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University of Alberta (Canada) WINTER 2017 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA ALUMNI MAGAZINE ‘THIS IS ALL THE FREEDOM I WANT’ HOW ABDULLAH ALTAMER AND OTHER STUDENTS ARE REBUILDING THEIR LIVES AFTER ESCAPING SYRIA Page 26 WINTER 2017 ON THE COVER VOLUME 73 NUMBER 3 Even the act of walking to school is meaningful to Abdullah Altamer, one of 14 Syrian students who have come to the U of A through the President’s Award for Refugees and Displaced Persons. Page 26 Photo by John Ulan “ The littlest thing tripped me up in more ways than one.” Whatever life brings your way, small or big, departments take advantage of a range of insurance options 3 at preferential group rates. Your Letters 5 Getting coverage for life-changing events may seem like a Notes What’s new and noteworthy given to some of us. But small things can mean big changes 12 too. Like an unexpected interruption to your income. Alumni Continuing Education insurance plans can have you covered at every stage of life, Column by Curtis Gillespie every step of the way. 16 Whatsoever Things Are True You’ll enjoy affordable rates on Term Life Insurance, Column by Todd Babiak Major Accident Protection, Income Protection Disability, 17 Health & Dental Insurance and others. The protection Thesis There are answers that you need. The competitive rates you want. lie at the intersection of words and images. 43 Get a quote today. Call 1-888-913-6333 or visit us Trails Where you’ve been and at manulife.com/uAlberta. where you’re going 44 features Books 26 46 Seen / Unseen Class Notes After fleeing conflict, three Syrian students embrace 59 the everyday moments. In Memoriam 36 64 5 Objects You Didn’t Photo Finish Know Changed Our Lives You will be surprised at the U of A connections. Underwritten by These sunny flowers top a hybrid The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company. of canola derived from Quantum Canola, the plant that helped save Manulife and the Block Design are trademarks of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company and are used by it, and by its affiliates under licence. a $20-billion industry. Page 36. © 2016 The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (Manulife). All rights reserved. Manulife, PO Box 4213, Stn A, Toronto, ON M5W 5M3. Photo by John Ulan new trail winter 2017 1 162229 Alumni_U of Alberta_Multi Ad_8.125x10.625.indd 1 2017-04-12 2:43 PM }upfront } letters We would like to hear your comments about the magazine. Send us your letters by post or email to the addresses on page 4. Letters @medfitconsult: may be edited for length or clarity. I know that smile! Congratulations @LalithaTaylor! My Photographic Memory @UAlbertaAlumni OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS Graduate Studies @RunGhirl: Things Christopher Michell-Viret, ’83 BSc, @yegSouthsidePCN a small boy’s hand sits neatly Gazing at that old photo of my Sean Price, ’95 BCom I learned about Associate Vice-President ’84 BSc(SpecCert), ’89 MSc on a large book. His other hand is oath of citizenship reminds me @Marty_Chan from lisa workman, ’02 bpe, ’04 ma Greg Latham Law raised with palm facing forward. that I no longer consider myself an Director, Alumni Engagement Simon Foxcroft, ’99 LLB #NewTrailMag: Close by are the boy’s mother, immigrant. I am a Canadian. Tracy Salmon, ’91 BA(Hons), ’96 MSc Medicine Engineer Wannabe? father and younger brother. Director, Alumni Programs Robert Agostinis, ’86 BMedSc, ’88 MD So glad you chose Native Studies It’s 1977 and this family is Coleen Graham, ’88 BSc(HEc), ’93 MEd writing. Great article Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives Carol Wagner, ’06 BA(NativeStuHons) & now I want a taking the oath of Canadian Nursing cinnamon bun citizenship together. The ALUMNI COUNCIL EXECUTIVE Eric Martin, ’09 BSc, ’13 BScN @tkorte: Great to see Kate Young, ’07 BScN, ’15 MBA scene is captured in a black- Alumni Association President susan q @UABearsFootball alum & Ayaz Bhanji, ’91 BSc(Pharm) Pharmacy and-white photo, faded and Past-President Ron Pohar, ’95 BSc(Pharm) coach Jim Lazaruk featured in blurry, its edges curling Mary Pat Barry, ’04 MA Physical Education and Recreation @UAlbertaAlumni New Trail with age. But this image Committee Chair: Alumni Awards Bill Werry, ’73 BA(RecAdmin) #midastouch needed this year Robin Everall, ’92 BA(Spec), ’94 MEd, ’98 PhD is precious to me and a Public Health #GoBears Committee Chair: Alumni Benefits Salima Thawer, ’03 BSc, ’05 Dip(DentHyg), reminder of how lucky I am. Rayan Bou Farraj, ’13 BSc(Spec), ’14 MA ’06 BSc(DentHyg), ’13 MPH terry korte, ’91 bcom, My Sweet Addiction ’94 bed, ’08 med The boy in the photo Committee Chair: Alumni Student Council Rehabilitation Medicine is me. And that moment Eric Martin, ’09 BSc, ’13 BScN Grant Irwin, ’75 BSc, ’79 BSc(PT) I thoroughly support the article “Sweet Cinnamon” by Marty marks the end of a Committee Chair: Community Relations Science Randa Kachkar, ’86 BA(Spec) Ross Lockwood, ’08 BSc(Hons), ’15 PhD Chan. I started my degree in 1974 and was instantly addicted to the harrowing five-year journey. Committee Chairs: Corporate Alumni Relations cinnamon buns in the CAB. This addiction continued when I went MEMBERS AT LARGE On Aug. 4, 1972, the comfortable My journey comes back to me Bill Werry, ’73 BA(RecAdmin) Yasmin Barre, ’09 BSc, ’12 MSc back to complete more study in 1986. Living in New Zealand, they Christy Ciezki, ’02 BSc(Spec), ’09 MEd life my parents had built for me as I look at the photos, starting Ashlyn Bernier, ’06 BSc, ’11 PhD, ’13 MBA have no equivalent to these delicious sticky buns. Scones and jam and my 18-month-old brother was on page 26, of U of A students Committee Chair: Student Experience Ramesh Bhambhani, ’66 BSc, ’68 MSc, ’72 PhD Tyler Hanson ’00 BSc(MechEng) Rick Dowell, ’03 BSc(MechEng), ’09 MBA toppled in an instant. Idi Amin, who fled Syria to start new lives just do not fill the void. I felt homesick reading his article and can Task Force Chairs: Diversity and Inclusion Vivian He, ’08 BCom the ruthless dictator of our home in Canada. The moments from Keith King, ’04 BScN Mark Korthuis, ’07 BA(RecSpoTourism) add that, on many occasions, just the smell of them made me feel Sandra Gawad Gad, ’12 BSc, ’15 MSc Felicia Liang, ’16 BCom, ’16Cert(Intl) able to cope with the full workload I had. country, Uganda, had ordered the their daily routines — walking Andre Prefontaine, ’85 BCom, ’88 BSc(Spec) Board of Governors Representatives expulsion of the country’s Asian to class, making dinner, talking Eli Schrader, ’12 BA(RecSpoTourism) –Teri Nichol, ’87 BEd, Christchurch, New Zealand Mary Pat Barry, ’04 MA Charity Slobod, ’10 BA, ’10 Cert(Trans), ’15 MA population. With almost no notice, with friends — are so ordinary. Glenn Stowkowy, ’76 BSc(ElecEng) Ryan Thompson, ’03 BSc(Hons), ’13 MA we had to leave everything — our But for them, those moments are Senate Representatives Phil Wong, ’85 BSc(Spec) house, the family business, our extraordinary; they are peace. Charlene Butler, ’09 MBA, Heather Raymond, ’82 BEd, ’86 Dip(Ed), ’95 MEd, ’02 PhD EX OFFICIO possessions. Even as we went to There’s something about the EXC Executive Members Fat E E LargeXXCCE HonoraryF EEX PresidentXCCE EXC OF EL O OF ELL O F ELL OF EL L E LLE E O LEL E LE E E EL E N L E NE L power of images. In this issue ofL N L N DavidL Turpin N N the airport, we had no idea where C Ron Glen, ’89 CBA(Spec),C ’04 MBA C C C C C C R C R C C R R SILVER RI SILVERSILVER E I R SILVER E I E I E I E I SILVER E SILVER Rob Parks, ’87C BEd, ’99 MBA C Vice-President (Advancement) C C C #1 - fewer teeth and type in circle #1 - fewer teeth and type in circle the plane would take us. New Trail, you will experience a C #1 - fewer teeth and type in circle CORRECTION On page 41 (Alumni smaller, movedHeather in from outlines.McCaw smaller, moved in from outlines. smaller, moved in from outlines. This is Avenir. This is Avenir. This is Avenir. 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Andre Costopoulos for Canada, which was set to professor Sean Caulfield, ’92 BFA, Randa Kachkar, ’86 BA(Spec) We apologize for the error. Dean of Students’ Designate F EXCE F EFX CEXECE F EXFC EXFC EXC F EXCFE EXCE F EXCE welcome 6,000 Asian refugees from ’96 MFA, explains on page O 18, visualL OAugustana O L L O O OL L EL O O L L O L E LE E E L LE E E E L L LE E E L L E L L N L L E N L L L E E JasonN Cobb, ’96L BA L E E L E C C N N N N N N C C Jeff Behrens, ’10 CBA C C C C C C C R R C R C C C C C Uganda — Canada’s first mission imagery can draw you intoI a storyE R I E R R I #2E - TakenR R #2 - Taken R #2 - Taken SILVER SILVER E E E E I I I SILVER I I E I E C C C Graduateapart.
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