BY BOB COONEY

Greater than 150 people recently discovered that long-term campus

planning is more than drawing the shape of a building on a site plan or figuring out where to put a parking lot.

By participating in a series of input sessions that will help guide the next few decades of develop-ment on campus, students, staff, faculty members and community representatives got the chance to learn how involved the process is, and how strongly people feel about the future of the campus landscape.

“The consulting team and I felt there was a real collaborative spirit of engagement among all the participants,” says Spencer Court, the U of L’s campus plan-ner and architect.

“Our campus is something people feel strongly about, and these sessions pointed out the fact that each of us contributes in our own way – directly or indirectly – to improving student experi-ences.”

Court says that participants as well as facilitators commented on the energy level in each ses-sion, which took place over three days in mid-September.

“People came away report-ing to have had a very positive and engaging experience at the sessions. Students particularly expressed gratitude for being consulted,” he says.

The campus planning design team is a collaborative arrange-ment between three separate firms. Moriyama + Teshima Architects and Planners lead the master planning effort and are supported by the Calgary archi-tecture firm Gibbs Gage Archi-tects and Educational Consulting Services Corp., which led the on-site workshops.

Coincidentally, Raymond Moriyama and eventual partner Ted Teshima, the men behind Moriyama + Teshima, grew up in Raymond and Taber respectively.

“Our team is led by the founder’s son, Jason Moriyama,

who remembers spending time in southern Alberta as a youth visit-ing his grandparents,” says Court.

Developing a master plan for any institution is like holding up a mirror and assessing both suc-cesses and weaknesses.

“This process considered our legacy, our present circumstances and affirms the direction we take in the future,” says Court. “A master plan is also a unifying framework that we would use to capitalize on our landscape setting and enhance our sense of place. That, in turn, enriches the student experience and creates a vibrant and talked-about destina-tion.”

Court says the process is expected to take about a year.

“The early stage we are in involves a lot of discovery, consul-tation and consensus building in connection with the various institutional mandates, such as the Strategic Plan and other plan-ning documents. We are already three months into the formal pro-cess of interviews and research. The initial conceptual planning work is expected sometime in February 2012.”

Open houses and presenta-tions are also planned for 2012, in addition to less formal feedback mechanisms and an evolving website.

“With the help of the Stu-dents’ Union, we will be connect-ing with students through more convenient public ‘white board forums’ in the next few weeks,” says Court.

“At locations all across cam-pus, questions from the planning sessions will be modified and put forward in engaging ways so that students, and people who might not have had the opportunity to attend the sessions in September, can comment. A campus master plan website is also being devel-oped to document the master plan process. That site will also have a mechanism for feedback.”

DISCUSSION WAS LIVELY

Do members of the U of L com-munity have opinions about what future development on campus looks like? They certainly do. Following are a few highlights from the recent Cam-pus Master Planning discussions.

• There is a significant need for social spaces of various types that are con-figurable, scaled to purpose and less formal. These spaces could punctu-ate campus and be appropriated by student, faculty and staff to facilitate learning and contribute to a gather-ing place at the University. The plan will recognize this area as one that supports a better student experience and improves education delivery out of the classroom or lab.

• In focusing on research and graduate programs, the institution should not lose sight of its roots in liberal edu-cation, and should carry out designs that further enrich this academic experience for students. Doing so maintains our institution as truly comprehensive.

• University Hall is an icon in a truly unique landscape setting that should be celebrated, enhanced and leveraged. Appropriately identi-fied programming that continues to serve a liberal education model of undergraduate study should be conceptualized in an effort to re-envision the embodied potential within University Hall.

• The campus community is not mix-ing as well as we did in one large building. Safe pedestrian movement is currently not carried through, as students, faculty and staff often compete with automobiles in a vast area of parking.

• There is no intuitive, well-planned welcoming front entrance, only a ceremonial one that is disconnected from the adjacent city landscape.

• Students value the opportunity to be consulted. Leeanne Mundle was the lucky winner of an iPad2, offered as a random draw prize to encourage student participation.

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I want to thank everyone who attended my inaugural Fiat Lux Address last week and

all those who have taken the time to either watch or read the address online.

I found the entire exercise to be very beneficial and was pleased to see representation from all corners of campus in the audience. The discus-sion that followed the address was frank and open and many thought-provoking points were introduced that will lead to fur-ther discussion down the road.

I am sincere in saying that events such as these are a priority for me in maintaining an atmosphere of transparency and connectedness between the Office of the President and the University community.

To that end, I alluded to the creation of monthly open office times and first-come, first-serve Lunch with the President dates. In the next month, I will

be holding an Open Office on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 3 to 4 p.m. in A762. The first Lunch with the President is Thursday, Oct. 6 from noon to 1 p.m. in A760. The lunches are open to the first 10 people who RSVP to presidentsoffice@uleth.ca. Ensu-ing dates for November and De-cember events will be displayed on campus digital signage and on UNews.

I also made mention of host-ing departmental events with Maureen at our home, and we intend to do this on a monthly basis as well.

I see these gatherings as an informal opportunity for me to learn about what is happening throughout campus and to glean any insight or feedback from the people who are hard at work everyday, helping to give our stu-dents the best university experi-ence possible and to build on our aspirations as a comprehensive university. It’s also a great chance

for me to continue meeting ev-eryone and further the process of putting faces to names.

Looking back at the dis-cussion following the Fiat Lux Address, I took away a number of perspectives that we will incorporate into our thinking and planning going forward, but two themes in particular seemed to resonate with the crowd. The ideas of establishing the U of L as a true destination university, and the creation of a support framework that embraces the Blackfoot and other First Nations, Métis and Inuit people are unique ideas but linked at the same time.

In many ways we are already a destination university, with some 70 per cent of our stu-dent population coming from outside the Lethbridge area. In the future, I see us establishing the University as a place where people choose to be, regardless of where they live. We know going

forward that to achieve status as a true destination university, we must look at the issue of acces-sibility and how it will mesh with this goal, we must look at how many student residences we have versus need and we must continue to enhance our student support services. Many of you are working toward this now and it is an aspiration that builds off strengths we already possess. We must continue to work toward maintaining and improving our student-centred approach.

In that sense, so too does our commitment to building a campus wide framework for recruiting and supporting Black-foot and other First Nations, Métis and Inuit stu-dents. We want to build on our past initiatives to create an envi-ronment whereby First Nations from across North America see the U of L as their destination, that we are particularly welcom-ing and attractive to them, with

an environment of support that will lead them to be successful students. We also want ALL of our students to learn about the unique First Nations, Métis and Inuit cultures to help contribute to the inclusiveness of our cam-pus community.

Finally, since the Fiat Lux Address, the Vice-Presidents and I met with the University Budget Committee to reiterate the im-portance of being intentional in our strategies and how this will affect our ability to progress as a comprehensive university and continue our commitment to the undergraduate experience.

There are certainly chal-lenges ahead but we are in a good place as a university to make important choices that will create our preferred future.

Once again, thank you for your interest in the Fiat Lux Address and I look forward to speaking with as many people as possible in the future months.

OPENMikeUniversity of Lethbridge President Dr. Mike Mahonchats about what’s happening in the University community

CAMPUS kudosDenton Fredrickson’s (Art)

and Catherine Ross’s (Art Tech-nician) collaborative installation was recently unveiled on the east side of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG). The work, entitled Aeolian Aviary, is the latest addition to the City of Le-thbridge’s Public Art Collection and was selected by a jury from more than 40 submissions from across Canada and beyond. The work combines the acoustic resonance of 16 air and string instruments with the dynamic emergence of 67 cast alumi-num birds. They also have their exhibition Between Material and Imagination showing at SAAG until Nov. 13.

Dale Ketcheson (Music) recently released his first CD, Heart Strings, which includes a work by Music Professor Emeri-tus Dean Blair.

Ian Burleigh (Music) and Leanne Elias (New Media) are creating course projects in-volving sound production and editing as part of the exhibition Nikkei Tapestry: Japanese Ca-nadians in Southern Alberta for the Virtual Museum of Canada.

The 2011 iGEM (Interna-tional Genetically Engineered Ma-chines) team took home first-place honours in a recent Alberta-based synthetic biology competition in Edmonton. The team, headed by Dr. HJ Wieden (Chemistry & Biochemistry), is now off to a North and South America-

wide challenge in Indianapolis, Ind. in early October. At that competition, the group hopes to qualify for the international iGEM contest, held each November in Boston, Mass.

Faculty of Management professors Dr. Y.J. Bao (Cal-

gary campus), Dr. Brad Olson (Lethbridge) and Dr. Wenlong Yuan (Calgary) were recently awarded research funding through the Community of Re-search Excellence Development Opportunities (CREDO) pro-gram. This funding will support a project entitled, Organizational

Responses to Environmental Shocks.

Mary Kavanagh (Art) was the featured artist in the winter 2011 issue of Grain: the journal of eclectic writing. Photographs used in this issue were made by Kavanagh during a 2010 Artist Residency at the Center for Land Use Interpretation in Wendover, UT.

Taras Polataiko (Art) had two exhibitions in Toronto this summer. His paintings were at The Power Plant (July through September) in the context of the international touring exhibition Rearview Mirror: New Art from Central and Eastern Europe. He also had a solo exhibition at Barbara Edwards Contemporary (July thorough August).

Michael Campbell (Art) has

his exhibition Field Recordings of Icebergs Melting at the Espla-nade Art Gallery in Medicine Hat until Oct. 23.

Andy Davies’ (BFA/BEd ’09) installation Traveller’s Return was just unveiled in Prince Arthur’s Landing, Thunder Bay, Ont.

Pictured, back row (L to R): Terrance Myers (Biology), team creative advisor Dr. A. William Smith (Fine Arts, New Media), Dustin Smith (Biochemistry), Fan Mo (Wieden Lab supervisor), Ryan Pederson (Neuroscience), Katherine Gzyl (Biochemistry), Jenna Friedt (MSc candidate, Biochemistry), Dipankar Goyal (Neuroscience), Isaac Ward (Neu-roscience), Sutherland Dube (Neuroscience), Ben Vuong (Biochemistry), Adam Smith (Brent Selinger Lab supervisor), Nathan Dawson (Neuroscience). Front row (L to R): Team academic and research advisor Dr. HJ Wieden (Chemistry and Biochemistry), Boris Lam (Biology), Justin Vigar (Biochemistry) and Harland Brandon (Biochemistry).

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BY BRAD PACE

While Statistics Canada reported a 17 per cent unemployment rate

for 15-24 year-old students this past summer, Faculty of Arts and Science co-op students told a different story, as they were all too happy to flash evidence of their impressive co-op work term experiences.

Students submitted work related pictures for the second year of the Co-operative Educa-tion and Internship Programs’ photo contest. Arts and science co-op students are voting for this year’s winner out of three final-ists.

Gavin McAtee, a third-year kinesiology and psychology major, clearly had a lot of fun on his work term at Camp Warwa, west of Edmonton.

“This photo encompasses my entire experience as a summer camp counsellor/outdoor school co-ordinator. Not only did I have the opportunity to work with a variety of different age groups, I also had a blast while doing it,” says McAtee.

He says that the work term has clarified his career aspira-tions.

“As the result of my co-op experience, it has finally become clear that I wish to use my univer-sity education to pursue a career that provides athletic develop-ment programs for youth.”

Evan Vandervalk, entering his third year in biological sci-ences, used pictures to compare old and new ways of tracking grizzly bears.

“My job this summer was to set up, bait and re-visit what are called ‘hair snag sites’,” says Vandervalk. “A bait pile, made up of sticks, moss, and rotten cow’s blood serves to draw bears into the corral, over the single strand of wire, on which they snag their fur.”

The data collected was used to estimate the grizzly population in the area near Hinton, Alta.

“My supervisor is hoping that these sorts of sites will func-tion as a cheaper and less invasive way to monitor grizzly popula-tions as compared to the collaring

and trapping typically done in the past, which causes stress to the animal and costs more money,” says Vandervalk.

Other students have focused on the natural beauty of their work settings, including 2011 contest finalist, Lucas Pittman. A fourth-year environmental science student, Pittman did a co-op work term with the Nature Conservancy of Canada and is pictured walking in the direction of Chief Mountain and Waterton Lakes National Park.

“That’s me using my hand-made yoke to carry out bags of weeds, which we manually removed from the Shoderee Ranch Property,” says Pittman.

Lorin Doerksen’s breathtak-ing photo in Nunavut was a part of last year’s contest. He complet-ed a 16-month co-op work term with Environment Canada before graduating with a Bachelor of Science with Co-operative Educa-tion last June. He now works for a small environmental consulting company in the upstream oil and gas industry.

“The experiences gained during the internship have proven useful, not only in getting my resumé noticed, but also in improving my ability to adapt to a new company and new responsibilities,” says Doerksen.

Despite appearances to the contrary, Doerksen explains his photo was actually a late night scene taken at 1 a.m. one July morning.

“One evening I caught a ride out along the bay to a fishing spot. Each summer, by about July, the bay ice breaks up and Arctic Char move in to feed,” says Doerksen. “Seals also follow the Char into the bay. Inuit families make use of the 24-hour sunlight to fish late into the night.”

As a student intern, Doerk-sen was part of the Contaminated Sites Expert Support Group cov-ering the Prairie and Northern Region.

“Contaminated sites include old mines (gold, uranium and silver), tailings ponds, Distant Early Warning (DEW) line sites in the arctic, and various other contamination sites all over the southern parts of our region.”

Jasminn Berteotti, Applied Studies and Co-operative Educa-tion co-ordinator for the Faculty of Arts and Science, explains why the photo contest was started.

“We wanted to give our co-op students a creative venue for sharing amazing work term experiences with each other,” she says. “We were looking for a ‘Wow! Look what I did,’ kind of message, and I think it worked. Our students get to do and see remarkable things, and this is the perfect way to showcase it.”

EFAP MEANS MORE HELP FOR FAMILIESBY TREVOR KENNEY

It’s got a new name, a new provider and a new list of avail-able services, but the focus of the University’s assistance program remains the same – to enhance the wellness of U of L staff and faculty.

Now dubbed the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP), the service is available through Human Solutions, an off-campus company that spe-cializes in providing employee assistance and work-health solutions. It means greater access to a broader scope of assistance mechanisms while maintaining the personal and confidential nature that staff and faculty have grown to trust.

“It gives all employees access to help on a 24-hour basis, which is something we never had before,” says Barb Thomsen,

co-ordinator of pension and benefits. “Whether it be online, through a telephone call or a face-to-face session, our employ-ees will always be able to access help if they need it.”

Initially, Human Solutions was looked at as a complemen-tary service to be added to that already provided by Michele Guenter, the U of L’s in-house counsellor. When she accepted a position in B.C., following her husband to the west coast, Human Solutions was brought in as the sole provider.

“There was no intent for

Michele not to be here,” says Thomsen. “We were planning on adding this to Michele’s services because her workload was so high as it was, it was difficult for people to get in to see her.”

By contracting to Human Solutions, the EFAP offers access to a wider variety of counsel-ling solutions, far more than one person was able to supply in the past.

“There are any number of counsellors available on any dif-ferent topic,” says Suzanne Mc-Intosh, the University’s wellness co-ordinator. “It’s not just stress

or mental health issues that we’re talking about. Employees can discuss issues such as financial health, pre-retirement planning and even have access to a series of online parenting sessions.”

For staff and faculty who travel out of country, Human Solutions offers an international phone number that can be dialed collect 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Staff, faculty and their families are eligible to receive 12 sessions per participant in each benefit year.

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Above, An Inuit family jigging for Arctic Char and seals on the broken ice near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Photo by Lorin Doerksen

Below, traditional meth-ods of tracking grizzly bears are contrasted with new strategies. Photos submitted by Evan Vandervalk

Co-op interns show off creative side

Above, co-op student Gavin McAtee alongside a stormtrooper in “The battle between good and evil.” Photo by Cole D. Schneider

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When the Galt School of Nursing Alumni gifted close to $150,000 in scholarship money to the University of Lethbridge nursing program, it was a case of the past meeting the present to benefit the future.

“We’re very pleased to con-tinue in the tradition established by the Galt School of Nursing and are proud to educate the next generation of nursing professionals,” says U of L presi-dent, Dr. Mike Mahon.

For nearly 70 years (1910 to 1979), the Galt School of Nursing trained more than 1,100 nurses who played a key role in providing quality health care to the residents of southern Alberta. The Galt family first established a fund in 1910 that supported nursing students and helped to purchase equipment for the school of nursing.

“It is remarkable that this fund has carried over for more than 100 years, from the pioneering Galt family to the present day,” says Donna Karl, RN, and a 1963 graduate of the Galt School of Nursing.

Administered by the Galt Alumni Association for the past 15 years, it provided scholar-ships to descendants of Galt alumni, but as applications waned in recent years, the asso-ciation wanted to put the money to good use.

“When we realized that, due to our alumni’s aging popu-lation, we were not receiving many applications for scholar-ships, we knew it was time to move this money to a place where it would be utilized and the University’s nursing pro-gram was an obvious choice,” says Karl.

While descendants of Galt alumni are still in the terms of reference for the rewarding of scholarships, academic merit will weigh heavily. The fund will be endowed to provide scholar-ships to entering or continuing Bachelor of Nursing and Bach-elor of Nursing After Degree third- and fourth-year students.

“Nursing is all about caring for people and I can see that the students today are carry-ing on in that tradition,” says Karl, who, along with other alumni, toured the new Simula-tion Health Centre with current students.

“The nursing students that I met today are still all about taking care of people but are far

more educated than we were because of the facilities available to them. That lab we toured is wonderful!”

Karl, who works part time at Lethbridge College in the Health Services Office, says the alumni association felt a great responsibility to administer the fund.

“For years we’ve been managing that money like it was our own – there were about six of us who would gather around my kitchen table and make decisions about scholarships,” she says. “We looked after that money very well and gave it out very carefully. I’m happy that the U of L will be able to look after that from here out.”

That it will live on in perpe-tuity and continue a century-old tradition of supporting nursing students is gratifying to Karl.

“I absolutely love this pro-fession, and am really pleased to still be working nearly 50 years after being in school,” she says. “Much has changed since 1963 – we certainly didn’t have the facilities or services today’s students have – but we can con-tinue to ensure today’s students are supported throughout their education.”

BY ERICA LIND

From student to staff member, Sharon Lawson (BEd ’88) is no

stranger to the University of Lethbridge. With a first-hand understanding of the U of L student experience, she has been supporting students since her first day on the job.

Lawson graduated from the U of L with a Bachelor of Education degree. After a few years of working in several different fields, she returned to the University in 2009 as an administrative assistant in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

What Lawson enjoys most about her job are the people she works with.

“We have fantastic faculty and staff,” she says. “I enjoy the team atmosphere here. Everyone works together and shows appreciation for each other.”

While she is now a staff member, Lawson has not forgotten what it’s like to be a student. She understands the challenges many students face and realizes she was lucky when she was in their shoes.

“I was able to live at home and rely on the ‘Bank of Dad,’” she jokes. “I also received an entrance scholarship. Many students aren’t so lucky.”

Lawson has seen the cost of education rise a great deal since she was taking classes, leading many students to depend on student loans.

“Student debt is growing significantly,” she says. “Any-thing I can do to help students start their careers with a little bit less debt and stress is a good thing. That’s why I donate to the Supporting Our Students campaign.”

Supporting Our Students (SOS) is an annual fundrais-ing campaign aimed towards

faculty and staff on campus. The purpose of the campaign is to raise money for student awards. Since its launch in 2005, faculty and staff have generously donated more than $1 million, sending a strong message to students that the University community stands behind them.

Lawson emphasizes the impact of her giving.

“I find that often when giving to larger charities you don’t see the impact right away,” she says, “whereas my donation to this campaign is having a visible and immedi-ate impact on students.”

For more information on Supporting Our Students, please visit www.thisismyu.ca/giving or call University Advancement at 403-329-2582.

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Recognizing a need

Galt School of Nursing Alumni enjoyed their day on campus.

G E T T H E FAC T S

• The U of L first estab-lished a School of Nursing in 1980.• There are 698 students currently enrolled in the nursing program, which is now offered jointly by Lethbridge College and the U of L’s Faculty of Health Sciences.• To date, more than 1,500 nurses have graduated from the U of L’s nursing program.• The Galt family built and supported the original Galt Hospital, which is now the site of the Sir Alexander Galt Museum and Archives.• The scholarship trans-fer agreement required a change in provincial legislation, facilitated at a government level by for-mer nurse and healthcare provider Bridget Pastoor, MLA Lethbridge East.

LINKING PAST TO PRESENT

Staff member Sharon Lawson is thankful she had support while pursuing her educational goals.

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As Thomsen and McIn-tosh roll out the new service, they are using the opportunity to encourage staff and faculty to look at counselling in a new light.

“You almost have to take the word counselling out of the whole mix,” says Thomsen, who sees it more as another support mechanism. “Really, you’re just going to go talk with someone. If you look at it that way, it’s just a case of somebody helping you or assisting you to look at an issue in different ways.”

In that manner, Human Solutions is a valuable resource, says McIntosh.

“Many people don’t want to take that step to make an appointment to go and talk with someone, they might feel they are already admitting to a problem,” she says. “With this service, just having the oppor-tunity to get more information about a topic might be enough. It doesn’t have to always end up as a counselling session and this service allows for that.”

They encourage employees to talk to Human Solutions representatives at the Oct. 26 Life Balance Fair in the 1st Choice Savings Centre, or to call 1-800-663-1142 to access help.

G E T T H E FAC T S

• In addition to services provided under the former Employee Assistance Pro-gram, the new EFAP provides counselling on single parent-ing, aging parents, gambling, financial issues and more.

• Family member appoint-ments are available.

• No records are kept at or are accessible by the Univer-sity of Lethbridge. Confiden-tiality is strictly maintained.

• For more information on the EFAP, contact Barb Thom-sen at 403-329-2379.

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BY EOIN COLQUHOUN

As one of the most decorated female rugby athletes in the

brief history of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), Ashley Steacy (nee Patzer, she recently married fellow Pronghorn athlete and CIS champion, track athlete Sean Steacy) is just starting to make her mark on the world women’s rugby scene.

The two-time CIS Player of the year and three-time CIS Champion has become a per-manent fixture with both the Senior National full squad and Sevens teams with one goal in mind: representing Canada at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

“Thinking about the possi-bility of going to the Olympics is pretty surreal,” says Steacy. “It’s a very recent goal of mine and is still pretty far in the future, but I’m trying not to think too much about the end goal, and instead focus on the smaller steps leading up to it.”

A relatively unknown local Lethbridge product, Steacy burst onto the university scene in the fall of 2005, being named both the Canada West and CIS rookie of the year, and serv-ing notice to Rugby Canada that she was an athlete worth watching. She’s thankful to have been able to use CIS sport as a springboard for success.

Despite taking time off to focus on her national team commitments and to play in New Zealand, Steacy will grad-uate this fall with a bachelor of arts in kinesiology.

“Thinking about the pos-sibility of going to the Olympics is pretty sur-real.”

ASHLEY STEACY

“I love being in an environment that continually pushes me to be better and learn new things,” says Steacy. “Being able to compete in my sport while receiving an educa-tion has meant the world to me. I wouldn’t change or trade any part of my CIS experience.”

Steacy made her national team debut on the Sevens side in February 2006 and the full squad in October 2007.

The offensive dynamo had her world coming out party at the 2009 Sevens World Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Steacy finished fourth in tour-nament scoring with a team best 38 points. In the six-game event, she scored four tries and made nine converts, the second most in the tournament.

Last fall, despite breaking her hand only eight weeks prior, she suited up for the national senior team at the Women’s Rugby World Cup in England. The team finished a disap-pointing fifth in the tourna-ment but Steacy, as one of the youngest players on the team, is expected to be one of a hand-ful of players that will make up the core group going forward.

Starting in January 2012 the national program will be centralizing for five months, with all the carded athletes moving to Victoria, B.C. Dur-ing this time they will be train-ing together five days a week and attend four tournaments, including a newly created Canadian event. Vegas Sevens and Hong Kong Sevens are two of the other tournaments on the schedule.

After five seasons in the CIS, Steacy amassed an impressive resumé that included numerous individual accolades, but her most cher-ished memories are the team successes she achieved with the Horns.

“The CIS has given me the opportunity to learn and grow not only as an athlete but as a person as well,” says Steacy. “I’ve learned many life lessons over my 5 years here. Playing at a high level in my sport has definitely been the highlight of my university experience.”

BY AMANDA BERG

For Nurul, Kamil and Datu, students from University Tecknologi Mara in Malaysia, discovering all there is to do and learn this semester at the University of Lethbridge is the experience of a lifetime. In turn, for students, faculty and staff in the Department of Theatre and Dramatic Arts, hosting these exceptional students is not only rewarding but also provides the opportunity to learn from their exchange visitors.

The exchange program, spearheaded by Theatre and Dramatic Arts Professor Emeri-tus, Dr. Ches Skinner, is the first of its kind for the department.

“Since I retired from the U of L, I have been teaching in the Faculty of Film, Theatre and Animation at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in Malaysia,” says Skinner. “UiTM has a program that enables stu-dents to go overseas to complete a three-month practicum. I encouraged Nurul, Kamil and Datu to apply and they did. I approached the U of L Fine Arts department last year to consider hosting these students and the rest, as they say, was history.”

The students have been in Lethbridge since August, adjust-ing to their new life, moving into a new home, registering for classes and becoming acquaint-ed with the theatre production shops where they are working.

“I really had no experience on a sewing machine,” says Nurul, who is working in the Costume Shop with manager Teresa Heyburn and assistant Lynn Hopkins. “Back home, we mostly sew by hand. I have learned so many things from Teresa and Lynn. These skills are very valuable to my studies and career back home.”

Kamil and Datu have been busy in the Props and Scene Shops, working on the set of the next Mainstage production, The Government Inspector, with properties master Jay Johnston, head shop carpenter David Green and scene shop assistant Arlene Curran.

“I chose to come to the U of L after talking to Dr. Skin-ner and exploring the U of L website. I plan to use the skills learned here in theatre back home in Malaysia. It’s been a great experience so far,” says Kamil.

“Nurul, Kamil and Datu come from small villages and pay for their education through loans and work they do out of school,” explains Skinner. “They could never afford to travel outside their country, so consequently, the world beyond their borders is often a collage of what they pick up from films, TV and newspapers. This experience will immeasurably expand their knowledge of the world and themselves.”

Meeting new friends, prac-ticing English, discovering new skills and using new technology continues to expand the students’ experiences every day.

“A university is a place where people from different cultures, beliefs, traditions and practices come together to share ideas and experiences; to get to know each other, and in doing so, contribute positively to the global communi-ty of which we are all a part,” adds Skinner. “Nowhere is that more important than in the fine arts, which celebrates our humanity through all forms of expression. In a small way, I believe this program reflects that aim and will hopeful-ly break through the geographical obstacles and help people from different parts of the world to get to know each other.”

As Nurul, Kamil and Datu’s visit concludes in November, it is hoped another handful of UiTM students will take advantage of the exchange program and join the Faculty of Fine Arts at the U of L, to discover all the opportunities found on campus and throughout the whole community.

“I hope the U of L will become the preferred place for students from UiTM for many years,” says Skinner. “This program adds to their education and is exceedingly valuable for them.”

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Olympic prize in sightFormer Pronghorn Ashley Steacy is now a veteran of the Canadian national rugby scene. Photo by Ron Leblanc

Visiting Malaysian students Nurul Ain Binyi Mohd Salihuddin, Mohd Kamil Bin Zukepeli and Datu Hazriel Bin Datu Atik.

VISITING STUDENTS ADD TO MOSAIC

GLOBALconnections

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A key part of most successful government relations strategies is to

identify and utilize champions for your cause. For federal initiatives, the U of L has found a literal champion of its own.

The Deputy Minister Uni-versity Champion Program is an initiative housed in the Canada School of Public Service, and is aimed at strengthening link-ages between the Government of Canada and Canadian universi-ties.

Earlier this year, the Univer-sity of Lethbridge was granted membership into this program. Subsequently, Dr. James Ralston, the Comptroller General of Canada, was named as the U of L’s University Champion.

Ralston received his Bach-elor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta, his Master of Arts (Economics)

from the University of Ottawa and a Doctor of Philosophy (Political Science) from Carleton University. Beginning his career with the Provincial Auditor of Alberta, he later joined a nation-al accounting/consulting firm in Edmonton and Ottawa. He was appointed the Comptroller General of Canada after work-ing for the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) for 15 years.

The role of a deputy min-ister champion is flexible. In speaking with my counterparts across Canada, it is clear that relationships between uni-versities and deputy minister champions vary greatly and are unique to each institution. It is hoped that the relationship between Ralston and the Univer-sity of Lethbridge will create new opportunities for our students and faculty, such as stronger co-op arrangements between the

U of L and the federal govern-ment, the facilitation of interac-tions that link U of L research and teaching strengths with appropriate federal departments and continuous information sharing of university and gov-ernment directions and priori-ties.

Ralston has been an eager and willing partner with the U of L from the outset of the champion program. He has already taken the time to tour the U of L and meet with a vari-ety of folks from different parts of campus, including meetings with President Mike Mahon, Provost Andrew Hakin, the Career Resources Centre and our co-op programs office. He also toured the Alberta Water and Environmental Sci-ence Building, the Canadian Centre for Behavioral Neurosci-ence and the U of L Art Gallery.

Now that Ralston has an understanding of the programs offered and research conducted at the U of L, he is in a better position to identify links and opportunities between the federal government and the University.

Furthermore, he is in a bet-ter position to represent U of L interests and, when appropriate, facilitate and advise on effective strategies.

Richard Westlund is the Director of Government Rela-tions at the U of L. In an effort to better inform different parts of our campus and external communities about the various government relations activities that occur at the U of L, he has started a blog. Visit it at blogs.ulethbridge.ca/government-relations

LIBRARY ENTERS WORLD OF MULTIMEDIABY SHEM SIMMONS AND NICOLE EVA-RICE

This fall, the University Library is offering multimedia services that provide students and library patrons with the resources they need in order to produce professional-quality multimedia projects.

Three high-end computers equipped with production soft-ware are available in the library with trained Peer-Assist-ed Technology Support Students (PATSS) on hand to provide assistance with creating graph-ics, videos, podcasts, websites and much more. The library is providing these services for indi-

viduals of all skill levels as tools for improving the overall quality of personal and school-related projects.

“There is an increasing demand for equipment and soft-ware packages to enable students to complete multimedia projects for classes,” says Allan Gergel, Library Information Systems supervisor. “The library wanted to help out, as we often get these types of requests from students, and we have the facilities and expertise available to provide this service.”

The new multimedia sta-tions are located behind the PATSS service desk just inside the entrance to the library, in the space formerly occupied by the reference section. The available equipment includes two PC computers and one iMac com-puter; two large Wacom drawing

tablets; one large-format Epson scanner (scans 11”x17”); and one Midi controller.

The machines will be equipped with Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Master Collection, which includes Photoshop®; Illustrator®; InDesign®; Acrobat® X Pro; several Flash® programs; Dreamweaver®; Fireworks®; Con-tribute®; Encore; Media Encoder; and more. The iMac also features Avid Protools.

There are also a number of free and open source applica-tions installed on each machine. The applications are listed on the library website: www.uleth.ca/lib/communities/index.php/multimedia/ in a section called “Free and Open Source Soft-ware”. This is a collection of free software that the library recom-mends for students who cannot afford to buy software elsewhere.

The web page also con-tains a number of links to free resources that may be used in students’ multimedia projects, including images, music, videos and sound effects. Links to use-ful tutorials are also provided, to save the user from spending countless hours of frustration. These tutorials are available in the Multimedia Creation Resources Section.

And of course, the PATSS are trained on how to use the applications on the computers, and are therefore able to pro-vide useful assistance to library patrons using the stations.

Please let your students know that these stations are available – or come by the library and try them out your-self!

TAKING TRASH TO A NEW LEVEL

It takes a lot of people to build a talking garbage can that thanks you for throwing away your trash.

A total of 21 young students from schools across the city will be showing off their chatty trash receptacle in the University Hall Atrium on Friday, Oct. 7. It is the first of what organizers hope to be many Make Your Mark activi-ties. The event kicks off at 1 p.m.

To be designated a Make Your Mark project, items must be built by children with the support of a University of Lethbridge program (such as LUMACS), and produce a per-manent addition to a University of Lethbridge campus or other approved location.

Mathematics and Computer Science staff and faculty created

the Make Your Mark program with input from other depart-ments and business units on campus as a way to give children an opportunity to explore sever-al areas of study while making a positive permanent contribution to the University’s landscape.

Ideas for future projects from all areas of campus are welcome, and there are already some brainstormed concepts on the Make Your Mark website. Check it out at www.cs.uleth.ca/MakeYourMark/ for more infor-mation about the program and how to move a project forward.

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Championing the U of L mandate

EUS ACTION AGAINST BULLYING

Long before they get into the teaching profession, University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education stu-dents are already ahead of the curve in terms of their ability to recognize bullying, both in the classroom and in cyberspace.

The Education Under-graduate Students’ Society (EUS) is launching a series of presentations and activities beginning Tuesday, Oct. 11 to help future teachers – and anyone else who is interested in this issue – learn more about the bigger picture challenges surrounding bullying. Anti-Bullying and Cyberbullying Awareness Week runs Oct. 11-13.

All the talks throughout the week are free and open to the public. They will be held in the Students’ Union Ballrooms, Level 3 of the Students’ Union building.

Following is a look at the featured events.

Tuesday, Oct. 11Noon to 12:50 p.m.U of L faculty members Dr. Robin Bright & Dr. Mary Dyck present Teaching in the 21st Century: Online Citizenship

Tuesday, Oct. 116 to 8 p.m.Bill Belsey of www.bullying.org presents Bullying: What Parents and Teachers Should Know, What Can Be Done

Wednesday, Oct. 12Noon to 12:50 p.m.Dr. Mark Yurick of the Alberta Teacher’s Associa-tion presents Preventing and Dealing With Bullying

Thursday, Oct. 13Noon to 12:50 p.m.Dr. Carmen Mombourquette presents Teachers as Role Models: How We Can Help Prevent Bullying By Our Actions

Student Bailey Wilson cradles her trash-talking container. The student group that worked on the project included: Braedan Dunne, Brett Dunne, Chloe Jaster, Cole Penner, Garrett Myles, Hana Graham, Jimin Yu, Jiwon Yu, Jon Kwan, Jonah Navarro-Bellavance, Joshua Iwanchuk, Kai Siallagan, Kyra Lawson, Lisa Basil, Nick Davis, Olivia Armfelt, Renee Boutilier-McFarlane and Sarah Cassidy.

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BY STACY SEGUIN

Growing up in rural Alberta, opera singer Acacia Doktorchik

(BMus ’09 distinction, MMus ’11), always sang to the tune of a different song.

While most of her friends dedicated their time to stick-handling at the hockey rink or roping calves and barrel racing in the rodeo arena, Doktorchik spent countless hours perfect-ing her skills on the piano and developing her singing voice. Her passion for music, which led her to become the first stu-dent to graduate with a Master of Music from the University of Lethbridge, is soul-deep.

“I grew up in a very musi-cal home, but when I thought about going into medicine after high school, I couldn’t imagine music not being a part of my life,” says Doktorchik. “My mom suggested that if I went into medicine, I could always teach voice or piano on the side if I wanted to. I thought about that for a few days, and it was just so depressing. I knew then that music would have to play a much bigger role in my life.”

With the support of her parents and the encouragement of her voice teacher, Calgary Opera singer Shelley Fullerton, Doktorchik enrolled in a Bach-elor of Music program in vocal performance at the University of Lethbridge in 2005. She took full advantage of the musical oppor-tunities at the University for both her piano and vocal skills.

“I thought about doing a double major in voice and piano, but with the performance criteria I just didn’t have time. I didn’t want to lose my piano skills,

however, so I played for a lot of auditions the first couple of years. Although I wasn’t really much of a choir person, I started singing in Vox Musica during my first year. It was so fun and so reward-ing; it really changed my view of choir,” recalls Doktorchik, who later joined the Women’s Chorus and U of L Singers.

“In my second year I became a member of the U of L Opera Workshop with Dr. Blaine Hen-dsbee. It was my first experience performing in an opera. It was

fantastic and I became really interested in opera. It is so dramatic and challenging and filled with emotion. It is so real in the most human way. I want to continue singing and performing it as long as I can.”

Before her graduation in 2009, Hendsbee approached Dok-torchik and told her about the University’s new Master of Music program, suggesting she apply.

“I was going to take a year off after my undergrad and I am so glad I didn’t. I was the only person in the program that first year and the faculty were still working out exactly how it would run. They told me that they wanted me to write a thesis and I thought it was a fantastic idea. The U of L program has such a great balance between academ-ics and performance, whereas

most of the other programs I have heard about seem to focus on only one or the other,” says Doktorchik. “Although it was busy and stressful at times, I was able to do so much and gained so much experience. I wrote my first thesis and had at least another 20- or 30-page paper due each semester. I performed in two operas and assisted with a third, had diction classes and language classes and was given the opportunity to teach and to conduct a choir. Being the first student to graduate from the pro-gram feels really wonderful. I was so lucky to work with such high calibre musicians and faculty and it is very rewarding to know that I had a part in shaping this program.”

Throughout her master’s studies, Doktorchik taught voice

and piano through both the Uni-versity’s and Medicine Hat Col-lege’s Conservatories of Music. After completing her master’s requirements this fall, she moved to Medicine Hat and began teaching voice, piano and theory full-time for the conservatory. Doktorchik returns to Lethbridge Oct. 15 to convocate at the Uni-versity for the second time.

“I have been given the opportunity to sing Oh Canada at previous U of L convoca-tions, but this year they have asked me to read the invocation. Looking at it now, I realize how important these words are. The invocation says everything I want to say,” says Doktorchik. “I am truly grateful for the faculty and for my parents, friends and family that have supported me on my journey.”

MILTENBERGER HONOURED AS ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR

Described as a northern visionary and a protector of northern values, accomplished alumnus J. Michael Miltenberger (BA ’75) is the University of Lethbridge Alumni Association’s 2011 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.

Born in Ottawa but raised in the Northwest Territories, Milt-enberger completed a bachelor of arts and science in sociology at the University of Lethbridge in 1975. Following graduation, Miltenberger returned to the Northwest Territories where he began his career in public service.

He entered politics in Fort Smith, NWT, as a member of

town council. He would eventu-ally serve a two-and-a-half-year term as mayor. Miltenberger was first elected to the Territo-rial Assembly in 1995 and rose quickly to the Ministerial level, assuming more sophisticated portfolios and greater govern-mental responsibility, including the roles of Deputy Premier, Government House Leader, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Minister of Finance and Minister of Health and Social Services.

His clear and thought-provoking approach has sig-nificantly impacted a variety of projects in areas ranging from health services to wildlife and endangered species. As Min-ister of Finance, Miltenberger guided the Northwest Territo-ries through the most difficult economic times since the Great Depression with a balanced bud-get and no long-term debt.

In his role as Minister

of Environment and Natural Resources, Miltenberger worked with First Nations governments

to establish Northern Voices, Northern Water: A Water Strategy for the NWT. This groundbreaking stewardship program outlines the philoso-phy guiding the Territories in all aspects of water management, including preservation and protection while working with trans-boundary agreements. Miltenberger’s impassioned approach to water stewardship helped move a regional issue to the world stage, generating enthusiasm and support for the program locally, nationally and internationally.

Today, Miltenberger’s work on behalf of the people of the Northwest Territories is being widely recognized, particularly in the area of water manage-ment. He is a significant figure on the international water policy stage and is one of five Canadi-ans invited to be part of an expert panel at the Seventh An-nual Rosenberg Water Policy

Forum to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina later this year.

Miltenberger met his wife Geraldine when they were both U of L students. The couple has one daughter, Michaela (Craig) Johnson, who is a current U of L student, and two grandchildren, Larrisa and Jason.

The Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus/a of the Year Award recognizes individu-als for exceptional professional achievements, academic excel-lence and/or contributions to society.

The University Alumni Association is proud of Milten-berger’s professional accomplish-ments and his role as an envi-ronmental advocate. It is with great pleasure the association recognizes J. Michael Milten-berger for his achievements by presenting him with the 2011 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award.

Acacia Doktorchik is set to convocate as the University’s first Master of Music graduate.

J. Michael Miltenberger has a long record of public service.

Trailblazing master’s student has music in her soulG E T T H E FAC T S

• Doktorchik has performed in five operas, including lead roles in Menotti’s The Telephone (Lucy), Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites (Constance) and Von Suppe’s Ten Belles With No Ring (Sidonia).

• She performed as a soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s Magnificat with the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra.

• She is also an accomplished pianist, cellist, and Celtic and Highland Dancer.

• She has trained with the Cowtown Opera Summer Academy and the Southern Alberta Vocal Academy.

• Among her opportunities to sing Oh Canada, she has opened Lethbridge Bulls games.

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It has been identified as a strategic direction and key priority for the institution

but when it comes to talking about making the University of Lethbridge more sustainable, what exactly does that mean?

In an effort to promote the University’s sustainability initiatives, the University of Lethbridge Students’ Union (ULSU) is intent on solving that question and helping students, staff and faculty at the U of L get on board the sustainability bandwagon.

Zack Moline, the Students’ Union president is a key driver of the University’s sustainability aspirations, and he speaks to first creating an awareness on campus about just what makes up the three prongs of the sus-tainability equation.

“I think everyone gets the environmental side of it,” says Moline. “It’s about strategies to reduce your impact on the environment, limiting waste, your carbon imprint and so on. What’s not understood as well are the social and financial aspects of the equation.”

Moline explains that finan-cial sustainability is achievable on a number of levels and speaks to making financial decisions that allow for growth but in a way that does not outstrip rev-enues and resources.

“It even speaks to students in terms of them budgeting properly, such as taking out less student loans so that they can afford their education,” says Moline.

On the social side of the equation, the emphasis is on social responsibility and creat-ing an atmosphere of support networks both internally and externally.

“It speaks to creating an overall sense of a campus society that is socially responsible, so that in the wider community there is a recognition that people have a responsibility to oth-ers and their community,” says

Moline.It involves wellness ini-

tiatives in the workplace and fostering a sense that people will be given the necessary tools to excel in their roles.

Each month in the Legend, we will be presenting stories about people who are living the sustainability initiative, those who are doing their part, whether big or small, to further the goal of making our campus more sustainable. We are also looking for feedback from the community because we want to know who is pushing the sustainability program forward. Is there a student, staff or faculty member who has incorporated concepts of sustainability into their everyday routine? Let us know.

Moline is proud to represent a student population that is keen for this messaging and is look-ing for ways to make their world more sustainable.

“Students are definitely wel-coming to this kind of message. I think they see how important it is for our future, and I think they all have a vague sense of what sustainability means. With this initiative, we can take that knowledge a little further and help them understand what it really means, how they can be more sustainable in their daily lives and routines,” says Moline.

As well, look for tips to appear on the campus digital signs about strategies to introduce sustainability to daily routines.

“It’s all about education,” says Moline. “As we see resources dwindling through-out the world, it’s apparent that sustainability is going to be a key concept for us to grasp in order to succeed and grow as a society. For young adults coming to get an education, this is important to them and for the University to put a great emphasis on this, we’ll have a leg up as we go out to solve the world’s problems.”

Dr. Carol Williams joined the Women’s Studies Program and the Department of History at the University of Lethbridge in 2003. Today, we ask her 5 Questions about her research career.

 Williams is currently com-

pleting a transnational edited collection of historical essays titled Indigenous Women’s Work: from Labour to Activism. Her first monograph, Framing the West: Race, Gender and the Photographic Frontier in the Pacific Northwest, discusses women’s roles in nation build-ing and the photographic idea circulated about ‘Indian’ life that were used to promote Euro American settlement. Fram-ing the West was awarded the American Historical Associ-ation-Pacific Coast Branch’s Norris and Carol Hundley book prize in 2004. Her disserta-tion won the Lerner Scott Prize in American Women’s His-tory from the Organization of American History.

What first piqued your interest in your research discipline? 

I entered undergraduate studies in 1982 with a pre-exist-ing record of wage employment as a waitress and organizational experience in community and cultural activism, and was intrigued by the political and cultural underpinnings of women’s history.

Women, no matter their class, national affiliation or cultural ancestry, were clearly marginal, or entirely absent, from ‘authorized’ bodies of knowledge and from pedagogy. I enrolled in a women’s his-tory class taught by Veronica Strong Boag, now a renowned historian of Canadian women. She encouraged the interpreta-tion of primary sources then overlooked, including women’s diaries and correspondence, as

well as policies and documents that had served to regulate or police women’s lives.

While women’s history in 1982 was not an entirely new subfield in the discipline of history, the field exhibited great intellectual and methodologi-cal innovation. Moreover, as professionals, women scholars and their male allies were build-ing networks of support while simultaneously challenging the exclusive structures of historical associations.

Women’s history intro-duced and tested innovative and unconventional methods; mined and interpreted unusual docu-ments and records; recovered or retrieved voices and experiences of topics, peoples and move-ments previously neglected or seen as less ‘history worthy’.

Women’s history research, as an intellectual arm of a global movement for social change and equity, had implications beyond the narrow confines of academia.

How is your research appli-cable in the ‘real world’?

With women statistically outnumbering men as students and administrative staff in the classrooms and administrative offices of higher education, it is valuable for students to con-ceive intellectually and con-cretely how the lives and labour of their mothers, grandmoth-ers, great-great grandmothers and ancestors contributed to the making of our world.

Women actively participate in innovation, knowledge, and production; therefore, women deserve to be fully recognized and researched as subjects, as well as producers, of knowledge and things. Why would we expect women to understand the world without adequate and equal representation in the systems and bodies of knowl-edge shared or taught in our

classrooms and research?Male students equally need

to recognize the accomplish-ments and contributions of women. Women’s history and women’s studies ask: “why men’s production has been granted more meaningful status or privilege in education, and research?” In answering this, and other questions new consciousness is created.

What is the greatest hon-our you have received in your career?

To study as Canada’s first, and only, Canada Research Chair in the arena of Feminist and Gender Studies, a position I held at Trent University from 2008 to 2011.

How important are stu-dents to your research endeavours?

Without students the pro-duction of knowledge is mean-ingless. Students, moreover, may challenge faculty by innovating and challenging existing prac-tices and knowledge. 

I have mentored and trained students as co-editors for a manuscript-in-progress, and have co-written publica-tions with graduate students. My most recent book is dedi-cated to both undergraduate and graduate students who worked with me throughout the development and comple-tion of the manuscript.

If you had unlimited funds, which areas of re-search would you invest?

I would invest in self-de-termined educational initiatives of local indigenous communi-ties, and endeavour to mentor indigenous (FNMI) students within the university more actively in order to facilitate their greater success in higher education.

I would work on building respectful relationships with local First Nations communi-ties and indigenous knowledge holders and scholars in order to potentially get to the table and form research collaborations.

Each month the Legend will pres-ent 5 Questions With . . . one of our researchers. For a look at the entire catalog of 5 Questions With . . . features, check out the Office of Innovation and Research Services website at www.uleth.ca/research/research_profiles. If you’d like to be profiled, contact Penny Pickles at pickpj@uleth.ca

MAKING SUSTAINABILITY A PART OF YOUR EVERYDAY ROUTINE

Dr. Carol Williams, right, with former student and alumna Daisy Raphael.

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Now that Moodle is here to stay on campus, you may need some pointers on how to get the most out of your Moodle experience. Moodleanswers.com is a tutorial website cre-ated to help instructors and students find their way around the Moodle learning environment. 

The site contains tutorials that show instructors how to add resources and activities, post grades, and even how to customize the look of Moodle pag-es. Each of the tutorials contain screen captures, written instructions and in some cases video demonstrations that walk you, step-by-step, through a Moodle pro-cess. The site is a great resource if you need help when a Moodle team member is not available for consultation. 

Students are also welcomed to come learn about Moodle on

moodleanswers.com. Tutorials for students include helping them with the log-on process, submitting assignments and even participating in forums. Instructors are encouraged to send their students to the site for a crash course in Moodling.

Finally, the site offers users a way to seek help that may not be fully explained. A section entitled, Need More Answers, provides users with a friendly environment to submit a help request to the Moodle support team. This page identifies you as a user, what issues you are requesting help with, your contact informa-tion and then notifies multiple members of the Moodle support team. Your request will likely be addressed in a 24-hour period once it is submitted. 

Happy Moodling!

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BY SUZANNE MCINTOSH

The Wellness department, along with the University Health

Centre, is pleased to have a new group of fourth-year nursing students to assist us with our annual Health Check for U program.

This fall, Chris Wenzel, Tammy Stern, Cara Znack and Su (Xin Yi) Su are get-ting geared up to assist with on-campus health screening for employees. The benefit for you is that after taking part in the free, on-site, Health Check for U program, you will be rewarded with a wealth of information regarding your health.

Did you know that employees who are aware of their health risks are more likely to make healthier life-style changes?

Take a look at the follow-ing statements and see if any of these apply to you:• I would like to find out about

my overall health status• I am ready to make some

small changes to improve my overall health

• I would like information on my blood pressure or cho-lesterol levels

• I have diabetes or another chronic health issue

• I tend to feel stressed• I smoke• I am having trouble sleeping

at night• I have a family history of

heart disease, stroke or diabetes

If any of these issues relate to your health, give us a call at 403-332-5217 or send us an e-mail at wellness@uleth.ca for more information.

This fall’s Health Check for U program includes the following:

Level I – Know Your Numbers

Vascular Risk Assessment will be offering a mobile clinic and will come to your depart-ment to provide customized health information sessions. This can include blood pres-sure, glucose, fasting cho-lesterol and blood glucose checks, or other customized health sessions such as mini-ergonomics checks and back health.

Level II – Ongoing Vas-cular Risk Screening

These screenings take just 15 minutes and are fol-lowed up by a 20 to 30-minute session the following day. They will look at your blood pressure, weight, height, waist

circumference, fasting choles-terol and glucose profile, and you will be provided with a printout and information on your personal 10-year cardio-vascular risk. Additionally, an optional one-on-one follow-up education and free lifestyle assessment in partnership with Sport and Recreation Services ($60 value) is also available.

Finally, there is an optional dietitian consulta-tion, in partnership with Building Healthy Lifestyles.

If you’ve been through the program before, feel free to come back and have a second or third screening. It’s a great way to find out if past goals have been met.

We look forward to sup-porting your interest in creat-ing a balanced, healthy and fulfilled lifestyle.

October is Healthy Work-place Month in Canada. We are looking forward to hosting the 5th Annual Life Balance Fair for employees (students are also welcome) on Wednes-day, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the track level of the 1st Choice Savings Centre for Sport and Wellness.

The theme for this year’s event is Healthy Mind, Healthy Body, Healthy Work - Simple Goals for Everyone.

Exhibitors at the fair include: the U of L Benefits team; Employee and Family Assistance Provider - Home-wood Human Solutions, U of L Health Centre (flu shots); Step into Wellness (reflexol-ogy); Muscular Therapies (providing mini-massages); U of L Conference Services; Visit Lethbridge; and many more!

Come out for a free lunch and the opportunity to see some great demonstrations exploring all aspects of a healthy and balanced life.

Mini-massagesThrough the months of

October and November, mas-sage therapy students from Lethbridge College will be on campus giving free mini-mas-sages. Sessions are still avail-able on Oct. 20 (L1112), Oct. 27 (AH119), Nov. 17 (AH100) and Nov. 30 (L1114) from 1 to 3 p.m. each day. Contact well-ness@uleth.ca to sign up or simply drop by and see if there are any drop-in slots available.

As always, I look forward to any comments, suggestions or questions.

Suzanne McIntosh is the Wellness Co-ordinator for the University of Lethbridge

H E A LT H & wellness

Health Check for U program kicks offFLU STILL A VALID CAMPUS CONCERN

BY LORI WEBER

After all the media hype and worry about H1N1 two years ago, most people seem to be relaxing when it comes to protecting themselves against influenza or ‘flu’. But in the academic world, flu can still be a major problem.

In a 13-week semester for exam-ple, taking 5-10 days off can be prob-lematic whether you are a student or employee at the University. So, what can you do individually and what can we do as a community to prevent the spread of respiratory-based illnesses?

On an individual level, hand-washing remains as the number one strategy in diminishing your chances of getting ill. If you haven’t had soap and water on your hands at least three times during a typical day at the University, you haven’t washed your hands enough.

When should you wash? You should break out the soap and water after sneezing or coughing, even if you have used a tissue, after toileting and definitely before touching food.

If you haven’t cleaned your desk surface within the last few days, or if you are frequently touching your mouth and eyes, you are increasing your risk of illness.

If you do become ill, stay home for the time you are sick. Do not come to the Health Centre when you are ill with a cough/cold/flu. Instead, call us at 403-329-2484 and ask to speak with a nurse who will assess you and assist you with getting ap-propriate self-care resources or guide you to get medical treatment. Also, consider getting a flu shot in order to avoid illness and missing a chunk of school or work.

On a community level, please think about the people around you. If you have roommates, let them know if you are ill. Everyone in the house should greatly increase cleaning around the bathroom and kitchen areas specifically. As well, clean with a good disinfectant to protect the people around you.

Think about the professors who you are facing. Sneezing spreads droplets toward them at 200 miles per hour – covering your cough with an available Kleenex or even your shirt would be appreciated.

Again, staying home if you are ill protects everyone from your illness!

If you are diagnosed with an ill-ness that can be spread easily, call the Health Centre at 403-329-2484 and ask to speak with a nurse. We will assess the situation and decide upon ways to protect the University from illnesses such as mumps, chicken pox, stomach flus, etc.

Flu Shots are on the way! We have flu shots beginning Tuesday, Oct. 11 (10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the UHall Atrium) and Wednesday, Oct. 12 (10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Markin Hall Atrium).

There will be more clinics to follow, including one at the Oct. 26 Life-Balance Fair in the 1st Choice Savings Centre.

Lori Weber is the manager of the University of Lethbridge Health Centre

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important as your participation. By coming

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the U of L show that this is a campus community

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The SOS 2011/12 campaign is now underway.

Please join other U of L faculty, staff and retirees

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SU VOLUNTEER CORE ENGAGEDBY KYLE DODGSON

As the opening weeks of the Fall 2011 Semester pass, the unabashed fervour of a new semester subsides and stu-dents begin hunkering down to weather the impending storm of deadlines, exams and papers. With that in mind, the University of Lethbridge Students’ Union (ULSU) blazes forward with a

host of new initiatives.As part of its 2011-2012

Action Plan, the ULSU Executive Council recently formed a Vol-unteer Core led by newly hired volunteer co-ordinator, Michael Solberg.

Solberg, a well-known face on campus and at count-less ULSU events, brings much enthusiasm and talent to his position. The Volunteer Core is designed as a large, grassroots advocacy group that looks to spread the word across campus about the Students’ Union’s

events, activities and services, ensuring that the student body is aware of everything available to them on campus.

The Core currently main-tains a list of around 150 vol-unteers ready to spring into action and actively encourages interested students to join and get involved with their SU.

Recently, the Students’ Union General Assembly voted to send the issue of a new universal bus pass to referendum.

The proposal came after 77 per cent of respondents to the

ULSU Year in Review survey told the ULSU to look into the UPass; indicating that students were be-coming concerned with the rising costs of transportation.

There are two major addi-tions to the program since it last was sent to referendum in 2006. Firstly, there will be an opt-out option for students living outside of the service area, on practicum outside of Lethbridge, and taking distance-learning courses. Sec-ondly, if successful, this proposal will be subject to a one-year term and would go back to a referen-

dum for permanent approval in February 2013. The one-year term will effectively serve as a trial period whereby students can become familiar with the service and determine whether they’re able to make effective use of it.

Town Halls on the UPass issue will take place in the UHall Atrium on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at noon, Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 12:15 p.m., and Tuesday, Oct 18 at 5 p.m. The referendum vote will be held online from Oct 24 to 26.

events C A L E N D A RPronghorn AthleticsOct. 13 | Canada West Women’s RugbyCalgary vs. Horns | 7 p.m., Community Sports Stadium

Oct. 14, 15 | Canada West Men’s HockeyUBC vs. Horns | 7 p.m. nightly, Nicholas Sheran Arena

Oct. 15 | Canada West SoccerSaskatchewan vs. Horns | Women’s game, noon; Men’s game, 2 p.m. | Community Sports Stadium

Oct. 16 | Canada West Soccer | Alberta vs. Horns | Women’s game, noon; Men’s game, 2 p.m. | Community Sports Stadium

Oct. 21, 22 | Canada West Women’s Hockey | Saskatchewan vs. Horns7 p.m. nightly, Nicholas Sheran Arena

Oct. 28 | Canada West Women’s HockeyCalgary vs. Horns | 7 p.m., Nicholas Sheran Arena

Oct. 29 | Canada West Men’s HockeyCalgary vs. Horns | 7 p.m., Nicholas Sheran Arena

Oct. 29 | Canada West SoccerTrinity Western vs. Horns | Women’s game, noon; Men’s game, 2 p.m.Community Sports Stadium

Oct. 30 | Canada West SoccerUBC vs. Horns | Women’s game, noon; Men’s game, 2 p.m. | Community Sports Stadium

PerformancesOct. 4 | Music at Noon: Musaeus String Quartet | 12:15 p.m., University Recital Hall

Oct. 11 | Music at Noon: Ensemble Resonance | 12:15 p.m., University Recital Hall (W570)

Oct. 15 | Faculty Artists & Friends SeriesRossini Petite Messe Solenelle, featuring Janet Youngdahl (soprano), Sandra Stringer (mezzo-soprano), Blaine Hendsbee (tenor), George Evelyn (bass-baritone), Carolyn Herrington (piano) and vocal majors | 8 p.m., University Recital Hall (W570)

Oct. 18 | Music at Noon: Blaine Hends-bee (tenor); Glen Montgomery (piano)12:15 p.m., University Recital Hall (W570)

Oct. 18-22 | The Government InspectorA classic case of mistaken identity triggers a hilarious series of events, providing a satirical examination of governments and greed8 p.m. nightly, University Theatre

Oct. 25 | Music at Noon: Sarah Hagen (piano) | 12:15 p.m., University Recital Hall (W570)

Oct. 27-29 | TheatreXtra’s Red | Raw and provocative, it is a searing portrait of an artist’s ambition and vulnerability | 8 p.m. nightly, David Spinks Theatre. 2 p.m. matinee, Oct. 29.

Nov. 1 | Music at Noon: Jason Barron (gui-tar) | 12:15 p.m., University Recital Hall (W570)

LecturesOct. 5 | CAETL Graduate Student Work-shop | Dealing Professionally with Students 12:30 p.m., L1170G

Oct. 5 | Art Now: MFA Candidate Collin Zipp | Noon, University Recital Hall (W570)

Oct. 7 | Art Now: Photographer Don GillNoon, University Recital Hall (W570)

Oct. 11 | EUS Anti-Bullying and Cyberbul-lying Awareness Week | Dr. Robin Bright and Dr. Mary Dyck present Teaching in the 21st Century: Online Citizenship | Noon, SU Ballroom

Oct. 11 | EUS Anti-Bullying and Cyber-bullying Awareness Week | Bill Belsey presents Bullying: What Parents and Teachers Should Know, What Can Be Done | 6 p.m., SU Ballroom

Oct. 12 | EUS Anti-Bullying and Cyberbul-lying Awareness Week | Dr. Mary Yurick presents Preventing and Dealing with BullyingNoon, SU Ballroom

Oct. 12 | WestGrid Fall Seminar SeriesIntroduction to WestGrid, presented by Patrick O’Leary and Rob Simmons | 12:30 p.m., L1116

Oct. 13 | EUS Anti-Bullying and Cyber-bullying Awareness Week | Dr. Carmen Mombourquette presents Teachers as Role

Models: How we can help prevent bullying by our actions | Noon, SU Ballroom

Oct. 17 | Art Now: Joy CharbonneauNoon, University Recital Hall (W570)

Oct. 17 | Architecture & Design Now: Joy Charbonneau | 6:15 p.m., M1040

Oct. 18 | WestGrid C2C SeriesWarren Hare, University of British Co-lumbia, Okanagan | 12:30 p.m., L1116

Oct. 18 | CAETL Graduate Student Work-shop | Effective Classroom Management12:30 p.m., L1170G

Oct. 19 | WestGrid Fall Seminar SeriesHow to Use WestGrid Resources | 12:30 p.m., L1116

Oct. 21 | Art Now: Kelly MarkNoon, University Recital Hall (W570)

Oct. 24 | Architecture & Design Now: 5468796 Architecture | 6:15 p.m., M1040

Oct. 26 | Art Now: Catherine RossNoon, University Recital Hall (W570)

Oct. 28 | Art Now: Lori BlondeauNoon, University Recital Hall (W570)

Nov. 1 | WestGrid C2C SeriesYuriy Zinchenko, University of Calgary12:30 p.m., L1116

MiscellaneousOct. 4 | Students’ Union Referendum: UPass Town Hall | 12:15 p.m., UHall Atrium

Oct. 5 | Coffee’s On at the GalleryOpen House thank you event | 9 to 10:30 a.m., Main Gallery

Oct. 5 | Pizza, Pop and PresentationI Got Here! Ummmm, now what? | Noon, TH241

Oct. 5 | Volunteer Fair | Local and on-campus not-for-profit organizations looking for volunteers 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., UHall Atrium

Oct. 5 | Cinema Politica: 500 Years LaterA documentary that chronicles the struggle of a people emerging from enslavement7 p.m., Galileo’s Gallery

Oct. 6 | New Media Film Series: The Social Network | Hosted by Leanne Elias (New Media) | 6:30 p.m., Lethbridge Public Library

Oct. 11 | Women Scholars Speaker Series Fall Reception | Wine and cheese event to announce speaker series lineup | 2 p.m., Andy’s Place (AH100)

Oct. 12 | Pizza, Pop and PresentationGrowing Through Setbacks | Noon, TH241

Oct. 12 | Students’ Union Referendum: UPass Town Hall | Noon, UHall Atrium

Oct. 15 | Fall 2011 Convocation Ceremony 10 a.m., 1st Choice Savings Centre

Oct. 18 | Students’ Union Referendum: UPass Town Hall | 5 p.m., UHall Atrium

Oct. 19 | Pizza, Pop and PresentationWhere’s Your Line? Preventing sexual violence on campus | Noon, TH241

Oct. 19 | Open Mic Night | 5:30 p.m. in the Zoo

Oct. 24-26 | ULSU Referendum: UPassOnline ballot

Oct. 25 | Cinema Politica: Blood in the Mobile | A film that shows connection between our phones and the civil war in the Congo | 7 p.m., Galileo’s Gallery

Oct. 26 | 5th Annual Life Balance FairOver 40 businesses and organizations set up interactive displays | 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 1st Choice Savings Centre

Oct. 26 | Pizza, Pop and PresentationHad a Drink (or two or three?) | Noon, TH241

Oct. 26, 27 | ULSU Garage Sale10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Students’ Union Atrium

Oct. 28 through Jan. 2, 2012 | OutlandishFeaturing the works of Faye Heavyshield in the Helen Christou Gallery

Nov. 1 | Pizza, Pop and PresentationFeeling Good and Eating Well | 12:15 p.m., TH241

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Petite Messe Solonnelle translates as Little Solemn Mass.

“However, it’s not little and it’s not solemn!,” says Dr. Janet Youngdahl, Faculty Artists and Friends Series co-coordinator.

“Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle is actually huge and bombastic. Written in 1863, this was Rossini’s last major com-position and it contains a lot of wit and humour not found in the usual style of religious music of the time.”

Audiences can hear for them-selves as an ensemble of music faculty, students and alumni come together to perform Rossini Petite Messe Solen-nelle in the University Recital Hall, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m.

Written for 12 voices and piano, Youngdahl says the ensemble is per-forming the piece in the setting for which it was intended.

“The Petite Messe Solennelle is a curious cross between opera and sacred music. It was not written to be performed in the church. The University Recital Hall is the perfect venue for this piece.”

In addition to Youngdahl (sopra-no), Dr. Blaine Hendsbee (tenor) and Dr. Sandra Stringer (mezzo-soprano), both from the U of L’s music depart-ment are also performing. Joining them are Professor Emeritus

Dr. George Evelyn (bass-baritone), alumni Kade Hogg (tenor) and Audrina Steciw (soprano), as well as a selection of talented senior students. Audiences will also be introduced to the newest music faculty member, pianist, Dr. Carolyn Herrington.

Co-coordinator Nick Sullivan emphasizes that this is a rare opportunity for audiences to see this work performed live. He adds that audiences of the Faculty Artists and Friends Series can look forward to an entire season of unique and extraor-dinary music.

“Our programs are built on pieces not often heard. Rossini Petite Messe Solonnelle is one of those rare live performances you can’t miss. From the New Orford String Quartet on Dec. 3, to Blaine Hendsbee on Jan. 14 and Piano PIANISSIMO on Mar. 17, the series presents a lineup of unique repertoire, performed by our talented faculty and exceptional guest artists,” says Sullivan.

For tickets to Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle, visit the University Box Office, Monday through Friday, 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., or call 403-329-2616. Individual tickets are $15 regular, $10 seniors/students.

DRAMATIC ARTS TURNS 40September 2011 marked the 40th anniversary

of the Department of Dramatic Arts at the U of L.In September 1971, Professor David Spinks

arrived to teach the first semester of drama courses at the University, including creative drama and children’s theatre, and his unique and popular introductory course, Drama 1000. From the out-set, the new department reflected the University’s philosophy of inclusion, openness to innovation and learning as an end in itself.

Over the decades, the Department’s programs and productions have attempted to provide the best hands-on opportunities for study and practice for students and faculty alike. For audiences in the Lethbridge community, the department has offered with skill and accomplishment a remark-able range of plays and performance styles.

(History provided by Richard Epp)

PROJECT CHANNEL TURNS ONLocated on the 11th floor of the University

Library, Project Channel is the U of L Art Gallery’s satellite space to provide access to a range of local, national, and international video art.

“For decades, artists have used the low cost possibilities of video to experiment with technol-ogy, mimic popular mass media, and tell stories that are often missed by the mainstream,” explains Josephine Mills, the curator and director of the U of L Art Gallery.

“The Gallery will curate selections of video art for Project Channel’s set of touch-screens. Many of the videos will also be purchased to build up a collection.”

Viewers can either watch the latest selec-tion or browse through the holdings on the three screens.

Project Channel opens on Nov. 9 with a recep-tion at 4 p.m. in the Prentice Boardroom.

INSPECTOR PROMISES FUN

Funny, frantic and full of frivolity, The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol, is a hilarious classic that has had audiences rolling in the aisles since 1836. Consid-ered one of the world’s most popular theatrical comedies, it is directed by Nicholas Hanson.

The story unravels in a small rural Russian town where the local officials love to embezzle, cheat, and steal – until news of a surprise visit from a government

inspector sends them into a panicked frenzy! A classic case of mistaken identity triggers a hilarious series of events, providing a satirical examination of governments and greed.

A dynamic ensemble of talented actors showcase the depth of skill and talent found within the Depart-ment of Theatre and Dra-matic Arts.

“University students are often enthusiastic about the chance to play richly comic characters,” says Hanson. “The Government Inspector features a cast of 16 ani-mated performers, many of

whom are in their final year and eager to showcase the techniques they have been developing through their courses.

“Audiences can expect a frantically-paced piece of theatre with vibrant physi-cal antics and clever verbal humour.”

With a set designed by James McDowell and costumes by Leslie Robison-Greene, sparkling visual aspects of the production capture and complement the wit and satire of the script.

“The costumes, set and props not only create the world of the play, but also

generate a number of laughs on their own. Audiences won’t be able to resist laugh-ing at some of the absurd facial hair or decorating touches inside the main character’s house,” adds Hanson.

The Government Inspector plays Oct. 18-22 at 8 p.m., nightly in the University Theatre.

Tickets to The Gov-ernment Inspector are $15 regular, $10 for seniors/students, and are available at the University Box Office (open Monday to Friday, 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.), or by calling 403-329-2616.

THEATREXTRA TAKES ON TONY AWARD WINNER

It won Best Play at the 2010 Tony Awards, has captivated audiences throughout its popular run across the U.S., and now TheatreXtra is privileged to present Red by John Logan in its debut production on a Canadian university stage.

Playing in the David Spinks Theatre Oct. 27 – 29 at 8 p.m. nightly with a 2 p.m. matinée Oct. 29, Red tells the story of expressionist abstract painter Mark Rothko who

has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art: a series of murals for New York’s Four Seasons Restaurant. Raw and provocative, Red is a searing portrait of an artist’s ambition and vulnerability as he tries to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting.

“I wanted the opportunity to direct a TheatreXtra production before I graduated,” says Margaret Rodgers.

“Going into my final year as a BA/BEd major, I was looking for a challenge. I did my research and discovered this amazing play by John Logan and

absolutely fell in love with it. However, I thought proposing it would be a longshot, since it is such a challenging production to undertake. When it was accepted as part of the TheatreXtra season, I couldn’t believe it!”

Set in the 1950s, Logan’s drama revolves around the challenges and conflicts Rothko experiences while creating his murals. “The cast is comprised of only two characters, Rothko and his assistant, Ken,” Rodgers explains.

“It’s a very intellectual, emotional and technically challenging play. Since it

is very character driven, it is perfectly suited for TheatreXtra.”

She adds that the play speaks to all artists about the pursuit of art, not just to painters. “There is such remarkable depth to the script. It’s a privilege to be able to direct this production,” says Rodgers.

Get your tickets at the University Box Office (W510), Monday – Friday, 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., or by calling 403-329-2616. Tickets are $11 regular, $7 seniors/students.

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L A S T I N Gimages

Lyndal Osborne is one of Canada’s most critically acclaimed and extensively exhibited artists. She was born in Newcastle, Australia, studied at the National Art School in Sydney and received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin.

In 1971, Osborne moved to Edmonton where she taught at the University of Alberta for over 30 years. Osborne’s work has been shown in over 350 national and international exhibitions, including shows in Japan, Spain, India,

Poland, Egypt, Australia, United Kingdom, United States, France, Brazil and Korea.

Though Osborne has become most known for her large-scale installation pieces that explore transformations in nature and environmental issues, she began her career as a printmaker.Many of the abstracted shapes present in her print works were based on small objects Osborne crafted from natural materials collected from her surroundings.

After the object was constructed, she would hide it and create the print based on her memory of the form. The resulting print works are highly abstract but retain the suggestion of organic shapes.Osborne’s artwork Endless Forms Most Beautiful is on display in the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery from Sept. 15 to Oct. 24 as part of Cereal Gen, an exhibition that explores issues relating to genetic modification in agriculture and the politics that shape our food supply system.

(TOP LEFT)Lyndal Osborne, Banksia Dream Walker, 1987. From the University of Lethbridge Art Collection; Gift of the artist, 1994.

(BOTTOM LEFT)Lyndal Osborne, Decay, 1986.From the University of Lethbridge Art Collection; Gift of the artist, 1994.

(TOP RIGHT)Lyndal Osborne, Jitterbug Tangle, 1990.From the University of Lethbridge Art Collection; Gift of the artist, 1994.

(BOTTOM RIGHT)Lyndal Osborne, Icon, 1989.From the University of Lethbridge Art Collection; Gift of the artist, 1994.