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UNIVERSITY OF
JANUARY 9, 2006 • 59TH YEAR • NUMBER 10
New Dean KING LEER
of
Engineering Appointed
By Nicolle Wahl on to complete her DSc at MITin
1988. Her research areas include
Professor Cristina Amon, an fluid dynamics, micro- and
internationally renowned nanoscale thermal transport and MICHEL
expert in computational fluid mass transport in biological
dynamics, has been named the systems with applications for
new dean of the Faculty of abdominal aortic aneurisms and MERSEREAU
Applied Science and Engineering. intravenousblood oxygenators.
“ProfessorCristinaAmoniside- While at Carnegie Mellon,
allysuitedforthisimportantrole,” Amon gained extensive
said Professor Vivek Goel, vice- experience in academic adminis-
president andprovost. “Herexpe- tration, serving on dozens of
rience in developingand building departmental, college and
a multidisciplinary research university committees. Most
department, her commitment to recently she chaired the Carnegie
excellence in teaching and Mellon provosts review com-
research and her outstanding mittee, acted as the provosts
work in reaching out to diverse representative on the university
groups will serve the Faculty of committee on faculty promotion
Applied Science and Engineering and tenure and chaired the
and the university extremely faculty work group on Carnegie
well.” Mellon’s diversity advisory
Amon comes to U of T from council.
Carnegie MellonUniversitywhere “Professor Amon is a gifted
she has been director of the institutional leader, a brilliant
Institute for Complex Engineered academic and a committed Andrew Moyes plays Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the UC Follies production ofThe Rocky Horror Show,
Systems since 1999 and the teacher," said President David openingJan. 18 at Hart HouseTheatre.
Raymond J. Lane Distinguished Naylor. “Her presence will
Professor of Mechanical accelerate the scholarship and Law
Engineering since 2001. She innovation that are the hallmarks Election Pits Student
received her undergraduate ofthe Faculty ofApplied Science
degree in mechanical engineering and Engineering. Her expertise
Against Professor
from Venezuela’s Universidad and guidance promise to bring
SimonBolivarin 1981, completed engineeringat U ofT to the fore-
her MSc in mechanical engineer- front of international research ByJenny Hall the university’s own. A first-year universities to deliver affordable
ing at the Massachusetts Institute NEW law student, McHugh-Russell is high-quality service. Students see
of Technology in 1985 and went -See Page4- The corner of the Queensway campaigning on a platform that that and see that no one is doing
and Islington Avenue is the mixes local concerns about crime anythingabout it.”
centre of Toronto’s Etobicoke- and pollution with a vision for The candidate’s classmates,
Hart House Debate Team Lakeshore riding, about 12 kilo- Canada’splacein the world. many of whom are volunteering
metresfromU ofT. Insomeways, McHugh-Russellgrewupin the forhiscampaign, are gettingabig
though, thebattle torepresentthe ridingbutcuthispoliticalteethat dose of political engagement and
Takes Gold Worlds
at riding in Parliament is being the University ofWaterloo where McHugh-Russell appreciates their
fought right here on campus. he studied mathematics while efforts in helping him knock on
By now nearly everyone in organizing protests against doors as the battle with Ignatieff
By Elizabeth Raymer ofwhich adv—anced to the elimina- CanadaknowsthatU ofTvisiting Canadian participation in the war andhisotheropponentsheatsup.
tionrounds aswellastwoadju- professor Michael Ignatieff is the in Iraq and fighting for affordable (There are also candidates from
Two Hart House debaters dicators. KotrlyandNairnwonthe Liberal candidate but his New post-secondary education as the Conservative, Green, Marxist-
picked up top honours at the Grand Final for their argument Democratic Partyopponent, Liam vice-president of the university’s Leninist and Communist parties
2006 World University Debating against abolishing all laws McHugh-Russell, is also one of federation ofstudents. runningin the riding.)
Championship in Dublin during prohibitingcruelty to animals. His concern with education, “He’s very congenial,” said
the Christmas holidays, defeating The tournament includes nine the environment and Canada’s McHugh-Russell of his U of T
debatersfromsuchschoolsasYale, preliminary rounds featuring four foreignpolicyhascoalescedintoa opponent. Said Ignatieff, “Good
the University of Chicago and competing teams in each round, platform he is busy sharing with luck to him.”
InnerTempleUniversity. with the top 32 teams advancing anyone whowill listen. McHugh-Russell sees a con-
Fourth-year political science totheeliminationrounds.Thereis “We need to make sure that tinuum between his legal studies
student Joanna Nairn and third- a new topic for each round, with Canada is successful,” he said. and his political aspirations. His
yearlaw student Mike Kotrlybeat each team given 15 minutes to “Investing in education is at the interests at the Faculty ofLaware
out more than 320 other teams of prepare their arguments. Each core ofa successfulsocial system, in citizenship and immigration,
two students each from over 40 teamisalso assignedapositionon at the core of a successful econ- huma—n rights and public interest
countries. The championship is the topic. Debaters must come omyandwill give us the toolswe law and he is still enrolled,
the largest non-athletic interna- prepared to speak authoritatively need to be aleaderin theworld.” despite the challenge ofbalancing
tional student competition in the on a wide variety of subjects, He also hopes his candidacy campaigningwith class.
world. Although Nairn was though Nairn said they are willenergizeyoungpeople. “Alot “I went to lawschool because I
alreadyNorthAmericanchampion allowed to bring binders of ofpeople talk about youth being wantedtoserve thecommunity. If
andKotrlythenational champion, researchmaterial to therounds. disengaged from politics. For people think I’m going to be a
“theworlds are a verybig deal for Since their win Jan. 3, “we’ve example, inthe caseofeducation, good representative for them in
us,”shesaid. had a lot of calls from different we’ve seen in the past 12 years Ottawa, then I’ll put my law
theHacrhtamHpoiuosneshsiepntinfIoruerlatneda—msatlol -See HARTPage4- Liam McHugh-Russell urenadlercmuitnsinign offuntdhieng,abilaityreoalf ssteruvdei.e”s on hold. My priority is to
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REGEHR NAMED INTERIM sciences ofnutrition and optoelectronics. Recipients ofCanadians orto the health system throughexem-
DEAN OF SOCIAL WORK cannot apply or be nominated for these prizes but plary knowledge translation. The achievements of
are selectedby two committees ofeminent scientists the teamwere celebratedat theannualCIHRawards
Professor Cheryl Regehr has been appointed interim dean of the and academicswho are fully aware ofdevelopments ceremonyin OttawaNov. 22.
Faculty of Social Work effective Jan. 1. Her appointment follows the inthetwoareasinvolved. Chanwillreceivehisprize
departure offormerdeanJimBarberto RMITUniversityin Melbourne, Professor Ian Wanless of laboratory medicine and
in February.
Australia,wherehehasaccepted thepositionofdeputyvice-chancellor. pathobiology is this year’s winner of the Canadian
Regehr will lead the department until Dec. 31, 2006, or until a new ROTMAN SCHOOL OF Liver Foundation Gold MedalAward, established in
deanisappointed. RegehrdirectstheCentreforAppliedSocialResearch MANAGEMENT 1983 to recognize doctors and scientists who have
andiscross-appointedtotheFacultyofLawandtheInstituteofMedical & made a significant contribution to moving the field
Science. Sheservesasthevice-chairofthe committeeonacademicpol- ProfessorJackMintz,Deloitte ToucheProfessorof of liver research forward. Founded in 1969, the
icyand programsandhasbeenanactive memberofU ofT’shealth sci- Taxation, has been named to the Tax Business list of CanadianLiverFoundationwasthefirstorganization
encesethicscommittee andofthecommitteesthatadjudicate grantsfor 50oftheworldsmostinfluentialtaxexperts.Thelist in the world committed to reducing the incidence
the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. represents—“the most powerful individuals in the and impact of liver disease through research and
Regehr’sresearchexamines aspectsofrecovery from trauma amongvic- industry people who, between them, are influ- education.
tims ofrape, firefighters witnessing traumatic events and child welfare encing the direction ofglobal tax today,” the editors
workers who have been threatened with violence. Her current work say. Mintz, also president and chiefexecutive officer FACULTY OF MUSIC
focuses on the impact operational reviews have on emergency service of the C.D. Howe Institute, is No. 27 on the maga-
respondersfollowinga criticalincidentand attemptsto understand the zine’s power list andwas praised forhis “interconti- Professor Emeritus Phil Nimmons is the winner of
interactionbetween organizationally based stressors and the traumatic nental fiscal influence, which began on home turf the 2005 LifetimeAchievementAward ofthe Society
eventinexacerbatingstressreactions. and then spread.” of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of
Canada (SOCAN), given to SOCAN members who
AWARDS APPLICATION DEADLINE NEARS FACULTY OF MEDICINE havehadoutstandingsuccessthroughout theirmusi-
cal careers. Considered one of the greats of jazz,
The deadline is fast approaching for Awards of Excellence ProfessorJoseph Fisherofanesthesiaisthewinner Nimmons was cited as being largely responsible for
nominations/entries. Thisyear, forthe firsttime, the—awardsincludet—he of the 2005 University Health Network (UHN) bringingjazzintothemainstreamofCanadianmusic.
Jon S. DellandreaAward forInternationalStudents a sch—olarship Inventor oftheYearAward in recognitionofhis out- Nimmonsreceived the award Nov. 21 at the society’s
and the Carolyn Tuohy Impact on Public Policy Award a faculty standinginventivenessandcommercializationefforts. annualawardsgalaheldinthehistoric Carlu,housed
prize. The newawardswere createdin recognitionofthecontributions Evidence ofthis ishis 11 issuedpatents and the cre- inthe formerEaton’s College Streetstore.
made by Dellandrea, former vice-president and chief advancement ation of a mask that is more effective in preventing
officer, and Tuohy, formervice-president (government and institutional the spread of respiratory disease in hospitals. Fisher
relations). They and the seven other Awards of Excellence, funded received the award, created by the researchbusiness
and administered by the University of Toronto Alumni Association, development office to honour the individual orteam
will be presented at a ceremony in May. The nomination and that has made the greatest contribution to the
application deadline for this years Awards of Excellence is Jan. 30. advancement ofhuman health through a patentable
Visit the Alumni and Friends website at http://www. invention, Oct. 31 duringUHN ResearchDay.
alumni.utoronto.ca/events/awards/awex.htmformore information.
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University of Toronto Bulletin 2 Monday,January 9, 2006
CURIOSITIES
Nursing, Medicine Share
Facilities
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By Elizabeth onier-Williams “The Health Science Buildingwill and students to help solve the
give researchers the space and challenges facing patient care in
COLLABORATION AND SYNERGY infrastructure they need to tackle Canada, both now and into the
across medical disciplines problems relevant to healthcare future.”
continue to guide capital projects today. Thisopeningisexcitingfor “It’s a new age of public health
at U ofT. OnJan. 11, U ofT will all ofus.” at U of T,” agreed Professor >z
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officially open its new Health Students, faculty and staff Harvey Skinner, chair of public TO
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Science Building (HSB) at 155 began using the seven-storey health sciences. “Public health c1
College St., across the road from building last September. issues are very much on the
the Terrence Donnelly Centre for Although some of HSB’s facilities public mind and ofgreat interest
Cellular and Biomolecular are primari—ly used by individual toourstudents. There’sa tremen-
Research, which opened in faculties the Faculty of dous need for Canadian medical
November, and minutes from the Nursing’s Clinical Simulation institutions to respond and part
MaRS Discoveryhub. Learning Centre boasts 18 state- of that means increasing our
The newly renovated building of-the-art adult, pediatric an—d capacity. We doubled our gradu-
brings together students, faculty infant simulation mannequins ate student enrolment in the
and staff from the Faculty of other spaces have been designat- 1990sbutdidn’thavethespaceto
Nursing and from the Faculty of ed for multi-purpose use. All of bringeveryone together, let alone
Medicine’s familyand community the building’s graduate students collaborate so easily with other
medicine, health policy, manage- have access to a communal departments.” Half a Crown
ment and evaluation and public lounge that administrators say Skinner said that being able to
health sciences departments. willfosterdiscussionandcollabo- hold classes and office hours in
Classrooms, lab space, meeting ration in a friendly atmosphere the same building has already By Michah Rynor
rooms and offices meet their while the sixth-floor auditorium resulted in substantial benefits.
respective teaching and research provides seating for 250 and a “More of the faculty are taking Legend has it this limestone crown is part of the decorative
needs while providing a physical receptionarea forspecial events. advantage of the new space and stoneworksalvagedfromthehorrendousfire thatguttedUniversity
and intellectual link between the “Health professionals increas- workingin their offices instead of Collegein 1890.Andnotonlyhasthiscrownbeenlyinginobscurityin
St. George campus and its ingly need to work and think from home. The communal thebasementofHartHouse fordecadesbutanother, completelydiffer-
affiliated teachinghospitals. across disciplinary boundaries,” spaces give the students some- ent stone crown lies crated in the same storage room. If anyone out
“Some of the most exciting said Professor Siobhan Nelson, where to work and study for a therehasanycluesaboutthe originsofthisroyalheadgear, Hart House
medical research is happening at dean of the Faculty of Nursing. larger portion of the day. The staffwould love to hear fromyou.
the pointsofintersectionbetween “By shaping the thinking and the whole place has a real collegial
traditional disciplines,” said practice of clinicians and scien- buzz and the impact of that
Professor Catharine Whiteside, tists studyingandworkingin this on everyone’s morale has been Mystery of Locust
dean of the Faculty of Medicine. space, HSB will help our faculty huge.”
Landing Explained
Middle East Is Journal’s Focus
ByJenny Hall “When you’re sitting face to of students at McGill University. ByNicolleWahl the research along with Sean
face with someone debating and The second issue is due out in Mullen, now a post-doctoral
CC-UDLLORL OUR BIG DATE, I they say something you don’t March. CharlesLindberghandAmelia researcher at the University of
thoughtitwouldbegreatif agree with, you can just leave,” “Inoticedtherewasn’tamoder- Earhart aren’t the only ones Maryland. The study appears in
wegottoknoweachotherbetter,” shesaid. “Butyoucan’twalkaway ate voice from the Muslim who deserve recognition for thejournalProceedingsoftheRoyal
writesJoe Heller in the inaugural fromajournal.” community,” said Rafie of her landmark transatlantic flights. Society ofLondon.
issue of Yalla, a literary journal Ran Goel, a second-year law involvement. “There are a lot Somewhere between three and How the locusts made the
with U ofTconnections. student and senior editor of the of moderate Muslim students five million years ago, a massive transatlanticflightisunclearsince
Heller’s poem refers who have an opinion swarmoflocuststookofffromthe the insects don’t have enough fat
not to a blind date but but there wasn’t a west coast ofAfrica and made an to power a trip lasting several
to a date with destiny. constructive venue for unlikely voyage across the days. “One unlikelyhypothesis is
Entitled To My Suicide them.” Atlantic Ocean to colonize the that while the locusts were flying
Bomber, it appears The process ofwork- NewWorld, says an international across, as theirbrethren died and
with other stories, ing together on the team ofresearchers. landed in the ocean, they formed
poems and photos in a journalhasalsohelped Using genetic evidence from huge floating mats of dead
volumethatismeantto the students see things more than 20 species of locusts, locusts,” Lovejoysaid. “The other
get young people from other points of scientists from the universities of locustswouldlandonthesemats,
thinking about the view. In trying to Toronto, Arizona, Maryland, rest and feed on the deadbodies,
Israeli-Palestinian recruit students to Cornell University and the U.S. thentakeoffandkeep flying.”
conflictinnewways. work on the journal, Department of Agriculture have Another possibility is that
“So I’ll see you at Rafie encountered sev- answered a long-standing conun- among the millions of swarming
ANDRECHUK eleven sharp, a passen- eral who assumed she drum: why are the closest rela- locusts, there were a few excep-
ger on this blazing trip wasJewishandreacted tives of the African desert locust tionalinsects thatsomehowman-
MIKE to martyrdom, sur- negatively. “It was (Schistocerca gregaria) found in agedtosurvive theflight. Thereis
rounded by our chil- something I had never the New World, rather than in a modern-day —example of this
dren and children’s experienced before. Africa?The desertlocustisone of phenomenon in October
children, who will Untilthatpoint,Ididn’t the world’s most economically 1998, a swarm of desert locusts
drink the venomwe’ve fullygrasp how deeply important insects and is capable crossed the Atlantic, travelling
brought to a boil with rooted the mistrust of forming massive swarms that fromAfrica to the Caribbean.
our first and final between the two devastate crops. Using muscle samples taken
embrace,” Heller’s groupsis.” DNA shows that ancestors of from the powerful hind legs of
words declarebluntly. SaidGoel,“Alotofus the desert locust flew across the locusts, Lovejoy and his col-
The directness and carry the prejudices of Atlantic andgave rise to a diverse leagues used mitochondrial DNA
passion of his piece Ran Goel (left) and Meena Rafie help produce ourparentsandgrand- group of New World species. “If sequences to reconstruct the
and others were suc- Yalla,a newjournal. parents without really we were standing on the coast of evolutionary history of the
cessful, said fourth- questioning them. The Africa, we might have these Schistocerca locusts. The team
year U of T student Meena journal, said, “A lot of the dia- idea here is to move away from swarms of locusts heading off found that the desert locust line-
Rafie, who helped launch the logueoncampusesacrossCanada traditional arguments that are acrosstheAtlantic,”saidProfessor age gave rise to the more than 50
journal on campus last year is pretty abrasive and not very made about the conflict.” Nathan Lovejoy oflife sciences at Schistocerca species found in the
(www.yallajournal.com/ productive. Itjust puts people in Both students hope the emo- U of T at Scarborough, who led Western Hemisphere.
documents/yalla.pdf). “It com- a defensive posture.” tional tone of the journal’s offer-
pletely caught me off guard,” she Israeli-born Goel and Rafie, an ingswillhelpstudentslookatthe
said of Heller’s forthright poem. Afghani-born Muslim, are part of conflict in newways by exposing
Rafie, the co-chair of the Jewish a group ofstudents at U ofT try- its personal toll. “Reading these GREGORY
and Muslim Student Association, ingto attract fundingandeditori- pieces,” Goelsaid, “youcan’thelp
hopesthejournalwillhaveasimi- al submissions for the second but understand where people are SWORD
larlydestabilizingeffectonothers. issue ofYalla, foundedbyagroup comingfrom.”
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UniversityofToronto Bulletin 3 Monday,January 9, 2006
New Dean of Engineering
HART HOUSE
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S-8UCKLUNCH student experience that is second outstanding students and an
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CityCouncilorAdamGiambrone, dean. Theappointmentiseffective Amon said. “I’m looking forward
(murmur)collective’sShawnMicallef, July 1, 2006, through June 30, to working with the students,
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University of Toronto Bulletin 4 Monday,January9, 2006
Volleyball Outreach a Winning Program
By ElizabethMonier-Williams participate in team-buildingexer- a programthatwould allowolder
cises and, more important, share women to model positive atti-
SPORT IS A BIG PART OF MlCHELLE theirexperiencesasfemaleathletes. tudes about sport, activity,
Woods life, and U ofT had a Thelessonslearnedhave remained healthy eating and self-image to
hand in makingit a positive one. withWoods. youngergirls. Universitystudents
Today, Wood is a first-year “Before each practice, they are the right age to share their
physical education student and a talked about the importance of experiences while still relating to
memberofthewomen’svolleyball having good working relation- highschoolstudents.”
teambut as a Grade 8 studentsix ships with the other players on Varsity Blues alumna Sarah
years ago, she was one of the the court and of finding ways to Hogarth participated in the pilot
beneficiaries of a Varsity Blues help and cover for each other,” projectwithteammateSaraPothaar.
outreachprogram. she said. “We learned about the BothwomennowplayforCanada’s
In 2000-01, she and 11 of her challengestheyfacedinovercom- nationalbeachvolleyballteam.
volleyball teammates participated ing gender bias in sport and the “It can be a struggle for girls
in a sport-mentoring pilot pro- importance ofhaving female role that age to develop their confi-
gram that was facilitated by the models forfemale athletes.” dence and self-awareness,”
Ontario Physical and Health Michelle Brownrigg was team Hogarth said. “The girls we
Education Association (OPHEA) psychologist for the Varsity Blues workedwithwereexcitedtobe at
but run by members of U of T’s volleyball team when the pilot practice and were enthusiastic
women’s volleyball team. On program began and now works about volleyball and sport. They
Tuesday and Thursday mornings for Active Healthy Kids Canada. had a great team dynamic that
foroneyear,fourUofTvolleyball “Girls often become disinterested perhaps developed from talking
players came to Wood’s middle in physical activity as they enter with us and each other about the
school to practise with her team, highschool,”shesaid. “Wewanted issuestheywereallfacingasgirls."
Based on feedback from the
pilot, the program evolved into
Go Girls, a provincewide project
run by the Ontario Trillium
Foundation that puts students in
grades 6 to 8incontactwithuni-
versity students from a variety of
disciplines, including nutrition,
health, physical education and
socialwork.
ANDRECHUK Woods is a testament to the
programs success. In the future
MIKE sheplanstoteachphysicaleduca-
tion and science to high school
students and would also like to
coach volleyball. “It would be
great to be a mentor to other stu-
dentsthewaythatUofT’splayers
MichelleWood Varsity Blues coach Kristine Drakich with Michelle Wood were mentors to me.”
Asian Monkey Viruses Could Jump Species
ByJenny Hall The study’s authors are urging humans. Twoofthemonkeystested knowthe effects ofexposure. B virus, known as CHV-1, which
moreresearchonthedifferentset- positive for simian retrovirus One monkey tested positive for rarelyinfectshumansbutinthe40
Some Indonesian urban per- tings in Asia where people have (SRV), which has been shown to simian T-cell lymphotropic virus knownhumancaseswasassociated
forming monkeys are carrying —contactwithnon-humanprimates infect humansin alaboratoryset- (STLV), believed to be the primate withan80percentfatalityrate.
retroviruses capable of infecting zoos, animalmarkets, monkey ting. Both SRVand SFVare retro- ancestor to the human version of The researchers hope to learn
people, according to a new study forests, pet ownership and urban viruses, which are typically slow- the virus HTLV, a known cause of more about the risk of primate-
conducted by researchers from street performances. Initial stud- actingin theirhost, so itcouldbe T-cell leukemia in humans. One to-human viral transmission in
theUniversityofToronto and the iesindicate that the performances many years before physicians macaque testedpositive forherpes future studies.
University ofWashington. can include very close physical
The results, published Dec. 8 contact between the—animals and Nurse Practitioners Seek Recognition
in the journal Tropical Medicine human spectators monkeys
and International Health indicate crawling on people, for instance.
that contact with pe,rforming Such contact might increase the By ElaineSmith Ontario. “A big boom is about to human’s response to illness is. We
W
monkeys,commoninmanyAsian risk of a bite, scratch or other happen with the advent of family livetheillnesswiththepatient.”
countries, couldrepresentalittle- interaction that could lead to hen Valerie Grdisa intro- health teams in Ontario,” Kirenko Part ofthe reason the profession
known path for viruses to jump exposure to monkey body fluids. duces herself as a nurse said. “You’ll hear more about us in tookholdsouthoftheborder, said
the species barrier from monkeys Theresearchersurgethepublicto practitioner, chances are that she’ll the coming years and then every- Grdisa,isbecausenursepractitioners
to humans and eventually cause take precautionsaround perform- getablankstare. one will wonder what they did were viewed as a way to com-
human disease. Performing mon- ing monkeys by preventing the Canadian nurse practitioners withoutus.” pensate foraphysicianshortage.
keys are animals that are trained animals from climbing on them (NPs) are striving to educate the Nursepractitionersareregistered Despiteadrasticshortageoffam-
to produce tricksin public. and by keeping food away from public about their profession, but nurses (RNs) with additional edu- ilyphysiciansinOntario, NPshave
While scientists have conducted the macaques. thereisstillworktobe done. With cationinhealthassessment,diagno- not caught on as quickly here.
extensive research on primate-to- “The risk of viral transmission only 1,—000 of them work—ing in sisandmanagementofillnessesand Grdisaattnbutesslowacceptanceto
human viral transmission in in this context is unclear,” said Canada 900 in Ontario it’sa injuries, including prescribing alackofstandardizationintraining,
Africa, where they believe HIV Professor Michael Schillaci of profession still in its youth here, drugs. Their aimis to complement whichleadstoconfusionaboutthe
originated, few have researched social sciences at U of T at said Grdisa, director ofnurse prac- the work of physicians. Initially, professionitself.
this topic inAsia. Scarborough and lead author of titioner programs at the Faculty of they worked inprimaryhealthcare Fortunately, change is coming.
“There is a large, diverse popu- the study. “But the contact here Nursing. By contrast, a comple- roles, but today, they also work in Ontario schools offenng primary
lation of primates there and a canbeveryintense.” ment of 115,000 nurse pra—ctition- acutecarehospitalsettings. care nurse practitioner courses are
huge human population in dense In this study, the researchers ers in the United States 1—00 “NPs are supposed tobe a com- now in the process of redesigning
urban centres, so there’s the drew blood from 20 urban per- times more than in Canada plementary extender role,” Grdisa the curriculum to allow them to
potential for viral transmission forming macaques in Jakarta, meanstheyareamuchmorevisible said. “As nurses, we approach care offer the program at the graduate
across the species barrier,” Indonesia, and tested those sam- andacceptedpartofthehealthcare with completely different profes- level.Thenextstepisstandardizing
explainedLisaJones-Engel,leader ples for various simian viruses. workforce. sional experience than a physician. professional requirements nation-
of the project and a research They found that about half of Nurse practitioners will not Our orientation to the patient’s wide, a process that is underway
scientist in the Division of the macaques tested positive for blend into the woodwork much healthexperienceiscompletelydif- under the Canadian Nurse
International Programs at the simian foamy virus (SFV), a longer,saidWilliKirenko,aUofT- ferent.Physiciansaremorediagnos- PractitionerInitiative.
UW’s Washington National primate retrovirus that so far has trained NP who is chair of the tic. Nurses approach their practice Some day soon, nurses will be
Primate Research Center. notbeenshowntocausediseasein Nurse Practitioners Association of witharealunderstandingofwhata abletosayanNPisanNPisanNP
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Universityof Toronto Bulletin 5 Monday,January 9, 2006
MEMORIAM
IN
The University of Toronto
Forguson Was Champion of Colleges
Computer Shop
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Forguson of philosophy, a the philosophy department in
former principal of University 1969. In 1971, he moved to
with the purchase of a College, diedDec. 13 ofcancerin UniversityCollegetobecomereg-
Vancouver. Hewas 67 years old. istrar, a post he held until 1973.
15” Powerbook (M9677LL/A)* As principal from 1989 to Forguson served as vice-principal
1997, Forguson established the from 1983 to 1986. Upon his
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packs the philosophy,computerscienceand Beforecomingto theuniversityin sense ofthe college and academic
entire iPod psychology. 1968 as a visiting professor, he community,” said Professor Sylvia
experience Forguson received his BA from was an assistant professor at the Bashevkin,principalofUniversity
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University of Toronto Bulletin 6 Monday,January 9, 2006
COMMENTARY
Shape Up or Shape Up
...
Sticking to afitness plan is January challenge
Bv Ian Cohen
O
n Jan. 1. you were among the mul- have to exercise. Exercise then
titude of Canadians who vowed that becomes reinforced through the
2006wasgoingtobetheyeartogetfit. associationwith the establishedreg-
Today, you're among the multitude of ularroutine untilitbecomes part of
Canadians wondering how you can keep that routine.
your promise. Do somethingyou enjoy. It’s impor-
No matter what your fitness goals are for tant to pick a type of exercise you
theyear,thereareafewsimpleprinciplesthat enjoy. Exercising as a lifestyle
can help to guide you to a successful result. change is going to be more
Setyourgoals. Whatareyourgoals7 Doyou achievableifyouhave fundoingthe
want to lose weight? Increase muscle mass? activity than if you simply pick
MARLENA
Become more active? Set out some specific something for the sake of losing
and reasonable goals, both short and long weight—. Don’t dread your exercise
term. Examplesofshort-termgoalsmaybeto time relish it! ZUBER
exercise a certain number of days per week. Think outside thegym. An exercise
Long-term goals might include achieving a programdoesn’thavetomeangoing
certain level offitness or a certain amount of to the gym and working out.
weight loss. Write your goals down and post Exercise can be any activity from
them in a place that will remind you ofyour skating to raking. You don’t have to
commitment. be a—n athlete to get your heart rate
Getcheckedout. Yourdoctorcanworkwith up try going for a walk or bike
you to determine your present level of phys- ride orevenmoppingthe floor.
ical fitness and discuss the achievability of Think FIT. I use three vanables for
yourgoals. Amedicalcheckupbeforestarting exercise prescription: frequency,
an exercise regimenis particularlyimportant formenwho lower back can be symptoms associated with new activity, intensityandtime(FIT). Forcardiovascularbenefitorweight
are45 orolder,womenwhoare 50orolderandthosewith but againshouldnotlastformore than24hours. control, peopleneed to exercise three to fourtimesaweek.
risk factors for heart disease such as smoking, hyper- Ifeitherthejointormusclepainlastslonger,theexercise, Intensityandtime (duration) are determinedbythe per-
tension, cholesterol, diabetes orstrongfamilyhistory. technique oramountshouldbe reviewed. Was the amount son’spre-existingleveloffitness. Manypeople think thatif
Make it public. Tell someone of your plans to become of activity too much for your level of fitness? Were you theycan’tex—ercisefor20 or30consecutiveminutes, there’s
healthier this year. Telling others means that there is doing the exercise correctly? Do you have the appropriate no benefit it doesn’t feel as if they’ve done anything.
acknowledgment of your decision on your part. As well, shoes for the activity? However, forpeoplewhoareveryinactive, it’s—importantto
trusted friends and family members can be used as a Make it realistic. Develop a workable exercise program start wit—h an exercise program that’s short even five
supportnetworkwhen theyareaware ofyourgoals. that fits into your schedule so you can actually get to minutes but gets them into a regularexercise. Theycan
Bepreparedtoache. Until theirbodieshave adapted to the sessions. I often recommend that people make exercise increase the time as theyprogress.
exercise, people oftenfeelworsewhen theystartanexercise appointments in their daytimers, just as they would for a Remember, when it comes to taking care ofyourhealth,
plan. Normally, people can expect some muscle and joint meetingor appointment. evensmall changescanhave great effects.
aches, discomfort, tightness orsorenessforup to 24hours. Double up. Sometimes associating your exercise plan
Also, remember that muscle ache is different from dis- withsomethingyouhavetodoregularlyworksasaformof Dr. IanCohenisasportsphysicianatthe UniversityofToronto’s
comfort injoints.Joint pain in the knee, ankle and central reinforcement. Forinstance, I have to brush my teeth, so 1 MacintoshSportMedicine Clinic.
Mentoring Program Fosters Sense of Community
ByMichelleMacArthur It’s not only the students who
W
reap rewards; the participating
ITH MORE THAN 67,000 faculty members enjoy the
students attending U of T, opportunity to get to know
individuals can easily feel students better. Of the 10 men-
overwhelmed orlost. tors, five have previously taken
That’s where programs such as part in the program. Connie
the status of women mentoring Guberman, status of women PASCAL
program come to the rescue. officer, sees the return rate as
Nowinits fifth year, the program evidence that the program bene-
helps women students who fits mentors, too. “This has made PAQUETTE
identify as marginalized as they me a better teacher, they some-
navigate through academia and times say. They have a better
beyond. The mentoring breadth of understanding [of the
program, funded through the studentexperience].”
office of the vice-provost As for the students, Guberman
(students), is open to upper-year pointedtothesenseofcommunity
undergraduates and master’s and theprogramfostersamongsucha
PhD students. diverse group of women. “The
“The main reason for the men- universityinallitsmightinessand
toringprogramistoprovideguid- Mentoringprogram co-ordinatorRomona Goomansingh (centre) andprogram participantsMichelle its grand size does try to find
ance and assistance for women Minxue Liu (left) andJasmin—e Bahrami placesforstudentswheretheyfeel
studentsintermsoftheiracademic decisions but personal issues sors in one-on-one mentoring were matched accordingly. comfortable,” she said. “Itishuge
andcareerdecisions,butthat’sthe issues that may relate to their relationships but the 42 women “To exist in a group, we really and itisveryeasyforpeoplewho
program in a very general sense,” race, their gend—er, their sexuality, who signedup thisyearwere put want to continue building on don’t have a sense of comfort or
said Romona Goomansingh, this and so forth and how they into small groups facilitated by a community. The ideais that other have asense ofentitlement to feel
year’s co-ordinator and a PhD impact students’ academic and female faculty member. women students may share simi- lost but we’re trying to provide
student at the Ontario Institute careerdecisions.” Applicants were asked how th—ey lar experiences and that they can another opportunity for them to
forStudiesinEducationofUofT. This fall the program was would like to be grouped learn from each other and they feel a part of the institution.
“Some of the issues that come up revamped. In previous years, accordingtotheirstudydis—cipline can really act as resources,” And that’s the true meaning of
are not just academic and career studentswere paired with profes- or to their self-identity and Goomansinghsaid. diversity.”
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University of Toronto Bulletin 7 Monday,January 9, 2006
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Does R-A-L-U-T stand for
Really Amazing Lunches with Unique Types
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You mightthink so, hut it really is: Ghost
Stories
Retired Academics & Librarians of the University of Toronto
Are you anticipating retirement (within 5 years) or have already
retired? Members of RALUT work energetically on behalf of Professor looks for literary spirits
retirees, contributing activelyto mandatory retirement
By Michah Rynor
abolishment as well as (a first for Canada!) planning for senior
scholar/retiree centresto be developed by U ofI on all 3 campuses C
ANADIAN LITERATURE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED as “In much of our literature there is an absolute
Become a member now & support these efforts! adventurous, thoughtful, refreshing and horror of women who opt out of the traditional,
sometimes dull, but “scary” isn’t what heterosexual norms and Terry Castle and Patricia
For more information, visit our website atwww.raIut.utoronto.ca comestomindwhenthenamesofMargaret White arejust two feminist scholars who often twin
E-mail [email protected] or phone [phone] Atwood, Michael Ondaatje and Timothy Findley are lesbianism and ghostsin theirwork.”
mentioned. But scary applies and Professor Marlene Many of Canada’s ghosts seem born out ofa pro-
Do you favour a more personal approach?
Goldman of English and women’s studies is out to found sense of injustice and desire for change,
Then come to one ofour informal lunches atthe Faculty Club, prove we have ourfairshare offrighteningtomes. Goldman believes. “Canadian writers are especially
held once a month on the second Wednesday, 12-2 p.m. Goldman is tracing the images of ghosts, spirits, hauntedbythepeoplewhohavebeenunsettled, dis-
hauntingsandotherthingsthatgobumpinthenight placed and damaged by imperialistic and colonial
—
M and in the bushes and behin—d the wallpaper and forces,”shesays,listingjoyKogowaandJohnSteffler
Tel: [phone] in the far north for that matter in contemporary as two writers who use the disquieted spirits ofthe
Canadian fiction. dead in theirworks.
Fax: [phone] TrADE-WINL[C It all started when Goldman was writing a book Part of Goldman’s interest in the subject comes
Email: [email protected] about apocalypse in Canadian fiction; she noticed from her own unsettled background. “I am part of
that contemporary Canadian writers were obsessed the Jewish diaspora and had family lost and dis-
Give us your itinerary and let us do the search foryou! with ghosts and haunting. persed during the Holocaust. As a Canadian, I am
Conveniently located at the corner of College Street and In the past, she says, “both writers and academics also aware that my country interned and mistreated
University Avenue, Trade Winds Travel has been providing assumedthatCanadadoesn’thaveastronghistoryof peoples of different nationalities during the Second
first class, personalized, efficient and reliable travel service to spiritual unrest in our literature and I thought, Hey World War. In effect, ghosts allow us to project our
the academic community of the U ofT for over 40 years. that’s not true!” fears and desires when we discuss the traumatic
Now, Goldman is writing a book on the subject. experiences of oppressed groups. However, ghosts
Our continuing commitment is to offer: ThePoliticsandPoeticsofHauntingsinCanadianFiction serve to maintain a linkwith the past and traditions
will consist of three distinct sections. “Section one thatwere damaged aftercontact."
• Absolutely the lowest air fares on the market to all focusesontheghoststhathaunttheEuropeansettlers The core of her book, Goldman says, “will ask
world destinations and it will also consider the ghosts that appear in why are these Canadian spirits not at rest?
• BIG discounts on vacation packages and cruises native Canadian fiction by such writers as Tom King Something has happened, something violent has to
• Free ticket delivery to your door andEdenRobinson,”shesays. “Sectiontwoexamines be repaired. My view is that ghosts are such potent
the ghosts that haunt transnational and diasporic literaryimagesbecause theysimultaneouslyallowus
fiction by authors Michael Ondaatje, Dionne Brand to revealand conceal painful and troublingepisodes
Pleasegive us a call! \Ne will be happy to assistyou and and others. The final section focuses on the ghosts in Canadian history that continue to hauntusin the
you willfeel welcome every time. thatpopulate Canadianwomen’swriting. present."
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University of Toronto Bulletin 8 Monday,January 9, 2006
PROFILE
Like a Nightingale
Faculty ofNursing staffer is official tenorfor Empire Club
By Elizabeth Raymer
G
rowing up in a small northern Denis has sung for Prime Minister Martin,
Ontario community, Barry St. former governor general Adrienne
Denis was told he had an awful Clarkson, the lieutenant-governor of
voice. Then, asanenvironmental Ontario, theJapanese ambassadorand sev-
science and anthropology student at the eral premiers, including Ralph Klein. He
University of Toronto in the 1990s, he hasalsoperformedwithlocaloperacompa-
shared a house in the Kensington neigh- nies: a couple of seasons with Opera
bourhood with a couple of students from Mississauga and onewith OperaYork.
the Faculty of Music, and his future was He thinks about expanding his music MIKEANDRECHUK
transformed. career “all the time,” he says, but it’s an
“Singing is something I’ve wanted to do expensive proposition: he estimates he’s
allmylife,”saysSt. Denis, who todayworks already spent $60,000 on singing lessons
asatechnicaladministratoratthe Facultyof over the years and producing a CD would
Nursing. When his roommates told him he be tens of thousands of dollars more.
hadawonderfulvoiceandshouldtrainit, “I Currently he is working on various Italian
wouldn’t believe them!” However, a visit to arias as well as Handel’s Messiah, which he
theRoyalConservat—oryofMusicreveale—dhe plans to use as an audition piece in
was a heldentenor or“heroic” tenor a FebruaryfornextDecember’sperformances
rarer type of operatic voice that St. Denis in Toronto.
defines as “the biggest, heaviest tenor voice On campus, St. Denis sang for
that there is.” The visit also confirmed that audience was someone who had a connec- St. Denis was invited back and was soon Lieutenant-Governor James Bartleman at
hisvoiceshowed promise. tion to the Empire Club and the rest, as asked to make it a regular engagement. Hart House, in celebration of Delta Phi
St. Denis started singing lessons, and theysay, is history. “Every week, he was a delight; people Kappa’s50thanniversaryinthefall. Andon
today, at 43, he’s a semi-professional singer Bart Mindszenthy, past president of the started applauding at the end of O an autumn afternoon, he serenaded a
and the official tenor of the Empire Club. Empire Club, was on the lookout for a Canada,” Mindszenthy says. In June, at reporterwithanItalianfolksong(and“abit
Weekly meetings of the club, one of good, reliable singer. Following the gala the end ofhis termas president, he asked ofSchubert”) to demonstratehisvocal abil-
Canadas oldest and largest speakers’ event, he invited St. Denis to sing for the St. Denis and the Empire Club’s pianist to ities. His mellifluous voice floated over the
forums, feature addresses by prime minis- Thursday luncheon crowd at the Fairmont perform a few other songs. “People just courtyard ofKnox College, earning a smile
ters, captains ofindustryand scholars. Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto, start to smile when they hear him froma student.
The tenor had been studying voice for not far from the university. singing; everyone who’s listened to him, “He’sjust got such a presence and such
several years when he was “discovered” by “Well! Barry shows up and he’s got a from prime ministers to premiers, an amazing voice,” Mindszenthy says. “He
the Empire Club, and it happened here at marvelous, beautiful voice,” Mindszenthy havejust been in awe of him. There’s no sings [“O Canada”] with a great voice but
U of T. St. Denis performed A Nightingale says. “He rocks the room. He sings and one who hasn’t commented on how alsoinawaythatpeopleseemto recognize
Sangat BerkeleySquare atagalabenefit for everybody’s just sitting with gaping wonderful he is.” as the real McCoy.
the Faculty ofNursing last October. In the mouths and eyes, wide: he’s beautiful.” Duringhistenure at the Empire Club,St. “Everyonejust thinks so much ofhim.’’
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