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Wednesday, September 14, 2005
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Editor: Chris Redmond credmond@uwaterloo.ca |
A reception at the UW gallery tomorrow night, from 5 to 7 p.m., will open the exhibition of works from the late 1990s to the present. On the same evening, a reception from 7 to 9 at the K-W gallery will feature works from 1965 through the mid 1990s. A catalogue with an essay by Globe and Mail art critic Gary Michael Dault will be shared by both venues.
A news release offers some biographical information: "Arthur Green began his artistic career at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where, upon graduation, he and several of his peers created the now-famous collective, 'The Hairy Who.' The 'Who' would subsequently take the American art world by storm and have remained to this day a significant chapter in the history of American art.
"Continuing his career in Canada, Green taught at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and the University of British Columbia. In 1977 he settled at the University of Waterloo where he teaches in the fine arts department. Green has exhibited extensively throughout Canada and the U.S. He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1999."
Hours at the UW art gallery in East Campus Hall are noon to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, noon to 7 p.m. on Thursday, and 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Meanwhile, on display this month at the satellite art gallery in the Modern Languages building is "Drafting Paper Memories," with paintings, prints and drawings by Stratford artist Scott Fillier.
Spanning three decades, Fillier's "passionately rendered remembrances of his Newfoundland home" -- brought to the attention of the UW gallery by fellow Newfoundlander and UW past president James Downey -- give the viewer "a visual and ambient record of the land, coast and water" of that maritime province.
An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 16, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Modern Languages gallery. The show continues through December 1. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, and all theatre hours.
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On this week's list from the human resources department:
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Johnston made his proposal public in an opinion article published in the Toronto Star last week, and has been raising it with federal officials in face-to-face meetings as well.
"Canada's richest resource is brainpower," he wrote in the Star article. "But we will never make the best use of that resource unless we support it with all our strength at the national as well as the provincial level. . . . Just as we have the Canada Health Act to protect and enhance the health and physical well-being of all Canadians, so we should have a similar national framework to ensure the well-being of the nation's talent."
He suggests that the proposed Act should be on the agenda when provincial premiers meet with prime minister Paul Martin in Vancouver this fall.
Johnston describes the sort of thing he has in mind: "The Canada Learning and Innovation Act will aim to make appropriate learning opportunities available to Canadians of all ages, no matter where in the country they live. At the same time, it will seek to meet the highest world standards of learning and innovation, and to ensure that those standards never become a place to stop -- that the quality of Canadian education continually improves.
"But rich opportunities and high standards are useless if people can't access them. Another objective of the act, then, will be to ensure people can afford education -- with due regard at the higher and more selective levels of institutions for the individual to contribute to or repay the citizens' investment. . . .
"Few people today dispute that a highly educated nation is a prosperous nation. The act will recognize the social and economic importance of investing in knowledge and in well-educated, highly skilled people by establishing investment goals. We will want to invest in research and development at levels comparable to the best in the world. We also will want to ensure breadth and depth of learning opportunities that are, again, comparable to the best anywhere.
"If such a program is to succeed, it must be accountable. The act will set up ways of measuring and enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of our investment to ensure the best return. Our system's benchmarks must stand with those of the world's leading countries.
"But there is no such thing as prosperity in isolation. That's a key value of Canadians. The proposed act will reflect that value by ensuring that we undertake to share learning and innovation with people in other parts of the world. To do so, we will have to reshape Canada's immigration and visa policies to attract talented people from elsewhere, whether they come as visitors, or decide to stay as citizens, or return to make a contribution in their own countries. The act also will support efforts to share our expertise by supporting learning and research exchanges as well as commercial and charitable educational and research initiatives abroad."
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Meningitis vaccine clinic for students born 1985 through 1990,
today and Thursday, 9:30 to 11:30, Health Services, no charge.
Chemical engineering seminar: Larry Frisch, State University of New York at Albany, "Aharonov-Bohm Effects in Entangled Molecules," 11:30, Doug Wright Engineering room 2517. 'Key Components of a Winning Scholarship Application,' talk for graduate students by Brian Dixon, department of biology, 2:30, Math and Computer room 1056. Graduate scholarship information sessions: applied health sciences and arts, 3:30, Needles Hall room 3001; environmental studies, 4:45, ES I courtyard, with wine and cheese social; mathematics, Thursday 3:30, Math and Computer room 2065. Waterloo Public Interest Research Group volunteer meeting 5:30, multipurpose room, Student Life Centre, information online. Gays and Lesbians of Waterloo welcome social (pizza), 6:00 to 7:00, Student Life Centre room 2101. Arriscraft architecture lecture: Eyal Weizman of Tel Aviv and London, organizer of map-making project for a human rights organization to study violations through architecture and planning in the West Bank, 7 p.m., Architecture building lecture hall. Centre for International Governance Innovation presents open seminar: "Global Institutional Reform: Conflict or Coherence?" Friday 9:30 a.m., 57 Erb Street West, free tickets rsvp@cigionline.org. Career development workshops: "Introduction to Career Services Online Modules" 3:30 Thursday, Tatham Centre room 2218, "Starting Your Own Business: Next Steps" 4:30 Thursday, TC room 1208, registration online. MathNews beginning-of-term meeting Thursday 4:30, Math and Computer room 4020. Writers, proofreaders, artists wanted. School of architecture director Rick Haldenby speaks on "The Dream of Nature", in conjunction with the "Canadian landscape" exhibition at Cambridge Galleries, Thursday 7:00, Architecture lecture hall. Orchestra@UWaterloo open rehearsal Thursday 7:00 to 9:30, Ron Eydt Village. New players (students, staff, faculty, alumni) invited -- register online. St. Jerome's University inaugural Laurence A. Cummings Lecture in Cultural History: Modris Eksteins, University of Toronto at Scarborough, "Art, Fame, and the Problem of Authenticity: Vincent van Gogh and Us," Friday 7:30, Siegfried Hall. Canada's Wonderland trip organized by Math Society, Saturday; tickets ($23) on sale all week, third floor of Math and Computer. TB skin testing clinic Monday and Tuesday, 9:30 to 4:30, Village I great hall. |
Then Thursday and Friday will bring Clubs Days to present ethnic, religious, recreational and service groups (10 to 4, again in the SLC great hall). . . . Here's a last reminder that library books borrowed on term loan before the beginning of August are due today. . . . Spring term grades for undergraduate students, "unofficial" until now on the Quest system, become official as of tomorrow. . . .
"It's that time of year," writes Linda Howe of communications and public affairs, "to sign up for the 12th Downey Tennisfest. Any tennis player -- both novice and experienced -- are encouraged to join the fun." The event, aimed mostly at staff and faculty members, takes place Sunday, October 2. "The format for the tennis games," she goes on, "is round robin with tennis balls provided. Your partner and a 12:30 or 2:45 p.m. start time will be assigned. Even if you don't want to play, people can come at 6 p.m. for dinner and entertainment. As well there's a silent auction to raise money to send disadvantaged children to tennis camp. Sometimes the competition at the auction table is even fiercer than the competition on the court. Cost is $20 for tennis, $25 for dinner and $40 for both. To register contact Shirley Fenton, ext. 4074 or e-mail sfenton@uwaterloo.ca."
The fall issue of the UW Recruiter newsletter, published for employers of co-op students, includes a profile of Jim Krantz, a vice-president of Radio Beacon Inc. in Mississauga, who tells why he prefers to hire first-year students. "The older ones can fight for themselves," he says. "I bring in junior students because it's very difficult for them to get experience. I've been there and I know how hard it is to get that first job." He also says personality is an important factor when he's hiring: "I can get anyone to write code, but I'm looking for people who can do their job, but more importantly have fun."
The annual Student Handbook from the Federation of Students is out -- "pick yours up outside the Feds office this week," says the anonymous author of the blog Student Life Centre. "Aside from the strange choice of this relishy green as the duotone colour, the handbook may prove to be useful, as it's a trove or useful numbers, important dates and of course a wealth of useless facts and are oddly engrossing. The tagline on the cover: 'Set your goals. Strive for them. UW. This is YOUR university.' Inspiring! SLC has been using the planner for a few years now, and with the addition of nice monthly views (though we wish they were put together), and a space for your weekly todos, there are no coupons and what seems like more ads."
Later in the sports season there will be lots of competition on Wednesday evenings, but so far it's mostly confined to weekends. However, I do have some scores to report, including one from a Wednesday baseball game last week: Warriors 3, Brock 1. In weekend play the team was two-and-one, defeating Guelph 7-1 in one game but losing 6-3 in another, in addition to an 8-6 loss to Laurier. The field hockey team, meanwhile, spent last weekend at the Toronto Invitational, winning 1-0 over a team of Guelph alumni, but losing to Queen's (1-0), Toronto (2-1), and Guelph (2-0).
The library has announced the arrival of Jennifer Haas, formerly of the University of Texas at Austin (but a UW graduate), as head of the Information Services and Resources department in the Davis Centre library. . . . Auditions for various performing groups based in the music department at Conrad Grebel University College are winding up today and tomorrow (information, 885-0220 ext. 226). . . . Information is starting to go out about Homecoming 2005, scheduled for October 29. . . .
And finally: oops, I did it again, referring to the AHS faculty yesterday as "applied health studies". UW does have a department called "health studies and gerontology", but the faculty of AHS is applied health sciences and nothing else. Got it.
CAR