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" UBC\n^jM,\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nMarch 2012\nMount Everest:\nHigh altitude research\nAnniversary of\nJapan earthquake\nSleepless children,\nexhausted parents\nCarbon storag\nMeasuring potential of eel grass 11\nALSO INSIDE\nRighting\na 70-year\nwrong 8\nK*yXirK1X*V A new window on patients' personal struggles\nBy Brian Kladko\nIn the news\nUBC REPORTS\nvolume fifty eight: number three\nwww.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubc-reports\nDirector\nlucie mcneill lucie.mcneill@ubc.ca\nAssociate Director\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@ubc.ca\nWeb Designer\nlinakang lina.kang@ubc.ca\nCommunications Coordinators\nheather amos heather.amos@ubcca\nLorraine chan lorraine.chan@ubcca\nbrian kladko brian.kladko@ubcca\nbrian lin brian.Iin@ubcca\npaul marck paul.marck@ubc.ca\nbasil waugh basil.waugh@ubcca\ncarolynne ciceri carolynne.ciceri@ubc.ca\nscott steedman scottrsteed@gmail.eom\nAdvertising\npearlie davison pearlie.davison@ubcca\nCirculation\nlou bosshart lou.bosshart@ubcca\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: 5 April 2012\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 including access to\nmore than 500 faculty experts and information about\nUBC'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 undeliverable C ;es to circulation department.\n310-6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T1Z1\nV a place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITVOF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPublic Affairs\nHighlights of UBC media coverage\nin February 2012\nHeather Amos\nNEWS FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING\nOF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR\nTHE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS)\nMarine mammal research\nThe BBC reported on UBC professor\nAndrew Trites and his colleagues who\nare using trained sea lions for research\non eating habits. The researchers strap\ncameras and tracking equipment on to\nthe sea lions as they dive for food.\n\"We're simulating depths the animals\nencounter in Alaska. Our ultimate goal is\nto figure out whether the sea lions in\nAlaska are getting enough to eat,\" said\nTrites.\nAgence France Presse and the\nVancouver Sun wrote about the work of\nmarine mammal experts including\nUBC's Trites and Stephen Raverty who\ntold the annual meeting ofthe AAAS\nthat around the world seals, otters, and\nother species are increasingly infected\nby parasites and other diseases from the\nland.\nDevice turns gestures into song\nBesearchers have created a system that\nconverts hand gestures into speech, and\ninto song as well. Its name is Digital\nVentriloquized Actor, or DiVA, reported\nMSNBC, the New Scientist, Discovery\nNews, CTV, CBC and many others.\nWith the gestures ofthe right hand,\nDiVA's operator controls the pitch and\nthe character ofthe sounds. Closed-hand\ngestures produce consonants. Open-hand\ngestures produce vowels.\n\"We designed a gestural space that\nmimics the vocal tract,\" said Sidney Fels,\ndirector of UBC's Media and Graphics\nInterdisciplinary Center, or MAGIC, who\npresented at the annual meeting ofthe\nAAAS.\nWindow into world's\nfuture oceans\nProfessor Villy Christensen and other\nUBC fisheries experts are coordinating\nan international group of researchers\nwho are using a sophisticated oceanic\nsimulator to predict future ocean\nconditions. The work, which was\npresented at the annual meeting of the\nAAAS, incorporates existing climate\nchange models and then accounts for\nfishing pressure, ocean acidification and\ndecreasing dissolved oxygen, reported\nNational Public Radio and the Vancouver\nSun.\nThe initial simulations show that\nglobally we are seeing a decline in big fish\nspecies, and an increase in smaller fish,\nwhich are of no commercial interest.\nIn an article highlighting the\ncontributions Canadian researchers\nmade to the 2012 AAAS conference, the\nGlobe and Mail listed UBC's Christensen\nand Julio Montaner, the director ofthe\nB.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS\nand the Head of Division of AIDS in the\nFaculty of Medicine, among the bright\nstars of Canadian research.\nNorovirus vaccine\nshowing promise\nUSA Today, MSNBC, Fox News and the\nVancouver Sun reported that scientists\nare getting closer to producing a\nvaccine against norovirus. There are\nabout 5.5 million cases of norovirus in\nthe United States each year, making\nit the number one cause of foodborne\nillness.\nCurrently, the best way to prevent\nnorovirus infection is to wash your\nhands with soap and water before eating\nor preparing food. Hand sanitizers can\nalso be used if soap and water are not\navailable, but these may not be as\naffective, said UBC's Natalie Prystajecky,\none of four experts presenting at the\nAAAS symposium 'Norovirus: The\nModern Scourge of Food and Family.\nRising sea levels\npose flood risk\nHundreds of millions of people who are\nliving in low-lying coastal areas around\nthe globe will have to protect themselves\nfrom rising sea levels.\nDavid Flanders, a research scientist at\nUBC, presented his work with the Metro\nVancouver community of Delta, B.C., at\nthe annual meeting of the AAAS.\nFlanders, professor Stephen Sheppard,\nand their colleagues at UBC's\nCollaborative for Advanced Landscape\nPlanning have developed visualization\nof several strategies Delta residents can\nimplement to protect against rising sea\nlevels, reported Canadian Press, CTV,\nCBC, the Vancouver Sun and others.\nHealth mentor Hilary Brown (left to right) meets with students from his discussion group: Rosie Higgins (occupational therapy), Anita Rashidi (medical education) and Kevin Shen (Dentistry).\nPatients are supposed to be the centre\nof attention for students preparing to\nwork in one ofthe health professions.\nBut somehow, in the rush to learn all\nthere is to know about treating, curing\nand healing, students rarely get a chance\nto know patients in any meaningful\nway\u00E2\u0080\u0094the choices they have to make, the\nbarriers they confront, the frustrations\nthey encounter.\nA new program spanning several\nUBC faculties is now injecting greater\nhumanity into the learning process.\nThe Interprofessional Health Mentors\nProgram has matched 90 students\nwith 23 people grappling with chronic\nconditions, such as spinal cord injury,\nmultiple sclerosis, arthritis, epilepsy,\nHIV/AIDS and mental health problems.\nFour students are assigned to\neach mentor, making for intimate,\nfull-participation discussions.\nTheir meetings take place during a\n16-month period\u00E2\u0080\u0094a virtual epoch in\nthe frenzied, \"if it's Tuesday it must\nbe anatomy\" whirlwind of becoming\nnurses, occupational therapists, dentists,\nphysicians and pharmacists.\n\"We want the students to develop\nrelationships with the patients over\ntime, in contrast to most of their one-off,\ntransitory encounters,\" says Associate\nProfessor of Medicine Angela Towle, who\nis leading the project. \"At the same time,\nthey are also building relationships with\nstudents from other health fields, gaining\ninsights that could help them collaborate\nas professionals.\"\nTowle, who promotes interprofessional\neducation through the Division of Health\nCare Communication in UBC's College\nof Health Disciplines, borrowed the idea\nfrom Thomas Jefferson University in\nPhiladelphia and Dalhousie University,\nbut reworked it to give students and\nmentors more control.\n\"We obviously set some objectives, but\nwe didn't want to constrain the learning,\"\nTowle says. \"We wanted to see what\nwould happen.\"\nSo students and mentors\u00E2\u0080\u0094all of whom\nhave volunteered to participate\u00E2\u0080\u0094meet\non their own, without an instructor,\nevery couple of months. They are given\nthemes to discuss, and students write\nabout their insights in online journals\nthat are read by Towle and an instructor\nfrom their particular program.\n\"Usually, we don't have the opportunity\nto spend more than 30 minutes with a\nclient,\" said Heather Lyons, a first-year\noccupational therapy student, whose\nmentor has multiple sclerosis. \"Here,\nwe're delving into the human aspect.\nBeing able to learn so much about\nsomeone\u00E2\u0080\u0094their family, the barriers in\ntheir environment, how certain words\ncarry different meanings for them\u00E2\u0080\u0094is\nallowing us to learn on a deeper level.\"\nMentors were selected in part based\non previous experience as educators\nor facilitators. Hilary Brown, who\nteaches laboratory science at Vancouver\nCommunity College, thought the\nprogram might help raise awareness\nabout his condition\u00E2\u0080\u0094he lost use of his\nlegs due to a motor vehicle accident\n23 year ago\u00E2\u0080\u0094among a broader range of\nhealth professionals.\n\"When I'm in an office or examining\nroom, there's an uneasiness that doesn't\nhave to be there,\" he says. \"Maybe if\nI can get in at the ground level ofthe\ntraining of these health professionals, I\ncan break down some ofthe barriers that\nI sense.\"\nOne of Brown's students, Anita Bashidi,\nsees those barriers coming down already.\n\"It's an open environment, so you\nfeel comfortable asking questions that\nmight be awkward in the 'real world' of\na doctor's office, and that awkwardness\ncould end up affecting how you treat\nyour patients,\" says Bashidi, a first-year\nmedical student. \"It's good to clear\nup those uncertainties now, in a safe\nenvironment.\"\nThe program, which receives financial\nsupport from the College of Health\nDisciplines and UBC's Teaching and\nLearning Enhancement Fund, will\ndouble in size with a second wave of\nstudents in September, and perhaps\ninclude even more health training\nprograms. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nUBC Reports The University of British Columbia March 2012 Atop Everest for health research\nUBC expedition seeks high altitude answers to chronic diseases\nPaul Marck\n\"People who live their lives at high altitude seem more resistant\nand less vulnerable to the respiratory and cardiovascular problems.\"\nA view of the majestic Himalayas.\nTalk about a steep learning curve.\nA pioneering research project designed\nto investigate the effects of chronic\noxygen deprivation and distribution of\nblood flow at high altitudes through the\nheart, lungs and brain will put a UBC\nresearch expedition on top ofthe world\nat Everest Base Camp next month.\nThe School of Health and Exercise\nSciences at UBC's Okanagan campus\nis sending a 25-member team of\ninternational scientists on a six-week\nresearch expedition in April to Everest's\nPyramid laboratory. The fully equipped\nscientific facility\u00E2\u0080\u0094at 5,050 metres\u00E2\u0080\u0094is\nthree miles above sea level and more\nthan half-way up the world's tallest\nmountain, which tops out at 8,848\nmetres. Compare that to Vancouver at\nsea level, or Kelowna's elevation of 344\nmetres.\nCanada Research Chair Phil Ainslie is seen conducting experiments at the Pyramid Laboratory on a previous research mission to Everest Base Camp.\nPrincipal investigator Philip\nAinslie, Canada Besearch Chair in\nCerebrovascular Function in Health\nand Disease and associate professor\nin the School of Health and Exercise\nSciences, leads the expedition.\n\"Besearch at high altitude provides an\nexcellent means to examine physiological adaptation to chronic reductions\nin the pressure of oxygen,\" says\nAinslie. \"Besults ofthe studies have the\npotential to substantially improve our\nunderstanding of biological adaption to\nchronic hypoxia.\"\nHypoxia\u00E2\u0080\u0094which can severely\ndecrease oxygen delivery to the\nbrain\u00E2\u0080\u0094and reduced blood flow to\nvital organs are characteristic of many\nchronic conditions, including heart\nattack, stroke and respiratory failure.\nBesearchers hope to adapt experiment\nresults for further clinical studies with\nthe goal of devising new methods of\nprevention and treatment.\nThe study, titled Integrative\nphysiological adaptation to\nhigh-altitude: a scientific expedition\nto explore mechanisms of human\nadaptation, encompasses eight separate\nexperiments ranging from cerebrovascular, cardiopulmonary, and neurocog-\nnitive health to measuring the effects\nof acute mountain sickness and sleep\napnea.\nThe international contingent\nincludes members from UBC's\nOkanagan and Vancouver campuses,\nDuke University, University of Oregon,\nUniversity of Sydney, Mount Boyal\nUniversity (Calgary), University of\nCardiff, Okanagan College, University\nof Otago (New Zealand) and University\nofthe Netherlands.\nMembers ofthe team include\nresearchers, sleep technicians,\nphysicians, a bioengineer, and a\nhardware/software specialist.\nBesearchers will be their own test\nsubjects as healthy human volunteers,\nundergoing procedures in Kelowna to\ncollect extensive baseline data for their\nmountain experiments, which will be\nrepeated at altitude on Everest.\nExpedition members will undergo\nextensive acclimatization for six weeks\nprior to arriving at the Everest lab,\nwhere conditions are harsh due to the\nthin atmosphere, austere surroundings,\nunpredictable weather and mountain\nsickness that affects many newcomers\nto high-altitude areas.\nThe scientific team assembled\nin Kelowna for three weeks in late\nFebruary for lab and equipment\ntraining and physical screening testing.\nThey leave for Vancouver and the\nHimalayas in April for the six-week\nexpedition.\nThe Ev-K2-CNB Pyramid Laboratory\nat Everest base camp in Khumbu Valley\nin Nepal is one ofthe only facilities in\nthe world where all eight experiments\ncan be conducted on members of\nthe expedition, including invasive\nprocedures and the study of sleep apnea,\na common occurrence at high altitudes.\nThe expedition also plans to test a\nnumber of permanent high-altitude\nresidents of mountainous Nepal,\nrecruited from the Periche region,\nwhich is at 4,200 metres. Some of them\nhave already volunteered for earlier\nexperiments through collaborations\nwith local physicians and scientists.\n\"People who live their lives at high\naltitude seem more resistant and\nless vulnerable to the respiratory\nand cardiovascular problems that we\nexperience living at sea level,\" says Ainslie.\n\"We want to explore this phenomenon\nfurther to gain insight into those\ndifferences.\"\nAinslie\u00E2\u0080\u0094an accomplished mountaineer\nwho has been to Everest seven times-\nsays the conditions in the Himalayas\noffer the best and most cost-effective\nopportunity to conduct research.\n\"The Himalayas present the best\nopportunity for success for UBC's\nexpedition without a doubt,\" says Ainslie.\nPreparations for the expedition\nhave been under way for two years.\nPart ofthe funds to cover the estimated\n$50,000 expenses of seven participating\nstudents and post-doctoral fellows\nwill be raised by selling a limited-\nedition expedition patch through\nUBC's Okanagan campus bookstore.\nMinimum donation: $10.\nOrganizers also hope to raise funds\nfor the Himalaya Trust, the foundation\nset up by Sir Edmund Hillary, the New\nZealander who first summited Everest,\nin order to aid the region's peoples\nbuild schools, health-care and other\nfacilities. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nContact the team at:\ninfo@himalyantrust.com\nUBC Reports The University of British Columbia March 2012 UBC\nW\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nVice Provost and Associate Vice President\nENROLMENT AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES\nThe University of British Columbia, one of Canada's\neading research and educational institutions, is seeking a\nVice Provost and Associate Vice President Enrolment and\nAcademic Facilities,\nThe Vice Provost and Associate Vice President Enrolment\nand Academic Facilities will be responsible for all aspects\nof enrolment management, domestic and international;\nspace and facilities planning, and capital projects; and will\nparticipate in the University budgeting process\nThis person will also play a key leadership role on a variety\nof academic committees, both locally at UBC Vancouver\nand inter-campus with UBC Okanagan and Great Northern\nWay Campus, serving to further the academic mission\nof the University, consistent with the Commitments,\nGoals, and Actions of Place and Promise, the University's\nstrategic plan.\nThe ideal candidate will have outstanding academic\ncredentials; proven leadership ability and administrative\nexperience; a strong commitment to excellence in\nearning, research, and service; the ability to support and\nmotivate research and learning activities; and excellent\ninterpersonal skills. The successful candidate will be\nappointed to a five-year term, renewable once.\nThe position is internal to the University,\nThe Vice Provost and Associate Vice President Enrolment\nand Academic Facilities will report directly to the Provost\nand Vice President Academic, and will work collaboratively\nwith a variety of people across the University. All qualified\npersons are encouraged to apply,\nUBC is an equal opportunity employer.\ndeadline Monday, March 12,2012\nTo learn more about this unique leadership\nopportunity, please contact:\nMary Hayden, Director, Office ofthe Provost\nand Vice President Academic, (604) 822-0078,\nOr forward your CV, letter of introduction,\nand the names of three references in confidence to:\nMary Hayden, Director, Office ofthe Provost\nand VP Academic Walter C. Koerner Library, 6th Floor,\n1958 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z2\nJournalism Prof. Alfred Hermida is the winner of this year's President's Award for Public Education through media.\nShining stars\nSpotlight on UBC research luminaries\nBrian Lin\nYour Conference\nPlanning Partner at UBC\nMM\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.c\u00C2\u00A3\nubcconferences.com\nOKANAGAN\nT 250 807 8050\nE conferences.ubco@ubc.ca\nokanagan.ubcconferences.com\nTwenty-two UBC researchers in fields\nas diverse as volcanology, health\npolicy, computer science, HIV/AIDS\nand cognitive linguistics are being\nhonoured for their accomplishments\nduring this year's Celebrate Research\nWeek, March 2-9.\nAmong the winners ofthe 2011\nFaculty Besearch Awards is Dr. Bandy\nGascoyne in the Department of\nPathology and Laboratory Medicine,\nwho also carries the distinction of being\nthe first clinical faculty member to\nreceive the Killam Besearch Prize.\nGascoyne is a hematopathologist\nat the BC Cancer Agency and the sole\nCanadian member ofthe International\nLymphoma Study Group. An expert\nin the diagnosis and classification of\nlymphoma, his research focuses on\nthe use of biomarkers as an outcome\npredictor in non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.\nDr. Julio Montaner, chair ofthe\ndivision of AIDS in the Faculty of\nMedicine and director ofthe BC Centre\nfor Excellence in HIV/AIDS, has focused\nhis recent research on the effectiveness\nof highly active anti-retroviral therapy\nas a prevention tool for the spread\nof HIV, especially in hard-to-reach\npopulations. A former president ofthe\nInternational AIDS Society, Montaner\nis recipient of this year's Jacob Biely\nBesearch Prize, the University's\npremier research honour.\nThe President's Award for Public\nEducation through Media goes to\nProf. Alfred Hermida ofthe School of\nJournalism\u00E2\u0080\u0094the second year in the row\na journalism professor has received this\ndistinction.\nHermida, one ofthe founding\neditors ofthe BBC News web site, is\nrecognized for his research in the digital\ndissemination of journalism and for\nhis efforts in sharing research beyond\nacademic circles through a combination\nof scholarly publications, applied\nprojects and media activities. He coined\nthe term \"ambient journalism\" to\ndescribe the new breed of journalism\nthat exists through social media. He has\ngiven more than 130 interviews to local,\nnational and international print and\nbroadcast media outlets since joining\nUBC in 2006.\n\"I have tried to further our\nunderstanding of how traditional\nfunctions of journalism\u00E2\u0080\u0094informing\ncitizens, ensuring public accountability,\nproviding analysis and mobilizing\npublic opinion\u00E2\u0080\u0094are being transformed\nby the disruption of established concepts\nof communication, prevailing notions\nof space and time and the distinction\nbetween public and private spheres,\"\nsays Hermida.\nIn addition to studying social media,\nHermida has been actively engaging with\nthe public through his award-winning\nblog, Reportr.net, where he has shared\ncomments, interpretations and analyses\non trends in digital journalism.\nA blog post Hermida wrote in\nSeptember 2009 based on his research\npaper, Twittering the News: The\nEmergence of Ambient Journalism, was\nretweeted by more than 130 users,\nresulting in more than 1,000 views of\nthe post. Hermida will share his insights\non March 7 as part ofthe Celebrate\nBesearch lunchtime lecture series.\nWinners ofthe 2011 Faculty Besearch\nAwards will be recognized at the Celebrate\nBesearch Awards Gala on March 8,6:30-9\np.m. at the Museum of Anthropology. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nFor more information on this\nand other CRW events, visit:\nwww.celebrateresearch.ubc.ca.\nFor events in the Okanagan, visit:\nwww.ubc.ca/okanagan/celebrateresearch.\nHermida, one of the\nfounding editors of\nthe BBC News web\nsite, is recognized\nfor his research in the\ndigital dissemination\nof journalism and for\nhis efforts in sharing\nresearch beyond\nacademic circles.\nOnly\n3 minutes to\nsave the world\nUBC grad students get\nto the crux of the matter\nCarolynne Ciceri\nCan graduate students really distill years\nof complex thesis research into three\nshort minutes of easily understood\npresentation for a general audience?\nYes they can.\nProof positive can be witnessed as the\n2nd annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT)\nCompetition returns to UBC's Vancouver\ncampus this year. More than 100 grad\nstudents from across the academic\nspectrum have registered to participate\nin departmental heats, with top finishers\nadvancing to campus-wide semi-final and\nfinal rounds.\nForestry's Carolina Chanis, a semi-finalist\nin last year's competition, says the \"3MT\nis a way to teach graduate students how to\nstop living in their heads and start talking\nto people about why their research matters.\nAfter all, we are all doing something to save\nthe world, right?\"\nThe Three Minute Thesis Competition's\nfinal event will be held on the first day of\nCelebrate Besearch Week: Friday, March 2\nat noon in the Graduate Student Centre's\nBallroom. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nFor more information, visit:\nhttp://3mt.grad.ubc.ca\nCelebrate Research\nLunchtime Lecture Series\nMarch 2\n12:30 PM - 2 PM\nProf. Mark MacLachlan, Department of Chemistry\nFrom Hydrogen Storage to Prosthetic Beetle Wings:\nNew Materials for a Better World\nVictoria Theatre Room #182\nIrving K. Barber Learning Centre Vancouver Campus\nMarch 7\n12:30 PM - 1:30 PM\nProf. Alfred Hermida, School of Journalism\nNews Beyond Journalism: Social Media and\nthe Recurring Rythms of Storytelling\nVictoria Theatre Room #182\nIrving K. Barber Learning Centre Vancouver Campus\nMarch 8\n12 PM - 2 PM\nPanel led by Prof. Bob Sparkes, Centre for Sport & Sustainability\nAdvancing Social Development through Sport\nMultipurpose Room\nLiu Institute for Global Issues Vancouver Campus\nMarch 9\n12:30 PM - 1:30 PM\nProf. Barbara Dancygier, Department of English\nLanguage, Creativity, and the Embodied Mind\nVictoria Theatre Room #182\nIrving K. Barber Learning Centre Vancouver Campus\nUBC Reports The University of British Columbia March 2012 Righting a 70-year wrong\nUBC honours Japanese Canadian students sent to internment camps\nHeather Amos\nThe treatment of Japanese Canadians\nand Japanese nationals during the\nSecond World War is a dark period of\nCanadian history\u00E2\u0080\u0094a period few\nCanadians fully understand or want to\ndiscuss. Now, 70 years later, the\nUniversity of British Columbia will\nrecognize its own involvement in this\nlamentable story.\nDuring May congregation, UBC will\ngrant honorary degrees to the estimated\n58 students who were unable to complete\ntheir university studies. An additional\n16 students will have their original\ndegrees re-conferred; they missed their\ngraduation ceremony when they were\nsent to internment camps in 1942.\n\"If these students had been allowed\nto continue living in their communities,\nthen they would have finished their\ninitial plans for education,\" said Mary\nKitagawa, a retired B.C. high school\nteacher who has led the campaign for\nUBC honorary degrees. \"These people's\nlives haven't been completed in the way\nthey had planned and that is the great\ninjustice.\"\nIn 1942, when Prime Minister William\nLyon Mackenzie King invoked the War\nMeasures Act following the attack on\nPearl Harbor, 21,000 Japanese Canadians\nwere forced to leave their homes and\nthe west coast for internment camps,\nprisoner of war camps, sugar beet farms\nand work-prison camps. Most had their\nproperty confiscated by the Canadian\ngovernment. Many lost everything except\nwhat they could carry with them.\nLives changed forever\nThis disruption changed the course of\nUBC students' lives. Few were able to\ncomplete their studies after the war\nbecause their family or financial\nA three-year journey\nFrom the time Kitagawa's letter was\nreceived, UBC was eager to take\naction. But as often happens, this\nsimple concept turned out to be a\ncomplex undertaking. For members\nofthe Japanese Canadian community,\nthe months of inquiry, meetings and\ndeliberations felt like an eternity.\n\"One of UBC's mistakes was that we\ndidn't bring the wider community into\nour planning and discussions right\naway,\" said Henry Yu, a UBC history\nprofessor.\nKitagawa's letter was discussed by\nthe Senate Tributes Committee, the\nbody responsible to decide how UBC\nought to respond. A task force was set\nup to determine whether the university\nwould opt for individual recognition, or\nfor a larger initiative.\n\"To make an individual recognition\nceremony possible, the UBC Senate had\nto create a new form of honorary degree\nthat would not duplicate the original\ndegrees that some ofthe students had\nbeen granted, and that allowed for\nsome flexibility in our usual process,\"\nsaid Sally Thorne, chair ofthe Senate\nTributes Committee.\nWhen the motion for this special\nhonorary degree was brought to\nthe University Senate, it received\nunanimous approval.\nAnd then, there was the list\nTo complicate matters, the university\ndid not have an official record of\nthe UBC students affected by the\ninternment.\nFortunately for UBC, Kitagawa, her\nhusband Tosh and other members of\nthe Japanese Canadian community took\non the task of finding and identifying\nFortunately for UBC, Kitagawa, her husband Tosh and\nother members of the Japanese Canadian community took\non the task of finding and identifying those students.\ncircumstances no longer made this\npossible; others ended up at universities\nin eastern Canada\nIn the United States, where similar\nevents occurred, state governments\nand universities in California, Oregon\nand Washington have granted\nhonorary degrees to their former\nstudents. Kitagawa followed closely\ndevelopments in the U.S., and seeing\nthe powerful impacts of these symbolic\ngestures on students and families, she\nfirst suggested in a 2008 letter that UBC\nfollow suit.\n\"My parents instilled in us that ifyou\nsee something wrong happening, we\nshould voice our discontent,\" said\nKitagawa, who has spent her adult life\nin the Lower Mainland and is an active\nmember ofthe Japanese Canadian\ncommunity. \"Someone had to speak out\nfor these students.\"\nthose students. Through news media\nand word of mouth, the couple almost\nsingle-handedly reached out to the\ncommunity, asking former students or\nrelatives to contact them.\n\"They produced this remarkable\nlist that identified the students who\nhad been forced to leave,\" said Alden\nE. Habacon, director of Intercultural\nUnderstanding Strategy Development\nat UBC. \"We were able to check that\nlist with our enrolment records but we\nwould never have been able to produce\nthat list without the community.\"\nRecognizing the students\nIn November 2011, the UBC Senate\napproved three measures to recognize\nwhat happened to the UBC students:\nthe students will be awarded honorary\ndegrees in May, the university will\ndevelop initiatives to educate future\n'I'm very pleased with the outcome, especially for the students,\"\nsaid Kitagawa. \"When I told them the news, they were so happy.\nSome students said they never expected this to happen in their lifetime.\"\nstudents about this shameful period in\nhistory, and the Library will preserve and\nbring to life the historical record of that\ntime.\n\"These students earned the right to\nstudy at UBC and purely by virtue of their\nancestry, that right was taken away,\" said\nShirley Nakata, UBC's Ombudsperson\nfor Students and the Co-Chair along with\nHabacon ofthe university committee\ncharged with implementing the Senate's\nthree measures.\n\"The convocation is about honouring\nthese students, acknowledging what was\nlost and formally welcoming them to the\nUBC Alumni family.\"\n\"I'm very pleased with the outcome,\nespecially for the students,\" said\nKitagawa. \"When I told them the news,\nthey were so happy. Some students said\nthey never expected this to happen in\ntheir lifetime.\"\nFor many ofthe 74 students who will\nreceive degrees in May, the good news\ncame too late; family members have been\ninvited to receive the degrees on their\nbehalf. The 21 living students range in\nage between 89 and 96 and are scattered\nfrom Nanaimo to Ontario and beyond.\nOne man lives as far away as Japan and\nyet, he is planning to make the trip in\nMay with his two daughters.\nGoing beyond honourary degrees\nPart of UBC's acknowledgement of what\nhappened in 1942 is the UBC Library\nproject to collect and archive stories\nfrom individual students, to document\nhow their lives were forever altered\nbecause of what happened. The Library\nwill also digitize a national Japanese\nCanadian newspaper from the time.\nIn addition, UBC's Faculty of Arts will\nsoon be launching an Asian Canadian\nStudies program. Courses will explore\nthe importance of Japanese Canadians\nand other Asian Canadians in the\ncountry's history, including the role\nplayed by anti-Asian racism in producing\nevents such as the Japanese Canadian\ninternment.\n\"I am proud that UBC is making broader\ncommitments to rethink our curriculum\nand academic programs, and to archive\na part of this history; we are going a step\nfurther than simply awarding degrees,\"\nsaid UBC President Prof. Stephen Toope.\n\"As a university, we aim to create a\nmore compassionate and thoughtful\nenvironment where students, faculty and\nstaff can act as global citizens and we do\nthis by recognizing injustice and taking\nsteps to learn from it,\" he said. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nPUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY BY THE PUBLICATIONS BOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nVOL, XXIV\nVANCOUVER, B. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 9,1942\nNo. 21\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 DISCHARGED - Typical of\nthe Japanese men who have\nbeen comrades-in-arms to other\ntrainees in the C.O.T.C. is Mlchi-\nyoshi Symiya, first year arts student, shown above taking his uniform into the orderly room.\nHe along with many otl-cr Japanese has worn the Canadian army\nuniform for the last time. For a\nyear ond a half they have drilled\nwith their friends of the white\nrace. Now it has ended.\nLicut.Col. Shrum said that a\n\"ticklish .situation* had been averted. The University could not\ngo on training the Japanese.\n\"It is for their own protection\nna well as ours,\" added Dr. L. S,\nKlink. \"Feeling has run high in\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094News-Herald Photo.\nthe downtown sections and the\nsight of a Japanese in uniform\nwould be uniortunate and might\nhave serious consequences for\nthem.\"\nFrom the Japanere come regrets\nthat action such as this hrs bem\ntaken. \"We are loyal,\" they say,\n\"we want to take our place by\nthe side of our Canadian friends\nin the defense of Canada.\"\nRed Cross Dance\nSet For Jan. 23\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 r \"SAY SADIE, have you heard that there's going to be\nanother Red Cross Ball this year?\" That's the word that\nwill be going around the campus from now on.\n^^~\"^\"\"^^^^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^^^^^ The date is January 23 at the\nCommodore, The price is $2.25 per\nperson and it's Dutch treat. Lavish arrangements are being made\nfor the ball which will be a trans-\nCanada affair.\nOther universities that will have\na ball the same evening are McGill, Dalhousie, Saskatchewan,\nQueens, New Brunswick, and Manitoba.\nAnyone on the campus may sell\ntickets and; so be eligible for the\nprize of a free ticket going to the\nboy and the girl selling the most\ntickets.\nTickets to sell may be procured\nfrom Shirley Wismer, Graham\nMcCall, or Bob Rose. Raffle\ntickets are now out on the campus\nand there are more than 35 prizes\nwith a grand prize of a |300 squirrel coat donated by R. J, Pop.\nLast year the ball netted $2,000 for\ntha Red Cross.\n'ancer\nWood Won't\nTalk; BAC's\nUndisclosed\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Interrupted exam time-tables,\ndue to blackouts, cut down on\nthe number of B.A.C. degrees conferred at UB.C. this year.\nAs usual second and third year\nApplied Science students received\nthe worst beating as they wera\nthe only ones to complete their\nexams, One first year Science class\nreceived generous war and Christmas bonuses to tide them over.\nThe Registrar's Office has refused to give any information on\nwhether any bouncing will be\ndone after the rest of the exams\nare written off, and Interested students must worry it out for themselves.\nPubsters Surprised, Shaken\nBy Visits Of Apparition\nBy HAROLD BURKS\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 GOOKER came scampering around the corner and into\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Vancouver Sun Photo\nDANCER\u00E2\u0080\u0094 \"Madame Bonneau\"\n(Princess Arfa) the well known\nballerina will be the guest of the\nCosmopolitan Club Sunday, 2:30\np.m. at the home of Gwen Telfer,\n4593 W. 6th Ave.\nPrincess Arfa was in Afghanistan\nat the time of the French Collapse\nand will tell of her experiences.\nGuest pianist will be Jennie Chu,\nand a vocal soloist will give selections.\nIVF Plans Camp\nFor Weekend\nAt \"Plantation\"\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 THE INTER-VARSITY Christian fellowship, which has\nmembers In the universities of\nMummers to Revive\n1941's'Candida'Hit\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 G. B. SHAW'S \"CANDIDA\" produced by the Players*\nClub last spring, will be revived on Monday, in a performance in aid of the university Red Cross war effort.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094m\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094_ Shirley Macdonald, president,\nSc-Aggie\nMixer Hits\nAt Stags\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 STAGS BEWARE! The Science-\nAggie Mixer Saturday, January 10, at 8:30 p.m. Is calculated\nto make the most accomplished\nwolf think twice before appearing\nunaccompanied, A hard times\ndance, admission price wiTi be 50c\nfor stags and 50c per couple, This\ndance will probably be the last\nat which Sid Poulton will lead his\nPoulcats slnoe he will De going\nsoon to Gordon Head to take a\ntraining course for Active Service,\nArtsmen who feel capable of\nhandling themselves with sufficient poise may gain admission and\nshould wear the clothes in which\nthey are usually seen on the Cam-\npus.Sclencemen will appear In\ntheir survey clothes and Aggies\nin their milking ensembles.\nstresses the fact that the play Is\na University function and should\nbe supported by the entire student body. It is being produced lm\nconjunction with the newly-formed War Aid Council.\nMembers of tae club In the performance are: Mary MeLorg, wht\ntalies the leading role ot Candidal\nJohn Glen, graduate of the Unlr-\nersity and now playing with %\nSeattle company, as the young\npoet, Eugene Marchbanks; John\nPowell in the part of the younf\ntheological student; Arthur Hill w\nthe clergyman husband of Candida; Nancy Bruce as his secretary;\nand Lister Sinclair as#Candlda'i\nreprobate father.\nAs far as possible costumes and\nset are the same as last year. Tie*\nkets for the performance may be\nprocured from any member of the\nPlayers' Club, by phoning AL.00H\nor at tho door \u00C2\u00ABn the night of th*\nperformance.\nJapanese\nStudents\nEvacuated\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 AT LEAST two Japanese students, both unnaturalized, have\nhad to leave the university under\nthe Dominion Governments regulations providing for evacuation\nof B.C. Nipponese.\nThese two, both males, are leaving through the natural course of\nevents and, contrary to the belief\nfelt in some quarters, have not\nreceived any special consideration\nas university students.\nRegistrar C. B. Wood reveals\nthat any such Japanese undergraduates would be allowed on\ntheir request to write their final\nexaminations at any other Canadian university centre. This is\na customary procedure for students unable to write their exams\nduring the regular U.B.C. schedule.\n\u00C2\u00A9\nMary Kitagawa has led the campaign for UBC to award\nhonorary degrees to the Japanese Canadian students affected\nby internment.\n\u00C2\u00A9 Reprint from the Jan. 9, 1942 issue of The Ubyssey: The article \"Uniform Goes Back\" is about the Japanese\nCanadian students who were discharged from the Canadian Officers Training Corps (C.O.T.C)\n\u00C2\u00A9 Reprint from the Mar. 6, 1942 issue of The Ubyssey: The article \"Japanese Student Evacuated\" tells of two\nJapanese Canadian students who were forced to leave UBC and their education because of government regulations.\nReopening a\nsensitive case\nAlthough the Canadian government\nimplemented internment, the role and\nresponsibility of UBC regarding its\nJapanese Canadian students remains\nan uncomfortable question. Many U.S.\nuniversities protested the inclusion\nof Japanese American students in\nthe forced removal, tried to place\ntheir students at other universities\nor supported the completion of their\ndegrees during the internment.\nThis was not the case at UBC. Even\nbefore internment, Japanese Canadian\nstudents in the university's Canadian\nOfficers Training Corps (C.O.T.C) had\ntheir commissions stripped by the\nuniversity's Senate Committee on\nMilitary Education. Two UBC faculty\nmembers, Henry Angus and E.H.\nMorrow, were among the few who\nspoke out against the injustice.\nLearning from\nour mistakes\nOn March 21, UBC will hold a\nsymposium that will seek to answer\nquestions about what happened 70\nyears ago and raise questions about\nUBC's responsibility. Participants will\nalso examine related ethical issues that\nstill resonate today.\nA committee chaired by Tom Patch,\nAssociate Vice President of Equity, is\norganizing the symposium to connect\nissues of justice and responsibility in\nwhat happened 70 years ago to today.\n8\nUBC Reports The University of British Columbia March 2012 Celebrate Research Week\nWITH\nUBC Library\nUBC Library connects faculty and students\nwith local and global information resources\nand enables new forms of knowledge creation,\ndissemination and exchange.\nWe are proud to support this year's\nCelebrate Research Week with the following\nevents at our Vancouver campus:\n^ A\nREGISTER From a\nsystematic review literature\nsearch workshop to understanding\ncopyright, attend our seminars this\nto week to find out how we can\nhelp with your research needs.\nSHARE - Find out more about\nhow cIRcle, our digital repository,\ncan make your research materials\nopenly accessible.\nVISIT-DropbyourUBC\nLibrary Digitization Centre Open\nHouse to find out more about the\nLibrary's digital agenda.\nCONGRATS-We salute\nthis year's 2012 UBC Library\nInnovative Research Dissemination\nAward recipient at the Celebrate\nResearch Week gala. Presented by\nIngrid Parent, University Librarian.\nTo register or for more information, visit\nwww.library.ubc.ca\nSAGE\nBistro & Catering\nFresh / Local / Sustainable / Simple\nSAG EI\natthG UnivGrsity Centre\nsage.ubc.ca\nReservations: 604-822-c\n6yy\ Crescent Road, Vancouver I\nSUMMER SCHOOL AT VST\nLEADERSHIP FOR A TIME LIKE THIS\nGuest faculty from across North America including\nDARRELL GUDER, Princeton Theological Seminary,\nEUGENE LOWRY, St. Paul's School of Theology, and\nTHERESA LATINI, Luther Seminary, gather to address\nthis important theme. Week-long courses, special\nlectures and round table discussions focus on pressing\nissues and practices for leadership in\nour time.\nwww.vst.edu for\nmore info & registration\nbeginning January, 2012\nFrom green streets to smart energy, UBC is building a model sustainable community for campus residents.\nFive ways UTown@UBC is\ninnovating sustainability\nScott Steedman\nHow do theoretical concepts of\nsustainability translate into real-world\nchanges? One way is to use UTown@\nUBC, UBC's on-campus residential\ncommunity, as a \"Living Lab\" for testing\nsustainable practices.\nThroughout the planning and\nconstruction of UTown@UBC, the\nUniversity has developed a number of\ninnovative sustainable practices. Here\nare five examples of sustainability in\naction.\nGreen Streets\n\"Green streets are similar to conventional\nstreets, but instead of cars, they are\ndesigned for pedestrians or people\non bicycles or other non-motorized\nvehicles,\" explains Joe Stott, director\nof planning at Campus and Community\nPlanning (C+CP).\nIn Wesbrook Place, South Campus'\nlatest development, green streets\nalternate with car streets to create\na network that encourages walking,\ncycling and alternative modes of\ntransportation, as well as increasing\ngreen space. The green streets are lined\nwith sidewalks, while bicycle paths run\nalong the central area. Treed boulevards\non either side separate the pathways.\n\"Residents who live in the buildings\nalong these green streets get to their\nfront doors by walking through the\nstreets, which helps animate the area,\"\nsays Stott. \"They will become centres\nfor all sorts of activities, including\nrelaxation.\"\nStorm water - waste not, want not\n\"Wesbrook Place takes a very different\nand more sustainable approach to\nstormwater management,\" explains Siu\nTse, associate director, infrastructure\nand services planning at C+CP. \"The\ngreen streets include a waterway and a\ngreenway through the village, which is\nfed by storm water.\"\nStreets are designed to harness storm\nwater as a resource instead of draining\nit away. The water flows on the surface\nthrough the green streets and creates\na small lake, which can then be used\nfor irrigation or for water features.\nThis cuts down the neighbourhood's\ndemand for high-quality, potable water\nand minimizes the amount that gets\ndischarged into the Fraser River.\nREAP: a sustainable building code\nGood water management is\nalso a feature ofthe Residential\nEnvironmental Assessment Program or\nREAP, the university's homegrown green\nbuilding standard. All developers who\nbuild residences at UTown@UBC must apply REAP standards\nto their projects. Since Version 2.0 of REAP was launched in\n2006,926 family housing units have been developed to REAP\nGold standards in eight buildings.\nREAP was developed in consultation with academic and\noperational staff because the LEED system, the benchmark\nfor environmental building design, was not appropriate for\nfour-storey wood frame residential construction.\n\"We're working to improve REAP all the time,\" says\nKyle Reese, community energy manager in UBC's campus\nsustainability office. \"We're working on Version 3.0 now. It\nwas time to raise the bar. That was our aim when we created\nREAP- to be a leader.\"\nREAP standards aim for reductions in total building water\nusage, providing high efficiency fixture requirements inside\neach home and high performance irrigation for each building.\nYu: Innovative design for saving energy\nYu, a residential development planned for Wesbrook Place, is\na partnership between Chinese property developer Modern\nGreen and UBC. \"UBC is doing something rarely seen in\nVancouver,\" explains Reese. \"The development has a courtyard\nbut no internal corridors\u00E2\u0080\u0094all the walkways to get to the\nindividual apartments are outdoor. This can lead to significant\nenergy savings. And all the apartments are day-lit, with natural\nventilation.\"\nYu is also adapting its heating system for the future use\nof waste energy from another source\u00E2\u0080\u0094waste heat produced\nby TRIUMF, Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and\nNuclear Physics. This concept is already at work for residents\nliving atop the Save- On-Foods in Wesbrook Place; the store's\nrefrigeration units' waste heat generates hot water for the\napartments above.\nCompost: From kitchen scraps to garden beds\nUTown@UBC is home to Greater Vancouver's first residential\ncompost program for multi-family homes.\n\"The program is a partnership between UBC and the\nUniversity Neighbourhoods Association (UNA),\" explains\nRalph Wells, sustainability manager at the UNA. \"It has\nnow been expanded to reach more than 1,200 homes in 19\nmulti-family buildings. In 2010, more than 60,000 kg of home\norganics were diverted from the waste stream and turned into\ncompost.\"\nOrganic waste is then processed in UBC's \"in-vessel\"\ncomposter, which only takes 14 days. The highly nutritive\nsoil created from the composting process is used for UBC\nlandscaping, as well as at the local community gardens. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nUBC will participate in the GLOBE 2012\nconference on business and the environment.\nTo learn more about sustainability at UBC\nvisit sustain.ubc.ca and planning.ubc.ca.\nPart of the carbon storage solution\nEel-grass project gives engineering students hands-on learning\nLorraine Chan\nIn late January, five students from\nUBC's Vancouver campus worked\nthrough the night to gather 600 eel\ngrass plants and more than 200\npounds of mud from the Comox Valley\nestuary on Vancouver Island.\nNow they're growing the eel grass\nin four tanks located in the courtyard\nofthe Chemical and Biological\nEngineering building on East Mall as\npart of a community service learning\n(CSL) partnership that Prof. Royann\nPetrell established with the Comox\nValley Project Watershed Society.\n\"The aim is to measure the carbon\ncapture and storage of these plants\nand sediment under different\nenvironmental conditions,\" explains\nPetrell, who formally introduced CSL\ncomponents into her second- and\nfourth-year chemical and biological\nengineering courses last year.\nThe UBC data will help the Comox\nValley Project Watershed Society\nevaluate carbon storage by estuarine\nvegetation systems and to assess the\neffects of community based restoration\nefforts on eel grass meadows and\nhow well these plants remove the\ngreenhouse gas from the atmosphere.\nPetrell says field work makes all the\ndifference for students to understand\nthe real-life application of theory\u00E2\u0080\u0094in\nthis case how engineering know-how\nwill help to protect aquatic and other\nbiological systems. \"The students had\nmet with the community groups and\nwere very inspired by their need, their\nrespect and their desire to protect the\nestuary and take on the challenge of\nmitigating climate change.\"\nThe student response to problem-\nbased learning has been phenomenal,\nsays Petrell, who has been invited to\nspeak on community service learning\nand environmental issues at the UN\nWorld Symposium on Sustainable\nDevelopment at Universities in Rio de\nJaneiro in early June. \"In my 20 years of\nteaching, I've never seen anything like\nit. Students are offering to stay on after\nthey've finished the course so they can\npass on their knowledge and mentor the\nnext group.\"\nHeather Kempthorne was one of\nthe students who donned hip waders\nand head lamps, working to the sound\nof waves under a dark sky full of stars.\nHeather Kempthorne (pictured on the cover with Prof. Royann Petrell) works on the artificial estuary tank.\nKempthorne who will be looking at jobs\nin the sustainable energy sector when she\ngraduates with a degree in chemical and\nbiological engineering degree this May.\n'We're getting to apply fundamental engineering\nprinciples that mirror the complexities of an ecosystem.\n\"After seeing how the eel grass grows in\nthe ocean, we're all pretty invested in\nthis project and want to see it succeed.\"\nDespite the increases to an already\nheavy seven-course work load,\nKempthorne says she values the\nhands-on learning.\n\"We're getting to apply fundamental\nengineering principles that mirror the\ncomplexities of an ecosystem,\" says\nIn the meantime, she is tackling the\n\"steep learning curve\" of getting the right\nheater and pump, and understanding\nflow rate and storage volume for water\nrecirculation. The task is to create an\nartificial estuary in each ofthe tanks,\nwhich measure about six feet long and\ntwo feet wide. The students must factor in\nthe variables of temperature, pH, salinity,\ntidal action and nutrient concentration.\nPaul Horgen, chair ofthe Comox Valley\nProject Watershed Society, says the UBC\nstudents' contributions are very welcome.\nHe explains that past forestry and mining\nalong with industrial and residential\nactivities have eroded eel grass habitat\nwhich are vital for salmon, herring, water\nfowl, shell fish and other animals.\n\"This project represents a long-term\neffort and has a win-win outcome for\nboth carbon sequestration and habitat\nimprovement,\" says Horgen a former\nUniversity ofToronto biology professor.\n\"Recent reports show that eel grass can\nbe as much as 90 times as effective as\nidentical areas of coniferous forest in\nremoval of C02 from the atmosphere.\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n10\nUBC Reports The University of British Columbia March 2012\n11 Anniversary of Japan disaster\nUBC Library exhibit supports\nreflection, healing\nBy Glenn Drexhage\nmzmmtmm^\nM\nj\n1|\nu\nI!\nPrint illustrating the tsunami that followed the 7.2 magnitude Meiji Sanriku earthquake of 1896.\nPrint depicting a 19th-century tsunami hitting the coastal town of Kamaishi, in Iwate Prefecture.\nOne year after a devastating triple\ndisaster rocked Japan and shocked the\nworld, UBC Library is commemorating\nthe event with a multifaceted\nexhibition, providing context, reflection\nand healing.\nRetell, Rethink, Recover, which began\non February 20 and runs through\nApril, consists of three phases on\ndisplay in different parts ofthe Library\nsystem. Each offers a unique take on\nthe earthquake, tsunami and ensuing\nnuclear crisis that struck Japan last\nMarch.\nOne goal is to move beyond the\nheadlines and provide a deeper\nconsideration ofthe disaster and the\npeople whose lives it affected.\n\"In North America, UBC Library is one\nofthe best-equipped places to tell this\nstory,\" says Shirin Eshghi, Japanese-\nlanguage librarian and exhibition\norganizer. \"Because we have such a rich\nJapanese collection, we can provide\ncontext for this tragedy, and I think we\nhave a responsibility to bring this to\nlight. What is the history of this place\nand its residents? How has Japan dealt\nwith and overcome previous disasters?\nWe have the opportunity in the Library\nto fill these gaps.\"\nThe Retell section highlights disaster\nprints and historical maps produced\nduring the Edo (1600-1867) and Meiji\n(1868-1912) periods. All materials\nare from the Library's exceptional\nTokugawa maps collection, housed at\nRare Books and Special Collections\n(RBSC).\nRethink includes materials gathered\nfrom members ofthe UBC community\nwho were in Japan during the disasters,\nor otherwise impacted. The Fukushima\nDaiichi nuclear plant incident is\ndiscussed, and photos and social media\narchives figure prominently.\nRecover, meanwhile, features items\nfrom UBC's Asian Library collection,\nas well as contributions from\ncommunity members and alumni. This\nsection highlights Japan's history of\nrecovering from adversity, and includes\ninformation on the support between\nCanada and Japan during times of crisis.\n\"I hope to raise awareness about this\nincredible disaster and the damage it\ninflicted on Japan,\" says Asato Ikeda,\nwho is curating the exhibition along\nwith Eshghi and Katherine Kalsbeek,\nan RBSC librarian. \"Also, I think the\nnuclear issue is relevant to everybody\nwho consumes nuclear energy.\"\nIkeda, a PhD student in UBC's\nDepartment of Art History, Visual\nArt and Theory, came to Canada from\nJapan seven years ago. Her family\nwas in her homeland during the 2011\nearthquake and tsunami. Her father-in-\nlaw was rescued by a helicopter, and her\nmother-in-law escaped a mudslide that\nclaimed several lives. Ikeda's brother-\nin-law, a firefighter, joined the rescue\nforces.\nOn March 10, a free one-day\nconference co-sponsored by UBC's\nDepartment of Asian Studies will feature\ntalks from scholars on Japan, and\npersonal accounts from UBC students,\nfaculty and alumni.\nKozue Matsumoto, a Vancouver-based\nUBC alum who completed her MA in the\nDepartment of Educational Studies, had\nfamily in Japan during the disaster\n(she wasn't able to contact them for a\nweek), and her Twitter feed archives\nfrom that time will be featured in the\nexhibition.\nMatsumoto hopes the show will help\npeople reflect on nature and the way\nnatural disasters are viewed by different\ncultures.\nWhile the 2011 emergency is now past,\nmany pressing concerns remain, such as\nthe mental health of survivors.\n\"How can we as a global community\nsupport and cooperate to take care of\nthese long-term issues?\" she asks.\nMatsumoto is involved with the BC\nJapan Earthquake Relief Fund\nhttp://bc-jerf.ca, and is helping plan an\nanniversary benefit concert to be held at\nBurnaby's Nikkei Centre on March 11.\nRetell is at Rare Books and Special\nCollections, located on level one of\nthe Irving K. Barber Learning Centre;\nWhile the disaster is in the past,\nmany pressing concerns remain,\nsuch as the mental health of\nsurvivors.\nRethink is located in the main lobby of\nthe Learning Centre; and Recover is\nat UBC's Asian Library. Ike's Cafe in\nthe Learning Centre will also feature\nportraits of earthquake survivors,\na project sponsored by the Japan\nFoundation and Shiseido, the cosmetics\ncompany. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nThe one-day conference will be at the\nDodson Room, located on level three of\nthe Learning Centre.\nTo register, and for more information\non the exhibition, please visit\nhttp://asian.library.ubc.ca/2012/02/14/\nretell-rethink-recover.\nUBC Geography Prof. David Edgington is investigating the lessons of Japan's 2011 earthquake.\nOne year after\nLessons from Japan's earthquake\nNick Lewis\nJapan's citizens are still reeling from what UBC Geography\nProf. David Edgington calls \"the triple disaster\" of March 11,\n2011 - the earthquake, tsunami and meltdown at the\nFukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.\nUBC Reports asked the Japan expert about clean-up efforts\nand the likelihood of a similar event in B.C., topics Edgington\nand colleagues will explore at a public anniversary event.\nClearing the debris\nI went to some ofthe hard-hit coastal areas this past December,\nand I was astounded how clean many ofthe beachfront\nwaterside suburbs are. We saw terrible photos in the days after\nthe tsunami, with debris everywhere. About six months on, the\nlocal governments and local construction crews have done a\nwonderful job in clearing those areas.\nIn fact, the debris is now sitting in very compact mountains.\nTimber, car parts and plastics are all sorted, waiting for somewhere\nto go. Only the large cities \u00E2\u0080\u0094Tokyo, Osaka and maybe Nagoya, have\nthe capacity to absorb that. The puzzle is whether these items can\nbe recycled. The citizens of Tokyo are saying, 'Well hang on, we've\nheard about radiation.' The government has to do a PR job about\nmassaging people's concerns.\nFukushima radiation concerns\nThe radiation problem is one of low-level radiation over a large\narea. This is a new challenge for the Japanese government.\nMy belief is there were many systems in place that helped the\ngovernment respond to the earthquake and tsunami disaster,\nbut the Fukushima problem is a new one.\nThe government is engaged in many testing systems for\nthe food supply and for materials, including the debris in the\ntsunami zone. We'll just have to see how successful those\nsystems are in the months to come.\nSimilarities to the 1995 Kobe earthquake\nKobe happened 17 years ago, now. There have been stronger\nbuilding codes, better warning systems taking into account\ninformation and media systems\u00E2\u0080\u0094that's quite new in Japan.\nI believe all these helped lessen the suffering and the number\nof deaths in the March tsunami and earthquake.\nPreparing for disaster\nIf any country can be prepared for an event of this magnitude,\nit's Japan. There are four pillar applications in the Japanese\nsystem for emergency preparedness, some of which have\ncome out of the learning and mistakes of Kobe. One is the very\nhigh-tech early warning systems; second are the strongest\nbuilding codes in the world; third would be the disaster drills\nthat every community takes part in; and fourth, there is\ninfrastructure spending\u00E2\u0080\u0094maybe five per cent ofthe country's\nbudget every year goes to flood disaster prevention and putting\nstorm water defenses along the coast.\nThose systems are in place because Japan has a history of\ndisasters, not only earthquakes and tsunamis, but landslides from\ntoo much rain, flooding, and volcanic explosions from time to time.\nDisaster prevention in British Columbia\nMany people say that in Vancouver\nand the Lower Mainland, we're quite\nvulnerable to the Cascadia fault line,\nwhich lies just off the west coast of\nVancouver Island. It's not clear how\nexactly that would affect our area in\nterms of damage and in terms of a likely\ntsunami to the west coast of Vancouver.\nWe have a very strong emergency\npreparedness program in British\nColumbia.\nOne learning point from Japan was\nthat 100,000 personnel from their\narmy and other services came to the\ndisaster area in the first 48 hours. I'd\nlike to think that British Columbia\ncould gain that amount of support\nfrom the Canadian armed forces. But\nthe programs here tend to suggest that\npeople might be on their own for the\nfirst 72 hours. That means we have to\nprepare ourselves in terms of where we\nlive, for house insurance, for looking out\nfor our neighbours and our friends, and\npreparing packs of food, sanitary items\nand battery operated radios to get us\nthough the first 72 hours, until help can\narrive from outside. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nWatch Edginton's full interview and\nRSVP for a March 14-16 workshop on\nthe disaster and local lessons at\nwww.iar.ubc.ca.\n12\nUBC Reports The University of British Columbia March 2012\n13 West 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\nUBC\nW\nConferences &\nAccommodation\nVancouver\nT604 822 1000\nE ieservations@ ho using.ubc.ca\nwww.ubcconferences.com\nBerkowitz & Associates\nConsulting Inc.\nStatistical Consulting\nRfKjrdi Or*r>\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 toft flnatysn \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 SurwirSvnplng \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 SwbUcH Eduodoo\nJcnithun Brrtnwt; Ph J}.\nA IMStfcilC OptMtffl, YittOurti. 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But\nchildren with difficulty settling for naps\nat daycare had more home reports of\nbehavioural problems.\n\"There were clear cross-over effects,\"\nnotes Hall, whose findings will appear\nin a forthcoming issue ofthe Journal of\nChildcare and Development.\n\"There haven't been any previous\nstudies on toddlers and sleep in both\nthe home and daycare setting. Our\nresults suggest that parents and\ndaycare providers would benefit from\nopportunities to discuss sleep and\nsettling requirements for children in\nthis age group.\"\nShe adds that educational policies\ncovering pre-school settings should also\npay attention to toddlers' sleep.\nDaytime sleep is vital for young\nchildren's health, explains Hall. \"Most\nchildren until the ages of three to four\nstill benefit from an afternoon nap.\"\nFor those children accustomed to\nbeing cuddled and rocked until they\nfall asleep at home, daycare presents\nchallenges. \"Ifyou have three workers\nand 15 children, it's simply not possible\nto provide that individual attention.\"\nWhat often happens in the home, says\nHall, is that a child's sleep patterns\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nhowever disruptive\u00E2\u0080\u0094dictate the family's\nnorms. Some parents tell her, for\nexample, that they haven't gone out in\ntwo years since they're the only ones\nwho can settle their child.\n\"When I get a call from a frantic\nmother and she's tired and depressed,\nthat's when I can say, this is totally\nsolvable.\" \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n7 tips for getting\nchildren to sleep\nUBC School of Nursing Prof. Wendy Hall\nprovides these helpful guidelines:\n1. Have a regular bedtime.\n2. Have a regular and familiar routine for\nsettling the child before bedtime and naps.\n3. Make stories a part of bedtime.\n4. Have children fall asleep in their own\nbeds rather than on the sofa or in their\nparents' bed. Hall explains, \"When\nchildren fall asleep outside of their beds\nand then partially wake up during the\nnight, they can get startled and wake up\nfully because they find themselves in a\ndifferent place.\"\n5. Don't give up naps too early.\nAlthough it varies from child to child, most\ntwo- to four-year-olds need an estimated\n12-13 hours of sleep each day.\n6. Avoid caffeine (chocolate bars,\nchocolate milk, soft drinks) before\nbedtime.\n7. Avoid screen time since videos and\ncomputers tend to stimulate rather than\ncalm.\nouttakes\nTennis madness sweeps UBC\nKavie Toor\nCanadian tennis star Milos Raonic plays at UBC's Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports\nCentre during the Davis Cup.\nFrance and Canada's top tennis stars battled it out at the Doug Mitchell\nThunderbird Sports Centre in February as UBC hosted the Davis Cup.\nThis was the first time in 20 years that the Davis Cup was held in Vancouver.\nBefore the tennis stars took Point Grey by storm, Kavie Toor\u00E2\u0080\u0094UBC's point man for\nhosting this international sporting event\u00E2\u0080\u0094shared his excitement with UBC Reports\nAs our preparation ofthe Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre reaches fever\npitch, I realize that regardless ofthe outcome, this event is going to make history.\nThe tickets sold out in record time, and at over 16,000 spectators, this Davis Cup is\nthe biggest to date in Canada.\nI've been a tennis fan my whole life. I remember watching the last Davis Cup in\nVancouver 20 years ago and being beside myself when Canadian Daniel Nestor upset\nNo. 1 ranked Stefan Edberg of Sweden. Now we have a new generation of tennis stars\nemerging from Canada to bring back the Davis Cup excitement. I was lucky enough\nto take Milos Raonic and Vasik Pospisil, Canada's top two players, on a tour;\nour campus and athletic facilities blew them away.\nIn early October, we began discussions with Tennis Canada to bring the Davis Cup\nto UBC. We were not only competing with other cities but also with other venues in\nVancouver.\nIf\nThis is really an exciting part of the\nOlympic legacy and it reminds me\nof the 2010 Winter Games.\"\nThe secret? We think our location, the intimate mid-size venue, our mix of\nstudents and local residents, the brand new tennis facility, and a strong working\nrelationship with Tennis Canada were all part of it.\nThis is really an exciting part ofthe Olympic legacy and it reminds me ofthe\n2010 Winter Games. Both have a big international profile, both can make an impact\non sports at the grassroots level, and both require a massive effort to organize.\nIt will take more than 500 people to pull off a great Davis Cup: event staff, local\nand international media, security, coaches, trainers, and many others.\nAs for the facility, we've had to construct two bleacher units to fit in 500\nadditional seats, remove the ice, install a tennis court, large video boards and\nhawk -eye cameras and build a broadcast compound and a media press room.\nThat's what it takes to create the optimal environment for world-class tennis. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n14\nUBC Reports The University of British Columbia March 2012\n15 *Kj^W "Periodicals"@en . "Vancouver (B.C.)"@en . "LE3.B8K U2"@en . "LE3_B8K_U2_2012_02_29"@en . "10.14288/1.0118483"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Vancouver: University of British Columbia Public Affairs Office"@en . 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