Memoirs published
Dr. Henry Barnett, renowned for work in stroke research, has been writing his memoirs and recently published Part One in The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, Vol. 36, No. 1. It is titled: Reflections on aspects of medical progress 1944-2008 – Part 1, and subtitled: The launch of a journey lasting 65 years: personal observations made from a front row seat at the greatest show on Earth. Part Two of the memoir is expected to appear in the next issue of Stroke online. Barnett is currently writing Part Three of the project.
How green are you?
Nominations are being accepted until March 16 for the Western Green Award. The award recognizes an individual or team for activities with positive environmental outcomes, encouraging participation, working with others to meet their goal, or demonstrating an environmentally friendly effort/campaign. Nominate a student, staff or faculty member. Contact greenawards@uwo.ca or go online to www.uwo.ca/ppd.
This just in…
The latest edition of The Reporter, an online newspaper produced by University of Western Ontario graduate journalism students, is available. The first publication of the term includes strategies for keeping it together during hard economic times, community news, and advice on how to eat locally during the winter months. Print students have been producing an online newspaper since 1994-95. The Reporter is available at www.fims.uwo.ca/olr/. And watch for this, too
The Mirror, a journal of academic undergraduate history papers produced in the History Department, is on sale March 9-12 for $5 a copy. The Mirror is the oldest undergraduate history journal in Canada and features submissions from universities across the country. In its 29th year, Mirror is a peer-edited review produced by Western undergrads. This was a record year for submissions and with 114 papers received from 23 Canadian institutions. The journal features the top 10. Students interested in joining next year’s editorial board, or seeking information on submitting a paper for next year’s 30th anniversary edition (submissions accepted now until November), can contact the 2009-2010 Editor-in-Chief Cameron Bryant at uwo.Mirror@gmail.com. Pick up your copy at the welcome booth just inside the doors of Social Sciences Centre.
Ivey professor take teaching award
Robert Klassen, Professor of Operations at the Richard Ivey School of Business, has won an international award for a course that teaches future business leaders how addressing social and environmental impacts can improve a company’s bottom line. Klassen won the inaugural 2008 Page Prize for Environmental Sustainability Curriculum, in the international category, from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, for his course “Managing for Sustainability Development”. The course was pioneered in 2003 for undergraduate and MBA students. Aspects of the course are now mandatory for all Ivey students. New name
The Bachelor of Health Sciences Program (BHSc) will be renamed the School of Health Studies, effective July 1. The BHSc Program was created in 1997 with amalgamation of the faculties of Applied Health Sciences, Kinesiology and Nursing into the Faculty of Health Sciences. BHSc enrolment grew quickly and unexpectedly and triggered a need for changes in the way the program was handled. The program now operates like a school within the faculty in every manner, other than name. The change will have no resource implications. The degree offered to graduates – the Bachelor of Health Sciences degree – will remain intact. Toboggan team, film festival receive USC funding
The University of Western Ontario Engineering Toboggan Team and the Ivey Film Festival have been chosen to receive funding from The University Students’ Council. The Western Engineering Toboggan Team will be awarded $2,220 from the fund to support the cost of recycled materials used to create the ‘green’ prototype. This is the first year for the fund, implemented to support environmentally sustainable student projects. As well, the Ivey Film Festival has been awarded $1,500 from the USC Member Council Fund. The festival will be held this month. Backcourt Club announces honourees
The Western Mustangs Backcourt Club, the men’s basketball alumni group, will honor a new class of athletes at their awards banquet on April 4. Four-time CIAU All-Canadian and 1991 CIS Championship MVP John Stiefelmeyer headlines the group which includes Andrew Kwiatkowski, Bob Phibbs and coach John P. Metras. This year’s list of inductees also includes seven members of the 1952 Canadian Olympic basketball team: Glenn Pettinger (1952), Bill Pataky (1952), Harry Wade (1951), George Wearring (1950), Paul Thomas (1950), and Chuck Dalton (1950). Tickets for the semi-formal event are $80 for adults, $60 for youth and students or $600 for a table of eight. Contact: bcampbe5@uwo.ca. South Asian health symposium
The South Asian Medical Students’ Association (SAMSA) is holding a health symposium on March 8. SAMSA is a group of medical students promoting awareness of health and cultural issues particular to the South Asian community. The free symposium offers an opportunity to hear from physicians about healthy lifestyles and medical issues prevalent among South Asians. The event will be held at the Wolf Performance Hall at the London Central Public Library from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Medical participants include Subodh Verma, cardiac surgeon and researcher at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital, and Faisal Rehman, a nephrologist at the London Health Sciences Centre. Contact southasianhealthsymposium@gmail.com. Watch the best of the West…and East
Football fans won’t have to wait for the fall to get an extra dose of their favourite sport. Western will host the 2009 East-West Bowl on May 9 at TD Waterhouse Stadium. The game will showcase the best players in Canadian Interuniversity Sport football, with the focus on athletes eligible in the 2010 Canadian Football League draft. Western’s Greg Marshall will be the head coach of the West squad, (OUA teams west of the GTA) and Glen Constantin, head coach of the 2008 Vanier Cup champion Laval Rouge et Or, will lead the East team, (East of the GTA including Quebec and Atlantic conferences). Tickets for the 2009 East-West Bowl are $15 for adults and $10 for students, youth and seniors. Order tickets at www.westernmustangs.ca or from 519-661-4077. Charity Ball proceeds
The University Students’ Council Charity Ball proved to be yet another success with more than $19,000 raised for the Children’s Health Foundation (CHF). CHF is dedicated to raising and granting funds to support specialized health care and research for children and youth. The Charity Ball, a major charitable project of the USC, is a longstanding tradition at Western and has been in existence for over 25 years. This year, just over 1,750 guests attended the event at the London Convention
World leaders and medicine lecture series
A medicine and history lecture series continues Wednesday evenings throughout March with Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and the Department of History tackling the issue of world leaders and events for the medically minded. The free series will be held in the Martha Bishop Room of the Landon Branch (Old South) of the London Public Library from 7-8:30 p.m. each week. There is no requirement for pre-registration, seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Remaining lectures include:
· March 11 – FDR and Polio: New Deal, Old Disease,Tom Guinsburg, History and Dr. Simon Levin, Paediatrics
· March 18 – Founding Father: Thomas Jefferson’s Black Children, Margaret Kellow, History and Dr. Sharan Goobie, Medical Genetics
· March 25 – Stalin: Little Strokes, Big Trouble,Charles Ruud, History and Dr. Vladimir Hachinski, Clinical Neurological Sciences