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cover photo by Suzy Lamont ed ito rs NO TEBOO’K You ’ve spoken … Volume LL, No. H, HFGI and we ve listened. [email protected] ’ www.alumnireview.queensu.ca he most oft-heard questions about the Review that come our The Queen’s Alumni Review way concern the small size of the type and the photos in the (circ. yz{,xxx), published quarterly T by University Communications, magazine. This has led us to think that it was time for a redesign . is a member of the Council for The last front-to-back “makeover” of the Review was in zxxx. the Advancement and Support of We freshened up things in zxyx, and we’re forever tweaking the Education. Subscriptions free to alumni, $z} UV_ /year for others. design to keep it fresh, interesting, and relevant. Opinions expressed in the Review Last fall, we convened a group of campus stakeholders with are not necessarily those of expertise in communications, marketing, and alumni relations and Queen’s University or of the bfSS . we told them about the feedback we’ve received from readers. We Zdd_ # x|{-x| asked for their suggestions on how they thought we might improve Queen’s University the Review ’s design to make it more reader-friendly and current. As Chief Communications Officer you’d expect, this consultation provided us with a host of good ideas. Michael Fraser After taking note of the best of them, the Review’s veteran art director, Editor Larry Harris, put his talents to work creating a bold new design Ken Cuthbertson, Artsci’|, Law’{ scheme for the magazine. Once he’d worked his magic, the staff Editor Emerita in the Queen’s marketing office previewed the “design roughs” to Catherine Perkins, Arts’} individuals and focus groups in the broader Queen’s and alumni Keeping in Touch (KIT) Editor Andrea Gunn, ^aS ’x communities. More tweaks followed. The entire redesign process, which took about six months, involved dozens of people. Art Director Larry Harris, University Marketing You hold in your hands the end product of these efforts. As you’ll Associate Designer (KIT) see, the “new look” Review has larger, easier-to-read typefaces, more Wilma van Wyngaarden white space, bigger photos, and what we think is a crisper, more Advertising Coordinator eye-catching design. I hope you like it. Peter Gillespie, Artsci’xy All that said, the Review is still very much a work in progress. Phone: ~y{.}{{.~xxx ext. }|~| Like any good magazine that values a real connection to its readers Email: [email protected] and strives to serve them, the Review is a living entity that’s con - HFGI-HFGJ Queen’s University stantly changing and adapting. Alumni Association President George Jackson, Artsci’} We’d appreciate hearing what you think of the changes we’ve made to your magazine. All comments and suggestions – in The Mission of the QUAA “To reach out and foster a lifelong writing, please – are welcome. So please shoot us an email at association with Queen’s , to engage [email protected] or drop us a line via snail mail. our members in the life and work of the university, and to serve the alumni community in all its diversity.” Canada Post Publications Mail Permit NIGFLMFGK Postage paid at Kingston, `_ Return undeliverable Canadian and other addresses to the Review offices. Queen’s University University Avenue Among our editorial contributors this issue … Kingston, `_ \] {_~ Phone: ~y{.}{{.zx~x Kingston writer Lindy Gary Michael or y.xx.z~.{ Mechefske (“House calls Dault (The Art of (toll-free in Canada and f.d. ) on the ‘front lines’”, p. a) Learning,” p. Y\ ) Fax: ~y{.}{{.~z is the author of the is a Napanee, To update your address cookbook A Taste of `_ -based Wintergreen (Wintergreen freelance arts [email protected] Studios Press, zxyy) reporter/critic.
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Thanks for the memories having been Merv Daub, Com’~~ (p. Z), Re “Seeking thinkers who also ‘do ’, ” etc. for Business Economics and Forecasting. Issue :1-2014, pps. 2, 7, 8 and 35 Upon graduation I chose to launch my career elsewhere after declining an offer Thanks to Associate University Registrar to join Commerce Capital Corporation, (Undergraduate Admissions) Stuart where [ Queen’s Chancellor-elect] Jim Pinchin, Artsci’, for reminding us old - Leech, ’{ (p. _ ), was then perched. sters (and possibly parents of later grads ^TS The collage of warm memories and and current students) of the Unique most of the emotions known to mankind Queen’s Experience (fbW) . Stu and I go swept over me as I read this issue, think - back pre- Queen’s to Camp Kandalore in ing of friends past, those who have the ‘~xs and ’xs, when it seemed that passed, and the better future the commu - half the staff went to Queen’s . nity of Queen’s helps us all to build. The late Rob Buller, TS ’y (p.[]), [in his role as a high school liaison officer] Ian Caulfield “Uncks” Smith, Arts’77, MBA ’79 cemented my Queen’s perceptions in yz Oakville, ON when he came to my high school in the wilds and recruited about zx per cent of Remembering John Matheson the Grade y{ class of Oakville-Trafalgar Re “The passing of a great Canadian” High School. Later, when Rob was running Issue :1-2014, p. 26 Leonard Hall, he was the first to explain I was pleased to see my dear friend, John an ^TS to me. I stuck around and got one, Matheson, TS ’|x, ]]V ’|, remembered in one of my more memorable professors the Review and in the January edition of
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straints have meant that certain aspects of UXcU ’s technical facilities have remained stuck in an out - dated radio era. UXcU ’s Revitalization Plan calls upon all of the station’s stakeholders to help bring Queen’s Radio into a new age of wireless technology. UXcU held a successful funding drive in February, with Kingston community members and many Queen’s alumni donating to support the installa -
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Mus’_[ station. Students have voted an increase in the an - d e I L (right) and nual fee they pay to support , and based on p UXcU p u S John Matheson the success of this vote, the university administra - tion has agreed to continue to provide free rent to the @ Queen’s broadcast email that goes out to the station for the next three years. alumni. If I may, I’d like to share with Review Every contribution helps to build a future for readers a photo of John and myself (above) that UXcU , as the station adapts its traditional radio was taken at a Queen’s football game on programing to digital platforms. The Revitaliza - October zz, zxy{. tion Plan will improve the radio station’s website David Hunt, Mus’73 and mobile applications to better serve students Kingston, ON on their smartphones and alumni around the world, as well as Kingston listeners on X^ radio. Revitalizing UXcU Renovations will ensure that UXcU meets current safety and accessibility standards, creating a more Many alumni will have noted with approval the re - welcoming environment, particularly for people cent bfSS honours given to former UXcU broad - with disabilities. casters Jeffrey Simpson, Arts’y, ]]V ’x}; Shelagh I encourage alumni to continue to help Rogers, Artsci’; and Rico Garcia, Artsci’y{, but Queen’s Radio sustain its tradition of cutting-edge may not be aware of the exciting challenges cur - broadcast technology, community-building, and rently faced by UXcU Queen’s Radio itself. As it be - experiential learning for students from all disci - comes an independent, non-profit corporation, plines at Queen’s . Alumni can visit cfrc.ca to make Queen’s Radio is also launching a Revitalization a charitable contribution, or to tune in. Plan to complete long-overdue upgrades to its broadcasting facilities. Derek Redmond, Artsci’74, MPL ’79, UXcU is the longest-running campus broadcaster Lecturer, Department of Film and Media in the world, continuing a vibrant tradition of radio For more letters, please visit the Review online at programing and experimentation that began at alumnireview.queensu.ca. Queen’s in yzz. In recent years, financial con -
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y t I S r e v I n u r Issue 2, 2014 | alumnireview.queensu.ca FROM THE principal Classrooms without walls Increasingly, educators and students alike are seeing the benefits – and the need – for the kind of learning that takes place outside the classroom. BY PRINCIPAL DANIEL WOOLF
here has been a lot of talk lately about the value of experiential learning in higher educa - Ttion. Certainly, as economies and technologies shift, universities are facing increasing pressure from students, business, and governments to help address a perceived Canadian “skills gap,” while making sure they’re not producing graduates who are improperly prepared for the working world. While universities have always helped students develop critical thinking and communications abilities that are highly valued outside the class - room, many educators are now seeing the benefits in giving students more opportunities to learn “real-world” skills. S n o At Queen’s , we’re working hard to increase I t a c I
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opportunities to learn by doing in class, just as u Queen’s students have always learned by doing through their extra-curricular activities. Master of Planning program had the opportunity to Our new Teaching and Learning Action Plan, travel to India, where they put into practice every - which comprises the final recommendations of the thing they’d learned in class, helping officials in Provost’s Task Force on the Student Learning Expe - Auroville, an intentionally planned community in rience (an initiative that emerged as part of our the southern state of Tamil Nadu, develop a set of recent strategic planning processes), will help to indicators to assess its growth around sustainable define and develop further opportunities for expe - development. There are many more examples. riential learning. This includes self-sustaining cur - But experiential learning doesn’t need to ricular and co-curricular opportunities for students. happen off campus. Opportunities for students to Co-chaired by Dr. Jill Scott, Vice-Provost pursue original research – espe - (Teaching and Learning), and Dr. Brian Frank, cially at the undergrad level – or “Many educators are Sc’, MSc’, PhD’xz, Director of Program Devel - to conduct lab work are just as opment in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied valid and important. Active and now seeing the benefits Science, the task force has made y} recommenda - collaborative learning spaces, such in giving students more tions to advance teaching and learning at Queen’s as those we recently unveiled at while providing better support to our faculty, staff, Ellis Hall, with their brainstorm - opportunities to learn and students. It also lays out the need for a ing- oriented white boards and in - ‘real-world’ skills.” Queen’s -specific definition of experiential learn - teractive learning pods, will also ing, as well as a common language for its many help to ensure our students do more active learn - associated terms – from internship and practicum, ing without leaving the classroom. to community service-learning – as we work to And finally…we have taken an exciting step integrate more hands-on educational opportuni - closer towards reaching our goal of revitalizing ties for our students, both on and off campus. Richardson Stadium. Two significant pledges – When it comes to experiential education, we’re $yx million from alumni Stu and Kim Lang and $} well on our way. For example, all first-year engi - million from the Richardson Foundation – mean neering students are required to participate in a the $z}-million we’ll need no longer seems so far yz-week team project that sees them working with out of reach. I am very grateful for their support campus and community groups to help solve real and will keep you posted on our progress. (Please design problems. This winter, students in the see pp. Y`-ZX for more details.)
Issue 2, 2014 | alumnireview.queensu.ca s CAnewsMPUS Naming enhances recognition the board of trustees has approved the following naming dedication to recognize the generosity of Queen’s alumni and other friends of the university: The Robinson High-Performance Rowing Centre, located in the athletics and recreation centre, is named in recognition of the pledge from douglas robinson, marina pratchett, and meghan robinson, artsci’14.
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IN MEMORIAM Electrical engineering grad among Bacon, David, professor missing Malaysia Airlines passengers Emeritus (chemical engineer - the Queen’s community is mourning ing) and former dean of the loss of an alumna who was applied Science, died april 13 among the 239 passengers and crew in Kingston after a lengthy aboard malaysia airlines flight illness, age 78. mh 370, which disappeared over the Brown, Norman J., professor Indian ocean on march 8. Emeritus (philosophy), died Fadzillah Mat Rahim, BSc’MM, april 19 in Kingston, age 91. who lived in Kuala Lumpur with her husband and classmate azrai Izet Grandmaison, Edward mohamad, Sc’99, was en route to (“Ted”), bSc’68, phd’75, beijing on business. professor Emeritus (chemical Speaking on behalf of the univer - engineering), died February sity and the Queen’s community, 15 in Kingston, age 67. principal daniel Woolf issued a 9 9 ‘
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MAKING A difference House calls on the “front line s” Being president of the Canadian branch of Doctors Without Borders is challenging, but the job has its rewards. BY LINDY MECHEFSKE
r. Bruce Lampard, Sc’y, emergency room Dphysician and Canadian president of Médecins Sans Frontières /Doctors Without Borders ( ^dX ), was under what he calls “polite pressure” to attend Queen’s . Bruce’s mother, Diane (Hayes) McKenzie, NSc’~|, ^aS ,’z, a long-time and very dedicated member of the Queen’s University Alumni Association and a supporter of the Ban Righ Centre, was the source of that polite pressure, having extolled the virtues of Queen’s to her son for most of his young life. Turns out mother knew best. When Bruce, who was born in Calgary and raised in Mississauga, `_ ,
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Issue 2, 2014 | alumnireview.queensu.ca w YOUNG entrepreneurs What ’s an Arts and Science degree worth? Ask Zach Here’s one young alumnus who’s proving that career success is more about the person than his or her degree credentials. BY KEN CUTHBERTSON, REVIEW EDITOR
he skeptics will tell you that an undergrad stu - from Queen’s with an Honours TS in Political Stud - Tdent nowadays is well advised to steer clear of ies, I knew nothing about the collaboration services degree programs in Arts and Science and instead business,” he confides. “I had to learn quickly.” study in Commerce, Engineering, or some other He did that because he’s a go-getter. Always has vocationally oriented faculty or school. been. It runs in the family. But don’t tell that to Zach Katsof, Artsci’x~. In his undergrad days, Zach ran his own summer He’s not buying it. business – a boat-cleaning service – and when he Zach insists that new grads’ chances of landing wasn’t in classes or hitting the books during the good jobs are – and should be – less about the school year, he was busy volunteering with the S^d kind of degree they’ve earned than about their Walk-Home Service, working as a student consta - people skills, aptitudes, creativity, and ability to ble, and participating on the Varsity Competitive think critically. It’s hard to argue with him. Zach is Cheerleading squad. In his spare time, he relaxed by a living example of his snowboarding, playing golf, and fitness running. own philosophy. “I originally intended to go to McGill, but my In eight short years, mom suggested that I should also check out the {x -year-old Queen’s . When I did, I changed my plans, and Oakville, `_ , native has I’m glad I did. I loved going to Queen’s . I bleed risen from raw recruit tricolour,” says Zach. to senior executive “I learned a lot as an undergrad: how to think with Arkadin Collabo - rationally and critically; how to read, digest, and ration Services. The synthesize large amounts of information; and how Atlanta-based company to express my ideas clearly. My experience is that
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GRACE’S grads Simulations and selfies @ b^[U zxy| There’s no journalism program at Queen’s , but that doesn’t mean there’s no student interest in the media or in media careers. BY HEATHER GRACE STEWART, ARTSCI’95
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what was my first group selfie, and definitely the media are in almost every aspect of everyday life; first selfie that I’ve taken with students. Everyone it’s crucial that students learn how to critically was grinning. The photo was tweeted immediately, engage with them,” she notes. and retweeted numerous times. Conference co-chair Kaleigh Pinto, Artsci’y|, “You must be famous!” fellow b^[U speaker and adds, “The b^[U allows students to imagine them - UTU eg anchor and radio newscaster Mike Wise, selves in the situations that they’re learning about, Artsci’|, joked with me on Twitter when he saw and we hope this makes them realize that their the Ellen-style group selfie. goals are within their reach.” “No, not until (Matt) Groening creates a cartoon One of this year’s highlights “The media are in version. Not until then,” I replied. was the interactive media simu - I’d taken part in the zxy{ b^[U and was lation. “We gave the student almost every aspect
delighted to have been invited back to speak attendees a simulated media of everyday life; it’s to students at this year’s event. There were zz crisis and had them split into speakers and ~} delegates registered for two days groups to draft responses to the crucial that students of workshops, networking, and an interactive issue at hand. Each group was learn how to critically case-study/simulation. mentored by one of our speak - This year’s keynote speakers were Parliamen - ers,” says Rachel. engage with them.” tary Bureau Chief for Sun Media David Akin, and “We couldn’t have hoped for a former Globe and Mail editor John Stackhouse, better conference turnout. It seemed everyone Com’}. The other speakers, who came from a who attended had a good time and found the variety of media backgrounds, included Mike conference to be a valuable experience he or she Wise; Zayna Mosam, Artsci’xy, who’s a certified was able to take something away from.” image professional; Jordan Press, MEd’yy, a As for me, I enjoyed the opportunity to encour - parliamentary reporter for Postmedia News; and age fledgling writers, to network with other journal - Christine Fader, a counsellor at Queen’s Career ists, and, of course, to return to my alma mater. Services who’s also an author and journalist. You can hashtag that #coolbeans. Conference co-chair Rachel Widakdo, Artsci’y}, explains that b^[U was created to show students Heather Grace Stewart is a Montreal-based journalist, the wealth of media and journalism opportunities poet, photographer, and author. Her debut novel and resources available on campus, despite the Strangely, Incredibly Good (http://morningrainpub - fact Queen’s has no journalism program. “The lishing.com/) will be published in June. B
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or Issue 2, 2014 | alumnireview.queensu.ca “A transformative gift” of art from Drs. Alfred and Isabel Bader, Queen’s supporters extraordinaire, has raised the Agnes Etherington Art Centre’s already superb collection to a whole new level of excellence – one that will provide exciting learning opportunities for students and faculty alike. BY GARY MICHAEL DAULT he generous, long-term gift of art to Queen’s University by Dr. Alfred Bader, Sc’|}, Arts’|~, MSc’|, ]]V’ ~, and Dr. Isabel TBader, ]]V ’x – which comprises, at its centre, a splendid collection of magnificent European Old Masters paintings – has been both prodigious and ongoing. Principal Daniel Woolf announced on April zy that the Baders have given the Agnes Etherington Art Centre ( SWSU or “Agnes” as the gallery is affectionately known) an additional ~ paintings from their superlative collection of Dutch and Flemish Baroque art, enriching the collection of more than y{x works of art already given to Queen’s since y~. The ~ newly arrived paintings by | artists span a century – from y~yx-yyx – and constitute what SWSU Director Jan Allen, Artsci’, TXS ’x, ^S ’z, characterizes as a “transformative gift”. Two of those works are by Rembrandt’s friend and chief rival, the “Thanks to the Bader child-prodigy painter Jan Lievens (y~x- gift, the *,*+ now y~|), who, though historically eclipsed possesses one of the by his better-known compatriot, is now regarded by art historians as a great master largest collections of in his own right. European art in Thanks to the Bader gift, the SWSU now possesses one of the largest collections of Canada that serves as European art in Canada that serves as an an important locus for important locus for the study of art history. As Ms. Allen explains, “We’re very excited to the study of art history.” have the opportunity to work with such an amazing collection, and eager to share it with our immediate community and with students, researchers and audiences around the globe.” One of the recently acquired paintings, Self-portrait as St. John the Evangelist (c.y~}}) by one of Rembrandt’s most gifted pupils Willem Drost (y~{{-y~}), is an utterly brilliant and splendid work. Drost’s inescapably engaging gaze as he stares back at the viewer is a reve - lation in our understanding of what portraiture can do. The painting is clearly a highlight of the Bader Collection. Two more of the newly donated paintings are Biblical scenes – the Baders are especially interested in Biblical subject matter in painting – by Aert de Gelder (y~|}-yz), one of Rembrandt’s later and passionately loyal pupils. The highlights go on and on. All of the collection is like this – intimate, compelling, unforgettable. In y}, Dr. Bader published Adventures of a Chemist Collector, which is the first book in his two-volume autobiography. The word t n
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“close connection with Queen’s University began yth century Dutch paintings, in Rembrandts, in y~ when Frances (Bailey) Smith, TS ’}~ [then- and in works by artists he influenced and, more curator], asked me whether I would consider donat - particularly, by his followers. ing a painting to the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. Over time the Bader Collection came to sup - I was pleased to be asked,” he writes, “and felt that port the university’s PhD program in art history, Queen’s would be a good home for the Salvator which was established in y|. Art history students Mundi that had belonged to my grandfather.” can examine the works as well as draw on the ex - Since that time, the saga of Dr. Bader’s unfail - pertise of the Chair in Northern Baroque Art and ing, lifelong support of Queen’s has been a stirring the Chair in Southern Baroque Art, both endowed one. His dedication to the university dates back to by the Baders. November y|y. Then-Registrar Jean Royce, TS ’{x, It was his affection and respect for art historian ]]V ’~, permitted the y-year-old Jewish refugee David McTavish, Dr. Bader says, that drew him from Vienna to enroll at Queen’s late in the even closer to the university. “When David autumn term after he was turned down by two McTavish began teaching art history [at Queen’s ] other universities. Dr. Bader would go on over in y{,” Alfred Bader notes in his book, “I realized the ensuing decades to show his gratitude by his competence and real love of the Old Masters, bestowing upon his first alma mater most of his and my ties with art and art history at Queen’s superb art collection – famously rich in splendid strengthened.” After a sojourn at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Dr. McTavish returned to Queen’s in y as head of the Department of Art, and he laboured dili - gently and successfully to establish the PhD program within it. Dr. Bader has pointed out that for him, the PhD program at Queen’s was “the more important goal [as opposed, for the moment, to the immediate expansion of the SWSU ],” because together with the good Art Conservation program, a strong Canadian collection, and the Old Masters, he and his wife had already given to the university, t n
o it would establish the Queen’s Art History and m a L Art Conservation programs as the best in Canada. y z u S That is certainly what they have become. Jennifer Nicoll, Collections Manager and Exhibition Coordinator (right), David de Witt, ^S ’{, PhD’xx, the Bader Cura - Preparator Nigel Barnett, and Stephanie Dickey, Bader Chair in Northern tor of European Art at the SWSU , points out that Baroque Art, consider placement of one of the paintings in the Agnes’ “Queen’s is one of a few universities in the world exhibition Rembrandt’s Circle: Making History. that gives students the chance to examine such ot Issue 2, 2014 | alumnireview.queensu.ca high-quality original works in a campus setting supported by conservators and specialists in Baroque art.” Dr. de Witt, who was appointed to his position in zxxy, recently completed the not- inconsiderable task of producing two magnificent catalogues of the Bader Collection. The first vol - ume, The Bader Collection: Dutch and Flemish Paint - ings , was published by the SWSU in zxx. The companion volume, The Bader Collection: European Paintings, was published earlier this year. The Baders’ generosity to Queen’s has contin - S n o ued unabated for almost half a century. In yz, I t a c I
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In zxxx, the Bader family including Dr. Bader’s u sons, David and Daniel, generously supported the SWSU ’s major renovation and expansion program. During his recent visit to campus, Alfred Bader, Sc’\], Arts’\^, MSc’\_, Right now, the Isabel Bader Centre for the Per - MMI ’`^, (right) met with David de Witt, NF ’a[, PhD’XX, the Bader Curator forming Arts, designed by Oslo-based architect of European Art at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre (left) and former Craig Dykers of the firm Snøhetta, is nearing Agnes Director David McTavish to discuss Volume II of de Witt’s completion on the Lake Ontario waterfront, just catalogue of the artworks in the Bader Collection. southwest of the Queen’s campus. Ms. Allen stresses that the importance of the This will be satisfying news to Dr. Bader. He Bader Collection lies not only in its strength as an once stated quite clearly and charmingly in the aggregate of exquisite and historically important introduction to Telling Images, a y exhibition paintings and a fount of scholarly enterprise, but that showcased a gift of y paintings he gave to the also as a powerful pedagogical tool. SWSU , that “in the field of art, so many collectors As Dr. de Witt puts it in The Bader Collection: and particularly museums are often influenced in European Paintings , “Besides serving as research their purchases by the name of the artist rather problems, original works of art in the academic than the beauty of the work in - setting also offer students a valuable opportunity volved…[Isabel and I] have al - “The Rembrandts in the to build their visual knowledge based on direct ways tried to buy on quality experience of the physical object rather than on only, preferring unattributed collection will always be the unifying train of reproductions presented in paintings in the hope that in a big draw, but it is the lectures and books and on computer screens.” time art historians will discover Ms. Allen concurs. “There’s a great deal to be the artist.” works of lesser-known learned, with a collection like this, about the rela - It is this aura of aesthetic artists of this period tions among artists, about the artistic currents mystery and the imminence of that, historically, were the ‘glue’ of the social and scholarly discovery and revela - that will invite the close economic world out of which these artists came. tion which makes the Bader and rewarding attention When you spend time with them, the paintings Collection both an aesthetic come to life,” she says. joy and, at the same time, the of both scholars and While the paintings enhance the learning expe - quintessential teaching tool. gallery goers alike.” rience for art history students, the collection also Of course, the Rembrandts in provides opportunities for other students across the collection will always be a big draw, but it’s the campus. Professors in education, engineering and works of lesser-known artists of this period that applied science, and health sciences use the will invite the close and rewarding attention of gallery’s paintings to augment their teaching and scholars and gallery goers alike. encourage their students in new ways of under - And all of this is the result, as Dr. de Witt has standing. written in the second volume of his Bader Collection “Students will be able to see how the works are catalogue, “of one man’s long love affair with art.” alike and how they are different,” Ms. Allen adds. “Each of these paintings can become an avenue For more information on the Baders’ gift and to view a to even bigger concerns. People are already using slideshow of some of the European Old Masters paint - the collection in ways that couldn’t have been ings now in the FJFH ’s Bader Collection, please visit predicted.” bit.ly/ TiWTBr v. B
Issue 2, 2014 | alumnireview.queensu.ca ou INITIATIVE CAMPAIGN update The revitalization of Richardson
he university’s plans for a much-needed very grateful for their generosity,” says Daniel revitalization of its West Campus stadium Woolf, Principal and Vice-Chancellor. “A modern T facility have taken a giant step forward thanks stadium will promote the excellence of our teams to the selfless generosity of two alumni and the and better meet the needs of our student-athletes. Richardson family itself. This exceptional gift gets us closer to making this Stu Lang, Sc’|, and his wife Kim (Burnett), dream a reality.” Artsci’}, of Cambridge, `_ , have pledged a lead Stu Lang, a star receiver with the Tricolour from gift of $yx million towards the campaign to refur - yx-| and a member of the Queen’s Football bish the |{-year-old stadium. Hall of Fame, remains involved with intercolle - “Mr. and Mrs. Lang have shown tremendous giate football, albeit not with Queen’s . He does so vision and leadership in their desire to help in his role as coach of the University of Guelph Queen’s revitalize Richardson Stadium and we are Gryphons, a rival of Queen’s in Ontario University Athletics ( `fS ) play. That aspect of the “The Langs’ extraordinary gift to Queen’s funding announcement surprised many people. makes it possible for the university and our While Lang underscores that he’s volunteer fundraising group to move ahead “yxx per cent committed” to his coach - ing job at Guelph, he allows that he immediately to raise the balance of funds will always have special affection for required to build a new stadium.” Queen’s . ov Issue 2, 2014 | alumnireview.queensu.ca A generous $"! million pledge from two alumni and a $$ million one from the Richardson Foundation has given the university’s stadium renewal plans a major boost. g r e b g a h
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“It’s a privilege to make this pledge to our alma four as head coach – of the Guelph Gryphons. mater,” he says. “Kim and I met during our student In fact, it was an `fS playoff game last fall when days at the university, and my experience as a the Gryphons travelled to Kingston to play the student-athlete at Queen’s prepared me well for Gaels – a match Queen’s won by a {|-y score – the rest of my life. A big part of my personal devel - that proved to be a catalyst for the Langs’ decision. opment occurred outside the classroom as athlet - Richardson Stadium was showing its age on that ics, more than anything, shaped my life, and I’m cool November day, and earlier that year an engi - happy to support Queen’s through my contribution neer’s report had declared sections of the spectator to the Richardson Stadium building project.” seating to be unsafe. As a result, the university After graduating from Queen’s in y| with a erected temporary seating for the season, which degree in chemical engineering, Stu Lang went included two Homecoming games and the `fS on to a successful eight-season career with the Ed - semi-final. “I was saddened to see the stadium’s monton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League, condition,” Stu recalls. “Kim and I had been think - winning five Grey Cup championship rings. ing about supporting the stadium renewal project, Upon hanging up his cleats, Stu embarked on and we decided the time was right to do so.” a successful z}-year career with his family’s pack - With the Langs and Richardson pledges in aged-goods labeling businesses, UU] Label place, the university has launched a spirited push Canada/Mexico and UU] Label International. He to raise the remainder of the $z} million that’s retired in zxx~, and for the past five seasons has needed to rebuild and modernize the |{-year-old “kept busy” in his role as a football coach – the last facility.
Issue 2, 2014 | alumnireview.queensu.ca ow Vicki (Gilliatt) Hand, Arts/ aYW ’{, and her husband Paul Hand, Arts’~, ^TS ’{, of Toronto, are co-chairs of the Initiative Campaign Fields and Stadium Campaign Cabinet. They hope the Langs’ pledge will inspire others to support the modern - ization of George Richardson Memorial Stadium. “Stu’s commitment to sport and student-athletes is well known, and we’re proud to have his name and reputation associated with this project,” says Vicki Hand. “The Langs’ extraordinary gift to Queen’s makes it possible for the university and our volunteer fundraising group to move ahead immediately to raise the balance of funds required to build a new stadium. “ In fact, the Langs’ pledge has already motivated further support. In April, the Richardson Founda - tion, the giving arm of James Richardson & Sons, Limited, announced a contribution of $} million to the stadium that bears the family’s name. “My great-great grandfather established a grain merchandising business in Kingston in y}, and he also instilled in his family the importance of giv - ing back to the community,” says Hartley Richard - During his playing days at Queen’s , Stu Lang (#ZZ) son, President and Chief Executive Officer of was a sure-handed receiver who in Ya_X won the Royal James Richardson & Sons, Limited, and a Trustee Todd Memorial Trophy as the team’s rookie of the year. of the Richardson Foundation. “ Queen’s University has been part of this philosophy throughout several generations, and this latest gift allows us the privilege of supporting an incredibly exciting initiative for the university while continuing to George Richardson Memorial Stadium at a glance honour our great-uncle’s memory.” the original richardson Stadium, constructed on the main campus in 1920 on The revitalization of George Richardson what is now tindall Field, was a gift of James armstrong richardson, ba 1906, Memorial Richardson Stadium, which has been LLd 1929, Queen’s chancellor, 1929-39. earmarked as a priority within Queen’s $}xx- the facility was named after James richardson’s brother, george taylor million Initiative Campaign, is the next key step in richardson, bSc 1909, a prominent student athlete at Queen’s who was killed the university’s efforts to enhance its athletics and in action in France during WWI . recreation facilities as a means of promoting the the richardson Foundation has pledged $5 million to the stadium revi - health and wellness of all students. Other recent talization project. the picture below shows (l-r) george richardson, former projects include the Athletics and Recreation chancellor agnes (richardson) benidickson, ba ’41, LLd ’79, and Kathleen and Centre, two new practice fields on west campus, James J. richardson, ba ’43, at the 1971 opening of the “new” george Tindall Field, and Nixon Field. richardson memorial Stadium at West campus. A modern George Richardson Memorial Stadium would also be of benefit to the broader Kingston community, and the university is commit - ted to consulting with neighbouring residents, city officials, and the local sports community as specific plans for the stadium are developed. “I’m very much looking forward to coming to the new George Richardson Memorial Stadium,” says Stu Lang. “I’d love it if the Guelph Gryphons are the Gaels’ opposition on the day the new stadium opens. I still have a soft spot in my heart for Queen’s and many Queen’s friends, but it’s still kind of fun to beat my alma mater on the football field.”
For more on the Langs’ extraordinary gift to Queen’s and to learn how you can support the fundraising campaign to revitalize George Richardson Memorial Stadium, please visit bit.ly /TkBVpUY. B pn Issue 2, 2014 | alumnireview.queensu.ca GIFT PLANNING .,- Planning makes a difference When it comes to estate planning, most of us put it off – often until it’s too late. As Linda Pearson, Executive Director of Gift Planning, explains in this “Q and A,” once you understand the process, it can be relatively straightforward and painless. Q. Do I need a will? and estate tax returns, and evalu - Q. Can Queen’s help me with this? A. Yes. A will is a legal docu - ating the value of the estate. A A. There are numerous ways to ment that outlines in exact potential executor should have make a difference in Queen’s language how you wish to the time and the skills to carry future. Working with you or your dispose of your assets. If you out his or her duties. Make sure legal counsel, the university’s don’t have one, the government your executor knows where the Gift Planning Office can help you will dispose of your assets – original of your will is located. structure your gift to ensure that although not necessarily in Remember, too, that some ex - it can be used in the way you the way you’d like. ecutors expect to be paid. intend. We can also advise on the possible tax benefits that will Q. Where do I begin my estate Q. It isn’t just about the money. maximize the value of your gift. planning? If I want to leave a legacy, how do A. Start by making a list of your I do that? Have a question about estate and assets – your house, bank A. For many people, estate plan - financial planning or charitable accounts, stocks, insurance ning is a chance to create some - giving you’d like answered in a policies, valuable objects, and so thing that will go on after they future edition of “Planning Makes forth. Take your time doing this. are gone and will benefit others. a Difference”? If so, please email You want to catalogue as much Remembering a charity, such as Linda Pearson, Executive Director, as possible. Then, identify your your alma mater, is a great way Gift Planning, with your suggestion: beneficiaries and alternate to do this. [email protected] B beneficiaries. Note any special management or timing consider - ations especially in the case of dependants.
Q. Can’t I write my own will? Emergency room A. In theory, yes, but wills are physician complex legal documents. We recommend having a lawyer Husband and prepare your will for you. father of two Writing one yourself may lead President, Doctors to confusion later about your Without Borders wishes or leave your will open (Canada) Bequest donor, to legal challenges. Met some of his best so Queen’s can Q. Can I revise my will after it’s friends as an engineering continue to be written? student at Queen’s everything A. Yes, as long as you’re men - tally competent. In fact, wills he loves. should be updated from time to planning time, to reflect changes in your makes a assets – and your beneficiaries. di erence Q. What is an ‘executor’? A. The executor is the person queensu.ca/giftplanning Bruce Lampard Sc’$# (or persons) selected by you to make sure that the wishes ex - pressed in your will are carried out. An executor’s duties can also include making funeral arrangements, filing individual
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o how does one go about inspiring change? SWe believe step one is to be restless. ASK When campaigning against Richard Nixon in the 1968 presidential questions election, Hubert Humphrey said, “If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work.” SEEK While Humphrey lost that election by just 1 per cent of the popular vote, his words still resonate. That year, there was sea change in the answers United States, Canada and around the globe; social upheaval, changing societal values, generational change. Sound familiar? ADVANCE Unquestionably, these are challenging days in health care, higher ed - ucation and research in Canada. Our healthcare system, models of prac - care tice and education, and our funding models are undergoing radical and rapid change. The status quo, quite frankly, is not an option. More than ever, it is time for Queen’s Faculty of Health Sciences to be restless. INSPIRE We are poised for change. In our strategic plan of 2012, we made a change purposeful decision – that the fates of the three schools in the faculty – S N O I T A C I N U M M O C
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Rehabilitation Therapy, Nursing and Medicine – were Kingston, across the country and internationally, with inextricably linked. We decided that we would be our entire alumni community. We hope that you enjoy united under one vision: to ask questions, seek answers, these stories. Please contact us with questions and to advance care and inspire change . In the last few years we share your comments. have worked hard at that unifying theme, and have seen great gains made in all three schools. There is strong evidence that we are achieving our goals. The Faculty of Health Sciences is a research pow - erhouse, generating more than $80 million annually in research revenue. Seats in nursing, occupational and physical therapy, medicine and life sciences are among the most sought-after in Canada. Interprofessional edu - S N O
cation and interdisciplinary research have grown sub - I T A C stantially and permeate every facet of our academic I N U
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Our desire to be restless can be encapsulated in the Y T I S R
dream that we all share in this faculty. That dream is to E V I N
create doctors, nurses, rehabilitation specialists and sci - U entists who are not just as good as their teachers. Our Marcia Finlayson Richard Reznick Jennifer Medves dream is to create a cadre of individuals who are better Vice-Dean, Dean, Vice-Dean, than their teachers, more knowledgeable, more focused Faculty of Faculty of Faculty of on discovery and more skilled than we ever dreamed Health Sciences Health Sciences Health Sciences they could be. That’s our mission. That’s why we con - Director, Director, Director, stantly strive to be better. That is how Queen’s Faculty School of School of Medicine School of Nursing of Health Sciences will inspire change. Rehabilitation CEO Southeastern Health care and the bio-medical sciences touch all of Therapy Ontario Academic us at some point in our lives. That’s why we decided to Medical Organization share some examples of our restless spirit in action, in
QUEEN’S HEALTH SCIENCES by the numbers
1,250 faculty (full-time, part-time, adjunct) 3,000 learners, 56 programs offered 22 teaching partnerships across Ontario 840 applications for FF seats (nursing) 1,578 applications for >CB seats (physical therapy/occupational therapy) 4,400 applications for >== seats (medicine) 973 million in research revenue More than 700 research studies in progress
S- Issue ?, ?=>A | alumnireview.queensu.ca FACULTY OF Health Sciences Internationally renowned chiropractic scholar comes to Queen ’s
ast fall, the Queen’s School of Rehabilitation L to R: Dr. Drew Potter, Therapy welcomed Dr. Simon French to Kingston President, Canadian Las the first holder of the new Canadian Chiroprac - Chiropractic Research tic Research Foundation Professorship in Rehabilitation Foundation (CCRF), Therapy. Dr. French is an internationally regarded Dr. Allan Gotlib, Executive Vice-President CCRF, Dr. Marcia chiropractic scholar from the University of Melbourne Finlayson, Dr. Richard Reznick, Dr. Bob Haig, CEO Ontario and will spend the next five years at Queen’s . Chiropractic Association, Dr. Simon French, Dr. Natalia Dr. French’s professor - Lishchyna, Past President, Ontario Chiropractic Association, ship was funded by a gift Dr. Robert David, Vice-Chair, Canadian Chiropractic Association from the Canadian Chiro - practic Research Founda - the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the tion ( CCRF ). The founda - School of Rehabilitation Therapy. “Ultimately this is a tion is focused on win for Canadians because the gift provides a tremen - building the chiropractic dous boost to our research in an underrepresented, but profession’s capacity to important area of rehabilitation science and to our undertake innovative training of outstanding therapists.” research nation-wide. Dr. French comes to Queen’s from the University of “We are extremely Melbourne School of Medicine where he was Chair of grateful to the foundation its Human Ethics Advisory Group and a Research for this generous gift that Fellow at the Primary Care Research Unit and the has enabled us to bring Australasian Cochrane Centre. He is well known for his such an esteemed re - research into improving clinical practice in primary care searcher and educator to settings, including management of acute low-back pain, Queen’s ,” says Marcia management of dementia, and the use of massage and Finlayson, Vice-Dean of spinal manipulative therapy for mid-back pain.
Issue ?, ?=>A | alumnireview.queensu.ca S- FACULTY OF Health Sciences In service to those who have served us
n the past four years, the Canadian Institute for The network has also designed a new online course, Military and Veterans Health Research ( CIMVHR ) has Issues in the Health of Military Personnel, Veterans and their Itaken off in Canada. CIMVHR is a research institute Families, offered jointly by Queen’s University and the located in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy. Formed Royal Military College of Canada to Canadian graduate in partnership with the Royal Military College of students. Canada, CIMVHR has grown to include 30 universities The need for CIMVHR is significant. There are 60,000 and more than 150 researchers. serving members in the Canadian Armed Forces, The institute has been making progress on its mis - 20,000 serving members in the Primary Reserve Forces, sion to “enhance the lives of Canadian military person - and over 700,000 veterans. This is a population with nel, veterans and their families by harnessing the unique risks, exposures and experiences that demands national capacity for research.” new standards of protection, prevention and care for Twenty-three new research studies are underway the ill and injured. The work of CIMVHR also extends involving 19 universities. to those with similar occupational exposures such as The Canadian Forces Health Services ( CFHS ), De - first responders, police, firefighters, paramedics and fence Research and Development Commission ( DRDC ) humanitarian workers. and Veterans Affairs Canada ( VAC ) contracted CIMVHR for three years to provide services and translate knowl - edge. Generous philanthropic support was received from Wounded Warriors Canada (new doctoral scholar - ship) and the True Patriot Love Foundation. The annual Military and Veterans Health Research Forum is the pre-eminent event of its kind in Canada, bringing together the foremost scientists, specialists and thought leaders from across Canada and abroad. CIMVHR was born out of the first 2010 conference and the event has grown each year (more than 400 atten - dees at the 2013 forum in Edmonton) Three important books have been published as a re - sult of the conferences. They contain 69 chapters of the best science, evidence-based practice and programming in the field. The books are available at the CIMVHR web - site (http://www.cimvhr.ca).
S- Issue ?, ?=>A | alumnireview.queensu.ca FACULTY OF Health Sciences Improving mobility
Drs. David Pichora, Meds’DE, John Rudan, Artsci’DC, Meds’E>, Tim Bryant, Sc’DB, MSc’DD, PhD’E=, and Manuela Kunz examine a wrist. This team of experts has combined their strengths in computer science, mechanical and materials engineering, biomechanics and surgery to help revolutionize the process of computer-assisted surgery.
y bringing together expertise from health sciences, soft tissue, then assembles them into three-dimensional engineering, and computer science, students, re - representations. HMRC has translated and adapted its Bsearchers, scientists and physicians at the Human computer-assisted technologies for application to a Mobility Research Centre ( HMRC ) collaborate to solve wide range of orthopaedic procedures. human mobility problems. HMRC is a partnership At the leading edge of effective treatment for bone between Queen’s University and Kingston General and joint disorders, these advances result in less inva - Hospital made possible by funding from federal and sive surgeries, improved surgical outcomes and a reduc - provincial government, industry and private donations. tion in the length of hospital stays. By employing a mul - One example of the team’s success is the design and tidisciplinary approach to prosthesis design, software commissioning of the world’s first computer-assisted development, bio-simulation and computer-assisted operating suite equipped with an angiography/com - surgery, HMRC is revolutionizing the treatment options puted-tomography ( A/CT ) unit, which uses X-rays to for these disorders and helping people lead healthier, create thin cross-sectional images through bone and more active lives.
Issue ?, ?=>A | alumnireview.queensu.ca S- FACULTY OF Health Sciences Improving the lives of the most vulnerable
he International Centre for the Advancement of Bangladesh. It will increase access to health, education and Community Based Rehabilitation ( ICACBR ) is one of protection services for 13,000 children and youth, Tthe most successful international initiatives in the particularly girls, with disabilities in Bangladesh. history of Queen’s University. Based in the School of This initiative will also help Bangladesh implement the Rehabilitation Therapy, the centre has received more than United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and $40 million from government funding agencies and has a the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 20-year record of service to some 18 nations with some of ICACBR is an organization committed to mainstreaming the most vulnerable populations on the planet. disability and advancing the concept of community-based Last May, Queen’s celebrated a new $5 million rehabilitation ( CBR ) practice to improve the quality of life Canadian International Development Agency ( CIDA ) of persons with disabilities, their families, and their contract to fund ICACBR ’s Access to Health and Education communities around the world. for all Children and Youth with Disabilities ( AHEAD ) ICACBR provides interprofessional technical and project in Bangladesh over the next six years. management services to governments, non-governmental The AHEAD project builds upon previous initiatives in agencies, universities and community groups, including maternal and child health, to improve the skills of education, strategic planning, policy, service delivery rehabilitation workers and teachers to integrate children and research. with disabilities into their communities and classrooms in
S- Issue ?, ?=>A | alumnireview.queensu.ca FACULTY OF Health Sciences Creating the most caring campus in Canada
ueen’s University mental health experts Heather QStuart (Centre for Health Services and Policy Research and Public Health Sciences) Shu-Ping Chen (Public Health Sciences) and Terry Krupa (School of Rehabilitation Ther - apy) have received $1.7 million from Movember Canada for their latest project, The Caring Campus: An Intervention Proj - ect. The multi-institutional proj - ect focuses on substance abuse, reducing the stigma associated with substance misuse fence that students will be able to use to check their and creating a more caring campus. state of well-being by self-assessment. The model will Along with physical health, a focus of Movember is also be developed into a smartphone app. also men’s mental health. “I think giving them the correct information will “We want to help first-year male students manage help,” says Dr. Chen. “Many first-year students have the their basic health,” says Dr. Stuart. “Patterns of drinking wrong idea when they come to university in regards to are established right from their first week at school so the amount students drink. They think everyone drinks we want to get through to them right at orientation. to excess and that’s not true. But that is the standard There are about 2,000 male students coming to Queen’s they feel they have to live up to.” every year and we want this to become part of the orien - Along with developing this new model, Dr. Stuart tation.” and her co-researchers will hold a series of The Caring Campus team summits with first-year male students and invite will work with researchers at in speakers who have had similar issues. Dalhousie University and the “There is a positive energy at Queen’s right University of Calgary on the now in terms of support for substance abuse and new program. Part of the project mental health issues,” says Dr. Stuart. “I want to includes a substance abuse con - harness that energy which will support students tinuum model adapted from the right from the first day at Queen’s .” Department of National De -
Issue ?, ?=>A | alumnireview.queensu.ca S- FACULTY OF Health Sciences A most important lesson: COMPASSION “I ’m a person, not a pa thology .”
hese words belong to Jim Mulcahy, who has final The students also view and discuss A Story about Care , stage lymphoma. To most healthcare professionals, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmjNiMHT8xo&s This point may seem obvious. Certainly, the desire to ns=em), a powerful film about Jim Mulcahy dealing with help people is what draws our students to Queen’s his own illness and caring for his wife, who has Hunting - Health Sciences. But once students start course work ton’s disease. He talks candidly about how even some - and juggling a demanding schedule, they must also be thing as simple as a nurse holding his hand during a reminded, through their education experience that tough procedure can help. A former teacher, he quotes health care, at its core, is about working as a team to poetry and emphasizes the importance of the word care care for people. when we speak of health care. Patients are much more Through the Compassionate Care Forum, Queen’s than their illnesses, and, for nursing student Peter Su, students connect with the human element of their “It is a good reminder of why we chose the discipline of work, person to person. Created by the Faculty of nursing.” Health Science’s Office of Interprofessional Education The forum also gives students from all three schools and Practice ( OIPEP ), the forum consists of lively dia - (Medicine, Nursing and Rehabilitation Therapy) a logue between our students and an expert panel – a chance to learn from each other and about their respec - family doctor, a spiritual care giver, and a student nurse tive professions. – who discuss the place of compassionate care in their Collaboration has led to innovation with OIPEP ’s practices. “You go in with an idea of what a doctor and Health Care Team Challenge™. The challenge gives a nurse do, but this gives you a completely different students from medicine, nursing, rehabilitation therapy perspective”, says Megan Taylor, a second-year Occupa - and clinical psychology, the task of developing an inter - tional Therapy student. “Interacting with different disciplinary healthcare plan under the guidance of a fac - professions opens your eyes to the challenges that ulty mentor. After three weeks, they present their plans they face.” to a panel of experts, with the winning team going on to a national championship. Students are thriving in this collaborative environment. “In the wards, in the hospitals, it is such a team-based environ - ment now,” says second-year medical student Betty Chiu. “The more we are exposed to working with people in the other faculties and disciplines, the better it is for all of us.”
S- Issue ?, ?=>A | alumnireview.queensu.ca FACULTY OF Health Sciences MSc in Healthcare Quality A FIRST IN CANADA
new graduate degree program led by the School of Nursing is bringing together students from a A variety of professional backgrounds to learn about quality, risk and safety in health care. An innovative program with several online compo - nents, the Master of Science in Healthcare Quality is the first of its kind in Canada aiming to prepare individ - uals to become leaders and patient-safety advocates in our healthcare system. The program was the brainchild of faculty from the School of Nursing – led by Director and Vice-Dean Dr. www.hqrs.queensu.ca Jennifer Medves, and was developed in conjunction with Dr. Joel Parlow, Head of the Department of The end goal of the program is to ensure better Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine. quality and safe health care. The first cohort of students “This is a first in Canada,” says Dr. Medves. “People arrived in September 2013. The program has an initial don’t have a good idea of what quality is and throwing week-long intensive session followed by synchronous money at it is not the answer. This program will give and asynchronous learning including online learning the students practical skills. We want people from all and onsite components and an elective one-week course disciplines involved in this.” at Herstmonceux Castle in the United Kingdom. The MSc(HQ) is designed to provide a rich interdisci - plinary learning experience in all facets of healthcare quality to healthcare professionals, administrators, government and regulatory ocials, private industry, lawyers, engineers and scientists. Though the program is housed in the Faculty of Health Sciences, faculty members from Business, Law and Policy Studies will contribute to its delivery.
Dr. Jennifer Medves Dr. Joel Parlow, MSc’F@, Vice Dean, Faculty of Head of the Department Health Sciences and of Anesthesiology and Director, School of Nursing Perioperative Medicine
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NURSING4LED SIMULATION LEADERSHIP Advancing nursing education
ueen’s School of Nursing looks to Qsubstantially ad - vance nursing education in leading a $5.8 million collaborative initiative with 13 of Ontario’s uni - versity nursing programs and four colleges to re - design upper-year clinical courses and develop new clinical simulations. Principal investigator Dr. Deborah Tregunno, an associate professor in the School of Nursing, says these new simula - tions will prepare nurses to provide high quality, safe care in situations they do not frequently encounter in their education. “The simulations will focus on complex scenar - ios not often encountered during nursing education because of the infre - quency of some of the events. A number of them will investments that enhance our students’ learning experi - address the specific needs of vulnerable populations, ence and improve the productivity of our operations,” such as children, the elderly and Aboriginal Peoples,” says Daniel Woolf, Principal and Vice-Chancellor. “The says Dr. Tregunno. “This enhanced experiential learning Queen’s -led partnership will enhance nursing educa - will better prepare registered nurses and lead to better tional programs through new clinical simulations, safety outcomes for patients.” ultimately resulting in better outcomes for patients and The nursing initiative was one of three Queen’s -led families.” projects to receive a total of $6.8 million in funding – The Productivity and Innovation Fund is a one-time, one to reduce the costs of administrative information $45-million initiative of the Government of Ontario to systems and the third to support blended and active support innovation and enhance the learning experi - learning at Queen’s . ence at Ontario’s universities and colleges. In addition “The Productivity and Innovation Fund provides a to the three Queen’s -led projects, the university is a valuable opportunity for Queen’s to make strategic partner in 10 other projects supported by the fund.
S- Issue ?, ?=>A | alumnireview.queensu.ca FACULTY OF Health Sciences QuARMS: Great doctors, sooner
n September 2012, Queen’s started a search for 10 re - and a high level of maturity. The students start with two markable high school graduates to be oered a direct, years of pre-med study, enrolled in the Faculty of Arts Iaccelerated entry to medical school. Queen’s Univer - and Science. A place in the medical school class will be sity Accelerated Route to Medical School (QuARMS) held for them on the condition they maintain a very program allows these students to complete their MD high academic standing. Concurrently, they will receive just six years after graduating from high school, two special extra-curricular training from the School of Med - years earlier than the traditional route. icine to further prepare them to enter medical school. One of the driving factors behind the program is it “We believe that Canada has extraordinary high takes 12 to 16 years to train a specialist, or academic school students who are fully capable of success in an clinician. Using the average entering age of Queen’s accelerated track to becoming a medical doctor,” says medical school class (23) means some physicians are Professor Michael Kawaja, Associate Dean of Life almost in their mid to late 30s before they start practice. Sciences and Biochemistry, and Co-Director of In Queen’s view – that’s too long. QuARMS. “ Queen’s is the perfect place for QuARMS. Some might say this is highly innovative (it is unique Being a medium-sized university with a relatively small in Canada). Some will say, it’s re-inventing the wheel medical school (100 students) ensures the QuARMS from the 1950’s and 1960’s. And some would say, we students have an excellent support network of faculty, are just copying what is currently being done in Europe sta and, of course, their classmates.” and Asia. No matter, of the 800 students nominated by their high school for Queen’s most prestigious entrance award – the Chancellor’s Scholarship – 521 expressed an interest in QuARMS. Two hun - dred of these students were invited to submit a supplemental application. Forty students came to Queen’s for rigorous inter - views, by faculty, adminis - tration and current med - ical students. In May, Dean Reznick made 10 phone calls with oers of admission. He received, in his own words, “10 ecstatic yesses.” The 10 students were selected based on their commitment to service, ac - ademic ability, leadership qualities, diverse interests
Issue ?, ?=>A | alumnireview.queensu.ca S- FACULTY OF Health Sciences Queen ’s-led study sheds light on medication errors
hen Dr. Kim Sears from Queen’s School of Nursing, along with her colleagues from across WCanada, Drs. O’Brien-Pallas, Stevens, and Murphy, published, in the Journal of Pediatric Nursing their findings on a Pan-Canadian study of medication errors in the paediatric hospital population, the results made national headlines. Dr. Sears is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, and Co-Director of the new Master of Science in Healthcare Quality, and Deputy Director/Patient Safety, Queen’s Joanna Briggs Collaboration. Her study revealed some alarming statistics. In a small sample of 18 hospital wards, she uncovered four deaths attributable to medication error. Over the three- month period of the study, anonymously surveyed nursing staff reported med - ication errors or “near misses,” and there were 372 errors or potential errors uncovered. “As well as the four deaths, 51 were graded as potentially lethal, 20 as serious, 112 as significant and 185 minimal.” “Errors are occurring fre - quently and are ultimately devastating to children and Dr. Kim Sears their families,” says Dr. Sears. “The ramifications of an error are overwhelming and can have a profound im - pact on the nurse, patient and system.” The main causes of errors were workload, distraction and ineffective communication. The study showed neg - ligence was rarely to blame in these incidents. Better-designed workspaces, improved communication between staff and better training were recommended to address the issue. Dr. Sears continues to work actively in the area of quality and safety in health care, through teaching and research including the development of e-learning envi - ronments, distance learning, virtual clinical excursions (VCE s) and simulation.
S- Issue ?, ?=>A | alumnireview.queensu.ca FACULTY OF Health Sciences New study could IMPROVE SURVIVAL RATE of colon cancer patients
unique trial at Queen’s University could improve the survival rate of patients with Acolon cancer. This is the first study to test if exercise can improve the cure rate of colon cancer and improve quality of life and physical function. The study, called CHALLENGE , is led by the NCIC Clinical Trials Group at Queen’s , and is currently underway at 46 cancer centres in Canada and Australia. It will soon expand to the United States and Israel. “Our ultimate goal is to improve the survival and quality of life of patients with cancer,” says lead investigator Christopher Booth, associate professor at Queen’s University and medical oncologist at Kingston General Hospital. “As this will be the first and largest clinical trial to evaluate exercise in this setting, we also hope that the CHALLENGE trial will serve as a ‘trail - blazer’ for other future studies of exercise and nutrition in patients with cancer.” Currently, there are about 300 patients en - rolled and the trial aims to recruit 962 patients. Patients in this study have already had sur - gery to remove their colon cancer and com - Cancer survivor Pat Bogstad works with Chris Booth, Artsci’FD, Meds’=>, pleted six months of chemotherapy. Standard (centre) and physiotherapist Michael Ranger, Artsci’FD, Rehab’==. practice is to follow these patients closely for the next three years with CT scans and blood tests to come part of the cancer treatment team together with monitor for evidence of cancer recurrence. nurses, oncologists, social workers, dieticians and other In this trial, patients are randomized to either the health professionals. “standard arm,” in which they receive usual care and a “Our hope is that regular exercise will improve sur - book that encourages them to exercise, or the “interven - vival and quality of life for patients with cancer. If the tion arm,” in which they undergo the same tests but are trial can be completed successfully, it will also encour - also provided with a physical activity consultant ( PAC ). age other international studies of the effects of diet and The PAC works with the patient to develop an exercise exercise in the health of cancer survivors,” says Dr. prescription that takes into account the patient’s Booth. lifestyle, work schedule, previous exercise experience The NCIC Clinical Trials Group ( NCIC CTG ) is a cancer and preferences. clinical trials cooperative group that conducts Phase If the CHALLENGE trial finds that physical activity im - I-III trials testing anti-cancer and supportive therapies proves cancer survival, it could lead to a shift in practice across Canada and internationally. It is a national re - and policy whereby an exercise program is considered search program of the Canadian Cancer Society. The part of standard treatment to be used in conjunction NCIC CTG located at the Queen’s University Cancer with surgery and chemotherapy. The PAC s would be - Research Institute ( QCRI ).
Issue ?, ?=>A | alumnireview.queensu.ca S- FACULTY OF Health Sciences BREATHE EASIER, allergy relief is coming
cure is not something I am going to announce to - many subjects. This means faster turnaround times for morrow,” says Dr. Anne Ellis, an associate profes - clinical trials and accelerates the advancement of new “Asor in the Department of Medicine and chair of treatments. the Division of Allergy and Immunology. Research is Gordon Burns, a 65-year-old longtime allergy suf - needed because we are currently in what experts call an ferer, experienced the benefits of a pollen vaccine tested “allergy epidemic,” with about 40 percent of Canadians in Ellis’ lab. “The first time in the EEU was basically hell. suffering from an allergy. Data from the 1920s and 1930s It was pretty bad – I had itchy eyes, was coughing and shows less than 1 per cent of the European population blowing my nose. I had to breathe for four hours had allergy issues (note – reliable Canadian data from through my mouth.” this time isn’t available). Dr. Ellis is also involved in a clinical trial with a vac - Factors and theories abound about how this came cine for cat allergies. She says that the results have been about, but Dr. Ellis points to the “hygiene hypothesis.” incredible– after only four injections, the vaccine is still Compared to a century ago, our society has become working two years later. People are telling her they can very clean and our bodies are no longer exposed to as hold a cat without symptoms for the first time. With all many infections. Our immune system doesn’t have the of these clinical trials and her own research, maybe a same challenges as it used to, and as a result it is more few decades from now Dr. Ellis will be able to announce prone to developing hyper-sensitivity, or allergies, to the cure for allergies. Until then, keep your tissues the “harmless” things we are exposed to. Other factors handy. include declining health and rising obesity levels along with our industrialized society creating much more air pollution and toxins. Changing food supplies have an impact too. “In North America, we roast peanuts, a process which makes their proteins more aller - genic,” says Dr. Ellis. “In China, they have fewer peanut allergies because peanuts are boiled, rendering them less allergenic.” Dr. Ellis directs the Environ - mental Exposure Unit ( EEU ) based at Kingston General Hospital. The EEU is an allergen chal - lenge facility that allows researchers to distrib - ute various pollens in the sealed 140 seat room, precisely control - ling the levels that are released, an ideal set - ting to test new allergy medications. Opened in 1981, Kingston was the first city in North America to have a controlled space for testing allergens. The EEU is viewed as a gold standard facility as no other in North America can accommodate as Dr. Anne Ellis, Meds’FF
S- Issue ?, ?=>A | alumnireview.queensu.ca FACULTY OF Health Sciences Initiative Campaign
he $500-million Initiative Campaign is about invest - Faculty of Health Sciences ing in the people of Queen’s who – like the genera - INITIATIVE CAMPAIGN PROGRESS Ttions before them – will not waver in their pursuit of (G Millions) excellence. It’s about unleashing the potential of our GB= thinkers and doers. It’s about bolstering our reputation nationally and internationally by focusing on what we do AB New Total best. Together, we will grow stronger and make a dier - l A= GA>,?B=,=== ence, not only to Queen’s , but to the world around us. "!# of goal Overall, the Initiative Campaign has enjoyed enor - @B mous success as has the Faculty of Health Sciences. The @= faculty has a campaign goal of raising $50 million. We will achieve this goal by funding some of the priorities ?B and initiatives listed below. Together, these initiatives ?= are an opportunity to fortify our education, research and patient care, and to elevate the reputation of our three >B schools in extraordinary ways. >= 0/ Endowed Research Chairs @ 30.2 M • Anesthesiology B • Biomedical and Molecular Sciences = • Cancer Total donated as of April ?=>A • Cardiology • Community Health and Epidemiology • Diagnostic Radiology • Emergency Medicine • Family Medicine • Medicine “It’s about • Neuroscience • Nursing (2) bolstering our • Obstetrics and Gynaecology • Oce of Global Health reputation • Oncology • Otolaryngology nationally and • Pediatrics • Pathology internationally • Psychiatry • Rehabilitation Therapy by focusing on • Surgery what we do best.” Name New School of Medicine Building – 3/.,...,... Research Infrastructure – 32,...,... Facilities for School of Nursing – 32,...,... For more information contact Facilities for School of Rehabilitation Therapy – 32,...,... William Leacy MD/PhD Program – 31,...,... Executive Director Human Mobility Research Centre – 31,...,... Development and Partnerships Faculty of Health Sciences Military and Veteran’s Health – 30,2..,... [email protected] Student Assistance – 3/,...,... C>@.B@@.C=== ext. DBAAC
Issue ?, ?=>A | alumnireview.queensu.ca S- FACULTY OF Health Sciences Looking ahead
ach week I take a few hours to write a blog called DeanOnCampus. I have Ehighlighted some of the great achievements in our faculty, issues in the healthcare space, alumni, events, becoming a Kingstonian, family moments and had guest bloggers contribute (students, faculty, my son and daughter). My first blog was on July 12, 2010. I had been on the job for one week, had met about 100 people, read 30 or 40 documents, sifted through 200 emails, and likened the experience to drinking from a fire hose [by the way… the ‘fire hose’ has not let up]! Since then, I have learned a lot from the Richard K. Reznick, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS, FRCSEd (Hon), FRCSI (Hon) blogging experience, the power of social Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences media and the challenges of “being out Director, School of Medicine, Queen’s University there” in the world of digital CEO, Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization (SEAMO) communications. To be sure, sometimes one needs a thick skin. I also didn’t realize that it is a lot per cent), but there have been visits from 57 other of work, most Sunday evenings, getting the blog ready countries including more than 5,500 from the U.S. ; 858 for the week. from Australia; 708 from the UK ; 272 from India and We started keeping tabs on the blog traffic in June about 100 visits from the Bahamas, Singapore and 2011. There have been 37,948 unique visitors and Germany. About one-third have been first-time visitors, 207,749 page views. Readers are largely Canadian (88 with two-thirds return visitors. All in all, I believe the blog has been worthwhile, and for me, a new and very interesting way to engage with different audiences. Each week, I ask my blog readers to stay in touch, to share their comments, ideas and stories by sending me a note or by dropping by the Macklem House, where my door is always open. Tune in to my blog every week at http://meds.queensu.ca/blog/. Contact me if you would like to be added to the distribution list [email protected]. g n i t e k r a M
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Issue 2, 2014 | alumnireview.queensu.ca pq AT b THrE anches Celebrating extraordinary alumni
Ottawa David and Chris Dodge celebration honoured by Toronto l In March, Jeffrey Simpson, Branch Arts’HB, LLD ’AF, received the the toronto branch is delighted to CABE Agnes Benidickson recognize christiane, arts’65, and Award at an Ottawa david dodge, arts’65, LLd ’02, with gathering at the Canadian the 2014 John orr award for their Museum of Nature. Jeffrey many contributions to Queen’s and is seen here with Ottawa canada. From the time they met at Branch President Jeff Bird, Queen’s, and throughout their time 5 6 ’ Sc’AB, (left), and Jennifer c as alumni, they have worked as a S
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the beautiful scenery. this is a fun outing for kids of all ages. Canada . check the website and watch your e-mail for details. Brockville October – planning has started for our annual fall luncheon, held in the phoenix area, and tentatively scheduled for october 4. Join June H – Luncheon at the brockville country club. guest speaker us to reconnect with friends; we will discuss our annual calendar dr. Jean hutchinson (geological Sciences and geological of events at this time. engineering) will speak on the intricacies of the restoration of the canadian national vimy memorial and her role as a geological monthly get-togethers continue on the first thursday of every month. you will find us at the Sun up brewery, 322 east camelback scientist and engineer in the restoration. 1:30-2 pm. cost: $20. rSvp by may 28 to Jack henderson at the Flower Shop. 613-342-6691. road, phoenix starting at 6 pm. this winter, we welcomed alumni snowbirds from the Kingston, toronto and vancouver areas. Calgary If would like to join us for any of our events, or have a sugges - tion for something new, contact branch president mary reed, May HH – Student-alumni pub night at the barley mill – 201 barclay artsci’84, at [email protected] . parade SW (eau claire). 5:30 pm. Questions: email bobby noakes at [email protected] . Minnesota Toronto May HF – Join us for an informal meet and greet to kick off the minnesota branch! republic at Seven corners. 5:30-8 pm. May HK – nick’s notes: an education in wine pairing. Join us for an evening of delicious fare accompanied by a selection of expertly paired wines, featuring insightful pairing tips from Queen’s graduate International .... and professional sommelier, nick petruzzella, Sc’79, mba ’86. Wine bar on church Street. details online at queenstoalumni.com Germany September HH – branch open house. Join us at hotel ocho for September HJ-HL – 25th annual meeting of the german branch will refreshments and learn about the new activities we have planned take place in bremen. the program includes a sightseeing walk to for the next year. all the main places of interest, including bremen’s old quarter, the town hall (a designated uneSco heritage site) and St. peter’s cathedral. of course, there will also be plenty of time to chat with U.S. . fellow alumni and enjoy the cafés, restaurants and beer gardens. For more details contact branch president elke beecken, med’84, Arizona at [email protected] . June GI – We’re heading north for our cool Summer Lunch event with alumni from the Flagstaff, Sedona, and prescott areas. hosts bob , Sc’48½, and thea park will lead a hike before lunch to enjoy
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AMONG THE branches A flood of Congratulations memories Rob Baker, BFA’#" A year later, the raging PADRE LAVERT Y AWARD waters that devastated Kingston Branch Calgary and other southern Alberta communities are long gone, but memories of the good deeds done by Queen’s alumni during that historic flood endure. BY KIMBERLEY MOLINA, ARTSCI’07
une tends to be the rainy month for much of Jsouthern Alberta, but no one could have antici pated how different June zxy{ would be national news different. As torrential rains began falling on June y, the Bow and Elbow Rivers, which wind through Calgary, rose rapidly. In less than z| hours, both rivers had burst their banks, washing away cars, roads, people’s homes and livelihoods. With emergency alerts having been issued, the O D
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sleeves to aid in rescue efforts. It was while doing so that Robert Nelson, ]]T ’x}, died in a tragic acci - dent. Sadly, he was helping his neighbours east of Okotoks when the Seg he was driving flipped over, and he suffered a fatal head injury. The same sense of social responsibility that prompted Robert to get involved in the relief ef - forts that claimed his life inspired former pipe major Erin Bell, Artsci’yz, and members of Queen’s Bands in distant Kingston to launch a fundraising campaign for the Canadian Red Cross. The students were eager to support Calgary alumni who’d been so generous to them in zxyz, when about x Bandsies took part in the yxxth anniver - sary Stampede. “They fed us and drove us everywhere. They A former City of Kingston councillor, were basically our parents for a week,” recalls Erin. So, besides activating an online donation site, Carol Allison-Burra is a therapist one day a dozen Bands members braved a driving rainstorm to busk in downtown Kingston for flood who has dedicated her life to service. relief. Volunteering her time as president of Kathleen Fox, NSc’, was one of the Calgary hosts, putting up two highland dancers in her the Canadian Association of Police home. Less than a year later, the house was badly Boards, and with the Kingston Police damaged by flood waters. Living by the Elbow River, she had just enough time to gather some Services Board and the Ontario precious belongings before she became one of Mental Health Foundation, she has Calgary’s },xxx evacuees. Kathleen calls the Queen’s Bands’ fundraising made a difference to her community “incredibly thoughtful.” She adds that despite the damage done to her home, she’s grateful to those, and country. including strangers, who worked in the following weeks to help clean out her basement and start the rebuilding process. “A lot of Calgarians come from other parts of Canada, and so we think of friends and neigh - bours and fellow alumni we’ve met here as family,” she says. B queensu.ca KEEPING News from classmates and friends Send notes to: [email protected] Update your address: [email protected] ın touch Phone: U.[TT.VYZ.Z[WZ ext .WWV[T Online edition: alumnireview.queensu.ca Queen’s Alumni Review, Queen’s University \\ University Avenue. Kingston, ON KZL WNY
STEPHEN WILD Members of the Queen’s community were honoured at the 9<44 Alumni Awards Gala on April ?. Seen here before the formal dinner in Ban Righ Hall are (back row): Wilda and Mitch Andriesky, Monica Dingle, Jessica Beakbane, Isabel Bader, Prof. Daniel Lefebvre, Sierra Megas, Shelagh Rogers, Adam Shetler. Front row: Alfred Bader, Rico Garcia, Jeffrey Gallant, Jeremy Mosher. For details on their awards and photos of the event, go to queensu.ca/alumni.
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called The Lure Scott, and seven grandchildren. After to . of the Local: studying metallurgical engineering Women Artists at Queen’s, Hank went on to earn an Family News in the Canadian MBA from U of T and a diploma in Congratulations to Landscape . This International Business from the Centre Shirley Hodgins was Ms. Jean’s d’Etudes Industrielles in Geneva. After Brind , Arts’49, and second visit to many years at Alcan, he joined the her husband, David, the Vorres Museum. Her first was in federal government in the Depart - who celebrated 2009, when she presented Ian with the ment of Energy, Mines and Resources. their diamond anniversary in March. Order of Canada in recognition of his With the diplomatic corps, he was They live in Canandaigua, NY. work to strengthen the bonds between seconded to the Canadian Embassy Helen (A rmstrong) Greece and Canada, as well as his com - in Washington and to the High Bronskill , Com’48 , mitment as a patron of the arts. Commissions in London, UK, and is shown at last Canberra, Australia. year’s spring Con - Deaths This notice originally appeared in the vocation with her The Rev. David R. Allan , BA’58, died February issue with a typo, and without granddaughter, Feb. 4 in Oakville, ON. Described by the photo. We apologize for these Simone Enns, Sc’13. his family as minister, poet, intellec - errors. – Editors tual, lover of politics and history, Laurence Gagnon , Honours friend of the arts, advocate for BA’56, died peacefully refugees, gardener of soil and souls, Ann Saddlemyer , OC, MA’56, LLD’77, in Kingston on Jan. 3 David lived with a passion for reason, received a Lifetime Achievement in his 87th year. Lau - curiosity, and the creative expression Award from the Canadian Association rence taught English of the divine relationship which for Theatre Research at its 2013 AGM. for 30 years, first at names us all. David was minister at She was cited “for her groundbreak - Lachine High School in Lachine, QC, Bloor Street United Church in Toronto ing and foundational work on behalf and then at Sydenham High School, for 22 years and at other congrega - of the study of theatre in Canada, and north of Kingston. Following comple - tions in Ontario and British Columbia. for her work in the creation of this tion of teacher training at McGill in Mourning his loss, “but grateful and Association.” 1953, he embarked on his undergrad - forever enriched for his life and love,” uate degree at Queen’s through cor - Notes are his wife, Marilyn, children David, respondence courses and summer Artsci’86, Elizabeth and Andrew, Margie (Purcell) Andrews , Arts’57, school. Kingston became a summer brother Bill, Arts’62, sister Winnifred, and Beth (Davidson) Ada , NSc’58, vacation destination for his young and their families, including sister-in- MEd’83, met in Kingston in August family in the 1960s, and in 1969 the law Kathy (Kewley, Arts’63), nieces to mark 60 years of friendship that Gagnons moved permanently to the Margie, NSc’86, and Molly, Com’91, as began when they were first-year Kingston area. Laurence read widely well as countless friends, colleagues roommates at Queen’s. Although and had many interests, including and congregants. they had kept in touch, they had not railroading and aviation, and he was met since leaving campus, despite Carol Ann a meticulous archivist, not only docu - both returning to Queen’s for gradu - (Webster) Anglin , menting the life of his family but also ate studies. After they agreed not to BA/BPHE’58, died cataloguing articles and photographs discuss golf or bridge scores, the con - March 15 at home on a variety of topics. Classically versation flowed as they shared their in Kingston after a trained on the violin, he added memories and great appreciation for short fight with lung fiddling to his favourite activities, their Goodwin House experience. cancer. Bill, Arts’58, accompanied at the piano by one of Bill Morley , Arts’52, MA’82, has pub - MEd’77, her husband of almost 56 his children and, in later years, with lished Kingston Through the Years , a years, was at her side. Carol Ann also his granddaughter joining in with her record of visitors’ accounts from 1858 leaves her six children – Lyn, Artsci’82, violin. Laurence was a very proud through 1906. Last year, Bill penned Dave, Sc’84, MSc’90, Steve, Rick, graduate of Queen’s; he maintained Conversations with My Cat, about his Nancy, Sc’93, eight grandchildren, friendships with Queen’s classmates, dear friend “Whiskers.” Proceeds from six step-grandchildren, and a great- particularly through faithful corres - the latter work go to the Kingston granddaughter. pondence, for the rest of his life. He Humane Society. Henry Conner “Hank” was also the son of a Queen’s grad, Ian Vorres , OC, Arts’50, welcomed Armstrong , BSc’49, George Bennett Gagnon, BA’25, and some special guests to the Vorres died Sept. 25, 2013, in was happy to see his daughter Allison Museum in Paiania, Greece, in No - Ottawa. He is survived join the faculty of Queen’s School of vember. Michaëlle Jean, former Gov - by Fay (Jackson), Music, where she taught from the ernor General of Canada, joined Ian Arts’47, his wife of 63 mid-80s until the mid-90s. His family and 300 guests to open an exhibition years, children Barbara, Nancy, and will always remember him wearing
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his Queen’s blazer and tie on special was cut short due to wartime de - grandchildren Lyric and Aria McMas - occasions and his Queen’s wind - mands, Bill continued in this field, ter. Norm worked at British American breaker when out and about. He is beginning his public health engi - Oil and then Cheeseborough-Ponds survived by Marjorie, Artsci’98, his neering work with the federal gov - in Toronto before becoming manag - wife of 58 years, children David (Su - ernment. In 1945, he joined the engi - ing director of Royal Oak Dairy in san), Allison, Mus’83, and Eric (Karen), neering firm Underwood McLellan & Hamilton. After becoming a CPA in as well as his grandchildren, Andrew Associates, and worked on projects the 1970s, Norm opened his own and Erika Gagnon. in the Prairie provinces. Bill became accountancy firm, McLeod & Yeates, Richard Edward president of the company in 1962 in North Bay, where he was still work - Allison Mason , and chairman of the board in 1970. ing at the time of his death. An avid BSc’59, died Dec. 31, He was an active member of the En - canoeist, he loved to canoe northern 2012, in Helmsley, gineering Institute of Canada and waterways with his wife, son, and North Yorkshire, Eng - held the presidency 1969-70. He also grandchildren. Most summer week - land, in his 77th year. served in leadership roles in several ends were spent at the family cot - Richard is survived engineering organizations. Bill had a tage on Lake Kipawa in Quebec. by his wife, Eileen; children Sarah, lifelong interest in history, especially Norm’s brother, Douglas McLeod , Sc’86 (Douglas Graham), Helen, of the Prairie provinces, their small BSc’46, who also lived in North Bay, Artsci’88, Ed’89, PHE’91 (Mark Now - towns, and the people who lived passed away in September 2013. ell), and Anna, Sc’92, MSc’95 (Gre - there. He served as president of Her - Their father, John Herbert McLeod, gory Brickett, Sc’93); and by seven itage Winnipeg during a tumultuous attended Queen’s with the class grandchildren, including Magnus period when city buildings were seri - of Arts 1919 prior to enlisting for Nowell, Artsci’16. An Athlone Fellow ously threatened by demolition, and service in WWI. who earned a PhD in chemical engi - he worked hard to preserve the Mar - Donald Cameron neering (University of London), ket Square and Exchange districts. Smith , MD’45, died Richard became a pioneer in the use Later, as a committed volunteer with Feb. 5 in Ann Arbor, of computers by non-programmers. the Anglican Diocese of Rupertsland, MI, aged 92. Don After leaving IBM in Toronto, Bill spent a great deal of time assist - was the son of Richard became Director of the ing with administrative matters and Clarice (Leighton), Institute of Computer Science at maintenance of church properties. BA 1914, and J. the University of Guelph and later a The Diocese recognized him with the Cameron Smith, MD 1913, and the management consultant in the field. Order of Rupertsland. Bill wrote a grandson of James Frazer Smith, The - Deeply interested in technology, memoir detailing his career for the ology 1887, MD 1888, DD 1938. science, engineering, and history, Engineering Institute of Canada. You Following graduation, Don com - Richard also delighted in exploring can read it online at http://www.eic- pleted an internship at Victoria Hos - the world, musical concerts, and ici.ca/hawp11.pdf. pital in London, ON, before joining hiking in the Yorkshire moors with Nancy McKillop , BA’44, died March the RCN as Surgeon Lieutenant. He Eileen and their extended family. An 24 in Toronto, aged 92. Nancy was completed post-graduate degrees at accomplished photographer, Richard a Queen’s grad like her mother, Eva the Banting Institute and the U of T chronicled the life of his family and McKillop, BA 1913, and her sister, before serving as Medical Officer of generously shared his love and pride Mary Robertson, BA’46. She is Health for Kent County. He then relo - in them. Richard’s family would survived by her brother, Duncan cated to Ann Arbor for a residency appreciate having memories of him McKillop, eight nieces, including Jane and fellowship in paediatrics at the sent to [email protected]. (McKillop) Coffey, Ed’78, two University of Michigan, where he William Gordon nephews, many great-nieces and developed a new teaching and McKay , BSc’40, died great-nephews, three great-great- research program in maternal and Dec. 17, 2013 in Win - nephews and one great-great-niece. child health. He served as Professor nipeg, just one week After her graduation from Queen’s, of Pediatrics and Maternal and Child past his 96th birth - Nancy taught for many years at Sim - Health at Michigan and Professor of day. He is survived coe, ON, and Etobicoke Collegiate. Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern by his wife, Loreen, children Kent, Norman Ross University. Don served in national Nancy, and Jeff, five grandchildren, McLeod , BCom’48, programs, including the President's and three great-grandchildren. Bill died Oct. 19, 2012, at Council on Medicaid, and as a con - studied civil engineering at Queen’s. home in North Bay, sultant to such international organi - He developed an interest in munici - ON. He is survived by zations as the World Health Organi - pal engineering and began studying his wife of 28 years, zation and the Ford Foundation. Don for a master’s degree in municipal Ruby Cynthia; daughter Catherine was predeceased by his sister, Lou and sanitary engineering at Queen’s (Bill Barthorpe); son Martin (Sc’86); Kyprie (RN, KGH) and his brother, under the supervision of Professors grandchildren Elizabeth McMaster, Douglas Leighton Smith, BSc’42. He Baty and Ellis. While the course itself Kelsie, and Luke McLeod; and great- is survived by his wife of 67 years, Jean Morningstar, sons Frazer, Scot
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and Ian, and grandsons Cameron at the National Gallery of Canada for aged 97. She was predeceased in and Grantland. 22 years. She loved art, and her artis - 2001 by her husband, the Rev. Dr. Frederick William tic talents were reflected in her beau - Reid Vipond, BA’36, BD ‘39, DD’60, Southam , BSc’46, tiful garden. She was passionate but is survived by her children – MSc’47, died March 9 in about swimming, tennis, golf, birding Mary, Arts’64 (Bill Butler, Arts’64), Kingston, a few months and spending time with her family. Fran, Arts’67 (Don Menard, Arts’67), short of his 90th year. Together, John and Betty enjoyed Doug (Jane Bowden), Rob (the late In 1942, Bill won the yearly birding trips that took them Gina Feldberg) – seven grandchil - Robert F. Segsworth Scholarship to to seven continents. They are missed dren, and two great-grandchildren. study mining engineering at by their children, Kim, Diane, and Dorothy won the Medal in English in Queen’s. At the end of his second Michelle, their spouses, four grandchil - her graduating year at Queen’s. After year, having achieved seven first- dren, and two great-grandchildren. her children were in school, she class honours, and winning both the Malcolm C. “Mike” taught high school in Regina and W.W. Near and the Reuben Wells Veidenheimer , then became a teacher-librarian in Leonard scholarships, he switched to MD’54, of Bedford, MA, Winnipeg. Proud supporters of engineering chemistry. 1947 was a died July 30, 2013, Queen’s throughout their adult lives, banner year for Bill. He completed his aged 84. He is survived Dorothy and Reid served several master’s degree in chemical engi - by Sheila, his wife of 57 United Church congregations in neering, accepted a fellowship at years, their four sons, and nine Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and MIT, and married the love of his life, grandchildren. Mike was known as Manitoba for more than 40 years. In Merle Shaver, Arts’46. The couple one of the finest technical surgeons later life they became enthusiastic at - moved to Boston where Bill com - in his field and a wonderful teacher. tendees at the annual fall Conference pleted his studies and was awarded Following his residency at Vancouver held at Queen’s Theological College, a PhD in 1949. Bill then worked for General Hospital, in 1956 Mike re - where they renewed old friendships Alcan in Saguenay, on a new process turned to Kingston as a clinical tutor and made new connections. for the production of aluminum. Bill in Surgery at Queen’s and KGH. He Ralph H. was predeceased by his sister, Lois continued his surgical work in Eng - Warkentin , Sc’54, Dewis, BA’48, and his brother, Arthur. land before beginning a two-year died Aug.7, 2013, at He is survived by Merle and their fellowship in 1960 at the Lahey Clinic home in West children, Roderick, Arlene, and Terry- in Burlington, MA. It was there he be - Bloomfield, MI, with Anne, four grandchildren, and seven gan his specialization in colon and his family at his side. great-grandchildren. rectal surgery. Mike enjoyed a long Predeceased by his John Denis career at the Lahey Clinic, caring for wife, Wilda, in 2007, Ralph is survived V alberg , MD’57, countless patients over the years. In by his daughters Jane and Nancy and MSc’63, died July 21, 1970, he was appointed Chairman three grandchildren. Ralph started 2013, in Ottawa. of the Section of Colon and Rectal his career at Avro Aircraft in Malton, Betty (KGH’53), his Surgery, a position he held until he ON, but after two years, left for Cum - beloved wife of 57 retired in 1987. In 1993 he moved mins Engines in Columbus, IN. He years, died only five to Glasgow, becoming Vice-Chair of developed an interest in advanced weeks later, on Aug. 26. They met in Surgery at HCI Scotland. Mike also heat transfer and did post-graduate Kingston when he was studying served in positions with the Board studies in the field at the University medicine at Queen’s and she was of Colon and Rectal Surgery and the of Michigan before joining Ford’s studying nursing at KGH. In 1955, American Board of Surgery. He re - Truck Division in Detroit. He subse - Betty fulfilled a lifelong dream of tired from practice in 1997. He was quently moved to White Motors in becoming a stewardess. She began one of the first colon and rectal sur - Cleveland, where he was VP and work with Trans-Canada Airlines and geons voted to membership in the Chief Engineer. He went on to Harley was on the inaugural flight of the American Surgical Association. He Davidson in Milwaukee as Chief Engi - Viscount aircraft. Following John’s wrote or co-wrote more than 100 neer. Following a tumultuous com - post-graduate training at Queen’s publications and book chapters and pany takeover, Ralph returned to and Vanderbilt Universities, he prac - was the founder and first Editor-in- Ford, taking on management of a tised ophthalmology in Ottawa until Chief of Seminars in Colon and Rectal special stratified charge engine proj - 2000. With his great love of teaching Surgery. Apart from his outstanding ect and then becoming manager of and eye surgery, he was also Assis - medical career, Mike is remembered advanced auto engine planning. tant Professor of Surgery at the Uni - for his love of family; his compassion Ralph enjoyed getting together with versity of Ottawa. He was also a past and good humour; his enthusiasm his Sc’54 classmates at regular lunch - president and life member of both for travel, painting, and the sport of eon meetings in Toronto. He was a the Canadian Ophthalmological curling. gregarious person with great loyalty Society and the Academy of Medi - Dorothy Jean (Harlow) Vipond , to his school chums and an abiding cine in Ottawa. Betty was a docent BA’39, died Jan.1 in London, ON, love of family. Ralph was the first in
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the Warkentin family to attend Job News Kelly, Ed’88, brother Jim Hilborn, Queen’s, but he initiated a Warkentin Sc’61, and grandchildren Liam, Michael Howe , MBA’69, has ac - family tradition in Queen’s Engineer - Thomas, and Anna Kelly. David cepted a senior risk management ing, being followed by his brother certainly lived life fully. Aside from position with the 2015 Pan American Richard, Sc’58, MSc’61; his niece his work as a general practitioner and Games, after “wandering the wilder - Susan, Sc’82; nephews Richard, Sc’83, surgeon in Ottawa, he was a jet pilot, ness for a few months” following his and John, Sc‘84; and his great- photographer, military man (serving career at KPMG International. The nephew, Ethan Webb, Sc’16. with the Canadian Armed Forces in games will take place in the Golden Germany and Canada), fisherman, James S. Wrong , Horseshoe area of Ontario next sum - hunter, ham radio operator, and BSc’44, died in mer. “It’s very exciting being involved motorcyclist. Kemptville, ON, on in an incredibly dynamic environ - March 5, aged 92. ment, working to ensure the best Brian Carl Mitchell , BSc’65, died Jan. After graduating from multi-sport games ever,” says 15 in Kitchener, ON, aged 72. He is Queen’s in civil engi - Michael. Email him at Michael.howe survived by his wife, Gail, their chil - neering and serving in the Royal @toronto2015.org. dren, and grandchildren. Canadian Engineers, Jim had an Margaret Ellen Wescott , BA’63, interesting career in the construction Notes MA’67, died Dec. 18, 2013, in Shel - industry in Canada, the U.S., and Dorris Heffron , Arts’67, burne, NS, her home for the past Europe. He led a happy life, especially will complete her year decade. Following her studies in poli - enjoying 10 years living in Italy in the as the elected Chair of tics in Queen’s, Margaret pursued a ca - 1960s and ’70s. Jim was predeceased The Writers’ Union of reer in documentary filmmaking. She by his wife, Mollie, in 2012. In the Canada (TWUC) in June. had a long and fulfilling career with Queen’s community, Jim is best In this role, she has the National Film Board of Canada as a remembered as a founding member been the chief spokesperson for the producer, director and editor. Her work of the Science’44 Co-op. With the union’s membership of more than included the award-winning seven- group’s establishment, in 1941, of 2,000 professionally published book part series The Government of Canada Collins House, Queen’s first co-opera - writers. Since June 2013 she has con - (which marked the first time ever that tive student housing, Jim and his ducted all correspondence and cameras were permitted access to live classmates created a new community meetings of TWUC’s National Coun - sittings of the Canadian Houses of Par - within Queen’s, one that continues to cil, composed of 12 reps from every liament). Margaret was a strong advo - this day. The Science ’44 Co-op now region in Canada. The Cchair over - cate for women’s rights and often has 21 properties, providing quality sees all TWUC’s committees and task turned the camera on women’s issues. affordable housing for hundreds of forces dealing with Canadian writers’ Among her documentaries was Be - students. Jim is also remembered in concerns. Dorris’s most recent novel hind the Veil (1984), which explored Kemptville, his home since 1983, for is City Wolves. the history and accomplishments of his community involvement. He was David Wilson , Com’64, retired after women in religion, as well as the is - active in the Rotary Club and coordi - 19 years as CEO of the Graduate Man - sues facing modern nuns. As a child, nated its Canada Day parade for agement Admission Council (owners Margaret had spent summer vaca - many years. Jim is survived by his of the GMAT). His career included 10 tions in the Shelburne area with her daughter, Rosemary Wrong, and his years as a professor at Queen’s, the family; in 2004, she moved to Sandy stepson, Leigh Anderson. University of Texas, and Harvard Point and built her home overlooking Business School and 19 years at Ernst Shelburne Harbour. s . & Young, where he was managing partner and national director of pro - s . Honours fessional development. He and his Barry Wellar , Arts’64 (MS, PhD, wife Jane have moved to Naples, FL, Honours Northwestern), emeritus Professor where Dave rides his bike and serves David Carey , Sc’79, MBA’94, was of Geography at the University of on the boards of Barnes & Noble and this year’s recipient of the Lifetime Ottawa, received the 2013 Leader - CoreSite. “What a great ride it has Achievement award at the IR Maga - ship Award from the Urban and Re - been!” he says. zine/Globe and Mail investor relations gional Information Systems Associa - awards dinner in Toronto. David, wife tion (URISA). Back in 1978, Barry Deaths Kathy, Artsci’80, and children Alison, received URISA’s inaugural Leader - David John Artsci’12, and Graeme, Sc’15, live in ship Award, making him the organi - Hilborn , MD’60, Calgary, where David is Senior VP zation’s only two-time honoree. Barry of Ottawa, died Capital Markets for ARC Resources. is an expert in many GIS application Feb. 9. He is sur - areas, including urban planning, vived by his wife, Job News trans portation, sustainable land de - Carole Poisson, Bill Bryck , Com’71, has been ap - velopment, and public sector policy. daughter Susan pointed President and CEO of Build
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Toronto, a real estate and develop - President of the Canadian Founda - Deaths ment corporation owned by the City tion for Geotechnique and will be - Fraser Maclennan of Toronto. Bill served at Queen’s come President of the Canadian Ge - Keith , MD’76, died as Acting Vice-Principal, Operations otechnical Society in 2015 and 2016. Dec. 19, 2013, at and Finance, 2009-10. Bill and Kate Although not consulting full time, home in Mansfield, (Catherine Totten, Com‘76) reside in Doug writes that he won’t be taking OH, after a long ill - Toronto. down his shingle for a few years yet! ness. He left this Peter Merchant , Com’76, has joined Liz (Clements) Theobold , Mus’74, is world as he lived in it, with grace and Gracorp Capital Advisors Ltd. as putting a call out to volunteers with dignity, surrounded by his family and Director, Real Estate Development. an interest in either the history of friends. Fraser is survived by his wife, Gracorp is the real estate and infra - Queen’s University, of Perth, ON, or Linda-Gail, and his daughters Jane structure equity investment arm of both! Queen’s University’s 175th an - and Katherine. After medical school, Graham Group, a Canadian construc - niversary in 2016 coincides with the Fraser remained at Queen’s for his tion company. Previously, Peter 200th anniversary of Perth, a Scots- general surgery residency. He com - worked as General Manager, Real founded community just an hour pleted additional training in cardio - Estate, for Canadian Pacific Railway . north of Kingston. Liz is looking for vascular and thoracic surgery at [email protected] ideas for projects to mark the two McGill, followed by fellowships in anniversaries. “For instance,” she cardiovascular surgery at Toronto Notes writes, “we hope to recognize the con - General Hospital, and in cardiac tributions of such notable 19th-cen - transplantation at University Hospital tury Perth citizens as William Morris, in London, Ontario. In 1985, the fam - a leading advocate for the creation of ily moved to the U.S., when Fraser Queen’s College and first chair of joined the medical staff of Henry Queen’s Board of Trustees, as well as Ford Hospital, in Detroit. It was there Greta Cusworth , Artsci’78, sent us the Rev. George Bell, one of three that he performed Detroit’s first this photo she took of a Science’77 members of the university’s original heart transplant. In 1989, he ac - gathering at Georgian Peaks Ski Club class, and later, the first registrar of cepted a position at the University in March. Perfect conditions and a Queen’s.” If you want to get involved, of California, San Francisco, where he great turnout made for a fantastic contact Liz at [email protected] served as Surgical Director of UCSF’s day for Queen’s friends at this annual or 613-32 6-1976. event, she writes. Shown, left to right, are Rob Carrie, Sc’77, Colin Frenke, Com’07, Bill Frenke, Sc’77, Jay Gandy, Sc’77, Cindy Hunter; Peter Hunter, Sc’77; Jack Russell, Sc’76; Pam (Fulton) Russell, Gord Hall, Paul Eichenberg, all Sc’77, Grant Simpson, Sc’76, and Tracy Krejnic. Philip Forster , Com’79, and his wife, Tracy are settling into life in Calgary after eight years in Barbados, where Philip was President of Caribbean Protection Barbados Inc., a manufac - turer of hurricane and sun protection products. Ian W. Hendry , Com’77, has moved his office to a new location in Ottawa Do you know how much your to accommodate his growing busi - ness. Hendry Warren LLP has grown gift means to Queen’s students? to 35 professionals and administra - tive support members. An open invi - tation is extended to any Com’77 Go to queensu.ca/annualgiving alumni for a tour and lunch if they happen to be in Ottawa. and let them tell you in their [email protected] own words! Doug Vandine , Sc’72, MSc’75 (Geo - logical and Civil Engineering, respec - givetoqueens.ca tively), who lives in Victoria, BC, has just stepped down from six years as QUEEN’S ANNUAL APPEAL
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heart and lung transplant programs. cardiothoracic surgeries. As re - sive Care Unit to Fraser to recognize He accepted a position with Lifelink spected as he was for that work, his extraordinary work as a physician, Transplant Institute in 2000, perform - among his family and friends he was surgeon, and teacher. ing transplant procedures in Tampa, loved for his kindness and gentle Robert Lawton , BEd’79, died Dec. 9, Florida. In 2003, he and his family humour. An avid fly fisherman, he 2013, in Kingston, ON. He was the made their home in Mansfield, OH, enjoyed the outdoors and the beloved husband and best friend of Ila where Fraser continued his surgical beauty of nature. At the same time, (Sahay), Artsci’77, proud father of Mark practice at MedCentral Health Sys - he was an enthusiastic early adopter (Sophie) and Andrew, and grandfather tem. In the course of his career, of the latest in electronic gadgetry. of Lana and Kyle. Bob is remembered Fraser performed hundreds of trans - In 2013, MedCentral Health System with fondness and smiles by his col - plants and many other life-saving dedicated its Cardiovascular Inten - leagues and former students at
INTERNATIONAL SCENE Seeing the light at last John and Maureen Paterson’s Rio Magnolia is an eco-friendly oasis. After busy careers below ground as mining classification for outstanding achievement in engineers at sites throughout North and Central sustainable tourism and wildlife protection. America, John Paterson , Sc’\], MSc’]Y, and his Ninety of their WWV hectares are primary and John Paterson, wife Maureen (O’Shaughnessy) , Sc’]W, have secondary rainforest, which is protected. The Sc’@A, MSc’A>, achieved their dream of building an eco-lodge balance is pasture for some cows and horses. processes raw in the mountains of Costa Rica. A reforestation project is underway to reclaim coffee beans Rio Magnolia is a rainforest eco-tourism lodge some of the pasture. John and Maureen have through a and coffee plantation situated high above the planted more than \,VVV shade Arabica coffee pulping machine. southern Pacific surf town of Dominical, between plants on the property and process the fruit to The beans are Manuel Antonio National Park and the Osa produce high-quality coffee beans for guests and then washed, Peninsula. It is a nature lover’s paradise with for sale at local retailers. fermented, dried, hundreds of rare birds, mammals, butterflies The Patersons actively support nearby commu - and hulled before and other interesting critters sharing the X]V-acre nities by hiring and buying locally and assisting being roasted. (WWV-hectare) property. Rio Magnolia provides local schools, especially with science projects. See more photos superior accommodations, food and service for They pioneered recycling in the nearest town by at alumnireview up to W[ people comfortably. providing marked barrels for cans, plastic and .queensu.ca. John and Maureen’s mission glass. Once a week, they pick up the barrels and was to build Rio Magnolia in a transport them XV kms to a recycling centre. As manner that conserved the rain - the town does not have garbage collection, the forest and wildlife living there recycling program has helped reduce the amount with low impact on the environ - of refuse burned. Not only is Rio Magnolia an ment. The water from the Mag - eco-friendly oasis, but it’s also a fun destination nolia River generates WVV per for adventure tourism seekers. During a Decem - cent of the electricity used by the ber visit, my wife and I took advantage of many of lodge through a WXkw hydroelec - the exciting activities and experiences in the area. tric system. This renewable en - This included zip-lining through the rainforest ergy source produces no emis - canopy, horseback-riding to Costa Rica’s famous sions or waste. They have built Nauyaca Falls, white-water rafting on the Savegre a number of solar dryers and a River, ?IK plantation touring, and catamaran greenhouse for their organic gar - snorkeling. As well, we enjoyed hiking to water - den. Produce that is not grown in falls and swimming on the property, seeing a calf the garden or on the many tropi - born, and assisting with coffee bean processing. cal fruit trees on the property is One of the guest rooms at the Lodge is named sourced from the local farmers’ El Cielo, Spanish for “heaven.” It’s well chosen for O T market. The Costa Rican govern - the way John and Maureen Paterson have traded O H P ment has recognized Rio Magno - their careers down in the mines for a piece of D E I L
P lia’s efforts by awarding it their sunlit heaven called Rio Magnolia. P U S highest “ Tourismo Sostenible ” B Mike Campbell, Sc’<;
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Ernestown Secondary School in Sonja Verbeek , Artsci’87, MPA’01, business administration at Capella Odessa. He loved to teach and loved EMBA’11, recently joined the University in Minneapolis, Min - and respected the many students Kingston Police’s senior manage - nesota. His dissertation topic is whose lives he touched during his 25 ment team as Director of Human The Impact of Innovation Speed on years in teaching. That passion was Resources after 16 years on Queen’s Business Innovation Success. matched by his love of the arts. An staff. Sonja had worked as a Project artist, actor, singer, playwright, and Officer with the CIDA-funded Deaths tickler of the ivories, Bob will be Queen’s Family Medicine Develop - Jonathan Charles Poole , BA’83, deeply missed by his many friends in ment Program in the Balkans from died peacefully on Jan. 22 in San the theatre community. Friends can 1997 to 2004. For the past nine years, Diego, CA, after a two-year battle reach Ila at [email protected]. she was Director, Office of the Vice- with Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy. Principal (Research), where she He is remembered by his wife, s . played a key role in such initiatives as Donna, and daughter, Megan. Pre - the renewal of the Queen’s Strategic deceased by his parents, Charles Family News Research Plan and the launching of Nathaniel Poole, BA’50, and Marion the Queen’s research magazine, Poole, he is also missed by his sisters, Talitha Arndt , (e)AFFECT . Deborah Mitchell, Artsci’76, and Sc’87, shared Lynda O’Donnell, Artsci’79. Jonathan this photo of Notes enjoyed a successful career in sales kids and their Kim Berdusco , that took him to Ottawa, Toronto, tricolour snow - MBA’87, Anthony Vancouver, and San Diego. A sports man. Pictured are Claire and Fiona Stokes and their enthusiast from his early years as Taylor, daughters of Alison Renton, family have moved the quarter back of his high school Artsci’87; Lily Hoffman, daughter of back to Toronto after football team, he loved sailing, golf, Helen Saunders, Artsci’87, and Tom 18 years in the hockey, squash, and baseball. Some Hoffman, Sc’88; and Stefano Esposto, United Kingdom. of his happiest moments were spent son of Talitha and Ed Esposto, “We are keen to reconnect with old on the field coaching his daughter’s Artsci’86. Ed and Talitha’s cottage classmates and friends,” writes Kim. softball team. is the hub for many gatherings of Contact her at [email protected]. Queen’s friends. Kim and Tony are seen here with s . Carol (Mazur) their kids Andrew, Rebecca, Jeffrey, Hood , Com’84, and and Jessica. her husband Ed Births Albert Galpin , travelled from Matt Aaronson , Artsci’80, Toronto to Australia Artsci’98, Com’98, writes, “After in March 2013 to and Kate Sander - 57 years of visit their daughter, son , Artsci’98, association Jacqui Carl, Artsci’14, who was on together with Alex, with the De - academic exchange in Perth. 8, and Caroline, 5, welcomed baby partment of Sarah to the family in June 2013. The Job News Foreign Affairs, International Trade family lives in Chicago, where Matt is and Development (my father was Bob Pickard , Artsci’89, has been Partner and Managing Director at also with DFAITD!) and 31 years actu - working in public relations and the Boston Consulting Group and ally working there myself, it’s time to communications for more than two Kate is Vice-President, Human hang up the pinstripes and try my decades and is now Asia-Pacific Resources, at Aon plc. hand at other pursuits, such as travel, Chairman of Huntsworth plc, an in - Steve Didunyk , Artsci’94, MA’96, ski, golf, catch up with friends from ternational communications group. and his wife Manon had their first all over the world, and have more Based in Singapore, Bob is responsi - child, Thomas Stephen, on Jan 17, time with Jennifer and our children: ble for the regional business of a 2014, in Toronto. Both mom and Kristianne, Elliott, Virginia and Timea. number of global communications baby are “doing great and looking To keep in touch you can reach me at consultancies. He was named PR forward to the warmer weather so [email protected] . Agency Head of the Year at the 2012 they can enjoy the great outdoors Asia-Pacific PR Awards. You can read George Holmes , Com’80, retired and longer naps.” from PricewaterhouseCoopers in more about Bob on his blog: Katrine Douce t, Bermuda in June, 2013. He still lives bobpickard.com. Artsci’99, and her there, managing properties and Tamara Vandersluis , Com’85, is now fiancé, Nicolas cruising on his yacht, CareFree . Vice-President, Business Develop - Casgrain, welcomed ment, at PathQC Ltd., a private histol - Brian Lenahan , Com’86, currently baby Julianne on ogy, cytology and molecular-pathol - Portfolio Director at TD Bank Group Nov. 14, 2013. ogy diagnostic laboratory in Montreal. in Toronto, is pursuing a doctorate in Julianne was too eager to see the
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world and arrived prematurely, but Honours as Deputy Head of Financing, after a few weeks in the NICU, she is responsible for Algeria and Ukraine. David Carey , MBA’94. See 1970s now thriving at home. Katrine and Honours. Nifuler Erdebil , Sc’96, MBA’03, has her family live in St-Lazare, QC. launched Spring2 Innovation, an Brad Leonard , Artsci’95, picked [email protected] innovation and marketing consulting up a major award for his company, Jason Heayn , firm that helps technology compa - Friendly Fires. The Kingston-based Sc’97/’98, and his nies commercialize products and fireplace, barbeque, and solar retailer wife, Andrea are services. Nifuler is also chair of the was named Best Fireplace Retailer in pleased, if a bit slow, Ottawa branch of Canadian Women North America by the Hearth Patio & to announce the ar - in Communications and Technology. BBQ Association. rival of Benjamin Orval [email protected] Jamie Leong-Huxley , Giovanni on Aug. 13, 2013. Their first Leigh-Ann (Ottenhof) Fingland , EMBA’99, was appointed child, Ben arrived healthy, happy, and Artsci’93, Ed’94, EMBA’11, moved a Fellow of the Canadian enormous at 10 lbs, 12 oz. and 22.5” into a new role at Queen’s School of Public Relations Society long. “He also inherited his father’s Business in July 2013. She is now the (CPRS) and honoured at enormous noggin (and hopefully, Director of Operations for Queen’s the annual College of Fellows Lunch - his mother’s brains),” writes Jason. Commerce program. eon in Banff, AB, in May. Jamie is Juliet Knapton , Artsci’95, and Executive Counsel for Cohn & Wolfe Stephen Goldsmith , MBA’96, re - Christopher Collmorgen , Artsci’94, West and a principal at Intolla Inc. ports “a major change in direction” Ed’95, welcomed Madelaine and after selling his sports and entertain - Megan Shortreed , Artsci’92, is a Felix, born in Ottawa on Nov. 12, ment business to join Toronto’s partner at Paliare Roland Barristers 2013. All are doing very well. Juliet Mount Sinai Hospital as its Managing in Toronto, where she practises as a and Christopher look forward to Director. hearing from old friends. julietchris@ civil, commercial and regulatory liti - Rodney Gray , Com’93, is now CFO hotmail.com gator. Megan is listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada directory and was of Baytex Energy, an oil and gas cor - Michael Spence , recently named a Benchmark “Future poration in Calgary. Rodney, a Char - Com’96, and his Star” for Ontario. In February, Megan tered Accountant, has more than 20 wife, Amanda, received the Toronto Lawyers Associ - years of experience in the oil and gas welcomed twins ation’s inaugural Honsberger Award field. Cameron and in recognition of her contributions to Gordon Morewood , Artsci’90, Paige on Nov. 12, 2012. Siblings for the legal profession and her charita - Meds’92, is now Chief of Cardiac Wesley. The family lives in Toronto, ble work against homelessness in Anesthesia at Temple University where Michael works at CBRE Lim - Toronto. Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. He also ited, a commercial real estate com - holds the positions of Associate pany. [email protected] Job News Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology Elizabeth (Frogley) Wightman , Stephanie (Ryalen) Batesky , at Temple University School of Medi - Artsci’98, and Michael Hansen wel - Artsci’90, has joined Douglas Elliman cine and Chief Quality Officer for comed their son, Finlay Alexander Real Estate in Manhattan. Stephanie Temple University Physicians. A spe - Wightman-Hansen, on Oct. 24, 2013. has lived and worked in NYC since cialist in anesthetic care for cardiac Finlay is the first grandc hild for Lois 1999. Residing on the Upper East surgery, Gordon’s research interests Wightman, Arts’69, Ed’70. Elizabeth Side with her husband and sports- include systems response to human and family live in Edmonton. Queen’s loving 8-year-old, Stephanie enjoys error and organizational accidents, friends can contact her at city living and volunteering with the as well as business model innovation [email protected]. New York Branch of the QUAA. in healthcare. [email protected] Commitments Prem Rawal , Com’99, moved to Alan Crossley , EMBA’99, has com - Ottawa in 2013 , where he continues Alison Lane , Artsci’98, ConEd’99, pleted his transition into the invest - to serve, with the rank of Major, as a and Jordan Beveridge , Sc’98, were ment banking industry; he was lawyer with the Canadian Military married on Oct.12, 2013 – a beautiful named Partner of the Year at Osprey Prosecution Service. autumn day in Ottawa. Capital Partners in 2013. At Osprey’s Jason Trueman , Com’96, recently Jonathan Toronto office Alan oversees the joined Cumberland Private Wealth Nichols , firm’s energy, logistics and infrastruc - Management as a Portfolio Manager. Com’96, ture practice and is a frequent Jason, along with two colleagues, married Leigh speaker at various industry and has established a Kingston branch Austin on Aug. investment conferences. for Cumberland, located at 218 King 10, 2013, in Kitchener, ON. They now Lukasz Drazdzewski , Com’99, St. East. He welcomes classmates and live and work in Santa Cruz, CA, with recently moved to France, where alumni to contact him at their cats Ray and Chloe. he works with BNP Paribas in Paris [email protected].
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INTERNATIONAL SCENE Journalism in the XWst century: hands-on learning
The idea solidified while respected international journalist and Queen’s alumnus Jeffrey Kofman, Artsci’]W, was giving a lecture earlier this summer at the Bader International Study Centre ( @CHA ) about his experiences covering the Libyan Revo - lution in XVWW. For a while, @CHA staff had been brainstorming about a course on journalism for non-journalists; seeing Jeffrey speak, they knew the London- based ?@A journalist would be the perfect person to teach the course. That quickly led to CEIH YWX, O “Seminar in Modern European Studies: Journal - T O H P ism in the XWst Century,” taught last fall to a D E I L group of Queen’s students and others studying P P U at the Castle from Japan, Korea and the J.H . S The course was designed to give students a In the 656 ’; critical perspective on the news and help them news stories, gaining insight into the process of London studio, become better-informed news consumers. Jeffrey news-gathering. Joseph Robbins took students on a behind-the-scenes look at “This course was honestly the best one I’ve reads the news how news is presented and how the profession taken throughout my undergraduate studies,” while Edward is faring in a time of great change that includes says Sophie Koumoudouros, Artsci’WZ. “There Charbonneau the shift to online and social media and the are no journalism courses offered at Queen’s , so waits for his cue struggle to fund media organizations within I’m glad that when I was at the Castle I got the to give the a new advertising landscape. chance to take this truly unique course! I think weather report. “It’s very easy to be a passive news consumer it’s very important for people to have knowledge right now and to look uncritically at all the infor - about the media and how to be a smart and mation coming at us,” says Jeffrey. “I hope this thoughtful news consumer.” course gives students a solid foundation in how Feedback from the course has been so positive the media works, which is fundamental to navi - that plans are in the works to offer it again in the gating the vast amounts of information online. next school year. “ Jeffrey’s class is an example of It is designed to help them know what to look the transformative learning environment that is for. In turn, that not only makes them better thriving at the @CHA ,” says Christian Lloyd, news consumers, but also better citizens.” PhD’VV, Academic Director at the @CHA . “We Jeffrey drew on his strong contacts in the believe in fostering strong ties with the Queen’s industry to bring in (or Skype in) several well- alumni community and from offering classes to respected journalists to the Castle, including networking events, to internship opportunities, Lyse Doucet, Artsci’]V, Foreign Correspondent we are actively connecting our students’ learning for @@A World Service; Lisa LaFlamme, Chief to our alumni’s expertise.” Anchor for AIK National News; and Michael Jeffrey says that as a student at Queen’s he Cooke, Editor of the Toronto Star . never imagined he would be teaching for the The instructor also gave students a look at university. He was impressed by the curiosity both the “high end” and “low end” of journalism, and en tqhusiasm of his students. “It’s been really with London-based guests from Wallpaper (Pub - satisfying for me to go back and teach for the lisher Gord Ray, Com’^Y) and Monocle magazines university that educated me,” he says. “In a small (Executive Producer Gillian Dobias, Artsci’]W) way, I’m paying it forward, and I hope I’m helping and a mock tabloid newsroom led by a London to shape the outlook of these students as others reporter who later renounced tabloid journalism. at Queen’s helped shape me.” Students had opportunities to write their own B Wanda Praamsma
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Notes Laurie (Shaw) , Artsci’01, and Mark Jessica Dale , Rogers , Sc’01 , are proud to an - Artsci’04, and Cal Cyclists Mike Van De Water , Com’91, nounce the birth of their third Brunker returned and Roger Lemaitre , Sc’91 are tak - daughter, Jillian Margaret, on March to Toronto after a ing part in their second Enbridge 4 in Ottawa; a sister for Rachel, 6, and three-year stint in Ride to Conquer Cancer on June 7-8. Chelsea, 2. Other welcoming family Vancouver and tied the knot at the You can see Mike in the official 2014 members are Jillian’s grandma, Sheila end of November. Happy to cele - orientation video Rogers, PT’76; her uncles Peter Shaw, brate with the couple were Jessica’s (http://bit.ly/1cm4VPo) at 03:07, Sc’99, Chris Dales, Artsci’07, and Jeff classmates Lisa Sykes and Sheila high-fiving the crowd along the 2013 Rogers, Sc’08, Ed’09; and her aunts Elsey, and the bride’s brother, An - route. In a neat coincidence, Mike’s Joan (Shaw) DeBruyn, OT’97, Andrea thony Dale, Artsci’92, MPA’95. Jessica classmate (and first-year roommate) (Cork) Shaw, Artsci’99, Julie Rogers, and Cal have now settled in Toronto Bruce Teron, Com’91, is in the same Artsci/PHE’03, Lori (Rogers) Dales, with their cat Arthur. video at 04:07. To support Queen’s Artsci/PHE’06, Ed’07, and Larissa riders or learn more about Mike’s Alex Lithwick , Pikor, Artsci/PHE’08. goal, see www.conquercancer.ca/ Com’09, and Scott goto/mvandewater. Kate Witherly , Artsci’04, and her Dalgleish , Com’02, husband, Chris Watson, welcomed got engaged this s . their first child, Natalie Rand Watson, past November in on Sept. 17, 2013. The family lives in Toronto. Alex and Births Yellowknife, NT. Scott met through a mutual friend at work (also a Queen’s Sarah Bacopulos , Artsci’00, and Commitments BCom!) two years earlier – Scott Jason Correia , Artsci’97, MSc’99, wel - Nancy “mistook” Alex’s overly friendly comed Ellie Isabel on Feb. 5, a little Bong , demeanour for flirting, and the rest sister for Aidan, 7, and Sophie, 2. Ellie Com’01, was history. Both avid mountain arrived just before midnight at the married bikers, they regularly take on the same Burlington hospital where he r James challenging trails of the Don Valley in parents work as general surgeons. Ruebe - Toronto. For his proposal, Scott chose Joanie (Ho) , nacker a lookout point on the east side of Artsci’03, on May 11, 2013, in New York City. the valley, craftily using binoculars ConEd’04, and The couple was blessed to have and a large sign being held by family Bryan Cowell , many classmates travel to the Big and friends on the other side. Even Artsci’05, wel - Apple to share in their special day. though it was a cold and snowy day, comed their first Pictured are Kathleen Wheelihan, Alex got the message and said yes! child, Eleanor “Ellie” Com’01, Nancy Hoo, James and The wedding is set for August in Christina, on Nov. 4 in Ottawa. Nancy, Lindsay Tanner , Artsci’01, Muskoka. Meanwhile, Alex and Scott Paul Fitchett and Kathleen Wheeli - Kimberley Davis, Com’01, and Janice have moved to Los Angeles, where han , both Com’01, have a daughter, Lin. Nancy works at Neuberger Alex has secured a position as Direc - Alice Elizabeth Fitchett, born June 27, Berman in asset management sales tor of Analytics at 99 Cents Only 2013. for private bank clients, and James is Stores. Scott is looking for his next an energy trader enrolled part-time move and enjoying some much- Jennifer (Pham) , Artsci’00, and in the MBA program at NYU. needed sunshine. They would love to Bryan MacMillan , Sc’00, welcomed meet up with any other Queen’s folks Simon Vinh John on Dec. 6, 2013, in Tom Cromwell and in the LA area! North York, ON. Simon is doted upon Megan Ormshaw , by his big sister Penelope. both Artsci’09, were Jessica Shain and married Oct. 5 in Tim Usher-Jones , Karen (Legault) , Sc’02, and husband Ottawa. The cere - both Com’05, were Stephan Lajoie had baby Samuel mony was per - married at the Art Richard on Jan.17. Samuel was formed by the father of the groom, Gallery of Ontario, welcomed into the Lajoie household the Hon. Justice Thomas A. Cromwell, Toronto, on April by his big sister Evelyn, who loves Arts’73, Law’76, LLD’10. Tom and 27, 2013. to help care for the baby. Karen is Megan met during their first year enjoying her maternity leave from Patricia “Tricia” at the BISC. They live in St. John’s, NL, her job as a civil engineer for Trans - Summers , where Megan is a high school port Canada in Ottawa. Artsci’06, married teacher of English and Tom works for Oliver Edwards Michael Mahon , MBA’01, and his Parks Canada on Signal Hill. He is also on Sept. 1, 2013, wife, Laurie, welcomed Avery Cecile working on his doctoral thesis in in Portland, ME. on Jan. 21. archeology. Several Queen’s alumni were part of the weekend-
OT Issue V, VTUX | alumnireview.queensu.ca KEEPING IN TOUCH s long celebration, including brides - 2013. The marriage was performed Honours maid Maira (Jansons) Lazdins, by Ontario Superior Court Justice Tina Thomas , EMBA’03, was recently Artsci’06; Leah Simeone, Artsci ‘06; John Johnston, Artsci’83. Felicia is named 2013 Communicator of the David Zeni, Artsci’04; Dennis John - currently practising criminal defence Year by the International Association son, Artsci’75, Robyn (Reed) Johnson, in Brockville. She is also the Federal of Business Communicators’ Edmon - Artsci’75; and Holly Johnson, Agent for Leeds & Grenville. ton branch. Tina is the Director of Artsci’10. The Edwards are living in Jonathan Marketing, Communications and New York City, where Tricia is the Vice Venere , Sc’03, Fund Development at the Edmonton Consul for Communications at the and Elizabeth Public Library. British Consulate-General, conduct - Csaszar , Sc’07, ing media relations for the British were married in Job News government. September 2013, Carly Ainlay , Artsci’07, has relocated Felicia C. in Richmond Hill, to St. John’s, NL, to become Senior Tippins , Law ON. They were Development Officer for the Faculty ‘08, married joined by their family and friends, of Engineering at Memorial Univer - Thomas O’Hara including many Queen’s alumni, for sity. She would love to hear from any in Maitland ON, the joyous occasion. Queen’s alumni who call St. John’s on Aug. 17, home. [email protected]
CREATIVE MINDS Creating opportunities for kids to shine Tom Higgins , Artsci’\^, discovered a love of math my head, then go do something else, early in life, and it has stood him well, both in his and come back to it in a few days! career and in his private life. Now, he’s offering the Then I’d be able to figure it out. That opportunity for high school students to explore lesson was enormous for me,” Tom their own strengths in mathematics and problem- says now. “There are a lot of problems solving by supporting the Queen’s Math Quest in life that seem impossible to solve. summer program, an on-campus camp for girls. If you don’t see a solution right away, Tom made his career in numbers, first in invest - it’s okay. Don’t worry about it. Let your ment banking, then in securities trading, and brain work on it in a different mode, then, until his retirement a year ago, as President and then come back to it.” and ABF of Maple Financial Group. He feels that He learned another valuable lesson his aptitude and training in math gave him the from Professor Coleman. “With math - O resources and discipline that he could have used ematical problems, you can solve them T O H P in any number of professions. And he says he got in different ways, but he would always D E I L a big boost from some pivotal people in his life. give the best marks to the most ele - P P U When he was in primary school, Tom’s family gant solution. It’s not just about get - S spent summers in cottage country with his uncle, ting to the answer; it’s about thinking Tom Higgins, Artsci’@B an engineer and professor at DCI . Tom had started how to do it in a beautiful way.” to excel in math at school at this point, but it was Tom is proud to support the Math Quest pro - his uncle who really showed him the potential in gram, which brings together high school girls with mathematics. “He would encourage me to ask female instructors for four days of hands-on prob - questions and to think about things mathemati - lem-solving. He sees it as an opportunity not only cally, but it was never a chore. He would always to introduce new ideas to the students, but also to make it fun. He had this incredible curiosity, and boost their confidence in their own abilities. he showed me that math existed everywhere.” “A lot of kids have math ability. But so many are One of Tom’s favourite professors at Queen’s afraid of it, or think it’s too geeky or it’s not inter - was John Coleman, then head of the math depart - esting enough. The camp allows them to realize ment. “He would give us one problem a week for that it’s fun and that they can do it. A little encour - homework. It was never in any of the textbooks, agement goes a long way. It’s a great opportunity and he didn’t show us how to do it. At first I for them to shine .” B Andrea Gunn, MPA ':< wouldn’t have a clue how to solve it, but then I Learn more about Math Quest at realized it was important to get that problem in http://www.mast.queensu.ca/~mathquest
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Nifuler Erdebil , MBA’03. See 1990s received her certificate of qualifica - for the ENMAX Corporation, a Cal - Job News. tion from the National Dental Exam - gary-based utility company. Patricia Peter Lukomskyj , EMBA’05, is now ining Board of Canada and has now is accountable for the compliance, Vice-President of Products for Elastic commenced dental practice in ethics, corporate sustainability, and Path Software Inc. Previously, he was Vancouver. [email protected] policy governance programs for the COO at QuickMobile. Peter was rec - Sonja Verbeek , MPA’01. See 1980s ENMAX group of companies. ognized as one of Vancouver’s “Forty Job News. Leigh-Ann (Ottenhof) Fingland , Under 40” by Business In Vancouver EMBA’11. See 1990s Job News. Magazine in 2013. s . Sonja Verbeek , EMBA’11. See 1980s Jim McAllister , EMBA’08, has moved Job News. to Shanghai. He is Head of Asia Births Swine Marketing on the Global Kajal Palan , CQ-EMBA’13 , and his Notes Strategic Marketing team at Merial, wife, Hina, welcomed twin boys, Leslie Dunning , MBA’10, recently an animal health company. Shiven and Shyam, in September. It celebrated a major milestone: 35 Caroline McKillen , Artsci’07, is now has been a hectic time for Kajal; after years of service with the Canadian Dr. McKillen. She graduated from the graduating last May, he changed Red Cross. Leslie is the Director Dublin Dental University Hospital jobs and is now Director of Finance General, Violence and Abuse Preven - (Trinity College Dublin) in Dental at the Ontario Genomics Institute. tion, working to advance the growth Sciences in June 2013. She received The family lives in Mississauga, ON. of the Canadian Red Cross’s educa - an award from the Irish Dental Asso - tion programs to prevent violence, ciation for the highest result Job News bullying and abuse. achieved in Dental Science across Patricia McLeod , MBA’11, is Vice- the five-year program. Caroline has President, Corporate Responsibility,
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Recruitment role a natural fit for DCG grad . Sunny Wang, DCG ’WY, seems perfectly suited to so soon after graduating, but she says not being her new position as a recruitment officer in away too long makes it easier to understand the Queen’s China Liaison Office in Shanghai along - needs and desires of China’s young people. side Zhiyao Zhang. A Chinese native with a Knowing the educational systems in both coun - multi national education, she spends her days tries, Sunny can help ease any fears about study - raising Queen’s profile in China, speaking with ing in a foreign country and the students, she students and giving presentations at high schools says, appreciate having someone who’s lived and and educational fairs about the advantages of studied in both places to guide them and their studying at Queen’s and living in Canada. parents through important decisions. “It’s been such a natural transition for me, with “When I speak with students, I emphasize the my cultural background and my education in tight-knit community Queen’s offers, along with human resources, psychology and industrial rela - the relatively small size of the university and tions,” says Sunny, who started her new post last Kingston,” says Sunny. “There are many advan - fall. “I am so enthusiastic about my role and really tages, including smaller class sizes, more person - love having the opportunity to help these students alized attention from professors, all within the Sunny Wang, find their way to a great university such as Queen’s peaceful and friendly setting of Kingston.” 87: ’=> and to realize their own potential.” Many of the students she speaks with attend Sunny has spent most of her life in large international schools in Shanghai, so there China, attending Anhui University and is some trepidation toward moving to a smaller working in Shanghai before moving to city in an unknown place. Sunny shows them, Canada in XVV] to further her education. through her own stories, how rewarding it can S
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Issue 2, 2014 | alumnireview.queensu.ca ro ALUMNI bookshelf “He never did anything by halve s.. .” In her new book, Both Hands: A Life of Lorne Pierce of Ryerson Press, Dr. Sandra Campbell details how his Queen’s student days shaped a Canadian publishing pioneer. BY KIRSTEEN MCLEOD
rom yzx to y~x, in his work as editor of the Dr. Pierce established the renowned Edith and Fnow-defunct Ryerson Press, Lorne Pierce, TS Lorne Pierce Collection of Canadiana. He began do - yy{, ]]V yz, worked with many of Canada’s nating books to Queen’s around yz} and provided leading literary figures. “ Queen’s marked Pierce advice and funding towards purchases thereafter. for life, influencing his career and values,” says Dr. An endowment fund was established in y~y shortly Campbell, who retired last year from the Pauline after his death, and his private library and papers – Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies including Ryerson Press correspondence and the at Carleton University. papers of poet Bliss Carman – all came to Queen’s . Lorne Pierce arrived at Queen’s from the east - Dr. Campbell, who spent more than y} years ern Ontario community of Delta to study English working on this definitive ~||-page biography and philosophy. The experience fostered both his amid teaching duties at University of Ottawa, idealism and his commitment to service. McGill, Bermuda College, and Carleton University , “He was raised in a strict Methodist household,” spent countless hours reading Dr. Pierce’s papers, Dr. Campbell notes. “His mother wanted him to be and had the support of Beth Robinson, Dr. Pierce’s a minister. However, Pierce’s Queen’s influence daughter, for the project. shaped a cultural advocate [who was] dedicated to “Being a publisher, he kept carbon copies of Canadian literature, history, art, and educational almost everything. There are all these marvelous life.” Moreover, he met his future wife, Edith letters, not only relating to his career, but also to Chown, TS yy{, at Queen’s . his home life and friends. I’d venture to say he’s The university was “a lifelong beacon to Pierce probably one of the best documented individuals in a lot of ways,” Dr. Campbell confirms. “I guess in Canadian history.” Queen’s has been my big debauch,” he once joked. Both Hands reveals a determined man. “He What he meant, Dr. Campbell explains, is that most never did anything by halves,” Dr. Campbell says. of his philanthropy went to his beloved alma mater . A workaholic, he also battled disseminated lupus and was deaf. The biography also details the importance of Dr. Pierce’s textbook work, which Dr. Campbell says is underappreciated. “Pierce died in y~y. So people tend to remember raffishly bril - liant publisher Jack McClelland and think of Pierce as this prudish, prissy, old-fashioned anti-modernist. It’s a simplistic and unfair picture. Lorne Pierce was a fascinating, colourful, witty and culturally important character.”
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--1-- Michael Carley, ma ’71, phd’76, is the author of Silent Conflict: A Hidden History of Early Soviet-Western Relations (rowman & Littlefield, $45). the author drew upon 25 years of research with declassified Soviet and Western archival documents to present a history of the formative years of Soviet policy making following WWI . he shows --1-- that this seminal period – termed the “silent conflict” by one Soviet diplomat – launched what became the cold War. concentrating on the major western powers – ger - --3-- --5-- many, France, great britain, and the united States – the --6-- author also examines the ongoing political upheaval in --2-- --4-- china that began with the may Fourth movement in 1919 as a critical influence on Western-Soviet relations. michael is professor of history at the université de montréal. --4-- Cameron Reed, mSc’79, has written The History and --2-- Colette Colligan, ma ’98, phd’02, has written A Science of the Manhattan Project, describing the develop - Publisher’s Paradise: Expatriate Literary Culture in Paris, ment of the atomic bomb during WW II . descriptions of BIJA-BJGA (u of massachusetts press, $28.95). From 1890 technical material at a level that will appeal to under - --7- to 1960, some of anglo-america’s most heated cultural graduate physics, chemistry, math, and engineering contests over books, sex, and censorship took place, not students are interspersed with narrative sections that on home soil, but rather in paris. colette explores the will appeal to more general readers. the work comple - political and literary dynamics that gave rise to this flour - ments a more technical volume published in 2010 as The ishing expatriate culture, which included everything Physics of the Manhattan Project. cameron is the charles from victorian pornography to the most daring and a. dana professor of physics at alma college in alma, mI . controversial modernist classics. colette is associate --5-- Christopher Riddle, artsci’04, phd’12, has written professor of english at Simon Fraser university. Disability and Justice: The Capabilities Approach in Practice John Martin Gillroy, ma ’78, is the author of An Evolu - (Lexington/rowman & Littlefield, $70). In it, he explores tionary Paradigm For International Law: Philosophical the failures of egalitarian principles of justice for people Method, David Hume & The Essence Of Sovereignty with disabilities. the book’s foreword was written by prof. (palgrave-macmillan, $115). this book conceptualizes Jerome e. bickenbach, who taught a “philosophy of Law” international law as an expression of practical reason, course at Queen’s that piqued christopher’s interest in focusing on the genesis of modern international law in justice and disability. the author is chair of the depart - the essence of the concept of sovereignty. utilizing the ment of philosophy at utica college in new york State. philosophical method of r.g. collingwood, the essence --6-- Nancy Riedel Bowers, artsci’74, is the editor and of sovereignty is sought in a dialectical model drawn co-author of Play Therapy and Families: A Collaborative from the philosophy of david hume. the author is Approach to Healing (rowman & Littlefield, $70). playing professor of International relations and public Interna - can be therapeutic during tough times. the book ex - tional Law at Lehigh u in bethlehem, pa . he is also plores family therapy, filial and “theraplay” models as working on a new book series exploring philosophy, well as a “sandtray” model for adoptive families. nancy public policy, and transnational law. teaches in the Faculty of Social Work and the Seminary Robert McGill, artsci’99, follows up his last work, a at W ilfrid Laurier u. [email protected] novel, with a new book on the complexities of writing --7-- Jean M. Snook, ma ’77, has translated Awakening to the autobiographical fiction. In The Treacherous Imagination: Great Sleep War , the third book in a trilogy by gert Jonke Intimacy, Ethics, and Autobiographical Fiction (ohio State (dalkey archive press, $16). Jean received the 2009 aus - u press, $54), he explores people’s sense of betrayal trian cultural Forum translation prize as well as the 2011 when they believe they have been turned into charac - helen and Kurt Wolff translator’s prize for her translation ters in novels or stories. robert is assistant professor of from german to english of the second book in the trilogy, english at the u of t. his research focuses on canadian The Distant Sound . Jean’s translation of My Year of Love , by literature and issues related to creative writing. paul nizon (dalkey archive press, $15), also appeared in --3-- Theresa O’Keefe, phd’03, has written Feminist Identity 2013. to put the significance of Jean’s contribution in per - Development and Activism in Revolutionary Movements spective, nizon’s work won the prestigious austrian State (palgrave macmillan, $75). the work examines the devel - prize for european Literature in 2011. opment of feminist identities among women active in revolutionary movements and how this identity both the Review’s online edition (alumnireview.queensu.ca) contributes to and conflicts with the struggle for women’s features more books written by Queen’s alumni. as of emancipation. It is based on interviews with women who press time they included new works from Michael were active in the contemporary Irish republican move - Hetherington, artsci’76, Ian MacMillan, meds’56, ment, among others. the author is a lecturer in Sociology Thomas McCavour, Sc’52, Brian McConnell, artsci’81, at the national university of Ireland, maynooth. Anitha Robinson, com’89, and Janet Stobie, artsci’79, med’80.
Issue 2, 2014 | alumnireview.queensu.ca rq “and ONE MORE THING .. .” They don ’t teach this at Queen’s For any first-time author, it’s a good idea to have wind in your sales. BY GEORGIE BINKS, ARTSCI’75
hen I was eight years old, I ordered z} y} minutes I discovered I was a natural sales - Wboxes of greeting cards from an ad on the woman, so easily did the sales pitches flow from back of a comic book. My parents, horrified, my mouth. informed me I wasn’t allowed to sell to their My initial come-on line ran something like friends or to our neighbours. So I pulled my sled this: “Here, feel my book. No other book in this (it’s mostly winter in Ottawa) to the other side of store feels like this.” the circle and started knocking on doors. Little They take it, which is the first step toward did I know how well this experience would serve making a sale. Not only do they love the feel of it me many years later as an author. (which is kind of velvety), At my first book-signing, last fall at a down - but once they’re holding it, town Toronto Chapters, I imagined set tling in, “Sales is a they may buy it. I’ve learned cup of tea in hand, to sign books and discuss the true art form.” to sense when to close the plot. Store staff instructed me otherwise. “Don’t deal, when to yak a bit more, sit. You have to get up and engage customers.” and when to be quiet. Sales is a true art form. So I did. Initially I tried politely calling people Some customers are easier than others. I told over, but they averted their eyes. Ditto with one passerby that he was buying my book, and waving. I realized I needed to be more aggres - so he did. However, I tried every line I could sive. So I began haranguing them, winking and think of on another guy, finally stooping to, chasing people headed for Starbucks until they “Make me happy. Just buy it.” Nope. surrendered and agreed to buy a book. In about I have several favourites. How about this: “I can’t think of one reason you two guys would buy my book, so let’s see if we can find one.” The first time I tried that, one of the guys was from Ottawa. There are a number of scenes in my book in Ottawa. Bingo. The next time, the two guys who bought my book did so to get my phone number. I always ask men if they have a reason to buy a gift for a woman. When they reply no, I tell them that’s the best time to buy. Women love a gift for no reason. (My brother assures me I can sell sprinklers in Vancouver when I hit a lull.) Weirdly enough, sometimes doing nothing works best. One guy told me he wasn’t going to buy my book, so we talked about rock concerts for zx minutes. Ten minutes later, he returned. “Oh heck, I’ll buy your book,” he said. And just as you don’t judge a book by its cover (unless it’s my book which has a fabulous cover), I’ve learned it’s impossible to tell who will buy my book. Everyone from }-year-old men to women of all ages, and even a boy in Grade yx, have bought it. I was loading up the car one day and sold two to a neighbour and one to a jogger. Pretty much everyone is fair game. Even you. My guess is if you’re reading this right now u
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The TD Insurance Meloche Monnex home and auto insurance program is underwritten by SECURITY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY. The program is distributed by Meloche Monnex Insurance and Financial Services Inc. in Quebec and by Meloche Monnex Financial Services Inc. in the rest of Canada. For Quebec residents: We are located at 50 Place Crémazie, Montreal (Quebec) H2P 1B6. Due to provincial legislation, our auto insurance program is not offered in British Columbia, Manitoba or Saskatchewan. *No purchase is required. There is one (1) prize to be won. The winner may choose between an amount of $60,000 CAD to build a dream kitchen of his/her choosing or $60,000 CAD cash. The winner will be responsible for choosing a supplier and for coordinating all of the required work. The contest is organized by Security National Insurance Company and Primmum Insurance Company and is open to members, employees and other eligible persons who reside in Canada and belong to an employer, professional or alumni group which has entered into an agreement with the organizers and is entitled to receive group rates from the organizers. The contest ends on October 31, 2014. The draw will be held on November 21, 2014. A skill-testing question is required. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. The complete contest rules are available at melochemonnex.com/contest. ® The TD logo and other trade-marks are the property of The Toronto-Dominion Bank.