Uwinnipeg的Richardson环境与科学综合大楼目前有20名教职员工，其中包括四名加拿大研究椅，总赠款近1000万加元。该建筑物中还有八个实验室或研究中心，其中包括加拿大基金会创新（CFI）资助的设备和基础设施。此外，建筑物中还有其他教职员工研究人员，以及数十名本科和研究生研究助理，他们积极参与了一系列研究项目。
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The following letters from the UWinnipeg community respond to温尼伯自由出版社出现的文章on September 25, 2013.
Letter from Dr. Chris Wiebe
我正在写这封信，以回应巴特利·凯夫斯（Bartley Kives）的故事“新科学宫殿昆虫学家”的故事。Th2013 in the Winnipeg Free Press. It is implied with the tone of the article that the Richardson College for the Environment and Science complex is “not conducive to science.” This is solely the view of Professor Rob Anderson from the Department of Biology at the University of Winnipeg. It is my opinion that the Richardson College for the Environment and Science Complex is a world-class science facility that is easily one of the best buildings of its kind in Canada. I believe that this opinion is shared by many of the faculty that have the privilege of working in this building and Dr. Anderson does not speak for the majority of us. I arrived at the University of Winnipeg in 2009 from my previous faculty position at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. One of the big draws for me returning to Canada was not only having the opportunity to teach and conduct research at my alma mater (B.Sc., University of Winnipeg, 1996), but also to be able to build my research lab in the new Science Complex.
我的期望新的科学大厦的exceeded in almost every way. It is not only an attractive and environmentally friendly structure – the laboratories are clean, efficient, versatile, and very conducive to research.
In Florida, my research program was conducted at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) – a National Science Foundation funded facility. The Richardson College for the Environment and Science Complex is of the same caliber as the NHMFL (although not the same size). I have also visited many other science buildings over the course of my career, and I can honestly state that the Richardson Complex is one of the best in its class. Colleagues of mine that have visited the University of Winnipeg have marveled at the new facilities on campus. But I suppose that the proof is in the pudding – upon returning to Winnipeg, I have been able to continue and expand my research program which has resulted in over 40 publications in the last 4 years, a fully equipped world-class materials laboratory, and more funding than I ever received in the US. The Richardson Science Complex is still going through some growing pains – which I assume that Dr. Anderson is alluding to in this article. However, the building itself is a great source of pride for myself and other researchers at the University of Winnipeg, and it holds great potential for the future health of science programs in the province.
克里斯托弗·威比（Christopher Wiebe），
加拿大化学教授量子材料研究主席发现
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乔尔·凯特纳（Joel Kettner）博士的来信
我是一名学术和公共卫生医师，很幸运能在理查森学院（Richardson College for The Richardson and Compary for The Richers of Endife）和科学综合大楼任职在温尼伯大学。亚愽国际app下载我特别感谢您方便获得元素的机会 - 昨天的免费媒体文章中提到的餐厅。
Dr. Anderson raises some important issues and questions, including the appropriateness of having a restaurant in a science research facility. It appears that Dr. Anderson believes that the presence of labs poses a significant health risk to restaurant patrons and that the presence of the restaurant poses a significant interference with the conduct of scientific research.
尽管在文章中没有说明，但我认为安德森博士就他的观点有足够的科学证据。I am sure that many will be interested to see this evidence, especially the designers and users of similar facilities such as the federal laboratory in Winnipeg, the Basic Medical Sciences Building at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Medicine, the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg and indeed every other hospital in the province. These places and the Richardson science complex share in common at least three characteristics: 1) laboratories, workers or ill patients that share the same physical space and ambient air as a restaurant or cafeteria. 2) lunch or staff rooms located on the same floor and often in close proximity to labs, workers or patients, and 3) many places of animal traffic – mostly non-sterile, walking human beings – most of whom appear to be well despite their frequent exposure to the air and restaurant food!
乔尔·凯特纳（Joel Kettner）博士
Visiting Professor, The University of Winnipeg;
曼尼托巴大学医学院副教授；
former Manitoba Chief Public Health Officer.
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Letter from Dr. Charles Wong
I am writing in response to the Free Press story “New science palace bugs entomologist” published on 9/25/13, in which it is implied that the Richardson College for the Environment & Science Complex (RCFE) of the University of Winnipeg (UWinnipeg) is “not conducive to science”. This view is solely that of Dr. Robert Anderson of the UW biology department. I disagree strongly with Dr. Anderson’s opinion that world-class science cannot be done in this facility, as I see it happening throughout the RCFE. I joined UW in 2008, having declined an offer of tenure at the University of Alberta. I made this decision in part because of the RCFE’s strong potential. At the time, construction had not yet started, and I had the unique opportunity to design the RCFE’s Thomas Sill Analytical Laboratory for Water Research Technology (STALWART), which I now direct.
尽管所有新建筑经历成长的烦恼,I can honestly say that the RCFE is a major draw for talented young scientists worldwide to UWinnipeg and to Manitoba, and that colleagues everywhere who have visited have left very impressed.
James Currie, Dean of Science, noted that my research group performs “ultra-fine analyses of water” in STALWART, and that substances such as perfume can’t be used there given the need to measure trace chemicals as low as one part in a quadrillion. Dr. Currie is correct. The purity of water we use in STALWART exceeds that which any scientific building can supply, so we have installed additional purifiers of our own as a matter of course, and test this water regularly. As with Elements the Restaurant, STALWART also undergoes annual inspection, with personnel required to undergo extensive initial and refresher training. All work involving biohazards are done in an internal certified facility with no public access–these materials never leave until rendered safe. Since relocating to Winnipeg, I have published many scientific papers in high-quality peer-reviewed venues (9 in 2013 alone, with more to come). This is not only research done at the RCFE entirely by people at UWinnipeg, but also that of invited collaborations with scientists from around the world who also ask us to present our findings internationally. I have raised millions of dollars for research into understanding environmental pollutants–far more than I ever did before. My students (undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral), research associates, and technicians have collectively won six fellowships and over a dozen best-presentation awards at scientific conferences, from the institutional to the international levels. None of this would have been possible without the RCFE’s facilities, which are a significant asset for Manitoba’s ability to do cutting-edge science on the world stage.
Charles S. Wong, Ph.D.,
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Ecotoxicology
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DésiréeVanderwel博士的来信
我强烈不同意理查森环境与科学综合体“不利于科学”的说法。我是温尼伯大学化学系主任的主席，该大学是该建筑物的主要居民之一。亚愽国际app下载无论如何，我的部门都在我们的新家中蓬勃发展。在过去的几年中，我们成为了一些出色的新员工 - 年轻的科学家都是有坚定的老师和世界一流的研究人员，他们被我们最先进的设施所吸引。该设施使我们能够吸引并保留两个持有2级加拿大研究椅的人。
My faculty members use the new lab facilities in numerous cutting-edge research projects, funded by external granting agencies. They publish; they present their work at conferences; they supervise numerous students at every level (undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate); and they collaborate with scientists at other institutions. All of these activities were hampered in our previous facility. The Richardson College for the Environment and Science Complex literally opened the door to the future for my department.
The Richardson College and Science Complex is a signature facility that Manitobans can be proud of for decades to come. My department is proud to call it Home.
Dr. Désirée Vanderwel
化学系主任
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Letter from Dr. Doug Craig
我对我们的新科学大楼感到非常满意，并感谢捐助者和纳税人。我的实验室很棒。我有更多的空间。实验室的布局非常好。我对我的办公室感到非常满意。我喜欢所有设有办公室的教师和在同一地区拥有桌子的学生的想法。我不想对我在旧建筑物中的空间感到忘恩负义，但是新建筑是一个巨大的进步。教学实验室和教室也很棒。我也认为中庭很漂亮。这是一个很棒的场地举办活动。
在新大楼的头六个月中，我是化学主席。我意识到有一些小问题。这种类型的新建筑物可以预期。我的工作是代表我的部门记录下来并要求对其进行解决。我们已经解决的小问题。该建筑是世界一流的。
Dr. Doug Craig, Professor
Chemistry Department
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