By Susan Scott

A university professor places his or her own textbook on a required reading list for students. In another example, a faculty member on a university hiring committee is related to the spouse of an applicant.

These two situations may or may not demonstrate a conflict of interest. A symposium at York earlier this fall triggered a debate about those examples and other potential conflicts that affect university faculty, staff and students. York's Centre for Practical Ethics sponsored the symposium, the first in its "Ethics in the University" series.

Shirley Katz, of the University's Office of the Counsel, distributed to the audience a draft conflict of interest policy aimed primarily at faculty and staff. Although she prepared the document in 1997, it has yet to be approved as University policy. One of the stumbling blocks is an assertion by the York University Faculty Association (YUFA) that such a policy should be negotiated as part of a collective agreement that YUFA has with the University rather than be unilaterally publicized in the University.

As it stands however, Katz said the draft document would have to be approved by the University's Executive Committee. The University's Board of Governors and administration would then make it public throughout the University community. At the same time, she said many staff members at the University have adopted some of the principles in the document.

She explained the impetus for her work arose out of an incident in 1992 at Concordia University in Montreal. A professor there, Valery Fabrikant was convicted of killing four professors in that university's engineering department. Fabrikant was trying to draw attention to his grievances with the university's administration. In response, many universities across Canada, including York, began looking more closely at the issue of conflict of interest. Then-York President, Susan Mann, struck a small task force to review the University's practices and procedures on faculty discipline and research conduct. The resulting report, produced in 1995, was called "In the wake of Fabrikant: York in the Age of Accountability."

"There was a gap," she explained. "We didn't have an umbrella policy, although there were pocket policies such as one covering personal relationships."

Katz was referring to an existing University Senate policy on close personal relations. Other "pocket policies" currently in effect include a University-wide policy on reimbursement of expenses and one on purchasing. The University's Board of Governors is covered by generic fiduciary (of or pertaining to trust) responsibilities that apply to any member of a board. These responsibilities include the requirement to act in the best interest of the institution. By-laws specific to York state there is an expectation that board members will disclose personal financial conflicts and sign a confidentiality and conflict of interest form at the start of their term in office.

Katz's draft document defines a conflict of interest as a "divergence between a faculty or staff member's personal interests and his or her professional obligations to the University." Furthermore, "a conflict of interest depends on the situation, and not on the character or actions of the faculty or staff member."

Later in the symposium discussion, there were several suggestions that Katz's document be reworded to include a reference to "members of the University community" to include board members.

Ian Greene, a political science professor at York who also spoke at the symposium, discussed another high-profile case that raised awareness about conflict of interest in public institutions, including universities. In the case of former Liberal federal cabinet minister Sinclair Stevens in 1987, it was alleged Stevens used his public office to further private personal business interests. In one example, there was an allegation that Stevens' wife, Noreen, had obtained a $2.6-million loan for the family business, thanks to the intervention of Magna International Inc., a large auto parts manufacturer based in Markham, Ontario. Magna, it was alleged, relied on Sinclair Stevens' ministerial support for millions of dollars worth of loans and grants. In the end, Mr. Justice William Parker, Chief Justice of the High Court of Ontario, ruled Stevens was, in fact, in a real conflict of interest in that instance and several others.

At the time, the Stevens' case was the most thorough investigation of conflict of interest allegations to date in Canada.

"Prior to this there wasn't too much enthusiasm about defining conflict of interest," he said. He described the Stevens case as a "watershed" in sensitizing public interest to the issue. Since the 1987 incident, he said six provinces have enacted legislation on conflict of interest, however the federal government has yet to tackle the issue and establish legislation.

Greene said there's a distinction between potential (actual) conflict and apparent conflict. Potential conflict of interest arises if a person is in a situation that, if continued, would be a real conflict. The key, he said, is to disclose and "extricate ourselves" from the potential conflict. For example, if a faculty member is on a hiring committee and one of the candidates is a student whose paper that faculty member supervised, the faculty member has an obligation to disclose this information and remove him or herself from the potential conflict.

However, if the faculty member was not the supervisor but a representative on a thesis committee, Greene said the faculty member would have to defend his or her views regarding a potential conflict of interest to peers. However, the ultimate decision about whether or not the faculty member could remain on the hiring committee would be made by others, not the faculty member.

"It's best to ensure a process will stand up to legal challenge," said Greene.

Apparent conflict of interest exists when a "reasonable observer concludes a real conflict exists," said Greene. Taking the previous example, if one of the candidates for a position was the sister of the faculty member's ex-spouse, Greene said the faculty member may be able to judge whether or not that's a conflict, but an observer "wouldn't conclude that. You would be perceived to have an apparent conflict, therefore you should remove yourself from the situation."

He said full disclosure is the best way avoid conflict or potential conflict. If there's a question, he advised consulting with someone at the next highest level at the University - a department head or dean - or in the University's Office of the Counsel.

By Cathy Carlyle

Simmons was co-organizer with Sergei Plekhanov of the "Is Fascism History?" symposium at York

Is the term neo-fascist appropriate to use today for far right parties in Europe? That was one of the topics under the microscope at the "Is Fascism History?" symposium held in October at York.

Mention fascism and most people think immediately of Germany under Hitler and the Third Reich. Mention neo-fascism and the public usually envisages young and brutal members of extreme right-wing parties. "Discussion of the extreme right is bedevilled by at least two questions," said York political science Professor Harvey Simmons, co-organizer of the symposium. "First, to what extent does the term 'fascist' apply to contemporary extreme and far-right movements in Europe? Second, if one rejects the labels of 'fascist' and 'extreme right', how should we characterize those movements today? We hoped that the symposium, headed by 10 leading scholars from across Europe, the US and Canada, would throw some light on these pressing issues."

Simmons said presenters at the conference were concerned about the rise of the extreme right in Europe, in particular the Freedom Party of Austria and the National Front of France. "A lot of people view these parties as anti-Semitic, as racist and as anti-democratic," he said. "We set out to get at the essence of these parties, and to try and decide what name to give to them."

He said that the growing extreme-right parties in Europe are crafty in that they don't openly attack particular races or religions. "We suspect them of racism," he said, "partly because of their slogans and partly because they are historically-rooted in the earlier fascist parties." He said the Freedom Party of Austria used the slogan, translated from German, "Too many foreigners". In France the extreme right National Front is anti-muslim and anti-African and anti-Semitic, but in their slogans they claim merely to be "pro France". "In fact, they turn the tables on people who call them racist by saying that those people are 'anti-French racists'."

Most symposium participants said that immigrants were the main target of the extreme-right parties. They said party members believe that immigrants go on welfare when they arrive in a country and burden the social welfare system and that taxpayers resent this. Further, they say that there is a disporportionately high number of immigrants convicted and jailed for crimes. They use this information to show that immigrants have inherently evil characteristics, rather than look at the social system to see if it is flawed.

"As well as anger against immigrants, party members often rail against what they see as corruption in the mainstream political parties," said Simmons. "For instance, Austria's Freedom Party - the most powerful far-right party in Europe - gains its support from people who are fed up with the perpetual dominance of mainstream parties for which they have lost respect. They want a change."

He said symposium participants found it difficult to arrive at a consensus on a name for the new far-right parties, saying that the old terms of fascist and neo-fascist do not apply in the '90s due in part to their shrewdness at not singling out one group to attack. One participant suggested the label "right populist" but not everyone agreed on that. They all viewed the move to the extreme right as a problem, though no one had a solution. "We're hoping that this was one of many more symposiums on the subject," said Simmons. "And we hope to publish the conference proceedings as part of the Occasional Paper series put out by York's Centre for International and Security Studies."

Other speakers at the conference - Professor Sergei Plekhanov and PhD student Denise Roman from York University and Professor Aurel Braun from the University of Toronto - discussed the rise of extreme right movements in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. "Emerging on the wave of ethnic nationalism and stimulated by socioeconomic and political instability in many post-communist societies, the radical right is gaining weight in East European politics and could present a serious danger to new democracies there," said Plekhanov.

The symposium was funded by SHRCC, York's Centre for International and Security Studies, the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies, the departments of history and political science, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Gulbenkian Foundation and the Post-Communist Studies Programme at York.

For most people working at York University, the last working day of 1999 will be Dec. 21, returning to the University on Jan. 3. CLASSES OF THE SECOND TERM BEGIN JAN. 3.

There are a certain number of staff whose positions require that they work to a different schedule. If you are uncertain as to what dates you will be working, please contact your manager. If you have questions regarding your entitlements during the holiday period, which may vary depending on your affiliation, please contact Wanda Sanginesi (ext. 70447) or Shirley MacDonald (ext. 44534) in the Department of Human Resources.

By Kyle Byron

Another partnership has been established between York University and Seneca College. Nov. 12 saw the grand unveiling of the York/Seneca Institute for Science, Technology and Education (YSISTE). A luncheon was served at Seneca @ York for the University and Seneca faculty and staff, along with local educators. Also in attendance was Barb Hejouk from Imperial Oil. Last year, the corporation generously donated one million dollars to York's science program.

YSISTE's mandate is "to create and undertake initiatives in teaching, curriculum, outreach and applied research and development, with a view to improving the quantity and quality of education in mathematics, science and technology at all levels of education." It will draw upon the resources of York's faculties of Education and Pure and Applied Sciences and Seneca's Faculty of Technology.

There are various dimensions to YSISTE's efforts. They will host workshops, demonstrations, speeches, and seminars, undertake fellowships, curriculum analyses, co-op programs and resource centres for science teachers. YSISTE has also proposed a graduate certificate program in science education.

Along with Imperial Oil's donation, two major textbook publishers have expressed interest in sponsoring a summer program for elementary school teachers.

Further development is planned for the existing co-op at York with Westview Centennial High School, in place since 1991.

YSISTE plans a one-term Fellowship where teachers will assist the program and undertake projects for their school boards.

YSISTE will house both physical and virtual resource centres. For example, an Internet-based planning guide for teachers will be linked to the Pan-Canadian Framework of Science Learning Outcomes. The joint program will also pursue the development and dissemination of technology-enhanced learning materials for all levels of education.

Research and development composes a large part of the partnership. YSISTE could provide the Centre for the Study of Computers in Education with a home at Seneca @ York, one the most technologically advanced educational environments in the country.

A proposed program will conduct an analysis of the work of exemplary students from grades one to eight. The curriculum implementation process will also be placed under YSISTE's microscope.

YSISTE will be included in, and will substantially improve, the existing educational partnerships across Canada. The joint program will have a newsletter, a Web site, a listserv, electronic conferences and, most impressively, YSISTE will set up an online network of universities, colleges and industrial, educational and scientific partners. This network will create efficient dialogue across the country on the issues of science education.

YSISTE Co-directors Graham Orpwood (Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Education at York) and Laurel Schollen (Chair of the School of Biological Sciences and Applied Chemistry at Seneca), along with York's Stan Shapson (associate vice-president (strategic academic initiatives)) and Seneca's Vice-President Tony Tilly, thanked Imperial Oil for its substantial donation. A commemorative plaque was presented to Barb Hejouk on behalf of Seneca and York University.

Shapson spoke on behalf of the University and looked to the future with optimism as York blazed a trail in education. "The challenge to stay current in technology education requires the collaboration of the public and separate school boards and postsecondary institutions, and York is addressing these issues," he said.

YSISTE's Seven Goals:

1. Expand and strengthen York's existing pre-service teacher education in mathematics, science and technology;

2. Provide for improved pathways to further education and employability for Seneca and York graduates;

3. Stimulate interest in science and technology on the part of elementary and secondary school students.

4. Expand in-service education and training opportunities for teachers at all levels;

5. Develop technology-enhanced learning materials;

6. Conduct research and development activities in relation to mathematics, science and technology education;

7. Build partnerships with schools, universities, colleges and with other private and public sector organizations.

By Cathy Carlyle

The following is a listing of publications by York University faculty from May 1998 through April 1999. The list was originally published this Fall by the Office of the Associate Vice-President (Research) and the authors honoured at a special luncheon. Be advised that the information in that publication and this article is based on information received from York Faculties and departments.

ATKINSON

F. Beer (English)
Julian of Norwich: Revelation of Divine Love and The Motherhood of God.
Translated from the Middle English with introduction, interpretive essay and bibliography. The Library of Medieval Women. Cambridge: Brewer, 1998.

M. Belcourt (Administrative Studies)
et al. Managing Human Resources. 2nd Edition. Toronto: ITP Nelson, 1999.
with P. Wright and AM Saks Performance Management Through Training and Development. Toronto: ITP Nelson, 1999.
with K. McBey Strategic HR Planning. Toronto: ITP Nelson, 1999.

Jody Berland (Humanities)
ed. with Shelley Hornstein. Capital Culture: A Reader on State Institutions, Modernist Legacies and the Value(s) of Art. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999.

Steve Endicott (History)
with Edward Hagerman. The United States and Biological Warfare: Secrets from the Early Cold War and Korea. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1998.

P. Evans (Social Work)
with C. Baines, S. Neysmith. Women's Caring; Feminist Perspectives on Social Welfare. 2nd Edition Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Brian Gaber (Administrative Studies)
Introduction to Accounting in the 21st Century. Toronto: Andromeda Press, 1999.

Shelley Hornstein (Fine Arts)
ed. with Jody Berland. Capital Culture: A Reader on State Institutions, Modernist Legacies and the Value(s) of Art. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999.

Michael H. Kater (History)
Die missbrauchte Muse: Musiker im Dritten Reich, 576pp. Munich and Vienna: Europe Verlag, 1998.

Brenda Longfellow (Fine Arts)
with K. Armatage, K. Banning and Janine Marchessault. Gendering the Nation/Canadian Women's Cinema. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999.

John Macintosh (Administrative Studies)
with Arline Savage. Advanced Financial Accounting, 4th Edition. Toronto: Captus Press, 1998.

K. McBay (Administrative Studies)
with M. Belcourt. Strategic HR Planning. Toronto: ITP Nelson, 1999.

Michael Michie (Political Science)
An Enlightenment Tory in Victorian Scotland: the Career of Sir Archibald Alison. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press 1997. Edinburgh: Tuckwell, 1998.

Haideh Moghissi (Sociology)
Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Post Modern Analysis. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Christos C. Paraskevopoulos (Economics)
ed. Global Trading Arrangements in Transition. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1998.
ed. European Union at the Crossroads: A Critical Analysis of Monetary Union and Enlargement. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1998.
Global Financial Instability. Toronto: The APF Press, 1999.
Globalization and the Political Economy of Trade Policy. Toronto: The APF Press, 1999.

A.M. Saks (Administrative Studies)
with M. Belcourt and P. Wright. Performance Management through Training and Development. Toronto: ITP Nelson, 1999.

Stuart G. Shanker (Psychology)
with E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, and Talbot J. Taylor. Apes, Language and the Human Mind. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Wittensteins Remarks on the Foundations of Al. London: Routledge, 1998.

Kim Snow (Administrative Studies)
with Pride, Ferrell and MacKenzie. Marketing: Concepts and Strategies. 1st Canadian Edition; ITP Nelson, 1998.

Gary Spraakman (Administrative Studies)
with Thomas Cheng. Current Trends and Traditions in Management Accounting Case Analysis, 3rd Edition. Toronto: Captus Press, 1998.

Livy Visano (Sociology)
Crime and Culture: Refining the Traditions. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press, 1998.

Andrea O'Reilly (Social Work)
Mothering and Motherhood. York University, Centre for Feminist Research, 1999.

FACULTY OF ARTS

Vijay Agnew (Social Science)
Abused Women and Culturally Sensitive Services. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.

Ibrahim H. Badr (French Studies)
Jean Giono: L'esthetique de la violence. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1998.

Hédi Bouraoui (French Studies)
La Pharaonne (The Lady Pharoah). Tunis: L'Or du Temps, 1998.
ed. Hommages au Poete. Woodbridge, Ontario: Les Editions Albion Press, 1998.

Michael Brown (Humanities)
ed. with Bernard Lightman. Creating the Jewish Future. AltaMira Press, 1998.

Robert Burns (Mathematics & Statistics)
translation. Easy as Pi? An Introduction to Higher Mathematics. Written by O.A. Ivanov. New York: Springer/Verlag, 1999.

Shelley Butler (Anthropology)
Contested Representations: Revisiting Into The Heart of Africa. Gordon and Breach Publications, 1999.

Edgar J. Dosman (Political Science)
with Jean Daudelin. Canada and the Americas: Adjusting the Sights. Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1999.

Marc Egnal (History)
New World Economies. The Growth of the Thirteen Colonies and Early Canada. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Sheila Embleton (Languages, Literatures and Linguistics)
ed. Twenty-Fourth LACUS Forum. LACUS, Lake bluff, Illinois, pp.xii and 477.

Hardy Grant (Mathematics & Statistics)
ed. with Detlef Laugwitz and Sarah Shenitzer. Bernhard Riemann 1826-1866 Turning Points in the Conception of Mathematics. Ann Arbour, Michigan: Braun-Brumfield, Inc., 1999.

Les Greenberg (Psychology)
with L. Watson, J. and G. Lietaer. Handbook of Experimental Therapy. New York: Guilford Press, 1998.

C. Ian Greene (Psychology)
with Maureen Mancuso, Michael M. Atkinson, Andre Blais and Neil Nevitte. A Question of Ethics: Canadians Speak Out. Oxford University Press, 1998.
co-author with Peter McCormick, Carl Baar, George Szablowski and Martin Thomas. Final Appeal: Decision-making in Canadian Appellate Courts. Lorimer, 1998.

Arthur Haberman (Humanities)
Private Lives, Public Worlds: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.

Edward Hagerman (History)
with Steve Endicott. The United States and Biological Warfare: Secrets from the Early Cold War and Korea. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1998.

Conrad Heidenreich (Geography)
ed. with John Warkentin, W.G. Dean and T.McIlwraith. Concise Historical Atlas of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.

David Layton-Brown (Political Science)
ed. Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1992. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.

Bernard Lightman (Humanities)
ed. with Michael Brown. Creating the Jewish Future. AltaMira Press, 1998.

Peter Long (Geography)
with Konon Akiba. Nigerian Foreign Policy Towards Africa, Continuity and Change. American University Studies, ITP Nelson, 1998.

Kathryn McPherson (History)
et al., ed. Gendered Pasts: Historical Essays in Femininity and Masculinity in Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press 1999.

David J. Mendelsohn (DLLL)
ed. Expanding Our Vision: Insights for Language Teachers. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Susan Mumm (History)
Stolen Daughters, Virgin Mothers: Anglican Sisterhoods in Victorian Britain. London: Leicester University Press, 1998.

Gerard Naddaf (Philosophy)
Plato the Myth Maker. Translated, edited with an introduction by Gerard Naddaf. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.

Janice Newton (Political Science)
ed. Course Outlines on Women and Politics, 2nd edition. Kitchener-Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier Press.

H.V. Nelles (History)
The Art of Nation-Building: Pageantry and Spectacle at Quebecs Tercentenary. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.

Peter Oliver (History)
Terror to Evil-Doers: Prisons and Punishments in Nineteenth Century Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.

Richard Pope (DLLL)
Superior Illusions. National Heritage Books, 1998.

David Rennie (Psychology)
Person-centred Counselling: An experimental approach. London and Thousand Oaks, California: Sage, 1998.

Nicholas Rogers (History)
Nicholas Rogers Crowd, Culture and Politics in Georgian Britain. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998.

Shelley Romalis (Anthropology)
Pistol Packin, Mama: Aunt Molly Jackson and the Politics of Folksong. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1998.

Abe Shenitzer (Mathematics & Statistics)
with editing assistance from Hardy Grant and Sarah Shenizer. Translation. Bernhard Riemann 1826: Turning Points in the Conception of Mathematics. Ann Arbour, Michigan: Braun-Brumfield Inc., 1999.

Adrian Shubert (History)
Death and Money in the Afternoon: A History of Spanish Bullfighting. New York: Oxford Univeristy Press, 1999.

Lorne Sossin (Political Science)
The Law of Justiciability in Canada: A Study of Judicial Review. Toronto: Carswell, 1999.

Johanna Stuckey (Humanities)
Feminist Spirituality. Toronto: York University, Centre for Feminist Research, 1998.

George Szablowski (Political Science)
with Carl Baar, Peter McCormick, Martin Thomas, Ian Greene. Final Appeal: Decision-making in Canadian Appellate Courts. Lorimer, 1998.

Martin Thomas (Political Science)
with Carl Baar, Peter McCormick, George Szablowski, Ian Greene. Final Appeal: Decision-making in Canadian Appellate Courts. Lorimer, 1998.

Sergio Villani (French Studies)
ed. with Hédi Bouraoui. Hommages au Poete. Woodbridge, Ontario: Les Editions Albion Press, 1998.
ed. Aspects de la litterature des Antilles. Little Realité Vol.X, N'1. Printemps/Été, 1998.
ed. Aspects de la litterature des Antilles. Little Realité Vol.XI, N'1. Printemps/Été, 1999.
ed. Reliquaire. Written by Arthur Rimbaud. Woodbride: Les Editions ALBION Press, 1999.
Live Rimbaud: Approaches critiques. SSHRC for International Conference, 1999.

Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi (History)
Modern Japanese Thought. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

John Warkentin (Geography)
ed. with Conrad Heidenrich, W.G. Dean and T. McIlwraith. Concise Historical Atlas of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.
A Regional Geography of Canada: Life, Land and Space, 2nd edition. Ontario: Prentice Hall Canada Inc., 1999.

Reg Whitaker (Political Science)
The End of Privacy: How Total Surveillance is Becoming a Reality. New York: New York Press, 1999.

M.W. Wong (Mathematics & Statistics)
Weyl Transforms, Universitext Series. Springer-Verlag, 1998.
An Introduction to Pseudo-Differential Operators. 2nd edition. World Scientific, 1998.

Jianhong Wu (Mathematics & Statistics)
with Tibor Krisztin and Hans-Otto Walther. Shape, Smoothness and Invariant Stratification of an Attracting Set for Delayed Monotone Positive Feedback. Fields Institute Monographs, American Mathematical Society, 1999.
ed. with Shigui Ruan, Gail and S.K. Wolkowicz. Differential Equations with Applications to Biology. Fields Institute Monographs, American Mathematical Society, 1999.

F. Zingrone (Humanities)
ed. with E. McLuhan. Escritos Essentiales, Paidos Editiones. Barcelona/Buenos Aires, 1998.

FACULTY OF FINE ARTS

Ammon Buchbinder (Film & Video)
feature film, The Fishing Trip. Screened at the Palm Springs, Vancouver, Toronto and Sudbury film festivals and went on to natio-nal theatrical release.

Donna Krasnow (Dance)
three-part video series, C-I Training. Developed for a physical conditio-ning program.

David Lidov (Music)
Elements of Semiotics-Semaphores and Signs. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Janine Marchessault (Film& Video)
with K. Armatage, K. Banning and Brenda Longfellow. Gendering the Nation/Canadian Women's Cinema. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999.

Peter McKinnon (Theatre)
English editor of Theatre Works. International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians, 1998.

Christina Petrowska (Music)
Solo CD Northern Sirens-Christina Petrowska, Piano. York University Fine Arts, 1999.

David Rotenberg (Theatre)
The Shanghai Murders: A Mystery of Love and Ivory. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Don Rubin (Theatre)
series editor World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre (WECT) Vol. IV - The Arab World. New York: Routledge, 1998.
series editor World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre (WECT) Vol. V - Asia/Pacific. New York: Routledge, 1999.

Judith Rudakoff (Theatre)
ed. Questionable Activities: Canadian Theatre Artists Interviewed by Canadian Theatre Students. Toronto, 1998.
Not Having/Sin Tener. Bilingual English/Spanish edition. Playwrights Canada: Toronto, 1998.
showcase performance of stage play Rum & Coca Cola at Teesri Duniya Theatre, Montreal, 1998.

Holly Small (Dance)
Princess Productions commission to choreograph new dance quartet, Stark. 1998.

Canada Dance Festival commission for choreography and artistic direction of new dance piece, Cadavre exquis. 1998.

James Tenney (Music)
commission by Music Canada 2000 New arrangements of works by Conlon Nancarrow. For CBC Canada.
commission by Canada Council and Laidlaw Foundation New work for Evergreen Club Gamelan and Esprit Orchestra. Toronto.
commission by Suedwestfunk, Germany New work for Partch instruments and orchestra. To be premiered at Donaueschinger Musiktage, Germany.

Malcolm Thurlby (Visual Arts)
The Herefordshire School of Romanesque Sculpture. Little Logaston, U.K.: Lagaston Press, 1999.

FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

David V.J. Bell
ed. with R. Keil, L. Fawcett and P. Penz Political Ecology: Global and Local. New York/London: Routledge, 1998.

Leesa Fawcett
ed. with R. Keil, David V.J. Bell and P. Penz Political Ecology: Global and Local. New York/London: Routledge, 1998.

Roger Keil
ed. with David V.J. Bell, L. Fawcett and P. Penz Political Ecology: Global and Local. New York/London: Routledge, 1998.
Los Angeles: Globalization, Urbanization and Social Struggles. Chichester, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 1998.

Peter Penz
ed. with R. Keil, L. Fawcett and David V.J. Bell Political Ecology: Global and Local. New York/London: Routledge, 1998.

Raymond Rogers
Solving History: The Challenge of Environmental Activism. Black Rose Books.

Anders Sandberg
and S. Sörlin. Sustainability - The Challenge: People Power and the Environment. Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1998.

FACULTY OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE

Brock Fenton (Biology)
The Bat: Wings in the Night Sky. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1998.

L. Harris (Computer Science)
ed. with M. Jenkin Vision and Action. Cambridge University Press, 1998.

M. Jenkin (Computer Science)
ed. with L. Harris Vision and Action. Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Jan Sapp (Biology)
What is Natural? Coral Reef Crisis. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

J.T.J. Srzednicki (Computer Science)
ed. with Z. Stachniak Lesniewski's Systems: Protothetic. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.

Z. Stachniak (Computer Science) SCHULICH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ed. with J.T.J. Srzednicki Lesniewski's Systems: Protothetic. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.

SCHULICH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Patricia O'Brien
with Roman L. Weil, Michael M. Maher and Clyde P. Stickney Accounting: The Language of Business 10th edition. Sun Lakes, Arizona: Thomas Horton and Daughts, 1999.

Gordon Roberts
with S. Ross, R. Westerfield and J. Jaffe Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 3rd Canadian edition. Toronto: McGraw Hill Ryerson, 1999.
with S. Ross, R. Westerfield and J. Jaffe Corporate Finance 2nd Canadian edition. Toronto: McGraw Hill Ryerson, 1999.

L.S. Rosen
Accounting: A Decision Approach revised edition. Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1999.

Brenda J. Zimmerman
with Curt Lindberg and Paul Plsek Edgeware: Insights from Complexity Science for Health Care Leaders. VHA Inc., 1998.

OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL

Mary Condon
Making Disclosure: Ideas and Interests in Ontario Securities Regulation. University of Toronto Press, 1998.

Simon R. Fodden
Family Law. Toronto: Irwin Law, 1999.

Patrick Monahan
with Frederick Zemans From Crisis to Reform: A New Legal Aid Plan for Ontario 1997. Translated into Japanese by the Japan Legal Aid Association. Published in Japan.

Frederick Zemans
with Patrick Monahan From Crisis to Reform: A New Legal Aid Plan for Ontario 1997. Translated into Japanese by the Japan Legal Aid Association. Published in Japan.

GLENDON

Jean-Claude Bouhénic (Mathematics)
Calculus: Calcul differentiel et integral. Editions du GREF, 1998.

Yves Frenette (Canadian Studies)
Brève histoire des Canadiencs français. Montreal: Boréal, 1998.

Ian Gentles (History)
ed. with John Morrill and Blair Worden. Soldiers, Writers and Statesmen of the English Revolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Michiel Horn (History)
Academic Freedom in Canada: A History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999.

Dominique Lexcellent O'Neill (French Studies)
Invocations. York University, Glendon.

Tsipora Lior
Semainiers, poèmes et nouvells, front. En coul. de Ben Shahn. Toronto: Éditions Du Gref, coll. Écrits torontois no. 13, 1998.

Vivienne Monty (Frost Library)
Proposal for a revised Model Depository System. Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 1998.

Françoise Mougeon (French Studies)
Quel français parler? Initiation au français au Canada et en France. Toronto: Éditions Du Gref, 1998.
et Dominique Scheffel-Dunand Paroles francophones: Québec, Ontario, France. CD ROM. Toronto: Éditions Du Gref, 1998.

Sylvie Rosienski-Pellerin (French Studies)
with Sylvie Dejy Blekeley Voyage au bout de l'écrit: De l'exploitation à la production de textes. Toronto: Éditions Du Gref, 1998.

E. Roventa (Computer Science)
Eléments de logique pour l'informatique. Toronto: Éditions Du Gref, 1999.

David Spring (Mathematics)
Convex Integration Theory: Solutions to the h-principle in geometry and topology. Monographs in Mathematics, Vol. 92. Birkhauser Verlag, 1998.

Applications and nominations are invited for the position of Director of the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC), normally for a term of three years, to begin July 1, 2000, subject to an extension for another two years upon mutual consent of the parties.

CERLAC is an interdisciplinary University-based organized research unit reporting to the associate vice-president (research). It is concerned with the economic development, political and social organization, and cultural contributions of Latin America and the Caribbean. The centre works to build academic and cultural links between these regions and Canada; to inform researchers, policy advisers, and the public on matters concerning the regions; and to assist in the development of research and teaching institutions that directly benefit the peoples of the regions.

Candidates must be members of the full-time faculty at York University, have a distinguished record of scholarship, and also have extensive knowledge of the field of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS). Fluency in Spanish is required. The successful candidate will bring energy and interest in the field to the Centre. Experience in administration at any level would be an asset, as well as experience in budget management and in negotiation of research contracts.

Even though the search for CERLAC director is internal, applications by external candidates will be considered if they simultaneously also apply for the LACS position in the Faculty of Arts, as advertised in the November/99 issue of University Affairs. The directorship will only be open to external candidates who also win appointment to the advertised LACS faculty position.

The director will report to the associate vice-president (research) and is expected to administer the day-to-day activities of the centre, which include among other things a graduate diploma program, documentation centre, and speakers series, and to carry out an active research program. The successful candidate will be able to lead colleagues with similar interests and to promote collaborative research. The position carries with it an administrative stipend and an appropriate course load reduction.

Applications and nominations (including curriculum vitae and names of three referees who may be contacted) should be sent to the secretary of the Search Committee, Carol Irving, executive officer for Research Centres, S932B Ross Building. Applications and nominations received prior to Jan. 26, 2000 will be sure to receive the full attention of the search committee.

As part of the York University Libraries' program review, we have prepared a survey for full-time and part-time faculty on various library issues. The survey will be online from Dec. 1, 1999 to Jan. 7, 2000 and will be accessed from the home page of the library Web site.

We ask faculty members to please take a few minutes and complete the survey. Our success as a library depends on identifying and meeting faculty needs. We will be asking you to assess various library services, collections and facilities, and tell us how you are using the libraries - or how you would like to use them. So please share your views with us.

If you would prefer a paper copy of the survey, please call Margaret Jeffery at extension 22375 in the University Librarian's Office, 310 Scott Library, and one will be mailed to your office address.

By Michael Todd

Enemies Within: Italians and Other Internees in Canada and Abroad (University of Toronto Press, 1999), edited by York history Professor Roberto Perin with Angelo Principe and Franca

Iacovetta, is the first study of its kind to examine not only the making and uneven implementation of internment policy, but the social and gender history of internment. The editors have assembled scho-lars who, while having diverse views, seek to stimulate informed debate.

Masculinity, sexuality, communist women's release politics and female internees are some of the little-studied subjects that receive attention in the book. The volume also includes photographs never before seen, along with a general introduction and four section introductions which provide valuable background to the issues
discussed.

Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 1993 (University of Toronto Press, 1999) edited by political science Professor David Leyton-Brown features essays on parliament and politics, Ottawa and the provinces, and external affairs. The year 1993 marked the changing of the political guard at both federal and some provincial levels. While the cha-racters changed, the agendas remained very much the same.

Peacekeeping remained a
priority yet the military's image was tarnished by the Somali Affair.
The year 1993 also marked parliament's approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The Canadian Annual Review has long been praised for its
excellence. Known for its accuracy, readability and insight, it offers a synoptic appraisal of the year's crises, controversies and developments from both federal and provincial perspectives.

A new book of poems by
English, humanities and creative
writing Professor Patricia Keeney is entitled Global Warnings (Oberon, 1999). As a poet, Keeney makes hard, bright images that stay in the mind. These are no longer the poems of youth -- people seem to be what matters to her now. This is Keeney's first new book in three years, although 1999 also marks the publication (in China) of an edition of her Selec-ted Poems. Global Warnings is her seventh book.

A Short History of the World

By Andrew McRae

Loretta Yarlow, director and curator of the AGYU

Surprisingly, many members of the York community have never heard of the Art Gallery of York University (AGYU), let alone know that it features some of the best contemporary art produced in Canada and internationally. Popularizing the gallery within the University itself is a mission its director and curator Loretta Yarlow continues to work toward after ten successful years at the helm.

"This [AGYU] is like a crash-course on the best contemporary art around the world...It's what we believe is the best of what's going on today," Yarlow said.

Yarlow, who just over a decade ago took the foundering York gallery from an operation in the red to one with a half-million dollar annual budget, continuously works to make contemporary art more accessible.

The AGYU's locations doesn't help the recognition it deserves. Tucked away in a corner of the Ross building's basement, few people know it's there. Lack of funding is the gallery's second major obstacle.

"The University is supporting us to a greater extent than it had been ten years ago, but the problem is that by not being directly under The Faculty of Fine Arts we're not in the literature; we don't appear in any of the promotional [and fundraising] material," Yarlow said.

While exhibiting leading contemporary art such as the photography of the famous Toronto-based sculptor Robin Collyer during the summer of 1999, the AGYU also runs an intern program in conjunction with the University's Faculty of Fine Arts that trains promising young curators and arts professionals. It also supervises York students interning overseas.

Currently, Caryn Narvey, a graduate student in York's graduate program in art history, is working as an intern at Camden Arts Centre in London, UK - one of Europe's foremost centres for new art.

While Yarlow continues the uphill struggle in attracting the York community to the AGYU, she is committed to bringing the public closer to contemporary art in the hope that people open an intimate dialogue with it - a practice she learned from her college days at Sarah Lawrence in Broxville, NY, trained under the chief curator of the Museum of Modern Art, William Rubin and Barbara Rose, painter Frank Stella's wife.

At the fragile age of 24, Yarlow was catapulted into the role of curator of the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art as a result of her successful graduate thesis at Harvard University. Following difficult times there, she made the trek to Toronto, and co-founded the Yarlow-Salzman gallery with her friend Greg Salzman, whom she subsequently married.

In 1988, Joyce Zemans, then York's dean of fine arts, invited Yarlow to direct York's art gallery. With a budget running a deficit, she proceeded to transform two adjoining former classrooms into the white-washed space the AGYU is today.

Yarlow not only turned the AGYU's finances around, but transformed it from an upstart to an internationally recognized gallery. Under her direction, the AGYU hosted the first Canadian exhibitions of Britain's Alison Wilding, Ireland's James Coleman and America's Robert Therrien and Louise Bourgeois.

The AGYU receives acclaim amongst international arts circles, yet seldom within its own home at York. This is a paradoxical situation Yarlow hopes to end with her campaign for a new building to house the gallery.

(For more AGYU see "York Links")

At it's meeting of June 24, 1999 the Senate of York University:

noted remarks from the Chair regarding the achievements of the past year;

noted remarks by President Marsden on the recent establishment of a new Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities; the appointment of Prof. John Lennox as acting dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, and Prof. Ken McRoberts as principal of Glendon College. She also referred to her memo which commented on events at the Centre for Refugee Studies, and the need to develop policies on records management and retention at the University;

noted remarks by Vice-President Hobson on the recent student application data, and that York's overall target has now been reached;

approved the Honours Double Major BSc program within the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science and joint Faculty of Arts/Faculty of Pure and Applied Science inter-Faculty Honours Double Major BSC programs;

approved a report from the Subcommittee on Revising the Senate Policy on the Academic Implications of Disruptions or Cessations of University Business Due to Labour Disputes or other Causes (regulation 008);

received a report from the Senate Academic Policy and Planning Committee on the Update to the Call for Plans;

approved a recommendation from CCAS to establish the joint Faculty of Fine Arts/Faculty of Pure and Applied Science Major/Minor BA and BFA degree programs, including one major Fine Arts subject area and one minor Science subject area; and a joint Faculty of Fine Arts/Faculty of Pure and Applied Science Major/Minor BSC program, including one major subject rom the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science and one minor subject from the Faculty of Fine Arts.

approved a recommendation from CCAS to revise Glendon College regulations 12, 14 and 15 as set out in the documentation provided;

approved a recommendation from CCAS to revise certificate requirements for Atkinson College as set out in the documentation provided;

approved a recommendation from CCAS to establish the Specialized Honours Programme in Global Political Studies, Faculty of Arts;

approved a recommendation from CCAS to establish the Certificate in Educational Studies;

approved a recommendation from CCAS to establish the Joint Programme, Faculty of Fine Arts BFA in Dance and the National Ballet School Teaching Diploma;

approved the continuation of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies for a period of five years with a review to take place during the academic session 2002-2003; the continuation of the Centre for Jewish Studies for a period of five years with a review to take place during the academic session 2003-2004; the continuation of the Centre for the Study of Computers in Education for a period of three years with a review to take place during the academic session 2001-2002; the continuation of the York Centre for Health Studies for a period of five years with a review to take place during the academic session 2002-2003; the guidelines for the review of Research Institutes and Centres at York University and that senate approve the guidelines for the Chartering of Research Institutes and Centres at York University.

For further information on these items, please contact the University Secretariat.

These dedicated staff members were honoured for their 25 years of service during a special ceremony held on Nov. 10 at the Faculty Club.

Following the presentation of the service recognition awards, Sherma Mitchell spoke on behalf of the "seasoned veterans". Mitchell took a trip down memory lane reminding those present of some of what was not at York in 1974 - York Lanes & the Student Centre; Calumet College & Residence; the Centre for Film and Theatre; Chemistry & Computer Science Building; the West Office Building; the Tennis Centre; the Ice Gardens and of course, replacing the Ross Building as the new face-on-the-block - Vari Hall.

With all eyes and ears focused on her as she eloquently spoke on behalf of all of the veterans, Mitchell gave a warm and heartfelt speech sharing her own experiences as well as those she shares with 33 others. "Whatever our individual tasks, we are all engaged in, and dedicated to supporting and enhancing the teaching-learning process and the scholarly activity at York. We are also dedicated to building and maintaining a warm, solid multicultural community - characterized by mutual respect and appreciation..."

1999 Recipients - 25 Years Recognition Award:

Elvira Arevalo, Karen Cassel, Angela D'Ambrosi, John Dawson, Alfred Degiorgio, Janice Grant, Liliana Guadagnoli, Myrtle Hutchinson, Debbie Jamieson, Diane Jenner, Barbara Lowens, Anne-Marie Maitland, Connie Marshall, Theresa McClean, William Milne, Sherma Mitchell, Derek Pearce, Monica Perot, Ann Pestano, Maria Polesel, Donna Rosenfeld, Barbara Rowe, Janis Roy, Annette Rufo, Joan Shields, Megan Simons, Vladka Soltesz, Susan Stent, Marion Sum, Anna Tesoro, Kathryn Turner, Flora Veel, Silvana Vettese and Dianne Zecchino.

David Finestone

"Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And though we've got too much to do. . .
AGYU, AGYU, AGYU!"

Of course the "fire" I'm alluding to is the metaphor of inspiration, that muse's breath which artists embed in their work. And as luck would have it York is home to the nationally and internationally renowned Art Gallery of York University, and a Web site that reflects the stature of the gallery.

The Web site's home page (http://www.yorku.ca/admin/ agyu/) links you to the current exhibition. Then a quick scroll down to the page bottom and the button bar avails much more than the expected "standard" Web fare. The "Gallery Info" section tells you where it's at, how to get there and when you can visit. Then the "News & Events" page addresses items of note such as the upcoming "Smith/Stewart: In camera" exhibit as well as apprenticeship and training at the AGYU.

The "Exhibitions" area is my "pick to double click". If you happened to miss "Diana Thater: The best sense is the nonsense" despite having your interest piqued by the stellar Gazette article "York Exhibition by Diana Thater Opens at the Art Gallery of York University" (http://www.yorku.ca/ admin/comm/gazette/past/archive/020399/current.htm) You can glean info. on past exhibits, and best of all, take the AGYU sculpture tour virtually, all safe and cozy while basking in the warm glow of your plasma or cathode ray monitor.

The tour is a wonderful preface to visiting the AGYU or taking a summer walking tour of York's impressive sculpture collection. But for the time being, "Oh the weather outside is frightful...."

By Nishat Karim

Stong College

Colleges at York have traditionally been named after prominent Canadians from all walks of life such as Colonel Samuel McLaughlin, Governor General George Vanier, the Honourable Robert Winters and Dr. Norman Bethune. But one college chose to name itself in honour of a pioneer family, who spent over 130 years farming much of the land that York stands on today.

Stong College was built in 1969 and dedicated on Nov. 21, 1970 to a family who settled in and around York County. Arriving from Pennsylvania, they occupied land that was all wilderness, and bore the hardships of pioneer life. To escape from religious persecution, the Stongs came to America in 1709 from the Palatinate region of Germany. Sylvester (Seward) Stong and his family came to Canada in 1800 in voluntary political exile after the American revolution, settling north of Toronto. A log cabin near Black Creek was built by his son Daniel in 1816. In 1960, the log cabin, along with other Stong buildings became a historical site with Black Creek Pioneer Village built around it. It is the bravery and forethought of this family that laid the stepping stone of now Greater Metropolitan Toronto and York University.