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Selling yourselfIt was once the stuff of urban legends. Now Canadians are

confronting the black market in body parts.

Earth and skyStudent searches for the bricks and mortar of

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High school student joins research projectSummer program links students with researchersBy Phoebe Dey

Seventeen-year-old Misha Hartfeil mightbe an anomaly at the Victoria School of

the Performing and Visual Arts, wheredance and drama reign supreme. TheGrade 11 student will spend her summeras part of a University of Alberta psychi-atric research team that will investigatehow the brain recognizes facial expres-sions.

Hartfeil is one of 42 students matchedwith top researchers in the province aspart of the six-week Heritage YouthResearch Summer program funded by theAlberta Heritage Foundation for MedicalResearch. The University of Calgary andthe University of Lethbridge are also par-ticipating in the program, which wasmodelled after the U of A’s Women inScholarship, Engineering, Science andTechnology program. The AHFMRreceived 154 applications from studentsacross Alberta.

“I was the only one in my school whoapplied,” said Hartfeil, who has learnedto love science through the InternationalBaccalaureate program. “My IB teacher isso excited—he’s been running aroundtelling everyone.”

Hartfeil will be paid to work in the labof Heritage researcher Dr. NicholasCoupland, where they will be studyinghow certain types of drugs affect people’sperceptions of facial expressions. Healthyvolunteers will be tested on their ability tojudge emotions from computer-morphedfaces, after taking medicines that temporar-ily alter the activity of brain chemicals.

“People with depression often think,people don’t like me—look at how theyare looking at me,’ but we are trying tosee if there are changes in the brain thatalter those perceptions,” said Coupland.“Misha will be interviewing the healthyparticipants about general health prob-lems, and she will then do some comput-erized tests once some of the results startcoming in.”

Other U of A professors who havesigned on for HYRS include Dr. Jonathan

Lakey, from the renowned islet transplantdiabetic team, pediatriconcologist Dr. PaulGrundy and Dr. SandraDavidge, from theDepartment of Obstetricsand Gynecology. Havingthese researchers open uptheir labs to high schoolstudents represents aunique opportunity, saidthe U of A’s Grace Ennis,northern HYRS manager.

“These students aregetting the chance to dosomething many universi-ty students don’t have,”said Ennis, adding thatguest lecturers, poster sessions, field tripsand a teacher’s day are included in the

program. “AHFMR wanted to make thisavailable to as manyschools as possible, so welimited it to two studentsper school. Then theHYRS students have to goback to their schools andpresent what they learnedand try to spread a bit ofthat enthusiasm to otherstudents.”

Often, the HYRS stu-dents end up knowingmore about their specificresearch than their highschool teachers, saidEnnis. “Some of these stu-dents will present things

that even their teachers don’t know,” shelaughed. “And last year Jonathan Lakey

took time out togo to SalisburyHigh School,where his stu-dent was from,and he talkedabout his dia-betes research.In terms of gen-erating interestin science, thatreally helped.”

Couplandhopes Hartfeil,who studiesdance at VictoriaHigh School,will leave hislab with a new-found apprecia-tion forresearch.

“My job as aprofessor is toteach peopleand do research,and one of thebiggest chal-lenges is to get

people interested in what I do,” saidCoupland. “Most people think the artsare the creative part, but now we havesomeone here to help dispel that myth. Ihope through this project we’ll be able toteach young people to think of thingsthey’ve never thought of before.”

For Hartfeil, she hopes the six weekswill be the kick-off to a career in science.“I don’t know much about anxiety disor-ders or depression, but psychiatry hasalways interested me,” said Hartfeil “Idon’t really know what to expect, but Iimagine I’ll learn a lot in six weeks. Wedon’t do anything like this in high schoolscience.”

Healthy volunteers and patients withdepression, obsessive-compulsive disorderor severe social anxiety can volunteer totake part in research by calling 492-0617. ■

“My job as a professor is

to teach people and do

research,and one of the

biggest challenges is to

get people interested in

what I do. Most people

think the arts are the cre-

ative part,but now we

have someone here to

help dispel that myth.I

hope through this project

we’ll be able to teach

young people to think of

things they’ve never

thought of before.”

—Dr. Nicholas CouplandGrade 11 student Misha Hartfeil will join a research study being conducted by Dr. Nicholas Coupland this summer.

Phoebe Dey

“I don’t know much about anxi-

ety disorders or depression,but

psychiatry has always interested

me.I don’t really know what to

expect,but I imagine I’ll learn a

lot in six weeks.We don’t do any

thing like this in high school science.”

—Grade 11 student MishaHartfeil

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U of A celebrates second place in Corporate ChallengePlayers say event helps build communityBy Ryan Smith

Shannon Qualie plans to “accumulatejunk” all year so she’ll be better pre-

pared to represent the University ofAlberta in the Edmonton CorporateChallenge Scavenger Hunt next year. “Wefound everything on the list this year butsalt and pepper shakers from NiagaraFalls. I asked everyone I know if theyhad them, but no luck. Next year I’ll beready,” vowed Qualie, a computer ana-lyst in the U of A Department ofChemistry.

Qualie was one of 160 U of A facultyand staff members who participated in theannual Edmonton Corporate Challenge(ECC). The U of A team was hoping to sur-pass the Edmonton Police Service andimprove on last year’s second-place finish.The team met half of its goal, defeating theEPS but again finishing second.

The team finished three points behindTELUS Communications in the ECC Reddivision, which is for teams with anemployee base of greater than 676.

“I think this was the closest finish

between first and second probably in thehistory of the corporate challenge,” organ-izer John Younk said during the wrapparty for the U of A team Tuesday night at

the Power Plant. Younk, the U

of A team co-ordi-nator for the ECCthis year andmanager of theONEcard office byday, added thatwinning was notthe importantthing, anyway.“Team building iskey,” Younk said.“I probably met50 new people atthe U of A becauseof the challenge,and I hope every-one else met atleast 10 other peo-ple...The true ben-efit is gettingeveryone togeth-er.”

Although Dr. Christian Bohm, a Swisspost-doctorate student in the Departmentof Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,describes himself as a “fairly competitive”runner with a personal best marathon timeof 2 hours 35 minutes, he agrees withYounk that the ECC is more fun than cut-throat.

“I didn’t do this for the competition,”said Bohm, who nevertheless finished sec-ond overall in the five-mile run.

“It was a good opportunity to meetpeople from around the U of A and spendtime with them outside of work in ahealthy way—I hope I can do it again next

year.”Younk downplayed light-hearted sug-

gestions that the U of A “threw” the chal-lenge, allowing TELUS to win, because ofthe U of A’s strategic funding allianceswith the telecommunications company.“No way,” he said, smiling.

“I think everyone was in tune withhow close we were to TELUS right up tothe end. It came down to the last fewevents and we almost caught them, but wegave it our best.”

The ECC Red division, for the largestcompanies and institutions in the competi-tion, included more than 30 teams compet-

ing in 23 events which ranged from bad-minton to horseshoes to volleyball.

One of the U of A’s five gold medalscame in the darts competition. “We prac-ticed every Wednesday night since thecompetition last year in order to preparefor this,” said Carol-Anne McEwen, a labassistant in the Faculty of Pharmacy andPharmaceutical Sciences.

“I knew we had a good chance becauseI play all the time and I knew my team-mates were good. I think I was our weak-est link, but it came down to the last shotand I made it for the win. It’s something Iwon’t forget anytime soon.” ■

”I didn’t do this for the

competition.It was a

good opportunity to

meet people from

around the U of A and

spend time with them

outside of work in a

healthy way—I hope I

can do it again next

year.”

—Grad student and dis-tance runner ChristianBohm Members of the U of A Corporate Challenge team celebrated another second-place win in the city-wide event.

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Plans underway for international residenceStudent residents would live and learn in unique settingBy Richard Cairney

The University of Alberta is looking todevelop a more comprehensive, multi-

cultural experience for students fromCanada and abroad, through the creationof a new international centre for living andlearning.

Former chancellor Lou Hyndman ischairing an 18-member taskforce with representationfrom both campus and thecommunity, charged withrecommending the shapesuch a centre would take.Hyndman says the ideal cen-tre would be more than justhousing for students—itwould offer residents achance to learn about othercultures though everydayactivities in a truly interna-tional setting.

“We can only truly equipstudents to become tomor-row’s leaders if we make theUniversity of Alberta experi-ence an international one,”says President Rod Fraser.“This is an exciting concept and one thathas worked very well in top internationaluniversities.”

The task force has been studyingother international centres and has dis-covered a variety of experiences can beoffered to enrich a student’s universityeducation. At one centre in London,Hyndman said, different cultures taketurns providing information about them-

selves and their traditions.“On Monday night, you might have a

group of Mexican students showing offMexican art, and on Wednesday it mightbe someone from the Pacific Rim display-ing an element of their culture—Vietnamese cooking for example,” he said.

The London centre, headded, recently held a sem-inar, opened to the publicand media, on the issue ofslavery.

“There were peoplefrom a number of disci-plines making presenta-tions, from sociologists anddoctors to historians, talk-ing about working condi-tions some people experi-ence today and the historyof slavery,” Hyndman said.

So students living insuch a centre need to com-mit themselves to receivingan extra-curricular educa-tion in multicultural living.

“The people there arepeople who reach out, people who arepotential leaders in their own countries orin Canada or both, and people who areprepared and willing and keen to experi-ence different international cultures. It isquite an interesting approach.”

Hyndman’s task force is expected toprovide its findings and recommendationsin August.

“We have looked at about 15 (interna-

tional centres) so far,” said Hyndman. “We are now picking the brains of

these international entities around theworld and finding what is single mostimportant reason for their success, andhow would they do it differently if theyhad the chance.”

Hyndman said the task force is alsoconsulting with different groups in thecity, to listen to some ideas they mighthave for an international centre. “We areseeking the input of about 125 ethno-cul-tural groups, asking them about theirthoughts. We’ve even got down to askingif they would consider arranging scholar-ships or bursaries for students from theirown countries. We’re trying to consultwith everyone who will be interested orinvolved in any way.”

Anyone interested in offering sugges-tions to the task force can contact DavidWu at 492-2692 or via e-mail atqiuling@ualberta.ca . ■

“The people there are people

who reach out,people who

are potential leaders in their

own countries or in Canada or

both,and people who are pre

pared and willing and keen to

experience different interna

tional cultures.It is quite an

interesting approach.”

—Lou Hyndman

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How much is the gift of life worth?The black market in human organs is under intense scrutinyBy Richard Cairney

Robin Allen knows precisely how long hewas on dialysis: two years, eight

months and 26 days. Near the end of thattime Allen, who had suffered from poly-cystic kidney disease, visited the hospitalfive days each week. Finally, he received akidney transplant.

Allen is eter-nally grateful forthe organdonor—dialysis,he says, is not apleasant thing.“I’ve got themarks on myarms to prove it,”he says of thelarge-gauge nee-dles involved inthe procedure.The treatmentstake over yourlife, dictatingyour schedule.And there areside-effects:patients are askedto limit their fluidintake to one litreper day, leavingthem parched

much of the time. And some patients suf-fer a condition which causes their skin toitch—scratching only aggravates the prob-lem—and Allen was one of those who suf-fered such symptoms.

“If you scratch, the itching gets worse,and your skin turns red. I’d jump into abathtub filled with hot water, then rubmyself with ice just to try and get somesleep,” said Allen, a radio news broadcaster.“The only good thing I can say about theitch is that it took my mind off how thirsty Iwas all the time. When your kidneys don’twork, you can’t get rid of excess fluid at all.And so they gave us fluid restrictions thatwere just unreal…but I could drive aroundthe planet without making a single bath-room stop.”

And yet Allen knows he may wellhave faced a worse fate. He is one of thelucky few Canadians who have received adonated organ. Traditionally, the odds areagainst persons waiting for organ dona-tions. Last year, 147 Canadians died whileawaiting transplants. Canada, with anorgan and tissue donation rate of just 14per one million persons, has one of thelowest donation rates in the industrializedworld.

Knowing that donated organs are inshort supply, some Canadians have turnedto the international black market. Mediareports in recent years have shed light onthese shady operations, in which self-styled ‘brokers’ arrange the sales of organsto patients who can pay. Kidneys are themost commonly traded organs, and inmost cases, poor persons in developingnations sell a kidney to wealthy patients.The cost for an organ can run over$100,000 but the person who actually sellsan organ often sees very little of whatamounts to a tremendous fortune.Recently, Canadians have advertised thesale of their own, healthy kidneys insearch of a quick financial windfall.

Dr. Kim Solez, a professor of pathologyand director of a patient-care and educa-tion program with the U.S. National

beautiful thing to do, it becomes grotty.”Allen says it’s a sad situation to even

ask the question, ‘why shouldn’t peoplewho can pay $150,000 be allowed to buyan organ?’ “It seems wrong to me. It seemsthat if it is going on we should try to dosomething to solve it, and the solutionisn’t that they should have the right to selloff body parts; we should be doing some-thing about the conditions that led them tothis place.”

Solez says something needs to be done,too, about the donor rate in Canada, inorder to speed up the transplant processand make the purchase of organs lessenticing. To that end, federal health minis-ter Allan Rock announced a $20-millioninitiative in April aimed at improvingCanada’s poor donation rates.

Other options include xenotransplanta-tion, the use of animal organs in humans.The problem with xenotransplants is thepossibility of animal viruses jumping intohuman populations. But Allen says that, ifthe procedure were safe, he’d go for it.

“Apparently there are still some prettybig problems with that, but if it were madesafe, hell—It wouldn’t bother me in theleast,” said Allen. “I would take kidneysfrom a German shepherd, a baboon, a pig.I’d even be willing to take one of the pig’skidney’s and promise to take care of thatpig for the rest of its natural life.”

Ultimately, he adds, organs need to bedonated out of pure kindness.

“I don’t know how to put this withoutsounding really corny, but the kidney I gotcame from a guy killed in a tragic, tragicaccident, and in the midst of all this griefhis family decided to give this gift tosomeone they didn’t know. If it is a gift, itcertainly makes me more aware of every-body’s humanity, and I think, ‘Geez, itisn’t such a bad old world after all.’ ” ■

organ failure…as soon as people’s bodyparts have a price tag we have sold our-selves. That is a hard line for me, and Idon’t have many hard lines.”

A healthy kidney may benefit a recipi-ent, and money may benefit someone des-perate enough to sell an organ from theirown body, Shanner says. “But someone isgoing to have to convince me that savingour lives from organ failure is worth everyimaginable cost.”

Despite the hardships he enduredwhile on dialysis, Allenfeels the same way.Asked if he would havebought a kidney if thepossibility had presenteditself, Allen respondedwith a definite ‘no.’

“I have been askingmyself that very questionas I’ve been reading thesearticles over the past cou-ple of weeks,” Allen said.“I like to think I’d havethe moral fibre to say thisis shameful to exploitpeople who are so poorand desperate they arewilling to sell bodyparts.”

Those same media reports have putforward the suggestion that, because thesale of human organs occurs anyway, gov-ernments ought to simply regulate thepractice.

Allen feels organ donation is abovefinance. An organ is the gift of life, he says,not a commodity.

“If organ donation becomes a financialtransaction, well, maybe I am an old hippiecommunist guy and think money spoilseverything, but when you open up for salewhat is a completely unselfish act and a

Kidney Foundation, has intimate experi-ence with such transactions. In 1997, heand a group of colleagues from around theworld, after gaining access to a directoryof patients, led the FBI to an Americanorgan broker who had been advertising hisservices to patients awaiting kidney trans-plants. The man was arrested in Europeand imprisoned, but only for a short peri-od of a few months. Still, Solez has noqualms about his role in the man’s arrest.

“What he was doing is wrong becauseproviding a healthbenefit shouldn’t besomething that takesaway health fromsomebody else and iscompensated by mon-etary payment, mostof which goes to somethird party,” Solezsaid. “The donorsdon’t recognize therisk to themselves.The usual way ofobtaining the trans-plant has none of thisaspect of purchasinghuman life.”

The trade inhuman organs is ille-gal in Canada and the U.S. and consideredimmoral in many quarters, regardless ofits legality. But if so many people aredying because of a lack of human organdonors, why should we prevent suchtransactions from occurring?

“I just don’t know what else it wouldtake to live up to the word ‘dehumaniz-ing,’” says Dr. Laura Shanner, a Universityof Alberta professor of health ethics withthe John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre.“My take on it is, without diminishing theneeds and interest of people suffering

“I just don’t know what else it would take

to live up to the word ‘dehumanizing.’My

take on it is,without diminishing the

needs and interest of people suffering

organ failure…as soon as people’s body

parts have a price tag we have sold our

selves.That is a hard line for me,and I

don’t have many hard lines.”

—Dr. Laura Shanner, John Dossetor HealthEthics Centre.

“If organ donation

becomes a financial

transaction,well,maybe I

am an old hippie com-

munist guy and think

money spoils everything,

but when you open up

for sale what is a com-

pletely unselfish act and

a beautiful thing to do, it

becomes grotty.”

—Kidney recipient RobinAllen

The illegal sale of human organs, once the stuff of urban legends, has become a real concern in industrialized nations.

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The power of oneHonorary degree recipients are shining starsBy Dr. Rod Fraser

Each day of convocation, as our grad-uands cross the stage to receive their

degrees, we also acknowledge one addi-tional person for his or her exemplaryachievements — the honorary degreerecipient. These recipients are outstandingexamples of individuals who have madepowerful contributions to our society, onlocal to international scales. They are shin-ing examples of what driven individualscan achieve, and serve as models for thestandard of excellence we hope our stu-dents will strive for in their futures.

Don Tapscott is an excellent model forthe relevance of life-long learning. Assomeone who has seized the opportunitiesprovided by the information super-high-way, he has led us in thinking intellectual-ly about the Internet and various newmedia, and the many implications theyhave on our society, from business torethinking democracy. His knowledge interms of the Internet’s capabilities as a pro-found medium has led former AmericanVice-President Al Gore to consider Mr.Tapscott as “one of the world’s leadingcyber-gurus.” This creative and adaptivethinker shares his wealth of informationworldwide as a speaker in high demand.

Herbert Belcourt is an exceptionallocal businessman who has generously

given back to the community, developingmany programs and opportunities foraboriginal people. Through his effortsand advocacy, he has improved livingconditions for hundreds of families. Hehas raised awareness in the communityand in political arenas about fetal alcoholsyndrome, spurring increased researchinto its causes and treatments. He strong-ly believes in the power of education tohelp aboriginal people thrive socially andeconomically, as proven in his support tothe University of Alberta through scholar-ships for aboriginal students, and anendowment to create the foundation ofNative Student Services’ aboriginalrecruitment strategy. His dedication to theaboriginal and non-aboriginal communi-ties serves as a model for us all.

Dr. Henry Friesen is an ambassador forexcellence in research. His discovery of ahuman hormone, and subsequent test fortumors which secrete excess amounts ofthis hormone, have affected the lives ofthousands with reproductive disorders. Hehas also played an important role in thecreation of the Canadian Institutes ofHealth Research, and led such fundingagencies to broaden the scope of medicalresearch being supported in Canada. Aschair of Genome Canada, he continues to

lead our country in areas of vital impor-tance. His undertakings, past to present,are testament to the critical importance ofresearch to the future of our country.

Adeline Roche is a champion forhumanity. She has stretched her arms farbeyond the borders of her home country ofIreland to touch the devastated lives ofothers, namely the victims of theChornobyl nuclear disaster. Her leadershiphas culminated in an awe-inspiring projectto not only provide medical aid, but alsoprovide thousands of Belarussian childrenwith the opportunity to recuperate inIreland, adding two years of life to everychild who is taken outside of the radioac-tive zone for only one month. With herstrong vision of how the world should andcould be, she has courageously attemptedto make the world a better place.

Erast Huculak is an entrepreneur witha philanthropic heart. An accomplishedbusinessman, he has harnessed that suc-cess to further humanitarian causes, aswell as support projects related to hisancestral ties to Ukraine. As founder anddirector of the Children of ChernobylCanadian fund, he has provided muchhumanitarian support to victims of thenuclear accident. As well, through his gen-erous philanthropy, he has promoted

increased relations between Ukraine andCanada, on both government and citizenrylevels. A primary example of this is hisfunding of the University of Alberta’sHuculak Chair of Ukrainian Culture andEthnography, which is housed in the onlycentre for Ukrainian studies in NorthAmerica.

Professor Oluwole Soyinka is an excep-tional playwright, poet and novelist whohas nobly searched for truth amidst tur-moil. His written work reflects the politicaland cultural strife of his life in Africa.Throughout his life, he has remained alight of truth, speaking out in pursuit ofthe truth despite the risk to his life. Foroutwardly standing fast to his views, hehas been imprisoned, held in solitary con-finement, and finally forced into exile fromhis native Nigeria. He is the embodimentof our University motto, Quaecumque Vera— whatsoever things are true.

This year’s honorary degree recipientsare sterling examples of the power of one— the power of one person to make a dif-ference. As a university that strives to pro-vide our students with the skills andknowledge to be the leaders of tomorrow,our honorary degree recipients are inspira-tion for what our students can accomplishas they make their way in the world. ■

Ingles receives honours in a field with rich rewardsPeer recognition is nice, but there’s more to it than thatBy Gilbert A. Bouchard

For Ernie Ingles, the best part of winningthe Canadian Library Association’s

Outstanding Service to LibrarianshipAward is knowing that he’s receiving thefull recognition of his peers.

“It’s always great to getrecognition via an institu-tional award, but gettingpeer recognition is extra spe-cial—it means I’ve made amark,” says the Universityof Alberta’s Associate Vice-President (LearningSystems) and ChiefLibrarian.

The service award, pre-sented to Ingles at the open-ing ceremony of the annualconference of the CanadianLibrary Association earlierthis week in Winnipeg, is thehighest honour granted bythe association and marksoutstanding, long-termachievement of lasting sig-nificance in the development of Canadianlibrary service. Ingles’ work in the field iscertainly vast and definitely of nationalscope, including work on more than 120professional associations and related com-mittees.

Highlights of this service include: acting as founding executive director ofthe Canadian Institute for HistoricalMicroreproductions, playing a key role in the creation of the Northern Exposure to Leadership Institute, and holding thepresidencies of the Canadian LibraryAssociation, the Bibliographical Society ofCanada, the Council of Prairie and Pacific

University Libraries, and theSaskatchewan Library Association.

Ingles, who held library positions atthe University of British Columbia, theUniversity of Calgary and the University

of Regina before joiningthe U of A in 1990, is cur-rently Chair of theAdvisory Board of theCanada Institute forScientific and TechnicalInformation, and theSteering Committee of theCanadian Initiative onDigital Libraries.

As euphoric as theaward leaves him feeling,the ever-modest Ingles isquick to share credit withhis dedicated, hard-work-ing staff. “An award likethis means that you have somany good people standingbehind you,” says theCalgary-raised academic,

who earned a B.A. and M.A. in history,and a M.L.S. from the University ofBritish Columbia. “So many things thatI’m known for are the product of manyhands. We have one of the best libraries inNorth America that has itself won numer-ous awards because of this wonderfulgroup of folks.”

Ingles is especially proud that the U ofA’s vast library holdings (5.4 million vol-umes, 31,000 current serial titles) areranked second in Canada and 26th amongNorth America’s 110 major researchlibraries. That ranking is a feat that’s espe-cially stunning given the reduced

A life-long fan of libraries and theirvalue to society, Ingles believes thatlibraries have always been in the businessof “life-long learning” and were doing solong before this concept became a businessbuzzword.

“You can’t imagine the feeling you getseeing a mother learn to read alongsideher children, working in a library literacyprogram,” he said. “There’s no better feel-ing and that was the reason I went intolibrary science: I know that at the end ofthe day I’ve made a difference.” ■

resources Ingles and his staffhad to work with during thelast decade. Budget cuts in themid-90s, for example, saw hisstaff reduced from 420 to 280.

“It’s a measure of theresilience of the staff that theymaintained such a high levelof service despite the cut-backs—it demonstrates a realcreativity and the ability toadapt,” he said, noting thatthe financial outlook for the Uof A libraries is muchimproved.

“Libraries, public andresearch, are always secondon everybody’s list and it’salways a tough sell, but peo-ple do see the value and theservice provided by good col-lection building,” he said, Agood library, he added, can bea factor in luring talentedresearchers and teachers to aninstitution. “No library canprovide everything for every-body, but a good indicator of our service isthe 80,000 requests we receive a year forinter-library loans—the fifth highest.”

The service provided by a library islong-term. “It’s building a collection forfuture generations as well as for currentresearchers,” says Ingles. It’s also a taskthat is growing increasingly complicated,given the demands for the collection ofelectronic and digital information. “It’smore than just buying books and puttingthem on the shelf. So much of the informa-tion in the sciences are in electronic form.”

“You can’t imagine the feeling

you get seeing a mother learn

to read alongside her children,

working in a library literacy

program.There’s no better feel-

ing and that was the reason I

went into library science:Iknow that at the end of the

day I’ve made a difference.”

—Ernie Ingles

University of Alberta Associate Vice-President (Learning Systems)Ernie Ingles, who also serves as chief librarian, has been awardedthe Canadian Library Association’s Outstanding Service toLibrarianship Award.

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What’s so virtuous about moderation in politics?Just ask George W.—moderation is fine, but only in moderationBy Judith Garber

Last week, the desk of Vermont SenatorJames Jeffords was carried across the

aisle of the United States Senate chamber.Never has moving a piece of office furni-ture involved so much public display ofemotion, for when Jeffords left theRepublicans to become a Democratic-affili-ated independent, the Democrats gainedcontrol of the Senate and party dynamicschanged nationally. The word of themoment is not, however, “partisanship,” itis “moderation.” Moderation is the princi-ple for which Jeffords stands and towardswhich Americans have gravitated.Moderation is praised lavishly and often,but is it really a political virtue?

Jeffords’ switch has genuine policy andpolitical consequences. His decision hasalso, precisely because it is significant,been widely examined in terms of its vir-tuousness, with newspaper commentarieseven citing political philosophers. Overall,the media have been kind to Jeffords, butthere is disagreement about the virtue inhis action. He has been called undemocrat-ic (in thwarting the intent of Vermont andAmerican voters) and democratic (in rep-resenting his state’s ideology and inter-ests); honest (for adhering to his own prin-ciples) and deceptive (for defecting post-election); traitorous (to Republican col-leagues) and loyal (to the Republicans’Lincolnesque heritage).

Notably, however, there is consider-able agreement among analysts and politi-cians that moderation is a virtue–after all,Republican immoderation alienatedJeffords. Moderation seems like the obvi-ous reaction to a closely divided govern-

ment, especially in the American checks-and-balances system. Indeed, the majorpolicy implication of Democratic controlof the Senate leadership and committeeswill be the chance to defuse the most con-servative elements of theBush administration’s agen-da (the National MissileDefense system, oil drillingin the Arctic NationalWildlife Refuge, withdraw-al of U.S. troops from theBalkans, etc.). Temperingideology and partisanbehaviour is also increas-ingly deemed laudable.People associate modera-tion with decency towardsopponents (a courtesy theWhite House and then-Majority LeaderTrent Lott failed to extend to Jeffords) andallowing elected officials to follow theirconsciences freely. It may include soften-ing the harshest effects of economic orsocial policies on vulnerable populationslike children.

Talking moderately seems as importantas acting moderately. The Democratsalready achieved profound moderationduring Bill Clinton’s presidency on issuesfrom trade to budget deficits to crime;thus, new Majority Leader Tom Daschleneed only reiterate his quest for bipartisan-ship and balance in policy deliberations,and showcase continuing tolerance forconservative members from Georgia andLouisiana. As born-again moderates,Republicans must work to leaven the hardconservatism of the Southern party leader-

ship, and to prevent further defections byNortheastern (and female) members overissues like abortion, health care, and theenvironment. One House Republican pro-claimed that “both parties need to hug

their moderates;” it wasthe Republicans alone whoreportedly physicallyembraced startled col-leagues from states likePennsylvania and Maine.

A justification for act-ing moderately is thecharacter of the Americanelectorate. White malesand African-Americansexcepted, every other siz-able demographic slice ofvoters is treated as basi-

cally moderate; suburban white womenare particularly decisive. Party identifica-tion is weak, and last November’s elec-tion–an exact tie in Senate seats and virtu-al ties in every other measure ofCongressional and Presidential voting–isendlessly interpreted as a true moderat-ing force in U.S. politics. If Americans aremoderate, should representatives not bemoderate, too?

Efforts to locate a middle groundbetween the Canadian Alliance andProgressive Conservatives, like the NewLabour victory in last week’s British elec-tion, suggest that moderation is not todaya uniquely American value. Althoughmoderation is unarguably popular withinpolitical discourse, it is not necessarily vir-tuous. First, moderation is meaninglesswithout other virtues–open-mindedness

and the ability to engage in thoughtfuldebate–that are scarce among elected offi-cials in the U.S. and elsewhere. If modera-tion merely entails tolerating a few maver-icks, and bargaining with them when nec-essary, it will not improve the politicalprocess or its outcomes. Further, modera-tion is not a genuine virtue if it is primari-ly obstructionist. Many Americans arerelieved that Democrats can now stop cer-tain extremely conservative initiatives, butthis is not itself moderation. Nor does itprovide a persuasive critique of these ini-tiatives or invite voters to make moremoderate choices.

Finally, the language of moderationmasks an ideological stance. Jeffordsnudged American political possibilities tothe centre, but it has shifted far enough tothe right that moderation is actually con-servatism, or neo-liberalism. (Jeffords him-self is often left of centre!) Both Democratsand Republicans officially consider “mod-erate” tax cuts for people of “moderate”means a virtue; liberal and social demo-cratic parties in Canada and Europe havesimilarly shifted. Interestingly, the NewDemocratic Party is rethinking its moder-ated stance, since it has stranded voters onthe left without a voice or choice; conser-vatives make this complaint in other con-texts. Political moderation is often prefer-able to rigidity, but it is not as universallyvirtuous as political leaders would have usbelieve. ■

(Judith Garber, an associate professor ofpolitical science who specializes in U.S. politicsand urban politics, is completing a sabbaticalat San Francisco State University.)

Engineering grad is a real role modelFolio article helps encourage Aboriginal students

I wanted to thank Folio writer DavidBeharry for his very well written articleabout engineering student LloydMandeville who is graduating during thisconvocation (Trapper’s son reaches careermilestone, Folio, June 1, 2001).

Lloyd is a tremendously humble manwho deserves the recognition of the strug-gle he endured to achieve his goal ofbecoming a civil engineer. Specifically, thearticle sends a clear and powerful messagethat Aboriginal students from acrossCanada can achieve what they set theirminds to, at anytime in their lives.

Lloyd is a role model and our Aboriginalcommunity is short on role models.

Thank you for your time and effort towrite such a good story that documents

Lloyd’s humble beginnings, his strug-gle, and his success.

Good work!Lewis Cardinal

Director and Co-ordinatorOffice of Native Student Services

University of Alberta

Richard Eaton article helpsspread the wordA couple of errors require correction, though

Thank you for Tom Murray’s article onthe launch of my book, A Passion for Music,a biography of Richard S. Eaton (RichardEaton Singers brought music to the people,Folio, June 1, 2001).

I have just received a copy of thereview, and should like to correct twoerrors that crept into the item. RichardEaton did not found the University ofAlberta Mixed Chorus; medical studentGordon Clark did, in 1944. When Clarkwas obliged to give up the leadership ofthe chorus in 1947 due to the pressure ofhis studies, Professor Eaton assumed theleadership, becoming the UAMC’s secondconductor. Eaton led the Mixed Chorus for20 years.

Richard Eaton did found theUniversity Singers, a community-basedadult choir, and led it from 1951 to 1967.

The choir was renamed the Richard EatonSingers in 1969. The two choirs are some-times confused because in the early daystheir names were somewhat similar, andbecause Eaton led them both. I hope thissets the record straight.

Regarding Richard Eaton’s educationbackground: he left school after complet-ing Grade 8. When he was offered a musicscholarship at McGill he couldn’t accept itbecause he hadn’t begun high school. Heentered high school when he was 19.

I appreciate Folio’s interest in mybook. I think many people will find theEaton story fascinating, regardless ofwhether or not they knew this visionaryAlberta pioneer or were/are involved inmusic.

Margaret C. MathesonEdmonton

The word of the moment is not,

however, “partisanship,”it is

“moderation.”Moderation is the

principle for which Jeffords

stands and towards which

Americans have gravitated.

Staging a coup can be a bloody businessNo, it isn’t a Canadian Alliance leadership race, it’s Richard IIIBy Tom Murray

Now in its thirteenth year of production,the River City Shakespeare Festival has

introduced countless Edmontonians to theamazingly resilient work of Great Britain’smost famous literary export.

Started by University of Albertadrama students intent on practicing theircraft during the summer theatre lull, thefestival began as a low-key, one-show-a-year event. In the mid-1990s, the Free WillPlayers escalated operations and startedstaging two shows each summer; recentlythe two shows grew into the River CityShakespeare Festival, staging two mainstage productions along with variousother ancillary events. And since 1998,drama professor Kim McCaw has been akey figure in the festival, directing one ofthe two plays each year for the last threeyears.

Following a successful 15-year stint atthe Prairie Theatre Exchange in Winnipeg,with a sojourn leading the playwright’scolony at the Banff Centre for the Arts,McCaw moved to Edmonton in 1997 totake up a teaching post at the U of A.Three years ago McCaw was approachedby an old acquaintance to help out withthe burgeoning festival. “JamesMcDonald, the artistic director for the fes-tival at the time, asked me to direct TwoGentlemen of Verona,” he explains. “Thefollowing year I did Much Ado AboutNothing. My initial background was inproducing new Canadian plays, which isgreat since I’ve come here directingShakespeare and trying to make them likenew plays.”

Playing fast and loose with the con-ventions of Shakespeare has become a bitof a cottage industry lately. Hamlet, Romeoand Juliet, and Titus Andronicus are some of

the more recent plays to be updated forthe screen, but live theatre has also beengetting into the act, with the River CityShakespeare Festival receiving critical andpublic acclaim for its imaginative recastingof the Bard’s work.

“That’s one of the signatures of thecompany,” says the director. “These arenot traditional productions, we are tryingto put a contemporary spin on the shows,to put them in different time periods. Lastyear, Much Ado About Nothing was castinto the late ‘60s, Southern California. Itwas sort of a Vietnam War, Summer ofLove kind of background. Two Gentlemen ofVerona became a western, Tex-Mex kind ofthing; the borders they were crossing, andinstead of between Verona and Padua,they were between Texas and Mexico, sowe had mariachi music and all that kind ofstuff. We try very hard to put a new spinon things.”

This year McCaw directs Richard IIIand he and his associates continue the tra-dition, opening up the story line for audi-ences potentially put off by the perceivedmustiness of the original play. McCaw hasset the title character’s power grab in adeliberately vague era, one that allows formedieval as well as fascist symbols.

“I call it eclectic anachronism,” helaughs. “We’re mixing in a variety of dif-ferent time periods. Like in the film ver-sion of Titus, the way they mix motorcy-cles with centurions on horses and 1950s’automobiles during the opening sequence.We’re also playing around with that kindof fluid period. But it’s basically contem-porary; right now we’re trying to findways to show royalty and lineage, to indi-cate the power struggle that is Richard III.”

By refashioning the milieu in which

the action is set, McCaw hopes to draw theaudience into the core of the play, bypass-ing the ornamentation of the story andzeroing in on the basic intrigue and nakedambition that rests at the heart ofShakespeare’s tragedy.

“How do you make the story availableto an audience in Edmonton? There’s somuch of the original piece that’s depend-ent on its audience knowing who LordStanley is, or who Lord Dorset is. Of

course, in Canada right now, we don’thave a clue who any of those people are,so what we need to do is make the dra-matic struggles, the alliances, the betrayalsclear. It’s making the politics crystal clearto the audience.”

The River City Shakespeare Festivalopens June 21 and plays alternate perform-ances of Richard III and As You Like Itthrough July 15 at the Hawrelak ParkAmphitheater. Mondays are dark. ■

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Barbour turns to essay to explain love of poetryLyric/Anti-lyric examines the present state of art

By Gilbert A. Bouchard

Internationally acclaimed poet DouglasBarbour’s most recent collection of essays

highlights his decades-deep love for poeticpractice interpreted throughthe eyes of a dedicatedverse-spinner.

“This book gathers upessays I’ve written over thepast 15 or 20 years to coverthe poetry and poets thatI’ve really admired,” saysthe University of AlbertaEnglish professor, author ofLyric/Anti-lyric: Essays onContemporary Poetry justreleased by Edmonton’sNeWest Press.

This non-fiction offeringis the eighth volume of TheWriter as Critic Series underthe editorial scrutiny ofSmaro Kamboureli. Poetscelebrated in Barbour’sbook include MichaelOndaatje, Phyllis Webb, bpNichol, fellow U of A pro-fessor/poet E. D. Blodgettand Eli Mandel a former Uof A English professor.Lyric/Anti-lyric also includesseveral essays that exploreBarbour’s growing admira-tion for Australian and NewZealand poetry, especially when looked atfrom a post-colonial perspective (beingthat both countries as well as Canada are“settler” nations).

“Mostly I want to introduce myCanadian readers to some writers theymay not have heard of,” says Barbour,

who planned to break fromtradition at the officiallaunch of his book (June 15at Orlando Books) and readpoems cited in the volumerather than just excerptsfrom his essays.

“The book is a celebra-tion of the art, especiallylooking at my fellow writersfrom the point of a poet. Asa poet I’m more interested incalling attention to the poemat hand—unlike other theo-rists who are giving you thatgrand thematic reading or acriticism that’s all aboutline-by-line details. I’m rep-resenting my own responsesto the work and want themvery much to be observa-tions of the moment.”

Barbour, who teachescreative writing and hasbeen with the U of A since1969, says he’s excited aboutbeing part of the Writer asCritic Series. He joins animpressive grouping ofpoet/critics: Fred Wah,

Daphne Marlatt, Phyllis Webb, Aritha vanHerk (a former student of Barbour’s),George Bowering and Stephen Scobie (apast University of Alberta instructor,

Governor General Award winner andcollaborator since 1972 with Barbour inthe performance duo Re:Sounding).

As the title of the book implies,Barbour is a great fan of the “music thatruns through” poetry and very muchenjoyed thinking through his ideasabout the role of lyric and anti-lyric asplayed out in modern poetry. “Be it inpoetry or in the jazz that I like to listento, I like rhythmic intensity,” heexplains. “I’m interested in poems thatlimit lyric egotism.”

Aligning himself in a fashion with aformalist school of abstract visual art hepersonally admires, Barbour exploreshis long-held fascination with poeticform in the essays, a stylistic dedicationlong evident in his verse in such poeticcollections such as Land Fall (1971),Visions of My Grandfather (1977), TheHarbingers (1984), Story for aSaskatchewan Night (1990) and lastyear’s Fragmenting Body etc.

The cover image for the last titlewas a print by U of A colleague LizIngram—Barbour values her artistic sensi-bilities. “For me, the sense of form isimportant in all art. Even classical repre-sentational painting had an abstract ele-ment that was concerned with colour andform. One of my favourite painters,Vermeer, in his A Street in Delft very muchmakes use of geometry and colour valuesto make his statement.”

Barbour attributes being raised on amonolithic prairie environment for an

aspect of this attention to form because“you get so used to noticing small changesin the landscape—it trains you to payattention,” he says.

“In the end all art involves artifice andsome art is more transparent in drawingattention to the creation of that artifice.Take the recent film Moulin Rouge. There’sno mistaking the artificiality in that work.There’s always some kind of formal quali-ty at the heart of any artistic endeavour.”■

Drama professor Kim McCaw, who directs Richard III for the River City Shakespeare Festival, has ways of making you enjoy the show.

David Beharry

“The book is a celebration of

the art,especially looking at

my fellow writers from the

point of a poet.As a poet I’m

more interested in calling

attention to the poem at

hand—unlike other theorists

who are giving you that grand

thematic reading or a criticism

that’s all about line-by-line

details.I’m representing my

own responses to the work

and want them very much to

be observations of the

moment.”

—Douglas Barbour

When University of Alberta faculty andstaff return after the Canada Day

weekend, they’ll be greeted by a new,state-of-the-art telephone system.

The campus’ existing Centrex tele-phone infrastructure is being replaced overthe long weekend with a Nortel PBX(Private Branch Exchange) digital system.

The change to the new system is “thelargest of its kind to date in either the pub-lic or private sectors in Canada,” saysErnie Ingles, the university’s AssociateVice-President (Learning Systems).

Kevin Moodie, manager of communi-cation services at CNS and one of thesponsors of the project, says the new sys-tem will offer enhanced capability, provenreliability, and lower costs.

“Our objective was to look at wherephone technology is going in the near andfar future,” says Moodie, noting that theold Centrex system was becoming expen-sive, obsolete, and difficult to upgrade.Because a 12-year contract with TELUS forCentrex services was set to expire inFebruary 2001, a leadership team wasformed to consider the university’soptions.

The leadership team recommended aNortel system that offers the university animmediate five per cent drop in line costs

and 50 per cent in voice mail costs. Linecharges for the Centrex system were toincrease between nine and 25 per cent.Although it will cost less than the old sys-tem, the new PBX system will offer morefunctionality, including more and betterdesktop features. It will also be easier tomove lines or change equipment, becauseuniversity staff in partnership with TELUSwill support the system.

The Nortel system is extremely reli-able, says Moodie, and meets the indus-try’s “five nines” standard, meaning it canbe expected to run smoothly 99.999 percent of the time.

Up to 16,000 lines can be added to thephone network, allowing plenty of roomfor campus growth. The new system isexpected to provide a digital environmentadequate for the next decade.

Most individual users can expect tobenefit from the new single-line Nortel3902 and multi-line 3903 and 3904 hand-sets, each of which will be equipped withcall display and speakerphone. Trainingsessions on the 3903 and 3904 handsets areabout to begin for selected staff. Moreinformation on the handsets is available atwww.nortelnetwork.com.

Because the PBX system handles callsdifferently than the old system does, users

will have to get accustomed to five-digitdialing. On-campus calls will now requirethe caller to use the last five digits of thereceiver’s number (e.g. 2-5050 for CampusPolice). Off-campus calls must still be pre-ceded by dialing 9.

When using long-distance authoriza-tion codes, users will now dial 9-1-[areacode]-[phone number], and then theirseven-digit authorization code. When noauthorization code is required for long-dis-tance dialing, the user will simply dial 9-1-[area code]-[phone number].

Access to 911 emergency service isunchanged—three digits are all that’sneeded.

All existing Centrex voice mail boxeswill be removed and replaced with newmail boxes on the Octel 350 voice mail sys-tem. Mail box owners will be responsiblefor retrieving all messages from their oldmailboxes by 5 p.m. on June 29, 2001.

Users will also be required to initializea new voice mailbox on the Octel 350 sys-tem. There will be a temporary voice mailaccess phone number at 492-2400; all mail-box owners are strongly advised to usethis number to initialize new mail boxesbefore July 3, because thousands of cam-pus users are expected to flood the voicemail system with initialization calls on the

first day after the long weekend.All new voice mail boxes will be

installed with the same class of service asthe previous mail boxes, but there may beminor functionality differences due to theupdated software. The main voice mailaccess number will continue to be 492-2000or 2-2000.

The change to the new system willbegin June 29 at 5 p.m., and will be com-pleted by 8 a.m. July 3. More than 100TELUS workers will “blitz the campus,”says Moodie, working 12-13 hour shiftsthroughout the long weekend (“or more, ifnecessary,” he says) to make sure the sys-tem is ready to go when everyone returns.

“We’re very happy with the high-levelsupport we’ve received from TELUS as apartner in this initiative,” says Moodie.

For more information on thechangeover (including a PowerPoint pres-entation outlining the changes), campusfaculty and staff are advised to see theCNS Telecom Services web page atwww.ualberta.ca/CNS/telecom/index.html, or to follow the links to TelecomServices from the CNS home page atwww.ualberta.ca/CNS. You can also con-tact Kevin Moodie (492-3311, kevin.mood-ie@ualberta.ca) or Steve Thornton (492-9366, stephen.thornton@ualberta.ca). ■

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Weekend blitz will replace every phone on campusNew system requires five-digit on-campus dialing

Young innovators earn important recognitionPetro-Can Awards help researchers pursue goalsBy Tom Murray

The best work done in science is often at abasic level. Sure, it’s nice to bask in the

glory of large-scale discovery, but it’s thedetail work that allows for larger break-throughs to occur.

That’s the kind of work threeUniversity of Alberta researchers are beinghonoured for, with Petro Canada YoungInnovator Awards. Each of the recipientsare working on the kind of knowledge thataffects our day-to-day lives.

Dr. Rik Tykwinski of the Departmentof Chemistry and his students are attempt-ing to find a better way to synthesize themolecule c60, or the Buckminsterfullerene.Discovered in 1985, the molecule has neverbeen manufactured in an entirely optimalway, so its benefits have never been fullyexplored. Tykwinski hopes to assemble themolecule in a more logical way, trapping

metal ions inside of the c60 ball in order totailor or dictate the properties of the c60molecule.

“Right now it is possible to get ionsinside, but they have to be shot inside. It’sthe equivalent of throwing a baseball ashard as you can and hoping that it squirtsinside of a soccer ball,” he explains. A logi-cal synthesis of c60 would pave the way tomore stable experimentation, leadingtowards the manufacture of materials withimproved strength, stability and heattransmission. The award will come inhandy for the researcher, who notes “it’s agreat opportunity, and it’s nice to have therecognition as well as the money, whichcertainly comes in handy.” The award willallow Tykwinski’s students to “spendmore time doing research in a laboratoryrather than dividing it. That allows

Master’s grad gets MOST unusual degreeStudent’s last day was his first time on campusBy Ryan Smith

When Rajan Dassan came to theUniversity of Alberta to accept his

Masters of Science degree June 6, it was bethe first time he had set foot on the cam-pus.

“I’ve been to Edmonton before, and Iliked it,” he said prior to convocation, try-ing to be helpful. “But I’ve never been tothe U of A—I don’t know even know whatit looks like.”

Dassan, an IT manager with GenusCapital Management in Vancouver, B.C., isthe first graduate of the WestMOST pro-gram, a joint initiative between nineWestern Canadian universities and severallarger software industry companies. Theprogram allows professionals to studypart-time while they continue to work.Students in the program can earn Mastersof Software Technology (MOST) degreesfrom the universities of Alberta, Victoria,or British Columbia. Dassan earned hisdegree from the U of A because the U of Awas the only university offering the course

when he signed up in 1998.“The University of Alberta was instru-

mental in founding the program [in1996]...and Mr. Dassan is a great rolemodel and is to be congratulated for hisachievement,” said Eldon Wig, executivedirector of the WestMOST partners.

Although the program is designed to betaken over five years, Dassan managed tofinish it in half that time. “It wasn’t easy—the courses were hard—but this programreally works well,” he said. “I mean, whatis the chance of me quitting my job to gostudy at the U of A? About nil. But throughthis program I was able to do it.

“The beauty of this program is that thecourses are taught by professors whoseresearch is in the area of your studies. Dr.[Paul] Sorenson at the U of A taught soft-ware process and quality...In this programyou’re really able to find out about all thecurrent and state-of-the-art products anddevelopments in the industry.”

For his final project, worth the equiva-

research to go forward a lot faster.”Those words are roughly echoed by

Philip Choi, a professor in the Departmentof Chemical and Materials Engineering,who is being recognized for ground-break-ing studies involving asphalt. The compo-sition of asphalt is varied; essentially man-ufactured as an afterthought to the petrole-um refining process, it’s never really beencarefully observed. Attempting to analyzeasphalt through a special chromatographytechnique, Choi and his students are hop-ing to make its composition more uniform,a feat that should be welcome to anyonewho’s ever had a misadventure with a pot-hole.

“Since the quality of asphalt impactson our roads, the practical applicationsshould be obvious,” said Choi.

The final award winner this year is Dr.

Julia Foght of the Department of BiologicalSciences. Foght has worked at finding anatural way to reclaim land which hasbeen polluted through scientific studiesand exploration at Antarctica. Her proposi-tion is to develop two particular bacteriatogether: one is a hydrocarbon degradingbacteria, the other a nitrogen fixing bacte-ria. The first works at changing pollutantsinto C02 and water, the second providesthe necessary nitrogen for the first, sincethe Antarctic soil is low in nitrogen.Combining the two bacteria would be aninexpensive and environmentally sensitiveway to deal with pollutants which havebeen spilled on the Antarctic soil. Theeffects of this would be of particular inter-est in Northern Canada, which faces manyof the same problems as the Antarctic andthe Arctic. ■

lent of two courses, Dassan designed andimplemented new software processes forhis company. “Essentially, I built a roadmap to tackle the problems associatedwith the evolution of software and theaccuracy of the data we receive and store.”

Dassan said WestMOST courses areoffered in three ways: by professors travel-ling to groups of students in the students’hometowns, by online learning, or by acombination of the two. During his pro-gram, professors from six different institu-tions—the universities of Alberta, Calgary,UBC, Victoria, Tech BC and Manitoba—instructed Dassan.

However, Dassan noted that the learn-ing went both ways. “Because all the stu-dents were out in the field, I think we wereable to teach the professors a few thingsthat you can’t know if you’ve only been inthe academic world. And the program wasgreat for networking. I met many other stu-dents that I’ve learned a lot from.

“All the learning I did for my under-

graduate studies was done face-to-face.This learning was a little different, youmight even say a little unusual,” headded.■

University of Alberta student Rajan Dassan arrivedon campus just in time to graduate.

By Richard Cairney

For a guy who’s examining a tinypiece of the night sky, Tyler Fostersure is covering a lot of territory—about 30,000 light years. Working on his PhD thesis in astrophysics,

Foster is attached to a National ResearchCouncil project called the CanadianGalactic Plane Survey. And together with his supervisor, Dr. David Routledge,they’re making new discoveries all thetime.

“The project is to map out our portionof the Milky Way Galaxy and find outwhat the interstellar medium is made of,”says Foster. “The question is: what’sbetween the stars? What is out therethat allows stars to form?”

Trained as an optical astronomer,Foster has added radio astronomy to hisrepertoire, allowing him to study not onlystars but also the stuff that lies betweenthem. “There is an old saying that opticalastronomers see the stars and that radioastronomers see the stuff between themand I get the best of both worlds.”

From his desk in the University ofAlberta physics building, Foster puncheskeys on his computer to point Canada’slargest telescope—a 26-metre radio tele-scope at the Dominion Radio Astrophys-ical Observatory just outside of Penticton,B.C.—to the deep-space objects he’s inter-ested in. Once he has captured the radiosignal of an object that draws his attention,Foster makes the 45-minute drive fromcampus to the U of A’s 20-inch reflectortelescope at its observatory near Devon, to make a visual inspection of the object.

“We are looking out two-thirds of the way into our galaxy, and to do thatoptically is rare,” says Foster. “When we

began this, there were a lot of skeptics outthere who said, ‘you won’t be able to seeanything.’”

But they’re seeing plenty. “Most ofthese things, no one has ever seen before,”he says. “And that is the beauty of it. Weare constantly making discoveries outthere. Sometimes it gets out of hand.”

The experience can be emotionallyrewarding. In his seminal series of bookson sky watching, Robert Burnhamremarked that it’s fine to admire an artisticmasterpiece, but the sky is nature’s artgallery, with its finest works on display for all to observe and none to possess.

“Is it humbling?” Foster asks. “Oh, youcan’t even put it into words. Every time Isee something new I feel like asking, ‘whyme?’ Why am I the first person to see this?It’s fantastic.”

The patch of the night sky Foster findsso intriguing lies about 10 degrees north ofthe star Deneb, which marks the tail in theconstellation Cygnus, the swan. Looking at the sky, if you fully extend your armsand join your thumbs side by side, youcould block out the entire region Foster is surveying.

Yet it turns out this largely unexploredcorner of the Milky Way could contain thelargest known ionized hydrogen region inthe galaxy.

What Foster examines, are regions of ionized hydrogen—such as the Orionnebula—which are the birth places ofstars, and super nova remnants, like theCrab nebula in Taurus. In astronomicalterms, super nova remnants don’t last very long. Chinese astronomers observed a super nova 1,000 years ago that is nowknown as the Crab Nebula.

They explode so violently that theydilute themselves after about 200,000years,” he says. The super nova remnantFoster is studying “is probably only 12,000years old.”

Ionized hydrogen regions, on the otherhand, last “quite a bit longer.” Initiallythey are cold clouds of hydrogen, until astar forms inside one of them, emittingultraviolet radiation and exciting thehydrogen gas surrounding it.

“These are the birthplaces of stars,”Foster said.

“One of the things we can do out atDevon—and this pulls it all together forme—is use the scope to look for the starsthat have formed within these clouds aswell as detect the nebulae themselves.”

But what really intrigues Foster is thepreviously undetected background to allthis. His work has uncovered a vast cloudof dust and gas never before seen. “That is part of what the thesis is about: what is that background—is it related to thoseobjects? Is it in front? Is it behind? No oneknows. This is unexplored…The questionis, how is that junk interacting with theobjects we see there?”

Ultimately, understanding what outerspace is made of will help us understandour own origins, and our place in the universe, says Foster. All the elements onEarth, and all the elements in our bodies,he says, come from super nova remnants.

“We are all made of star stuff,” he says.“Understanding the interstellar mediumand what it is made of, because it isenriched by super nova remnants, is rele-vant because it is what we are made of. Itis a question of origins, and here are theanswers, staring at us from the sky.” ■

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As t ro p hysics student wa nts to kn ow w h at lies be tween the stars

S CO P I N G O U TS TA R S T U F F

1) Tyler Foster is studying a small patch of skyin the area of northern Cygnus, surveyed herein radio wave lengths. This radio image is pro-duced for the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey.Circles mark areas surveyed using the 26-metreradio telescope at the Dominion Radio Astro-physical Observatory. The squares representareas imaged at the University of Alberta’sDevon Astronomical Observatory. The largecloud at the top of the image is possibly thelargest ionized hydrogen region in the galaxy.Other areas currently under study are labeled.

2) Produced at the Devon AstronomicalObservatory, this 13-hour exposure shows a detailed optical image from photo 1. Theregion contains an estimated 25,000 stars andthe image reveals previously unseen features of the region.

3) A single lunar snapshot showing the Devontelescope’s field of view, about half a degree,or the width of the moon.

4) Foster is studying ionized hydrogen regions.The Orion Nebula, above, is a prime example ofsuch sites and is an active nursery of newbornstars. The object is located about 1,600 lightyears from Earth—right in our own backyard,compared to other deep-space regions studiedat the Devon observatory.

Top left: Using hand-held controls, Foster lines up the U of A’s 20-inch telescope to viewobjects he’s studying. The telescope has anoptical spotting scope but displays magnifiedimages digitally (inset). Observatory photos byLight F/X Photography; astronomical images byTyler Foster and Albert Van Steenbergen.

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By Gilbert A. Bouchard

The University of Alberta’s Fine ArtsBuilding Print Study Centre is cur-rently awash in bubble wrap. Thereason for this sea of stress-busting,protective packaging is a seminal

display of Alberta landscapes that JimCorrigan, curator of the University ofAlberta Art and Artifact Collection, is cur-rently packing for a short trip downtown.The exhibit, entitled Looking West—AlbertaLandscapes, Past and Present is being pre-sented in partnership with The WorksVisual Arts Festival, running June 22 toAugust 15 in the main Exhibit Pavilion inEdmonton Centre West (the second levelof the former Eaton’s store).

“It’s a massive show—79 works cutback from the 100 considered—much of itwork that has not often been seen,” saysthe soft-spoken Corrigan. “We dug upsome landscapes from deep within the sys-tem—a real who’s who of local, nationaland international artists who’ve passedthrough Alberta and made contributions to the university.”

The exhibit includes artistic interpreta-tions of Alberta’s grand vistas by every-body from the Group of Seven’s A.Y.Jackson to historic early Alberta painterssuch as H.G. Glyde and Illingworth Kerrto western landscape giants like DorothyKnowles and William Kurelek. Early artprofessors at the university, such as JamesAdam and J.B. Taylor (whose paintingLooking West is the show’s signature piece)and current University of Alberta staff likeLiz Ingram and Sean Caulfield, are includ-ed in the show.

Encompassing various media frompainting to photography to cutting-edgeprint work, the show has been organizedalong Alberta’s familiar tourist zones (thenorth, the heartland, the south and theRockies). The exhibit spans most of the20th century, culminating in several worksproduced or acquired in 2000, including apainting from Chris Flodberg’s Class of2000 MFA show.

Corrigan, who has more than 5,500objects under his care, notes that withmore than 3,500 works of art in every single genre and subject matter to choosefrom, a landscape show seemed to makethe most sense. For starters, landscapesseemed a good fit with The Works’ deci-sion to focus on Alberta art, and an espe-cially good choice given the bevy of inter-national tourists expected to see the showin the wake of this summer’s IAAF WorldChampionships in Athletics—hosted inpart by the university.

The show is also an excellent way to highlight the depth and breadth of theuniversity’s collection and a good entice-ment to lure art fans to the U of A’s soon-to-be-launched “virtual museum” onlinepresence. (The Looking West exhibit can bevisited online at w w w. m u s e u m s . u a l b e r t a . c a /L o o k i n g We s t after June 22.)

Finally there’s the inherent, universalappeal to landscapes in and of themselves.

“All people in all time periods haveenjoyed a beautiful vista—a desire that’s

probably linked to our very origins as ahunting-gathering people,” he said.

Artist Norman Yates goes as far as tostate that “western history and westernlandscape are bound inexplicably” withthe land serving as “our basic metaphor.”

In its function as a core metaphor, itshould come as no surprise that differentartists have worked so hard to find anindividual spin on this ancient trope. ForCorrigan, each and every work in theshow, from the most traditional to themost avant-garde, is an eloquent andunique answer to the question ‘why land-scape?’

For starters, the stunning Alberta land-scape is so diverse and unique in terms ofgeology and biology that it often forcedchanges in the style and technique utilizedby artists trying to freeze our vistas intocanvas-bound immortality. Glyde, quotedin the Looking West support material,found Alberta landscapes “impossible topaint” at first. He needed to develop a“different type of thinking” and redesignhimself so that he could “get the feeling of height and solidarity” he wanted to capture.

Landscapes also hold up an artisticmirror to our intellectual attitude aboutthe world, says Corrigan. Earlier genera-tions worked under a more Euro-centric,

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Un i ve r s i ty co l l e ction a jewel in art fe s t i va l’s crow nLa n d s ca pes culled from enormous co l l e ction pre s e nt the ve ry be s t

romantic view of unspoiled “wilderness”while contemporary post-modern artistshave a view of the land that is quick toaddress the heavy footprint of human civilization upon wild spaces and thepotential for ecological disaster.

For example Flodberg, through hiscarefully manipulated composite works,deconstructs “the beautiful face of nature,”in his work, underlining that nature is “afaçade, intended to lure and entice” and “amask that hides more ominous qualities.”

Contrast this with the spirit of the oldest (and perhaps most common) pieceof landscape art in the show: a copy of theuniversity crest drawn in 1911 by JamesAdam. This take on the logo is far morefaithful to its landscape inspirations thanmore modern, stylized versions, featuringfull sheaves of grain and more expansiverenditions of the foothills leading up to the Rockies.

“It’s a very European perspective,”Corrigan says of the elegant work, pro-duced during a time when Alberta washard at work attracting thousands offarmer-settlers.

“It hints at Banff, the railroads, fertilefields,” the busy curator adds, as he reach-es for one more sheet of bubble wrap. “It’svery much about enticing people out toAlberta.” ■

Top left: H.G. Glyde, Banff, 1967, oil on hardboard, 32.2 x 39.7 cm, donated by EmmaRead Newton in 1980

Middle right: Sean Caulfield, Objects in Water, 1995,etching and screenprint on paper, 6/11, 91 x 61 cm,Master of Fine Arts Thesis Presentation, 1995

Bottom right: Evelyn David, How do I get there fromhere, 1995, photo-lithograph, screenprint, pulp paperand collage on handmade paper, 12/50, from TheTempe Suite, 49.5 x 60.7 cm, donated by StevenDixon in 1997

Middle left: Daryl Rydman, Leap of Faith, 1993, mixedmedia on hardboard, 150.3 x 194.5 cm, Master of FineArts Thesis Presentation, 1993

Main image: A.Y. Jackson, Old Man River, 1949, oil on canvas, 49.3 x 65 cm, purchased from the artist in 1949

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Different disciplines, same results: straight 9sGraduating students plan to continue studies at U of ABy David Beharry

While it may be true that nobody’s per-fect, Tarandeep Kang and Darryl

DeHaan are closer than most. Concerningtheir studies at the University of Alberta,Kang and DeHaan both gradu-ated with perfect grade pointaverages of 9.0. Kang, an hon-ours history student, receivedhis Bachelor of Arts degree,while Dehaan, a chemical engi-neering student, earned hisBachelor of Engineering degree.

Kang plans to begin hisMaster’s degree thisSeptember at the U of A. “Iwas especially interested in thehistory of German thought; theway ideas are formulated andwhether those ideas have any validity. I’malso interested in the way intellectual fig-ures have approached the same idea, byexamining those same ideas through sev-eral epochs,” Kang said.

demic and he understands the practicalcapabilities. He always tries to do hisbest,” said Dr. Fraser Forbes, a professor inthe U of A Department of Chemical andMaterials Engineering.

DeHaan has picked up many awardsthroughout his academic career, includingthe Henry Birk’s & Sons Limited Medal forthe top marks in the field of engineering,the APEGGA Medal in ChemicalEngineering, the Governor General’s SilverMedal, and twice he has received theConway Reimer Memorial Scholarship inComputer Process Control.

Speaking about his experience at theU of A, DeHaan said: “Overall the co-opprogram was the best part of my experi-ence at the U of A because the hands-onlearning that occurs is invaluable tounderstanding where the theory is com-ing from and what it’s applied to.”DeHaan will also begin his master’s pro-gram in September. ■

According to Dr. Andrew Gow, fromthe Department of History and Classics,Tarandeep is a special kind of student.“He’s extremely focused and he works

hard. I read his honoursessay, which impressed mevery much; he’s very moti-vated and unassuming,”Gow said.

During the summer,Kang will continue toimprove his German, andhe also plans to work onhis Latin. Gow added:“Kang is already an intel-lectual, although he wouldnever say that himself.”

The other perfectionist,DeHaan, will spend his summer workingat Dow Chemical in process control, pro-gramming the computers that run Dow’sEdmonton-area plant. “Darryl is a greatstudent, he’s a nice blend, a very good aca-

Student teacher receives posthumous degree’She became a teacher because she loved children’By David Beharry

It’s the hardest thing for any parent, los-ing a child.” Those are the sentiments of

Rose and Alan Try. “What’s even more dif-ficult is Carla was so healthy, so full of life;she was a young lady who was deter-mined, focused and strong in so manyways.”

The University of Alberta posthumous-ly awarded Carla her Bachelor ofEducation Degree recently. To completeher degree, Carla accepted a student-teacher position at St. Martha CatholicElementary School. Carla began her finalpracticum placement in February, doingwhat she loved, teaching children. After acouple of days she had to call in sick; thenext day she was taken to the hospitalwith what seemed like a bad cold. Twoweeks later she had died of respiratoryfailure. Family, friends and co-workerswere stunned. Carla had just turned 21.

“Carla didn’t become a teacher as acareer choice, she became a teacher becauseshe loved children,” says Cathy Nissen,principal at St. Martha’s. “I remember hercoming in for orientation, she came in withsuch life, she was so vibrant and had animmediate impact, people were naturallydrawn to her. When children meet someonelike that, they respond. Most teachers striveto accomplish this in a lifetime, she did thatin two days.”

Carla knew she wanted to be a teacher.When she was in Grade 10 she told hermother that she wanted to be a kinder-garten teacher. As her father, Alan, says,“she was firm and gentle, she wouldrather look after children (babysitting)than go out partying.”

Carla’s younger sister Sherry acceptedthe degree on behalf of Carla.

“I’m happy to be here for Carla, she

achieved her goal, all she wanted to bewas a teacher,” she said. The day is veryspecial for Carla’s parents. “We felt Carladeserved the degree, she earned it. Today,whether she is with us or not, she earnedher degree.”

St. Martha’s has created a memorial forCarla in its library and a resource centrefor future student teachers. School officialsalso had to deal with the concerns of thesix and seven-year-old students, who metCarla, sent her cards when she was sick,and then were told of her death. “We toldthem God made an angel who was ateacher,” Nissen added.

“Today is a day to celebrate Carla, it’snot only for our friends and family, it alsotells us how special she was and it’simportant for us that the University ofAlberta is recognizing this,” says Alan Try.“It also brings us a little bit of closure.” ■

Farm work ethic drives new medical gradSo few hours, so much to do…By David Beharry

Jason Kur recently spent a week loungingon a beach in Cuba, soaking up the sun

and sipping pina coladas; he enjoyedevery minute, and deservedly so. Kur justgraduated from the University of Albertawith his medical degree. That’s quite anaccomplishment in itself, but Kur wasbusier than many other students.

Kur, who grew up on a farm north ofSt. Albert, learned his work ethic from hisparents. “There is always something to doon the farm, it was hard work, and thework had to be done,” he said in theunmistakable parlance of a born farmhand.

After completing his Bachelor ofScience degree, which he earned with dis-tinction from the U of A in 1997, Kur knewhe wanted to continue his career in the sci-ences and chose medicine. “I’m not one ofthose people who knew I wanted to be adoctor at age five, there was a steady pro-gression.”

Apart from his stellar academic career,however, is Kur’s community involve-ment. In spite of his demanding courseworkload, he volunteered for various

organizations, including Santa’sAnonymous, for which he deliveredChristmas presents to low-income families. He has alsoserved as an interpreter at theProvincial Museum forAlberta’s Carnosaurs exhibit,and as a Health PolicyResearch Volunteer. Kur alsoworked on the yearbookcommittee and produced aplay entitled The UglyDuckling that helped raisefunds for the Children’sHealth Centre.

Kur is also a student leader. He’s thecurrent medical student representative forthe Canadian Medical Forum, the medicalstudent director for the Canadian MedicalAssociation, president of the CanadianFederation of Medical Students, and thevice-chair of the Canadian ResidentMatching Service.

“Jason’s willingness to take on leader-ship roles optimizes the role our graduateswill play in the future. Jason is an opinionsetter, he brought clarity to issues at a

national level,” said Dr. Lorne Tyrrell,dean of the U of A Faculty of Medicine

and Dentistry.“Jason represented the

medical students verywell. His type of leader-ship is not common, andhe’s demonstrated this atan early age,” Tyrrelladded.

As the medical stu-dent representative for theCanadian Medical Forum,Kur was able to gain anunderstanding about

medical education across Canada andbeyond our borders. “I’ve been involvedin various national organizations, so I’veseen how medical education is in the restof the country, and the U of A is certainlyabove the rest,” he said.

In particular, Kur said the faculty andinstructional staff at the U of A are out-standing. “Having the support of faculty isreally important. The faculty has been verysupportive and has encouraged involve-ment outside of the academic setting.” ■

Dr. Jason Kur learned about hard work while grow-ing up on his family’s farm, and has carried thatethic into his professional career.

“Jason’s willingness to take on

leadership roles optimizes the

role our graduates will play in

the future.Jason is an opinion

setter,he brought clarity to

issues at a national level.”

—Dr. Lorne Tyrrell

The University of Alberta has granted a posthumousdegree to education student Carla Try.

Engineering student Darryl DeHaan earned perfect grades, and plans to continue his studies at the U of A.

“He (Kang) is extremely

focused and he works hard.I

read his honours essay,which

impressed me very much;

he’s very motivated and

unas suming.”

—Dr. Andrew Gow

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Theatre’s friend chroniclescommunity’s historyGlenfield has forgotten more about theatre than you’ll ever knowBy Ryan Smith

It was never Mary Glenfield’s intention toearn her master’s of arts degree—which

is perhaps why it took her so long to do it.At 79, Glenfield finished her thesis, a his-tory of pre-professional theatre inEdmonton, for which she received her MAin drama.

“I’m a big fan of Mary’s, and I’mstunned at her energy. She’s amazing,”said Troy Funk, publicist at the CitadelTheatre and a stage manager atEdmonton’s Walterdale Theatre, whichGlenfield and her husband Frank helpedfound back in the 1950s.

One of the driving forces behind theEdmonton theatre scene since she movedhere from Wales in 1951, Glenfield landeda part in a play just three months after herarrival. She’s been in more than 50 playssince, and her thesis supervisor, AlexHawkins, said Glenfield is not only anactor but she and her husband areEdmonton’s pre-eminent “theatre volun-teers, patrons, and students.”

Ask almost any actor, director orpatron in the city: it is unliukely that any-one attends more live theatre than theGlenfields do. Growing up, Glenfield saidshe was always fond of the theatre, and inspite of the fact that both her father andmother had earned university degrees, shedidn’t feel compelled to go to universityherself. Glenfield’s inclinations changed in1962, when she took a few undergraduatecourses at the U of A, but she halted herstudies to raise two adopted children. Shestudied off and on for the next quartercentury, taking classes periodically untilshe suffered a heart attack in 1989.

“When that happened, I thought, ‘Ohhell, I don’t want to die without havingearned my degree,’ “ she said.

She perservered and earned her bache-lor of arts in 1992. The idea to do her mas-ter’s was “happenstance,” resulting fromU of A drama professor Carl Hare’s offerto Glenfield to take a class of his. When itbecame apparent that she was startingwork on her master’s degree, “I said to

myself, ‘my God, the whole drama depart-ment must be out of its mind to let metake my master’s,’ “ Glenfield said.

However, Hawkins felt Glenfield’sundertaking was appropriate. Glenfieldplanned to write her thesis on the pre-pro-fessional history of theatre in Edmontonfrom 1920 to 1965—the year Edmonton’sfirst professional theatre, The Citadel, wasfounded.

“Mary is probably the best person situ-ated to tell the story of Edmonton theatrehistory before 1965. Her special and per-sonal relationship to the material make heruniquely placed to tell the story in a waythat a younger person would never havebeen able to do,” Hawkins said.

In spite of her unique qualifications,Glenfield said the story was not told with-out difficulty. She became sick with a vari-ety of ailments in 1999, which compound-ed the usual hardships scholars face. “Alot of people I interviewed had wonderfulmemories, but they couldn’t pinpointexactly when things happened,” she said.“As an academic, I had to track down allthis information.”

She spent countless hours doingresearch in the city and provincialarchives. Hawkins praised the quality ofher work. “Her mind is really active. She’sa wonderful critical thinker. She can takein a lot of information and reproduce it ina clear and cohesive form.”

Though Glenfield has not yet pursuedthe idea of getting her thesis published,Hawkins said her thesis is “very readableand anyone interested in the history ofEdmonton theatre will really enjoy it.”

The Edmonton theatre scene is current-ly renowned for its vibrancy, and Glenfieldcontends that its current strength is noaccident of geography. “Edmonton may bea cold northern city where people needindoor entertainment in the winter. But thevibrant theatre environment in Edmontonis more the result of people with visionwho encouraged others to achieve more intheatre than they thought possible.”■

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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

THE CENTRE FOR EXECUTIVE AND MANAGEMENTDEVELOPMENT

June 19, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.The Centre for Executive and Management

Development is pleased to announce that it will behosting Tom Peters at the Telus Centre forProfessional Development. Title: Tom Peters: FromExcellence to WOW! He will be presenting his lateststrategies in From Excellence to WOW! Reinventingthe rules for the Brand New Workplace. For moreinformation please visit www.cemd.ca or call (780)492-8502.

CANADIAN COCHRANE SYMPOSIUM 2001The Canadian Cochrane Symposium 2001 will be

held in Edmonton, Alberta November 22-24, 2001.Location: Bernard Snell Hall. Times: 8:30 a.m. to 9:30p.m. The Symposium will include presentations andhands-on sessions focused on the theme of“Marketing the Evidence” for good healthcare deci-sion making. Speakers will cover the Canadian andInternational perspectives of this topic. Deadlines forsubmission of abstracts is June 15, 2001. For moreinformation, please visit the Symposium website at:http://www.ualberta.ca/CCNC/symposium2001

BOOK LAUNCHCelebrate the launch of the latest book by

Douglas Barbour,“Lyric/Anti-lyric: essays on contem-porary poetry.” Orlando Books, Bloomsbury Room,10123 – 82nd Avenue, 432-7633. June 15, 7:30 p.m. Allare welcome. Reading – signing – refreshments.

EXHIBITION

UNIVERSITY EXTENSION CENTRE GALLERYUntil July 12J B Taylor Retrospective. Paintings in this exhibi-

tion fall within the 20 year period that Taylor wasProfessor of Art at the University of Alberta. In 1948,Taylor along with HG Glyde, two of the original artinstructors at the University of Alberta, helped toimplement and deliver the travelling extension pro-gram to rural Albertans. Gallery hours are from 8:00a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. Second Floor,University Extension Centre, 8303 – 112 Street.Information: 492-3034.

LUNCH & LEARN PRESENTATIONS

HEALTH RECOVERY SUPPORT UNIT, HUMAN RESOURCESJune 20, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.Steve Knish, Lousage Institute, presents

“Managing Anxiety.”June 22, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.Jamie Dyce, Chandler Haave Vandersteen Carter,

presents “Recognizing Burnout in Yourself andOthers.”

June 26, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.Brian Forbes, Wilson Banwell, presents

“Overcoming Procrastination.”Presentations take place in Heritage Lounge,

Athabasca Hall. Cost: Free! Snacks and cold beverageswill be provided. Seating is limited. To register or formore information contact Sarah Treby, 492-0659 oremail: sarah.treby@hrs.ualberta.ca

MEDICAL EDUCATION ADVANCE

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINEOctober 2, between noon and 5:00 p.m.The Department of Medicine is proud to

announce it will be hosting a Medical EducationAdvance at Bernard Snell Hall. This Advance will be ofinterest and benefit to medical educators, researchers,and clinicians alike as it will cover a wide spectrum ofeducational topics. This promises to be an excitingevent with well known keynote speakers invited toaddress: Dr. J. Turnbull, University of Ottawa,“Professional Behaviour in Medicine.” Dr. R. Hayward,University of Alberta,“Information Technology.” Dr. K.Mann, Dalhousie University,“Thinking AboutLearning.” Dr. C. Hodgson, University of California,“TheClinical Educator & Scholarly Work.”

NANUC

THE NATIONAL HIGH FIELD NMR CENTRE (NANUC)August 17, 2001, afternoonSeminar presentation entitled “Prion Protein

Structural Biology and the Mad Cow Crisis” by thepreeminent NMR spectroscopist and prion researcherDr. Kurt Wuthrich. The seminar will take place inBernard Snell Hall. Everyone is invited. For more infor-mation, call Bruce Lix, 492-8530.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION

10TH CANADIAN CONGRESS ON LEISURE RESEARCHMay 22-25, 2002The triennial CCLR, sponsored by the Canadian

Association for Leisure Studies and hosted by theUniversity of Alberta Faculty of Physical Educationand Recreation, will be held in Edmonton. Generalinformation on the Congress, as well as specific infor-mation on the recently announced Call for Papers, canbe found at www.eas.ualberta./cclr10/

BLIND KAMP RIDES AGAIN

SPECIALIZED SUPPORT AND DISABILITY SERVICESJuly 16 to 20, every morningThe annual Blind Kids’ Kamp will again be hosted

by the University of Alberta this summer thanks tothe co-operation of the Technology Training Centre inCameron Library. Supported jointly by the CanadianNational Institute for the Blind, the Alberta Society forthe Visually Impaired, the Aroga Group, Inc., and theUniversity’s Specialized Support and DisabilityServices, the camp will provide hands-on training inthe latest technology available for blind children. Ifyou are interested in seeing just how competentlythese young blind people can run computers, pleasefeel free to drop in at the Technology Training Centrebetween 10 a.m. and 12 noon on Friday, July 20.

STANDARD FIRST AID/HEARTSAVERCOURSES

The Office of Environmental Health & Safety hasarranged for Standard First Aid/Heartsaver courses tobe held on campus once again this year. The trainingis comprised of two full-day sessions (8:00 a.m. to4:00 p.m.) with morning, lunch and afternoon breaks.The cost is $80.00 per person. The first course will beheld in early April and the last at the end of October.Registration is limited due to classroom size. For fur-ther information and registration forms please callCindy Ferris at 492-1810 or e-mail cindy.ferris@ual-berta.ca

STRONG INTEREST INVENTORY

STUDENT COUNSELLING SERVICESNeed help choosing a major or a career? Then you

may be interested in taking the Strong InterestInventory. During the summer, Student CounsellingServices is offering the SII to University students andnon-students for $50.00 (cash only). For more informa-tion, contact Student Counselling Services at 492-5205.

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UNIVERSITY EXECUTIVE HOME over 3,000 sq.ft.Four bedrooms, hardwood floors, cherry woodkitchen cabinets, Corian counter tops, sunken familyand living rooms, three fireplaces, five bathrooms.Beautiful master bedroom ensuite, nanny suite withseparate entrance. Double attached garage plus lotsmore. Luke, Realty Executives, 438-2500.

GRANDVIEW RAVINE LOCATION, 2,850’ four bed-room, two storey. Incredible treed lot, immediate pos-session. $489,000. Ed Lastiwka, Royal LePage, 431-5600, 446-3800.

RESTFUL RETREAT FOR HOBBY FARM, HORSESAND WRITING. Three bedroom completely refinished,two storey on 35 treed and pasture acres with out-buildings by 100 acre lake bordering game sanctuary.Near Miquelon Hills golf course and Miquelon LakeProvincial Park, very scenic and restful writing loca-tion with mature fruit trees. $95,000. Phone Stephen,1-604-689-7310; Gary, 440-2444, email:zoders@yahoo.com

BELGRAVIA CONDO – beautiful view, quiet neigh-bourhood close to University, parks and river valley. Onebedroom, hardwood floors, refinished kitchen/bath.Available July 28. $70,000. Phone 438-0068.

ASPEN GARDENS, by owner. Four bedroom, twostorey home, 1,350 sq ft, attached garage. New carpet,freshly painted, many upgrades, large fenced back-yard, on bike route/#50 bus route to University, 4124– 121 Street, $159,900. 435-1220.

CHARMING TWO-STOREY MILL CREEK HOUSE!One-of-a-kind home located at 9821-84 Avenue fea-tures skylights, bright and open layout, hardwoodfloors throughout, balcony, spacious kitchen, 2,057 sqft., vaulted ceiling, single garage, patio, etc. $221,900.Wayne Moen, Re/Max river city, 439-7000.

NEW RIVER VALLEY TOWNHOUSES – enjoy thebeautiful downtown skyline and river valley park sys-tem! Two-storey style townhouses feature gas fire-place, oak hardwood floors, two bedrooms, walk-outbasement ideal for a home office. 9513-98 Avenue for$198,000 with colonist finishing package and 9511-98 Avenue for $199,000 with oak finishing. WayneMoen, Re/Max river city, 439-7000.

ACCOMMODATIONS WANTEDWRITER, FEMALE, age 64, offers housesitting,

including pets. Alice, 780-576-3758.

GOODS FOR SALECASH PAID for quality books. The Edmonton

Book Store, 433-1781.

MISCELLANEOUSROLLER CANARIES – would you be willing to

adopt a roller canary? Do not hesitate to telephonefor further information. 434-7338.

SERVICESTECH VERBATIM EDITING – APA, Chicago; medical

terminology; on campus. Donna, 465-3753.DAVID RICHARDS CARPENTRY. Certified journey-

man, NAIT. Complete interior/exterior, residential, com-mercial renovations including plumbing/electrical. Nojob too big/small. References available. 436-6363.

BACK BASICS Remedial Massage Therapy.Supplementary Health Care coverage. 436-8059.

ELIMINATE YOUR ALLERGIES! Fast, effective butnon-invasive. Since hidden allergies are the cause ofmost immune and chronic problems, these might begone too! Please call 408-4319 or visit our website atwellness@oanet.com

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The records arising from this competition will be managed in accordance with provisions of the Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPP).The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are committed to the principle of equity of employment.We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons.

RESEARCH TECHNOLOGISTCROSS CANCER INSTITUTEUNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

The department of experimental oncology at theCross-Cancer Institute has an opening for a seniorresearch technologist position. The technologist willbe working for Dr. Brent Zanke, director, Cross CancerInstitute in the areas of cell signaling, gene expressionprofiling using micro-array technology and in thegeneral area of the biochemistry and molecular biolo-gy of cancer. We are looking at B.Sc. or M.Sc level can-didates with extensive experience in the area ofmolecular biology research. Experience in animal han-dling is a plus. Duties also include general laboratorymaintenance. Please send résumé and a list of refer-ences to the attention of:

Dr. Sambasivarao Damaraju4309-Department of Experimental OncologyCross Cancer Institute11560- University AvenueEdmonton, AB T6G 1Z2Fax: 780-432-8428Email: sdamaraj@ualberta.ca

EDITOR, NEW TRAIL MAGAZINEOFFICE OF ALUMNI AFFAIRSUNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

The Office of Alumni Affairs requires a creativeprofessional to serve as the editor of the University’saward-winning alumni magazine, New Trail. The edi-tor is responsible for managing all facets of the publi-cation on a continuing basis. This includes overseeingits editorial and visual design, its budget, the mainte-nance of schedules and standards, and co-ordinationof all phases of its production. In addition, the editorprovides leadership and hands-on communicationssupport (writing, editing, graphic design, desktoppublishing) to other diverse initiatives of theUniversity of Alberta Alumni Association and Office ofAlumni Affairs.

The ideal candidate holds a university degreewith a strong communications emphasis; has excel-lent writing and editing skills; and has a strong work-ing knowledge of graphic design, desktop publishing,and print production. Knowledge of electronic com-munication media, experience in an educational set-ting, and a background in journalism would be assets.

This is a two-year contract position with the pos-sibility of renewal. Salary range is $37,400 - $60,200per annum, supplemented by a comprehensive bene-fits program. The deadline for application is June 22,2001. Résumés should be forwarded to:

Office of Alumni Affairs6th Floor, General Services BuildingUniversity of AlbertaEdmonton, ABT6G 2H1Fax: (403) 492-1568

DIRECTORBOOKSTOREUNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

Applications are being accepted for the positionof director of the University of Alberta Bookstore.With sales that rank it as one of the top three univer-sity bookstores in Canada, over 30,000 students and5,000 staff are served from three sites. The Universityof Alberta Bookstore was judged Campus Bookstoreof the Year in 2001 by the Canadian BooksellersAssociation and was awarded the WCCSA Store of theYear in 1996, 1997 and 1998 by the CanadianPublishers Council.

The director should have a degree in a business-related discipline and extensive retail managementexperience, as well as a strong record of business andoperational planning. The successful candidateshould also possess excellent relationship manage-ment skills, experience as a team player and exhibit astrong service vision for the bookstore. Knowledge ofthe university environment and its commercial prac-tices would also be an asset.

This full-time continuingAdministrative/Professional Officer position offers asalary range of $55,321 - $87,591. The acting incum-bent will be a candidate for the position. Closing datefor applications is June 30, 2001. Please send applica-tions to:

Ernie InglesAssociate Vice-President (Learning Systems)1-3J University HallUniversity of AlbertaEdmonton, ABT6G 2J9

BIBLIOTHECAIRE EN CHEFBIBLIOTHEQUE SAINT-JEANUNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA LIBRARIES

Le réseau des bibliothèques de la University ofAlberta, connu depuis longtemps pour l’excellencedes services qu’il offre à l’université et aux commu-nautés, est à la recherche d’une personne dynamiquepour prendre en charge le fonctionnement et ledéveloppement de la Bibliothèque Saint-Jean (BSJ).Le poste de bibliothécaire en chef implique la gestiondes ressources humaines, financières et physiques dela BSJ, y compris le développement des collections, laplanification et l’établissement des priorités quantaux services, l’évaluation des résultats et la supervi-sion du personnel (8,5 postes). Oeuvrant commemembre d’une équipe, la personne choisie con-tribuera à la gestion globale des bibliothèques desarts libéraux et sciences sociales, réseau dont estmembre la BSJ, participera aux activités de la FacultéSaint-Jean et jouera un rôle de chef de file dans ledéveloppement des services de bibliothèque offertsen français dans l’Ouest du Canada.

Le fonds documentaire de plus de cinq millionsde volumes de la bibliothèque de la University ofAlberta en fait la deuxième bibliothèque derecherche du Canada. La bibliothèque entretient unlien unique avec la communauté élargie, d’une partpar le biais de NEOS, un consortium de 19 biblio-thèques dans des milieux gouvernementaux, hospi-taliers, collégiaux et universitaires et, d’autre part parla Alberta Library. Visitez notre site Web à l’adressesuivante: http://www.library.ualberta ca.

La Bibliothèque Saint-Jean fait partie du réseaudes bibliothèques de la University of Alberta. Sa mis-sion principale est de desservir le corps professoral etles étudiants de la Faculté Saint-Jean, faculté fran-cophone qui se distingue au sein de l’univers anglo-phone de la University of Alberta. La Faculté Saint-Jean offre des programmes menant au BA, au BAA(conjointement avec la Faculty of Business), au BEd,au BEd/AD, au BSc et à la Maîtrise en éducation. Lalangue principale d’enseignement à la Faculté Saint-Jean est le français. La collection générale de la BSJ,classée selon le système de la Library of Congress,comprend des livres et des périodiques appuyanttous les programmes d’étude et de recherche à laFaculté Saint-Jean. On y retrouve donc des ressourcesdans les arts et les humanités, les sciences sociales, lessciences de l’éducation et les sciences pures. Des pub-lications officielles sont ajoutées à la collection à tousles ans, étant donné le statut de dépositaire sélectifde la BSJ pour les documents du gouvernementfédéral. La collection de documentation pédagogiqueet de littérature pour la jeunesse est organisée sur lesrayons selon la classification Dewey utilisée dans lesécoles de la province. La collection totale de la BSJ aatteint 200 000 unités et comprend un minimum de350 abonnements à des périodiques. Le français est lalangue d’enseignement et de recherche à la FacultéSaint-Jean, mais les membres du personnel à la BSJtravaillent également en anglais lors de contacts avecleurs collègues anglophones, les usagers externes etle grand public.

Les candidates posséderont une MBSI décernéepar une école de bibliothéconomie reconnue et uneexpérience professionnelle d’au moins cinq ans.L’entrevue pour le poste se déroulera en anglais et enfrançais. Les candidat.e.s manifesteront un souci duservice à la clientèle, des habiletés exceptionnellespour la gestion, d’excellentes techniques d’enseigne-ment et de communication, un engagement vis à visla résolution coopérative de problèmes et deshabiletés marquées en gestion de l’information.

Ce poste menant à la permanence est classécomme bibliothécaire de niveau 2. Le salaire varieactuellement entre 53 437$ et 80 989$. Les bibliothé-caires à la University of Alberta sont considéréesmembres du personnel académique et bénéficientd’un ensemble généreux d’avantages sociaux. Le con-cours prend fin le 20 juillet 2001. Les candidates sontpriées de faire parvenir, par courrier régulier, télé-copieur ou courrier électronique, un curriculum vitaeet le nom de trois répondantes à:

Karen AdamsDirector of Library Services and InformationResources Cameron LibraryUniversity of Alberta Edmonton, AlbertaT6G 2J8Télécopieur: (780) 492-8302Courriel: karen.adams@ualberta.caLa University of Alberta a une vision clairement

énoncée: être incontestablement reconnue commeune des meilleures universités au Canada. Cet objectifde maintenir un environnement optimal pour l’ap-prentissage et la recherche entraîne la nécessité d’in-vestissements importants dans les services de tech-nologie de l’information et dans l’infrastructure, exigeun personnel innovateur et débrouillard et s’appuiesur un engagement au processus dynamique dechangement. Pour de plus amples informations, con-sultez la page d’accueil de l’université:http://www.ualberta.ca

Conformément aux exigences relatives à l’immi-gration au Canada, ce poste est offert aux citoyen.ne.s

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canadien.ne.s et aux résident.e.s permanent.e.s. Enl’absence de candidat.e.s citoyennes canadiennes ourésidentes permanentes répondant aux exigences duposte, nous considérerons d’autres personnes.

Les dossiers reçus pour ce concours seront gérésselon les dispositions de la Loi de l’accès à l’informa-tion et de la protection des renseignements person-nels. La University of Alberta respecte le principed’équité en matière d’emploi. Comme employeur, ellefavorise la diversité dans le milieu du travail etencourage les candidatures de toute personne quali-fiée, femmes et hommes, y compris les autochtones,les personnes handicapées et les membres desminorités visibles.

HEAD LIBRARIANBIBLIOTHEQUE SAINT-JEANUNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA LIBRARIES

The University of Alberta Libraries, with a longtradition of service excellence to the University andits communities, seek a dynamic individual to takeresponsibility for operation and development of theBibliothèque Saint-Jean (BSJ). The head librarianmanages the human, financial, and physical resourcesof BSJ including development of the collection, plan-ning and setting priorities for service, evaluation ofoutcomes, and supervision of 8.5 staff. Working withina team environment, the successful candidate willcontribute to the overall management of the LiberalArts and Social Sciences Libraries of which BSJ is apart, will participate in the activities of the FacultéSaint-Jean and take a leadership role in the develop-ment of French language library services in WesternCanada.

The University of Alberta Library is Canada’s sec-ond-largest research library, with a collection exceed-ing five million volumes. The library has a unique rela-tionship with the broader community through NEOS,a central Alberta consortium consisting of 19 govern-ment, hospital, college and university libraries andthrough The Alberta Library. Visit our website athttp://www.library.ualberta ca.

The Bibliothèque Saint-Jean is part of the largerUniversity of Alberta Libraries system. Its mission is toserve the staff and students and support the programsof study and research of the Faculté Saint-Jean.TheFaculté Saint-Jean is a French language faculty withinthe English language environment of the University ofAlberta.The Faculté offers the BA, BAA (jointly with theFaculty of Business), BEd, BEd (After Diploma), BSc and

MEd programs to students in the French language.TheBibliothèque Saint-Jean collection (200,000 volumes,350 serials) contains resources in the arts and humani-ties, the social sciences, education and pure sciences,classified according to the Library of Congress. It is aselective depository for federal government publica-tions. It also has an extensive collection of curriculummaterials and children’s literature arranged in theDewey classification.While the French language is thelanguage of teaching and research at the Faculté Saint-Jean, staff of the Bibliothèque Saint-Jean must workequally well in English in order to communicate withtheir English-speaking library colleagues, external usersand the public.

Qualifications will include an MLS degree froman accredited library school and at least five years ofprofessional experience. The interview will be con-ducted in both English and French. Applicants mustpossess a strong service orientation, superior man-agement skills, excellent instructional and communi-cations skills, a commitment to co-operative solutionsand superior information management skills.

This tenure-track position is classified at theLibrarian 2 level with a current salary range of$53,437 to $80,989. Librarians at the University ofAlberta have academic status and participate in a gen-erous benefits program. Closing date for the position isJuly 20, 2001. To apply please mail, fax or e-mail yourrésumé and the names of three references to:

Karen AdamsDirector of Library Services and InformationResources Cameron LibraryUniversity of Alberta Edmonton, AlbertaT6G 2J8Fax: (780) 492-8302e-mail: karen.adams@ualberta.caThe University of Alberta has a clear vision – to

be indisputably recognized as one of Canada’s finestuniversities. The university’s vision of the optimumenvironment for learning and research demandsmajor investment in information technology servicesand infrastructure, innovative and resourceful staffand commitment to a dynamic process of change.Further information is available on the University’shome page at http://www.ualberta.ca

In accordance with Canadian immigrationrequirements, this advertisement is directed toCanadian citizens and permanent residents. If suitableCanadian citizens and permanent residents cannot befound, other individuals will be considered.

Submit talks and events to Cora Doucette by 9 a.m. one week prior to publication. Fax 492-2997 or e-mail atcora.doucette@ualberta.ca .

DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRYJune 15, 11:00 a.m.Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical

Research guest speaker Dr. Daniel Chasman, seniorscientist, Variagenics, Inc. Cambridge, MA, speaking on“Predicting the Functional Consequences of Non-Synonymous Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms:Structure-Based Assessment of Amino Acid Variation.”NANUC Seminar Room, 101 NANUC Building. Host: Dr.Mark Glover.

June 21, 11:00 a.m.Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical

Research visiting speaker Dr. Aladár A. Szalay, LomaLinda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda,California, speaking on “Use of Light Emitting Proteinsfor the Localization of Tumor Suppressor Proteins inCell Cultures and for the Detection of Tumors in LiveAnimals.” Room 2-31 Medical Sciences Building. Host:Dr. Mike Ellison.

DEPARTMENT OF CELL BIOLOGYJune 25, 9:30 a.m.Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical

Research guest speaker Dr. Gary A. Eitzen,Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry,Dartmouth Medical School. Topic:“A cascade of fourGTPases controls vacuole docking and fusion.”Seminar Room, 5-10 Medical Sciences Building.

July 3, 9:30 a.m.Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical

Research guest speaker Dr. Gordon Chan, research

associate, Institute for Cancer Research, Fox ChaseCancer Centre. Topic:“The Hububs in MitoticCheckpoint Regulation of Chromosome Segregation.”Seminar Room, 5-10 Medical Sciences Building.

CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON LITERACYJuly 23, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noonDr. Paul Hager, University of Technology, Sydney,

speaking on “Life, Work and Learning: Practice inPostmodernity.” Room 7-152 Education North.Sponsored by the Department of Educational PolicyStudies and the Centre for Research on Literacy.

DEPARTMENT OF DENTISTRYJune 19, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical

Research visiting speaker Dr. Robert Kusy, MS, PhD,Director of Biomaterials, School of Medicine,University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill. Title:“Dental Applications of Continuous-Fiber ReinforcedComposites.” Room 4069 Dentistry/PharmacyBuilding.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGYJune 22, 3:00 p.m.Dr. Jonathan Lytton, Departments of

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Physiologyand Biophysics, University of Calgary, speaking on“Molecular diversity of Na/Ca exchanger function.”Room 207 Heritage Medical Research Centre.

When I hear of local activities commemorating volunteer contributions in honour of the

International Year of the Volunteer, I can’thelp but bow my head and silently cele-brate the 500 family planning volunteersgoing door to door with information andcontraceptives in the villages of Kabarole,western Uganda. This was the scene formy thesis field research on a community-based family planning program and thebackdrop for lessons in generosity andcommitment to the health of women, children and families.

In Kabarole, where family planningclinics are either too far away or notavailable at all, trained community volun-teers spend eight to 10 hours a week pro-moting the benefits of family planning totheir neighbours. Not an easy or enviabletask given that the setting is still rife withreligious and male opposition to familyplanning. The need is clear: Uganda’s fertility rate is seven children per woman.Eight per cent of women use modern contraceptives and 50 per cent of womenbecome mothers before reaching the age of 18.

Like the clients they serve, most vol-unteers live in poverty, are overburdenedby the daily struggle for survival, and areoften unable to meet the basic needs oftheir own families. I asked them what theprogram could do to help them in theirwork. Expecting screams for salaries, Iheard humble requests for food. “Weshould just be able to earn enough to getsome salt, some soap,” said one volunteershyly. “We really are not asking for somuch money but just the ability to getsome of the little things we need.”

Despite the challenges, volunteers are committed to improving the health of families in their villages. “We knowwomen’s problems”, another volunteersaid, “you produce lots of children andthen you do not even have the money tosend them to school. We really love tohelp women, we have that commitment,the problem is that the work is frustrat-ing.” Besides providing a convenientsupply of contraceptives, the volunteershelp to reduce the abundance of fears and misconceptions about family plan-ning and encourage partners to commu-nicate about the need to limit or space the birth of their children. In a countryravaged by AIDS, the promotion of safersexual behaviour and education aboutHIV are added to the list of volunteerresponsibilities.

Despite Uganda’s success in reducingHIV prevalence, HIV/AIDS continues tohave a devastating impact on every facetof Ugandan life. More than 800,000Ugandan adults and children—the population of Greater Edmonton—wereHIV infected at the end of 1999. The mag-nitude and injustice of the situation wasbrought home to me one rainy afternoonwhen 100 enthusiastic adolescents and I crammed into a remote, one-roomedschool to talk about responsible reproduc-tive behaviour. I asked them to stand if they had a relative or friend sick ordead because of AIDS. Not one studentremained seated. One boy, struggling to find his pubescent voice, respectfullyasked, “Madame, we hear that in your

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Clockwise from top left: Bought with money donated by the author’s family, Alice the cow provides orphanswith fresh milk every day; children cool off at a water pump after school; in uniform, a group of studentsassembles to have a photo taken; a bicycle is a prestigious mode of transportation for a child so when a student rides one to school, it’s worth documenting; a baby is weighed and vaccinated against disease at a planning clinic which offers family planning injections to mothers.

country you have few people with HIVand they have drugs to help them. In mycountry, we have many people with HIVbut they do not have any drugs. Madame,please tell me, why is this so?” I provideda lame and all-too-diplomatic responseabout the greed of pharmaceutical com-panies. They retaliated by generouslyoffering me a live, squawking chicken inappreciation for my visit to their school.

Perhaps it was the sense of helpless-ness generated there that led me to seekrefuge at the local baby orphanage. Manyof the children are AIDS orphans—closeto one million Ugandan children underthe age of 15 have lost a mother or bothparents to AIDS. My arrival always sentthe 31 orphans on a squealing and hug-ging frenzy. Due to budget cuts and therecent death of the orphanage’s milkingcow, the children were losing weight andseemed less energetic with every visit.

Unable to finance even the tail of agood milking cow, I e-mailed the idea ofbuying a cow to my family and friends inCanada. Generous donations, often madein lieu of family Christmas gifts, pouredin. Alice, a pregnant Friesian, was pre-sented to the orphanage on my last day in Kabarole. The orphans have the taste of milk on their lips again and I maintaina healthy diet of international co-opera-tion and compassion.

(Annette Flaherty’s field research inUganda, under the supervision of Dr. WalterKipp, was made possible by a grant from theUniversity of Alberta’s Fund in Support ofInternational Development Activities.) ■

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