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And what exactly are\nwe watching when we watch auto\/biographical plays?\nWe commonly expect to find the truth\nin auto\/biographical narratives and\nplays. But, as one of UBC's experts in\nauto\/biography studies explains, that\nexpectation may not be entirely realistic.\n\"Auto\/biography is something compiled, written, or produced, by another\nhuman being, so it's a form of art in its\nown right,\" explains English professor\nSherrill Grace. \"And that is manifestly\nthe case when we're talking about theatre, because there are all these other\nplayers who come in: playwright, director, actors, script, stage manager, lights\nand stage designer\"\nAccording to Grace, auto\/biographical plays have become more and more\ncommon in 20th century literature, but\nthe interplay between theatre and\nauto\/biography, and the reasons for the\nprevalence of the genre have still to be\ninvestigated. That is what an innovative\nexploratory workshop organized by\nUBC's English and Theatre departments\nwith support from the Peter Wall\nInstitute for Advanced Studies, the UBC\nHampton Fund and the McLean Chair\nfor Canadian Studies, has set out to do.\nThe workshop, titled \"Putting a Life\non Stage\", will explore the challenges of\nstaging and performing auto\/biography.\nIt includes keynote lectures, panel sessions, and roundtable discussions featuring a stellar cast of scholars from around\nthe world and some of Canada's most\nrespected playwrights, including Sharon\nPollock, Joy Coghill, Mavor Moore and\nLinda Griffiths.\nThe focal point of the workshop is a\nperformance of Song of This Place, by\nrenowned UBC alumna Joy Coghill. The\nplay, which explores a storyteller's struggle to portray B.C. artist Emily Carr on\nstage, is, according to director Robert\nMore, \"unique\" in its approach and its\ncourage to examine \"the creative process\nand the artistic vision in itself.\" It contains\nboth biographical and autobiographical\nelements, which are explored through the\nuse of Bunraku-style puppets, or animated masks, held by manipulators visible to\nthe audience. Four UBC students will give\nlife to the 19 puppets.\n\"We're moving across a divide here, by\ninvolving students in a live play production,\" says Grace. \"Working with Robert\nMore, who is Canada's leading expert on\npuppets, they're getting a course in a very\nspecialized area which is not part of the\nregular curriculum.\"\nFor the students, this is an opportunity\nand also a challenge. \"The manipulators\nare walking, listening apparati,\" explains\nMore. \"They must be an open channel to\nserve the mask and the script. All the\nacting dials must be dimmed down\nand the emotions released into the\nmask, so that the audience can\nbelieve the mask is a living breath-   i\ning being.\"\nAnd that's not easy.  Says  I\nMore, \"I can bring them tech-   A\nnique, but that isn't going to J\nmake you go,  'God,  that's ^\nEmily Carr,' and be astonished.   I\nThey have to listen to the mask\nand respond, listen to the text and\nto their fellow actors, and be empa-\nthetic to everything around them.\nLearning to be that open and confident could take 20 years of acting.\"\nFor Grace, this production of\nSong of This Place is an experiment, but also a way of bringing\ntogether two worlds.  \"This event\ndoesn't fit into the academic mode and it\nbursts beyond the theatre production to\nbring the two together,\" she explains.\n\"We tend to live in disciplinary solitudes,\nbut it is exciting and mutually beneficial\nwhen academia and theatre meet.\"\nThe workshop runs February\n18-22. For more information, visit\nhttp:\/\/autobiography.arts.ubc.ca. \u25a1 2  |  UBC  REPORTS  |  FEBRUARY  5,  2OO4\nt\/filde Deprez\n1      - W   d  c  m   r   y       r   .1   1.\n^^^ .. \u2022 Notarizations\nV        \u2022 Wills & Powers of Attorney\n\u2022 Real Estate transactions\n\u2022 Affidavits & Statutory Declarations\n- Close to major bus stops    *m m   f\\f\\u    a*\\a*\\ ' Outcall service\n- Free underground parking OU4\"aaaa 1 \"4040 \" English \/ French \/ Dutch\n2515 Alma Street (between W.lOth and W. Broadway)\nwww.notarydeprez.com\nIN THE NEWS\nBILL CAINE PUTS You first.\nARE YOU CONFUSED BY YOUR\nPENSION CHOICES?\nBill can help you choose which is best for you.\nDISAPPOINTED WITH YOUR MUTUAL\nFUND PERFORMANCE?\nIndependent research and Bill's understanding of\nindividual companies allow you to invest without\nmutual funds.\nBorn in Vincnuvcr in 1 IJ.VJ and graduanng from\nUBC in rhe '(ids, Bill has been. a.n Investment\nAdvisor since IMtVS.  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I offer 23 years of success and experience.\nPlease call me for any university real estate market information,\ncurrent evaluation of your property or any real estate assistance\nthat you may require.\nDEXTER  ASSOCIATES  REALTY-604-228-9339\nPUBLICATION MAILAGREEMENT NO. 40775044\nRETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO\nCIRCULATION DEPT\n310 - 6251 CECIL GREEN PARK ROAD\nVANCOUVER, B.C. CANADA V6T 1Z1\nEMAIL: public.affairs@ubc.ca\nHighlights of UBC Media Coverage in January 2004. compiled by brian lin\nBounce at The Bell\nUBC professor Heather McKay has\nconducted a pilot study that followed almost 100 students who had\nsimilar eating habits and physical\nactivity levels. The only\ndifference was that half of them\njumped at the bell (just five jumps,\nthree times a day) and half of them\ndid not jump.\nMcKay found that those who had\njumped actually built 3.2 per cent\nmore bone mass in the hip region of\nthe body than the other children.\nThat could be enough to postpone,\nor perhaps event prevent,\nosteoporosis later in life.\n\"We're talking about these\nchildren gaining in eight months\nwhat we would see women lose in\nthree years around menopause,\"\nMcKay told ABC News.\n\"It takes no money to run the\nprogram,\" said McKay. \"It takes no\nspecial training, and we're talking\nabout an investment of about a\nminute and a half a day.\"\nResearchers Study\nNewborns' Pain at Being\nCircumcised\nUBC Nursing professor Fay\nWarnock is leading a research study\non the pain babies sustain from circumcisions. The researchers systematically note and itemize the behaviour of 10 baby boys during circumcision, recording each head twitch,\neach leg kick, each eye squeezing.\nWarnock told the National Post\nthat this kind of detailed data collection meant exhaustive and successive viewing of each of these 90-\nminute tapes on a second-by-second\nbasis.\nWarnock says her work \"is very\nbasic in that it is focused on detailing normally occurring newborn\npain-related distress behaviours...\nIts usefulness is conceptual and,\nhopefully, will result in a deeper and\nmore comprehensive descriptive\nunderstanding   of   newborn   pain\nHush little baby: Fay Warnock's\nstudy focuses on circumcision\nbecause it is \"an intense form of\nnewborn acute pain.\"\nexpression.\nShe says the study focused on circumcision because it is \"an intense\nform of newborn acute pain,\" but\nstressed that further research in this\narea requires ongoing descriptions\nof other kinds of acute pain.\nAnorexia May Cause\nEmphysema\nThe malnutrition that results from\nthe eating disorder anorexia nervosa may cause emphysema,\naccording to a study lead by UBC\nradiology professor Harvey O.\nCoxson, also a VCHRI member.\nResearchers used a new method\nof assessing computed tomography\n(CT) scans to analyze the lungs of\n14 anorexia patients and found the\nmalnutrition in these patients\nchanged the physical structure of\ntheir lungs.\n\"There is a reduction in the\namount of lung tissue in patients\nwith anorexia nervosa,\"Coxson told\nCBS News.\n\"It is unclear whether these structural changes are permanent, but if\nthey are, early therapy is important\nin patients who have anorexia,\"\nCoxson says.\nMan bites dog? No, Planet\nHeats Sun\nUBC astronomer Evgenya Shkolnik\nhas found a planet that is actually\nheating up its sun.\nShkolnik's study of a large planet\norbiting a star 90 light-years away\nshows that the magnetic field of the\nplanet is producing hot spots on its\nparent sun, a reversal of the effect\nthe sun has on planets such as the\nEarth.\n\"The hotspot moves across the\nsurface of the star keeping pace with\nthe planet, but just a little bit\nahead,\" Shkolnik told USA Today.\nShe said measurements of more than\n100 orbits showed that the\nhot spot on the face of the star exactly matches the motion of the planet.\nUse the 'Force'\nFor the many who sometimes walk\ninto a room and feel that something\nis not quite right, the answer may lie\nin a sub-system of our visual\nexperience, according to a new study\non visual perception by UBC psychology and computer\nscience professor Ronald Rensink.\n\"Basically visual perception then\nis two parts. It's got the sort of pictures we all know and love, and then\nwe've got this other thing, this feeling, this using the force, this sensing\nstream, and they work in parallel, I\nthink. They both operate at the same\ntime,\" Rensink told the National\nPost.\nWhile you may not see anything,\nRensink says the \"sixth sense\" or as\nhe calls it, \"mindsight,\" is basically\nanother kind of vision where people\ncan sense a change and have a\nvisual experience of it. \u25a1\nLETTER\nDear Editor:\nAs co-chairs of this year's campaign, we are\ndelighted to announce that, thanks to the\nexceptional work of our volunteers and thanks\nto the continued support of our donors, we have\nraised the phenomenal total of $511,150.08 for\nUnited Way of the Lower Mainland.  Not only\nhave we hit our goal but we have exceeded it by\nover $11,000 - truly outstanding!\nA campaign like this is a huge team effort and\nsuch a fabulous total could not have been\nachieved without everyone being generous with\ntheir time, talents, creativity and money. Everyone\nshould be very proud of their contribution to this\ncampaign, whether they are a donor, volunteer\nor supporter.  Of the $511,150.08 raised,\n$350,000 was undesignated - so we can all feel\ngood about the impact these dollars will make\nin our community.\nOn behalf of United Way of the Lower\nMainland and all the people who will benefit from\nour contribution, thank you!\nEilis Courtney\nDeborah Austin\nCo-chairs\n2003 UBC United Way Campaign\nUBC REPORTS\nDirector, Public Affairs\nScott Macrae  scott.macrae@ubc.ca\nEditor\nPaul Patterson  paul.patterson@ubc.ca\nDesign Director\nChris Dahl  chris.dahl@ubc.ca\nDesigner\nSharmini Thiagarajah  sharmini@exchange.ubc.ca\nContributors\nCristina Calboreanu  mccalbor@exchange.ubc.ca\nMichelle Cook michelle.cook@ubc.ca\nBrian Lin  brian.lin@ubc.ca\nErica Smishek erica.smishek@ubc.ca\nHilary Thomson  hilary.thomson@ubc.ca\nAdvertising\nCristina Calboreanu  mccalbor@exchange.ubc.ca\nUBC Reports is published monthly by the UBC Public Affairs Office\n310 - 6251 Cecil Green Park Road\nVancouver BC Canada V6T IZI\nUBC Reports welcomes submissions.\nFor upcoming UBC Reports submission guidelines, please see\nwww.publicaffairs.ubc.ca\/ubcreports\/about. 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He sustained a crushing injury\nto his foot resulting in five severed toes.\nAn 18-year-old power press operator\nhad his right hand and forearm\ncrushed when he reached into the die\npress to remove some jammed material. He had been on this job for two\nweeks at the time ofthe accident.\nThese real-life incidents taken from a\nWorkers' Compensation Board of B.C.\n(WCB) report called Protecting Young\nWorkers illustrate how young workers,\n15-24 years old, account for the highest rate of compensation claims among\nall age groups in B.C.\nBesides being a tough way to begin\nworking life, these injuries may possibly be the start of long-term health\nconsequences, according to UBC\nresearcher Mieke Koehoorn.\nAn assistant professor in the\ndepartment of health care and\nepidemiology, Koehoorn has launched\na study that looks at the experiences of\nyoung workers in B.C. She wants to\nknow if persistent symptoms from\nearly work injuries result in increased\nusage of health-care services in the long\nterm, beyond workers' compensation\nbenefits.\n\"Young people have higher claim\nrates mainly due to inexperience,\"\nsays Koehoorn, who is a Michael\nSmith Foundation for Health\nResearch Scholar. \"New workers may\nbe too intimidated to ask questions\nabout safety, not yet prepared in terms\nof work or safety training or so eager\nto prove themselves on the job that\nthey perform tasks they're unfamiliar\nwith.\"\nIn addition, young workers are\noften assigned low-end jobs that carry\nthe greatest risk factors. As new workers, they are often unable to recognize\nworkplace hazards and are unaware\nof their rights as workers to operate in\na safe environment.\nIn a two-year study, funded by the\nWCB, Koehoorn will examine data\nthat covers the 15-year period from\n1985-2000. Using WCB and provincial health records, she will assess if\nyoung workers with a compensation\nclaim have more contact over time\nwith the health-care system than individuals of the same age, sex and geographic location.\nShe thinks young workers may seek\ncontinued medical attention outside\nthe compensation system because,\nalthough they have symptoms after\nthe claim is closed, they don't know\nhow to re-open a claim. Also, they\nmay be reluctant to take further time\noff work that will damage their fledgling work record.\nIndustries where young workers are\nmost likely to be injured include retail\nindustries for 15-19-year olds, and for\nworkers 20-24 years old the majority\nof claims come from the retail, manufacturing, construction and forestry\nsectors. Common injuries include back\nand other strains, cuts and bruises.\nKoehoorn hopes that her research\nfindings will lead to a better understanding of the impact of work-related\ninjuries and help to direct more\nresources to prevention and regulatory\nefforts aimed specifically at young\nworkers.\nFor more information on injuries to\nyoung workers, visit\nwww.worksafe.bc.com\/publications\/re\nports and click on the focus report\ncalled Protecting Young Workers. \u25a1\nDid you know?\nUBC projects received more\nthan $1.6 million in funding\nfrom the WCB Research\nSecretariat in 2003, out of a\ntotal of $1.8 million awarded to\nall institutions.\nThe Research Secretariat\nlaunched its first annual\nresearch competition in\nNovember 2000. 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YfiK 111 Ph ItoMTJW-WJI >'stt (fotf) -$-9WH\nKiuil B&tlpjH.nnybnhHgJnn fnm ^tbufe: |x'mii|'aj-lJiiiiqann.fwn\nCELEBRATE\nRESEARCH\nResearch Awareness Week\nMARCH 6-13 2004\nINNOVATION: IDEAS CROSSING BOUNDARIES\nResearch Awareness Week 2004 will highlight and celebrate the\noutstanding research in all fields that is continually underway\nat the university. Innovation is encapsulated at UBC by crossing\nboundaries in four ways - from idea to product, from university\nto community, from discipline to discipline and from research to\nteaching.\nUBC main campus, UBC Robson Square and our affiliated hospitals\nwill host numerous free public forums, symposia, research days\nand exhibits on topics ranging from health research, ethics of\npatents and drug developments to the impact of advanced\ntechnology on the workplace. Key issues affecting cities and\npublic policy will also be featured.\nPlease go to our online Event Calendar for full details\nand registration: www.research.ubc.ca\nVQ ONWMV Pahk.5\nWe would like to thank Discovery Parks for their generous support. 4     I\nREPORTS      |       FEBRUARY     5,      2OO4\nUBC Engineering Students Raise the\nQuality of Life in East Timor Village\nEngineers Without Borders is making a difference, by cristina calboreanu\nVillagers in Usu'un, East Timor live off\nthe land. They farm and they fish. It is\nnot easy being a farmer in a place like\nthis, what with nigged terrain, poor\nsoils, and unpredictable rainfall. And it's\neven harder when you live in a country\nwhere 70 per cent of the physical infrastructure was destroyed in an armed\nconflict in which nearly three quarters of\nthe population was displaced.\nSeemingly small things can easily\nthrow off the delicate balance of this life.\nThings like how long it takes to dry the\nfood that needs to be preserved.\nIt usually takes more than five days,\nduring which time large amounts of fruit\nand fish are wasted due to parasitic contamination. That means there will be\nless to eat.\nAnd that is what UBC third-year\nIntegrated Engineering student Monica\nRucki was trying to prevent during her\nfour-month internship with Engineers\nWithout Borders last summer. Rucki\nworked to build solar dryers that would\ncut the drying time for fish and fruit to\nless than two days. Prototypes were built\nfrom locally available, inexpensive materials, and locals were trained how to\nbuild and maintain the dryers.\nRucki's experience in East Timor was\njust one example of the work done by\nEngineers Without Borders (EWB),\nwhose 3,700 members are working on\n30 projects in 20 countries to promote\nhuman development through access to\ntechnology and a focus on building\ncapacity in the local communities.\n\"It's an attempt at finding sustainable\nsolutions, as opposed to giving something away and then leaving, which is\nnot particularly useful,\" says Brendan\nBaker, a recent Metals and Materials\nEngineering graduate who will be traveling to Senegal later this year for an\neight-month internship. He will help\ndevelop and implement technologies\nthat will allow locals to process the\npeanuts and cashew nuts they grow,\nthus increasing their value. \"They found\nthat the nuts are worth next to nothing\nif sold as grown, in shells - but if they\ncan shell them, skin them, roast them\nand then package them, then they're\nworth much more on the local, national\nand international market,\" explains\nBaker\nThe UBC chapter of EWB was\nfounded in 2001 and is already one of\nthe fastest growing and most active in\nthe country.\n\"We focus on promoting awareness\nof international development and global\nissues among students and the\nVancouver community,\" says Rucki,\nco-president of the UBC chapter. \"We\ndo that through our internships abroad,\nthrough our local projects, and our\nSpeaker Series here on campus.\"\nThe UBC chapter is involved in a\nvariety of overseas projects, such as\nScala, an EWB-owned Information and\nCommunications Technology (ICT)\nproject developed in partnership with\nthe Filipino government. The UBC\nChapter is trying to raise 40 computers\nand $15,000 that will go towards setting\nup ICT training centres in the\nPhilippines, helping Filipino youth develop computer literacy skills and increase\ntheir employability. They are hoping\nsome of these youth will in turn become\ncomputer teachers able to keep the ICT\ntraining centres alive. \"The long-term\nhope is that the centres are able to self-\nsustain,\" explains project leader Jordan\nMarr.\nAs part of the UBC chapter's local\nprojects, volunteers with the Scala project have partnered with the Learning\nExchange to offer free IT classes in shelters in the Downtown Eastside. EWB-\nUBC also organizes a High School\nOutreach program aimed at educating\nhigh school students about engineering,\nappropriate technology and international development. The program is supported by Aeroplan members donating\ntheir Aeroplan miles through the Miles\nWithout Borders donation program.\nBeing involved in so many different\nprojects, locally and across the world,\nhas helped EWB-UBC move beyond the\nconfinements of an engineering club.\nThey are now actively trying to recruit\nstudents from different fields (such as\ncommerce or political science) who\nwould be interested in putting their\nknowledge and experience to work.\n\"International development is multi-\ndisciplinary\" says Rucki. \"To develop\nnew ideas, you need to involve people\nwith different backgrounds, different\neducations, and different experiences.\"\nOf course, you also need awareness\nof international development and global issues, which, they say, is conspicuously absent from the academic curriculum - at least when it comes to engineering.\n\"There is often a complete lack of\nstudy of the social and environmental\nissues surrounding what we do as engineers,\" says Baker, the director of curriculum change for the UBC chapter\n\"UBC is very good technically, but these\naspects are often neglected to the detriment of some of the broader and more\ncomplicated issues.\" That is why EWB\nis aiming to implement a student-directed seminar on international development, based on their experience in\ndeveloping countries and provided as a\nfull-credit science and technology course\nfor second-year engineering students.\nThey're hoping to promote awareness\nof global issues and to educate engineering students to recognize that international development is \"a two-way\nstreet.\"\n\"Often there is a perception that\nwe're sending people over there to teach\nand to impart our knowledge to the\nlocal people, and that's not true,\" says\nBaker \"In fact, it may be even more so\nthat you're learning how things are\ndone and how the world works, and\nyou can bring that back and use it here.\nWe hope to see a huge difference in the\nway things are done here, in terms of\naddressing issues overseas and even in\nterms of how we address issues here in\nCanada.\"\n\"One of the greatest things I brought\nback was just humility,\" adds Rucki.\n\"You gain an immense appreciation for\nthe fact that there are other ways to live\nthan just the way we live, that really\nwork and that make people happy.\" \u25a1\nFACULTY OF MEDICINE\nUNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nASSOCIATE DEAN, CLINICAL FACULTY AFFAIRS\nThe Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia invites applications and\nnominations for the position of Associate Dean, Clinical Faculty Affairs. This is a\npart time position expected to be filled by an internal candidate and is available\nlanuary 1st, 2004.\nThe incumbent will be a part of the senior management team of the Faculty\nof Medicine and report to the Dean. The senior management team provides\nsupport to the Departments, Schools, Centres and faculty members. The Associate\nDean will provide leadership to the clinical activities of the Faculty of Medicine.\nThis would include but not be limited to representing the issues of medical\npractice within the Faculty, ensuring that clinical faculty members have\nappropriate mechanisms for support and recognition of their key contributions\nto the Faculty, supporting the wellness of clinical faculty members and providing\nleadership for the Office of Clinical Faculty Affairs. The Associate Dean would\nprovide a key interface with other organizations related to medical affairs. The\nrole would also include consideration of the broader group of Faculty members\nengaged in clinical practice within the distributed model of medical education\nin British Columbia and specifically, the Island Medical Program and the Northern\nMedical Program.\nThe University of British Columbia hires on the basis of merit and is committed\nto employment equity. We encourage all qualified persons to apply.\nApplications, accompanied by a detailed curriculum vitae and names of three\nreferences, should be directed by February 29, 2004 to: Gavin C.E. Stuart, MD,\nDean, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Room 317,\nInstructional Resources Centre, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3.\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF\nS     BRITISH COLUMBIA\nLiving and working in East Timor\n(clockwise from top): Inspecting the\nirrigation system in a rice field; a\ntraditional \"lulik\" or magic hut; a\nbamboo fence weaving workshop;\nteaching locals how to make fertile soil\nfrom manure, legumes and compost.\nBuild your\nfuture at ubc\nThe first co-development project on the UBC\ncampus, Hawthorn Green, is now underway. 10\ntownhouses are being 'co-developed' by 10\nenterprising faculty and staff members. The group\nhas appointed UBC Properties as Project Manager.\nFollowing this success, a second co-development\ngroup is now evolving. Plans are being formulated\nfor a larger townhouse development to be situated\nadjacent to a new park and close to the Hawthorn\nPlace Community Centre.\nFACULTY AND STAFF\nINTERESTED IN\nPARTICIPATING IN\nTHIS CO-DEVELOPMENT\nARE INVITED TO\nAPPLY FOR PRIORITY\nREGISTRATION.\nTo obtain an application\nform, please email:\njhmdle@ubcproperties.com\nor call: 604-731-3103\nUBC PROPERTIES TRUST\nThis is not an offering for sale. The townhouses may only he sold pursuant to disclosure materials prescribed by legislation 1C  REPORTS  |  FEBRUARY  5,  2OO4  |  5\nUBC Project Makes\nLife Easier for Those\nSuffering from Aphasia\nTeam designs communication aids\nBY MICHELLE COOK\n(with files from Gayle Mavor, Computer Science Dept.)\nAnita Borg, founder of the Institute for\nWomen in Technology in Palo Alto,\nCalifornia, was passionate about using\ntechnology to better people's lives.\nThose who knew her say she was a brilliant engineer with a compelling vision\nand a way of presenting it that would\nmake people sit up and listen.\nWhen Borg was diagnosed with\nadvanced brain cancer in May 2000, her\nlong-time friend Maria Klawe, UBC's\nformer science dean, says, \"It felt like the\nsun had gone behind a huge cloud.\"\nBorg survived the cancer for much\nlonger than expected but, by 2002, had\ndeveloped aphasia, a condition that\naffects a person's ability to process and\nuse language while leaving their mental\nfaculties intact. It most often occurs after\na stroke but it can also result from a\nbrain tumour or brain injury.\nBut cancer and aphasia could not\ndefeat Borg's vitality and enthusiasm.\nShe was determined to use her expertise\nin technology to find ways to overcome\nher difficulties communicating. She and\nKlawe began brainstorming. Their discussion laid the groundwork for a\nremarkable initiative now underway at\nUBC called the Aphasia Project.\n\"Anita was having increasing difficulty with speech, reading and writing,\"\nrecalls Klawe, now Dean of Engineering\nat Princeton University. \"[But] after realizing that her ability to recognize images\nwas still completely intact, we decided to\nsee if computing technology could\nenhance her ability to function in a variety of ways.\"\nKlawe shared the pair's initial ideas\nwith Karyn Moffatt, a UBC graduate\nstudent, and convinced her to take on\nthe task of designing a computer-based\naid for people with aphasia as her master's thesis project. Klawe also\napproached Joanna McGrenere, an\nassistant professor of computer science\nat UBC and a specialist in human-computer interaction, to work with Moffatt\non her project in addition to exploring\nother possibilities.\nMcGrenere remembers being slightly\ndaunted by the scope of the challenge.\n\"Human-computer interaction (HCI)\nis a relatively young field. In HCI, where\nwe're trying to design technology to\nwork for a broad range of users, and\none group that hasn't received much\nattention are people with disabilities,\nparticularly people with speech and language cognitive disabilities,\" explains\nMcGrenere. \"The reason this group\ndoesn't get the same coverage in HCI is\nbecause it's difficult working with participants who have difficulty speaking\nand articulating their needs. It just\nmakes the job of designing technologies\nfor them that much more challenging.\"\nFrom the start, it was clear to\nMcGrenere and Moffatt that, if they\nwere going to help Borg, they would\nneed a multidisciplinary team of\nexperts. They brought in several other\nUBC computer science students, along\nwith psychology professor Peter Graf,\nand Barbara Purves, a clinical professor\nat the UBC School of Audiology and\nSpeech Sciences with more than 30\nyears of experience helping people with\naphasia.\nThe group wanted to understand the\nspecific effects the condition had on\nBorg's ability to function. McGrenere,\nMoffatt and Purves flew to San\nFrancisco to meet Borg and began\ninvestigating preliminary designs and\npotential applications.\nDespite her failing health, Borg\nshowed an enthusiasm for the project\nthat all three women remember fondly.\n\"Anita was really inspired to use her\ncondition in a way that could help other\npeople, even knowing that she probably\nwasn't going to see the benefits of most\nof this work,\" McGrenere says.\nBut Borg also had specific needs that\nshe managed to vocalize for the\nresearch team.\n\"Anita wanted to maintain an active\nschedule and she increasingly had to\nrely on family members to help manage\nher schedule and that's not what she\nwanted,\" says Moffatt. \"She had very\nreal needs so it was easy to envision\nhow the technology could fit in - how\nit could help.\"\nBack in Vancouver, the team began\nworking with existing technology in the\nform of an IPAQ pocket PC running\nwith the Windows CE operating system. Their goal was to develop a device\nthat would help Borg and others with\nAnita\ninspired a group of UBC researchers to use technology to help people with aphasia.\naphasia maintain their independence in\ncarrying out small daily life tasks.\nPurves estimates that there are\napproximately 100,000 Canadians\nwith aphasia - about the same number\nas suffer from Parkinson's disease. She\nsays the biggest frustration for those\naffected is the impairment of their ability to communicate with words and\nwriting and to some extent, with gesture and drawing, and with it the\nimpairment of their ability to communicate who they are and what they are\nfeeling.\n\"Aphasia affects people in different\nways but the thing that is common is\nthat they're not unable to think, they\njust can't get their thoughts out, and\nthey also have difficulty taking information in,\" Purves explains. This\nmakes simple activities like jotting\ndown a doctor's appointment or\nremembering where to meet a friend for\ndinner very difficult.\nWith help from other team members,\nMoffatt and McGrenere have developed a prototype for a daily planner\nprogram that runs on a hand-held computer (much like a Palm Pilot). It is\ndesigned so that people who have lost\ntheir ability to recognize words or write\nthem down can record meetings\nand appointments using a combination\nof images and sounds and some text.\nOne of the team's big challenges has\nbeen to understand if people with aphasia will be able to use the planner\nthey've designed. Through the BC\nAphasia Centre and local stroke clubs\nin Vancouver, as well as the Life\nEnhancement Aphasia Program in\nVictoria, they have enlisted the help of a\ngroup of people living with the condition to assess the prototype and incorporate their ideas on how to improve it.\nMoffatt says the support and enthusiasm from the local aphasia community\nhas been overwhelming.\nSadly, Anita Borg passed away on\nApril 6, 2003 from brain cancer at the\nage of 54. The institute she founded has\nsince been renamed the Anita Borg\nInstitute for Women in Technology.\nBut the UBC Aphasia Project is really just getting started. While Moffatt's\nmaster's thesis - the genesis of the project - is almost complete, there is still\nmuch work to be done on the prototype. There are also several other spinoff projects and case studies in progress.\nThe team has recruited help from\nother collaborators, including Jeff\nRiley, an expert in assistive technology\nat Vancouver's G.F. Strong Rehab\nCentre, and they plan to continue\nworking with B.C.'s aphasia\ncommunity on new prototype technologies.\nMcGrenere thinks the project could\ncontinue for up to 10 years.\n\"We're definitely in the foothills,\"\nshe says. \"It's a matter of trying to\nuncover what the best platforms are\nfor this kind of work. [There are] various PDAs, cell phones that can send\nimages back and forth, tablets and a\nfair amount of mobile technology\nnow.\nWhat is clear is that Borg's vision of\ntechnology's potential to help people\nlives on in an energetic, imaginative\ngroup of researchers who were motivated by a remarkable woman.\nKlawe says her friend would be\nthrilled at what the UBC aphasia team\nhas accomplished in its first year.\n\"Her family members and doctor\ntold me that the project brought her\nmore joy than anything else in the last\nfew months of her life.\" \u25a1\nOld Skill Provides Modern Solution to Heart Valve Replacement\nNew technique may mean no more broken\nbreastbones, by Hilary Thomson\nSailors' art goes hi-tech with new non-surgical cardiac procedure.\nA traditional sailors' craft was the inspiration for a new\ntechnique to replace heart valves without major surgery.\nMuch like a ship in a bottle, the procedure involves\ninserting a foldable valve through a small incision and\nrunning the valve along a blood vessel into the heart where it\nis 'unfurled' and attached remotely - a virtually non-surgical\nintervention.\nValve replacement surgery currently requires breaking ribs\nand breastbone to access the heart, a minimum of a week's\nhospitalization and considerable recuperation time.\nCalled Percutaneous Valve Replacement, the new\nprocedure is being developed by Dr. John Webb, director of\nthe cardiac catheterization laboratory at St. Paul's Hospital in\nVancouver. Still in the experimental stages, the technique\noffers promise for patients who are too ill to survive\ntraditional valve replacement surgery.\nThe new method involves a small incision made in the\nthigh to allow a tube the size of a pencil to be inserted. The\ntube is threaded along the veins up to the heart. Once the\nfolded valve has been opened and attached in the heart, the\ntube is withdrawn. After a couple of stitches for the incision\nand a day's rest, the patient would be able to go home.\nSound simple? Not quite, says Webb, who is also a UBC\nassociate clinical professor of cardiology.\n\"The new remote procedure is still highly experimental.\nWe haven't yet tried it on a patient. The tube is about three\nfeet long and the placement of the valve within the complex\nstructure of the heart is critical. A few hair widths out of place\nand the whole thing is wrong. We have to get it exactly right\nevery time.\"\nIf the technique can be perfected, it would mean huge\nhealth-care savings compared to current methods requiring\nan operating room and long hospital stays. Most importantly, it would mean that individuals who are too weak for surgery and unlikely to survive might be saved.\nAlso, patients would be able to avoid the significant pain\nand discomfort of heart valve replacement surgery.\n\"When they broke my breast bone and ribs to get at my\nheart it really hurt,\" says 86-year-old Eleanor Wetherly\n\"I was in the hospital for a long time. It was two or three\nmonths before I felt better.\"\nFour valves direct blood to and from the body through the\nheart: the aortic valve, the pulmonic valve, the tricuspid valve,\nand the mitral valve. Any of these valves may malfunction\nbecause of a birth defect, infection, disease, or trauma. When\nthe malfunction is so severe that it interferes with blood flow,\nan individual will have heart palpitations, fainting spells,\nand\/or difficulty breathing. These symptoms will progressively worsen and cause death unless the damaged valve is\nreplaced surgically.\nWebb expects it will be at least two years before patients\ncan benefit from the procedure.\nAbout 80 per cent of Canadians have at least one risk\nfactor for cardiovascular disease and 11 per cent have three\nrisk factors or more, according to the Heart and Stroke\nFoundation of Canada. Risk factors for cardiovascular\ndisease include smoking, lack of exercise, being overweight,\nand high blood pressure.\nFor more information on heart disease and treatment, visit\nww2.heartandstroke.ca. \u25a1 6  |  UBC  REPORTS  |  FEBRUARY  5,  2OO4\nUBC ALUMNI\nUBC\nUBC Public Affairs has opened both a radio and TV studio on campus\nwhere you can do live interviews with local, national and internationa\nNEWS TV I RADIO   media outlets\nTo learn more about being a UBC expert, call us at 604.822.2064 and\nvisit our web site at www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca\/experts\/signup\nFor the Love of Money\nA financial planning workshop for recent grads\njust in time for tax season!\nBY VANESSA CLARKE\nA lot of us love money, but not many of us relish the annual\nchore of working out our taxes - especially when our efforts don't\nresult in a nice fat return. The Young Alumni Network is offering\nrecent graduates a workshop that will teach them how to manage\ntheir money efficiently and invest it wisely.\nJust in time for the March 1 RRSP deadline, Jonathan\nPagtakhan, BA'98, a financial advisor with CIBC, will teach\nworkshop participants new investment strategies and ways to\nkeep the taxman at bay. He'll talk about goal setting, borrowing,\ncash flow management, RRSPs, investment planning and asset\nallocation. A representative from London Life will also be on\nhand to talk about different types of insurance.\nThursday, February 12th\nHSBC Hall UBC Robson Square\n6:00 pm to 8:00 pm\nCost: $15\nFor tickets, please contact Sandra:\naluminfo@alumni.ubc.ca or 604-822-3313\nJonathan Pagtakhan is a volunteer on the Young Alumni\nNetwork committee, helping to organize events that will be useful to recent graduates in their professional development (there\nare also plenty of opportunities for socializing).\nOne of Jonathan's favourite memories of UBC is of the couches at Sedgewick Library \u2014 perhaps a contender for the best\nplace to kiss on campus?\nFor more information about the Young Alumni Network, a\nprogram offered by the UBC Alumni Association, please contact\nDianna DeBlaere at YAmentor@alumni.ubc.ca or 604-822-8917\nor visit the website: http:\/\/www.alumni.ubc.ca\/programs\/youn-\ngalumni\/index.html \u25a1\nNice Yard.\nIMAGINE a 750 hectare park with over 50 kilometers of trails\nas your front yard. And after a walk or a run, when you returned\nto your home you'd be greeted by wide-open views of the\nPacific Ocean, Coastal Islands and Coast Mountains, surrounded\nby countless cultural, social and outdoor opportunities. Now, picture all this in West Point Grey on the grounds of the University\nof British Columbia. And finally, consider that this could be the\nsite of your new home.\nArgyll House is a rare collection of apartment homes, penthouses\nand townhomes built to the highest standards. And with all that\nis best about living in Vancouver at your doorstep, living here\nreally could be a walk in the park.\nFor more information call us at 604.228.8100\nor visit our website at\nwww.argyllhouse.ca\nARGYLL   HOUSE\nINTRACORP\nARGYLL   HOUSE\nAT  CHANCELLOR   PLACE\n9 9       ^lONA BUILDING\nUBC MUSEUM OF CHAN\nANTHROPOLOGY CENTRE \u00a3_\nUNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\n.VE.W.\nUBC\nBOTANICAL\nCENTRE UBC  REPORTS  |  FEBRUARY  5,  2OO4  |  7\nNew\nInvention\nSaves Pain\nfor Patients\nand Doctors\nMaking needles easier to\ngive and easier to take\nBY MICHELLE COOK\n(with files from ErinRose Handy,\nApplied Science)\nJoanne Driscoll (not her real name) has\na deteriorating disc in her spine. To\nslow the deterioration down, doctors\nmust insert a long needle filled with a\nsteroid into her back every three\nmonths.\nIt's an experience marked with fear\nand anxiety and sometimes, when the\nneedle misses its mark, excruciating\npain.\n\"I have heard others scream when\nthis happens and I've wanted to scream\nmyself. One time it felt like molten lava\ncoursing down my leg,\" Driscoll says.\n\"It is also very stressful for the person\ninserting the needle. Once after many\npainful failed attempts, a resident actually asked my supervising doctor to put\nRetiring Within 5 Years?\nRobert Rohling demonstrates the steerable biopsy needles he and fellow\ninventors have engineered.\nHe says the main challenge for doctors is having to imagine where to direct\nthe needle, without actually being able\nto see where it's going. It's a skill that\ncomes only with experience. The potential dangers are numerous: a misplaced\nneedle can cause bleeding, pain, or seed\nhealthy cells with cancerous ones.\n\"There's a certain anxiety when you\ninsert a big needle into someone and\ntime needed to perform it.\nRohling adds that while the cost of\nthe system is still more than a regular,\ndisposable needle, the health-care savings will be in the reduction of time it\ntakes doctors to perform a procedure.\nThe researchers' next step is to prepare the prototype for clinical trials.\nThe steerable needle hasn't been\nused   on   humans   -   yet.   Instead,\n\"There's a certain anxiety when you insert a big needle into someone and you\ndon't know whether you're going to get results or not.\"\non his gloves and take over my\ntreatment.\"\nNeedle insertion is one of the most\ncommon medical procedures. It can\nalso be one of the most nerve-racking\nfor both medical practitioners and\npatients - especially when it involves\nthe 15-cm-long needles used to reach\nregions deep inside the human body.\nNow, a group of UBC engineers has\ndeveloped a steerable needle to help\ndoctors hit their target on the first\ntry - and save their patients the stress\nand pain of multiple insertions.\n\"What's interesting about this needle\nis that instead of putting a straight needle into the body and hoping it goes\ntowards its target, we have a needle\nthat can steer itself from the tip. It can\nguide itself. It's a very smart needle,\"\nsays Prof. Robert Rohling, a professor\njointly appointed to the departments of\nmechanical engineering and electrical\nand computer engineering and one of\nthe needle's inventors.\nThe steerable needle prototype looks\nlike a stainless-steel barbeque lighter\nwith a 15-cm hypodermic needle\nattached to it. What makes it unique is\nthat within its barrel, there is a second,\nflexible needle with a curved tip. The\nsecond needle can be steered by a joystick on the needle's handle, giving doctors greater accuracy in locating their\ntarget, and make corrections along the\nway.\nRohling says the steerable needle\nwon't change the basic aspects of the\nbiopsy procedure. Like a conventional\nneedle, it is inserted into the body by\npuncturing the skin at the best access\npoint, and pushed in until the tip reaches the desired target. The big difference\nis that, once inserted, the doctor can use\nthe thumb-controlled joystick to steer it\nalong straight or curved paths.\nHe envisions doctors using the\ndevice in conjunction with ultrasound -\nanother medical technique he is working to improve.\n\"The steerable needle will give doctors an extra degree of control,\"\nRohling says. \"We expect the first\napplications will be the more difficult,\ndeeper insertions [but] it is also possible\nthat the steerable needle will help a\nnovice reach their target on the first\nattempt - without trial and error.\"\nAs the director of Surgical\nTechniques Training Programs for\nUBC's medical undergraduates, Karim\nQayumi has guided many residents\nthrough the needle insertion procedure.\nHe's also performed countless needle\ninsertions himself. He says it's not an\neasy experience.\nyou don't know whether you're going\nto get results or not,\" Qayumi says. \"If\nthe biopsy is in a remote place, even\nexperienced doctors can have difficulties. They've got to get to the target area\nwithout damaging tissue or causing\ncomplications.\"\nAlthough he has not used the steerable needle, Qayumi welcomes\nRohling's research, with fellow inventors Tim Salcudean, an engineering professor, and master's engineering students\nRichelle Ebrahimi and Stephen\nOkazawa, to improve the technique of\nneedle insertion.\nOkazawa says the biggest hurdle in\ndesigning the steerable needle prototype\nwas getting the mechanical and electrical parts to work together with the computer software designed to run the needle. But the result is a one-of-a-kind\ndevice that the research team hopes will\ntake some of the discomfort out of a\npainful procedure, and cut down on the\nresearchers have been trying it out on\ntissue phantoms - simulated pieces of\ntissue that Okazawa cooked up in his\nown kitchen using agar, a gelatinous\nsubstance obtained from seaweed, and\nthen embedded with peas and grapes\nfor target practice.\nEven before doctors get their hands\non the first prototype, its inventors are\nalready thinking about how to improve\nthe steerable needle's capabilities.\n\"We look at these types of applications and think ahead to even more\nadvanced systems where we have computer-aided control,\" Rohling says.\n\"The first iteration has a little joystick\nand the control is all in the operator's\n[doctor's] hand. The second may be to\nlet the computer handle the joystick\nand monitor the needle's progress and\nprovide the corrections. Eventually, a\nrobotics system may take care of both\npushing the needle and steering\nthe tip.\" \u25a1\nTIMEPIECE   1951\nWhile there may be many popular places to kiss on campus,\nin 1951 UBC engineers were concerned with the quality of the\nkiss not the location. That year, at the annual Engineer's Ball,\nthe most popular attraction was the Kissometer.  Engineers\nclaimed it registered the intensity, heat, and pressure of the\nkiss, and then transformed them to a numerical rating on the\nneedle graph. When the needle hit ten, a large red neon sign\nwith the letters \"STOP\" lit up. It was reported in the 1951\nUBC yearbook that few patrons of the ball missed out on a\ntrip to the Kissometer. \u25a1\nDon Proteau\nB.Comm, CFP\nSenior Financial Planner\nAssante Financial\nMangement Ltd.\ndproteau@assante.com\nFrank Danielson\nB.Ed., CFP\nSenior Financial Planner\nAssante Financial\nMangement Ltd.\nfdanielson@assante.com\n\u2666 Complimentary consultations available for\nUBC Faculty and Staff\n\u2666 Retirement and Estate planning\n\u2666 UBC pension expertise\n\u2666 References available\n\"\/ am completely satisfied with the service I am receiving from Don. \"\nM. Dale Kinkade,\nProfessor Emeritus of Linguistics, UBC\n\"Frank and Don made me feel very comfortable with their advice and\nlong range planning. Their knowledge of the faculty pension plan is\nalso a plus for UBC professors. \"\nDr. J. H. 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The goals of the society are to advance the values of\ninclusion, active citizenship, and diversity in all communities. In\nSeptember 2003, with the financial support of the Vancouver\nFoundation, and the support and cooperation of UBC and Emily Carr\nInstitute of Art and Design, STEPS-Forward began assisting students\nwith intellectual disabilities to audit regular classes and participate in\ncampus life. In May 2004, STEPS Co-op will begin placing students\nin summer jobs with the cooperation of local Rotary clubs and the\nsupport ofthe Vancouver Foundation.\nTeenager Sean Carleton's artwork is basis for look of site, developed by Cossette Interactive Vancouver.\nFor Teens in Crisis, Help can be a Click Away k\nUBC Education professor pilots web-based crisis hotline for youth\nPeter Wall Institute for\nAdvanced Studies\nExploratory Workshop\nGrant\nThe PWIAS T'.xploratorv Workshop Program\nprovides awards of $1 5,000 to $25,000 to interdisciplinary teams of UBC researchers io bring\noutstanding hnerriationaJ experts to the University\nto explore new research initiatives.  The proposal\nshould he hroadlv interdisciplinary and involve\nbasic research. The deadline for the Spring 2004\ncompetition is March 1st.\nfor \/ffore itijormatiotj, inniact ibe Waif fastihiic by\nphone {604} K22-47R2, nre-mail 'mftf,Qpu<iiis.tihi\\ca\nor mil our wb n't? at wu\\f>9-taf,\/fbt.M\nBY ERICA SMISHEK\nYouth in crisis in the Lower Mainland\ncan now turn to their computers for help.\nUBC Education professor Shelley\nHymel is piloting Canada's first web-\nbased \"hotline\" for youth in collaboration with the Crisis Intervention &\nSuicide Prevention Centre of B.C. (Crisis\nCentre in Vancouver) and SAFER\n(Suicide Attempt Follow-up, Education\nand Research) Counselling Service.\n\"Young people are increasingly comfortable with computers and may use the\nweb to seek support in a time of crisis,\"\nsays Hymel, an expert on bullying and\nyouth in crisis. \"We want to find an effective way to reach them.\n\"Kids need to talk. If they're talking on\nthe Lower Mainland. It features a one-\non-one free and confidential link\nenabling youth to talk to someone\nonline, in real time (limited number of\nhours); an e-mail address for youth to\nwrite about their problems and receive\na guaranteed response in 24 to 48\nhours; the 24-hour Distress Line phone\nnumber to the Crisis Centre in\nVancouver as well as links to other crisis centres in B.C.; a list of youth-preferred resources available in the Lower\nMainland; and information and facts\nabout common problems that youth\nface, including bullying and harassment, stress, suicidal feelings and\nteenage pregnancy.\nNational Crime Prevention Canada's\nCommunity Mobilization Program.\nCritical to the success of this unique\nonline resource was the support of At\nLarge Media and Cossette Interactive\nVancouver\n\"We jumped in,\" says Ian Ross, executive director of the Crisis Centre in\nVancouver, a registered non-profit\norganization that has provided free programs and services, including a 24-hour,\n7-days a week Distress Line, to people of\nall ages and walks of life since 1969.\n\"We were on the same wavelength with\nShelley and SAFER. It was really natural\nfor us to move into an online service.\"\nDistress Line volunteers receive 60\n\"We don't do therapy online. We focus on providing non-judgmental support to callers\nthrough the 'art of listening' and then if appropriate provide options and resources.\"\nthe web, then that's where we need to\ngo.\"\nThe web-based hotline is a place where\nyouth can comfortably talk about issues\nthey are facing at school, at home and in\nthe community, such as relationship or\nfamily problems, bullying, racial discrimination, mental health issues, victimization, addictions and more. The site allows\nyouth to connect with volunteers aged 19\nto 25 who have been specially trained to\nprovide crisis intervention, psychological\nfirst aid, support and resource information.\nThe site went live in January and is\nbeing promoted in Burnaby secondary\nschools through the 2003\/04 school year,\nwith the potential to expand throughout\nLIVING AT UBC\nINFORMATION SESSIONS FOR FACULTY AND STAFF\nON HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES\nIf you're like most faculty and staff, your day starts in traffic. Fortunately, there are other\noptions. UBC is creating residential neighbourhoods around the academic core that offer\nurban living, recreational and cultural amenities in a spectacular physical setting.\nFaculty and staff could be among the first to have the opportunity to rent or own.\nFor example, through the innovative co-development housing program, you could join a\ngroup to purchase and develop your own home. To register for an information session,\ncall 604.731.3103 or email info.universitytown@ubc.ca\nUNIVERSITY  TOWN\nFor more information visit www.universitytown.ubc.ca, or call 604.731.3103 to register.\n\"We did a lot of brainstorming with\nkids about what would work,\" says\nHymel. \"One of our graduate students,\nRina Bonanno, conducted focus groups\nwith secondary students and asked\nthem what they wanted on the site.\nThey said, 'give us a professional site\nthat says you mean it, that you really\ncare.'\"\nYouth were brought in as consultants\non content and design - Sean Carleton,\nfor example, provided original artwork\nthat would become the basis for the\nlook of the site; a young person who\nlost a teenaged brother to suicide last\nyear, shared her experience and ideas.\nThe initiative began more than a year\nago following a talk on bullying Hymel\ngave at a local Vancouver community\ncentre shortly after a young male victim\nof bullying committed suicide by jumping from the Patullo Bridge. She was\napproached by a local businessman\nwho wanted to help victimized kids and\nkept after her to do something.\nAn inspired Hymel came up with the\nidea for an online hotline. The businessman provided $4,500 in seed money for\nthe initiative, and stepped away, never\nto be heard from again. She persevered\nand, through various serendipitous connections, including partnerships with\nthe Crisis Intervention & Suicide\nPrevention Centre of B.C. and SAFER\n(part of the Vancouver Coastal Health\nAuthority),  received  $45,000  from\nhours of crisis intervention training and\non-going support from professionals\nfrom the Crisis Centre in Vancouver\n\"We're looking for people with the\npotential to be good listeners,\" Ross says\nof volunteers. \"We don't do therapy\nonline. We focus on providing non-judgmental support to callers through the\n'art of listening' and then if appropriate\nprovide options and resources.\"\nKaylie, a 23-year-old UBC psychology graduate, volunteered in order to get\nexperience helping others with similar\nsituations in which she has found herself.\nAccording to her site profile, \"The stress\nof school, a major break-up, and deaths\nin my family have made this year a\ntough one for me. Also back when I was\n16,1 found out I was pregnant. I had a\nlot of friends to talk to but I really wish\nI had someone like the Crisis Centre to\nhelp me through it. There are so many\ntimes when you just need someone to\ntalk to; someone who won't judge you\nand can't tell anyone else what you tell\nthem because they don't know you.\"\nResearchers will monitor use of the\nsite through June to determine the efficacy of the online hotline. If the web-\nbased focus proves successful, they hope\nto secure more funding to keep the site\nlive after June and eventually expand\nthis form of crisis assistance provincially\nand nationally.\nFor more information, visit\nwww.youthinbc.com. \u25a1\nkudos\nAnne   Martin-Matthews    has\nbeen appointed scientific director of\nthe Canadian Institutes of Health\nResearch (CIHR) Institute of Aging.\nThe appointment is effective for\nthe term Jan. 1 to July 1,2004.\nMartin-Matthews joined UBC in\n1998 and is a professor of family\nstudies in the School of Social Work\nand Family Studies. Her research\ninterests include families and aging,\nintergenerational relationships,\nwidowhood and health.\nA fellow of the Gerontological\nSociety of America, Martin-\nMatthews most recently served as\nvice-chair of the advisory board of\nthe Institute of Aging.\nOne of CIHR's 13 institutes, the\nInstitute of Aging is dedicated to\nsupporting research that promotes\nhealthy aging. 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