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THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA VOLUME 50 | NUMBER 6 | JUNE 3, 2004 UBC REPORTS 2 UBC in the News 3 Cure for Baldness 4 Respectful Research 6 Mentors 7 Depression Centre 8 Fighting Fire Imagine being able to “travel through” a tradi- tional Northwest Coast village site that no longer exists. Thanks to three-dimensional laser scanning technology, the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC may one day make this virtual re-creation a reality. “New tools are changing the way we’re teach- ing and conducting research, the way we’re pre- serving and presenting cultural objects,” says MOA projects manager/curator Bill McLennan. “The future is almost scary.” In consultation with the Haida Nation, McLennan and his colleague, designer Skooker Broome, worked with a Vancouver-based firm to scan a totem pole collected from the Ninstints Village on the Queen Charlotte Islands in 1957 and now housed in the museum. The totem, which dates back to the mid-19th century, fea- tures a bear with a frog in its mouth and a wolf. It has weathered, been broken into three parts and carries only small traces of its original paint. “The technology allows us to basically retrieve the information that is in a piece so the informa- tion isn’t lost,” says McLennan. “We can make it available for people studying the culture, or for young artists learning their craft.” The tripod-mounted portable scanning system measured every square millimetre of the entire surface geometry of the totem in “xyz” co- ordinates, thereby completing a digital record of the monument and capturing it in the form of a point cloud – a dense, accurate and interactive 3-D model that can be rotated and viewed from any perspective on a computer. “First we get an exact wire mesh of the whole piece,” McLennan explains. “Then we can lay on the ‘skins’ [layers of wood]. Working with con- temporary artists, we can determine what the colours were like in the 1850s when it was carved. We can also bisect the pole at any point and can get an exact representation of the thick- ness of the wood.” A plastic model generated from a 3-D laser printer as well as two-dimensional prints provide additional documentation of the object. Developed by Leica Geosystems, an internation- al company serving customers in surveying, engi- neering, construction, GIS, mapping, industry and other areas of activity, the 3-D laser scanner has traditionally been used as a tool to create “as- built” documentation of large structures and sites like pulp mills, oil refineries and dams. Scanning provides a safe, time-efficient, cost-efficient and accurate way to determine how a building has changed since it was built. More recently, companies that market the prod- uct have looked for other applications to show- case the technology, using it to prepare “as- found” documentation of dinosaur bones, European cathedrals and castles, and even the Statue of Liberty. “Traditional technology has not been able to capture that much data,” says Christine Young, who worked on the pilot project with MOA. “With 3-D scanning, it’s almost overkill what you can do with it.” Young, director of marketing for a firm that distributes the scanners, explains they can be positioned at significant distances from the struc- tures that are being measured, eliminating the need for activities such as climbing and crawling that pose the risk of accident or the need to physi- cally touch items that are often very vulnerable. Moreover, she says, people don’t have to be in the same room as the object in order to benefit from the data, thereby expanding the research Totem in 3 D: Museum of Anthropology Recreates a Northwest Coast Monument One pixel at a time. BY ERICA SMISHEK PHOTO: MARTIN DEE 3D scanning provides interactive digital records and this plastic model of totem. continued on page 8 Dried starfish candleholders. Toy cars sporting sea urchin wheels. Sand dollar necklace pendants. Souvenirs crafted from dead sea life have become such a ubiquitous part of the scenery in tropical resorts, it’s easy to forget that these curios were once living animals. In a new exhibit opening this month, Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium hopes to raise pub- lic awareness of the issue using research conducted by Project Seahorse, an interna- tional marine conservation and research organization based at UBC. Project Seahorse’s contribu- tion to the “Sea Star Quest” exhibit comes in the form of a survey of the Mexican echino- derm trade, which includes sea stars – more popularly known as starfish – as well as sea urchins, sand dollars, and heart urchins. More than 1,500 different species of these live in tidal waters worldwide but little is known about the global trade in sea stars or urchins for use as souvenirs. Drawing on her previous experience as a trade survey- or in southeast Asia, Project Seahorse researcher Kristin Lunn traveled to Mexico in February to interview fishers, distributors and retailers in several of Mexico’s key resort areas including Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun and Cozumel. “We had this idea that sea stars were being taken for the curiosity trade but we didn’t have any idea how many were being traded and what that would mean for wild populations,” Lunn says. Project Seahorse conducted research on the Mexican curio trade in sea stars for a new exhibit at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. Saving the Sea Star Dead sea creatures a popular souvenir. BY MICHELLE COOK PHOTO: COURTESY OF PROJECT SEAHORSE / K. LUNN continued on page 5
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Imagine being able to “travel through” a tradi-tional Northwest Coast village site that no longerexists.
Thanks to three-dimensional laser scanningtechnology, the Museum of Anthropology (MOA)at UBC may one day make this virtual re-creationa reality.
“New tools are changing the way we’re teach-ing and conducting research, the way we’re pre-serving and presenting cultural objects,” saysMOA projects manager/curator Bill McLennan.“The future is almost scary.”
In consultation with the Haida Nation,McLennan and his colleague, designer SkookerBroome, worked with a Vancouver-based firm toscan a totem pole collected from the NinstintsVillage on the Queen Charlotte Islands in 1957and now housed in the museum. The totem,which dates back to the mid-19th century, fea-tures a bear with a frog in its mouth and a wolf.It has weathered, been broken into three partsand carries only small traces of its original paint.
“The technology allows us to basically retrievethe information that is in a piece so the informa-tion isn’t lost,” says McLennan. “We can make itavailable for people studying the culture, or foryoung artists learning their craft.”
The tripod-mounted portable scanning systemmeasured every square millimetre of the entiresurface geometry of the totem in “xyz” co-ordinates, thereby completing a digital record ofthe monument and capturing it in the form of apoint cloud – a dense, accurate and interactive 3-D model that can be rotated and viewed fromany perspective on a computer.
“First we get an exact wire mesh of the wholepiece,” McLennan explains. “Then we can lay onthe ‘skins’ [layers of wood]. Working with con-temporary artists, we can determine what the
colours were like in the 1850s when it wascarved. We can also bisect the pole at any pointand can get an exact representation of the thick-ness of the wood.”
A plastic model generated from a 3-D laserprinter as well as two-dimensional prints provideadditional documentation of the object.
Developed by Leica Geosystems, an internation-al company serving customers in surveying, engi-neering, construction, GIS, mapping, industry andother areas of activity, the 3-D laser scanner hastraditionally been used as a tool to create “as-built” documentation of large structures and siteslike pulp mills, oil refineries and dams. Scanningprovides a safe, time-efficient, cost-efficient andaccurate way to determine how a building haschanged since it was built.
More recently, companies that market the prod-uct have looked for other applications to show-case the technology, using it to prepare “as-found” documentation of dinosaur bones,European cathedrals and castles, and even theStatue of Liberty.
“Traditional technology has not been able tocapture that much data,” says Christine Young,who worked on the pilot project with MOA.“With 3-D scanning, it’s almost overkill what youcan do with it.”
Young, director of marketing for a firm thatdistributes the scanners, explains they can bepositioned at significant distances from the struc-tures that are being measured, eliminating theneed for activities such as climbing and crawlingthat pose the risk of accident or the need to physi-cally touch items that are often very vulnerable.
Moreover, she says, people don’t have to be inthe same room as the object in order to benefitfrom the data, thereby expanding the research
Totem in 3D: Museum of Anthropology Recreates a Northwest Coast Monument
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Dried starfish candleholders. Toy
cars sporting sea urchinwheels. Sand dollar necklacependants. Souvenirs craftedfrom dead sea life havebecome such a ubiquitous partof the scenery in tropicalresorts, it’s easy to forget thatthese curios were once livinganimals.
In a new exhibit openingthis month, Chicago’s SheddAquarium hopes to raise pub-lic awareness of the issueusing research conducted byProject Seahorse, an interna-tional marine conservationand research organizationbased at UBC.
Project Seahorse’s contribu-tion to the “Sea Star Quest”exhibit comes in the form of asurvey of the Mexican echino-derm trade, which includes seastars – more popularly knownas starfish – as well as sea
urchins, sand dollars, andheart urchins. More than1,500 different species ofthese live in tidal watersworldwide but little is knownabout the global trade in seastars or urchins for use assouvenirs.
Drawing on her previousexperience as a trade survey-or in southeast Asia, ProjectSeahorse researcher KristinLunn traveled to Mexico inFebruary to interview fishers,distributors and retailers inseveral of Mexico’s key resortareas including Mazatlan,Puerto Vallarta, Cancun andCozumel.
“We had this idea that seastars were being taken for thecuriosity trade but we didn’thave any idea how manywere being traded and whatthat would mean for wildpopulations,” Lunn says.
Project Seahorse conducted research on the Mexican curio trade in sea stars for a new exhibit at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium.
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Troy Good for the ClassicsCommenting on the recent block-buster epic film Troy, starringBrad Pitt as Achilles, ShirleySullivan, head of the classicsdepartment at UBC, said most ofher colleagues are willing to over-look the film’s faults for the inter-est it will spark in the ancientworld.
“Anything that broadens theperson’s perspective, that takesthem into the past and makesthem see a wider range of history,can’t but do good. Even if it’s adistortion,” Sullivan toldCanadian Press.
Sullivan said other epic movieshave boosted the study of theantiquities, including Gladiator,starring Russell Crowe and movieclassic Ben Hur.
Jelly Fish for Lunch? Kicking off the World FisheriesCongress in front of 1,500 fish-eries scientists from around theglobe, UBC fisheries professorDaniel Pauly, one of the world’sleading fisheries researchers,showed how people’s growingappetite for seafood has drivenfishing boats from industrializedcountries ever farther intoSouthern Hemisphere seas con-trolled by Third World nations.
In the wake of the disastrouscrash of the North Atlantic’s codstocks, the Newfoundland govern-ment is encouraging fishermen togo after jellyfish, said Pauly, whoin November was chosen byScientific American as one of thetop 50 fisheries scientists in theworld, reports The Seattle PostIntelligencer.
Bell Gives UBC $1.25 Millionfor Tech ResearchBell Canada recently announced a$1.25-million commitment to UBCto support technology research.The five-year commitment is thefirst in Western Canada for the BellUniversity Laboratories program,reports The Globe and Mail.
Bell is exploring a number ofpotential projects with UBCresearchers. Projects will focus onwireless technology and socialcomputing.
The Truth About EchinaceaCommenting on a new U.S. studythat says echinacea doesn’t helpprevent colds, UBC alternativetherapy researcher Lloyd Oppeltold Global National that “echi-
nacea is not delivering on thepromise that it’s held out to have.So this study is very much inkeeping with that.”
Placebo Effect RevealedExperiments conducted by Italy’sUniversity of Turin MedicalSchool have revealed the action ofthe placebo effect in Parkinson’sdisease patients.
“The research provides furtherevidence for a physiologicalunderpinning for the placeboeffect,” UBC neurologist Jon Stoessl told New Scientist. His team demonstrated in 2001that placebos can relieve symptoms by raising brain levels of dopamine, a beneficial neurotransmitter. ■■
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There are three rules in Dr. Bob’s classroom, says onestudent of music professor Robert Pritchard. 1) Don’tPanic; 2) Stay with the tour; and 3) If you don’tunderstand, it’s the teacher’s fault! Pritchard’s creativeapproach earned him one of 22 Killam TeachingPrizes, awarded to faculty members during SpringCongregation ceremonies.
Other winners include Education Prof. PatMirenda, North America’s leading authority onautism, and Botany Prof. Jennifer Klenz, an expert onplant and drosophila (fruit fly) genetics.
Killam winners are selected by their faculties basedon recommendations from students and colleagues.Each receives $5,000 from university endowmentsources. Recipients are distinguished by their creativi-ty, commitment and dynamic approach to learning.
Other Killam Teaching Prize recipients for 2004 are: Prof. Geoffrey Herring, Chemistry Dept. • Prof. Michael Ward, Mathematics Dept.
Dynamic Teaching Earns Faculty Killam Awards• Senior Instructor Judy Brown, English Dept. • Prof. Anthony Dawson, English Dept. • Dr. DianeRoscoe, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine • Prof.Ralph Hakstian, Psychology Dept. • Senior InstructorJacques Bodolec, Dept. of French, Hispanic & ItalianStudies • Assoc. Prof. Ann Curry, School of Library,Archival & Information Studies • Assoc. Prof. BruceMacDougall, Law • Asst. Prof. Harry Hubball,Curriculum Studies • Instructor Sally Osborne,Physiology Dept • Assoc. Prof. Valerie LeMay, ForestResources Management • Assoc. Prof. CalvinRoskelley, Biology Dept. • Prof. Jonathan Fannin,Civil Engineering/Forest Resources Management •Prof. Kay Teschke, School of Occupational &Environmental Hygiene • Prof. Alan Lowe, OralHealth Sciences Dept. • Assoc. Prof. BrianRodriques, Pharmacology & Toxicology; Prof.Nicolas Jaeger, Electrical & Computer Engineering •Lecturer Mike Le Roy, Marketing/Sauder School ofBusiness. ■■
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Researcher Kevin McElwee –one of only a few people in theworld who hold a doctoraldegree in hair biology – thinks acure for baldness that uses thetechnique of hair cloning could
be commercially available within10 years.
Hair cloning is a slang term forengineered hair growth. Theprocess involves isolating a groupof cells at the base of the hair fol-licle – the living part of hair root-ed in the skin. Once the follicularcells are multiplied in a laborato-ry, they can then be implantedback into the donor’s scalp wherethey divide to create new folliclesand generate new hair.
A sample of about 10 hairscould produce several million cul-tured cells, which, in turn, couldgrow several thousand hairs. (Seesidebar for information on scalphair population.)
Scientists have been studyinghair cloning in animal models fora few years, but McElwee is thefirst investigator to demonstrateexactly how cloning works.
“Now that we have proof ofhow this process works, we canaccelerate the research towardcreating a limitless supply of hair– in effect, a cure for baldness,”says the 34-year-old.
While early results are promis-ing, he estimates it will takealmost a decade of further study,clinical trials and meeting regula-tory requirements before cloningis widely available.
Common or pattern baldingaffects about 20 per cent of menin their 20s. By age 50, about halfthe male population and 20 percent of women have problemswith baldness or hair thinning.
An expert in the cellularmechanics of hair loss andgrowth, McElwee was recruitedby Dr. Jerry Shapiro, a worldauthority on hair disorders, tojoin the division of dermatologyin UBC’s department of medicinein March 2004. Also an investi-gator with the Vancouver CoastalHealth Research Institute,McElwee came to Canada fromPhilipp University in Germanywhere he was a senior scientist inthe department of dermatology.
A biologist and immunologist,McElwee completed his uniquePhD in the immunological mech-anisms involved in alopecia area-ta, an inflammatory hair loss dis-ease that can affect men, womenand children and cause full bodyhair loss. The cause of the diseaseis not fully understood but it isbelieved that an individual’s ownimmune system prevents hair fol-licles from producing hair fibre.
This month, McElwee willtravel to the InternationalMeeting of Hair ResearchSocieties in Berlin to present his
findings on the cells believed to bethe primary culprits in causing thedisease.
By separating cells in lymphnodes, McElwee has determinedwhich cells are capable of inducingthe disease. He found two types ofcells caused balding problems:CD8, which produce patchy baldness and CD4, which producesystemic balding.
“This research is the first
UBC Researcher Seeking a Cure for BaldnessSolution could be available within ten years. B Y H I L A R Y T H O M S O N
Did you know?• On average, each person has a total of 20 million hair follicles on
their skin, of which 90,000 to 140,000 are scalp hair follicles.
• You can lose up to 25 per cent of your scalp hair before it becomesnoticeable.
• Typically, scalp hair fibres grow for two to seven years before beingreplaced by a new hair fibre.
• People may lose up to 100 scalp hairs a day as a result of normalhair cycling.
• The numbers of hairs on the head vary with colour. Redheads haveabout 90,000 hairs and black-haired people about 108,000 hairs,while brown- and blonde- haired people have up to 140,000.
• On average, hair is composed of about 50 per cent carbon, 21 percent oxygen, 17 per cent nitrogen, as well as hydrogen and sulphur.Hair also contains trace amounts of magnesium, arsenic, iron,chromium and other metals and minerals.
• Circus performers who hang by their hair know how strong it is. Intheory, you could gradually hang between 5,600kg and 8,400kgfrom one head of hair without breaking individual hairs.
• The North American hair loss industry is estimated at $7 billion ayear. ■■
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evidence that CD4 cells are our primary target in fighting alopecia areata,” he says. “Thisnew data will help us developinterventions and treatments toease or stop this condition whichcan be psychologically devastat-ing for patients.”
Shapiro and McElwee willhost the International Meeting of Hair Research Societies inVancouver in 2007.
For more information on hairloss, visithttp://www.hairinfo.org/ ■■
Recent recruit Kevin McElwee (l) joins Jerry Shapiro’s hair disorders lab.
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Helen Bell came to UBC topursue a bachelor’s degree, butwill be walking away withmuch more than a piece ofpaper: learning to conductresearch has opened the doorto a wealth of knowledge –and her own identity.
Adopted by white parents atthe age of four, Bell, from theNak’azdli Band of the CarrierNation near Prince George,always knew she was differentbut felt no particular urge toexplore her Aboriginal her-itage. That is, until her adoptedsister, also of Aboriginaldescent, died of complicationsof alcohol abuse in 1999.
“She had suffered fromracism and struggled with heridentity her whole life. Whenshe died, I felt angry and want-ed to know why so many FirstNations people struggle withsubstance abuse and dieyoung,” says Bell.
“I also wanted to find mytrue self.”
Having lost contact with herbirth family for more thanthree decades and now with afamily of her own – includingthree daughters who areinquisitive about theirAboriginal heritage – returningto her band was not an option.
“I’m no longer an active partof the community, but I knowthat through research and auniversity education, I willcome to a better understandingof who I am and where I camefrom,” says Bell, who enrolledin a two-year First NationsStudies Program at LangaraCollege in early 2000.
Bell says catching up on alifetime of cultural education injust two years was challenging.“It was an extremely painful
process to learn the history ofFirst Nations people inCanada. It was mind-boggling.But in the long run, theknowledge made me stronger.”
After receiving an Associateof Arts Degree in First NationsStudies from Langara Collegeand the Institute of IndigenousGovernment, at 44, Bell wenton to become one of the firststudents in UBC’s FirstNations Studies Program inthe Faculty of Arts.
Bell says the research capacity she has acquired atUBC has made a tremendousdifference in the way she pursues knowledge of her culture, and may even pave theway to a career in academe.
“The research component at this institution is excellent,”says Bell. “The respect, integrity and recognition ofthe uniqueness of FirstNations people has reallystood out for me.
“It’s crucial for me thatwe’re doing research for andwith First Nations people, notstudying them like specimensunder a [magnifying] glass.”
Most Aboriginal cultureshave strict guidelines regardingpassing on sacred stories andtraditional knowledge that areinherent to the individual com-munities. Bell says the method-ology in First Nations-relatedresearch is as important, if notmore, than the knowledgederived from it.
“Research in Aboriginalcommunities has to utilizemethods that are differentfrom conventional strategies,”says Bell, “with an aim to provide practical benefits tothe very community where theknowledge comes from.” ■■
First Nations WomanReclaims IdentityThrough EducationAdopted by white parents, she knew she was different.
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Traditional research methodologies often fallshort in their approaches to First Nations issues,according to the director of UBC’s new First NationsStudies Program in the Faculty of Arts.
“University researchers tend to deal with FirstNations communities from a position of expert privi-lege,” says Linc Kesler, who joined UBC to help launchthe program in January 2003. “That’s not always themost productive approach.”
First Nations have a strong oral history tradition,says Kesler. But researchers aren’t always aware of community concerns regarding the sharing of information.
“Most First Nations cultures believe that as themode of transmission changes, the way knowledgefunctions also changes,” says Kesler, whose familycomes from the Lakota Nation in South Dakota.“Some information is also considered very private, so there is a reluctance to having it published in thepublic domain.”
Kesler says there have been instances whereresearchers identified locations of natural resources onFirst Nations land as part of an academic study, whichresulted in the resources being exploited commercially,putting the community at risk of losing its livelihood.
That’s why the program is focused on building relationships that emphasize reciprocity and respect.
“Students are not only taught the research skills butchallenged to consider the implications of theirapproach and its impact on the community’s culturalintegrity,” says Kesler.
In order to receive a major designation in FirstNations Studies, students are required to complete a core curriculum and a year-long practicum in whichthey collaborate with First Nations communities andorganizations to identify their needs and design projects that address the challenges while building on the opportunities.
This year, student practicum projects ranged fromneeds assessment of Aboriginal women in theDowntown Eastside to increasing accessibility toimportant political and historical documents throughmodern technology such as digital videography and the Internet.
“Undergraduate research can have immediate andpractical benefits for First Nations communities andorganizations. And our first class of students have –through their practicum – demonstrated what university researchers have to offer if their capabilitiesare matched by their respect for the needs and wishes
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of the community.”Where possible students also work to develop
further tools that will sustain the project beyond theterm of the internship.
“Students have the opportunity to see the theoriesthey learn in class at work,” says Kesler.
The program will also increase Aboriginal contentand discussion on Aboriginal issues in other UBCdepartments to the benefit of all students. Through collaboration in faculty recruitment and curriculumdesign, says Kesler, both students and instructors willbecome more aware of the Aboriginal perspective and how issues are presented in areas such as history,politics, art and culture.
Kesler admits it’s a balancing act satisfying the needsof a diverse group of students, including Aboriginalstudents who are seeking knowledge about their ownheritage – perhaps for the first time in their lives; non-Aboriginals who want to work in the FirstNations community, and those who come with astrong Aboriginal background.
“By identifying critical issues that are universal tominority groups and addressing individual needsthrough a flexible assignment structure, we’re ready to meet the challenge head on.” ■■
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residents polled said University Town was a good idea.About 75 per cent of the neighbours approved and amajority of students and staff also approved. However,four in 10 faculty expressed ambivalence.
The concerns were also clear. Respondents were con-cerned that the cost of the housing units may be tooexpensive, green space could be lost and traffic conges-tion might be increased.
On the other hand, the understanding of benefits wasalso clear. They felt the main benefits were that revenuefrom the project could support the university’s academic
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About 2,200 people participateA recent survey conducted for UBC reveals that themajority of people contacted are in favour ofUniversity Town, a project that will bring a new mixof housing, academic buildings, shops and amenitiesto the UBC campus.
Pollsters surveyed residents in the GreaterVancouver Regional District (GVRD), neighbourswho live near the university and members of the university community including students, faculty andstaff. McAllister Opinion Research conducted the pollin February and March.
The research was designed to determine support for University Town, concerns and benefits and howUBC’s consultation efforts are viewed.
The survey found that 85 per cent of GVRD
Construction has begun on a major component of University Town. This new mixed-use building at the corner of Wesbrook Mall and University Boulevard is the future home of the Dentistry Faculty.
mission, provide affordable housing and more bur-saries and scholarships.
Fifty-nine per cent of the faculty and 58 per centof the students said that UBC had not consulted withthem enough on the project, while the majority of allUBC neighbours, staff and GVRD residents polledsaid there was enough consultation.
“I am extremely pleased with the strong endorse-ment of University Town as a further distinctive,interesting and vibrant community within the familyof groups comprising metropolitan Vancouver,” saidDennis Pavlich, UBC VP External Affairs. “We willmake even greater efforts to consult with our stake-holders, especially with our faculty, to explain howthis project will benefit our academic mission.” ■■
With almost no recordsavailable to work from,Lunn’s goal was to gatherinformation on the struc-ture of the Mexican trade inechinoderms including thetypes of fisheries involved,the volume and types ofspecies being caught, themain trade centres, thevalue of the industry andtrade regulations. Mexicowas chosen for the surveybecause it is known to be a
major exporter of shellproducts and because of itshuge tourism industry.
Lunn and research assis-tant Maria José VillanuevaNoriega from theUniversidad NacionalAutónoma de México spenta month interviewingalmost 100 people involvedin various aspects of theechinoderm trade alongMexico’s Pacific andCaribbean coasts, where collecting is typically doneby hand in shallow waters.
The interviews providedthe first large-scale look atthe Mexican industry. There
are currently an estimated62 sea star fishers nation-wide supplying the curioindustry. Those fishers areeach collecting an averageof 12,000 sea stars annual-ly. The survey reports ninesea urchin fishers each col-lecting about 6,800 seaurchins annually for use ascurios. At least 200 retailstores in major tourist cen-tres sell sea stars or seaurchins individually or as
part of other shell crafts. In the survey’s other main
findings, fishers’ opinionswere split on whether seastar stocks were in decline.Lunn also found that manyretailers didn’t know orweren’t interested in wheretheir stocks of marine ani-mals had come from.
“When asking retailersabout their sources, I had alot of people telling me thattheir animals had comefrom the Philippines, whenthose species aren’t found inthe Philippines,” Lunn says.
“By the time it has movedup the chain, there is a
detachment between wherethe animal came from andwhat you’re selling it as. It’snot treated much differentlythan a plastic sea star.”
Lunn stresses that the sur-vey is only a preliminaryone but it gives researchersa good base to conduct fur-ther studies on the potentialimpacts of the sea star curiotrade. She hopes theresearch Project Seahorsehas contributed to the
Shedd Aquarium exhibitwill make people think carefully about the sou-venirs they see on offer attheir next tropical vacationdestination.
“The souvenir trade is one where you can directlyreach a consumer audienceand have it make a differ-ence because this is not sea life that people have to catch – it’s not medicine and it’s not a food fishery.At the same time, some people do depend on thistrade for full-time employ-ment and we have to consider that as well.
“I think that people arereally detached from wherethese curios came from andI think that is what Sheddis trying to get across withthe exhibit – that these are wild animals and thatyou could be having animpact on wild populations
when you buy them.” The Shedd Aquarium’s Sea
Star Quest runs from June17, 2004 – January 9, 2005.For more information, visitwww.sheddnet.org. For more information on ProjectSeahorse, visit www.projectseahorse.org. ■■
“We had this idea that sea stars were being taken for the curiositytrade but we didn’t have any idea how many were being traded andwhat that would mean for wild populations.”
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“There are only three Canadianuniversities funded to pilot tri-mentoring programs and UBC isone of them,” explains DianeJohnson, mentoring projects manager with Career Services.“There is great interest from otheruniversities and organizations inwhat we’re doing here.”
Approximately 300 students and140 mentors from industry andacademia are currently involved inthe program and, starting inSeptember, close to 525 studentsand 260 mentors will participate in tri-mentoring in areas such asagricultural sciences, applied science, dentistry, computer scienceand life sciences.
Julianne Sun, a third-year foodand nutritional sciences student,says meeting with her industrymentor gave her confidence to proceed on her chosen career path.
“I know now it will not be easyto search for my first job once I
graduate and that I should be get-ting as much experience as I canduring the summer or workingpart time during the next schoolyear,” she explains. “Therefore,right now I am busy planning andsearching for appropriate compa-nies and workshops to help myselfgain knowledge and experience.”
The unique structure of the program allows senior students to benefit from the knowledge and experience of their industrymentors, while at the same timebuilding mentorship and citizenship skills. In turn, juniorstudents receive information andsuggestions on matters such ascourse selection and volunteering.For some, the lessons learned gowell beyond career advice.
In a survey of program partici-pants, a third-year horticulturalstudent wrote, “At first I was dis-appointed that my industry mentorwas not a professional agriculturalresearcher, but then I was inspiredby the fact that my mentor was
able to bring her other job experi-ences into her current career as alandscaper. Instead of learning howto get from a degree to my dreamjob, I learned how a person canmake the most of their experiencesto do something they love.”
For a group of engineering students, tri-mentoring provided an opportunity to address a socialneed, according to PhD candidatesDonna Dykeman and Erin Young,the program co-ordinators of theEngineering Mentoring Programpilot in the Faculty of AppliedScience.
“We wanted to provide a support network for women inengineering,” explains Dykeman.“Twenty per cent of all engineeringstudents are women, but the number of women actually working in the field is much lower,around five per cent. We wouldlike to see women not be a minority in this area.”
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“This facility will offer researchand patient care with a ‘bench tobedside’ approach focusing onrapid translation of research intoimproved care,” says Dr. AlisonBuchan, associate dean, Research,UBC Faculty of Medicine. “Co-ordinating mood disorder researchin B.C. will help us recruit facultyto this outstanding multidiscipli-nary team,” adds Dr. BernieBressler VCHRI director.
Directed by Dr. Raymond Lam,a UBC professor of psychiatry anda key investigator with VCHRI,the Mood Disorders Centre hasreceived approximately $4.5 mil-lion in new research funding fromcommunity support. Its two pro-gram streams are the BipolarDisorder Program and the BCCredit Union Centre forExcellence in Depression Researchand Care.
The depression centre is sup-ported by a gift of more than $1million from B.C. credit unionsthat will provide for additionalresearcher positions to expand thereach of the centre. New programsof treatment include ReChORD(Relief of Chronic or ResistantDepression) that uses an integratedand comprehensive approach,including expert medication man-agement, psychotherapy, andoccupational therapy.
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STOP-EM will provide earlyand accurate identification anddiagnosis, using comprehensiveclinical assessment as well as neu-ropsychology and neuroimagingapproaches. Treatment willinclude pharmacological and psy-chosocial therapies.
“Patients, especially youngadults, with bipolar disorder oftensuffer for years without correctdiagnosis or treatment. We wantto increase chances of improve-ment and recovery by diagnosingand treating individuals soon aftertheir first manic episode,” saysUBC professor of psychiatry Dr.Lakshmi Yatham, a VCHRIresearcher and world leader inbipolar treatment, who will over-see the program.
Patients aged 14 and older witha current or recent first manicepisode can be referred to the pro-gram for assessment, treatmentand optional participation in theresearch component of STOP-EM.Researchers will assess social andintellectual functioning, brainstructure and chemistry and pro-vide genetic testing.
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DepressionNearly three millionCanadians will experienceclinical depression – an illness that usually developsbetween the ages of 24 and44. Symptoms includesleep, appetite and energyproblems, social withdraw-al and irritability, anddespair. However, four outof five people with depres-sion can be successfullytreated within weeks.Depression is a leadingcause of disability fromwork and costs more than$5 billion per year to manage. About 15 per centof people with severedepression commit suicide.
Bipolar disorderBipolar disorder, previouslyknown as manic-depressiveillness, is a severe mooddisorder that affects aboutone million Canadians.Patients with this disorderexperience both severedepressions as well asmanic episodes (commonsymptoms include irritabili-ty, aggressive behaviour,lack of judgement, impul-sivity, decreased sleep andincreased energy, and oftenpsychosis), both of whichare debilitating. A braindisorder, it typically develops in adolescence orearly adulthood. Affectingup to four per cent ofadults, bipolar disorder isthe sixth leading cause ofdisability worldwideamong 15-44-year-olds. ■■
Association of ProfessionalEngineers and Geoscientists ofBritish Columbia, the EngineeringMentoring Program pilot startedin January 2004 with 30 studentsand 15 academia and industrymentors. There are also plans to expand the program to all engineering students in September.
“The program is showing students that there’s a great varietyand a broad spectrum of careers in engineering, not just yourstereotypical manufacturing environment,” says Young. “Thefield is very broad and can bebroadened further to fields likelaw, ethics, and medicine.”
The Faculty of AgriculturalSciences was the first unit at UBCto implement the new program. In September 2001, 42 studentswere matched with 21 industrymentors.
Community Partnerships Co-ordinator Cathleen Nicholssays that before implementing tri-mentoring, she had co-ordinated other mentorship pro-grams in agricultural sciences, as
well as developing internship andco-operative education programs,but she found tri-mentoring openednew doors.
“What I like about tri-mentoringis the fact that it is self-sustainable,”says Nichols. “You’re linking junior students with seniors, and ifyou do it right the juniors will stayconnected with the program andcome back as seniors. Our senior students soon realize thevalue of mentoring for all partiesand come back as alumni.
“Tri-mentoring is helping usreconnect with our alumni, whichis a struggle for all the faculties oncampus,” she adds, “and it’s alsohelping students make good decisions in terms of their chosen
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tri-mentoring at UBC, for somethe program has already provensuccessful for all involved. Formentors, explains Johnson, this isan opportunity to network withother professionals in the field andespecially to “give back to thecommunity.”
For the students, Nichols says tri-mentoring “gives themself-esteem. It gets them askingsome really good questions aboutcareer development, and it’s helping them to see into the future.It’s exciting to see the growth inthem, and it would be wonderfulif tri-mentoring was implementedcampus-wide.” ■■
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TIMEPIECE 1925
These nursing students studied at Fairview hospitalsite in Vancouver until 1925 when the Dept. ofNursing was relocated to the UBC campus. UBC'sSchool of Nursing celebrates its 85th anniversary thismonth and wants to locate alumni, especially thosefrom the class of 1954 or earlier, who will be specialguests at a gala event. For more information, visitwww.nursing.ubc.ca. ■■
and learning capabilities.In the case of Northwest
Coast artifacts, McLennanexplains, many were dispersedin museums and private collec-tions throughout the worldand are not always accessible.Even those remaining in theprovince “are so isolated andoften difficult to get to.”
Plus they are rapidly deteriorating.
“The poles in SGang Gwaay’llnagaay [Ninstints] are reallyon their last legs,” saysGuujaaw, president of theCouncil of the Haida Nationand an acclaimed carver whoonce assisted Bill Reid. “Inanother decade, they won’t behere. Our people want to letthem finish their course.”
Guujaaw consulted with the museum on the scanningproject and sees great potentialin the technology for his people and for their ownresearch centres.
“By getting that record, wewould be able to preserve thepoles and information aboutthem for future generations,”he says.
Since scanning can be com-pleted hundreds of metres froma structure or geographical site,
As British Columbians brace foranother summer of high forestfire risk, UBC researcher AndrewMacDougall is preparing todeliberately set alight somepatches of the Cowichan GarryOak Preserve south of Duncanto study fire’s power to restorenative plants.
This summer will mark thefifth year that MacDougall hasconducted controlled burnexperiments in the preserve toexamine whether low-intensityfires will help native plantsregenerate in the rare ecosystem.The goals of the project are tobetter understand the causes andconsequences of plant invasionon native species, as well asexamine possible strategies for managing the ecosystemthrough the re-introduction ofcontrolled burning that had traditionally been done by FirstNations people.
“The area is a hot spot forbiodiversity in Canada,” saysMacDougall, who recently completed a PhD thesis on hiswork in the Garry oak preserveunder the supervision of botany
professor Roy Turkington. “Ithasn’t seen fire in more than 150years, and invasive grasses andother introduced species havecome in and choked out thenative plants. They also generatelarge amounts of highly com-bustible plant litter, increasingthe risk of forest fire.”
In Canada, Garry oak ecosystems are found only onVancouver Island, the nearbyGulf Islands and in the FraserValley. They support 91 speciesthat have been designated at risk in B.C. or nationally. The 18-hectare Cowichan pre-serve, owned by the NatureConservancy of Canada, is themost intact remaining exampleof the ecosystem in the country.It is home to five endangered or threatened species: the yellow prairie violet, white-topaster, Howell’s tritelaia, thePropertius dusky wing butterfly
and the barn owl. Historical records, researched
by MacDougall and colleaguesat the University of Victoria,show that prior to European set-tlement, First Nations people inthe area used planned burns tomanage the land and cultivate asupply of indigenous camasbulbs. Camas, a lily plant thatproduces a potato-like tuber,was an important food sourcefor many Coastal tribes. Theunder-burning also encouragedthe growth of native grasses,presumably to attract deer andelk to the area to graze.
The one-square-metre patchesof ground that MacDougallburned in past years have begunto produce results.
Earlier this spring, colourfulpurple-flowered camas plantsand native prairie violets werethriving in meadows amid thestately oaks. MacDougall says ithas been interesting to watch theecosystem respond to fire man-agement techniques.
“We’ve noticed significantincreases in the growth andreproduction of many native
plants. Prairie violet has tripledin cover,” MacDougall says.“The other good news is we’vegotten rid of the invasive grasses.We’ll never have the fuel loadsthat we did before we began theburning experiments.”
He says the experiment alsoproduced some unexpectedresults.
“At first glance, the highabundance of invasive plantssuggests that they drive biodiver-sity decline,” MacDougall says.“However, our research has alsorevealed a hidden but significantimpact of habitat fragmentationon the ability of native species tore-colonize invaded areas.Because exotics [introducedspecies] thrive in our highlydeveloped, contemporary landscapes, they can dominateby default rather than by competition even though theirdominance suggests otherwise.”
Tim Ennis, the NatureConservancy’s director of landstewardship for the B.C. region,says the UBC research will not only help people doing conservation in other parts ofCanada, it will help theConservancy to make manage-ment decisions for the MapleBay property.
“When dealing with the invasive species, they are difficultto control because they grow inamong the native plants,” Ennissays. “We needed to find moreefficient strategies for manage-ment, and Andrew’s results havegiven us the tools we need tohandle them. We’re taking thesame treatments he has succeed-ed with and are applying themon a larger area.”
The Nature Conservancy iscurrently using a combination ofcontrolled burning, mowing andseeding to transform the Garryoak landscape in the years tocome.
“Rather than a carpet of exot-ic grasses punctuated by onewildflower, what we want toachieve is a carpet of native wild-
flowers,” Ennis says. MacDougall says it remains to
be seen whether some of therarer native plants will be able tomake a comeback, and the studyis expected to continue for atleast another five years. But theinitial results have proven thatlarger scale, rotational controlledburns are a conservation optionthat could also help to lower therisk of forest fires.
“Invasive [introduced] grassesare fuel for fires and we need toget a handle on these fuel loads.Low intensity fires can greatlyreduce the hazard of larger,destructive wildfires. Controlledburning would have the benefitof protecting an area from damage in the event of a forestfire,” MacDougall says.
As for the oaks themselves,MacDougall says they love fire.
“Unless they are very small, itdoesn’t harm them.” ■■
Fighting Fire with FireControlled burns bring back native plants. B Y M I C H E L L E C O O K
researchers can digitally cap-ture an entire scene and drawon other resources like histori-cal photographs to get a complete picture of the setting.
With the innovative pilotproject complete, McLennanhopes to secure a virtual museum grant from HeritageCanada or other sources todigitally record NinstintsVillage, a world heritage siteand the earliest recorded Haidavillage of the south QueenCharlotte Islands, where somefree standing poles (but noother structures) remain.
“The rocks and hills are stillthere and we can determinewhere the poles were,” he says.“We can essentially step backin history and reconstruct villages.”
Such projects, he says,demonstrate how technologycan bring cultural works backto First Nations and give therest of us more insight into theFirst Peoples and B.C. culturalcommunities.
“It’s a fantastic way ofstudying history, of bringing itback and of helping peopleunderstand and respect worldcultures,” McLennan says. “It’sreally exciting.” ■■
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Controlled burning has brought native spring blooms back to the Cowichan Gary Oak Preserve.
“We’ve noticed signif icant increases in the growth and reproductionof many native plants. Prairie violet has tripled in cover.”
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