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ne of my favourite books is Josephine Tey’s The Daughter of Time . Volume I@, No. B, B@AF OIn this w{w novel, a police detective and a history student delve [email protected] into the story of Richard ZZZ ’s alleged nepoticides (the murder of his queensu.ca/alumnireview @queensureview nephews). Their impetus: a w|th-century portrait of the king from the The Queen’s Alumni Review British National Gallery. Detective Grant is intrigued by the portrait’s (circ. wx},vvv) is published sad face, and the reactions it gets from others: by Queen’s University Relations (comprising Communications, “Nurse Ingham thinks he’s dreary. Nurse Darroll thinks he’s a horror. Marketing and Government Relations). My surgeon thinks he’s a polio victim. Sergeant Williams thinks he’s Queen’s is a member of the Council for the Advancement and Support of a born judge. Matron thinks he’s a soul in torment.” Education and the Canadian Council for the Advancment of Education. Marta said nothing for a little. Then she said: “It’s odd, you know. Subscriptions are free to alumni, When you first look at it you think it a mean, suspicious face. Even $x{ WX^ /year for others. Opinions cantankerous. But when you look at it a little longer you find that it expressed in the Review are not necessarily those of Queen’s isn’t like that at all. It is quite calm. It is really quite a gentle face.” University or of the adUU . In the novel, the portrait’s haunting façade leads the detective and Zbb^ # v~zy-~vz~ Queen’s University researcher on a quest that, in the end, proves that Henry eZZ , and not Principal and Vice-Chancellor Richard ZZZ , was the real villain who killed the young princes of York. Daniel R. Woolf, Artsci’~v Even if you are not, like Tey, a Richardian convinced of that king’s V-P University Relations innocence, it is a wonderful read. You can view the real painting of Michael Fraser Richard online at the National Gallery site Executive Director Marketing ZZZ Helena Debnam and make up your own mind about his character. Editor [bit.ly/ ^`Y xy] Andrea Gunn, ]`U ’v} Not just useful as plot devices, paintings are Copy Editor the impetus for discovery in real life, too. In this Cat London, Artsci’vy issue, we explore some of the many ways in Staff Contributors Jacquelyn Coutré, Wanda Praamsma, which people communicate with works of art, Radissen Ramoutar, Artsci’wx specifically the portraits in the current Singular Contributors Figures exhibition at Queen’s own Agnes Bernard Clark, Etherington Art Centre. These paintings are Anita Jansman, Artsci’v|, ]cb ’wz Art Director used as teaching tools in drama, occupational Larry Harris, University Marketing therapy, history and more. And the portraits Associate Designer (KIT) are much in demand as informal learning tools Wilma van Wyngaarden as well. Visitors to the Agnes, a gallery open to Advertising/Sponsorship Officer Peter Gillespie, Artsci’vw k
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B In late April, the exhibition, and The Sue Bates, Artsci’w at the agnes Etherington art Centre, Bader Collection at the Agnes, grew by one: The mission of the QUAA diana gore, the centre’s administrative Rembrandt van Rijn’s w|{~ masterpiece Portrait “To reach out and foster a lifelong coordinator (left) and i discuss what we of a Man with Arms Akimbo . This painting joins association with Queen’s , to engage see in Self-Portrait with Square Palette, a two more of the Dutch master’s works, also our members in the life and work of the university, and to serve the painting by an unknown artist (c. 1600). donated by Alfred and Isabel Bader: Head of an alumni community in all its diversity.” Old Man in a Cap (c. w|yv) and Head of a Man in Canada Post publications a Turban (c. w||w). In our cover story, Jacquelyn Coutré, Bader Curator mail permit JDA@HI@AG and Researcher of European Art, delves into the story behind the paint - Queen’s University University Avenue ing. Created in one of the most difficult periods of Rembrandt’s life, this Kingston, _^ [}\ y^| portrait is a magnificent testament to the passion and talent that drove Phone: |wy.{yy.|vvv ext. }}vw| him to create art even when he had lost almost everything else. Fax: |wy.{yy.|~x~ To update your address or to sign up for the digital magazine, email: Andrea Gunn [email protected]. Editor
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On Allie one elderly lady was carrying a copy Vibert Douglas of The Observer’s Handbook , an annual publication of the Royal Astronomical Your short piece on A. Society of Canada, and I realized that I Vibert Douglas in the was in trouble! Fortunately for me, she Review brought to mind stood in the back of the group and didn’t pleasant memories of the say anything during my somewhat only time that I had the incoherent presentation. pleasure of meeting her. The next day, I was at my desk in the I began graduate office in Stirling Hall that I shared with studies in astronomy at two other grad students when that same Queen’s in the fall of w|~. elderly lady walked through the open That winter, I was asked to door escorted by the senior faculty lead a tour of the observa - member of the astronomy group within tory on the roof of Ellis the physics department, Professor Hall for the University Victor Hughes. Women’s Club, even When Professor Hughes introduced though I was, at that time, just barely Professor Douglas to me, I thought that capable of operating the telescope. my career as an astronomer was about to Because of limited space, we split the be nipped in the bud. But, being the tour into three groups. I got through the gracious lady that she was, Professor first two groups without any major Douglas simply smiled and thanked me problems but when the third group for giving the tour. Even more graciously, filed into the observatory, I noticed that she neglected to mention the many
issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview o mistakes that, with the benefit of hindsight, my favourite physics profs and also read about I realize I made that evening. the up-and-coming next generation of physicists. It was only later that I learned of the many I was pleased to see that many of them are young contributions that Professor Douglas had made to women. Who knew you could use spheres in the study of astronomy at Queen’s , and indeed in experiments to find dark matter, or that James Canada. But I will always remember her as an Fraser who, I thought, only cut stuff up using extremely gracious person who was appreciative light, is actually building things with laser light? of the fumbling efforts of wet-behind-the-ears It was great to learn about Nathalie Ouellette’s graduate students. research: I know her from her work as Queen’s Don Stevens-Rayburn, Phd ‘72 Observatory coordinator. Baltimore, Md. This issue was page after page of people I knew – no matter how many honours and titles he had, After completing his PhD in astronomy at Queen’s , Dr. he will still always be “Donna’s husband” to me; Stevens-Rayburn went on to post-doctoral work in the may Ron Watts rest in peace. And Mark Chen; he U.K. and the U.S. Later he worked at Goddard Space may be the director of b^_+ and the Gray Chair Flight Center’s Laboratory for Planetary Atmospheres, and all that, but to me he is the guy who made studying the upper atmosphere of Venus and working on the time for me when I needed academic advice several space missions, including the Solar Maximum while suffering from post-concussion syndrome. Mission and the Cosmic Background Explorer. In ?CBC, I walked into his office thinking I might actually he moved to the Space Telescope Science Institute in fail a physics course, and walked out with his plan Baltimore, where he helped manage the computing and for me to earn the newly designed (and smallest) networking systems used to control the Hubble Space physics degree on offer at the same time as I Telescope. He retired in @>>A and is now “a near full- completed my math degree. Thank you, Mark. time volunteer” for Habitat for Humanity in Baltimore. Though I may have the smallest physics degree offered by Queen’s , I am very pleased that my On the physics issue daughter Hannah, Artsci’v, has one of the largest – bb` Astro. This spring, I flew out to Victoria, with Wow. What an interesting issue of the Review ! a copy of this issue tucked in my knapsack, to I read it cover to cover. It was wonderful to remi - hear her successful open doctoral defense at the nisce about my own tour of b^_\UV lab in xvwz, University of Victoria on star formation in the to find out more about the research of some of Auriga-California Giant Molecular Cloud and its circumstellar disk population. Another section of the Review that I appreci - ated was the tribute to Allie Vibert Douglas, Queen’s Dean of Women for xv years. I believe she was the first Canadian woman to earn a PhD in astrophysics. The article mentioned that a crater on Venus was named after her. All craters on Venus are named with female names, much like cyclones and hurricanes tend to be. (Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system and is named World Class Northern Adventures after the hottest Roman goddess, the goddess of love and beauty.) Some of the craters are named after famous women, mostly poets and artists. I have to wonder if Dr. Douglas would not have preferred having a crater on the moon named for her. Those craters are often named to honour mathematicians and scientists. Though under wv per cent of those honoured are women, a number of them were fellow astronomers. I think her name would fit better alongside the likes of Annie Jump Cannon, Caroline Herschel, Edwin Hubble, Johannes Kepler and Henrietta Leavitt Join the Nahanni Specialists (and one day, Hannah Broekhoven-Fiene). [email protected] Siobhain Broekhoven, artsci’12 (Math and Physics), Ed’13 nahanniwild.com • 1-888-897-5223 director, Math Quest: Queen’s Math Camp for girls
p issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview FROM THE principal A catalyst for discovery BY PRINCIPAL DANIEL WOOLF
recently attended the annual Alumni Volunteer I Summit where I joined new alumni association president Sue Bates, Artsci’w, in presenting awards to several alumni, some young, some with full careers behind them. I was struck by, among other things, both the extraordinary range of achieve - ment and the many different disciplines and student experiences that had produced them. Our honorees included entrepreneur Michele Romanow, Sc’v}, whose spirit of initiative emerged a decade ago when she started the Tea Room at Queen’s ; she’s now on ce ’s Dragon’s Den mentoring the next generation of innovators. We honoured Dr. Shirley Tilghman, Arts’|~, a distinguished scientist who also served for wx years as president s n o of Princeton University. An especially memorable i T a l speech came from Fiona Sampson, Artsci’~{, E r
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n April 3, Queen’s announced the development of new programs since the merger naming of the Dan School of Drama of the Department of Drama and School of Music and Music, in honour of Aubrey and last year. Marla Dan and their donation of The benefactors, Marla and Aubrey Dan, are O$2 million to the school. Queen’s parents whose daughter is a graduate of “Queen’s is delighted to receive this remarkable the drama program. Mr. Dan is an accomplished gift from such a distinguished supporter of the businessman and philanthropist with a passion performing arts in Canada,” says Principal Woolf. for the performing arts. He is also the founder of “On behalf of Queen’s , I would like to express our Dancap Productions Inc., a Tony Award ®-winning deepest gratitude to Aubrey and Marla Dan for commercial theatre company with international their vision and generosity. This gift will help and Broadway production and investment credits, accelerate the momentum within the school including Jersey Boys, The Drowsy Chaperone, West and strengthen Queen’s position as a leading Side Story and A Streetcar Named Desire. university for study in the performing arts.” “As the father of a Queen’s Drama graduate, The donation will be endowed to allow I saw first-hand the value of the education my investments in visiting professional instructors, daughter received at Queen’s ,” says Mr. Dan. scholarships and research. It also builds on the “More importantly, I saw that there’s tremendous momentum within the Dan School of Drama and potential in the School of Drama and Music. Music, following the opening of the Isabel Bader It is my hope that this donation will allow the Centre for the Performing Arts and the ongoing school to reach new levels and become the r issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview Jewe lle Blackman, ac companied by Cy nthia Torman, perform ed M iss Celie’s Blues f rom the movie The st age Colour Purple.
Tyle r Murree and rob in Evan Willis, acc ompanied by Clare g ordon, belted ou t irving Berlin’s You ’re Just in Love.
irene us Zuk, interim assoc iate director, dan sc hool of drama and Music; Provost alan H arrison; Marla and au brey dan; and Craig W alker, Head of the dan school of dram a and Music.
studen ts Paul Wilson, on gu itar, and khalil ande pre- eminent school for performance arts education rson-stewart, on pia in Canada.” no, serenaded guests in In celebration of the naming, a special concert the atrium of the isabe was held at the Isabel Bader Centre for the l Bader Centre for the P Performing Arts. Distinguished Queen’s Drama erforming arts befor and Music alumni took the stage with Mr. Dan e the concert. and faculty members to perform musical numbers from film, theatre and television .
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alyssa leclair, Above, on stage at the Isabel: Professor Greg Wanless acco mpanied by J ulie K (Drama), Jewelle Blackman, Mus’<=, Robin Evan Willis, Bro R ok, sings A T hey Just L C Artsci’ Artsci’<> (Drama), Professor Tim Fort (Drama) and Philip d rama Tv : series S mash S . O Kalmanovitch, Artsci’ courtesy of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. P issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview s 1 Queen’s takes centre stage In recognition of a remarkable gift of $& million to the Faculty of Arts and Science, Queen’s University is proud to introduce the Dan School of Drama and Music. Aubrey Dan is a Canadian business leader, Tony Award®-winning producer, impresario and philanthropist. This gift from two proud Queen’s parents, Aubrey and Marla Dan, will transform teaching and research, provide dynamic and inventive learning opportunities for students, and position Queen’s to become the pre-eminent school of drama and music in Canada. Visit queensu.ca/alumni to read more. Ian Crysler Photographer QUID no vi? *being a compendium of “what’s new” on campus Fêted on Parliament Hill on March 8, the government of Canada honoured nobel laureate art Mcdonald, Professor Emeritus (Physics) and his snolaB collabora - tors. The researchers received a standing ovation from members of parliament during Question Period. dr. Mcdonald also met with the Honourable kirsty duncan, Minister of science, who presented him E C i F with a certificate of recognition from F o s ’ r Prime Minister Trudeau. later, the E T s i Queen’s delegation attended a recep - n i M tion hosted by the speaker of the E M i r House, the Honourable geoff regan, P and the speaker of the senate, the Principal Daniel Woolf, Mrs. Janet McDonald, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Dr. Art McDonald and Honourable george Furey. Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan outside the House of Commons. Sexual violence Climate action plan in March, Principal Woolf released Queen’s Climate Plan policy approved (CaP ). The CaP aims to reduce the university’s green - Queen’s University’s policy on sexual violence house gas ( gHg ) emissions by 35 per cent from 2008 was approved by its Board of Trustees in levels by 2020, and by 70 per cent by 2030. it also sets out March. The development of the policy was Queen’s aspiration for climate-neutrality, or net-zero an iterative process and involved extensive emissions, by 2040. consultation with campus stakeholders. The university is taking further steps to reduce energy student involvement, a requirement of the consumption and gHg emissions through a $10.7-million ontario government’s proposed sexual energy conservation program. in partnership with violence legislation, Bill 132, has been Honeywell, an energy services company, Queen’s will considerable, and has included student implement more than 170 energy conservation measures representatives on both the working group in 66 campus buildings to help move the university and the implementation team. closer to its emissions reduction target for 2020. The policy aligns with the province’s read the Climate action Plan at: queensu.ca/principal. proposed legislation as it is currently drafted, as well as with recommendations from the working group, input from the implementa - tion team, and best practices across the sector. depending on the final version of the legislation and accompanying regulations, modifications to the policy may be necessary. Honorary Degree Nominations The policy outlines the options that are for available to anyone who has witnessed or experienced sexual violence and the Information and Nomination form available online university’s responsibilities relating to aware - http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/senate/honorary-degrees ness, education, training and reporting. or contact the University Secretariat at %!#-$##-% &$. learn more at queensu.ca/secretariat/ Deadline for submission of nominations: sexual-violence-policy. Friday August !", " !% issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview u Elections 6459 Vote online May 68 (: am EDT) to June 57 (8 pm EDT) at https://adv.queensu.ca/elections/secretariat Alumni are invited to elect, from amongst themselves, ten members to sit on the University Council. University Council Established by statute in 9@?<, the University Council serves as an advisory body to the University. Members provide advice on issues relating to the prosperity and well-being of Queen’s. 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Call the University Secretariat at >9;-=;;->8A= or email [email protected] View candidate biographical sketches now at www.queensu.ca/secretariat/elections/university-council UNIVERSITY COUNCIL Election of Councillors by Alumni 8-year Term (6459-6464) You may VOTE FOR A MAXIMUM OF TEN (<;) David Babin Francine Janiuk Jana Miller Aaron Bains Graydon Lucas Susan Moellers David Cook Colin Lynch Michael Parsche Keltie Gale Sana Mahmood Michael Whitcombe Mo Gulamhusein Leif Malling Krystyna Williamson Alison Holt Drew McNaughton Doulton Wiltshire Honorary degree recipients This year’s spring convocation ceremonies will give the honorees the feeling of coming home: the recipients this spring are all Queen’s alumni. “Bestowing honorary degrees on Queen’s alumni as we prepare to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the university is very fitting,” says Principal Woolf. “This year we are celebrating the university’s unique legacy while recognizing our leaders in academia, business, science and the arts. ” The ceremonies got underway Thursday, May 19 and wrap up Friday, June 10. The Tragically Hip formed in 1984 in Eileen Hutton (nsc’74) is currently On Target , a nightly primetime show Waldron Tower. Consisting of lead the assistant dean in the Faculty of on al Jazeera america. He has also singer gordon downie, guitarist Paul Health sciences and director of mid - reported from the U.s. presidential langlois, guitarist rob Baker, bassist wifery at McMaster University. she campaign trail, as well as covering gord sinclair and drummer Johnny was the first midwife member of the isil and the syrian refugee crisis Fay, the group has won 14 Juno Council of the society of obstetri - from Turkey, the days leading up to awards. its members are active in cians and gynecologists of Canada. the nuclear deal from Tehran and the community, international aid and she is the first midwife ever to hold a debt crisis in greece. environmental causes. professorship in the netherlands. Brian Yealland (Mdiv’72) was Donald Sobey (Com’57) joined the Piers Handling , o.ont (arts’71) ordained a United Church minister board of Empire Company ltd. in has been the director and CEo of the same year as his graduation. 1963. in 2004, he retired as chairman Toronto international Film Festival Following the retirement of Padre of Empire Company ltd. and retired (TiFF ), a charitable cultural organiza - a. Marshall laverty, rev. yealland from the board in 2015. For his work, tion with a mission to transform the worked as the Queen’s University he was inducted into the nova way people see the world, through Chaplain from 1983 until 2013. scotia Business Hall of Fame. Mr. film, since 1994. Under Mr. Hand - sobey also established the d & r ling’s direction, the organization has Wendy Crewson (artsci’77) is an sobey atlantic leadership scholar - grown to become an internationally actor and producer with more than ships at Queen’s, which are awarded renowned cultural institution. 100 film and television titles to her to atlantic Canadian students who credit, including Air Force One with demonstrate academic achievement Debra Pepler (PHE’73, Ed’74) has Harrison Ford. she currently plays and leadership. He also serves on been a member of the department dr. dana kinney on the Tv series the smith school of Business of Psychology at york University Saving Hope . advisory Board. since 1988 and works closely with Queen’s professor Wendy Craig as Stephen Safe (Msc’62) studied P. Kim Sturgess , CM (sc’77) is co-scientific director of Promoting chemistry at Queen’s and at the the founder and CEo of alberta relationships and Eliminating University of oxford. His scientific W ater sMarT , an organization v iolence network (PrEvnet). This is career has covered several different committed to improving water a collaborative and interdisciplinary areas of research that include his management through better tech - initiative that brings together 62 early studies on the chemistry of nologies and practices. in 2007, she researchers from 27 Canadian univer - pollutants such as polychlorinated was named one of Canada’s Top 100 sities and 49 national organizations. biphenyls (PCBs). His work has Most Powerful Women and in 2012 helped regulate and reduce levels was named the Business Woman of Journalist Ali Velshi (artsci’94) was of this compound in wildlife, the year in Calgary. most recently the host of Ali Velshi humans and food. after teaching law at Monash University in Melbourne, australia, IN MEMORIAM for 18 years, Ronald McCallum (llM ’74) was appointed to a full Clifford Crawley , Professor Emeritus (Music), died Feb. 1. professorship at the University of Ted Bond , Professor Emeritus (Philosophy), died april 8. sydney. This appointment made Kenneth Russell , Professor Emeritus (Chemistry), died april 10. Mr. McCallum the first totally blind person to be appointed to a full Anthony Daicar , retired associate professor (Medicine), died april 15. professorship at any australian or new Zealand university. He served if you have memories of these or other Queen’s professors you’d like to share as dean of the University of sydney with us, please email [email protected]. law school between 2002 and 2007. issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview mm Be a TRICOLOUR TRAVELLER in Visit queensu.ca/alumni click on Services & Benefits/ Alumni Travel Request your copy of the # Alumni Educational Travel catalogue today! .$ . "#.#$!# [email protected] Featuring A notable appointment The Bank of Canada has asked Queen’s professor Jonathan rose to guide public consultation as it selects a Canadian woman to feature on a new bank note. “i jumped at the opportunity,” says dr. rose (Political studies), who will serve on the expert panel with Barbara Crow, a professor at york University. “it’s the first time a central bank anywhere has used a public engagement strategy to solicit advice on who should be the face of its money, and it’s always great to be involved in a novel project.” The Bank of Canada invited citizens to nominate women from o H s i Canada’s past who are deserving r a H of the recognition. an independent C advisory council of eminent Professor Jonathan Rose in the classroom Canadian academic, cultural and thought leaders will develop a them to the governor of the Bank of guide the work of the advisory shortlist of candidates and submit Canada. dr. rose and dr. Crow will council during the selection process. China and Hong Kong delegation SUMMER 2016 a delegation led by Principal Woolf ENRICHMENT and Provost alan Harrison travelled to Beijing, shanghai and Hong kong OPPORTUNITIES in March, meeting with officials from Tongji, Fudan and Beijing normal TEACHER ENRICHMENT universities as well as the shanghai PROGRAMS Municipal Foreign affairs office, the Science Lab DIY Ministry of Education and the China July 11 –13 scholarship Council. The trip also provided the APPlicable Technology opportunity to connect with Queen’s July 13 –15 alumni and students on exchange in asia, as well as prospective students and their families. as part of the QUEEN’S EXCELLENCE Beijing alumni reception, Principal IN SKILLS TRAINING Woolf was presented with a cheque Leadership Programs for from Beijing alumni to endow a fund REGISTER Students in Grades 7–10 that will support student mobility ONLINE August 14 –19 (Core) between China and Queen’s. NOW! learn more about the trip in the esu.queensu.ca August 15 –19 (Intermediate) Queen’s Gazette: bit.ly/Qar021612. 613.533.3181 August 16 –19 (Advanced) issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview mo E r T n E C T r a n o T g n i r E H T E s E n g a , n o i T C E l l o C r E d a B E H T mp issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview cover STORY Port rait of a Man with Arms Akimbo The story behind the portrait Rembrandt’s 8= issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview mq E r T n E E r C T T n r E a C T n r o a T n g o n i T r g E n i H r T E E H s T E E n s E g n a g , a n , o n i T o i C T E C l E l l l o o C C r r E E d d a a B B E E H H T T embrandt van Rijn’s Portrait of a Man with drart (w|v| –w|~~), a German painter who worked Arms Akimbo dazzles in countless ways. for the Amsterdam elite around w|zv (and thus The robust sense of presence and the competed with Rembrandt for commissions), had life-size scale command the viewer’s little praise for his colleague. Sandrart wrote with attention. The provenance includes a roster of clear disdain, in the w|}vs, that Rembrandt was Rknowledgeable connoisseurs that attests to the not sufficiently familiar with the antiquities of painting’s longstanding reputation. But the Rome nor with art theory, and that he contented work truly surpasses expectation as a masterful himself to be “guided by Nature alone.” Painterly adventure in colour. The rivalry aside, Sandrart mustered up some admira - creamy richness of the tion for Rembrandt’s use of colour, highlighting With a relatively limited man’s plaited chemise is the way his Dutch counterpart “imitate[d] colours range, Rembrandt has a symphony of white, most intelligently and artistically” and butterscotch and grey, manipulated them convincingly to suggest three- constructed a majestic tapestry while his stiff doublet dimensional form on a two-dimensional support. of hues upon the canvas . sings in crimson, sienna The German painter evokes a wonderful visual and ochre. Tones from metaphor in his invocation of other artists who apricot to eggshell to carnation pink capture the place “coarse” colours quite brazenly next to one warmth of his flesh. With a relatively limited another so that they less effectively capture the range, Rembrandt has constructed a majestic visible world and more “resemble the colour tapestry of hues upon the canvas. boxes you see in shops or the cloths brought from The colour harmonies in this portrait evoke dyers.” The Italian biographer Filippo Baldinucci the brilliant subtlety for which writers praised (w|xz –w|}) noted that Rembrandt had achieved the artist. His contemporary Joachim von San - great prestige for his colouring and could have mr issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview Rembrandt’s earlier work, such as Head of an Old Man in a Cap (c. 8=:7), far left, exhibited smooth and meticulous brushwork. Rembrandt’s later bold ruwe , or rough, style, used vague contours and loose brushstrokes. Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo is an excellent example of Rembrandt’s ruwe style, as is Head of a Man in a Turban (c. 8==8), centre, also part of The Bader Collection at the Agnes. While a group of patrons like Jan Six, portrayed (right) in 8=<; by Rembrandt, appreciated the artist’s ruwe style, the Amsterdam elite favoured artists like Bartholomeus van der Helst, who used clear lighting and elegant colours in his portraits. Below, van der Helst’s depiction of Gerard Andriesz Bicker (c. 8=;9). M M a a d d r r E E T T s s M M a a , , X i M s U E E i s T U C M E s l l k J o i C r earned more commissions for portraits because of the w|zvs and early w|{vs. But this must have had it, had he not laboured so much on each work. other causes beyond this competing style. After his arrival in Amsterdam around w|yw, he worked A fall out of favour for the dealer Hendrick van Uylenburgh as the As intimated in these commentaries, Rembrandt featured portraitist in his atelier. Uylenburgh had was no longer the most coveted portrait painter in secured a steady Amsterdam at the time he executed this painting. stream of commis - By w|{~, he had ceded that position to artists like sions for the promis - It took a sophisticated viewer to Bartholomeus van der Helst and his former stu - ing painter between dents Govert Flinck and Ferdinand Bol. These w|yw and w|y{ (when admire Rembrandt’s ruwe style, for artists employed blended brushstrokes, light Rembrandt left the it necessitated imagination enough tonalities, and even illumination in the manner of atelier and founded the great Flemish court artist Anthony van Dyck. his own studio) and to complete the parts of the image This style had been termed “more enduring” than he contributed in a that were left less defined . Rembrandt’s in a biography penned by an early fundamental way to writer. The same author pithily asserted that the young artist’s reputation in Amsterdam. “young women in particular took more pleasure Without Uylenburgh’s support, Rembrandt could in white than brown,” maintaining that the not help but see fewer portrait commissions. exuberance of clear lighting and elegant colours in a portrait will flatter in a way that Rembrandt’s A focus on intellectual endeavours shadowy figures could not. The artist also concentrated more fully on the Rembrandt seems to have felt the effect of this most esteemed genre of painting for a w}th- century shift in taste: his portrait production decreased in artist, that of Biblical, historical and mythological issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview ms subjects. While portraits offered a steady form of emerge, executed with a wide brush loaded with income for painters, they also invoked one of the myriad colours. The sometimes highly textured most contentious points in the dialogue surround - brushstrokes achieve convincing plasticity when ing painting, that of the imitation of the visible viewed from a distance of several feet. This ruwe world. Portraits inherently demanded a close (rough) style, described beautifully by Baldinucci copying of the human face, which granted artists as “without contour or definition by means of inner little possibility of demonstrating their creative and outer lines, but consist[ing] entirely of violent potential. Narrative or history painting, in contrast, and repeated strokes,…” differed greatly from his called upon the artist’s invention to interpret and earlier style in which small, distinctly coloured visualize movement, facial expression, environ - strokes of paint are applied with great precision. ment and costume. Consulting the relevant textual Given their refined detail, these early paintings are and visual sources and working after models more illuminating when seen up close. As theorists certainly assisted the artist in laying out the scene, and painters wrote throughout the w}th century, but ultimately, it was his or her own imagination the nette (neat) style of painting was better learned that determined the success of the staged scene. first in order to achieve proficiency in painterly Whereas portraiture was disparaged by some form and compositional principles. The ruwe style, as “slavish” copying, history painting was a in contrast, was the accomplished end product of a thoroughly intellectual endeavour. lengthy practice. It demanded more of the artist, Finally, it seems that the character of for not only did it require that the artist have a firm Rembrandt’s patronage shifted from wealthy mer - understanding of how to use paint in an astute way, chants to a more intimate group of connoisseurs it called attention to his interpretative hand. At who appreciated his mature style. In the early times, the strength of the rough style forced a com - w|{vs, collectors like Jan Six gravitated toward the petition between the presence of the artist and the artist’s distinctive manner of depicting his sitters presence of the subject. It also took a sophisticated against a dark background from which they boldly viewer to admire this style, for it necessitated M a d r E T s M a , s i U H T d n a r B M E r T E H M U E s U M Rembrandt’s studio at his long-time home in Amsterdam. The artist declared bankruptcy in 8=<= and was evicted from this house in 8=Rembrandt House Museum
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Want to learn more about Rembrandt and his world? Here is Dr. Coutré’s recommended reading list. P Jonathan Bikker, Gregor M. Weber, et al., Rembrandt. The Late Works . London: National Gallery, xvwz. P Paul Crenshaw, Rembrandt’s Bankruptcy. The Artist, His Patrons, and the Art Market in Seventeenth-Century Netherlands . New York: Cambridge University Press, xvv|. P Stephanie Dickey, Rembrandt Portraits in Print . Amsterdam: John Benjamins, xvvz. P Charles Ford (ed.), Lives of Rembrandt. Sandrart, Baldinucci and Houbraken . London: Pallas Athene, xvv}. P Wayne Franits, “Young Women Preferred White to Brown: Some Remarks on Nicolaes Maes and the Cultural Context of Late Seventeenth-Century Dutch Portraiture.” Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek z| (w{): yz –zw{. P Peter Sutton, Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn , Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo. New York: Otto Naumann Ltd., xvww. P Anna Tummers, Frans Hals. Eye to Eye with Rembrandt, Rubens and Titian . Haarlem: Frans Hals Museum, xvwy. P Mariët Westermann, Rembrandt . London: Phaidon, xvvv. nl issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview Leadership Program
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Singular Figu res: the development of an exhibition BY ANITA JANSMAN
Dr. Jacquelyn Coutré, co-curator of the Singular Figures exhibition. Behind her hangs the enigmatic Portrait of a Girl from the circle of Lucas Heere. k r a l C
d r a n r E B nn issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview n entering the Bader Gallery at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, the first face one sees is that of René Descartes. The portrait of the philosopher who sought to pinpoint the nature of the self is a most fitting introduction Oto the exhibition. Singular Figures: Portraits and Character Studies in Northern Baroque Painting illustrates the new emphasis, in the w|th and w}th centuries, on the individual, especially among artists in Holland and Flanders. Revealing a range of ages and emotions, these portraits seem to invite the viewers into the subjects’ lives, if only for a moment. Certainly, the fascination with the human face is not something new in today’s culture of instant photography and “selfies.” Portraiture reveals human nature and, ultimately, something about ourselves. The exhibition was conceived by Stephanie E
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issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview no of dramatic lighting and evocative clothing, the me to assist with the exhibition,” says Ms. Leisk. artist sought to create compelling depictions Working on Singular Figures has been an of aged, pensive men as visual expressions of “incredible learning opportunity” for her. She sagacity, humility and virtue. The newly acquired credits Drs. Dickey and Coutré for giving her Rembrandt is a much more imposing portrait, an experience that she would not likely have both in its size, (wv}.z by ~} cm) and in its bold - received anywhere else. She was involved in the ness – the unknown man’s steady gaze captures process from beginning to end, from the selection the eyes of the viewer. of works to the layout of the exhibition, from research of individual works to digital promotion An incredible learning experience of the exhibition. With the Agnes an integral aspect of the academic While Dr. Coutré sees the exhibition as an program at Queen’s , exhibitions like Singular exploration of how identity was shaped in early Figures provide valuable teaching opportunities. modern Northern Europe, she knows it also raises Just ask fourth-year art history issues of self-presentation today. student Madeleine Leisk. “It serves students of art history, as well as those “There is an inherent need “I had been inspired by in cultural and gender studies, in investigating the to understand the human Professor Dickey’s Dutch norms of a specific historical moment. But it Baroque class. I knew that I had speaks to a wider public in its celebration of that condition. Art can help found my passion. I hoped to most popular and intriguing of artistic subjects, us do that.” continue exploring Dutch the human face,” says Dr. Coutré. Baroque art through my own Dr. Dickey agrees. “People are always fascinated research with the assistance of an undergraduate by other people. There is an inherent need to student summer research fellowship. It was won - understand the human condition. Art can help us derful timing as Professor Dickey was considering do that.” an exhibition based on northern Baroque portrai - Singular Figures: Portraits and Character Studies in ture at the Agnes for xvw|. She graciously invited Northern Baroque Painting runs until Dec. z, xvw|. B T T o i l l E
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queensu.ca/research photo ESSAY Singular Since 8@=>, The Bader Collection has grown to more than 977 Figures artworks, including three Rembrandts. The Baders have aimed to create a collection at Queen’s that can be studied and enjoyed by students, scholars and the general public. In this photo essay, students and professors explore the paintings from The Bader Collection on display at the exhibition Singular Figures: Portraits and Character Studies in Northern Baroque Painting.
l art history student Madeleine leisk (artsci’16) is drawn to Willem drost’s Self-Portrait as St. John the Evangelist (c. 1655). Ms. leisk assisted in the preparation of the Singular Figures exhibition.
nr issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview l stephanie s. dickey admires A Man Rising From His Desk, attributed to Wallarant vaillant (c. 1667). dr. dickey, Professor and Bader Chair in northern Baroque art, was co-curator of the exhibition.
The Fell Types To set the right tone for this issue, we used a digitized version of Fell Types for our headers. John Fell (1625-1686) was the dean of Christ Church and vice-chancellor of the University of oxford. He played a leading role in the establishment of oxford University Press, for whom he commissioned a unique collection of printing types. The Fell Types are digitally reproduced by igino Marini. iginomarini.com
PHOTO CREDITS: BERNARD CLARK ART DIRECTION: RADISSEN RAMOUTAR THE SINGULAR FIGURES SERIES WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE AGNES ETHERINGTON ART CENTRE AT QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY.
issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview ns Cogito, ergo sum Ego sum, ego existo
“‘I am, I exist,’ is necessarily true whenever it is conceived in my mind.” René Descartes, Meditations of First Philosophy (1641)
s part of the gallery’s spring programming surrounding the Singular Figures exhibition, ACarlos Prado, Professor Emeritus (Philosophy), gave a talk at the agnes on “descartes’ divisive legacy.” in his talk, dr. Prado explained that the oft-quoted phrase, “Cogito, ergo sum” (i think, therefore i am) was abandoned by descartes for requiring a suppressed premise. descartes revised the “Cogito” statement to the “Ego sum…” statement above. descartes declared that he was solely a res cogitans (a thing that thinks). in other words, said dr. Prado, for descartes, “we are minds or souls riding around in flesh-and-blood conveyences that in no way are part of what we are.”
Dr. Prado reads from René Descartes’ Meditations , under the watchful eye of Descartes himself (or at least an artistic representation of the body that contained his res cogitans, painted by Pieter Nason in =B@C.) Read “Descartes’ Divisive Legacy” in the online review .
nt issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview Bringing the drama rama professor greg Wanless used the Singular (1666) shows a graceful and self-assured woman in Figures exhibition as the setting for an interactive mid-turn, capturing the viewer’s eyes with her own. Dworkshop, “The Body in the Painting,” in which he drama student Morgan anderson (artsci’16) explored the physicality inherent in portraits. channels the woman’s poise and posture in her own “artists make choices,” he says. “By studying their interpretation of the painting. The study of the portraits choices to position the subject in a certain way, we has added to her arsenal of tools as an actor. “it’s learn more about that person’s story.” Professor Wanless sometimes difficult to find inspiration for a character. asked workshop participants to study and mimic the it never occurred to me before to come into an posture and movement in selected paintings, from the art gallery and explore their movements. Just by tilt of a head to the strain of a tensed muscle. mimicking what they were doing, you can interpret lambert doomer’s painting A Venetian Courtesan what they were thinking.”
issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview nu The art of observation he average viewer in a gallery looks at a painting for about seven seconds. in a workshop pioneered for occupational therapy students Tat Queen’s, participants study each painting for 10 minutes. Using only visual evidence, they test their observational skills and then examine their biases. it’s all part of a strategy to prepare them to assess clinical situations in the workplace. “art is such a good vehicle for developing observational skills,” says Pat sullivan, the public programs manager for the agnes Etherington art Centre. she has conducted the workshop in collaboration with danielle naumann, an occupational therapist and Phd student in rehabilitation science, for the last few years. “When you take a few moments to sit and look carefully at a painting you haven’t seen before, you pick up a lot more than you would imagine.” We invited three students who hadn’t been into the gallery before to participate in a mini-workshop with sullivan and naumann. They studied Portrait of Five Sisters (Jan albertsz. rootius, c.1655), and practised articulating their objective observations of the painting. “i see sadness.” “you’re interpreting sadness,” coaches naumann. “But what you actually see are faces that are not smiling.” now the observations come more quickly. “i see bags under the girl’s eyes.” “Their faces are wrinkled in a way.” “i see a girl wearing a gold bracelet.” “i see the beads on her dress.” after taking inventory of what they see in the painting, the students then change from “i see” statements to “i think” statements. “i think they aren’t smiling because it takes more muscles to smile than to maintain a neutral expression,” says engineering student Tanis Worthy, thinking about how long the children would have had to stay still for a portrait session. The students explore their own reactions and interpretations, gain insight into other perspectives and, in doing so, broaden their own. “This is an invaluable tool for occupational therapists and others who make clinical decisions in groups,” says naumann. – AG
Pat Sullivan discusses the art of observation with students.
ol issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview Tanis Worthy, Sc’=B, Jennifer Williams, Artsci’=B, and Heather Evans, Com’=B, share their observations of Portrait of Five sisters with Danielle Naumann. In the online review , learn more about the use of art and observation for occupational therapy students.
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Rembrand t’s collection of curiosities
David de Witt takes the Review on a tour of the great painter’s former house and studio BY WANDA PRAAMSMA
he rooms of Rembrandt House Museum in Rembrandt lived and worked for almost xv years Amsterdam reveal the details of one man’s until w|{~, the year he painted Portrait of a Man supremely artistic life. with Arms Akimbo – visitors wander through the TThere is the studio – with north-facing win - large kitchen, complete with a box bed tucked into dows – offering good but not overwhelming light. the corner. “There were no bedrooms in homes at On the mixing table: stones, including azurite this time,” says Dr. de Witt. “People slept in these and lapis lazuli, which the painter used to prepare closet beds, which were fairly short, as no one his paints. And to store the paints: actual pigs’ slept lying down, thinking they might die if they bladders, knotted with thread. did. They slept propped against a few pillows.” Across from the studio, Rembrandt’s kunst- There is also an etching room, which would und wunderkammer – a room to house the wonders have been a very busy place (and still is, now of nature and man, showcasing the artist’s vast serving as a printmaking demonstration room), collection of curiosities. Everything from shells, and several showrooms, where Rembrandt coral and animal carcasses to busts of emperors, welcomed prospective buyers and dealers. On the various weapons, and a large lion’s skin. top floor, there are several student cubicles – as “He loved to collect things. He paid a record this house was also a teaching space, where the price for a single shell,” says David de Witt, Chief painter cultivated and promoted new talent. Curator at Rembrandt House Museum, and former Dr. de Witt explains that Rembrandt was not a Bader Curator of European Art at Queen’s Agnes poor man – and the house was very majestic, Etherington Art Centre. “It’s interesting; he was located on what is now Jodenbreestraat (formerly not seen as highly learned, but actually, he was Sint Antoniesbreestraat) in the heart of the city’s very knowledgeable and curious about the world – half-moon canal system. But Rembrandt was this collection of artifacts shows that.” always, perhaps, ahead of himself – in finances, On the lower floors of the house – where too – and was forced out in w|{~ due to bankruptcy. on issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview s i U H T d n a r B M E r
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The future home of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre This photograph of “Windburn,” the house that is now part of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, was taken in or around 4;;6, four years after it was purchased by George Richardson for his wife, Agnes McCausland. In the 4<53s, Agnes Etherington, the daughter of George and Agnes, decided to remove the third floor and Victorian verandahs from the home as well as alter various parts of the interior. The seeds of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre were sown in 4<59 with the formation of the Kingston Art and Music Club, of which Agnes Etherington (4;;3–4<87) was a driving force. She nurtured the arts in Kingston throughout her life and, in her final years, drew up plans to bequeath her family home, an elegant Neo-Georgian mansion, to Queen’s for use as a university and community art gallery. The Agnes Etherington Art Centre opened to the public in 4<8:, with artist André Biéler as its founding director. In its early years, before the creation of the Department of Art, the Agnes housed the art library and was the site of art and art history classes offered at Queen’s . To fulfill the gallery’s expanding role as collections and programs grew, extensions to the building were made in 4<95, 4<:8, 4<:; and 5333.
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Matthew, Lena, William, Claire, Adam, surgeon with the U.S. Navy and Up to . Jonathan, David, Emily, Ren, George serving in the aircraft carriers HMCS and Ryan. George was predeceased Magnificent and Bonaventure, Notes by his brothers Harold, Fred, William, 1952 –61. Surgeon Lieutenant-Com - Thomas McCavour , Sc’52, has a new BSc’48, and sisters Edith and Beryl. mander Bradford then returned to book out: Sing to Me David. The novel He is survived by brother Glenn civilian life, serving on the medical follows the young life of Patience (Beverly), sister Barbara (Harold Rayn - staff at Sunnybrook Hospital in Rumney and David McIvarr as they ham) and sister-in-law Amy Bracken. Toronto and then with the Ontario grow up during alternating periods George studied civil engineering at Ministry of Health, from which he of war, prosperity and adversity in Queen’s. He became a professional retired in 1988. During some of this the early 1900s: each searching for engineer and an Ontario land sur - time, he served in the Air Force an identity and a purpose in life by veyor, establishing his own survey Auxiliary, then retired as a group exploring their early origins. The practice in Smiths Falls. George was captain. Norman was the first in his story flashes back more than a cen - involved with the local community family to attend university and was tury to the Rumney exodus from the and was a generous benefactor to a proud of his Queen’s heritage. U.S. after the American Revolution number of organizations. His keen Robert Adam Calder , BSc’59 (MBA and the McIvarr flight from Ireland support of Queen’s included his in - McMaster), of Greenville, S.C., died during the Great Famine. Thomas volvement in the Queen’s Sc’49ers May 12, 2014. Bob is survived by says, “I wrote this story not only and a donation of land to the Marjorie, his wife of 54 years, and because of my Irish and Maritime Queen’s University Biological Station. sons Wayne, Glen, David, Sc’86, and roots, but also because Canadians After retiring, George indulged his Cameron, their spouses, and nine are relatively unaware of this period more artistic side and developed a grandchildren. After graduation from in Canadian history. I also wanted to love and skill for carving. He was a Queen’s (Engineering Physics), Bob encourage senior Zoomers to write prolific carver in wood and soap - joined International Harvester. Over and tell their stories. I have written stone and enjoyed sharing this his 27-year career there, he worked in many articles and novels as well as passion with his children and grand - Hamilton, Ont., Chicago, Paris and lecturing on engineering and gar - children. He and Margaret were keen Doncaster, England. He then spent dening subjects since retirement. travellers, enjoying trips to explore 15 years with Rockwell International/ You can do it; even Queen’s engi - different parts of the world. Sum - Arvin Meritor in Paris and Michigan. neers can do it!” Thomas has more mers spent at the cottage at After retirement, Bob and Marjorie words of inspiration to budding writ - Gananoque were a particularly moved to South Carolina to be closer ers: you can read his article, “A 50- special time with family. He is re - to family. Bob enjoyed working with year delay” in our online magazine. membered as a man of integrity, his boys there at Calder Brothers generosity and quiet strength who Deaths Corp. Wherever he lived, Bob was took great pride in his family. always active in his church commu - Isobel Cuthbert (Matheson) Boyle , Norman William nity, including the Buncombe BA’40, died Jan. 30 in her 98th year Bradford, MD’52, Street United Methodist Church in London, Ont. Predeceased by her died Dec. 8, 2015 in in Greenville. husband, John Edward Boyle, Isobel Toronto. He is sur - is survived by her children Jane Margaret Anne Crothers , BNSc’51, vived by his wife, Matheson and John Boyle and their died Nov. 3, 2015 in Warkworth, Ont. Iris, with whom he families, including six grandchildren She was predeceased by her parents, had recently cele - and one great-grandchild. At Ida and Harry Whytock, BA 1913, MD brated their 70th Queen’s, Isobel was active in student 1920, her sister Barbara Milne, BA’49, anniversary. He is life; she was part of both the Levana and her husband, James Crothers, also survived by his and Arts’40 executives. She was also BSc’43 and ’47. At Queen’s, Margaret children Gillian Leverty (Michael), president of Levana’s Athletic Board specialized in public health nursing. Adrian (Lyn) and Chris (Lynn), four of Control and was a member of the Upon graduation, she was employed grandchildren and two great-grand - intercollegiate tennis team. by the Canadian Red Cross Society in children. He was predeceased by his Toronto, and later, with the Porcu - George Wesley Bracken , BSc’56, daughter Judy and daughter-in-law pine Health Unit, which served the died Dec. 27, 2015 in Kingston, with Roxina. During the Second World area from Cochrane to Hornpayne. his family by his side, aged 83. War, Norman served with No. 410 Margaret and Jim lived in Smooth George is survived by his wife of 57 Squadron, RCAF, flying in Beaufighter Rock Falls for most of their married years, Margaret, Artsci’97; his chil - and Mosquito night fighters. He was life and raised their children there: dren Jane, Sc’82 (Neil), Lesley (her credited with two enemy aircraft Barbara, Ed ’83, William, Peter and late husband Tom), Robert Sc’85 shot down and was himself forced Leslie. They leave behind 14 grand - (Mary Lou), Alison, Sc’88, MBA’92, down on French soil during the D- children, eight great-grandchildren, and George (Colleen). George was a Day invasion. After graduation from and a great love for Planet Earth. In wonderful “grampa” to his 14 grand - Queen’s, he served with the Royal 1973, the Crothers family moved to children: Thomas, Nicholas, Andrew, Canadian Navy, qualifying as a flight Campbellford, Ont., to Jim’s mother’s
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family homestead since 1840, the of Margaret He was predeceased by his wife, Free farm. (Jim’s mother, Mary Free (Smith), BA 1914, Velma, and is survived by his children Crothers, was a 1914 Queen’s and W. Clifford John (Connie), Douglas (Janet) and alumna.) As a retirement project, Clark, BA 1910, BA Elizabeth (Paul), two grandchildren Margaret volunteered with the 1912, LLD 1935. and extended family. He was also Campbellford/Seymour Heritage Peggy’s father was predeceased by his siblings, includ - Society, for whom she helped pro - also a professor of ing John Leslie, BCom’40, and Mar - duce and publish the local history political and economic science jory Louise (Anderson), BA’44. Rae book of the area, Gleanings . (1915-23 and 1931-33). He also, in won the gold medal in mathematics C. Victor Davies , BSc’47, died Jan. 1919, created the commerce pro - for his year. Soon after graduating, he 22, aged 90. He was predeceased by gram at Queen’s with O.D. Skelton. began working at Manufacturers Life his wife, Marieta, and is survived by The Skelton-Clark fellowships at Insurance Co. in Toronto. During the their children Margaret and George Queen’s honour the two men. At Second World War, he served with and their families. A civil engineer, Queen’s, Peggy studied math, eco - the RCAF as a navigator, earning a Vic worked for the Canadian Bridge nomics and English, was an avid Distinguished Flying Cross. Rae re - Co. and for Syncrude. He volunteered athlete and was active in student turned to Manufacturers Life in 1945, for a number of organizations in his politics. She helped with the cam - becoming a Fellow of the Society of community. Vic was professional, paign to elect the first woman as Actuaries and a Fellow of the Cana - organized and thought of others president of the AMS, Dorothy dian Institute of Actuaries. In 1953, before himself. W ardle, in 1942. While at Queen’s, she he moved to Thornhill, Ont. Rae met her future husband, Don John - worked at Manulife until 1985 when Patricia Carruther s ston, Meds’42, also from Kingston. he retired as vice-president. In retire - (Beeman) Flem - In her graduation year, Peggy was ment, Rae became involved with a ing , BA’44, died elected to the permanent year exec - number of organizations, including April 19, 2015. She utive for Arts’42 and was one of nine Canadian Pensioners Concerned and is survived by her students to receive the Tricolour the Alliance of Seniors. husband, Robert Award. Two years later, she met Don (Bob) J. Fleming, Jane (Curran) Mallory , BA’59, died again in Ottawa. They were married son John C. Fleming (the Hon. Jan. 21 in her 78th year. Jane grew up on July 8, 1944. They settled in Niag - Claudine Roy), three grandchildren, in Kingston, the daughter of Dorletta ara Falls, where Don practised ob - her brother Michael Beeman, and and H. Wes Curran, a biology profes - stetrics and gynaecology for 46 years extended family. She was prede - sor and the founding director of the and where Peggy was active as a ceased by her brothers William, Queen’s University Biological Station community volunteer. Peggy was BA’51, and Peter Beeman. Patsy was (QUBS). In her formative years, Jane predeceased by Don; her brothers, a well-known collector of antique spent her summers with her parents George, MD’49, and Ken Clark, wooden decoys. She produced the and siblings Dave and Fran at QUBS, BCom’49; her son Bob; and daughter- illustrated book Traditions in Wood . a place that fostered Jane’s inquisi - in-law Leslie Kaye, BA’72. She is A summertime resident of the Thou - tive mind and love of nature. After survived by children Bill Johnston, sand Islands, she also created the graduating with a biology degree, Com’71 (Monica Bennett), and Bett picture book Thousand Islands . A Jane married the best blind date Leverette, Arts/PHE’72, Ed’73 (Drew, gifted artist, Patsy wrote and illus - ever, Robin Mallory, Sc’59. The cou - Arts’72, Ed’72), grandsons David trated more than 200 editions of her ple lived in several mining communi - Leverette, Jeremy Johnston-Kaye column “My Kingston” for The ties before settling in Richmond, (Jen Hassum), and Graeme Leverette, Kingston Whig-Standard. She was Que. An animal lover her whole life, PT’08 (Allison, MIR’16); one great- active in the community, with the Jane encouraged her daughters to grandchild; and her sister Eleanor Marine Museum of the Great Lakes expand the notion of the family pet McGinnis, Arts’40 (David, Sc’38). at Kingston, the Kingston Historical beyond cats and dogs. She accepted Society, the Churchill Society for the Frederick John Kempster , BSc’53, gerbils, tadpoles and even field mice Advancement of Parliamentary died Jan. 11. Fred studied civil engi - into her home. Jane went back to Democracy and the Grenfell Histori - neering at Queen’s, then went on to school for a teaching degree at cal Society. Patsy’s ability to make a career in telecommunications, Bishop’s University, graduating in friends endeared her to young and working at Bell Canada for 39 years. 1977. She was a high school teacher old alike. She was the first to help Fred was predeceased by his first and librarian until her retirement in those in trouble and loved her dogs wife, Shirley, in 2000. He is survived 1993. Retirement found Jane and and the outdoor life. She is greatly by his wife Sandy Turner, his sons Rob moving back to Kingston where missed by friends in Kingston, Dave and Gord and their families, she took advantage of the many Toronto and Montreal. and stepchildren Steve, Dee, Dave learning opportunities available. and Janet and their families. Jane found a like-minded spiritual Peggy (Clark) Johnston , BA’42, died community at Sydenham Street Dec. 8, 2015, in Niagara Falls, Ont. Duncan Rae MacLeod , BA’41, died United Church, reconnected with old Peggy grew up in Kingston, the child Dec. 27, 2015, in Toronto, aged 94. friends from Queen’s, and made new
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friends in the Emerald Street com - Annie and Robert, Theol’03, and behind the family home was filled munity. Jane was an avid reader and grandchildren. with unusual native shrubs and flow - enjoyed discussing and recommend - Arthur Minaker , BSc’51, died at ers that he discovered through his ing books to family and friends. An home on April 20, 2015 at the age of volunteer work at Burlington’s Royal inquisitive adventurer, Jane wrote 88. He is survived by his wife, Marie, Botanical Gardens. travel articles about her experiences. two children and two grandchildren. Owen Moher , BA’53, died March 30, She was admired for her knitting, Art’s life presented him with chal - 2015, in Belleville, Ont. in his 85th sewing and cooking. Although the lenges from beginning to the end. year. Beloved husband of Doreen towns changed over the years, Jane’s The second-youngest of 10 siblings, Moher for 55 years; loving father of caring, generous, accepting, he was only two when their father Dan (Leona) and Robert (Sandra); thoughtful and curious spirit consis - died. Art’s 15-year-old brother, cherished grandfather of Amaya, tently moved her to participate in Everitt, was left to run the farm and Danielle, Ian and Elise; dear brother the United churches, local arts look after the family. When Art was of Kay Bradford. Owen had a success - groups and volunteer organizations eight, their mother died. Everitt and ful career in the financial sector. An in her communities. Jane is survived sister Hazel worked to keep the fam - acknowledged expert in tax systems by Robin, their daughters Shawna, ily together rather than see their and the leasing industry, Owen was Elaine and Erin and their families, younger siblings go to foster homes. a pioneer in accounting software. and her sister Fran. As expressions of Everett instituted simple rules such He was involved in the migration sympathy, donations may be made as “We all work, then we all play.” of leasing processes to accounting to the Wes and Dorletta Curran Me - They were a close family and loved to software and creator of RUBICON, a morial Award at Queen’s University, play euchre together. Art excelled at lease/buy/finance-decision system. either online at givetoqueens.ca or school, especially in mathematics. He Owen was a devoted Roman by mail to Queen’s University, Attn: rode 16 km. to high school in Catholic, an active member of the Lisa Riley, Office of Advancement, Belleville with a neighbour and Knights of Columbus and a consis - Kingston, ON K7L 3N6. (Cheques sometimes had to hitchhike home tent helper in parishes in Montreal, should be payable to Queen’s Univer - because there was no bus. After Toronto and Belleville. He was the sity with “Wes and Dorletta Curran graduating, 18-year-old Art joined first of his family to attend university Memorial Award” in the memo field.) the army in February, 1945. He was and attended alumni events regu - John D. McGeachy , BSc’56, MSc’62, honourably discharged 18 months larly over the years. died Oct. 6, 2015, at home in later, having spent most of his time The Honourable Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Is - at Camp Shilo in Manitoba, shovel - Robert Archibald land. After working for Common - ling coal. He used his veteran’s al - Fraser Mont - wealth Edison at the Zion Nuclear lowance, scholarships and a summer gomery , CD, QC, Power Station near Chicago, John job at a cheese factory to attend BA’50, BCom’52 joined the Department of Mechani - Queen’s. He led his class until his final (LLB, U of T), died cal Engineering at Queen’s in 1975 year but missed out on the gold April 2, 2015, at the and taught courses in thermody - medal because once that year’s fees age of 86. Bob was namics and turbomachinery. When were covered, he decided to have the dearly loved husband of Mar - he became associate dean in the late some fun rather than focus solely on garet, the proud father of Fraser, 1980s, he became remarkably adept his studies. That year, he played on a Heather, Artsci’84, NSc’86, and Scott at solving student problems, both Queen’s intramural hockey team and (Sheila), and the fun-loving and cher - academic and non-academic. He re - although he scored only one goal all ished grandpa of seven. At Queen’s, tired after 25 years of service, becom - season, it was the one that gave his Bob was president of Arts’52 and the ing an emeritus professor in 1996. He team the season title. Art went to Arts Society representative on the continued to teach for the faculty as work for Sperry Gyroscope in Mon - AMS. In 1950, he received a W.U.S. an adjunct for another six years. He treal, where he met Marie, an RCAF scholarship to study in France, an ex - had a quirky sense of humour which, officer, on a blind date in 1953. They perience that resulted in lifelong at times, was relevant to whatever were married six months later. In 1956, friendships. In 1951, he was inducted might have been on his mind that Art joined Westinghouse to design into the Tricolour Society for his work day and often best not repeated in transformers. In 1984, the company in support of his fellow students. The public. John had a great practical ori - presented him with an engineering practice of law took Bob to Vancou - entation, and for many years taught award for his original design of a sin - ver, Ottawa, Toronto and Calgary, a very popular mini-course during gle-phase transformer that allowed finally ending his career as a justice Reading Week in welding and forge Westinghouse to penetrate a new of the Court of Queen’s Bench of operation in the McLaughlin Hall ma - market. His 32 years with the company Alberta. He served his church, his chine shop. John is remembered as a ended with his retirement in 1988. community, his country and his caring and able teacher and a fatherly Although Art suffered from heart ar - profession in many different capaci - mentor for student, staff and faculty rhythmia since childhood, he never let ties. Through his unceasing love for alike. His memory survives with his it slow him down. In retirement, Art the Navy he was fondly known to wife, Barbara, children Margaret, found joy in gardening; the ravine
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many as the “Commander.” Bob pos - Any drive through Kingston was James Donald McLeod , BSc’61, died sessed a strong moral compass and incomplete if it did not include a tour Dec. 16 in Sudbury, Ont. Don is sur - an abiding faith. Everyone with through his university stomping vived by Betty, his wife of 55 years, whom he came in contact was ac - grounds. Hal was predeceased by his children James (Rosanna), Tanis and corded the same respect and cour - wife, Amelia. He is greatly missed by Sheridawn Maloney, Ed’87 (Tim), and tesy. His challenging health never his children Amelia, Stephen, Martha four grandchildren. Don was ex - dampened his enthusiasm for life, and Clark and grandchildren Marie, tremely proud to have graduated as and he always maintained a brave Jane, NSc’12, Robin, Connor, a mining engineer from Queen’s. He and courageous spirit. Cameron, Maclean and Griffin. worked his entire career (31 years) James Ormond , at INCO in Sudbury. He was an avid BSc’58, died sud - s . gardener, with his flowerbeds being denly Oct. 9, aged the envy of the neighbourhood. Don 79. He is survived Notes and Betty, often with friends and family members, travelled the world. by Elizabeth, his With the extinguishing of the flame In his retirement, Don volunteered at wife of 51 years, for the Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Science North, tending the plants daughter Denise Games, Michael Howe , Com’68, there. Don was an active member of (Tim), grandsons MBA’69, successfully completed his the Church of the Ascension for 50 Nathan and Evan, dual role as lead, enterprise risk as - years. In 1978 Don and Betty bought and his sister surance and senior member of the a property on Rock Lake and built a V irginia. Jim studied mechanical games’ enterprise risk management camp – the place Don went to com - engineering at Queen’s, then went team. He is now looking for new mune with nature. Don’s family have on to earn his MBA at the University challenges: you can reach him at many special memories of being at of Rochester. He was a long-time em - [email protected]. ployee of Bausch and Lomb, working the lake and know that Don’s spirit in New York State and around the Deaths will always be there. world. He was an avid gardener, a Larry Farnsworth , Arts’70, BA’69, Tom Murtha , BCom’63, MBA’68, died great cook and a polio survivor. died Feb. 1, 2015 in his 75th year. He Sept. 10, at home, on the 49th an - Harold Woodgate , BSc’59, died is survived by his wife, Cynthia, their niversary of the day he wed Lynda Sept. 20 in Toronto, with his family at children Karen and Peter, and grand - (Moore). In addition to Lynda, he is his side. Hal was married for 59 years daughter Ainsley. After completing survived by his daughters Julie to Shirley, the love of his life. He is his degree at Queen’s, Larry went on Murtha, Com’91, MIR’92 (Jim Palma - also missed by their children Cam, to receive a master’s degree in edu - teer); Christy Murtha; and Leigh Vyn Jennifer and Tara, their spouses, cation from Niagara University. He (David); and two grandchildren. Fol - and five grandchildren, as well as taught for many years with the Dis - lowing his MBA graduation, Tom his siblings and their families. A civil trict School Board of Niagara, retiring joined Colgate-Palmolive, where he engineering grad, Hal worked at in 1996. He was also a longtime director held progressively senior posts be - H. Woodgate & Son in St. Catharines, of the Niagara Regional Agricultural fore leaving in 1980 to become VP of Ont., before doing municipal engi - Society. In 2008, he was honoured by marketing for the Toronto Star. He neering and consulting in the the City of Welland at a volunteer was VP of corporate newspaper de - St. Catharines/Niagara area. recognition event for making the city velopment for Torstar Corporation when he retired 1995. Post-career, Harold “Hal” Wright , BSc’56, died a better place in which to live. Tom and Lynda split their time be - Feb. 19. Upon completing his degree David William tween Florida and their century in electrical engineering he went Jackson , BSc’61, farmhouse north of Port Hope before on to work for Ontario Hydro. Hal died March 2 in moving to a condo in Toronto. Tom worked throughout the province and Kingston in his had eclectic passions; he maintained enjoyed telling his family and friends 78th year, with a daily watch over the TSX, continued about the hydro generating stations family by his side. a deep interest in the newspaper throughout Canada and abroad. David is survived industry, was a passionate Toronto For more than 60 years, Hal was a by his brothers Blue Jays fan, had a love/hate rela - passionate and enthusiastic Queen’s Michael and Brian, seven nieces and tionship with the Leafs and held a Gael. When discussing university nephews, and extended family. After deep devotion to Seinfeld . with his grandchildren, he always studying chemical engineering at had advice or stories to share from Queen’s, David worked in the paper Jacqueline “Jacqui” Ann (Walls) his time at Queen’s. His tricolour industry in Quebec. He lived in Lewis , BA’68, died at home in pride was especially evident when, Montreal, Halifax and Toronto prior Oakville, Ont., on Jan. 24. Jacqui was at his granddaughter’s graduation, to returning to Kingston four years dearly loved by her husband, David he sang all the lyrics to the Oil Thigh . ago. A very well-read man, his inter - Lewis, son James (Marie MacDonald) Hal enjoyed many football games ests included music, history, current and grandson Zachary. She is also and rarely missed a class reunion. affairs and hockey. survived by her mother, Trixie Walls,
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formerly with Queen’s libraries health services and sociology jour - Jean-Éthier-Blais 2015 “awarded an - (1963-1987), her sister Lucinda Walls, nals. She has also been recognized nually by la Fondation Lionel-Groulx Artsci’78 (Jacques Ménard, LLM’09) with the Canadian Nurses Associa - to the author of the best book of and nephew John Walls, Com’08. tion Order of Merit for Research literary criticism in French dealing Jacqui was predeceased in 2011 by Award, the Canadian Association of with Quebec literature published in her brother, James “Jamie” Carrigan Schools of Nursing Award for Research Quebec during the past year.” The Walls, BSc’82. Friends from Jacqui’s Excellence, and fellowship in the Cana - book was also shortlisted for the Queen’s days are welcome to contact dian Academy of Health Sciences. Ontario government’s Trillium Book the family at [email protected]. In January, Patricia Smart , PhD’76 Award and The Governor General’s (French) received La médaille de Literary Award for best book pub - s . l’Académie des lettres du Québec lished over the past year in the “décernée à un écrivain pour French non-fiction category. A mem - Honours l’ensemble de son œuvre ou à une ber of both the Order of Canada and the Royal Society of Canada, Pat re - Greta Cummings , NSc’79, (MEd and personnalité de la vie culturelle.” tired from the Carleton University PhD, University of Alberta), was in - (“awarded to a writer for the body of Department of French in 2005 with ducted into the Sigma Theta Tau In - his or her work or to a person active the rank of Chancellor’s Professor. ternational Nurse Researcher Hall of in the life of the culture.”) Previous She remains a Distinguished Re - Fame. Greta is a professor of nursing recipients of this medal include search Professor at Carleton. She at the University of Alberta. She is Gabrielle Roy, Anne Hébert, Félix continues her work in Quebec litera - also the principal investigator of the Leclerc, and Robert Lepage. In 2015, ture and recently presented a paper Connecting Leadership Education & Pat’s book De Marie de l’Incarnation à at the Canadian Studies conference Research (CLEAR) Outcomes Pro - Nelly Arcan: se dire, se faire par l’écrit - at the University of Holguin in Cuba. gram, which focuses on the develop - ure intime won two major literary Pat lives in Ottawa with her husband, ment of leadership by individuals prizes and was shortlisted for two John Smart, PhD’04 (History). and organizations to achieve better others. In May, the book received the outcomes for healthcare providers Gabrielle Roy Prize for best critical Job news and patients. Since 2003, she has work of the year from the Association George Vassos , Com’76, Law’80, published more than 140 peer-re - of Canadian and Quebec Literatures. after 31 years, integrated his law viewed articles in nursing, medical, And in November, Pat received Le prix 1
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practice, Kuretzky Vassos Henderson the Martha Graham Dance Company, cross-country ski - LLP, into Littler LLP, the world’s directing his own NYC-based com - ing in Gatineau largest employment- and labour-law pany, having his work performed at Park. John was very firm with more than 1,000 lawyers the Berlin Opera House and the interested in pretty in 12 countries. “An exciting new Kennedy Center, and returning to much every kind of chapter on the road to Freedom 95, a Kingston to perform in the ‘80s. He sport, especially road shared with the lovely Krystyna, now makes his home in Vancouver biking, canoeing, Kasia, Louis (Artsci’16), Emily with Judith Garay, dance faculty cross-country ski - (Artsci’17), David, Michael and member at Simon Fraser University. ing and climbing. He had good Nicholas,” says George. E-mail [email protected]. friends in all of those areas of his life. J. David Wake , Louis O’Brien , MBA’78, and his wife, He was a keen member of his ther - Law’72, began a Sharon, celebrated their 35th wed - mal design team at work at Ciena. five-year term as ding anniversary and the recent His wife, Dora Boersma, and children Ontario Integrity marriage of their son Cameron to Peter and Sarah miss him very much. Commissioner on Andrew Warren. All four marked these Philip Brown , Feb. 1. The In - milestones by taking a cruise from BA’74, died Nov. 6, tegrity Commis - New Zealand to Sydney, Australia. 2015 in Ottawa sioner is an officer George Smith , from a brain hem - of the Legislative Assembly who Com’73, recently orrhage. He was provides conflict of interest advice to celebrated his fifth 64. Phil always said MPPs and direction to ministers’ staff; anniversary at of his time at meets with all MPPs to receive, ana - Queen’s as an ad - Queen’s, “I majored lyze and publish financial informa - junct professor at in history, but I minored in CFRC.” tion submitted by them; operates Smith School of CFRC radio fans of the mid ‘70s will the province’s lobbyist registration Business and at the remember the hilariously funny com - system with the authority to conduct School of Industrial Relations. edy program, Open Season , which an inquiry, and make recommenda - George reports finding this a very re - Phil co-produced, recording it from tions and issue penalties for viola - warding retirement project following his bedroom on Lower Union Street, tions of the Lobbyists Registration his CBC/Radio-Canada career. when Master Control was under ren - Act; reviews expense claims for cabi - ovation. Another cherished memory Ginnie Welsman , MBA’77, currently net ministers, opposition leaders and was giving Shelagh Rogers her first corporate V-P, operational risk man - their staff as well as public agencies, announce test. A local Kingston boy, agement at Manulife Financial, plans boards and commissions; and re - he started in commercial radio at to retire this year and may consult in ceives disclosure of and investigates CKWS after graduation, but after operational risk. She and Neil wrongdoing under the Public Service trips to New York City, he became en - Longhurst , Arts’70, MBA’77, have of Ontario Act . amoured with how cities worked and been together since reconnecting at went onto a master’s degree in urban their class reunion in 2013. Neil has Notes planning at U of T, where he met his been (mostly) retired since 2012, Marian (Higginson) Holley , Com’77, future wife, Joanne Jackson. Phil was after having launched a golf and crossed the finish line in November, an urban planner in Stratford and residential development business receiving her Master of Arts in Teach - Sudbury before turning his hand to following his career at Ford Motor ing English to Speakers of Other Lan - developing co-operative and non- Company. He stays active running, guages, an online degree from Trinity profit housing as the general man - coaching runners and assisting en - Western University. Cheering her on as ager of Northern Non-Profit Housing. trepreneurs (including at Queen’s she completed her three-year marathon He was hooked, as this combined his Innovation Connector) on business were her 86-years-young mother (who entrepreneurial skills for project and financial planning. Neil and was her first home-educator), siblings, management with his passion for so - Ginnie plan to spend half the year dear friends and professors. cial justice. In 1987, he and the family in Toronto and half in the San Diego moved to Ottawa, to be closer to Anthony Morgan , Sc’73, recently area. retired as professor of dance after 33 aging parents. In 1989, he founded Richard West, Artsci’73, MBA’76, years of teaching at Florida State Jackson-Brown Associates, and retired from the York Region District University in Tallahassee. He remains added developing day cares, union School Board, a second career that grateful to Sandy Aitken , Arts’72, for headquarters and other non-profit followed his original one in finance. luring him into her dance class when facilities to the mix of projects. He reports he’s enjoying his new he was doing some tech theatre Somehow he also found time to be stage in life. work as a mechanical engineering an NDP candidate in Nepean in 2004 and 2008, running campaigns out of student. (Anthony asks, “Does any - Deaths one know where Sandy is now?”) his basement. As a volunteer, he On Jan. 15, John Atkinson , BSc’76, Career highlights were dancing with was drawn back into planning, sit - passed away suddenly while he was ting eight years as a member of the
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In honour of the McGibbons’ support, the university designated the walkway between Ontario Hall and Douglas Library “McGibbon Walk.” Jack and Betty jointly remembered Queen’s in their estate plans, leaving a generous gift in support of campus development and the Athletics and Recreation Centre.
John (Jack) and Elizabeth (Betty) McGibbon were proud Queen’s graduates of Commerce’43. Betty (née Sheldon) was one of only four women in her class, and like Jack, went on to achieve her C.A. Both went on to have very successful careers in accountancy. Their love for Queen’s was only surpassed by their love for each other.
The McGibbons were one of two primary supporters of the University Avenue Restoration Project. At that time, their gift was the largest ever for a campus-beautification initiative. The project, completed in 2115, restored University Avenue as the iconic and ceremonial main street of campus. The restoration widened the sidewalks to create more planning space for people and greenery, increased bench seating and made the roadway more accessible for pedestrians makes a and cyclists. The project received the City of Kingston’s di erence Livable City Design Award of Merit for Context, Accessibility and Community Significance. queensu.ca/alumni/giftplanning KEEPING IN TOUCH s
Ottawa Committee of Adjustment, Veerinder Kakar , MBA’81, moved to Michael J. McCann , MA’81 (English) four of those as its chair, where he Santa Monica, Calif., and established is a nominee for the 2015 North was praised as being canny, insight - his own management consulting American Hammett Prize for literary ful, fair and an excellent facilitator by and motivational speaking firm. He excellence in crime writing by a colleagues, proponents and oppo - reports enjoying the experience, but Canadian or American author. nents alike. He always had time to wishes some of his former classmates Michael was nominated for his latest act a mentor to younger people. He were there, too. novel, Sorrow Lake . The book, set in leaves a proud legacy of social infra - Carol U. Merriam , Artsci’85, MA’87 eastern Ontario, is the first in a new structure. He is sorely missed by his (PhD, Ohio State) has been ap - series featuring Ellie March and Kevin partner in life and business, Joanne pointed to a five-year term as dean Walker of the Ontario Provincial Jackson, and their children Michelle, of the Faculty of Humanities at Brock Police. Michael is also the author of Mark and Sarah. University, after serving for a year as the Donaghue and Stainer crime Peter Minaki , BSc’74, died July 19, interim dean. Her academic appoint - novel series, set in Maryland. 2015. He is survived by his wife, ment remains as professor in the Denise, son Simon, grandchildren Department of Classics at Brock. Notes Anne and Philip and their mother, Her husband, Anton Jansen , MA’88 In January, R. Mark Brigham , Isabelle Casse. Prior to studying elec - (PhD, Penn) also teaches in the Artsci’83, began a five-year term as trical engineering at Queen’s, Peter Department of Classics at Brock. the co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Zoology. This journal has been was a signal officer in the Canadian Pat Riva , Artsci’84 (Math), is now published monthly since 1929: its Army, serving in Cyprus and Ger - associate university librarian for focus is on primary research in the many. He went on to work in digital collection services at Concordia broad field of zoology. Mark is a systems design and communications University in Montreal. Pat writes, professor of biology at the University engineering. Peter retired in 2012 “Since obtaining my MLIS [McGill, of Regina. after a successful career with Ericsson 1986], I spent 20 years as a systems Canada. There, he worked in project and cataloguing librarian at McGill Marilyn Gladu , Sc’84, is the federal management, government relations University, then eight years at Biblio - member of Parliament for the riding and regulatory consultation. He was thèque et Archives nationales du of Sarnia-Lambton. Her roles as MP, active on committees and working Québec as monographs cataloguing Opposition critic for Science, chair of groups of the Radio Advisory Board coordinator and bibliographic Status of Women and co-chair of the of Canada (RABC), the Canadian standards librarian.” Parliamentary Rail Caucus are keep - Wireless Telecommunications Associ - ing her busy, but never too busy to ation and Electro-Federation Canada. Honours take time for friends. You can contact In 2011, Peter received an RABC Bonnie Golomb , Com’81, celebrated her at [email protected]. award in recognition of his the 30th anniversary of both her Erin M. S. (Stankov) Kleisinger , outstanding service to radio spec - company, Riverview Publishing Inc., Artsci’89, Law ’92, was elected vice- trum management in Canada. and Profile Kingston magazine. Bon - president by the Benchers of the Law Terence Sparling , MD’72, died April nie was honoured to have received Society of Saskatchewan. She will 4, 2015, in Victoria, B.C. A proud the Greater Kingston Chamber of serve as society’s president in 2017. graduate of Mount Allison and Commerce award for business per - Erin was also awarded her Queen’s Queen’s universities (where he was son of the year for 2015. Counsel designation in December, a member of Medical House), Terry In February, Janette Hughes , 2015. Erin is partner at McDougall became a dedicated haematolo - ConEd’88, was appointed as Canada Gauley LLP in Regina. gist/oncologist. He worked all over Research Chair, Technology & Peda - In April, the Rev. Dr. John T. Mathew , the world, setting up cancer pro - gogy. She is an associate professor MDiv’75, minister at St. Andrew’s grams. He leaves behind his wife, Jan, of digital literacies at the Faculty of Church, Gore, Southland, the Presby - daughters Jennifer and Stephanie, a Education at the University of terian Church of Aotearoa, New son-in-law, and a granddaughter. Ontario Institute of Technology in Zealand, was invited to present a Oshawa. Of her work, Janette says, paper at the Christian Conference of s . “Today’s learners live in a burgeoning Asia’s Congress of Asian Theologians, world of new digital media – smart held in Kerala, India. Job news phones, tablets, fitness bands, Last summer, former housemates of Louise Gormley , Com’87, joined watches and traditional laptop and 183 University Ave gathered from the Ontario Ministry of Education’s desktop computers. The debate in various points across Canada and the Research, Evaluation and Data the education community has U.S. for a fifth annual reunion at the Management team in the summer moved well beyond whether digital Muskoka cottage of Doug , Sc’82, and of 2014, after four years supporting media should be infused into learn - Louise (Gariepy) Pegg , Artsci/PHE ‘81, social justice-themed research at ing. Rather, we need to explore how MBA’83. Seen here, sporting their the Centre for Education and digital media can best enhance “insta-kilts” are: Mike Beatty, Community at York University. student learning.” Artsci’82; Jeff Oliver, Artsci’82; Doug
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skills, while also leveraging his years in private practice management and Declan Stephen in the advertising business and life as is an adopter of physiotherapy inno - on Feb. 11. The an entrepreneur. His eldest daughter, vation. Previously, he was senior McGrath family Madeline Power, is loving every partner with pt Health, a national lives in Barrie minute of her second year in the physiotherapy provider. Brian says where Jennifer is commerce program. Contact Jason that the skills and friendships devel - on maternity leave at 905.510.0835. oped during his Queen’s years were from the SCDSB. Andrew Long , Com’94, and his key in developing a firm foundation Amanda Schwartz , Meds’08, and family recently moved to Whistler for success. Dave Kirsh , Artsci’05, MSc’07, are B.C. Andrew is the president of the thrilled to announce the birth of Greatness Group, which offers scav - Notes Cassidy Jane Kirsh, born Jan. 5 in enger hunts for corporate groups in Doug Hargreaves , football coach Toronto. Amanda is an anesthesiolo - cities and resorts worldwide. (1976 –1995) for the Queen’s Golden gist and Dave teaches astronomy Gaels, has, with the help of his Victor Pakalnis , MBA’94, was ap - and science. daughter, Lynn Hargreaves , assem - pointed associate V-P at Laurentian Andria bled a great collection of Gaels foot - MIT (Mining Innovation and Technol - Sherstone , ball videos on YouTube. It started ogy) in November. He continues as Artsci’05, with a request of Doug for footage of president and CEO of MIRARCO MES’07, and the Gaels’ 1992 Vanier Cup-winning Mining Innovation. He recently Matthew game. That idea spiralled, and now chaired the 36th International Fletcher , Lynn and Doug have located and Conference of Safety in Mines MA’05, wel - posted a number of archival Gaels’ Research – the first time the confer - comed Lillian Adriana and Owen games and interviews for your view - ence has been held in Canada. Stephen Sherstone-Fletcher on Sept. ing pleasure. This has been a labour 14, 2015. Big brother Sam was so ex - Teresa of love, with Doug and Lynn hunting cited for a brother and a sister! An - Sarkesian , down old VHS tapes from storage at dria and Matthew now live in Ottawa MPA’90, is new various locations and transferring where Andria is currently on mater - the president their contents to digital format. Lynn nity leave from Health Canada and and CEO of the will also be donating copies of all the Matthew works for Indigenous Affairs. Electricity Dis - footage she finds to the Queen’s tributors Associ - Archives. http://bit.ly/KAZfootball Jennifer ation (EDA). (Nichols) Teresa joined s . Sibbitt , the EDA in 2009 as vice-president of Artsci’01 and government and member affairs. The Births her husband EDA is the voice of Ontario’s local Brian are electricity distribution sector, which Imola (Major) , Com’07, Artsci’07, thrilled to an - consists primarily of municipally and and David MacPhee , Sc’06, nounce the arrival of their fourth privately owned local distribution welcomed Owen Istvan into their child, Natalie Jade, born at home on companies. lives in September. The family now Sept. 24. A little sister for Adrian, calls Tuscaloosa, Ala., home. Megann Willson , Laura and Andrew. Natalie has set - MBA’95, and her Blake McCord , tled right in with the ongoing chaos partner, Steve Sc’09, and of a large family! Jennifer can be W illson, have relo - Alanna Negri , reached at [email protected]. cated from Halifax Artsci’09, wel - to Toronto. They comed son Commitments continue to run Ronan on Oct. Matthew Panoptika, a con - 5, 2015. Blake Brown , sulting business and Alanna Artsci’07, that helps compa - met in 2007 MA’12 (His - nies use customer understanding to when they landed at Heathrow Air - tory), and build better strategies. Megann also port to begin studies at the Bader Gillian Hoyer runs a social start-up, DZYN, that sells International Study Centre. They are were married unique Canadian gifts and art. A so in love with their little man and at St. Paul’s portion of every sale is used to fight big sister Ariya is absolutely thrilled Cathedral in London, Ont. Marnie hunger, homelessness or illiteracy. about baby Ronan’s arrival. Brown, Artsci/PHE’11, was happy to stand with her brother and new Brian Yu , Rehab’96, is a founding Jennifer (Kerton-Dawson) Mc - sister-in-law as part of the wedding partner of AlbertaPT.com, a network Grath , ConEd’00, and her husband, party. Matthew and Gillian are both of clinician-operated physiotherapy Terence, along with very excited big postulants for ordination to the clinics in Calgary. He has experience brothers Aidan and Nolan, welcomed
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priesthood for the Anglican Diocese University Club engagement with the Royal College of British Columbia. The couple are at Queen’s. of Music in London, U.K. presently completing their Master of Twelve years Eddie Ho , Com’08, is now a controller Divinity degrees at Huron University after they met with Parkland Fuel Corporation at its College at Western University, and in residence at corporate office in Calgary. Contact are looking forward to moving to Gordon Hall, Eddie at [email protected]. Vancouver Island to assume their first they were Mike Leonard , Com’04, is now plant church postings following gradua - married, sur - leader, large motors at General Elec - tion in May. rounded by tric. The facility produces massive many Queen’s Andrew Buzinsky , EMBA’09, married electric motors (up to 120,000 hp), grads, includ - Dawn Sweany in August in the vil - synchronous condensers, generators ing Brad’s grandpa Douglas Hanna, lage of Lake Louise at small family and other rotating machines that Sc’44. The couple live in Edmonton wedding. The couple live in Calgary. serve clients in the oil and gas, where Brad is finishing his residency Candis Green mining and industrial sectors. Mike in anesthesiology and Lauren is and Cody currently lives near Peterborough teaching elementary school. Noland , both with his wife and two children. Artsci’08, were Job news Jim McAllister , CQ-EMBA’08, after married Oct. Adam Cotterall , AMBA’09, was two and a half years living and 17 in Toronto. promoted to partner in the Vancou - working in Shanghai, moved to a The couple ver office of Caldwell Partners new regional office in Singapore. met in 2007 International Inc. He and his wife recently celebrated when they their first wedding anniversary. both worked John Coutts , Com’09, is now with Matthew McWhirter , Com’07, was at the Common Ground. “I first saw Parkland Fuel Corp.’s corporate promoted to senior manager at Mon - Cody at a Common Ground orienta - development team in Calgary. itor Deloitte, the strategy consulting tion party and thought his smile was Marcus Daniels , AMBA’05 , is the co- arm of Deloitte, in Toronto. He ad - made of stars,” writes Candis. “We founder and CEO of HIGHLINE, a pre- vises clients on corporate and busi - developed crushes on each other but seed venture capital firm with offices ness unit strategy across the financial were both too shy to say anything, in Toronto and Vancouver. Marcus is services sector, ranging from retail until one day a fellow CoGro-er sent also chair of the Canadian Accelera - banking and payments to wealth out a staff-wide email asking if some - tion and Business Incubation (CABI) management and private equity. one was willing to take their Sunday Association, which endeavours to Matthew was also appointed the in - morning prep shift – everyone knew raise industry standards and make novation leader for financial services this was the worst shift to have. The Canada’s Start-up Visa program more at Deloitte Canada, responsible for email included who else was sched - effective. shaping the firm’s innovation agenda uled to work that day – me. I almost Biswajit Das , and developing thought leadership immediately saw a response back to MBA’07, joined on the future of the industry. that email from Cody saying that he PwC Canada as Angela Oddo , EMBA’03, is now a would take the shift. I wondered if he a director in its financial advisor with Sun Life saw my name and took it so we consulting Financial in Saskatchewan, after could work together. Because who group. wants to rip up chicken on Sunday spending more than 15 years with Phoebe Fung , morning? So we worked together Bombardier Military Aviation Train - EMBA’00, is in the that morning and flirted through our ing. She reports enjoying both the process of building shift and I kept setting deadlines for new challenge and spending more a Vin Room at the myself. Ask him out by 10 am. Okay, time with family. new International you’ll do it by 11:15 . Okay, 11:47 for Andrew Outinen , MBA’00, launched Terminal at the sure. Eventually by the end of the his own business, a Tail Blazers Calgary Interna - shift as we were folding up our Health Food Store for Pets™ franchise tional Airport. Vin Room is Canada’s aprons, I clumsily spit out, ‘ So do you, in Etobicoke, Ont. largest wine bar, with more than like, want to hang out sometime?’ We 100 wines by the glass. Matt Polci , Com’07, joined Mission went to see Across the Universe that Capital Advisors as a director in the Katrina Galas , Com’05, is now an night at the Screening Room. Eight New York-based real estate firm’s account director at Repucom years later, we got married. Plenty of Debt and Equity Finance Group. Canada in Toronto, working on the Queen’s alumni and former Common Matt began teaching at New York business-intelligence side of sport Ground staff were in attendance.” University’s Schack Institute of Real sponsorship and consulting. Brad Walker , Artsci’06, Meds’11, and Estate (NYU) in January as an adjunct Lauren Robb , Artsci’06, MEd’11, Lily Harriss , EMBA’03, is now direc - professor. were married Feb. 21, 2015 at The tor of development and alumn i
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Yasser Rahrovani , MSc’08 (Manage - on to get her MSc in biology at friends, then ment), is now an assistant professor McMaster. Read more about Laura’s they started in information systems at Western work: wildlifepreservation.ca/ dating in 2008. University’s Ivey School of Business. laura-king/ and follow her on They are now Ronda Twitter: @LaurasWildLife. living and (Smith) working in Sayers , Notes Toronto after Com’04, and pursuing their her husband MBAs in own a cattle Barcelona (Adam, ESADE, class of and horse ranch in Saskatchewan 2015) and Paris (Jennifer, ISC, class of and a winter home in Arizona. Ronda 2015). The couple will be married in consults for Selrae Group Interna - the Okanagan this August. tional, which provides executive Isabelle Duchaine , Artsci’14, and consulting and private equity sup - Derrick Dodgson , Sc’13, are thrilled port for corporate turnaround to announce their engagement. They Daniela Andrews , Com’03, AMBA’10, projects. She is pictured with her would like to thank the Queen’s com - left Canada at the end of March last husband, Chris, and son, Spencer. munity and, in particular, their very year after deciding “in a moment of special friends at Alfie’s, QP and Clark Ako Ufodike , CQ-EMBA’08, launched either clarity or insanity (sometimes for bringing them together. They’re Jermyn Street 1664, a purveyor of fine it’s hard to tell the difference),” that always interested in (re)connecting, British tailoring of high-quality shirts, 2015 was her year for adventure. She so feel free to reach out via email, suits and accessories in Calgary. has since travelled to more than 15 Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn. Ji Yoon , AMBA’08, is CFO at Vancou - countries in Southeast Asia and Eu - ver-based On Side Restoration rope, chasing sunshine and an end - Honours Services Ltd., an emergency restora - less summer. When she submitted James Armstrong , AMBA’10, was tion company with branches across this note in November, she was rid - the recipient of the inaugural Cana - Canada. ing the waves in Bali, “staving off dian version of the Breitling Energy total beach-bum status by working Future Industry Leader Award at the Honours as a freelance writer.” Check out her Oil and Gas Awards held in June Chris Bryson , blog, CuriousCitizen.com. Here’s 2015. The awards, affiliated with the Com’06, an - Daniela atop Mt. Agung, the highest Calgary Chamber of Commerce, nounces that his peak on the island of Bali in Indonesia: recognize a young professional who company, Unata, “The 2 am start time was worth it to has shown an inspiring contribution was named in watch the sun rise from above the to the petroleum industry. November as clouds,” she says. Anton Toutov , Artsci’11, was one one of the 2015 Ian Macdonald , Com’09, and his TM of six recipients of the 2015 Alfred Deloitte Technology Fast 50 mother, Pat, celebrated the first an - Bader Award for Student Innovation, Companies-to-Watch winners. Chris niversary of Old Tomorrow, their craft given by Sigma-Aldrich. Anton, a founded Unata in 2011: the company beer company last fall. “Old Tomor - chemistry grad, was recognized for creates “next-generation shopping row” was one of Sir John A. Macdon - his discovery that certain chemical experiences” through digital apps, ald’s nicknames. The company brews processes that rely on the use of loyalty programs, machine learning beers “that tell the story of Canadian expensive precious metal-based technology and cloud computing. greatness,” says Ian. catalysts and necessitate high en - Laura King , Artsci’08, was selected Jennifer (Kerton-Dawson) ergy input can be catalyzed by an as “Canada’s New Noah” for 2016 by McGrath , ConEd ‘00, has earned inexpensive potassium-based mate - Wildlife Preservation Canada, a na - her PhD in Curriculum Studies and rial at room temperature. This could tional charity that works to save en - Teacher Development from the make the production of medicines, dangered species. The prestigious Department of Curriculum, Teaching materials, crop protection agents scholarship is given annually to a and Learning at OISE/UT. and other products safer, more promising young Canadian wildlife sustainable and less expensive. biologist. Recipients spend six s . Anton is a PhD candidate at Caltech, months in the Indian Ocean island conducting research in organic nation of Mauritius, home of the fa - Commitments chemistry in the lab of Nobel bled but ill-fated dodo, where they laureate Robert H. Grubbs. are enrolled in a post-graduate Jennifer D’Andrea , Artsci’10, and diploma program in endangered Adam Secord , Sc’10, are excited to Jude Tu , MIB’10, received an RBC species recovery run by the Durrell announce their engagement! The 2015 Royal Performer Award, GTA Conservation Academy. After study - couple first met at Queen’s in Victoria market, in October. ing biology at Queen’s, Laura went Hall in 2005, and became good
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Jobs Danny Nguyen , Cmp’14, is now a Idriss Bouhmouch , Com’10, and his security operations centre analyst at wife, Arielle Nishimirwe, launched a eSentire Inc., in Cambridge, Ont. new maternity lingerie company, Milkii. Todd Shannon , AMBA’11, was Stewart Campbell , CQ-EMBA’14, named partner and creative director accepted a new role at Roche at HUMANCONTACT, a creative Genentech’s global headquarters in agency in Toronto’s Distillery District. Basel, Switzerland, where he heads Celine Tarrant , Com’14, launched up global product strategy for the Smart Girls Sweat, a “sweatworking” Breast Cancer Franchise, the com - group that combines working out Arts and Science pany’s largest portfolio. Roche and networking for professional ONLINE leads all biopharmaceutical firms in women in the Toronto area inter - oncology product development in ested in meeting like-minded people pursuit of finding a cure for cancer, and maintaining an active lifestyle. Flexibility spending more on R&D than virtu - The December inaugural event sold ally any other company in the world, out, attracting 30 professional Stewart reports. women for an evening of working to t your Elliott Collyer , Com’10, is now in out, healthy refreshments and a lifestyle. the corporate development field of presentation by Laurel Walzak, Parkland Fuel Corp. in Calgary. There, EMBA’14, COO of Fitneff Inc. he joins John Coutts, Com’09, and Eddie Ho, Com’08. Contact Elliott at [email protected]. 61% John Hui , EMBA-Americas’15, and of distance students his healthcare technology start-up company, Twiage, were honoured by work full time Cleveland Clinic Innovations’ New while studying Venture Healthcare Challenge at the Augusta White , Com’13, was pro - 2015 Medical Innovation Summit last online. moted to manager in digital channel October. sales, strategy and planning at TD Sukhi Jagpal , CQ-EMBA’11, was Bank. As a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award appointed CFO of Vancouver-based recipient and as a member of the ProNAi Therapeutics, Inc. in February. Ontario chapter of the fundraising 49% The firm closed its IPO in July and committee for the Duke of Edin - already earned went public on NASDAQ. burgh’s Award, Augusta had the Fayad Khaled , MFin’13, is an invest - honour of dining with HRH Prince a degree before ment broker in the Wealth Manage - Edward. The Duke of Edinburgh’s taking our online ment Division of RBC in Toronto. award aims to develop young people, courses. Ariel Lubecki , MFin’15, CFA, now equipping them with life skills that works for Burgundy Asset Manage - will make a difference to themselves, ment as an institutional relationship their community and the world. manager. Curt Walker EMBA’14, was named 41% Patricia McLeod , EMBA’11, accepted CAO of the First Nations Health a new role as general counsel to the Authority in Vancouver in Septem - have children Carevest Group of companies in July. ber. He joined the organization fol - 18 years or younger She is also chair of the Calgary YWCA lowing a four-year term as CAO for in their household. board of directors; vice-chair of the Lil’wat Nation. Curt is a Certified boards of Calgary Economic Devel - Management Accountant and was opment and the Calgary Film Centre; recently awarded a fellowship by the and a director on the boards of Society of Management Accountants V ibrant Communities Calgary and of Canada for his contributions to Learn More the Calgary Girls Choir. society and the advancement of pro - fessional management accounting. Apply for online John Neretlis , EMBA’15, started a fall term courses new company, Next Gen Anesti, a Patrick Wong , AMBA’14, was named family-business consulting practice. CFO of Toronto-based Retail Ready starting July 8. John specializes in helping families Foods Inc., a private, multinational who own businesses to execute company that trades and distributes QueensOnline.ca succession strategies. physical protein assets.
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Com’02, the president for the last six years. Monica d continues her work on the branch executive. [email protected] Hong Kong reception rohan Murti, sc’10, has stepped down as president of Principal daniel Woolf met alumni at a Hong kong the Fort McMurray Branch as he pursues further reception in March. He discussed the Queen’s Compre - education abroad. Thank you for all your work, rohan! hensive international Plan and helped give out some Welcome to vincent Jiang, Com’14. tricolour swag. Learn more about the China and Hong [email protected] Kong trip on page =?.
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Canada . Prince Edward Island Aug. BE – Annual alumni gathering Join us from 5–7 pm at Calgary Fishbones oyster Bar and seafood grill (136 richmond st.) in June AF – BFth annual dinner The annual dinner, hosted by kim Charlottetown. sturgess, sc’77, is a signature event for the Calgary Branch and 2016 marks a special year for both kim and Queen’s! (See page ==: Honorary Toronto degree recipients .) Come and mingle with the broadest demographic June AE – Toronto Branch MiniU event Join us for a cocktail of Queen’s alumni that the Calgary Branch ever attracts. reception and presentation by Christian leuprecht, Professor of Political science at rMC and adjunct Professor in Queen’s Hamilton-Halton school of Policy studies and department of Political studies. October G – Gaels football game Cheer on the Queen’s gaels as dr. leuprecht will speak on a timely topic: “Why bad guys cross they take on the McMaster Marauders in Hamilton. Check out the borders and what to do about it: a talk on transnational illicit Queen’s Hamilton-Halton Branch on Facebook for details. networks, terrorists and organized crime.” Kingston June BI – Open house Join us to learn more about the kingston International . Branch, its mission to support students and how you can get involved. light refreshments will be served and there will be a prize draw. Germany Sept. C@ – Oct. B – Germany Branch annual meeting Join us Perth in Berlin on this public holiday weekend. our host will be steffonn June C – Alumni reception with David Dodge Join the Perth Chan, sc’07, who has put together a fun program and reserved and area Branch at the stone Cellar as it welcomes Chancellor rooms in a hotel right in the centre of Berlin by Hackescher Emeritus david dodge, arts’65, lld ’02. dr. dodge will speak on Markt/alexanderplatz at a reasonable price. For details contact key economic policy challenges facing the new federal steffonn at [email protected] or Branch President Elke Beecken, government in ottawa. MEd’84, at [email protected].
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issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview pu EX libris New books by faculty and alumni
Mary Chapman , artsci’83, Ma ’84 students and faculty at the University of Toronto. (English), is the editor of a new living up to its motto (“do it!”) in its first year of book: Becoming Sui Sin: Far Early operation, Pollution Probe confronted Toronto’s Fiction, Journalism, and Travel City Hall over its use of pesticides, ontario Hydro Writing by Edith Maude Eaton. over air pollution, and the detergent industry When her 1912 story collection, over pollution of the great lakes. The success of Mrs. Spring Fragrance , was res - these actions inspired the founding of other cued from obscurity in the 1990s, environmental organizations across Canada and scholars were quick to celebrate led to the development of initiatives now taken sui sin Far as a pioneering for granted, such as waste reduction and energy chronicler of asian-american policy. ryan o’Connor teaches in the department Chinatowns. newly discovered of Canadian studies at Trent University. works, however, reveal that Edith Eaton (1865 – 1914) published on a wide variety of subjects – David Kincaid , artsci’81, is the and under numerous pseudonyms – in Canada author of The Value of a Promise and Jamaica for a decade before she began Kept: What I’ve Learned About writing Chinatown fiction signed “sui sin Far” Managing Brands as Assets. For for american magazines. Born in England to a nearly 30 years, working for com - Chinese mother and a British father, and raised panies like general Foods and in Montreal, Edith Eaton is a complex writer Corus Entertainment, david was whose expanded oeuvre demands reconsidera - behind some of the world’s most tion. dr. Chapman unearthed the uncollected iconic brands. He turned his ex - fiction and journalistic works of Eaton and, in pertise into a business system, this book, positions the writer within the popular with tools that executives can use transnational print culture of the 1910s. another to create value from their brands. volume, which collects her uncollected mature work, and a monograph that looks at Eaton’s Marion Fraser , MPa ’75, has use of the “ afro-asian analogy” are works in written a book about her father, progress. dr. Chapman is a professor of English george lincoln Fraser, a member at the University of British Columbia. of science 1923. in Ten Decades in the Life of My Dad – and the Lessons Ryan O’Connor , Ma ’04, is the I Learned, the author revisits the author of The First Green Wave: 20th century through the eyes of Pollution Probe and the Origins of her father (1898 –1997), who had Environmental Activism. in 1969, shared many of his stories with her. litter was pervasive alongside george was a veteran of both ontario’s highways, smokestacks world wars and a self-employed belched toxins into the air and, man – a home builder, farmer and just across lake Erie, sludge in the logger. For Marion Fraser, writing the book was a Cuyahoga river caught fire. Few labour of love and an opportunity to revisit the Canadians felt they had the many lessons she learned from her father, his power to do anything to stop this hopes, dreams and disappointments. kind of rampant pollution until, like a breath of fresh air, a group of environmen - Michael Martin , MPa ’74, is the author of Working talists emerged to change the attitudes of both Class Culture and the Development of Hull, Quebec, citizens and policy makers. in The First Green =D<< –=E>E. The book explores the growth of the Wave , ryan o’Connor traces the rise of the envi - community from small agrarian community ronmental movement in Toronto, home to one of through its growth as a centre of the timber Canada’s earliest communities of environmental trade to its emergence as a fully industrialized activists. at the heart of the story is Pollution and modern city. The book is available in digital Probe, an organization founded in 1969 by format at archivedcdbooks.ca. B
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issue 2, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview qm QUAA PRESIDENT’S mess age Celebrating our volunteers
Herbert J. Hamilton Volunteer Service Award, the highest honour bestowed by our association in recognition of volunteer service. George did out - standing work as our volunteer president – he has been an exceptional and dedicated leader who travelled far and wide connecting with our alumni across Canada and beyond. Thank you George. I am honoured to take on the role of volunteer president from George and I look forward to continuing his great work. I am fortunate to be surrounded by a very talented group of volunteer board members, and I would like to take this opportunity to introduce them to you:
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