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A chance for safety training

"Government of Ontario legislation requires that all employees of the University of Waterloo be made aware of current Health and Safety legislation and the WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) program. To facilitate this, the Safety Office is presenting a WHMIS and safety program describing WHMIS legislation and requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The session, including a video and brief quiz, runs for approximately one hour."

WHMIS training is available Friday, November 13, at 10 a.m.; Friday, November 20, at 2 p.m.; or Tuesday, December 1, at 2 p.m. In each case, the sessions will take place in Davis Centre room 1304.

The memo from the safety office says formally that "All university employees, volunteers, part-time employees and graduate students who have not previously attended a University of Waterloo WHMIS session are required to attend," but the chief targets are people who will be working in laboratories.

Waiting for the Maclean's rankings

A photographer assigned by the magazine was on campus yesterday, says Martin Van Nierop, director of information and public affairs: "Maclean's said they wanted a shot of UW electrical and computer engineering students in a lab situation. With the help of Kim Boucher, engineering undergrad office, and Bill Ott, E&CE, we managed to get Thompson into one of the new labs in E2, the Digital Lab, where they learn about computer hardware systems, processors, etc. Four students and a lab instructor volunteered to help as models. They were Ashish Mishra (lab instructor); Jeff Lai (3B CE); Valerie Seeto (2A CE); Chris McKillop (3B, CE); and Dave Kroetsch (2A CE).

Football tickets Tickets for Saturday's Yates Cup football game -- UW vs. the University of Western Ontario, at London's J. W. Little Stadium -- are available on campus this week. "Reserved (adult)" tickets are $11.50 from the athletics department office in the Physical Activities Complex, today at noon until Thursday at noon. "General admission (student)" tickets are $5 (or $10 including return bus transportation) from the Federation of Students office in the Student Life Centre starting Wednesday at noon. More information: ext. 5869. Now, a correction to what I said yesterday. The winner of the Yates Cup will indeed play on November 21 for the Churchill Bowl, but the opponent won't be from the Ontario-Québec league; it'll be the champions of the Canada West, the University of Alberta Golden Bears. Meanwhile, the Ontario-Québec champions (Concordia or Laval) will meet the Atlantic champions (Mount Allison or St. Francis Xavier) in the Atlantic Bowl game. And the Atlantic and Churchill winners will meet at last in the Vanier Cup game on November 28.

"In addition to our excellent models, several props were used: desktop computer, laptop, books, computer processor, and the Waterloo Aerial Robotics group's remote controlled Helibot. Kroetsch and McKillop are members of the winning robotics team."

The challenge of heritage tourism

"Heritage and tourism have had a long-standing, oft-times ambivalent relationship," says Bowes. "While conservationists have appreciated the economic rationale tourism has provided for the preservation and development of heritage sites, they have also at times questioned the commitment to authenticity of site development with a tourism focus and have noted the site deterioration that excessive visitation can cause."

Bowes also notes that tourism is projected to be the world's largest industry by the millennium -- and "Cultural and heritage tourism is growing at a faster rate than tourism in general." His talk tonight will look at the nature of the growing demand for heritage tourism and at the structure of the tourism industry in Canada today, as well as examining some of the issues, challenges and opportunities to be addressed.

He is currently chair of the Ontario Conservation Review Board, the tribunal that adjudicates disputes over the heritage designation of property. During his career in Ontario, he has supervised the creation of a community museums policy for the province and was responsible for the development of the building rehabilitation improvement campaign program. He has been much involved in the development of Old Fort William at Thunder Bay, Ontario, and in the management of Huronia Historical Parks and design of a historical parks system.

There is no charge for admission to tonight's event, but interested people should call the Heritage Resources Centre in advance at ext. 2072 or 3066.

Science dinner and other events

A talk by Ian Rowlands of the department of environment and resource studies is scheduled for 3:30 today in Humanities room 138. (In a nice example of interfaculty cooperation, it's sponsored by the political science department.) Rowlands will speak on "Is Flexibility Desirable? International Cooperation and Global Warming".

Looking ahead to remembrance Tomorrow, November 11, will be Remembrance Day, marked by two services on campus. At 10:45 a.m. a service begins in the chapel at Renison College; speaker will be Tony Clarke, this term's visiting Stanley Knowles professor of Canadian studies. At 11:00 a brief ceremony will be held in the foyer of Carl Pollock Hall, organized by the Engineering Society.

A social get-together for students in religious studies and those considering RS is scheduled for 4:30 this afternoon in the Renison College chapel lounge. More information: the RS office at Conrad Grebel College, 885-0220 ext. 257.

This year's "Fourteen Not Forgotten" memorial service, recalling the women who were killed in the 1989 "Montréal Massacre", is scheduled for Friday, December 4, and a planning meeting for the event will be held today by the "Womyn's Collective", at 4:30 in Student Life Centre room 2102. Pizza will be served at the meeting, says organizer (and engineering student) Christine Cheng. Next on the group's agenda: a meeting this Thursday, also at 4:30 and also in SLC 2102, to talk about "charity and fundraising for women's services and organizations" as well as "organizing a discussion panel on the ethics of abortion". New members are welcome.

The twelfth annual awards banquet sponsored by the Faculty of Science Foundation takes place tonight in South Campus Hall. The event honours award winners and other achievers across the science faculty -- students, faculty, and staff -- and the after-dinner speaker is to be Trina McQueen, president of the Discovery Channel.

CAR

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