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" UBC\n^jM,\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nR E PO RTS\nJune 2011\nLibrary digitizes\nJapanese maps\nProf, documents\nlead poisoning\nGECKO project\nstudies genes\nStudents fuel\nsustainable\nsolutions\nStudent leaders from\naround the world are\ntravelling to UBC this month\nto try to tackle the world's\ntop energy problems 6\ny Basil Waugh\nalso inside:\nDating and intimacy\nin the digital era\nAre women's dreams of finding\ntheir own Prince William or\nMr. Darcy making them susceptible\nto Internet Lotharios? 8\nBy Lorraine Chan UBC REPORTS\nVOLUME FIFTY SEVEN : NUMBER SIX\nWWW.PUBLICAFFAIRS.UBC.CA/UBC-REPORTS\nExecutive Director\nscott macrae scott.macrae@ubc.ca\nEditor\nrandy schmidt randy.schmidt@ubc.ca\nDesign Manager\narlene cotter arlene.cotter@ubc.ca\nPublic Affairs Studio\nping ki chan ping.chan@ubc.ca\namanda fetterly amanda.fetterly@ubc.ca\nPhotographer\nmartin dee martin.dee@ubcca\nWeb Designer\ntony chu tony.chu@ubcca\nCommunications Coordinators\nheather amos heather.amos@ubc.ca\nLorraine chan lorraine.chan@ubc.ca\nglen drexhage glen.drexhage@ubcca\njody jacob jody.jacob@ubcca\nbrian lin brian.Iin@ubcca\nbud mortenson bud.mortenson@ubcca\nbasil waugh basil.waugh@ubc.ca\nAdvertising\npearlie davison pearlie.davison@ubc.ca\nCirculation\nbeverly galbraith beverly.galbraith@ubc.ca\nPrinter\nTELDON PRINT MEDIA\nPublisher\nUBC Reports is published monthly by:\nThe University of British Columbia\nPublic Affairs Office\n310-6251 Cecil Green Park Road\nVancouver BC Canada V6T1Z1\nNext issue: 7 July 2011\nSubmissions\nUBC Reports welcomes submissions.\nFor upcoming UBC Reports submission guidelines:\nwww.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/about.html.\nOpinions and advertising published in UBC Reports\ndo not necessarily reflect official university policy.\nMaterial may be reprinted in whole or in part with\nappropriate credit to UBC Reports. 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You can also find resources\nincluding access to more than 500 faculty experts\nand information about UBC's radio and TV studios.\nWebsite: www.ubcca/news\nTel: 604.822.NEWS (6397)\nE-mail: public.affairs@ubcca\nTwitter: @ubcnews\nPublication mail agreement no. 40775044.\nReturn adian addresses to circulation department.\n310-6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T1Z1\nEmail: public.affairs@ubc.ca\nfa place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPublic Affairs Office\nHighlights of UBC media coverage\nin May 2011\nCompiled by Heather Amos\nAWARDS\nMuseum of Anthropology\nwins prestigious award\nThe Globe and Mail, Canadian Architect,\nVancouver Sun and others reported that\nUBC's Museum of Anthropology was\none of four buildings to win the Prix\ndu XXe Siecle Award from the Royal\nArchitectural Institute of Canada.\nThe award recognizes nationally\nsignificant buildings and excellence in\narchitecture.\nDesigned by the renowned\nVancouver architect Arthur Erickson,\nthe Museum of Anthropology is\nknown for its Pacific Northwest Coast\ncollections and draws more than\n140,000 visitors a year.\n\"Having the Museum of Anthropology\nrecognized as one of Canada's most\nsignificant buildings is truly an\nhonour,\" said Moya Waters, the\nmuseum's acting director.\nUBC RESEARCH\nInteractive teaching methods\nboost learning\nResearch from a group led by Carl\nWieman, a Nobel laureate in physics\nwho leads an initiative to improve\nscience instruction at UBC, showed\nthat students in an introductory\ncollege physics course did especially\nwell on an exam after attending\nexperimental, collaborative classes. By\ncontrast, students who did not use the\nexperimental approach scored much\nlower on the same exam.\nThe students learned more than\ntwice as much in the new \"interactive\"\nclasses than they did in the lectures\nby a tenured professor with more than\n30 years of experience, reported the\nNew York Times, the Economist, the\nAssociated Press, Postmedia News, the\nGlobe and Mail and others.\n\"[In traditional lectures], there's not\nmuch learning, and for the learning\nthat does take place, the retention is\nfairly bad,\" said Louis Deslauriers, a\npostdoctoral student at UBC and the\nlead author of the study, which was\npublished in the journal Science.\nHealth of older spouses\nis closely tied\nA new UBC study, reported in the\nBoston Globe, Los Angeles Times,\nGlobal National and others, finds that\nthe mental and physical health of older\ncouples is closely tied.\nIf one is depressed, the other is\nmore likely to be. And if one is in poor\nphysical health, the other's physical\nand mental health are likely to be\ncompromised.\n\"This study shows how important\nmarital relationships can be in\ndetermining old age health,\" said the\nlead author ofthe study, Christiane\nHoppmann.\nHappy guys finish last\nA new UBC study indicates there may be\nsome scientific truth to the stereotypes\nabout male and female attractiveness.\nThe study found that women prefer\nmoody looking men to agreeable,\nsmiling men. In contrast, men are far\nmore attracted to happy, smiling women,\nreported the Telegraph, CBS, Reuters,\nBBC, Globe and Mail, and others.\n\"This study finds that men and\nwomen respond very differently to\ndisplays of emotion, including smiles,\"\nsaid professor Jessica Tracy, who led\nthe study.\nUBC EXPERTS\nElection 2011\nAs Canada prepared for a federal\nelection on May 2, UBC professors\nprovided analysis of Canadian politics,\npublic opinion, campaign issues, the\npolitical parties, their platforms and\nthe election results. Richard Johnston,\nAllan Tupper, Michael Byers, Kevin\nMilligan, Fred Cutler, Mary Liston,\nJoe Cutbirth, AMS President Jeremy\nMcElroy and others provided expert\ncommentary to the Seattle Times,\nMaclean's, Globe and Mail, CBC,\nNational Post and others.\n\"For the first time in years, there\nis enthusiasm on the scene,\" said\nJohnston, a political scientist and the\ndirector ofthe Centre for the Study\nof Democratic Institutions at UBC, to\nCTV on election day. \"It's basically\nabout Jack Layton and the NDP and\na reconfiguration ofthe competitive\npicture.\"\nUBC Law professor Catherine\nDauvergne, Canada Research Chair in\nMigration Law, recently completed the\nmost comprehensive investigation of\nhow terrorism laws introduced following\nthe Sept. 11,2001, attacks have impacted\nCanada's refugee system.\nBased on 11 years of national refugee\ndecisions (1998-2008), the findings\nsuggest that Canada is anything but\n'soft on terrorism,\" as some media\nand politicians have recently claimed,\nDauvergne says.\n\"Canada, like most Western countries,\nhas not yet struck an acceptable\nbalance between security and asylum,\"\nsays Dauvergne. She says Canada is\nputting the lives of legitimate refugees\nin danger and is at risk of breaking\ninternational human rights laws out of\nunfounded fears of terrorism.\nAccording to Dauvergne, Canada's\nUBC Reports The University of British Columbia June 2011 Terrorism and Canada's refugee system\nCatherine Dauvergne says fears that Canada's refugee system\nis a back door for terrorists are grossly exaggerated\nBy Basil Waugh\nCatherine Dauvergne (left) and Asha Kaushal (right) study how terrorism fears after 9/11 have impacted Canada's refugee system\ndefinition of terrorism has ranked\namong the broadest in the world since\n9/11, making Canada among the hardest\ncountries in the West for refugees to\nenter. Her study found that Canadian\ncourts rejected refuge claimants for\npolice or military service in another\nnation, living in the same geographic\narea as terrorist organizations or\nsimply attending one political rally, for\nexample.\n\"Our definition of terrorism has\nexpanded to the point that many of\nthe refugees we refuse for terrorism\nconcerns have never participated in\nviolence, political crimes or terrorist\norganizations, says Dauvergne, who\ninvestigated nearly 800 refugee cases.\nDespite this wider net, the study\nfinds that refugee exclusions from\nCanada remain relatively rare. Ofthe\napproximately 2,500 annual refugee\nclaims, the average number of refugees\nbarred entry to Canada has increased\nfrom 50 claimants before 2001 to less\nthan 90.\nDauvergne says the modest numbers\nfly in the face of claims that Canada's\nrefugee system is at high risk for\nterrorism. \"Every time a boat of\nrefugees arrives, there seems to be this\npopular notion that Canada's refugee\nsystem is a haven for terrorists,\" she\nsays. \"Our findings suggest there is no\nevidence to support that claim.\"\n\"Our laws make it easier than ever to\nexclude people for terrorism concerns,\nbut the numbers show our broadened\ncriteria simply do not apply to the\noverwhelming majority of refugees\nseeking asylum in Canada,\" says\nDauvergne, who conducted the study\nwith PhD candidate Asha Kaushal.\nHowever, while the rise in rejections\nmay seem modest, Dauvergne says\nthere are human lives at stake. She\nsays the findings suggest Canada is\nfailing in its responsibilities - outlined\nby international refugee law and\ninternational human rights law - to\nprotect refugees who face persecution\nin their former countries.\n\"When we send refugees back home,\nwe put them at great risk for\npersecution, imprisonment and\neven death,\" she says, noting that an\nestimated several hundred of people\nhave died in the past year while seeking\nasylum in countries and around the\nworld.\n\"As a society committed to human\nrights and social justice, it is important\nthat we get this balance between\nsecurity and asylum right,\" says\nDauvergne, who characterizes\nher findings as call for \"a renewed\ndiscussion for thoughtful standards\nabout who may be considered a\nterrorist, for what acts, and in what\ncircumstances.\"\nDauvergne says refugee claimants\nface greater scrutiny - before and after\nacceptance - than people in most other\nimmigration categories, including\nstudent visas and work permits. They\nalso consent to have their actions\nmonitored by government agencies for\nthe duration of what can be a very long\nclaim period.\nThe countries with the most refugee\nclaimants barred from Canada during\nthe data period include China (51),\nfollowed by Colombia, Pakistan, Lebanon,\nMexico, Sri Lanka, Peru and Cuba. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nLearn more about UBC's Faculty of Law\nat: www.law.ubc.ca. Library digitizes rare Japanese maps\nA new online cultural resource is a reflection of UBC's strong ties\nand support for a devastated country\nBy Glenn Drexhage\nShirin Eshghi (left) and Katherine Kalsbeek (right) of UBC tibrary peer over one of the vibrant Tokugawa maps\nWith the largest Asian studies\nprogram in Canada, partnerships with\nJapanese universities, and campus\ntreasures like the Nitobe Gardens,\nUBC has strong ties with Japan and is\nthe home of many Japanese scholars\nand resources. One rare cultural\ncollection can now be celebrated\nonline.\nIn 2010, the Library completed the\nthird and final phase of a multi-year\nproject, led by its Digital Initiatives\nUnit, that involved the digitization\nof hundreds of rare maps dating to\nJapan's Tokugawa, or Edo, period\n(1600-1868).\nWork on the project began in 2005.\nMuch ofthe material, which dates from\nabout 1650 to 1850, was acquired from\ncollector George H. Beans decades ago.\nThe set of works, one ofthe largest\nof its kind outside of Japan, specializes\nin private and travel-related maps and\nguides (including maps of Yokohama,\nVancouver's sister city). It has attracted\nstudents and scholars in Asian Studies,\narchitecture, literature and language,\nhistory, religious studies and art history.\nThe latter part ofthe project focused\non the digitization of nearly 100 atlases,\nalong with 16 huge maps. The entire\neffort is online in English and Japanese\nat http://digitalcollections.library.\nubc.ca/tokugawa (click on the browse\nbutton to peruse the pieces).\nThe result is a comprehensive\ncollection that can be accessed by\nstudents and researchers from UBC and\nbeyond. Katherine Kalsbeek, a reference\nlibrarian at the Library's Rare Books\nand Special Collections division, notes\nthat many researchers interested in\nthe Tokugawa collection aren't based\nin Canada. Now, they no longer need\nto make in-person visits to the Point\nGrey campus if they want to examine\nthe material. \"We have received a lot\nof positive feedback from the UBC\ncommunity and from researchers\nthroughout the world,\" she says.\nChristina Laffin, an assistant\nprofessor in UBC's Department of\nAsian Studies, says the Tokugawa\ncollection deserves greater attention\nfrom the scholarly community. \"I know\nof numerous researchers who have\nutilized the maps and who are excited at\nbeing able to access it online,\" she notes.\nA few samples are poignant today.\nOne item, an account of earthquakes in\na chapbook-sized publication, features\nbold images of a catfish and a dragon\n(both are associated with quakes in\nJapanese lore). Meanwhile, a large,\nrectangular panel boasts a vibrant and\ncolourful take on foreigners, beginning\nwith elaborately dressed Japanese\nfigures, and encompassing subjects\nin European dress along with esoteric\ncharacters such as giants and cannibals.\nA scroll, bound in a fragile wooden box\nand bordered in gold leaf, unfurls to\ndisplay shipping routes stretching from\nKobe to Nagasaki.\nThe collection's accessibility also\npresents teaching opportunities.\n\"Because the maps and atlases are now\ndigitized, there is the potential for the\nitems to be used as classroom texts,\nregardless ofthe size ofthe class,\" says\nShirin Eshghi, Japanese language\nlibrarian at UBC's Asian Library.\nGideon Fujiwara, a PhD student\nin Asian Studies at UBC, has toured\nthe collection as a teaching assistant\nwith Asia 101 students. \"This visit was\nprobably my best TA experience to date.\nThe digitization of this collection is\nUBC Reports The University of British Columbia June 2011 fantastic!\" he says. \"Students in Asian\nStudies have a lot to be proud of in our\ndepartment...and this Beans Collection\nof Tokugawa maps is definitely another\njewel that can enrich our learning\nexperience.\"\nThe collaborative project, which\ninvolved various UBC Library units,\nreceived financial support from the\nDepartment of Asian Studies. Students\nfrom UBC's School of Library, Archival\nand Information Studies, and a student\nintern from Japan's University of\nTsukuba, also assisted with the effort. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nTokugawa Terms\nKomonjo\nrefers to old documents\nKuzushiji\nare cursive, running characters\nKanbun\nis liter ary Chinese used within Japan\nHentaigana\nare variant kana (Japanese syllabary)\nscripts\nSorobun\nis a formal letter-writing style\nDefinitions adapted from the\nShogakkan Puroguresshibu Ei-Wa Chujiten\n(Shogakukan Progressive English-\nJapanese Dictionary).\nTwo vibrant selections (right) from\nUBC tibrary's exceptional Tokugawa\nmaps collection.\nOne item, an account of earthquakes\nin a chapbook-sized publication, features\nbold images of a catfish and a dragon.\nmm v#\u00C2\u00BB*3\ni\nif S\u00C2\u00BB fr't **\nr *iw4; * Z \u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ^\\nft. AT it 1< ttx^k\nMffl\nv\nv n\nI- UBC a place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nUBC ANNUAL REVIEW STORIES\nCall for Submissions\nThe achievements of UBC's students, faculty, staff,\nand alumni are celebrated in an online\nAnnual Review: www.annualreview.ubc.ca.\nUBC Public Affairs is seeking stories from summer\n2010 to fall 2011, around the following topics:\nMembers of the UBC community who have been\nthe catalyst for a significant improvement.\nUBC's international scope and connections.\nStories of individuals who exemplify the UBC Brand.\nMajor milestones including teaching awards\nand grants, research awards and news, facility\nconstruction and openings.\nPlease send your submissions by June 15,2011\nto Bonnie Vockeroth bonnie.vockerothrffiubc.ca.\nYour Conference\nPlanning Partner at UBC\nHosting a conference at UBC? We can make it easy.\nWe offer full management and registration services and have experienced\nand knowledgeable staff. Let us help you customize a program to suit your\nneeds and budget.\nWith UBC's unique venues and state-of-the-art facilities, your meeting\nat UBC will no doubt be a memorable success!\nVANCOUVER\nT 604 822 1060\nE conferences@housing.ubc.ca\nubcconferences.com\nT 250 807 8050\nE conferences.ubco@ubc.ca\nokanagan.ubcconferences.com\nWest Coast Suites\nDeluxe Hotel Suites, West Coast Style\nEVERYONE CAN STAY WITH US\nContemporary, beautifully appointed, limited service deluxe hotel\nsuite for visitors and business travelers to Vancouver.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Centrally located on campus\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Fully-equipped kitchen and complimentary wireless internet\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Ideal for short or long term stays\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Available year round\nStudents fuel\nsustainable\nsolutions\nBy Basil Waugh\nUBC\nw\nConferences &\nAccommodation\nVancouver\nT 604 822 1000\nE reservations@housing.ubc.ca\nwww.ubcconferences.com\nStudent leaders from around the world\nare travelling to UBC this month to try\nto tackle the world's top energy\nproblems.\nTheir destination: the International\nStudent Energy Summit (ISES), where\n400 students from 35 countries,\nenvironmental scientists and energy\nindustry leaders will explore practical\nsolutions for a more sustainable planet.\nThe three-day event, headlined\nby Nobel Prize-recipient Rajendra\nPachauri, Chair ofthe U.N.\nInternational Panel on Climate Change\nand India's Tata Energy Research\nInstitute (TERI), will run from June 9-11\non UBC's Vancouver campus.\n\"Nearly 85 per cent ofthe world's\nenergy supply comes from fossil fuels,\nwhich produce pollution and climate\nchange - it's unsustainable,\" says Rosie\nPidcock, a graduating Sauder School\nof Business student who is co-leading\na team of 30 student organizers.\n\"ISES will focus on global energy\nsustainability and how students and\nsociety can accelerate the transition to\na low-carbon society.\"\nPidcock, who has a passion for green\nbusiness, hopes ISES will shatter\nexpectations of what a student-led\nenvironmental conference looks\nlike. For example, the students have\nassembled an advisoryboard of major\nenergy leaders, including Randy Gossen\nofthe World Petroleum Council, and\nattracted more than $300,000 in\nsponsorships to support housing and\ntravel bursaries for participants in need.\nWhile pairing oil sands executives\nwith environmentalists is arguably akin\nto throwing cats in a bag, Pidcock says it\nis essential for real progress. \"If we are\ngoing to have a meaningful conversa-\n\"Business has real\npower to create\npositive change.\"\ntion about energy, you need to engage\nall stakeholders, especially government\nand energy companies, because they\nhold the key to progress in many ways,\"\nshe says. \"Business has real power to\ncreate positive change.\"\nThe event, which is sponsored by\nthe UBC Sustainability Initiative, will\nfocus on three areas: technology and\ninnovation, markets and regulation,\nand global energy dynamics. Shying\naway from controversy won't be on the\nagenda, says Pidcock, noting there will\nbe a debate on Enbridge Corporation's\ncontentious proposed Northern\nGateway Pipeline for B.C. and Alberta.\nEnbridge President John Carruthers\nis among the group of individuals\nwho have been asked to review the\ncase that delegates will debate. The\ncase will provide delegates with a\nbase of knowledge to analyze the\nenvironmental, business and technological aspects ofthe multi-billion dollar\nproject, which seeks to bring Canadian\noil to foreign markets, but faces\nenvironmental and land claim concerns\nfrom local First Nations and other\ngroups, Pidcock says.\nDelegates will also design model\nlow-carbon communities and focus\ntheir expertise and passion on the\nworld's 10 most-pressing \"unsolvable\"\nenergy problems, as voted by delegates\nusing social media, including Twitter\nand Facebook, in the days leading\nup to the conference. At the end of\nthe conference, all delegates - from\nstudents to CEOs - will pledge to\naddress a specific energy issue in their\ncommunity.\n\"We are proud to support student-\ndriven initiatives like ISES that help\naccelerate the adoption of more\nsustainable practices both on and\noff campus,\" says Alberto Cayuela,\nAssociate Director, UBC Sustainable\nInitiative, and ISES advisoryboard\nmember. \"We are deeply impressed by\nthe team's passion and commitment\nto create this innovative energy\nconference that is organized by\nstudents, for students.\"\nPidcock credits the inaugural\nISES conference - which featured\nformer Mexican President Vicente\nFox in Calgary in 2009 - for igniting\nher passion for green business. She\nreturned to UBC and helped to\ncreate the Sauder School of Business'\nspecialization in sustainability for\nundergraduate students.\n\"That conference really inspired\nstudents, myself included, to take\naction on sustainability,\" says Pidcock,\nwho recently discussed offshore drilling\nissues with former U.S. president\nBill Clinton at an international\nsustainability conference in San Diego.\n\"We are working hard to ensure this\nyear's edition has the same effect.\"\nPidcock is looking forward to meeting\ngreen business innovators from other\nuniversities. At the top of her list are\nHarvard graduates Jessica Matthews\nand Julia Silverman, the creators of\nsOccket, a soccer ball that generates\nclean electricity to power appliances,\nincluding LED lamps, water sterilization devices and mini refrigerators.\n\"People ask me what a student\nconference can do in just three days,\"\nPidcock says. \"I say we have a Nobel\nPrize winner, we have students who\nrepresent Nobel winners of tomorrow,\nand we're going to spend three days\ntrying to tackle pressing global energy\nproblems. And you know what? I like\nour chances.\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nLearn more about ISES 2011\nat: www.studentenergy.org\nand follow on Twitter astudentenergy\nUBC Reports The University of British Columbia June 2011 Tipping point:\nHow CIRS will transform\nbuilding water use\nBy Lynn Warburton\nStrolling by UBC's Centre for Interactive\nResearch on Sustainability (CIRS), most\npassers-by probably won't be aware\nthat there is a 90m well nearby that\npenetrates straight through rock and\nclay to the aquifer below.\nBut they will notice a simple, yet\nintriguing water feature, a tipping\nbucket. It's fascinating to watch as water\ntrickles in, but this decorative feature will\nalso play a big role as part ofthe living\nlaboratory. The tipping bucket represents\nthe a combination of engineering and\narchitecture that manages storm-water\nrun-off, and is part of what makes CIRS a\nrestorative building. The tipping bucket,\nabout as big a chair, does much more than\ncollect and pour a stream of water. It's the\nfinal destination in the CIRS waste water\ntreatment system before water that can't\nbe used is restored to the aquifer.\nIt's role is to measure the flow of rain\nwater the building collects but doesn't use.\n\"Storm water run-off is a growing issue in\nconstruction. Recharging the aquifer with\nwhat we cannot use is critical at CIRS,\"\nsay Alberto Cayuela, Associate Director.\nOnly about 10 per cent of all water\ncollected is made potable. Water is\ncollected as it flows and irrigates the green\nroof and passes through landscaped areas.\nThe excess, unusable water isn't wasted\ndown sewers. It's diverted into the tipping\nbucket. Water collects in it till it's full and\nthen tips, restoring it to the aquifer at sea\nlevel hundreds of feet below UBC.\n\"How long it takes to collect depends\non our consumption and the amount of\nrainfall. It's an important subject to\nstudy,\" says John Robinson, Executive\nDirector. \"All liquid leaving the building\nwill be better than rain when it arrived,\nnet-positive in yet another way,\"\nhe says. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nA chair-sized \"tipping bucket\" (above)\nis part of a unique water treatment\nsystem that will help to make CIRS\nNorth America's greenest building.\nFor more on water management\nat CIRS, visit: www.sustain.ubc.ca Infection Rates\nRising Numbers\nBetween 1999 and 2008, Canada saw\nincreased rates of reported chlamydia\nand gonorrhoea cases among females,\nespecially those 25 years of age and over.\nChlamydia\nFor chlamydia, the greatest rate\nincreases were seen in the 30 to 39\n(157 per cent) and 40 to 59 year age\ngroups (134 per cent). These same\nage groups also saw the greatest rate\nincreases in gonorrhea (288 per cent\nand 211 per cent respectively).\nGonorrhoea\nOut of a total of 82,929 reported cases\nof chlaymdia in 2008, 66 per cent of\nthese were female. For gonorrhoea,\nfemales accounted for 44 per cent of\nthe 12,723 reported cases.\nHIV\nPrior to 1999, females represented\n12 per cent of all positive HIV tests in\nCanada. By the end of 2006, this figure\nhad risen to 28 per cent.\nDating and intimacy\nin the digital era\nBy Lorraine Chan\nCindy Masaro will look at the reasons why women in older age groups are not practicing safe sex\nAre women's dreams of finding their\nown Prince William or Mr. Darcy\nmaking them susceptible to Internet\nLotharios?\nFor her doctoral thesis, School of\nNursing PhD candidate Cindy Masaro is\ninvestigating how social forces within a\ndigital era are shaping women's sexual\nbehaviour and risk-taking during dating\nand early intimate encounters.\nMasaro says her findings will help to\nmake public health interventions more\neffective. To date, education campaigns\non condom use and safe sex have\nfocused mainly on teens and twenty-\nsomethings. But over the past decade,\nrates of transmitted infections (STIs)\nand HIV have steadily increased among\nCanadian women aged 30 to 60.\n(See sidebar for details).\n\"There's very little research on adult\nwomen's sexual behaviour,\" says\n\"Very quickly there\ncan be exchanges of\nhighly intimate\ninformation.\"\nMasaro. \"Existing studies indicate that\nmany women are not using condoms,\nbut the reasons they are not engaging in\nsafer sexual behaviour are not known.\"\nShe says one possible factor\ncould be the sped-up nature of\nhookups in today's online dating\nworld. \"Researchers have shown that\ncomputer-mediated communication\naccelerates development of a sense of\ntrust and closeness. Very quickly there\ncan be exchanges of highly intimate\ninformation.\"\nAnother influence maybe the\ntraditional scripts and romantic\nnarratives that underpin gender roles,\nobserves Masaro.\n\"Women frequently watch films or\nread books about finding that one true\nlove, the person who will transform\ntheir lives. They may be tempted to\nput on the blinkers when a potential\npartner appears to fit that bill.\"\nWhen something bad happens -\nsuch as a diagnosis of chlamydia -\nwomen can feel quite devastated, says\nMasaro who works part time as a\nnurse-clinician at a Vancouver\nSTI/HIV clinic.\n\"They believed the guy to be clean and\nhealthy.\"\nFor her study, Masaro will\ncompare how face-to-face\nencounters and computer-mediated\ncommunication - from texting to\nonline dating - influence women's\n8\nUBC Reports The University of British Columbia June 2011 decisions. Through an online\nsurvey, Masaro will gather data on\nvariables such as: type and frequency\nof communications; time to sexual\nintimacy; trust; sexual self-disclosure;\ndiscussions about safer sex; women's\nmotivations for having sex; feelings of\npressure to have sex; and sexual risk\nbehaviours.\n\"Little attention has been paid to\nadult women's sexuality and STI or HIV\nbehaviours as they are assumed to be at\nlow risk.\"\nMasaro says, \"For many adults in\nolder age groups, condom use may\nbe associated more with pregnancy\nprevention than the dangers of STIs or\nHIV, especially if prior to dating, they\nhad been in a long-term relationship.\"\nIn fact, recent Canadian statistics\nshow that significantly fewer women\naged 25 to 49 report condom use at last\nintercourse compared to those aged\n15 to 24.\nMasaro says that health interventions\nand campaign messaging must consider\nthe broader cultural and social contexts.\nFor instance, health campaigns often\nplace the onus on women to negotiate\ncondom use.\n\"Some women may lack the power\nto negotiate condom use. A woman\nmight refrain from using condoms\nin an effort to please her partner and\ndevelop intimacy. Others may find that\ncondoms hamper their sexual pleasure\nor enjoyment.\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nTo learn more about the research\nor take part in the study,\nvisit: www.datingconfidential.ca\nProf. Hugo De Burgos was interested in how people talk about their illness\nProf, documents\nlead poisoning\nin El Salvador\nBy Jody Jacob\nA woman looks at the camera and says,\n\"Only death awaits us here.\"\nShe is a resident of Sitio del Nino,\nEl Salvador, where thousands of tons\nof lead from a decade of industrial\noperations found their way into the\ncommunity's water, food, soil and air.\nThe disastrous result of this poisoning\nis the subject of The Site of Lead, a new\nethnographic documentary film by Prof.\nHugo De Burgos at UBC's Okanagan\ncampus.\nDe Burgos, who has a PhD in medical\nanthropology, created the 40-minute\nfilm to document Sitio del Nino's\nexperience of lead contamination\nfrom a car battery factory operating in\nthe community since 1997. Although\nthe factory closed in 2007, residents\nare still struggling to remove more\nthan 32,000 tons of lead slag and\nto decontaminate their natural\nenvironment and people.\n\"I went to Sitio del Nino in 2009 with\nthe aim of making a documentary on\npeople's narratives of trauma - how\nthey talk about trauma in a non-clinical,\nnon-pathologized fashion, which\nis something that often helps them\nbuild character and makes them more\nresilient,\" says De Burgos. \"But I ended\nup focusing on more immediate and\nrecent trauma - the lead contamination, which was causing all kinds of\ntrauma, not only physiological but\nphysiological.\"\nThe World Health Organization\nclaims that more than 10 micrograms of\nlead per decilitre of blood in a person\nposes a serious health risk. In Sitio del\nNino, however, some people have more\nthan 50 micrograms. The average child\nin the community has 32 micrograms of\nlead in the blood, a level that can affect\nthe neurological system, liver, bones,\nand also cause anemia.\n\"I was interested in both the politics\nof this lead contamination and\nthe subjective experience of being\ncontaminated by lead - how the people\nin the community talk about their\nillness,\" says De Burgos.\nDe Burgos filmed for three months\nwith a small crew of colleagues and\nfamily.\n\"People in the community wanted\nto tell the story not only to the El\nSalvadorian population but to the\ninternational community,\" he says.\n\"The film examines structural\nviolence - a form of violence based\non the systemic ways in which a\ngiven social structure or institution\nharms people by preventing them\nfrom meeting their basic needs,\"\nsays De Burgos. He notes that in\nmedical anthropology, the term\n\"macro-parasite\" describes how\nsocieties can be organized in such a\nway that human sickness and death is\nthe result.\n\"Inequality and social power put some\npeople at risk for being ill - that is\nexactly what happened in Sitio del Nino.\nThe people were contaminated by lead\nnot because lead particles naturally\nliked these people, but because their\nposition in the El Salvadorian society\nmade them more vulnerable.\"\nDe Burgos says his film highlights\nhow organized community action can\nexercise enough political pressure\nto fight a corporation, and brings\nawareness about how humans organize\nsociety and how this structure can be\ndetrimental to some of its members.\n\"The way we structure our society\ncan prevent some humans from\ndeveloping their full human potential,\nand sometimes make them sick or kill\nthem,\" he says. \"This is very difficult\nto detect because one ofthe main\ncharacteristics of structural violence is\nthat it is difficult to see, but by creating\nawareness we can start changing our\nsociety for the common good and not\nonly for the benefit of a few.\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nThe Site of Lead can be viewed online\nat: www.ubc.ca/okanagan/cssejV\npublishing/cssejpress/The_Site_of_\nLead.html CATERING BY\nwescadia\nsuperior servings, superior service,\nSave up to 27%\non catering!\nAll Drop Deliveries e[ Full Service Catering\non campus.\nUBC Faculties and Departments are exempt from the HST el gratuities\non Full Service Catering.\nTake advantage of this savings opportunity.\nWe accept JV / UBC Department Card / Visa / MasterCard / Debit\nwww.catering.ubc.ca 604.822.2018\nthe\ntne \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 _\npoint\ngrill\nA fully licensed restaurant with an upscale casual\ndining atmosphere on the south side of campus.\nWide screen HD TV's j fully licensed j convenient to-go service\n\u00C2\u00BB * ..\nIt's almost patio season!\ny* -\nFor hours of operation visit www.food.ubc.ca\no\nLocated at 2205 Lower Mall, Marine Drive Residence, Building #4 services\nCopies Plus\nCOPY I IMAGING CENTRE\nVOLUME PRINTING & COPYING\nNEW LOWER PRICES\nprint more\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 High Speed B/W & Full Colour \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Lamination \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Full Colour Posters\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Wide Format B/W Copies, Prints and Scans \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Self Serve Copiers 'Booklet making\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Coil, Cerlox.Velo &Wire-0 binding \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Folding ...\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Email your files or ftp your large files to us\nProudly Serving Since 1987 www.copiesplus.ca\n1950 West Broadway 604-731 -7868\nOpen 7 Days Mon-Fri 8am-9pm Sat-Sun 10am-6pm\nUBC Farm Market\nThe adventurous buy garlic scapes or\nJerusalem artichokes. 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As a working\nfarm that integrates teaching and\nresearch, UBC's Centre for Sustainable\nFood Systems now hosts upwards of 60\ncourses and dozens of research projects.\nUBC Farm produces more than 250\nvarieties of vegetables, berries, herbs,\nfruits, flowers, eggs, honey, and\nagroforestry products through its\n24-hectare mosaic of cultivated fields,\norchards, pasture for cattle and chickens,\napiaries, teaching gardens, and forest\nstands.\nMark Bomford, director of the Centre\nfor Sustainable Food Systems, notes that,\n\"Last year, sales were 30 times higher\nthan what they were in 2001 when Barb\nand Rosy started the first on-farm\nmarket.\"\nUBC Farm Market Hours\nThe UBC Farm Market runs\nSaturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.\nfrom June to October.\nUBC Farm Market Campus Days\nMarket sales on campus\ntake place in front of the\nUBC Bookstore on Wednesdays,\nfrom 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.\nFor more information, visit:\nwww.landfood.ubc.ca/ubcfarm\nBerkowitz & Associates\nConsulting Inc.\nStatistical Consulting\ntee** Dtugp \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Diu Aiufyia \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 krwy Sorptna \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Smd Educnon\nJcrjItWi intoriu.WiII\n4160 StAJcGHUntUrtfOiMi tC V6N 35?\nOffiKW-263-191 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 FaKttt-TU-tftB\nEfnwtiMCi1\u00C2\u00A3inttiTSingrub(\u00C2\u00AB\n10\nUBC Reports The University of British Columbia June 2011 Helping island farmers get to market\nBy Lorraine Chan\nKim Lucas (left) and Keely Johnston (right) loved the hands-on learning in their third-year \"Land, Food and Community\" course\nMartin Dee Photograph\nArtisan cheeses from Salt Spring Island\nand Hornby Island jams sell like\nhotcakes at farmers' markets.\nBut what are the challenges and\nopportunities for B.C. Gulf Island\nfarmers and food producers to get their\ngoods to market?\nTo find out, six undergraduates from\nthe Faculty of Land and Food Systems\n(LFS) explored the nuts and bolts of\nlocal food distribution as part of their\ncommunity service learning project.\nThe student team focused on 13 Gulf\nIslands between B.C.'s mainland and\nVancouver Island, along with Cortes\nand Quadra Island.\nThe project turned out to be a major\nhighlight of their third-year \"Land,\nFood and Community\" course, say\nteam members Victoria Elliot, Amanda\nHunter, Keely Johnston, Kim Lucas,\nCatherine Montes and Brianna Stewart.\n\"Combining hands-on learning\nwith research was an amazing\nexperience,\" says Hunter, a nutritional\nsciences major. \"It gave me abetter\nunderstanding of food marketing and I\nfeel like I have an insider's view.\"\nTo gather data, the students sent out\nsurveys to more than 100 farmers this\npast winter. They received a response\nrate of 30 per cent. Results showed\nthat most ofthe farmers on B.C.'s\nGulf Islands see a need for better food\ndistribution.\nCurrently, the farmers sell their\nproducts mostly at the farm gate,\nfollowed by local farmers' markets and\nretail outlets. Their most commercially\nsuccessful products are vegetables, fruit,\neggs and bottled products such as jams\nand pickles, along with meat products\nand hay.\n\"A major theme was the desire to\nexpand upon cooperative transport and\nfood distribution networks through\ncollective efforts,\" says Lucas, a\nthird-year dietetics student.\nFor example, 79 per cent of survey\nrespondents expressed a strong\ninterest in a growers association or\nco-operatives. Other recommendations\ninclude a transport system with central\ndistribution points and warehouses,\nand a small-scale box program which\nrequires consumers to pay the farmer\na set price in the spring in exchange for\na weekly box of produce through the\nseason.\n\"Farmers are looking to sell their\nproducts more effectively, especially\nat off-island markets,\" says Lucas.\n\"However, they face major logistical\nbarriers such as cost, marketing, time,\nregulations and ferry prices.\"\nAs part of their project, the student\nteam also helped Don and Shanti\nMcDougall, owners of Mayne Island's\nDeacon Vale Farm, look further into\ntheir dream of starting a local store. The\ncouple aim to sell their own and other\nfarmers' produce as well as grocery\nitems and products such as chutneys\nand jams.\nApplying theory to real-life situations\nwas invaluable, says Stewart, who's in\nthe applied biology program. \"We got to\nhave conversations with people actually\ninvolved in the food system, outside\nofthe university context. 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I have learned\nhow to let the patients express what is\nimportant to them. I'm also better able\nto rephrase questions using simpler\nlanguage.\"\nEach year, B.C. becomes the new\nhome of approximately 2,000 refugees.\n\"Few refugees speak\nEnglish, some may\nbe suffering from\npost-traumatic\nstress disorder and\nother psychological\nconditions...\"\nThe Bridge Clinic is one of their first\nstops. Here, after an initial screening,\nthe newcomers are offered preventative\nand primary health care through the\nclinic. But due to the high costs of living,\nmany refugees move on to other parts\nof B.C. and may not return beyond their\nfirst appointment.\n\"Few refugees speak English, some\nmaybe suffering from post-traumatic\nstress disorder and other psychological\nconditions, and family physicians can\nbe reluctant to take on refugees as new\npatients,\" says second-year medical\nstudent Nancy Yao. \"I felt that if more\nmedical students have experience\ninteracting with refugees and gain a\nbetter understanding ofthe dynamics\nand issues around caring for them, they\nwould be more willing to take them on\nas patients when they become family\nphysicians.\"\nLast year, Yao founded the History\nTaking Project with New Refugee\nFamilies at UBC after learning about\nprograms in Ontario and Newfoundland\nthat sends medical students to observe\ninitial care of refugees. She approached\nnurses at the Bridge Clinic and soon\nbegan shadowing them \u00E2\u0080\u0094 and taking on\npatients herself.\n\"My first intake was with a family of\nfive,\" Yao recalls. \"The father was Iraqi\nand the mother was East Indian. They\nhad moved from Iraq to India and then\nto Canada, but only the eldest son spoke\na little English.\"\n\"I was struck by how dramatically\ntheir environments had changed and\nyet they were eager to start school,\nto get on with life and move forward\ntogether as a family,\" says Yao.\n\"It taught me how resilient people\ncan be when faced with unfathomable\nadversity.\"\nAn immigrant from China by way of\nFinland, Yao is no stranger to adapting\nto new environments and negotiating\ncultural differences. While there are\nsimilarities, Yao says providing care to\nrefugees takes on added dimensions\nfrom those of immigrants.\n\"You place higher emphasis on basic\nneeds \u00E2\u0080\u0094 food and nutrition, for example\n- as well as issues that may be unique to\nthis population \u00E2\u0080\u0094 infectious diseases,\npsychological disorders and dental\nhygiene,\" she says.\n\"I'll never forget how excited some\nkids got over the prospect of having\ntheir own free toothbrushes,\" she\nrecalls. \"For some of them, this was\nsymbolic of the better life they were\nhopefully about to embark on in this\nnew country.\"\nThe Bridge Clinic currently only\nhas capacity to take on two students\nat a time, once a week, but Yao is\nworking with two other clinics in Metro\nVancouver in hopes of expanding\nmedical student participation. Until\nthen, Yao and Brar are developing\ntraining material for their peers so they\ncan share their knowledge and insight.\n\"It's been amazing to meet some of\nthe refugees who have lived through\nsuch difficult circumstances, but yet\nare ready to start fresh with hope,\" says\nBrar.\n\"The experience has been invaluable,\"\nsays Yao. \"And I have no doubt it will\nmake me a better doctor and a better\nperson.\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nMartin Dee Photograph\n13 Turning your\ngenes on and off\nResearchers of the GECKO Project lead the first study\nof how life experiences shape who we are\nBy Heather Amos\nTom Boyce and the team of GECKO Project researchers take their lab on the road, visting families across the Lower Mainland to learn how life experiences affect our DNA\nBy decoding our DNA, the Human\nGenome Project was supposed to give\nus a tool to explain who we are as\nindividuals. We thought our genetic\ncode could tell us everything: where we\ncame from, what we looked like and our\nsusceptibility to diseases.\nThe project didn't quite live up to our\nexpectations. It succeeded in unraveling\nthree billion pieces of DNA and it found\nthat humans have 23,000 genes, but\nthose genes are far more complicated\nthan we thought.\n\"Each gene has its own dimmer\nswitch, like a light bulb dimmer,\nto regulate the amount of protein\nproduced from it,\" says Michael\nKobor, an assistant professor in the\nDepartment of Medical Genetics at\nUBC and with the Centre for Molecular\nMedicine and Therapeutics (CMMT).\n\"Genes can be turned all the way on or\nall the way off, or can be set anywhere in\nbetween.\"\nResearch has shown that genes\nget turned on or dimmed down in\npart because of a chemical reaction\ncalled methylation, where groups of\ncarbon and hydrogen atoms are added\nto the DNA within a person's cells.\nResearch has also shown that a person's\nlife experiences play a role in DNA\nmethylation, but no one knows how\nspecific experiences shape our DNA and\nwho we are as individuals.\nUBC researchers are working on\nthe first project to understand this\nconnection. The Gene Expression\nCollaborative for Kids Only or GECKO\nProject is one of a series of studies led\nby Kobor and Tom Boyce, a professor in\nthe Human Early Learning Partnership\n(HELP) and Department of Paediatrics,\nthat involve researchers across campus\n\"We're trying to find out how environmental\nand social experiences literally get under\nyour skin and stick with you for a long time.\nand from universities around the world.\nThe GECKO project focuses on\nchildren between the ages of seven\nand 11. According to Boyce, 15-20\npercent of children in any population\nis responsible for more than half of\nchildhood illnesses and more than\nhalf of paediatric health care use.\nThese children are more susceptible\nto injuries and common illnesses like\ncolds but also more susceptible to major\nbehavioural problems and mental\nhealth issues later in life. Other children\nwill have none of these problems.\n\"We're trying to understand why there\nis such great unevenness in children's\nillness experiences,\" says Boyce. \"The\ndifferences among children's life\nexperiences and risks for physical and\nmental health problems are the basis for\nthis study.\"\nThe GECKO team is recruiting\n400 children from across the Lower\nMainland for the study. The researchers\ndrive their GECKO van, or mobile\nlab, to a child's house to collect a DNA\nsample and conduct a series of tests to\nmeasure how a child responds to stress,\ntheir brain activity and development.\nMeanwhile, the child's parents are\ninterviewed for information about the\nchild's life experiences and the family's\n14\nUBC Reports The University of British Columbia June 2011 outtakes\nReflections on academic life\nA close encounter with a prince\nBy Brian Lin\nPrince Charles (far left) with Rod Fujita (left) of the Environmental Defense Fund, California\nand UBC Researchers Rashid Sumaila (centre) and Daniel Pauly (right).\nWhat is it like to have one of the most famous people in the world not only know\nyour work, but cite it in front ofthe movers and shakers in your field?\nUBC fisheries economist Rashid Sumaila knows that feeling first-hand after\nCharles, the Prince of Wales, mentioned his research on harmful government\nfisheries subsidies at a meeting with about 60 representatives from the United\nNation, the World Bank, academia and the private sector.\nSumaila was joined by fellow UBC fisheries professor Daniel Pauly and\neconomics professor emeritus Gordon Munro at a March 2010 workshop hosted by\nPrince Charles at St. James Palace. They were among only eight academics invited\nto provide feedback on Prince Charles's efforts to protect the world's oceans through\nthe Prince's Charities' International Sustainability Unit (ISU).\nOver one and a half days, the participants reviewed the ISU's Draft Consultative\nDocument, provided feedback and explored opportunities for collaboration across\nsectors. The Prince then met with subgroups and gave closing remarks.\n\"In his closing remarks he mentioned our subsidies work, saying:\nTt's really unfortunate that the world is paying $16 billion of bad subsidies a year\nto overfish, and in the process losing out on $50 billion annually in potential\neconomic benefits,'\" recalls Sumaila.\n\"Then he called us out! He said: 'Scientists in this very room made this estimate.'\"\nThen came the close encounter.\nsocioeconomic status.\nSocioeconomic status is the single\nmost powerful predictor of health, says\nBoyce. It's also known that stress and\nsocioeconomic status are closely related\nand that children who experience more\nmental and biological illness have more\nproblems with stress. These problems\noften last a lifetime and will hinder\nacademic achievement and acquisition\nof cognitive skills.\n\"We're trying to find out how\nenvironmental and social experiences\nliterally get under your skin and stick\nwith you for a long time,\" says Kobor.\nWhen the DNA is collected, it is sent\nto Kobor's lab for analysis. GECKO is\none of six projects that are part of a\n\"constellation of studies\" and Kobor's\nlab is at the centre of it all.\nKobor's team is assessing the amount\nof DNA methylation at 480,000\ndifferent sites on each person's DNA.\nWhen the project was launched about\nfour years ago, the technology was still\ndeveloping and the lab had planned to\nlook at only 1,500 sites.\n\"The technology is much more\nadvanced now,\" says Kobor. \"With\n480,000 different sites, we're covering\nnearly all human genes.\"\nThe benefit of looking at so many sites\nis that the researchers don't single out\nany specific genes to study; they'll let\nthe data tell them what is important.\n\"We're studying children's\nvulnerability at a deeper level than ever\nbefore,\" says Boyce. \"We want to know\nwhy some children experience so much\nin the way of affliction and illness, so\nthat ultimately we can develop new\ninterventions.\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nTo learn more visit:\nwww.earlylearning.ubc.ca/gecko\n\"Tell me,\" the Prince pressed,\n\"which countries are causing the biggest\nproblems? If you tell me, we'll invite them\nto the Palace and we'll have a chat.\"\nDuring subgroup discussions, Prince Charles remarked to Sumaila, Pauly and\nMunro: \"You guys are doing the subsidies work. This is really good material.\"\n\"Tell me,\" the Prince pressed, \"which countries are causing the biggest problems?\nIfyou tell me, we'll invite them to the Palace and we'll have a chat.\"\nSumaila is no stranger to rubbing shoulders with royalty.\nHe attended a similar event with Prince Albert II of Monaco in 2008.\nBut if he had to pick favourites, Sumaila says, the British prince wins out for\ndoing his homework.\n\"Both of them care a lot about the environment,\" says Sumaila.\n\"In terms of depth of knowledge, Prince Charles clearly came out ahead.\n\"He was quite humble, really open to learn and share his knowledge.\nI saw in him a great champion in helping humanity avert further depletion\nof ocean fish resources.\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n15 Mjv/- KCVt4s CKtU-.\nIt's the time in your life when you can explore horizons\nwithout timelines. Add to that financial freedom afforded\nby a smart retirement plan and your life will seem full\nof endless possibilities. 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