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1922
1990
Photo courtesy UBC Archives
Photo by David Gray
History repeated itself at UBC when about 3 £00 students, staff and faculty kicked off the university's 75th anniversary celebrations by recreating an historic
campus photograph. The original (left) was taken during the Great Trek of 1922 to draw attention to demands for completion ofthe Point Grey campus.
Researchers Tiedje. Frvzuk
win
By GAVIN WILSON
UBC researchers have claimed two
of the four Steacie Memorial Fellowships for 1990-91, an award considered to be one ofthe country's highest
honors for science and engineering.
Thomas Tiedje, Physics and Electrical Engineering, and Michael
Fryzuk, Chemistry, were presented
with the fellowship by William Wine-
gard, Minister of State for Science and
Technology, at a ceremony in Ottawa
Jan. 16.
The fellowships are given annually
to recognize outstanding achievements
by scientists and engineers who are
still at a relatively early stage in their
careers. The winners are selected by
the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council from top researchers nominated by universities across
Canada.
Inside
NEW DEAN: The Board of
Governors is expected to
confirm the appointment of
Dr. Martin HoHenberg as the
new Dean of Medicine. Page
2.
EARTHQUAKE TESTING:
CtvA Engineering Professor
Peter Byrne has developed
a cheaper method of studying the effects of
earthquakes. Page 4.
EATING CLINICS: Outreach
nurse Margaret Johnston
and student Jennifer Wing
are organizing Healthy Eat-
ingdlnksfor students. Page
ft
TietQe
Established
in 1963, the fellowships are
awarded in
memory of
Edgar Steacie,
former president of the National Research
Council and a
Canadian research pioneer.
Prior to this presentation, only the University of Toronto had earned two fellowships in any given year.
Science Dean Barry McBride
praised the fellowship winners for their
outstanding achievement.
"Once again it shows how strong
the sciences are at UBC," he said. "This
kind of recognition for our faculty is a
credit to the individuals, to their departments and to the university."
For the recipients, whose full salary
is paid for one year under the fellowship, it means an opportunity to work
fulltime on their research projects and
to secure additional research funding
from NSERC.
Tiedje, who last year was honored
with the Canadian Association of
Physicists Herzberg Medal, has made
outstanding contributions to the physics of semiconductors. He played a
key role in obtaining UBC's Molecular Beam Epitaxy machine and with
colleagues is involved in Scanning
Tunnelling microscopy.
With his Steacie Fellowship, Tiedje
plans to focus on the frontier technologies needed for the next generation of
electronic devices for computers and
communications systems.
Fryzuk is an inorganic chemist
whose research has led to a better understanding of the fundamental principles controlling the structure and
reactions of or-
ganometallic
compounds. In
1984, he was
awarded a prestigious Alfred P.
Sloan Fellowship, one of
only two in
Canada that
year.
With his
Steacie Fellowship, Fryzuk plans to
investigate models for the absorption
of hydrogen into metal lattices and to
develop new procedures for the preparation of novel polymers.
Also winning Steacie Fellowships
this year are John Smol, a limnologist
at Queen's University, and Hector
Levesque, a computer scientist at the
University of Toronto.
Fryzuk
UBC has key
role in research
on neutrino
By GAVIN WILSON
UBC is playing a key role in
Canada's newest major scientific research project, the Sudbury Neutrino
Observatory.
The $61-million detector, to be located more than two kilometres underground near Sudbury, Ont., was given
the green light by the federal government Jan. 4.
The observatory, essentially an
enormous pool of heavy water surrounded by special sensors, will be
built in a cavern as large as a 10-storey
building in the deepest section of
INCO's Creighton mine.
See RESEARCHERS on Page 2
Poet Livesay
heads the list
of 28 honorary
degree winners
By JO MOSS
Canadian poet Dorothy Livesay is
one of 28 distinguished people who
will receive honorary degrees from the
University of Britisl^Qalumbiain 1990.
Degree recipients were approved by
Senate at its Jan. 17 meeting.
Dates of conferring the honorary
degrees have not been set, but some
will be awarded at UBC's two graduation ceremonies: Spring Congregation on May 29,30,31 and June 1, and
special Fall Congregation Nov. 29, or
at the Fall ceremony which welcomes
new and returning students, Sept. 27.
Degree recipients are scholars, artists, public servants, prominent persons in the community or the professions and others.
"What they have in common are
their significant contributions to society—locally, nationally, or globally,"
said UBC President David Strangway.
"UBC's honorary degrees recognize
these distinguished achievements or
outstanding contributions."
In addition to being one of Canada's
greatest writers, Dorothy Livesay has
had a lifelong concern for women's
rights and the identity of women artists.
Honorary degrees will also be conferred on: Rosalie Abella, human
rights activist; Simon Baker, an ambassador of Native culture; Jack Bell,
businessman and humanitarian; Helen
Belkin, alumnus and life-long supporter of UBC; Sam Black, outstanding Canadian artist; Pat Carney, former federal member of Parliament;
Caleb Chan and Tom Chan, brothers, businessmen and philanthropists;
Rose Charlie, activist for social justice for Native peoples; Phyllis Chelsea, who singlehandedly revitalized
her Native community; Ursula Franklin, pioneer in physical metallurgy;
Arthur Hara, Chair of Mitsubishi
Canada Ltd; Myer Horowitz, outstanding Canadian educator; Asa
Johal, long-time advocate for the development of ethnic culture and
education; Stephen Lewis, former
Canadian ambassador to the United
Polanyi
Nations; Tong
Louie, a leader
in Vancouver's
business
community;
Allan McEacfr
ern, B.C.'s
Chief Justice;
Beverley
McLachlin,
Supreme Court
Justice; J.
Fraser Mustard, President of the
Canadian Institute for Advanced
Research; Frank Patterson, internationally recognized surgeon; Howard
Petch, President of the University of
Victoria; Margaret Prang, outstanding teacher, scholar and administrator,
John Polanyi, 1986 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry; William Sauder,
businessman and long-time university
supporter; Jack Webster, journalist
and broadcaster, William White, former UBC Vice-President and supporter; and Maurice Young, major
contributor to business, education and
athletics in B.C.
Slash trucked
to incinerator
Responding to complaints by local
residents about slash burning at the
Hampton Place development site, a
senior university administrator says the
remaining slash will be trucked elsewhere for disposal by high-temperature incineration.
Bruce Gellatly, vice-president,
administration and finance, said stumps
and slash will be trucked along Wesbrook Mall to the extreme south end of
campus where it will be incinerated in
a pit using an air blowing combustion
burner that eliminates smoke and odors.
The move is in response to complaints made after slash bums on the
Thanksgiving weekend threw a pall of
smoke over neighborhoods close to the
See BURNING on Page 3 UBC REPORTS Jan. 25.1990
Board to vote on
new Medicine dean
BY CONNIE FTLLETTI
UBC's Board of Governors is expected to confirm today the appointment of anatomist Dr. Martin Hollen-
berg as the new dean of the Faculty of
Medicine. The appointment is effective from July, 1990 to June, 1996.
Dr. Hollenberg, 55, replaces Dr.
William Webber, who has served as
dean of UBC's Faculty of Medicine
for the past 13 years.
"I am delighted that Dr. Hollenberg will be returning to the University of British Columbia," Dean
Webber said. "As departmental colleagues in the early 70s, we worked
closely in areas of teaching and research. Since then he has had a distinguished academic career, both as an
administrator and scholar. He brings
to the deanship of the Faculty of Medicine at UBC an outstanding background and great enthusiasm."
Currently the Associate Dean of
Research in the Faculty of Medicine at
the University of Toronto, Dr. Hollenberg was a professor in UBC's Department of Anatomy between 1971
and 1975, as well as an honorary professor in the Department of Ophthalmology.
Prior to his first appointment at
UBC, Dr. Hollenberg was an anatomy
instructor at Wayne State University
and also spent
several years at
the University
of Western Ontario in both the
Department of
Anatomy and
the Department
of Ophthalmology.
After leav- Webber
ing UBC in 1975, Dr. Hollenberg
joined the University of Calgary as
professor and head of Morphological
Science. He then returned to the University of Western Ontario in 1978
where he served as the Dean of Medicine until 1985.
"I couldn't be more delighted to be
coming back to UBC, this time as Dean
of Medicine," said Dr. Hollenberg. "I
view this as a great challenge and a
great opportunity since there is a superb foundation to build on, excellent
teaching hospitals and a dynamic faculty and student body. The future looks
very bright indeed to me and, I'm sure
that with imagination and hard work,
there will be very little that we will not
be able to accomplish together in the
years ahead."
Dr. Hollenberg is a member of several provincial and national organizations including the Medical Research
Council of Canada (MRC), the Re
search Policy Committee of the Heart
and Stroke Foundation of Ontario and
the National Cancer Institute of Canada. He is also on the Executive of the
MRC and chairs its Standing Committee on Research and Personnel Funding.
He has also served as a member of
the board of directors of the Canadian
Federation of Biological Societies,
chairman of the Council of Ontario
Faculties of Medicine and a member
of the Council of the Association of
Canadian Medical Colleges.
UBC President David Strangway
said, "We are extremely fortunate to
have a teacher, researcher and healthcare professional the calibre of Dr.
Hollenberg joining our Faculty of
Medicine."
In 1987, Dr. Hollenberg was the
recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wayne State University.
His areas of research are retinal
regeneration and high resolution scanning electron microscopy.
Dr. Hollenberg received both his
BSc and MD from the University of
Manitoba in 1958. He received his
MSc and PhD in Anatomy from
Wayne State University in 1964 and
1965 respectively, and was awarded
the FRCPC from the Royal College of
Canada in 1980.
Researchers to test detectors
Coptinued from Page 1
It will probe the secrets of the neutrino, a sub-atomic particle that is one
of the fundamental building blocks of
nature. Thought to be the most abundant particle in the universe, the neutrino is produced in enormous quantities at the centre of stars, including our
sun, yet it is extremely difficult to observe.
UBC Physicist Christopher
Waltham and his team of researchers
are designing and testing the light-sensitive detectors that will be used to
track the elusive particle. They are
working in collaboration with the departments of Chemistry, Microbiology
and Metals and Materials Engineering. Also involved are Vancouver high-
tech companies TTR Systems and Corona Vacuum Coaters.
"The impact of this project on both
particle physics and astrophysics will
be enormous," said Waltham. "It's one
of the most interesting pieces of physics going Cornp^ef Shop 228-4748 UBC REPORTS Jan. 25.1990 9
Eating clinics to help
students with diet
By CONNIE FTLLETTI
UBC's Outreach Nurse Margaret
Johnston was worried, but not surprised, when a student told her that she
ate spaghetti most nights because it
was cheap and easy to prepare.
That's why Johnston and fourth-
year Family and Nutritional Sciences
student Jennifer Wing have organized
Healthy Eating clinics for UBC students.
"We're trying to promote eating for
good health," said Johnston. "The clinics have nothing to do with dieting.
Approximately 95 per cent of diets fail.
Our aim is to educate students about
sound eating habits now that will last a
lifetime and support an overall healthy
lifestyle."
Anyone with an eating disorder such
as bulimia or anorexia is referred to the
Student Health Service which, in cooperation with the Student Counselling
and Resource Centre, sponsors a treatment group.
Johnston said the majority of participating students either live on their
own or in campus residences. They
have poor eating habits for a variety of
reasons. Most complain they don't have
time to eat properly. Students dash from
classes to recreational activities to social engagements, grabbing whatever
is readily available, Johnston said.
"Lunch is often a chocolate bar or a
muffin."
Others simply don't know how to
cook, or buy the wrong foods because
they are cheap." They're not making
wise food choices," Johnston said.
Engineering student Kristine Ed-'
wards began attending the clinics to
learn more about what she should and
shouldn't eat. Edwards realized she
wasn't eating well and decided to do
something about it.
"Living on my own, I rarely cooked
a meal for myself," said Edwards. "I
would order pizza or Chinese food, eat
at McDonald's or just skip meals in-
Photo by Media Services
Margaret Johnston (left) and student Jennifer Wing check the facts on
food for UBC students interested in eating for health.
stead. The clinics provide me with easy
access to the information I need to
make healthy food choices. Now, I'm
trying to use that information in my
day-to-day living."
Students attending the clinics learn
how to identify their current eating
patterns and how to recognize the
strengths and weaknesses of their diet.
They also receive information on
making wise food choices based on
the four food groups in Canada's Food
Guide, in addition to facts on a variety
of subjects including calories in alcohol, fats in fowl and vegetarian diets.
The group also provides support to
its members to help them implement
changes to their diet and achieve, as
well as maintain, a healthy body
weight.
Other issues which may affect eating habits such as time management,
stress management, self-acceptance
and exercise are also part of the clinics' approach to educating about
healthy eating techniques. In addition,
students may learn tips about eating
during festive occasions, residence
food and dining in restaurants, such as
choosing a tomatoe-base pasta sauce
instead of a cream-base sauce from the
menu.
Each clinic operates for four consecutive weeks. Johnston and Wing
meet the participants once each week
for an hour-long session at lunchtime.
For more information, call 228-7011.
Driving tours
Research units join in 75th
UBC's two research forests and
research farm may be located in distant parts of the province, but they too
will be part of the university's 1990
celebrations.
* UBC's Oyster River Research Farm
•» on Vancouver Island is taking steps in
1990 to make sure the growing number of visitors get the most out of their
visit to the 640-hectare research facility.
„ During the late spring and summer,
farm director Niels Holbek estimates
up to 3,000 people pull off the highway to see the working dairy farm
with its Holstein herd, associated agricultural research projects, forestry research areas and affiliated salmon
*■ hatchery.
+. Many of them are tourists or people
visiting friends and relatives in the area.
"If they have any kind of farming background, their hosts bring them along to
see the research farm," Holbeck ex-
„ plained.
With numbers steadily increasing,
" it's almost getting to be a problem,
Holbeck said. Groups of seven or more
visitors are offered a guided tour, but
the 10 permanent farm staff can't ac
commodate smaller groups or individuals. Plans for 1990 include producing
a self-guiding brochure and map which
visitors can pick up at the entrance and
follow a marked route through the facility, Holbeck said.
In addition, the Oyster River Research Farm will hold its annual open
house Sunday, July 8. The following
Monday it will open its doors for
Producer's Day, an event geared to
local dairy and beef farmers.
Research farm staff are currently
building a scale model of the farm to
display during UBC's Open House in
March. They anticipate more than 100
hours of accumulated time will go into
the model that visitors will be able to
view in the Faculty of Agricultural
Sciences Building on campus.
On Saturday, June 23, the UBC/
Malcolm Knapp Research Forest will
lift its ban on vehicles to invite the
public to take a driving tour of the
forest. The rare opportunity is planned
in celebration of UBC's 75th anniversary and will be the first, and perhaps
only time visitors will be able to tour
by car the 5,153-hectare site with its
scenic backcountry views and quiet
lakes on the foothills of Golden Ears
Mountain. Deer, rabbits and other
wildlife abound throughout the area.
Visitors will be guided through a
set route and able to stop at feature
areas along the way which highlight
aspects of current forestry research.
More than 550 research projects have
been initiated since 1950 and much of
the work has garnered international
recognition. A training ground for future foresters, the research forest is used
by UBC, Simon Fraser University,
private researchers and federal and
provincial government researchers.
Visitors will be able to view old
growth forest, check out the display of
logging equipment and see cedar split
into shakes.
UBC's 9,000-hectare Alex Fraser
Research Forest, located less than 60
kilometres from Williams Lake, will
hold it's first Open House in Spring,
1990. Resident forester Ken Day said
a public display of management plans
for the area is scheduled, outlining
proposed harvesting and silviculture!
operations and road construction. The
public has unrestricted access to the
area for recreational activities.
Computer helps
logging trucks
stay on the road
By JO MOSS
On a routine trip down a steep mountain road, the log truck driver
notices on his computerized display that the oil temperature in the
truck's rear differential is climbing. He is on the radio to the dispatcher
immediately to say he's coming in to the maintenance shop to have the
differential checked.
Sophisticated computer electronics warned the driver of possible
mechanical failure avoiding a potential accident and saving the logging
company a costly repair bill. Such vehicle monitoring systems may
soon make this scenario commonplace in B.C. logging operations.
UBC Forestry Professor Glen Young and MacMillan Bloedel are
currently developing and testing such a system on three ofthe company's
25 logging trucks in the Franklin River Division, near Port Alberni.
Now in its second year, the project is funded by the Canadian Forestry
Service.
"It's a pro-active system which alerts the driver and dispatcher if any
of the critical mechanical components are operating outside of the
normal operating range," explained Young, a forest engineer and computer specialist. "It has the potential to save major engine wear and failure."
The system promises to reduce the number of expensive truck repairs, keep more vehicles on the job by keeping them out ofthe maintenance shop and decrease accidents caused by vehicle failure.
It also aids in more efficient use of the truck fleet by relaying information from all vehicles to a central dispatcher, where an electronic
map indicates the location of vehicles in the logging area and their
status in a near real-time display.
"Dispatchers can better determine where the trucks are and make
better plans," Young said. "It will eliminate trial and error."
Hardware and installation will cost about $10,000 per vehicle. But
while those figures may seem high, the alternatives are even higher—
between $40,000 and $60,000 to repair a major engine failure and about
$350,000 to purchase a new log truck.
Young estimates the system the pay-back period for the system will
be about one to one and a half years. Once it's proven to be commercially viable and accepted by the forest industry, new trucks could roll
off the assembly line at the factory with the system already installed,
Young said.
The system works through 28 sensors installed throughout the truck
measuring critical areas such as oil pressure, temperature and level in
the engine and drive train. Every five seconds, readings are taken and
relayed to the driver on the in-cab display, transmitted to the dispatcher,
and stored in the base computer for later retrieval. Daily truck performance reports allow detailed performance analyses and prediction of
mechanical failure.
Similar systems are being developed elsewhere for other transport
sectors, but "forestry has its own set of problems," Young explained.
Part of his task is to prove the system can improve the efficiency and ,
safety of log hauling in the harsh environment of coastal logging.
"We're quite optimistic about the potential of this technology in our
industry," he said.
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Report on
Tuition
19 15-1990
ANNIVERSARY
There are many perceptions about tuition fees at The University of British Columbia and the level of student aid available. The following questions are among
those that are often asked. We are providing a set of answers to these common
questions for all members of the University community.
1. Q. How does the undergraduate
arts and science tuition at UBC compare
with that at other universities across Canada.
A. The list below shows that the 1989-
90 Arts and Science tuition fee is less than
that in the Maritime universities and less
than $100 higher than that in Ontario.
1 Mount Allison $1935
2. University of New Brunswick 1875
3. Acadia University 1870
4. St. Francis Xavier U. 1825
5. King's College 1808
6. Mount Saint Vincent U. 1780
7. St Mary's University 1780
8. Universite de Sainte Anne 1760
9. Prince Edward Island 1720
10. Dalhousie University 1710
11. University of Moncton 1675
12. UBC 1605
13. Simon Fraser University 1560
14. University of Victoria 1545
15. University of Toronto 1520
16. University of Waterloo 1518
17. University of Western Ontario 1517
18. Queen's University 1517
19. McMaster University 1516
In Quebec, tuition is $550 and has been
set at that level for many years. It will
increase by 130% over the next two years
to over $1200.
Tuition in Alberta is
1,069
Tuition in Manitoba is
for Arts and
1,332
for Science
1,500
Tuition in Saskatchewan is
1,344
Tuition in Newfoundland is
1,280
2. Q. What changes are
planned for
the coming year -1990-91 ?
A. a. In Quebec, tuition will increase by 130% in the next two: years.
b. In Ontario tuition will rise by
8%.
c. At UBC tuition is planned to
rise by 4.8% to $1685.
d. At SFU it is planned to rise
by 5.3% to $1,650.
3. Q. People often ask how our undergraduate arts and science tuition compares to that at the major private universities in the United States.
A. A more useful question is how does
it compare to that at major state-supported
universities. This is a sample list for comparable major U.S. state universities (in
state fees) for 1988-89.
University of California, Berkeley
$1672($U.S)
University of Illinois 2788
Indiana University 2183
Purdue University 2032
University of Iowa 1826
University of Maryland 2069
University of Minnesota 2226
State University of New York
1485
Ohio State University 2190
Penn State University 3634
University of Washington1827
University of Wisconsin 2004
UBC 1432 ($US)
4. Q. How do graduate tuition fees
compare with other Canadian universities?
A. Tuition is usually divided into program and post-program fees. Program
fees are those charged during the required
residence period for the degree sought
while the post-program fee is that paid for
the years beyond the required program. A
sample of these fees for 1989-90 is provided.
6. Q. How has the tuition changed in
the past few decades?
A.
Tuition
Tuition Fee
Fee
Indexed to
theVancouver
CPU 989-
90=100.0
1965-66
372
1552
1975-76
428
1048
1985-86
1275
1463
1989-90
1605
1605
When corrected for inflation, tuition
levels at UBC have changed remarkably
little in the past twenty-five years and more.
7. Q. Do we have higher tuition rates
for students in professional programs?
A. There are higher tuition levels
in most professional programs. At UBC
these can be as high as $2,762 for students in Medicine and in Dentistry.
1989-90 Tuition Fees for Graduate Students
Total*
Post
Total*
Post
2yr.
Program
3yr.
Program
Masters
Fee
Ph.D.
Fee
Alberta
2002
104
2704
104
Dalhousie
3660
285
5490
285
Manitoba
3306
180
4959
180
Saskatchewan
2096
477
3715
477
Toronto
3810
762
5715
762
Western
3093
341
5161
341
UBC
3198
855
4683
855
SFU
3234
702
4116
702
U.Vic.
3130
627
4695
627
*These total amounts are not necessarily paid
in equal installments in each of the two or
three years.
5. Q. Does UBC charge a higher tuition for international students attending
UBC on student visas?
A. a. At the undergraduate level
students on student visas are charged 21/
2 times the Canadian (or residents) fee.
But this increment is waived in cases in
which students are attending UBC on formal exchange agreements, either directly
with other universities or where the students are sponsored by agencies such as
CIDA. Less than 1% of our undergraduates are here on student visas. We plan to
increase this to about 5%. The practice of
higher tuition for international students is
common to all universities across Canada.
b. At the graduate level international
students pay the same tuition as Canadian students. Nearly all universities in
Canada require graduate students to pay
tuition that is 2 to 2 1/2 times that paid by
Canadian students. At present 22% of our
graduate students come from outside Canada.
8. Q. What proportion of the
university's operating revenues is derived
from the tuition fees and how has this
changed over time?
A.
Credit Cours
Fees as %
of University
Operating
Budget*
1964-65
30.0
1974-75
11.1
1984-85
13.9
1987-88
14.9
1988-89
15.1
1989-90
15.1
*This is the percentage of the operating
budget only. The operating budget is quite
separate from the capital budget.
9. Q. Since there was a 10% increase
in tuition for 1989-90, why should there be
any increase in 1990-91 ?
A. The 10% increase for 1989-90 was
composed of two parts. One part reflected
the ongoing increases in operating costs.
The second part reflected the fact that the "■
university did not have a balanced base
budget. Substantial cuts were taken in the
budgets of all parts of the university to
ensure that we could approach a balanced
base operating budget. Costs of university expenses such as supplies, materials i
for laboratories, computing access, library
books and many other items rise in cost
faster than the rate of inflation. To be sure
that we can retain and attract the best
faculty and staff our salaries must continue to return to a competitive level. Much
has been done in this regard, but more still
needs to be done.
10. Q. What is meant by accessibility?
A. This word is widely used by different '
people to mean different things. From the
student point of view it may mean any of
the following.
a. Can I afford to go to University? >
b. Am I academically qualified
to be admitted to a University?
c. Can I be admitted to the program of my choice or aPa lucttttofr UfrtW
choice?
From the university point of view it can
have quite different meanings such as;
a. Are qualified and outstanding students, who wish to, able to attend
university without financial barriers?
b. With the funds available from
government and from tuition, how many -
students can we responsibly provide with
a quality education?
11. Q. What has the university done to
ensure accessibility from the point of view
of adequately funded places for students? ,
A. a. University places were expanded in the 1960s when two other universities were created in the province.
Community Colleges were created and
were given the responsibility to provide
first and second year university transfer
programs. These steps provided more
places for post-secondary students and at
many locations around the province. In
UBC's draft mission statement released in
the summer of 1988, the university argued
for more degree granting places at locations outside the Lower Mainland. UBC
now has an active partnership with Cariboo College and Okanagan College to
provide degree granting opportunities outside the lower Mainland. Similar programs
exist at Malaspina College with the University of Victoria and there are active
plans for a degree granting institution in
Prince George. These have been funded
by the Access Program announced by the
provincial government in March 1989. This
increase in places to ensure accessibility
was strongly encouraged by UBC. The
plan announced in March, 1989 will increase accessibility by 15,000 places. Some of these will be at four (possibly
five) new locations.
Demand for places at the graduate
t level is also increasing sharply. UBC plans
> to increase accessibility at this level. We
expect to be adequately funded to create
these new places. The provincial five
year accesibility plan calls for a significant
increase in places at this level also.
¥ b. We have fought hard to en
sure that our revenue increased fast
enough so that we did not have to reduce
the numbers of faculty and students. Operating grants from the province covering
v their share of the university's operating
y revenue have risen in the past two years
at rates above inflation. We welcome the
plan of the provincial government to provide funding on a per student basis that
will rise to nationally competitive levels.
A 12. Q. What steps has UBC taken with
regard to provincial student aid?
A. We have encouraged the provincial government to introduce a major
[ new student aid program. This was done
L,. in 1987-88. In 1989-90 UBC handled
$30.0 million of B.C. Student Assistance,
Canada Student Loan and other provincial assistance.
, 13. Q. What assistance does UBC
^ provide directly for undergraduate student
scholarships and bursaries?
A. In the 1988-89 session, from
endowment and trust funds UBC provided
i approximately $1.9 million in scholar-
^ ships and bursaries to all students. The
endowment funds supporting undergraduate awards now total $23 million. Approximately $450,000 is awarded each
year in UBC funded student loans. The
development campaign is raising substantial endowments to provide additional
scholarship and bursary assistance to a
*■ wide range of students. These funds privately raised are being matched by the
provincial government. There is also a
new Canada scholarship program that in
1989-90 provided $400,000 to students in
science and engineering.
* From the operating budget UBC
provided a total of $1.7 million for undergraduate scholarships and for undergraduate and graduate bursaries in 1988-89. In
1989-90 we allocated an additional
* $300,000 from the operating fund to the
* bursary program and started to assign
$100,000 a year of parking fine money to
endow a bursary program that is eventually scheduled to reach a level of
$1,000,000.
| Since 1988-89 the province has
matched all endowed scholarships that
were provided for undergraduates. This
alone led to an endowment base increase
of $1.0 million. This is entirely separate
from campaign matched donations. A four-
year summary for student awards is shown
below.
14. Q. Does UBC provide work opportunities for undergraduate students?
A. We administer about $1,000,000
from the provincial work-study program.
In addition to this many units on campus
(e.g. Athletics, AMS, Library, Student
Housing, Food Sen/ices etc.) provide direct part-time work opportunities estimated
at several million dollars per year.
15. Q. What provision is made to support graduate students?
A. Sources of support include internal fellowships and teaching assistant-
ships both from the operating budget and
research assistantships from research
grants and contracts. There are also a
number of endowed scholarships and
awards as well as fellowship support from
external bodies such as NSERC, CIDA
and many others.The total expenditure in
these categories in the 1988888-89 fiscal
year was approximately $22.4 million.
In 1989-90 an additional $1,000,000
was added to the graduate fellowship
budget and $750,000 was added to the
teaching assistantship budget.
Graduate awards are also a target
of the fund raising campaign and we are
having considerable success in this. These
endowments are matched by the provincial government.
16. Q. Is there a financial advantage to
individual students because they have
graduated from university?
A. The unemployment rate among
university graduates is much lower than it
is for non-graduates. It has been estimated that (including the effect of foregone income during the student years) the
rates of return on the "investment" in tuition is 10% per year. This is a remarkable
return on investment indeed for those
whoare privileged to attend university.
17. Q. How do the people of British
Columbia feel about tuition?
A. A recent public opinion poll
shows that 83% believe that students
should pay tuition. 66% believe that the
present tuition level is about right or even
too low.
18. Q. Where can I learn more about
the question of tuition in Canadian universities?
A. David Stager published a book
in 1989 called "Focus on Fees" on behalf
of the Council of Ontario Universities. This
book examines many aspects of the tuition question. A major conclusion is that
tuition levels have very little effect on accessibility to university. In fact the mix of
the population that attends university is
almost the same whether there is no tuition, whether it is as low as in Quebec or
as high as it is in the Maritimes.
19. Q. How is the fund raising campaign helping students?
About half of the $132 million target
will provide new academic buildings - including a new library and a new Centre for
the Creative and Performing Arts. This
will include studios and spaces for the
Fine Arts departments. Independently of
the campaign the provincial government
has included three buildings that will be
funded in the five year government plan.
These include Forestry Science, Advanced
Materials and a Centre for Integrated
Computer Systems at a further cost of $75
million. All of these will provide new spaces
for students and faculty for teaching and
research. In addition, government has approved the funding for a student services
complex to be built adjacent to Brock Hall.
We expect to start construction in the
Summer/Fall of 1990.
The other half of the campaign,
about $66 million, will largely fund endowed
chairs and endowed scholarships and
bursaries. Already we have commitments
that will lead eventually to 20 endowed
chairs in all parts of the university. Some
gifts of equipment are also being received.
Private donors have been encouraged in
their giving by the provincial matching program and in general have been pleased to
have their gifts allocated to the priorities
that were established by the universityin
consultation with faculties and departments. The Case Statement includes
stated needs in all parts of the university.
19 15-1990
ANNIVERSARY
STUDENT AWARD ENDOWMENTS
(GRADUATE & UNDERGRADUATE - INCLUDING THE KILLAM FELLOWSHIP
FUND)
Fiscal Year
Endowment Principal
(March 31)
Expenditures
($ million)
($ million)
1985-86
$24.38
$2.33
1986-87
29.85
2.37
1987-88
34.04
2.65
1988-89
36.04
2.86
(NOTE: A part of the income from the Killam Fellowship Fund is also used for Senior
Research Fellows and Killam Post-Doctoral Fellowships. In 1988-89 the principle amount
of the Killam Fellowship Fund was approximately $13 million, with an expenditure of $1.3
million. Over 60 per cent of this expenditure was on graduate fellowships.)
Number* Expendi-
STUDENT AWARD STATISTICS & EXPENDITURES FROM ALL SOURCES
Number of Expendi- Number of Expendi- BCSAP BCSAP Number
Expendi
Total
Total Amount
of Students ture on
Students on ture on
Univ.
ture on
Appli
Amount
of Work-
tures on
Numbers
(loans plus
on Scholar-
Bursaries Bursaries
loans to
Univ.
cations
study
Work-study
of
bursaries &
Scholarship ships
students
Loans
Awards
Awards
scholarships)
1985-86
1,626 $1,900,727
1,308 $1,530,771
527
$368,916
5,378
$19,733,573
598
$599,250
9590
24,133,237
1986,87
1,828 2,143,625
1,252 1,507,080
585
397,9575,291
5,291
21,442,476
731
734,414
9707
26,242^72
1987-88
1,697 2,161,569
1,194 1,449,615
744
558,8485,489
5,489
23,634,540
760
867,000
9884
28,672,572
1988-89 1,835 2,228,490 1,072 1,303,512
'Note: Excludes graduate fellowships and a few minor graduate scholarships.
625
453,1335,546
5,546
25,824,661
792
992,633
9870
30J72yil9!**
*4
More than 90% of this was spent for undergraduate awards. UBC REPORTS .Ian. 25.1990 10
10 years as department head
Hindmarch steps down
By JO MOSS
n Bob Hindmarch's 35-year
association with UBC he has
been star athlete, football,
hockey and basketball coach,
director of intramurals,
physical education professor and
athletics and sport services director.
Now, after 10 years as head of
UBCs Athletics and Sport Services
Department, Hindmarch, 59, is
making another change. He will
step down when his current term
ends June 30,1991.
"It's sure gone quickly," said
Hindmarch, adding that the next 18
months wiH give him time to consider his plans for the future. So
far, he has decided only to take
some time off.
As a student, Hindmarch was one
ofthe university's most versatile athletes playing on four Varsity teams
—football, baseball, hockey and bas-
ketbafl—and captaining the first two.
The first football game he ever
saw, he recalls, he was dressed and
ready to play. 1 had been to practices but I had never seen a game
before. We didnt have TV," he
Hockey practices for the Varsity
team were an hour's ride away on
the streetcar at Vancouver's old
Forum.
Hindmarch graduated in 1953
from UBC's Physical Education
program with the university's outstanding male athlete award and
Bob Hindmarch
taught and coached at a New Westminster high school after graduation.
When he returned to the campus
in 1955 as assistant football coach,
the area where the War Memorial
Gym and Aquatic Centre now stand
was forest and bush. In addition to
his coaching duties, he was director
of intramurals, and taught 26 hours a
week, including Saturday mornings.
"It was crazy," Hindmarch reminisces. But fun.
After 10 years as football coach, he
switched to hockey coach after managing the Canadian Olympic hockey
team which was based at UBC in
1963/64. It was the first of many
teams Hindmarch took to the Olym
pics and the beginning of a close affiliation with the Canadian Olympic
Association. He has served as COA
vice-president for the last nine years
and was Director and Chef de Mission at the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Along the way, he found the time to
earn a Master of Science degree in
1959 and a Doctor of Education in
1962 from the University of Oregon.
Hindmarch resigned from coaching 14 years ago and taught sports
medicine in the School of Physical
Education and Recreation before becoming athletics and sport services
director in 1980. At that time the
university was going through a difficult period financially, and Hindmarch
found himself a fundraiser as well as
head.
One ofthe best tilings the university ever did, he says, was introduce
the athletic fee to ensure athletic programs continuous support "It put
die structure of athletics onto a proper
footing on which to work."
Hindmarch says UBC's sport and
athletic programs are currently number one.
"We are the best structured organization in the country and it reflects in
afl the programs. There's not one of
our programs* Intramurals, Recreation, Community Sports or Athletics
that I can think of that another university in the country does better," he
said.
The UBC athletic program have produced more Olympic and Commonwealth Games athletes than any other
Canadian university, and the second largest number of national
champions in Canadian Interuniv-
ersity Athletic Union competition
next to University of Toronto, he
Hindmarch says there have been
many high points in his directorship — more than can be counted
— but has enjoyed most the enthusiasm of our great student athletes.
Off-campus, Hindmarch has
been active in community sport at
all levels throughout his career.
An original member of the group
which attempted to get the Winter
Olympics for Whistler Mountain,
he was president of the Vancouver
Olympic Committee for four years.
Chair of the Hockey Development Council of Canada from 1977
to 1980 and Director ofthe Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
from 1969 to 1980, he has served
as President of the B.C. Sports
Federation and as chair ofthe federal government's sport and fitness programs
He is currently director of the
Man-in-Motion World Tour, chair
of the B.C. Summer and Winter
Games Advisory Committee and
member of the B.C. Sport Advisory Committee.
Hindmarch says he is looking
forward to the future. 1 love my
university, I love being here and
doing what I do. But the change
for me will be very good, and good
for the department"
Saturday morning series
Science lectures lure teens
By GAVIN WILSON
Luring teenagers to a classroom on
a Saturday morning is not easy. But
the Science Faculty's lecture series is
doing it for the third consecutive year.
About 55 Grade 11 students travel
from as far away as Aldergrove, Port
Moody and White Rock to attend the
10 a.m. lecture and demonstration series, which regularly features some of
the university's best teachers and researchers.
"These students are showing a real
commitment. They're full of enthusiasm," said Alan Carter, who coordinates the series from the office of the
Dean of Science.
The goal of the program, initiated
by then Acting Dean of Science David
Dolphin, is to expose students in the
Lower Mainland to first rate science
and technology and make them aware
of UBC facilities and resources.
The increasingly popular program
is highly praised by science teachers
and attracts some of B.C.'s top science
students, many of them enroled in their
school's International Baccalaureate or
Advanced Placement programs. Several students who took part in the first
series two years ago have gone on to
win major provincial and university
scholarships.
The series, which began in November and will run until March, has expanded this year to include topics and
speakers from beyond the Faculty of
Science.
"The focus is still on the Science
Faculty, but we wanted to show some
ofthe applications of science and other
research that is being done elsewhere,"
said Carter.
Highlights include a tour of
TRIUMF and a panel discussion on
Tourist industry
names museum
top attraction
The UBC Museum of Anthropology was named Canada's outstanding
tourist attraction of 1989 at the recent
12th annual Canadian Travel and Tourism Industry awards.
The award, sponsored by Agent
Canada magazine, the national trade
magazine for travel agents and the
tourism industry, was presented Nov.
23 at a ceremony at Vancouver's Hyatt
Regency hotel.
The MOA was nominated for the
award by readers of the Vancouver-
based magazine.
Women in Science and Technology
with Helen Ching, B.C. Research and
Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology, Linda McCar-
gar, Family and Nutritional Sciences,
Kristin Orians, Oceanography/Chemistry and Maria Klawe, head of Computer Science. About half the participating students are female.
Another panel discussion, with
David Dolphin, Chemistry, Alison
Buchan, Physiology, and Dale Beyer-
stein, Philosophy, examined the role
and applications of science in society.
Other topics covered include genetics, psychology, particle physics and
North West Native Indian languages.
The sessions are held in various departments around campus so students
get to know the university.
Lecturers in this year's series include William Ovalle, Anatomy, David
Boyd, Mathematics, Michael Gerry,
Chemistry, Robert Hancock, Microbiology, Tony Griffiths, Botany, Anthony Perks, Zoology, Patricia Shaw,
Linguistics, John Pinel, Psychology,
Cathy Rankin, Psychology, Raymond
Andersen, Chemistry/Oceanography,
Gordon McBean, Geography and
Murray Isman, Plant Science. The Science Undergraduate Society has also
been invited to take part.
The Phoenix Chamber Choir won the BBC Silver Rose Bowl
Phoenix choir wins
a major award
The Phoenix Chamber Choir was
presented with major international
awards during a recent UBC concert
broadcast live in Europe.
The concert, co-sponsored by the
School of Music and the CBC, was in
celebration of the choir taking top honors at the Let the Peoples Sing international choral competition last May. The
mixed voice ensemble was the winner
of the BBC Silver Rose Bowl as best
overall choir and won first place in the
contemporary music category.
Held at the School of Music Recital
Hall, the concert was broadcast via
satellite to the national radio networks
of 18 countries through the auspices of
the European Broadcasting Union.
The choir is conducted by School
of Music Professor Cortland Hultberg
and many of its 18 singers are Music
Department alumni and former members of Hultberg's UBC Chamber Singers.
The concert, a blend of jazz, classical and popular choral music along
with seasonal Christmas favorites, was
heard across Canada at a later date on
the CBC Stereo program Choral Concert."""@en ;
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