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UW prof rethinks the workplace in new book tks Monday, a quarter after Ieight in the morning. You finish your breakfast and prepare to leave for work. Instead of negotiating con- gested roadways in your car or jockeying for space on a crowded bus. you walk a few blocks to your workspace. Neither home nor office, this workspace was created for and by the people in your neighbourhood. You sit down at a workstation. You have all that you need to work comfortably _--- office equipment. meeting rooms. kitchen facilities, perhaps Edna Staebler Fellowship seeking applicants adjudged to increase krtowi- edge and expand understand- ing of the cultures of the folk and founding peoples of Waterloo Region/Waterloo County, the fellowship is spon- sored by the Friends of Joseph Schneider Haus, and is accompanied try a stipend of Slim. Applications are available at the loseph Schneider Haas Museum. located at 466 Queen 81.. S. in Kitdlener. Applitatiotrs am due on or before 5 pm. Nov, 3. The 2004 Fellow lor joint Fellows) will be announced at the annual Schneider Haus Christmas reception on Dec s. "Edna Staebler Research Fellowships have supported the research of Hildi and Paul Tiessen, Michael Bird, Kate Burridge. Ross Fair, Barbara lmkmsh. Bamam Draper and Nancy-Lou Patterson" said Stephanie Walker, con- vener of the fellowship (our mutt-e 'Thery wars panel of lumrx has had to (home hom excellent application, and we mm both new and repeat applicants. including those who wish to study Waterloo ReghmlCzmnty heritage mm- Awarded yearty fir" researdm he 2004 Edna Staebler Research Fellowship is navy open lo applicant; even a pool table. This is 'l'eleworking in the Neigh- your-io-workplace." bourhood, Laura C. John- Thanks to telecommuni- son, a professor in the cations breakthroughs, half school of planning at the of all jobs in North America University of Waterloo, and Europe could today be explores an alternative to performed away from a tra- both the traditional and the ditional office. Millions of home-based office - the office workers are already "co-workplace." Thanks to telecommuni- cations breakthroughs, half of all jobs in North America and Europe could today be performed away from a tra- ditional office. Millions of office workers are already working from home, and while some appreciate the flexibility of home-based telework. others find that they are bound to their employers by an "electronic leash." munities beyond the German- ic madman The work of previ- ous fellows has added signifi- candy to knowledge about the history and culture ofWaledoo In her innovative new book, The Cu-Workplace: A new type of neighbour- hood-based facility, the co- workplace offers the benefits of remote work while main- taining boundaries between workplace and home. With access to such amenities as meeting rooms. child care, food services and recreation Rq5on/ounty" For more information about the fellowship. contact the loseph Schneider Haus Museum at 742-7752. facilities, the co-workplace combines the infrastructure of a good corporate office with the convenience of a neighbourhood location. Drawing lessons from spaces used collaboratively by software developers, artists, lawyers and other professionals, Johnson tack- les one of the central policy and planning issues of our time and offers vital reading to those interested in humanizing the work envi- mnmem. MEI) '32Orr lst Mt Mags lst a' load than an ran Main any BDO m teak (Ru ARROW 1Nlllllll mam m4995~ 253954395?" 1.uAdruv-rrobroFro-tr Mama-um." rm men-ubwdlv‘varnm-aflaw Fat-[min ' Wuck or Maple inmmuucmwmm mWvamnM m T--.TtirEiIE MM