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Alumna profile: Painting Broadway a new shade of punk Christine Jones, BFA 89, looks and acts more like a punk rocker than a Broadway mainstay—and maybe that’s the secret to her Tony Award-winning set designs. Cover: The Broadway set of American Idiot, designed by By Adam Avrashi Christine Jones, BFA 89. 8 Credit: Stephen Joseph
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left Canada for Hawaii more than 40 years A few years back, Jim Donaldson, L BSc 52, Iago, three years after I graduated from the president of the Loyola Alumni Association, Loyola College. While I admit that at Loyola tracked me down. He and a few others made a I spent as much time playing snooker as in the simple pitch to me: they were fundraising in classroom, my college experience remains a order to refurbish the Loyola Refectory and asked, big part of who I am. I reacquainted with old “Would you like to be a part of it?” I said, “Yes.” friends there, such as Richard McConomy, L BA 66, and Clark Cada, L BA 68. I also got to know My parents adopted me when I was an infant Father John O’Brien, S.J., L BA 45, the founder and instilled strong values and set incredible of Loyola’s Department of Communication Arts examples. I attended Loyola because my mother (now Communication Studies), who later would insisted I go to a Catholic college. During the baptize two of our children. Second World War, they took in two English children and later helped bring Hungarian My Hawaii connection began when I met my refugees to Canada. future wife, Sara, on a tour of Europe in 1965. We were married in Montreal and I worked in Therefore, when I was offered the opportunity, Canada for a few years before we moved to I chose to “adopt” a student and honour my Honolulu in 1969. My career included work with parents by creating the James and Catherine Hawaiian Airlines, Princeville Airlines and a Dudgeon Memorial Adopt-A-Student Bursary. partnership selling building systems. In 1991, This program and the Loyola Refectory I started a food distribution company, Gourmet Refurbishment Campaign have provided Foods Hawaii. I retired last year and our two me great opportunities to meaningfully give daughters, Shawn and Shannon, now own and back to my alma mater. run the company. Our son, Andrew, is a captain with Hawaiian Airlines. Peter Dudgeon, L BA 66
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n late October, I had an exceptional That’s the crux of education, of opportunity to see and hear Elie course: to use the knowledge culled IWiesel, the Holocaust survivor, from the past in order to constructively human rights activist and 1986 Nobel move forward, whether in the sciences, Peace Prize recipient. The 82-year-old humanities, business or art. Wiesel addressed nearly 500 students The students at the talk clearly got it. and others at an event organized by examining past atrocities can prevent They sat enthralled, then gave the Nobel the Concordia Student Union (CSU) future ones—a philosophy he shares with Peace Prize recipient a standing ova- for its speaker series and to kick off its MIGS. He pointed out that the world tion before lining up for signed copies Peace Week. Later that evening, Wiesel failed to stop the genocides in Rwanda of his acclaimed memoir, Night. It was joined Concordia President and Vice- and the Balkans because they seemed to heartening to see this young and diverse Chancellor Judith Woodsworth and a forget the lessons of the past. group respond so positively to some- smaller group of alumni and guests However, Wiesel cautioned against one old enough to be their grandparent. at a cocktail reception hosted by the the dangers of misusing memory. He “Indifference is not an option,” Wiesel Advancement and Alumni Relations recounted a trip he made in the 1990s said at the end of his talk. Those in at- Office. (See Concordia News, page 7.) to the Balkans at the request of U.S. tendance showed that they were willing Appropriately, Wiesel was intro- President Bill Clinton. Wiesel asked a to accept his appeal not be indifferent to duced to the speaker series audience by resident why he hated his neighbour past, present and future crimes against History Professor Frank Chalk, director so much. “He told me, ‘Well, 384 years humanity. of the Montreal Institute for Genocide ago, my ancestor was violated by his an- The CSU representatives who spoke at and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), cestor.’ ” Wiesel shook his head at the the event were clearly proud to help bring which is housed at Concordia. Chalk thought, and then added: “Therefore, this esteemed figure to Concordia to de- expressed his gratitude to Wiesel for his like love and money, it all depends on liver a powerful message of peace. We can “dedication to memory” and for being “a what you do with memory.” be equally proud of them for doing so. messenger to humanity.” Wiesel didn’t disappoint. His talk was eloquent, passionate and inspiring. This man rose from the ashes of genocide and has since dedicated his life to writ- ing and talking about that horror to keep alive the memory of the victims and pro- mote peace. The role of memory looms large in Wiesel’s writings and academic and public career. “I try to celebrate mem- ory,” he said. “Without it, civilization, history, even friendship, would be im- possible. For the living and the dead, we must remember.” He referred to his 1995 novel, The Forgotten, in which the protagonist, a Holocaust survivor, is in the early stages of dementia. Horrified at the possibility that all he has wit- nessed will be lost, he passes on his life’s story to his son, a New York Times reporter. The still-vigorous Wiesel struck a chord with his mostly much-younger audience because he was able to suc- cessfully convey that remembering and
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ver the past three months, a forum on higher learning hosted by the further cooperation are excellent at I have made a point of talking Palais des Congrès, the Board of Trade of Concordia, in a range of areas such as Oto the wider public as much Metropolitan Montreal and its partners. aerospace, business and digital media. as possible. My goal has been to draw I took part in a panel that discussed The largely business audience at attention to the issues and values university-industry collaboration and Rendez-vous du Savoir was reminded of that are important to us as a university, as well as to our partners and supporters. Higher education for both women and men In October, I participated in will play a pivotal role in ensuring economic, a panel hosted in Montreal by the Globe and Mail newspaper environmental and social sustainability worldwide. on the issue of women in power. Or rather, we examined the troubling the immeasurable ways that universities the importance of bringing more small question of why women are “not in contribute to the economic and social and medium-sized enterprises together power.” development of their communities. with universities, and of increasing The sad reality is that over the There is already extensive training or research opportunities for past 10 years, the participation rate collaboration between universities students. of women in the upper echelons of and industry in research, training and On the subject of students and business, government and academia business development. Prospects for inspiring minds, we granted 1,500 has not kept pace with their degrees at our November representation in the overall convocation ceremonies. workforce, which has now We also bestowed honorary reached nearly 50 percent. doctorates on three By failing to elevate women Montrealers who have made to positions of leadership, significant contributions we are overlooking a key to communities locally and resource. With more women far afield: civic leader and at the top, we would stand Irishman par excellence Brian a better chance of dealing O’Neill Gallery; musician and with the challenges of an humanitarian Victor (Vic) aging domestic population Vogel; and fashion industry and increasingly globalized pioneer and philanthropist economy. According to the Joëlle (Joey) Berdugo-Adler. World Economic Forum’s The values we share as Global Gender Gap Report a learning community for 2009, reducing gender dedicated to excellence inequality enhances and community service are productivity and economic reflected in the individuals growth. we honour at our convocation This is a global issue. ceremonies, and these three Higher education for both are wonderful examples. This women and men will play is just one of the many good a pivotal role in ensuring messages about Concordia economic, environmental Jacques Dignard, Senior Vice-President, People and Culture, that I am proud to convey far and social sustainability Desjardins Group, presents a plaque to Judith Woodsworth and wide. worldwide. in honour of Concordia’s contribution to the intellectual, economic and social development of Quebec society, at the In October, I participated Rendez-vous du Savoir on October 21. Judith Woodsworth, PhD in the Rendez-vous du Savoir, President and Vice-Chancellor
6 | winter 2010/11 concordia university magazine ConcordiaNews Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel addresses students
lie Wiesel, acclaimed writer, about 80 guests at a cocktail reception professor and Nobel Peace organized by Concordia’s Advancement EPrize laureate, delivered an and Alumni Relations Office at Montreal impassioned address for the Concordia hotel Sofitel. Woodsworth spoke and Student Union (CSU) Lecture Series on praised the CSU for its efforts in October 19. The Henry F. Hall Building enriching the student experience. “We Alumni Auditorium was nearly filled to are grateful to our students, who are capacity for the lecture. committed to improving and changing As a Jew born in Europe in 1928, the world, for hosting this distinguished Wiesel survived the Auschwitz and lecture series,” Woodsworth said. She hy p a
Buchenwald death camps. He went r added that it was a tremendous honour on to become an author of more than to welcome such an eminent figure as hotog P
50 books of fiction and non-fiction, L Wiesel, who has spent his life building university scholar and human rights /PB awareness of crimes against humanity lau advocate. Wiesel won the Nobel Peace B and of human rights. “Elie Wiesel has yan
Prize in 1986. R given a voice to the voiceless,” she said. In his talk, called “An Evening with Elie Wiesel addressed Concordia students and Wiesel gave a brief address to guests. Elie Wiesel,” he spoke of the impor- then joined a cocktail reception in his honour He reiterated the importance and tance of keeping alive memories about at Montreal hotel Sofitel on October 19. responsibility of remembering, through the Holocaust and other atrocities. writing, those who did not survive “I try to celebrate memory. For the liv- is someone else’s despair.” Wiesel ended atrocities such as the Holocaust. “To ing and the dead, we must remember. on a positive note: “Even in the midst of write means to give testimony,” he said. Forgetting will be a crime as horrible darkness, it is possible to create light and The reception was sponsored as the event itself. If we forget those share it. In the final analysis, I believe in by Sofitel owner David Azrieli. His [atrocities], we make others possible,” man in spite of himself.” daughter, Naomi Azrieli, chair and Wiesel said. He also railed against apa- thy: “Indifference enables evil. To be Even in the midst of darkness, it is possible indifferent to others is to be indiffer- ent to oneself.” to create light and share it. In the final In our hard times, he questioned, is there reason to hope? Wiesel recounted analysis, I believe in man in spite of himself. the Greek mythological story of Pandora’s Box, which, when opened, unleashed The CSU Speaker Series was launched executive director of the Azrieli all the curses of the world—but at the in 2004 and has featured a number of Foundation, thanked Wiesel and bottom of the box was hope. “Does that impressive lecturers, including Canadian Concordia. “It’s a pleasure for us to be mean we must go through all the curses environmentalist David Suzuki, American here with Concordia because we have a before we find hope, or is hope itself a filmmaker Spike Lee and Iranian Nobel long association with the university,” curse?” Wiesel asked. He concluded that Peace Prize recipient Shirin Ebadi. Azrieli said. She pointed out that her we must continue to hope. Nonetheless, Later that evening, Concordia family endowed one of Concordia’s he added, “we can’t live with false hope. President and Vice-Chancellor Judith first scholarships, the David J. Azrieli And I can’t live in a world where my hope Woodsworth welcomed Elie Wiesel and Graduate Fellowship, in 1979.
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concordia university magazine winter 2010/11 | 7 AlumnaProfile
Painting Broadway a new shade of punk
8 | winter 2010/11 concordia university magazine Tony Award-winning Christine Jones, BFA 89, puts her distinctive aesthetic into her Broadway set designs
By Adam Avrashi
hristine Jones, BFA (design for on an adaptation of a controversial the theatre) 89, admits that if 1891 German play, Spring Awakening Cshe had her druthers, instead of depicted teenage suicide, masturba- a night at a Broadway musical she’d be at tion, homosexuality and rape, all set to a punk rock show, dressed in dark army an alternative rock score. It moved to boots and a leather trench coat, jumping Broadway less than a year later and went around a mosh-pit with her friends and on to win eight Tony awards, including rocking out to blaring guitar riffs. That Best Musical, with the New York Times attitude may be somewhat surprising proclaiming: “Broadway may never be ca ri
me coming from someone who makes her the same again.” Jones was nominated A
th living designing musical sets on the that year for scenic design but lost to a r o N
s Great White Way and who recently took show diametrically opposed to her ar-
mage home a Tony award at the American tistic aesthetic: Disney’s Mary Poppins. I Theater Wing’s annual presentation. Jones explains that traditional Broadway etty G / r Jones’s edgy sets exude a punk rock scenery, where the sets are painted, alke feel and are, as the New York Times re- grandiose and whimsical in tone, are W . H cently gushed, “simple but spectacular.” usually the most lauded. Conversely, ew r
nd But for all the praise, she says she’s still her Spring Awakening set evoked a dark, A an outsider in an industry intent on sober tone with little more than a few Left: Christine Jones’s Broadway mass-producing Disney stage adapta- wooden chairs, brick walls and neon set of American Idiot. Inset: Jones tions held together by a toothpick-thin lights. Jones reveals that her alternative shows off her Tony Award on June 13 plot. “I don’t really like musicals,” Jones style is not a cognisant choice: “When at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. says without a second of hesitation. you sing, your voice is your voice. When “Most musicals have terrible music. And I design, that’s just the way it comes out the stories tend to be kind of dopey and of me, in that deconstructed style.” it’s just not my scene.” Dressed in black, Jones says being nominated was a with metal screw earrings adorning her thrill—especially since she had given ears and dog-tag chains around her neck, birth to her second child just five days When you sing, your voice is your voice. When I design, that’s just the way it comes out of me, in that deconstructed style.
Jones is certainly more hipster than the- prior to the 2007 Tony Awards cer- atre geek. But she is well aware of the emony. “I hadn’t been able to shop for irony, especially considering that her last a dress because I didn’t know what size two ventures have been veritable hits. I would be or if I would be able to go After a decade of working on a at all,” she recounts. “But a costume- number of Off Broadway shows and designer friend lent me something to one short-lived Broadway musical, wear, and my mom came from Montreal Jones’s breakthrough came when she and babysat so my partner [actor Dallas
h designed the sets, props and furniture Roberts] and I could go. I had to hide a p e s o for Spring Awakening, a musical that was breast pump in my handbag because you J
hen anything but mainstream when it pre- literally can’t go that long without nurs- p te
S miered Off Broadway in 2006. Based ing. It was a crazy evening.”
concordia university magazine winter 2010/11 | 9 The love of her professional life Although Jones is in a committed relationship, she is very open about her feelings for another man: Spring Awakening director Michael Mayer. “I usually fall in love with my directors in one way or another,” Jones says. Mayer reveals that the feeling is mu- Broadway musical tual. “We fell in love with each other as designer Christine Jones artists and collaborators,” Mayer says. “I stepping into her Theater think this a metaphor for the way that we for One in Times Square. created these pieces together, in much “I take my inspiration from photographers and the same way that parents conceive and sculptors and installation raise children. The plays are our chil- artists. I’m drawn to dren.” He adds, “I adore her rebel spirit those kinds of spaces and deep artistry.” That’s why when that show their rough edges, their history and Mayer decided in 2008 to tackle a stage layers. It’s what my eye adaptation of punk rock group Green is drawn to,” Jones says. Day’s album American Idiot, he immedi- ately asked Jones to come onboard—and she did. Jones admits she wasn’t much of a Green Day fan before she began work- ing on the musical, but then listened to the band’s œuvre repeatedly and “re- ally fell in love with their music.” Part of the creative journey for the designers was to see the band play live and grasp its vibe in concert to translate to stage. “It’s the closest I’ve ever come to feeling like working in the rock ’n’ roll world,” Jones says. Garaway told her, “I think you should be a scenographer.” Jones, baffled, thought he had said “stenographer.” “No, scenographer. You create the environments for the play.”
The album American Idiot (2004) ex- design (she was in charge of the set and more about what you feel sitting in your plores an America in which politicians and all the props and furniture) before the seat. From the moment it starts, it never the media dictate to a nation of followers. show was mounted for its pre-Broadway stops. Like you are on a ride.” The musical depicts rebellious youths who tryout at California’s Berkley Repertory break out of suburbia and deal with angst, Theater in 2009. Natural talent relationships, drugs and war. The result is pure Christine Jones. Another rollercoaster ride for Jones The members of Green Day were in- The set looks like a punk bar, plastered began May 4, 2010, after learning that volved in the process of staging the with rock-band posters and newspa- she had been nominated for a Tony musical, giving Jones input on some of pers and adorned by 43 television sets Award for American Idiot. While the show her sketches and on the model of the that display rapid-fire images depict- was also nominated—for Best Musical— stage she designed. In order to get the ing everything from former president director Michael Mayer was not, making signature distressed look of the band’s George W. Bush to Britney Spears to the the moment bittersweet for Jones. “A guitars, Jones met Green Day’s guitar Iraq war. “We wanted to give it as much friend of the director said: ‘You can’t stylist so she could imitate the tech- energy and kineticism as a rock show. be the prom king and the punk rocker.’ niques for the show’s instruments. She We wanted it to feel alive,” Jones says. If you are going to do something bold worked for about a year on concept and “It was less about what it looked like and and aggressive, then you may not also
10 | winter 2010/11 concordia university magazine get to be nominated for those kinds of university as a place where she was able hasn’t gotten around to it yet. Although awards,” she says. to branch out into many facets of the- she has good reason. When Jones attended the American atre design. “Concordia’s program is Aside from being a full-time mother, Theater Wing press conference to dis- wonderfully eclectic; you are more like part-time professor and set designer, cuss her nomination just 24 hours after it a scenographer/production designer. Jones also has been working on a project was announced, she says she felt that one You do costume, sets, lighting and study she created on her own, called Theatre of the main creative forces was left out. directing and acting while taking art for One. The project brings one actor, When asked a question about her theatre classes. It’s not quite as specialized as musician or dancer to perform in front mentor, however, she seemed to perk [theatre programs] in the United States, of one audience member in a theatre the up. “I definitely had amazing teachers where you pick one discipline,” she says. size of a booth, nine feet high by four along the way,” says Jones, who had once After graduating from Concordia, feet wide. “I’m always thinking about trained to be a ballerina. “One [teacher] Jones moved to New York City to earn a the relationship between the actor and in particular—Victor Garaway—got me off master’s degree in theatre design from the audience and I wondered what would the stage and backstage.” New York University, where she now happen if I distilled it to the most pure Garaway is her former Marianopolis teaches graduate-level set design at the and intimate form,” Jones says. She College professor. In the late 1980s, Tisch School of the Arts. then took the booth to Times Square for Jones was studying English Literature at Concordia but was immensely un- happy. During her spare time, she would help design and build sets with Garaway. While working on an adapta- tion of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground, he told her, “I think you should be a scenographer.” Jones, baffled, thought he had said “stenog- rapher.” “No, scenographer,” Garaway Crowning Broadway’s 10 days this summer, staging dancing, replied. “You create the environments punk princess music and acting shows for six hours for the play.” Jones won’t quickly forget the night of each day. Garaway says Jones possesses natu- June 13, 2010. At New York’s Radio City There is one routine Jones says she’ll ral talent: “She intuits how to render the Music Hall, in front of more than 5,900 never forget. “[Green Day front man] dramatic themes into visual expression spectators—including actors Denzel Billy Joe Armstrong did six performanc- and is prepared to spend the time Washington and Catherine Zeta Jones es, doing one or two songs per person,” necessary to meticulously realize the in the front row—and millions watching she says. “Some people didn’t know who details of her designs into set pieces.” from home, the presenter announced: he was but one person just flipped out. At that time, Concordia had a “The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design When he sat down and Billy Joe walked burgeoning Design for the Theatre of a Musical goes to . . . Christine Jones.” in on the other side of the panel sing- program, led by a handful of dedi- Jones had been instructed that she ing ‘Know Your Enemy,’ the whole booth cated professors that included Eric only had a minute and 55 seconds from started shaking because the audience Mongerson. “Concordia’s program has the moment her name was called, so member was pounding the walls. He was always emphasized the conception of she darted onstage and nearly knocked so excited; he came out crying and shak- individual artists, whereas other schools the camera operator down. She then ing everyone’s hand. It was the best day teach the proper way to do things— dedicated the award to “Dallas Roberts, of his life.” where you learn a traditional method the love of my life and the father of my Jones, who’s now preparing a tour- or the particular style of the teacher, children, and Michael Mayer, the love ing version of American Idiot along with which may not fit the student’s artistic of my other life and father of my other a Broadway-bound Tony Kushner play, sentiment,” says Mongerson, who’s still children. Michael, you are the Jesus and clearly thrives on those connections at Concordia. the Judy of Broadway,” she added, re- that only theatre can bring. Whether Mongerson remembers Jones well. He ferring to the American Idiot character she is satisfying one audience member recalls the time when a panel of Jones’s Jesus of Suburbia and a Judy Garland- in a booth in Times Square or the 1,700 professors evaluated her portfolio. “She inspired musical they had also worked viewers nightly at American Idiot’s St. got very favourable reviews but she on together. James Theater, the punk rock set de- broke into tears because she was very Jones’s Tony now sits on a shelf in the signer says, “I live for those unexpected self-critical. She wasn’t experienced East Village apartment she shares with moments.” enough to understand her own talent Roberts and their sons Pilot, five, and yet,” Mongerson relates. Ever, three. She’s supposed to send the Adam Avrashi is a Concordia Journalism For her part, Jones remembers the award to be engraved with her name but student and freelance writer.
concordia university magazine winter 2010/11 | 11 Warning: this article containsoncordia sexually Psychology explicit P rofessormaterial— James which is at the heart of C winning, pertinent and provocative research Pfaus’s award-
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here you are, dressing up your tell us plenty about how humans learn rats were stripped of their attire and rat for his big date. You slip the about sex. “Of course, rat sexual be- sent back into action for the second Tlittle jacket over his forepaws haviour is nothing like human sexual portion of the experiment, half didn’t and fasten it with Velcro; the jacket even behaviour. They do it their way and we copulate despite being encouraged by has a ring so he can be tethered, if need do it our way,” Pfaus says. “But if we the receptive female rats placed with be. He looks sharp! And as odd as this strip away the differences and look at them, and the remainder were slow may seem, that’s the point, in a way, of desire, arousal, pleasure, reward and to initiate affairs and ejaculated only the research of Concordia Psychology inhibition, rats and humans are really once. Meanwhile, the other male rats— Professor James Pfaus. the same.” some still in jackets, some still naked It’s like language learning: there is a critical period in sexual learning, for both excitation and inhibition.
Pfaus’s research involves exploring In typical lab work, animals often and some wearing jackets for the first the related neurological processes be- don jackets as a humane alternative to time since learning to have sex with- hind sexual behaviours, especially those threading a cord through the skin in or- out jackets—all fornicated heartily with processes related to sexual excitation der to control their movements. But in their partners, usually reaching three and inhibition. What parts of the brain Pfaus’s lab at the Centre for Studies in ejaculations. are most active during different sexual Behavioural Neurology (CSBN), some- The conclusion: even rats are not behaviours? Which endogenous opioids thing else is at play. A few years back, truly hardwired for their sexual strate- (peptides, including endorphins and working on a research project with an gies. “Their sympathetic nervous system dynorphins, produced by the body and honours undergraduate student, he wasn’t being charged because some- used as neurotransmitters) are released dressed a group of male rats for their first thing—the jacket—was missing. But under what conditions? How might nine sexual experiences; another group when in their evolutionary history have these conditions be manipulated to af- of rats learned to copulate with no sarto- rats ever worn jackets?” Pfaus says. “It’s fect excitation or inhibition, and what rial accessories. “It’s not leather or PVC like language learning: there is a criti- might that tell us about how people learn or studded, but the jacket became fetish cal period in sexual learning, for both about sex? gear to the rats wearing it,” says Pfaus. excitation and inhibition. Sexual strat- Enter the well-dressed rats. Rats can When some of the jacket-wearing egies are plastic; they are very flexible,
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concordia university magazine winter 2010/11 | 13 especially during early experiences. Université de Montréal—attached to the “You can see the clitoris—it’s not at all Put the jacket on and these rats are CSBN, which was founded in 1983 and hard to find.”) fine; take it off and they feel a lot more is housed in Concordia’s Department of The female rats, while initially be- inhibition.” Psychology. Counting undergraduate, wildered by the process, soon start to graduate and post-graduate students, exhibit a physiological response that Learning through rats clinicians, technicians and research as- suggests they find the experience enjoy- “I was always interested in sex,” Pfaus sistants, close to 150 people are involved able. Further, they learned to associate says. “I think my interest in this research with the CSBN, and they work in a clus- that stimulation with other stimuli in was driven by my first orgasm: ‘What ter of new, state-of-the-art labs in the their environment and to seek them out. was that, and why did it feel so good?’ ” Richard J. Renaud Science Complex on As Pfaus recounts, “Mayte has one video Pfaus’s early curiosity has served him the Loyola Campus. “The Centre is in- in which she has just finished stimulat- well. His work makes for more than lively terested in motivated behaviours and ing a rat. She is pulling her arm out of cocktail party conversation (although it associated brain mechanisms—things the cage and the rat runs over, grabs her certainly does that)—it has also drawn such as sexual behaviours, maternal lab coat with its teeth and starts trying plenty of international attention. In behaviours and addiction, as well as to pull her arm back in. And then the rat
It’s as William Burroughs wrote in Naked Lunch: “heroin circumvents sex.” And it does so on every level, from the molecular to the behavioural.
2002, his research into the drug PT- learning and memory,” says CSBN di- presents herself to Mayte! I don’t know 141, a synthetic version of a naturally rector and Psychology Professor Shimon how else to interpret that other than ‘Do produced hormone, showed that it raised Amir, who studies the body’s circadian this to me now.’ ” the sex drive of female rats. Clinical rhythms (daily rhythmic activity cy- One important conclusion of Parada’s trials revealed that it also increased cles). “We’re trying to understand basic research, of course, is that the rat clito- sexual desire in women who experienced phenomena: what in the brain helps de- ris does indeed perform an analogous high levels of sexual inhibition (in lay termine why we behave the way we do?” sexual function to the human clitoris, terms, unusually low sex drives). These Much of this work addresses areas and thus serves as an appropriate mod- findings prompted enthusiasm in the that have long been neglected. Mayte el. “We hope at some point to confirm scientific community and enjoyed Parada, one of Pfaus’s doctoral students, through research with humans what international media coverage, some is investigating the function of the clito- commonalities exist between rats and touting the drug as a female Viagra. ris in female sexual behaviour. “We have humans, to see what we can really learn (Alas, PT-141 is not currently on the some anecdotal knowledge and there is a about human female sexuality from rat market because of concerns that it might growing interest in female sexual func- research,” she says. also increase blood pressure.) In 2009, tions, but there is very little literature Pfaus won his second Frank A. Beach to help us understand the neurobiology Sex and drugs Award in behavioural neuroscience and behind clitoral sensations,” Parada says. and rock ’n’ roll comparative psychology, given by the “For instance, what parts of the brain Sexual inhibition is another relatively American Psychological Association. And light up when the clitoris is stimulated unexplored area of research, and Pfaus’s a summer 2010 article in the academic and how does this affect sexual behav- lab recently turned its attention in this journal Hormones and Behavior on the iour in general?” Her research with rats direction. The study that led to the 2010 effects of stimulants such as cocaine explores some of these questions. Using Hormones and Behavior paper investigates and depressants like alcohol on sexual a very fine “Number 4” paintbrush just what happens when you mix sex with function in rats attracted notice in the lubricated with K-Y Jelly, she stimulated drugs: do you really get to popular media as well as scientific circles. the clitoris of female rats. (“We just lift Pfaus is one of 15 lead investiga- the rump of the tail,” Parada tors—10 from Concordia, four from explains. McGill University and one from
Page 12: Psychology Professor James Pfaus in the Renaud Science Complex. Previous page and right: Pfaus and doctoral student Mayte Parada in their lab. Illustrations and right, centre: cross-sections of rats’ brains. One of Pfaus’s recent studies confirmed that stimulants inhibit sexual performance. “Drugs like heroin simply take over the 14 | winter 2010/11 concordia university magazine neurological system that was laid down for sex,” Pfaus reports. rock ’n’ roll? “The impact of drugs experience because they are more More fundamentally, Pfaus’s findings depends on the endogenous [that basic,” Pfaus asserts. “But here ex- overturn much of what we thought we is, internally driven] functioning of perience trumps hormones. If their knew about sexual behaviour. “Rats want each individual,” Pfaus explains. “If experience is that sex is terrible because the partner associated with sexual plea- you normally experience an excess of they’re not getting off on it, after six or sure, which is making us rethink these inhibition, a drug that disinhibits you— seven trials, the females don’t want to stilted evolutionary hypotheses where like cocaine, for instance—and makes bother with it anymore.” the female only wants the big, power- you more likely to experience sexual ful guy and the males want the pretty pleasure will be an aphrodisiac, and you The next sexual revolution girl,” he says. “We need new evolution- will proclaim it as such to your friends. Not surprisingly, this kind of work ary theories about how the brain evolved But a less inhibited friend may try it could have significant implications for for sex. The brain’s flexibility in sexual only to find he has trouble getting or treating sexual dysfunctions. “Much learning suggests it may have developed maintaining an erection, so for him your of the CSBN’s research can also be for a kind of sexual opportunism, to take aphrodisiac makes him dysfunctional— translated to more practical issues, advantage of the circumstances existing it is inhibitory.” and Jim Pfaus’s offers a very good at the time.” For most people, taking stimulants example of how we can move from the The first sexual research revolution or depressants inhibits sexual activity; bench to the bedside,” says Amir. “If arrived with investigators like Richard the next goal is to more fully understand we can identify systems or receptors von Krafft-Ebing and Sigmund Freud the neurological mechanisms at work for neurotransmitters in the brain that at the turn of the last century and the behind this inhibition. “It’s as William are important for sexual excitation or second with people like Alfred Kinsey, Burroughs wrote in Naked Lunch: ‘her- inhibition, we might be able to develop William Masters and Virginia Johnson oin circumvents sex.’ And it does so on drugs that block or activate them, which following the Second World War through every level, from the molecular to the could help treat different disorders of the 1960s. “Today, thanks to advances behavioural. It binds quickly and for a sexual desire.” in neural imaging and pharmacology, we longer period of time because it isn’t Rats and humans show similar are in the midst of a third sexual revo- your own endogenous opioid, but rather responses to drugs, because the neu- lution,” says Pfaus. Our understanding a substitute. And you only need money rological systems that underlie these of sexual behaviour is shifting thanks to get it,” Pfaus says. responses are similar in each spe- to research such as that carried out by His findings show that both inhibi- cies. “If we look at what gets activated Pfaus and his students, research that tion and excitation are learned rather in the brain of a man on Viagra and a makes clear just how much the brain than purely innate. In one rat study, rat on Viagra, it is exactly the same,” has to do with sex: why we want it some- Pfaus administered a drug to female rats Pfaus says. And, he continues, “all the times, why we don’t want it other times, to block the activation of the brain’s en- drugs currently in clinical trials for the and why we like it the way we do. The dogenous opioid systems so that they treatment of hypoactive sexual desire brain truly is an erogenous zone— cannot experience sexual pleasure; he disorders in women have also come more than we had ever imagined. also gave them steroidal hormones, through our lab, where they have all which should in theory prompt sexual produced a preclinical marker of Patrick McDonagh, PhD 98, is a activity. However, after a few trials of desire in female rats”—that is, the Montreal-based writer. unrewarding sex, instead of partner- drugs vault the rats from a very low de- ing with a male rat with which they have sire to enthusiastically soliciting male been previously conditioned to expect rats. “Significantly, in clinical trials, clitoral stimulation, female rats showed these drugs also have that effect with no partner preference or declined sex women.” entirely. “This is astonishing. We tend to think the hormones trump
concordia university magazine winter 2010/11 | 15 16 | winter 2010/11 concordia university magazine L’université met en valeur son impressionnante collection d’œuvres d’art public
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Profitant du boom des années 1960, les établissements fondateurs de l’Université Concordia ont très tôt pris le parti d’incorporer des œuvres d’art novatrices à même leurs édifices. C’est ainsi qu’un très beau vitrail de Jean McEwen invite la lumière matinale à pénétrer au cœur du pavillon Henry-F.-Hall, le premier immeuble moderne d’importance construit par l’université. Cette œuvre s’intègre à une collection qui fait l’envie des autres maisons d’enseignement.
An English version of the text is available at magazine.concordia.ca.
e n’est un secret pour personne : la Faculté des beaux- débusqué près de 200 artefacts éparpillés dans des arts de Concordia est probablement l’une des plus bureaux, des couloirs, voire des salles anonymes ou des C prestigieuses au pays. L’art se réverbère à travers les sites d’entreposage ! différents pavillons des deux campus et on pourrait s’avancer Il faut rappeler que les années 1960 et 1970 correspon- jusqu’à dire que l’activité artistique est inséparable de la daient à une époque où les pouvoirs publics agissaient comme vie intellectuelle d’un établissement d’enseignement qui se de véritables mécènes. Ainsi, au-delà des commandes démarque par son esprit d’innovation. C’est un peu ce que dédiées à l’art public — intégré aux bâtiments —, les admi professe Clarence Epstein. nistrateurs poussaient l’audace jusqu’à encourager l’achat Le directeur des projets spéciaux et des affaires culturelles de pièces de mobilier et d’objets d’art appelés à bonifier au cabinet de la rectrice revient de loin. En effet, M. Epstein certains secteurs de l’université. Pour reprendre les paroles travaille depuis le début des années 2000 à recenser la pro- de notre interlocuteur, on pourrait ajouter que « l’art n’était priété culturelle de l’Université, qui semblait avoir été, dans pas seulement réservé aux galeries, mais rayonnait dans certains cas, laissée à elle-même. Ainsi, il nous confiait avoir l’espace public ».
concordia university magazine winter 2010/11 | 17 L’art public et son l’Université ne disposait toujours pas d’une réelle politique contexte d’ancrage d’acquisition. Ce n’est qu’au début des années 1990 que la Clarence Epstein souligne que « les anciennes institutions donne va changer. La construction de la bibliothèque John- [Sir George Williams University et Loyola College] — avant W.-McConnell, en 1992, va donner un coup d’envoi, alors que la création de l’Université Concordia en 1974 — n’avaient plusieurs nouvelles œuvres seront intégrées à l’édifice dans le pas nécessairement mis en place un suivi en termes de cadre de la politique québécoise du 1 % [système de subven- conservation et de mise en valeur des œuvres d’art public tions gouvernementales consacrées aux œuvres d’art intégrées déjà sur place. Lorsque les deux collèges ont fusionné, les aux nouveaux bâtiments publics]. C’est une équipe dirigée par collections d’art n’étaient pas perçues comme des éléments- l’artiste Rose-Marie Goulet qui a remporté cet important con- clefs », poursuit-il. cours », précise-t-il. Outre les œuvres commandées par l’Université, certains Une des œuvres commandées a été réalisée par une équipe promoteurs privés auront eux aussi fait leur part pour mettre de spécialistes en design urbain, qui ont utilisé une structure en valeur les espaces publics du secteur. C’est ainsi qu’une très métallique en forme de spirale afin de montrer des textes qui belle murale de Claude Théberge avait été laissée à son sort parlent de la richesse linguistique en présence sur le cam- sur le flanc est de l’édifice de la station de métro Guy (pavillon pus. Œuvre contextuelle par excellence, An Explosion of Letters GM). (L’artiste s’est distingué durant les années 1960 en organisant un atelier spécialisé dans le domaine des arts intégrés à l’architecture. Ses œuvres étaient conçues en fonction de leurs lieux d’insertion.) C’est en se portant acqué- reur de l’édifice que l’Université a constaté qu’il n’existait pas d’archives à son sujet. M. Epstein s’est donc occupé de la documentation et de la mise en valeur de cette pièce unique. Clarence Epstein et son équipe ont bien vu la richesse insoupçonnée d’une collection qui brille par la diversité des œuvres commandées depuis quatre décennies environ. « Mis à part quelques dons d’entreprises ou de mécènes,
18 | winter 2010/11 concordia university magazine Œuvres d’art public à l’université : Ci-contre : An Explosion of Letters dans l’atrium du pavillon John-W.-McConnell
En chevauchement : LEAP, d’Adad Hannah, sur la façade du Centre PERFORM
Page précédente : Lierre sur Pierre, de Geneviève Cadieux, au pavillon de l’École de gestion John-Molson
apparaît sur la devanture de l’édifice et réapparaît dans le hall Une destinée commune d’entrée, puis au-dessus d’une cage d’escalier et, finalement, Notre interlocuteur aime à rappeler que Concordia et la à l’intérieur de la salle de lecture de la bibliothèque. métropole partagent cette même destinée, qui aura servi de trame de fond à d’innombrables échanges culturels au fil du L’épreuve du temps temps. M. Epstein souligne, à cet effet, que l’Université tente Le responsable des affaires culturelles de Concordia ajoute que ce de « faire passer le message selon lequel l’art jette un pont type d’œuvre se démarque par « sa visibilité permanente dans le entre l’éducation et la culture, une approche que nous nous domaine public et aussi en raison de la qualité des matériaux, qui efforçons de mettre en valeur ». l’aidera à passer à travers l’épreuve du temps. N’oublions pas les Ce va-et-vient entre culture et société est au centre de la thé- intempéries ou les actes de vandalisme qui risqueront de l’abîmer. matique d’une œuvre d’art public destinée au campus Loyola. L’aspect de la durabilité est incontournable dans ce cas ». L’œuvre d’Adad Hannah, MFA 2004, diplômé de Concordia (et Cette dernière considération aura sans doute guidé la concep- étudiant au doctorat), orne les fenêtres de la façade principale tion de l’immense murale réalisée par Geneviève Cadieux pour la du nouvel édifice du Centre PERFORM au campus de l’ouest façade principale du pavillon de l’École de gestion John-Molson de la ville. Il s’agit d’une immense murale façonnée à partir de (MB). De gigantesques feuilles de lierre en acier anodisé ont été clichés photographiques qui ont été transférés au moyen d’une fixées à même un mur en pierre calcaire d’une surface de encre frite sur la surface des vitres. Inspirée des études sur le 150 mètres carrés. Lierre sur Pierre est une œuvre monumentale mouvement du célèbre Eadweard Muybridge, elle évoque le qui donne l’impression de pouvoir résister à l’épreuve du temps. corps humain en mouvement et ses multiples transformations Un détail retient notre attention : la surface réflexive des feuilles à travers le temps. de lierre fait en sorte que les piétons peuvent s’y mirer en pas- Clarence Epstein souligne que « l’artiste a utilisé des sant. Ce clin d’œil de l’artiste souligne la volonté de l’Université modèles qui proviennent de toutes les couches de la société, de demeurer ouverte sur la communauté montréalaise. de tous les âges et de tous les genres. Il s’agit d’une réflexion
concordia university magazine winter 2010/11 | 19 sur la communauté des usagers de Concordia dans son essence d’origine méditerranéenne qui utilise la couleur à profu- même. Et cette œuvre clôture à point nommé l’événement thé- sion dans ses tableaux et pour qui la lumière est une source matique Montréal Ville de verre, qui prendra bientôt fin ». d’inspiration continue. Il affirme : « C’est le rôle d’un artiste de s’adapter à la lumière ambiante puisque de notre inspira- Montréal Ville de verre tion jaillit ce que j’appelle une lumière spirituelle. Ce qui fait L’année 2010 a été un grand cru pour Concordia. L’Université toute la différence en fin de compte. » s’est distinguée en participant à Montréal Ville de verre. Chaki s’est vu confier la réalisation d’une murale qui a été in- L’événement, parrainé par la Société des directeurs des musées stallée au beau milieu d’un corridor sous-terrain qui relie le montréalais (SDMM), a mis en vedette le verre sous toutes ses pavillon EV au pavillon MB. Une prouesse en soi dans un envi- déclinaisons dans le domaine de l’architecture et de l’art public. ronnement qui baigne uniquement dans la lumière artificielle ! Montréal Ville de verre a fait appel à la participation d’une pléiade L’œuvre, intitulée Les Quatre Saisons, frappe le regard par l’énergie de musées, ainsi qu’au réseau de métro et à certaines institutions vitale qui émane de l’agencement des couleurs et des formes. publiques qui contribuent à l’embellissement de la cité. L’artiste souligne que « l’idée maîtresse derrière cette Manon Blanchette, directrice générale de la SDMM, œuvre est née en quelques minutes, le temps de poser des souligne l’apport exceptionnel de Concordia dans le do- gestes témoignant de la simplicité des éléments naturels, de
maine de l’intégration du verre à l’art public. Elle affirme que la fraîcheur des saisons et du mouvement de la vie. La phase « l’immense verrière de Nicolas Baier — sur le flanc est du pa- technique, par contre, fut laborieuse puisque nous voulions villon intégré Génie, informatique et arts visuels (pavillon EV) assembler les zones de couleurs de la verrière sans utiliser de — a littéralement métamorphosé tout le secteur. Lorsque vous plomb. Les quatre panneaux pèsent environ une tonne : imagi- passez par là, vous pouvez lever la tête et voir le mouvement des nez l’ingéniosité qu’il a fallu déployer pour installer l’œuvre feuilles qui semblent bouger sous l’action de la lumière ». dans son ensemble ». En fait, c’est le mouvement des piétons Le médium verre a certainement un rôle à jouer dans nos qui provoque des changements de luminosité de sorte que pays nordiques, alors que le soleil se fait moins généreux Les Quatre Saisons semble animée d’une énergie renouvelée. durant la saison froide. C’est ce qui fait que les verrières L’énergie d’une communauté bien vivante. procurent une source de plaisirs renouvelés aux usagers des bâtiments du centre-ville. Yehouda Chaki est un artiste Patrice-Hans Perrier, BA 1990, est journaliste à Montréal.
20 | winter 2010/11 concordia university magazine Bien à la vue : Ci-contre : Murale de Nicolas Baier au pavillon intégré Génie, informatique et arts visuels
Ci-dessous : Les Quatre Saisons, de Yehouda Chaki, dans le tunnel menant à l’École de gestion John-Molson
Don de Diane et Salvatore Guerrera et leur famille
Page précédente : Muraille contemporaine de Claude Théberge à l’une des sorties du pavillon du métro Guy
concordia university magazine winter 2010/11 | 21 22 | winter 2010/11 concordia university magazine The university has enhanced its impressive collection of public art works.
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Concordia University’s founding institutions took advantage of the 1960s’ boom years to incorporate innovative artwork in their buildings. As a result, Sir George Williams University installed a beautiful John McEwen stained glass window in the heart of the Henry F. Hall Building, its first modern construction. This work adds to an enviable art collection that adorns Concordia buildings today.
oncordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts is recognized as one During the 1960s and 1970s, the government was the uni- of the most prestigious art schools in the country. versity’s main patron. Beyond the public art integrated into the CAppropriately, art works are prominently displayed buildings, university administrators encouraged the purchase through many university buildings on both the Sir George of furniture and objets d’art to improve certain public spaces. Williams and Loyola campuses. Clarence Epstein, Concordia’s “Art was not just for galleries but radiated in the public arena,” director of Special Projects and Cultural Affairs in the Office Epstein says. of the President, asserts that art is inseparable from the intellectual life at Concordia, an institution that stands out Public art and its contextual anchor for its innovation. Epstein emphasizes that before the creation of Concordia Epstein has been working at the university since 2000 to University in 1974, Sir George Williams University and Loyola identify its cultural property, which in some cases was left un- College had not put in place a monitoring system for the tended. That included nearly 200 artefacts scattered throughout conservation and development of public art. “At the time of offices, corridors, hallways and even nameless storage sites. the merger, art collections were not seen as key,” he says.
concordia university magazine winter 2010/11 | 23 Besides the works commissioned by the university, some Goulet and a team of urban design specialists incorporated a private real estate developers also did their part to enhance metal spiral to depict texts, matching the library’s rich linguis- public spaces. One such example is Claude Théberge’s distinc- tic tradition. The resulting work, called An Explosion of Letters, tive mural on the east side of the Guy Metro (GM) Building. appears on the front of the Library Building and again in the (The artist distinguished himself in the 1960s by organizing lobby, over a stairwell and inside a reading room. a workshop specializing in art integrated into architecture. Théberge designed his works according to where they would Test of time be installed.) After Concordia bought the GM Building, its ad- Concordia’s head of cultural affairs adds that this type of ministrators discovered no records about Théberge. Epstein work is distinguished by its permanent visibility in the public had to search for the documentation and development of the domain. “It also stands out because of the quality of materials, unique piece. which will help to put it through the test of time,” Epstein says. Throughout the university’s properties, Epstein and “Because of the weather or acts of vandalism that may damage his team have found an unexpected richness in the diverse the work, its sustainability is essential.” collection of works commissioned over four decades. “ This latter consideration undoubtedly guided Geneviève Apart from a few gifts by corporate donators or benefactors, the university did not yet have a real policy of acquisition,” he says of the earlier days. “Not until the early 1990s did that change.” The construction of the John W. McConnell Library Building in 1992 kicked off the new era. Several new works were incorporated into the building through the Quebec 1% policy [the provincial gov- ernment policy that states 1% of the budget for new public buildings must be spent on public art]. “That was done by a team led by artist Rose-Marie Goulet, who won the com- petition,” Epstein explains.
24 | winter 2010/11 concordia university magazine Concordia art: At right: An Explosion of Letters in the J.W. McConnell Building atrium.
Below: Adad Hannah’s work, called LEAP, adorns the fa- cade of the PERFORM Centre.
Previous page, below: Geneviève Cadieux’s Lierre sur Pierre on the John Molson School of Business Building.
Cadieux’s design of the huge mural on the main facade of the a glass surface. Inspired by the motion studies of Eadweard John Molson School of Business Building. The monumental Muybridge’s famous works, LEAP evokes the human body in work, called Lierre sur Pierre (Ivy on Stone), includes massive motion and its many transformations over time. “The artist sheets of ivy made of anodized steel attached to a 150-square- used models who come from all walks of life, of all ages and all metre limestone wall. The reflective surface of ivy leaves genres,” Epstein states. “This is a reflection of the Concordia catches the attention of passers-by and seems to mirror the community in its very essence. And it is timely because it university’s willingness to engage the Montreal community. comes near the end of the Montreal City of Glass activities.”
A common destiny Montreal City of Glass Epstein explains that Concordia and the City of Montreal share In 2010, Concordia participated in Montreal City of Glass, a the goal of bringing art to the public, which has led to countless series of exhibitions and events sponsored by the Board of cultural exchanges over the years. “The university is trying to Montreal Museum Directors (BMMD). It showcased a variety project the message and showcase that art provides a bridge of local glass works featured in architecture and public art. The between education and culture,” he says. works were displayed at several Montreal museums, Metro This back-and-forth between culture and society is central stations and public institutions. to the theme of a new public art work to be displayed on the Manon Blanchette, CEO of the BMMD, says Concordia has Loyola Campus. The work by Adad Hannah, MFA 04 (now a made an outstanding contribution in integrating glass in its Concordia PhD student), called LEAP, will adorn the large front public works of art. “The vast canopy by Nicolas Baier—on the window of the PERFORM Centre, set to open at Loyola in 2011. east side of Concordia’s Engineering, Computer Science and The window is covered with photographs that were baked onto Visual Arts Integrated Complex [EV Building]—has literally
concordia university magazine winter 2010/11 | 25 transformed the entire area,” Blanchette says. “When you go (The Four Seasons) is bathed in artificial light and hits the eye there, you can look up and see the movement of the leaves that with an energy that emanates from the arrangement of colours seem to shift under the changing light.” and shapes. “The idea behind this work came to me in a few Glass plays an important role for allowing in light in north- minutes while I was reflecting on the simplicity of natural ele- ern countries, where the sun is less present during the cold ments, the cooler seasons and the bustle of life,” Chaki recalls. season. Yehouda Chaki, a Mediterranean-born local artist who “The technical phase, on the other hand, was difficult because liberally uses colour in his paintings, says that light provides we wanted to assemble the colour zones of the canopy without a continuous source of inspiration for him. “An artist’s role is using lead. The four panels weigh about a ton; you can imagine to adapt to ambient light because our inspiration springs from the ingenuity it took to install the work as a whole.” In fact, what I call a spiritual light. This makes all the difference in the the movement of pedestrians causes changes in the work’s end,” Chaki says. brightness, seemingly renewing the piece’s’ vigour. Concordia entrusted Chaki with the creation of a mural It also reflects the energy of a strong community. installed in the underground corridor that connects the MB and EV buildings. The work, entitled Les Quatre Saisons Patrice-Hans Perrier, BA 1990, is a Montreal-based journalist.
26 | winter 2010/11 concordia university magazine High visibility: At left: Nicolas Baier’s mural on the Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex.
Below: The underground tunnel leading to the John Molson School of Business Building features Yehouda Chaki’s Les Quatre Saisons. The work was a gift from Diane and Salvatore Guerrera and family.
Previous page: Claude Théberge’s modern mural outside the Guy Metro Building.
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Engineering and Computer Science B Y c l é A d E s j a r d i n s
Christopher Trueman is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and associate dean of Academic Affairs for Concordia’s Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science. Trueman arrived at Concordia in 1974.
Trueman spent his first five years solely at Loyola and re- members his move to the downtown Sir George Williams A True Appreciation Campus in 1979 as being quite a culture shock. “I went from tiny classrooms to big lecture halls,” he says. “But I gradually for Teaching realized that the students at Sir George were not fundamentally different from those at Loyola. They all had the same back- hristopher Trueman has spent more than 30 years grounds, the same ideas, the same problems.” teaching the ropes to countless students. Now in his He also has good memories of the high-tech equipment that was Cthird year as the Faculty of Engineering and Computer made available to faculty members back in the day: “We were given Science’s associate dean of Academic Affairs, Trueman round-the-clock access to a PDP 11-20 mini-computer—it was has a lot more than classes on his plate. He also carries out terrific for the work I was doing in computational electromagnet- administrative duties that include chairing the Student Request ics. It had an impressive 16 kilobytes of memory, which we later Committee, overseeing the faculty’s Academic Information expanded to an almost unthinkable 64 kilobytes before eventu- Technology Service, managing the workloads of full-time and ally getting a hard drive that could store a whopping one megabyte part-time faculty members, and overseeing the planning of the of data! Times have changed a bit since then,” Trueman says, departments’ course offerings. Regardless of his faculty duties, laughing. “But Concordia has always had facilities that are truly Trueman ensures that he always has one foot in the classroom. top-notch.” “I call teaching my fun,” he says with a smile. Although he has worn many hats over the years—including as Trueman first joined the university in 1974, shortly af- associate chair, co-op director and chair of the Department of ter the merger of Sir George Williams University and Loyola Electrical and Computer Engineering, and chair of the General College. “I think I was one of the first people officially hired by Studies Unit it’s his role as teacher, he says, that’s his true pas- Concordia,” he says. He started as a sessional lecturer before he sion. Asked what he likes so much about his job, Trueman gives had even completed his master’s degree, which he was pursu- a simple answer: it’s the students. “Students are wonderful. ing at the time at McGill University. “I was shocked to see that They are enthusiastic, they’re interested, they listen to what there were students in my class who were older than me!” He you have to say, they ask questions.” He especially likes to teach recalls his early days on the Loyola Campus with fondness. He the core undergraduate courses, like electromagnetics, because loved teaching right from the start and quickly formed a bond “you can really reach those students and have a positive influ- with his students, who could easily relate to the young professor. ence on what they do and how they process information, right Trueman went on to earn his PhD at McGill while still teaching a at a crucial stage, the beginning of their career.” full course load at Concordia. “It was hectic but it was worth it,” Trueman’s passion has not gone unnoticed: he was awarded the he says, as those four years of working and studying gave him a Engineering and Computer Science award for excellence in full- better appreciation of what his students were going through. time teaching in 2005-06. And he shows no sign of slowing down.
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any of us may have an “Uncle Jack” but for a select it. We bonded extremely well as a class and we became very group of Concordia alumni, the nickname brings close to our professors and to the dean,” he says. He has fond Mto mind their beloved former professor and dean, memories of Bordan, who was “always outgoing and optimis- Jack Bordan, LLD 82. As the founding dean of the Faculty of tic. He was inspiring.” Engineering and Computer Science (a position he held from This spirit of closeness was still very much in evidence 1963 to 1968, before becoming Concordia’s Vice-Principal, 45 years later at the Engineering and Computer Science Academic, through 1980), Jack Bordan’s passion for teaching Reunion Cocktail Reception on October 2 at the Engineering, ensured his legacy would last far beyond his decades here. Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex, during Today, Bordan’s presence can be felt on campus thanks to the Homecoming 2010. Jack Bordan’s praises were sung by many Jack Bordan Entrance Scholarship for first-year Engineering in attendance, including Harald Debor, S BEng 65, S BEng and Computer Science students. 68, another Jack Bordan Scholarship donor. Debor took the Bordan, who still resides in Montreal, was “delighted to hear microphone and spoke eloquently of what Uncle Jack meant that the scholarship had been established—I was genuinely to him and his peers—both then and now—and played a short moved,” he says. “To have it in my name is a particularly lovely video greeting from Bordan. thing for me.” The first Jack Bordan Scholarship was awarded to Ron In 2009, the Sir George Williams Engineering Class of 1968 Gamliel, who entered the Engineering and Computer launched the scholarship, which has now blossomed thanks Science undergraduate program this fall. Hole is proud that in part to the generosity of donors such as James (J.D.) Hole, S many such students will benefit from Bordan’s legacy. “Jack BEng 65, past chairman of the board of directors at Lockerbie looked beyond a student’s academic skills and really saw & Hole, a major Canadian mechanical contractor. Hole’s them for who they were,” he says. “He inspired a lot of the leadership gift has helped the fund grow into a $30,000 en- students; he helped many through tough times and really got dowment that will help undergraduates annually. Individuals results—as you can see from where some of those graduates like Yves Harel, of Montreal-based building automation com- have wound up today.” pany Régulvar, have also made generous donations that have helped the fund grow. For more information about the Jack Bordan Undergraduate For Hole, being part of the Class of 1965 meant being part Entrance Scholarship, please contact Sarah Kenny, Development of a diverse but tight-knit group. “We all knew we were only Officer, Engineering and Computer Science, at 514-848-2424, there for a short time, so we were sure to make the most of ext. 7026, or [email protected].
James (J.D.) Hole, S BEng 65, who provided a leading gift for the Jack Bordan, LLD 82, former Concordia and Sir George Williams Jack Bordan Scholarship. University Engineering and Computer Science professor and dean, circa the 1960s in his Sir George Williams office.
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s E P t embe r 2 3 years, the Shuffle has raised more than $900,000 and helped more than 375 students through scholarships and bursaries. Career Speed Networking At the Shuffle’s wind-up at Loyola Campus, the shufflers Networking plays a key role in job hunting, which is why enjoyed the President’s BBQ under a tent. Mahesh Sharma, Concordia’s third Career Speed-Networking event once Associate Professor of Decision Sciences and Management again proved a hit. Nineteen volunteer mentors from various Information Systems at the John Molson School of Business, was professional backgrounds offered career advice to 39 students named Shuffler of the Year. Pictured along the Shuffle route are in the Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Computer Science and Software Engineering Professor Clement Integrated Complex (EV Building). Pictured are Sabrina Riaz, Lam, the Shuffle committee chair, and his wife, Lily. 3 GrDip 07, and José Ernesto Pelaez, MBA 09, a sales executive with Concur Technologies. 2 s E P t embe r 2 5 s E P t embe r 2 4 Homecoming Football Game A field goal with 24 seconds left to play gave the Bishop’s Shuffle 21 University Gaiters an 18-17 victory over the Concordia Stingers Hundreds of enthusiastic Concordians walked, ran or pushed at the Homecoming Football Game at Concordia Stadium. strollers at the 21st edition of the Concordia Shuffle, the annual Pictured are Stingers cornerback Kyle Smith, President and 6.5-km walk from the Sir George Williams to Loyola Campus. Vice-Chancellor Judith Woodsworth and Stingers assistant The shufflers raised more than $40,000 for scholarships and coach and former Montreal Alouette player Bryan Chiu. 1 bursaries for Concordia students. Prior to the Shuffle launch, Virgin Radio 96 on-air person- Communication Studies alities Cousin Vinny (Barrucco) and Tony Stark pumped up the 45th Anniversary Reunion shufflers at the EV Building. Concordia President and Vice- More than 200 Communication Studies alumni packed into Chancellor Judith Woodsworth told the crowd that, in its 21 the Homecoming Tent at the Loyola Campus to celebrate the
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department’s 45th anniversary over cocktails and with old occasional drizzle failed to dampen the spirits of participants, friends. They also bade farewell to longstanding Professor no doubt aided by the enthusiasm of Virgin Radio personality Dennis Murphy, L BA 67, who’d been with the department Kelly Alexander. for 40 of its 45 years. “I was very moved by seeing all those Children (of all ages) enjoyed animals, unicyclists, clowns, familiar faces. I felt such warmth in speaking with as many of a magician, cupcake-making, science experiments, soc- the alumni as I could,” said Murphy, pictured (at left) saying cer matches, puppet shows, face-painting and “tattooing,” goodbye to old friends. 4 among the many activities. Meanwhile, the clattering strikes As the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, Brian of Zuruba, an Afro-Brazilian percussion ensemble, had Lewis, pointed out to the crowd, many Communication fair-goers dancing to their beat. Concordia President and Studies alumni have gone on to enjoy great career success, Vice-Chancellor Judith Woodsworth told the crowd that the including Barry Julien, BA 94, who recently picked up event had “great activities” and “good food.” Judging by the his second Emmy Award as a member of The Colbert Report contented faces enjoying hotdogs and burgers at the Deans’ writing team, and filmmaker Kevin Tierney, S BA 71, GrDip BBQ, the food was indeed appreciated. 5 78, whose Bon Cop, Bad Cop won a Genie Award for Best Motion Picture in 2007. s E P t embe r 2 7 Alumni also toured the department’s new digs and were treated to the grand opening of the Montreal Signs Project, an A.L. Kennedy initiative of Associate Professor Matt Soar and retired archivist A sell-out crowd of 120 people came to the Henry F. Hall Nancy Marrelli, BA 84. The project features a public display Building to listen to Scottish author A.L. Kennedy’s one- of culturally significant signs from around the city, including woman show, Words. The event was a collaboration between Warshaw, Bens and Monsieur Hotdog. the Concordia University Alumni Association and the Blue Metropolis International Literary Series. s E P t embe r 2 6 The audience wasn’t disappointed: Kennedy (pictured, next page 6 ) delivered on her promise to celebrate words—their Family Fair Day sound, meanings and usage—as she used them to weave her Family Fair Day, one of Concordia’s most enduringly popular autobiography as a writer. The award-winner is obviously as Homecoming events, did not fail to impress again this year, masterful at speaking words as writing them, telling her sto- with 1,500 people descending upon the Loyola Campus ry with such pacing, timing and vocal variety that she had her to sing, dance, play, munch and explore what proved to listeners alternately laughing out loud and silent as can be, be a rollicking good time for everyone. Cloudy skies and hanging on her every ... word.
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s E P t embe r 2 8 The individual 2010 inductees were (pictured, from left to right 8 ) Concordia Stinger basketball player Gary McKeigan, AbitibiBowater Lecture: Dr. Rick Hodes BFA 86, Stingers rugby player Josée Lacasse, BSc 93, Loyola- When Dr. Rick Hodes arrived in Ethiopia in the late 1980s on Concordia basketball and football coach Doug Daigneault, Sir a Fulbright Fellowship to teach internal medicine, he expected George Williams hockey stars Brian Chapman, S BA 67, and to stay for a year. But, as Hodes told a crowd of about 250 Alex Matthew, S BA 67. The 1991 Concordia women’s rugby Concordia students, alumni and others in the Hall Building’s team was also inducted. room H-110 at the 2010 AbitibiBowater Lecture, he’s still there. “I didn’t intend to stay for 22 years,” he admitted. O c t o be r 2 During that time, Dr. Rick, as he’s known, has saved the lives of hundreds of Ethiopian children suffering from various forms Engineering and Computer Science of spinal and heart diseases and cancer. Alumni Reunion Hodes is the Medical Director in Ethiopia for the American Close to 100 alumni from Concordia’s Faculty of Engineering Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and is the senior con- and Computer Science returned to campus for their reunion, sultant at Mother Theresa’s Catholic mission in Addis Ababa. which proved to be a wonderful time. In 2007, Hodes was selected as a CNN Hero, which recogniz- In the afternoon, alumni “Hit the Books” with back-to-back es ordinary people for their extraordinary achievements. His presentations from two Engineering and Computer Science work is the subject of the HBO documentary Making the Crooked faculty members: Daniel Sinnig, who talked about some of Straight and a book, This is a Soul: The Mission of Rick Hodes, by the faculty’s software engineering research projects, and Luis Marilyn Berger. Hodes (right) is pictured signing copies of his Rodrigues, who spoke about aeronautics and gave alumni a book for appreciative students. 7 once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pilot the on-campus flight simulator. O c t o be r 1 The guests then came back down to earth for a cocktail re- ception in the EV Building. The fine autumn day allowed them Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony to explore the 11th-floor terrace and admire its bird’s-eye view and Banquet of downtown Montreal. Pictured are Louise Paradis, BEng 90, The Concordia University Department of Recreation and and Antonio Scandella, BEng 80. 9 Athletics inducted a new cohort into the Concordia Sports Hall of Fame at a gala dinner held at the John Molson reception room at Molson Brewery in Montreal.
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O c t o be r 3 No longer. Concordia, bustling with 44,000 students, is emerging as never before. It’s on a mission to become President’s Reunion Brunch one of Canada’s top comprehensive universities, President Graduating from university could well take its pride of place on and Vice-Chancellor Judith Woodsworth told the reunion a list of life-changing events if Concordia alumni are anything attendees. “We want to offer high-quality academic pro- to go by. Just ask John Millons, S BA 59, whose classmates grams, an outstanding student experience and strengthen included immigrants and Second World War survivors. Millons our community outreach,” she said with a flourish. “While was one of scores of graduates attending the President’s Reunion our infrastructure has dramatically changed, rest assured Brunch at the EV Building. He left the U.K. in 1953 to settle in that our core values remain the same.” Montreal and found work with Canadian Pacific Railways before The Homecoming reunion weekend wrapped up with ex- considering higher education. “I was referred by my employer to tensive tours of the Sir George Williams and Loyola campuses. Sir George Williams University which, at the time, was the only Pictured are Linda Gannon, L BA 70, MA 88, and Wayne university in Canada to offer degree programs in both day and Clifford, S BA 60. 10 evening divisions,” Millons recalled at the brunch. Giussepa Di Sano, BA 90 (Fr.& Ital.), told a different tale, but with a similar ending. Di Sano said she once found herself at odds with her father’s views on higher education, yet his decla- Call for Class Reunion ration that “university was for the rich” only strengthened her Champions for resolve to study. “I always wanted to have a university degree, Homecoming 2011 so at 21, as a mature student, I saved my money and entered Concordia University, as a part-time student in the evenings,” Graduates from the classes of pre-1961, 1961, 1966, 1971, she said. Di Sano now divides her time working at a language 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006 will reunite school in Italy and for McGill University. to celebrate their anniversary years at Homecoming 2011. For some graduates, nostalgia for the one-time smaller, If you would like to volunteer as a Class Champion cozier university settings—Sir George Williams and Loyola for your reunion class, please contact Erin Mullins, College of yore—is still evident today. Yet many agree Associate Alumni Officer, Homecoming and Reunions, or 514-848-2424, ext. 3881. Concordia has come a long way from its founding institutions. at [email protected] Don Hathaway, S BEng 65, S BSc 68, said he’s astonished by Help us bring together your former classmates to Concordia’s transformation but recalled nostalgically how, celebrate this momentous event. once upon a time, “the deans taught first-year courses.”
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JMSB Awards of Distinction Loyola Public Lecture Series Concordia Goes West: andall Kelly, BComm 78, is on Ethics in Society Pumpkin picking at Quinn Farm Rpresident of Montreal-based Chris Lowney (at left) 2 believes An enthusiastic crowd of about 100 investment company Formula Growth that had Wall Street business leaders Concordia alumni and their friends Ltd. and a long-time volunteer and undertaken St. Ignatius’s Spiritual and families gathered October 16 for supporter of Concordia’s John Molson Exercises—a month-long series of a fun morning of pumpkin picking School of Business (JMSB). Kelly told meditations, prayers, considerations and decorating at Quinn Farm in the 230 guests packed into the BMO and contemplative practices—we Notre-Dame-de-L’Île-Perrot, Que. Amphitheatre at the state-of-the-art might have been spared the financial Participants took a carriage ride to the JMSB Building on November 9 that he catastrophe that unwound so many pumpkin patch, where they picked their recalls his days at Concordia spent in banks in 2008. That’s what Lowney told own pumpkins. more modest settings. “So to think that guests at Concordia’s second Loyola we’re now in a building like this is quite Public Lecture Series event on October Faculty Showcase an accomplishment for the JMSB,” said 20 in the Communication Studies As part of Concordia’s 2010 Open House, Kelly, one of the honourees at the 21st and Journalism Building. Had their the Advancement and Alumni Relations JMSB Awards of Distinction ceremony. decisions shown love for colleagues and Office and the Concordia University He started his career at the accounting been made with “a sense of purpose Alumni Association presented a series firm Touche Ross (now Deloitte), joined greater than themselves,” fewer people of presentations by professors from the Formula Growth in 1984 and became its would have been in harm’s way. He universities’ four academic faculties on president in 1993. calls it “having the courage to do what exciting and relevant research topics The other Award of Distinction re- is needed.”“Those same dynamics help on October 23 in the J.W. McConnell cipient, Anna Martini, BComm 85, parents, university professors, students Building. GrDip 86, began her career at the same and nurses to do their jobs better, too,” Paul Shrivastava 3 , the David accounting firm and remained there Lowney said. O’Brien Distinguished Professor until 2004, when she became presi- dent of Montreal-based apparel retailer Groupe Dynamite Inc. Martini quickly helped expand the number and success of its retail stores, Garage, Dynamite and Chado. She told the audience she remembers her days at Concordia well. “This is where it all began,” Martini said. hy p a
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5 Ottawa Chapter 6 Toronto Chapter and director of the David O’Brien committee. Those culminated on next ones will be held on January 25 and Centre for Sustainable Enterprise, October 18, when about 100 Concordia March 28, 2011. talked about connecting the science faculty members, students, alumni, of sustainability to the arts. Hashem donors and others gathered in the Geographic Chapters Akbari, Professor of Building, Civil Hall Building to celebrate the 20th Ottawa and Environmental Engineering, anniversary. Pictured (from left to Concordia alumni enjoyed tasty discussed his efforts to urge major ur- right): Catherine Bolton, Associate appetizers and great conversation in an ban cities to install reflective roofs Dean, Arts and Science; M.N.S. informal environment at the Fox and and pavements instead of the tradi- Swamy, Electrical and Computer Feather Pub and Grill on October 5. tional dark surfaces that absorb light Engineering research professor and Chapter President Richard Duranceau, and heat. Rhona Richman Kenneally, 20th anniversary steering committee BA 96, MA 99, who organized the Chair of the Department of Design and member; Lynda Clarke, Chair, event, gave a short overview of Computation Arts, talked about how Department of Religion; T.S. Rukmani; Concordia’s accomplishments and designers and architects should think David Graham, Concordia Provost current activities, the role of the of the kitchen as an interactive en- and Vice-President, Academic Affairs; Ottawa Chapter and a brief outline vironment and “not just a decorated Munit Merid, BA 95, assistant to the of past and future alumni chapter box.” And Norma Bamuel Joseph, PhD Chair of Religion; Umanath Tiwari, activities. Immediate Past-President 95, Director of the Women and Religion anniversary steering committee Murray Kronick, BCSc 78, MCSc specialization and Associate Professor member; and Ashwini Gupta. 4 83, spoke about how the Chapter of Religion, described how food is not Bursary supports needy students. just about taste but about cultural tra- JMSB Pictured (from left to right): Richard dition and community. Despite the rainy weather, more than 55 Duranceau, Kayla Aratski, BA 07, a alumni gathered to network, socialize, friend and Chris Wilcox, BA 04. 5 Chair in Hindu Studies catch up with old friends and make To celebrate the 20th anniversary of new ones at the JMSB Alumni Chapter Toronto the Endowed Chair in Hindu Studies, Pub Night, held October 6 at Rosalie’s Cass Simons, S BComm 71 (left), a number of events were held over the Supper Club in Montreal. Another pub an executive member of the Toronto past year by the Department of Religion night was held on November 30 at Decca Chapter, and Agnes Csordas, BA 06, and Chair in Hindu Studies’ steering 77 Supper Club in Montreal, and and the an advisor for Concordia’s Faculty of
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Engineering and Computer Science, thank you goes to Bill Lebherz, BA 92, the event, Lina Uberti, alumni officer, met prospective graduate students on for making the event happen. incoming chapter president Vinu September 18 at the QS World Grad Srinivasan, MBA 03, Laura Archibald, School Tour at Toronto’s Fairmont Victoria BComm 03, and Denis Kefallinos, BA 91, Royal York Hotel. Simons graciously Sir George Williams University, Loyola founding and outgoing chapter president, volunteered his time for the event. 6 College and Concordia graduates from who co-organized the event. 8 The next day, nearly 40 alumni made 1956 through 1996 ventured to the the coach trip to the Peller Estates Union Club of Victoria on November 3 New York City Winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake for for the first alumni association Mix and Concordia alumni and friends played the Second Annual CUAA Wine Tasting Mingle event in Victoria. Ted Roberts, Softball in the Big Apple on August 21 event. Thank you to chapter executive S BComm 72, MBA 75, spoke briefly in Central Park. Pictured are Daniel member Anil Chitnis, BA 91, for orga- about the association and recounted his Makofsky, Chapter Co-President nizing the day. expedition to Antarctica two years ago, Russell Makofsky, BComm 07, the And despite extreme weather, 35 arranged through the Concordia Alumni game’s organizer, and executive hardy Concordia alumni congregated Travel Program. Thanks to Roberts, member Tiziana Sullivan, BComm 95, October 26 at Grace O’Malley’s Pub, in Lucille Proulx-Jodoin and Laurie and her husband, John Sullivan. 9 the heart of Toronto’s entertainment Colebrook for the event’s success. New York City alumni gathered again district, for a lively Mix, Mingle and Pictured: Gloria and Christopher at the 18th Annual Canadian Universities Network Pub Night. Special thanks Sheldon, S BA 68. 7 Alumni Reception at the landmark to Eustace Harewood, BComm 79, a Roosevelt Hotel on September 23. newcomer to the executive team, for Boston/New England Concordia graduates enjoyed catching up organizing the event. An approaching storm didn’t deter with each other and meeting hundreds alumni from coming October 14 to the of alumni from other Canadian universi- Calgary Boston/New England Chapter’s Third ties. Thank you to chapter co-presidents Thirty Concordia alumni, along with Annual Networking and Deli Night. Russell Makofsky and Alexandra Wong, those from HEC Montréal and McGill The success was no doubt due in part to MBA 04, for organizing the event. University, gathered on October 1 for the overpowering lure of smoked meat the Third Annual CFL Football and flown in from Lester’s in Montreal, Washington, D.C. Tailgate Alumni party. CFL Hall of Fame Cott’s soda, May West snack cakes and About a dozen alumni, family and member Rocco Romano, BA 88, joined poutine, served up at the popular Boston friends savoured a delicious breakfast the tailgate party before the Stampeders deli Zaftigs. Pictured are Jeffrey Davis, while listening to live jazz guitar at trounced the Alouettes 46-21. A BA 78, who helped find and co-organize the Carlyle Suites Hotel Dupont Twist
36 | winter 2010/11 concordia university magazine NOTICE Concordia Sports Hall of Fame Call for Nominations The deadline for nominations to be considered for the 2011 induction ceremony is January 31, 2011.
Nominations should be accompanied by as much supporting documentation as possible, because it is the documentation—not the number of times a name is put forward or endorsed—that is considered at the time of selection. Nominations do not expire if they are not selected in the year that they 11 Beijing Chapter are put forward.
Visit athletics.concordia.ca/ Restaurant on August 8. Thanks to California nomination.html for a nomination Chapter President Renato Sogueco, A small but spirited group of Concordia form or call 514-848-2424, ext. 3852, BA 94, for organizing the event. alumni living in the San Jose area for more information. Pictured are Zoran Kahric, BEng 97, enjoyed a traditional Canadian GO STINGERS! and Reena Vohra, BComm 03. 10 Thanksgiving dinner at the Crowne Alumni also got an opportunity to Plaza Hotel on October 9. Guest enjoy the chapter’s second annual speaker David Stewart, academic wine tasting at the Marrakesh Palace relations officer at the Consulate Save the Date restaurant on October 16. Guests General of Canada in San Francisco, sampled North African food, vied discussed Canadian alumni networks. Attention all Stingers rugby alumni: for giveaways, caught up with friends, Joanne Mollot, BA 79, ably organized made new acquaintances and swapped the event. Annual Rugby stories. Kudos to new executive team Awards Banquet member Soufiane Mebtoul, BCSc 05, Beijing Saturday, January 29, 2011 for arranging the event. Alumni from the Beijing Chapter met for a reunion lunch at Donghai Seafood Molson Brewery, Montreal Washington State/Oregon Restaurant to celebrate National Day By invitation only For more information: On November 6, Concordia alumni on October 2. Pictured (from left to [email protected] gathered for a Meet-and-Greet at right): Chapter President Chen Zhang, the Wilde Rover Irish Pub in Kirkland, BComm 98, MA 03, who organized the Wash., the first event for alumni gathering; Peng Gong, AMBA 05; Todd in the region. Guests included graduates Bi Chongtao; Jirui Chen, MEng 90, Boston from the classes of 1974 through 2009. EMBA 00; Sophie Jin, BComm 06; and Pub Night Thank you to organizer Joel Tovel, Geng Wang, MBA 05. 11 January 13 BComm 96. Brunch and Tour at the Peabody Upcoming geographic Essex Museum chapter events May 1 Call for chapter Watch for your invitation to upcoming New York 2011 events or visit alumni.concordia.ca Networking in the Big Apple volunteers April 7 We’re seeking volunteers to join our Ottawa executive team in San Jose, Calif., Annual Networking Luncheon Visit alumni.concordia.ca for upcoming and for volunteers in Edmonton, India January 27 events in North Carolina, London and Japan. It’s a meaningful way to network and give back to your alma Toronto (U.K.), Dubai, Jordan, Shanghai, mater. Mix, Mingle and Network Night Beijing and Japan. For more information, please February 22 contact Lina Uberti, Alumni Calgary Register for events online at Officer, Geographic Chapters, at Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra alumni.concordia.ca/register, or call [email protected]. presents “The Best of Fleetwood Mac” 514-848-2424, ext. 4397, toll free: March 24 1-888-777-3330.
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Some graduates in this listing Spain. The women are part from Université de Montréal condos, mostly in downtown have received more than one of Omas Siskona (meaning and completed graduate and western Montreal, and degree from Concordia, Sir George Grandmothers Together), a studies in the U.S. In 2005, he commercial buildings. Williams and/or Loyola. These Kitchener-Waterloo charity published Proverbs, Sayings, [email protected] people are listed under their that’s part of the Grandmothers Clichés… A Multilingual earliest year of graduation. to Grandmothers Campaign, Anthology (Legas). The book Angela Bridgeman, a branch of the Stephen Lewis provides English, French, 79 BSc (biochem.), 5 0 t h r e u n i o n Foundation. The campaign Italian, Spanish and Latin graduated from the Howard is dedicated to raising translations of commonly used University School of Dentistry Carol Schmidt, BA awareness and money for proverbs, sayings and clichés. in 1994 and recently 61 (psych.), and fellow Africa’s grandmothers. relocated to the Caribbean. grandmother Mary Ann Gilhuly Sonia Gabriel, BCSc, is a were featured in the August Anthony D’Addese, 75 real estate broker with RE/ Frank Kelton, BComm, was 26 issue of the Kitchener- 65 L BA (philo.), is a MAX Du Cartier in Montreal. appointed in October as Vice Waterloo Record. The story retired Montreal high school Sonia specializes in marketing President/Risk Management covered their 750-kilometre teacher. Anthony also holds and selling residential, Consultant for FCStone Canada fundraising pilgrimage across a Baccalauréat en Pédagogie revenue properties and ULC, a wholly owned subsidiary
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1 > Diane Collet, BFA 76, MA (art ed.) 03, participated in five recent group exhibitions: 3 > Patricia Morris, MFA 84, recently held two solo exhibitions: “The Trans-Canada at La galerie ADN in Côteau-du-Lac, Que., from August 28 to September 12; as part of the Drive-By Landscape Series” at the Galerie de la Ville in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que., from June “10 X 10 Challenge 2010” at the Galerie de la Ville in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que., from 10 to 28, and “Trans-Canada Drive II” at the Avenue Art Gallery in Montreal from October 21 September 8 to October 10; at the Casa da cultura do auditorio municipal de Cangas in Spain to November 5. The exhibitions featured paintings of scenes viewed from a moving car on the from September 3 to the 13; to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the McIntyre Gallery in open road. patricia-morris.net 3) Ontario Black Truck Regina, Sask., on October 22; and at the 27e Exposition Concours-Gala at the Centre culturel Brancusi in Montreal from October 28 to October 31. 1) Hanging 4 > Joanne Kielo, GrDip (art therapy) 88, MA 88, Claude Aimée Villeneuve, BFA 91, Maureen Cunningham, BFA 05, and Betty Ryan Marok are part of the Paperdreamers 2 > Rochelle Mayer, BComm 83, BFA (studio arts) 10, is holding a solo exhibition entitled Collective, founded in 2005. Their common passion is handmade paper. In September, they “Dans le métro, prise 2” at Maison de la Culture Mercier in Montreal until January 16, 2011. participated in the Hudson (Que.) and Region Studio Tour. 4) Handmade denim paper and The exhibition includes more than 40 of Rochelle’s paintings, drawings and prints, as well as a handmade banana skin paper selection of her sketchbooks and small studies. 2) Correspondance à Lionel Groulx
38 | winter 2010/11 concordia university magazine of International Assets Holding and Surgeons of Canada in 2010 Grange Prize. The work Bronia Zaks, BA (app. Corporation. Frank has more October. Louis is an emergency of the four nominees is being 84 soc. sci.), GrDip (DIS) than 25 years of experience room/preventive medicine exhibited at the Art Gallery 96, and her husband, Asher in energy commodities in physician and crusader for of Ontario in Toronto until Waldman, MEng 82, have Canada and the U.S. and has injury prevention and is a January 2, 2011, and the opened JamRockCafé, a full- held several senior marketing researcher, clinician and Museum of Contemporary service restaurant in Montreal and trading positions. He will educator in Edmonton. Louis Photography at Columbia specializing in pies. Bronia also be located in the company’s earned his MD and PhD at College in Chicago until studied Fine Arts at Concordia new Calgary office. the University of Alberta in December 23. Moyra’s series and has painted and sculpted Edmonton. He earned a Master “Copperheads” explores for the last 11 years. Marlene Manion, BA (social of Public Health degree and the textures and surfaces JamRockCafé features an art welfare), recently retired after a did a preventive-medicine of damaged U.S. pennies. gallery for new local artists. 18 years in real estate. “I’m residency while pursuing Bronia is offering special now enjoying the good life studies in injury control and André La Forge, BComm, group rates for Concordia of fishing, motorcycling and public health at Johns Hopkins recently joined Roynat Capital alumni. Bronia@videotron. ‘snowbirding’ in the winter University in Baltimore, Md. as Managing Director, National ca, jamrockcafe.ca with my husband, Mark Hatten, Equity Group. “This is a newly and dog, Teddy. Life is good!” Moyra Davey, BFA, is a created position where I will be David Patterson, BA 82 photographer and faculty actively involved in sourcing 88 (econ.), BA (hist.) 98, is a Louis Hugo member at the International and developing new investment colonel in the Canadian Forces 80 Francescutti, BSc (bio.), Center of Photography in opportunities (control buyout, Army Reserve. In October, became the 41st president of New York City. In September, MBO, LBO, growth capital, etc.) David was deployed for a year the Royal College of Physicians Moyra was nominated for a in both Ontario and Quebec.” to Afghanistan, serving with
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5 > Nathalie Bandulet, BFA (studio arts) 97, held a solo exhibit titled “La Forêt” at the September 9 to 15. Amir is a New York City-based visual artist who was born in Tehran, Iran, Galérie des artistes du Canton in Magog, Que., in May. She also took part in a group exhibition and raised in Montreal. AmirBaradaran.com 7) A still image from “Transient” from July 24 to August 1, held during the Festival des arts in Georgeville, Que. Nathalie is a multidisciplinary and environmental artist and co-owner and designer of Organic Design, an 8 > Chrissy K. Cheung, BFA (design art) 00, is holding a solo exhibition of recent paintings eco-smart lighting design studio. nathaliebandulet.com 5) Cicatrices 1 and drawings called “Every Method: No Method,” at Artfirm Gallery in Calgary from November 25 to December 23. Chrissy is a Montreal-based artist. observeroftime.com 8) Urban 6 > Ilga Leimanis, BFA (art hist.) 99, MA (SIP) 04, held a solo exhibition of her paintings, called “Profiles: friendship in the digital age,” at Gallery Istaba in Riga, Latvia, from July 20 to 9 > Nada H. Kyriakos, MA (art ed.) 01, participated in the group exhibition called “10 X September 5, 2009. Ilga is a London, U.K.-based artist and art teacher and a visiting lecturer at 10 Challenge 2010” at the Galerie de la Ville in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que., from September 8 Central Saint Martins College of the University of the Arts London. ilgaleimanis.com 6) Profiles to October 10. 9) Shaded by Herself – A Day
7 > Amir Baradaran, MA (media studies) 08, presented a series of 40-second video 10 > Erin McCarthy, BA (art hist. & studio art) 07, exhibited acrylic-on-canvas paintings installations taken in New York City taxis called “Transient.” The series ran on TaxiTV from in a group show at the Gallery Centre St-Ambroise in Montreal from October 4 to 17. 10) Nikita
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David Collins, BComm 79, Development Corporation between 1993 and 1997. His civic was appointed Canadian High duties have included serving as alderman and commissioner Commissioner to Kenya, Uganda of public services for the City of Westmount between 1975 and and Rwanda; Ambassador to 1983 and as mayor from 1983 to 1987. For the past 15 years, Burundi, Eritrea and Somalia; Brian has worked tirelessly on behalf of the Canadian Irish and Permanent Representative Studies Foundation and has been its chair since 1999. The to the UN Organisations based in Foundation has raised about $7 million in endowment funds Nairobi, in August. This is David’s and provided an additional $1 million to Concordia to support fourth tour as a head of mission, the development of its School of Canadian Irish Studies. having served in Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova, Pakistan and Malaysia. He holds a BA from Faculties of Fine Arts and Queen’s University in Kingston, Engineering and Computer Science Ont., and an MSc from Durham University in the U.K. He is a graduate of the Senior Executive Victor (Vic) Stefan Vogel, Development Program at the Banff (Alta.) School of Advanced LLD 10, has been a pivotal force Management and qualified as a Chartered Secretary (ACIS). in establishing Montreal as one of the world’s jazz capitals Johanna Skibsrud, MA 06, and continues to be a musical won the prestigious Scotiabank ambassador for the city. Vic Giller Prize 2010 on November has also helped musicians in 9 for her first novel, The Cuba and other developing Sentimentalists (Gaspereau countries to obtain the music Press). Johanna’s novel is based and instruments to play their in part on her late father’s best. He began playing the piano experiences in the Vietnam by ear at the age of five. By 14, War. The prize is Canada’s most rs he soloed on CBC programs celebrated award for fiction eute that aired nationwide. After /R nch
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of the novel was Johanna’s M director for many CBC/Radio-Canada variety shows and composed creative writing thesis at the scores for CBC and CTV news programs, National Film Board Concordia. She has also published two books of poetry and documentaries and films. He has performed at every Montreal participated in Concordia’s Alumni Writers Read and Reflect International Jazz Festival since it began 31 years ago. event in 2008. Jack Rabinovitch established the Giller Prize in 1994 to honour his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller. John Molson School of Business
Joelle (Joey) Berdugo-Adler, Concordia University bestowed three honorary LLD 10, is a powerhouse in the doctorates during fall convocation ceremonies on fashion industry as President November 1 at Place des Arts. and CEO of Diesel Canada Inc. and the driving force behind the ONEXONE (One by One) Faculty of Arts and Science charitable foundation. Joey studied commerce full-time Brian O’Neill Gallery, L at Concordia at night while BA 57, LLD 10, is a successful working in marketing and publisher, corporate director, promotion by day. Her education civic leader and stalwart helped her, alongside her supporter of Irish history husband and partner, Louis and culture in Canada. Brian Adler, build Diesel Canada has been appointed to more into an enormously successful denim brand. Following Louis’s than a dozen corporate and death in 2003, Joey established the Lou Adler Foundation in community service boards, 2004 to raise funds for cancer-related charities. The Foundation including director and Acting evolved into the ONEXONE Foundation, whose mission is to Chair of Canadian National improve the lives of children. Joey and her family are also the Railways between 1986 and main benefactors for the Hope & Cope Wellness Centre that is 1990 and director of the Export now part of the Jewish General Hospital’s adjunct services.
40 | winter 2010/11 concordia university magazine the 10th Mountain Division of increase productivity and the U.S. Army in Kandahar. decrease medical errors to deliver high-quality healthcare for everyone.” 2 0 t h r e u n i o n Rafael Rivera-Mundaca, Maureen Marovitch, BA (Spanish), is the CEO of 91 BA (comm. studies), is Group MLT Mundaka Language creative director and David Training in Montreal. Finch, BA (sci., hist. and ethics) 93, is senior producer Natalie Fitzpatrick, and director with award- 02 BFA (cont. dance), winning, Montreal-based GrDip 05, lives in Montreal. Picture This Productions. “I am a Pilates teacher and a Prita Chhabra, BA (psych.) 07, is a singer and songwriter Maureen and David recently body-rolling and body-logic based in Orlando, Fla., and Toronto. In November, Prita was were in China to film a one- practitioner (the only one hour television documentary appointed an official ambassador for the Canadian Foundation in Quebec).” nfbody.com called The Invisible Red for AIDS Research. Over the past year, she toured Canada as Thread, in association with part of RBC desiFest (the national South Asian music festival). Mark McKnight, BEng, OMNI TV. The filmmakers She also sang the national anthems at Toronto Raptors, Toronto 04 played for the Concordia followed adoptive parents Blue Jays and Orlando Magic games. Prita was nominated as Best Stingers men’s rugby team that accompanying a teenage Female Act at the 2010 Toronto Independent Music Awards and won the Quebec championships daughter to her birthplace. her single Dance has been playlisted on several top-40 stations in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Mark The Invisible Red Thread is is now studying welding at Nova in Quebec. Later in December, she will return to Orlando to scheduled to air on OMNI TV Career Centre in Chateauguay, sing the national anthems at the Magic’s new Amway Center. in early 2011. picturethis.ca Que. “This has been one of my best decisions and a Kai Li, MA (econ.), complement to what I learned 92 recently published a He has been on two overseas Arts in September. Samer is in Concordia’s Engineering paper in Management Science deployments, first as a United a media artist who directed program. I have been especially on the role of hormones in Nations peacekeeper in Cyprus Before the Wind Blows fortunate to have had great mergers and acquisitions. and more recently with NATO in (2006) and Snow Hides the teachers along the way.” The paper reports that, due to Afghanistan. Rob is married to Shade of Fig Trees (2009). high testosterone levels, young Sophie and they have two young Yarith Chhiv, BEng, is male CEOs appear to be more children, Julianne and Lukas. 05 a portfolio manager for combative than other CEOs. In 1 0 t h r e u n i o n Palos Capital in Montreal. Yarith business negotiations, “high- Brent “Dil” is responsible for managing the testosterone responders tend 98 Hildebrand, BFA Alain Abitan, BComm risk of the Palos Income Fund. to reject low offers even though (painting & drawing), MA 01 (fin.), recently graduated He is a member of the Ordre this is against their interest.” (studio arts) 08, held a solo with honours from the Real des ingénieurs du Québec, The paper received much exhibition of paintings and Estate Program at John holds a Financial Risk Manager media coverage, including drawings called “Peepshow” Abbott College in Ste. Anne designation and is a member of in The Wall Street Journal, The from September 9 to October de Bellevue, Que. For the last the Montreal CFA Society and of Financial Times and Time. Kai 16 at the Pierre-François 12 years, Alain worked as an the Global Association of Risk is an assistant professor of Ouellette art contemporain IT industry sales manager. Professionals. Yarith is now Finance at the University of gallery in Montreal. In He is now affiliated with enrolled in the MBA program British Columbia in Vancouver. October, the Winnipeg native Cencore Realty and Mortgage at École des Hautes Études exhibited new work at the Services in Pierrefonds, Commerciales de Montréal. Rob Unger, BA (comm. 4th Beijing International Que. [email protected] 94 studies), was recently Art Biennale 2010 in China. Patrick Coutu, MFA (studio promoted to the rank of Chief Dil won the RBC Canadian Sameer Premji, BComm art), was chosen to create Warrant Officer and appointed Painting Competition in 2006 (MIS), lives in Chevy Chase, the public art for the new Regimental Sergeant-Major and has since participated in Md. “After graduating, I Benny Sports and Community of the Black Watch (Royal many exhibitions throughout worked in various industries. Centre in Montreal. Patrick’s Highland Regiment) of Canada. Canada, the U.S. and abroad. As a systems engineer with a work, entitled Source, is Rob has been a member of business background, I was scheduled to be installed the Canadian Forces for more Samer Najari, BFA (film invited to work for Microsoft before the end of 2010. than 22 years. He has lived 00 production), was one of in Washington, D.C., in the in Montreal and Vancouver, seven winners of the Victor healthcare IT arena. Our Tricia Middleton, MFA 05 and trained and travelled Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award, main focus is to improve (studio art), was one of seven across Canada, the U.S., the worth $15,000, announced healthcare using technology to winners of a Victor Martyn U.K., Germany and Norway. by the Canada Council for the decrease wasteful spending, Lynch-Staunton Award,
concordia university magazine winter 2010/11 | 41 InMemoriam worth $15,000, announced artists, who reflected on the Saul Chait, S BComm 45, wife, Patricia, and his children, by the Canada Council for various strategies contemporary died on August 11 in Montreal. Patrick, Kelley, Lenny and the Arts in September. artists rely on to either Saul is survived by his children, Tracey. Tricia is a Vancouver-born simulate or highlight the Barry and Sharnee. He was 89. installation artist and palpable yet often invisible Mira Godard-Bennett, sculptor based in Montreal. and unnameable presence embodied by certain Kathryn “Kay” (Curll) S BSc 54, died on September Andréanne objects and locations. Staniforth, S BSc 45, died 20 in Toronto. Mira is survived 07 Abbondanza-Bergeron, on August 6 in Ottawa. Kay is by her sister, Nadia Devinoy. BFA (studio art), MA (art ed.) Kalil Diaz, BComm, survived by her children, Susan, She was 82. 10, exhibited her sculpture 09 and David Betances, Jan and Charles. Over the Bridge in Concodia’s attendee 09, are the found- John W.M. Killingbeck, Webster Library atrium ers of Explore Dominican John Canao Tani, S BA S BA 55, died on October 1 in from June to November. The Republic, a registered charity 45, S BSc 48, died on August Montreal. John is survived by work was commissioned that focuses on improving the 17 in Alexandria, Ont. John is his wife, Olia, and his children, by Concordia Libraries to living conditions and access celebrate the theme of the 2010 to education of impoverished survived by his daughter, Lois. Marina, Natasha, Alexandra, Congress of the Humanities children in the Dominican He was 99. Victoria and Gregory. and Social Sciences held in Republic. It provides funding He was 77. June. abbondanzabergeron.com to programs that keep children Helen (Schoel) Novack, off the streets and supplies S BA 47, died on September 25 Kenneth F. Cassidy, Eve De Garie- teachers, food and medicine in Montreal. Helen is survived L BComm 56, died on 08 Lamanque, MA (art in the slums of Villa Juana and by her children, Philip, Brian, September 22 in Montreal. hist.), curated her first show, Villa Bendicion. exploredr.org Deborah and Martin. Ken is survived by his wife, entitled “Hantise,” at Art Patricia (Gain), and his children, Mur gallery in Montreal from Tarundeep Dhot, MASc September 2 to October 23. (elec. and comp. eng.), is a Raymond Cartwright, Christopher and Janet. The project brought together business analyst at CIBC’s QC, L BA 50, died on August He was 78. Montreal- and Toronto-based headquarters in Toronto. 5 in Sidney, B.C. Raymond is survived by his wife, Patricia, Ron Christie, L BA 56, died and his sons, Timothy and on October 21 in Montreal. Brian. Ron is survived by his children, Tom and Carol. Irving L. Adessky, QC, S BA 52, died on September 19 Kenneth Brian Cockhill, in Montreal. Irving is survived S BA 56, died on October 3 New job? Just moved? Just married? Or just want to let your by his companion, Hanka in Lachute, Que. Kenneth is former classmates know what you’ve been up to? Visit Hornstein, and his children, survived by his wife, Joan Jeffrey, Liz, Andrew, Mark and Beverley (Dickinson), and his alumni.concordia.ca/keepintouch Joy. He was 82. children, Leslie Ann, Michael Bruce and Steven Wayne. Or mail or email us any information about yourself—don’t be shy— Arthur Candib, S BA 52, He was 79. you’d like to appear in Class Acts. died on October 22 in Montreal. Please include: your name (including name at graduation); year(s) Arthur is survived by his Jean H. Lafleur, QC, L BA of graduation and degree(s) from Concordia, Loyola or Sir George, wife, Raizel Fishman, and his 56, died on October 30 in and other universities; street address, phone number(s) and email children, Dorothy, Stephen and Montreal. Jean is survived by address; and any other relevant personal or business info and Katherine Eve. his wife, Louise (Limoges), and his children, Jean and Diane. messages that you’d like to appear. Sam Kula, S BA 53, died on By email: [email protected] Subject: Class Acts September 8 in Ottawa. Sam Kurt Helmut Koerbel, is survived by his wife, Eleanor S BA 56, died October 28 in By mail: Class Acts, Advancement and Alumni Relations, (Bunty), and his daughters, Montreal. Kurt is survived by Concordia University, 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W., FB 520, Helen and Jocelyn. He was 77. his wife, Hilda, and his son, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8 Robert. He was 82. Kevin Madigan, S BA 53, Join the the Concordia University Alumni association LinkedIn group died on August 11 in Oakville, Adam Mark, S BSc 56, died group at alumni.concordia.ca/benefits/olc. Ont. Kevin is survived by his on August 5 in Montreal. Adam
42 | winter 2010/11 concordia university magazine is survived by his wife, Dorothy in Montreal. Lillian is survived Ont. Maureen is survived by Montreal. Irmgard is survived (Goddard), and his children, by her daughters, Doreen her husband, Paul, and her by her long-time companion, Dale, Sharon, Carole and and Lois. children, David and Sheila. Richard Nagel. She was 71. Heather. He was 78. She was 61. John Blachford Smiley, Rose Svarc, BA 81, died on Bernard Poirier, L BComm BA 64, died on September 1 John Rattee, L BComm October 26 in Montreal. Rose is 56, died on August 19 in in Ottawa. John is survived 70, died on August 6 in survived by her children, Joyce Montreal. Bernard is survived by his wife, Margaret Chalin, Mississauga, Ont. John is and Sonny. She was 90. by his wife, Claudette, and his and his children, Gillian, Hilary survived by his wife and his children, Chantal, Bertrand and Lloyd. children, John, Lee and Chandy. Carol (Leavitt) Schnaiberg, and Martin. He was 75. He was 63. BA 84, died on August 3 in Roy Flaherty, S BComm 65, Montreal. Carol is survived by Blanche Mary (Shurge) died on October 26 in Kingston, Brenda Hurst, BA 76, died her husband, H. Laddie, and her Rollit, S BComm 56, died Ont. Roy is survived by his wife, on September 27 in Toronto. children, Romy and Lee. on September 24 in Toronto. Lorna, and his children, Gail, Brenda is survived by her She was 72. Blanche is survived by her Michael, Christopher, Donna, husband, Douglas Worling, sons, Cordell and Lyndon. Patrick and Lora. He was 77. and her children, Chris, Derek, Margaret Elise Chodat, She was 85. Jennifer and James. BFA 87, died on September 11 in Laszlo (Les) Steven Ottawa. Elise is survived by her Jacques J. Giasson, Detre, L BA 67, died on Andreas (Andy) Kampitsis, siblings, David, Jonathan and L BSc 57, died on September September 20 in Ottawa. Les BComm 76, died on August 8 Martha. She was 52. 16. Jacques is survived by his is survived by his wife, Sasha in Montreal. Andy is survived companion, Loubov Nemkiina, (von Hausen), and his children, by his parents, Muriel and Dawn Wiltsie, BA 87, died on and his children, Dominique, Alexander, Nicholas and Sarah. Dimitrios, and his siblings, October 12 in Kingston, Ont. Dawn Brigitte, Philippe, Patrice and He was 65. Louis, Jerry, David and is survived by her husband, Antoine. Caroline. He was 57. Grant Fletcher. She was 70. Zygmund “Zyg” Schipper, Hyman Brinker, S BComm S BA 68, died on September 12 Douglas Milford, BA 76, died Frances (Diestel) Dergel, 60, died on August 12 in in Montreal. Zyg is survived by on September 27 in Montreal. Cert 88, died on October 28 in Montreal. Hyman is survived his wife, Florence Moscovitch, Douglas is survived by his wife, Montreal. Frances is survived by his wife, Marilyn Wagner. and his sons, David and Eric. Diane (Frier), and his children, by her children, Miriam, Samuel Scott and Susan. He was 71. and Reisha. She was 71. Alex Konigsberg, S BA 60, Farouk R. Khan, S BA 69, died August 9 in Montreal. Alex died on April 21 in Montreal. Joyce Elaine (Klinefelter) Elise Le Blanc, BA 88, died is survived by his wife, Vivian Farouk is survived by his Finney, BA 77, died October 18 on August 21 in Montreal. Elise (Tissenbaum), and his children, children, Sharon and Anton. in Ottawa. Joyce is survived by is survived by her siblings, Phil Lori and Jon. He was 67. her husband, Raymond, and her and Janice. She was 51. children, Barbara, Richard and Paul Sebastian Cugno, Jack Vandersluis, S BA 69, Bruce. She was 80. Jean-François Lebrun, L BA 61, died on September 24 died July 31 in Chicago, Ill. Jack EMBA 92, died on September in Halifax, N.S. Paul is survived is survived by his wife, Deetje, Ellen (Reicher) Frankel, 13 in Montreal. Jean-François by his wife, Carole, and his and his children, Belinda, GrDip 80, died on September was 58. children, Paul, Michael, Peter Carolyn and Chris. He was 81. 6 in Montreal. Ellen is survived and Maria Thérèse. He was 71. by her husband, Ruby, and her Otto Joachim, LLD 94, died Allan Zeesman, L BComm children, Marcy, Mitch, Andy on July 30 in Montreal. Otto is Peter Gray-Donald, 69, died on September 2 in and Corrie. She was 79. survived by his son, Davis. S BComm 64, died on Montreal. Allan is survived by He was 99. September 14 in Toronto. his wife, Joy Goldwax, and his Clotilda Gibson-Oldfield, Peter is survived by his wife, children, Bernie and Shulamit. BA 80, died on September 23 Dr. Shirley Lavinia Joy (Legge), and his children, He was 63. in Montreal. Clotilda is survived Thomson, LLD 01, died on Trent, Jamie and David. by her sister, Lyn. She was 77. August 10 in Ottawa. Shirley Maureen Anne Legros is survived by siblings, Pat Lillian (Efros) Millman, McKnight, L BA 70, died Irmgard Lochmann, BA Hitchcock and John A. Cull. S BA 64, died on September 26 on September 14 in London, 80, died on September 1 in She was 80.
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Pirate Radio, Idiots and Other Ears
n YOU Comma Idiot practical lessons and case jeunesse destiné aux 9 à 12 the country. All profits from (Goose Lane Editions, studies, the authors teach ans. Vlad et son petit-fils, Upside Down are being do- I$29.95), Doug Harris, how to organize, prioritize Lucas, partent en cavale afin nated to Music for Youth, a BA (comm. studies) 84, and make adjustments to de n’avoir jamais à se sépa- U.K.-based children’s music delivers a comedic—and our work habits so we can rer. Le récit, touchant, est charity. somewhat demented—novel take control of our lives and raconté avec humour à tra- In Rose Sees Red about youthful alienation avoid feeling overwhelmed. vers les yeux d’un enfant de (Scholastic Press, $22.99), and ennui. Low-rent hash- Loftus is a Montreal-based 10 ans. Après avoir mené une Cecil Castellucci, BFA (cin- dealer Lee Goodstone’s staid international management carrière d’assistante à la ca- ema) 93, has crafted a story existence gets shaken when development consultant, méra film,Brigitte Huppen, in which two teenaged girls, his friend Henry is accused industrial/organizational BFA (film production) 88, each trapped in a prison of
of kidnapping. Harris psychologist and freelance échange la caméra contre her own, meet one evening previously co-wrote and journalist. la plume et scénarise des in their apartment complex directed the quirky feature In Spotty & Eddie Visit épisodes pour différentes and spend a night in New film Remembering Mel, which Percé (Trafford Publishing, émissions télé jeunesse York City neither will forget. screened in Canada, Great $14.95), two turtles travel to avant de publier son premier Set during the Cold War, it’s Britain and Germany. He the famous rock in Quebec’s roman. about cold hearts warmed by runs an award-winning Gaspé region. It’s the second Upside Down (£7.99, human connection and be- video production company, Spotty and Eddie children’s available through iTunes), ing young and free in the Hot Spot Productions, in book written by Lisa M. the debut album by Stacey early hours of a new day. Montreal. Chalifoux, BA (psych.) 86, Jackson, BA (comm. stud- Castellucci, who was born Procrastination, constant and illustrated by Heather ies) 91, is a tribute to the in New York City and moved interruptions and too heavy Castles. The tiny turtle Motown tunes she grew up to Montreal in her teens, is a workload can frustrate brothers learn about train loving. Jackson, who now already a star author on the many of us. That’s why Time travel and low tide as their lives in Chelsea, England, young adult book scene. She Well Spent: Getting things owner takes them to Percé. gives the classics a contem- has penned novels and plays, done through effective time Chalifoux is a Montreal- porary sound—several tracks directed films and created management (Kogan Page, based teacher and writer. from the album have hit the the award-winning graphic $22.50) by Lyndon Jones Vlad et moi et les nids- top-20 in British clubs—and novel series, The Plain Janes and Paul Loftus, BA 77, ar- de-poule (Soulières Éditeur, is joined by some of the most (Minx). rives just in time. Through $9.95) est un roman talented young musicians in From John Leroux, MA
44 | winter 2010/11 concordia university magazine (art history) 02, comes the treacherous waters of Sonia Cancian, PhD (human- Margaret’s Mountain, and a Building a University: The licensing and the doldrums ities) 08. Cancian analyzes DVD of new animations that Architecture of UNB (Goose of institutionalization, we 400 private letters to exam- have been screened at vari- Lane, $29.95). The fourth have eschewed the fixed ine the impact of separation, ous indie film festivals. book on New Brunswick maps of entrenched power both temporary and perma- The small, soft-cover architecture by this in favour of a cartography of nent, on families and lovers. reversible book, Auricle/ Fredericton native traces the autonomy,” the editors write “[Cancian] introduces us to Icebreaker (Conundrum history of the University of in the first chapter. Langlois voices that have never been Press, $15) by Alisha Piercy, New Brunswick, Canada’s has been involved in au- heard before,” writes Donna MFA 10, brings new mean- oldest English-language tonomous radio for a decade R. Gabaccia, author of Italy’s ing to the term “on the flip university (1787), through and works in communica- Many Diasporas. Cancian is side.”Auricle is based on a its built environment. Filled tions in Vancouver, while van a postdoctoral fellow affili- true account and tells the with blueprints, drawings, der Zon, who teaches in the ated with Concordia and with story of Marie, who was born
paintings, stained-glass Media Studies and Women’s the Immigration History with growths on her neck, representations, and archi- Studies departments at Research Center at the or “other ears.” They may val and current photographs, Vancouver Island University, University of Minnesota. or may not provide her with it’s a visual treat that also founded a pirate radio sta- For both the indie film extrasensory perception but captures the personalities of tion in 2003. Kristen Roos, buff and the art-book lov- her mother and doctor be- the architects and builders BFA 03, contributes an es- er comes Don’t Get Lonely lieve they should be cut off. and the various challenges say about creating radio art Don’t Get Lost (Conundrum Flip the book over to read they faced. Leroux is an and how audio technology is Press, $25), the latest cre- Icebreaker, in which Alice architect and art historian. repurposed. ation by Elisabeth Belliveau, spends a summer as a Islands of Resistance: The relationships of MFA 09. Belliveau follows hostess and chambermaid Pirate Radio in Canada (New Italian immigrants to Canada up her collection of zines aboard an icebreaker that Star Books, $21), edited by in the middle of the 20th (mini-magazines), called the has been converted into Andrea Langlois, MA (media century and the loved ones great hopeful someday, with a a B&B. As the ship is an studies) 04, Marian van der they left behind are revealed book of full-colour artwork island unto itself, so too Zon, MA (media studies) 04, through their letters in interspersed with a series of seems Alice’s world. The and Ron Sakolsky, invites Families, Lovers, and their texts, a blend of poetry and only conundrum is which readers to journey with them Letters: Italian Postwar prose revolving around find- story to read first. Piercy to the “islands of resistance” Migration to Canada ing and losing love. The book is a Montreal-based that still exist in the sea of (University of Manitoba includes the narration of writer, artist and paintings regulated radio. “Bypassing Press, $34.95 paperback), by Belliveau’s animated work, conservator.
concordia university magazine winter 2010/11 | 45 EnoughSaid Susan Russell, sociologist
B Y r o be r t A H am i l t o n , $25O,OOO to pay off the mortgage MA 7 5 , P H d 8 4 y sister, Susan Russell, died in “From Disability to Handicap: $45,OOO to settle the loan and credit cards August 4, 2010, 18 years An Inevitable Response to Social Mafter disability forced her Constraints?” in the Canadian Review retirement. Through a veil of tears, of Sociology and Anthropology in 1989. $55,OOO to put the kids through university my brother, Jim, and I wrote Susan’s “I had not expected to find so many sex obituary: scholarship winner, folk- differences. After studying that issue singer and actress, adventurous for so long, one would think that I would traveller, a girl who could raise one have known.” Overall, she concluded eyebrow, fun-loving aunt, fiction that “chronic illness may ruin life but it writer, pioneer in feminist scholarship, gets a lot of help from mundane social $35O,OOO independent woman with friends and practices.” lovers. Our sadness at her death and, In 1992, with a heavy heart, Susan left more so, the way in which multiple her position at Concordia. She had tried sclerosis so mangled her life, claimed everything: sitting on her desk so stu- centre stage. dents could see and hear her, a comfy But when I was asked to write Susan Russell, circa the mid-1980s. chair in her office, hand gears on her about Susan for this article, I began car, a parking space at the garbage en- re-engaging with her work and, in trance to the old Drummond Building, so doing, rediscovered my sister, the could I really do that? I cry a lot.” agitating for an accessible washroom, * sociologist: Professor Susan Russell. She spoke about her own experience: having students to her apartment, $24 a month to know this will all happen In September 1978, with a newly “Because I wasn’t too disabled at first, teaching part-time, having our mother minted PhD from the University of it never occurred to me to drop out of accompany her to class, paying a stu- Toronto, Susan joined Concordia’s my graduate program. Once on the job dent to help her. The last winter had even if you’re no longer there. Department of Sociology and market, I never mentioned MS. I knew been devastating. “My legs were so Anthropology. Her doctoral thesis then, without really knowing, that I badly crippled and spastic, they had to illuminated how schools reproduced would never have gotten a job if I’d been be strapped to the wheelchair. I nev- gender and class inequalities through open about it.” When Susan came up for er taught again,” she wrote. (In 1997, the behaviour and expectations of tenure, she discovered the “depth of the Susan was implanted with a pump that teachers, guidance counsellors and problems. By then, I walked with a cane delivered medication directly to the students themselves. Susan embraced and it was common knowledge why. spinal fluid, which improved her the challenge of teaching in this new I was denied tenure even though my quality of life.) Safeguard your family’s financial future with and controversial area. Not all students department voted for me. [But a] won- A friend once told Susan she was cared for feminist perspectives—or derful colleague appealed with me and courageous, and she accused him of term life insurance—at rates exclusive to alumni. feminist teachers—but she proved we won,” she said. sentimentality. Words like “courage” quiet, determined, funny and persua- The wonderful colleague was the late obscured her reality; she came to see sive. She knew the nefarious manner Sociology and Anthropology Professor through a glass darkly. In particular, Call us at 1-888-913-6333. in which sexual inequality worked and Hubert Guindon. As Susan recalled, her research on those living with MS took pleasure in finding ways to explain Hubert later “suggested that I try to removed any shades, revealed her courage Or visit us at www.manulife.com/concordia and share her insights. bring some aspects of my life closer and demonstrated that the field of sociol-
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