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WWW.LCC.CA 1 Lower Canada College LCC LION Headmaster Table Of Contents spring/summer 2013 Christopher Shannon (Pre-U ’76) Social LION Editor LION 30 One on One with David Arditi ’65 Dawn levy A multi-faceted perspective Copy Editors on global education Jane Martin Louise Mills 32 nearly Tied Up On-Line Part II of our school tie investigation FEST Isabelle Paradis 34 sports Desk Archives, Research & Database Management CELEBRATION Highlights form the 2012–2013 Jane Martin Reaching athletics season Louise Mills outwards Adrianna Zerebecky
Translation Sept. 27 & 28 06 Veronica Schami /weareLCC Contributors Wendy Helfenbaum 02 Head Lines Wayne Larsen Global Preparedness Dawn Levy Kirk LLano Jane Martin 06 Reaching Outwards Christopher Shannon A look at some of LCC’s exciting (Pre-U ’76) global education programmes Jasmin Uhthoff Chris Viau
14 The International Photo Credits baccalaureate Diploma Christian Auclair Programme /lowercanadacollege A Victor Badian ’61 Tapping into a world of possibilities Anabela Cordeiro Exchange Maximilian Hegel 18 Exchange Programme LCC Archives 18 Dawn Levy Open eyes & open hearts Jane Martin Alexia Miller ’13 22 LCC Travel Over the Years 42 Class Acts Christinne Muschi Uniforms & seven days at sea Madeleine Ballard ’06 (Pre-U ’07): Isabelle Paradis Sarah Salzman ’13 Working for health & social justice Michelle Watts 24 Duke of Edinburgh in rural Liberia awards Programme Mailing Automatic Mailing To greater heights 46 branching out Lower Canada College & Printing Inc.
Alumni 28 Schools on Tundra 48 alumni News Design Nailing fish to trees, dogsledding LCC Origami 51 a Little Cap from Long Ago Archives Communications design & other tundra stories 52 in Memoriam The Lion is published 51 by The Advancement Office Lower Canada College On the cover: Students at Machu 4090, avenue Royal Montréal Picchu, Peru, March 2013 (Québec) H4A 2M5 Notice of Errata: In our Fall/Winter 2012 issue, Doug MacLean, Bob Veysey TÉLÉPHONE 514 482 9916 & Trudy Kavanagh were misspelled. fax 514 482 8142 The editor regrets these errors. COURRIEL [email protected] /lowercanadacollege Save the date! site web www.lcc.ca blog www.wearelcc.ca
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“... we’re all responsible for the human community and this is the fundamental idea of morality.” Préparation Global à la vie Preparedness planétaire
By Chris Shannon (Pre-U ’76), Headmaster Chris Shannon (Pre-U ’76), directeur d’école
In addition to an education incorpo- En plus d’offrir une éducation qui réunit rating the three R’s (Reading, wRiting, les trois R (lectuRe, écRiture, aRithmé- aRithmetic), LCC is committed to inno- tique), le LCC poursuit des valeurs axées vation and looking towards the future. sur l’innovation et l’avenir. Comment We have to; we have students who will faire autrement? Certains de nos élèves not graduate from university until 2023 décrocheront leur diplôme universitaire and beyond, and we can be certain that seulement en 2023 ou à une date ulté- the world will have changed significantly LCC rieure, et on ne peut mettre en doute in the coming decade. Of course, it’s qu’au cours de la prochaine décennie, impossible to predict exactly how. So le monde connaîtra assurément des what are we preparing our students for? changements importants. Évidemment, il est impossible de prédire avec exac- oday we must plan for tech- titude en quoi il changera. Alors à quoi nologies and professions not préparons-nous nos élèves ? yet invented. However, they will likely be key to defining global « ... le principe ujourd’hui, lorsque nous interaction in the future. In prac- fondamental de élaborons nos plans d’avenir, tice, we need to give students la moralité est que nous devons tenir compte des Tcomfort with change, a genuine sense of flex- chacun de nous technologies et professions qui ibility and adaptability, experience as members est responsable n’existent pas encore, mais qui of problem-solving teams, and meaningful de la collectivité interviendront à coup sûr dans opportunities to travel, see, and experience humaine. » Ala définition future de l’interaction mondiale. the rich diversity of our world. D’un point de vue pratique, notre objectif In recent years, the advent of new and est de rendre les élèves confiants par rapport ubiquitous technologies has allowed us to be au changement, de les amener à développer in contact with almost anyone, at any time and une flexibilité et une adaptabilité authentiques, anywhere. This is only one key aspect of glo- de leur permettre d’acquérir de l’expérience balization now affecting us all. What is certain au sein d’équipes axées sur la résolution de is that the broad global imperative is perhaps problèmes, et de leur proposer d’importantes the single most powerful driver of change opportunités de voyager, de voir et de vivre in education and across our world. la diversité de notre monde.
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Au cours des dernières années, We have completed a three-year commitment l’avènement des technologies nouvelles et to international service projects in Lima, Peru, universelles nous a permis de prendre contact supported more than 100 students in their quest avec presque tout le monde, en tout temps, et for the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award, and partout. Cet aspect clé de la mondialisation fait introduced new international curricular expe- maintenant partie de notre quotidien collectif. riences in our classrooms. Most recently, we Vous en conviendrez, l’impératif mondial est made the strategic decision to offer the globally- probablement le moteur de changement le oriented IB Diploma Programme in the final plus puissant en matière d’éducation et pour two years of high school (i.e., grades 11 & 12). l’ensemble de la planète. As we evolve, change and accept the inter- En 2009 — l’année de notre centenaire — , esting challenges of global education, we must j’ai écrit dans le magazine LION que work to broaden our students’ understanding l’immobilisme est insensé : il nous faut suivre of citizenship to include a true appreciation of le mouvement de notre époque. Quatre ans global forces so that they can become engaged plus tard, nos élèves démontrent une soif gran- citizens of the world. As Princeton philosophy dissante à l’égard des opportunités mondiales — professor Anthony Appiah observes in his 04 plus particulièrement pour le programme landmark 2007 book, Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in d’échanges Round Square et les expériences a World of Strangers, we’re all responsible for the internationales de leadership jeunesse. Nous human community and this is the fundamental 01 avons mené à terme un engagement de idea of morality. He says that “what’s distinc- (Baccalauréat international) dans les deux trois ans relié à des projets de service inter- tive about the cosmopolitan attitude is that it dernières années du secondaire. In 2009 — our centennial year — I wrote “... the globally- national à Lima, au Pérou, soutenu plus de comes with a recognition that encounters with Alors que nous évoluons, changeons et in the LION magazine that we cannot remain oriented IB Diploma 100 élèves dans leur quête du Prix Or du Duc other people aren’t about making them like acceptons les défis captivants que représente idle and must strive to be relevant for our Programme will d’Édimbourg, et intégré de nouvelles expéri- us. Cosmopolitans accept and indeed like the l’éducation planétaire, nous devons veiller à times. Four years later, our students now now be offered ences pédagogiques internationales au sein fact that people live in different ways; that free enrichir la compréhension qu’ont nos élèves exhibit a greater thirst for global opportuni- in the final two years de nos salles de classe. Tout récemment, nous human beings will choose to live in different de la citoyenneté afin de leur inculquer une ties — especially Round Square exchanges of high school.” avons pris la décision stratégique d’instaurer ways and will choose to express themselves réelle mesure des forces mondiales qui les and international youth leadership experiences. le Programme mondial du diplôme de l’IB in different ways.” amènera à devenir des citoyens engagés du monde. Comme l’a observé Anthony Appiah, professeur de philosophie de Princeton, « Le Programme dans son ouvrage magistral de 2007 intitulé mondial du Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers, diplôme de l’IB sera le principe fondamental de la moralité est que maintenant offert chacun de nous est responsable de la collec- dans les deux tivité humaine. Il indique que « ce qui distingue 01 Round Square Conference, Kenya dernières années l’attitude cosmopolite est qu’elle nous amène du secondaire. » à reconnaître que le contact avec autrui n’a pas 02 Service in Peru pour but de transformer l’autre à notre image. 03 Service in the Dominican Republic Les cosmopolites acceptent et même apprécient l’idée que nous vivons tous d’une 04 Round Square, California façon qui nous est propre; que les êtres humains libres choisissent de vivre et de s’exprimer de la manière qui leur convient le mieux. [traduction] »
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6 LION SPRING / SUMMER 2013 WWW.LCC.CA 7 “... if we’re raising future leaders, they’re not just going to lead in Montreal or Canada — they might lead the world.”
A Look at Some of LCC’s Exciting Global Education Programmes Reaching Outw ards
By Wendy Helfenbaum, Media Consultant When Christopher Shannon became headmaster in 2005, he assumed leadership for a significant and exciting shift toward global education, as innovative programmes with an international focus have been integrated into the school’s curricular and co-curricular activities. With the involvement of a committed team, the momentum for this initiative — bringing students to the world and the world to the classroom — continues to build among all elements of the LCC community.
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8 LION SPRING / SUMMER 2013 WWW.LCC.CA 9 organizations like Round Square where kids can join together worldwide.” Round “Perhaps the most exciting thing about Round Square is the potential of what Square students can do when they come home,” observes Ms. Shadley. LCC is a proud member of “It’s about the personal connections they Round Square, a worldwide made, what they learned about a new country, association of about 100 what moved them about an organization or a project they participated in; they come back schools on five continents, Duk re e and are motivated in different ways,” she says. ua of that encourages middle and q E S d d in “Many students don’t realize the impact n b u u senior school students to push o r R g of their experience until they’re much older,” h beyond academic excellence she notes. to discover and develop their Our global “I’ve had students come back years later S full potential. c and tell me, ‘Wow, that conference really made h
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10 LION SPRING / SUMMER 2013 WWW.LCC.CA 11 LCC is the most active school in Quebec in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Programme. Duke of Mr. Salkeld notes that most LCC students “It’s a cool are already involved in athletics and other programme, Edinburgh activities such as music or debating, so Duke because it Awards of Ed is a logical add-on. “We ask them to do motivates a little bit more — the one component that Schools students to Programme was missing from the programme was outdoor do things adventure. These kids don’t get much opportu- on Board/ they wouldn’t The Duke of Edinburgh Awards nity to sleep in tents, hike and cook their food. normally do... ” Programme encourages young There’s no mandatory international component to the Duke of Ed programme, but what we’ve ON Tundra people aged 14 – 25 to develop done is tie in a trip each March break that goes life skills that will challenge Offered through the Clayton H. overseas to fulfill the Gold requirement, so we Riddell Faculty of Environment, them, while helping them give go hiking somewhere and then do service. They Earth and Resources at the back to their communities. get to fulfill that component and so much more.” Steve Poplar adds that being involved in University of Manitoba, Schools Duke of Ed is “a differentiator, something stu- on Board and Schools on Tundra dents will have when they apply to universities are science-based outreach or jobs that a lot of other people haven’t had a programmes run by ArcticNet. ounded by Prince Philip, Duke of chance to do. It’s a very interesting programme, Edinburgh, the programme — which because it’s a decades-old programme, yet it’s LCC has been offering for seven more current today than ever before, because years — encourages personal dis- it’s a way to get students away from behind their coveryF through initiative, leadership and computers and into the outdoors to learn skills community involvement. Participants com- and become more athletic.” he initiative was developed to bridge tive projects with them, mainly the big Destiny plete Bronze, Silver and Gold levels through Learn more on page 24 Arctic research with science educa- Quebec global issues student conference that goals related to Community Service, Skill tion in Canadian high schools, with took place here at the school with experts in Development, Physical Recreation, and a mission to increase awareness Arctic research,” explains Mr. Salkeld. Adventurous Journey. ofT issues related to climate change in Canada, “Participants perform the role of a univer- “It’s a cool programme, because it and to promote careers in Arctic research. sity researcher, and they do interesting things, motivates students to do things they wouldn’t The field programme takes place on like collecting ice samples and data in the field. normally do,” says Ms. Shadley. “I’m always board the CCGS Amundsen, where students For students who are thinking about science as “For students who surprised how motivated and interested in this and teachers from across Canada get a chance a career, the fact that you spent two weeks on are thinking about our kids are, and the majority of them want to truly experience on-the-ground — and at an icebreaker in the Arctic, and went off in science as a career, to do it. It adds value to our school; it makes sea — research activities with the ArcticNet a dinghy to collect things, that’s pretty cool.” the fact that you us different.” team. This year’s programme took place at the Because the programme is restricted due spent two weeks All grade 9 students at LCC are registered Churchill Northern Studies Centre in Manitoba, to limited physical space on the icebreakers, on an icebreaker in the challenge and encouraged to accomplish exploring sub-Arctic climate issues, while the LCC has sent only three students on two trips in the Arctic, and the Bronze Award, which includes an over- Amundsen underwent maintenance. since being accepted into the programme, went off in a night adventurous journey, learning a skill for “This programme is something we had to who then returned to the school to share dinghy to collect at least six months, completing 30 hours of apply for, and we actually got in for the first time their experience with other students. things, that’s physical activity over at least 15 weeks, and last year after we undertook certain collabora- Learn more on page 28 pretty cool.” 15 hours of community service over at least six months. LCC then continues to support students pursuing Silver and Gold levels.
R Duke of Edinburgh R new Zealand, “Through LCC’s global education programmes, students learn about the privileges and hardships of people Silver trip, Quebec Duke of Edinburgh – around the world. Being active participants and giving something of themselves provides students with an gold trip, 2009 invaluable learning experience.” — Alison Wearing, Assistant Head – Student Life/Junior School
12 LION SPRING / SUMMER 2013 WWW.LCC.CA 13 “... it’s not just about what’s happening internationally, but also involves the views and the cultural perceptions Future and the way in which people see concepts and different perspectives Forward around the globe.” “The biggest challenge we “These programmes work both ways; have moving forward is: we’ve welcomed Indian, Peruvian, South African, Thai, and Australian students here. How do we expand the global Those students can be in your classrooms education programme to and in your discussions and co-curricular “… LCC will be widely people beyond those who activities — that’s another way to bring an recognized as a have had the experience?” international and global perspective back to global school in the IB the school,” he adds. “These are usually pretty Canadian society.” great kids, who have a lot to offer, so there’s Programme a lot we can learn from them. They’re billeted International Baccalaureate with LCC families and develop a network of friends. They speak at assembly before they Global education isn’t just leave, so they share their experiences and about hopping on a plane CC is the only English high school ow do we have collaborative differences, and I think that’s very important.” destined to a far-off land; in Quebec offering the Diploma projects with schools all over Mr. Poplar believes LCC will be widely rec- it’s something that can be Programme. the world?” says Mr. Salkeld. ognized as a global school in Canadian society. integrated into the curriculum, “Something that’s really interest- “We are doing that, with students “I think the globe’s the limit, as far as ingL about the IB Diploma Programme is that ‘‘Hin grade 8; we’ve got a French class in the what we can do,” he says. “We have to look such as LCC’s renowned International Baccalaureate every subject that students take has a focus leadership group working on projects with at emerging countries such as India and China Diploma Programme. on international-mindedness,” explains Mark schools in parts of North America via Skype.” and see how our students are exposed to Salkeld. “For example, I teach economics, Social networking also ties LCC into the that, because they are going to be dominant where we look not just at what’s happening rest of the world through technology, adds players in the future. We’re constantly looking in North American money systems, but in Mr. Poplar. at expanding into those areas. We need to be international economics and development “All of our students have MacBooks, mindful of what they’re doing and what they’re economics. so they’re constantly online,” he notes. going to be exposed to; it’s going to be more I stress the international-mindedness, Gillian Shadley would like to see global for them than it was for us.” because it’s not just about what’s happening more students in classrooms having more Learn more about our exchange programmes on page 18 internationally, but also involves the views and international experiences. the cultural perceptions and the way in which “For example, grade 3 students can be people see concepts and different perspectives working on something with grade 3 students around the globe. That’s absolutely core to our abroad,” she suggests. “I think that would IB diploma programme.” be a very cost-effective and technologically Learn more on page 14 advanced way of getting kids to meet their counterparts and learn about the world without moving. I think we also need to be more effec- tive at providing opportunities for our students during the summer.” Mr. Salkeld adds that exchange programmes also offer a lot of value for “All three of our children have participated in LCC’s global education programmes. the investment. There is an incredible amount of information and knowledge to be acquired through different life experiences, meeting new people and learning about different cultures. These opportunities have provided our children with a greater sense or independence, responsibility and awareness.” — Sheryl S. Miller (parent of Samantha ’14 & Daniel ’10 Adessky)
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a World of From looking at economics from an Asian perspective to study- ing the intricate rhythms of African music, the curriculum for many LCC senior classes will expand to include an international Possibilities flavour this fall when the school implements its long-awaited International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP).
By Wayne Larsen, Media Consultant
he highly respected IBDP programme, offered by a world-wide network of more than 3,460 schools in 143 countries, has been established at LCC to help prepare students for university by offer- ing them enriched grade 11 and 12 courses with a strong focus Ton global awareness. LCC will be the first and only school in Quebec to offer the IB Diploma Programme in English at the high school level. The IBDP further enhances LCC’s existing Pre-University (grade 12) Programme and its reputation for outstanding university preparation. Students who gain requisite standing in the IB Diploma Programme can pursue direct access to universities worldwide, including Quebec, allowing them to bypass the CEGEP system, should they choose. Recognizing that the time was right for LCC to take a further step toward global-mindedness in its curriculum, the board of governors and headmaster made the strategic decision to pursue IBDP candidacy. Thanks in large part to the efforts of IB Diploma Programme Coor- dinator Brian Moore and Assistant Head of Academics Mark Salkeld — not to mention faculty — LCC officially became an authorized IBDP school in April. The first cohort of students will begin in grade 11 next year, with its first graduates matriculating in June 2015. “This is something that goes back five or ten years,” says Mr. Salkeld. “There were always murmurings about whether the International Baccalaureate Programme at the diploma level would be of interest to LCC. But if you look at the mission of IB, it does link very closely to the mission of our school.” “The school has moved more in the direction toward international "All the studies suggest that education, global education; the current Strategic Plan is now more students going through in line with this ethos,” agrees Mr. Moore. He adds, “It’s really a natural an IB programme do better next step — an enrichment for our students, our faculty, and the school at university; they’re in general.” better prepared and more Both teachers assert that IB offers countless potential opportunities likely to complete their for the school. “We’re now tapped into that network, which opens up university studies.” another world of possibilities, and there are a lot of different opportuni- ties for students and faculty members,” says Mr. Moore. “For instance, there’s an IB student world conference that’s run every year in a different part of the world. So students would have an opportunity to attend these various conferences and meet with international students. It also opens up the possibility of international students coming here to study.”
16 LION SPRING / SUMMER 2013 WWW.LCC.CA 17 that mean? What did that do to me? Where > does this go forward?” 45 While LCC received its official authori- students enrolled zation as an IB school early this spring, Mr. “The IB Programme in the IB Diploma Moore points out that acceptance does not is really a logical next Programme come easily; each school must demonstrate step in LCC’s evolution. its ability to meet IB standards. “Essentially, This has always been fall 2013/2014 every candidate school undergoes a three-year a school focused on authorization process,” he says. “The first year academics, but we’ve is designed to do feasibility studies and to integrated the academics make sure everybody in the community is on and the co-curricular “There are many elements to it,” Mr. Salkeld board. One of the major aspects is training all programming into a more points out. “Global education can stretch into the teachers, writing the curriculum and having global perspective.” many, many different things, depending on all the people in place to run the various parts what we’re talking about. For example, I took of the programme. Then there’s a site visit in a group of 19 students to Peru this March the final year, and the site visitors submit their break — that’s global education, but it’s not report. The IB then either gives you the autho- global education within the curriculum. We rization or there are matters to be addressed. have students in grade 9 who go on exchanges We didn’t have any matters to be addressed.” all over the world; we have a global issues Mr. Salkeld points out that reaction from class in grade 11, so obviously there’s already faculty was overwhelmingly positive, and expected to renew their training every seven some degree of global education happening.” As an additional requirement, students that teacher training went smoothly — again, years. As the curriculum for every course is “What IB does specifically is ensure that must complete the core elements of CAS a matter of good timing. “What has devel- renewed, teachers must take the retraining every subject has an international-mindedness (Creativity, Action, Service), as well as write oped in the ten years I’ve been here is more at that point.” component to it,” he continues. “You’re trying the 4,000-word Extended Essay as preparation professional development with teachers, more The idea of IB has proven popular with to look at things from the point of view of oth- for university level work. Students can choose sense of continual growth. I think the timing students and their families as well. “It has been ers; you’re trying to be aware of what people topics within any one of the subject areas was right for faculty as well — right in terms an easy sell; we have highly motivated students in different parts of the world are thinking. In offered within LCC’s IB Diploma Programme. of leadership, right in terms of the Board, but and well-educated families,” says Mr. Moore, terms of the English curriculum, you’re study- Mr. Moore explains the principles of also right in terms of the fact that the faculty adding that university-preparedness played a ing works in translation — works from outside CAS as “effectively taking our co-curricular was very open.” big role in the programme’s popularity. “All the North America and the U.K. In music, instead and service components and formalizing Dawn Levy, LCC’s Director of studies suggest that students going through an of just looking at the traditional, Euro-centric these so that every student over the two years “What IB does Communications, agrees that the IB pro- IB programme do better at university; they’re view of music, you’ve got to look at things must devote approximately 150 hours to this specifically is ensure gramme is a perfect fit for the school.“We’re better prepared and more likely to complete on more of a world scale, like African music.” component. In most cases, schools act locally that every subject fortunate to be in a community that really their university studies.” As for the course requirements, students and think globally. I know in the case of our has an international- embraces this, whether it be the clientele, “The IB Programme is really a logical next must complete three higher level and three own school we do offer exchange trips, service mindedness or the professionals that make up this step in LCC’s evolution,” says Ms. Levy. “This standard level courses from the six subject trips, so it’s a natural fit. Students will be component to it. community, because there is this philosophy has always been a school focused on academ- areas. These are Language A, which is the participating globally in various activities.” You’re trying to look of continuous growth among the faculty ics, but we’ve integrated the academics and student’s native tongue, (English), Language “We have ongoing March break trips at things from the here. This just added to that climate,” she the co-curricular programming into a more An IB Diploma of Acquisition, (French), and the Individual every year,” Mr. Salkeld adds. “What CAS will point of view of says. “There are 25 IB-certified teachers, global perspective. This is a logical continua- Programme student in Society, which is essentially social studies/ actually do is make this a more worthwhile others; you’re trying and that’s pretty significant.” tion for us in our offerings as a school. And this exemplifies the sciences. The fourth subject area is Science, experience, because the students will be more to be aware of what “And the professional development is is an offering — it’s not something everyone elements of the the fifth is Math, and the sixth is the Arts. involved in the planning and organization. people in different ongoing,” adds Mr. Moore. “Teachers are not has to do. It’s not a statement about the quality IB learner profile In lieu of the Arts choice, students can What CAS promotes, and what IB generally parts of the world trained once and then they’re done — they’re of our programme — it’s just taking everything as illustrated take a second subject in one of the other promotes, is this concept of reflection. So are thinking." we’re offering and formalizing it with a highly in the LCC lion. areas — in our case, Science and Social they’re not finished once they get off the plane recognized diploma.” Studies. and go home. They have to reflect upon being in the slums of Lima, for example. What did For more information visit: www.lcc.ca/ibdp
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s & Open Eye Hearts
By Wayne Larsen, Media Consultant
Travel has long been considered an “The exchange programme originated important element of a well-rounded at least a dozen years ago with financial assis- education, and with an international stu- tance from a former LCC parent, Mrs. Kathleen dent exchange programme now firmly in Lambert-Marpole (late mother to Goulding ’57 place at LCC, many students have been and the late Ross Lambert ’61) who wanted learning about other cultures — and a lot students to have individual opportunities that about themselves in the process. put them outside their comfort zone,” says Ms. Shadley. “It started off as exchanges with schools s a school, we try to provide in BC and then in the Maritimes, and that ran for international experiences for several years until about 2004. We also ran an kids so that they can go out exchange in January 2004, when we sent a group and see the world in differ- of students and a teacher to France and hosted “Aent ways and become global citizens,” says in return.” Outreach Coordinator Gillian Shadley, who “But the real exchange programme started oversees the exchange programme. “You get a few years after that,” she adds. “Our then- that immersion that other opportunities don’t assistant head went to Australia to look at two necessarily provide.” schools to try and set up a programme. At the The LCC student exchange programme same time our headship changed; Mr. Shannon has evolved considerably over the past decade, came in, and he had been a very active member thanks to the generosity of a benefactor to get it in schools that had brought in the Round Square off the ground, and subsequently the enthusiasm programme — and he was looking to get us of Headmaster Chris Shannon, whose commit- into Round Square as well. Shortly thereafter 01 01 ment to Round Square enabled the programme we became a member of Round Square and Australia to expand the network of schools with which thus became able to partake in exchanges with 02 exchanges could be organized. a whole network of schools worldwide.” South Africa
LION SPRING / SUMMER 2013 WWW.LCC.CA 0220 21 “It definitely changed me... weeks to an international British boarding school subtle cultural differences. “At first, I chose South in Pattaya, which is about two hours away from Africa because I thought it was enough of a differ- I discovered a lot Bangkok,” she says. “I didn’t have a family or ent area from Montreal so that I wouldn’t regret anyone I was assigned to, so I went and lived going somewhere too similar to where I live,” about myself and at the school and did everything the other he says. “But at the same time I wanted to go to what I can accomplish.” students did. It was a really interesting mix of a place where it would be safe to say that I’d find children — they were either full Thai, half Thai, a whole bunch of similarities between me and or from another country.” the people there.” Even though the school environment differed He found that balance at St. Stithians Boys significantly from home — regimented within a College, a boarding school in Sandton, a suburb gated community — Olga admits she fell in love of Johannesburg. Wearing his LCC uniform, with Thailand. “I made extremely close bonds he attended classes with his exchange partner, 03 ¡Saludos! with friends,” she says. “I loved the culture, Rickus, who will be coming to Montreal later I loved the people, and I felt comfortable.” this year. David quickly found that all teenage Even after she had been home awhile, she boys — wherever they live — share a common
couldn’t stop thinking about Thailand. She knew passion for sports that quickly breaks down any African for a time,” says David. “You move so 04 she had to get back. “I really wanted to do some cultural barriers. But instead of hockey, baseball far away, but the people are the same... I guess community service this past summer, so I asked or football, his hosts introduced him to the South we are only superficially different.” my father if he would help me find some place.” African staples of cricket and rugby, played on Ms. Shadley points out that these exchange Before she knew it, she was on her way back to the school’s many lush athletic fields. trips benefit not only the individual students, Bangkok for a four-week volunteer stint through “We talked about Apartheid a bit, but only but the entire school as well. “The growth that 01 Mercy Centre, a well-known charity, set in in history class; I didn’t feel a sense of racial kids experience from the parental point of 01 the heart of a slum, established by Father Joseph differences,” he says, adding that to him the view is huge,” she says. “At the same time, we peru 02 Maier to help residents deal with everything most obvious sign of the current political climate definitely gain from having students from different 02 from extreme poverty and drug addiction to is a rule that all sports teams must be racially cultures — regardless of similarity — come to us. thailand the rampant AIDS virus. She spent most days integrated. “When you go on an exchange, for a The whole class gets to benefit from an Australian teaching English at two local schools — to very small period of time you immerse yourself student visiting here... The cultural differences preschoolers at one and to adults at the other. in a different culture, and so I became South can be huge — yet the students are basically « Dans l’éducation, Now, LCC regularly sends students to “It’s a completely different experience; I got the same.” il y a la théorie et countries such as Peru, India, Thailand, Australia, to live a life that most people in North America Olga and David both assert that participation la pratique. L’un South Africa, and France. don’t get to live,” says Olga, who subjected in LCC’s student exchange programme has ne va pas sans “A lot of kids who go on an exchange herself to much the same squalor as her neigh- marked them for life. l’autre. Les élèves use that as a stepping stone.” says Ms. Shadley. bours, living with a group of Thai university “It definitely changed me,” Olga says with qui participent aux “A lot of students get the travel bug from their students in an alleyway home, right next to a pride. “I lived hands-on in a new environment échanges interna- exchange experience.” sewer. Although she was profoundly moved by without any family; I discovered a lot about tionaux améliorent Nowhere is this more evident than with the degree of poverty she witnessed, she was myself and what I can accomplish.” leur connaissance Olga Jablonski ’13, a grade 11 student who will also struck by the small cultural differences. “You David agrees that his experience will always 03 Australia de la langue, de la be returning to LCC for her Pre-University year. can’t be uncovered below the shoulders or above be with him. His trip culminated in a four-day culture et appren- Her exchange trip to Thailand two summers the knee — and you learn to walk around on your safari in Kruger National Park, a sight-seeing 04 South Africa nent surtout à se ago sparked a profound sense of social toes indoors so you don’t scare the house ghosts,” adventure that allowed him to cross an item off 05 connaître. Ceci est responsibility — so much so that she ended up she says. “And at one point every day these big his bucket list — because, he hastened to add, India à mon avis, l’aspect going back on her own last summer to volunteer loudspeakers come on, sounding like an earth- “at 14, I have a bucket list!” It exceeded all his le plus important. » in a slum area of Bangkok. quake, and everybody stops what they’re doing expectations. “This safari is the perfect finale to “Olga’s experience was exceptional because for the King’s Song. It’s like their national anthem; a perfect trip,” David wrote in his blog. “In two Jean-François Maurice, she really pushed herself to go beyond her limits it’s how they show respect for the king.” days I’ll be home. Sort of. Parts of me, I think, Enseignant de français to go and live and work in a slum,” says Ms. For grade 9 student David Elbaz ’15, an will stay right here, in Africa.” Shadley. “Generally, our students don’t do that.” exchange trip to South Africa this past winter In Olga’s case, the initial exchange trip made struck just the right balance between familiarity For more information visit www.lcc.ca/ her realize her own potential. “I went for six and a brand new experience filled with countless 05 studentexchange
22 LION SPRING / SUMMER 2013 WWW.LCC.CA 23 LCC Travel Over the Years
1955 Trip In the summer of 1955, Headmaster Penton, who originally came to LCC from England, organized and led a group of about 12 senior boys on an ambitious, six-week trek over the length and breadth of the British Isles. Once again, the Atlantic portion was by passenger liner. Along with Paul Nash, a well-versed LCC English teacher Uniforms & originally from Newcastle, Mr. Penton guided the group through York, England a packed and minutely-planned itinerary. It included tours of 1990s coal mines, shipyards, industrial plants, and military installations, in addition to a diverse cultural component of historical visits, Seven Days Shakespearean plays, visits to several private schools, and seven England The Fosberys days of site visits in London, including the studios of the BBC. at home Interestingly, one student later reported: “We had quite a lot of 1955 1950sin Bournemouth, free time, so we branched out on our own and really covered England, ground.” There was also an afternoon spent at the Fosbery ca. 1950 at Sea home in Bournemouth. The group travelled mostly by British Rail, with occasional private tours by bus, and generally wore By Jane Martin, LCC Archivist their school uniforms in public. Accommodation was a combina- oreign travel in the early years of the school was rare, tion of small hotels, school billets, and even army barracks. though as early as 1924, it was recorded that LCC As several alumni can confirm, the trip was an unforget- staff members T.W.L. MacDermott and Frank R. Scott table experience that for some was their first exposure to travel escorted four students on an “extended summer tour outside North America. Fof England and the Continent.” In 1929 a group of 15 touring In our school’s history, there were Australian school boys was “entertained by the school over 1970s – 2003 Trips with Mr. Denys Heward ’64 precursors to today’s growing the Easter holiday,” and there may have been other brief visits In the early 1970s, Junior School teacher Dora Parsons launched emphasis on global awareness over the years by such groups from abroad. a series of trips over spring break, leading groups of LCC and educational travel. Some boys on tours of the British Isles. These two-week excursions striking examples of earlier, mind- 1950 Trip to England, Scotland, and Wales (paid for by the participants’ broadening journeys by groups Many years passed before the next instance of long-distance parents) proved extremely popular. She was immediately joined of LCC students can be cited… LCC travel, which was a landmark trip to England and Scotland, in her efforts by LCC History teacher Denys Heward ’64, who the most recent of them spanning led by teacher Malcolm Barclay ’42, in the summer of 1950. eventually took over as planner/organizer and began leading a period of around three decades. Eleven boys from grades 11 and 12 crossed the Atlantic by the tours for groups of up to two dozen students. Mr. Heward, ship (a foggy, seven-day voyage), and spent over six weeks later often assisted in this personal initiative by other staff touring an impressive list of historic sites, scenic areas, and members including Richard Barrett, Victor Badian ’61 and industrial sites such as the Rolls Royce works, as well as many Cheryl Doxas, used his talents and energy to expose hundreds renowned schools, including Repton, Harrow, Eton, Oxford, of students to a history and culture with important links and Winchester. While in Bath, the group “caught a glimpse to their own. Cardiff, Wales of Winston Churchill,” and in London visited the home of LCC “We really were a team,” Mr. Heward says, noting that the Headmaster Stephen Penton’s father, where they “had a wonder- same coach driver, Bill Moger, served them for 20 trips. Some Cheddar Gorge, 1970s england ful afternoon playing lawn games and having tea.” A whirlwind students even came on the trips twice — first in grade 5 and 2000 of activities occupied the group in London, with visits to the again in grade 7. As well as visits to the usual castles, cathe- theatre and many famous sites. In Bournemouth, they visited drals, and other historical sites, the wide-ranging activities at home with retired LCC Headmaster Dr. Fosbery and his wife. included forays to coal and slate mines, cave crawls, and plays Alumnus William Stavert ’52 remembers that “the whole in London. The tours were so successful they continued to trip was wonderful; everything was fresh and new to us. be offered over a 30-year period, until 2003. “Travel is the best We had a rollicking good time.” education,” Mr. Heward affirms to this day.
24 LION SPRING / SUMMER 2013 WWW.LCC.CA 25 Duke of Edinburgh Award
the Silver and Gold levels as they progress through high school. To greater “The Duke of Ed is huge!” Lizzie says. “It makes you go outside your comfort zone. Before the Peru trip, I could never see myself heights doing something like that. I felt I had really accomplished something. It was the biggest By Wayne Larsen, Media Consultant thing I’ve ever done.” “Why am I doing this?!” Lizzie McInnes ’13 For Benoit Beaulieu ’13, the hike to the kept asking herself as she trudged wea- summit of Machu Picchu was the hardest part rily up the steep mountain path. “Why of the Peru trip. “There are paths you can take, aren’t I on a beach? I could be getting a but on average you’re 3,000 metres above tan right now!” Lightheaded and short of sea level; it affects your breathing, your cardio breath, she and her exhausted classmates and makes you feel lightheaded,” he says. pressed on, walking as if in slow motion “They tell you not to push yourself too much.” toward the summit of Peru’s Machu But despite the physical hardship, the Picchu. When they finally reached the students were amazed by the hardiness of top, pulled off their heavy backpacks and indigenous people, many of whom rely on sat down, Lizzie had her answer. these mountain-climbing expeditions for their livelihood. “What was most interesting hen I hit the summit and was seeing the groups of people along the looked over, it was the most path,” Benoit recalls. “There were a lot of kids beautiful view I had ever from the villages way up in the mountains W seen,” the grade 11 student by themselves, either selling stuff or with recalls. “So I told myself, that’s why I’m not sheepdogs looking after the llamas and alpacas. at the beach. It was incredible!” 02 They only get fruit once a week; they wear the same clothes every day, but they don’t The gruelling climb was a highlight of a began as a pilot awards programme for boys seem to care. They were always trying to trip to Peru taken by 19 LCC students and four in Commonwealth countries, with girls invited sell things to us — from hand-knitted scarves staff members from February 28 to March 14 to participate the following year. Since then, to beer — anything they had.” this year, allowing students to fulfill part of it has grown in scope to a world-renowned “It was funny because we’d be hiking and their Gold-level requirements for the prestigious award for young people aged 14 to 25. completely out of breath and often there’d Duke of Edinburgh Award. Each of the three levels, beginning with be a little kid, wearing little flip-flops, running In what has become an honoured tradition Bronze for grade 9 students, consists of four right by you,” Lizzie adds. “It was incredible at the school, the Duke of Edinburgh Award — 03 components — community service, an adven- to see them running up the mountain as if or “Duke of Ed” for short — is an international turous journey, a skill acquisition, and physical it were nothing.” leadership programme that provides students 01 recreation. “As you go up in the awards, the bar The students were also able to work with an opportunity for self-improvement over Peru Service (2013) is raised; expectations get higher, and you have toward their Gold-level requirement of three levels, with awards at the Gold level pre- 02 to do more of each thing,” says Ms. Shadley. 60 hours’ worth of community service while Peru Trek (2013) sented to students by a member of the Royal “For example, you do 15 hours of service in Peru, pitching in to help renovate a crum- Family or the Governor General. 03 at the Bronze level, then 30 at Silver, then bling school complex in squalid Las Palmas. Peru Service (2013) “Prince Edward was here to present 60 hours at Gold.” “We pitched in to help with painting, sand- the awards a few years ago, and one of the “All LCC students in grade 9, whether they ing, pouring concrete,” Benoit says. “We even students had dinner with him,” says LCC’s like it or not, do the Bronze Award, and almost got to play a bit of football with some of the 01 Student Outreach Coordinator Gillian Shadley, all of them complete it,” she adds. “The school local kids.” who has been overseeing the programme since provides several components of the Bronze Contributing their efforts to the school it was introduced at the school in the winter so they can accomplish it. It’s really not that project instilled great feelings of accomplish- of 2006. Originally established in 1956 under hard to finish your Bronze level.” This success ment and compassion in the LCC students. the auspices of Prince Philip, the Duke of Ed usually motivates students to continue on to “Reflecting on our experiences in Las Palmas,
26 LION SPRING / SUMMER 2013 WWW.LCC.CA 27 “The Duke of Ed has had a huge affect on we are proud of the improvements,” Sarah me because it makes Salzman ’13 and Kelsey Wiseman ’13 wrote you a well-rounded Q Gillian Shadley with her Diamond in their blog on the LCC website. “Even though person, and personally Jubilee Medal there is still much more progress to be made, it gave me motivation.” we have no doubt that their living conditions Given recent statistics, the success of the will continue to improve. While it is extremely Duke of Edinburgh Awards at LCC is undeni- upsetting to witness their lack of proper hous- able. The school has by far the most Gold ing, food and other materials, we are fortunate; awards in Quebec, and it accounts for more than the kindness and compassion the community 40 percent of all the Gold Awards in Canada. Diamond has shown us has left us with fond memories... “I would be very comfortable in saying that Even without commodities that we value, they we are the most actively involved school in Jubilee Medal have found happiness in their lives, and have Quebec,” Ms. Shadley says, adding that in 2012, reminded us how to do so in our own.” 38 Gold Awards were given out in Quebec, with for LCC’s Gillian Shadley! Benoit readily admits that his eyes were 28 of those being earned by LCC students. She opened to the harsh realities of poverty in also shared that 42 out of the 155 Silver Awards CongratulationsBy Dawn Levy, Director of to Communications LCC School Counsellor Gillian Shadley, Peru. “The trip gave me a better world view,” earned in Quebec last year were by LCC stu- who was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in he says, citing the example of being greeted dents and only about 17 students in the grade recognition of her leadership in encouraging students by the sight of houses near the airport — what 9 class of 100 are not currently working toward to pursue the Duke of Edinburgh Young Canadian would be considered standard, middle-class their Duke of Ed Bronze Award. “Our students Challenge Awards Programme. homes in Montreal — surrounded by nine-foot are very engaged, and the Duke of Ed fits very walls topped with barbed wire. well with the philosophy of our school.” The Diamond Jubilee Medal is an award that was created in 2012 “The Duke of Ed has had a huge affect Another theory as to why LCC has done to mark HRM Queen Elizabeth’s 60th anniversary of accession on me because it makes you a well-rounded so well in the Duke of Ed programme is offered to the throne, as well as her long-time service to Canada, and at person, and personally it gave me motivation,” While the Gold-level trip has been to Peru by Director of Communications Dawn Levy, the same time recognizes significant contributions and achieve- says Benoit, who decided to learn how to play for the last three years, Ms. Shadley has orga- who is quick to point the finger at Ms. Shadley ments by Canadians. “LCC's global the ukulele for his skill acquisition requirement. nized trips to other far-off destinations in previ- herself. “We’re very lucky to have a coordi- A believer in the value of global education, Ms. Shadley was opportunities expose “I never thought that I would have wanted to ous years. “Some of our trips have included nator,” she says. “The fact that Gillian was part of the team that first introduced the programme to LCC students to people learn it, but since I needed to learn a skill, I places like India, Thailand, New Zealand and nominated by Duke of Ed for a Queen’s Golden students in the fall of 2005. Under her leadership, it wasn’t long who live under thought I might as well make it fun. I also play Costa Rica,” she says. “We also have an annual Jubilee Medal is testimony to her and to her before the programme really took off with Senior School stu- different conditions. football and rugby at school, and I spend time winter trip in Quebec, where the students leadership. We’re very fortunate to have some- dents. By the spring of 2006, LCC students headed out on their Our students have in the weight room, so that was not a huge do a lot of snowshoeing, go dog sledding and one like Gillian, who is so focused on facilitat- first Silver-level camping trip. The following year, 13 students seen people living in problem for me.” do other winter activities. They also build ing these types of leadership and outreach went on the first Gold level trip to India, and by June of 2007, extreme poverty while For her part, Lizzie has taken up sewing quinzhees — basically a mound of snow that programmes for our students... When you our first graduate had completed her Gold Award. Since then, maintaining a positive as her skill, and plays both flag football and you dig out, set, and sleep in overnight.” have an advocate of this kind of programme, LCC students have experienced adventurous journeys and com- outlook on life. This basketball in addition to skiing in the winter. At the Silver level, grade 10 students who truly leads by example, it makes all the pleted service activities in many locations worldwide. sense of reality helps “The programme is great,” she says. “There are can go to Camp Nominingue in the northern difference for the school.” The number of awards earned by LCC students in less than them shape their so many things that wouldn’t happen without Laurentians, where they participate in a wide “Ms. Shadley is amazing,” agrees Lizzie, seven years is impressive. Our school is the most active school view of the world it. I don’t think I would have done as much variety of outdoor activities. “The Silver trip who gratefully recalls Ms. Shadley taking in Quebec in the Awards programme; in fact, we are so engaged and hopefully helps community service last summer, and I wouldn’t is more of an introduction to the outdoors,” her aside last year and helping her finish the that Duke of Edinburgh events have taken place at LCC with them see the impact have gone on the Peru trip.” says Ms. Shadley. “They do a lot of canoeing, documentation for her Silver level. That helped visiting dignitaries such as Quebec’s lieutenant governor, and potential of their orienteering, and hiking. There are things like her get to the Gold level and subsequently the and HRH Prince Edward. actions. It changes night walks, and some years there has been trip to Peru — and the breathtaking view from Although Ms. Shadley can’t take credit for earning the their perspectives.” raft building.” the summit of Machu Picchu that will last her awards herself, the Diamond Jubilee Medal recognizes the cen- Todd Hirtle, a lifetime. tral role that she has played in encouraging students to discover Math & Science Teacher themselves through the Duke of Edinburgh Award programme. LCC is very proud of Ms. Shadley’s achievement: a true Duke of Edinburgh leader by example. Award totals (since 2006) 155/312/586
28 LION SPRING / SUMMER 2013 WWW.LCC.CA 29 Schools on Tundra
Nailing Fish to Trees, Dogsledding, & Other Tundra Stories
By Jasmin Uhthoff, Media Consultant
During their March break, Andrew Hamilton ’13 and Victor ndrew and Victor were selected But my favourite part was actually setting the Zhao ’13 headed North… far North. In fact, so far North, by LCC to attend a two-week bait. We had to nail dead fish, covered in a foul- it took 45 hours on a train to get there (and they didn’t even programme with Schools on smelling paste, to the trees!” leave Manitoba) and a plane ride from Montreal to Winnipeg. Tundra, an outreach programme Since it was Andrew’s task to smear the ofA ArcticNet, held in Churchill, MB. According stinky paste on the fish, this was by far not his to their website, ArcticNet “was developed to preferred activity! “The highlight for me was bridge Arctic research with science education dogsledding. As it came towards the end of in high schools across Canada; to increase our time in Churchill, it was partly a fun group awareness of issues related to climate change celebration. But it was also a cultural experience. in Canada, and to educate young Canadians In the northern communities, this is a mode about the challenges and career opportunities of transportation, not an activity!” of Arctic research.” “Everyone drew something different and Along with two other students from Quebec, unique from their experience,” says Victor. four from Manitoba and two from Nunavut, the “It gave me an idea of what field research entails, boys spent most of their time at the Churchill if I pursue science as a career. But it also solidi- Northern Studies Centre conducting field fied the notion that I was not going to work up research such as snow and tree sampling, and north… it’s just too cold for me!” generic lab work, plus participating in lectures After 90 minutes of being outside in the “That’s when it hit me — and workshops relevant to the climate change -30° and -40° Celsius temperatures, even boots it wasn’t that this day impacting the Arctic. and parkas designed for -73° temps are no [of dogsledding] was “My favourite part of the building,” Andrew longer effective. At that temperature, exposed so much better than wrote in his blog “has to be the Aurora Dome. hair, including eyelashes and eyebrows, freezes. the others; it’s that As the name suggests, this is a dome on top of Victor’s glasses were constantly fogging up due to every day on this trip the building used to watch the Aurora Borealis. his breath getting caught in his neck warmer. But has been an incredible Although we were out of season for polar bears, the alternative, pulling the neck warmer off his experience in and of getting to see the [Northern] Lights from such face, was not an option. “We were really cold itself. I feel privileged a great vantage point more than made up for it.” all the time!” to be here.” Victor’s favourite experience was setting “Bringing 10 kids up north to see the impact — Andrew Hamilton ’13 wolverine baits for Parks Canada. “First we of climate change first hand isn’t what is going stripped branches off the tree, and then wrapped to transform the world. But when these kids can them in barbed wire so that when the wolverines change other people’s minds and habits, that climb the trees, a tuft of their fur catches in is when this programme’s purpose really comes the barbed wire. Scientists use this fur for DNA to fruition,” concludes Andrew. testing and to track the wolverine population. Watch our video: bit.ly/schoolsontundra 30 LION SPRING / SUMMER 2013 WWW.LCC.CA 31 One on One "If we can with David Arditi ’65 offer all of our students an opportunity to understand that the differences in the world David and his wife Peggy have taught their are actually valuable differences, we have a much greater chance S Pre-University kids — Jeff, Jennifer, Ryan ’96, Alexandra ’06 Graduation, 2013 and Brittany ’08 (Pre-U ’09) — to be citizens of graduating students who of the world. are going to change “I wanted my kids to not have any bound- the world.” After working for Eaton’s for five years, aries, and they don’t,” he says. “From what David joined Peerless Carpet Corporation, where I’ve seen of the kids in this school, they accept he stayed for 20 years. Running the company and different races, religions and origins among their A Multi-faceted Perspective on travelling worldwide to sell its products, David’s friends. That’s what I love; that’s what this is all own global education bloomed. about. If we’re ever going to solve the world’s “The first thing I learned was how impor- problems, we’re not going to do it by being Global Education tant understanding other cultures was,” he says. insular and thinking that our way of doing things “It really hit home 15 years ago, when I bought is better; we’re going to solve things by under- into my current company, MIP. The world was standing and communicating with each other.” By Wendy Helfenbaum, Media Consultant becoming a much smaller place; communication In 2011, David attended a Round Square It’s no accident that LCC’s global educa- changed substantially. We were doing business conference in London, England with tion programmes have flourished dur- in 31 countries, and in every one of them, if LCC students. ing David Arditi ’65’s five-year tenure you didn’t appreciate the culture and respect it, “It was really interesting, because we as Chairman of the Board of Governors you couldn’t do business there.” adults actually got to take part in some of the and 12 years as a Board member. He Back in Montreal, David’s employees come things the kids did,” he recalls. “For example, has seen first-hand — as a student, as a from 15 different countries, including Portugal, they had a 90-minute question-and-answer successful entrepreneur and as a father Spain, the Phillipines, Indonesia and China. session every day with students from 90 coun- of five — how opening your mind to the “They’re all different and wonderful in tries. You weren’t looking for a right or wrong 5 years Chairman, world can lead to incredible things. their own way,” he says. “When we have our answer, just a different perspective coming from LCC Board of Christmas lunch, everyone makes their own food different people. I didn’t find the perspectives so Governors was brought up by European parents who to bring in, and they’re so proud of that.” rooted in origin; it was because kids see things put me into LCC because education was David quickly learned that expecting other differently, so that was exciting to see.” very important to them, and I was one of cultures to assimilate into yours is a sure-fire David feels that students who experience Moving forward, David would love to see the few kids whose family name ended in path to losing business. global education programmes like Round the school’s global education programmes “But if you have an expectation that you’re Square probably won’t appreciate the full become even broader. aI vowel,” recalls David. “I have to admit that in the early part of my life, I always wanted going to learn from them, you’re always going extent of their impact right away. “If we really want to make it an experi- to be like everybody else — all kids are like that. to win. And that’s one benefit of LCC’s global “But that’s maybe the way it should be,” ence that captures more people in the school, At the time, this was a very non-global school; education programmes; that’s why I believe he says. “I don’t think we should be shoving I see us using technology to interact live with Be a the education was very British and traditional. in them so much,” he says. this in their faces, saying, ‘Look how lucky you people around the world,” he says. “Wouldn’t it citizen of Global education didn’t affect me until I gradu- “If you don’t have a school administration are’. They should just end up one day realizing: be fantastic if our students could do a project the world ated from McGill in 1969 and got into business.” that buys into that, it’s not going to happen. ‘I can’t believe how much LCC helped me’.” with students in Africa or Eastern Europe We didn’t have that problem. When we put via Skype or whatever technology is coming? the Strategic Plan together and made diversity If we can offer all of our students an oppor- one of our pillars, we were already into things tunity to understand that the differences in 12 years like Round Square, because Chris [Shannon] the world are actually valuable differences, board came here with that mindset, which was shared we have a much greater chance of graduating member by the management team around him. So for students who are going to change the world.” the Board, it was easy — all we had to do was support them.” Q round Square Conference, Wellington College, England (2011)
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Harland Gee ’55 agrees that the tie on Dr. Penton’s book was the official school tie, which he says could be purchased “at S.W. Howarth’s Photo 03 downtown, along with the blazers with crests and 1960s Student Council TIE grey flannels.” Harland notes that several differ- ent models of regulation ties were worn in his era, Nearly even the 1930s rayon knit, and that ties seemed to “be handed down in families.” Interestingly, we recently found a note in an early school magazine that the first regulation LCC tie was introduced in 1928, so the very narrow, 1930s knit tie (donated Tied up a number of years ago by Alan Canavan ’39) was By Jane Martin, LCC Archivist likely the first “official” tie worn. Photo 01 Another dressy tie from the early 1960s, old boys tie? with a pale grey background and burgundy and blue diagonal bars, has been identified by several alumni, including Peter Eddison ’58, as a tie worn In the past issue of the LION, by Student Council members of that era. (Photo.03) René Péron ’38 provided a wealth of tie the story called “TIE-ing it all Photo 04 memories, among which he proposes that the old Boys Tie Together” prompted a number blue tie with the grainy texture and the broad silver and narrow burgundy stripe was the Old of former students to contact Boys (Alumni) tie before the current one. Paul us with suggestions regarding Marchand ’58 agreed with this suggestion (Photo.04), and pointed out another unidentified tie in last Photo 05 several of the “mystery” ties issue’s photos that may have been a variation old Boys Tie on this same model. (Photo.05) shown in photographs. A more recent alumnus, Karnon Suen ’95, Photo 06 helped to identify the tie with a dark blue back- student tie hanks to the sharp memories of alumni, ground that features the letters “LCC” stylized 1980s and 90s the identities of only a couple of neckties in into a logo. “I’m very surprised to see a tie that LCC’s archival collection still remain unclear. I know very well be unidentified… It’s the only We continue to seek the donation of one well- Senior School tie that I have known.” (Photo.06) rememberedT silk tie from the 1950s and 60s. The two ties that remain unidentified include The request for donations of LCC ties not already in a wide blue model with diagonal red stripes and the archives was answered by alumnus and former LCC a lion motif (Photo.07), as well as a dark blue tie
1988 students teacher Walter Mingie ’43 who sent in a striped tie “that I very similar to the current Senior School tie, wearing ties think is an Old Boys tie from the 1960s or 1970s.” Additional but with a red bar at the base of the lion figures with LCC initials as seen in information about its identity would be appreciated. (Photo.01) (Photo.08). It has been suggested that the former photo 06 The tie still missing is the dressy model shown on the may have been a prototype for a Pre-U tie that dust jacket of former Headmaster Stephen Penton’s history was never adopted. Retired teacher and Middle of the school, Non Nobis Solum. Several alumni, including School Director Cheryl Doxas remembers that
Richard Bolton ’56, confirmed that students wore this tie the first students to enroll in the Pre-U pro- Photo 08 for many years, as an alternative to the woollen, artisanal tie gramme begun in 1992, all female, were united Identity? with the “Karen Bulow” label that some remember wearing against the idea of wearing regulation ties. as far back as the 1950s, or even earlier. Walter Mingie notes that the dressier tie “was one I wore while teaching Many thanks to everyone who took the time “Tie-ing it together”, lion fall/winter 2012, at the school in 1948–1950.” Richard DesRosiers ’56 also to contribute information, and if you can find pages 24 & 25 remembered it as “the regulation tie worn by students that elusive 1960s “shiny” tie, we would love Photo 07 identity? in the upper school.” (Photo.02) to hear from you! Contact [email protected]
34 LION SPRING / SUMMER 2013 35 The 2012 – 2013 Athletics Round Up It was a busy year in athletics at LCC. Here are some of the highlights…
Top Ten Moments of the Year in Athletics
Sports Desk 10 By Chris Viau, Director of Athletics In a year with so many success stories, Gold 4 x 400). She was also the Juvenile Girls certain individuals distinguished themselves aggregate winner accumulating the most points with outstanding individual performances: for an individual.
Scott Coulton (Pre-U ’13) led his team Meghan Mann ’13 completed her hockey Outstanding with an unbelievable 51 goals in 43 games career at LCC in impressive fashion by with the Juvenile Boys Hockey team. His deft maintaining a 1.6 goals against average in 23 individual scoring touch propelled the team to new heights games. Her incredible play allowed the girls performances this year. to win the LCC Invitational, reach the Pingree School tournament finals in Boston, and make Alana Humes ’13 dominated the track it to the semi-finals of the GMAA playoffs. scene by winning a total of 12 medals. After winning 5 medals at the indoor meet, Alana Noah Segal ’15 and Vincent Guan ’15 added 7 to her collection at the outdoor meet won the GMAA doubles tennis title for the third including 6 gold medals (Gold – 100M/ Gold – consecutive year and have yet to lose a match 400M Hurdles/ Gold – High Jump/ Gold – Long in the GMAA. Jump/ Silver – Triple Jump/ Gold 4 x 100/
36 LION SPRING / SUMMER 2013 WWW.LCC.CA 37 7 Champions at All Levels Outstanding It takes a very special group of athletes to win team a championship. It takes an absolutely extraordi- nary group to win Bantam, Midget and Juvenile performances championships in the same sport over the course of five years. That is exactly what our grade 11 girls accomplished in Track and Field. This incredible feat is a testament to the talent of these 9 Honourable Mentions female athletes and the excellence of the coach- Several teams completed incredible seasons ing provided by Rob Tipney and Jeff Sykes. falling just short of a championship. The Juvenile Girls Flag Football team lost in the GMAA semi-finals in a memorable double– overtime game. Our girls had an exceptional season and Coach Horobjowsky described 8 Pigskin Optimism the game as the best flag football game she The Senior Football team heads into next has seen since arriving at LCC. season riding a two-game winning streak and The Midget Flag Football team also hopes to build upon this year’s success. The excelled this year going all the way to the Lions worked extremely hard to get back into finals, losing in a great game against a talented the win column after two challenging seasons, QAA team. Finally, the Juvenile Girls Hockey and generated a renewed sense of optimism team lost a heartbreaker in overtime against for our football programme. We hope to see the Collège Notre-Dame. The girls had a great team continue to perform next year with several season in a league marked by tremendous returning key players. At the Bantam level, new parity among the top teams. challenges await a talented group of players as we transition to a new league next year. 5 King of the Courts With the biggest team in the city—72 strong— LCC continued to dominate the tennis scene in the GMAA. This year our Midget Boys and Juvenile Girls won their respective city 6 Juvenile Boys Rugby championships. Our Bantam Boys and Bantam In a season marked by injuries, the Juvenile Girls both finished second while our Juvenile Boys Rugby team accomplished amazing Boys finished third. Even more impressive, things. They sent two extremely competitive our Midget Boys B Team finished third, which teams to the Country Day School 7s tourna- marks the first time in GMAA history that ment at which they enjoyed two successful an A and B team finished in the top three. days of rugby. They followed that performance with a silver medal at the GMAA 7s tourna- ment and capped off the year with a praise- worthy effort in 15s by losing a hard-fought battle to Loyola in the city championship game.
38 LION SPRING / SUMMER 2013 WWW.LCC.CA 39 4 Success on the Pitch LCC displayed fine soccer skills at the national level this year. Our U13 Boys and U15 Girls both went to the semi-finals in their respective national championships. Our Juvenile Girls, #1 defending national champions, narrowly missed a repeat performance, losing in the finals in a very close game. Our Juvenile Boys also played extremely well in their national tournament, winning the bronze division. The future of the programme looks bright as both Bantam Girls and Boys teams are the strongest we have seen in several years. “4 for 4 + 1 More!” Coined by Neil Michaels, father of goaltender Mark ’13, these words perfectly summarize the 3 “Lions: Leaders impressive 2012-2013 Juvenile Boys Hockey season. Winning all four tournaments, they of the Track” overcame adversity in the city finals as they Our track athletes turned in a dominant perfor- gave up a 3-1 lead in the last 10 minutes of the mance at the GMAA meets this year, winning three championship game. The boys, led by Coach city championships. The Juvenile Girls won both LLano, kept their composure and sealed the indoor and outdoor track meets while the Midget deal in overtime on a tremendous coast-to-coast Boys brought home the banner at the outdoor goal by captain Josh Hardiman ’13. The team’s meet. Other than Alana Humes ’13’s brilliance, total record for the year was an astounding several athletes shone including Mikey Sananes ’14 34 wins, 2 losses and 1 tie. (3 medals and aggregate winner for the best overall performance for Midget Boys). Other multiple- medal winners include Branden MacInnis-Morris ’13 (3 medals), Max Makarov ’15 (2 Gold), Evan Dimentberg ’15 (2 medals), Sarah Humes ’15 (3 medals) and Alexia Miller ’13 (3 medals). Congratulations to all of our 2 Masters of our Domain exceptional LCC proudly defended home ice and home court by winning five home tournaments, athletes for including all four Juvenile tournaments (Boys an amazing year! Hockey, Girls Hockey, Boys Basketball and Girls Basketball). To add, our teams did not record one single loss in a total of 18 games played. Last but not least, our PeeWee Hockey team won their tournament for the first time in over a decade by defeating Appleby College 1-0 in the finals.
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LCC students participate in one of the most diverse 25100 40 school athletics of our teams programmes were recognized with 2012-2013 in Montreal. a sportmanship award of students girls Here’s a snapshot by the GMAA in grades 3-6 trained participated championship teams & notable performances of some of the for the halo road race lesser known— in volleyball It is truly remarkable that our student athletes competed for champion- yet impressive— & all three teams ships in a wide variety of sports. Our success is a reflection of the dedication made it to their league facts that make of both our athletes and exceptional coaches. 95 our athletics 2106 semi-finals programmes percent of Championship-Winning Teams Finalists truly stand apart. different grade 7 sports GMAA 90 championships Juvenile Boys Basketball – LCC Invitational Champions bantam Boys Soccer – BCS Tournament Finalists students offered Juvenile Girls Basketball – MIS Champions Midget Boys Soccer – BCS Tournament Finalists participated coaches PeeWee Hockey – LCC Invitational Champions U15 Girls Soccer – National Championship Semi-Finalists in co-curricular led our student- Bantam Boys Hockey – Brébeuf Tournament Champions Juvenile Girls Soccer – National Championship Finalists activities 1140 athletes Juvenile Boys Hockey – GMAA City Champions Bantam Girls Tennis – City Finalists (silver medal) JUNIOR school tournaments athletes Juvenile Boys Hockey – LCC Invitational Champions Bantam Boys Tennis – City Finalists (silver medal) hosted by lcc Juvenile Boys Hockey – Selwyn House Tournament Champions Juvenile Boys Tennis – City Finalists (bronze medal) athletes involving over trained 100 teams 60 Juvenile Boys Hockey – Bishops Tournament Champions Midget Boys Rugby 7s – City Semi-finalists played on with our Juvenile Boys Hockey – Loyola Tournament Champions Juvenile Boys Rugby – City Finalists students & 1000 strength & participated Girls Hockey – LCC Invitational Champions Midget Girls Flag Football – City Finalists athletes conditioning Juvenile Girls Indoor Track & Field – GMAA City Champions Juvenile Girls Flag Football – City Semi-Finalists in intramural 04 badminton Juvenile Girls Tennis – GMAA City Champions different coach Midget Boys Tennis – GMAA City Champions 10 & ping-pong Juvenile Boys Tennis – Selwyn House Tournament Champions teams tournament Midget Boys Track & Field – GMAA City Champions Juvenile Girls Track & Field – GMAA City Champions titles
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new possibilities in community health delivery
to create a better standard of dignified, acces- sible healthcare. Madeleine is a very long way away from ACTs her childhood home in Baie-D’Urfé, Quebec. “I was lucky to have a really lovely child- hood filled with theatre, art, sports, and time outdoors,” recalls Madeleine. “I was also “My path was shaped granted the opportunity to travel a lot, so I was by people — the exposed to and interested in a hugely diverse best part about LCC number of things.” 01 CLASS were the teachers At LCC, Madeleine excelled at debating, who pushed me winning both the Pan-American Debating Madeleine Ballard ’06 to think critically, Championships in 2005 and 2006, along with (Pre-U '07) never needs an alarm clock to reject dogmatism, the Canadian National Debate Championships wake her; she has a shrieking rooster right and understand both in 2006 and 2007. She also played rugby outside her window that does the job just fine. sides of an issue.” and basketball. Each morning after a quick breakfast of “My path was shaped by people — the best tea and oatmeal cooked over a coal pot — she part about LCC were the teachers who pushed has no running water — Madeleine begins her me to think critically, reject dogmatism, and long commute to work in Ziah Town, Grand understand both sides of an issue,” she says. Gedeh, located in southeast Liberia. “Whether it was considering the merits of “I drive a motorbike down a narrow Marx with Mr. Vlahogiannis, parsing Frost with jungle path, traversing bridges that are noth- Mr. Patterson, debating policy with Mr. George, CLASS ing more than giant trees laid over cavernous or contemplating human geography with ravines,” says Madeleine. “I hack away at Ms. Dumbrille, my teachers brought the world vines with a machete, and navigate through into the classroom and encouraged students calf-deep mud. After about an hour and a half, to consider issues outside their own experience. I reach a river for which there is no bridge, The rigour of their classes prepared me and cross to the other bank by canoe. Then, to tackle complex global issues.” after a 45-minute hike through even deeper Madeleine believes that leadership is some- ABy Wendy Helfenbaum,C Media ConsultantTs jungle, I reach the village.” thing you do, not something you talk about. In a recent YouTube video (tinyurl.com/ “Honours and awards have never been LastMileHealth), Madeleine documents her my benchmark; I’ve been blessed in that typical morning trek to work, set to a favourite they’ve been byproducts of simply working Clash tune, “Should I Stay or Should I Go”. hard at things I believe are valuable,” she says.
Thankfully for the people living in these remote 02 “I wouldn’t consider them my most important Madeleine Ballard ’06 (Pre-U ’07) villages, Madeleine decided to stay, and make achievements, but I’m so grateful for the 01 every day count. Madeleine at support I’ve received over the years as a As a Frontline Health Worker Program Harvard University result of such recognition. The generosity of Working for Health & Social Manager for Tiyatien Health, Madeleine helps 02 the James '39 and Jayne McKee Foundation Madeleine with LCC lead the organization’s efforts to deliver mater- Basketeball team mates Scholarship in 2003 and the Marshall Family nal and child health care in Konobo, the most Scholarship in 2006, for example, enabled me Justice in Rural Liberia remote district of Liberia. Regions like the one to attend LCC, which laid the groundwork Madeleine works in are plagued not only by for everything that came after.” lack of services, but also by the assumption With Madeleine’s acceptance to Harvard that the people living there are too inacces- University came excitement, but also some sible, too difficult, and too expensive to treat. trepidation. Madeleine is determined to help pioneer
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“I had a lot of apprehension about going Programmes provide not only quality health- to Harvard,” admits Madeleine. “There’s a lot care, but also social and economic support. said about the type of person that goes there: TH embodies values Madeleine feels are cru- arrogant, spoiled, aggressive — you name it. cial, such as the belief that health is a human But like most stereotypes, those notions melted right. TH’s frontline health worker programme away as soon as I got there.” has also conducted groundbreaking scientific In university, Madeleine won a Harvard studies that have shaped national Liberian College Scholarship in 2009, an honour health policy and has been used to train awarded to the top 10% of each class. She the next generation of global health leaders. 02 Travelling to work soon became passionate about global health “They’re working on the frontier of global in Liberia
education, and began volunteering with the health, and have just the right mix of humility 03 Harvard Global Health and AIDS Coalition, and ambition to challenge cynicism and indif- Canadian National 02 Debating Championships SPINALpedia, and the Harvard College Peer ference to have a profound impact on the way Health Exchange. She volunteered overnights health is delivered in Liberia. I wanted to be
at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter, part of their team,” she says. 03 ship covers all costs for two or three years and still found time to play on the Harvard Upon reaching the remote village where of study at Oxford, where Madeleine plans Radcliffe Rugby Club. she works, Madeleine meets up with a FHW, to pursue a master’s degree in evidence-based “Harvard is filled with tons of incredibly who is trained to diagnose, treat, and manage social intervention. driven, super-smart, and awesomely humble the top ten killers of mothers and children – “I feel very fortunate to have been people — from tough rugby girls to thought- 01 including pneumonia and neo-natal sepsis. selected,” says Madeleine. “There’s an amazing ful homeless shelter volunteers to fierce AIDS “Because the nearest clinic is a 12-hour tradition of Rhodes Scholars accomplishing activists; I was blessed to have the best com- walk away, the first line response provided things that advance and enrich our world; munity one could possibly hope for,” she says. “They’re working ‘Tiyatien’ means both ‘truth’ and ‘justice’ by the FHW is critical,” explains Madeleine. to be counted among such leaders, thinkers, “I was also really lucky that I inadvertently on the frontier of in the local dialect in southeast Liberia. Part “We check her reporting forms for accuracy, and moral exemplars is a real honour.” chose one of the best places to nurture my global health, and of Madeleine’s job is to train community mem- confer about patients referred since the Out of all her accomplishments, budding interest in global health. I had the have just the right bers and former patients to become frontline previous week’s supervision, accompany Madeleine is most proud of “the awesome good fortune to be mentored by luminaries like mix of humility and health workers (FHW), who can then provide her on a few home visits, audit her records, health workers I work alongside in Konobo. Paul Farmer, Arthur Kleinman, and the entire ambition to chal- home-based medical, social, and economic and restock her medical supplies. Depending In the past month, they treated more children Partners in Health praxis network. There’s a real lenge cynicism and services to communities previously labelled on the length of the visit we either continue for malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea than the community of action at Harvard and I’m lucky indifference to have ‘unreachable’. to the next village or begin the long journey only health centre in the whole district had to still be working with a lot of the people a profound impact “TH’s story is incredible: In 2003, after home to prepare for the following day. We treated in the preceding five months,” she says. I met there.” on the way health is a 14-year civil war, Liberia — the second poor- supervise ten FHWs in Konobo each week, “Six months ago, those kids would have faced Madeleine’s senior thesis discussed the delivered in Liberia. est country in the world — was left with 51 in ten different remote — and at times nearly a 12-hour walk to the nearest clinic, or would role of West African poets and truth tellers I wanted to be part physicians to care for its four million people,” inaccessible — villages.” “There’s an amazing have simply gone without treatment. Frontline credited with slowing the advance of AIDS. of their team.” explains Madeleine. “Despite stockpiles of life- When she does get a few precious tradition of Rhodes health workers are increasing access to care, In 2011, she won a Conant Prize and a Harvard saving drugs in the capital, rural Liberians were moments of down time, Madeleine enjoys Scholars accom- saving lives, and revolutionizing the way College Women’s Leadership Award, and dying of AIDS, because no doctors were avail- simple pleasures. plishing things that healthcare is delivered in Liberia.” graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor able to administer treatment. TH successfully “I live in a small, quiet town, and I spend advance and enrich To LCC students searching for their own of Arts in Social Studies. employed non-physician clinicians to establish my time reading, hiking, and setting the our world; to be paths, Madeleine offers up some wise advice: Three months later, Madeleine headed the first HIV treatment programme at a rural women’s rights movement back several years by counted among such “Take the time to figure out what you believe to Liberia to work with Tiyatien Health public hospital in Liberia. This proved to be a demonstrating my incompetence at soccer — if leaders, thinkers, is important, and have courage to live your (www.tiyatienhealth.org), a non-profit organiza- paradigm-shifting intervention: it changed the only Liberians were more into rugby!” she jokes. and moral exemplars values, whatever they might be,” she insists. tion aiming to create a new health workforce Ministry of Health’s policy and thereby allowed In November 2012, Madeleine became is a real honour.” “There are a lot of pre-fabricated notions of to bring much-needed care to the poorest several rural clinics to begin providing therapy.” LCC’s seventh alum and first female Rhodes what constitutes ‘success’ floating around; it’s remote villages in Liberia, where 60 per cent TH began as a small community-organized Scholar-Elect. She heads to the University of worth reflecting deeply on whether they reflect of the rural population lacks access to essen- project responding to the crisis of women with Oxford next fall. The prestigious academic your own instincts about what’s meaningful.” tial health services. AIDS. Since then, the organization’s strategy has award recognizes 83 scholars per year for their been expanded from HIV treatment to home- scholastic achievement, personal integrity, More information about Madeleine: 01 Work in Liberia based chronic disease services for rural families. leadership, and physical strength. The scholar- Visit www.lcc.ca/mballard
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01 Halifax: Halifax Reunion Team Matthews (captained by Mike Matthews ’93) London, England Reunion Toronto Reunion 07 Winterfest: (L to R) Daniel Adler ’07, Young Gunz Team Christopher Hajaly ’07, November 22, 2012 defeated the Young Gunz (captained by Mike March 19, 2013 May 16, 2013 Kevin Cook ’08 and 08 Winterfest: Patrick Smith ’07 LCC returned to Halifax on Thursday, Harper ’02) in a very tight and entertaining final. Hosted at The Royal Ocean and Racing Club We returned to ARCHEO, a restaurant in the All Alum #1 Team November 22, 2012 for an alumni reception by Basil Papachristidis ’61, the London event Distillery District, for our Toronto event on 02 Halifax: 09 Winterfest: (L to R) Thomas at Pipa Restaurant. Over 20 alumni attended, One of the highlights of the weekend is the was a lovely evening with over 35 alumni from Wednesday, May 15. Over 75 alumni attended (L to R) Mark Cornforth '90, Hopkirk ’65 and Marc as did former Headmaster Paul Bennett. awarding of the G.B. Maughan ’59 Award at the the 1940s to the 2000s in attendance. It was from the 1950s to the 2000s; the 1970s Belliveau ’76 Darren Cornforth ’86, Saturday luncheon to someone who exemplifies especially nice to have Allan Hodgson ’54 and were best represented with 14 people. Dave Kirk LLano, Bob 03 London: Cornforth (L to R) James Clark ’57, Winterfest the spirit and passion of alumni hockey. This Jamie Clark ’57 present, as they have been “The Coach” Wood was a special guest, and Headmaster Hockey 2013 year’s recipient was the Cornforth family, and faithfully attending our annual events for decades. Headmaster Chris Shannon (Pre-U '76) paid 10 NYC: Christopher Shannon (L to R) Danielle (Pre-U ’76), and William The annual Winterfest Alumni Hockey father Bob with sons Darren (in from Los Angeles) tribute to his incredible accomplishments in Samuelson ’04, Jessica Cave ’43 Winterstern ’04, Ashley Tournament took place January 18–20. Eight and Mark (in from Boston) were on hand to New York City Reunion the 41 years he worked at the school. Dave Leutner ’04 and 04 London: teams competed in two divisions and alumni receive the award together (brother Jay ’83 April 18, 2013 spoke to those assembled and thanked everyone Erin Katz ’03 (L to R) Lauren Carsley ’06, Alexandra came in from New York, Boston, Los Angeles, could not make it). The Cornforths have played Thanks to Neil Sternthal ’85, this year’s event who had sent in tributes for his 90th birthday 11 Toronto: (L to R) Roger Reynolds Achkar ’06, Kristin Detroit, Ottawa, Toronto, and Virginia to take in the tournament every year since its inception was held at the Thomson Reuters building in in March. Annexstad ’99 and (former staff) and Adil Dhanani ’04 part. The All Alumni #1 team (co-captained by in the early 2000s. Times Square in an exquisite room on the 30th Dave Wood (former staff) 05 London: Darren ’86 and Mark ’90 Cornforth) defeated floor, overlooking downtown Manhattan. Over (L to R) Basil the Staff to capture the championship in the 40 people attended the reception. Post-reception 12 Toronto: Papachristidis ’61, (L to R) Alexa Law ’00 Allan Hodgson ’54 Wood-Barrett division, named after legendary festivities continued at the Harvard Club, and Shannon and Gregor Angus ’84 Howes ’00 LCC teacher and coach Dave Wood, as well thanks to Jodi Krakower ’03, with 10 alumnae 06 NYC: as former Junior School teacher and coach, in attendance. (L to R) Brian Fetherstonhaugh ’74 the late Rick Barrett. In the Heward division, and Jodi Krakower ’03
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profession in Canada.” focused primarily on alumnI news The Canadian Society of residential, commercial and Petroleum Geologists made land development financing Bill an Honourary Member in British Columbia and “in recognition of his many Alberta. In addition, Chris Please keep your news coming! exploration successes and has retained his 12-year his outstanding contribu- tenure as president of Send your photos and updates to Kirk LLano, Director tions to the Society.” JAMCO Capital Partners, of Development and Alumni Engagement ([email protected]). a merchant bank and advisory services firm 70s that assists start-ups and small businesses with Peter Dash ’74 wrote: capital and other resource 50s “The passing away last 03 needs. He has been April of my mother, Ruth living in Vancouver for Errol “Dave” Feldman ’55, Cecilia Dash, reminded nine years with his wife, Commissioner Scouts me of how important Marc Wolvin ’77 received Stacey, and three kids, Canada — Europe, was she was in building my the Queen’s Diamond 80s Justin (12), Abbey (10) awarded the Silver Wolf commitment to education, Jubilee Medal in January and Matthew (7). for the Most Distinguished 01 beyond her overall general 2013 from his MP in rec- Steve Heroux ’86 recently (L to R) Bob Gales, Services to Scouts Canada. Joe Robb, George Orban, love and kindness. She ognition of his leadership, moved to Hidden Hills, CA Geoff White ’93 and This is Scouts Canada’s Walter Markham, was originally a Maritimer volunteerism, commitment to open a west coast office his wife, Sophie Roberge, Jim Simpson. highest award for service whose mother was one of to and development of of Hampton Direct, a direct welcomed their baby girl, 02 and is awarded in the name (L to R) Tom Hopkirk, the early women graduates the sport of rugby in the response marketing com- Cybil Roberge White, on of the Patron Scout for Stuart Mclean, Bob in the region. She was also Outaouais region. Along pany. He is now living in February 27, 2013, weigh- Price, Val Traversy Canada; His Excellency wife to Philip Dash ’33 with others over the past the suburb of Los Angeles ing 6 lbs., 14 oz. He writes, 01 The Governor-General and mother to Ian ’68, 15 years, Marc has created with his wife, daughter (10) “She is beautiful, like her of Canada. both LCC graduates. She competitive and recreation- and son (8). mum, but has my hairline 02 will be greatly missed and al leagues now involving (for the moment).” Hugh Millar ’56 shared: remembered, as well, as hundreds of youth from After five years work- (Photo.05) “I had a double amputation 60s being a proud booster of U-6 to CEGEP, with some ing with UBS Wealth of both legs below the the school.” Peter currently players now becoming Management, and one knee late last year. After Bob Gales ’63, Joe Robb ’62, works in Moscow helping national and university year at RBC Dominion spending three months George Orban ’62, Walter European multinationals. team players. Securities, Sebastian healing medically and an Markham ’62 and Jim He is the author of the (Photo.03) Cardarelli ’89 has joined additional four months Simpson ’62 enjoyed their dystopian novel, ZUrabia. Tonus Capital, to work with in rehab, I arrived home annual ski trip during the a successful equity investor to spend Easter with my last week of March. This Andrew Mittag ’77, based Tim Gardiner ’78, and grow the business family. I’m home for good year’s destination was BC’s in Calgary for the last John Flintoft ’78, by bringing on new clients.
now and what a wonderful Big White. The conditions seven years, now sits on Chris Grivakes ’78 enjoy- 05 feeling it is to be walking and weather were perfect the board of International ing après-ski at the Whistler again cautiously with a and they all had a great time Val Traversy ’65, W.R. (Bill) May ’68 Forest Products. In addition Brew Pub (January 2013). 90s walker. Colin Campbell ’56, talking about the old days Bob Price ’65, and Tom (Pre-U ’69) recently to this public company, he (Photo.04) a classmate, is one of my at the school. Hopkirk ’65 enjoyed lunch received two acco- recently joined the board Christopher Kape ’90 04 walking guides, helping me (Photo.01) together in Halifax with lades: Engineers Canada of Culex Inc., a venture joined Statesman Capital master my new balance.” classmate Stuart McLean ’65 bestowed the designation capital business focused Corporation as a partner. when he was in town for of Fellow on Bill “in recog- on mosquito control. Statesman is a non-bank his three packed shows. nition of exceptional contri- private equity lender (Photo.02) butions to the engineering
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00s Kristina Rioux ’06 Kim Rioux ’08 (Pre-U ’09) DONATIONS By Jane Martin, LCC Archivist (Pre-U ’07) graduated from graduated with a BA from ver a century ago a young boy named Eric from heaven, knowing that after all these years, the LCC Jamie Winterstern ’02 the University of Pittsburgh St. Francis Xavier University TO THE George Wright, recently-arrived with his parents cap has found its way home!” spent the last few months in in the spring of 2013 with with a major in sociology and ARCHIVES O from England, was among the very first groups Eric Wright was an only child who grew up on Winnipeg, where he directed a double major in finance a minor in political science. of students welcomed by Dr. Fosbery at his new school Hingston Ave. in N.D.G. He had a quiet temperament and produced a brand new and marketing. She has She will continue her studies We are very grateful on Royal Avenue. and a talent for art, and following graduation from LCC, network television series. joined Wilshire Associates at St. FX towards a degree to the following Uniforms were not worn at LCC in those early days, joined a firm of architects and studied at night school He is currently editing the in Pittsburgh as a financial in education. individuals who have but like some of his classmates, Eric soon acquired a tiny, to become a draughtsman. His education led to a career at series. It was just announced analyst. (Photo.08) donated photographs, woollen “beanie” cap with an embroidered school crest Sun Life in Montreal, where he worked as an architectural that NBC acquired the rights (Photo.07) documents, and other on the front. draughtsman until retirement in 1962. Mrs. Shore remem- to the show and the series Anthony Brohan (Pre-U ’08) memorabilia to the Recently that very same cap, in almost mint condition, bers her father often did volunteer work for the Montreal will be airing in July 2013. is pursuing a PhD in linguistics LCC Archives since the was donated to the Archives by Eric Wright (1917)’s closest Institute for the Blind, and once created a Braille globe See website www.hjwfilms.com at MIT. beginning of last year: living family member, his daughter Mrs. Lori Shore of that was used at the MIB for many years. (Photo.06) Newcastle, ON. It is among the oldest artifacts in the school’s An LCC beanie cap from the early 1950s was donated Robert T. Bassett ’44: collection. several years ago by Gerald Burke ’58, who had worn it Old Boys Association photo, Just inside the cap’s edge is a leather band clearly as a Junior School student. It is striking how little changed ca. 1953 marked “F. J. Jackman Ltd.,” a Montreal haberdashery on the design was from Eric Wright’s cap, except for variations
Q (L to R) Jacqueline St. Catherine Street near Guy that served generations of LCC in the school crest. As fashions evolved, beanie caps disap- On March 16, 2013, Hopmeyer, Greg Arthur G. Brown ’50: LCC boys and their fathers well into the Second World War era. peared from the LCC scene sometime in the 1950s. Courey, Chris Zoë Lawson ’03 Goulakos, Jodi Magazine issues, Founder’s Remembering her late father (he passed on in 1965), The school is most grateful to Mrs. Shore for this special Krakower, Sam (Pre-U ’04) married Raif Yaffe, ZoË Lawson, Day programmes from 1947 Mrs. Shore said “I feel sure that my dad is smiling down item of memorabilia. Richardson (alumnus of Kristina Velan, and 1950, basketball team Laura Morris St. John’s Ravenscourt) in (all ’03) at a cocktail photo reception during Banff, AB. Bridesmaids were Zoe Lawson’s Stephanie Lawson ’04, wedding weekend Mrs. Jean Dixon: Large in Banff, AB. Shop Laura Morris ’03 and 09 collection of LCC yearbooks On-Line! London, New York, or NDG... Kristina Velan ’03. Other and team photos LCC alumni in attendance included: Ivan Velan ’61, René Péron ’38 and Now you can buy your favourite P (L to R) All from Jacqueline Hopmeyer ’03, the class of 2003: Pierre Péron ’65: LCC items on-line from our LCC Store! Jodi Krakower ’03, Chris Goulakos, prospectus, ca. 1928-29 Jacquline Hopmeyer, We have a great selection of sweatshirts, baseball caps, pens, Sam Yaffe ’03, Chris Laura Morris, Greg Courey, Kristina water bottles and much more. All purchases are made by Goulakos ’03, Greg Mrs. Lori Shore (daughter Velan, Sam Yaffe, credit card on a secure line. It’s quite simple: Courey ’03, Lindsay Jodi Krakower 10 of Eric G. Wright ’17): at ZoË Lawson and Bryson (Pre-U ’04), Raif Richardson Beanie cap. Story at right. Ben Spencer (Pre-U ’01), wedding in Banff 1 2 3 Visit our on-line Follow the The LCC Store will and Carl Ashqar ’00. store at prompts and ship your purchase (Photos.09 and 10) lcc.ca/shop select your to your selected favourite items destination
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It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of the following members of the LCC community:
John Reginald Martin ’39 James W. McKee Jr. ’39 Barry Stirling Tyler ’60 Richard Gordon ’62 Jean-Pierre Cruvellier
John Reginald Martin ’39 Activity Centre, opened in Richard Gordon ’62 passed away in May in 2000, Jim and his wife Jayne passed away on March 30, Ottawa. were the largest donors to 2013 at his home in the campaign, donating the Massachusetts, surrounded James W. McKee Jr. ’39 single largest sum of money by his family. passed away February 27, ever given to the school at 2013 in Naples, FL, after a that time. In his honour, LCC Jean-Pierre Cruvellier, brief illness. Jim graduated created the James ’39 and recipient of the LCC from LCC and then from Jayne McKee Scholarships, Teaching Excellence Award, McGill University. During which are given out annually passed away in Montreal World War II he was a to students in grades 9 in late February 2013. pilot who served initially and 12/Pre-University. He taught French from as an instructor, before 1963 to 1999 at LCC, where being assigned as a Barry Stirling Tyler ’60 he was head of the Modern March 2013 April 2013 command pilot to the US passed away on March 18, Languages department. May 2013 9th Air Force in England 2012 in Toronto. He was Jean-Pierre’s sons, Marc ’77 and in France. Jim had the father of David Tyler ’86. and Paul ’79, attended a distinguished career the school. His grandson, in business and as a Robbie ’17 (son of Paul), philanthropist. When LCC is currently an LCC Middle built the Webster Learning School student.
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As we evolve, change and accept the interesting challenges of global education, we must work to broaden our students’ understanding of citizenship to include a true appreciation of global forces so that they can become engaged citizens of the world.” — Christopher Shannon (Pre-U ’76), Headmaster
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