APPLAUSE: Celebrating 50 Years of University Players and 40 Years of the School of Dramatic Art INFLUENCE STARTS HERE
University of Windsor Alumni Magazine Summer 2009 view APPLAUSE: Celebrating 50 years of University Players and 40 years of the School of Dramatic Art INFLUENCE STARTS HERE “I want my students to be able to share in the same joy that made – and makes – school the place I love to be.” David Watkins BA ’87, BEd ’89, Teacher, Toronto’s Weston Collegiate Institute Recipient of the 2007 Governor General’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History At UWindsor, we’re taking responsibility for the future. To learn more, just ask our faculty, staff and alumni, and visit www.uwindsor.ca/beinfluential www.uwindsor.ca/beinfluential CONTENTS VIEW DEAR VIEWER 5 RESEARCH: WHAT PRICE DEVELOPMENT? 6 Creating islands in Dubai ALUMNI PROFILE: 8 A TAXING PROPOSITION 6 Canada’s first tax ombudsman has his work cut out for him BEING INFLUENTIAL: 10 PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING An important tool in the fight against cancer FEATURES COVER: APPLAUSE 12 Celebrating 50 years of University Players and 40 years of Dramatic Art 14 NEWS LANCER NEWS 18 ALUMNI NEWS 20 ALUMNI EVENTS 24 CLASS NEWS 25 24 ON THE COVER: Staging a Celebration: Dramatic Art and University Players hit milestones. view . summer 2009 3 view Alumni & Friends 2009 Golf Tournament EDITOR Jennifer Barone DESIGN & LAYOUT Sophia Tanninen ALUMNI OFFICE LIAISON Trevor Dinham CONTRIBUTORS John Carrington, Mike Clark, Stephen Fields, Susan Lester, Elisa Mitton, Paul Riggi, Alan Wildeman PHOTOGRAPHY Peter Bregg, John Carrington, Stephen Fields, Tory James, Kevin Johnson, Kevin Kavanaugh, Jessica Lori Riley, Donald Park, Nick Reed VIEW is published three times per year by Public Affairs and Communications, University of Windsor.
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