U of S : Communications : OCN : Oct 31, 1997

• Loyal Till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion, co-authored by Professor Bill Waiser, head, History Department, has been short-listed for the Governor General's Award for non-fiction. The book, published earlier this year by Fifth House, explodes the myth of a grand Indian-Métis alliance in the North-West Rebellion and tells how Ottawa deliberately depicted the Indians as outlaws, even though they did not generally endorse Riel's activities. The co-author is Blair Stonechild, a director of the SIFC, in Regina.

  
  

• Dean Lynne Pearson, Commerce, has been appointed chair of the board of Canadian Standards Association, an independent, 8,000-member organization concerned with standards development and application.

  
  

• Professor Murray Scharf, of Educational Administration, has been elected North American vice-president of the International Council on Education for Teaching, which is associated with the UNESCO Education Secretariat.

  
  

• Professor Ron Sutherland, of Chemistry, recently helped to oversee the first inspection of the Defence Research Establishment Suffield to ensure the accuracy of Canada's declarations concerning chemical weapons. He was also an invited participant at a meeting in Wilton Park, England, concerning the control of chemical and biological weapons in the 21st century.

  
  

• Professor Bill Sarjeant, of Geological Sciences, has been elected second vice-president of Nature Saskatchewan. He has also been appointed to the Science Policy Committee, Royal Society of Canada.

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