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PRESIDENT EMERITUS Dr. Arthur May, Memorial’s president from 1990-99, passed away Jan. 30.

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WHAT LIES BENEATH

ABORIGINAL AMBASSADORS

An Earth Sciences professor is digging deep beneath the Earth’s surface for hidden mineral deposits.

Memorial staff and students encouraged southern Labrador youth to enrol in engineering during a recent visit.

Face Forward First chapter of report focuses on Memorial Up North

By Mandy Cook

THE FACES OF the people who are working to move Memorial and its work in the polar region of the globe forward are being showcased in Face Forward 2014: Memorial Up North.

On Jan. 30, President Gary Kachanoski released the first installment of Face Forward 2014, which is the university’s new approach to annual reporting. Memorial Up North, the report’s first themed chapter, is now available at www.mun.ca/faceforward .

“Memorial’s annual president’s report takes a look back at the milestones and accomplishments of the year behind us,” said Dr. Kachanoski. “We’ve taken a different approach this year with Face Forward. Each month or so we will focus attention around a different theme of importance to the people of the university, the province DAVE HOWELLS PHOTO

and beyond.

“Each of these themed chapters will find their way into the retrospective report next fall, but by dedicating our efforts throughout the year in this way, we can take a deeper look at the breadth of university activity within each of these themes.

Dr. Trevor Bell, Department of Geography, is just one of the people featured in Face Forward 2014: Memorial Up North.

See FACE FORWARD on page 5

‘Primary mandate’ Hibernia to bolster Earth Sciences program with $1.98 million “HMDC’s contribution reflects our ongoing strong

projects than previously possible.”

MEMORIAL’S DEPARTMENT of Earth Sciences

support for Memorial University’s geoscience teaching

HMDC’s funding will also support the renewal of

will use a $1.98 million contribution from Hibernia

and research program. The university is educating some

the undergraduate geophysics laboratory, with 12 new

Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC)

of our future employees, and collaboration between

dual-monitor workstations and associated geophysical

to create the Hibernia Project Geophysics Support Fund

industry and academia is enhancing the province’s geo-

software licenses. The department will also update its

to enhance geophysics education and research.

physical expertise.”

geophysics research computing laboratory with eight

“I thank the Hibernia owners for their continued

The funding supports geophysics field-based studies

new dual-monitor workstations, along with applications

investments in Memorial University,” said Dr. Richard

for undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as stu-

software, data storage servers and a large format colour

Marceau, vice-president (research).

dent and faculty research projects. It will also enable

plotter.

“Our success is predicated on strong government, industry and community partners. With this level of

the purchase of specialized equipment for geophysical exploration.

In addition to supporting the purchase of new equipment and the hiring of additional personnel, the

support, we are better able to fulfill our primary man-

“Geophysical field equipment is used for research and

funding will also support the establishment of a guest-

date – to provide a nationally-competitive, flagship,

undergraduate and graduate teaching,” said Dr. John

speaker series, which will host up to three geophysical

teaching-research university, unequivocally committed

Hanchar, who leads the Department of Earth Sciences.

experts annually for the next three years.

to the public good and its special obligation to the people of this great province.”

“Oil and gas producers are seeking high-calibre geoscientists,” said Jamie Long, president, HMDC.

“These additions to our capability for geophysi-

Earlier this year, HMDC provided an additional

cal exploration on land will allow for the training of

$420,000 in funding to support the university’s devel-

graduate and undergraduate students and allow us to

opment of a new environmental geology and geophys-

undertake a wider range of geophysical student research

ics field school.

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT A Ferryland Merchant-Magistrate: The Journal and Cases

kind of day-to-day details does Carter reveal?

to make this happen, for what means of exchange

of Robert Carter 1832-40, published by the S.S. Daisy

CC: Law forms part of the fabric of civilized community

and how they enforced these in the event of shortfall.

Legal History Committee, provides an unrivalled picture of

life and grew and developed as these communities

Family relations and the impact on these of class and

life in a Newfoundland outport at a pivotal time in the life of

did so. Carter’s journal and court cases offer a unique

religion are also, perhaps unwittingly, evident.

the colony – from the grant of representative government to

window on the reactive and formative role of the law

the emergence of responsible government. Memorial alumni

over a sustained period of 20 years on Newfoundland’s

Chief Justice Derek Green, a founding member of the

Southern Shore. They show that the law served both as

committee, and Christopher Curran, Q.C., one of the

a conserving, stabilizing force but also as a mechanism

publication’s editors, offer some insight into Carter’s historic

for challenging traditional authority and privileges. In

record-keeping to Gazette editor Mandy Cook.

Carter’s account it stands exposed as an integral part

For more information, please contact thelawsociety@lawsociety.nf.ca .

of daily life, recognized and valued as such, in both its MC: Robert Carter is one of the least known members

successes and shortcomings.

of the Carter family of Ferryland, yet he was at least as prominent a citizen of his community as some of

MC: Carter’s journal also provides perspective on all

the more heralded Carters. Can you give me a sense of

segments of society in that particular period. What

who Robert Carter was?

can readers expect to discover?

DG: Born and educated in England, Robert Carter came

DG: Though Carter was first, last and foremost a fish

out to Newfoundland at 13 to apprentice in his family’s

merchant, his journal and cases provide telling insight

fish business at Ferryland. We meet him at 42 in the

into patterns of behaviour and relations among the

pages of his journal -- a mature, married man, busy with

servant, skilled craftsman, planter, professional and

public duties in the life of his community as magistrate,

business-merchant classes of his community. The daily

merchant, customs and quarantine officer, chair of the

entries of the journal track the rhythm of the seasons,

school board, roads board, hospital board and church

allowing the reader to follow these relations throughout

warden. His journal reveals him as a meticulous and

the year and over a sustained period of 20 years. There

cautious man of broad interest, alive to all that is

emerges a cumulative picture not only of justice and

happening in his community, the colony and, to the

its patterns but also of volume and types of trade,

extent he is able, the maritime world of the Empire.

the fishery, woods work, sealing and initial efforts at farming, of those who carried out such work, sealing

MC: The book’s foreword states that the journal “has

and initial efforts at farming, of those who carried

much more to tell than legal minutiae.” What other

out such work, how they interacted with one another

region, as the industry has been growing steadily and

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has helped regain economic prosperity in some communities. However, mining is another resource-based industry that is adding to the economy, and has potential to add more. For example, a granite quarry has recently opened in Belleoram, which has created many job and training opportunities, while also generating

YOUR NEXT PROJECT

the development of a new wharf and access road.

“In the 1990s, the government undertook a study of potential aquaculture sites that established a baseline of

By Amy Tucker

water data that was invaluable for growth of the indus-

Special to the Gazette

try,” said Mr. Hickey. “We would like to see a similar effort for the mineral sector.”

Yaffle.ca is Memorial’s online connecting tool. One of its most significant jobs is to provide a way for people from outside Memorial

The project:

to ask for research help. With hundreds of community-suggested

Mr. Hickey sees the first required step in this process

opportunities to choose from, your next project is just a click away.

being a literature review of previously published

Here’s one …

research and reports to develop a geological profile of the region, the history of mineral exploration, mapping

The opportunity:

of known mineral deposits and a record of mining

The Coast of Bays Region on the south coast of

operations.

Newfoundland is well known for its fishing and

The information likely already exists either in doc-

aquaculture industries, but the history of the mining

uments or online, but compiling it and making it use-

sector in this area has also been important, going as far

able to those in the region with an interest in economic

back as the 19th century.

development and the mining sector would be very use-

“Information on the sector in the region is not com-

ful for further development.

piled in a way that is useable to those looking to develop the mineral resources,” said Terry Hickey, owner of

Interested in learning more about this project? Amy Tucker, co-ordinator

Conach Consulting. “We need a baseline document

of knowledge mobilization at the Harris Centre, would love to tell you

that interested parties could refer to.”

more. Call her at 709 864 6115 or email her at amy.tucker@mun.ca .

There has been a lot of interest in aquaculture in the

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Dr. Charles Hutton

of Education, passed away Dec. 16, 2013. He was

Dr. Charles Hutton, former chief of pathology

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at the Janeway Children’s Hospital and associate professor in the Faculty of Medicine, passed

Dr. Grace Layman

away Nov. 4, 2013. He was 83.

Dr. Grace Layman, a retired professor in the Faculty of Education, passed away Jan. 13, 2014.

She was 94.

Gerald Murphy, a former professor in the Faculty

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President emeritus May’s legacy revitalized Memorial DR. ARTHUR W. MAY,

Memorial University’s

president and vice-chancellor from 1990-99, passed away Jan. 30. He was 76.

During Dr. May’s tenure as president, Memorial witnessed a significant growth in graduate student enrolment; undertook a transformative fundraising campaign, the Opportunity Fund; saw the expansion of then-Grenfell College to offering multiple full degree programs; and the Marine Institute join the university.

Born in St. John’s in 1937, Dr. May was educated at Memorial University, where he received B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. degrees, and McGill University, where he received a PhD in marine sciences.

His professional career included work as a fisheries scientist, a fisheries manager and an international negotiator, and he was CEO of several public institutions. Dr. May was deputy minister of the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans from 1982-85 and president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada from 1986-90.

Dr. May was named Memorial’s Alumnus of the Year in 1983, received an honorary degree from Memorial in 1989 and was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada in December 1995.

He finished his tenure as president and vice-chancellor on Aug. 31, 1999.

Dr. Janet Gardiner served as chair of Memorial’s Board of Regents for six of the 10 years during which Dr. May was president.

“During that time the university faced great financial stringency,” said Dr. Gardiner. “Yet Dr. May and his superb executive team worked closely with the Board of Regents to advance the university. We found the resources necessary to maintain all of our course offerings, while working with the unions to manage the understandable expectations of our employees and ensuring that the Memorial University Pension Fund was sound and fully funded. There were a lot of other

A portrait of Dr. Arthur May by artist Helen Parsons Shepherd.

accomplishments during that period and it was a pleasure to work with Dr. May on these many challenges.”

In 2003 Dr. May was honoured with the designation

Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation and

semester for credit outside of Canada.

helped organize many Memorial University alumni

Dr. Gary Kachanoski, Memorial’s president and

events, including the largest reunion of former stu-

vice-chancellor, paid tribute to Dr. May in the opening

dents, the successful Memorial on Parade held in 2012.

remarks of his annual address to the Rotary Club of St.

to play a key role in the development of the university,

The Memorial University Pensioners Association

John’s, which coincided with the passing of the presi-

the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and the

(MUNPA) honoured Dr. May with its Tribute Award in

country.

2010.

president emeritus of Memorial University.

Following his time as president, Dr. May continued

dent emeritus on Thursday, Jan. 30.

“The university community extends its sincere con-

He chaired the federal Atlantic Innovation Fund

Along with his wife Sonia, Dr. May sponsored an

Advisory Board, served as a board member of the

annual scholarship at Memorial for students taking a

dolences to Sonia and the rest of the May family. Art will be missed by all,” said Dr. Kachanoski.

A waxing and waning economy MY BOYFRIEND’S

best friend is getting married

this summer. Ever since Mark and Lisa (whose names

STUDENTVIEW

have been changed for the purposes of this column)

Shannon Page

became engaged two years ago, conversations with

for recent graduates and young people looking to switch careers or settle somewhere long-term and raise a family, it is difficult to ignore the fact that unemployment in this province was still hovering around 10.8 per cent

them have revolved around the upcoming wedding: the

in December 2013. For those of you who don’t follow

dress, the ceremony, the location of the reception, the

Maybe relocation is just a normal part of being in

this sort of thing, that’s 3.6 per cent above the national

rings. To be honest, it has become more than a little

your 20s – but I’m starting to think that’s only part of it.

average of 7.2 percent and more than double the rate

It has to do mostly with opportunity, or, rather, a lack

of unemployment in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba

irritating.

But lately, something has changed. No longer is the

thereof.

and the Yukon.

wedding the dominant topic. With everything for the

2013’s public sector hiring freeze lasted only a few

Economies wax and wane. That’s what they do. It

big day in order, all they talk about is where on the

months, but even without a freeze jobs are few and far

seems that in this province especially, there are strong

mainland they are going to move after they get married.

between. Two hundred positions were cut by the pro-

feelings about the history of the economy and about

When I came to Newfoundland and Labrador, I

vincial budget that year and 900 public sector workers

young people going away in search of employment.

already had a vague feeling that it wouldn’t be forever.

were laid off. Recent university graduates and those

As someone who comes from away, I can’t pretend to

I have always wanted to live in as many places in the

who are in the final years of their degrees (particularly

understand the cultural and historical factors at work.

world as possible and experience as much variety as I

liberal arts majors, social workers, teachers, and other

Mark and Lisa are moving to Ontario in the fall.

can. My parents were semi-nomadic, long-haul trans-

fields that are often employed by the public sector) may

Maybe they are just being temporarily lured away by the

port truck drivers for several years, so my wanderlust

feel that gaining and maintaining employment is less

statistics. Maybe they’ll be back. All I know is that even

is probably genetic, but it seems that almost everyone

than certain.

though I don’t personally feel tied to geography, it’s sad

I know under 30 is planning on leaving the province within the next year.

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While Newfoundland and Labrador may currently be

to watch them leave a city that they love so much.

enjoying a “boom” thanks to the offshore oil industry,

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Deadline approaching for Paton professorship

By Meaghan Whelan

NOMINATIONS

are open for Memorial’s

unrestricted grant to support future research, teach-

most prestigious award. The John Lewis Paton

ing and/or public engagement activities at Memorial

Distinguished University Professorship, named

University.

after the founding president of Memorial University

Nominees for this award must have a strong and

College, was unveiled in late 2012 as a way to

consistent record of research that is outstanding

recognize extraordinary contributions in research,

and recognized both nationally and internation-

teaching and public engagement.

ally; exceptional teaching at the undergraduate and

Dr. Patrick Parfrey, Faculty of Medicine, was

graduate level; training graduate students and other

named the inaugural recipient at the 2013

highly qualified personnel; public engagement

President’s Awards in light of his exceptional

related to their disciplinary expertise including,

accomplishments.

but not limited to, contributions to local, national

The Distinguished University Professorship is a lifetime designation. It includes a one-time, $20,000

and international organizations; and mentorship to new faculty.

THE MICHAEL HARRINGTON RESEARCH PRIZE IN NEWFOUNDLAND HISTORY This award was established by the family of Michael Francis Harrington Sr., Journalist, Author and Newfoundland Historian. The prize is valued at a minimum of $500.00 and will be awarded annually to an undergraduate or graduate student doing research in Newfoundland History. To be considered, undergraduate students must be history majors planning to do research for a course in Newfoundland History or towards an honours thesis. Graduate students must be writing a thesis on some aspect of Newfoundland History. In some instances it may be awarded as a travel grant which will assist students with travel expenses incurred while undertaking their research. In the case of undergraduates it will be awarded by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Scholarships and Financial Aid upon recommendation of the Head, Department of History. In the case of graduates it will be awarded by the Dean, School of Graduate Studies, also upon recommendation of the Head, Department of History.

PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS Dr. James P. Feehan, professor of economics, recently completed a policy paper titled Electricity Market Integration: Newfoundland Chooses Monopoly and Protectionism. The paper was published by the Halifax-based Atlantic Institute for Market and is available at www.aims.ca .

Applications must be received in the Department of History by 14 February 2014.

At the annual meeting of the Society of Risk Analysis in Baltimore in December 2013, Dr. Andreas Klinke, Department of

Application forms are available in the Department of History office, A-4019 between 8:30-1:00 & 2:00-4:30, Monday to Friday.

Political Science, discussed the pros and cons of applying the Athenian ideal of direct democracy to risk governance and policy as keynote speaker in the presidential plenary session.

NOTABLE Dr. Craig Purchase, assistant professor in the Departments of Biology and Ocean Sciences, has been elected the 68th president of the Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research. Dr. Purchase will also co-ordinate the organization’s 2016 meeting in St. John’s.

Dr. Melvin Baker, Office of the President, and Dr. Peter Neary, professor emeritus, Department of History, University of Western Ontario, contributed the Newfoundland and Labrador entry to the Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 2007, edited

by David Mutimer, York University, and published by the University of Toronto Press (2014).

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Celebratory season

MI marks 50 years; vice-president advancing oceans-based mandate nationally and internationally

By Naomi Osborne

THE FISHERIES

and Marine Institute of Memorial

University is sailing into 2014 celebrating on two fronts: the institute’s 50th anniversary and increasing national and international recognition.

On Jan. 15 the Marine Institute (MI) commemorated its 50th anniversary with a launch event for staff, faculty and students. The celebration was the beginning of a series of anniversary events to take place throughout 2014.

MI was formerly known as the College of Fisheries, Navigation, Marine Engineering and Electronics when it opened on Parade Street in January 1964.

“Our focus for the MI 50th anniversary isn’t only to celebrate the accomplishments of the institute, but to NAOMI OSBORNE PHOTO

acknowledge those who have contributed to that success,” said Glenn Blackwood, vice-president, Memorial University (Marine Institute). “We honour and thank past and present MI staff, faculty, students, alumni, industry, stakeholders, partners, local communities and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.”

At the helm of the institute for the past nine years, Mr. Blackwood is helping to lead the anniversary cele-

Glenn Blackwood cuts a cake to mark the start of 50th anniversary celebrations at MI.

brations. During his tenure, he has led MI through an expansion and has helped broaden its range of industry-driven academic programming.

training maritime educational requirements,” he said.

my new role as a fellow of the Royal Canadian

This past fall Mr. Blackwood was elected chair of

Mr. Blackwood is also beginning 2014 as one of four

Geographical Society, I will focus on promoting an

the International Association of Maritime Universities

people from this province recently inducted into the

appreciation for our oceans and the uniqueness of this

(IAMU) during the 14th annual general assembly in

Royal Canadian Geographical Society. In November

region of Canada.”

Constanta, Romania. IAMU consists of 53 maritime

he was inducted into the society’s College of Fellows

Mr. Blackwood is well recognized at the national and

universities worldwide and is based in Japan with fund-

Class of 2013 along with Shawn Stratton, president of

international level for his collaboration with industry

ing from the Nippon Foundation.

LiveMore Group, and Memorial University professors Dr.

to spearhead major projects, his ability to attract fund-

TA Loeffler and Dr. Derek Wilton. Lieutenant-Governor

ing from private and public sector organizations and his

Frank Fagan was granted an honorary fellowship.

expertise in resource management. He holds a MA in

Mr. Blackwood will assume the new role this April.

His appointment as chair of IAMU comes after MI successfully hosted the 13th annual IAMU annual general

The society is one of Canada’s largest non-profit

assembly in 2012. This was the first time the conference

educational organizations and is known for its goal of

was held in Canada and he is the first Canadian to chair

spreading knowledge and appreciation of Canada’s peo-

IAMU.

ple, culture and geography.

fisheries resource management and a B.Sc. (honours) in marine biology from Memorial.

Details on MI’s 50th anniversary can be found at www.mi50.ca, #mi50 on Twitter.

“Through my new role I hope to further position

“Memorial University and the Marine Institute have

MI’s involvement in the changes taking place interna-

a mandate to advance oceans in Newfoundland and

tionally for certification of seafarers and meeting new

Labrador and Canada,” said Mr. Blackwood. “Through

Cont’d from FACE FORWARD on page 1 “The January chapter focuses on Memorial Up North

Canada’s last frontier.

sustainable, multi-unit residential dwelling, a model

– the work of our researchers and faculty, the issues fac-

The report’s current feature story focuses on Dr.

that is culturally relevant, affordable, energy efficient,

ing the Arctic and northern communities that we are

Trevor Bell, of Memorial’s Department of Geography,

technologically advanced and adapted to climatic and

working collaboratively with, and the many resources

Faculty of Arts, who is the principal research part-

environmental changes.

dedicated by faculties and schools to this work. Over the

ner for SakKijânginnatuk Nunalik: the Sustainable

next number of weeks, we will continue to add to this

Communities

collection of stories under the umbrella of Face Forward:

Government.

Memorial Up North. So I invite readers to revisit often in the coming days and months.”

Initiative

(SCI)

of

the

Nunatsiavut

Dr. Bell intends for this model to serve as a prototype for future northern housing development, both in Canada and across the Arctic, as its innovative design

Through text, photography and video, the feature

will be the first to adapt to the changing northern cli-

highlights how Dr. Bell and the SCI team are tackling

mate while also addressing the diverse infrastructure

From an investigation into the treatment of immi-

issues central to community well-being and sustainabil-

requirements, skills training, capacity building and spe-

grant workers in Labrador to the millions in funding

ity in the context of climate change – some of which

cific Inuit housing needs and preferences.

to enhance offshore safety training, from unearthing

being the lack of culturally appropriate and environ-

northern mineral deposits to millions in funding in

mentally adapted housing.

conjunction with European universities for Arctic ship-

Recently awarded $350,000 at an Arctic Inspiration

ping and operation risks, Memorial Up North features

Prize ceremony, Dr. Bell and the SCI team will use

the depth and breadth of the university’s reach into

the funds to build and monitor Nunatsiavut’s first

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New dean appointed to School of Social Work

By Laura Woodford

Cox has been appointed

online, distance, and face-to-face classrooms. She also

dean of the School of Social Work for a five-year term.

brings many years of leadership experience, including

The appointment was approved by the Board of Regents

the development and administration of student devel-

at its Dec. 19 meeting and was effective Jan. 1, 2014.

opment and success programs in her roles of director

The first female Memorial social work graduate to

of student development at Memorial, and president

be named dean of the school, Dr. Hardy Cox is quite

of both the Canadian and the Atlantic Association of

familiar to the institution, having served on the student

College and University Student Services.

union as a student, and subsequently as a director of

Dr. Hardy Cox was honorary research associate, School

student development, tenured professor, inaugural asso-

of Graduate Studies, University of New Brunswick, has

ciate dean of graduate programs and scholarship for the

held visiting scholar positions, and was a professional

School of Social Work, and recently serving as acting

affiliate, Centre for Higher Education Research and

dean and then dean pro tempore of the school.

Development, University of Manitoba, and the found-

Born and raised in Newfoundland and Labrador, Dr. Hardy Cox’s social work research included social policy

ing director of its Canadian Institute on Student Affairs and Services.

in the Confederation era; she has more recently con-

In addition to being a registered social worker, Dr.

ducted research in rural Newfoundland and Labrador.

Hardy Cox has demonstrated a strong commitment to

Her research focuses on social work education, interpro-

volunteering with community organizations, including

fessional education, service delivery systems in higher

a long-standing connection with Girl Guides of Canada.

education, and community capacity building, with an emphasis on youth.

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DR. DONNA HARDY

“As the school enters into its fourth decade, we are in a major renewal phase,” said Dr. Hardy Cox. “Our

Holding a BSW (Memorial University), MSW (Carleton

research capacity is growing, we are innovating in our

University), Ed.D (University of Maine), and a certificate

teaching and we continue to build on our liaisons with

in university management (University of Manitoba),

the community locally and continue to develop inter-

Dr. Hardy Cox brings more than two decades of expe-

national partnerships and initiatives. The combination

and our trusted alumni provides a supportive and excit-

rience designing and delivering social work, higher

of the high calibre of the school’s students, the exper-

ing atmosphere to take on this deanship position.”

education and professional development curriculum in

tise of our faculty, our experienced and dedicated staff

Dr. Donna Hardy Cox

Partnering for enhanced cultural research and collaboration the people, institutions and leaders of

AN

AGREEMENT

between

Memorial University and the Nunatsiavut Government will help preserve and

Nunatsiavut and Memorial researchers, scholars and students.

“This

agreement

formalizes

and

enhance the rich culture and heritage of

advances a relationship that goes back

Labrador Inuit while opening up a host of

decades and touches on many aspects

new opportunities for collaboration and

of life in Nunatsiavut,” said President

partnerships.

Leo. “Our hope is that we can better

Nunatsiavut President Sarah Leo and

preserve, share and celebrate the cul-

President Gary Kachanoski signed a

ture of Labrador Inuit with the help of

memorandum of understanding (MOU)

Memorial’s academic resources, while the

at the 2014 Northern Lights conference

university and others will benefit from a

in Ottawa, Ont.

greater understanding and appreciation

The agreement provides a framework to facilitate collaboration in cultural

Dr. Gary Kachanoski and Sarah Leo sign a MOU at the 2014 Northern Lights conference in Ottawa, Ont.

of Inuit expressive culture and traditional knowledge.”

research, policy development, leader-

Dr. Kachanoski noted that a responsibil-

ship and administration and is based

ity to place and a special obligation to the

on long-standing co-operation between

people of Newfoundland and Labrador

are among Memorial’s core values.

“This partnership presents rich and

diverse opportunities for collaboration in culture, arts, fine arts, social sciences and humanities. We greatly look forward to working co-operatively with the people and institutions of Nunatsiavut.”

Among the areas of collaboration the

@

MOU cites for further discussion include helping the Nunatsiavut Government

ACCESS. ENGAGEMENT. LEARNING.

build capacity in primary research and analysis, developing digital archives of the social history and culture of Labrador Inuit and further developing research and educational opportunities.

“FoR MEMoRIAL, I RESEARCh,

The

agreement

also

encourages

IMpLEMENT ANd MAINTAIN

Memorial to host Labrador Inuit com-

To SuppoRT oNLINE

with researchers and the Nunatsiavut

d 2 L A N d o T h E R A p p L I C AT I o N S

munity members on campus to work

ANd oN-CAMpuS CouRSES.”

Government to host researchers and stu-

Technology solutions, such as Desire2LearnTM, Memorial’s learning management system, are managed and administered @DELTS to meet clients’ technology enabled learning needs.

Visit us at delts.mun.ca

and to intern at government agencies.

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dents from Memorial to assist in projects

Pat Shanahan Technical Systems

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‘Fruitful relationships’ Engage Memorial Week 2014 has something for everyone

By Rebecca Cohoe

SOMETIMES the best remedy for the winter blahs is to get out and do something interesting.

Luckily, Engage Memorial 2014 will take place Feb. 10-15, with more than 25 events taking place in St. John’s, Corner Brook and Northwest River.

Celebrating the many publicly engaged projects and initiatives taking place at Memorial, the week is an opportunity to highlight the benefits of collaboration between the university and the people and organizations of this province and beyond.

The schedule includes a broad range of events, from concerts and art gallery receptions to public forums and workshops. All events are free of charge and most are open to all. While many will take place at various Memorial campuses (St. John’s, Grenfell and the Labrador Institute’s facility in Northwest River), others are being hosted by some of Memorial’s community partners, such as Eastern Edge Gallery, Boogaloo Music and Coleman’s Garden Market.

“We’ve planned a week of fun, accessible things to do that show just how interesting and fruitful relationships between Memorial and the public can be,” said Dr. Rob Greenwood, executive director, Office of Public Engagement. “This is work that is relevant to the people DAVE HOWELLS PHOTO

of this province and that takes advantage of the experience and expertise of both Memorial and the public.”

For those looking to get a broad picture of the sort of publicly engaged work and research happening at Memorial, Engage Memorial Fest, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at the St. John’s Arts and Culture Centre would be a good place to start.

Guests at last year’s Engage Memorial Fest.

Along with booths featuring a marine touch tank, service dogs, science experiments and interactive games,

Walk-ins are welcome.

Thought, an interactive afternoon of family activities

there will be several stages featuring talks, group discus-

Other interesting events include Public Engagement

and a demonstration at a grocery store in Corner Brook.

sions and musical performances. Topics to be covered

Speed Dating, a chance for students at the St. John’s

For details on all of the events and activities taking

include arts and social justice, science and engineering,

campus to meet with leaders from business, govern-

place during Engage Memorial Week 2014, please visit

and more. The event is family friendly and accessible,

ment, arts and not-for-profits; MUN and Northwest

www.mun.ca/publicengagement/engagememorial.php .

with parking available in the Arts and Culture Centre

River Sitting in a Tree, a presentation, tour and recep-

parking lot. Lunch and refreshments will also be pro-

tion exploring the work between the Labrador Institute

vided, including hot drinks courtesy of Rocket Bakery.

and the community of Northwest River; and Food for

White paper on internationalization released AT THE JULY 16, 2013, meeting of the Vice-Presidents

VPC this month. Feedback is currently being invited,

the winter semester 2014. Please send comments and

Council (VPC), approval was given to commence the

which will be collated and, along with the white paper,

feedback by Feb. 21, 2014, to mfinn@mun.ca. To view the

development of an international strategy for Memorial.

inform the development of the international strategic

paper, visit www.mun.ca/vpc/Intl_White_Paper_FINAL.

A working group formally presented a white paper to the

plan, a process anticipated to begin near the end of

PDF .

DISCOVER YOUR PATH

“THE PATH TO SUCCESS IS TO TAKE MASSIVE, DETERMINED ACTION.

“

- Tony Robbins

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Digging deep

Uncovering mineral mysteries far below the Earth’s surface picked out from the thousands that remain. Often the scientist is only looking for one particular type of mineral, ignoring any other minerals and hence potential discoveries.

“What we’ve been doing is working to automate that process,” said Dr. Wilton. “I’ve been working with Altius Minerals of St. John’s on this in Labrador and also with Vale on the Voisey’s Bay deposit, with some funding from the Newfoundland and Labrador Research & Development Corporation.

“With a particular piece of equipment in the Bruneau Centre, the mineral liberation analyzer scanning electron microscope, we’ve been able to take a much smaller 10 kilogram sample, sieve it down and mount the remainder in an epoxy puck to be analyzed by the machine. It can analyze up to 20,000 particles and give me a full range of what minerals are there and in what amounts.”

He’s been using the method to look for new hidden mineral deposits in Labrador, as well as examining known deposits and their minerals to determine which of those minerals might be robust enough to use as indicators in future regional exploration.

Pictured is a zircon crystal magnified by a mineral liberation analyzer scanning electron microscope.

But he’s literally just “scratching the surface” in terms of what could be done.

Dr. Wilton is using the equipment in

By Kelly Foss

TENS OF THOUSANDS

“From that small remnant, Archean

said Dr. Wilton. “If you can identify such

conjunction with others to test for con-

Resources used geophysical techniques

‘indicator’ minerals in the till, and you

tamination in industrial sites, places like

of years

to track the mineralization down over

can figure out the direction from which

the old asbestos mine site in Baie Verte,

ago, the Northern Hemisphere was

a hill where it was buried beneath 20

the glacier travelled, you may be able to

and has been speaking with archaeolo-

covered by continental glaciers. The

metres of till,” he said. “You would never

track your way back to where they were

gists to see if the method could be used

glaciers acted like bulldozers, pushing

have known it was there except for this

picked up. That’s where you will find the

to help in their searches.

dirt and rocks — called till — across the

little thing at the top of the hill.”

diamond deposit.”

land and dumping it kilometres away from their original location.

“They have the same problem we

Since most mineral deposits at the

This type of investigation also works

do, looking for stuff that is buried. The

surface of the Earth have been found,

for other types of deposits such as gold,

question is, can you use this technol-

Since then, trees and other vegetation

looking for new deposits is particularly

platinum and base metals.

ogy to detect whether humans have had

have grown on top of this till, leaving a

difficult because they are buried beneath

But finding indicator minerals is labo-

an impact on a particular landscape. Is

mystery for those who look for and study

the till. In searching for these hidden

rious and tedious work. It begins with

there something in the soil that humans

mineral deposits.

deposits, researchers have turned to

samples of more than 40 kilograms of

have changed? If so, that would be a

other, more common, minerals that are

till, sifted down to a few hundred grams,

good place to look. The exciting thing is

often associated with ore minerals.

Dr.

Derek

Wilton

of

Memorial’s

Department of Earth Sciences says that

and then separated further using heavy

we have no idea where this research will

Voisey’s Bay, for instance, was found

“When you are looking for diamonds,

liquids to sort out the dense minerals.

take us.”

because a small rusty outcrop was left

you will often find other robust minerals,

Those are then viewed under a micro-

behind after glaciers moved through.

like garnets, occur with the diamonds,”

scope so that individual grains can be

In the name of . . . violence

By Janet Harron

writers, historians, and social analysts.

25, Memorial alumnus, author, historian

We chose violence as a theme in part to

and independent journalist Dr. Gwynne

commemorate the 20th anniversary of

Dyer will address the question of why

the Rwandan genocide. It is appropriate

the Middle East, the home to almost all

to pause and reflect upon the ways that

the organized military, paramilitary and

violence, broadly defined, has shaped the

terrorist violence in the world outside of

VIOLENCE usually tears people apart.

way we experience and understand the

Africa, is so violent. This talk will take

But in the case of Memorial’s Faculty of

world. We also wanted to highlight the

place in the Bruneau Centre’s Innovation

Arts, it’s bringing people together.

important ways that the humanities and

Theatre, IIC-2001, at 7:30 p.m.

ARTS on Violence is the first in what is hoped to be an annual, faculty-wide ini-

social sciences have contributed to this conversation.”

Events in March will be organized

panel discussions examining the theory

around the theme of Violence: Then

and practice of violence are scheduled for

tiative highlighting some of the exciting

The first event, scheduled for Friday,

and Now and currently include guest

Thursday, April 3, and Thursday, April 17.

research being done by faculty members

Feb. 7, from 3-5 p.m. in SN-2041, is billed

speaker and classicist Dr. Michael Carter,

May culminates with a final cap-

and graduate students in the Faculty of

as a mini-conference. It will feature Drs.

an expert on gladiator culture speaking,

stone event, details of which are being

Arts.

Noreen Golfman, Barry Stephenson and

on Thursday, March 13. Two panel dis-

confirmed.

“When you hear ‘arts’ you don’t

Luke Ashworth examining how arts dis-

cussions featuring Faculty of Arts experts

Funding for the ARTS on Violence ini-

always think ‘violence’,” said Dr. Karen

ciplines define and study violence with

are scheduled for Friday, March 7, and

tiative comes from the Vice-President’s

Stanbridge, head of the Department

references from film (David Cronenberg’s

Thursday, March 27.

(Academic) Fund for Scholarship in the

of Sociology and chair of the ARTS on

A History of Violence), religious studies

April’s schedule includes a screening of

Violence committee. “But violence is

(violence and ritual) and political science

the film The World Before Her, which deals

part of the human condition, and so it’s

(violence and war).

with the subject of women and violence

long been a concern of philosophers,

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Later in the month on Tuesday, Feb.

Arts. All events are free and open to the public.

in the context of India. Two additional

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Aboriginal ambassadors

Fostering curiosity and ambition for engineering in southern Labrador’s youth

By Jackey Locke

THIS PAST SEPTEMBER,

after

two years of hard work and planning, members of the Aboriginal Ambassador Program (AAP) Committee, a partnership between

Memorial

University,

the

College of the North Atlantic and the NunatuKavut travelled

Community

Council,

to

southern

Labrador

speak

with

Southern

Inuit

about

engineering

and

to

youth

engineering

technology.

The pilot project is part of Memorial’s AAP and was designed to create educational awareness to Southern Inuit students in Grades 5-9. Amy Hudson, with Memorial’s Office of Aboriginal Affairs, and Valeri Pilgrim of Memorial’s Aboriginal Resource Office, were two VALERI PILGRIM PHOTO

of four individuals who travelled to Labrador.

“The project was two-fold,” said Ms. Hudson. “We wanted to create an opportunity for educational awareness, and, as part of the planning process, interested schools we met with agreed that an introduction to engineering and engineering

Pictured is an aerial view of Black Tickle, one of three communities the Memorial contingent visited in southern Labrador.

technology would be a great topic. The committee worked to ensure that engi-

Labrador, believes the initiative benefit-

neering concepts were introduced in a

ted everyone involved.

culturally relevant manner, resonating

“There is such an appreciation by the

with the students and their communities.

people living in remote Aboriginal com-

For the student ambassadors, the trip

remote Labrador communities. I know

back home to talk to youth was a unique

myself, growing up in Labrador, I didn’t

experience and one they won’t soon

know any engineers and didn’t know

forget.

what the field of engineering is all about.

“We also wanted to provide current

munities when we actually visit the com-

“I was both honoured and privileged

Aboriginal students from Memorial and/

munities – it builds relationships,” said

to have the opportunity to be a role

or Aboriginal graduates of Memorial, the

Ms. Pilgrim. “For this particular trip, all

model for the Aboriginal youth of south-

The hope is that initiatives similar to

Marine Institute and the College of the

four of us are originally from Labrador, so

ern Labrador, and I hope to continually

this will continue as a way of reaching

North Atlantic, with a unique opportu-

that was extra special for us and for the

contribute to the motivation for success

out to Aboriginal youth in remote areas

nity to be ambassadors and talk about

students we met.”

among Aboriginal youth,” said Brian

of Newfoundland and Labrador.

their university/college experiences and why they chose engineering as a career.”

During the five-day trip, Ms. Hudson,

Andy Fisher is the associate dean of

Pottle, a fourth-year electrical engineer-

undergraduate engineering and he was

ing student.

thrilled to be a part of this initiative.

“So, it is very important to go to these communities to educate students.”

“There is tremendous value in engaging with our youth in a way that fosters

For first-year civil engineering student

ambition and curiosity, and it is our sin-

Ms. Pilgrim and two Aboriginal engineer-

“Any time we have an opportunity

Sheldon Baikie, the experience reminded

cerest hope that the ambassador project

ing students visited three schools and

to educate youth about engineering, we

him of the time when he was growing up

did just that,” Ms. Hudson said.

presented their personal stories as well as

are excited. The faculty was very eager

and how much he would have appreci-

a hands-on engineering-related activity

to help. After a lot of planning, it was

ated an opportunity like this one.

with the students.

rewarding to see it all come together,”

Ms. Pilgrim, a native of northern

“The Aboriginal Ambassador Program

said Prof. Fisher.

is very important for young students in

Co-operative education review online IN FEBRUARY 2013,

an external

review of the portfolio of the deputy provost

(students)

indicated

the

complexity surrounding administrative structures for co-operative education programs

at

Memorial

warranted

further examination. The findings of the review team were widely distributed in June 2013 to the Memorial community and can be found at www.mun.ca/ vpacademic/news.php?id=3033. At the request of Dr. David Wardlaw, provost and

vice-president

(academic),

in

October 2013, Jane Helleur & Associates Inc. was contracted to undertake an administrative review of the Division of Co-operative Education. Access the review

at

www.mun.ca/vpacademic/

Admin_Review_Div_of_Co-op_Ed.pdf.

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Business savvy

Memorial top Canadian school at international case competition

By Susan White-MacPherson

A TEAM OF FOUR MBA students from the Faculty of Business Administration took on the best in the world recently to finish as the top Canadian team at the 33rd John Molson MBA International Case Competition.

Thirty-six teams from around the world took part in the competition, held Jan. 5-10 in Montreal, Que. The team, consisting of Janine Brophy, Daan Goossens, Amy Fisher and David Winsor and coached

by Prof. Peggy Coady, was third overall after defeating schools from Germany, the United States and Brazil.

“Our team is very diverse,” said Mr. Winsor, an engineer with Wood Group PSN. “We all have international work experience and unique skill sets in marketing, finance and engineering that helped to add real-world value to our presentations, giving us an advantage to help win our division and move on to the semi-finals.”

Nine teams qualified for the semi-finals, which saw the Memorial squad face Université Laval and the University of South Carolina. The latter won the round and moved on to compete against the universities of Minnesota and Kaiserslautern in the finals, with the SUBMITTED PHOTO

University of Minnesota emerging as the eventual champion.

The

John

Molson

MBA

International

Case

Competition, hosted by Concordia University, is the oldest and largest business case competition in the world. The format is a round-robin tournament during which teams face off one-on-one as they present five

From left are Daan Goossens, Amy Fisher, former Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean, Janine Brophy and David Winsor.

business cases, one of which is a live presentation about a real-life business challenge currently faced by a major company.

The live case focused on finding energy solutions in Haiti and was presented by former Governor General

Prof. Coady, director of graduate programs at the

personal experience and knowledge from the energy

Faculty of Business Administration, says the Memorial

sector in Newfoundland and Labrador to provide a very

team did an outstanding job in this part of the

comprehensive recommendation to the Haiti problem.

competition.

It was really well done.”

Michaëlle Jean.

“Our team won this case match by using their

&

NEWS NOTES Listed below is a selection of the funding opportunities for

• SSHRC Insight Development Grants

March 1

which information has recently been received by the Office of

• SSHRC Partnership Grants – Letter of Intent

The Canada Council for the Arts

Research Services. For links to further information on these

• U.S. Department of Defense Clinical and Rehabilitative

items, visit Grant Funding Opportunities on the research website at www.mun.ca/research/overview/grant_opp.php .

Medicine Neuromusculoskeletal Injuries Research Award • U.S. Department of Defense Clinical and Rehabilitative

• Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement – Atlantic Region: 2014 Research Grants Competition • CIHR Catalyst Grant: Ethics

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

-- Translational Research Program (Application)

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

-- John C. Polanyi Award (Nominations)

• U.S. Department of Defense Psychological Health/Traumatic

-- Brockhouse Canada Prize (Nominations)

Brain Injury Research Program • U.S. Department of Defense Vision Research Program Translational Research Award

(Winter 2014 Competition)

March 3 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

IMMINENT DEADLINES

-- Royal College/Associated Medical Services Can-

MEDS Research and Development Grant

• CIHR JPND Cross-Disease Analysis of Pathways (Pre-Application)

-- Engineers Canada National Scholarship Program

• U.S. Department of Defense Neurosensory Research Awards

• CIHR Industry-Partnered Collaborative Research • CIHR Institute Community Support Grants and Awards

Trial Award Development Program

• CIHR Chair – Applied Public Health • CIHR Health Researcher of the Year Award (2014)

Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (Engineers Canada)

Medicine Research Program Regenerative Medicine Clinical • U.S. Department of Defense Defense Medical Research and

• Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation

-- Jean A. Chalmers Fund for the Crafts

-- Medical Education Research Grant

Feb. 15

• CIHR Mental Health Network – Full Proposal

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

March 15

• CIHR Knowledge Translation Prize

Atlantic Salmon Federation

-- Translational Research Program (LOI)

• CIHR Open Operating Grant • CIHR Pathways to Health Equity for Aboriginal Peoples – Implementation Research Teams (Expression of Interest) • CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grants

-- Olin Fellowships

Feb. 17

The Kidney Foundation of Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council

-- Allied Health Doctoral Fellowships

-- Allied Health Scholarships

-- Sustaining Program for Professional Arts Organization

– Institute Community Support (ICS)

Memorial University, Research Grant and Contract Services

• CIHR Proof of Principle Phase I

Feb. 28

• CIHR Proof of Principle Phase II

Memorial University, Research Grant and Contract Services

• CIHR Quantitative Imaging for Responses to Cancer

-- Artistic/Creative Grants Competition

Therapies Grant

-- Publications Subvention Program

March 17 Banting Research Foundation

• CIHR Science to Business

Feb. 29

• CIHR Team Grant: Boys’ and Mens’ Health

DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service

• KRESCENT New Investigator Awards

-- Research Grants

-- DAAD-AICGS Research Fellowship

• KRESCENT Post-Doctoral Fellowships • NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I)

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OUTANDABOUT

ANNUAL ADDRESS

President Gary Kachanoski delivered his annual address to the Rotary Club of St. John’s on Jan. 30. Dr. Kachanoski also provided updates on new leadership at the institution, the next steps in the discussions surrounding a possible law school at Memorial, the varsity athletics review and other activities at the province’s only university.

For more on these events and other news at Memorial, please visit

Leadership Lessons From a Successful Memorial MBA Alumnus,

Wednesday, Feb. 19

www.today.mun.ca

1-2 p.m., online webinar, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies

Exploring Mechanisms of Memory Extension in a Neonate Rat

Information Gathering Using Professional Investigating and

Model, 5-6 p.m., Health Sciences Centre auditorium, Sponsor:

Wednesday, Feb. 5

Interviewing Techniques, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Gardiner Centre,

Division of BioMedical Sciences

Leap Off The Page: Career Marketing Tools That Pack a Punch,

Sponsor: Gardiner Centre

An Introduction to Graduate Studies at Memorial, 2:30-3:30

5-6 p.m., B-1010, Sponsor: PwC

p.m., online webinar, School of Graduate Studies

Pharmacy Information Session, 1-1:50 p.m., SN-4068, Sponsor:

Wednesday, Feb. 12

Academic Advising Centre

Social Work Information Session, 1-1:50 p.m., SN-4068,

Thursday, Feb. 20

HSL HITS Workshop: Impact Factors, 1-2 p.m., Computer Lab

Sponsor: Academic Advising Centre

MUN Cinema Series: The Armstrong Lie, 7-9 p.m., Cineplex

A, Health Sciences Centre Library, Sponsor: Health Sciences

HSL HITS Workshop: RefWorks Part II, 1-2 p.m., Computer Lab

Theatre, Avalon Mall, Sponsor: MUN Cinema

Centre Library

B, Health Sciences Library, Sponsor: Health Sciences Centre

Public Intellectuals in the Age of Rob Ford, 7-9 p.m., IIC-

Politics and the Constitution: The Long Road to the Atlantic

Library

2001, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation, Sponsor:

Accord, 1960-1985, 12-2 p.m., Junior Common Room, R.

Info Session: Ocean Industries Student Research Awards

Department of Sociology

Gushue Hall, Sponsor: Faculty of Arts

(OISRA), 12:30-2 p.m., IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for Research

Application to Graduate School: Tips and Strategies, 10:30-

and Innovation, Sponsor: Research & Development Corporation

11:30 a.m., online webinar, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies

Thursday, Feb. 6

(RDC)

Building Professional Negotiation Skills, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Gardiner

MUN Cinema Series: Blue is the Warmest Color, 7-10 p.m.,

Engage Memorial Fest, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., St. John’s Arts and

Centre, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre

Cineplex Theatre, Avalon Mall, Sponsor: MUN Cinema

Culture Centre, Sponsor: Public Engagement at Memorial

The Public Intellectuals in the Age of Rob Ford, 7-9 p.m., IIC-

Healthy Lifestyles Group, 12-1 p.m., UC-5002, Sponsor: Counselling Centre

2001, Sponsor: Department of Sociology

Thursday, Feb. 13 MUN Cinema Series: Concussion, 7-8:40 p.m., Cineplex

Friday, Feb. 21

Friday, Feb. 7

Theatre, Avalon Mall, Sponsor: MUN Cinema

Does Writing to the Public Damage Academic Reputations?

Regulation of Cell Survival and Development by CD24, 1-2

Speaking of Engineering Lecture: How Diversity Strengthens

Case Studies from the U.S. in the ’50s, 12-1:30 p.m., ED-3023,

p.m., SN-4015, Sponsor: Department of Biochemistry

Engineering, 7:30-9:30 p.m., EN-2006, Sponsor: Faculty of

Department of Sociology

Education Session for Eastern Health’s New Molecular Imaging

Engineering and Applied Science

The Impact of Individual and School Characteristics on Types

Program, 2-4 p.m., A-1043, Sponsor: Eastern Health

Integrating Experiential Learning in the Classroom: A Lunch

of Bullying in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1-3 p.m., IIC-2014,

Leading a Multigenerational Workforce, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Gardiner

and Learn for Faculty, 12:30-1:30 p.m., IIC-2014 (St. John’s

Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation, Sponsor: School

Centre, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre

campus), AS 2036 (Grenfell), Sponsor: Career Development and

of Graduate Studies

Violence: A Definition – A Panel with Barry Stephenson, Luke

Experiential Learning, Engage Memorial Week

Back to the Future, 8-9:30 p.m., Suncor Energy Hall, Sponsor:

Ashworth, Noreen Golfman,

Engaging Ideas: Transporting Research to Practice, 8-10 a.m.,

School of Music

3-5 p.m., SN-2041, Sponsor: Faculty of Arts

BN-4000, Sponsor: Faculty of Business Administration

Monday, Feb. 24 Saturday, Feb. 8

Friday, Feb. 14

Employee Retention Strategies, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Gardiner Centre,

Classic Cabaret, 8-9:30 p.m., D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Sponsor:

Overlapping Resonances in Open Quantum Systems, 1-3

Sponsor: Gardiner Centre

School of Music

p.m., IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies

Monday, Feb. 10 Midterm Resource Fair, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., University Centre, third

Monday, Feb. 17

floor, Sponsor: Memorial University

Writing a Proposal, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Gardiner Centre, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre

Tuesday, Feb. 11

CLASSIFIED For rent: a one-bedroom apartment, five minutes’

Engage Memorial: The Works Open House, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., The

Tuesday, Feb. 18

walk from MUN; suitable for a single graduate

Works, Sponsor: The Works, School of Human Kinetics and

Hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) in the Northwest Atlantic

student or professional. Non-smoker. No pets.

Recreation

Ocean, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for Research

Five appliances. POU. $600 per month. Tel: 754-

HSL HITS Workshop: RefWorks Part II, 1-2 p.m., Computer Lab

and Innovation, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies

4855 or 229-1686

B, Health Sciences Library, Sponsor: Health Sciences Library

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February 10 – 15, 2014

Come celebrate the great things that happen when we work together!

Our relationship with the people and organizations of this province and beyond is one of our greatest strengths. We’re inviting all students, faculty, staff and members of the public to join us for Engage Memorial, a week of events showcasing and celebrating public engagement at Memorial.

FEB 11

Wellness Day 10am – 3pm, The Works Presented by Human Kinetics & Recreation and the Works Words in Edgewise Engage Memorial Edition 8pm, Eastern Edge Gallery, 72 Harbour Drive Presented by the Graduate Program in Humanities, Eastern Edge Gallery and Fixed Coffee and Baking

FEB 12

Engage Memorial Fest 10am – 2pm, Arts and Culture Centre Atrium Presented by all campuses of Memorial University Latin Soul: Live Guitar Concert 7 – 8pm, Boogaloo Music, 572 Water St. Presented by Boogaloo Music and the School of Music

FEB 13

Engaging Ideas: Transporting Research to Practice 8 – 10am, BN4000, St. John’s Campus Presented by the Faculty of Business Administration Integrating Experiential Learning into Your Courses 12:30 – 1:30pm, Beatrice Watts Boardroom, Bruneau Centre Presented by the Office of Career Development & Experiential Learning MUN and North West River, Sitting in a Tree 4 – 7:30pm, Labrador Institute, Northwest River Research Facility and streaming live, online Presented by Labrador Institute

FEB 13

Speaking of Engineering: Women in Engineering 7:30pm, EN2006 Presented by the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science GSU Trivia Night: Winterfest Edition 8pm, Bitters Pub Presented by the GSU and the Office of Public Engagement

FEB 14

Public Engagement Speed Dating 1 – 3pm, The Breezeway Presented by the Harris Centre, the GSU and MUNSU Engage Memorial Wrap-up 3:30 – 5pm, Bitters Pub Presented by the Office of Public Engagement and the GSU

For full event details and to see the events taking place at Grenfell Campus, see www.mun.ca/publicengagement.

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