Daily Bulletin, Thursday, January 9
Chris Redmond
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Thursday, January 9, 2003
* _One prime minister speaks about another_
* _Gallery shows work of Toronto artist_
* _Gearing up for student conference_
* _Job information session, and more_
Editor: Chris Redmond cred...@uwaterloo.ca
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Math student is mourned
Friends will hold an informal memorial for Jocelyne Stevens on
Saturday evening at the house where she lived last year and would have
returned in the spring term.
Stevens, a fourth-year math student, was killed December 21 in a
highway accident as she was heading home from Queen's University --
where she had been doing the professional part of her teaching option
-- to Richards Landing, near Sault Ste. Marie.
Daughter of Calvin and Julie Stevens, and sister of Christopher and
Caylen, [7]she is also mourned by special friend Jon Orr as well as
many others who knew her at UW.
One of her intended roommates, Nicole Fredette, says Saturday's event
will be "a short informal memorial service . . . an opportunity to
remember what kind of person she was". It will start at 6 p.m. at 590A
Mount Anne Drive, in the Lakeshore area.
One prime minister speaks about another
John Turner, Canada's 17th prime minister, will speak this afternoon
in the Theatre of the Arts.
The topic of the lecture is "[9]Sir John A. Macdonald: Reflections on
Canada's First Prime Minister by One of His Successors." The event,
sponsored by the Toronto law firm of Miller Thomson, where Turner is
now a partner, begins at 4 p.m. Admission is free.
[8][Sir John A] Sir John A. Macdonald, prime minister
1867-1873 and 1878-1891. It's his 188th birthday on Saturday.
Earlier, he will be meeting graduate students and UW's dean of arts,
Bob Kerton.
[10]John Turner became prime minister, succeeding Pierre Trudeau,
after he was chosen leader of the Liberal Party of Canada at a
national convention in 1984. He was sworn in as the 17th Prime
Minister of Canada on June 30, 1984. His party was defeated in the
general election of September 4 that year, but Turner was elected as
the Member of Parliament for the riding of Vancouver Quadra (British
Columbia), and became as Leader of the Opposition. He left national
office in February 1990 and left Parliament in 1993.
Turner was first elected to the House of Commons in June 1962 as MP
for Montreal-St. Lawrence-St. George, and later represented
Ottawa-Carleton. He joined the cabinet as a minister without portfolio
in 1965 and later served as registrar-general, minister of consumer
and corporate affairs, solicitor-general, minister of justice,
attorney-general of Canada, and eventually minister of finance
(1972-75). He resigned as an MP in 1976, returning eight years later
as national Liberal leader.
On May 3, 1995, Turner was appointed a Companion of the Order of
Canada.
He was born in Richmond, Surrey, England, on June 7, 1929. He
graduated from the University of British Columbia with an honours
bachelor of arts in political science in 1949. Turner attended Oxford
University as a Rhodes Scholar, receiving three degrees from Oxford,
and also did graduate studies in law at the Sorbonne in Paris.
He has received honorary degrees from the University of New Brunswick,
York University, University of British Columbia and Mount Allison
University. Turner was named a member of the English Bar, Gray's Inn,
London, in 1953. The following year, he was called to the Bar of
Quebec, and he became a lawyer and Queen's Counsel in Ontario in 1968.
Gallery shows work of Toronto artist
UW's art gallery opens a new exhibition of paintings today with a talk
by their creator, Toronto artist Rae Johnson, who is a faculty member
at the Ontario College of Art and Design.
The exhibition consists of two bodies of work, says the gallery's
curator, Carol Podedworny. One is a series of 42 images from the
Flesherton Pond series produced between 1988 and 1991. These paintings
were given to St. Jerome's University in 2001 by alumnus Peter Warrian
and his partner Margret Hovanec. The second body of work dates from
2001 and 2002 and is entitled "The Ghost Plane Series".
[Stormfront] "Stormfront Approaching", a 1988 painting by Rae Johnson
UW's main gallery is in East Campus Hall, and is open Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday, noon to 4 p.m., Thursday noon to 7 p.m. and
Saturday 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
The exhibition opens today with a public lecture by Johnson, starting
at 1:30 p.m. in room 1219 of East Campus Hall. A reception with the
artist and the donors is scheduled for February 3 (7 to 9 p.m.) in the
gallery, and the show continues through February 13.
Says a statement from the gallery explaining the show: "In both the
Flesherton Pond and the Ghost series, artist Rae Johnson presents the
viewer with an emotional appeal. How does this plea differ from
earlier expressions of the land in Canadian art, and from the nature
of landscape painting in this country?
"These series indicate a view that is synonymous with that which is
close at hand and curiously that which is anonymous as well, straying
from a more 'typical' view which has often been panoramic and
possessive. As culture watcher Donna Lypchuk has noted, 'these
paintings are not about imitating nature but about being one with it,
and to some extent mastering the divinity of its formality (1988).'
They are representations of that which is transitory and fleeting: a
relevant perspective given the meaning of land and territory in 2002.
"Johnson has reflected upon the Nation's and the artist's roles amidst
the shifting boundaries and affiliations of a global world: 'I believe
in the power of the visual arts to reflect our unique national
identity within the global village. I persist in being fascinated and
engaged with the practice of painting in particular as a forum to
expose and challenge aesthetic and social values of the cultural
canon. I embrace the practice of painting as a visual harbinger and
future record of the state of our culture, as we embark on the
beginning of this new era of globalization.'"
Gearing up for student conference
An information session today will give interested students the word on
this year's Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference, which starts
a week from today. The CUTC meeting is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. in
Davis Centre room 1301.
The CUTC is one of Waterloo's claims to fame: an annual student-run
conference for Canadian undergraduate students to discuss technology
with academic and industry leaders.
Last year's conference, [11]its web site notes, brought together
approximately 500 students from 20 universities across Canada with
nearly 70 speakers from both industry and academia. The three-day
conference featured keynotes, speaker seminars, hands-on workshops and
events such as the ThinkTank, TechPanel, TechExpo, TechShop, and
TechTours. "I learned more during my three days here than I normally
do in an entire month at school," one UW student is quoted as saying
after last year's CUTC.
"This year," organizers promise, "we included new seminars of
Technology for the Senses, Mind, Body, and Technology, Leading
Technology, and Next-Generation Technology. CUTC is all about the
future of technology, where technology is going, and how one can be a
part of it. By attending CUTC 2003, one will have the opportunity to
interact with the brightest minds across Canada along with the world
leaders in technology."
The conference will run January 16 to 18 at Toronto's Regal
Constellation Hotel. Originally put together by UW students and held
on campus, the conference now involves organizers from a number of
universities across the country.
This year's keynote speakers include Don Tapscott, president of New
Paradigm Learning Corporation; IBM vice-president Helene Armitage; and
Michael Neuman, president of Bell Mobility. Also on the program is
Raymond Laflamme, UW physics professor and director of the new
Institute for Quantum Computing.
Job information session, and more
Students who will graduate this spring can attend an _information
session about careers_ this afternoon in the Humanities Theatre. It's
a repeat of a session that was held Tuesday. The co-op and career
services department will be briefing students about the graduating
interview process, "developing a personal career goal", and the
services the department can provide, for students in both co-op and
regular programs. Today's session runs from 1 to 3 p.m.
[Strong hands and a smile] _Four martial arts_ -- tae-kwon-do, karate,
aiki jujutsu, and kendo -- are [12]taught in campus recreation clubs,
and all will be shown off in a demonstration that runs from 7:00 to
8:00 tonight in the "blue activity area" of the Physical Activities
Complex. "Anna", pictured, was a participant last term, and organizer
Alex Frakking took the photo.
_Clubs Days_ continue today, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Student Life
Centre. Says [13]the Federation of Students web site: "Because we
recognize that no one organization can represent the beliefs of all
students at UW, we support the diversity of views that our clubs
present. As a full-time undergraduate student, you're entitled to join
any club you wish, or to create a new one to serve a new interest.
David Romanyk, the Clubs Director, will be happy to help you out if
you have any questions."
Three special sessions in the "Knowing Your Workplace" series, dealing
with _the pension and benefits programs_ at UW, have been announced by
the [14]human resources department. "These sessions," says David
Dietrich of HR, "were arranged at times suitable to Food Services and
Plant Operations employees who have work schedules different than the
standard 8:30 to 4:30. Interested faculty and staff who were unable to
attend the sessions on these same topics in the late fall are also
invited to attend." The session on pensions is today, 4:00 to 5:00
p.m., and the session on benefits will be given twice -- Monday at
1:30 and next Thursday, January 16, at 4 p.m. All sessions are in
Davis Centre room 1302.
A "new student welcome reception" is scheduled for today, says Erin
Moore, special events coordinator for the Federation. The event will
take place in Ground Zero restaurant in the Student Life Centre, she
said: "_If you are new to UW this term_, stop by any time between 4
and 6 p.m. to meet your Federation of Students executive and the
student life coordinator. You can ask questions, have something to
eat, or pick up information from across campus." Need more
information? Call Moore at ext. 3426.
Or if you want to meet somebody in a whole different sense, take note
that _the first Boys 'n' Girls Night of the term_ is scheduled for
tonight in Federation Hall.
Auditions are under way for [15]FASS. "We need _actors, singers,
dancers, musicians, and techies_," writes producer Heather MacDonald,
stressing that no experience is necessary. "Auditions are totally
pain-free -- just show up in comfy clothes ready to have fun!"
Auditions run from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight, and again tomorrow, in
Humanities room 378.
It's _trivia night at the Graduate House_, 7 to 9 p.m., as "welcome"
activities for new graduate students continue. After 9 p.m. the music
starts -- "DJ, prizes, food" -- at a "Grad Mixer".
CAR
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