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It takes a community A girl is murdered in the woods. Her family is devastated. But, as Concordia researchers show, so is her community, which is often overlooked in the aftermath of tragedy.

by Adam Avrashi Cover: Students react to a shooting in 2008 outside Bendale Business and Technical Institute in Toronto. Concordia researchers are looking at how this type of trauma affects communities.

Credit: The Canadian Press/Toronto 12 8 Star-Tara Walton.

Pedagogical hangover All in the family in Sin City Members of four Concordia Concordia students and their alumni families share their professor head to Vegas experiences studying at to hit the hottest casinos the university and update off the strip. But instead of us on their current lives, spending time at the gambling which include wedding bells, tables, they study the city’s baby bumps and a career architecture and history. in broadcasting. by Adam Avrashi 22 by Adam Avrashi

3 Editor’s Voice 4 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 16 5 concordia News Great grads 36 Association News Meet four of Concordia’s newest and most accomplished graduates. 38 Class Acts 44 enough said 20 Faculty Spotlight: Fine Arts Concordia’s performing arts departments move downtown This publication is printed on 100% and upscale. recycled paper, including 20% post 28 consumer waste. For each ton of Un dialogue fécond recycled paper that displaces a ton of Avec de nouvelles constructions et un virgin paper, it reduces total energy centre de génomique structurale et consumption by 27%, greenhouse fonctionnelle qui sera livré à la fin de gas emissions by 47%, particulate mars 2011, le campus Loyola est sur la emissions by 28%, wastewater by voie d’une renaissance qui lui redonne 33%, solid waste by 54% and wood ses lettres de noblesse. use by 100%. Par Patrice-Hans Perrier SettinganExample Forever grateful to Concordia

Marjorie Gawley sadly passed away in Montreal on credits over five years. There was only one August 8, 2010. Marjorie penned this article in June. institution that allowed me to take courses at night: Sir George Williams University, which n 1959, I graduated from high school and later became Concordia. McGill insisted on day Iexpected to attend university. My mother attendance and had no interest in accommo- had always stressed the importance of a post- dating people in my situation: those who lacked secondary education so I was shocked to learn the funds to attend school full time. that my father could only afford to send my younger brother to university and informed Concordia provided me with my start as it has so me that he had set up an interview for me many other students who were unable to pay for with Bell Telephone instead. Before embarking a full-time education. Without Concordia, I would on a career as a telephone operator, I decid- never have set out on what turned out to be a ed to set aside as much money as I could by rewarding career from which I retired in 1998. working over the summer. When I was drawing up my will, there was no While the amount I made didn’t cover univer- question that Concordia had to be one of the sity expenses, I also won a small scholarship recipients of my inheritance. So with the uni- from the Teachers’ Association as I intended to versity’s help, I set up an endowment to help be a teacher. Armed with my scholarship and students in financial need. pittance from summer work, I negotiated with my father and he eventually agreed to support Concordia continues to contribute greatly to me for one more year so I could earn a diploma the education of so many people in Montreal from Macdonald Teacher’s College in Ste- who would not otherwise be able to attend Anne-de-Bellevue, Que. In 1960, I was 16 when I university. entered the classroom as a full-fledged teacher.

But a condition of the teaching diploma was Marjorie Gawley, MA 76 that I had to upgrade it to a permanent one by accumulating a certain number of university

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hile Montreal’s summer 2010 The aspiring young journalist also will be remembered as one of the spoke with four families who have mul- Wwarmest on record, sadly, it was tiple Concordia graduates for “All in the also marked by local family tragedies. family” (page 22). There were plenty of In early June, Johra Kaleki, a native families to choose from because there of Afghanistan and resident of Dorval, are countless Concordians with close was charged with attempted murder the professors can’t reveal the details relatives who share the distinction of after she allegedly stabbed her 19-year- of their work to protect the identities of having earned Concordia, Sir George old daughter in what is being described both the victims and their families, their Williams University and/or Loyola as an “honour crime.” Fortunately, the recommendations will apply to most College degrees. In fact, it was Adam girl survived. In July, a Ville Émard circumstances, including the recent who pitched the story because his father, man allegedly took the lives of his two Montreal tragedies. Morris Avrashi, is a Concordia gradu- young sons before killing himself. A The writer of “It takes a community” ate (BEng 85), and he wondered how few weeks later, Concordia Mechanical is Adam Avrashi, whose byline you’ll also many other families boasted a strong Engineering student Mandar Verma notice on several other stories in this is- Concordia connection. drowned while on a camping trip sue. Adam, now a third-year Concordia Adam’s skills, knowledge and with friends. And in early August, an Journalism student, has spent the sum- enthusiasm are a testament to the 18-year-old was charged with fatally mer as the magazine’s intern. While we quality of our Journalism program and, stabbing his 14-year-old sister, Shirel kept him busy with various tasks, Adam certainly, to the types of students who Attar, in their Côte-Saint-Luc home. clearly relished writing feature stories. are attracted to and excel at Concordia. The victims’ family members will His other two pieces are of a different This was the first time during my (long) receive extensive support from psy- nature and tone: Adam got to travel vi- tenure that we had a full-time sum- chologists, social workers and others cariously in “Pedagogical hangover in Sin mer intern for the magazine. The idea who will help them cope with the trau- City” (page 12), which covers the surpris- came from my boss, Lucy Niro, BA 92, matic loss of their loved ones. But what ingly educational trip to Las Vegas by 13 the director of Communications for about the impact these deaths have had Communication Studies students, led by Advancement and Alumni Relations on members of the extended commu- teacher Giuliana Cucinelli, BA (comm. and a Concordia Journalism graduate nity that includes friends, schoolmates, studies) 03. herself. Lucy has just moved on to be- neighbours and others? come director of Web This and other related Communications for issues are being stud- Concordia’s University ied by Rosemary Reilly, Communications Cert 89, of Concordia’s Services. She great- Department of Applied ly helped advance the Human Sciences and magazine behind the Linda Kay, MA 01, of scenes in her three the Department of years here and I’m Journalism in their on- sure she’ll do the same going research into for the university’s how communities deal online presence. I wish with the repercussions her the best. of murder. In this is- I expect we’ll continue sue’s cover story, “It the internship program takes a community” and be able to offer an- (page 8), Rosemary and other talented student Linda discuss part of the an equally eclectic mix of findings from their re- stories to cover. With any search project, which luck, next summer will they plan to publish af- be just as warm—but with ter they’re done. While far fewer tragedies.

concordia university magazine fall 2010 | 3 President’sMessage Share your stories, share in our success

here is something very exhilarating As a complementary initiative, we are about September. Temperatures the first university in Quebec to launch Tmay dip, but spirits rise. Whatever a Co-Curricular Record, which formally our age, la rentrée heralds new documents a student’s volunteer and beginnings and fresh possibilities. community engagement activities. Both As we prepare to seize the opportuni- these measures reinforce our commit- ties and address the challenges of the ment to students, academic excellence year ahead, we also take stock of some and the community at large. of the important strides we have made A visit to campus will also give you in recent times. Research funding from a chance to learn more about some of government granting councils has in- Judith Woodsworth our groundbreaking research areas— creased by 28 percent over the last five alternative energies, climate change, years, a faster pace than at comparable the event as “our Expo ’67.” sustainability, human rights, health Canadian universities. And year after This is the time of year when we and well-being, communications, year, we receive high marks for student look forward to welcoming our ex- digital arts, and cell and molecular satisfaction. tended family of Concordians back biology—all of which push the For eight days this past spring, for Homecoming celebrations. It is boundaries of everyday lives and help the campus was abuzz as we hosted a time I particularly enjoy, because I to enrich the world. the annual Canadian Congress of the hear the most amazing stories of edu- We would be delighted to welcome Humanities and Social Sciences. The cational achievements and subsequent you back to your alma mater to exchange largest Congress in history, it was also accomplishments. stories and share in our success, and to judged by many participants to have Do try to attend. If you are here, drop enjoy the excitement of a new fall term. been the best. It brought acute aware- by the Concordia Leadership, Initiative, This time, luckily, without the pressures ness of Concordia’s urban, cutting edge and Volunteer Engagement (LIVE) of assignments and exams … character to nearly 9,000 delegates, Centre (Hall Building 608-1 and -2), a and also a sense of profound pride to new office that facilitates volunteerism by Judith Woodsworth, PhD Concordians, one of whom described members of the Concordia community. President and Vice-Chancellor

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4 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine ConcordiaNews Summer ushers in new gifts

s the summer heat arrived, so did the announcement of some Aimportant gifts to the university. On May 20, Concordia and the Université du Québec à Montréal an- nounced the inaugural recipients of the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art. The multi-year gift of $550,000 will support fine arts graduates as they launch their careers. Installation artist Steven Bates, MFA 10, received the two-year fellowship, val-

ued at about $55,000, that will allow him lto ’A d to develop his professional practice and ince undertake and exhibit his research/cre- V ations. “This award is life changing,” said From left to right: Concordia benefactors Dick and Gretchen Evans and Aydin Matlabi, winner of the Bates. “To be given the support and re- Dick and Gretchen Evans Prize for Photography, posing before two of Matlabi’s photographs June th sources to develop my work and share it 10 at the 11 floor reception area of Concordia’s Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex. with the wider public is the greatest gift an artist could hope for.” Evans Prize for Photography and pre- Tournament co-chairs George Hanna, Good news for photography students: sented Aydin Matlabi, BFA 07, with a L BA 72, president of Intrafina Ltd., Dick Evans, former chief executive of $6,000 cheque at a ceremony June 10 and Norman Hébert Jr., BComm 77, Montreal-based aluminum giant Rio at Concordia. “Aydin has an outstand- president and CEO of Groupe Park Tinto Alcan, and his wife, Gretchen, ing track record and is recognized at Avenue, announced that more than have created the Dick and Gretchen Concordia and in the community,” Dick $220,000 was raised for Concordia Evans Fellowship for Photography. For Evans said of Matlabi, who was selected scholarships and bursaries. That eve- three years starting in spring 2011, a by a jury of six Concordia Photography ning, guests gathered for cocktails and $17,000 fellowship will be presented professors. a gourmet dinner that was emceed by to an outstanding Faculty of Fine Arts And it was an idyllic day on Frank Cavallaro, weather specialist for student in his or her final year of the the greens June 7 as 140 partici- CBC News Montreal. Through the gen- graduate Photography program. To pants turned out at the prestigious erosity of alumni and friends, the Golf kick off the fellowship, the couple cre- Fontainebleau Golf Club in Blainville, Classic has raised more than $2 million ated the one-time Dick and Gretchen Que., for the 7th Concordia Golf Classic. over the years.

achievements, exceptional service has demonstrated a long-term MBA Alumnus/a of the Year Award Alumni Recognition to the advancement of Concordia commitment of outstanding service Awarded by the John Molson Awards or continued service to their to both the alumni association and School of Business Alumni community. Award recipients will be university. Chapter to an MBA alumnus/a honoured at a special event in spring with outstanding professional Call for Nominations Honorary Life Membership 2011. The awards are as follows: achievements and who has shown Send your submission by Awarded to a non-graduate who has dedication to both the community November 19, 2010 Humberto Santos Award of Merit made a long-term commitment of at large and university. This prestigious honour is awarded outstanding service to the alumni All graduates, faculty and staff to an alumnus/a who has made a association and/or the university. Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award members, students and friends of lifetime contribution of exceptional Awarded to a Concordia University Concordia University and its two Outstanding Student Award leadership and service to the faculty or staff member who has founding institutions, Sir George Awarded to a Concordia student university and community. made an exceptional contribution to Williams University and Loyola who has demonstrated outstanding the alumni association or university College, are invited to nominate Alumnus/a of the Year Award leadership and contributions to community. candidates for the Concordia Awarded to an alumnus/a who student life. University Alumni Association has demonstrated professional Alumni Award for Visit alumni.concordia.ca/awards (CUAA) Recognition Awards, the excellence and community Excellence in Teaching to complete a nomination form, highest honour bestowed by the leadership. Awarded to a member of or contact Jennifer Cottin, Alumni association. The CUAA urges Benoît Pelland Concordia’s teaching staff with Officer, Associations, at jennifer. you to submit nominations for Distinguished Service Award superior knowledge, teaching ability [email protected] or at individuals who deserve to be Awarded to an alumnus/a who and availability to students. 514-848-2424, ext. 3882. recognized for their outstanding

concordia university magazine fall 2010 | 5 ConcordiaNews University rankings: should we be concerned? Rankings often don’t reflect Concordia’s particular strengths

B y d A w N w i s eman our students contribute to the univer- their experiences and those of stu- sity’s distinct place in Montreal, Quebec dents attending other comprehensive The Times Higher Education World and Canada,” Woodsworth says. “This is universities during their first or final University Rankings, The Globe and Mail what some rankings fail to capture.” years. (See the accompanying charts.) Canadian University Report, Webometrics, Part of Concordia’s distinctive ap- If they had the decision to make again, QS World University Rankings, The proach and long-standing mission Concordia students’ responses indi- Aspen Institute’s Beyond Grey Pinstripes, are its admission policies and flex- cate they would be as likely to choose Maclean’s… ible scheduling that enable people who Concordia again as students elsewhere might not initially look qualified on pa- would choose their schools. Concordia niversity rankings—national, per, or who may have other barriers, to holds its own in comparison to its peers regional, global—proliferate. have access to post-secondary educa- across Canada and does so with consid- USome can even be downloaded as tion. Concordia also allows part-time erably fewer resources. For instance, apps for mobile devices. Each claims to study in all its programs. “We are com- the university’s downtown Webster provide significant insight into post- mitted to providing all students with Library, open 24/7, is the envy of oth- secondary institutions and the quality of the means to thrive and realize their full er Canadian institutions and offers education they offer. But do they really? potential,” adds Woodsworth. students textbook-sharing and laptop- Brad Tucker, Concordia’s director of And students do flourish at lending services. Concordia also offers Institutional Planning, has looked at Concordia. The university’s retention classes during the day and evening, the issue closely. “There is no generally and graduation rates are as good as—or with no distinction in student status. agreed-upon measure of institutional better—than other institutions, as are its “All these measures enhance the stu- quality, nationally or internationally,” post-graduation employment rate. Six dent experience and ensure access,” Tucker explains. Concordia does very months after graduation, 92 percent of says Woodsworth. “Our students care well in some rankings and not so well in graduates are employed; two years after deeply about these types of difficult-to- others. Why is that? Each is based on a graduation, the rate rises to 96 percent. measure, value-added services and they different system of measurement. Some Concordia leads all other Canadian uni- have even volunteered funds, through use publicly available or institution- versities in the number of graduates who their student union, to support some of ally provided empirical statistics, such hold Chief Executive Officer positions these initiatives.” as research funding, student awards, in Global Fortune 500 companies, ac- graduate employment rates and li- cording to a survey conducted by L’École Comparing apples brary holdings. Some use surveys of des Mines de Paris. These measures are with oranges educational stakeholders, including rarely included in standard university There are clear difficulties with prospective students and parents. Some rankings. measuring the quality of university use a combination of the above. In other With respect to student satisfac- education, says Tucker. “Rankings cases, the methodology is unclear and tion, there is no difference between tend to assume all students want or there is little way of determining how Concordia students’ evaluations of need the same thing in all places, and results were compiled. David Naylor, president of the usu- ally highly ranked University of Toronto, Employment of Concordia’s Graduates has written of the difficulty with rank- ings: they do not fully account for the survey 2010 differences in mission and disciplin- ary mix that make each institution 6 Months after Graduation unique. Concordia President and Vice- concordia 92% Chancellor Judith Woodsworth agrees. Ontario Graduates 96% “We want Concordia to be recognized for what it is—a responsive, dynamic insti- tution with close ties to our community. 2 Years after Graduation Our innovative teaching, research and concordia 96% program offerings, our commitment to Ontario Graduates 94% society and the opportunities we offer

6 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine Comparative Undergraduate are measures of institutional qual- Student Satisfaction ity that universities track themselves. The Maclean’s ranking includes some 2008 National Survey of Student Engagement indicators that are generally accepted drivers of institutional quality. Several How would you evaluate If you could start over again, your entire educational would you go to the same of these, such as student and faculty experience at this institution? institution you are now attending? awards, research funding and student 85% support, are part of Concordia’s own 83% 82% core indicator set. 79% 79% 78% 78% However, rankings are also based on 76% publicly available information that can be two to three years out of date. Some universities may already be taking action on indicators that are not at desired lev- els and bringing about changes in policy and programs to reflect institutional

First Year Senior Year First Year Senior Year priorities but it takes time to achieve Students Students Students Students improved rankings. “At Concordia,

“EXCELLENT” OR “GOOD” “DEFINITELY” OR “PROBABLY YES” we’ve made a significant commitment to supporting professors who apply for Concordia PARTICIPATING COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITITES external funding, to fundraising for stu- dent awards and to providing incentives that there is one clear definition of university receives from the govern- to attract high-calibre students,” says university quality,” he says. ment. And this can make a difference in Tucker. These efforts are already bear- Tucker cites the example of the con- the rankings.” ing fruit, he adds. “For instance, we had sistently poor showing of Concordia and The latest figures (from 2008) show a record increase in PhD enrolment last most Quebec universities in Canada’s McGill’s endowment to be 10 times the year.” best-known ranking, the Maclean’s size of Concordia’s and seven times that Woodsworth expands on the point. Guide to Canadian Universities. of the Université de Montréal. “The “Guided by our strategic framework, At the outset, the ranking is heavily bigger the endowment, the bigger the we are investing in student financial skewed toward universities with med- potential to invest more in an institu- aid, particularly for graduate students, ical and health science schools. For tion, its research and its people,” says along with a wide range of student ser- instance, a variety of prizes and awards Tucker. “Because this type of funding is vices and support for our libraries,” she in scientific fields are recognized but masked in rankings, Maclean’s and other says. “We have made great strides in the Governor General Awards, which some surveys are essentially comparing apples area of research and in the quality of our of Concordia’s stellar Fine Arts fac- with oranges.” programs and we make an increasing- ulty members have earned, are not. The Despite these drawbacks, Concordia ly important contribution to local and magazine also assesses quality based does do well in several Maclean’s indica- regional economic, social and cultural on 13 factors directly related to fund- tors. Maclean’s places Concordia among development. We remain focused on ing levels. Since Quebec universities are 11 comprehensive universities, which moving forward as an institution, con- considered to be underfunded in rela- the magazine defines as universities tinually striving to better ourselves.” tion to those in other provinces—to the with a “significant” amount of research Tucker suggests it would be possible tune of an estimated $500 million annu- and wide range of undergraduate and to develop a more equitable tool for ally for the 2007-08 academic year—this graduate programs. Concordia is ranked comparing institution but it would be means that most Quebec universities are in the top six in three categories: Social challenging to achieve. at a disadvantage when it comes to the Sciences and Humanities Research So, where does that leave Concordia? Maclean’s rankings. Council Grants (third); Library “Committed to our mission, dedicated McGill University is the one excep- Holdings per FTE (full-time equivalent) to our students, engaged in our com- tion. “Donor support has significant Student (sixth); and Reputational Survey munity. This is where we excel,” says implications for what we can do,” ex- (sixth). These account for 33 percent Woodsworth. “It is gratifying to hear plains Kathy Assayag, Concordia’s VP of the total score. Maclean’s placed from our students, faculty, staff and of Advancement and Alumni Relations. Concordia eighth in reputation in 2006 alumni just how much they value their “No other Quebec university has any- and sixth since 2008. experience at Concordia. I know they thing like McGill’s endowment, which How valid are the rankings? “It de- will spread the message across Canada under some circumstances is used to pends,” Tucker responds. and around the world, and I am confi- supplement the operating funds the Some of the indicators reported on dent that the word will get out.”

concordia university magazine fall 2010 | 7 Rosemary Reilly of Concordia’s Department of Applied

Human Sciences and Linda Kay of the Department of

Journalism are researching how communities deal with

trauma and grief in the aftermath of murder.

B y A d A M A v r a s h i

It takes a community

8 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine I just wanted them to grow up where they defenceless young girl could have been know somebody walking on the street, anyone’s daughter, niece or best friend. where the school is half a block away, Notions like these terrorized that where the teacher calls you before the kids small Canadian community, through- come home, so you already know what out which rumours circulated like a happened. That sort of close-knit com- virulent tornado, destroying every- munity. But when something like this thing in its wake. While the victim’s happens...* family suffered the most, the death of opez L their little girl also affected the en- indy

C er daughter’s best friend was tire community. A lack of support and From left to right: Co-investigators Linda Kay, brutally murdered, the victim leadership from an unprepared local chair of Concordia’s Department of Journalism, of a sordid crime, left in the government and sensationalistic media and Rosemary Reilly, an associate professor H woods only to be discovered weeks later. coverage, among other factors, frac- in Concordia’s Department of Applied Human Sciences. The perpetrator was a resident of the tured the community and cast a shadow small town in which everyone is a neigh- of suspicion over the town. bour and every neighbour is a friend. Rosemary Reilly, Cert 89 (fam. life The town was in a state of shock not only ed.), a Concordia associate professor because the crime was committed by of Applied Human Sciences and direc- someone they knew but also because the tor of Concordia’s Centre for Human It takes a * Excerpts from interview transcripts of individuals who were members of a small Canadian community in which a murder occurred. community

concordia university magazine fall 2010 | 9 Relations and Community Studies, community is even more devastating extensive the impact was on her com- and former Concordia professor Kate than the death of a beloved princess munity. “She told us, ‘I would never Connolly received a research grant in or Hollywood icon, Reilly reports, be- have thought this would be part of my 2006 to look into how traumatic events cause it shatters its members’ idealistic job,’ ” Reilly recalls. But if this new re- like this one affect a community and notions of security. “We rely on com- search has anything to prove, it’s that how a community can avoid fragment- munity; we are connected and defined community leaders must adapt to each ing and actually grow following a trauma. by it. Who we are is very much influ- situation and take on new roles in the Connolly left the project in 2008 to enced by what groups we are members aftermath of trauma. City officials be replaced by current co-investiga- of. Therefore, when we find purpose shouldn’t focus exclusively on gov- tor, Linda Kay, MA (media studies) 01, and satisfaction in life is disrupted and ernance, for example, and classroom chair of Concordia’s Department of tainted by violence, then we have to teachers should be prepared to field Journalism. “There is a lot of research regain this sense of connection and pur- tough questions and provide honest yet that talks about what happens to indi- pose and safety,” Reilly says. appropriate answers. “Teachers aren’t viduals after a trauma,” Reilly says. “But professional psychologists but there are what happens to the neighbourhood and Grief leadership going to be questions about so-and-so community when your next-door neigh- You never think that will happen in your not being at her desk one morning be- bour kills his wife and family? Or when community. You don’t think it’s going to be cause her daddy murdered her, and that there is a shooting at a school that you or on your front doorstep. But then it happens must be addressed,” she says. Another your children go to?” right here, you’re not prepared for that.* recommendation based on the research After examining three separate mur- ders in Canadian communities and interviewing local neighbours, friends, leaders and journalists, Reilly discov- ered three paths a community tends to take following a trauma. As seen in the sordid small-town crime mentioned above, it can debilitate, resulting in residents feeling angry and untrust- ing. Community members can also One of the Concordia researchers’ is that educators or social workers reach pick themselves up and move forward. foremost recommendations is that com- out to parents so they can reflect on The best-case scenario, Reilly re- munity leaders play an integral role in their own feelings and discuss how to ports, is that trauma acts as an impetus the healing process. Religious leaders, broach the subject with their children. for growth that creates cohesiveness government officials, teachers, social Reilly says many parents don’t know and services for people who become workers and members of volunteer or- how to approach their children after a marginalized. ganizations have to step up and lead murder, especially if it involves some- While a community—much like a vic- the way by creating spaces for mourn- one in their child’s class, or worse, a tim’s family—has to be nurtured and ing and opportunities to build support. close friend. provided outlets for grief, it also needs For example, they can nurture the time to heal, Reilly points out. “Murders grieving process by holding public me- Help or hindrance are so devastating to a community. The morials and squelching hurtful gossip. “If it bleeds, it leads.” The common whole idea that within a year you’re “Dispelling rumours is very important, newsroom credo assumes violence and okay is only partially true and that is if particularly in small communities where murder sells. Reilly and Kay found that the death happens in a natural course it can be very destructive. People try to media presence can either drastically of events,” she says. “When it’s vio- make sense by assigning blame, so it’s help or hinder a community following a lent and unexpected, when it deals with because this person is from a particular murder. In the case of the murder of the something outside the normal life cy- ethnic group or social class that the inci- young girl in a small town, journalists cle, it can have very damaging effects.” dent occurred,” she says. “By explaining from neighbouring cities parachuted Communities and their constituents it this way, they remove themselves in and brought chaos to a town that was are also affected even if they don’t know from being part of that group, saying it already reeling from shock. “They de- the victim. “If you think about the reac- will only happen to that type of person. scended upon a small town, parking tion to the death of Princess Di [in a car Gossip is so detrimental to a community trucks on rural roads, rushing from one crash in 1997], people were sobbing and moving forward.” area to another, getting in the way of the crying. Just because they didn’t know In one of the murders examined by police investigation, cornering people her doesn’t mean they weren’t affected the researchers, a mayor sat in on a fo- in the street and shoving microphones by her.” cus group of the town’s residents and in their face,” Reilly says. Yet, an unnatural death in a was taken aback to learn about how Kay, a working journalist for many

10 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine years before arriving at Concordia in dead bodies,” Kay recalls. “Looking back Whether lending a neighbour a cup 1990, says in this case, the media had on my career, I didn’t necessarily always of sugar or providing a shoulder to the worst possible effect on the com- handle things in the best way possible lean on, regular folks, according to the munity, especially since they traveled but I had no one to talk to. Nobody in the research, can make a marked differ- in packs and hunted for the same story. newsroom was talking about this stuff.” ence in how a community copes with “The omnipresence of the TV trucks and To better understand a modern news- traumatic incidences. For example, all that equipment in the centre of the room’s stance on the issue, Kay and few people think about what happens town was invasive and citizens felt they Reilly conducted a focus group with to the teddy bears, flowers and notes couldn’t leave their houses,” Kay says. Montreal journalists, including report- that are left at the site of a murder or “They didn’t want to go for groceries ers and managerial staff. After revealing vigil. In many instances, the stuffed because they were afraid they were going their findings, Kay and Reilly observed animals and messages are thrown out to be corralled to give an interview. They a change in the journalists, who ap- by city workers. However, as Reilly felt like prisoners.” proached their interview subjects with notes in her research, several com- She recommends a shift in the way more sensitivity and were more cognisant munities found ways to honour those journalists—along with their editors and that their presence can be construed expressions of grief. Some donated the producers—approach covering traumas. as invasive. “We identified a higher stuffed animals to needy families, with “It’s usually the youngest [journalists] awareness among the group, which is the consent of the victim’s family. In who are thrust into these situations be- something that didn’t exist in newsrooms one case, the community composted cause they are the general assignment in the ’70s and ’80s,” Kay reports. the flowers and used it to plant a garden

We have such a hard time as a culture in dealing with grief and death that we just want these signs of grief to disappear. So why not create a tradition for com­munity-level mourning? reporters who are sitting around wait- The duo’s research also showed that in the victim’s memory. “We have such ing for something to happen,” Kay says. journalists can actually help a commu- a hard time as a culture in dealing with “It’s only recently that news editors are nity heal and grow. In one case involving grief and death that we just want these beginning to take note that communities a school shooting, the media focused on signs of grief to disappear,” Reilly says. can be very offended by the presence of the way the school community was mov- “So why not create a tradition for com- journalists descending on a town.” To ing forward and rebuilding, covering the munity-level mourning?” teach her Journalism students to get the school’s vigils, memorial scholarships The research project is ongoing. story without being too intrusive or be- and support for local women’s shel- Reilly says she plans to visit more com- traying their own ethics, Kay has been ters instead of focusing on the gunman. munities and, ultimately, use creative gradually implementing role-playing For Kay, who covered the 1989 École avenues to disseminate the findings, activities in the classroom. After acting Polytechnique shootings in Montreal, such as turning some of the interview out a scenario of a journalist covering it is equally as important to write sensi- transcripts into a play and a poem. “We trauma, the class discusses what could tive articles as it is to report the news. do research to make a difference and if have been done better and what ques- “I think that journalists can help in the only academics are going to read it, then tions should have been asked, as well as healing by allowing people to tell their that’s a very limited impact,” she says. those that were too invasive. “You’ve got stories because they feel powerless. I did Ultimately, Reilly and Kay’s project to figure out a way to get the story with- that for Polytechnique by writing an- demonstrates that while it’s incumbent out trampling on anybody or betraying niversary stories that are meaningful; upon community leaders and journalists yourself,” she points out. that remembered these women or talked to do their part in furthering the healing Kay knows firsthand the hardships about gun control and have some kind of process, some of the burden should be young reporters face. At 23, she was part resonance in the aftermath,” she says. shouldered by ordinary people. “It takes of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for lo- a village to raise a child,” Reilly says. cal reporting under deadline at the San Empowered to heal “But it takes a community to heal a com- Diego Evening Tribune for covering the It’s not something that’s over in a year. munity that has undergone a trauma.” 1978 midair collision of a jet plane and a I’m sure that a lot of residents have totally Cessna that resulted in the death of 144 forgotten about it. But for the people that Adam Avrashi is a Concordia Journalism people. “It was crazy because I was seeing were very close, that knew her, that’s never student and freelance writer. things I had never seen in my life, seeing really going to go away.*

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n the movie The students to capture raw data; anything After developing a passion for the Hangover, three that could be used for the final project. city’s history as well, Cucinelli was sur- groomsmen wake up “I told them, ‘Whatever you take, make prised to learn there were others like in a Las Vegas, Nev., sure it is from your eyes, from your per- her who had adopted a scholarly ap- hotel room after a spective,’ ” Cucinelli says. proach to Vegas. “I thought it was just I night of carousing to She also gave the students the full something that I liked and then I real- discover a baby in the academic treatment, such as visits to ized there was a whole academic field to closet, a tiger in the bath- conferences, lectures and museums to it—people were actually studying it. And room and a police cruiser parked explore the history and design of Sin I’ve noticed over the years, since the under their name. And one groomsman City. But in true Hangover fashion, a fair CSI boom, a lot more has been written, is missing a tooth. bit of spur-of-the-moment folly was not just in terms of architecture but also The Hangover became a surprise hit also on the curriculum. about its clients and the history of spe- in 2009. Even more surprising: it in- cific hotels,” she notes. spired Giuliana Cucinelli, BA (comm. Scholarly perspective But in December 2009, Las studies) 03, and her 13 Concordia Cucinelli, who is completing her PhD Vegas was just a peripheral glint in Communication Studies students to dissertation on youth media activism Cucinelli‘s vision until her students in a embark on a whirlwind, five-day trip at McGill University, has been a Communication Studies media lab be- of their own to Las Vegas at the start of lecturer at Concordia’s Department of gan discussing architectural design. “I May. While the group frequented ca- Communication Studies since 2008 and said to them, ‘The ultimate experience sinos off the strip, they actually spent a Vegas aficionado since her first trip for anyone studying design—graphic de- HANGOVER precious little time at the gambling there in 2001. sign or any kind—is to visit a place like tables. Unlike the movie’s main charac- It was Communication Studies pro- Las Vegas,’ ” she recalls. “And then one ters, the students set out to admire the fessor Nikos Metallinos who first urged student said, ‘Why don’t we organize a architecture, visual mastery and dynam- her to visit Nevada and witness the trip to Vegas?’ ” ic history that only a city like Las Vegas grandeur of the city, as well as attend Cucinelli left it up to her inquisitive exudes in such excess. a conference on broadcast education. students to plan the journey. It wasn’t They documented the trip by Heeding that advice, Cucinelli flew long before she selected a group of 13 photographing and filming their sur- down with her parents and began her design- and media-minded students. roundings—including the incandescent love affair with Las Vegas’s sky-high, yet With the administration’s stamp of ap- Eiffel Tower outside the Paris Hotel and delicately crafted architecture. “At the proval, flights were booked and bags the musically themed fountain displays time, Vegas wasn’t popular like it is to- were packed, while Cucinelli held regu- of the Bellagio Hotel—fodder for an day. What made it really popular were lar meetings and assigned readings; interactive documentary film to be com- shows like CSI, which really boosted its after all, this was an educational trip. pleted this fall. Cucinelli instructed her image,” Cucinelli says. The group booked a large suite at

Most of the time, people don’t know what gaming is; they think it’s checkers or video games. But Giuliana’s students were really sharp and they got a lot out of the visit.

12 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine Communication Studies teacher Giuliana Cucinelli led 13 students through a five-day learning spree in Las Vegas

PEDAGOGICAL HANGOVER in Sin City

concordia university magazine fall 2010 | 13 Las Vegas sites: above, Giuliana Cucinelli’s Communication Studies students visit Las Vegas’s Neon Museum; opposite page, from left to right: Cucinelli; at the Neon Museum; and at the Center for Gambling Research.

Planet Hollywood so everyone could University of Nevada, Las Vegas. student Adam Zampini. “It was inter- room together. To help fund their ac- They visited the Center for Gambling esting to hear Dr. Schwartz talk about commodations, student Barbara Research housed in the university’s casino design and how it relates to basic Radziwon suggested selling cupcakes. library and met David Schwartz, communications theory, like consent, Soon, bake sales (which included treats the centre’s director. “Students are navigation, surveillance and the works from Cucinelli’s mother and grand- sometimes surprised by how much of a of [Michel] Foucault and [Michel de] mother) sprang up around the Loyola business Las Vegas is. It involves a lot Certeau,” Zampini says. “But really, Campus and more than $1,100 was of math, like calculating the odds of the Vegas just comes down to humans’ nev- raised. games and trying to guess occupancy er-ending fascination with light. It’s all Cucinelli says the suite didn’t disap- rates at hotels and trying to determine about the stimulation.” point. “It was humongous, something how much you can charge,” Schwartz Part of that stimulation lies in the like 7,000 square feet with two bed- says. “Most of the time, people don’t centre’s study of casino carpets, through rooms,” she describes. “And 13 people know what gaming is; they think it’s which the students observed that certain crammed in, sleeping on cots. We got a checkers or video games. But Giuliana’s patterns are meant to stimulate gam- pretty sweet suite.” students were really sharp and it seems blers, make them feel like they are at a Radziwon confirms the hotel’s gran- they got a lot out of the visit because they party or even lead them to specific tables deur and resemblance to a certain film. took the real-life stuff and combined it and slots. “You walk in and you expect a hotel with with what they were doing in class.” The students tested these theories a TV and two beds. But it was so over the The centre, while not a museum, is for themselves, hopping from casino to top—with purple couches, overlook- open to the public, hosts collections casino to observe critical details over- ing the Bellagio fountains—and you of casino artefacts and preserves re- looked by most tourists. “The carpet and automatically think of The Hangover,” search materials for scholarly analyses wall patterns definitively navigate you Radziwon says. of gambling and gaming issues. The and there is a distinct lack of landmarks, students also received some hands- which is meant to confuse you, almost Science behind Sin City on experience—they even got to pull like a hall of mirrors,” Zampini says. To deepen their appreciation of the the lever of one of the still-functional, “It gave me an appreciation for branding history of Las Vegas—from its mob-run original Flamingo Hotel slot ma- and manipulation.” beginnings in the 1940s and 1950s chines—and gained insight into the Radziwon says she also noticed in- to the increasingly pervasive roles of behind-the-scenes, psychological and fluences, such as the smells and lack government and large corporations— communications intricacies. of chairs at most gambling hot spots. Cucinelli took her students to the The visit left a strong impression on “They use different scents that make

14 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine you want to stay longer in the casinos. signs in the world,” Cucinelli points out. that she was taken aback to discover that The Wynn Hotel had a very strong va- “Moulin Rouge was also the first hotel in the highlight of her trip wasn’t visiting the nilla scent which I found to be a little Vegas that allowed African-Americans hotels or museums but something more too much,” Radziwon explains. “Also, to stay in their hotel, one of the few that profound. “The last day, when we were at if you want to sit down, you need to sit Sammy Davis Jr. could sleep in while the the airport waiting at the gate to go home, at a gambling table or slot machine. We rest of the Rat Pack stayed at the Sands I realized that for five days I was able to picked up on all these small, psycho- or elsewhere.” transfer something that I loved to other logical details.” The five-day excursion, while orga- people, to special people. I think I grew as The students also ventured to the nized around educational outings, did a person and as a teacher,” she says. non-profit Neon Museum (also known allow for some revelry. From casino Cucinelli’s three-year contract as a as the Boneyard), where vintage ho- pool-hopping to taking in the Beatles- lecturer in the Communication Studies tel and casino signs are preserved and inspired, Cirque du Soleil show called department ends this year. “I’d love to displayed in an outdoor, junkyard set- LOVE at the Mirage Hotel, the students teach at Concordia for the rest of my ting. Cucinelli, who visited the Boneyard found time to cut loose. After all, what’s life. I don’t think there is any university for the first time with her mother a few the point of being in Vegas if you can’t in the world or any department in the years ago, understood that it wasn’t for indulge? world like Communication Studies; it’s There is a distinct lack of landmarks, which is meant to confuse you, almost like a hall of mirrors. It gave me an appreciation for branding and manipulation.

everyone. “My mother said, ‘They’re Documenting the experience just a good place to be,” she says. “When just neon signs!’ ” she recalls. Most lo- Now that Cucinelli and her students are I wake up in the morning and teach cals don’t even know of its existence. back in Montreal, they’re compiling classes, I don’t feel like I’m working.” Cucinelli reports that, thankfully, her their Vegas data and applying it toward Cucinelli and her students are or- students were just as excited to visit it as an interactive, documentary project. ganizing another trip to Las Vegas next she was. They’re working with editing software summer that will include a road trip to Cucinelli adds that the Moulin Rouge that allows the end-user to create his or Los Angeles, yet another resemblance Hotel sign really struck her and her stu- her own storyboard from the images. to the ubiquitous Hangover, which “is dents as being something special, not “So it’s not just sit down and press play,” always in the back of your mind when only for its cursive typography and mas- Radziwon explains. planning the trip,” says student Adam sive scale but also for what it represents. As for Cucinelli, she plans to write a pa- Zampini. “We just don’t want to wake up “It was designed by the same woman, per about the experience. “My aim, once with a tooth missing!” Betty Willis, who designed the Welcome my dissertation is done, is to write a book to Las Vegas sign; it’s significant that a about Vegas, including the whole histori- Adam Avrashi is a Concordia Journalism woman created one of the most popular cal aspect of it,” Cucinelli says, adding student and freelance writer.

concordia university magazine fall 2010 | 15 In June, more than 4,800 students became proud Concordia graduates. Meet four outstanding, award-winning new alumni. a ed U o k uni K

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Exceptional in every The honours, Ueda adds, are an encouraging side effect of language having a supportive environment in which she could embrace the learning experience. “All the instructors I met here were so ow many different ways can you say “exceptional?” helpful that I enjoyed studying. I think completing my degree Kuniko Ueda, BA 09, can say it in a few different here prepared me for my career well. I can add something spe- languages—and tell you each word’s origins, to boot. cial to my résumé,” she says. But Ueda doesn’t have to say it. She is it. Charles Reiss, a professor of Classics, Modern Languages A native of Japan, in 2007 Ueda came to Concordia, where and Linguistics, reports that Concordia’s linguistics program her passion for languages prompted her to complete her degree is Canada’s largest, which makes Ueda’s achievements more in Modern Languages and Linguistics with great distinc- impressive. “Kuniko stood out in our dynamic group as the tion. With an impressive 4.28 GPA, she captured the Governor one who excelled in everything, from mastering the physics of General’s Silver Medal (awarded to the highest-ranking stu- sound to uncovering the mathematical structure of complex dent at the undergraduate data and even grasping the level) and the Rytsa Tobias While she is not a typical student, implications of linguistics Medal (conferred on the for psychology, biology and highest-ranking student Kuniko represents the diversity of philosophy. While she is graduating with a BA). In background and constant surprises certainly not a typical stu- 2008-09, she also received dent, Kuniko represents a Concordia University 25th that are typical of our students. the diversity of background Anniversary Scholarship. and constant surprises that “I could say that my choice of school was right. Exploring lin- are typical of our students,” Reiss says. guistics at Concordia was an amazing experience for me,” Ueda While Ueda graduated in fall 2009, she wasn’t able to at- says. “It completely changed my idea about language.” tend convocation because she was in Japan to give birth to her Winning these prestigious prizes came as a welcome sur- daughter. “What makes getting the awards so special to me is my prise, she admits. “When I received a letter about the awards, I daughter. I’m very glad to celebrate it with my little girl,” Ueda did not even know of their existence,” Ueda says. “My husband says. Motherhood is keeping Ueda quite busy but she’s looking was more excited than I was and he started telling me about the forward to putting the knowledge she’s gathered at Concordia to Governor General. I gradually realized that I was getting quite good use. “I hope I will have a chance to take advantage of what I big awards.” learned, such as doing research in the linguistic field,” she says. —Russ Cooper

16 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine Putting the “extra” in extracurricular o hear Evelyne L’Archevêque, BComm 10, tell it, she had much to learn when she enrolled in the John Molson School of Business (JMSB) Finance Co-op program. “I didn’t know a lot about finance,” L’Archevêque admits. Clearly, that’s no longer the case. L’Archevêque graduated from the prestigious Kenneth Woods Portfolio Management Program (KWPMP) and recently began a full- time position as an investment banking analyst with National Bank Financial in Montreal, where she interned last August for her third work term. L’Archevêque earned a Normand D. Hébert Scholarship on admission to the Finance Co-op program and getting paid for her work terms freed her financially to engage in educational extracurricular activities. From the start, she took part in case competitions and joined the executive Not only did she perform with great of the Finance and Investment Students Association (FISA). “I made good friends distinction in her coursework, she and I learned a lot about finance from my also performed with great distinction peers,” L’Archevêque says. By her third year, she’d gone to leading in her extracurricular activities. from learn­ing, becoming FISA’s presi- dent and mentoring newcomers at case Evelyne L’Archevêque makes a competitions. Sanket Patel, BComm 10, a classmate and fellow case for all-around participation. FISA executive member, says he was impressed the moment Among other accomplishments, he interviewed L’Archevêque to join the FISA team. “Evelyne L’Archevêque served as president of the Finance and Investment is probably the most dynamic individual I met in my four years Students Association and was a at the JMSB. Whether she was organizing a cocktail for FISA or student in the Kenneth Woods working on a project for her classes, she always enjoyed what Portfolio Management Program. she was doing,” Patel says. L’Archevêque advises new students to explore related pur- suits. “People don’t realize how many skills we learn that way and employers really look at these things,” she says. These projects also instilled in her a work ethic she knows will serve her well professionally. “As part of all these extracurricular ac- tivities and school, I really had to be on the ball.” And she was— spending three consecutive years on the Dean’s List and graduating with great distinction. But perhaps L’Archevêque’s biggest accomplishment was clinching a coveted spot in the KWPMP, where students man- age a real-life investment portfolio (now worth about $1.4 million). Abraham Brodt, the program’s director and a pro- fessor of Finance, says L’Archevêque was a valuable addition. “Evelyne did excellent work as a member of the Kenneth Woods Portfolio Management Program and various case competition teams. Not only did she perform with great distinction in her coursework, she also performed with great distinction in her extra-curricular activities.” L’Archevêque calls the KWPMP one of Concordia’s best pro- grams. “You’re really put out there in the business world. You ersity v meet people and get great experience,” she says. “Without the ni U

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concordia university magazine fall 2010 | 17 Formula for success ercival Graham, BEng 10, thinks he knows the formula for achieving both academic and athletic success. Over the course of his four years at Concordia, the former Mechanical Engineering Co-op student reveals he developed a basic system that has worked for him every time. “You put Percival Graham excelled on the in your hours at the gym, you put in your hours at school,” rugby pitch and in the classroom. Graham says. It’s a simple ethos that allowed him to keep his GPA hovering at the 4.2 mark while shining on the field as a scrumhalf for the Stingers rugby squad. Graham’s rugby coach, Clive Gibson, says the student- athlete was an asset to the team because of his hard work and rigour. “The fact that Percy was able to balance his commit- ment that he made to rugby with the work that he needed to do to maintain first-class honours in his academic pursuits, all the while pursuing unimaginable job opportunities through the Co-op program, is extraordinary,” Gibson says. Graham’s ability to balance academics and athletics yielded a slew of awards on both sides. At the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science convocation June 23 at Montreal’s Place des Arts, Graham collected the Mechanical Engineering Medal for the highest GPA. In April, he received the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) Gold Medal for outstand- ing academic achievement. And at the annual Athletic Awards ceremony on April 10, he won the President’s Academic Award for top male student-athlete and an Award of Distinction for career contributions to his team. As well, for each of his four years at the university—the last of which he served as VP Academic of the Concordia chapter of the CSME—he received the Norman D. Hébert Scholarship in Engineering and ap- peared on the Dean’s List. Graham also landed internships at the National Research Council, Rolls Royce and the Concordia Institute of Aerospace Design and Innovation. In June, he travelled to Victoria, B.C., phy where he displayed his Capstone (final year) project, a small- a scale (5’ x 10’) wind tunnel built to study ice build-up. This fall, hotogr P

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Did it take a lot of hard work? “It did and it didn’t,” Graham u a l admits. “By my third semester, I realized I could just get A plus B n a y all the time if I wanted to. It sounds arrogant, but the classes R are all structured the same in a way. I always found the material interesting so if I studied the same way, I could always My coach thought I was approaching get good grades. My coach [Gibson] thought I was ap- school and rugby the same way. proaching school and rugby But it’s easier to cram for an exam the same way, which is kind of true. But it’s easier to than it is to cram to get in shape. cram for an exam than it is to cram to get in shape.” Did we mention he’s known for doing handstand push-ups? “It ties in with the whole thing,” he laughs. “I like to have fun and be entertained.” —Russ Cooper

18 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine Caroline Boileau (extreme left) performed as part of Women With Kitchen Appliances during Congress 2010. ersity v ni U

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Making it happen two J.W. McConnell Memorial Graduate Fellowships. And in y the time convocation rolled around in late June, 2008, she brought home the Bourse d’études Hydro Québec Caroline Boileau, MFA 10, deserved a break. Boileau (awarded to an outstanding full-time graduate student in was actively involved May 28 to June 4 in the 2010 Arts and Science, Fine Arts or the John Molson School of Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences as assistant Business) and the Carolyn and Richard Renaud Teaching to the convenor. And like the consummate multi-tasker, she Assistantship Award. was completing her MFA in Studio Arts and buying her first Her credentials landed her a job during Congress 2010 as home while taking care of her eight-year-old son. assistant to Academic Convenor Ronald Rudin, helping to Boileau’s soft skills came facilitate the biggest across in her art as well. As It seemed like a lot of fun being event in Concordia’s a multidisciplinary artist, immersed in the community and history. Rudin, a pro- Boileau’s work revolves around fessor of History and how we depict, inhabit and having the opportunity to focus Concordia University talk about the body through a Research Fellow, medical or historical lens using on research and practice. says Boileau was performance, drawing, instal- much more of a lation, video or photography. Before starting her master’s colleague than an assistant. “She had the ability to take charge in 2006, Boileau spent 11 years as a practising artist with a of projects and see them to the end,” Rudin says. “And her BFA from the Université du Québec de Montréal (UQÀM). skills as an artist helped us out on numerous occasions. To top She also held residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts this all off, she is a kind and generous person. Working with in Alberta in 1999 and at the Fundación Municipal de Gijón her was a real pleasure.” in Spain in 2002-03. Between the two, Boileau and her hus- Boileau says the practical experience proved valuable. band, artist Stéphane Gilot, welcomed the birth of their son, “The best thing about Congress was that I got to meet so many Adrien, in 2001. people I wouldn’t have met any other way,” she says, citing the While she admits she was happy about the respite from uni- connection she made with Communication Studies Professor versity life for more than one decade, the pull to return to an Elizabeth Miller and her Life Stories project. “My art practice academic setting was irresistible. “It seemed like a lot of fun is largely based on storytelling and it was fascinating to see how being immersed in the community and having the opportu- the Life Stories project collects stories for different purposes,” nity to focus on research and practice,” Boileau says. With Boileau says. “I was really touched by many of those projects.” Concordia as her first choice, she was able to do both excep- She now plans to spend as much time as she can in her tionally well. From 2006 to 2008, Boileau received funding studio to work on installations for the Biennale internationale from the Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la du lin in Portneuf, Quebec, in spring 2011 and at the Galerie culture, programme de réintégration à la recherche and won de l’UQÀM in 2012.

concordia university magazine fall 2010 | 19 FacultySpotlight F i n e A RTS

In September 2009, students in Silvy Panet-Raymond’s Creative Process in Dance class took to the streets of downtown Montreal for a flash mob performance.

Concordia’s performing arts departments usher in new era in city centre

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hen Concordia’s Department of Contemporary Dance moved to the Sir George Williams Campus from the Loyola Campus last year, Silvy Panet-Raymond, a Fine Arts’ new theatre studio on the 7th floor professor of Contemporary Dance, says the positive effect was of the John Molson School of Business Building. immediate. “Last September, my class and I created a flash mob performance as part of a global event on climate change. Within five minutes of the performance in front of the EV Building [on Ste. Catherine St.], a Concordia photographer was New performing arts facilities taking shots and the event made the front page of the Journal [the Concordia faculty and staff newspaper],” reports Panet- Concordia’s departments of Contemporary Dance, Theatre and Raymond, who is also a contemporary dance artist. “It’s more Music occupy new facilities located in the John Molson School spontaneous. Events like the flash mob fostered stimulating of Business and Guy Metro buildings. The facilities include: discussions with the public, who discovered another aspect of dance.” ƒƒ Two standard dance studios with sprung floors In August 2009, the departments of Contemporary Dance ƒƒ Large dance studio with full lighting grid (Black Box) and Theatre were forced to vacate their Loyola Campus quar- ƒƒ Four acting studios with sprung floors ters due to an abrupt lease termination. This summer, the ƒƒ Video-recording, projection and integrated sound systems Department of Music joined them downtown. Now, all three ƒƒ Two design classrooms, which include a lighting lab performing arts departments are housed in stunning new fa- ƒƒ New costume shop cilities designed for their needs. ƒƒ Jazz, electroacoustic, classical and choir “smart” classrooms Spacious, well-equipped theatre and dance studios are lo- with networked multimedia, mixing, recording and playback cated on the 7th floor of the John Molson School of Business capabilities (JMSB) Building. The music facilities, one floor above, were ƒƒ Electroacoustic studios, including an octophonic studio designed in consultation with an acoustician. There are curved ƒƒ Recording room and control booth walls, humidity controls for instruments and wired classrooms ƒƒ Soundproofed practice modules for solo or ensemble use and labs. Students have access to 27 new pianos, including six ƒƒ Keyboard lab featuring 16 keyboards concert grands. (See sidebar for full details.) ƒƒ 27 new pianos, including six concert grands Theatre design classrooms, the costume shop and faculty

20 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine Fine Arts at Congress 2010

Fine Arts faculty members and graduate students presented a wide range of research creation at the 2010 Congress of F i n e A RTS the Humanities and Social Sciences, held May 28 to June 4 at Concordia.

ƒƒ Sandeep Bhagwati (Music and Theatre) and roving musicians brought music to the university’s corridors with the Nexus project. ƒƒ Barbara Layne (Studio Arts) received more than 2,700 internet postings following the launch of her research, Wearable Absence. ƒƒ Thomas Waugh (Cinema) and MA in Film Studies student Marcin Wisniewski produced MontrealOnScreen to great acclaim. ƒƒ Many more events and presentations in the FOFA Gallery, Hexagram Black Box and other Concordia venues captured the imagination and interest of nearly 9,000 delegates.

To view Congress video highlights, visit concordia.ca/congress2010/videos.php

and administrative offices are located across the street on the 5th floor of the Guy Metro Building. The nearby D.B. Clarke Theatre, in the Henry F. Hall Building, is undergoing a ma- Musicians performed in and around jor refurbishment. The departments will also keep using some the university during Congress Loyola Campus facilities, including the Oscar Peterson Concert 2010 as part of the Nexus project. Hall, F.C. Smith Auditorium and Cazalet Studio. Mark Sussman, the Department of Theatre’s acting chair and a theatre artist and scholar who specializes in the animation of Two new graduate programs will promote an interdisciplin- public space, shares Panet-Raymond’s enthusiasm. “The qual- ary approach to performance that emphasizes new media as ity of the studio spaces is fantastic. They provide an excellent a fundamental part of contemporary practice. The Graduate environment for interdisciplinary teaching, performance and Certificate in Creative Practices in Technical Production research,” says Sussman. “The professional community is no- for Live Performance, which integrates advanced multi- ticing the new spaces. Our connection to the local arts scene disciplinary technical knowledge and the creative process, is strong and we are attracting top international guest art- will welcome its first students in fall 2011. The Master of Fine ists. This means more visibility for the work of our students,” Arts in Interdisciplinary Performance is still in development. Sussman says. The Faculty of Fine Arts’ long-term goal is to consolidate Canada Research Chair Sandeep Bhagwati, whose acclaimed all its departments in the Mother House of the Grey Nuns of research utilizes digital technology to create events that com- Montreal on René Lévesque Boulevard. In the meantime, the bine musical composition, scenic design and theatre, agrees performing arts departments are benefitting from the gener- that being centrally located will boost visibility. “The arts world osity of the JMSB, temporarily sharing space that had not been is downtown. We are now part of that spectrum,” Bhagwati says. slated for immediate occupancy. Funding from the Canadian “We can attend more shows and more people can come to us. and Quebec governments’ Knowledge Infrastructure Program The profile of the three performing arts departments is being made the re-location possible. raised within the university and the community.” Gazing out over the Montreal skyline, Panet-Raymond’s ex- Proximity to key fine arts research hubs like the FOFA citement for her new home is evident. “To be able to look over Gallery and Hexagram Institute, both located in the the city and beyond, from the 7th floor, is a real source of inspi- Engineering, Computer Science and Fine Arts Integrated ration,” she says. “Plus, I get to bicycle to work, finally.” Complex, also makes it possible for professors and graduate students to expand their research-creation capabilities, espe- Dozens of music, dance and theatre events are open to the public. cially those that focus on new media, for which Concordia is For details, visit: music.concordia.ca / theatre.concordia.ca / emerging as a leader. dance.concordia.ca

concordia university magazine fall 2010 | 21 A l l i n t h e fa m i ly

Concordia and its founding institutions, Sir George Williams University and Loyola College,

have been home to countless parents, spouses, siblings or children who also

attended the university. We introduce you to four of those families.

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The Adams Family, Ste. Catherine Street, getting paper cuts,” had no choice but to oblige. “He asked Concordia style Heather recalls. Kathy did many of the me to shine his shoes. Never did it same part-time jobs around Concordia again,” Anne says, chuckling. hey’re creepy and they’re kooky, during her studies. Working at the uni- There were few women at Sir George mysterious and spooky... oops, versity was a natural progression because Williams when Anne attended in the T wrong Adams family! their late father, Kenneth Adams, S BSc 1940s. She says she planned to study Concordia’s Adams family is a far cry (chem.) 47, was Concordia’s registrar at fine arts but her father was dead set from the macabre creatures created by the time and their mother was a Fine Arts against it. “My father figured there was cartoonist Charles Addams. Indeed, staff member. no future in art for a woman,” she says. they couldn’t be a livelier bunch. “Do Asked why they never left the uni- But after earning a degree in chemis- we have to touch each other?” Heather versity, the Adams women respond in try, Anne decided to pursue her passion Adams, BA 90, Cert 95, asked dur- unison with a resounding, “It’s a fam- and earned a BA in fine arts. She started ing a recent photo shoot. “People who ily!” Kathy adds that when you start working in science research labs out- know us will know it’s staged,” quipped working at Concordia, you never want to side the university but then landed a job her sister, Kathy Adams, BComm 87, leave. “If you look in the staff directory, at the Sir George Williams bookstore MBA 89, eliciting chuckles from their you’ll see all the same names. There are and eventually moved to Fine Arts. “I’ve 82-year-old mother, Anne, S BSc so many families that work here togeth- done everything,” Anne says, to which (chem.) 49, S BA (fine arts) 50. er. It’s a great place to be,” she says. her daughters add in tandem, “and what The mother-daughter trio share a spe- Ken and Anne’s Concordia histo- she hasn’t done, we’ve done!” cial bond: each studied at Concordia and ry runs deep. They met on a staircase Ken Adams also graduated from sci- worked at the university after graduating. of what was then Sir George Williams ence and promptly did an about-face, Kathy is now a student affairs counsellor College, she a freshman with shoe pol- opting to pursue a music degree from for the Faculty of Fine Arts and Heather ish in her hand, he a senior asking for McGill University. He then taught the is executive assistant to the dean of the a shoe shine. It was hazing week for history of music from the early 1950s Faculty of Arts and Science. “I got my the frosh men and women and Anne, at Sir George Williams until the 1990s first summer job at 16, stuffing registra- decked out in a fruit-basket hat with at Concordia. In 1974, he became tion packages in a little dusty room on ribbons securely tied under her chin, Concordia’ registrar, a position he held

22 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine for more than a decade. Kathy remem- Basketball stars prepare 2008, met 10 years ago when they were bers it well. “My fondest memory at to welcome newborns newly minted international students at Concordia is probably my father giving Concordia. Their first encounter was in me my degree onstage,” she says. “His t’s the middle of July and the an Economics 319 class, International signature is on my degree. I remember sweltering heat has finally gotten to Economic Policy of Institutions—hardly walking across the stage and I was so I Evelyn Rusita, BA (econ.) 02. Evelyn a topic that incites candle-lit dinners nervous that I almost ran past the rector, is from Uganda and is not accustomed and long walks on the beach. The cou- who was capping the students, to get to to the Toronto humidity, something that ple first spoke when Armel was late to my dad on the other end.” her husband, Armel Kitieu, BComm class and asked to borrow notes from his Ken also was able to hand Heather her (fin.) 02, a native of Cameroon, is more future wife. It wasn’t immediately fire- degree even after retiring as registrar. than able to tolerate. Evelyn, however, works and dreamy stares—they started Heather hopes that one day she’ll step also happens to be nine months off as good friends. But Evelyn reveals onstage and present a Concordia degree pregnant with the couple’s first child. that she couldn’t seem to shake the im- to her children, who are now in high That’s more than some vapour rub and age of her Economics 319 stud, who also school. “At the convocations, if a fam- a sturdy ceiling fan can fix. Luckily, played basketball for the Concordia ily member is a faculty or staff member, Evelyn’s mother is on her way from Stingers. “We studied together in the they can give their child their degree Uganda and, while she can’t change the library sometimes but there were al- onstage,” Heather says. “So part of me weather, her six-month stay with the ways photos of him playing basketball wouldn’t mind if my children come to young couple will provide much-needed and articles about him in the school pa- Concordia so I could do that too... No relief. per. He was everywhere and very cute,” pressure!” Evelyn and Armel, who married in Evelyn says. The following summer, the

Pictured clockwise, from top left: Heather, Kathy and Anne on the Loyola Campus grounds. The Adams also have a well-known Concordia relative, Douglass Burns (D.B.) Clarke, after whom Concordia’s main theatre is named. Clarke’s wife Dorothy, S BA 64— who died earlier this year—was Kathy and Heather’s aunt. They shared a touching moment with Dorothy two years ago when Heather’s children performed in the D.B. Clarke Theatre. “It was surreal. My aunt was beaming,” Heather says. opez L indy C published (he recently produced five videos about the building of Montreal’s Victoria Bridge). But while Hugh trudges through the daily grind, his thoughts are on his family and their reunion, which at the time was only weeks away. Born in Scotland, Hugh moved to Canada with his mother and sister when he was nine years old. As a new immi- grant, fitting in was tough and Hugh says he barely made it out of grade school. “I could count in pounds, shillings and pence but I didn’t know what a decimal point was,” he recalls. However, once he arrived at Montreal’s D’Arcy McGee High School, Hugh took to his math and Above: The 2000-01 Concordia science courses, which landed him a Stingers basketball team, with scholarship in sciences and pre-engi- Armel Kitieu seated second neering at Loyola College. “The sciences from left and Réal Kitieu seated fourth from left. Left: are very logical and there is no subtlety Evelyn Rusita and Armel to them, there are no double meanings Kitieu at their 2002 Concordia like in literature or history. Science is convocation. very straightforward and easy,” he says. With an insatiable appetite for learn- ing—he acutally reads textbooks for two became an item and have since been in his footsteps when he was making fun—Hugh rose to the top of his class at inseparable. good choices. “That’s why he joined me Loyola. His fondest memories of uni- Armel is now a portfolio manager at in Canada, then at Concordia, then the versity life, however, are far removed Caldwell Investment Management Ltd. Stingers,” Réal says. “Although, I won- from atoms and molecular compounds. in Toronto and Evelyn just began her der why he didn’t get as tall as me...” “I was very keen on going out with girls. maternity leave from her job as a project With their baby’s room painted and But I never went to anything but dances manager for Service Canada. But they furnished, Armel and Evelyn had time that were organized by the university. aren’t the only Kitieu family expecting to reflect on the place where they met. Although generally, you danced with a a visit from the stork. Armel’s brother, “My favourite memory is the begin- girl in your arms, there was none of this Réal Kitieu, BA (econ.) 01, and his fian- ning of the school year, when Concordia business where people just stand there cée Pamela, also have a baby on the way. holds Homecoming. It’s such a celebra- and do this,” he says, flailing his arms The two brothers seem to mimic each tion and I love the walk to the Loyola in the air. others’ life choices: Réal was the first to Campus,” says Armel. For Evelyn, In 1958, Hugh met his future wife, move to Canada and study at Concordia the recollection is more bittersweet. Josephine (Jo), at a dance at the and the first to join the Stingers. Unlike “Graduation stands out the most be- University of Notre Dame in South his younger sibling, Réal stuck to bas- cause all my closest friends were there Bend, Ind., where they were both pur- ketball. At 6’ 9”, he now plays centre and I knew it would be the last time for suing doctoral degrees. Jo, who was for a semi-professional Belgian basket- a while that we would be all together,” specializing in theology, was the assis- ball team, although he is soon heading she says. tant to the dean of students and served towards his basketball retirement. “I as a chaperone for the college dances. always hoped he would be a professional Reuniting the McQueens “We had a lot of fun,” Hugh says. “She basketball player one day, otherwise it liked dancing as well as I did.” would have been a waste of heart and ugh McQueen, L BSc The McQueens married in South Bend drive, as well as height,” Armel says, (engineering) 54, sits in his and Hugh began teaching at Sir George adding that there was never any com- H Concordia office surrounded Williams University a few years later. petition between the brothers when by piles of textbooks, putting the final This summer, their family reunion in they were Stingers, “but I was always touches to his book on hot-working Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains will the more handsome one.” Réal, who aluminum. The Mechanical and mark the couple’s 51st wedding anni- now works in the finance department of Industrial Engineering professor versary with the families of their six a Belgian telecommunications company, emeritus, now 77, is still working children, including Peter, BA (econ. shoots back that Armel only followed diligently to have his latest work & west. soc. cult.) 87, a Montreal city

24 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine councillor; Monica, a crown prosecu- Tanzania so it would have been difficult another credential: they’re Concordia tor in Halifax, N.S., and Carol, BA (hist. for Christian to come with.” grads. In fact, Todd has a long family & west. soc. cult.) 95, who works for The family getaway revolved mostly history with the university: two of his the Department of Foreign Affairs and around swimming and hanging out by sisters and his dad are alumni. International Trade Canada in Ottawa. the lake. Hugh beams when he talks Todd’s father, Leonard, S BComm In November 2009, Peter was elected about his grandkids. He remembers 71, MBA 75, arrived in Canada from the city councillor for Montreal’s Notre- Calista’s first Easter egg hunt, when Netherlands in the 1950s. He enrolled Dame-de-Grâce district. He works for the family let her hide the eggs herself. at Sir George Williams to study busi- Moisson Montréal and is a member of “When we came back to see where she ness. “Growing up, all I remember is the board of directors of Dépôt alimen- had hidden them, she had lined them up him being at work during the day and at taire NDG, two Montreal food banks. perfectly in the garden,” Hugh recalls, Concordia at night, and he was always Monica, after attending Concordia for laughing. While he is an accomplished really proud of it because his parents four years in applied social sciences, was professor and researcher (having pub- didn’t have any education so he was al- admitted to Dalhousie Law School, which lished more than 450 metallurgical ways a huge advocate of going to school,” led her to practice as crown prosecutor. papers), the only subject that immedi- Todd recalls. Carol, a Rhodes Scholar, holds a PhD ately brings a smile to Hugh’s face is his Leonard subsequently became an ex- in international relations from Oxford family. ecutive for Bell Canada Enterprises, University in the United Kingdom. She where he worked for 37 years be- has worked for the United Nations in Educating the fore retiring in 2001. He now lives in Africa, where she met and married her van der Heydens Spain and is remarried and pursu- Rwandan-born husband, Christian ing a joint Business Administration Kananura. They now live in Ottawa with odd van der Heyden, GrDip PhD from University of Bradford in the their two-year-old daughter, Calista. 04, sits inside the chilly, CTV United Kingdom and TiasNimbas in the Christian received his citizenship in July T Montreal television studio Netherlands. “Learning is an enjoyable, after a lengthy process that “is extremely alongside veteran co-anchor Mutsumi satisfying and lifetime-long endeavour bureaucratic and slow,” Carol says. “A Takahashi, BA 79, MBA 95, preparing which, as an aside, plays into my mantra permanent resident has the same rights the pre-taped opening for the evening’s of ‘do as I do, not just as I say,’ ” Leonard as a citizen but you can’t vote and you newscast. Before the cameras roll, they explains. don’t have a Canadian passport. It was discuss the day’s lead story: a report on Todd, the youngest of four children, complicated for us because I’m a foreign the 1985 Air India Flight 182 bombing. says he only considered becoming a service officer and I’m being deployed to Many aren’t aware that the two share journalist after taking a personality

Left: Carol McQueen and Christian Kananura at their 2005 wedding in Kenya. Below: Hugh and Josephine McQueen’s 1959 wedding photo, taken at a hotel near the Sacred Heart Catholic Church on the University of Notre Dame campus, where they got married alongside another couple in a double ceremony. Their wedding picture was published in the South Bend Tribune.

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Above: CTV Montreal news co-anchor Todd van der Heyden relaxes on the news set. Right: The van der Heydens reunited in Vancouver in 2009 (from left to right): Wendy, Todd, Karen, Leonard, Melanie and Cindy.

test while at a Montreal CEGEP. After Education at he earned a bachelor’s degree in the University Journalism at Ottawa’s Carleton of Ottawa. “I University in 1996, he returned to was accepted Montreal and worked in Bell Canada’s at Concordia as corporate communications department. a mature student, at the ripe old age of affiliate, CTV Montreal, co-anchoring But Todd says he soon realized that he 21,” Cindy says. “To this day, I remem- both the noon and evening weekday missed journalism and, much like his ber those profs who took time away from newscasts, Todd has his feet deeply father, he yearned to return to school. the course syllabus to teach us how to planted in the city. While this makes In 1998, Todd applied for Concordia’s properly study, do outlines, write essays staying in touch with his family difficult Graduate Diploma in Communication and make clear and concise arguments.” (sisters Wendy and Karen and his moth- Studies program. “Concordia just al- In 2000, when Todd had just one se- er live in Vancouver), he says he has ways seemed to dovetail better with my mester remaining before graduation, found a creative means of communicat- perspective, which is less ivory tower he decided to leave the program after ing with them more often. “Sometimes, academia and more real education for landing a plum position: reporting for when my family comes to visit or when the real world,” he says. CTV News Montreal. He was eventually I know they’re watching, I’ll send lit- Another impetus was the positive promoted to co-anchoring the week- tle codes or comments or expressions feedback he received from his sisters, end newscasts. In 2004, his father urged in the newscast, which is kind of a lit- Wendy, BA (psych) 92, and Cindy, BA him to complete his Concordia degree tle wink for my mother or father,” he (app. soc. sci.) 95. “Cindy had resisted even though he was already a well- reveals. my parents for years to go to school,” established journalist. “My dad was al- Todd says he plans to return to Todd says. “When she finally went to ways saying: ‘You’ve got to finish this Concordia to take Political Science Concordia, she did really well—and that degree. You’ve done two thirds of it. You courses as an independent student. was a big influence on me. She found might as well get it,’ ” Todd recalls. “I “I completely love learning,” he says. Concordia to be an amazing experi- put it off but it was always in the back of “It’s not about trying to get the next ence.” Cindy now lives in Ottawa and my mind, so I finally just sucked it up promotion or a higher salary. I just have recently went back to school (a com- and went back.” a passion for knowledge and I want to mon van der Heyden trait) to study Now the face of CTV’s top-rated local pursue that to the fullest extent.”

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’est en 1913 que les firmes d’architectes Peden & McLaren génome humain, ce codex qui renferme l’ensemble des infor- et Walter J. Murray esquissent le premier plan d’ensemble mations génétiques inscrites à même notre ADN. C’est en 1990 de ce qui allait devenir le campus Loyola de l’Université que débute le projet « Génome humain », une œuvre collective CConcordia. Mais, à cette époque, seul un agrégat de trois dont la mission était d’établir le séquençage complet de l’ADN bâtiments compose le centre névralgique du collège Loyola. du génome humain. Paradoxalement, c’est aussi à la même Un simple réfectoire, un pavillon administratif et une aile époque que Concordia entreprend son exercice de questionne- destinée à accueillir les élèves les plus jeunes constituaient ment stratégique à propos de l’emplacement et de l’orientation l’épine dorsale d’un ensemble architectural appelé à rayonner de ses deux campus. un siècle plus tard. Vingt ans plus tard, le chantier de construction du futur Centre de recherche génomique structurale et fonction- Le grain de sénevé nelle démarre. Un petit pavillon multifonctionnel qui lèvera La croissance extraordinaire du campus Loyola nous rappelle de terre, comme le grain de sénevé, afin de prolonger la fi- la parabole biblique du « Grain de sénevé ». Faisant allusion gure urbaine du complexe des sciences Richard-J.-Renaud. aux capacités de croissance de l’être humain, ce clin d’œil Peter Bolla, vice-recteur associé à la gestion immobilière, du Nouveau Testament met en scène une petite graine de souligne que « ce bâtiment devrait se voir attribuer une cote moutarde qui finit par devenir un arbre généreux d’où les « argent » de la certification LEED [Leadership in Energy and oiseaux peuvent contempler le firmament. C’est l’amour de la Environmental Design], un pas de plus en faveur du dévelop- connaissance et le labeur humain qui auront aidé la semence pement durable dans un contexte où le complexe des sciences à germer et à se métamorphoser en quelque chose qui dépasse affiche déjà une performance très honorable au niveau de ses origines. la consommation énergétique ». Arrêtons-nous afin de À l’orée du XXIe siècle, il semblerait que l’humanité soit sur déchiffrer l’ADN d’un site universitaire qui aura mis pas le point de faire un retour sur ses origines, histoire de mieux se mal de temps pour atteindre sa pleine croissance. propulser vers le futur. C’est tout le sens de la recherche sur le

28 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine Le campus Loyola a beaucoup évolué depuis sa création. La construction du Centre de génomique structurale et fonctionnelle avance à bon train. Ci-contre : Début des travaux pour le Centre PERFORM (Prévention, Évaluation, Réadaptation, FORMation). En mortaise : Vue aérienne du Loyola College vers 1926.

directeur qui allait définir la nouvelle physionomie du campus Loyola dès 1999. C’est par la suite que fut lancé un concours d’architecture pour la construction du complexe des Sciences C’est au fruit qu’on connait l’arbre Richard-J.-Renaud, projet qui cadrait parfaitement avec À l’époque du premier campus Loyola, les Jésuites avaient une le plan directeur proposé. Le concours fut remporté par conception plutôt classique de la planification urbaine. Cette Marosi + Troy en consortium avec Cardinal Hardy et Jodoin approche explique sans doute la composition formelle de ce Lamarre Pratte. site qui a été esquissé à partir d’un plan axial comportant deux Elle ajoute que les décideurs voulaient conserver les deux aires d’aménagement disposées de façon symétrique de part et campus. « Il devenait crucial d’identifier les départements d’autre du premier ensemble de bâtiments. Cette composition complémentaires afin de pouvoir compter sur une masse cri- aura permis l’addition harmonieuse de nombreuses annexes tique d’étudiants et de professeurs à Loyola et d’y greffer des par la suite. services aux étudiants et le soutien technique correspondant », Si le campus Sir-George-Williams, au centre-ville, ressem- précise-t-elle. blait à une nébuleuse urbaine excentrique … le campus Loyola Voulant éviter le va-et-vient habituel entre les deux campus, souffrait plutôt d’implosion, comme s’il avait eu de la difficulté les responsables de cet exercice de remue-méninges étaient à parvenir à maturité. Vingt années après avoir terminé notre d’avis que l’enseignement des sciences gagnerait à être ac- baccalauréat en communication, nous y sommes retournés compagné de cours complémentaires susceptibles d’enrichir pour constater les fruits de cette laborieuse maturation. le cursus. Plusieurs départements de la Faculté des arts et Ce qui frappe le regard, dès l’entrée sur la portion ouest des sciences étaient déjà sur place — notamment les presti- du nouveau campus Loyola, c’est la parfaite intégration des gieux départements de Communication et de Journalisme — et différents bâtiments. Ils s’imbriquent les uns aux autres, les vastes terrains permettaient la construction de nouvelles dans une sorte de chorégraphie de l’aménagement plutôt installations abritant les laboratoires et les amphithéâtres réussie. Martine Lehoux, directrice de la planification et de dévolus à l’enseignement des sciences. l’aménagement pour Concordia, souligne que « la figure au « C’est donc en cernant les objectifs d’enseignement et de sol du complexe Loyola avait été, pour ainsi dire, inachevée. recherche que nous avons été en mesure de déterminer nos Le projet de construction du complexe des sciences aura besoins en matière d’infrastructure », poursuit Mme Lehoux. permis de parachever la planimétrie d’origine ». Ce mariage de raison a donc uni la biologie, la biochimie, la Par ailleurs, Mme Lehoux aime à rappeler que l’Université chimie, la physique, la psychologie et les sciences de l’exercice et la firme Cardinal Hardy ont travaillé ensemble sur le plan aux disciplines liées aux sciences humaines appliquées ou à

concordia university magazine fall 2010 | 29 certaines formes d’art. Il semblerait semble faire corps avec les anciens par ailleurs que cette nouvelle terre bâtiments centraux de style néo- d’asile soit féconde puisque près de Tudor orné. 10 000 étudiants fréquentent un cam- Aurèle Cardinal, président et pus qui était auparavant réputé pour fondateur de la firme qui porte son son éloignement. nom, affirme que l’approche de son entreprise consiste, avant tout, Les chemins de traverse à « consolider ce qui est là, tout en Si tous les chemins mènent à Rome, ce façonnant des aménagements con- sont plutôt ceux des transports actifs temporains. Nous ne désirons pas phy qui mènent à Loyola. En effet, la firme a nier ce qui est déjà en place sur un responsable du nouveau plan directeur site donné ». hotogr P

du campus tenait à ce que piétons L Dans le cas de Loyola, le prin- B P / et cyclistes aient le haut du pavé. Et u cipal intéressé explique qu’ils ont a l c’est manifeste lorsque l’on prend la B conçu le plan directeur «en tenant n a y peine d’étudier le schéma des axes R compte d’un objectif d’intégration piétonniers ou véhiculaires sur le site. Trois des responsables des travaux sur le campus Loyola; et de consolidation qui pour- Si certaines rues intérieures permettent dans l’ordre habituel : Martin Troy et Erik Morosi (archi- rait s’imposer avant que ne débute aux véhicules — automobiles ou camions tectes), Michel Dufresne (urbaniste). la construction des nouveaux édi- de livraison — de traverser certains axes fices » souligne M. Cardinal. On se cardinaux, la majorité des chemins de traverse sont aménagés rappellera que la firme Cardinal Hardy a été justement saluée comme autant de petits sentiers dédiés à la déambulation pour son travail d’intégration dans le cas du réaménagement paisible des piétons. d’une partie importante du Vieux-Port de Montréal. Michel Dufresne, associé et urbaniste chez Cardinal Hardy, est le chargé de projet qui s’est occupé de coordonner toutes Des interfaces salutaires les phases de conception et de préparation de cette opération Les différentes figures architecturales de ce petit campus de remodelage urbain de grande envergure. Il tient à soulign- intimiste font office d’interfaces permettant d’instaurer un er l’importance qui a été accordée au verdissement du site, dialogue à tous les échelons avec le secteur d’implantation. un volet de l’aménagement qui aura nécessité un engagement C’est ce qui explique la démarche qui consistera à aménager soutenu autant de la part de l’arrondissement Côte-des-Neiges un linéaire de chênes rouges — symboles de noblesse s’il en est / Notre-Dame-de-Grâce que de la part de Concordia. « La ville — le long de l’avenue West Broadway et de la rue Sherbrooke. contribuera au verdissement des rues qui bordent le site, sur Une interface verte qui permettra de souligner l’image de ses flancs sud et ouest », précise-t-il. marque de l’institution universitaire et d’agir comme une zone mitoyenne avec le voisinage. Esprit de corps Peter Bolla n’est pas peu fier de « cette opération de re- Conciliant les devises venustas et firmitas (beauté et solidité), membrement qui aura permis de consolider la beauté du site, les auteurs du plan directeur ont insisté pour qu’à chaque mais aussi de prévoir de nouvelles phases d’expansion pour la phase de développement immobilier corresponde sa part décennie qui s’ouvre ». M. Bolla se réjouit aussi du fait que le d’aménagement paysager. Celui-ci est manifeste lorsque l’on centre de recherche en génomique structurale et fonctionnelle pénètre dans l’intimité de la cour sur le flanc ouest du campus. sera livré comme prévu, soit à la fin de mars 2011. Des arbres majestueux trônent à certains endroits stratégiques Les nouvelles installations sportives sur le versant sud du du site, créant des îlots de tranquillité et de fraîcheur. En fait, campus agissent aussi comme des interfaces favorisant une la plupart des arbres étaient déjà là — érables de Norvège et implantation harmonieuse. Un protocole liant Concordia à chênes rouges — mais de jeunes chênes rouges ont été mis en l’arrondissement fera en sorte que la population environnante terre sur le parvis en forme de gradins du nouveau pavillon puisse bénéficier des installations sportives qui émailleront Communication et Journalisme. cette partie du campus Loyola. Et comme le soulignait Michel La typologie des nouveaux bâtiments a donc été modelée en Dufresne, en guise de conclusion, « rien n’empêchera les gens fonction de leur emplacement sur un site offrant un poten- du voisinage de venir casser la croûte en été sur la pelouse invi- tiel exceptionnel d’aménagement paysager. Les perspectives tante d’un campus qui renoue enfin avec ses racines ». créées par les sentiers piétonniers sont dynamiques et per- mettent aux usagers d’apprécier les changements d’échelles et Patrice-Hans Perrier, BA 1990, est journaliste à Montréal. de teintes qui agrémentent le parcours. Comme le mention- Cet article est le dernier d’une série de deux sur les nombreux nait un document de synthèse de la firme Cardinal Hardy, la travaux de construction de l’Université Concordia. Le premier – consolidation de la cour ouest du campus nous renvoie l’image Plein cap vers l’avenir au centre-ville – est paru dans l’édition de d’un cloître médiéval, à la différence qu’ici la modernité l’été 2010. On peut le lire à magazine.concordia.ca.

30 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine Notices Save the date The John Molson School of Business Awards of Distinction Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Honouring: Randall W. Kelly, BComm 78 President, Formula Growth Ltd. Anna Martini, BComm 85, GrDip 86 President, Groupe Dynamite Inc.

Information: Jennifer Stapenhorst, 514-848-2424, ext. 4899 [email protected]

Loyola Medal call for nominations Submit your nominations by October 8, 2010, to Jennifer Cottin, Alumni Officer, Associations at [email protected]. or visit alumni.concordia.ca/events/lmedal. The 2010 Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Banquet Loyola Public Lecture Series October 1, 2010 The Department of Recreation and Athletics and the on Ethics in Society Advancement and Alumni Relations Office are pleased to Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 7 p.m. announce the induction of the following athletes, builder and team into the Concordia University Sports Hall of Fame for 2010: “What 21st century leaders can learn from 16th century Jesuits: Lessons from the 2008 Wall Street meltdown,” by Athletes: Gary McKeigan, BFA 86 Chris Lowney, author of Heroic Leadership: Best Practices Brian Chapman, S BA 67 Concordia Men’s Basketball Sir George Williams Men’s Hockey from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World Builder: Doug Daigneault Josée Lacasse, BSc 93 Team: Concordia Women’s Communications and Journalism Building, CJ-1.114 Concordia Women’s Rugby Alex Matthew, S BA 67 Rugby 1991 st 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., 1 floor Sir George Williams Men’s Hockey

RSVP by October 13, 2010 Congratulations to all inductees! For more information, Online: alumni.concordia.ca/register visit Homecoming.concordia.ca or contact Valerie Phone: 514-848-2424, ext. 4397 Roseman, Alumni Officer, Affinity Chapters, at 514-848- Toll free: 1-888-777-3330 2424, ext. 5647, or [email protected].

Save the date Faculty Showcase Concordia Football Part of the Concordia University Open House Champions dinner Proceeds to support tuition awards Saturday, October 23, 2010 Discover how the exciting research conducted in our Saturday, September 25, 2010 academic faculties influences our everyday lives. Keynote speaker: Richard W. Pound, S BA 63, LLD 10 For details, visit alumni.concordia.ca. For more info, visit stingers.ca and click on “football.”

concordia university magazine fall 2010 | 31 A fruitful dialogue The Loyola Campus is on its way to a renaissance in tandem with its surroundings By Patrice-Hans Perrier

n 1913, the architectural firms Peden & McLaren and Walter contains all the genetic information included in our DNA. The J. Murray drew their first outline for the overall plan of what Human Genome Project, a collective mission seeking to estab- would, years later, become Concordia’s Loyola Campus. lish the complete sequence of the DNA of the human genome, I Originally, Loyola College was made up of only one cluster was launched in 1990. Paradoxically, that was about the same of three buildings: a refectory, an administrative wing and a time Concordia began to strategically question the location and pavilion to accommodate the younger students. These build- orientation of its Loyola Campus. ings would serve as the backbone for an expanding campus a Twenty years later, the west-end property is thriving. It’s century on. the site of the future Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics, the newest of its recently constructed buildings. The grain of a mustard seed Today, a small multifunctional pavilion that’s an extension of The extraordinary growth in recent years of the Loyola the existing Richard J. Renaud Science Complex slowly rises Campus reminds one of the biblical parable of the “grain of from the ground—like the mustard seed that becomes the tree. a mustard seed.” Alluding to a person’s capacity to grow, the Peter Bolla, Concordia’s associate vice president of Facilities New Testament reference portrays a small mustard seed that Management, says that “the building will likely receive a sil- blossoms into a flowering tree where birds can flock. It is the ver LEED [Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design] human love of knowledge and will to work hard that helps rating, a further step towards the campus’s sustainable devel- the seed germinate and transform into something beyond its opment; the Science Complex already performs well in terms origins. of energy consumption.” In the 21st century, it seems that humanity is set to make a Let’s pause to decipher the DNA of a university site that is return to its origins to better propel itself toward the future. now well on its way to reach its full potential. This is the goal of research on the human genome, the code that

32 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine The Loyola Campus has come a long way. Pictured below is the construction site of the Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics. Opposite page: Work begins on the PERFORM (Prevention, Evaluation, Rehabilitation, PERFormance) Centre. Inset: An aerial view of Loyola College, c. 1926.

speak, had been unfinished. This Science Complex construc- The tree is known by its fruit tion project will allow us to complete the original plan.” In Loyola College’s early days, the Jesuits used rather Lehoux explains that the university and the Montreal-based conventional city planning. This approach probably explains architecture firm Cardinal Hardy worked together in 1999 the formal composition of the site, which is sketched along on the master plan that would define the new face of Loyola. an axial plane, with two areas of development arranged Concordia later launched an architectural competition to build symmetrically on either side of the first set of buildings. This the Renaud Science Complex, a project that fit perfectly with composition allowed for annexes to easily be added thereafter. the proposed master plan. The competition was won by the In the years following the 1974 merger of Sir George firm Marosi Troy in a consortium with firms Cardinal Hardy Williams University and Loyola College, if the downtown cam- and Jodoin. pus resembled an eccentric urban nebula, the Loyola Campus Lehoux adds that the university’s master plan called for seemed to suffer from implosion, as if it had had difficulty maintaining its two campuses. “It then became crucial to iden- growing. This year, I returned to witness the fruits of the cam- tify departments to bring to Loyola in order to maintain a pus’s maturation 20 years after completing my bachelor’s critical mass of students and faculty members, and then to add degree in Communication Studies. student services and related technical support there,” she says. Upon entering the western part of the new Loyola, what Not wanting to force students and academics to shuffle back strikes the eye is the perfect integration of the various and forth between the two campuses, the authors of the plan- buildings. They successfully overlap each other in a type of or- ning exercise felt that science education would benefit from ganized choreography. Martine Lehoux, Concordia’s director being accompanied by non-science programs to enrich its cur- of Facilities and Planning, says that “Loyola’s floor plan, so to riculum. Several Faculty of Arts and Science departments were

concordia university magazine fall 2010 | 33 already in place—including the es- landscaping. The opportunities teemed Communication Studies and created by the footpaths are dy- Journalism departments—and Loyola’s namic and allow users to gauge the expansive terrain allowed for the con- changes in scale and colours that struction of new facilities to house the compliment the route. As noted in laboratories and lecture halls neces- a summary document by Cardinal sary for science education. Hardy, consolidation of the court- “So by identifying the objectives of yard on the campus’s west side teaching and research, we have been reflects the image of a medieval able to determine our needs for infra- cloister, with the difference be- structure,” says Lehoux. This marriage ing that, here, modernity seems of convenience has brought together to blend with the old, neo-Tudor- the Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, style central buildings. Physics, Psychology and Exercise Aurèle Cardinal, president and Science disciplines related to applied founder of the firm that bears his human sciences. This exercise has name, says his company’s approach phy proven fruitful as nearly 10,000 stu- a is, above all, “to consolidate what is

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34 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine Notices Save the date The John Molson School of Business Awards of Distinction Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Honouring: Randall W. Kelly, BComm 78 President, Formula Growth Ltd. Anna Martini, BComm 85, GrDip 86 President, Groupe Dynamite Inc.

Information: Jennifer Stapenhorst, 514-848-2424, ext. 4899 [email protected]

Loyola Medal call for nominations Submit your nominations by October 8, 2010, to Jennifer Cottin, Alumni Officer, Associations at [email protected]. or visit alumni.concordia.ca/events/lmedal. The 2010 Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Banquet Loyola Public Lecture Series October 1, 2010 The Department of Recreation and Athletics and the on Ethics in Society Advancement and Alumni Relations Office are pleased to Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 7 p.m. announce the induction of the following athletes, builder and team into the Concordia University Sports Hall of Fame for 2010: “What 21st century leaders can learn from 16th century Jesuits: Lessons from the 2008 Wall Street meltdown,” by Athletes: Gary McKeigan, BFA 86 Chris Lowney, author of Heroic Leadership: Best Practices Brian Chapman, S BA 67 Concordia Men’s Basketball Sir George Williams Men’s Hockey from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World Builder: Doug Daigneault Josée Lacasse, BSc 93 Team: Concordia Women’s Communications and Journalism Building, CJ-1.114 Concordia Women’s Rugby Alex Matthew, S BA 67 Rugby 1991 st 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., 1 floor Sir George Williams Men’s Hockey

RSVP by October 13, 2010 Congratulations to all inductees! For more information, Online: alumni.concordia.ca/register visit Homecoming.concordia.ca or contact Valerie Phone: 514-848-2424, ext. 4397 Roseman, Alumni Officer, Affinity Chapters, at 514-848- Toll free: 1-888-777-3330 2424, ext. 5647, or [email protected].

Save the date Faculty Showcase Concordia Football Part of the Concordia University Open House Champions dinner Proceeds to support tuition awards Saturday, October 23, 2010 Discover how the exciting research conducted in our Saturday, September 25, 2010 academic faculties influences our everyday lives. Keynote speaker: Richard W. Pound, S BA 63, LLD 10 For details, visit alumni.concordia.ca. For more info, visit stingers.ca and click on “football.”

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Educational Technology include Glen Murray, attendee 85, who BA 89, Theodora Samiotis, BA 90, ontreal’s Montefiore Club was was mayor of Winnipeg, Man., from Marcel Proulx, attendee 88, and Ilona Mpacked May 27 with more than 60 1998 to 2004; Desirée McGraw, BA 93, Dougherty, BA 03. 2 enthusiastic Educational Technology executive director of the Jeanne Sauvé alumni, friends, students, faculty and Foundation in Montreal; and Mario Fine Arts staff, who gathered for the Educational Dumont, BA 93, former leader of the n June 23, the Concordia Technology Alumni Networking Action démocratique du Québec po- OUniversity Alumni Association Cocktail. Chapter committee member litical party. Pictured (from left to (CUAA) awarded a $1,000 purchase Christine Truesdale, BFA 96, MA 03, right) are alumni committee mem- prize to graduating Fine Arts student and Professor Gary Boyd addressed the bers: Perry Calce, BA 83, GrDip 90, Chloé Beaulac for her artwork called guests. Pictured are Iman El Tatoussi Andie Zeliger, BA 88, Robert Valdmanis, FANTASTIC PLASTIC! Houssami, MA 09, Konstantina Michos, BA 04, MA 10, and Niki Soilis, BComm 04, MA 10. 1

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36 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine England Chapter’s year-end event on Upcoming geographic May 22, when about 30 alumni gathered chapter events for the Pan-Canadian brunch and tour. Watch for your invitation to Martine Malengret-Bardosh, BFA 92, these upcoming events or visit MFA 03, the museum’s multiple-visit alumni.concordia.ca partnership coordinator and a chapter Toronto executive member, played host and Second Annual Wine Tasting delivered a short presentation on the September 19 museum’s mission and history. Fellow Peller Estates Winery, Niagara-on-the-Lake executive members Laura Archibald, Calgary BComm 03, and president Denis Third Annual Tailgate Party & Kefalinos, BEng 91, also helped organize Football Game the event. October 1 Banff Trail Community Centre/ McMahon Stadium 3 Toronto Jazz Texas buelo’s Restaurant in Plano, Tex. A Christmas Carol Geographic Chapters: (a northern Dallas suburb), was the December 4 A Theatre Calgary Toronto site of the Alumni Dinner Get-Together ool jazz and a hot brunch were on May 27, Concordia’s first alumni Victoria, B.C. Con the menu June 13 at the Boiler event in the Lone Star State. Alumni Meet-and-greet event House in the distillery district, where shared fond stories of their university November 3 Union Club of British Columbia more than 30 alumni turned out for the days over a colourful and formal annual Toronto Jazz Brunch. Pictured Mexican dinner. Farasat Ali Khawaja, Boston (left to right) are Olya Laktionova BComm 80, helped organize the event. Third Annual Pan-Canadian University and chapter executive members The Texans look forward to the next Alumni Deli Night October 14 Daniel Tranzo, MBA 08, and Wendy event. Furtenbacher, BFA 97. 3 New York City This summer, the 2010 FIFA World London, U.K. Canadian Universities Alumni Reception Cup captured the attention of millions of oncordia alumni in the London, September 23 The Roosevelt Hotel soccer fans around the globe. Toronto- CUnited Kingdom, region met May area Concordia alumni joined the 27 for a relaxed networking pub night at Annual Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research excitement July 3 at Vecchio Frak Italian the Cape Bar, a vibrant and cozy bar in October 16 bistro. They watched two semi-final the heart of the city. Guests enjoyed tasty Central Park matches (unfortunately, Italy didn’t hors d’oeuvres while exchanging stories Washington, D.C. win), dined on fine Mediterranean cui- and business cards. A special thanks to Second Annual Wine Tasting sine and mingled. Organizer Daniel Mohamed Shuriye, BA 08, who made October 16 Tranzo and chapter president Ian this event possible. California Garmaise, BA 84, are already envisag- Celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving ing a similar World Cup soccer event in October 9 four years! Crowne Plaza Hotel, San Jose Beijing Calgary Call for chapter Chinese National Day he wacky musical Nunsense, executive volunteers: October 2 Tpresented by the Front Row Centre Donghai Seafood Restaurant Players, evoked laughs May 26 from e are seeking volunteers North Carolina Calgary alumni who gathered at the Wto join our executive teams Meet and Greet Event Pumphouse Theatre. The evening, in Vancouver and Boston. It’s a October 23 organized by Calgary Chapter executive meaningful way to network and member Alexander Leith, S BA 69, also give back to your alma mater. Washington State Meet and Greet Event featured a light dinner. For more information, please November 6 contact Lina Uberti, Alumni Boston/New England Officer, Geographic Chapters, Register for events online at he impressive Peabody Essex at [email protected]. alumni.concordia.ca/register, or call 514-848-2424, ext. 4397, TMuseum in Salem, Mass., proved toll free: 1-888-777-3330. an idyllic setting for the Boston/New

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Some graduates in this listing Canada. Carol is raising some of my former classmates his wife, Ilona, and their have received more than one funds for the Grandmothers could know about this so they three daughters moved to degree from Concordia, Sir George to Grandmothers Campaign, could support our venture.” Edmonton, Alta. His son, Williams and/or Loyola. These an initiative of the Stephen grandmotherstograndmothers. Peter Jr., lives in Calgary. people are listed under their Lewis Foundation that seeks org earliest year of graduation. to raise awareness and Eleanor Shepherd,

mobilize support in Canada Peter E. von Sass, 69 S BA, released a book

for Africa’s grandmothers. 67 S BComm, has filled in April called More Questions In September, Carol will several, senior-level positions than Answers: Sharing participate in a 700-kilometre for companies in Montreal, Faith by Listening (Resource Carol Schmidt, walkathon to raise $10,000. Toronto, Ont., and Calgary, Publications). The book offers 6 61 S (psych.) BA, is a “Grandmothers Across Canada Alta. In 1992, he founded advice on reconciliation by grandmother of six and is more than 240 groups ECG Empire Capital Group, exploring how to develop an active volunteer with strong and still growing. I a venture capital company. listening relationships and Grandmothers Across thought it would be great if Seven years later, Peter, attune oneself to others.

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1 > Diane Collet, BFA 76, MA (art ed.) 03, participated in an open air gallery June 13 4 > LiQin Tan, MFA 93, an associate professor of Art at Rutgers University in Camden, along the bicycle path in Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Que. Diane joined 45 other artists from the N.J., held an exhibit August 1-23 at the Beijing SongZhuang Art Museum, China’s largest, region to create a collective work of banners that will be displayed for the next three years on private art museum. The show included a series of dozens of large digital prints on metal, poles at every kilometre. 1) Rural Cycling along with other animation installations. 4) Rusty Crispness

2 > Ann McCall, BFA 78, held an exhibition of collagraphs from April 27 to May 22 titled 5 > Susan Shulman, BFA (studio arts) 96, participated in a group exhibition August “Nature découpée” at Atelier/galerie Alain Piroir in Montreal. 2) Triptyque desséché 14-15 called “Texture” at the Mount Royal cemetery in Montreal. Susan is also taking part in NASA’s “Face in Space” program, for which the agency selects and sends photos into space on 3 > Daniel Barkley, BFA 92, MFA 94, held a solo show from May 19 to June 13 called the last two shuttle missions. The shuttles are set to be launched into orbit in November and “Oeuvres récentes” at Galerie Dominique Bouffard in Montreal. The exhibit included February. Susanshulman.com 5) Angel Fish watercolours and acrylics. 3) Blue Lazarus II

38 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine Kevin Tierney, S BA, French Immersion revolves Deanna is president of Deanna in 1976. I worked until I was 71 GrDip (comm. studies) around four English-speaking Drendel Communications in 74 years old for the Arizona 78, is taking his seat behind Canadians and a New Yorker Ville Saint-Laurent, Que., Department of Economic the camera as director for who travel to a small Quebec and is executive director of Security. I own a small house the upcoming film, French town to learn French. The Public Relations Without in central Phoenix, where I Immersion. Kevin recently film is set to be released on Borders (PRWB), an apolitical, lived with my wife until she produced The Trotsky, a comedy July 1, 2011, and features non-profit organization passed away in 2008.” directed by his son, Jacob, Jutra-winning actress Pascale that provides volunteer, that has been nominated for Bussières, attendee (fine communications counsel Barry Seltzer, BA (sci. & a Canadian Comedy Award. arts) 91, as a French teacher. in developing countries. hum. affairs), recently co- In 2009, she worked in authored Fat Cats and Lucky 6 Deanna (Leboeuf) Niger with PRWB’s current Dogs: How to Leave (some of) 74 Drendel, S BA (phil.) 74, partner, Oxfam-Quebec, Your Estate to Your Pets (Prism was recently awarded the Yves- and local partners to provide Publishing Inc.). The book St-Amand Award by the Société strategic communications offers pet owners advice on québécoise des professionnels advice and training to how to protect their pets if en relations publiques. support their struggle against owners become sick or die. The award is presented to a gender-based violence. It also includes lots of fun communications professional factoids. For example, nearly who has significantly Frank Chevallier, BA 40 percent of owners carry advanced the practice of 75 (hist.) 75, writes, “I left their pets’ pictures in their public relations in Quebec. Montreal for Phoenix, Ariz., wallets and more than 30

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6 > Ilsabey (“Iby”) Siemens, BFA (art ed.) 05, participated in a group exhibition 8 > Keer Tanchak, BFA (studio art) 00, held a solo exhibition from May 29 to June March 20-24 by the Women’s Art Society of Montreal at the Ogilvy department store. 19 called “Still Dreaming Life” at the Elissa Cristall Gallery in Vancouver, B.C. The Chicago- 9) Vache à Vendre based artist, who was born in Victoria, B.C., paints on thin sheets of aluminum derived from 18th century Rococo sources, namely, the French painters Watteau, Fragonard, Boucher and 7 > Amel Chamandy, attendee (fine arts) 00, held an exhibition from May 7 to Lancret. keertanchak.com 7) Spy High (and detail) September 18 entitled “Scene Scape, Through the Artist’s Eyes” at Montreal’s Galerie NuEdge. The exhibition is a retrospective connecting Amel’s past to her present through a selection of 9 > G. Scott MacLeod, BFA (printmaking) 03, held an exhibit June 10–20 entitled black-and-white photos taken in 1998. 6) Within “Ancestral Homes” at Kastella in Montreal. Scott’s series of paintings included those on Viking and Scottish heritage and ancestry alongside his New York City drawings and Lachine Canal paintings. 8) Railway Bridge

concordia university magazine fall 2010 | 39 Kudos percent have taken time off enrolled as an evening student Christine Jones, BFA (theatre work because of sick pets. at Concordia. I stayed there until design) 89, won a Tony Award Barry is an estate planner and 2008. The non-credit classes for in June for Best Scenic Design lawyer who lives in Thornhill, seniors enabled me to keep going. of a Musical for her work on the Ont. fatcatsandluckydogs.com I left classes when I reached the Broadway hit play, American age of 90, but my brain didn’t Idiot. The play is a punk-rock Tyler Amber Chase, want to quit and I had to go to musical based on the Grammy 79 BFA (theatre perf.) is libraries to satisfy its needs. In Award-winning album by Green president and CEO of L’ORAGE June, I moved to Toronto and Day. In 2007, Christine was Ltd., a theatrical production the first thing I did was to find nominated for a Tony Award company based in Brooklyn, a library there. Sometimes, for her design work for the N.Y. Tyler recently directed when I shut my eyes, I see my play called Spring Awakening. and produced Touched by Duse, professors and classmates She continues to support and a narrative-documentary on making the bombardment encourage Concordia theatre which she and Canadian actress materials, creating the fireworks students, leading master classes at the university and Jennifer Dale collaborated. that brighten the dark sky.” dispensing advice. In 2009, Christine received an Award of Distinction from Concordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts. Daniel (Danny) Gowers, Max Harold Steinberg, 81 BComm (hum. res. mgmt.) 84 BComm (mktg.), retired Désirée M. McGraw, BA (econ.) 81, is executive director of in December 2009 after 93, a graduate of Concordia’s the National Pharmaceutical 33 years at Bell Canada. In School of Community and Public Sciences Group, an association June, he celebrated his 60th Affairs, was chosen in March involved in the training birthday in Hawaii. This fall, as a Young Global Leader by the and career development he will celebrate a different World Economic Forum. The of professionals in the kind of trip—down the aisle. selection committee, which pharmaceutical, biotech and “I will be marrying my soul is chaired by Queen Raina Al related industries. Danny lives mate after 15 years together. Abdullah of Jordan, recognizes in Ajax, Ont., with his wife, For our honeymoon, in leaders under the age of 40 from Pam, and his children, Andrew November, we will embark around the world. Désirée was and Samantha. He can be on Norwegian Cruise Line’s one of five Canadians chosen contacted at [email protected]. newest and largest ship, Epic.” and was selected in recognition of her long-standing work on Racville Tsigg, BA Johanne Mondou BA climate change and international development. She is executive 82 (anthro.) 82, GrDip (instr. 86 (Fr./Eng. trans.), won first director for the Montreal-based Jeanne Sauvé Foundation. tech.) 84, writes, “My brain prize in March at the Conseil Désirée has worked for various international organizations and needs daily bombardment pédagogique interdisciplinaire community causes and serves as founding vice-chair of Nobel of knowledge. So, in 1975, I du Québec awards for best laureate Al Gore’s Climate Project in Canada. She conducted graduate studies as a Commonwealth Scholar at the London School of Economics in the United Kingdom and currently lectures in international development at McGill University.

Cammi Granato, attendee 97, was elected June 22 to the Hockey Hall of Fame, joining Angela James as the first women elected to the shrine. Cammi starred for the Concordia Stingers women’s hockey team from 1994 to 1997. She was named Concordia Female Athlete of the Year in 1995 and entered the Concordia Sports Hall of Steve Lake, S BA (mktg.) 70, is a pit boss at Caesars Palace Fame in 2009. She captained in Las Vegas, Nev. Steve has visited more than 500 different the United States team to a colleges and universities across Canada, the United States, gold medal at the 1998 Olympic China, Costa Rica and Europe. In May, Steve visited his alma Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, and in 2002, helped the U.S. win a silver medal at the Salt Lake City Olympics. mater. As a result of his passion, Steve has been featured In 2008, Cammi entered the International Ice Hockey in Newsweek, USA Today and Maclean’s magazines. He also Federation Hall of Fame and became the first individual visits state capitals and major league baseball parks and was female to be inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. profiled in Concordia University Magazine’s June 2005 issue.

40 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine Michel Ohayon, GrDip designer in New York City, N.Y. 02 (journ.), recently won the Jade was featured in the summer Émérite Desjardins Scholarship 2010 issue of Filmmaker from the Association des Magazine as one of the “25 new MBA du Québec. The $5,000 faces of 2010.” She also recently award is presented every year co-wrote, directed and acted to a graduating student or in It Was Great But I Was Ready recent graduate from an MBA To Come Home, a feature film program at a Quebec business that premiered in competition school or management faculty at the South by Southwest film in recognition of his or her festival in Austin, Tex., and excellent academic record, screened at the Maryland and involvement and leadership. Memphis, Tenn., film festivals. Michel is now working as a “I often take NYU interns under professional recruiter with my wing in the summer and I Shore & Associés, a Montreal- have developed a few protégés. based, executive search firm. I would love to become involved with Concordia as I am very Rachelle Segal, BA proud to be a Concordia 04 (hum. rels.), is a former alumna.” jadehealy.com Robert Peck, BA (hist.) 81, has been chief of protocol of Concordia student ambassador. Canada since 2007, when he returned to Ottawa after serving Rachelle recently produced Tanya Saba, BComm for three years as Canada’s ambassador to Algeria. Robert a video for Oprah Winfrey’s 07 (mktg.), is a professional “Your OWN show” contest and figure skater. Tanya now greeted many heads of state at the June G8 and G20 summits was featured in The Montreal performs for Disney on Ice, in Toronto, Ont. He is pictured above with American President Mirror. While she picked up which recently toured across Barak Obama, who had just disembarked from Air Force One. 727 votes, she didn’t win. Europe and South America. This fall, the show will come to Jade Healy, BA the United States and Canada, secondary-one French teaching based business consulting 05 (comm. studies), is an with performances October 6-11 for her project, “La boutique, firm. He says he now combines independent film production at Montreal’s Bell Centre. l’artisan, les métiers.” his human-capital consulting Johanne teaches at the Collège background and academic Durocher-Saint-Lambert interest in corporate social in Saint-Lambert, Que. responsibility. “Through Congratulations to the recipients of the TapestryBuilder, I assist clients 2010 Dora Morrow Award for Excellent Simeon Pompey, BA in managing risks associated 90 (econ.), was honoured with their human capital assets Achievement in the Visual Arts in July as the first recipient by expanding the utility of Tina Carlisi earned a BFA in Design of the Royal Bank of Scotland their corporate citizenship Art from Concordia in 2002. After Outstanding International initiatives to address employee Contributor of the Year. Simeon engagement priorities. I working as a designer for six years, received the award in Pittsburgh, would love to reconnect Tina returned to the university to Penn., from legendary golfer with classmates through pursue a Graduate Certificate in Digital Jack Nicklaus, who is a program LinkedIn or my blog site: Technologies in Design Art Practice. trustee. In 2002, Simeon was tapestrybuilder.blogspot.com.” Her thesis project involved re-designing instrumental in launching posters for a selection of Quebec the Montreal chapter of First Rupinder Magon, films produced in the 1960s and 1970s. She begins the MFA in Art Tee, which provides young 01 attendee (arts & sciences), Education program at Concordia this fall. people of all backgrounds with known as Rup, is one half of the opportunity to develop the successful singing group Ted John Edward Tucker is an Ottawa- life skills through golf and JoSh, a Montreal-based Indian/ born visual artist specializing in character education. Pakistani fusion band that has painting. In 2002, Ted became an sold more than two million Associate of the Ontario College of Art Dave Nanderam, MA records. JoSh has performed and Design. His work has been featured 93 (soc.), recently earned with several major artists, in many exhibitions and publications. his PhD in Organization and including Nelly Furtado. Rup is Ted also is a recipient of Toronto and Management from Capella the band’s lead singer, music Ontario Arts Council emerging visual University, an online institution arranger and co-producer, artist grants and enrolled in Concordia’s MFA in Studio Arts based in Minneapolis, along with his partner and best program. Minn. Dave is president of friend, Q. JoSh is set to release TapestryBuilder, a Toronto- its fourth album. planetjosh.com

concordia university magazine fall 2010 | 41 InMemoriam

Paul James Hinphy, John Chauvin, S BSc 50, died L BA 36, died on April 27 in on June 11 in Montreal. John is Montreal. Paul is survived by survived by his wife, Noella, and his daughter, Julia. his children, Stanley, Christiane and Bernard. Vincent de Lourdes Leonard, S BA 38, died Fr. Paul Sauvé, S BSc 50, on March 6 in Sainte-Anne- died on June 14 in Saint-Anicet, de-Bellevue, Que. Vincent is Que. Fr. Sauvé is survived by his survived by his wife, Mary, and siblings, Wilda, Bill and Don. his children, Peter, Gordon, Ruby-Alice, Philip, Jennifer Dr. E. George Cochrane, and Scott. He was pre-deceased S BA 52, died on July 27 in by his son, John. Vincent Montreal. George is survived was 95. by his wife, Heather, and his children, Ian and Carol. Rosalyn (Gurberg) Shuster, S BSc 42, died on Robert Vogel, S BA 52, died April 29 in Montreal. Rosalyn on June 5 in Montreal. Robert is survived by her children, is survived by his wife, Phyllis, Ronnie, Howard and Billy. and his daughters, Vicki and She was 89. Susan. He was 80.

Lloyd Joseph O’Toole, Leo Kravitz, S BA 53, died L BA 45, died on April 22 in on June 29 in Montreal. Leo is Brome, Que. Lloyd is survived survived by his wife, Helene, by his wife, Johanne, and his and his children, Beverly and children, Bill, Rosemary and Alan. John. He was 86. Peter D. Crowe, S BSc 54, Mario Gross-Kestranek, died on July 18 in Wasaga L BA 47, died on May 21 in Beach, Ont. Peter is survived by New job? Just moved? Just married? Or just want to let your Montreal. his wife, Heather. former classmates know what you’ve been up to? Visit Myles MacDonald, S BA 48, Freida Caryl Gatehouse, alumni.concordia.ca/keepintouch died on March 24 in Hermitage, S BSc 54, died on July 8 in Tenn. Myles is survived by his Montreal. Freida is survived by Or mail or email us any information about yourself—don’t be shy— wife, Dee, and his son, Myles. her children, Karyn and Craig. you’d like to appear in Class Acts. He was 89. She was 76. Please include: your name (including name at graduation); year(s) of graduation and degree(s) from Concordia, Loyola or Sir George, Francis (Frank) Archibald Stanley Cytrynbaum, S BA and other universities; street address, phone number(s) and email Lacombe, L BA 49, died on 56, died on May 5 in Denver, address; and any other relevant personal or business info and April 19 in Newport, Vt. Frank Colo. Stanley is survived by his is survived by his partner, wife, Mary, and his sons, Glen messages that you’d like to appear. Bryan, and his sister, Gertrude. and Mark. By email: [email protected] Subject: Class Acts He was 82. Duncan Jeffrey Howard, By mail: Class Acts, Advancement & Alumni Relations, Concordia Lucien Georges Perras, S BComm 57, died on July 1 University, 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W., S BA 49, died on May 24 in in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, FB-520, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8 Oakville, Ont. Lucien is survived Que. Duncan is survived by by his wife, Yvonne Marshall, wife, Deborah, and his children, Join the the Concordia University Alumni association LinkedIn group and his children, David, Terry Peter, Andrew, Christopher and group at alumni.concordia.ca/benefits/olc. and Jocelyn. He was 84. Barbara. He was 73.

42 | fall 2010 concordia university magazine Robert Maurice Irina (Kupcis) Payano, Marjorie Dawn (Cooper) Norma Aileen (Dewitta) Bourgault, L BA 63, L BA 69, died on June 25 in Gawley, MA 76, died on August Morgan, MFA 85, died on died on May 20 in Montreal. Toronto, Ont. Irina is survived 8 in Montreal. Marjorie is June 9 in Montreal. Norma is Robert is survived by by her mother, Antonina survived by her husband, David survived by her husband, John, his wife, Lesslie, and his Kupcis, and her siblings, Peter Richard William Gawley. (See and her children, Scott, Vickie daughters, Tracey, Joanne and Anita. She was 65. Setting an Example, page 2.) and Jamie. She was 78. and Christine. Victor Anthony Skripka, Joyce (Castle) Sorensen, Dianne Stahl, BA 88, died George Walter Mayka, S BA 69, died on July 27 in BA 77, died on May 26 in on July 19 in Montreal. Dianne S BSc 63, died on May 4 in Wiarton, Ont. Victor is survived Ottawa, Ont. Joyce is survived is survived by her mother, Kingston, Ont. George is by his wife, Shirley (Pollock), and by her children, Edward, Carol Eleanor (Elly) Kruger, and her survived by his wife, Sue, his children, Darlene, Barbara, and Elisabeth. She was 79. brother, Stephen. She was 46. and his children, Ramsay, David and Greg. He was 77. Andrew and Geoffrey. John Passalacqua, BA 78, Penelope “Penny” Lynne Wayne Cure, L BA 71, died on died on July 15 in Montreal. Parkes, BEd 89, died on July Mari-Lin (Smith) Miller, May 12 in Tuba City, Az. Wayne John is survived by his mother 16 in Montreal. Penny is survived S BA 64, died on April 30 in is survived by his wife, Toby Elisa, his wife, Madeleine, and by her mother, Murielle Fraser, Montreal. Ann. He was 61. his children, Mario and Jessica. and her siblings, Deborah, He was 54. Daniel, James and Bill Nicholas. Dr. David John Nelligan, Carl Michael Evoniak, L She was 50. L BSc 64, died on July 3 in BComm 71, died on April 24 in Eric Joseph (Rick) Hudson, Que. Carignan, Que. Carl is survived Shaughnessy, BComm 79, Glennie May Henry, BA 91, by his sons, Sebastian and died on May 1 in Varadero, died on July 19 in Montreal. Uri (Erich) Schwarz, Elliott. He was 64. Cuba. Rick is survived by Glennie was 76. S BA 65, died on May 2 in mother, Rita Shaughnessy, his Ottawa. He was 89. Peter Reimann, L BA 72, died companion, Caryl Laitinen, and Shirley Holder Goddard, on July 6 in Montreal. Peter his children, Meagan, Kendra, BA (Eng. lit. & lib. studies) 92, John H. Jackson, S BA is survived by his wife, Doris Kyle and Dylan. He was 55. died on April 25 in Montreal. 66, died on March 25 in Zicherman, and his son, John. Shirley is survived by her Montreal. John is survived Isaak Hausmann, BA 81, husband, Charles, and her by his wife, Patricia, and his Lenny Boone, BFA 73, died died on April 16 in Montreal. daughter, Cheryl. She was 70. children, Patrick, Christopher, on June 31 in Scarborough, Ont. Isaak is survived by his Michelle and Matthew. Lenny is survived by his wife, companion, Marie Mackey, and Oswald (Osie) Elliott He was 73. Lynn. He was 58. his children, Dani, Mark and Bowie, BA (phil.) 94, died on Andres. He was 89. May 12 in Montreal. Osie was 95. Anthony Gilbert (Tony) Elizabeth “Betty” (Julien) Clark, S BComm 68, died Morgan, BA (hist.) 75, died Kirby Myers, BComm 82, Lorraine Wibbing, BFA on April 15 in Toronto. Tony is on June 4 in Montreal. Betty died on April 22 in Westport, 94, BA 06, died on July 20 in survived by his wife, Sharon, is survived by her husband, Ct. Kirby is survived by his wife, Montreal. Lorraine is survived by and his daughters, Devon, Donald and her children, Bob, Ellyn, and his children, Alix and her daughter, Ute. She was 54. Erin and Heather. Lynn and Janet. She was 79. Brittany. He was 53. Marie Rapoport, BA (psych.) Farouk R. Khan, S BA 69, Eric K. Collins, MSc 76, died Randall Richard Hansel, 97, died on May 15 in North died on April 21 in Montreal. on July 6 in Montreal. Eric is BA (phil.) 84, died on May 13 in Bay, Ont. Marie is survived Farouk is survived by his wife, survived by his wife, Monique, Montreal. Randall is survived by by her husband, David. Phyllis, and his children, Sharon and his children, Claire and his mother, Ann Pista, and his She was 43. and Anton. He was 67. Louis. He was 82. brother, Ronald. He was 50. Sandra Patricia Ring, BA Leonard Francis Jacqueline (Dery) Dealy, Trudy (Cooper) Hector, (econ.) 02, died on May 19 in MacDonald, L BA 69, BA 76, died on April 5 in BFA 84, died on April 25 in Montreal. Sandra is survived by died on April 28 in Montreal. Montreal. Jackie is survived Pierrefonds, Que. Trudy is her parents, Maria Imelda and Len is survived by his wife, by her husband, John, and her survived by her children, Phillip, and her sister, Teresa. Kathleen, and his son, Dan. daughter, Pamela. She was 73. Dwight and Marina. She was 82. She was 30.

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