"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1210082"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-07-17"@en . "2001-11-01"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ubcreports/items/1.0118275/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " h\\nINSIDE\n3 Blue flu?\nResearch suggests the flu\nmay be bringing you down\n12 Taxing times\nA ubc economist has a\nVOLUME 47 | NUMBER I J | NOVEMBER I, 20OI\ntTef! Archives Serial\nu bc reports\nsuggestion for Victoria THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nleaves en masse Plant Operations staff take a tractor-pulled vacuum to a small portion ofthe several tonnes of\nleaves currently falling on campus. Crews and machinery collect some 200 tonnes of leaves and yard waste per year. It\nis taken to the south campus for composting, then eventually used on university gardens. Janet Ansellphoto\nStaff lend a helping hand to\nLower Mainland campaign\nubc's loaned United Way representatives combine\nlearning with service to contribute to wider community\nby Hilary Thomson staffwriter\nspeaking from \"the pit\" \u00E2\u0080\u0094 the\nopen area workspace at United\nWay's Burnaby headquarters \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nubc loaned representatives Pierre\nTanguay and Nancy Tiffin describe\nthe action as go, go, go in the push\nto reach the campaign goal for the\nLower Mainland of $29.8 million.\nTanguay, who has worked at\nubc for seven years in the Dept. of\nHealth, Safety and Environment\nand Tiffin, who has worked at the\nuniversity for 10 years, have been\nsupporting the campaign since\nSeptember.\nTanguay and Tiffin saw their volunteer involvement as an opportunity for service, to represent the\nuniversity, gain skills and network.\nTiffin's supervisor, Business Relations director Linda Harmon,\nsays that Tiffin's enthusiasm and\nsuccess with previous on-campus\nUnited Way campaigns made her a\ngood fit as a loaned rep.\nWayne Greene, director of\nHealth, Safety and Environment,\nsaw the loan as a unique professional development opportunity\nfor Tanguay as well as a chance to\ngive back to the community.\nFor 16 weeks, the loaned reps\nsupport fund-raising activities in\norganizations ranging from ubc\nand large companies like Costco\nand Molson's to small companies\nplanning their first campaign.\nAll 62 loaned reps are given a\nweek of training that includes time\nmanagement, presentation skills\nas well as orientation to United\nWay and its goals.\n\"You leam to think on your feet,\"\nsays Tanguay, who makes presentations that may last five minutes or an\nhour. \"And time management is crucial \u00E2\u0080\u0094 I've traveled 150 kilometres to\nvisit seven locations in one day.\"\nTiffin says she was initially challenged by learning and doing at the\nsame time but now loves what she\ndoes.\nUnibedVfey\n\"I like connecting with people\nand developing relationships,\" she\nsays. \"I've found that is what gains\nsupport among donors.\"\nAnd although all the reps are\nworking hard, there are also lots of\nsocial events and a great camaraderie, Tanguay says.\nubc's United Way campaign has\nraised more than $285,000 so far,\n72 per cent of the way toward the\ncampus goal of $395,000.\nFund-raising events continue\nthrough November. For more information, visit the Web site at\nwww.unitedway.ubc.ca.\nWeb tools aimed\nat easing tasks\nGoal to streamline\nprocedures so faculty can\nfocus on teaching, research\nubc faculty and staff will be\nable to access a wide range of Web-\nbased administrative tools via an\ne-business portal by April next year.\nThe initiative is a key component in an e-business plan\ndesigned to simplify administrative procedures so that faculty can\nspend more time on teaching and\nresearch and staff can devote more\ntime to direct assistance and\nsupport, says Ted Dodds, associate\nvice-president. Information Technology.\nThe service, to be developed by\nubc's ITServices, will include tools\nfor tasks ranging from reconciling\ntravel expenses to applying for research grants.\n\"We're currently working on the\nscope of services that are to be deployed,\" says Dodds.\nDeveloping more personally-\noriented student and faculty Web\nservices to improve the learning\nenvironment is among the strategies outlined in Trek 2000, the university's vision document.\nA portal called Mvubc was\nlaunched in September to provide\nstudents with access to registration\ninformation, academic records,\ncourse information, schedules, and\ne-mail accounts.\nThe portal project's technological challenges are not necessarily\nthe biggest ones, says Dodds.\n\"The single biggest issue is getting everyone involved and committed to changing the way they\ndo business,\" he says.\nDevelopment follows an extensive series of meetings and focus\ngroups with representatives from\nacross campus. The first town hall\nmeeting was held in June. Another\nis planned for January.\nTo date, more than 250 faculty\nand staff, including, deans, vice-presidents and department heads have\nhelped develop a draft vision document for administration at ubc\nA working committee of the\nmanagers of the university's key\nadministrative systems has\nexchanged information and ideas\non how departments can work together to ensure that administrative systems and processes deliver\nthe best value and service.\nA draft document that outlines\nthe guiding principles for ubc's e-\nbusiness plan is available at\nSee Web tools page 2\nMusic 101 tunes up\nfor Eastside audience\nInitiative follows on\nsuccess of humanities and\nscience programs\nby Michelle Cook staffwriter\nbreaking down the high-brow\nimage of classical music and bridging the gap between audiences and\nperformers are the key goals of a\nnew music appreciation class\noffered by ubc's Learning Exchange to members of the Downtown Eastside community.\n\"There's a perception that classical music is inaccessible,\" says\nKaren Lee Morlang, artistic director ofthe Learning Exchange's music program. \"We want to help students get involved with the music\nand what goes into performing it,\nand not feel intimidated.\"\nMusic Appreciation 101 offers\nmembers of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside/Strathcona community the opportunity to take a\n12-week journey through the world\nof music, says Learning Exchange\nprogram development intern\nShayne Tryon.\nThe course, co-ordinated by the\nLearning Exchange and taught by\nfaculty and students from the\nSchool of Music, aims to give adult\nstudents the chance to develop\ntheir knowledge of music at the\nlevel of an introductory university\ncourse. The first six-week semester\nincludes lectures, listening assignments and live performances,\nincluding concerts at the Chan\nCentre.\nThe pilot project is modeled on\nHumanities 101 and Science 101,\nSee Music page 2 C REPORTS | NOVEMBER I , 2001\nMusic\nContinued from page 1\ntwo ubc non-credit programs already offered in the area.\nLike those programs, Music Appreciation 101 will be free of charge,\nand bus fare, child care, and meals\nwill be provided to students. Participants will also be issued a ubc\nlibrary card.\nTryon says organizers had no\ntrouble attracting participants to\nstudy music. With 30 students\nsigned up, the first class is full.\nPeople's enthusiasm for music,\nTryon says, shows that it is a universal language.\n\"It doesn't matter how old or\nyoung you are, where you're from,\nor how much money you have, music transcends barriers.\"\nMusic Appreciation 101's pilot\nhas been funded by a grant from\nthe ams Innovative Projects Fund,\njointly operated by the Alma\nMater Society and the university.\nThe Learning Exchange is part\nofthe commitment to community\noutreach found in Trek 2000, the\nuniversity's vision statement.\nIt aims to offer ubc's resources\nand expertise to the Downtown\nEastside community, to provide\neducational opportunities to people who live and work in the neighbourhood, and to give ubc students first-hand volunteer experience in community organizations.\nSince it opened a year ago, the\nexchange's volunteer program has\nmore than doubled with 80 students now participating. Working\nin 17 non-profit organizations in\nthe downtown area, student activities range from literacy tutoring\nto supporting hot lunch, recreation and hospice programs.\nPedestrian-friendly\narea proposals goal\nMORE INFORMATION\nCall 604-408-5164 or visit\nwww.learningexchange.ubc.ca.\nWeb tools\nContinued from page 1\nwww.e-strategy.ubc.ca.\nComments or questions are welcome and can be e-mailed to Emma\nMacEntee at emma@exchange.\nubc.ca.\nBerkowitz & Associates\nConsulting Inc.\nStatistical Consulting\nresearch design \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 data analysis \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 sampling \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 forecasting\n-^\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094^ Jonathan Berkowitz, Ph.D ^-^\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n4160 Staulo Crescent, Vancouver, B.C., V6N 3S2\nOffice: (604) 263-1508 Fax: (604) 263-1708\nTask force to report on\nimproving university's\n'front door' entranceway\nTHE AREA CURRENTLY Occupied\nby the bus loop and the Aquatic\nCentre's outdoor pool is the heart\nof the university according to a\ndraft plan which calls for the area\nto be re-developed into a pedestrian-oriented area.\nIn a tentative proposal currently under consideration, one option\nsuggests relocating both the bus\nloop and the outdoor pool to create a better transitional space into\nthe university as part of the draft\nUniversity Boulevard Neighbourhood Plan. The plan includes commercial, institutional and residential space for faculty, staff and students.\n\"It's currently a very high traffic\narea and the intent is to try and relieve congestion where the roads\nintersect and put the emphasis on\npedestrian use,\" says Fred Pritchard, planning director in Campus\nPlanning and Development.\nAt this stage all proposals are\ntentative and there is no construction scheduled to begin any time\nsoon, says Pritchard.\nAs part ofthe planning process,\na task force, led by former board of\ngovernors chair Harold Kalke, is\ncurrently reviewing the development of the university's main entrance at the intersection of\nmad more than\nwe re a studio space\nwere a swaio space \u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0H m m an U-\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 multimedia\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 photography\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 videoconferencing\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 television production\nEducational New Media\nPlanning \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Management \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Creative\nlelestudto,\nwww. telestudios. ubc. ca\nWesbrook Mall and University\nBoulevard. It is expected to report\nits findings early next year. The\nUniversity Boulevard Neighbourhood draft plan is on hold until\nthen.\nAny proposed changes to the\nbus loop would also be subject to\nagreement with Translink, Pritchard adds. At the same time, planners are aware that the pool, in its\ncurrent location, adds a distinct\ncharacter to the area and any move\nmust be seriously considered.\nThe University Boulevard area\nwas one of eight identified in the\nuniversity's Official Community\nPlan \u00E2\u0080\u0094 a legal document adopted\nby ubc in 1997 to guide the university's institutional and non-institutional land developments, following extensive community consultation.\nA public meeting on the neighbourhood plans currently under\nconsideration, including the University Boulevard area, was held\nearlier this fall.\nmore information\nFor more information on the\nOfficial Community Plan and\nNeighbourhood Plans visit\nwww.cpd. ubc. ca/campjplan/\nlanduse.html\nPlease recycle\nubc reports\nPublished twice monthly\n(monthly in December, May,\nJune, July and August) by:\nUBC Public Affairs Office\n310 - 6251 Cecil Green Park Road\nVancouver BC, v6t izi.\nTel: 604-UBC-info (604-822-4636)\nFax: 604-822-2684\nWebsite: www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca\nubc Reports welcomes the submission of letters and opinion\npieces. 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Submit letters to\nthe ubc Public Affairs Office (address above); by fax to 822-2684;\nor by e-mail tojanet.ansell@ubc.ca\nDIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS\nScott Macrae\n(scott.macrae@u bc.ca)\nEDITOR/PRODUCT ION\nJanet Ansell\n(Janet. ansell@u bc.ca)\nCONTRIBUTORS\nMichelle Cook\n(michelle.cook@u bc.ca)\nHilary Thomson\n(hilary.thomson@ubc.ca)\nDon Wells\n(don. wells@u bc.ca)\nCALENDAR\nNatalie Lisik\n(natalie.lisik@ubc.ca)\nPUBLICATIONS MAIL\nAGREEMENT NUMBER 1689851\nWax - it\nHistology Services\nProviding Plastic and Wax sections for the research community\nGeorge Spurr RT, RLAT\" Kevin Gibbon ART FIBMS\nPhone (604)822-1595 Phone (604)856-7370\nE-mail gspurr@interchange.ubc.ca E-mail gibbowax@telus.net\nlillp://\vww.\u00C2\u00AB';ix-il.org\nBring your UBC event\nto Green College.\nubc's renowned\nculinary oasis.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 From meetings and lunches to the most elaborate gala\ndinners for up to 160 of your guests.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 From faculty retreats to retirement celebrations.\nLet Green College sculpt an occasion to match your\ndesires and budget in our beautiful setting atop the Point\nGrey cliffs.\nOr come for a casual dinner in our Great Hall, Sunday to\nThursday, 6:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.\nRoom bookings and catering 604-822-1878\nGreat Hall dinner reservations 604-822-0912\ngcdining@interchange.ubc.ca\nwww.greencollege. ubc.ca UBC REPORTS | NOVEMBER I, 2001 | 3\nPsychiatry Asst. Prof. Cai Song's research explores the link between the\nimmune system and the brain. A pioneer in the field of psychoneuro-\nimmunology, her two-fold goal is to find drugs or natural nutrition sources\nthat would nourish the immune system and develop better treatments for\ndepression. Hilary Thomson photo\nCommunity welcome\nto attend Nov. 11 service\nResearcher probes link\nbetween flu, depression\nThe work of a pioneering ubc psychiatrist suggests\nfeeling blue might not be all in your head\nby Hilary Thomson staffwriter\nCAN A BOUT OF FLU TRIGGER an\nepisode of depression? ubc Psychiatry Asst. Prof. Cai Song thinks so.\nShe has spent the last 12 years\nlooking at the interactions between the brain and the immune\nsystem.\n\"These are two very complicated systems,\" she says. \"It's very\ndifficult for scientists to link them\ntogether. Psychiatrists and immu-\nnologists usually don't talk.\"\nSong, a faculty member since\n1999, is particularly interested in\nthe relationship between immune\ndisorders and depression.\n\"Anti-depressants have been\nused for half a century but they are\neffective only about 60 per cent of\nthe time and many patients cannot be completely cured,\" she says.\n\"There must be a better way. We\nneed a revolution.\"\nHer goal is to find drugs or natural nutrition sources that would\nnourish the immune system without negative side effects and to\ndevelop better treatment for depression.\nSong has a medical degree in\nChinese medicine that informs her\nholistic approach to health and a\nPhD in Neuropharmacology with a\nfocus on Neuroimmunology. She\nexamines both the microbiological\nand behavioural links between the\nnervous and immune systems.\nThe discipline, called psychone-\nuroimmunology, was not well researched until the last decade, she\nsays. She co-authored the first text\never to explore the area.\nHer research has shown that\ndepressed patients show abnormalities in their immune system\nand, conversely, that alterations in\nthe immune system can trigger\nchemical changes in the brain that\nresult in depression, anxiety and\nimpaired memory.\nFor example, cancer patients\nwho receive treatments to boost\ntheir immune system can experience mental disturbances and develop depression. Traumatic events\nand illnesses that disturb the\nimmune system may also have a\nnegative effect on the chemical balance needed to keep the brain functioning normally.\nIn addition, anti-depressants\nmay be helpful when the immune\nsystem is hyper-activated because\nof autoimmune disorders. These\ninclude multiple sclerosis, lupus,\npsoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis.\nSong emphasizes that not all\npsychiatric illnesses are related to\nimmune disorders, however, ignoring the links can be dangerous.\nMany anti-depressants have severe\nside effects and are toxic to the immune system\u00E2\u0080\u0094the patient's psychiatric health may improve but\ntheir overall health may decline as\ntreatment continues.\nAlso, when patients with painful\nimmune diseases such as lupus report symptoms of depression, physicians often believe the depression is connected to the pain, she\nsays. Song argues that the depression is actually caused by chemical\nchanges in the brain triggered by\nthe distressed immune system.\nHer research in Alzheimer's patients shows immune changes that\ndiffered from normal aging.\nShe suspects the disease may be\nrelated to an autoimmune disorder caused by aging ofthe thymus\ngland which plays an important\nrole in the development of immune responsiveness. The finding\ncould lead to new therapy options\nfor Alzheimer's patients, she says.\nIn July, Song received a Canadian\nInstitutes of Health Research grant\nto further her investigations of the\nbrain and immune systems in depression and Alzheimer's disease.\nCeremony held in gym\nbuilt 50 years ago to\ncommemorate war dead\nfor the 50TH time since it\nopened in 1951, War Memorial\nGymnasium will be the setting for\nubc's annual Remembrance Day\nServices on Nov. 11.\nServices begin at 10:45 a-m- All\nmembers of the community are\ninvited to attend the memorial\nwhich commemorates the sacrifices of Canadians who have participated in wars over the last century.\nMore than 50 years ago, students and alumni collected nearly\none million dollars from colleagues, the provincial government, the Board of Governors, and\nmembers of the community to\nbuild the campus landmark as a\nmemorial to British Columbia's\nwar dead.\nMounted in the entranceway\nare plaques with the names of ubc\nstudents who lost their lives in the\ntwo world wars.\n\"I think that recent events have\nheightened people's sensitivity to\nthe impact of war,\" says Ceremonies manager Eilis Courtney, who\nhas been part of the organizing\nteam for the past 10 Remembrance\nDay services.\n\"That sensitivity, coupled with\nthis being the 50th anniversary of\nWar Memorial Gym, could result\nin a record turnout this year.\"\nAttendance, including the numbers of students and families, has\nMemorial wall, War Memorial Gym\nsteadily increased in past years.\nThis year's ceremony features an\naddress by Mechanical Engineering Prof. Emerita Martha Salcudean who as a child lived through\nthe Second World War in eastern\nEurope. Other participants include: Vancouver Quadra member\nof Parliament Stephen Owen; Dennis Pavlich, vice-president, External and Legal Affairs; Gabriel Mer-\nanda, executive director, Hillel\nHouse; and Erfan Kazemi, Alma\nMater Society president.\nDuring the First World War,\nwhen annual enrolment averaged\n600, 697 ubc students saw active\nmilitary service\u00E2\u0080\u009478 were killed. In\nthe Second World War, 1,680 students enlisted\u00E2\u0080\u0094169 were killed.\nSunday, Nov. n\nWar Memorial Gymnasium\n6081 University Blvd. Enter at\nGate 1 off Wesbrook Mall.\n10:45 am\nParking is available in the\nNorth Parkade. Enter at Gate 2 off\nWesbrook Mall.\nDowntown course aims to\ntighten Internet security net\nStudents learn to target threats ranging from viruses to\ntheft in course moving soon to ubc at Robson Square\nby Don Wells staffwriter\nAN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM offered\nby Continuing Studies aims to arm\nwired companies with solutions\nto a growing problem\u00E2\u0080\u0094Internet\nhackers.\n\"It's surprising how many companies don't see the value of an investment in systems security,\" says\nprogram director Chuck Wilmink.\n\"Once they've been hacked,\nthough, they get it.\"\nThe Certificate Program in Internet and Technology Security is\nWestern Canada's only comprehensive course on how to protect\nelectronic systems from everything from unauthorized use by\nemployees to virus protection and\nlarge-scale electronic theft.\nIt is among the programs that\nwill soon be offered at ubc's new\nRobson Square campus. The campus offiicially opens later this\nmonth\n\"We need to be downtown so\nthat we can wake up the business\ncommunity to how serious a\nproblem this is,\" says Wilmink, a\nubc mathematics alumnus with\nalmost 15 years of experience in\nthe security industry.\nIn the United States alone, the\nfbi estimates some 809,000 credit\ncards were stolen over the Web in\nthe first quarter of 2000.\nThe first class of 17 students\nbegan the 10-month course in February and another group of 15\nstarted this fall.\nThe course requires only mid-\nlevel computer knowledge as the\nfocus is on theoretical training\nthat teaches students what they\nneed to be aware of in order to\nmake systems secure..\nStudents include information\ntechnology managers, systems administrators, auditors or corporate\nsecurity managers whose jobs now\ninclude systems security.\nApproximately a third are sponsored by their employers. Others\nsee it as a way of maintaining a\ncompetitive edge in the it job market, Wilmink says, while a handful\nare police officers contemplating\nnew careers in technology security.\nThe program is a joint venture\nProgram director Chuck Wilmink\nbetween Continuing Studies, the\nJustice Institute of B.C. and the Canadian Centre for Information\nTechnology Security.\nmore information\nAn information session on the\nInternet and Technology Security\ncertificate program will be held Nov.\n6 at 6:30 p.m. at ubc at Robson\nSquare (800 Robson St.) To reserve a\nspace at the session, call 604-822-\n1420. For more information on ubc\nat Robson Square programs, visit\nwww.robsonsquare.ubc.ca\nUBC at Robson Square\nOfficial Opening\nNov. 30\nOpen House that day and Dec. 1\nfeatures ubc speakers, exhibits\nand demonstrations. UBC REPORTS\nNOVEMBER I.\nSUNDAY, NOV. 4\nLecture\nPolitics And Islam: Reflections.\nFarouk Mitha, uvic. moa at 2 pm. Free\nwith admission. Call 604-822-5950.\nConcert\nEmanuel Ax And Yefim Bronfman.\nChan Centre at 3pm $36-84. Call\n604-822-2697.\nMONDAY, NOV. 5\nFlu Vaccine Clinic\nFaculty And Staff Flu Vaccine, ubc\nHosp., Koerner Pavilion M-496 from\nioam-3pm. $20 cash. Call\n604-822-7011.\nConcert\nString Chamber Ensembles. Music\nRecital Hall from i2noon-ipm. Call\n604-822-5574 or 604-822-0182.\nApplied Mathematics Seminar\nAn Enskog Equation For Inelastic\nParticle Dynamics: Energy Dissipation And Diffusive Equilibria. Prof.\nReinhard Illner, Mathematics and\nStatistics, u of Victoria. Klinck 301\nfrom 3-4pm. Call 604-822-4584.\nEarth And Ocean Sciences Seminar\nContaminants, Effluents, dna Damage And Salmon. Michael Easton,\nInternational EcoGen Inc. BioSciences 1465 from 3:30-4:3opm. Call\n604-822-5406.\nLecture\nArmadillo Networks. Richard Bab-\ncock, President, Armadillo Networks,\nInc. cicsr/cs 208 from 4-5pm. Refreshments. Call 604-837-2269.\nForestry Lecture\nWould You Know A Socially Sustainable Forest If You Saw One? Assoc.\nProf. Stephen Sheppard, Forest Resources Management, Landscape\nArchitecture. ForSciences Centre 1005\nfrom 5-6:i5pm. Call 604-822-6316.\nGreen College Speaker Series\nModels Of Knowledge In A Disciplinary World: Research, Rhetoric, Soc-\nratism. Ian Angus, Humanities, sfu.\nGreen College at 5pm. Reception,\nCoach House from 6-6:3opm. Call\n604-822-1878.\nIndividual Interdisciplinary Studies\nGraduate Program\nHealth Promotion: The Ultimate\nInterdisciplinary Adventure. Jim\nFrankish, Health Promotion Research. Green College at 5pm. Call\n604-822-1878.\nDouglas McK. Brown Lecture\nThe Role OfThe Courts In Contemporary Society. Prof. Allan McEachern. Curtis 101/102/201 from\n5:30-6:3opm. Reception to follow. Call\n604-822-6335.\nContinuing Studies Lecture\nSeries Critical Thinking In Practice.\nAnne Harland. Carr Hall from 7-9pm.\n$60. Call 604-822-1444.\nGreen College Writer-ln-Residence\nPoetry Reading. Ryan Knighten, poet,\neditor, Capilano Review. Green College\nat 8pm. Call 604-822-1878.\nTHURSDAY, NOV. 8\nConcert\nUniversity Singers. Chan Centre at\ni2noon. Call 604-822-5574.\ncalendar\nNOVEMBER 4 THROUGH NOVEMBER \ J\nThematic Lecture\nIntuition, Playfulness And The Roots\nOf Musical Creativity. Jeanne Bamberger, Music and Theater Arts, mit.\nGreen College at 5pm. Call\n604-822-1878.\nMember Speaker Series\nGlobalization And Fairness In Labour\nMarkets. Charlottajull. Green College\nat 7:45pm. Call 604-822-1878.\nTUESDAY, NOV. 6\nWomen's Studies And\nGender Relations Lecture\ntba. Centre for Research in Women's\nStudies and Gender Relations from\ni2noon-ipm. Call 604-822-9171.\nGreen College Special Lecture\nWriting For Children And Young\nAdults \u00E2\u0080\u0094 A Multi-Genre Perspective.\nVarious speakers. Green College at\ni2noon. (No outside food or beverages\nplease.) Call 604-822-1878.\nSeminar\nEnzymatic Properties Of Hepatits c\nVirus NS3-NS4A . Francois Jean,\nMicrobiology. Wesbrook 100 from\ni2:30-i:3opm. Call 604-822-3308.\nMcDowell Lecture In Chemistry\nDevelopment Of Molecular Surface\nScience: From Platinum To Biopoly-\nmers. Prof. Gabor A. Somorjai, u of\nCalifornia. Chemistry B-250 from\ni2:45-i:45pm. Refreshments at\n12:30pm. Call 604-822-3341.\nBotany Seminar\nCompositional Changes Of Monoter-\npene Enantiomers In Response To\nFungal Inoculation In Scots Pine.\nJenny Faldt. BioSciences 2000 at\n12:30pm. Call 604-822-2133.\nContinuing Studies Lecture\nChina At War. Diana Lary, History.\nVancouver Public Library (downtown). Peter Kaye Room from 2-\n3:30pm. $50. Call 604-822-1444.\nWEDNESDAY, NOV. 7\nOrthopedic Grand Rounds\nFive Minutes - Five Slides (Sports\nArthroscopy). Various speakers, vgh,\nEye Care Centre Aud. from 7-8am.\nCall 604-875-4192.\nContinuing Studies Lecture\nReconstructing Machiavelli. Prof.\nStefania Ciccone. Vancouver Public-\nLibrary (downtown), Peter Kaye\nRoom from io-n:30am. $50. Call 604-\n822-1444.\nPhysics Colloquium\ncupc Presentations. Various undergraduates. Hennings 318 at i2noon.\nRefreshments. Call 604-822-3116.\nConcert\nBritten, Mozart, David. Beth Orson,\noboe, Karen Gerbrecht, violin, Josh\nGreenlaw, viola, Zoltan Rozsnyai, cello. Music Recital Hall from i2noon-\nlpm. $4. Call 604-822-5574.\nLecture\nReporting On Environmental Issues\nIn Puget Sound/Georgia Basin. Joel\nConnelly, Seattle Post Intelligencer,\nLarry Pynn, Vancouver Sun. R.H. Anderson, moderator, Beilingham Office\nfor Congressman Rick Larsen. Buchanan D-233 from i2noon-ipm. Call\n604-822-6700.\nLecture\nPlants For Fall And Winter Interest.\nDavid Tarrant, Judy Newton. Botanical Garden from i2noon-ipm. $5. Call\n604-822-3928.\nObstetrics And Gynecology Seminar\nRegulation Of Apoptosis In Unusual\nAnd Neoplastic Cells. Dr. Qiang Feng.\nbc Women's Hospital 2N35 from 2-\n3pm. Call 604-875-3108.\nApplied Ethics Colloquium\nTheory, Justice, And Private Access To\nAdult Genetic Testing. Bryn Williams-\nJones, Hennings 304 from 2-4pm. Call\n604-822-8625.\nEarth And Ocean\nSciences Colloquium\nThe Visible Geophysical Bathtub. Richard Pawlowicz. GeoSciences 330-A\nfrom i2noon-ipm. Call 604-822-5406.\nPhysics Colloquium\nSteve Olsen, u of Hawaii. Hennings\n201 at 4pm. Call 604-822-3853.\nComparative Literature\nSearch Engines: Metamedia On The\nInternet. Hartmut Winkler, u Pader-\nborn. Green College at 5pm. Call 604-\n822-1878.\nScience And Society\nSymbiosis And Microbial Evolution:\nConfronting Neo-Darwinism.Jan\nSapp, u du Quebec. Green College at\n7:30pm. Call 604-822-1878.\nFRIDAY, NOV. 9\nConference\nEvolving Evidence And Continuing\nControversies In Carbohydrate Nutrition. Prof. Johanna Dwyer, New England Medical Center; Louise Burke,\nAustralian Institute of Sport. Coast\nPlaza Suite Hotel at Stanley Park, 1763\nComox from 8am-5pm. Continues to\nNov. 10. $250; $75, students. To register, visit www.geocities.com/uBcin-\nterprof. E-mail interprof@cehs.ubc.ca.\nCall 604-822-0054.\nSeminar\nThe Gulf Of Maine Biogeographical\nInformation System. Vardis Tsontos,\nBiological Sciences, u of Southern California. Hut B-8, Ralf Yorque Room from\nnam-i2:3opm. Call 604-822-2731.\nOccupational And\nEnvironmental Hygiene Seminar\nReducing Engine Exhaust Emissions\nBy Design. Prof. Robert Evans,\nMechanical Engineering. BioSciences\n2321 from i2:30-i:3opm. Call\n604-822-9861.\nConservation Biology Seminar\nEcology And Management Of Sock-\neye Salmon. Asit Mazumder, u of Victoria. ForSciences 1221 from 2-3pm.\nCall 604-822-9695 or 604-822-6586.\nGeography Colloquium\nTowards A Feminist Geopolitics (11).\nJennifer Hyndman, sfu. Geography\n212 from 3-4pm. Refreshments. Call\n604-822-2663.\nConcert\nUniversity Singers. Chan Centre from\n8-9:30pm. Call 604-822-5574.\nSATURDAY, NOV. IO\nChalmers Institute\nLevel 11 Computer Especially For Older Adults. Rev. Gordon Laird, vst.\nTaylor Centre from 9am-4pm. $50\nadult; $45 group; $28 senior. To register, visit www.vst.edu. Call\n604-822-9815.\nSacred Music Festival\nVarious Artists. St. Andrew's Wesley\nChurch, 1012 Nelson from l-iopm. Continues Nov. 11 at Temple Sholom Synagogue, 7190 Oak St.; Nov. 12 at First\nNations Longhouse. For tickets call the\nFestival Office 604-732-6632, Banyen\nBooks and Sound 604-737-8858, or\nHighlife Records 604-251-6964.\nSUNDAY, NOV. II\nRemembrance Day Ceremony\nProf. Emeritus Martha Salcudean;\nStephen Owen, MP; Dennis Pavlich,\nvice-president, External and Legal\nAffairs; Gabriel Meranda, Hillel\nHouse; Erfan Kazemi, ams president.\nWar Memorial Gym at 10:45am. Call\n604-822-4636.\nTUESDAY, NOV. 13\nSeminar\nFunctional Genomic Studies Of Helicobacter Pylori: From Pathogenesis\nTo Therapeutics. Paul Hoffman, Dalhousie u. Wesbrook 100 from 12:30-\n1:30pm. Call 604-822-3308.\nBotany Seminar\nComparative Chloroplast Genomics:\nPhylogenetics Based On Gene Order\nData. Linda Raubeson, Biological Sciences, Central Washington u. BioSciences 2000 at 12:30pm. Call\n604-822-2133.\nXerox Lecture In Chemistry\nStructure and Dynamics Of Gadolinium (in) Complexes For mri. Randall\nLauffer, epix Medicals. Chemistry B-\n250 from i2:45-i:45pm. Refreshments\nat 12:30pm. Call 604-822-3341.\nProgramme In Intercultural\nStudies In Asia Seminar\nStatus Of Women's Self-Employment\nIn Bangladesh - Socio-Economic Aspects. Rebeka Khan, Centre for India\nand South Asia Research, ck Choi 120\nfrom i-2pm. Call 604-822-4688.\nStatistics Seminar\nNew Statistical Challenges In Multimedia Databases. Prof. Nando de Freitas,\nComputer Science. Klinck 301 from 4-\n5:30pm. Refreshments (please bring\nyour own mug). Call 604-822-0570.\nGreen College Speaker Series\nGlasgow 1764: The Birth Of Modernity. Paul Wood, uvic. Green College at\n5pm. Reception, Coach House from 6-\n6:30pm. Call 604-822-1878.\nWEDNESDAY, NOV. 14\nOrthopedic Grand Rounds\nSmall Joint Arthroscopy OfThe Wrist\nAnd Hand. Dr. Peter T. Gropper, Dr.\nBert H. Perey, Dr. Donna E. Smith.\nvgh, Eye Care Centre Aud. from 7-\n8am. Call 604-875-4192.\nConcert\nMike Allen Jazz Trio. Music Recital\nHall from i2noon-ipm. $4. Call\n604-822-5574.\nLecture\nForest Management In Washington/\nBritish Columbia. Linda Coady, Weyerhaeuser Canada; Cassie Phillips,\nWeyerhaeuser, Washington State.\nBuchanan D-233 from i2noon-ipm.\nCall 604-822-6700.\nFlu Vaccine Clinic\nFaculty And Staff Flu Vaccine, ubc\nHosp., Koerner Pavilion M-496 from\ni2:30-3:3opm. $20 cash. Call 604-822-\n7011.\nLaw And Society Midday Lecture\nThe Persistent Myth Of Conclusive\nProof. Steve Wexler. Green College at\n12:30pm. (No outside food or beverage\nplease.) Call 604-822-1878.\nObstetrics And Gynecology Seminar\nInflammation In Pregnancy. Akiko\nFuchisawa. bc Women's Hospital\n2N35 from 2-3pm. Call 604-875-3108.\nAsian Research Seminar\nTwo Faces Of Korean Nationalism\nAnd South Korean Democracy. Yun-\nshik Chang, Anthropology and Sociology, ck Choi 120 from 4:30-6pm.\nRefreshments. Call 604-822-4688.\nPhysics Colloquium\nTopological Censorship. Kristen Sch-\nleich. Henning 318 at 5pm. Refreshments. Call 604-822-3116.\nSenate Meeting\nRegular Meeting OfThe Senate, ubc's\nAcademic Parliament. Curtis 102 from\n7-g:30pm. Call 604-822-2951.\nTHURSDAY, NOV. 15\nBoard Of Governors Meeting\nOpen Session begins at 8am. oab\nBoard and Senate room. Fifteen tickets are available on a first-come, first-\nserved basis on application to the\nBoard Secretary at least 24 hours before each meeting. To confirm date\nand time, check under Board Announcements at www.bog.ubc.ca prior to the meeting. Call 604-822-2127.\nChinese Research Seminar\nTemple Festivals In Rural North China: Baoding, Hebei: A Preliminary\nReport With Photo Display. Daniel L.\nOvermyer. ck Choi 120 from 12:30-\n2pm. Call 604-822-4688.\nComputer Science\nInvited Speaker Seminar\nDynamically Detecting Relevant Program Invariants. David Notkin, u of\nCALENDAR POLICY AND DEADLINES\nThe ubc Reports Calendar lists university-related or university-sponsored events\non campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland. Calendar items must\nbe submitted on forms available from the ubc Public Affairs Office, 310 - 6251\nCecil Green Park Road, Vancouver BC, v6t izi. Phone: 604-UBC-info (604-822-\n4636). Fax: 604-822-2684. An electronic form is available at www.\npublicaffairs.ubc.ca. Please limit to 35 words. Submissions for the Calendar's\nNotices section may be limited due to space. Deadline for the Nov. 15 issue of\nuse Reports\u00E2\u0080\u0094which covers the period Nov. 18 to Dec. 1 \u00E2\u0080\u0094is noon, Nov. 5. UBC REPORTS | NOVEMBER I, 2.0 00\nA pungent pile of one day's garbage from sub provides the backdrop for John Martin\nand Gillian Allan of ubc's Waste Management office. The awareness-raising display at\nsub 's south plaza showed some ofthe 4,536 tonnes of waste generated at ubc annually\nwith food waste accounting for about 35 per cent. Containers account for up to 40 per\ncent of waste at food outlets so using personal coffee mugs and containers earns a\ndiscount at most campus eateries. For more information on ubc's recycling programs\nVisit WWW.recyde.ubc.Ca. Hilary Thomson photo\nWashington, cicsr/cs 208 from 4-\n5:30pm. Refreshments. Call\n604-822-0557.\nPhysics Colloquium\nStephen Morris, u of Toronto. Hennings 201 at 4pm Call 604-822-3853.\nMedieval And Renaissance\nTrial By Combat: Law, Chivalry, Theology And Spectacle. Eric Jager, English, u of California. Green College at\n4:30pm. Call 604-822-1878.\nFRIDAY, NOV. l6\nHealth Care And\nEpidemiology Grand Rounds\nSocial Status And Prescribing Of\nAsthma Medications. Larry Lynd.\nMather 253 from 9-ioam. Call\n604-822-2772.\nPublic Seminar\nSpatial Simulations Of Hong Kong's\nMarine Ecosystem. Eny Buchary,\nFisheries Centre. Hut B-8, Ralf Yorque\nRoom from nam-i2:3opm. Call\n604-822-2731.\nConcert\nubc Jazz Ensemble. Music Recital\nHall from i2noon-ipm. Call\n604-822-5574.\nOccupational And\nEnvironmental Hygiene Seminar\nEconomics And The Environment.\nProf. William Rees, Community and\nRegional Planning, BioSciences 2321\nfrom i2:30-i:30pm. Call 604-822-9861.\nGeography Colloquium\nThe Status Of Drainage Basin Studies\nIn Geomorphology. Olav Slaymaker.\nGeography 212 from 3-4pm. Refreshments. Call 604-822-2663.\nConcert\nMartin Berinbaum, trumpet; West\nCoast Symphony. Chan Centre from\n7:309pm. Call 604-822-5574.\nConcert\nInstrumental Collegium Musicum.\nMusic Gessler Hall from 8-9pm. Call\n604-822-5574.\nSATURDAY, NOV. 17\nWomen's Self-Defence Training\nRape Aggression Defense (had).\nConst. Trish Gagne, rcmp; Tom Clax\nton, Campus Security, sub second\nfloor from ioam-6pm. Continues to\nNov. 18. $20, faculty/staff; $10, students; $50, public. To register, e-mail\ntclaxton@security.ubc.ca. Call\n604-822-0211.\nConcert\nubc Symphonic Wind Ensemble.\nChan Centre from 7:30-9pm. Call\n604-822-5574.\nNOTICES\nSTAR Breast Cancer\nPrevention Study\nVolunteers are needed to participate\nin a breast cancer prevention trial\nbeing conducted at ubc Hospital.\nTwo drugs, Raloxifene (Evista) and\ntamoxifen, are being studied to see\nwhich works better at preventing\nbreast cancer. Women must be postmenopausal and have an increased\nrisk for developing breast cancer. Interested women should call Lynn or\nJanet at 604-822-7997.\nResearchers\nubc student wants to participate in\nresearch projects. Is experienced in\ndata management and analysis. E-\nmail gatench@interchange.ubc.ca.\nUBC Research\nBoys between seven and nine (with or\nwithout adhd) and their mothers are\nneeded for a study. Mothers receive\n$20 and children get a ubc t-shirt. If\ninterested, please call 604-822-9037.\nUBC Zen Society\nZazen (sitting meditation) each Tuesday at the Asian Centre Tea Gallery\nfrom i-i:5opm while classes are in\nsession. Call 604-822-2573.\nMorris And Helen Belkin Art Gallery\nConceptions: The Conceptual Document 1968-1972. From Sierra Maestra\nTo La Habana: The Drawings Of Cha-\ngo. Continues to Dec. 2. Tuesday to\nFriday from ioam-5pm, Saturday\ni2noon-5pm, Sunday i2noon-5pm.\n(Closed Mondays; holidays). Call 604-\n822-2759.\nSexuality Study\nResearchers at the Dept. of Psychology and Division of Sexual Medicine\nare conducting a study examining\nsexual functioning in women receiv\ning estrogen replacement therapy.\nBoth sexually healthy women, as well\nas women who have recently experienced a change in their orgasmic\nfunctioning are welcome. For further\ninformation, please contact 604-822-\n2952. Your confidentiality will be assured. All participants will receive an\nhonorarium for their participation.\nParticipants Wanted\nWould you like to share your story\nabout your experience with health\ncare professionals? We are conducting a study of patient perceptions\nabout helpful and unhelpful communications in fibromyalgia. In order to\nlearn more about what makes communication effective, we are asking\nindividuals who have had fibromyalgia for at least five years to participate\nin our study. Participation will involve\none or two interviews in a location\nconvenient to you, and possibly a focus group interview at a later time.\nThe interviews usually take about an\nhour. All information will be kept\nconfidential. Ifyou would like more\ninformation about the study, please e-\nmail andrea_con@hotmail.com or\ncall Andrea Con, project coordinator\n604-822-8070.\nParticipants Needed\nParents and adolescents are invited to\nparticipate together in research that\naddresses how parents and adolescents talk about the youth's future. If\nyour family faces challenges such as\nunemployment or illness, call to participate 604-822-4919.\nResearch Project Volunteers Needed\nStress And Coping In Female Clerical\nWorkers. Educational and Counseling\nPsychology, and Special Education is\nseeking female clerical workers to\nparticipate in study on stress and\ncoping. If experiencing workplace\ndistress/frustration, we would like to\nlearn more about your experiences.\nCall 604-822-9199.\nMuseum Of Anthropology\nExhibition\nThe Spirit of Islam. Continues to May\n12. Dempsey Bob: The Art Goes Back\nTo The Stories. Continues to Dec. 31.\nContinuing Traditions. Continues to\nApril 30. Anthropology 432 Student\nProjects: What is Missing? Continues\nto Dec. 31. Winter hours Wed.-Sun.\nnam-spm, Tues. to 9pm (s-9pm free).\nCall 604-822-5087.\nLegal Clinic Open\nubc Law Students' Legal Advice Program (lslap) runs clinics all over the\nLower Mainland, lslap has been\nworking in the community for over\nthirty years and is currently British\nColumbia's second largest legal aid\norganization. For more information\nabout the program, visit\nwww.lslap.bc.ca or call 604-822-5723.\nLactose Intolerant?\nResearchers at ubc are doing a questionnaire-based study to learn more\nabout lactose intolerance. Participation will take about 20-30 min. of\nyour time. Ifyou are 19 years of age or\nolder, experience lactose intolerance\nand live in the Greater Vancouver\narea, please call 604-682-3269 ext.\n6377 to receive a copy of this questionnaire or more information.\nVolunteer Leaders Wanted\n\"Living A Healthy Life with Chronic\nConditions\" a series of six free workshops that help people develop the\nskills to get the most out of life is\nlooking for volunteer leaders. This\nprogram is an exciting new development in teaching people with chronic\nconditions to help themselves. Ifyou\nare interested in being part of this\nprogram, you can sign up for a free\nLeader Training Workshop August 9,\n10,16 and 17 by contacting Mark Davies 604-822-0634. To view our Web\nsite www.ihpr.ubc.ca/healthyliving.\nVolunteer Paid Participants Needed\nCroMedica Prime is a Phase One research company located in Vancouver\nGeneral Hospital. Our research studies require that volunteers take one or\nmore doses of an investigational medication. We are currently looking for\nhealthy volunteers, male/female, nonsmoking aged 18 and older and not\ntaking any medications. Volunteers\nare financially compensated upon\ncompletion of a study. Ifyou are interested please call our Research Recruitment Coordinator, Monday to\nFriday between gam-spm at 604-875-\n5122 or e-mail volunteers^\ncromedica.com.\nResearch Study\nResearchers at the Psychology Dept.\nare conducting a study examining\nsexual functioning in women. The\naim of this study is to help women\nwho experience sexual difficulties.\nYour confidentiality will be assured.\nAll participants will receive a detailed\nsexual psychophysiological profile for\ntheir participation. Ifyou are a\nhealthy, heterosexual, premenopausal\nwoman who is currently in a relationship, please call 604-822-2952.\nHabitat For Humanity UBC\nIs looking for volunteers. Come help\nout on the construction site and build\nhomes for low-income families - no\nskills required. For more information\nand to register for an orientation, e-\nmail habitat@vancouver.net or call\n604-681-5618.\nParents With Toddlers\nDid you know your child is a word-\nlearning expert? We are looking for\nchildren (one to five years old) and\ntheir parent(s) to participate in language studies in the Psychology Dept.\nat ubc. You and your child and a\ntrained researcher will play a word\ngame using puppets and toys or pictures. During your visit, you will remain with your child at all times. If\nyou (or someone you know) mighfcbe\ninterested in bringing your child for a\n30-minute visit to our research playroom, please contact Dr. Hall's Language Development Centre at\n604-822-9294.\nParticipants Wanted\nAre you a postmenopausal woman\nwith Type Two diabetes interested in\nbeginning an exercise program? St.\nPaul's Hospital Healthy Heart Program\nand Diabetes Centre are recruiting\nparticipants, who do not smoke or use\ninsulin, for a research project on the\neffect of exercise on diabetes for women. Call Darcye Cuff at 604-806-8601\nParkinson's Research\nA research team from ubc is asking\nfor the assistance of people with Parkinson's to participate in research.\nThis research is aimed at understanding how Parkinson's may affect complex activities such as managing\nmultiple tasks. Participation involves\nperforming fairly simple tasks, some\nof which, involves responding verbally\nto computer screen displays. Ifyou\nare a healthy person ofthe age 50\nyears or older, we are also in need of\nseveral people to participate as part\nof a non-Parkinson's comparison\ngroup. Call Todd Woodward, Psychology Dept. at 604-822-3227.\nSexual Assault Research\nThe Anxiety and Fear Laboratory in\nthe Dept. of Psychology requires female volunteers who have experienced unwanted sexual activity, to\nparticipate in a research project. If\nyou have ever had sex with someone\nwhen you didn't want to, because the\nother person continued the event\nwhen you said no, forced or threatened to force you, or because you\nwere given alcohol or drugs, and you\nwould be interested in helping us\nwith our research, please call 604-\n822-9028. Confidentiality and privacy\nprotected.\nAMS Rentsline\nHelping students find housing since\n1993, the ams Rentsline is ubc's off-\ncampus housing registry. This service\ngives students access to hundreds of\nrental listings, and landlords access to\nthousands of students looking for\nhousing. You can call the Rentsline\nfrom any touchtone phone 24 hours a\nday, 365 days a year at 604-714-4848.\nChronic Fatigue Syndrome\n(CFS) Research\nInfectious Diseases researchers from\nvgh seek volunteers diagnosed medically with cfs to participate in a\nstudy about managing symptoms.\nCall Kenna Sleigh 604-875-5555 ext.\n62366.\nHONOURS AND AWARDS DK AD LINKS\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA FELLOWSHIPS,\nwww.rsc.ca: dec. i\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS MOLSON PRIZES:\nwww.canadacouncil.ca: dec. 1\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 order of Canada: www.gg.ca/honours/order_e.html:\nongoing. Next appointments made New Year's Day.\nFor assistance with applications, call the Office ofthe\nVice-President, Research, at 604-822-0234. UBC REPORTS | NOVEMBER I , 2001\n\"When diabetes enters your\nlife, you need someone to\nturn to. Call the Canadian\nDiabetes Association.\"\nCarol Seto, dietitian\nHELP SOMEONE YOU KNOW. CALL I-\nCANADIAN\nDIABETES\nASSOCIATION\nASSOCIATION\nCANADIENNE\nDU DIABETE\nwww.diabetes.ca\nUBC Leon and Thea Koerner Memorial Lectures and\nTheatre, Film & Creative Writing Department present\nTHE MASTERS SERIES PANEL DISCUSSION\nWriting for Children and\nYoung Adults:\nA Multi-Genre Perspective\nDennis Foon Canada's best young people's playwright\nSarah Ellis Award-wining novelist and short-fiction writer\nNan Gregory Author and professional storyteller\nTuesday, Nov. 6, 2001\n12 to 1:30 p.m.\nGreen College Coach House, ubc\n6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver\nARC\nAlternate Route to Computing\nA program offered by the Dept. of Computer Science\nUniversity of British Columbia\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Are you thinking of making a Career change?\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Are you thinking about a career in Information\nTechnology?\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Are you looking for an education program that will equip\nyou with the Knowledge you need to turn this aspiration\ninto a reality?\nARC is a 28-month post-baccalaureate diploma program\ncombining 16 months of academic computer science courses\nwith an eight- or 12-month co-op work experience. It is designed\nfor people with an excellent record of academic achievement in\nany field but with little or no programming experience.\nFeatures ofthe ARC program:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Small class size;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 No high tuition fees. The fees are the same as those paid by\nother undergraduate students;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Industry experience;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Welcome students from a wide range of academic\nbackgrounds, e.g. humanities, science, education,\nengineering, business.\nFor more information, go to our web site www.arc.cs.ubc.ca or\nemail undergrad-info@cs.ubc.ca.\nHands-on teamwork spurs\ncreative student film teams\nFaculty duo base model on own successful experience\nby Michelle Cook staffwriter\nyou'll never hear Creative\nWriting Assoc. Prof. Peggy Thompson and Film Asst. Prof. Sharon\nMcGowan spouting the old adage\n\"do as I say, and not as I do.\"\nThe teaching duo from the Theatre, Film and Creative Writing\nDept. have used their longtime\nprofessional filmmaking partnership as a model for teaming up students to work on their own creative film projects.\nIt's an innovative, interdisciplinary teaching style that has produced some winning results.\nMost recently, McGowan and\nThompson hooked up Creative\nWriting graduate Geoff Inverarity\nwith recent Film graduate and director Byron LaMarque, and Theatre graduate and producer Kelly-\nRuth Mercier.\nThe trio collaborated on a short\nscreenplay that won the 2001 Fill\nThis Space Odyssey film competition co-sponsored by cbc and bc\nFilm. Now in production, \"Still Life\nwith Scissors\" will be broadcast on\ncbc this spring.\nSince meeting at an interdisciplinary film program in Edmonton\n12 years ago, Thompson and\nMcGowan's own creative collaborations have included two highly\nacclaimed feature films, \"The Lo\ntus Eaters\" and \"Better Than\nChocolate,\" produced by McGowan with screenplays by Thompson.\nCurrently, the pair is co-producing\na new feature film called \"Saint\nMonica\" with Sienna Films.\nTheir academic collaboration\nbegan after McGowan joined the\nFilm, Theatre and Creative Writing\nDept. three years ago. Thompson\nhas been teaching creative writing\nat ubc since 1996.\n\"It was a weird coincidence for\nus both to be teaching at ubc,\"\nThompson says. \"But it has been\ngreat for building a vision on how\nto integrate graduate students into\nthe film industry.\"\nFrom their own experience,\nMcGowan and Thompson knew\nteamwork was the key to successful filmmaking, but Thompson\nsays the two never discussed specific approaches to team building.\nIt seemed natural to get students\ncollaborating on projects while\nthey were still learning their craft\nin school.\nTheir first attempt at teaming\nup ubc graduate students occurred two years ago on the Life\nTelevision network series \"Weird\nHomes\" which McGowan was producing. She brought Thompson in\nas a story editor, and a number of\nstudents to work as researchers,\neditors, and directors.\nThompson and McGowan credit Film Assoc. Prof. John Wright\nwith introducing interdisciplinary\nteam building to their department\nwhen he brought together undergraduate acting and graduate directing students in Film 533, a\ncourse on advanced problems in\ndirecting.\nWright asked Thompson to add\nscript writing to the mix to give\nstudents a feel for the real-life situations they might encounter on a\nfilm set.\nBoth Thompson and McGowan\nsay there's no magic to creating\nwinning student film teams. Successful matching involves looking\nat students' work to determine\nwho matches who in artistic and\nwork values and aesthetic, and\nalso making themselves available\nto give teams advice.\n\"Unlike other areas of life, in\nfilm, opposites usually don't attract,\" McGowan says.\nThe pair hope to expand the\nnumber of interdisciplinary student collaborations in future because they feel the hands-on experience makes students more employable.\nForming partnerships while\nthey're still in school also gives\nubc's filmmakers ofthe future the\nstability, momentum and artistic\nedge they'll need to create original,\ngroundbreaking work after they\ngraduate, they add.\nI UBC UBC Elections\nj Call for Nominations\nUBC Board of Governors\nTwo positions on the ubc Board of Governors will be available for representatives of full-\ntime faculty members. Nominations are due at Enrolment Services by 4 p.m. on Nov. 5.\nUBC Senate: Faculty Representatives\nTen at-large positions on the ubc Senate will be available for representatives of full-time\nfaculty members. Nominations are due at Enrolment Services by 4 p.m. on Nov. 5.\nUBC Senate: Alumni Representatives\nAlumni ofthe University of British Columbia are encouraged to run for 11 positions on the\nubc Senate. Candidates for these Convocation senator positions may not be current ubc\nfaculty members. Nominations are due at Enrolment Services by 4 p.m. on Dec. 20.\nUBC Chancellor\nNominations are being accepted for the position of chancellor ofthe University of British\nColumbia, ubc's Convocation elects the chancellor. The Convocation primarily consists of\nubc graduates and full-time faculty members. Persons applying for the position of\nchancellor may not be currently employed by a university. Nominations are due at\nEnrolment Services by 4 p.m. on Dec. 20.\nNomination forms for these positions are available at Enrolment Services, Brock Hall,\n2016 -1874 East Mall, ubc.\nFor further information, or to download nomination forms, please visit\nwww.students.ubc.ca/events/elections. UBC REPORTS | NOVEMBER I, 2001 | 7\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nStudent Discipline Report\nSept. i, 2000 to Aug. 312001\nUnder section 61 ofthe University Act, the President ofthe University has\nauthority to impose discipline on students for academic and non-academic offences (see page 41 ofthe 2001/2002 University Calendar). A\nsummary of such disciplinary cases is published on a regular basis, without disclosing the names ofthe students involved.\nIn the period Sept. 1, 2000 to Aug. 31, 2001,58 students appeared before\nthe President's Advisory Committee on Student Discipline and 58 were\nsubsequently disciplined. For each case, the events leading to the imposition ofthe discipline and the discipline imposed are summarized below.\nDiscipline may vary depending upon the circumstances of a particular\ncase.\n1. A student failed to show on an Internet application for admission to\nubc, as required by University regulations, that he/she had previously\nattended a local college and, prior to that, another University.\ndiscipline: a suspension from the University for 12 months\" This discipline was upheld on an appeal to the Senate Committee on\nUniversity Appeals on Academic Discipline.\n2. A student submitted the same paper in two separate courses.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in one course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 4 months\"\n3. A student: (i) submitted five lab reports in a course that were the work\nof another student and (ii) the student subsequently submitted three\nadditional lab reports, of which, at least one was the report of another\nstudent.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 24 months\" This discipline was upheld on appeal to the\nSenate Committee on University Appeals on Academic Discipline.\n4. A student assaulted an rcmp Officer with pepper spray while the\nOfficer was assisting ubc security with a student control problem.\ndiscipline: in the special circumstances, a letter of reprimand and a\nrequirement that the student seek counselling.\n5. A student submitted a copy of a document from another University\nthat was based, in part, on forged entries that the student had made to\nthe original document.\ndiscipline: rescission of transfer credits originally assigned toward\nthe degree program and a retroactive disciplinary notation added to\nthe student's transcript '\n6. A student was involved in a cheating incident during a midterm examination.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 12 months'\n7. A student was involved in a cheating incident during a midterm examination.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 12 months\"\n8. A student allegedly colluded with another student in an academic\nmisconduct incident involving plagiarism/cheating in an assignment.\noutcome: in the special circumstances, a letter of advice.\n9. A student allegedly colluded with another student in an academic\nmisconduct incident involving plagiarism/cheating in an assignment.\noutcome: in the special circumstances, a letter of advice.\n10. A student gained admission to a Faculty program by using false transcripts from two institutions, neither of which the student attended.\ndiscipline: denial on a permanent basis of eligibility to graduate\nfrom the Faculty program, and a permanent notation on the transcript. The discipline was upheld on appeal to the Senate Committee\non University Appeals on Academic Discipline.\n11. A student substantially plagiarized a paper for a course.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 8 months \"\n12. A student copied/plagiarized parts of an assignment from the work of\nanother student.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 4 months\"\n13. A student cheated on a midterm examination by viewing and using\nthe answers of a neighboring student's exam.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 8 months\"\n14. A student forged a signature on a University loan application.\ndiscipline: in the special circumstances, a letter of reprimand.\n15. A student plagiarized a substantial portion of a term paper for a\ncourse.\ndiscipline: in the special circumstances, a mark of zero in the course\nand a letter of reprimand.\n16. A student submitted a plagiarized/copied assignment for a course.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 8 months.\"\n17. A student brought unauthorized material into a final examination.\ndiscipline: in the circumstances, a mark of zero for the final examination and a letter of reprimand.\n18. A student submitted a substantially plagiarized assignment for a\ncourse.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the assignment and suspension from the\nUniversity for 1.5 months '\n19. A student was drunk and disorderly, caused a disruption at a student\nresidence building, and threatened a residence advisor.\ndiscipline: a letter of reprimand and a requirement that the student\nobtain counselling.\n20. A student was drunk on ubc Campus and entered a private room in a\ncampus building without proper cause.\ndiscipline: in the circumstances, a letter of reprimand.\n21. A student used a friend to impersonate him/her and write his/her\nfinal examination.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 12 months\"\n22. A student: (i) trespassed onto University property; (ii) jumped on a\nvehicle and opened the doors of other vehicles in the enclosed area;\nand (iii) attempted to evade Campus security.\ndiscipline: in the circumstances, a letter of reprimand.\n23. A student: (i) trespassed onto University property; and (ii) attempted\nto evade Campus security.\ndiscipline: in the circumstances, a letter of reprimand.\n24. A student: (i) trespassed onto University property; and (ii) attempted\nto evade Campus security.\nDisciPLiNE:'in the circumstances, a letter of reprimand.\n25. A student: (i) trespassed onto University property; and (ii) attempted\nto evade Campus security.\ndiscipline: in the circumstances, a letter of reprimand\n26. A student improperly entered the ubc vehicle security compound and\nattempted to remove a vehicle from that area without paying the release cost.\ndiscipline: in the circumstances, a letter of reprimand.\n27. A student submitted material for a group project that was provided by\na friend, and that was completely plagiarized from a website source\nthat was not acknowledged.\ndiscipline: in the special circumstances, a mark of zero on the group\nproject and suspension from the University for 4 months'\n28. A student submitted an essay for a course that was completely plagiarized from the work submitted by another student in the same course\nduring a different session.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero for the essay and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 8 months\"\n29. A student trespassed onto University property that was under construction and attempted to evade Campus Security.\ndiscipline: in the circumstances, a letter of reprimand.\n30. A student trespassed onto University property that was under construction and attempted to evade Campus Security.\ndiscipline: in the circumstances, a letter of reprimand\n31. A student copied/plagiarized an essay from another student and submitted the essay as his/her own.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course, a letter of reprimand, and a\nrequirement that the student undertake and complete a set of assignments dealing with the meaning of plagiarism and the methods of\navoiding plagiarism\" 8 | UBC REPORTS | NOVEMBER\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF\nRITISH COLUMBIA\nSTUDENT DISCIPLINE REPORT\n-=-\n32. A student plagiarized the final term papers in three separate courses.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in each ofthe three courses and a suspension from the University for 12 months\"\n33. A student brought a crib sheet to a midterm examination and consulted this material during the exam.\ndiscipline: in the special circumstances, a mark of zero in the course\nand a suspension from the University for 6 months'\n34. A student brought crib sheets to a midterm examination and consulted this material during the exam.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 12 months'\n35. A student brought notes and cue cards into a final examination and\nconsulted this material during the exam.\ndiscipline: in the special circumstances, a mark of zero in the course\nand a suspension from the University for 8 months \"\n36. A student: (i) submitted a quiz using a false name and id and subsequently claimed he/she was absent on the date the exam was written;\nand (ii) altered an answer on a midterm when it was returned for inspection and then requested a grade re-evaluation.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero on the quiz and, in the special circumstances, no change of mark for the midterm exam, and a suspension\nfrom the University for 8 months\"\n37. A student altered answers to a quiz that had been returned to him/her,\nand then submitted the paper for remarking in an attempt to improve\nhis/her grade.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 12 months' On appeal to the Senate Committee on University Appeals on Student Discipline the suspension period was\nreduced to 8 months.\n38. A student copied the answers to three questions on a final examination from another student.\ndisciplined mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 4 months\"\n39. A student persistently harassed and stalked another student.\ndiscipline: a letter of severe reprimand; a restraining order involving\nmovement and location on campus and other places, registration and\nenrollment in specified courses, and various personal contacts; and a\nrequirement to undertake professional counselling.\n40. A student brought unauthorized material into the final examination\nfor a course.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 6 months'\n41. A student fraudulently submitted a doctor's certificate to support a\nfalse claim that he/she was unable to take a midterm examination because of illness.\ndisciplined mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 12 months\"\n42. A student made improper and inappropriate use of a course webpage\nduring an assignment.\ndiscipline: a letter of reprimand and a requirement that the student\nundertake and complete a series of educational sessions concerned\nwith awareness and sensitivity issues related to the misconduct'\n43. A student submitted two forged medical notes in order to obtain concessions for late or missed term work in a course.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 12 months'\n44. A student cheated during a midterm examination.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 12 months\"\n45. A student was involved in a series of deceits and submitted false documentation in support of supposed medical conditions that the\nstudent claimed prevented him/her from completing course requirements.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 18 months\"\n46. A student handed in a blank final examination with a fictitious name\nand student number on the cover sheet in place of his/her own paper\nfor the course.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 12 months'\n47. A student brought unauthorized material into a final examination.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course, a suspension from the University for 12 months* and a requirement that the student undertake\nprofessional counselling.\n48. A student submitted a midterm exam for regrading that differed from\nthe one he/she originally wrote in class.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 12 months\" This discipline was upheld on appeal to the\nSenate Committee on University Appeals on Academic Discipline.\n49. A student submitted a project for a course that was plagiarized from\nthe work of another student who had previously completed the course.\ndiscipline: in the special circumstances, a mark of zero in the course\nand a suspension from the University for 4 months\"\n50. A student copied material from another student during an exam.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 12 months\"\n51. A student alleged to have cheated in two separate incidents in a\ncourse, failed to respond to repeated attempts to arrange for a Hearing\nbefore the President's Advisory Committee on Student Discipline.\ndiscipline: future registration blocked with notation to this effect on\nthe transcript pending appearance before the Disciplinary Committee,\nand final mark in the course withheld from transcript pending outcome of Hearing.\n52. A student brought unauthorized material into an examination.\ndiscipline: in the special circumstances, a mark of zero in the course\nand a letter of reprimand.\n53. A student submitted a lab assignment that was essentially identical to\nthe same assignment submitted by another student.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 8 months\"\n54. A student submitted two lab assignments that were plagiarized/copied from the work of two other students.\ndiscipline: in the special circumstances, a mark of zero in the course\nand a suspension from the University for 4 months'\n55. A student submitted a lab assignment that was plagiarized/copied\nfrom the work of another student.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 4 months *\n56. A student submitted a lab assignment that was plagiarized/copied\nfrom the work of another student.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 4 months'\n57. A student submitted a lab assignment that was essentially identical to\nthe same assignment submitted by another student.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 8 months'\n58. A student copied the work of another student during a midterm exam.\ndiscipline: a mark of zero in the course and a suspension from the\nUniversity for 4 months\"\nIn all cases indicated by an asterisk a notation of disciplinary action is\nentered on the student s transcript. At any time after two years have\nelapsed from the date of his or her graduation the student may apply\nto the President to exercise her discretion to remove the notation.\nStudents under disciplinary suspension from ubc may not take\ncourses at other institutions for transfer credit back to ubc. UBC REPORTS\nNOVEMBER I, 2001 | 9\nNursing partnership in Punjab\nfocuses on health, education\nSeed of idea planted by parent of alumni 20 years ago\nby Hilary Thomson staffwriter\nA VISION OF BETTER EDUCATION\nfor young women and improved\nhealth-care in rural Punjab has led\nto a partnership between ubc's\nSchool of Nursing, community\nnurses and a local Indo-Canadian\ncharity.\nSince 1997, the school has\nworked with the Guru Nanak College of Nursing in Dhahan-Kaler-\nan, Punjab to develop an internationally recognized baccalaureate\nprogram.\n\"Working on this project has\nbeen an absolute joy,\" says Nursing\nProf. Sally Thorne, chair of the advisory committee that oversees the\ninitiative. \"This is an inspirational\ngroup of people who see opportunities, are willing to confront issues and are absolutely dedicated\nto their mission.\"\nThe project was envisioned 20\nyears ago by Budh Singh Dhahan,\na Vancouver resident whose children have all attended ubc. His\nson Barj, a ubc Arts graduate,\nheads the foundation that sponsors the project.\n\"It was a natural fit for us to seek\nubc's help in this,\" he says. \"Our\nfamily has strong ties with the university, there is support from the\nlarge Indo-Canadian population\nhere and the School of Nursing has\nthe teaching expertise we needed.\"\nSome of the challenges to educating nurses in Punjab include\ndifferent nursing cultures, says\nThorne, where most training is not\ninteractive. Nurses are expected to\ntake a passive role and are generally not encouraged to be independent decision-makers.\nIn addition to participation on\nthe advisory committee some faculty members, including the\nschool's acting director Sonia\nAcorn, have travelled to Punjab\nstate to help develop curriculum\nfor the nursing program.\nubc Canada House, a residence\nfor visiting faculty from Canada\nand the u.s., is located at the site of\nthe hospital that the foundation\nbuilt in 1984.\nIn addition to faculty visits, both\nundergraduate and graduate students and School of Nursing alumni \u00E2\u0080\u0094 many of whom have family\nties to the area \u00E2\u0080\u0094 have traveled to\nthe hospital to complete directed\nstudies programs and help train local nurses.\nBecause it is a rural area, condi-\nUnibedVfcy\nPlease give generously\ntions are still pretty rough by Canadian standards, says Thorne. Local hotels, restaurants and transportation and telecommunications services are often unreliable.\nDespite the conditions, students\nand Canadian nurses are eager for\nthe opportunity to learn about\nhealth challenges such as tropical\ndiseases as well as other models of\nhealth-care delivery, she says.\nNext spring, five to six undergraduates from the Punjab college\nwill come to ubc to attend classes\nand experience Canadian nursing\neducation first-hand.\nubc faculty are currently involved in a health assessment\nproject in the area that will develop a database of birth and mortal\nity rates, childhood disease and\nother statistics, and inform plans\nfor village health camps and suggest community education needs.\nFor example, families traditionally carried meals to hospitalized\nrelatives and although hospitals\nnow provide food for patients,\nmany villagers will not enter hospital unless it is within walking distance of their home.\nThe hospital at Dhahan-Kaleran\ncan accommodate 300 patients,\nhowever only about 160 beds are\nused because of inaccurate perceptions about hospital service.\n\"We know if we offer health education in rural areas and particularly if we educate young women,\nwe will not only empower them\nbut also create leaders who will\nhave a positive influence on life in\nIndia,\" says Dhahan.\nGilson Pipette Service & Certification\nUniversity of British Columbia\nSPECIAL OFFER\nIn conjunction with Supply Management Services\nService Agreement\nSCP 101007-01\nPipette Service & Certification\nAvoid Shipping\nCosts and Delays!\nA Mandel Representative\nwill now PICK UP your\nGilson Pipettes\nfor Service\nand Certification\nill\n\u00C2\u00AB*4 #\nb\u00C2\u00BB l ca\nAvailable at UBC Bookstore or contact Raincoast Books\nat Tel. 1-800-561-8583 or custserv@raincoast.com\nThe Madeleine Sophie Barat Award\nThe Use of Freedom\nEssay Contest 2001/2002\nPrize: $1,000\nSubject: \"The Creative and\nResponsible Use of Freedom\"\nChoose your own focus, e.g. Literature, Art, Capitalism, Philosophy, the Environment, Interpersonal Relations, Economics, History, etc.\nEligibility: Open to third- and fourth-year undergraduate and\ngraduate students of ubc and affiliated theological colleges.\nEntries must be submitted on or before Friday, May 31,2002\nPrize awarded: Friday, Sept. 27, 2002\nApplication forms may be picked up Monday to Friday,\n10a.rn.-4 p.m. at St. Mark's College, 5935 Iona Drive, at the extreme northeast corner ofthe campus, m-f, ioam-4pm.\nStay, work and play\nIn our forest by the sea. 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With io computer stations and a powerful server full of information, the highly secure centre provides social\nscience researchers with access to StatsCan's rich stores of electronic data to identify trends in Canadian life.\nMichelle Cook photo\nStatsCan data bank opens\nfor social science research\nCentre one of nine now on campuses across Canada\nubc researchers can directly\naccess rich stores of data on Canadian life at a highly secure local\nbranch of Statistics Canada now\nopen on campus.\nThe British Columbia Interuniversity Research Data Centre\n(bcirdc) gives faculty and phD\nstudents from ubc, sfu and and\nthe University of Victoria, unprecedented access to StatsCan surveys on Canadian health, labour\nand socio-economic activities.\nThe new centre, located on the\nsecond level ofthe Koerner Library,\nwill go a long way to enhancing\nubc's research capabilities, says\nEconomics Assoc. Prof. Nicole For-\ntin, bcirdc's academic director.\n\"This facility enables researchers in Western Canada to have the\nsame access to confidential data as\nresearchers closer to Ottawa now\ndo,\" Fortin explains.\nPreviously, researchers had to\ntravel to Ottawa or make a request\nfor data through a regional Statistics Canada office. Fortin says.\nThe bcirdc is one of nine in the\nCanadian Network of Research\nData Centres now being established on campuses across the\ncountry.\nThe centres give researchers access to StatsCan't; extensive socioeconomic and health data, including longitudinal surveys. The data\nspans up to 20 years in some cases.\nStatistics Canada, in collaboration with the Social Sciences and\nHumanities Research Council\n(sshrc), initiated the nationwide\nnetwork to help strengthen research in the social sciences.\nFunding to establish the network came from a $5.4 million\nCanada Foundation for Innovation\ngrant, with operating costs for the\ncentres shared by sshrc and participating universities. The Stats\nCan data is worth an estimated\n$8.1 million.\nA strict set of security procedures\nfor the centre prevents any disclosure of confidential information.\n\"The work done here, is done in\na culture of confidentiality,\" says\nLee Grenon, bcirdc's StatsCan\nanalyst. \"Researchers are taught\nhow to correctly handle data to\navoid the risk of disclosure.\"\nThe centre features special concrete walls, barred windows, electronic keypad access, and a computer system with no external connections. It is staffed at all times by\na Statistics Canada employee.\nTo gain access, prospective researchers must submit a detailed\nresearch proposal to sshrc for\npeer review, pass a Statistics Canada security check, swear an oath to\nuphold the Statistics Canada Act,\nand attend a two-hour orientation\nsession.\nThe centre is currently open\nMonday to Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30\np.m.\nMORE INFORMATION\nFor information on the bcirdc,\ncall Fortin at 604-822-4121, ore-\nmail nifortin@interchange.ubc.ca\nor Lee Grenon at 604-822-0263 or\nbcirdc@interchange.ubc.ca.\nInformation on how to apply for\naccess to the bcirdc and the\nResearch Data Centres program is\navailable at www.sshrc.ca/rdc/\nenglish/o vervie w.html.\nm%XEmmWWWHfc w MEMMB\nDon Proteau\nBComjn,CFP,KFP\nSenior Financial\nPlanning Advisor\ndproteau@assante.com\nFrank Danielson\nSJEd , CFP\nSenior Financial\nPlanning Advisor\nfdanielson@assante.com\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 Complimentary consultations available for UBC Faculty and Staff \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 Retirement and Estate planning \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 UBC pension expertise \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 References available \u00E2\u0099\u00A6\n\"/ am completely satisfied with the seri'ice I am receiving from Don.\"\nM. 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All rights reserved\nHonour Roll\nRon Shann, manager of the Faculty of Agricultural Science's\nOyster River Research Farm, has\nreceived an Environmental\nMerit award from the Environmental Programs Group in\nubc's Health, Safety and the Environment Dept.\nThe award recognizes individuals who make a conscious\nand consistent effort to protect\nthe environment, or who reduce\nthe environmental impact of activities at ubc.\nThe Vancouver Island research farm has instigated a\nnumber of environmental and\nsafety initiatives such as minimizing ground water contamination, utilizing solar energy,\ndeveloping a comprehensive\nsafety manual and allowing the\nOyster River Enhancement Society to create a community\nsalmon hatchery.\nFormer chair and chief executive officer of Ipsos-Reid, Angus\nReid, has been named a senior\nfellow at the Liu Centre for the\nStudy of Global Issues.\nA former professor at the\nUniversity of Manitoba, Reid established the Angus Reid\nGroup, a market research firm\nwell known for its public opinion polling, in 1979.\nReid will step down from the\ncompany to join the Liu Centre\nin January.\nLloyd Axworthy has been\nnamed this year's recipient of\nthe Thakore Visiting Scholar\nAward honouring the peace\nwork of Mahatma Gandhi.\nThe award recognizes individuals who display creativity,\ncommitment and a concern for\ntruth, justice and non-violence\nin their public life.\nAxworthy, the director and\nchief executive officer ofthe Liu\nCentre for the Study of Global\nIssues, was honoured in part for\nAward-winner Ron Shann\nhis work on promoting an international land mines removal treaty.\nThe treaty has now been signed by\n139 countries.\nThe award is co-sponsored by\nthe Thakore Foundation, the India\nClub of Vancouver, and sfu s Institute for the Humanities.\nScience Dean Maria Klawe has received the Science Council of British Columbia's Science and Technology Champion of the Year\nAward.\nThe award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution in promoting or\nfostering b.c. science and technology-\nKlawe holds the Natural Science and Engineering Research\nCouncil-IBM Chair for Women in\nScience and Engineering. In this\ncapacity, she directs the Supporting Women in Information Technology program, a five-year\nproject to increases the participation of women in information\ntechnology.\nShe is also the founder and director of Electronic Games for Education in Math and Science, a collaborative project that does research on the design and use of\ncomputer games to enhance\nmathematics education for children in grades 4-9.\nUBC BOOKSTORE!\nwww. bookstore, ubc.ca\nHill\nllllpiiffllf\nThe Annual November\nBOOK SALE\nNovember 2-17,2001\nA treasure chest of titles\nfor every interest:\ncookbooks, art, fiction,\nnature, music, kids'\nbooks, academic \"hurts\"\nand more.\nClosed Monday, November 12\nfor Remembrance Day\n.^J/ 6200 University Blvd, Vancouver, B.C. 822-2665 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 www.bookstore.ubc.ca isp1\n6200 University Blvd, Vancouver, B.C. 822-2665 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 www.bookstore.ubc.ca \^s\\nHours - Weekdays 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Saturday - 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM w'\n1 Hour FREE PARKING at meters on Saturdays with a $20 or more purchase 12 | UBC REPORTS | NOVEMBER I, 2001\nFORUM\nA ubc economist suggests taxing more efficiently is more vital\nto economic performance than taxing less.\nA way out of B.C.'s fiscal quandary\nby Prof. Jon Kesselman\nAn earlier version of the following\nappeared in the Vancouver Sun.\nBASED ON A MISUNDERSTANDING\nof the economics of taxation, the\nBritish Columbia government is\nabout to embark on sharp cuts to\npublic spending and public\nservices.\nThe B.C. Liberals gave personal\ntax cuts a key role in their election\ncampaign and they assured voters\nthat these tax cuts would \"pay for\nthemselves\" through faster economic growth.\nThey argued that revenues\nwould be maintained through this\ngrowth, so that major public services, especially health care and education, could be sustained.\nThe b.c. government now concedes that its tax rate cuts will not\nbe self-financing.\nAs a result of the lost revenues,\nprovincial public services aside\nfrom health care and education\nwill be slashed by almost half in\nreal per capita terms over the next\nthree years.\nEven health-care and education\nservices will be significantly reduced, as the government will\nmaintain only nominal rather than\nreal spending levels; high inflation\nof health-care costs will quickly\ndevour dollars so that real service\nlevels must decline.\nThese severe consequences for\npublic services in b.c. result in part\nfrom a slowing economy. However,\nthe government also failed to heed\nthe warnings of economists that\nbroadly based tax cuts cannot finance themselves except perhaps in\na very depressed economy or when\nbeginning with very high tax rates.\nUpbeat references to Alberta's\nand Ontario's tax-cutting experi\nences were unfounded, as they ignored the economic booms those\nprovinces enjoyed in recent years\ndue to external demand for their\nproducts.\nThe personal tax cuts promised\nfor individuals with incomes below\n$60,000 were extended to all higher earners, for a total cost of $1.5\nbillion per year.\nMajor business tax cuts have\nalso been put into play, which will\ncost an additional $0.8 billion per\nyear when fully implemented.\nThe extension of tax cuts to\nhigher earners and businesses will\naid the longer-run growth and\ncompetitiveness ofthe B.C. economy, but over the next few years\nthey will cut deeply into provincial\nrevenues.\nGiven the government's commitment to return the b.c. budget\nto balance by 2004/05, the large\nrevenue loss will tightly constrain\nalmost all areas of spending.\nSpending cuts of this magnitude\nwill be very difficult and painful to\nachieve.\nFor example, social services and\nincome support for our most disadvantaged citizens, the third largest area of provincial spending, will\nbe significantly affected.\nIt is unfortunate that the groups\nwho derived the least benefits\nfrom the b.c. tax cuts\u00E2\u0080\u0094low and\nmoderate income households\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nare also the ones most at risk from\nlarge spending cuts.\nSome budgetary pressure to\ncontain public costs and find more\neffective ways of delivering public\nservices is undoubtedly salutary.\nBut the order of magnitude dictated by b.c.'s new fiscal program\ngoes well beyond what voters\ncould have imagined at election\ntime\u00E2\u0080\u0094much more than just avoiding expenses like the fast ferries,\nthe Skeena Cellulose bailout, the\nForest Renewal program, and the\n\"fair wages\" policy.\nA way out of b.c.'s fiscal quandary can be found if the government\nwill now heed another lesson from\nthe economics of taxation. Namely, taxing more efficiently is more\nvital to economic performance\nthan taxing less.\nIt is well established in economic research that taxes on consumption and labour income or payrolls\nare much less harmful to economic efficiency and growth than taxes on savings, capital income, and\ninvestment.\nEuropean countries have exploited these insights to achieve\nbetter long-run economic performance than Canada or the\nUnited States, even with much\nhigher overall tax burdens, by relying heavily on sales and payroll\ntaxes.\nBritish Columbia, too, could\nbenefit by instituting efficient tax\nchanges to recoup a substantial\nportion of the revenues lost\nthrough the already announced\npersonal and business tax cuts.\nAlthough b.c. could restore part\nof its lost revenues in an efficient\nmanner by raising the sales tax\nrate, this is not the best remedy.\nSales taxes are regressive, imposing a disproportionate burden\non lower income persons and\nyounger families, b.c.'s total federal plus provincial sales tax rate of\n14 per cent is well above that in adjoining Alberta and Washington,\nthus raising issues of enforcement\nand public acceptance.\nAnd, despite recent initiatives\nby the b.c. government, the sales\ntax imposes a burden not only on\nconsumers but also on business\ncompetitiveness and investment.\nThe best candidate for recoup\ning a substantial portion of b.c.'s\nlost revenues is an employer payroll tax.\nBy instituting such a tax, b.c.\nwould follow in the footsteps of\nfour other Canadian provinces,\nwhich have had employer payroll\ntaxes for many years to help\nfinance health care and post-secondary education.\nAnd these are large taxes elsewhere; in 2001/02 they are forecast\nto raise $3.6 billion for Ontario and\n$4.4 billion for Quebec.\nA two per cent tax on all B.C.\nemployers with annual payrolls exceeding $400,000 would generate\nabout $1.1 billion per year, almost\nhalf of the $2.3 billion revenues lost\nto tax cuts.\nThe tax would exempt nearly 90\nper cent of all private businesses,\nand it would obtain revenues from\nthe federal government as employer of workers in B.C.\nA two per cent rate is just above\nthe 1.95 per cent rate for Ontario's\nEmployer Health Tax.\nApplying a payroll tax at four\nper cent in B.C. (the rate of Quebec's payroll tax for the Health\nServices Fund) would generate\n$2.2 billion per year, enough to\noffset more than half of b.c.'s lost\nrevenues plus abolish the $900\nmillion of b.c.'s medicare premiums.\nSuch premiums are a highly regressive head tax, serve no useful\nrationing purpose for medicare\nusage, and have been abandoned\nby all other provinces except Alberta.\nA general payroll tax applied to\nall wages, salaries, and fringe benefits is one of the most neutral\nforms of taxation.\nWhile this tax is applied nominally to employers, over several\nyears its burden is shifted to labour\nthrough slower growth of wages\nand salaries.\nIf restricted to larger employers,\nthis is the simplest form of tax for\nboth public administration and\nbusiness compliance.\nBased on Newfoundland's experience, such a tax could be put into\noperation in b.c. within just a few\nmonths of legislative approval.\nAn employer payroll tax could\nrelieve the insuperable strains on\nb.c.'s public services.\nIt could do so in a way that retains the efficiency gains from the\nother tax cuts, the budget-balancing target, and effective pressures\nfor restructuring public programs.\nLevies of this kind are popular\nin other provinces.\nThey appear to be a tax on business rather than workers, they\nraise large revenues at low rates of\ntax, and their linkage to spending\non education and health care further enhances public support.\nStill early in its mandate, the\nb.c. government is at a crossroads\nin its tax and spending policies.\nIt could forge ahead with the\ncurrent course, which involves\nsharp cuts to public services that\nthreaten the well-being of citizens,\ntear at the social fabric, and may\neventually sap voter support.\nOr it could escape this fiscal\nquandary by drawing a lesson from\nthe economics of taxation\u00E2\u0080\u0094that\nthe mix of taxes matters more for\nan economy's performance than\nthe level of its taxes.\nEconomics Prof. Jonathan Kesselman is the director of the ubc\nCentre for Research on Economic\nand Social Policy and its Equality/\nSecurity/Community project, and\nauthor ofthe award-winning monograph, General Payroll Taxes. 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