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Downtown Art U of M culture Forest friendly
School of Art students will Every university has a unique U of M researchers are learning
showcase their work on Portage culture. President Em őke how a forest works from the
Avenue. Szathmáry explores ours. roots up.

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You’re on your way! Open

House
Sept. 15
Join us for a day of discovery
as the University of Manitoba Fort
Garry campus opens its doors to the
community!
As part of our annual Alumni
Homecoming Weekend the Fort Garry
campus will come alive on Saturday,
Sept. 15 with displays at University
Centre, tours and fun events.
For staff and students already
familiar with the campus, it’s a good
opportunity to invite family and friends
to see where you work or study.
Some of the highlights include:
• Tour the Fort Garry campus
and see our world-class research and
learning facilities.
• Enjoy live music and theatre.
Sit back and relax as some of our top
performing arts students entertain you!
• Learn about our storm chasers.
Meet our severe weather experts
Photo by Dale Barbour
and watch them demo their tornado
University 1 student Stephanie Reimer received some directions on the way to orientation from Meeter/Greeter Sandra Jezik. generator!
About 100 University of Manitoba staff members turned out on Sept. 4 to help this year’s new students find their way. • Get up close and personal with our
dinosaurs. Learn about our dinosaurs,
and check out the mineral exhibit.

Funding cancer research

The University of Manitoba was front and centre when
nearly $3 million in new cancer research funding was
announced on Aug. 24.
Two Manitoba teams – both with an interest in population-
based cancer research – met with success in the Access to Quality
Cancer Care New Emerging Team Grants program supported by
the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), CancerCare
Manitoba and Cancer Care Nova Scotia. The funding will have
a direct impact on people in Manitoba.
“This research is going to improve cancer services across
the spectrum from prevention and screening to treatment and
follow-up,” said Donna Turner, epidemiologist at CancerCare
Manitoba and associate professor of community health sciences
at the University of Manitoba. “Our data will enable us to better
understand access issues and will result in evidence-driven
decision making. This is an exciting opportunity in which we
are connecting research to practice.”
Turner, a co-principal investigator on two Manitoba-
based teams as well as a co-applicant on another $1.4 million
project funded by CIHR based in Alberta, is working with
University of Manitoba principal investigators Brenda Elias,
• Meet our award-winning robots.
Our robotics experts will share the
secrets of bringing robots to life.
• Bring a rock and have it identified.
Mineralogists will solve the mystery of
community health sciences, and Alan Katz, a family physician that strange rock you’ve been wondering
and associate professor of family medicine and community about.
health sciences. • Meet our Bison athletes. Challenge
Elias and Turner head a multidisciplinary team, which our athletes to a shoot/throw contest
will receive a total of $1.5 million over the next five years, and win tickets to the football game.
to investigate access to quality cancer care and control for • Learn how to throw a pot. Learn
Manitoba’s First Nations. The research involves working with some pottery wheel tips from our
the province’s First Nations population to identify issues, ceramics experts.
reduce risk and ensure equitable access. • See award-winning race cars. See
“Currently, there is no effective system for disseminating and learn about the work of our student
cancer-related information that addresses the specific needs engineers.
of First Nations communities,” Elias said. “This project is • Play Smartpark’s ‘carnival’ game.
designed to improve knowledge translation related to cancer Arm yourself with a supersoaker and
prevention, screening, treatment and care, and to develop best win prizes by hitting targets on a
practices that can inform decision-making at the community, moisture-sensing board.
provincial and national levels.” And, of course, don’t miss the Bison
Katz is leading another multidisciplinary team that has Football Homecoming Game, which
come together to understand the role of primary care providers takes place at University Stadium at 1
in improving outcomes and quality of care for patients with p.m., gates open at 11:30 a.m.!
colorectal cancer. To learn more about the event go
See FOCUS/P. 2 to umanitoba.ca

One University.
Many Futures.
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In The News
University of Manitoba members are always
making news – demonstrating the university’s
impact on the community. Here’s a look at the
stories and headlines that show how U of M faculty
and staff impact the world around them.

Our waterways whet Lisbon

June, 2007
Canadian Architect
Herbert Enns, professor and director of
Experimental Media Centre in the Faculty of
Architecture, was the subject of a large feature for
his recent multimedia installation at the Lisbon
Architecture Triennale, a two-month festival
celebrating architecture in Portugal. The article,
written by University of Manitoba graduate Rodney
LaTourelle, who now lives in Berlin, details how
video footage, soundscapes and aerial photos
commissioned and curated by Enns explore five
of Canada’s urban waterways. The installation was Photo by Dale Barbour
entitled Alien Spaces/Strange Spaces: Canada’s Science, Technology, Energy and Mines Minister Jim Rondeau, at right, was at the University of Maniotba to an-
Urban Rivers. nounce $2.9 million in research funding. He was joined by president Emőke Szathmáry and associate vice-presi-
dent (research) Peter Cattini.

Province supports research

Bamboo is cool
Aug. 6, 2007
BharatTextile.com, Canada.com
Professor Wen Zhong of the department of
textile sciences was quoted in two online stories
on new synthetic-natural fibre blends. Zhong was
quoted as saying sheets made from bamboo and
beech wood fibres could offer a cooler option for
hot weather.
Naimark chairs national panel
Aug. 14, 2007
The Ottawa Citizen
The University of Manitoba’s ninth president,
Arnold Naimark, was named chair of a newly-created
independent expert panel on federal laboratories.
The Ottawa Citizen covered the government an-
nouncement. The panel, comprised of national
experts in science and technology, will set out to
strengthen collaboration and advance research.
Considering different arrangements for managing
laboratories will bring the views of government,
academia and the private sector together to find
innovative ways to further advance our common
research goals, said Naimark.
More than $2.9 million will be provided to the
University of Manitoba to support research projects
in the areas of areas of environment, health and
agriculture, Science, Technology, Energy and Mines
Minister Jim Rondeau announced last month.
“From researching the health of our environment
to providing high performance computing and
networking capabilities for research institutions,
Manitoba scientists are contributing to a better future
for people living in this province,” said Rondeau. “The
funding we are providing shows this government’s
commitment to science and research, innovation and
technology.”
“The researchers whose projects are receiving
this new funding are among the very best in the
country,” said Emőke Szathmáry, University of Manitoba
president. “The continued support of the Province of
Manitoba is vital to ensuring that these scientists and
scholars have the tools and equipment they need to
carry out their innovative research programs.”
Manitoba’s investment leverages matching
funding from the federal government, universities and
international research granting agencies.
Part of the funding will go to the University of
Manitoba’s Frank Hawthorne for research into the
safe storage of nuclear waste and analysis of pollutants
in rock formations. Rondeau noted that Hawthorne,
recently named by Thomson Scientific as the world’s
most-cited geoscientist, has dedicated his life to
understanding more about the health of the earth’s
environment.
The Manitoba Research and Innovation Fund was
created to help the province’s universities, colleges,
hospitals and other institutions to carry out important,
world-class research and development.
Since program inception in 2003/04 the MRIF has
provided funding of some $50 million for research and
development projects and research infrastructure and
innovative support activities in areas such as health
and agriculture, technology and aerospace, cultural
and new media industries, and alternative energy
developments.

A cuppa research
Aug. 26, 2007
The Winnipeg Free Press
Assistant professor Sonia Bookman, sociology,
and research assistant Sheryl Peters were featured
in a story and colour photograph for their research
on how Canada’s coffee shops are becoming
platforms for social activity.
Headline News
Where else has the U of M been making news?
• “Four months of holidays? Not Quite!,” by
Raymond Lee, business administration professor,
InsideHigherEd.com, Aug. 9, 2007
• “Canadians make splash at Bangkok
Universiade,” Canada.com, Aug. 12, 2007
Focus on prevention and survival
From Page 1.
The team will receive a total of $1.4 million over
the next five years.
“Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of
cancer death in Canada, and this project is ultimately
aimed at improving patient survival,” Katz said. “Our
team is made up of family physicians, nurses, cancer
specialists, epidemiologists, cancer survivors and
others, and we will be focusing on a number of aspects
of this disease related to primary care, including
screening and diagnosis, as well as follow-up care.
Early diagnosis of colorectal cancer is critical to good
outcomes, and our team will be studying how to build
new relationships between the cancer care community
and primary care providers that support screening and
early diagnosis.”
“CancerCare Manitoba is proud to support these
teams of multiple experts right across the country,
including teams from Manitoba. Together, they are in
a unique position to tackle complex questions very
germane to the delivery of care in Manitoba,” said Dhali
Dhaliwal, president & CEO, CancerCare Manitoba.
“Only seven projects in Canada were chosen for
funding under this program, and the fact that two
are being led by researchers from the University of
Manitoba says a great deal about the quality of their
work,” said university president Emõke Szathmáry. “We
congratulate Drs. Katz, Elias and Turner, and each and
every one of the researchers who will be involved in
these important new projects.”

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Now you can ask the audience
iClickers give professors instant feedback from students
BY DALE BARBOUR
The Bulletin
We’re about to become an iClicker
kind of campus.
The iClicker is an audience
response system that allows students to
electronically answer questions in the
classroom. It’s the academic equivalent
of the ask the audience option in the
game Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
with the answers being tallied up and
displayed for the professor at the front
of the room.
The upside of the system is that it
allows students to answer questions
without fear of criticism.
Come this fall, some 2,500
students will be using them as part
of their required coursework, with
others tapping out their answers on a
voluntary basis.
And every one of those clicks will
tell the professor at the front of the
room how the class is going.
“When you have a class of 300
students they can be shy about putting
up their hands for a vote,” physics and
astronomy professor Kumar Sharma
said. Or everyone waits to see how the
vote is going to go and then tries to
hop on the bandwagon. “These systems
allow you to test their responses to a
question without them having to worry
about their classmates knowing their
answers.”
What the class does see is a
histogram of the various answers.
Ideally, the correct answer will be
the most popular one, but there’s no
guarantee the vote will go that way
and indeed that’s part of the point
of the system. It helps the professor
Ethanol production just got greener
Funding enhances value of high-protien by-product of ethanol production
The University of Manitoba will
receive funding for further research to
enhance the value of livestock feed uses
for distiller’s dried grain, a high protein
by-product of ethanol production. The
Canada-Manitoba Economic Partnership
Agreement is contributing $202,820
towards the project.
The announcement was made
today by Rod Bruinooge, Member of
Parliament for Winnipeg South, and
Marilyn Brick, Member of the Legislative
Assembly for St. Norbert.
“Canada’s New Government
is working in partnership with the
Province of Manitoba to ensure a
prosperous future for Manitobans by
fostering growth in the ethanol and
grain industries,” said Bruinooge.
“This joint funding investment of over
$200,000, through the Canada-Manitoba
Economic Partnership Agreement, will
enable the University of Manitoba to
conduct research that will help place
Manitoba at the forefront of developing
practical and economic uses for wheat-
derived distillers dried grain.”
“Our government is committed to
investing in new economic opportunities
for Manitoba’s rural communities,” said
Brick. “Research into adding value to
ethanol by-products follows Manitoba’s
strong commitment to investment in
biofuel production.”
The Faculty of Agricultural and
Food Sciences will research different
The Bulletin
Physics and astronomy professor Kumar Sharma will be one of a number of professors
at the university using iClickers this fall. The audience response system lets professors
quiz students during class.
understand instantly how the work is
being understood by the students. If
they’re not getting the right answer,
then the professor knows that he or
she has to come at the material from a
different approach.
“If an audience response system
can get the students to respond in
the class it tells me where they are
From left, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences dean Michael Trevan joined Win-
nipeg South MP Rod Bruinooge, St. Norbert MLA Marilyn Brick and associate vice-
president (research) Digvir Jayas, not pictured, to announce a new research project
that will enhance the value of ethanol production.
processing technologies and techniques
to determine the impact on the yield
of ethanol as well as the quality of the
by-products. Increasing the value of
the by-product will contribute to the
Photos by Dale Barbour
with the material and that makes it an
important tool when I’m teaching,”
Sharma said.
But the question Sharma helped
the university tackle this fall, was which
audience response system it should
go with.
“There are many systems that have
been appearing in North America to
Photo by Dale Barbour
long-term success of both the ethanol
industry and the livestock feed industry
in Manitoba. The emerging ethanol
industry also provides an alternative
market opportunity for Manitoba grain
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assess student responses,” Sharma
said. The University of Manitoba has
tried the systems in the past, but with
the growing popularity them it made
sense to pick one design that could
service the entire university, rather
than having students juggle different
designs depending on what class they
were in.
“I thought it would be a good idea
if the university endorsed one system,”
Sharma said. To that end, he headed
up a team in the Faculty of Science
to investigate some of the audience
response brands on the market. They
looked over five systems, considering
everything from how easy they were to
use to how well they could take a fall.
“The iClicker’s are economical,
they have a simple design with little
room for confusion and they’re easy to
use from a technical standpoint – you
don’t have to load any software, it’s
all included in the controller,” Sharma
said. “Plus they have a good recording
response so you can track how the
students have been voting.”
The iClickers are being sold at the
University BookStore. Most textbooks
requiring the iClickers include a
coupon for a discount on the audience
response systems themselves. Add to
that the option of selling the unit back
to the BookStore at the end of the year
and Sharma said students might even
come out financially ahead.
Meanwhile the information services
and technology unit has been gearing
up rooms in the faculties of Arts and
Science to be iClicker combatable.
Training sessions are also set this fall
to cover the use of the iClickers.
producers.
“This project builds on a foundation
of outstanding research at the University
of Manitoba related to new wheat
cultivars, efficient fermentation
strategies, and value-added co-product
development,” said University of
Manitoba president Emőke Szathmáry.
“The support announced today is
great news, not just for the researchers
involved, but also for the Manitoba
grain producers, livestock producers
and biofuels industries that will directly
benefit from their innovative work.”
Previous funding of $134,000
was also provided for this project
through the Canada-Manitoba Agri-Food
Research and Development Initiative.
The new project is one component
of a comprehensive biofuels research
program at the University of Manitoba
that was established in 2005 with
significant support from Husky Energy
Inc.
Under the Canada-Manitoba
Economic Partnership Agreement
(EPA), the governments of Canada
and Manitoba are working together
and in partnership with community
stakeholders to build the economy
and strengthen communities. These
priorities promote economic growth
and diversification in the province. For
more information on this and other
projects funded under EPA, visit: www.
epa.gov.mb.ca.
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Considering the university’s character

Immigration, labour and Isbister have all shaped the U of M
The onset of September is accompanied by
orientation sessions at the University of Manitoba,
among them those for new professors and students.
I speak at these sessions, including those for support
staff, and I have tried to tailor my messages to fit
the interests of each group. This year, however, my
thoughts kept returning to one theme – the importance
of knowing the character of one’s own university.
At one time I was unaware that every university
has its own culture and character. As a new student
at my own alma mater, for example, I thought
universities were teaching institutions only. The
discovery that research was also undertaken gave
research a mysterious and privileged aura, for only
the rare senior student was ever asked to assist with a
professor’s research. That privilege seemed reserved
for graduate students, and I certainly did not know
that undertaking research was not optional but a
professor’s job requirement.
In spite of this naiveté, I was captured by my
university experience, went on to graduate school
and eventually secured a probationary position at
a university that socialized me into the ways of the
academy. I achieved the professorial milestones of
tenure and promotion, and yet, I still did not appreciate
that the culture of my institution differed from those
of other universities with which it nevertheless had
much in common. It required my moving to yet
another university to notice an attitudinal shift. By
the time I came to Manitoba I was convinced that the
differences among the research universities I knew
were cultural, and that each institution reflected the
culture of the city in which it is embedded. What are
some commonalities of the University of Manitoba and
the city of Winnipeg?
Perspectives may vary, but in my view, the
cultural orientation of this city was deeply shaped
by the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. To this day,
nothing divides the community more quickly than
labour issues, and they retain their potent ability to
divide colleagues within the university also. Ethnic
diversity, in association with language and religion,
has also shaped the nature of Winnipeg. Manitoba’s
settlement history, for example, is rife with conflicted
attitudes, encompassing indigenous, francophone and
anglophone divides as well as later-arriving settlers, and
President’s
Perspective
by Emőke Szathmáry
By the time I came to Manitoba I was
convinced that the differences among the
research universities I knew were cultural,
and that each institution reflected the
culture of the city in which it is embedded.
the expectations of newcomers often clashed with the
expectations of the native-born. Perhaps in reaction to
this history, one now finds an extraordinary focus on
human dignity and equity throughout the city and the
university as well.
It is within the cultural context of Winnipeg that
the University of Manitoba has always done what it was
created to do, namely to preserve, to advance and to
disseminate knowledge, and thus facilitate the cultural,
social and economic well-being of the people of this
province, our nation and the world. It is fair to say that
the university has executed its mission extraordinarily
well over the years, and its achievements have inspired
many.
I was among those inspired, though I was educated
in another province. I first heard of the University of
Manitoba in a 4th year class in human genetics, where
our professor told us that the Globe & Mail had just
carried a report that scientists there had demonstrated
that they could prevent Rh disease of the newborn. The
news was electrifying! In those days, human geneticists
knew a lot about disease causation, but they could do
little to prevent it. Rh disease of the newborn, the classic
case of maternal-foetal blood group incompatibility,
was responsible for approximately 10 per cent of
neonatal deaths in Canada in the 1960s, and the story
seemed too good to be true. That it was true, gave
hope not only to couples who wanted to become
parents, but it also inspired an entire generation
of undergraduates – including me – to believe that
advancement of knowledge within universities makes
a real difference.
It is fact that the University of Manitoba is
indispensable to its province culturally, scientifically
and economically. Its culture reflects Winnipeg, but
its presence also influences the character of the city,
because the university changes attitudes inexorably.
Consider, for example what I have sometimes described
as the guiding compass of the University of Manitoba.
It began with the gift of Alexander Kennedy Isbister.
Métis in ancestry, Isbister never studied here because
his father sent him to the “old country” to earn his
degrees. Isbister completed his studies at the University
of Edinburgh, earned another degree at the University
of London, and lived out his life in England, rising
in responsibility and acquiring influence and wealth.
When he died, his 1883 will specified the gift of his
personal library of over 4,000 books to the University
of Manitoba, and $83,000 to be used for admission
scholarships and prizes. Furthermore his will stipulated
that these awards were to be based on merit, without
regard to the applicant’s sex, race, creed, language or
nationality – and the university agreed. That this was
revolutionary is illustrated by my own experience:
When I first graduated, even if I had merited a Rhodes
scholarship – that sine qua non of undergraduate
achievement – I would not have been granted one,
because in 1968 women were ineligible to apply. It
took the Rhodes Trust almost 90 years to catch up to
the notion that good minds are present in all sectors
of humanity, but that view was alive and well at the
University of Manitoba more than 15 years before the
advent of the 20th century!
A fundamental faith that intellectual ability abides
in all peoples of the world is also characteristic of the
University of Manitoba – a cultural attribute that has
long defined its character, and set it apart from others.
I hope that the new professors, the new students and
new support staff will take pride in knowing that they
have joined a great university whose culture differs
from the rest. Everyone’s actions matter here because
each is like a thrown stone, generating ripples on our
society’s pond, spreading to shoreline and changing
what was there.

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Summer Universiade success
futures. As the 2007 Summer Universiade monton, AB when Cuba defeated Cana-
(World University Games) in Bangkok, da in the gold medal final. The Canadian
Thailand (Aug. 8 to 18) wrapped up, three men finished tenth at the 2005 Games in
Manitoba Bisons athletes came home to Izmir, Turkey.
Canada as medal winners. Bisons Josh Other Bisons at the Universiade were
Klassen, Toon van Lankvelt and Nathan women’s volleyball Ashley Voth. Canada
Toews competed for Team Canada men’s finished 11th in women’s volleyball and
volleyball, which earned a silver medal Voth contributed by being the top scorer
on the last day of competition. with 11 points against South African in a
On Aug. 18, Turkey captured the 3-0 victory. Desiree Scott played for Can-
gold after posting a 3-1 (25-21, 25-11, ada in women’s soccer and helped the
23-25, 25-16) win against Canada with team to tenth place.
Toews tying for team lead in blocks with Bisons track and field head coach
four in the final. All three Bisons had Claude Berube was Team Canada T&F
major contribution throughout the eight head coach during the Universiade. Also
Terry Sargeant, Chair, Board of Governors games played at the Games. in Bangkok was Bison sports athletic di-
and
Prior to the 2007 Games in Bangkok, rector Coleen Dufresne as a member of
the Team Canada Men’s best ever finish the CIC (International Control Commis-
Emőke J.E. Szathmáry, President and Vice-Chancellor at the World University Games was a sil- sion) within FISU (International Univer-
cordially invite you to attend the ver medal at the 1983 Universiade in Ed- sity Sports Federation).
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Hawthorne is most-cited
geoscientist in the world
Thomson Scientific, a leading information
company, has analyzed data from 224 journals and
150,000 scientific papers published during the last
decade and found that Frank C.
Hawthorne, Canada Research
Chair in crystallography and
mineralogy, is the most-cited
geoscientist in the world with
2,204 citations.
“I hadn’t realized it was so
high,” he says modestly.
Out of the 25 most-cited
geologists in the world, the
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty
of Environment, Earth, and Frank
Resources mineralogist took Hawthorne
top honors, Thomson Scientific
announced in a press release. The company also
noted that one particular Hawthorne paper had
been cited more than 260 times. Hawthorne is
also the only researcher to have been ranked in
Science Watch’s previous report in 2001 and in this
current survey. Science Watch is the online version
of Thomson Scientific.
Thomson Scientific also included its top 10
list of institutions ranked according to number of
citations. During the same time period, from 1996 to
2007, the U.S. Geological Survey had 23,172, NASA
had 20,303, and the University of Colorado 15,365.
Comparatively, Hawthorne had about one-tenth the
total citations of the first place institution.
Hawthorne and his wife, Elena Sokolova both
teach and conduct research in the geological science
department at the University of Manitoba.
As if that wasn’t remarkable enough, they
both share another distinction: they both have
had minerals named for them by the International
Mineralogical Association. Sokolovaite is a rare
mineral found in remote regions of Tajikistan, and
Frank hawthorneite is a greenish crystal found in
Utah.
“We’re not the only husband and wife team
with minerals named after us,” Hawthorne notes.
“Marie Curie and her husband Pierre also had
minerals named after them, honouring them for
their research.”
In 2006, Hawthorne was elected as a Foreign
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in
recognition of his outstanding research contributions
and named as an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Among other projects, Hawthorne and Sokolova are
currently working with Russian scientists examining
rocks recovered from the Kola Superdeep Borehole
in northwestern Russia, the world’s deepest drill-
hole, extending down 12.2 kilometres.
MARETTA EMERY helped raise the
The department of development professional
is pleased to welcome a University of standards of
Manitoba alumna as its new director. fundraisers across
Maretta Emery, BA/73, CA/77, CFRE, was North America.
appointed to the position of director of Her diverse roles
development effective Aug. 13. with the AFP
Emery recently returned to Canada have included
from Singapore where she was head of board member
philanthropy services for Fortis Private and treasurer
Bank Asia from October 2004 to April for International
2007. Her career includes a strong Association Board of AFP; national chair
financial background as a chartered and chair of the Leadership Society
accountant and former tax specialist, for AFP Foundation for Philanthropy
and she served as director of finance Canada.
and gift planning at The Winnipeg
Foundation from 1998 to 2004.
Emery also has widespread
professional experience with the
Association of Fundraising Professionals
(AFP), through which she has
The Bulletin Page 5
On the ground in Haiti
Ge�ing people on the move for Darfur
Making a Difference
Our University Students
BY DALE BARBOUR
The Bulletin
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it
is the only thing that ever has.”
It’s a familiar quote by anthropologist Margaret
Mead, and it’s one that masters of education student
Rose Woodard has taken to heart.
During August she spent a week volunteering at
the Grade 6 to 12 Louverture Cleary School in Port au
Prince, Haiti and for the fall she’s busy helping plan
the Winnipeg Run for Darfur set for Sunday, Oct. 7 in
Assiniboine Park.
“I really believe that it’s up to individuals to make
a difference,” Woodard said. Haiti and the Louverture
Cleary School was a natural fit to test out that theory.
Her husband, Randy Woodard, also a MEd student at
the U of M, volunteered in Haiti a few years earlier Submitted Photo
and the two are contemplating an extended trip there Master of education student Rose Woodard spent time
after they graduate. For Rose Woodard this was an ideal in Haiti this summer at the Louverture Cleary School
opportunity to get her feet wet in the country, do some where she met Brianna. This fall she’s helping organize
good and see just how applicable the material she was the Oct. 7 Winnipeg Run for Darfur.
learning at the U of M could be.
language and learning with education professor Karen
The Louverture Cleary School is a unique Smith as her advisor.
experience in Haiti. Generally, the cost of education in
“Because of the classes I’ve taken here, I was able to
Haiti, including the cost of books and school uniforms, help,” Woodard said. “But of course, we were doing all
can be a barrier for many students looking to attend
this through an interpreter, I was speaking English and
school. it was being interpreted into Haitian Creole,” Woodard
The Louverture Cleary School draws its students
said. But despite that challenged the teachers picked up
from among the brightest but most impoverished in on the lessons and were engaged in the process.
Haiti and gives them a leg up when it comes to their
“What I learned is that this shared language is
education. In exchange, students are expected to actually very transferable, even into a language that I
volunteer both in the school and in their community
didn’t speak,” Woodard said. Woodard and Melanson
and spend at least some of their free time tutoring also covered adolescent sexuality and intervention
elementary school students.
strategies.
The motto of the school is, “What you receive as a Now back in Canada, she is focusing on her studies
gift, you must give as a gift,” and the students take that
and her next project – the Winnipeg Run for Darfur set
lesson to heart, Woodard said. for Oct. 7 in Assiniboine Park.
Woodard worked directly with the Louverture
Conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan has
Cleary School teachers during her stay at the school. killed thousands – and perhaps hundreds of thousands
The students don’t have textbooks for every class, so
– of people and displaced millions. Woodard said she
teachers – deliver their lessons by writing notes on the wants the run to be both a political statement against
board, which the students typically memorize for the
the conflict and a fundraising effort to help people
tests. displaced and now living in refuge camps. Funds
“This type of exposure to learning leaves students
from the run will go towards Save Darfur Canada and
on a basic level of understanding,” Woodard said. “The Oxfam.
goal of the workshop this year on classroom discussion
“I choose a run because it’s something I love to do
and questioning techniques was to move students and because we needed to have something we could
beyond the basic level of memorizing facts to applying,
be excited about,” Woodard said.
synthesizing, and evaluating the information.” Of course, all of this has been a new experience
Woodard and Cathy Melanson, a volunteer from
for Woodard.
Bishop Ireton High School in Virginia, were working “It has not been easy putting together all the details
on explaining different learning techniques to the
but it’s been a great experience learning about all the
Haitian faculty, focusing on the idea of creating a different facets that go into making an event like this
shared language between student and teacher. It’s a
run smoothly.”
skill that’s transferable from her own graduate students For more information about the run, go online to
at the University of Manitoba where she’s focusing on
www.walk4darfur.ca.
Appointments
AUBREY KEHLER campus and the
The security services department unique issues
has hired Aubrey Kehler as its new and challenges
assistant director. He replaces Linda facing a university
Lavallee who filled the position of environment. In
director after the retirement of Jim addition to his
Raftis. extensive police
Kehler brings with him over 30 training, his
years of experience as a member knowledge and
of the Winnipeg Police Service. related education
He has experience in areas such h a s b e e n
as criminal investigations, general supplemented
patrol operations, training, human through the
resources and emergency response. Canadian Police College, Dalhousie
This experience will be an asset not University and Red River College.
only to the security services department If you have any questions or
but also to the university as a whole. concerns regarding any security matters
His police assignments have on campus, feel free to contact Kehler
included working in the Fort Garry at 474 9103 or by email: Aubrey_
and downtown areas where he became Kehler@umanitoba.ca.
familiar with the University of Manitoba
Page 6 The Bulletin September 6, 2007

Lewis helps patients know the enemy

Books
by University Staff
BY DALE BARBOUR
The Bulletin
Faculty of Medicine research associate Keith Lewis
has worked for biotechnology companies and now
the University of Manitoba attempting to understand
cancer, what makes it work and what can be used to
treat it.
But with his new book Cancer?? What you need to
know: Causes, Treatments and Concerns, Lewis isn’t
offering a synopsis of the latest research in the field,
he’s helping people understand what cancer is.
“I’ve worked in cancer research for 12 years and
I’ve had a lot of people ask various questions about
cancer,” Lewis said. “I’ve come to realize that they
didn’t have a fundamental understanding of the
disease.”
Existing books didn’t help either because most of
them tend to gloss over the biology behind the disease.
The problem is if people can’t understand the biology
behind the disease, then they can’t understand how the
various treatments aimed at stopping it work either.
And Lewis said that’s critical for people wanting to
make informed decisions about their treatment options
and for understanding what’s happening to them while
they’re being treated.
“Once you do understand the biology then you
can talk about the drugs that are used and how they
work,” Lewis said.
Photo by Dale Barbour
Research Associate Keith Lewis’s new book Cancer??
What you need to know: Causes, Treatments and Con-
cerns is something patients and people in the health
care field can use.
It’s an ideal book for someone who is fighting
cancer and wants to know everything they can about
the enemy. Lewis also walks readers through the
causes of cancer, prevention, how it spreads and the
mechanics behind each method of treatment. Reading
the book can help patients know what their physician
is telling them and it could be of use to nurses fielding
questions about the biology of cancer.
The book goes on to cover some of the myths
and conspiracy theories around cancer such as the
notion that a cure exists but is being covered up. Not
even remotely possible, Lewis argues. From a pure
commercial point of view, biotechnology companies
would love to be on the ground floor of a cure for
cancer. Even simpler, the researchers trying to find
a cure for cancer have lost loved ones to the disease
– in fact Lewis’s dedication at the start of the book is to
friends and family of his own that have succumbed to
the disease. There’s no incentive for them to withhold
a cure for the disease.
Lewis’s own research involves looking at the impact
of antibodies on cancer cells. He has contributed over
30 scientific articles to international journals, but this
is the first time he’s sat down to write a book. More
significantly, it’s the first time he’s written something
intended for the general public.
“I’ve always had an interest in teaching,” Lewis
said, and his background has included working as a
lecturer. “And I realized there was a place for a book
like this.”
While the subject matter is weighty, Lewis said he
enjoyed being able to step outside academic writing.
“This was much more enjoyable. I’ve written
scientific papers and entries for textbooks but it’s not
the same experience,” Lewis said.

Golf tourney benefits

student food bank
The University of Manitoba 7th Annual All Staff
Golf Tournament was held at the neighbouring
Southwood Golf and Country Club on Aug. 20.
Despite the cloudy skies, tournament
participants managed to avoid the rain for the
majority of the day. There were 112 people
registered from many university departments at
the Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses. Due to
the immense popularity of the event, many teams
had to be placed on a waiting list.
The tournament was endorsed and
supported by vice-president (administration)
Debbie McCallum and associate vice-president
(administration) Alan Simms.
The tournament provided an opportunity for
staff to get together and supported the fundraising
initiative of the University of Manitoba Student
Food Bank. The donations of dry goods and
cash exceeded $500. Jane Lastra, director of
financial aids and awards, received the donations
to supplement the expenses many students have
throughout the year.
The grand prize draw consisted of an i-pod
shuffle, his and hers University of Manitoba
matching watches and a radio carrying bag.
This year’s winning team with a score of -7
under par, was Team UMSU, with Darryl Smith,
Ron Davey, Jared McKetiak and Jack Hoplock. The
second place team with a score of -5 under par
was Team Pooh, with Sean Vint, Bob Barth, Allan
Borsboom and Bert Requeima.
The women’s longest drive was won by Carol
Ploen-Hosegood. The men’s longest drive was
won by Ron Pluchinski and the closest to the hole
was won by James Lund. Unfortunately, there
were no winners for the $10,000 hole-in-one
prize which was sponsored by the organizers of
the tournament.
Tournament organizers Ed Matias, Chris
Bohonis and Linda Lavallee did an excellent
job organizing the event and their efforts were
greatly appreciated. Although entries for next
year’s tournament will not be accepted until an
E-memo has been sent out by the organizers, staff
are encouraged to plan for next year’s All Staff
Golf Tournament.
Donations of both food and money to the
Photo by Dale Barbour
University of Manitoba Student Food Bank can be
made by attending the financial aid and awards From left, Karen Woloschuk, Julie Mikuska, and Siobhan Kari
office, 422 University Centre. look on as Carol Ploen-Hosegood putts out at the University of
Manitoba’s 7th Annual All Staff Golf Tournament.

Bison squad ranked #4

The Manitoba Bisons football team
is ranked fourth prior to the start of the
2007 season in the first CIS Top 10 poll
of the season.
This is the highest the Bisons have
been ranked starting a season since
2002 (ranked second).
The defending CIS football cham-
pion Laval Rouge et Or are ranked
number one with Canada West cham-
pion and Vanier Cup finalist Saskatch-
ewan Huskies ranked second, Ottawa
Gee-Gees (Mitchell Bowl finalist) in
third and rounding out the top five is
the Montreal Carabins (QUFL semi-fi-
nalist).
Bison football head coach Brian
Dobie commented, “This is where we
thought we would be ranked but now
Remember,
begins the business of earning the rank-
ing as this is a new season.”
Voting is based on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-
it’s YOUR Bulletin!
4-3-2-1 point system, with a first-place
vote worth 10 points. Laval took 140 The Bulletin welcomes: news tips, opinion pieces,
points, Saskatchewan 115, Ottawa 112,
Manitoba 105 and Montreal well back
with 55 points.
letters to the editor, photo ideas
The CIS football top ten committee
is made up of 15 media members from
and event submissions.
across Canada. A total of 10 national
rankings will be released for the 2007 For information call 474 8111.
season, with the final Top 10 being re-
leased once all teams have completed
the regular season.
September 6, 2007
U of M is a Winnipeg in Bloom winner
We a r e o n e g o o d l o o k i n g
university.
Don’t believe it? Consider this: the
University of Manitoba took home first
place in the 2007 Winnipeg in Bloom
contest for best business/industrial
flower display in southern Winnipeg
(areas 11,12, and 13.)
The Take Pride Winnipeg award
recognizes the university’s spectacular
display at the Chancellor Matheson
Drive entrance to the university.
General services manager Michele
Rogalsky says full credit for the award
goes to the university’s grounds keeping
staff.
“The staff have been doing an
excellent job this year. We have five
people that are trained greens keepers
and arborists,” Rogalsky said. University
staff divide the Fort Garry campus into
zones, but when it came to the front
gates, everyone teamed up and worked
collectively on the project.
It turned out to be the capper on
what has turned out to be a great year
for the university’s grounds. Several
of the seasonal greens keepers were
Making the university phosphorus free
Keeping 210 landscaped acres of
land at the oldest university in western
Canada is no easy undertaking. And,
maintaining the grounds in line with the
University of Manitoba’s environmental
sustainability goals adds an additional
challenge. But Lyle Morin, assistant
manager of grounds and general
services, is up for the task.
“One of the initiatives we’ve
committed to this year in order to
minimize the environmental impact
of grounds management is using a
phosphorus-free fertilizer for all our turf
areas” said Morin.
Morin says he and the grounds
staff understand the consequences of
nutrient runoff and made eliminating
the use of phosphorus containing
Bison brand is ready to take on new role
BY DALE BARBOUR
The Bulletin
Summer camps. Dance programs.
Intramural sports. Athletic therapy.
Recreation facilities that cover everything
from a weight room, to a pool, to tennis
courts and a hockey arena. It’s a wide
range of activities but you can find
them all under the newly christened
University of Manitoba Bison Sport and
Active Living.
The diversity of programs available
at the University of Manitoba Bison Sport
and Active Living are offered by the
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation
Management, which is sporting a new
name itself and encompass five distinct
groups: Bison Recreation Services, Bison
Children’s Programs, Bison Sport, and
Bison Athletic Therapy and Bison Athletic
Facilities.
By bringing all the groups together
under one name, Bison recreation
services director Gary Thompson said
they’re hoping to make it easier for
people to pick and choose the activities
that might be useful to them.
“We’ve never really, as a collective
entity, put ourselves out there, but when
you look at all the things we do there is
no other group in the province that can
do what we do. So we thought we’d try
to find a unifying brand that would link
everything together and it needed to be
something everyone could relate too,”
The Bulletin
brought on earlier this year and the
results have been showing themselves.
“We’ve been receiving a lot of
compliments this year from people
stopping and looking at the flowers,”
Rogalsky said. The extra attention has
paid off in a number of ways. Staff have
been able to give extra attention to
shrubs and trees around campus, which
has helped strengthen the plants and
make them more resistant to insects
– something which has also helped
the university reduce its reliance on
pesticides.
Rogalsky said they’ve also tweaked
the way they water plants on campus
– breaking the campus into zones and
watering plants with smaller vehicles
instead of periodically deluging them
from a water truck.
Finally, Rogalsky said the greens
keepers took a hands approach this
spring when it came to selecting and
placing plants. It meant they could
match plants to planters based on light
conditions and mapped out how the
plants should be planted to grow best
together.
Sustainability
on Campus
fertilizer, in addition to using some of
the compost produced on campus, a
priority this year. He added “Our goal
for next season is to be completely
phosphorus free by switching our
flower fertilizer to a no phosphorus
blend”.
Morin said that the proximity to
the Red River is also something that
the department is especially mindful of
when maintaining campus grounds. Of
all the rivers entering Lake Winnipeg,
the Red River contributes a relatively
Find a program that works for you
Here’s two of the exciting courses being offered by University of Manitoba Bison Sport and Active Living.
WOMEN AND WEIGHTS
This course focuses on educating and instructing women on how to use free weights and the resistance
machines. In as little as 10 classes you will gain confidence on how to use the equipment properly, learn
how to develop a plan to help you meet your goals, and have an opportunity to gain friendships with others
who are new to resistance training.
DEEP WATER AQUAFIT
Using various flotation devices, aquafitness in the deep water is an effective way to get a total body work-
out without the jarring impact of dry land classes. No experience is necessary, however the opportunity to
work hard and have fun are endless!
To learn more, head to www.bisonactiveliving.ca or check out the Bison Sport and Active Living Guide.
Thompson said.
Using the Bison brand was a natural
choice. The name is already familiar to
the community and whether it’s through
their success in sports, as community
volunteers or in the classroom, Bisons
are always in the news. Of course it
was critical to include the University of
Manitoba in the new title.
“You hear about commercial gyms
opening and closing but people know
the University of Manitoba is not going
to go any where and it has a great
reputation it the community,” Bison
Sports and Active Living marketing
coordinator Shane Ray said.
The University of Manitoba’s award winning grounds crew includes, front from left,
Colin Kaluznick, Samantha Tomchuk, Christine LaBossiere, middle row from left,
Danielle Vanbeselaere, Neil Stevenson, and back row from left, Lyle Morin, Chris Ens,
Ally Leenhouts, Les Wellwood, Nick Pawlak. Missing from the picture are Stu Reid,
Tara van Loon, and Darlene Turski.
large proportion of the nutrient load,
despite the fact that it contributes a
relatively small volume of the total
flow to the lake. Studies conducted
by the Province of Manitoba have
determined that over the past three
decades, phosphorus loading to Lake
Winnipeg has increased by about 10
per cent significantly contributing to
eutrophication of Lake Winnipeg. Some
of that phosphorus comes from lawn
and garden fertilizers where excess
phosphorus can run-off into the storm
drains when not taken up by the grass
and other plants. The result is increased
frequency, intensity, and duration of
algal blooms on Lake Winnipeg.
Restricting the use of cosmetic
phosphorus-based fertilizers is among
Ultimately by creating one brand
for all the programs, Thompson said
they’re hoping that they can create more
opportunities for cross pollination.
“One of the things we found was
that people were coming here for their
children’s programs and going elsewhere
to work out or vica versa,” Thompson
said. “They didn’t know everything we
have to offer. This lets them know that
there are all these other options.
“If parents are dropping their
teenager off for martial arts on Monday
night, they can look at what else they
might want to do while they’re here
and contribute to their won wellness”
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Photo by Dale Barbour
many of the recommendations from
the Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Board’s
final report, released in February
of this year. Other jurisdictions,
including St. Paul and Minneapolis,
are also restricting the use of lawn
fertilizers. Since 2004, fertilizers in the
metropolitan area in Minnesota may
not contain phosphorus, and in Greater
Minneapolis, the phosphorus content
is restricted to no more than three per
cent.
Additional grounds greening
activities include leaving the grass
clippings on the lawn after mowing
and composting leaves. Grounds and
General Services of Physical Plant are
also developing an integrated pest
management plan.
Thompson said. “They might be able to
catch a Bison game or take part in some
programs of their own.”
It’s a change that’s immediately
apparent in the Bison Sport and Active
Living guide, which brings together
recreation and children’s programs.
“We’re dedicated in the future
to continue to enhance people’s
opportunity to be physically active for life
“Thompson said. “We’re really pumped
about this. We’re hoping that people will
open the new guide and say, ‘Hey, that’s
new. I want to try that.’”
Of course there will be some growing
pains. For people used to dealing with
one wing of Bison Sport and Active
Living, it will mean adjusting to finding
that program under a new name.
“It’s a new logo but it’s still the same
skilled, quality people you’re dealing
with,” Ray said. The other challenge for
Bison Sports and Active Living is ensuring
people know that their programs aren’t
just intended for athletes.
“We have something for everyone
and when you go down to the Grotto
(in the Frank Kennedy Centre) for your
workout you see people of all kinds of
different fitness levels,” Thompson said.
“It’s a comfortable, relaxed environment.
Plus we have facilities at the Bannatyne
campus, so people have flexibility when
it comes to where they want to work out
or take in a program.”
Page 8 The Bulletin September 6, 2007

Events Listing University of Manitoba

Bison Sports
Football
Sept. 15 – Calgary at Manitoba,
University Stadium, 1 p.m.
Sept. 15 – Saskatchewan at Manitoba,
University Stadium, 2 p.m.
Men’s Hockey
Sept. 26 – Manitoba Moose vs.
Manitoba, Steinbach, 7:30 p.m. Non-
conference game.
Women’s Hockey
Sept. 21 to 23 – Bison Invitational
Tournament, Time TBA, Max Bell
Centre.
Women’s Soccer
Sept. 8 – Victoria at Manitoba, 12
p.m., soccer pitch, east of University
Stadium.
S e p t . 9 – UBC at Manitoba,
12 p.m., soccer pitch, east of
University Stadium.
Sept. 22 – Lethbridge at Manitoba, 10
a.m., soccer pitch, east of University
Stadium.
Sept. 23 – Calgary at Manitoba,
12 p.m., soccer pitch, east of
University Stadium.
Women’s Volleyball
Sept. 21-23 – University of Winnipeg
Invitational Tournament, non-
conference game, Time TBA.
Ticket information
Single Game
Adults: $8
Students: $5
12 and under: free
Season pass
Homecoming excitement!
Bisons ba�le Calgary Dinos on Sept. 15
The Bison will play their home-
opener against the University of Cal-
gary Dinos.
In the 2006 Homecoming Game,
Manitoba dumped Calgary 33-10 in
front of 2,500 spectators as the Bison
defence intercepted Calgary twice and
sacked them five times.
The Dinos will be out to even the
score this year.
The University Stadium Gates open
at 11:30 a.m. with kick off at 1 p.m.
In keeping with the excitement
of Homecoming Week there will be a
BBQ, clowns, face painters, bouncers,
music, contests and great give aways.
Individual game day tickets $10
each and are available at Frank Kennedy
Customer Service Desk (Children 12
and under are free).
And of course there is plenty of
other things to see and do during
Homecoming, which runs Sept. 12 to
16.
The Faculty of Arts will host its
annual Arts Celebrating Arts on Friday,
Sept. 14 with an awards luncheon at
11:30 a.m. in the Great Hall, University
College. Arts alumni can also drop in
on a classroom and see what today’s
students are learning about. For more
information on that program check out Submitted Photo
umanitoba.ca/arts/alumni and for more Check out the Manitoba Bison at the Sept. 15 Homecoming Game.
information about Homecoming head
to umanitoba.ca/alumni.

A considered look at the Prairies

Packages available

Tickets available at all Bison

home games, Frank Kennedy, Max
Bell Equipment Desk. The Prairies in 3-D: Disorientations,
Dispersals, Diversities is set to run at St.
umanitoba.ca/bisons/
John’s College, Sept. 27 to 29.
The fourth multidisciplinary prairies
fields to contribute their expertise to on two books: a polemic entitled Intent
this event that promises to expand for a Nation (with echoes of George
our understanding of Prairie place. Grant’s Lament for a Nation) and an
Individual papers are welcome. intellectual biography of Alexander

Bison football conference brings together researchers

from around the world and from
Len Findlay and Valerie Korinek,
both of the University of Saskachewan,
Morris. Findlay’s address is entitled
“The Prairies in 3-D: Decolonizing,

back on UMFM
Bison Sports, in conjunction
with Campus Radio 101.5 UMFM, is
pleased to announce the return of
Bison Football to the radio airwaves
for the full 2007 season. UMFM will
be the exclusive location to listen to
Bison Football during the upcom-
ing year.
This will be the eighth consecu-
tive season for Bison Football on
101.5 FM. For the upcoming cam-
many disciplines to discuss issues of
importance to the Prairies. We are
especially interested in work that
reflects upon multiplicity, difference,
flux and movement in the Prairies. The
“3-D” Prairies might be approached
through examinations of current
cultural patterns, historical events,
literature, fine arts, natural processes,
landscapes, business practices, science,
politics, education and many other
fields. We encourage scholars and
graduate students from all scholarly
will be keynote speakers at the
conference.
Findlay is professor of English and
director of the Humanities Research Unit
at the University of Saskatchewan and he
has worked for that province as a senior
policy analyst on education. He is the
author of countless articles on Victorian
culture, critical theory, Canadian politics,
Aboriginal cultures, and the role of the
public intellectual. He published a
new translation of The Communist
Manifesto in 2004 and is now working
Diasporic, Dialectical.”
Valerie Korinek is professor of history
at the University of Saskatchewan. She
is the author of the book, Roughing It
In The Suburbs: Reading Chatelaine
Magazine in the 1950s and 60s, and of
the forthcoming book, Prairie Fairies: The
History of Lesbian and Gay Communities
in Western Canada, 1945-1990. Korinek’s
address is entitled “RE-oriented, Diverse
& Modern: Queerying the Prairies.”
Conference website: umanitoba.
ca/conferences/prairie/

Films focus on cultural experience

paign, the radio broadcast team re-
turns from last season with Derek
Taylor handing play-by-play and
former Bison Matt Rollason per-
forming colour commentary for the
second consecutive season.
“We are thrilled to have Bison
Football return to UMFM for an
eighth season. We are pleased to
offer all games on the airwaves and
through the Internet and will cover
the team throughout their run to a
Vanier Cup,” stated Jared McKetiak,
UMFM Station Manager.
The 2007 Manitoba Bison Foot-
ball season kicked off on Saturday,
Sept. 1. For all road games, there
will be a 15 minute pre-game show
while there is a 30 minute pre-game
show for all home games.
The department of anthropology
invites you to a free screening of nine
ethnographic films on Friday, Sept. 21,
and Saturday, Sept. 22. These films
include the traveling version of the
American Museum of Natural History’s
Margaret Mead Traveling Film and
Video Festival, a showcase of cultural
documentaries which give insight
into other ways of life and important
contemporary issues. Representatives
of community organizations will also
be present to highlight the connections
between anthropological documentaries
and local activism. For descriptions of
the seven Margaret Mead films, please
go to: www.amnh.org/programs/mead/ Showtimes are as follows:
mead2006/php/traveling_program_ Friday, September 21
2007.php. 6:30 – Opening Reception
Two other films by anthropology 7:00 – China Blue
students will also be shown: Mangrove 8:30 – Q & A about China Blue
Music and a film called Sinai Sun, with Dr.Ellen Judd, specialist in the
which focuses on the tensions between ethnography of China
demands on the nomadic Bedouin to 9:20 – El Inmigrante
maintain a tradition of timelessness, Saturday, September 22
yet also work within a modern tourist 2:00 – Mangrove Music
industry in Egypt. 3:00 – Sinai Sun
Admission is free and viewers are 3:40 – A Map with Gaps
encouraged to come to whichever films 4:15 – Today’s Man
interest them. Films will be screened at 5:20 – Flock of Dodos
Cinematheque (at the corner of Arthur 7:00 – Sisters in Law
and Bannatyne). 9:30 – Shooting Under Fire
September 6, 2007
• The Bulletin publishes events involving the university community.
• E-mail events to barbourd@ms.umanitoba.ca or fax, 474 7631.
• The deadline for the Sept. 20 Bulletin is Sept. 12 at 4:30 p.m.
Fort Garry Campus
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
Plant Science PhD Oral Examination,
Development Of Molecular Markers
For Marker Assisted Selection For
Seed Quality Traits In Oilseed Rape by
Mukhlesur Rahman, 218 Plant Science
Building, 8:30 a.m., Friday, Sept. 7.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
Architecture, Ab Pre-Fab: Conserving
Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion House,
by James Ashby, conservation architect,
Centre Space, John A. Russell Building,
7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 10.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
Education Homecoming 2007,
Finding the Brilliance of Children by
Penny Milton, CEO, Canadian Education
Association, 200 Education Building,
7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12. Please
RSVP to Terry Cooke at 474-9170 or
edalumni@umanitoba.ca.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Smartpark’s INTERACTIVE Speaker
Series, Building Better Bridges by Aftab
Mufti, program leader and president,
ISIS Canada, and Doug Stewart,
vice-president and general manager,
Wardrop, 135 Innovation Drive Lobby,
8 a.m., Friday, Sept. 14. Includes a
continent breakfast catered by Salisbury
House Free admission. Please e-mail
wiebe7@cc.umanitoba.ca or call 480-
1434 to reserve your seat.
Mathematics, Products & Co-Products
in the Category of Topological Abelian
Groups by Clint Enns, graduate student,
418 Machray Hall, 2:30 p.m., Friday,
Sept. 14.
Bannatyne Campus
and St. Boniface Research Centre
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
Masters of Science Oral Defense,
Histone deacetylase inhibitors: mode
of inhibition and histone deacetylase
phosphorylation by Anoushe Sekhavat,
341 Basic Medical Sciences Building, 2
p.m., Thursday, Sept. 6.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
Obstetrics, Gynecology and
Reproductive Sciences, Feedback
That Works by Joanne Hamilton,
director faculty development, Faculty
of Medicine, Theatre A Basic Medical
Sciences Building, 7:45 a.m., Wednesday,
Sept. 12. Available via webcast at
umanitoba.ca/womens_health/
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The Bulletin
Physics and Astronomy, Electro-
magnetics Beyond Maturity by Lotfollah
Shafai, distinguished professor,
Canada Research Chair in Applied
Electromagnetics, 330 Allen Building,
3:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Agricultural and Food Sciences,
Root maggots: the unseen enemies of
canola by Neil Holliday, department
of entomology, Carolyn Sifton Lecture
Theatre, 130 Agriculture Building, 3:30
p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 19.
On Retirement, an event in honour of
retiring landscape architecture professor
Charlie Thomsen. The ticket sales will
go towards the Charles H. Thomsen
Scholarship. It is being set up to honour
a student in Landscape Architecture or
in the Environmental Design Landscape
Option who has made a significant
contribution to the greater community.
Fort Whyte Alive, 1961 McCreary Road,
7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 19. Tickets are
on sale for $60 ($40 for students).
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Physics and Astronomy, Title TBA by
Dominic Ryan, McGill University, 330
Allen Building, Friday, Sept. 21.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
Nursing, The Lack of Vision in Vision
Care of Long Term Care Residents by
Pamela Hawranik, associate professor,
Faculty of Nursing, and Sandy Bell RN
MN, Director for Education, Research &
Quality, Misericordia Health Centre, 340
Helen Glass Centre, 12 p.m., Thursday,
Sept. 27.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Obstetrics, Gynecology and
Reproductive Sciences, The
Management Of Overactive Bladder by
Gary Kay, Ph.D., Psychology, Clinical
Neuropsychology Specialty Program,
Memphis State University, Tennessee,
Theatre A Basic Medical Sciences
Building, 7:45 a.m., Wednesday, Sept.
19.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
Dr J.M. Bowman Lecture In Neonatal
Research, Collaborative controlled
clinical trials: What makes the difference
between success and failure? by Barbara
Schmidt, neonatologist / epidemiologist,
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,
Theatre A Basic Medical Sciences
Building, 8 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 20.
Neonatal Research Symposium Lectures
run all morning in Theatre A Basic
Medical Sciences Building.
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Arts&
Entertainment
Dr. Paul H.T. Thorlakson Gallery
The Iceland Reading Room, Elizabeth Dafoe Library, University of Manitoba
Gallery hours: Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sagas
by Inga Torfadottir
June 28 to September 21
Faculty of Music
The Faculty of Music hosts recitals and performances at Eva Clare Hall, located
within the Faculty of Music building on Dafoe Road. Recitals and events are
free unless otherwise noted.
Music events
• U of M Women’s Chorus Opening Rehearsal, 226 Education Building, 2:30
p.m. This ensemble is open to all Interested singers. Contact director Elroy
Friesen at 474 6016 for more information.
Elizabeth Dafoe Library
Elizabeth Dafoe Library is hosting a traveling exhibit of prize-winning books,
selected for the 2006 Alcuin Society Book Design Awards.
Gallery One One One
Gallery One One One is located on the main floor of the FitzGerald Building.
It is open Monday to Friday, noon to 4 p.m.
Orange Corner: A Ken Lochhead tribute exhibition
with works by the artist and his circle
August 11 to September 28
Initiated by Mimi Paige, Suzanne Gillies, and committee members, this
tribute exhibition includes work by Kenneth Lochhead as well as his devoted
students and associates, including Ron Gabe, Don Reichert, Mimi Paige, Joe
Fafard, Bryan Nemish, E.J. (Ted) Howorth, Celia Rabinovitch, Don Proch,
Pierre Arpin, Bill Lobchuk, Louis Bako, Wayne Brueckner, Kelvin Adair Free,
John King and others.
Kenneth Lochhead was born in 1926. He became Director of the University of
Saskatchewan School of Art in Regina in 1950. In 1955, he began the Emma
Lake Professional Artists’ Workshops, which attracted artists such as Barnett
Newman, Kenneth Noland, Jack Shadbolt and the critic Clement Greenberg
to Saskatchewan. Lochhead was one of the “Regina Five” painters who first
exhibited together at the National Gallery in 1961. After Regina, Lochhead
continued to teach painting and drawing at the University of Manitoba, York
University and the University of Ottawa. A painter’s painter, Lochhead’s work
is known for its compositional finesse and often exuberant use of colour.
Lochhead was an Officer of the Order of Canada, a recipient of an Honorary
Doctors of Laws, University of Regina, and a 2006 recipient of the Governor-
General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts. He died in 2006.
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Academic Job Opportunities
Jazz specialists
A full listing of employment oppor-
tunities at the University of Manitoba
can be found at www.umanitoba.ca
The University of Manitoba encour-
ages applications from qualified women
and men, including members of visible
minorities, Aboriginal peoples, and per-
sons with disabilities. All qualified candi-
dates are encouraged to apply; however
Canadians and permanent residents will
be given priority. Please include the posi-
tion number when applying for openings
at the university.
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Department of Chemistry
Position: Assistant professor in
biochemistry
Start date: July 1, 2008
Application deadline: Nov. 15
Position number: 06655
For information: Dr. Norman R.
Hunter, chair of the search committee,
department of chemistry, University
of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2,
phone 474 9321, fax 474-7608, e-mail
Biochem_Search@umanitoba.ca.
Department of Chemistry
Position: Instructor II position in
organic chemistry
Start date: July 1, 2008
Application deadline: Nov. 15
Position number: GP518
For information: Dr. Norman R.
Hunter, chair of the search committee,
department of chemistry, University
of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2,
phone 474 9321, fax 474-7608, e-mail
Biochem_Search@umanitoba.ca.
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UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA RESEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAMS
To encourage the development of research, the University offers a number of research support programs. These programs are administered by the Office of the Vice-President
(Research) on behalf of the University. For further information on these programs (i.e., program priorities and guidelines, application procedures, etc.), contact the appropriate
person listed below; or access the forms via the Web at: http://umanitoba.ca/research/ors/internalfunding_deadlines_forms.html
NAME OF PROGRAM PURPOSE DEADLINES
FOR INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAMS BELOW, CONTACT KATHRYN BARTMANOVICH 480-1409 - Office of Research Services
University Research Grants Program (URGP) To support the growth of research at the University -- highest priority is the October 15
provision of grants to new faculty members (New Staff)
(those in the first 3 years of their appointment)
March 1
(Established Staff)
UM/SSHRC Research Grants Program (UM/SSHRC RGP) To provide support for small-scale research projects in the social sciences and October 15
humanities -- open to researchers in disciplines supported by SSHRC March 1
UM/SSHRC International Conference Travel Grants Program To provide support for researchers to take part in international conferences of October 15
(UM/SSHRC TGP) major scholarly significance -- open to researchers in disciplines supported by March 1
SSHRC
FOR INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM BELOW, CONTACT TERRY HNATIUK 474-7860 - Office of Research Services
University Creative Works Grants Program To provide support for highly creative works at the University of Manitoba B May 1
highest priority is the provision of grants to new faculty members (those in the
first 3 years of their appointment)
FOR INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAMS BELOW, CONTACT EVELINE SAURETTE 474-8418 - Office of Research Services
Leave Research Grant Program To designate part of applicant's salary as a grant-in-aid of research conducted 2 months prior
while on research/study leave to leave
Self-funded Research Grant Program To designate part of an applicant's salary as a grant-in-aid of research
conducted while not on leave from the University (within one calendar year)
September 30
January 31
May 31
FOR INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM BELOW, CONTACT SANDY PEREIRA 474-7952 - Office of the VP (Research)
The Dr. Paul H.T. Thorlakson Foundation Fund To provide support for basic or applied research in the health sciences -- April 15
highest priority is provision of support to new independent researchers who are
first-time applicants to the Fund
FOR INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM BELOW, CONTACT LAURA GALAN 474-7316 - Office of the VP (Research)
Samuel Weiner Distinguished Visitor Award To bring distinguished scholars who are making outstanding contributions to May 1
their field(s) of research to the University for visits of up to one month
September 6, 2007
Department of Chemistry
Position: Instructor II position in
physical chemistry
Start date: July 1, 2008
Application deadline: Nov. 15
Position number: 06660
For information: Dr. Norman R.
Hunter, Chair of the Search Committee,
Department of Chemistry, University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada R3T
2N2, phone 474 9321, fax 474-7608, e-
mail Biochem_Search@umanitoba.ca.
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Department of Internal Medicine
Section of Endocrinology
P o s i t i o n s : Tw o a c a d e m i c
endocrinologists
Start date: Nov. 1
Salary: Commensurate with experience
and qualifications
Application deadline: Oct. 15,
however, positions will remain open
until filled
Position numbers: 06499 & 06498
For information: Dr. G. Nyomba, chair,
section of endocrinology & metabolism,
Room 834A, John Buhler Research
Centre, 715 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg,
MB, R3E 3P4, e-mail bnyomba@cc.
umanitoba.ca.
Department of Internal Medicine
Section of Respiratory Medicine
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Medicine Program
Positions: Full time academic positions
in the Section of Respiratory Medicine.
We would preferentially consider
respirologists with a major interest
in clinical investigation or those with
particular expertise in any of the
areas of tuberculosis, sleep medicine,
cystic fibrosis and interventional
bronchoscopy.
Start date: Oct. 15
Salary: Commensurate with experience
and qualifications
Application deadline: Sept. 30,
however position will remain open
until filled
Position numbers: 06467, 06497, ABT
346
For information: Dr. Dan Roberts,
professor and head, department of
internal medicine, Room GC430, Health
Sciences Centre, 820 Sherbrook St.,
Winnipeg, MB, R3A 1R9.
Department of Internal Medicine
Winnipeg Regional Health
Authority
Positions: Three general internists
for geographical full time, contingent
positions at the rank of assistant
professor
Start date: Nov. 1
Salary: Commensurate with experience
and qualifications
Application deadline: Oct. 15, however
positions will remain open until filled
Position numbers: 06470, 06468,
06469
For information: Dr. Dan Roberts,
professor and head, department of
internal medicine, Room GC430, Health
Sciences Centre, 820 Sherbrook St.,
Winnipeg, MB, R3A 1R9.
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September 6, 2007
Research News
Researchers see the forest AND the trees
BY FRANK NOLAN
Research Promotion
Since the early 1990s, University of
Manitoba researchers have been part
of the Manitoba Model Forest, one of
11 in Canada focused on developing
sustainable forest management
practices. Located near Pine Falls,
the one million hectare research site
brought together scientists, industries,
local communities and others to
find better ways to manage forest
resources.
The Model Forest Program was
officially ended earlier this year, but
the Pine Falls site is now part of a new
program announced by the federal
government in May 2007. The Forest
Communities Program will provide
funding to 11 organizations across
the country for the next five years,
including the one in Manitoba.
University of Manitoba researchers
Rick Baydack and David Walker,
environment and geography, were
both involved in the Manitoba Model
Forest, and they helped develop the
successful application for the Forest
Communities Program. Walker will
represent the university on the new
organization’s board of directors, with
Baydack acting as his alternate.
“The focus is on communities,
which is something Manitoba has been
doing for a long time,” Walker said. “The
model forest included the participation
of local residents, particularly First
Nations communities. That will be
Mizuno puts focus on obesity hormones
BY SEAN MOORE
Research Promotion
Tackling the problems that come
with obesity isn’t always as simple as
eating less and moving more, although
that’s a fine place to start.
Hormones, obesity researchers are
learning, play vital roles in determining
a person’s fat levels and his or her
metabolic rates. This is why Tooru
Mizuno, Canada Research Chair in
molecular endocrinology of diabetes
and metabolic control, is focusing on
the relationship these chemicals have
with waistlines and fatty livers.
He’s investigating ways the brain
regulates metabolism, and a major focus
of his research is Proopiomelanocortin
(POMC), a gene produced by neurons
in the hypothalamus, which plays
a role in suppressing appetite and
regulating metabolism. POMC was
discovered almost 30 years ago and
has attracted the interest of many over
the past ten years. But 20 years ago
xenin, a hormone produced by the
stomach, was discovered and ignored
soon after. Mizuno, however, has been
experimenting with it.
Bringing Research To Life
The Bulletin
David Walker (left) and Rick Baydack, environment and geography, are a part of the
new Forest Communities Program.
continued and expanded with the
new project, which is really designed
to include everyone who depends on
forest resources, whether it’s wood
from the trees, wildlife, or the area as
a whole, which is important for things
like recreation and tourism.”
As with the previous project,
the forest communities program
will include a significant research
component.
“The goal is to establish a
“Many hormones produced in
the stomach or intestine also regulate
metabolism partly through acting in
the brain function,” Mizuno said. “A
hypothesis of ours was that xenin
regulates metabolism by acting through
the POMC system. We found that wasn’t
right. Xenin seems to work through
the brain but clearly not through the
POMC system – it’s independent of it.”
Mizuno recently found xenin, like
some other hormones produced in the
gut, reduces food intake by signaling the
stomach to retard its food processing
powers. This is important because
the slower your stomach empties, the
slower you are to get hungry again and
eat again. But what surprised Mizuno
was what xenin was doing.
His lab would inject some mice
with certain levels of POMC and others
with xenin. The subjects were then put
into a special chamber that records
oxygen intake and carbon dioxide
output – a good indirect indicator of
metabolic rates. POMC increased it,
but xenin had no effect.
“We were kind of disappointed
when we measured the metabolic
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Forest Communities Program. Much
of this work is done in collaboration
with local First Nations communities,
and it incorporates traditional
knowledge of the area.
“We have a student finishing up
a study on porcupines that not only
incorporates Aboriginal knowledge,
but was also initiated in partnership
with the Aboriginal community,”
Walker said. “This study has a strong
science component, looking at
wildlife habitat and so forth, but it
also depends on things that local
elders can tell us. So it has all of the
parts, and I think it’s a great example
of the kind of research that will be
undertaken as this new program
moves forward.”
Many of the ongoing research
projects are focused on solving practical
problems faced by forest-dependent
communities. For example, one study is
Photo by Frank Nolan examining the effects of human activity
on the woodland caribou. Another is
investigating whether forests can be cut
in ways that emulate forest fires, which
strong, science-based, research-driven
are common, natural occurrences in
program, which is something we were
boreal forests.
involved in from the start,” Baydack
“The forestry industry and the
said. “Beginning with John Sinclair
other stakeholder groups are very
from the Natural Resources Institute,
aware that both human needs and the
then me, and now David, there has
needs of other species need to be taken
always been strong representation
into account,” Baydack said. “That’s
from the U of M.”
what this program has done from the
Baydack and Walker expect that
beginning, and that’s the philosophy
many of the long-term research projects
that the Forest Communities Program
that began with the Model Forest
will continue to bring forward.”
Program will continue under the
parameters because there was no
difference. But we looked a little
deeper and saw what was going on
and we felt great,” Mizuno said.
Non-obese mice injected with
xenin were burning more fat than
usual. Rather than reach for the usual
carbohydrate or protein to burn for
energy, the mice were using fat as their
primary fuel.
This holds implications for the
battle against fatty liver disease, which,
according to the Canadian Liver
Foundation, 75 per cent of Canada’s 11
million obese people risk developing.
What’s more, in studying obesity,
Mizuno has noticed a previously
overlooked relationship. His lab found
Photo by Sean Moore
that when they inhibited the POMC
system they stimulated an enzyme in Tooru Mizuno, physiology, holds a
Canada Research Chair in molecular
the liver that synthesizes lipids. And
endocrinology of diabetes and
conversely, when they stimulated metabolic control.
POMC in the brain they saw the
opposite effect. households have at least one obese
This is good news for the globe’s person inside, for Russia it’s three-
ever-plumping population especially quarters of all homes; and more than
when previously slim nations are a fifth of urban Chinese children
joining the weight-watching ranks of between the ages of seven and 17 are
the western world: half of all Brazilian overweight.
Research News is Published
by the Office of the Vice-President (Research)
Comments, submissions and event listings to:
stefaniu@ms.umanitoba.ca
Phone: (204) 474-9020 Fax (204) 261-3475
Page 12 The Bulletin September 6, 2007

Back on the
Avenue
Students design
sculptures for downtown
BY DALE BARBOUR
The Bulletin
University of Manitoba art students are back for a return engagement
on Portage Avenue.
The Downtown Winnipeg Biz project is following in the footsteps
of last year’s Art on the Avenue installation, which saw 10 student-
produced works go up on Portage Avenue between Memorial Boulevard
and Main Street. This year nine new projects will be going up on the
avenue, with some of last year’s favourites – such as The Right Stuff, a
giant police man, and ELRT – Elephant Light Rail Transit, coming back Photos by Dale Barbour

for a return engagement. The projects will be on display next to the
Ceramic/Sculpture Building this week before heading up to their new
homes on Portage Avenue.
“The goal is to bring people back downtown and to rediscover the
downtown area,” School of art professor Gordon Reeve said. Reeve has
Above, Cullen Bingeman’s Hear Trumpet and, below, Curtis Wiebe’s The Pigeon King are two of
the School of Art student projects that will be going up on Portage Avenue this month.
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been guiding the project for the School of Art, picking the students
from among the schools brightest and helping them shepherd their
projects to reality.
“Normally they would never have a chance to do stuff like this until
five years after they have graduated,” Reeve said. “I sure wish I had had

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an opportunity like this when I was a student.”
Downtown Biz is providing more than just a place for the statues
to hang out. It’s also funding their construction and providing an $800
scholarship to each participating student. The project also counts as a
six hour credit course for the students.
The students were told
upfront where their sculptures on Homecoming Weekend
would be going. Cullen
Bingeman took his Graham
Street and Portage Avenue Join us for a day of discovery as the University of Manitoba
location into account when
he was designing the Hear
Fort Garry campus opens its doors to the community!
Trumpet, which, as the name
implies, funnels sound from
one end of the sculpture to
the other.
“It’s something that
actually grew out of the space
downtown. I wanted something
that reflected the excitement of
the area and that could interact
with the public,” Bingeman
said.
Jackie Traverse’s work Rez
Dawg stemmed from a class
Saturday, September 15th
project. Reeve loved the design
so much that he wanted it to be Bring your family and tour the campus, learn about our programs,
part of the Art on the Avenue enjoy musical performances, meet our Bison athletes, and more!
display.
Traverse has always been Some other highlights include:
afraid of dogs and the original
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the follow up, Traverse took a different tact. ∙ Enjoy free day passes to our recreation facilities
“I wanted to find a way to represent who I am as a First Nation ∙ Get up close and personal with our dinosaur exhibit
person and I wanted to make kind of fun of Rez dogs,” Traverse said.
The result is a playful looking mutt. Dogs are a bit of staple in many First ∙ Meet our award-winning robots and see our Formula race car
Nation communities. They’re generally an indistinct breed and often ∙ Play Smartpark's 'carnival' games for a chance to win prizes
strays and often roaming in packs.
“They usually roam in packs and only go home to eat and sleep,” Location: University Centre, Fort Garry Campus
Traverse said. Ownership is often a fluid affair – the dogs really belong Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
to the entire community.
“Someone can have a dog for a month and then he’s off to live with
another family,” Traverse said.
All of the sculptures are meant to be used and abused by the public. And don’t miss the Homecoming Bison Football
Reeve said the students considered the public location of the sculptures Game, vs. the Calgary Dinos at 1 pm. Doors open at
when they were being built – that meant ensuring that all of them are 11:30 am for kids activities, giveaways and more!
built around a solid metal frame to ensure the sculpture is stable. It also
meant taking into account that they might be climbed on and roughed
up a little. Free parking on campus.
Last year Jon Armistead’s ELRT – Elephant Light Rail Transit took a
bat to the trunk.
Shuttle Bus transportation between U Lot,
“It kind of sucks. You spend a good deal of time trying to design University Centre and University Stadium
something that is strong and durable but then someone comes along
and tries so hard to prove you wrong,” Armistead. But ELRT is getting For more information visit umanitoba.ca
patched up for a return engagement and the experience just adds to
the lesson.
“You can’t take it personally. It’s just the sort of things that can
happen when you put something up outside.”
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