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March 19, 2015 / Vol. 51 No. 10
PM 41195534
Trio honoured with Distinguished
University Professorships
story // pages 8-9
Research exposes major gaps in HPV vaccine knowledge
“I wasn’t asking detailed
questions or trying to
trick people. But there
are huge knowledge
gaps. It was surprising
to see this in a
university-educated
population that has
been through the HPV
vaccination program.”
- Eric Davis
B Y A D E L A TA L B O T
UP TO 80 per cent of sexually
active people will get an HPV (human
papillomavirus) infection during their
lifetime. And the prevalence peak
of HPV infection occurs in the 18-24
age group – that is, university-aged
individuals.
However, according to one Western researcher, these individuals have
little knowledge of the facts and risks
that come with the virus.
Eric Davis, a second-year graduate
student in Health and Rehabilitation
Sciences, recently surveyed Western
students, looking to assess awareness
and knowledge of HPV, oropharyngeal (mouth and throat) cancer and
the HPV vaccine, in order to identify
specific knowledge gaps in Canadian
university students.
His survey results were a surprise –
to say the least.
The online survey was comprised
of simple questions requiring only
Yes/No/I don’t know or True/False
responses. It had more than 1,000
respondents, with roughly half indicating they had received the HPV
vaccine.
“Less than 50 per cent knew the
HPV vaccine protects against cervical
cancer. This is crazy in a universityaged population. Less than 50 per
cent knew it protects against genital
warts and less than 20 per cent knew
it protects against oral and oropha-
ryngeal cancers. I wanted to identify
the knowledge gaps; I was surprised
to see the students knew so little,”
he said.
“I wasn’t asking detailed questions
or trying to trick people. But there are
huge knowledge gaps. It was surprising to see this in a university-educated
population that has been through the
HPV vaccination program.”
Approved by Health Canada in
2006, the HPV vaccine, known commercially as Gardasil, is suggested for
women up to the age of 45, though
for maximum effectiveness it is given
as early as age 9. In 2010, Gardasil
was authorized to expand its recommendations to include males aged
9-26. The Public Health Agency of
Western’s newspaper of record since 1972
Canada noted the purpose of the vaccine is to prevent HPV infection and
minimize risks of associated illnesses
and cancers.
“With the HPV vaccine being introduced, we’re starting to see rates of
cervical cancer go down. But these
non-cervical cancers, specifically
throat cancer, have been skyrocketing over the last couple of decades,”
Davis said, adding this study is the
culmination of his MSc thesis.
Almost 90 per cent of oropharyngeal cancers are now caused by HPV,
he added.
“Now that smoking rates
have declined, we’re seeing a
HPV // CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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Academics
Brescia president will always treasure
‘community, connections and commitments’
Hanycz created Take the Lead, which this year
will welcome senior high school students from
across Canada. She launched the Western affiliate’s academic leadership program in 2009 and
expanded its domestic GirlsLEAD camp to the
Caribbean and Hong Kong.
All this comes from telling the school’s story,
and focusing on doing it very well, Hanycz said.
But the past seven years at Brescia have
changed her, too.
“I’ve learned the importance of leading from
the middle,” Hanycz added. “As much as institutions have positions that are, by nature, leadership roles, a leader does much better when she
works in the middle of her community, in the
middle of her team. That’s something I learned
at Brescia; that’s something I will carry with me
wherever I will go.”
Personally, she’ll never forget the sense of
community she took in when she first came to
London from York University’s Osgoode Hall
Law School. In those early committee meetings at Brescia, Hanycz remembers seeing an
impetus to connect on a personal level among
her colleagues. It wasn’t something she felt back
in Toronto.
“It’s about community, connections and commitments to each other – that’s what I’ve learned
here.”
When she assumes the role at La Salle in July,
she will be the first female and lay president of
the school since its founding in 1863.
“It’s a great school and it’s quite a big jump
for me. It will be quite different. But it will be
good. When I arrived at Brescia, I received the
warmest welcome I’ve ever had to a new professional community, not only on Brescia’s campus.
I quickly learned Brescia was an integral part of a
larger Western family. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude, for welcoming me and my family
so warmly, we now feel a sadness to leave.”
B Y A D E L A TA L B O T
IN 2008, COLLEEN Hanycz found a Brescia
University College in trouble – not a deep or
unique kind of trouble, but trouble nonetheless.
“A lot changed between December 2007,
when I took the job, and summer 2008, when I
started the job. It didn’t just change for Brescia; it
changed for higher education and our economy
around the world,” said Hanycz, Brescia’s outgoing principal.
After seven years at the head of the Western
affiliate, Hanycz has accepted an appointment to
lead La Salle University in Philadelphia, Penn., as
its next president.
In 2008, Hanycz saw significant challenges
ahead when she walked through Brescia’s doors.
With a devastating hit to the economy, postsecondary enrolment was, likewise, dealt a blow.
“I had to begin thinking immediately how we
were going to turn things around to make sure
we didn’t end up in a fair amount of trouble,”
she said.
One of the first orders of business was a
rebranding process. The Brescia team was
tasked with looking at the institution’s reputation, as well as its strengths and perceptions in
the community, in order to seize a prominent
spot on the landscape of higher education,
especially as Canada’s only women’s university.
Out of this process came Brescia Bold –
Choose to Lead, the 2009 campaign that still
resonates today, Hanycz said. The campaign
stresses a need for more women in leadership
roles while encouraging women to pursue such
options.
“Brescia has to be part of making sure that’s
possible, to ensure the young women we serve,
and the girls we serve through our camps, are
given the skills they need to be able to choose
leadership,” she explained.
A conversation centered on women in leadership is one of the most important conversations, anywhere, today, Hanycz noted. Educating
women is something that can ensure economic
stability around the world.
“We have always educated our men for
leadership very well, but we need to be looking
seriously at the women. Brescia has become part
of that huge commitment and it’s something I’m
very proud of,” she said.
Her proudest accomplishments are the ‘thankyous’ she’s heard over the years.
“When they come at convocation, and say,
‘Dr. Hanycz, you believed in me, and because
of that I believe in myself and I’m going to go
on and do great things,’ there’s nothing better
to hear at the end of my time here. To think I’ve
actually made a difference in the lives of these
young women is such an honour and feels like a
wonderful accomplishment,” she said.
During her tenure, she led the institution
in exceeding its strategic goals, resulting in a
student community that has grown by more
than 50 per cent over the past five years. She
oversaw the construction of a state-of-the-art
“We have always educated
our men for leadership
very well, but we need to
SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS
After seven years at the head of the Western affiliate, Brescia University College principal
Colleen Hanycz has accepted an appointment to lead La Salle University in Philadelphia,
Penn., as its next president.
residence – Clare Hall – with its accompanying
dining pavilion, The Mercato, billed by Brescia as
the most sophisticated student-centred campus
residence complex in the country.
Brescia’s profile in the community has likewise
grown. The institution is now recognized internationally for its focus on developing girls and
women for leadership.
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women. Brescia has become
part of that huge commitment
and it’s something I’m very
proud of.”
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Editor’s Letter
Western News (ISSNO3168654), a publication of Western University’s Department
of Communications and
Public Affairs, is published
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the school year and operates
under a reduced schedule
during December, May, June,
July and August.
An award-winning weekly
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Disconnect over sexual assault on U.S.
campuses is the real March Madness
JASON WINDERS
Western News Editor
P
erhaps we can chalk this up as
another kind of March Madness on U.S. campuses.
Released last week, Inside
Higher Ed’s fifth annual Survey of College and University Presidents painted
a bizarre portrait of U.S. higher education chief executives as dangerously out of touch. These Pollyanna
presidents said they understood the
serious issues confronting students on
university and college campuses, yet
they did not feel those issues were of
concern at their own institutions.
From race relations and academic
freedom to public advocacy and sexual assault, this survey exposed a jawdropping fissure between the top of
the ivory tower and the reality below.
A total of 647 American college
and university leaders from public,
private, nonprofit and for-profit higher
education institutions responded to
the anonymous survey, conducted by
Gallup Education. Among the more
interesting findings were:
• Fewer than half of chief executives described the state of race
relations in American higher education as excellent (1 per cent) or
good (42 per cent), yet an amazing
8 in 10 characterized race relations on their own campuses as
excellent (18 per cent) or good (63
per cent);
• A majority of presidents dreamt of
being more involved in decisions
about the hiring and tenuring of
faculty members; and
• Almost three-quarters (74 per
cent) agreed presidents “face
significant risk if they take controversial positions” and half agreed
they may offend trustees, donors
and (for public college leaders)
state leaders.
But let’s talk about campus sexual
assault.
According to the survey, a third
of U.S. university/college presidents
believed sexual assault is a problem
on American college campuses. OK,
that seems low. But we’ll move on.
Again, according to the survey, 6
per cent of U.S. university/college
presidents believed sexual assault is a
problem on their own campuses. OK,
that seems insane.
Let me repeat that as we’re dealing
with a level of cognitive dissonance
rarely seen outside of a playpen or
Tea Party rally.
When faced with the statement
“Sexual assault is prevalent at U.S.
colleges and universities,” 32 per cent
of university and college presidents
agreed and 26 per cent disagreed.
On top of that, nearly 8 in 10 of those
same leaders were confident sexual
assault was not a problem at their own
institution.
In fact, three-quarters strongly
agreed (24 per cent) or agreed (53 per
cent) their institution was “doing a
good job protecting women from sexual assault on my campus,” and a full
90 per cent said their campuses provide due process for those accused of
sexual assault.
What wonderful results. Too bad
none of that matches up to reality.
In January, the U.S. Department of
Education released an updated list
of 94 institutions with open investigations into Title IX sexual violence
violations. Read the list – these are
not fringe academic institutions,
rather some of the country’s highest regarded institutions of learning,
like Harvard, Michigan and Princeton.
Keep in mind, these are charges at
the highest level and don’t take into
account those silently suffering on
countless campuses every day.
To say this isn’t an issue on every
campus – let alone on your own – is,
at best, disingenuous and, at worst,
an outright fabrication on the part of
university and college presidents.
Perhaps even more frustrating, this
is not a new problem. And while individuals and institutions are taking new,
creative approaches to shining a light
on the issue, we don’t solve this until
the full weight of presidents’ offices
are thrown behind a solution.
Listen, I disagree with some of the
approaches – especially around the
supposedly ‘clever’ marketing of the
MUSTANG MEMORIES
Letters to the Editor
Spot on observation regarding the decline in our faith in
science (“Finding ways to rekindle faith in science,” March
5). I see it, however, as just a single aspect of a much larger
movement: the move to dismantle the civilization created,
since the Renaissance, based on the values and actions predominantly of dead European males.
Our relationships, our work and entertainment, our spiritual ideas, our family and social organization, our education
systems, our politics (personal up to global), our economic
concepts – everywhere the mantra is “be an agent for
change.” In every aspect of our lives, the zeitgeist is one of
“out with the old, in with the new.” The default mindset is
that conservatism is undesirable whereas change, indeed
revolution, is desirable.
So, given science was one of the cornerstones of the postRenaissance civilization, it makes sense it too is under assault.
What I find particularly fascinating is to be witness to a
time in history when a civilization is being dismantled, mainly
from within, with so many (including many whose lives presently are very comfortable) oblivious to the implications of
what we are engaged in.
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issue (like President Obama’s 1 Is 2
Many campaign) – that are presented
in an extremely heteronormative,
paternalistic, even broad-stroke sexist manners. But that’s me arguing
tactics, not the existence of the issue
they are attempting to confront.
Sexual assault is an issue on all campuses. Yours. Mine. All. Period.
That is what is so disappointing
about this survey. The attitudes displayed by these presidents are the
same ones historically displayed by
campus administrators, law enforcement and student leaders for generations – the same ones that got us into
the mess we are in today.
We could spend hours defending
or decrying the meaning of this chief
executive disconnect. However, all
should agree there is danger in this
kind of obliviousness – be it actual or
affected. When issues surface – and
issues always surface – the public face
of the institution needs the public
credibility to address the issue head
on.
Perhaps if sexual assault had a
bracket you filled out, then more
U.S. university and college presidents
would be interested in solving this
March Madness that runs all year long.
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Western News
| March 19, 2015
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In Memoriam
Former president looked to
bridge tower divide 30 years ago
GEORGE CONNELL, LLD’85, the renowned
Canadian biochemist who served as president
of both Western University and the University of
Toronto, died Friday at the Kensington Gardens
nursing home in Toronto. He was 84.
Upon his arrival as Western’s sixth president
in 1977, Connell began restructuring the administration to group responsibilities and enhance
managerial efficiencies. He helped create a
sense of Western’s corporate identity as an institution with a dual commitment to both teaching
and research.
Admired for his academic leadership at Western, Connell also developed strong relationships
with the university Senate and Board of Governors, while adjusting to a time of declining government support. He actively campaigned within
the community for help and developed alternative funding sources during a time marked by
financial restraint and uncertain student enrollment.
On Oct. 17, 1985, Connell delivered a few
remarks to the Empire Club of Canada in
advance of National Universities Week. His
lecture, From the Ivory Tower to the Corporate
Tower, encapsulated many of the struggles and
debates postsecondary education wrestles with
still today.
Western News offers a selection of that lecture today as a memorial to Western’s former
president.
To read the full speech, visit speeches.empireclub.org.
general objective for all levels of the educational system-primary, secondary and tertiary. I believe strongly universities should
affirm their dedication to this proposition
and should work in close collaboration with
Ministries of Education, with school boards
and with practising teachers to bring about
a dramatic improvement. …
4. We (need to) think of the first phase of higher
education as a six-to-eight-year process,
co-managed by the universities and the
organizations that employ their graduates.
Some parts of the total educational task can
be done well and efficiently by corporations.
It would be undesirable to assign responsibilities for such tasks to the universities. What
is desirable is to have comprehensive mutual
understanding among all parties as to the
educational goals of each, and the division
of responsibility. …
5. We must assume most graduates will
change jobs, perhaps many times, in the
course of their working lives. In a sense, the
most important part of their university education is the part that remains important to
them throughout their careers.
It is for this reason that technical programs
such as Engineering and Computer Science
should not sacrifice general liberal-arts requirements as the fields grow more complex. …
Finally, I should like to add some personal
observations. The first is universities, corporations and, indeed, the public should find solid
reasons for satisfaction in the survey I have
described to you today. The conclusion is clear:
A representative group of large Canadian
corporations consistently finds capable, wellprepared employees among the graduates of
Canadian universities. We should be satisfied,
but we should not be complacent.
There are also several reasons for vigilance:
•••
Universities are important to you as individuals; they are also important to business and
industry-to the innumerable corporations and
enterprises of Canada – large and small – which
are the economic engine of this country.
There are many signs that we are in the midst
of a major transformation in business-university
relationships in Canada. The ivory towers and
the corporate towers are no longer remote from
each other and intellectually isolated. The traffic
between them is now very busy indeed. The
joint enterprises are too numerous now even
to count. The reason? Both sides see very clear
benefits from these associations-the sharing of
physical and intellectual resources can be as
advantageous to universities as to corporations.
I want today to speak to you about only one
aspect of university-industry relationships, but
it is without any question the most important
aspect. This is the flow of new graduates who go
from universities each year to jobs in Canadian
companies.
More than half of all our graduates are
employed in Canadian business and industry.
What happens to them is extremely important to
us. It is even more important to their employers.
Most Canadian companies that are successful
will succeed because Canadian graduates perform well in the roles that are assigned to them
and the roles that they create for themselves.
Sometimes you will hear from educators the
proposition that university experience is not
intended to prepare graduates for jobs. You will
not hear that from me. Universities have always
prepared students for jobs. In the very beginning, the original ivory towers, the universities
of Italy, France and England in the 12th and 13th
centuries, educated their graduates for work as
lawyers, physicians and clergy. In the late 20th
century, we still educate lawyers, physicians and
clergy, but we also educate many others, both
specialists and generalists, whom we expect to
earn their livelihood in the world of business.
… In recent years in the manufacturing sector, there has been a renewed interest in quality
ILLUSTRATION BY FRANK NEUFELD
control-recognition that quality is the essence of
effective marketing and competition. If quality
is important in manufactured goods, how much
more important it is for the development of intellectual ability and professional skills for the next
generation of Canadians.
So how are we doing? There are some positive signals. Every major campus in Canada is
host to corporate recruiters, literally by the hundreds. They evidently find what they are looking
for. Many thousands of graduating students are
placed in jobs each year and the recruiters keep
coming back. We are encouraged, too, that the
unemployment rate for university graduates
remains low-lower, in fact, than for any other
educational level. In 1984, unemployment for
university graduates was 5.4 per cent compared
to 13 per cent for those with only high-school
education.
… (As part of my ole with the CorporateHigher Education Forum,) we decided to make
use of the companies that are members of the
forum as the target of a survey. … What are the
major findings and conclusions from our study?
1. In general, among the graduates of Canadian universities, Canadian corporations
are finding recruits who are capable of
serving their companies well;
2. Graduates, particularly those with Science
and Engineering degrees, are relatively
well-prepared for mathematical and technical aspects of their jobs, but less wellprepared with regard to broader managerial skills.
3. Among the problems that have been
identified, one that stands out is the
relative weakness in communication skills, or, to use the old-fashioned
terms, writing well and speaking well.
It seems to me imperative that university
graduates, whatever the nature of their
programs, should have the ability to use
at least one of our national languages at a
level commensurate with their other educational achievements. This is not a goal
the universities can achieve on their own.
Effective writing, speaking and comprehension should be identified as the foremost
1. The world is changing rapidly, not only in
science and technology, but also in many
other ways that will reshape our private sector-design and production techniques, patterns of trade, financial strategies. What is
appropriate education for the graduate of
today may be obsolete in part in as little as
five years. Just one example: A number of
senior corporate executives have brought
to my attention the growing importance of
mastery of foreign languages on the part of
their employees.
2. Some of the companies in our survey may
have recorded their satisfaction with graduates in the context of the status quo – that
is, they may not have perceived a need for a
major change of company strategy or style.
If and when such changes do come, the
need for corresponding change in university programs will become more pressing.
3. The state of public support for higher education in Canada is critical. During the last
five to ten years, I believe every university in Canada has actually lost ground in
the struggle for quality in education and
research. The cold fact is that quality in education costs money. If we are to meet the
demand for quality in the highly educated
work force, there will have to be a radical
change in public policy for universities,
both in Queen’s Park and in Ottawa.
The fact is no university in Canada, including
my own, has resources that come close to those
of the major universities of the United States.
Our performance has been reasonably good in
the circumstances. That cannot last.
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Internationalization
Snapshots of experience tapped as winners
THREE WESTERN STUDENTS
nabbed top honours in the 2014 Modern Languages and Literatures Photo
Contest for snapshots of their varied
international experiences.
Last fall, students were asked to
contribute one photograph of their
experience abroad for an online
photo contest. The contest was held
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as part of the International Week 2014.
The winner are:
• Becky Quinn, a Criminology and
Italian Language & Culture student, who took first place for her
photo, There is nothing better
than learning while you travel,
chronicling her study abroad at
the University of Siena, Italy, in
June 2013, where she took Intermediate Italian (Italian 2200).;
• Stephanie Vaughan, a Spanish
Language & Hispanic Culture and
French Language & Literature
student, who won second place
for her photo, Wherever you go,
st There is nothing better than learning while you travel
BECKY QUINN
there you are, taken during her
half-year exchange at the Universidad de las Américas, in Puebla,
Mexico; and
• Laura Acquaviva, a French Language & Linguistics and Italian
Language & Culture student, who
took home third place for her
photo, It’s a kiss that whispers...,
taken during her study abroad at
the University of Siena, Italy, where
she studied Advanced Italian (Italian 3300).
An exhibit featuring the entries is
on display in The D.B. Weldon Library
through March 30.
nd
2
Wherever you go, there you are
STEPHANIE VAUGHAN
rd
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It’s a kiss that whispers...
LAURA ACQUAVIVA
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Convocation
Honorary degree lineup announced
for 305th convocation
Sixteen distinguished individuals will receive honorary degrees when Western hosts its 305th Convocation this spring.
The ceremonies, featuring addresses by the honorary degree recipients, are scheduled for the following days:
EDWARD BYRNE
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Doctor of Medicine Convocation
9:30 a.m. Friday, May 15
Doctor of Science, honoris causa (D.Sc.)
Edward Byrne currently serves as the president and principal
of King’s College London. Previously, he was president and vicechancellor of Monash University, the largest university in Australia.
An award-wining neuroscientist, Byrne has held many prestigious
clinical and research positions in Australia and the U.K., as well
as advisory roles for a number of charitable bodies relating to his
clinical and scientific expertise. Byrne has received Australia’s highest civic honours, being made an officer of the Order of Australia
in 2006 and a Companion in 2014.
ALVIN J. SILK
Ivey Business School
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Convocation
10 a.m. Friday, June 5
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.)
An influential scholar and educator in the field of marketing,
Western alumnus Alvin J. Silk is internationally recognized for
his research on models and measurement systems to support
marketing decision making and the economics of the advertising
and marketing services industry. Silk is the Lincoln Filene Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School (HBS). As the former
head of the HBS marketing unit, Silk introduced Brand Marketing
as an elective in the MBA program and taught Research Design
and Measurement in the doctoral program.
MICHAEL GOODCHILD
10 a.m. Tuesday, June 9
Doctor of Science, honoris causa (D.Sc.)
Recognized as a global leader in the ever-evolving field of
geographic information systems, Michael Goodchild is an emeritus professor of geography at the University of California, Santa
Barbara. The former chair of Western’s Department of Geography,
Goodchild won the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie
Vautrin Lud, considered the Nobel Prize for Geography, in 2007.
THE HONOURABLE ELIZABETH DOWDESWELL
3 p.m. Tuesday, June 9
Doctor of Laws, jure dignitatis (LL.D.)
The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell is the 29th Lieutenant
Governor of Ontario. Dowdeswell is an Officer of the Order of
Canada and a Member of the Order of Ontario. Her accomplished
career in both public service and the private sector included serving as an Under-Secretary-General at the United Nations.
DONNA SOBLE KAUFMAN
10 a.m. Wednesday, June 10
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.)
Past chair of the board of the Institute of Corporate Directors
and the former Chair of TransAlta Corporation, Donna Soble
Kaufman launched her career as a broadcast executive with
CHCH-TV. A former partner of Stikeman Elliott, she served as a
member of the Prime Minister’s Advisory Committee on the Public
Service of Canada.
DAVID MULRONEY
3 p.m. Wednesday, June 10
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.)
David Mulroney is a distinguished senior fellow at the University
of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs. A career Foreign Service officer, he served as Ambassador of Canada to the People’s
Republic of China from 2009-12. Prior to his appointment to Beijing, Mulroney was assigned to the Privy Council Office in Ottawa
as the Deputy Minister responsible for the Afghanistan Task Force.
KEITH L. MOORE
10 a.m. Thursday, June 11
Doctor of Science, honoris causa (D.Sc.)
A distinguished researcher for more than 60 years, Keith L. Moore
is an award-winning teacher of medical and dental students. Moore
is an alumnus of Western and a professor emeritus and former chair
of Anatomy in the division of anatomy and associate dean of basic
medical sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of
Toronto. Moore has lectured around the world on topics relating to
clinically oriented embryology and anatomy and has authored 14
medical textbooks, including four international standards.
ROBERT BIRGENEAU
3 p.m. Thursday, June 11
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.)
Previously serving as chancellor of UC Berkeley, Robert Birgeneau is now the Arnold and Barbara Silverman Distinguished Professor of Physics, Materials Science and Engineering and Public
Policy at the top-ranked public university in the United States. The
past-president of the University of Toronto, Birgeneau’s research is
primarily concerned with the phases and phase-transition behavior of novel states of matter.
BONNIE PATTERSON
10 a.m. Friday, June 12
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.)
Bonnie Patterson has served as president and CEO of the Council of Ontario Universities since 2009. A Member of the Order of
Canada and the Order of Ontario for her contributions to postsecondary education, she previously held the post from 1995-98 before
becoming the president and vice-chancellor of Trent University, a
position that she held for 11 years. The Western alumna is also the
former Dean of Business at Ryerson University.
PIERRE LASSONDE
3 p.m. Friday, June 12
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.)
Considered a superstar of the resource sector, Pierre Lassonde
is co-founder and chair of the world-class gold royalty and streaming company Franco-Nevada. Previously, Lassonde was president
and a director of NewmontMining Corporation from 2002-06.
Recognized for his philanthropy, which includes the largest gift
ever to Western Engineering, Lassonde is past chair of the World
Gold Council and the author of The Gold Book. He is also chair of
Le Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and a Member of
the Order of Canada.
BERTHOLD CARRIÈRE
10 a.m. Monday, June 15
Doctor of Music, honoris causa (D.Mus.)
Currently serving as co-music director of the Stratford Symphony
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AMARTYA SEN
3 p.m. Monday, June 15
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.)
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics, Amartya Sen is the Thomas W. Lamont
University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy
at Harvard University. From 1998-04, he was the Master of Trinity
College, Cambridge. He has served as president of the American
Economic Association, Econometric Society, Indian Economic
Association and International Economic Association.
DAVID CORNHILL
10 a.m. Tuesday, June 16
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.)
David Cornhill is the chairman and CEO of AltaGas, a company
he founded in 1994. Under his leadership, AltaGas has grown from
one of Canada’s first midstream energy companies into a $10-billion enterprise. With Cornhill emphasizing the importance of
creating social value in the communities where the Calgary-based
company operates, AltaGas has created lasting, sustainable, community partnerships across Canada from sea-to-sea-to-sea over
the past 21 years.
JOY KOGAWA
3 p.m. Tuesday, June 16
Doctor of Letters, honoris causa (D.Litt.)
Joy Kogawa is the author of Obasan, a Canadian novel that has
become essential reading for a nation. A member of the Order of
Canada and a member of the Order of the Rising Sun in Japan,
Kogawa has worked tirelessly to educate Canadians about the
history of the internment camps, and was active in the fight for
government redress. A book of her selected poems, A Garden of
Anchors, was published in 2003.
JUDY EROLA
10 .m. Wednesday, June 17
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.)
The Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt from 1980-84, Judy
Erola was named to Pierre Trudeau’s final Federal Cabinet. A
former radio and television personality, Erola was the first woman
ever appointed to the Cabinet’s Priorities and Planning Committee and served as minister responsible for the Status of Women
during the negotiations of the equality clause in the Canadian
Constitution.
CONSTANCE SUGIYAMA
3 p.m. Wednesday, June 17
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.)
Constance Sugiyama is the president of ConMark Strategy Inc.,
providing high-level advice and solutions to the public and private
sectors. She is also a corporate director and a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Ryerson University. She retired from the practice of
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Honours
Trio honoured
with Distinguished
University
Professorships
MARY CROSSAN
Ivey Business School
Mary Crossman, a General Management professor at lvey Business School, stands as
a “complete scholar” who consistently delivers excellence in the classroom. As one of
the school’s leaders in effectively developing and presenting new material, her teaching
evaluations reflect the a profound knowledge of management issues and practices, as
well as the ability to connect with her students.
Outside the classroom, Crossan has written more than 50 cases and extensively
published in high-level journals including the Strategic Management Journal, Academy
of Management Review, Organization Science and Journal of Management Studies.
She continues to be one of the most highly cited faculty members at lvey, earning the
Academy of Management Review Paper of the Decade Award (1998-2008), which is
given to the paper receiving the most citations during the past 10 years.
Her commitment to excellence can also be appreciated through her active engagement in the field and the university.
“Mary Crossman’s research in organizational learning, strategy, leadership character
and improvisation is highly respected both within and outside of her field,” said Ivey Dean
Robert Kennedy. “Her contributions are greatly valued by the academic community.”
WESTERN’S LATEST HONOREES of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) join a select group of faculty members recognized for exceptional scholarly careers. Honoured this year
with the university’s top award for faculty are Mary
Crossan, Ivey Business School; Jeff Dixon, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; and T.K. Sham,
Science.
The Distinguished University Professorship Award
acknowledges sustained excellence in scholarship
over a substantial career at Western. The award includes a citation, the right to use the title, an opportunity for a public lecture and a $10,000 prize to
be used for scholarly activity at any time.
Western also selected 12 Faculty Scholars to recognize their significant achievements in teaching or
research. The recipients are considered all-around
scholars and will hold the title of Faculty Scholar for
two years and receive $7,000 each year for scholarly
activities.
This year’s Faculty Scholars are Lisa Archibald,
Communications Sciences and Disorders, Health
Sciences; A. Kim Clark, Anthropology, Social Science; Timothy Conley, Economics, Social Science;
Alison Conway, English and Writing Studies, Arts
& Humanities; Lina Dagnino, Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich; Zhifeng Ding, Chemistry, Science; David Edgell, Biochemistry, Schulich; Paul
Gribble, Psychology, Social Science; David Heinrichs, Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich;
Elizabeth Anne Kinsella, Occupational Therapy,
Health Sciences; Jason Neyers, Law; and Sean
Shieh, Earth Sciences, Science.
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TSUN-KONG SHAM
JEFF DIXON
A world-class materials chemist, Tsun-Kong Sham is the authority when it comes
to the application of synchrotron radiation to materials science. His area of research
is also of strategic importance to the university, anchoring its strength in materials for
sustainable energy.
As a Tier I Canada Research Chair, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and
recipient of the prestigious John C. Polanyi Prize of the Canadian Society for Chemistry,
Sham’s research productivity remains high, with more than 440 peer-reviewed papers
and more than 8,000 citations – more than 600 citations last year alone – to his credit.
In addition to his distinguished record as a synchrotron researcher, Sham has been
vital as part of the administration of the Canadian Light Source, as well as scientific
director of the Canadian Synchrotron Radiation Facility at the Synchrotron Radiation
Center (University of Wisconsin-Madison) since 1998.
In addition to these external services, Sham has been an active departmental colleague serving on departmental committees including those involved in appointments,
promotion and tenure.
“Professor Sham is a prolific researcher, a passionate teacher and an effective mentor, an innovator, a scientific leader and one of the foremost synchrotron scientists of
our time,” said Science Dean Charmaine Dean.
Jeff Dixon, an internationally recognized researcher, has excelled as a teacher and
mentor and, perhaps most notably, can be credited for his enormous contributions to
the development of bone and joint research across Canada.
Dixon has made many key contributions toward a better understanding of skeletal
modeling and remodeling and, over his career, has published 128 peer-reviewed manuscripts in some of the most prestigious journals in his field.
Throughout his career, Dixon has been heavily engaged in teaching and supervision.
He has supervised 27 graduate students and 12 postdoctoral fellows, all of whom speak
highly of his mentoring skills, his dedication to trainees and the quality of scientific
training in his lab.
“Western on the map for bone and joint biology,” said Schulich Dean Michael
Strong. “His numerous superb contributions to research, teaching and service make
him stand out from his peers. In particular, his leadership in promoting bone and joint
research in London, and across the country, is second-to-none.”
Science
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
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Academics
Program keeps both sides of the student-athlete in play
B Y PA U L M AY N E
NO WESTERN STUDENT-athlete will be left
on the ‘academic sideline’ if Coleen Dalton and
Bonnie Cooper have anything to say about it.
For the last five years, the pair has teamed up
to help first-year student-athletes transition to
the most demanding academic and varsity sport
life they’ve ever experienced. The Academic
Success Program brings together learning skills
needed to thrive at university, including several
workshops (pre- and post-season), presentations
and athlete-designated study halls.
“They come from club sports, so they get the
time commitment. But they don’t understand
the differences when they get here,” said Dalton, Learning Skills Services coordinator in the
Student Development Centre. “Take hockey
players, for example. They’re used to their two
practices and two games a week. Well, now
that they’re here, they practice every night,
have games on the weekend, manage workout
times and could have individual meetings with
the coaches. All these time commitments are
massive, and they are also taking five university
courses on top of that.
“With the rest of the student population, we
help them manage the ‘Oh my god, I’m taking
all these university courses,’ which is way heavier
than when they were in high school. With athletes, it’s the same idea, but with the added sport
increasing that load and pressure.”
Dalton introduces student-athletes to the program the first week of school with a time management presentation. Study halls, located in Thames
Hall, also open the same week, with some varsity
sports making it mandatory, she added, with others strongly encouraging their athletes.
Study halls are led by academic mentors from
Western’s Masters of Coaching program. Most
are former athletes themselves and can connect
with the overwhelming feeling the students are
experiencing.
“The demands on a student-athlete are a
little bit different – it just adds that little extra
to their plate. We want to make that transition
from high school to Western as easy as possible
for them,” said Bonnie Cooper, coordinator of
athlete services with Mustang Athletics. “They
pull from all the different areas –athletics, academics, still having a social life. Every athlete will
have that pressure of where they fit in. We want
to ease that pressure, if we can, so they’re not
overwhelmed.”
The coaches were consulted early on in forming the program to understand their needs.
PAUL MAYNE // WESTERN NEWS
Bonnie Cooper, left, coordinator of athlete services with Mustang Athletics, and Coleen Dalton, Learning Skills Services coordinator in
the Student Development Centre, are ensuring Western’s first-year athletics are tops both on and off the field through the Academic
Success Program.
“At the beginning, the coaches were focused
on their sport. But now, they have an academic
focus, too, and are starting to look at ‘Are my
students doing okay in the classroom?’” Dalton
said. “It used to be I’d get a referral (from a
coach) in March that a student may be in danger.
This first year of the program, I got seven referrals from teams in March, which is too late to
help them. Now, I get them in September and
October. I had a whole pile in January. Thank
goodness, because now I can actually do something to help them so they don’t run into any
further problems.”
Dalton also holds sessions for coaches, sharing tips on the mental health of athletes and
how to spot red flags that signal a student is in
need of help.
“(The student-athletes) were tops in high
school, but not here,” Cooper said. “If something
goes wrong on the athletic side, it can affect them
on the academic side. And if they are struggling
in the classroom, that can spill over onto the field.
We want them to keep a solid perspective on why
they are at Western and that’s why we have mentors there as a resource for them.”
Five years ago, Canadian Interuniversity Sport
recognized 25 per cent of Western’s 1,000 or so
student-athletes as Academic All-Canadians.
That means playing a varsity sport and maintaining at least an 80 per cent average. Today, that
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number is up to 32 per cent, putting Western
tops in the country.
“If you line up all the student-athletes, and
tell them to look at either side of them, one of
them will be 80 per cent or better,” Cooper said.
“I don’t think it’s unreasonable that we can see
those numbers grow.”
Dalton admires the student-athletes considering they start from scratch when arriving on
campus.
“I like being able to watch them play. I’ve
gotten to know them at students and I feel real
proud when I see them in their world,” she said.
“It’s really fun to watch them play and see how
their two worlds fit.”
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Student Life
Solving the job-search puzzle
Student lands dream job after unique pursuit of his goal
B Y PA U L M AY N E
IF YOU ONLY knock long enough
and loud enough at the gate, wrote
the American poet Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, you are sure to wake up
somebody. Nobody agrees with those
words more than Justin Bansal.
Following graduation last year, the
Business Administration major took
to the job-hunting market with all the
confidence in the world – only to be
hit with a harsh reality. After six months
of no prospects, and nothing on the
horizon, Bansal launched a unique
social media marketing campaign to
specifically get hired by Loblaw Companies Limited.
Now, almost a year after graduation, his hard work has paid off. Bansal
recently began a job as a data analyst on the central data management
team at Loblaw.
And he owes everything to knocking on that gate long enough.
“My campaign was an integrated
marketing campaign that leveraged
social media to promote my personal
brand,” Bansal said. “I launched a
website at loblawshouldhirejustin.
com. I wrote blog entries on why I was
the perfect candidate, my interest in
Loblaw, the recruitment process thus
far, and posted it to this website.
“The website resembled the
Loblaw brand by the use of similar
colours. I also changed the headers
on my Twitter and LinkedIn profiles so
the message would stand out. With
the use of similar colours, and a large
header image, I knew my profiles
would create buzz among my network. I even went so far as to purchase
Twitter ads and have them run for a
week.”
Bansal soon started garnering
attention – specifically 945 website
visits, 8,500 Twitter impressions and
300 LinkedIn views. While the job offer
didn’t immediately come, a senior
vice-president of marketing at Loblaw,
who Bansal had met at an event in
Toronto in 2013, took note.
She tweeted to Loblaw senior vicepresident Uwe Stueckman:
ON THE (JOB) HUNT
SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS
After months of perseverance and determination, not to mention a full-blown social media marketing campaign, recent Western graduate Justin
Bansal landed the job he sought all along – as part of the central data management team at Loblaw Companies Limited in Toronto.
@justinbansal’s campaign to get
hired by Loblaw! @Stueckmann you
need to check this guy out. Any new
grad ops coming?
Less than half an hour later, Stueckmann tweeted:
@justinbansal ok – if you get 10
people to each tweet me with 1 good
reason we should hire you we’ll have
a coffee. Game on.
“I think this moment was a huge turning point for my campaign. It got real,”
Bansal said. “My goal was to get the
attention of upper management – it was
finally happening. I started to message
close friends and get their help and
advice. I was starting to really believe
the hard work was finally paying off.”
Bansal jumped on Twitter and Facebook to seek help in getting that coffee and, more importantly, one step
closer to his dream job. Within the
hour, he had 32 people tweet Stueckmann, giving reasons on why they
should hire him.
Stueckmann tweeted:
“Well done, @justinbansal Let’s
have a coffee. My treat. #tenacity.
“It was an amazing feeling having
all these friends and family support
me,” Bansal said. “Many employees
at Loblaw even began to follow me.
I guess they caught wind of what was
happening. People were wishing me
luck for my meeting with Mr. Stueckmann and I was gaining confidence.”
The impromptu coffee went well,
although there wasn’t a job for him
at the time. Stueckmann admired
Bansal’s persistence, however, and
became a key professional connection.
“A month later another position
opened up at the company,” Bansal
said. “I applied, leveraged my connection with Mr. Stueckmann and,
after two successful interviews, I can
now say I’m officially an employee at
Loblaw.”
While he has no regrets about his
process, Bansal wishes it didn’t have
Recent Business Administration alumnus Justin Bansal hopes his journey to employment can motivate other recent, or soon-to-be, Western
graduates, to be persistent in their job hunt. Here are his Top Four Tips to standing out in a crowded marketplace.
• With any career you choose, it’s a long journey ahead.
There’s no easy way or shortcut to the end. It’s hard, but it’s possible, and with persistence, and the right motivation, anyone can achieve
it. So, whatever career you choose, it’s important to realize the ideal job you envision yourself having, may not come right away. You have
to pay your dues. But it will work out eventually.
• Along with applying online, look up recruiters from the company on LinkedIn.
Send them a quick email and arrange a meeting or call. Find out what entry-level opportunities the company recruits for and compare
the positions to your interests and skills. If you’ve applied to more than five positions from the company over several months, and
haven’t gotten a single call/email for an interview, there’s a problem. Maybe they’re looking for more experienced candidates.
So, your best bet would be to go for the entry-level roles. Sometimes roles seem like they’re entry-level from the description, but they
really aren’t. Every company is different. You’ll have a much better shot if you apply to the right positions so invest that additional prep
time into your job hunt.
• Maintain a professional LinkedIn profile.
Ensure that if someone were to Google you, that you’re happy with what shows up. If not, make those accounts and content private.
• Have informational interviews with as many people as you can.
Message an employee from the company on LinkedIn vs. through email, because emails get missed all the time. On LinkedIn, they’ll
be sure to get the notification. Let them know you’re interested in learning more about what they do and the company. And definitely
don’t ask for a job. This approach is great for two reasons – one, people love to talk about themselves; and two, you’ll have a connection
within the company. Once a job opens up, they’ll have you in mind.
to be that hard.
“The job hunt also takes a toll on
you mentally, but I learned a lot and
met many interesting people along
the way,” he said. “I developed some
key professional relationships, which
I’m sure will help me as I build my
career here.
“I think many recent graduates may
not have direct work experience for
the role or enough experience, but
they bring other valuable traits to the
business. There are skills, like persistence, attitude and professionalism.
It’s all about creating opportunities
and doing more than the bare minimum. Applying to a job online with
just your resume isn’t going to work
just like that, unless it’s really good and
the timing is right.”
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HPV // CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
decrease in oral cancers in lips, gums and tongue, as
well as a decrease in lung cancers. Those are going
down. But this specific subtype (of oropharyngeal cancer) is going up and up. It’s been confirmed that it’s HPV
causing that,” he continued.
“For good reason, (cervical cancer) has been the main
focus of the HPV vaccine. But I found there was no study
that focused on these non-cervical cancers and what
students knew.”
A lot of students know about HPV – 95 per cent,
roughly – but beyond that, their knowledge is poor,
Davis explained.
Almost half didn’t know HPV causes throat cancer. Less than 30 per cent knew it causes anal cancer
(colorectal) – another cancer that is skyrocketing.
It comes down to this: HPV, a sexually transmitted
infection, can lead to cancers of the body in regions
associated with sexual activity.
The next steps for Davis include disseminating the
results of his study, the first of which will be publishing
his thesis. His aim is to share his findings with the public
through media, making information as accessible as
possible to as many as possible.
“Not a lot of people read journals or theses, or go
to conferences. I have results I think people need to
see,” he said.
What it boils down to, Davis stressed, is awareness.
Consider, for example, a recently published alarmist
piece in The Toronto Star, indicating significant health
risks are associated with Gardasil. The paper’s public
editor has since apologized for the piece.
“My study didn’t touch on vaccine effectiveness or
safety concerns, which was the crux of The Toronto Star
article. To the general population, the vaccine is safe,”
he said.
Those who choose not to get the vaccine are doing
so because of a perception of risk. But what they really
need to know about the potential risk of cancer, something the vaccine could prevent.
“Being informed and having the correct knowledge
about the virus would lead to a greater acceptance of
the vaccine. If people knew more, they would get vaccinated.”
ADELA TALBOT // WESTERN NEWS
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences graduate student Eric Davis recently completed a survey of Western students looking to assess
awareness and knowledge of HPV, associated cancers and the Gardasil vaccine. Survey results indicated while students are aware
of HPV, they need more information on associated cancer risks.
Western News
Research
Study offers new life for vast
majority of stroke sufferers
| March 19, 2015
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Western neurologist Dr. Jennifer Mandzia sees a new treatment method as “a potential game-changer” in the
lives of millions of stroke sufferers. The findings of her international study were published today in the New
England Journal of Medicine.
B Y PA U L M AY N E
RESULTS OF AN international study exploring the
effectiveness of a revolutionary stroke treatment may lead
to a new lease on life for millions of sufferers previously
facing disability or even death, Western researchers said.
The findings were published today in the New England
Journal of Medicine.
“This is a potential game-changer in the field of acute
stroke,” said Clinical Neurological Sciences professor
Dr. Jennifer Mandzia. “Patients with moderate-to-severe
stroke and a proximal artery occlusion (blockage) in the
brain, both young and old, have a treatment that has shown
to improve functional outcome and reduces risk of death
compared to standard of care.
“This is very exciting for our field and our patients.”
Led by researchers at the University of Calgary’s Hotchkiss Brain Institute, the international clinical trial included
22 locations in the United States, Ireland, South Korea and
Canada. The London trial was led by Mandzia and Western
professor emeritus Dr. David Pelz.
Known as ESCAPE – remarkably standing for ‘endovascular treatment for small core and anterior circulation
proximal occlusion with emphasis on minimizing CT to
recanalization times’ – the study showed a reduction in
both disability and death among patients who suffered an
acute ischemic stroke and received endovascular treatment
within 12 hours of its suffering.
Overall, positive outcomes for patients increased from
30 per cent to 55 per cent and, in many cases, instead of
suffering major neurological disability, patients went home
to resume their lives. The overall mortality rate was cut in
half from 2-in-10 patients for standard care to 1-in-10.
That’s all good news for acute ischemic stroke sufferers,
who account for 85 per cent of all stroke victims. An acute
ischemic stroke involves a sudden blockage of an artery to
the brain that deprives the brain of critical nutrients, such
as glucose and oxygen.
Currently, the international standard of care is to administer a drug called tPA – also known as a ‘clot buster’ drug
– that dissolves the blood clot.
The studied procedure involved utilizing that standard
care plus an endovascular treatment, performed by inserting a thin tube through an artery in the groin, up through
the body, into the brain vessels to the clot. Performed
under image-guided care using an X-ray, the clot is then
removed by a retrievable stent and pulled out, restoring
blood flow to the brain.
More than 300 patients were examined for the study.
Endovascular treatment was first developed in the 1990s,
but only recently has it been technically possible.
“It’s not that we’ve never done it. The difference is, we’ve
never done it the way we’ve done it,” said Mandzia, a Lawson Health Research Institute researcher. “What we want
to do with any sort of stroke care is prevent disability when
people come out, so there was a definite improvement.
We know that in patients who get the drug (tPA), it’s only
effective in about 40 per cent of the cases. It can be pretty
devastating. It’s pretty hard to get the clot out.”
The trial’s success can be credited to fast treatment and
the use of brain and blood vessel imaging. In ESCAPE,
researchers were, on average, two hours faster in opening
the blocked blood vessels than in previously reported trials.
ESCAPE is the first endovascular treatment trial to demonstrate reduced mortality.
One of the key components of this study was timing of
treatment.
“We have protocols where EMS identifies the patient
and can bypass the emergency room and contact the neurology team directly,” she said. “We want to treat as quickly
as possible. We strive for what we call ‘door-to-needle time’
of less than one hour. It’s not always possible, but LHSC
(London Health Sciences Centre) has been working to
always find ways to improve this.”
Mandzia added guidelines are currently being changed,
based on this latest study, to become the new standard of
care. For example, if a stroke patient arrived at a London
hospital today, this procedure would be done, if the conditions were correct, she continued.
“It forces us to reorganize our stroke care,” she said. “If
they arrived quickly, with the right location of the clot, had
a good scan, we’d do it.”
These results are a “step forward” in getting handle on
improving stroke care for patients.
“Stroke is ‘exciting’ because you can do something,”
she said. “In other areas of neurology, you manage symptoms, which is important. But with this, you can actually
see people walk out and have no disabilities. That’s what’s
really satisfying.”
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Apply to Graduate
The online application for the June 2015
Convocation is now open until April 30
through your Student Centre. Tickets for
the June convocation will be released
starting the end of May.
distinctivelyWESTERN Photo Contest
If you are a Western student or employee, simply send us your photographs that
capture the best of Western and you will
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April 2015 Exam Schedule
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Western Libraries is seeking a dynamic
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by April 10.
Faculty Of Science
Department of Physics and
Astronomy
Applications or nominations are invited
for the position of chair, Department of
Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science. Applicants or nominees must be
tenured faculty members at Western.
The term of the appointment will be for
a maximum of five years; the appointment is anticipated to commence on
July 1.
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culoskeletal Health. Applicants should
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to musculoskeletal health. Applications
will be accepted until the positions are
filled. Review of applications will begin
on April 15.
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assistant professor in the area of Infectious Diseases. The successful candidate
will hold both an MD and PhD in the
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is July 1. Applications will be accepted
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All positions are subject to budgetary
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written and oral communication skills
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Mustangs net CIS Women’s Hockey Championship
A THREE-GOAL second period
and 38-saves from Kelly Campbell led
the Western Mustangs to its first-ever
CIS Women’s Hockey Championship
title with a 5-0 win over the McGill
Martlets Sunday night at the Markin
MacPhail Centre.
“I was reflecting on this in the third
period, but I was thinking about my
marriage, the birth of my three kids,
being hired by the Ivey Business
School and this are just about the
highlights of my life,” said Chris Higgins, Western head coach.
“You know, I’m very calm. Tonight,
I’ll probably cry, but right now, I’m
just so happy for every girl. They just
worked their butts off – just a great
bunch of kids. This is for them.”
The win makes Western only the
third OUA team to hoist The Golden
Path trophy, and the first in 10 years
since Laurier accomplished the feat
in 2005.
Campbell stole the show for the
second consecutive game, recording
her second straight shutout and earning tournament MVP honours after
only allowing one goal on 94 shots in
three games.
Three Mustangs were named to the
tournament all-star team with Campbell, Katelyn Gosling, and Kendra
Broad all earning spots.
NEWS AND NOTES
Medical Biophysics professor Dr.
Robert Bartha of the Schulich
test to detect the disease at a
time when the brain can still be
repaired. Such a test would speed
up the development and testing
of new drugs.
Supported by the Alzheimer
Foundation London and Middlesex, this program primarily promotes overall scientific excellence
and relevance to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Western researchers, in association with Canadian documentary
filmmaker Su Rynard, are sounding the alarm about the mass
depletion of songbirds in the
Americas in a new film, debuting
on CBC this week. SongbirdSOS
debuts at 8 p.m. tonight on CBCTV’s The Nature Of Things.
DAVID MOLL // SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS
School of Medicine & Dentistry
has been awarded the Alzheimer
Foundation London and Middlesex Premier Research Grant, a
$100,000 grant (over two years) to
support research, personnel and
supportive infrastructure. Bartha
is a member of Western’s Brain
and Mind Institute.
His project, Metabolic and Functional Brain State: New Indicators
of Early Alzheimer’s Disease, looks
to develop a sensitive test for
early Alzheimer’s Disease using
the most powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment
in Canada. With this grant, Bartha’s team will combine a novel
measurement of brain glutamate
with a new measurement of brain
function to identify the presence
of Alzheimer’s disease. They will
study normal elderly individuals, people with mild cognitive
impairment and people with
Alzheimer’s disease. If successful, they will develop a sensitive
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In collaboration with scientists at
Western’s Advanced Facility for
Avian Research, the film shows
songbirds in night flight using a
super-slow-motion camera, resulting in spectacular images.
Canada’s future scientists and
engineers will benefit from a pair
of PromoScience grants awarded
to two Western researchers, the
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
(NSERC) announced Wednesday.
Civil and Environmental Engineering professor Hesham El Naggar
received $25,000 over three years
for his project, Discovery Western.
Earth Sciences professor Gordon
Osinski received $20,400 over
three years for his project, Impact
Earth.
Western Science students
Mohammed Asmail and Thasan
Kandasamy were named among
a select group of North American
research poster winners at the
2015 PDAC-SEG Student Minerals Colloquium in Toronto.
Asmail won first prize in the
Masters Category for his poster,
Host rock setting and timing of
high-grade gold mineralization in
the Neoarchean Central Hearne
Domain, Whale Cove, Nunavut,
Canada. He is supervised by Earth
Sciences professor Norm Duke.
Asmail’s project is supported by
alumnus John North of Northquest Ltd.
Kandasamy won second prize in
the Undergraduate Category for
his poster, Integrated Geochemical Fingerprinting of Uranium
Deposits for Sustainable Exploration & Development. He is cosupervised by Earth Sciences professor Neil Banerjee and adjunct
faculty member Lisa Van Loon.
Kandasamy’s project is supported
by David Quirt of Areva Resources
Canada. He received additional
support from E. Bergen, J. Whattam, J. Reid and L. Zuin, all of the
Canadian Lightsource, and M.
Fayek, University of Manitoba.
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When The Walrus Talks, the people listen
PHOTOS BY ADELA TALBOT // WESTERN NEWS
The Walrus Talks Creativity brought nine of Canada’s most creative minds, including five Western alumni, to share thought-provoking ideas exploring creativity in all its forms. Poet
Mustafa Ahmed, above, had the audience humming to his rhymes, while David Usher, top right, singer, songwriter and author, ‘broke the fourth wall,’ engaging with his audience in an
impromptu performance of his song, The Music. Elaine Lui, middle right, BA’96, blogger and author of Listen to the Squawking Chicken, elevated low culture. Cameron Bailey, bottom
right, BA’87, artistic director of the Toronto International Film Festival, spoke of Canadian creativity as something inherently different from the norm. Other speakers included Emma
Donoghue, LLD’13, author; Joel Faflak, BA’81, MA’91, PhD’99, director, Western’s School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities; Juggun Kazim, BA’02, actor, model and
television host; Brian Paschke, industrial design lead, BlackBerry; and Saukrates, artist and musician.
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