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Oct. 30, 2013 Volume 46 Number 5

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Alumni who graduated more than 50 years ago were recognized during a special ceremony.

FALL CONVOCATION Full orations of honorary degree recipients, plus success stories of newly minted graduates.

BIG IMPRESSION New travelling exhibit makes substantial impact at national recruitment expo.

GOLDEN COMMEMORATION

‘Strong alliances’

A TIME TO REMEMBER Hundreds of alumni and friends relived their memories of former concerts and parties held at the Thomson Student Centre during Super TSC Night at Club One on Oct. 19 as part of havin’ a time: Reunion 2013.

$890,000 investment in student-led oceans research

By Meaghan Whelan

STUDENT

RESEARCHERS

at

Memorial have received a funding boost thanks to the Research & Development Corporation’s (RDC) Ocean Industries Student Research Awards.

Approximately

$890,000

has

been

awarded to 15 graduate and doctoral students, and their supervisors.

“I

would

like

to

commend

the

Research & Development Corporation for creating this program in support of student researchers,” said President Gary Kachanoski. “Memorial University prepares its students so that as graduates, they can help this province and the world into a future marked by economic growth, sustainable development and an abiding respect for society. This would be impossible without the support we receive from like-minded partners like RDC and the government of Newfoundland and

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Labrador.”

See OCEANS page 4

Direct translation

Linguist receives prestigious national award for Innu language development in capacity-building in Cree, Innu and Naskapi

By Janet Harron

MacKenzie joins four other

Human Resources for Innu Language Development,

scholars from Canadian universities who have been

carried out in collaboration with researchers at

awarded prestigious Impact Awards from the Social

Memorial, Carleton University, the Université du

Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Québec à Montréal, the Institut Tshakapesh and Mamu

for their achievements in research, research training,

Tshishkutamashutau, private scholars and government

knowledge mobilization and outreach activities.

departments has led to the creation of dictionaries,

The professor of linguistics and her team were

workplace vocabularies and readers for schools and

awarded the $50,000 Insight Award at a ceremony held

language-learning materials for adults. This project has

at the World Social Science Forum in Montreal, Que.,

directly contributed to improved access to government

recently.

services, through better quality interpretation and

Dr. MacKenzie thanked SSHRC for the recognition of

translation.

the years of work accomplished as a result of partnerships

A comprehensive pan-Innu dictionary developed by

between universities and members of Innu and Cree

Dr. MacKenzie and her team covers all the Innu dialects

communities, noting that that there is a strong positive

spoken in Quebec and Labrador. Published in Innu,

correlation between the maintenance of an Aboriginal

English and French, it is one of the most thorough and

language and increased community health.

complete dictionaries of an Aboriginal language, and is

Dr. MacKenzie has worked for more than 40 years

available online at www.innu-aimun.ca/dictionary .

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communities. Her research project, Knowledge and

DR. MARGUERITE

Dr. Marguerite MacKenzie

‘A great idea’ Inaugural President’s Golden Celebration a highlight of Reunion 2013

By Sharon King

MORE THAN 100 proud Memorial alumni gathered

and, most importantly, a sincere thank you to alumni.

in the School of Music for a special ceremony to honour

“Thank you for being the keepers of Memorial’s

those celebrating 50-plus years of graduation during the

history, the pioneers of its values and the living proof

President’s Golden Celebration on Oct. 19, one of the

of the transformative power of education,” noted Dr.

hallmark events of Reunion 2013.

Kachanoski. “The foundation of this university was

Dr. Kachanoski hosted the inaugural ceremony that

built by a community of thinkers with a dream that

paid tribute to graduates and presented them with a

Newfoundland and Labrador would overcome its

commemorative pin. The pin given to each graduate

geographic isolation and the tragic events of war, so that

symbolizes the ties that bind, the pride of the university

its people would have equal access to the opportunities a university education could provide.”

For 100-year-old Clotilda O’Brien, BA(Ed.)’60, from Cape Broyle, the evening brought back memories of her time at Memorial.

“I loved it,” said Ms. O’Brien. “I enjoyed the professors and for a young girl to go from a small community to study at university, at that time, it was great. I enjoyed English and history and after graduation, I taught for 38 years.”

For 1962 graduate Gertrude Andrews, BA(Ed.)’62, M.Ed.’88, it was an opportunity to reconnect with friends that she hasn’t seen since her days at Memorial.

“I’m here looking around and the first person that comes along is Ray Rose. Ray stayed at my aunt’s boarding house while attending university and here we are, more than 50 years later. This is just wonderful.”

Ray Rose, BA(Ed.)’61, B.Sc.’67, was happy to reconnect with his university friends.

“I was from outport Newfoundland, so just being in university was a great experience for me,” he said.

“I spent many years teaching in Labrador West, so to

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reconnect with people here tonight, it was a great idea.”

From left, Howard Dyer, Class of 1948, has his commemorative 50-plus years of graduation pin attached to his lapel with help from his wife Joan.

The project: A study of gender issues in construction and resource industries to identify barriers women face in trades and technology fields would have significant impact on recruitment policies among industry leaders as well as provincial policy when it comes to labour market

YOUR NEXT PROJECT UPDATE

development.

That kind of study would also be of interest to organizations

such

as

the

Women

in

Resource

By Amy Tucker

Development Corporation (WRDC), whose mandate

Special to the Gazette

is to foster an environment that will increase the

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EDITOR GRAPHICS Mandy Cook Molly Baker

Regular Contributors

Laura Barron Rebecca Cohoe Melanie Callahan Nora Daly Paula Dyke Kelly Foss Pamela Gill Sharon Gray Janet Harron Jill Hunt Sharon King Jackey Locke Peter Morris

Cathy Newhook Naomi Osborne Michelle Osmond David Penney Marcia Porter Kristine Power Dave Sorensen Melissa Watton Meaghan Whelan Susan White-MacPherson Laura Woodford Sandy Woolfrey-Fahey

participation of women in the trades and technology Yaffle.ca is Memorial’s online connecting tool. One of its most

sectors in Newfoundland and Labrador.

significant jobs is to provide a way for people from outside Memorial

“Mega-projects present all kinds of opportunities

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

for women to stay here in the province,” said Jenna

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

Hawkins, industry liaison with the WRDC. She said that

Here’s one …

getting up-to-date numbers on women’s participation in the labour force in trades and industry is difficult, but

The opportunity:

anecdotally her organization hears a lot of excitement

Large industrial projects require a large and diverse

among industry representatives as well as among women

labour force. With current demand for workers

interested in those jobs and opportunities.

exceeding supply, one solution to the problem could be

“We do research in-house, but any extra interest in this

to encourage women to train and seek jobs in what have

field would be more than welcome and we would love to

traditionally been seen as male occupations.

connect with researchers working on these issues.”

This is a recurring theme at the Harris Centre-organized regional workshops, which provide an opportunity for

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

community representatives, businesses and government

mobilization at the Harris Centre, would love to fill you in. Call her at

to discuss the issues affecting a particular region in the

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

province. During the regional workshop in Labrador City earlier this year, representatives of Vale indicated perceptions and attitudes of women towards those

OBITUARY

non-traditional jobs and whether those attitudes are

Dr. Donald Alexander Cameron

changing with mega-projects sprouting up around the

Dr. Donald Alexander Cameron, an honorary

province.

graduate of Memorial University, passed away Oct.

that there is much research needed to better understand

12, 2013. He was 93.

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Loss of a medical pioneer DR. ARTHUR MAXWELL

(Max) House, former

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Newfoundland and Labrador lieutenant-governor and

time faculty member in 1993, but remained with the university until 1997 as a consultant and adviser.

telemedicine leader, passed away on Oct. 17. He was

Dr. House served as official visitor to the university

87. Dr. House is survived by his wife Mary, as well as

in his role as lieutenant-governor from 1997–2002,

children Rosemary (John Housser), Christopher and

returning afterwards to Memorial as honorary research

Peter (Colleen) and five grandchildren.

professor. In 1999 he was awarded an honorary doctor of

Dr. House’s connection to Memorial spanned seven

letters degree and, in 2003, he received the distinction of

decades from his first days as a student at Memorial

professor emeritus. Dr. House was honoured as Alumnus

College in 1943. He received his MD from Dalhousie

of the Year in 2010.

in 1952 and went on to complete his training as a

During his career, Dr. House received numerous

neurologist at McGill University in 1959. Dr. House

awards and recognitions. He was named to the Order of

was a founding leader of Memorial’s medical school

Canada in 1989, received the Atlantic Canada Innovator

where he spent 30 years as a neurology professor and

of the Year Award in 1990, the Canadian Medical

administrator.

Association’s Medal of Service in 1997, was named an

In 1975 Dr. House started the Telemedicine program

officer of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in

at Memorial and became a leader in the development

2005 and appointed honorary member of the Canadian

of telemedicine internationally. He retired as a full-

Medical Association in 2007.

Dr. Max House

Former chancellor oversaw unprecedented growth DR. PAUL GUY Desmarais passed away at Domaine

organized in 1925 to hold electric power facilities which

Laforest, Sagard, in the region of Charlevoix, Que., on

had been nationalized by the 1960s.

Oct. 8, 2013, at the age of 86.

Among its principal investments through its subsidiary

Dr. Desmarais’ legacy is writ large at Memorial. As

Power Financial Corporation are Great-West Life, London

chancellor from 1979–88, as a benefactor and as an

Life, Canada Life and Putnam Investments, as well as

honorary degree recipient, he played an important role in

Investors Group and Mackenzie Financial Corporation.

the successful development of the university. While Dr.

Power also owns La Presse and several other leading

Desmarais served as chancellor, Memorial went through

French-language newspapers and has diversified holdings

a period of then-unprecedented growth and expansion.

in Europe and China.

Central to all this was the creation of Memorial’s Queen

He received honorary degrees from a dozen universities,

Elizabeth II Library, which received his considerable

including an honorary doctor of laws degree from

financial and other support.

Memorial in 1990 and was awarded the University of

Born in Sudbury, Ont., on Jan. 4, 1927, Dr. Desmarais

Ottawa’s Distinguished Canadian Leadership Award.

studied commerce at the University of Ottawa and law at

Dr. Desmarais was appointed a member of the Privy

the Osgoode Hall until taking on the challenge of rescuing

Council of Canada, companion of the Order of Canada

his family’s failing bus company. A visionary entrepreneur,

and officer of the Ordre national du Québec, as well as a

he merged it into Quebec Autobus, Provincial Transport

recipient of France’s Grand Croix of the Légion d’honneur

and Trans-Canada Corporation Fund. In 1968 he acquired

and Commandeur de l’Ordre de Léopold II of Belgium.

control of Power Corporation of Canada, a public company

Dr. Paul Desmarais

The Greek Question I THOUGHT when I transferred from the University

Even if the stereotypes are false, GLOs still promote

of Victoria to Memorial University in the fall of 2011

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the kind of elitism that should have no place in today’s

that I had escaped the endless debate over Greek-lettered

Shannon Page

university experience. Most campuses now have strict

organizations (GLOs). Apparently I was mistaken.

If

you’ve

missed

the

memo ­ — and

the

inclusion policies. Even without considering the Muse

sign a petition against the formal recognition of GLOs.

question of gender exclusion, which has formed a large

headlines ­ — Memorial University of Newfoundland’s

The issue eventually went to a vote at the student

part of the debate at both UVic and MUN, there is still

Student Union (MUNSU) denied recognition of GLOs at

society’s general meeting where 61 per cent of the 500

the fact that GLOs allow membership on an invitation-

a recent student activities and organizations committee

voters elected to uphold the ban. Ultimately, however, it

only basis. Neither are their meetings and events open

meeting. Only three of approximately 15 board members

would seem that the GLOs got their way. The Kappa Beta

to non-members. Generally, university-recognized clubs

voted in favour of recognizing fraternities and sororities.

Gamma sorority became officially recognized by the

and societies must be open to all university students; the

Without recognition, GLOs cannot receive funding

University of Victoria in 2011, despite the fact that the

bottom line is that GLOs are not. Though there is no way

from MUNSU, fundraise on campus or use campus

majority voted against repealing the ban the year before.

around the fact that sororities and fraternities, by their

space to recruit students. Recognition by the university

Until the Greek question arose in Victoria, the word

very nature, violate policies of inclusion and openness,

administration is also a requirement for sororities to

“sorority” brought to my mind visions of debutantes,

it should be up to the student body if they wish to allow

register with the National Panhellenic Conference,

beauty queens and the kind of out-dated femininity that

such exclusive organizations onto their campuses.

an umbrella organization of international sororities,

would make even Gloria Steinem wonder if the 1970s

The numbers seem to indicate that the majority of

though fraternities may exist without recognition.

had happened at all. Obviously, these impressions were

the student body doesn’t want GLOs to be officially

To me, it feels like déjà vu. In 2010 a similar debate

based mostly on what I’d seen on TV and in movies ­— but

recognized by the university. Why is this still being

plagued the University of Victoria where fraternities and

the stereotypes surrounding fraternities and sororities

debated? Democracy has spoken ­— let’s drop the issue.

sororities had previously been banned from campus. I

persist. Many opponents at MUN have claimed that

remember sitting in the library café in my second year

there is a link between GLOs and sexual assault, rape

Shannon Page is a fourth-year double major in English and classics at

and being torn away from my study of Greek nouns to

and discrimination on campuses.

Memorial. She can be reached at spep60@mun.ca.

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con’t from OCEANS page 1 The Ocean Industries Student Research Awards program will fund six doctoral candidates and nine master’s candidates from the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, the Faculty of Science and the School of Human Kinetics and Recreation. Awards range from up to $20,000 per year for master’s candidates and up to $30,000 per year for doctoral candidates.

“Oceans-related

research

is

a

priority

for

our

government, and we are pleased to support students and researchers who undertake collaborative research and development projects that are relevant to Newfoundland and Labrador’s ocean industries,” said Charlene Johnson, minister responsible for RDC. “By supporting strong alliances between academic institutions and industry, we are ensuring our investments make a positive contribution to industry and to our economy.”

in our ocean-based industries,” said Glenn Janes, CEO, RDC. “These students have great potential and their projects could help the province enhance its leadership role in offshore technologies. I congratulate each of these recipients, and wish them the best of luck with their work.”

To view the full list of recipients, please visit today.mun.

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“The research awards program is designed to develop highly skilled students with expertise and an interest

From left are RDC CEO Glenn Janes, Minister Charlene Johnson and President Gary Kachanoski.

ca/news.php?id=8639.

‘Long-standing relationship’

Dare To campaign receives major gift for accounting classroom with the business faculty and with Memorial University

By Susan White-MacPherson

for many years,” she said. “I’m pleased to be able to

MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY

announced a major

provide accounting students at Memorial with an

gift to Dare To: The Campaign for Memorial University

inviting place to learn and pursue their studies as they

from a prominent member of the province’s accounting

work towards embarking on their careers.”

community on Oct. 17.

Dr. Wilfred Zerbe, dean of the Faculty of Business

The donation is courtesy of Dr. Janet Gardiner, who became Newfoundland and Labrador’s first female

From left are Janet Gardiner and Dr. Wilfred Zerbe.

“The creation of a dedicated accounting classroom

Dr. Gardiner’s contribution has been designated to

will help our accounting students continue their

undertake renovations and purchase state-of-the-art

strong record of success in the professional accounting

classroom equipment to create a dedicated accounting

programs they undertake after graduation,” he said. “As

classroom at the Faculty of Business Administration.

the new Canadian Chartered Professional Accounting

Accounting is one of nine concentrations available to

program evolves, it will be critical that our accounting

undergraduate students in the bachelor of commerce

students continue to be well prepared. We are grateful to

(co-operative) program.

Dr. Gardiner and the Gardiner family for their ongoing

“My family and I have had a long-standing relationship

MUN Student Discount

NOTABLE DR. MELVIN BAKER, Office of the President, and Dr. Peter Neary, Department of History, University of Western Ontario, contributed the Newfoundland and Labrador entry to the Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 2006 edited by David Mutimer, York University, and published by the University of Toronto Press (2013).

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support of the Faculty of Business Administration.”

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DR. JEROME DELANEY, an associate professor in the Faculty of Education, recently presented a paper titled Characteristics of Effective Teachers at the 2013

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impact on accounting students.

Web: www.zanshindojo.net email: zanshin@bellaliant.net

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chartered accountant in 1956.

Administration, says the gift will have an important

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FRAMEWORKS AT WORK: Memorial’s frameworks in action The three overarching frameworks guiding Memorial’s future

direction — the

Research

Strategy

Framework,

the Teaching and Learning Framework and the Public Engagement Framework — are the result of several years of consultations with the university community and the people and organizations of Newfoundland and Labrador. This regular feature will help showcase the frameworks in action by sharing projects and highlighting the successes that are bringing them to life.

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

Building bridges of understanding

By Rebecca Cohoe

From left are Dr. Maura Hanrahan, Dr. Mary Bluechardt, Mi’kmaq elder Keith Cormier and Joanne Prosper, member of the west coast Mi’kmaq community.

In fact, simply answering questions is a crucial part of

strong statement of respect and an invitation to feel

the public engagement role that Dr. Hanrahan’s office

comfortable and included as a public engagement

plays at Memorial. Established in 2011, in response to the

partner, says Dr. Hanrahan.

2009 Presidential Task Force on Aboriginal Initiatives,

“Public engagement can enhance the work that

the office provides academic and non-academic units

Memorial does,” she said. “It’s about thinking of the

with the sort of information needed to facilitate research

communities around us as resources and sources of

and teaching connections with Aboriginal Peoples and

valuable information and expertise, along with project

organizations. It offers advice on cultural awareness and

ideas that could lead to partnerships.”

According to Dr. Hanrahan, one of the highlights

facilitates inter-cultural communications.

MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING is a basic element

Dr. Hanrahan also aims to create a culturally safe

of the work was the Grenfell Campus celebration of

of meaningful public engagement. Take Memorial’s new

environment at Memorial for Aboriginal Peoples and to

the formation of the Qualipu band in October of 2012,

kullik-lighting and smudging policy, for example.

advance the university’s relationships and partnerships

which included a visit by internationally renowned

The idea for the introduction of a kullik-lighting and

with Indigenous governments and organizations in

Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin.

smudging policy was developed in response to discussions

the province. Charged with initiating and facilitating

“It was a joyful and meaningful event. To me, and

between Dr. Maura Hanrahan, special adviser to the

the implementation of the task force, Dr. Hanrahan’s

many Mi’kmaq, it was an example of Memorial at its

president on Aboriginal affairs, and Indigenous students

office has helped to kick-start and advance a number

best. With care and open-mindedness, Memorial can

and organizations.

of initiatives, including a role modelling project in

play a huge supporting and even leadership role in

“That Memorial honours and celebrates these practices

partnership with the NunatuKavut Community Council

creating positive relationships into the future.”

gives the university community an opportunity to

and the Community-Based Teacher Education program

learn more about Indigenous cultural practices,” said

to be offered in Labrador, working with the Nunatsiavut

Dr. Hanrahan. “It leads to questions about Indigenous

Government.

history, and the Indigenous Peoples of this province … and questions are always good!”

Offering

opportunities

for

ready to implement

recommendations

in

outside

the

Culture change: smoking ban a challenge

Moving ahead with road safety measures MEMORIAL IS

those

university to become involved in programming is a

“The safety of our students and

pedestrian

employees is paramount,” said Darrell

SHEILA

Miles, director of Facilities Management.

complaints about people violating the

John’s that the university commissioned

“With the improvements recommended

university’s smoking ban are frustrating,

this past summer.

in the report, we can continue to make

but with a culture change as profound

the roads around all our campuses as safe

as this, it was bound to be a challenge.

The completed study was delivered to the university in late September.

counterproductive.

“Smoking inside buildings was not banned until 1992,” she said. “At the time, there were a lot of complaints about that change. Today, it’s hard to

protection study of Westerland Road in St.

a

option, which is difficult and, often,

as possible for pedestrians and drivers.”

MILLER

admits

that

“We are expecting people who smoke

imagine someone smoking inside.

“Eventually, people will feel the same about smoking anywhere in public.”

Some members of the university community have found simple ways to manage the transition to a non-smoking

The report recommends installing

Meanwhile, Memorial, the City of

to significantly change their behaviour,”

permanent curb extensions to make

St. John’s, the provincial government

said the university’s director of Health

“My office is adjacent to an area

pedestrians more visible to drivers,

and Eastern Health (which runs the

and Safety. “No one expects this to

where people used to gather to smoke,”

adding a pedestrian cross signal at the

Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s) are

happen overnight.”

said Peter Morris of Marketing and

pedway and adding significant new

partners on an extensive study that will

The university instituted a smoking

Communications, whose office is in the

signage along the length of Westerland

further improve pedestrian safety on

ban on Aug. 1, the final stage of the

Arts and Administration building. “I

Road and on the pedway.

city roadways adjacent to Memorial’s St.

phased-in approach to banning smoking

didn’t need to or want to get in a racket

John’s campus.

on all campuses.

over this. Since the ban, I found that just

Curb extensions also provide traffic

environment.

calming, which slows down traffic,

This study will examine and make

“Memorial is committed to providing

respectfully asking them to not smoke

prevents vehicles from pulling around

recommendations on the area road

a safe, smoke-free environment for its

there was politely received and they

left-turning vehicles and shorten the

network, capacity, pedestrian safety and

students, faculty and staff,” said Kent

stopped. In my mind, this is a change

travel distance of the crosswalk.

other traffic-related issues.

Decker, vice-president (administration

that will happen over time.”

While Westerland Road is a City of St.

The City of St. John’s has issued a call

and finance). “Going smoke-free will

The university is also conducting an

John’s roadway, Memorial has agreed to

for proposals for the study on its website.

make Memorial University a healthier

awareness campaign to highlight the

pay for these safety improvements so the

The closing date for submissions was

place to live, work and study.”

restrictions.

work can proceed.

Oct. 23.

Ms. Miller said the university opted

For more on Memorial’s smoking

to spend time educating students, staff

policy,

and visitors with a publicity campaign

policy.php?id=198 .

see

www.mun.ca/policy/site/

rather than a punitive enforcement

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CONVOCATION 2013 FRIDAY, OCT. 4, 10 A.M., CORNER BROOK

ORATION HONOURING HENRY THOMAS VOKEY RODNEYS, PUNTS,

dories, trap boats, schooners—

his great grand-daughter and his wife.

these are the wooden boats that Newfoundlanders and

By all accounts, Henry Vokey is a boat builder not by choice

Labradorians regard as peculiarly theirs, boats we see swinging

or by trade, but by nature. He still works a full week ­— though

around their moorings in coves, hauled up in rows of

never on Sunday ­— and has adapted his tools and methods so

diminishing perspective on shore, gliding across bays in the

that arthritis does not prevent him from working. The require-

sunshine, or bobbing in the current while the occupants jig

ments of his craft are never far from his mind. When he and his family took the newly launched Leah Caroline to Little

that we almost regard them as organic, like the water and

Harbour to revisit the old settlement there, he immediately

trees against which we see their silhouettes. For nearly 60

headed off into the woods to look for suitable trees to use for

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a few fish. Their shapes are so much a part of our landscape

years, Henry Vokey has been building these boats, probably more prolifically than any other boat builder in the province.

And it is not an error on our part to see Henry Vokey’s boats as organic. He works without plans, though sometimes from a model of his own making; he goes into the woods himself to choose the trees from which he will form the hull; he works either outdoors or in a shed that grows along with the construction of the boat, extensions and new rooflines accommodating the progress of the craft.

Henry Vokey’s grandfather built boats, in the settlement of Little Harbour, Trinity Bay, so it was only natural that young

his next project, which I have been told is another, even larger schooner. Perhaps his attachment to this type of vessel arises from a childhood trip to St. John’s by schooner, or the fact that his grandfather built the schooner Alma Frances. In reference to building the Leah Caroline, Mr. Vokey said it was “just something that I want to do,” suggesting that the activity is too natural to need explanation. That feeling has to be deeply rooted to be luring him still to his worksite, where, ankle-deep in the sawdust and wood shavings that foam about his feet, little by little he coaxes the trees he has chosen to take the shape he has envisioned.

Henry got involved. His father said he would starve if he fol-

closure of the shipyard in 1992, Henry Vokey continued to bui

For his role in continuing and preserving a craft that

lowed boat building as a career. However, after completing his

ld wooden boats, and is said to have built over one thousand

links our past and present, our work and our play, Madam

first full-size boat as a young man in the 1950s, Henry Vokey

in his lifetime. Henry Vokey has also passed on his knowledge

Chancellor, I present for the degree of doctor of laws, honoris

resettled in Trinity and began to build boats seriously. In 1965,

to further generations of boat builders, sharing his love of the

causa, Henry Thomas Vokey.

he opened Vokey’s Shipyard. In its time the shipyard was one of

wood and the craft. For his work in preserving this aspect of

the major employers in the Trinity area, with more than forty

the province’s cultural heritage, he was awarded the Order of

employees. Of particular note was the building of the schooner

Newfoundland and Labrador in 2007, was named the only life-

J&B, named for the Vokeys’ daughters Jane, Josephine, Bonnie

time honorary member of the Wooden Boat Museum in 2008,

and Bernice. Launched in 1986, the J&B operated as a tour boat

and has been the subject of two Land and Sea episodes focusing

in St. John’s and Florida before being lost in 2007. After the

on the construction of his schooner Leah Caroline, named for

Dr. Holly Pike University orator

FRIDAY, OCT. 25, 10 A.M., ST. JOHN’S

ORATION HONOURING ALEXANDER HICKMAN THE FORBEARS

of the man who stands before you

the Trial Division. His stature was such that he was also asked

came to our island some two and a half centuries ago but not

to chair two major royal commissions: on the sinking of the

in the happiest of circumstances. Thomas Hickman, ship-

Ocean Ranger and, for Nova Scotia, on the prosecution of

wright of Weymouth in Dorset, set out for the New World with

Donald Marshall. It was in this last commission that he com-

his family in the autumn of 1746 but died after falling into the

mitted an unpardonable sin: he sought to question the judg-

ship’s hold. The distress of this catastrophe brought his wife

ment of his fellow judges in Nova Scotia. He ordered those

to premature labour and the birth of a boy, Jonathan. Settling

judges who had heard Marshall’s appeal to appear before the

initially in St. Pierre, the family was forced to relocate to Grand

commission to, in part, explain the basis for their remark that

Bank by the terms of the Treaty of Paris. However, these trib-

Marshall’s evasiveness in court contributed to his conviction.

ulations seem not to have affected Jonathan as he was still

This was a remarkable challenge by Hickman and was pursued

breeding at fifty and lived to be a hundred.

right up to the Supreme Court of Canada. Hickman lost the CHRIS HAMMOND PHOTO

Over the years the Hickman family prospered and served their community: our candidate’s father served in the First World War, his father’s cousin as Newfoundland’s prime minister in 1924. Alex Hickman too attempted to serve, to enlist in the Canadian Air Force but was rejected. Why? Well there is a possibility it may have been his mechanical competence for

case but his unorthodox behaviour established clear bounds for what constituted judicial independence. It is also indicative of a theme that runs through his career ­— that in all matters legal and judicial, it is what pertains to the person that matters.

Throughout his career, he has taken guidance from the old outport magistrates whose judgments were, in his view, “sprin-

this is the man who took his digital clock up to Halifax to have

fratricidal Liberal leadership campaign of 1969 he put himself

kled with good sense and compassion.” It was this that made

his son change the time after the clocks had been set back;

forward as a compromise candidate between the contending

him such a strong proponent of mediation to resolve disputes

this is the man who drove his car into a car wash with the

forces of Crosbie and Smallwood, lost and joined the rebel

in family law; made him lament the loss of some of the outport

sun roof open. Now, Madam Chancellor, would the world have

Liberals in the opposition. After the 1972 election, Hickman

courts and their connection with their communities. But it is

wanted this man at the controls of or, indeed, anywhere near

became, once again, minister of Justice but this time in a

also seen in the observation of many lawyers that, if you went

a Lancaster or a Spitfire? Much better that he deal with matters

Progressive Conservative administration. There he was able to

in to see the chief justice, you had to make sure you allotted

legal than matters mechanical.

enact his reforms: creating Trial and Appeal Divisions in the

extra time because he would engage you in a discussion of your

So he went to Dalhousie and to the law. Called to the bar

Supreme Court; creating the Unified Family Court and the

family and you would leave more informed about your ances-

in 1948 he thrived in the legal profession. As a young lawyer,

Legal Aid Commission. Now this may all look like creating jobs

try than ever before. Here we have a man deeply engaged with

he was a very active member of our Law Society, a vice-pres-

for lawyers. It was not. It was, Madam Chancellor, much more

his profession and with his people, filled with an awareness of

ident of the Canadian Bar Association and a vocal critic of

far-reaching and very necessary. Up until the creation of the

his and their history, a man of “good sense and compassion,”

the administration of justice in Newfoundland. Much in the

two divisions of the Supreme Court appeals would have been

an ornament of bench and bar. Chancellor, I present to you for

province had changed since Confederation but not in the

heard by a panel of three judges but that, incredibly, would

the degree of doctor of laws, honoris causa, former chief justice,

legal world and Alex Hickman was impatient for change. So,

have included the judge who delivered the judgment which

Thomas Alexander Hickman.

in 1966, Joe Smallwood offered him the opportunity to effect

was being appealed. That judge then was sitting in judgment

change by serving as minister of Justice. Hickman took up this

on his own judgment ­— a somewhat extraordinary version of

invitation only to find that his capacity to effect change was

the notion of blind justice.

limited by the premier’s lack of desire to implement it. In the

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Shane O’Dea Public orator

Leaving politics in 1979 he was appointed chief justice of

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CONVOCATION 2013 FRIDAY, OCT. 25, 3 P.M., ST. JOHN’S

ORATION HONOURING CAPTAIN SIDNEY J. HYNES around Marine Atlantic, ensuring the ferry service between

IN NEWFOUNDLAND

and Labrador, a place cultur-

Newfoundland and Nova Scotia was deemed an essential ser-

ally shaped by the sea, we have learned through hard expe-

vice is in the tradition of another great seaman. Horatio Nelson

rience to trust the wisdom of our mariners – the men and

took risks, played by his own rules and won historic victories.

women who, in defiance of Neptune, chart the currents and

Similarly, Captain Sid Hynes, when it looked as though he

coastlines of unpredictable oceans, build oil rigs and con-

might not win the battle in Nova Scotia about the essential

tainer ships to harvest the treasures of the sea and, in the pro-

nature of ferry service to Newfoundland, simply changed the

cess, extract profit from the pitiless ocean. Those masters and

rules of engagement and shifted the battleground. He called

commanders, James Cook, Horatio Nelson and Bob Bartlett,

on his fellow Newfoundlanders to bombard the decision-mak-

can teach us all a great deal about the management of men

ers by phone, fax and email so that in the next meeting, this

and resources and about what matters. So it should come as no

time held in St. John’s, the victory was won. He famously said “Things were stacked the wrong way” ­— so he shuffled the

your venerable crew, the very model of a very modern master

deck, weighed anchor and brought home the prize.

CHRIS HAMMOND PHOTO

surprise that you, Madame Chancellor, are about to sign on to mariner, an honorary captain in the Royal Canadian Navy, the redoubtable Captain Sidney Joseph Hynes. We must therefore stand to attention and listen to Captain Sid when he tells us that “the fun in life is in the journey and not in the arrival.”

This man’s journey may have been fun but it has not been easy. He has arrived on this landing stage after almost forty

Throughout his remarkable career, Captain Sid has navigated his life guided by his beloved wife, Bernice, and their son Matthew. They have been his constant and enduring stars who have “looked on tempests and were never shaken.” By 2007, they thought that Sid would retire to the calmer waters in Middle Arm, but Sid was not ready to hand a silver coin

years of hard work in marine shipping, transportation, and

Canada, was the master of the first Canadian diving sup-

to the Stygian ferryman. Instead, he put together a new busi-

the oil and gas sectors, and his journey is the stuff of legend.

port vessel off the coast of Labrador, and commanded vessels

ness consortium, raised around 230 million silver dollars and

He has travelled from being a youngster in Harbour Breton,

operating in oceans around the world. In the 1980s, he and

bought his own ferry, bringing the magnificent Connaigra to

Fortune Bay, watching his father fishing from a small boat in

his business partner, Ches Penney, seized the opportunities

our shores and naming it after the place where he grew up.

the perilous waters surrounding the Connaigre Peninsula, to

offered by the discovery of offshore oil to create Canships Ltd.,

And so Sid’s saga continues.

becoming the master mariner and intrepid business entrepre-

operating shuttle tankers on the Grand Banks. In the 1990s,

Madame Chancellor, there is a naval superstition that it is

neur who just this month stood on Signal Hill watching the

when most of us were taken aback by the collapse of the cod

unlucky to sail on Friday, but fortunately it is not unlucky to

arrival of his $108-million container ship, Connaigra, commis-

fishery, Captain Sid with characteristic resilience and initia-

sign on Captain Hynes today for his next voyage, this time on

sioned by his company Oceanex Inc. and fully equipped with

tive charted a new course to help his fellow Newfoundlanders.

the good ship Memorial. So I ask you in honour of his unique,

what he has called “Star Wars technology.” Just for a moment,

In oil-company board rooms in the States, he navigated the

entrepreneurial leadership, his exemplary governance of the

Captain Sid must have felt like Captain Kirk.

Scylla of American skepticism and the Charybdis of union

marine, educational and business institutions of this great

So, Madame Chancellor, how did Captain Sid’s success

negotiations to ensure that displaced Newfoundland fish-

province and country and for effecting a sea-change in our

come about? Did this modern mariner receive help from the

ermen were retrained and hired to operate ships supplying

cultural narratives about nature and fortune, through his

gods, as the ancient mariners Odysseus and Aeneas did, when

the rigs. It was a proud moment when in Korea Captain Sid

passion, his initiative and his success, to confer on Captain

they travelled over the oceans? Not at all ­— Sid is a self-made

watched his company’s newly constructed tankers depart,

Sidney Hynes, the degree of doctor of laws, honoris causa.

man cultivating not the gods, but developing his innate intel-

crewed 100 per cent by Newfoundlanders.

ligence and talents through determination and hard work.

Dr. Annette Staveley Deputy public orator

Madame Chancellor, never underestimate Captain Sid

In the 1970s after completing his studies at the Fisheries

Hynes – he relishes engaging with problems and superpowers.

College, now the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial

His formula is simple – “Analyse a situation, develop a plan

University, he became one of the youngest sea captains in

and knock her down quick.” His tactical brilliance in turning

STUDENT SUCCESS

Stories that shape us Recent English graduate immersed in her beloved discipline has also influenced the types of stories I choose to tell

By Janet Harron

through performance,” said Ms. Pitt, who recently

FOR JAMIE PITT,

the study of English is a family

affair.

“I’m a Platonist in so many ways. I really believe that

Both of her paternal grandparents taught in Memorial’s

the stories we tell and choose to bring into the world

Department of English — Dr. David Pitt was head of the

profoundly shape it, and that, indeed, some stories are

department from 1972 until his retirement. Her parents

better than others.”

were both English graduates from Memorial and her

With an entire life spent in and around Memorial, her

father taught in the department for several years in the

2011 experience in the Harlow program Literary London

late 1980s and early 1990s. Her twin brother David, also

stands out.

a recent Memorial grad, is an MA student in English at

SUBMITTED PHOTO

McGill.

Jamie Pitt Gazette | Wednesday, October 30, 2013

wrapped her first short film Face It.

“I still cannot believe that I spent three months traipsing London, going to the theatre, travelling Europe,

“My parents and grandparents are most certainly at

writing reviews and satirical sketches, and studying

the root of my love of reading, my love of Wordsworth

Fielding, Sheridan, Johnson, Boswell in England,” she

and my current area of study,” said Ms. Pitt, who is now

said.

based in Kingston, Ont., where she is pursuing her MA in

“Simply put, I study literature because it is the

English at Queen’s University now that she has completed

collective record of the human soul — to me, the most

a BA in the subject at Memorial.

important subject for serious inquiry.”

A well-known stage performer and acting teacher

Intending to pursue a career in academia, Ms. Pitt

in the St. John’s area, Ms. Pitt believes her critical and

hopes that in 10 years she will be found teaching Oscar

close reading skills have greatly influenced the way she

Wilde in some “cosy” university and sharing her love of

approaches performance texts.

literature with a new generation.

“My combined study of English and gender studies

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CONVOCATION 2013 STUDENT SUCCESS

Providing and finding inspiration

celebrate her accomplishment

Nursing student juggled motherhood and multiple degree programs

as she became busy with her nursing program.

“I’ve

had

an

amazing

experience at the school,” was good for my head, for my

By Marcia Porter

heart and my soul.”

DEANNE SMITH

structure

of

the

fast-track

walks

Other life-saving credits go

life, giving her the drive she

program made her feel like a

to her family for providing the

needed to work hard. She

nurse pretty quick.

ball. Not literally, of course.

child-care support she needed

wanted to better herself for

It’s hard to stuff a giant yoga

to complete her programs and

them.

ball into her backpack.

become a registered nurse.

“I

liked

that

I

was

learning and doing practical

It was while working as a

components simultaneously.

But Ms. Smith’s background

“They were so fabulous,”

teaching assistant in the SON’s

I’ve

as a fitness instructor and

she said. “They took my

anatomy lab that it came to

instructors

personal trainer helped her

children everywhere. Without

her: a career in nursing would

[nurses who serve as mentors]

juggle life as a nursing student

them I could never have

allow her to use all of her

and great experiences on each

in the School of Nursing’s

accomplished this.”

background experience in a

of the floors I’ve gone to. I’ve

holistic way.

really been fortunate.”

bachelor

of

program, CHRIS HAMMOND PHOTO

said Ms. Smith, who says the

softly and carries a big yoga

(SON) demanding fast-track

Deanne Smith

Ms. Smith’s children were the motivating force in her

nursing

(BN)

But why put herself through such a grueling pace?

So she applied for the fast-

had

fabulous and

clinical

preceptors

Ms. Smith is putting her

simultaneously

“I had found a niche with

finishing up a master’s degree

training and personal fitness

that she could handle the

Clare’s

in kinesiology and parenting

instructing, but I felt that

demands

nursing

working on a medical-surgical

two young children.

I wasn’t completely doing

program

completing

floor where she did one of

“Fitness

helped

track

program, of while

convinced

her

education

to

work

Hospital,

at

St.

currently

save

my job … caring for people

her master’s in kinesiology,

her clinical rotations. She

me,” said Ms. Smith, who

the way I wanted,” she said.

which she received during

hopes that her story will

earned previous degrees in

“I really love to learn, and I

spring

encourage others in similar

kinesiology

wanted to be the best I could

this year.

and

physical

education from Memorial. “It

be at what I was doing.”

convocation

earlier

circumstances.

There was little time to

Student trailblazer

“Just keep plugging away.”

Ms. Parrill embraced the unique challenges and

First graduate of Grenfell’s master’s program collects degree

opportunities that came with being a program trailblazer.

“Being one of the first master’s students at Grenfell definitely had its challenges, such as a lack of designated office space and housing for graduate students,” said Ms. Parrill. “With that being said, having support from faculty and staff, particularly the library staff, made my

By Melanie Callahan

overall experience at Grenfell an enjoyable one. The

MELANIE CALLAHAN PHOTO

GRENFELL CAMPUS

Erika Parrill, left, with professor Dr. Kelly Vodden.

witnessed its first master of

program proved to be even more challenging than my

arts in environmental policy graduate cross the stage at

two undergraduate degrees and I believe that meeting

fall convocation in Corner Brook Oct. 4.

that challenge helped me gain the skills needed as a

Erika Parrill accepted her degree with pride.

policy professional.”

“I attended my first year as an undergraduate student

Ms. Parrill is now looking for a career opportunity

at Grenfell in 2004. It was great to have the opportunity

in environmental policy, particularly in her areas of

to return to a vibrant and growing campus this past year

expertise: environmental impacts of small-scale fisheries

as a master’s student,” she said.

and Aboriginal environmental policy.

Goal achieved

a physical education teacher. When she returned to

Labrador native detoured to Afghanistan before attaining degree

Canada, she made her way to Memorial.

By Michelle Osmond

volunteering

“As soon as I stepped into the Physical Education building, I was welcomed with open arms. I cannot stress enough how much of an honour it was to be taught by such professional, educated and friendly professors.”

BEFORE

CHRIS HAMMOND PHOTO

Once here, she got involved in the campus community,

Sept. 11, 2001, Lisa Murphy had never

thought about being in the military, but the events of that day left her so heartbroken she wanted to be part of the solution.

Ms. Murphy graduated from Menihek High School in Labrador City that year. Her plan was to come to

Lisa Murphy

and

joining

several

organizations,

including the Memorial University Students’ Union Board of Directors and the Task Force on Competitive Sports.

Ms. Murphy, who is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in physical education (honours), praises her teachers back in Labrador.

“They taught me how to be a good person, and how to

Memorial University to study physical education at the

stand up for what is right and for people who might not

School of Human Kinetics and Recreation. However, the

Afghanistan, for a 10-month tour of duty. While there

be able to stand up for themselves. They taught me how

day after of 9/11, she submitted her application to the

she volunteered, distributing school supplies to children

to take disappointment with grace ­— how hard work and

military.

and essentials to families in Kandahar City.

dedication will allow you to achieve your goals.”

After six years in the forces she headed to Kandahar,

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All the while, she kept dreaming about becoming

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Marine Institute students claim marine technology award

By Naomi Osborne

MARKING ITS inaugural year, the Marine Institute’s (MI) Marine Technology Society (MTS) student section was recognized at the Oceans 2013 MTS/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) conference in San Diego, Calif., last month.

The MI-MTS student section was honoured with the 2013 MTS Outstanding Student Section Award. The award is presented each year to an MTS student section in recognition of activities conducted in advancement LORI LEE HOLLETT PHOTO

of the objectives of the society.

The MTS was incorporated in June 1963 to give members of academia, government and industry a common forum for the exchange of information and ideas to promote awareness, understanding,

From left are Trevor Bennett, son of nurse Myra Bennett, and Emily Pittman, daughter of Al Pittman, and her daughter Maida and son Remy. They unveiled the new names of the residence wings at Grenfell.

advancement and application of marine technology.

“This award shows that we have made a name for ourselves,” said Cheryl Slade, outgoing MI-MTS chair.

“It is important to me that we encourage socialization between faculties within MI to promote respect and co-

West coast legacy

operation. If we work together we have a better chance of making a difference.”

Grenfell residence naming ceremony recognizes outstanding citizens

Glenn

Blackwood,

vice-president,

Memorial

University, (Marine Institute), and Dwight Howse, general chair of the Oceans ’14 local organizing

By Melanie Callahan

GRENFELL CAMPUS

social, cultural, economic and scientific development

committee, attended the ceremony along with MI-

of the province,” said President Kachanoski at the

MTS student members Ms. Slade and Dave Pedersen, incoming chair.

honoured two western

ceremony. “What better way to reflect the university’s

Newfoundland legends in the naming of its chalet

ongoing commitment to this province and its people

Ms. Slade was selected as the representative for the

apartments and arts and science residence wings.

than by naming our buildings after landscapes

MI-MTS student section at Oceans ’13 for her knowledge

and individuals that have shaped who we are as

and understanding of the opportunities presented at

Newfoundlanders and Labradorians?”

the conference. Her knowledge of Memorial’s St. John’s

Residence wings were named for Myra Bennett (1890– 1990) and Al Pittman (1940–2001).

Myra Bennett was known along the 200-mile coast

Chalets were named after the defining features of

of the Northern Peninsula simply as “the nurse.” Once

Newfoundland and Labrador’s landscape. Chalets 1–5

dubbed the Florence Nightingale of Newfoundland,

follow a forest theme: Birch, Jack Pine, Juniper, Spruce

Nurse Bennett was the only medical assistance for many

and Tuckamore. Chalets 6 through 8 follow a mountain

people living in communities in that isolated region.

theme: Torngat, Topsails and Gros Morne.

campus section’s goals and challenges as well as MI’s made her a strong representative for both sections.

Mr. Pedersen was selected to attend the conference through a competition initiated by MTS. “I believe I sent my essay in the same day the offer

Al Pittman was an accomplished and award-winning

Residence names were determined by the AdHoc

came out,” he said. “I found out at the end of June that

poet and playwright who taught in Grenfell’s English

Advisory Committee on Naming, which surveyed the

I was selected to attend the conference based on my

department for close to two decades. He was also one of

Grenfell community and its community partners for

essay. I was extremely thankful for the opportunity.”

the founders of Breakwater Books ­— the Newfoundland

input.

and Labrador-based publishing house that focuses on publishing books with authors from or content about this province.

Now that the section is officially ratified, they will be

Student housing is an important part of student life, said Dr. Mary Bluechardt , vice-president (Grenfell).

“Residences are where many of our students live,

“The people of Newfoundland and Labrador continue to view Memorial as being of strategic importance to the

working closely with the local professional section as well as helping with the success of Oceans ’14 when it comes to St. John’s next September.

study, socialize and form friendships and associations that have the potential to last a lifetime.”

Memorial supports United Way MEMORIAL’S

long-standing payroll giving support

Community Fund, to one or more of United Way’s focus

of United Way has benefited community groups all over

areas, or to any registered Canadian charity. At Memorial

Newfoundland and Labrador. Through the program,

we focus primarily on the Community Fund as it supports

which is offered to faculty and staff at Memorial, more

a broad range of causes. This fund also strikes a balance

than $21,600 was donated this year.

between supporting services that address immediate and

Karen Kennedy, internal consultant in the Office of

future needs, as well as addressing the root causes of

the Provost, and Dr. Gary Gorman, former dean and

various social issues.”

recently retired associate professor, Faculty of Business

“Donations

we

receive

from

organizations

like

Administration, are co-chairs of Memorial’s United Way

Memorial help address some of the social issues that

payroll deduction campaign committee.

affect our most vulnerable people,” said Tammy Davis,

“Memorial faculty and staff have been supporting

executive director, United Way Newfoundland and

United Way since 2007,” said Ms. Kennedy. “United Way

the addressed envelope. This method of giving allows

Labrador. “When you support your United Way payroll

helps many great causes and allocates funding where the

a donation to be spread over the year and it appears on

giving campaign, your donations go to help kids be all

need is greatest. As awareness of the efforts of United

the employee’s T4 slip.

they can be, help create healthy people and healthy

Way has grown, more and more people at Memorial

Each year, faculty and staff have the opportunity to

communities, and help move people from poverty to

have expressed interest in supporting this worthwhile

review their giving commitment when they receive their

possibility. When people work together, the power to

organization.”

package. To maintain, increase or decrease a commitment,

make change happen is phenomenal.”

The payroll giving program is easy and flexible.

the form needs to be completed and returned; therefore,

Memorial’s payroll giving sign-up campaign is

Annually, faculty and staff receive a package that

employees who committed to giving in 2013 need to

currently taking place. Payroll deductions for sign-up

includes a payroll giving form and addressed envelope.

complete this form again for 2014.

commitments made by Dec. 2, 2013, will take place from

To start automatic payroll deductions, employees

“In donating, individuals have choice,” said Dr.

complete the form and return it via internal mail in

Gorman. “They can direct their funds to the United Way

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Jan. 9 to Dec. 25, 2014. Donations via cash, cheque and credit card are also welcome.

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NEWS NOTES Listed below is a selection of the funding opportunities for which information has recently been received by the Office of Research Services. For links to further information on these items, visit Grant Funding Opportunities on the research website at www.mun.ca/research/overview/grant_opp.php.

• Burroughs Wellcome Fund Preterm Birth Initiative • CIHR Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging • CIHR Centres for HIV/AIDS Research • CIHR Fellowships • CIHR HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research • CIHR Knowledge to Action Operating Grant • CIHR New Investigator – Salary Award • CIHR Pathways to Health Equity for Aboriginal Peoples – Partners for Engagement and Knowledge Exchange (PEKEs) (Full Application) • CIHR Population Health Intervention Research • CIHR Science Policy Fellowships • Fulbright Canada – Traditional Fulbright Scholar Awards • Fulbright Canada – Traditional Fulbright Student Awards • Fulbright Visiting Research Chairs • Imperial Oil University Research Award • Mitacs Elevate • NSERC/CIHR Discovery Frontiers (Discovery Frontiers: Advancing Big Data Science in Genomics Research) Call for Proposals • SSHRC Partnership Development Grant • The Foundation Fighting Blindness Operating Grant – LOI • Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

IMMINENT DEADLINES Oct. 25 Hearing Health Foundation (formerly Deafness Research Foundation) --Emerging Research Grants – LOI (first year applicants)

Nov. 1 Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study --Fellowship Program (Natural Sciences and Mathematics)

Nov. 7 Alzheimer’s Association --Research Grants Program (application)

Nov. 24 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health --Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards (Application)

Nov. 30 Memorial University, Office of Research Services --University Research Professorships (nominations and applications)

Dec. 1 Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Inc. --Conference and Workshop Grants --International Collaborative Research Grants Canada Council for the Arts --Molson Prizes -- John G. Diefenbaker Award Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (U.S.)

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Judo Classes

Dec. 2 Dairy Farmers of Canada --Nutrition Research Funding Program (LOI)

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OUTANDABOUT For more on these events and other news at

Saturday, Nov. 2

Memorial, please visit www.today.mun.ca.

Harvest Feast and Fish Fry, 5–8 p.m., Bitters’ Restaurant, Feild Hall, Sponsor: Community

Wednesday, Oct. 30 Staccato Angels: Feminine Self-representation in Contemporary Digital Video, 2:30–3:30

Rites, 8–9:30 p.m., D.F. Cook Recital Hall,

p.m., SN-4087, Department of Gender Studies

School of Music, Sponsor: Music at Memorial

Speakers’ Series

Sunday, Nov. 3

Power Analysis of Stream Ciphers Based on

Nature Programs, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., 306 Mount

Feedback Shift Registers, 10:30 a.m.–12:30

Scio Rd., Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden

DENNIS FLYNN PHOTO

Garden

32ND ALUMNI TRIBUTE AWARDS Hundreds of alumni and guests gathered at the Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland to celebrate the 2013 Alumni Tribute Awards Oct. 21. From left are Randy Murphy, (B.Comm.’72), Outstanding Community Service Award; Frank Durnford, (BA(Hons.)’03), Horizon Award for exceptional achievement by alumni under the age of 35; Eleanor Swanson, (M.Ed.’77), J.D. Eaton Award, for leadership and outstanding contributions to Memorial; President Gary Kachanoski; and Brendan Paddick, (B.Comm.

(Co-op.)’86, MBA’94), Alumnus of the Year Award.

p.m., IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies

Fall Forest Walk Family Program, 1–3 p.m., MUN Botanical Garden, Sponsor: AA&D

The Semitic Verb in its Afro-Asiatic Context, 1–1:50 p.m., SN-3060, Sponsor: Linguistics

From Russia..., 8-9:30 p.m., D.F. Cook Recital

Seminar Series

Hall, School of Music, Sponsor: Music at Memorial

IT Security Awareness Session, 4–5 p.m., IIC2001, Sponsor: Computing & Communications

Plant Mitochondria Under Hypoxia: A Cross-

Bachelor of Social Work Information Session,

Monday, Nov. 4

Talk Between Nitric Oxide, Hemoglobin and

12:30–1:30 p.m., J-3008, Sponsor: School of Social Work

Saving a Generation: Maternal, Newborn

Oxygen, 10 a.m.–12 p.m., IIC 2014, Bruneau

Academic Information Session for Students

and Child Health in the Developing World,

Centre, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies

Interested in Applying to Social Work, 1–1:50

4–5 p.m., Theatre D, Health Sciences Centre,

p.m.,SN-4068, Sponsor: Academic Advising

Sponsor: Global Health Office (Faculty of

Labrador Speaker Series: Kevin Major on

Halifax Affinity Celebration 2013, 6:30–9:30

Centre

Medicine)

Writing with Labrador in Mind, 7–9 p.m.,

p.m., Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, 1675

Masonic Temple-Polaris Lodge, Happy Valley-

Lower Water St., Halifax, N.S., Sponsor: Alumni Affairs and Development

Thursday, Nov. 14

Rock Out B4 You Blackout and Celebrate Your

New York Dinner, 6–10 p.m., Rosie O’Grady

Goose Bay, Sponsor: Alumni Affairs and

Natural Size, 10 a.m.–2 p.m., UC third floor and

Streak & Seafood, 800 7th Avenue, New York

Development

The Landing, Sponsor: Wellness Program

City, Sponsor: Alumni Affairs and Development

MUN Cinema Series: The Broken Circle

Thursday, Nov. 7

Breakdown, 7–9 p.m., Empire Theatres, Avalon Mall, Sponsor: MUN Cinema

Researching Recovery Potential of Capelin on

Taste, Olfactory and Food Texture Reward

MUN Cinema Series: Muscle Shoals, 7 p.m.–

the Grand Banks and Labrador Shelf, 3:30–4:30

Processing in the Brain and the Control of

9 p.m., Empire Theatres, Avalon Mall, Sponsor:

p.m., Hampton Hall, Marine Institute, Sponsor:

Appetite, 1–2 p.m., Health Sciences Centre,

MUN Cinema

Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research

Lecture Theatre D, Sponsor: Neuroscience

Facilitation Skills Training: Getting the Most Out of Group Discussions, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., BN-

Friday, Nov. 8

Journal Club HSL Hits Workshop: Citation Management,

4019, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre

Blood Donor Clinic, 9:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., The

1–2 p.m., Computer Lab B, Health Sciences

Governance in Transition: Exploring People’s

Landing, University Centre, Canadian Blood

Songs from the Centuries, 8–9:30 p.m., D.F.

Library, Sponsor: Health Sciences Library

Mindset and Institutional Matches Towards a

Services

Cook Recital Hall, School of Music, Sponsor:

Governable Coastal Fisheries in South Korea,

Music at Memorial

Bachelor of Social Work Information Session,

1–3 p.m., IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre, Sponsor:

Ecological Segregation of Murres During the

1–1:40 p.m., SN-4068, Sponsor: School of

School of Graduate Studies

Non-breeding Season in the Northwest Atlantic

Friday, Nov. 15

Ocean, 10 a.m.–12 p.m., IIC-2014, Bruneau

The

Centre, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies

Rhodobacter Capsulatus, 1–3 p.m., ER-4002,

Social Work Business Process Management, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.,

Thursday, Oct. 31

BN-4019, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre

Phage

and

Phage-like

Elements

of

Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies Retirement Open House for Linda Barnett,

Exosomes Mediate the Cell-to-cell Transmission of IFN-α-induced Antiviral Activity, 12–1:30

Tuesday, Nov. 5

2–4 p.m., Medicine Student Lounge, second

Dr. Nigel Rusted Lectureship in the Medical

p.m., Health Sciences Centre 2767, Sponsor:

Workshop: SSHRC Insight Development Grants:

floor, Health Sciences Centre, Sponsor: Health

Humanities, 12–1 p.m., Main Auditorium,

Immunology and Infectious Diseases Journal

Plan Your Way to a Successful Proposal, 12:30–

Sciences Library

Health Sciences Centre, Sponsor: Faculty of

Club

2:30 p.m., A-5014, Sponsor: Faculty of Arts

Medicine Classics Old and New, 8–9:30 p.m., D.F. Cook

MUN Cinema Series: Museum Hours, 7–9 p.m.,

Spanish Film Club, 7–9:30 p.m., IIC-2001,

Recital Hall, School of Music, Sponsor: Music

Saturday, Nov. 16

Empire Theatres, Avalon Mall, Sponsor: MUN

Bruneau Centre, Sponsor: Department of

at Memorial

Where in the World?, 8–9:30 p.m., D.F. Cook

Cinema

French and Spanish

Recital Hall, School of Music, Sponsor: Music

Saturday, Nov. 9

at Memorial

Nov. 1

Bachelor of Social Work Information Session,

Scruncheons

Inferences in Bivariate Multinomial Models,

12:30–1:30 p.m., J-3008, Sponsor: School of

p.m., D.F. Cook Recital Hall, School of Music,

Sunday, Nov. 17

1–3 p.m., IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre, Sponsor:

Social Work

Sponsor: Music at Memorial

Winter Woods Walk, 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m., 306

Percussion

Ensemble,

8–9:30

School of Graduate Studies

Mount Scio Rd., Sponsor: MUN Botanical

Wednesday, Nov. 6

Tuesday, Nov. 12

When Geography Meets Computer Sciences:

MUNSU By-election, 9 a.m.–9 p.m., St. John’s

Privacy: It’s Your Business, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., BN-

Geovisual Analytics of Maritime Movement

campus, Sponsor: MUNSU

4019, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre

Blood Donor Clinic, 1–7:30 p.m., Main Dining

Spanish Film Festival, 7–9:30 p.m., IIC-2001,

IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre, Sponsor: School of

Hall, R. Gushue Hall, Sponsor: Canadian Blood

Bruneau Centre, Sponsor: Department of

Graduate Studies

Services

French and Spanish

Wednesday, Nov. 6

Wednesday, Nov. 13

Mechanisms Involved in the Regulation of

Houston Social Night, 6–9 p.m., The Tasting

Guerrilla Midwife, 2:30–3:30 p.m., SN-4087,

Human Leukocyte Antigen Class II Expression

The Recovery of Sensorimotor Function after

Room-Wine Café, 818 Town and Country

Sponsor:

in Estrogen Receptor Alpha Positive and

Hemorrhagic

Blvd., Suite 100, Houston, Texas, Sponsor:

Speakers’ Series

Garden

Monday, Nov. 18

Data, 1–2 p.m., EN-2022, Sponsor: Department of Computer Science The Solvation and Permeation of Ions, 1–2 p.m.,

SN-4015,

Sponsor:

Department

10–11

a.m.,

Tuesday, Nov. 19

of

Biochemistry

Stroke,

PhD Oral Defence of Eldho K. Paul, 1–3 p.m.,

Health

Sciences Centre 4347, Sponsor: Cardiovascular

Department

of

Gender

Studies

Estrogen

Receptor

Alpha

Negative

Breast

Cancer Cells, 10 a.m.–12 p.m., IIC- 2014,

Alumni Affairs and Development

Research and Graduate Studies The Blue Castle: The Rose of No Man’s Land:

Wessex Society Lecture, 8–9:30 p.m., Hampton

Bruneau Centre, Sponsor: School of Graduate

Hall, Marine Institute, Sponsor: Wessex Society

Studies

Faculty Bible Study, 12–12:50 p.m., HH–2005,

Women on the Western Front, 7–9 p.m.,

Sponsor: Phil Heath

The Rocket Bakery, Orbit Room, Sponsor:

Precarious Workers Taking Risks: Hegemony

Bachelor of Social Work Information Session,

Department of Gender Studies, Department of

in a Neoliberal World, 2013-14, 12–1 p.m.,

12:30–1:30 p.m., J-3008, Sponsor: School of

Sociology and Oxfam Canada

A-4049D, Sponsor: Department of Sociology

Social Work

Human Resources Succession Planning, 9 a.m.– 5 p.m., BN-4019, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre

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Proactive approach Memorial makes big impact at recruitment fair

By Jill Hunt

“DID YOU SEE Memorial University?

Who is Memorial University?”

You would have heard these questions repeated over and over if you attended the Student Life Expo (SLE) this year.

From Oct. 4–6, Memorial’s Office of Student Recruitment (OSR) participated in one of the largest undergraduate student recruitment fairs in Ontario. The expo gives prospective students an opportunity to speak with universities and colleges from across the country.

A new Memorial exhibit was launched at the expo this year, creating a hefty presence. The 20' x 10' exhibit formed the anchor booth for the Atlantic Canadian university region.

A part of the draw of the display was CHRIS HAMMOND PHOTO

the “green room.” Students had their pictures taken and superimposed on a pre-determined background, representing Memorial’s campuses and the province’s east and west coasts, then accompanied by the tagline “Picture Yourself Here.”

A Memorial exhibit used at a recent national recruitment fair.

The photos then went into rotation on a digital screen for other attendees to see.

The OSR has participated in the fair for the last number of years, as Ontario is a key market for prospective undergraduate student recruitment. This year, however, it was decided that Memorial would expand its presence at the expo and take an institutional approach. Representatives from Grenfell Campus, Marine Institute, Distance

Education,

Learning

and

Teaching Support (DELTS), Marketing & Communications and for the first time, the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, accompanied the team.

“The collaboration among the units that made the event successful was outstanding,” said Shona Perry-Maidment, director, OSR. “Units working together like this continue to prove the support for undergraduate recruitment efforts.”

This year, the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science partnered with the

OSR

to

maximize

its

national

undergraduate recruitment efforts. This proactive approach is key to reaching out to recruit top-notch prospective students from across Canada.

“The faculty is hoping to add an additional 500 undergraduate students over the next six years,” said Professor Andy Fisher, associate dean, undergraduate recruitment,

Faculty

of

Engineering

and Applied Science. “Our presence at national recruitment fairs, such as SLE, is mandatory if we are going to meet our target. Partnering with the Office of Student Recruitment on this initiative was a positive experience and we look forward to working with them again in the future as we continue to recruit the best students to our engineering program.”

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