Surgeon wins aboriginal achievement award

Feb 7, 1997

Dr. Martin McLoughlin, a professor of surgery, has been named as
one of the winners of the 1997 Aboriginal Achievement Awards. Now
in its third year, the awards honour aboriginal people who have
made outstanding contributions to society and who serve as role
models for aboriginal youth. McLoughlin, who obtained his MD from
UBC in 1968, has been on faculty at the university since 1977 in
the urology division of the Dept. of Surgery. He served as chair
of the division for 10 years. He is now working toward the establishment
of a First Nations hospital in the Lower Mainland. McLoughlin will
receive his award from Gov. Gen. Romeo LeBlanc at a gala ceremony
Feb. 7 in Calgary. The ceremony will be broadcast Feb. 13 on CBC-TV.

  • Contact: Dr. Martin McLoughlin, Surgery Dept., (604)
    875-4301

Animal ecologist, rock physicist honoured

A leading researcher on small mammals and a rock physicist are
winners of UBC’s top research prizes for 1996. Ecologist Charles
Krebs, a professor in the Dept. of Zoology, is the recipient of
the Jacob Biely Research Prize and Assoc. Prof. Rosemary Knight,
with the Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, has won the Charles
A. McDowell Award for Excellence in Research. Knight is also among
10 recipients of UBC Killam Research Prizes announced for 1996.
Krebs has worked for 30 years in B.C. and the Canadian North studying
the curious phenomenon of population cycles among lemmings and snowshoe
hares. Knight’s research in rock physics is aimed at gaining an
understanding of the properties of rocks and fluids in the subsurface
of the earth and the interactions between them.

  • Contact: Prof. Charles Krebs, Zoology Dept., 604.822.
    4595; Assoc. Prof. Rosemary Knight, Earth and Ocean Sciences Dept.,
    604.822.3508

Student performers take centre stage at ArtsFest

ArtsFest ’97 — a celebration of UBC student theatre, film, music,
visual art and literary events — runs until Saturday, Feb. 8. Highlights
include poetry readings, a Chekhov play, screenings of recent videos
by film students, a performance by virtuoso Indo-Canadian drummer
Trichy Sankaran and big band contemporary jazz featuring the Afro-Cuban
rhythms of the UBC Jazz Ensemble.

  • Contact: UBC Information Line, 604.822.4636

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