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The UPS The Ubyssey Is the property of of The Ubyssey otherwise ver- shall rot be responsible for dlght Opinions + Blog Editor The U by ssey Ru b cation sScciety flcatlon will be done by phone changes or ty peg ra phlca 1 er rors Stories, opinions, photographs The Ubyssey reservesthe right that do not lessen the value or and artwork contained herelr to edit submissions for length the Impact of the ad. :@ubyssey.ca OUR CAMPUS // PHOTO CHERIHAN HASSUN/THE UBYSSEY Sian Echard is a English literature and medieval studies professor who has a focus on Arthurian literature. Sian Echard is a prof of the round table Austen Erhardt Opinions & Blog Editor At first glance, UBC prof Sian Echard appears to check off a number of boxes ofthe stereotypical university academic. She's an English literature and medieval studies professor, and has spent hundreds of hours poring over centuries-old manuscripts, translating texts from ancient languages and deciphering meaning in pre-modern prose and poetry. Spend five minutes in one of her classes, however, and you'll quickly see what sets Echard apart from her peers and the mass media portrayal of her profession. For Echard, the study of old and middle English goes beyond Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales. One of her areas of focus is Arthurian literature — texts based on the story of the legendary King Arthur. In her classes, students reading aloud middle English poetry and writing with quills on parchment is as common a sight as her lecturing. My parents were interested in castles and cathedrals and Roman ruins and all that kind of stuff ... so it was kind of a backdrop to my growing up." Sian Echard UBC English and medieval studies professor Echard grew up in Ontario in an academic family. Her grandfather passed away when she was very young, and her parents decided to spend their summers in Wales to be with Echard's grandmother. Though many know the story of Arthur solely through Disney animations, movies and children's stories, the Arthurian myth — or history, depending on who you ask — is a significant aspect of Welsh and Britannic culture; a culture in which Echard was immersed for much of her life. "Because [her parents] were academics, summer was very long. Even once we were in school they would just take us out of school in May and we would live in Wales. So it meant that I spent most of my childhood summers in Wales. My parents were interested in castles and cathedrals and Roman ruins and all that kind of stuff... so it was kind of a backdrop to my growing up," Echard said. Echard started at Queen's University unsure of what, exactly, she wanted to study. Interested in history, languages and English literature, she was torn between the subjects that she had come to love growing up and was just beginning to explore in an academic context. I love the beginning of a project, when you have just a vague idea and you start digging into archives to see... or you don't even know what you're looking for and then you have that aha' moment, and suddenly you think, oh, that's it!'" "Then when I was in university, in my second year of undergrad ... I took a history course, taught by someone who I later discovered was a graduate of the program that I would go on to do (the Centre for Medieval Studies at U of T). And it was a standard, early-Middle Ages- type course. But, it was interdisciplinary. So we read literary works, we did some art history. It wasn't just history," Echard said. "That was the point at which I decided that I would do medieval studies. I ended up doing literary studies within medieval studies, partly because I liked languages so much." Echard is bilingual, speaking English and French, comfortable with German and literate in Latin and medieval Welsh. She also knows basic conversational modern Welsh and, impressively, can easily pronounce Llanfair- pwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrn- drobwllllantysiliogogogoch — the verbose name of a Welsh train station. Echard's role as a professor is twofold: her time is split between teaching and researching. "I love the beginning of a project, when you have just a vague idea and you start digging into archives to see ... or you don't even know what you're looking for and then you have that 'aha' moment, and suddenly you think, 'oh, that's it!' And all the stuff that didn't make sense suddenly makes sense," she said. Although the manuscripts that Echard studies tend to be, at minimum, hundreds of years old and carefully protected and preserved, that doesn't mean that they're completely off limits. Echard's first up-close- and-personal experience with a manuscript was when she was a graduate student at U of T, with a famous book called the Hunterian Psalter. Though Echard has greater access than many people through her academic position, she pointed out that undergraduates can get involved, too. "Here at UBC, Rare Books & Special Collections is open to anybody with a library card. You just have to obey their rules and put your stuff in a locker and all that. But we have some really interesting old books at UBC that you can ask to see!" Echard said. When it came to selecting her favourite text, Echard chose the 4,000-line Alliterative Morte Arthure as her favourite poem, but struggled to narrow it down to a single book, ultimately identifying Tolkien's Lord ofthe Rings trilogy — and appendices — as her 'stranded on an island' reading material. Ultimately, for Echard, the best part of her job is the teaching and constant interaction with students. "I love teaching. I'm very happy to be at a research university, and I really enjoy research. I can get lost in the library for hours ... But in terms of day-today rewards, teaching is the one from which — because there's always feedback and because it always changes, even if you're teaching the same thing over and over again, students never react in exactly the same way — you just get constant feedback." Xi // News EDITORS JOVANAVRANIC +VERONIKA BONDARENKO RSDAY, OCTOBER: RESEARCH» UBC professor studies rehabilitation of aboriginal inmates David Nixon Senior Staff Writer A UBC professor wants to change the way we look at criminal rehabilitation. UBC nursing professor Helen Brown has received roughly $150,000 in funding from the Movember Foundation to study the effect of replacing idle time of male aboriginal inmates with work aimed at giving back to impoverished children and families. "You can teach someone employment skills and do rehabilitation post-release," said Brown. "But the vision here is deeper than that... when you give to others you develop the kind of self worth that is at the root of rehabilitation." The Movember Foundation's Men's Health & Wellbeing Innovation Challenge announced on October 20 that $2.2 million would be spread across 15 winning projects for "creative and innovative ideas that [aim] to disrupt longheld assumptions about men's health, focus on positive elements of masculinity, and get men to take action with their health." Among the list of recipients like "Beer League Doctor" and "Hockey Fans in Training," Brown's project sticks out as one ofthe more interesting applications of this goal. Brown was invited to join the project by retired Ferndale Warden Brian Lang. He spearheaded the project and has been working on it for seven months already. Brown received a lot of raised eyebrows over it — the project treats the inmates as co-researchers, and she called it "almost more activism" than research. But that's exactly why she wanted to do it, even though it was outside of her field of expertise. There are 25 men currently involved in the project across three sites in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region. Jobs for the men involve making furniture, toys, cultural items and growing food. All of it is sent to the most impoverished First Nations children and families in B.C. Those children have begun writing to thank the inmates as well, which Brown says has further motivated the men. This element of helping others is integral to the project. Why aboriginal men? "It's tackling a significant issue of over-representation," Brown said. =HOTO THOMAS HAWK/FLICKR UBC nursing professor Helen Brown is helping aboriginal men in prisons rehabilitate themselves by giving back to their communities. Statistics Canada reported in 2010/2011 that 20 per cent of federal inmates in custody were aboriginal. It's 27 per cent for Provincial and Territorial prisons. In the overall Canadian population, First Nations account for about three per cent. Another report in 2003 showed offence rates for aboriginal males were at 58 per cent, while non-aboriginal rates were 42 per cent. "The normal methods of rehabilitation are not working for these men," said Brown. Now, with funding from the Movember Foundation, Brown will study metrics such as early release dates and repeat offences among the men over two years and see if the new strategies have an impact. Those metrics are a long way off, but already she has heard and recorded testimony from the men in the program which has both moved and impressed her. "Some of them have had horrific lives," said Brown, "but I've met some very articulate, thoughtful people who are on a path now [and] they're going to be a force when they leave in terms of what they're going to do and who they want to be. It's really amazing to see that." Xi NEWS BRIEFS University of Alberta President to become Distinguished Fellow in Residence at UBC Current University of Alberta president Indira Samarasekera will be coming to UBC in 2015. Samarasekera, who has been president of U of A since 2005, will be joining UBC's Liu Institute for Global Issues as a Distinguished Fellow in Residence. Samarasekera, who has a Masters in mechanical engineering from the University of California and a PhD in metallurgical engineering from UBC, also served as Vice President Research at UBC prior to beginning her position at U of A. UBC holds town hall on fee increase proposals A consultation was held on October 28 at 10 a.m. in the SUB Ballroom to provide students with detailed information about the proposed 2015 international tuition and residence fee increases. UBC Vice Provost and Associate VP Enrolment and Academic Facilities, Angela Redish, led a presentation outlining the details ofthe university's proposals, and later, along with VP Students Louise Cowin and representatives from the UBC Board of Governors, answered questions posed by students in attendance. Only about five students were present at the town hall's peak. The next public meetings on the topic of fee increases are planned to take place next week. According to Cowin, UBC will be sending out broadcast e-mails to inform students of when they can take part in consultations. Until then, students are encouraged to voice their opinions and ask questions online at UBC's Consultations' site. Xi Want to write for news? EMAIL NEWS@UBYSSEY.CA OR COME BY OUR EDITORIAL OFFICE SUB 24, FOLLOW THE SIGNS LANGUAGES» UBC professor hopes to bring more aboriginal language study to UBC Mark Turin is advocating for the preservation and revival of Canadian First Nations languages Mateo Ospina StaffWriter A UBC anthropology professor is hoping to bring aboriginal languages to the forefront of language study at UBC. Mark Turin, who is chair ofthe university's First Nations Language Program and a registered student in the same program, has an academic background in studies of endangered languages around the world. He is currently working towards a future in First Nations studies that focuses on a partnership between the university and indigenous communities. The First Nations Language Program currently offers opportunities to study languages such as Cree, Kwak'wala, Nle'kepmx- cin and Dakelh Dene. In order to expand the program's curriculum to include more indigenous languages, Turin has immersed himself in the language and cultures of aboriginal peoples from the wider B.C. area to work directly toward the goal of reviving these languages that have only a few speakers left. "We're probably seeing the last generation of fluent speakers of many of these languages," said Turin. While there are intense efforts aimed at the documentation of these languages both as a historic reference and as part of a cultural preservation, preserving languages with a very limited number of speakers presents a number of challenges. "The challenges now [are] that we have a generation of people that want to transmit their knowledge except they are getting older and are forgetting and have never had someone to speak to in their languages," said Turin. Turin hopes that the university, which is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory ofthe hericjemirierri-speaking Musqueam people, will become a centre for a progressive and community-focused study of First Nations culture and languages. =HOTO COURTESY ALEJANDRO YOSHIZAWA UBC professor Mark Turin is dedicated to the preservation of aboriginal languages. Still, Turin also said that there are some differences of opinion with regard to how these languages should be taught and studied. "Some communities feel they should remain oral because a written form gives them [a form] they were never meant to have," said Turin. "Other communities believe that writing gives a longer chance of success." Accordingto Turin, the increased research in First Nations Languages has allowed UBC to offer a course ontheheric]emirierri language that fulfills the Arts language requirement. Turin hopes that this relationship between UBC and the languages of First Nations People will allow for more such courses to be taught at the university. Turin said that, aside from being important for the pres ervation of aboriginal culture, studying First Nations languages can also give students the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of Canada's history and cultural identity. "The singular achievement of our species, which is language, it's power and orality and performative brilliance, is something we don't celebrate enough," said Turin. tJ 4 I NEWS I THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30,2014 HEALTH » UBC doctors recommend increased education, vaccination against HPV UBC doctors recommend getting vaccinated against HPV. =HOTO COURTESY LILY EGHDAM Kari Lindberg Contributor UBC doctors Melica Nourmoussavi and Lily Eghdami are trying to promote the knowledge and education around the HPV vaccine. The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted infection that can lead to cervical cancer in women. Scientists have known about HPV's link to cancer for decades, but the first vaccine that protects women against the disease was authorized for use in Canada in 2006. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization currently recommends that girls ages nine to 26 receive the HPV vaccine to decrease the risk of cervical cancer in the future. As such, a number of UBC doctors are questioning why many people are choosing not to vaccinate their children when a vaccine is readily available. Nourmoussavi who, along with her colleague Eghdami, is a resident in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at UBC said that when she asks patients why they have not vaccinated their daughters, the most common response is that they were not aware that the vaccine was necessary to protect against cervical cancer. "Most parents and daughters want to get educated on it," said Noumoussavi. "They are actually very interested. It is just overcoming that lack of knowledge." Nourmoussavi also said that the best way to increase knowledge about the vaccine is to push both elementary and high schools to include information on HPV in the school's health education. "When education occurs around other forms of cancers, HPV should be lumped in with it as well," said Nourmoussavi. Still, Nourmoussavi said that one ofthe barriers to increased education about the virus may stem from its somewhat taboo nature as an STL But as it is estimated that over 75 per cent of Canadians will come into contact with this virus in their lifetime and 10 to 30 per cent will become infected with it, getting the vaccine before becoming sexually active will offer the greatest protection from cervical cancer. "You can essentially assume that that your daughter is going to come into contact with this virus at some point in her life," said Nourmoussavi. The vaccine is also recommended for all women who are under the age of 26, as it can still protect against some strands of HPV. Nourmoussavi encouraged UBC students to talk to their family doctors about how they can best protect themselves. Xi NEW SUB » AMS planning new sustainability features in the new SUB Kelley Lin Staff Writer The AMS hopes to make the Nest the most sustainable student union building in North America. As part of this plan, the new SUB is expected to have many fun, modern and environmentally-friendly sustainability features. "This is why it's cool to be at a university because we can start doing weird things that you couldn't do at a regular municipality. I guess that's kind ofthe spirit ofthe new building," said Chiyi Tam, AMS Sustainability Coordinator. Tam said that there will be a number of designs in the building that aim to be both sustainable and appealing to students. In order to make the building more appealing to students, the designs have been chosen based on student contributions across all faculties. One of these student-driven projects is a mobile charging station constructed by engineering students that will allow students to pedal a stationary bike to charge their electronics. Accordingto Tam, the main sustainability objective ofthe AMS with this new SUB is to bring to life the idea of a "closed- loop building." Like the "farm to table" concept, a closed-loop building focuses on reusing resources and allowing the cycle of compost to garden, garden to restaurant and restaurant back to compost. There are also hopes to bring interactive sustainability to a regional scale by adding cutting-edge composters, incorporating rainwater into its water system, utilizing grey water (water that has been used for washing and cleaning) for flushing toilets, replacing air-conditioning with open windows and natural =HOTO COURTESY DIALOG DESIGNS The New SUB is expected to have several new sustainability features. cooling processes and even a new rooftop restaurant featuring ocean-wise food made in-house to the new SUB. Additionally, the AMS is working on improving the social components ofthe new building by bringing more light and connecting spaces for students to interact in. "Buildings that just made you feel like it was more airy, more glass, more modern and sustainable [help] you behave accordingly. That's the more sustainable and practical approach," said Tam. In hoping to meet its sustainability goals, the AMS is also modernizing the Nest's composting, water, food and overall sustainability systems before its official opening, which is slated for the spring term. Xi ► Industry-Focused Program ► Startup Business Support ?heGcdSm:ca/info-session ► ► 4 Major Canadian Universities Competitive Scholarship Opportunities ,N THE NEXT ONLINE WEBINAR NOV 7th CENTRE FOR DIGITAL MEDIA a collaboration between emilycarr ^iPW' thecdm.ca THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2014 | NEWS Will McDonald Coordinating Editor Over 500 students assembled and voted to oppose UBC's housing and tuition fee increases on October 28. For the first time in over 40 years, the AMS Annual General Meeting reached quorum, and students used the opportunity to pass seven motions opposing the housing and tuition increases. The motions included having the AMS organize protests until the Board "votes down" the proposals for the housing and fee increases as well as the student society providing support for student groups who oppose the fees. Motions to oppose the housing and tuition hikes, as well as lobby the provincial government for more post-secondary funding passed with little debate. A motion requiring the AMS to organize protests brought about more discussion. Arts Undergraduate Society President Jenna Omassi said that the AMS should not be organizing protests as a society, but rather representing student concerns and interests to the university. "The AMS as a body is not structured to organize protests and to be organizing movements like this," said Omassi. "The AMS is here to advocate on your behalf." Omassi also raised concerns that organizing protests would jeopardize the AMS's ability to negotiate with the university. "If the AMS starts organizing student protests, how long is it going to be before the university stops inviting us to these meetings?" said Omassi. Other students argued the AMS should not be afraid to oppose the university, and should do what students want, which is organize more protests. "I think we all clearly demonstrated that we're against these hikes," said student organizer Gabriel D'Astous. "Why don't they mobilize us and organize us to create strength at the negotiation table?" D'Astous also said that a stronger and more proactive stance from the AMS is necessary to create change within the university. "Let's create that strength, let's mobilize students, let's get protests going, let's have the AMS represent our voices and let's do this," said D'Astous. The motion to lobby the provincial government for more tenants rights also brought about debate. Some students argued that Student Housing has the ability to change the residence contracts without warning, and doesn't always act in tenants' best interests. "Students here at UBC have a closer relationship with the university and can impact more closely what the residence contract looks like as opposed to having to go above all those places to the provincial government in order to lobby for any changes that you might want to have," said student Joaquin Acevedo. Others, including VP Academic and University Affairs Anne Kessler, argued that moving the responsibility to the provincial government would only create more bureaucracy and make it difficult for students to advocate on their own behalf. "I have had a couple of meetings this year already with Andrew Parr, the head of Student Housing and Hospitality Services about the contract and the answer has been absolutely no to any changes that we suggested at all," said Kessler. "Not that I don't think it's worth exploring that avenue, I think that we need to go bigger." The motion on tuition is expected to go to the Board in November while the housing motion is expected to be approved in second term. All ofthe motions passed at the meeting will be brought back to AMS Council next Wednesday. Xi -With files from Veronika Bondarenko Motions brought to the dlllO Officially oppose the international tuition fee increase Officially oppose the housing fee increase Advocate to the provincial government to ensure tenant rights' within university housing Advocate to the provincial government to increase post secondary funding Support student groups opposing the fee increases Organize student protests Inform major media outlets ofthe motions presented // Opinions iiwajiiHwi iWMMI LAST WORDS » YU/THE UBYSSEY LAST WORDS // AGM AMBIVALENCE For the first time in over 40 years, the AMS has managed to meet quorum and get 500 students to show up to the SUB Ballroom to pass policy that binds the AMS to take a strong stance in opposing the proposed housing and tuition fee increases. And that is amazing! Given the disappointing turnout at the first Town Hall meeting, we remained skeptical until the last minute. When quorum was briefly lost near the beginning of the meeting, we anxiously held our breath until more people were brought in and quorum was reached again. Many ofthe proposed motions were passed unanimously, though the degree to which some (if not most) students fully understood what was going on is debatable. It's tough to be the opposing voice when you're surrounded by a sea of 500 "ayes," and questionable how educated a person's vote can really be when the reading of the motions and what debate there was was almost inaudible to those standing in the back. While no more than a handful of students showed up to the Town Hall held just two hours before the AGM, there was no shortage of would-be speakers at the AGM. It's unfortunate that more people, especially those who are very involved in the protests and #IAmAStudent movement, didn't come to the Town Hall. Criticizing the notion of negotiations in favour of more active activism is a fair argument, but it's weakened when the prospect of negotiation hasn't even been explored (like at the Town Hall with influential UBC officials such as Louise Cowin, Andrew Parr and Angela Redish present.) The value that UBC will place on what comes out of the town halls is, as yet, unknown — but that doesn't mean that they, as the most obvious channel for discourse with the university, should be ignored entirely. Though there were many at the AGM who wanted to make their voices heard, and many who did so successfully, formal meeting procedures were not exactly followed. Speaking up is great, but so is trying to keep the meeting somewhat organized and waiting for recognition from the Chair before proposing motions and calling them to question. We get that, in part, the rapidity resulted from concerns about losing quorum, but that doesn't mean that debate and procedure should be completely sacrificed, either. That said, for a campus that often seems to lack the true sense of community found in smaller universities, Tuesday's events are remarkable. The students — or at least, 500 of them — have spoken. Hopefully the university will, accordingly, come to understand the seriousness ofthe anti-fee increase movement and how driven they are to achieve their goals. HALLOWEEN COSTUMES Halloween is coming up this weekend, and to avoid donning an insensitive ensemble, we've got some safe, but still fun, costume ideas for you. There's always a trend of people poking fun at current events and celebrity scandals on Halloween, but The Ubyssey wouldn't recommend it. So instead of dressing up like Amanda Bynes this year, why not throw on a one-of-a-kind, handmade car-on-the-stairs getup? You'd be the life ofthe party. Just don't get stuck on the stairs. On the theme of getting stuck, you could also hit up parties dressed as Parker the Pigeon, who was trapped in the Bookstore for a weekend. People dress up like superheroes all the time — so why not the brave, noble Parker? Other suggestions from around our office include Arvind Gupta, a student protester, ArgyleMan, Mount Gandalf, the Gage towers highline, bus loop guy, Andrew Parr's wallet, the AMS AGM (just run around with some friends yelling "YAY") and the AMS AGM dogs. Once you've got your wicked UBC-inspired costume on, head on over to President Gupta's house for some Trick-or-Treating. We did it at Toope's house in previous years, so we're just hoping Gupta carries on the tradition. tJ — °«—(,Q cmpus ■ HZtl, OUUB/ ■ .^ar m W^^Wm L/C: | OKAH. ITAKS TtWdACK^L f~\\ PRIS THAT WAG