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Photo courtesy of Donna Jones, School of Art

University of Manitoba School of Art held its annual Open House on April 9, 2010. All areas, including drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, photography, video, graphic design and Gallery One One One, showed work created by students during the past academic year. Pictured above are paintings by Honours Thesis student Christabel Lindner. See more student artwork from the event inside this issue.

Open house showcases best of student artwork

New and renewed funding for Canada Research ChairsAs we get older, our ability to process spatial information declines. Thanks to new government funding, researcher Debbie Kelly is investigating what aging does to our brains, specifically how it affects the way we navigate our way around.

The new Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Comparative Cognition, Kelly is the first researcher to use a bird model – pigeons – to understand age-related spatial degeneration. She’ll monitor spatial decline not only associated with normal aging but with degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

“Using birds offers a unique opportunity to study the brain and its functions since their anatomy provides a natural split-brain situation. Therefore, the function of each hemisphere can be studied independently and repeatedly within the same animal while it navigates

around its environment,” said Kelly, a recent recruit to the University of Manitoba.

Her CRC appointment was announced March 26 at the University of Manitoba by Minister of State for Democratic Reform Steven Fletcher, coinciding with the national announcement in Ottawa.

Renewed support for four existing U of M Chairs was also announced. Chairholders are research leaders or rising stars in natural sciences and engineering, health sciences, or social sciences and humanities. The University of Manitoba has 49 Canada Research Chairs.

“This government is investing in research, science and technology to improve Canadians’ quality of life, create jobs and strengthen the economy,” said Minister Fletcher. “The Canada Research Chairs program is

helping our universities develop, attract and retain talented people, strengthening our capacity for leading-edge research, while building economic opportunities and the jobs of the future for Canadians.”

The new funding is worth a combined $4.4 million plus infrastructure support.

“I congratulate the new and renewed Chairs,” said David Barnard, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manitoba. “We are home to many outstanding scientists and scholars, and continue to be the chosen university for researchers who are leaders in their field.”

The four renewed Chairs are James Blanchard, Harvey Chochinov, Peter Loewen, and Verena Menec.

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In the NewsOnce again, prevention is best

April 16, 2010 Winnipeg Free Press, The Canadian Press, Vancouver Sun

Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder require three times as much funding for health care and education as kids from the general population, a new Manitoba report shows. Study co-author Don Fuchs, a social work professor at the University of Manitoba, said this study, along with an earlier report showing the high costs of FASD to the child welfare system, are ample proof of the need to prevent more kids from being born with this fully preventable but incurable disease. “Our model clearly shows because FASD is preventable, it would make sense to move more money into prevention,” Fuchs said.

Road Scholar has 3-D visionApril 15, 2010 The Winnipeg Sun, The Winnipeg Free Press

Civil Engineering professor Ahmed Shalaby and two of his graduate students have developed a 3-D camera that can help the City diminish the threats wet or icy streets pose to drivers. “It’s basically a camera with lighting from precise directions that are angled to the surface. The idea is that by looking at how light reflects from it, we can combine these images to generate a 3-D map of the surface,” Shalaby said. Shalaby’s lab spent four years developing the camera that can betray road surface; the smoother the road’s surface texture, the more dangerous it is. By knowing this, crews can then roughen up that section of road, or pay more attention to it with salt and sand trucks. “We’re trying to have the road look very similar to how a new tire would look like, with its treads or grooves that would channel water away from the surface,” Shalaby said.

Double clickingApril 11, 2010Winnipeg Free Press

“When humans mated for life, they didn’t live past 45,” a doctor with his own television show recently said. Monogamy, some members of the media suggest, is under threat from the internet and mobile phone technology. And commenting to issues of “cyber-cheating” was retired University of Manitoba sociology professor Bob Altemeyer. “If you were in a romantic relationship with someone and were having an intense emotional relationship with someone else on the computer, (your partner) could still feel emotionally betrayed,” he said. As for Internet videocams, “they are another step closer to being in bed with someone.”

Income gap narrowing for aboriginalsApril 8, 2010 Winnipeg Free Press

The analysis of income data from the 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses found the median income for aboriginal Canadians jumped 58 per cent between 1996 and 2006 to $18,962. That was $8,135 less than the median income of non-aboriginals. Study co-author Daniel Wilson said the gap is slowly narrowing. “It’s large and it’s pretty stubborn.” Many have offered insights into this and Rainey Gaywish, area director of aboriginal focus programs at the University of Manitoba’s Extended Education program, said she thinks a driving force to this trend is supply and demand. “Aboriginal people with degrees are sought after,” she said. “It’s called competition for scarce resources.”

News Room rated top science blogApril 19, 2010Technorati.com

The University of Manitoba News Room has made Technorati’s list of Top 100 Science Blogs. Technorati.com specializes in tracking blogs on the internet including the U of M News Room, which is built on blogging software. The online News Room is home to the university's news releases, advisories, video and podcasts, many of which focus on scientific research being conducted on campus. You can find the U of M News Room at: umanitoba.ca/news/blogs/.

Headlines:“Students provide health care help,” Winnipeg Free Press, Apr. 19, 2010, article about how every Sunday150 University of Manitoba students, and residents of Winnipeg’s inner city, run their own clinic under faculty supervision out of the Mount Carmel Clinic, using funding provided from the Tolkien Trust, named after novelist J. R. R. Tolkien.

“Health fair for homeless,” Winnipeg Sun, Apr. 8, 2010, and a similar one in the Winnipeg Free Press, reports on a “health fair” held at Siloam Mission by University of Manitoba nursing students.

BY MARIIANNE MAYS WIEBEThe Bulletin

Ian Clara was there when the Manitoba Research Data Centre (MRDC) at the U of M opened its doors at the Bannatyne Campus in 2002. At the time he was a PhD student working as a research assistant with the university’s Mood and Anxiety Disorder Research Group.

Now, in addition to teaching in UM Community Health Sciences, Clara works as an analyst at the centre. And he wants university students and faculty to know that the data held at RDC can make their research easier.

Clara notes that a variety of university researchers access the data, including students and faculty from sociology, education, psychiatry, Native studies, health research, economics, family studies and statistics. As part of Statistics Canada, MRDC gives researchers access to social science statistical information across a broad field of subjects and chronological periods.

Though general statistics are public, many social science surveys contain confidential material accessible only by employees of Stats Can. Potential researchers go through an application process in which they submit a project proposal, pass a security check and are sworn in under the Statistics Act as Stats Can employees.

Clara says that researchers are often unaware of the rich resources available in the form of secondary data managed by Statistics Canada.

The Centre offers access to both cross-sectional and longitudinal survey data. Cross-sectional surveys have been conducted as a sampling of a single time period; in longitudinal surveys, information has been collected and compared over time. Both types of surveys are repeated in cycles, often in four-, five-, or six-year intervals. Surveys usually include both quantitative and qualitative information.

U of M medical doctor, researcher and professor Jitender Sareen has utilized RDC data for his psychiatric research. For a study that investigated the impact of combat and peacekeeping missions on Canadian soldiers, Sareen used Stats Canada data collected in 2002 from over 8,000 soldiers. Sareen said that his research showed that “untreated mental illness is a large problem in Canada. Sareen’s military mental health research is frequently cited and has been published internationally.

Clara says using RDC information saves time and money and can also provide a better opportunity for funding, since research supported by statistical information is sometimes more readily approved by funders such as Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The Manitoba RDC also offers an annual Graduate award of $5000.

There are RDCs located at universities all over the country. “There’s so much potential,” says Clara.

RDC makes your research easier

University of Manitoba rolls out new and improved website Modern design, improved navigation and enhanced functionality all key features of refreshed umanitoba.ca

BY MICHAEL MARSHALLThe Bulletin

Click the refresh button! The University of Manitoba has re-launched its website (umanitoba.ca) with a brand new look and new features.

Showcasing a clean, modern design, dynamic images and easy-to-use menus, the new site enhances the university’s visual identity and better serves the thousands of prospective and current students, staff, faculty, alumni, researchers and friends of the university who visit the site daily.

“We wanted our new website to be easy to use for all of our visitors, so a clean look and improved navigation was essential,” says John Danakas, the university’s director of Public Affairs. “We are extremely happy that we were able to accomplish that goal.”

This week’s roll-out is the result of a redesign project that began in the fall

of 2008 and continues in the coming weeks as more faculties, departments and units migrate to the new design.

Gerry Miller, executive director of information services and technology (IST), worked behind the scenes on the new site and says the plan from the beginning was to produce a task-oriented website.

“We recognize that people want to get things done on the web, and in our case that means prospective students want to find information and register for courses, faculties want to update their own content as well as news and events, current students want to tap into student services and our social media channels, and so forth,” Miller explains. “With the new site it is now easier than ever to accomplish those tasks.

“It doesn’t hurt that the site looks great too,” he adds.

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Twelve new projects that will support excellence and innovation in teaching, research, scholarship and creativity have been awarded substantial funding through a new program for academic enhancement at the University of Manitoba. Academic enhancement is one of four key areas identified by the Strategic Planning Framework for development over the upcoming years, along with student experience, Aboriginal achievement and being an employer of choice.

The U of M 2009/2010 operating budget included an allocation of $1.6M for academic enhancement. Approximately 30 per cent of those funds was designated to support academic and research program innovation through a new fund called the Academic Enhancement Fund (AEF). Six areas outlined in the Strategic Planning Framework were identified for focused development through AEF including: healthy, safe, secure and sustainable food and bioproducts; sustainable prairie and northern communities; human rights; innovations in public and population health; innovative materials and technologies; and culture and creativity.

Ini t iat ives awarded funding contribute to the University’s unique positioning in the project area or areas, draw upon strengths from across the University, foster linkages within the University’s teaching, research and public service activities, contribute to areas of strategic importance to Manitoba, and build/strengthen strategic linkages with local community and beyond.

The call for proposals initiated September 30, 2009 resulted in 27 applications which were assessed and ranked according their alignment with the overall purposes of the Fund. Applications were evaluated by a committee established by the Vice-President (Academic) and the Vice-President (Research).

All full-time academic staff members with professorial or academic librarian rank were eligible to apply for support. Applications were sponsored and endorsed by at least two Deans or Directors of or Heads of Colleges. All applications were accompanied by a cover letter that addressed, among other things, the importance of projects to their units and to the university.

Vice President (Academic) & Provost Richard Lobdell says, “These projects will enable our staff and students to build bridges between academic disciplines, to involve community groups and to form partnerships with other agencies, and to conduct this work in Winnipeg, in rural Manitoba and in the Northwest Territories.

“These are exciting projects and we look forward to learning about the outcomes.”

Each issue of The Bulletin will feature two initiatives awarded funding by the AEF. Recipients were interviewed for a response and brief overview of their projects.

Featured funding recipients for this issue are professor Evelyn Forget (Community Health Sciences) who specializes in cost effectiveness analysis and healthcare financing and professor Karen Busby (Law), whose research and teaching interests include constitutional law, in particular human rights and equality law, civil procedure and administrative law.

Fund awards academic enhancement initiatives

Academic Enhancement Fund Successful Applications 2009

Principal Applicant Home Faculty Sponsoring Deans Project Short Title

Beaverford, K. Architecture Architecture, Environment A Model for International Service Learning

Braun, M. Music Education, Music Opera Theatre School Tour

Busby, K. Law Arts, Education. Law, St. Paul’s College, Social Work

Centre for Human Rights Research Planning Initiative

Churchill, D. Arts Arts, Libraries Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Two-Spirited (LGBTT) Archival and Oral History Initiative

Forget, E. Medicine Arts, Human Ecology, Medicine Research Data Centre Branch in Yellowknife, NWT

Freund, M. Science Engineering Environment Science Research Development Manager Support: Manitoba Institute for Materials

Grymonpre, R. Inter-Professional Education Nursing, Pharmacy Inter-Professional Competencies for the Early Learner: A Promising Strategy Towards Sustainability

Kops, B. Extended Education Arts, Education, Extended Ed. The 2010 Summer Institute: Education, Human Rights & Social Justice in a Multicultural Society

MacDonald, S. Medicine Kinesiology, Medicine, Social Work Building the University’s Commitment to Disadvantaged Children

MacLean, G. Arts Arts, Management Manitoba Institute for Policy Research

Masuda, J. Environment, Earth, and Resources

Arts, Environment Toward a Trans-Media Laboratory for Environment, Health and Social Equity

Slater, J. Human Ecology Human Ecology, Medicine Fuel for Work: A Learning Site to Promote Nutrition and Food Security at Sunshine House

Dr. David Barnard, President, University of Manitoba, and the Offi ce of International Relations invite you to

One university. Many futures.umanitoba.ca/about/international/

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Robert B Schultz Lecture Theatre, St. John’s College, U of M

The Impact of Changes in

European Higher Education:

Challenges & OpportunitiesThe internationalization of European higher education has led to tremendous institutional change over this past decade. What does this mean for universities and colleges in Manitoba?

Mr. Bernd Wächter and Dr. Hans de Wit will speak to Manitobans on

this important topic.

Bernd Wächter

Bernd Wächter is the Director of the

Academic Cooperation Association

(ACA). He is a frequent speaker at

European and international education

conferences and has worked, as an

expert advisor, for many international

organizations. Mr. Wächter has been

a member of the editorial board of

the Journal of Studies in International

Education.

Hans de Wit

Hans de Wit is Professor (lector) of

Internationalization of Higher Edu-

cation and Co-Editor of the Journal

of Studies in International Education.

He has (co)written several books and

articles on international education

and is actively involved in assessment

and consultancy in international

education, for organizations like the

European Commission, UNESCO,

World Bank, IMHE/OECD, and ESMU.

All are welcome. Free admission.For more information call the Offi ce of International Relations, 474-6656 or 474-9992

This event is funded in part by the European Commission’s Delegation to Ottawa

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Evelyn Forget: In partnership with the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research, the Manitoba Research Data Centre (RDC) is developing a branch RDC in Yellowknife.

This will be the first opportunity for researchers and policymakers in the north to access confidential Statistics Canada data relevant to their communities without travelling to Ottawa, and to make use of resources in Winnipeg to address important policy issues in the areas of public and population health, education, child and youth development, labour and northern communities.

This partnership will be valuable to faculty and graduate students at the University of Manitoba. The development of a teaching site in Yellowknife will allow graduate students in Community Health Sciences with an interest in population health, for example, to do research and work in the north.

Three areas emphasized by the strategic plan – sustainable northern communities, human rights and innovations in public and population health – are addressed by this initiative.

Karen Busby: One of the goals of the initiative is to bring people together from across the university who are doing work on human rights or human rights research and begin the process of possible collaborations.

This AEF application is for seed money to support the establishment of the University of Manitoba Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR).

The CHRR wil l bring people and organizations – both within and outside of U of M – together to enhance interdisciplinarity and collaborative research capacities, create richer research training opportunities for students, and facilitate the fusion of research-driven knowledge public policy and intellectual debate.

AEF seed money will support the CHRR Planning Initiative to establish infrastructure, support the planning process (including site visits to two human rights centres), begin programming for the initial two year period, including programming with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), and will help launch other human-rights related

projects, such as the Indian Residential Truth and Reconciliation Archives and Research Centre (TARCARC).

These initiatives will ensure that U of M becomes the institution of choice for students and scholars of human rights.

A research roundtable organized by CHRR and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights called “Unfinished

Business: Human Rights Issues in the 21st Century” will be held at the Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba on Tuesday, May 4 from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.



This summer the University of Manitoba will offer its first one-of-a-kind series of courses called the ‘Cree Language and Narrative’ Summer Institute. The three-week interdisciplinary session will focus on language structure, the teaching and speaking of Cree and Cree oral storytelling tradition.

The Summer Institute between July 26 and August 13 will include several three-credit courses such as Introductory Cree, Structure of the Cree Language (offered at different levels) and Cree Oral Stories. Several are cross-listed between two out of the three departments of Linguistics, Native Studies and English.

Associate professor and department head of Linguistics Terry Janzen says it’s a new initiative with several exceptional things going for it, one of which is that it’s a joint venture among departments.

Students – and other interested community members – are encouraged to enrol in all nine credit hours to benefit from the collaboration among departments.

Head of Native Studies Wanda Wut tunee adds tha t “ l anguage

preservation has been a strong goal of Native Studies for many years and this institute offers students a creative opportunity to build on their skills from several perspectives.”

Louis Bird will lead the Cree Oral Stories course as a visiting instructor. An Elder and storyteller, Bird is Omushkego (Swampy Cree) from Peawanuck who has been collecting, recording and telling traditional stories his whole life.

Warren Cariou calls him “without a doubt the most famous storyteller in Omushkego-Cree, and one of the greatest storytellers in Canada.” Cariou is an associate professor in the English Department who will accompany Bird in teaching the course.

Bird is not only a great storyteller, says Cariou, he’s also a great resource. “He’s been gathering these stories most of his life; he made recordings of other elders when he was younger and then became a storyteller himself, 30 to 40 years ago.”

Cree is still very much alive as a language, says Cariou. As someone who grew up in Northern Saskatchewan, Cariou grew up hearing another dialect of Cree around him (his grandmother also

spoke it) and says that he would be taking the courses himself if he were not already involved with them directly. “Bill Kops in our summer session was really great in bringing [the different d e p a r t m e n t s ] together,” he says. “I think it was his idea to see if we could bring together the linguistics side of things with the stories.”

“[Louis Bird] has been studying and collecting these stories for his entire life, and there are not many people left who have that knowledge,” he says.

He says the Summer Institute courses provide “an incredible opportunity” for students. “Some of the students will be more interested in the linguistic side of things and some will be more interested in the storytelling, but you

can learn about both in a way that can help improve your perspective on the language.”

Hearing Bird tell the stories in Cree will be a highlight, says Cariou. “It’s rare. Louis is not going to teach in a course like this again often, if at all. This may be the only time he does this.”

Photo by Mariianne Mays Wiebe

Warren Cariou will accompany Louis Bird for the Cree Oral Stories course of the Summer Institute ‘Cree Language and Narrative.’

One-of-a-kind collaboration a ‘rare’ opportunity for studentsInterdisciplinary three-week Summer Institute focuses on Cree language, culture and stories

Recently, there has been discussion about the prospect of tuition fees increasing for students in professional schools like Management, Dentistry, Law and Medicine at the University of Manitoba.

The report of the Levin Commission, the independent review of university accessibility commissioned by the Government of Manitoba, concluded that higher fees do not reduce participation rates. It also recommended that fees in professional programs should be allowed to rise. This approach is consistent with the government’s existing policy direction, as they have allowed tuition increases in professional programs in the past.

In 2009/10, after a decade-long freeze on increases to general tuition fees, the Government of Manitoba gave permission for universities to increase tuition in a controlled manner. We appreciate the relief this has brought, as it has enhanced our ability to deliver programs and services. Still, tuition in Manitoba remains far below the national average. In fact, if Manitoba students each paid an additional $1,000 per year, fees still would be lower only in Quebec and in Newfoundland and Labrador than they are here.

According to the Bank of Canada, inflation over the past decade has been 22.85%. As a result, the freeze on all tuition fees meant that a major source of income for Manitoba universities remained relatively constrained while costs were increasing.

The discussion that has begun about tuition fees in professional programs, however, is a separate issue. As noted earlier, considering tuition fees in professional programs separately from those in other programs is not a new approach and it makes a great deal of sense. Typically, per-student costs in these programs are much higher due to a range of factors such as higher technology costs, practicum and clinic requirements, and accreditation issues. At the same time, most students in professional programs can reasonably expect to benefit from a level of income after graduation that would allow them to accommodate a higher level of tuition.

It is easy for all of us to understand the financial

concerns that students have related to the time spent in university, whether as a memory of our own experience or from watching the experience of family members and friends. The up-front investment in time, energy and money that students make in their futures by choosing to attend university is a significant one, but one I believe is well worth it.

Our aim at the University of Manitoba is to provide absolutely the best place possible for students to make this investment in themselves. We want our students to have access to educational programs of the highest quality. We think this should include student-to-faculty ratios that are competitive with similar programs in other universities. We also think this means well-equipped modern laboratories and other facilities, a range of learning opportunities for every discipline, both in and out of the classroom, and access to current, high-quality print and electronic information sources. Ultimately, a properly-resourced medical-doctoral university will allow us to continue to recruit top quality students and faculty members, attract research investment, and help ensure a prosperous future for our province into the 21st century and beyond.

We recognize that not all students have underlying financial capacity when they seek to enter university and we want to make sure all qualified students are able to access our programs, so we try wherever possible to reduce financial barriers.

Both of these goals – high quality and assistance in accessibility – require funding. Unfortunately, relative

to other medical-doctoral universities in Canada, the University of Manitoba is already underfunded. The recent lifting of the freeze on general tuition fees and the potential to adjust fees more significantly for professional programs will assist in reducing this gap, placing our University on a more competitive level with its peers and in so doing, improving the quality of our offerings for students.

We don’t yet know what the exact shape of our proposals will be, or what government will approve. We believe, however, that certain principles should apply:

• That we try to reach the national average for fees. We don’t think we should try to exceed this level, but it is reasonable to expect students in our professional faculties to pay tuition fees comparable to those they would be charged in other universities.

• That we don’t try to make this change all at once – that we try to narrow the gap over a period of up to three years.

• That we ensure that the increased fees are targeted to improving programs and services, and to increasing access. We believe that 85% of the increased revenues should go directly to the faculties in which the students are registered. 15% of this amount should be directed to student assistance, leaving 70% for improvements to programs and services. The remaining 15% of the increased revenue should go towards improving program components relating to the overall academic environment, such as the library.

As we develop our proposals, we are consulting with students in these programs. I welcome their input on this important issue and I am looking forward to hearing what they have to say.

A version of this column appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press on April 14, 2010.

The President’s Viewwith David Barnard

A strategy for ensuring quality and accessTuition in Manitoba remains far below national average

A 10-day residential ‘think-tank’ designed to let 40 university students explore issues related to student leadership and global citizenship through an international development lens is set to get underway on April 28, 2010.

The ambitious event, called

the Summer Institute for Student Leadership and Global Citizenship and set up by the World W.I.S.E. Resource Centre and the International Centre for Students, will be a lively combination of speakers, workshops, field-trips, films and storytelling in an environment where students can reflect on their own

experience, share their knowledge and inspire each other to facilitate action for development

Highlighting the Summer Institute will be some high-profile guest speakers, including: Ryan’s Well Foundation founder and student activist Ryan Hreljac, April 30; program director of

CPAR Tanzania Japhet Emmanuel, May 1; author, development practitioner and evaluation specialist Ian Smillie, May 4; and journalist and CBC foreign correspondent Nahlah Ayed, May 5.

Summer Institute for Student Leadership and Global Citizenship


Students show work at annual open house

Photos, top row from right: paintings by student Peter Prince; “Golem’s Pelt,” sculpture by Ben Bonner; Second row: figurines, thesis work by Emile St. Hilaire, photo: Chris Reid; circle drawings, Heather Cole’s cautionary tale, photo: Chris Reid; design student Scott Ford (far left) and friends with his sculpture in front of FitzGerald, photo courtesy Scott Ford; Third row: Fundamentals of Drawing students install work for Open House; School of Art director Paul Hess with artist Ivan Eyre; student Maureen Tichborne with her work, photo: Chris Reid; print by Igor Puzhevich, photo by photography student Timothy Dyck; Fourth row: “untitled,” detail of bees installation by Stephanie Graham; light sculpture by Jane Yagi, first year design, photo by Timothy Dyck; Bottom row: First-year ceramics studio; Open House attendees. All photos courtesy Donna Jones, School of Art, unless otherwise indicated.


Summer constructionA review of campus changes as construction co

As the transformation of the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry Campus continues, several summer construction projects will be in progress between May 3 and September 1, 2010. New

infrastructure construction gets underway, with foundation repairs to the Buller Building and Tier Building roof replacement. Project Domino construction continues on a number of fronts, including the start of a new residence over Pembina Hall and ART Lab construction. Project Domino, a five-year project kicked off in April 2008, is a $150 million plan that will see at least 13 units on campus receive new classroom, study, laboratory and studio space. Several other construction projects, such as restoration of Duff Roblin, will also take place. Read on for a full report of changes to buildings and bus and pedestrian routes, as well as building access.

Education Building foundationAs foundation work begins, pedestrian access to the west side of the building will be restricted.

Access to all other entrances wil l be maintained. A p o r t i o n o f P Lot wi l l be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic.

Stadium Development The north-west quadrant of Chancellor Matheson and University Crescent will be fenced off beginning mid-May. The sidewalk along Chancellor Matheson on the north side between the new stadium site and the soccer complex will remain open to pedestrians throughout the summer.

Transit changesConstruction of the new ART Lab and residence building affects traffic flow on Dafoe Road and Freedman Crecent, and Winnipeg Transit service to the University Terminal on Dafoe Road (across from Tache Hall) is temporarily changed.

Routes 60, 61, 36, 75 and 76 are rerouted to MacLean Crescent, where there are temporary shelters west of Tache Hall and Pembina Hall. Passengers of transit routes that would normally load at the University Terminal on Dafoe Road may now board their bus on MacLean Crescent.

Routes 37, 51, 62, 70, 72 and 78 will continue to use the University Terminal on Dafoe Road.

All other bus stops on campus are unaffected by the construction.

Pembina Hall Residence A temporary sidewalk on Freedman Crescent south of Pembina Haccommodate pedestrian traffic as construction begins. The new reis scheduled for completion by September 1, 2011. A covered wprovides access to Pembina Hall; however, the building will be closJune until November 2010 for safety reasons. Food Serv i ces fo r residence students and conference participants will be relocated to the Manitoba Room in University Centre.

Right: Rendering of new Pembina Hall Residence, scheduled for completion by September 1, 2011

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n projectsontinues and new infrastructure work begins

Biological Sciences Building pedestrian tunnel Renovation of the Biological Sciences (former Pharmacy) Building begins June 1. A pedestrian tunnel will be developed to connect this building and the FitzGerald Building to the University Centre-Allen Building tunnel. Pedestrian access around the Biological Sciences Building will be limited; pedestrian access to the FitzGerald Building will be maintained.

Machray Hall curtain wallFrom May 3 to August 31, construction work wi l l cont inue the upgrade of the curtain wall on the east side of Machray Hall. Access to Machray Hall will not be affected.

Human Ecology landscaping Landscaping surrounding the main entrance to the Human Ecology Building will be enhanced in preparation for the faculty’s centennial celebrations in September. Hall will

esidence walkway sed from

Tier Building roof replacementThe Tier Building slate roof will be replaced with new slate, and scaffolding will be erected in quadrants as work progresses around the building. Some pedestrian disruptions may occur but access to building will be maintained.

Duff Roblin Building post-fire restorationEast-side occupation over summer months (Psychology and Anthropology) Al l contents for the east-side occupants of Duff Roblin will

be moved into the building over the summer. Pedestrian access limited on the north side of the building.

on of the sewer renewal ont of University Centre ed but will be clearly

ART Lab As ART Lab construction begins, Alumni Lane has been closed to traffic and bus routes are rerouted to Maclean Crescent to reduce traffic flow near the site on Dafoe Road. Pedestrian access has been enhanced with development of a sidewalk on the east side of Alumni Lane.Below: Rendering of ART Lab, scheduled for completion by March 31, 2011.

Buller Building foundationThe Buller Building foundation will be upgraded with no disruption to pedestrian access.

Buller Building sewer renewalAs work will affect the south, west and east sides of Buller Building and Chancellor’s Circle, N-Lot will be closed to parking and casual traffic flow from May 3 until September 1 inclusive. Pedestrians, service vehicles and delivery vehicles may gain limited access to these areas. Pedestrian access to the Administration Building and University Centre will be maintained.



When Pembina Hall food services cashier Alba Pinder recently had to take some time off because of a foot problem, she received a get-well card with more than 200 student signatures, wishing her back in time for the resident-students to say goodbye before they leave for the summer.

Her supervisor Joan Mandziuk says this didn’t surprise her at all. “The students all think very highly of Alba. They respect her and wish her well. She makes [the university] feel like home to them.”

Alba Pinder has been at the University of Manitoba for seven years. She used to work for Aramark at the MotorCoach location, but after a maternity leave and taking four years to do daycare, she contacted head office who instructed her to call the university for possible opportunities.

Pinder’s own two children are now eleven (her daughter, in grade six) and nineteen (her son, who has just graduated). She works full-time hours at Pembina Hall, the cafeteria for the students in residence. A typical day as cashier includes greeting the students when they come into Pembina Hall, handling cash and clean-up, and generally making students feel welcome.

“They’re kids who are away from home,” she says. “Especially in their

first year, you try to make them feel comfortable. You get to know them, have conversations with them.”

The students, says Pinder, are one of the best things about her job. She calls herself a “people person” and she says she likes talking with the students. “They get to know you and they care about you. You’re missing one day and they want to know where you were …

“It’s a good feeling when [students] ask where you’ve been. I think the majority do like me because I care about them,” she says.

She also enjoys the variety of people she meets. “We also have a lot of international students here,” she says. “A lot of them don’t understand English and so you try to help them through it.

“I’m Italian too, so I understand [the students who haven’t acclimatized to the culture yet]. My mom could never really speak English, since she was always home with the kids, so she had a hard time. I understand where they’re coming from.

“A little bit of compassion goes a long way. You have to have some patience for it.”

When resident-students go home and Pembina Hall closes for the summer, you can find Alba working at another location on campus such as the Tim Hortons. The four months at University Centre is a nice change for her, she says. “We serve U of M staff

too, so it’s not students only. You meet a lot of different people, which keeps it interesting.

“Working with the public and with the staff is what I like about the job.

“I also like the variety [of working at a different on-campus location in summer], but I think home is Pembina Hall where I’m with the kids in residence.”

When asked to name her favourite place on campus, Pinder doesn’t hesitate. “My favourite place on campus is Pembina Hall. I look forward to going back there in September. The old kids come back and there’s a whole new group. Middle of August, I always say I’m ready to go back to Pembina Hall.”

During her time off, Pinder likes to be at home in Fort Garry. Once the weather’s nice, it’s time for yardwork

such as planting flowers in the front yard (the backyard is her husband’s territory), and the family also spends time at lakes that surround the city. “We have a fifth-wheel, so the last two years we were at West Hawk Lake but we couldn’t get in this year because it’s a lottery,” says Pinder. “We’ve been looking at buying some property about 40 minutes outside of the city.”

In her spare time Pinder takes walks and loves to socialize. One thing that students might not know about her now that she would like them to know? “I’ll really miss the ones that aren’t coming back,” she says.

“The ones that are leaving the residence to go live somewhere else, I’ll tell them, stop by for a visit.

“I do enjoy them,” she says. It’s not difficult to see why they would enjoy her right back.

Photo by Mariianne Mays Wiebe

Pembina Hall Food Services cashier Alba Pinder.

A Day in the Lifeof Alba PinderFood Services cashier, Pembina Hall

MANITOBA CENTRE FOR NURSING& HEALTH RESEARCH

ONE UNIVERSITY, MANY FUTURES.

Dr. Helen P. Glass Researcher in Residence

Margarete Sandelowski PhD, RN, FAAN

Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor Faculty of Nursing

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

10:30 am

Room 370 Helen Glass Centre for Nursing, University of

Manitoba (Reception to follow in

Room 202)

Teaching and Learning Methods

This presentation is focused on key issues in

communicating and understanding qualitative research. Emphasis is placed on the problems of the

qualitative/quantitative binary and of differentiating methods, and on varying approaches to teaching

qualitative research.

May 18, 2010

May 19, 2010

5:00 pm Reception

6:00 pm Presentation Concert Hall Room The Fort Garry

222 Broadway Winnipeg, MB

Keepsakes and Kodak Moments: Fetal

Ultrasonography as Cultural Instrument

Fetal ultrasonography is a technology that more than

meets the eye. This presentation is focused on its power and paradoxes as a medical, parent-infant

acquaintance, propaganda, entertainment, and

marketing device.

ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND

RSVP to the Manitoba Centre for Nursing & Health Research at 474-9080

FACULTY OF KINESIOLOGY AND RECREATION MANAGEMENTPosition: Full-t ime tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in Kinesiology and Recreation Management Start date: September 1, 2010Salary: Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.Application Deadline: Applications will be considered beginning May 22, 2010Position Number: 05279For Information: Dr. Kelly MacKay, Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, tel. (204) 474-7058, fax (204) 474-7634, email [email protected]

FACULTY OF MEDICINEOffice of Continuing Medical Education (CME)Position: Program Advisor, Practice Assessment Program, 1.0 FTEStart date: contingent appointment to begin June 1, 2010 for a five (5) year periodApplication Deadline: May 17, 2010

Position Number: 11136For Information: Dr. José François, MD, CCFP, M. Med. Ed., Associate Dean, Continuing Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, S203-750 Bannatyne, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0W2, email franç[email protected], tel. (204)789-3660, fax (204)789-3911, for more information on Continuing Medical Education visit our website at www.umanitoba.ca/cme

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA LIBRARIESSeven Oaks Hospital LibraryPosition: Section Head at an assistant librarian rankStart date: September 1, 2010Salar y: Two year probat ionary period, salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.Application Deadline: May 21, 2010Position Number: HW000/LE137For Information: Ms Karen Adams, Director of Libraries, The University of Manitoba Libraries, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, [email protected]

Academic Job OpportunitiesA full listing of employment opportunities at the University of Manitoba can be found at umanitoba.ca. U of M encourages applications from qualified women and men, including members of visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples, and persons with disabilities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Please include the position number when applying for openings at the university.

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MARCEL A. DESAUTELS FACULTY OF MUSICThe Faculty of Music hosts recitals and performances at Eva Clare Hall, located within the Faculty of Music building on Dafoe Road. Events take place at Eva Clare Hall and are free unless otherwise noted.

MUSIC EVENTS

Fort Garry Campus SUNDAY, APRIL 25St. Paul’s College 2010 Baccalaureate Mass and Ceremony, the ceremony will acknowledge the accomplishment of St. Paul’s College graduands of the University of Manitoba. 11:00 a.m., Mass and Confirmation Ceremony; 12:15 p.m., Baccalaureate Ceremony, Christ the King Chapel, St. Paul’s College.

SATURDAY, MAY 121st Annual Traditional Graduation Pow-Wow, Investors Group Athletic Centre, University of Manitoba, Pipe Ceremony 11:00 a.m., Grand Entry 1:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m., Saturday, May 1. Feast 5:00 p.m., Multi-Purpose Room (2nd Floor) University Centre. All University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg Aboriginal graduates must pre-register. Open to the public (free admission). For information and registration please contact:the Aboriginal Student Centre, tel. 204-474-8850, fax 204-275-3142, http://umanitoba.ca/Student/asc. Craft table bookings and information call Gwen Cook at 272-1582. For more information, contact, Aboriginal Student Centre, [email protected], tel (204) 474-8850, fax (204) 275-3142.

TUESDAY, MAY 4Unfinished Business: Human Rights Issues in the 21st Century, CHRR research roundtable organized by CHRR and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights will be held at the Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 4.

Events ListingUniversity of Manitoba

EventsThe Bulletin publishes events involving the university community at no cost.• The deadline for the May 6 Bulletin is April 28 at 4:30 p.m.• E-mail events to • [email protected].

THURSDAY, APRIL 22Manitoba Annual Scientific Assembly, Theme: Palliative Care, speaker Stephen Jenkinson and others, Winnipeg Convention Centre, April 22-24. Sreening of Griefwalker and discussion with Jenkinson, Thursday evening, free and open to all. Website for programme and registration forms: http://www.mcfp.mb.ca/English/regional/manitoba/ASA/default.asp?s=1.

Department of Immunology Research Seminar, Role of Scaffold Protein JLP in Tuning CD40 signal in dendritic cells by Huiming Wang, post doctoral fellow, Alec Sehon Suite, 4th Floor, Apotex Centre, 12 00 p.m., Thursday, April 22.

Pediatric Grand Rounds, Tilted or Looped by Ilan Buffo, assistant professor, Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics & Child Health, Theatre A, Basic Medical Science Building, Linked St. Boniface, NG002, 8:00 a.m., Thursday, April 22.

Pe d i a t r i c R e s e a r c h R o u n d s , Transdermal Aspects of Concurrent Use of Insect Repellents and Sunscreens: An Update by Xiaochen Gu, Room 500, Boardroom, John Buhler Research Centre, 12:00 pm.m, Thursday, April 22.

FRIDAY, APRIL 23Manitoba Annual Scientific Assembly, Winnipeg Convention Centre, April 22-24. Website where programme and registration forms can be downloaded http://www.mcfp.mb.ca/English/regional/manitoba/ASA/default.asp?s=1.

Pharmacology Research Seminar, Restoring Spinal Cord Function: You can’t fix it if you don’t know what it does! by David McCrea, professor,

Department of Physiology, director, Spinal Cord Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Room A229, Chown Building (Pharmacology Library), with video-link to Samuel Cohen Auditorium, 9:00 a.m., Friday, April 23, 2010

Pediatric Nephrology Rounds, RUN Group, Rm JL397A, 12:00 p.m., Friday, April 23.

SATURDAY, APRIL 24Manitoba Annual Scientific Assembly, Winnipeg Convention Centre, April 22-24. Website programme and registration forms can be downloaded http://www.mcfp.mb.ca/English/regional/manitoba/ASA/default.asp?s=1.

MONDAY, APRIL 26Pediatric Rounds, OAK Senior, CH181/83, 12:00 p.m., Monday, April 26.

TUESDAY, APRIL 27St. Boniface Newborn Rounds, Shayne Taback, AG002-1, 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 27.

Pediatrics Resident Meeting, CH181/3, 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 27.

Pediatric Neurology Rounds, Case Presentation by Abdulaziz Azzahrani, CH181/3, 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 27.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28Pediatrics Academic Half-Day, Genetics, JL 397, 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 28.

Pediatrics Academic Half-Day, Part II, Pediatric Sleep Disorders by Raquel Consunji-Araneta, 1:30 p.m., JL 397, Wednesday, April 28.

Pediatrics, Academic Half-Day, Part III, ENT, JL 397, Wednesday, April 28.

THURSDAY, APRIL 29Pediatric Grand Rounds, Chronic abdominal pain and other atypical presentations of musculoskeletal injuries by Merrilee Zetaruk, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Child Health, Theatre A, Basic Medical Sciences Building, Linked to St. Boniface NG002, 8:00 a.m., Thursday, April 29.

Pediatric Small Group Discussion, Ana Hanlon-Dearman, Child Development, S211, Medical Services Bldg, 9:00 a.m., Thursday, April 29.

Department of Immunology Seminar, Cutting in the middle of RNA by Chow Hwee Lee, Associate Professor, Chemistry, College of Science and Management, University of Northern B.C, Alec Sehon Suite, 4th Fl., Apotex Centre, 1:00 p.m., Thursday, April 29.

Department of Medical Microbiology Special Seminar Series, Immunology o f I n f e c t i o u s D i s e a s e s G u e s t presentations: Guangming Zhong, professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, U of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Julia Rempel, director, Liver Research Program, assistant professor, Dept of Medicine & Immunology, U of M; Sung Kim, assistant professor, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, U of Western Ontario, research scientist, Lawson Health Research Institute; Jude Uzonna, associate professor, Dept of Immunology, U of M; and Antony George Joyee, research scientist, R & D (Molecular Immunology), Cangene

Corporation, Theatre B, Basic Medical Sciences Building, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Thursday, April 29.

FRIDAY, APRIL 30Pediatric Nephrology Rounds, Ian Gibson, Pathology, Rm JL397A, 12:00 p.m., Friday, April 30. No Pediatric Research Rounds.

Psychology in Health Research Day, Department of Clinical Health Psychology, Innovative Approaches to Service Delivery by Patrick McGrath, Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Apotex Alumni Theatre (Basement), Faculty of Pharmacy, 750 McDermot Ave, 9:00 a.m., Friday, April 30.

Psychology in Health Research Day Rapid Fire Research in Alumni Theatre-Apotex Building; Brief presentations describing current research activities by faculty and residents from the Clinical Health Psychology Dept., 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 30.

Psychology in Health Research Day Poster Session, Brodie Centre Atrium, University of Manitoba, Bannatyne Campus, 727 McDermot Ave., 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Refreshments served.

MONDAY, MAY 3Pediatric Rounds, TBA, CH181/83, 12:00 p.m., Monday, May 3.

Centre on Aging’s 27th Annual Spring Research Symposium , Dialogue on Aging, Brodie Centre, Bannatyne Campus, 727 McDermot Ave., U of M, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Monday, May 3.

TUESDAY, MAY 4St. Boniface Newborn Rounds, Salman al Shammari, Pediatric Resident, AG002-1, 11:00 a.m, Tuesday, May 4.

Pediatrics Guideline Review, CH181/3, 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 4.

Pediatric Neurology Rounds, Case Presentation by Meghan Cranston, CH181/3, 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 4.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 5Association of Rehabilitation Medicine in Manitoba (ARMM) Research Day, Room R160-771 McDermot Avenue, School of Medical Rehabilitation Building, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Wednesday May 5, 2010. Light Lunch 12:00 p.m. Researchers, clinicians and students interested in rehabilitation welcome. RSVP to Martha Holobowich, tel 787-2270, email [email protected].

Pediatrics Academic Half-Day, Shock, Respiratory Failure, Arrest, Sepsis by Adriana Condello, JL 397, 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 5.

Pediatrics Academic Half-Day, Part II, Neurology, JL397, 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 5.

Pediatrics Academic Half Day, Part III, Neonatal Nutrition by Sharla Fast, JL 397, 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 5.

THURSDAY, MAY 6Pediatrics Departmental Council (in place of Grand Rounds), Theatre A, Basic Medical Science Building, Linked St. Boniface, NG002, 8:00 a.m., Thursday, May 6.

Pediatric Research Rounds, Rm 500, Boardroom, John Buhler Research Centre, 12:00 p.m., Thursday, May 6.

Department of Immunology Seminar, Immune cell migration in complex cellular environments by Francis Lin, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science, Alec Sehon Suite, 4th Fl., Apotex Centre, 12:00 p.m., Thursday, May 6..

and St. Boniface General Hospital and Research Centre

Bannatyne CampusMedical rounds are typically targeted at university staff and professionals directly involved in the medical field.

April 22, 8:00 p.m., Reggie San Miguel, 3rd year Jazz Flute Recital

April 23, 8:00 p.m., Rachel Stephens, 3rd year Voice Recital

April 24, 8:00 p.m., Nadia Chana, Post-Baccalaureate Voice Recital

April 26, 8:00 p.m., Kimberly Thiessen Dyck, 3rd year Piano RecitalApril 26, 8:00 p.m, Theresa Thibert, Post-Baccalaureate Voice Recital, St. Paul's College

April 27, 8:00 p.m., Jordan Laidlaw, 3rd year Guitar RecitalApril 27, 8:00 p.m., Conrad Siebert, 3rd year Voice Recital, St. Margaret's Anglican Church, 160 Ethelbert Street

April 28, 8:00 p.m, Deanna Smith, Post-Baccalaureate Voice Recital

April 29, 8:00 p.m, Carrie Hall, Post-Baccalaureate Voice RecitalApril 30, 8:00 p.m, Aran Matsuda, 3rd year Voice Recital

April 30 to May 2, Bison Men and the annual Male Chorus Symposium

May 1, 8:00 p.m, Ashley Boychuk, Post-Baccalaureate Voice Recital

May 2, 3:00 p.m, Ainsley Wray, 3rd year Voice RecitalMay 2, 8:00 p.m, Deena Grier, Post-Baccalaureate Collaborative Piano Recital, Eva Clare HallMay 2, 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m., Steve Kirby's Oceanic Jazz Orchestra, The Winnipeg Art Gallery

May 3, 4:00 p.m, Jazz Master Class featuring Stefon HarrisMay 3, 8:00 p.m., Chris Kayler, Graduate Collaborative Piano Recital

May 4, 8:00 p.m., Chad Reimer, 3rd year Tuba Recital, Eva Clare Hall

May 6, 8:00 p.m, Laurelle Froese, Post-Baccalaureate Voice Recital

EntertainmentArts &


BY MARIIANNE MAYS WIEBEWITH FILES FROM GLENDA

PARSONS AND ON MANITOBAThis spring, the Faculty of Human Ecology will mark the 100th anniversary of its first class, then called home economics. Today graduates work in such diverse fields as community nutrition, resource coordination, textile testing, design and product development and behaviour intervention. Centennial celebrations will be launched with a lecture by one of the faculty’s most recognized graduates.

Dr. Barbara Macdonald will give a free public talk on May 3 at Robert B. Schultz Lecture Theatre, St. John’s College, with sponsorship from the Canadian Home Economics Foundation. Macdonald works with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), a Swiss-based foundation dedicated to eliminating malnutrition.

GAIN works in 18 countries, mainly Africa and Asia, to reduce micronutrient deficiencies in the population through the fortification of foods and other strategies – for example, adding iron to food to prevent anemia in women, or adding vitamin A to prevent illness in children.

Macdonald is a U of M Human Ecology graduate from 1987 (and MSc 1991, PhD 1999, McGill University).

BeginningsThe School of Home Economics began with the Massy-Treble Experiment, named after the woman who donated funds for the first courses.

As early as 1894, the Local Council of Women in Winnipeg had called for the inclusion of “handicrafts” in the public school system, things like sewing, carpentry and upholstery. Lacking government assistance, the Massy-Treble experiment ended after three years.

However, in March 1903, the Province of Manitoba created the Manitoba Agricultural College, which included a Division of Home Economics. The courses were to be state of the art, equal to any other existing program.

May 3, 1910: the first classBy 1909, the courses of study, staff members and all the required pieces were assembled and the first group of girls began studies on May 3, 1910.

In order to apply, female students were to be 18 years old and able to prove evidence of moral character. No mention is made of how students could provide evidence of moral character in the College General Calendar, but it was made clear that any bending of the rules would result in expulsion.

The course ran from May to July and encompassed everything from hygiene to nutrition to millinery and design. During this time, the many rules and regulations listed in the General Calendar included everything from uniform policies to strict schedules for eating and sleeping or leaving campus.

Success and growthDue to the success of the program, the second course in January 1911 was extended to five months. In October 1912, another five months were added and the scope broadened. Physical and social sciences such as biology, chemistry, economics and anthropology were added to the original curriculum of design, sewing and foods.

The Manitoba Agricultural College moved from the Tuxedo location to the new St Vital location in 1913.

On May 21, 1915, the Board of Governors established a 16-month degree course. The first graduation, six students in total, was May 1918.

Two distinct programs – a degree and diploma program – grew out of the original one. The school was not creating the housekeepers of tomorrow; it was creating leaders that would take a place of leadership within their home communities. In 1922, the degree designation changed from a Bachelor of Home Economics to a Bachelor of Science – B.Sc.(H.Ec.).

When the Manitoba Agricultural College was moved to the University of Manitoba in spring 1924, the Agriculture and Home Economics program became a faculty. Postgraduate work was added and allowed students to do graduate work leading to a Master of Arts or a Masters of Science. Miss Anna Speers was the first Home Economics student to graduate with a Masters in Arts in 1932; the title of her thesis was “The Economic and Social Effects of Fashion.”

The program began to of fer specializations in the 1933/34 calendar, with three years of general studies followed by a year of specific courses to lead to one of four areas of specialization: the teaching, institutional, science and general options.-time high.

The first record of a request for the establishment of an autonomous unit for home economics was in a letter written by staff in the Division of Home Economics to Dr. Sidney Smith, president of the university in November 1937. It took some time: approval of the Board of Governors recommendation

to grant faculty status was reported at a Senate meeting on May 13, 1970.

On November 17, 1980 the Faculty of Home Economics voted to adopt the name Human Ecology.

Marking the centennialWhen Barbara Macdonald first graduated with her degree in Human Ecology, she had not considered the kind of international work she does today at GAIN. After a first trip to Guatemala, she was hooked. She says much of her inspiration was taken from the international research conducted by her professors within Human Ecology at the University of Manitoba.

“The Faculty of Human Ecology has a solid ‘preventative’ approach to human nutrition,” says Macdonald, “and a global way of looking at foods and nutrition.” The broad spectrum of courses at the University of Manitoba and the fact that there is a focus on both food and nutrition “is quite unique,” according to Macdonald.

At the centennial lecture, Macdonald will outline current trends and causes of malnutrition in low-income countries. Her presentation will highlight the importance of integrated programs to consider food insecurity, infectious disease and maternal and child care. Macdonald will also compare current trends in the nutritional status of Canadians to nutrition problems commonly found in lower-income settings.

Centennial celebrations for Home Economics/Human Ecology will continue from September 23 to 26, 2010.

A long way from where we startedU of M Human Ecology kicks off centennial celebrations

Top: Home Economics sewing lab, 1915 Right: The costumes or uniform worn by the girls attending Home Economic classes at the Manitoba Agricultural College. Pattern and material, a light blue chambray, were purchased from M.A.C. and were made at home, Long white aprons were worn to cooking and household management classes. Pictured: Evelyn Moore and Edna Chapman, 1914. Archives photo.

One university. Many futures.

The R. Samuel McLaughlin/MMSFResearch and Education Fellowship AwardANNOUNCEMENTThe Manitoba Medical Service Foundation and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba, invite applications from medical residents for The R. Samuel McLaughlin/MMSF Research and Education Fellowship Award. The award is intended for residents who have successfully completed their CFPC/RCPSC – track residency training and are wishing financial support to fund further medical fellowship training in research or medical education useful to the University of Manitoba. Candidates in their senior year(s) of residency training may be considered for this award should they be able to combine their current residency training with the terms of the award.The R. Samuel McLaughlin Research and Education Fellowship has a value of $25,000 (Cdn.) per year and the Manitoba Medical Service Foundation (MMSF) will provide matching funds for this award. The combined funding of the award is $50,000 per year. The term of the award is for one (1) year, commencing July 1st.Full guidelines and application forms can be obtained by visiting:umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/research/other_funding.htmlComplete application packages must be submitted by June 1st, 2010 to:

Dr. K. Coombs, Associate Dean (Research)Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Room A108 Chown Bldg.753 McDermot Ave.

Winnipeg, MB R3E 0T6

Faculty of Medicine

Human Ecology graduate Barbara Macdonald will speak at Centennial celebrations.


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polyps in the first place, which in turnstops cancer from developing. At thevery least, Marcus says, perhaps sucha medication could allow people toput off – possibly for decades – havingto remove their colon and rely on acolostomy bag.

‘Hopeful’ for future

“I am hopeful that we are going tohave some compounds that are goingto be demonstrably useful in affectingthese pathways in butterflies in thenext year or two. To move from that toan actual human medication is a longlong process,” Marcus says, notinghe figures they are at least 10 yearsaway. “But every good idea has to startsomewhere.”

International Clinical Trials Day

Presentations

Thursday, May 20, 2010

9 a.m. to noon

Samuel N. Cohen Auditorium

St. Boniface Hospital Research 351 Taché Ave.

(and via video link to Theatre B, Bannatyne Campus)

Free admission but registration is encouraged to secure a spot.

For more information, contact:

Terry Sawicz-Hanesiak (St. Boniface Hospital)

237.2226 or [email protected]

Monica Woods(Bannatyne Campus)

272.3121 or [email protected]

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Café Scientifique

What affects women’s health? It’s complicated!

Monday, April 26, 2010

7:00 p.m.

McNally Robinson, Grant Park

1120 Grant Ave.

Free Admission

For more information:

umanitoba.ca/research/cafe_

Bringing Research to LIFE

BY KATIE CHALMERS-BROOKS

Researcher Jeffrey Marcus refused to sit idle while cancer targeted those closest to him. The deadly disease had killed his mother, claimed his grandfather, launched an assault on his supervisor and even went after his dog.

“This all happened over a period of three or four years and it made me realize that it’s all fine and good to study things that I find interesting,” Marcus says, “but if I could make a connection between this basic research that I was doing and areas where it could be applied that I could actually have a positive impact on human health, it was really my obligation to explore these avenues. These are real people who are being affected by these terrible illnesses and these are real families who are clutching for any hope that there is any sort of way of curing them.”

Butterflies and colon cancer

A PhD student at Duke University at the time, Marcus began looking for ways his research with animals could do more to help humans. A biology buff since he was a kid tending to fish in his dozen or so aquariums, the New York-born researcher was fascinated by the study of genes in fish, fruit flies, and brine shrimp. While delving deeper in search of possible links to various cancers, he realized the genetic pathways in one of the prettiest insects he was examining – the butterfly – were similar to those involved in the development of one of the ugliest diseases affecting people: colon cancer.

The creator of the world’s first genetically modified butterfly, Marcus was recruited last fall to the University of Manitoba’s Department of Biological Sciences and awarded a Canada Research Chair in Phylogenomics (the study of the evolution of genes and genomes). As Chair he continues his quest to better understand how a butterfly develops the colour of its eye spots, which are the circular markings on its wings.

Mutation in pathway

Marcus examines “what genes are being turned on to produce these different colours.” It’s a similar mechanism to what happens in the colon of a person who has inherited a genetic predisposition to colon cancer. In butterflies, the signals that tell the cells surrounding the eye spots what colour to be are similar to the signals operating in these patients’ colons.

“About 80 per cent of all inherited colon cancers are due to a mutation in this pathway or module, the same module that makes butterfly eye spots,” Marcus says.

In humans, this mutation causes the pathway’s “signal” to be on all the time, resulting in the creation of polyps, which are abnormal growths. These polyps can eventually take over the colon, forcing doctors to remove this part of the digestive system so cancer doesn’t spread to the rest of the body.

Changing celluar behaviour

Marcus’ goal is to figure out if there is a chemical they can inject that can be used to manipulate the genetic pathways in butterflies, and change how their cells behave. And if so, eventually develop a medication that could do the same for humans who carry the same mutation. Such a drug would keep their cells from proliferating and forming

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Upcoming

Faculty and students at the University of Manitoba will receive a to ta l o f $9 ,593 ,545 in new scholarships and grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

The new funding is the result of NSERC’s grants and scholarships competition. It includes NSERC Discovery Grants totaling $8,940,745 for University of Manitoba researchers, and 48 awards totaling $1,652,800 for young researchers at the graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral levels.

Minister of Industry Tony Clement announced the funding April 9.

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Associate Prof. Jeffrey Marcus from the Faculty of Science studies three species of

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Our 2009 Rh Award RecipientsHonouring researchers for current success and future potential The Rh Awards were established in 1973 by the Winnipeg Rh Institute, now the Winnipeg Rh Institute Foundation, from funds set aside from the sale and production of medical formulae. These honours are given to academic staff members who are in the early stages of their careers and who display exceptional innovation, leadership and promise in their respective fields. Past winners have become internationally-known researchers, so this recognition of early success bodes well for our latest recipients. Each winner receives $10,000 to support his or her research program. Typically, one award is given in each of the following areas: applied sciences, creative works, health sciences, humanities, interdisciplinary studies, natural sciences and social sciences.

APPLIED SCIENCESMark Tachie

Dr. Mark Tachie, mechanical and manufacturing engineering, receives the Rh Award for his study of turbulent flows and fluid flow in porous media. His area of study involves measurements and the theoretical analysis of dauntingly difficult fluid flow problems. Yet Dr. Tachie, a recognized leader in near-wall turbulence, manages to take these extremely complex phenomena and break them down into digestible problems. He is among an elite group of international researchers working at the forefront of rough-wall turbulence research and has collected bench-mark data in this field. He is an expert on the use of particle image velocimetry (which involves adding tiny particles to a fluid to observe its flow and measure its velocity) for the study of turbulent flows. He tackles applied engineering research as well, and did so for Manitoba Hydro by analyzing the effects of recirculation of flow on the performance of some of their hydraulic turbines.

CREATIVE WORKSLaura Loewen

Dr. Laura Loewen, music, receives the Rh Award for her work in collaborative piano and vocal coaching. A versatile pianist, she is a sought-after partner and has worked with many of Canada’s finest international performers. She has commissioned innovative new compositions from leading composers and performed these works internationally. She has collaborated with singers and instrumentalists across North America, in Europe and Asia. Critics have praised her performances for their technical polish and artistic insights. As a vocal coach, she has developed a unique approach that has endeared her to students and colleagues at training programs across the country. She is able to guide her singers to use language – whether French, English, German or Italian – in a way that fully conveys the dramatic and musical intent of the poet and composer.

HEALTH SCIENCESDavinder Jassal

Dr. Davinder Jassal, internal medicine, the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface Hospital Research, receives the Rh Award for his research in cardiovascular medicine. His laboratory’s focus is on evaluating the role of cardiovascular imaging when examining the effects of marathon running on cardiac remodeling (which is a physical or functional change to the heart). His current research includes investigating the role of nutraceuticals in preventing the adverse effects of metabolic syndrome (a condition that puts you at greater risk for diabetes and cardiovascular diseases); determining the effects of continuous airway pressure on cardiac remodeling in obstructive sleep apnea patients; and the cardiotoxic effects of chemotherapeutic agents - in particular trastuzumab - in breast cancer patients.

HUMANITIESEsyllt Jones

Dr. Esyllt Jones, history, receives the Rh Award for her research which addresses issues related to public health, social inequality and epidemics. She is a specialist in the social history of twentieth-century Canada, and has made significant and original contributions to our understanding of Canadian history. She was the first author to fully explore how the flu epidemic of 1918 was strongly related to the Winnipeg General Strike, in her award-winning book Influenza 1918: Disease, Death and Struggle in Winnipeg. She uses Winnipeg as a case study to show the relationship between epidemic disease, social inequality, and working-class identity. As a result of her innovative and groundbreaking analysis, the book has become required reading in the field of pandemic disease.

INTERDISCIPLINARYJavier Mignone

Dr. Javier Mignone, family social sciences, receives the Rh Award for his contributions in the area of social development and Indigenous health. His research has taken him from remote Indigenous communities in Canada and Latin America to rural villages in India. He is recognized nationally and internationally for his work on social capital (connections within and between social networks) as a determinant of health and well-being – in particular, as it relates to First Nations communities. He developed a related framework that has been adopted by the Assembly of First Nations and a measurement technique now used by researchers in the United States and Australia. In rural India, he created a village-level rapid assessment tool to predict an individual’s risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. And he has brought together Indigenous communities in Manitoba and Guatemala to improve midwifery and intercultural health care in these communities.

NATURAL SCIENCESJohan van Lierop

Dr. Johan van Lierop, physics and astronomy, receives the Rh Award for his research into the magnetism of nanoparticles and thin films (nanomagnetism). His expertise in understanding how magnetism is altered through dimensional confinement applies directly to a wide range of technologies that are based on nanoscale magnetic materials. A pioneering materials scientist, he studies exchange bias, a technologically important phenomena that is a fundamental to all modern magnetic sensors, including those found in computer hard drives. He is also researching the magnetic properties of nanoparticles for their potential medical applications. In this emerging field, he is working on how to use nanoparticles to provide targeted heat treatment to cancerous tumours, and understanding how to deliver drugs to specific areas of the body to improve their effectiveness.

SOCIAL SCIENCESAndrew Woolford

Dr. Andrew Woolford, sociology, receives the Rh Award for his research in conflict resolution and restorative justice. Colleagues have praised him for his inventive approach and say his work brings a new dimension and direction to the field. They say his work has challenged them to push boundaries as well. Of particular note are his ideas about the role of power in limiting the potential outcomes of conflict resolution processes. He has achieved national and international recognition not only as an expert on colonial genocide and Indigenous peoples in Canada but also as a scholar of the criminology of genocide, restorative justice, and reparations politics. His current work focuses on post-genocide reparations, Canadian Indigenous Peoples and the concept of genocide, conflict resolution, and neoliberalism and social regulation in the inner city.