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May 22, 2008 Vol. 44 No. 17 The University of Western Ontario’s newspaper of record www.westernnews.ca

Paul Mayne, Western News

Chancellor Arthur Labatt unveils a $10-million gift for Western’s nursing program, providing support for scholarships, research, nursing education and a chair in nursing. See story Page 6.

$10-million boost for ‘under-recognized profession’

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From fundamental research of cells and molecules all the way to clinical trials,

Robarts Research Institute’s new scientific director is eagerly anticipating the collaboration with fellow scientists in what he refers to as “a one-of-a-kind facil-ity.”

Renowned for his research into the cellular basis of neurological conditions such as stroke, pain, Alzheimer’s disease, and schizo-phrenia, John MacDonald will begin his new role on campus July 1.

“Robarts is internationally per-ceived as a place of outstanding

research in a variety of areas – cell biology, cardiovascular areas and, of course, imaging,” says MacDonald, adding the cli-nical trial groups are, without a doubt, next to none and very unique within the setting at the university.

“It is an impressive facility with a huge number of scientists.”

MacDonald joins Robarts from the University of Toronto, where he served as Chair of the Depart-ment of Physiology. He will be moving his laboratory to Robarts over the next six months, occu-pying the vacant seventh floor of the research institute.

“John MacDonald is interna-tionally recognized for his excel-

lence as both a scholar and a lea-der,” says Carol Herbert, Dean of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. “We are fortunate indeed that he will be putting his energy and vision into building on Robarts’ strong legacy of medi-cal discoveries and advances in human health.”

Plans are for MacDonald to recruit three new faculty mem-bers to the university over the next three years in order to round out his neuroscience research program at Robarts.

“The Robarts’ scientists were adamant the next director should be an active and practising rese-arch scientist, which I am,” says MacDonald, who holds a PhD

from the University of British Columbia and has trained at the University of St. Andrews, UK, McGill University, and the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

“My job description is more than 50 per cent research, which is important to me both to have credibility with the other rese-arch scientists, but also because I want to collaborate and interact. Research is a lot of fun. It’s the thing that drives scientists, the motivation to work and answer difficult questions, so I’m very much looking forward to working on my research, directly with the other scientists.”

Robarts’ Founding Scientific

Director Henry Barnett was well known for his international inves-tigation of the surgical treatment of stroke, so MacDonald is exci-ted, in a way, to bring this focus back to Robarts.

“Robarts has a long history in clinical trials stroke treatment, so it’s kind of a return to our roots,” he says. “There will be a lot of other things happening, in other areas of research, but I would like to see the theme of stroke research again - from the basic level to the clinical level.”

MacDonald finds himself entering Robarts at a very pivotal time, following the

MacDonald brings research skills to new role

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NOTICE TO JOIN THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION

291st CONVOCATION - SPRING 2008

Spring Convocation takes place during the week of Monday, June 9 - Friday, June 13, with ceremonies at 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Members of Faculty, Senate, the Board of Governors and Emeritus/a Professors are invited to take part in the Academic Procession. Full information on joining the academic procession (including order of ceremony, honorary degree recipients, assembly and regalia) may be found on the Senate Website:http//www.uwo.ca/univsec/senate/academic_procession.pdf

InfertIlIty questIons answered

Canadian Infertility aware-ness Week is being held this week with two London events today and tomorrow being sponsored by the Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility (REI) Program of Lon-don Health Sciences Centre. The public is invited to the drop-in sessions to meet members of the specialized team, which treats couples and individuals. They will provide general information, not a medical consultation.

n Thursday, May 22, 7-9 pm, Best Western Lamplighter Inn, 591 Wellington Rd.

n Friday, May 23, 12 noon-5 pm, UCC, main floor, Western. a program staff rep will be at the information booth all after-noon, and a doctor will be there between 3-4 pm.

More information can be found at www.iaac.ca/en/ciaw or www.londonfertility.ca

tanzanIa fundraIserStudents associated with West-

ern’s Rotaract club are fundrais-ing for a five-week trip to Tanza-nia this summer. about 10 stu-dents will travel through urban and rural areas, volunteering in various projects and learning more about the nation. On May 30, a fundraising gala will be held at aroma Restaurant in London with live african performances, african music, silent auction and three-course Mediterranean meal. Tickets are $50. For infor-mation visit www.clickfortanza-nia.com

rec centre named, openIng delayed

The showpiece $35-million rec-reation centre under construc-tion across from Huron Flats will open in January as the Western Student Recreation Centre. The building, with an Olympic-size pool, should be completed in late fall, with move-in taking place in December and a January open-ing. Original plans called for an opening this fall. The naming rec-ognizes the role of students who will be the major users and finan-cial supporters of the centre. a website dedicated to updates on the facility will be operational soon.

VIVIan smIth canwest global fellow

The Faculty of Information and Media Studies has appointed Viv-ian Smith the 2008-09 CanWest Global Fellow in Media. Smith is a veteran journalist, teacher and editorial consultant who has spent nearly 30 years writing about Canada and Canadians. She will hold the fellowship during the fall term of 2008, when she will teach in the Graduate Pro-gram in Journalism and conduct journalistic research.

brescIa wIns Von award

Brescia University College has won a Community Partner award from Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Canada for two community contributions by the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences. Brescia faculty and staff have

been acknowledged for develop-ing a Breakfast Club for seniors and nutritional analysis of a pie recipe the VON used for its Fall Pie Campaign. The award was presented this week by angela McMillan, manager of Commu-nity Support London, during the Volunteer appreciation Gala.

‘hold-the-bag’ plants 100 trees

Western Retail Services will donate $1,000 to ReForest London for local tree planting as part of an initiative to reduce plastic bag consumption. “Our customers diverted 20,000 plastic bags from going into London landfills,” says spokesperson Carolyn young, adding 100 trees will be planted by the donation. The campus ser-vice, which includes The Book Store, launched in December a program to donate five cents for every declined plastic bag. about seven million plastic bags are used every day in Ontario. On

May 10 a team of Western Retail Services employees worked with ReForest London to plant trees and bushes near Western Road.

thIs just In…The latest issue of the Inter-

national Space University News-letter contains an article about Western’s Planetary Science Pro-grams. Check out the article and newsletter at www.isunet.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=116&Itemid=249.

plant sale grows educatIon

The annual Friends of the Gar-den plant sale continues today (May 22) and tomorrow. The proj-ect supports student bursaries and maintaining gardens around the B&G building. The sale runs from noon to 1:30 p.m. inside a fenced garden just north of the Middlesex College parking lot.


Canada geese goslings wander the Medway Creek bankside near Westmin-ster College while watchful adults are ready to chase those who get too close.

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Respect is the greatest gift: SchulichB y P a u l M ay n e

“It’s all about how you treat people.”

Simple words from a man whose philanthropic ways have altered the course of post-secondary edu-cation across the country.

But for Seymour Schulich, who was presented with an honorary degree may 16 at The University of Western Ontario, it’s the respect you give, and not the money, that determines a person’s worth.

His guiding principle is a hun-dred years from now it won’t mat-ter what your bank account was, the sort of house you lived in, or the kind of car you drove, but the world may be different because your influence was important in the life of a young person.

“So build relationships that are meaningful and genuine,” he told the 132 medicine and dentistry graduates of the school bearing his name. Schulich’s was the first honourary degree conferred dur-ing a medical convocation in the university’s history.

“See the patient, not just the disease. See into their eyes and feel their heart. at the end of the day a kind word, a caring touch, or an offer of hope is just as pow-erful than any prescription you may give.”

as President of Sheriff Capi-tal Corporation Limited, the self-made billionaire has made no hes-itation in sharing his wealth, with more than $220 million donated to universities in Canada and Israel - creating 650 scholarships annually. Schulich told students the relationships they will create with patients will determine their overall success in life.

“If they (patients) trust and believe and know you care, you will be a great doctor, not just a good doctor,” he says. “a patient assumes their doctor has knowl-edge and skill, but it is the intangi-bles that make the real difference.

“It’s all about people, not just medicine, technology or busi-ness. It is not only about how you run your office, how efficient you can be, how many people you can squeeze into each hour, or how much money you can make,” adds Schulich. “From the moment you say hello to the janitor in the building in the morning to the final patient, who may have flown in by jet, it is all about how you treat people.”

In 2004, Schulich made a trans-formational gift of $26 million to Western and the Schulich School of medicine & Dentistry was named in his honour. This money created three research chairs and provides scholarships for more than 120 medical, medical sci-ences and dentistry students at Western each year.

“The future of post-secondary education in Canada has been

enriched enormously by the gen-erosity of Seymour Schulich,” says Western President Paul Dav-enport.

“His support of the Schulich School of medicine & Dentistry has greatly increased the acces-sibility of medical education here. In their future work as physi-cians, our medical graduates will in turn touch the lives of hundreds of thousands of others.”

Schulich received the Order of Canada in 2000 and was inducted into the Canadian mining Hall of Fame in 2006.

“The one great advantage that experience confers on the young is that they are not bogged down by tradition or precedent,” says Schulich. “Determination and persistence will lead you to accomplishments that the old guard often deem impossible. Life is your new university. may you graduate well and earn some honours.”


John MacDonald, newly appointed scientific director at the Robarts Research Institute, stands in the facility’s seventh floor where he will bring his research and team from the University of Toronto. MacDonald studies the cellular basis of conditions such as stroke, pain, Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia.

institute’s recent integration into the Western family. He is aware of the initial trepidation of many of the scientists, but feels that is no longer the case. “Change is always something some find daunting, but as the scientists are already realizing, this is a very positive thing,” says macDonald, adding over the next year or two he’s certain all will be “completely sold” of the valued-added benefits for Robarts.

He says the way to build con-fidence around Robarts and its relationship with the university is to simply work with people and bring them together.

“It’s a lot more than just administrating the nuts and bolts, it’s also about providing the leadership for a very signi-ficant planning process,” says macDonald. “So I’m going to

start as soon as I can on deve-loping a strategic plan for the future of Robarts over the next five years and beyond. That will truly engage the scientists in determining what is the best route to go and how we should get there.”

an initiative surely to be part of the strategic plan is the plan to commercialization efforts, with the assistance of Western, Lawson Health Institute and a variety of industry partners.

While some $2 million per year in licensing revenue is already being generated from imaging alone, macDonald understands the advantage behind the creation of a city-wide technology transfer orga-nization.

“There is already an enor-mous amount of partnership and collaboration with the ima-ging group here at Robarts, which goes beyond the univer-

sity. Of course, we see nothing but growth in that area,” he says, noting one of the gene-ral objectives will be aimed at developing therapeutics to be used in health care.

“I come from a university environment, and the depart-ment I have been chair of has extensive links with research institutes in Toronto so I know how incredibly valuable those relationships are, both for the university and the research ins-titutes,” adds macDonald. “In the case of Robarts, the oppor-tunity is even greater because it’s an integrated research esta-blishment within the university. It is unique to running a depart-ment. Departments are very research-oriented. at Robarts we have an opportunity to push the research agenda forward with a bit more speed than perhaps in other sectors of the university.”

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‘It’s about providing leadership’


Philanthropist Seymour Schulich was presented with an honorary degree from Western, the first ever conferred during a medical convocation in the university’s history.


While the university has no financial ties to companies oper-ating in war-ravaged Darfur, Senate is advising the Board of Governors to publicly announce Western’s commitment to remain so.

While Senate has no authority over the financial administration of the university, they can make recommendations to the Board.

STaND Western (Student’s Taking action Now: Darfur) says Western needs to make its voice heard regarding the ongoing problems in the Sudan, where United Nations officials estimate over 600,000 people have lost their lives and some two million more have been driven from their homes over the last number of years.

“The atrocities happening in Darfur are intolerable and can’t be justified by anyone,” says student Senator matthijis van Gaalen, also a member of STaND. “We can’t look beyond our boundaries and say this doesn’t affect us. If we do, what are we saying?”

Support for van Gaalen’s

motion was received from a num-ber of Senators, including Faculty of Education professor Rebecca Coulter, who says Western needs to stand up and be counted.

“Certain moments arise at a university where they need to take a stand. I think this is one of them,” says Coulter. “We make political decisions all the time at the university. Our students have presented us with a moral challenge and I would like to see my university stand up and be courageous.”

Some Senators wondered if Western making a public state-ment about divesting would have a significant impact and that per-haps there could be other means taken to make a difference.

“Divesting by itself will not fix the situation in Darfur,” admits STaND member Jennifer Epp. “It is however a very good option, not just for the university and its impact at a media level, but it tells our government and others that our money will not go there. It’s a first step.”

The next Board of Governors meeting is scheduled for June 24.

Senate to advise Board on divesting in Darfur

“From the moment you say hello to the janitor in the building in the morning to the final patient, who may have flown in by jet, it is all about how you treat people.”

– Seymour Schulich

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B y G r a h a m S m i t h

I do not believe in anthropo-genic global warming (aGW). There, said it. Out in the

open. There are lots of reasons really

but they are irrelevant to this essay. Because this essay is not about aGW or climate change or environmentalism. Instead, this essay is about thinking. and what it’s like to profess something at Western outside of the main-stream of accepted thought.

Iconoclast. That’s a label I could live with. But it’s not one usually applied to me. I am a “denier”, an “ideologue”, an idiot, a joke. This is an essay on why I am not con-sidered an iconoclast at Western and what it is like to work in an atmosphere that is intolerant of individualism.

an iconoclast is a nonconform-ist, a rebel, a dissenter or radical who attacks cherished beliefs and traditional institutions as being based on error or superstition. It is a term of respect and most often used in the arts or humanities for individual thinkers who inspire others to view the accepted para-digms of a culture in new and challenging ways.

So why am I not an iconoclast? Well academia has this propensity for embracing radicals only from the left, those that espouse social-ist politics. Those who advocate social justice and the overthrow of the accepted evils of capital-ism. Those who embrace the man-tra of established radicalism i.e. intellectualism.

Me? Well my politics are the politics of Jefferson and Locke, of Hayek and Milton Friedman. I am a dynamist (not a term familiar to most). OK, a libertarian then. Well that gets some recognition but the explanation most jump to is the less useful and more sweeping label of right–winger. To which they then add their own descriptors: capitalist, corporat-ist, etc.. Their views reflect a per-spective that maintains that the left is a diverse and complicated political spectrum, but the right just a monolith of commonality and indifference. Purely Bush league.

My area of expertise is resource management. The prevailing par-adigm is that of sustainability. So far, so good. But the intellectual orthodoxy for sustainability has but one branch: it is small scale, local (except for supra-national, government and non-government institutions), moralist, regulatory, dependent upon theoretical con-structs (like the precautionary principle and the ecological foot-print), imbedded with myths and rituals (Silent Spring, Earth Day) and stuck in the reactionary poli-tics of 1960s activism.

I spent the best part of 20 years as an apostolate perfecting the dogma of soft-green environmen-tal ideology. In the mid-1990s I began to respond to the growing disconnect I observed between the academic study of sustain-

ability and the real world of envi-ronmental problems and issues.

after an extended period of engagement with NGOs, busi-nesses and government agencies in the implementation of envi-ronmental solutions, I realised that an alternative approach was needed: one that did not take as axiomatic all of the cherished constructs that environmentalist dogma used to justify its per-sistence with 1960s advocacy of awareness, more governance and increased economic interven-tion.

after much reading and reflec-tion, I found there was a sound philosophical and ideological basis for an alternative perspec-tive within the sustainability par-adigm. a perspective based on individual responsibility, capac-ity building and the dynamics of change.

In my innocence and belief in academic freedom, I believed an alternative perspective would be both welcomed and respected. To my dismay, it has been neither.

I recently gave a talk to the Senior alumni. It was entitled ‘Global Warming and other Eco-myths’. a reporter from the West-ern News covered the talk and it made the cover story. Nothing unusual about that, except for the reaction my talk and the paper’s coverage provoked. Senior pro-

fessors wrote despairingly of the Western News for giving me the time of day. How can they be a real newspaper and give press to an “ideologue”? at the very least, the paper should publish text “correcting” what I had said.

It seems diversity in academia only extends in one direction. I could be a radical Marxist and wear revolutionary insignia when I lecture and no one would say a word. In my department and on environmentalism, I wear a tie and slews of colleagues feel compelled to make remarks and snarky comments. Complain to the chair you say: often it was the chair who was making the com-ments (no, not the present incum-bent, he is an honourable man).

I could be a Marxist and demon-ize Big Oil, advocate the need for UN intervention on food, secu-rity and environmental justice and rail against the perceived inequalities of capitalism, and no one would try to revoke my course, query my selection of course texts or question the merit of student theses. But I am not.

So instead, I question the mer-its of NGO activism, government regulation, the political framing of issues, the politicization of sci-ence and the paucity of science underlying environmental dogma. I focus on the facilitation of indi-vidual empowerment, on social

equity and on leadership. I do so, all from the perspective of dyna-mist ideology. and, sadly, I have had to endure attempts to revoke one of my courses, questions to the chair expressing reserva-tions about the appropriateness of one of my texts (Lomborg’s Skeptical Environmentalist) and more than once, students taking what they have learnt from my courses have been actively dis-suaded from using that knowl-edge in other courses on campus.

am I paranoid? No, there is a climate that is not encourag-ing and conducive to alternative perspectives both on this campus and within academia generally. I am not the first to experience this, nor sadly, do I expect to be the last.

Do I irritate people? When I first started in academia I lacked a lot of social graces and I know I rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. That in itself is not unusual: many academics lack social skills and are self-centered. I have spent a lot of effort avoiding conflict, indeed avoiding those it appears I irritate. But it doesn’t change things.

So why the cold climate? Intol-erance. We speak a good game. and after all academia is con-structed upon intellectual free-dom and it is enshrined within the tenure system. But within that

pretence is an unspoken premise that if one is to be a radical; it had better be along pre-approved lines and within safe parameters. Don’t bite the hand that feeds your discipline, make sure you keep up the grant/grad student/publish/grant cycle and definitely don’t stop long enough to reflect, comment and select an alter-native perspective, media for expression and popularize that perspective with the students.

I hope this article offends you and you take umbrage with the scenario I have painted. It won’t remove nor devalue the personal hurts I have experienced over the past 10 to 15 years, but your offence will indicate that you disagree and will not allow such intolerance within your sphere of influence.

Show me that the concept of open-mindedness is alive and well in academia and at Western. Go ahead; prove me wrong with your actions. Maybe today, even read the National Post and not just the Globe and Mail. Be really dar-ing and read my blog (privately and not so that anyone knows). Iconoclast.

The writer is an associate pro-fessor and undergraduate chair in the Department of Geography

The way we were:1941

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Some ideas more equal than others

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appointments

Miller to spearhead grad studies

initiative

W e s t e r n reached into the Faculty of Health Sci-ences for the person it wants to guide one of its most impor-tant initiatives in years.

T h e u n i -versity has capped under-

graduate enrolment and targeted a sharp expansion at the gradu-ate level as one of the key ele-ments of the future. Linda Miller, a psychologist by discipline, will lead that shift in the newly cre-ated role of vice-provost for the School of Graduate and Postdoc-toral Studies.

miller will be responsible for advancing graduate studies as a university-wide priority, and guiding various graduate educa-tion initiatives.

miller’s position, which begins July 1, was established following a review last year of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Her current role as associate dean (scholar-ship) in Health Sciences includes responsibility for research and graduate studies.

a faculty member since 1990, miller has served on many fac-ulty and university committees, been a member of Senate and currently represents the faculty

constituency on the Board of Gov-ernors.

“Expansion in graduate enrol-ment must also include ‘the best student experience’ for those who come here to pursue their scholarly careers,” says Western President Paul Davenport. “Linda understands research and grad-uate study, and is an articulate advocate for student interests.”

Graduate expansion is a more complex enterprise than under-graduate growth. Not only does growth involve having additional and desirable graduate programs in place, as well as expanded office space and research facilities, but more experienced faculty mem-bers are required to provide guid-ance. In addition, different types of student services are essential recognizing financial as well as potential family issues.

Clarke guides usC With municipal government

experience under her belt, Cathy Clarke takes over as the Univer-sity Students’ Council general manager, beginning June 9.

Living in alberta, Clarke most recently was director of cultural services for the City of St. albert. Prior to that, she was chief admin-istrative officer for the town of morinville, aB.

“Cathy’s experiences in orga-nizational growth, leadership, development and innovation have prepared her well for the role of general manager,” says USC President Tom Stevenson. “We are confident she will lead the

USC to even greater success.”The USC operates the most far-

reaching student government in Canada.

CunninghaM to head CaMpus reC

J u s t i n time to help shepherd the opening of the $ 3 5 - m i l l i o n s h o w p i e c e Western Stu-dent Recre-ation Centre, Gareth Cun-ningham has been hired as the new man-ager of Cam-

pus Recreation.Cunningham comes from Wil-

frid Laurier University where he was employed in various capaci-ties in campus recreation. He will be actively involved in preparing for the launch of the new facility in January 2009.

“I am really looking forward to the opportunity to join a fantastic team in the delivery of the best campus recreation experience in Canada,” says Cunningham.

“Western has an incredible tra-dition of participation and support for the co-curricular experience that recreation provides to the student environment, and I am excited to contribute alongside such a dynamic community.”

rodger to guide MCintosh’s new

aCadeMiC Mission

With exten-sive commu-nity involve-ment and a strong famil-i a r i t y a n d a s s o c i a t i o n with the Lon-don arts com-munity, Judith Rodger is the new acting director of the

mcIntosh Gallery.During her one-year term, Rod-

ger assumes responsibility for transition of the gallery to its new role in the academic community, as recommended in a 2007 strate-gic review.

Holding a Ba from mcGill University and an ma in His-tory of art from the University of Toronto, Rodger served as chief curator and director of public pro-grams for the London Regional art and Historical museums from 1983 to 1994 and from 1995-2001 as an independent curator with the art Gallery of Ontario.

Rodger has also served on the boards of London Community Foundation, Royal Canadian Reg-iment museum and the Nature Conservancy of Canada (Ontario Region). She has represented the general community on the university Senate and served on the advisory committee of the Department of Visual arts.

Rodger succeeds arlene Ken-nedy, who retired after a 19-year tenure as director.

langley new aniMal Care direCtor

Tyrrel de Langley, assistant director of animal Care and Vet-erinary Services (aCVS), moves to the position of director on July 1 with the retirement of Gerry Kent.

a graduate of Ontario Veteri-nary College in 1983, de Langley spent 15 years in emergency med-icine and private clinical practice in Toronto and London. He has extensive experience in the busi-ness aspect of veterinary medi-cal operations and has served as study director in clinical trials for major pharmaceutical com-panies.

Over the past 10 years, de Lan-gley has served as a clinical vet-erinarian in aCVS. He will be responsible for maintaining the high standards of research and animal care throughout London.

“Gerry Kent has provided tre-mendous leadership for aCVS and the appointment of Tyr-rel de Langley to director will enable Western to continue to provide exceptional services to our researchers, while remain-ing at the forefront of ethical and animal care standards,” says Ted Hewitt, Western’s Vice-President (Research & International Rela-tions).

RodgerMiller

Cunningham


at 25 years of age Nick Leeson had it all. a beautiful wife, a $100,000-salary as a trader, a $250,000-bonus for making mil-lions of dollars for his banker bosses by betting on the Nikkei Index, weekends in exotic loca-tions … he was in control.

So what could possibly go wrong? Plenty.

Just three years after being touted as a ‘whiz kid trader’, Leeson was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in a Singapore jail for one of the most spectacular debacles in modern financial his-tory, one leading to the collapse of the 233-year-old Barings Bank.

“It was the most embarrassing time of my life,” recalls Leeson, speaking of his monumental downfall to students at the Rich-ard Ivey School of Business. “No matter what I do, I’ll always be remembered for my business

failure.”Back in 1992, Barings believed

it wasn’t being exposed to losses because Leeson said he was exe-cuting purchase orders on behalf of a client. What the company did not realize is Leeson was dump-ing his losses in the company’s error account. This account had been set up to cover up a mistake by an inexperienced team mem-ber, which led to a loss of $40,000. However, Leeson was using the account to cover his own mount-ing losses.

as losses grew, Leeson requested extra funds to con-tinue trading, hoping to extri-cate himself through more deals. When Barings executives dis-covered what was happening, they informed the Bank of Eng-land they were effectively bust. Leeson had wiped out Barings, which proudly counted the Queen as a client.

While Leeson admits there was no criminal intent at the begin-ning, his unchecked risk-taking

quickly took control of his life. He knew he was digging a huge hole.

“I knew what I was doing was wrong, but what was bigger was the fear of failure,” says Leeson, who was buying into the success story built around him. “I should have asked for advice or help, but I perceived it as a sign of weakness.

“It’s a definite story of incom-petence and negligence,” he adds, noting while he was the main cul-prit, there were others who failed. “It was a systematic breakdown at every level – from the top down. Everyone had a job to do, but no one did them.”

Leeson, whose story sparked the Ewan mcGregor film Rogue Trader, emphasized for students the importance of identifying risk in a business. He feels one can learn as much from failure as from success.

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what I did, but it comes down to a poor system and the ability for people to manipulate them,” he says. “If you don’t have the knowledge you can’t challenge properly. and if you’re not always challenging, you’ll be at a loss.”

Leeson is working on getting some normalcy back into his life. Still, there’s a $200-million repay-ment injunction on him, which he admits he’s “not trying really hard” to clear up. He has remar-ried and lives in Ireland with his wife and three children, where he is CEO of the Irish Football Club Galway United.

While he can’t run away from his past, he refuses to let it drag him down.

“It’s impossible not to feel guilty, but it’s too difficult to con-tinue living your life that way,” he says. “While I’m the only person to write a cheque and have the bank bounce, I have tried to move forward as best I can.”

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Western nursing students, for decades to come, will benefit from the philanthropy of arthur Labatt, says President Paul Dav-enport.

The $10-million contribution, and the naming of the arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, will create new opportunities for undergraduate and graduate nur-sing students as well as increase research capacity and training of nurses.

“This commitment is another example of the Labatt’s commit-ment to improve health care in Canada,” says Davenport. “arthur Labatt is a man of great warmth and integrity and is highly, and fondly, regarded by all who have had the opportunity to work with him.”

Labatt says nursing has been an under-recognized profession and he is hopeful his donation will make a difference in producing exceptional health-care profes-sionals.

“Nursing is a vital profession and one that finds itself with a terrific shortage,” says Labatt, whose four-year term as Wes-

tern’s chancellor comes to an end following the June Convocation ceremonies.

“We felt the nursing program at Western has a strong vision and focus that will go a long way to address these needs. Sonia and I are both happy to be able to help.”

The Faculty of Health Sciences will use the money to strengthen nursing in a number of areas, including:

$2,500,000 in endowed and expendable funding for under-graduate and graduate nursing student scholarships;

$2,050,000 for an endowed chair in nursing;

$2,000,000 for an endowed nursing education and research fund. The fund will support three or four teaching positions in the Compressed Nursing program and will be used to develop and secure research grants for the nursing program;

$3,000,000 for renewal of the Health Sciences addition – to improve educational resources for nursing students and esta-blish dedicated space for nursing research activity;

$200,000 to a clinical education

fund to support nursing students with costs associated with dis-tance placements in health-care settings. a significant portion will support placements in pediatric nursing; and

$250,000 in support of the reno-vation of the Talbot College Thea-tre within the Don Wright Faculty of Music.

“There is no doubt that being able to support leading-edge research, student scholarship and state-of-the-art learning facilities is a dream that all educational institutions strive to achieve and the Labatt family has secured that dream for Western,” says Faculty of Health Sciences Dean Jim Weese, adding the university is now in a better place to attract the best and most promising researchers and students.

“This is a great day for Western – and an historical and memora-ble day for nursing in the Faculty of Health Sciences.”

This is the second major Labatt gift in the area of Health Scien-ces. In 2005, a $5-million dona-tion named the arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Building.

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The conference was presented by the Ontario association of International Educators (OaIE) at Fanshawe and Western.

International education profes-sionals from Western presented workshops on how to nurture

globally-minded students through intercultural experiences on cam-pus, creating international intern-ship and research opportunities, new overseas exchange oppor-tunities, the Respect: Western Video Project, and the complexi-ties of culture shock.

Opening the conference at Western with the plenary speech was Londoner and social activist Jane Roy.

Roy, co-executive director of London’s Food Bank and presi-

dent of the Canadian aid for Southern Sudan, spoke about her involvement with development projects in Sudan and her per-sonal connection with the country and its people.

Roy inspired delegates with her experience of how “small actions move mountains”, and encour-aged delegates to consider the positive long-term impact of their work with students in the field of international education.


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Western’s Safe Campus Com-munity Program is gaining momentum thanks to a series of initiatives designed to engage faculty, staff and students in a campus-wide awareness and edu-cation campaign.

Earlier this month, the Board of Governors approved a “Safe Campus Community” policy, codi-fying the right of all campus com-munity members to study, work and conduct their activities in an environment free of violence. The policy’s key principles emphasize violence in any form will not be tolerated, and all members of the campus community have a role to play in preventing it.

“Preventing disrespectful behaviour from escalating – that’s the key to the whole process,” says Elgin austen, Director of the Campus Community Police Service (CCPS). “If people can identify and respond correctly to inappropriate behaviour when they see it, we’ll increase our odds of avoiding the kinds of tragedies witnessed at schools like Dawson College, Virginia Tech and North-ern Illinois University.”

Referring to a recent StatsCan study reporting that 356,000 people were victims of violence in Canadian workplaces in 2004, austen claims most physical and sexual assaults, which happen on the job, can be traced back to a prior history of harassment and abuse between the victim and

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bers of CCPS have been mak-ing presentations across campus on ways to combat harassment, reaching more than 1,000 people so far.

meanwhile, a series of work-shops are about to get underway later this month featuring actors depicting harassing behaviour and examples of how to respond. Individually designed for UWOSa members (may 27), Pma mem-bers (June 17) and academic lead-ers (June 19), the sessions are expected to attract the participa-tion of more than 800 staff and faculty.

“The sessions involve partici-pant dialogue and question-and-answer periods with Equity and Human Rights Services, Cam-

pus Community Police Services, Human Resources, and Union/association Executives,” explains Peggy Roffey, Director of Organi-zational Development, noting the workshops will be video-recorded for use in a series of WebCT train-ing modules to be made available online later this summer.

Roffey adds a half-day skill-building workshop is also being developed for graduates of West-ern’s “Foundational Leadership Skills” course.

a ‘Safe Campus’ website is also being developed over the sum-mer to consolidate all existing and future online resources in one convenient location acces-sible from Western’s home page.

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The new 60,000-square-foot, high-performance building, rep-resenting an investment of more than $20 million in the region’s advanced manufacturing sector, will support up to 120 jobs.

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Second place: Western student Anna Abouzeid, for Las Chicas Del Café, a documentary on organic and fair-trade coffee makers in Nicaragua.

Third place: Western student Brandon Hicks, for Pawprints in the Snow, an exposé on cougar sightings in the London area.

an Honourable Mention was given to Jaymin Proulx, for her mental health documentary, which examines the lives of peo-ple diagnosed with a mental ill-ness.

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COMING EVENTS

May 22McIntosh Gallery Exhibition – The river proj-ect: 19 London artists turn to the Thames. This exhibition is the result of two years of the artists looking at, thinking about, and “making friends with” a part of the Thames River and its impact on the community. Poetry reading by Cornelia Hoogland. Commemorative book of the project for sale. Contact 519-661-3181, or visit www.mcintoshgallery.ca Until June 22.

Friends of the Garden Plant Sale – annuals, perennials, herbs, vegetables, house plants. For a complete listing visit www.fogsuwo.ca. Left-over plants from opening day (May 21) for sale May 22-23. Inside a fenced garden located north of Middlesex parking lot, east of B & G building, south of the lower greenhouses. Contact Sarah Lee at 519-661-2111 ext. 87435. email [email protected] 12 noon – 1:30 p.m.

Space Society of London - “It All Began with… Sputnik” Randy Kissack. The panorama and high drama of the Sputnik saga… “a story for the ages” for those of us interested in the exploration of space. Physics & Astronomy, 123. 7 – 8 p.m.

May 23Biochemistry Visiting Speaker Seminar – Susan Lees-Miller, University of Calgary “The role of phosphorylation in nonhomologous end-joining” 10:30 a.m. MSB 384.

Friends of the Garden Plant Sale – annuals, perennials, herbs, vegetables, house plants. For a complete listing visit www.fogsuwo.ca. Left-over plants from opening day (May 21) for sale May 22-23. Inside a fenced garden located north of Middlesex parking lot, east of B & G building, south of the lower greenhouses. For more info contact Sarah Lee at 519-661-2111 ext. 87435. email [email protected] 12 noon – 1:30 p.m.

May 27McIntosh Gallery – London artists turn to the Thames. Free Artist Talks – Kirtley Jarvis and Herman Goodden, 12:30 p.m.

Oncology Grand Rounds – Jonathan I. Izawa, Surgery & Oncology, Western. “Bladder Cancer: Strategies to improve survival outcomes with radical cystectomy” Room A3-924 a/b 12 – 1 p.m.

Wellness Series - A life without headaches, Laura Baxter-Gravelle - The chiropractic con-nection. UCC rm 49. 6 -7 p.m. Everyone Welcome. No charge.

May 28Wednesday Wellness Series – Dealing with Difficult People – Every employee faces the challenges of working with people that they consider difficult. In this workshop, participants will look at the behaviours that are challenging and examine how you and your colleagues can more effectively manage these situations and minimize conflict. Registration is limited sign up at http://www.uwo.ca/wellness SLB 330, 12 – 1 p.m.

Campus Communicators is a Toastmasters club. Develop and improve communications skills, in a supportive and learning environment. SLB 292, 12 noon. Contact Megan Popovic [email protected]. website cctm.freetoasthost.info

Modern Languages and Literatures presents “La Tertulia” - Spanish Conversation Group. Any-one wishing to speak Spanish and meet people from different Spanish-speaking countries is welcome. Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. UC 117.

May 29Oncology Grand Rounds –Tina Plat-Dekoter,

LRCP, Chris Watling, Western, Robert Sibbald, LHSC and Robert Solomon, Faculty of Law, West-ern. “Patients who have brain tumours: A vulner-able population” Room A3-924a/b. 12 – 1 p.m.

May 30Biochemistry Visiting Speaker Seminar – Jef-frey Dixon, Department of Physiology & Pharma-cology, Western. “Role of P2X7 - an ionotropic nucleotide receptor - in the control of bone remodeling by osteoblasts and osteoclasts” MSB 384. 10:30 a.m.

Oncology Grand Rounds – Tina Plat-Dekoter, LRCP; Chris Watling, Western; Robert Sibbald, LHSC; Robert Solomon, Western. “Patients Who Have Brain Tumours: A Vulnerable Population” Room A3-924 a/b/. 12 – 1 p.m.

June 3McIntosh Gallery – London artists turn to the Thames. Free Artist Talks –Michael Baker, Cura-tor of Elgin County Museum 12:30 p.m.

June 4Campus Communicators is a Toastmasters club. Develop and improve communications skills, in a supportive and learning environment. SLB 330, 12 noon. Contact Megan Popovic [email protected]. website cctm.freetoasthost.info

National Centre for Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences – Mark Ross, Professor Eme-ritus of Audiology, University of Connecticut. “Dedication of the Mark Ross Collection,” Elborn College, Rm 2262T. RSVP by May 28. 519-661-3901 or email [email protected]

Department of Modern Languages and Lite-ratures presents “La Tertulia” - Spanish Conver-sation Group. Anyone wishing to speak Spanish and meet people from different Spanish-spea-king countries is welcome. Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. UC 117.

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This image entitled Torn Edge by artist Annemarie Plint is part of a striking new exhibition at the Mcintosh Gallery in which 19 artists turn their creative eye (and ear – poet Cornelia Hoogland offers a poem) to the Thames River. The exhibit runs until June 22. See the events listing below for special free walking tours with artists.

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Garage SalesHuge Garage Sale - Furniture, sporting goods, electronics, household items, collectibles, antiques, children items, books and much more. Saturday, May 24th at 32 Northcrest Drive (off Richmond just north of Fanshawe Pk. Rd.). 519-660-0982 to preview.

For Classifieds, call 519-661-2045 or send email to [email protected]. Rates: faculty, staff and students - $15; others and servic-es/commercial ads - $20. Beyond 35 words, please add 50 cents per word. Payment must accompany ads. Submit by 9 a.m., Thursdays to Western News, Suite 360, Westminster College. No refunds.

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A central Web site displays advertisements for all vacant academic positions. The following positions are among those advertised at www.uwo.ca/pvp/facultyrelations/jobs/index-jobs.html. Please review, or contact the faculty, school or department directly.

FULL-TIME ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTSDon Wright Faculty of Music, Department of Music Research and Composition, Invites applications for the position of Chair of the new Department of Music Research and Composition. The selected candidate will already hold the

rank of Associate or full Professor with tenure at the University of Western Ontario. Appoint-ment as Chair will be effective July 1, 2008. Deadline for nominations and applications is June 16, 2008.

Faculty of Information and Media Studies. Invites applications for a full-time, Limited Term appoint at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Pro-fessor, for a term of up to two years. The posi-tion begins July 1, 2008. Interested candidates are invited to send the curriculum vitae, sample publications, names and addresses of three references, and a cover letter outlining their interest in the position by June 15, 2008.

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Department of Paediatrics, Division of Eno-crinology. Seeking a fully certified Paediatric Endocrinologist. Candidates must hold an MD or equivalent and be eligible for licensing in the Province of Ontario. Specialist certification in Paediatrics through the Royal College of Physi-cians and Surgeons of Canada or equivalent is required. Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Department of Paediatrics, Division of Gastro-enterology. Seeking a fully certified Paediatric Gastroenterologist. Candidates must hold an MD

or equivalent and be eligible for licensing in the Province of Ontario. Specialist certification in Paediatrics through the Royal College of Physi-cians and Surgeons of Canada or equivalent is required. Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

Faculty of Science, Department of Biology. Invites applications for the position of Chair, Department of Biology in the Faculty of Science. The appointment of Chair will be for a five-year term. The preferred start date is between Janu-ary 1, 2009 and July 1, 2009. Review of applica-tions will begin September 2, 2008, although received after that date will be considered until

the position is filled.

All positions are subject to budgetary approval. Applicants should have fluent written and oral communication skills in English. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Western Ontario is committed to employment equity and welcomes applications from all qualified women and men, including visible minorities, Aboriginal people and persons with disabilities.

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PhD LecturesFereshteh Bahramian – Biomedical Engi-neering, Large-Eddy Simulation of Blood Flow Through an Idealized Stenosis, May 27, 9 a.m., Room 2202 SEB

Myloka Polyuha – Comparative Literature, “Birds of Protean Pedigree”: Irradiations of Imagism in German and Slavic Literatures, May 28

Brett Skinner – Political Science, Barriers to Health Policy Liberalization in Canada: Institu-tions, Information, Interests and Incentives - A Rational Choice Analysis, May 30 Faculty & StaffDavid Baguley (Emeritus Professor and part-time teacher, French Department) will take part in the conference “Zola au Panthéon” to be held in Paris on June 5-7 to celebrate the centenary of the transfer of Zola’s remains to the Panthéon and to study his late works and involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. Baguley recently spent a term as Visiting Fellow at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University (January to April), and presented a keynote address on “Zola and Darwin: A Reas-sessment” at a conference on “The Evolution of Literature: The Legacies of Darwin in European Cultures” organized by the Institute of Advanced Studies at Durham University, April 4-6.

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