FEBRUARY 2004 VOLUME 35, NO.1

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EDITOR Liz Fleming ’77 EDITORIAL BOARD Martin Boyne ’86 Marilyn Burns ’00 Jan Carter ’87 Kathleen Easson ’78 Tania Pattison ’84 Dale Rodger ’77 Tony Storey ’71 In This Issue GRAPHIC DESIGN Editorial ...... 2 Trent University Design Office

PRINTING AND BINDING Association Co-president’s Message ...... 3 Ricter Web Printing Ltd., Brantford President’s Page ...... 4 TRENT UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COUNCIL A Life Less Ordinary ...... 6 HONORARY PRESIDENT T.H.B. Symons Cover story : The Double Cohort Opportunity ...... 8 HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENT John E. Leishman Trent Summer Sports Camp : Connecting with the Community ...... 12 PRESIDENT Rod Cumming ’87 / Maureen Brand ’89 Three Generations at Trent University ...... 14 PAST PRESIDENT Cheryl Davies ’68 Forecasting Fate and Effects : The Big Picture ...... 15 VICE-PRESIDENT Adam Guzkowski ’95 Teaching and Learning in Cyberspace ...... 16 SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT Sierra Leone Adventures ...... 17 Denis Desjardins ’76 COUNCILLORS CSI Trent! DNA Forensic Summer Camp ...... 20 Jan Carter ’87 Georgina Galloway ’91 Susan Underhill ’87 Storeyline ...... 21 Lenaee Dupuis ’91 Mark Gelinas ’89 Sunshine Sketches ...... 24 Iain MacFarlane ’95 Jennifer Mercer ‘91 In Memoriam ...... 26 Holly Morrison ’95 BOARD REPRESENTATIVES It’s Natural ...... 27 Dan Coholan ’77 Kate Ramsay ’71 Chapter News ...... 28 CHAPTER PRESIDENTS Greg Burnett ’90 (Golden Horseshoe) Fran Cooney ’77 (Kingston) Yancy Craig ’95& Kevin Brown ’90 (National Capital) Caleb Smith ’93 (Niagara Region) Vicki ’69 & Garry ’67 Cubitt (Oshawa/Durham Region) Nordra Stephen ’75 (Belleville/Quinte) Vacant (Peterborough) Neil Thomsen ’86 (Southwestern Ontario) Gord ’93 and Joanne ’97 Stencell (Toronto) Kerry Tomlin ’95 (Calgary) Jim Doran ’73 (Edmonton) Cover photo: First-year students. Andrew Hamilton ’87 (Vancouver) Andy ’85 & Liz ’87 Rodford (Vancouver Island) Back row: Pat O’Brien, Melissa Francois Senecal ’83 (Montreal) Deacon, Erica White; front row: Mary Elizabeth Luka ’80 (Halifax/Dartmouth) Richard Gardiner ’73 (London/Middlesex) Danielle Leighton, Edna Carloss. Jim Barber ’87 (Georgian Triangle) Gretchen Rosenberger ’95 (York Region) Patrick Lam ’86 (Hong Kong) Mas Dati Samani ’82 (Malaysia) Aznan Abu Bakar ’93 (Singapore) Andrew Homer ’86 (Tokyo)

DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS Tony Storey ’71 ALUMNI AFFAIRS ASSISTANT Kathleen Easson ’78

Distributed in accordance with Canada Post Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Agreement #40064326 • That you get a letter from Revenue Canada saying that a mistake has been found in your tax return … EDITORIAL The other day, while listening to and you’ve paid too much! the radio, I heard a rather pompous • That your in-laws live close radio announcer listing his ten wishes enough that they can enjoy the for the New Year. They included such grandkids, but far enough away things as a ban on all broadcasting of that you still enjoy them! rap music and an end to fast food • That someone in your aerobics chains (my son in the passenger seat class has more trouble following needed oxygen!) While few of the the routines than you do. announcer’s wishes appealed to me, I • That one day, your son says to loved the idea of the list, so I’ve you, “I think I need a haircut”, all developed my own. on his own. If I could bestow ten small good • That the radio wakes you at 6am wishes on my friends, they would be: one cold winter morning to report • That the dog barking behind the that everything’s closed and can- door turn out to be a Pekinese, celled because of the snow. (It’s and never a Pit Bull. good to be Canadian.) What I • That your children play basketball • That your friends be too many to and not hockey, so the practices count and your enemies be too are after school in a warm gym few to matter. wish for and not at 5am in a cold arena. • That you believe with all your • That the five pounds you think heart that family, and not money, you’ve gained really be the fault of is what really matters in life. TRENT MAGAZINE you… a broken scale, just as you’ve been telling yourself. May 2004 bring you much joy! 2• Liz Fleming ’76

Come Home to the Spirit of Trent! Trent Celebrates its fortieth teaching year.

Be sure to return for: ☞ The TIP 21st reunion ☞ Champlain early 80s reunion ☞ Trent Week Oct 11-17 featuring Black Tie and Birkenstocks on Friday the 15th and “The Big Party” on the 16th ☞ Original Classes (’64–’66) reunion ☞ Aquatics Staff Reunion at Head of the Trent ☞ 40 Dinners for 40 Years – a global celebration of Trent’s 40th on Saturday, October 16. To organize a dinner in your region, contact [email protected] ☞ Peter Gzowski College and First People’s House of Learning Opening th ☞ Head of the Trent Rowing Regatta 40 A year of Celebration: come join us! A complete list of highlights is included in the Association’s annual report, but we did wish to touch BY MAUREEN BRAND ’89 If you’re a member of Trent’s specifically on the five themes listed alumni e-mail list, you’ll already know above. all about our fabulous showing this fall in some pretty important publica- OUTREACH tions. (If you missed that e-mail, you This past year was special because a should get hooked up on our Alumni very special Trent person retired, and E-Directory at www.trentu.ca/alumni then promptly went to work for the so it never happens again!) Alumni Association. Paul Wilson’s 36 year career as Athletics Director may From that happy e-mail, you would have concluded, but his role as an have been one of the first to find out alumni relations ambassador acceler- that, in the annual Maclean’s rank- ated in 2002. On our behalf, Paul met ings, Trent: with alumni in Vancouver, Victoria, a) was ranked number one as Calgary, Edmonton, Peterborough, Ontario’s primarily undergraduate Toronto and Kitchener/Waterloo. And university; just how did our alumni respond, you 3• b) was ranked number one for stu- might ask? Consider the following: Association SPRING 2004 dent retention, medical/science over 300 alumni & friends made research funding, AND scholar- donations to the PSB Wilson Fund for Co-president’s ships and bursaries; Athletics and Recreation, a record 90 c) had ten other top-ten rankings golfers attended a Port Hope tourna- including placing ninth in Canada ment, the Association filled two Message for alumni support! tables at his induction into the Also contained in that e-mail was Peterborough Sports Hall of Fame, information that students themselves 180 guests turned out for the ranked Trent number one of 38 Peterborough Community Dinner and Canadian universities. Something we another 125 alumni attended the have known for a long time, current regional receptions. The newly estab- students who responded to a large lished Wilson Fund quickly became Globe and Mail sponsored survey one of the university’s most success- placed us ahead of the pack in terms ful named endowment fund cam- of the “Quality of Education” they paigns. Although we did allow Paul receive at Trent. & Gillian a two-month break in AND, as if all this wasn’t enough, England, Paul was back on the alum- Trent AGAIN took top honours when ni circuit recently with a successful the National Post declared that we evening in Oakville. were the number one primarily under- graduate university named as a BENCHMARKING Research University for the Year for Consistent with our Association plan- 2003. ning priorities (2001-05), 2002 We knew all of this great stuff became the year of measurement. We about Trent all along - what took the tracked meetings, activities, events, rest of Canada so long? programs, volunteerism, financial Congratulations to everyone in the support, and e-mail, phone and mail Trent community who has always traffic. Reports on all these areas are worked so hard to keep Trent among included in this annual report. We the best in Canada and the world! will continue to measure our vitality in 2003 and 2004, so that we can OUTREACH, BENCHMARKING, meet the Association’s goals. Please CONSULTATION, CITIZENSHIP, take the time to review these reports. SUPPORT We believe they paint a picture of an 2002-03 was another important & engaged and dynamic association. impressive year for our alumni associ- ation. continued on page 30 the greatest growth in enrolments since the 1960’s. Over the next eight years, student populations in the PRESIDENT’S PAGE province are expected to increase by Alumni are likely familiar an additional 90,000. As we grow, it with the term “double cohort” by is important to note that investment now, the first-ever influx of two high in universities is key to innovation school graduating classes to universi- and productivity, but a report by the ties across the province of Ontario. Council of Ontario Universities tells You may be less familiar, however, us that Ontario lags behind most with the double cohort’s extraordi- other provinces and the U.S. in gov- nary effect at Trent University. The ernment funding for post secondary anticipation and the preparation education. involved in the accommodation of Regardless, Ontario universities these students, has enlivened our have been responsive to the double campus and enriched our community. cohort, having ensured that qualified This fall, Trent successfully wel- students receive offers of admission. comed an unprecedented number of Eighty-five per cent of secondary PRESIDENT BONNIE M. PATTERSON first-year students – slightly more school applicants in 2003 received than 1,700. This figure, though pre- offers of admission from an Ontario liminary at the time of writing this university – the same percentage as column, constitutes a 52 per cent in 2002, regardless of the 45.7 per A Year to increase over 2002 / 2003. This year’s cent increase in applicants. Also a growth was on top of a 40 per cent priority for Ontario universities, is the growth in students the previous year. growth of needs-based financial sup- TRENT MAGAZINE Remember As this year’s class assumes its acad- port. At Trent this year, we will emic journey over the next four to devote more than $6 million to finan- 4• five years, and additional classes cial aid. embark on theirs, the peak of the Looking ahead, the election of a “double cohort effect” will see the new government in the province this student population crest at close to past fall offers opportunities to work 7,600 a year from now. together for the future and as the In keeping with its tradition of double cohort class progresses in its excellence, Trent has welcomed more university career. Among its support than 78 new faculty (29 full-time to post secondary education, the tenure-track positions) and over 30 provincial government must con- staff members, added state-of-the-art tribute to the expansion of graduate equipment, expanded and enhanced education in preparation for the “sec- facilities and is putting $1.2 million ond double cohort” in three years into IT infrastructure. The double time. cohort class is experiencing an evolv- By providing sufficient graduate ing Trent, but in the most important education opportunities and graduate sense, these students are experienc- student financial assistance, Ontario ing the University the way thousands will be able to meet the demands for before them have. Countless faculty, highly skilled labour by the province’s staff and student groups have worked knowledge-intensive industries and intensely to ensure these students ensure a supply of high-quality facul- experience the Trent that values them ty for our post-secondary system in as individuals and encourages them the future. At Trent, where there are to reach their own unique goals. The approximately 250 graduate students, double cohort students are experienc- a key focus for the future will be ing a Trent that is focused on current growth in graduate education. The experience that will prepare them for corresponding growth in research the future. opportunities will promote innova- Speaking of the future, Ontario tion, providing economic spin-offs for universities have entered a decade of our region and enhance the social and cultural environment in which we live, learn and work. The Peterborough DNA Cluster number of faculty and student The addition of the student reten- Project is an excellent example of awards achieved by those at Trent tion category in this year’s ranking such a scenario. Groundbreaking also continues to grow. adds an important reflection of the DNA forensic research at Trent and Externally, the University was rec- Trent experience. More first year stu- our evolving partnerships with the ognized this fall with top rankings in dents continue on into second year at Ministry of Natural Resources and Sir three surveys examining Canadian Trent than at any other primarily Sandford Fleming College, has created universities. undergraduate university in the coun- a unique economic niche for the • Trent ranked number one nation- try and we believe it is because of our region. The project will ultimately wide for “quality of education” in focus on the success of the individual encompass a wide range of partners The Globe and Mail’s University student. in the public and private sector. Report Card – a survey based on Published November 4, 2003, as Trent’s expertise in DNA has also led student responses. an insert to the National Post, the to the creation of a new degree pro- • Trent was named “Undergraduate Canada’s University Innovation gram that will further fuel the success Research University of the Year” Leaders survey named Trent one of of this initiative. The B.Sc.F.S., an for 2003 in a national survey rank- three “Research Universities of the undergraduate degree in Forensic ing Canada’s innovation leaders in Year” for 2003, ranking Trent number Science, will be offered in September the National Post. one in comparison with other primari- 2004, to train the skilled workers and • Trent ranked first in Ontario ly undergraduate universities nation- graduate students who will make their among primarily undergraduate wide. The results, by Research 5• careers in the evolving field both in universities in the Maclean’s mag- Infosource Inc., were based on a SPRING 2004 the Peterborough community far azine 2003 annual ranking of combination of factors. According to beyond our local economy. Canadian universities. the scorecard, the top performing uni- Clearly, Trent has defined itself, These rankings have highlighted versities “demonstrated superior along with the other 17 universities in Trent’s strengths, particularly in the achievement both in earning research Ontario, as an essential contributor to two core areas that are fundamental income and in publishing research in the social, cultural and economic to a university’s mission: teaching leading Canadian and international landscape locally, nationally and and research. The information we journals.” Ranking 32nd overall in a internationally. have gleaned from these survey field of over 90 universities in Canada And at a time when there is results also serves another purpose. is a testimony to the quality of our increasing competition for superior As additional sources of data, they faculty. students, the calibre of our first-year are also useful to us in identifying This designation came fresh on class, in combination with our strong trends and in some cases, areas the heels of Trent’s number one rank- retention of returning students, where we need to improve. External ing for quality of education in the should be noted. The number of new feedback has aligned very closely University Report Card, released high school students with entering with what we know from internal October 15, 2003 as a special report averages over 80 per cent has reviews and surveys, and as such, we in The Globe and Mail. The report increased as a percentage of our can take steps to improve in certain ranked 38 Canadian universities entering high school class numbers, areas as resources allow. based on online student responses to and those with entering averages Published in the November 10, a more than 100-question survey. under 70 per cent has decreased by 2003 issue of Maclean’s, the Within the quality of education cate- 14 per cent. This is a good news Canadian university ranking saw gory, Trent ranked first in three of the story as we grow. Trent move from sixth to fifth place seven sub-categories including quali- Meanwhile our reputation for in the country in the overall ranking ty of teaching, faculty subject knowl- excellence in research and teaching is of primarily undergraduate universi- edge and effectiveness of teaching increasingly demonstrated in a num- ties. The results also ranked Trent methods. Trent is also a leader in sev- ber of ways. The number of applica- first out of 21 primarily undergradu- eral other areas, according to the stu- tions to Trent grew by 134 per cent ate universities nationwide in a num- dents who responded. The University and first choice applications grew by ber of key performance areas includ- is ranked in the top half of the results 58 per cent this year, and Trent’s ing student retention, medical/sci- in atmosphere on campus, off-cam- newer degree programs in Nursing ence research funding and scholar- pus environment, and financial assis- and Consecutive Teacher Education ships and bursaries. Trent also tance categories. more than surpassed their targets as excelled in a number of other impor- While these rankings do not repre- highly qualified students chose Trent. tant categories, including top ten per- sent all of the pieces of the academic Research funding secured by our own formance in research awards per full puzzle, these are harbingers for con- faculty through competitive process- time faculty, class sizes and faculty tinued achievement at Trent. The es, has increased year over year, and with Ph.D.s. doubled over the last five years. The continued on page 30 “ carried out by foot, skis, and heli- copter patrols – day and night. We are to report on any irregular move- BY DONAL DOYLE ’91Well … If they catch you they ments by either country or by ‘others’ will probably kill you.” who may cross the delineated border Not what I really wanted to hear at area. ‘Others’ being the Russian my induction training but this was Federation claim of Chechen rebels the unfortunate answer I received who may take refuge and hide in this when I asked what would happen if a region. band of terrorists spotted us, spotting This is not your ordinary border them, at close range. with customs officers and a signpost. I still keep hearing this answer in It is a rocky mountain range which repeated my head as I stand on a we climb each day. No roads here and mountain ridge along the Republic of no crossing allowed. We have to take Georgia and Russian Federation a helicopter from the capital city, (Chechen Republic) border with a Tbilisi, to our own base at 2000 $70,000 piece of night infrared imag- meters elevation. For our patrols, we ing binoculars in the pouring rain at 4 climb to 3000 meters along moun- a.m. I think it has finally sunk in that tain-goat paths about 6 inches in A Life Less there is an element of danger here, width with average inclines of 70 especially with an officer near me degrees. On occasion, we get lucky holding a Kalashnikov automatic rifle and jump out of a hovering helicopter Ordinary to secure my location. “But hey, its to our observation points. These still cool and boy, wont it make for observation points are 2 to 10 kilome- great stories down at the pub when I tres away. Often we take a tent, food, TRENT MAGAZINE get back?” is my next thought. So and supplies for up to 3 days at a what exactly am I doing? Technically, time. Lugging the 20+ kilos on your 6• I am a border monitor for the OSCE back for 2-5 hours is not the best part (Organisation for the Security and of the job but when you reach a sum- Cooperation of Europe) Mission in mit, the view is spectacular. I manage Georgia for the next 12+ months. to get well paid for what naturalist (See www.osce.org) tourists and alpinists pay thousands The OSCE Border Monitoring of dollars to do. However, the ele- Operation in Georgia currently ments can also be cruel and you can observes and patrols the Georgian be encased in a very cold and wet side of the northern border along cloud at which point worldly cares about 235 kilometres of the Caucuses seem to minimise as the anticipation mountain range focussing on the and luxury of a hot shower take over political and military security in many thoughts. (You take your good agreement of both nations. Patrols are with your bad I suppose.) Almost all border monitors are serving or once served as military, occasionally even from their respec- tive special forces (I seem to be a bit of an exception). As monitors on patrol, we travel in groups of 2 or 3 from our main base that houses about a dozen of us in total. We are pro- tected, since we do not carry weapons, by Georgian military guards and we always travel with a doctor and a ‘self-trained’ patrol dog. God help you if he doesn’t like you. The dog that is … I suppose that goes for the doctor as well. It is all very surreal and new to me since I am not military myself, although I have been involved with militarily in the past. So how did I get 7• here? Well, I transferred positions SPRING 2004 from the OSCE Bosnia-Herzegovina Mission where I was situated for almost 4 years assisting with political power sharing negotiations, good governance, and institution building. So why am I doing this?? Why not? I suppose I am putting my Trent politics degree to good use and felt a need for a life less ordinary. After all, it’s a nice change from the usual pace, I get to see the world, I get a nice tan, I am getting fit, and I am helping out a sensitive situation of 2 countries.

❦ Donal Doyle graduated in 1996 and went on to MA in International Studies in Ireland. He can be reached at [email protected]. guess Grade 12 students. No one has any idea how the numbers will work out.” BY JAN CARTER ’87 Despite dire predictions in Trent received over 12,000 applica- the media of long line-ups, classes tions for 1,800 positions this year, up controlled by teaching assistants and from 3,100 applications for about crowded dorms, administrators at 1,000 positions in 1999. The Double Trent suggest good strategies and Community colleges across planning prevented a crisis. Ontario applied for and received funding to add buildings in order to Cohort: “This has been a positive event for accommodate some of the fall-out us,” says Susan Salusbury, University from the “double cohort” – students Registrar. “The awareness of the who chose to attend college either more an importance of a post-secondary edu- because they weren’t accepted by cation as a whole has never been universities or because they opted for higher. The public may have had an an alternative education. Pressured by opportunity initial negative impression of the the provincial government, universi- ‘double cohort,’ but it certainly raised ties made space for all applicants who the profile of a university education, “qualified”, thereby eliminating a lot than a and that’s a good thing. It got the of that potential fall-out. public’s and the government’s atten- Trent University took over a tion.” vacant Bible college on a four-year crisis This year’s first-year class at Trent lease in order to accommodate ‘dou- was the largest ever at over 1,800 stu- ble cohort’ students; they are affiliat- dents, with a 52 percent increase in ed with the new Peter Gzowski TRENT MAGAZINE the number of students direct from College, which is not yet built. It will high school. Trent’s overall student sit between Otonabee College and 8• population actually increased by only the river on the East Bank of the cam- 16 percent, with the increase in pus; however, it won’t be finished first-year students partly offset until Spring 2004. by a decrease in out-of-province The registration process changed and transfer students. this year, in part to accommodate the This year, both colleges and task of processing so many more stu- universities found themselves in dents. For the better part of two a guessing game as to which decades, first-year Trent students students would apply to which woke up early on the Friday of schools. The Ontario govern- Introductory Seminar Week (ISW) to ment encouraged universities to stagger into line-ups to register for open their doors to as many classes. Hardest of all was getting the students as possible who met right tutorial – and of course, if one university admissions stan- ABOVE: David French ’80 (Senior Tutor, dards. This could have resulted in a Champlain College), Wendy Kleinfeldt doubling of admissions, something and Lara Harmon. RIGHT: Nathan Pritula. most universities would not be able OPPOSITE: Trent Central Students to handle structurally or academically. Association at Clubs & Groups Day dur- It will continue to be a challenge ing Intro Week. for universities to assess their applica- tion numbers over the next few years. “In the past, we weren’t compet- ing directly with the colleges,” explains Salusbury. “Those in OAC applied to the universities, and those in Grade 12 went to the colleges. Now it will be difficult to second- were in Arts, the goal was not to schedule anything on Fridays! This year, over 1,500 new students and parents took part in registration and orientation programs held over the summer. As a result, more than 87 percent of first-year students knew their schedules and majors before they stepped onto the campus. The traditional information seminars still ran during ISW, though attendance was reportedly down. One of the biggest questions so far of this ‘double cohort’ is whether they will make the grade. With half of the students coming from Grade 12, and the other from OAC, educators and parents had been concerned that the Grade 12 graduates may not be 9• able to function at the academic level Boyne says the ASC has been busy Champlain when I’m out on the SPRING 2004 expected of first-year university stu- since the third week in September – bridge … it’s so cool!” dents. Fortunately, these fears have “slightly earlier than normal.” He Leighton reports that she spends not been realized. In fact, Salusbury continues: “Many of our appoint- 23 hours a week in classes or labs – suggests that the quality of the stu- ments have been process-oriented, she’s in the sciences – and feels quite dents has gone up, even with govern- i.e., looking at the big picture instead comfortable with both the workload ment pressure to accept hundreds of asking us to proofread.” and the level of performance required more students than usual. While some Ontario university despite the fact that she graduated “Some faculty members have been administrators have suggested that Grade 12 from a small boarding quite delighted,” Salusbury says. “I’ve the ‘double cohort’ concerns were school in Nova Scotia. heard them say that students have more hype than reality, others say Despite being warned by school been coming to every class prepared that preparation and planning made officials not to be optimistic for an and ready for it.” the potentially disastrous transition a Ontario-university acceptance Salusbury thinks, as do many oth- smooth one. because of the ‘double cohort,’ she ers in the academic community, that The ‘double cohort’ didn’t become and friend Edna Carloss made Trent because of the media focus on the a crisis at Trent, because administra- their first choice. ‘double cohort’ and the increased tors, staff, and faculty have been “I knew someone who went here,” awareness of the precariousness of planning for it since the mid-90s. As explains Leighton. “He didn’t really university acceptance, that the Boyne says, “Now that we’re in ‘it,’ I have to say anything – the change in newest group of students knows think it is business as usual.” him was incredible. He blossomed what’s at stake. They are aware there here.” are others waiting in line to take their MEET A FEW OF TRENT’S Both Leighton and Carloss enjoy place should they not be able to per- NEWEST STUDENTS Trent so far, and their opinions mirror form. Lara Harman is 17 and graduated those of other Trent students accord- Martin Boyne, Trent Alumnus and from Grade 12 at Muskoka Lakes ing to The Globe and Mail’s Univer- Director of the Academic Skills Centre Secondary School. She now lives in sity Report Card of October 2003. (ASC), says that he and ASC represen- C-House at Otonabee College. She Through an on-line study orches- tatives spoke at every registration ses- doesn’t feel disadvantaged by either trated by The Globe in April and May sion; they talked to parents as well as her age or her education. of last year, over 276 Trent students students, and sold many essay-writ- “I was an honours student, and reported on everything from quality ing and study-skills publications. most of my upper year courses were of education to student services and “There’s no reason to say that the with OAC students anyway,” she financial aid. Experts ranked student Grade 12 students will be less pre- says, “so I feel pretty confident in my answers to more than 100 questions, pared than their OAC counterparts,” abilities.” divided into ten main and 58 sub-cat- he says. “They’re younger, and may “I love it here,” says first-year, egories. be more vulnerable, so when the Champlain student Danielle Leighton. Students voted Trent first in the crunch hits, I think their parents will “There’s a lot of spirit. I love the main category of “Quality of Educa- play a key role.” campus: I especially love looking at tion;” however, the campus didn’t do LEFT: Rolando Plaza. OPPOSITE: Erica so well when it came to technology. White, Teresa Cheng, Nadia Jaffer and Leighton and Carloss agree. Fatima Kamalia. “It’s terrible,” confesses Leighton. “Everyone had the Internet already when we moved into the dorms at As for residence life, Nadia Jaffer high school. We’ve waited all week says that she “was expecting prison for it here.” … oatmeal and green sprouts” and “We waited in line for two hours,” that she’s been pleasantly surprised. adds Carloss, “and the Internet and “The people here are amazing, and I phone still don’t work.” It took until absolutely love my Dons…and the the end of the first week at school for food.” The 19-year-old OAC graduate them to be “connected”. For their is just hoping to “balance out generation, this is just “too long” to between homework and hanging out wait. Instant access is a reality else- with friends.” She too admits to where, and they expected it at Trent. walking slowly across the bridge This class of students is probably in because she loves the views of the closer contact with family members – workload. “I have about three or four river and the campus. daily rather than weekly, through hours of homework every night,” she “It’s beautiful,” she smiles. “For instant messaging software – than explains. “Most of my friends are me, if I find the atmosphere to be any previous generation. underage … they seem to be manag- great, my attitude is much happier. I They do agree on the high quality ing well [but we] spend most of [our] feel that I’d actually want to go to of the faculty. As to workload, she social time here at Gzowski.” school, if not for the work, then at says, “my workload hasn’t been bad “I talk to my family every night least to see the beautiful scenery.” so far, keeping in mind that the pro- online and make occasional phone Jaffer is one of the few students

TRENT MAGAZINE fessors are trying to ease us into uni- calls on Sundays when my sister is who admitted to not knowing what versity life.” home,” White adds. subjects she wanted to study. “I

10 • The bartenders and owners of These students’ experiences don’t came to Trent with no idea of what I downtown pubs and bars are also mean that underage drinking doesn’t was going to study. I’m still unsure of well aware that more than half of the happen in the new millennium, what I want to do,” she says. “I must first-year class is underage. though. For those who are underage, have changed my schedule at least 20 Carloss says, “The Rooster has many engage in the age-old tradition times.” wet/dry night on Wednesdays and of drinking at house parties. “I’m so glad I chose Trent, and I’m the Vibe has wet/dry night on “There are parties happening every sure this will be a great year,” she Fridays. I’m 17, so it limits me partial- weekend,” says Nathan Pritula, 18. says. “I’d have to say I LOVE this ly, because those are the only two “Where the Toga parties go on, place, and I honestly could not have nights that I can go to the clubs.” drinking is a must … or so I hear from wished for anything better.” “It’s surprisingly hard to find good my friends at Trent. I’m just happy wet/dry nights at places,” says that I don’t have to feel nervous CHANGES AT TRENT Leighton, “especially when you go to about sitting with the older students The heightened public and govern- classes, but it’s not that bad.” at lunch. Everyone here just wants to ment awareness of the needs of this Erica White, a 19-year-old Peter be a friend and help each other; this double-cohort class resulted in capital Gzowski College student, says that school is definitely awesome.” He funds becoming available for new while her age is an asset, she doesn’t and friends think the new drinking buildings and upgrades to existing usually go out at night because of the age should be 18 to keep in tune with infrastructure. the changing ages of first year college “Universities haven’t seen capital and university students. spending like this on campuses since “As for being prepared for univer- the 1970s,” Susan Salusbury, Univer- sity,” Pritula says, “so far so good. sity Registrar explains. “The ‘double However, that is only because I am cohort’ will be a group of students working ‘my ass off here’ (pardon the who arrive and leave, but the new language). I was prepared for univer- and improved buildings will stay.” sity only because I wanted scholar- This has resulted in many changes ships.” The Grade 12 graduate is con- to the face of Trent. New chemistry fident in the skills he learned at facilities and a new college – Peter Niagara Falls’ Westlane Secondary Gzowski College – are midway School, and knows that his hard work through construction on the East will pay off. Bank of the Otonabee River. Students Slated to open in May 2004 on the Academically, the university has living in the former Peter Robinson East Bank, Peter Gzowski College’s hired 28 new tenure-track faculty, and College townhouses now call rust-red steel beams and 5-storey grey there are more than 40 contract facul- Catherine Parr Traill College home, walls provide the view from Bata ty filling in for the next few years of and the university leased a former Library now, instead of Otonabee temporary influx of students. Trent @ Bible college on Argyle Street for four College. It will become home to the Durham has extended their course years to cover the ‘double cohort’. new Consecutive Teacher Education offerings, and seven of the new facul- According to a Toronto Star report, and Nursing programs, as well as ty members will teach at Trent @ over 50 percent of Toronto-based high Business Administration, Economics Durham. school students went back for Grade and Mathematics, the Office of New programs such as the Trent 12.5 this year, and university officials Research and Graduate Studies and Consecutive Teacher Education pro- expect the ‘double cohort’ to affect The First People’s House of Learning. gram and the Trent University-Sir admissions numbers at least until Like the other colleges, lecture halls Sandford Fleming College Nursing 2007-2008. will share space with performance program have met and exceeded their Change has always been a part of spaces, classrooms and residence target enrollments and promise to be Trent University’s landscape. The rooms. a big lure to incoming students in the campus has been evolv- future. ing ever since the first “I actually think group of students it is the changes at • 11 stepped onto the scene Trent that are more in September 1964. profound, and hav- SPRING 2004 Back then, students ing more of an wore their robes daily, impact than the and took classes and ate fact that some of at a Rubidge Street loca- the students are tion. Male students were younger,” says housed at Peter David French, Don, Robinson, while female Senior Tutor, students resided at Fencing Coach, Catherine Parr Traill. In and Alumnus. “I time, the main campus lament a lot of the was built, and co-ed losses … but dorms became the norm. [these students] The Rubidge Street know it as it is building was sold, and departments The new Chemical Sciences now, and they love it. So who am I to and facilities moved up to what Building will be attached to the say they are missing something?” became Champlain, Lady Eaton, and Science Complex on the East Bank, For many alumni, the physical Otonabee. near Wenjack Theatre. New labs for changes at the campus may come as How many alumni remember “The research and teaching were targeted a great surprise. For others, perhaps Crypt” in the Bio/Geo building? In the for completion this winter, while ren- those who attend the annual Head- 1980s, this building became the tem- ovations to the Science Complex of-the-Trent reunion faithfully, the porary “Staging Building” and housed have also been finished. Physics, new buildings have slowly become administrative offices; it has since Biology and Environmental Sciences part of a now-familiar landscape. become a permanent fixture on cam- students now have access to new lec- Nothing truly ever stays the same: pus and been named Blackburn Hall. tures rooms and classrooms. the students of the 60s missed out The Environmental Sciences Building The student pub The Trend at on much of the main campus; those – until now the most recent major Traill College has opened a new café of the 70s and 80s were too early for addition to the campus – was built in and the former squash court at the ERS building and upgraded facili- the early 90s. Champlain College is now a computer ties; and the students of the 90s were New buildings, though, have lab. Former TSU offices have been unable to experience either the funki- appeared on the Trent skyline thanks turned into Sculler’s: Deli and a Tim ness of the “Crypt” or the heyday of to the influx of new students and the Horton’s outlet. “The Hangman.” New students think first injection of capital funding in a The Arthur, the Trent Women’s the concept of having one college decade. Centre, the Trent Queer Collective Don is “cool,” while many alumni (TQC) and the Ontario Public Interest cannot imagine a college with only Research Group (OPIRG) now occupy one Don. There are those who will be Stratton House, at former Peter aghast at the idea of a Tim Horton’s Robinson College. or Pizza Pizza franchise on campus, Ultimately, the newest first-year Cheng, 18, who graduated from while others may lament never having students are attending Trent for the Grade 12 at an American school in had quick and easy access to the same reason as generations of other Taiwan. “I find myself surrounded by perennial student favourites of pizza students: to learn. intelligent people, and it’s absolutely and coffee. “I’m really enjoying the challenge,” wonderful!” ❦ says Peter Gzowski student Teresa

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Champlain College Reunion ❦ Classes of 1983, 1984 and 1985

Has it been almost 20 years since you slept in a “staircase” and ate “Beaver Foods” in the Great Hall? Do you remember when the most pressing issue on your mind was how to get that essay written while not missing a pub night at the Ceilie or the Commoner?

Return to a time when 80s music was not “retro”, when you could buy a draft beer for $1.00, and when an afternoon could easily be spent discussing life with your floormates.

We hope that you will join us for a nostalgic afternoon with your fellow Champlain alumni. Get reacquainted with old friends, and catch up on the years that have passed since you first arrived at your new home on the shores of the Otonabee River.

Plan to attend the 2004 Head of the Trent, during which this reunion will take place. Further details will be provided to you by mail in early 2004. October 2, 2004 13 • SPRING 2004 and geography majors (our majors and geography ERS The camp has always been fortu- been has always The camp always the first to fill), and, like the the first to fill), and, like always student population, the majori- Trent ty of the staff brings a broad base of experiences and interests to camp. is stiff – there are always Competition approximately 100 applicants for over nature and outdoor programs are bination of indoor and outdoor facili- and outdoor of indoor bination virtually camp ties. The takes over the PSB Wilson Athletic Complex but also benefits during the summer, and fields, forests, from the many envi- trailsnumerous within the Trent sets us apartronment. What from staff, camp is the the camps other uni- are upper-year of whom majority students or graduates. We versity mature, experienced and dedi- enjoy cated staff everywho make moment camp Our our campers. special for and quality families recognize this the last three years, Over uniqueness. spaces by filled most camp have we break. March number of quali- a great nate to have fied and talentedapplicants from the suffer do not We student body. Trent education or of physical from a lack kinesiology programs to attract our ideal staff members. Among some of staff are many our Trent-student Education students, varsity athletes, intramural captains, outdoor enthusi- asts, ) TSSC ou may have visited have ou may This positive Y Symons campus during summer the Symons campus community expecting quiet to find a of staff the and faculty preparing for September rush of students, only to little bodies, see an abundance of dressed in white t-shirts and bucket hats porting water around bottles than more summer, Each campus. of 15 years to from five 600 children eight for descend upon Trent age weeks friendship. of fun and The Summer Sports ( Camp Trent was introduced in 1993, and has become a significant connec- quickly and Peterbo- the Trent tion between was rough communities. The camp then Intramural-introduced by (or ‘Kit Coordinator Chris Kitchen as Kat’ at camp) as he is still known the use of to maximize an ideal way the athletic facilities during the spring impor- and as another and summer, the depart- for tant source of revenue later, years ment of Athletics. Eleven for of choice it has become the camp peo- young many ple, drawing from the campers local region, other the provinces, States, and United In our overseas. shorteleven years of operation, we a developed have strong reputation among students, staff, alumni, and the Peterborough community. reputation is the fac- result of many tors. Unique camps, among day all of our camp sessions are two- us the time give weeks long, which a special bond with our to develop a wonderful com- have We campers. Trent Trent

Summer with the

BY BRUCE EMMERTON ’97 BRUCE EMMERTON BY Connecting

Community Sports Camp: 14 • TRENT MAGAZINE teachable andhow chunks, help to of “breakingdown activities into camp hertheimportance life taught in teaching, andremembers how whohavecamp staff pursuedacareer (Vatter) ’92 classes today.” inmyof theactivitiesandgames to my teaching career. Istillusemany skill development agreatlead-up was that “planningactivitiesandlearning became known as‘Yuri’) remembers who spenttwo seasonsatcamp (and tion degreeatTrent. year topursueaBachelor ofEduca- next factor inhisdecisiontoreturn effective leadershipabilitiesasamajor develop to camp, andtheopportunity McKinley ’94 in teaching orother careers. oped whileatcamp, whetherinvolved for theskillsandattitudesthey devel- active memberofacommunity. and ultimately, and tobeasupportive nicate effectively topeopleofallages, ing how teach, lead,to to commu- to like learn- full ofmany opportunities, ronment we enjoy summeris every fessional andpersonallives. Theenvi- inboth ourpro- which areimportant sonal andproblemsolvingskills todevelophelps everyone interper- ing totellpeoplefor years. Camp the camping communityhasbeentry- fact,however,important something ofwork.weeks They know avery onlyamountstonine most often tough decisiontoacceptajobthat grow upandget arealjob”,andthe questions like “whenthey’re goingto oftheirpeerswhoask regular scorn who work atcamp stillendurethe ment Ihave experienced.” Students personal andprofessional develop- for opportunity “the greatestlearning hissevendescribes as years onstaff tocampreturns each summer, who now teaches highschool and ’96 it istothecampers. as ronment isasbeneficialtothestaff beliefs: thecampfundamental envi- which oneofthecamp’s confirms each return year), of the30staff 15 newpositionseach year (over half Our staff alumniarefullofpraise Our staff (or Tank, asheisknown atcamp) is alsooneofthemany credits histimeat Susan Munderich Mike Halloran, Sandy Earl’92 Gerald their ‘studies’ atthe Centre, andhave sincecontinued connection attheTrent Day Care theirTrentof ourcampers started number says Asubstantial Marilyn. later inlife. Whatagreatprivilege!” other peopledon’t get untilmuch with beinginauniversity settingthat Already, they have level a comfort campus withallithastooffer. cial for themtobeonthisbeautiful parent, Ifindit’s benefi- enormously through thecamp each year. Asa oftheTrentbe apart community to theopportunity to ly lookforward role models.“Mytwo children eager- fromwell-roundedthings andlearn new ideal placefor herchildren totry three years, andseesthecamp asan her sonanddaughterfor thepast cations environment. DirectorofCommuni- their children toconnecttheTrent forbut alsoaunique opportunity for theirchildren,summer experience find thecamp not onlyaconvenient tosociety.”ate contributor mately teaches you tobeapassion- ment canreallyconnect,andulti- camp shows usthatwork andexcite- No matterwhatcareeryou choose, oneself. bility andtheneedtoextend remembers thatcamp “required flexi- Director,sons atcamp astheProgram Kerr ’96 a thirdseasonatcamp. vidual,” says Barry, whojustfinished oftheindi- recognize theimportance ty, toteach respectfor ideas,andto at camp tobuildourclasscommuni- classroom usingtechniques Ilearned “I have timeinmy spentconsiderable remarks that areapplicabletoeveryday life, skills.” skills Andit’s not justsport developing theirphysical andsocial children buildselfesteemthrough strong vibrant community.strong vibrant Mykids powerful because the camp isa the magicthatthiscamp creates isso just aboutconvenient summercare– Grace MahoneyGrace ’86 Needs AccommodationsCoordinator, the sonanddaughterofSpecial “Sending my children to Other Alumni”,summer2003). Staff andfacultyoftheUniversityStaff Marilyn Burns ’00 Burns Marilyn Barry van Dompseler’96 van Barry , whospentoneofhissea- TSSC . (see“Trent’s For Justin , including TSSC has sent is not . and Switzerland,ourown alumni the United Germany, States, France, Quebec, Nunavut, Columbia, British comed campers fromallover Ontario, by for aday projectco-initiated (astaff who donatedtheirwagescamp staff includes over by $2500raised the overfund hasraised $8000,which Development thischaritable office, withthe chance. Inpartnership havesons, mightnot normally the camp whofor financialorfamilyrea- kidsto tohelpbring established In 2000,theShareCamp Fund was success ofthecamp anditsactivities. of camp, the we continuetocelebrate inherclasses! games ed someofherkids’ favourite camp toteaching,returned andhasadopt- even further. Lisbethhasrecently with them.” Theconnectiongoes ofourtimeatTrent stories sharing summer for thekids,andwe enjoy and asparents.It’s ahighlightofthe beinvolvedare “proudto assponsors her feel old,butalsosays thatthey ing herkidstoalmamatermakes and alumni.Lisbethjokes thatsend- of theconnectionbetween thecamp camp since1996)isasolidexample children (whohave beencomingto involvement, andthatoftheirthree since1995.Their Photographics, through theirbusiness,Trent have beensponsorsofthecamp ’82 being camp parents, activities inAthletics.” Inadditionto ofmy tothe life,part particularly abig themtowhatwas “it exposes involved atTrent, inprograms saying herboys wants tobe year!” Karen favourite. It’s aboutall allthey talk camps,” “butthisistheir says Karen, camp since1998.“We’ve other tried have beensendingtheirthreeboys to Sisson ’78 camp-parents andsupporters. says Grace. in andarerecognizedasmembers” campus, it’s aplacethey feel athome have theentirebeautiful explored As we preparefor our12thseason ofour Alumni form alarge part Nora Scott’98 Nora and Lisbeth Shaw-Cullen ’83 continued onpage 30 and herhusbandBruce ). We have wel- Michael Cullen Karen 15 • SPRING 2004 Janine and ) attended Trent University ) attended Trent ❦ Both Jenny and Cyril’s daughters and Cyril’s Jenny Both Math seems to be an important on informal emphasis Trent’s Margot Bassman ’77 teaching was style. in a lecture done teaching she realized to Trent, she came When and staffthat the faculty both were “The and insightful. approachable are veryfaculty members enlight- of knowledge see that kind ened. To passed on is incredible” and attitude inter- With on informal an emphasis truly educated. felt action, Jenny ( Carter ’74 Janine, Her eldest daughter, as well. her father. like studied mathematics an Honours After completing of ArtsBachelor in math, she contin- earning a ued her studies eventually Margot, daughter, Ph.D. Her youngest degree in English a general completed and economics. as Margot’s the family, for focus She is attending Trent. daughter Amy, is studying Concurrent Education as its forti- nears as math. As Trent well this family has three eth anniversary, been part of who have generations University. Trent and community is what teaching the most. With the Jenny impressed of her family attend- third generation she has faith that as ing the school, will these qualities grows Trent remain. , married to Jenny CarterJenny his past September the third his past September Jenny sees Trent University as an University sees Trent Jenny generation of Cartergeneration started women her undergraduate degree at Trent University. the late mathematics professor Cyril professor the late mathematics in career startedCarter, her Trent she had studied at 1969. Previously of London and College the University With the obtained in French. a degree at she found academic freedom that lan- she continued to study Trent, She enrolled in a varietyguage. of classes including German, Spanish a class on nuclear war. took and even the Jenny gave University Trent opportunity to what interested study a strict her most without imposing After com- her to follow. for schedule pleting her degree in the 80s she degree decided to pursue a master’s had Jenny in Canadian Studies. of Trent admired the founders always and since it was their University, on Canadian focus desire that Trent she took up the challenge. Studies, John like With great professors and Bruce Hodgins, her Wadland memories but pleasant. are nothing While study- interactive environment. in London, she ing at a university there was interac-no informal found All the tion with the professors. T Three

BY JOE TEFT ’99 JOE TEFT BY at Trent

of the Cyril and Jenny Carter and Jenny Cyril of the Scholarship in Environmental Scholarship Studies, with Jenny Carter ’69. Carter Jenny with Studies, Marion Wylie (left) 2003 recipient Wylie Marion

University Generations 16 • TRENT MAGAZINE Effects: The Forecasting Big Picture BY M.DALE RODGER ’77 Fate and Engineering ResearchEngineering Council( C Graduate Program ( Program Graduate date withtheWatershed Ecosystems pleted, themodel canbeusedtopre- platform. Once com- an oil-drilling well released from asprocesswater oilspills,as used tolookatmarine model underdevelopment willbe environment.oil inthemarine The chronic andacute,fateeffects of both the of modellingthatexamines there hasbeenlittlework inthefield Newfoundland. AccordingtoChris, offthecoastof ment, particularly environ-also interestedinthemarine his research infreshwater, is Chris lakes andriver basins.Inadditionto ofthesechemicalsconcentration in both themovementdetermine and willbeableto oped, thecollaborators shampoo. Usingamodelhedevel- detergent, dishsoap,and as laundry chemicalsof “down thedrain” such Unilever thefateandeffects examing researchlaborative projectwith regulationsontheother.essary hand andavoid uneconomic,unnec- onone sources ofcontamination to aidinthecontrolofexcessive ers canthenmake informed decisions entists, policymakers andpractition- Furnished withthisinformation, sci- ofeffects. andrisk sources, exposure between areestablished links is collectedandanalyzed,quantative approach. data Oncetheappropriate ronment –the“bigpicture” and effects ofchemicals intheenvi- andpredictthefate tists understand analyticaltoolthathelpsscien- erful level. andgraduate the undergrad teach to scienceat the opportunity mass balancemodelapproach and chemicals intheenvironment usinga researching thefateandeffects of ing two ofhislongheldgoals– years willassistMr. Warren inrealiz- of Canada.Netting $70,000over two ( Scholarshipgious CanadaGraduate 143 recipientstoreceive thepresti- CGS Chris is currently involved iscurrently Chris inacol- The massbalancemodelisapow- ) from the Natural Sciencesand ) fromtheNatural hris Warren,hris aPhD.candi- WEGP ) was oneof ) was NSERC ) CBC BobMcDonald,hostofthe journalist, be creditedtotheCanadianscience theenvironment. preserving moving closertohisdesirefor Chris attend conferences andlecturesis to teaching andtheopportunity modelling,likingTrent,ronmental Professor Mackay, a pioneer inenvi- forto beright –working Chris with work, thefithasprovenof doctoral Dr. Mackay. Now inhissecondyear have work to with theopportunity tocontinue realized hewanted vision ofProfessor DonMackay, Chris cations ofModellingunderthesuper- While completing hisM.Sc.inAppli- proved fitfor tobean exact me.” along withthesmalluniversity, it really fitwithmy interests, sothat, todo–it whatIwanted is exactly thesis supervisor, Dr. JulianDust,an sion for teaching. Chris’s undergrad studiesandhispas- in environmental University for developing hisinterest credits two professors fromMemorial speak atTrent University.” also Chris two invited years agowhenhewas to meetBob to having theopportunity What hefound was reallywonderful based oneveryday sciencefor kids. that show, a scienceshow thatwas gram, ( ModellingCentre Environmental Sciences andtheCanadian andSocial Modelling oftheNatural inApplicationsof Program graduate “chose Trent becausethey have the school he setting.AccordingtoChris, inasmall elling andparticularly Masters level mod- inenvironmental desire tocontinuehisstudiesatthe small campus acquired thatChris a of Newfoundland. onthis Itwas University locatedonthewest coast GrenfellWilfred College atMemorial scienceatSir degree inenvironmental degradation. minimizeenvironmental to sary in additiontooutliningstepsneces- dict potential damage, environmental CEMC Chris’s earlyinterestinsciencecan Chris completedChris hisundergrad children’s sciencetelevision pro- ). The Wonderstruck continued onpage 30 CEMC mission statement . “Iusedtolove 17 • SPRING 2004 . ❦ www.e- ), its 3M Teaching www.facultyware.ca STLHE while the faculty resources “This tool may help teachers tailor help teachers tool may “This ini- the two of The combined force learning. will mea- questionnaire The the student’s of sure compatibility their hard- as learning as well style the completed ware. Once they’ve a get students can questionnaire, why them printout will show that for ready not they’re are or why they Internet learning. Ms. Lund-Lucas the tool will also assist faculty notes facilitating the transitionmembers by from the classroom to in teaching, cyberspace. methods to utilize their teaching Ms. Lund-Lucas, says technology,” on a number is working adding Trent the site. Slated to of submissions for later this fall, the student launch toolkit will be on-line at kit.info/ will be posted at Aline professor Trent Former Germaine-Rutherford is one of the team members spearheading the fac- ulty resource portion of the initiative. experiencewill be a unique tiatives under the leader- bringing together, of Ottawa, ship of the University Publishing Co., McGraw-Hill Ryerson (Centre for Carleton University in Education), Queen’s Initiative Society University, Trent University, and Learning in Higher Teaching for Education ( Fellows, University of Guelph, University Fellows, Concordia Laurentian University, of Western University University, of Toronto, Ontario, University Saint-Boniface (Manitoba), Collège of Moncton, Université University Saint-Jean Ste-Anne, la Faculté of Alberta), of (University University Prince-Edward Island, Consortium en Santé. de Formation National facultyde- facultydevelop- ) project, which ), its 3M Teaching will be an Internet STLHE UCCELA ike the World Wide Web, the World ike . While the objective of e-Kit . While the objective One of the tools Trent has pre- One of the tools Trent Trent University’s Special Needs Special University’s Trent of the “On-line learning is the way Inc. announced the CANARIE L Fellow program and the publisher Fellow Publishing. McGraw Hill Ryerson posting on e-Kit is a ques- pared for students to tionnaire that will allow on-line assess their readiness for includes the e-Kit and facultydevelop- the 14 institu- ment.ca. Meanwhile, tions are partnering with the Society and Learning in Higher Teaching for Education ( education that is accessible to all that is accessible to education and boundariescrosses borders – pri- marily of place and time. So, those to teaching what better complement and learning the classroom than in learningcyberspace? On-line has dis- tinct advantages, though teaching conceptu- we and the way techniques continues to be alize on computer explored. Services and Interactive Learning Centre are contributing to this explo- ration through national post-sec- as La ondary such initiatives school e-Kit and Trousse, ment.ca for an electronic toolkit is to develop students learning on-line, velopment.ca faculty members instruct- resource for ing on-line. One of 14 institutions – known participate, to invited Trent its past performance in adaptabili-for ty – will contribute from and benefit this bilingual resource collection. of coping with future. It will be a way the changing factor and the growth says demands of the students,” Special Eunice Lund-Lucas, of Trent’s in work Services.Needs “Trent’s like professors by teaching innovative and John Earnshaw, Jim Parker, us the recog- gave Jonathon Swallow us to be a partnernition that allowed project.” in this exciting Collabora- funding of the University E-learning Communities for tive Adoption ( and

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Cyberspace Learning in Particularly when and if one were to be called upon to support someone in a crisis situation! BY LIZ FLEMING ’77 Rod Matheson ’76 has been in Sierra Leone for the past six God Bless the Air Force months, as a part of the Canadian A long-standing critique of the Armed Forces support initiative. Airforce is that they are unreliable Sierra Below is the first instalment of his (don’t fly in poor weather) and often fascinating chronicles. unable to meet planned schedules. In Leone addition, the Airforce is well known OPERATION SCULPTURE for its ability to demand and find the Operation SCULPTURE is the finest stopovers and living accommo- Canadian Forces commitment to the dations in their flight-planned stop- Adventures International Mission Advisory and overs. Well they lived up to their Training Team in Sierra Leone. billing. We bussed all night to meet a Canada sends over a team of seven very early departure flight (early persons to support a British lead con- departure in order to make it to the tingent of about 130 professional offi- Canary Islands) only to have the cers and senior non-commissioned flight be delayed seven hours – due officers who are trying to rebuild the to not having completed the manda- SL forces so that they can, eventually, tory pre-flight checks (too early for autonomously secure the peace of some of the crew). We (the Army their nation and allow SL to move and Navy passengers) waited out the ahead in its economic development. delay by sleeping on the very uncom- fortable terminal benches, regularly TRENT MAGAZINE PART ONE: THE TRIP wakened to be told of another delay. Gathering In Ottawa The repeated messages of delay were

18 • We assembled in Ottawa, 8-10 June delivered by a well practiced series of smiling and apologetic terminal staff who after pausing to console the exhausted and frustrated (stranded) passengers offered another home brewed coffee whilst ensuring they ordered their own Tim Horton’s, near- ly out of earshot of the growingly desperate cargo (read passenger). God bless the casual and nonchalant Airforce!

The Hercules Picture the Hollywood film where one sees a pirate or two who operate a dilapidated aircraft (with a question- able service record) that transports anything and everything (make a buck!) to anywhere = Air America (a Mel Gibson movie). The ‘Hercs’ are aging/old military cargo aircraft wide- Rod Matheson ’76 (above centre), shown 2003, to go through the final briefin- ly used by western airforces. They are here with Dan Coholan ’77 and gs (intelligence, operations and poli- constantly criss-crossing the globe Jamie Fleming ’76. cies) for Op SCULPTURE. We were supporting the military and humani- hoping that by meeting, the entire tarian activities of the world. team would be able to get to know The aircraft was fitted with an air- one another because the key in such craft galley and 15 old, thin 707 an operation is to get along well with seats. It was so full that one had to the people in your small team. squeeze between the wall of the fuse- lage when walking around the plane. 19 • SPRING 2004 continued on page 30 continued on page The Lungi Ferry The Lungi the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown, mouth from the wide river is across a Lungi Airport.connection The only the airport,between a than other broad river around the drive five-hour and the capital is a bent and estuary, up ex-easternbanged ferry European and over-crowded that is always putrid smelling. The tripon that ferry the were was – there we unique amongst utter ‘white men’ wealthy the minority but all were We poverty. contact. to We our eye bow would – the elite of society were being white and in military uniform regal status.equalled were People their own by pushed out of the way appear to be to even kind in order not Being only on of about in our way. sol- 12 whites on board, and western the main attrac- were diers at that, we out In fact, I found tion of curiosity. later that the Sierra is both Leonean the British or by terrified awed and the I guess that’s soldier. western suffer become when you you way of a civil warthrough 12 years caused against its revolts army when your people. own Kissy the had seen already, as we As much most dramatic to come. sight was yet the wharf-side borough, was Kissy, in its rawness – the full shocking spectrum was of the third world here in all its varieties.people There were everywhere. sidewalks There are no and no rules of the road – just a con- stant, serious traffic mingling jam, people and tired old cars (most of are either discarded or stolen which People European diesel stink pots). as vehicle right up beside your were through the way ‘ploughed’ your you The pedestrians sea of humanity. of cars seemed to think nothing pushing them into the gutter or near- their toes. Despite the ly driving over the putrid smell of weather, clammy and human waste, wood burning wet diesel exhaust, the people choking seemed to go about their business Ramshackle huts line the roads. the Airport minutes from a is Ten Picture partsPicture bags, corrugat- of plastic and rusted sheets, ed steel from age strapped gunshot twisted from and frames thin once were that bent over high buildings are barely trees. The accommodate a human enough to as though a Lake look and they Ontario away them blow wind would a family of picture in minutes. Now to eight people living in the 200 five structure. The foot hundred square is just outside the front kitchen entranceof and is made of a circle burn they rocks under which large kind that produces (the wood wet Their caldron smoke). choking heavy, (perhaps the most important and is used twice a day tool) only kitchen – usually rice and the food to make or bits and pieces of meat, chicken peo- overweight too many fish. Not ple here! are the people landowners The lucky a house beneath a large who have wide canopy tree and use the tree’s as a tent tarp. old are 60 year There European-built structures that people into. There are often moved have families in such three or four The only problem is that dwellings. been main- not the buildings have – imagine tained the last 50 years for the condition of plaster walls and ceilings in a county that suffers through 85–100 percent humidity for 6–8 months of the year. The camp. recently erected refugee ahead of the days two were refugees Liberian soldiers who had fled Army the conflict in Liberia 150 miles some In fact, the from Lungi/Freetown. after better looked by were refugees Governmental the UN and Non the than were Organizations (NGOs) Sierra Leone soldiers outside the – supposedly compound refugee What irony. guarding the refugees. Sierra Leone soldier guards trying to survive while the squalor in complete Liberian former-soldier-now-declared- fed is well only meters away refugee Days with UN money. and cared for these same Liberian troops had before threatened the very existence of Sierra Leone. As we approached the Dark approached As we Shanty Town and Refugees Shanty Town Immediately out of the front gates of Airport the shock the Freetown/Lungi I comes to life! of the Third World bor- stricken been in the poverty have oughs of Juarez, Mexico and have smelling the pungent tried to avoid odour of open gutters of human waste in Europe but this was a new and more dramatic experience. PART TWO: PART HERE’ SAFE OUT ‘QUARTERED Meeting Sierra Leone Sierra Meeting taxiedAs we to a halt on the Lungi door wasairstrip and the fuselage the felt immediately opened we extreme humidity and fragrance of minutes Africa. Ten West equatorial after our landing I was away whisked was LtCol Ian Hunt, the man I to by replace, to a Liberian intern- Army raced through the We ment camp. surrounding the airport.shantytown sens- the next 20 kilometres my Over experience of the es took in the novel in all its desperatethird world glory. extreme and ever- were The images lasting. Meeting Salone was a both and a pleasure, one that we shock the next continue over hoped would six months of duty. Continent, we could not help but could not Continent, we think what the next six months bring. would The Final Leg The Final It was as if the aircraft was a time us from the Transporting machine! mecca to the opulence of our travel depths of raw despair of one of the coun- stricken most poverty world’s left of the European flair tries. We at 0800 hrs and flew five Tenerife hours to Lungi Airport near Freetown, Sierra startled, Leone only to be intelligence despite all of our previous of training, into sensing the ‘shock’ the third world. Hercs are veryHercs moan, They loud. are they as though and seem groan apart;about to fall they nevertheless, – hence the nickname, are reliable ‘trashhaulers’. 20 • TRENT MAGAZINE CSI Trent! Forensic BY DAVID FLEMING Summer Camp DNA T samples ofourown ed our scenewhileweturb thecrime collect- had tomake surethatwe didn’t dis- evidence. scene andgather Wecrime split upintoteamstoinvestigate the realistic.We very and itwas were scene amurdercrime scene! Itwas got toinvestigate a“real”crime Wereally cool!Thenthefunstarted. opportunity to attend the very first attendthevery to opportunity dence thatwe The gathered. and got the we gathered wentwas back tothelab and labeledit.Oncealltheevidence put alltheevidence inplastic bags the evidence. We wore gloves and carefulnot tocontaminate be very a many newthingssuch ashow to do Forensic SummerCamp Ilearned DNA lots ofreallyinterestingthings. had areallygreattimeandlearned signed meupwithouttellingme,I planned onattending,my mother University. AlthoughIhadnot dence would pointus to thesuspect. exactly what exactly spent thefirstcoupleofdays learning mer, fromJuly14thto18th.We offered atthebeginningofsum- ed. while females chins aremoreround- havetend to asquare-shaped chins males and dentures.For instance, ing attheformation ofbones,skulls byremains couldbedetermined look- of andpopulationaffiliation stature interesting thattheage, gender, the remainsofabody. Ifound it happened toapersonby examining what called upontohelpdetermine Forensic anthropologistsareoften which isthestudyofhumanremains. aboutforensiclearned anthropology could bedoneonanimals.Ialso for peoplebutthatforensic profiling that forensic investigation isnot just sceneinvestigation.a crime Ilearned andtheproperwayly was toconduct DNA During thetimeIspentat During I attendedthesessionthatwas Forensic SummerCamp atTrent his pastsummerIhadthegreat profile, what DNA evidence. We alsohadto DNA DNA profiles for theevi- was andevenwas got DNA DNA ! Thatwas profiling real- DNA DNA evi- Peterborough. dent atCrestwood HighSchool in ❦ me! first day ofthecamp, incriminated own DNA, thatIhadcollectedonthe whenIfound outthatmysurprise someone. Me!!You canimaginemy found scenedidconvict at thecrime in theForensics field. tohavethink thatyou want acareer interest inscience,especiallyifyou Camp atTrent toanyone whohasan DNA DNA mend the the chance Iwould tolearn. recom- a lot thatIwould have not normally andlearned time, madesomefriends really flewby quickly. Ihadagreat Summer Camp atTrent. Theweek individual. committedby was crime aparticular thata toconvince thejury would try Basedontheevidence,gathered. we abouttheevidencewould we talk day we ofourcamp. thetrial During were having amock onthelast trial we found scene.We atthecrime with my teamtodevelop acaseusing daythe fourth ofthecamp working without assuminganything. Ispent investigators answers findtheright not assumeanything. Thatiswhy scene investigation thatyou can- was aboutcrime thingsIlearned tant of deathandbodyidentification. investigators thetime indetermining investigation. Thesemethodsaidthe sic methodsusedfor scene crime We thatthereareother foren- learned David Flemingisagrade 10stu- By theway, the I reallyenjoyed theDNA Forensic I thinkthatoneofthemostimpor- profiling andtheevidence that Ithelps profiling issovaluable. DNA Forensic Summer DNA that was Yann Martel ’81 and Shelagh Grant George Meanwell ’70 released ’76 accompanied Governor General Another Street. Meanwell, formerly Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston from Short Turn and Quartetto Gelato BY TONY STOREY ’71 Saul on State Visits to Russia, Finland is pleased with his new solo-project. and Iceland to discuss topics sur- rounding “The Modern North”. Author and peace activist Timothy Watson ’83 is returning from Korea After writing several articles and after teaching at several universities. short stories, Phillip Quinn ’73 has published his first novel, The Double, Trent Professor Joan Sangster ’70 a psychological thriller that takes has been elected to the Academy of place in the Danforth region of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Toronto. Royal Society of Canada. She has been recognized due to her excep- Fox 2000 bought the film rights to tional scholarship contributions. Yann Martel ’81’s Booker winning novel, The Life of Pi. Darren Murphy ’96 is the Peterborough Examiner’s new adver- Frozen Dreams, a play involving Trent tising director. • 21 Storeyline: Alumnus Jack Roe ’73, and friend of the Alumni Association Gillian Brooke Davies ’91 had an astonish- SPRING 2004 Wilson won the Cultural Achieve- ing summer. Her family won five mil- Alumni in ment Civic Award by the city of lion dollars on Lotto 6/49. Peterborough. Work Creatively, a business that the News After a bad relationship, a boy heads coaches individuals for Career Equity down to New Orleans where he was founded by President Mary- meets up with a woman who offers Frances Fox ’73 more than he wants. Rapid Descent by Steve Nicholls ’76 won the Short Phillip Panter ’76 dedicated his life Fiction Category of the Writers to science. This teacher and radiation Federation of New Brunswick award safety officer has been making a differ- in 2003. ence in the Kawarthas for 47 years.

above: Friends of the late Mark MacLeod ’77 gathered at Otonabee College quad during Head of the Trent 2003 to dedicate a memorial plaque (left) and tree. Many thanks are expressed to organizer Wanda Markham ’77 and Jeff Holba ’77 for his Remembering Mark ode. Mark’s friends salute the Trent University grounds crew for their detailed and thoughtful attention to the memorial tree, bench and rock. By using seed oils, such as canola or School of Education and Professional take a stand against crime in their flax oil, rather than petroleum-based Learning. neighbourhood. products, Dr. Sursesh Narine ’91 is creating biodegradable industrial Susan Yager ’93 dedicates herself to Peter Elliot ’73, Dean of the diocese products from renewable resources. life long learning, as she turns fifty of New Westminster and rector of this year she also receives her third Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver After a decade of helping students university degree. was elected Deputy Prolocutor of create personal professional teaching General Synod. portfolios Deborah Berrill ’69 has Bermuda Member of Parliament John created an evaluation technique. She Barritt ’68 has called on Bermudan The Hastings and Prince Edward is also heading Trent University’s police forces to protect informers who Regiment Remembrance Day Dinner involved Ray McGill ’82 and Padre Paul Gemmiti ’83.

Edwin Alonzo Boyd: The Life and Crimes of Canada’s Master Bank Robber is Nate Hendley ’85’s first book. RIGHT: 2003 recipi- ents of the Dan Nancy Laton ’86 was called to the Coholan ’77 bar on July 17, 2003. Rowing Bursary are Lauren Chewter The University of Nebraska Press ’02 and Peter Van published Ruth Landes: A Life in Rooijen ’01. Anthropology by Sally Cole ’69. ❦ TRENT MAGAZINE 22 •

May Day! May Day! Come celebrate May Day and Spring with fellow Trent alums! Join us for the second annual [email protected] event. Here is your chance to meet other Trent alumni working in the federal public service. Drop in and see old friends and meet new contacts. This will be a great chance to share stories and make connections. Everyone is welcome! Cash bar, munchies provided, courtesy of the Trent University Alumni Association. For more information please contact Holly Stardom ’95 at (819) 997-8373 or [email protected] WHEN: Thursday, April 29, 2004 5:30–7:30 pm WHERE: D’Arcy Mcgee’s Irish Pub, 44 Sparks St. WHO: Trent alumni in the National Capital region

Holly Stardom ’95 (above, right) invites National Capital region alumni to join her and others at the 2nd annual [email protected] net- working reception, Thursday April 29, 2004. 23 • SPRING 2004 Tony Storey Tony . Champlain alumni Champlain Ted Code ’75 Ted : and ABOVE ’71 , Stewart Wheeler ’88 Brian McGregor ’66 McGregor Brian . The 2004 tournament is . The 2004 tournament and Tom Phillips ’74 Tom Mindy Willett ’88 , and John Casserly ’72 John Casserly Yvette Scrivener ’88 Scrivener Yvette , Shelagh Grant ’76 Shelagh Grant The 2003 winners of the annual Alumni Golf Tournament were were annual Alumni Golf Tournament of the The 2003 winners at the Nunavut Youth Abroad Program reception, June 30, 2003, attended by Trent alum- Trent by June 30, 2003, attended reception, Program Abroad Youth Nunavut at the Adrienne Her Excellency by hosted was The reception program. the in ni involved of Canada at Rideau Hall. General Governor Clarkson, George MacDougall, MacDougall, George Hope Golf & Country Club. Port 11 at September Saturday, for scheduled hearing from any of their former classmates. PHOTO #1 Stephanie Brymer1990and Michael Warner are very pleased to announce the birth of their first child, Sara Isabel Warner born July 25, 2003. Philip Quinn has published1973 his first Stephanie and Michael have been novel! Double is a psychological mys- married for 4.5 years and are living in Sunshine tery and uses Toronto’s Danforth area Toronto. PHOTO #3 as setting for story. First friends and roommates. Then Sketches Peter Elliott, Dean of the diocese of sisters-in-law. Now new mothers. New8 Westminster and rector of Karen (Dielman) Moore ’91 and Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver Jamie Moore were married July 6, since 1994 has been elected Deputy 1996. Jen Rantz ’91 and Bob Moore Prolocutor of General Synod. He is a (Jamie’s older brother) met at Karen director of the Vancouver Interna- & Jamie’s wedding and they were tional Film Festival and has reviewed married on June 26, 1999. Now, Jen movies for the Anglican Journal. and Bob, and Karen and Jamie are Tim MacLeod, youngest1964 son of Dr. very pleased to announce the Alan MacLeod, keeps the tradition arrival of their little ones: Erin Grace alive by entering Trent in September was born to Karen & Jamie on June 2003 as a first year student, 39 years 30, 2003. Karen is on maternity leave after his father entered as a member from her teaching position in TRENT MAGAZINE of Trent’s first class! Anna (Bunting) Simmonds1979has Kitchener, while Jamie is an I.T. moved with her husband Martin to Professional with Stantec Consulting

24 • Fenelon Falls, Ontario and has begun Ltd. in Kitchener. Dylan Jeffrey was her degree in Theology through born to Jen and Bob on August 8, Distance Education at Laurentian 2003. Jen is on maternity leave from University. her position as Human Resources A Gordon Research1966 Conference on manager with Bridgewater Systems in Atmospheric Chemistry was held in Kanata. PHOTO #4 Big Sky Montana in early September, 2003. Trent was well represented by Conference Chair, Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts ’66 from University Jacqueline Buchanan1984 ’91 and of California-Irvine and two other Andrew McDonald welcomed their Trent chemistry graduates William J. first child, daughter Emma Skye, on Anna Kemble received1991 a Masters Mills ’79 from University of Illinois 26 September 2003. Jackie and degree in Somatic Psychology from at Chicago and Peter J. Popp ’88 Andrew were married in 1998 and Naropa University in Boulder, CO, in from the NOAA Aeronomy Lab in currently reside in Vineland, Ontario. 2001. She has since been working as Boulder, CO. All three Trent graduates a Dance/Movement Therapist. There were one time students of Prof. Ray Sandy Wallace and his wife Sharon are only about 1000 Dance/Move- March and sent a post card to him welcomed their first child, Meaghan ment Therapists worldwide, and very thanking him for his part in getting Leslie Wallace, on June 28, 2003. few in Canada. Anna works in provid- them to the workshop. As a special Sandy owns a design firm, Image in ing a combination of psychotherapy, bonus, it was announced during the Design, in Waterloo, ON and Sharon physical/developmental therapy, and conference that Dr. Finalyson-Pitts is on maternity leave from Manulife. creative arts experiences and states will be receiving the American “This work really began for me while Chemical Society’s Award for Creative working with an Ecuadorean women’s Advances in Environmental Tech- organization in Quito through the nology at the ACS National Meeting CDS year in Ecuador program. So, I in Anaheim, CA in March, 2004. Drs. really have that experience and those Finlayson-Pitts (bjfi[email protected]), Samantha Connor1986 Smith and Don women with whom I worked to thank Mills ([email protected]) and Popp Smith are proud to announce the for sending down this completely fas- ([email protected]) would enjoy birth of their Daughter Jennifer Grace on July 8th 2003. PHOTO #2 cinating career path! Someday soon, I 1 will get back to Vancouver (my home- town) and hope to start a Canadian Institute of some sort for movement or body-centered therapies. I look back on my years at Trent with much admiration!”

2 Hayley Millington1992was awarded the Golden Jubilee Medal recognizing 5 excellence in customer service and interaction with the clients and col- 6 leagues. The award, commemorating the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, was to given to nine individuals throughout • 25 Human Resources Development 3 Canada (HRDC). SPRING 2004

Conner David James1994 was born on July 3, 2003 to first time parents, Jessica (Brown) Ainsworth and her hus- band Bryan. PHOTO #5 4 Sarita (Gautam) and Jeremy Elliott are thrilled with the safe arrival of Maya Lakshmi Elliott on August 25, 2003, a little sister for Jacob. To check out the family website, please visit members.rogers.com/saritaelliott or e- 7 mail [email protected]. PHOTO #6

Julia McKenzie married Derek 8 Legault on August 30, 2003 in Mus- announce the arrival of their first koka. John Smith ’91, Frances child, Catherine Fiona Rose Wilson. Wilbur ’91, Laurie Boal ’95, Tasha Katie was born on Aug. 3, 2003 at McKenzie ’95, Matt Desjardine Winchester District Memorial Hospi- ’94, Jim McKenzie ’68, Cheryl and tal. Kristina and Wade met in Wolf- John Clarke ’69, and Dayna ville, Nova Scotia, in 2001, where she Atkinson ’88 were among the alumni had begun work on her Masters in attendance. In the photo are Sarah degree in English. Kristina is currently (Hughes) Desjardine and Tonya on maternity leave from her job as a Morgan. PHOTO #7 reporter/photographer for her home- town newspaper, The Glengarry News, in Alexandria, Ontario. She works as a lab technician for Prince hopes to complete her Masters thesis Foods in Cornwall, Ontario. on re-examining the writings of The Wilsons can be reached by email Catherine Parr Traill while Katie naps. at [email protected]. Kristina (Michaud)1995 Wilson and her Wade is a graduate of Acadia husband Wade are thrilled to University’s biology program and ber of the Otonabee College Council and as a student in the administrative Studies programme. In Memoriam Aaron Smith touched many peo- v ple’s lives in the Peterborough com- munity, most of whom may not even realize that they have benefited from his vision and work. While employed with the Community Opportunities It is with great sadness that we Goodison ’70, delivered a beautiful and Innovation Network (COIN) he learned recently of the death of and touching eulogy at a Mass for planned the launch of reBoot North, Yonas Bisrat ’90 (BSc, Honours the Living and Memorial in the which is now providing affordable Physics and Mathematics, 1994) in Guardian Angel Church, Orillia on access to computers for charities and July, from an asthma attack. At the September 4, 2003. Scott’s recollec- low income individuals across central time, he was living in Seattle WA, tions took us back to grade four, and northern Ontario. He helped working at AT&T, and playing when he first met Mike, through the organize COIN’s Youth Team Entre- Eritrean music in a band. Yonas Halls of Champlain College and preneurship program, which will sup- walked out of Eritrea at the age of beyond. port 60 young entrepreneurs over the nine to escape the conflict there, and All who knew him will truly miss next 3 years – making it possible for finished his schooling in Sudan, Mike and we thank him for the friend- so many young people to build liveli- Egypt, and then on scholarship at the ship, humor and memories he gave hoods for themselves in their own United World College of the Adriatic us over the years. His life will contin- community. As well Aaron helped before coming to Trent on a CIDA ue to touch others through his three organize the Peterborough CAP scholarship. At Trent, Yonas was on beautiful daughters who will carry-on Network which is ensuring that the Dean’s Honours list every year, their father’s traditions, spirit and everyone in the Peterborough area

TRENT MAGAZINE and won a number of awards includ- memory. has access to the internet. Aaron ing the Physics Lodge Scholarship for Smith was committed to his family,

26 • 1990-91. Those who knew Yonas will his community and to the building of never forget his brilliant mind and Aaron D.C. Smith ’95 passed a better world, we are all the poorer quick smile. away suddenly in in his passing. Kingston, Ont on November 2, 2003. I announce, with a heavy heart, the Aaron married Kari Hugh McEachern ’72 passed away recent and sudden passing of Fraser ’94 on June suddenly on June 5, 2003 as a result Thomas Michael (Mike) Devitt ’69 8, 2002 in Port of heart failure. He received his B.A. B.A. CMA on August 30, 2003 at his Carling, Ont. After in Canadian Studies in 1975 and was home in Orillia, Ontario. graduating with an Administrative associated with Champlain College. Mike was a great husband, father, Studies degree from Trent, Aaron Hugh was an employee of Parks son, brother and friend who leaves graduated from Queen’s University Canada, Trent-Severn Waterway for behind his wife Susan, daughters with a Master of Industrial Relations 25 years and UCTE Local #00056 Kim, Wendy and Katy, Mother Velma degree in November 2002. The cou- Union President for the past five Devitt, sister Kathy Collins ’70 and ple resided in Kingston with their years. He was the husband of Beth brother-in-law Bob Collins ’70. dog, a Fox Terrier named Reily. Aaron McLachlan (Trent University 1978- Mike had developed a successful enjoyed working with computers, bik- 1980) and adoring father to Alec and accounting business in Orillia and ing, camping, spending time at the Anna. was just about to see his youngest cottage and taking long walks with daughter Katy finish university this Kari and Reily. Aaron, along with year. Mike was also passionately Kari, was a volunteer with the St. involved with several community John Ambulance Therapy Dog organizations, giving freely of his Program. He was an energetic young time and expertise for the benefit of man with a passion for life. Family others. and friends will cherish memories of Friend and fellow alumnus, Scott many joyful times with Aaron. Aaron is remembered by the many friends he met as student don of F- house at Otonabee College, a mem- TRENT UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION Your own endowment fund will be A Bridge to the Future here long after you are gone ... and will ensure that you will not be for- gotten. Endowment funds may be estab- lished to support financial assistance to students, to create a scholarship to recognize and encourage excellence, to help fund a specific program, to advance research. There are many possibilities we can explore to help you invest in your area of interest. You can create one now and add to it with an estate gift, or make arrange- Building Endowment committed to providing a high quality ments to establish one through a It’s Natural liberal education in the humanities, bequest in your will. You can name a social sciences and natural sciences fund after yourself, your family or in It is quite natural to want our lives to for generations to come. We plan to honour of a loved one. You can add continue to count for good after we be here a hundred years and more, to an existing fund in your area of • 27 are gone. We don’t want our values perpetuating the same values you interest or create multiple funds. We and influence to evaporate into thin now appreciate and support. want to hear what you want to do. SPRING 2004 air. Some of our alumni and friends To learn more about Trent’s One of the reasons parents and have established endowment funds at endowment program, please contact: grandparents seek to instill their val- Trent. They want their name and Katie Brown ues into the younger generation is so some of their resources attached to Planned Giving Coordinator their influence will stretch into the an organization that will communi- Trent University future through these family members cate their values to future genera- 1600 West Bank Drive to help shape the world of tomorrow. tions. Generations of students who Peterborough, ON K9J 8A7 Trent University is preparing for will help to make the world a better Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1046 the future because we will be here, place. E-mail: [email protected]

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Socomevisitus,andseewhythat fillsuswithasimilarsenseofinspiration. influential years ofourlives atTrent, we have allfound aplaceintheNorth spendingsomeofthemore than coincidencethat“fate”findsusallhere.After Trent fallinlove Graduates withsuch afaraway place.But,itsgot tobemore of about2000people.You realizewhatasmallworld thisiswhensomany • Carly Sims,JustineMacKellar Over theyears we have andtothisspecialcommunity totheNorth migrated Sims’00 Carly interest istheplanningofaworld wideTrent dinner. events. withfellowto interact Ofparticular alumni,makeandplot other andrenewfriendships celebratory 1219 CrescentStreet (southofSte-Catherine) street (March 6,May 2,April we 4andJune1tobeexact), willbeassemblingfor Pubat “apéritifs” atBrutopia get-togethers over thefirstmonths of2004.Thus,onthefirstTuesday of March, May April, andJune2004 culminating in2004HeadoftheTrent. throughout theworld thismomentousanniversary, willbeholdingactivitiesthroughouttheyear tocelebrate coming months,Trent isapproaching age thevenerable of40.TheTrent communityanditsalumnichapters As you willnote andberemindedofonnumerous occasionsthroughoutthe elsewhereinthismagazine, MONTREAL CHAPTERINVITESALLTO APERITIFS MONTHLY university andourown goodfortune. Greetings Trenties together willgather onthesame everywhere The Quebecchapter, ofinformal aseries hasorganized outofagoodcelebration, tobeleft not wanting We hopetoseeyou atoneoralloftheseevents Montreal CHAPTER NEWS Traill, joinsLynda Interpreter. CanadaHeritage asParks from [email protected] T Interpreter. CanadaHeritage son asParks has justcompleted thesummersea- • Association. Visitors forMarketing theKlondike Assistant spreading theword onDawson as • in Klondike. Sites Canada,National Historic Parks fortor andactingsuperintendent • Yukon. ReceptionCentreforVisitors Tourism attheDawson City supervisor Dawson’s ambassadoras friendliest isnow Lady Eatongraduate, • Dawson City. ed inthissmallYukon communityof Lynda Hutcheson’95 ’96 Justine MacKellar Paula Hassard’78 Peggy (Peebles) Amendola’74 rent University iswell represent- from 5:30pmto7:30pmish. Theselittleevents to allow us night in various locales around the world to toast the locales aroundtheworld toast to night invarious Traill, iscura- Champlain, Traill, is a OPPOSITE hosted Trent’s Varsity Rowers ata : November reception inVictoria. The Vancouver IslandChapter 29 • SPRING 2004 Alumni in Yellowknife celebrated Head celebrated Alumni in Yellowknife October Saturday on North Trent of the 4, 2003. 30 • TRENT MAGAZINE how todothis,butwelcome sugges- Weheritage. have many ideasabout outlining thePeter RobinsonCollege exhibit andpermanent memorative acom- stage to with theopportunity Hall. Thisprovides theAssociation new college’s diningroom-Robinson as we approved thenamingof fulfilled partially was brought forward Peter RobinsonCollege mightbe Association’s hopethatthename asPeter College. Gzowksi firmed The newest college, con- now officially ment onpotential namesfor Trent’s er tohome,we were asked tocom- tives tothosebodies.Andeven clos- allowed ourperspec- ustoexpress keptrepresentatives usinformed and introduced. OurBoardandSenate wouldyear be coursepre-registration ings. We why first indetail learned quent guestatAlumniCouncilmeet- afre- was President BonniePatterson new mandatefor thatposition. and tocommentonanexisting tation Presidential Review committee’s invi- Alumni Councilacceptedthe consult your alumnileaders.The took repeatedstepstoinform and Throughout 2002-03theUniversity CONSULTATION this is one of the things I want todo, this isoneofthe thingsIwant andignitedmyof learning interest– of hisgoals:heencouraged my love of work intoteaching, one thatwas “Professor Rayner-Canham putalot teaching rolemodel. exemplary Geoffrey Rayner-Canham an was Centre.” Another professor, Dr. Modelling Canadian Environmental work ofProfessor DonMackay atthe Dust pointedmetoTrent andthe modelling.Dr. environmental was however atthattimeIdidn’t know it and theirfateintheenvironment, tolookatchemicals“I knewIwanted researcher. Healsogave Trent, Chris research andwhatitistobea differenthim to techniques of scientistintroduced environmental must dowell. onethatwe undertaking, important tions fromalumni.Itwillbeavery University immeasurably. soon aspossible.ItwillbenefitTrent we cantogetdo everything thereas lion-dollar year befaroff,now? Let’s the halfmillionmark.Canmil- ond consecutive year we have topped beloved almamater. Thisisthesec- their spousesgave $523,946toour please! In2002-03Trent alumniand And now, may we have theenvelope, SUPPORT proclaim “Trent Alumni.” with thelittlewhitelapelstickers that their parentstowatch for thepeople er totellhighschool students and University presidentisthefirstspeak- loyalty. our Andonceagain, and ourpride booth demonstrates university openhouses,thealumni accomplishments ofTrent alumni.At touchedPresident Patterson onthe Bondarand both ChancellorRoberta nity. AtourmostrecentConvocation, fledged citizensintheTrent commu- We have always worked tobefull- CITIZENSHIP Newfoundland. photography andseakayaking in enjoy cycling, skiing,camping, nature andJoann When not studying, Chris aspects ofemotional intelligence. working withDr. examining JimParker andSocialSciences.Joannis Natural Applications ofModellingthe just begunherMastersdegreein Don for College Otonabee andhas Trent community. JoannistheCollege involvedNewfoundland isvery inthe accomplish thisgoal.” the scholarship isgoingtohelp me to stay intheuniversity settingand that withteaching. Thisiswhy Iwant continue todoresearch andcombine tobeateacherI want to –Iwant Chris’s wife Joann,alsofrom continued from page 16 continued from page 3 ❦ ❦ country.” young mindsandthefutureofour has anopeningtotheworld, tothese said. “Through Trent, Peterborough world leadersthey alreadyare,” she here atTrent toberecognizedasthe “There isa tremendousmovement herfirstconvocationduring lastMay, Chancellor, Bondar, Dr. Roberta stated ofitssuccess. part internationally. bea to Itiswonderful the map–provincially, nationally and community on and itssurrounding ing initiatives thatareputtingTrent but for alloftheexcit-double cohort, will berememberednot justfor the arecreated,thisyear tional history College atTrent.at every ence atGzowski College andindeed tothestudentexperi- adding value and gueststothecollege, isalready there. Animpressive ofvisitors array up community hasalreadysprung any indication,ahealthy senseof seminarweek was ing introductory ing andfiercenessofcompetition dur- activity and,iftheintensityofcheer- newcollegeThis brand isabuzzwith the eastbankofSymonsCampus. Street aswell asthenewcollege on passes leasedpremisesonArgyle Peter Gzowski College now encom- ing pictureofTrent in2004.Thenew collegegrated willcomplete anevolv- chemical sciencesbuildingandinte- opening oftheUniversity’s new As Trent University’s ninth As newelementsofourinstitu- continued from page 5 ❦ 31 • SPRING 2004 . ❦ members live in a live members IMATT [email protected] Rental, Seaspruce Seaside, 2004 June & September pine interior, Handsome cottage, living- large 2 bedrooms, study, 2/3 acre dining room & Kitchen, Stanhope, PEI, inside lot, cleaning. Park.National Weekly Sleeping, 1 Queen-size, 2 singles, equipped 2 bunk beds. 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Hill Cot Flats Hill Cot of the Most vehicles) and being a vehicles) IMATT members. counterparts it seem to believe and Often slower vehicles are passed vehicles Often slower All alone the roadside you would you All alone the roadside (the Being in a white Land Rover ‘white man’ gains you immediate and gains you ‘white man’ opin- in the total except right of way ion of the Lebanese community who use and abuse these people and their resources. regardless of at anyplace at anytime on the action imposes the danger of our British everyone else. Many ibly intense Africanibly intense rains, days just mud structures The were before. completely cool and were clean and was It I was as though liveable. look- see in one would ing at something of civilization. The the museum detailed was to that equivalent work one work of a master of masonry, edifices. sees in the great European a neighbour- like pass what looked aid’ stands. the hood ‘kool Under palm tree leaves of canopy thatched these stands coconuts, pineap- offer fruits exotic ples, mangoes and other harvestedthat were before only hours the Normally, and metres away. who mothers stands are manned by are supervising the very some young, bare breasted, some nursing while farther the road there is a down moving parade of older children the standtoward with freshly picked replacements balanced on a wide plate on their head. Leone in Sierra Driving are faint of heart,If you driving in rules, No Sierra you! for Leone is not the odd 40-year- no markings, except old sign, and certainly no safety dust in The roads are red clay checks. the heat and glassy slippery in the The rain season. wet and natural ero- sion washes roads out in about half a belt to hold a kidney require You day. when travelling guts together your roads. potholed across heavily IMATT IMATT UN is their right to be very aggressive too fast. dangerously and to drive been frustrated have Although we so with some traffic have, jams we dri- adopted the obnoxious not far, of British ving habits of the majority who ❦ continued from page 19 page continued from continued from page 14 page from continued One of the most amazing things was a camper duringwas our inaugural a camper third sum- has just finished his year, mer on staff, and who is in his sec- of a science degree at Trent. ond year a relatively Being at the helm of with peo- and working camp, young me a clear has given Brayden ple like connec- on the positive perspective inside and out- made have tions we and the environment, side the Trent the University to showcase potential people. more young to many list now contains over 5000 names. containslist now over are now first campers Some of our as staff,to camp like coming back ’02 Hamilton-Smith Brayden was to military see a and compound with officesHQ building, complete and furniture made out mud hut and bamboo furniture. Apparently the structure and only was complete not old since the last one was days a few the incred- washed out by completely Mud Huts and Mangoes out into to get managed Early on we up country call the country, as they it. This was new and most another interesting experience. live People less stress and a more with much One organized, clean environment. rundown as many see nearly does not buildings because most of the build- ings are made from natural materials must be re-built regular- and therefore the cli- of ly because of the impact there was nowhere Country, mate. Up near the pollution or the complica- borough stricken tions of the poverty of the old European structures of Freetown. with a sense of poise and pride. What in the suburbs shantytowns were It was here, far worse. in Kissy, were, that I reflected on the more than ever, the between cultural differences and the third world. west wealthy Gifts go twice as far Now’s your chance to make your donation go even further! For a limited time, the Ontario Government will be matching all donations to student financial aid endowments, thanks to the second phase of the Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund (OSOTF). Trent has been awarded $4.2 Million in available matching funds. As a result of the matching nature of the program, Trent’s Endowment could grow by an additional $8.4 Million which would generate close to $400,000 in student aid per year. With the unprecedented increase in students attending colleges and univer- sities, due to the elimination of grade 13 in Ontario and the demographic increase in the number of students, financial need has never been higher. Through OSOTF, pledges are being accepted until December 31, 2005 and pay- ments on these pledges can be made until March 31, 2011. This program gives our donors a chance to make a real difference in the lives can get this project on the road. can get of students. These funds are endowed, which means only a portion of the interest is used, so your gift will continue to give perpetually into the future. Donors now have the option to set up their own Named Awards or Bursaries for students in their own area of interest. For example a $25,000 Award or $12,500 Bursary could provide $1000 or $500 respectively in aid to a worthy student. Donations of any size are eligible to be matched. For your convenience, we

TRENT MAGAZINE accept monthly donations through credit card or pre-authorized debit, which makes giving more affordable. 32 • For more information about making a donation or naming an endowed fund, please contact Sherry A. Booth, Coordinator of Annual Giving at (705) 748-1011 ext. 1593 or by email at [email protected]. if you are interested and we are interested and we if you

TEAM TREND ALUMNI 28TH ANNUAL WEEKEND RE-UNION

The 28th annual Team Trend Alumni Weekend is scheduled for [email protected] March 19-20, 2004. The weekend will follow the now-traditional format with a mixed hockey game on Friday night at 8:30, before adjourning to The Trend for the evening. Saturday will see a return “gentlemen” challenge match against long-time rival Peter Robinson alumni from 4:00-5:30. Dinner will follow at Scott House and Ted Packer is to be License plate. We require a minimum of 100 people in Year I, each paying $52. paying I, each a minimum of 100 people in Year require License plate. We this year’s centrepiece for “Honouring Our Own”. Please contact John Kennedy [email protected] Brian Purcell Brian.Purcell@freedom55financial.com Bill Fields [email protected] David Wright [email protected] Write to the Alumni Office at Write Or Trent’s Alumni Office – [email protected] or 1-800-267-5774 Be Seen with Green! Get the Trent University Logo on your license plate. Logo on your University Be Seen with Green! Get the Trent If you have any questions or want to help with the logistics. University are currently the Ontario preparing a business case for Ministry to establishWe a Trent of Transportation