors were tended in the gymnasium and members of the Canadian and Newfoundland forces took courses at the college. After the war, as many as 50 servicemen enrolled at Memorial.” And in recent years, Memorial joined with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary in 2004 to offer a diploma in police studies program. Since that time, there have been 254 graduates of the program, all of whom were hired by the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC). “The visionaries who worked to see Memorial University College become a reality would have some challenges in conceiving where we would be nearly 100 years later,” said the president. “But no matter how much we grow, no matter how many national and international successes we enjoy, we never forget the foundation of who we are and our special commitment to the people of Newfoundland and
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Lieut.-Gov. Frank Fagan inspecting members of the RNC. Premier Paul Davis is seen in the background. Labrador, a commitment shared by the men and women of the RNC who dedicate their lives to the same people. “This building, then, expands on that vision, giving young people the opportunity to learn and ultimately to make the world a better place. I cannot think of a better use, given its distinctive history and significance.”
“We never forget the foundation of who we are and our special commitment to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, a commitment shared by the men and women of the RNC.” — President Kachanoski
notable
What to do about disturbing, threatening or violent behaviour MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY has developed the Assessment and Care Protocol for Disturbing, Threatening or Violent Behaviour (ACP), which provides a guide for identifying and responding to behaviour which is, or has the potential to be, disturbing, threatening, or violent. It addresses behaviour that goes beyond the normal academic discourse which is part of the traditions of universities. Everyone has a duty to report behaviour which you see as disturbing, threatening or violent,
and which could negatively impact members of the university community. Reporting will allow early intervention, action and resolution. Disturbing, threatening or violent behaviour includes: • Destructive • Harmful or threatening to others • Suicidal • Risk taking • Hostile/aggressive • Poor self-care/judgment • Substance abuse or self-medication • Emotionally troubled
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Lack of trust and suspicion of others Aggression
Throughout the fall semester, the Office of the Chief Risk Officer will be holding information sessions for the university community. However, if your department would like to schedule an individual presentation for students, faculty or staff, please contact mlosmond@ mun.ca. For more information and to see a list of upcoming sessions, visit www.mun.ca/ocro.
Dr. Dale Foster has been appointed acting dean at the Faculty of Business Administration while Dr. Wilfred Zerbe is on administrative leave. Dr. Foster’s term runs from Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 2015.
obituary SIR DAVID WILLCOCKS Sir David Willcocks, an honorary graduate of Memorial University, passed away Sept. 17, 2015. He was 95.
DR. GERALD SQUIRES
Free admission to GEO Centre for faculty, staff and students
Dr. Gerald Squires, an honorary graduate of Memorial University, passed away Oct. 3, 2015. He was 77.
DR. OTTO TUCKER
THE DEVELOPMENT of the Johnson GEO Centre and its world-class indoor and outdoor exhibits has involved numerous members of the university community over the years. Now, thanks to an agreement between the Johnson GEO Centre and Memorial University, a special GEO membership program is available to our faculty, staff and students. The benefits of this group membership include complimentary
admission to the spectacular GEO Centre on Signal Hill Road in St. John’s, as well as access to the surrounding scenic GEO Vista Park, the site of engaging information panels about Signal Hill and other Newfoundland and Labrador subjects, such as geology, botany and stone works. When visiting the GEO Centre, simply present your Memorial University identification card for
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free admission. The GEO Centre offers free, off-street parking and knowledgeable interpretive staff. In addition to free admission to the GEO Centre, faculty, staff and students are eligible for 10 per cent off of a number of other attractions, such as GEO gifts, GEO events, facility rentals, birthday parties, some camps/programs, café (seasonal) and park tours (seasonal).
Dr. Otto Tucker, a retired employee from the Faculty of Education and an honorary graduate of Memorial University, passed away Oct. 6, 2015. He was 92.
DR. PAUL JOHNSON Dr. Paul Johnson, an honorary degree recipient of Memorial University, passed away Oct. 12, 2015. He was 86.
Frameworks at work CHRIS HAMMOND PHOTO
MEMORIAL’S FRAMEWORKS IN ACTION
The three overarching frameworks guiding Memorial’s future direction — the Research Framework, the Teaching and Learning Framework and the Public Engagement Framework — are the result of several years of consultations with the university community and the people and organizations of Newfoundland and Labrador. This regular feature will help showcase the frameworks in action by sharing projects and highlighting the successes that are bringing them to life.
TEACHING AND LEARNING
Self-directed learning award created By Jennifer Batten
CURIOUS. Independent. Confident. Creative. These are some of the quintessential qualities of an effective self-directed learner. It was with these qualities in mind that Kasi Humber, an education student at Memorial’s St. John’s campus, set out to create a student award to recognize the tremendous effort involved in starting, implementing and completing a self-directed learning project. Ms. Humber was a student in a course taught by Sébastien Després, lecturer in the Departments of Anthropology and Geography, when the idea of a self-directed learning award came to mind. Recognizing her instructor’s keen interest in teaching and learning, she approached Mr. Després to share her idea for a learning award. The two saw the potential in the idea and from that point forward worked to develop a proposal which they presented to various committees, administrators and stakeholders across Memorial
Kasi Humber
University. Incorporating feedback along the way and making revisions to the draft, the proposal eventually became a reality when the Teaching and Learning Framework Advisory Committee Chairs and Working Group unanimously supported its creation as the Memorial University Award for Outstanding Self-directed Learning. “Self-directed learning is initiated, completed and evaluated by the student,” said Ms. Humber. “It is a process that has a defined purpose and set of learning goals which are thought of in advance, but are also dynamic and expand and mature along with the learning objective.” Based on the foundational definition provided by renowned educator and self-directed learning champion Malcolm Knowles, self-directed learning is a process in which the design, conduct and evaluation of a learning project are initiated and controlled by the learner, with or without the assistance of others. The creation of this student award is itself an example of selfdirected learning by a Memorial University undergraduate student, and an example of the university’s role in encouraging students’ selfdirected learning endeavours. “I’ve always been passionate about
the teaching and learning process,” said Mr. Després. “Excellence in teaching and learning is often about finding inventive ways to gain knowledge and experience. This new award will give students the chance to apply themselves to learning with an unconventional, innovative, and highly independent approach.” Unlike any other student award offered at Memorial to date, the self-directed learning award specifically celebrates undergraduate students with the qualities and skills that enable them to manage components of their own learning and successfully undertake self-directed learning projects. “Self-directed learning is important because we all can be active participants in our education and the formation of our own worldview by seeking out multiple perspectives and sources of information that might not otherwise be presented to us,” said Ms. Humber. “If undergraduate students stop their pursuit of knowledge at the last page of the syllabus, then they are limiting what they can get out of the courses they complete. Self-directed learning allows students to go beyond what is assigned and turn an education into an even more personalized, meaningful and rewarding learning experience.” Allyson Hajek, instructional design
specialist with Distance Education, Learning and Teaching Support (DELTS) is the co-ordinator for the new award, which addresses the recommendation of Memorial University’s Teaching and Learning Framework to create opportunities for engagement among students, educators and the communityat-large. “One of the things we know for sure about life is that there will always be something new to learn,” said Ms. Hajek. “To be self-directed in learning ensures a lifetime of learning to better ourselves and our world.” One award will be presented annually; the deadline to apply for the inaugural award is Jan. 26, 2016. The recipient will be recognized with a $1,000 cash award and a personalized and framed certificate. The recipient will also be invited to make a presentation to undergraduate students about their self-directed learning experiences. All full-time and part-time undergraduate students at all of Memorial’s campuses are eligible to apply. Applicants must provide clear evidence of outstanding achievement and creativity in selfdirected learning. Full application details, criteria and guidelines are available at www.mun.ca/learningaward.
Business prof named top reviewer by prestigious academic journal
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By Mekaela Gulliver Special to the Gazette
Dr. Chansoo Park
DR. CHANSOO PARK has been named 2014’s outstanding reviewer by the Canadian Journal of Administrative Science (CJAS). Dr. Park, an assistant professor of international business at Memorial University’s Faculty of Business Administration, received the certificate of recognition at the Academy of Management conference in Vancouver in August. Dr. Park said he was “so glad” to receive this recognition and that this has given him encouragement and passion and drives him to work harder. The journal gives special recognition to scholars whose work as a reviewer is of such outstanding quality that authors are assisted in their research regardless of whether the manuscript is published.
Dr. Vishwanath Baba, editor-in-chief of CJAS, said in an email that Dr. Park is “a reviewer [who] has gone above and beyond that which is expected of a reviewer in providing outstanding comments to authors of a manuscript reviewed for CJAS in 2014.” Dr. Park is originally from Seoul, South Korea, and has been teaching at Memorial University since 2013. His research interests include knowledge transfer, multinational enterprise strategy and culture. The CJAS was established by the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada in 1983. A multidisciplinary business journal, it publishes papers from international contributors on marketing, strategic management, international business, accounting, finance and organizational and human resources management. Dr. Park has been reviewing papers in the field of strategic management and international business since 2013.
Convocation 2015 All about the brain By Elizabeth Furey
Lauren Fogarty
LAUREN FOGARTY came to the Faculty of Medicine to study neuroscience and left with so much more. During her time in the Division of Biomedical Sciences, the Halifax, N.S., native conducted research that focused on the roles of two pro-survival BCL-2 proteins through the stages of central nervous system development.
Ms. Fogarty’s work earned her a number of awards throughout her program, like the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada Graduate Scholarship, the School of Graduate Studies F.A. Aldrich Graduate Award and the Faculty of Medicine Dean’s Fellowship Award. Though no longer living in Newfoundland and Labrador, Ms. Fogarty is looking forward to coming back to the province and attending
convocation with her classmates, where she’ll receive her M.Sc. (Med.) during the 10 a.m. session of convocation in St. John’s Oct. 23. “Though I haven’t been gone long, I’m thrilled for the chance to come back for a visit already. My classmates and I are looking forward to celebrating our accomplishments and I’m glad I get the chance to share this important event with my family.”
Military to MBA By Susan White
MEMORIAL’S BUSINESS programs are helping a former member of the military transition into civilian life. Jason Dicks, originally from Burin but now living in St. John’s, spent 18 years in the Canadian Armed Forces, first as an infantry soldier and then as a plumbing and heating technician. When he expressed interest in becoming a logistics officer, he learned that he needed a business degree so he was posted to St. John’s to do a bachelor of business administration (BBA). Soon after finishing his BBA in 2013, he was medically released
from the military due to recurring injuries and decided to pursue a master of business administration (MBA). Mr. Dicks will receive his MBA on Friday, Oct. 23, during the 3 p.m. session of convocation at the St. John’s Arts and Culture Centre. “The MBA program was great. It was just what I needed to help me with that transition from military life to civilian life,” said Mr. Dicks. “I felt like a fish out of water because you go from one environment where everybody’s around you in uniform, you have a certain structure, a certain team you’re with constantly. And all of a sudden to no longer be with that … I struggled
with a lot of depression and anxiety.” To help combat the depression, Mr. Dicks got involved with the MBA Students Association, eventually becoming president. “The interaction, just being around other students and trying to be involved helps overall with the transition. It gave me that confidence to move on with the next part of my life.” Mr. Dicks now works as a junior recruiter for Eastern Health and has recently become a coach with Beachbody. He continues to have an interest in human resources management and hopes to continue his post-military
Jason Dicks career with Eastern Health. “Once the opportunity presented itself, I jumped at it.”
‘Taking the time to celebrate’
Medicine master’s graduate drawn to unique gene pool in N.L. By Elizabeth Furey
ORIGINALLY FROM Calgary, Alta.,
Patricia Harper
new graduate Patricia Harper came to Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine to study genetics in Newfoundland and Labrador. With the province’s original gene pool and relatively closed environment providing unique opportunities to study genetic patterns and certain diseases, Ms. Harper chose the right place to study.
Her research, which focuses on epigenetics of complex disease, in particular osteoarthritis in Newfoundland and Labrador, has already won her accolades. While at Memorial, Ms. Harper won the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship and the Dean’s Excellence award from the Faculty of Medicine. Both are recognitions she’s proud of, and make her look forward to
walking across the stage to accept her master of medicine degree with a specialization in human genetics during the 10 a.m. session of convocation in St. John’s on Oct. 23. “Taking the time to celebrate accomplishments or milestones in life is important to me. I put a lot of time and effort into my research and master’s degree over the past couple of years, and I want to acknowledge that effort and celebrate with my friends and family.”
From instructor to student and back again at the Marine Institute By Leslie Earle
SHELLY CURTIS will replace her instructor’s hat with a cap and gown during the 3 p.m. session of fall convocation on Oct. 23. The fulltime instructor at the Fisheries and Marine Institute (MI) will receive her master of technology management (MTM) degree – an accomplishment she feels will not only benefit her, but her students as well. For more than 20 years, Ms. Curtis has been a lead engineering drawing/ computer-aided design instructor with the School of Maritime Studies. She reaches nearly every student at MI in
programs such as naval architecture, marine systems design, marine engineering, nautical science, food technology and marine environmental. Given how fast technology advances, Ms. Curtis felt it was important to complete her MTM. Working at a worldrenowned institute known as a leader in technological innovations, Ms. Curtis wanted to keep her skills up-to-date. “It is important that I have the knowledge and expertise to transfer new technologies, skills and techniques to my students to ensure they are successful in their careers,” said the St. Bernard’s native who now calls Mount Pearl home.
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For the 4.0 GPA graduate student, the most rewarding part of this process has been learning from classmates all around the world and the knowledge she has gained from her own professors. “It was fantastic to learn from such dedicated and knowledgeable people. They certainly are the strength behind the program.” This isn’t the first time Ms. Curtis has crossed the stage during convocation at Memorial. She is a naval architecture technology graduate and holds a bachelor of technology degree. She’s also working on her post-secondary education degree which she hopes to complete in the near future.
Shelly Curtis
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From left, Dr. Ian Warkentin accepts the inaugural Grenfell Campus Research Award from Chancellor Dr. Susan DyerKnight at fall convocation in Corner Brook Oct. 2.
“This demonstration of sustained, dedicated research activity combined with an outstanding academic profile and a prominent scientific and public impact makes Dr. Warkentin a worthy recipient of Grenfell Campus’s first research award.” The convocation sessions were also a day of celebration for graduates in nursing, education, arts, science, technology and business administration. In addition, Dr. Georg Gunther, retired, Division of Science, and Dr. Paul Wilson, retired, Counselling Services, were recognized with professor emeritus designations. This convocation also marks the 40th anniversary of the Corner Brook campus. The introduction of a new set of convocation robes, worn by Dr. Mary Bluechardt, helped to mark the occasion. The colour theme is gold and spruce, which was chosen to represent the growth and sustainability of Grenfell.
Checking our vital signs Collaboration gives statistics a human face By Rebecca Cohoe
“We wanted people in the province to be able to see themselves in the report. The stories and data had to be clear and understandable, but also relate to people at an individual level — and the Faces of Newfoundland photographs brought the report even closer to that, because it was photos of real people, here, in the local communities.” — Cathy Newhook
YOU CAN TELL a lot about the health of a person by checking a couple of key indicators: pulse, heart rate, blood sugar. A public engagement partnership at Memorial aims to offer the same kind of checkup for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Vital Signs is an analysis of statistical data that shares illustrated insights across a broad range of issues, from wellness and aging, to youth and the environment. Produced in partnership between Memorial’s Harris Centre and the Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, Vital Signs offers a big picture look at life in Newfoundland and Labrador by focusing on a number of more specific areas, that together, give a clear picture of who and where we are as a province. “This was the second edition of Vital Signs for Newfoundland and Labrador, and we really wanted to take the opportunity to engage with the broader community, so we held three community consultations — in St. John’s, Corner Brook and Happy ValleyGoose Bay,” says Cathy Newhook, the Harris Centre’s lead for the project. “It was from these consultations that we came up with the idea to present the data from a demographic perspective. We wanted to give people a snapshot of what the quality of life is for seniors, youth, women, and families.” Each of the sections includes an in-depth story about a community or organization that is grappling with the issues explored in the accompanying statistical illustrations. David McComiskey, known for his blog Faces of Newfoundland, supplied photographs for the report. “We wanted people in the province to be able to see themselves in the report,” Ms. Newhook said. “The stories and data had to be clear and understandable, but also relate to people at an individual level — and the Faces of Newfoundland photographs brought the report even closer to that, because it was photos of real people,
The cover of the most recent Vital Signs report. here, in the local communities.” The report was released in tandem with 28 other provincial and regional Vital Signs reports released around the country as part of the Community Foundations of Canada’s national initiative, all focusing on this year’s theme of “sense of belonging.” According to Ms. Newhook, it wasn’t difficult to fit the Newfoundland and Labrador report within the national theme. “Seventy-seven per cent of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians feel a strong or very strong sense of belonging — the highest in the country. That gave us a great opportunity to showcase one of our
strengths in this province, but it also presented us with an opportunity to tap into the resources here at the university and dig a little deeper to examine how that sense of belonging could help or hinder our need to grow the population through immigration.” Memorial contributors included faculty and staff from across the university, including the Marine Institute, the faculties of Medicine, Education and the Arts, including departments like Sociology, Economics and Geography, to name a few. Community contributors included Food First N.L., Stella’s Circle, the Town of Lewisporte and Choices for Youth, among others.
The other key part of Vital Signs’s ability to reach people, is the unique partnership with TC Media. With an existing distribution in the province of over 100,000, TC Media’s newspapers include The Telegram, the Western Star and nearly every regional weekly newspaper in the province. The TC partnership also includes a feature story inspired by the statistics and stories in Vital Signs. The article looks at the broad implications of this province’s changing demographics, and includes insights from faculty member, Dr. Tony Fang, the Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Cultural and Economic Transformation. Copies of Vital Signs, including bulk amounts for distribution within organizations, are available by contacting the Harris Centre at harriscentre@ mun.ca. A digital version is also available at the Harris Centre’s website at www.mun.ca/harriscentre.
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Alumni and friends aboard HMCS Preserver on Sept. 24.
The finest of nights Alumni and friends celebrate Memorial in Halifax and Toronto By Jeff Green
WITH THE HISTORIC Halifax waterfront as its backdrop, and against a stunning early fall sunset, more than 150 alumni and friends reconnected during this year’s Halifax Affinity Newfoundland and Labrador Celebration on Sept. 24. For the first time ever, the event was held aboard HMCS Preserver where guests were treated to delicious East Coast seafood along with the
fantastic music of award-winning performer Fergus O’Byrne. Comedian and musician Tony Quinn hosted this year’s event. President Gary Kachanoski welcomed guests and thanked the Canadian Armed Forces for hosting the celebration on its vessel. The event, organized by proud alumni and friends in the greater Halifax region, raised money to support a scholarship for students who are members of the
Canadian military, or their families. Guests capped the night off with a rousing rendition of the Ode to Newfoundland under the night sky. Meanwhile, more than 140 alumni and friends were delighted to find a small piece of Newfoundland and Labrador in the midst of Canada’s largest city as Memorial hosted a social night in Toronto Oct. 1. Popular bar and pub Shamrock City partnered with Memorial for the
evening, which saw one of its feature acts, musicians Bob Taylor and Carl Peters of the band Wabana, perform. Guests had a chance to taste a bit of home, too — fish and chips made from Shamrock City’s own secret recipe. The social, organized by alumni and friends in the GTA, was hosted at the restaurant Meating at the Bottom Line on Front Street West, which was decorated with memorabilia from Newfoundland and Labrador.
THE RESEARCH CENTRE for Music, Media and Place (MMaP) will present a public lecture titled Cinema and Space in Newfoundland and Labrador, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the MMaP Gallery on the second floor of the St. John’s Arts and Culture Centre. Dr. Mark David Turner, currently a post-doctoral fellow in Memorial’s Department of English and School of Music, will present. Based on his extensive research on film, film policy and filmmakers in Newfoundland and Labrador, Dr. Turner will explore the relationship between film and space in this province. How do we begin to speak of a Newfoundland and Labrador cinema? Does it even exist before the Jones brothers’ The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood? Is there such a thing as a Newfoundland and Labrador cinema? Are there features which unify the practice of film in this province? Dr. Turner will consider these questions as an approach to understanding Newfoundland and Labrador cinema as something rooted as much in space as it is in time. The lecture will be illustrated by clips from the work of Lee Wulff, Atlantic Films, MUN Extension
and the National Film Board, as well as other individuals and organizations. Dr. Turner’s research has explored the development of film practices in Newfoundland and Labrador from the suspension of Representative Government (1933) to the creation of the establishment of the Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation in 1997. On his work, Dr. Noreen Golfman, provost and vicepresident (academic) at Memorial, has said: “No one has mined the history of this province’s surprisingly rich legacy of film and filmmaking more than Mark Turner. His research helps us make good sense of the province through its representation in moving images.” Dr. Turner obtained his undergraduate degree from Memorial and continued his studies at the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto where he earned his MA and PhD. He has worked extensively as a film historian, archivist, curator and advocate in Labrador, developing the Labrador Institute’s comprehensive film and video collection at Happy Valley-Goose Bay, preparing the James Robert Andersen collection
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Cinema and Space in Newfoundland and Labrador
Dr. Mark Turner at Makkovik and is currently in the planning phases of developing a collection for the Torngâsok Cultural Centre on the Labrador Inuit. More recently he has been working with the community of Rigolet to develop a media-language archive. The lecture is sponsored by Memorial
University, as a collaboration between MMaP and the School of Music. The lecture is free and all are welcome. For more information about MMaP and this event, please contact 709-864-2058 or mmap@mun.ca, or visit www.mun.ca/mmap.
‘A good life’ Job-sharing provided best of both worlds for pioneering School of Nursing alumnae By Marcia Porter
LOUISE TIPPLE and Sharon Leonard have known each other since they were students together at the School of Nursing (SON) more than 40 years ago. They even share several important milestones: they graduated, celebrated their wedding showers together and got married in the same year, 1975. Both are now retired after almost three satisfying decades as community health nurses. In between spending quality time with their grandchildren, they’re kept busy volunteering with the SON’s 40th reunion committee as Class of ’75 alumni. Back in the day, though, they were pioneering professionals; they were among the very first nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador to experiment with job sharing. It’s rarely
heard about these days, and wasn’t very common back in 1986, either. It was the perfect arrangement for Ms. Tipple and Ms. Leonard, who were working in casual positions following the births of their first children in 1981. “In those days if you wanted to take more than six weeks off after having a baby you had to give up your job,” said Ms. Leonard, which is what both women did in order to have more family time. “It was hard because you’d get a call at 7 a.m. or 7:15 a.m. to come to work, and you’d have to scramble to get kids to the babysitter. Louise and I thought that if we had some kind of regular routine, we could do babysitters easily and have some kind of life in between.” When a full-time position opened up in what is now Eastern Health, the
two friends submitted an application to job share, which was accepted. What was meant to be a short-term arrangement continued for 27 years. “It worked for us family wise,” said Ms. Leonard. “You were never gone for more than three days at a time, and you never did five in a row unless you wanted to, so it gave us the best of both worlds.” During holidays and in case of illness, Ms. Tipple and Ms. Leonard would cover for each other. The arrangement worked so well, it led to the creation of three more full-time job-sharing positions for six other nurses. But it wasn’t just colleagues who were influenced by the pair; the two women made a strong impression on their children, too. “My daughter Jennifer works with
women in business and says, ‘Mom, you don’t realize how many women are out there trying to make it in the workforce, juggling competing demands and a very stressful job at the same time,” said Ms. Tipple. “Wherever I go I always promote the fact that my mother was a job sharer and had been since the ’80s. Women even now have such a hard time in the workforce.” Ms. Leonard’s daughter practises medicine in Ottawa, Ont., and works four days a week. “She takes every Wednesday off. She does not plan to work five days in a row and says, ‘Mom, after seeing your work schedule, I’m starting right now and having a day with my daughter every week.’ You don’t even think of these things at the time, but it really was a good life.”
Radical transformation
Investigating invasive species’ impacts on N.L.’s terrestrial mammal food web By Kelly Foss
IN ADDITION TO being an invasive species researcher, Dr. Shawn Leroux jokes he could probably be considered an invasive species himself. The assistant professor with the Department of Biology and “former mainlander” is a community/ ecosystem ecologist. Dr. Leroux and Justin Strong, a former undergraduate student in his lab, recently released a paper investigating the impacts of invasive terrestrial mammal species on Newfoundland’s terrestrial mammal food web. A food web is the natural interconnection of food chains and is generally a graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecological community. The researchers’ paper is the first time such information has been assembled about the island and one of few examples globally of the impacts of a community of invasive species on a native food web’s structure. The pair says the island of Newfoundland is unique because it harbours as many native terrestrial mammals as non-native. Islands often have unique environments and species because they are isolated from mainland communities, but these traits also make them susceptible to species invasions. “In Newfoundland, we have deliberately introduced several mammal species as a food source for residents, like snowshoe hare and moose,” said Dr. Leroux. “Other species, like coyotes, have established themselves on the island by natural range expansion. The arrival of these non-native species has radically transformed Newfoundland’s landscapes and natural food web.” Now, researchers can better understand the connections between different species on the island — native and non-native and the impacts of changing
these connections. Dr. Leroux feels it’s particularly valuable information considering the province’s culture of ecotourism, hunting, trapping and fishing. “Often when we think of introduced species we think of them as a negative thing,” he said. “In many cases this is true. Moose are having very negative impacts on the natural regeneration of native forests on the island. But other cases, particularly in Newfoundland, show that some of these introduced species also have been positive from a cultural and ecological perspective. These animals are important to a lot of people.” During their research, they discovered many introduced species,
like snowshoe hare, moose and southern red-backed voles, fall in the middle of Newfoundland’s terrestrial mammal food web. Those species are herbivores or insectivores, which are fed on by predators like lynx and coyotes. As the middle part of the food web expanded over time, an increase in prey items became available for predators to eat. That could lead to opportunities for more non-native species to successfully colonize the island. “We’re trying to understand what changes may be happening to the island’s ecosystem when these new species arrive,” said Mr. Strong. “Coyote only arrived on
the island in the mid-1980s and we are only beginning to understand what impact they will have.” Some think coyotes might not have successfully established themselves here had we not already introduced non-native food items for them. But research has shown other non-native species are also supporting native species that had been in decline. In particular, Dr. Leroux notes the Newfoundland population of American marten was endangered and facing imminent extinction on the island in 1996, but the population has since seen a recovery. An increase in potential food items available, among other things, could have contributed to the increase in numbers.
Mental health work challenging and appealing: nursing graduate By Marcia Porter
WITH A MASTER’S of science in plant biology, Costa Kasimos has a wellearned green thumb that he’s put to good use building a community garden in the west end of the capital city. He’s always been interested in food security issues and loves growing his own food. That’s something he’ll always do, even when he starts his “real” career as a mental health nurse at the Waterford Hospital.
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“There is a need for good mental health services just as there is for physical health.” — Costa Kasimos
Nursing graduate Costa Kasimos at a community garden in St. John’s he helped to build.
A recent graduate from the School of Nursing’s bachelor of nursing fast track program, Mr. Kasimos traces his interest in mental health nursing to volunteer work he began last year with Street Reach, the St. John’s-based organization that serves the younger homeless population in the downtown. “I started volunteering with Street Reach with my complex care placement and I’ve stayed with them,” said Mr. Kasimos, who’s preparing to write his registered nurse exam. “There is a need for good mental health services just as there is for physical health. It’s gratifying to know that you are able to help and offer support. It’s challenging to but that’s part of the appeal.” Mr. Kasimos spent his eight-week preceptorship earlier this year in the psychiatric assessment unit of the Waterford Hospital. He was impressed with his colleagues, impressed by the way they treated their clients and each other, and applied for a position there. Eventually he’d like to work as a street nurse, where he says there’s a real need for nursing and other medical services.
OI ’15 – Uncovering the Ocean Hundreds of delegates from across Canada, the U.S. and the European Union to attend “As the world’s economy and climate depend more on the ocean and marine resources, having accurate and up-todate ocean data is more critical than ever before.” — Randy Gillespie
By Leslie Earle
WITH LESS THAN 0.05 per cent of the ocean floor mapped to a level of beneficial detail, delegates of the 14th annual Ocean Innovation Conference will have plenty to explore as they gather in St. John’s from Oct. 26-28 to discuss the event’s theme, Mapping our Oceans. “The Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University has been proud to host the Ocean Innovation Conference every year since 2001,” said Randy Gillespie, director, Centre for Applied Ocean Technology, Marine Institute. “As the world’s economy and climate depend more on the ocean and marine resources, having accurate and up-to-date ocean data is more critical than ever before. We are looking forward to exploring the topic as it relates to oil and gas, aquaculture, fisheries and marine industries.”
Bringing together hundreds of delegates from across Canada, the United States and the European Union, the three-day conference will provide participants with an opportunity to discuss the latest developments and future prospects in ocean mapping, explore interactive exhibits, take part in practical workshops and network with others in the field. Denis Hains, director general,
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Canadian Hydrographic Service and Oceanographic Services, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, will deliver the keynote address. The address will focus on the importance of charting our oceans, from international collaboration on mapping the deep waters of the North Atlantic to charting shallow Arctic waters in the wake of climate change. The annual conference focuses on
provocative topics centered around the latest innovations in the areas of maritime safety, efficiency of operations and sustainable ocean management, while at the same time maintaining a focus on uniting all segments of the oceans community — public, private and academic. This year’s event will take place at the Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland and is being hosted in partnership with the Canadian Hydrographic Service, the City of St. John’s, the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador (Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Development), Kongsberg, the National Research Council Canada-Industrial Research Assistance Program and the Journal of Ocean Technology and Progress Media. For more information, please visit www.oceaninnovation.ca/ Themes/2015/Content/Home.
out & about • From the West Country to the Eastern Edge: Origin of the Bowrings 8-9:30 p.m., Hampton Hall, Marine Institute, Sponsor: Wessex Society • CARE Sponsors N.L. Leadership Debate 7-9:40 p.m., IIC-2001, Bruneau Centre, Sponsor: Collaborative Applied Research in Economics (CARE) • An Afternoon in the Garden 2-3 p.m., Memorial University Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: Botanical Garden • Managing Competing Priorities 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Gardiner Centre, BN-4019, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre • MUN Cinema Series: La famille Bélier 7-9 p.m., Cineplex Theatre, Avalon Mall, Sponsor: MUN Cinema • Application to Graduate School -- Tips and Strategies 3-4 p.m., Online Webinar, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies • Police Studies Information Session 1-1:50 p.m., SN-4083, Sponsor: Faculty of Arts, Academic Advising • Cinema and Space in Newfoundland and Labrador 7:30-9 p.m., MMaP Gallery, St. John’s Arts and Culture Centre, Sponsor: Memorial University, MMaP, School of Music
THURSDAY, OCT. 15 • Disaster Chef Challenge 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Clock Tower, Sponsor: Emergency Management • Public Lecture -- Weird Sex: The Unusual Morphology, Behaviour and Gametes of Capelin 7:30-9:30 p.m., SN-2067, Sponsor: Nature N.L., BGSA • Applying Systems Approach to Training: Exploring the Opportunities for Cross-pollination from the Canadian Army to Memorial University 12-1 p.m., Lecture Theatre B, Health Sciences Centre • The Public Service, at Your Service: Public Service Career Event for Students 12-2 p.m., Atrium, Business Administration building, Sponsor: Office of Public Engagement • What Worked, What Didn’t: Senior Executives Share the Greatest Successes (and Challenges) of their Leadership Careers 8-9:30 a.m., R. Gushue Hall, Sponsor: Office of Public Engagement • Toque Day 12-2 p.m., ED-1032 or ED-2000, Sponsor: Memorial University • Student Innovation Showcase 1-3 p.m., UC-3018, The Landing, Sponsor: Memorial University • Faculty Bible Study 12-12:50 p.m., HH-2005, Sponsor: Phil Heath • Digital and Social Media for HR Professionals 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Gardiner Centre, BN-4019, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre
FRIDAY, OCT. 16 • Kindness Friday 7 a.m.-11:50 p.m., St. John’s campus, Sponsor: Memorial University • Pancake Breakfast 7:30-9:30 a.m., R. Gushue Hall, Sponsor: Memorial University • Fill the Square 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Paton College Court, St. John’s campus, Sponsor: Memorial University • Spirit Parade 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m., St. John’s campus, Sponsor: Memorial University • Faith, Culture and Campus Life Forum 7-9 p.m., IIC-2001, Bruneau Centre, Sponsor: Memorial University • Kindness Friday: Faculty of Arts Book Swap 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Atrium, Arts building, Sponsor: Faculty of Arts • Blood and Oil: Injury, Death and Predatory Capitalism in the Bakken Oil Fields 3-4 p.m., SN-2025, Sponsor: Department of Geography, Blue Box Seminar • The Additive Effort of Consciously Set and Primed Goals on Organizationally Relative Tasks 9:30-11 a.m., BN-3010, Sponsor: Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University • Pain and Prejudice: What Science Can Learn from the People Who Do It 1-2:30 p.m., Theatre B, Health Sciences Centre, Sponsor: Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine
SATURDAY, OCT. 17 • MUNdays Super TSC Night Concert 7-11:50 p.m., The Rock House, 8 George St., St. John’s, Sponsor: MBNA, Johnson, The Telegram, Steele Communications • Volunteers Needed for Community Service Day
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS From left, arts student Leo Bartlett is pictured with recent visitor Alexander N. Darchiev, the ambassador of the Russian Federation to Canada. Ambassador Darchiev also met with President Kachanoski to promote relations and to discuss ways to facilitate and foster links with Russian institutions of higher Learning. Mr. Bartlett will be studying at the International Friendship University in Moscow for the 2015-16 academic year. 7 a.m.-11:50 p.m., Various Locations, Sponsor: Memorial University • School of Pharmacy Reunions 7-10 p.m., Quidi Vidi Brewery, 35 Barrows Rd., St. John’s, Sponsor: School of Pharmacy • Backyard Composting 2-3 p.m., Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: Botanical Garden, MMSB, City of St. John’s
SUNDAY, OCT. 18 • Sunday Nature Hike 10-11 a.m., Memorial University Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: Botanical Garden • Sunday Afternoon Family Programs 2-3 p.m., Memorial University Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: Botanical Garden
MONDAY, OCT. 19 • Money Matters: Financial Planning Workshop for Students 12:30-2:30 p.m., EN-4034, Sponsor: Alumni Affairs and Development, MBNA • Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition 1-3 p.m., Junior Common Room, R. Gushue Hall, Sponsor: Memorial University • MUNday: Wear MUN Branded Clothing Today 7 a.m.-11:50 p.m., St. John’s campus, Sponsor: Memorial University • Escape Quest 10 a.m.-3 p.m., UC-3018, The Landing, Sponsor: Memorial University • 34th Annual Alumni Tribute Awards 6-9 p.m., Sheraton Hotel, St. John’s, Sponsor: Memorial University • Call for Entries: Nature and Garden Art Exhibition 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: Memorial University Botanical Garden • Disturbing, Threatening and Violent Behaviour Awareness Information Session 11 a.m.-12 p.m., PE-2001, Sponsor: Office of the Chief Risk Officer
TUESDAY, OCT. 20 • Bachelor of Social Work Information Sessions 12:30-1:30 p.m., CL-1027, Sponsor: School of Social Work • Labrador/ians on Film: Upper Lake Melville 1:30-3 p.m., Aboriginal Resource Centre, College of the North Atlantic, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Sponsor: Labrador Institute, College of the North Atlantic • Excel 2010: Level 1 9 a.m.-4 p.m., BN-1011, Sponsor: Learning and Development, Human Resources • HIPP 2B Healthy Speaker Series 7 p.m., PE2001
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21 • New Employee Orientation 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Arts and Administration building, Sponsor: Learning and Development, Human Resources
• Faculty Relations Brown Bag Lunch Series for New Faculty: Teaching and Learning Framework 1-1:50 p.m., IIC-3001, Bruneau Centre, Sponsor: Office of Faculty Relations • Business Information Session 1-1:50 p.m., SN-4063, Sponsor: Academic Advising Centre • An Afternoon in the Garden 2-3 p.m., Memorial University Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: Botanical Garden • Excel 2010: Level 2 9 a.m.-4 p.m., BN-1011, Sponsor: Learning and Development, Human Resources • MUN Cinema Series: Mavis! 7-8:30 p.m., Cineplex Theatre, Avalon Mall, Sponsor: MUN Cinema • The Best of Both Worlds: Part-Time Study at Memorial University 3-4 p.m., Online Webinar, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Gardiner Centre, BN-4019, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre • Public lecture: From the Mathematics of Supersymmetry to the Music of Arnold Schoenberg 7-9 p.m., EN-2043, Sponsor: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
TUESDAY, OCT. 27 • Lunch and Learn Session: Making an Impact with Student Engagement 1-2 p.m., EN-4000, Sponsor: • Orchids 101 Workshop 7-8:30 p.m., Memorial University Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: Memorial University Botanical Garden • Performance Coaching and Development 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Gardiner Centre, BN-4019, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre
THURSDAY, OCT. 22
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28
• RefWorks: An Introduction to Citation Management Software 12-1 p.m., Computer Lab A, Health Sciences Centre, Sponsor: Division of BioMedical Sciences • MUN Business Presents: Craig Dowden, PhD, in The Art and Science of Positive Leadership 5-7 p.m., RBC Atrium, BN-1009, Sponsor: Faculty of Business Administration • Facilitation Skills Training: Getting the Most Out of Group Discussions 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Gardiner Centre, BN-4019, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre • Excel 2010 - Level 3 9 a.m.-4 p.m., BN-1011, Sponsor: Learning and Development
• Spanish Film Festival 7-9:30 p.m., A-1043, Sponsor: Latin American and Caribbean Studies Research Group • Education Information Session 1-1:50 p.m., SN-4063, Sponsor: Academic Advising Centre • An Afternoon in the Garden 2-3 p.m., Memorial University Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: Botanical Garden • Science Career Talk 12-1 p.m., UC-3018, Sponsor: Science Matters • MUN Cinema Series: Grandma 7-8:30 p.m., Cineplex Theatre, Avalon Mall, Sponsor: MUN Cinema • An Introduction to Graduate Studies at Memorial University 3-4 p.m., UC-4002, St. John’s campus, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies • Introduction to Bibliometrics 12-1 p.m., Meeting Room, Health Sciences Library, Sponsor: Health Sciences Library
FRIDAY, OCT. 23 • Generalized Atoms In Molecules Approach (GAIM Approach) 10 a.m.-12 p.m., IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies Saturday, Oct. 24 • Halloween Howl at Memorial University “BOO-tanical” Garden 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Memorial University Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: Botanical Garden
SUNDAY, OCT. 25 • Halloween Howl at Memorial University “BOO-tanical” Garden 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Memorial University Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: Botanical Garden
MONDAY, OCT. 26 • Seeing the Mathematics Behind Supersymmetry Theories (Research Seminar) 3-4:30 p.m., C-2045, Sponsor: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Department of Mathematics and Statistics • PhD Oral Defence of Jennifer Hall 1-3 p.m., IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies • Digital and Social Media Strategy and Tactics
FRIDAY, OCT. 30 • Deadline to Register: Assertiveness and Self Confidence 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Arts and Administration building, Sponsor: Learning and Development, Human Resources
SUNDAY, NOV. 1 • Sunday Nature Hike 10-11 a.m., Memorial University Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: Botanical Garden • Sunday Afternoon Family Programs 2-3 p.m., Memorial University Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: Botanical Garden
MONDAY, NOV. 2 • Daughters of Mikak: Celebrating Inuit Women’s Leadership in Labrador 12-1 p.m., SN-4080, Sponsor: Aboriginal Studies Minor Program
BOOKS AT MEMORIAL Patching Peace: Women’s Civil Society Organising in Northern Ireland Katherine Side
Throughout Northern Ireland, the term “civil society” refers to community and voluntary sector organizations, many of which are constituted by women as the majority of their membership. This book examines some of the invitations extended to women’s civil society organizations to contribute towards conflict transformation efforts, during the post-Good Friday Agreement period in Northern Ireland. Its focus is a case study approach of the Moyle Women’s Forum (1999-2004), an all-women’s, cross-community organization in the Moyle District, County Antrim. Although the inclusion of women’s civil society organizations appears to “correct” women’s historical exclusion, this book demonstrates that women’s inclusion in invited spaces is insufficient
to ensure their participation, and recognize their contributions. Their inclusion can subject women’s civil society organizations to regimes of governmentality, shaped by persistent gender stereotypes. The author argues that women’s civil society efforts should, instead, actively adopt a “patchwork-like” approach that intentionally extends beyond the limited spaces into which they are invited. With a specific focus on Northern Ireland and its current transition away from the prolonged period of conflict, the book raises key questions about the expectations placed on civil society organizations in the ongoing and complex processes of conflict transformation in Northern Ireland. Dr. Katherine Side is the interim associate dean of graduate studies and an associate professor in Department of Gender Studies at Memorial.
Venanzio Rauzzini: Castrato, Composer and Cultural Leader Paul F. Rice
Venanzio Rauzzini (1746-1810), the celebrated Italian castrato, is best known for his performance in Mozart’s Lucio Silla in 1772, with which Mozart was so pleased that he composed for the singer the famous motet Exsultate Jubilate. In 1774 Rauzzini moved to London where he performed three seasons of serious operas at the King’s Theatre. From 1777 until his death in 1810, he was the director of the concert series in Bath, a series that matched the prestige of any that were given in London. In addition, he composed prolifically, writing music for 11 operas. This book is a study of Rauzzini’s remarkable
yet often overlooked career in Britain. Dr. Rice chronicles Rauzzini’s performances at the King’s Theatre and examines his leadership of the Bath subscription concerts from 1780-1810, recovering much of the repertory. Dr. Rice shows in detail how Rauzzini responded musically to the social and political conditions of his adopted country, and analyzes the castrato’s reception, as well as compositional choices, shedding new light on changing musical tastes in late 18th-century Britain. Dr. Paul F. Rice is a professor of musicology at the School of Music at Memorial.
Paddy Boy: Growing Up Irish in a Newfoundland Outport Dr. Patrick O’Flaherty
Paddy Boy: Growing Up Irish in a Newfoundland Outport is Patrick O’Flaherty’s boyhood memoir. It covers the years 1939-54, a pivotal period when Newfoundland passed from colonial status, under direct rule from London, to provincial status under the thumb of Ottawa. The change sent tremors of dismay, and some of hope, through the small secluded outport of Long Beach, a suburb of Northern Bay halfway along the North Shore of Conception Bay. But politics is only a small part of Paddy Boy, which also touches on religion, schooling, community
and family rivalry, storytelling, ethnicity and the intricacies of surviving in a hardscrabble economy. It is above all the story of a boy’s life in a society now lost from view, one you had to live in to understand. O’Flaherty recreates that world with a sharp eye on its limitations but with tenderness and humour. Dr. Patrick O’Flaherty, an honorary degree recipient of Memorial University and a professor emeritus (English), is the author of a threevolume history of Newfoundland. Earlier in 2015 he published Scotland’s Pariah: The Life and Work of John Pinkerton (1758-1826).
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