Courage in the Most Unlikely Places

The Alumni Magazine

Dalhousievol.22 no.3 winter 2006

Courage in the most unlikely places

Promoting healthy living A parent's journey O n t h e I n s i d e

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alhousie law graduate Don Oliver is passionate about Dempowering Canada’s youth. His friend Hugh J. Maccagno supports that passion, and has established the Senator Donald H. Oliver Bursary for Black Atlantic Canadians at Dalhousie University. Our awards, scholarships and bursaries – coupled with acclaimed faculty and unique learning centres on a modern urban campus – ensure Dalhousie students graduate with a foundation for success.

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On our cover Peter Dalglish (LLB’83) is pictured with Shankar Nepali, a boy he found living and working on the streets of Kathmandu in 2002. Today, 14-year-old Shankar is preparing for studies at the InterCommunity School of Photo: Vincent Yen Zurich on a full scholarship. Little wonder that he’s known as “the luckiest child in Nepal.” Award-winning architecture Shankar is holding his Japanese Spitz, named 4 Kobe. (Photo by Chirkagee Maharajan)

Features Departments 10 14 A helping hand for the world's poorest Decision time for students and parents 2 Guest Editorial children Been there, done that. Parents, alumni and Advocate Peter university staff are fielding questions from 3 Campus Profile Dalglish (LLB’83) potential students about how to make the shares his experi- right decision when choosing a univer- 4 Upfront on Campus ences from Kath- sity. Where to go? What to do? Cathy mandu, where he MacDonald invites us along for her journey 20 Dalumni Photo:Dalglish continues his life’s as a parent as she and her daughter get to work with impov- know Dal better. 22 Class Notes erished children. by Cathy MacDonald Over the last two decades his journey has 32 At Last taken him around the world, to such loca- 16 tions as the Sudan, Zambia and Nepal. Kicking the habit by Carol Moreira A cheeky awareness campaign is changing perceptions about smoking for young people. Nancy Hoddinott (BScHE’90) is a graduate of the Health Education program – recently renamed the

Photo: Abriel Health Promotion program as part of its 25th anniversary. Hoddinott is changing how we live by promoting health and wellness to Nova Dalhousie, The Alumni Magazine Scotians every day. Dalhousie is the official periodical of the Dalhousie Alumni Association and appears three times a year. Editorial dead- by Keri Irwin (BA’98, BCom’01) line for the next issue is March 21, 2006.

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vol. 22 no. 3 winter 2006 The resilience of children around the world has been the focus of several initiatives engaging the talents of the Dalhousie EXECUTIVE EDITOR community. JUNE DAVIDSON Photo: Abriel Our cover features Peter Dalglish (LLB’83), who has dedicated EDITOR the past two decades of his life to working with the poor- AMANDA PELHAM E-MAIL: [email protected] est children in the world. Peter shares a personal reflection

from his current base in Kathmandu (see “Courage in the most unlikely places,” DESIGN AND PRODUCTION pages 12-13). JANE LOMBARD, Dalhousie Design Services

Closer to home, the first Lloyd Shaw Lecture and Symposium on Public Affairs ASSISTANT EDITOR/ADVERTISING MANAGER raised awareness of children’s issues. Stephen Lewis, the United Nations special KERI IRWIN E-MAIL: [email protected] envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa, is constantly struck by the “almost supernatural TEL: (902) 494-6039 FAX: (902) 494-1472 strength of children,” whether they are orphaned by AIDS or scarred by the ravages of civil war. “Children are so astonishingly resilient and they’re so determined to PRODUCED BY cut through the miasma of horror that surrounds them,” he told a packed house at DALHOUSIE ALUMNI RELATIONS Dalhousie during the inaugural lecture (see “Taking Centre Stage,” pages 20-21). ISSN 1185-4014 TEL: (902) 494-2071 1 (800) 565-9969 He believes that the early years are a crucial time for fortifying children in crisis with FAX: [902] 494-1141 the coping tools that can influence the rest of their lives. YOUR REMARKS TO: In an effort to determine why some children survive and even thrive in adversity, Dalhousie Magazine Dalhousie has been spearheading The International Resilience Project (www.resil- Communications and Marketing ienceproject.org). This innovative global study is gathering insights from children 218 Hicks Building, Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia   and youth who succeed in spite of such threats to their well-being as poverty, war,

homelessness, abuse, cultural disintegration and mental health issues. Since they ADDRESS CHANGES survive against all odds, these young people are helping societies around the world TEL: (902) 494-6857 1 (800) 565-9969 learn to take better care of other children in turmoil, by developing more effective E-MAIL: [email protected] community supports and interventions. Alumni Records, Macdonald Building Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia   Dr. Michael Ungar of Dalhousie’s School of Social Work leads the team of researchers from 25 communities on six continents; they include faculty and doctoral students, social workers, child advocates and others. They have been examining the sur- Our contributors vival capacity of 1,500 children living at risk in 14 sites, from Halifax to Hong Kong Marla Cranston dove right into her new post as editorial manager with the Communications and Tampa to Tanzania. The group is finding similarities in how children withstand and Marketing team with a batch of Up Front unhealthy environments, regardless of their background or situation. Strong family stories and Alumni Spotlights. Marla has support is universally important, but not necessarily a prerequisite to success. Other more than 15 years of experience with The Daily News and NSCAD University. She’s an positive factors include good schools, safe communities, mentors and role models, avid abstract photographer and budding oil painter. peer support and strong cultural identity. The researchers are also finding many dif- ferences and variations across cultures and social contexts. The collaborative studies Keri Irwin (BA’98, BCom’01) becomes the assistant editor and advertising manager are funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Nova with the magazine, filing her first feature story Scotia Health Research Foundation. This research is already leading to meaningful on health promotion. Active herself, she over- policy changes and action around the world. saw the successful Junior League charity fund- raising tour Homes for the Holiday in 2005. From grassroots activism, to raising awareness on campus, to research collaboration Cathy MacDonald invites us along on her journey as a that enables change, members of the Dalhousie community continue to make a dif- parent, as she and her daughter get to know Dal better. Cathy ference for children. I hope you enjoy the emphasis on young people in the winter is a regular writer for the magazine, filing her stories from her edition of your magazine. home near Halifax. Freelance writer Carol Moreira works out of her home in St. Sincerely, Margaret’s Bay, N.S. Her work has appeared in many Canadian and international publications, including The Chronicle- Herald, The Daily News and The Globe and Mail.

TOM TRAVES

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Making Fortune's top ten list

overfishing, climate change and other con- servation issues. Photo: R. Kindl-Myers The world is in massive denial about the big fish species, which are destined to soon go the way of the dinosaurs if current UST ONE CANADIAN appears on Fortune of the dramatic decline of large fish spe- fishing levels persist, warns Dr. Myers. magazine’s list of Ten People to Watch: cies from the world’s oceans since the Their survival depends on international JDr. Ransom Myers. advent of industrialized fishing. Fortune agreements, drastic and immediate quota The American business journal lauded him and Dalhousie for “working to cuts, enforced fishing limits and the cre- ranked Dr. Myers third on the list in its develop new and better ways to husband ation of ocean preserves to allow sea life to special 75th anniversary issue (September the wealth beneath the sea.” grow and multiply. 2005), for providing “startling evidence” The editors chose people who won’t The ongoing depletion doesn’t just necessarily be household names affect fish stocks and the people whose in the next 75 years but whose livelihoods depend on them, but will ulti- work will have a lasting influ- mately cause a complete reorganization of ence. The Dalhousie marine marine ecosystems with unknown global biologist appeared between consequences, Dr. Myers suggests. It’s U.S. Senator Barack Obama unfortunate that universities and biolo- and the founders of Google. gists didn’t have a stronger presence 15 to “They have a verb in every 20 years ago, before much of the damage language – to google,” Dr. was done. Myers says of the fourth-place “We could have avoided a lot of chaos,” finishers, keeping his own he says. As scientists, “it’s also our respon- fame in perspective. sibility as citizens to speak up. We have the He’s pleased the business right skill set, the knowledge base and the community has recognized his research capability. More and more, it’s a work, but he’ll be much more matter of applying pressure and just speak- satisfied if the coverage leads ing clearly about these issues.” to worldwide government action and policy change on – Marla Cranston

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Ready for Rhodes The mind-body connection Kimberly Rutherford’s (BSc’05) A goaltending architect. A transplant love of the outdoors matched immunologist who presents research her love of learning, leading to a fulfilling university career at international conferences while at Dalhousie, and culminating earning gold medals for cross-country in a prestigious scholarship to running. A volleyball champion who Oxford. studies kinesiology and volunteers as a She graduated with a BSc, rehabilitation therapist for brain injury combined honours in microbi- patients. ology/immunology and math- Miles Agar (BCD’05), Ellen ematics, and a University Vessie (BSc’02, MSc’04) and Leslie Medal. The Rhodes Scholarship Marriott (BScK’05) are just a few of recognizes high academic the 73 exceptional students and recent achievement, coupled with qual- graduates honoured for their academic ities such as leadership, volun- and athletic achievements. teerism, selflessness and integ- “One in three of our varsity athletes

rity. She volun- Photo: Abriel teers with Big is an Academic All-Canadian, almost Brothers and double the national average,” says Sisters, the Ellen Vessie is one of 73 Academic All-Canadians Dalhousie Women’s Centre, and the Camp Hill Veterans’ A true community effort Photo: Abriel Memorial hos- Le Théâtre Petit Cercle, an innovative chil- pital. This winter, dren’s amphitheatre project in Cheticamp, NS, took she’s in India administering a the top architecture honour at the National Post Rotary vaccination program. “I came here because I Design Exchange Awards in Toronto. wanted to study microbiol- An outstanding example of community-based ogy, and the program here is design, the outdoor theatre won the gold award excellent,” she says. She was in the Commercial Architecture category for public awarded a Natural Sciences and and corporate buildings. Led by professors Ted Engineering Research Council Cavanagh and Richard Kroeker, the Dalhousie team grant to work in Dr. Don Stoltz’s collaborated closely with the local population, lab (microbiology and immunol- drawing on the strong community spirit and sense ogy), where she does electron of place for design ideas. microscopy research. Moored to a playground slide, the theatre Rutherford is feeling “pure playfully engages les suètes, Cheticamp’s notori- excitement” at the thought of ous brute winds of up to 150 kilometres per hour. heading to Oxford in the fall,

Wooden cribwork walls are perforated and curved Photo:Kroeker where she has applied for the Global Health Sciences Masters to reduce resistance to the wind, and rock ballasts Program. provide further support. “The thing that’s really strong about it is that Award-winning Le Théâtre Petit Cercle was the whole community was involved,” says Prof. designed and constructed by a team of 27 students Cavanagh. and professors from the Faculty of Architecture and Planning.

4 dalhousie alumni magazine The mind-body connection ATV rules toughened for young riders

Al Scott, director of Athletic and Recreational In the wake of intense lobbying from health care professionals, the Nova Scotia govern- Services. In order to qualify, varsity athletes ment recently toughened regulations for younger riders of all-terrain vehicles. “It’s an improvement but it doesn’t go nearly far enough,” says Dr. Natalie must maintain an 80 per cent average (GPA Yanchar, medical director of trauma care at the IWK Health Centre and assistant 3.43) in their studies. professor of surgery in Dalhousie’s Faculty of Medicine. “We need to set the bar much Top honouree was Hilary Burn (LLB’05), higher. We can’t compromise on child safety.” a cross country runner who placed among Passed December 6, the revised laws ban children under age 14 from driving ATVs the top eight student-athletes in Canada. A except on closed courses under strict parental supervision, after taking a training course, Dean’s List student, she earned a gold medal with a trained first responder or paramedic on site. Children must wear protective gear and safety training is also required at the CIS Track and Field Championships, and for their parents or supervisors. now works in Boston as special assistant to a “All-terrain vehicles must be judge. treated as motorized vehicles, not The mind-body connection generates toys. No one under the age of 16 success in both areas, and it has long been should be operating them any- recognized that one informs the other, Dr. Sam where, anytime, any size. Period,” Yanchar said at an October news Scully, Vice-President, Academic and Provost, conference, calling for a mandatory said in congratulating the students. driver’s licensing system and other recommendations of the Voluntary Planning Task Force on Off- Highway Vehicles. As ATVs have gained popularity as rural recreation in recent years, Creating an understanding hospital admissions for injuries of the public service have increased by 50 per cent across Canada, and more than a third involve children. At the IWK, hos- Political science professor Peter Aucoin pital admissions for ATV-related (MA’66) has received the 2005 Vanier trauma have tripled in the past Medal from the Institute of Public seven years. Administration of Canada. Dr. Aucoin The issue polarized politicians is the Eric Dennis Memorial Professor and the public throughout the fall, of Government and Political Science/ intensifying when two girls, ages 14 and 15, were killed in an ATV Professor of Public Administration at Photo: Abriel accident near Shubenacadie, N.S. Dalhousie. He is recognized both nationally The Canadian Pediatric Society and internationally as a leading theorist advises banning children from even on the practice and reform of the public riding as passengers on ATVs until Dr. Natalie Yanchar, advocate for stricter controls service, including the governance of the age 16, arguing they don’t have the over all-terrain vehicles federal cabinet and of political parties. He judgment, coordination or strength to operate the vehicles safely or react in a crisis. has contributed knowledge to the govern- “The risks of letting kids ride ATVs far outweigh any benefits to society,” says ments of Canada, the United Kingdom and Yanchar. Cuba, as well as to provinces, municipali- The medical community plans to monitor enforcement of the new laws and is in ties, agencies, committees and courts. the process of establishing Injury-Free Nova Scotia, a coalition for advocacy, interven- tion and public education. Due to take effect April 1, the amended Off-Highway Vehicles Act also limits areas where ATVs can operate, to protect sensitive ecological sites, waterways and beaches.

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From idea to Journey to discovery

innovation The planned Life Sciences Research Institute region’s growing life sciences and biotechnology (LSRI) is one step closer to reality with the unveil- sectors. Why commercialize research? This was ing of architectural drawings. The LSRI, a joint “The LSRI is the culmination of years of com- the question asked by Ronald Layden project of Capital Health, Dalhousie University munity effort to create a facility that will enable (BSc’79) at the official opening of the and the IWK Health Centre, will provide much our life sciences sector to truly flourish,” said Industry Liaison and Innovation Office. needed research and incubator space for the Stephen Dempsey, president and CEO of the Layden, the office’s executive director, Greater Halifax explained the benefits of commercial- Partnership and izing research and Dalhousie’s involve- host of an unveil- ment in assisting the private sector ing event at Pier through the work of the Industry Liaison 21 in Halifax. and Innovation Office. “The life sciences “We help to ensure that brilliant are among one discoveries are further developed to of the fastest- serve society,” he said, adding that growing sectors when Dalhousie extends its expertise in our region’s to industries in Atlantic Canada, every- economy. It has one wins. “These partnerships gener- tremendous ate research dollars, create jobs and potential not only strengthen the economy.” Dalhousie’s National Research Council – Industry Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) is managed by the Industry Liaison and Innovation Office. Innovative connections: The program is a liaison service between Dalhousie and private industry, helping New Microwave and Wireless Lab opens small and medium-sized businesses to When Dr. David Chen, P.Eng was a compete and grow. boy in China, his father, a university The program gives these companies professor, told him that the images the opportunity to get science and of the tiny, green television screen technology assistance from leading he was looking at came from the researchers at Dalhousie. Researchers sky. At that moment, the power of here benefit from working on current technology fired his imagination and challenging industry problems, and and became a concept that shaped developing relationships with compa- his life. Now, many years later, Chen nies. and his team have created a new The Industry Liaison and Innovation Microwave and Wireless Laboratory Office is the front door for linking the at Dalhousie University. academic community and private indus- The lab results from co-opera- try opportunities, ensuring that those tion among Dalhousie, the Atlantic brilliant discoveries develop past the Canada Opportunities Agency and idea stage, into real research and tan- industrial partner Seimac Ltd. gible applications.

Dr. David Chen inside the Microwave and Photo: Abriel Wireless Laboratory

6 dalhousie alumni magazine to create employment and attract investment, but to Confidentially yours: improve quality of health care – and life – for people Privacy and Security Lab opens in the region.” The lead tenant of the LSRI will be the Brain Repair Privacy once meant not airing your dirty laundry with the town gossip, while security Centre (BRC), a world-renowned collaboration involv- was as simple as being sure to lock your door before turning in for the night. ing a multi-disciplinary cast of basic scientists, clini- But keeping your personal business under wraps in this age of electronic data exchange is becoming increasingly complicated – so much so cians such as neurosurgeons and psychiatrists, other that a new research facility at Dalhousie will focus on the ins health professionals and trainees. The centre, led by and outs of keeping confidential what’s meant to be. neurosurgeon Dr. Ivar Mendez, will be dedicated to “Many of the technologies that we rely on for our day- finding treatments, cures and prevention strategies for to-day activities involve computer systems that are vulner- such devastating conditions as Parkinson’s disease, able to attack,” says Dr. John McHugh, who will direct Alzheimer's disease and spinal cord injury. Dalhousie’s new Privacy and Security Lab (PSL). “As we progress to significant computing power in home appliances

WHW Architects Inc. of Halifax designed the Photo: Abriel and start connecting these with networks, there’s greater $34 million, five-storey LSRI, to be constructed on potential for damaging attacks.” property at College and Summer Streets, Halifax. Dr. McHugh adds that growing reliance on computers Representatives of the LSRI governing council – Don and networks to operate essential systems like power distri- Dr. McHugh Ford, CEO of Capital Health, Tom Traves, president of bution, transportation, banking and health care increases the risk that security breaches Dalhousie University, and Brian MacDougall, vice pres- could impact large numbers of people. Dr. McHugh joins the Faculty of Computer Science as Canada Research Chair in ident of operations and support services at the IWK Privacy and Security. He’ll bring together the university’s computer scientists with its Health Centre – unveiled the architectural drawings. experts in law, medicine, management, public affairs and the social sciences to study – Dalhousie Medical Communications how best to protect the electronic property of industry, government and individuals. Dr. McHugh says the challenges his lab will work to address are significant and growing, with the potential to have a negative impact on most any individual. “As the information stored on computer systems becomes more valuable, we see more and more criminal involvement in things such as identity theft, credit card Innovative connections: fraud, and so on,” he says. “I suspect that criminal involvement in privacy and security breaches is an accelerating trend. On top of that, the national security interests that New Microwave and Wireless Lab opens were dominant in the field are still there. Most of our research addresses parts of these Dr. Chen, the lab’s director, holds the problems, and even small steps towards solving them can be significant.” Killam Chair in Wireless Technology in the The facility’s primary private sector sponsor is the world’s leading IT security company, Symantec. Dr. McHugh says the Privacy and Security Lab will initially focus on department of electrical and computer engi- studying areas such as wireless security, privacy of electronic information – especially neering. “Our goal is to make this Microwave medical records – detecting intrusion into online databases, and network security. He and Wireless Laboratory a leading interna- adds that because the lab is just getting started, its scope will grow and change. tional research facility,” he says. “The lab “I hope to expand these projects and add research in the areas of secure systems allows us to do research that will help create development and secure interface design,” he says. “We’ll be working to partner with new wireless applications and provide high- colleagues at Dalhousie and other institutions, both within Canada and elsewhere.” Dr. McHugh says the lab also has an educational mission. “Many security problems quality training in wireless and space tech- are the result of programming failures, and we see that the way programming and soft- nologies.” He adds that the new lab will also ware engineering are taught contributes to these failures,” he says. help attract more researchers to the Atlantic As for how the work conducted at the Privacy and Security Lab might affect region. people in their day-to-day lives, Dr. McHugh says, “I suspect that retaining what little “Our resources are now available for privacy we have is going to be the issue with the most everyday impact.” any wireless research and development in It’s a challenging mandate, to say the least, but one with the potential to offer each of us a little more protection in an increasingly computerized – and insecure – world. the region,” Dr. Chen says. “That means we – Stacey Pineau are capable of more rigorous testing and improved research results that relate directly to industrial applications. Ultimately, this leads to more commercialization.”

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Pushkin’s African heritage explored in new course

The Russian Studies department isn’t the ethnicity mean an enormous amount of research remains to be first place you’d expect to delve into issues done. There are even racially motivated choices in some transla- of Black identity, but that’s the focus of tions of Pushkin’s writings, adds Barnstead. It remains a topic of a new Aleksandr Pushkin course intro- concern in contemporary times – in October, singer Beyoncé was at duced at Dalhousie this past fall. the centre of a firestorm over allegations her skin was technologi- “Most people are familiar with cally whitened on a magazine cover. Pushkin as the Father of Russian “It is extraordinarily interesting,” says Barnstead. “If you begin Literature, yet remain ignorant of with the premise of a person of mixed race encountering discrimi- the African ancestry which he openly nation, you find that the whole world of Pushkin’s writing can be embraced,” says Dr. Esmeralda Thornhill, turned upside down. It gives you a much different perspective on a law professor who co-developed the his works.” course with Professor John Barnstead, The inter-faculty collaboration began in 1998, during Dr. chair of Russian Studies. “Who among Thornhill’s mandate as first holder of Dalhousie’s James Robinson us would purport to examine the writ- Johnston Endowed Chair in Black Canadian Studies. She hosted a ings of Virginia Woolf or George Sand commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Pushkin’s birth to cel- without addressing gender issues of ebrate his impact on world culture, with poetry readings and a pub- the day? Pushkin always maintained lic lecture by Dr. Molefi Kete Asante, the founder of Afrocentric pride in his African heritage, yet theory. Pushkinologists failed to investigate the Professors Thornhill and Barnstead have been amassing a solid significance of his racial identity in his corpus of production on Pushkin, presenting papers in Moscow life and oeuvre.” and Canada, conducting funded archival research in the U.S., and The class offers a establishing contact with a burgeoning community of scholars detailed examination of who are also interrogating the racial silences. It’s worth noting the famed author’s work that alumna Nicole Boudreau (BA’91) is president of the North and his background. His American Pushkin Society. paternal lineage was Russian aristocracy while Offered every two years, the Pushkin course is a great example his maternal great-grandfather, Ibrahim Gannibal, a Black African, of how the Johnston Chair is establishing Dalhousie at the fore- was kidnapped as a child and sold into slavery. Adopted by Czar front of Black Canadian Studies. Peter the Great, Gannibal was educated in France and rose to the “It was a really visionary decision on the part of the university,” highest military rank in the Russian army, but this African ancestry says Prof. Barnstead. “It’s had long-range effects and the focus can is rarely broached in Pushkin studies. be cast over many departments. Students get the best of both our The historical omissions and distortions about Pushkin’s worlds.”

Marimba madness! The music department started the new year off with a bang when it presented “Marimba Madness” to celebrate the department’s fabulous new five and a half octave Yamaha marimba. Dalhousie is one of only two universities in Canada to have acquired a five and a half octave model, used as an orchestral and a solo instrument. In a myth of the Zulus of South Africa, there is a tale about a goddess named “Marimba”

Plenty of room for all: the music department's new five and a half octave marimba being played by students Liz Kilpatrick, Ryan Gray and Ben Duinker. 8 dalhousie alumni magazine A fitting tribute AAU honours ‘distinguished teacher’

The name of Dalhousie’s chancellor, one Professor Stephen Coughlan’s (LLB’85) students have always known that they were of most celebrated figures in Canadian fortunate to be able to study law with a gifted teacher. This year his teaching was recognized pediatric medicine, is going up in lights at by the broader academic community when he received the Association of Atlantic Universities the children’s hospital he has served since Distinguished Teacher Award that recognizes excellence in teaching over a number of years. Having previously received the Dalhousie Law School Teaching Excellence Award, the Hannah 1967. The IWK Health Centre in Halifax and Harold Barnett Award for Excellence in Teaching First Year Law, and the Dalhousie Alumni has announced its Association Award of Excellence for Teaching, Professor Coughlan well deserves this external rec- new addition will ognition for his commitment to his students and to the development of teaching and learning at be known as the Dr. Dalhousie University. Richard B. Goldbloom Steve, as he is known by his Research and Clinical students, works extremely hard Care Pavilion. to ensure that his students truly “Flattered and master the material for themselves, deeply touching,” not simply memorize it. He deals was the way Dr. with complex legal concepts through Dr. Goldbloom Goldbloom described innovative games and activities, the accolade. The salute really acknowl- through analogies or by using edges a long-standing perception: the IWK film characters like Indiana Jones. and Dr. Goldbloom have been so closely Students quickly and accurately

linked over the years that in the public engage with Criminal Code self- Photo: Abriel mind they have become nearly insepa- defence provisions after watching rable. The hospital has grown into a world- Indiana Jones shoot a sword-wield- class regional children’s medical centre ing villain. This approach is more with facilities for first-rate treatment and fun, but it also transfers an abstract discussion into real life terms. By doing so, he creates cama- raderie between his students, and a desire in them to understand the law. research. “Steve knows all his students by name early in the year, has a parade of eager student faces – Betsy Chambers at his office door (which is always invitingly open) and is legendary for his ability to integrate sound learning with memorable techniques which make his brand of wisdom stick in students’ minds,” says law professor Bruce Archibald (BA’70, MA’71, LLB’74). Colleagues attest that Steve’s classes are student-centred, active, engaging, and challenging. He starts from the premise that his students are intelligent individuals and that his job is to mentor them in their chosen profession. His students also enjoy his sociable nature and his commitment to spending time with them Marimba madness! via extra-curricular activities. Steve has taught not only at the Law School where he teaches a range of courses and has who made an instrument by hanging coached students in preparation for a number of external Moot competitions (travelling with them gourds below wooden bars. Marimba was to cheer them on), but also at the Dalhousie Legal Aid Clinic as students test their theoretical brought to South America in the early knowledge in a practical setting. He also teaches an Introduction to Law course offered to the 16th century by the Africans who were Faculty of Arts and Social Science which he helped to design as the only mandatory course for taken there as slaves. There, Guatemalan the minor in law and society. He is also a generous colleague sharing his time, experience, and Sebastian Hurtado constructed a marimba expertise with others through formal mentoring programmes and on an informal basis when, for with wooden resonator pipes instead of example, past students across the country contact him to ask his advice on legal issues. This is a gourds, forming the basis of the modern true testament to a memorable teacher. marimba. – Dr. Suzanne Le-May Sheffield, Centre for Learning and Teaching

winter 2006 9 A helping hand for the world’s poorest children Peter Dalglish, advocate for street kids, first identified his calling when he was a student volunteer. by Carol Moreira

HE PHOTOGRAPH of the hungry boy 9:30 I came in from canvassing and there international acclaim for his efforts and published in the Halifax Chronicle- was a knock on my door. It was Peter; he’d is still working alongside poverty, vio- THerald of November 2, 1984, kept just seen televised images of the famine. lence and death. He has had to be emo- Peter Dalglish (LLB’83) awake. He said, “We’ve got to do something.” tionally tough. In 1985, a plane carrying The picture showed a boy in a refugee I said, “Can’t it wait until after I’ve lost two children he was evacuating from camp being carried on his father’s shoul- this election?” famine and war in the Sudan was shot ders in northern Ethiopia. It was one of But Peter, with typical high energy down. In Guatemala, he worked with the first images of the African famine to and impatience, said “No, we’ve got to do the parents of children murdered by the reach the West and Dalglish, a 26-year- something now.” police. Many times, he has had to leave old student at Dalhousie Law School, Dalhousie students, faculty and the vulnerable children. found it troubling. Maritime community rallied round and “My experience in the Sudan haunt- “The child had his arms around his made the airlift a success. The situa- ed me,” he writes in his book. “I felt father’s head, and you could see he had tion revealed Dalglish’s talent for devising profoundly guilty for leaving the projects total trust in his father’s ability to provide,” schemes to help poor children. Later, I had started and for abandoning the Dalglish wrote years later. “But if you when he travelled to Ethiopia and had children who had become my friends.” looked in the father’s eyes, you recognized to bury youngsters for whom food had How does he cope with constant the look of a desperate man. He had no arrived too late, he experienced a moment hardship and danger? idea where their next meal would be com- of clarity that put paid to his fledgling “I’m not courageous but I’m good ing from.” legal career. at assessing risk,” he explains in a tele- Dalglish felt moved to act and came “Here in Gode on the last day of the phone interview from Kathmandu, up with the ambitious idea of organis- year, in the presence of children who had Nepal, where he’s teaching a weekly ing an airlift of food and supplies out of just lost the great gift of life, I found my class as a volunteer at the Shree Mangal Atlantic Canada. calling. I realized my place on earth was Dvip Buddhist School that educates the His friend, Liberal MP John Godfrey, with desperately poor kids who had few children of poor, low-caste Himalayans. was president of the University of King’s friends or allies,” he writes in his sobering He’s also working on an educational College at the time. autobiography, The Courage of Children, project with the children of Calcutta sex “I was standing in the provincial elec- My life with the world’s poorest kids. workers. tion,” Godfrey recalls. “One evening about Twenty years later, Dalglish has won “I’m basically optimistic and I

10 dalhousie alumni magazine “Law is a great training – for writing, diplomacy, politics,” he says. But diplomacy is probably not Dalglish’s greatest strength. He is vocal in his criticisms of institutions, particularly the UN. He was director of the UN program, Combatting Child Labour, in Nepal from October 2002 to May 2005. He’s now senior adviser in Nepal to the Swiss NGO Terre des Hommes on working children, child soldiers and street children. “Many UN employees care most about their salaries, their per diems and their next postings,” he says. “I’ve met some courageous and dedicated people in the UN system but they are the exception.” Dalglish also brings youngsters from the developed world to work with children in developing countries. “The volunteers usually say believe people have the strength to deal Dalglish was motivated to study law it’s the most powerful experience of their with adversity,” he says. “I have to believe as an instrument of social justice but soon lives,” he says. I can make a difference in the lives of a found he disliked desk work. There are many things he misses about few children. If your day ends with the “Peter would have been an impa- Canada – most obviously, the fact that cremation of an 11-year-old girl, you tient lawyer and I don’t know how the wealth inequalities here are not extreme. find a few friends and drink some cold daily grind would have suited him,” says His Dutch wife, Nienke Schaap, and beer. The next day you’ve got to be good Godfrey. “Peter has a high taste for adven- their eight-year-old daughter, Annelie, because other kids need you.” ture. He is clever and quick with a flair for live in Amsterdam but the family returns His spiritual beliefs also help. drama. He has great presentation skills to Canada every August to enjoy this “I believe in something bigger than and pretty complete self-confidence.” country’s vast open spaces. Dalglish loves ourselves and I see religion as a device Mary Clancy, another of Dalglish’s Canada’s pristine lakes but is not planning to understand that. When I was a boy friends and a lawyer and former Liberal a retirement slumped in an Adirondack in Ontario, my Catholic teachers had a politician in Halifax, describes Dalglish as chair. The work that began 20 years ago in positive impact on me although I have idealistic and pragmatic. Halifax continues to absorb him because struggled to find a place for myself in “He’s an instigator; he talks people children continue to suffer. the Catholic church of the 21st century into putting something in place and then “I bounce to work every day,” he says. which seems more like the 16th-century moves on,” she says. “He has a restless “I feel poor kids deserve the best.” church in matters of social justice.” spirit and a restless mind. He’s a fine In his autobiography, Dalglish writes human being but he’s no saint. He likes that if not for the Ethiopian famine, “I his creature comforts, such as a good steak, Peter has suggested that contributions suspect that today I’d be practising law, and he likes his own way.” from readers to support the studies of girls wearing red suspenders and attending Dalglish’s focus has always been on and boys at Shree Mangal Dvip School in Upper Canada College reunions to check creating ways for poor kids to become self- Kathmandu would result in changed lives. For on the progress of my age mates.” sufficient. His legal training has helped. information, visit www.himalayanchildren.org.

wwinter i n t e r 22006 0 0 6 11 Peter Dalglish has chosen the road less travelled. He shares his perspective from two decades of helping children around the world – from Ethiopia to Sudan, from Zambia to Nepal. Courage in the most unlikely places

by Peter Dalglish (LLB’83)

VER THE LAST 20 YEARS I have worked with bruised and battered Ochildren confined to squalid cells in jails and mental institutions, with girls struggling to read and write in Taliban- ruled Afghanistan, and with semi-nomad- ic children living on abandoned oil barges on the White Nile in South Sudan. My original career path would have seen me practising law, and enjoying the charms of Halifax, a city I came to know and love while attending Dalhousie Law School. Everything changed on account of the Ethiopian famine of 1984, and the experience of visiting feeding centres in the Ogaden Desert with John Godfrey in December of that year. John was president of King’s College, and had conscripted some of his best students to help with Ethiopia Airlift, the charity that we ran out of the college basement. George Cooper, the member of Parliament for Halifax, successfully lobbied Ottawa to provide two Air Canada cargo aircraft to transport the 80 tons of emergency relief items that we had collected. The planes took off just before midnight on December 24th and headed out over the Atlantic Ocean, where they were greeted by light of Christmas day. I can remember the exact moment Photo: Dalglish while walking amidst the sick and hungry

Children employed at a brick factory in Pakistan.

12 dalhousie alumni magazine Child domestic worker with her first school book near Pokhara, Nepal. Nearly one- third of all children in Nepal are working, many full time. Domestic workers rarely have the opportunity to attend school. Photo: Dalglish (Far right) Peter in Kathmandu with leadership Courage in the class students from Shree Mangal Dvip School. Photo: B. Maharjan

most unlikely places in one of the Ethiopian camps when I understood for the first time that I needed to find a way to help these kids, and that this would be my profession. In the summer of 1985, only days after youth seminar I searched for two children poverty. Since I arrived in Kathmandu I being called to the bar of Nova Scotia, I I had befriended more than 15 years ago have had the honour of teaching a weekly bought a one-way ticket for Khartoum, only to learn that they had died young as class on global issues to talented Buddhist Sudan, and ended up organizing humani- victims of gang violence. I was offered the children from the Tibetan border region tarian assistance for children displaced by a chance to visit the cemetery where they – children whom have been hand-picked drought of biblical proportions in Darfur. are buried but I refrained: I wanted to for the privilege of studying at a school I was 27 years of age, and was assigned remember them as beautiful and strong associated with one of Nepal’s most impor- a team of 60 men, including drivers and kids, working hard to keep their families tant spiritual leaders, Thrangu Rinpoche. mechanics and radio operators. The expe- together, and spending any spare moments Their day at Shree Mangal Dvip School rience of burying dozens of dead Chadian playing in the waves of Ipanema beach, begins at 5 a.m. with one hour of prayers girls and boys in empty food grain bags happy and free. in Tibetan, followed by two hours of self seared me for life. In 1986 I began the Since October 2002 I have been serv- study. Five of the students from my class Sudan’s first technical training school for ing as the chief technical adviser for the have won scholarships to study overseas, street children, funded by Bob Geldof International Labour Organization’s pro- including three young women now study- of Band Aid. Pickpockets, petty thieves gram to combat the most exploitive forms ing at United World Colleges in Norway and housebreakers were transformed into of child labour here in Nepal. The nation and Italy. I keep a card from one of them carpenters, welders and electricians; the is on the edge of anarchy, and tens of on my desk in Kathmandu: “I am aware graduates were hired by local businesses. thousands of destitute children have been of this golden opportunity and I will try I went on to launch Street Kids lost to India, where they search for peace to do my best,” writes Ms. Dawa Dolma, International with the idea that poor and legitimate work, but where most end age 16. children deserved the best programming up employed in brick kilns, factories, and Dawa Dolma is one of ten kids, and that the world had to offer – and that brothels. is the only one to finish grade 10. She a small group of people could make a The worst part of my job is losing a has promised to return to her village for big difference in lives of children living child to disease or violence, or witnessing at least two years after she completes her thousands of miles away. In 1994 we were a child’s total despair after having his shoe studies overseas to serve her community. the first Canadian NGO to be awarded shine kit confiscated by the policeman Her dream is to see all the children in her the Peter F. Drucker Prize for Non Profit who demands a bribe, or visiting jails and village finish secondary school – especially Management in recognition of our efforts recognizing kids who once were enrolled the girls. to use animated films to teach street chil- in our programs. Now all hope is lost. You can find courage in the most dren about the danger of HIV/AIDS. They reach their fingers through the steel unlikely places – in a refugee camp, a jail I am sobered by the fact that many bars to make contact, and a few words are cell, or a classroom full of Tibetan kids of the children whom we worked with in spoken between us. And then I move on. struggling with their English grammar Zambia have since succumbed to the dis- The best part of my work is being asso- lesson. I have the extraordinary privilege ease – and even some of the adults whom ciated with remarkable children – sponta- of being allowed into their world, on their we hired as HIV/AIDS educators. When neous and ingenious and extraordinarily terms. After 20 years along this path, I I was recently in Rio de Janeiro leading a optimistic girls and boys despite their abject know that there’s no turning back. dal

w i n t e r 2 0 0 6 13 Decision time for students and parents

by Cathy MacDonald

I’m not sure where the time went, but the daughter who wanted a strong desire to study languages. She chose to do a BA, two years with a declared Little Mermaid backpack for her first day of Primary is all grown up double major in French and Spanish. By careful selection of electives, she was also and heading to university this fall. able to complete the prerequisites for pharmacy over the two years. Her younger T’S AN EXCITING, YET STRESSFUL time stage, but instead sat with all the other sister Lindsey is in her second year of a for us both. As decision-making dead- dads in the audience. BSc program, but is also taking classes Ilines approach, a lot of questions have “Dalhousie is really the best of both with eye to a possible transfer to business. to be answered, ranging from our shared worlds,” he says, speaking from personal Both are the daughters of Terry academic concerns – “What university and professional experience. “We’re the Gallivan, one of Dal's recruitment lead- offers the best program?” – to my motherly largest university in the Maritime region. ers. He was next on my list of people to worries: “Where will my ‘baby’ live? What Nationally we are a mid-sized university, talk to. As recruitment leader, he answers will she eat?” but we offer a huge and excellent aca- a lot of questions about meal plans, which Dalhousie is one of the universities demic program. On top of that, we have include vegetarian options, and about resi- she’s been interested in since attending the best student to full-time faculty ratio dences, which include older traditional Discover Dal Open House last fall. Now, in Atlantic Canada at 14 to 1, accord- buildings like Shirreff Hall, or new mod- I’m sure she asked a lot of great questions ing to the 2005 Canadian Association of ern buildings such as Risley Hall and while she was there, but if I’m going to University Teachers (CAUT) Almanac of Fountain House (Howe Hall). And with pay more for four years’ tuition than I did Post-secondary Education.” single rooms comprising about 80 per cent for my first house, I have a few questions About the only words sweeter to a of Dal’s residence space, there’s a good myself. mother’s ear would be, “You look too chance my kid could have her own room I started right at the top, with Dalhousie young to have a daughter going to uni- – something she doesn’t have at home. University president Tom Traves, whose versity!” “I let both my daughters know that first experience with Dal was as a dad in As well as high academic standards, they were welcome to live in residence,” 1991 when his daughter enrolled. Dr. Traves points to the university’s com- says Gallivan. “One chose to do so, one “I’m like Victor Kiam and the mitment to offer students as many course didn’t. And I encouraged them to find Remington razor company, I liked it choices as possible to fit their interests. opportunities that were open to them, like so much I became president,” jokes Dr. “The reality is, students often change the varied extra-curricular life,” he contin- Traves, who was vice-president of UNB their mind as they go along,” he says. “We ued. “As a father, I wanted to be sure they during his daughter’s time at Dal. “My continue to diversify to benefit our stu- made an informed decision to come to daughter had an excellent experience, dents, offering choices you cannot access Dal. I encouraged them to attend school and as a father, I had a very positive one in smaller schools.” college fairs, to visit Dalhousie, to chat as well.” As any parent knows, flexibility is a with other people on campus.” Set to begin his tenure following his good thing. It certainly helped student While there are many on-campus daughter’s spring 1995 graduation, the Krysta Gallivan. Now in her final year of groups and societies to join, Dalhousie incoming president opted not to sit on pharmacy, she discovered she also had a is also provides a doorway to the rest of

14 dalhousie alumni magazine the world. Dr. Traves spoke highly of strongly influenced Irish hurley star Tony demic reputation has always been attrac- the university’s international profile, which Griffin’s decision to travel thousands of tive,” Barry says, acknowledging her young- sees about eight per cent of the university’s miles and enroll in the kinesiology pro- est child is also considering Dalhousie 15,000 students coming from other coun- gram. “I talked about Dalhousie to him, after high school graduation. “As a student, tries. The university also has partnerships spoke about the great programs here,” you’re exposed to a lot of programs.” with about 100 different organizations remembers McDonough, who met the In Ottawa, Todd Burke (LLB’90) is a worldwide – including Oxford University man he calls ‘the Wayne Gretzky of hur- partner in Gowlings, one of the largest and – allowing 400 students per year to study ley’ while establishing his own highly most diverse law firms in Canada. Last abroad. successful chain of chiropractic clinics in year he offered to host a Dalhousie eve- It all sounded good, but seeing is Ireland. (In fact, during our interview, ning for prospective students and parents. believing. What did former students have McDonough readily offers to speak to my The event, held in a room overlooking the to say about their time at Dal? Philip daughter, when he learns she’s interested in Parliament Buildings, was highly success- Duguay (BA’05) said international study the same program, and he later suggested ful and Burke plans to host another. opportunities formed the basis of what he faculty she might contact.) “Very often Dalhousie comes up in calls his “excellent education.” At Susan Zed Barry’s home near conversations I have with people in the “I did two exchanges, one to Senegal, Rothesay N.B., potential students don’t context of students looking for good law and the other to Glasgow, Scotland,” says have to go further than the kitchen table schools,” Burke says over the phone. “I Duguay, Dalhousie Student Union’s Vice- President (Internal) for 2005-06. “They gave me tremendous life skills.” Duguay grew up in a suburb of

“I encouraged both my daughters to find opportunities that were open to them . . . As a father, I wanted to be sure they made an informed decision.”

Hartford, Conn. When it came time Photo: Abriel to attend university, his twin brother chose one in Vermont. Duguay almost went to an American university, but Dal dad Terry Gallivan with daughters Krysta and Lindsey at Risley Hall settled on Dal because his neighbor rec- ommended it. Like many alumni, Dr. to meet alumni. “Our family ties are very went to Dal, and I had a fabulous experi- Montgomery MacNeil (DDS’80), asso- strong,” says Zed Barry, (BSc’79, DDS’83) ence there,” he says. “I believe we have a ciate dean for academic affairs at the the second eldest of seven children who responsibility when we graduate to con- University of Connecticut School of attended Dalhousie. While there, she met tinue promoting the university. Now, more Dental Medicine, speaks proudly of his husband Michael Barry (MD’82). Three than ever, it’s important for students to Dalhousie roots. of the couple’s four children chose to make the right decision.” “Monty was the guy who reassured me attend their parents’ alma mater. It’s February, and like thousands of Dal was an excellent institution,” recalls The oldest, Amelia, (BSc’05) has other high school students, my daugh- Duguay, a member of the varsity cross- graduated from Dalhousie, while daughter ter has taken the step of applying to country team for two years. “I was here Kaitlyn is in her second year of a business Dalhousie, and over the winter is thinking three days and I knew it was the right place degree, and Caroline is a first year science about her final destination. for me. I flourished here.” student. As soon as she decides though, I’m Another alumnus spreading the news But university decisions were based sure she’ll quickly let me know where to is Travis McDonough (BScK’94) who on more than family tradition. “Dal’s aca- send the cheques. dal

w i n t e r 2 0 0 6 15 Kicking the habit An award-winning health promotion campaign motivates young people to kick the habit

by Keri Irwin (BA’98, BCom’01)

E HAD JUST SETTLED into our seats at Empire tion for the edgy and unorthodox anti-smoking campaign. Theatres, anticipating the movie and leaving To target the hard to reach, media savvy 19 to 24 year- Wthe stresses of the work week behind, when the olds, she commissioned Andrew Doyle and Halifax-based previews came on. Instead of advertising the latest film, Extreme Group. the picture showed a pair of thin, poorly groomed young Rather than guessing how to reach this audience, they men standing in front of a burning barbeque, smoking went to the source – holding focus groups to gain insights nervously. The seemingly friendless, leather-and-flan- about why young people smoke, who they smoke with, nel-clad duo, were about as far from the suave Marlboro when they smoke, and even when and why they wouldn’t Man as you could imagine. The two awkwardly began smoke. The result – “Great Reasons to Smoke.” commenting on their ‘Great Reasons to Smoke’ – includ- The unorthodox characters were developed as an ing developing better manners. Smoking has made them alternative to the Marlboro Man. “Youth were embar- more polite because, “When you are a guest in someone’s rassed to admit that they also rationalized their habit in a home you ask your hosts where to butt out” or ask others similar fashion,” recalls Hoddinott. “That’s when we knew to, “Please accept that I am smoking,” or when in a non- we were onto something.” smoker’s presence you ask them, “Do you mind if I smoke The creative artwork was edgy and it had the intended while you eat?” Ironic and satirical, these catchy ads cause impact. Nancy believed in what she was doing and was you to think. While “Great Reasons to Smoke” might passionate to bring about change. She worked with sound bizarre, so does justifying the habit. stakeholders to educate them about the approach and key The mover behind this innovative public education campaign messages, giving them the tools to answer ques- campaign is Nancy Hoddinott (BScHE’90). The face tions that arose. of healthy living, she works at keeping herself healthy To evoke change, Hoddinott also built on awareness and she has been working to improve the health of Nova with a comprehensive campaign, including taxation, leg- Scotians, currently as the manager of Social Marketing for islation/policy, treatment programs and community based Nova Scotia Health Promotion. programs. Policies that restrict or ban smoking made it With Nova Scotia reporting the highest smoking rates inconvenient to start up or continue smoking. In addition in the county, Hoddinott had to do something different. it created an environment that made it more convenient to Her background in health education provided the founda- quit. Hoddinott engaged leaders throughout the province

16 dalhousie alumni magazine Images from the Great Reasons to Smoke campaign courtesy of Extreme Group

w i n t e r 2 0 0 6 17 Nancy Hoddinott of Nova Scotia Health Promotion spearheaded an inoovative anti-smoking marketing campaign.

at all levels, from grassroots to government. By juxtaposing a marketing model Photo: Abriel over a social issue, she was able to do something exciting, generating awareness, shaping attitudes and then changing behavior. The ads generated a breakthrough among the 15- to 18-year-old group. Within three days of the of product placement. “I know that to effect real change it takes launch of the website (www.sickofsmoke.com), interest spread patience and persistence, there are no shortcuts,” explains Dr. across North America. The campaign started generating calls. Lynk. “It doesn’t mean that I still don’t get impatient, it just “If you don’t hear complaints about your smoking campaign, you means I know how to refocus my sights on the medium and long aren’t doing your job,” says Hoddinott. “When the calls come in term view of the world.” you know that the ads are being seen and heard. It’s even better Not only are Dalhousie graduates making an impact on when you hear that people are using the ads as a catalyst to talk the health of young people, the university itself is a trailblazer. to their children about smoking.” Dalhousie was the first university in the country to go smoke- Hoddinott and Doyle documented a shift in behavior among free and has been recognized by the Lung Association of Nova their respondents. There was a new shame associated with smok- Scotia, the Heart and Stroke Association of Nova Scotia, the ing. Smokers didn’t want to be seen as smokers anymore. Nova Scotia Provincial Health Council and Smoke-Free Nova There is still work to be done. Youth smoking rates remain Scotia. In addition, over two dozen post-secondary education higher than any other age group. Hoddinott continues to push for institutions across Canada, and several from the United States, legislation to increase barriers to smoking, ideally leading to an have approached the university for information on its smoking increase in the number who will quit or not take it up. policy. Hoddinott is not alone in her fight. Dr. Andrew Lynk More recently Dal has introduced support for smoking stu- (MD’82, PGM’90) spearheaded the lobby for smoke-free leg- dents who want to reduce their tobacco use. The program, Leave islation in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Named the the Pack Behind, was developed by the federal and Ontario gov- Atlantic Canadian Specialist of the Year, 2004, by the Royal ernments. Funding has been obtained from Health Canada and College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Lynk shares a the program will be another first. Depending on the success of desire for change. the program it could be expanded to other N.S. campuses – more While their approach is working, change takes time. “The good news for Hoddinott. key to advocacy is passion, persuasion and persistence,” says Dr. The biggest challenge for Hoddinott is to remain focused Lynk. He advises doing homework, understanding the opposi- – to try not to tackle it all at once and acknowledge that a very tion and decision makers, and being prepared to compromise. directed campaign has a much greater impact. And impact is “There is no limit to what you can accomplish if you don’t care something that this graduate has. The ads have been short- who gets credit for it,” remarks Dr. Lynk, reciting a favourite listed with Cannes and won an ICE award. In 2004 thanks to Harry Truman quote. Tobacco companies are becoming very the ‘Great Reasons to Smoke’ campaign, Nova Scotia Health creative and aggressive with their advertising. Dr. Lynk points to Promotion was named one of 10 marketers that matter by the number of young actors lighting up in movies as an example Marketing magazine. dal

18 dalhousie alumni magazine SPOTLIGHT ON ALUMNI Achieving a lifetime goal

When Chuck Wheeler (BA’00) retired, his children convinced unique perspective on his history major, and he also delved into him to return to Dalhousie after a 50-year hiatus from his studies. comparative religion and political science courses and active “Finishing my degree was a lifetime goal,” says the 79-year- volunteering. For the past decade, he has served as president of old great-grandfather, who remains closely involved with the the board of directors for the Friends of Dalhousie Men’s Varsity university as a dedicated varsity hockey volunteer. Hockey Society. These alliances were a godsend in his final year of He was a freshman in 1945, after a short stint of army training study, when he lost his wife. that ended with the Second World War. Enrolment was about 700 “If it hadn’t been for my family and going to school, where students and tuition just $195. there were so many friendships nurtured over the years with “Even that was a lot at the time,” he recalls. The military cov- young athletes and coaches, I don’t know what I would’ve done ered his first year but the allure of a steady paycheque beckoned. with myself,” he says. The next spring at age 75, Chuck beamed with pride when he graduated, hoisting his degree in the air amid hoots and hollers from the crowd. He finds a Dalhousie degree especially meaningful, given the university’s research initiatives and the priority it places on promoting a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Best of all, it’s a friendly and down to earth place: “People say hi and they treat each other with respect. It makes no difference if it’s the guy who’s doing the floors or the president of the university.” One of his best friends is Fabian Joseph, varsity men’s hockey coach and director of hockey operations.

Photo:Pearce “Chuck has been my right arm,” says Fabian. “I always ask for his advice because we have a special trust between us and I respect his opinion immensely. The players appreciate all that he Chuck Wheeler at the Dal Memorial Arena does for the team.” As part of his volunteer efforts, Chuck maintains the arena’s Chuck spent the next dozen years working in meteorology for varsity hockey office and coordinates team fundraisers and com- the Canadian Air Force. During that time, he met his wife Dawn munity events. He never misses a home game. and they had three children. His next position was general sales “It gives me something to do with my life. My mind would manager for an insurance company in Europe. Upon returning to go to seed otherwise; I want to keep it active. It makes me feel Canada, he worked in the tire business until retiring in 1994. younger to be here!” – Marla Cranston That’s when his youngest son Robert (BA’02) planted the idea of returning to school. It was difficult and a poor mark deterred him early on, but his wife and children urged him to stick with it. He studied more, got to know the library very well and enlisted help from tutors and professors. “After awhile, I didn’t feel out of place at all. The students accepted me, and my age didn’t make any difference,” he says. His years in postwar France and Germany gave Chuck a

w i n t e r 2 0 0 6 19 D a l u m n i

Alumni celebrate excellence The A. Gordon Archibald Awards recog- Association (DAA) was pleased to present president of the School of Nursing Alumni nize alumni for outstanding personal service, the Archibald awards to Joel Jacobson, Bob Association and is an adjunct faculty member commitment and contribution to Dalhousie Parkin and Sheri Price. at the School of Nursing. University. Many programs and services that As a student Joel Jacobson (BCom’63) are offered by the university exist as a result was involved in campus life, serving as a staff Award of Excellence for Teaching of the loyalty, generosity, and dedication member and sports editor of the Gazette Thousands of Dalhousie students and alumni of our alumni. The Archibald Awards are and on various committees. Today, Joel is know Dal's reputation for excellence in named in memory of A. Gordon Archibald; known for his inspirational columns in The teaching. The DAA Award of Excellence for the first person to be recognized as an out- Chronicle-Herald newspaper. Although a tire- Teaching recognizes our professors who take standing alumnus of Dalhousie. less volunteer and always in demand, Joel teaching to an exceptional level. This year, the In the fall of 2005, the Dalhousie Alumni retains strong ties with Dalhousie, claiming alumni association was pleased to present the “his blood runs black and gold.” award to Professor Dennis Phillips. Bob Parkin (BScPharm’51, MD’56) was Phillips has made an impact on many psy- involved in inter-faculty hockey and was chology students since arriving at Dalhousie a member of the Phi Kappa Pi fraternity. in 1983. He has held a number of faculty Living in the U. S. since 1969, Bob is one of positions and is currently a Faculty of Science Dalhousie’s most loyal and valued support- Killam Professor in psychology. ers in the New York area and has played a As it is his sincere wish that all students leading role in the success of the Dalhousie experience the joy of discovery, Phillips makes University Foundation in New York City. it a priority to be available to his students and While studying at Dal, Sheri Price to make each class informative and entertain- (BScN’92, MN’01) was involved with the ing. He shows great enthusiasm for the mate- Award winners (l.-r.): Dennis Phillips, Bob Nursing Faculty Workshop and Curriculum rial he teaches, bringing life to his lectures Parkin, Sheri Price, and Joel Jacobson committee. As an alumna, Sheri has served as leaving students hanging on his every word.

Reunions 2005 Classes of 1935 and 1945 You've got class

Dal came alive for members of anniversary classes who gathered on campus to reminisce and reconnect. Class of 1950 Receptions, class lunches, university tours and beautiful fall weather were all on the agenda. All alumni are invited again this year to Reunion 2006, October 18-20. Dentistry 1950 and 1955

Engineering 1955 Class of 1955

20 dalhousie alumni magazine Events www.dal.ca/alumni Taking Centre Stage Pub nights, Potter and Parliament Hill! From the Dalhousie Annual Dinner, to pub nights in Ontario, The vital role that early childhood education a movie night in Halifax and our traditional holiday reception plays in shaping global citizens took centre on Parliament Hill, our fall alumni events had us bouncing stage on the Dalhousie campus on November between Nova Scotia and Ontario. 21, 2005. Stephen Lewis, former Canadian In true Maritime style, ambassador to the United Nations and cur- Alexander Keith’s birthday celebra- rent UN special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, tion spanned over two nights in presented an inspiring speech to over 650 in October with back-to-back pub Ondaatje Hall. A free public talk, this was the nights in Ottawa and Toronto. In inaugural Lloyd Shaw Lecture on Public November, more than 300 anx- Affairs, established in memory of the late ious Harry Potter fans gathered in Lloyd Shaw. Shaw was a prominent Nova Halifax for our movie night during Scotia businessman and activist dedicated the movie’s opening week. At the Parliament Hill At our traditional Ottawa to creating opportunities for citizens to enact reception: (top) Stephanie Parliament Hill reception, more change and shape their own lives. Lloyd Collins (BSc’04), Philip Seeto than 200 guests mingled inside the Shaw’s family established an endowment at (BSc’04); (middle) Senator West Block’s stately Confederation Dalhousie University to support a regular lec- James Cowan (BA’62, Room, with light snow falling ture series on critical public policy issues. LLB’65), Judith Maxwell (BCom’63, LLD’91) with Dale outside as the Hill’s holiday lights Godsoe, Vice President External; (bottom) Senator Donald Below (l.-r.): Alexa McDonough (BA’65, were being lit, marking a nice start Oliver (LLB’64, LLD’03)), Curtis McGrath (BMgt’04) MSW’69) Stephen Lewis, Robbie Shaw, to the season. (LLB’66). Watch for spring events in Halifax, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria For event details and updates, visit our events schedule online at www.dal.ca/alumni

Happy birthday Alexander! Dal alumni get a taste of the Maritimes at our Toronto pub night. MEET AND GREET OUT WEST! LAST CALL FOR Calgary Alumni Lobster Dinner Friday, May 5 - 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. dinner Glencoe Club, 636 - 29 Avenue SW, Calgary 2006 ALUMNI AWARD NOMINATIONS For more information, please contact: The Dalhousie Alumni Association is committed to Joseph Macdonald (MBA’91) at recognizing the dedication, excellence and inspiration of [email protected] or our alumni. Help us celebrate by nominating a fellow grad Wendy Mullane (MBA’02) at [email protected] for one of our 2006 Awards: Calgary Engineering Lobster Dinner • A. Gordon Archibald Alumnus/a of the Year Award Sat., May 6 - 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. dinner Big Rock Brewery, 5555 - 76 Avenue SE, Calgary • Outstanding Young Alumnus/a Award For more information, please contact: • Alumnus/a Achievement Award Jon MacConnell (BEng’97) at [email protected] DEADLINE: MARCH 17, 2006 For further information about events, please contact Allison Himmelman, Alumni Officer at For further information, contact Shawna Burgess [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] phone: (902) 494-6051 or 1-800-565-9969 Let us know what you've been up to: fax: (902) 494-1141 [email protected]

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1 9 5 5 1 9 6 5 serves to educate Canadians about the sig- Gail MacDonald Crawford, BA, published Shirley DeBow, BA, Chancellor of the nificance of telecommunications and tech- her second book in 2005, Studio Ceramics University of Lethbridge, Alta., received the nological advances. David also received the in Canada 1920-2005, with Goose Lane Lethbridge YWCA Woman of Distinction 1998 Canadian Business Telecommunications Editions in Fredericton. A history specialist Award for 2005. Alliance Presidents Award for Outstanding and journalism graduate, she spent six years of Contribution to the Telecommunications travel and research across Canada to compile 1 9 6 6 Industry and the 1999 Canadian Information this illustrated history. Peter Aucoin, MA, renowned researcher and Communications Technology Industry and expert in the area of public administra- Award of Achievement. 1 9 5 8 tion was awarded the Vanier Medal, one of James Burchill, BA, PHD’79 (Rochester), the highest honours in the Canadian public 1 9 7 2 FRCO, organist at All Saints Cathedral, service, in 2005. Noted as an outstanding Sterling Eddy, BCOM, would like to an- Halifax, was awarded a Distinguished Service teacher and one of Canada’s most respected nounce that after eight years as president Award by the Halifax Centre of the Royal political scientists, his teachings and research and CEO of the Certified Management Canadian College of Organists at the Church have helped shape government policies and Accountants of Alberta, he has recently Music Conference in October 2004. inspire civil servants. Aucoin has been a fac- become a director of Western Management ulty member with the the Dalhousie depart- Consultants in Calgary. Sterling’s 14 years of 1 9 6 2 ment of political science since 1970, has expertise in executive consulting and extensive Herman Cohen, BA, received an honor- chaired that department and been director of leadership and governance skills combine ary doctor of divinity (DD) in November the School of Public Administration, and is to bring distinctive, lasting and substantial 2005 at a special convocation of the Jewish now the Eric Dennis Memorial Professor of improvements to clients’ performance. Friends Theological Seminary of America in New Government and Political Science/Professor and others can contact him at [email protected] York City. of Public Administration. 1 9 7 3 1 9 6 3 1 9 7 0 Lourdes Romano-Jana, PGM, completed T. Jock Murray, MD, was given the award of David C. Colville, BENG (NSTC), his rheumatology fellowship with Dr. J. F. Professional of Distinction by the Discovery was recently inducted into the Canadian Woodbury. Prior to that, he was senior resi- Center in Halifax. Telecommunications Hall of Fame, which dent in hematology with Dr. Langley and honours industry leaders and pioneers and senior resident in medicine with Dr. Davis.

WHERE FRIENDS AND MEMORIES MEET

REUNION 2006 IN HALIFAX – OCTOBER 18-20 Rediscover Dalhousie this fall. Meet old friends and see what’s new. A special invitation for the Classes of 1966, 1961, 1956, 1951, 1946 and earlier.

For information on planning or volunteering for any reunion, please call 902.494.8801 or 1.800.565.9969 [email protected]

22 dalhousie alumni magazine Romano-Jana returned in 1975 to the U.S. 1 9 8 8 1 9 9 4 where he practiced until retirement, and has Jennifer Poulos, DH, and Martin Patriquin, Michael Bowser, BSc, has received the continued to manage his office for the past MARCH’05, are pleased to announce the birth 2005 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry three years. of their daughter, Sophie Renee Patriquin, Young Investigators in Separation Science born on Oct. 23, 2004. Award. It will be presented at a symposium 1 9 7 5 in his honour at the 2006 PittCon meeting. D. Alan Jones, MBA, has been appointed the 1 9 9 1 He is an assistant professor of chemistry at volunteer treasurer for the Mills Community Wendy Roberts, MSW, would like to the University of Minnesota and would be Support Corporation in Almonte, Ontario, announce that she returned to Halifax from delighted to hear from friends and classmates which is now a part of Mississippi Mills, Prince George, B.C. in August 2004, with at [email protected] Ontario. her twin daughters, Madeline and Kate, and Jennifer (MacDonald) Gardner, BSC, partner Allan. She is pleased to be working and husband Eric are pleased to announce the 1 9 8 0 at the QEII Health Sciences Centre with the birth of their first child, Daniel Alexander, Glenn Barnes, BEDS, BARCH’81, has been Multi-organ Transplant Program and to be born Oct. 28, 2004, in Saint John, N.B. appointed chair of the Junior Achievement of back in the Maritimes. Jennifer is a staff pharmacist at Lawtons Newfoundland and Labrador Business Hall Brunswick Square, Saint John. of Fame. He is also a board member with 1 9 9 2 Lionel Roberts, BENG (TUNS), and wife both Junior Achievement of Newfoundland Jane (Hallett) Beers, BA, and Richard Beers Jill (Wagg) would like to announce the birth and Labrador and Labrador Business Hall were married in Halifax in October 2003. of Jack Michael Roberts, Nov. 16, 2005. of Fame. They are happy to announce the birth of Jo-Ann M. Oakley, BSC, and Joel D. their son, Nathan “Nate” Thomas on Aug. 1 9 9 5 Stewart were married on May 20, 2005, in 14, 2005. Andrew Peter Wallace Bennett, BA, Royersford, Pa. Jo-Ann is zone director at Suriahni Abdul Hamid, BENG received his PhD in politics from the University Shire Pharmaceuticals US. Contact her at (TUNS), is currently employed with Digi of Edinburgh in 2002, and moved to Ottawa [email protected]. Telecommunications Sdn Bhd, as head of to work in the Privy Council Office. Since Donna Wheeler-Usher, BSC(PHARM), Rewards and Resourcing. Aripin and I are the January 2005, he has been working as a hosted a 25-year reunion for alumni of the proud parents of four children. Friends may political risk analyst at Export Development College of Pharmacy class of 1980 during the contact me at [email protected]. Canada, and is responsible for assessing risk last weekend of October 2005, in Sackville, Janine MacDermid, BSCK, and hus- in South and Southeast Asia. N.B. band Ken MacDermid, BA’97, are proud Shaun T. Marchand, BCOM, joined the to announce the birth of Kenneth Owen RCMP in July 2004, after six months of train- 1 9 8 5 on Sept. 17, 2005, a little brother for Fiona ing in Regina, Sask. He is currently stationed Kelly L. Greenwood, BCOM, LLB’98 Gwendolyn, 3. They reside in Dartmouth, in Red Deer. He urges old friends to contact (Osgoode), has joined the law firm of Burchell where Ken is a senior consultant with Johnsons him at [email protected]. Hayman Parish, where she provides legal Inc. and Janine is a pharmaceutical sales rep- 1 9 9 6 advice to business organizations and indi- resentative with Servier Canada. Geoffrine Boudreau-Arsenault, BSW, viduals on corporate and commercial matters, Rebecca Redmond-MacLean, BSC, and husband Mark Arsenault are pleased to estate planning and administration, and com- LLB’95, and husband Brian MacLean, announce the arrival of daughter Gabrielle mercial and residential real estate transactions. BSC’92, are pleased to announce the arrival of Marie on June 16, 2005, a new sister for Kelly lives in Halifax with her husband, Karl Finlay Jacob, born Nov. 21, 2005, in Gander, Benjamin. The family now lives in Antigonish Penney, and their children Kyle, 5, and Kira, Nfld. He is welcomed by sister Reaghan, 6, and Geoffrine is a clinical social worker with 2. and brother Ewan, 3. Family Service of Eastern Nova Scotia. Kristin Eckland, BA, graduated with 1 9 8 7 1 9 9 3 MSN (acute care nurse practitioner pro- Douglas Lochhead, LLD, is the first Pam (Tweedie) Deschenes, BSC(PHARM), gram), Vanderbilt University in August 2005. non-Italian winner of the prestigious Carlo and her husband Meddley would like to She is now interning as a registered nurse Betocchi International Poetry Prize for his announce the birth of their son William first assistant. She lives in Nashville with her landmark collection of poetry, High Marsh David on Sept. 29, 2005, a brother for Sam, husband Peter Gustafson. Road. The award is offered by the Carlo Noah and Jack. They reside in Quispamsis, Betocchi Study Centre in Florence. Originally N.B. 1 9 9 7 published in Canada 25 years ago, High Marsh Colleen Rodgerson, BENG (TUNS), and Elinor Cameron, BSC, married Steve Grover Road was also shortlisted for the Governor Sean Avis, BENG (TUNS), are thrilled to on Aug. 6, 2005, at an informal ceremony at General’s Award for Poetry in 1980. Douglas announce the birth of Piper Lillian, a baby their cottage on Wallaback Lake behind New Lochhead is a Fellow of the Royal Society of sister for Nehiley, on Oct. 17, 2005. Ross, N.S. Elinor’s proud parents Stan and Canada, and is currently Poet Laureate of the Elizabeth Cameron are Dalhousie professors town of Sackville, N.B. in chemistry and math respectively.

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G i s e l e M e l a n s o n, B SCN, m a r r i e d R i c k s a l e s a n d e v e n t m a n a g e m e n t i n H a l i f a x a n d 1 9 9 9 T h i b o d e a u i n S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 3 . T h e y a r e t h e n g r a d u a t e d w i t h a n M B A i n F o o t b a l l C h r i s t i n a M a r e a D o r c a s , B SCO T, i s c u r - p l e a s e d t o a n n o u n c e t h e b i r t h o f t h e i r d a u g h- I n d u s t r i e s f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f L i v e r p o o l , r e n t l y w o r k i n g a s a n o c c u p a t i o n a l t h e r a p i s t a t t e r , L i s e t t e D i a n e , o n J u n e 2 2 , 2 0 0 5 . T h e y E n g l a n d . H e i s l o o k i n g t o e x p a n d h i s n u m b e r t h e D r . E v e r e t t C h a l m e r s R e g i o n a l H o s p i t a l r e s i d e i n C a r l e t o n , N . S . , w h e r e G i s e l e w o r k s o f f r a n c h i s e s i n t h e c o m i n g y e a r s a n d i n v i t e s i n F r e d e r i c t o n , N . B . S h e i s a l s o p r e s i d e n t o f f o r t h e V O N . D a l a l u m n i t o v i s i t h i m a t h i s r e s t a u r a n t . t h e N e w B r u n s w i c k O c c u p a t i o n a l T h e r a p y Nirah (Jor dan) , DCS, and Eric A s s o c i a t i o n . C h r i s t i n a w a s i n R e g i n a a s a 1 9 9 8 V il leneuve, BA’95, are delighted to s w i m m i n g c o a c h f o r t h e 2 0 0 5 C a n a d a G a m e s D a v e F i n l a y s o n, B CO M, r e c e n t l y p u r c h a s e d a n n o u n c e t h e b i r t h o f t h e i r b i r t h o f t h e i r f i r s t a n d a t t e n d e d t h e 2 0 0 1 C a n a d a G a m e s i n t h e K i n g o f D o n a i r f r a n c h i s e o n H e r r i n g C o v e c h i l d , B e n j a m i n S a m u e l o n A u g . 1 4 , 2 0 0 5 , i n L o n d o n , O n t . F o r t h e p a s t f i v e y e a r s , s h e R o a d i n H a l i f a x . D a v e p r e v i o u s l y w o r k e d i n H a l i f a x . h a s b e e n v o l u n t e e r i n g w i t h t h e l o c a l S p e c i a l

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We ’ v e b e e n l i v i n g a b o a r d o u r o u r 4 2 ’ C h e o y L e e C l i p p e r k e t c h , t h e s a i l i n g s i n c e h e w a s s m a l l . N o w 6 ’ 3 ” , h e h a s a n i n c h t o s p a r e N a n c y D a w s o n, s i n c e S e p t e m b e r, 2 0 0 5 , a n d w e ’ v e b e e n h e a d e d i n t h e q u a r t e r b e r t h . H e ’s o u r a b l e s e a m a n , a w i c k e d c r i b p l a y e r, s o u t h e v e r s i n c e. N o p h o n e, n o c a r, n o f i x e d a d d r e s s. A n d n o T V. g r e a t g u i t a r i s t a n d g o o d c o m p a n y o n n i g h t w a t c h e s. W h y w o u l d I h a u l a n c h o r a n d l e a v e a g r e a t e d i t i n g j o b, a W h e n R a n d y f i n i s h e d w o r k a t t h e e n d o f 2 0 0 3 , w e s t a r t e d h o m e w e l o v e d a n d f r i e n d s a n d f a m i l y ? T h e c o m b i n a t i o n o f m y m a k i n g l i s t s, s p e n d i n g m o n e y a n d c l e a r i n g o u t t h e h o u s e. I t t o o k p a r t n e r ’s e a r l y m o r e t h a n a y e a r a n d a h a l f t o r e b u i l d t h e i n t e r i o r o f t h e b o a t r e t i r e m e n t ; a n ( s t i l l n o t f i n i s h e d ) , u p g r a d e a l o t o f s y s t e m s, s e l l a n d s t o r e a l o t o f a b l e b o a t , a n d o u r s t u f f, l e a v e m y j o b, r e n t t h e h o u s e, s e l l t h e c a r, s a y g o o d b y e s a w i l l i n g t e e n- t o t h e r e s t o f o u r f a m i l y. R e a d y o r n o t , w e l e f t t h e d o c k a n d t h a t ’s a g e r p r o v i d e d b e e n t h e h a r d e s t p a r t s o f a r. r e a l i n c e n t i v e. I p a c k e d u p m y w o r r i e s a n d b r o u g h t t h e m a l o n g , b u t I ’ v e b e e n s l o w l y s h e d d i n g t h e m a s I g e t a c c l i m a t i z e d t o t h i s l i f e s t y l e. Ye s, w e ’ v e h a d b a d w e a t h e r, a n d w e ’ v e m a n a g e d j u s t f i n e, a l t h o u g h w e h a v e a “ n e v e r a g a i n ” l i s t i n v o l v i n g w i n d s a n d w a v e h e i g h t a n d c r e w t o l e r a n c e. I f y o u f o l l o w u p a n y m i s e r- a b l e d a y ( a n d c h a s e i r r a t i o n a l f e a r s ) w i t h a s a f e h a r b o u r, a g o o d m e a l a n d a r u m t o d d y, i t t u r n s i n t o a n o t h e r b i t o f t h e a d v e n t u r e, a n d y o u c a r r y o n . S u e B r o w n n o w h o i s t s h e r C B C m u g s o m ew h e r e M o s t l y i t ’s a t e r r i f i c l i f e. I ’ v e r e a d m o r e b o o k s t h a n I ’ v e t o t h e f a r s o u t h . h a d t i m e f o r s i n c e I w a s a s t u d e n t . T h e d o m e s t i c p a r t o f c r u i s i n g i s a b i t l i k e p i o n e e r i n g : w a r d r o b e d e c i s i o n s a r e I n s p i t e o f a l o t o f c o n c e r n s ( m o n e y, a l w a y s a b o u t t e m p e r a t u r e, n o t s t y l e, a n d h o t w a t e r i s n e v e r s t o r m s, s i n k i n g , s h a r k s ) , I j u s t c o u l d n ’ t g u a r a n t e e d . We ’ v e s p e n t q u a l i t y t i m e i n l a u n d r o m a t s i n 1 4 i m a g i n e l o o k i n g b a c k y e a r s f r o m n o w, s t a t e s s o f a r. G r o c e r y s h o p p i n g c a n b e a c h a l l e n g e. B u t w e s a y i n g , ' g e e, w e c o u l d h a v e g o n e c r u i s- e a t w e l l , s l e e p w e l l ( e x c e p t i n r o l l - y a n c h o r a g e s ) , a n d a l m o s t i n g , b u t I w a s t o o c h i c k e n . ' e v e r y d a y w e g o s o m e w h e r e n e w. We h a v e n o d a t e p i c k e d t o B a r r i n g 1 5 y e a r s o f s a i l i n g a r o u n d H a l i f a x H a r b o u r o n w e e k - t u r n a r o u n d a n d h e a d b a c k t o w o r k . N o w t h a t ’s f r e e d o m . e n d s, w i t h f o r a y s t o M a h o n e B a y a n d t h e B r a s d ’ O r L a k e s o n F o r d e t a i l s a b o u t o u r r o u t e, b o a t , w e a t h e r, l a u n d r o m a t s, f o o d , v a c a t i o n s, I ’ m s t i l l t h e n o v i c e o f o u r c r e w o f t h r e e w h e n i t c o m e s f i s h , b i r d s, f r i e n d s a n d w e i r d o s w e ’ v e m e t a l o n g t h e w a y, g o t o t o s a i l i n g. M y p a r t n e r, R a n d y S h e r m a n , i s a m a s t e r m a r i n e r a n d h t t p : / / c a p t a i n r a n d y. b l o g s p o t . c o m . h a s b e e n s a i l i n g m o s t o f h i s l i f e, a n d m y s o n , To m E i d t , h a s b e e n – S u s a n B r o w n ( B A’ 8 5 , M A’ 8 9 )

2 4 d a l h o u s i e a l u m n i m a g a z i n e Olympics as the head coach of the swimming LLD’92, Sydney, N.S., on Nov. 26, 2005 program. She is in the process of becoming a In Memoriam Harley Havelock Walker, BENG’43, (NSTC) certified medical classifier for the NB SWAD Liverpool, N.S., on Oct. 31, 2005. (Swimmers with a Disability) program. Carman Roy Brookbank, ARTS & SOCIAL George S. Hawkins, BA’44, LLB’48, Halifax, 2 0 0 0 SCIENCE, Halifax, N.S., on Sept. 12, 2005. N.S., on Sept. 24, 2005. Calvin Elias Percival Lopes RTS OCIAL Ruth E. McClelland-Nugent, PHD, joined , A & S Allan Hawkins Butler, LLB’46, Dollard des more than 20 new faculty members at Augusta SCIENCE, Three Mile Plains, N.S., on Oct. Ormeaux, Que., on Oct. 2, 2005. State University for the fall 2005 semester. 16, 2005. Joe Roach, MD’47, New Waterford, N.S., McClelland-Nugent is an assistant professor John E. MacDonell, MD, Inverness, N.S., on on Sept. 5, 2005. of history in ASU’s department of history, Sept. 2, 2005. anthropology and philosophy. J. William E. Mingo, Q.C., BA’47, LLB’49, Philip Lawrence Partington, ARTS & Adrian Oehmen, BENG, has written his LLD’98, Halifax, N.S., on Nov. 25, 2005. SOCIAL SCIENCE, Lockeport, N.S., on Sept. PhD thesis for the environmental engineer- 17, 2005. Gordon Lockhart Milton, MD’48, Petrolia, ing program at the University of Queensland Ont., on Nov. 8, 2005. in Australia and has won a prestigious award Murray Barnson Emeneau, BA’23, LLD’70, John S. Davidge, PGM’49, Sidney, B.C., on from the Association of Environmental Berkeley, California, on Aug. 29, 2005. Nov. 8, 2005. Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Ross Harrington, DDS’30, Shoreham in the U.S. This is the first time that anyone Village, N.S., on Nov. 3, 2005. Colin Barnhill, BA’49, DED’50, Halifax, from a university outside the U.S. has won the N.S., on Sept. 22, 2005. Enid Elizabeth Johnson, BA’31, Halifax award. He thanks Dalhousie for providing N.S., on Sept. 19, 2005. Francis John Fleming, Q.C., LLB’49, the foundation for his academic career. He is Calgary, Alta., on May 14, 2005. currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the Sarah Geraldine Simms, BA’31, MA’32, Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal. Halifax, N.S., on Nov. 13, 2005. Eric James Myers, BENG’49, (NSTC), Eastern Passage, N.S., on Sept. 2, 2005. Philip Byron Corkum, DENGR’32, BENG’34 2 0 0 1 (NSTC), Port Williams, N.S., on Aug. George Hubert Flight, MD’50, Halifax, Satyendra Satyanarayana, MD, and 2005. N.S., on Nov. 25, 2005 Suma celebrated the birth of their first child, Maurice Gascoyne Clennett, BCOM’34, Weldon C. Matthews, Q.C., LLB’50, Shreyas, at St. Boniface General Hospital in Halifax, N.S., on Sept. 20, 2005. Winnipeg. They are residents in psychiatry Ottawa, Ont., on Nov. 8, 2005. and obs/gyn, respectfully. Ruth Allison Avison, BA’35, Burlington, Stanley Arthur Pearson, BSC’50, Toronto, Ont., on Nov. 25, 2005. Ont., on Oct. 25, 2005. 2 0 0 3 Sylvia ‘Kaye’ McMillan, BA’37, Bridgewater, George Warburton Bate, MD’51, St. John, Peter J.W. Lindsay, BSC, finished his bach- N.S., on Oct. 29, 2005. N.B., on Dec. 2, 2005. elor of education at Memorial University in Ralph B. DeWare, DDS’51, Shediac Cape, Newfoundland in August 2005. He is now Arthur “Douglas” Brannen, BENG’38 N.B, on Sept. 10, 2005. the science teacher at Mecatina School, La (NSTC), Collingwood, Ont., on Nov. 17, Tabatiere, Quebec. 2005. Burton Howard, MD’51, Charlottetown, Kristy Spear, BSCOT, and Pierre George Charles Piercey, Q.C., BCOM’38, P.E.I. Daigle, BSCK, live in Sydney, Australia. BA’39, LLB’41, LLD’95, Halifax, N.S., on Arthur Robert MacKenzie, DENGR’51, Kristy works in private practice for Rehab Oct. 3, 2005. BSC’51, BENG’54 (NSTC), Liverpool, N.S., Management and Pierre is completing a mas- Wallace Moffatt Roy, MD’38, Oakville, on Oct.5, 2005. ters in biomedical engineering at University of Ont., on Nov. 14, 2005. Gerald George Orser, DDS’51, Fredericton, New South Wales. Kristy would like to hear N.B., on Sept. 23, 2005. from any OT’s who are planning to attend the Marian Elizabeth (Apold) (Westhaver) 2006 WFOT conference in Sydney. She can Langille, BA’39, Halifax, N.S., on Nov. 15, George F. Curtis, Q.C., LLD’52, Vancouver, be reached at [email protected] 2005. B.C., on Oct. 23, 2005. Ingrid Gillian Perry, BM, married Ryan George Alexander MacLeod, DENGR’40, Carman Garth Carson, BA’52, Windsor, Dillon of Waverley, N.S. in August 2003. BSC’40, BENG’51 (NSTC), Pictou Co., N.S., N.S., on Sept. 2, 2005. They are pleased to announce the birth of on Nov. 10, 2005. their first child, Joshua, in June 2005. William Murray “Bill” Sitland, BA’52, Gordon Allan Pollett, DPHRM’40, Sydney, Halifax, N.S., on Nov. 25, 2005. N.S., on Aug. 26, 2005. 2 0 0 4 Vernon K. Rideout, MD’53, Yarmouth, Amanda Carew, LLB, would like to announce Frederick J. Barton, MD’41, Datmouth, N.S., on Aug. 12, 2005. N.S., on Sept. 18, 2005. that after a busy articling year (and a late start Verne Ross Waldorf, MD’53, Oakville, since she was on exchange in Australia) she Alexander Kerr “Lex” Roy, BSC’41, MD’44, Ont., on Sept. 7, 2005. was called to the bar in September 2005. Duncan, B.C., on Nov. 18, 2005. Carew is currently residing in Halifax and is Johnny Miles Williston, BSC’53, MD’56, practicing with Morris Bureau. John Esmonde Cooke, DPHRM’42, BSC’50, New Glasgow, N.S., on Dec. 4, 2005.

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Albert Martin Smith, Q.C., BCOM’54, Gwenyth Louise Sterns, BA’70, Pictou, LLB’58, Halifax, N.S., on Nov. 18, 2005. N.S., on Sept. 13, 2005. Murray David Elman, BSC’55, MD’60, Santa John Chipman Earle, BA’71 (K), Dartmouth, Barbara, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2005. N.S., on Nov. 10, 2005. Louise Marie Murray, DPH’55, Shelburne, David George Greenland, MD’71, Grand N.S., on Nov. 8, 2005. Falls-Windsor, Nfld., on July 21, 2005. John Gerard Webb, MSW’55, LLD’86, Neil C. MacLean, BENG’71 (NSTC), Port Cape Breton, N.S., on Oct. 15, 2005. Hawkesbury, N.S., on Nov. 26, 2005. Carole Sitland, BSC’56, Halifax, N.S., on Leslie Alexander Foster, MSC’72, MLS’78, Sept. 29, 2005. Halifax, N.S., on Aug. 22, 2005. Maxwell Davis Clattenburg, LTH’58 (K), Stanley Gelfand, LLB’72, Montreal, Que., BA’56, Halifax, N.S., on Oct. 4, 2005. on June 27, 2004. William S. ‘Bill’ Crooker, DENGR’58, John Robert “Bear” MacNeil, BA’72, BENG’61 (NSTC), Halifax, N.S., on Nov. BED’72, Sydney, N.S., on Aug. 28, 2005. 9, 2005. Bonita Jane “Bonnie” Boyd, MLS’74, Peter Fransblow, DDS’60, Vancouver, B.C., Halifax, N.S., on Aug. 13, 2005. on Aug. 22, 2005. William Gary Clark, BSC’74, Truro, N.S., John Arthur Bishop, MD’62, Baytown, on Aug. 15, 2005. Texas, on Feb. 10, 2005. James Roderick Ferguson, Q.C., BCOM’75, J. Dale Cunningham, BENG’62 (NSTC), LLB’78, Calgary, Alta., on Sept. 1, 2005. Truro, N.S., on Nov. 25, 2005. Patricia Lynn (Whitehead) Hare, BA’79, Rebecca Munroe Kerr, BED’63, Bedford, BED’79, Halifax, N.S., on Nov. 19, 2005. N.S., on Oct. 20, 2005. Peter A. Hacquebard, LLD’80, Halifax, Ross Thompson-Dennis, DED’64, BED’69, N.S., on Sept. 7, 2005. BA’69, Herring Cove, N.S., on May 17, James Alan Good, MA’81, Toronto, Ont., 2005. on Oct. 30, 2005. Darrell Erlyn Harrigan, BA’65, BED’67, William Merle Bancroft, DDS’82, New Herring Cove, N.S., on Aug. 26, 2005. Glasgow, N.S., on Aug. 21, 2005. Wah Jun Tze, MD’65, Vancouver, B.C., on Jane Madonna Crawley, BSW’82, Cape Dec. 12, 2001. Breton, N.S., on Sept. 11, 2005. Richard Henry “Dick” MacLean, BA’66, Robert David ‘Bob’ Honour, MBA’83, BED’66, DED’66, Halifax, N.S., on Sept. Duncan, B.C., on Sept. 17, 2005. 19, 2005. Donald Bruce MacKinnon, BCOM’83, Terence Richard Boyd, LLB’67, Halifax, LLB’87, MBA’87, Lwr. Sackville, N.S., on N.S., on Oct. 30, 2005. Aug. 11, 2005. Terence R.B. Donahoe, Q.C., LLB’67, Mary Jane White, MSC’86, Halifax, N.S., Halifax, N.S., on Nov. 29, 2005. on Oct. 2, 2005. Evelyn May Negus, DNSA’67, BN’70, Stephen Michael Evans, BENG’91 (TUNS), Truro, N.S., on Oct. 14, 2005. Westville, N.S., on Aug. 31, 2005. John J. Hajdu, DDS’69, MSC’77, Arizona. John T. McMillan Jr., BA’92, Saint John, Clara Louise (Corcoran) Hatfield , N.B., on Aug. 31, 2005. DNSA’69, BN’72, Harrow, Ont., on Sept. Renate Barbara Marion McCarthy, 21, 2005. CCS’93, Halifax, N.S., on Sept. 7, 2005. Helen Patricia “Pat” Smith, BED’70, Ernie Earl Simmons III, BA’98, BSW’00, Sydney, N.S., on Aug. 26, 2005. Halifax N.S., on Sept. 18, 2005. Norma (Smofsky) Stacey, BA’70, Dartmouth, N.S., on Sept. 7, 2005.

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SPOTLIGHT ON ALUMNI The world at your door

Learning to speak English can be stressful enough for international stu- Through the years, Miss Horlock picked up a smattering of French dents in Halifax, so imagine writing a term paper or postgraduate thesis. and German, which came in handy during lessons. One Polish student That’s where Elizabeth Horlock (MA’68) comes in. The spry senior struggled terribly with English, but persevered after she assured him offers language coaching to foreign students and visiting researchers, pro- “there is nothing that varies more than the speed at which an adult learns viding editing tips and tutorials in her apartment near the campus. Lately she’s assisted several scholars from China, but has helped thousands of students from more than 30 countries over the past four decades. “I have always been interested in words. Language is also a way to meet very interesting people,” says Miss Horlock, who arranges many of her tutorials through the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. A Bangladeshi diplomat requested weekend language lessons one summer while in town for a project at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography. “I don’t normally take students in the summer, nor do I take them on Saturdays. For the sake of international relations with Bangladesh, I Photo: Cranston thought I could make an exception,” she recalls with a smile. Though her father was British, Miss Horlock has maternal roots in Nova Scotia. Her mother’s brother, Colonel Kenrick Laurie, was Chair of Elizabeth Horlock Dalhousie’s Board of Governors during the 1940s. Their father, General John Wimburn Laurie, arrived in Canada in 1861 following service in the language, so you must not be discouraged.” A few years later, she spotted Crimean War. He acquired a tract of land along Grand Lake and built a him chatting freely with friends at the Halifax International Airport. house at Oakfield, about halfway between Halifax and Truro. The prop- “He came rushing up to thank me for all my help, and spoke English erty later included cottages, a school, a church and a farm noted for its so fluently and easily. I have seldom felt better than I did that day, to hear Guernsey cattle. Now the land is mainly home to Laurie and Oakfield him speaking so well!” Provincial Parks and the Oakfield Golf and Country Club. – Marla Cranston Miss Horlock grew up in England, completing undergraduate studies at the University of Bristol. She immigrated to Halifax in 1956 and after receiving her master’s degree in English from Dalhousie, she was asked to run a volunteer non-credit English class for international students as an experiment for a year. “That’s how it all started,” she says. “It went on for 18 years, so the experiment was obviously a success! Now it’s taught in every school but in those days, it was the only program east of Montreal.” The class came to an end when Miss Horlock retired, but she finds it rewarding to continue her volunteer teaching at home. She is also a long-time supporter of student endowment through the Planned Giving program’s Eagle’s Nest Egg, which matures on Dalhousie’s 200th birthday in 2018.

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Marc St. Onge (BSc’98), the president of Ascenta Health, was recently chosen as the Business Development Bank of Canada’s 2005 Young Entrepreneur for Nova Scotia. More and more people are making his Omega-3 fishoil supplements part of their daily routine. The company conducts research, development and marketing of Omega-3 fishoils from a home base in Dartmouth, N.S., with a reach that extends through North America and to Europe and Asia. “Through a personal journey, I have become a firm believer in natural products and encourage people to be proactive about their health,” says St. Onge. As an entrepreneur with a start up company, the 30-year-old has thrown him- self into many aspects of business development, including graphic design for his products which are marketed under the NutraSea label. It makes for a hectic pace and a demanding travel schedule. Although he’s young, his entrepreneurial experience spans 16 years and five different businesses. This on-the-job practical experience, combined with his formal science studies at Dalhousie, have come together in Ascenta Health. Young entrepreneur St. Onge focuses on nutritional The company’s identity, the product of brainstorming sessions in local coffee- fishoil products. shops, draws on the root of the word ascend. “Our company slogan is ‘Take your health higher’ which was meant to inspire people to achieve new levels of wellness,” he says. While he wore many hats in the startup phase, today his role is focused on new business development and creating a vision for where the company needs to go in the future. The natural products industry is high-growth, and this company is no exception, with 100 per cent growth annually.

A Meeting of

MasterMinds Upcoming Lecture

April 19, 2006 • 10 am Can you hear me now? How Animals Communicate in a Noisy World Dr. Marty Leonard, professor of Biology, whose research focuses on the behaviour of birds Room 1020, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Ave. (across from Arts Centre) For more information • 494-2805 www.dal.ca/masterminds

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