Concordia University Magazine - December 1991 (Volume 14, Number 4)

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an editorial board for alumni and 12 DOCTORATE OF DIVERSITY
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friends of the university. Opinions Concordia interdisciplinary PhD Humanities
expressed herein do not necessarily
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reflect the views of the alumni
ass0<iations nor of the univmity.
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Please address editorial corres
pondence to the editor, Kathleen
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Hugessen, Office of Alumni Affairs,
Concordia University, 1455 de COVER: Contemplating Photos t,y Chris Morris
his oum inner wurkings,
Maisonneuve Blvd. W., BC 101,
Edward Wright stands
Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M B;
telephone [phone]. For in front of one of 2 MY WORD
advertising information, contact beautiful and fantastic Introducing design and designer
Moria Ponte al [phone]. paintings by Dorota
Dylag which &righten 3 FROM THE RECTOR
EDITORIAL BOARD: Ann Vroom,
the walls of the Depart On the importance of teaching
chair; Kathleen Hugessen, editor. s
ment of Psyclwwgy
Members: Lindo Armitage, Sheila 4 NEWS
new Child Deue!,opment
Arnopoulas, Lindsay Crysler, Concordian ~uthors
Laboratary.
Michael Hainsworth,Chr~topher major bibliography
Hyde, Michael Judson, Eric Serre, PttOTO BY GEORGE ZIMBEL
Ken Whittingham. 6 LETTERS
From near and France
DESIGN: Eric Serre (Studio Bi)
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TYPOGRAPHY: Kole McDonnell
Concordia triath/,ete aims
for Olympics
ADVANCEMENT
The busy peapk - volunteers
AlUMNI NEWS
Mark Olyan, Director's Disquisition, Chapter News, Loyola Comer,
PhD Humanities Class Acts, Coming Events, In Memoriam
student
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For whom the university is not
Printed on Nouvelle V",e paper contoining
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Peace of mind
May I present ...
a new Wok and its authar
elcome, gentle readers, We sit at a long table covered with our
to a brave new Concordia paraphernalia. There are pages and
Imported from University Magazine. I am pages of type in column , and Eric'
writing this in early ovem grids, and sheets of the layout in minia
Europe ber, and in the past few ture called "thumbnail ," and tape and a
days I have seen the magazine's new look utility knife, and special rulers, and
$85.00* emerge. I have begun to realize ju t what folders of photo and artwork, and a
Only
a difference a skilled de igner can make rainbow array of pens and pencils, and
to a publication. mugs of cooling coffee forgotten in the
heat of production. Eric's grids are
Later, on page 20, you will find an article
Thi is one hotel that papers marked to show where columns,
understand the mo t powerful about a couple of the busy people, volun
headlines and page numbers will fall.
tool 111 the modern bus1ncs teers, who help make things happen for
ar enal 1s sull peace of mind. the University's alumni and advance Then, barring the utility knife, it's kind
ment offices. I'd like to tell you about of like being back in kindergarten. I tell
While the)' readily provide
another. Eric a bit about a story, he stares off into
all of today's technology -at your
request -they sull realize space for a moment, grins a little grin,
Eric Serre graduated from Concordia in
the secret to success 1s cribbles on the thumbnail , then starts
1984 with a BFA in graphic de ign. He
a good night's rest cutting paper into bits. oon he has
was one of two designers who worked on
taped column of type onto his grids,
And the best preparauon for La Pressewhen it underwent its redesign
po itioned photos, decided we need an
soothing slumber 1s smooth in 1986. Eric is now a partner at Studio Bi,
and seamless service illu tration just there, and has covered
a de ign firm in Old Montreal. In addi
dunng the day the whole tattered mess with graphic
tion to a full professional workload, Eric
artist runes which will be tran formed
Amid tan atmo phere that has all the weighty family commitments a
into fonts, typefaces, izes and colours.
c ·udes professwnal proficiency, 14-month-old child entail .
The words put together with such care
Montreal's most potent business
weapon I Chateau er ailles. It's amazing how busy a bu y person can are being as carefully nestled into a
be. Yet Eric ha found time to serve on etting to bring out the best in them.
'Alumni 1all' Concordia University Magazine's edi
There is still a lot to be done: high-re o
torial board and, for the past year, has
lution output of the pages, pasting in of
donated hours to the redesign of this
Reservations: 1-800-361-7199 camera-ready art and ads, preparation of
publication.
colour-separations and films, la t-minute
I confess, I hadn't a clue what was in checks of colour proofs and printer's
volved. Eric would appear from time to proofs. I expect the nail-biting isn't over
C H J\TEAU
time with mock-ups of pages and covers, yet, but it's fun, exciting nail-biting and
V ERSAILLES
and speak of "grids" and so forth. We I believe the end result will be worth
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would discuss what we liked and what we every ragged cuticle.
didn't, and he'd go back-literally-to
And,just for the record: thanks a
the drawing board. But it has been only
million, Eric.
HOTEL & TOWER in the last couple of weeks that I have
seen the latest editorial work married to
1659 hcrbrookc '>1 West,
Eric's graphic ideas.
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KATHLEEN M. HUGESSEN, EDITOR
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CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE DECEMBER 1991
Good teaching deserves to be nurtured
Iam pleased lo have the opportunity lo address our many The Commission of Inquiry on Canadian University Education,
alumni around the world in this inaugural issue of the sponsored by the Association of Universities and College of
newly redesigned Concordia University Magazine. Canada, recently released its report. Known popularly as the
The contributions and participation Smith Commission Report for its author, Dr. Stuart Smith, it
of many Concordia staff, faculty and finds that "Canada's universities are fun
alumni are evident in the quality of this damentally healthy and serving the coun
redesign. try well." However, the Commission did
find several areas of concern, among
Concordia University alumni make a
them a tendency lo undervalue teaching,
strong and valuable contribution to the
particularly at the undergraduate level,
life of the University. As Concordia's
and an undue emphasis on research as
friends and supporters, you are our am
the benchmark of" cholarship."
bassadors in society, because you know the
University and can speak to others about At Concordia, we take pride in our tradi
what it really is. tion of offering quality undergraduate
programs and teaching. This is something
In many ways the promotion of Concordia
which we have always done well. But
involves the promotion, in a broader and
because we do something well does not
more noble ense, of higher education
mean that we should stop trying lo do il
and the importance of university educa
better.
tion lo our society. The people who are
going to be our ambassadors, and the There are many ways to approach the
people who are going to speak out on enhancement of teaching in higher edu
behalf of the higher education system, cation and Concordia has already begun
are the people who have been involved in the process with the development of poli
it, as students, faculty, staff and patrons. cies designed lo evaluate the quality of
3 teaching, lo reward good teachers and lo
For the future, it is critical that we share a i
improve teaching skills.
common perception of the fundamental
issue affecting the niversity, and that we commit ourselves Enhancing Concordia's leaching performance can be under
together to the active pursuit of a shared set of goals. One of taken in several ways: by emphasizing the value and importance
the main goal in academic development at Concordia i to of good pedagogy in higher education; by a essing current
enhance the quality of teaching at the University. teaching practices at all levels - individual, departmental,
Faculty, and institutional; by providing resources to upport
If universitie are repositories of knowledge, then we must
the enhancement of teaching skills and tools.
improve the means that we have to share and disseminate it.
We constantly emphasize the importance of learning how to Teaching is one of the pillars of an academic community and
learn and of teaching how to learn to both students and faculty; our aim in the enhancement of teaching is lo provide the best
the time has now come to emphasize the importance of learn possible education for the benefit of all our students and facul
ing how to teach and of teaching how to teach, because they ty. Despite the excellence and innovation in teaching already
are, in fact, the other side of the same coin. present al Concordia, we must continue lo try lo improve. Il is
only by continuing lo strive for excellence that we can serve our
It is not only for our university, or indeed for the higher
community, both here at Concordia and in ociety as a whole.
education sector as a whole, that the quality of instruction is key.
Universities help to train teachers for primary and secondary I am grateful to have had the opportunity to address you in tl1is
schools, and often provide teachers and training methods for issue launching the new formal of the magazine. I hope to use
programs in the private sector. Il is methods of instruction in this forum again to keep you informed of the directions and
the full stream of education in our society that must be priorities the University is taking.
addressed.
DECEMBER 1991 CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY MAGAZINED
NEWS
A bibliography is born
Concordia librarian co-authors 9½-pound work
"h's nice that thi project was done at by Janet Coutts to find an article to list sound like fun.
Concordia," says Loren Lerner, "because "Russell lived in Alexandria and when we
that's what Concordia is famous for." started the project he invited us to look
century to 1981. They found a rich lode at his collection. He had farm magazines
"This project" is Art and Architecture in
in popular magazines, nearly the only and clippings from all over. And each
Canada: a llibliography and guide to
source of news about art prior to the expert we talked to led us to another
the literature/Art et Architecture au
1970s when magazines specializing in art expert."
Canada: llibliographie et guide de la
began to proliferate. "We found material
documentation, a two-volume work and Lerner and Williamson made sure that
in Saturday Night and Macl,ean 's. We
the first bilingual work published by they covered not just high art, but folk
went outside Canada to British, Amer
University of Toronto Press. art as well. There were other neglected
ican and French magazines," says Lerner.
areas like Indian and Inuit art, which
When Lerner was an art history student
"From the first I insisted that it be a bilin meant looking into what had been pulr
at McGill University, Professor Russell
gual product. It's important that resear lished in Denmark. And then there was
Harper asked how anyone could study
chers have access to what's written in women's art. "When you look at stained
history if they didn't know what had
both languages." glass, it wa mostly done by women
been written. Later she read government
artists. And china was painted by women.
reports that recommended a bib1iogra Many Concordia students were involved
The women's art association were the
phy be created, and art librarians in producing the bibliography. "I saw
promoters of art, and women art
expressed a need for such a work. In the importance of getting them
teachers - their men students
1981 she and co-author Mary F. William involved. For many, it was
became famou ."
son of York University sat down with a their first academic work
group of experts "and we just decided to experience and some of Ethnic artists, who exhibited
do it. them are now working only at ethnic art societies,
in the field." were also largely ignored .
"It weighs 9½ pounds, so it's like a baby,"
Lerner laughs. "It took ten years and Lerner can make
nearly $300,000 in grants from the Social going though
Sciences and Humanities Research reams of material
Council of Canada." Loren Lerner
The work comprises 9,555 entries and
an index, and sells for 250. Somewhat
oddly for a work that concerns itself
with art, it has not a single illustration
to relieve the monotony of pages and
pages of type.
The two authors and their team of re
searchers and academics - art historians,
curators, archivists and librarians - pored
through books, articles, exhibition cata
logues, government publications and
theses published in many countries and
everal languages from the early 19th
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It w ok ten years and
~arly $300, 00~
zn grants, mnt;azns
9,555 entries and sells
for$250.
If there was anything published about "I have a student from creative writing,
them, Lerner and Williamson are con a dancer and a journalism student as well
fident they have ferreted it out and as students from communications and
Ii ted it. other disciplines," says Lerner.
Lerner is head of the Library Media She's enjoying this new project for a lot
Centre and is visual arts bibliographer of reasons, not least that she likes to see
at Concordia where she teaches a gr~d the connection between the library and
uate cour e in re earch methodology. the Department of Cinema, and the
She has a BA, honour fine arts, from larger connection to the whole world of
McGill, an MA in art history from the cinema.
University of Michigan and a master's
Lerner likes the idea of the invisible
degree in library science (MLS) from what less than catchy working title is
college in which one gathers information
McGill. " one of that prepared me for Canadian Film Literature: a biblio
from colleagues rather than from books.
working in Canadian studies," Lerner say . graphy. But bibliographie hardly need
"Believe me, it's there," she say . "Our
attention-grabbing titles; they need solid
evertheless, she has clearly found some material for Art and Architecture didn't
research.
thing she enjoys doing. o sooner had come just from research, but by word
she finished one project than she started Lerner, who ay , "I like a variety of of mouth. People tell you wonderful
on another, and this one she i doing on writing tyle ," has 15 tudents entering things that start you on your search."
her own. It's a bibliography of Canadian material on computer under Concordia'
film that will cover uch topics as censor work/study program. The students come
Janet Coutts is a Mtmtnal fe,iance writer
ship, law, and film review . The some- from everywhere in the University. and critic of t!w,tr, and music.
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home country as the economic Williams, the inspired teaching tal aerobics" which transported
situation was rather bad in of Douglass Burns Clarke, Neil me to a Lerra incognita peopled Joln alumni from the universities
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ly t reporting to the European class in the Salvation Anny hall. DON ALBIN, SB A 56
controller at the European head Introducing about 300 students CHOMEDEY, LAVAL, QUEBEC
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it was necessary to work with dif seven people in the world who
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Enjoy the adventure of Canada's
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JEAN-FRAN~OIS REY, MBA 90 covery of a quotation ascribed to 'Slandatd llo,,I Raom/lJGxd a, doubl, om,pancy,
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versity Magazine and, of course,
work as a reporter, then an editor, see an academic institution assist
its predecessor, the Sir George
and latterly from the business the tobacco indu try by glamor
Williams Alumni monthly publi
world of advertising and the prag izing smoking on your magazine
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CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE DECEMBER 1991
E R R A T A Your gift to
The gremlins ran amok the last based, interdisciplinary Concordia
issue and left some rather inter approach to learning, as well
esting errors which should be as by a dedication to superior
could be
cleared up. teaching supported by the best
possible research, scholarship,
The mission statement pub
creative activity and service to
lished on page 3 was not the worth twice
society. Through these means,
final one approved by Senate.
the University prepares its grad
It should have read:
uates, at all levels, to live as in as much ...
"Concordia is an urban univer
formed and responsibly critical
sity which is responsive to the
citizens who are committed to
needs of a diverse student or more!
learning and to the spirit of ·
population as well as to the
enquiry."
bilingual and multicultural
Another gremlin was busy at
environment in which it
work in the table on page 17
resides. It is a welcoming com
where the abbreviation, 'Eng.'
munity where values of equality,
was expanded into 'English'
non-discrimination and toler
instead of 'Engineering'.
ance of diversity are appreci
ated and actively promoted. Finally, two lines were dropped
Furthermore, Concordia i from the last paragraph on
committed to responsible and page 10. The entire quote
innovative leadership in ful should read: "We could have
filling the mission of universi given them a better run for the
ties to develop and disseminate money last year. We'll get first
knowledge and values and to this year."
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