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Memorial University's Gazette
April 30, 2014 Volume46 | Number 13
April 30, 2014 Volume 46 Number 13 Publication Mail Registration No. 40062527 p7 GAZETTE A M E M O R I A L U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W F O U N D L A N D P U B L I C AT I O N p9 p12 POWER HOUSE A business student is on the hunt for multiple world records at the world powerlifting championships next month in South Africa. MUSICAL DUO Husband and wife classical music team take recording of Beethoven's complete sonata collection on European tour. COURAGEOUS HEART A nursing student, imminent graduate and native of war-torn Kosovo is the 2014 Student Volunteer of the Year. $3 million invested in frameworks By Sandy Woolfrey-Fahey THE VICE-PRESIDENTS Council (VPC) has announced base funding totalling $3 million for the fiscal year 2014-15 to support ongoing and future work of the three frameworks across the university. "Memorial's leadership remains committed to investing in our strategic frameworks: Teaching and Learning, Research and Public Engagement," said Dr. David Wardlaw, provost and vice-president (academic). "We have dedicated people who are involved in worthwhile projects to transform the framework recommendations into actions and results. This funding will enable sustained efforts in support of framework objectives and help to achieve our vision to be one of the most distinguished public universities in Canada and beyond." The funding allocation and home portfolio for deployCHRIS HAMMOND PHOTO ment and reporting of the funds is Public Engagement, $900,000, Office of the President; Research, $900,000, Office of the Vice-President (Research); and Teaching and Learning, $1.2 million, Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic). END OF AN ERA Maggie Hennessey prepares the final mail out of the International Journal of Maritime History. The journal has been produced at Memorial for the past quarter century. See related story on page 8. See ACTIONS story on page 8 'If a brain is troubled, it doesn't learn' Student health survey reveals stress and anxiety as primary academic impacts By Laura Barron The survey revealed that Memorial's student health Centre. "The Counselling Centre is very active in online and in-person outreach. Students are aware of it, so there is less stigma and they are more willing to come and get help. We try to make that as easy as possible. Once you reduce stigma and you raise awareness, then people who were suffering in silence will seek help. More people will accept the diagnosis and start treatment." With a team of six people, Memorial's Student Health Centre sees 18,000 visits per year. The most frequent reasons for clinical visits are depression and anxiety. The survey showed that Memorial's students' rates of common mental illnesses are comparable to elsewhere, with anxiety at 14 per cent, panic disorder at seven per cent, and depression at 10 per cent. Dr. Lee explains that the combination of survey data with clinical reports is crucial to the creation of informed student health plans. FACEFORWARD A PICTURE OF HEALTH AS STUDENT health is a major factor in determining issues are comparable to those of other Canadian universities, though it appears that Canadian students are experiencing more stress than their American counterparts. Student stress levels in Newfoundland and Labrador are at 35 per cent, while the numbers across Canada and the U.S. are 38 per cent and 28 per cent, respectively. Memorial's students reported a higher awareness of health education and a greater sense of safety on campus, and they reported less illicit drug use and less physical sexual violence, compared to their national and international counterparts. While 60 per cent of students at Memorial reported receiving information about depression, the numbers are only 50 per cent across Canada and the U.S. "We are ahead of the curve with our health education efforts," said Dr. Lee, chief physician, Student Health academic success, the Student Health Centre, which includes Student Health, Counselling Centres and the Wellness Program, has been gathering data to inform planning for supports and services to help students succeed. The top five reasons Memorial students miss classes and are unable to complete courses and have incomplete grades are stress, anxiety, sleep issues, colds and influenza, and work. In the spring of 2013, a random sample of 5,000 Memorial students were asked to participate in the National College Health Assessment (NCHA) survey, which captured student behaviours and attitudes on a broad range of health issues, ranging from nutrition and exercise, drugs and alcohol, personal safety, sexual health, stress, depression and anxiety. See HEALTH story on page 3 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Jacob Bradbury (BFA'13) made history this month, becoming the first Newfoundlander and Labradorian to be accepted to the prestigious Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York City. The 24-year-old Corner Brook native, who has been performing since the age of five, begins a three-year master's degree in fine arts later this summer, where he says he'll get the chance to stretch the boundaries in his craft and of his creativity. He will be in good company, too. The legendary Actors Studio, a membership organization currently run by award-winning actors Al Pacino, Ellen Burstyn and Harvey Keitel, officially endorses the school's program. Gazette contributor Jeff JG: How did you begin acting? JB: I first performed as a vocal soloist at the age of five and for the next 12 years I performed in the Rotary Music Festival here in Corner Brook. Musical theatre performance was my favourite – I always felt and appreciated the energy from the audience. I knew from those moments that I wanted to be performing on the stage. JG: What sort of acting do you enjoy most? JB: Live theatre is the most challenging -- it's in real time and you don't get a second take. That means you have to be prepared and be able to think on your feet. Even though it is the most challenging, it is also the most fulfilling for me as an actor. JG: Who in the acting community do you admire? JB: Looking up to someone is all about respect. I would JG: Congrats on your acceptance. What was your reaction to your news? JB: After my audition, I was invited back into the room to meet with the panel and discuss my acting experience to date. I was sent back out and within a few moments a woman came out and said 'We don't usually do this sort of thing but … We want to give you a shot.' You usually have to wait until you return home to find out if you have been accepted. I could not breathe for the first few minutes because I was so overcome with emotion. JG: How does it feel to make history? JB: I am proud to be the first Newfoundlander and Labradorian accepted into the Actors Studio Drama School. I am also proud to be bringing our culture to share with others in the program. have to say it would be my acting professor at Grenfell Campus, Jerry Etienne. I have had the privilege of acting with him at the New World Theatre Project in Cupids. He also was my scene partner for my audition in New York. your career? JB: All of the professors at Grenfell taught me to be fearless and to be strong in the choices I make as an actor. The theatre program is what prepared me to be able to follow my dream. The curriculum and semester productions gave me a solid foundation on which I can now build. Professor Louise Gauthier's words, 'Breathe, make contact, you'll be great!' stick with me at every performance. SUBMITTED PHOTO Green caught up with Mr. Bradbury to learn more about his career and his next chapter. JG: How did your time at Grenfell prepare you for Jacob Bradbury would attract tourists nationally and from abroad." He also hopes that Memorial can be involved in the project, possibly by providing a summer program that could earn students credits in a variety of disciplines. He says such a program could be both educational and fun, and eventually self-sustaining. "I believe a program for Raleigh can be immensely educational from various perspectives, such as marine biology, business administration and heritage documentation and restoration. I also believe it would link the university with the local population in a real way. This Yaffle.ca is Memorial's online connecting tool. One of its most significant jobs is to provide a way for people from outside Memorial to ask for research help. With hundreds of community-suggested opportunities to choose from, your next project is just a click away. Here's one … GAZETTE A M E M O R I A L U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W F O U N D L A N D P U B L I C AT I O N EDITOR GRAPHICS Mandy Cook Jacqui Baggs Regular Contributors YOUR NEXT PROJECT By Amy Tucker Special to the Gazette program also has the potential to be well-documented and duplicated in other communities in Newfoundland and Labrador and possibly across Canada." At this point, Mr. Elliott would like to be a catalyst to get educators, students and communities thinking about creating a co-operative program. He is willing to provide resources for this venture, and believes it would be a significant accomplishment for those involved to leave a legacy of preserving the fishing heritage of the province and Canada. Interested in learning more about this project? Amy Tucker, co-ordinator of knowledge mobilization at the Harris Centre, would love to tell you more. Call her at 709 864 6115 or email her at firstname.lastname@example.com. The opportunity: A once vibrant fishing village, the community of Raleigh on the tip of Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula is experiencing an extreme population decline. However, some residents are trying to sustain their community by slowly rebuilding a section of the town to provide tourists with an understanding of its history. Residents have rebuilt an old wharf, stage and cabins, and incorporated experiential tourism into summer programming. Torontonian Fraser Elliott has taken a personal interest in the community after holidaying there. "I met with two individuals who were renovating and restoring some of the boats and other artifacts to attract tourists and families to Raleigh," said Mr. Elliott. "I believe there is an opportunity to develop the town and region to make it attractive for "adventure tourism," as it already has a Viking settlement, local jam production and many other attractions in a spectacular countryside." Laura Barron Melanie Callahan Nora Daly Paula Dyke Kelly Foss Elizabeth Furey Pamela Gill Sharon Gray Jeff Green Janet Harron Jill Hunt Diane Keough Jackey Locke Virginia Middleton Classified Advertising Kelly Hickey Cathy Newhook Naomi Osborne Michelle Osmond David Penney Marcia Porter Kristine Power Dave Sorensen Melissa Watton Meaghan Whelan Susan White-MacPherson Heidi Wicks Laura Woodford Sandy Woolfrey-Fahey Photography Chris Hammond Advertising Mandy Cook Telephone: 709 864 2142 Email: email@example.com Next Gazette deadline May 14 for May 21 publication. The Gazette is published 17 times annually by the Division of Marketing and Communications at Memorial University. Material in the Gazette may be reprinted or broadcast without permission, excepting materials for which the Gazette does not hold exclusive copyright. Gazette, Room A-1024 Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's, NL A1C 5S7 Telephone: 709 864 2142 Fax: 709 864 8699 Email: email@example.com ISSN 0228-88 77 With the exception of advertisements from Memorial University, ads carried in the Gazette do not imply recommendation by the university for the service or product. The project: Mr. Elliott proposes that the restoration of the principal fishing structures in Raleigh would provide a view of what it was like as an active fishing village. "Added to the restoration, I believe the development of an interactive program providing tourists with the experience of actually fishing and processing the cod Part of the Raleigh Historical Village Gazette | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 2 NOAH SMITH PHOTO www.mun.ca/gazette Digitizing the dailies By Kristine Power A picture of wartime at Memorial University Libraries MEMORIAL'S commemorative First World War planning is gaining momentum as the 100th anniversary of the war draws closer. In honour of this historical milestone, and to mark Memorial's unique legacy as a monument to the many individuals who died in the First World War, Memorial University Libraries is committing to digitize key Newfoundland and Labrador newspapers during the war years, and beyond. "A newspaper is exceptional as a historical primary resource; it is truly a slice of life that happens in real-time sequence and it makes history visceral and alive." The Evening Telegram and The Daily Star are now in the libraries' digital archive, the Digital Archives Initiative (DAI), so that anyone around the world can access them for free. This landmark initiative will change the First World War research landscape; in particular, it is likely to shed new light on the impact the war had on Newfoundland and Labrador in interesting and unexplored ways. "This is something researchers have needed for a long time – the ability to do keyword and date searches in Newfoundland and Labrador newspapers," said Joan Ritcey, director, Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Queen Elizabeth II Library. Up until this point, researchers were required to examine an original paper copy or the microfilm version, page-by-page, searching for relevant words. A daily newspaper, in full-sized paper, represents a lot of square footage; in microfilm one year fills six or seven reels. "We know that a wide swath of people will benefit from this improved access," continued Ms. Ritcey. "Historians who are doing in-depth research on a topic, who need to follow the chronology of an issue, who need to find exact quotes, students who are trying to get the feel of a time and place, genealogists who are looking for family and street names, geographers looking for town planning discussions, political scientists looking at political careers and attitudes, and so on, will find this set essential. Almost every field will find important historical material in the newspapers." Digitizing the province's historical newspapers is an ongoing and colossal project. Sixteen dailies were published in Newfoundland and Labrador during the years of the First World War alone, of which 10 were based in St. John's. Beyond the war coverage, digitization of the full run of the 19th- and 20th-century Newfoundland and Labrador newspapers is underway. "A newspaper is exceptional as a historical primary resource; it is truly a slice of life that happens in realtime sequence and it makes history visceral and alive," said Lisa Goddard, scholarly communications librarian and chair of Memorial University Libraries' First World War commemorative planning group. For more information on how to access the newspapers, please visit http://collections.mun.ca or contact CNS@firstname.lastname@example.com or 864-7476. A sample of some of the digitized newspapers in the Digital Archives Initiative. "It is not one voice telling an experience, it is many voices all clamouring to have their opinions heard." "Memorial's beginnings and its identity are inextricably tied to the First World War," said Lorraine Busby, university librarian. "We need to reflect on the past to truly respect and honour the spirit of sacrifice so that we can begin to build a better world. Memorial University Libraries is an integral part of our campus-wide commemorative efforts and will continue to contribute to initiatives as they progress." Con't from HEALTH on page 1 "When we see what the issues are, that helps to define what our focus of our in-house education will be – helping us to ensure we are experts and up-to-date on the management of those conditions. By understanding the scope of these problems, we can do more to accommodate students in their university careers and in their lives." Dr. Lee stresses that Memorial University is serious about the health of its students, and emphasizes the importance of considering health and wellness as major "If a brain is troubled, it doesn't learn, so we have to take care of the brains here, and the emotions and the bodies. This university is serious about health and is gathering data about it, in order to plan health and wellness services. We are engaging with students to try and find a systemic, holistic approach to dealing with student health, and especially with student mental health." There are ongoing discussions of developing a comprehensive mental health strategy with a pan-university committee looking at university services and supports in this area, according to Dr. Lee. "The idea is that mental health is everybody's responsibility, from early detection to creating a supportive environment. It really is a group effort. We are trying CHRIS HAMMOND PHOTO to create a community, and we are trying to create community responsibility." Memorial is among 33 universities in Canada, and more than 100 universities in the U.S., that participated in the 2013 NCHA survey. Dr. Lee, Missy Power, a nurse at the Student Health Centre, and Kelly Neville, wellness co-ordinator with the Counselling Centre, co-ordinated Memorial's participation in the NCHA survey. Dr. Lee expresses his thanks to the students who took the time to do the survey, and explains that the goal of collecting this data is to make a positive difference in the lives of students at Memorial. "The message to students is that we are listening to you. We are committed to your health and well-being, and we will do what we can, as an entire university, to make the experience at Memorial conducive to health and well-being." Currently, there are plans to conduct this survey every two to three years. The survey results can be found at www.mun.ca/health/NCHA-II_Spring_Survey_2013_ Memorial.pdf. factors in academic success. From left are Dr. Norman Lee, Missy Power and Kelly Neville. Gazette | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 3 www.mun.ca/gazette Your view on the Battery facility Public consultations scheduled for redevelopment By Cathy Newhook MEMORIAL'S new home on Signal Hill is ready for your big ideas. The first in a series of information sessions and stakeholder meetings will be held for Memorial faculty, staff and students on Thursday, May 15, at 9 a.m. in room A-1043 on the St. John's campus. The sessions will be an opportunity for individuals and organizations to share their as well as provide an opportunity for the Battery planning committee to share the vision and new conceptual design of the Battery facility. Since purchasing the property last March, the committee has engaged an architectural firm to develop a conceptual design that provides a vision for a public engagement hub that is accessible and available to the community to facilitate university-community collaboration, while also accommodating university public engagement unit office space and much-needed residential space for graduate students. "The conceptual plan for the Battery facility was developed through an extensive visioning process," said President Kachanoski. "This facility represents an unprecedented opportunity to extend Memorial's reach and relevance in this province while also solving critical space issues for our St. John's campus. It was important for us to ensure that we were incorporating all elements of that vision into the physical design of the building." The conceptual design also outlines a two-phased renovation process. The initial phase will include the renovation of the main building (including the conference/ public engagement space), the harbour view wing (southeastern extension), the main hotel tower for graduate student residences and the office tower that overlooks Cabot Avenue. The remainder of the property (including the pool and city view wing) will be considered in the second phase of renovations with input from the upcoming consultation process. Design packages are now being prepared for the detailed work required for the first phase of renovations. Once contracts are awarded the interior renovation will begin. In the meantime, planned maintenance of the building is underway, including the replacement of the office tower windows. "The Battery property is important to this city and we have a strong sense of responsibility to develop it in a way that benefits the city and indeed the whole province," said Dr. Rob Greenwood, executive director of public engagement. "It is that end goal that will be top of mind as we proceed with a pan-provincial consultation process. We want this facility to be relevant to the people of the province and to be a bridge between the university and the community, and the best way to do that is talk to people and start sharing our vision and generating ideas." A working group, including members of the community and local organizations, have already been engaged on the conceptual design of the building to ensure that the initial phase of renovations provides a platform for public engagement programing opportunities. "The planned public consultation process is the next step in engaging the public on this exciting project," said Dr. Greenwood. Public consultation sessions are planned for May and June in St. John's, Clarenville, Gander, Corner Brook and Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Memorial faculty, staff and students can find information regarding registering for the upcoming session at www.mun.ca/battery. CHRIS HAMMOND PHOTO ideas for public engagement programming and partnership opportunities for the site, The Battery facility ENHANCING HEALTH CARE NL NOTABLE Dr. Amy Hurford, Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Department of Biology, has won the R.A. Fisher Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution. The award is presented annually for an outstanding PhD dissertation paper published in the journal Evolution during a given calendar year and comes with a $1,000 honorarium. Her paper, co-written with Dr. Troy Day, Queen's University, is titled Immune Evasion and the Evolution of Molecular Mimicry in Parasites. Free Flight, a work of fiction by Dr. William Pryse-Phillips, a retired member of the Faculty of Medicine, has been short-listed for the Newfoundland and Labrador Children's Book Awards. Dr. David Behm, associate dean of graduate studies and research, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation, was awarded the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) William J. Kraemer Sport Scientist of the Year Award recently. He will speak at the NSCA conference in Las Vegas, N.V., in July on Effective Training Modalities, Olympic Weightlifting, Plyometrics and Traditional Resistance Training in Children. Dr. Behm was also given the distinction of honorary professor with the Technological Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong. In addition, Dr. Behm will speak at a TEDx event on Wednesday, May 7, at the Sheraton Hotel in St. John's. With a theme of Unconventional Connections, his talk is titled The Effects of Static Stretching on Performance and Health. OBITUARY Dr. Richard F. Kennedy Dr. Richard F. Kennedy, a retired member of the Faculty of Medicine, passed away email@example.com. April 11, 2014. He was 88. Dr. Brian Payton Dr. Brian Payton, a retired member of the Faculty of Medicine, passed away April 19, 2014. He was 84. Dr. Norman Brown Dr. Norman Brown, founding member of the Department of Philosophy at Memorial, passed away April 20, 2014. He was 91. Gazette | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 4 www.mun.ca/gazette FRAMEWORKS AT WORK: Memorial's frameworks in action The three overarching frameworks guiding Memorial's future direction — the Research Framework, the Teaching and Learning Framework and the Public Engagement Framework — are the result of several years of consultations with the university community and the people and organizations of Newfoundland and Labrador. This regular feature will help showcase the frameworks in action by sharing projects and highlighting the successes that are bringing them to life. TEACHING AND LEARNING Community celebrating three years; $1.2 million funding to support ongoing work By Sandy Woolfrey-Fahey Ken Steele, editor of Canada's leading higher education news daily, The Academica Top Ten, will present on the St. John's campus on April 30. "Many schools and faculties are also undertaking their as forward thinking as the previous work undertaken. I encourage the university community to continue to seek ways we can do things even better from a teaching and learning perspective at Memorial." During the retreat, Ken Steele, president of Eduvation and editor of Canada's leading higher education news daily, The Academica Top Ten, will present a keynote address titled Innovations in Teaching and Learning. The afternoon portion of the retreat will allow participants to plan and set the stage for the coming three years. "After the success of our initial approach to identifying priorities, we are going back to the teaching and learning community to help us discover what we should focus on next," said Dr. Neville. To find more information on teaching and learning at Memorial, visit www.mun.ca/teachingandlearning. SINCE ITS inception, participants in Memorial's own initiatives to address specific recommendations," said Mr. Johnson. A video that shines a light on the work completed to date will be launched at a Teaching and Learning retreat on Wednesday, April 30. The video can be viewed online at www.mun.ca/teachingandlearning and demonstrates the diverse involvement of people, faculties and departments. "We remain committed to supporting teaching and learning at Memorial and value the individuals who've helped develop the framework and continue to provide guidance to address the recommendations of the framework," said Dr. David Wardlaw, provost and vice-president (academic). "We've recently announced Vice-Presidents Council funding of $1.2 million for this framework to support ongoing and future work across the university. (See related story on page 1.) I am confident future plans will be Teaching and Learning Framework have proudly established an approach to support learners and educators that fosters a sense of community. This week, the framework's community of dedicated educators, students and staff will recognize and celebrate three years of achievements since the framework was formally adopted in May 2011. "The initial response to the recommendations of the Teaching and Learning Framework focused on developing programs and initiatives to support vulnerable students, providing teaching support for educators, improving classrooms and gathering spaces, and recognizing and encouraging excellence in teaching and learning," said Dr. Doreen Neville, who with Albert Johnson is co-lead of the Teaching and Learning Framework. First Memorial ECMA School of Music composition professor wins for Lamentations By Janet Harron A PROFESSOR of composition recently achieved a who have made a longtime contribution to the Atlantic music industry." Duane Andrews and Craig Young won in the Traditional Instrumental Recording of the Year category. Mr. Andrews studied composition with Dr. Ross for a short period in the 1990s. "I see this award as one more validation of the work that all of my colleagues at the School of Music do," said Dr. Ross. "The award was given to an individual, but as a composer, I would have no public voice without the support of my performance colleagues. In this case, I am directly indebted to Dr. Vernon Regehr for the soulful and virtuosic performance of Lamentations on his CD, but I am indirectly indebted to all my colleagues for performing my compositions so beautifully over the years; a lot of what I have learned about composing I learned through these interactions. I am also indebted to my students, because teaching them has caused me to examine and challenge my own approaches to composition over the years." He hopes that the ECMA awards, being well regarded milestone for Memorial's School of Music – its first East Coast Music Award (ECMA). According to Dr. Trevor Ross, his winning composition, Lamentations, is loosely based on the Old Testament book of the same name (Eichah in the Torah). The writer of Lamentations is Jeremiah, in anguish over the complete destruction of Jerusalem, including its temple and most of its inhabitants, in 586 B.C. (about 3176 in the Hebrew calendar). "I was moved both by the poetry and by contemporary events in the Middle East to compose a setting for solo cello for my friend and former colleague, Thomas Loewenheim," said Dr. Ross, who composed the piece in the fall of 2012. Lamentations was recorded by the School of Music's Dr. Vernon Regehr on his 2012 CD, Full Spectrum. Dr. Regehr's recording can be heard at www.clarkross.ca. Incidentally, all three 2014 ECMA winners from Newfoundland and Labrador have ties to the School of Music. Kellie Walsh, a School of Music alumna, received one of five Stompin' Tom Connors Awards for "those JENNIFER PORTER PHOTO by young musicians, might help attract students to the School of Music and make them more aware of contemporary classical music composition. "Beyond that, it would be great if this was to lead to further performances, recordings and commissions of my music, but these things usually result from self-directed efforts on my part. I guess time will tell." Dr. Trevor Ross 5 Gazette | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 www.mun.ca/gazette Relationship toolkit Nursing instructor using role-play to build therapeutic rapport By Marcia Porter DR. CAROLINE PORR is baby-sized mannequin, from the nursing skills lab. "The public health nurses were astounded by the simulation experience, and gave comments like, 'Wow, I really believed that the standardized patient was a young mother who was on the defensive, and was angry. That was extremely challenging,'" said Dr. Porr. determined not to let her PhD research collect dust on a shelf in her office. So the assistant professor at Memorial's School of Nursing has put it into a toolbox – one she can easily carry to workshops. The tools inside aren't hammers or saws, but are durable enough for Dr. Porr's purposes when she works with groups, such as public health nurses. "My relationship-building workshops with public health nurses validate their tremendous contributions and relational practice," she said. "They have high levels of social intelligence competencies." As a PhD student, Dr. Porr focussed on developing a model of relationship-building that she calls "targeting essence." It's a method of connecting with people that gets to the essential concern foremost in the heart and mind of the client, which becomes the basis of the therapeutic relationship. Public health nurses work with clients from all walks of life and have a narrow window of opportunity to establish therapeutic rapport. The quality of the relationship between a public health nurse and a young mother, for example, has been shown to influence the quality of the relationship she in turn has with her child. Some of Dr. Porr's workshops involve simulated nurse-client Patient interactions (SP) Program with standardized patients from the Standardized at Memorial's Faculty of Medicine. Participants take on the role of a single mother caring for a "baby," in reality a "The public health nurses were astounded by the simulation experience." "I think it is important that I translate my research findings by publicly engaging with the frontline practitioners," said Dr. Porr. "Workshops are a perfect forum, and we need to actively engage as faculty members of the School of Nursing with frontline health-care professionals to ensure our research project findings are well disseminated, so that research goals are filling practice gaps, in this case advancing practitioner competencies." To date Dr. Porr has given five workshops to Eastern Health public health nurses. Later this June she'll take to the road again, holding sessions in Holyrood and Clarenville. From left are PhD student Yue (Toby) Ma and Dr. Christopher Kovacs. Got calcium? What researchers can learn from pregnant and breastfeeding women By Virginia Middleton FACEFORWARD A PICTURE OF HEALTH A MEMBER OF the Faculty of per year are considered rapid in women after menopause." After weaning the baby, bone that was lost is completely restored to the mother's skeleton, says Dr. Kovacs. This recovery is especially remarkable considering that the skeleton normally has partial and slow recovery after other causes of bone loss. "The bone formation rates after breastfeeding far exceed what current treatments for osteoporosis can accomplish." Dr. Kovacs said his research is aimed at understanding how the skeleton restores itself so quickly and readily after lactation because this knowledge might lead to new ways to build bone in people with osteoporosis or other skeletal problems. "In adults bone metabolism is regulated by several key hormones: parathyroid hormone, vitamin D (calcitriol), calci- Medicine is studying how rapidly a woman's body adapts to the changes in calcium absorption and bone metabolism necessary during pregnancy, lactation (breastfeeding) recovery. and post-weaning "Bone formation rates after breastfeeding far exceed what current treatments for osteoporosis can accomplish." Dr. Christopher Kovacs, professor of medicine (endocrinology), says that during pregnancy and lactation, women lose calcium from their bodies and are therefore encouraged to consume more calcium in order to provide for the needs of the growing fetus. "Pregnant women will meet this demand for calcium by doubling the rate of absorption of calcium by the intestines and breaking down a small amount of bone," he said. "In contrast, during six months of CHRIS HAMMOND PHOTO tonin (a thyroid hormone), and the sex steroids," Dr. Kovacs said. "Many of the available treatments for osteoporosis are based on these hormones. But we now know that these hormones aren't required to restore the skeleton after lactation, which tells us that unknown factors must be regulating the skeleton during and after breastfeeding – factors that we intend to identify through this research." Dr. Kovacs recently received a five-year renewal of his operating grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The renewal signifies more than 20 consecutive years of funding for Dr. Kovacs by the Medical Research Council/ CIHR since he started his independent research career at Memorial. breastfeeding, women provide calcium largely by losing five to 10 per cent of the amount of bone in the skeleton -- teen moms may lose up to 15 per cent. The rate of bone loss during six months of lactation is extremely fast when it is considered that losses of more than one per cent Nursing instructor Dr. Caroline Poor uses a well-stocked toolkit to help illustrate her research when leading workshops. Gazette | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 6 www.mun.ca/gazette HSIMS PHOTO On the hunt By Susan White-MacPherson Business student seeks world powerlifting title A MEMORIAL business student is on the hunt for multiple world records at the world powerlifting championships next month in South Africa. Josh Hancott, 20, won the Canadian Powerlifting Union junior national championship in the 74-kilogram weight class in March in Ontario. He won the title with a combined score of 1,457. "I felt good," said Mr. Hancott, who is from St. John's. "I was definitely pleased because I beat the silver medalist by almost 200 pounds." Mr. Hancott is a third-year student in Memorial's bachelor of business administration program. He'll compete at the world championship in Johannesburg, South Africa, in June, where he hopes to bring home the title. "I have a good chance of at least coming in the top three Mr. Hancott set an unofficial world record in the squat at nationals with a personal best lift of 553 pounds, despite battling food poisoning throughout the competition. "That's why I was pleased with what I did because I was sick and still ended up pulling through. I've trained so hard for it and it means a lot to me so I wasn't just going to give up, even though part of me wanted to because I was so sick." Mr. Hancott is ranked in the top two going into worlds but is confident there's still room for improvement. He hopes to make that world record official in the squat and to better his lifts in the deadlift and bench press, which were 573 and 331 pounds respectively at nationals. "If I do the exact same number [in the squat] in June when I go to worlds, it'll count as a world record," he said. He also has a chance at the records in the deadlift, which is currently at 597 pounds, and combined score. "The world record total is 1,480 so I'm hoping to hit over that." Mr. Hancott is doing some local fundraising to help with the associated costs of the trip and plans to hold an event at Quidi Vidi Brewery in St. John's on May 22. SUBMITTED PHOTO but my goal is to be the best," he said. Josh Hancott set an unofficial world squat record at the national powerlifting championships in March. Mosquito researchers bite back Unique workshop prepares team to identify species posing health risk By Kelly Foss identification program for the last 14 years, first to local groups and individuals tasked with mosquito control and later to public health officials and researchers from around the world. "Taxonomy is important because some viruses can be in dozens of different species, and some are intimately connected to one species in particular," said Dr. Chapman. "The communities of mosquitos we have in Newfoundland presently can also impact how likely something carrying disease can invade from outside of the province and persist here." Being able to identify mosquitos, and discover their IN NEWFOUNDLAND and Labrador the mosquito is considered by most to be little more than a nuisance – an itchy annoyance to be squished, if caught in close quarters, but otherwise ignored. Researchers at Memorial, however, are educating themselves to be able to identify the large variety of species of mosquito in the province. The goal is to be better prepared to recognize the potential health risks they can pose through mosquito-borne diseases such as equine and human encephalitis and West Nile virus. "The island of Newfoundland has simple insect life, as far as variety goes, from what we find on the mainland or in Europe, but it's still quite complicated," said Dr. Tom Chapman, Department of Biology. "Previously we had been mostly self-taught on the taxonomy of the different species of mosquito and were able to identify some of the more than 30 types we think are in the province." To broaden their taxonomic understanding, last uate students, Andrew Chaulk and Kate Bassett, participated in a Mosquito Identification and Certification Workshop offered by the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory in Vero Beach, the only such program of its kind in the world. "In the 1950s, Florida went to war against the mosquito," said Dr. Chapman. "I think a lot of the early people who were involved in this program had just come back from the Second World War and these decommissioned officers went after those mosquitos like it was an invasion of France. Even now the state spends over $110 million a year on mosquito control." The university has been offering the accredited SUBMITTED PHOTO local habitats, is vital to understanding the potential risks that can arise from their presence. Currently, not a lot is known about mosquitos in Newfoundland and Labrador. The challenge of learning how to distinguish between the varieties of mosquito was no easy task, considering there are entire textbooks on the subject. The course was two weeks long, eight hours a day in class plus study time – a total of 10 hours a day spent mastering the information. "It was just horrible," said Dr. Chapman, with a laugh. "There are over 240 hairs on the body of a mosquito larvae and the relative sizes, positions and shapes of these individual hairs were different depending on which species you were identifying." Having completed the course, the trio is now considering new areas of research focusing on the mosquito. "This course has given me a taxonomic foundation for building much more important research programs," said Dr. Chapman. "Coming out of this workshop we also have a new collaboration with a taxonomic expert who will send us specimens for molecular sequencing and we'll send her some to confirm our identifications." The team has not previously been able to identify species at the larval stage, adult mosquitoes had to be reared up first. The next stage will see the researchers identify some and preserve them on microscope slides in order to have a permanent library on hand as a reference. month Dr. Chapman and two of his entomology grad- Biology student Andrew Chalk collects mosquito larvae in Vero Beach, Fla. Gazette | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 7 www.mun.ca/gazette End of an era By Janet Harron Maritime history journal concludes 25-year run with Memorial AFTER 25 YEARS, the International an international publication." History professor Dr. Lewis (Skip) Fischer has been editor-in-chief of the IJMH for the entirety of its 25-year run at Memorial and co-founded the publication with the late Prof. Helge Nordvik of the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. "Over the years we have been approached by a number of commercial publishers and university presses to publish the IJMH and its sister publication, Research in Maritime History," said Dr. Fischer. "Since I am close to retirement, and the editorial office is moving to the University of Hull, this seemed like the right time to make this deal. I think that the move to publication by SAGE – and to the Liverpool University Press for Research in Maritime History – is a positive development and a testament to the impact of the IJMH." Many Memorial historians have contributed to the journal over the years, including Dr. Olaf Janzen, chair of historical studies at Grenfell Campus, who served as book review editor for 14 years. History professor Valerie Burton was the journal's first book review editor and also served as editor for a time. "International was by no means an accidental tag for this journal," said Professor Burton. "It enabled maritime history at Memorial to spread globally. It should be celebrated as a considerable publishing achievement in print media. I think enormous credit falls to Skip Fischer and Maggie Hennessey for the extent of what they brought to print and distributed to maritime historians across the world during the past 25 years." Pictured at luncheon presentation at R. Gushue Hall, Memorial University of 2012/2013 Seventeenth Annual Legal Research Awards are, standing (l-r): Justin S.C. Mellor, LL.M., member, Selection Committee, Aubrey L. Bonnell, Q.C., Chair, Law Foundation, Dr. Susan Dyer Knight, Chancellor, Memorial University, Dr. Gary Kachanoski, President and Vice-Chancellor, Memorial University, The Hon. David B. Orsborn, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, Trial Division, The Hon. D. Mark Pike, Chief Judge, Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, and William J. Janes, Chief of Police, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary; seated (l-r): Melissa Jefford, Victoria Young, Alex Marshall and Scott Loranger, Awards recipients. Christopher P. Curran, Q.C., Chair, and Dr. John A. Scott, Professor, are the other members of the Legal Research Awards Selection Committee. The 2012/2013 Legal Research Awards recipients, in alphabetical order by Department with all awards having equal standing, are: SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES PAPER: Melissa Jefford, Department of Political Science Title: The Supremacy of the Courts: How Judges Dictate Morality for Canadians on the Basis of Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms Course: Political Science 6700 Lecturer: Dr. Scott Matthews Journal of Maritime History (IJMH) is ceasing its association with Maritime History Publications, situated in the Henrietta Harvey building on Memorial's St. John's campus. In a new arrangement with SAGE Publications – the world's fifth largest journal publisher – the previously biannual printed publication will be available as an online quarterly. The editorial office will move from its current location to the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. Recently ranked by the European Science Foundation in the top seven per cent of all scholarly journals published worldwide, the IJMH addresses the maritime dimensions of economic, social, cultural and environmental history and publishes studies of a multidisciplinary nature on a broad range of maritime historical themes, including shipping, shipbuilding, seafaring, ports, resorts and other coastal communities, sea-borne trade, fishing, environment and the culture of the sea. Maggie Hennessey, the longtime managing editor of the IJMH, recently received the last shipment of journals from the printer. She is preparing to retire after 38 years with Memorial, two-thirds of that time in service of the journal. "To have published an international scholarly journal for 25 years from Memorial University was quite a feat in itself," said Ms. Hennessey, who travelled to 11 countries as part of her editorial duties. "We published articles by scholars from more than 60 countries over the past quarter century. The IJMH was truly LAW FOUNDATION 2012/2013 LEGAL RESEARCH AWARDS FOR STUDENTS OF MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY Con't from ACTIONS on page 1 The VPC also approved general guidelines for the deployment and reporting requirements for framework funding. The next step is for each home portfolio to develop a plan for deployment of funding in support of framework recommendations and objectives in a manner that is sustainable, effective and engages the Memorial community. Questions can be directed to the applicable home portfolio at email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com. UNDERGRADUATE PAPERS: Lucas Hillier, Department of Law and Society Title: The Status of Organized Crime in Canadian Law Course: Law and Society 3400 Lecturer: Dr. Albert Jones James Parsons, Department of Law and Society Title: R. v. Sinclair: Modifying Civil Liberties? Course: Law and Society 4000 Lecturer: Dr. John Hoben Victoria Young, Department of Law and Society Title: Transnational Environmental Crime: An Analysis of the Structures and Individuals that Facilitate Environmental Crime in Canada and Abroad Course: Law and Society 3400 Lecturer: Dr. Albert Jones Brian Henwood, Department of Political Science Title: Maritime Piracy and International Law: The Case of Ambiguity Hiding Prosecutorial Inaction Course: Political Science 3210 Lecturer: Francis P. O'Brien, LL.M. Scott Loranger, Department of Political Science Title: International Law and the Use of Force Course: Political Science 3210 Lecturer: Francis P. O'Brien, LL.M. Alex Marshall, Department of Political Science Title: Self-Determination and International Law Course: Political Science 3210 Lecturer: Francis P. O'Brien, LL.M. Queen Elizabeth II Library received $500.00 from the Law Foundation for the purchase of research materials and resources. Total Awards $4,000.00 The current 2013/2014 Eighteenth Annual Legal Research Awards Competition (three semesters: Spring/Summer, Fall, 2013, Winter, 2014) deadline for submittal by University Departments of students' legal research papers is May 20, 2014. WWW.MUN.CA/GAZETTE VISIT US ONLINE Further information is available from: Law Foundation, 49-55 Elizabeth Avenue, P.O. Box 5907, St. John's, NL A1C 5X4 Telephone (709) 754-4424, Fax 754-4320, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, Website: www.lawfoundationnl.com. The Law Foundation, established in February, 1980, provides grants to advance public understanding of the law and access to legal services. Its objects for funding are legal education, legal research, law reform, legal aid, legal referral service, law libraries and law scholarships. Gazette | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 8 www.mun.ca/gazette From the kitchen table to Carnegie Hall By Kristine Power In honour of the CD's recent U.K. release, Duo Concertante have embarked on an extensive tour that will take them across Europe. Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano was recorded at the Glenn Gould studio in Toronto during THE MUSICALLY acclaimed Duo Concertante the course of a year. The set has 275 minutes of music and includes all 10 of Beethoven's sonatas; it is an arduous work of love, almost like the musical equivalent of climbing Mount Everest. The couple says their pursuit of classical music excellence is rooted in many years of performing the pieces, for themselves and for numerous audiences. Only then did they feel they could take on such a project. "You have to know the compositions very well before you feel you have a right to record them," Ms. Dahn said. "We have been touring and playing these pieces for years…of course, there is a lot of pressure to have a really great moment while you are recording…in reality it is just where you are at that point in your life. You do the best you can and that's all you can do." The duo has already received the Touring Performers Award from Contact East in 2010 and won a Juno the following year. life, and taking their music on the road is an important part of the family's adventures. Their two children often go along. "The kids love coming on the tours," said Mr. Steeves. "We rent a car and drive all over." "And the kids turn pages during performances!" said Ms. Dahn. IVAN OTIS PHOTO is real-life couple Nancy Dahn and Tim Steeves of Memorial's School of Music. Together, they have an easy and engaging banter and a knack for finishing each other's thoughts mid-sentence – a habit honed over the 17 years they have known each other as performers, and as husband and wife. "The music part always just clicked, and then we sort of fell in love through that whole thing," said Ms. Dahn, who plays violin. "Our foundation is pretty solid on the musical side. The hard rocky parts of being parents and having a marriage, well, we are just like any normal couple in that way, but it never really seems to shake up our musical duo." "I don't think the marriage and the parenthood are separate from the music, it is really intertwined in this way we don't think too much about," interjected Mr. Steeves, whose instrument is piano. This seemingly effortless sense of each other is evident in their musical relationship. Classical music reviewer Anthony Kershaw described their most recent epic three-disc release, Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano, as "…natural music-making in a natural space." Other common adjectives used to describe the release include "technically superb," "impressively executed" and "powerfully charged." But the music always strikes a balance with family From left are Nancy Dahn and Tim Steeves of Duo Concertante. ASSOCIATE DEAN OF SCIENCE Undergraduate Studies and Administration RETIRED but (re)wired? Do you know Memorial retirees who have been re-energized in retirement, who are amazing in their energetic enthusiasm for volunteerism or for continued research or for generously sharing their knowledge and skills? Then write an award nomination, right now! The Board of Directors of Memorial University Pensioners' Association (MUNPA) invites you to nominate an individual for a 2014 MUNPA Tribute Award. These awards recognize the ongoing important contributions of Memorial's retirees to the University or the community. They celebrate significant postretirement service and achievement by retired faculty and staff. The service may be voluntary or remunerated, in any of the following categories: • Service to the University • Service to the community (provincial, national, international) • Significant achievements in other areas that exemplify the ongoing contribution of the nominee Retirees, whether faculty or staff, with not fewer than 5 years of continuous employment service with Memorial are eligible for nomination. A nomination must include the support of two MUNPA members, but others are welcome to participate. The nomination form is available on the MUNPA webpage at www.mun.ca/munpa or it may be requested from the MUNPA office by calling 864-6979 or by sending an e-mail to email@example.com. Other inquiries about the award process may be directed to Maureen Dunne, Chair of the 2014 Tribute Awards Committee, at email@example.com. Applications and nominations for this position are invited from full-time members of the Faculty of Science at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. Applicants should have a keen interest in all aspects of undergraduate teaching. Administrative experience, while not essential, would also be an asset. The ability and desire to deal with student-centred matters and to communicate in a vigorous and effective manner a vision for the best possible student academic experience are necessary attributes. The appointee will be a member of a team located in the Office of the Dean that is responsible for the overall academic, personnel and financial management of the Faculty of Science. The appointee will assist the Dean of Science by: a) developing and implementing broad Faculty policies for the encouragement and support of undergraduate academic programs; b) conducting and supervising routine administration activities of the Faculty of Science; c) participating in the development and implementation of strategic, financial and other plans for the Faculty particularly those pertaining to infrastructure and enrolment; d) representing the Faculty and Dean inside and outside the University; e) facilitating negotiations with Department Heads for potential new hires; f) establishing faculty level award and selection committees; g) acting in place of the Dean when so delegated. The appointment will commence September 1, 2014. It will be for a three-year term renewable and will permit the appointee to continue research and teaching by mutual agreement. Applications and nominations (including curriculum vitae, indication of a willingness to serve and names of at least two referees) should be submitted no later than Friday, May 16, to: The Chair Associate Dean of Science Search Advisory Committee c/o Ms. Mary Wall Office of the Dean of Science The deadline for submission of nominations is June 30, 2014. Gazette | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 9 www.mun.ca/gazette Turning the tide HIV conference to address new research, build awareness of associated risks By Heidi Wicks ATIPPA REVIEW SEEKS EXPRESSIONS OF PUBLIC INTEREST The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador recently established an independent committee to review the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPPA). From left are Drs. Michael Grant and Debbie Kelly, co-chairs of the 2014 national HIV conference. ALTHOUGH HIV/AIDS is no longer considered a The committee wants to gauge interest from citizens and stakeholders, including the general public, media, politicians, government departments and agencies, business organizations, legal professionals, and people in academia. The committee is considering various ways to encourage public input, including public hearings, written submissions, submissions via Skype and other new technology, and through social media. We encourage interested individuals and groups to contact us at one of the addresses below to indicate your interest in making a presentation, and whether you would wish to do so in writing or orally at a hearing. The committee is interested in receiving your views as to: • ways to make access to information from government and public agencies more user friendly and effective; • protection of personal information of individuals in the possession of government and public agencies; • justifiable exceptions to public access, including for example, those necessary to enable government to protect the public interest in collective bargaining with public employees, to prepare budgets, to promote business and resource development; and disclosure that might harm intergovernmental relations and law enforcement; • procedures for review and addressing complaints related to refusal of access and failure to protect privacy; and • ways of addressing any other access and privacy concerns, including the changes made by Bill 29. At this time we are requesting only that you indicate your interest in making a presentation. Details about when and where you can make your presentation, if you indicate an intention to do so, will be announced by the review committee in coming weeks. Please contact us no later than Monday, May 12, 2014 to indicate your interest in presenting your views. We must know this in order for the committee to make the arrangements necessary to enable you to present your views. You can notify us of your intention by: • E-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com • Ordinary mail at: ATIPPA Review Committee Suite C 83 Thorburn Road St. John's, NL A1B 3M2 Committee Members: Clyde K. Wells – Chair, Jennifer Stoddart – Member, Doug Letto – Member life-threatening illness, public awareness about the associated risks is still vital, if for different reasons. "While the language of cure is being discussed for the first time in the context of HIV, we are still a long way from reaching a cure," said Dr. Debbie Kelly of the School of Pharmacy, who alongside Dr. Michael Grant of the Faculty of Medicine, will co-chair the 23rd Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research from May 1-4 in St. John's. The conference, hosted by the Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR), is the premier gathering in Canada for those working in all disciplines of HIV/AIDS research, as well as policy-makers, individuals living with HIV and others committed to ending the pandemic. The conference theme, Turning the Tide on HIV, addresses new research outcomes, honours new investigators and will discuss some of the wider issues related to HIV/AIDS. There will be a special session on the last day of the conference addressing access to testing and treatment in Newfoundland and Labrador. The session will include the unveiling of key findings from new provincial research conducted by the AIDS Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador (ACNL) on injection drug use and a discussion around local access and barriers to HIV and HCV (hepatitis C) testing. Dr. Kelly has recently been elected for a second term on the board of directors with ACNL, and has recently applied for funding to explore a new way to administer HIV tests in the province. She also hopes to launch a study along with Dr. Shabnam Asghari of the Faculty of Medicine to examine the feasibility of providing rapid, point-of-care testing for HIV. "Currently, people can only be tested for HIV through traditional routes like their family doctors, hospitals, sexual health clinics or an HIV/AIDS clinic. Point-of-care testing would allow such services to be offered through community pharmacies and ACNL's Safe Works Access Program, which handles a needle distribution service and provides harm-reduction education." Dr. Kelly believes community-based testing will likely benefit people who otherwise encounter barriers to health care. "Some patients might not have a family doctor, or they may lack the transportation required to access a testing facility. So we're really hoping to be able to overcome some of those barriers and make testing more accessible to the public." The CAHR national conference takes place May 1-4 at the Delta Hotel in St. John's. Follow the School of Pharmacy @ schoolofpharm, CAHR @cahr_acrv, and the official conference hashtag #CAHR2014 for conference updates. Voting now opening for alumni representatives By Jeff Green minimum of one vote for a single candidate to complete a ballot. Biographies and photos of each of the nominees are available online at www.munalum.ca. To vote, alumni must login using their student number or the number that appears on the address label of their winter 2014 issue of Luminus magazine. Paper, VOTING FOR ALUMNI representatives on mail-in ballots are also available upon request by calling Alumni Affairs and Development at 1-877-700-4081 or 709-864-4354. Election results for all candidates will be tabulated under the direction of the chief returning officer and posted to www.munalum.ca on at a date to be determined following the close of voting on May 23. Alumni representatives are elected for a three-year term, commencing Sept. 1. the Board of Regents opened this week with a record number of candidates putting their names forward. A total of 40 graduates are vying for six available alumni positions on the Board of Regents, the governing body of the university. Voting opened April 28 and closes on May 23. Alumni may submit one vote each for up to six of the 40 candidates but are only required to submit a Gazette | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 10 www.mun.ca/gazette OUTANDABOUT For more on these events and other news at Memorial, please visit www.today.mun.ca Wednesday, April 30 Innovations in Teaching and Learning with Ken Steele, 9-10:30 a.m., IIC-2001, Sponsor: Teaching and Learning Framework Maladaptive Coping Strategies in Health Professional Students Dealing with Stress, 1-3 p.m., IIC-2014, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies Envelope and Viral Determinants Required for Efficient Elimination of HIV-1-infected Cells, 10-11 a.m., Health Sciences Centre, Theatre H (Pharmacy-3446), Sponsor: BioMedical Sciences Ryan Snoddon Hosts Extreme Obsession: Our Love/Hate Relationship with the Weather, 7:30-10 p.m., IIC-2001, Sponsor: Alumni Affairs and Development, Johnson Insurance Understanding Financial Statements, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., BN-4019, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre Desire2Learn Drop-In Clinic, 9:30-11:30 a.m., ED-2030B, Sponsor: DELTS Desire2Learn Drop-In Clinic, 12:30-2 p.m., ED-2030B, Sponsor: DELTS CHRIS HAMMOND PHOTO HIGH NOTE Thursday, May 1 Privacy: It's Your Business, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., BN-4019, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre Botanical Garden Opening for the Season, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden Kant and the Enlightenment, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., A-1046, Sponsor: Department of Philosophy MUN Opera, in collaboration with Cantus Vocum Chamber Choir, presented Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell March 22-23 in the D.F. Cook Recital Hall, School of Music. Pictured from left are students Caroline Whalen and Amy Grainger. Garden, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden, Multi-materials Stewardship Board Computer Science Battery Facility Consultation, 9-11 a.m., A-1043, Sponsor: Public Engagement at Memorial Saturday, May 10 Get Hired! Career Skills Workshop for New Graduates and Friday, May 16 Desire2Learn Drop-In Clinic, 9:30-11:30 a.m., ED-2030B, Sponsor: DELTS Desire2Learn Drop-In Clinic, 12:30-2 p.m., ED-2030B, Sponsor: DELTS Emergency Preparedness Fair, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., The Landing, UC-3018, and The Loft, UC-3013, Sponsor: Office of Emergency Management Friday, May 2 Information Session on the Research Data Centre (RDC) Program, 1:30-2:30 p.m., room 5017A, QEII Library, Sponsor: QEII Library Alumni, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., UC-4002, Sponsor: Career Development and Experiential Learning, Alumni Affairs and Development Sunday, May 11 International Compost Awareness Week at the Botanical Garden, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden, Multi-materials Stewardship Board Saturday, May 3 Let's Talk Science, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Avalon Mall, Gap court, Sponsor: Let's Talk Science Tuesday, May 20 Monday, May 12 Project Auditing, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., BN-4019, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre Superwomen: Amazing Female Leaders Share Their Success Stories, 5:30-9 p.m., R. Gushue Hall, Jr. Common Room, Sponsor: Alumni Affairs and Development, NLOWE The Genetic Aetiology of Otosclerosis in the Population of Newfoundland and Labrador, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., IIC-2014, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies Monday, May 5 A Habermasian Perspective on Morally Valid Decision Making in School-District Administration, 1-3 p.m., IIC-2014, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies Desire2Learn Drop-In Clinic, 9:30-11:30 a.m., ED-2030B, Sponsor: DELTS Desire2Learn Drop-In Clinic, 12:30-2 p.m., ED-2030B, Sponsor: DELTS International Compost Awareness Week at the Botanical Garden, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden, Multi-materials Stewardship Board Tuesday, May 13 An Introduction to Graduate Studies at Memorial University, 3-4 p.m., online webinar, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies ARTS on Violence presents Towards Collective Liberation: Anti-Racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis and Movement Building Strategy, 6-8 p.m., The Rocket Room, 272 Water St., Sponsor: Faculty of Arts ARTS on Violence presents Activist Chronicles: Stories from the Field, 8-10 p.m., The Rocket Room, 272 Water St., Sponsor: Faculty of Arts Wednesday, May 21 Royal Society of Canada New Fellow Lecture Series: Dr. Peter Pope, 7:30-9 p.m., PE-2001, Sponsor: Faculty of Arts An Afternoon in the Garden, 2-3 p.m., 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden Tuesday, May 6 International Compost Awareness Week at the Botanical Garden, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden, Multi-materials Stewardship Board Tool Tuesdays, 2-3 p.m., 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden CLASSIFIED For rent One bedroom furnished apartment, five minutes walk to MUN. 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Wednesday, May 14 ARTS on Violence presents Violent Measures: When are they Justified?, 1-5 p.m., The Landing, University Centre, Sponsor: Faculty of Arts Fostering Respect and Dignity in the Workplace, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., BN-4019, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre An Afternoon in the Garden, 2-3 p.m., 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden The Ferryland District in the First Half of the 19th Century, 8-9:30 p.m., Hampton Hall, Marine Institute, Sponsor: Wessex Society Alumni Job Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Easter Seals, 206 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: Career Development and Experiential Learning Wednesday, May 7 Making the Most of your Fellowship Budget — For All Graduate Officers, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., IIC-2014, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies Desire2Learn Drop-In Clinic, 9:30-11:30 a.m., ED-2030B, Sponsor: DELTS Desire2Learn Drop-In Clinic, 12:30-2 p.m., ED-2030B, Sponsor: DELTS International Compost Awareness Week at the Botanical Garden, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden, Multi-materials Stewardship Board An Afternoon in the Garden, 2-3 p.m., 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden Thursday, May 8 Partners Celebration, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland, St. John's, Sponsor: Faculty of Business Administration International Compost Awareness Week at the Botanical Garden, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 306 Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden, Multi-materials Stewardship Board Thursday, May 15 Improvements in Design and Fitness Evaluation of Above Ground Steel Storage Tanks, 1:303:30 p.m., IIC-2014, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies Gambling, Computational Friday, May 9 Nanostructure and Nanomechanics of Collagen Self-Assemblies, 1-3 p.m., IIC-2014, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies International Compost Awareness Week at the Botanical Information and Encryption Security, 1-2 p.m., EN-2022, Sponsor: Department of Gazette | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 11 www.mun.ca/gazette 'I belong here' By Marcia Porter Nursing student named volunteer of the year A NURSING student, imminent I began to volunteer for any and every opportunity that came my way." She was a busy volunteer on campus, working at student orientation events, I Love MUNdays, as a Memorial mentor with International Student Advising and as a Memorial ambassador for special events on- and off-campus. She also served on various committees such as residence council, and with the student union. Ms. Kozhani earned three SVB awards for her many hours of volunteering, and for completing a number of professional and personal development seminars. "I've only been volunteering for the past year, and now I am more of a leader, a better communicator, more outgoing, and more courageous," she said. "Volunteering allows you to be part of a community and it gives you a sense of belonging. "St. John's and Memorial have become home for me since I started volunteering," said Ms. Kozhani, who settled in Halifax, N.S., with her family after fleeing Kosovo as a refugee in the 1990s. "I feel like I belong here. I am happier, and I've never felt more alive." ANDREW DEROCHE PHOTO graduate and native of war-torn Kosovo was named the 2014 Student Volunteer of the Year during the recent 28th Annual Memorial Volunteer Day Awards. "When I found out that I was the recipient of this award, I was in shock," said Elbonita Kozhani. "I was so honoured to have been nominated and to be honest, I didn't even know this award existed until this semester. I feel truly blessed to have been recognized." The Student Volunteer Bureau (SVB) hosts the yearly ceremony, calling it one of its most important recognition events. The Student Volunteer of the Year award is presented to a student who has made exceptional contributions to the Memorial community, locally, provincially or globally, through their volunteer efforts during the past year. Reflecting on her time at Memorial, Ms. Kozhani says she focused on her academic and clinical work during her first couple of years in her bachelor of nursing program. "But I realized that I wanted more out of my university career than just a degree. I wanted a sense of self-fulfillment, to feel like I have made a difference in my community. And this is why Student Volunteer of the Year Elbonita Kozhani with President Kachanoski. International guidebook on rural medical education launched By Virginia Middleton WHOM WILL YOU ? E T A N I M NO PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR EXEMPLARY SERVICE NOMINATION DEADLINE MAY 15 FACEFORWARD A PICTURE OF HEALTH AN ELECTRONIC textbook on rural medical education that's been six years in the making was recently launched by the World Organization of Family doctors (WONCA) during the 12th World Rural Health Conference, with help from Memorial's Faculty of Medicine. The conference took place in Gramado, Brazil. "This is a truly historic global step forward for rural medicine and one in which Memorial's Faculty of Medicine has played a key role," said Dr. James Rourke, dean, Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Rourke has been deeply involved in developing the Rural Medical Education Guidebook from the initial idea through all the steps and work along the six-year journey. He is one of five editors of the guidebook; he noted that the Faculty of Medicine has contributed organizational and financial support that has made this project possible. "This electronic book, now available online, will be an important resource for the education of doctors for rural communities around the world," said Dr. and Technical Support for Rural Medical Educators, Undergraduate Medical Education, and Postgraduate Medical Education. In total the guidebook contains 71 chapters by 74 international experts. Dr. James Rourke is one of four authors who wrote the overview chapter, What Brings us Together: The Values and Principles of Rural Medical Education. He and Dr. Leslie Rourke, professor of family medicine, also co-authored the article Boundaries and Balance: Managing Relationships in Rural Practice. Other authors affiliated with Memorial who have written chapters are Dr. Michael Jong, professor of family medicine, Labrador Health Centre, Happy ValleyGoose Bay; Dr. Wendy Graham, associate professor of family medicine, Dr. Charles L. LeGrow Health Centre in Port aux Basques, Dr. Conleth O'Maonaigh, associate professor (emergency medicine); and Dr. G. William N. Fitzgerald, clinical professor of surgery and surgeon-in-chief with Grenfell Regional Health Services in St. Anthony. The Rural Medical Education Guidebook is available online at www. g l o b a l f a m i l y d o c t o r . c o m /g r o u p s / Work ingPar ties/RuralPractice/r uralguidebook.aspx. THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR EXEMPLARY SERVICE gives a tip of the hat to those people who are among the most commendable members of the Memorial community. Nominate the exceptional people you know today. mun.ca/president/home/awards.php Rourke. The guidebook is divided into five themes: Framing and Resourcing of Rural Medical Education and Practice; Medical Education in Rural Settings; Professional Gazette | Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12 www.mun.ca/gazette


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