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Monday, February 13, 2006
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Editor: Chris Redmond credmond@uwaterloo.ca |
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Says a statement from Johnston: "The synergies are wonderful, with the satellite of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine co-locating with our School of Pharmacy on the Downtown Kitchener Health Sciences Campus. We are so fortunate that the City of Kitchener has been the catalyst in developing the Health Sciences Campus, providing funding of $30 million to the School of Pharmacy, plus a gift of land at King and Victoria Streets."
He went on: "UW's goal in all of our health-related activities is to make a difference in the lives of people in this community; not to conduct research in isolation, but to translate our expertise into things that improve the quality of life and the quality of health care for our neighbours, our families, our friends."
Kitchener MPP John Milloy said the plan "is great news for Waterloo Region. Not only are many of the doctors that train in our community likely to settle here, but the medical teaching network that accompanies such a school will significantly enhance local medical services."
Media too hailed the announcement as a great leap forward for the community. The Record, K-W's daily, said in a front page headline yesterday: "McMaster-UW alliance hailed as cure for doctor shortage." It noted in an editorial: "The provincial government's decision to place a satellite medical campus in Waterloo Region is one of the most significant announcements to come out of Queen's Park about this region in years. The satellite campus, one of four the government has just announced, will have far-reaching ramifications that are hard to over-estimate.
Announcing the plan, Ontario colleges and universities minister Chris Bentley noted that in the first year of operation there would be 12 new places for medical students at the Kitchener branch. Intake will jump to 15 students each year after that. The first class is expected to graduate in May 2010. The DeGroote School, the second-largest medical school in Ontario, produces doctors faster than other schools -- in three years rather than four.
It'll occupy space right beside UW's new School of Pharmacy on the planned campus at King and Victoria Streets. The Health Sciences Campus is expected to attract a wide range of health professionals and address the need for expertise in health technology, informatics, biosciences, population studies and biomedical engineering, while filling the urgent demand for more pharmacists and doctors in Ontario. The project builds on Kitchener's $30-million commitment and gift of land to the School of Pharmacy.
Drawing on UW's long-standing focus on co-operative education, in which students alternate academic terms with work terms, the Health Sciences Campus will provide students with experience-based training, placements and practicums. Already beginning operation is the Centre Family Medicine, a residency program for students wishing to specialize as family doctors.
Employees invited to join focus groupsThe leaders of the internal review being done in UW's human resources department sent out this memo to staff and faculty late last week: "Are you interested in providing feedback to Human Resources about the services we provide? If so, please plan to attend one of our upcoming focus groups for staff, faculty and CUPE members where we will facilitate discussions on ways we can improve our services to UW community. Please come with your feedback on what we are doing well and what we can improve. More information including dates and times of the sessions can be accessed on the Human Resources home page." |
The council will be chaired by Bruce Mitchell, associate provost (academic and student affairs), the senior UW official to whom the co-op department reports. Peggy Jarvie, the director of CECS, will be a member along with associate directors Cathie Jenkins and Keith Kenning.
Students are represented by three Federation of Students appointees. Five of the six faculties have named someone to play the associate dean role, and the sixth -- science -- is expected to name its member any moment, Mitchell said last week. The review committee had also suggested having an employer representative on the new council, but that hasn't happened so far.
The report gave this background for creation of the council: "Given that a partnership is essential for co-operative education, academic units and CECS would benefit from oversight from a group representing the different UW stakeholders involved in co-op and career services. A Council would be a forum to share current experience and practice, as well as monitor best practice in order to identify opportunities for University-wide and Faculty initiatives, and approve new plans with a co-op component. . . .
"A priority for the Council initially should be to determine how to strengthen links between the academic plans and the services provided by CECS. In the medium term, the Council could take the lead responsibility for some items, and/or could monitor progress in implementing recommendations from this report.
"After experience has been gained, a decision will need to be taken regarding whether this Council is the appropriate forum to provide oversight for matters related to Career Services, or whether a separate group should be formed with regard to Career Services."
The meeting is being held at 3:00 today in Needles Hall room 3004.
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Andrew Hunt
of UW's history department will speak at Kitchener Public Library's main
branch at 12 noon today on "Conspiracy Theories: An American Tradition".
He promises to touch on Roswell aliens, the assassination of John F.
Kennedy, and the 9/11 attacks on the United States. Hunt, whose review of
a major new biography of Abraham Lincoln appeared in Saturday's
Record, is scheduled to become chair of the history department in May.
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| WHEN AND WHERE |
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Blood donor clinic at Student Life Centre, 10:00 to 4:00 today only.
CKMS booth in the Student Life Centre collecting Valentine's messages to be broadcast tomorrow. Career workshop: "Career Decision Making" 3:30, Tatham Centre room 1208, registration online. Novelist Michael Winter reads from his work 4 p.m., St. Jerome's University room 2009. UW Students for Life presents family physician Deborah Zeni speaking on abortion and women's health, 4:30, great hall, Student Life Centre. Toronto alumni reception featuring Bob Hunter, general manager of Air Canada Centre, 6 to 8 p.m., Air Canada Club restaurant, ACC (sold out). Engineers Without Borders discussion: "Fair Trade Products in Canada: A Marketing Ploy or a Step Forward?" 7:00, Graduate House. Celebratory luncheon for UW staff, sponsored by executive council, Tuesday 12 noon, Federation Hall; event for night shift, 10 p.m., Brubakers cafeteria. University Club Valentine's lunch Tuesday 11:30 to 2:00, dinner 6:00 to 8:00, information and reservations ext. 3801. 'Electoral Dysfunction: Why Canada's Voting System Is Killing Democracy,' Larry Gordon of Fair Vote Canada, Tuesday 12 noon, multipurpose room, Student Life Centre, sponsored by Waterloo Public Interest Research Group. Waterloo Centre for German Studies presents author Lena Gorelik, "Mine weißen Nächte", Tuesday 4:00, Humanities room 334. Arriscraft architecture lecture: Fernando Menis, Tenerife, "Magma Art and Congress Centre and Recent Works", Tuesday 7:00, Architecture lecture hall. Trip to China with East Asian Studies 250R this summer, information session Wednesday 6 p.m., chapel lounge, Renison College. Fantastic Staff, Faculty and Alumni Day at Warrior men's basketball game Saturday 3:00, Physical Activities Complex; half-time airplane toss and other events; free tickets 888-4973. |
The Federation says online voting will run continuously from 8 a.m. Tuesday to 8 p.m. Thursday. On-campus polling stations will be open from 9:00 to 4:00 those three days in 10 UW buildings.
There are four candidates for Federation president, four each for vice-president (internal) and VP (administration and finance), and two for VP (education). Both Imprint and the SLC.com blog have provided extensive coverage of the candidates and issues. Voters have a final chance to hear those candidates during a forum that will run from noon to 4:00 today in the great hall of the Student Life Centre.
In various faculties, students will also choose members of students' council, the Federation's governing body. And there's an election for one student representative on the UW senate from science, one from engineering, and one representing undergraduate students at large.
Across campus, students will be asked to vote on this question: "Do you support the implementation of a non-refundable 'Academic Services Fee', assessed at $10 per term for full time students?" The idea is that the fee would replace small individual charges made by UW administrative departments for such things as copies of documents.
Finally, there's a proposal to create an endowment fund in the faculty of
arts -- something that already exists in the five other faculties and
also in the school of accountancy within arts. Such a fund is supported
by a refundable fee each term; the money accumulates and the interest
is used to support the quality of education. Arts students, other than
those in accountancy, will vote on establishing an Arts Endowment
Fund with a $12-a-term fee.
CAR