Surviving the MDP

The Faculty of Environmental Design has received a Royal Bank Teaching Development Grant to investigate ways in which we can enhance student progress and success in designing, carrying out and defending their Master's Degree Project.

We will have a more formal, focused process of gathering your views early in 1996; however, we invite you informally to take a moment to write us (anonymously if you wish) and tell us about your MDP experiences-the good, the bad and the ugly. (We are especially interested in your stories as we know current students are keen to learn from the "voice of experience").

Please feel free to send us your views in any format. If you need a place to start, some questions have been posed below.

• What kinds of problems did you encounter in the MDP process?
• Did you find any support received particularly helpful in developing or carrying out your MDP research or design? What forms and why?
• What kinds of information, support or guidance do you think students should receive to help reduce these kinds of problems?
• What do you think would be the best way to convey or offer those different types of information?
• Any other comments you care to make concerning the MDP?

To contribute, contact Brenda Naylor, MDP Project Coordinator, at the Faculty by mail, fax, phone or e-mail at:

Where are These Alumni Now?

Marie Muir (ES '89) is now the Director of Planning and Evaluation for the Region of York Public Health Department.

Susan Poohkay (Arch '81) has been with the Development Manager for the University of British Columbia's Campus Planning and Development Department for 6 years. She has been involved with the construction of the First Nations Longhouse, the David Lam Management Research Centre, the Botanical Garden Centre, the Child study Centre, and Brock Hall renovation.

Maxine Cooper-Copeman (ES '83) is the Director of Environmental Management for the Brisbane City Council in Australia.

In June, 32 Intern Architects in Alberta wrote the National Committee of Architectural Registration Boards' examinations. Congratulations to alumni Guy Pocock (Arch '91) and Doug Campbell (Arch '90) who received the highest marks in 7 out of 8 examinations. The province of Alberta has the highest pass rate for individual examinees in Canada at 88%. This compares with 78% in BC, 70% in Ontario and 58% in the rest of Canada.

The Environmental Science Programme is looking for the following alumni. Do you know where they are?

• Donald Robert Berezuik
• Audrey Faye Bres
• Andrew Albert Bryant
• Twila Lee Clark
• Douglas Charles Harvey
• Laurie Ann Henderson
• David Hill
• Eric Edward Jensen
• Gerrit Jan Looman
• Wesley Donald MacLeod
• Oleh Maruschak
• David Rogers McCallum
• Catherine Mary Mowat
• Glen William Norlander
• Carmen Renee Ottaway
• Joe Payne
• Mitchell Alan Press
• Gordon Louis Shaw
• Carol Evelyn Shrott
• Brian Robert Spreadbury
• Marc Turgeon
• Uwe Wittkugel

Farewell, EVDS Monitor...

For the last few years, Peter May (ES '92) and Mel Wilson (ES '92) kept Intervention readers in stitches with the EVDS Monitor.

The editorial staff of Intervention thanks them for their wit and witticisms over the years.

The editors would appreciate it if someone or something would offer their humour-writing services for future issues.

Thank you. We now return you to the newsletter.