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FALL / WINTER 2015 LION

HEADMASTER TABLE OF CONTENTS FALL 2015 CHRISTOPHER SHANNON (PRE-U ’76)

LION EDITOR DAWN LEVY 40 CLASS ACTS Bridge of Reflections: Dr. Victor C. COPY EDITORS Goldbloom ’39 Releases his Memoirs JANE MARTIN LOUISE MILLS 47 REPORT TO DONORS JENNIFER NAULT

48 MESSAGE FROM THE HEADMASTER ARCHIVES, RESEARCH & THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD & DATABASE MANAGEMENT FUTURE OF GOVERNORS JANE MARTIN A Year Focused on Remaining LOUISE MILLS 04 at the Forefront of Education ADRIANNA ZEREBECKY TRANSLATION VERONICA SCHAMI 02 HEAD LINES / À LA UNE It’s All in the Planning / CONTRIBUTORS Tour est dans la planification KIRK LLANO JANE MARTIN

JENNIFER NAULT 04 INTRODUCTION CHRISTOPHER SHANNON (PRE-U ’76) Our Shared Success, KYLE WILLIAMS Our Sustainable Future ONE YEAR PHOTO CREDITS 06 PILLAR 1: PROFESSIONAL STAFF BRIDGE CHRISTIAN AUCLAIR LCC Teachers Practice What They Teach: PLAN A. VICTOR BADIAN ’61 New Horizons in Faculty Growth at LCC ANABELA CORDEIRO 34 LCC ARCHIVES 10 PILLAR 2: LEARNING CHRISTINNE MUSCHI An LCC First - 50 A GOOD TURN KYLE WILLIAMS LCC’s IB Diploma Programme: LCC Marks a Big Turning Point for Opening a World of Opportunities Noah Romoff ’11 (Pre-U ’12), MAILING for Graduates Inspiring him to Give Back AUTOMATIC MAILING & PRINTING INC. 14 PILLAR 3: STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES 52 A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR... DESIGN AND SKILLS SUPPORTS THE ABC FUND A World of Student Opportunities Sugar Sammy Fills the Assaly Arts ORIGAMI and Skills Centre with Laughs THE LION IS PUBLISHED BY THE ADVANCEMENT OFFICE 18 PILLAR 4: DIVERSITY 54 ANNUAL GIVING & CAPITAL LOWER CANADA COLLEGE Diversity is More than a Buzzword CAMPAIGN DONORS 4090, AVENUE ROYAL MONTRÉAL at Lower Canada College (QUÉBEC) H4A 2M5 THE LCC LION 62 THE RECORD (2015) 22 PILLAR 5: BILINGUALISM / BILINGUISME Achievements in Academic & Co-Curricular TÉLÉPHONE 514 482 9916 LCC’s Student Legal Eagles / Programming for 2014–2015 FAX 514 482 8142 Les exploits juridiques des élèves du LCC COURRIEL [email protected] 68 CLASSIFIEDS SITE WEB WWW.LCC.CA Each year, the Middle School produces a painting that symbolizes its students and the houses they 28 PILLAR 6: COMMUNICATION Alumni News BLOG WWW.WEARELCC.CA represent. One student from each house contributes to the painting. The theme of the 2014-2015 Top 10 Achievements painting was “The LCC Lion.” The approach was simple. The artists wanted to paint a lion, the symbol 73 IN MEMORIAM of their school. They wanted the lion to look strong and determined, but not mean or angry. The 30 PILLAR 7: ENVIRONMENT challenge was integrating the eight house colours in a way that allowed each house to be equally A Sustainable Decision: Arts Centre Technology Exemplifies represented and also to make sure that together the colours form the lion. Remove one colour, and LCC’s Commitment to the Environment the lion would be incomplete—just as the Middle School is only complete when every student and every house shares the same goals and priorities and works together to achieve them. 34 LCC STRATEGIC DIRECTION 2015-2016: NON A One-Year Bridge Plan NOBIS SOLUM For more about our achievements in 2014-2015, turn to page 62. 38 BRANCHING OUT Alumni Reunite in Cities Across Canada 40 Head Lines / À la Une

par un véritable effort pour embaucher, former et retenir les meilleurs enseignants et effectifs disponibles. Nous offrons actuellement un système de rémunération et des possibilités d’avancement professionnel les plus avantageux It’s All in the de toutes les écoles de Montréal. D’importantes Tout est dans la améliorations ont été faites tant au niveau des programmes que des installations sur le campus Planning planification available. We now offer the top compensation au cours des dernières années, et nous sommes package and professional growth opportunities « Quelqu’un très fiers d’être actuellement la seule école amongst schools in Montreal. Significant s’assoit à l’ombre secondaire anglophone de Montréal à offrir le By Chris Shannon (Pre-U ’76), Headmaster Par Christopher Shannon (Programme préparatoire programme and campus facility improvements aujourd’hui parce programme d’études menant au fameux diplôme aux études supérieures, promotion 1976), directeur have also been carried out in recent years, and qu’un autre, il y a de renommée internationale IB (baccalauréat arren Buffett reminds us arren Buffett nous rappelle we are very proud to now be the only English longtemps, a international) aux élèves de 11e et 12e années, that planning today is not que la planification ne high school in Montreal offering the interna- planté un arbre. » dont les récents résultats se situent bien always about immediate porte pas toujours ses tionally-respected IB (International – Warren Buffett au-dessus des standards internationaux. gratification; the rewards fruits dans l’immédiat; les Baccalaureate) Diploma Programme in grades Dans ce numéro du magazine LION, nous are often reaped several bénéfices se font souvent 11 and 12 (with recent results well above the examinons quelques-unes des améliorations years down the road. For “Someone’s sitting sentir des années plus international standard). les plus remarquables que nous avons mises Wthose of us who were involved in the formulation in the shade today Wtard. Pour ceux d’entre nous qui ont participé à In this issue of the LION we explore some en œuvre au cours des dernières années dans of LCC’s strategic plan in 2008, we had a vision because someone l’élaboration du plan stratégique du LCC en 2008, of the most notable enhancements that have le cadre de Notre avenir durable. Je suis très that the seven key pillars of Our Sustainable planted a tree a nous concevions les sept piliers de Notre avenir been implemented in recent years under the reconnaissant envers l’immense travail des Future 2009-2015 were essential to help our long time ago.” durable 2009-2015 comme étant essentiels au umbrella of Our Sustainable Future. I am very enseignants, des employés et des bénévoles school mature and improve. I am pleased to – Warren Buffett développement et à l’amélioration de notre école. thankful for the hard work of so many faculty, qui ont contribué à faire du LCC une école plus affirm that the impact of this plan has been very Je suis heureux d’attester que Ies répercussions staff, and volunteers who have helped LCC diversifiée, bilingue et de vocation internationale. positive and visible, and am confident several de ce plan ont été positives et manifestes, et je become a more diverse, bilingual, and globally- Nos élèves ont désormais à leur disposition of the key achievements will benefit generations suis convaincu que plusieurs de nos plus grandes focused school. Opportunities now abound for tous les moyens pour se former, s’épanouir, et of students well into the future. réalisations profiteront à des générations our students to learn, develop, and become se préparer à devenir des citoyens engagés dans The plan embodied LCC’s commitment to d’élèves pendant de nombreuses années. engaged contributors in local and international leurs communautés locales et internationales. continuous improvement in all areas of school Ce plan concrétise l’engagement du LCC communities. I hope you enjoy learning more J’ose espérer qu’il vous sera agréable de mieux life. This began with a clear focus on hiring, envers l’amélioration continue dans tous les about these many achievements and special connaître ces nombreuses réussites et ces training, and retaining the best faculty and staff domaines de la vie scolaire. Ceci commence initiatives! initiatives particulières.

2 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 3 INTRODUCTION OUR SHARED SUCCESS, OUR SUSTAINABLE

FUTUREFUTUREOver the course of the plan, we have endeavoured to share stories with our readers that have tied into our strategic priorities. Although it can be argued that IN 2009, AS WE BEGAN as a school we will always remain focused on Our Sustainable Future, this issue of OUR SECOND CENTURY the LION is our way of wrapping up a highly in the history of our school, the LCC Board of As a community, we identified our vision successful undertaking that reflects our Governors endorsed an ambitious strategic for the future and laid out important commitment to excellence and continuous plan that would ensure our sustainability strategic initiatives for each of the key improvement. As you read through the going forward. Entitled Our Sustainable pillars within the plan. We established a various articles, it will be clear that what Future, we identified seven pillars—Profes- rollout strategy based on priorities that has been achieved in these last years will sional Staff, Learning, Student Opportunities, reflected fiscal prudence, and we reported benefit LCC students for generations to Diversity, Communication, Bilingualism, and on our progress on an annual basis. come. Environment—as key areas to ensure our longevity as Montreal’s leading independent coeducational school and to further distin- guish us from our counterparts.

4 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 5 Recognized as an employer of choice, VISION we have an outstanding, cohesive, and diverse professional staff committed to continuous PROFESSIONAL STAFF growth and excellence in education. It is our priority to hire, 1 train, stimulate, and retain the best faculty and staff. LCC TEACHERS PRACTICE WHAT THEY TEACH New Horizons in Faculty Growth at LCC

By Jennifer Nault, Communications Officer

he belief that teachers teach and “Teachers are their own needs and goals, and by moving students learn is, while true, only a supported and ahead on self-directed initiatives: “There is an + ADOPTED a teacher + PROVIDED teacher + ESTABLISHED com- small part of the story at LCC. Rather, encouraged to acknowledgement at LCC that innovation and compensation and release time for special munication channels teaching and learning are intertwined, continuously creativity come from the teachers themselves, Tas faculty is afforded the space and time to reflect develop—and and that’s really the strength of the Faculty benefits programme projects focused on to improve faculty/ that is unparalleled by literacy, math, innova- staff feedback on what works, and to take risks by incorporating become reflective Growth Programme,” says John Vlahogiannis, s any other QAIS school tion, and IB DP new methods into their practice while sharing practitioners Director of Curriculum and Learning. “These ement Achiev insights with one another in a collaborative of—their craft.” initiatives enable teachers to take ownership + ESTABLISHED solid + DEVELOPED faculty + DEVELOPED compre- environment. A culture of learning exists at of their professional growth in a highly “Faculty Growth Model” Professional Learning hensive teacher evalu- LCC in which teachers are supported and satisfying way.” for continuous Community (PLC) ation pilot programme encouraged to continuously develop—and It is important to note that while the term improvement model across school divisions become reflective practitioners of—their craft. “faculty growth” is often used synonymously The results include an environment in which with “professional development,” LCC has student learning always remains at the core recently made a point of differentiating of teachers’ continuous improvement. between the two. Faculty growth is a universal LCC’s Faculty Growth Programme evolved philosophy, or approach, inclusive of profes- as a result of the most recent strategic plan, sional development. Professional development and encompasses a variety of activities and is about mastering particular pedagogical skills initiatives. Faculty steer the process by defining (subject- or grade-level specific skills), which

6 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 7 TEACHERS TOGETHER SPEND APPROXIMATELY

PROFESSIONAL STAFF PROFESSIONAL 900 HOURS ATTENDING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ANNUALLY.

Other summer bursary projects have included the redesign of LCC’s health and wellness programme; revamping orientation for Middle School (preparing students for include evolving goals that may vary between higher level work by teaching executive faculty members and departments. functioning skills and technology management End-of-year reflections can include Teachers at LCC never stop learning—just strategies); as well as the development of a examples of new classroom practices or like the students they educate. Teachers actively kinesthetic reading programme for our younger activities. “We like honesty around here. We “practice what they teach,” committed to Junior School students. Vlaghogiannis says, like to hear about ‘failure’ because it helps continuous professional development. It is “We need the time to money to pursue their projects over the “In the social science department, we have us learn. It also means we aren’t afraid to recognized that time for focused pedagogical attend to the things summer. “Projects have to be applicable beyond begun working on a database of primary experiment and that we trust one another.” reflection never just magically appears— that really make what it is that they teach—something broader, source documents of Canadian history that In some instances, the Faculty Growth dedicated time has to be embedded into the a difference, that something that other teachers can benefit will be made available to every student Programme has helped formalize activities schedule. “Let’s face it” says Vlahogiannis, constitute the value- from,” says Vlahogiannis. “The kind of thing studying history. Eventually we will expand and approaches to support the philosophy of “LCC is a very busy place, and a teacher’s day is added.” that a teacher just wouldn’t normally have the this collection to include world history.” “We like honesty continuous learning already well-established filled with all kinds of things that don’t appear time to do from September through June.” Many of the innovative ideas fuelling the around here. We at the school. Teachers together spend approxi- on a timetable. We need the time to attend to This year, almost a dozen teachers summer bursary programme come to light like to hear about mately 900 hours attending conferences and the things that really make a difference, that embarked on summer bursary projects— through reflective practice. Under the Faculty ‘failure’ because it workshops annually, as well as pursuing online constitute the value-added.” many of them collaborations. “For the past Growth Programme, reflection and feedback helps us learn. It training and university graduate or post- The summer curriculum bursary, for three years, I have worked, with my colleague are embedded into teaching practice. Each also means we aren’t graduate programmes. example, was implemented three years ago Michele Owen, at modifying the programming teacher is responsible for identifying personal afraid to experiment for teachers who are interested in developing for Orientation Week for grade 7 students, annual objectives, which can vary in scope from and that we trust programmes that will enhance learning at LCC. to improve the student experience and truly teacher to teacher. “They submit an end-of- one another.” Faculty members can submit proposals that, prepare them for high school. Our work involves year reflection, talk about what they’ve done if approved, are eligible to receive bursary developing workshops to train teachers and that’s different, and review the goals and the lesson plans that guide students to take progress they’ve made,” Vlahogiannis says. ownership of their learning,” says Nathalie Feedback is provided by Vlahogiannis and other Lemelin, Head of Innovations in Teaching department heads. and Learning.

8 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 9 LCC’S IB DIPLOMA

Our academic programme is challenging PROGRAMME: LEARNING VISION and is widely recognized for its innovation OPENING A WORLD in how it engages and inspires all learners. Creativity and critical thinking are key components of the LCC programme. OF OPPORTUNITIES They are consistently fostered and nourished in the classroom FOR GRADUATES and beyond. The curriculum flows logically and seamlessly through all four school levels. Our learning enrichment programme allows every child to reach their maximum potential and includes development of study and learning habits, differentiated learning needs, enrichment, short- term support, and student counselling.

2 By Jennifer Nault, Communications Officer

+ UNDERWENT IB DP here was a new type of graduate at accreditation the end of LCC’s 2014–2015 school and launched the year—27 of them, to be precise. These programme in 2013 grads—among those earning the highlyT respected Pre-U diploma—were also the ents Achievem + DEVELOPED whole- first cohort of students to matriculate from the school curriculum International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme mapping (IB DP), an internationally recognized educa- tional programme offered at LCC. + ANALYZED literacy Over an intensive two years, they followed data for students in a course of study in six subject areas, as well as grades 7 to 10 and three “core” instruction elements: a course in developed programme Theory of Knowledge, a 4,000-word extended essay, and the completion of the more experi- + ENHANCED English + IMPLEMENTED Middle ential CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service) and French literacy School Executive Func- requirement. in the Junior School tioning programme with LCC’s first IB DP graduates achieved a focus on skills, integra- 100 per cent pass rate, setting an outstanding tion, and reports record (the average global pass rate in the programme is under 80 per cent). Their success comes after much hard work. As the programme began to wind down in the spring, the IB DP cohort was rewarded with numerous admission offers, as were their peers graduating from LCC’s unique grade 12 programme. IB is a rigorous academic programme, considered excellent preparation for university. The IB mission and philosophy aligns with LCC’s mission of fully developing students and preparing them for success and leadership in a sustainable global society.

10 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 11 RESULTS:

LEARNING And global they’ve gone! Many of LCC’s and through its curriculum. Enhancing the IB DP grads are pursuing studies outside of curriculum is the focus on cultivating strong IB DP CLASS Canada, having accepted offers from Columbia, study and organizational skills, which ensure Northwestern, and the University of Hawaii, deep learning: “The programme is definitely OF 2015 to name a few. At the same time, some of the a challenge, and it enriches you as a person— newly minted grads have decided to pursue you grow a lot,” says Kelly Brotto ’15, who, Teacher involvement their education within Canada, receiving offers along with her twin brother, Brian ’15, has and dedication is from some of the country’s most reputable chosen to study at the University of Hawaii. instrumental, and universities, such as McGill, Queen’s, University “I felt pushed to develop strong organizational the training specifi- of Toronto, and UBC. skills—skills I will have my whole life.” cations meant a high Samantha Mashaal ’15 is attending the Brian concurs with his sister: “You importance was placed University of Pennsylvania, (College of Arts cultivate an attitude of trying new things, on professional and Sciences), with plans to select her major especially with the CAS (Creativity, Activity, development, as well at the end of the first year of university. She Service) element, which I loved. To make our as advancing the core LCC says the decision to enroll in IB helped her 50 CAS hours, we both [Brian and Kelly] elements of the clarify her objectives. volunteered at MADA, a food bank for the WORLDWIDE programme through 100% “By the time I was in grade 11, I was not Jewish community. We also took up social 78.5% changes to the sure which subject to really focus on, so in dancing! In all, we were really pushed beyond involving feasibility studies, training, curriculum enhancements, and curriculum. By the choosing the IB programme, I had the space our comfort zone.” leadership to pull together the required resources, such as staffing. time the programme and support to experiment without having to When the programme was launched Teacher involvement and dedication is instrumental, and the was initiated, LCC choose one stream until I was ready. I was in 2013, Assistant Head Mark Salkeld training specifications meant a high importance was placed on boasted able to pursue so many areas of study and to summed up the rationale for offering the IB professional development, as well as advancing the core elements

discover for myself the direction I wanted to programme at LCC: “This is something that of the programme through changes to the curriculum. By the time go. It definitely worked out well!” goes back five or ten years. There were always the programme was initiated, LCC boasted 25 IB-certified teachers. It has worked out well for LCC, too. IB DP murmurings about whether the International 2015 IB DP PASS RATE Many students find their teachers take on an intellectually Coordinator Brian Moore emphasizes the Baccalaureate Programme at the diploma level stimulating role, more like that of university professor. Samantha natural fit between the programme and LCC’s would be of interest to LCC. If you look at the says, “The attitude and the level of maturity and focus are very mission: “We have moved more in the direction 25 mission of IB, it links very closely to the different. I developed a new appreciation for how helpful my IB-CERTIFIED toward global education. It’s really a natural mission of our school.” teachers were.” next step—an enrichment for our students, TEACHERS. LCC’s authorization as an IB DP school 45 Ryan agrees, and says, “IB forces you to think. In all of our classes, our faculty, and the school in general.” did not happen overnight. Each school seeking even if our teachers don’t make all of the connections explicit, they are Ryan Dimentberg ’15, says the programme authorization must demonstrate its ability 33.8 40 always enhancing your understanding of the underlying connections LCC gave him a solid foundation. He, like Samantha, to meet IB standards, a three-year process —questions we take up in physics touch on concepts in metaphysics 29.8 35 is studying at the University of Pennsylvania. WORLDWIDE and philosophy, which also touch on ideas in our literature classes. “The IB required focus and commitment, and it 30 We look at issues from a bunch of different angles. I feel more than was also about exploration and trying different prepared to go to university.” things. I’ve always loved physics, for instance, 25 When they were handed their diplomas, these first IB DP

and I think the physics curriculum [in IB] is 20 graduates at LCC joined the more than 135,000 secondary school something you would not get anywhere else. graduates worldwide to receive this internationally recognized I think I’ve solidified a lot of what I’ve learned 15 diploma. They left feeling they’d been part of a small tribe. and brought it all together, making strong “In IB, it’s really nice that you’re in a small community with 10 connections that will position me well for like-minded individuals who also share the same priorities,” says

university.” 5 Samantha. ”Everyone was really focused and ready to make the For LCC, the first IB DP grads mark a large leap into university.” At this time, close to 50 students have successful point along the school’s journey 2015 AVERAGE SCORE signed up for year 1 of IB DP for 2015-2016. As IB DP begins to toward global-mindedness and community (out of a possible score of 45) gain traction at LCC, more students are making that first leap, service, which is embedded in its philosophy accelerating their progress to university.

12 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 13 A WORLD of STUDENT Students are highly engaged in the VISION extensive co-curricular life of LCC and AND SKILLS enjoy a balanced experience from K-12 in arts, athletics, OPPORTUNITIES service outreach, and communications. The development STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES of global citizenship and leadership is successfully embedded in the ethos of the school, and effectively communicated Preparing students for an increasingly global society, LCC offers the Duke of Edinburgh Award and is a LCC’s programmes and co-curricular opportunities extend member of the Round Square International Association of to all constituents. beyond the classroom and across international borders. Schools—both providing students with exceptional travel, With a broadly focused curriculum, exceptional resources, student exchange, and international service opportunities. and international memberships, global connections instill These opportunities encourage students to broaden their values such as empathy, independence, adaptability, and horizons, while also igniting their sense of being true world 3 cultural understanding. citizens—and future global leaders.

+ CONSTRUCTED the + CONSTRUCTED + FOCUSED on aug- Assaly Arts Centre microsites profiling menting participation in ($13 million) providing the student exchange the Duke of Edinburgh students access to and Duke of Edinburgh Leadership awards state-of-the-art music, programmes & the Round Square ents Achievem art, drama, and math Association of Schools facilities

+ DEVELOPED a robust + REVIEWED and en- + FURTHER developed student exchange hanced international the advisory system programme programmes by implementing more intentional parameters and training programmes

14 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 15 GLOBAL EDUCATION AT LCC STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES & SKILLS STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

16 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 17 LCC celebrates diversity. The school DIVERSITY VISION challenges its traditional norms and is able to accept worthy students who reflect various definitions of diversity at all entry levels. Our endowment funds and other direct special funds are increased and allow us to enrol more outstanding students from a broad socio-economic spectrum. Like our student body, our staff and boards are also more reflective of Montreal’s cultural 4 diversity.

+ INCREASED financial + IMPLEMENTED a + DEVELOPED a part- aid from $750,000 to Homestay programme nership with Trevor $970,000 in order to with Canada Homestay Williams Foundation increase accessibility International to attract to identify deserving s and socio-economic foreign students and students from diverse DIVERSITY IS MORE THAN ement Achiev diversity increase cultural backgrounds A BUZZWORD AT LOWER diversity CANADA COLLEGE—it is + ENHANCED advocacy + INCREASED female + INCREASED diversity a reality. Every year, more and marketing population at the of nationalities from students from around the school from 37% to 18 countries of origin world are entering our school. 43% to improve gender to 35 This year, LCC welcomed 41 balance new international students. The school promotes and recognizes the benefits of diversity.

18 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 19 DIVERSITY DIVERSITY IS MORE THAN A BUZZWORD AT LCC. PROVINCES rom kindergarten to Grade 12, the population has become more multicul- Ftural over the years, thanks in part to LCC’s vision to be as accessible and diverse as possible. 17LANGUAGES Whether students are coming from another country or around the block, LCC MOTHER anticipates their needs and most importantly, TONGUE 35 provides a welcoming and warm environment. COUNTRIES Once a new student walks through the doors 71% 6.7% at LCC, staff and teachers come together to facilitate their integration and to ensure ENGLISH FRENCH 2015 a successful educational journey. 2.7% 19.6% The benefits of having international CHINESE OTHER students at LCC are doubly positive—for the student joining the school and for the school itself: It results in the promotion of under- standing, respect, and perspective—and 18 COUNTRIES always, cultural enrichment. 2009

40QUEBEC MUNICIPALITIES 2015 +7 9 SINCE 200

57% BOYS 43% GIRLS -6% SINCE 2009 +6% SINCE 2009

20 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 21 LCC is seen as providing a fully bilingual Le LCC est considéré comme un collège VISION learning environment where there is VISION offrant un milieu d’apprentissage a clear and common understanding of the attributes of a entièrement bilingue où les compétences effectives functionally bilingual graduate. The LCC French programme des diplômés bilingues sont clairement et places a great deal of emphasis on conversational fluency communément reconnues. Le programme de BILINGUALISM / BILINGUISME and immersion into francophone culture. While LCC continues français du LCC insiste beaucoup sur to meet the diverse academic needs of all learners, programmes l’aisance de la conversation et l’immersion and strategies are in place to ensure that a significant dans la culture francophone. Bien que le majority of LCC graduates leave the school very confident LCC continue de répondre aux divers in both French and English. besoins de tous ses apprenants, des programmes et des méthodes sont en 5 place pour assurer que la très grande majorité des diplômés du LCC quittent + CONDUCTED curricu- + ESTABLISHED Langue + INTRODUCED Le Droit le Collège très à l’aise en français comme lum mapping of French d’enseignement in in grades 10 & 11 en anglais. grades 7, 8, and 9

+ PROMOTED bilingual + PROMOTED bilingual- + INTRODUCED IB ments Achieve co-curricular activities ism as prerequisite for French stream as part ions Réalisat student leadership in of our standards and grade 11 expectations

+ MISE EN PLACE + IMPLANTATION du + MISE SUR PIED du du curriculum pour français comme langue cours Le Droit en 10e l’enseignement du d’enseignement en 7e, et 11e années français 8e et 9e années

+ PROMOTION des + PROMOTION du + INTRODUCTION du activités périscolaires bilinguisme comme volet français au bilingues préalable au leadership baccalauréat interna- pour les élèves de tional (IB) comme 11e année faisant partie de nos critères et de nos valeurs

22 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 23 BILINGUALISM / BILINGUISME BILINGUALISM LCC’S STUDENT LES EXPLOITS LEGAL EAGLES JURIDIQUES DES ÉLÈVES DU LCC

By Jennifer Nault, Communications Officer Par Jennifer Nault, agente aux communications

n April 18, 2015, a small group of mock-trials for his students per year, and e 18 avril 2015, un petit groupe appel à la réflexion, ce qui explique que les Lower Canada College grade 10 prepares the team at Juripop. d’étudiants de IVe secondaire au élèves développent naturellement des habiletés students finally had their day in Le Droit is a clever vehicle for learning Lower Canada College ont finalement en français », nous dit l’enseignant de français court. They participated in a French. “It is interesting, because learning eu leur journée à la cour. Ils partici- Jean-François Maurice qui donne ce cours en provincialO mock-trial competition at the Quebec French happens almost imperceptibly. French paientL à un concours provincial de plaidoirie à plus de coordonner, chaque année, deux ou Court of Appeal. The occasion was an annual is not the main objective, so the students are la Cour d’appel du Québec, dans le cadre d’un trois simulations de procès pour ses élèves, event organized through Clinique Juridique more relaxed,” says Maurice. They learn to évènement annuel organisé par la Clinique et d’entraîner l’équipe pour Juripop. Juripop, an organization that offers representation assess legal issues, draw conclusions, and defend juridique Juripop, un organisme qui offre des Le droit est un ingénieux véhicule to people with limited access to legal resources. their conclusions in various ways; while also consultations juridiques gratuites à la population d’apprentissage pour le français. « C’est Juripop coordinates mock-trials as an involving studying the different types of law, differences qui n’est pas admissible à l’aide juridique. intéressant parce qu’on apprend le français and enriching legal experience for high school between the Canadian and Quebec legal Juripop organise des simulations de procès presque sans s’en apercevoir. Notre principal students and CEGEPs across Quebec. system, the legal structure of the Canadian enrichissantes et formatrices pour les élèves objectif n’étant pas l’enseignement de la 2015 was LCC’s first Juripop event, and government, and courtroom protocol. du secondaire et des cégeps de tout le Québec. langue, les élèves sont plus détendus », ajoute the team’s first time in this particular court of Analytical skills are developed, as are some En 2015, le LCC participait pour la première M. Maurice. Ils apprennent à examiner des law, so it was with great pride that they placed of the “softer” skills, such as communication fois à cet évènement Juripop et c’était aussi la enjeux juridiques, à tirer les conclusions qui first among 20 high schools. Not only did LCC and listening. Maurice says, “We work on première expérience de l’équipe dans ce tribunal s’imposent et à les défendre en faisant valoir students demonstrate their sharp legal abilities, something as seemingly basic as active particulier. Nous sommes donc très fiers d’avoir les arguments pertinents, tout en étudiant they won their case speaking entirely in French. listening skills—the readings can be challenging, obtenu la première place parmi les 20 écoles plusieurs types de lois, les comparaisons entre This impressive achievement at the so we really need to focus. We listen to the client secondaires participantes. Non seulement les le droit canadien et le droit civil du Québec, competition can be traced back to an innovative closely to figure out, what [in this particular élèves du LCC ont-ils prouvé leurs compétences les structures juridiques du gouvernement French course on Canadian law, Le Droit, which case] is the real problem?” juridiques marquées, mais ils ont gagné leur canadien et le protocole du tribunal. is offered by the school. “Yes, it is a course on There is a special recognition awarded cause en plaidant entièrement en français. Ils développent ainsi des capacités d’analyse Canadian law. But it is also a French course to one competitor for individual performance. Cet impressionnant succès au concours a et d’autres habiletés plus « modérées » de focused on ideas, which means that students This year, LCC’s own Matthew Tabet ’15 won pour origine un cours de français novateur sur communication et d’écoute. M. Maurice ajoute naturally develop French-language skills,” says the recognition: “I have definitely practiced le droit canadien intitulé Le droit, offert par : « Nous travaillons sur des aspects sans doute LCC French teacher Jean-François Maurice, skills that will serve me for the rest of my life. l’école. « Oui, c’est un cours de droit canadien, aussi fondamentaux que des habiletés d’écoute who teaches Le Droit, coordinates two or three Throughout the trials, I learned to deal with mais c’est aussi un cours en français qui fait active—les lectures peuvent présenter des défis,

24 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 25 While students play to win in court, in Maurice’s classroom, they also learn about more long-term objectives. “Today, there has really “There is a victim and been a shift in the legal profession and the focus an accused, different is on helping people to find permanent solutions.” eyewitnesses, but The class focuses on the mediation process. the judge is real. Maurice says that LCC has been making We come as close impressive strides in its objective to promote to a real-life trial as

BILINGUALISM / BILINGUISME BILINGUALISM bilingualism, especially over the past five years. possible. Students “There’s been a huge improvement. Even among get to cross-examine those few students who say they don’t speak to cast doubt, or « À Juripop, un rôle est attribué à chacun et, French, realistically, their French is quite good; even to destroy comme dans une pièce de théâtre, les participants they’re often better than they think they are.” credibility.” doivent examiner toute l’information fournie pour déceler des incohérences avant d’entreprendre le contre-interrogatoire », dit M. Maurice. Les participants tiennent différents rôles; il y a une victime, un accusé et divers témoins, mais le juge est un magistrat en exercice. « Nous reproduisons autant que possible une véritable plaidoirie. Les élèves sont contre-interrogés various judges, as well as how to think on my « Nous reproduisons elles nécessitent donc de la concentration. pour être soupçonnés ou même pour miner feet when asked difficult questions,” he says. autant que possible Nous écoutons attentivement le client pour leur crédibilité. » “This contest allowed me to combine a lot of une véritable arriver à comprendre [dans ce cas en particulier] Alors qu’à la cour, les élèves jouent pour skills that I have accumulated—debating, public plaidoirie. Les quel est le véritable problème. » gagner, dans la classe de M. Maurice, ils speaking, research, and writing.” élèves sont contre- Un prix de reconnaissance est décerné à un apprennent aussi à se fixer des objectifs à plus Groups are given a case of roughly 20 pages interrogés pour concurrent qui se distingue par sa performance long terme. « Aujourd’hui, on assiste à une to read in French before strategizing and être soupçonnés ou individuelle. Cette année, c’est Matthew Tabet réelle réorientation dans la profession juridique planning their defense. Mock trials are often même pour miner du LCC qui a remporté le prix 2015. « J’ai et l’on s’efforce d’aider les gens à trouver des based on real-life cases. This year, the partici- leur crédibilité. » assurément exercé des savoir-faire qui me solutions définitives. » Le cours porte avant pants analyzed and presented their findings on serviront toute ma vie. Au cours des procès, tout sur le processus de médiation. a robbery scenario in a high school. The case j’ai appris à composer avec plusieurs juges M. Maurice affirme que le LCC a fait des involved discussions around the legality of the et à réfléchir rapidement quand on me posait pas de géant par rapport à son objectif de seizure of a cell phone and human rights. des questions difficiles », dit-il. « Ce concours promotion du bilinguisme, surtout depuis les “At Juripop, everyone’s role is determined, m’a permis de combiner plusieurs des savoir cinq dernières années. « Il y a eu une énorme and much like in a play, participants must assess faire que j’avais acquis : l’art de débattre, amélioration. Même parmi les rares élèves qui all the information provided to find inconsis- l’art oratoire, la recherche et la rédaction. » disent ne pas parler français, objectivement, tencies before they can begin their cross Chaque groupe recevait un cas d’environ leur français est plutôt bon; ils sont souvent examinations,” says Maurice. Participants take 20 pages à lire en français avant de planifier meilleurs qu’ils ne le pensent. » on different roles: There is a victim and an sa stratégie et sa défense. Les simulations de accused, different eyewitnesses, but the judge procès se font souvent à partir de cas réels. is real. “We come as close to a real-life trial as Cette année, les participants devaient analyser possible. Students get to cross-examine to cast un scénario de vol dans une école secondaire doubt, or even to destroy credibility.” pour établir leur dossier. Cette étude de cas soulevait la question de la légalité de la saisie d’un téléphone cellulaire en regard des droits de la personne.

26 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 27 There is an understanding and sense VISION of pride in the school community and the community at large about LCC and its unique character. COMMUNICATION Stakeholders are engaged in a mutually beneficial and LCC ongoing dialogue and they are supported in their role as ambassadors of the school.

DEVELOPED and implemented an APPLIED new branding to campus TOP 10 ACHIEVEMENTS effective integrated communica- and enhanced school print and 6 1 tions and marketing plan 2 electronic communications

DEVELOPED and enhanced CREATED a series of microsites, ESTABLISHED strong social media ENHANCED communications school website mashup pages and videos promoting strategy and presence team from 2 to 3.5 members 3 4 LCC’s signature programmes and 5 6 strengths (e.g. student exchange, environment, IB DP, kindergarten, grade 7, Pre-U, DQGIC, PREP, Duke of Edinburgh)

LEVERAGED digital measurement PROMOTED the school’s centenary DEVELOPED and implemented the PROMOTED awareness about tools to improve marketing and using a variety of communication branding and messaging for the IB Diploma Programme 7 communications strategy 8 channels 9 Ambitious Minds Campaign and the 10 re-launch of the annual giving (ABC Fund) and LCC Foundation initiatives

28 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 29 We are known as a leading green VISION school where parents, students, and ENVIRONMENT7 staff are motivated by our programme and live accordingly.

A SUSTAINABLE Arts Centre Technology Exemplifies + BUILT GOLD LEED- + PROMOTED student + SELECTED twice as DECISION LCC’s Commitment to the Environment certified Assaly Arts and staff environmen- one of Canada’s Top By Jennifer Nault, Communications Officer Centre tal stewardship 100 “Green” Employers ince last year’s opening of the Assaly Arts Centre, renewable use of energy is so efficient that, in line with LCC’s + DEVELOPED “Sustain- + AUGMENTED the + OBTAINED BOMA parents, students, and other members of the LCC commitment to environmental stewardship, the technology is ents Achievem ability Dashboard” for integration of environ- Level-3 Certification community have been visiting the Saputo Auditorium helping to reduce the school’s dependence on less sustainable sustainability bench- mental education in for Cost Energy Saving to attend numerous events. Approaching the entrance, forms of energy, and consequently, its environmental footprint. mostS do not realize that beneath an adjacent patch of grass It also keeps the energy bills comfortable. Energy costs marking curriculum Project lies a 6-inch bore hole leading to a geothermal well sunk for the Assaly Arts Centre are significantly lower than they + ADOPTED an environ- + INTRODUCED differ- + IMPROVED recycling 500 feet below ground, connected to a very efficient heating would be for a building of its size served by traditional mental mission state- ent sources of energy and composting and cooling system. methods. With a 1:4 ratio of heat energy to operate the ment approved by the (solar panels, geother- around the school The new system works by extracting heat or by dissipating system—meaning that it takes one unit of energy to extract Board of Governors mal systems) it into the ground. It taps into the earth’s energy in much the four units of heat—the cost of transferring the earth’s energy same way that tree roots exchange the essentials of life with into the building is essentially the cost of the electricity to + DEVELOPED an LCC their leaves and branches. Although this process is often run a circulating pump. environment microsite referred to as “geothermal” heating and cooling, in widely “LCC will see a quick payback on this hybrid installation, fluctuating climates such as Quebec’s, the technology is called and we’ve crunched the numbers —we believe this system “geoexchange.” An alternative to traditional systems used will pay for itself in approximately four years,” says Stanley to control temperature and humidity (oil, gas, electricity), Katz, General Director of Kolostat, the company hired to geoexchange keeps the building’s air comfortable. This clean, provide the system.

30 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 31 Turn on the hot water tap in the building’s washroom and you are connected to the system, ENVIRONMENT which provides all of the energy required to heat the water, as it is linked to the building’s heat pump. The technology can be expected to perform with minimal maintenance for 50 years or longer. It circulates a fluid through the buried pipe, drawing heat from the surrounding ground. “Choosing this technology just made so When the warm fluid returns to the compressor, much sense for LCC,” says former teacher heat is extracted from the fluid and transferred Chris Olive, who served as LCC’s sustainability over to the heat pump, where it warms the coordinator during the installation of the geoexchange system. “The decision to go with this heating and cooling system is about sustainability and long-term thinking, which puts into practice what we teach our students— developing and acting on a long-term view of what’s best.” The system was a significant contributing factor in helping the Assaly Arts Centre acquire one of the foremost recognitions for sustainable development—a LEED Canada Gold rating. “What pushed the LEED award over the top was this technology—that was the difference between silver and gold,” says Katz. In April 2015, the Assaly Arts Centre obtained an official Gold LEED score of 40, graded according to six categories. In the two particular categories in which it scored highest out of the possible points available, both are closely linked to the environmental benefits of choosing the geoexchange system (scoring “The decision to go air and the water, which are then circulated LCC made a bold decision based on long- 11/15 for Indoor Environmental Quality and with this heating and throughout the building. term thinking and sustainable planning. Even in 5/5 for Innovation and Design). cooling system is In the summer, the system is reversed: The its approach during the planning and installation “It was a great experience to be involved about sustainability compressor transfers heat from the building back of the energy system, the team went against in the process, and we were very excited about and long-term into the fluid, which then dissipates heat into the conventional construction processes, which this achievement,” says Nicole Simard-Laurin, thinking, which puts ground as it circulates. It then returns in a cooled tend to prioritize hierarchical decision-making. Assistant Head, Finance and Administration at into practice what we state back to the building. “The system is elegant Katz says, “LCC embraced the iterative process LCC. “The entire process has been educational, teach our students.” in that it ‘decides’ to either take heat from the of design, which means we learned that from especially for our students,” she says. ground or to cool the building by delivering heat Day 1 you bring all the players to the table— back to the earth,” says Olive. not just the consultants, but also the contractors, Investing in the system took leadership and the accountants, everyone involved.” vision. “This is something we can really be proud As much as the Assaly Arts Centre is about,” says Olive. “And truly, Chris Shannon enriching and inspiring minds, it is also setting was the leader with that long-term vision. This a strong example in its state-of-the-art building project had its challenges, but we were all design, which reflects the highest standards in educated by this experience,” he says. the industry. LCC can pride itself for being a true leader in its commitment to environmentally sustainable building practices.

32 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 33 LCC STRATEGIC DIRECTION 2015-2016 A One-Year Bridge Plan

34 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 35 STRATEGIC 5THEMES

MISSION Leading by BALANCED FOCUSED GLOBAL INTERNATIONALIZING EDUCATIONAL example, we are committed WELLNESS EXCELLENCE LEARNING THE LCC ACCESSIBILITY to the fullest development LCC takes an integrative LCC maintains a Global perspectives and EXPERIENCE LCC aims to be a diverse approach to the promotion standard of excellence experiences are critical to and inclusive community. of students in mind, body, With its mission to of wellness. Committing in its staff, faculty, and developing the foundational become Montreal’s most Through fiscal responsibility and heart, preparing them for to the fullest development programme offerings, skills needed to become internationally-focused and sustainability, we will success and leadership in a of students and staff, with the fullest devel- resilient leaders in a independent school, LCC continue to improve educa- sustainable global society. we support the physical, opment of the student sustainable global society. has been developing an tional accessibility for mental, social, and integral to these LCC students will be enriched global programme outstanding students who VISION To be a diverse and emotional aspects of decisions. We concen- encouraged to critically and a support network to otherwise would not be personal and intellectual trate on programme reflect upon, openly able to attend our school. inclusive community of globally- attract and accommodate development through excellence—both discuss, and develop their Strengthening strategic minded leaders and learners, international students. We curricular and co-curricular academic and experi- understanding of cultural will better communicate partnerships with the committed to shaping a better activities. Integrating ential, which are diversity. Students will the international aspects LCC Foundation to grow world. wellness as a philosophy enhanced through be challenged to reach of the LCC story—which endowed gifts will provide into our culture fosters a active learning oppor- beyond Canadian norms includes emphasizing the financial assistance and healthy, balanced lifestyle, tunities that reach well through immersive interna- international success of augment the school’s personal confidence, beyond the classroom. tional learning experiences, LCC graduates—to promote capacity to fund bursaries, and inspires belief in the We also hire and retain while also engaging with ourselves as a diverse thus promoting greater possible. staff and faculty of our own growing community school with an enhanced accessibility and student distinction to ensure of international students. global perspective. diversity. long-term benefits for LCC students.

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01 TORONTO Toronto Reunion Rob Nihon ’92 Memorial 3-on-3 Vancouver Reunion popular Vinyl Café shows, and as an award- 07 LIONFEST (L TO R) LINDA GENDRON (L TO R) PETER WEBSTER ’60 (FORMER STAFF), MEGAN May 14, 2015 Basketball Tournament June 11, 2015 winning writer. In 2011, he was appointed an (NON NOBIS SOLUM MEDAL HARPER ’07, AND JACK RECIPIENT), HEADMASTER VANASELJA ’04 Over 75 LCC alumni and staff returned to the May 30, 2015 This was a special day in Vancouver at the Officer of the Order of Canada. CHRIS SHANNON (PRE-U Rosewater Room for the Toronto reception. Six This annual event at LCC brings together players Jericho Tennis Club, overlooking English Bay. Also this year, Peter Webster ’60 received ’76), AND STUART MCLEAN 02 TORONTO ’65 (NON NOBIS SOLUM (L TO R) ALEX ARDITI ’06, members from of the classes of 1975 and 1987 from the year-long, weekly Old Boys Basketball John Ellis ’32 was the guest of honour as we the Non Nobis Solum Medal. Peter is a well- AWARD RECIPIENT) JEREMY ZUCKERMAN ’06, led the list of top class attendance. Former faculty league, as well as alumni who join in just for the celebrated his 100th birthday with more than known philanthropist and executive who has sat ALEXANDRA MICHEL ’02, 08 CALGARY AND FALYN KATZ ’00 members Tom Barnes, Linda Gendron, Laurie tournament. This year's winners of the trophy 45 guests. John gave a terrific speech; he is a on charitable and corporate boards for more (L TO R) KIRK LLANO (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT 03 OTTAWA Hart, Denys Heward ’64, Roger Reynolds, and are all from the Class of 2010: Max Segal, Noah gifted and funny orator who knows how to hold than 45 years. He is a member of the Canadian AND ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT), (L TO R) DAVID TERROUX ’57, Pam Taylor also joined the reception. Zuckerman, Jason Gershonovitch, and Jonah an audience! Thanks go to Timothy Hayman ’65 National Ski Hall of Fame. GAVIN CARSON ’04, RENE PERON ’38, AND MICHAEL CLARKE ’04, PIERRE PERON ’65 Cohen. for again helping with the venue. On behalf of Lower Canada College and AND VIVIANE COLE ’04

04 OTTAWA Ottawa Reunion the Alumni Association, we congratulate and 09 VANCOUVER (L TO R) GURVEEN May 19, 2015 Calgary Reunion LIONfest 2015 salute Stuart and Peter for embodying the true (L TO R) SCOTT LESLIE ’86, CHADHA ’07, LUCIA TIM HAYMAN ’65, JACK LETOURNEAU-CAPRETTI ’07, More than 40 people attended the annual Ottawa June 9, 2015 September 25 and 26, 2015 spirit of Non Nobis Solum/Not for Ourselves Alone. MUIR ’70, AND HEADMASTER AND MARIE-LOUISE CHRIS SHANNON (PRE-U’76) LETOURNEAU-CAPRETTI ’05 event at the Canadian Museum of History. This A small, but intimate, dinner reception was This fall, LCC held its alumni homecoming with Also worthy of special mention this year, event is unique as there are grads in attendance held at the Petroleum Club. Thanks go to Tim more than 220 people attending the banquet the soccer tournament was permanently named 10 LIONFEST 05 ROB NIHON ’92 MEMORIAL SEPTEMBER 25 3 ON 3 BASKETBALL from the 1930s right up to the past five years. Churchill-Smith ’73 for always facilitating this event. The Alumni Association recognized two the Rob Tipney LCC Alumni Soccer Tournament. AND 26, 2015 TOURNAMENT René Péron ’38 and Walter Mingie ’43 were the event. A mini-reunion for the class of 2004 was of its own for their accomplishments. The inaugural winning team was Team Red - (L TO R) TOM DEAN ’02, MAX SEGAL ’10, NOAH COACH ROB TIPNEY WITH ZUCKERMAN ’10, JASON most senior alums in attendance. They were held with Gavin Carson, Michael Clarke, and This year, Stuart McLean ’65 received the Senior Boys. Rob has been coaching the Senior THE NEW ROB TIPNEY GERSHONOVITCH ’10, AND ALUMNI SOCCER JONAH COHEN ’10. joined by a loyal group of people who never miss Viviane Cole attending. Non Nobis Solum Award. Stuart is a Canadian Boys Soccer team for 34 years—since the TOURNAMENT TROPHY AND the event: Robert Birks ’56, Don Morrell ’52 (and icon, and is one of North America’s best-known 1982-1983 season. In honour of his immeasurable DAVID MESSINA ’02 06 LIONFEST (L TO R) CHARLES his wife, Toni), Pierre Péron ’65 (and his wife, humorists, radio hosts, and most beloved impact on the soccer program at LCC and his GURUNLIAN ’05, STEPHANIE KAPLAN ’05, MELANY Janice), and Derek Robertson ’54. storytellers. He is widely respected as a longtime influence on so many student-athletes, the CHRISIKOS ’05, AND DENYS CBC Radio personality, known for the perennially tournament trophy now bears his name. HEWARD ’64

38 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 39 ACTSCLASS

Dr. Victor C. Goldbloom OC, LCC ‘39, has had a distinguished public career devoted CLASS to improving social conditions and alleviating disparities affecting minorities in Canada. He has fostered harmony between French and English, federalists and sovereignists, Christians and Jews, and led significant advances in Canadian public health and environment policy. A Quebec cabinet minister under Robert Bourassa in the 1970s, he also served as Official Languages Commissioner of Canada in the 1980s, and was the chairman of the Canadian Jewish Congress ACTS a decade later. In 2015, he released his memoirs, Building Bridges.

Bridge of Reflections LCC: From LCC student, to university student, difficult to get over or pierce through. I think to pediatrician, to cabinet minister, to community back to my time at LCC, which was just before Dr. Victor C. Goldbloom ’39 leader, you have had many roles in your lifetime “As we came out of the Second World War: Quebec, and Canada —you’ve also broken barriers by being the first the war, we became as a whole—we were a compartmentalized to enter certain domains—such as being the more aware of the society and we were identified, not just by Releases his Memoirs first member of Quebec’s Jewish community to dreadful things that language, but also by religion, and we were serve in the provincial cabinet. What would you had been inflicted on assigned a particular space in society. say to today’s youth about breaking barriers? so many people.” People who were of a small minority community had less opportunity. As we came Dr. Goldbloom: Part of it is chance—being at out of the war, we became more aware of the a particular place at a particular time. It’s about dreadful things that had been inflicted on so when an opportunity has opened up—of course many people in Europe because of their religion, one can help create certain opportunities. But their sexual orientation, because of so many barriers do exist, and sometimes they are things that had been perceived as inferior.

40 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 41 LCC: Your memoir ends on a forward-looking Obviously we can’t teach everything. We note, and you offer your insight into the future have to make choices and devise a curriculum, Canada decided it was time to change. All of on issues such as gender equality, health care, which gives a child what we perceive to be a sudden there was an opening of society. the environment, interreligious relations, the essential. But that brings me back to the very It was my good fortune to have been born English and French question, Quebec and LCC: Let’s talk about the future—insofar as beginning—[we should be] teaching students when I was, to have graduated from LCC when “The most important Canada. What are some of your views on the education system shapes our future “bridge to continue to learn. What is not in your school I did, and it was a period of opportunity greater thing about education education? builders” in Canadian society, how are we curriculum still needs to be learned. They need than I could have imagined. is teaching you to doing, and where can we improve? to learn some specific things upon which to continue to educate Dr. Goldbloom: The most important thing “We should be begin a career, and also need to learn about the LCC: In your opinion, what are the fundamental yourself for the rest about education is teaching you to continue Dr. Goldbloom: When you look at outcomes, teaching students world. The world is constantly changing. So changes you have observed at LCC since your of your life. The fact to educate yourself for the rest of your life. Quebec students don’t do badly, and in a to continue to learn. what is taught this year will not be sufficient for student days? that I can still recite The fact that I can still recite some lines from number of respects, we do a bit better than What is not in your next year. some lines from Macbeth and Julius Caesar—that is positive, other provinces in Canada. We should not have school curriculum Dr. Goldbloom: When I was at Lower Canada Macbeth and Julius but limited—but my education provided a a negative feeling about our educational still needs to be LCC: What should we be doing better to College, the objective of the school was fairly Caesar—that is foundation upon which to build, and that is the system. At the same time, we aren’t doing as learned. They need educate our youth to thrive in modern society? specific—it was to get people into McGill, or positive, but limited— essential need as far as education is concerned well as some other countries in other parts to learn some if they didn’t get into McGill, it was to help but my education —so I am profoundly grateful for the foundation of the world. specific things upon Dr. Goldbloom: This may seem a digression, them to find some alternative. The vision is provided a foundation and for the motivation. There is so much emphasis on science and which to begin a but not really: When I appeared before the much broader today. For example, there is the upon which to build.” Each year, knowledge expands—and it has technology today, and we do have to keep up. career, and also parliamentary committee that was holding International Baccalaureate Programme here been expanding at an extraordinary rate for In keeping up with the rapid progress in these need to learn about hearings on the proposed Quebec Charter of now [among other options]. Another major quite some time now. With this expansion of fields, we also have to maintain our support the world.” Values, one of the questions that was put to me evolution has been the linguistic development. knowledge, I know that some would say that for liberal arts education, for culture, for was: ‘The government (of the day) is proposing LCC had been primarily an English school, we have to add a year or two to our education literacy. I am concerned when I read that at this legislation saying that children should and [when I was here] you had one period system. But the fact is that as knowledge enters least one school system is no longer teaching be protected from religious, ethnic, cultural of French each day, and there was no oral our sphere of awareness, it also systematizes handwriting. How are we going to communicate diversity until they have a solid foundation in communication. This has really changed. itself and becomes a basic aspect of what we with one another if we cannot write to each their own tradition.” I was asked my reaction to ‘know’ without having to take formal classes in other in a personal, non-technical way? that [statement] and I said that the fundamental, it. We need to be intelligently critical, and to be So, we are constantly facing a challenge most important right is to be prepared to live in taught that critical skill. because each year, there is something new that the world, and you can’t shield a child from the needs to be integrated into our curriculum religious and ethnic diversity in society which and passed along to our youth. We don’t want is there just outside of the school. to lose fundamental skills, though.

42 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 43 LCC LCC: Is there a particular teacher who influenced you here at LCC? AWARDS the gift of an engraved silver serving tray, was for presented most recently to Stuart McLean '65, Dr. Goldbloom: Yes, Hugh MacLennan. He DISTINGUISHED at this year's LIONfest event. was my teacher and became my friend. He was ALUMNI A newer, high-level distinction—the Non Nobis an exceptional person, and he embodied the Solum Medal—was created and first presented things that I’ve been talking about. He taught Dr. Goldbloom: The most important thing at LIONfest in 2006. This award recognizes a Latin and Greek. He had a broad historical that parents need to provide is motivation [and former student of LCC who has given significantly sense of where our society had come from. He to ensure] their children appreciate the value of themself to the school in a unique way, in By Jane Martin, LCC Archivist was particularly knowledgeable about ancient of education. The specifics are easier for some one or several capacities. At that time, Alan S. Greece and Rome. And he traced the origins “We are the better for parents than they are for others. Some can mong all the distinctions and awards Canavan ’39 was selected to receive the newly- of American, Canadian, and British democracy the existence of our be more helpful in mathematics, some in presented at LCC, two are reserved for designed award medal cast in bronze, with the from those ancient societies. He is known independent schools. literature, and some are really not fortunate Agraduates whose notable, long-term inscription “honours your unique contribution particularly for his novels, and he also wrote It’s long been said enough to be able to be helpful to their children achievements are judged to merit special and outstanding commitment to Lower Canada essays—and they are the most perceptive that the indepen- [in this way], but those parents as well can acclaim. These are the Non Nobis Solum Award College.” Alan was singled out for special observations on Canadian society and on dent school is the make sure their children are motivated. (for service to society at large) and the Non recognition on the basis of his long and ongoing Canada’s relations with other parts of the lighthouse which Parents have an important role and it’s the Nobis Solum Medal (for special service to LCC). involvement with the school at Remembrance world. illuminates a way partnership between school and parents that’s Dr. Victor Goldbloom ’39 was presented Day ceremonies, dedicated service on the LCC I didn’t realize it at the time, but the forward.” absolutely fundamental and it should be with the alumni association’s prestigious Corporation, and organization of the Non Nobis experience shaped me, and was very important mutually helpful. Non Nobis Solum Award for his “outstanding Solum luncheon group for older alumni. More grounding for going into politics. contribution to society” at the LIONfest recently, the medal was awarded to “Mr. LCC,” LCC: You seem to have resisted—over your homecoming banquet in 2009. At that time, former long-time teacher and active alumnus LCC: You were quite involved in your children’s lifetime—being pulled into partisan politics, he was the 13th alumnus selected to receive Victor Badian ’61, Ivan Velan '61, and Peter educational progress—coaching, mentoring, and have instead looked for ways to “build this honour since its inauguration in 1971, Webster '60. and helping them with their homework when bridges” and bring people together, even people when Dr. Charles Scriver ’47, a renowned Both the Non Nobis Solum Award and Medal they were young. How do you see parental of seemingly vastly different political/social Montreal medical researcher, was recognized may be presented annually, so long as suitable involvement in the educational journey of our stances. How can educational reform resist for his “notable contribution to his fellow man.” candidates are chosen from nominations children? becoming polarized? What is the big vision The award, which traditionally has featured received by the alumni association executive. you think we should be working toward?

RECIPIENTS OF THE RECIPIENTS OF THE NON NOBIS SOLUM AWARD NON NOBIS SOLUM MEDAL

1971 Dr. Charles Scriver ’47 2006 Alan J. Canavan ’39 1972 Lt.-Gen. E.L.M. (Tommy) Burns 1915 2009 A. Victor Badian ’61 1973 Dr. J. Cyril (Flin) Flanagan 1916 2010 Ivan Velan ’61 1974 Dr. A. Davidson Dunton ’28 2015 Peter Webster '60 1975 H. Roy Crabtree ’34 1976 Chipman H. Drury ’34 1978 Alan D. McCall 1920 1979 Colin W. Webster 1920 To learn more 1982 Hon. Sydney D. Pierce 1918 about our latest 1986 Ralph Harper ’47 recipients of these 2006 Dr. Willard S. Boyle ’41 special distinctions, 2007 Barry M. Saper ’46 go to page 39. 2009 Dr. Victor Goldbloom ’39 2010 A. John Ellis ’32 2015 Stuart McLean ’65

44 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 45 Dr. Goldbloom: First a word about politics— politics is by definition, partisan. You have to have adversaries; you have to have somebody who represents an alternative view. You debate “Parents have an views and do so, respectfully most of the time, important role and I hope. That does not have to impair the sense it’s the partnership REPORT of respect that you can have for your adversary. between school I have found great reward in the relationship and parents that’s that I’ve been able to have with people who, absolutely funda- when I was in active politics, were adversaries. mental and it should LCC: What is your view on the place of TO DONORS And today, they’re friends. We talk much less be mutually helpful.” independent schools in our society? about the different viewpoints we have and much more about our basic concern for society. Dr. Goldbloom: You always hope that your Our society is one for which we need to public school system will provide a good be deeply grateful. My four grandparents left education. You recognize that if there are difficult life situations in Eastern Europe and independent schools, in addition to the public ended up in Montreal. They really had no idea school system, that they fill a need. That they about the fundamental value and quality of the offer something that is not there in the public society that they were entering. It wasn’t easy at school system. 2014–2015 the beginning—the society was less welcoming We are the better for the existence of our in those days than it became later on. independent schools. It’s long been said that We need to cherish our society, and we need the independent school is the lighthouse to continue to work constructively to improve which illuminates a way forward and that an it. Every year there are issues. They’re dealt with independent school can try out different ways Annual Giving allows LCC to in public debate and through legislation. Citizens [of education] and offer the experience of in a democracy have the opportunity to observe, those trials to help the whole educational embrace progress and change comment, and to provide input. We don’t system move forward. in ways that further enhance our always have sufficient opportunity for citizens to participate, as when we were a smaller Building Bridges by Dr. Victor C. Goldbloom has school’s tradition of excellence. society and lived by more direct democracy. been published in English by McGill-Queen's As our society has grown we have more University Press and in French as Les ponts representative democracy and the citizen is Donations to the Annual Giving du dialogue by Les Éditions du Marais. somewhat removed from the decision-making programme are applied in areas process—we have to ensure that the distance This interview was conducted by Jennifer Nault is not too great that people cannot feel that and has been condensed and edited. that impact our students directly: they can express themselves or be listened to. For the video interview, go to: facilities, active learning experiences, http://bit.ly/1X9cUbI innovation, and financial awards. Thank you for expressing your belief in the continued success of our students and school.

46 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 47 Message from the HEADMASTER &

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE THE LCC BOARD OF GOVERNORS BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2014–2015 Chairman The full integration of the Assaly Arts Adam Turner ’87 Centre was quite simply a “game-changer” for LCC. With the finest arts facilities, new modern Members mathematics classrooms, and an outstanding Olga Assaly 540-seat auditorium and performance facility, Amrick Bansal ’98 our community was inspired to new heights Anne-Marie Boucher in learning opportunities from K-12. I believe After five years of planning, training, and It has been a pleasure to work closely with Donna Doherty Fraser the visiting committee from CAIS said it best: implementation, this year, we took great pride our Board of Governors. They are a dedicated Diana Ferrara-Scalia “The impressive new facilities have transformed in graduating our first cohort of IB Diploma group of volunteers, committed to excellence Geoffrey Heward ’79 the student experience, improving the learning Programme students. As the only English- in all aspects of school life. Our thanks to all Doug Lewin ’87 and programme quality.” “Transform” is a language high school in Montreal offering of the members of the Board of Governors for Dave Schwarz ’87 powerful word. We have given faculty, staff, and this internationally-renowned programme, we their valued contributions and important Geoff Shamie ’79 students exceptional tools and the impact has know that all the effort has been very worth- strategic input. Adam Shine ’84 been very impressive. We have invested heavily while. Each IB graduate has pursued a dynamic, Congratulations to all graduates of the Marc P. Tellier in arts programming at LCC. As critical skills for progressive curriculum that is rigorous, and Class of 2015 and to the faculty, staff, and Priscilla Whitehead each 21st-century learner, we value creativity, focused on developing critical thinking and a volunteers who have played a role in helping lateral-thinking, risk-taking, collaboration, strong global perspective. Congratulations to our students grow and mature. Together, let’s and the other elements of what educators all faculty, staff, and students involved in this continue striving to live up to our cherished are calling “studio-thinking.” programme. school motto: Non Nobis Solum / Not for As a member of Canada’s national Ourselves Alone. Each school year is distinguished by some association of independent schools, every notable developments. The 2014–2015 seven years we are required to complete a school year was our first full academic thorough objective evaluation of all that we do: year operating in the Assaly Arts Centre, We assess the school’s finances, plant develop- we graduated our first IB Diploma ment, people, programmes, and priorities. This Programme cohort of students in grade comprehensive process helps us determine our Christopher Shannon (Pre-U ’76) 12, and we completed a whole-school greatest strengths and areas for further focus Headmaster evaluation by a team of experts from and growth. We were pleased that the visiting CAIS (Canadian Accredited Independent team from CAIS was very complimentary about Schools), comparing us against the LCC. We will continue to build on a host of highest national standards in inde- useful recommendations that will only help pendent education. Combined, these to make us stronger in the future. Adam Turner ’87 initiatives remind us that we never In an era where government funding at the Chairman, Board of Governors stagnate at LCC; new and exciting high-school level in Quebec remains uncertain, challenges help keep us at the fore- we have planned effectively so that we can front of education in Montreal. adapt to any scenario. Our finances, enrolment, and programmes are strong, and we are well positioned to remain a leading school in Montreal well into the future.

48 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 49 “LCC GAVE ME SO MUCH—THEY GAVE ME A FIRST-RATE EDUCATION, PLUS INCREDIBLE MEMORIES AND EXPERIENCES. I MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME TO LCC HAD A GOOD TURN IT NOT BEEN FOR THAT BURSARY.” LCC Marks a Big Turning Point for Noah Romoff ’12, Inspiring Him to Give Back

By Jennifer Nault, Communications Officer

AFFABLE AND GREGARIOUS, LCC GRAD NOAH ROMOFF ’12 IS NO WALLFLOWER; DURING HIS STUDENT DAYS AT LCC, HE COACHED HOCKEY AND FOOTBALL, AND ALSO TOOK TO THE STAGE IN THE PRE-U PLAY. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THERE WAS A TIME WHEN NOAH WAS LESS THAN COMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN SKIN.

“Noah has not just “I always mark coming to LCC [in grade 11] as As a student, Noah assisted in coaching Noah has not just coached others; he has Whether on the ice or on the field, Noah coached others; he a turning point in my development, and I really both hockey and football at LCC. After he coached himself along the way, learning some enthusiastically gives back. He shares his gifts has coached himself felt like I belonged here, especially in Pre-U. I graduated, Senior Football Coach Mike Carlyle valuable lessons about following his instincts and with young, developing players. “To coach is the along the way, learning came to school every day thinking, ‘OK, this is reached out to him, and now Noah is back at making wise decisions. “The decision to do the least I can do. I’m giving back doing the thing some valuable lessons where I am, this is where I belong.’ I can’t say LCC coaching hockey while enrolled full-time one-year Pre-U at LCC was, in my mind, made I love. LCC was so good to me when I was about following his enough good things about this school—for me, at Concordia University studying Human before I decided to come to LCC in grade 11. I here. I matured as a person and a leader.” He instincts and making the whole LCC experience was fantastic.” Relations. At the same time, he is also scouting was speaking to an advisor here and I just knew.” grins and adds, “I don’t think LCC can get rid wise decisions.” By the time Noah came to Lower Canada for a Quebec major junior team. “I was given Coming to LCC marked a shift for him, not of me—not until someone makes me leave!” College, he’d “bounced around a bit,” having the opportunity to come back to LCC as a just personally and socially, but also academically. We don’t see that happening any time attended a couple of different schools in the coach, and it was something that I was not Noah says, “My marks shot up 15 per cent. I’d soon, Noah. Montreal area. “When I look back on that time, going to pass up—the kids here are fantastic. always been an average student, but then I came I see I hadn’t really settled into those schools. I have these moments of connection with to LCC and graduated with high honours. My It just wasn’t the right fit for me and I felt like them—especially in hockey, because that’s my dad was happy about that!” I didn’t belong.” area of expertise.” About 17 percent of LCC students benefit Not one to give up easily, he found the Noah has experienced the tangible effect from some kind of financial award, and, like right fit. “I was very big into hockey, so I was he’s had on others. “One player—Giordano others, Noah received a bursary. “This is a big looking for a good mix between something that Saputo ’14—was in grade 10 when I was in part of the reason I give back, but there are so was academically challenging, yet also a place Pre-U and captain of the boys’ hockey team. many other reasons. LCC gave me so much— where I could pursue my athletics. I was looking I’d coached him a couple of years ago, and he they gave me a first-rate education, plus for smaller class sizes and teachers who were has since gone on to become a coach himself. incredible memories and experiences. I might responsive to their students’ needs, which is That makes me see the importance not have been able to come to LCC had it not what I clearly found at LCC.” of what I do.” been for that bursary.”

50 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 51 “This event was such a great achievement. With our patrons giving so generously, every dollar in ticket sales, advertising, and live auction proceeds goes straight toward academic enrichment, bursaries, and co-curricular pro- grammes,” says Headmaster Chris Shannon (Pre-U ’76). “We’re all really pleased about the strong turnout for Sugar Sammy,” says Patrick Peotto, Assistant Head Academics. “And from an organizing standpoint, we need to remember that this event was held on a Canadiens game night [the team claimed a 6-2 victory against Tampa Bay Lightning that evening].” “People were obviously thrilled to be at our Sugar Sammy event. We had a terrific turnout that included parents, past parents, alumni, and friends of the school. They all really seemed to enjoy each other’s company and they came ready By Jennifer Nault, Communications Officer to support the ABC Fund by purchasing raffle tickets and n Thursday, May 7, 2015, the LCC community auction items.” spent a rip-roaring evening with the inimitable The ABC Fund boosts academics, provides financial aid Sugar Sammy, one of the hottest stand-up for deserving students, and makes possible the multitude of comedians on the national circuit. With an co-curricular programmes that LCC offers. The benefits are Oaudience of about 450 people from the LCC community, felt everywhere: “For instance, we are able to bring in music A Spoonful of laughter filled the Assaly Arts Centre auditorium. Not specialists who train students in the music programme—we only was the event well attended, it resulted in net also have wonderful concert productions at LCC, thanks in proceeds of approximately $160,000, raised toward part, to the ABC Fund,” says Peotto. LCC’s ABC Fund. LCC holds large events regularly, which serve to unite Known for pushing the envelope, Sugar Sammy’s edgier the community in a common cause. jokes circled close to home. Quips about LCC were well “This comedy fundraiser was a huge success because digested by an unabashedly delighted crowd. To add to the people donated to help our students—and had many laughs SUGAR fun, the home-grown entertainer recognized the Montreal at the same time,” says Peotto. Canadiens’ hockey playoff game taking place that same … Supports the ABC Fund night, and occasionally shouted out updates on the score. A live auction attracted bidders for such enticing items as a Barbados vacation and tickets to see U2. Kirk LLano— LCC’s Director of Development and Alumni Engagement and head coach of the Senior Boys’ Hockey Team—shone as the live auctioneer. Patrons of the event, Leonard and Olga Assaly and Sam and Diana Scalia, were incredibly generous, covering the fee to bring Sugar Sammy to LCC, as well as donating some lavish gifts for the live auction. There were, in fact, many big-hearted donors of auction items.

52 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 53 $10,000 – Suzanne R. Paquin Gary ’73 & Dawn Brad Steinmetz $49,999 Dario Pietrantonio Harper & Tina Shapiro & Antonella C.F.G. Heward Tim Stewart ’61 Anonymous Argento Investment Dr. Jean-Marc Troquet James Allan & Elaine Tim Powell ’61 Management Ltd. & Dr. Cynthia Beaudoin Paolo Renzi Sam Hornstein Godbout David ’65 & Peggy Arditi & Suzanne Crawford & Merle Wertheimer Mark & Jacqueline Philip ’77 & Anna Belec Brian Rossy ’62 Dr. Jeffrey & Elizabeth Wiltzer Kendall & Katia Billick Neil G. Rossy ’87 Kolovsky Michael Bucci & Danièle Harrison “The older I get the Aurelio Latella Headmaster’s & Valerie Gagné Barry Saper ’46 more I appreciate the & Linda Morrone Society Kimmy Chedel The Stroll Family education I received Corine & Miles Leutner $1,500 – $2,999 Compass Group Steve & Ephie Tsatas at LCC. The greatest David P. Martin ’91 Canada The Turner Family gift from LCC is that & Laurence Duguay Anonymous (6) Brian Cytrynbaum Steve Vaccaro it helped to form my H. K. McLean ’27, W.B. Samuel Altman & Claudia Burke & Josee Argento character. The school McLean ’58 & Nathalie Cooke The Divco Foundation Ivan ’61 & Penny Velan taught me to be & D. G. McLean ’84 The Amiel Foundation The Doggone Eric T. Webster resilient, ethical, Malcolm ’57 & Joan A. Victor Badian ’61 Foundation Foundation hard-working, and Bond Thorton Alfredo Barrios Prieto Heidi Drymer generous. It has been McLeod & Elena Gotor & Peter Graham Council of 1961 my pleasure to make Virginia J. Myles Montes & The Richenthal $5,000 – $9,999 gifts to the school David & Carmela Owen Mark Beaudet Foundation throughout my life, & Family & Lisa Mohammed Paul & Christine, Anonymous and to provide for The Paquin-Thevenoz Steve Benjamin ’76 Matthew ’14, Carlos ’82 & Lindsey the school in my will. Family Yves Bourret Annual Giving & & Sarah ’19 Filgiano Artola I want to know that Victor & Elizabeth & Jacqueline Norman Hacker Aldo & Diane others can receive Patrick Sleiman Bourret & Susana Araujo Bensadoun what I was so Marc P. Tellier Harvey Brinberg Capital Campaign Donors Christine Harper David G. Bensadoun ’87 fortunate to get.” & Liz Finney- & Family & Isabelle Poirier Council of 1909 Brinberg Hamnett Hill ’61 Doug Bensadoun ’90 - Steven Benjamin ’76 $3,000 – $4,999 Richard Brotto The donors listed have made Centenary Vision $50,000 – In memory of Morgan Garvin Brown ’86 & Zorina Ali Leaders $99,999 Hill, from the Steven & Susan Anonymous Amedeo Cocco either an annual gift or a $100,000+ Hill Family Cummings Nathalie & Jacky Alloul & Lisa Veltri Johnny Frassetti Sassoon & Evelyn Dr. Luigi Battista Brian Burrows Rony & Mimi Cukier, capital campaign contribution Leonard and Olga & Elena Borsellino Khazzam & Rosie Salvaggio Ronald ’66, Beverley, in memory of to LCC between July 1, 2014 Assaly Mitchell & Anne-Marie Saveli Kotz & Catrina Stuart & Figi Elman Gregory ’03 & Wanda Cukier The Azrieli Perez Garber Tiron Tony ’84 & Teresa Fata Stephen ’06 Courey Richard Cytrynbaum and June 30, 2015. We extend Families Karyn & Andrew Lassner Peter Lashchuk David Flomen & Eden Andrew H. & Julie Wiseman The Azrieli Foundation Maryse & Ralph Levy ’77 & Josee Zambito Polansky-Flomen Dinsmore ’81 Ron & Tami our deep appreciation for La Fondation Amelia Diana & Sam Scalia Danny & Susan Lavy Ross Fraser ’72 Michael Flinker Dimentberg & Lino Saputo Jr. The Winterstern Family The Oringer Family & Donna Doherty & Marcia Gillman Jiayi Du their support and philanthropy. La Fondation Carmie Basil Papachristidis ’61 Louis Gendron Ross McGregor ’65 The Elefant Family Non Nobis Solum. & Joey Saputo Bill & Olga & Liana Guizzetti Michael & Michaeleen The Ergina Family R. Howard Webster Papanastasiou O’Connor Foundation

54 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 55 Chairman’s Denys Heward ’64 Alexandra & Colin Ryan Don Bartlett ’73 Society Julien Hutchinson ’47 Jeffrey Shamie ’79 Walter Baslyk The Staff-for-Student Fund was $750 – $1,499 John Irwin ’61 & Daphne Tsadilas- John ’92 & Nicole Bruce Jenkins ’64 Shamie Batsis established by LCC staff to help the Anonymous (4) Maurice Kaspy Craig & Kristin Beaver Tails Linda Alexanian & Jessica Gozlan Shannon Canada Inc. families of students on financial aid Gordon ’77 John Kearns ’72 Robert E. Shatilla ’61 Mitchell Benjamin ’80 & Yully Allan “I would not be Arianne & Arie Rob & Paula Shepherd Laurent Bensemana to afford essential school supplies David M. Alter where I am in my life Koifman Yona & Nathalie & Shoula Cohen or to be able to pay to attend events Michael Attas ’69 today, were it not for Dimitrios Kokozos Shtern Richard M. Black Amrick Bansal ’98 LCC. I donate to & Ana Nunez Nicole Simard-Laurin Daniel Blunden like CAIS soccer tournaments in other Brett E. Barakett ’83 LCC because they Mitchell Labell Christopher & Elizabeth BCF Business Law not only support Lawrence B. Spencer ’82 Neil-Blunden Canadian cities. Ronald Benjamin ’75 students during their Lalonde ’73 Huntly Stratford Stan ’74 & Elaine Russell Blumer ’87 school years, but Doug ’87 & Brina & Christine Holland Browman Craig Bromberg long after they Lewin Beverly & Nabil Tabet Rob Brown ’95 & Chris Ignacio graduate. I spent 12 Yi & Cui Li Rob Tipney Howard Burak Chris Bryant ’61 years at LCC and Kirk LLano David L. Torrey The Cai Family Jason Fellen William & Nan Lassner Barry Pascal David Tassillo Michael Butler ’61 was given endless Constantine Los ’57 Louis Vachon Alan Canavan ’39 & Maria Bennett Yan Wen Le The Peotto Family & Selma Zoghby Derek Caron ’56 opportunities, The Ludwick Family & Chantal Carrier Ellen Cape Aldo Furfaro Robert Lewin ’96 The Radu Family Corey Velan ’93 Jamie Clark ’57 whether it be in the Steve Manousakis John C. Wallace ’55 Trevor H. Caron ’51 & Linda Tuccia Steven Lingard ’71 Adam Ray & Kristine Jones Gordon Cook ’53 classroom, on the & Anna Mandros David Winship ’49 Gino & Paola David Garfinkle ’77 Loren Litwin & Sara Levy-Ray (Pre-U ’93) W. Robert Courey ’61 field, or at Nicholas F. Martire ’93 Francine & Robert Carpineta Stuart Gold ’76 & Suzanne Reisler- “I firmly believe Louis Regimbal Daniel Velan Leora Cukier, in conferences. Once Lorne Matalon ’72 Wiseman John Carrique ’87 David Gold Litwin that every donation & Christine & Jade Raymond memory of Wanda I graduated, I was John McBoyle ’71 Daniel Zentner ’87 Guy R. Casgrain & Francine Poplaw Walter Maughan ’64 counts when it Lennon Kristina A. Velan ’03 Cukier greeted with open Sylvain Meloche Gary Zentner ’82 Brian & Elizabeth Adam Greenberg Sandy Milroy ’74 comes to investing Ronald Reuben Rob Velan ’88 Terry Curran ’78 arms by the Douglas Millowitz ’87 Chamandy-Cook & Linda Shames & Sandra Hellyer in the bright futures & Myriam Dahan & Claire Petcher Divco Limitée supportive alumni Brian Monk & Patricia Founder’s Chaussures Tony Inc. Jaime Harper ’75 Danny & Marie Andrée of our youth.” Yves Rivet Shane Velan ’90 Louis Donolo ’53 community. No Dufresne Society Danny Chazonoff Geoffrey ’79 Mindel Allan & Laurie Sandler & Jill Gasco Jean Dumas matter the donation Neil Morrison ’81 $250 – $749 & Leslie Goldsmith & Joanne Heward Michael & Carmela - Shannon Smith- Leanne & David Howard & Linda & Christine Abbott size, any amount Keyvan Nassiry Dev Cheema Mark Hornstein Mindel, in memory Howes ’00 Schwartz ’87 Wiseman John Ellis ’32 helps pave the way & Sophie Beugnot Anonymous (10) & Chantal Kilpatrick & Lysa Lash of Wanda Cukier Charles Scriver ’47 Kok Chang Yip David R. Flam ’87 for future students Rick Pattee ’63 AE Alter Ego E. G. (Ted) Cleather ’47 Maurice F. L. Jaques ’50 Jessie & Frank Jeffrey Shane & Annick Chan Paul Fournier ’61 who deserve the Rosario & Gina Management Inc. Robert Côté & Diane Juan Pablo Jimenez Minicucci & Jean Wu Yisheng Zhang Christopher ’83 LCC experience.” Pecoraro Ose Paul Aibangbee Shamie & Maria-Helena The Montreal Christopher & Pei Wang & Margarita Gardiner Daniel Perrault & Diahann Williams Ken Covo ’73 Arguelles Squadron (Pre-U ’76) Fei Zhao & Xiaohui Zhu Martin Glynn ’68 - Megan Harper ’07 & Lucie Des Parois Frithjof Akerblom ’58 Jaysen Cristofaro ’94 Scott & Anna Katz Carolyn LeCraw & Hilary Shannon Shuhong Zhu Robert & Orly Gold Stephen Perry ’75 Senator W. David Giorgio Damiani & Paul Kirkconnell ’75 Neysmith Andrew Shatilla ’63 John Goldsmith ’90 in memory of Hugh W. Angus ’54 Raimonda Gambino Fotios Koutroubis Stephen C. Adam Shine ’84 Andrea Gordon, in Plant ’46 by his Jon Arklay ’86 Robert & Sylvie Contino Nicolaidis ’84 & Brigitte Roy memory of Richard family Tom Atsaidis de Fougerolles ’57 Guy & Vanessa & Valérie Pelletier Maria & Denis Gordon ’62 Paul Rolian ’61 Randy ’77 & Lynn Aziz Philippe ’77 & Laframboise Peter & Suzanne Nofz Singleton Peter Hall ’66 Ian Rose ’63 Morrie & Lisa Baker Nannette de Gaspé David H. Laidley ’63 Tony & Micheline Papa Daniel Steinberg Mark F. Harland ’87 Caitlin Rose ’99 Warren Baldwin ’68 Beaubien Goulding Lambert ’57 Mark Pascal ’92 & Elana Munchik Chillion F. G. Heward ’49 Hillel Rosen & Liane Adam Balinsky ’87 & Jean Kucer Feldman

56 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 57 Anastasia Deligiannis William D. Gibb ’52 Clifford Isenberg Sandra McGill Robert Deom Robert Goldenberg & Elana Gruenstein David McKee ’59 & Suzanne & Liette Tanguay Claudia & Albert Israel John McKercher ’54 Revenue from tuition fees covers Leutheusser Neal F. Gordon ’78 Evelyn Jerassy Arthur McMurrich ’64 approximately 85% of the school’s Tina & Pino Di Ioia Mark Greenstein Ted ’87 & Stephanie Fred S. McRobie ’59 Roussos & Janice Huberman Kalil Ron ’70, Fred ’07 annual operating expenditures. Dimitrakopoulos Kevin Gross ’72 Paul Kavanagh ’70 & Catherine ’08 & Karen Richardson Gregory Hall ’87 Derek Kent ’87 McRobie Government grants, revenues from “I was taught that Philip Dobrin ’03 David Halpenny ’70 Paul Keyton ’56 James Meltzer you can learn Karanjit Dulat Stephen Hamilton ’78 Deep Khosla ’87 & Linda Sager rentals and annual giving make something from Lindsay Eberts ’61 & Janice Naymark Eric Klinkhoff ’66 Andrew Mikus up the additional 15% needed everybody. At LCC, Alain Elbaz Jamie Harper ’04 Eric & Renée Ladenheim & Maureen David we’re all tied & Arielle Elmoznino Bruce Harper ’53 Julie-Anne Lafleur Brett & Jeannie Miller to support our programmes. together in the same John Essaris Harris Family Trust Sam Landsman ’82 Craig Miller ’70 endeavour, and if I & Maria Svourenos Rick Harrop ’51 & Joanne Borden The Mittag Family can contribute to Gregory Etingin & Tamara Haver Michael Lang ’72 Geoffrey Molson ’87 what they're doing Milene Abadi-Etingin Sami & Janine Hawa David Lank ’55 Brian Moore Dr. Mladen & Gerry The Safi Family Benjamin Sternthal ’87 Blue, Grey, Red for me and for my Robert & Heather Faith David Hebditch ’54 Peter Lazenby ’47 Shaun Morehouse Palaic '81 Stephen Sager Neil A. Sternthal ’85 Society children, I will.” Terrill Fancott ’56 Daniel Heffernan ’61 Ian F. Le Lievre ’49 R. Sheldon Morgan ’73 Amanda Palombaro ’07 & Adrienne Kardos Tony Straessle ’50 $100 - $249 Serge Farman Hockey Etcetera James Le Lievre ’84 Gordon Nixon ’74 Andrew Palombaro ’05 Mark Salkeld “Since graduating in Maurice & Cristina - Leonard Assaly & Ines Linares Richard C. Hodgson ’51 Marc Levy & Julie Wiener Amin Noorani ’83 Gabriel Palombaro Brian Salpeter & 1985, I continue to Supino Anonymous (15) Alistair M. Fraser ’57 John M. Hofer ’68 John Lillie ’52 Orchard House & Filomena Lucia Heather Abrahams support the school Jeff Sykes Darren Albert Serge Gabriel Glenn Holland Carol Loeb Michael & Lisa Osterland Tom Pam ’59 D. Timothy every year in Charles Taite & & Orit Cohen & Manon Sénéchal & Sylvie Trudeau Donald Logan ’56 Michele Owen Dennis Papakostas Sanderson ’81 gratitude for the Roberta Strulovitch Bobby Anderson ’56 Stanley & Linda Ghislain Houle & Robert Luxenberg Madhukar Pai & Helen Tiritidis Michael Sayig ’78 LCC friends, Neale Tomkinson ’70 James & Barbara Gendron Katherine Moxness Julie Manseau & Nitika Pant Pai Sang Tae Park ’89 Anton & Sally Schlemm teachers, and values George ’71, Janet Angelopoulos Ron Patterson Gillian Shadley I have benefitted & Christopher ’04 Peter Araujo-Salas ’02 David Perlman ’95 Sander M. Shalinsky ’84 from in so many Tooley David W. Armstrong ’46 Alan Perodeau ’42 Gerry & Peggy Shapiro ways. It was a James Tooley ’61 Eric Artola ’15 Matthew Price- Bernard Shapiro ’52 foundational Sylvia Tracy Ryan Artola ’13 Gallagher & Michael Shatilla ’88 experience, and it is Kerrigan Turner Joanne Assaly Courtenay Funston Eric Shatilla ’67 & Family with great pleasure Jaswant Ubhi Christian & Lucy Auclair Jesse Prupas ’95 Fred Shiff & Beth that I give back & Judith Robinson Peter & Susan Auger Rainbow Capital Prosterman to the school Martin Valasek Nicole Authier Investment Ltd. Ariel Shlien & Isabelle every year.” & Lisa Rambert Dane Baily ’68 William Redpath ’75 Perez-Shlien Michael & Catherine Devon Baily ’97 M. Bart Reilly ’59 Roger Shorey ’59 - Neil Sternthal ’85 Weber Alec Barclay ’76 Serge & Marie Rivest Antonio & Georgina Bill Westaway ’51 Ritchie J. Bell ’53 Mark Roper Sieira Geoffrey Wilson ’75 Marc Belliveau & Eleanor Hew Nicholas Sinclair ’94 Elric Winter & Leigh-Ann Wortman Daniel Rosenfeld Peter R. Slaughter ’68 & Caroline Reinhold Clayton & Cheryl Bertoia & Susan Abramowitz Gordon Smith ’53 Jay Woollven ’60 Kevin Bianchini ’04 Michael Rowen Craig Starke Anton Bilaver & Danina (Pre-U ’79) Dr. Guy Louis Kapetanovic Stephen W. R. St-Arneault ’81 Sadler ’56 William Stavert ’52

58 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 59 Ronald & Pam Salzman Peter Stuart ’60 Lion’s Pride Shannon L. Howes ’00 Albert Saragossi Daniel Tabet ’11 up to $100 John Hugill ’58 Geneviève Savard Jan Thijs & Julia Eric J. W. Hyde ’41 (Pre-U ’07) Schroeder Anonymous (8) T. Denis Jotcham ’35 An annual gift of $250 Colin Trestan John Tough ’79 John Archer ’44 Sara Lande ’05 & Karen Schiff Thomas Trenholme ’61 Deborah Ayre Stephen B. Lande ’02 can help to support Erik Schiller & Suzanna Michael Tricot ’94 Madeleine Ballard ’06 Michael Marks ’66 Cousins David J. Tsatsoulis ’02 Christin Bartolo David McCall ’50 the attendance of one Adam Schlesinger ’97 Al Vandenbussche Robert Bassett ’44 Karen Michaud grade 7 student at Daniel Schouela & Dawn Levy David Bradwell ’70 Walter Mingie ’43 & Sonia Serfaty Christian Viau Lise Chowdhury Don Morrell ’52 Camp Nominingue. Stephane Scrosati John Vlahogiannis Ian Cook ’63 Bina Nobile & Sandra Salesas Marco Vocisano ’80 Ryan Crelinsten ’98 Ron Pam ’64 Allen Seager ’70 Orla Wallace Andrew Cruess ’78 René Péron ’38 Don Seaman Douglas Waterston ’82 Eric David ’08 Ron Perowne ’68 Dr. Michel Shamy ’98 Alison Wearing Stephen David ’06 Ivan Ralston ’63 & Family Peter Webster ’60 John Dawson ’52 Jamie M. Rappaport Matthew Shannon ’07 Philip Webster ’63 Charles Dillingham ’61 Harry Schiff ’04 Ian Binstock Pierre Coupey ’59 Brian Goodleaf David Kaplan Hammy McClymont ’61 Andrew Shapiro ’05 The Weinerman Family Jeffrey Dinsmore ’76, Adam Schouela ’96 & Linda Fortier Roger Cross ’55 Gabriel ’98 & Lauren & Aura Burko Elbert McLaughlin & Eric Shaw ’91 Earle Wight ’50 in memory of Jack Lesley M. Schouela ’07 Michael Bishop ’75 Leigh Cruess ’74 Granatstein Dr. Stuart J. Katz ’83 Romina Esquenazi Thomas Shaw- Peter Wilkins ’51 Donaghy ’51 Lawrence Schrier ’73 Brian Bloom Peter Darling ’54 Roland Greenbank ’42 Peter Kent ’55 Wilson McLean ’58 Stiffel ’74 Kevin Williams ’85 John Durley ’54 Judith Shenker & Randi Morris Karl David & Nicole Mark D. Griffiths ’67 LCC Staff Hockey Michael & Bea McNally Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Singer Kyle Williams Mr. & Mrs. Fred Essner Guy Sigouin Guillaume Boisset ’87 Girard-David John C. Gubany ’81 League David Messina ’02 Erol Sinmaz ’01 John Wilson ’51 Rebecca Etingin ’09 Bruce Stavert ’57 Richard A. Bolton ’56 Lawrence A. Davis ’49 The Hon. A. Derek Yves Eric Laliberté Harris & Eleanor Mitchell Robert Siwiec ’94 Michael Wou Michel Fortier ’56 Nels Sultan ’81 Pierre Boulanger ’59 Adriaan B. DeVries ’66 Guthrie ’53 & Elisa Bertucci Leah Mitelman Trevor W. Smith & Sylvie Sills Samara Fox ’04 Steven Victor ’09 Karim Boulos Marty Dorfman Edward Hague ’49 Fraser Laschinger ’64 H. Frank Morrison ’55 Sandra Solivo Ronald Wyer ’46 D. Ross Harvey ’63 John & Connie & Nathalie Allard & Cindy Pellatt Nicholas Hall ’04 Alfred & Martha Lawee Edward R. Murray ’54 Steven Sonnenstein Weiping Zhu Michael Hayes ’51 Wiseman Timothy Bouskill ’83 Karen Fequet Claus Hamann ’68 Adam Lazaris ’02 Grant Murray ’49 Kurt & Valerie Sorschak & Jihong Huang Dave Howard ’81 Benoit Brière Harold & Ruth Peter Hannen ’52 Stephen Lee Victoria Naday & Jennifer Roman Finkelstein Gregory P. Hannon John Lee ’90 Jennifer Nault Colin Brown ’98 Michael (Pre-U ’73) Michel Legault J. Aidan O’Neill ’71 Thomas R. Burpee ’55 Fitzsimmons ’09 Laura Harper ’01 & Diana Berardesca Hugh Penton ’59 Carlo Cappellano Stanley & Ana Frackt Megan Harper ’07 Nathalie Lemelin Gordon Peters ’60 The average size of a student & Vania Grandi John Fry ’47 Natasha Hart Tony Lemme Fred Pinard ’45 Paul Cappelli ’62 Drazen Gardilcic Alain Hébert & Carla Del Rossi Benoit Piquette bursary is $10,000 – of which Maria Carpini & Priscilla Whitehead Lewis W. Hersey ’46 Justin Levine ’99 & Linda Filosa Angela Cattle Tim Gardiner ’78 Edward P. Hoffer ’60 Richmond W. Lisser ’55 Ishwar Prashad $5,000 would be supported from William Cave ’43 Matt Gellis ’94 Bradley Horwood ’59 Simon Madore ’91 & Karen Martin the Endowment Fund, $1,000 from Simon Cohen Janette Gentile Ross Howard ’64 Andrei Mannheim Douglas Raicek ’03 David Cohen Dr. Alan L. Samuel & Rachel & Reisa Teitelbaum Rahul Ravi & Rajshree proceeds from the school store, & Cheryl Kostin Goldbloom ’65 Huntington Mr. & Mrs. Ivan Massarelli Prakash Rob Cohen Victor C. Brian Jacobs & Charleen Alec Mathewson ’95 Nicholas Rossy ’05 and $4,000 by annual giving. & Sheryl Blum Goldbloom ’39, Schurman William McArthur ’52 Belinda Rother Jordy Cohen ’91 CC, OQ, MD Peter Johnson ’57 Andrew McCall ’81 Maxine Rupert

60 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 61 • Students from grades 7 through 11 took part Science in the QAIS Art Oratoire Contest – 2nd place • Extended Essays finalist (grade 7) IB DP Year 2 student presented her project at the The Record • “Dictée PGL” (kindergarten to grade 8) opening of the MUHC Research Site raised $3,600. Two Middle School students • Schools on Board – ArcticNet Inc. Achievements in Academic & Co-Curricular went to La Grande finale nationale Enriched grade 11 science student represented • “Voix de la poésie” national contest (grades the school on the CCGS Amundsen 2014 Field Programming for 2014–2015 9-12) – 1st place finish and regional finalist Programme in September for a two-week science • Participants travelled to Quebec to participate expedition of the Northwest Passage in the Parlement des jeunes event • CRC Robotics Competition ACADEMICS • SOS Légal – 1st place finish at the Concours 2nd place de plaidoirie and interviewed on radio • Grade 9 Crime Scene Investigations (CSI) Debating and Public Speaking • Senior National Debating Championships, • Grade 8 students participated in Expérience • University of Western Ontario Debate Toronto, Ontario, April – 8 students competed Théâtre, a two-day programme in preparation CO-CURRICULARS Tournament, October – 1st place speaker, • Senior National Debating Championships, for the LCC French play festival quarter-finalists Toronto, Ontario, April – Top Quebec Speaker Visual Art • Oxford Cup Debate Tournament, • QAIS Junior Public Speaking, April – Mathematics • Co-curricular Arts November – 8 students qualified to represent honourable mention • Canadian National Mathematics League (CNML) Students participated in the Art Club, created Quebec • QAIS Senior Public Speaking, April Grades 7, 8, and 9 teams participated sets and props for the Senior School Play and • Marianopolis Debate Tournament, • Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge the grade 11 play, provided artwork for the Café November – 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place teams English • American Mathematics Competition (AMC) Caberet, Pre-U graduation, and Founder’s Day • Carleton University Debate Tournament, • LCC Reads Programme (10th annual) Grade 8 participants won gold, silver, and receptions, and participated on Student Fine November – semi-finalists and quarter-finalists Entire school read The Alchemist by Paul bronze Art Committee • Queen’s University Debate Tournament, Coelho. At the LCC Reads assembly, alumnus • University of Waterloo Sponsored Contests • Arts Week January – octo-finalists Patrick Watson ’97 played his original music (Grades 7 – 12) Activities included Art Trivia, Music Sessions, • McGill Debate Tournament, February – and spoke to students about following one’s Canadian Intermediate Mathematics Café Cabaret, Short Film Festival, Face quarter-finalists dreams and his winding road to success Provincial Winning Team Painting, “The Amazing Race” assembly • QSDA Senior Provincial Debating • QAIS Public Speaking Competitions Canadian Senior Mathematics – Provincial • Senior School Art Championships, February – 1st, 3rd, 4th and English students represented LCC in all Runner-Up Team Fryer, Galois, Gauss, Pascal, Students raised money for Operation Veteran 5th place teams competitions Cayley, Fermat, Hypatia, Euclid at the Visual Arts 3rd Annual Student Art • QSDA Senior Provincial Debating • LCC Literary Magazine • Solisterra Exhibition and Craft Sale Championships, February – 3rd place speaker Students published one issue Grades 9, 10, and 11 enriched mathematics • Student Art Show and qualified to represent Quebec at the Team students participated in a community service trip School-wide art exhibition held in the Scalia Canada Tryout Tournament Modern Languages in Kazabazua, QC, while also learning about Family Art Gallery and the entire first floor of • University of Ottawa Debate Tournament, • Added the Langue d’enseignement course in sustainable building design and construction, the Assaly Arts Centre March – 2 finalist teams and top junior team grade 9 to replace the accéléré programme as sustainable energy sources, and how to use • 6th Annual Middle School Mural • Ottawa Debate Tournament, March – top a continuation of grades 7 and 8 French power tools to build an outdoor solar shower “The LCC Lion” represents independence junior speaker (highest level) and hay bale shed workshop and unity

62 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 63 • Toskan Foundation’s Youth and Philanthropy • Pre-U students raised money to sponsor two Initiative children through the Foster Parents Plan Grade 10 students donated a total of $13,000 to • Middle School PROUD Generations, Centre Philou, Santropol Roulant, Students published two issues of the student Welcome Hall Mission, Share the Warmth, and newsletter Shield of Athena while volunteering and learn- • Pre-U Play The Play ing about the role of philanthropy in our society Students donated $800 to the Montreal Drama • GMAA Champions • Movember Children’s Hospital • Kindergarten Plays: Le chat et la lune, Les 3 Tennis (Juvenile Boys), Tennis (Bantam Girls), Grade 11 and Pre-U students raised over • TEDxYouth@Montreal petits cochons, and Le petit chat cherche une Volleyball (Bantam 3 Girls), Tennis (Midget Girls), $10,500 in support of the Movember initiative Pre-U student presented “The S Word: Service!” famille Rugby 7s (Juvenile Boys), Tennis (Midget Boys), • Nepal Earthquake Relief at TEDxYouth@Montreal Imagine Conference • Grade 1 Play: Bugz Basketball (Bantam Girls), Indoor Track and Students raised $5,430 in November at Collège de Montréal • Grade 2 Play: It’s a Jungle Out There Field (Juvenile Boys), Soccer (Midget 3 Boys) • Junior School theme “Building Better Futures” • The Staff for Students Fund • Grade 3 play: Joust! • GMAA Finalists Student focused on actions to start building Junior School music teacher and company • Junior School Musical: Peter Pan, Jr. Tennis (Bantam Girls), Tennis (Bantam Boys), better futures today for themselves, for others performed a concert in April in the Saputo • Middle School Play: Hoodie Hockey (Pee-Wee Boys), Basketball (Bantam Boys) in their community, and internationally Auditorium raising funds for the Staff for • Grade 9 One-Act Plays • LCC hosted 12 tournaments that included • We Scare Hunger Campaign Students Fund • Senior School Play: Charlie and the Chocolate over 100 teams and 1,000 athletes Junior School students collected money and Factory • CAIS National Soccer Trip – Bermuda food for charities International and Global Leadership • Grade 11 Play: Holes (rained out) • Jump Rope for Heart • Duke of Edinburgh Gold Trip • Pre-U Play: The Play Junior School students raised over $4,500 for the Eighteen grade 11 students travelled to Morocco Community Leadership Heart & Stroke Foundation to participate in a collaborative community Music • Community service initiatives service project and to fulfill the adventurous • Concerts & Performances Senior and Middle School students volunteered journey portion of their Gold Award Open House, Assemblies, Staff Appreciation 11,868 hours of service to organizations both in • Participation in the International Round Brunch, Poetry Night, Café Cabaret, Winter Montreal and abroad, raising over $62,000 for Square Conference Holiday Concert and Spring Concert local, national, and international charities Six students travelled to Madaba, Jordan, to • Grade 8 Band • Fundraising for Share the Warmth participate in the conference hosted by King’s Students travelled to Ottawa to perform at local Senior School students collected almost 9,000 Academy museums pounds of food for Share the Warmth Christmas • Senior Concert Band baskets Students travelled to Cuba during March Break • Duke of Edinburgh programme to perform and participate in cultural enrichment 31 Gold Awards, 58 Silver Awards, 77 Bronze activities Awards • Duke of Edinburgh Gold Ceremony Athletics LCC welcomed HRH Princess Anne during • Athletes from grade 4 through Pre-University this year’s Duke of Edinburgh Gold Ceremony. took part in 50 teams this year, involving over Nearly 80 young people received their award 750 spots, in 21 sports, with LCC teams from the Princess and 31 of the recipients were winning 9 GMAA championships and LCC students and alumni 4 GMAA finalists • Annual Terry Fox Run Raised over $20,000

64 LION FALL 2015 WWW.LCC.CA 65 Miscellaneous Post-secondary • Book Fair “Bounce to the Beat of Books” • Members of the Pre-University class were enriched the library with the addition of 438 offered entrance scholarships for universities new books valued at $7,800 in Canada and the United States • The Wire • A total of two scholarships from US universities, Students published eight issues of the student and eight major and at least twenty entrance newspaper scholarships from Canadian universities were • LCC TV and SportsDesk offered to our students Senior School students produced three episodes • Seventeen students graduated with High of LCC TV and six episodes of LCC SportsDesk Honours (90% plus) and fifteen with • Ivey Business School Case Competition Honours (85% plus) Eight LCC students participated in the 1st Annual Ivey Business School Case Competition International Baccalaureate Diploma for High School Students held at LCC Programme (IB DP) • LEAD Centre • First group of 27 LCC graduates completed Opened newly renovated space in August 2014 the programme with a 100% success rate in and created a microsite detailing the programme obtaining their diplomas • Participation in the Regional Round Square offerings and fees • IB DP students attained an average score Conference of the Americas of 33.8, exceeding the global average Five students attended the conference hosted • IB DP students received over 100 university by Anglo Colombiano in Bogota, Colombia, offers participating in a collaborative community • McGill University accepted 12 IB DP service project students, a first in LCC history • Young Round Square Conference Two students travelled to West Vancouver, • Model UN BC, to participate in the conference hosted by Competed in three simulations this year, which Collingwood School included hosting an event —approximately 20 • CAIS Middle School Leadership Conference students participated Middle School students attended a national • Biennial Senior Hockey Trip leadership conference at Camp Onondaga in Travelled during March Break to Northern Italy, Minden, ON Slovenia, and Croatia, playing exhibition games • Student Exchange trips and participating in cultural and recreational Thailand, Australia, South Africa, France, and activities Colombia • Destiny Quebec Global Issues Conference Environmental Awareness 2015 • Assaly Arts Centre The theme of this year’s conference was “The Awarded the LEED Canada Gold rating for West & The Rest: Is the Western Foreign Agenda its sustainable building design (Leadership in Regressive or Progressive?” Iranian-born Energy and Environmental Design) Dr. Sima Goel, author of Fleeing the Hijab: • Earth Week A Jewish Woman’s Escape from Iran, was the Activities included: Green Café for World opening keynote speaker. Amanda Lindhout, Wildlife Foundation, Vegetarian Cook-off, who advises international governments, global Spring Cleaning on the Field, Great Canadian leaders, non-profit organizations, and policy- Shoreline Cleanup makers on the importance of using education • Treetober to counter the radicalization of youth, was the LCC Green Team partnered with One Tree closing keynote speaker. Planted to support an international reforestation programme

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well as helping out at triath- Toronto. I have been a lons. Life is treating me well Rotarian for 36 years and and may the good times continue to serve the com- PLEASE KEEP YOUR NEWS COMING! keep rolling along.” munity as a board and com- Send your photos and and news updates to (Photo.03) mittee member for local, national, and international Louise Mills, Communications Officer ([email protected]). Class of ’62 ski team charities and foundations. 01 taken at Park City, UT in I still play squash, sail, and February 2015. (L to R) ride a motorcycle!” Walter Markham, Gordon Viberg, Joe Robb, George Mike Ross ’65 was 30s 4,500-tap maple syrup Lawrence (Larry) Rossy ’59 Orban, and Brian Rossy. named CEO of Habitat for operation at his retreat was appointed a Member The trip for 2016 will be Humanity - Fredericton, John Ellis ’32 celebrated HAPPY farm in South Richford, VT, of the Order of Canada in Aspen, February 27 to and recently spent two his 100th birthday at the and has passed certification on July 1, 2015, by the March 5. Those in the class weeks in Cambodia as Vancouver Alumni Reunion 100th as organic, having both Governor General: “For his of ‘62 who still ski are wel- a member of a Team on June 11, 2015, at the VOF and USDA approval. contributions to the retail come to join. Canada home-build. Mike Jericho Tennis Club. Mr. Ellis BIRTHDAY John, a former captain of sector in Canada, and for (Photo.04) was also honoured by the is our oldest living alumnus. JOHN ELLIS the 1957 LCC Football his support of health Fredericton Chamber of 02 (Photo.01) team, plays tennis in the care and social service Earl Wiseman ’64 and Commerce when given summer and skis at Jay organizations.” his co-authors have been the title of Distinguished Victor C. Goldbloom ’39 Peak and Whistler. In honoured with a John Citizen—recognizing his has written his memoirs, in November and April, he Lyman Book Award by the work with a multitude of English and in French. The can be found fishing in 60s North American Society organizations in more than titles are Building Bridges Dunmore Town, Harbour for Oceanic History for 45 years of service to his and Les ponts du dialogue. Island, Bahamas, where he Paul S. Bethel ’60 writes: their recently published community. He is a proud The publishers are McGill- with a pair of custom-made owns an old ship captain’s “I am currently residing in book, Fishing for a Solution: Grampa to Michaela in Queen’s University Press skis with the logo of McGill’s house. West Kelowna, BC. This Canada’s Fisheries Relations Calgary and Johnny in and Les Éditions du Marais. Red Birds Ski Club, North year I will celebrate my with the European Union, Fredericton. 03 04 America’s oldest alpine- Bruce Stavert ’57 50th wedding anniversary 1977−2013. (Photo.06) dedicated ski club. celebrated the 50th to my childhood sweet- (Photo.05) 40s (Photo.02) anniversary of his ordination heart, Heather (Thom) to the priesthood in the Bethel. My retirement David Angas ’65 writes: 70s John Fry ’47 was a member Anglican Church on March years consist of Old Timers “I live in Oakville, ON, and of the LCC Ski Team of 50s 25, 2015, with a Sung Hockey (70+ League) and in 2003 happily remarried Peter Behrens '71 will 1946-47, captained by Bob Eucharist service followed by downhill skiing in the winter my wife, Mickie. I have a be a Fellow at Harvard Staniforth. Other skiers on the John Bridgman ’57 is a a reception at St. Matthias at Big White and Silver married daughter, a son, University’s Radcliffe team were Pierre Lafond ’47, Portfolio Manager at 3 Macs Church, Westmount, the Star. My summers include two stepsons, and twin Institute for Advanced and Jaime and Storrs - investment managers, parish where he grew up golfing four days per week 7-year-old grandchildren. Study in 2015-16. His third 05 McCall ’47. He was recently where he moved in 1999, and where he has been at the Harvest Golf Club I remain active in the novel Carry Me will be honoured by the International after a career as an invest- Honorary Assistant since where I am the treasurer financial services industry published in the US and Skiing History Association for ment banking partner at retirement as the Archbishop for the Senior Men’s Group. as a senior vice president Canada in spring 2016: his services as the associa- Richardson Greenshields. of Quebec in 2009. Travel, bridge, and cycling and investment manager www.peterbehrens.org 06 tion’s chairman and presented He has also developed a fill in any spare time, as with Raymond James in

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David Latter ’74 is cur- Paul Chiasson ’85 writes: Aristofanis Soulikias ’91 John Christou ’95’s Jeremy Szpiro ’14 writes: rently the Head of the “After living in Toronto for 15 returned to Montreal to company, Prospector Films, 2000s “I have been a DJ since Division of Cardiac Surgery years, my wife and I, along study the art of film recently completed produc- 2011 and have been hired at St. Michael’s Hospital, with our two children, aged animation at the Mel tion on a feature film,The Carlo Genoni ’00 and for many house parties, and Vice Chair Education four and nine, have moved Hoppenheim School of 01 Saver, written, directed, and Rachelle are happy to most recently, the ECS for the Department of to Cambridge, ON, as I have Cinema of Concordia edited by award-winning announce the birth of their after-grad. My DJ name Surgery at the University accepted a cross appoint- University after years of filmmaker Wiebke von second son, Willem, born is DJ Krook’D.” of Toronto. He was recently ment in the Departments professional practice in Carolsfeld. The Saver is March 29, 2015. Professionally, (Photo.08) promoted to Full Professor of Pulmonary Services architecture in Greece based on the young adult Carlo is now Manager, 05 and is married with three and Surgery at St. Mary’s and the UK. He has now novel by Edeet Ravel. Financial Planning and children who are making Hospital and Grand River graduated with a BFA along Analysis at Pratt & Whitney their transition from univer- Hospital in Kitchener, ON, with an animated docu- Talia Brott ’97 and Canada Corp. sity to working careers. where I practice general and mentary called Last Dance Cliffert Peschlow ’00 (Photo.05) thoracic surgery.” on the Main. The film was had an incredible wedding selected in more than 20 at Chateau Vaudreuil on Julie Schlesinger ’00 and 80s Guillaume Boisset '87 festivals around the world, February 28, 2015. They are Brandon Svarc are proud has published his first novel, including the Rendez-vous thrilled to announce that to announce the birth Jeremy Price ’81 writes, For a Pipeline to the Coast, du Cinéma Québécois, 02 they are expecting their first of Oliver John Svarc on “My band featuring New a science fiction adventure DOK Leipzig, the American child in November 2015. January 5, 2015. York City-based chromatic story tackling in an innova- Documentary Festival, and (Photo.03) (Photo.06) harmonica and vibraphone tive manner one of the most was recently shown at a virtuoso Hendrik Meurkens burning issues of the day. It special screening in Cannes. Pat Dussault ’97 was Michael Rakowski ’03 performed during October can be found on the Amazon It was also part of the nominated for a Canadian and Caitlin Ellison wel- 2015 in Toronto at the Old Kindle Store. Canada’s Top Ten Film Comedy Award for Best comed their daughter, Ada Mill for Jazz FM’s Sound (Photo.01) Festival (TIFF) in Toronto Television Writing for his Grace Rakowski, on March 06 07 of Jazz Concert Series last January. work on This Hour Has 18, 2015. and in Edmonton for the (Photo.02) 22 Minutes. He also wrote Edmonton Jazz Society at 90s the 2015 MuchMusic Mark Shefner ’03 married the Yardbird Suite. This is Greg Poyet-Smith ’94 Video Awards and the Sir Tiffany Joseph on June 14, our 10th anniversary tour Matthew Seagrim ’91 recently took a new role Patrick Stewart and Norm 2015, in Montreal. with upcoming dates in recently became the within Cardinal Health as MacDonald Galas at Just (Photo.07) BC and possibly Montreal.” Managing Director of the country director for 03 for Laughs.

Interested parties can reach SCENE, the loyalty programme Operational Excellence. 04 (Photo.04) Ashley Tinker ’06 him at [email protected] operated by Cineplex and Greg, along with his wife (Pre-U ’07) is currently Scotiabank. With over 6.5 and daughter, have returned Patrick Watson ’97 won a living and working in Diego Bravo de Urquía ’83 million members, it is one to Canada after 19 years major award for his album, Provence, France, where joined forces with a few of the biggest programmes and are very happy to be Patrick Watson Symphonique, she writes a blog, www. friends last year to start a in Canada. living in Toronto. Spectacle de l'année - autres curiousprovence.com, on small business, the Sangria langues, at the 2014 ADISQ her experience as an expat House, making premium Gala, Quebec’s version of living abroad. sangria: the Grammy Awards. 08 www.thesangriahouse.com.

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Globetrotter Trevor Burnett ’07 is going back on the road after having published his second book, The Destructive Artist, Volume I: Do You It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing Believe In Magic. The 136-page volume is the anthological collection of the following members of the LCC community: of a comic series that began in 2012 as self-prescribed art-therapy and developed into an exercise in storytelling. Not bad for a kid who used MURRAY ROBINSON ’39 to write comics for LCC's The Wire. Themes include being a traditional HUGH PRATLEY ’42 artist in the 21st century and its digital age, as well as society's THOMAS PAUL ’48 expectations, the voices in one’s head, and dealing with depression JACK (JOHN) DONAGHY ’51 through meditation and creativity. GRAHAM MARTIN ’55 Trevor is heading to Europe where he plans to learn more skills HUGH MILLAR ’56 PETER D. YUILE ’56 in the fields of permaculture and sustainable development. ROGER WHITE ’57 ALAN LYMAN ’65 PHOTO OF BROTHER ANDREW ’04 AND TREVOR ’07 FROM THE LAUNCH PARTY. PHILIP TOWNSEND ’72 GLENN RIOUX ’73 DAVID MATTHEW ARONSON ’84 DAVE WOOD

Murray Robinson ’39, Graham Martin ’55, at the Philip Townsend ’72 on World War II Navy Veteran, West Island Palliative Care March 24, 2015, in Montreal in his home on October 30, Residence on September 5, at the age of 60. Survived 2014, at the age of 92. 2015. by his brother, Tim ’71. SHINE IT FORWARD Grandfather to Christoper Ubhi ’17 and Rebecca Hugh Millar ’56 in his 76th Glenn Rioux ’73 in October Consider LCC for Your Child Ubhi ’12 and a devoted and year in Oakville on August 2014. His daughters, Sophie involved alumnus of LCC. 17, 2015. and Julianne, were students “LCC is the reason I am where I am today.” at LCC before they moved – Michael Fitzsimmons ’09 Hugh Pratley ’42 after a Peter D. Yuile ’56 on to Toronto in 2013. He is brief illness on March 17, December 1, 2014. survived by his brother, Who better than a grad like you to truly understand the 2015. Claude ’66, and nieces, lasting benefits of having attended LCC? With its outstanding Roger White ’57 of Ottawa, Kristina ’06, and Kim ’08. programmes and state-of-the-art facilities, you may be Thomas Paul ’48 at the age brother to the late Patrick ’55 considering extending the benefits of an LCC education to your of 84 on August 3, 2014. and father to Geoffrey ’93, David Matthew Aronson ’84 own child (or grandchild). Even if you reside outside of Montreal, Tom is survived by his twin on April 1, 2015. on January 10, 2015. He sending your child to LCC is possible – and made much more brother, Richard ’48. is survived by his brother, accessible – through our new Homestay Programme, a unique Alan Lyman ’65 on July 17, Ari ’87. partnership between LCC and Canada Homestay Network that Jack (John) Donaghy ’51 2014, at Headwaters Health offers safe and nurturing residencies for Senior School students. on January 3, 2015. Care Centre. If you are curious about our new Homestay Programme, other available options, or wish to learn more about the advantage of an LCC education, please contact the Admissions Office ([email protected], or call 514-482-0951).

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GRADE 11 PRE-UNIVERSITY Brigham Young University University of Hawaii CLASS OF 2015 CLASS OF 2015 – Hawaii – Manoa Post-Secondary Destinations University Destinations Carnegie Mellon University University of Miami Columbia University University of Michigan Dawson College Dalhousie University George Washington University University of Pennsylvania Marianopolis College Mount Allison University Indiana University University of Southern John Abbott College Queen’s University New York University California LCC Pre-U: Grade 12 St. Francis Xavier University Northwestern University University College London IB Year 2 University of British Columbia Savannah College of University of Bath Deerfield Academy University of Toronto Art & Design University of Reading Shawnigan Lake School (BC) University of Waterloo SUNY – Fashion Institute University of St. Andrew’s Western University of Technology Dawson College – Ivey AEO Trinity College (CT) Marianopolis College Boston University Bridgton Academy

Dave Wood February 24, 2015, at the age of 91, in Montreal. Many at LCC knew him simply as “The Coach.” The LCC coach, teacher, and friend contributed greatly to the growth and evolution of the school. To learn more about Dave Wood, visit: bit.ly/DaveWoodObit

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