![[University of Waterloo]](/goldbar.gif)
| Yesterday |
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
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Editor: Chris Redmond credmond@uwaterloo.ca |
![[Gesturing in front of screen]](/images/2004/0914dj.gif)
UW president
David Johnston will be one of three members on
"a special task force to seek ways to improve the management
of large-scale government I&IT projects", the Ontario government
announced
Friday.
Chaired by former federal auditor-general Denis Desautels, the
task force will report to Gerry Phillips, chair of the management board,
and "will examine the governmentıs experience with large technology
projects as well as recommend best practices for the future," the province
said. "The task force will provide general strategic advice to the government
related to large-scale I&IT projects. Its report is due early in the
new year." Johnston has been extensively involved in "information
highway" and technology planning provincially and nationally. He's
pictured taking part in a seminar at Harvard University in 1999.
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The program -- provided by UW Aboriginal Student Services with funding from the University of Guelph -- will bring to campus Dan Smoke-Asayenes, a member of the Seneca Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy (Killdeer clan) and a life member of the Onondaga Longhouse, and Mary Lou Smoke-Asayenes Kwe, an Ojibwa woman from Bind River, Ontario, who is a writer, singer, guitarist, and traditional drummer and shaker player.
The couple, who live in London, have been married for 27 years and have received numerous awards for their work in both native and non-native communities. They are featured on "Smoke Signals," a program on the University of Western Ontario radio station.
The visiting elders will be on campus September 23, October 28 and November 18 this term, meeting with Aboriginal students in morning sessions and available to discuss research on Aboriginal topics with the rest of the university community in afternoon sessions.
Third-year English student Melissa Ireland, acting president of the UW Aboriginal Students' Association, is excited about having a chance to explore a part of her heritage. She's particularly interested in learning more about native music and medicine.
Other native students may wish to seek guidance in such areas as negotiating between the traditional and modern worlds, says UW Aboriginal education counsellor Jean Becker, who oversees the program. "Traditional life continues into modern times," she explains, adding that native students "don't have to make a choice"; they can maintain their cultural heritage and play important roles in contemporary North American society.
Visiting Elders programs are offered by most universities with Aboriginal student services, says Becker. "It's a wonderful opportunity for students, faculty and staff -- the whole university community." Anyone interested in scheduling appointments with the visiting elders can contact the Aboriginal Student Services office at St. Paul's United College, 888-1460, ext. 209, or e-mail j2becker@uwaterloo.ca.
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"Dr. Brown has demonstrated extraordinary leadership over the past five years," says board chair Ken Summers. "Dr. Brown guided the Board in the development and adoption of the Ten Year Vision for the College. This vision, designed to support University priorities, led to the successful expansion of St. Paul's undergraduate residence and the investment in the now fully inhabited Graduate Apartments at St. Paul's. This new facility also brings unique private rooms to campus for visitors needing to stay a night or two, and expands St. Paul's ability to support conferences that come to UW."
Summers continued: "We look forward to Dr. Brown leading the College through the next stages of the Ten Year Vision. The primary focus for the next five years is the academic expansion at St. Paul's that enhances UW's ability to attract excellent students. Planning will begin in earnest in the fall as St. Paul's kicks off strategic discussions in this area. Development efforts to expand St. Paul's scholarship and bursary funding will also be a priority for Dr. Brown."
Brown came to Waterloo in 1999 after nine years as director of residences at Queen's University. St. Paul's is the United Church college affiliated with UW, and currently concentrates its teaching in Aboriginal studies and psychology of religion.
| WHEN AND WHERE |
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Bookstore, UW Shop, TechWorx open to 7 p.m. today through Thursday.
Special offers include free water bottle with backpack purchase at the
UW Shop, through Friday.
Pension and benefits committee 8:30 to 12 noon, Needles Hall room 3004. Used books sale sponsored by mature student services, Modern Languages lobby, winds up today. Library tours at Davis Centre and Dana Porter start at 10:30, 11:30, 1:30, 2:30, 6 p.m. Full schedule of fall tours and information sessions is online. Graduate scholarships information sessions: arts and AHS today 3:30 (Needles Hall room 3001), engineering and science Wednesday (3:30, Davis Centre room 1302), environmental studies Thursday (4:00, ES I courtyard). Classical guitar by Vincea McClelland, free concert, Conrad Grebel University College chapel, Wednesday 12:30. Health informatics seminar: "Mobile Decision Support in Healthcare", Catherine Burns, systems design engineering, Wednesday 3:30, Davis Centre room 1304. Waterloo Centre for German Studies dinner to honour contributor and community leader Paul Tuerr, Wednesday, South Campus Hall, information 888-4973. Art exhibition opening: "Source/Derivation IX: Vasily Fedosenko", by Allan Harding Mackay, opening Thursday 7 to 9 p.m., UW gallery, East Campus Hall, show continues through October 28. Programming contests Sunday, September 19, and Saturday, September 25, 1 to 5 p.m., in preparation for the ACM contest in November, details online. |
![[One step ahead; look of concentration]](/images/2004/0914rugby.gif)
In rugby,
the ball is all. Fly-half Andrew Reitzel is one step ahead of a Laurier attacker
during the September 11 game on Columbia Field, which
the UW squad won 19-17. (That was the Black and Gold Day event,
with a turnout estimated at 1,500 fans -- some of them
showing their Waterloo spirit in uninhibited gold-and-black
costumes.) The Warriors play at Western this Saturday.
Photo by Chris Hughes, UW Graphics.
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Now some notes about varsity sports, starting with that double-header in which the baseball Warriors faced Toronto on Sunday. I said yesterday that they had lost 8-0 and then won 2-0, but in fact it was the other way round. And not only was it Waterloo that won the 8-0 contest, but Shane Riley pitched a no-hitter for the Warriors, striking out eight hitters along the way. That feat earned him "Pioneer Petroleums Athlete of the Week" status from Ontario University Athletics this week, as well as making him Waterloo's own male Athlete of the Week.
Female athlete of the week for the Warriors was Tory Westbrook of the soccer squad, who scored three goals on Sunday as Waterloo defeated the Windsor Lancers 5-1. Full Warrior scores are available on the athletics web site.
The baseball team had another doubleheader last night, falling to Guelph 3-2 and then defeating Western 4-2. They'll play again on Thursday morning (details not announced yet, as the Blue Jay Cup competition nears its end) but otherwise Warrior activity this week will be concentrated on Friday and Saturday -- including the first home football game of the year, against York at 2 p.m. Saturday at University Stadium.
More Warrior teams are getting organized for the season to come. There are several team meetings today, with new players welcome at all of them: women's volleyball, 5 p.m., PAC room 2021; men's volleyball, 6 p.m., PAC 2021; badminton (both men and women), 6 p.m., PAC room 1001; figure skating, 8:30 p.m., Columbia Icefield meeting room.
If you're a spectator rather than a player, here's a note on Warrior season tickets. (This information is addressed mostly to staff and faculty; students have already paid a fee that entitles them to free admission to all games.) Admission to some events is free, but tickets are sold for football, men's and women's hockey, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's volleyball and some special events. A season ticket is available that covers it all, priced at $40 (or $30 for high school students, $25 for seniors; children under 12 are free). The athletics department office will be glad to take payment and send tickets; call ext. 5433 for more information.
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