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MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND

mission Memorial University is an inclusive community dedicated to creativity, innovation and excellence in teaching and learning, research and scholarship, and to public engagement and service. We recognize our special obligation to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador. Memorial welcomes students and scholars from all over the world and contributes knowledge and shares expertise locally, nationally and internationally.

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Newfoundland and Labrador

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Memorial University

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Rome wasn’t built in a semester

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All roads lead to Rhodes

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The buck starts here

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Hope springs external

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Planning makes perfect

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A watched beaker never boils

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A chair is known by the company it keeps

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Look on the snowy side of life

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Nothing adventured, nothing gained

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Charity begins at sea

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If life deals you lemons, make lemonade factories

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Great news travels fast

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To err is human, to fund divine

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Between a rock and a great place

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Medicine isn’t always the best medicine

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Jack of all trades and a master of one

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Knowledge is bliss

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Between the laboratory and the deep blue sea

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All good things come to those who care

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Vital signs

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Financials

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Leadership

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Contact

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message Welcome to the President’s Report 2011, designed to inform you about the wide range of activities here at Memorial University, whether related to teaching, research, student success, community service, or the achievements of our alumni and our support staff.

This report takes a thematic approach that reflects the character of the university and the many different developments during the 2010–2011 academic year. Great Minds Think Differently, like the other twists on well-known axioms you will find herein, acknowledges that innovation—exploring the world, its people and their ideas from different perspectives—is a critical part of what we do as an institution of higher learning.

During my first year in office, I have had the opportunity to meet with faculty, staff and students at the various campuses of Memorial. I have also travelled around the province and met many of the people who have close connections to Memorial, as alumni, as parents of students, or as members of a community that relies on the expertise that the university makes available to them. These encounters have been memorable and informative, and have shaped my perceptions about what this university means to those who work here and to those who support it. While travelling in Labrador, I spoke with researchers associated with our Labrador Institute as well as with community leaders. In Corner Brook and St. John’s, I met students from around the world as they crossed the stage at convocation. Diverse perspectives also came into view as we established the strong leadership team that will steer Memorial along a trajectory toward the achievement of new infrastructure, increased student support and revitalized teaching and research enterprises. All of these objectives will be met while we also engage meaningfully with the wider community that sustains us.

I hope that you’ll enjoy exploring the highlights of another busy year at Memorial. Student enrolment held steady, graduate student enrolment grew, and our research funding reached $97 million, the highest level in our history. We are building new residences and other infrastructure so that the university can continue to thrive among the ranks of great Canadian universities. A good number of the stories presented here show how the university directs its considerable expertise towards solving real problems faced by people living here in Newfoundland and Labrador, in other parts of Canada and in other countries around the world.

If you would like to know more about something you read here, or you want additional information about a subject covered in this report, please write to me. We have a number of dedicated publications and other resources that might answer your need.

As we build on the firm foundation of the past year, we are expecting great things over the next several years—and we invite you to join us in this exciting time.

DR. GARY KACHANOSKI President and Vice-Chancellor Memorial University of Newfoundland

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newfoundland and labrador Where you are does more than define who you are: it becomes part of your essence, part of what makes you unique. For Memorial University of Newfoundland, the rare location and the culture in which we have grown up have helped to weave a rich institutional fabric that makes us distinct. A rugged environment has helped us become resilient—and some say it keeps us grounded. Being on the edge of Canada has fostered “leading-edge” ingenuity and resilience, and has helped us become independent and creative.

The powerful forces of nature and our innate drive to solve the problems that confront us have shaped a university recognized as a world leader in such diverse fields as archaeology, naval architectural engineering, linguistics, recreation, rural health care and the natural sciences. So Memorial is the natural place for 21st-century explorers—a place where people and ideas become.

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memorial university We pride ourselves on thinking differently at Memorial. Zagging while others zig. This adventurous spirit is shared among our more than 18,000 students and 4,000 faculty and staff from more than 90 countries. Each of them an adventurer, a pioneer, an individual. They are risk takers—bold women and men who solve problems because it’s necessary, but who are also curious for curiosity’s sake. Our unique vantage point on our times provides us with a unique perspective, a fresh set of eyes on the issues of the world. Great minds think differently isn’t just a title, it’s a mindset, one that we celebrate every day here at Memorial.

To take a closer look at Memorial, read on and visit www.mun.ca.

ST. JOHN’S CAMPUS

MARINE INSTITUTE

GRENFELL CAMPUS

HARLOW CAMPUS

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MEMORIAL BUILDS NEW INFRASTRUCTURE Rome has the patina of history upon every stone, constructed step-by-step and piece-by-piece over centuries. One can imagine the laying of the stones that now holds up what’s left of the Colosseum, the construction of the Pantheon taking place before our eyes, or seeing stone statues carved meticulously to adorn almost every street corner. All of this activity must have created quite a sound. A hum of evolution. e sensations of progress.

Memorial is also humming with progress.

Funding for a new student residence at Grenfell Campus was announced in the provincial government’s 2010 budget. The new residence, which is currently under construction, will accommodate 200 students.

Grenfell is also in the process of building an extension to its arts and science building. The new extension will add academic, computing and meeting space—as well as a striking architectural element—to Grenfell Campus. On the St. John’s campus, a new parking garage is nearing completion near the Health Sciences Centre that will accommodate up to 855 cars.

Renovations and new parking spaces are not the only buzz in the air; new residences are being built on what was formerly known as Hatcher Field. This project is expected to provide new accommodations for 500 students. Perhaps one of the most notable signs of development at Memorial is the enormous crane looming above the south campus in St. John’s, part of the new residence building project.

“I look out the window every day and I can see the status of the project,” says Christine Burke, Memorial’s director of housing.

We are building for the future at Memorial.

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GRENFELL CAMPUS GRADUATE WINS 2011 RHODES SCHOLARSHIP Most of us have a very distinct view of what a museum is. e museum, to most, harbours a cultural timeline, constructed by curators from backgrounds as varied and diverse as the pieces themselves. is living history unfolds itself step by step, as we make our way from exhibit to exhibit. Each piece has a story. A smell. A life of its own. Somehow, within this microcosm, it all seems to fit together, like the pieces of an abstract puzzle.

Gabrielle Hughes sees things differently.

Newfoundland and Labrador’s 2011 Rhodes scholar views the concept of the museum in a macrocosmic context—to her, the building itself is a work of art. Gabrielle is also a traditional Mi’kmaq drummer and First Nations activist, which brings a unique perspective to her research on post-colonial artistic practices as a means of reconstructing history and appraising museology. A graduate of Grenfell Campus’ fine arts program, Ms. Hughes was also the 2010 recipient of the Arthur M. Sullivan award, presented to the outstanding student of the year, as well as the University Medal of Academic Excellence in visual arts.

“It is an amazing opportunity: having the privilege of studying at Oxford is a dream come true,” Ms. Hughes says. “It will be a challenge, but it is one that I am very happy and excited to meet.”

We wish Gabrielle the very best at Oxford, as she travels her own Rhodes to success.

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THE BUCK STARTS HERE.

UNIVERSITY RECEIVES $10 MILLION IN RESEARCH FUNDING

Newfoundland and Labrador, four are based at Memorial— one at the Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation at the Marine Institute, two at the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and one at the Faculty of Medicine. The investment announcement was made by Peter MacKay, the federal minister of National Defence and the minister responsible for this province.

Coins are special. A perfect marriage of industry and design.

Each minted with thousands of others. Brothers and sisters.

They all shine. Each with the same dimensions. e same ridge surrounding the circumference, cleverly crafted to protect the face. Emblazoned with the icons of a country. A boat long since sailed. A political pioneer. A Queen. A coin not only carries the hopes of a country — it carries promise.

The Canadian government understands this promise.

The federal government has invested in Memorial University in an unprecedented way. Research projects that involve the investigation of sudden cardiac death, as well as technology to improve offshore resource industry processes, are all benefiting from a combined $10.1 million investment from the Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency through the Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF). Of the six projects selected for AIF funding in

“The Atlantic Innovation Fund is an important catalyst for building research and development capacity in our region,” Minister MacKay says. “This latest round of funding ensures that more research will continue to be undertaken, and more innovative ideas commercialized, so that Atlantic businesses continue to grow, adapt, diversify and become more competitive.”

Memorial is thrilled to see that federal dollars are helping to launch this important work.

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MEMORIAL WELCOMES STRONG NEW LEADERSHIP IN SENIOR POSITIONS e calm of spring. e ground is coming to life — budding with possibility. e only noise is the flight song of birds; starlings taking wing above the mouth of a harbour. e head of the flock is reserved for the best flyer, those who can manoeuvre the flock around any obstacle in its path and land at its destination safely.

Memorial views leadership in the same light.

A top priority has been recruiting key leaders who can shape and direct Memorial’s growth and vision as we move forward into the future. On Jan. 25, 2011, Dr. David M. Wardlaw was announced as Memorial University’s new vice-president (academic); on Feb. 11, Dr. Mary Bluechardt was named vice-president (Grenfell Campus); on July 7, Gary Bradshaw was named associate vice-president administration and finance (Grenfell Campus); and on June 10, Dr. Ray Gosine was appointed associate vice-president research (collaborations and partnerships). Four experienced leaders are now in place, each dedicated to extending Memorial’s reputation both here in Canada and around the world.

When asked about his agenda as new president, Dr. Gary Kachanoski stated: “One of my first priorities has been to fill key leadership positions.”

With new leaders in place, Memorial is poised to fly to new heights.

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MEMORIAL READIES NEW TEACHING AND LEARNING, RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS e most ingenious plan was conceived in ancient Greece. One can just picture the scene. irty bodies hidden within walls of solid wood. Waiting. Breathing as one. e blueprint had been drawn on scrolls of papyrus. ose plans were studied, debated, rehearsed and eventually realized — a wooden horse is wheeled inside the walls of the great city of Troy as the Greek fleets scurry into the sea. Darkness washes over the landscape. e breathing builds. A loud cry. e plan unfolds. A legend is born.

Memorial understands the importance of planning.

The university community recently completed a Teaching and Learning Framework and a vision to guide teaching and learning activities, highlight principles and practices that are known to guide good teaching and effective learning, while at the same time celebrating our own good practices. Memorial has also completed a Research Strategy Framework, a direct response to the Strategic Plan for Memorial University, released in 2007. This framework explores research, creative activity and scholarship, as one of the five key pillars at the foundation of the university’s mission. On the agenda for development in 2011–2012 is an Engagement Framework to enhance collaboration with communities, industry, governments and citizens at large.

“We believe that Memorial is on the right path in the development of strategies within these three key areas,” says President Gary Kachanoski. “Excellence in teaching and learning, research and engaging the community are core to our mission and we feel very confident that these frameworks will provide a solid foundation for our future development.”

Planning for success at Memorial—working together to place the horse before the cart.

planning

makes perfect.

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a watched beaker never boils.

PROFESSOR TAKES HIS CHEMISTRY ROADSHOW TO REMOTE LOCATIONS e laboratory is filled with dreams. With magic. It is a place rife with possibilities. Inside a lab you can dream ideas bigger than you ever could have thought possible. You can make fire from water, ice from gas, and solid objects disappear into thin air. You can prove theories to be sound or unsound, or develop your very own. e most difficult part is waiting for tomorrow when you can do it all over again.

presented sell-out, on-campus chemistry shows to high school students in western and central Newfoundland. And for the last 10 years, he has taken a modified version of the show to remote schools throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, coastal Quebec and some schools in Nunavut. Thanks to NSERC’s Promo-Science Program, he has been able to bring that message to more than 5,000 students during his travels of more than 25,000 kilometres.

Grenfell Campus’ Geoff Rayner-Canham is a true lover of science.

“Chemistry is all around us and yet many remote schools do not offer chemistry courses. For those that do offer chemistry, the chemistry that students learn in high school is mostly stuff that goes on in the science lab,” says Dr. Rayner-Canham. “I want students to appreciate the importance of chemistry in their lives, as well as the fact that chemistry is interesting.”

Be it a bush plane, lobster boat or snowmobile, Dr. Rayner-Canham has used just about every means of transportation possible to reach out to students in isolated areas and bring them his message: Chemistry is everywhere! And now his unrelenting efforts to spread the word about chemistry have earned him a prestigious award—the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC’s) individual award for science promotion, which includes a medal, certificate and $10,000 prize. For the past 18 years, Dr. Rayner-Canham has

Dr. Rayner-Canham is still dreaming in his travelling lab, sharing the magic of science.

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A chair is known by the company it keeps.

MEMORIAL WELCOMES FOUR NEW RESEARCH CHAIRS e chair. Essential furniture in any home. It is a solid foundation that holds you up. e perfect place to think and reflect on the day’s events, hatch a plan of action, or share in warm conversation. ere is nothing quite like the feeling of a new chair. e touch of the leather. e support it provides. A new chair can be a wonderful thing.

Memorial has not just one, but four new research chairs.

Dr. Stephen Piercey was named as the new NSERC-Altius Industrial Research Chair in the Faculty of Science.

Dr. Piercey will focus his research on the metallogeny of ores in volcanic and sedimentary basins. This chair, through a $2-million investment, was established by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Altius Minerals Corporation with additional funding provided by the Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC).

The Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Culture Change in Rapidly Developing Modern Societies was established at Memorial through a $1-million donation from the Montreal-based Stephen Jarislowsky Foundation and a $500,000 commitment from Elinor Gill Ratcliffe, a local philanthropist and an honorary graduate of Memorial.

In addition, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, through the Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment, has provided $225,000 in support. Based in the Faculty of Arts, this chair will focus on culture change and the strategies required for successful immigration integration and retention.

Dr. Faisal Khan is the new Vale Research Chair in Process Risk and Safety Engineering. This new chair was made possible by a $2.6-million investment provided by Vale, RDC and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. Associated with Memorial’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, the chair will support and expand the faculty’s safety and risk engineering program.

Chevron Canada and RDC formed a $1-million partnership with Memorial to create the Chevron Chair in Petroleum Engineering. Supporting research and education in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Chevron’s contribution of $500,000 will establish the position, while RDC’s $500,000 investment will help build much-needed research capacity.

Thanks to private and public support, Memorial has built four solid new chairs—support for special people dedicated to advancing knowledge in key fields.

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MEMORIAL RESEARCHER IS COUNTING SNOWFLAKES ose who live in this country are well aware of the ritual of a winter’s morning. Heavy sweaters and socks. Giant parkas zipped to the chin. Scarves wrapped around faces with eyes barely cresting past the thickness of the wool. e bite of the cold. e muffled crunch of winter boots upon the unsullied snow. ere is a special breed of Canadian who longs for this weather. Sitting anxiously through the autumn rains until one day a single flake feathers from the sky. Winter has come — let the ritual begin.

Dr. Len Zedel loves to listen to the snow fall.

A professor in the Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Dr. Zedel has been collecting underwater sounds generated by snowflakes as they pitch on water. He has hypothesized that the resulting noise may provide data that can be used to estimate snowfall amounts. Oceanographers have

given a great deal of consideration to ambient ocean sound, especially as it relates to interference with acoustic ocean technology. Only over the last 20 years have oceanographers and meteorologists given special attention to the underwater sounds generated by precipitation. It is well known within the field that rainfall rates can be estimated by analyzing the underwater noise it generates.

“The sound levels of snowfalls are very quiet, much quieter than rainfall rates,” explains Dr. Zedel. “If you listen to snowfall sound, it’s kind of like a hiss, a ‘shhh’ kind of sound. It’s not as striking as rain, which sounds like the tinkling of a chandelier, a very beautiful sound.”

No matter what the weather, you can rest assured that Dr. Zedel is listening closely.

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MEMORIAL HEADS NORTH

A mountain provides dramatic views and from its peak, a beautiful vista. Sun gleaming from snow caps.

Many would be happy to appreciate this beauty from below. Some, however, feel differently — to defy gravity by scaling this monument of rock and earth. e world looks different from above. If you look hard enough you can see the very edge of the horizon itself. at view is the goal — the adventure is the thrill.

Memorial enjoys the thrill of adventure.

C-CORE, an international leader in research and development based at Memorial University, is launching a new initiative to help unlock the potential of the Arctic’s rich—and largely untapped—natural resources, thanks to $16.5 million in combined funding announced June 20, 2011, by the Hibernia and Terra Nova projects and the Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC). The funding will establish the Centre for Arctic Resource Development (CARD). CARD will pursue research activities to bridge the gaps currently making many Arctic developments prohibitive. The centre’s expertise will be primarily in engineering, but it will interact with experts in many fields, in order to develop the knowledge, tools, technologies and methodologies needed for Arctic development.

The Marine Institute’s Community Based Education Delivery (CBED) program has recently established a new office in Nunavut. CBED, led by director Craig Parsons, is facilitating a number of projects in the Aboriginal territory of Nunavut, primarily facilitating training but also research and development. To support these initiatives, the Marine Institute is piloting an office in Iqaluit, working closely with the Nunavut Fisheries Training Consortium, Nunavut Arctic College, a number of industry groups and the Nunavut government.

In response to Nunavut’s ongoing challenges to recruit and retain family physicians, and in collaboration with Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine, the Government of Canada will provide $4.9 million to support up to eight newly graduated doctors to complete their family medicine training in the territory.

Funding for the Nunavut Family Physician Residents Project (NunaFam) will provide family medicine residents with a structured and longer-term educational rotation in Nunavut. While based in Iqaluit, the eight residents will conduct visits to several communities, including to the Qikiqtalluq (Baffin) region.

Nunavut officials will work on this project with Memorial’s Faculty of Medicine, which has had considerable success in preparing graduates to enter rural practice.

“This collaboration will enhance support for family physicians working in Nunavut on an ongoing basis and will encourage their continuing medical practice in the territory,” says Dr. James Rourke, dean of medicine.

Memorial is thrilled by the prospect of heading North and expanding horizons.

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SUNCOR AND RDC MAKE $6.8-MILLION INVESTMENT IN OCEAN ENGINEERING e sea. It swirls around us in a dance driven by the whimsy of the current and the capriciousness of the tide. Mercurial by nature, the sea can shape-shift to take the form of anything it wishes: the twisting shell of a mollusk, the hull of an ancient ship lost at sea, or the worn lining of a child’s rubber boot lightly lodged in an ancient coral reef. e sea can be as alluring and majestic as it can be cunning and treacherous. Its constant flux makes exploration arduous and demanding.

Memorial, supported by Suncor Energy and the province’s Research & Development Corporation, hopes to change all that.

On Feb. 28, 2011, offshore engineering research in Newfoundland and Labrador received a significant boost. Suncor Energy and the Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC) jointly provided a $6.8-million investment to expand Memorial University’s S.J. Carew Building which currently houses the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. This new facility expansion will provide research teams at Memorial with a new integrated space to collaborate with local technology and offshore companies. The expansion will also allow the university to increase its contract research related to the ocean/offshore engineering sector and develop highly qualified personnel in these areas.

“Our faculty has grown significantly over the past decade, both in enrolment and the level of external research funding,” says Dr. John Quaicoe, former dean (pro tempore), Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. “In the past five years, our faculty has attracted approximately $52 million in R&D funding, published 1,000 papers, secured 180 grants and graduated more than 200 graduate students from the program.”

Expanded ocean engineering at Memorial will make waves for future endeavours.

CHARITY BEGINS AT sea.

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IF LIFE DEALS YOU LEMONS, MAKE LEMONADE FACTORIES.

MEMORIAL’S STUDENTS IN FREE ENTERPRISE TEAM VIES FOR SIFE WORLD CUP IN MALAYSIA Lemons have a rough ride. Born yellow. Hung from a plant whose branches are covered in thorns. Originally the lemon was simply used as decoration in gardens — to be seen and not touched. Hanging there. Undiscovered. Wasted. Until, that is, somebody cared enough to look deeper and think bigger. ankfully, both for the lowly lemon and for us, someone had the curiosity and the heart to know the difference.

charitable organization that is teaching and igniting young Canadians to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities. Memorial’s SIFE team was awarded the top prize for having the most effective and powerful entrepreneurial creative opportunities. SIFE focuses on leveraging education, expertise, local business support and university resources to help build better communities.

Memorial University’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) group has both curiosity and heart.

“We are thrilled with the national win and I want to acknowledge our entire team for their dedication to the community and each other this past year,” says Nick Hounsell, a member of the world cup presentation team. “We are so glad to be returning to the SIFE world cup to represent our school, our province and our country. We hope we do everyone proud!”

The SIFE team from the St. John’s campus is going to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in October to vie for the SIFE world cup. The group—comprised of students from the Faculty of Business Administration and other faculties and schools—was named the 2011 SIFE national champion by the national Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) organization, and its 40-member panel of judges comprised of top Canadian CEOs. ACE is a

Once again, Memorial’s SIFE team members are international champs at making lemonade.

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MEMORIAL MAKES BIG STRIDES WITH ABORIGINAL INITIATIVES In the old days, travelling meant crossing a vast terrain that would seem impassable to us now. en came the advent of bridges to carry us and take us safely over rivers and train tracks. Above highways and canyons. Built with steel and sweat to withstand our wanderings. However, sometimes bridges are built to bear more than the pounding of an engine or the rhythm of a footstep — sometimes they carry strength.

Memorial is building on Aboriginal strengths to foster community development.

The Presidential Task Force on Aboriginal Initiatives first began its work in 2009 with former Vice-President (Academic) Dr. Evan Simpson as its chair. It released a report with 22 recommendations in four categories: encouraging completion of high school by Aboriginal people; success at university through on-campus support; appropriate educational programming; and co-ordination of Memorial’s existing Aboriginal expertise. Work towards

implementing these recommendations is well underway. This year the university appointed Dr. Maura Hanrahan as its first special adviser for Aboriginal affairs and doubled the budget of the Labrador Institute. An agreement has been reached with the Nunatsiavut government that will see a number of Inuit students completing a bachelor of social work degree in Happy ValleyGoose Bay. The program reflects Inuit culture and values, offers courses that provide the maximum amount of Aboriginal content and is designed to prepare graduates to practice in both Inuit and non-Inuit settings.

“We’ve already made some headway in building relationships with the province’s Aboriginal organizations and communities so that Aboriginal people will be integral to the initiatives coming from the task force and other future plans,” says Dr. Hanrahan.

The implementation of the recommendations will bridge Memorial University and the Aboriginal community.

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To err is human, to fund divine.

BIG FUNDING FOR STUDENTS AT MEMORIAL

We have all made mistakes, every one of us, without exception. ey can vary from a rash word at the wrong time to forgetting to turn the porch light off before bed. Mistakes make us humble.

What raises us above our mistakes are our moments of generosity — sometimes without even knowing it. Holding a door for a stranger. A reassuring touch on a rainy day, or a simple smile to someone in need.

This year, Memorial received two major funding contributions that will go a long way in benefiting students at the university.

Johnson Insurance and the Research & Development Corporation Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC) made no mistakes when they recently committed to support Memorial’s students.

Johnson Insurance is sponsoring a new program to provide scholarships, co-operative education opportunities and alumni programming at Memorial. The $975,000 program of support announced this past year will direct $350,000, $375,000 and $250,000, respectively, to each of these areas.

“This is an investment in knowledge and in the young people in our province. It is also an investment in an economically vibrant Newfoundland and Labrador,” said Ken Bennett, president of Johnson Insurance, during the January funding announcement.

Students at Memorial will have an inspired time, thanks to the generosity shown by Johnson Insurance and RDC.

RDC announced that Memorial will receive more than $1-million in funding to help attract and retain 22 top student researchers.

The RDC’s Ocean Industries Student Research Awards will be directed to eight doctoral candidates, 12 graduate students and two undergraduate students.

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ARCHAEOLOGIST NAMED TO ROYAL SOCIETY Catgut strung in lines flash in the salty breeze. e strings wave back and forth at the mercy of the elements. ey quiver in grids upon an excavated foundation of earth and stone — each square of the grid precisely laid. Certain. Straight. True. Below those grids lie the precious remnants of lives once lived.

Archaeologists spend years gently prying their way past the sedimentary stone to catch the softest whispers of these stories.

Dr. Priscilla Renouf has been listening for decades.

In 2010, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) named Dr. Renouf, a professor in the Faculty of Arts’ Department of Archaeology, as a new fellow in the English Division of Social Sciences within the RSC. Election to the society is considered the highest academic honour in Canada. The RSC elects members from all branches of learning who have achieved national and international recognition by publishing learned works or original research in the arts, humanities and sciences. Founded in 1882, the country’s oldest scholarly organization currently has about 1,800 fellows.

“I am very pleased to have been elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, which is a great honour,” says Dr. Renouf. “I am pleased to be recognized for my many years of archaeological research in Newfoundland and to join the ranks of those distinguished Memorial faculty who are already fellows.”

Dr. Renouf continues to work between rocks while listening for the stories that lie beneath her feet.

between a rock and a great place.

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MEMORIAL RESEARCHERS STUDY HOW TO LENGTHEN LIVES OF MS PATIENTS e sun shines through the thin red plastic of a cylindrical playground slide. e sounds of youthful play fill the air. Free of worry. Free of pills, doses and noontime needles. Only the simplicity of laughter. Illness seems to be a lifetime away on the playground. Pain is soothed by the ease of summer. Lethargy replaced by the comfort of friends, fun and living in the moment. In the moment, everything is golden.

Memorial wants to keep it golden.

Drs. Michelle Ploughman, Anne Kearney, Michelle Murdoch, Mark Stefanelli and Marshall Godwin are looking to find a way for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients to live longer and healthier lives. Multiple sclerosis is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults in Canada. Most often diagnosed between the ages of 15 and 40, MS is characterized by a slow erosion of balance and co-ordination, paralysis, fatigue, pain and other neurological symptoms. There is no cure and, although there is increasing evidence that nutrition, exercise and social engagement improve quality of life, it is not well documented how people with MS can live longer and healthier lives with their disease. The researchers are analyzing interviews with 18 older people from the Northeast Avalon who are living with MS. “Combined, these men and women have more than 600 years of experience living with MS,” explains Dr. Ploughman. “Early results indicate that work and social engagement, as well as the ability to finance health-related expenses, are very important to healthy aging. Furthermore, medications, use of complementary therapies and degree of disability do not seem to be as important as social support and resilience when facing the long-term challenges of living with MS.” Our researchers are proving that medicine isn’t always measured in doses.

medicine isn’t always the best medicine.

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FIRST GRADUATE PROGRAM FOR GRENFELL CAMPUS

Few of us understand glass. e art. e craft. e care taken. e heat blasting from the mouth of a flaming furnace. e tools of the trade plied in earnest to combine beauty and practicality via the wind of a lung. e importance of breath. e scarred hands. A life lived dancing between fire and iron. e mastery of a love. e drive to get there and the joy of the journey.

Memorial’s Grenfell Campus understands the importance of the journey.

Grenfell is recruiting students for its first graduate program. In April 2011 Memorial’s Senate approved the introduction of a master of arts degree program in environmental policy, the first graduate program in environmental policy in Canada. The program responds to a growing demand for greater environmental policy capacity provincially, regionally and nationally and will

include experiential learning opportunities for students through an internship component. The master of arts program in environmental policy will welcome its first class of students in the fall of 2012.

“The program will not only help to bolster student recruitment, it will also give great support to our research agenda,” said Dr. Holly Pike, acting vice-president (Grenfell Campus), at the time of the announcement. “We are striving to be a leader in environmental research and education in Atlantic Canada; our faculty will benefit from the support of graduate research assistants, and the graduate students’ experiences will be enriched by their research endeavours.”

Memorial’s environmental leaders are excited about this new master’s program, and wouldn’t trade it for the world.

JACK OF ALL TRADES AND A MASTER OF one.

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knowledge is bliss.

HEBRON PROJECT SUPPORTS DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION We are all born as a tabula rasa. A blank and featureless canvas. As we grow, we begin mixing hues and tones to find the colours that best suit us. A mix of brilliant reds, vibrant yellows and melodious greys that serve as the pallette that defines us. e shades capture who we are and what we know. All the while, guided by a community that supports us, they allow us to craft the fine strokes that make us who we are.

The Hebron Project, Memorial University and the College of the North Atlantic are helping students develop their own fine brushstrokes.

The trio announced an innovative partnership this year that will provide support for scholarships and research.

Endowments totalling $1.5 million will be shared between students from Memorial and the College of the North Atlantic. This funding will support scholarships that are specifically directed toward women, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities. Among these groups, preference will be given to students who are enrolled in engineering, geoscience, environmental science, chemistry, and trades and technology studies.

“ExxonMobil Canada and the Hebron co-venturers believe diversity delivers a competitive advantage,” said Senior Hebron Project Manager Hareesh Pillai at the April announcement. “A diverse workforce is important to the Hebron Project. Creating an environment that supports diversity helps us to attract and retain talented and qualified people. By valuing differences in individuals, we ensure that our organizations can better use the capabilities and unique perspectives of all employees.”

Memorial is blissfully aware of the impact this generous contribution will have on its students.

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BIOLOGIST LEADS GLOBAL CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE

e sea is full of mysteries. Murmurs of creatures that sway within its depths. Far from the surface. e eye strains to see.

Unable to envision the king crab as it lingers upon the ocean floor; unable to trace the journey that a tuna makes across an ocean and back again. ose abilities lie within laboratories where researchers design and devise ways to track what is both seen and unseen.

Dr. Paul Snelgrove is one such researcher.

On Oct. 4, 2010, marine explorers from more than 80 countries delivered the historic first global Census of Marine Life. Dr. Snelgrove, of Memorial’s Faculty of Science, played a leading role in assembling and reporting the census results. In one of the largest scientific collaborations ever conducted, more than

2,700 scientists spent more than 9,000 days at sea on more than 540 expeditions, as well as many uncounted days in labs and archives. This past year the team produced maps, three landmark books and a highlights summary that crown a decade of discovery.

“The census united scientists from more than 80 nations with different talents, equipment and interests,” says Dr. Snelgrove.

“It matched the immensity and complexity of ocean life with a human enterprise able to grasp it. Our understanding of marine life—and its sustainable well-being—may well depend on the continued unity of international science.”

Dr. Snelgrove and the members of the census team are helping us dive deeper into the deep blue sea.

BETWEEN THE laboratory AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA.

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All good things come to those who

care.

PROFESSOR, ENGINEER, BUSINESS PERSON HONOURED FOR HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY e heart doesn’t whistle while it works. It thumps an infectious beat. Bump-bah, bump-bah, bump-bah. A beat that is catchier than most. Circulating life throughout the body. It passes through arteries, capillaries and veins in a constant motion essential to our survival. Hearts can also define us. Make us stand out from the crowd. Few of us have the courage to listen to our hearts. Believe what it is saying. Follow through with the demands.

Dr. Angus Bruneau follows his heart.

Memorial University and Vale celebrated the continuing legacy of Dr. Angus Bruneau—one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s most outstanding citizens in the field of engineering and research-based innovation—by renaming a building on the university’s St. John’s campus in his honour during a special ceremony in April 2011.

Dr. Bruneau has a close and multi-faceted relationship with Memorial. During his tenure as founding dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science from 1968 to 1974, he oversaw the development of the co-operative education program—one of only two such programs offered by Canadian universities at that time. President Gary Kachanoski, Vale Limited General Manager Tom Paddon and many special guests joined Dr. Bruneau and his family—including his son, Memorial engineering professor Dr. Stephen Bruneau —to recognize his many contributions to Memorial and to Newfoundland and Labrador.

“There is no better way to acknowledge Dr. Angus Bruneau’s outstanding 40-year career, one that was strongly focused on technology-based innovation and research, than by renaming the Inco Innovation Centre as the Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation,” says President Kachanoski.

Dr. Angus Bruneau has heart in all the right places.

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vital signs UNDERGRADUATE & GRADUATE ENROLMENT FULL-TIME & PART-TIME FALL 2005–10 20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

0

UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE

TOTAL ENROLMENT BY UNIT FALL 2010 TOTAL ENROLMENT*: 17,770

UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE DIPLOMA^ CERTIFICATE^

4,000

3,500 402 3,000

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2,500 322

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2,251

2,098

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TOTAL RESEARCH FUNDING 2001–02 TO 2010–11

100,000

90,000

80,000

$ IN 000’S

70,000

60,000

50,000

40,000

30,000

20,000

10,000

0

NUMBER OF DEGREES*, DIPLOMAS & CERTIFICATES CONFERRED 2004–05 TO 2010–11

DEGREES DIPLOMAS CERTIFICATES

4,000

3,500

3,000

2,500

2,000

1,500

1,000

500

0

* Degrees include bachelors, masters, PhDs and doctors of medicine.

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SOURCES OF RESEARCH FUNDING 2006–07 TO 2010–11

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT* PRIVATE SECTOR NON-PROFIT PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OTHER**

100,000

$ IN 000’S

75,000

50,000

25,000

0

* Includes granting councils. ** Includes Individual, Provincial Government (Other), United States Government and Other.

TOTAL

TOTAL VALUE AND NUMBER OF ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS & GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED* 2005–06 TO 2010–11

ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS

7,000

6,000

$ VALUE IN 000’S

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

0

*The number of scholarships and fellowships awarded appears at the top of each bar.

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PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT TOTAL INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT 2010–2011 Gifts ($)

Number of Donors for Gifts

Pledges ($)

Gifts and Pledges ($)

Total Number of Donors for Gifts and Pledges

Alumni

1,143,131

2,321

1,060,216

2,203,347

3,226

Friends

270,875

645

4,451,518

4,722,393

783

Groups

120,203

81

100,000

220,203

82

5,806,909

313

10,577,537

16,384,446

340

9,779

2

–

9,779

2

Faculty/Staff/Pensioners

255,299

209

262,175

517,474

222

Foundations

854,122

48

1,460,300

2,314,422

49

Estates

838,721

13

–

838,721

13

Gifts-in-Kind

229,566

69

–

229,566

69

9,528,605

3,701

17,911,746

27,440,351

4,786

Corporations Alumni Groups

TOTAL

PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT 2010–11 AREA OF DESIGNATION

Student Aid

$4,696,056

Capital Projects

$3,468,480

Faculty/School

$742,774

Research

$285,210

Gifts-in-Kind

$229,566

Area of Greatest Need

$45,253

Other Designations

$38,537

Library

$22,729

Total: $9,528,605

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PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT* 2006–07 TO 2010–11

10,000

$ IN 000’S

8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

0

*Includes Gifts-in-Kind; the 2010–11 Gifts-in-Kind total is $229,566. ^ Includes foundation and group giving are included in Other Organizations.

INDIVIDUALS CORPORATIONS & OTHER ORGANIZATIONS^

HUMAN RESOURCES 2011 WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR 2010 (FULL-TIME & PART-TIME) March 31, 2011 Employees

March 31, 2010

Permanent

Contractual

Permanent

Contractual

Faculty/Instructional Staff

1,078

1,194

1,028

1,063

Administrative/Technical Support Staff

1,554

1,548

1,548

1,489

30

2

30

5

Affiliate Organizations*

–

254

–

240

Students

–

2,374

–

2,489

2,662

5,372

2,606

5,286

Librarians

TOTAL

* Affiliate organizations include separately incorporated entities (SIEs) and agencies.

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LIBRARY HOLDINGS PER STUDENT FOR SELECTED CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES 2010

400

350

300

250

200

150

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financials CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2011 NOTES

Operating Fund This is an unrestricted fund used for the university’s primary operating activities.

Ancillary Fund This is an unrestricted fund used for “sales-producing” or “self-sufficient” activities supplementary to the university’s primary operating activities.

Plant Fund This is a restricted fund to account for the resources used in construction, maintenance and renovations.

This fund also accounts for the university’s assets and depreciation.

Research Fund This is a restricted fund accounting for resources from external granting agencies.

To view the complete audited financial statements, please visit mun.ca/finance/fin_reports.

Special Purpose & Trusts This is a restricted fund with limitations imposed by both external and internal sources. The major component is the endowment fund.

Related Entities The university has nine separately incorporated entities, as follows: •

C-CORE

•

Genesis Group Inc.

•

The Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation

•

The Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden Inc.

•

Newfoundland Quarterly Foundation

•

Memorial University Recreation Complex

•

Western Sports and Entertainment Inc.

•

Edutech Services Inc.

•

Campus Childcare Inc.

HIGHLIGHTS

•

•

The university’s operating budget funds the operations of the university, including the Grenfell and Fisheries & Marine Institute campuses. A grant is also provided to the Harlow Campus in Essex, England.

The university’s unconsolidated operating fund expenditures for fiscal year 2011 were $416.986 million (excluding employee future benefits).

•

Student fees comprised 14 per cent of total operating fund revenue.

•

The provincial government operating grant increased 12.7 per cent over fiscal year 2010.

The increase provided for salary increases and associated benefits, cost of inflation adjustments and strategic initiative funding.

•

81% of expenditures in the operating fund (excluding Other Expenditures) have been spent in the Academic, Library and Student Services functional areas.

•

Library holdings of $6 million have been capitalized in fiscal year 2011.

•

The university’s pooled investment fund had a market value of $90.973 million (book value – $80.452 million) and generated a return of 10.6%.

•

The university provided $4.66 million in undergraduate and graduate scholarships, bursaries, and other awards from our endowed and non-endowed trust funds.

•

The university is currently undertaking various major construction projects that will enhance our academic, research and student services. These projects include (with the anticipated completion dates): Academic Building, Grenfell Campus (October 2011) Cold-water Deep-sea Research Facility at the Ocean Sciences Centre (December 2012) Faculty of Medicine Extension (September 2013) Residence, St. John’s campus (Tower 1 – August 2013, Tower 2 – December 2013)

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2011 $ IN 000’S Operating Ancillary Fund Fund

Government Grants

Plant Fund

Research Fund

Special Purpose & Trusts

Related Entities

Total 2011

Total 2010

335,560

–

–

34,634

27,508

5,256

402,958

352,439

Student Fees

59,027

–

–

–

147

–

59,174

57,056

Other Income

13,745

13,363

2,642

11,195

12,344

17,884

71,173

71,125

Investment Income

2,422

–

–

–

7,960

961

11,343

13,754

Total Revenue

410,754

13,363

2,642

45,829

47,959

24,101

544,648

494,374

Total Expenditure

416,986

13,535

2,586

46,365

42,008

23,156

544,636

473,094

Current Year Results

(6,232)

(172)

56

(536)

5,951

945

12

21,280

Future Employee Benefits Expense*

18,342

–

–

–

–

181

18,523

36,686

(24,574)

(172)

56

(536)

5,951

764

(18,511)

(15,406)

Per Financial Statements

*As per the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants’ accounting guidelines, the university has this liability included in its financial statements.

The university has received prior approval from the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to exclude from the current year operating results any amounts resulting from the recognition of the liability related to future employee benefits.

UNIVERSITY OPERATIONS REVENUE BY CATEGORY

Government Grants

Student Fees

$59 million

Other Income

$14 million

Investment Income

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UNIVERSITY OPERATIONS EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION

Academic

$280 million

Other

$53 million

Administration

$34 million

Facilities Management

$28 million

Library

$17 million

Computing and Communications

$12 million

Student Services

$11 million

UNIVERSITY OPERATIONS OPERATING REVENUE VERSUS EXPENDITURES

REVENUE

$ VALUE IN 000’S

EXPENDITURES

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leadership OFFICIAL VISITOR Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador Hon. Dr. John Crosbie, PC, OC, QC

CHANCELLOR General Rick J. Hillier (Ret’d)

VICE-PRESIDENT (ACADEMIC) AND PRO VICE-CHANCELLOR Dr. Evan Simpson pro tempore (October 2010 – July 2011)

VICE-PRESIDENT (ACADEMIC) AND PRO VICE-CHANCELLOR Dr. David Wardlaw (effective August 2011)

CHAIR Board of Regents Robert E. Simmonds, QC

VICE-CHAIR Board of Regents Eleanor Swanson

VICE-PRESIDENT (RESEARCH) Dr. Christopher Loomis

VICE-PRESIDENT (ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE) Kent Decker

PRESIDENT AND VICE-CHANCELLOR

VICE-PRESIDENT (GRENFELL CAMPUS)

Dr. Gary Kachanoski

Dr. Holly Pike (acting) (to June 2011)

VICE-PRESIDENT (ACADEMIC) AND PRO VICE-CHANCELLOR

VICE-PRESIDENT (GRENFELL CAMPUS)

Dr. Reeta C. Tremblay pro tempore (to September 2010)

Dr. Mary Bluechardt (effective July 2011)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ASSOCIATE VICE-PRINCIPAL (RESEARCH) GRENFELL CAMPUS

Fisheries and Marine Institute Glenn Blackwood

Dr. Ivan Emke

DEAN

DIRECTOR

Student Affairs and Services Dr. Rob Shea pro tempore

Alumni Affairs and Development Dr. Penny Blackwood

ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT (ACADEMIC)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dr. Grant Gardner

Marketing and Communications Victoria Collins

ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT (ACADEMIC)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dr. Doreen Neville

President’s Office Margot Brown

ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT (RESEARCH) Dr. Ray Gosine (effective May 2011)

VICE-PRINCIPAL (GRENFELL CAMPUS) Dr. William Iams

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DIRECTOR Animal Care Services Dr. Jennifer Keyte DIRECTOR Athletics Michelle Healey

DEAN Faculty of Arts Dr. Noel Roy (acting) (to May 2011) Dr. Lisa Rankin (acting) (effective June 2011)

DEAN Faculty of Education

DEAN School of Pharmacy

Dr. David Dibbon

Dr. Linda Hensman

(to December 2010) Dr. Alice Collins (acting) (effective September 2010)

DIRECTOR Academic Support Services Office of the Vice-President (Academic) Roxanne Millan

DEAN Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Dr. John Quaicoe pro tempore (to June 2011) Dr. Ramachandra Venkatesan pro tempore (effective July 2011)

DIRECTOR Office of the Vice-President (Administration and Finance) Carol Tibbo

DIRECTOR Public Affairs Peter Morris

DIRECTOR Botanical Garden

DIRECTOR Enterprise Risk Management

UNIVERSITY REGISTRAR

Dr. Wilf Nicholls

David Head

Glenn Collins

(to September 2010) DIRECTOR Facilities Management

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN

DEAN Faculty of Business Administration

Darrell Miles

Lorraine Busby

Dr. Wilfred Zerbe

DIRECTOR Financial and Administrative Services

DIRECTOR Career Development and Experiential Learning

Deborah Collis

DIRECTOR Office of Research Services Craig Perchard (acting) (to December 2010)

Jennifer Browne (to January 2011) Chris Hounsell (effective January 2011)

DEAN School of Graduate Studies

DEAN School of Human Kinetics and Recreation

Dr. Mark Abrahams

DIRECTOR Centre for Institutional Analysis and Planning

Dr. Antony Card

DEAN School of Social Work

Paul Chancey

DIRECTOR Computing and Communications

Dr. Marlies Rise

DEAN Faculty of Science

Dr. Alean Al-Krenawi

DIRECTOR Human Resources Michael Fowler (interim) (to December 2010)

CHIEF PHYSICIAN Student Health Services

Stephen Dodge

Dr. Norman Lee

(effective January 2011) DIRECTOR Student Success

Graham Mowbray

DIRECTOR Labrador Institute DIRECTOR Co-op Education

Tom Brophy

Dr. Keith Chaulk

Dr. Peter Rans

DIRECTOR Distance Education and Learning Technologies

(effective December 2010)

Dr. Noreen Golfman

DIRECTOR Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy Development

DIRECTOR Housing, Food and Conference Services Christine Burke

Dr. Robert Greenwood

DIRECTOR Counselling Centre

Ann Marie Vaughan

(to July 2011) Rob Wells (acting) (effective July 2011)

DIRECTOR Division of Lifelong Learning

Dr. Peter Cornish

Karen Kennedy

DIRECTOR Finance and Operations Student Affairs

DIRECTOR Faculty Relations

DEAN Faculty of Medicine

Wayne Rose

Morgan Cooper

Dr. James Rourke

GENERAL COUNSEL

DEAN School of Music

DIRECTOR Collaborations and Partnerships

Karen Hollett

Dr. Ellen Waterman

David Miller

DEAN School of Nursing

DIRECTOR Health and Safety

Dr. Judith McFetridge-Durdle

Sheila Miller

DIRECTOR International Centre Sonja Knutson (acting) DIRECTOR Student Recruitment

SEPARATELY INCORPORATED ENTITIES

Sheila Ashton

Corner Brook DIRECTOR/GENERAL MANAGER Memorial University Recreation Complex Inc. Anne Richardson

Gilbert Bennett

St. John’s

Shona Perry-Maidment

DIRECTOR Technical Services

PRESIDENT AND CEO C-CORE

Richard Meaney

Dr. Charles Randell

Roger Bill

St. John’s Julie Browne

PRESIDENT AND CEO Genesis Group Inc.

Calgary

David King

Jerry Byrne

St. John’s

GRENFELL CAMPUS

DIRECTOR Administration and Finance Grenfell Campus Dennis Waterman

EDITOR Newfoundland Quarterly Foundation

Richard Chislett

Joan Sullivan

St. John’s

GENERAL MANAGER Western Sports and Entertainment Inc.

Pat Coish-Snow

William Smith

Mary Cormier

Clarenville

Corner Brook

FISHERIES AND MARINE INSTITUTE

DIRECTOR Research and Development

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Campus Childcare Inc.

Brian Dalton

Ron Newhook

Tracy Rose

St. John’s

DIRECTOR

GENERAL MANAGER Edutech Services Inc.

St. John’s

Corporate Services and External Affairs Kevin Clarke

Adam Daniels (to February 2011)

Penny Fillier Skinner Michelle Daye

Grand Falls–Windsor

HEAD School of Maritime Studies Dwight Howse

Rex Gibbons HEAD School of Fisheries Carey Bonnell

BOARD OF REGENTS

St. John’s

Robert E. Simmonds, QC

Noreen Greene-Fraize

HEAD School of Maritime Studies Catherine Dutton Fred Anstey (acting) (effective June 2011)

St. John’s, chair

St. John’s

Eleanor Swanson

Jennifer Guy

St. John’s, vice-chair

St. John’s

HEAD Academic and Student Affairs Dr. Peter Fisher

General Rick Hillier (Ret’d)

Jim Keating

Ottawa, chancellor

St. John’s

Dr. Gary Kachanoski

Sarah-Ann King

President and vice-chancellor

Corner Brook

Dr. Reeta Tremblay pro tempore

Ken Marshall

(to September 2010) Dr. Evan Simpson pro tempore (to July 2011) Dr. David Wardlaw (effective August 2011) Vice-president (academic) and pro vice-chancellor

St. John’s

HARLOW CAMPUS

GENERAL MANAGER Sandra Wright

Bill Matthews

St. John’s Dr. Vinod Patel

St. John’s

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ELECTED MEMBERS

Tony Roche

Dr. Antony Card

St. John’s

Dean, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation

Kathleen Roul

Bruce Belbin

Faculty of Arts, Humanities

Lawn

Assistant deputy minister of Advanced Studies Department of Education (for deputy minister), Department of Education

Dr. William Schipper

Glenn Collins

Dr. Peter Trnka

University Registrar and Secretary of the Senate

Faculty of Arts, Humanities

Dr. Faith Balisch

Donna Stone

Faculty of Arts, Humanities

St. John’s Auburn Warren

St. John’s

Dr. Erwin Warkentin Glenn Collins

Adviser, Board of Regents Tina Pardy

Dr. David Dibbon Dean, Faculty of Education Dr. Alice Collins pro tempore Dean, Faculty of Education

Faculty of Arts, Humanities

Dr. Noreen Golfman

Dr. Michael Wernerheim

Dean, School of Graduate Studies

Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences

Prof. Gary Riser

Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences

Secretary

Dr. Judith McFetridge-Durdle

Dr. Dale Foster

SENATE

Dean, School of Nursing

Faculty of Business Administration

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Dr. Linda Hensman

Dr. Katherine Gallagher

Dean, School of Pharmacy

Faculty of Business Administration

President and chair

Karen Kennedy

Dr. Walter Okshevsky

Faculty of Education

General Rick Hillier (Ret’d)

Director Division of Lifelong Learning

Dr. Gary Kachanoski

Chancellor

Dr. Andrea Rose Dr. John Quaicoe pro tempore (to June 2011) Dr. Ramachandra Venkatesan pro tempore

Faculty of Education

(effective July 2011) Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Dr. Glyn George

Dr. Evan Simpson pro tempore (to July 2011) Dr. David Wardlaw (effective August 2011)

Vice-president (academic) and pro vice-chancellor

Dr. James Rourke

Dr. Dennis Peters

Dean, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Dr. Reeta Tremblay pro tempore

(to September 2010)

Dr. Christopher Loomis

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Vice-president (research)

Dr. Noel Roy (acting) (to May 2011) Dr. Lisa Rankin (acting) (effective June 2011)

Bert Riggs

Dr. Holly Pike (acting) (to June 2011) Dr. Mary Bluechardt (effective July 2011)

Dean, Faculty of Arts

Library

Vice-president (Grenfell Campus)

Dr. Rob Shea pro tempore

Dr. Jennifer Connor

Dean, Student Affairs and Services

Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Ellen Waterman

Dr. Jim Connor

Dean, School of Music

Faculty of Medicine

Dean, School of Social Work

Dr. Wilfred Zerbe

Dr. Donald McKay

Faculty of Medicine

Glenn Blackwood

Dean Faculty of Business Administration

Dr. Mark Abrahams

Dean, Faculty of Science Dr. Alean Al-Krenawi

Executive director (Fisheries and Marine Institute)

Dr. Amin Ali Muhammad

Faculty of Medicine Lorraine Busby

University librarian

Dr. Robert Adamec

Dr. Sonja Corbin-Dwyer

Faculty of Science

Grenfell Campus

Dr. Janet Brunton

Dr. Paul Wilson

Faculty of Science

Grenfell Campus

Dr. Adrian Fiech

Faculty of Science GRADUATE STUDENTS Dr. Sue Ghazala

Faculty of Science

Sebastien Despres

Dr. Robert Helleur

Kim Keats

Faculty of Science Nicholas Hartman Dr. George Jenner

Faculty of Science Dr. Serpil Kocabiyik

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Faculty of Science Brad Evoy Dr. Paul Marino

Faculty of Science

Amber Haighway

Carl Clarke

Amy Hannaford

Fisheries and Marine Institute Michael Walsh Cyr Couturier

Fisheries and Marine Institute

Kareem Al Hassan

Donald Haynes

Robert Leamon

Fisheries and Marine Institute Justin Ryder Ray Roche

Fisheries and Marine Institute

Eddy St. Coeur

Prof. Vivienne Kuester

Chris Wass

School of Human Kinetics and Recreation

Becky Winsor

Dr. Jane Leibel

School of Music Prof. Marilyn Beaton

School of Nursing Dr. Debbie Kelly

School of Pharmacy Dr. Dennis Kimberley

School of Social Work Prof. David Carroll

Grenfell Campus

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President’s Report 2011—Highlights is published by the Division of Marketing and Communications for the Office of the President, Memorial University of Newfoundland. The periods covered in this report are: academic year September 2010–August 2011; fiscal year April 2010–March 2010. You can send your comments to marcomm@mun.ca or call 709 864 8665.

PHOTOS BY: Chris Hammond, Dave Howells, Lori Lee Hollett, Horia Varlan (20–21), Courtnay Janiak (24–25), Samantha Nicol (30–31), Jacqui Baggs (38–39).

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