DOCSLIB.ORG

·Osler·Lbrary·Newsl Tter

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
·Osler·Lbrary·Newsl Tter THE ·OSLER·LI BRARY·NEWSLE TTER· NUMBER 92 · 2000 Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal (Québec) Canada • IN THIS ISSUE THE SEED AND THE SOIL Our celebration of the Osler he text of this homily is from of Jesus and his disciples. Here, in by Sesquicentennial is drawing to a close the Gospel of Matthew, what would become known as The Rev. David chapter 13, verses 1-9 and 18-23: Tecumseth, agriculture was new, the on an intimate and domestic note. T land needed to be cleared. In first Brinton Priest Amidst the official fanfare and the The same day went Jesus out of the house, century Palestine the soil had already in Charge, The meetings of international associa- and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes been yielding crops for hundreds of Parish of tions, there were other celebrations were gathered together unto him, so that he years. But when they did clear the went into a ship, and sat; and the whole land here, the methods of planting Tecumseth of a family nature, culminating in a multitude sat on the shore. And he spake many were much more efficient. Whereas Diocese of special reunion and service in the things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, in Palestine it was the practice to Toronto very Anglican parish at Bond Head, a sower went forth to sow: and when he sowed, broadcast the seed and more or less Ontario, where Osler was born, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls see what happened, here much more baptized, and spent the first years of came and devoured them up. Some fell upon careful preparation was involved so stony places, where they had not much earth: that sowing would be the last stage his life. and forthwith they sprung up, because they of planting, not the first as in Jesus’ The reunion brought together had no deepness of earth. And when the sun day. And so the fields bore more fruit several generations of the Osler was up, they were scorched; and because they and bore it more reliably in family, as well as representatives of had no root, they withered away. And some Featherstone’s day than in Jesus’, McGill University and the Osler fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, although just as much, if not more, and choked them. But others fell onto good hard work went into making it so. Library, and admirers of Osler. Many ground, and brought forth fruit, some an The cultivation of spiritual fields who attended that celebration hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. was very different for Featherstone remarked on the moving sermon Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.... Hear and Ellen, too. Jesus and his disciples preached at the service in St. John’s ye therefore the parable of the sower. When were a minority band of radicals, any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and Church by the rector, the Reverend understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked Fen and Eve David Brinton. Father Brinton has one, and catcheth away that which was sown Osler Hampson kindly agreed to allow us to print his in his heart. This is he which received seed homily in this issue of the Newsletter. by the way side. But he that received seed outside St. Continuing the theme of family into stony places, the same is he that heareth John’s the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. Yet connections and memories, Pamela hath he not root in himself, but endureth for Miller, acting History of Medicine a while: for when tribulation or persecution Librarian, explores a new acquisition ariseth because of the word, by and by he is for the Library’s archives: Marjorie offended. He also that receiveth seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and Howard Futcher’s family photograph the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of album. The Futchers are one of the riches, choke the word, and he becometh many clans that made up William unfruitful. But he that receiveth seed into the Osler’s “extended family” of personal good ground is he that heareth the word, and and professional connections, and the understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some pictures are an extraordinarily sixty, some thirty. evocative record of the world – and people – Osler knew. When Featherstone Lake Osler and his wife Ellen arrived in these parts as missionaries in the 1830s things • were very different from the Palestine ·1· • challenging the religious status quo makes at the end of today’s gospel: Christ’s Nativity” read to him and his of their day. Featherstone represented “the seed that fell in good soil is the funeral was conducted with all the the established church in the new one who hears the word and solemnity that Christ Church Oxford land, Queen and Prayer Book, and understands it, bearing fruit, and could muster. And so in this respect despite the astonishing hardships yielding an hundredfold or sixty or we should not leap to conclusions they endured in breaking new ground thirty” – by which he means an about the nature of his religious faith enormous amount, given that the at the end of his life, as we should average Palestinian yield would only not about anyone’s. Memorial have been about sevenfold. The question his life raises is a window in Into this rich yield of good things, mysterious one. Why do some Trinity physical and spiritual, was born believe and others not? Why do some Anglican William Osler. He was baptized in lives seem so fruitful in every way and Trinity Church, then a chapel of ease others do not? What constitutes Church. “He his father had erected next to the fruitfulness? These are questions that laid his hands parsonage just west of Bond Head. often arose in the ministry of Jesus on every one of (The chapel was used among other and in the life of the early Jewish things as a place of prayer for the church. The parable of the seeds and them and healed young men Featherstone was training soils, transmitted to us by the gospel them. To the to help him in his expanding ministry, of Matthew, is one response to those Glory of God Bishop Strachan having been questions. unhelpful in this as in so many other The immediate context of the and in Memory matters, in Featherstone’s view). We parable is one of enormous success. of Sir William can assume that Willie was clearly a Huge crowds are flocking to hear the Osler M.D. Jacob in his father’s eyes. We hear in latest star preacher in Galilee. But today’s Old Testament section the Jesus issues a cryptic warning: a great this window beginning of the story of Jacob and deal of seed is sown, but only some was presented Esau, Esau being the brother who of it will bear fruit that can survive by the Simcoe cared little for his birthright and the perils of such broadcasting. Most County squandered it for a good dinner. But of the seed will fall on hard or rocky Willie, like several of his brothers, ground or among thorns. It will be Medical physically and spiritually, would grow up to be a faithful heir plucked away by birds before it can Association Featherstone and Ellen were to his parents’ rich yield, although not germinate, or it will sprout quickly 1930.” welcomed by the people as not only quite in ways they could have but with shallow roots that are soon religious, but social leaders. By the anticipated. scorched by the sun, or it will be time they left for Dundas they were History records these successes as choked by foreign growth. But some local potentates. While Jesus’ largely worldly ones, Willie’s in of the seed will fall on good soil and disciples often wondered why it was medicine, the others in law and the yield of that seed will surprise and that their preaching and healing politics and business. Indeed one astonish. seemed to bear so little fruit (an issue biographer indicates an ambiguity in The interpretation of the parable Jesus addresses in the parable of the Willie about his spiritual legacy. At goes on to tell us that our relationship Trinity School, then in Weston, he to God is like this method of came under the influence of Fr. planting. It can be easily Eve Osler Johnson, an Anglo-Catholic with an compromised – sometimes by outside Hampson, who interest in biology. For a time Willie forces so mysterious we can only call organized the seemed interested in a vocation to the them “evil” – but also by our response priesthood. (One can only imagine to both our successes and our failures reception at the conversations between Willie the in life, our joys and our sorrows. They Osler Hall at budding Anglo-Catholic and his have the potential to destroy the seed Trinity resolutely low-church father). At of faith planted in our hearts, if it McGill Willie was known to attend remains untended, unwatered, Anglican the parish of St. John the Evangelist, unloved. This story has provided Church, talking then, as now a bastion of Anglo- great inspiration over the centuries to Dr. Reginald Catholicism. But after that it is less for those seeking a deep spirituality. clear what his spiritual beliefs were. The danger is that it can fuel pride Fitz. He lived through a period when and intolerance, encouraging us to seed and soils in today’s gospel), the Darwin and Freud seemed to seal the become spiritual soil analysts, Oslers left a countryside dotted with emerging division between religion classifying the inner lives of other the churches and Sunday schools and science, sacred and secular.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Lady Meredith House – Mcgill
    Project Brief: Lady Meredith House – McGill A Restoration fit for a Lady. In 1894, Sir Vincent Meredith and his wife, Lady Meredith, commissioned architect Edward Maxwell to build them a house on land gifted to them by Lady Meredith’s father, located in the Golden Square mile area of Montreal. The Queen Anne style home, with towers, stepped windows and high chimneys, became known as Ardvarna and remained their residence until 1941 when Lady Meredith gave the house and land to the Royal Victoria Hospital for use as a nurses residence. Years later, McGill University acquired the house and remains the owner to this day. Following an attempted arson, the house was completely renovated in 1990 by architects Gersovitz, Becker, and Moss. PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS: Name: Lady Meredith House Location: 1110 Avenue de Pins Project Type: Historical Renovation Building Type: Queen Anne Home Year: 1990 Product Series: Marvin Clad Product Types: Single Hungs, Casements, Awnings, Roundtops, Bays Builder: Marien Oldham Ltd. Based on past experience with similar historic renovations, along with their reputation of delivering quality and craftsmanship, Marvin was chosen by the architects to be a key player in this project. Marvin provided 162 units total to the renovation including Clad Single Hungs, Casements, Awnings, Roundtops, and Bays combining Energy Efficiency with Architectural Accuracy. Today, the Lady Meredith House at McGill is a National Historic Site of Canada and still fully functional. ©2018 Marvin Windows and Doors. All rights reserved. ®Registered trademark of Marvin Windows and Doors. Learn more at MarvinCanada.com.
    [Show full text]
  • 11-Ti: MONTREAL VLLA; 1830 Ta 1910 by Johan K. Jooste, AA Dipl. a Thesis Submitted Ta the F Aculty of Graduate , Studie
    11-ti: MONTREAL VLLA; 1830 ta 1910 by Johan K. Jooste, A.A. Dipl. A thesis submitted ta the F aculty of Graduate , Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture. ( " School of Architecture McGill University Montreal, Qu'bec November, 1984 \ @ Johan K. Jooste, 1984 - ,~ '" " '11: .' 1 " l' ", ,'. ~ ... 1: _ {- .., '~".-~ '.d.r--' , . ; ~ <, TABLE Of' CONTENTS \ ) ABSTRACT Iv ' \ .-( ... RESUME" " v ACKNOWLE~tvENTS vi { LIST OF" ILLUSTRATIONS vii li LO INTRODUCTION '1 Illustrations 6 Notes 7 D . ~~~O) HISTORICAL OEVELOPtJENT CF Tt-E TYPE 8 " , 2.1 The Term IV illa" 8 2.2 \ The Villa as Retteat 9 . 2.3 The Villa as Power House 14 2.4 The Plan Form 18 ~' Illustrations 24 Notes 35 3.0 1l-E OWl'ERS AND ~n-E VILLAS 37 3.1 Victorien Montreal 37 3.2 Ravenscrag 41 3.3 Lord Mount Stephenls Residence 42 3.4 Hugh Graham Residence 43 3.5 Hosmer- House 43 3.6 Ross Residence 44 ,. 1 \ \ 1 / / .~-------- , " ," " " Q' , ,1 , r /, / -, ii '-) , ' , 3.7 Molson Residence 44 - 3.8 purvÎs Ha~ 4S l.9 The Typical Plan " 46 Illustrations , " 41 Notes 56 , ' 1\.0 LIVING IN ll-E VR..LA 59' •• 4.1 Introduction . .. " 60 4.2 Principles of Planning , 61 4.3 The Householçj 63 4.4 The Family Apartment~ .' 66 The Drawing Room ~. 66 T~p Dining Room ' 67 Other Day Rooms 68 Evbning Rooms 69 4.5 The Servants' Apartments 71 ~ Kitchen Offices 71 Sleeping Quarters t ., 72 Other Zones 73 - 4.6 Site Development 73 4.7 The ~ervant Problem 75 Illustrations "' r 7,6 II, ' , Notes .; 83 l ~- ) ~ \ ~ " 1 , ~ 'P \ , < , , .
    [Show full text]
  • University of Bishop's College
    Vol. xxxvi. No. 7 June, 1929 University of Bishop's C o lle g e FOUNDED 1843____ROYAL CHARTER 1853 THE ONLY COLLEGE IN CANADA FOLLOWING THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE PLAN OF THREE LONG ACADEMIC YEARS FOR THE B.A. DEGREE Complete courses In Arts and Divinity. Post-Graduate course in Education leading to the High School diploma. Residential College for men. Women students admitted to lectures and degrees. Valuable scholarships and Exhibitions. The College is situated in one of the most beautiful spots in Eastern Canada. Excellent buildings and equipment. All forms of recreation including golf. Four railway lines converge in Lennoxville. For information, terms and calendars, apply to: REV. A. H. McGREER, D.D., PRINCIPAL OR TO THE REGISTRAR, Lennoxville, Que. The Alumni Association of the University of Bishop's College Pr e sid e n t : G. F. Savage, M. A. V ice-Pr e s id e n t : A. M. West, B. A. S e c r e t a r y -T r e a su r e r : L. F. Martin, B. A. The Secretary will be glad to receive commun­ ications from any graduate or other friend of the University, and suggestions for the advancement of the work of the Association will receive the careful consideration of the Executive. Address: L. F. MARTIN. P.O. BOX 46. ST A T IO N B . MONTREAL. J. S. MITCHELL & CO., Limited _____ Wholesale and Retail HARDWARE Wholesale Distributors in the Province of Quebec for Spalding Sporting Goods Orders taken for Club Uniforms Special Prices for Schools, Colleges and Clubs 76 - 80 WELLINGTON ST.
    [Show full text]
  • Building a “Cross-Roads Discipline” at Mcgill University: a History of Early Experimental Psychology in Postwar Canada
    BUILDING A “CROSS-ROADS DISCIPLINE” AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY: A HISTORY OF EARLY EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY IN POSTWAR CANADA ERIC OOSENBRUG A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Program in Psychology. Graduate Program in Psychology York University Toronto, Ontario October 2020 © Eric Oosenbrug, 2020 Abstract This dissertation presents an account of the development of psychology at McGill University from the late nineteenth century through to the early 1960s. The department of psychology at McGill represents an alternative to the traditional American-centered narrative of the cognitive revolution and later emergence of the neurosciences. In the years following World War II, a series of psychological experiments established McGill as among the foremost departments of psychology in North America. This thesis is an institutional history that reconstructs the origins, evolution, and dramatic rise of McGill as a major center for psychological research. The experiments conducted in the early 1950s, in the areas of sensory restriction, motivation, and pain psychology, were transformative in their scope and reach. Central to this story is Donald O. Hebb, author of The Organization of Behavior (1949), who arrived at McGill in 1947 to find the charred remains of a department. I argue that the kind of psychology Hebb established at McGill was different from most departments in North America; this is developed through a number of interwoven storylines focused on the understanding of a particular character of McGill psychology - a distinctive “psychological style” - and its broader historical importance for Canadian psychology, for North American psychology, and for psychology across the globe.
    [Show full text]
  • Beyond Doubt Page 1 CONTENTS
    By Len Hendershott 2014 Beyond Doubt Page 1 CONTENTS Research Note ........................................................................................ 5 Beyond Doubt ......................................................................................... 6 Chapter 1 - Origins and Context ............................................................. 9 Roots ................................................................................................. 11 Hinneschied of Naumburger Hof .................................................. 12 Jacob Hendershott and Charity Horning ...................................... 14 Isaac Welter and Samantha Dingman .......................................... 15 Elgin County .................................................................................. 16 St. Thomas .................................................................................... 19 Middlemarch ................................................................................ 22 St. Thomas Police Department ..................................................... 25 Victim and Perpetrators ................................................................... 28 The Lamb - William Henry Hendershott ....................................... 28 The Wolf - William David Welter .................................................. 30 The Fox - John Aaron Hendershott ............................................... 31 Life Insurance in 1890 Ontario ......................................................... 36 Inspiration for Murder .................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • University of Bishop's College
    The Alumni Association of the University of Bishop's College Hon. President, Grant Hall, Esq., B.A. President, Rev. H. S. Laws, M.A. Vice-Presidents, Ven. Archdeacon Scott, M.A., D.C.L., C.M.G., D.S.O. Mr. F. J. Bacon, B.A. Secretary-Treasurer, Hector H. King, B.A., B.C.L. The Secretary will be glad to receive communications from any graduate or other friends of the University, and suggestions for the advancement of the work of the Asso­ ciation will receive the careful consideration of the Executive. Address: Hector H. King, Secretary-Treasurer Alumni Association, 61 St. Gabriel St., Montreal. THE MITRE 1 IPPEL& Co. Ltd. J. WEstablished 18th Century Clerical Tailors & Robe Makers Entirely to Measure. Individually Cut and Tailor Made. “ ALL WOOL” CHEVIOT L ounge Suits, $23.00. Other Qualities, $25.55 to $43.40. Russell Cord CO LLEG E GOW NS - - S4.75 PRIESTS’ CASSOCKS $11.70 to $25.55 G a th e re d LINEN SURPLICES from $5.60 L.S.T. HOODS $4.00, $7.30 and $11.60 CANADIAN SYNOD V.P. HOODS $7.50 „ „ B.D. HOODS $11.70 and $15.35 ORDINATION OUTFIT $111.80 Patterns and Illustrated Catalogue on application. Cash Discount of 5% on Orders over $4.85. Post Free on Prepaid Orders. EX ET ER • MANCHESTER LONDON High Street and 32 Victoria Street. Duncannon Street C athed ral Yard. (Near Cathedral) Charing X. W . C. 2 THE MITRE C. C CHADDOCK CHOICE FRESH GROCERIES FRUITS IN SEASON. FANCY BISCUITS. PAINTS AND OILS SHELF HARDWARE.
    [Show full text]
  • 1 CHAPTER TWO the New Mckim, Mead and White Building 1904
    1 CHAPTER TWO The New McKim, Mead and White Building 1904-1906 After the destruction of the John Abbot house, a meeting of the Directors of the Mount Royal Club was convened at the Canadian Pacific Board Room in Windsor Station on 5 March, 1904. It was agreed that a clubhouse fully equipped in all respects inclusive of furnishings was to be built at a cost of approximately $125,000.1 A subsequent committee meeting was held about three weeks later to discuss the advisability of employing a New York architect, “but nothing definite was agreed upon.”2 However, the architectural community in Montreal soon learned the Mount Royal Club was in the process of hiring for its new building and considering employing an American. On 8 April, 1904 Club president, Richard B. Angus, received a letter from the city of Montreal Treasurer, William Robb which stated: “our own architects should be considered, as unlike the renovation of the Bank of Montreal under way at the time, which entailed features which were new [in the city]…, the restoration of the clubhouse is quite within the compass of our home talent.” He then offered to introduce his own son-in-law, the architect, David Robertson Brown (1869-1946) who was also a friend and associate of Edward Maxwell, the earlier architect of some of the Abbott House renovations. 3 On 11 April a new building committee was formed, comprised of Alfred Baumgarten, head of the St. Lawrence Sugar Refining Company, Charles Meredith, a 1 Mount Royal Club Archive: Minute Book, 5 March, 1904, 188-189.
    [Show full text]
  • Going National
    CHAPTER TWO Going National "Our Progressive Ideas" o A MARITIMER, STEPPING OFF THE TRAIN, MONTREAL IN 1887 WAS A CITY T of expanding wealth and possibilities. It was Canada's largest city: its population, just cresting 200,000 in 1887, dwarfed Halifax's, which had not even reached 40,000. From Montreal's stations, one could board the newly completed Canadian Pacific Railway and be in Vancouver in five days or - as Edson Pease and Tom Kenny would so often do - ride the Grand Trunk to Riviere-du-Loup and there connect with the Intercolonial for all points east. To varying degrees, Ottawa, Toronto, and the emerging cities of the West all seemed caught in Montreal's web. The iron tube of the Victoria Bridge, a marvel of Victorian engineering, had conquered the St. Lawrence and given the city access to its bustling American rivals to the south, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York. In their nineteenth-century passion for anatomical metaphors, economic commentators portrayed the St. Lawrence as the pulsing commercial aorta of Canadian commerce, with Montreal as its throbbing heart. If Halifax was struggling to maintain its frail hinterland, Montreal tapped its hinterland with rela­ tive ease and profit. Nowhere was the power of Montreal more tangibly displayed than on St. James Street, the bastion of the Anglo-Scottish entrepreneurship that had for over a century propelled the city forward. The narrowness of the street as it ran through the area just to the north of the port accentuated the seeming omnipotence of its looming commercial bUildings. The grandeur and solidity of the Merchants Bank of Canada, Molsons Bank, or the Montreal City and District Savings Bank were clearly evident.
    [Show full text]
  • Canadian Government Policy Towards Titular Honours Fkom Macdondd to Bennett
    Questions of Honoar: Canadian Government Policy Towards Titular Honours fkom Macdondd to Bennett by Christopher Pad McCreery A Thesis submitted to the Department of History in conformity with requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, Caaada September, 1999 Q Christopher Paul McCreery National birary Biblioth&quenationale du Canada Acquisitions and Acquisitions et Bibliographic Services services bibliagraphiques 395 Wellington Street 395, rue Wellington OttawaON KIAON4 OIEawaON K1AON4 Canada Cariada The author has granted a non- L'auteur a accorde melicence non exclusive licence allowing the exclusive pennettant a la National Library of Canada to Bibliotheqe nationale du Canada de reproduce, loan, distriiute or sell reproduire, preter, distn'buer ou copies of this thesis in microform, vendre des copies de cette these sous paper or electronic formats. la forme de microfiche/fih, de reproduction sur papier ou sur format ekctronique. The author retains ownership of the L'auteur conserve la propriete du copyright in this thesis. Neither the droit d'auteur qui protege cette these. thesis nor substantial extracts fkom it Ni Ia these ai des extraits substantiels may be printed or otherwise de celle-ci ne doivent &re imprimes reproduced without the author's ou autrement reproduits sans son permission. autorisation- Abstract This thesis examines the Canadian government's policy towards British tituiar honours and their bestowal upon residents of Canada, c. 1867-1935. In the following thesis, I will employ primary documents to undertake an original study of the early development of government policy towards titular honours. The evolution and development of the Canadian government's policy will be examined in the context of increasing Canadian autonomy within the British Empire/Commonwealth- The incidents that prompted the development of a Canadian made formal policy will also be discussed.
    [Show full text]
  • Bank of Montreal
    BANK OF MONTREAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD 1ST DECEMBER, lDIO (From THEGAZETTE, December Znd, 1919.) The 102nd Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Bank of Montreal was held yesterday in the Board Room at the Bank's Headquarters. Amongst those present were: D. Forbes Angus, R. B. Angus. S. M. Baylis, E. W. Beatty, K.C.; H. W. Beauclerk, D. R. Clarke, Colonel Henry Cockshutt, Huntly Drummond, Edward Fiske, J. Jeffrey Fiske, C. J. Fleet, K.C.; Hon. Gw. G Foster, K.C.; G. B. Fraser, Dr. Wm. Gardner. Sir Charles Gordon, G.B.E.; J. Maxtone Graham. C.A.; Lt.-Col. G. R. Hooper, C. R. Hosmer, L. Julien. Harold Kennedy, T. Marion, Chas. Meredith. Sir Vincent Meredith. Bart.; W. R. Miller. Lt.-Col. Herbert Molson, M.C.; S. Geo. McElwaine, Wm. McMaster, Campbell Nelles, Hugh Paton, John Patterson, Alfred Piddington, Henry E. Rawlings, JamesRodger, A. G. Ross, Rt. Hon. Lord Shaugbnessy, K.C.V.O.: E. P. Winslaw. On motion of Mr. R. B. Angus, Sir Vincent Meredith was requested to take the chair. Mr. C. J. Fleet, K.C., moved, seconded by Mr. H. W. Beauclerk, that Lieut.-Col. George R. Hooper and Mr. W. R. Miller be appointed to act as Scrutineers, and that Mr. C. H. Cronyn be the Secretary of the meeting. This was carried unanimously. The Chairman then falled upon the General Manager: Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor, to read the Annual Report of the Directors to the Shareholders at their lOZnd Annual General Meeting, held Monday, December lst, 1919. THE ANNUAL REPORT The Directors have pleasure in presenting the report shoving the result of the Bank's business for the year ended 31& October, 1919.
    [Show full text]
  • SERGE GUIGONAN ADJOGNON Department of Agricultural, Food, & Resource Economics, Michigan State University Morrill Hall of Agriculture, Rm
    SERGE GUIGONAN ADJOGNON Department of Agricultural, Food, & Resource Economics, Michigan State University Morrill Hall of Agriculture, Rm. 208, East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 348-3747 – [email protected] EDUCATION May 2016 (expected) PhD. Agricultural Food & Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA Dissertation: “Updating the Knowledgebase in the Rapidly Transforming Production Systems and Consumption Patterns in Sub Saharan Africa” Committee: Lenis Saweda Liverpool-Tasie (advisor), Mywish Maredia, Robert Myers, Robert Shupp, Jeffrey Wooldridge. August 2012 M.Sc. Agricultural Economics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Thesis: “Performance and Efficiency of Rice Marketing Sector in Togo” Supervisor: Anwor Naseem December 2009 Ingenieur Agronome. Faculte des Sciences Agronomiques, University of ABomey-Calavi, Benin Senior Research Project: “Technical and Economic Efficiency of Rice Parboiling in Benin” Supervisors: Gauthier Biaou, Aliou Diagne May 2016 (expected) University Graduate Certification in College Teaching. Michigan State University Graduate School and Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL). Mentored Teaching Project: “Does group size affect students’ learning outcomes when using peer instruction methods? Lessons from a Randomized Control Intervention in the classroom” 1 EXPERIENCES Graduate Research Assistantship, Food Security Group, AFRE Department, Michigan State University, August 2012 - Present v Involvement in the design and implementation of a ranDomized control experiment to evaluate the yield and profitability effects of a fertilizer application technique (Urea Deep Placement) amongst rice farmers in Nigeria. Survey design and preparation - Field trip to Nigeria (summer 2014) to supervise the treatment phase - Data management and data analysis using STATA v Study leader for the analysis of the effect of Dynamic Incentives anD Information Systems on Farmers Access to Input on Credit using experimental approach.
    [Show full text]
  • 1 CONCLUSION the Purpose of This Study Has Been to Offer An
    1 CONCLUSION The purpose of this study has been to offer an investigation into the architecture of the Mount Royal Club’s new building erected in 1906 and of their art collection assembled between the years 1899-1920. By approaching this thesis under the rubric of the social and cultural context of that time, I have endeavored to illustrate, using Pierre Bourdieu’s theories on capital, that social and cultural power was centered in the hands of an overlapping business elite who were a dominant presence in all major activities of the city. This power and influence played an important role in the successful construction of the Mount Royal Club’s building on Sherbrooke Street and in the assemblage of a small collection of paintings by club members that, over 100 years later, is still significant to Montreal’s heritage and prestige. Because the Mount Royal Club represented a place where taste and cultural awareness became important emblems of identity, it demonstrates how the common lifestyles and similar backgrounds of the members influenced their aesthetic choices both in the design of their new building and in the collection of paintings. From its beginning the Mount Royal Cub has been a source of pride, as well as intrigue to the population of Montreal, since the life in private men’s clubs was so carefully guarded from the eyes of outsiders. Lengthy newspaper reports on the disastrous fire of January 1904 and the inquiry following the fire were published in the Montreal Gazette 1 and the Montreal Star.2 Later on 7 March 1905 an article was 1 “ Mount Royal Fire Cost Two Lives,” The Gazette 6 January 1904.
    [Show full text]