March 2016 by The Gradzette

Gradzette The university of mANITOBAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GRADUATE STUDENT Magazine MARCH 2016

Social work student weighs in on mental health

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Meet the candidates for the UMGSA executive

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MARCH 2016 Gradzette c/o The Manitoban Newspaper Publications Corporation 105 University Centre University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2 General inquiries and advertising Phone: (204) 474.6535 Fax: (204) 474.7651 Email: editor@gradzette.com Editor:Tom Ingram Copy Editor: Katy MacKinnon Designer: Marc Lagace Staff writer: Ryan Catte Contributors: Jason Bone, Beibei Lu, Lauren Siddall, Carolyne Kroeker

We would like to clarify the quote from John Danakas, U of M executive director of public affairs, on page 5 of our previous issue. After “difference between rising costs of operating the university” add the words “[and its funding and revenues].” The article has been edited in the online edition to reflect this wording. Richard From was incorrectly identified as a UMGSA senator on page 6 of our previous issue. He is actually the executive-at-large. We apologize for the error and have amended the online version to reflect this.

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Treating people like people by Lauren Siddall

Your UMGSA 2016 candidates

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Indigenizing the academy

10 Words, Crossed.

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Treating people like people

PhD student looks to address systemic issues within the mental health system

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niversity of Manitoba PhD student Walter Chan first connected with the disability movement in 2002 while completing his master of social work. From there, it wasn’t a far leap to join the psychiatric survivors movement – a movement that advocates for the rights of individuals who are currently accessing or have previously accessed mental health services. The movement arose in the early 1970s as a branch of the civil rights movement. Major components of this multifaceted movement include rights protection and advocacy, promoting self-determinacy, and creating a sense of pride and culture for people with mental illness. “Both from a professional viewpoint and a person who’s lived through oppression, I feel this movement is important because a lot of people who go through the mental health system become quite disempowered,” explained Chan. “If you do get a diagnosis that fits the criteria of the law, your civil rights can be taken away from you with two signatures. And that can’t happen to a lot of other people – it is specific to this group of people.” Beyond knowing first-hand the disempowerment one feels when receiving treatment in the mental heath field, Chan also felt disempowered as a member of the professional community. “You felt disempowered even as a professional because you weren’t really given leeway to make many decisions, you were kind of treated as an infant in a way,” he said. “So from these two directions, I figured this was an important topic for a movement of empowerment and emancipation to spring up from a group who has been marginalized in society.” Chan noted several other problems within the mental health industry that he experienced as a social worker.

“From a professional viewpoint, even didn’t really treat their patients as people – though I was a paid employee, I felt there was they treated them like illnesses. And you a lot of problems in the system and that there know, those are the people you see everyday, was also – for both those are the people the patients and the you are supposed professionals – sort to be helping,” said of belittling. For a Chan. long time, I really “And because of wanted to become the mistrust within a professional and the unit, I couldn’t hone my technical really speak about skills and be part it openly.” of the profession. According to But once I got in Chan, this was the the field, I saw that underlying reason some of the things for his return to acawe were dealing demics. Through with as workers his research and were not really his continued insolvable from our volvement with the level,” said Chan. psychiatric surviv“Getting to the ors movement, he roots of those hopes to help mitiproblems required gate these concerns U of M PhD student Walter Chan. changing the knowfrom a higher level. ledge base and doing some research, or going Chan believes that the way to address these into politics. I wasn’t interested in going into issues within the field is multifaceted. Firstly, politics, at least formally, so I figured it might he hopes to see patients given more control be better to go into research as a way to solve over the treatment they receive, rather than problems.” being strictly governed by professionals. One of the problems noted by Chan was Further, Chan feels that people with mental the low morale within the healthcare system, disorders need to be viewed as functioning specifically within the mental health subfield. members of our society. “Even quite recently, there was a report “Instead of viewing people with mental from Vancouver that found there was wide- differences as hopeless or as people who are spread harassment and really bad morale ‘throwaways,’ it’s better to have an attitude within the healthcare system. A large number of being hopeful and really recognizing that of staff quit and something like upwards of people with mental differences aren’t that 50 per cent of people said that the atmos- different from you and I,” said Chan. phere was somewhat poisonous,” said Chan. “I think another important thing to focus Chan used his previous work experience on is the social determinants of mental illat a company in Vancouver as an example ness. I think the majority of mental distress of the morale issues the mental health field is caused by oppression in society and if chilneeds to combat, citing poor leadership as dren weren’t being abused, if women were one of the primary sources of this problem. not being abused, if there were not such an Beyond issues of morale, Chan also spoke emphasis on profit, if people treated people of discriminatory behaviour among the pro- more like human beings, then that would fessionals he worked with – something he probably decrease a lot of mental distress in found incredibly troubling. society.” “Even though we were supposed to be mental health professionals, there was a lot of stigma around mental illness. Some people

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meet the candidates

FOR UMGSA PRESIDENT

Enoch A-iyeh (Your UMGSA)

Background and experience:

Enoch A-iyeh Area of study: Electrical and computer engineering

Enoch A-iyeh is currently serving as vice-president external of the UMGSA where he worked in expanding the external relations of the organization. During his tenure, he organized a very successful and highly productive GU15 conference. This afforded UMGSA the opportunity to shape and inform graduate student policies and governance. He has worked with a member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly for graduate students’ causes and has encouraged dialogue on the controversial budget cuts implemented by the university. Enoch focuses on providing input geared toward graduate student-friendly policies and opportunities on all committees he serves on. Notwithstanding, he has an understanding of the UMGSA structure and processes from his experiences. Enoch is driven by the simple philosophy that “we are in this together. This is better than being on your own. Cooperation is what works in the real world.” He is committed to seeing UMGSA in useful partnerships. Having fostered co-operative efforts between UMGSA and other partners to useful ends, he would like to see future collaborative initiatives that would bring real resources to graduate students for the enhancement of their graduate experience. Students should have more opportunities and tools for success. Enoch intends to drive outreach efforts to the over 90 graduate disciplines in the uni-

versity – a drive that should curb the perpetual absence of student membership at UMGSA. Through inclusion strategies and active participation, Enoch will engage graduate students and solicit their inputs towards achieving a comprehensive association. Further, Enoch intends to address the outward-focused financial approach of the current leadership by streamlining financial processes, minimizing costs and redirecting resources to priority issues. A vote for Enoch is a vote for prioritization of the needs of graduate students and their issues; active and strong advocacy; increased cooperation; available tools and opportunities for success; enhanced graduate student outreach; active engagement; and a sustainable outlook on the operations and processes of the UMGSA.

Goals:

Ensure that we successfully exit as “members” of CFS for his term. This could put locked up resources at our disposal. Address the increasing pressure and demand for conference grants to graduate students and empower students with the resources including fees required to publish in journals. Actively engage the university senate to ensure more favourable and unrestrictive voluntary withdrawal policies for graduate students. Engage the relevant parties to address increase demands for child care spaces on campus. Initiate dialogue and possibly revert previous budget cuts given recent provincial funding.

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meet the candidates

FOR UMGSA PRESIDENT

Carl Neumann (Independent) Background and experience:

Carl Neumann Area of study: Philosophy

I currently serve as the Philosophy Representative on the UMGSA Council. I am a member of several UMGSA committees including both Bylaws & Policy and Finance. I am the chairperson for the UMGSA’s Internal Development and Review Subcommittee (IDRSC), and we have just completed the first bi-annual review of the UMGSA executives for 2015-2016. In this role, I created and administered the Graduate Students’ Association Survey and gained a very thorough understanding of the internal workings of the UMGSA. I have taken the initiative, both as a member of council as well as in my role as the subcommittee chairperson, to propose several council motions which aim to improve the accountability and functioning of the association. I am currently the vice-president of the Ethics Center Students’ Association, and also a teaching assistant, so I have a personal understanding of what graduate students in similar roles are doing and experiencing. Last year I was an executive-at-large with the Winnipeg Teachers’ Association, which gives me extremely valuable practical experience in how different but similar organizations and their executives organize and manage their affairs. While completing my undergraduate degree at Carleton University, I served as a student senator for three years and a council representative for two years. During that

time, I was a member of all of the students’ association’s committees, and I was elected as chairperson to conduct all administrative duties for the Long Range Planning, Financial Review, Students’ Issues Action, and Community Service Committees.

Goals:

My primary goals are focused on engagement, communication, and ethics. I will personally meet with graduate students in their departments to strengthen the UMGSA’s connection with them, hear their ideas and concerns directly, and ensure they know about, and have access to, all that the UMGSA has to offer. There will be fewer, shorter, and clearer emails, with links to additional information for those who want it rather than long emails containing extensive details that many do not want or need. Our events will take on new meaning by supporting those in need. Prize raffles and food drives will regularly benefit charities such as women’s shelters and food banks. The UMGSA’s investments should better reflect our shared values, and we will pursue divestment from carbon-intensive companies.

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meet the candidates

FOR UMGSA VP EXTERNAL

Albert Boakye (Your UMGSA)

Albert Boakye Area of study: Public administration

Background and experience: Albert Boakye is a graduate student in the joint MPA program run by the University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg. He serves as a student representative on the joint discipline committee for the program and as vice-president (marketing/special functions) on the Student Association for the Master’s of Politics and Public Administration (SAMPA). Albert currently serves as a Teaching Assistant at the U of W and has worked as research assistant on post-secondary education financing in Canada at the department of political studies at U of M. He has previously worked as a policy analyst for Manitoba Mineral Resources with a key responsibility of designing legislative frameworks through a provincial jurisdictional scan. Before coming to Canada, he served as a teaching assistant at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration and Ghana Christian University College. Albert holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wales in development management with a specialization in microfinance. His research interests include leadership, governance, and development issues; public management and public policy; and strategic management.

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Albert participates in academic conferences on an annual basis and coordinates research activities for a couple of non-governmental organizations in Ghana. Goals: Partner with both internal and external bodies (UMSU, UMFA, CUPE, GU15, ministry of education, media, etc.) to speak with one voice to advance the value of graduate education at U of M and in Manitoba in general. Help improve the university’s global reputation beyond U15. Help cultivate an inclusive and culturally diverse student body in UM by championing “Education for All” through making UM affordable and accessible to international students. Being inclusive of international students improves the research and development capabilities of the university and engages an important group that will result in many future Canadian citizens. Address the increasing pressure and demand for conference grants to graduate students and to empower graduate students with resources including publication fees for reputable journals. Ensure significant commitments to global exchange programs for graduate students.

FOR UMGSA VP EXTERNAL

Abdullah Al-Abbasi (Independent) Background and experience:

A passion for self-development motivated me to be a team leader and events speaker and organizer during my journey of leadership. Being a secretary of the International Student Society sparked my interest in comprehending the needs of students and working with both internal and external affairs to overcome as well as providing the best.

Abdullah Al-Abbasi Area of study: Mechanical engineering

Goals:

Addressing issues and ideas regarding university’s public relations and fundraising strategies. Aiming to create more careers opportunities for graduate students by promoting their potential.

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FOR UMGSA VP ACADEMIC

Kathryn Marcynuk (Your UMGSA) Background and experience:

Kathryn Marcynuk Area of study: Electrical and computer engineering

As a current PhD student with two previous degrees from the University of Manitoba, this institution has truly become my “home away from home.” I would love to have the opportunity to give back to the community here. I have been actively involved at the university since my undergraduate degree, and I would be honoured to be entrusted with representing graduate student interests next year. I was a member of the UMGSA executive as a senator for 2015-2016; member of the UMGSA awards committee and internal development and review subcommittee; four years on the engineering undergraduate student council executive, including membership on seven committees; four years as a faculty of engineering student representative on a total of nine committees; three years on senate; two years on the senate executive

committee; four years on senate subcommittees; academic commissioner and chair of the education committee of the national engineering student council; chair of both IEEE Winnipeg Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD) & IEEE Women in Engineering Winnipeg.

Goals:

Continue to represent graduate student interests on topics such as the course withdrawal policy, and new issues that arise next year based on my previous senate experience. Increase Profile of the UMGSA awards and streamline the application process. Improve communication with the faculty of graduate studies, with the university, with committees, and with the UMGSA council and executive. Ensure that graduate students are well-represented and informed of any academic policy changes.

FOR UMGSA VP INTERNAL

Ben Akoh

(Independent) Background and experience:

Ben Akoh Area of study: Education

Ben Akoh has been actively involved in empowering women, children, and marginalized people across the world and recently in remote fly-in communities in Northern Manitoba through teaching and implementing educational technologies. He was actively involved in producing policy research in Canada and in many developing countries in the intersection of technology and education with climate change adaptation, transparency and accountability in governments, and in increasing citizenship participation in the governance process. Ben is a seasoned project manager, educator, organizer, and manager who has courses at the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg. He is currently working on a federal project with post-secondary institutions to produce competency standards for business and technology management graduates required in today’s ever-dynamic and evolving workplace. Ben is a serial

volunteer. He gives back through teaching in First Nations reserves and was recently spotted volunteering at the Grey Cup (Winnipeg), Pan Am Games (Toronto), and the Winnipeg Comedy Festival.

Goals:

Increase and enhance internal relationships between graduate students across faculties. Improve access to research funds and grants and assist students who need support to apply. Improve internal communication among graduate students. Minimize operational expenses while maximizing student access to funding research, conferences and papers. Improve the overall efficiency of internal operations of the UMGSA.

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meet the candidates

FOR UMGSA VP MARKETING AND EVENTS

Md Waliullah (Your UMGSA) Background and experience:

Md Waliullah Area of study: Computer science

I have been the vice president of ECEGSA (Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student’s Association chapter) for two years. In the past two years we have held more than 10 different events, including orientation parties, year-end luncheon parties, movie nights, bowling nights and laser-tag nights. I was in charge of getting sponsors for supporting our events. Our events have been supported with many of the known restaurants and stores on campus such as Degrees, Global Bubble Tea, and the Bookstore. I started my graduate studies in U of M in September 2011 as an MSc student and after finishing my MSc degree I started my PhD program in the same department. Being in U of M graduate studies for the fifth year has helped me find many friends among the graduate students, which I believe can help me greatly in acting as an executive member.

Goals:

I believe that the events UMGSA holds are very important, because so many graduate students are not involved in UMGSA activities and these events are a way of creating motivation. My plan is to make sure that I would keep holding the main events (like orientation events and occasional parties) and try hard to improve the quality of them, as well as holding new events such as sport competitions and art competitions.

FOR UMGSA VP MARKETING AND EVENTS

Ehsan Tahmasebian (Independent) Background and experience:

Ehsan Tahmasebian Area of study: Electrical and computer engineering.

Goals:

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UMGSA SENATOR CANDIDATES Amila Nuwan Pathirana

Ramin Naseri

Area of study: Electrical and computer

Area of study: Mechanical engineering

(independent) engineering

Background and experience:

I am currently a PhD student in electrical and computer engineering. After completing master’s in this department I started my PhD in electrical engineering in 2012. With five years (and counting!) at the University of Manitoba I have a very good understanding of both the academic and economic challenges faced by graduate students.

Goals:

As a senator my sole aim is to represent the ideas and interests of my fellow graduate students to the best of my ability. I will always give voice to the majority opinion of the graduate students.

Sampath Liyanage (independent)

Area of study: Electrical and computer

engineering

Background and experience:

I received my BSc degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 2012. Then I worked as an engineer at an electronic manufacturing company for two years. I’m currently pursuing an MSc degree in the department of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Manitoba. During my undergraduate studies I was a member of several student bodies and I have raised my voice and volunteered to campaign for students’ rights. I have worked closely with various groups at the U of M and I know what graduate students’ interests are and I’m sure your aims and goals coincide with mine.

Goals:

As a senator my aim would be to represent graduate students’ voice at the senate. I am eager to work for a better future for graduate students and I will always welcome their ideas. If you empower me with your trust, I would like to make the university a little better place for graduate students with other executive team members.

(independent)

Background and experience:

Member of Students’ Syndicate at University of Tehran. Treasurer for Mechanical & Manufacturing Graduate Students’ Association (MMEGSA). Secretary of Volleyball Club at University of Manitoba.

Goals:

Being the voice of graduate students in senate and caucus meetings. Having a productive interaction with UMSU senators regarding the general issues of students. Having separate meetings with other senators to provide reports and discuss future plans.

Md Monjurul Islam Khan (Rasel) (Your UMGSA)

Area of study: Electrical and computer engineering

Background and experience:

Rasel has served various organizations and program-organizing committees in his home country of Bangladesh, where he led a team to the Asian Youth Summit 2014 in South Korea. He would like to employ his experiences for UMGSA as a senator. He will focus on reflecting graduate students interest on various policies on all committees he serves on.

Goals:

Represent graduate students’ interests in all senate and student senate meetings. Improve communication among graduate students to sort out their interests and represent them in meetings.

Amin Yousefi (independent)

Area of study: Mechanical engineering

Background and experience:

Member of Students’ Syndicate in Amirkabir University of Technology (master’s degree 201213). Senator of graduate students in Amirkabir University of Technology (master’s degree 201314). Vice-president for mechanical engineering students (bachelor’s degree 2010-11).

Goals:

Being the voice of graduate students in senate and caucus meetings. Having productive interaction with UMSU senators regarding the general issues of students. Having separate meetings with other senators to provide reports and discuss future plans.

Patrick Eleazer Ndolo (independent)

Area of study: Agribusiness and agricultural

economics

Background and experience:

Over the time that I have been at the department of agribusiness and agri-economics I have been actively involved in the affairs of the graduate students. I serve as the vicepresident to the department’s graduate students’ association. In the course of being in this office, I noticed that there is a significant information divide between graduate students and their representatives. The rich ideas and interests that graduate students have hardly reach their representatives and the authorities capable of ratifying them. Goals: As a senator, I seek to actively close this information divide through extensive outreach to the graduate students to tap from their rich ideas and thus be in a position to comprehensively represent their interests in senate. All this I am hoping to accomplish with the coordination and help of all of you, grad students and other UMGSA executive members. I am looking be a part of a Graduate Students’ Association that truly represents its members.

Mohammad Emrul Hasan (Your UMGSA)

Area of study: Physics Background and experience:

Mohammad Emrul Hasan is currently serving as a GSA internal representative for the Physics and Astronomy Graduate Students Association. Previously he worked for two years as a vicepresident of the Kishoreganj Students’ Welfare Association in Sylhet, Bangladesh. He organized two successful orientation and farewell programs for fresh and outgoing students respectively. Mr. Emrul also was a secretary of Joika Union Students’ Association in his Dhaka, Bangladesh. In addition, currently Emrul is currently at the Intercultural Development and Leadership Program offered by ICS.

Goals:

Represent graduate student interests to UMGSA council meetings and show strong voice in favour of them. Increase communication with GSA representatives of all departments as well as interaction with graduate students.

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Indigenizing the academy As we incorporate indigenous studies into the curriculum, we should not forget lessons of the past

Photo by Carolyne Kroeker

Jason Bone

ndigenous Awareness Week wrapped up at the University of Manitoba Jan. 29 and the theme was integrating indigenous knowledge into the curriculum. Just before the new year, the U of M signed the Manitoba Collaborative Indigenous Education Blueprint, and there has been talk of introducing a mandatory indigenous studies course comparable to what the University of Winnipeg has done.

It sounds great, but this can go one of two ways: the U of M can really get things right if specific changes are made, but all this talk could just be rhetoric with some catchy buzzwords. Day four was the big day, the main event so to speak. The topic was the mandatory indigenous course requirement. My own opinion on the topic has been evolving over the past year and the panelists voiced different perspectives for the audience to consider. One said it is not good idea; another said a mandatory course would not be a bad thing. Manitoba’s Treaty Commissioner James Wilson emphasized that the approach and delivery

methods that require detailed attention. Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, acting head of the native studies department, made several points. We can’t encase what’s needed in one course, he said, adding that that kind of thinking got us into this mess in first place. Sinclair pointed out that while Migizii Agamik and Indigenous Achievement are doing good jobs, the native studies department is losing staff. The university needs to hire more instructors to meet demand, he said. Sinclair said we are looking at what the U of W has done and trying to incorporate what might work for U of M. It is not feasible right now to develop an indigenous course requirement, he said, but an umbrella organization to advise other departments on how to create one is a possibility. We need to teach Canadians in every field what indigenous people have contributed. My own thoughts are ambivalent about cultural awareness approaches to indigenous education. This can be a step in the right direction, but it can’t turn into a blame game. Nor should we tread down the same path our educators did 40 years ago. Native studies educator Verna St. Denis warned of the dangers of cultural awareness approaches in her 2011 essay, “Rethinking Culture Theory in Aboriginal Education.” “We started out a few decades ago in Ab-

original education believing that we could address the effects of racialization and colonization by affirming and validating the cultural traditions and heritage of Aboriginal peoples,” she wrote. “There is increasing evidence that those efforts have limitations. Instead of doing anti-racism education that explores why and how race matters, we can end up doing cross-cultural awareness training that often has the effect of encouraging the belief the cultural difference of the ‘Other’ is the problem.” The process of indigenizing the university can be dangerous, especially if we produce more indigenous students that are just minions of the academy, solely using Western theory and methodology. Then we would just be fast-tracking the assimilation process and letting ourselves be their brown gold. We need to use our own ways of learning, which of course include languages. People in native studies should remember this was the theme 45 years ago after the White Paper; universities just introduced indigenous culture from a Western point of view and increased indigenous student enrolment to access more money. Is this the same Trojan horse making another round, just dressed up a little nicer?

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The Gradzette Bulletin Board 2016 UMGSA general election This is your opportunity to vote for the next batch of UMGSA executives and senators. All-candidates forum: March 10 Voting: March 14-16

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For more information contact Jess Whattam at cro@umgsa.org

3MT winners Twelve University of Manitoba graduate students competed in the Three Minute Thesis competition Feb. 25, explaining their research in an ultra-condensed form for an audience and a panel of judges. Here are the winner and runners-up:

First place: Karlee Dyck (human nutritional sciences), “Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Are pregnant women getting enough nutrients to reduce the risk?”

Second place: Anjali Bhagirath (oral biology), “Mind over matter: Outsmarting the bacteria by brainwashing”

People’s choice: Paul White (biomedical engineering), “Immersive virtual reality as a cognitive treatment tool for Alzheimer’s disease”