Full schedule pag chronicle The University of British Coiumbia Alumni Magazine Volume 54 • Number 3 • Fail, 2000 Join our on-line community: www.aJumni.ubc.ca, thtn click the OLC button IIJBCI OLC Network Having trouble finding people in the crowd? 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Opinions expressed in the magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of the Alumni Association or the university. Letters to the editor are welcome. Address correspondence to: Christopher Petty UBC Alumni Association, 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z1, or send e-mail to cpetty@alumni.ubc.ca. Letters will be published at the editor's discretion and may be edited for space. For advertising rates and information, contact Gord Smart at 604-733-6896. Contact Numbers at UBC Address Changes Alumni Association toll free Chronicle Editor UBC Info Line Alma Mater Society. Campus Tours Continuing Studies Development Office Library Registrar Belkin Gallery Chan Centre Freddy Wood Theatre Museum of Anthropology Printed in Canada by Mitchell tan ISSN 0824-1279 Canadian Publications Mail Product Sales Agreement No. 1463357 822-8921 822-3313 .800-883-3088 822-8914 822-4636 822-9098 822-8687 822-1444 822-8900 822-6375 822-3014 822-2759 822-2697 822-2678 _822-5087 chronicle 12 15 16 19 23 26 38 The University of British Columbia Alumni Association • Fall, 2000 Features Being Nicola Cavendish A look at one of Canada's (and UBCs) finest actors by Janis Connolly, BA'73 Prescription for Nursing Cathy Ebbehoj has the answer for successful nursing by Shari Ackerman Alumni Day 2000 Full schedule for Alumni Day, October 1, 2000 UBC Annual Report UBC has had a great year. Read about it here Due Process Students accused of academic wrongdoing now have an advocate by Toireasa Jesperson Nelson Alumni Award Winners and Sports Hall of Fame Inductees The full list ofthis year's VIPs, to be fSted at the Annual Dinner 6. G. Sedgewick: My Favourite Professor A look back at one of UBC's originals. by Jan de Bruyn, BA'49 j On the cover: Nicola Cavendish BA'77. PatHiginbotham/Studio 54 photo. Departments Research News 4 Books 18 What's On 29 Association News 30 Class Acts 33 Visit our website: www.alumni.ubc.ca chroniclenews UBC Scoops Leading Software Researcher One of the world's leading software researchers has been recruited to UBC to work in a breakthrough area of programming languages and software engineering, thanks to a newly created $1.75-million research chair. Prof. Gregor Kiczales has been named to the Chair in Software Design in the Computer Science Dept. The chair will be funded over the next five years by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Xerox Canada Etd. and Vancouver-based Sierra Systems. "We can score one brain gain for Canada with this announcement," says Indira Samarasekera, UBC's vice-president, Research. "Our long-term prosperity depends on our ability to develop the information technology component of our national economy." Kiczales was recruited by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a student, to work as a staff researcher before he finished his computer science degree 20 years ago. He was an early pioneer of object-oriented programming where software is designed in separate components and then later assembled into a single program. But this methodology has limitations, and programmers can find the later stages of assembling the components difficult. Kiczales has solved the problem with a new aspect-oriented software programming language. "UBC is an excellent place to pursue this research," says Kiczales. "We're going to do great work and attract great young minds in the process." • UBC Tops Nation with $68 Million Plus in Canada Foundation for Innovation Grants ^ The Killam Prizes a Killam prizes are awarded to top teachers and researchers at UBC. Killam endowments have been established at universities across Canada and are awarded annually. This year's alumni winners are: • Barbara Bernhardt BA '69, MSc'72, PhD'90, associate professor in the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences. • Michael Burgess BCom'73, Graduate Studies, genetics ethicist Gregor Kiczales holds chair in Software Design * Robert McDonald PhD'77, History UBC and its affiliated teaching hospitals have been awarded more than $68 million in research infrastructure funding—the largest amount awarded to any Canadian institution—from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) in a recent competition. 'This incredible level of investment by the federal government is an explicit recognition that innovative and interdisciplinary research is the cornerstone of the economic, social and cultural well- being of all Canadians," says UBC 4 Chronicle President Martha Piper. UBC and its research partners received funding for 20 projects ranging from the restoration of global fisheries to the working relationship between humans and computers. Six of the projects, including a new cancer research centre that received $27.8 million, are centred at UBC's affiliated hospitals. The centre will be part of the Centre for Integrated Genomics, a joint project of UBC and the BC Cancer Agency. McGill University was the only ' Edward Putnins PhD'95, Dentistry, Oral Biological and Medical Sciences > Marilyn Chapman BEd'75, Education, Language and Literacy Education • Kenneth Craig MA'60, Graduate Studies, Psychology > Uz Edinger BA'64, LLB'67, Associate Dean > Philip Loewen MSc'83, PhD'86, Mathematics institution in Canada to receive a higher number of grants than UBC and its affiliated hospitals. The University of Toronto gained funding for 11 projects. Attracting increased funding from all sources and enhancing research infrastructure is a key strategy in UBC's goal to be the leading research university in Canada, as outlined in Trek 2000, the university's vision statement. "We worked with all our researchers to ensure that proposals were coordinated and met with CFI's top priority of supporting leading edge innovative projects," says Indira Samarasekera, vice- president, Research. • RN Shortage Causes Concern Forty-five per cent of nurses are due to retire in the next decade. Educating a new wave is critical, says School of Nursing Director Katharyn May. "There's a nursing shortage out there that could bring the nation's health-care system to a screeching halt," says May. But spots for nursing students in the province have, until the most recent provincial budget, been diminishing. In 1994, BC graduated 715 nurses a year compared to a mere 600 graduates in 1999. That is coupled with a current global shortage in nurses—two out of every ten new nursing graduates leave Canada for the United States. May says you can't blame Canadian graduates for fleeing south of the border given the attractive signing bonuses dangled by US hospitals. In some cases they offer aid to repay student loans. As well, many new nurses get to choose in which hospital area they will work compared with the often long wait that many endure in Canadian hospitals to specialize where they choose. But the situation isn't all gloomy. May cites statistics that show Canada will have approximately 85 per cent of nurses holding university degrees by 2005, overtaking the US. She says that's because Ontario will make a university degree a requirement for new nurses in that year. Currently 20 per cent of practicing nurses have university degrees across the country. "In some respects, UBC Nursing is very well positioned," says May. She points to the full implementation of the Multiple Entry Option (MEO) program this fall as an example of one of the methods the school is using to attract new students. The program allows people who have a degree already to obtain nursing one in a two-calendar-year intensive program which concentrates on teaching the skills and theories of the profession. • A plaque on the side of the cairn on Main Mall is a quiet thank you from one group of graduates to another. In the fall of 1922, 1,178 students marched in the Great Trek from downtown Vancouver to Point Grey and presented a petition with 56,000 signatures to the provincial government A week later the government authorized a $1.5 million loan to resume construction of the university. The cairn is built of rocks gathered on the site and contains stones the trekkers gathered on their way. New Master's Degree in European Studies Senate has approved a new Master's degree in European Studies. "It is our understanding that the program is the first of its kind in Canada and we're very excited to be offering it to UBC students," says Sima Godfrey, director of the Institute for European Studies which will administer the program within the Faculty of Graduate Studies. While European studies usually focus on politics, geography and history-related issues, the new program will take a more multidisciplinary approach, she says. Students will take courses with electives of their choice in historical, cultural, environmental, economic, and public policy issues. Students will also be encouraged to spend one term studying at a European university or in an approved internship position in Europe. Any faculty or staff member with a background in European research or teaching can contact Godfrey at (604) 822-8723 to help the institute determine the scope of resources on campus. • Imagine UBC unlocks the mystery of 1st Year Gone are the days of struggle and confusion for new students; in their place is Imagine UBO. What is it? 4200 first year students, 500 student leaders, hundreds of volunteers and an entire day of welcoming activities. In small groups led by upper year students, first year students get basic training in survival at university. With first day classes cancelled, they participate in a workshop on student success, a faculty-specific information session, and a HUGE pep rally. The day ends with The Main Event, a large outdoor fair showcasing UBC student life. Do more than imagine this great experience! Come check it out. See you on Sept. 5th. Chronicle chronicle news Engineer Looking for Women Ever since Rozlyn Bubela and her older sister helped their father build their family cabin on Quesnel Lake, she has been fascinated with building things. "We helped with the strategy—like how far did we want it to be from the water and such," says Bubela, a recent civil engineering grad and co-op student. The 23-year-old Dean's Honour List student, who admits to a fondness for number puzzles and math competitions, says she didn't know of any female engineers when she was a young girl. "Women in particular may have the skills for engineering but don't get the support or know about the opportunities out there for them, especially at a young age," Bubela says. She's changing that: she speaks at conferences encouraging young women to consider engineering as a career option; she's set up a Women in Engineering Web link off the UBC homepage, and is active in the Scientists and Innovators in the Schools (SIS) program. "I hope to get teachers in Quesnel to tap into this resource," she says. Although Bubela has been to several interviews, she is leaning towards working on a master's degree in structural and earthquake engineering, most likely at UBC. She was the undergrad winner of the 1999 Premier's Awards for Young Women in Science. • Rozlyn Bubela, Engineer. THINKING ABOUT HUMAN PASSU ♦ SELF AND SOCIETY ♦ TRADITK VALUES ♦ RELIGIOUS AND SECUL ♦ ORGANIZING SOCIAL REALITIE OPACITY AND LIMITS OF REASON )ERNITY ♦ SCIENCE AND HUMAN IEWS ♦ LIBERTY AND AUTHORITY LASS, RACE, NATION ♦ THINKING Master of Arts T IBERAL STUDIES Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre ♦ Earn an advanced degree through a structured, intellectually challenging, interdisciplinary program ♦ Re-discover the world of ideas, study classic texts, develop new perspectives on contemporary issues ♦ Join a community of learning The Graduate Liberal Studies program has been developed especially for adults returning to study on a part time basis. The Master of Arts program is offered during evening hours at SFU at Harbour Centre in downtown Vancouver. Deadline for applications for September 2001 admission is Friday, April 6, 2001. ♦ ♦ ♦ The Graduate Liberal Studies Program Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver V6B 5K3 Telephone (604) 291-5152 Fax (604) 291-5159 E-mail glsp@sfu.ca New Grad to Set Up English/Spanish School in Mexico Mario Lopez is the first of his family's nine children to be educated outside Mexico. Now, with his degree from UBC, he plans to return to Mexico to establish a Spanish/English school for low income people in his hometown, Oaxaca. He explored parental views of the value of literacy education in Oaxaca as research for his master's degree in Language and Literacy Education, granted this past spring. He will apply what he learned at UBC to design his school's curriculum. "English schools only exist for the elite," he explains. "Mine will educate lower and middle class students so that they can get better jobs in tourism and other areas, or go on to university which requires English in upper levels. Without it, they can't compete." Mario came to BC with a scholarship to the Canadian International College. He immediately began organizing exchanges between Canadian teachers and Mexican students, which eventually involved 25 teachers. "He is quite extraordinary," says Education prof. Lee Gunderson. "Not only did he organize social events to make the department more welcoming, he is renowned for his guitar playing, his singing in different languages, and his dancing. He has a talent for getting others, including faculty, up on the dance floor." Mario is now encouraging others to get involved in his school. He will need English books which are expensive in Mexico. His e-mail address is lopezmario@hotmail.com. • AUTHORITY ♦ ORGANIZING SOCIAL REALITIES: GENDER, CLASS, RACE, NATION Chronicle Message from the President Innovators Change Everything Can you remember what it was like to communicate with a friend across the country or make business arrangements abroad before the arrival of e-mail? In just a few short years e-mail has become an integral part of our business and personal communications, and it is hard to imagine life without this capability. That is the nature of innovation. It changes everything. And behind each new idea, behind each new technical, scientific, or social development there is a person or a group whose imagination and creative brilliance have led them—and us—to look at the world in a new way. UBC is one of Canada's foremost universities, and we are working hard to make it the premier post secondary research institution in the country. Recent grant awards made by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation show how that work is paying off: UBC received more money in grants than any other university in Canada. The CFI awards recognize that UBC is an institution of innovation and innovators, and that the work we do here is leading-edge. As well, UBC has received funding for 160 new research chairs from the Canada Research Chairs Program valued at $120 million over five years. This is another of the many strong indicators that UBC, as a national institution, is held in high regard. The scope and diversity of research and innovation taking place at UBC is extraordinary. From progress in the mapping of the human genome to service learning opportunities and new undergraduate co-op programs, innovation is rapidly changing the quality and character of university life for all members of the UBC community. To chronicle this innovation, we have prepared an annual report that we hope will gain wide distribution. In the report, we profile a few of the innovators who are making positive contributions to society on a local, national, and even international level. We are proud of the accomplishments of these UBC students, faculty, staff and alumni and we are pleased to share their stories with you. Along with highlights of our financial position, the report also shows our progress in achieving the goals of Trek 2000. We have also included a special four- page executive summary of the annual report in this issue of the Chronicle, beginning on page 19. A full version of the annual report will be available for distribution by September 29, 2000, and included in the Vancouver Sun on Saturday, October 21, 2000. I invite you to call the Alumni Association offices to request your own copy. And, in the spirit of innovation, for the first time we are making the annual report available online. It, too, will be available for viewing by September 29. Martha Piper, President, UBC You can view the electronic version of our 1999-2000 report at www.ubc.ca/ annualreport. Please feel free to share your response with us. • share your views j.-JL* Your best conference venue is right at home. Let the UBC Conference Centre work behind the scenes on your next convention. We'll register delegates, plan meetings, manage abstracts, and attend to every nuance of your event. Show your colleagues how UBC's scenic settings and first-rate facilities create a uniquely satisfying convention experience. And the perfect venue for sharing your views. Call the UBC Conference Centre today. UBC CONFERENCE CENTRE The University of British Columbia 5961 Student Union Boulevard, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2C9 Tel: (604) 822-1060 Fax: (604} 822-1069 Web site: www.conferences ubcca Chronicle chronicle news Animal Welfare Grad Wants to Build a Better Rat Cage Kymberly McLeod BSc'OO is a third- generation UBC graduate with a unique degree and future career. Motivated by a lifelong love of animals, she earned her degree in the Animal Welfare Program, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. Established in 1995, the program addresses issues on the humane treatment of animals in agriculture, research, sport and companionship. "I grew up with pets and helped train a six-year-old thoroughbred horse, Angel, which I ride at least three times a week," she says. "I have always been concerned about the quality of their lives and want to do anything I can to improve the existence of all animals." A shortage of objective measures, balanced research and public education has slowed the search for practical solutions to animal welfare problems. McLeod hopes to help change all that by becoming a teacher and sharing what she has learned through education. "Human beings need to be able to assess the emotional well-being of animals, to improve animal welfare as well as the efficiency of animal agriculture," she says. "We must find ways to reduce and refine the use of animals in biomedical research and find a middle ground and practical solution." To prove her dedication, McLeod is conducting a research project to improve the quality of life for the 400,000 laboratory rats used in Canada every year. "I am carefully studying the enclosures in which they give birth," she says. "We want to find the optimum size, amount of light, bedding material and play toys which interest them, to create an environment which is as natural as possible." • FACULTY OF ARTS UBC KILLAM TEACHING PRIZES Once again the University is recognizing excellence in teaching through the awarding of prizes to faculty members. Five (5) prize winners will be selected in the Faculty of Arts for 2001. Eligibility: Eligibility is open to faculty who have three or more years of teaching at UBC. The three years include 2000-2001. Criteria: The awards will recognize distinguished teaching at all levels: introductory, advanced, graduate courses, graduate supervision, and any combination of levels. Nomination Process: Members of faculty, students, or alumni may suggest candidates to the Head of the Department, the Director of the School, or Chair of the Program in which the nominee teaches. These suggestions should be in writing and signed by one or more students, alumni or faculty, and they should include a very brief statement of the basis for the nomination. You may write a letter of nomination or pick up a form from the Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts, in Buchanan B130. Deadline: 4:00 pm on January 22, 2001. Submit nominations to the Department, School or Program Office in which the nominee teaches. Winners will be announced in the Spring, and they will be identified as well during Spring convocation in May. For further information about these awards contact either your Department, School or Program office, or Dr. Evan Kreider, Associate Dean of Arts, at (604) 822-6703. Lawyer Turned Journalist Wants to Inform Ian Clayton is ready to report on the 21st century and share stories which will influence your life. "I want to inform, provide context, perspective and objectivity on important issues to help make people aware so they can respond knowledga- bly," says Clayton. He is one of the first 16 graduates to earn a master's degree from the UBC School of Journalism in the Faculty of Arts. Clayton earned a BA from the University of Manitoba in his hometown of Winnipeg, and discovered a love of writing and telling stories while working on the student newspaper. That love lingered as he completed a law degree at the University of Manitoba. "I wanted to communicate with more people on a wide range of topics," says Clayton, explaining why he enrolled at the school when it opened in 1998. He interned at CBC Newsworld in Toronto, where he wrote for newscasts, worked on Counterspin and Newsworld Today and wrote for CBC's Internet site. A work term at Vancouver's Canadian Press bureau provided background for his thesis on the future of wire services in the Information Age. "Deadlines are disappearing as news is covered in real time, on-line," he says. "Content is needed to feed technology's rapid growth. You could say the message is becoming the medium." He credits the School of Journalism for providing a once-in-a-career opportunity to look in-depth at the issues he faces as a journalist. • Chronicle Youth Millennium Project Will Change the World Youth Millennium Project founders Rebecca Slate (left) and Justine Wiltshire. The Youth Millennium Project (YMP) hasn't changed the world— not yet—but more than 4,000 youth have begun 80 innovative projects in 35 countries on five continents. That's a start, say the organizers of the UBC/UNICEF project, which was officially launched in April. And it's proof positive that the world's young people— particularly in developing countries—are apprehensive about their future and are eager to get involved on a grassroots level. After graduating from UBC, Rebecca Slate DEd'97 and Justine Wiltshire LLB'98 conceived the project in which people aged 11-14 in every country would be invited to discuss global issues of concern to them and to create local action plans. "We knew it was an audacious idea," they say, "but we decided to do something about the ongoing universal tragedy that young people feel they have no control over the world's future." A year later, the invitation went out to 190 countries in 70 languages through the organization's international offices. Almost immediately, Vietnamese youth started raising money for school supplies. In Sierra Leone, an education campaign on a peace agreement began after nine years of civil war. Villages are being cleaned up in Estonia, funds are being raised for Mozambique in Germany, and trees are being planted in Tanzania. At UBC's Liu Centre for the Study of Global Issues, where Slate and Wiltshire work with a small army of dedicated volunteers and work-study students, word has been received that 500 Tibetan children living in exile in India have joined YMP. In Namibia, youth have pledged to eradicate poverty in their village by 2020. "This project is a testament to what young people can accomplish if they are given an opportunity to exercise their ideas," says UBC President Martha Piper. A team of 100 volunteer translators work on the project. "People are honoured to be invited and take us more seriously because we communicate in their local language," says Slate. In July 2001, Slate and Wiltshire intend to bring a boy and a girl— randomly selected from a YMP group in each country—to attend a Youth Millennium Conference at UBC. YMP is currently raising $3 million for the conference. The President's Office has had an immediate response from 14 universities to provide financial and other support. "In too many countries, children are subject to dreadful abuse or neglect, ranging from forced military service or physical labour to denial of education and protection from physical harm," says Law Prof. Ivan Head, former director of the Liu Centre. "By encouraging youth to act in concerted, constructive fashion, and by raising awareness of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, this remarkable project contributes to a better future for children and societies everywhere." For more information, call (604) 822-5028, or e-mail ymp@interchange.ubc.ca. • 'Forests Forever' Pledges Scholar Slogging through rough, wooded terrain with a backpack under a hot sun gathering plant samples may not be everybody's idea of a delightful afternoon. For Forestry graduate Myriam Bloemhard though, it's perfect. "Once you've been out there in the woods and you've experienced how peaceful and beautiful it is, you want it to be around forever," says Bloemhard, describing why she chose to pursue a degree in natural resource conservation. Now that's she's graduated, Bloemhard has set her career path for conservation policy interpretation, development and public education. The self-proclaimed nature lover hasn't let a visual impairment—she has some vision in her right eye but none in her left—impede her studies. Bloemhard completed a rigorous 15- credit field school and spent five months last fall in Canberra, Australia. There, she was an international exchange student, studying forestry economics and German at the Australia National University. She also backpacked and hiked around southern Australia for a month. Bloemhard was the founder and president of the university's VIP (Visually Impaired Persons) Club in 1997-98. • Chronicle chronicle news Composer Inspired Generation of UBC'ers One of Canada's most prolific and honoured composers, Jean Coulthard, died recently at 92. A member of UBC's School of Music from 1947-73, she was the first composer from Canada's West Coast to achieve national stature and international recognition. Educational Studies Associate Professor William Bruneau is writing two biographies of her. During their many conversations, Bruneau says Coulthard recognized and valued her long association with the university, which provided In our Summer issue, we published a photograph of who we thought was Dr. Sydney Friedman, first head of UBC's department of Anatomy. Wasn't him. Above is a photo of Dr. Friedman and his wife, Connie, who also worked in the department. The fellow in the photo was a student of the time, J. D. Jamieson, MD'60, who praises the Friedmans highly and says, "Thy set the intellectual tone for the research environment at UBC in those early days." UBC's Town, and Gown Cenfle*^ """"vf"**": Qpdl Green% Call to book weddings, meetings, receptions, reunions, anniversaries, special parties. The view, and the price, can't be beat. 822-6289, or toll free 1 800 883-3088 her with financial, artistic and intellectual support. Coulthard studied at London's Royal College of Music with Ralph Vaughan Williams and she took compositions for criticism to many 20th Century giants including Schoenberg, Bartok and Aaron Copland. Coulthard composed in every genre: a full-length opera, four symphonies, concertos and numerous shorter works for soloists and orchestra, sonatas for virtually all instruments, and hundreds of keyboard, choral, and vocal works. • Continuing Studies Lecture Series on Arts, Humanities and Public Affairs Continuing Studies offers a range of stimulating lectures this Fall. Courses are held at a variety of venues, including the downtown Vancouver Public Library, Hycroft House, and the UBC campus, in the evening and during the day. Please call for locations and times. Below is a selection from the many courses offered, with starting dates. • October 3 International Scene • October 4 Exploring Vancouver's Theatre Scene • October 5 Arctic Canada: Romantic Illusions, Challenges and Possibilities • October 5 Impressionism as the Painting of Modern Life • October 11 The Victorian Novel in its Time •October 17 Quebec in Canada Apprentice Class for New Poets • October 18 The VSO Companion • October 26 Writing Mystery Fiction • November 1 Journey Beneath the Earth: Understanding our Earthquake Zone • November 7 Great Cities of the Mediterranean For more information or for a copy of the calendar, call 822-1420 10 Chronicle People • Curriculum Studies Assoc. Prof. Jolie Mayer Smith A PhD'78 has earned the American Education Research Association's Review of Research Award for the article, A Critical Analysis ofthe Research on Learning to Teach: Making the Case for an Ecological Perspective on Inquiry. • Science Dean Maria Klawe '•/ has been elected vice-president of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Klawe holds the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council-IBM Chair for Women in Science and Engineering for BC and the Yukon, which focuses on increasing the participation of women in information technology careers. • Murray Goldberg MSc'89, a senior instructor in the Dept. of Computer Science and president of WebCt Canada, received an Application of Technology Award for his creation and development of web-based courses and online teaching tools. • Prof. William Hsieh BSc'76, MSc'78, PhD'81 is a co-recipient of this year's Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society's President's Prize for his contributions to global climate research. The prize honours his development of neural network techniques for forecasting climate variability. • Victor Ling A OBC, PhD'69, Faculty of Medicine's assistant dean, Research, BC Cancer Research Centre, has been named as a member of the governing council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). He is also vice- president of Research at the BC Cancer Agency. • Helen Burt v PhD'80 professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Angiotech Professor of Drug Delivery, was recognized in the Science, Research and Technology category for the YWCA Women of Distinction Award. A faculty member since 1980, Burt specializes in drug delivery systems that administer drugs in a more controlled and precise manner. • Psychology Professor Janet Werker A MA'79, PhD'82 is among the nominees in the Science, Research and Technology category for the Women of Distinction Award. Werker is an expert in infant language development. She has shown that babies can discriminate similar & sounding consonants and by the age of q- one tune in to only those sounds in their ha ' o native language. Werker served as c associate vice-president, Research. Chronicle 11 Being Nicola Cavendish o one can bellow my name from across a parking lot more eloquently than Nicola Cavendish. Her pitch is perfect and her projection is splendid, as you might expect from an working actor. Cavendish is late for our interview and has shouted out an apology to me as she scurries across the lot. She has been delivering cherries. Ten-pound boxes of organic cherries to her friends and colleagues who have been part of her life in the theatre. The cherries were grown on her father's orchard in the Okanagan where she grew up and returns each summer to help with the harvest. by Janis Connolly In the suburban Vancouver restaurant where we are having lunch, the actor who has played to rave reviews on stages from Broadway to Thunder Bay, is causing heads to turn. She candidly admits that she feels like a farm girl amid all the sophisticated folks surrounding her. Although she is casually dressed and her hair is slightly askew from the morning's tasks, her demeanour is intensely theatrical. For the next hour and a half, she will reveal the complex forces within her that have driven her to become that rarity among Canadian actors, a star. Launching an acting career is a formidable task in a land where the locals tend to glorify highly visible Hollywood actors and ignore their own. But her comedic and dramatic brilliance has 12 Chronicle earned her national name recognition, five Jessie Richardson Awards for outstanding performances in a lead role, two Doras, a Gemini and now, the UBC Alumni Association Award of Distinction. Her acting abilities have allowed her to pay off the mortgage on her North Vancouver home ("Yahoo - of this I am proud," Nicola quips in her personal bio) and she zips around town in a smart new Audi. When she came to UBC to study in the early '70s, she planned to pursue speech pathology. But along the way she was pulled in by the magic of the theatre department. She was drawn to the extraordinary personalities who worked and studied there, and intrigued by the potentially weighty issues that theatre could explore. To a woman who had grown up in the Okanagan, it offered a fertile environment of worldly people, creativity and experimentation. "I loved everything about it," she says. She became part of what she calls a "land of tremendous learning" at UBC. Among her classmates were such well-known Canadian theatre personalities as Brent Carver, Eric Peterson and Goldie Semple. She cultivated her craft on the simple stage of the Dorothy Somerset Theatre under department head Jack Brockington. He reinforced her strong feeling that the theatre was where she belonged. While at UBC she became infused with the idea that an acting career came with a tremendous responsibility to both the profession and the audience. As she puts it, "I understand the power of excellent theatre to carry a message and my responsibility as an actor to carry that message well." hat Cavendish was exceptional star material became quickly apparent to her UBC mentors. Veteran actor and playwright, Joy Coghill BA'47, who directed her in her first undergraduate play, was among the first to recognize Cavendish's extraordinary talent. Coghill was impressed by her sense of responsibility and the enormous energy she brought to the stage. "To this day," says Coghill, "she never does anything halfway. She always gives 100 percent." Cavendish graduated in 1976 into the large community of West Coast starving artists. She took a job working with stroke patients at the Louis Brier Hospital on Oak Street, and sandwiched auditions between shifts. Christopher Newton, then artistic director at the Vancouver Playhouse, recognized her creativity and the huge range of her abilities and gave her a series of parts in the next season of plays. From the Playhouse, ^^^^^^ she travelled across the j#if f^ii iL ^^S^^^^M country playing a diverse cast of characters, everywhere winning over audiences with her power and versatility. Among her roles was the moving portrayal of the primitive Dull Griet in Top Girls at London Ontario's Grand Theatre; her funny, spirited solo turn as Shirley Valentine that played to sold out houses in six Canadian cities over a three-year period; and her sensitive interpretation of the complex, larger than life mother in Michel Tremblay's For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again. he played four seasons as a principal member at the Shaw festival and was briefly lured to Broadway where she played the trembling maid Edith in Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. She worked her magic into the character of Edith, going inside her, assuming her soul and engaging New Yorkers with her interpretation. The distinguished cast included Richard Chamberlain, Blythe Danner and the late Geraldine Page. But, says Cavendish, the cast didn't gel and the play suffered because of it. She was gratified, though, by the personal praise she earned from the critics. She credits the accolades to her Canadian training: "American audiences tend to marvel at Canadian actors. It's the attention to detail we give to our parts, the vision we bring to our roles, the emotional landscape, the psychology, the character's history ..." Many hail Cavendish's most recent role as Nana in For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again as her most compelling performance. She faced one of the toughest opening nights of her career when the play opened in Montreal last fall. It was the first time that a play by Michel Tremblay would be performed in English in his home town. She had the added pressure of working with a new director in an unfamiliar theatre while a Quebec actor was performing the French version to great kudos across town. Cavendish performed superbly, earning a standing Chronicle 13 ovation on opening night and the Montreal Critics Award for Best Actress. The play has had a six-month run across the country and critics gave her universally high praise for her performance. After playing Nana at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, a reviewer with CBO Radio said: "She had the audience in the palm of her hand . . . howling and giggling and thoroughly enjoying it all because the actress knows how to perform the outrageous, the vulgar, the frightening, irritating, tenderhearted and fascinating qualities of this character." A North Shore News critic in Vancouver describes her powers of captivation: "Few are blessed with a transparency, an honesty, that makes their performances riveting. I know when I am in such company I hesitate to write notes in the dark of the theatre for fear of hearing that collective intake of audience breath that signifies I have missed another moment of magic." The play will close on October 29 at an international festival in Washington DC in October, the only Canadian play to be invited. Interspersed with her life on stage over the last two decades, Cavendish has played numerous roles in television and film. Street Legal, the X-Files, The Sleep Room and even Sesame Street, are among her credits and again tell of her versatility. Extraordinary Wonders of China & the ;/^''"-4p»ngt3?e Riyefc Octobef^^bli^rTi^r 4, 2000 Ireland - County Cork tobe'r 22-30, 2000 ^^- il |orrm Escapade Ejfcrruaiy, 2001 From Machu Pilcfjcf to f he Galapagos Islands jruary, 2001 ^ The White Gifts of Dov« toNormandysrs;* •** BrittaivrWales %frefand 1 HP J » '. ' . " NU J »«— • * Waterways pf "the Sco^isn Cferis But it is the stage that rouses this actor who has delivered more than 1,000 performances, many of them demanding solo roles that she performs night after night with the same unfailing passion. Why choose theatre when presumably her life could have been easier as an actor in film or in television? She talks about the challenge and intrigue in putting a play together, discovering the substance of the text, arriving at conclusions and deciding upon character. "There is satisfaction in telling a story well," she says. "It is intimate and one can feel the energy of real people breathing and listening and absorbing and it is a holy experience when we all commune." Still, she possesses an amazing ability to move from one medium to another, from stage to film and from actor to writer. She has written several plays, including the popular Christmas farce, It's Snowing on Saltspring. She is writing more now and feels that the sense of accountability she feels to her audiences is being more sharply served. It is a logical progression. She maintains that good theatre should prompt introspection but that one must have good writing as the means to achieve that. "When an excellent script comes along, world theatre goers respond. They want to see and hear these new words and consider them; they want to be moved at all levels - intellectually, emotionally, spiritually," she says. Currently, she is researching a play about widowhood with a group of women in Prince George. Elderly women, she says, have always made up a big part of her audiences. Cavendish wants to recognize their support and to give back to these women by providing, through her new play, insight into fulfillment in retirement. What's next for Cavendish, the actor, after For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again has its final run in Washington? She has turned down many offers including an opportunity to take Shirley Valentine on the road again. She seems weary of the rigors of what she calls "just being me up there." She would like to take more time to fall asleep in the garden swing at the farm and to raise chickens that lay eggs with bright yellow yolks. In January, she will direct a play with a group of young actors in Chemainus. She is looking forward to sharing what she has learned in the tortuous (her word) world of theatre. As she says, you get what you give: actors have a responsibility to engage, to challenge and to reach that stubborn fellow in the back seat. And to win him every single night. Directing is perhaps a fitting role for Cavendish as she rounds out her theatrical career. She will help young actors get inside their characters, feel their triumphs and disappointments, and expose issues of social importance through them. She will instill in them what she believes: that being an actor is a calling, an essential role in society and that the theatre is really a very powerful place. Janis Connolly BA'73 is the manager ofthe branches program at the UBC Alumni Association. 14 Chronicle LjC For Nurses: Training, Experience and Passion By Shari Ackerman Cathy Ebbehoj BSN'75, MSN'99 was impressed with her mother. An OR nurse, she cared deeply for her patients and spent extra time and effort on their well being. "She really made a difference in people's lives," says Cathy. So, she followed her mother into nursing. When she enrolled at UBC in 1970, the nursing program required students to take one year of sciences and four years of nursing. Many of her classmates were working nurses, returning to complete degrees, so her classes had students of all ages. It worked well, though, recalls Cathy. First year students were very idealistic, and the experienced nurses gave them a more realistic view. "It was a good balance," she says. Currently teaching maternity care in the UBC School of Nursing, Cathy took this past summer off to work at St. Paul's Hospital in the combined labour delivery and post partum unit. She feels it is essential to stay current, and the way for her to do this is to combine teaching with front line experience. She maintains a hectic pace of clinical, hospital and teaching work that helps keep her sharp and up-to-date. It is especially important in helping both students and families. "Nurses need to keep up with procedures and new information in the hospital," she explains. "They keep up their clinical practice, either in the hospital, the community, in leading groups or helping families in crisis." Much of what she does in her hospital work is based on her master's thesis, Concerns of Post-Partum Women Who Have Experienced a High-Risk Preg nancy. The thesis focused on women's medical conditions, medical histories, and again on the importance of clinical practice. She has also taught pre-natal classes with the Vancouver Richmond Health Board since 1986, and helps train new prenatal instructors. It's her way of keeping on top of things, and continuing to educate herself. Her emphasis on keeping current in her field was also a factor in her decision to go back to school to get her master's in Nursing in the late '90s. "I felt I couldn't miss the opportunity to complete it because I wanted to continue teaching and working in the community. Having a Master's gave me the opportunity to do those things." Cathy has always chosen to do things outside the norm. For example, she went to Kincolith, a small First Nations fishing village 75 miles north west of Prince Rupert, for her six week nursing placement to try something different. "I wanted to look at the health of the people, see what the pre-natal care for the First Nations population was like and also to see their traditions of family and child bearing," says Cathy. She heads up the Centering Pregnancy Drop-In, located in UBC student housing. She and other colleagues from the Maternal-Child Faculty in the School of Nursing have been running the centre since 1996 with financial support from the School and the Vancouver Richmond Health Board. They provide women with Cathy Ebbehoj with her Award of Excellence in Nursing Administration, at the Annual Nursing Awards in April. education, support and risk assessment. "Many women come to UBC from other countries because their husbands are going to school," she says. "If they are pregnant and isolated, they need support, they need to ask questions. That's what we're here for." The center also provides information on BC Health Care. The response to date has been positive, with many women citing how well it helped ease their transition. Many nursing students do their clinical practice there as well. Working with students helps Cathy get the most out of her teaching experience at UBC. "They open up the mind and make me aware of what I'm doing and why," she says. "It's so rewarding to Continued on page 36 Chronicle 15 £et$ tada to Giumtii %)atf. £eU to dee Welcome Celebrations 10 am University Centre (Old Faculty Club) • Welcome reception with UBC President Martha Piper £t Alumni Assoc. President Linda Thorstad • Faculty displays with Deans on hand • Reunion check-in • Free Famous UBC Cinnamon buns Et coffee/tea 11 am Frederic Wood Theatre • Official Launch of Alumni Day and Great Trek Month celebrating UBC traditions • Student performances • Alumni Day Chair Darlene Marzari introduces Alumni Day activities Family Fun 12:00 - 3:30 Children's Place Koerner Plaza hosted by the Faculty of Education. Activities for all ages. Times for each activity will be posted in the day's calendar. • face painting • Story Circle • chalk art • computer games • Bubble Fun • Chuckles the Clown ("A little song, a little dance ...") We need volunteers for Alumni Day! Want to help? You'll get a very cool alumni T-shirt for your trouble, AND have a lot of tun. Call 822-3313 Flagpole Plaza Events 12:00 - 4:00 Flagpole Plaza • Food Market at the flagpole plaza • Thunderbird Cheerleading Squad Cheerleading stunt demonstrations on Flagpole Plaza. Come for a refresher course on UBC Spirit! • Baseball clinics offered by the UBC Baseball Alumni. Bring your mitt and learn how to play like the pros • Campus tours - leave from the Flagpole Plaza by bus circling every 15 minutes, by foot tours with student guides. Market Place at the Flagpole Plaza • Official Community Plan Display-UBC's vision for future development ofthe Endowment Lands. • The GVRD composting-display panels on composting, compost props, a compost toss game, an active worm composter, and brochures BC Nursing Division heart disease testing Et breast rancer awareness, supporting October Breast Cancer Awareness Month • Applied Science-Co-op Engineering Display • Faculty of Agricultural Science Display-New courses in Agro-ecology, Food, Nutrition Et Health, Global Resource Systems and Community Et Environment • BC Wine Research Centre at UBC established in 1999-Wine Fault Demonstration! What makes a great wine? • UBC Animal Welfare Program-Now in its 3rd yr, highlights of new research. • UBC Botanical Gardens-Display highlighting the world renowned garden and its programs. • UBC Farm-A unique land base at UBC! Future proposals for education, research and community enrichment through the development of a sustainable agricultural/agroforestry system. • Alumni Association Member Services and other displays ie chronicle §m, nwm infatmatiwi, ''&Ui 8CC-883-3C88 Jofej&S fcJu& Vctafoi J, 2000 Speakers and Panel Discussion 12:30 ~ Alumni Lunch at Green College Keynote speaker Michael Smith The Human Genome Project: Its Present and Future Impact $15, call 822-3313 for ticket information 12:00 ~ Panel Discussion on Co-op Programs, Laserre Building UBCs Expanding Co-op Programs at Work: Linking the University and Workplace Employers, students and faculty talk about the most innovative program in undergraduate education since the invention ofthe pencil. Co-op learning is transforming the classroom and the workplace. UBCs Favourite Professors Lecture Series Laserre Building 1:00 ~ Don Brooks, Professor of Pathology, CFI Coordinator VP Research Office 2:00 ~ Lecture Series • Panel led by Dean of Education, Rob Tiemey The Future of Education in BC: Obstacles and Opportunities • Dennis Danielson, Professor and Associate Head of English Imagining the Universe: A Humanities Prof looks at the Universe 3:00 ~ Lecture series • Chuck Slonecker, Professor of Anatomv Why People Walk: Anatomical basis for Human Bipedal ism • David Tarrant, Education Coordinator, UBC Botanical Gardens The UBC Botanical Gardens 3S&J&J <&& \mh Other Campus Activities 12:00 ~ Respect to Bill Reid - Pole raising With the assistance of a grant from the Canada Council Millennium Arts Fund, the UBC Museum of Anthropology has commissioned well-known Haida artist Jim Hart to design and carve a new totem pole. The celebration will start at noon. Admission to the Museum is free today Visit the Cafe at MOA for snacks. The UBC Bookstore open from 12:00 - 5:00 12:00 - 4:00 ~ Faculty of Pharmacy displays at the Cunningham Building 12:00-4:00 ~ Maltese Labyrinth tours at the Vancouver School of Theology 12:00—4:00 ~ Koerner - Web Workshops Hands-on workshop in Koerner Library's state of the art computer teaching lab. Tips and tricks for web searching. Workshops every hour on the hour. 12:00—4:00 ~ The Thunderbird Project Applied Science: Construction of a Human Powered Helicopter 12:00 ~ Faculty of Dentistry Open Mouth Clinic at the Dental Main Clinic at 2199 Wesbrook Mall for a free screening and assessment of your oral care. Everyone welcome. Lecture for Dental Alumni: Malodor of Oral Care Don Brunette, professor of Dentistry Free Parking in the Rose Garden Parkade Free admission to the Museum of Anthropology ^$£-£<rj<&-Wj)^> ^jfJO <lW>&S*m4M>!^tM SWWtl JM& Chronicle 17 books received UBC's Writers Pepper in Our Eyes, edited by W. Wesley Pue. UBC Press, $39.95. In November 1997, the world media converged on Vancouver to cover the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. But the major news story that emerged had more to do with the police response to a student protest than of the summit itself. This book makes sense of all the fuss and turns it into an issue of vital importance. ART, MYTH, RELIGION, AND RITUAL IHE SUBVERSIVE ARTIST involving archetypal roots Art, Myth, Religion and Ritual, The Subversive Artist, by 4 "V -"T l_T Henry Wiebe %\ S^ -2a*■ -^\ BA'51, Af/^® BEd'56. ^J7 ,. ^H Evenstone Press, $13.95. Invoking archetypal roots, this book presents a revolutionary view of art, literature and all the other arts, unfolding, elucidating the element that has always been intrinsic to them. The thesis of Art, Myth, Religion and Ritual evolved over a period of years, beginning during Henry Wiebe's undergraduate days. Citizens Plus, Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian State, by Alan C. Cairns LLD'98. UBC Press, $39.95. Alan Cairns unravels the historical record to clarify the current impasse in negotiations between the Aboriginal peoples and the state, he considers the assimilationist policy assumptions of the imperial era, examines more recent government initiatives, and analyzes the emergence of the nation-to-nation paradigm given massive support by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal peoples. The Inanimate World, by Robert Strandquist MFA'86. Anvil Press An astute and insightful suite of stories with diverse settings from well- groomed Kerrisdale to railyards in Saskatoon. These are sincere, germain and tender tales of longing—for love, understanding, acceptance and peace. In a world of unrealized aspirations, failed marriages, estranged couples and grafted families, these characters wage a courageous battle against the poverty of the soul and the vast craving for intmacy. Great Stories of the Sea, edited by Norman Rawin BA'86, MA'88. Red Deer Press, $16.95. Great Stories of the Sea brings together the best stories of coastal life. When whaling was the continent's high- tech industry, the coast was America's Silicon Valley, and before anyone heard of Yukon gold, there was a rush for fish and timber along Newfoundland's rugged shore. It offers portraits of seamen and their families' lives, of working people and harbour life. Water Stair, by John Pass BA'69. Oolichan Books, $14.95. Water Stair is the third in a linked quartet of books by John Pass, pulling the personal into focus through our culture's largest lenses: Classical, Christian, Romantic and temporary/existential. The poems in this book are river journeys, exploring confluences and collisions of romance and landscape. The Shadows Fall Behind, by Margo Button MA'64. Oolichan Books, $15.95. From Margo's second book come poems about coming to terms with her son's death. She writes from a wealth of experience and a consuming interest in the world around her, of family and others who distract from the past and teach her about healing. Maclean's Maclean's Money Companion, by Ted M. Ohashi BCom'67. Raincoast Books, $24.95. In this comprehensive book, respected financial analyst Ted Ohashi defines more than 8,500 terms found in the financial pages, annual reports and other investment-related literature. From "above the market" to "zero-based budgeting," this encylopedic companion will help you stay on top of the ever- changing financial world. COMPANION 1i Chronicle #**.«* :-r. • *X r m '40' S3? •*jr % 'Vt, # / / Annual Re Execu Watch for UBC in the Vancouver Sun A full version of UBC's iggg/2000 Annual Report will be profiled in the Saturday, October 21st edition of the Vancouver Sun. Watch for it! Send us your Feedback & Win Thanks to the generous contribution ofthe UBC Bookstore, anyone who provides feedback on the Annual Report will be entered into a contest to win a Palm V. The winner will be drawn November 30th, 2000. www.ubc.ca/annualreport www. ubc.ca/annualreport/survey Milestones UBC celebrates 75 years at the Point Grey campus-which has changed considerably over the years. It has grown to more than 402 hectares with 422 buildings, which is larger in area than the European countries of Monaco and Vatican City UBC's Faculty of Graduate Studies celebrates its 50th anniversary as a leader in innovative and interdisciplinary research. The year 2000 marks the $oth anniversary of UBC's Faculty of Medicine and the 80th anniversary ofthe Faculty of Nursing. Innovators Change Everything it is in the spirit of innovation that we reflect on the accomplishments of our students, faculty, staff and alumni in this executive summary of the ubc 1999/2000 annual report, we salute the innovators, the innovative programs and the leading edge initiatives that are changing the face of the university and contributing to communities around the world. Starting Sept. 29th, a full version of this report can be viewed online at www.ubc.ca/annualreport or you can contact us and we'll send you a copy. As this is the first time we've produced an online version of the annual report, we encourage you to send US YOUR FEEDBACK. It's EASY TO DO. SlMPLY FILL IN THE ONLINE SURVEY at www.ubc.ca/annualreport/survey, or you can mail or e-mail us YOUR COMMENTS. (SEE CONTACT INFORMATION ON PACE FOUR) Year in Review A few ofthe highlights of 1999/2000 at UBC: The Learning Exchange A NEW RESOURCE CENTRE FOR THE COMMUNITY Located at 121 Main Street, the Learning Exchange is a home base for people from UBC who are working in the Downtown Eastside and a place where people from the community can learn about UBC's resources and how to access them. As part ofthe Learning Exchange, UBC has partnered with a coalition of eight other Downtown Eastside organizations to provide free Internet access at various locations throughout the community. UBC students with computer skills will provide instruction on using the Internet, developing research skills and evaluating information. ubc rises to second in Maclean's ranking UBC has moved up to second position in overall rankings of Canada's medical/doctoral universities, according to the 1999 annual survey published by Maclean's magazine. UBC had ranked fourth for the previous seven years. UBC Athletic Teams Make History UBC's swim team is the first team in Canadian Inter-University Athletic Union (CIAU) history to win three consecutive double championships. Both the men's and women's teams earned the championship titles for 1999-2000. As well, the women's field hockey team won its second consecutive national title in the Canadian Inter-University Athletic Union (CIAU). UBC Women's Field Hockey Team began his pioneering work in economic science after graduating from UBC in 1953, and was developing his theories on fixed and flexible exchange rates when he later returned as an instructor. His work resulted in the formation ofthe Mundell-Fleming Model— long the accepted standard for teaching and research in international economics. His analysis of the benefits from two or more countries sharing a common currency provided the framework that led to the adoption ofthe Euro and his 1999 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Dr. Mundell is an innovator in every sense ofthe word and his work is an inspiring example of how research can have a lasting and significant global impact. New Research Funding UBC will establish 160 new research chairs valued at $120 million over five years with funding from the federal government's Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program. UBC will receive funding for 29 chairs valued at $4.4 million for 2000. Researchers involved in a broad cross-section of innovation at UBC and its affiliated teaching hospitals have received more than $68 million in research infrastructure from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). UBC received more money in grants than any other university in Canada. Projects ranging from the restoration of global fisheries to the working relationship between humans and computers are some ofthe 20 projects funded. Innovator influences international economics Alumni office opens in Honc Kong UBC's 800 alumni living in Hong Kong have a new gathering place where they can socialize with other grads and potential students, as well as with visiting UBC faculty and stafF members. This new office has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the UBC Alumni Branch in Hong Kong, the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration and the Alumni Association. UBC Alumni & Students Connect in Cyberspace Grads can now search for old friends and classmates through UBC's new Online Community. Launched by the Alumni Association and Student Services, the Online Community offers a range of e-features to connect both grads and students online, including mentoring, job finding, relocation and travel advice, chat rooms and bulletin boards. Lifetime e-mail addresses and e-mail forwarding are also available. Innovative Programs Keep Pace with Industry The Master of Software Systems (MSS) graduate degree program, launched in January 2000, helps prepare engineering grads for careers in computer software systems. The fall of 1999 marked the first year ofthe combined Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Applied Science (Engineering) degree. A new Arts Co-op degree program was launched in the fall of 1999. New Resource for B.C.'s Growing Wine Industry The B.C. Wine Research Centre at UBC was established in 1999 to conduct pioneering research in the science of wine-making and grape cultivation. It will also develop the expertise to advance the technological development, international impact and competitiveness of B.C. wine. Noteworthy Accomplishments UBC's academic plan was approved and launched this year. The plan identifies goals and priorities in five key areas: retention and renewal of faculty and staff: the student learning environment; extension of research excellence; strengthening links with the communities the university serves; and effective governance. UBC is actively involved in the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) and hosted the association's annual conference in Vancouver in June 2000. Financial Highlights l?gp^5i^f|ppP7^«p i^raBF ""^wSffPr ■tflMT _ AJsKBiLui The University of British Columbia's financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2000 have been reported on by the Auditor General of British Columbia, the auditor appointed under the University Act. The following represents the highlights of UBC's financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2000: Total Revenues by Source ($836) For the year ended March 3], 2000 (millions of dollars) Total Expenses and Transfers ($834) For the year ended March 31, 2000 (millions of dollars) Provincial operating grant $280 33-5 96 ■ Salaries and employee benefits $ 510 61.2% Other government grants and ■ Grants to other agencies $ 16 1.9 % contracts $ 123 14.7% ■ Depreciation $ 56 6.7% Endowment income $ 72 8.6% ■ Other transfers $ 28 3.4% Other investment income $ 5 0.6% ■ Transfer to endowment principal $ 42 5.0% Sales, services and other $182 21.8% ■ Supplies and expenses $ 122 14-6 % Student fees $106 12.7 % ■ Cost of goods sold $ 34 4.1 % Non-government grants, contracts ■ Student awards $ 26 3.1% and donations $ 68 8.1 % >*ffi^pr' ^xHMk eW ^&,M§ky^m Domestic student tuition fees were frozen for the fourth year in a row at 1996/97 levels. During the year, the university awarded scholarships, fellowships and bursaries to students totaling $26.3 million. The university's total assets, recorded at book value of $1.5 billion, consists primarily of capital assets and endowment investments. Fundraising Sources: Who is Supporting UBC? (fiscal year ending March 31, 2000) Alumni (16,249 gifts) Friends ( 4,833 gifts) Corporations, government and foundations ( 2,150 gifts) TOTAL $ 4,967,304 $ 9,335,487 $ 23,161,729 S 37,464.520 Making a Difference: How Gifts to UBC Were Distributed in 1999-20O (fiscal year ending March 31, 2000) Scholarships and Bursaries $ 9,266,369 Faculties and Schools (equipment, programs, Chairs and Professorships) $ 23,396,153 General Research $ 427,602 Library $ 991,181 Campus-Wide Projects $ 2,291,665 Athletics $ 1,091,550 TOTAL S 37,464,520 c.la'-»- iy ^ yy* Students accused of wrongdoing now have an advocate to argue their cases by Toireasa Jespersen Nelson mie you are a first year Arts f'student at 0/.BC. After you hand in your final • year and breathe a sigh of feceive an e-mail message from your instructor. She wants to meet with you to "discuss your bibliography." Confused and more than a little nervous, you make an appointment and arrive at her office, only to find her surrounded by the books you used to write your paper. She can prove that you have plagiarized large sections ofthe essay, and she is recommending to the dean that the President discipline you. Or put yourself in the shoes of a faduate student whose work is stolen from fmputer in the library while fking for a book. Subsequently, a - submits the work in its entirety. Both are brought before a discipline committee on charges of cheating and academic dishonesty. Cotisider your position as a PhD * student, career hanging in the balance, ^accused owharassment by the dean of your You admit that you acted in a threatening way, but you believe that the root of the problem is discrimination on the basis of your faith. Maybe as a Fine Arts student, you and fseveral ofypur friends are accused of damaging I piece of equipment in a theatre jring aJbst-Pit escapade. You weren't really involved, and the double threats of a criminal investigation and expulsion from the university are hanging over your head. ~)r during the third year of your Science • are about to begin exams when fyour parentis die in a fatal auto accident. i write vour examinations in a fog, and "them. The department, unaware of the circumstances, has removed you from their program, and you are forced to appeal if you want to achieve your degree. Yoi^are a History major and your Stntctortdianges the marking scheme after f finding that the classes grades do not fit a Draper curte. Rather than calculating the res&ffmpaper (your best grade, an A), as 50% ofthe final grade as set out in the original course description, he decides to increase the value of class participation. You are very shy, and would have transferred out ofthe class if you had known that participation was going to be allocated so many marks. To your dismay, you discover that your transcript reads a D for that course, rather than the B+ you anticipated. None of these stones are about particular individuals. But variations on all of these events have happened at UBC and other Canadian campuses. Students in conflict with the university often find themselves alone. Chronicle 23 University staff members involved in the quasi-judicial student discipline system are usually sympathetic, kind and helpful, but students who are fighting for their careers and their reputations are often distrustful of representatives of the university. As well, many students are ashamed to ask their parents or friends for help. In January 2000, the Alma Mater Society moved to correct this situation. Student Council established the Advocacy Office, allocating confidential space, staff resources, and a stipend to compensate a student coordinator. The Advocacy Office is a safe place, operating under a strict policy of confidentiality including voice mail, secure e- mail and a locked filing cabinet. Student clients are not provided with legal services through the AMS, but those who require or request a lawyer are referred to the Law Students Legal Advice Program and to the Canadian Bar Association or Legal Services Society (Legal Aid). There A typical disciplinary hearing is conducted informally, at least from the perspective of faculty members and university staff. But to students it is very formal. And very intimidating. is no obligation to a student who is under discipline to be represented - but the right is guaranteed by the UBC calendar and many students choose to take advantage of it. Like a lawyer, the advocate works solely for the benefit of the client. There is no judgement at the AMS offices, even if the student is guilty of all the university's claims (or maybe more!). It is the advocate's job to make sure that fair and due process is followed, and that the student client's perspective is clearly articulated. The AMS OmbudsOffice refers each student assisted by the AMS Advocacy Office. This office handles the initial complaints by students who are facing issues in the university. The Ombudsofficer will attempt to resolve the student's complaints by referring them to the appropriate university service, by providing interventions, and by mediating solutions. In the majority of cases, the OmbudsOffice is successful in resolving questions and concerns brought by UBC students. When the cases becomes adversarial, or formalized and pushed into the university's disciplinary system, the OmbudsOffice will refer the student to AMS Advocacy for assistance. A typical disciplinary hearing is conducted informally, at least from the perspective of faculty members and university staff. But to students who are sitting at the end of a long table, facing professors they do not know, on charges they may not understand, and in a meeting format unfamiliar to them, it is very formal. And very intimidating. Witnesses called by the university may be instructors, heads of departments, security personnel and even fellow students. Sometimes the student charged will never have met or encountered the person discussing their alleged misconduct in such detail. Occasionally, the student is not informed that witnesses will be called, and is not prepared to question them. Complaints from classmates are even more painful and set the stage for emotional confrontations. The role of the student advocate is to guide, advise and represent the student client. This will mean explaining the seriousness of the allegations to the student, explaining the appeal process, and leaving the student to handle his or her own case. Other situations call for research, in depth analysis of the issues, and written and oral representation of the student at hearings of the Presidents' Advisory committee on Student Discipline, or at the Senate Committee to Hear Appeals on Student Discipline. Students choose the degree of assistance they want, and many students choose to have legal counsel. For those who are at risk of being lost inside a maze of bureaucracy and fear, and choose not to hire legal counsel, the AMS OmbudsOffice and Advocacy Office is available to help prevent the absolute devastation that unfair charges and unfair process can bring to students lives and reputations. The Advocate can't win every case. And sometimes, the student is forced to admit wrongdoing and plead for clemency. But even when the student is facing a yearlong suspension, having a friend on their side can provide solace. Part of the AMS Ombuds and Advocacy function is to provide general counseling 24 Chronicle to students about what happens after their conflict is resolved. For example, will the student be allowed to live at home if he or she is expelled from the university? Should the student apply for temporary student loan relief? Are cultural or language issues involved in this case? Should this student be informed about University Counseling and Health Services? Is the student adequately prepared and informed of the risks of appealing a grade, which can include a decrease in the mark? Does the student know that criminal charges may arise? Will the student be permitted to re-enter any university, or will their transcript be permanently notated with "plagiarism" or "cheating"? The AMS is entering a new field of service with this office. Similar services offered at other Canadian colleges and universities help hundreds of students every year. With an intense awareness- raising program planned for 2000-01, the AMS Advocacy office is looking forward to leveling UBC's student discipline playing field. Toireasa Jespersen Nelson is in 2nd year law. She is the AMS Advocacy Office Coordinator. Outcomes Keepmg in mind that every case has its own individual characteristics, the studenjs described at the opening ofthis piece would likely encounter the following outcomes: Q4) The first year student would be suspended from UBC for 8-12 months, and a notation placed on the transcript, which the student could apply to have removed in 2 years. Any -courses taken at other institutions-during the suspension^ould not be applied totheir UBC degree. <(SjJKs\de trom potential criminal charges, the graduate student thieTwould likely be" expelled and transcript permanently notated; the innocent party would likely not be punisrieaTasitfe from the experience of participating in the system and possibly toss~of good reputation. » The PhD student's case would depend entirely on the evidence of discrimination; and ofthe Faculty's evidence of violent or disruptive behaviour. This scenario has the potential to become litigious. (jfo Thp Finp Arts student invnlvpri in pnst-Pit marauding should consult a lawyer if._._ Crown counsel decides to bring criminal charges. University punishment could range from a letter of reprimand to expulsion, depending on degree of involvement. This student, unless witnesses testified convincingly against him or her, would likely receive a letter. fg) Academic concessions, incturJiny retroactive withdrawals, are availableTorsituations of grief, domestic stress and illness. The grieving Science major would have the opportu- course. (2) The History major would be required to prove that the syllabus of the course outlined the marking scheme and that the scheme did not change before the final date for changing courses. There is a distinct possibility that marks would change to the originally promised calculation. Arguments would revolve around marking policies and Calendar regulations, rather than extenuating circumstances. Tune in to our new Alumni Acard benefits! 20% discount on single tickets for: 2000/2001 Music at the Chan The Ahn Trio. .October 29 Preservation Hall Jazz Band. 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Here's your NEW UBC Library Card > For more information about our marketing and member services, call 822-9629,1-800-883-3088 or e-mail market@alumni.ubc.ca im Marilyn Peterson Kinghorn BPE'61 As a student during the late '50s and early '60s, Marilyn not only exemplified scholarship, leadership and service,' but was an amazing all- around athlete. She led UBC teams to four Western Canadian titles; two in basketball, one in track & field and one in voMeyball. She was also a top scorer on the UBC field hockey team, and while a student was added to the Vancouver Eilers roster for their successful Canadian basketball championship quest. Always noted for her professionalism, Marilyn has the distinction of being named UBC's first Female Athlete of the Year in 1960. Barbara (Bim) Schrodt BPE'51 Builder Barbara assumed the roles of UBC teacher, coach and director of women's athletics during the late 1950s, laying the foundation for the UBC women's athletic program. She also coached the UBC women's field hockey team for 18 years, leading it to several Northwest Collegiate tournament championships and, over an eight year span, six Canada West titles. In fact, the development of field hockey throughout the province was aided by Bim Schrodt's devotion to sport. MT** 6th Annual Alumni Recognition Sports Hail of Fame Inductees Two of UBCs most outstanding athletes, one of its teams and two of the great builders of sport will be inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame this fall. These men and women represent the best in athletic endeavour at UBC. The Hall of Fame, established in 1992, is dedicated to their accomplishments. Reg Clarkson BA'56,BSW63, MSWM Reg Claitesbn has to rates as one of BC's most versatile athletes. A UBC graduate in Social Work, he starred as a basketball player in the 1945/46 Hall of Fame team, led the UBC football team to the '45 Hardy Cup and played on both the UBC hockey and soccer teams. This 1946 Vancouver Athlete of the Year later played professional baseball, basketball and football. "They should erect a statue of this guy outside the gyrn,* says former teammate Dr. Pat McGeer. 0o!»n Spence BPE'5€ Builder Donn started his UBC career as an outstanding football and rugby player. However, his contribution and success as UBC's rugby coach from 1967 until his untimely death in 1984 will be his most memorable acccsoplishment. During his first 10 years, Mi teams won five consecutive Canada West titles, four consecutive World Cups and six consecutive PNW Intercollegiate championships. Two of his teams, mcluding^the 1970/71 Hall of Fame team, are arguably the best in the history of T-Bird rugby. A clinician and innovator, he had an eye for talent. Darin Spence was able to get the feist from; Wsffeyers. 1948-50 Hockey Team This is the first ice hockey team to be inducted into UBC's Hall of Fame. In an era before Canada West and Canadian championships, this Frank Frederickson coached team was the best in the West defeating the reigning Western Canadian champion University of Alberta three games to one, winning the inaugural Hamber Cup. At the same time, it mastered the best competition the US could offer with victories over defending US champion Colorado College and Denver by a combined 39-12 score. According to one of its players, Clare Drake, who later coached university hockey for many successful years, "this team would rate as outstanding in any era." Members of the team were: Don Adams, Fred Andrew, Stu Bailey, Bruce Barnes, Hugh Berry, Bob Dechene, Clare Drake, Coach Frank Frederickson, Assistant Manager Herman Frydenlund, Ken Hodgert, Mai Hughes, Bob Koch, Bob Lindsay, Merl McDonald, Jack McFarlane, Don McWhirter, Terry Nelford, Mac Porteous, Arbutus Ridge, Jim Rowledge, Bob Saunders, Manager Al Thiessen, Lloyd Torfason, Ken Torrance, Hass Young, Herman (Wag) Wagner. 26 Chronicle and Sports Hall of Fame Dinner Alumni Association Award Winners November 2, 2000 Westin Bayshore Alumni Award Of Distinction Faculty Citation Recognizes outstanding achievements by UBC grads in the arts, research, civic, business, community, athletic, or similar activities. Nicola Cavendish BA'76 Nicola has been recognized across Canada as one of our finest actors. She received three Jessie Richardson Awards for Outstanding Performance in a lead role, and also received the Montreal Critics Award for Best Actress. Nicola is also an accomplished writer and playwright, and a mentor to many aspiring writers. She is committed to her community and volunteers her time to charity, particularly those for diabetes research, single mothers and battered women. She is currently preparing to present For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again in Washington, DC. George Puil BA'52, BEd'53 George has been an elected member of Vancouver City Council since 1976. He is also chair of Translink, the GVRD, the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment, and vice chair of FCM Standing Committee on Municipal Finance. George has been council representative of the Vancouver Athletic Commission and the Vancouver Civic Theatres Board, as well as director of the Property Endowment Fund. He has been honoured as a member of the UBC Athletic Hall of Fame for rugby and football. Awarded to faculty members who have rendered outstanding service to the community in other than teaching or research. Don C. McKenzie, MPE'72, MD'77 Don is responsible for the launch of the unique Abreast in a Boat program for breast cancer rehabilitation and information awareness. He has served as president of the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology and was vice president of the Sports Medicine Council of Canada. Don received the Rick Hansen Sports Medicine Award in 1995 and the School of Human Kinetics Outstanding Scholar Award in 1992. He has more than 160 published abstracts. Donald is a professor in the UBC Faculty of Medicine. Blythe Eagles Volunteer Special recognition to grads who have shown extraordinary leadership in Association affairs. Lyall Knott BCom'71, LLB'72 Lyall is a member of the UBC Wesbrook Council. He is on the Board of Directors of the Rick Hansen Institute, a member of the Vancouver Board of Trade and former chairman of the United Way campaign. He was also the founding director of the Vancouver International Airport Authority (1988-94), is on the Board of Directors of the Miramar Mining Corporation, and is honorary consul for the Republic of Tunisia. Outstanding Young Alumnus Recognizes outstanding work by grads under 40. Bruce Verchere BSc'83, MSc'87, PhD'91 Bruce is the first non-European to be awarded the Albert Renold Fellowship of the European Association for the study of diabetes. He has pursued postdoctoral fellowships at diabetes research laboratories at the University of Washington and the University of Geneva. Bruce is chair, safety committee, for the BC Research Institute for Childrens & Womens Health and coordinator, UBC Dept. Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Distinguished Lecture Series. He received fellowship awards from the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International and in 1999 received the UBC Department of Pathology Research and Discovery Award. Bruce has been tutor observer, UBC Faculty of Medicine, since 1998. Paul W. Rosenau MA'87,BLA'87 Paul is principal of EKISTICS Town Planning Inc. and EKISTICS Architecture Inc., and an adjunct professor at the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC. He received the Dean's Cup in Landscape Architecture for Academic Achievement in 1984. He also received the Alberta Association of Landscape Architecture Award and the Dr. John Wesley Neill Medal in Landscape Architecture. Besides his four teaching assignments at UBC, he is involved in five resort and golf course projects. Chronicle 27 6th Annual Alumni Recognition and Sports Hall of Fame Dinner, cont'd Honorary Alumnus Award Recognizes significant contributions made by a non UBC alumnus to the Alumni Association and/or UBC. Harold Kalke Harold is active in community-based organizations with a focus on neighbourhood, urban planning and development issues. He is president and owner of Kalico Developments Ltd. His real estate development projects are widely acclaimed and have won community and heritage awards, including the Ethics in Action Award. Harold served as chair of the UBC's Board of Governors from 1998 to 2000 and is member and director of the Urbanarium Development Society. Alumni Award for Research Recognizes a grad who has created economic or social benefits for the greater community through innovative research. Donald Brooks BSc'64, MSc'67 Donald is director of Graduate Studies, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Ifefc Medicine. He received the 1990 NASA Certificate of Recognition. His research activities include clinical studies of blood rheology in people at risk for cardiac disease and diabetes. His university appointments include professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and professor of Chemistry. Donald chaired the Basic Science Subcommittee of the BC Health Research Foundation from 1983-1987. He has published 150 papers. Outstanding Student Awarded to students who show leadership and academic success, and who are active in the university community. Jesse Alexander Sims Jesse graduated in May, 2000 as one of UBC Commerce's top students. He began his career the next day as category manager with Onvia.com. Jesse received the UBC Commerce Top Student Service Award in 1999 for founding and chairing the UBC International Business Conference. His many activities include Marketing & Media strategist for the UBC TREK Program Centre, developing the U-TREK Transportation Pass; a research assistant to the senior associate dean of Commerce; teaching assistant for a second-year Commerce course; Commerce alumni & development assistant; and strategy consultant to UBC Land & Building Services. Jesse sits on the Executive Advisory Board of the UBC International Business Conference, and serves as a member of the UBC TAC. Geordie Aitken A fourth-year English Honours & Religion and Literature student, Geordie has been on the Dean's List for the past four years. He is coordinator and facilitator for It's Yours: The World Beyond High School, a workshop experience for graduating high school students. He is also a volunteer with the UBC Student Shadowing Program and co-author/editor of The Leadership Mastery Journal. Geordie also works with Aiken Associates as a teambuilding facilitator and trainer. Lifetime Achievement Recognizes extraordinary individuals who, over a lifetime, have contributed significantly to UBC and the Association. May Brown MPE'61, LLD'87 May is the recipient of Sport BC's Daryl Thompson Award, the Order ofBC, the 1986 YWCA Woman of Distinction Award and the Order of Canada. She was a member of UBC's Physical Education and Recreation faculty until 1955 and was the head coach of the UBC's women's varsity field hockey team. May founded Camp Deka boys camp in BC's interior in 1961. Other activities include: member, YWCA Board of Directors; member, Board of Directors, Sport BC; member, National Advisory Council of Fitness and Amateur Sport; member, UBC Athletic Council; and member of the UBC Athletic Hall of Fame selection committee. David Suzuki With 14 honorary degrees, 15 academic honours and awards, 11 professional awards and more than 300 published articles, David is a natural selection for the Lifetime Achievement Award. He was assistant professor, Department of Zoology, from 1965-69, and professor from 1969-1993. David has been associated with UBC Sustainable Development Research Institute since 1993 and is chair of the David Suzuki Foundation, which he co-founded in 1990. Nominate a Winner Nominations for next year's award winners are open until March 1, 2001. Call 822- 8923 for a form, or fill out one online at: www.alumni.ubc.ca/awards/ nomination.html 28 Chronicle • Attril the Ham 2000 • Raven' by First 14, 2001; diverse photogrj flveconi Free cat • Convi lfyinjf- Dec. irisf: Contemporary Works ons Artists, thfoukh January sents 14 sfie-sf^cglc wqrks in i (sculpture, mixed-maiiaj| , painting, and textiles} byf 3rar$ Northwest Coast artists. tie available. ations: The Dr. Miguel and Julia Teeson Philippine Collection, to mid-Febniaiy, 2001 (Gallery 10). Students present &|9Eh|bit4on of Philippine metalwork, and other tied to the Museum by Dr. s. Jfjilia Teeson. rt [Gallery Sheila Watson Collection uisititon) BC Masters of Fine Aits hibition hool of Music 388-Wednesday Noon Hours, I"2t30pm Recital Hall Pacific Spirit Concerts 2 pm Wednesda> Xoonllouis foop Hour @ Main* :, Main Library iy Noon Hours ony Orchestra* "file Chan Centre Soon Hour % Main* iphony Orchestra* §1 * Wednesday Nabn Hours 43 UBC Contemporary Players* '" ' l&30]3m, Recital Hall IS Pacific Spirit Concerts 2 jsm, Recital Hall 18 Wednesday Noon Hours 20 Band Festival*, 12:30, 7:30 pm, The Chan Centre 21 Band Festival* Jf:3,§pm 22 Band Festal* 25 Wedneida 26 . .-CJC Opei|tr " -«^0&1| 27 UBC Guitar Ensen 12:30 pm, Recital Hall 27,28 David Spencer Memorial 29 Novl 3 4 8 9, 10 10 15 17 18 19 20 22 24 27 30 Dec 1 8. 10 Concepts*, 8 pr% "W^ Chan Pacific Spirit Concelrls, 2 pm Wednesday Noon Hours Friday Noon Hour (^ Main* • University Singers*, 8 pm Universitliingers*M8 pm Wednesday NogJn Sours Collegium ltfui§cu§& Ensembles*, 8 pm, Gjsslef Hall UBC Chamber|tn^s* 8 pm, The Chafi Qsjitre Wednesday Nobn Sours * IB Lisa Moore, pispio som l%C's Bang on£ qm, 12630 • |JBC Syrnphoeic^Vind Ensemble*, 12:30 pm, Chan • Benefit Concert with Ben Heppner*, 8 pm, The Chan UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble*, 8 pm, the Ch tn Pacific Spirit Concerts 2 pm, Recital Sail UBC Percussion Ensemble* 12:30 pm, Old Auditorium Wednesday Noon Hours UBC Contemporary Players 12:30 pm, Recital Hall* UBC Student Composers* 12:30 pm, Recital Hall UBC Jazz Ensemble* 12:30 pm, Recital Hall Friday Noon Hour @ Main* 12:30: UBCSO, 8 pm, Chan Hansel und Gretel, Opera 8th: 8 pm 10th: 3 pm, Chan Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Sept.r 17 iiff Avison Se; el, 6 pm Movie in My Mind, 2 pm K Japan Cultuiaft Meeting, 1 pm Clam Chowfjjpf,for the Soul, 8:30 am Tommy ftjjjfc' ouwSiBdial Society. Stephen tjtagftj piano, 3 pm 7 yancotiver Chamber Choi i kpm 13,14 V$Q-nt£htar plays Mroart, pm 15 Avfson Series Rnuh 2 pm 29 Fire Aha Irta, i pin Nov. 5 yUicoWttr Reatal Souety, 3 pm 4,5 . Ij^tfire^r^Sin^n, 8 pm Symphony rSpm Ojtttestra, 8 pm ftecttal Society, 8 pm HrcwI^BoIc. 7:30 pm TBC' JHMtott Series- kauna Gaurln soprano, 2 pm Dec. 9 ]t$U&te At the Chun-Piewrvat ■ >n ^Baa&Spm 1$ vbfaf* Choir, 7 X) pm TBt l7,tft^98Sk*&»tt>qtieCrin n is.hpm It 26 sot S9BD-3311 ' Free. Call 822-5574 for more info. Background: "Baroque Bear" by Connie (Sterritt) Watts, 2000. Photo- Bill McLennan. Bottom right: The Aimme, performing at the Chan -tw^1 J*T)f ^ *-" Chronicle ,29 a umm news President's Message Seeking Better Ways to Serve You Our principal role at the Association is to keep you, our members, informed, involved and interested in your alma mater. We continue to look for better ways to achieve our mandate, refining and developing programs and services while encouraging you to maintain UBC as an active part of your life. Two new programs have been initiated since our last contact and a new relationship with UBC is being explored. We recently launched our new On-line Community New Credit Card Takes Less, Gives More Alow introductory rate, lower on-going interest rates and a better return to the Alumni Association are the key features of our new affinity MasterCard® from MBNA Canada Bank®. One of the benefits we offer our members is access to lower-cost services such as insurance and travel programs. In our constant search for the best of these programs, we have decided to switch our affinity card from the Bank of Montreal to MBNA, one of the largest credit card issuing banks in North America. The new Alumni Association MasterCard® is a great way for you to show your support for the university, and save yourself some money. The MBNA card has exceptional benefits and customer service, all with a low introductory annual interest rate. * By using the card, you generate income for the Alumni Association's programs at no cost to you. MBNA Canada Bank® will provide a contribution to the Association for each new account that is opened and used to make a purchase. You will have an opportunity to see details of the new card in October through an alumni mailing. We hope you will consider this new card as a way of supporting your alma mater. And as a way to save money, too. For more information about the Alumni Association MasterCard®, please call Laura Anderson, Marketing and Member Services, at the UBC Alumni Association, 604.822.9629 or 1.800.880.3088. E-mail: market®alumni.ubc.ca * There are certain costs associated with the use of this card. You may contact the issuer and administrator of this program, MBNA Canada, to request specific information about the costs by calling 1-888-876-6262 or by writing to P.O. Box 9614, Ottawa ON K1G 6E6. MBNA Canada and MBNA Canada Bank are registered trademarks. MBNA is a trademark of MBNA America Bank, N.A., used pursuant to license by MBNA Canada Bank. MasterCard is a registered trademark of MasterCard International Inc., used pursuant to license. Linda Thorstad, BSc'77, MSc'84 allowing you, our members, to keep in touch electronically, share information on jobs and careers, help each other with relocation advice and mentor students and new grads on-line. Our OLC is interactive, hands-on and state-of- the-art. It allows you to have a much more personal relationship with your old classmates, and gives you a chance to share your knowledge and experience with a new generation of UBC graduates. Just click on the OLC button at our website, www.alumni.ubc.ca. Many years ago, we introduced an affinity credit card for your use. This card gave you a lower interest rate than you might have received elsewhere, and gave the Association a small percentage of the revenue earned by the sponsoring financial institution. We use this income to provide more services and programs for alumni. The competition among credit card providers has increased dramatically in recent times. As our initial agreement expired, we took the opportunity to request proposals from a number of financial institutions and recently awarded the contract to MBNA Canada Bank, one of the largest credit card providers in the world. Now, you as a consumer can benefit from a better rate, while your alumni association benefits from additional revenue. We are also taking a fresh look at how we serve both the needs of our members and those of the university. In the past, we have maintained an arm's length administrative relationship with UBC. As times change, it is becoming apparent that we might better serve our members (and our members better serve the university) as an independent entity with integrated administrative functions. The goals of the Association and the desires of our members for both services and volunteer opportunities are strategically linked to the Trek 2000 mission and goals of the university. We are currently working with the President's Office exploring a closer administrative connection that will enable us to respond more effectively on both fronts. Please stay tuned for future developments! More than ever, your involvement in the affairs of UBC is a necessary part of its success. I look forward to working more closely with the university and our members to enhance UBC's reputation worldwide. I also look forward to seeing you on campus at Alumni Day, October 1, 2000. • 30 Chronicle Call for Board Nominations We need high-calibre leaders to help serve your needs on the Alumni Association Board of Directors. The vacant positions are: • 1 Senior Vice President (two-year term, 2001-2003) •1 Treasurer (one-year term 2001 -2002) • 3 Members-at-Large (two-year term 2001 -2003) All nominations must be in the office by 4:00 pm, February 8, 2001. For information, call 822-9565. Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad ft Tobago Alumni (1950-2000) held their Millennium Reunion on June 24 at the University Centre. About 140 from Trinidad, BC, across Canada and the U.S. attended. Harold Gopaul BSc(Agr)'62 MC'd the event, and all had a great time. The 'Boys' from the fifties, led by Clyde Griffith, Kenrick Headley and his son Kenneth, entertained them with drumming and steel drum music. Past Reunions Forestry The Forestry Class of 1950 (above) held a 50th Reunion at Harrison Hot Springs, Apr. 25-26, 2000, complete with a golf game and banquet. The 100 graduates was a record class size for Forestry for 47 years. Architecture The Architecture Class of 1960 celebrated their 40th anniversary on May 20. Back row, l-r: Raymond Goldsworthy, Daryl Jorgenson, Leonard Ehling, Robert Baxter, Charles Wills, Orest Holubitsky. Front: Hin-Fong Yip, Melva Dwyer, Dr. Peter Oberlander, Elizabeth Ostolosky, Peter Batchelor. Medicine Medicine '55, Harrison Hot Springs. Back row, l-r: Tony Yurkovich, Bill Marzham, Roland Harlos, Bill Arnold, Elwood Flather. Middle: Don Cooper, Don Aikenhead, Harry Zimmerman, Frank Mesher, Jim Hobson, Philip Narod. Front: John Scarfo, Bob Smity, Al Mandiville, Roy Hewson, Harry Frackson. 2000 Reunions • Medicine '70 Manteo Resort, Kelowna, BC, Sept. 15/16. Contact John Campbell, 795-7228 • Nursing '60 Tigh Na Mara Resort, Parksville, Sept. 20-22. Contact Ruth (Levirs) Boston at 224-7698, fax 222- 8245 • Pharmacy "90 CGP, Sept. 24, contact Peter Kubota at 278-8408 Alumni Day Reunions Elec Eng '50 Wine Et cheese at Mark Bradwell's, Sept. 29 Civil Eng '50 CGP dinner, Sept. 29 Mech Eng '50 CGP dinner, Sept. 29 Applied Science '50 Sept. 29-0ct. 1, Lunch at Asian Centre £t Reception at CEME Metallurgy '50 Ramada Hotel Reception ft Grouse Mtn. lunch, Sept. 29-0ct. 1 Metallurgy Eng a Mining '50 Dinner at Holiday Inn, Broadway, Sept. 29-0ct. 1 Ag Sci '49, '50 a "51 CGP lunch, Oct. 1 Home Ec '65 dinner at Noni Langdale's, Sept. 30 Commerce '50 Lunch at David Lam Forum, Oct. 1 Home Ec '50 Green College Coach House, Oct. 1 Mech Eng '60 Dinner at CGP, Oct. 1 Science '50 Green College Lunch, Oct. 1 PE '59-'60 Ponderosa luncheon, Oct. 1 Acadia Camp, see next page Applied Sci '60 CGP reception, Oct. 2 • Applied Sci "70 CGP Reception, Oct. 4 • Mech Eng "55 CGP Dinner, Oct. 14 • Law '90 Vancouver Law Courts Restaurant, Oct. 14 • Commerce '65 CGP, Oct. 20, 6:30 pm. Call Catherine Newlands at 822-6068. • Medicine 50 Years Nov. 2-4 • Class of '40 Fall graduation, CGP luncheon, Nov. 24 • Forestry '85 TBC • Social Work '76 TBC • Law '51 June 2, 2001 • Forestry "91 Silverlake Camp, June 30-July 2, 2001 Chronicle 31 a umm news Nursing | The UBC School of Nursing is hosting the annual Marion Woodward Lecture with Dr. Lesley Degner, cancer nursing expert. Personal Meanings of Breast Cancer and Health Outcomes: A Three Year Follow Up. Thursday, Oct. 19, 7pm, Woodward Instructional Research Centre, Lecture Hall 2. Open to everyone. Free. Geography Division meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 7:30 pm, Cecil Green Park Library. AGM, Tuesday, Oct. 17, CGP, Main Floor. Young Alumni The benefits of a UBC education don't end with graduation. We have programs that will help you with your career, expand your social life and keep your brain working. Come and network, mentor, and meet other people! If you would like to get involved, contact 822-3313 or e-mail aluminfo@alumni.ubc.ca. Check out our website for more info: www.alumni.ubc.ca Acadia Camp Reunion What: Buffet lunch & memories of the 'good ol' days' Date: Alumni Day, Oct. 1 Place: Green College Coach House Price: $25 per person Contact: 822-3313, (800) 883-3088 to RSVP UBC Alumni Associa Annual General Meeting Tuesday, September 19, 2000 5:30 pm Cecil Green Park House 6251 Cecil Green Park Road Vancouver, BC All Alumni are invited Call 822-3313 for information Branch Out! Can you spare a few hours a month to coordinate alumni activities? UBC needs branch reps in: Prince George, Nanaimo, Los Angeles, Edmonton, Beijing and Shanghai. Contact Janis Connolly, Manager, Branches at janisc@alumni.ubc.ca. New Branch Reps: Terry Taylor BCom '76 is Calgary's new contact person. In London, England, Esther McCallum MA'96 is spearheading alumni activities. Jessie Chen Chih Shu BASc'86 in Santa Barbara and Ann Marie Remedios BA'86, Orlando, are eager to get in touch with alumni in their areas. Check out www.alumni.ubc.ca/Branches/br- us.htm for their contact info. A Branch is Bom I Frank Sealy BSc'64 is starting up branch activities in Trinidad. Check out www.alumni.ubc.ca/Branches/br-intl.htm for his contact info. Recent Events San Jose That's Kent Westerberg BA'84 LLB'87 with the mean frisbee arm at the Canada Day party hosted by the Canadian Consulate in San Jose. More than 150 people attended the all-afternoon picnic. Beth Collins BCom'93, new branch rep for SF and the Peninsula, and Janis Connolly, Manager, Alumni Branches, mingled with the boisterous UBC crowd and picked up ideas for upcoming events. Upcoming Events • Kamloops: Event with Martha Piper, (MP) Sept. 18 • Kelowna: Event with MP, Sept. 19 • Victoria: Event with MP, Sept. 28 • San Francisco: Sharks-Canucks Event, Dec. 8 • Calgary: Event with MP, Oct. 3 • Seattle: Thanksgiving Gala with the Canadian Consulate, Oct. 5 • Singapore: Event with MP, Oct. 18 • Hong Kong: Event with MP, Oct. 20 • New York: Canadian Alumni Reception, Oct. 26 • Toronto: Event with MP, Nov. 21 • Toronto Brunches: Last Sunday of each month • Hong Kong Lunches: Last Friday of each month • Hong Kong Happy Hours: Monthly (usually 3rd Thursday of each month) • Silicon Valley Digital Moose Lounge Events with the Canadian Consulate: Third Wednesday of each month. Calgary UBC alumni enjoyed an astonishing performance by pianist Anton Kuerti who played with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra on June 8. Included was a pre-performance reception with Conductor Hans Graf and three members ofthe orchestra who are UBC grads. Victoria 60 UBC alumni and significant others came to hear what Dr. Michael Goldberg (pictured below) had to say about improving the business climate in BC. Branch reps, Greg Thomas MPE '77 and Clyde Griffith BPE '64 helped coordinate the affair. 32 Chronicle class acts Chris Lawrence Chris Lawrence BPE'87, recently received her PhD, specializing in cardiac physiology, from the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. After graduating from UBC, Chris travelled in Japan and taught English as a Second Language in Tokyo for a year. She travelled and worked in China, Nepal, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from 1988 to 1995. While studying in New Zealand, Chris was awarded the Duffus-Lubecki Postgraduate Award in Applied Science in 1996 for research toward a Master of Science. In 1997, she was awarded a University of Otago Postgraduate Scholarship to conduct her doctoral study in Physiology. Chris is a postdoctoral research associate under a British Heart Foundation Project grant, in the Dept. of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Leicester, UK. 40s Ernie Ball BA'47, BEd'48 is one of the founding members of the Canadian Chapter of the Circumnavigators Club, based in New York City. 50s Stewart Alsgard BA'57 was elected mayor of Powell River in November, 1999 ... Harvey Breen BA'55, MD'59 was clinical assistant professor, Psychiatry, UBC from 1968-1970, and medical director, Psychiatry, Doctors Hospital of Montclair, CA from 1973-77. He is co-founder and medical director for the Granville School for Emotionally Disturbed Children in Vancouver ... Margaret Briscoll BCom'59, MBA'70 retired after teaching accounting for 35 years in the Financial Management Dept. at BCIT ... John Woodworth BArch'52 received a honorary degree from Okanagan University College. He was a federally-appointed director of the Nature Trust of British Columbia for 25 years. He is a member of the Order of Canada. 60s Doreen Braverman BEd'64 was elected to the Board of Vancouver City Savings Credit Union in April for a three-year term. 70s Ian Ashdown BASc(Elec Eng)'73 has been designated a Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America for his contributions to the technical activities and scientific research of the Society and to the lighting industry ... Carol Baird Elian LLB'79 was recently appointed chief judge of the BC Provincial Court... After a challenging 3-year assignment at the Officer of the Auditor General of Canada, Allison Fader BA'74, LLB'79 has returned to Treasury Board Secretariat. She continues to pursue her love of travel and scuba diving ... Ronald L. Handford fiASc'74 is president & CEO and a founder of GeneMax Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Vancouver-based biotech company, dealing with cancer gene therapy and immune-system drug screening ... New Mexico Tech presented its Distinguished Teaching Award for 2000 to Diedre Hirschfeld MASc'77, associate professor of Materials and Mechanical Engineering ... Devon L. (Oehlke) Muhlert BEd'76 is music director at Nelson United Church. She continues photojournalism for Home Business Reports and other publications... Renee Norman BEdE'72, MA'95, PhD'99 recently received the 2000 Distinguished Dissertation Award from the Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies. Her dissertation, House of Mirrors: Performing Autobiograph(icall)y in Language/Education, is being published by Peter Lang Publishing, New York ... Margaret Ostrowski LLB'79, QC, has been elected president of the Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch, for 2000-01 ... Sheila (Currie) Purves BSR'79 was awarded a MBE in the Queen's birthday honours list for her work teaching and promoting rehabilitation medicine in China. In 1990, Sheila was honoured by UBC as one of the outstanding graduates of the first 75 years of the university ... Joe Vizvary's BEd(Sec)'78 most recent works include A Sound Mind by KCC and Dancespeak, and electronic/spoken word CD collaboration with Kim Champniss BA'80, and an appearance on Downloads III CD. Get'out the fancy linen! You're invited to 6th Annual Alumni Recognition and Sports Hall of Fame Dinner November 2, 2000, Westin Bayshore Chronicle 33 Peter Batchelor Peter Batchelor BArch'60, is among 82 certified planners in North America recently selected as Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He was honoured in recognition for individual achievement in the field of urban and rural planning. Batchelor has 31 years of experience in planning education and research. He is currently professor of Architecture and Urban Design at North Carolina State University- School of Design. He has a Master of Architecture and a Master of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. 80s Renee Bjarnson BSc(Pharm)'83 just returned from doing volunteer work at an animal rescue center in the Ecuadorian jungle, where she gave injections and treated ailments. It was one of the most rewarding experiences of her life ... Patti Flather BA'87 MFA'99 is Playwright in Residence at Nakai Theatre in Whitehorse, Yukon. She recently co-produced a northern tour of her first play Sixty Below, written with husband Leonard Linklater. They have two daughters, Erin and Sophia ... Ross Callinger BSc(Agr)'83 his wife Sharon and the twins, Bailey & Meredith, have moved to Santiago, Chile for three years to assist in developing a new mining project... Amyn Khimji BCom'88 was promoted to assistant manager, General Accounting, with JTB International (Canada) Ltd ... Kit H. Lui BCom'85 has joined the law firm of Clark, Wilson, as associate lawyer in the Business Law Dept... Bruna Martinuzzi BA'81, MA'84 is vice-president of HR and Admin, for PCsupport.com, Inc., a high tech firm specializing in on-line technical support services to PC users... Correction: Joel Murray BA'81, MA'99 has taught ESL to adults in Vancouver for almost twenty years and recently completed his, not her, Masters in Teaching English as a Second Language ... Irene Plett BCom'82, LLB'OO received the Thorsteinssens Prize in Taxation and the Mike Edwards Memorial Prize for 'intrepid approach to litigation.' She is articling at Lidstone, Young, Anderson in Vancouver ... A son for Greg Smith BA(Hon)'89 and Denise Smith BSN'90. Ryan was born Sept. 1999. The family are now residing in Winnipeg, where Greg is in the History Dept. ofthe University of Manitoba ... Terry Vankka DMD'81 completed residency training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Texas Medical Center in Houston. He also passed the Fellowship Examinations for membership in the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. Terry has relocated to Edmonton with his wife Anne and their three children ... Praveen Varshney BCom'87 and his wife Anuja, celebrated the birth of their first child, a little girl named Jaiya, Mar. 25, 2000. Jaiya in Hindi means "victory"... Anthony A. Vecchio LLB'89 was elected president of the Trial Lawyers Association of BC. He is a partner with Slater Vecchio in Vancouver. 90s Simon Adams LLB'99 has joined the law firm of Clark, Wilson, as associate lawyer in the Litigation Dept. ... Meegan Campbell BHK'98 is starting her second year of teaching PE and English at West Elgin Secondary School in West Lome, ON. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a BEd in 1999. She misses all her friends in BC ... Lara eleven 6A'92 was awarded her MEd in Teaching ESL in Educational Psychology from the University of Alberta. She and husband Abdulhakem Elezzabi PhD'95 had their first child, Muhammad, in May 1999. She misses UBC ... James Fleming BA'95 finished his PhD in English Literature at Columbia University, NY, and has accepted an assistant professorship at SFU. His wife, Cynthia van Cinkel BA'92, MA'95, is assistant dean for MA Programs at Columbia University ... Dr. Robert Holt BSc'92 received his doctorate in Medicine in Edmonton. He was sequencing and We don't invent * •Class Acts'! ' Nope. People send them in. So m$*, phone, e-mai! or bring ywnews-fo^ by hand Or, Visit Our Website And send us your ne «s that way! www.alumni.ubc.ca : production manager at the Solara Genomics Centre in Rockville, MD, where they worked on genomics code sequencing ... Samantha Ip BA'91, LLB'94 has joined the law firm of Clark, Wilson, as associate lawyer in the Litigation Dept ... Rajesh Krishna MSc'95, PhD'99 (Pharm), is a research investigator in new drug development at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in Princeton, NJ ... Patricia Lauridsen-Hoegh BSN'85, LLB'98 has joined the law firm of Clark, Wilson, as associate lawyer in the Business Law Dept... Robert J. Merlo BA'93 has joined the law firm of Clark, Wilson, as associate lawyer in the Litigation Dept... Salim Mohammed BCom'96 is doing his MBA at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He plans to focus in Information Technology, Product Development and Operations ... Amy A. Mortimore BA'93 has joined the law firm of Clark, Wilson, as associate lawyer in the Litigation Dept... Kathryn D. Murchie LLB'99 has joined the law firm of Clark, Wilson, as associate lawyer in the Business Law Dept... On July 13, 2000, Zachary Andrew Peters was born to Kimberly (McEwen) Peters BHE'97 and Daniel Peters MSc'90, PhD'94 in Halifax ... Chris Thorpe BA'93 married Pamela Dickson on Aug. 19, 2000. They are both pursuing their careers in New York in investment banking and law respectively ... Peter M. Tolensky LLB'99 has joined the law firm of Clark, Wilson, as associate lawyer in the Business Law Dept. Join Sven Snowmeister, Chef Marie, Dan Bran, Sister Hester, Tiny Rout the Boy Scout, Misty River, Doug the French Maid, and Darlene Dooright to solve a mishap at the ski chalet on the cliff. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2000, 7:30 PM 6251 CECIL 6REEN PARK HOUSE $20 PER PERSON, DESSERTS & NO-HOST BAR Call 822-3313 to RSVP by Sept. 15 ore-mail aiuminfo@alumni.ubc.ca. Special thanks to Roger Haskett BA'86, BFA'91, MA'92 and Murder Unlimited for staging and sponsoring the murder mystery for the past six years. 34 Chronicle class acts Leonard Graham Wannop 1921-2000 Leonard Graham Wannop BASc'45 served in the Royal Canadian Navy in WWII as engineer officer after graduation He thert worked in Aruba for eight years. Wanrtep'-was transferred to Venezuela, where he worked for sixteen years in a variety of tasks, including maintenance, construction, crude oil storage, and production. In 1969 he was transferred to Libya as manufacturing manager. He moved to Ahwaz, Iran in 1973, managing the building of several LNG plants. From there he worked in Saudi Arabia until his retirement in 1981, and returned to Canada. Wannop designed and built a 54 foot ketch and sailed all over the Western Mediterranean and west coast of Europe. In Memoriam Dr. Alfred B. Acton, Prof. Emeritus, Zoology, June 4 ... Correction: Norman S. Babb BSc(Pharm)'51 of Vancouver, Jan. 2000 ... Donald M. Buchanan MA'65 (Comm & Reg. Planning), of Coquitlam, Jan. 11, 2000 ... James J. Cameron MSc'85 of Vancouver, Sept. 23, 1997 ... Gwendolyn De Camp BA'33, July 6, 2000 ... Svatopluk "Fred" Florian BScAgr'53, MA'55, PhD'58 of the Czech Republic, March 25, 2000 ... Frank Gregory BSF'69 of Nanaimo, BC, Mar. 22, 2000 ... Ed Hansen, 25-Year Club member, May 25, 2000 ... Alfred Martin "Pete" Hanton BCom'49 of Vancouver, Feb. 14, 2000 ... Correction: Harley Robert Hatfield BA'28 of Penticton, BC, Feb. 14, 2000 ... Roy Jackson BASc(Civil Eng)'48 of Seattle, May 18, 2000 ... Ruth Evelyn Kerr BA'44 of Toronto, Dec. 13, 1999 ... Frances Caldwell /Winter BA'41, BEdE'58 of Chilliwack, BC, Jan. 2000 .... Dr. Loring Mitten, Prof. Emeritus, Commerce, June 19, Homer Armstrong Thompson 1905-2000 Homer Armstrong Thompson BA'2S, MA'27, LLD'49 was one of the foremost archeologists of his generation. Through his 50-year association with the Athenian Agora (market place) and the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, Thompson helped shape knowledge of the most celebrated monuments and moments in classical antiquity. Thompson was brought up near Chilliwack, BC and came to USCat age 15. He earned a PhD at the University of Michigan in 1929 and afterwards began his work at the Athenian Agora. In 1947 he moved from the University of Toronto to the Institute for Advanced Study to become field director of the Agora excavations, a position he held until 1967. During the WWII he served with distinction in the Office of Naval Intelligence. A recent donation by the heirs of Mrs. Doris Baldwin, his sister, established the Homer Armstrong Thompson Travel Scholarship in Classical Studies at UBC. It will assist graduate students in Classical Studies to participate in archeological excavations. 2000 ... Arlene Nimmons Pach BA'49 ofVictoria, BC, Mar. 2, 2000 ... Dr. John (Jack) Parnell BA'34, Assoc. Clinical Prof, Medicine, June 19, 2000 ... Wilfred Stokvis BSc(Agr)'39 of Vancouver, May 30, 2000 ... J. Ross Tolmie BA'29, QC, of Vancouver, June 17, 2000 ... Dr. Joe Tonzetich BSc(Agr)'50, Prof. Emeritus, Dentistry, May 25, 2000 ... Dr. Vincent Stogan "Tsimalano" LLD'95, healer/elder of Musqueam Nation, June 29, 2000. Edmund Davie Fulton 1916-2000 Davie Fulton BA'36 was a Rhodes Scholar, attending Oxford University after UBC. He was called to the BC Bar in 1940 and practiced law as senior partner with Fulton, Morely and Verchere in Kamloops from 1945-57 and 1963- 66. He joined the Seaforth Highlanders in 1940 and served with his regiment in WWII. Fulton was first elected in1945 to represent the constituency of Kamloops in the House of Commons in Ottawa as a Progressive Conservative. During his time in office he served as Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of Canada, acting minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Minister of Public Works. He left federal politics in 1963 to lead BCs PC Party where he served until 1965. From 1968-73, Fulton practiced law in Vancouver as partner, Fulton, Cumming, Bird, Richards He served as chairman of the Law Reform Commission of BC from 1970-73. Fulton was also appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of BC in Dec. 1973. He resigned that post in 198*1 and resumed his law practice with Swinton and Co., Vancouver, in 1982. He became associate counsel with the firm in 1983. Fulton was appointed commissioner of the International Joint Commission, Canadian Section, in 1986. In 1990, Fulton was elected chairman of UC in Ottawa, where he served until he retired in 1992. He was made officer, the Order of Canada in June, 1992. Fulton is survived by his wife Patricia and his daughters Mary, Trish and Cynthia. Chronicle 35 lAi for Nurses Continued from page 15 see the quality of students, to see how inventive, articulate and amazing they are. They far exceed any expectations I have." Her role as president of the Nursing Alumni Division has been rewarding as well. Getting students and alumni together helps establish an important, life-long connection. Alumni act as mentors and give advice, students ask questions, and everyone gets something out of it. "It's a place for me to make a difference, facilitating this kind of experience," says Cathy. Her enthusiasm and dedication hasn't gone unnoticed by professional and peer groups. She's received the School of Nursing Teaching Recognition Award, and most recently, the Award of Excellence in Nursing Administration. "It was quite a honour to win," she says. The recognition comes from students "My mission is to help childbearing families become strong and produce healthy, productive citizens." and colleagues in the School of Nursing, as well as from the Vancouver Richmond Health Board for her pre-natal classes, and her work with new instructors. It proves how she's made a difference in people's lives. "Of all the recognition, the most important thing is to see our students graduate and succeed in nursing," explains Cathy. The School of Nursing recently celebrated its 80th Anniversary, and used the celebration to raise money for nursing scholarships. This past year they held 13 events, most notably an event called 80 Years of Innovation & Knowledge, which highlighted some of the work done by nursing graduates in the past year. This, along with the Nov. 4 telethon and other 80th Anniversary events, raised more than $17,000. Cathy is at a point in her career where she can pick and choose her professional activities. She will most likely continue teaching, and either work at the hospital or in the community during summers. It's undecided at this point: "I'll do whatever is available, whatever I feel like, wherever the wind blows me." "My mission," she says, "is to help childbearing families become strong and produce healthy, productive citizens." With her combination of training, experience and passion, her success is virtually guaranteed. If you would like to get involved with the Nursing Alumni Division, you can contact Cathy at: 822-7468 or e-mail ebbehoj(s>nursing. ubc. ca. Shari Ackerman is Assistant Editor ofthe Chronicle. 36 Chronicle G. G. Sedgewick My Favourite Professor Continued from page 38 and walked out of the classroom, impressing on even the dullest of us that there are ways other than words to convey powerful feeling. Sedgewick's method of teaching Shakespeare was to rub our noses in the text. Read it intensively, investigate the meaning thoroughly, read every note and textual gloss, become intimately familiar with the text. His examinations tended to be simply a number of quotations, which we were required to identify and explicate. Other aspects of the plays we discussed in our term papers. If you followed the regimen, you knew the plays when the course was over. The following year I took another of his Shakespeare courses, and the Chaucer course which he also taught. In the latter course, he made us learn to pronounce Middle English correctly so that we would be able to appreciate the mellifluous flow of Chaucer's lines (and lovely, indeed, they are!). Here is a brief description of one occasion in the Chaucer class: Sedgewick is parading back and forth in front of the class. He has the Chaucer textbook open on the palm of his left hand; in his right hand is a cigarette. He suddenly notices that his fly is undone. (He still wears trousers with buttoned flies.) His face undergoes a sudden cave-in. He is in a dilemma. He moves behind the desk. He drops his cigarette on the floor and steps on it. He continues to explicate the text. But is obviously suffering. His right hand, one can see, is desperately trying to do up the button. Difficult. The entire class is in a state of tension. Everyone is aware of what is going on. We daren't laugh, but are at the point of explosion. Sedgewick finally puts the book on the lectern. This is obviously a two-handed job. His left hand joins the fray. Easier. Finally success. The face resumes its calm glow; the book goes back on the left palm. He emerges from the refuge of the desk. He is adjusted! The class lets out its collection of stale air and begins to breathe again. Back to the Middle Ages. In the spring when my final year was nearly over, I was required to appear in Toronto before a committee of distinguished men who were going to decide whether or not I was to be given the Beaver Club Scholarship for British Columbia. Before I left to undertake the four-day train journey to that fateful occasion, I had a marvelous indication of Sedgewick's goodwill. He asked me if I had appropriate clothing to wear to the interview. Well, no. All I had were my old battle uniforms, one dyed brown, the other, blue. Sedgewick immediately wrote a cheque made out to Chapman's, one of the more expensive clothing stores in Vancouver, and left the space for the amount blank. "Go and buy a suit," he said. I had to pay more for the suit than I would have if I had gone to Woodward's for example, where I could have had a 10% discount because I was an employee, but I was stuck with Chapman's. Fortunately, I was able to repay him very soon after I returned. So I bought the suit, handed Sedgewick my term essay, and went to Toronto where I appeared before an imposing committee consisting of Vincent Massey, General Crerar, and Sydney Smith, president of the University of Toronto. When I returned to the campus, now able to look forward to two years of graduate study in England as a Beaver Club Scholar, Sedgewick asked me where my Chaucer essay was. He had lost it! I gave him the carbon copy, which luckily I had kept, but explained that I simply did not have the time to go His face undergoes a sudden cave-in. He is in a dilemma. He moves behind the desk. He drops his cigarette on the floor and steps on it. He continues to explicate the text. But is obviously suffering. through it to correct whatever typos and other mechanical errors there might be, and assured him that the original I had given him had been virgin pure. When I got the essay back, he had red-pencilled the mistakes anyway. He gave me an A+ and told me not to splinter my paragraphs. At this point he and I were as near friendship as it was possible to get without destroying the essential restraints imposed by the fact that I was one of his students. He had employed me as a marker, and I often went to his house to help him with something or other, or simply to chat. I guess he became to me a sort of father- figure. When the end of term rolled around, Sedgewick played a trick on us. He abruptly brought the class to an end on the penultimate lecture day, frustrating our desire to honour him on the final day of the course, which was also the final lecture of his career, as he was retiring. We solved the problem by asking him to come on the last day as there were some students who had questions to ask him. I wrote him a note to that effect, and he agreed. I had written a Chaucerian portrait of him, and one of the women in the class made an illuminated manuscript of it, and we also bought him a small gift. For the occasion I went to the classroom early and wrote the poem on the board, and established myself at the lectern. When he arrived, I waved him to my usual seat in the front row, and bawled him out for being late. Then 1 ordered him to read aloud the Middle English verses on the board. I frequently corrected his pronunciation as he read the poem; he bridled and fumed and growled like a bear, but was obviously having a wonderful time. When he had done, I explained that we had found a document in one of the squatter's shacks on the shores of the eastern end of Burrard Inlet. We had rescued it from a fire, and recognized the Chaucerian style. We thought that we should consult him as to the authenticity ofthe manuscript. We then presented him with the beautifully printed and Sedgewick, 1935 illuminated version, ewri and our very best1 f or a happy retiren was a wonderful sion. We brought 1 to his eyes. During the si| mer that followe| boarded with a frie and attended Sum| School to take the | courses I needeci graduate. My wife had gone to England to find accommodation ti«r us, and had taken out threv children to her parents in Winnipeg where I was to rotriV\ c them and bring them ti i biigland u lit n I had finished my ucgicc. Al some puun m muse weens, Sedgewick asked me to come to stay at his house while his housekeeper went on vacation. He didn't fancy being alone in the house. So for two weeks I slept at his place. One morning he came into my room to ask if I would wash his back. Well, I was game! I was amazed to discover that he was covered with hair. His back resembled that of a silverback gorilla. It seemed strangely incongruous in so small and delicate a person. Another time he quite put the wind up me when he came into my room just after I had gone to bed, having spent the evening out somewhere. What is he up to now? I thought to myself. But it was only to tell me that my father had called and wished to speak to me. Towards the end of my visit, Sedgewick's Aunt Libby came to stay, and he was closeted with her in his study for hours at a time. He was, as I later discovered, giving her instructions about the disposal of his goods in the event that he should die. He went to the hospital soon afterwards; I had no inkling of what was wrong with him. The Summer Session was satisfactorily concluded. I had now fulfilled all the requirements of the Honours degree, and could go to England, and the University of London where I had been accepted, with a clear conscience. I made preparations to leave for Winnipeg. I went to the hospital to say goodbye to Sedgewick, said farewell to my parents, and off 1 went to be reunited with my children. When I reached Winnipeg I saw an item in the newspaper telling me that Sedgewick had died. It was a time of endings, some happy, others sad. I would miss him. To this day I hold him in high regard, and have always been grateful to him for his tutelage, his encouragement, and above all, for his friendship. fan de Bruyn taught English at UBC from 1951 to 1983, then taught the Milton course for a year after his retirement. He is currently working on a book of memoirs, from which this excerpt is taken. Chronicle 37 G. G. Sedgewick My Favourite Professor by Jan de Bruyn BA'49 Ever since my graduation from Senior Matric in 1937 I had yearned to go to university. The Depression and Second World War had made my dream a |inockery, but with the end of the war my chance 'arrived at last. I became one of the many veterans who took advantage of the Canadian government's education program which enabled us to attend university with financial support as long as we achieved scholastic success. In September of 1946 I registered in 2nd year at UBC, and completed the year successfully, with my heart set on gaining entrance to the English Honours program. To do so I would need to be considered worthy by the fabled head of the English department himself, Dr. G. G. Sedgewick, about whom I had been hearing since my high school days. On one occasion a student at the top of the banks of seats complained that Sedgewick had marked only a single page of his term paper. Sedgewick replied, "I don't have to eat the whole cheese to know it's rotten." It was widely-known that he was a homosexual, but no scandal was ever connected with his name. He afforded sly amusement in this context, but no derision. He was universally reputed to be a superb teacher, with Shakespeare as his forte, and was also well-regarded in the city because he sometimes wrote a column in the newspapers, and always had a Christmas message for the citizenry. In a state of high anxiety, I called on him at his old house on Trutch Street. My first glimpse of him was of a petite figure, standing maybe 5 feet, 2 or 3 inches, with a sharpish chin, large eyes behind thick lenses, gray, thin hair on his balding head, and thick dark eyebrows. He spoke precisely through thin lips with a slight English accent. He was very friendly to his awe-struck, nervous visitor, and it was not long before I felt comfortable in his presence. When he had found out what he wanted to know about me, he assured me that I could try Honours English if I wished to, adding, "You should expect a lot of hard work." "I'm ready for that," I replied. When I rose to leave, he shuffled up to me, took my arms in his hands, looked up into my face with his spanielly eyes, and said, "I will let you go to hell in your own way." In a year he would be among my friends. So at last when the summer was over, and it was again time to register at the university, I was able to indulge myself ^^f^-- ; Garnet G. Sedgewick, 1940s. and luxuriate in English courses, with Sedgewick's Shakespeare the one I looked forward to most excitedly and with the greatest expectations. Sedgewick taught his Shakespeare course in Arts 100 (later Math. 100). He had a full house. The large room, arranged in theatre style, catered to his histrionic style. He fancied himself an actor, and played G. G. Sedgewick to the hilt. Although denied by his short stature the opportunity to play Hamlet during his mortal existence, he hoped, he told us often, that he would be allowed to give the role its definitive interpretation when he dwelt in Heaven. On the first day of the class the place was full of chattering students, and when the bell rang, there was no change in the racket. The diminutive body of Sedgewick entered at the front of the room; the din continued. He stood there for a moment looking up at the curving and rising rows of nattering students. Then he turned, and walked sedately out. We were thunderstruck. At the next class, the bell rang and there was a silence so deep that we could hear his footsteps and the creaking of the old wooden floor as he moved down the hall. He entered, looked at the class balefully, as though to say, "Now you know I mean business," and finally walked to the lectern. On one occasion a student at the top of the banks of seats complained that Sedgewick had marked only a single page of his term paper. Sedgewick replied, "I don't have to eat the whole cheese to know it's rotten." There were no further complaints. 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