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August 7, 2013 Volume 46 Number 1

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A M E M O R I A L U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W F O U N D L A N D P U B L I C AT I O N

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MEMORIAL READS The Gazette serves up the latest literary offerings by Memorial’s staff and faculty.

Chemistry pays Graduate student receives $25,000 NSERC research scholarship.

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A smoke-free environment is now in effect on all of Memorial’s campuses.

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THE VIEW FROM HERE Pictured above is the view residents of the sixth floor of the west tower of the new residence on the St. John’s campus will enjoy this fall. The west tower will accommodate 250 students in September; beds for 250 more students will be available upon completion of the east tower in January 2014.

‘Potential for excellence’ Memorial partners with Eastern Health on Molecular Imaging Program

Eastern Health. “With the introduction of a PET/CT scanner, patients with certain illnesses will no longer have to travel outside the province to receive this specialized procedure.”

Dr. Rourke noted that the heart of the molecular imaging facility is the radioisotopes for biological and physical

An

update

was

provided

July

testing as well as consolidate nuclear med-

investigations. Biomedical science inves-

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icine services in one location at the Health

tigations will begin within a specialized

Program that will provide the people of

Sciences Centre.

research laboratory located near the

HSIMs PHOTO

cyclotron that can generate an array of

By Sharon Gray

Dr. James Rourke

Newfoundland and Labrador with state-

“With the addition of a positron emis-

of-the-art technology to greatly improve

sion and computerized tomography scan-

For this specialized lab, researchers at

the diagnosis and treatment of certain

ner to Eastern Health’s Molecular Imaging

Memorial are seeking a major enabling

physician whether their patient’s chemo-

illnesses, such as cancer.

Program, we are making an important

investment to acquire a specialized

therapy is working far in advance of any

and essential investment in the health of

pre-clinical CT scanner and a high-field

other imaging techniques, it will allow

our residents,” said Minister Sullivan.

pre-clinical spectrometer.

physicians to monitor blood flow in the

“The Faculty of Medicine and Memorial University are pleased to partner with

cyclotron.

Eastern Health to fully capitalize on this

A positron emission and computerized

“This investment, together with that

heart more effectively and will provide a

significant and strategic investment by the

tomography (PET/CT) scanner is a vital

in the cyclotron, offers the potential for

means to positively diagnose Alzheimer’s

provincial government,” said Dr. James

diagnostic tool most commonly used to

excellence, nationally and internation-

from other types of dementia, which is

Rourke, Faculty of Medicine. “The best

detect, assess and treat cancers. This tech-

ally,” said Dr. Rourke. “This is a wonder-

something we could previously not do in

health care requires up-to-date facilities

nology is also used for the assessment of

ful opportunity and Memorial’s scientific

this province.”

and excellent health care professionals

cardiac disease and diagnosis of some neu-

community is keenly interested in the

A tender to begin realignment of

who are informed by research and edu-

rological disorders.

capabilities that this laboratory can offer.”

Clinch Crescent to accommodate the

Program

Dr. Peter Hollett, clinical chief of

project at the Health Sciences Centre was

will provide our patients with access

nuclear medicine at Eastern Health, said

recently awarded. This realignment will

to

equipment

operating a PET/CT scanner within this

be the first phase of development that will

Community Services, said the provincial

that will enhance health-care delivery

province provides a better chance at

include the creation of a new entrance to

government is investing approximately

in Newfoundland and Labrador,” said

fighting various chronic illnesses.

the Janeway Emergency Department and

$40 million to provide this new diagnostic

Vickie Kaminski, president and CEO of

cation. This project addresses all of these requirements.”

Susan Sullivan, minister of Health and

“The

Molecular

leading-edge

Imaging medical

“A PET/CT scan would be able to tell a

construction of a new facility to house

See partners on page 5

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT It was no surprise to many when the Newfoundland and

chance, determination and being in the right place at the

Labrador Folk Arts Society recently announced that accordion

right time.

player and entertainer Ray Walsh (BA(Ed.)’72, BA’85, M.Ed.’90) is the newest recipient of its Lifetime Achievement

SK: How has the traditional music industry changed

Award. Mr. Walsh, a proud Memorial graduate, a former

since your days on CBC’s All Around the Circle?

teacher and a founding member of the Walsh Family Band was humbled by the award. In this interview with Gazette

RW: There has been a tremendous interest in traditional

contributor Sharon King, he talks about his early years as an

music among young people in our province and we have

entertainer and playing the accordion when it wasn’t “cool”.

young folks that teach traditional music. Traditional no commercialization of the music.

RW: There was always music in our house. My father

SK: What is the most fun part about playing the

played the fiddle and his father played the fiddle, so the

accordion?

Karla Walsh photo

music was played in the halls for dances and there was SK: Why did you decide to play the accordion?

first instrument I played was the fiddle. Then, I progressed

Ray Walsh

to the guitar because growing up in the ’60s, it wasn’t

RW: I love music. I love all kinds of music and I get a

cool to play the fiddle. I always wanted to play every

lot of enjoyment out of playing music. There’s always a

instrument I ever saw so I could play the fiddle a bit, I

challenge with music. If you want to play it well, you

could play the guitar a bit and I could play the button

have to play it better than you did before. The enjoyment

forgot that experience. He would have us sing the old

accordion. When I first started teaching in Marystown,

is the challenge of learning new things. I still play music

standards like How Great Thou Art and I was never much

I was lucky enough to get into a band. One of the

every day because I want to get better at it. You always

for singing, but I fell in love with group singing. When I

fellows that played in the band had a piano accordion,

have to have a challenge.

was teaching in Bay de Verde, and I had the opportunity, I

which is much different than a button accordion and

always had a school choir that I played for and conducted.

I took it home to the boarding house and tried to play

SK: How did your experience at Memorial influence your

We attended festivals and I always felt that my experience

it. It’s not a popular instrument in Newfoundland and

decision to play traditional music?

at the Parade Street campus paved the way for where I am

Labrador. After a year of teaching in Marystown, I came

today. Nish was a very nice man, and if you can, imagine

to St. John’s to teach and I met a Newfoundland singer

RW: When I went to Memorial on Parade Street, one of the

100 or so first-year education students down by the old

named John White who was looking for an accordion

requirements was that you had to attend one choir class

annex where The Rooms is now, conducting a choir. He

player and John later introduced me to Harry Brown and

a week. I had never done that in my life. The choir was

would do all these old pieces. I just loved it. It was a very

I eventually got on a radio show on CBC. It was luck,

conducted by Dr. Ignatius (Nish) Rumboldt and I never

enjoyable time in my life.

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marketing strategy incorporating the two destinations.

“The project offered students the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of how to apply tourism concepts and principles to practices or challenges in local communities; and consequently, learn how to pro-

your next project update

pose or recommend solutions to tourism challenges,” said Dr. Addo.

In addition, Dr. Addo plans to do his own research on

By Amy Tucker

the topic, resulting in a report to share with local part-

Special to the Gazette

ners and others in the province. As part of the efforts to increase tourist awareness of the communities and

Location is everything,

especially when

it comes to tourism.

At a recent Harris Centre regional workshop on the

advance knowledge in his field, he is also planning to complete a conference paper/presentation and journal publication.

Burin Peninsula, local participants said they’d be inter-

Throughout this work, Dr. Addo has been in email

ested in learning more about potential tourism linkages

and telephone communication with people from the

between the Peninsula and the French islands of St

region who represent provincial and Saint Pierre and

Pierre and Miquelon. After all, the town of Fortune is

Miquelon governments, small businesses, and tourism

only a short ferry ride away from the islands, and there

organizations. He is planning a visit to the region in

is significant tourist traffic to the French territory.

late summer 2013, to become more familiar with the

Economic development and tourism workers in the region wanted to better understand the current value

area and complete an Area Survey of Challenges and Opportunities for Development.

of the tourism industry in their area, given the limited

This project demonstrates the role that the univer-

amount of promotion of St. Pierre and Miquelon to

sity can play in bringing together various partners to

Newfoundland and Labrador tourists and travellers.

advance knowledge and address community research

“If St. Pierre and Miquelon, and the Burin Peninsula,

needs. It is also a strong example of how students can

as the route to those islands, were marketed on a larger

be engaged in applied research that benefits the pub-

scale, how might the value of the tourism industry

lic. In addition, it demonstrates how Yaffle and this

change for the Burin Peninsula and the province?”

publication link together those inside and outside the

asked Trevor Bungay, economic development officer

university.

with the Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development. “What if they were promoted in the same

Interested in learning more? Amy Tucker, co-ordinator of knowledge

way as other anchor tourism attractions such as George

mobilization at the Harris Centre, would love to tell you more. Call her

Street, Cabot, icebergs, or Vikings?”

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

In the December 2012 Gazette, the research opportunity was featured in this column. The article caught the attention of Dr. Edward Addo, with the tourism studies program at Grenfell Campus. He was so interested in the

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The Afiara String Quartet is just one of the musical groups performing at the Tuckamore Festival, taking place Aug. 5–18.

The music of friends

Gryphon Trio, the Afiara String Quartet

world-class performers to a far flung loca-

and composer Dinuk Wijeratne.

tion like St. John’s, it also attracts the

The musicians will also travel from the typical performance halls into St. John’s

By Mandy Cook

next generation of Memorial’s classical music stars.

Steeves and Nancy Dahn, professors of

café The Rocket and the communities of

“The festival serves as a great recruit-

One of Atlantic Canada’s

music in the School of Music who are

Admiral’s Cove and Brigus to share the

ing tool for the School Music,” she said.

leading summertime chamber music

also known as Duo Concertante, the

experience further.

“Many of our students became interested

programs

will

beautiful

sound

once

13th season of the Tuckamore Festival is

Mr. Steeves says there are numerous

in coming to Memorial because they

music

offering up its trademark of performances

aspects of the festival he is looking for-

first came to Tuckamore. Our graduat-

lovers and practitioners on Memorial

and compositions by participants in

ward to.

ing gold medal winner this year came

University’s St. John’s campus.

the festival’s Young Artist Program and

“Following the development and per-

to Tuckamore twice as a high school stu-

for

again

produce

classical

The Tuckamore Festival will take place

Young Composers Program, as well as an

formances of the 20 or so young artists

dent. The kids who do Tuckamore are

at Memorial’s School of Music, and at

exciting roster of guest artists. Passionate

over the course of the two weeks is always

keeners and these are the students we

other capital city venues and beyond

pianists and string players will lead and

very inspiring,” he said. “I really enjoy

want at Memorial.”

from Aug. 5-18.

perform during two weeks of inspired,

the teaching aspect. In terms of perfor-

Both professors say the festival also

Chamber music is a form of classical

powerful and diverse concerts, as well as

mances, I can’t wait for Hamelin’s — one

helps to build new audiences and to

music that is composed for a small group

numerous free of charge open rehearsals,

of the world’s greatest pianists — perfor-

introduce chamber music to people who

of instruments — historically a group that

master classes, lunchtime performances

mance of the big Schubert A major sonata

have not yet experienced the genre, so

could fit in a palace chamber and is some-

and children’s concerts.

on Aug. 5.”

that it can be “accessible to all.”

times described as “the music of friends.”

Led

by

artistic

directors

Timothy

Guest artists include pianist Marc Andre

Ms. Dahn says that not only is the fes-

Hamelin, clarinetist James Campbell, the

tival an important vehicle for attracting

Your career begins with MUN

For more information, please visit www.tuckamorefestival.ca .

months. It allows flexibility with class schedules, some-

STUDENTVIEW Joshua Duff

thing that not all off-campus jobs can offer.

A volunteer position is great on a resumé as well. I understand the difficulty in dedicating what limited available time we have as students to volunteer work while trying

Students are offered

a wide range of

to balance studies and work. Yet, any sort can definitely

opportunities to build their professional skills during

College warned me that many college grads are more

boost your qualifications as a job applicant post-gradu-

their time in university. From co-op placements and

employable than university grads. Colleges usually offer

ation. There are many volunteer establishments on and

Memorial Undergraduate Career Experience Program

co-op placement within their structured programs.

off campus. These organizations may also allow you to

(MUCEP) positions to volunteer activities, many

Many university departments have recognized this col-

make connections while providing you with the training

resumé-building options are available through the

lege trend and have incorporated internships into their

you need for your desired career choice and will usually

university. These openings help our learning experience

programs, giving their students specialized training.

provide an excellent reference. Moreover, it shows your

to become a hands-on one, one that is different from

For some, this is a matter of choice. But if you plan on

dedication to a cause or your desired profession.

the classroom.

working full time during your summers off, co-op offers

I only stress these options because the job market

These programs not only look great on a resumé, they

the added bonus of earning credits while getting paid.

increasingly requires hands-on qualifications. Studying

also help you decide your career path by allowing you to

Also, work terms can be conducted outside and around

books and writing papers does help us build knowledge

explore your interests. Moreover, they create a solid net-

the province, providing amazing opportunities to see the

that we can apply to our careers. However, there are other

work that opens doors that lead to various paths.

world and experience life in new places.

possibilities to discover how to apply what we learn in

Employers (co-op, MUCEP, volunteer) have connec-

MUCEP positions help students build real world expe-

tions. They can recommend you or provide you with a

rience and career skills. MUCEP employs students in

solid reference. Their reputation might be well recog-

various departments on campus. Administrative, orga-

Joshua Duff is a fourth-year student majoring in political

nized by other establishments, which could benefit you

nizational, research and writing are a few of the many

science and English language and literature at Memorial

in the long run.

different positions that are offered. Each position lasts

University. He can be reached at jrd218@mun.ca .

Before moving to St. John’s, a professor from Algonquin

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school and the options listed above will teach you how.

a semester, offering 40–80 hours over the course of four

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jackey locke photo

The Engineering building on Memorial’s St. John’s campus.

Proud history

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science awarded four-year accreditation

By Jackey Locke

The

Faculty

of

Engineering

and

Applied

especially good news for our process engineering pro-

accomplishment for our faculty,” said Dr. Naterer. “The

Science has been awarded full accreditation status

gram which received four years for its first accreditation.

accreditation process is a vigorous one and involves a lot

to June 30, 2017, of its undergraduate co-operative

New programs normally receive three years for first-time

of hard work and preparation. I want to thank everyone

programs in civil, computer, electrical, mechanical

accreditation, so it is an exceptional achievement for our

who contributed, especially Andy Fisher, associate dean,

and process engineering by the Canadian Engineering

new program to receive four years.”

undergraduate studies, and Faisal Khan, chair, process

Accreditation Board (CEAB). The faculty’s ocean and

CEAB accreditation is recognized worldwide. It

engineering, as well as Darryl Pike and Nicole Devereaux.

naval architectural engineering program received a

involves quantitative and qualitative evaluations of

We are very proud of our undergraduate programs and

six-year accreditation in 2011, which means that all six

the curriculum, program environment and learning

students.”

undergraduate engineering programs are now aligned

outcomes for undergraduate engineering programs in

The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board was

to coincide together for the next CEAB accreditation

Canada. The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

established by Engineers Canada in 1965 to accredit

review in 2017.

at Memorial has a long, proud history of accredited engi-

undergraduate engineering programs that provide the

“Accreditation is an essential requirement of our

neering co-operative education. It is dedicated to pro-

academic requirements necessary for licensure as a pro-

programs,” said Dr. Greg Naterer, dean, Faculty of

viding students with the best quality of undergraduate

fessional engineer in Canada.

Engineering and Applied Science. “This is great news

engineering programs in Canada and around the world.

for the faculty and for our students, in particular. It is

“This

was

a

great

team

effort

and

a

Learn more at ceab@engineerscanada.ca.

major

Memorial now smoke-free CAREing about productivity

By David Sorensen

A full smoking ban has come

By Janet Harron

board’s decision,” said Mr. Decker.

CARE,

an

initiative

of

“Due to higher wages and higher stan-

into effect at Memorial University. The

The university is also conducting an

the Faculty of Arts’ Department of

dard of livings, most people in the prov-

final stage of the phased-in approach

awareness campaign, which includes

Economics, has commissioned a report

ince have benefitted,” he said. “This is a

to banning smoking on all campuses

posters and billboards near campus

that puts Newfoundland and Labrador’s

good news story and the sort of thing that

began Aug. 1.

entrances, to highlight the restrictions.

productivity front and centre.

CARE hopes to generate more and more of

“Memorial is committed to providing

“We hope and expect smokers to

CARE (Collaborative Applied Research

for the people of this province. The release

a safe, smoke-free environment for its

comply with the non-smoking pol-

in Economics) was established in 2012

of this sort of positive information is key

students, faculty and staff,” said Kent

icy,” said Sheila Miller, director of the

to promote applied economic research

to decision-making at both the policy and

Decker, vice-president (administration

Department of Health and Safety.

within Newfoundland and Labrador and

personal level.”

and finance). “Going smoke-free will

Memorial’s Board of Regents intro-

a greater understanding of the province’s

Since Newfoundland and Labrador’s

make Memorial University a healthier

duced the phased-in smoking ban in

economy and any associated wider social

high productivity level reflects the high

place to live, work and study.”

2011, first banning smoking in door-

impacts.

value added per hour worked produced in

Memorial University encourages its

ways. Since last year, smoking has been

According to Dr. Wade Locke, one of

the mining and oil and gas sector, deple-

community to respect the revised smok-

banned at the Marine Institute, and

CARE’s principal investigators, the study

tion of these natural resources, especially

ing policy and the rights of others to a

allowed only at one location on the

shows that the improvement in productiv-

the offshore oil reserves, raises sustain-

healthy and smoke-free environment.

St. John’s campus and a single spot at

ity in Newfoundland and Labrador during

ability issues. In order for the province to

Grenfell Campus.

the 1997-2010 period has been “phenom-

maintain its current relative productivity

“The long-term health and safety of students and staff, the detrimental

Smoking cessation assistance can be

enal” and considerably higher than any

level, it needs to invest substantially in

health impact of smoking and exposure

found through Memorial’s wellness

other region in Canada. Dr. Locke indi-

reproducible capital, both human capital

to second-hand smoke, and the univer-

programs.

cates that the report shows this growth

and physical capital.

sity’s ability to influence community

For more on Memorial’s smoking pol-

has spilled into other sectors, which

and society through its policies and

icy, see www.mun.ca/policy/site/policy.

denotes, in his words, “true productivity.”

actions were factors that influenced the

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The entire report can be found at CARE’s website at www.economicsaction.com.

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cont’d from partners on page 1 the Molecular Imaging Program next to the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre.

In addition to providing Eastern Health and Memorial University with additional research and teaching opportunities, the Molecular Imaging Program will assist with recruitment efforts for physicians. More information about the program can be found on Eastern Health’s website at www.easternhealth.ca .

Development of the facility is anticipated to begin later this year. It is expected that the first PET/CT scan will be offered by spring of 2015 and the Molecular Imaging

Afiara String Quartet

Gryphon Trio

Marc-André Hamelin

Janet harron photo

Program should be in full operation by 2016.

Dr. Kelly Vodden

Duo Concertante

James Campbell

Yariv Aloni

Dinuk Wijeratne

Vernon Regehr

Susan Waterbury

Collaboration key to successful regional governance

By Cathy Newhook

A recent report A U G U S T

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Join us to celebrate another season with brilliant artists such as Marc-André Hamelin, the Afiara String Quartet, the Gryphon Trio, and James Campbell.

released by Memorial’s Leslie

Dr. Vodden, “but many community leaders also see the

Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development (the

advantages — and the necessity — of working together as

Harris Centre) takes an in-depth look at communities

their demographic and financial realities change.”

across the province and identifies successful approaches

She added that regional governance and collaboration

and challenges to regional governance. The report

does not come without challenges and requires signifi-

identifies regional collaboration as an important strategy

cant investments in relationship and capacity building

for rural communities facing social, economic and

at the local level.

Monday, august 5th 8 pM Marc-andré haMelin, D. F. Cook Recital Hall

ecological change.

Understanding Regional Governance in Newfoundland

Boards, Employment Assistance Services offices and

Wednesday, august 7th 8 pM the afiara string Quartet,

and Labrador: A Survey of Regional Development

school boards, stakeholders across the province have

Organizations, was led by Memorial’s Dr. Kelly Vodden,

begun to come together to discuss what development in

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, “The Kirk”

associate professor, Environmental Policy Institute,

their regions will look like going forward,” Dr. Vodden

thursday, august 8 10 pM dinuk Wijeratne and friends, doWntoWn late night prograM, The Rocket Room, 272 Water St.

Grenfell Campus (cross-appointed to the Faculty of Arts’

elaborated. “These are critical discussions at a time when

Department of Geography), along with Dr. Heather

more, rather than less, development capacity is required

Hall, post-doctoral fellow, Department of Geography

in many rural regions.”

friday, august 9th 8 pM genius and genesis, DF Cook Recital Hall The Afiara String Quartet, Bill Brennan, Duo Concertante, Dinuk Wijeratne & Vernon Regehr

and the Harris Centre, and Dr. David Freshwater, pro-

The research also describes a trend towards large pro-

fessor of agricultural economics, University of Kentucky

vincially defined geographic regions which are cited by

College of Agriculture and adjunct professor, Memorial

stakeholders as extremely difficult to serve. Findings of

University’s Department of Geography. This core group

the report suggest they are often not optimal for shar-

saturday, august 10 7 pM – young coMposers, Suncor Energy Hall Come hear our young composers music 8 pM – young artists at play, Petro Canada Hall Young Artists play chamber music & solo repertoire

collaborated with a research team and an advisory com-

ing services or planning for economic development.

mittee representing a cross-section of government and

Alternatively, the report suggests regions should be smaller

regional organizations over a five-year period.

and based on factors such as labour flows, service areas,

saturday, august 10th 7:30 pM afiara string Quartet, Old Church Admiral’s Cove

Rob Greenwood, executive director of the Harris Centre.

“When regions come together at this smaller scale it is

“Their input provided insight into how regions within

often organically. The interconnections between social

thursday, august 15 8 pM gryphon trio: Music for the end of tiMe, DF Cook Recital Hall

our province work together, helping us develop a practi-

and economic development, for example, tend to be evi-

cal guide for public policy decision-makers.”

dent in these smaller regions,” said Dr. Vodden.

th

th

th

friday, august 16 8 pM jaMes caMpbell & friends, DF Cook Recital Hall Tuckamore faculty artists, Susan Waterbury and Yariv Aloni, join James Campbell. th

sunday, august 19 8:00 pM festival finale!

With young artists, DF Cook Recital Hall th

Plus FREE lunch hour recitals, children’s concert, workshops, masterclasses, open rehearsals, Brigus concert and more!

Tickets and passes available at 1-888-311-9090 (Ticketpro) or www.ticketpro.ca or www.tuckamorefestival.ca.

“With the loss of the Regional Economic Development

“It was critical that the project engage with communities and organizations throughout the province,” said Dr.

sense of place.

The findings of the research suggest that while com-

Driven by the mandates and funding programs of indi-

munities have long been coming together at a regional

vidual departments, the report suggests most regional ini-

or multi-community level to address challenges, regional

tiatives in Newfoundland and Labrador have yet to take

efforts have increased substantially since the 1980s and

an integrated approach to development.

1990s. This regional collaboration, through both formal

“This creates silos,” said Dr. Vodden, “but also contrib-

institutions and more informal social arrangements, has

utes to the complex layering and maze of regions and orga-

resulted in a number of advantages for communities,

nizational structures and processes across the province.”

including economic benefits, sharing of ideas, mutual support and improved environmental management.

The research was made possible with support from Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation, the Canada-

Dr. Vodden explained that the forces of change that

Newfoundland and Labrador Labour Market Development

have encouraged communities to collaborate with one

Agreement, Service Canada, the Department of Advanced

another have come from both within and outside their

Education and Skills and Municipalities Newfoundland

regions.

and Labrador.

“Both provincial and federal levels of government have encouraged regional development approaches,” said

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natural resources and amenities that reflect residents’

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The report is available online at www.mun.ca/ harriscentre/reports .

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B oo k s Awakening to the Great Sleep War

Mark of Time

Gert Jonke

Marshall Godwin

Translated by Jean M. Snook This novel traces the ancestry and generations Awakening to the Great Sleep

of two fictional families, the Knights and the

War is one of the loveliest

Johnsons. The families can be linked genetically,

riddles

European

based on a birth mark, from the time of the Vikings

literature: an expedition

of

in 1,000 AD until today. The Mark of Time is a

through

in

story of those two families, the lives of successive

constant nervous motion,

a

world

generations and their presumed relationship to the

where reality is rapidly

historical and disastrous events in Newfoundland’s

fraying — flags refuse to

history.

stick to their poles, lids

The story begins in 1,000 AD in the Viking com-

sidle off of their pots,

munity of Leifsbudir in what is now Newfoundland.

tram tracks shake their

This community does not survive due to attacks

stops away like fleas, and

from other Vikings and the northern Skraelings or

books abandon libraries in

Inuit. The survivors take refuge with the Beothuk

droves.

and become part of their family line. The most vis-

Our guide on this jour-

ible genetic heritage is a large port wine stain, originating with a Viking woman and

ney through the possi-

her daughter.

ble (and impossible) is an

The two families are linked from generation to generation by a common birth-

“acoustical decorator” by

mark and a curse bestowed on one of the families by an old Beothuk woman in

the name of Burgmüller

the 1600s. Because of this curse, when there is not a Bart and Elizabeth Knight liv-

— a poetical gentleman,

ing, then a series of catastrophes befall Newfoundland. The novel follows the Bart

the lover of three women,

and Elizabeth Knights of subsequent generations and the disasters that occur when

able to communicate with

there is not a married couple by that name. Throughout this fictionalized story,

birds, and at least as phil-

major events in Newfoundland’s history are interwoven.

osophically minded as the author who invented him: “Everything has suddenly

Dr. Godwin is a professor of family medicine and director of the Primary

become so transparent that one can’t see through anything anymore.” This enor-

Healthcare Research Unit. The Mark of Time is his second novel and the second in a

mously comic and finally quite moving tale is perhaps Gert Jonke’s masterpiece.

trilogy involving the now extinct Beothuk race. The first novel, Belle Maro, is also a

Amanda DeMarco wrote in the Los Angeles Review of Books that “Snook’s translation

sweeping historical novel but it concentrates on cross-cultural contact and relations

is pure and clean, and her prose has a ceaseless energy that fluctuates gracefully

between the Beothuk and the European settlers who came to Newfoundland. Dr.

between crisp philosophical enigma and exuberant poeticizing.”

Godwin said each novel can be read separately, but will be tied together in the third

Dr. Snook is a professor of German in the Department of German and Russian.

part of the trilogy.

The Face of Justice on Newfoundland’s Northeast Coast

Hooking

Mary Dalton

Edited by Christopher Curran and Melvin Baker

Over the years Memorial University professor Mary Dalton has contributed greatly to the literary life of this province through editing the literary journal Tickle Ace and the interdisciplinary journal Newfoundland Studies, mentorship of generations The

essays

of young poets and the organization of many literary events.

contained

Her fifth book of poetry goes where no other Newfoundland poet has gone. It is

in this volume trace essential

experimental in form and it addresses our contemporary situation.

elements

Hooking is a collection of centos, collage forms with ancient antecedents. It has

of the face of justice on

been listed by the Globe and Mail and by CBC Books as one of this season’s top poetry

Newfoundland’s from

books. It’s on Salty Ink’s top 10 spring list of Canadian poetry books. Described

fishery

on the recent Literary Press Group National Poetry Month page as “eagerly antici-

of the 18th century to

pated,” this book sees her approaching contemporary Newfoundland through the

the

use of techniques in common with mash-up in music and collage in visual art, as

Northeast the

coast

migratory

pre-Confederation

well as in the traditional Newfoundland craft of mat-hooking.

decades of the 20th.

They by

were

Prof. Dalton is a poet, a professor in the Department of English Language and

written

academic

and

Literature and the director of the Faculty of Arts’ annual SPARKS Literary Festival.

by

public and community historians. They show not only that the sources of law and the level of justice activities in communities varied as demographic, social and economic

conditions

changed

throughout

this period, but also that the law and its institutions formed an integral part of the fabric of everyday life and were valued as such. Communities discussed include Brigus, Harbour Grace, Trinity, Bonavista, Catalina and Greenspond. Dr. Baker is Memorial’s archivist-historian.

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at

M emorial

Nasrullah: Fogotten Patriarch of the American Thoroughbred

Parties, Elections, and the Future of Canadian Politics

Nasrullah arrived in Kentucky

On

in 1950 and forever changed

watched as the Stephen Harper

the

Conservatives

Melanie Greene

modern

Edited by Amanda Bittner and Royce Koop

American

thoroughbred.

May

2,

2011, won

Canadians their

first

majority government. Jack Layton

Bred into royalty by the

led the NDP to its best performance

Aga Kahn, Nasrullah’s jour-

in history, and Michael Ignatieff

ney from Europe to America

and the federal Liberals had their

was one of glorious victories

worst showing to date. To most

and grand potential. He was

casual

the first horse to lead both

marked a major shift in Canadian

the American and English sire

politics. In reality, the country’s

lists, which led to a legend-

political landscape and national

ary line of descendants that

party system had been changing

includes nine U.S. champions,

for quite some time.

observers,

this

election

three Hall of Famers and 98

Parties, Elections, and the Future

stake winners like Bold Ruler,

of Canadian Politics offers the first

Noor and Nashua. Nasrullah

comprehensive account of politi-

is even grandsire of the famed

cal change in Canada over the past

Secretariat.

two decades. It explores develop-

Ride

along

with

author

ments in the political landscape

Melanie Greene, a staff mem-

from both historical and contem-

ber working with Distance

porary perspectives and speculates

Education,

on the future of the national party system. By documenting how parties and voters

Learning

and

Teaching Supports and the Office of the Vice-President (Academic) on the Teaching

responded to new challenges between 1993 and 2011, this volume enhances our

and Learning Framework, as she recounts the compelling history of a truly remark-

understanding of one of the most tumultuous periods in Canadian political history.

able horse that is sure to take any equestrian fan far beyond the bluegrass.

Prof. Bittner is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Memorial. Royce Koop is an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University.

Activity Theory Perspectives on Technology in Higher Education

Free Flight

William Pryse-Phillips

Elizabeth Murphy and Maria Rodrigues-Manzanare It’s not every day that a neurologist turns his hand to writing a children’s book, but professor emeritus Dr. William Pryse-Phillips is the proud author of Free Flight, a

Activity Theory Perspectives

Newfoundland-based book for children aged six to 10.

on

Dr. Pryse-Phillips’ last book, Companion to Clinical Neurology, had more than one

Technology

in

Higher

presents

Education

a

million words; Free Flight comes in at 1,000 words with beautiful illustrations by C.

compelling

Anne MacLeod.

that will be useful for

theory

Free Flight is a parable for children and their parents. It tells the story of Junior, a

researchers, policy makers

young gannet, who doesn’t want to learn to fly, despite the urging of his parents.

and practitioners interested

“I’m a land bird,” says Junior, perched on a ledge on a chimney of rock, high above

in

the sea. “I could sit here forever.”

controlling the shifts that

understanding

and

The mother and father gannet try to persuade him to try to fly, but Junior isn’t

are occurring in education

moving. Until, that is, his cousin comes by and sings the praises of flight. “On a

due to the integration of

clear day there is sea forever,” says the cousin. “Sometimes the wind gets under your

technology.

wings and lifts you up so you can just hang there and look down to where the roil-

The book was authored

ing bubbles in the water tell you where your next meal is.”

by Drs. Elizabeth Murphy

Inspired by his cousin’s words, Junior shuffled to the edge of his rock ledge, where

of the Faculty of Education

a gust of air swirls around him and

and

lifts him for an instant. He realizes

Manzanare,

a

that truly birds were born to fly

lecturer

French

and spreads his wings for the first

Spanish and in the Faculty

time.

of

Maria in

Rodrigues-

Education.

sessional and

Activity

Dr. Pryse-Phillips said the gan-

Theory is a tool that can

net’s story grew out of his own

help make sense of the

struggle of letting his three chil-

complex changes taking

dren leave home for careers in

place in higher education because of the integration of technology. Unlike other

other parts of Canada. He said the

theories, it allows for a focus that includes elements in the social, cultural and his-

story should appeal not only to

torical setting in which the technology is used.

children but to grandparents who

In addition, it supports consideration of the practices of individual students and edu-

have let their adult kids go and to

cators as well as practices at the institutional level. The book provides insights into how

parents who are preparing for an

technology can support innovation, not only in education, but in other practices.

empty nest.

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‘Major change in thought’

Awards recognize diverse selection of DELTS’ services

Memorial researchers involved in unique mining innovation partnership

By Kelly Foss

“They wanted industry-oriented research where the

By Courtenay Alcock

questions were coming from industry, but researchers in

If recognition

is any indication of success,

universities, government, people in industry and services

Memorial’s Distance Education, Learning and Teaching

providers would work together to come up with unique

Support (DELTS) is off to a good start this year. Since

solutions to the problems,” said Dr. Piercey.

Dr. Piercey and Dr. Farquharson became involved in

the beginning of 2013, the department has received eight awards from four national and international

one particular aspect of the project, the footprints explo-

associations.

ration group, which was hoping to create a new model for exploration.

The awards recognize a variety of work by DELTS, ranging from innovations in integrative technology,

“When we are trying to find new resources there is a

educational practices and collaboration, service pro-

footprint of that deposit and the environment around it,”

grams, instructional support and marketing.

said Dr. Piercey. “The idea of this project is we are trying

“The diversity of these awards speaks to the creativity and talent of our staff in the many facets of our orga-

A collection of views of a 3-D Earth model showing the “true” geology from different angles.

to understand what a deposit looks like physically, chemically and geologically right at the deposit, 100 metres away, 200 metres away, etc.”

nization,” said Susan Cleyle, director of DELTS. “The commitment of our partners and the ingenuity of our

Researchers

in

University’s

“Picture an archery target,” said Dr. Farquharson. “The

staff allows us to remain innovative and effective in the

Department of Earth Sciences are among those from

deposit is the yellow circle in the middle and there are

technologies we use and the services we provide to the

16 other universities and 24 leading mining companies

different colour circles coming out from it. From a geo-

university community and beyond.”

across Canada to benefit from the largest Collaborate

physical perspective we might do a survey and get data

The Canadian Network for Innovation in Education

Research and Development grant ever awarded by the

that suggests that we are not right over the bullseye, but

(CNIE) presented DELTS with four awards at its annual

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of

we don’t really know which of those coloured bands we’re

conference in Ottawa, Ont., on May 2. All four awards

Canada (NSERC).

in, in other words, how far from the target we are.”

Memorial

The $5.1 million investment towards the $12-million

Dr. Farquharson says since researchers already know the

project will support a pan-Canadian research partnership

physical properties of the actual deposit, if they have data

DELTS also received two marketing awards on

to innovate the country’s mining industry. The five-year

from right over the top they’d know exactly where they

May 24 from the Canadian Association for University

project will involve in-depth research on three specific

were. But they know a lot less about how to recognize how

Continuing Education (CAUCE). And earlier this year,

areas, a gold deposit in Quebec, a uranium deposit in

far away from a discovery they might be.

its student retention program, CONNECT, was rec-

Saskatchewan and a copper deposit in British Columbia.

“If you are way off to the side, where there is only a

ognized with two awards. The CONNECT program

The hope is after this five-year term, researchers will spend

slight alteration or variation, we don’t know what the

engages online education applicants and first-time

another term on deposits in three new areas.

effect there will be on the physical properties,” he said.

recognized the unit’s integration of technology in various ways.

online education students to help them connect with the larger Memorial University community.

A complete list of the awards include:

Dr. Steve Piercey and Dr. Colin Farquharson are research

“So we are trying to understand all the physical properties

partners on the project, which is hoped to increase explo-

in the area, not just the stuff right in the middle over the

ration success rates.

deposit.”

Dr. Piercey says the idea for the project was born in

The footprints exploration group is trying to create a

2006 when some of the country’s mining visionaries got

unified picture by bringing together the disparate geolog-

2013 Award of Excellence and Innovation in the

together to figure out a way to keep Canadian mining and

ical, geochemical and physical data collected by research-

Integration of Technology in the K-12 Classroom,

exploration research from getting left behind.

ers, to give mining companies a greater ability to recognize

by the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education,

“Canada and Australia are the leaders in mining and

the subtle differences in the information collected around

for Education 6107 – Arts Education: Creativity in the

mineral exploration globally, and Australia had been put-

an ore deposit and more accurately pinpoint its actual

Classroom

ting all kinds of money into projects called predictive

location.

mineral research centres,” he explained. “These stalwarts

“What’s unique is that we researchers usually work in

2013 Award of Excellence and Innovation in the

of the Canadian mining companies decided that if we

silos,” said Dr. Piercey. “The key here is that we are talking

Integration of Technology in Educational Practices/

didn’t start putting our heads together we were going to

to one another to create integrated data sets with geolo-

Collaboration, by the Canadian Network for Innovation

be outmoded.”

gists, geophysicts, and so on collecting data on the same

in Education, for Teaching with Technology Community 2013 Award of Excellence and Innovation in the

From that idea the Canadian Mining Innovation

samples in the same locations, working together and

Council was born, with interests in exploration, develop-

co-supervising students. It has never been done this way

ment, drilling technology, mining and clean up.

before and it’s a major change in thought.”

Integration of Technology in a Formal or Non-Formal Educational Program, by the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education, Fishing Vessel Stability Simulator

‘Smartest and best’

Mr. Cross was recently named the first Marine Institute recipient of the teaching award from the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and

By Naomi Osborne

2013 Award of Merit in the Integration of Technology

Labrador (PEGNL). He was honoured with this presti-

in Instructional Design/Teaching and Learning, by

John Cross, a marine engineering instructor with

gious award at PEGNL’s annual general meeting and

the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education, for

the Marine Institute’s School of Maritime Studies, is

conference on June 14.

Chemistry 1810: Elements of Chemistry

described by his colleagues as “someone who embodies

Having served as a member of PEGNL for many years,

and exemplifies that which is best of teachers of

Mr. Cross has made significant contributions to the

2013 Marketing Award for Other Printed Marketing

engineering” and by his students as one of the “smartest

engineering profession and to engineering education.

Materials/Collateral Materials, by Canadian Association

and best” instructors they have ever had.

Fellow instructor in the Marine Institute’s School of

for University Continuing Education, for “Memorial@it’s

Ocean Technology, Paul Ryan, began the process when

your day” e-Convocation congratulatory card

he approached Mr. Cross for permission to nominate him for the award. Intent on being thorough, Mr. Cross

2013 Marketing Award for Other Printed Marketing

submitted a 30-page application which impressed the

Materials/Collateral Materials, by Canadian Association

selection committee.

“I think the Marine Institute will be seeing a fair bit

for University Continuing Education, for Memorial@

of this award in the future because we have excellent

Home transit posters

teaching and an environment which allows instructors Innovative

Program

Award,

by

National

submitted photo

2013

Orientation Directors Association Region IX, CONNECT 2013 Wagner Award for Outstanding Instructional Support, by Distance Learning Administration, to DELTS staff member Jody Burke for CONNECT

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to hone their skills,” said Mr. Cross. “I’m hopeful this award will generate awareness at the institute about PEGNL and in turn make PEGNL aware of our capabilities at the Marine Institute.”

From left are John Cross and Bill Hunt.

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Choosing Memorial

Top chemistry academic achiever applying NSERC scholarship at master’s level

By Kelly Foss

A chemistry master’s a

prestigious

Julie

student has won

Payette-Natural

Sciences

and

Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Jessica Besaw completed her

undergraduate degree at Memorial in the spring and will begin the second phase of her academic career in September.

The Julie Payette-NSERC Research Scholarship is awarded to the 24 most outstanding applicants in NSERC’s postgraduate scholarships “M” competition and is based on academic excellence, research abil-

chris hammond photo

research scholarship.

Jessica Besaw

ity and potential, and communication, interpersonal and leadership abilities. The scholarship will provide $25,000 towards one year of study.

“In addition, I have worked as a teaching assistant and

project I had here was better than any other project I

tutored high school students full time. I have also been

could have gotten elsewhere. My project will include

One of the faculty’s strongest undergraduate aca-

a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and involved in

computational chemistry work with Dr. Chris Rowley

demic achievers, Ms. Besaw made the dean’s list for four

Memorial’s intramural sports teams. I have also writ-

in chemistry and experimental protein work with Dr.

consecutive years and received the chemistry medal for

ten and directed a play, which was performed by high

Valerie Booth in biochemistry,” she said.

highest academic standing at spring convocation. While

school students at the regional drama festival competi-

“It combines two things I really love to do. I thought

she agrees academic success has been important to her,

tion. This role enabled me to encourage others to bring

when I did my master’s I would have to choose between

she says this scholarship is about much more.

their own skills to the table.”

them, but Dr. Rowley contacted Dr. Booth and proposed

“This scholarship wasn’t just about academics and

The recipient of three NSERC Undergraduate Student

they do a collaboration together for my benefit. So I will

having the highest grade,” she said. “There were other

Research Awards, including one at Queen’s University,

be doing experimental work by synthesizing proteins

criteria they were looking for, including communica-

Ms. Besaw thought carefully about where she wanted to

and characterizing them with nuclear magnetic reso-

tions, leadership and interpersonal abilities. The reason

do her graduate studies.

nance, and then running molecular dynamic simula-

I stood out, I think, is because as an undergraduate stu-

“The reason I stayed here to do a master’s at Memorial

dent I was chosen to represent Memorial at the London

is, while I looked around at other projects and had got-

International Youth Science Forum.

ten proposals to work at other universities, I found the

tions on high performance computers. It’s exactly what I wanted and all I had to do was ask!”

Premier signs MOU with China; highlights expanded post-secondary education partnerships As the Newfoundland

and Labrador

bachelor degree holders who have achieved outstanding

potential collaborative opportunities between the two

delegation in China continued its mission, Kathy

results will be eligible for admission into further stud-

organizations.

Dunderdale, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador,

ies leading to graduate degrees at Memorial University.

“Approximately 36 per cent of Memorial University’s

reaffirmed the province’s commitment to global

College of the North Atlantic currently provides the

international students are from China, and the univer-

partnerships and post-secondary education through the

curriculum for diploma programs at eight Chinese uni-

sity has more than a dozen existing agreements with

signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on

versities and supports and trains faculty at two of these

Chinese institutions and is continuing to work on

the Mutual Recognition of Higher and Post-Secondary

educational institutions.

developing more,” said Dr. Gary Kachanoski, president

Education with the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China on June 26.

In addition to the MOU on the Mutual Recognition

and vice-chancellor, Memorial University. “Through

of Higher and Post-Secondary Education, Memorial

our shared dedication, efforts and commitment, I am

“Education is one of the highest priorities for our gov-

University has signed MOUs with the China Scholarship

confident we will be able to develop even stronger

ernment, and we are extremely proud of the partnership

Council (CSC) and the China International Center

post-secondary connections between Newfoundland

that has been built with the People’s Republic of China,”

for Economic and Technical Exchanges (CICETE). The

and Labrador and China.”

said Premier Dunderdale. “This new memorandum

CSC MOU establishes the China Scholarship Council

Along with Dr. Kachanoski, Premier Dunderdale was

of understanding commits us to work together more

and Memorial University of Newfoundland Joint

joined on the China mission by Tom Marshall, minis-

closely towards our common goal, the pursuit of excel-

Funding Program, which will support up to 20 qual-

ter of Natural Resources; Jerome Kennedy, minister of

lence in training and mobility in higher education.”

ified doctoral students who will be jointly funded by

Finance and president of Treasury Board; and Ed Martin,

Through the MOU, both parties will encourage their

Memorial University and the CSC to pursue doctoral

president and CEO, Nalcor Energy. Premier Dunderdale

post-secondary institutions to formally recognize diplo-

studies. It will also support visiting research students

was also the guest speaker June 26 at a dinner hosted by

mas, degrees and certificates from each other’s juris-

and post-doctoral fellows as they study and carry out

Alderon Iron Ore Corp.

diction. Under the agreement, for example, Chinese

research at Memorial. The CICETE MOU will explore

obituaries Dr. Alex Colville

Irene Anne Whitfield

Dr. Gus Rowe

Dr. Minnie Vallis

Dr. Alex Colville, an honorary graduate

Irene Anne Whitfield, a retired staff

Dr. Gus Rowe, who served as chair of

Dr. Minnie Vallis, an honorary graduate

of Memorial University, passed away July

member of the Faculty of Arts, passed

Memorial’s Discipline of Family Medicine

of Memorial University, passed away July

16, 2013. He was 92.

away July 20, 2013. She was 72.

from 1978-1985, passed away July 20,

26, 2013. She was 80.

2013. He was 92.

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One runner’s experience at the 2013 Boston Marathon When Dr. Linda Hensman takes time away from her

to be dispatched as required. I had never seen anything

role as dean of the School of Pharmacy, you will often find

like it. The full impact hit when I got back to my hotel

her in training for a very different type of challenge than

and saw the bombings on TV and realized how lucky I

leading a busy professional school. In 2004 she discovered

was. I was stopped with about one kilometre to go, about

a joy for running and that passion has guided her through

five to six minutes away from the site. I immediately

six marathons in cities such as Prague, Toronto, Vancouver

thought how different events could have been if I had

and Berlin. Her first time running the Boston Marathon

started a bit earlier, if I hadn’t taken a bathroom break or

was in 2012, and although she successfully completed that

even if I had walked a little faster during my walk breaks.

Colleen MacKenzie photo

By David Penney

run, the high temperatures that year motivated a return to run the race again under normal conditions. The tragic

DP: Tell me about the calls, texts, emails and your

circumstances that marred the event in 2013 would prove to

welcome home at the airport.

be the furthest thing from normal. On April 15, 2013, two bombs exploded near the finish line, killing three people and

LH: I was overwhelmed with the number of texts,

injuring hundreds more. Dr. Hensman talked with Gazette

emails and voice messages not only from the running

contributor David Penney about her experience in Boston.

community, but colleagues at work, friends and family all over the world. I spent about four hours that evening

DP: What happened when the race was first stopped?

responding to everyone and doing interviews. It was exhausting but it made me realize the wonderful group

Dr. Linda Hensman stands next to the “finish line” outside her office door at the School of Pharmacy.

&

News notes

LH: My friend Judy Sheppard and I had crossed the timing

of people I work, run and socialize with. At a time like

mats at the 40 kilometre distance on the race route and

that it’s the support that gets you through and makes you

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about one kilometre later I saw a congestion of runners up

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having such a fabulous race, my time is out the window

a few watery eyes and tears shed. I’ve seen emotional

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now!” But within 30 seconds I heard sirens and presumed

homecomings many times at the airport but never

we were stopped for some kind of emergency. We were

thought I’d be part of one myself. It was very emotional

among the first couple of hundred runners to be stopped.

and again showed me the loving, caring and supportive

As the crowd grew and more runners began stopping it

community that I live in. I felt very protected having

was amazing how calm everything was. No one got upset

friends greet me and bring me home.

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or annoyed.

DP: Faculty and staff at the School of Pharmacy set up a DP: How did events unfold from there?

“finish line” for you in front of your office. What did you think of that?

LH: Eventually, maybe after five minutes or so, people with phones started to get messages that there had been

LH: I was surprised and really touched that the some of

an explosion on Boylston Street near the finish line. I had

the staff and faculty would think to do that for me. I have

my cellphone and managed to call my Dad in Vancouver

always known they are a great group to work with but it

to let him know I was okay, but shortly after that all

really goes to show just how special they are that they

cellphone transmission was shut down for a while. At

went to the trouble to help me “finish” Boston. It was

that time we couldn’t reach Judy’s husband who was

incredibly creative and thoughtful. I crossed the finish

waiting in the family area at the finish line. That was a

line but I was reluctant to break the tape. I left it up for

very anxious time for us.

a few days.

About 10-15 minutes later, race officials told us that there had been explosions and people were injured. Close to an

DP: Having had time to collect yourself and reflect, what

hour later they came back and told us they were trying to

have you taken away from the experience?

get water and blankets to the runners, many of whom were starting to get cold and thirsty. I had taken a jacket along

LH: In the face of adversity most people are caring

with an extra shirt tied around my waist so I was lucky in

individuals who will help out in times of crisis and

that regard. Later I learned that Bostonians had brought out

need. The volunteers in Boston stayed around to hand

clothing and blankets from their homes to many runners

out water and blankets and helped us in many different

who were stopped further back.

ways. They didn’t know if there would be more bombs

Finally we were told that the race was cancelled and were

and they could easily have left to go home and allowed

instructed to walk back to the buses to collect the bags

us to fend for ourselves. The people of Boston who

and clothing that we had checked at the beginning of the

opened up their hearts and homes to the runners to give

race. We were directed around the underpass and along

out clothing, blankets and water showed a great side of

Commonwealth Avenue, which runs parallel to Boylston

humanity. I’ve also been extremely impressed with how

Street. Even then all I saw was an incredibly tranquil bou-

the Boston Athletic Association managed the events and

levard with runners heading as quickly as they could to get

the aftermath, including how they’ve reached out to the

to the buses. We still had no real appreciation for what had

many runners who did not have an opportunity to finish

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happened. We didn’t know the cause of the explosion or the

the race. They have been exemplary in every way.

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Like most people I am deeply saddened for the inno-

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impact on their lives that such a senseless act has caused.

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LH: My first sense of the enormity of the event was

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when I got a call from a friend in St. John’s – that was

sure. While I have always known this, it was reinforced

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shortly after the race had been stopped and we were still

extent of the injuries. I don’t think we knew then that anyone had died.

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through these events that I have incredibly supportive

waiting. Knowing she was a friend of mine, the CBC

friends and colleagues. That’s what truly creates rich-

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had contacted her to try to reach me for comment so I

ness in one’s life.

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knew this had to be serious. It started to really sink in

Finally, based on the response of the sporting and in

when I was walking back to my hotel and I chatted with a

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particular the running community, it’s evident that the

volunteer who told me that he had helped put a critically

collective spirit remains resolute. For me, my next mar-

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injured spectator in an ambulance. I turned up another

athon will be Chicago in October and I’ll be back in

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street and saw ambulances lined up for blocks, all ready

Boston to run again next year.

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REmembering wayne

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Members of the Faculty of Business Administration as well as the family of the late Dr. Wayne King participated in an installation ceremony for a memorial bench at Long Pond recently. Dr. King was a longtime member of the business faculty who passed away in November 2012.

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Team Memorial drives ahead at international baja event

By Jackey Locke

When part of the curriculum is to design and build an off-road vehicle for racing, going to school takes on a whole new meaning. For the fourth year in a row, Team Memorial Baja competed at the international Baja SAE Series. The team placed 38 out of 88 universities and, for the first time, the university’s baja finished the four-hour endurance race over rough terrain without any technical issues. Team captain Aaron Bolt was pleased with how colin peddle photo

the team worked together leading up to and during the competition, which took place in Rochester, N.Y. “We learned a lot from last year’s competition and because of that we were able to produce a vehicle that was both techno-

Luke Hancox of Memorial’s Baja team churns up some mud during competition.

logically superior and more capable than ever before,” he said. “Our car held up great in the endurance race and was able

baja by reducing the overall weight of the

to compete in all the events, and despite

car while maintaining strength by using

many unexpected challenges leading up to

composite materials, expanding the capa-

the event, we all pulled together and got

bilities of the Arduino-powered driver

things done.”

information system, continuing to find

Baja SAE consists of three regional com-

new ways to utilize 3-D printing in designs

petitions that simulate real-world engi-

and improving driver training and compe-

neering design projects and their related

tition preparation. Improving the existing

challenges.

are

car instead of building a new car will allow

tasked to design and build an off-road

for more preparation time leading up to

vehicle that will survive the severe punish-

next year’s event.

Engineering

students

ment of rough terrain and sometimes even

Mr. Bolt believes that getting involved in

water. Baja SAE Rochester 2013 took place

events such as the Baja SAE Series enhances

from June 6-9, and included competitions

the university experience and encourages

in acceleration, hill climbing, manoeu-

students to find creative and fun ways to

verability, suspension and traction and

learn.

endurance.

“The Memorial Baja team provides a

“The first few days of the event are always

unique experience to engineering stu-

the most stressful,” said Mr. Bolt. “This is

dents and allows us to get real world design

when the technical safety inspection of

experience before we graduate. It is the

the car takes place. Despite not having any

best way for students in engineering to

critical problems with the car, some unfor-

learn about machining and fabricating

tunate scheduling problems caused things

and gain hands-on experience with all

to be a little more stressful than usual, but

the tools of the trade, as well as learning

we got through it and were able to compete.

to design for manufacturing, assembly and

The first day of dynamic events — acceler-

maintenance. It has truly enhanced my

ation, hill climb, suspension and traction

academic experience and has been crucial

and manoeuverability — went well, but a

in my development as an engineer. It is

few minor issues cost us in the standings.

awesome!”

On the last day, which was the day of the

The team wishes to acknowledge and

endurance race, the sun came out after

thank their sponsors, including the Angus

three days of rain and the car performed

Bruneau Student Leadership and innova-

great and stayed on the track and required

tion Fund in Engineering (LIFE) Program,

one minor repair.”

Memorial’s Faculty of Engineering and

To date, Team Memorial has done well

Applied Science and Technical Services

at the competition. In 2010 the team came

Division, Hickman Motors, Atlantic Trailer

in first overall in the water event and won

and

the Rookie of the Year award. In 2011 Team

PAL, Wood Group PSN, Rideout Tools,

Memorial placed fourth in the hill climbing

Pennecon, QTC, PEG-NL and Mile One

event, and placed sixth in the acceleration

Harley.

event in 2012. For next year’s competition, the team plans to improve the existing

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