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Some 3,200 students will graduate with degrees, diplomas and cer

tificates and 11 distingiµshed people will receive honorary doctorates at

five convocation ceremonies to be held at Place des Arts this month.

On Thursday, June 12, at 10 a.m., at the convocation for the Faculty of

Commerce and Administration,

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Budget 1997-98

A deficit and the loss of several

positions are part of next

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doctorates will.be presented to Pierre Jeanniot, O.C., head of the Interna

tional Air Transport Association,

who will be the speaker, and Jean Pouliot, O.C., founder of Television Qiiatre-Saisons.

On Friday, June 13, at 9:30 a.m. (not 10 a.m., as reported in CTR's

May 22 issue), the first Arts and Sci-

ence convocation will honour Father EmmettJohns, an alumnus and well

known advocate for young street people, and jurist/activist Esmeralda Thornhill, who will be the speaker.

In the afternoon of June 13, the second Arts and Sciences convoca

tion will honour gun-control activists

Heidi Rathjen and Wendy Cukier,

who will both speak, and Elisabeth

Mann Borgese, O.C., an academic and environmentalist.

On Tuesday, June 17, the morn

ing convocation for the Faculty of

Engineering and Computer Science,

will honour Morrel Bachy1_1ski, a pioneer in communications technol

ogy, and Roland Dore, O.C., former

Montreal-born pianist is an unofficial Canadian ambassador

head of the Canadian Space Agency,

who will be the speaker. The Fme Arts convocation will be

held the afternoon of J~ne 17, and will honour choreographer Jeanne Renaud and film theorist Annette Michelson, who will speak.

For more about the honorees, see ·

pages 7, 8 and 9.

Oscar Peterson to be avvarded Loyola Medal BY BARBARA BLACK

Montreal's gift to the world of jazz, Oscar E. Peterson, C.C.,

will be presented with the 1997 Loyola Medal at a reception at the Loyola Concert Hall on June 17.

Peterson, with his long international career and involvement across an astonishing span of countries and causes, has become an unofficial Canadian ambassador.

He was born in 1925 into a musical family of immigrants from the British West Indies and the Virgin Islands. He showed promise right away, taking trumpet lessons from his father, and then piano lessons, first from his sister Daisy, and then from Paul deMarky.

Before he was out of his teens, he was playing on national radio and in the best clubs in Montreal. In 1947, an impresario heard him playing with his Canadian Trio, and took him to New York's Carnegie Hall, where he was a sensation.

In 1950, he won the prestigious DownBeat Award as best jazz pianist of the year, and he continued to win it for the next 12 years. Peterson toured the world for the next 40 or so years, always giving something of his pride in Canada along with his musical talent.

He has made hundreds of recordings with virtually every major jazz artist, and in his later years, has devoted more and more time to composition. His Hymn to Freedom was one of the anthems of the civil rights movement in the United

States, and he has written music for a wide variety of media, including

/ films, ballet companies, and the 1988 Olympics. .

A deeply private person, he remains a remarkably cosmopolitan artist. For example, he has played the

piano on television with novelist Anthony Burgess, pop-opera composer Andrew Lloyd Weber, and former British prime minister Edward Heath.

Concordia's Loyola Medal will be added to a long list of honours for Peterson, including the Glenn Gould Prize, the Order of Canada, the Order of Qiiebec, the Governor General's Award (for lifetime achievement), honorary doctorates, and a period in which he served as chancellor of York University, in Toronto.

The Loyola Medal is not awarded every year. It was established in 1961 by the Loyola Alumni Association and Loyola College, and since 1989, has been co-sponsored by Concordia University as a tribute to outstanding leadership and achievement in Canada.

The previous recipients were Georges P . Vanier (1963), PaulEmile Cardinal Leger (1967), Jean Drapeau (1968), Arthur Mayne (1969), Bernard Lonergan, S.J. (1971), Therese Casgrain (1974), Hans Selye (1976), Jacques Genest (1978), Maureen Forrester (1979), Donald W . McNaughton (1991) Jean Vanier (1993), and Jean Beliveau (1995).

Move to the Faubourg slated for July 1

Continuing Education gets a new lease Concordia's Centre for Continu

ing Education will move this summer from the aging former Vi!=toria School on de Maisonneuve Blvd. to new quarters in the F aubourg Tower.

Director Richard Diubaldo is delighted with the move to the new building at the corner of Guy and Ste. Catherine Streets. 'We're moving into. the 20th century as well as the 21st," he said with a laugh.

The first floor and most of the second floor are under construction to the unit's specifications. They will include bright, businesslike reception areas, classrooms, offices and wellequipped language and computer labs that contrast favourably with the atmosphere of the present site. The

move is expected to take place July 1, in time for a new semester.

Continuing Education is a modest profit-maker for the University, and one of the most venerable units in the University. One of Concordia's two parent institutions, Sir George Williams University, had its roots in evening classes given by the Young Men's Christian Association early in this century.

Not-for-credit classes Every day, about 1,000 students

take not-for-credit courses in business, computers, English as a second language or tourism. Half of these attend during the day, many of them students from Japan and other countries who have been sent here to learn English. The evening classes

Ma·ir Verthuy named Woman of Distinction Etudes franc;:aises Professor Mair

Verthuy won one of Montreal's highest honours last week when she was given the YWCA's Women of Distinction Award for the Advancement ofWomen.

It was not the first time that her activism has been acknowledged. She has also received the Prix de {Association des proftsseurs de Jranrais des universitis et colleges canadiens from the French Embassy, in Ottawa, and the John O 'Brien Award for Excellence in Teaching, from Concordia.

Two decades ago, she founded one of the first women's studies centres in North America here at Concordia, the Simone de Beauvoir Institute. As John Kalbfleisch noted May 22 in The Gazette, "the Welshborn V erthuy. . . insisted from the outset that it teach in French as well as English."

The Institute was the site of the first Canada-wide symposium on feminist studies, in 1979, and Verthuy has long been in demand as a forceful and passionate speaker, both on women's rights and on French language and literature. She is an

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executive member of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

Religion Professor Norma Baumel Joseph, a longtime advocate for women's rights in the context of Jewish studies and culture, was also a nominee in the Advancement of Women category. There are 10 categories in all, including the arts, sports, communications, education and other fields. Each has a corporate sponsor, but the Advancement of Women category is sponsored directly by the Y.

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lean toward people who are already in mid-career, .and have been attracted to well-focused computer courses.

Since last summer, Continuing Education has been delivering CLASS I, the course offered to Concordia students who want to improve their academic standing. About 500 students took CLASS I last summer, with excellent results, and 600 are expected to take it this summer.

Since the Centre operates throughout the year in four 10-week semesters, it serves about 4,000 students annually. This move to new quarters will increase the Centre's

capacity by about 30 per cent. -BB

Translation can be an agent of change BY ANAND

Translation today is so much more than the rewording of text

- it is also a regulator of cultural traffic, an instrument of political change, a deterrent to cultural assimilation, and a source of empowerment to minority groups.

A conference was held May 22 to 25 by Concordia and the Universite de Montreal, titled Postcolonial Translations: Changing the Terms of Cultural Transmission. It drew theorists and academics from all over the world, who examined not only the translations of the past, done under an "imperialist" agenda, but also such questions as whose interests are served by literary translation.

Etudes franc;:aises Professor Sherry Simon was one of the conference organizers. She said that globalization and increasing cultural exchanges warrant a new look "at the ways in which cultures relate to one another, recognizing their internal differences , and questioning the poles from which and to which cultural products travel."

The contemporary cultures of most countries of Asia, Africa and

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South America have been shaped by their colonial past. As a consequence, their cultural traffic - the movement of books, plays, ideas and languages involved in the dynamics of exchange - bear the scars of that experience.

The keynote speaker was from India, one of the most fertile grounds for translation today. In his address, Harish Trivedi explored the complexities of translation arising from British colonization.

Complex negotiation Rather than characterizing colo

nialism purely in terms of confrontation or influence, Trivedi sees translation as "an interactive, dialogic, two-way process involving complex negotiation and exchange."

Trivedi said, "A language that does not empower and enrich itself through translation will die. That's what's happening to some Indian languages."

English Professor Neil ten Kortenaar, a teacher of post-colonial literature, said he faced the dilemma of choosing truly representative works from a country like India. The choice was between literature written by Indians in English versus literature translated into English from the

Places limited for workshop

A husband-and-wife team based in Maryland will come to Concordia to give an intensive four-day workshop under the auspices of the University's Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies.

Edie and Charlie Seashore, authors of What Did You Say? The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback, will give the sessions from Friday, June 13, to Monday, June 16, at the downtown campus.

native Indian languages.

When the conference changed

venue from the Universite de Mon

treal to Concordia for its second half,

the focus shifted from India to the

rest of the world.

Participants from China, the

Philippines, Europe, Brazil, Canada

and the U.S. looked at which texts

travel and why, who translates and

for whom, the influence of social

movements like feminism, and

translation as a primary activity in

the definition of culture. Others

examined the role of translators as

arhiters of culture and history, from

ancient Greece and The Arabian

Nights to Lord Durham's report on early Canada . . ·

With its motto of official bilin

gualism, Canada has been in the

forefront of translation studies.

Departments at Concordia, McGill,

the Universite de Montreal, the Uni

versite du Qyebec a Trois-Rivieres

and the Universite de Sherbrooke

have been actively contributing to

research in translation methods and

technology, and the study of transla

tion's effect on cultural change.

The workshop, which is titled The Use of Self as Practitioner, would be of value to anyone who is dealing with internal organizational work in the private or not-for-profit sector, including consultants, managers, community workers and academics.

There are only 24 places, and most are already filled. The cost operates on a sliding scale: $1,495 for private industry. and $500 for government agencies and community organizations. For more information, please contact Diane Demers at 848-2273, or demersd@ alcor.concordia.ca

With students' help, the Centre for the Arts in Human Development creates another musical comedy

Fresh air at Loyola with The Winds of Oz

BY RACHEL ALKALLAY

The F.C. Smith Auditorium is alive once again with the sounds

of rehearsal, but with a difference. The cast members are participants in Concordia's Centre for the Arts in Human Development, which works with physically, mentally and emotionally disabled adults through art, drama, dance and music therapy. ~

Director and Theatre Professor i Stephen Snow is kept busy explain- ~

a: ing the story to the actors, patiently i3 .. repeating answers to their questions, ~

and treading a delicate balance ~ between encouraging them to ~

express themselves and keeping them " from becoming over-anxious. ~

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The Winds of Oz follows the suc-cess of a similar production two years ago by Snow and producer Lenore Vosberg called Oh, That Aladdin!

Rehearsals held over seven weeks are preparing the nervous amateur actors for their stage debuts. The cast worked on their text "organically," with the actors improvising their lines as they went along.

Vosberg, a social worker, explained that the project encourages participants to build on their strengths. Linda Gottlieb, who plays Winda, the Wind, was originally fearful, but ended up demanding, "Let me be the cyclone!" "Their enthusiasm is contagious," Vosberg said.

The music was composed by Shel~ ley Huffaker-Snow, and Roger Jay created the lyrics and sound design. Huffaker-Snow, a music therapist, has developed music simple enough for the cast to learn, but melodic enough to give them a sense of

accomplishment. Participants who are reluctant to play lead roles will play the maracas, the chimes and the xylophone.

Sixteen Concordia students in several disciplines worked behind the scenes, doing set design, coaching and appearing on stage as the chorus. "I love the support that develops between the students and the participants," Huffaker-Snow said.

Fifty costumes have been designed and sewn by Lyn Cooke-Hurtubise and a student, and the set design is

by Robert Paquette. Ana Cappelluto of the Theatre Department has contributed the lighting effects.

An art exhibition by the participants, supervised by graduate students in the Art Therapy Program, will be on view in the foyer of the D.B. Clarke Theatre from June 12

to June 15. Anna Barrafato, a Master's stu

dent in Education, observed

rehearsals as part of research for the

Centre, directed by Early Childhood

Associate Professor Miranda

d'Amico. The Centre also works

with schoolchildren to improve atti

tudes towards the handicapped. Par

tially as a result of the Centre's work,

Concordia is the first institution in

Canada-to offer a Master's degree in

Drama Therapy.

The Winds of Oz, A New Musical Play Based on the Marvelous Adventures in the Land of Oz, wiff be shown at the D.B. Clarke Theatre for two performances only, on Saturday, June 14, at 8 p.m. and on Sunday,]une 15, at 2 p.m. Ticket reservations can be made by caffing 848-4742.


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Concordia faculty, staff and alumni/12 pop up in the media more often than you might think!

An article in the Toronto Sun on "How addiction works " focused on the fact that in 1975, Concordia psychologists Roy Wise and Robert Yokel demonstrated a link in animal models between drug addiction and dopamine. Now, wrote reporter Sharon Lem, technology has caught up with research. By monitoring dopamine through high-tech imaging, scientists claim to be a step closer to preventing addiction . "Wise is now doing research to measure dopamine levels during feeding and sexual behaviour. He hopes to target addictive drugs without interfering with the natural dopamine that is activated by sex or eating."

Andre Legault (Mail Services) was on CFCF's Pulse, talking about a demonstration by support staff against Bill 104, which would have cut para-public salaries .

Marvin Hershorn (Political Science) presented a paper at the joint colloquium of the Quebec Political Science Association and the Quebec Political History Association at the annual conference of ACFAS, the francophone learned societies, held in Trois-Rivieres recently. The topic of the conference was the late Parti Quebecois politician Gerald Godin . Hershorn's presentation included an audiotaped interview he had done in 1982 for the Sunday Express about Godin's popularity in the anglophone community. The conference was covered by La Presse.

Michael Dartnell (Political Science) was on CBC Newsworld's Politics, talking about the recent snap election in France.

Laszlo Gefin (Liberal Arts College) was on CBC's Radio Noon, talking about his old friend, Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, who had just died.

A full-page article in the Ottawa Citizen recounts the unusual work of 1970s Concordia student radical and poet Pat Capponi, who has saved many troubled young people through her social work. The writer, Michael Woloschuk, was a 13-year-old orphan when Capponi, who runs a group home, built his self-esteem with literature and love . Capponi has just published a book called Dispatches from the Poverty Line (Penguin).

Bill Reimer (Sociology and Anthropology) was interviewed by the North Bay Nugget about a four-day worl<shop held in that Ontario city by the Canadian Rural Restructuring Foundation early last month . Reimer, who is president, said the current project is about the new rural economy, which includes mining, forestry and tourism, as well as agriculture. "The problems facing rural Canada are too complex for a simple approach," he said. "We need one that is collaborative, comparative and comprehensive. "

LOVE (Leave Out ViolencE) is a project that uses photojournalism to work with disaffected young people, and Brenda Zosky Proulx (Journalism) was one of its founders . Now the Toronto Sun reports that her daughter, Dana Zosky, a social worker in Toronto, has taken the idea to that city and, with her husband, Adam Kronick, expanded it to encompass original theatre.

John Jackson (Centre for Broadcasting Studies) was on CFCF's On-Line Montreal, talking about Canadian identity.

Charles Ellison (Music) was interviewed about his career on Shelley Pomerance's early-Saturday-morning show on CBC radio, All in a Weekend. He revealed, among other things, that as a student, he played in Marvin Gaye's band, and that his first (and abiding) academic interest was mathematics .

Lindsay Crysler (Journalism) was on Newswatch, talking about the purchase of the TQS network by Quebecor.

Blair Williams (Political Science) was on CJAD, tal king to Tommy Schnurmacher about the election campaign and national unity. However, Guy Lachapelle (Political Science) told CBC Newsworld on April 14 that Canadian unity was not a big election issue. He also was on CJRC (Gatineau), talking about whether the Parti Quebecois had bought student votes by keeping the freeze on tuition fees, and on CBC Radio's Cross-Country Checkup, explaining why there is a 72-hour black-out on opinion polls before Election Day.

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Letters to the Editor must be signed, include a phone number, and be delivered

to the CTR office (BC-117/ 1463 Bishop St.) in person, by fax

(514-848-2814), by e-mail {[email protected]) or mail by

9 a.m. on the Friday prior to publication.

Bus shelter funded by phone program

I would like to make a correction to the "Summer Construction" item in the May 22 issue of Concordia's Thu rsday Report. You have listed the sources of funding for the Loyola Campus bus shelter as being the Offices of the Vice-Rector, Services, and Dean of Students.

In fact, $40,000 of the total cost for the construct ion of this shelter actually came from the student portion of the ACC Long Distance Program revenues.

Since its inception in 1993, more than $120,000 in commissions have been earned from the program by stude nt , faculty/staff and alumni users. While alumni have consistently used their portion of the commiss ions to fu nd scholarships and student projects around campus, the bus shelter is the first project funded from the student-generated monies.

ACC Long Distance is a great and "painless" way to contribute to the University . The more participants , the larger the return. Leisha LeCouvie Marketing Officer, Alumni Affairs

CORRECTIONS

Two errors crept onto page 6 of the last issue (May 22).

The first deals with the caption for the photo taken at the Rector's Circle Dinner. The names of some of the Concordia administrators, faculty and staff who are members of this, the highest level of Concordia supporters, were unfortunately left out. They are Rector Frederick Lowy, Marcel Danis, Jack Lightstone, Dorothy Markiewicz, Oksana Dykyj, John Locke, Joy Bennett, Ann Vroom, Clement Lam and Christopher Hyde.

The second concerns the headline on the capital campaign progress report, which incorrectly reported the goal for the Campaign for a New Millennium as $50 million. In tact, the goal is $55 million.

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CTR regrets the errors.

IN MEMORIAM

Pierrette Lemay On March 11 , a special document was presented in Room 301 of the Maisonneuve Hospital to Pierrette Lemay to acknowledge the fact that her completion of th e require ments for her BA in Women's Studies had been interrupted by illness jus t short of her goal. Only hours later , Mme Lemay, who was a prominent social activist, died of cancer. A memorial service was held in the Loyola Chapel on April 26. Our sympathies are ex tended to her husband , Louis Lefebvre.

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May 21 Board meeting: Lightstone's term extended one year

Gloo111 on finances, opti111is111 on acade111ic ·planning

BY L AURIE Z ACK

The term of Provost and ViceRector Research Jack Light

stone was extended one year from May 31, 1998, to May 31, 1999, during the closed session of the Board of Governors meeting of May 21.

At the meeting, Rector Frederick Lowy presented a sobering overview of the University's financial situation. On the positive side, Concordia will probably be the only Qiiebec university to present a balanced budget this year, he said. CFO Larry English concurred, adding that many sister institutions are looking at doubledigit deficits.

However, the balanced budget was obtained at a price . The Rector acknowledged that due to the latest round of early retirements, those who remain will work harder. He expressed concern about maintaining morale under such conditions.

Lowy also warned of impending difficulties as the University faces an expected cut of $8 million in 1997-98 and another $12 million in 1998-99. Without changes to either the government funding formula or a tuition fee increase, the University faces a serious financial crisis, especially in 1998. Lowy reiterated that

the University refuses to sacrifice academic quality to budget cuts.

On a brighter note , Provost Lightstone reported that the academic planning process is going well, a process he described jokingly as a "dialogue where we egg each other

)) on. Three Faculties have prepared

proposals, and the other, Arts and Science, has asked for a little more time to complete its work. SCAPP (the Senate Committee on Academic Planning and Priorities) has decided to hear from all the Faculties in the fall. Lightstone expressed confidence that the final outcome will reflect the requirements outlined in the document discussed at Senate in February, along with some interesting innovations.

As reported at the last Senate meeting, Lightstone told the Board that Concordia has had great success with NSERC grants, 10 per cent above the national average, and did very well with FCAR grants, but our SSHRC success rate was 10 per cent below the national average.

Vice- Rector Services Charles Emond reported that a team from the Ministry of Education visited our campuses rece ntly and was shown "the best and the worst of Concordia." He reported on continued "ambiguity" from government

Optimism that vacant positions will be found

, officials in establishing a funding formula to help Concordia get out of rented space.

Vice-Rector Institutional Relations Marcel Danis informed the Board that the Confederation des syndicats nationaux (CSN) is looking into the general issue of pension funds across the province. The CSN-affiliated unions at Concordia are considering legal action concerning the University's "pension holiday" and are asking for changes in the representation on the pension committees. He also mentioned that Concordia's plan has performed in the top ninth percentile of pension funds in Canada. (See Pensions, CTR, May 22.)

The Board approved the composition of an advisory search committee for a Director of University Libraries. It comprises Jack Lightstone, Board member Lillian Vineberg, Librarians' Forum nominees Judy Appleby, Christopher Bober, Margaret Ferley and Lee Harris, administrative and support staff representative Claire Delisle, and two students to be elected later.

The Board also approved the new School for Building, amendments to the Code of Rights and Responsibilities, and a Graduate Students' Association health and dental plan.

11 employees affected by budget crunch BY LAURIE ZACK

The jobs of 11 employees have fallen victim to the 1997-98

budget. After examining in detail the bud

gets of every support unit with its director or unit head, Vice-Rector Institutional Relations Marcel Danis and CFO Larry English have set strict budget guidelines for the commg year.

This meant abolishing 11 positions as of June 1, 1997. The justification for abolishing a position had to be approved by the Rector's Cabinet. A small number of other employees will also be affected later in 1997-98.

"This is neither an easy thing to do nor something we want to do," Danis said. "However, the financial situation at the University demands that we reduce our overall budget by $8 million next year.

"All areas must assume a share of the burden when we deal with a cut of this magnitude. We have had to cut the non-academic budget from $51 million to $49 million, and the academic budget from $88.7 million to $83.9 million. Unfortunately, in the case of some departments, that

meant abolishing positions. We are hopeful that all these people will find other University positions."

Directors and unit heads were briefed on the procedures to follow and the help available to the employees affected. They will meet individually with their supervisor, and be presented with the reasons for the cuts and the resources available to help them. Human Resources will also meet with each employee and ensure that the departments concerned are given the necessary support. The appropriate unions or associations were also notified.

Employees can either accept a severance settlement or be eligible for temporary or permanent placement inside the University, according to the guidelines set out by the University's Policies and Procedures Manual B and their collective agreements.

Doreen Hutton, Interim Director of Human Resources, said there is optimism that employees who wish to remain at the University will be able to do so.

"This was an exercise in cutting positions, not cutting personnel," she said, "and we are examining the career aspirations of those affected and finding suitable positions for


them. 'We are also monitoring the out

come of ERIP carefully and will be making recommendations to the Vice-Rector, Institutional Relations, about replacing certain ERIP positions. It is important that the University community at large, and particularly the individuals directly affected, react positively and work with us to find solutions."

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Golf for the Stingers Friends of the Concordia's Depart

ment of Recreation and Athletics are invited to a Golt Tournament at the Hemmingford Golf Club on June 13.

The benefit event will be four-player Vegas-rules bestball, and will have a shotgun start 12:45 p.m. The cost tor golf, cart, barbecue lunch and dinner is $100. With each ticket, the department will provide a $25 tax receipt. Corporate packages are available, as are individual hole sponsorships.

Round-trip bus transport from the Loyola Campus costs $10. For tickets or information, please call 848-3868 or email [email protected].

............. Appointments ........... ..

Joy Bennett Joy Bennett has been named Director,

Labour Relations, for a one-year period from June 1, 1997, to May 31, 1998. She has served as Associate Vice-Rector, Institutional Relations, since 1992.

In addition to her responsibilities as chief negotiator for the University for the Concordia University Faculty Association (CUFA) and the Concordia University PartTime Faculty Association (CUPFA) bargaining units, she will be responsible for all other support staff unions and associations in the University. Bennett will continue to be responsible for all the activities associated with the CUFA and CUPFA collective agreements and the implementation of the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) project. As Director, Labour Relations, she will also be responsible for relations with the Inter-Union Council.

Michael Di Grappa Michael Di Grappa has been appointed

to the newly created position of Executive Director, Physical Resources.

He will have the following units reporting to him: Maintenance Operations, Facilities Planning and Development, Distribution and Transportation, Utilities and Energy Conservation and Custodial Services and Grounds. He will continue to play an active role in the University's property development activities.

Di Grappa began his career at Concordia in 1986 as an Assistant in the Office of the Rector. He has since held positions as Co-ordinator, Physical Resources; Manager, Property Development; and, since 1992, as Director, Administrative Services (Physical Resources). where his duties have included responsibility for controlling the department's $11 -million operating budget and management of the University's rental portfolio.

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A regular meeting of the Concordia University Senate, held May 30, 1997.

Budget compression: Rector Frederick Lowy said that 11 support staff positions have ju st bee n declared redundant, five more wi ll be abolished this summer , and several more are expected in the fall . Efforts w ill be made to reassign the employees who are permanent staff. He reiterated his belief that careful, consultative economies are a wiser course than across-theboard salary cuts or increasing the debt load. "In the long run, w e'll be stronger if we stick the course. Retention and recruitment: Lowy said that not only is a COi project looking at putting more emphasis on keeping and attracting students, his recent trips to Hong Kong and Western Canada also suggest that Concordia should broaden its scope beyond Montreal. He recently convened the first of several cross-campus meetings on this subject. Internal communication: The Rector said that a successful first meeting of all non-academic unit directors was held recently. He also congratulated four prize-winners announced by the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education: CTR, Concordia University Magazine, the Shuffle and MediaFax (Public Relations, Marketing Communications, Alumni Affairs, Advancement). Space: Vice-Rector Services Charles Emond announced that he is conducting a comprehensive analysis of entitlements to space, current holdings and comparisons with government norms: Quebec has changed its formula to determine how much money universities are entitled to for acquisition and construction, with mixed results for Concordia. The purchase of the Guy Metro Building is virtually certain; the purchase of the Faubourg Tower is still uncertain. Academic planning: Provost Jack Lightstone announced that at the May 17 meeting of the Senate Committee on Academic Planning and Priorities (SCAPP), three of four Faculties had responses to his proposals ready, wh ile Dean-elect Martin Singer was about two-thirds through his counter-proposal for Arts and Science; they wi ll be discussed together in the fall. Judging from w hat he has seen, "we will meet

or exceed the requirements of Our Immediate Future. " Consensus at SCAPP from all Faculties seems to be against creating " graduate faculty. members" at this time, and as for a core curriculum, Lightstone and a committee w ill create a model over the summer. Operating budget: Chief Financial Officer Larry English presented the proposed operating budget for 1997-98 . It was accompanied by a table of the proposed reductions of each major area of the University: Rector ...... .. .... .. ...... ... ...... .. ..... 4% Secretary-General .... .. ..... .. .. . 6 % Faculties .............................. 5.5% Library .................. ................ 1 % Provost and Vice-Rector, Research ...................... .. .. 5.21 % Vice-Rector, Institutional Relations .. .......... 6% Vice-Rector, Services .. ...... 4.01 % Chief Financial Officer .. . .. . 6% English explained a number of adjustments and special features in the budget. For example, the cost of the early retirements looks the same as in last year's budget ($1.8 million) because there is no way of knowing how many employees will accept the offers to come . The budget shows an increase of about $500,000 in revenue from tuition fees, because the government adjusted the way it computes our enrolment to our advantage . However, because of the $8-million cut in government funding, th is budget shows a deficit of $1.5 million. SCAPP recommended acceptance of the budget. In its report, Senate's ad hoc finance committee recommended better tracking of enrolment figures, expenses for administration leaves and a fund for academic initiatives, and questioned the cost of the Alumni and Advancement units; however, one member of the ad hoc finance committee expressed-discomfort w ith these opinions, and felt the committee was exceeding its mandate to inform Senate. There was considerable discussion about two units slated for cuts in staff, the Teaching and Learning Centre (formerly, the

·Learn ing Development Office, w hich provides pedagogical support to faculty) and the Centre for Mature Students. A motion was

Rector speaks out for universities In the Sunday, May 24, issue of The

Gazette, Rector Frederick Lowy wrote the guest editorial, which was published under the headline ''Education needs are being ignored." After describing the parlous financial situation facing universities, he urged the faderal government to do the foffowing: '\ J{ fhile respecting provincial V V jurisdiction, the federal gov

ernment can take some steps toward safeguarding the quality of university

·education. First, it can set national standards. Even if such standards are not binding on provinces that choose not to adopt them, reasonable, internation ally-competitive standards would exert a powerful moral force that would make it difficult for provincial ministers of education to claim that quality is being maintained when this is not the case.

Second, the platform that promises to increase funding for post-sec-

passed to restore their al locations , and another motion was passed to urge a balanced budget. However, the Rector reminded Senate that w hen resources are dwindling, "the only way we can have a balanced budget is by cutting personnel." Since the line must be held on the academic sector, the cuts must be made in the non-academ ic sector, " and we have just added two today." The motions w ill be forwarded to the Board. Capital budget: Vice-Rector Services Charles Emond presented a provi sional version of this document, explaining that because after five months he could find no other rationale, it had been drawn up in the way it had been done in the past. To prepare for unforeseen contingencies, 10 per cent of each Faculty's allotment had been set aside under the control of the ProvostNice-Rector, Research. This occasioned some objections, but Emond urged flexibility, and Lightstone said he will discuss the issue with the deans over the summer to try to develop a formula for disbursement. Curriculum: Changes in all four Faculties were passed. Code of Conduct, Academic: Revisions to the Code were carried. Code of Ethics: The two final chapters of this Code were accepted and will go to the Board for approval. Council of Graduate Studies: An addition to the membership of this proposed body, the Director of the Office of Research Services, was accepted. Speaker: John O'Brien was reelected to this post for 1997-98, and Senate expressed its appreciation for his effectiveness and fairness as the first Speaker. Farewells: Dean Gail Valaskakis announced that Vice-Dean Judith Woodsworth will soon leave to become Vice-President (Academic) at Mount Saint Vincent University, in Halifax . The Rector thanked all the Senators attending their last meeting, including the students, and the academic administrators (Gail Valaskakis, Don Taddeo, Martin Kusy) who will soon be vacating their posts.

This was the last meeting until September.

ondary education must be fulfilled. Whether this takes the form of

direct money transfers or transfer of

taxation points, the increased fund

ing should, by federal-provincial agreements, be specifically directed

to post-secondary education.

Third, the recent moves of the

present government to provide tax

assistance to students to enable them

to pay higher tuition fees, while most

welcome, do not go far enough.

Educational loans should receive the

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Richard Cheng retires with a gift for students

Mechanical Engineering students of the future will benefit from the generosity of Professor Richard Cheng, who retires this spring. Together with his wife, Agnes, and his son, Steve, he has established an endowment to fund an annual award in his name.

Cheng's friends and family held a celebratory reception in the department on May 20. He joined the department in 1972, and was one of the founding members of the Fluid Control Centre. He became director of the Centre in 1984, and changed its name to the Centre for Industrial Control.

"He has always been a very dedi-

cated teacher, spending a lot of time and attention on developing strong,

relevant teaching laboratories," said

Professor Van Suong Hoa, who

chairs the department. "He also has

a strong feeling for the industrial relevance of his research."

Over his career, Cheng served on several NSERC grant selection commit

tees, and contributed to the University

in many ways, including membership

on the Board of Governors. Criteria for the Richard M.H.

Cheng Award are being estab

lished, but it will be mainly for stu

dents who excel in capstone design

projects. - BB

Winning marketing students have choice of ad jobs J\ team of Marketing students -

.l"l.all women - has won the Coq d'Or Award, presented annually to the winners of La Releve Publicitaire, an inter-university competition sponsored by the Publicite Club de Montreal.

The six delighted students and their supervisor, Marketing Professor Harold Simpkins, received their award on May 29 at a gala dinner attended by more than 2,000 industry executives.

They are Katia Rassi, Sandra Arambasic, Annie Verrier, Melodie Nash, Nancy Ho and Lizanne Castonguay.

The· assignment was to devise a marketing communication campaign, all in French, for the 01iebec Federa-

same tax treatment as investment

loans do. Also, in view of the impor

tance of reducing financial barriers

for qualified but needy students, an

interest-free loans program, financed

by a combination of public and private funds, should be established to

reduce the heavy debt burden with

which many graduates now begin their careers. As well, the $100-mil

lion merit-scholarship program proposed by one of the parties should be

favourably considered.

tion of Milk Producers, and their

effort won out over competition from

six other Qyebec universities. The

multi-media presentation was shown

to a panel of senior executives and "a

very tough jury," Simpkins said.

"Our group's presentation was

flawless, so much so that at the gala,

jury member Paul Pare, Hydro-

01iebec's head of marketing commu

nications, came up to me and asked

for the resumes of each Concordia

team member, saying he would

pleased to hire all of them."

However, he may have to wait in

line. As winners of the contest, they

will automatically be offered adver

tising jobs.

Fourth, adequate support for the

federal granting councils should be

restored. Since 1990, there has been

a decline of some $150 million in the

constant dollar budgets of these

councils. Canada, proud of its stand

ing as a leading industrial nation,

spends only 1.5 per cent of GDP on

research. This is substantially lower

than the OECD average and the

lowest among all but one of the G7

countries.

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Alumni/applicant receptions held in four Canadian cities

Westerners get the Concordia message BY BARBARA BLACK

Prospective students in Western Canada got a chance to ask,

"What's it really like to go to Concordia?"

Rector Frederick Lowy and Alumni Affairs Director Ann Vroom have just come back from Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary. Their trip was planned as a chance to meet alumni in British Columbia and Alberta, many of , whom have successful careers.

But with only two weeks to go, the four-day swing through the West was given a new dimension. In each city, applicants for admission and their parents were invited to the alumni receptions, too.

They asked Lowy, Vroom and the alumni a lot of eager questions about student life in Montreal. The French language and the cosmopolitan image of Montreal are great drawing-cards for prospective students.

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However, some students and paren ts were concerned about the prospect of living off-campus in an unfamiliar city. They were told that Concordia doesn't emphasize campus residences because there are plenty of alternatives, but Vroom has suggested that the University should consider enhancing off-campus housing advisory s~rvices to respond to this concern.

Student response to the Concordia visit was enthusiastic, particularly in Vancouver, which had the largest number of applicants among the four cities. Alumni participation in the Concordia receptions was strongest in Vancouver and Edmonton.

The West Coast visits were a chance to consult experts on the recruitment of students from Asia, where demand for English-language education continues to grow, particularly in business and computer science.

Concordia was advised to promote its special programs, such as the Aviation Master's of Business Administration. However, Vroom said, like most Canadian universities, we were advised to streamline our admissions procedures to meet strong competition from other English-speaking countries.

"This trip was successful in a number of ways," Vroom said in her report on the trip, "meeting alumni, establishing contact with potential Capital Campaign prospects and volunteers, and involving alumni in meeting prospective student applicants.

"What became apparent is that to both maintain current contacts and further expand our network of support in the West, it will be necessary to continue to visit on a regular basis. If Concordia is serious about developing such a program, human and financial resources will have to be dedicated to it."


$17,000 awarded through affinity card The Concordia University Affinity Card Advisory Committee, which

raises money for projects that enhance student life, is pleased to announce its spring 1997 recipients:

Concordia Student Union: Audio-Visual Centre Cafe X: Equipment

Science College Students Association: Undergraduate Lecture Series Concordia Art History Undergraduate Students Association: Volute Ecotoxicology: Information access and programs Concordia Undergraduate Fieldwork Association: Fieldwork Bursary

Archives: Emergency Bursary Fund

Centre for Native Education: Native Library Communication Studies: Media Workshop Bursary Quebec Public Interest Research Group: Activist Workshop Series

Engineering/Computer Science Students Association: REACH Summer Science

The Concordia University/Bank of Montreal MasterCard is available to all alumni, staff, students and friends of Concordia. A percentage of every purchase with the card is returned to the University. Since its inception in 1989, more than $100,000 has been raised for worthy projects.

For more information about the card or submitting a project, call Alumni Affairs at 848-3819.

Lucky students have friends in high places

One hundred Concordia students were matched this year with alumni who are already working in their field of interest

Some of the students and their' mentors celebrated the end of the school year with a reception on May 7, and Maria Ponte, who co-ordinates the Mentor Program in the Office of Alumn~ Affairs, said that many people stayed past the official end of the event, just to chat with their newfound friends.

Any student or alumni can volunteer

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for the program. Ponte helps them meet, and leaves the rest up to them. The encounters often provide the students with useful insights into the working world, and the alumni volunteers enjoy helping the young people they meet

The mentors' registry includes 96 people willing to share their advii:e on a great variety of subjects. Here's just a partial list: accounting, advertising, banking, clinical psychology, computerintegrated manufacturing and design, law, environmental science, film production, investments, labour relations, entrepreneurship, dependency counselling, teaching and youth work.

Kathy Tsolakos got a 'real education' by Eugenia Xenos

Most students experience university as a series of classroom lectures, essays and exams, but not Kathy Tsolakos, the Commerce and Administration valedictorian.

The outgoing president of the Commerce and Administration Students' Association (CASA) has sat on so many commitiees and been involved with so many decisionmaking bodies, she has received a parallel education.

"A lot of students have no clue what goes on behind closed doors, and how things work in a university," said Tsolakos, a Marketing major. Only when you get-involved in student life do you realize at what levels decisions get made." ix:

Besides being the CASA president, she ~ has sat on the Board of Governors as a stu- ~ dent representative, on Senate committees, g: on the Marketing Association executive, as ~

well as on committees such as Homecom- ~ cil d .~--' ing and the Concordia Coun · on Stu ent _

Life. This spring, she was even invited by. ~ the Ministry of Education to be the student ::;i

representative on a committee looking at ~ how the provincial government deals with a.

universities.

Tsolakos said she learned valuable skills outside the classroom, such as how to negotiate, and how to prioritize business and friendship demands. "Business comes before friendship," she said soberly. "Sometimes I had to make hard, bottom-line decisions, and there was no room for my own or a friend's personal opinion. I had to look at the big picture."

She had to deal with real issues. "It's not just a school project any more; you're not just getting a grade. I had to handle a $300,000 budget, and deal with banks and

About 3,200 Concordia students will receive their diplomas this month. Each has a personal story of extra-curricular involvement and challenges overcome. Here are just a few ...

lawyers and businesspeople. It was gruelling. Lots of fun, but a lot of pressure, too."

Tsolakos is most proud of an initiative to open a recruitment centre for Commerce and Administration students. The centre should open next September, and will help graduating students find employment. Tsolakos said that because she herself was dis-a ppoin te d by the lack of variety of companies that were recruiting on campus, she decided to do something about it. An informal survey of Commerce students con- ,firmed her views. ~

"I thought, how hard can it be to get ~ someone like Proctor and Gamble to come tt recruit? My VP External and I got on the il phone to Toronto, and got them to come i with one simple phone call. Two students got jobs from it, and Proctor is coming back next year."

She then started talking to the Dean, and asked students whether they would be willing to pay more in fees to set up a permanent recruitment centre. At a general assembly, the motion was passed unanimously, and the Faculty will run the centre.

Tsolakos starts work in September with the Hong Kong Bank of Canada, where she will be a commercial accounts manager. She wouldn't change a thing about her university experience - "except perhaps to get involved earlier in school life."

Steven Sparling is first Fine Arts valedidorian by Eugenia Xenos

Steven Sparling says his university education has made him go from being a performer "in the razzmatazz superficial understanding of the word" to an artist "who has things deep in [his] soul to reveal about the human condition."

The young Edmonton native has been chosen as the first valedictorian at the Faculty of Fine Arts convocation, scheduled for June 17. He has been here two years, in the Interdisciplinary Studies program, focusing on music, theatre and dance, and hopes to one day be an operatic performer.

His dream role is Eugene Onegin, from opera of the same name by Peter Tchaikovsky. "I just love the music," Sparling said. "It's a dark, moody, Russian story that doesn't have a happy ending. It's about ix:

unrequited love. Life is like that, often." ~ Although accepted into McGill's graduate ~

i;; diploma in opera program, he is moving to g: Toronto, where he will apply to the Univer- ~ sity of Toronto. Sparling said there are too ~

1 .Jg few opportunities in Montreal to do musica -w

theatre in English, which he does to help ~ support himself through his studies. "

Sparling said the Interdisciplinary Studies i program was rewarding. "It taught me how to work independently, how to set up goals and see them to fruition."

However, he also had a lot of bureaucratic red-tape to wade through to get the courses he wanted, which was initially frustrating. In the end, though, he designed a program with which he was happy.

And, in effect, it was his frustration that gave birth to his success. "I went through a phase where it hit me that I was graduating, that I was hugely in debt, and there didn't

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seem like there were many possibilities. And I was getting really frustrated and depressed. So I sat down and wrote for myself what I got out of this education, because it's really easy to focus on the negative. I presented this piece in class, and it was on this basis that I was nominated for valedictorian.•

Sparling's address talks of the value of being an artist, and of pursuing dreams even when the rest of society does not seem to value them.

• As you go out and try to carve a space for ourselves in the world, be prepared to have doors slammed in your face. Be prepared for hostility. People will think you are a fool, for who but a fool would commit themselves to a study and pursuit of art in our world today?

"Remember, though, that the fool was the most influential person in the king's court because he was the only one who could speak the truth. We, the artists, are the

truth-tellers. We call it as we see it, and for that we are vilified and abhorred by some, and venerated and admired by others."

Annick Gauthier heads for a phannaceutical career by Sylvain Desjardins

Annick Gauthier, Honours Biochemistry, can hardly wait for summer. Since entering Concordia's Institute for Co-operative Education in 1993, she's been so busy that she hasn't had more than an occasional three days off.

"I'm looking forward to having a summer vacation," she said, but she won't be loung

ing for long. After she completes her last of four paid training sessions at Merck Fross! Canada Inc. this month, she'll pursue a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology at

Ben Paquette hes the persistence that a successful film director needs. As recounted recently by The Gazette's film critic, John Griffin, Paquette, who already had two video features under his belt. was only allowed to do a short film each year as part of his claN work, but he made each one an installment of a feature film. In addltjon, he shanghaied 82-year-old Gregory Peck into a role. Three years later, Raining Angels was ready for screening at the J.A. DeSeve Cinema, where Paquette was photographed last week. Griffin called the 90-minute black-and-white video •vastly ambitious and understandably uneven.• - BB

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While at Concordia, Gauthier maintained a 4.21 GPA, making the Dean's List from 1993 to 1996. She also received an entrance scholarship, one post-graduate and two undergraduate NSERC research grants, a Merck Fross! Award and a Canada Scholarship.

Gauthier was a member of the Garnet Key Society and a student councillor for the Faculty of Arts and Science Council and several subcommittees. Even though she was always swamped with work, it was important to her "to ensure that each student's voice is heard."

Jean-Gregoire Morand finds connections by Sylvain Comeau

"Really? Are you sure?" Jean-Gregoire Morand asked when he was told he had the highest grade-point average in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Morand was oblivious fo his achievement until last weekend, despite a cumulative GPA of 4.13.

"I knew I was getting good grades, but I was never concerned with beating other students or finishing at the top of my class. This is something I do for myself."

Morand graduated with a Bachelor's in Science, with Honours in Actuarial Mathematics. His secret?

"I worked hard. I spent a lot of time trying to make theoretical connections between what I was learning in different courses. I had good teachers in the hardest courses. And it helps to like what you are doing."

Anything else? "I'm not a fanatic who's obsessed with memorizing everything and getting an A-plus. The most important thing is to be able to understand what you are studying, to the point where you could explain it to your friends. Since I did some tutoring, that was a valuable philosophy.

"I also had a lot of incentive. I had a job waiting for me, so it was important to get good grades, especially at the end." Morand works as an actuarial assistant for the actuarial sciences consulting firm, William M. ~ercer, in Ottawa.

Genevieve Arboit loves the language of math by Alison Ramsey

Science College graduate Genevieve Arboit, 22, is fascinated by all things scientific. She earned her 4.14 GPA by completing projects in computer science, astrophysics and number theory.

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Arboit, who grew up and attended CEGEP in L' Assomption, attributes her love of math to the fact that it is the underpinning of all the sciences. The language of math speaks to her clearly. "Like other languages," she said, "math is another way of expressing something in your head so that others can understand."

Arboit's projects during her undergraduate years included attempts to "read" a quasar hidden behind a galaxy by using image processing, and comparing methods of searching for Mersenne prime numbers.

With the help of an NSERC grant, Arboit is heading to the University of Toronto to do a Master's in theoretical computer science. Reluctant even now to limit herself to ,., any one stream of scientific study, she chose computer science because it could more easily lead to becoming a professor.

Astrophysics, the science she delightedly discovered back in her high school library, is a topic she vows to continue to pursue in her spare time.

Murphy Cobbing is already a well-rounded journalist by Eugenia Xenos

Journalists seem to be better at what they do when they have had a rich life, and are well-travelled, focused and competitive. As a straight-A student, engineering teacher, traveller and trampolinist, Murphy Cobbing has all the makings of a well-rounded broadcast journalist

Here from Britain for the one-year Diploma in Journalism, Cobbing has been pitching stories to the BBC since she graduated. She came on a Canada Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded by the Commonwealth Association of Universities to one British citizen each year for study in Canada.

During her interview for the scholarship, it was suggested that schools like Ryerson Polytechnic in Toronto have better reputations. "But I had done a lot of research on journalism school programs," she said. "What I replied was that if Concordia does what it says in the book, then this is the course I want to take."

And it was an excellent program, she said. "It was incredibly intensive and a lot of hard work. But it was very rewarding: I've learned as much as I possibly could in one year."

While she was here, she won the Al Cauley Award for broadcasting ($1,500), tlfe Mix 96 Award ($500 and a stage), and a $2,000 Gazette award for being the most promising Journalism graduate student

BBC radio took her up on a story about Montreal's National Circus School, one of the best in the world. Now she is working on a piece on Kahnawake.

"People in Britain have no idea about the native situation here. They have a very romantic view. They don't realize that some natives live in Third World conditions; their images are taken from Dances with Wolves."

Cobbing did one internship at CJAD, and another at CTV's London bureau. "It was funny being in a Canadian bureau in Britain," she said. "I could see Britain as Canadians see it. People we interviewed commented on how much they appreciate the Canadian style of journalism, which isn't very intrusive; they respect it. People get very jaded with British journalism because it's quite tabloid, intrusive and hard.

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"I'm glad I got my journalism training here because it's ethically more upstanding."

When young, the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne native had studied trampoline as a sport for 10 years. She represented Britain in national competitions, and although an obscure sport, Cobbing said it helped her to be focused and competitive. Recently, she expanded on that experience by taking a trapeze course with the National Circus School.

Before coming to Montreal, she travelled to Australia, and worked in France for four years, teaching technical English to engineering students. She also worked at a radio station at a ski resort, and wrote a travel guide for the resort - her first experiences as a journalist.

Cobbing said she is "desperate" to work in radio, but had to overcome speaking too quickly. If she wanted to work at the BBC, or the CBC, she would have to slow down her speech, and she did this by practising at home. "That was the hardest part," she said. "My brain seems to work faster than my mouth."

Tatiana Garakani, MA, is training pilots by Phil Moscovitch

When Tatiana Garakani started her MA in Educational Technology, she imagined herself writing a thesis and then launching an education career.

Instead, the 27-year-old is helping train pilots and maintenance personnel from around the world at Canadair Bombardier's Aerospace Training Centre. Every time the company sells a plane, the Centre trains the people who will be working with it.

In January 1996, Garakani started what was supposed to be a six-month internship with the company. By mid-May, they had offered her a full-time permanent job.

With three full-flight simulators and a raft of other computer-based training equipment, the Aerospace Training Centre is the last word in high-tech flight and maintenance training. Garakani's role is crucial in determining how its equipment is used.

"The subject-matter experts are the instructors: ex-maintenance people and expilots," she said." But I collect information from them and build up courses."

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Change is a constant in this job. "I evaluate different .types of software. I look at the application of software at the Centre for different jobs. I provide training support in the sense that I support the instructors in their lesson plans, objectives, exams, course critiques, evaluations. Also, when we have a new technology to implement, I look at what kinds of objectives are going to be taught on a device and why. It really varies week by week and month by month."

In the longer term, Garakani will work on creating distance education materials so that clients can do as much of their training as possible on-site.

With her background, Garakani never expected to find herself working in a hightech industry. Before doing her Ed Tech degree at Concordia, she spent two years teaching high school math to Q!iebec newcomers in the dasse d'accueuil program.

"I found Ed Tech to be very flexible," she said. "It's sort of a passe-partout - you can almost work anywhere with it."

Adeena Karasick gets a kick out of language by Colin Dennis

PhD in Humanities graduate Adeena Karasick is a poet, performance artist and author with a growing international profile.

She has performed at the Nu Yorican Poets Cafe, in New. York, toured with the Lollapalooza rock festival, and participated in literary festivals in such faraway places as Malawi. A bundle of frenetic energy, she's constantly on the move.

She has published three books of poetry, all published by Talonbooks: The Empress Has No Clos11Ie, Memewars, and her latest, Genrecide, all featuring her love of puns. "I am interested in how meanings can be produced in many different ways simultaneously," Karasick said on the phone from her parents' home in Vancouver.

Her thesis, called Of Poetic Thinking: A Pataphysical Investigation of Cixous, Derrida and the Kabbalah, dealt with the interplay of kabbalistic, feminist and deconstructionist discourse. Her main ·field of study was philosophy, and her two minors were in Jewish studies and women's writing. Her supervisor was Religion Professor Norma Joseph.

Karasick came here on a tip from a professor at York University, who recommended Concordia 's doctoral program in the humanities. One of the highlights of her time here was having dinner with Jacques Derrida himself when the French philosopher came to Montreal last month to address a conference. "It was an honour to meet him, both as a theorist and as a poet," she said.

She also had a 15-year friendship with Allen Ginsberg, who died recently. The Beat poet had invited her on two occasions to speak at his Jack Kerouac School for Disembodied Poetics, in Boulder, Colorado.

Susan Vida's window on the world by Susan Hirshorn

For Susan Vida, languages are a serious business.

"I think of them as my window to the world," she said. "You can learn more about individuals, their cultures and they ways they do business by speaking their native tongue than you can through a thousand travelogues and interpreters."

This month, Vida receives her Bachelor of Arts (major in Spanish, minor in Italian), adding two more languages to her list of fluencies. "I took 21 credits in German, so I can get along pretty well in that language. And I. grew up speaking Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian, English and French."

She has been accepted into the Department of Communication Studies' diploma program, and plans to combine her Ian· guage skills with knowledge of international media. "I'm especially interested in the per-

spectives that various countries bring to the news. Canadian and American broadcasting is influential, but it isn't the last word."

Mexico is a likely destination, since Vida already spent a year there on a student exchange, interning at a public radio station in Mazatlan.

"It was an amazing experience," she said. "I really honed my Spanish, both on the air, and convincing the people in charge to let me work there. In the end, they let me produce, direct and host my own show. It was called Directo de/ coraz6n, which means Straight From the Heart. The format was basically light rock, with chit-chat about current events and entertainment."

Over her 25 years, Vida has learned how to be persuasive. "I guess having a visual disability since the age of eight made me a bit of an overachiever in areas of communication," she said.

Susan has retinitis pigmentosa, which severely restricts her field of vision. "When you're legally blind, you either learn to listen well and speak up, or you flounder - it's as simple as that"

Catherine Vallejo, acting chair of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics, said that Vida is "a remarkable student. She is resourceful and persistent in any project she undertakes. She explores all possible avenues of research - and even a couple you've never heard oil"

Anke Schwittay defected to a life of promise by Sylvain Desjardins

When she was only 18, Anke Schwittay defected, all alonr, from her native East Germany.

The country's Communist regime collapsed in 1989, just months after her escape, but except for th~ occasional family visit, Schwittay, now 26 and an honours Anthro-

pology graduate, hasn't been tempted to return. She has been too busy discovering the world.

After a stop in West Germany to finish high school, Schwittay explored Canada, again by herself, then drove to South America for a year of travel with friends.

In 1994, she started studying at Concordia, maintaining a 4.1 GPA. This summer, Schwittay is off again for Europe. She will pursue an MA in social anthropology at Toronto's York University in the fall, and then it's back to Europe to undertake a PhD. "I know I won't be settled down for a while," she said.

What she loved most about Concordia were the eclectic mix of students, the small classes and the easy exchange of ideas between professors and students. "I really enjoyed my studies here," she said.

She'll miss the city's French feel and our winters, too. "I love the winter," she said with a smile. "People think I'm crazy."

Diana Crisante loves designing cars by Sylvain Comeau

Diana Crisante, who is graduating with a Bachelor's in Engineering, Mechanical Option, says there are still relatively few female students in engineering, particularly in electrical and mechanical.

"Engineering involves a lot of problemsolving, and women are good at that. But I think that many of them don't have the courage to enter a traditionally male-dominated field. That is changing, though. I see it particularly in the workplace, where more and more female engineers are getting hired."

Crisante works as a technical specialist on a production support team at Bell Helicopter Textron Canada. Her team's job is to solve any problems that might emerge with helicopter engines.

She draws upon her considerable experience with automotive design; at Concordia, she was president of the Concordia chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers. She designed the chassis on Concordia's entry in the Formula SAE Competition, which came in 36th in a North American field of 90 competitors.

"It's a very fulfilling feeling to diagram and design something, and then actually get to build it. That's one of the reasons I chose engineering."

Zaccagnino brothers launch a business by Sylvain Comeau

For brothers Andrea and Giuseppe Zaccagnino, winning first place at the ~ebec Engineering Competition in February was just a warm-up for the main event.

"Winning was a gr~at psychological boost," said Andrea, who is getting his Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering. "It was a sign that we were on the right track, although we would have gone ahead with our plans even if we'd come last."

Andrea and Giuseppe (who will graduate in Mechanical Engineering next year) won for a machine designed to make foam covers for clothes hangers. Their plan, which they put into action seven months ago, was to launch a business selling the covers for use by dry cleaners.

Today, the whole family works in all aspects of the quickly growing company. The designers' other brother, Stefano, who graduated with a Bachelor's in Accounting,

does most of the bookkeeping, and wrote the business plan that yielded a crucial bank loan.

"This is a great opportunity to apply what I learned," Stefano said . "I feel that I received solid training for the real world of business. In marketing, for example, I learned how to write a business plan. When you see that your plan is giving you financing for your business, it shows you that you really learned something."

Stefano is proud to report that the company has already sold more than one million hanger covers to distributors who serve a clientele of dry cleaners. Canada accounts for 60 per cent of their business, with Italy, England and the U.S. making up the rest.

Roberta Cameron is a lifelong student by Phil Moscovitch

Roberta Cameron may well feel a sense of deja vu when she crosses the stage at convocation. "I was figuring out it was my fourth convocation," said the 76-year-old. And that doesn't count the two diploma programs she finished in addition to her four degrees.

Cameron has two BAs, diplomas in education and translation, and an MA. Now she has completed a doctorate in Religion.

"I've always studied - always did," Cameron said. "I've never really stopped." In 1939, a year after she finished high school, she started taking extension courses at McGill, and never looked back. Her first BA came in 1953 after doing night courses at Sir George Williams University.

After working for years in adult education, she taught moral and religious education in the public school system in the Eastern Townships community of Richmond, where she has lived for the last 34 years.

Her PhD thesis looks at the development of religion scholar and theologian Wilfred Cantwell Smith's world theology. Cantwell Smith, an internationally recognized scholar, founded McGill's Institute of Islamic Studies in 19 52. Cameron discovered his work along with her husband, a United Church minister, who has since died.

Is Cameron finally going to stop studying? She is enthusiastic about pursuing the publication of her thesis and upgrading her computer skills. And, she adds, "as far as the


ideas go, I'll go on studying those ideas forever - for as long as I can. It's not an interest that stops. It's part of me."

Mike Gutwillig, 72, is determined to produce films by Phoebe Dey

Real estate agent Mike Gutwillig wanted to get his screenplays up on the screen. "And if I can't sell screenplays, I'll go out and produce them myself."

Gutwillig's first degree is 49 years old. He went to Sir George Williams University between 1942 and 1948, a period that was interrupted by war service. While selling real estate, he used to run a downtown business newspaper, En Ville, and has p~blished three books, mainly essays and autobiographical material.

He even wrote a musical comedy which played for four weeks off Broadway in 1985, called The Special, about the love affair of a Jewish boy and a French Catholic girl during the 1980 ~ebec referendum. The music was by Galt MacDermot, the Montreal composer who wrote the monster l 960s hit, Hair.

In 1990, Gutwillig discovered he had prostate cancer. "Often, the person who has cancer is a sensitive person who is busy looking after everyone else," he said. "I began taking the attitude, 'With the time left, what is it I want to do?'" Enrolling in Film Studies at Concordia, he didn't have a portfolio to submit, so he put together a history of his life, called Getting Ready.

Now 72, Gutwillig says he feels younger than when he started school. He loved his association with the professors and students. "You wouldn't believe how talented they are." Learning about how to finance and market film scripts has given him new resolve to put together a production company.

His last class project was called Closers, a situation comedy about his own business, real estate.

Sylvia d' Apollonia gets her second doctorate by Sylvain Desjardins

After 10 years of part-time study, Sylvia d'Apollonia is graduating with her second PhD. An adjunct professor in the Centre for the Study of Classroom Processes, based in the Education Department, d'Apollonia earned her degree while teaching biology at the CEGEP level and juggling several research projects.

She was part of Concordia's independent study program, which encourages students to pursue innovative studies that cross recognized fields.

"Sylvia clearly didn't want another PhD to get a piece of paper," said her colleague and mentor, Professor Phil Abrami. "Her thirst for knowledge and her dedication to excellence are extraordinary."

A woman of many interests, d'Apollonia is passionate about photography, and involved in municipal politics; she ran for election a few years ago, and plans to write a novel about the experience.

She would love to build her own house, too. "I've worked with my mind, and now I want to work with my hands."

D'Apollonia got her first PhD in botany, from King's College at the University of

_ London, after graduating with a BA and MA in biology from McGill University. "I didn't plan to pursue another PhD," she admitted, but she doesn't rule out obtaining another one. Scholarship, she said, "is a validation of ideas."

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COMMERCE AND

ADMINISTRATION

PIERRE JEANNIOT, O.C .

Pierre Jeanniot, an alumnus of one of Concordia's founding institutions, has enjoyed a brilliant career spanning 45 years in Canada's air transportation industry. He has been director-general of the International Air Transport Association (IA TA) since 1991.

Born in France, Jeanniot came to Canada in 1947. He completed studies in physics and mathematics at Sir George Williams University, business administration at McGill University, and statistical mathematics at New York University.

In 1955, Jeanniot joined Air Canada, where he would remain for 35 years. His first assignment was in technical services, and he partiopated directly in the development of the first comprehensive flight data recorder - the famous "black box." He went on to hold key management positions in sales, marketing, computer and systems services, strategic planning, and as the head of several subsidiary companies.

In 1984, he was named president and chief executive officer of Air Canada, a position he held until 1990. During this time, he presided over the privatizatio·n of the Crown corporation. He retired in 1990, and founded Jinmag Inc., a management and investment firm, which he managed until his nomination as head of IATA.

Jeanniot was named Officer of the Order of Canada in 1989 and Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur by the French government in 1991. The next year, he was named Canada's Transportation Man of the Year. In 1995, King Hussein ofJordan awarded him that country's Independence Medal of the First Order.

He received an honorary doctorate in 1988 from the Universite du Qyebec a M~ntreal (UQAM), an institution to which he is closely tied. He was named UQbM's first chancellor in 1995, chair of the board of directors from 1972 to 1978, . and president of its foundation from 1978 to 1992.

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COMMERCE AND

ADMINISTRATION

JEAN A. POULIOT, O.C.

Jean Pouliot has been active in the telecommunications industry in Canada for more than 40 years.

In 1979, he purchased CFCF-TV, CFCF-AM, CFQR-FM and Champlain Productions from Multiple Access, and created CFCF Inc., a mainstay of the Qyebec media.

In 1985, he established Television Qyatre Saisons. He served as chair of the board and chief executive officer of the corporation from 1979 to 1993, when his son, Adrien, took over as CEO. He remains chair of the board to this day.

Pouliot received his BA from the Seminaire de Qyebec in 1941 and his BASc (science appliquie) in 1945. After his graduation, he served the Canadian Armed Forces as an engineer and researcher in electronics and supervised Navy laboratories.

In 1952, he made the leap to the entertainment industry when he became executive engineer of Famous Players, in Toronto. In 1957, he returned to Qyebec to become general manager of Television de Qiebec.

He has served as vice-president for television and president of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, as well as president of the Television Bureau of Advertising and president of Broadcast News. He is a past member of the Council of the Board of Trade in Montreal and a member of the Ordre des Ingenieurs du Qiebec.

In 1971, Television de Qyebec acquired subsidiary companies CHRC, CKLM, and Cine-Capitale, a movie production company, and re-named the new public concern Tele-Capitale Ltee. Pouliot was president and chief executive officer of the new company until 1978.

Pouliot was chosen as the recipient of the 1987 Communications Prize awarded· by the Qiebec government in the category of entrepreneur. In 1990, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in 1992, he was inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

ARTS AND

SCIENCE

FR. EMMETT JOHNS

Since 1989, Father Emmett Johns has been a beacon of light for more than 150,000 homeless and runaway youths on the streets of Montreal. The Dans la Rue van has become a familiar sight, navigating the streets to offer shelter and food to abandoned teens, and to show acceptance without passing judgment.

Father Johns founded Le Bon Dieu Dans la Rue in 1988, and single-handedly set about establishing a board of directors, applying for a civil charter and drafting the by-laws that would govern the program. He is still responsible for hiring and training staff and recruiting volunteers, as well as running the public relations and fund-raising aspects of the service.

Father Johns started the organization with a Sl0,000 personal loan he used to buy the first van. Seven years later, it was operating with $900,000 in subsidies and donations and is set to launch a Sl.5-millio1: capital campaign. The money ·.vill fund a community centre with facilities to prepare disenfranchised youth for reintroduction into the community. Tht; centre will represent a considerable boost to the services Dans la Rue already provides, including the Bunker, a short-term emergency shelter for teens aged 12 to 19, which opened in 1993.

Father Johns is a Roman Catholic priest. In 1951, he graduated from the Universite de Montreal with a Bachelor's degree in Sacred Theology. He served as pastor of the Resurrection of Our Lord parish in Lachine; and in the 1960s, as chaplain of Marian Hall, a protective home for girls; at the Centre d'accueil feminin, a detention home; and as director of Ranson House, a transition facility he founded for girls coming out of Marian Hall.

In 1972, he founded the Provincial Association of Teachers of Ethics and Religions, and in 1974, completed a Bachelor of Arts in Theology -and Psychology in the evening division at Loyola College.


ARTS AND

SCIENCE

ESMERALDA THORNHILL

Esmeralda M.A. Thornhill is a lawyer, linguist, educator and writer. In 1996, she became the first holder of the distinguished James Robinson Johnston Endowed Chair in Black Canadian Studies at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, where she is a professor oflaw.

Professor Thornhill has a BA, joint honours in Spanish and Latin from McGill University (1969), and several education certificates · and diplomas. In 1981, she completed a diploma in international and comparative law from the University of San Diego (Paris, France) and went on to receive an LLB in civil law from the Universite du Qiebec a Montreal (1983). She was called to the bar in 1987. In 1990, she completed an MA in Spanish language and literature from the Universite de Montreal. In 1996, she received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the City University of New York. ·

A native of Montreal, Thornhill conceptualized, developed and taught the first university-accredited course in Black Women's Studies offered in Canada when she was a sessional lecturer at Concordia in the 1980s. She has been widely published as an expert of anti-racist education and human rights abuses.

Since 1977, she has been a human rights educator with the Qyebec Human Rights Commission. For more than 25 years, she has been engaged in advocacy work and is a founding member of the Congress of Black Women of Canada, the lnterna ti o nal ResoJJrce Network for Women of African Descent, the Congress of Black Lawyers and Jurists of Qiebec, and La Maisonnee, a referral centre for immigrants.

Thornhill was profiled in a collection called Ces 350 femmes qui ont bdti Montreal. In 1992, she was named Qyebec Woman of the Year for Humanitarian and Social Action at the Salon de la Femme in Montreal.

ARTS AND

SCIENCE

HEIDI RATHJEN & WENDY CUKIER

Heidi Rathjen has spent nearly eight years working to turn tragedy into triumph. A witness to the murders, at Ecole Polytechnique in 1989, she took to heart the vow "never again" by co-ordinating a studentled petition for a ban on assault weapons. Her activism on gun control has brought about real social and legal change.

Rathjen was a civil engineering student in 1989. By the time she graduated some months later, the petition had collected more than 560,000 signatures that were presented to the Conservative federal government. The .resulting bill failed on second reading.

In 1991, she founded the Coalition for Gun Control with Wendy Cukier, a cause for which she <juit her engineering job at Bell Canada. Relentless in its pursuit of stricter controls, the Coalition's recommendations were instrumental in toughening up a second Conservative government bill. Legislation finally passed under the Liberal government in 1995.

Rathjen continues to volunteer for the Coalition as vice-president of the board of directors. She is generous with her expertise and was a valuable ally when Concordia launched its own gun control petition after the shootings in 1992. Today, she works behind the scenes for anti-tobacco legislation in Qiebec.

WENDY CUKIER

Cukier has a BA in history and English from Brock University, an MA in social and cultural history and an MBA in information systems and marketing from the University of Toronto. She is completing a PhD in Management Science at York University. In 1996, she and Rathjen received honorary doctorates from Universite Laval, among a number of other honours they have shared.

Cukier was the principal author of the Coalition's position on gun control, as well ·as its legislative briefs on Bills C-80, C-17 and C-68, and has lectured at conferences all over the world.

ARTS AND

SCIENCE

ELISABETH MANN BORGESE, 0.C.

Elisabeth Mann Borgese is the founder of the International Ocean Institute, headquartered in Malta, and serves as its honorary chair. She has been a professor at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, since 1981, teaching political science and law. She was the Killam Senior Fellow from 1979 to 1981, and the Senior Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, California (1964-79).

Born in Germany, Mann Borgese completed her BA in Classical Studies at the Freies Gymnasium in Zurich, Switzerland, and a diploma in piano from the Conservatory of Music in Zurich. She was conferred an honorary Doctor of Humanities in 1986 by Mount Saint Vincent University, in Halifax. In the same year, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

Mann Borgese has published extensively in international law and political science journals, as well as contributed chapters to books about ocean affairs. Her own major works on the subject include The Ocean Regime (1968), the Drama of the Oceans (1976), Seafarm (1981), The Mines of Neptune (1985), and The Future of the Oceans (1987). She has edited several other works, including Ocean Frontiers (1992) and the 13-volume Ocean Yearbook (1982), and has also published short stories, children's books and a play. She was editor oflntercultural Publications from 1952 to 1964 and research associate and editor of Common Cause at the University of Chicago (1946-52).

For her efforts in preserving the environment, Mann Borgese has been awarded the Medal of High Merit by the government of Austria, the Gold Medal by the government of Malta, the Sasakawa United Nations Environment Prize, the Order of Columbia, the Friendship Award from the People's Republic of China, and the St. Francis of Assisi International Environment Prize. She serves as a consultant to the W orld Bank and several United Nations agencies.

ENGINEERING AND

COMPUTER SCIENCE

MORREL BACHYNSKI

Morrel P. Bachynski was trained as a physicist, graduating with Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Engineering Physics from the University of Saskatchewan. He completed his PhD in physics at McGill University. He is co-author of The Particle Kinetics of Plasmas and of more than 80 publications in scientific journals.

In 1977, he founded MPB Technologies Inc. and still serves as its president. The company has gained an international reputation for its work with lasers, electro-optics, fusion research, millimeter-wave radiometry and radar, space shuttle experiments, and more recently, in international optical-fibre telecommunications systems.

Previously, Bachynski had enjoyed a long career with RCA Ltd., where he was vice-president, research and development, and had been the director of Research Laboratories and of the Microwave Physics Laboratory.

Bachynski is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a member of the American Physical Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

He has received numerous awards for both his business and academic achievements, including the Canadian Association of Physicists Medal for Industrial and Applied Physics (1995), the Canada Awards for Business Excellence/Entrepreneurship Gold (1990) and Bronze (1989), and the Canadian Research Management Association's R&D Management Award (1988). He has honorary degrees from the Universities of Waterloo and McGill.

Generous with his time and expertise, Bachynski agreed to become the founding president of the external advisory board of Concordia's Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science. His creativity and efforts in the position have brought the Faculty closer to the external community, particularly in the industrial sector.

ENGINEERING AND

COMPUTER SCIENCE

ROLAND DORE, 0 .C.

Roland Dore is president of the International Space University in Strasbourg, France, a post he has occupied since 1994. This international, multi-disciplinary institution and its 25 affiliate universities in 14 countries form a worldwide university network that prepares professionals to respond to the evolving demands of the space sector.

It is the latest in a long career of prestigious positions for Dore, who obtained his first engineering degree in 1960 from Ecole Polytechnique. In 1965, he completed his Master's of Science at Stanford University in California, followed in 1969 by a PhD.

He has maintained a close professional affiliation with the Ecole Polytechnique for nearly 40 years, holding a variety of professorial and administrative positions. In 1980, he became dean of research and in 1982, director of the school. In 1989, he was named the Ecole's principal and chair of the board, a position he held until 1992.

From 1992 to 1994, Dore was president of the Canadian Space Agency, an appointment made by the prime minister.

Dore's energy and commitment has earned him the presidency of many of Canada's leading academic and professional organizations, including the Advisory Committee of Industrial Materials Research Institute of the National Research Council of Canada, as well as the National Committee of Deans of Engineering and Applied Sciences of Canada. From 1988 to 1992, he was vice-president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Among Dore's honours are the Grand Prix d'Excellence from the Ordre des Ingeniewn (1~93), the Julian C. Smith Medal from the Engineering Institute of Canada (1992), and honorary doctorates from McGill University and the Royal Military College at St. Jean. In 1992, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.


FINE

ARTS

JEANNE RENAUD

Montreal choreographer and dancer Jeanne Renaud has been a force in the world of contemporary dance since the mid-1940s, when she began to train with some of the most influential teachers of the time. In 1949, she trained with Merce Cunningham in Paris, and with Mary Anthony in Paris and London; in the 1960s, she continued her studies in New York, and in Montreal with the Grands Ballets Canadiens.

In the 1950s, she was involved with the Automatistes, an important group of Qyebec artists that included the writer Claude Gauvreau and painters Jean-Paul Riopelle and Jean-Paul Mousseau. During this period, she also collaborated with choreographer and dancer Frans:oise Sullivan.

In 1961, she founded the Ecole de danse moderne de Montreal with Frans:oise Riopelle and in 1966, went on to found the Groupe de la Place Royale. She served as its director until 1972. In 1975, she became an active member of the Canada Council in the adjudication of prizes in dance and music and in the Explorations program.

Renaud has been involved with the Ministere des Affaires Culturelles, first as director of the dance department and then as attachee to the director-general of conservatories. In 1982, she began her association with the Universite du Qyebec a Montreal, when she was appointed special consultant to the vice-dean of arts. She also taught in the dance and theatre departments until her retirement in 1989. From 1985 to 1988, Renaud was co-director of the Grands Ballets Canadiens.

Her daring choreography and innovative use of avant-garde musicians, visual artists and collaborators have put her at the vanguard of the cultural community in Quebec. Through her teaching and support, and the performance of her work, she has played a vital role in the development of many of Canada's most promising dancers and choreographers.

FINE

ARTS

ANNETTE MICHELSON

Annette Michelson is a professor of Cinema Studies at New York University and a leading authority on film theory, both classical and contemporary, with an emphasis on psychoanalysis and critical theory. Her knowledge of French film, the international avant-garde, independent movements in film and related forms of artistic production have brought her ·numerous honours, including senior fellowships at the Getty Institute for Studies in the Visual Arts and Humanities and at the Centre for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Her expertise in art history and theory of the image, with particular reference to modernism and postmodernism, has been illustrated in diverse activities. With Rosalind Krauss, she founded the journal October, devoted to the theoretical and critical consideration of contemporary art in its historical and political contexts, and is also the co-founding editor of October Books, published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Press.

Michelson received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1948 from Brooklyn College, and following graduate studies in art history and philosophy at Columbia University and the University of Paris, took up a 15-year residence in Paris. Between 1956 and 1966, she was art editor of the Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune, as well as the Paris correspondent for Arts Magazine and Art International. Upon her return to the United States, she became editor for film and performance of the journal Artforum.

Professor Michelson received an Ingram-Mellon fellowship (1966) and three grants for research from the National Endowment of the Arts (1974, 1976, 1978). She has received the Frank Jewett Mather award for distinction in art criticism (1974) and the title of distinguished teacher by New York University (1994).

She is the author of several publi.sh e d works. On the Eve of the Future, a volume of her collected writings on the theory and practice of the cinematic avant-garde, is scheduled for publication by MIT Press this year.

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Faculty of Arts and Science

Henry Beissel English

Henry Beissel was born in 1929 in Cologne, Germany, where he studied philosophy. He went to London in i 949 to pursue graduate studies in philosophy at University College under A.J.R. Ayer. In 1951, he emigrated to Canada, where he worked at various jobs, from salesman to stagehand at the CBC.

In 1956, he became a Canadian citizen, and took up studies in English literature at the University of Toronto, from which he graduated in 1960 with an MA. He taught English literature at the Universities of Munich (1960-62), Edmonton (1962-64) and the West Indies (1964-66). In 1966, he joined Sir George Williams University as Assistant Professor of English, specializing in medieval, modem and Canadian literatures.

A dedicated teacher, he established the Creative Writing program, and directed it for a number of years. He was promoted to Full Professor in 1979.

He published and edited Edge, a magazine for the arts and politics, from 1963 to 1969 . Since New Wings for Icarus (Coach House Press, 1966), he has published more than 30 books of poetry, plays and prose. He has edited anthologies and translated works by Bauer, Huchel, Ibsen, Neruda, Mrozek and others. His play, !nook and the Sun, opened in Stratford in 1973, and has been performed world-wide. His work has been translated into many languages, and he is the recipient of numerous awards.

Patrick White called Beissel "a Canadian poet of the first rank." The late F.R. Scott said of his Cantos North that he was the first to see the wonder of the North in its entirety. Keith Garebian declared that "Season ef Blood is one of the most powerful, moving, lyrical triumphs in modem poetry." And Thomas Willis, theatre critic for the Chicago Tribune, wrote that !nook and the Sun was "as beautiful and magnificent as Homer."

Howard Fink English

Howard R. Fink has taught at Concordia since 1964, and has been Professor of English since 1983 (and sometime acting chair). In 1975, he founded the Radio Drama Project, and in 1982, was founding director of the Concordia Centre for Broadcasting Studies (CCBS), an interdisciplinary research centre that houses Canadian broadcasting materials dating from the 1920s to the present. Its archive, the official repository of the CBC's radio-drama paper archives, also

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contains 30 related sets of personal papers, as well as selected archives of other CBC programming. 1,'hese materials are in active use for research in many disciplines. Fink has done funded analyses of English-language Canadian radio theatre, whose results have enriched graduate and undergraduate courses, and several student theses.

His published work includes the first history of American and Canadian radio drama, critical play-anthologies of the work of Andrew Allan and of Gerald Noxon, Canadian radio-drama bibliographical repertories, a theoretical, analytical and historical volume, and articles on the radio theatre of Gerald Noxon, Earle Birney, Tyrone Guthrie, Glenn Gould, Jack Gillmore and Jack BowderyAmmon, as well as on CKUA. His current project extends his radio-drama research and publication into Europe, particularly the 1920s Parisian radiodramatist theorist and producer Germinet-Vinot, and the 1930s radio sintesi of Marinelli.

Fink was a founder of the Concordia International Poetry Series, and the impetus for the work of the Vice-Rector Research's Committee on University Archives to provide formal recognition and an infrastructure for the many valuable research archives at Concordia.

Fink was founding president of the Association for the Study of Canadian Radio-Television, founding editor of the

· ASCRT journal, Frequence/ Frequency, founding vice-president of the Association for Canadian Theatre Research, and has served on committees developing changes concerning audio-visual archives for the new Copyright Law.

Ragal Ibrahim Biology

Ernest Joos Philosophy

Desiree Park Philosophy

In the early months of 1966, the Jesuit Fathers at Loyola College, greatly daring, appointed me Assistant Professor of Philosophy to teach modem philosophy. The term began in September 1966. Since it was not yet fashionable to appoint women to academic posts, I have always been grateful that the Jesuits were willing to "take a chance."

Subsequently, publishing and promotions fo llowed with some regularity:

Associate Professor in 1972; then Professor, in 1977.

The consistent generosity of the Canada Council should be mentioned here. Besides a fellowship for thesis research, I received, over the years, a research scholarship and a leave fellowship. Further opportunities for research followed from my election to a visiting fellowship at Wolfson College, Oxford University, for 1985-86 and 1989-90.

Books include Complementary Notiom: A Critical Study of Berkeley's Theory of Concepts (The Hague, 1972); Persom: Theories and Perceptions (The Hague, 1973); Elements and Problems if Perception (Oxford, 1983); Contemporary Issues: The Pluralist Society (Warsaw, 1996). Edited: The Notebooks ef George Berkeley, 1685-1753: The Tercentenary Facsimile Edition with Postscript (Oxford, 1984). Contributed chapters to include: "John Locke: Toleration and the Civic V utues" in The Notion ef Tolerance and Human Rights: Essays in Honour ef Raymond Klibamky (Ottawa, 1991); "Ayerian Q,ialia and the Empiricist Heritage" in The Philosophy ef A.J Ayer: The Library ef Living Philosophers, vol. XXI in the Schilpp Series (La Salle, Ill., 1992); "L'infini chez Berkeley" in lnfini des Philosophes, Infini des Astronomes (Paris, 1995). I have also published a number of journal articles on Locke, Berkeley, Hume and related issues in the history of philosophy. Current research is in epistemology and ethics.

Campbell Perry Psychology

Faculty of Commerce and Administration

V.H. Kirpllanl Marketing

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science

Dorel Feldman Centre for Building Studies

Dorel Feldman joined Concordia's Cent_re for Building Studies in 1978. During his 19 years with the Faculty, he established himself as both a top researcher and instructor.

He currently holds 16 patents in the polymer field, has published 190 referenced journal publications and has participated in 88 conference presentations. He received his BEng (1949), PhD Eng (1958) and PhD Sciences (1971) from the Polytechnic Institute, in Romania ..

Feldman has been involved in innovative building materials research. In 1996, he led a research team responsible for the creatioii of a wallboard that incorporated organic phase change material. These revolutionary wallboards exhibit heat storage capabilities far in excess of ordinary products, and will help lead to the development of promising new building materials in the area of energy conservation.

Feldman is a member of the American Chemical Society, Polymer Division, as well as an Editorial Advisory Board member of the Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology and the Polymer News Journal.

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Sui Lin · Mechanical Engineering

A consulting engineer to industry for more than 20 years, Sui Lin joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1970 as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Sir George Williams University. For the past 26 years, Lin has taught and done research at Concordia, becoming a world-renowned expert in the area of heat transfer.

Lin received his BSc in automotive engineering from Ordinance Engineering College, Taiwan (1953), as well as his M Eng and PhD from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany (1962, 1964).

He has 87 journal publications and 83 conference presentations to his credit. He is a member of both the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineers and the Engineering Institute of Canada and was made a Life Fellow and National Adviser of the American Biographical Institute Research Association.

Held in high regard by the scientific community, Lin was appointed Research Project Reviewer for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the National Science Foundation, U.S.A.

M.O.M. Osman Mechanical Engineering

Mohamed O.M. Osman has enjoyed a 29-year career with the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, during which he became one of the most significant NSERC grant recipients in Canada (from 1989-1993).

Osman received his BSc from Cairo University in 1957 and his Dr Sc Tech in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1964. He joined Concordia as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1967, and served as chair of the department from 1987-1993.

As head of research teams responsible for the foundation of the Mechanisms/Dynamics Laboratory, the C omputer-Integrated Manufacturing Lab, as well as the Deep-Hole Boring Machine Lab, Osman has made many contributions to the University.

A Fellow of both the Canadian and American Society of Mechanical Engineers, he was also appointed chair of the fifth World Congress of the International Federation of Theories of Machines and Mechanisms, held at Con~ordia in 1979.

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Faculty of Arts and Science

Perry Anderson Biology

Perry Anderson began lecturing in Sir

George Williams University's Biology Department in 1965, fresh from an MSc at the University of Western Ontario. With Q,iebec's newly found commitment to higher education, it was an exciting period. Teaching was a priority, with large classes, day and evening.

Anderson was awarded an assistant professorship in 1967, and took leave to obtain his PhD in Wildlife and Fisheries from Oregon State University (1973) . Upon his return, he formed and directed a research team of biologists and. chemists to study the environmental behaviour of toxic substances, with funding from government (NRC, NSERC and FCAR). The team operated for 15 years.

Anderson supervised large numbers of graduate students, publishing and consulting nationally (Environment Canada) and internationally (USEPA). A highlight was contributing a cl1apter to General Principles of Ecotoxicology, whose authors were chosen by a UNESCO committee.

In 1979, as an associate professor and member of a CREPUQcommittee on toxicological education in Qiiebec, Anderson became aware of the lack of formal programs. He developed a curriculum for a graduate diploma program in ecotoxicology, which began at Concordia in 1985. More than 180 Ecotoxicology students have graduated. Most have entered the workforce, and are contributing in important ways to the management of the environment.

Throughout the past 12 years, Anderson has maintained his research output, mainly through government and industrial contracts. This year, he was co-author of two papers in the Canadian Journal ef Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences on the mechanisms by which PCBs cause malformations in fish.

In recognition of his contributions to ecotoxicology, he was chosen to give the keynote address on behalf of the Canadian Society of Aquatic Toxicologists at their first joint meeting with the Canadian SocietyofMarnmalian Toxicologists.

Harold Chorney Political Science

Harold Chorney received his BA Hons and MA in economics from the University of Manitoba. He spent two years at the London School of Economics as a PhD candidate in economics, taught at the University of Manitoba and worked for that government as an economist. He completed his PhD at the University of Toronto in 1984, and began teaching at Concordia in 1982.

Chorney is the author of City of Dreams: Social Theory and the Urban Experience, and Toward a Humanist Political Economy (with Phil Hansen), as well as a forthcoming work, Rediscovering Full Employment.

He has also written a number of monographs on public finance and deficits and debt, and others, many for

Canadian governments, on stabilization policy, urban planning, psychiatric services, regional incentive grants, hiring practices and the role of bilingualism.

He has published 17 refereed articles, on themes ranging from public finance, popular culture, Canadian politics and unemployment, several of which have become known as classics in the field. He has also presented more than 25 papers to scholarly meetings, and received more than $60,000 in research funding through SSHRC.

Chorney is well known as a commentator and analyst of public policy, with more than 300 appearances on television and radio, and many articles in Canadian newspapers, including the Globe and Mail.

He is also a dedicated teacher, and has supervised a number of PhD and MA students. His current research includes the changing nature of the metropolis and post-modernism, economic aspects of bilingualism, monetary and fiscal policy reform and the restoration of full employment as a policy goal.

Chorney has been a member of Senate, is active in the faculty union, and has played an active administrative role in his department, and is also a community activist.

John Drysdale Sociology and Anthropology

John Drysdale was educated in the United States, receiving a BA in philosophy at Millsaps College (1959) and an MA and PhD in sociology from Louisiana State University (1966). First granted a visiting appointment in sociology at Sir George Williams University in 1971, he was made Associate Professor the following year. He chaired the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 1987-90.

Among many responsibilities that he has held at Concordia, Drysdale has served as director of the PhD in Humanities program, 1980-83, and Assistant Dean, Curriculum, Faculty of Arts and Science, 1982-85. He has served as president of the Concordia University Faculty Association, 1979-80, and co-chaired the Faculty-Staff Division of the University Annual Giving Campaign, and the Joint Pay Equity Committee, 1989-91. He has also served several terms as a member of the University Senate, and chaired the Academic Programs Committee in 1995-96.

Drysdale' s primary fields of teaching have been in 19th- and 20th-century European and North American sociological theory. He has taught regularly the core theoretical courses in sociology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. His focus on German social theory led to his appointment in 1990-91 as the first Concordia faculty member to serve as scholar-in-residence at Lonergan University College, the year devoted to the study of the works of Max Weber.

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held visiting research appointments at the University of Munich, Oxford University, and Harvard University, in addition to conducting research at the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin. His research program has centred on the work of Max Weber in the historical context of the founding of German sociology. His articles and reviews have been published in the leading journals in his field in the U.S. and Canada. He is currently Visiting Scholar in the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, where he is at work on a book on Weber's methodological ideas.

J.M. Gouanvic Etudes fran9aises

After graduating from the Institute for Translators and Interpreters (Paris, 196 7) and earning a Licence es Lettres at Sorbonne and the Universite de Bretagne Occidentale, Jean-Marc Gouanvic became a professional translator at Bell Canada in Montreal (in 1972).

In 1974, he began lecturing in professional translation at the Universite de Montreal, and resumed his studies at McGill University (MA, 1975 and PhD, 1983). During these years, he was a freelance translator and reviser, and took part in Qiebec's literary field as critic and editor; in 1979, he founded the literary journal Imagine.

In 1983, he was hired by the Universite du Qiebec a T rois-Rivieres as a professor of translation theory and practice. Here, he co-founded ITR/Studies in the Text and its Transformation in 1987, which he made the official journal of the Canadian Association for Translation Studies, of which he was founding vicepresident. In 1989, he joined Concordia's Departement d'Etudes frarn;:aises as Associate Professor; he soon became the director of undergraduate studies in translation and played a leading role in the development of Translation Studies in the department. As director of ITR, he contributed actively to the development of the MA in Translation Studies, which will begin in 1998.

In 1994, he published the first scientific book-length study on science fiction in France in the post-Jules Verne period. In 1997, his second book will appear on the Sociology of Translation, in which he offers a new reading of Pierre Bourdieu's ideas on the economy of symbolic exchanges. Since 1985, he has been awarded research grants from SSHRC and FCAR on the impact of science on literature, on languages for special purposes, on the translation ofAmerican science fiction into French, on the socio-analysis of translated American literature, and on contact between English and French in Qiebec.

Susan Hoecker-Drysdale Sociology and Anthropology

Susan Hoecker-Drysdale received her degrees from Northland College (BA, 1958) and Louisiana State University

(MA,-1961, and PhD, 1969). Appointed as Assistant Professor of Sociology at Loyola College in 1971, and promoted to Associate Professor in 1975, she served as co-ordinator of the Women's Studies program, Loyola College, 1972-75, departmental vice-chair, 1975-76, and chair, Concordia Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 1994-96. She has been a Fellow of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute since 1980, and a member of Lonergan University College, 1989-92. Recently, she was named a Lifetime Honorary Fellow of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute.

Her areas of teaching have been primarily classical social theory, Victorian sociology, gender, and women and work. She has also taught in the Women's Studies program and at Lonergan College.

She has served on the Board of Governors, Faculty Council, the faculty association, the Advisory Committee on Equity, Joint Grievance Committee, Appeals Board and Senate Library Committee.

Funded by SSHRC grants, her research focuses on the theoretical and empirical contributions of women in sociology. Her book, Harriet Martineau: First Woman Sociologist (Berg, 1992), is the first biography to examine the life and work of Martineau (1802-76) as a sociologist. A second book, The Sociology of Harriet Martineau: A Victorian Vision of Science and Society, which analyses Martineau's theoretical and empirical contributions to sociology, is being completed.

Hoecker-Drysdale is conducting research on two additional books for a project titled "The Feminist Tradition in Sociology." Her scholarship has included book chapters, articles and conference papers. As a co-researcher, she has participated in two Shell Oil Oral History Projects on women, and a third project on older men and women in Montreal.

Hoecker-Drysdale has been elected a Visiting Fellow in the School of Advanced Study, University of London, 1997-98.

Guy Lachapelle Political Science

Guy Lachapelle has been a professor in the Department of Political Science since 1984. He obtained his PhD from Northwestern University (1986) and a graduate diploma in Communication Studies from Concordia University. He is also co-ordinator of Qiebec Government Relations in the University's Office of Government and External Relations.


He is past president of the Societe quebecoise de science politique ( 1996-97) and co-chair of the organizing committee for the XVIII World Congress of the International Political Science Association, to be held in Qiebec City in 2000. He was director of the Master's in Public Policy and Administration program in 1990-91.

Lachapelle's study for the Royal Commission on Political Parties and Party Financing (Lortie Commission), Polls and the Media in Canadian Elections: Taking the Pulse (1991), was instrumental in the adoption in 1993 of a 72-hour preElection Day blackout on opinion polls.

Lachapelle is co-author, with Robert Young and John E. Trent, of QuebecCanada: What is the Path Ahead? (1996). He is also co-author, with Pierre P. Tremblay, of Le contribuable: heros ou malfaiteur (1996); with Jean Crete and Louis M . Imbeau, of Politiques provinciales comparees (1994); and with Gerald Bernier, Daniel Salee and Luc Bernier, of Quebec Democracy: Structures, Processes and Policies (1993). He is the editor of Quebec Under Free Trade: Making Public Policy in North America (1995); co-editor, with Pierre P. Tremblay and John E . Trent, of L'impact riferendaire (1995); and co-editor of Quebec: un pays incertain - reflexion sur le Quebec post-riferendaire (1980).

He has contributed to the Canadian journal of Political Science, Revue quebecoise de science politique, Quebec Studies, and the Canadian journal of Program Evaluation. His recent work has focused on public opinion theory, comparative voting behaviour and Qiebec public policy, and his views are often solicited by the media.

James Moore Political Science

James Moore has taught at Concordia University and Loyola College for the past 30 years. Moore has written more than 20 articles that have been published in journals and in collections of essays on subjects in modern political philosophy and on the enlightenment in Scotland and Reformed Europe.

His work on Scottish philosophers David Hume and Francis Hutcheson has been described as "the most original single contribution to recent scholarship on the Scottish enlightenment."

His research has been supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He has also held visiting research fellowships at the Universities of Edinburgh and Manchester, and at the Australian National University.

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committee. He has also served on the

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William Reimer Sociology and Anthropology

Bill Reimer came to Sir George Williams in 1972 after completing degrees in English, religious studies and sociology at the University of British Columbia. Since then, he has taught primarily in methodology, social problems, social organization and Canadian society.

Reimer's career can be characterized by a theoretical and practical concern for issues of social inequality, a curiosity with new ways of exploring social behaviour, and a conviction that both can best be done in a collegial and open context. The first is reflected in his research and teaching activities, the second in his experience with research methodologies, and the third in his commitment to collaboration, both within and outside the university.

Reimer's research is marked by an eclectic experience with methods of social investigation and an underlying concern with inequality and the fate of the marginalized. His field work in rural Qiebec led to several publications regarding the impact of changes in technology on farm households. More recently, this has expanded to the investigation of social exclusion in all parts of rural Canada. Besides many academic publications related to rural poverty, Reimer has appeared before three parliamentary committees and helped establish a $1.4-million research and education initiative in support of rural Canada.

In addition to undergraduate teaching, he has supported numerous graduate students through his research activities. He has served twice as graduate program director in his department and as vicechair from 1990-1993. He was secretarytreasurer, later president, of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association. Currently, he is president of the Canadian Rural Restructuring Foundation, a foundation of academics and non-academics with interests in rural Canada, and vice-president of the Societe de congres mondial de sociologie 1998.

Norman Segalowltz Psychology

Norman Segalowitz obtained his MSc (Psychology) from McGill University in 1968, and his DPhil from Oxford University in 1972. He joined the Psychology Department in 1973.

His principal research goal has been to understand how people acquire and develop abilities to perform complex cognitive skills. His investigations in this area include the study of the way memory, attention, and perception function during the performance of a complex mental activity and how the operation of these processes change as a result of training, practice and experience.

Much of his research has focused on reading and adult bilingual skills and, with the recent establishment of the Leonardo Project, an interdisciplinary, collaborative research effort which he directs, now includes the study of high level musical performance. Through these investigations into the nature of abilities in language and music performance, Segalowitz has been addressing questions about human potential and the factors that facilitate or block its fulfilment.

His research has resulted in numerous

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peer-reviewed communications in journals and conferences, in book chapters and invited addresses nationally and internationally (including Canada, the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Asia). Segalowitz's research has been funded continuously since 1973 by agency grants (NSERC, SSHRC, FCAR).

He has supervised and co-supervised 22 graduate theses and over two dozen undergraduate research theses, and he has taught more than a dozen different graduate and undergraduate courses and special graduate tutorials. H e twice chaired the Psychology Department, first from 1977 to 1980 at the time of the Loyola/ Sir George merger and again from 1990 to 1993. He has also served the academic community extensively as member and chair of numerous committees, task forces and councils, in the department, at the Faculty level, university-wide, and at the Ministry of Education (FCAR).

Anna Sierpinska Mathematics Statistics

Anna Sierpinska obtained her Master's degree in mathematics from the University of Warsaw, Poland, and her PhD in the didactics of mathematics from the Higher School of Pedagogy in Cracow.

Her research in mathematics was in ring theory (radicals of rings of polynomials). Her early research in mathematics education was related to the notion of epistemological obstacles and its application to the study of students' difficulties with the mathematical concepts of limit and infinity.

Her interest in algebra as a mathematician has now come back in her research on algebraic thinking of undergraduate students and the problems of communication in linear algebra. She is also interested in some broader issues in mathematics education, both as a domain of research and as a field of practice. Together with Jeremy Kilpatrick, she was elected vice-president of the International Commission of Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) for the years 1995-98, and with him, co-chairs an ICMI study, "What is research in mathematics education and what are its results?"

She has authored a book on understanding in mathematics that appeared both in English (Understanding in Mathe ma tics, Falmer Press, 1994) and in French (La comprehension en mathemat iques, Modulo, 1995). She is also a coeditor of two forthcoming books : Language and Communication in the Mathemat ics Classroom, NCTM, with Heinz Steinbring and Maria G. Bartolini-Bussi, and Mathematics Education as a

R esearch Domain: A Search for Identity,. Kluwer, with Jeremy Kilpatrick.

Sierpinska has been at Concordia since 1990, teaching mathematics and mathematics education. Since 1992, she has been the director of the Master's in the Teaching of Mathematics program in the

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department. She is also an Associate Professor at the Universite de Montreal, where she directs PhD theses in the didactics of mathematics.

Michel von Griinau Psychology

Michael Werner von Grunau studied physics at the University of Munich and received a Bachelor of Science in physics from the University of Toronto in 1968. He then studied psychophysics in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto, where he received a PhD in 1975. He did post-doctoral work in neurophysiology and perception at the Max-Planck Institute for Psychiatry (Munich) and the Department of Psychology ofQieen's University (Kingston). H e joined the Concordia Psychology Department in 1989, after having worked at Qieen's University and the National Research Council in Ottawa.

Von Grunau's ~esearch is concerned with how our brain extracts, selects and processes visual information from the flow of light reaching our eyes, and how it uses this information to actively construct an internal representation of the world, which is what we call perception. He is specifically interested in the perception of motion, colour and depth (3D), in how attention determines what we see, and how all this is related to consciousness. He is also studying dynamic fac ial expressions and early pro cessing in visual search . His approach is experimental, using human observers, and is strongly influenced by the current knowledge of brain physiology and functioning, as well as by computational and cognitive aspects. The research is supported by NSERC and FCAR grants and has resulted in more than 55 scientific articles and 110 conference presentations.

Von Grunau has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of introductory psychology, sensation and perception, . research methods, and psychobiology, as well as a Science College vision course . He has regularly supervised several graduate and undergraduate students. For the last three years, he has been the PhD program director in the department.

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science

J. William Atwood Computer Science

William Atwood was educated at McGill University (BEng, 1963), the University of T oronto (MA Sc, 1965), and the U niversity of Illinois (P hD, 1970), all in electrical engineering. After teaching at the University of Toronto, he came to Sir George Williams University in 1972, just after the D epartment of Computer Science was formed. H e was promoted to Associate Professor in 1975.

Atwood's contributions to research were initially in the area of operating systems, concentrating on performance evaluation and the use of co ncurrent languages. More recently they have been in the area of computer communications, focusing on formal specification, simulation and performance evaluation of protocols for high-speed networks. He has active research collaborations with colleagues in Canada, the United States, France, Romania and Germany.

Atwood has taught a wide variety of courses in the department, but his teaching has been primarily in the areas of programming languages, operating systems, and computer communications. He has been active in the area of curriculum development within his own areas of specialty and for the entire department.

He has been chair of the graduate or undergraduate advising committees in the department for seven of the last 24 years. He served as Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, for the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science from 1982 to 1986, director of the Co-operative Program for Computer Science from 1991 to 1995, and associate chair of Computer Science from 1994 to 1995. H e has been on a variety of Faculty and University committees, and has been active in reviewing for external bodies. He has been the Examiner in Operating Systems for the Ordre des ingenieurs du Qiebec since 1988.

Claude Bedard Centre for building Studies

Following a first degree in Civil Engineer ing at Universit e Laval (1978) , Claude Bedard was granted a Commonwealth Scholarship to pursue graduate studies in England, where he completed a Master's and PhD in concrete structures and technology at Imperial College, London.

Back in Canada, he worked as a structural design engineer at Lavalin Consulting . International before joining the Centre for Building Studies (CBS) as a Visiting Assistant Professor, in 1983. Promoted to Associate Professor in 1990, Bedard was involved with the co-op program in Building Engineering from its inception in 1987, serving as its director for four years (1991-95). He joined the School of Graduate Studies two years ago as Associate Dean, Student Affairs and Curriculum, and recently assumed the position of Dean, Graduate Studies and Research.

Soon after arriving at the CBS, Bedard directed his research activities to the area of computer- aided building design (CABD), a truly interdisciplinary field concerned with the overall improvement of buildings at an early design stage. Given the novel and unique character of CABD research, he has developed integrated models and approaches that draw, on the one hand, from traditional areas of materials, structures, architecture and construction management, and on the other, from computing techniques such as knowledge-based expert systems, neural networks and object-oriented database management systems, techniques that can capture and process concepts that are ill-defined at the preliminary design stage.

In addition to external funding, supervision of graduate students and refereed publicat ions in premier journals, his research has also led to invitations as keynote speaker and membership on juries, conference advisory boards and journal editorial boards. A regular reviewer of papers and grant applications, Bedard has also been active as external examiner and organizer of public lectures, colloquia, sessions and refereed conferences. Finally, he has maintained interest in the assessment of composite reinforcement and new concretes, work which has attracted a number of contracts.

CONCORD I A ' S THURSDAY REPORT

Faculty of Rne Arts

Christopher Gabriel-Lacki Design Art

Christopher Gabriel-Lacki began teaching part-time at the Sir George Williams School of Art in 1961. While teaching, he completed art studies at the Sir George Williams School of Art and the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Montreal. He holds a BA from La Courtine Military College (France), but studied at various art colleges in Germany and France prior to that. In order to gain professional recognition in Canada, he obtained his teaching certificate in 1963, while working as a designer with RCA Victor.

Gabriel-Lacki has been curator of the University's _art collection and the Art Gallery of the Faculty of Fine Arts. As a founding member of the Faculty, he has participated fully in its development, and was chair of the Department of Design Art. He also taught at the M ontreal Museum ofFme Arts, when Arthur Lismer was director.

G abriel-Lacki has served on many University administrative bodies, including the Board of Governors and many of its sub-committees.

Over his 30-year career at Concordia, he has taught in several studio and design areas. He also taught at the Universite du Qiebec a Montreal and at MIT, and has conducted seminars and workshops at the Visual Arts Centre, Stewart Hall, and l'Institut des metiers d' arts.

He is still a practising designer for American, German and Canadian companies. His expertise has been sought by such institutions as UQAM, where he helped develop the design curriculum, and l'Institut des metiers d'arts, where he was involved in the creation of the programme de peifectionnement. He has consulted for organizations such as Design Canada, le Ministere des Affaires Culturelles du Qiebec, and le Fonds FCAR. Since 1989, he has been a member of the Elizabeth G reenshields Foundation, which provides financial support to developing artists.

International academic activities Deadline for applications Collaborative projects Canada-Brazil Technology Transfer Fund ............................................. .. ... Open date Canada Southern-Cone Technology Transfer Fund

(Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay) .......................................... Open date Japan Foundation Programs: (Japanese Studies,

Japanese Language at Canadian universities) .......... .. .......... November 11, 1997

Faculty research/travel British Council: (Visitorship Program, Academic Links Scheme,

Young Research Workers Program) ................................ Eight weeks in advance Professional Partnerships Program (Central and eastern Europe and the former

Soviet Union) ......... ...... .July 4, 1997 and every six weeks until September 1997 Foundation for Educational Exchange between

Canada and the United States ........ ....... ....... ........ ............ .... September 30, 1997 Visiting Faculty Lecturer Program (Department of

Canadian Heritage [Canadianists] Program) .... ... .. ................ . November 1, 1997 Japan Foundation Programs: (Japanese Language Education Fellowship,

Japanese Research/Conference/Seminar Grant Program, Study-in-Japan Grant Program, etc.) ...................... .. .. .... .. ... ... .. December 2, 1997

Student research/travel United Nations Development Programs: Junior Professional Officer ........ Open date Assistant Program Officer ... ...................... .............................. .......... ....... Open Date Japan Foundation Programs:

1998 Japanese Research Student Scholarship ............. ................... June 30, 1997 Commonwealth Scholarship Plan (1998-1999):

India, Sri Lanka and United Kingdom ............... ......................... October 27, 1997 Australia and New Zealand ..... ...... ............................... ......... ..... December 24, 1997 Graduate Student Research Travel Scholarship ..... ..................... December 15, 1997 IDRC Doctoral Research Award .......... ... .. ...... .. .. .. ...... ..... .......... December 15, 1997

For further details contact the C/AC (Marie Berryman) at 848-4985.

MediaFax wins CCAE bronze award I\ dd another prize to Concordia's

1"1..collection. MediaFax, which provides the

media with positive story ideas about Concordia, has won the 1996 Best New Idea: Creativity on a Shoestring Bronze Award from the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE).

Designed to complement the Public Relations Department's media relations activities, MediaFax uses existing resources to promote the University as widely, quickly and cheaply as possible.

James Dobchuk of the University of Saskatchewan's Development Office, speaking on behalf of the CCAE jury for this award, said, "The race was tight . The point

spread between first and third place was only three points, so it was a difficult decision."

The MediaFax tip sheet is issued weekly, using a concise, informative style to highlight Concordia's creativity, research and teaching, and to promote University experts on topical subjects. It is based on a concept developed seven years ago by Sharon Bishin, a former officer in Public Relations, when facsimile machines were considered cutting-edge technology. The next step will be to transmit it via e-mail and to make it available on the Concordia Web site.

MediaFax is the responsibility of Public Relations Officer Donna Varrica, who submitted the entry. She was editor of Concordia's Thursday

Report from 1990 to 1993, when it won its first gold award in the same competition. She has been with the University since 1988; she took an educational leave in 1993-94 to complete a Master's degree in international journalism at City University in London, England. - BB

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Plamondon elected · Jean-Fran~ois Plamondon (Religion),

who was until recently president of the Conco.rdia University Graduate Stu

. dents Ass·ociation, has been elected francophone co-commissioner of the Canadian Federation of Students .

. l . , Convocation Mass of Thanksgiving - Loyola Chapel, Sunday, June 15 at 10:30 a.m.

This is a special opportunity for graduates and their families to celebrate this milestone, and

to gather in thanksgiving to God for the blessings of the years spent at Concordia.

Guest HomJist:

Father Emmett Johns (Pops") , Founder of "Lebon Dieu dans la rue"

Graduating students and faculty (gowned, if possible) are invited to join in the entrance

procession, which will assemble at 10:00 a.m. in the cloister walkway between the

Administration BuJding and the Chapel.

Refreshments will be served after the Mass.

For more information, contact Campus Ministry at 848-3588 Campus Ministry is a division of Advocacy & Support Services - Student Services

JOIN THE PARTY!

Hosted by Frederick Lowy Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University and The Concordia University Alumni Association

GRAD FINALE Friday, June 13, 1997 5- 7 p.m., Atrium- J.W. McConnell Building 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West

Price: Complimentary for graduating students, $10 for each guest Tickets can be picked up at the Office of Alumni Affairs SGW Campus: 1463 Bishop St., BC-101 Loyola Campus: 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., Room CC-324 For more information, call (514) 848-3815


The Concordia Memorial Golf Tournament

Tuesday, August 2~, 1997 - Golf Dorval Rain or Shine

a dale lo remember . . .

Detailed information will be forthcoming in early July. In the meantime, you can call:

Peny Calce 848-2579 or Sandra-Lym Spina 848-4870

Please join us, whatever your level of play! Don't be shy! To register now, please

complete the form below. Tee-off times will be on a first come, first-registered basis.

Raservatlons*: $75 for Golf and Dinner

$37 .50 for Golf or Dinner only

Options: Regular Game or Vegas

Open to all members of the Concordia Community and Friends! Committee Members: Craig Brown, Perry Calce, Marcel Danis, Johanne De Cubellis,

Wendy French, Susan O'Reilly, Sandra Spina, Glen Weir

All proceeds w/11 go to the Concordia University Memorial Endowment Fund*

Full Payment must be received by August 1, 1997. (Cheque or Money Order Only)

!l<egislrahon !Jorm * Please confirm your attendance by returning this form to: Johanne de Cubellls Marketing Communications, BC-114 Concordia University 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Montreal , Quebec H3G 1M8 No Postdated Cheques

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Public Relations Department (BC-115) in writing no later

than Thursday, 5 p.m. the week prior to the Thursday publication.

For more information, please contact Eugenia Xenos at 848-4881,

by fax: 848-2814 or by e-mail: [email protected].

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Alumni Affairs bicycles and helmets to youngsters boards, located at 2070 Mackay, and _with special needs, or to those who on the fourth floor of the Hall Building. are working to better society without

Alumni Cycling Outing and Picnic expecting recognition. The deadline An invitation to singles and couples for requests for the second distribu-for a leisurely outing along one of the tion is June 18. Apply in writing to CPR Courses city's lovelier bicycle paths. Saturday, Bicycle Committee, 4251 St. Urbain, June 14 !rainy day option, Sunday, Montreal, H2W 1V6, or fax request to (!ffered by EH&S Office. June 15). Meeting location: Central 842-5241 . Info: Mr. Kulczyk or ·Ms. All welcome. Contect Donne Building, Loyola Campus, 7141 Macri at 842-6822. Fasciano, B4B-4355. Sherbrooke W. Time: 10:30 a.m., with June9 an expected return no later than 4 Volunteers needed Heartsaver p.m. Full details will be mai led with Why not develop your interpersonal registration. RSVP at 848-3817. skills by volunteering at the CLSC June 14, 15

Rene-Cassin? Info: 488-9163, local CSST First Aid !English) Stratford Theatre Festival 351. Alumni Wnkend June19,20 Price includes two nights at The Volunteers needed CSST First Aid !French) Victorian Inn, two breakfasts, dinner Le Regroupement des aveugles et upon check-in on Friday night, tickets to amblyopes du Montreal Metropolitain June21,22 Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and needs bilingual volunteers to accom- CSST First Aid !French) The Taming of the Shrew and the classic pany blind people for groceries, musical Camelot the Festival's Costume errands, or evening concerts. Training June2B Wa rehouse Tour, Sunday-Morning provided. Call Sylvie Boyer, 849-7515, Baby Heartsaver Backstage Tour and all taxes. July 1 B - ext. 109. 20. Price per person, based on double June30 occupancy: $299. RSVP at 848 3817. Introduction to meditation Heartsaver !French)

Practice of techniques and discussion, Second Annual Alumni Night at the given by students of Sri Chinmoy. July6 du Maurier Open Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m., in the Snowdon Basic Life Support Tennis Canada is once again pleased area . Free. Leave message at 279-to offer all alumni a special evening of 3928. July7,8 tennis at the 1997 du Maurier Open, CSST First Aid I English) Canada's international men's tennis championships. Wednesday, July 30. July 10 Jarry Tennis Stadium, 6:30 p.m., $30 Concert Hall Heartsaver per person (taxes extra). Includes reserved group seating with fellow 7141 Sherbrooke St. W. 8 p.m. July 12, 13 alumni, access to a reserved corporate Info: 848-7928. CSST First Aid I English) area, and light pasta dinner. Limited Saturday, June 7 space avail ab le . Reserve by July 9 Khoi-Khoi IV: A musical ce lebration July 14, 15 with Tennis Canada at 273-1515. with 200 voices from al l over the CSST First Aid (French)

world. Proceeds will be used to help fund a communications institute in July 18 South Africa . Admission: $10 - $ 50. Heartsaver

Art Ca ll 790-1 245. July 19

Until June 20 Sunday, June 8 Basic Life Support Recertification

Experiments in Printmaking: College Notre-Dame end-of-year con-

Dennis Jones, Barry Wainwright at cert, $7 . Co llege Notre-Dame, 739-

the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gal lery, 3371 , ext. 470. 17:30 p.m.)

1400 de Ma isonneu ve W. Fre e. Film Monday to Friday, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Saturday, June 14

Saturday, 1 - 5 p.m. Info: 848-4750. '360 degreez, an all-woman show. $10, Conservatoire d'art Espace 2000, 989-9292. cinematographique

Until June 2B J.A. DeSeve Cinema, 1400 de Sites of the Visual: Rodney Graham, Wednesday, June 18 Maisonneuve W. Tel. 848-3878. Steven Pippin, David Tomas at the Deborah Black, cello (free admission) $3.99. Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, 1400 Friday, June 6 de Maisonneuve W. Free. Monday to Drowning by Numbers 11988) at 7 Friday, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Saturday, 1 - 5

Counselling and p.m.; Far Away So Close 11993) at 9:30

p.m. Info: 848-4750. p.m.

Development Saturday, June 7

848-3545/848-3555. Career and Los Olvidados 11951) at 7 p.m.; Miss

Community Events Placement Service (CAPS}: 848- Juliel1951)at9 p.m. 7345.

Bicycle Distribution Summer Employment. Students look- Sunday, June 8 Thanks to the generosity of an anony- ing for summer, part-time or fu ll-time La Bataille du rail 11946) at 7 p.m.; The mous donor, Sun Youth is distributing pos itions can access our bullet in Third Man (1949) at 9 p.m.

Monday, June 9 Mishima 11985) at 7 p.m.; Mission 11986) at 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 12 J.A. Martin Photographe I 1977) at 7 p.m.; lntervista 11987) at 9 p.m.

Friday, June 13 Salaam Bombayl1988) at 7 p.m.; Pelle the Conquerorl19BB) at 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 14 Cinema Paradiso 11989) at 7 p.m.; Bird I 1988) at 9:30 p.m.

Sundey, June 15 Time of the Gypsies (1989) at 7 p.m.; The Leopardl1963) at 9:30 p.m.

Mondey, June 16 Trop belle pour toi 11989) at 7 p.m.; Les Ordres (1975) at 9 p.m ..

Thursday, June 19 Un Condamne a mart s'est echappe (1957) at 7 p.m.; The Cranes Are Flying 11958) at 9 p.m.

Legal Information Concordia 's Legal Information Services offers free and confidential legal information and assistance to the Concordia community. Limited services are available throughout the summer. By appointment only. Call 848-4960.

Meetings Concordia Women's Centre Lesbian/bisexual women's discussion group on Wednesday nights from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at 2020 Mackay, basement. Info: 848-7 431 .

Amateur Radio Club Meetings 7 - 9 p.m. every Tuesday night in H-647. New members welcome. Check our Web page at http://hamgate. concordia .ca . E-mail to cuarc@ alcor.concordia.ca, or call 848-7421 for more info.

Ombuds Office Ombudspersons are ava ilable to all members of the University for information, advice and assistance with university-re lated problems. Call 848-4964, or drop by 2100 Mackay, room 100. Services are confidential.

Special Events and Notices Cinema, Communication Studies Students To enter the 28th Student Film and Video Festival, he ld August 23 to 27, ca ll 848-7186, or v,.,rite to Student Film

and Video Festival, 1432 de Bleury St., Montreal, H3A 2J1 for a registration form. The entry deadline is June 6.

Institute in Management and Community Development Forum with author John Ralston Saul: "The Undermining of Civil Society and its impact on the Voluntary Sector." $40 for the whole day. Monday, June 16, 9 a.m., Concordia Concert Hall , 7141 Sherbrooke W. Info: 848-3956.

Concordia Women's Centre We will be open thi s summer, so come get involved, or just sit on a couch and drink tea! Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., and Tuesdays from 10 a.m.- 7 p.m. 2020 Mackay, in the basement under the stairs. Info: 848-7431 .

Unclassified For sale New Microsoft Office '97 (standard) for sa le. Box opened, but di sks stil l sealed. Price is $150. Respond via email to [email protected]

For sale Hearthstone, slow-burning, high output, soapstone wood stove. 31" W, 26.5" L, 21" D, excellent condition, $995 negotiable. Call 848-3399 ldays) or 683-3298 I evenings).

For rent Petite heritage house, furnished, for rent for the 1997-98 academic year. For three or four people . Near Vendllme metro and Westmount Village. $1 ,000 per month plus hydro and heat. Dates of lease negotiable. Call Kay Dila, 484-2761.

For sale 4970 Doherty, one block from Loyola Campus, facing the renovated Loyola Park. Three bedrooms plus studio, 1 1/2 bathrooms. finished basement. garage opener. Ideal for professional couple. Asking $149,000, negotiable. Call 481-0898.

For sale House 2+ 1 bedrooms, South Shore, 20 min. drive to Loyola. Extensive woodwork throughout, fin ished basement with large office and TV room, large lot, garage and workshop. Close to parks· and school s. Low taxes . $79,000. Call 698-2140, evenings.

House for sale Greenfi eld Park lat 701 Couves Crescent, near Victoria Avenue). 4-bed room split-level , all brick, we ll maintained, close to all amenities, cathedral ceil ings, hardwood floors, rec room, spacious yard with mature trees. Exce llent express bus transportation to downtown. Asking $118,000. Cal l 923-1515 or 848-3400.

Mark that calendar

Professional CVs Graduating? Present prospective employers with an attractive and concise CV. For as little as $60 !price varies according to length/complexity of CV; average is $75), you' II have two consultations with a professional and 10 copies in English. French for additiona I fee . Leave message at 369-8844.

Word processing For professional word processing at a rea sonable rate, call Jill at Profi Services, 7 45-8952.

U.S. work permits We can help Canadi an cit izens increase their chances of receiv ing U.S. work permits. Also, U.S. immigration and related business matters. B. Toben Associates (U.S. lawyers) 288-3896.

Workshops · Training and Development Summer Workshops. Ca ll Carmelita Swann at 848-3668, or e-ma i I her at cswann@a lcor.concordia .ca . $60 per workshop, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., S-A-400.

1. Personal Strategies for Navigating Change: Learn approaches for dealing producti vely with change without feeling overwhelmed. June 18; register by June 11 .

2. Giving Recognition: Learn to acknowledge efforts and results in meaningful and appropriate ways. June 25; register by June 18.

3. Giving and Receiving Constructive Feedback: Learn constructive and objective approaches to giving and receiving feedback. July 2; register by June 25.

4. Coaching (Bringing Out the Best in Others): Effective coaching skills can help you motivate, guide and support faculty, employees, managers and students. July 9; register by July 2.

5. Proactive Listening: Learn how to get the right information. July 16; register by July 9.

6. Moving from Conflict to Collaboration: Achieve co llaborative, positive and successful results. July 23; register by July 16.

7. Influencing for Win-Win Outcomes: Sometimes good ideas may be lost because we lack the skills to win support for them. Learn how to influence others. July 30; register by July 23.

8. Managing Your Priorities: Learn how to handle competing priorities, shift years smoothly, and co-ordinate and negotiate responsibilities, schedules and resource s with others. August 6; register by July 30.

The Shuffle will take place September 26, 1997 at 1 :30 p.m., followed by the Rector's Fall Reception, Make a day of it! And congratulations to the Concordia Shuffle Committee, who will be presented with the First Graduating Class Award from the Sir George Williams "Guinea Pig Club" at the Fine Arts Convocation, on June 17.

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