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" THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\n[UBC\nVOLUME 52 I NUMBER 3 I MARCH 2,2006\nUBC REPORTS\n2 UBC in the News\n3 Brain Blood Flow\n5 Celebrate Research\n6 Math Word Problems\n8 UBC Authors\nScoring more points than anyone else in Canadian\nInteruniversity Sport (CIS) basketball, player of the year\ncandidate Pasha Bains has led the high octane University\nof British Columbia Thunderbirds to the first Canada\nWest perfect regular season in 22 years, and is a big\nreason the CIS championships in Halifax on March 16\nis circled on the team's calendar.\nWhile it was once considered a slam dunk that Bains,\n25, would spend his university playing days at an\nAmerican basketball powerhouse, he is just one of many\ntop Canadian athletes who are choosing to return to\nCanada or bypass the U.S. experience altogether.\nJust as Canadian businesses and post-secondary\ninstitutions have worked hard to reverse the so-called\nbrain drain and now compete globally for top talent,\nCanadian athletic programs such as UBC's are increasingly attracting this country's top varsity athletes through a\nrenewed commitment to coaching, player development\nand athletics funding.\nBefore returning to Canada, Bains played two years\nat South Carolina's Clemson University against perennial\nFinal Four favorites such as Duke University and the\nUniversity of North Carolina. After spending two years\nat Simon Fraser University, Bains credits Thunderbird\n(and Canadian national development team) coach Kevin\nHanson for his decision to come to UBC.\n\"When I played for Kevin at the World University\nGames in Turkey, we just clicked right away,\" says the\nsix-foot-three, guard. \"He gives you so much confidence\nand really works hard to help you develop as a player.\nHe is a huge role model for me.\"\n\"My two dreams are to play pro and then coach. So\nwhen Kevin told me about the coaching program here,\nthat pretty much sealed the deal for me - coming to UBC\ncontinued on page 7\nAt press time, five UBC teams had made the March\nplay-offs: men's and women's basketball, men's and\nwomen's volleyball, and men's ice hockey. To stay up\nto date, visit: www.gothunderbirds.ca\nStudents \"Un\" Plug Parking Meters\nInvention would do away with coins, by brian lin\nA fellow student's misery has inspired a team of UBC\nElectrical and Computer Engineering students to invent a\nparking meter that could make carrying change a thing of\nthe past.\n\"We were brainstorming for a class project when a\nfriend of ours walked by, all ticked off about parking on\nRobson Street,\" says Aman Mangat, a fourth-year\nstudent who has since begun a co-op work term with\nTelus.\nThe challenge issued by the team's instructor was\nsimple: build something from scratch that solves a\nreal-world problem, with a modest budget of $400.\n\"Right away, everybody had a parking-related horror\nstory to offer, and it was clear that the 'problem' was\nstaring us right in the face,\" says Mangat.\n\"It always seems that when you're in a\nhurry to park, you're out of change,\"\nsays Jasim Tariq, a fourth-year student\nnow working with Research In Motion, the\nWaterloo-based wireless technology company\nknown for the Blackberry\u00C2\u00AE.\n\"Plus there are enormous costs associated with\nmanual collection of the tolls that could be saved with\nan off-site billing system.\"\nThe team cherry-picked existing and emerging\ntechnologies and crafted a prototype meter that is both\nconvenient and economic, then designed the network and\nweb-based user interface to complete the package.\nReminiscent of the Darth Vader mask, the prototype\nmeter is wired to a magnetic sensor buried a few\ncentimetres under the parking space.\n\"When a vehicle occupies the space,\nits bulk distorts the earth's natural\nmagnetic field and triggers a signal to\nactivate the parking meter and begin\nthe transaction,\" explains\nthird-year student Owen Kirby.\n\"The customer then simply waves\na Radio Frequency Tag to validate\nhis account, and the parking meter\nverifies it, through wireless Internet connection\nto the mainframe network, and initiates the transaction,\"\nadds Gagan Deep, who worked with Kirby on the\nmicroprocessor firmware and electronic circuits of the\ncontinued on page 11 I UBC REPORTS | MARCH 2, 2006\nDon Proteau\nAssante Financial\nManagement Ltd.\nFrank Danielson\nRETIRING WITHIN\nFIVE YEARS?\nWant to plan ahead?\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Retirement and estate plannir\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 UBC pension expertise\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Complimentary consultations\nUBC faculty & staff\n\"Frank and Don made me feel very comfork\nwith their advice and long-range planning. 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I offer 26 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 February 2006. coMPiled by basil waugh\nMaking Decisions? Best to\nSleep on it\nInternational media including\nScience magazine, the BBC,\nTelegraph UK, New York Times,\nBoston Globe, the Sydney\nMorning Herald and most major\nCanadian dailies, reported on\nUniversity of Amsterdam\nresearch that suggests the best\nway to make tough decisions is\nto forget about them. Collect the\nrelevant information, it says,\nthen let the unconscious churn\nthrough the options. In the end,\nit makes for better decisions.\n\"This process of just 'sleeping\non it' and 'letting it sit' is not\njust procrastination but is a\nvaluable, productive technique\nthat is drawing on cognitive\nprocesses that seem to really\nexist,\" said UBC psychologist\nJonathan Schooler, who has\ndone extensive research in the\nfield.\n\"Are we saying that an\nexecutive who has just read an\nimportant report should not\nthink about it? The research\nhelps us work toward an answer,\nbut I don't think we're quite\nthere yet,\" said Schooler.\nNew Kind of Cosmic Object\nDiscovered\nNational Geographic magazine\nand Canadian dailies including\nthe Montreal Gazette, Ottawa\nCitizen, Calgary Herald,\nVancouver Sun and the Victoria\nTimes-Colonist, reported the\ndiscovery of an entirely new\nkind of cosmic object by a\nmultinational team of\nastronomers. Their findings\nwere originally published in the\ninternational science journal\nNature.\nNamed Rotating Radio\nTransients (RRATs), the small,\nhighly compressed neutron stars\nare likely related to pulsars,\nwhich spin about once a second\nand are often described\nas cosmic lighthouses.\nTheir magnetic poles\nemit electromagnetic\nradio waves, so each\ntime a pulsar spins, it\nsends out a radio blip.\n\"These new objects\nare basically a new type\nof neutron star, but\nwe're not exactly sure\nhow they fit together\nwith the other types,\"\nsaid UBC astronomer\nand report co-author\nIngrid Stairs. \"Instead\nof a blip every time it\nspins, there is one every\nfew minutes or every\nfew hours. They're kind\nof like a flickering light- Poodles\nhouse, one where the Stanley\npower is going out on a\nregular basis.\"\nAntidepressants May\nHarm Infants' Lungs,\nReport Says\nSeveral major North American\ndailies, including the New York\nTimes, reported findings\npublished in the New England\nJournal of Medicine that\nexpectant mothers who took\nantidepressants like Prozac late\nin their pregnancy were\nsignificantly more likely to give\nbirth to an infant with a rare but\nserious breathing problem.\nTimothy Oberlander, a\ndevelopmental pediatrician at\nUBC, said that the new study\nadded to a small but growing\nliterature that was helping clarify\nthe risks of specific drugs taken\nduring pregnancy.\n\"You're talking about small\nnumbers here, but it's clear that\nthere are a group of babies that\nhave more side-effects from\nexposure to these drugs than\nmost,\" Oberlander said, \"and\nwomen need to weigh this\nagainst the risk of untreated\nStay Up to Date with UBC This Week\nSign up to receive UBC's new and improved weekly\nelectronic news digest \u00E2\u0080\u0094 UBC This Week \u00E2\u0080\u0094 and get:\nThe latest UBC news announcements\nThe week's upcoming university events\nFaculty, staff and student milestones\nSubscribe at www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/eservices\nget a bad rap, says UBC psychologist\nCoren.\ndepression, which not only affects\nthe mother but the context in\nwhich the child is raised.\"\nAnd the Top Dog is...\nIn a story carried by a dozen of\nU.S. dailies, including the\nChicago Tribune, Kansas City\nStar and the Monterey County\nHerald, the American Kennel\nClub has announced the\nLabrador retriever as America's\ntop dog for the 16th consecutive\nyear, while the golden retriever\nhangs in at number two. The\nrankings differ widely depending\non geography, however. While the\npoodle nosed out the diminutive\ndachshund as New York City's\nmost popular dog in 2005, it\nlanguishes at the bottom of\nChicago's top 10.\n\"A lot of people look at the\npoodle and call it a frou-frou dog\nbecause it doesn't seem a very\ntough or macho dog. That's\nwrong,\" said Stanley Coren, UBC\npsychologist and author of a\nnumber of books on dogs,\nincluding The Pawprints of\nHistory, and The Intelligence of\nDogs.\n\"People forget that Omar\nBradley went all around World\nWar II with a big black poodle\nnamed Beau,\" said Coren,\nreferring to the famous army\ngeneral. \"And everybody associates Winston Churchill with the\nbulldog because he looked like a\nbulldog. But the truth is Winston\nChurchill never owned a bulldog.\nHe owned miniature poodles and\nthey were all called Rufus.\" \u00E2\u0096\u00A1\nUBC REPORTS\nDirector, Public Affairs\nScott Macrae scott.macrae@ubc.ca\nEditor\nRandy Schmidt randy.schmidt@ubc.ca\nDesign Director\nChris Dahl chris.dahl@ubc.ca\nDesigner\nSharmini Thiagarajah sharmini\u00C2\u00A9exchange.ubc.ca\nPrincipal Photography\nMartin Dee martin.dee@ubc.ca\nContributors\nLorraine Chan lorraine.chan@ubc.ca\nBrian Lin brian.lin@ubc.ca\nBud Mortenson bud.mortenson@ubc.ca\nHilary Thomson hilary.thomson@ubc.ca\nBasil Waugh basil.waugh@ubc.ca\nAdvertising\nSarah Walker public.affairs@ubc.ca\nNEXT ISSUE: APRIL 6, 2006\nUBC Reports is published monthly by the UBC Public Affairs Office\n310 \u00E2\u0080\u0094 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.html. 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Submit letters to:\nThe Editor, UBC Reports\nUBC Public Affairs Office\n(address above); by fax to 604.822.2684; or by e-mail to\nrandyschmidt@ubc.ca or call UBC.NEWS (604.822.6397) REPORTS | MARCH 2, 2006 | 3\nOkanagan's Lost Trestles Rise Again\nCanadian historic site to get help from UBC Okanagan researchers, by bud mortenson\nResearchers at UBC Okanagan\nhope to unlock the past and help\nensure a sustainable future for a\npopular historic site in the hills\nabove Kelowna, B.C.\nBuilt in the 1910s, a network\nof train trestles along a serpentine stretch of the abandoned\nKettle Valley Railway (KVR)\nonce hugged rock walls and\nclearly a unique opportunity \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nyou don't get a chance like this\nvery often.\"\nThere are gaps in knowledge\nabout the workforce that pushed\nthe railway through the\nOkanagan, Garvin notes. \"We\nknow exactly when the people\nwho built the railway were there,\nwe know where the camps are,\nWilliams, associate professor of\nHistory, and Russell Currie,\nassistant professor of\nManagement, will begin archeological and historic fieldwork,\nand tourism management planning.\nWorking with B.C. Parks, the\nKelowna Museum, the Atkinson\nMuseum in Penticton, and the\nhistorian Williams. \"We can look\nat what the record says, and see if\nit corresponds with the evidence.\"\nThat historical documentation\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 gathered from museums, public and private archives, and even\ndusty attics \u00E2\u0080\u0094 doesn't always\nmatch the physical evidence\narcheologists find on-site.\n\"We're looking for the evidence\n50,000 visitors a year before the\nfire,\" says Williams. \"With the\nreconstruction, the visitor count\nwill jump to 100,000 very quickly\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 and probably well beyond that\nfigure.\"\n\"Although the trestles are\nbeing rebuilt, there is not yet a\nmanagement plan that addresses\nthe socio-cultural, economic and\nOne of the last trains to cross the trestles of Myra Canyon was for the filming of CBC's\ndramatization of Pierre Burton's \"The National Dream\" in 1973.\nspanned yawning gaps in Myra\nCanyon overlooking the\nOkanagan Valley. Every year,\nthousands of tourists from\naround the world came to walk\nor cycle the route.\nA forest fire in the summer of\n2003 destroyed 12 of 16 wooden\ntrestles and damaged two soaring\nsteel trestles. The fire did its\nworst, but also opened up the\nlandscape, revealing new discoveries such as a rail siding previously masked by the forest.\n\"There needs to be a better\nrecord of what's there,\" says\nUBC Okanagan Assoc. Prof, of\nArcheology Richard Garvin. \"It's\nand that they were being supplied with the same type of materials,\" he says. \"Now we hope to\nfind evidence of the different ethnic and social groups.\"\nThe fire damage meant a loss\nof about $5 million a year for\nthe B.C. Interior economy.\nFederal and provincial governments responded with $13.5 million to restore the trestles.\n\"They'll open in the late summer of 2007,\" Garvin says. \"By\nthat time, we will have a full\nfield school up and running.\"\nIn a project expected to take\nthree years, starting this summer\nGarvin and colleagues Maury\nMyra Canyon Trestles\nRestoration Society, they will\ndocument how the KVR was\nbuilt, and the historical and economic impact the railway had\non the Okanagan and the rest of\nB.C.'s southern interior.\nWhile Garvin and his team of\ngraduate and undergraduate students explore the archeological\nevidence, other teams will be\nexamining historic and economic aspects of Myra Canyon and\nits trestles.\n\"Here you have a major economic resource in the southern\ninterior of the province that hasn't really been studied,\" says\nand the records \u00E2\u0080\u0094 we will have\nstudents finding records, identifying whether or not they are legitimate, and how they can be used.\nFor history grad students and\nundergrads, there are all kinds of\npossibilities,\" Williams says.\n\"One ofthe project's missions\nis to educate the public on the\nimportance of this cultural and\nhistorical resource. And we will\nmobilize the knowledge we\nacquire through research to help\ncommunities make informed decisions about tourism development. \"\nTourism planning is a big deal\nfor Myra Canyon. \"There were\nenvironmental impact of this\nrebuilding on communities and\norganizations with a vested\ninterest in Myra Canyon,\" says\nCurrie, whose research interests\ninclude tourism marketing and\nfeasibility analysis for sustainable\nenterprises.\n\"We want the communities and\nstakeholders to decide what level\nof development they want. We will\nput forth several scenarios\ndepicting different levels of development with the accompanying\nsocio-cultural, economic and environmental impacts \u00E2\u0080\u0094 allowing\nstakeholders to make informed\ndecisions and plan accordingly.\" \u00E2\u0096\u00A1\nResearchers\nStudy Blood\nFlow in Brain\nInsights might help prevent damage from clots\nor constriction\nBY HILARY THOMSON\nNew insight into restoring\nblood flow in stroke and vascular dementia patients, and in\nnewborns with asphyxia, is the\ngoal of a collaborative study\nbetween UBC researchers and\ncolleagues at the University of\nHelsinki, Finland.\nBrian Mac Vicar, Canada\nResearch Chair in Neuroscience,\nand Kai Kaila of the University\nof Helsinki, will work together\non a two-year project, funded by\na grant of almost $330,000 from\nthe Academy of Finland, and\nfrom the Institute of\nNeurosciences, Mental Health\nand Addiction of the Canadian\nInstitutes of Health Research.\n\"We want to understand the\nbasic mechanics of how blood\nflow relates to brain activity,\"\nsays MacVicar, who is a professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry\nand a member of the Brain\nResearch Centre at UBC\nHospital. \"It's an area that's still\nnot understood despite its high\nimpact for both basic and\napplied neuroscience.\"\nThe brain has high energy\ndemands. The organ represents\nonly about two per cent of body\nweight, but accounts for up to 20\nper cent of the body's energy\nwhen at rest.\nBlood flow supplies energy for\nbrain activities, and the brain's\nblood vessel contraction and\ndilation \u00E2\u0080\u0094 with resulting\nincrease or decrease in blood\nflow \u00E2\u0080\u0094 is a normal part of brain\nBrain researcher Brian MacVicar and colleagues in Finland are demystifying the mechanics of how brain blood how is regulated.\n\"Now we're finally getting answers to the hundred-year-old question of how brain\ncell activity relates to blood flow and how the 'control dial' works.\"\nfunctioning.\nHowever, improperly regulated\nflow can result in brain disorder\nor damage. The interruption of\nblood flow due to a clot or\nblood vessel constriction\n(ischemic stroke) or the rupture\nof blood vessels (hemorrhagic\nstroke) causes brain cells in the\naffected area to die. Vascular\ndementia can develop when\narteries feeding the brain become\nnarrowed or blocked.\nMacVicar says understanding\nof brain blood flow has\nadvanced significantly in the\npast decade.\n\"We didn't know all the players 10 years ago, nor did we\nunderstand the machinery,\" he\nsays. \"Now we're finally getting\nanswers to the hundred-year-old\nquestion of how brain cell activity relates to blood flow and how\nthe 'control dial' works.\"\nMacVicar is an expert in how\nastrocytes \u00E2\u0080\u0094 star-shaped cells\nthat surround nerve cells and\nblood vessels in the brain \u00E2\u0080\u0094 regulate blood flow within the\nbrain. In research published in\nNature in 2004, MacVicar and\npost-doctoral fellow Sean\nMulligan found that a calcium\nsignal to astrocytes created constriction in vessels resulting in\ndecreased brain blood flow.\nNow MacVicar wonders if\nastrocytes also have a role in\nincreasing blood flow. He will\nstudy the interplay between\nsynaptic activity \u00E2\u0080\u0094 information\nflowing from one brain cell to\ncontinued on page 10 4 I\nREPORTS | MARCH 2, 2006\nCELEBRATE RESEARCH WEEK\nMARCH 4-11, 2006 I www.research.ubc.ca\nMARCH 4\nUndergrad Research Conference\n9:00AM to 6:00PM\nThis conference celebrates the contributions of\nundergraduate research at UBC by providing a unique forum\nthat exemplifies UBC's commitment to undergrad curricula.\nKeep your eyes on www.research.ubc.ca/UGConf.aspx for\nupdates!\nVancouver Institute Lecture -The Best Ideas You'll\nHear Tonight\n8:15PM\nBernie Lucht, Executive Producer of CBC Radio's Ideas\nprogram, has won many awards and received national\nand international recognition. He will talk about the show,\nhow it began, how it evolved, and some of the characters\ninvolved. Visit the VI website http://psg.com/~ted/vaninst/ to\nsee their full line up of lectures.\nIRC Bldg. - 2194 Health Sciences Mall\nMARCH 6\nForestry Research Day\n12:00PM to 8:00PM\nThe faculty is hosting a poster session by graduate students\nand a feature presentation by Dr. Peter Arcese, Professor,\nand Co-Director, Centre for Applied Conservation Research.\nMore details at www.forestry.ubc.ca/research/talks.html.\nForest Sciences Centre Atrium - 2424 Main Mall\nUBC Health Clinic Grand Opening\nDaily March 6 to 10,12:30PM to 1:30PM & Wednesday\nevening 6:00-7:00PM\nUBC's Health Clinic is announcing their Grand Opening to\nshowcase their brand new facilities. Meet the care team\nand tour the state-of-the-art facility. Refreshments will be\nserved. Daily event info at www.familymed.ubc.ca or call\n604-822-5431.\nDavid Strangway Bldg, Suite 300 - 5950 University Blvd\n(above Shopper's Drug Mart)\nTraffic & Vancouver: Approaches, Solutions, and\nFutures\nReception 5:30PM to 6:30PM\nPresentation 6:30PM to 7:30PM\nVancouverites, like residents in other major North American\ncities, face increased lost time, pollution and accidents from\ngrowing traffic congestion and reduced mobility. Join Sauder\nSchool of Business faculty members and TransLink as they\ndiscuss solutions to these issues. More info available at 604-\n822-6801 or email alumni@sauder.ubc.ca.\nUBC Robson Square, Room C100 - 800 Robson St.\nInternationalization & Education: Perspectives,\nPractices, Issues & Controversies\n6:30PM Poster Session\n7:30PM Lecture\nJoin two excellent researchers as they open and expand\nyour knowledge of education in other parts of the world.\nMaureen Kendrick will focus on education initiatives in three\nUgandan communities and Handel Wright will speak about\n\"Researching Multiculturalism in New Times.\" This is a free\nevent open to everyone. Visit www.educ.ubc.ca for more\ndetails.\nUBC Robson Square Theatre - 800 Robson St.\nMARCH 7\nNow What Do I Do? Career Opportunities After\nGraduate School\n1:00PM to 4:00PM\nThe Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences will focus on\nGraduate Students and assist them as they explore their\ncareer opportunities after graduate school. Get answers to\nquestions like: How did I get here? What was I missing?\nWhat do I wish I had known? Refreshments will be served.\nGo to www.pharmacy.ubc.ca to register.\nSt. John's College - 2201 Lower Mall\nThe Battle Against Infectious Disease\n7:00PM to 9:00PM\nSARS, Mad Cow, Bird Flu, Super bugs, TB, Influenza,\nPandemic... What are we doing to keep ahead in the\nfight against infectious disease? Join Dr. John Blatherwick,\nDr. Janet McElhaney, and Dr. William Bowie for a closer\nlook at managing outbreaks, influenza, antibiotic use and\nresistance. To learn more visit www.vchri.ca.\nVancouver General Hospital - 899 West 12 Ave.\nCordula & Gunter Paetzold Health Education Centre in the\nJim Pattison Pavilion\nScience of a Changing Planet\n6:00PM to 8:00PM\nUnderstand the fascinating science behind Earth's ever-\nchanging state. This series of short talks featuring UBC-\nbased research on problems and solutions associated with\nour rapid climate changes and ways you can realistically\nreduce GHG emissions. Everyone is welcome. For more\ndetails call 604-822-2624.\nUBC Robson Square Theatre - 800 Robson St.\nGreen College Lecture\n5:00PM to 7:00PM\n\"The Changing Social Contract of Health\" talk by Dorothy\nPorter, History of Health Sciences, and Chair, Department\nof Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, University\nof California San Francisco. Limited seating, www.\ngreencollege.ubc.ca.\nGreen College-6201 Cecil Green Park Rd.\nMARCH 8\nSci-Trek Science & Research Trade Show\n10:00AM to 4:00PM\nUBC Supply Management presents Sci Trek to all Faculty\nand Staff. Check out this amazing science and research\nrelated Tradeshow, visit UBC's Major Suppliers, discover new\nscientific products and services and make new contacts at\nthis event.\nwww.supplymanagement.ubc.ca\nLife Sciences Centre, West Atrium - 2350 Health Sciences\nMall\nVenture into UBC Research Developments\n5:00PM\nDiscover the new companies being generated by UBC\nresearch and find out how they are being supported by our\nfirst UBC Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Gary Albach... let the\nAdd Venture begin. Check out www.uilo.ubc.ca for further\ndetails.\nUBC Robson Square, HSBC Hall - 800 Robson St.\nIngredients for a Healthy City\n6:00PM to 8:00PM\nRob VanWynsberghe and others will talk about issues of\nsustainability and community as they relate to Vancouver's\ndevelopment towards an Olympic host city. This is a free\nevent and due to space limitations, pre-registration is\nrequired via their website: www.wuf3.ubc.ca/program/living.\nhtml\nUBC Robson Square Theatre - 800 Robson St.\nMARCH 9\nObstetrics & Gynaecology Academic Day\n8:00AM to 5:00PM\nUBC Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Annual Academic\nDay is the opportunity for clinical trainees and graduate\nstudents to present their ongoing and/or completed research\nto the University. To register or find out more, visit the\nwebsite at www.obstgyn.ca or contact Lisa Cattulo at 604-\n875-2171.\nWomen's Hospital, Chan Auditorium - 4500 Oak St.\nUBC Discovery Tour\n3:00PM to 5:00PM\nDiscover what UBC has to offer. This is a unique tour is the\nfirst of its kind. Participants will receive a guided tour using\ntechnology from their cell phones or iPods - so bring yours!\nThe podcast will be available for download prior to March 9\n-we'll keep you posted at www.research.ubc.ca. Highlights\ninclude:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Faraday Presentation in the Hebb Theatre - an\nentertaining look at Physics Principles\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 A presentation in the new Life Sciences Building by the\nUbiquitous Computing Group\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 A guided tour of the UBC Space telescope\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2A draw for Apple iPods. This is an excellent opportunity for\nstudents to discover UBC in a fun and exciting way. Many\nof the tour stops are brand new facilities that the public\nnormally would not be able to access.\nBest of all, it's FREE! Pre-register with Kally Basra at 604-\n822-6010 or kally.basra@ubc.ca.\nCelebrate Research Week Gala\n5:00PM to 9:00PM\nThis spectacular event celebrates selected research award\nwinners and recognizes their outstanding achievements\n- highlighted with video vignettes. The program also includes\nspecial performances by UBC School of Music and UBC\nOpera. This is a free event and pre-registration is required.\nContact Kally Basra at 604-822-6010 or kally.basra@ubc.ca\nto order your tickets.\nThe Chan Centre for the Performing Arts - 6265 Crescent\nRd.\nPlanners for Tomorrow\n6:30PM to 8:30PM\nWho should be the planners for the cities and towns of\ntomorrow? What should be their knowledge, skills an\nattitudes? Join the us to hear initial results and contribute\nto advancing the dialogue. Engage anytime at www.\nplannersfortomorrow.ca.\nUBC Robson Square, Room C150/180-800 Robson St.\nMARCH 10\nWorkshop on Future Wireless Systems\n8:30AM to 5:00PM\nDr. Salim Hanna from Industry Canada and Dr. Andy Molisch\nfrom Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs will give keynote\npresentations on ultra-wideband wireless technologies.\nMore details visit http://bul.ece.ubc.ca/workshop.html or call\n604-822-3237.\nKaiser Bldg.-2332 Main Mall\nEngineering Open House\n10:00AM to 4:00PM Friday & Saturday\nSay the word \"doctor\" or \"lawyer\" and an immediate\npicture springs to mind of what these careers entail. Now\ntry \"engineer.\" It's a little harder, isn't it? Join us and learn\nabout the exciting and diverse world of engineering at the\nfree Engineering Open House. Visit www.apsc.ubc.ca for\ncomplete details.\nKaiser Bldg.-2332 Main Mall\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nAERL Official Opening\n2:00PM to 5:00PM\nEveryone is welcome to attend the grand opening of\nthe Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL), an\nexciting new building that encourages and enhances the\ncollaborations between natural and social scientists. There\nwill be demonstrations and presentations of research, results\nand innovations. For more info call 604-827-5547.\nAERL-2202 Main Mall\nMARCH 11\nDiabetes Research Forum & Webcast\n10:00AM to 12:00PM\nA free public research forum where leading UBC researchers\nin the field of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes speak on their\ncurrent research. Seating is limited so those who are\ninterested should call Canadian Diabetes at 604-732-4636\nto reserve a seat. Ifyou can't attend in person, you can still\ntake part by logging on to www.ikebarberlearningcentre.\nubc.ca.\nLife Sciences Centre, Theatre 2-2350 Health Sciences\nMall\nExcellence in Research Lecture - Accelerating\nSustainability in BC\n8:15PM\nThe Vancouver Institute presents Dr. John Robinson,\nDirector, Sustainable Development Research Initiative at\nUBC. Find out about the Centre for Interactive Research on\nSustainability (CIRS) and it why it will be the most innovative\nand high performance building in North America. Visit the VI\nwebsite http://psg.com/~ted/vaninst/to see their full line up\nof lectures.\nIRC Bldg. - 2194 Health Sciences Mall\nCELEBRATE ^RESEARCH REPORTS | MARCH 2, 2006 | 5\nWeeklong\nActivities\nReflect\nScope of\nUBC\nResearch\nBY HILARY THOMSON\nFrom martini-mixing robots to\nstrategies for squashing super\nbugs, research to be showcased\nduring UBC's Celebrate Research\nWeek ranges from the amusing\nto the extraordinary.\nThis year's celebration is\nthemed Our Place in the World\nand will held March 4-11 at\nUBC's Vancouver, Okanagan,\nand UBC Robson Square campuses as well as partner hospital\nsites.\n\"UBC has a global reputation\nfor research and this week\nallows us to showcase just how\nwe have earned our place in the\nworld,\" says John Hepburn,\nUBC Vice-president, Research.\n\"It is also an opportunity to\ninvite the public, who funds\nmuch of our research, to celebrate our accomplishments with\nus.\"\nCommunicating the scope and\nimpact of UBC research is the\ngoal of this year's Celebrate\nResearch Week, says Sid Katz,\nExecutive Director, Community\nAffairs and Celebrate Research\nfounder.\n\"With Vancouver hosting the\nUN World Urban Forum on\nSustainable Cities in June, it\nreally seemed appropriate this\nyear to highlight the many\naccomplishments of UBC\nresearchers at the international\nlevel,\" says Katz.\nHow to battle global infectious diseases will be explored\nby Chief Medical Health Officer\nJohn Blatherwick, Janet\nMcElhaney, influenza expert and\nhead of geriatric medicine at\nUBC and Providence Health\nCare, and UBC Prof, of\nInfectious Diseases William\nBowie. SARS, bird flu, mad cow\nand other communicable diseases will be discussed on March\n7 from 7 - 8:30 p.m. at the\nVGH education centre. Audience\nmembers will be able to ask\nquestions of the speakers. The\nsession is jointly presented by\nInvestigators will showcase creativity and problem solving\nsymbolized by the astrolabe, an ancient astronomical computer\nfrom March 4-11.\nVancouver Coastal Health\nResearch Institute and\nProvidence Health Care Research\nInstitute.\nAt Engineering's Open House\nMarch 10 and 11, students will\ndemonstrate a variety of projects,\nincluding an automatic martini-\nmaking robotic bartender that\nResearch Initiative will introduce\nthe Centre for Interactive\nResearch on Sustainability\n(CIRS). Described as a living\nlaboratory of sustainable technologies and services, CIRS is\nheralded as the most innovative\nand high performance building\nin North America. The\nBruce McManus for a public\ntalk, titled Me and My\nTransplanted Heart \u00E2\u0080\u0094 From a\nStormy Love Affair to a State of\nBliss. McManus is co-director of\nthe ICAPTURE Centre, a partnership of Providence Health\nCare and UBC, that seeks solutions to heart, lung and blood\ntions that will work in an environment of aging baby boomers.\nThe presentation will take place\nMarch 6 from 5:30 p.m.-7:30\np.m. at Robson Square.\nA highlight of the week is the\nMarch 9 Celebrate Research\nGala, where UBC honours its\noutstanding investigators. The\nA highlight ofthe week is the March 9 Celebrate Research Gala, where UBC\nhonours its outstanding investigators.\nsenses when glasses need filling.\nNeither shaken nor stirred, martinis mixed by the robot are\ngravity-integrated using a device\nlike an IV drip. There will be\nmore than 30 lab tours and\nhands-on activities such as a\nmini-shake table to simulate\nearthquakes and a demonstration\nof an ultrasound-based sensor\nsystem to detect blood clots. For\nthe full schedule of Open House\nevents, visit www.apsc.ubc.ca.\nIt could be the greenest building in Canada. On Sat. March\n11, John Robinson, director of\nUBC's Sustainable Development\nExcellence in Research lecture\nwill be held at 8:15 p.m. at the\nWoodward Instructional\nResources Centre on the\nVancouver campus.\nOn March 6, a UBC\nOkanagan interdisciplinary,\nmulti-media project examines\nresponses to how the 2003 forest\nfires affected the lives of\nKelowna residents. On March 7,\nthe university opens the Species\nat Risk and Habitat Studies\n(SARAHS) centre in the Science\nBldg.\nOn March 8, UBC Okanagan\nand Genome BC will host Dr.\nvessel disease. The presentation\nwill be held 8 p.m.-9:30 p.m. at\nthe Coast Capri Hotel, Kelowna.\nHow to fix Vancouver's traffic\ncongestion is the focus of UBC's\nSauder School of Business faculty\nmembers Yossi Berechman, CN\nChair in Professor in\nTransportation and International\nLogistics: and David Gillen,\nYVR Professor of Transportation\nPolicy and director of Sauder\nSchool of Business Centre for\nTransportation. Along with Clive\nRock of Translink, they will look\nat lessons and cautions from\nabroad as well as considers solu-\naccomplishments of more than\n200 UBC research award winners\nwill be celebrated with video\nvignettes and performances by\nmembers of the UBC School of\nMusic. A partial list of\nresearchers who will be recognized can be found in the Kudos\nsection of the Feb. 2 issue of\nUBC Reports at www.publicaf-\nfairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports.\nFor a complete listing of\nCelebrate Research Week events,\nvisit www.research.ubc.ca and\nclick on the information box. For\ninvitations to the gala, contact\nkally.basra@ubc.ca. \u00E2\u0096\u00A1 6 I\nIC REPORTS | MARCH 2, 2006\nTwo Camels Leave Cairo, One Heading West \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nBY LORRAINE CHAN\nTwo camels leave Cairo, one\nheading west at eight kilometres\nan hour, the other traveling north\nat six kilometres an\nhour . . .\nrience mathematical concepts.\n\"Many life choices are shut\ndown to those\nBrainteasers\nlike these have been circulating since the time of the\nancients, but 4,500 years of history haven't eradicated math\nword problems, nor people's\nstrong reactions to them, says\nEducation Asst. Prof. Susan\nGerofsky.\n\"Most ofthe people I spoke\nwith during my research hate\nthem,\" says Gerofsky, a\ncurriculum studies expert who's\nexploring ways to improve math\ninstruction.\nGerofsky says she's intent on\nfinding new teaching methods\nthat will engage learners, including those with math \"phobia.\"\nHer future research includes\ndeveloping software that will\nallow high school math students\nto use touch, musical sounds and\nwhole-body movements to expe-\nwho are\nfearful of\nmath,\" says\nGerofsky. \"I feel\nit's vital we open\nour minds to what\nmathematics is and how\nwe teach it. Besides, math\ngives us an incredible way to\nunderstand and appreciate the\nbeauty of the world.\"\nGerofsky comes to the\ndiscipline with a linguistics\nbackground and she advocates\nmore awareness of language in\nmath instruction. She traces the\norigins of math story problems\nin her 2004 book, A Man Left\nAlbuquerque Heading East:\nWord Problems as Genre in\nMathematics Education.\nGerofsky says these riddles\ndate back to Sumerian and\nBabylonian cultures, which\nused them to teach mathematical\nmethods. For millennia, they\nalso flourished as \"traveling\nsalesmen jokes\" along the Silk\nRoad and other bustling routes\nof central Asia.\n\"Traders used these as\nicebreakers to socialize with\npeople of another culture and to\nbuild trust through friendly\nwant to solve it,\" she says.\n\"They'll ask for extra\ninformation and offer up some\nreally creative ideas, which may\nnot have much to do with the\nmathematical ideas you intended\nthem to learn.\"\nGerofsky adds that by Grade\n4, most children learn that these\ntales operate in their own\nstrange universe and submit to\nthem as a kind of drudgery.\nthese stories are symbolic. \"Kids\nrecognize that they're not realistic at an extremely young age. If\nanything, word problems are\ncloser to parables.\"\nHowever, Gerofsky insists the\ngenre can still work. \"Teachers\ncan use the vivid imagery to help\nkids remember certain ideas and\nprinciples they can draw upon\nlater.\n\"Sometimes these images are\n...math gives us an incredible way to understand and\nappreciate the beauty ofthe world.\"\nproblem-solving\ncompetition,\"\nexplains\nGerofsky.\nCenturies\nlater, these word\nproblems have infiltrated every\ntextbook, from Grade 2 onward\nand through university in all\nundergraduate math and physics\ncourses.\nGiven their ubiquity, Gerofsky\nsays she'd like to see better use\nof these \"odd little stories.\"\n\"When you talk to really little\nkids and ask them, for example,\nhow long it will take a snail to\ncrawl out of a well at a certain\nrate, they'll take your question\nto be a real life problem and\n\"Students realize they're math\ncalculations dressed up as a\nstory. It doesn't matter whether\nit appears to be about two\ntrains, a camel, birds or an\nemissary of the pope, their task\nis to strip the story down and\nsolve the problem embedded\nthere.\"\nFor effective use of the genre,\nGerofsky suggests that teachers\nstop presenting them as\napplications of math to real life\nsituations.\nDavid Lidstone, an instructor\nof mathematics and statistics at\nLangara College, concurs.\nLidstone jazzes up math\ntextbook offerings with his own\nword problems that give students a more immediate context.\n\"For problems pertaining to\nmotion, which is common in\ncalculus, I ask students to study\ntwo cars traveling along 12th\nAvenue and Kingsway,\" says\nLidstone. \"And there's a wealth\nof trigonometry problems in the\nangles on the face of a\nwristwatch.\"\nWhen teaching children,\nGerofsky recommends that\nteachers admit upfront that\nmost memorable when the stories\nare nonsensical. For example,\ngiven a calculus problem that\ninvolves quadratic functions, it\nmay help to say, 'This is just like\nthat story about shooting an\narrow on the moon!'\"\nIn general, Gerofsky advises\nmath teachers to inject more\n\"liberal arts\" into math instruction to widen its appeal to different types of learners. She believes\nthis is especially important given\nthat many academic and career\npaths require math and physics.\n\"Math concepts are taught as\nif they exist in a void. They're\npresented as fully formed, like a\ncold and distant crystal, as if this\nknowledge didn't come through\npeople living and struggling.\"\nGerofsky would like to see the\n\" messy parts of human history\"\nincluded in math classrooms.\n\"Wouldn't it be interesting to say\nto students, here's something that\ncame from an ancient Egyptian\npapyrus manuscript or a\nBabylonian clay tablet? Give the\nhistory, explain that scribes were\nbeing taught this to help them\nfeed the workers that built the\npyramids.\" \u00E2\u0096\u00A1 IC REPORTS | MARCH 2, 2006 | 7\n20 for 20\ncontinued from page 1\nmeant I could play for Kevin\nand do the exact program that I\nwas looking for,\" says Bains,\nnow in his final year in a joint\nMasters program in Coaching\nScience and Sports Psychology in\nthe School of Human Kinetics.\nIn addition to Bains, other\nrecent transfers to UBC include:\nfrom the University of Kentucky,\nNanaimo-born world junior high\njump champion Mike Mason: in\nletes just want to go to the\nschool where they will have the\nbest possible overall experience\nand they are finding that here,\"\nshe says. \"One of our goals is to\ngive top Canadian athletes the\nopportunity to compete in\nCanada at the very highest\nlevel.\"\nTheresa Hanson believes that\nthe number of UBC coaches\nwith national or provincial team\nUBC is the only university in Canada\nto hire full-time assistant coaches for\nsports other than football, which\ngives players the opportunity for\nmore one-on-one workouts.\nbaseball, from the University of\nHawaii, Vancouver-born catcher\nSteve Bell-Irving: and, from the\nUniversity College of San Diego,\nWashington State's Fletcher\nVynne: and in basketball, from\nSt. Francis University in\nPennsylvania, White Rock's\nChad Clifford: from South East\nMissouri State, junior national\nteam's Leanne Evans, and from\nIllinois State, the tallest woman\nin university basketball,\nCalgary's six-foot-six Katie\nWard.\nIn addition, Vancouver-born\nCanadian junior javelin champ\nLiz Gleadle has just announced\nher decision to attend UBC in\nSeptember.\n\"I think people are realizing\nthat if you're on a losing squad,\nnot getting along with the\ncoaches, or not getting enough\nplaying time, it doesn't matter\nhow big your scholarship is,\"\nsays Theresa Hanson, manager\nof Intercollegiate Sports for UBC\nAthletics and Recreation.\n\"More and more, varsity ath-\nexperience in sports such as\nwomen's volleyball and men's\nand women's basketball is a\nmajor draw for athletes. She\nnotes also that UBC is the only\nuniversity in Canada to hire\nfull-time assistant coaches for\nsports other than football,\nwhich gives players the opportunity for more one-on-one\nworkouts.\nTheresa Hanson cites the UBC\nbaseball team as another major\ndestination for home-grown\nathletes. The team has nine\ntransfers on its roster and\nalumnus Jeff Francis now\npitching for Major League\nBaseball's Colorado Rockies.\n\"In 1998 we started what is\nstill the only university baseball\nprogram in Canada that\ncompetes in the U.S.-based\nNational Association for\nIntercollegiate Athletics. Now\nall these Canadian athletes who\nnever had the chance to play at\na high level in our country are\ncoming back.\n\"A big reason UBC can\nBains says this year's squad is \"the deepest, most talented team I've ever played on.\ncompete so well for athletes,\"\nsays Theresa Hanson, \"is our\nadministration's financial\ncommitment to athletics and our\nfundraising efforts, which allows\nus to pay for things like extra\ncoaches and offer up to full\n*\nUBC From the Air colour poster is now available at the UBC Bookstore. $13.95\nThis 20\"x 28\" poster makes a great present for UBC students, grads and alumni!\n6200 University Boulevard Tel: 604.822.2665 www.bookstore.ubc.ca\nUBC BOOKSTORE\nscholarships.\" She cites the\nupcoming Telus Millennium\nScholarship Breakfast on March\n6 as the best example of athletic\nfundraising at UBC. Having\nraised $3.3 million in six years,\nthe annual event is the single\nmost successful fundraiser ever\nstaged by a university athletics\ndepartment in Canada.\nTheresa Hanson says CIS\nregulations permit Canadian\nuniversities to pay tuition for\nathletes, while the National\nCollegiate Athletic Association\n(NCAA) permits U.S. schools to\npay for athletes' living expenses,\nin addition to tuition.\n\"Money is not as much of a\nreason to go to the states\nanymore,\" says Bains.\n\"Canadian scholarships are\nmore than I think most people\nrealize, especially when you consider the tax you have to pay on\nU.S. scholarships and the cost of\nall the flights back and forth.\"\nHaving played university\nbasketball on both sides of the\n49th parallel, the 2004 CIS\nplayer of the year is able to\ngive some insights into the\ndifferences and similarities\nbetween Canadian and U.S.\nsports cultures.\n\"I'd say athletes down south\ngenerally approach scholarships\nas if they were lottery tickets for\nthe NBA or the NFL - despite\nwhat are often pretty long odds\n- and aren't really as interested\nin the academic side,\" says\nBains.\n\"Varsity athletes in Canada\nare just as focused on development, but I think we generally\nare more interested in learning\nwith an eye to life after sports.\"\nAs for similarities, Bains says,\n\"Unless they are a varsity\nathlete, I don't think people\nrealize how much work it is.\"\nBains says by the time he begins\nhis daily studies at 10 a.m. he\nhas already hit the weight room,\nwatched game footage, and had\na one-on-one workout with his\nassistant coach, and physiotherapy for a nagging groin injury.\nAfter four hours of academics,\nit's back to the gym for a team\npractice, followed by a game or\na night of homework. He says\nhe tries to end his day by\ncatching an NBA game on TV.\nBains feels that the experience\nof being a varsity athlete can be\nextremely rewarding, given the\nright situation.\n\"I think the challenge of\nbalancing school and sports\nmakes you a better person and\nI can't tell you how happy I am\nthat I came here,\" says Bains.\n\"We are so supported by\neveryone from the president,\nto the athletics staff, to the\nstudents high-fiving us on\nour way to class. This is easily\nthe deepest, most talented\nteam I've ever played on and I\ncan't tell you how good it feels\nto be a part of something so\nspecial.\" \u00E2\u0096\u00A1 . C REPORTS | MARCH 2, 2006\nUBC Launches Podcast Service\ni\nSubscribe to UBC's newest digital service\nto receive the latest UBC Talk of the Town\nlectures, Global Citizenship speaker series\nand a growing list of digital UBC content\nvia your iPod or MP3 player.\nwww.ubc.ca/podcasts\nas HARD\nas YOU\nWORK\nPlay\nFitness c^Mre\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A64,500 sq.ft. Centre+On Cam pus \u00E2\u0099\u00A6Highly\nCertified Personal Trainers^Adult Orientated\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 Free Weights^Cardio equipment^Lockers\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6Comfortable a Friendly^Next to the Tennis a Winter Sports Centres^Operated by\nthe Staff H Students of the UBC School of\nHuman Kinetics \u00E2\u0099\u00A6Keiser Circuit Training \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\nFull Range of Balance and\nFunctional Equipment^Home of the 50 +\n\"Changing Aging Program''^\nUBC BodyWorks Fitness Centre\nOsborne Centre Unit 2\n6108 Thunderbird Blvd\nUBC Campus\nCall: 604-822-0207\nwww.hkin.educ.ubc.ca\nAn Outreach Program of the UBC School of Human Kinetics\nLionel E. McLeod\nHealth Research\nScholarship Winner\nTi\n1he Alberta Heritage\nFoundation for Medical\nResearch (AHFMR) is pleased\nto announce that Calvin Yip is\nthe recipient of the 2005 Lionel\nE. McLeod Health Research\nScholarship. The award honours\nDr. Lionel McLeod, the founding\npresident of AHFMR\nMr. Yip is currently pursuing\na Ph.D. in the Department of\nBiochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of\nBritish Columbia. He has received numerous awards and\nscholarships during his academic career from NSERC\n(Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council\nof Canada), the Michael Smith Foundation for Health\nResearch, the Society of Chemical Industry, and the\nUniversity of British Columbia. Mr. Yip's research focuses\non the structure and function of proteins and protein\ncomplexes related to antibiotic resistance. More knowledge\nin this area could lead to new advances to help battle\nresistant bacterial \"superbugs.\"\nThe Lionel E. McLeod Health Research Scholarship is\ngiven annually to an outstanding student at the University\nof Alberta, Calgary, or British Columbia for research related\nto human health.\nDr. McLeod was the Head of Endocrinology at the\nUniversity of Alberta, Dean of Medicine at the University\nof Calgary, President of AHFMR from 1981-1990, and\nPresident and Chief Executive Officer of the University\nHospital, Vancouver.\nAHFMR\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0.\u00E2\u0096\u00BA\"<\nti\nALBERTA HERITAGE FOUNDATION\nFOR MEDICAL RESEARCH\nwww. ahfmr. ab. ca\nGeographers, Planners Explore Future\nof Okanagan Cities\nBY BUD MORTENSON\nAre mid-sized cities up to the\nchallenge of sustainability?\nA team of geography professors\nfrom UBC Okanagan is examining sustainable urban development in mid-sized cities \u00E2\u0080\u0094 places\nlike Kelowna and Vernon in\nB.C.'s Okanagan Valley \u00E2\u0080\u0094 on\nMarch 21 as part of UBC's Living\nthe Global City eight-month\nseries of panel discussions and\nlectures.\nThe Living the Global City\nevents are exploring the rapid\nurbanization of our globe in\npreparation for the coming\nUnited Nations' World Urban\nForum in Vancouver in June\n2006.\nFor the Kelowna event, urban\nplanners from some of B.C.'s\nfastest-growing communities will\njoin scholars from UBC\nOkanagan, the University of\nToronto, and the University of\nWaterloo to explore sustainable\ndevelopment strategies for midsized cities \u00E2\u0080\u0094 focusing on the\nrapid urban and population\ngrowth experiences of cities in\nthe Okanagan Valley.\n\"We're just at the point where\nwe have to ask 'where we are\ngoing?'\" says Bernard Momer,\nassociate professor of Geography\nat UBC Okanagan in Kelowna.\n\"We have passed the psychological barrier of 100,000 people\nand that's when everything seems\nto happen at once.\"\nKelowna's burgeoning population is now 109,500 \u00E2\u0080\u0094 up from\n76,000 in 1991. Water, roads,\naffordable housing, public transit, and air quality are on the\nlaundry list of social and servicing issues that have challenged\nthe Central Okanagan through\nmore than a decade of fast\ngrowth.\nDonna Senese, an associate\nprofessor of Geography with an\ninterest in sustained community\nplanning, points out that the\nexperiences of Okanagan cities\nare typical for mid-sized cities\nelsewhere.\n\"What's different about the\nOkanagan is that it's almost like\nthe walls of the valley encapsulate it \u00E2\u0080\u0094 it's a perfect microcosm\nof Western suburbanized cities,\"\nsays Senese.\nFellow UBC Okanagan geographer Carlos Teixeira agrees. \"It is\nan excellent urban and social\nSCHOOL OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES\nFACULTY OF MEDICINE\nHead, Division of Physical Therapy\nThe Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC) is searching for a\ndynamic academic leader for the Physical Therapy Division of the School of\nRehabilitation Sciences. UBC currently houses the only provincial university\nprogram in physical therapy and the program is in a major re-organization and\ngrowth phase. The Head of the Physical Therapy Division is expected to provide\nacademic leadership within the School, the Faculty, the University and the province\non issues relating to physical therapy research, teaching and learning, and\nknowledge translation. The academic leader needs the knowledge and skills to\nfoster an environment which facilitates teaching, learning, and growth in research;\na leader who recognizes and strengthens the university partnerships with the\nphysical therapy community, with health care agencies involved in clinical practice\nand with the clinical research centres and institutes where faculty are engaged in\nresearch.\nThe Physical Therapy Division is currently comprised of 8 full-time faculty\n1 endowed chair, over 60 clinical faculty and 6 support staff. There are 80\nprofessional-entry master's students in Physical Therapy, 25 MSc students, 5 PhD\nstudents, and 2 post doctoral fellows. There is a strong research culture at UBC\nand the current physical therapy faculty have research affiliations with the Brain\nResearch Centre, the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (IC0RD),\nthe Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, the Centre for Hip Health, as well as\nmany others.\nUBC is located on the Point Grey peninsula, 25 minutes from downtown\nVancouver with an exceptional array of cultural, sports and recreational facilities.\nThis is a full time tenured appointment at an anticipated senior academic rank.\nSalary and rank are commensurate with qualifications. The administrative\nappointment as Head, Division of Physical Therapy is a 5 year renewable\nappointment. Successful candidates will have a PhD degree, a strong research\nrecord, exceptional communication skills, a demonstrated record of leadership,\nevidence of excellence in teaching in the professional entry to practice and\nresearch graduate programs in physical therapy, and be eligible for licensure\nin the College of Physical Therapists of British Columbia.\nThe position is available as of July 1, 2006, subject to final budgetary approval\nThe deadline date for applications is April 1, 2006.\nThe University of British Columbia hires on the basis of merit and is committed\nto employment equity. We encourage all qualified individuals to apply; however\nCanadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.\nPlease forward curriculum vitae, 4 representative publications, and the names\nand contact information for 3 referees to:\nDr. Brenda Loveridge, Interim Director\nSchool of Rehabilitation Sciences\nUniversity of British Columbia\nT325-2211 Wesbrook Mall\nVancouver, BC V6T 2B5\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF 2\"E* BRITISH C01UMBIA\nlaboratory to study issues such as\nurban growth and sprawl, population growth and change, lack of\naffordable housing, traffic, pollution, water supply and demand,\nhomelessness \u00E2\u0080\u0094 it has a lot of\nchallenges,\" he says.\nFor information about the\nMarch 21 panel discussion in\nKelowna and other Living the\nGlobal City events, see\nwww.wuf3.ubc.ca/program/fiv-\ning.html\nMore than\n166 Works\nfrom UBC\nAuthors\nBY GLENN DREXHAGE,\nthe Irving K. Barber Learning Centre\nWhat have UBC authors done\nlately? An awful lot, actually \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nand the results will be on display\nat the Sixteenth Annual Authors'\nReception on March 30. The\nevent profiles the contributions of\ncampus talent and will feature at\nleast 166 titles published by 158\nUBC scholars during 2005 \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nincluding current and retired professors, staff and students. A\ncomplete list of UBC authors and\ntheir works is available at\nhttp://www.library.ubc.ca/author-\nsweek.\nThe range of expertise on offer\namong UBC books reflects what's\nbeen going on campus-wide in\nresearch and teaching, says\nMargaret Friesen, a UBC librarian and chair of the UBC Authors\nCommittee. But it goes beyond,\nshe says, \"because we have bedtime reading, music CDs and\nvideos here as well.\"\nThirty-six broad disciplines \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nfrom anthropology to zoology \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nwill be profiled at the annual\nreception, with leading topics\nincluding literature, political science, medicine, music, education,\nand English language and literature. Seventy per cent of the\nworks submitted for the event fall\nunder the banner of arts, humanities and social sciences, while the\nremainder are in the categories of\nscience and medicine.\nFor those wanting a provincial\nfix, there's plenty of \"B.C.-iana\"\nto consider from UBC, including\nworks on First Nations language\nand anthropology, local history,\nfine arts and the environment.\nUBC-authored books on B.C.\ntopics will soon be displayed at\nKoerner Library, in an exhibit\nentitled B.C. in Print.\nPrint continues to be the dominant medium, although UBC\nauthors also use other formats.\nThis year also counts six DVDs,\nsix music CDs, at least one CD-\nROM, six e-books, technical\nreports, conference proceedings,\nexhibition catalogues and several\nnew musical scores by perennial\nUBC composer Stephen Chatman.\nIn 2005, UBC works have been\npublished in at least 15 countries,\nand appear in a range of languages, including Chinese,\nFrench, German, Indie, Japanese,\nKorean and Slovakian. \u00E2\u0096\u00A1 UBC REPORTS | MARCH 2, 2 O O 6 | g\nRetiring on us takes the guesswork out of retirement. 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Choi Bldg UBC,\n#120-1855 West Mall\nTwo Buddhist Theories of Knowledge\nThursday March 16 at 4:00pm-5:0Cpm\nUBC Robson Square,\nCI80-800 Robson Street\nFree Admission. Public Welcome.\nVisit www.iar.ubc.ca for further information or\ncall Karen Jew at 604 822-4688.\nThis lecture ii made possible by the generous support from Tung\nLin Kok Yuen. Canada Society, and The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada\nfoundation in cooperation with The Unis-eosity of Horn, Konz.\nResearch findings will also aid\nin the treatment of newborns\nexperiencing asphyxia, or\ninsufficient intake of oxygen,\na condition known as hypoxic-\nischemic encephalopathy.\nSymptoms are similar to stroke\nin adults, and can result in\npermanent damage such as\nmental retardation and epilepsy.\nThe condition affects two to four\nbabies per 1,000 births in\ndeveloped countries.\nIn addition, more information\nabout brain blood flow\nmechanics will benefit brain\nimaging that looks at increased\nblood flow to determine areas of\nincreased brain function or\ndamage, says MacVicar, who is\nalso a member of the Vancouver\nCoastal Health Research\nInstitute.\nEvery year, 50,000 Canadians\nsuffer a stroke. Another 300,000\npeople are living with the\nconsequences of stroke, which\nis the leading cause of adult\ndisability in Canada.\nVascular dementia is the\nsecond most common form of\ndementia after Alzheimer's disease. One in 13 Canadians over\nage 65 is affected by Alzheimer's\ndisease and related dementias.\nThe Brain Research Centre\ncomprises more than 150\ninvestigators with multidisciplinary expertise in neuroscience\nresearch ranging from the test\ntube, to the bedside, to industrial\nspin-offs. The centre is a\npartnership of UBC and\nVancouver Coastal Health\nResearch Institute, the research\nbody of the health authority. \u00E2\u0096\u00A1\nUniversity Neighbourhoods Association\nServing the University Town Residents of UBC\nExecutive Director\nOne of the world's most interesting developments in residential community-building is happening\nright here at UBC. Interwoven with the University itself is the creation of a 'university town' - a new\nmixed use and sustainable community that already has 3,000 residents and ultimately will have 20,000.\nIts setting, facilities, and events offer rich opportunities to create a unique lifestyle - truly a very special\nplatr lo live (sit www. university town .ubc.ca).\nThe University Neighbourhoods Association (UNA) approximates a municipal council for the local\naivas on campus, promolmy tin1 creation of a vibrant, sociable, safe and diverse university (own\ncommunity at UBC (see www.myuna.ca). It has now reached a stage in its growth where it seeks its first\nExecutive Director. This lole will be responsible for providing vision and leadership to the organization\nand for overseeing the daily operations of UNA regarding services facilities, programs and events\nfinances, and related issues.\nYou should have a university degree (probably business related) with several years of relevant experience,\npossibly in au association, municipality or service business. You combine creativity and imagination\nwith strong management skills in Nuance, policy development, and program implementation. Above\nall you're a natural communicator aud relationship builder, who will enjoy working with a diverse group\nof constituents and stakeholders.\nI his chance to shape a landmark community represents an intriguing challenge and a great opportunity\nfor personal growth in a social environment.\nWestern\nManagement\nConsultants\nMembet Wald Search Group\nPlease e mail your resume to Western Management\nConsultants, guo ting file 08544, al search @ wmc.bc.ca,\nor telephone Richard Savage or Ann-Britt Everett\nat: 604-687-0391 tor more information. UBC REPORTS | MARCH 2, 2 O O 6 |\nStudents \"Un\" Plug Parking Meters\ncontinued from page 1\nparking meter.\nTo demonstrate the parking\nmeter's adaptability to existing\ntechnology, the team designed it\nto work with RF ID tag Esso\u00C2\u00AE\nstick pass, which is a one-inch-\nlong plastic tube that gives\ncustomers instant access to their\naccounts.\n\"We chose radio frequency\nidentity \u00E2\u0080\u0094 or RFID \u00E2\u0080\u0094 tags like\nthe Esso\u00C2\u00AE stick because it's\nwidely available and costs less\nthan 40 cents each,\" says classmate Erik Schortinghuis. \"The\nonly information stored on the\ntag is the customer's account\nnumber. 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C REPORTS | MARCH 2, 2006\nUNIVERSITY TOWN\nDid you know?\nUniversity Town is not part\nof the City of Vancouver, nor\nis it a municipality. University\nTown is part of UBC, which\noperates under the Provincial\nUniversity Act.\nSERVING UBC'S EMERGING RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY\nNational Wildlife\nFederation Recognizes UBC\nFor Leadership in Campus\nSustainability\nThe National Wildlife Federation,\nNorth America's largest wildlife\nconservation agency, has presented\nthe University of British Columbia\nwith a NWF Campus Ecology\nRecognition Award for sustainability\ninitiatives.\nAs part of this honour, the NWF\nhas created a Campus Ecology\nYearbook, available on its website,\nwhich offers a comprehensive look at\nUBC's sustainability efforts during the\n2004/2005 academic year.\nThese include the Ecotrek\ninfrastructure upgrade, which has\nreduced campus energy use by 10 per\ncent since 1998 despite a 24 per cent\nincrease in students; a colour-coded\ncomposting system for food organics\nin cafeterias; and the Campus\nSustainability Strategy, which seeks\nto collect, synthesize, and publish all\nUBC actions relating to sustainability\non campus.\nAs a result of these initiatives,\nUBC is on track to meet and surpass\nthe Kyoto Protocol's 2012 target of\nreducing greenhouse gas emissions\nby 25 per cent. The first Canadian\nuniversity to adopt a sustainable\ndevelopment policy in 1997, UBC is\nthe only Canadian university in North\nAmerica to receive this recognition.\nVisit www.nwf.org for more\ninformation on the UBC Campus Ecology Yearbook, or contact Ruth\nAbramson, UBC Campus Sustainability Office, at 604.822.0473\nA New Way To Get To UBC!\nTransLink's new #84 bus route with service between VCC-Clark Station\nand UBC is now running. This limited-stop service provides a good\nalternative to the #99 B-Line, especially for UBC commuters using\nthe Millennium Line and transferring to the #99 at the Commercial/\nBroadway Station.\nNow, transit users can stay on the Millennium Line for one more\nstation to catch the #84. The service operates on Monday through\nFriday on 15-minute frequencies with the first departure from VCC-\nClark Station at 6:45 am and the last departure from UBC at 7:30 pm.\nWhile the service currently operates on weekdays only, there are\nplans to increase service and frequencies as ridership continues to grow.\nFor more information on route, schedule, and frequencies, visit\nwww.translink.bc.ca.\nUNIVERSITY\nBOULEVARD\nHAWTHORN PLACE\nHAMPTON PLACE\nSOUTH CAMPUS\nEAST CAMPUS\nCHANCELLOR PLACE\nNORTH CAMPUS\nGAGE SOUTH\nTraffic Down In U.Town\nThe 2005 traffic counts are\nin and UBC's performance\ncontinues to lead the region in\ntraffic reduction measures. Since\n1997 UBC has reduced Single\nOccupancy Vehicle traffic to and\nfrom the campus by 18 per cent,\nincreased public transit use by\n140 per cent, and decreased total\nvehicle traffic by 22 per cent.\n\"UBC's success in shifting\ncommuter trips from\nautomobiles to transit is\nunprecedented in the region,\"\nsaid Nancy Knight, UBC\nAssociate Vice-President of\nCampus and Community\nPlanning. \"No one could have\nimagined that we would reduce\ntotal traffic volumes by 22 per\ncent during the same time that\nstudent enrollment and the\ncampus population increased\n26 per cent.\"\nMajor factors in UBC's\nsuccess are the student U-pass\nprogram and the elimination of\nnearly 3,000 surface parking\nstalls since 2000. For further\ndetail on UBC's 2005 traffic\ncounts please visit:\nwww.planning.ubc.ca\nPhotograph by Martin Dee / UBC Public Affairs\nbusters\nDecreasing Daily Traffic at UBC\nHi\n1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005\nYear\nMyth: Construction of the new South Campus neighbourhood will harm Pacific Spirit\nRegional Park.\nReality: The neighbourhood development will not happen in Pacific Spirit Regional Park nor\nwill a single tree in the Park be impacted by this development. In fact, UBC will extend the\nbenefits of the park by creating a 30-metre buffer between South Campus and the park.\nMyth: UBC is building housing for the rich.\nReality: 50 per cent of all homes in University Town are for residents who are in some way\naffiliated with the University. In the nearly completed Hawthorn Place neighbourhood, nearly\n75 per cent of the residents are affiliated with the University.\nMyth: Student fees are being used to build University Town.\nReality: No student fees are being used to build University Town. All proceeds from\nUniversity Town go towards endowment to support student bursaries, scholarships and research.\nUniversity Town UBC External Affairs Office 6328 Memorial Road, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z2 T: 604.822.6400 F: 604.822.8102 www.universitytown.ubc.ca"@en . "Periodicals"@en . "Vancouver (B.C.)"@en . "LE3.B8K U2"@en . "LE3_B8K_U2_2006_03_02"@en . "10.14288/1.0117797"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Vancouver: University of British Columbia Public Affairs Office"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the University of British Columbia Public Affairs Office."@en . 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