Issue , “Queen’s College at Kingston” was incorporated by a royal charter issued by Queen Victoria on Oct. .0, The magazine of .1/., a date celebrated ever since as University Day. The charter was signed by Leonard Edmunds, Clerk Queen’s University of Commissioner of Patents, on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. The document was brought from Kingston, Ontario Scotland to Kingston by Thomas Liddell, Queen’s first principal. queensu.ca/alumnireview The original royal charter is held by the Queen’s Archives and is available for viewing by appointment. Queen’ALU MN IREVIsEW A replica charter is on display on the second floor of the John Deutsch University Centre. Queen’s celeb rat es On Sept. 6, 2016, 3,373 participants gathered on nixon Field to shatter the Guinness World record for the world’s largest human letter – a giant, gold Queen’s University “Q.” Setting a world record The giant Q had a circumference of approximately 140 metres. Organizers mapped out the letter in all the participants, comprising students, advance using more than 300 metres of rope. staff, faculty, and community members, wore gold T-shirts. In order to get into the record book, they had to hold their positions for five minutes. Queen’s beat the previous record of 2,166 The feat was monitored by official people set earlier in the year in Texas. Guinness adjudicator Christina Conlon. k r a l C d r a n r e B contents Issue z, xvw|, Volume v, Number z Serving the Queen’s community since wx} queensu.ca/alumnireview n Queen’ALU MN IREVIsEW Editor’s notebook o Letters to the editor A replica of the original seal attached to the q From the principal Queen’s royal charter 6 - c r o D - Quid Novi 8 2 v s News from campus e v i h c r A y op t i s r Keeping in touch e v i n u s ’ n qr e e mn u Your global alumni Q COVER STORY network 4 Queen’s 9 The 8 qs 1 - c `dQQ president’s G P royal charter - 9 message 0 0 v On Oct. w|, w~zw, a royal charter ushered s e v Queen’s College – later Queen’s University i h c rn r A – into existence. We examine the charter Ex libris y t i as both a constitutional document and an s r New books from e v archival artifact, both an embodiment of i n faculty and alumni u s Victorian values and a living document ’ n e that has grown to meet the needs of a e mt u Q rp modern university. FEATURE STORY The last word BY NANCY DORRANCE Contributing to a Queen Victoria and momentous year Canada By Mike Blair Besides lending her name to a new college in Kingston, Queen Victoria had both a political and a cultural influence on Canada. BY CAROLYN HARRIS 0 6 Q - 1 9 9 1 s e v i h PLUS: c r A y CAMPUS FLASHBACK/CAMPUS SCENE t i s r e We take a closer look at the Queen’s class of v i n u Left, a page from wxv and the class of xvxv; Richardson s ’ n e the Domesday Stadium then and now; the original class of e nl u Q Book of Queen’s Science ‘z~½ and the newest S c’z~½ scholar; PHOTO ESSAY and the history of radio astronomy and the Treasures and tales future of particle astrophysics research. A silver pin from w~~z, a signed football from wxx, and a handwritten book cataloguing university activities from w~y to wxz. We highlight three artifacts (among many!) that tell the stories of Queen’s University. ed ito rs NO TEBOO’K Encapsulating w}{ years Volume F?, No. B, A?@C nd I thought editing the physics issue was tough! It’s an entirely [email protected] different kind of challenge to create an issue of the Review that queensu.ca/alumnireview @queensureview tries to capture w}{ years of Queen’s . Over the past two years, people The Queen’s Alumni Review all over campus (and their departments and faculties) have been (circ. wx},vvv) is published by Queen’s University Relations working towards the university’s w}{th anniversary. They’ve planned t t (comprising Communications, o events, created programs, and celebrated milestones. I am now so i L Marketing and Government Relations). L e Queen’s familiar with history that I was (and am still) faced with a t Queen’s is a member of the Council t e r for the Advancement and Support of surfeit of story and photo ideas. One of our late-breaking stories will r A Education and the Canadian Council G be held over until our next issue. I’ll be interviewing Bea Corbett, for the Advancment of Education. Arts’zz, \Q ’{. As we go to press, Mrs. Corbett will be receiving a Subscriptions are free to alumni, Bletchley Park commemorative badge in recognition of her work $x{ ST] /year for others. Opinions as a eaU] during the Second World War. expressed in the Review are not necessarily those of Queen’s I have been proud to be a part of the planning of Queen’s w}{th University or of the `dQQ . anniversary activities, as a contributor to Queen’s Moments project. Xbb] # v~zy-~vz~ Please check out the story, photo, and video moments online: Queen’s University queensu.ca/w}{. And for an even more thorough examination of our Principal and Vice-Chancellor Daniel R. Woolf, Artsci’~v collective history, the long-awaited third volume of the Queen’s V-P University Relations official history is here. Testing Tradition , by University Historian Michael Fraser Duncan McDowall, Arts’}x, \Q ’}z, takes us through the highs and Executive Director Marketing lows of the last {v years, from J.A. Corry’s first days as principal to the Helena Debnam Editor growing campus in the early part of the xwst century. Andrea Gunn, \_Q ’v} We are already planning our first issue of xvw}, which will be Copy Editor published at the end of February. This issue will focus on Aboriginal Cat London, Artsci’vy stories: people, initiatives, and spaces at Queen’s . Our cover story will Contributors Nancy Dorrance, Ed’}|, Wanda report on the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Task Praamsma, Mark Kerr, Chris Armes, Force at Queen’s . Erin Clow, PhD’wz, George Henderson, Recently, I felt the loss of two Queen’s women who, although I did Arts’{, \Q ’|z, Richard Butler, MSc’|{, PhD’}w, William McCutcheon, Arts’|x, not know them well or for very long, each made a lasting impression MSc’|{, Garrett Elliott, Mike Blair, Sc’w}. on me. Diana Grandfield, a member of Arts’zy, was a longtime Review Art Director correspondent who both cheered me on and chided me, as needed. Larry Harris, University Marketing Associate Designer (KIT) She died in September. Karen Nicole Smith, RQ ’v~, died in October. In Wilma van Wyngaarden our last issue, Karen Nicole wrote about living with chronic illnesses Advertising/Sponsorship Officer and the importance of honesty and self-advocacy. Peter Gillespie, Artsci’vw I shall miss them both. Phone: |wy.{yy.|vvv ext. }{z|z Email: [email protected] A?@C –A?@E Queen’s University Alumni Association President Sue Bates, Artsci’w The mission of the QUAA Andrea Gunn “To reach out and foster a lifelong Editor association with Queen’s , to engage [email protected] our members in the life and work of the university, and to serve the alumni community in all its diversity.” Canada Post publications mail permit GB@?EF?@D Queen’s University Paper or digital? Your choice. University Avenue you have the choice to go paperless and read the Review on Kingston, ^] Z}[ y]| Phone: |wy.{yy.|vvv ext. }}vw| your computer, phone, or tablet. Let us know your preference: To update your address or to sign paper or digital (or both!) email [email protected] to up for the digital magazine, email: change your subscription preference or your address. [email protected] Bonus digital content in this issue: or call w.~vv.x|}.}~y} B sir Wilfrid Laurier’s connections to Queen’s (toll-free in Canada and U.S.) B Building a clean-tech future in Kingston B in search of Professor campbell Explore these stories and more: queensu.ca/alumnireview. n issue 4, 2016 | queensu.ca/alumnireview le TttersO THE EDITOR On the cancer care and Dr. Hutchinson’s letter prompted a very useful discus - research issue sion among me and my campus colleagues. We all appreciate seeing our photos through the lens of some - Dear editor one experienced in both the Queen’s research environ - Thank you for the coverage of research in the ment and in the industrial world. My colleagues at Review and in particular for the stories about the (e) QVVUSc , The Complete Engineer , and other excellent basic and clinical research at Queen’s campus publications and I also strive to portray our and the work of the professors, staff, and students. subjects – researchers, professors, and students – in their A clear and important contribution to research on working environments, as much as possible. At the same a global scale. However, I was disappointed to note time, our photos, we agree, do not necessarily aspire to that not one of the laboratory photos showed capture “research in action” in a true photo-journalism people wearing safety glasses.