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August 2010
uOttawa Press launches open access collection
Thirty-six University of Ottawa Press (UOP) books are now available free to the online community, an initiative under the UOP's
digital publishing plan. The collection consists of both French-language and English-language in-print titles in the arts, humanities
and social sciences. Developed in collaboration with the University of Ottawa Library, the open access collection will be available
in PDF format through the University of Ottawa's institutional repository, uO Research, which can be searched by title, author, date
or keyword. Several of the UOP's open access books will also be available in e-book format for ease of reading on handheld devices.
Search titles at www.ruor.uottawa.ca.
Gaming hub planned for Hamilton
McMaster University, Mohawk College, the Art Gallery of Hamilton and St. Catherine's video game producer Silicon Knights are
teaming up to create an institute for interactive digital media at McMaster Innovation Park. The $11-million project is expected
to open next year with the goal of making Hamilton a hub for the gaming industry, which is experiencing explosive growth. The
research group will include academics, artists, students and experts from Silicon Knights, which has created games for Sony,
Microsoft and Nintendo. The groups are expected to collaborate on developing games and work on technical and creative problems,
such as making games look more real, while also training students to work in the field.
McMaster's new elliptical computer lab
Built on a 12 degree slant, the elliptical computer lab in the new Engineering Technology Building at McMaster University is
structurally unique. The room is designed to give instructors an unobstructed line of sight between the teaching area and students'
computer screens, which face toward the middle of the classroom. It also includes monitors that broadcast from the instructor's
computer, allowing students to follow along with real-time demonstrations. The elliptical lab is also thought to be the first to
operate three-dimensional modeling software in a virtualized environment. Instead of an ordinary lab setup, this one places all of
its software on a central server which can be accessed from anywhere in the world. "It really is a fantastic teaching environment,"
said Spencer Smith, director, Engineering I. "The inward-facing monitors allow students to benefit from the teaching and instructing
portion of the class, making it feel more like an actual classroom environment instead of a computer lab." Learn more at
http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca.
People News
ORION welcomes two new staff members to its team: Bonnie Grogan, Corporate Analyst, and Kawal Gupta, Contract Coordinator.
Current University of Waterloo president David Johnston was recently appointed the next Governor General of Canada, effective
October 1. Taking over his role as university president for the interim is Feridun Hamdullahpur, University of Waterloo's current
Provost and Vice-President, Academic. Internet2 announced the appointment of H. David (Dave) Lambert as its new president and CEO,
replacing Dr. Douglas Van Houweling. Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown recently joined the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation as
Assistant Deputy Minister of Research and Strategic Policy for six months. Dr. Kerry Rowe, Vice-Principal (Research) at Queen's
University, was recently elected a Fellow of the United Kingdom's Royal Academy of Engineering. Martha Whitehead was recently
appointed University Librarian at Queen's University, replacing Paul Wiens. ORION offers its sincere condolences to the family,
friends and colleagues of Dr. Nicolas D. Georganas, distinguished professor in the School of Information Technology and Engineering
at the University of Ottawa and previous ORION Leadership Award recipient, who recently passed away.
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